The Bible tells us,
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"In the beginning was the word,
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and the word was with
God, and the word was God."
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It says, "To
receive with meekness
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the implanted word,
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which is able
to save your souls,
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and to be diligent to
present yourself approved to God
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rightly dividing
the word of truth.
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel."
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Our study today is,
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"Feed My Sheep," I and II Peter.
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we welcome you to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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where we are studying
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the adult Bible study guide
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from the Seventh-day
Adventist General Conference,
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and it's called Feed My Sheep.
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This is the
second quarter's studies
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and we want you,
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if you don't have one of these
Sabbath School study guides,
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to go to the website absg
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that's for adult
Bible study guide,
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absg.adventist.org
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and download these lessons
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but you can study along with us.
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At least, get your Bibles, pens,
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and some paper, and take notes.
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We're so glad
that you're joining us
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and this is going to
be a wonderful study.
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Today, we're doing lesson
ten on prophecy and scripture.
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Let me introduce
the rest of the panel
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because we have
some wonderful folk here,
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who have been studying
hard to share with you.
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Next to me, I've
Pastor Tom Ferguson,
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then Mollie Steenson,
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John Dinzey, and Jill Morikone.
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And I'm just so glad
that you all are here today
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because it's so much fun to hear
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everyone's
perspective on their day.
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What I'd like to do is,
let's start off with prayer.
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Tom, would you like
to have a prayer for us?
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Dear heavenly
Father, thank You so much
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for the opportunity
to study Your Word today.
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We thank You for the lessons
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that we read
from the pen of Peter
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that when the Holy Spirit spoke
through this humble instrument.
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And, Father, I just
pray that, once again,
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Your Holy Spirit
will inspire these words
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that we will
hear from Your voice,
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speak to those
that are watching,
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those that are listening,
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and also speak through
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into each one of
us here on the panel.
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Lord, may this be a
time and hour with You,
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we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Before we go to
the memory verse,
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I want to back up a
couple of scriptures
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from the memory
verse and read something
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that Peter
wrote in 2 Peter 1:16.
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In 2 Peter 1:16, he said,
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"For we did not follow
cunningly devised fables,
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when we made
known to you the power
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and the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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but we were
eyewitnesses of His glory."
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Peter had walked with
Jesus, he'd seen the miracles,
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he had seen
everything that Jesus was doing
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and fulfilling
prophecy over and over.
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But he saw Jesus transfigured,
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transformed on the
Mount of Transfiguration.
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And so he saw
the glory of the Lord
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and he was speaking
from eyewitness experience.
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But then he goes on
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and he says in the memory text
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which is 2 Peter 1:19.
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It's important
to be an eyewitness
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but because he knows
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that not everybody
can be an eyewitness,
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at this time Jesus had
already ascended into heaven
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after His resurrection.
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So now he is
telling us something
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that's even more important.
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He says, "We have also a
more sure word of prophecy,
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whereunto you do
well that you take heed,
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as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place."
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So the word of prophecy is
shining forth God's truths.
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And he says,
"Until the day dawn,
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and the day star
arise in your hearts."
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We can have absolute confidence
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is what Peter is
saying in the Word of God.
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Because this is not
man's thoughts about God,
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this is
actually the Word of God.
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All scripture Paul says
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was given by
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
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And when we think about this,
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in the Bible there
is archeological proof,
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historical
proof, scientific proof,
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but the predictive,
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prophetic
accuracy is so amazing,
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30% of the Bible is
predictive prophecy,
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telling the future.
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And to foretell the future,
what you have to do, Mollie?
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You have to know the future.
You have to know the future.
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And God said in
Isaiah 46:9-10, He says,
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"I'm God there is none like me,
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I know the end
from the beginning,
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and I foretell the
end from the beginning."
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So that's what we're seeing
in this prophet, in the Bible.
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And I just wanna to
point out that in Daniel,
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just in Daniel alone,
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it predicted
with absolute accuracy
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the rise and fall of Babylon,
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Medo-Persia, Greece,
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Rome, the division of Rome,
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and in the rise and
resurgence of the papacy.
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So there's been enough Bible
prophecy that has come to pass
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to make us have
absolute assurance and trust
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that the rest of
what God has prophesied
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is going to happen.
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So let's look at Sunday's lesson
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'cause God knows the future,
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he including our future
and so we can trust Him.
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Because in the end of
the book what happens?
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God wins, doesn't He?
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Sunday, Peter is
talking in 1 Peter 10:12.
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He's saying that the
prophets have all received
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from the Holy Spirit
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the promises that pointed to...
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1 Peter 1:2?
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This is 1 Peter,
1-10:12. Thank you.
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He is saying that these,
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the Holy Spirit gave
them these prophecies
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that pointed to
Christ in His sufferings,
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in His subsequent glories,
and His salvation by grace.
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Now in Hebrews, you
don't have to turn there,
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I'll just read this to you.
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In Hebrews 11:13,
the writer says that,
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"These all died in the faith,
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not having received the promise
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but having seen them afar off,
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they were assured of
them, they embraced them,
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they confess that
they were strangers
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and pilgrims in the earth."
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The Old Testament believers
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knew that Christ
coming was in the future.
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And now when Peter is writing,
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these promises have
already been fulfilled.
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You know, Peter trusted
the Word of God so much.
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That's how he recognized
Christ was the Messiah.
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He knew the Word of God,
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and when he was
walking with the living word,
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he knew He was the one.
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In Acts, which is the
record of the first 30 years
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of the early church,
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there is a Jew
who is named Apollos,
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and what the scripture says
is that he was an eloquent man,
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and that he was
mighty in the scriptures.
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So let's look at Acts 18:28,
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"He is a mighty eloquent person
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knowing the scriptures
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and he'd accepted
Christ as the Messiah.
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He's defending the faith,
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and greatly encouraging
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those who have
believe through grace."
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So, Mollie, or, Jill,
do you have Acts 18:28,
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what does it say?
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"For he vigorously
refuted the Jews publicly,
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showing from the Scriptures
that Jesus is the Christ."
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And then someone
lets turn to Luke 24
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and we're gonna
read verses 25-27.
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We see this picture of Apollos,
who is eloquent in speech,
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he is mighty in the scriptures.
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And how is he
convincing people of Christ?
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He is going to the
scriptures of the Old Testament
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to show that
Jesus was the Christ.
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Now let's look Luke 24:25-27.
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Tom, why don't you read that?
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"Then He said to
them, 'O foolish ones,
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and slow to heart to believe it
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all that the
prophets have spoken.'
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Ought not the Christ to
have suffered these things
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and to enter into His glory?
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And beginning at
Moses and all the prophets,
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He expounded to them
in all the scriptures
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the things concerning Himself."
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Now who is Jesus
speaking to here?
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There is two disciples
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that are walking along the path
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on resurrection Sunday,
and they are so dejected,
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they were disciples of Christ,
and they had seen Him crucified
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but they did not yet
know that He was risen.
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So they're
walking the seven miles
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from Jerusalem back to Emmaus
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and all of the sudden Christ
comes alongside side of them,
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they don't recognize Him.
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But He opens up the scriptures
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and He begins to expound to them
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and He says that,
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"Beginning at Moses
and all the prophets,
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He expounded to
them on the Scriptures."
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The things that concerned him,
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when you think about this the,
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in Jesus day,
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they subdivided the
Bible into three sections.
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The first five books
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were called the law of Moses
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and then there
were the prophets,
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the minor and
the major prophets,
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and then the wisdom
books, they call the Psalms,
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they were the
wisdom books of Psalms,
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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
and the song of Solomon.
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So what is Jesus saying here?
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He is affirming
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the authenticity of the
entire Old Testament here.
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And He says,
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that these
things testified of me.
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We find Christ
throughout the Old Testament.
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It's interesting to me,
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Jesus could have
performed a miracle
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to prove He was
Him, that He had risen.
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Why didn't He perform a miracle?
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You know what I think?
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The devil, can he not
perform false miracles?
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I think Christ didn't want them
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to have their
trust in a miracle,
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but rather He wanted them
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to have their
trust in the Word of God,
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the more sure word of prophecy.
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The Old Testament contains
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more than a 125
prophecies of Jesus Christ
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that He fulfilled
during His lifetime.
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So it's an amazing thing
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that must have
been some Bible study,
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don't you know?
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So then we see Jesus,
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after these disciples
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they run back to Jerusalem,
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we've got the
rest of the disciples
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still hiding behind
closed doors in Jerusalem
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for fear of the Jews.
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And the women had
come to say, "He is risen."
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And they are not
quite sure what's going on.
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Now these two disciples
come back to tell them,
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"We've seen Him."
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And in Luke 24-44:49.
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Mollie, I'm gonna ask
you to read Luke 22:44,
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but what happens in this passage
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is that Jesus appears
to these 11 disciples,
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that are gathered
behind the closed doors
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and those who are with Him.
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And then he says
to them Luke 24:44.
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"And being in an agony,
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He prayed more earnestly..."
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Luke 24:44?
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I thought you
said, 22:44. No. 24:44.
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24:44.
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"And He said unto them,
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'These are the words
which I spake unto you
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while I was yet with you,
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that all things
must be fulfilled
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which were written
in the law of Moses,
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and in the Prophets,
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and in the
Psalms concerning me."
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So I imagine that
he probably took them
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through the same Bible study,
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but what we've got
here is the Old Testament
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predictions of the
Messiah were so specific,
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and so clearly
fulfilled by Jesus' life.
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And that they knew that
these things were of God,
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that He was the Messiah.
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I want to read something to you,
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Dr. Peter Stoner,
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who was the former chairman
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of the department of mathematics
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and astronomy and engineering
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at Pasadena
College in California,
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chose just 8 of
these 125 prophecies,
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just 8 of them.
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And then working with students,
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over 600 students,
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in his class for several years,
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they applied the
principle of probability.
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Now, I took
probability in college.
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But, anyway, the
principle of probability
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to just those eight prophecies,
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they found out that
for eight prophecies,
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just eight to be
fulfilled in one man's lifetime
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the odds were one.
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And I can't even say it.
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I don't even know if
there is a name for this number,
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1 with 330's
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behind it.
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How many zeros does a
billion have behind it?
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I guess nine.
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A billion has...
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Yeah, nine, that's right.
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And a trillion...
Good job, Brother John.
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Is a billion nine or six?
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A million has six
zeros. A billion has nine.
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A million has six
zeros, you are right.
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So you just
think it would be like
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taking a
billion times a trillion
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to come up with
all of the zeros.
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So if that,
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what would if that's
the odds for eight only,
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what would the odds be
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that any one man could
fulfill 125 prophecies?
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I've got a list here
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and I don't have
time to go over it.
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But let me just tell
you some of the things
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that were
prophesied about Jesus.
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Micah 5:2, "That
He born in Jerusalem."
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Daniel 9:25 tells
the time of His birth
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and that's what
convinced Sir Isaac Newton
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to become a Christian
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that the Bible was
absolutely accurate.
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It was when he looked at history
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and looked at these prophecies.
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Isaiah 7:14, "That
He be born of a virgin."
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Isaiah 53:3, "That
He would be rejected
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by His own people, the Jews."
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Psalm 41:9, "That He would
be betrayed by a close friend."
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Zechariah 11:12,
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"Betrayed for 30
pieces of silver."
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"He would be accused,"
he Psalms tell us in 35
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that "He would be
accused by false witnesses."
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And then it goes on,
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there's different prophecies
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throughout Isaiah,
Zechariah, and Psalms.
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He'd be silent to His accusers.
00:14:45.18\00:14:47.42
He's be spat on and
struck, hated without reason,
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crucified with malefactors.
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He'd be pierced
through His hands and feet.
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He would pray for His enemies,
00:14:55.29\00:14:56.73
the soldiers would
gamble for his clothing.
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No bones would be broken,
His side would be pierced,
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buried with a rich.
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It just goes on and on.
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And if the odds are 1 with 330's
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behind it to 1 for
just eight prophecies,
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it is absolutely impossible
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that any man could have
fulfilled 125 prophecies,
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unless he was the Son of God.
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Amen. Amazing.
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I think that no one
would want to fulfill
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all of those prophecies...
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I think you're right.
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When you look at
Isaiah 53, for example.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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And to think that
the people at large
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had rejected that fulfillment
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and only those
who were listening
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with the voice
of God accepted it.
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Somebody who is
an earnest seeker
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for Him and for
His truth will find it
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by looking at scriptures.
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Well, eyewitnesses of majesty...
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I invite us to
turn together to...
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Let's go to 2 Peter 1...
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Yeah, that's definitely
proves or refutes the idea
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that these were
cunningly devised fables.
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2 Peter 1 says,
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"For we did not follow
cunningly devised fables,
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when we made known to you
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the power of the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ."
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You know, cunningly
devised fables are something
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that were very
common in that day.
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It is something that
different philosophers
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or success...
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If you've been
to success seminar,
00:16:30.92\00:16:32.25
they go out, they
raise funds for this.
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They're actually
trying to gain followers,
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it's the strategy also
was with the philosophers
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to control others
when they did this.
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But they were
eyewitness to Jesus' majesty.
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In verse 17, "For
he received from God
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the Father honor and glory,
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when such a voice came to
him from the excellent glory,
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'This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.'"
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And in verse 18, it says,
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"And we heard this
voice which came from heaven
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when we were with him
on the Holy Mountain."
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I want us to turn now to Luke 9,
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where we actually
see this experience.
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Luke 9.
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We're gonna begin with verse 27.
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Luke 9 beginning with verse 27.
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"But I tell you truly,
there is some standing here,
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who shall not taste death,
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till they see
the kingdom of God."
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You know, I think that
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the ones that
were hearing that...
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We're dealing with the
time in Jesus' ministry
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where the popular view
is turning against Him,
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He was actually...
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People were expecting
Him to set up His kingdom,
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He hadn't set up His kingdom.
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It was the...
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The church leaders
were leading a charge
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against Him at this time.
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And when he said these words,
"You will not taste death,
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until they see
the kingdom of God."
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What does that really mean?
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What does that really mean?
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If you go into the next verse,
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they came to pass about
eight days after these sayings.
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If you go to Matthew's
Gospel, you'll see that it was,
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they mentioned six days,
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but about a week
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this is where Luke
is being approximating
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how long it's going to be,
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"That He took
Peter, John, and James
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and went up to
the mountain to pray."
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We all know that
Jesus had His disciples,
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His 12 disciples.
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He also had other disciples,
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who are not part
of that inner circle.
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But then He had those three
that were the closest to Him.
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And those three disciples
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went with him to
the mountain to...
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In verse 29,
this is what they see,
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"As He prayed,
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the appearance of
His face was altered,
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and His robe became
white and glistening.
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And behold, two
men talk with Him,
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who were Moses and Elijah,
00:19:00.47\00:19:02.64
who appeared in the
glory and spoke of his decease,
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which He was about to
accomplish at Jerusalem."
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You know, when you
look at these two men,
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we have Moses representing...
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Well, there is two
ways to look at this,
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one of them is that
Moses represents those
00:19:15.18\00:19:17.35
who have died and
been raised again.
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We have Elijah,
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who, are those that
were taken to heaven
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.19
without seeing death.
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But there is also the
angle of this is Moses
00:19:23.76\00:19:26.56
the law and Elijah
representing the prophets.
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They're standing
there with Jesus,
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as He is being glorified,
and they're speaking of what?
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What are they
speaking of in verse 31?
00:19:37.81\00:19:41.11
"His decease." His decease.
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Yes.
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Did you know that the disciples
really didn't get this?
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They just did not get this,
00:19:46.65\00:19:48.12
even though this was
going on at this time.
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As a matter of fact
if you go to verse 32,
00:19:50.65\00:19:52.42
"But Peter and those with
him were heavy with sleep.
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And when they were fully
awake, they saw His glory,
00:19:57.39\00:19:59.83
and the two men
who stood with Him.
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Then it happened, as
they were parting from Him,
00:20:02.60\00:20:04.83
that Peter said to Jesus,
00:20:04.87\00:20:06.20
'Master, it is
good for us to be here
00:20:06.23\00:20:09.04
and let us make
three tabernacles
00:20:09.07\00:20:11.57
one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.'
00:20:11.61\00:20:16.75
Not knowing what he had said."
00:20:16.78\00:20:19.55
And let me ask you,
00:20:19.58\00:20:21.78
do you think this
was a kosher thing
00:20:21.82\00:20:23.52
for them to make a tent
for Moses, and for Elijah,
00:20:23.55\00:20:29.12
as well as for Jesus?
00:20:29.16\00:20:32.69
What is this telling us?
00:20:32.73\00:20:34.73
When they are, you know,
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.50
up until the time
of Jesus everyone...
00:20:36.53\00:20:40.04
It was Moses, Abraham, Elijah,
00:20:40.07\00:20:41.90
those are the ones
that the Israelites
00:20:41.97\00:20:44.57
looked up to as their leaders.
00:20:44.64\00:20:47.34
And they were actually,
as you look at this text,
00:20:47.38\00:20:50.81
they were an object
of worship by the people.
00:20:50.85\00:20:55.92
And what they're really saying
in this text is, you know what,
00:20:55.95\00:21:00.06
along with Moses,
and along with Elijah,
00:21:00.09\00:21:03.89
we want you to stand among them.
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.96
You don't get it that way.
00:21:07.96\00:21:09.30
And making three tabernacles
one for you, one for Moses,
00:21:09.33\00:21:12.10
and one for Elijah,
not knowing what he said,
00:21:12.13\00:21:14.77
he is really
referring to the fact
00:21:14.80\00:21:16.14
that Moses and Elijah
were not to be worshiped.
00:21:16.17\00:21:20.88
They were not
to receive worship.
00:21:20.91\00:21:23.38
Can I give you my
interpretation of verse 35?
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Sure, go ahead. Sure.
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.78
Verse 35, "And
there came a voice
00:21:26.82\00:21:29.12
out of the cloud,
saying, 'Shut up, Peter."
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Yeah.
00:21:33.76\00:21:35.09
Here is an
interpretation. And hear Him.
00:21:35.12\00:21:36.83
That's just my interpretation.
00:21:36.86\00:21:38.29
That's absolutely right.
00:21:38.36\00:21:39.96
That's absolutely right.
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.30
You know, it just shows
that as they were eye witnesses
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.90
of the majesty of the Christ.
00:21:44.97\00:21:47.64
And really, what
they're really seeing here
00:21:47.67\00:21:49.30
is His divinity
flashed through His humanity.
00:21:49.34\00:21:53.41
They'd have been veiled.
00:21:53.44\00:21:54.78
And Jesus had called these three
00:21:54.81\00:21:56.44
to this special
meeting with two others,
00:21:56.48\00:21:59.18
when you think
about Moses and Elijah,
00:21:59.21\00:22:00.72
if Jesus failed, who
would be the faith there?
00:22:00.75\00:22:04.12
Yes. Okay?
00:22:04.15\00:22:05.95
Because we know that Moses...
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.92
It talks about in Jude...
00:22:08.99\00:22:12.16
The body of
Moses was argued over
00:22:12.19\00:22:14.03
and Moses was resurrected.
00:22:14.10\00:22:16.06
Right.
00:22:16.10\00:22:17.43
And that's why they
never found his grave.
00:22:17.47\00:22:18.80
So he is the one we know
that's up there that was,
00:22:18.87\00:22:20.97
as you said, part
of the resurrection.
00:22:21.00\00:22:23.24
But then Elijah was translated.
00:22:23.27\00:22:25.54
But if Jesus wasn't praised...
00:22:25.61\00:22:28.01
If he didn't succeed...
00:22:28.08\00:22:29.41
If he didn't succeed
that would be it for them.
00:22:29.44\00:22:33.28
We have for all
of us by the way.
00:22:33.31\00:22:34.75
Oh, that's true. Amen.
00:22:34.82\00:22:36.48
And so here we have verse
34 where "He was saying this,
00:22:36.52\00:22:41.66
the cloud came
and overshadowed them,
00:22:41.69\00:22:44.23
and they were fearful
as they enter the cloud,
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.73
then this voice came as..."
00:22:47.76\00:22:50.47
Mollie's version is...
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.77
and "But the voice came
out of the cloud saying,
00:22:52.80\00:22:56.14
'This is my chosen Son.'"
00:22:56.17\00:23:01.04
If you go back to
the original language,
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.81
"This is the one I have chosen."
00:23:02.84\00:23:05.15
You have chosen
Elijah, you've chosen Moses.
00:23:05.18\00:23:09.25
I have chosen Christ.
00:23:09.28\00:23:11.39
Like Jesus said,
"You search the scriptures
00:23:11.42\00:23:12.85
for in them ye think
ye have eternal life:
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.22
and these are they
which testify of me."
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.93
And it was Moses saying Elijah
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.33
and the other along the prophets
00:23:18.36\00:23:19.93
where it would
all testified of Him.
00:23:19.96\00:23:24.00
Now listen to what
happens in verse 36,
00:23:24.03\00:23:25.83
"When the voice had
seized, Jesus was found alone.
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.50
But they kept quite, and
told no one in those days
00:23:28.54\00:23:31.67
as they think of the
things which they had seen."
00:23:31.71\00:23:34.84
So here God is
doing several things.
00:23:34.88\00:23:37.41
Christ is being
glorified in their mix,
00:23:37.45\00:23:40.42
it's actually encouraging...
00:23:40.45\00:23:43.05
Can you imagine
being in that inner circle
00:23:43.08\00:23:45.49
and hearing that
Jesus is going to die?
00:23:45.55\00:23:50.79
Everything that's
happening politically
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.53
on the outside is
going to come to fruition.
00:23:52.56\00:23:55.33
He is going to die.
00:23:55.36\00:23:57.33
"But this is my chosen
vessel," the Father is saying
00:23:57.37\00:24:01.07
and Moses and
Elijah are supporting...
00:24:01.10\00:24:06.21
Have a supportive
roll in the picture
00:24:06.24\00:24:08.84
that these disciples needed,
00:24:08.88\00:24:10.51
but also this was
encouraging for Jesus.
00:24:10.55\00:24:14.08
The one who, by choice,
00:24:14.12\00:24:17.42
submitted His
divinity to His humanity
00:24:17.45\00:24:19.45
and had victory the way
you and I have to have victory.
00:24:19.49\00:24:23.09
For a brief moment,
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.79
His divinity was
flashing through.
00:24:24.83\00:24:28.23
They needed more of Christ
and less of Moses and Elijah.
00:24:28.26\00:24:32.53
We need more of Christ and less
of maybe that special speaker
00:24:32.57\00:24:37.17
that happens to be our favorite.
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.11
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:39.14\00:24:42.11
We need more of Christ
00:24:42.14\00:24:43.65
rather than watching
someone else's journey
00:24:43.68\00:24:46.31
and respecting that.
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.75
We need more of
Christ ourselves.
00:24:47.78\00:24:50.09
It's good.
00:24:50.12\00:24:51.45
See, sometimes when we
do worship church leaders,
00:24:51.52\00:24:54.29
and Christ must
increase but they must decrease.
00:24:54.32\00:24:57.23
Amen.
00:24:57.26\00:24:58.86
See, every day is
to be an opportunity,
00:24:58.89\00:25:02.36
to be an eyewitness of majesty,
every day is an opportunity.
00:25:02.40\00:25:07.24
You know, I think
about some of the things
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.97
that happen in life.
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.07
What about that job that
the Lord provided for you
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.58
when you needed it,
you've been praying?
00:25:13.61\00:25:15.41
That to me is an
eyewitness of majesty
00:25:15.44\00:25:17.51
that He indeed
is Lord of my life.
00:25:17.55\00:25:19.88
What about when you have
the birth of that first child?
00:25:19.91\00:25:23.95
If you were a parent, you
know what that feels like.
00:25:23.99\00:25:26.55
That is an
eyewitness of majesty.
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.56
What about
watching a transformed life?
00:25:29.59\00:25:32.36
Someone that you
have been praying for,
00:25:32.39\00:25:34.40
it could be your child,
it could be your loved one,
00:25:34.46\00:25:36.33
or spouse, that is when
you see that transformed life.
00:25:36.36\00:25:39.20
It's an eyewitness of majesty.
00:25:39.23\00:25:40.77
What about when
you receive a call
00:25:40.80\00:25:43.41
and you see God opening
and closing doors saying,
00:25:43.44\00:25:46.17
"This is the
way, walk ye in it"?
00:25:46.21\00:25:48.68
And every time you
have your devotional life,
00:25:48.71\00:25:51.08
and every time the
church comes to worship
00:25:51.11\00:25:53.95
is an opportunity
to be an eyewitness
00:25:53.98\00:25:56.18
to the majesty of Christ.
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.19
Amen. Amen.
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.55
Amen. Beautiful. Beautiful.
00:25:59.59\00:26:02.99
An eyewitness to
the majesty of Christ,
00:26:03.02\00:26:05.16
an eyewitness
to the morning star
00:26:05.19\00:26:07.73
rising in your arm.
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.10
That's right. That's what it is.
00:26:09.13\00:26:10.63
And that is what
I'm going to look at,
00:26:10.67\00:26:13.77
my portion of
scripture is on Tuesday,
00:26:13.80\00:26:17.17
The Morning Star in Our Hearts.
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.57
And in 2 Peter 1:19
we've read it several times,
00:26:19.61\00:26:25.15
but let's read it one more time.
00:26:25.18\00:26:28.08
And so we have the
prophetic word confirmed
00:26:28.12\00:26:31.42
and this is the
New King James version,
00:26:31.45\00:26:33.56
in the King James
Version we were saying earlier
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.26
it says that, "We have a
more sure word of prophecy,
00:26:36.29\00:26:39.79
which you do well to heed,
as a light" that does what?
00:26:39.83\00:26:44.37
"A light that
shines in a dark place."
00:26:44.40\00:26:46.63
Now, what is this
more sure word of prophecy?
00:26:46.67\00:26:49.60
What is this
prophetic word confirmed
00:26:49.64\00:26:51.81
that we have determined already?
00:26:51.87\00:26:53.74
It's the Bible.
00:26:53.78\00:26:55.58
This is what it is,
00:26:55.64\00:26:57.48
"Which we do well
to heed as a light,"
00:26:57.51\00:27:00.12
this word, "that
shines in a dark place,
00:27:00.15\00:27:03.49
until the day
star and the morning,
00:27:03.52\00:27:06.35
until the day dawns
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.19
and the morning
star rises in our heart."
00:27:08.22\00:27:11.29
So where does the
morning star rise?
00:27:11.33\00:27:14.76
It rises in our hearts.
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.87
So where is this
word going to shine?
00:27:16.90\00:27:21.10
It's going to
shine in our hearts.
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.84
Now I want to go ahead
and just right of the bat,
00:27:23.87\00:27:28.08
go to Revelation 22:16,
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.78
I want to confirm
00:27:30.81\00:27:33.35
who the Word of God
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.08
refers to as the
bright and morning star.
00:27:35.12\00:27:39.55
As a matter of fact,
00:27:39.59\00:27:40.92
in my Bible it's written in red.
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.96
So when it's written in
red, who's doing the talking?
00:27:42.99\00:27:45.19
Jesus. That would be Jesus.
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.13
Revelation 22:16, "I, Jesus,
00:27:47.13\00:27:51.90
have sent my
angel to testify to you
00:27:51.93\00:27:55.40
these things in the churches.
00:27:55.47\00:27:57.77
I am the root and
the offspring of David,
00:27:57.81\00:28:01.61
the Bright and Morning Star."
00:28:01.64\00:28:05.41
Now there is
something very unique
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.88
about the Morning Star.
00:28:07.92\00:28:11.19
Is in...
00:28:11.22\00:28:13.12
The star in the sky
00:28:13.15\00:28:15.96
that we refer to
as the Morning Star,
00:28:16.02\00:28:19.53
is it actually a star?
00:28:19.56\00:28:21.93
What is it?
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.30
Planet. It's the planet.
00:28:23.33\00:28:24.67
It's the planet Venus.
00:28:24.70\00:28:26.47
Now in the
morning, the planet Venus,
00:28:26.50\00:28:29.74
referred to as the Morning Star,
00:28:29.77\00:28:32.34
is situated in such a
place on the eastern horizon
00:28:32.37\00:28:38.11
that the reflection of the sun
00:28:38.15\00:28:43.55
that hasn't arisen
yet it's in such a place
00:28:43.59\00:28:48.82
that that Morning
Star shines brightly
00:28:48.89\00:28:53.13
and you know
what it's telling us,
00:28:53.16\00:28:55.30
it's announcing to those
who are still in darkness
00:28:55.33\00:29:00.17
that light is
just about to come.
00:29:00.20\00:29:02.67
Now, isn't that exciting?
00:29:02.70\00:29:04.37
That's what the
Morning Star does.
00:29:04.41\00:29:06.37
It lets us know
that there is hope,
00:29:06.41\00:29:10.11
that the darkness is
going to be dispelled.
00:29:10.15\00:29:12.95
Amen.
00:29:12.98\00:29:15.35
And Peter speaks
up the Morning Star
00:29:15.38\00:29:19.75
rising in the
hearts of God's people.
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.32
Now remember the significance.
00:29:22.39\00:29:24.29
The significance is
that the morning star
00:29:24.33\00:29:28.53
rises as a hero to
that which is to come.
00:29:28.60\00:29:32.90
And for Peter,
00:29:32.93\00:29:35.14
the Word of God shone
like a light in dark places
00:29:35.17\00:29:39.41
until darkness was dispelled.
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.38
And we determine that the word
00:29:42.41\00:29:45.15
is what shines
in the dark places.
00:29:45.18\00:29:48.12
And there is the
scripture Psalms 119:130.
00:29:48.15\00:29:51.62
And I think I've shared
this with you all before.
00:29:51.65\00:29:54.56
I was...
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.22
There was a
little Baptist church
00:29:56.26\00:29:58.39
on a winding road
going from the inner state
00:29:58.43\00:30:02.46
into Clarksville, Tennessee.
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.60
This was years ago,
at least 30 years ago.
00:30:04.63\00:30:09.64
My husband and I
were right going up there.
00:30:09.67\00:30:12.81
And as we came
round at a corner,
00:30:12.84\00:30:15.48
there this little
Baptist church was.
00:30:15.54\00:30:17.98
And over its door was
this big sign that says,
00:30:18.01\00:30:22.78
"The entrance of
God's Word gives light."
00:30:22.82\00:30:26.09
When have you
ever had a scripture
00:30:26.12\00:30:29.12
just grab you
and as I read that...
00:30:29.16\00:30:33.29
I mean, it just, it grabbed me.
00:30:33.33\00:30:35.93
The entrance of
God's Word gives light.
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.53
Hal and I had been
Christians very long.
00:30:38.60\00:30:41.90
And all we were just
still so in love with Jesus
00:30:41.97\00:30:45.44
and in the shame I stood still.
00:30:45.47\00:30:47.38
But remember when you
first met Jesus Christ,
00:30:47.41\00:30:49.68
the Lord of your life.
00:30:49.71\00:30:51.05
Oh, it's so quick to repent
00:30:51.08\00:30:53.75
and everything was
so new and refreshing
00:30:53.78\00:30:57.02
and good to you.
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.45
And so as I saw that scripture
it just quickened to my heart
00:30:58.52\00:31:03.59
and I, to this
day, I have studied that
00:31:03.63\00:31:08.00
and done more
teachings on that scripture.
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.63
I know it was the Lord
by the power of the Spirit
00:31:10.67\00:31:13.34
quickening that to me,
00:31:13.37\00:31:14.70
the entrance of
God's Word gives light.
00:31:14.74\00:31:17.71
The rest of that scripture
00:31:17.74\00:31:19.24
as it gives
understanding to the simple
00:31:19.27\00:31:22.91
and that tells us
00:31:22.94\00:31:24.48
that you don't have
to be a great scholar
00:31:24.51\00:31:26.98
or a great theologian.
00:31:27.02\00:31:28.85
God's Word is for everybody,
00:31:28.88\00:31:31.15
the entrance of
that word gives light.
00:31:31.19\00:31:33.86
Now I think about that
and particularly at that time,
00:31:33.89\00:31:37.19
and as we grow and as we mature,
00:31:37.23\00:31:39.29
as we sing so
beautifully in the life of Peter
00:31:39.36\00:31:42.70
that we do darkness does...
00:31:42.73\00:31:47.30
is dispelled around us.
00:31:47.34\00:31:49.50
But the way
darkness is dispelled
00:31:49.54\00:31:52.04
is by the entrance of that word.
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.54
And so I look into my
own life and see areas...
00:31:54.58\00:31:59.05
See, it doesn't
matter how much I know,
00:31:59.08\00:32:02.12
there is still
things I don't know.
00:32:02.18\00:32:04.79
No matter how deep
you go in the Word of God,
00:32:04.82\00:32:07.29
there is depths you
haven't attained to.
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.59
No matter, how high you go
in the things of the Spirit,
00:32:09.62\00:32:12.86
there are heights
you haven't attained to.
00:32:12.89\00:32:15.30
And so we want...
00:32:15.33\00:32:17.83
How many of you want
clean hands and a pure heart?
00:32:17.87\00:32:20.10
That's really what you want.
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.77
And so we have to admit,
00:32:21.80\00:32:24.31
acknowledge that there
is still error in our lives.
00:32:24.34\00:32:28.31
I don't want
error to be in my life
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.05
and that was one of the prayers
00:32:30.08\00:32:31.68
that Hal and I prayed for years.
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.98
Oh, Father, show us that
error that's in our lives
00:32:34.02\00:32:37.35
because we know we
don't have it all right.
00:32:37.39\00:32:39.79
And I truly believe that
the, an answer to that prayer
00:32:39.82\00:32:43.49
is why the Lord drew
us the way He has drawn us
00:32:43.53\00:32:47.03
into what I consider a church
00:32:47.03\00:32:48.86
that's got more truth
than any other church.
00:32:48.90\00:32:51.50
I know God honored that prayer
00:32:51.53\00:32:53.70
by bringing me to a
church that has so much light,
00:32:53.74\00:32:58.44
that God has
entrusted so much light to.
00:32:58.47\00:33:01.21
But as we read God's
Word, just think about this,
00:33:01.24\00:33:04.21
as you read God's
Word, study God's Word,
00:33:04.25\00:33:06.95
allow that light into you
00:33:06.98\00:33:09.25
areas of darkness in your light.
00:33:09.32\00:33:11.65
The power of that word
will overshadow that darkness
00:33:11.69\00:33:16.29
and bring light to it.
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.69
And it's the
example that I love to use,
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.46
Pastor Tom, is
the rising of the sun.
00:33:20.50\00:33:24.23
So on...
00:33:24.27\00:33:27.57
In the mornings,
here is the question,
00:33:27.60\00:33:30.77
does the sun get to come up
00:33:30.81\00:33:33.31
because darkness
recedes or does darkness leave
00:33:33.34\00:33:39.01
because the sun comes up?
00:33:39.05\00:33:40.58
See darkness
leaves because the power,
00:33:40.62\00:33:44.75
the light overshadows it.
00:33:44.79\00:33:46.69
And so as we read God's Word,
00:33:46.72\00:33:48.72
as we allow that Morning
Star to arise in our heart,
00:33:48.76\00:33:53.29
darkness is dispelled,
00:33:53.33\00:33:54.93
it's called the
road of sanctification.
00:33:54.96\00:33:57.53
As we...
00:33:57.57\00:33:58.90
Darkness is dispelled
and as we are sanctified.
00:33:58.93\00:34:02.44
Oh, that's one
of those fied words,
00:34:02.47\00:34:05.14
purified, justified,
00:34:05.17\00:34:06.94
you know, glorified,
well, we have to be sanctified.
00:34:06.98\00:34:10.21
And what does
that sanctification do?
00:34:10.25\00:34:12.21
It purifies your character.
00:34:12.25\00:34:15.38
And what is the only thing,
00:34:15.42\00:34:16.99
you mentioned that
earlier I know today.
00:34:17.02\00:34:19.15
The only thing we can take into
the presence of almighty God
00:34:19.19\00:34:22.72
is our character.
00:34:22.76\00:34:24.09
Oh, and we
can't be shortsighted.
00:34:24.13\00:34:26.76
This is not all there is.
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.86
There is an eternity,
00:34:28.93\00:34:30.70
and it's what we do
on this side of eternity
00:34:30.73\00:34:33.84
that determines the
other side of our eternity.
00:34:33.87\00:34:37.57
And so we must
allow that Morning Star
00:34:37.61\00:34:40.98
to arise in our heart,
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.51
and my goodness, I'm so forth...
00:34:42.54\00:34:46.08
I haven't even started good.
00:34:46.11\00:34:47.92
Colossians 1:13,
"He has delivered us..."
00:34:47.95\00:34:51.82
Who is He?
00:34:51.85\00:34:53.19
Jesus has
delivered, that's you and me.
00:34:53.22\00:34:55.69
"He has delivered us
from the power of darkness..."
00:34:55.72\00:34:59.93
You've been delivered
from that power of darkness
00:34:59.96\00:35:02.46
and He has conveyed you
00:35:02.50\00:35:04.33
into the
kingdom of His dear Son.
00:35:04.37\00:35:06.47
We are not where we used to
be, we're not who we used to be.
00:35:06.50\00:35:09.67
We meet Jesus
Christ the Lord of our life
00:35:09.70\00:35:12.01
and everything changes.
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.01
We're placed on a road
for you were once in darkness,
00:35:14.04\00:35:18.41
but now you are
in light in the Lord,
00:35:18.45\00:35:20.65
walk as children of the light.
00:35:20.68\00:35:24.19
His rising in our heart is
getting to know Him better.
00:35:24.22\00:35:27.26
And I just want
to finish with this,
00:35:27.29\00:35:29.29
this is from Ellen White,
00:35:29.32\00:35:31.49
it says, "The whole
earth is to be illuminated
00:35:31.53\00:35:34.36
with the glory of God's truth.
00:35:34.36\00:35:36.30
The light is to shine to
all lands and all peoples.
00:35:36.33\00:35:40.37
And it is from those
who have received the light
00:35:40.40\00:35:43.24
that it is to shine forth
from, that's you and that's me.
00:35:43.27\00:35:46.84
The day-star has risen upon us,
00:35:46.88\00:35:49.91
and we are to flash
its light on to the pathway
00:35:49.94\00:35:53.88
of those in darkness."
00:35:53.92\00:35:55.52
We've been given a
great responsibility
00:35:55.55\00:35:58.35
and we've got to be the
ones to shine that light.
00:35:58.39\00:36:01.62
Pastor John. Amen.
00:36:01.66\00:36:03.46
I think I don't
want you to stop.
00:36:03.49\00:36:05.09
Yeah.
00:36:05.13\00:36:06.46
She is preaching over here.
00:36:06.49\00:36:08.46
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:36:08.50\00:36:10.00
This is...
00:36:10.03\00:36:11.37
What a treat, what a blessing
00:36:11.40\00:36:12.77
to be in this panel to hear
all these wonderful thoughts
00:36:12.80\00:36:16.14
from God's Word.
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.57
And I know all of
you can continue sharing
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.11
even from the portion
that you have already shared.
00:36:21.14\00:36:23.61
And it is just a marvelous thing
00:36:23.65\00:36:26.51
to see how much
there is in God's Word.
00:36:26.55\00:36:31.69
So much is packed in there.
00:36:31.72\00:36:33.56
You know, you sometimes, I
don't know if you've been to,
00:36:33.59\00:36:36.59
I'm sure you've
seen these little things
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.16
that I guess you
had these little things
00:36:38.19\00:36:40.53
you add a little
bit of water to it
00:36:40.56\00:36:42.03
and it keeps
growing and growing.
00:36:42.06\00:36:43.40
Yes.
00:36:43.43\00:36:44.77
So it's just like that,
00:36:44.80\00:36:46.13
in every verse there
is so much there for us
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.60
to comprehend.
00:36:48.64\00:36:50.17
Well, as we continue in 2 Peter,
00:36:50.21\00:36:54.21
I'm going read verses
2 Peter 1:19-21 again,
00:36:54.24\00:37:00.95
and it says, "We have also
a more sure word of prophecy,
00:37:00.98\00:37:05.89
whereunto you do
well that you take heed,
00:37:05.92\00:37:09.16
as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place,
00:37:09.19\00:37:13.40
until the day dawn,
00:37:13.43\00:37:14.73
and the day-star
arise in your hearts.
00:37:14.76\00:37:16.70
Knowing this first,
00:37:16.73\00:37:18.23
this is first that no
prophecy of the scripture
00:37:18.27\00:37:21.67
is of any
private interpretation.
00:37:21.70\00:37:24.54
For the prophecy came not
in old time by the will of man,
00:37:24.57\00:37:29.24
but holy men of God
spake as they were moved
00:37:29.28\00:37:33.35
by the Holy Ghost
or the Holy Spirit."
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.82
What a wonderful set of
verses are even in these.
00:37:36.85\00:37:41.82
And as we look
at these scriptures,
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.03
again, we come back to the idea
"A more sure word of prophecy."
00:37:44.06\00:37:49.63
And it is true
we have not follow
00:37:49.66\00:37:53.00
these cunningly devised fables,
00:37:53.03\00:37:54.70
we have to admit
that even in these days...
00:37:54.74\00:37:58.07
You know, Jesus when He
was speaking with His disciples
00:37:58.11\00:38:02.98
said something that
shocked the disciples.
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.81
He said, you...
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.18
The disciples came to show Him
the buildings, and the stones,
00:38:07.22\00:38:11.82
and Jesus said
something that shocked them.
00:38:11.85\00:38:13.56
"You see all these
stones, these buildings,
00:38:13.59\00:38:15.96
there shall not be one
stone left upon another."
00:38:16.02\00:38:17.93
They were shocked to hear this.
00:38:17.96\00:38:20.23
And Jesus warned them
because they came to ask,
00:38:20.26\00:38:23.83
"Lord, when is this going to be?
00:38:23.87\00:38:26.03
And what shall be the
sign of the end of the world,
00:38:26.10\00:38:28.70
and of Your coming?"
00:38:28.74\00:38:30.74
And Jesus began to
express to them things
00:38:30.77\00:38:34.08
that they were
so anxious to know
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.71
and He blended
these things together,
00:38:35.74\00:38:38.41
but He said...
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.78
One of the things He says,
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.15
"Take heed that
no man deceive you."
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.49
And sure enough,
00:38:43.52\00:38:45.82
the backdrop of all
these things that we've read,
00:38:45.85\00:38:48.66
here that these
verses I've read.
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.36
Peter is saying
something to them
00:38:50.39\00:38:52.16
that is due to
the fact that in...
00:38:52.19\00:38:54.73
As you see in 2
Peter 2:1, he says,
00:38:54.73\00:38:58.67
"But there were false
prophets also among the people,
00:38:58.70\00:39:03.34
even as there shall be
false teachers among you,
00:39:03.37\00:39:07.71
who privily shall
bring in damnable heresies,
00:39:07.74\00:39:10.71
even denying the
Lord that brought them,
00:39:10.75\00:39:13.92
and bring upon
themselves swift destruction."
00:39:13.95\00:39:16.75
So Peter saw false
prophets in his day,
00:39:16.79\00:39:21.02
Jesus warned that
false prophets would come,
00:39:21.06\00:39:22.92
Peter saw them, but
Peter continues to warn us
00:39:22.99\00:39:26.46
that there will
be false prophets
00:39:26.49\00:39:27.83
in the later days,
00:39:27.86\00:39:29.80
in the days that
we are living in.
00:39:29.83\00:39:31.83
And so that's
why he is telling us
00:39:31.87\00:39:35.00
that we have a
sure word of prophecy,
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.21
the Holy Scriptures,
00:39:37.24\00:39:38.84
or God's Word that we
can study with assurance
00:39:38.87\00:39:42.01
that what He has
given us is the truth.
00:39:42.04\00:39:45.65
And so there are
wonderful things to find here
00:39:45.68\00:39:48.85
and He says, "Knowing this first
00:39:48.88\00:39:50.35
that no
prophecy of the scripture
00:39:50.39\00:39:52.29
is of any
private interpretation."
00:39:52.32\00:39:54.32
And here is what we find
some ground for some thoughts
00:39:54.36\00:40:00.16
and that is that
from time to time,
00:40:00.20\00:40:04.13
you'll hear of somebody
they came up with this idea,
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.87
somebody would
came up with that idea.
00:40:06.90\00:40:08.64
Mollie, I'm sure
throughout the years
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.77
you've seen and may be this year
00:40:10.81\00:40:12.14
you've already seen
00:40:12.17\00:40:13.51
that sometimes
we get some studies
00:40:13.54\00:40:14.88
that come to 3ABN.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.85
Have you seen any of those?
00:40:16.88\00:40:18.21
Oh, yes.
00:40:18.25\00:40:19.85
And through the years
and now Jill gets some.
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.72
Oh, we get quite a few.
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.42
We get some studies
and there are some people
00:40:24.45\00:40:26.25
that are doing
some wonderful things.
00:40:26.29\00:40:28.09
But there are some studies
that come to us and we say,
00:40:28.12\00:40:30.79
"How in the world did they
come to these conclusions?"
00:40:30.83\00:40:34.30
And so we have to
look at scriptures,
00:40:34.36\00:40:36.33
and compare
scripture with scripture,
00:40:36.36\00:40:38.80
and see what the
Bible is truly saying.
00:40:38.83\00:40:43.34
And we have seen in our days.
00:40:43.37\00:40:46.27
Just if you wind the
clock a few years back,
00:40:46.34\00:40:49.81
some people have predicted
the second coming of Christ.
00:40:49.84\00:40:53.01
Some have appeared
to say they are Christ.
00:40:53.08\00:40:55.75
And I remember one that died,
I think, within two years ago,
00:40:55.78\00:40:59.35
within the last two years,
they said he could not die.
00:40:59.42\00:41:02.59
I remember him being
interviewed by somebody
00:41:02.66\00:41:04.63
from one of the news channels.
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.80
And they said, "If
you try to kill me,
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.16
I will not die."
00:41:08.20\00:41:09.86
But he died less
than two years later
00:41:09.93\00:41:11.47
of some disease,
00:41:11.50\00:41:12.83
I don't remember
if it was the kidneys
00:41:12.90\00:41:14.24
but he died.
00:41:14.27\00:41:15.60
And so we have here
that they are false prophets
00:41:15.64\00:41:18.97
came up in the old days,
00:41:19.01\00:41:20.48
false prophets are
coming up in these days.
00:41:20.51\00:41:22.84
And so for these reasons,
00:41:22.91\00:41:25.45
I want to ask for
somebody to read for us
00:41:25.48\00:41:29.45
in 2 Timothy 2:15.
00:41:29.48\00:41:33.12
And whoever finds it first,
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.49
would you say amen
00:41:35.52\00:41:36.86
and read that for
us 2 Timothy 2:15?
00:41:36.89\00:41:40.06
Well, taking into account
that I've misread so many times,
00:41:40.10\00:41:42.90
let me make sure, I'm
reading the right one.
00:41:42.93\00:41:45.27
2 Timothy 2:15.
00:41:45.30\00:41:47.34
"Study to shew
thyself approved unto God,
00:41:47.37\00:41:50.31
a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
00:41:50.34\00:41:52.81
but rightly
dividing the word of truth."
00:41:52.84\00:41:55.11
Amen.
00:41:55.14\00:41:56.48
So we have here
00:41:56.51\00:41:57.85
that we are
instructed that we are to study,
00:41:57.88\00:42:01.55
to show ourselves
approved unto God.
00:42:01.58\00:42:03.75
And we have to be
like those people,
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.42
the Bereans were they called?
00:42:06.45\00:42:08.16
That they heard
the Word of God gladly,
00:42:08.19\00:42:10.36
but what did they do
afterwards, Sister Jill?
00:42:10.39\00:42:12.26
Search the scripture.
00:42:12.29\00:42:13.76
They went back home,
00:42:13.80\00:42:15.30
and they went and
searched the scripture to see
00:42:15.33\00:42:17.57
if these things were true.
00:42:17.60\00:42:18.93
And so today, even
as you are hearing us,
00:42:18.97\00:42:22.44
study, go to the
scriptures and see
00:42:22.47\00:42:25.04
what we're saying is true.
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.41
We believe they are true.
00:42:26.44\00:42:27.94
Because we're
looking at the scriptures
00:42:27.98\00:42:29.31
and we have
studied these things,
00:42:29.38\00:42:32.55
and compared
scripture with scripture.
00:42:32.58\00:42:34.98
And so we encourage you
00:42:35.02\00:42:36.35
to compare
scripture with scripture.
00:42:36.42\00:42:37.75
And study to show
yourself approved unto God,
00:42:37.79\00:42:41.19
rightly dividing
the word of truth.
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.59
And so going
back to 2 Peter 1:20,
00:42:43.63\00:42:47.36
"Knowing this first,
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.16
that no prophecy
of the scriptures
00:42:49.20\00:42:50.70
of any private interpretation."
00:42:50.73\00:42:53.50
Here I want to
bring out something
00:42:53.54\00:42:55.40
that the church as
a body of believers,
00:42:55.44\00:42:59.51
are to work together
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.48
for a unity of
understanding of the truth.
00:43:01.51\00:43:04.85
And speaking of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:43:04.88\00:43:06.85
to which I'm a member.
00:43:06.88\00:43:08.68
We believe we have a
body of doctrines and truth
00:43:08.72\00:43:14.02
that are founded
on the scripture,
00:43:14.06\00:43:16.36
solid truth that
the body of believers
00:43:16.39\00:43:21.43
have studied and agreed
00:43:21.46\00:43:23.16
this is the truth of God's Word.
00:43:23.20\00:43:25.87
And so that's why when you
say any private interpretation,
00:43:25.93\00:43:30.97
we have to be united in
what we believe as a people.
00:43:31.01\00:43:36.04
So this brings
me to this scripture
00:43:36.08\00:43:41.78
that I would to like read,
00:43:41.82\00:43:43.18
and I think I have
it written down here,
00:43:43.22\00:43:45.62
and that will be in Ephesians.
00:43:45.65\00:43:47.46
Ephesians 4.
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.46
In Ephesians 4
00:43:49.52\00:43:52.06
we have some scriptures that,
00:43:52.09\00:43:55.83
I think, I'll have to
select maybe just two or three.
00:43:55.86\00:44:01.40
Let's see which
ones we should read.
00:44:01.44\00:44:04.11
How about the Ephesians
4, chapter 4 did I say 4?
00:44:04.14\00:44:07.98
Four. Yes.
00:44:08.01\00:44:09.34
Okay. Chapter 4
lets begin in verse 12.
00:44:09.38\00:44:12.38
No, no, we have
to start in verse 11,
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.52
"And He gave some
apostles, and some prophets,
00:44:14.55\00:44:17.69
and some evangelists,
00:44:17.72\00:44:19.29
and some pastors, and teachers."
00:44:19.35\00:44:21.39
Why?
00:44:21.42\00:44:22.76
"For the
perfecting of the saints,
00:44:22.82\00:44:25.09
for the work of the ministry,
00:44:25.13\00:44:27.30
and for the edifying
of the body of Christ."
00:44:27.36\00:44:30.50
None of this is
private interpretation,
00:44:30.53\00:44:32.70
"Till we all come into
the unity of the faith,
00:44:32.73\00:44:36.47
and of the
knowledge of the Son of God,
00:44:36.50\00:44:38.37
unto a perfect man,
00:44:38.41\00:44:40.04
unto the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ.
00:44:40.08\00:44:44.65
That we henceforth
be no more children,
00:44:44.68\00:44:47.22
tossed to and fro,
00:44:47.25\00:44:48.95
and carried above with
every wind of doctrine,
00:44:48.98\00:44:52.02
by the sleight of men,
and cunning craftiness,
00:44:52.05\00:44:54.66
whereby they lie
and wait to deceive.
00:44:54.69\00:44:57.49
But speaking the truth," how?
00:44:57.53\00:45:00.66
"In love, we may grow
up onto him in all things,
00:45:00.70\00:45:04.60
which is the head even Christ."
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.14
And so we can keep reading
00:45:07.17\00:45:08.84
but here we see that
00:45:08.87\00:45:12.61
we have to come to
a unity of the faith
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.64
and the knowledge of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:45:14.68\00:45:17.08
And it is true.
00:45:17.11\00:45:18.45
Jesus warned that there will
be doctrines and false prophets.
00:45:18.48\00:45:22.02
Every wind of
doctrine is even blowing today.
00:45:22.05\00:45:25.19
So we have to be founded
on the sure word of prophecy.
00:45:25.22\00:45:29.92
And so I want to encourage
our people, our believers,
00:45:29.99\00:45:32.53
our family, our
friends that are watching us
00:45:32.56\00:45:34.93
to, "Study to shew
thyself approved unto God,
00:45:34.96\00:45:37.87
a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
00:45:37.90\00:45:40.07
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:45:40.10\00:45:42.47
And the wonderful thing is
00:45:42.50\00:45:45.47
that Jesus
promised the Holy Spirit.
00:45:45.51\00:45:48.41
The Jesus said
00:45:48.44\00:45:49.78
that the Holy Spirit
will guide us into all truth.
00:45:49.81\00:45:53.55
So we must come with humility,
come to the Lord and say,
00:45:53.58\00:45:58.32
"Lord, here I am, teach me,
00:45:58.35\00:46:00.56
instruct me that I may know
00:46:00.59\00:46:02.39
what is the truth
of that scriptures."
00:46:02.42\00:46:04.29
And I believe
we'll be on safe ground
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.03
when we ask the Lord to
be our guide, our teacher,
00:46:06.06\00:46:08.86
and ask the Holy Spirit
to guide us into doctrine.
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.00
Amen. Amen.
00:46:11.03\00:46:12.37
That was
beautiful, Brother Johnny.
00:46:12.40\00:46:13.77
I'm so enjoying
the study this week.
00:46:13.80\00:46:17.11
The primacy of
the Word of God. Amen.
00:46:17.14\00:46:19.71
No prophecy is by
private interpretation
00:46:19.74\00:46:22.64
but holy men of God spoke
00:46:22.68\00:46:24.15
as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost.
00:46:24.18\00:46:26.85
Thursday's lesson is
the Word in Our Lives.
00:46:26.88\00:46:30.05
And I wanna jump to 2 Timothy 3.
00:46:30.12\00:46:33.19
So if you wanna
turn there with me,
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.06
we're going to 2 Timothy 3.
00:46:35.09\00:46:37.93
2 Peter, it was written
just before Peter was killed,
00:46:37.96\00:46:44.37
just before his death,
00:46:44.40\00:46:45.73
and 2 Timothy was written
just before the death of Paul.
00:46:45.77\00:46:50.41
You can consider
this would be like
00:46:50.44\00:46:51.84
his last will in testament.
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.48
And we see that
Paul encourages Timothy
00:46:53.51\00:46:56.98
to get into the Word of God
00:46:57.05\00:46:58.71
and to study the Word of God.
00:46:58.75\00:47:00.18
We're going to
look at five purposes
00:47:00.22\00:47:02.88
for the Word of
God in our lives.
00:47:02.95\00:47:05.55
We'll see all of
these in 2 Timothy 3.
00:47:05.59\00:47:09.96
We're going to
begin with verse 15,
00:47:09.99\00:47:12.46
he is writing to Timothy,
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.13
"And that from childhood
00:47:14.20\00:47:15.50
you have known
the Holy scriptures,
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.17
which are able to make you wise
for salvation through faith,
00:47:17.20\00:47:21.60
which is in Christ Jesus."
00:47:21.64\00:47:24.81
All scripture is
given by inspiration of God.
00:47:24.84\00:47:29.38
Now I wanna stop just a moment,
00:47:29.41\00:47:30.95
there is two Greek words
that we wanna look at here.
00:47:30.98\00:47:34.32
This is the first time,
00:47:34.35\00:47:35.82
I have really
studied this passage
00:47:35.85\00:47:38.12
and I got so excited,
00:47:38.15\00:47:39.55
I ran back to the
study and I told Greg,
00:47:39.59\00:47:41.79
you've got to hear
00:47:41.82\00:47:43.16
what this really
means in the Word of God.
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.33
And I knew it meant
00:47:45.36\00:47:46.70
all scriptures given
by inspiration of God.
00:47:46.73\00:47:48.70
And to me that means all of it.
00:47:48.73\00:47:51.80
But the word for all,
00:47:51.83\00:47:53.70
if you look back
and you investigate it,
00:47:53.74\00:47:55.77
it means each and
every scripture, singular.
00:47:55.80\00:48:00.34
So, of course,
00:48:00.41\00:48:01.74
it encompasses everything
that's in the Word of God.
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.48
But to me that means,
00:48:04.51\00:48:05.85
nothing in this book is
unimportant for our study.
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.02
Amen. That's right.
00:48:08.05\00:48:09.78
Every single scripture is
given by inspiration of God.
00:48:09.82\00:48:14.39
Now inspiration of God
literally is God breathe.
00:48:14.42\00:48:19.53
Now you think by
the word of the Lord,
00:48:19.56\00:48:21.86
where the heaven is made, right?
00:48:21.90\00:48:23.43
That tells us in Psalm
00:48:23.47\00:48:24.80
"And all the host to them
by the breath of his mouth".
00:48:24.83\00:48:27.40
And we know that God
spake and it was created,
00:48:27.44\00:48:30.67
He spake and it was done.
00:48:30.71\00:48:32.11
And when at the beginning
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.88
let there be light
and instantly it appeared.
00:48:34.91\00:48:37.35
And you think every
word, each and every word,
00:48:37.38\00:48:41.28
in the Word of
God is God breathe.
00:48:41.32\00:48:45.65
That same creative energy
00:48:45.69\00:48:49.42
that we see at the
beginning of creation
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.46
is inherent in the Word of God.
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.16
So I just got so excited.
00:48:53.19\00:48:54.66
I just couldn't even
sit still, it's wonderful.
00:48:54.73\00:48:57.43
So now let's look we are in 16,
00:48:57.47\00:49:00.14
"All of scripture,
00:49:00.17\00:49:01.50
each and every
scripture is God breathe,
00:49:01.54\00:49:05.37
and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction,
00:49:05.41\00:49:09.18
for instruction
in righteousness,
00:49:09.21\00:49:11.95
that the man of
God may be perfect."
00:49:11.98\00:49:14.48
New King James says complete.
00:49:14.52\00:49:15.98
I think King James says perfect.
00:49:16.02\00:49:17.92
"Thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
00:49:17.95\00:49:20.66
Now we're gonna
look at the five purposes
00:49:20.69\00:49:23.59
for the Word of
God in our lives.
00:49:23.63\00:49:24.96
And the first one is
actually in verse 15,
00:49:24.99\00:49:27.56
"The Holy scriptures
00:49:27.60\00:49:28.90
are able to make
you wise for salvation."
00:49:28.93\00:49:32.70
So the first purpose is that,
00:49:32.73\00:49:34.14
this Word of God
points us to Jesus,
00:49:34.17\00:49:37.84
shows us the plan of salvation.
00:49:37.87\00:49:40.81
Let's turn to John 5:39,
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.78
if you want to turn with me
keep your finger in 2 Timothy,
00:49:43.81\00:49:46.11
we'll comeback to that.
00:49:46.15\00:49:47.48
But John 5:39,
00:49:47.52\00:49:53.39
do you have that, Pastor Tom?
00:49:53.42\00:49:54.99
Yes. Do you wanna read that?
00:49:55.02\00:49:56.46
"You search the scriptures,
00:49:56.49\00:49:57.83
for in them you think
you have eternal life,
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.33
and these are they
which testify of me."
00:49:59.36\00:50:01.30
So the scriptures show us,
point us to the Word of God.
00:50:01.33\00:50:05.80
It says all scripture is able
to make us wise to salvation,
00:50:05.83\00:50:09.00
but really this
scripture is all about Jesus.
00:50:09.04\00:50:11.44
Jesus is the way,
the truth, and the life,
00:50:11.47\00:50:13.58
He is salvation to me.
00:50:13.61\00:50:15.41
When we read the Word of
God, it's like a love letter,
00:50:15.44\00:50:19.58
finding out who Jesus really is.
00:50:19.61\00:50:23.69
You know, I have a
whole box of letters from Greg
00:50:23.72\00:50:27.32
that I had saved
during our friendship,
00:50:27.36\00:50:30.46
and courtship, our engagement.
00:50:30.53\00:50:32.93
And these are letters
00:50:32.99\00:50:34.50
I actually pulled them
out of the box this morning.
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.43
I have them
right here on the set.
00:50:36.46\00:50:37.90
This one was sent to me
00:50:37.93\00:50:39.53
when he first came to
3ABN, Mollie, this is in 1999.
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And he tells me about coming
to work at the ministry here
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and it's my first week
and I'm not really sure...
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And we were just
friends at this time.
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Now that showed me a
little glimpse into his life,
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into his work, into,
who he was as a person.
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Now a couple of
years later this is 2001,
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this letter is him asking,
if I would be his girlfriend.
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Bless his heart.
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That's right. Bless his heart.
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This is in 2001
and we were just,
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we had been friends
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and he was just
asking, you know,
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may I have the permission
to be your girlfriend.
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And showing me more of
who his heart is, who he is.
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And this note...
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He writes me notes all the time,
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this note he left
today on the breakfast table.
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And it just
says, "Love you, baby."
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So that's precious, you know,
that's a short little note.
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But the notes, what did they do?
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They show me who he is.
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And the Word of
God reveals to us
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the character of
Jesus, who God is.
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If you wanna find out who he is,
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if you want to
become wise into salvation,
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get into the Word of God,
that's purpose number one,
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number two, is doctrine.
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Verse 16.
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"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
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or its God breathe,
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and is profitable for doctrine."
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John 17:17, Jesus said,
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"Sanctify them
through thy truth,
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thy word is truth."
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We know that
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the word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
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Jesus is the Word of God.
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And so all doctrine, in essence,
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points us back to Jesus,
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all doctrine is centered
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around the
person of Jesus Christ.
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Number three is guidance.
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Still on verse 16,
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"It's profitable for
doctrine after that as reproof,
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correction,
instruction in righteousness."
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I kind of combine those
three, the reproof, correction,
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instruction in righteousness
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underneath the heading guidance.
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The scripture gives us guidance.
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That word for correction in
the Greek means reformation.
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Setting straight again,
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bringing it back straight.
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2 Peter 1, let's look at
just a couple of scriptures,
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2 Peter 1:19 and I know
we've read this scripture
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over and over here on the panel.
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"We have the
prophetic word confirmed,
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which you do well to heed
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as a light that
shines in a dark place."
00:53:06.68\00:53:10.52
When you're
walking in a dark place
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you need
guidance, you need a light.
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Psalm 119:105,
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"Thy word is a
lamp unto my feet,
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and a light to my path."
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The Word of God
gives us guidance,
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gives us direction,
gives us even that correction.
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I remember, I received a letter
from a woman in the office
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and I'm not a
woman in the office,
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I was in the office
00:53:36.31\00:53:37.65
and I received a
letter from a woman.
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And she wrote about some issues
00:53:39.91\00:53:43.79
she saw in my life.
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And I remember it was an
eight-page handwritten letter,
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and I thought...
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"Ouch, it hurts."
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And I didn't know
her and I thought,
00:53:57.27\00:53:59.83
"Oh, but, God, I want
to grow, I want to change,
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I want to grow in the
areas that you want me to
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but I need help here."
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And I was having my devotions,
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just a couple days
later, in my morning devotion.
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I ran across Romans 15,
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this is where the
Word of God can correct us.
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Romans 15.
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Then I was just, I was
not looking it up special,
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I was just going through Romans,
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and I happened to
be in that chapter.
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Romans 15:5-7, it says,
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"May the God of
patience and comfort
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grant you to be likeminded
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toward one and another
according to Christ Jesus,
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that you may with one
mind and one mouth glorify God,
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and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ."
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Verse 7 is where the
Holy Spirit convicted me.
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"Therefore receive one another,
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just as Christ also received
us to the glory of God."
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And as soon as I
read that scripture,
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it was like the Lord
spoke to me and said,
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"I have received your sister,
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this woman who
wrote you the letter,
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do you not think
you can receive her,
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as your sister in Christ."
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And so I said, "Father,
forgive me for my attitude."
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That's where the
Word of God corrected me.
00:55:11.14\00:55:13.34
Where I was at
fault and said, "Jill,
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you need to pull this
is out and read it again,
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and see where you need to grow."
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So the word of God
gives us knowledge of Jesus,
00:55:19.31\00:55:23.28
makes us wise to salvation.
00:55:23.35\00:55:24.85
The Word of God
shows us doctrine
00:55:24.89\00:55:26.65
which leads us back to Jesus.
00:55:26.72\00:55:28.42
The Word of God gives us
guidance, reproof, correction,
00:55:28.46\00:55:30.99
instruction in righteousness.
00:55:31.03\00:55:33.19
The Word of God gives
us spiritual maturity.
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.90
I went back to 1 Peter instead
of 2 Timothy, I'm sorry here.
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Spiritual maturity, verse 17,
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"That the man of God may
be complete or perfect..."
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It symbolizes
that we are to grow up
00:55:48.34\00:55:51.28
to be complete in Him.
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And finally, the
Word of God equips us,
00:55:55.28\00:55:58.49
prepares us for the times ahead
00:55:58.52\00:56:01.26
thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
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Amen.
00:56:05.09\00:56:06.43
A quote from Great
Controversy, page 598,
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"It is the first and highest
duty of every rational being
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to learn from the
scriptures what is truth,
00:56:13.03\00:56:16.24
and then to walk in the light
00:56:16.27\00:56:18.01
and encourage others
to follow by example."
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So day-by-day get
in the Word of God
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and let it change you.
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Amen. Amen.
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This has just been
such a beautiful study,
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I love the fact that
it is the "more sure"
00:56:29.35\00:56:32.99
word that convinces us.
00:56:33.02\00:56:35.39
And for some of you out
there, maybe you're saying,
00:56:35.42\00:56:38.43
maybe you're like me
00:56:38.46\00:56:39.79
and I would read prophetic books
00:56:39.83\00:56:41.13
and I would think especially
when it came to Revelation.
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Where does anyone agree?
Let me tell you the secret.
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The secret is that
God's Word interprets itself
00:56:47.67\00:56:50.74
and Daniel is the key
that unlocks Revelation.
00:56:50.81\00:56:54.44
And don't ever think,
00:56:54.48\00:56:55.91
I had to come
before the Lord and say,
00:56:55.94\00:56:58.28
"Okay, Lord, teach me."
00:56:58.31\00:57:00.78
Don't ever think that
we know sometimes we...
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I think that
sometimes preconceived opinions
00:57:04.55\00:57:07.62
will effectively
insulate our mind against truth.
00:57:07.69\00:57:10.79
So we have to put down
our preconceived opinions,
00:57:10.86\00:57:13.26
don't think you know it
all because Proverbs 4:18 says,
00:57:13.29\00:57:16.67
"But the path of the
just is like the shining sun,
00:57:16.70\00:57:20.27
that shines ever
brighter until the perfect day."
00:57:20.34\00:57:24.31
So that day started
00:57:24.34\00:57:25.67
you were talking
about rising in our heart.
00:57:25.71\00:57:28.61
When we think about what
God's Word can do for us,
00:57:28.64\00:57:32.51
and when it's
implanted in our heart,
00:57:32.55\00:57:34.48
it has the power
to save our soul.
00:57:34.52\00:57:36.38
But you can
trust the Word of God
00:57:36.42\00:57:39.12
because it is God's Word,
00:57:39.15\00:57:41.86
not just man's
thought about God,
00:57:41.89\00:57:43.86
but it is the Word of God.
00:57:43.93\00:57:46.06
Well, we wanna thank
you so much for joining us.
00:57:46.09\00:57:48.86
And we hope that you'll comeback
00:57:48.90\00:57:50.53
with us next week.
00:57:50.57\00:57:52.27
We're going to be
studying... Ta-da!
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False teachers. False teachers.
00:57:56.50\00:57:59.44
1 Peter was persecution without,
00:57:59.47\00:58:02.24
2 Peter's persecution within.
00:58:02.28\00:58:04.65
May the God
00:58:04.68\00:58:06.01
of our Lord Jesus
Christ bless you abundantly.
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Bye-bye.
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