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00:01 Welcome back to our Sabbath School Panel discussion,
00:04 and Jill is going to pick up on the lesson... 00:06 "For Those Who Will Believe in Me" 00:08 Thank you so much, Pastor John and Miss Mollie... 00:11 What an incredible study, I love John chapter 17, 00:15 "Jesus Prays for His Disciples, Jesus Prays for Himself," 00:20 and my portion is Jesus' prayer for each one of us. 00:24 Now as you mentioned, Mollie, Jesus definitely, 00:27 in the prayer for the disciples, that could cover us as well, 00:30 and praise the Lord, that's the case! 00:32 But in a special way, beginning in verse 20, 00:35 this portion I have is John 17:20-26... 00:40 And this is Jesus' prayer for you and I, 00:43 as I like to call it, "Second generation Christians." 00:47 Verse 20... "I do not pray for these alone, but also 00:52 for those who will believe in Me through their word; 00:55 (now the word "believe" is a break-off, as it were, 00:59 from the word "pistis" meaning "faith" in Greek. 01:02 And so Jesus is saying, "He's not praying 01:05 just for the disciples, but He's praying for 01:07 those who will have faith in Him, 01:09 who will accept Him as Lord and Savior... 01:12 not because they walked with Jesus; 01:14 not because they sat under His tutelage or they 01:18 witnessed His miracles. 01:19 They are going to have faith, they are going 01:21 to believe and be justified because they heard 01:25 the gospel through someone else. 01:27 They heard the gospel preached and presented to them; 01:30 they read the word of God for themselves and they 01:34 believed as a result. 01:36 So let's look at our passage here, John 17, 01:39 we're going to pick it up in verse 21, verses 21-26... 01:43 When I read it here, I found 8 principles of unity; 01:48 8 principles for unity. 01:50 Now in verse 21, Brother Johnny, there are actually 01:53 four principles just in that one verse alone, 01:56 so let's read that verse... 01:57 Verse 21... "that they all may be one, as You, Father, 02:02 are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one 02:06 in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me." 02:11 So principle #1... Our unity as Christians is to be like the 02:15 unity of God the Father and God the Son, 02:18 and we could add God the Holy Spirit to that list. 02:21 God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. 02:23 It says that We would be one, as You, Father, are in Me, 02:27 and I in You... In other words, Jesus is saying the unity 02:29 He wants us to have is the unity that the Father 02:32 and Son and the Holy Spirit already have - they are 02:36 united in purpose, united in mission, united in motive, 02:42 united - I think most importantly of all in 02:44 the common love for humanity. 02:47 Mollie, you talked about the love that Jesus had, 02:50 reaching out and praying for the disciples, 02:52 praying for you and for I. 02:55 I think about God the Father willingly giving His son. 03:00 We know that verse, John 3:16: "God so loved the world - Why? 03:05 That He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever 03:09 believeth in Him would not perish but have 03:11 everlasting life." 03:13 The Father willingly gave His Son, but Jesus willingly 03:19 laid down His life. John 10:15... He says, 03:24 "I lay down My life for the sheep." 03:29 I lay down My life. 03:30 So they are uniting in the common love for humanity. 03:33 So the first principle, our unity as Christians 03:36 is to be like the unity of God the Father and God the Son, 03:38 and God the Holy Spirit. 03:40 #2... Our unity comes from being one with Him. 03:45 Our unity comes when we partake of the divine nature. 03:49 You see it said there that we are the "they all, 03:52 that's you and I may be one as You, Father, are in Me 03:56 and I in You, that they also may be one in us. 03:59 You notice it didn't say, "We become one separate 04:02 from God." No, we only become one 04:05 when we come back into unity and right relationship 04:08 with God - it's kind of like the triangle... 04:10 You imagine, Brother Johnny, you're on this side, 04:13 and I'm on this side and if we become more like Jesus, 04:15 what happens? Eventually we come 04:18 closer together. 04:19 We always use analogy in marriage, 04:21 but it works in friendship and it works in relationships 04:24 and coworkers, with other people as well. 04:27 And the Father and Son's unity comes, they are both 04:30 divine and as you and I become partakers of the divine nature, 04:34 then automatically, we come into that unity as well. 04:38 John 1:12-13, what does the Bible say? 04:41 "As many as received Him, to them He gave power... 04:44 or the right to become the children of God. 04:48 To those who believe on His name, who were born 04:50 not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor the will of 04:53 man but of God, we become partakers of the divine nature 04:58 when we are born again. 04:59 We'll become partakers of the divine nature when we partake 05:03 of the exceedingly great and precious promises 05:07 in His word that He has for us. 05:09 That's found in 2 Peter 1:4. 05:12 So the third principle of unity, we're still in the same verse, 05:15 verse 21, is our unity is a witness to the world. 05:20 Did you notice in verse 21, it says that the world... 05:23 (why are we all united?) that the world may believe 05:26 that You sent Me. (our unity is a witness) 05:29 John 13:35... "By this all will know that You are My 05:33 disciples, if you have love for one another." 05:39 Principle #4... Our unity is never invisible. 05:42 The world either sees biblical unity and love 05:47 for one another or the world sees envy and strife 05:51 and confusion and every evil work. 05:55 So the unity or disunity that a church has is never hidden; 05:59 it's never invisible; it's readily apparent to people 06:03 outside the Christian community whether we are 06:05 united in love or not. 06:06 Let's read the next verse, verse 22... 06:08 "And the glory which You gave me, I have given them. 06:12 Jesus said, The glory You (as in God the Father) gave Me, 06:16 I have given them (which is you and I as Christians) 06:19 that they may be one just as We are one." 06:22 So what makes us one? 06:24 Did you see that? The glory... That's right. 06:26 The glory that God gave Him and He gives to us, 06:30 that makes us one. 06:31 We know in the Bible, glory represents 06:34 His character. 06:36 Exodus 33- remember Moses said, "Lord, show me Your glory," 06:40 and God caused His virtue, His character 06:44 to pass before Moses. 06:45 So Jesus says that our unity is only possible as you and I 06:50 possess God's character. 06:51 It's not possible when we don't represent Him, 06:54 and we don't possess His character. 06:55 The next verse, verse 23... 06:57 "I in them and You in Me, that they may be made perfect 07:02 in one and that the world may know that You have 07:05 sent Me and have loved them as You have loved Me." 07:09 Our unity vindicates God's character and reveals 07:14 the Father's love. 07:17 It says, "I in them and You in Me." 07:19 Why is that all happening? 07:20 That the world may know that You have sent Me." 07:23 Our unity as Christians vindicates the character of God, 07:26 and it reveals His love. 07:29 #7... Our unity occurs because Christ dwells in us 07:34 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 07:37 Did you notice it said, "I in them and You in Me." 07:41 That means when Christ dwells in us, the hope of glory, 07:44 what happens? Then our unity really 07:48 fully comes to full fruition, but Christ has to dwell 07:51 in us by the power of the Holy Spirit. 07:53 And the last one, #8, is found in verse 24... 07:56 "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave me, 07:59 may be with Me where I am, that they may behold 08:02 My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me 08:06 before the foundation of the world." 08:08 Our unity precedes eternal life. 08:12 In other words, we don't say, "I'm gonna wait, 08:14 Pastor John, until we get to heaven and then I'm gonna 08:16 get along with them church members." 08:18 I'm going to get along with other people. 08:20 The unity has to precede and be before that eternal life 08:24 ever takes place. 08:26 I want to close with a quote from the 4th volume of the 08:29 Testimonies, page 17. 08:32 "God is leading out a people to stand in perfect unity 08:35 upon the platform of eternal truth. 08:38 God designs that His people 08:39 should all come into the unity of the faith. 08:41 The prayer of Christ, just prior to His crucifixion, 08:45 was that His disciples might be one, even as He was one 08:49 with the Father, that the world might believe that the 08:51 Father had sent Him. 08:53 This most touching and wonderful prayer 08:56 reaches down through the ages... That's to you and I, 09:00 even to our day. 09:01 For His words were, "Neither pray I for these alone, 09:04 but for them also which shall believe on Me through 09:07 their word." 09:08 How earnestly should the professed followers of Christ 09:11 seek to answer this prayer in their lives? 09:15 So the eight principles of unity that I get from this 09:18 passage is that our unity as Christians is to be like 09:21 the unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 09:24 Our unity comes from us being one with Him. 09:28 Our unity is a witness to the world 09:31 Our unity is never invisible. 09:33 Our unity is only made possible if you and I possess 09:37 God's character and that is a gift - all we have to do is 09:40 reach out and accept and choose Him and receive that. 09:43 Our unity vindicates God's character, it reveals the 09:46 Father's love; it occurs because Christ dwells in us 09:50 by the power of the Holy Spirit and it happens before 09:53 eternal life. 09:55 Now that lays a great foundation for Wednesday's 09:59 part of the lesson which is... "Unity Among Christians" 10:03 And I want to say this which has been my experience... 10:06 I've had the opportunity to travel to a few places 10:10 in this world here and there and I have to say 10:13 that when you come to a Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10:16 whether you are in southern Illinois, you go to New York, 10:19 you go to South America, or you may go to Europe, 10:22 I feel like I'm at home in a Seventh-day Church 10:26 because there seems to be a platform 10:28 of truth that unites us. Yes 10:31 And our faith in the Lord brings us this feeling of family. 10:36 That you are among family. 10:37 And so with that in mind, I'd like to come to this 10:41 setting that Jesus brings us and we need to go to 10:46 Mark 9:38-41 first, Mark 9:38-41 it says, 10:53 "Now John answered Him saying "Teacher, we saw someone 10:56 who does not follow us, casting out demons in Your name, 11:00 and we forbade him because he does not follow us. 11:03 I don't know what they did to him, but this is one of the 11:06 sons of thunder that's talking here, but Jesus said, 11:09 "Do not forbid him for no one who works a miracle in My name 11:14 can soon afterwards speak evil of Me." 11:16 Verse 40... "For he who is not against us is on our side. 11:22 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, 11:26 because you belong to Christ, assuredly I say to you, 11:28 "He will by no means lose his reward." 11:32 So we have here that just because the people are not 11:37 in our church home, church setting, 11:41 and they believe the same as we do, but they're not in 11:46 our same church - doesn't mean that they are not of Christ. 11:49 So we need to look at this and what is Jesus trying to say... 11:52 But we have to be united on a platform of truth. 11:55 This is why I said, it's a great setting for Wednesday's lesson. 12:00 Jesus says in John 10:16, let's go to John 10:16 because 12:08 Jesus says something here that is of vital importance 12:13 and I think Sister Shelley already has it, 12:15 would you mind reading it for us? 12:16 "And other sheep I have which are not of this fold, 12:19 them also I must bring and they will hear My voice 12:24 and there will be one flock and one Shepherd." Amen! 12:28 Amen! And so we have here that Jesus has sheep that are 12:32 not of this fold let's say, and they will hear His voice. 12:35 And the time will come when there will be unity, 12:39 complete unity among God's children... 12:42 And this is a very interesting thing that Jesus says... 12:46 "However we are upon this earth... 12:48 I'd like to bring something else to you... 12:51 Because we are in church and there's this parable that 12:56 Jesus says, and He says, "Didn't you plant good seed 13:02 in the field? Why are there tares? You know. 13:05 And you may be in church and somebody may be doing 13:08 something and you say, "Boy, I thought that person was a 13:10 Christian, but he does or she does something terrible." 13:13 And so there are tares among the wheat that Satan may use 13:19 to bring division in the church body. 13:24 So the church must deal with these things with love 13:27 and a redemptive discipline, if you want to call it that way. 13:33 But there has to be unity among believers 13:37 because the reason to have a Christian body is for 13:42 Christ's will to be fulfilled. 13:44 We read in John 17 that they may be one as We are one. 13:50 And in Matthew 22, we have the two great principles 13:56 that unites God's family... 13:58 #1... Love the Lord your God with all your heart, 14:00 and with all your mind. 14:02 #2... Love your neighbor as yourself. 14:06 These things, God's Commandments brings God's people together, 14:11 and it's a strange thing to me that among some Christians 14:14 they say, "No, no, no, the Ten Commandments are done away with, 14:16 we don't have to keep those." 14:18 But God's Ten Commandments unites the believers. 14:21 Now who wants to be in heaven where people 14:24 steal from one another? 14:25 Imagine in heaven having to lock up stuff! No. 14:28 I remember 3ABN sent me on a mission to Puerto Rico, 14:32 and I had to rent an apartment there and because of the 14:36 robbery that was going on in that place, 14:38 there was this iron gate in front of the door of the 14:45 apartment I was in - a literal gate! 14:48 And it had a lock and then there's the door of 14:52 the apartment and it had several things to lock. 14:56 And after I placed myself in there, the first thing 14:59 I said, "I'm in jail in my own apartment here." 15:01 And this is the society we live in. 15:04 But in God's Kingdom, there's not going to be 15:06 fear of robbery, so the Ten Commandments 15:11 unites God's believers. Amen. 15:13 "By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, 15:16 if you have love one for another." 15:18 Now I want to bring you to something that is 15:21 kind of something that we're heading to write 15:26 very soon, very soon. 15:27 In Revelation 13, it talks to us about a beast power 15:32 and this beast power is said to exercise authority 15:37 in the world and has power to cause both small and great 15:42 rich and poor to receive a mark on their forehead 15:45 or in their hand. 15:47 But these people as Pastor Lomacang mentioned 15:51 in one of the lessons before, these people unite 15:55 for the wrong reason and they want to pass a law 16:00 that whoever does not get this mark, can even be put to death. 16:04 So while we talk about unity among believers, 16:07 it has to be on a platform of truth, a platform of truth. 16:12 So if you're united for the wrong reason, 16:15 that is not of God's will, then you are 16:18 in a serious and dangerous situation. 16:21 Let me bring to you a condition that there seemed 16:25 to be unity among the people... 16:28 When Jesus was on the cross, there was unity 16:32 among those that were below the cross saying, 16:34 "Crucify Him, crucify Him," they were united 16:37 in what they wanted to do, but it was the wrong thing. 16:41 So that's why when we talk about unity among believers, 16:44 it must be on a platform of truth on God's Holy Word. Amen! 16:49 So when you talk about Revelation 13... 16:52 In Revelation 13, I'd like to read just a couple of 16:58 verses there because we are heading there very, very soon. 17:03 Revelation 13 and I will read to you verses 16 until the end. 17:11 "He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, 17:13 free and slave to receive a mark on their right hand 17:16 or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy 17:20 or sell except the one who has the mark or the name 17:23 of the beast or the number of his name. 17:25 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate 17:28 the number of the beast for it is the number of a man. 17:31 His number is 666." 17:34 So we have here a group of people and a large 17:38 group of people united for the wrong reasons, 17:41 and they are going to be persecuting Christians, 17:45 God's people! 17:46 And what are God's people going to do? 17:48 Shall we unite with their group because... Hey, that's what 17:52 everyone is believing or should we be a small group 17:57 that believes what God's word says? 17:59 This is why I'd like to go now to Revelation 14 18:03 because there in Revelation 14, it talks about Babylon 18:07 and it's marvelous that God even has people in Babylon 18:09 and it says in Revelation 18... "Come out of her, 18:12 my people," and this is a message that must be given 18:14 and 3ABN is giving that message. Yes. 18:16 So Revelation 14 brings us to this last Scripture 18:20 that I would like to share and this is verse 12... 18:25 Verse 12 says... "Here is the patience of the saints; 18:31 here are those who keep the commandments of God 18:34 and the faith of Jesus." 18:36 I'd like to read verse 13 as well... 18:37 "Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, 18:40 "Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord 18:43 from now on." 18:45 "Yes," says the Spirit, that they may rest from their 18:48 labors and their works follow them." 18:50 So while we talk about unity among believers, 18:53 it must be upon the Holy Scriptures, a platform of truth 18:56 that unites us to do that which is God's will and not 19:00 man's will and not the devil's will because... you know 19:04 we were talking about grievous wolves, what kind of 19:08 wolves was it? It was grievous, savage 19:10 wolves. Savage wolves that are 19:12 going to come even from... they're going to rise up 19:14 even among from the believers that are going to 19:16 try to sway people in a direction opposite 19:19 to God's word, so we have to trust 19:23 and believe in a "Thus saith the Lord," 19:25 and then we can have unity. Amen! Amen and Amen! 19:28 Thank you Johnny! 19:30 This week's less is... "That They All May Be One" 19:34 And I have Thursday's lesson which is... 19:37 "One Faith Shared in Love" 19:39 Let's look at John 17:3 again, we're going to reads thus... 19:43 and I love this Scripture, John 17:3 reads this, 19:50 Jesus is speaking, He says, "This is eternal life... 19:53 (oh, He's praying to His Father and He says...) 19:56 "This is eternal life that they may know You, Father, 20:00 the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 20:06 And that word "know" in the Greek tense, 20:09 it's a continuing action - that they should know and keep 20:14 on knowing You, but this isn't to know about God. 20:20 This is not cognitive knowledge. 20:23 You know James tells us in James 2:19 that 20:26 "You believe that there is one God, hm, good, even the 20:30 demons believe that and tremble." 20:32 So what this word in the Greek is "ginosko," 20:37 and it indicates a relationship that keeps on building. 20:43 This is an entering into a personal relationship with God 20:47 and Christ Jesus and accepting Him as our Savior. 20:51 It's an intimate thing. 20:53 It's living in fellowship with God where we're 20:56 worshipping, we're obeying and just acknowledging who He is 21:02 as the only true God and acknowledging that Jesus Christ 21:07 is the only way to the Father. 21:10 I want to quickly give you four ways to know that 21:14 we know - I mean, if knowing God is eternal life, 21:17 don't you want to know that you know, that you know God? 21:20 Here's four evidences that you can know that you know, 21:25 that you know God. 21:26 First, we will walk in obedience to His commandments. 21:29 1 John 2:3-6... John says, "By this we know that we know Him. 21:34 If we keep His commandments. 21:37 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His 21:39 commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 21:42 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is 21:46 perfected in him. By this we know 21:50 that we are in Him." 21:53 How? By obedience. 21:54 "He who says he abides in Him ought also to walk, 22:00 just as He walked." 22:01 So Jesus is more than an example though, 22:05 He's a gift of grace and He lives in our heart 22:10 by the power of the Holy Spirit, and we are enabled, empowered 22:15 to walk as Jesus walked. 22:18 Now keeping God's commandments does not save us. 22:21 Please understand - we're not trying to say that. 22:23 But, when we live in fellowship with Him, 22:28 we will want to please Him, we will want to obey. 22:33 It's out of loyalty and out of love and you know, 22:39 Jesus did say, John 14:15, "If you love Me, 22:42 keep My commandments," did He not? Okay. 22:44 So that's the first way to know that you know God, 22:47 is by walking in obedience to His commandments. 22:50 The second way is we will be loving. 22:53 1 John 4:8 says... "He who does not love, does not know God 23:01 for God is love. 23:03 So, you know, I love 1 Corinthians 13:4-8... 23:09 It's talking about what love is, it's patient, kind, 23:13 never envious, not jealous, not boastful, not vain glorious. 23:18 It doesn't display itself haughtily. 23:20 It's not conceded. It's not rude. 23:23 It says God's love in us does not insist 23:27 in its own right or its own way. 23:30 It's not self-seeking. 23:31 It's not touchy, fretful, resentful. 23:34 It takes no account of the evil done to it. 23:37 It pays no attention to a suffered wrong. 23:40 Love does not rejoice in injustice or unrighteousness, 23:44 but it rejoices when right and truth prevail. 23:49 It says love bears up under everything, 23:52 so love never fails. 23:54 Alright, so to know that we know God... 23:57 We keep His commandments; we're loving. 24:01 #3 is we have received the Holy Spirit. 24:05 1 John 4:13, it says... "By this we know 24:09 that we abide in Him and He in us because 24:13 He has given us of His Spirit. Amen! 24:16 And in Romans 8:9, Paul says, "You are not in the flesh, 24:21 but in the Spirit if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 24:24 Now if anyone does not have the Spirit, 24:28 what does that mean? He is not His. 24:32 So now the fourth point... To know God is to be united 24:38 to Christ - it's more than confessing Him as Lord. 24:41 It's more than just bearing His name, 24:44 it's accepting and daily practicing His will, 24:48 believing and obeying by the power of His Holy Spirit. 24:52 1 John 5:10-12 says... "He who believes in the 24:55 Son of God has the witness in himself; 24:57 he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, 25:01 because he does not believe the testimony that 25:03 God has given of His Son. 25:05 And this is the testimony, that God has given us 25:08 eternal life and this life is in His Son. 25:12 He who has the Son, has life; 25:14 he who does not have the Son does not have life." 25:18 And 1 John 5:23 it says... "This is how we know 25:21 that we love the children of God, when we love God 25:25 and keep His commandments, for this is 25:28 the love of God - that we keep His commandments, 25:30 and His commandments are not burdensome." 25:32 So it's so important to know that you know 25:35 that you're in God and that's four ways... 25:38 We keep His commandments, we're loving; 25:40 we receive the Holy Spirit and we're united with Christ. 25:44 Now in John 13:34-35, Jesus says... 25:49 "I give you a new commandment" but wait a minute, 25:51 it's not really new! 25:53 Let's look at it... John 13:34-35 says, 25:56 "A new commandment, Jesus says, I give to you, 25:58 that you love one another; as I have loved you, 26:01 that you also love one another. 26:03 By this, all will know that you are My disciples, 26:07 if you have love for one another." 26:09 Well you know what? He's really quoting 26:12 Leviticus 19:18 that says... "You shall not take vengeance 26:15 nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, 26:18 but you shall love your neighbor as yourself." 26:21 He's saying you gotta love the other. 26:24 So what is new about this commandment? 26:27 I'll tell you what's new... Christ is setting Himself up 26:31 as the unparalleled example of how we should love. 26:36 This is not just a little feely-touchy thing, 26:39 and when we talk about love, you know, we're not talking 26:43 ... When God talks about loving one another, 26:46 this is not romantic love. 26:47 The word "eros" is not even in the Bible. Right. 26:50 This is that self-sacrificing love. 26:53 It's loving one another unconditionally as a brother 26:59 or a sister in the Lord that were family. 27:01 And so what we are to do, ... it's an attitude that 27:05 is revealed in practical actions and this brings us 27:10 together in unity that makes us powerful witnesses. 27:14 It keeps the church united when we love 27:17 like Jesus loves. 27:19 It prevents petty bickering and division and it is 27:24 the mark of a true disciple. 27:27 I'm glad I've got a minute left. 27:28 I have to read this real quickly to you. 27:30 It's a quote from Angel RodrÃguez' Book, 27:35 "The Universality of the Church in the New Testament" 27:38 Oh excuse me, his book is "Message, Mission and Unity 27:42 of the Church," - he is quoting Eckart Muller, 27:46 and he is one of our Seventh-day Adventist scholars... 27:50 Here's the quote... "Although the Seventh-day 27:53 Adventist Church is a worldwide church with many local 27:57 churches, Adventists do not claim to be 28:01 Christ's universal church. 28:03 The Universal Church is broader than any denomination. 28:07 It is visible and invisible insofar as it consists 28:11 of those who believe in Jesus and follow Him. 28:14 This particular theological issue is heightened 28:17 if we take into consideration apostasy among Christians 28:21 addressed poignantly in the Book of Revelation. 28:24 The pure church of Revelation 12 is contrasted 28:27 with the harlot of Revelation 17. 28:30 Babylon the great city which, in turn, is contrasted 28:34 with the Bride and the Lamb; the holy city or the 28:38 New Jerusalem of Revelation 21 and 22. 28:41 In the first century the Universal Church 28:44 may have been quite visible. 28:46 It is much more difficult and complex to see 28:48 for instance - during the Medieval Ages." 28:51 But here's what he says... "Adventists do not 28:54 limit the concept of God's true church to their own 28:58 denomination, nor do they automatically extend it 29:01 to other Christian churches. 29:03 God's true church consists of those individuals 29:07 who truly believe in Him. 29:08 God knows them. 29:10 Adventists on the other hand claim that they are 29:12 God's special visible end-time remnant of Revelation 12:17, 29:18 and chapters 12-14. 29:20 This remnant has a local as well as a 29:24 universal character." Amen. WOW! 29:26 You know, when you mentioned Revelation, Shelley, 29:29 I perked up, that's my volcano. 29:31 Yeah, I saw your eyes open. Eye-opener in Revelation. 29:33 It's an eye-opener. 29:35 Well thank you all, you know the lesson 29:36 "That They All May Be One," I'd like to give each one of our 29:39 panelists an opportunity to summarize, 29:41 and Mollie, I'll begin with you. 29:42 I think that what would come to my heart is that 29:50 where Jesus says in John 17:11, "Holy Father, keep through 29:54 Your name those whom You have given Me that they 29:58 may be one even as We are one." 30:00 You know, that is a supernatural unity, a unity above 30:06 what we, as mankind, could accomplish. 30:08 It is us being one with God the Father and God the Son. 30:13 Thank you Mollie, Jill... 30:14 In John 17, Jesus prayed for us that we would know Him, 30:17 that we would love Him and that 30:19 we would reveal Him to the world. 30:21 Amen, Pastor Dinzey... 30:22 I will read it from 2 Corinthians 7:14... 30:25 "If My people who are called by My name will humble 30:28 themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their 30:31 wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive 30:33 their sins and heal the land." And Shelley... 30:36 The mark of a true disciple is love and love means that 30:39 we also walk in obedience. Amen! 30:42 You know friends, our time comes and goes so quickly, 30:44 I would like to encourage you to join us the next time 30:46 for our continued study in the oneness 30:49 that we can find in Christ. 30:50 Until we see you again, may the Lord bless you 30:52 and keep you centered on the person of Christ 30:55 where oneness is possible. 30:57 God bless you. |
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