Hello, friends, we are so glad
to welcome you to study with us
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another week here at
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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And we are continuing
along in this study, of course,
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this quarter study is entitled
"How to Interpret Scripture."
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And we are actually
on lesson three this week
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which is entitled
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"Jesus and the
Apostles' View of the Bible."
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And so in case
you don't have a study
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or a copy of the study,
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we want to encourage you
to go to absg.adventist.org.
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That stands for
Adult Bible Study Guide
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and of course .adventist.org,
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there you can access a
copy of the study for free.
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We are so thankful
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that you join us
each and every week
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and we want to invite
you once more to come along,
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study with us once more
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as we continue in this
incredible Bible study.
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Hello, and welcome again
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to another edition of
3BN Sabbath School Panel.
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We are so blessed that you
are joining us again this week,
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we are
continuing on in our study.
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And this week
we're on lesson three,
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which is entitled Jesus
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and the Apostles'
View of the Bible.
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And, man, I'm excited,
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you guys enjoying
this study so far?
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I think this is a much
needed study in the sense that,
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you know, many people struggle
on how to interpret scripture,
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and just putting it in
its proper perspective.
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And so before we go any further,
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I want to introduce this panel
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that I get to enjoy
every single week of gleaning
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from the wisdom and knowledge
of each and every one of you,
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Brother Kenny,
how are you doing?
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Doing well, thank you.
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Glad to be here and
look forward to the lesson.
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It's a blessing
to have you with us.
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And, of course, Miss
Jill Morikone, how are you?
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Doing well, I have
another list today.
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Praise the Lord.
Amen. We love those lists.
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Good stuff.
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Pastor Lomacang, of course,
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it's always a
blessing to have you, Brother.
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Yeah, we're going to be diving
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in some of the origin
and history of the Bible
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and it's going to be
an exciting approach.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And of course, we have
Brother Danny Shelton with us,
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it's always a blessing
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and an honor to have
you on here, Brother.
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I'm happy to be here
and can't wait to hear
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how you all
break this down for us.
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Amen.
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We're certainly gonna
have fun with this study.
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Jesus and the
Apostles' View of the Bible,
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we have much to discuss.
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But, of course,
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we want to go directly
to the Word of God, to...
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Before we go to the
Word of God in prayer.
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So if you would, Brother Danny,
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why don't you have a
prayer for us right now?
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Heavenly Father, we thank You
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for Your many
wonderful blessings
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that You've given us
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and for the
opportunity being here today
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and realizing that there
are people around the world
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who are joining
hands and studying with us.
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And we just pray
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for the anointing
of Your Holy Spirit
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on each one that speaks
from those that are listening,
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those that are teaching
the Sabbath school lesson
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around the world,
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that everything that's
said and done will be done
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to Your honor and to Your glory.
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And that we'd see clearly
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what You would
have us to take in today
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and to share with
the lost and dying world.
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In Jesus' name I
pray, amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
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Our memory text for this
week comes from Matthew 4:4.
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And this is, of
course, coming from Jesus.
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He's being tempted by
the devil in the wilderness.
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And He's, of course, fighting
the temptations of the devil.
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And He says, "It is written,
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man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
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And when I looked at
the title of this lesson,
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lesson number three,
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Jesus and the
Apostles' View of the Bible,
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I just said, "Praise the Lord."
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Because we live in a day and age
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where it seems like
everyone has an opinion, Pastor.
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Absolutely.
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Seems like everyone
has their own thoughts
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and their own ideas on
how they approach scripture,
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how they interpret scripture,
their own opinions and theories
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as to how to break down a text
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or some people
don't even do that.
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They just simply
say, this is what it says
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and this is what it means to me.
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But at the end of the
day, we want to make sure
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that we have the
correct interpretive approach
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that Jesus and the apostles'...
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These were
leaders of the church,
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these were men full of
the Holy Spirit of God.
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And, of course, their
councils to us are given to us
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here in scripture.
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And I just want
to kind of open up...
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Saturday afternoons
lesson had something
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that just really set
the tone for what it is
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that as we kind of make
our way into Sunday's lesson.
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I have to read this
'cause it was powerful,
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how the author worded this.
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He says here, "Unfortunately,
in this post modern age,
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the Bible has been
largely reinterpreted
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through the lens of philosophy
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that questions
both the inspiration
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and its authority."
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And that is...
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that can't be
further from the truth.
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He goes on to say, "In fact,
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the Bible is seen as
merely the ideas of human beings
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living in
relatively primitive culture
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who couldn't
possibly understand the word
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as we do today."
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And sometimes we kind of see,
you know, people in the past,
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you know, our culture today,
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it's like, "Oh,
that was back then.
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But we're much smarter,
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we're much more
intelligent than them."
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So they can't
possibly have the knowledge
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that we have today.
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But he goes on to
say, "At the same time,
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the supernatural element
has been either downplayed
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or even removed
from the picture,
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turning the..."
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Excuse me, yes...
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"Turning the
Bible into a document
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than instead of
being God's view of man
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has become man's view of God."
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And the result is that for many,
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the Bible has become largely..."
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And this is, this is so true,
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"Irrelevant in an age
of Darwinian thinking,
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and modern philosophy."
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Modern philosophy,
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I have said
multiple times in sermons,
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publicly preaching and
speaking the Word of God
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that probably one of
the most popular books
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or series of books
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that people like
to pull from today
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is the book of first
and second opinions...
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If such a thing exists.
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You know, everyone
has their own ideas,
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their own ideologies,
their own perspectives,
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their own theories as to what
this Word of God is telling us
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and when we reach the
point in which we start to glean
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or draw from our own
knowledge and our own wisdom,
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what does the Bible say?
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"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart
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and lean not on
thine own understanding."
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You know, you cannot
trust your own understanding.
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We need God to
interpret God, right?
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And that's exactly what this
particular lesson is saying.
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Sunday's lesson, I love it.
It's entitled "It is Written."
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And, of course,
we're going to look
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at kind of a little bit
of a deeper perspective.
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Matthew Chapter 4
there, Jesus' experience
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as He was being
tempted by the devil.
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So let's go to
Matthew Chapter 4.
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And while you're
finding that in your Bibles,
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just to kind of set the tone
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coming out of the
end of Matthew Chapter 3,
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Jesus has just had
a powerful experience.
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Remember, He has shown up
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for the first time on the scene,
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John the Baptist is
there in the River Jordan,
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he's baptizing people.
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He looks up, he sees Jesus
coming Behold the Lamb of God,
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who takes away
the sin of the world.
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Jesus comes into the water,
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and Jesus asked him to baptize
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and, of course, you
know, the rest of the story.
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Jesus is baptized
by John the Baptist.
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And a voice comes
from heaven confirming,
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we know it's the
voice of the Father saying,
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"This is my beloved son,
in whom I am well pleased."
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And so coming out of that,
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now we see the Bible
says that Jesus is taken away.
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Notice verse 1 here,
Matthew 4:1, it says,
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"Then Jesus was
led up by the spirit
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into the wilderness to
be tempted by the devil.
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And when He had
fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
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afterward He was hungry.
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Now when the tempter
came to Him, He said,
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'If you are the son of God,
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command that these
stones become bread."
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I want to pause
that for a moment,
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because what we see is we
see the spirit of the devil,
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he has that questioning spirit.
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When you start
questioning who God is
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and what God's word is saying,
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and you become skeptical
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and you're approaching
it in a way of doubt.
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This is nothing but
the spirit of the devil
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because we see here
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that coming out of
that previous experience,
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where the Father
says "This is My Son."
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Now we have the
devil showing up saying,
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"If you're the Son..."
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You know, "If
you're the Son of God..."
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You know, he's
questioning it. "Are you really?
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If you are, then
do this, then do this.
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Hey, I'll give you
this if you do this,
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if you really
are the Son of God."
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And so that spirit
of doubt and skepticism
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as it comes
straight from the devil,
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we see that the
devil is tempting Jesus
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in a very weakened state,
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even though He
is the Son of God,
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and He's robed in sinful flesh,
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He's fasted for 40
days and 40 nights.
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And so notice what
it says here in verse 4,
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this is our memory text.
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"But He answered and
said, 'It is written,
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man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word
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that proceeds from
the mouth of God.'"
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So right out the gate,
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we see Jesus is
pointing back to the power
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and divine
influence of the Word of God.
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Right out the front
He's saying, "You know what,
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let me set you in your place.
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It is written."
Notice what the Bible says.
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"In a way He is establishing
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His perspective on the authority
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that the Word of
God has in one's life."
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So He knows He's about
to be tempted by the devil.
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He's already
establishing the premise
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on which how this
conversation is going to go.
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"Look, I'm going...
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Jesus, I'm going to
establish the Word of God,
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I'm going to fight
You with the Word of God
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because the Word
of God has power."
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Notice verse 5 that says,
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"Then the devil took
Him up into the holy city,
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set Him on the
pinnacle of the temple,
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and said to Him..."
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Here it is, again, "If
you are the Son of God,
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throw yourself
down for it is written."
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Oh.
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What do we see the devil doing?
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He's like, "Oh, okay, you wanna,
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you want to have a
little bit of a duel
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talking about
scripture, quoting scripture?
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Okay, it is
written..." Now the devil,
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the devil knows the
Word of God, my friends,
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I just want to make that clear.
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Don't think for one moment
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that you can outsmart the devil.
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He knows the
Bible more than you do.
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And so notice how he's
trying to use the Bible
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and manipulate
Christ into getting...
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doing what he wants Him to do.
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But of course,
he's not successful.
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He says, "If you
are the Son of God,
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throw yourself
down for it is written,
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'He shall give His
angels charge over you.
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And in their hands,
they shall bear you up,
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lest you dash your
foot against a stone.'"
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So here we see the sin
of presumption on display.
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We see the devil is in no doubt
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questioning the
divinity of Jesus,
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and is willing to go as
far as to presumptuously,
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quote and
misrepresent God's Word
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in order to deceive Jesus
into giving up His mission.
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What would have happened
if Jesus would have done that?
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You and I wouldn't be here. No.
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Praise God that Jesus
was firm in foundation
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in the Word of God, that,
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you know, the devil was
not able to overcome Him.
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But we see that the
devil is even willing
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to use scripture to
manipulate God's people
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and deceiving them
into leaving the church,
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leaving the mission,
abandoning their faith.
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And that's exactly
what we see happening here.
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Notice on verse 7, it
says, Jesus said to him,
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"It is written again
'You shall not tempt the Lord
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your God.'"
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And so again it says,
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"The devil took Him up to
an exceedingly high mountain
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and showed Him all
the kingdoms of the world
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and their glory
and he said to Him,
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'All these things
I will give to You
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if you will fall
down and worship me.'"
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We see this theme all
the way through the Bible,
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especially in the closing ones.
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In the Book of Revelation,
what is it all about?
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In these last
days that we're living,
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it's about who you worship.
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And we see that the devil was,
I mean, while he's very smart,
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he's also somewhat
ignorant because he thinks
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he can actually
get the Son of God,
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the creator of the universe,
to bow down and worship him.
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But notice Jesus'
response, I love it, verse 10,
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then Jesus said to him,
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"Away with you,
Satan, for it is written,
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'You shall
worship the Lord your God
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and Him only you shall serve.'"
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Then the devil
left Him, and behold,
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angels came and
ministered to Him.
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I think there's a
lesson we can learn here.
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And that when the devil
brings temptation to your life
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and into your life,
you quote scripture,
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you allow the Word of
God to be your defense.
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And the Bible teaches us here
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that the devil
will flee from you,
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because he has
no power over you.
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Does worship in the Word
of God have any connection?
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I believe we see Jesus
clearly making the connection
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that one, notice this,
cannot experience true worship
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separate from
faith in the Word of God.
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You know, faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the...
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By the word of God,
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and if we're going to
worship Him in spirit,
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and in truth, we
cannot separate the two.
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And there's a lot of
people, my heart breaks,
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because I grew up
going to different churches,
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experiencing different faiths,
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studying with
different denominations.
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And how many
brothers and sisters
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are lost in the faith,
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thinking that they can
have a worshipful experience
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with God but yet deny His
word, push back the truth.
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And we see that that
is not the case here.
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When tempted with
the glory of the world,
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Christ wants us back to the
one who alone deserves worship,
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and it always comes
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within the context of
the truth of God's Word.
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Notice this, notice
what Jesus did not do
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in the encounter with Satan.
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Notice that He
did not engage Himself
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in some battle of the opinions.
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Notice He didn't engage
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in some
convoluted heated argument.
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Notice how you don't have...
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You don't have a
record here of them
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just going back and
forth that he said, he said,
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this says, this says, and,
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you know, He simply
allowed the Word of God
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to be His defense.
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And this brings a text,
a powerful text in my mind
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in the closing
moments I have here,
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I just want to establish this.
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We are counseled
in the Word of God
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to put on the
whole armor of God.
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Amen. That's right.
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And what is a
part of that armor?
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What does armor do?
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Armor protects
you, it protects you.
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It's a defense, it
helps to keep you safe.
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Notice Ephesians 6:17, again,
a part of that armor it says,
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"And take the
helmet of salvation."
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And then notice this next one,
"And the sword of the spirit,
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which is the Word of God.
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That Jesus have the
sword of the spirit with Him
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when He was
contending with the devil
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there in the wilderness.
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Absolutely.
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But I just want
to make this clear.
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The sword of the
spirit was never intended
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to be an offensive weapon.
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The Word of God
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was never intended to
be an offensive weapon,
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but a defensive weapon
against the attacks of Satan.
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So while we need to
exercise faith in the Lord
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and His work,
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we don't go out beating
people over the head with truth.
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We use it to defend ourselves
from the wiles of the devil
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all the while
representing Jesus rightfully
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and upholding the
truth for the world.
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Now it's a good
foundation once again.
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Praise the Lord. Thanks. Thanks.
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Amen. Praise God for that.
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He always gets the
praise, doesn't He?
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It always comes back to God,
that's the way it should be.
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In our lesson, I
have Monday's lesson.
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So again, we pray
that you have your book
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and your pencil and
paper and following along here.
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Because our lesson just
starts in with a question,
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I like that.
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But once again, it
said, "Jesus and the law,
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Jesus and the law."
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You've set a good
foundation for that
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because of obedience and doing
what God has said in His Word.
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There's three passages
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that the Monday's
lesson gives out to us.
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And I'll just tell you up front,
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we're not gonna have
time for all three of them.
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All right. That's good.
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Because the one that
we're going to be looking
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at Matthew Chapter 5,
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that Chapter 5 is a
book of the Beatitudes too,
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isn't it?
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How Jesus brings
this into obedience
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and His children
into obedience here
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through Matthew Chapter 5.
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But if I was going to just give
one Bible passage of scripture
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to say Jesus and the law,
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yours may be
different and that's okay.
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But the one I
thought about there,
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I think the Holy
Spirit is that Isaiah 40:8.
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What's Jesus'
attitude toward the law.
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You know, I
think another question
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was that how are
you going to ask Jesus?
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Well, I ask Him and
then you get into His word.
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So His Word tells us here.
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It says, "I
delight to do thy..."
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Will.
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"What is thy will, O God,
yea, thy law is within," what?
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My heart. "Within my heart."
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Jesus and the law.
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So if I had one minute
or a minute and a half,
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which I've
already been at right now,
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I just give you
this passage of scripture
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and say that's exactly
how Jesus felt about it.
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This is good solid foundation,
I'd like to do thy will,
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O God, yea thy law
is within my heart.
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Turn with me if
you will to Matthew
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because the question is
asked here talk about a...
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What Jesus
thinks in a Scripture?
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What did He teach?
What does He think?
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What's our obligation?
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Matthew 5:17-20.
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There's a little
bit of reading here
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but it requires it.
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In case you haven't
read it, you know what?
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Sometime I take it for granted.
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Some lady wrote the other
day and said, 'For Pete's sake,
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you know, you just
jump into something
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you start talking about,
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you know, this and that
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and like everybody knows already
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and I wanted to
say back real quick
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and I want to be nice about it.
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Well, it's because
maybe you didn't tune
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in to the first four...
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before, before that.
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Anybody here ever do a series?
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You've done a
series and sometimes you do
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one, two and then
you try to give a little,
00:16:36.76\00:16:38.56
you know,
background of what you covered.
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But sometimes it gets
a lot deeper as it goes,
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does it not?
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So it's very difficult
but, you know, bless your heart,
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at least you're
writing and you're watching.
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Keep doing that.
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Passage of
scripture, Matthew 5:17-20,
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we're going to read Jesus said,
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"Think not that
I'm come to," what?
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Destroy.
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"Destroy the
law or the prophets,
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I'm not come to
destroy, but to fulfill."
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Isn't that one of the most...
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Can I say popular? Powerful.
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That's right. And
powerful, good scripture.
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Right that we used many times.
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You know, when
we're talking about Jesus
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because the world says what?
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He came to...
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Destroy it. Destroy it.
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Fulfill with, you know,
do away with it, what I hear,
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but Jesus is simply puts
around the line right quick,
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"I didn't come to destroy."
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So I'm kind of wondering where
the good arguments come in.
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I mean, where are you
going to argue the point
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"Think not that I'm
come to destroy the law."
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I'm like you said, well,
there's somebody said here,
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I just checked it
off said that's it.
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End of discussion
because that's what,
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that's what
Jesus said right here.
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Now, but I want you
to pay close attention
00:17:35.68\00:17:37.29
to the word but.
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Notice, I am not come
to destroy but," to what?
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Fulfill.
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But to fulfill, just
keep that in your mind.
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I'm circling my
notes here but to fulfill
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because that comes back
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and gives us a
couple of thoughts there.
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Verse 18, "For verily I say
unto you..." Who's speaking?
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Jesus.
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Jesus said, he says right here.
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Again, how clear
does it need to be.
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"Till heaven and earth pass,
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one jot or one title shell
in no wise pass from the law
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till all be fulfilled."
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Again, people are picking
out trying to get one word
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and make it say
something that doesn't mean...
00:18:07.22\00:18:08.65
out of context.
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Verse 19,
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"Whosoever therefore shall break
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one of the least commandments,
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and teach men so he
shall be called the least
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in the kingdom of heaven.
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I've heard it say
people will get there
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where they keep
God's law or not,
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because they will
be one of the least.
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Kind of an interesting thought,
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we don't quite
agree with that you see,
00:18:26.94\00:18:28.27
but if you've
probably heard that too.
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Notice what is says.
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The same shall be called
great if you're doing what?
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Those who are
teaching them, verse 20, says,
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"For I say unto you,
00:18:35.38\00:18:37.31
that accept your
righteousness,"" do what?
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Exceed.
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"Exceed the
righteousness of the scribes
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and the Pharisees,
00:18:42.82\00:18:44.22
you shall in no wise
enter into the kingdom of God."
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So here's Jesus in
proclaiming or telling you
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what He thinks about the
law and how He's living it out
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and the word
could fulfilled here.
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He's talking about there,
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you're not going to
enter into the kingdom of God.
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I might say it's just
plainly, if we're willing,
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willfully
breaking the law of God.
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There's something here in
the Beatitudes, Matthew 5,
00:19:01.84\00:19:04.37
that lets us know.
00:19:04.41\00:19:05.74
Jesus said, "Don't
think I've come to," what?
00:19:05.77\00:19:07.68
Destroy. "To destroy."
00:19:07.71\00:19:09.34
And that word there it means
I didn't come to loosen it.
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I didn't come to
annul it, I didn't come to,
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you know, just to invalidate,
00:19:15.02\00:19:16.99
you know, we
talk about the verse
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not abolish it.
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He said, "I didn't
come to abolish it.
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I didn't come to
annul it at all here.
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He said, this includes,
00:19:24.29\00:19:25.63
this would include all
of God's revealed will,
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would it not right?
00:19:27.36\00:19:28.70
Everything in the Word of
God, not just the law of God,
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Ten Commandments or whatever.
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But all, all the words
that we've been studying here.
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In Psalms 119:1, just
quickly I'm going to read.
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It says, Psalm 119:1 says,
"Blessed are the undefiled."
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Now the undefiled
would be the perfect,
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would it not?
00:19:43.08\00:19:44.41
Therefore are the perfect,
that's what it mean, are one,
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or in this
sense, the sincere ones,
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blessed are the
sincere ones in the way
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who walk in the law of God.
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Remember Jesus, and
the way He approached law,
00:19:54.69\00:19:56.76
and what He thinks about law.
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Notice God's
'cause "Blessed are those
00:19:58.16\00:20:00.53
who walk in the way of the law."
00:20:00.56\00:20:03.03
Not outside of
it, not around it,
00:20:03.06\00:20:04.67
not through it, but
in the way of the Lord.
00:20:04.70\00:20:06.40
Psalms 119:4,
00:20:06.43\00:20:08.30
"Thou has commanded us
00:20:08.34\00:20:10.01
to keep the
precepts diligently."
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.87
How do we keep them? Diligently.
00:20:12.91\00:20:14.54
Diligently, not loosely.
00:20:14.58\00:20:15.91
Context, we'll be
studying that more as we go on.
00:20:15.94\00:20:18.21
The context here indicates
00:20:18.25\00:20:19.71
that Jesus refers
primarily to the moral law,
00:20:19.75\00:20:23.65
but also to the mosaic
that we're talking Moses law,
00:20:23.69\00:20:27.02
civil statutes, and so on,
contained in the Book of Moses.
00:20:27.06\00:20:30.59
And so that is
confirmed by the prophets,
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.86
Desire of Ages say, page 307.
00:20:32.89\00:20:36.26
So we find this, if
you're jotting down, say,
00:20:36.30\00:20:38.03
well, where does it say
that in Matthew Chapter 5?
00:20:38.07\00:20:40.57
In Matthew Chapter 5,
00:20:40.60\00:20:41.94
we're going to
read verses 21 and 27,
00:20:41.97\00:20:44.54
talks about Jesus
taking some precepts
00:20:44.57\00:20:47.31
from the moral law.
00:20:47.34\00:20:48.74
And then if you look
at verses 33, 38 and 43,
00:20:48.78\00:20:52.81
He's talking
about the laws of Moses.
00:20:52.85\00:20:56.55
So God is making a
great contrast here
00:20:56.58\00:20:59.72
of what the scribes were saying,
00:20:59.75\00:21:01.52
and Jesus just brought it out,
00:21:01.56\00:21:02.89
should we or
should we not sometime...
00:21:02.92\00:21:04.39
We have to confirm sometime,
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.76
but we want to do
it in the right way,
00:21:05.79\00:21:07.13
in the loving way.
00:21:07.16\00:21:08.50
Because you...
00:21:08.53\00:21:09.86
because people just make
a comment and they go on.
00:21:09.90\00:21:11.23
What if we let them go on
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.60
believing what
they just said to you,
00:21:12.63\00:21:14.04
there'll be a way by
the grace of God again,
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.07
when a brother and
sister not to drive them away.
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.74
Jesus makes it very clear,
00:21:18.77\00:21:20.68
He said, notice
this right here, there...
00:21:20.71\00:21:23.31
"You are the ones that's
making void the law of God."
00:21:23.35\00:21:25.81
He said, "I didn't come,
right, to do away with it.
00:21:25.85\00:21:27.65
You are the one."
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.02
So He pointed a
finger, did He not?
00:21:29.05\00:21:30.69
By destroying the law
00:21:30.72\00:21:32.05
by your traditions in
Matthew 15:6 says this,
00:21:32.09\00:21:36.09
but He answered
and said to them,
00:21:36.12\00:21:37.59
"Why do you transgress
the commandment of God
00:21:37.63\00:21:41.16
by your tradition?"
00:21:41.20\00:21:42.56
Way too much tradition
out there, the world has a,
00:21:42.60\00:21:45.30
you know, we thought
about almost like the backbone,
00:21:45.33\00:21:47.04
if I might say that sometime.
00:21:47.07\00:21:49.04
They simply say, "Our
church, we go by tradition."
00:21:49.07\00:21:52.67
You know, by tradition,
00:21:52.71\00:21:54.04
and we should be saying
we go by the Word of God,
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the unadulterated, right?
00:21:56.14\00:21:57.48
The Word of God.
00:21:57.51\00:21:58.85
This is what we set up there.
00:21:58.88\00:22:00.22
This is what we by the
grace of God want to approach
00:22:00.25\00:22:01.98
but today's tradition.
00:22:02.02\00:22:03.85
Now again you may
be you've done that,
00:22:03.89\00:22:05.22
you didn't know any
better but today you're learning
00:22:05.25\00:22:06.59
aren't you from
the Word of God here?
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Jesus, He spake of
His coming to fulfill,
00:22:08.29\00:22:11.06
I want to get this in
the law and the prophets.
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A part of that
fulfillment would be what?
00:22:13.76\00:22:16.16
Would be in the
types and the ritual law
00:22:16.20\00:22:19.23
that pointed to His coming.
00:22:19.27\00:22:21.94
And certainly
through the fulfillment
00:22:21.97\00:22:23.67
of the Messianic predictions
throughout the whole Bible.
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Praise God for that.
Luke 24:44 says this.
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"And He said unto them,
00:22:30.81\00:22:32.15
'These are the words
that I spake unto you,
00:22:32.18\00:22:34.78
while I was yet with you.
00:22:34.82\00:22:36.58
That all things must be what?'
00:22:36.62\00:22:38.95
He said,
'Fulfilled which were written
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.12
in the law of Moses,
00:22:41.16\00:22:42.49
in the prophets,
and in the Psalms, what?
00:22:42.52\00:22:44.53
Concerning Me.
00:22:44.56\00:22:46.36
Jesus said, He came to what?
00:22:46.39\00:22:48.06
To fulfill here, to
make full, to feel up.
00:22:48.10\00:22:51.73
Jesus was the great lawgiver.
00:22:51.77\00:22:53.94
He wrote it on stone, right?
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.37
In stone, on
stone, inside and outside.
00:22:55.40\00:22:58.41
Now on the Sermon of
the Mount, notice this,
00:22:58.44\00:23:00.38
we've been talking
about Matthew Chapter 5,
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.48
He makes it clear
that His law is binding,
00:23:02.51\00:23:05.95
notice, on those who
would be His disciples.
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This is a good argument,
00:23:08.65\00:23:09.98
we say within the
right way with this passage
00:23:10.02\00:23:12.39
and that He
says here, that He...
00:23:12.42\00:23:14.46
This would be binding on those
who calls Him, if you could,
00:23:14.49\00:23:17.09
you say I'm a
disciple of Christ,
00:23:17.13\00:23:18.56
then the law of God
is binding here, notice.
00:23:18.59\00:23:21.10
Then He goes on
to say, "Anyone..."
00:23:21.13\00:23:22.73
make it clear,
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.10
"Anyone who tries
to do away with it,
00:23:24.13\00:23:25.70
tries to annul it
by precept or example,
00:23:25.73\00:23:28.44
Jesus said here
would not what in,
00:23:28.47\00:23:30.97
notice this, in no case.
00:23:31.01\00:23:33.51
He said, "In no case
00:23:33.54\00:23:34.88
will they enter in
the kingdom of heaven."
00:23:34.91\00:23:36.54
Matthew 5:20.
00:23:36.58\00:23:38.21
So when using this, you
know, passage of scripture,
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.42
God has certainly tell
us the position of Christ,
00:23:40.45\00:23:43.59
He wouldn't do
away with the law.
00:23:43.62\00:23:44.95
He came to fulfill it out,
00:23:44.99\00:23:46.32
and live it out in
His life to fill it
00:23:46.35\00:23:47.69
full of meaning
and power for us today.
00:23:47.72\00:23:50.36
You know, what is
Jesus' attitude toward the law?
00:23:50.39\00:23:52.73
You know, He said, He
came to live it out for us.
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.86
He said, "Kenny, I come
to set an example for you
00:23:55.90\00:23:57.83
because you need an example."
00:23:57.87\00:23:59.43
Not only in reading it
and being reminded by others
00:23:59.47\00:24:01.64
but you need to be by
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:24:01.67\00:24:04.01
needs to remind us day by days
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.94
of the soon
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:24:05.97\00:24:08.28
And what Jesus says
this truth in His Word.
00:24:08.31\00:24:11.91
I want that in my life.
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.38
I want to know what truth
is, even if it demands a change.
00:24:13.42\00:24:16.25
How about you?
Do you love Jesus?
00:24:16.28\00:24:18.09
If you do, you
want to know truth,
00:24:18.12\00:24:19.45
you want to put it in
your heart and your life,
00:24:19.49\00:24:20.82
it will change
you and transform you.
00:24:20.86\00:24:22.42
Oh, wow. Praise the Lord.
00:24:22.46\00:24:23.83
Thank you, Brother
Kenny, for that powerful study
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.59
on the law of God.
00:24:25.63\00:24:26.96
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Hello and welcome back to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're gonna pass it
on to Miss Jill Morikone
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.10
for Tuesday's lesson.
00:25:09.14\00:25:10.64
Thank you so much,
Pastor Ryan and Pastor Kenny,
00:25:10.67\00:25:12.94
what an incredible study so far.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.64
I love looking
at the Word of God.
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.41
Tuesday's lesson, we
have Jesus and all Scripture.
00:25:17.45\00:25:22.35
Really it's how Jesus
taught from the Scripture
00:25:22.38\00:25:24.65
and how He
encouraged His disciples
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.86
to do the same thing.
00:25:26.89\00:25:28.82
Jesus validated the
authority of Scripture
00:25:28.86\00:25:31.79
throughout His
entire life on earth.
00:25:31.83\00:25:33.93
He used the authority
to overcome temptation
00:25:33.96\00:25:36.16
as, Pastor Ryan, you did
such a beautiful job with that.
00:25:36.20\00:25:38.77
He used the
authority of Scripture
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.57
to teach the gospel
and the plan of salvation.
00:25:40.60\00:25:44.94
We see that with
a rich young ruler,
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.47
He's imparting
that, the gospel to him.
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.31
He used the
authority of Scripture
00:25:49.34\00:25:50.68
to instruct in righteousness
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.91
as, Pastor Kenny talked about.
00:25:52.95\00:25:54.62
Matthew 5:6, 7, the
Sermon on the Mount.
00:25:54.65\00:25:58.35
He used the
authority of Scripture
00:25:58.39\00:25:59.85
to prove His divinity
00:25:59.89\00:26:01.42
and teach the prophecies
even concerning Himself.
00:26:01.46\00:26:05.79
We see that in
the walk to Emmaus
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.60
and that's what
Tuesday's lesson is about.
00:26:07.63\00:26:09.83
So turn with me
to Luke Chapter 24.
00:26:09.86\00:26:12.70
Luke Chapter 24.
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.20
We're going to divide
this section into six parts.
00:26:15.24\00:26:18.41
So the six parts, I'll tell
you what they are ahead of time,
00:26:18.44\00:26:21.68
and then we'll jump into it.
00:26:21.71\00:26:23.45
Part one is disappointment.
00:26:23.48\00:26:25.78
Part two is disguise.
00:26:25.81\00:26:28.68
Part three, recitation.
00:26:28.72\00:26:31.29
Part four, rationale.
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.92
Part five, discernment.
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.22
And part six, delight.
00:26:36.26\00:26:38.89
So let's go to part one.
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.26
This is disappointment.
00:26:40.30\00:26:42.23
Now the story is
told of a little boy
00:26:42.26\00:26:44.13
who was from Texas,
00:26:44.17\00:26:45.50
and he was going with his family
00:26:45.53\00:26:46.94
to visit the Grand Canyon.
00:26:46.97\00:26:49.74
And his parents told
him, "Now be prepared.
00:26:49.77\00:26:52.17
This is huge.
00:26:52.21\00:26:53.54
It's even bigger
than the city of Dallas."
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.18
And he got there and
he saw the Grand Canyon
00:26:56.21\00:26:58.15
and then his mom and dad said,
00:26:58.18\00:26:59.51
"Hey, what do
you think about it."
00:26:59.55\00:27:01.18
And he had all
frown on his face.
00:27:01.22\00:27:03.18
And he said, "I thought
you said it was a big cannon."
00:27:03.22\00:27:07.56
He thought he's
looking for a cannon
00:27:07.59\00:27:09.79
that's even bigger
than the city of Dallas.
00:27:09.82\00:27:12.69
You see, if your
expectations are wrong,
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.53
you could become disappointed.
00:27:15.56\00:27:18.97
If your expectations are wrong,
00:27:19.00\00:27:20.44
you could even be
disappointed by God Himself.
00:27:20.47\00:27:24.17
And this is what we
see with the disciples here
00:27:24.21\00:27:28.14
on the way to Emmaus.
00:27:28.18\00:27:30.11
Their expectations were such
00:27:30.15\00:27:32.28
that they thought
the Messiah was coming
00:27:32.31\00:27:34.55
as a conquering King.
00:27:34.58\00:27:36.08
They didn't understand
00:27:36.12\00:27:37.45
He was coming as
the suffering servant,
00:27:37.49\00:27:39.59
the lamb who would
die for their sins.
00:27:39.62\00:27:42.29
Their expectations were wrong
00:27:42.32\00:27:43.96
and they were
disappointed even by Jesus.
00:27:43.99\00:27:47.06
Let's look at verses 13 and 14.
00:27:47.10\00:27:48.93
We are in Luke 24:13, 14.
00:27:48.96\00:27:51.03
This is part one,
the disappointment.
00:27:51.07\00:27:53.44
"Now behold, two of
them were travelling
00:27:53.47\00:27:54.90
that same day to a
village called Emmaus,
00:27:54.94\00:27:57.74
which was seven
miles from Jerusalem.
00:27:57.77\00:28:00.64
And they talk
together of all these things
00:28:00.68\00:28:02.98
that had happened."
00:28:03.01\00:28:04.35
Now as we go into the story
00:28:04.38\00:28:05.71
we discover the
things they talked about.
00:28:05.75\00:28:07.95
Were the fact that
Jesus was crucified
00:28:07.98\00:28:10.25
and they thought He
was going to be their King
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.42
and their
Conqueror, and yet He was dead.
00:28:12.45\00:28:16.22
They were walking to Emmaus,
00:28:16.26\00:28:17.63
which means,
Pastor John, hot water.
00:28:17.66\00:28:20.70
It's about seven
miles from Jerusalem.
00:28:20.73\00:28:23.20
Let's go to part
two. This is the disguise.
00:28:23.23\00:28:26.63
Verse 15, 16.
00:28:26.67\00:28:28.57
"So it was while they
conversed and reasoned
00:28:28.60\00:28:30.37
that Jesus Himself drew
near and went with them,
00:28:30.41\00:28:34.31
but their eyes were restrained,
so that they did not know Him."
00:28:34.34\00:28:40.12
They failed to recognize Jesus.
00:28:40.15\00:28:43.15
Had they known Jesus before?
00:28:43.18\00:28:44.69
Absolutely.
00:28:44.72\00:28:46.15
And yet here He
is walking with them,
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.92
and they did not
even recognize Him.
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.36
Why didn't they know Him?
00:28:51.39\00:28:52.73
I think there's two reasons.
00:28:52.76\00:28:54.10
There might be more,
00:28:54.13\00:28:55.46
but we'll just talk
about two reasons today.
00:28:55.50\00:28:56.83
First reason could be
that they were so hurt,
00:28:56.87\00:28:59.63
so disappointed,
so clouded with grief
00:28:59.67\00:29:04.24
that they failed
to recognize Him.
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.88
You know, this tells on myself,
00:29:06.91\00:29:08.74
part of my job is to
sign off on like purchases.
00:29:08.78\00:29:12.05
Someone came in my
office and handed me something,
00:29:12.08\00:29:14.02
and this particular day
I was going through stuff
00:29:14.05\00:29:17.09
and I was not
even paying attention.
00:29:17.12\00:29:19.12
I was just praying and thinking
and so the person walked in
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.79
and I put my
initials and handed it back.
00:29:22.82\00:29:25.76
Well, the next day I saw
the same person and I said,
00:29:25.79\00:29:28.53
"Did you ever get your
tickets for such and such?"
00:29:28.56\00:29:31.00
And they said, "That's what
you signed off on yesterday.
00:29:31.03\00:29:33.17
I brought it to you
and you signed off."
00:29:33.20\00:29:35.14
You see, you can be so absorbed
in things in your own mind
00:29:35.17\00:29:39.87
that you fail to recognize.
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.54
They were so absorbed,
00:29:41.58\00:29:42.91
they failed to
recognize their savior.
00:29:42.94\00:29:44.48
The second reason could be
00:29:44.51\00:29:45.85
that the Holy
Spirit veiled Jesus,
00:29:45.88\00:29:49.92
so that they would
base their knowledge
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.75
on the Word of
God, not on experience.
00:29:51.79\00:29:56.32
We see this in 2 Peter 1.
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.39
2 Peter 1:16.
00:29:58.43\00:30:00.16
Peter tells us,
00:30:00.20\00:30:01.53
"We did not follow
cunningly devised fables.
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.43
When we made
known to you the power
00:30:04.47\00:30:06.00
and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:30:06.03\00:30:07.97
But were eye
witnesses of His majesty."
00:30:08.00\00:30:12.07
So what does he say here?
00:30:12.11\00:30:13.44
He says, we were eyewitnesses.
00:30:13.48\00:30:15.28
We walked and talked
with Jesus, we observed Him.
00:30:15.31\00:30:18.81
But then you jump to verse 19.
00:30:18.85\00:30:21.05
And it says, "We have
the prophetic word confirmed,
00:30:21.08\00:30:24.69
which you do well
to heed as a light
00:30:24.72\00:30:26.39
that shines in a dark place."
00:30:26.42\00:30:27.76
Now King James says,
00:30:27.79\00:30:29.19
we have the more
sure word of prophecy.
00:30:29.22\00:30:33.96
Translation if you
take it straight from Greek,
00:30:34.00\00:30:35.93
it can almost say that
we have the prophetic word
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.33
more fully confirmed.
00:30:38.37\00:30:40.60
So what is Peter saying here?
00:30:40.64\00:30:41.97
He's saying
experience is wonderful.
00:30:42.00\00:30:45.44
But you don't trust experience
above the Word of God.
00:30:45.47\00:30:47.98
The Word of God always
comes above experience.
00:30:48.01\00:30:52.31
And Jesus might
have veiled Himself
00:30:52.35\00:30:55.62
so that the
disciples had to understand
00:30:55.65\00:30:58.99
what He was going to
teach them from the Word of God.
00:30:59.02\00:31:02.09
And then that goes
even above our experience
00:31:02.12\00:31:06.53
and what our senses tell us.
00:31:06.56\00:31:08.60
God's Word is
even more infallible,
00:31:08.63\00:31:10.57
because experience is
subject to human emotions,
00:31:10.60\00:31:13.23
to outside influences,
00:31:13.27\00:31:14.77
or even the
deception of the enemy.
00:31:14.80\00:31:17.17
Let's look at part three.
00:31:17.21\00:31:18.54
This is recitation.
00:31:18.57\00:31:20.44
This is their
recitation of their troubles.
00:31:20.48\00:31:23.01
Verses 17- 24,
"And Jesus said to them,
00:31:23.04\00:31:26.01
'What kind of
conversation is this
00:31:26.05\00:31:27.88
that you have with one another
as you walk and are sad.'
00:31:27.92\00:31:31.25
Then the one
whose name was Cleopas
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.02
answered and said to Him,
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.39
'Are you the only
stranger in Jerusalem?
00:31:34.42\00:31:36.29
And have you
not known the things
00:31:36.32\00:31:37.83
which happened
there in these days?'
00:31:37.86\00:31:40.06
And He said to
them, 'What things?'
00:31:40.10\00:31:42.16
So they said to Him
00:31:42.20\00:31:43.53
'The things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
00:31:43.57\00:31:45.37
who was a prophet mighty in deed
00:31:45.40\00:31:46.94
and word before
God and all the people,
00:31:46.97\00:31:49.80
and how the chief
priests and rulers delivered Him
00:31:49.84\00:31:52.07
to be condemned to
death and crucified Him,
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.64
but we were hoping
00:31:54.68\00:31:56.01
that it was He who was
going to redeem Israel.
00:31:56.04\00:31:58.71
Indeed, besides all this,
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.08
today's the third day
since these things happened.'"
00:32:00.12\00:32:03.25
How many times have
you recalled your trials?
00:32:03.28\00:32:05.62
How many times have you sat back
00:32:05.65\00:32:07.12
and recited the troubles
that you have encountered?
00:32:07.16\00:32:11.16
But they did it
in front of Jesus.
00:32:11.19\00:32:13.26
They recited their
troubles in front of Jesus.
00:32:13.29\00:32:15.76
Part four is the rationale.
00:32:15.80\00:32:18.33
This is Jesus giving the
more sure word of prophecy.
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.87
Jesus giving the
biblical reason and proof
00:32:21.90\00:32:24.64
that Jesus is the
suffering Messiah.
00:32:24.67\00:32:28.58
Verses 25-27, "He said
to them, 'Oh, foolish ones,
00:32:28.61\00:32:32.65
and slow of heart
00:32:32.68\00:32:34.02
to believe in all that
the prophets have spoken.
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.48
Ought not the Christ who
have suffered these things
00:32:36.52\00:32:39.02
and to enter into His glory.
00:32:39.05\00:32:41.09
And beginning at
Moses and all the prophets,
00:32:41.12\00:32:43.86
He expounded to them
in all the scriptures,
00:32:43.89\00:32:45.93
the things concerning Himself.'"
00:32:45.96\00:32:47.86
They got a Bible study
00:32:47.90\00:32:49.23
from the Lord
Jesus Christ Himself.
00:32:49.26\00:32:51.73
You think about there's at least
00:32:51.77\00:32:53.37
300 Messianic
prophecies in the Old Testament.
00:32:53.40\00:32:56.64
We don't know which
ones Jesus referred to,
00:32:56.67\00:32:58.54
but I'm sure there were
many that He referred to.
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.28
I think of Isaiah 53,
00:33:01.31\00:33:02.81
clearly that passage
talks about the coming Messiah,
00:33:02.84\00:33:05.61
the suffering servant.
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.88
Part five is discernment.
00:33:07.92\00:33:09.25
This is when the disciples
recognized who Jesus was.
00:33:09.28\00:33:13.72
And we see that when Jesus
sat at the table with them,
00:33:13.76\00:33:17.19
He broke the
bread and blessed it.
00:33:17.23\00:33:19.26
And their eyes were
open and they recognized Him,
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.83
and part six is delight.
00:33:21.86\00:33:24.57
They rose that very hour.
00:33:24.60\00:33:26.03
They're not tired after
their seven mile journey.
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.34
They're eager to
get back to Jerusalem.
00:33:28.37\00:33:32.47
So what is our call
as Christians today,
00:33:32.51\00:33:35.28
as Danny always
says, "It's to go ye."
00:33:35.31\00:33:38.45
Matthew 28, we're
going to end there.
00:33:38.48\00:33:40.52
Matthew 28:18-20.
00:33:40.55\00:33:43.02
In our call I see
three things, power is given,
00:33:43.05\00:33:47.19
the commission is given,
and then the promise is given.
00:33:47.22\00:33:52.26
Let's look at the power.
00:33:52.29\00:33:53.63
Verse 18, "Jesus
came and said to them,
00:33:53.66\00:33:55.40
'All authority...'"
00:33:55.43\00:33:57.40
In Greek, exousia.
00:33:57.43\00:33:58.97
"All authority has
been given to Me in heaven
00:33:59.00\00:34:01.07
and on earth.'"
00:34:01.10\00:34:02.44
You can have responsibility
and that might mean something.
00:34:02.47\00:34:05.84
You can have authority,
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.44
that definitely means something.
00:34:07.48\00:34:09.14
But when you have
authority and responsibilities,
00:34:09.18\00:34:12.51
that means everything.
00:34:12.55\00:34:14.28
The great commission is
authority coming from God,
00:34:14.32\00:34:17.42
from Jesus Himself
to us as the disciples,
00:34:17.45\00:34:20.32
combined with a responsibility
to share this message
00:34:20.36\00:34:23.93
with a lost and dying world.
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.69
The commission
given is fourfold "Go."
00:34:25.73\00:34:29.26
That's the first step.
00:34:29.30\00:34:30.63
"Go, get out of
yourself and go."
00:34:30.67\00:34:33.80
What do we do? Make disciples.
00:34:33.84\00:34:36.44
Go and disciple, then baptize,
00:34:36.47\00:34:40.84
that shows
there's some instruction
00:34:40.88\00:34:42.44
to take place before the baptism
00:34:42.48\00:34:44.71
and finally, teaching
them to observe all things.
00:34:44.75\00:34:48.18
So there is nurturing
00:34:48.22\00:34:49.55
that takes place
even after the baptism,
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.99
and then we have the promise,
00:34:52.02\00:34:53.69
"Lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age."
00:34:53.72\00:34:58.99
The presence of Jesus is
promised to the believers,
00:34:59.03\00:35:01.30
to be with us at all times,
in all places and everywhere.
00:35:01.33\00:35:05.27
So that
commission, the power's given,
00:35:05.30\00:35:07.67
the commission's given,
00:35:07.70\00:35:09.04
and then the promise is
given that He's with us always.
00:35:09.07\00:35:12.64
Wow. I'll thank you, Jill.
00:35:12.67\00:35:14.51
Thank you so much for that.
00:35:14.54\00:35:17.08
Pastor Kenny, Pastor Ryan,
and Jill laid some foundation
00:35:17.11\00:35:20.25
and we're asking the
question Jesus and the Origin
00:35:20.28\00:35:23.39
and History of the Bible.
00:35:23.42\00:35:25.19
You know, one of the questions
that was asked, what is...
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.69
What did Jesus and the
apostles think about history?
00:35:27.72\00:35:31.46
Well, you know,
00:35:31.49\00:35:32.83
let's see what we can confirm
from reading the scriptures.
00:35:32.86\00:35:36.43
When we think about history,
and we think about Jesus,
00:35:36.46\00:35:38.70
a couple of points
I want to bring out
00:35:38.73\00:35:40.07
in the very
beginning, history...
00:35:40.10\00:35:43.24
History did not precede Jesus.
00:35:43.27\00:35:47.01
Jesus preceded history.
00:35:47.04\00:35:50.31
You know, a lot of
think that His story,
00:35:50.35\00:35:53.11
Jesus, it's His story.
00:35:53.15\00:35:55.25
That's what
history is all about.
00:35:55.28\00:35:57.19
And Jesus didn't
come forth from history.
00:35:57.22\00:36:00.52
History came forth from Jesus.
00:36:00.56\00:36:03.83
And so when you think
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.19
about that we look
back in human history.
00:36:05.23\00:36:06.59
Now, one of the things
that really shows the validity,
00:36:06.63\00:36:09.23
Danny, of Jesus, and the fact
that He is in fact the Christ
00:36:09.26\00:36:13.34
is you can be atheist, agnostic,
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.47
you don't even
have to be a believer.
00:36:15.50\00:36:17.57
But each one of us
lives by the same calendar,
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.24
anna Domina, in
the year of our Lord.
00:36:21.28\00:36:24.25
So let's begin by
saying it is a fact
00:36:24.28\00:36:27.48
whether you think He is
a good man or a prophet,
00:36:27.52\00:36:29.95
or just a teacher, or rabbi,
00:36:29.98\00:36:32.29
whatever the
category you may put Him in.
00:36:32.32\00:36:34.72
Jesus is in fact, a
figure of human history.
00:36:34.76\00:36:38.63
And the big
question is, where is He?
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.70
That's why we as Christians
believe we know where He is,
00:36:40.73\00:36:44.00
based on His Word
confirmed to made more sure.
00:36:44.03\00:36:47.30
But there are a few things
00:36:47.34\00:36:48.67
that were brought
out in the lesson.
00:36:48.70\00:36:50.04
And I want to just kind
of lead into that question,
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.14
because the
writers of this lesson
00:36:52.17\00:36:55.81
asked the question,
00:36:55.84\00:36:57.18
how did Jesus understand
the historical persons
00:36:57.21\00:36:59.85
and events of the Bible?
00:36:59.88\00:37:01.75
We smiled about that
00:37:01.78\00:37:03.12
and I think I get to answer
that very quickly, clearly.
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.92
Clearly.
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.46
Now I can't say that
about the apostles necessarily,
00:37:08.49\00:37:12.23
but Jesus understood it clearly.
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.90
It's up to us to understand
it as clearly as He did.
00:37:14.93\00:37:18.30
That's why He
communicates this to us.
00:37:18.33\00:37:19.93
But there are a
couple of examples
00:37:19.97\00:37:21.30
that are brought out,
00:37:21.34\00:37:22.67
which shows that
Jesus acknowledges.
00:37:22.70\00:37:25.67
This is really an amazing thing.
00:37:25.71\00:37:27.28
Jesus acknowledges history,
00:37:27.31\00:37:30.38
as it unfolded on the heels
of His own prognostication.
00:37:30.41\00:37:33.75
He said, this is
what's going to happen.
00:37:33.78\00:37:36.08
And He set the world in motion,
00:37:36.12\00:37:38.19
but He did not
leave it as some automaton
00:37:38.22\00:37:40.66
to just spin out
things that He put there.
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.06
He left us with freewill.
00:37:43.09\00:37:45.03
And it's amazing to me
00:37:45.06\00:37:46.39
that all the
things happen as they did,
00:37:46.43\00:37:48.63
through individuals of freewill.
00:37:48.66\00:37:51.23
A couple of
examples brought out,
00:37:51.27\00:37:52.60
let's look at Matthew 12:3, 4.
00:37:52.63\00:37:55.37
Matthew 12:3, 4.
00:37:55.40\00:37:57.77
Examples of how
Jesus looks at history
00:37:57.81\00:38:00.28
and stands behind it.
00:38:00.31\00:38:01.94
The Bible says,
"But He said to them,
00:38:01.98\00:38:05.01
'Have you not read what
David did when he was hungry?
00:38:05.05\00:38:08.68
He and those who were with him.
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.62
How he entered the house
of God and ate the showbread,
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.09
which was not
lawful for him to eat,
00:38:13.12\00:38:16.19
nor for those who were with him,
00:38:16.22\00:38:18.13
but only for the priests?'"
00:38:18.16\00:38:19.76
Well, first of all,
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.13
we are going to
bring out a point
00:38:21.16\00:38:22.50
after reading a
couple of these verses
00:38:22.53\00:38:23.87
about three more.
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.23
But right away Jesus
confirms the existence of David
00:38:25.27\00:38:27.90
and the showbread and why not?
00:38:27.94\00:38:30.84
Because Jesus is of
the lineage of David,
00:38:30.87\00:38:34.24
to deny him is to
deny His own lineage.
00:38:34.28\00:38:38.38
Jesus has an amazing lineage
00:38:38.41\00:38:40.52
and Rahab the
harlot is in His lineage.
00:38:40.55\00:38:43.89
So what that says to
me is, people can ask...
00:38:43.92\00:38:47.16
People have asked the
question, can a bad...
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.76
Can a good thing
come out of a bad thing?
00:38:49.79\00:38:52.16
When divinity is involved,
He makes all things good.
00:38:52.19\00:38:56.36
Not only that, Matthew 10:6-8,
00:38:56.40\00:38:58.50
another reference
of Jesus to history.
00:38:58.53\00:39:01.00
Matthew 10:6-8, "Jesus says,
00:39:01.04\00:39:03.51
'But go rather to the lost sheep
00:39:03.54\00:39:05.61
of the house of Israel.
00:39:05.64\00:39:07.51
And as you go, preach, saying,
00:39:07.54\00:39:10.01
the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
00:39:10.05\00:39:12.15
Heal the sick,
cleanse the leper,
00:39:12.18\00:39:15.15
raise the dead, cast out demons.
00:39:15.18\00:39:18.15
Freely you have
received and freely give.'"
00:39:18.19\00:39:22.72
Right here,
Jesus refers to Israel.
00:39:22.76\00:39:25.09
Well, who is He?
The King of Israel.
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.66
Israel, meaning overcomers.
00:39:27.70\00:39:30.00
We cannot overcome
except through Christ,
00:39:30.03\00:39:33.07
changing the name from
Jacob an individual to Israel,
00:39:33.10\00:39:37.34
an entire nation.
00:39:37.37\00:39:38.84
And he intended for Israel
00:39:38.87\00:39:40.21
not to be just a
nation of people,
00:39:40.24\00:39:42.74
but a nation that
displays how through Christ,
00:39:42.78\00:39:46.45
each one of us can overcome,
but He acknowledged Israel.
00:39:46.48\00:39:49.52
Israel is an Old
Testament reference.
00:39:49.55\00:39:51.05
And by the way, when
Jesus walked the earth,
00:39:51.09\00:39:54.59
there was no New Testament.
00:39:54.62\00:39:56.36
That's right. That's right.
00:39:56.39\00:39:57.73
Thank you. Third
point, Luke 4:25-27.
00:39:57.76\00:40:02.36
Look at one another,
another acknowledgement,
00:40:02.40\00:40:05.30
another acknowledgement.
00:40:05.33\00:40:07.27
All right, it says,
00:40:07.30\00:40:08.74
"But I tell you truly
many widows were in Israel
00:40:08.77\00:40:11.07
in the days of Elijah,
00:40:11.11\00:40:12.51
when the heavens were shut
up three years and six months,
00:40:12.54\00:40:15.38
and there was a great
famine throughout all the land,
00:40:15.41\00:40:17.65
but to none of them was
Elijah sent except to Zarephath,
00:40:17.68\00:40:22.62
in the region of Sidon,
to a woman who was a widow.
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.65
And many lepers were in Israel
00:40:25.69\00:40:27.22
in the time of
Elisha the prophet,
00:40:27.26\00:40:29.29
and none of them were cleansed
except Naaman the Syrian."
00:40:29.32\00:40:32.49
Two lepers of the
Bible, Naaman was a leper,
00:40:32.53\00:40:35.00
Uzzaiah became a leper.
00:40:35.03\00:40:36.36
But once again,
00:40:36.40\00:40:37.73
Jesus looks back
into the pages of history.
00:40:37.77\00:40:39.70
And I like the fact
that when Jesus is standing
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.64
in the presence of the wise men,
00:40:41.67\00:40:43.00
the Pharisees, not so wise,
00:40:43.04\00:40:44.84
let me take that statement back.
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.64
He talked about
Abraham, and he...
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.24
They said, "You're barely 50.
00:40:49.28\00:40:51.11
Are you 50... Are
you even 50 years old?"
00:40:51.15\00:40:54.18
He said, he said,
00:40:54.22\00:40:56.15
'How can you be greater
than our Father Abraham?
00:40:56.18\00:40:58.65
And He said, blew me away.
00:40:58.69\00:41:00.82
"Before Abraham was, I am."
00:41:00.86\00:41:03.89
And they took pride
in searching the Bible.
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.70
And He's standing
right next to them.
00:41:06.73\00:41:09.46
And they're
searching the scriptures
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.27
and John 5:39 was a
passage that we often quote,
00:41:11.30\00:41:14.67
to encourage
people to read the Bible,
00:41:14.70\00:41:16.67
which we could use that
but I want to give the caution
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.81
that Jesus gave
in that very passage.
00:41:18.84\00:41:21.24
He said, "You search
the scriptures for in them
00:41:21.28\00:41:23.78
you think you
find eternal life."
00:41:23.81\00:41:26.45
But these are they
that testify of Me.
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.82
In other words, I'm right here.
00:41:28.85\00:41:31.65
So many of us
could read the Bible
00:41:31.69\00:41:33.02
and so when you study the Bible,
00:41:33.05\00:41:34.82
don't read the Bible
just for information,
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.62
read the Bible
looking for Christ
00:41:36.66\00:41:38.09
because the Pharisees
and the religious leaders
00:41:38.13\00:41:40.80
read the Bible
to great knowledge
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.63
and all that they had accrued
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.37
based on what
they read in the Bible,
00:41:44.40\00:41:45.73
but they missed Christ.
00:41:45.77\00:41:47.10
So Bible
knowledge is not enough.
00:41:47.14\00:41:48.54
And, Jill, that, you know, that,
00:41:48.57\00:41:50.44
that's my story right there.
00:41:50.47\00:41:51.81
Not that I wrote it,
00:41:51.84\00:41:53.17
but the road to
Emmaus meaning is possible
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.51
to have all the
facts about Jesus
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.68
and not even know Him.
00:41:58.71\00:42:00.22
Because Jesus,
when He spoke to them,
00:42:00.25\00:42:02.45
He began with
Moses and the prophets
00:42:02.48\00:42:04.45
and expounded to
them all the things
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.46
in the scriptures
concerning Himself.
00:42:07.49\00:42:08.89
So Bible
knowledge is not enough.
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.73
If we can communicate anything,
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.26
it's important
to study your Bible.
00:42:13.29\00:42:14.70
But it's important more
than that, to study your Bible,
00:42:14.73\00:42:18.10
asking, show me the
Christ, and you'll see Him.
00:42:18.13\00:42:21.07
Now when you study
all these references,
00:42:21.10\00:42:22.64
I want to bring out a few more.
00:42:22.67\00:42:24.91
In Luke 11:51, is another
one brought up by the writers.
00:42:24.94\00:42:29.78
He refers to, He says,
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.88
"From the blood of Abel
to the blood of Zechariah,
00:42:31.91\00:42:34.72
who perished between
the altar and the temple,
00:42:34.75\00:42:36.52
yes, I say to you,
00:42:36.55\00:42:38.25
it shall be
required of this generation."
00:42:38.29\00:42:40.86
Now once again, He goes back
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.22
and what's being brought
up by the Bible writers here
00:42:42.26\00:42:45.39
is instead of Jesus
just making reference
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.26
to the generation of His time,
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.06
He's continually
going back into the past
00:42:49.10\00:42:52.63
and recounting
and what amazes me
00:42:52.67\00:42:55.44
is He's doing this
00:42:55.47\00:42:56.81
in the presence of religious men
00:42:56.84\00:42:59.01
that are probably
saying "He's not a rabbi.
00:42:59.04\00:43:02.34
He's not from our school.
00:43:02.38\00:43:04.61
How does He know this?"
00:43:04.65\00:43:06.31
It doesn't dawn on
them that He knows this
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.08
because He's the Christ.
00:43:08.12\00:43:09.48
That's why He's doing this.
00:43:09.52\00:43:10.85
And if you look at
what the Bible writers
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.22
are bringing out,
00:43:12.25\00:43:13.59
over and over
here they're bringing
00:43:13.62\00:43:14.96
that particular point out.
00:43:14.99\00:43:16.32
And lastly, He
brings out an event
00:43:16.36\00:43:17.69
that's farther back
then even the rabbi's,
00:43:17.73\00:43:19.76
the days of Noah, Matthew 24:38,
00:43:19.79\00:43:22.16
"For as in the
days before the flood,
00:43:22.20\00:43:23.57
they were eating and drinking
00:43:23.60\00:43:24.93
and marrying and
giving in marriage
00:43:24.97\00:43:26.30
until the day that
Noah entered the ark."
00:43:26.33\00:43:28.87
And the flood came
and took them all away.
00:43:28.90\00:43:30.51
And then he says, "So
also will it be in the days
00:43:30.54\00:43:32.51
when the son of
Man is revealed."
00:43:32.54\00:43:33.94
Said, Son of man,
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.31
who are you to
speak on that authority?
00:43:35.34\00:43:36.81
Once again, "I was
there, I gave no other message."
00:43:36.85\00:43:40.05
So He makes it clear,
00:43:40.08\00:43:41.42
but one of the
points that are brought out
00:43:41.45\00:43:42.78
and the writer
is the question how?
00:43:42.82\00:43:46.12
How?
00:43:46.15\00:43:47.49
How could this
continue to be a point
00:43:47.52\00:43:49.52
that's brought up by Christ?
00:43:49.56\00:43:51.13
How could this
continue to be a point
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.89
that is being made?
00:43:52.93\00:43:54.26
Well, the point that
is being made clearly,
00:43:54.30\00:43:56.36
how is Jesus is in fact
the beginning and the end.
00:43:56.40\00:44:01.00
And I want to
bring out something
00:44:01.04\00:44:02.37
that's pointed out
to the Bible writers,
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.44
they said, "How is it possible
00:44:04.47\00:44:06.17
that these could continue
to come forth from Jesus?"
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.54
Well, here is the answer.
00:44:08.58\00:44:11.88
In the beginning was the Word...
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.31
Okay. Amen.
00:44:13.35\00:44:14.68
That's right.
00:44:14.72\00:44:16.05
In the beginning was the
Word and, you know, the rest.
00:44:16.08\00:44:18.32
The Word was with
God and the Word was God.
00:44:18.35\00:44:20.49
The same was in
the beginning with God.
00:44:20.52\00:44:22.99
When you walk in the
Word, you walk with the Word.
00:44:23.02\00:44:28.16
When you begin
studying the Bible,
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.80
you begin in the
beginning with the one
00:44:30.83\00:44:32.73
who wrote the Bible.
00:44:32.77\00:44:34.14
So let me encourage you,
in the beginning was the Word.
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.87
And so as one
caution I want to give you
00:44:36.91\00:44:39.94
and this is in Ephesians 4:14.
00:44:39.97\00:44:43.91
One of the challenges
00:44:43.95\00:44:45.28
that we are brought in by
the Apostle Paul is do that,
00:44:45.31\00:44:50.19
"That we should no longer
be children tossed to and fro,
00:44:50.22\00:44:54.16
and carried about
with every wind of doctrine
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.36
by the trickery of men
00:44:56.39\00:44:58.06
and the cunning craftiness
of deceitful plotting."
00:44:58.09\00:45:01.73
You'll never be a victim
of those who plot deceitfully
00:45:01.76\00:45:05.23
when you study the Bible
00:45:05.27\00:45:06.60
with a desire to walk
with the author of the Word.
00:45:06.63\00:45:09.07
Don't be
surprised by what you learn
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.51
because Jesus is in
fact, the living word.
00:45:11.54\00:45:14.78
Amen. Amen.
00:45:14.81\00:45:16.51
Thank you.
00:45:16.54\00:45:17.88
I'm so thankful for the Sabbath
School lesson for each person
00:45:17.91\00:45:21.05
what you bring out.
00:45:21.08\00:45:22.68
When I first looked at it,
00:45:22.72\00:45:24.99
Jesus and the
Apostles' View of the Bible,
00:45:25.02\00:45:27.59
it's like, is this something
we really need to talk about?
00:45:27.62\00:45:30.16
I mean, we know what it is.
00:45:30.19\00:45:32.69
But then I began to look at it.
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.20
I said, this sounds
a little elementary,
00:45:34.23\00:45:36.20
let me get into this.
00:45:36.23\00:45:37.57
And probably I won't
ask if you all thought that.
00:45:37.60\00:45:39.53
But when you get
into it, of course,
00:45:39.57\00:45:41.20
we find out you
go a little deeper.
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.27
There's some
great stuff in here.
00:45:43.30\00:45:45.34
But the one thing is,
that's interesting to me,
00:45:45.37\00:45:47.58
the reason we're even
having to deal with this
00:45:47.61\00:45:49.81
is because of the
attitude of Christians today.
00:45:49.84\00:45:53.31
And we...
00:45:53.35\00:45:54.68
If you just read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
00:45:54.72\00:45:59.39
there's going to
be no question at all
00:45:59.42\00:46:02.02
"Is all of the Bible valid?
00:46:02.06\00:46:04.06
Is the Old
Testament done away with?
00:46:04.09\00:46:05.69
Were the Ten Commandments
nailed to the cross?
00:46:05.73\00:46:07.46
You'll never come up
with that on your own really.
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.27
And I remember Richard
Bland told me, he said,
00:46:10.30\00:46:12.33
"When I go into prisons,
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.37
and I talk to the
people in the prisons,
00:46:14.40\00:46:16.84
they've never heard
the name of God outside,
00:46:16.87\00:46:19.21
many of those,
outside of a curse word.
00:46:19.24\00:46:22.31
We give them a Bible.
00:46:22.34\00:46:24.11
And I come back
a few months later,
00:46:24.15\00:46:26.51
and when we begin to
talk, they don't say,
00:46:26.55\00:46:29.55
"Oh, I wonder what
day we go to church?
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.25
Where's the Ten Commandments
nailed to the cross?
00:46:32.29\00:46:35.22
Wonder what happens
to you when you die?'
00:46:35.26\00:46:36.79
He said 'They
know all the answers.'"
00:46:36.83\00:46:38.16
You know why?
00:46:38.19\00:46:39.53
'Cause it's right
there in scripture.
00:46:39.56\00:46:40.90
So because of that,
00:46:40.93\00:46:42.26
I think we do need to
look at and confirm that Jesus,
00:46:42.30\00:46:46.53
and of course
the apostles, I mean,
00:46:46.57\00:46:48.57
how could Jesus not
affirm the Old Testament
00:46:48.60\00:46:50.57
when He's the God of
the Old Testament, right?
00:46:50.61\00:46:52.94
So when we look at this...
00:46:52.97\00:46:54.44
So I said, "Okay,
let's go through some of it."
00:46:54.48\00:46:56.61
Says...
00:46:56.64\00:46:57.98
The lesson says,
00:46:58.01\00:46:59.35
"We find that the New Testament
writers approached the Bible
00:46:59.38\00:47:01.38
in the same way that Jesus does.
00:47:01.42\00:47:03.28
In matters of doctrine, ethics
and prophetic fulfillment,
00:47:03.32\00:47:06.69
the Old Testament for them
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.09
was the
authoritative Word of God.
00:47:08.12\00:47:10.23
We find nothing anywhere
00:47:10.26\00:47:11.96
and what these men
say or do that challenges
00:47:11.99\00:47:15.03
either the authority
00:47:15.06\00:47:16.77
or the authenticity of
any part of the Bible."
00:47:16.80\00:47:20.84
So I just put here there's
too far too many Christians
00:47:20.87\00:47:23.10
who are too
quick to explain away.
00:47:23.14\00:47:25.24
Why the Old
Testaments no longer valid
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.88
in today's society.
00:47:27.91\00:47:29.24
They say, "How about this?
00:47:29.28\00:47:30.75
If any of you heard that?
00:47:30.78\00:47:32.18
Well, I believe the Bible,
00:47:32.21\00:47:33.55
I just don't believe
in the Old Testament."
00:47:33.58\00:47:35.18
That's impossible.
00:47:35.22\00:47:36.55
You can't believe the Bible
00:47:36.58\00:47:37.92
if you don't believe in the old,
00:47:37.95\00:47:39.29
Old Testament, right?
00:47:39.32\00:47:40.66
So you have to
believe one or believe all.
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.39
Now were there things
that were done away with?
00:47:43.43\00:47:45.33
The law of Moses
nailed to the cross.
00:47:45.36\00:47:46.86
Of course things
like that, but again,
00:47:46.90\00:47:49.03
you have to study and to find
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.77
we're gonna read
here a little bit.
00:47:51.80\00:47:53.27
Somebody's already did I think,
2 Timothy 3 in a little bit.
00:47:53.30\00:47:56.57
All scripture is given.
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.07
But I want to say,
00:47:58.11\00:47:59.44
let's see how the
apostles viewed the Scripture,
00:47:59.47\00:48:01.81
so we're going to be
looking at Acts 4:24-26.
00:48:01.84\00:48:05.85
Acts 13:32-36.
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.25
Romans 9:17, and Galatians 3:8.
00:48:08.28\00:48:11.82
We will see in these passages,
00:48:11.85\00:48:14.02
how closely
related these scriptures
00:48:14.06\00:48:16.02
are to the voice of God Himself.
00:48:16.06\00:48:18.79
Okay, in Acts 4,
00:48:18.83\00:48:20.23
just before being
filled with the Holy Spirit,
00:48:20.26\00:48:23.26
the disciples praise God
00:48:23.30\00:48:24.83
for the
deliverance of Peter and John.
00:48:24.87\00:48:27.20
In their praise,
they raise their voices,
00:48:27.24\00:48:29.64
acknowledging
God as the creator,
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.71
and for speaking
through David, His servant.
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.28
That is, David's
words are God's words.
00:48:34.31\00:48:36.98
Now we're looking
at how the apostles
00:48:37.01\00:48:40.12
look to the Word of God.
00:48:40.15\00:48:41.55
In Acts 13:32-36, David
is quoted again by Paul,
00:48:41.58\00:48:46.79
but his words are attributed
to God, for verse 32 says,
00:48:46.82\00:48:50.96
"What God
promised, so the Father's."
00:48:50.99\00:48:53.60
That shows you no
doubt in Romans 9:17,
00:48:53.63\00:48:57.57
"Where one would
expect God as the subject,
00:48:57.60\00:49:00.14
Paul uses the term scripture
00:49:00.17\00:49:03.14
saying for this
scripture says to Pharaoh..."
00:49:03.17\00:49:06.21
which could actually be
stated, for God says to Pharaoh,
00:49:06.24\00:49:09.78
see how interchangeable.
00:49:09.81\00:49:11.15
That's right. It's all one.
00:49:11.18\00:49:12.51
And Galatians 3:8, the subject,
00:49:12.55\00:49:14.52
"Scripture is
used in place of God
00:49:14.55\00:49:16.62
showing just how
closely tied to the Word of God,
00:49:16.65\00:49:20.69
it is to God Himself."
00:49:20.72\00:49:22.42
In fact, there
are hundreds of quotes
00:49:22.46\00:49:24.13
from the New Testament,
quoting the Old Testament.
00:49:24.16\00:49:26.86
I didn't know this one.
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.23
It says one scholar
00:49:28.26\00:49:29.60
compiled a list
00:49:29.63\00:49:30.97
of 2,688 specific references.
00:49:31.00\00:49:35.80
This is amazing to me, 400
from Isaiah, 370 from Psalms,
00:49:35.84\00:49:40.48
and 220 from Exodus and so on.
00:49:40.51\00:49:43.81
So how can you
think the Old Testament
00:49:43.85\00:49:47.55
has done away
with, the commandments...
00:49:47.58\00:49:49.92
Being quoted 2,688
times in the New Testament
00:49:49.95\00:49:54.66
referring back
to the Old Testament
00:49:54.69\00:49:56.93
is already mentioned here
that when Jesus was on earth
00:49:56.96\00:50:00.86
and the disciples, the apostles,
00:50:00.90\00:50:02.93
anybody
referring back, they were,
00:50:02.96\00:50:05.93
they only had the
Old Testament to go by,
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.80
of course, right?
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.17
So these scriptures
and many, many more,
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.67
do not support the
modern day Christian
00:50:11.71\00:50:13.61
to try to explain
away the Old Testament.
00:50:13.64\00:50:16.88
They said yes, when
Jesus quoted scripture,
00:50:16.91\00:50:19.78
it was from the Old Testament.
00:50:19.81\00:50:21.58
When the
apostles quoted scripture,
00:50:21.62\00:50:23.85
it was from the Old Testament.
00:50:23.89\00:50:26.19
It should be noted that...
00:50:26.22\00:50:27.59
I wrote down, it should be noted
00:50:27.62\00:50:28.96
that the apostles
did not try to do away
00:50:28.99\00:50:31.66
with the Old Testament
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.03
even after Jesus was
crucified on the cross.
00:50:33.06\00:50:35.53
They still believed and
quoted from the Old Testament
00:50:35.56\00:50:38.13
as the Word of
God, think about it.
00:50:38.17\00:50:39.90
Jesus or any of the
apostles or disciples
00:50:39.93\00:50:42.97
could have openly questioned
00:50:43.00\00:50:44.41
the authority of
the Old Testament
00:50:44.44\00:50:45.91
just based on the flawed people
00:50:45.94\00:50:47.88
who wrote them.
00:50:47.91\00:50:49.24
Like David and...
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.61
Oh, wow. And Moses.
00:50:50.65\00:50:52.51
They could have
said, "Wait a minute,
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.02
how can that be
total authority?"
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.85
I mean, David, look what he did.
00:50:56.89\00:50:58.35
I mean, Moses look killed...
00:50:58.39\00:50:59.82
I mean, look at
all of these things,
00:50:59.85\00:51:01.79
but they didn't.
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.16
They knew, they interchanged it,
00:51:03.19\00:51:04.53
this was God
speaking through human flesh.
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.23
The beauty of that is today,
in our flawed state of mind,
00:51:07.26\00:51:10.87
John, God is willing to use us.
00:51:10.90\00:51:13.20
He's willing to use you,
00:51:13.23\00:51:14.77
each and every one of
you to do something great
00:51:14.80\00:51:16.81
and mighty and marvelous,
00:51:16.84\00:51:18.27
when you come in
the name of the Lord.
00:51:18.31\00:51:20.18
So the devil would have you say,
00:51:20.21\00:51:22.14
"Oh, well I'm this human being.
00:51:22.18\00:51:24.71
I'm so many
mistakes. I can't..."
00:51:24.75\00:51:26.82
Now just read through
history as John mentioned.
00:51:26.85\00:51:28.88
Read through the Bible,
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.25
look at some of the
characters that God used.
00:51:30.29\00:51:32.22
Hey, they might be
as bad as me and you,
00:51:32.25\00:51:34.52
some of these folk.
00:51:34.56\00:51:35.89
But today, don't let
the devil deceive you.
00:51:35.92\00:51:38.59
God has something
special for you in your life.
00:51:38.63\00:51:42.30
Once again, Jesus,
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
00:51:42.33\00:51:44.93
any of the Bible
writers after Jesus' death
00:51:44.97\00:51:47.50
could have
criticize, could have condemned,
00:51:47.54\00:51:49.67
they could have tried to do away
00:51:49.70\00:51:51.04
with the authenticity
of the Old Testament.
00:51:51.07\00:51:53.94
But here's the
good news, they did not.
00:51:53.98\00:51:56.75
The Old Testament scriptures
are the foundational...
00:51:56.78\00:52:00.52
are the doctrinal foundation
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.42
upon which the teachings of
Jesus and the apostles rest.
00:52:02.45\00:52:06.19
So the books of
the New Testament
00:52:06.22\00:52:08.19
are replete with references
to the Old Testament prophecies
00:52:08.22\00:52:11.63
that are often introduced
with the phrase it is written
00:52:11.66\00:52:15.06
that you already mentioned.
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.23
I won't go through them
all but Matthew, Mark, Luke,
00:52:17.27\00:52:20.94
Romans,
Corinthians, Galatians, Peter,
00:52:20.97\00:52:24.57
you can go on and on.
00:52:24.61\00:52:25.94
All of these are replete,
00:52:25.97\00:52:27.31
they're going
back saying it was...
00:52:27.34\00:52:28.91
it is written and
going back to where
00:52:28.94\00:52:31.18
and when they say it is written,
00:52:31.21\00:52:32.88
back to the Old Testament.
00:52:32.91\00:52:34.78
How did the
apostles and Jesus...
00:52:34.82\00:52:37.32
John said, "Clearly,
00:52:37.35\00:52:38.69
they saw clearly
about the Word of God."
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.29
Now 2 Timothy 3:16, 17
was already been quoted
00:52:41.32\00:52:45.89
I think, "All
scripture..." how much?
00:52:45.93\00:52:47.90
All.
00:52:47.93\00:52:49.26
"All scripture
is been given by..."
00:52:49.30\00:52:51.03
Inspiration. "Inspiration," wow.
00:52:51.07\00:52:54.04
"All scripture is given..."
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So that means
it's well thought out.
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When God gave it, He
thought about it in advance.
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So we read some of that and say
"That just doesn't make sense.
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No, it doesn't make
sense to you and me."
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It makes sense to God.
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So whatever is in
there, all scripture,
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so we don't take
parts of the Bible
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and throw them out because well,
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hey, it's not very clear.
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That doesn't make sense.
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No, God says, "All scripture
is given by inspiration of God,
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and is," what?
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Profitable.
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"Profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction,
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for
construction, for instruction,
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for righteousness,
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that the man of
God may become perfect,
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thoroughly says,
furnished unto all good works."
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And I have some friends
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who were raised
in another church,
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and you know who they are.
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And Ryan knows some background,
but the guy said to me,
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"All we ever
did was come to Acts
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and every week
we danced on Acts."
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And so the rest of the Bible
didn't really mean much to us.
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He says, "It doesn't mean much
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'cause we just want
to be happy in the Lord."
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But I want to tell you,
that's great to be happy,
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but we have to know and
understand the foundation
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because when you
don't, there's a reason,
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there's an attack
on the Old Testament,
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because in the Old Testament,
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the Ten Commandments were given.
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Now if you can look at
them throughout all the Bible,
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and you can go back and see
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that they've been
there from the beginning,
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but was given to Moses
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and people hate
the Ten Commandments.
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Why? Because
they're not keeping them.
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And churches today
don't have an answer.
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So they say, "Oh,
well, that Old Testament,
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we don't go by that."
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One guy said,
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"I just rip off half of my Bible
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and throw it away
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because I live by
the New Testament."
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But I want to
tell you something,
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if you live by
the New Testament,
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Jesus is the God
of the New Testament.
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All of the apostles,
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the disciples that
lived in the New Testament,
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they all kept the
commandments of God.
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They all believed
that all scripture
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and the only scripture
they were referring to back
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then they had written
them yet was the Old Testament.
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So how did Jesus and again,
it's hard to figure Jesus,
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you know, for us
to question Jesus
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but of course, the apostles,
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they studied and
viewed the Old Testament
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with I'm going to
say great confidence,
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great assurance
that the God of heaven
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who is serving today
and is instructing us today
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has been there
from the foundation
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of the earth.
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Wow. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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This whole study
is just so powerful.
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You know, how to
interpret scripture,
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this study was much needed.
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And, you know, I
think just of the importance
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of interpreting
scripture correctly
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that could determine
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whether or not you
know God, it can determine
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whether or not you make
it into the kingdom of God.
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That's how
important this really is.
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I'm going to go
back through the panel
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and let you guys
give some final thoughts
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on today's lesson.
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My mind just goes
back to Matthew 5,
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where we were talking about here
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Christ
addressing the 12 disciples,
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plus those other perspective,
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you know, of entering
the kingdom of heaven.
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And He says forth
in clear language,
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the high standard of citizenship
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is the law of God.
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That's right. Amen.
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Thank you, Pastor Kenny.
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On Tuesday we talked
about Jesus and all scripture.
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Jesus loved the Word of God.
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In Psalm 119, that Psalm
on the Word of God, verse 47,
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"I will delight
myself in your commandments,
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which I love."
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So God calls us to
immerse ourselves in His Word,
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and to love it.
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Amen. That's right.
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And the Apostle
Paul in Romans 1:20,
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speaking about the
Word of God, it says,
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"For since the
creation of the world,
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His invisible
attributes are clearly seen,
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being understood by
the things that are made,
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even His eternal
power and Godhead,
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so that they
are without excuse."
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If you study God's Word,
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there'll be no
need for an excuse.
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It's clear. Amen.
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Absolutely.
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And my encouragement
would be why not take advantage
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of all the
blessings of all the Bible?
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Yeah. Right?
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That's right.
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Not just the New Testament,
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let's enjoy all
of the Bible again,
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2 Timothy 3:16-17.
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"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God."
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That's right. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Pastor, you said something
early on in this lesson
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so great.
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Speaking of Jesus
and the apostles' view,
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He said, what was Jesus' view?
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He was very clear.
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And, you know, maybe not so much
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for the apostles at one time.
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But, you know, it's
so powerful to think,
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as the apostles had a
daily encounter with Jesus,
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their spiritual vision
got clearer, and clearer,
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and clearer, so that, you know,
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even after Christ was gone,
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they had that daily
relationship with Christ.
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They were in the word,
their view of the Bible,
00:57:29.68\00:57:32.71
the view of the
scripture became clearer,
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and clearer, and clearer.
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And I pray that that's
the case for me as well.
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Amen? Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Hey, we hope that you
join us next week again.
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We've come to the
end of this study,
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but we're going to continue
on next week for another study,
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lesson four, which is entitled
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"The Bible, the Authoritative
source of our Theology."
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We thank you as
always for joining us here
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at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
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and we hope to see
you right here as always,
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next week.
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God bless. Have a good day.
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Amen.
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