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Jean Ross: Good
morning, friends.
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Welcome again to Sabbath
School Study Hour, coming
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to you here from the
Amazing Facts offices in
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Sacramento, California.
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I'd like to welcome
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Quarterly dealing with
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And it's not too late.
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You can get one at an
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Today, we're on lesson number 6.
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It's entitled "More Lessons
From the Master Teacher."
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And I also want to
remind you that this week our
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lesson study, if you're
watching live, it's 9 a.m.
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Pacific Time but next
week we're going to start
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Sabbath School one hour later.
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So it'll actually be
10 a.m. Pacific Time.
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So those of you who are
watching live, just take
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note of that.
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Well, before we get to
our lesson, let's start with a
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word of prayer.
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Dear Father in heaven,
we thank You that we're able
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to open up Your Word and
study together in such an
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important lesson,
looking at the example of Jesus
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and learning from Him.
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So we ask Your blessing
upon our time together in
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Jesus' name, amen.
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Doug Batchelor: Amen.
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Jean: Well, Pastor
Doug, we have an important
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Pastor Doug, this coming
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who are watching this
live, we've got something
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very special that is
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Pacific Time on Friday.
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Doug: Yeah, I was
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the church parking lot
that I saw on either side
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of the entrance,
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And we're going to
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share this evangelistic
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about some of the major
prophecies in Revelation
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and how it relates to
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world today and how
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And you can participate,
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Send the link on to your
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tune in, because
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prophecy now with
everything happening with
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the pandemic and the
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political polarization
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and the economy.
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People are wondering
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And so this is a great
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We won't always have
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Invite your friends
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It'll also be on 3ABN
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Jean: Okay, so that's
Friday, October 23, is
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when that begins.
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Well, Pastor Doug, should
we take a look at our lesson?
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It's an important one.
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We do have a memory verse
and the memory verse comes
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from Mark chapter 10,
verse 52, and the words of
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Jesus: "Then Jesus said
to him, 'Go your way; your
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faith has made you well.'
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And immediately he received his
sight and he followed Jesus on
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the road."
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Doug: Now that story's
going to come up a little
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later in the lesson.
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It's where Jesus
heals Bartimaeus but, in the
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first section here, and
we're learning, of course,
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lessons about the Master.
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Now, we'll be going to
Genesis because we believe
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Jesus does not appear
really for the first time
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in the New Testament;
you find Christ even in the
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Old Testament.
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These are called
Christophanies where God,
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the Son, was speaking to
man in the Old Testament.
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And, you know, all
things that were made were made
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by Him, being Jesus, and
that would include Adam and Eve.
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But you see right at
the beginning when Adam and
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Eve sinned, the
response of what they did, or I
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should say Jesus' response
to sin was one of compassion.
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Their response was
shame and blame and they ran.
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And you can see here in
Genesis chapter 3 and I'll
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read verses 8 through
10: "And they heard the sound
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of the Lord God walking
in the garden in the cool of
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the day, and Adam and
his wife hid themselves from
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the presence of the Lord
among the trees in the garden.
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And then the Lord called to
Adam and said, 'Where are you?'
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And he said, 'Well, I
heard your voice in the
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garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked, and I
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hid myself.'"
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Now, when God asks Adam, "Where
are you?" it's not that God
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really didn't know.
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You can read, I think
it's Psalm 137, you know,
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"Where shall I flee
from Your presence?"
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We can't hide from God.
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Reminds me of when I
play hide-and-seek with the
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kids in the house when
they were little and, you
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know, I'd say, "Here I
come," and you'd go and
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I'd see their feet
sticking out from behind
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the curtains and
say, "Where are you?"
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You know, I
knew where they were.
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But, you know, God
sometimes asks these
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rhetorical questions.
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You've disobeyed,
where has it brought you?
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is really what He's asking.
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And it's interesting
that the first question that
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God asks in the
Bible is "Where are you?"
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And--'cause man ran from God.
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When you get to the
New Testament the first
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question that is asked in
the Gospel is the wise men
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looking for Jesus,
they say, "Where is He?"
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And the first question
in the Bible is when the
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devil questions God's
Word: "Hath God said?"
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And so when we doubt
God's Word, it can lead to sin
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and it separates us from God.
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Jean: You know,
Pastor Doug, just those three
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little interesting facts
that you brought up about
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the first questions in
the Bible, the Bible begins by
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describing a problem but
then we find a solution in
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the New Testament, and
the solution to the problem
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is Jesus.
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He's the
solution to the problem.
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Now, Isaiah chapter
59, verse 2, emphasizes why
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sin is such a problem.
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We read there, "But your
iniquities have separated
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you from your God, and
your sins have hidden His
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face from you so
that He will not hear."
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So part of the problem
with sin is it separates
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us from God.
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God is a holy God,
sin cannot dwell in the
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presence of God and so we
find Adam and Eve running,
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hiding from God, and
yet despite their sin, God
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comes to look for them.
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God is the one who
initiates this reunion.
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He's the one coming to
look for them, and that's
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the way it's been
throughout human history.
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God has been reaching out,
calling us to come back to Him.
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Doug: Yeah, and sin
actually separates not
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just us from God.
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Sin separates from each other.
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I know you've done
some marriage counseling.
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In almost every case the
friction is caused by sin
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and selfishness, typically
pride, which is the sort
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of the mother of all
sins, and sin not only separates
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us from God, sin
separates us from each other.
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Sin separates us from us.
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You know, a lot of
people have shame and guilt.
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They, you know, try to
run away from themselves
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because they don't want
to live with themselves.
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And--but Jesus, His
love is reconciling.
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It does the opposite of sin.
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It reconnects us with
God which is the beginning to
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reconnecting with
each other and even finally
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feeling joy and peace
that we are forgiven, we're
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new creatures.
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We're united with
ourselves, you might say.
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Jean: So the Bible
gives us this hope.
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It talks about the first
Adam which, of course, is
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the father of all and
through his disobedience,
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through his sin,
death comes because all have
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sinned and then we
get to the New Testament.
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We read about a
second Adam and Paul, in
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particular, illustrates
this for us, how that
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through the
second Adam, Christ, we
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find forgiveness.
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So the first Adam brings
death, but the second Adam
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brings life and peace.
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Doug: Why don't you
look up--I didn't have it in
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my notes.
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You know, the first
prophecy in the Bible, it
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talks about that reconciliation.
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Genesis 3:15, I believe
it's Genesis 3:15, where
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He talks about, you
know, the curse and the enmity.
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Jean: And it's God
talking to the devil in the form
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of the serpent.
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He says, "I'll put
enmity between you and the
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woman," the woman being
the church, "and between
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your seed and her seed.
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He shall bruise your head
and you shall bruise His heel."
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Doug: So here you've
got the first prophecy that
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the seed of the woman,
this promised seed, that
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woman that brings
forth the man-child there in
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Revelation, He is going
to be the solution for the
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problem began by the first Adam.
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Christ is going to be
the second Adam, you know, in
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the same way that children
often come in the image of
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their parents, Jesus, in
a sense, was a type of Adam
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but He's the second Adam.
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And maybe I'll read
Romans 5 and this is a lengthy
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passage but it's very
important, a lot of good
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theology in here.
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Romans chapter 5, verse
12 to 19, Paul is writing
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here: "Therefore just
as through one man," Adam,
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"sin entered the
world, and death came through
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sin, and thus death
spread to all men, because all
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sinned--(For until the
law sin was in the world, but
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sin is not imputed
where there's no law.)"
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In other words, the law had
to exist if sin existed, so,
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all the way back at the
beginning when God said to
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Cain, you know, "Sin
lies at your door," must have
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been a sin to murder way
back there in the beginning.
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"(Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to
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Moses, even over those
who had not sinned according
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to the likeness of the
transgression of Adam, who
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is a type,)" here Paul
says Adam is a type, "(of
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Him who was to
come,)" meaning Christ.
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It's interesting that
Adam fell in the Garden, Jesus
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overcame in the desert.
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Just, I mean, Adam
fell into sin surrounded by
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every good thing to eat.
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He didn't need to
eat the forbidden fruit.
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Jesus resisted when He
was surrounded by rocks and
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dirt and the hunger
and the thirst and fasting.
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"(But the free gift
is not like the offense.
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For if by one man's
offense many died,)" the
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sin of Adam, "(much
more the grace of God and the
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gift of God--and the
gift by grace of the one Man,
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Jesus Christ,
abounded to many.)"
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And, you know, I just love this
truth that if anybody out there
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knows that because of the
sin of Adam we've got problems,
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as real as that is, it
is just as real because of
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the holiness of
Jesus we can have victory.
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And so he's saying,
"Look, if you believe that
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because of Adam's
sin, it's caused a problem,
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then don't disbelieve
that because of Jesus' victory,
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we can have victory."
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In the same way,
"(Christ abounded to many.
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And the gift is not
like that which came through
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the one who sinned.
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For the judgment
which came from one offense
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resulted in condemnation,
but the free gift which
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came from many offenses
resulted in justification.
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For if by one man's
offense,)" that of Adam,
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"(death reigned through
the one, much more those
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who receive abundance
of grace and the gift of
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righteousness will
reign in life through the One,
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Jesus Christ.)
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Therefore, as through one man's
offense judgment came to all
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men, resulting in condemnation,
even so through one Man's
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righteousness--through
his righteous act the free
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gift came to all, resulting
in justification in life.
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For as by one man's
disobedience many were
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made sinners, so also
by one Man's obedience many
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may be made righteous."
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And I love that verse
because I think--I have no
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doubt, I fully believe,
because of Adam's sin I've
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got a problem.
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I ought to have the
same faith because of Jesus'
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righteousness I
can have the victory.
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Jean: You know, Pastor
Doug, it's interesting,
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the defeat begins in a garden,
when Adam and Eve sinned.
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The victory begins in a
garden when Jesus prayed,
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"Not my will; thy will be done."
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And of course, the
cross, the eternal home of the
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redeemed, puts us back
in a garden but a garden
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restored in the New Jerusalem.
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Doug: Yeah, and it was
on the sixth day that Adam
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goes to sleep, his side
is opened up and God takes
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out a rib and, as a
result of that, then the
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church--His bride
is born, I should say.
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And then Christ on the
sixth day of the week, His
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side is opened up.
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A flow of blood and
water come out, and the church
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is born, His bride.
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And so there's a lot
of interesting parallels
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between the first and
the second Adam that you can
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find in the Bible.
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Jean: Now, Pastor
Doug, you mentioned a little
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earlier how that Jesus
gained the victory when He
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was tempted by the
devil in the wilderness.
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And there are some
parallels between that and
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how Adam fell and how
Christ overcame in the
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three areas of temptation.
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Doug: Yeah, and you
know, there's that verse in
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1 John chapter 2, verse
16, starting with verse 15:
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"Love not the world,
neither the things that
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are in the world.
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If any man loves the
world, the love of the
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Father's not in him.
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For all that's in the
world," here's verse 16,
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"the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes, and
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the pride of
life, is of the world.
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And the world passes
away, and the lust thereof: but
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he that does the word
of God abides for ever."
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So those three things,
sin is divided in three
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principal categories
here: lust of the flesh, the
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lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, those are
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the same--those are the
areas where Adam fell, it
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says--and Eve: "The
tree was good for food," you
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get the lust of the
flesh, "pleasant to the eyes,"
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you get the lust of the
eyes, "it'll be desirable
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to make you wise.
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You'll be like
God," the pride of life.
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It's, you know,
worship, you'll be like God.
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Then Jesus in the desert,
He overcomes in those same
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areas and you can read
this, of course, in Luke 4
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and in Matthew chapter 3.
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It says: "Command these
stones to become bread,"
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and there's the lust of
the flesh, and He had victory.
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The devil showed Him all
the kingdoms of the world
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in their glory, the
beauty of it, lust of the eyes.
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Jesus resisted, he had victory.
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"Throw Yourself down
from here," the pride of life,
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"You'll be," you know,
"demonstrating Your power."
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He resisted that temptation.
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He had victory.
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So in all the categories
where Adam and Eve fell,
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Jesus overcame so that
we could be overcomers.
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Jean: Absolutely,
for those of you who are
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joining us live, I
know there are folks who are
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watching on Facebook
and you might have a Bible
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question, maybe related
to the subject that we're
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talking about.
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If you would like to
go ahead and just type in
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your Bible question
there on Facebook and we have
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Santiago that'll be
sending the questions to
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me and we'll try and get
some of these questions in
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between our study.
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And Pastor Doug, we
have Jordan who is actually
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asking, his question
is: "Why are there so many
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religions in the world?"
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Doug: Well, good.
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A good question.
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You know, of all the
different religions, you
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get, you know,
major religions are
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Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism, you've got, you
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know, Sikhism and,
oh, the religion in China,
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Confucism* but I'm
thinking of Anitism and--
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Jean: Buddhism.
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Doug: Buddhism, Anatinia*.
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No religion is more
divided than Christianity.
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And I think the reason
is that you try to hide a
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diamond in broken
glass, and the devil has
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surrounded the diamond of
truth in Christianity with
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a lot of broken glass
to just camouflage it.
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And people, how many
times do we know of people that
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will say, "Well, look at
if--why would I be a Christian?
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Look at what the Christians do?
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You know, if you look
at them evangelists on
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television that are
begging for everyone's
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money and brandishing
their, you know, golden
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Rolexes and, you
know, everything's gilded on
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their set and they're wanting
us to buy them a new jet."
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And so there's so much
hypocrisy in Christianity
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and there's so much
scandal in Christianity
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and there are so
many confusing bizarre
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doctrines in Christianity,
people look at all the
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broken glass and they say,
"Who wants to be a Christian?"
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because they're not
looking at the diamond,
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they're not
looking at the real thing.
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And so I think that's
one reason is the devil's
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trying to create division.
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I think another
reason: Jesus said to the
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disciples, "All men
will know you're My disciples
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by your love for one another."
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So Christ said, "The
world will know that you are
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Mine by your
love for one another."
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The devil heard that
and he thought, "Well, if
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they're going to know
that Christ is true by their
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love for one another,
I need to frustrate that
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plan by having them
all divided and fighting."
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So instead of the
church being united and people
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seeing that, the
devil sought to fragment
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Christianity more than
any religion to turn people
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away from it.
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Jean: Okay, we have
another question that's
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come from Shawnda and
she writes: "Why is Jesus
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called an angel in the
Old Testament if He is God?"
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Doug: Well, when we
say the word "angel," some
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people automatically
think of one of these
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seraphim-like,
cherubim-like creatures
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with wings and that
are messengers and they're
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ministering servants.
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The word "angel" actually
means messenger and Christ
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is called the Archangel
and that just means the
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greatest messenger or
the chief of the angels.
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It doesn't mean He isn't God.
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And so in the Old
Testament, sometimes
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Christ appeared as
the Angel of God or the
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messenger of God, and
the reason you know He's God,
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when He appears to
Joshua, Joshua sees this
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majestic-like warrior
standing with His sword
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drawn and he says, "Are
You for our enemies or are
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You for us?"
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And He says, "But neither.
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I'm coming as the
General of God's Armies."
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And He says, "Put your
shoes off your feet for
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the place you're
standing is holy ground."
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And Joshua gets down to
worship and so you don't
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worship anyone but God.
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That's what the
commandments say.
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And so, this messenger
who is sometimes called
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Michael, the Archangel,
He has the--He comes as a
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messenger of God.
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Jesus brought the
greatest message to our world.
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Jean: Okay, maybe one
more question before we get
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back to the lesson.
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Vaughn is
asking-- Devaughn: "Is the
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time of probation now?"
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Doug: Are we now living
in the time of, well, yes,
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when you say "probation,"
not close of probation.
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Everybody in your life
has a probationary period,
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that's the time you're alive.
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As long as your probation
personally hasn't closed,
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this is your time to
know and accept Jesus.
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Has the close if
probation happened?
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No, when that
happens you're going to start
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seeing the seven
last plagues fall.
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So, no, there is still
time but you don't know
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when your probation
might close, you know.
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There are people who
lived a little while after their
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probation closed, after
Judas went out and Jesus
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washed his feet, it
says he went out and Satan
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entered him.
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His probation had
closed at that point.
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When Saul went to the
witch and he grieved away
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the spirit, his
probation had closed.
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And so, there's a time
when you can even still be
00:20:08.87\00:20:12.44
alive, like the
people outside the ark.
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For seven days the sun
kept shining, but the door
00:20:15.38\00:20:17.85
had shut, before the flood came.
00:20:17.88\00:20:20.15
Their probation had closed.
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So, you know, I don't--you
don't want to push God's mercy.
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Today, if you hear his
voice, do not harden your heart.
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Jean: Okay, well
then, moving on with our
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quarterly, with our lesson
for today, Monday's lesson
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is entitled "On the
Run," and we have the story of
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Jacob who, after he
deceived his father, how
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that he had to flee
because of the threats of
00:20:38.17\00:20:40.60
his brother, and he's
wandering there in the
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wilderness and it's
nighttime and you can just
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imagine how he must feel.
00:20:46.17\00:20:48.04
Here he has not only,
you know, made his brother
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.98
mad, but he has
deceived his father whom he
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respected and now he's
separated from his mother
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whom he loved
and he's all alone.
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He's got nothing, and
he realizes all of this is
00:20:59.92\00:21:02.26
because of my sin.
00:21:02.29\00:21:04.53
Now, probably, he had
been repenting, you know, as he
00:21:04.56\00:21:07.36
was leaving home, asking
for forgiveness, he had a
00:21:07.40\00:21:10.03
humble heart, but then
God shows in a very special
00:21:10.07\00:21:12.87
way His grace and His
forgiveness that night
00:21:12.90\00:21:16.34
when Jacob lies down
and goes to sleep in a place
00:21:16.37\00:21:19.71
called Beersheba.
00:21:19.74\00:21:21.88
Doug: Yeah, Jacob, he
deceived his father and he
00:21:21.91\00:21:26.41
stole his brother's
birthright and then they
00:21:26.45\00:21:28.95
knew that Esau was
saying to his friends, "As soon
00:21:28.98\00:21:32.75
as my father's dead,
I'm going to kill him," and
00:21:32.79\00:21:34.99
they thought, "You know--"
00:21:35.02\00:21:37.96
Isaac actually thought
he was going to die much
00:21:37.99\00:21:39.39
sooner than he did.
00:21:39.43\00:21:41.56
He blessed his sons.
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.26
He says, you know,
"The day of my departure's
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come," and he blessed his sons.
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.53
Well, he lived another 40 years.
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He didn't--no, he
outlived his wife, actually.
00:21:48.14\00:21:50.14
But--so Jacob's
leaving home under pretense of,
00:21:50.17\00:21:51.97
you know, going to marry
a girl and he actually was
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going to find a girl
who believed in Jehovah.
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His parents were so
grieved that Esau had
00:21:57.05\00:21:59.28
married the local
Canaanite pagan girls that
00:21:59.31\00:22:01.98
going across the
country to a relative sort of,
00:22:02.02\00:22:05.55
he's looking for refuge
from his brother's wrath,
00:22:05.59\00:22:08.59
he feels isolated.
00:22:08.62\00:22:10.63
Now, we can read about
it here in Genesis chapter
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28, verse 10: "And
Jacob went out from Beersheba,
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and he went towards Haran."
00:22:16.00\00:22:17.97
That's on the other
side of the Euphrates.
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"And he came to a certain
place, and he stayed there
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.30
all night," we later
know this is Bethel, "because
00:22:22.34\00:22:25.11
the sun had set; and he
took one of the stones of
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that place, and put it
at his head and he lay down
00:22:27.71\00:22:29.94
at that place to sleep.
00:22:29.98\00:22:32.91
And then he dreamed, and
behold a ladder was set up
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on earth, and its top
reached to heaven: and
00:22:35.12\00:22:38.39
there the angels of
God were ascending and
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.62
descending on it.
00:22:40.66\00:22:42.59
And, behold, the Lord
stood above it, and said,
00:22:42.62\00:22:44.29
I am the Lord God of
Abraham your father, and
00:22:44.33\00:22:46.13
the God of Isaac: the
land on which you lie, I will
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give to you and
your descendants.
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Also, your descendants
will be as the dust of the
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earth, and you shall
spread abroad to the west,
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and to the east, and the
north, and the south: and
00:22:57.37\00:22:59.87
in you and in your
seed all the families of the
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earth will be blessed."
00:23:02.14\00:23:03.98
Meaning, the Messiah would
come through the line of Jacob.
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"Behold, I am with you
and I will keep you wherever
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.32
you go and I'll bring you
back to this land," and he
00:23:08.35\00:23:11.12
did keep him and bring him
back, "for I will not leave
00:23:11.15\00:23:14.39
you until I have done
what I have spoken for you.
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Then Jacob awoke from
his sleep and said, Surely,"
00:23:17.13\00:23:19.56
now this is a very vivid
dream and he knows it's a
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vision from God.
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"Surely, the Lord is in this
place and I did not know it.
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And he was afraid and
said, How awesome is this place.
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And it is none other
than the house of God."
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That's where we
get the word "Bethel."
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"And this is
the gate of heaven."
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And it's interesting
that the word "Babylon" means
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gate of heaven, which is
the counterfeit of Bethel
00:23:41.42\00:23:45.42
being the gate of heaven.
00:23:45.45\00:23:47.76
But, of course,
Babylon is, I think that's the
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.96
Chaldean or a
different language for it.
00:23:49.99\00:23:52.29
So he thinks that
God's abandoned him, and God
00:23:52.33\00:23:56.00
comes to him and says,
"Because you've humbled
00:23:56.03\00:23:58.20
yourself and you've
turned to Me and you've repented
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.17
of your sin, I'm not
abandoning you but you
00:24:00.20\00:24:02.30
wanted the blessing.
00:24:02.34\00:24:04.14
You wanted the
blessing of the firstborn.
00:24:04.17\00:24:06.01
I told your mother
that you were going--the
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.68
youngest was going to get it.
00:24:07.71\00:24:09.51
You didn't need to
deceive your brother to get it.
00:24:09.54\00:24:11.48
You should have trusted Me."
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.25
But He still forgives him
and He says, "I'm going to
00:24:13.28\00:24:14.88
bless you.
00:24:14.92\00:24:16.72
The Messiah will
come through your line."
00:24:16.75\00:24:19.09
Jean: And of course,
if you look at that story,
00:24:19.12\00:24:20.89
like all the stories
in the Bible, you get an
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.66
illustration of the gospel.
00:24:22.69\00:24:24.46
Here, you have Jacob
sinning against his father
00:24:24.49\00:24:26.49
and yet his
father still blesses him.
00:24:26.53\00:24:29.83
And he needed to repent in
order to receive that blessing.
00:24:29.86\00:24:32.90
So we have sinned
against our heavenly Father and
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.87
yet He still blesses
us and, in order for us to
00:24:35.90\00:24:38.81
receive the inheritance
that He wants to give us,
00:24:38.84\00:24:41.54
we have to repent, as Jacob did.
00:24:41.58\00:24:43.91
So, you know, there are
so many stories in the Bible
00:24:43.95\00:24:46.25
that illustrate the
grace of God and His love for
00:24:46.28\00:24:48.28
us, for people.
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.05
Doug: And even, you
know, even when he did that
00:24:50.09\00:24:51.92
dastardly thing of
stealing his brother's
00:24:51.95\00:24:53.89
blessing, there is a great
analogy there of the gospel.
00:24:53.92\00:24:56.62
The way that he gets the
blessing from the father,
00:24:56.66\00:24:58.79
he puts on the robes of
the elder brother and he
00:24:58.83\00:25:01.80
covers himself with a
sacrifice, it's a lamb,
00:25:01.83\00:25:06.23
and he's got the lamb on
his hands and on his neck,
00:25:06.27\00:25:09.94
and his brother's clothes,
and basically the father,
00:25:09.97\00:25:12.61
who is blind, gives
him the brother's blessing
00:25:12.64\00:25:15.84
based on the brother's robe
and the smell of the brother.
00:25:15.88\00:25:19.15
And, you know, we, because
we put on Christ's robe of
00:25:19.18\00:25:22.65
righteousness and
because of the sacrifice of the
00:25:22.68\00:25:24.92
Lamb, the Father closes
His eyes to our sin and He
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.36
blesses us.
00:25:27.39\00:25:29.32
So, even though he
shouldn't have done what
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.46
he did, there's
still an analogy in there.
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.83
Jean: And we get the
blessing of our older
00:25:33.86\00:25:35.83
brother, Christ.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.60
Doug: Yeah, exactly,
he's the elder brother that
00:25:37.63\00:25:39.60
gives us that blessing.
00:25:39.63\00:25:41.50
Jean: Great analogy.
00:25:41.54\00:25:43.41
Somebody sent in a
question, Pastor Doug.
00:25:43.44\00:25:45.24
It's a good question.
00:25:45.27\00:25:46.98
Jeremy's asking: "Do
you think that all religions
00:25:47.01\00:25:48.94
focus on the same God but
just have different beliefs?"
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.91
Doug: No, you know, I
believe that God is good
00:25:51.95\00:25:56.18
to many people
in many religions.
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.35
I don't want anyone to
think that, you know, God
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.86
does not hear the
prayers of anybody but one
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.72
particular church,
'cause Jesus said, "The Lord
00:26:02.76\00:26:05.36
sends His sunshine in
the rain on the just and the
00:26:05.39\00:26:08.16
unjust," and even one of
the apostles, I forget the
00:26:08.20\00:26:13.50
verse that it tells us
that people everywhere who
00:26:13.54\00:26:17.74
do what's right and
they call unto Him, that He
00:26:17.77\00:26:20.64
hears them.
00:26:20.68\00:26:22.94
And so, you know, God is
a loving God but there is
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.78
only one true God and
a lot of religions in the
00:26:25.81\00:26:28.02
world have a very
distorted picture of God.
00:26:28.05\00:26:30.92
You think about some
of those terrible pagan
00:26:30.95\00:26:32.95
religions that would
even offer their children in
00:26:32.99\00:26:35.12
the fire and so they had
a very corrupted picture of
00:26:35.16\00:26:37.79
God and that's--they're
not worshiping the same
00:26:37.83\00:26:39.96
God when they're
worshiping a God like that.
00:26:40.00\00:26:43.37
Jean: And you probably
wonder why the devil has
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.23
been trying to
misrepresent God, so there
00:26:45.27\00:26:48.80
is something about
worshiping a God that is
00:26:48.84\00:26:50.74
being misrepresented.
00:26:50.77\00:26:52.57
The devil's trying to
misrepresent the character
00:26:52.61\00:26:54.34
and the qualities of God
so there must be something
00:26:54.38\00:26:56.68
about knowing
what the God is like.
00:26:56.71\00:26:59.21
The Bible tells us to
know God is to love Him.
00:26:59.25\00:27:01.55
And you're not going to
love a God that, you know,
00:27:01.58\00:27:05.19
hates you or tortures you.
00:27:05.22\00:27:07.42
And even in Christianity,
there are many who believe
00:27:07.46\00:27:09.52
that God is going
to torture the wicked
00:27:09.56\00:27:12.06
throughout endless
ages and it creates a false
00:27:12.09\00:27:14.46
picture of what God's like.
00:27:14.50\00:27:16.56
Totally different
than the God of the Bible.
00:27:16.60\00:27:18.80
Doug: Even in the time
of Christ, when Jesus came,
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.60
He came to show them
what the Father is like and He
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.97
said He came unto His own
and His own received Him not.
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.41
They didn't know Him.
00:27:25.44\00:27:27.61
And so they
didn't, even the Jews.
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.61
Jesus said, "Look, if
you were God's children, then
00:27:29.64\00:27:33.21
you would believe Me
'cause I've been sent by God."
00:27:33.25\00:27:35.52
And He said, "You have a
whole different picture of
00:27:35.55\00:27:37.72
God than the truth.
00:27:37.75\00:27:40.32
I came to show you
what He's really like."
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.46
Jean: That reminds me
of a statement that I think
00:27:42.49\00:27:44.59
both of us got in a
email yesterday which
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.23
illustrates the love
of God, and it's just a
00:27:47.30\00:27:51.80
beautiful statement that comes
from "Testimonies," Volume 5.
00:27:51.83\00:27:54.40
Maybe I'll just read it, Pastor
Doug, 'cause it is encouraging.
00:27:54.44\00:27:58.07
"Testimonies," Volume page--"
00:27:58.11\00:28:00.51
Testimonies,"
Volume 5, page 740.
00:28:00.54\00:28:03.28
It says: "All of the
paternal love which has
00:28:03.31\00:28:05.75
come down from generation
to generation through the
00:28:05.78\00:28:07.88
channel of human
hearts, all of the springs of
00:28:07.92\00:28:10.19
tenderness, which
have opened to the souls of
00:28:10.22\00:28:12.49
men, are but as a
tiny rill to the boundless
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.82
ocean when compared to
the infinite and exhaustless
00:28:15.86\00:28:19.86
love of God.
00:28:19.89\00:28:21.73
Tongue cannot utter
it, pain cannot portray it.
00:28:21.76\00:28:24.23
You may meditate upon
it every day of your life.
00:28:24.27\00:28:27.97
You may search the
Scriptures diligently in
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.27
order to understand it.
00:28:30.31\00:28:32.07
You may summon every
power and capability that God
00:28:32.11\00:28:33.94
has given you in the
endeavor to comprehend the
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.51
love and the compassion
of the heavenly Father.
00:28:36.54\00:28:40.12
And yet," it says,
"there is an infinity beyond.
00:28:40.15\00:28:45.79
You may study that love
for ages and you can never
00:28:45.82\00:28:48.56
be fully--you can
never fully comprehend the
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.69
length and the breadth,
the depth and the height
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.73
of the love of God in
giving His Son to die for
00:28:52.76\00:28:55.33
the world.
00:28:55.36\00:28:57.13
Eternity itself can never
fully reveal it, yet as we
00:28:57.17\00:29:00.10
study the Bible and
meditate upon the life of
00:29:00.14\00:29:02.40
Christ and the plan of
redemption, these great
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.97
themes will open to our
understanding more and more."
00:29:05.01\00:29:07.61
Doug: We'll spend eternity
trying to comprehend the
00:29:07.64\00:29:09.54
love of God and we'll
never plumb the depths.
00:29:09.58\00:29:11.55
Jean: It reminds me of
that song where it says:
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.48
"If every person was an
author, and all of the--"
00:29:13.52\00:29:17.52
Doug: The love of God, yeah.
00:29:17.55\00:29:19.29
Jean: The love of God, yeah.
00:29:19.32\00:29:21.09
"All of the reeds in the
world were a pen, and the
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.12
sky was your parchment."
00:29:23.16\00:29:24.89
Doug: "If we
with ink the ocean--"
00:29:24.93\00:29:27.00
Jean: "Drain."
00:29:27.03\00:29:28.93
Doug: "--drain and
were every stalk on earth a
00:29:28.96\00:29:30.83
quill, and were the
heavens a scroll, man
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.10
would still not be able
to write the love of God."
00:29:33.13\00:29:36.77
I also forgot the words too.
00:29:36.81\00:29:38.84
Jean: Yeah, it's a
beautiful, beautiful hymn.
00:29:38.87\00:29:40.78
All right, well,
moving right along, we've got
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.71
quite a bit to cover here.
00:29:42.74\00:29:44.68
Tuesday's lesson is
entitled: "Rabbi Jesus,"
00:29:44.71\00:29:47.08
and we have a parallel
between Genesis chapter 1
00:29:47.12\00:29:49.48
where it says: "In the
beginning God created the
00:29:49.52\00:29:52.15
heavens and the
earth," and of course, John
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.42
chapter 1 that says: "In
the beginning was the Word
00:29:54.46\00:29:57.26
and the Word was with
God and the Word was God.
00:29:57.29\00:29:59.33
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:29:59.36\00:30:00.96
All things were made
through Him and without
00:30:01.00\00:30:03.26
Him was not
anything made that was made."
00:30:03.30\00:30:05.40
And then verse 4 is interesting.
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.47
It says: "In Him was life and
the life was the light of men."
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.31
Well, the first thing
that God created was light.
00:30:10.34\00:30:12.51
Here we have that
parallel in John where Jesus is
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.54
described as the light
and all life is dependent upon
00:30:15.58\00:30:19.61
light, the light of the sun.
00:30:19.65\00:30:21.78
All spiritual life
is dependent upon Jesus.
00:30:21.82\00:30:24.39
Doug: Yeah, and if you go
on and you jump to verse 9
00:30:24.42\00:30:27.42
in that same passage,
it says: "And that was the
00:30:27.46\00:30:30.29
true light that gives
light to every man that
00:30:30.33\00:30:32.96
comes into the world."
00:30:32.99\00:30:34.83
Then go to verse 14:
"And the Word became flesh and
00:30:34.86\00:30:37.27
dwelt among us and we
beheld the glory as of the
00:30:37.30\00:30:40.30
only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth."
00:30:40.34\00:30:43.41
I went through
the Gospel of John.
00:30:43.44\00:30:45.44
John is definitely the
most visual of the apostles.
00:30:45.47\00:30:48.01
And just in the first
chapter of John, there
00:30:48.04\00:30:50.71
are, like, 32
references to light and sight.
00:30:50.75\00:30:53.55
I mean, words like
behold, light, see.
00:30:53.58\00:30:56.62
"We saw Him, come and see."
00:30:56.65\00:30:59.12
I mean, he's a very,
very visual disciple and so
00:30:59.15\00:31:02.59
when Jesus said, "I am
the light of the world," and
00:31:02.62\00:31:04.96
we come to Christ and we see.
00:31:04.99\00:31:07.83
Now, the reason Jesus
is qualified to be Rabbi
00:31:07.86\00:31:10.57
Jesus is because he came
from the presence of God.
00:31:10.60\00:31:15.94
He is the fountainhead
of all knowledge and wisdom
00:31:15.97\00:31:18.84
and so who in the universe
could be more qualified to
00:31:18.87\00:31:23.55
teach us than Jesus
who knows everything?
00:31:23.58\00:31:26.98
Jean: The disciples
said to Jesus, "Lord, show us
00:31:27.02\00:31:28.88
the Father, and it
suffices us," and Jesus
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.99
said, "Have I been so
long time with you, Philip, he
00:31:31.02\00:31:33.12
who has seen Me
has seen the Father."
00:31:33.15\00:31:35.52
That is a--you know,
when you stop and think about
00:31:35.56\00:31:37.59
that for a minute, the
kindness and the love and
00:31:37.63\00:31:40.20
the healing and
the blessings that were
00:31:40.23\00:31:42.66
illustrated and
displayed in the life of Jesus,
00:31:42.70\00:31:45.43
that's not somehow
standing in opposition to
00:31:45.47\00:31:48.50
what God is like.
00:31:48.54\00:31:50.61
That is what God
the Father is like.
00:31:50.64\00:31:52.74
He is a God of love and
compassion, forgiveness.
00:31:52.77\00:31:54.88
Not to say that there
isn't a God of justice
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.31
because we do see in
the life of Christ moments
00:31:57.35\00:32:00.08
where justice is
displayed, in particular,
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.75
the cleansing of
the sanctuary, that even
00:32:02.78\00:32:04.72
astounded the disciples when
Jesus cleansed the sanctuary.
00:32:04.75\00:32:07.56
So, yup, we see this
beautiful blend of love
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.92
and compassion, mercy and
justice in the life of Christ.
00:32:09.96\00:32:12.83
Doug: Yeah, and so,
you know, He is, of course,
00:32:12.86\00:32:16.36
knowledge incarnate.
00:32:16.40\00:32:18.93
He is wisdom incarnate.
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.00
Matter of fact, I think
we have a couple of verses.
00:32:21.04\00:32:23.27
If you want, you can
read 1 Corinthians 1:24, then
00:32:23.30\00:32:25.54
I'll read
Colossians 2, verses 2 and 3.
00:32:25.57\00:32:28.28
Jean: It says: "But to
those who are called, both
00:32:28.31\00:32:30.41
Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God and the
00:32:30.45\00:32:33.11
wisdom of God,"
that's 1 Corinthians 1:24.
00:32:33.15\00:32:36.75
Doug: Yeah, so Christ is
the wisdom of God, is--He
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.32
wanted to show His
wisdom in everything He said.
00:32:39.35\00:32:42.49
They came back--they
were supposed to rest and when
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.09
the guards came back
and said, "Never a man spake
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.50
like this man."
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.73
And, boy, I wish I
could have been on earth back
00:32:49.76\00:32:51.93
then and seen that.
00:32:51.97\00:32:54.27
Colossians 2, verses 2
and 3: "That their hearts
00:32:54.30\00:32:56.50
might be encouraged,
being knit together in love, and
00:32:56.54\00:32:58.54
attaining to all riches
of the full assurance of
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.64
understanding," and notice
here, "to the knowledge of
00:33:01.68\00:33:04.98
the mystery of God, both
the Father, and of Christ;
00:33:05.01\00:33:08.42
in whom are hidden,"
now, he says, God the Father,
00:33:08.45\00:33:11.89
and Christ are God.
00:33:11.92\00:33:14.19
"In whom are hidden
all the treasures of wisdom
00:33:14.22\00:33:18.29
and knowledge."
00:33:18.33\00:33:20.26
And so Jesus had in
Him--I mean, you know, it's fun
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.90
sometimes now when
you just go to Google.
00:33:22.93\00:33:25.73
I don't know how we
ever lived without it.
00:33:25.77\00:33:28.07
You go to Google and
you type in anything and all
00:33:28.10\00:33:30.64
of the wisdom of the
world is at your fingertips in
00:33:30.67\00:33:33.98
the flash of a, you
know, of a moment, and I'm
00:33:34.01\00:33:38.51
getting spoiled now.
00:33:38.55\00:33:40.68
Where I used to
search my Bible software, I'm
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.68
finding Google, the
search engine for the Bible in
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.69
Google, is actually
pretty good and it gives you a
00:33:44.72\00:33:46.92
lot of options.
00:33:46.96\00:33:49.39
But, you know, everything
you might know that can be
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.86
known, Christ had all of
that in Him, all that wisdom.
00:33:51.89\00:33:54.96
And so, He is, of
course, the most qualified rabbi
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.60
and teacher.
00:33:57.63\00:33:59.57
Jean: Pastor Doug, we
have a question that's coming
00:33:59.60\00:34:01.77
in from Jessimi.
00:34:01.80\00:34:04.01
She asks, "What
is true repentance?"
00:34:04.04\00:34:06.74
Doug: You know, true
repentance is a sorrow for
00:34:06.78\00:34:09.84
sin, not just sorry that
you're in trouble because
00:34:09.88\00:34:13.55
the Pharaoh repented and
then he went right back to it.
00:34:13.58\00:34:17.02
He just was sorry
about the judgment.
00:34:17.05\00:34:19.19
Judas repented; he
went and hung himself.
00:34:19.22\00:34:20.99
That's not the
right kind of repentance.
00:34:21.02\00:34:23.02
But it's a sorrow for
sin, sorry that we've hurt God,
00:34:23.06\00:34:25.06
and a willingness
to turn away from it.
00:34:25.09\00:34:27.56
And so someone said,
"You--repentance is when
00:34:27.60\00:34:29.86
you perform a U-turn
on the road of life and it
00:34:29.90\00:34:32.83
means you turn."
00:34:32.87\00:34:35.50
And so whenever the
Bible says: "Repent for the
00:34:35.54\00:34:37.64
kingdom of heaven is at
hand," it's talking about,
00:34:37.67\00:34:39.77
you know, humbling
ourselves before God,
00:34:39.81\00:34:42.08
confessing our sins, and
then asking for his power
00:34:42.11\00:34:44.65
to turn from those sins,
and walking in newness of life.
00:34:44.68\00:34:48.38
Jean: The Bible says
that it's God that gives us
00:34:48.42\00:34:51.72
repentance so as we turn
to Him and we grow closer
00:34:51.75\00:34:54.59
to Him, our
repentance will grow.
00:34:54.62\00:34:57.49
It'll be deeper and fuller.
00:34:57.53\00:34:59.76
Here's another
question that Jasmine has.
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.00
It's a great question.
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.87
I don't think I've
seen this one before.
00:35:03.90\00:35:06.00
It says: "Is there a
correlation between the
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.10
dove Noah sent out, and
the Holy Spirit descending
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.57
upon Jesus like a dove?"
00:35:11.61\00:35:14.48
Doug: Yeah, a great question.
00:35:14.51\00:35:16.61
You know, historically, the
dove has been a symbol of peace.
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.15
Not too many people
are attacked by doves.
00:35:19.18\00:35:22.55
They're sort of gentle birds.
00:35:22.58\00:35:24.45
They coo and they're
a bird that is a bird of
00:35:24.49\00:35:26.82
sacrifice, kind of
like, you know, in the mammals
00:35:26.86\00:35:29.66
you've got the
lamb was a sacrifice.
00:35:29.69\00:35:31.69
For the poor people,
the dove was a sacrifice.
00:35:31.73\00:35:34.36
And Joseph and Mary had
no money so they brought
00:35:34.36\00:35:36.67
turtledoves as a sacrifice.
00:35:36.70\00:35:39.47
And so, the dove, when
Noah sent it out and it
00:35:39.50\00:35:42.80
came back with an olive
leaf in its mouth, around
00:35:42.84\00:35:45.67
the world that's sort
of been--I think even the
00:35:45.71\00:35:48.34
United Nations uses
that as an emblem of peace.
00:35:48.38\00:35:51.55
And that God, you know,
that the judgment is over now.
00:35:51.58\00:35:54.22
Man is at peace with God.
00:35:54.25\00:35:56.08
You get the
rainbow in the heavens.
00:35:56.12\00:35:58.05
And so, when the Holy
Spirit came into Christ's
00:35:58.09\00:36:00.22
life, I believe God
sends peace into the person's
00:36:00.26\00:36:02.29
life when they're baptized
and there's--it's a symbol
00:36:02.32\00:36:06.09
of reconciliation as well.
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.70
Jean: Maybe one of the
signs of the Holy Spirit
00:36:08.73\00:36:10.73
dwelling within the
heart of a person is a peace.
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.30
The Bible speaks of
a peace that passes all
00:36:13.34\00:36:15.57
understanding, and
there's a joy, especially at
00:36:15.60\00:36:17.91
baptism, when somebody
was baptized and they give
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.38
their life to Christ,
the Holy Spirit gives them
00:36:20.41\00:36:22.78
peace and joy, and,
of course, we see that
00:36:22.81\00:36:25.31
symbolized in the dove.
00:36:25.35\00:36:27.58
Symbolized by the Holy Spirit.
00:36:27.62\00:36:30.02
Our next part of
our lesson then goes to
00:36:30.05\00:36:31.95
Wednesday where we're
talking about--it's got an
00:36:31.99\00:36:34.09
interesting title.
00:36:34.12\00:36:35.89
It says: "A Woman Talks Back."
00:36:35.92\00:36:37.96
And we have the story
here of Matthew chapter
00:36:37.99\00:36:39.86
15:21-28 and maybe I'll
just read this and, Pastor
00:36:39.89\00:36:42.13
Doug, you just
interrupt as you want to add.
00:36:42.16\00:36:44.27
It says: "Then Jesus
went out from there and
00:36:44.30\00:36:46.43
departed to the
region of Tyre and Sidon.
00:36:46.47\00:36:48.47
And behold, a woman
of Canaan came from that
00:36:48.50\00:36:50.87
region and cried out to
Him, saying, 'Have mercy
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.41
upon me, O Lord, Son of David!
00:36:53.44\00:36:55.34
My daughter is
severely demon-possessed.'
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.95
But He answered her not a word.
00:36:57.98\00:37:00.35
And His disciples came
and urged Him, saying, 'Send
00:37:00.38\00:37:02.18
her away, for she
cries out after us.'
00:37:02.22\00:37:04.85
But Jesus answered and said,
and He said, 'I am not sent
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.89
except to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel.'
00:37:07.92\00:37:11.09
Then she came and she
worshiped Him, saying,
00:37:11.13\00:37:13.93
'Lord, help me!'
00:37:13.96\00:37:16.26
But He answered again
and said, 'It is not good to
00:37:16.30\00:37:18.30
take the children's bread and
throw it to the little dogs.'
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.40
She said, 'Yes,
Lord, yet even the little
00:37:20.44\00:37:22.77
dogs eat the crumbs which
fall from the master's table.'
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.81
Then Jesus
answered her and said,
00:37:24.84\00:37:28.01
'O woman, great is your faith!
00:37:28.04\00:37:29.91
Let it be to you as you desire.'
00:37:29.94\00:37:32.88
And her daughter was
healed from that very hour."
00:37:32.91\00:37:35.72
Doug: Yeah, this is
a--it's a very interesting
00:37:35.75\00:37:37.82
story because people are
shocked to hear Jesus say
00:37:37.85\00:37:41.89
to someone who's
praying for healing for their
00:37:41.92\00:37:44.89
child--refer to them as a dog.
00:37:44.93\00:37:49.20
And that it's not right
to take the children's food
00:37:49.23\00:37:52.30
and I'm only sent to the
lost house of the children
00:37:52.33\00:37:54.54
of Israel, and they
think, "Wow, everybody else in
00:37:54.57\00:37:57.84
the Bible that comes
to Jesus and prays, He
00:37:57.87\00:38:00.24
answers their prayer."
00:38:00.28\00:38:02.74
But in our lesson
today we've got a couple of
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.48
examples where God--one
doesn't answer at first.
00:38:04.51\00:38:08.18
He says no at first but
then He says yes, and with
00:38:08.22\00:38:10.35
Bartimaeus He
doesn't answer right away.
00:38:10.39\00:38:12.65
He has to continue crying
but then the answer comes.
00:38:12.69\00:38:15.32
And we'll get to
that in a moment.
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.49
But first, I think, it's
interesting to note Christ
00:38:17.53\00:38:20.86
is like--He comes with a
ministry like Elijah's to
00:38:20.90\00:38:25.30
bring revival.
00:38:25.33\00:38:27.57
And Elijah went and
stayed with a woman of Sidon and
00:38:27.60\00:38:30.91
performed a
miracle, and raised her son.
00:38:30.94\00:38:35.98
Here, Jesus, this is the
only time that it records
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.51
that Jesus leaves
the territory of Israel.
00:38:38.55\00:38:41.25
And this woman comes and
she says, you know, "Have
00:38:41.28\00:38:44.72
mercy on me, have mercy
on me," and she's speaking to
00:38:44.75\00:38:47.19
Him and the disciples
say, "Oh, it's a Gentile.
00:38:47.22\00:38:49.42
Send her away."
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.96
Jesus answers her the
way the typical rabbi would
00:38:51.99\00:38:54.00
have done back then.
00:38:54.03\00:38:56.06
But He knows as soon as
He knows the woman's there,
00:38:56.10\00:38:58.37
matter of fact, the
only miracle He does up north
00:38:58.40\00:39:00.54
is to heal that woman's daughter
'cause He went to do it.
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.74
It's like when He
crosses the sea and He heals the
00:39:02.77\00:39:04.51
demoniac, the only thing
He did across that sea was
00:39:04.54\00:39:06.44
heal the demoniac.
00:39:06.47\00:39:08.04
He went to do that job.
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.88
He went to heal her daughter,
but He tests her faith.
00:39:09.91\00:39:11.91
He answers her,
though, kind of a harsh answer,
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.08
the way that the Jews
would normally look upon
00:39:14.12\00:39:15.98
the Gentiles as dogs.
00:39:16.02\00:39:18.39
But she says, "Even the
little dogs get the crumbs."
00:39:18.42\00:39:21.56
Now, keep in mind,
Jesus later tells a parable
00:39:21.59\00:39:25.16
about the rich man
and Lazarus where He said,
00:39:25.19\00:39:28.90
poor Lazarus who's the
type of the Gentile, only
00:39:28.93\00:39:31.37
comfort he gets is the
dogs lick his sores and
00:39:31.40\00:39:34.47
he's wanting the crumbs that
fall from the rich man's table.
00:39:34.50\00:39:38.57
And the Bible tells us
that Lazarus ends up in
00:39:38.61\00:39:41.41
Abraham's bosom, and the
rich man, a symbol of the
00:39:41.44\00:39:44.55
Jewish nation, is outside.
00:39:44.58\00:39:47.25
Meaning, just
because you're born in a
00:39:47.28\00:39:49.85
particular faith doesn't
save you, and so Jesus was
00:39:49.88\00:39:53.22
using this and He's
hoping the disciples will put
00:39:53.25\00:39:55.62
these things together.
00:39:55.66\00:39:57.76
Of course, He heals
her and He says, "Woman--"
00:39:57.79\00:39:59.89
He answers her with the
respect--and by the way,
00:39:59.93\00:40:02.26
the word "woman" there
is, you know, He said to His
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.53
mother, "Woman."
00:40:05.57\00:40:07.70
The word "woman" there is madam.
00:40:07.74\00:40:09.74
It's a term of
respect, believe it or not.
00:40:09.77\00:40:11.91
And "'Great is your faith.
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.04
Let it be to you as you
desire,' and her daughter
00:40:14.08\00:40:16.11
was healed that very hour."
00:40:16.14\00:40:18.11
So He answers her prayer.
00:40:18.15\00:40:20.25
But He tries to illustrate
this is the first miracle
00:40:20.28\00:40:22.35
He really does for
a Gentile like this.
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.29
I think He also heals the
Centurion's servant but it
00:40:24.32\00:40:26.59
stands out.
00:40:26.62\00:40:29.16
Jean: You know, what
impresses me about the
00:40:29.19\00:40:31.63
verses, Jesus says to
her, "I was sent except--I was
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.10
not sent except to the
lost sheep of the house of
00:40:34.13\00:40:36.40
Israel," and then it
says, "She came and she
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.63
worshiped Him."
00:40:38.67\00:40:40.44
So here is a Gentile
recognizing the divinity
00:40:40.47\00:40:42.57
of Christ.
00:40:42.60\00:40:44.31
She's worshiping
Jesus, even though she has not
00:40:44.34\00:40:46.14
yet received what
she was asking for.
00:40:46.17\00:40:48.21
Doug: When He stops and talks
to her, she sees an opening.
00:40:48.24\00:40:50.58
I just read through
this in "The Desire of Ages"
00:40:50.61\00:40:52.61
and she saw that--you
know, sometimes you read
00:40:52.65\00:40:54.85
the words, you go, "Well
that was a harsh thing to say."
00:40:54.88\00:40:57.42
You have to see His face, you
have to see His body language.
00:40:57.45\00:41:00.76
She understood there
was mercy and an opening in
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.36
the way He said that.
00:41:03.39\00:41:05.29
He basically said, "Well,
you know how the Jews are.
00:41:05.33\00:41:07.30
We're not supposed to
take the children's food and
00:41:07.36\00:41:09.50
give it to the dogs,"
but He's smiling at her and
00:41:09.53\00:41:11.60
she felt welcome enough to come.
00:41:11.63\00:41:14.30
Jean: And you know, partly
why this happened this way
00:41:14.34\00:41:17.17
is, I think, Jesus was giving
His disciples an opportunity.
00:41:17.21\00:41:20.28
It was sort of a test.
00:41:20.31\00:41:22.14
Were they listening?
00:41:22.18\00:41:23.91
Were they looking
at the life of Christ?
00:41:23.95\00:41:25.81
And unfortunately, in
this case, they seemed to fail
00:41:25.85\00:41:27.58
the test because
they say, "Send her away.
00:41:27.62\00:41:30.05
She cries after us."
00:41:30.09\00:41:31.92
Doug: Yeah, she's
making a spectacle.
00:41:31.95\00:41:33.86
Jean: Yeah, so, of
course, eventually the disciples
00:41:33.89\00:41:35.62
had to learn that Jesus
was for everyone, not just
00:41:35.66\00:41:38.19
for the Jews.
00:41:38.23\00:41:40.03
Doug: Yeah.
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.06
Jean: That brings us to
Thursday's lesson and this
00:41:42.10\00:41:44.33
is a great story too.
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.53
It talks about a
student who gets it and Mark
00:41:46.57\00:41:49.50
chapter 8, verse 31,
33, we have Jesus actually
00:41:49.54\00:41:53.54
telling His disciples
that He would die and yet Peter
00:41:53.58\00:41:57.98
says, "Lord, far be it from You.
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.62
This will not happen to You."
00:42:00.65\00:42:02.52
And Jesus has to say,
"Get thee behind Me, Satan."
00:42:02.55\00:42:05.85
It's rather remarkable
that here, the devil uses
00:42:05.89\00:42:08.59
Peter who just a
little while earlier had said,
00:42:08.62\00:42:11.56
"You are the Christ," to
try and tempt Jesus to not
00:42:11.59\00:42:14.66
follow through with
what He knew was God's will.
00:42:14.73\00:42:17.33
Doug: Yeah, I think
there's about eight times
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.50
in the Bible, seven
or eight in the Gospels,
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.54
where Jesus said what
His mission was, to go and to
00:42:21.57\00:42:23.47
die, and it tells us in
Luke: "They understood,"
00:42:23.51\00:42:26.44
this is Luke 18:34:
"They understood none of those
00:42:26.47\00:42:29.28
things but this saying
was hidden from them, and they
00:42:29.31\00:42:32.38
did not know the
things that were spoken."
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.82
So here, He's got His apostles.
00:42:34.85\00:42:36.85
They're students and
they're just not getting it.
00:42:36.89\00:42:39.55
But Mary Magdalene got it
when she brought her gift.
00:42:39.59\00:42:43.32
He said, "She's
anointed Me for My burial."
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.86
He understood He's
going to die for my sin.
00:42:45.89\00:42:48.30
And He said, "She
anointed Me in advance."
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.57
And Bartimaeus
called Him the Son of David.
00:42:51.60\00:42:53.97
He understood who He was
and I think maybe you want
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.40
to read that, Mark 10, verse 46.
00:42:56.44\00:42:59.21
Jean: It says: "Now
when they came to Jericho, as
00:42:59.24\00:43:01.51
He went out of
Jericho with His disciples, a
00:43:01.54\00:43:03.61
great multitude--with
a great multitude, blind
00:43:03.65\00:43:05.81
Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the road begging.
00:43:05.85\00:43:09.88
And when he heard that
it was Jesus of Nazareth, he
00:43:09.92\00:43:13.29
began to cry out and say,
'Jesus, Son of David, have
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.49
mercy on me!'
00:43:15.52\00:43:17.39
Then many warned him to
be quiet; but he cried out
00:43:17.43\00:43:19.36
all the more, 'Son of
David, have mercy on me!'
00:43:19.39\00:43:22.23
So Jesus stood still,"
kind of like what Jesus
00:43:22.26\00:43:24.70
did with that woman that had
the demon-possessed daughter.
00:43:24.73\00:43:27.80
"So Jesus stood still and
commanded him to be called.
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.47
Then they called the
blind man, saying to him, 'Be of
00:43:30.51\00:43:33.24
good cheer.
00:43:33.27\00:43:35.04
Rise, He's calling
you.' And throwing aside his
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.11
garment, he rose
and he came to Jesus.
00:43:37.15\00:43:39.15
So Jesus asked him, said,
'What do you want Me to do
00:43:39.18\00:43:42.02
for you?'
00:43:42.05\00:43:43.82
The blind man said to
Him, 'Rabboni, that I might
00:43:43.85\00:43:45.52
receive my sight.'
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.72
Then Jesus said to him, 'Go.
00:43:47.76\00:43:49.69
Go your way; your
faith has made you well.'
00:43:49.72\00:43:51.73
And immediately he
received his sight and followed
00:43:51.76\00:43:54.10
Jesus on the road."
00:43:54.13\00:43:56.20
Doug: It's interesting,
He told the rich young ruler,
00:43:56.23\00:43:58.23
"Follow Me and you'll
have treasure in heaven," and
00:43:58.27\00:44:03.44
he walks away.
00:44:03.47\00:44:05.24
He tells the blind man,
"Go," and he follows Him.
00:44:05.27\00:44:07.34
And so the blind man
has nothing but rags and he
00:44:07.38\00:44:10.21
throws aside his
garment when he comes to Christ
00:44:10.25\00:44:13.25
which is a symbol of
us, you know, a blind man's
00:44:13.28\00:44:15.75
garments probably
aren't very pretty.
00:44:15.78\00:44:18.39
And he throws his
garments aside and we cast aside
00:44:18.42\00:44:20.72
our righteousness, our
self-righteousness when we
00:44:20.76\00:44:23.16
come to Christ.
00:44:23.19\00:44:25.59
And--but the rich man, he
walks away with his royal robes.
00:44:25.63\00:44:28.36
He doesn't follow Him.
00:44:28.40\00:44:30.30
And it's just--it's such
an incredible contrast and
00:44:30.33\00:44:32.23
you have both stories
that aren't very far from each
00:44:32.27\00:44:34.54
other in the gospel.
00:44:34.57\00:44:36.81
And it's also similar
to that lady where it says
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.01
they told Him he was
crying out, "Be quiet."
00:44:39.04\00:44:41.74
He's saying, "Son of
David, have mercy on me.
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.71
Son of David."
00:44:43.75\00:44:45.71
He calls all the louder.
00:44:45.75\00:44:47.85
Now, I think in one of
the Gospels it actually says
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.68
that there's two blind
men and outside of Jericho and
00:44:49.72\00:44:51.69
it's probably the same
story, just that one was
00:44:51.72\00:44:54.72
more--Bartimaeus, the
son of Timaeus, was more
00:44:54.76\00:44:58.09
outspoken, and he
follows Jesus down the road.
00:44:58.13\00:45:02.13
He's got nothing but
his vision but he's happy.
00:45:02.16\00:45:05.87
And you know, they say
that you can give a man a
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.60
fish, and you
feed him for a day.
00:45:09.64\00:45:12.27
You can teach him to fish, and
you can feed him for a lifetime.
00:45:12.31\00:45:16.04
And Jesus said, "Look, I
could give you a donation
00:45:16.08\00:45:19.31
'cause you're a beggar on
the roadside or I can give
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.22
you your sight and
then you can work."
00:45:22.25\00:45:25.09
And so, you know, He gave
him what he really needed,
00:45:25.12\00:45:27.52
so he's rejoicing.
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.36
Said, "I'm not
worried about a donation.
00:45:29.39\00:45:31.19
I'm interested in
now I've got my sight."
00:45:31.23\00:45:33.60
Jean: Yeah, I think
it also teaches us that
00:45:33.63\00:45:35.40
sometimes in order for
us to realize the gift that
00:45:35.43\00:45:37.23
Christ wants to give
us, we have to sort of reach
00:45:37.27\00:45:39.20
rock bottom.
00:45:39.23\00:45:41.04
You have the rich man
who walked away sorrowful.
00:45:41.07\00:45:43.51
He didn't follow Jesus.
00:45:43.54\00:45:45.51
He had all these
riches, whereas Bartimaeus had
00:45:45.54\00:45:47.78
nothing and the little
bit that he did have, he was
00:45:47.81\00:45:50.71
willing to cast aside for Jesus.
00:45:50.75\00:45:53.48
Doug: Another
important point in this story is
00:45:53.52\00:45:55.85
when he was calling out,
"Son of David, have mercy
00:45:55.88\00:45:58.45
on me," the crowd told
him to be quiet but it said
00:45:58.49\00:46:00.59
"Many" told him to be quiet.
00:46:00.62\00:46:03.22
They said, "You're
making a spectacle," just like
00:46:03.26\00:46:05.19
the disciples said about
that woman, "She's crying
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.03
after us."
00:46:07.10\00:46:08.93
So one of the things we
learn about Jesus is that
00:46:08.96\00:46:11.00
Jesus is patient with
people and something else
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.40
is He doesn't always
answer the first time we ask.
00:46:13.44\00:46:16.04
With Bartimaeus and
with that woman, they kept
00:46:16.07\00:46:19.34
crying after Him.
00:46:19.37\00:46:21.21
Sometimes people--I
know our friends who are
00:46:21.24\00:46:23.31
listening may be
praying about an issue, praying
00:46:23.35\00:46:25.78
for victory, praying
your eyes are opened, praying
00:46:25.81\00:46:28.32
for someone else you
love, and you may have to pray
00:46:28.35\00:46:30.55
for a while.
00:46:30.59\00:46:32.55
Because God doesn't
answer right away does not mean
00:46:32.59\00:46:34.39
He's not going to
answer and it doesn't mean He
00:46:34.42\00:46:36.39
doesn't love you.
00:46:36.42\00:46:38.43
God honors persistence, is
a very important lesson here.
00:46:38.46\00:46:40.90
Jean: So when we look at
Jesus the Master Teacher,
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.37
we can see
different qualities and
00:46:43.40\00:46:45.27
characteristics and
these qualities are the
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.47
qualities of God the
Father 'cause Jesus came
00:46:47.50\00:46:50.21
to reveal what God is
like, and just as Jesus
00:46:50.24\00:46:53.48
came to reveal the truth
about God, so Jesus wants
00:46:53.51\00:46:56.41
His followers to
reveal the truth.
00:46:56.44\00:46:59.18
And in Hebrews we
find Paul speaking to the
00:46:59.21\00:47:02.38
church and he says,
"You ought to be teachers by
00:47:02.42\00:47:06.09
now, but you need
somebody to teach you again the
00:47:06.12\00:47:08.09
first principles of
the oracles of God."
00:47:08.12\00:47:10.03
This is Hebrews
chapter 5, verse 12.
00:47:10.06\00:47:12.23
So the real goal of the
Christian is not just to
00:47:12.26\00:47:14.30
stay on the milk which
is being unskilled in the
00:47:14.30\00:47:17.37
Word, but as Paul says,
he wants us to have solid
00:47:17.40\00:47:20.50
food and grow up into
the full stature of what
00:47:20.54\00:47:24.41
Christ wants us to be.
00:47:24.44\00:47:26.64
Doug: Yeah, absolutely.
00:47:26.68\00:47:28.68
And so--and not only
does Paul say this here, I
00:47:28.71\00:47:30.78
think Peter also said,
you know, we should desire the
00:47:30.81\00:47:33.45
sincere milk of the
Word, but we shouldn't be just
00:47:33.48\00:47:36.42
eating baby
pabulum all the time.
00:47:36.45\00:47:39.52
Now, there's a time
for that and, you know, the
00:47:39.55\00:47:41.66
challenge for a pastor
is if you've got, you know,
00:47:41.69\00:47:44.46
several people in your
congregation, you're going
00:47:44.49\00:47:47.10
to have some people
that are children, babies, in
00:47:47.13\00:47:49.16
their faith, they've
just come to Christ, and then
00:47:49.20\00:47:51.63
you're going to have
some that may be all their
00:47:51.67\00:47:53.80
lives and they want
the meat, and you've got to
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.04
kind of mix up a
little bit of something for
00:47:56.07\00:47:57.91
everybody when you're preaching.
00:47:57.94\00:48:00.04
But--and Jesus did that.
00:48:00.08\00:48:02.01
He would do parables
that had incredible depth and
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.08
yet the kids would sit
there and go, "I get it,"
00:48:04.11\00:48:06.28
you know?
00:48:06.31\00:48:08.15
There was something
real simple in it that they
00:48:08.18\00:48:12.12
something much deeper
that had meat in, in the
00:48:12.15\00:48:14.29
parable as well.
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.32
And He modeled that
teaching for us that we
00:48:16.36\00:48:17.86
should follow.
00:48:17.89\00:48:20.13
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male: I grew up in
a church-going family.
00:51:36.42\00:51:38.99
I mean, we were
at every meeting.
00:51:39.03\00:51:41.06
I sang in four of the
choirs there, I directed three.
00:51:41.10\00:51:45.10
Very involved, very active.
00:51:45.13\00:51:48.47
It almost seemed like
busy work sometimes, you know?
00:51:48.50\00:51:51.17
I went to Sunday
school, I knew about God, I knew
00:51:51.21\00:51:55.14
about Jesus.
00:51:55.18\00:51:57.38
But I didn't have a
personal relationship with
00:51:57.41\00:51:59.45
Jesus Christ.
00:51:59.48\00:52:02.08
My senior year in high
school I got the news that
00:52:02.12\00:52:06.99
my father had been murdered.
00:52:07.02\00:52:10.29
Now, I played it off well.
00:52:10.33\00:52:12.43
No one really saw that
I was struggling with it.
00:52:12.46\00:52:18.47
It just really felt
like there was a hole that
00:52:18.50\00:52:21.20
needed to be filled
and I tried to fill it with
00:52:21.24\00:52:23.87
drugs, with
alcohol, with partying.
00:52:23.91\00:52:27.51
After college, I just stopped
going to church altogether.
00:52:27.54\00:52:32.31
One day, on a Sunday,
'cause I didn't feel like
00:52:32.35\00:52:36.48
going to church with my
mom, I thought, you know,
00:52:36.52\00:52:40.19
"I should get a
little bit of Word."
00:52:40.22\00:52:43.66
She had the satellite
system hooked up and I'm
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.86
flipping through channels.
00:52:45.89\00:52:48.00
And then the logo pops across,
"Amazing Facts Presents."
00:52:48.03\00:52:50.40
I've listened to a lot
of different ministers but
00:52:50.43\00:52:54.14
this was the first time
that he's actually saying
00:52:54.17\00:52:56.97
something where I had to
grab my Bible and actually
00:52:57.01\00:52:59.54
pick it up and I've
never heard this before.
00:52:59.57\00:53:02.68
Let me look
through and find this.
00:53:02.71\00:53:04.95
I went through all
the historicals, I went
00:53:04.98\00:53:06.95
through all the study
guides and I just couldn't
00:53:06.98\00:53:09.02
get enough.
00:53:09.05\00:53:10.95
And then the Sabbath
came up and he's going through
00:53:10.99\00:53:13.09
the appeal and I'm just
going, "Lord, I hear You.
00:53:13.12\00:53:16.09
I have to go to church."
00:53:16.12\00:53:18.23
So I show up.
00:53:18.26\00:53:20.06
It was funny, I didn't
feel like I was going to
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.96
be judged, anything
judgmental, anything.
00:53:22.00\00:53:25.07
And I walked in the
door, and I just felt at home.
00:53:25.10\00:53:27.60
But there's still a problem.
00:53:27.64\00:53:30.54
I'm still partying.
00:53:30.57\00:53:33.24
I was still
going out to the bars.
00:53:33.27\00:53:35.54
At this time, I was
selling cocaine to pay my rent.
00:53:35.58\00:53:38.98
Sixteen days later, I
find myself in a life or
00:53:39.01\00:53:43.18
death situation.
00:53:43.22\00:53:45.59
I had just came back
from a liquor store and I
00:53:45.62\00:53:47.86
grabbed a bottle of vodka.
00:53:47.89\00:53:50.49
And there I am, high off
cocaine, with my Bible in
00:53:50.53\00:53:54.10
hand, trying to
do a Bible study.
00:53:54.10\00:53:57.13
And I heard an audible
voice, "Just look at yourself."
00:53:57.17\00:54:04.71
And I did, and I was,
like, "What am I doing?"
00:54:04.74\00:54:10.48
And I got on my knees
and I said, "Lord, if You do
00:54:10.51\00:54:13.38
not take this away from me
now, I'm going to kill myself."
00:54:13.42\00:54:19.35
I was going to continue
this lifestyle and I was
00:54:19.39\00:54:21.62
going to end up
overdosing, having a heart
00:54:21.66\00:54:24.46
attack, whatever it was.
00:54:24.49\00:54:27.03
"You have to take
this away, all of it."
00:54:27.03\00:54:31.70
And that day, He lift
it all up and away from me.
00:54:31.73\00:54:37.91
It was all gone.
00:54:37.94\00:54:40.08
When God does something in
your life, He does it complete.
00:54:40.11\00:54:45.55
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Doug: Every now and then,
in the panorama of history
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.58
we hear about individuals
that go from the lowest
00:55:17.61\00:55:20.15
depths to the highest pinnacles.
00:55:20.18\00:55:22.58
They emerge from the
shackles of prison to lead
00:55:22.62\00:55:25.02
and inspire a nation.
00:55:25.05\00:55:28.26
Take Joseph, for instance.
00:55:28.29\00:55:30.29
He's sold by his brothers
as a slave, then falsely
00:55:30.33\00:55:32.76
accused and thrust into prison.
00:55:32.79\00:55:34.76
Yet, through a series
of divine circumstances, he
00:55:34.83\00:55:37.07
miraculously goes from
the prison to the palace,
00:55:37.10\00:55:40.24
ruling the ones who
once imprisoned him.
00:55:40.27\00:55:42.70
Sound far-fetched?
00:55:42.74\00:55:44.51
It's happened in
history more than you think.
00:55:44.54\00:55:46.91
South Africa is the
home of just such a leader.
00:55:46.94\00:55:49.54
Nelson Mandela worked
tirelessly to establish
00:55:49.58\00:55:52.65
peace and freedom in his
country and his influence
00:55:52.68\00:55:55.25
was felt around the world.
00:55:55.28\00:55:58.19
Before freedom,
there must be forgiveness.
00:55:58.22\00:56:01.02
Like Joseph, who was
unjustly accused for a
00:56:01.06\00:56:03.19
crime he did not commit,
Nelson Mandela was accused
00:56:03.22\00:56:06.06
of terrorism and
sentenced to life in prison on
00:56:06.09\00:56:08.83
Robben Island.
00:56:08.86\00:56:10.90
He was often exposed
to cruel punishment and
00:56:10.93\00:56:12.77
abuse, but even in the
midst of apparent failure
00:56:12.80\00:56:15.47
and discouragement, he
never lost heart, he never
00:56:15.50\00:56:17.71
gave up.
00:56:17.74\00:56:19.94
After years in
prison, a growing number of
00:56:19.97\00:56:22.18
supporters rallied for
his release and, eventually,
00:56:22.21\00:56:24.38
it took place.
00:56:24.41\00:56:26.45
And God used him so
that he was instrumental in
00:56:26.48\00:56:28.45
helping to abolish racial
segregation in the country
00:56:28.48\00:56:30.55
of South Africa.
00:56:30.59\00:56:32.79
Incredibly, he now
was virtually the absolute
00:56:32.82\00:56:34.62
leader in the country
that had imprisoned him.
00:56:34.66\00:56:37.23
He had all of the
tools and the power at his
00:56:37.26\00:56:39.23
disposal to get even
with the prison guards and
00:56:39.26\00:56:41.43
others that had mistreated him.
00:56:41.46\00:56:43.67
Instead, Mandela
chose forgiveness.
00:56:43.70\00:56:46.60
It reminds me of
that verse in the Bible in
00:56:46.63\00:56:48.50
Ephesians chapter 4,
verse 32: "Let all bitterness,
00:56:48.54\00:56:52.31
and wrath, and anger, and
clamor, and railing be put
00:56:52.34\00:56:54.88
away from you, with all
malice: and be ye kind one
00:56:54.91\00:56:57.95
to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving each other, even
00:56:57.98\00:57:01.58
as God also in
Christ forgave you."
00:57:01.62\00:57:04.89
I'm so thankful
that Nelson Mandela, like
00:57:04.92\00:57:07.46
Joseph, chose to
forgive those who were once his
00:57:07.49\00:57:10.23
enemies and to serve his
nation with love and courage.
00:57:10.26\00:57:13.66
You can find a number of
examples of this happening
00:57:13.70\00:57:15.76
in the Bible.
00:57:15.80\00:57:17.70
You have Daniel who was
a captive from the land of
00:57:17.73\00:57:19.80
Judah and yet God
arranged things where he becomes
00:57:19.83\00:57:22.00
the prime minister in
the kingdom of Babylon.
00:57:22.04\00:57:24.37
You have Esther who was a
poor orphan girl in Persia.
00:57:24.41\00:57:27.08
And yet, God worked
things out where she becomes the
00:57:27.11\00:57:29.54
queen of that country.
00:57:29.58\00:57:31.75
The book of Jeremiah
ends with an incredible story
00:57:31.78\00:57:33.68
of a young king named
Jehoiakim who is in the
00:57:33.72\00:57:36.62
Babylonian dungeon
for 37 years and then King
00:57:36.65\00:57:39.09
Evil-Merodach has
mercy on him and he has a new
00:57:39.12\00:57:42.22
status, going from
the prison to the palace.
00:57:42.26\00:57:44.86
This is what the Lord wants
to do for you and me, friends.
00:57:44.89\00:57:47.23
He gives you the bread
of life, He gives you the
00:57:47.23\00:57:49.13
robe of Jesus' righteousness.
00:57:49.16\00:57:50.87
He gives you a
seat at His table.
00:57:50.90\00:57:52.63
If you accept His
forgiveness and you're
00:57:52.67\00:57:54.60
willing to pass it on,
you and I can live and reign
00:57:54.64\00:57:57.17
with Christ.
00:57:57.21\00:57:58.51
Wouldn't you
like that experience?
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