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00:35 >>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:36 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN, WHETHER YOU ARE 00:40 LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE, OR ON THE 00:44 VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS. WE'RE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE 00:46 TUNING IN FOR ANOTHER LESSON STUDY FROM THE GRANITE BAY 00:49 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AS WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY 00:52 ON THE BOOK OF JOB. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO START LIKE 00:56 WE ALWAYS DO, WITH YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AND OURS AS WELL. 01:00 AND THIS ONE IS FOUND ON 439 - IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 01:05 WHEN I LEARNED THIS SONG A FEW YEARS AGO, IT GOT STUCK IN MY 01:08 HEAD AND IT'S TRULY, I THINK, LOTS OF PEOPLE NOW LOVE THIS 01:11 SONG - HOW FAR FROM HOME - AND, OF COURSE, THE MESSAGE OF THE 01:15 SONG: WE'RE NOT FAR FROM HOME. WE'RE GOING TO SING THE FIRST, 01:19 SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS - JOIN WITH US - PULL OUT YOUR 01:22 HYMNALS AND SING ALONG - #439. (MUSIC) 03:19 >>THE NEXT SONG WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS A SPECIAL, SO 03:22 BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR BOOK OFFER 03:24 FOR TODAY. IT IS CALLED THE FINAL VERDICT , BY DENNIS PRIEBE, 03:28 AND THIS IS ABOUT THE JUDGMENT. THIS IS OFFER #162 AND YOU CAN 03:34 CALL 866-STUDY-MORE, WHICH IS (866) 788-3966 - OFFER #162 - 03:41 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THAT TODAY. 03:42 IT WILL GO ALONG WITH OUR LESSON STUDY AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR 03:45 FROM YOU AND FIND OUT WHERE YOU'RE JOINING US FROM. 03:48 LIKE I SAID, OUR SECOND SONG IS A SPECIAL BY A GROUP CALLED 03:52 BENEDICTION AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM OUT RIGHT NOW. 03:55 THEY'RE MADE UP OF WEIMAR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEY'RE 03:58 SINGING A SONG: SET ME AS A SEAL , WHICH IS TAKEN FROM THE 04:01 BOOK OF SOLOMON - SONG OF SOLOMON - AND WEIMAR, IF YOU 04:04 AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THIS IS A COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND A 04:09 HEALTH INSTITUTE NOT FAR UP THE ROAD FROM RIGHT HERE WHERE WE 04:12 ARE IN GRANITE BAY, AND THEY DO A TREMENDOUS WORK TOUCHING 04:16 PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND HEALING THEM PHYSICALLY, AND TRAINING YOUNG 04:19 PEOPLE. AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM PROVIDING MUSIC FOR 04:23 US TODAY, SO THANK YOU, BENEDICTION , WE LOOK FORWARD TO 04:25 HEARING YOUR SONG. (A CAPPELLA VOICES) 04:29 >>SET ME AS A SEAL UPON YOUR HEART AS A SEAL 04:38 UPON YOUR HEART FOR LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH (FOR LOVE IS 04:54 STRONG AS DEATH) SET ME AS A SEAL UPON YOUR HEART AS A SEAL 05:06 UPON YOUR HEART FOR LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH MANY WATERS 05:22 CANNOT QUENCH LOVE (MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE) NEITHER CAN 05:26 A FLOOD DROWN IT (NEITHER CAN A FLOOD DROWN IT) NEITHER CAN A 05:37 FLOOD DROWN IT (NEITHER CAN A FLOOD DROWN IT) SET ME AS A SEAL 05:52 UPON YOUR HEART AS A SEAL UPON YOUR HEART FOR LOVE IS STRONG 06:08 AS DEATH FOR LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH 06:21 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH, BENEDICTION - WEIMAR COLLEGE - 06:24 WE APPRECIATED THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG. 06:27 AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PRAY WITH ME 06:30 BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO 06:34 MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY 06:40 MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE JOINING WITH US RIGHT NOW 06:45 THAN THERE ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR SANCTUARY. 06:47 WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. 06:50 WE THANK YOU FOR EACH HERE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH 06:53 THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HERE THAT - WHETHER IT'S SICKNESS OR OTHER 06:59 CIRCUMSTANCES - I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL PUT YOUR HAND OVER THEM 07:03 - THAT EACH ONE WOULD FEEL YOUR PRESENCE TODAY. 07:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASTOR DOUG, WHO IS BRINGING US OUR 07:09 LESSON STUDY TODAY, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL JUST CONTINUE TO 07:12 BLESS HIM WITH HEALTH AND STRENGTH AS HE MINISTERS TO OUR 07:16 CONGREGATION AND OUR FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. 07:19 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT THIS TIME, OUR LESSON STUDY 07:23 WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR, WHO IS OUR 07:26 SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 07:28 ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>AMEN. 07:31 THANK YOU, DEBBIE. GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS WHO ARE 07:36 WATCHING - WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WATCHING VIA SATELLITE 07:39 OR ON THE INTERNET - OUR EXTENDED CLASS, AS WELL AS 07:42 SOME OF THE OTHER GRANITE BAY MEMBERS. 07:44 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH ONLINE FROM 07:47 AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LOCAL CHURCH THEY CAN 07:49 WORSHIP WITH. MATTER OF FACT, MY WIFE, 07:51 MS. BATCHELOR, I ALWAYS LIKE CALLING HER 07:53 'MRS. BATCHELOR' BECAUSE IT'S AN OXYMORON - SHE HELPS MANAGE SOME 07:58 OF THE ONLINE MEMBERS AND SHE TELLS ME THE LITTLE STORIES 08:00 ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SO THANKFUL THAT THEY CAN STUDY WITH US AND 08:04 BE PART OF A CHURCH BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE OUTBACK OF 08:07 AUSTRALIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 08:09 AND MAYBE YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION - YOU WATCH ONLINE - 08:12 THERE'S NO LOCAL CHURCH YOU CAN CONNECT TO. 08:14 IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, JUST GO TO THE 08:17 GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG WEBSITE AND YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THAT THERE. 08:21 WE'RE CONTINUING IN OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY ON THE BOOK OF JOB 08:25 AND, TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH 08:28 LESSON #8, AND IT'S CALLED INNOCENT BLOOD - LESSON #8 - 08:33 INNOCENT BLOOD . WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE - SHORT 08:35 ONE - HEBREWS 11:1, IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT WITH ME - HEBREWS 08:39 11, VERSE 1 - ARE YOU READY? IT SAYS, "NOW FAITH IS THE 08:45 SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF 08:49 THINGS NOT SEEN." THAT MEMORY VERSE IS CHOSEN 08:53 BECAUSE, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME, YOU 08:57 DON'T KNOW WHY; YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST GOD. 09:02 AND JOB'S FAITH WAS TESTED TO THE LIMIT. 09:06 NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A HARD 09:10 TIME, OR YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME TRIAL, OR THINGS ARE 09:12 HAPPENING AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE AND THE 09:16 EFFECT, OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU DID? 09:19 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS. 09:22 SOMETIMES FAITH ASKS QUESTIONS BUT IT MEANS, IN THE END, AFTER 09:26 YOU'VE DONE ALL THE HUMAN PROCESSING YOU CAN DO, YOU SAY, 09:30 'THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM.' 09:33 AND JOB DID A LOT OF QUESTION ASKING. 09:36 WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT AND TALKING ABOUT 09:37 SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN OUR STUDY TODAY. 09:41 AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO BEGIN WITH, WHY DON'T YOU TURN WITH ME TO 09:45 THE BOOK OF JOB CHAPTER 10 - JOB 10 - WE'RE GOING TO READ MOST OF 09:49 THIS CHAPTER - MATTER OF FACT, OUR MAIN ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY, 09:53 FROM THE QUARTERLY, IS TO LISTEN TO WHAT JOB IS SAYING IN CHAPTER 09:56 10 AND WE'LL BE EVALUATING SOME OF THAT. 10:02 I'LL START WITH VERSE 1, "MY SOUL LOATHES MY LIFE;" - OF 10:08 COURSE, HE'S GOING THROUGH ALL THIS SUFFERING - HE'S LOST HIS 10:11 POSSESSIONS, HE'S LOST HIS FAMILY - NOW HE'S IN GREAT 10:14 PHYSICAL SUFFERING AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE TURNED ON HIM. 10:16 I MEAN, AFTER ALL, WHAT IS THERE LEFT TO LIVE FOR? 10:19 IT SAYS, "MY SOUL LOATHES MY LIFE; I WILL GIVE FREE COURSE TO 10:24 MY COMPLAINT," - HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO OPEN UP AND COMPLAIN.' 10:27 - "I WILL SPEAK IN THE BITTERNESS OF MY SOUL." - 10:30 NOW WAS JOB SINNING WHEN HE DID THAT? HAVE YOU EVER GONE ON A 10:33 RANT WITH GOD? IS THAT ALWAYS BAD? 10:41 I REMEMBER WHEN OUR SON DIED - IT DIDN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, BUT 10:47 AS I WAS PROCESSING ALL OF THAT, KAREN AND I WERE DRIVING ACROSS 10:51 COUNTRY AND I JUST - I JUST STARTED TO POUR FORTH EVERYTHING 10:59 I WAS THINKING - KIND OF THE 'WHY? WHY? WHY?' 11:02 AND KIND OF A COMBINATION OF CRYING AND COMPLAINING ALL AT 11:06 ONCE AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK GOD WAS UPSET WITH ME FOR 11:09 DOING THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOUR HEART'S BROKEN AND YOU JUST 11:12 - YOU KNOW, THEY SAY PART OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS IS YOU'VE JUST 11:16 GOT TO PROCESS WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND PART OF BEING A GOOD FRIEND 11:21 IS LISTENING TO YOUR FRIENDS RANT. 11:23 AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE. 11:26 I REMEMBER I GOT ALL UPSET WITH MY FATHER AND I STARTED BLAMING 11:29 HIM FOR ME BEING BORN AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND THIS IS ONE 11:32 OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY PATIENT - IT WASN'T 11:34 OFTEN - AND HE KNEW I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A TEENAGER, AND I WAS 11:39 JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT LIFE OR HAVING A HARD TIME OR WHATEVER 11:41 IT WAS - AND HE JUST LISTENED AND SAID, 'ALRIGHT, IT'S GOING 11:45 TO BE OKAY. CALM DOWN.' AND, YOU KNOW, 11:47 SOMETIMES YOU'RE BETTER. YOU FEEL BETTER JUST BY 11:49 KIND OF GETTING IT OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 11:52 AND SO JOB SAID, 'I AM GOING TO GIVE FREE COURSE TO MY 11:55 COMPLAINT.' AND YET, LATER, GOD SAYS JOB DID NOT SIN WITH HIS 11:59 LIPS. SO IT MUST BE OKAY, SOMETIMES, 12:01 TO TELL GOD WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART. 12:02 SAY, 'LORD, YOU KNOW ANYWAY, SO I'M GOING TO VERBALIZE IT. 12:06 NOT DO IT TO DISCOURAGE ANYBODY BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE 12:10 I NEED TO GIVE VENT TO THESE THINGS - "I WILL SAY TO GOD, 12:13 'DO NOT CONDEMN ME; SHOW ME WHY YOU CONTEND WITH ME; DOES IT 12:18 SEEM GOOD TO YOU THAT YOU SHOULD OPPRESS, THAT YOU SHOULD DESPISE 12:22 THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS,'" - I'M YOUR CREATURE - "AND SMILE ON 12:26 THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED?" - WHY WOULD YOU BE UPSET WITH ME? 12:29 I'VE SERVED YOU AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU PROSPER THE WICKED. 12:33 - "DO YOU HAVE EYES OF FLESH? OR DO YOU SEE AS MAN SEES? 12:36 ARE YOUR DAYS LIKE THE DAYS OF A MORTAL MAN? 12:39 ARE YOUR YEARS LIKE THE DAYS OF A MIGHTY MAN, THAT YOU SHOULD 12:42 SEEK FOR MY LIFE - THAT YOU SHOULD SEEK FOR MY INIQUITY AND 12:46 SEARCH OUT MY SIN, ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW THAT I AM NOT WICKED," - 12:50 NOW WAS JOB SAYING HE WAS SINLESS? 12:53 - "AND THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN DELIVER FROM YOUR HAND? 12:57 YOUR HANDS HAVE MADE ME AND FASHIONED ME, AN INTRICATE 13:01 UNITY; YET YOU WOULD DESTROY ME. REMEMBER, I PRAY, THAT YOU 13:05 HAVE MADE ME LIKE CLAY. AND WILL YOU TURN 13:09 ME INTO DUST AGAIN? DID YOU NOT POUR ME OUT LIKE 13:13 MILK," - NOW IS IT - IT'S NOT WRONG TO COMPLAIN THAT, YOU 13:19 KNOW, TO TALK TO GOD - JUST OPEN YOUR HEART AND TELL HIM WHAT 13:22 YOU'RE GOING THROUGH - ARE THERE OTHERS IN THE BIBLE THAT HAVE 13:25 DONE THAT, THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT? 13:28 YEAH, I THINK THAT WE CAN FIND A FEW CASES OF THAT. 13:32 I TELL YOU WHAT, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER - SOMEONE'S GOING TO 13:36 READ FOR ME NEHEMIAH 13:14 - DOES ONE OF YOU DOWN THERE HAVE 13:40 THAT? OKAY, JUST A MOMENT. WE'LL GET READY FOR THAT. 13:43 WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THE CAMERA FOCUSED, I WANT TO READ FOR YOU 13:46 ISAIAH 38, VERSE 2. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN 13:49 KING HEZEKIAH WAS SICK AND IT LOOKED LIKE A TERMINAL SICKNESS 13:54 BECAUSE ISAIAH THE PROPHET COMES TO HIM AND HE SAID, 'GET YOUR 13:57 HOUSE IN ORDER FOR YOU'RE GOING TO DIE'? 14:01 NOW THAT WAS ESPECIALLY TROUBLING TO HEZEKIAH BECAUSE, 14:06 YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE 90 YEARS OLD, YOU 14:08 MIGHT GET THAT DIAGNOSIS EVENTUALLY, BUT IF YOU'RE IN 14:12 YOUR PRIME, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING ROBBED. 14:15 AND HE WAS STILL COMPARATIVELY YOUNG. 14:18 HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE A MALE HEIR YET FOR THE KINGDOM. 14:21 YOU REALIZE, MANASSEH WASN'T EVEN BORN - IT MIGHT HAVE BETTER 14:24 IF MANASSEH WASN'T BORN, BUT MANASSEH WASN'T BORN YET. 14:28 AND SO - AND HE WAS A GOOD KING - HE'S WONDERING 'WHY IS THIS 14:32 HAPPENING?' LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS 'THEN 14:34 HEZEKIAH' - AFTER HE GETS THIS WORD FROM ISAIAH, THAT HE'S 14:38 GOING TO DIE - 'SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER' MEANS FIX YOUR WILL. 14:41 YOU REMEMBER, IT SAYS AHITHOPHEL PUT HIS HOUSE IN ORDER, THEN HE 14:44 HUNG HIMSELF. THAT MEANS HE FILLED OUT HIS 14:46 WILL, TOOK CARE OF HIS ESTATE, MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN 14:49 ORDER FOR PROBATE, THEN HE HUNG HIMSELF. 14:52 ALSO, IN ISAIAH, IT SAYS TO HEZEKIAH, 'SET YOUR HOUSE IN 14:54 ORDER.' HE SAYS 'MAKE SURE YOUR WILL IS CLEAR.' OUR SON WAS IN 14:58 THE MARINES AND HE WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND HE SAID IT WAS 15:03 RATHER SOBERING WHEN HIS COMMANDER SAID, 'YOU ALL NEED TO 15:06 FILL OUT YOUR WILL BEFORE YOU GO INTO THIS TERRITORY.' AND HE 15:15 WENT, 'WHAT? IS IT THAT BAD?' BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN 15:18 THE SERVICE, YOU KNOW THEY DO THAT WITH EVERYBODY. 15:20 THEY SAY YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR ESTATE FILLED OUT AHEAD OF TIME. 15:24 WELL THAT'S NOT A GOOD - THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR 15:26 SOMEONE TELL YOU. IF THE DOCTOR COMES IN AND SAYS, 15:29 'IS YOUR WILL ALL UP TO DATE?' THAT'S NOT GOOD. 15:34 AND SO, ISAIAH SAYS THAT "THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD 15:37 THE WALL, AND PRAYED TO THE LORD, AND SAID, 'REMEMBER NOW, O 15:40 LORD, I PRAY, HOW I HAVE WALKED BEFORE YOU IN TRUTH AND WITH A 15:44 LOYAL HEART, AND HAVE DONE WHAT IS GOOD IN YOUR SIGHT.' AND 15:47 HEZEKIAH WEPT BITTERLY." AND SO HE'S CRYING 15:50 'LORD, WHY ME? I'VE BEEN GOOD. WHY DO YOU' - SO HE'S 15:52 PLEADING HIS GOODNESS TO GOD. SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT 15:56 THAT JOB WOULD SAY, 'LORD, NOW WE'VE ALL SINNED, BUT FOR THE 15:59 MOST PART, I'VE BEEN YOUR SERVANT.' AND HAVE YOU EVER 16:04 FELT WORTHY TO DO THAT? I NEVER HAVE, BUT 16:08 IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, NEHEMIAH 16:10 13:14, YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN. >>"REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, 16:16 CONCERNING THIS, AND DO NOT WIPE OUT MY GOOD DEEDS THAT I HAVE 16:20 DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF MY GOD, AND FOR ITS SERVICES!" 16:24 >>YEAH, SO NEHEMIAH, HE'S UNDER CONSTANT THREAT FROM THE - THE 16:29 ARABIANS AND THE SAMARITANS AND THEY KEPT PLOTTING FOR HIS LIFE 16:34 AND HE'S TRYING TO BUILD THE WALL AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT WITH 16:36 A SWORD IN ONE HAND AND A TROWEL IN THE OTHER AND HE'S SAYING, 16:40 'LORD, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SERVE YOU. 16:43 REMEMBER MY GOOD DEEDS AND PLEASE BLESS.' NOT TOO MANY OF 16:46 US PLEAD THAT BEFORE THE LORD; THERE'S MAYBE A COUPLE OTHER 16:49 CASES IN THE BIBLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT JOB IS DOING AND GOD DOES 16:53 NOT CONDEMN HIM FOR IT BECAUSE, LET'S FACE IT, WE ARE NOT SAVED 16:59 BY WORKS, WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 17:02 BUT WHEN YOU'RE SAVED BY GRACE, YOUR WORKS WILL BE DIFFERENT. 17:07 HAVE YOU SEEN THE BUMPER STICKER 'CHRISTIANS AREN'T PERFECT, JUST 17:12 FORGIVEN'? I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE 17:16 WITH THAT BUMPER STICKER. CHRISTIANS ARE MORE 17:18 THAN 'JUST' FORGIVEN. YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE - OLD 17:23 THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY - ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. 17:26 NOT ONLY ARE YOU FORGIVEN, YOU ARE TRANSFORMED. 17:30 YOU SHOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE CHRISTIAN. 17:32 AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVERTED AND YOU'RE LIVING A NEW LIFE AND 17:35 YOU'RE RESISTING WHAT IS EVIL AND TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT IS 17:38 GOOD, IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO SAY, 'LORD, I'M ON YOUR SIDE. 17:43 HAVEN'T I GIVEN MY HEART TO YOU?' 17:45 AND SO, THAT'S WHAT JOB IS DOING IN THIS PRAYER. 17:47 HE'S NOT SAYING, 'I DESERVE IT' BECAUSE WE ALWAYS PRAY IN JESUS' 17:49 NAME - BY THE MERITS OF CHRIST - BUT HE WAS STATING A FACT. 17:56 AND THEN YOU GO TO JOB 10:10, 'DID YOU NOT POUR ME OUT LIKE 18:01 MILK, AND CURDLE ME LIKE CHEESE," - ANY OF YOU MAKE - YOU 18:06 KNOW YOU - ANYWAY, YOU KNOW HOW MILK SEPARATES - "CLOTHE ME WITH 18:12 SKIN AND FLESH, AND KNIT ME TOGETHER WITH BONES AND SINEWS?" 18:16 - SOUNDS LIKE THE - THE PROPHECY OF EZEKIEL - "YOU HAVE GRANTED 18:21 ME LIFE AND FAVOR, AND YOUR CARE HAS PRESERVED MY SPIRIT." 18:25 HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE BLESSED ME ON EVERY SIDE. 18:26 YOU WERE SO GOOD TO ME.' - "AND THESE THINGS YOU HAVE HIDDEN IN 18:29 YOUR HEART; I KNOW THAT THIS WAS WITH YOU: IF I SIN, THEN YOU 18:35 MARK ME, AND WILL NOT ACQUIT ME OF MY INIQUITY." - MEANING, IF 18:39 HE LIVES IN SIN - "IF I AM WICKED, WOE TO ME; EVEN IF I AM 18:44 RIGHTEOUS, I CANNOT LIFT UP MY HEAD. I AM FULL OF DISGRACE;" - 18:48 SEE, HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NONE OF US ARE SINLESS. 18:51 HE SAYS, "EVEN IF I'M RIGHTEOUS, I CANNOT LIFT UP MY HEAD. 18:55 I AM FULL OF DISGRACE; SEE MY MISERY! 18:58 IF MY HEAD IS EXALTED, YOU HUNT ME LIKE A FIERCE LION, AND 19:02 AGAIN YOU SHOW YOURSELF AWESOME AGAINST ME." 19:05 - AND IF I SHOULD BE PROUD AND EXALT MYSELF, IT SHOULD BE EVEN 19:07 WORSE - "AND AGAIN YOU SHOW YOURSELF AWESOME AGAINST ME. 19:13 YOU RENEW YOUR WITNESSES AGAINST ME, AND INCREASE YOUR 19:15 INDIGNATION TOWARD ME; CHANGES AND WAR ARE EVER WITH ME. 19:21 WHY THEN HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME OUT OF THE WOMB? 19:24 OH, THAT I HAD PERISHED AND NO EYE HAD SEEN ME! 19:30 I WOULD HAVE BEEN AS THOUGH I HAD NOT BEEN. 19:33 I WOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED FROM THE WOMB TO THE GRAVE." 19:35 - NOW HERE - THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING VERSE - I'LL TELL 19:37 YOU WHY: HE'S TALKING HERE ABOUT A MISCARRIED CHILD. 19:42 AND HE SAID, 'IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER NOT TO BE BORN, LIKE A 19:45 CHILD THAT'S NEVER SEEN THE DAY, CARRIED FROM THE WOMB TO THE 19:47 GRAVE.' VERY SAD PICTURE. I'VE BEEN ASKED BEFORE, DO I 19:55 BELIEVE THAT BABIES THAT DIE IN VITRO OR ALL THE ABORTED BABIES 20:03 ARE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED BECAUSE IF THEY DIE BEFORE THE AGE OF 20:06 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE THEY SAVED? THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION 20:11 WHEN YOU DO THE MATH. IF EVERY MISCARRIED AND ABORTED 20:17 BABY OF THE SAVED OR LOST PARENTS IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED, 20:24 HEAVEN WOULD - WE'D BE SWIMMING IN BABIES. 20:27 IT'S GOING TO BE - YOU LOOK AT THE - THE STATISTICS, IT IS 20:32 POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD 20:39 NOT BEEN. YOU EVER HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE? 20:41 'BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NOT BEEN' IT'S DRAWN FROM THIS VERSE HERE. 20:44 YOU NOTICE THAT? 'I WOULD HAVE BEEN AS THOUGH 20:46 I HAD NOT BEEN' - IT'S LIKE - NEVER EXISTED. 20:51 IT DOESN'T - SO I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ARGUMENT THAT 20:54 NOT EVERY ABORTED BABY OF BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS ARE 20:58 ALL AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE RESURRECTED. 21:01 THERE WILL BE SOME, TRAGIC THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, THAT WILL BE 21:04 AS THOUGH THEY HAD NOT BEEN. "I WOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED 21:08 FROM THE WOMB TO THE GRAVE. ARE NOT MY DAYS FEW?" 21:11 - I'M IN VERSE 20 - JOB 10, VERSE 20 - "ARE NOT MY DAYS 21:14 FEW?" - COMPARED TO ETERNITY, EVEN 21:16 THOUGH HE LIVED MAYBE NEARLY 200 YEARS - "CEASE! 21:20 LEAVE ME ALONE, THAT I MAY TAKE A LITTLE COMFORT, BEFORE I GO TO 21:23 THE PLACE FROM WHICH I SHALL NOT RETURN, TO THE LAND OF DARKNESS 21:26 AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH," - MEANING, NOT RETURN TO THIS LIFE 21:29 - "A LAND AS DARK AS DARKNESS ITSELF, AS THE SHADOW OF DEATH, 21:33 WITHOUT ANY ORDER," - DOES DAVID REFER TO 'THOUGH I WALK THROUGH 21:37 THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH'? 21:40 SEE, JOB WROTE THIS BEFORE DAVID, SO DAVID WAS QUOTING JOB 21:43 - "WHERE EVEN THE LIGHT IS LIKE DARKNESS." 21:46 SO, OF COURSE, HIS FRIENDS, WHO THINK THEY'RE HIS FRIENDS, BEGIN 21:49 TO RESPOND AGAIN, TO HIS COMPLAINT. 21:52 NOW, HE MAKES A STATEMENT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 'WHY 21:56 WILL YOU PUNISH INNOCENT BLOOD?' IN OUR NEXT SECTION IN OUR 21:59 LESSON, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND QUITE A TIME ON THIS, DEALS WITH 22:02 THE SUBJECT OF INNOCENT BLOOD. HOW MANY HAVE SINNED? 22:07 >>ALL. >>ALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO 22:09 INTO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE SLAIN EVEN 22:15 THOUGH THEY ARE INNOCENT OF SOME CAPITAL OFFENSE. 22:19 AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY 22:22 CHAPTER 21 - AND, MATTER OF FACT, I'LL GO THERE REAL QUICK. 22:27 THEY HAD AN INTERESTING RITUAL THEY WENT THROUGH: IF A PERSON 22:31 WAS, YOU - KNOW, PERIODICALLY YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS AND IT'S 22:33 ALWAYS VERY SAD - THEY'LL SAY, 'POLICE REPORTED THEY FOUND A 22:37 BODY.' THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE 22:41 DEATH WAS SUSPICIOUS AND THEY DO A LITTLE MEDICAL WORK AND THEY 22:47 SAY, 'THIS IS A HOMICIDE, IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT.' NOW THEY'VE 22:51 GOT TO FIND OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS 22:53 TO PAY. YOU READ IN DEUTERONOMY 21, 'IF 22:56 ANYONE IS FOUND SLAIN' - IT MEANS THEY'VE BEEN MURDERED - 23:00 'LYING IN THE FIELD IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD GOD HAS GIVEN 23:03 YOU' - GOD WANTS TO BLESS THIS LAND AND SO, IF THERE'S A MURDER 23:05 VICTIM, THERE NEEDS TO BE JUSTICE SOMEHOW. 23:11 AND IT DOESN'T KNOW WHO KILLED HIM - 'THEN THE ELDERS AND YOUR 23:15 JUDGES WILL GO OUT AND MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM THE SLAIN MAN' 23:19 - OR, OSTENSIBLY, WOMAN - 'TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND IT 23:23 WILL BE THAT THE ELDERS OF THE CITY NEAREST TO THE SLAIN MAN 23:26 WILL TAKE A HEIFER' - AND THERE IS A WHOLE SPECIAL SACRIFICE 23:29 THAT THEY WENT THROUGH. AND YOU CAN READ, LATER, IN 23:33 DEUTERONOMY 21, VERSES 8 AND 9, IT SAYS THEY GO THROUGH THIS 23:36 RITUAL WHERE THEY SACRIFICE THIS HEIFER AND "'PROVIDE ATONEMENT, 23:41 O LORD, FOR YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL, WHOM YOU HAVE REDEEMED, AND DO 23:45 NOT LAY INNOCENT BLOOD TO THE CHARGE OF YOUR PEOPLE [ISRAEL].' 23:50 AND ATONEMENT WILL BE PROVIDED ON THEIR BEHALF FOR THE BLOOD. 23:54 SO YOU SHALL PUT AWAY THE GUILT OF INNOCENT BLOOD FROM AMONG YOU 23:58 WHEN YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD." 24:02 AND SO, THERE IS JUST A LAW THAT YOU FIND ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE - 24:06 NEW AND OLD TESTAMENT - YOU DID NOT WANT TO HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR 24:09 HANDS. WHAT DID PILATE MEAN 24:13 WHEN HE WASHED HIS HANDS? HE SAID, 'I AM INNOCENT OF THIS 24:18 MAN'S BLOOD.' HE DID NOT WANT - HE SAYS HE'S NOT GUILTY - YET HE 24:21 CONDEMNED HIM, SO YOU CAN WASH YOUR HANDS, YOU'RE STILL GUILTY. 24:24 BUT HE WENT THROUGH THIS RITUAL TO SAY, 'I WANT TO BE FREE FROM 24:26 THE INNOCENT BLOOD.' AND WHEN MANASSEH - YOU KNOW, USUALLY, 24:33 WHEN SOMEONE REPENTS, GOD WOULD FORGIVE THE NEXT KING. 24:37 BUT AFTER THE WICKEDNESS OF MANASSEH, KING JOSIAH, HE READS 24:43 FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND HE TEARS HIS CLOTHES AND HE REPENTS 24:46 AND A PROPHET IS SENT TO HIM. THE PROPHET SAID, 'I'VE SEEN 24:52 YOUR TEARS, I'VE SEEN YOUR REPENTANCE. 24:54 I'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE RENT YOUR CLOTHES BECAUSE OF ALL THE SINS, 24:58 BUT - AND I'LL FORGIVE YOU AND I'LL BLESS YOU, BUT I'M NOT 25:03 FORGIVING THE KINGDOM BECAUSE OF ALL THE INNOCENT BLOOD THAT 25:06 MANASSEH SHED.' EVEN THOUGH MANASSEH WAS FORGIVEN, THEY HAD 25:11 SHED SO MUCH INNOCENT BLOOD, GOD SAID, 'THERE NEEDS TO BE 25:15 JUDGMENT FOR THAT. DOES GOD KEEP A RECORD 25:19 OF WHAT HAPPENS? >>YES. 25:21 >>IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S BEEN SOME 25:24 INNOCENT BLOOD AND THERE'S BEEN NO JUSTICE FOR THAT INNOCENT 25:26 BLOOD, AND YEARS GO BY AND YOU SAY, 'OH WELL, THAT WAS YEARS 25:29 AGO. NOTHING'LL HAPPEN.' NO, THERE 25:31 IS JUSTICE WITH GOD AND IT MAY PROCRASTINATE OR IT MAY DELAY, 25:35 BUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN 25:38 JESUS WAS WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM AND HE SAID, 'WOE UNTO 25:42 YOU JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM. HOW OFTEN WOULD I HAVE SHIELDED 25:45 YOU UNDER MY WINGS AS A HEN DOES HER CHICKS, BUT YOU WOULD NOT? 25:49 BUT I SAY UNTO YOU THAT ALL OF THE BLOOD OF ABEL' - ABEL WAS 25:57 SLAIN BY HIS BROTHER - INNOCENT BLOOD - 'UNTO ZACHARIAH, THE SON 26:02 OF BERECHAIAH, WHO WAS SLAIN BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR' 26:05 - THIS WAS A PRIEST, THE SON OF JEHOIADA WHO WAS KILLED BY KING 26:09 JOASH, YOU KNOW, YOUNG KING, SEVEN YEARS OLD - HE WAS GOOD 26:12 WHEN HE WAS YOUNG; HE GOT OLDER, HE WENT BAD AND HE STARTED TO 26:16 PERSECUTE THE PROPHETS AND THE PRIESTS THAT WERE TELLING HIM 26:19 ABOUT HIS BAD BEHAVIOR, AND HE KILLED THE SON - HIS NAME WAS 26:23 ZACHARIAH - NOT THE ZECHARIAH WHO WROTE THE BOOK IN THE BIBLE. 26:27 HE KILLED ZACHARIAH IN THE TEMPLE - SPILLED HIS BLOOD IN 26:31 THE TEMPLE OF ALL PLACES, AND JESUS, LOOKING AT THAT SAID, 26:34 'ALL THE BLOOD FROM ABEL' - ONE OF THE FIRST CHURCH MEMBERS - 26:38 'TO THE TIME JUST BEFORE THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY,' - HE SAID 26:42 - 'IS GOING TO COME ON THIS GENERATION.' HOW WOULD YOU LIKE 26:46 - HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE GUILT OF 26:51 THE PEOPLE - THE RIGHTEOUS THAT HAVE BEEN SLAIN - FROM ABEL UP 26:56 UNTIL THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY? AND HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO COME 26:58 ON THAT GENERATION, AND WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY 27:02 - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THAT BOOK? 27:04 IT STARTS OUT WITH THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE 27:07 TERRIBLE JUDGMENTS THAT FELL ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND IT WASN'T 27:12 JUST FOR THEIR REJECTING CHRIST, IT WAS A JUDGMENT OF GOD 27:17 WITHDRAWING HIS PROTECTION IN ALL THE INNOCENT BLOOD THAT HAD 27:21 COMPILED. SO, WHEN YOU PRAY, LET'S SAY YOU 27:27 PRAY FOR YOUR KIDS - YOU PRAY FOR THEIR CONVERSION - IF SOME 27:29 OF THEM AREN'T CONVERTED, YOU PRAY FOR YOUR KIDS - AND THEN 27:32 YOU DIE AND THEY'RE STILL NOT CONVERTED, DOES 27:34 GOD STORE PRAYERS? I THINK SO. 27:39 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CONVERTED AFTER THE 27:42 PEOPLE PRAYING FOR THEM DIED? YEAH, I THINK GOD - I THINK 27:46 IT COMPOUNDS WITH INTEREST. IF GOD CAN STORE PRAYERS AND 27:51 PAY LATER, HE CAN ALSO STORE JUDGMENT AND PAY LATER. 27:56 AND YOU READ ABOUT WHEN KING SAUL KILLED THE GIBEONITES - THE 27:59 JUDGMENT FOR THAT DID NOT COME UNTIL SAUL WAS DEAD. 28:04 SOME REMEMBER, IN THE DAYS OF DAVID THERE WAS A FAMINE - YOU 28:07 MAY REMEMBER THAT STORY. AND SO, THERE'S THIS WHOLE 28:09 TEACHING ABOUT INNOCENT BLOOD IN THE BIBLE. 28:11 LET ME READ YOU ANOTHER VERSE THAT COMES INTO THIS THEME. 28:17 ISAIAH 59, VERSES 6 AND 7, "THEIR WEBS WILL NOT BECOME 28:24 GARMENTS, NOR WILL THEY COVER THEMSELVES WITH THEIR WORKS; 28:27 THEIR WORKS ARE WORKS OF INIQUITY, AND THE ACT OF 28:30 VIOLENCE IS IN THEIR HANDS." - 'IN THE HANDS' MEANS 'WORKS' - 28:35 NOTICE THAT - "THEIR FEET RUN TO EVIL, AND THEY MAKE HASTE TO 28:39 SHED INNOCENT BLOOD;" - THERE YOU'VE GOT THAT INNOCENT BLOOD 28:41 AGAIN - "THEIR THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS OF INIQUITY; WASTING 28:45 AND DESTRUCTION ARE IN THEIR PATHS." 28:46 NOW, WHERE IS THE MARK PLACED ON THOSE WHO GET THE MARK OF THE 28:51 BEAST? ONE OF TWO PLACES? >>FOREHAND AND HAND. 28:55 >>IN THE HAND - WHAT DOES IT MEAN 'IN THE HEAD'? 28:57 >>THOUGHTS. >>IN YOUR THOUGHTS. WHAT DOES IT 28:59 MEAN 'IN YOUR HAND'? >>YOUR WORKS. 29:01 >>YOUR WORKS. HERE YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE IN 29:03 THIS VERSE - DID YOU CATCH THAT? "THEIR WORKS ARE WORKS OF 29:05 INIQUITY, AND THE ACT OF VIOLENCE IS IN THEIR 29:07 HANDS...THEIR THOUGHTS ARE THOUGHTS OF INIQUITY;" - IN THE 29:10 HAND; IN THE FOREHEAD - IT'S TALKING ABOUT - AND THEN IT 29:13 TALKS ABOUT 'INNOCENT BLOOD'. THOSE WHO HAVE THE MARK OF THE 29:17 BEAST ARE GUILTY OF INNOCENT BLOOD. 29:19 YOU CAN READ IN PROVERBS 6:16 - AND I'LL READ THROUGH VERSE 19 - 29:26 YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE - "THESE SIX THINGS THE LORD 29:28 HATES, YES, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION TO HIM:" - FIRST - 29:32 "A PROUD LOOK," - THE DEVIL STARTED WITH PRIDE - "A LYING 29:36 TONGUE" - AND THEN HE WENT TO DECEPTION - "HANDS THAT SHED 29:39 INNOCENT BLOOD," - SO THERE IT IS, THREE OUT OF SEVEN AMONG THE 29:44 THINGS THAT GOD HATES IS THE SHEDDING OF INNOCENT BLOOD. 29:48 YOU KNOW, AS MAD AS YOU MIGHT BE AGAINST SOMEBODY, AND AS UPSET 29:55 AS YOU MIGHT BE, AND SOMEONE MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND 29:59 THEY MIGHT STEAL FROM YOU, BUT BOY, THE VERY LAST THING YOU 30:03 EVER OUGHT TO WISH UPON ANYBODY IS THEIR DEATH. 30:07 AND YOU SHOULD NEVER CONTEMPLATE MURDER. 30:10 SOME PEOPLE, JESUS SAID, MURDER IN THEIR 30:12 HEARTS. WHEN YOU STEAL FROM A PERSON, 30:14 YOU TAKE AWAY THEIR THINGS. WHEN YOU MURDER A PERSON, YOU 30:19 TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING THEY OWNED OR EVER COULD OWN. 30:21 YOU TAKE AWAY THEIR TIME. YOU TAKE AWAY THEIR LIFE. 30:24 THERE'S NOTHING MORE SEVERE THAN THAT. 30:27 AND, YOU KNOW, JUST POPPED INTO MY MIND, BUT IT'S INTERESTING, 30:32 BUT IN ABOUT A WEEK OR LESS, THAT A MOVIE'S GOING TO BE 30:37 RELEASED - AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO MOVIES - I 30:40 UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY VIOLENT - BUT IT'S ABOUT DESMOND DOSS. 30:45 A STORY - I THINK THEY'RE CALLING IT HACKSAW RIDGE . 30:47 HE WAS A CHRISTIAN - THEY COULDN'T GET HIM TO CARRY A GUN 30:50 AND - AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING OUR MEN'S MEETING, BUT I 30:54 KNEW HIM AND HE SAID THAT HE COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND, WHEN HE 31:00 LOOKED AT THE PICTURE OF CAIN AND ABEL, HOW SOMEONE COULD KILL 31:03 THEIR BROTHER. HE COULD NEVER THINK OF ANYTHING 31:05 WORSE YOU COULD DO THAN TO TAKE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING'S 31:08 LIFE - FRIEND OR ENEMY. HE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE'S 31:12 BLOOD ON HIS HANDS. AND SO, ALL OF THIS IS, YOU 31:15 KNOW, THIS THOUGHT IS ALL KIND OF WELLING OVER BECAUSE JOB 31:20 IS SAYING, 'I'M INNOCENT. GOD, YOU'RE RIGHTEOUS. 31:24 WILL YOU SLAY INNOCENT BLOOD? I'VE REPENTED OF MY SINS, WHICH 31:27 MEANS I'VE BEEN COVERED BY YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS - 31:28 I'M YOUR SERVANT. WHY ARE YOU AFTER ME? 31:31 IT'S NOT LIKE I'VE GOT AN ENEMY OUT THERE AFTER ME, IT'S THE 31:32 CONSEQUENCES THAT HAVE COME UPON ME. 31:35 SO HE'S TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THAT. 31:37 SOMEONE, IN A MOMENT, IS GOING TO READ JONAH 1:14 FOR ME - 31:41 JOHN, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? I'M GOING TO READ DEUTERONOMY 31:44 27:25 - WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT INTO THE PROMISED 31:47 LAND, THEY WENT ON MOUNT GERIZIM AND MOUNT EBAL AND THEY WOULD 31:51 SAY THE BLESSINGS AND THE CURSINGS. 31:56 ONE MOUNTAIN WOULD SAY WHAT THE CURSE - BLESSING IS, 32:00 THE OTHER WOULD SAY WHAT THE CURSING IS. 32:01 AND ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAID IN DEUTERONOMY 27:25, THEY WOULD 32:06 SHOUT OUT "'CURSED IS THE ONE WHO TAKES A BRIBE TO SLAY AN 32:09 INNOCENT PERSON.' AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, 'AMEN!'" 32:14 THE WHOLE LAND - REMEMBER WHEN JESUS SAID THERE WAS GOING TO BE 32:17 A METING OUT OF JUDGMENT FOR INNOCENT BLOOD SHED IN THE LAND? 32:21 THE WHOLE LAND MADE A COVENANT, WHEN THEY TOOK THE PROMISED 32:23 LAND, THAT THERE WOULD BE A CURSE ON ANYONE WHO SHED 32:27 INNOCENT BLOOD. AND THAT WAS DESIGNED TO PUT THE 32:29 FEAR IN THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SLAY INNOCENT BLOOD. 32:33 BIG DEBATE IN THE NEWS TODAY - AND DON'T ASK ME MY VIEWS ON 32:35 THIS - IT'S A POLITICALLY CHARGED ISSUE - IS THE DEATH 32:41 PENALTY - DEATH PENALTY. AND SOME TAKE THE POSITION THAT 32:49 BECAUSE, OCCASIONALLY, SOMEBODY IS EXECUTED, WHO THEY LATER 32:54 FOUND OUT WAS INNOCENT AND THEY'VE DONE SOME NEW 32:58 DISCOVERIES BECAUSE OF DNA EVIDENCE THEY DID NOT HAVE WHEN 33:00 PEOPLE WERE CHARGED YEARS AGO, THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE EXECUTED 33:05 LEST SOMEBODY INNOCENT BE EXECUTED. 33:08 PERSONALLY - I TOLD YOU I WASN'T GOING TO TELL YOU MY VIEW, BUT I 33:10 DISAGREE WITH THAT CONCLUSION. (LAUGHTER) 33:14 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE LIKE THAT AND YOU DON'T 33:16 EVER DO ANYTHING, YOU MIGHT DO SOMETHING WRONG. 33:18 BUT, BECAUSE - BUT IT IS TRUE - THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BIG HEARTS 33:22 THAT THINK THAT WAY, THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO, 33:26 YOU KNOW, PRESERVE IN A PRISON MURDERERS, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY 33:30 DIE OF NATURAL CAUSES, THAN TO TAKE THE RISK THAT YOU MIGHT 33:32 EXECUTE ONE INNOCENTLY. I THINK YOU JUST NEED TO BE VERY 33:37 CAREFUL BEFORE YOU WOULD EVER PRONOUNCE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 33:40 BECAUSE THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT CAPITAL OFFENSE WAS LEGAL. 33:45 WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT: ONE OF THE MOST COMMON 33:47 QUESTIONS THAT WE GET IN OUR RADIO PROGRAM - SOMEONE STARTS 33:52 READING THE BIBLE AND THEY SAY, 'I'M NOT SO SURE I BELIEVE THE 33:54 BIBLE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS.' I'LL 33:57 SAY, 'WELL, HELP ME, WHAT CONTRADICTION ARE YOU THINKING 33:58 OF?' THEY'LL SAY, 'WELL, GOD SAID, 'THOU SHALT NOT KILL' AND 34:03 THEN I READ A FEW CHAPTERS LATER, HE SENDS AN ARMY OUT TO 34:05 KILL EVERYBODY IN A TOWN. WHAT'S WITH THAT? 34:09 HOW CAN GOD SAY, 'DON'T KILL' AND SAY, 'GO KILL EVERYBODY'? 34:12 I SAID, 'WELL, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KILLING AND 34:15 MURDER AND THE COMMANDMENT, ACTUALLY, DOES NOT REALLY SAY, 34:19 'THOU SHALT NOT KILL' BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO USE THAT KIND OF A 34:23 TECHNICAL DEFINITION, IF YOU INHALE AN AMOEBA AND IT DIES, 34:28 YOU KILLED. IF YOU SWAT A MOSQUITO - HOW 34:31 MANY HAVE SWATTED A MOSQUITO? 'FESS UP. COME ON. 34:35 I SEE SOME OF YOU AREN'T RAISING HANDS. HE JUST - YOU JUST LISTEN 34:38 IN THE BACKGROUND, SCORNFUL OF ANY QUESTION I ASK. 34:41 YOU'VE NEVER SWATTED A MOSQUITO? IS THAT MURDER? 34:46 YOU MURDERED THE MOS - YOU SAY, 'BUT IT WASN'T INNOCENT BLOOD - 34:51 HE HAD MY BLOOD.' WHEN A POLICEMAN SHOOTS SOMEBODY JUSTLY 35:00 WHO WAS COMMITTING A VIOLENT CRIME, DO YOU CALL HIM A 35:04 MURDERER? AND I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER 35:06 POLITICALLY-CHARGED ISSUE TODAY, BUT IF THEY'RE DOING IT, IS 35:09 THERE EVER A JUST TIME TO USE THEIR WEAPON? 35:11 WHAT ABOUT A SOLDIER WHO GOES IN DEFENSE OF YOUR COUNTRY, OR 35:15 WHO'S DEFENDING YOUR HOMELAND AGAINST AN INVASION - IF THEY 35:18 SHOOT BACK AND THEY KILL SOMEONE, ARE THEY A MURDERER? 35:24 NO, BECAUSE JESUS, WHEN HE SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, HE SAYS, 35:27 'THOU SHALT NOT MURDER.' AND SO, THERE IS A TIME WHEN IT IS 35:32 APPROPRIATE, IN SELF-DEFENSE OF YOUR FAMILY OR IN DEFENSE OF A 35:38 COUNTRY - YOU NOTICE IT KEEPS USING THE WORDS 'INNOCENT BLOOD' 35:42 'INNOCENT BLOOD' 'INNOCENT BLOOD'? 35:44 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SUGGESTS? SOME BLOOD IS NOT INNOCENT 35:47 OR YOU WOULDN'T NEED THAT QUALIFIER, 35:48 YOU'D JUST SAY 'BLOOD'. AND SO, THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE 35:53 UNJUST AND MOSES WAS ALSO GIVEN LAWS THAT SAY IF A PERSON DOES 35:57 THIS OR THIS OR THIS, THEY WERE TO BE EXECUTED. 36:01 THERE WERE SOME CAPITAL OFFENSES WHERE THEY WERE NOT INNOCENT 36:04 BLOOD, BUT TO WRONGLY SLAY AN INNOCENT PERSON WAS ONE OF THE 36:10 WORST THINGS THAT THERE COULD BE. 36:14 IF YOU LOOK IN 2 KINGS 24, VERSE 4, AND BECAUSE OF THE - I 36:19 ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT SAYS, 'BECAUSE 36:21 OF THE BLOOD THAT HE (MANASSEH) HAD SHED, FOR HE FILLED 36:24 JERUSALEM WITH INNOCENT BLOOD.' MANASSEH KILLED THE PROPHET 36:27 ISAIAH, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. HE HAD HIS OWN CHILDREN PASS 36:32 THROUGH THE FIRE - SACRIFICED SOME OF HIS OWN CHILDREN TO 36:35 MOLEK OR ONE OF THESE OTHER PAGAN GODS. 36:38 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US JONAH 1:14. 36:42 >>"THEREFORE THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD AND SAID, 'WE PRAY, 36:46 O LORD, PLEASE DO NOT LET US PERISH FOR THIS MAN'S LIFE, 36:49 AND DO NOT CHARGE US WITH INNOCENT BLOOD; FOR YOU, 36:52 O LORD, HAVE DONE AS IT PLEASED YOU." 36:55 >>YOU KNOW THE STORY: JONAH WAS ON THE BOAT WITH ALL THE SAILORS 36:58 AND THEY - DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THE BOAT ALIVE AND 37:03 FINALLY THEY REALIZE 'THIS IS A SUPERNATURAL STORM'. 37:05 THEY CAST LOTS; THE LOT FALLS ON JONAH. 37:07 JONAH 'FESSES UP AND HE SAYS, 'I RAN FROM THE WORD OF THE LORD. 37:12 I'M A DISOBEDIENT WAYWARD PROPHET AND ALL THIS HAS 37:15 HAPPENED TO YOU BECAUSE OF ME.' HE SAYS 'IT'S MY FAULT' AND HE 37:19 SAYS, 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PEACE UNTIL YOU THROW ME 37:21 OVERBOARD.' JONAH SAYS THAT! 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE 37:23 PEACE UNTIL YOU THROW ME OVER. YOU'VE GOT TO SACRIFICE ME IF 37:25 YOU WANT PEACE.' THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WHY? 37:28 BECAUSE THERE'S A RISK THAT THEY WOULD SLAY INNOCENT BLOOD. 37:31 WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU KILLED SOMEBODY? 37:35 AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT BELIEVERS - THEY'RE PAGAN - 37:37 THESE SAILORS, THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SAVE 37:39 THEMSELVES, BUT THEY REALIZE THE NEXT WAVE THEY'RE GOING TO DIE 37:42 AND THEY SAID, 'ALRIGHT, LORD, IT'S OUR LAST HOPE.' AND SO THEY 37:46 COUNT TO THREE AND THEY THROW THEM OVERBOARD, BUT THEY PRAY, 37:48 'DON'T CHARGE US WITH INNOCENT BLOOD.' NOW THAT'S INTERESTING, 37:51 BECAUSE JONAH'S A TYPE OF CHRIST - JESUS SAID SO - AND AT THE 37:55 CRUCIFIXION, PILATE DID NOT WANT TO BE GUILTY OF INNOCENT BLOOD. 37:58 THEY CAST LOTS FOR JONAH, THEY CAST LOTS AT THE CROSS FOR 38:03 JESUS. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT JESUS 38:06 WAS ASLEEP IN A BOAT DURING A STORM AND THEY WOKE HIM UP AND 38:08 SAID, 'LORD, WE'RE PERISHING.' JONAH WAS ASLEEP IN A BOAT 38:12 DURING A STORM, THE CAPTAIN WOKE HIM UP AND SAID, 'WE'RE 38:14 PERISHING.' IT'S JUST - A LOT OF TYPES THERE, BUT I WON'T LAUNCH 38:18 INTO MY SERMON ON JONAH RIGHT NOW. INNOCENT BLOOD IS THE THING 38:21 I WANTED TO BRING UP. AND YOU CAN ALSO READ - I'VE GOT 38:25 JUST A COUPLE MORE VERSES - THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THE TITLE OF THE 38:27 LESSON - SO I'M BEARING IT OUT QUITE A BIT - LUKE 18:7 AND 8, 38:32 "AND SHALL GOD NOT AVENGE HIS OWN ELECT WHO CRY OUT DAY AND 38:35 NIGHT TO HIM, THOUGH HE BEARS LONG WITH THEM? 38:38 I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY." 38:41 NOW THAT'S - IT SAYS, 'THOUGH HE BEARS LONG; HE WILL AVENGE THEM 38:45 SPEEDILY.' HOW DO YOU RECONCILE 'BEARS LONG' WITH 'SPEEDILY'? 38:51 WHY DOES IT SAY IN HABAKKUK, 'THOUGH THE VISION APPEARS TO 38:54 TARRY, IT WILL NOT TARRY, HE WILL SURELY COME." 38:58 TO THOSE OF WAITING FOR THE SECOND-COMING OF THE LORD, DOES 39:01 IT SEEM, SOMETIMES, LIKE WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME? 39:04 WHEN YOU'RE HUMAN AND YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE BY, YOU KNOW, 39:09 A CENTURY, WAITING A FEW THOUSAND YEARS FOR THE COMING OF 39:14 THE LORD SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS DOES 39:18 COME, MOST OF THE WORLD WILL THINK HE CAME TOO SOON. 39:21 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? AND THOSE WHO DIED IN FAITH, 39:27 YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE RESURRECTION - IT'S THE 39:29 COMING OF THE LORD, FOR YOU, RIGHT? 39:31 YOU WITH ME? YOU'RE GOING TO THINK HOW SHORT 39:34 LIFE WAS, AFTER YOUR FIRST ZILLION YEARS GO BY. 39:38 YOU'LL LAUGH AND CHUCKLE WHEN YOU THINK, 'BOY, I REMEMBER WHEN 39:40 I WAS BACK ON EARTH I THOUGHT, 'LORD, WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?' 39:43 I THOUGHT FIFTY YEARS WAS A LONG TIME. 39:46 SO SOME OF IT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS CORRECTED. 39:49 SO, HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED A LONG TIME ABOUT AN ISSUE AND IT JUST 39:52 SEEMS LIKE THE ANSWER TAKES FOREVER TO COME? 39:55 JESUS SAID, 'DON'T GIVE UP PRAYING.' NOW, HOW LONG DID JOB 39:58 SUFFER? WE DON'T KNOW. IT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE OF WEEKS. 40:04 I MEAN, YOU JUST - IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEVIL HIT HIM VERY QUICKLY. 40:08 QUICKLY HE LOST ALL OF HIS THINGS AND HIS FAMILY. 40:12 AND HE RETAINED HIS INTEGRITY AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE DEVIL 40:15 WANTED TO GET HIM WHILE HE WAS STILL DOWN AND DEPRESSED AND HE 40:18 HIT HIS HEALTH. THE PLAGUES THAT FELL ON EGYPT 40:21 CAME IN PRETTY QUICK SUCCESSION, DIDN'T THEY? 40:23 A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS IT ALL HAPPENED. 40:25 SOME HAVE ESTIMATED ABOUT 45 DAYS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE 40:29 END. AND SO, JOB IS PRAYING AND 40:32 PRAYING AND SAYING, 'LORD, HOW COME YOU DON'T 40:33 HEAR MY COMPLAINT?' HIS FRIENDS SAT WITH 40:34 HIM FOR SEVEN DAYS. THAT'S A LONG VIGIL TO SIT THERE 40:39 QUIETLY AND NOT SAYING A WORD - AND WATCH YOUR FRIEND SUFFER. 40:44 I'VE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG, BEFORE, AND 40:49 IT'S HARD TO WATCH PEOPLE SUFFER, I'LL TELL YOU. 40:51 NOT ONLY DO THEY SUFFER, YOU SUFFER WITH THEM, BECAUSE YOU 40:54 HATE TO WATCH A PERSON SUFFER. AND SO, JOB'S GOING, 'HOW LONG?' 40:59 AND YET JESUS SAID, 'THOUGH HE BEARS LONG WITH THEM, HE WILL 41:02 AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY. IN OTHER WORDS, BE PATIENT, WHEN IT DOES 41:05 HAPPEN, YOU'LL REALIZE IT WAS SOON ENOUGH. 41:10 WHEN PILATE SAW THE HE COULD NOT PREVAIL AT ALL - I READ THIS TO 41:14 YOU ALREADY - HE TOOK WATER - WASHED HIS HANDS - AND SAID, 'I 41:17 AM INNOCENT OF THE BLOOD OF THIS JUST PERSON.' COWARD - WHY DID 41:21 HE SAY HE WAS JUST AND THEN HE CONDEMNED HIM? 41:24 REVELATION 6 GIVES US A PICTURE: HE OPENS THE FIFTH SEAL AND 41:29 UNDER THE ALTAR WE SEE THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO WERE SLAIN FOR THE 41:32 WORD OF GOD; FOR THE TESTIMONY THEY HELD. 41:35 NOW THESE ARE ALREADY DEAD - "AND THEY CRIED WITH A LOUD 41:38 VOICE, SAYING, 'HOW LONG, O LORD, HOLY AND TRUE, UNTIL YOU 41:42 JUDGE AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD'" - THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE - IT IS 41:46 INNOCENT BLOOD. NOW, YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE, 41:49 THIS VERSE IN REVELATION 6 IS A VISION - IT'S A SYMBOL - GOD 41:54 DOES NOT HAVE A BUNCH OF SOULS TRAPPED UNDER AN ALTAR CRYING 41:57 - IN HEAVEN - AND WAILING. I MEAN, WHO WOULD WANT TO BE 42:01 RIGHTEOUS AND HAVE THAT AS YOUR ASSIGNMENT - YOUR JOB IS TO 42:04 BE UNDER THE ALTAR AND CRY. IT'S TALKING ABOUT JUSTICE 42:08 CRYING OUT FOR THE RIGHTEOUS. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT 42:11 SAYS, 'THE BLOOD OF ABEL CRIED TO THE LORD FROM THE GROUND'? 42:16 WELL, OBVIOUSLY, BLOOD DOES NOT CRY. 42:19 IT'S TALKING ABOUT CRYING OUT FOR JUSTICE. 42:22 AGAIN, GOD IS BASICALLY SAYING, THROUGH THIS VISION, I HAVE NOT 42:25 FORGOTTEN THE BLOOD OF THE RIGHTEOUS THAT HAS BEEN SHED AND 42:29 IT WILL BE AVENGED. AND GOD IS TELLING JOB, YOU 42:32 KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE SUFFERING, BUT BE PATIENT. 42:36 IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER.' THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID HE WILL 42:38 AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY. AND THEN I READ YOU THAT VERSE 42:43 IN MATTHEW 23:35, "THAT ON YOU MAY COME ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD 42:47 SHED ON THE EARTH, FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS ABEL TO THE 42:50 BLOOD OF ZECHARIAH, SON OF BERECHIAH, WHOM YOU MURDERED 42:54 BETWEEN THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR. 42:55 ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, ALL THESE THINGS WILL COME UPON THIS 42:59 GENERATION." A GENERATION'S FORTY YEARS. 43:02 JESUS MADE THAT PROPHECY IN 30 A.D. 43:06 AND FORTY YEARS LATER - 70 A.D. - JERUSALEM WAS ATTACKED AND ALL 43:11 THESE TERRIBLE JUDGMENTS FELL. BOY, IT MAKES YOU SHUDDER 43:15 TO THINK ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION: UNFAIR 43:20 FATES - UNFAIR FATES - AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT JOB 15 43:24 AND READING VERSES 14 THROUGH 16. SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR 43:27 ME, IN JUST A MOMENT, JOB 5:7. OKAY, DANIEL - HAVE THAT? 43:31 LET ME READ JOB 15:14, "WHAT IS MAN, THAT HE COULD BE IMPURE? 43:37 AND HE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN," - I'M SORRY, I READ THAT WRONG - 43:41 "WHAT IS MAN, THAT HE COULD BE PURE? 43:43 AND HE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN, THAT HE COULD BE RIGHTEOUS? 43:46 IF GOD PUTS NO TRUST IN HIS SAINTS," - MEANING THE ANGELS - 43:52 "AND THE HEAVENS ARE NOT PURE IN HIS SIGHT, HOW MUCH LESS MAN, 43:55 WHO IS ABOMINABLE AND FILTHY, WHO DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER!" 44:00 NOW JOB IS ADMITTING, YOU KNOW, MAN IS SINFUL. 44:04 GO AHEAD, PLEASE, READ FOR US JOB 5, VERSE 7. 44:07 >>"YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD." 44:12 >>YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL BEEN AROUND A FIRE AND YOU TOSS 44:14 ANOTHER PIECE OF WOOD IN AND WHAT DIRECTION TO THE SPARKS GO? 44:19 EVERY NOW AND THEN ONE WILL POP AND SHOOT OUT OF THE FIREPLACE - 44:21 THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO HAVE A SCREEN - BUT, TYPICALLY, THE 44:24 SPARKS ARE CARRIED UP WITH THE HEAT - IT RISES. 44:28 IN OTHER WORDS, JOB IS SAYING IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A LAW OF LIFE 44:31 THAT MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE - TROUBLE, THERE, BEING BAD 44:34 BEHAVIOR - AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD. 44:42 IF YOU SEND YOUR BOY OUT TO PLAY, YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON 44:46 HIM. IF YOU SEND TWO BOYS OUT TO 44:49 PLAY, YOU WANT TO KEEP TWO EYES ON THEM. 44:52 IF THREE BOYS ARE OUT PLAYING, YOU NEED TO KEEP THREE EYES ON 44:56 THEM. YOU'LL HAVE TO GROW AN EYE. 44:58 IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST A LAW OF LIFE, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND SOME 45:02 MISCHIEF TO GET INTO. AND YOU DON'T WAIT UNTIL THEY 45:09 GET A SKINNED KNEE BEFORE YOU BUY THE BAND-AIDS, YOU BUY 45:12 THE BAND-AIDS IN ADVANCE, ANTICIPATING, IF YOU HAVE KIDS 45:14 THERE WILL BE SKINNED KNEES. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 45:18 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LAW OF LIFE THAT MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE. 45:23 HOW MANY OF YOU THOUGHT, WHEN YOU DECIDED TO HAVE CHILDREN, 45:25 THAT THEY'D NEVER GET HURT OR DO ANYTHING WRONG? 45:28 JUST WONDERING - AND YOU STILL HAD THEM? 45:33 PSALM 143, "THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE." 45:38 THIS IS QUOTED LATER BY PAUL, IN ROMANS. 45:41 1 KINGS 8:46 - THIS IS THE DEDICATION PRAYER OF SOLOMON. 45:46 HE'S IN THE TEMPLE, HE'S DEDICATING THE SANCTUARY - A 45:48 PLACE WHERE THEY CAME SEEKING FORGIVENESS. 45:51 IT SAYS, "WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU" - YOU NOTICE SOLOMON DIDN'T 45:53 SAY 'IF THEY SIN AGAINST YOU'? - "WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU 45:56 (FOR THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES NOT SIN)" - NOW THIS IS THE 45:59 WISEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED. THIS IS SOLOMON WRITING WHILE HE 46:02 WAS STILL CLOSE TO THE LORD, AND HE RECOGNIZED THAT, AS THE 46:07 SPARKS FLY UPWARD, PEOPLE ARE BORN TO TROUBLE. 46:11 "(FOR THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES NOT SIN), AND YOU BECOME ANGRY 46:14 WITH THEM AND DELIVER THEM TO THE ENEMY, AND THEY TAKE THEM 46:17 CAPTIVE TO THE LAND OF THE ENEMY, FAR OR NEAR;" - IF THEY 46:19 PRAY TOWARDS THIS PLACE, THEN HERE IN HEAVEN - I'M 46:22 PARAPHRASING THIS LAST PART. ISAIAH 53:6 - IF YOU COULD 46:26 FINISH THIS VERSE FOR ME, "ALL WE LIKE SHEEP" - 46:30 >>"HAVE GONE ASTRAY." >>HOW MANY HAVE GONE ASTRAY? 46:32 >>ALL. >>ALL HAVE GONE ASTRAY. 46:36 A FEW MORE VERSES ON THIS POINT HERE: PSALM 40:12, "FOR 46:40 INNUMERABLE EVILS HAVE SURROUNDED ME; MY INIQUITIES 46:44 HAVE OVERTAKEN ME, SO THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO LOOK UP; THEY ARE 46:47 MORE THAN THE HAIRS OF MY HEAD;" - YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD 46:50 HAS NUMBERED OUR HAIRS - "THEREFORE MY HEART FAILS ME." 46:54 DAVID IS SAYING IT SEEMS LIKE OUR SINS - IT'S JUST 46:57 INNUMERABLE. NOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE 47:00 LORD AND I WANTED TO JOIN THE CHURCH AND I READ WHAT THE 47:05 CRITERIA WAS, I WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED AND JOIN THE CHURCH AND 47:08 THEY SAID, 'WELL DOUG, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A FEW ISSUES 47:11 YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH. FIRST, ACCEPT JESUS - ASK HIM 47:14 TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS.' - BUT MY IDEA OF SIN - AND YOU COME OUT 47:17 OF THE WORLD AND I KIND OF HAD A LITTLE CATHOLIC INFLUENCE - 47:20 WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, 47:22 YOUR MORTAL SINS - THE BIG SINS - WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM? 47:28 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS - AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF SINS, YOU 47:31 KNOW, AS SOMETHING YOU COULD COUNT - THESE BAD - YOU DON'T 47:33 STEAL, YOU DON'T LIE, YOU DON'T - I SAID, 'ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT TO 47:35 STOP SHOPLIFTING. I'VE GOT TO STOP' - AND THEN I SAID - 'GOTTA 47:38 STOP DRINKING, DOUG.' THEY CAME AND SAID, 'ALRIGHT, STOP 47:41 SMOKING.' 'OKAY.' AND THERE WERE THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW? 47:45 AND I WENT THROUGH THE LIST AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ABLE 47:48 TO, KIND OF, MEET THE CRITERIA OF THESE OBVIOUS SINS AND WHEN 47:54 THEY WENT THROUGH THE BAPTISMAL VOWS, I COULD SAY, 'YES' TO ALL 47:57 THE BAPTISMAL VOWS IN GOOD CONSCIENCE. 48:00 I WASN'T PROMISING TO BE SINLESS, BUT I THOUGHT, 'PRAISE 48:03 GOD, I DON'T SMOKE ANYMORE, I DON'T DRINK ANYMORE, DON'T STEAL 48:05 ANYMORE, DON'T CURSE ANYMORE - I - TEN COMMANDMENTS - I'M GOING 48:07 TO BY MY - BY THE GRACE OF GOD I'M GOING TO TRY AND KEEP 48:09 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.' THEN I KEPT READING THE BIBLE AND I 48:14 FOUND OUT SIN IS MORE THAN JUST AN ACTION - ONE OF THESE BIG, 48:18 OBVIOUS THINGS, SIN IS AN ATTITUDE. 48:23 JESUS SAID YOU CAN THINK SOMETHING AND SIN. 48:29 YOU CAN THINK SOME IMPURE THOUGHT, YOU CAN THINK EVIL 48:32 AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR AND JESUS SAID IT'S MURDER. 48:35 MATTER OF FACT, HE SAID, 'LET YOUR 'YES' BE 'YES, AND YOUR 48:37 'NO' BE 'NO'.' AND LYING IS NOT JUST TELLING A BIG, FAT LIE, 48:40 LYING CAN BE A LOOK ON YOUR FACE, IT COULD BE A SHRUG OF THE 48:44 SHOULDERS - I MEAN, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 48:48 'HOW ARE YOU FEELING?' 'FINE' - WHEN YOU'RE NOT. 48:50 I MEAN, I STARTED REALIZING, 'WOW, BY THIS HIGHER STANDARD, A 48:56 LOT OF THINGS GET DEFINED AS SIN.' NOW, IF A PERSON HAS TO 49:01 WAIT UNTIL THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN PURIFIED FROM ANY 49:05 SINFUL TENDENCY, NO ONE'S GOING TO GET BAPTIZED. 49:08 I STILL THINK THE BAPTISMAL CRITERIA ARE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE 49:12 YOU WANT TO BE A WITNESS FOR THE LORD. 49:13 YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER YOU COME TO THE LORD, YOU START REALIZING 49:15 THAT IT'S ONLY AS YOU WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WITH THE MIND 49:19 OF CHRIST, YOU CAN REALLY BE LIVING WITHOUT SIN. 49:23 YOU MISSED A GOOD CHANCE FOR AN 'AMEN'. 49:25 I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. >>AMEN. 49:26 >>BECAUSE THAT'S A - THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TRUTH. 49:28 THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY BE A CHRISTIAN - IT'S NOT JUST GOING 49:31 AROUND WRINGING YOUR HANDS SAYING, 'PLEASE DON'T SHOPLIFT.' 49:34 YOU KNOW, YOUR RIGHT HAND OFFENDS YOU, CUT IT OFF. 49:36 DON'T SHOPLIFT. OR DON'T CURSE OR YOU'RE 49:39 GOING TO CUT OUT YOUR TONGUE. I MEAN THOSE ARE - THAT'S THE 49:42 ELEMENTARY IDEA OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 49:45 BEING A REAL CHRISTIAN IS IT'S NOT I THAT LIVES, BUT CHRIST 49:48 THAT LIVES IN ME.' IT'S WHEN YOU ARE WALKING WITH CHRIST IN THE 49:51 SPIRIT OF GOD SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING, 'DON'T THINK THAT 49:54 THOUGHT. DON'T SAY THAT WORD.' IT'S EVERY 49:58 IDLE WORD THAT YOU SPEAK, YOU'LL GIVE AN ACCOUNT THEREOF 50:01 IN THE JUDGMENT. SIN IS NOT JUST THE BIG THINGS, 50:03 IT'S THE ATTITUDES AND THE LITTLE THINGS. 50:05 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN LIVE IN THE SIGHT OF A HOLY GOD IS TO BE 50:08 SPIRIT POSSESSED BY THE RIGHT SPIRIT. 50:12 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? >>YEAH. 50:14 >>ALRIGHT, SO CARRYING ON HERE - BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT SIN IS 50:21 - JESUS SAID, 'WHY DO YOU CALL ME GOOD? 50:23 THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE AND THAT IS GOD. 50:26 ONLY GOD IS GOOD.' ROMANS 3:23, "ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN 50:30 SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.' SO WHEN JOB IS PLEADING HIS 50:33 GOODNESS BEFORE GOD, HE'S NOT SAYING HE'S SINLESS - HE KNEW 50:35 THAT HE HAD SINNED. HE'S SAYING, 'I'VE 50:37 TURNED FROM MY SINS. I AM YOUR SERVANT. 50:39 WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?' SENECA SAID SOMETHING 50:41 INTERESTING, THAT ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER, HE SAID, 'SOME SINS 50:46 WE'VE COMMITTED, SOME SINS WE'VE CONTEMPLATED, SOME WE HAVE 50:50 DESIRED, SOME WE HAVE ENCOURAGED. 50:53 IN THE CASE OF SOME WE ARE INNOCENT ONLY BECAUSE WE DID NOT 50:55 SUCCEED IN SINS.' THE NEXT SECTION - SUFFICIENT FOR THE DAY 51:03 - AND, YOU SEE, SOME PEOPLE DID NOT GET WHAT THEY DESERVED AND 51:09 YOU THINK, 'WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?' SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ 51:11 FOR ME 2 SAMUEL 11:17 - OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? 51:15 GENESIS 4:8 - WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS - "NOW CAIN TALKED 51:18 WITH ABEL HIS BROTHER; AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY WERE IN 51:21 THE FIELD, THAT CAIN ROSE UP AGAINST ABEL HIS BROTHER AND 51:24 KILLED HIM." WAS THAT FAIR? 51:27 HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD PERSON IN THE WORLD - SECOND 51:29 PERSON BORN - UNLESS THEY HAD A GIRL BEFORE HIM, BECAUSE IT ONLY 51:32 MENTIONS THE BOYS - HE DIDN'T GET TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE - GOT 51:35 KILLED BY HIS BROTHER. DID HE DESERVE IT? 51:38 WAS ABEL SINLESS? >>NO. 51:40 >>BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WAS INNOCENT, BECAUSE HE WAS 51:44 CLAIMING THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS. HE HAD JUST WORSHIPED THE LORD 51:48 AND MADE A SACRIFICE FOR HIS SIN AND SO, HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT. 51:52 EXODUS 12:29, "AND IT CAME TO PASS AT MIDNIGHT THAT THE LORD 51:56 STRUCK ALL THE FIRSTBORN IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, FROM THE 51:59 FIRSTBORN OF PHARAOH WHO SAT ON HIS THRONE TO THE FIRSTBORN OF 52:03 THE CAPTIVE" - WERE SOME OF THOSE FIRSTBORN THAT WERE STRUCK 52:05 BABIES? DO THEY - WHAT DID THEY DO? DID ANY BABIES DIE IN THE 52:12 FLOOD BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IN THE ARK WITH THEIR FAMILIES? 52:15 THEY WERE SUFFERING THE RESULTS OF THEIR PARENTS' DECISIONS. 52:19 AND WHAT THE PHARAOH DID PLAYED OUT IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. 52:23 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, PLEASE, 2 SAMUEL 11. 52:27 >>"THEN THE MEN OF THE CITY CAME OUT AND FOUGHT WITH JOAB. 52:31 AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SERVANTS OF DAVID FELL; AND 52:34 URIAH THE HITTITE DIED ALSO." >>NOW, WHAT DID URIAH DO WRONG? 52:39 HE WAS A LOYAL SOLDIER AND, IN AN EFFORT TO COVER HIS SIN, 52:43 DAVID WAS NOT ONLY WILLING TO HAVE URIAH KILLED, BUT HIS 52:47 PLATOON THAT WENT WITH HIM TO ATTACK THE CITY WALLS. 52:49 A NUMBER OF THEM WERE KILLED BECAUSE JOAB GAVE THEM A SUICIDE 52:52 MISSION TO MAKE SURE URIAH WOULD BE KILLED. 52:55 YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT ONE OF THE REAL INTERESTING REUNIONS 52:58 IN HEAVEN - I THINK DAVID WAS FORGIVEN, DON'T YOU? 53:01 THE BIBLE SOUNDS LIKE URIAH'S A GODLY MAN. 53:03 HE HAS ONE VERSE IN THE BIBLE WHERE URIAH SPEAKS AND HE SOUNDS 53:06 LIKE A VERY DEDICATED, GODLY MAN. 53:09 I EXPECT BATHSHEBA'S GOING TO BE FORGIVEN. 53:11 SHE ENDED UP BEING MOTHER TO SOLOMON - A TYPE OF CHRIST. 53:16 SO IN HEAVEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE URIAH, DAVID, AND BATHSHEBA 53:19 AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE RECORDS TOGETHER AND 53:22 URIAH'S GOING TO BE SAYING, 'DAVID, I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY 53:24 YOU HAD JOAB SEND ME ON THIS SUICIDE MISSION. 53:26 NOW I KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.' IT'S GOING TO BE VERY 53:29 INTERESTING. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO 53:33 WONDERS ABOUT THAT? MATTHEW 14:10, "SO HEROD [HE] 53:40 SENT AND HAD JOHN BEHEADED IN PRISON." 53:42 WAS THAT INNOCENT BLOOD? AND HEROD DIED FOR THAT, LATER. 53:47 HEBREWS 11:35 THROUGH 38 - AND THERE'S A LITANY OF THESE 53:51 PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVEN BY PAUL, "WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR DEAD 53:54 RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN. OTHERS WERE TORTURED, NOT 53:57 ACCEPTING DELIVERANCE, THAT THEY MIGHT OBTAIN A 53:59 BETTER RESURRECTION. STILL OTHERS HAD TRIAL OF 54:02 MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, YES, AND OF CHAINS AND IMPRISONMENT. 54:05 THEY WERE STONED, THEY WERE SAWN IN TWO," - BY THE WAY, TRADITION 54:10 TELLS US THIS IS HOW MANASSEH KILLED ISAIAH. 54:13 HE HAD HIM PLACED IN A HOLLOW LOG AND HE WAS SAWN IN TWAIN - 54:17 THEY "WERE TEMPTED, WERE SLAIN WITH THE SWORD. 54:20 THEY WANDERED ABOUT IN SHEEPSKINS AND GOATSKINS, BEING 54:23 DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, TORMENTED - OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT 54:27 WORTHY. THEY WANDERED IN DESERTS AND 54:28 MOUNTAINS, IN DENS AND CAVES OF THE EARTH." 54:31 THE PROPHETS OF GOD HAD TO HIDE IN CAVES FOR THEIR LIVES. 54:34 DID THEY DESERVE IT? DID THE RIGHTEOUS SOMETIMES 54:36 SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF THE WICKED? NOT ONLY IN THE TIMES 54:39 BEFORE CHRIST, BUT DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION OF THE DARK 54:42 AGES. A LOT WERE PERSECUTED FOR THEIR FAITH. 54:45 AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN THESE VERSES WE REALIZE THAT, YES, 54:50 JOB, EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS SOMETIMES SUFFER AND GOD 54:53 SOMETIMES ALLOWS IT FOR HIS PURPOSES. 54:56 WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL THOUGHT: WHY DOES GOD SOMETIMES 55:01 ALLOW THE RIGHTEOUS TO SUFFER? WILL WE ALWAYS KNOW THE ANSWER? 55:06 NO, IT SAYS - HEBREWS 11:1 - "NOW FAITH" - AND THIS IS OUR 55:09 MEMORY VERSE - "FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, 55:12 THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN." 55:16 AND PROVERBS 3:5, "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. 55:20 LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS 55:22 ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS." 55:24 EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T KNOW WHY SOMETHING MIGHT BE HAPPENING, 55:27 YOU KNOW THAT FAMOUS VERSE IN ROMANS? 55:29 'ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD' - GOD CAN WORK ALL 55:34 THINGS THAT HAPPEN - EVEN IF BAD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS TO YOU, GOD 55:37 CAN WORK IT FOR GOOD IN THE LIVES AND HEARTS OF THOSE THAT 55:41 LOVE THE LORD. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR EVERYBODY. 55:44 JOB 14:1 AND 2, "MAN WHO IS BORN OF WOMAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL 55:50 OF TROUBLE. HE COMES FORTH LIKE A FLOWER 55:52 AND FADES AWAY; HE FLEES LIKE A SHADOW AND DOES NOT CONTINUE." 55:57 OUR LIVES ARE SHORT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE 55:59 JUST LIVE TO TRUST GOD. WE DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHY 56:03 THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. ANYWAY, JUST BEFORE WE RUN OUT 56:06 OF TIME COMPLETELY, I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO MAYBE DID NOT 56:09 HEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BROADCAST - WE 56:11 HAVE A FREE OFFER. IT'S A BOOK BY JOE - ACTUALLY, 56:14 BY DENNIS PRIEBE - CALLED THE FINAL VERDICT - IT'S 56:16 #162 WHEN YOU CALL IN. THAT NUMBER AGAIN 56:19 IS 866-788-3966. THAT TRANSLATES TO 56:24 866-STUDY-MORE - AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. 56:28 PLEASE READ IT AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 56:30 IT TALKS ABOUT THE JUSTICE OF GOD. 56:32 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 56:35 WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING HIS WORD WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT 56:37 WEEK. (MUSIC) 56:49 >>FRIENDS, ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'LL OFTEN FIND IN 56:52 THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS, LIKE HERE ON FIJI, IS THE VAIVAI 56:55 PLANT. NOW, IN NORTH AMERICA, IF YOU 56:57 WANT TO BUILD A FENCE YOU'VE GOT TO GET FENCE POSTS AND THEN YOU 57:00 PUT THE WOODEN FENCE POSTS IN THE GROUND AND THEN AFTER A FEW 57:03 YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO ROT AND BREAK OFF, UNLESS THEY'RE 57:05 SPECIALLY TREATED. BUT HERE, THEY'VE GOT THESE 57:08 TREES - THE VAIVAI TREE - THEY CAN CUT THEM RIGHT OUT OF THE 57:11 WOODS, THEY'LL TAKE A STICK, THEY STICK IT IN THE GROUND, AND 57:14 BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH RAIN AND PRECIPITATION, IT BEGINS TO 57:17 SPROUT AND TURNS INTO A LIVING FENCE POST. 57:20 IT MAKES UP ITS MIND THAT IT'S GOING TO FLOURISH WHEREVER YOU 57:22 STICK IT, WHICH IS A GOOD LESSON FOR YOU AND ME. 57:25 SO YOU MIGHT WONDER SOMETIMES IF YOU'VE GOT A PURPOSE IN LIFE. 57:29 YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GROWING SORT OF SPORADICALLY IN 57:31 EVERY DIRECTION, AND THEN ALONG COMES THIS PERSON WHO CUTS YOU 57:34 DOWN AND CARRIES YOU OFF, HE STICKS YOU IN THE GROUND BUT YOU 57:38 LOOK BACK AND SAY, 'THERE WAS A PLAN. 57:41 THERE WAS A PURPOSE.' GOD KNOWS HOW TO TEACH US HOW TO PROSPER 57:45 WHERE HE PLANTS US. YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY THE LORD 57:47 HAS PUT YOU WHERE HE HAS IN LIFE, BUT YOU CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS 57:50 AND YOU CAN GROW AND YOU CAN SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE FOR GOD. 57:53 YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GOD SAYS IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, 'I KNOW THE 57:57 PLANS THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE.' GOD HAS A 58:00 PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE, FRIENDS, AND HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROSPER 58:03 AND GROW WHEREVER YOU'RE PLANTED. 58:06 (MUSIC) |
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