Hello and welcome to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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What a privilege it is to
be able to come into your home
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and be able to
study together God's Word.
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We are on lesson number five,
you know, By Scripture Alone.
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So we want to make sure
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you get your
Bible, pencil, and paper
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and join with us in this study
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and then you can
also recall later on
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and let people know
that you're studying with us,
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that'd be nice to
know, this great big group.
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Anyway, we're thrilled
thankful that you're here.
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But by the way, some of
you may not have a Study Guide.
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So we want to make sure
you have that Study Guide.
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It's very important
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that you follow
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just simply download
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That's absg.adventist.org.
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And get your lesson today
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You can see
everybody's busy right now.
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And we're going to be
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So don't go away. We'll
see you in just a moment.
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Hello and welcome back
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once again to 3ABN
Sabbath School panel.
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We're glad, again, that
you've decided to join us.
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These are some,
I say to the panel,
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exciting studies.
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I think Pastor
John mentioned it,
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at least to me too.
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It's even more than I
thought, is it okay to do that?
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It's more because I believe that
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we've been praying
for the Holy Spirit
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to bring these things out.
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And I find that I've
needed a lot of these things.
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And so I pray
that you, you know,
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are digging in with us.
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You got those study
guides and you're digging in,
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and you're going to be
studying and you see, too,
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that these are a real blessing.
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I heard someone say,
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"Well, I can just do
one or two parts of this
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and it's all over."
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There's a lot in God's
Word, a lot of digging.
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Again, we're glad
that you're with us.
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I want to introduce the panel.
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No one needs introduction
here. I understand that.
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But you know,
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I'm under this
impression, Sister Jill,
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there are new
people all the time.
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And I'm going to believe
by hundreds and thousands
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that are joining the 3ABN
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and watching 3ABN all the time
as the Sabbath School Panel.
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So we're doing it for
them, ain't that right?
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Not that with recognition,
but we're doing it for them.
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So, Sister Jill
Morikone, always a pleasure.
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Thank you for being
able to work with you.
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I appreciate it very much.
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I enjoy working with you
too and the rest of the panel.
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Excited about to
study the Word of God.
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Yes, Pastor John
Lomacang, always a pleasure.
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Praise the Lord.
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And this one about
the clarity of scripture,
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we're going to really
dive into what a Sola Scriptura
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and how the
impact makes a difference
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in our lives daily.
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Amen. And it does. You
have Pastor John Dinzey.
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Nice, you're with us today
It's a pleasure to be here.
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And we encourage people
to get something to write
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with because
there's a lot of information
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coming at you.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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And I'm telling you just
have done a wonderful job,
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and we appreciate
that what you're doing.
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And Pastor Ryan
Day, bless your heart.
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Always good to have you.
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I kind of feel like
we're anchored in good.
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It's all going to hold together.
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I'm locked and
loaded and ready to go.
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Praise God. I'm
excited about this one.
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Amen. I'm excited too.
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You know, the
excitement brings us
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right to the need
of prayer, doesn't it?
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Since we're
talking to you last...
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Would you pray? Absolutely.
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Yes. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven, as always God,
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we want to come to You
and ask for the leadership
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of the Holy
Spirit as these messages
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go out to the world.
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Lord, we don't
want people to hear us,
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we want to know hear Your word.
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We want to be able
to understand Your word.
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And, Lord, we here on this panel
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need to understand Your word.
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We need to be
drawn closer to Jesus,
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just like everyone else.
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So God just drown us, Lord,
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cover us with Your
Spirit, with Your love,
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and with the leadership
and wisdom of Your Holy Spirit,
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that these messages may go out
and lead each and every person
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that listens to Jesus
Christ, we ask in His holy name.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Okay, lesson number five
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then we're talking
about by scripture, you know,
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of only here are Sola Scriptura.
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And so this is what
we've been the whole lessons,
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all the lessons we've had so far
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is always pointed us back
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if we tried to go
another direction,
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it always
brought us back to the,
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what, the Word of God.
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It's the most
important thing to do,
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and we praise God for that.
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We're going to go
over Sabbath, you know?
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I see a lot of good
things on our memory text
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and then Sabbath's lesson.
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You don't want us to
go over any of things
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here with just rationally.
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You want to get into it
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and really look at these things.
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And I love the memory text
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found in the
Book of Hebrews 4:12.
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Most of you surely
know this and it says,
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"For the Word of God is a
what, living or quick, powerful,
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sharper than
any two-edged sword.
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It's piercing, notice,
even the division of the soul
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and the spirit of the
joints and the morrow.
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It is a
discerner of the thoughts
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and the intents of man."
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So it takes man inside out
knows all about, doesn't it?
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God knows all about us.
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I like it because it says
it's quick and it's living.
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Powerful means,
the word is effective.
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It can really...
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When you put it
inside, it becomes effective.
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If you keep it
outside, it's not effective.
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You know, we got a battery here,
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you know, it needs to be jumped.
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You got to put the
jumper cables on there
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and the jumper
cables you put on there,
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you got to have a car
with a little bit of power
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to jump that over.
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And I feel like I need that
jump of the Holy Spirit, right?
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That power to put into
our spiritual batteries today.
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And I'm sure that you do too.
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And I'm thankful
that we have a God
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that says living
Word is powerful,
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it's sharper than
any two-edged sword
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because it rightly
divides both ways and separates.
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So lesson brings out,
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Sabbath's part of lesson
brings out scripture alone...
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Once again, we'll repeat that
to the end of these lessons.
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Scripture alone is
the final authority.
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I like that.
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I don't know about
you, but I was raised...
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I needed a final
authority, you know?
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It can't let me just
go any direction that
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there was a bottom line on here.
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So to me the
scripture, is it okay to say it?
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The scripture is the bottom line
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for us today.
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And it's the final authority
when it comes to doctrine
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and when it comes to, you know,
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any other
issues, matters of faith
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and so on so forth.
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When the
Protestant Reformation...
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We just step back
for just a moment.
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Protestant Reformation
revolted against Rome.
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We know that they did. Why?
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Because Roman had been
teaching errors of scripture.
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And so the Bible gave
the Protestant Reformation,
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a good force, and
gave it a good authority,
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a good foundation
which to stand on.
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So this week, we
look at Sola Scriptura
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in great detail as the ultimate,
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I like this,
doctrinal authorities.
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Sunday's lesson, quickly...
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It's right here.
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Scripture as the ruling norm.
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What does that mean
scripture as the ruling norm?
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To me, it goes back to what
we've all been discussing here.
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Again, it always points back
to scripture, Sola Scriptura.
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Seventh-day
Adventist Christians are...
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I'm not going to try to
say this in any kind of way,
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that'd be
offensive for herd of people
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have this head
swell or whatever it is.
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But I've met a lot
of people, you know,
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and we talked
about studying the Bible
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with different ones
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and Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
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has always been considered,
and tell me if I'm wrong,
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people of the book.
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And we should be.
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And not anything else,
but we're people of the book.
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And so likely
without the head swelling,
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nothing about that at all.
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It has to do, and
I've heard people say
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it all the time
and not being one,
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they would say, "If
you're going to study
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with a Seventh-day Adventist,
you better know the Bible."
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Have you ever heard that?
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If you're going to study
with them, you better know.
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That's not trying
to lift anything up.
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That's simply we're doing
what God has said in His Word,
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to get into the
Word, to learn the Word
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because He is the Word
that we need inside of us.
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Recognize the
authority of the Bible,
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and it is the ruling
norm, and this is why
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we take as a
Bible for our theology,
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we take it for our life,
we take it for our doctrine,
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our teaching, and
then trying to find out
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what is truth.
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And I've heard a lot
of good comments on that
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trying to find
out what truth is.
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And so by doing that
we rule out, simply put,
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we rule out
emotions and feelings
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and human
reasoning and tradition.
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I think we've heard
that said so often hear.
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Jesus said this.
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Remember He said
in vain do they, what?
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Worship. Read the scripture.
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"In vain do they worship Me,"
what, "teaching for doctrines,
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the commandments of men."
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I just heard a radio
program just the other day,
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and I was captivated by it.
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I'll be honest, I
don't listen to too much
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that's out there unless
I think that it's solid.
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That makes sense?
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If solid, because I
don't want to do anything
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that I understand is
not truth in my brain.
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I want to know what truth
is, and then build from there.
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But they were talking
about tradition and the Bible.
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And a man called in...
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I got to tell stories
because, I mean, this is just...
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It was yesterday.
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And a man called in
who really wanted...
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When he called into
a talk show program,
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and it was of the Roman Church.
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And so there are two men
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who are very educated
same and so on and so forth.
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But man called in
because he was interested
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in finding out what is truth.
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And so we started
talking about the difference
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in tradition and the Bible.
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What's the difference?
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And of course, they
tried to convince him
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that tradition
was on the same plane
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or even higher
than the Word of God.
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But that bothered me. I
wanted to get in on the fray.
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I wanted to get in
because I sense that the man
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that had called
was honest in heart,
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he was trying to figure out.
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And they were
trying to point him...
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He said, "What
I've been figuring out
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by trying to read the word,"
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which he
belonged to Roman Church,
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he said, "I've
been reading the word,
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and the word says this should be
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our final authority on things.
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And said, "Well, the church
is the final authority on this
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and it's above, you
know, really the scripture."
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And I...
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Is it okay to say aggravated?
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Spiritually aggravated.
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I turned it off. Yeah.
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Anyway, we're talking about it.
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Jesus said, "It's in
vain they worship Me,
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teaching for doctrines
and commandments of men."
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I think you've
been read Matthew 15:6,
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"Thus you have made
the commandments of God,"
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as what?
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"None effect by your tradition."
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Traditions that may not affect
the teachings of God's work.
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So we have to be careful.
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I found this is
actually in letter 43, 1895.
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This was written.
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I love that because
there's two words here
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that I'm going to hang on to.
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It's just that simple.
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Here's what it says,
"Air could not stand alone."
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Some of you read
that. Air cannot do, what?
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Stand alone.
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Air can't stand, you
know, it can't stand alone.
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Just like the enemy,
he can't create anything,
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he can't do
anything, he's a copycat.
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He looked at
God, ain't that right?
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And everything that God did,
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he tried to do it
in a different way
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and put his stamp on that.
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So air cannot stand
alone, notice it, and would soon
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become extinct if it
did not fascinate itself.
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Here it is, air is a parasite
up on the tree of truth.
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So I like the word
parasite. Notice it's there.
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The traditions of men like this,
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notice, floating germs,
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like floating
germs attract themselves
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to the truth of God.
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Men regard them
as a part of truth.
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See, this is the danger part.
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Right there, men, they see it
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and they goes over
and over and is told
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and pretty soon
people think that it is,
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it is the truth.
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Notice it, men
boldly teach for doctrines
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of commandments of men,
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as tradition
passed on from age to age.
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So air then we can
look at is a parasite
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that cannot stand on its
own, it is a floating germ
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that attaches
itself many times to,
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what, truth and tries
to draw things out of it.
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So we want to make sure that
we don't have any parasites,
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any germs floating around
in our experience with Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 4:1-6,
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I'm not going to
have time to read that.
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But especially verse
six, in 1 Corinthians 4:1-6.
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If we read all these things,
we'd run out of time here.
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But I know that
you're going to do it
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because you're
jotting these things down.
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And you're going to study.
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Paul said, "We
should not go beyond,"
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we've read this,
"what is written."
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And I think sometime our
answer should be yea or nay,
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rather than get
a little confused
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on certain things
and confuse other minds.
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He said, "Don't go
beyond what is written."
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Why?
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Because scripture
is the ruling norm.
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It should be for us.
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And for anyone to say
anything else, you see,
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we need to be brought
back and say, look, again,
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no parasites, no
floating germs, right?
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We want to stand by,
you know, God and His Word.
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So why is this point
crucial for our faith?
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Why is it?
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Don't go beyond what is written.
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We know this does not
exclude I think brought down
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a couple
lesson's previous insights
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in the field of study.
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I mean, we can use, you
know, biblical archaeology,
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can we not use that?
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We can use science as
it were in the right way
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if we can balance it.
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Can we not use concordances?
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Can we not use,
you know, commentaries,
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and I'm going to throw in spirit
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of prophecy if you don't mind.
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Just throw some of
these things in here.
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But again, we
don't throw those out.
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But we study right,
compare them for what is true
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with the Word of God, right?
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Because this runs
forever and stands fast.
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So we look and harmonized
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with the Bible,
feel free to use it.
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I've often said, I
don't care where truth
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comes from as
long as it is truth
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and harmonize with the Bible.
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People say, well, this
group brought this part,
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this group brought that part.
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Well, praise
God, that's wonderful.
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But because it is
truth of God's Word
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is what I want in
my heart and life.
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So scripture is a
ruling norm needs to be for us
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and to arrive at the
proper interpretation.
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You know, scripture
has to have priority
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about
everything we talked about,
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every aspect with again science
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or whatever it might
be, even our viewpoints.
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So we must evaluate scripture.
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Paul made that point
very clear in his writings.
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Maybe make one more
point here before we close
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Matthew 4:4 very familiar
what we need to be doing here.
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It is, what, "It is written,
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'Man shall not, what,
live by bread alone.'"
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I love this
passage. I love this passage.
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To me, it's
simple and so straight
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and, you know, it's just...
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It kind of makes
you hungry in a sense.
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You know, I mean,
it talks about bread.
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You know, what I
mean? Spiritually hungry.
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Man must not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word
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that proceeds out
of the mouth of God.
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We go back to Sola Scriptura,
you know, by scripture alone,
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and I encourage you to use
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that principle
every day of your life,
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God will be with you
and you will be blessed.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny,
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what a wonderful
foundation, Sola Scriptura.
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And that's really
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what our entire lesson is about.
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We're in lesson number 5,
and we're going to continue
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this all the way
to lesson number 13
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because of the
importance of the Word of God
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is our authority
for faith and practice.
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On Monday, we look at
The Unity of Scripture.
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I want to look at the cohesive
unity of the Word of God.
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And we have several points.
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Number one, the Bible is unified
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because it has one
author, that's God.
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Now we talked
about in previous lessons
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that the Word of God,
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of course, we know
comprises 66 books.
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There's probably 40
authors spanning 1,500 years,
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3 continents,
Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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And you think
about that many authors,
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but yet God is
the author overall
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because God is
the one who inspired.
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We know 2 Timothy 3, and
we've quoted the scripture
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before and by the
end of this quarter,
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you'll have memorized it.
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2 Timothy 3:16 and 17.
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"All scripture,
each and every scripture,
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is given by inspiration of God,
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and is profitable for
reproof, for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness.
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That the man of God
may be perfect or complete,
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thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
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2 Peter 1:20 and
21, "Knowing this first,
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that no prophecy of Scripture
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is of any
private interpretation,
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for prophecy never
came by the will of man,
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but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved
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by the Holy Spirit."
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You know, it'd be pretty rare
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for one author to
contradict themselves.
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Maybe unless they're a liar.
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Maybe you could catch yourself,
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you know, in some twisted lines.
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But if you're an
honest person, and you wrote,
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usually what you say
is going to be consistent,
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it would be impossible for God.
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Because we know
in Numbers 23:19,
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this is Balaam, remember
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when he was
supposed to curse Israel?
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He said, "God is not a
man, that He should lie,
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nor a Son of man,
that He should repent.
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Has he said, and
will He not do it?
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Or has he spoken and
will he not make it good?"
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So it is
impossible for God to lie.
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God is the author
of truth, God is truth.
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The Bible is unified
because it has one author, God.
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Number two, the Bible
is unified in doctrine.
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Although, it has
many varied parts,
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the Bible really contains
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many different
types of literature.
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The law, the books of the law,
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the first five
books written by Moses,
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The Mosaic Law, The
Ten Commandment Law.
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The Bible contains prophecy.
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We have
eschatological prophecies
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or end time prophecies,
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we have apocalyptic prophecies
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or revelatory
prophecies revealing,
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unveiling what is going
to take place in the future.
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We have Messianic prophecies,
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Old Testament
prophecies foretelling
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the coming Messiah.
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The Bible contains
literature and history.
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There's a great deal
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of historical
books in the Word of God,
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starting after those books
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from Moses continuing
all the way through Esther.
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The Bible contains
wisdom and poetry books,
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specifically Job
and Psalms and Proverbs,
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Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon.
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And the Bible
contains the Gospels,
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the story of Jesus
and His life and ministry
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and death and resurrection.
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The Bible contains parables.
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That's a
different type of literature
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that we would find
in the Word of God,
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a short story told by Jesus
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teaching a moral
or spiritual lesson.
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Of course, the
Bible contains epistles,
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which would be letters written
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specifically to a
person or a church
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or a group of people.
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Number three, the Old Testament
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and the New Testament
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are in perfect
harmony with each other.
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Many people say,
many Christians say,
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the Old Testament is
full of a vengeful God
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or an angry God.
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The New Testament,
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we're not under the law anymore,
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we're under grace
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and that is full
of grace and mercy.
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But the truth is
that there is no discord
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between the Old
Testament and the New Testament.
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The Old Testament is
unfolded in the New Testament.
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And the New Testament is
built on the Old Testament.
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Think of the sacrificial system
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that was instituted
in the Old Testament.
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You think about every sacrifice,
00:19:06.51\00:19:09.71
every time the
lamb was sacrificed,
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every ordinance contained
within the sanctuary system
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pointed forward
to the New Testament,
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pointed forward to
Jesus, the Lamb of God.
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Think about
justification by faith.
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Many times we say
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the Old
Testament was about works,
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the New Testament's about grace,
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but the truth is,
justification by faith
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existed in the Old Testament.
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Genesis 15:6, I
love this scripture.
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"Abraham believed God,
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and He accounted it to
him for righteousness."
00:19:40.71\00:19:44.81
That word accounted meaning
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in Hebrew to impute to wrecking.
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That is justification
by faith, Pastor Kenny,
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that is when he
believed God by faith.
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Christ credited to his
account, his righteousness.
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We see that in Psalm 32:1 and 2,
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"Blessed is he who is
transgression is forgiven,
00:20:03.63\00:20:07.60
whose sin is covered.
00:20:07.64\00:20:09.74
Blessed is the
man to whom the Lord
00:20:09.77\00:20:11.57
does not impute iniquity,"
there's that word again,
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"and in whose
spirit there is no deceit."
00:20:15.58\00:20:18.01
Now Paul corroborates
this. Paul agrees with this.
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In Romans 4.
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He says the
justification by faith
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that Abraham
experienced took place,
00:20:24.79\00:20:28.42
even before he was circumcised,
00:20:28.46\00:20:30.76
before any
external works of the law.
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Paul says it took place
before that justification
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by faith took place then.
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The New Testament
builds on the old.
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Pastor Kenny, I
think you were the one
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who reminded us
in a previous lesson
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of Matthew 5:17,
00:20:45.07\00:20:46.68
Jesus speaking
says, "Do not think that
00:20:46.71\00:20:49.18
I came to destroy
the law or the prophets.
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I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill."
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And then He goes on
with the Sermon on the Mount.
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We see this further explanation
00:20:59.85\00:21:02.76
as it were of the true breadth,
00:21:02.79\00:21:07.33
length, depth, and
height of the Word of God.
00:21:07.36\00:21:12.20
He says, "You
think," Jesus speaking.
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He says, "You think,
okay, don't commit adultery
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.51
because that's what the
letter of the law said."
00:21:17.54\00:21:20.61
But He said, "I say to
you, if you even look on someone
00:21:20.64\00:21:24.71
with lust that is
committing adultery."
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You say, don't kill
someone because that's murder,
00:21:28.12\00:21:31.39
and that's the
letter of the law.
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But Jesus says,
"But I say to you,
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if you even hate
your brother or sister,
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if you have that
against someone else,
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you have
already committed murder
00:21:42.66\00:21:45.53
in your heart."
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So Jesus did not ignore the law,
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He did not make it
void, He did not say,
00:21:52.04\00:21:55.44
"Oh, we're just
existing under grace."
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He magnified the law.
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He exalted the
law to the level that
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they didn't even
understand in the Old Testament
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to almost the
spiritual level of the law.
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Number four, the
Bible is unified.
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And in each book of the Bible
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is of equal
importance and inspiration.
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The Bible is unified.
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We see this in Paul, you
look at the Book of Romans,
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he quotes, make a guess,
00:22:26.17\00:22:28.41
and I know this is
putting you all on the spot.
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Make a guess,
00:22:30.05\00:22:31.38
how many verses
in the Book of Romans
00:22:31.41\00:22:33.11
does Paul quote
from the Old Testament?
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You think 20, 30, 40?
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One hundred and five.
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One hundred and
five Old Testament verses
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all makes reference to.
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Now you would think, "Okay,
00:22:48.06\00:22:49.40
if he just quotes from one book,
00:22:49.43\00:22:50.87
he's saying, well, this one book
00:22:50.90\00:22:52.23
is more
important than the rest."
00:22:52.27\00:22:53.67
He quotes from 19
Old Testament books,
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19 of them.
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He quotes from
Genesis, and Exodus, Leviticus,
00:22:58.94\00:23:01.31
and Deuteronomy, 2
Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles,
00:23:01.34\00:23:06.01
Job, Psalms,
Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
00:23:06.05\00:23:08.75
Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos,
00:23:08.78\00:23:10.49
Nahum, Habakkuk, and Malachi.
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Nineteen Old Testament books,
the Apostle Paul quotes from,
00:23:12.79\00:23:17.76
showing that
each book of the Bible
00:23:17.79\00:23:21.06
is of equal
importance and inspiration.
00:23:21.10\00:23:23.43
Yes.
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Finally, number five, the Bible
is unified in its teaching.
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So it is easy to
identify false doctrine.
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Think about the qualifications
for an elder in the church.
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Now Paul tells
Timothy, that in 1 Timothy 3.
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But we're going
to go to Titus 1:9.
00:23:39.11\00:23:41.68
He says, "Holding
fast the faithful word
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.65
as he has been taught,
00:23:44.69\00:23:46.02
that he may be
able, by sound doctrine,
00:23:46.05\00:23:49.42
both to exhort and
convict those who contradict."
00:23:49.46\00:23:54.20
A healthy church is a
doctrinally pure church
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.70
and a doctrinally sound church.
00:23:57.73\00:23:59.97
The lesson says
without the unity of the Bible,
00:24:00.00\00:24:03.91
the church would have no
means to distinguish truth
00:24:03.94\00:24:07.94
from error and
to repudiate heresy.
00:24:07.98\00:24:12.38
So the Word of
God, and the unity
00:24:12.41\00:24:15.38
we find in the Word of
God is a defense as it were,
00:24:15.42\00:24:19.35
against error
creeping into the church.
00:24:19.39\00:24:23.12
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:24:23.16\00:24:25.26
What a foundation
which to build here
00:24:25.29\00:24:26.86
like the unity of scripture.
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a good lesson so,
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We know you're
enjoying the lessons.
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We want to quickly get to
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Tuesday's lesson
with Pastor John Lomacang.
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The Clarity of Scripture.
00:25:15.34\00:25:18.21
I want to begin
with Ephesians 4,
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I'm going to read verse 13.
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And this verse, I would say,
00:25:23.49\00:25:25.02
would be the anchor to the point
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.76
that the lesson
is going to bring out
00:25:26.79\00:25:28.12
the clarity of scripture.
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It begins with the words,
00:25:30.06\00:25:31.39
"Till we all come to
the unity of the faith
00:25:31.43\00:25:36.80
and the knowledge
of the Son of God,
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to a perfect man,
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to the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ."
00:25:41.17\00:25:45.01
But now verse 14, amplifies
what unity is all about,
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"That we should no
longer be children,
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.11
tossed to and
fro and carried about
00:25:52.15\00:25:55.62
with every wind of doctrine,
by the trickery of men,
00:25:55.65\00:25:59.85
in the cunning
craftiness by which
00:25:59.89\00:26:01.86
they lie in wait to deceive."
00:26:01.89\00:26:04.59
We are living in...
00:26:04.63\00:26:06.59
It was apparent in Paul's day
00:26:06.63\00:26:08.70
that even back then men
were preparing to deceive.
00:26:08.73\00:26:13.00
And Paul said,
"The only way that
00:26:13.03\00:26:14.50
deception will not be possible
00:26:14.54\00:26:17.01
is if we come to
the unity of the faith."
00:26:17.04\00:26:20.14
And on what?
00:26:20.18\00:26:21.51
On the knowledge
of the Son of God.
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And then he talked
about how important it is
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.68
that doctrines will come up,
that will bring about disunity,
00:26:25.71\00:26:30.55
that will be formulated
by the trickery of men,
00:26:30.59\00:26:33.52
cunning craftiness.
00:26:33.56\00:26:35.52
If it was true in his
day, what is it in our day?
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2 Timothy 3 says, "Ever learning
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and never able to come to
the knowledge of the truth."
00:26:41.93\00:26:44.57
And so the clarity of
scripture is vitally important.
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Any appeal, to believe something
00:26:47.90\00:26:50.77
that is not
supported by the scripture,
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.44
falls into the category
00:26:53.48\00:26:55.18
of the cunning
craftiness of man hands.
00:26:55.21\00:26:58.31
Tradition,
experience, belief, reason,
00:26:58.35\00:27:01.82
we talked about that
on our prior lessons,
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I just can't
forget that thought,
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it was so amazing.
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None of those should supersede
00:27:06.15\00:27:07.99
the importance
of the Word of God.
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Let's begin.
Clarity is important.
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How do you clarify
ambiguous scriptures?
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Jesus made a particular
point, I'll read a few passages.
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And there's something that
00:27:18.77\00:27:20.10
He brought out on
each one of these passages
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that makes it obvious
00:27:21.50\00:27:23.51
as to why He asked the question.
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Matthew 21:42.
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Notice what the Lord
says, "Jesus said to them,
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'Have you not
read in the Scriptures.
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The stone which the builders
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.08
rejected has become
the chief cornerstone.
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This was the Lord's doing,
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and it's
marvelous in our eyes?'"
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Then in Matthew
12:3, "But He said to them,
00:27:40.42\00:27:43.83
'Have you not
read what David did
00:27:43.86\00:27:45.23
when he was hungry,
00:27:45.26\00:27:46.59
he and those
who were with him?'"
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And then in Matthew 19:4,
00:27:48.73\00:27:51.03
"And He answered
and said to them,
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'Have you not read that
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He who made
them at the beginning
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made them male and female.'"
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And finally Matthew 22:31,
00:27:57.57\00:27:59.67
"But concerning the
resurrection of the dead,
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.98
have you not read
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what was spoken to
you by God, saying."
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And then He quotes in verse 32.
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But there's a phrase
that comes up every time
00:28:09.12\00:28:11.09
in which, what is it?
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Have you not
read? Have you not read?
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Have you not read?
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And I want to make a point,
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which I like that this author...
00:28:18.16\00:28:20.96
The authors of this lesson,
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brings it out over
a number of lessons.
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Have you not
read is the question.
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If you have not read,
what you believe is not valid.
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And if somebody told
it to you, it's not valid.
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If you have not discovered
it in a Thus sayeth the Lord,
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it is not valid.
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Jesus made the
point. You've got to read.
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So let's point out
some of the scriptures.
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The very first one
is we've got to read,
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search the scriptures daily.
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Acts 17:11, principles
to understand the Bible.
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You've got to read
if you haven't read it.
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And nothing troubles me more,
panelists, than people saying,
00:29:01.67\00:29:05.31
"I know the Bible
says it somewhere,
00:29:05.34\00:29:06.94
but I'm not sure where it is."
00:29:06.98\00:29:09.01
Don't even go there if
you don't know where it is.
00:29:09.04\00:29:12.51
It's like saying,
"Where does Pastor Kenny live?"
00:29:12.55\00:29:14.35
"I know, it's
somewhere around here."
00:29:14.38\00:29:15.72
Okay, well, once you say that,
I need to ask somebody else.
00:29:15.75\00:29:19.22
Because you don't really know.
00:29:19.25\00:29:20.59
I know it's
somewhere around here.
00:29:20.62\00:29:22.22
We've got to be a
people of the word
00:29:22.26\00:29:23.63
and know God's
Word and what it says.
00:29:23.66\00:29:26.23
Acts 17:11, search the
scriptures for yourself.
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"These were more fair-minded
than those in Thessalonica,
00:29:29.70\00:29:32.73
in that they received
the word with all readiness,
00:29:32.77\00:29:37.71
and searched the
Scriptures," how often?
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.84
Daily.
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"Daily to find out
whether these things were so."
00:29:41.24\00:29:44.45
I've met pastors and leaders
and teachers and preachers
00:29:44.48\00:29:47.72
and members in prelates
and the list goes on and on.
00:29:47.75\00:29:52.25
And people have said,
00:29:52.29\00:29:53.62
"Well, my pastor
says or my Church says,
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.69
or my teacher told me,
or my parents believed,
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.13
or my generation,
00:29:58.16\00:29:59.63
or this is what my
denomination holds."
00:29:59.66\00:30:02.33
And I want to ask them,
00:30:02.36\00:30:03.70
have you read that in the Bible?
00:30:03.73\00:30:06.30
And Jesus made that point clear.
00:30:06.33\00:30:08.34
He referred to all these
Old Testament experiences
00:30:08.37\00:30:11.17
and He says,
"Have you not read?"
00:30:11.21\00:30:13.91
And if you haven't read
and know it for yourself,
00:30:13.94\00:30:16.24
it's nothing but
speculation and speculation
00:30:16.28\00:30:18.95
when it comes to eternal
life is a dangerous thing.
00:30:18.98\00:30:21.62
That's correct.
00:30:21.65\00:30:22.98
The second thing,
be diligent students.
00:30:23.02\00:30:25.72
Be what kind of
students? Diligent.
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.36
Diligent
students. 2 Timothy 2:15.
00:30:27.39\00:30:30.29
And we've repeated
some of these passages
00:30:30.33\00:30:31.89
that it fits right here.
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.26
Be diligent students.
00:30:33.29\00:30:34.70
"Be diligent to present yourself
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.87
approved to God,
00:30:36.90\00:30:38.23
a worker who does
not need to be ashamed,
00:30:38.27\00:30:41.70
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:30:41.74\00:30:45.97
Another word that has
been lost in the sauce, truth.
00:30:46.01\00:30:50.95
Who's the writer
said what is truth?
00:30:50.98\00:30:53.21
Was it Pilate? What is truth?
00:30:53.25\00:30:56.82
Well, truth is not
open to negotiation.
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.22
Truth is based
on the Word of God.
00:30:59.25\00:31:01.22
"Sanctify them
through thy truth,
00:31:01.26\00:31:03.12
thy word is truth," John 17:17.
00:31:03.16\00:31:06.29
You will know the truth
00:31:06.33\00:31:07.66
and the truth
shall make you free.
00:31:07.70\00:31:09.43
In this day and age,
00:31:09.46\00:31:10.87
one thing that's
missing in Christianity
00:31:10.90\00:31:13.13
is what is the truth?
00:31:13.17\00:31:15.40
It's not about the experience
of your church or the choir,
00:31:15.44\00:31:18.21
or how nice the
community programs are.
00:31:18.24\00:31:20.94
It's not about the
size of the denomination,
00:31:20.98\00:31:23.68
nor the popularity of
its leader or its speaker.
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.51
It's not about the stained glass
00:31:26.55\00:31:28.38
nor the place that they
meet if it's not about truth.
00:31:28.42\00:31:31.55
I rather be on
a two-seater plane
00:31:31.59\00:31:33.46
that's going in
the right direction
00:31:33.49\00:31:35.96
than on a luxury line
00:31:35.99\00:31:37.33
that's going in
the wrong direction.
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.29
So don't close those doors.
00:31:39.33\00:31:40.80
And I love it
when the pilot says
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.40
and the passenger
say, not the passenger,
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.27
but the flight attendant says,
00:31:44.30\00:31:45.77
"If Phoenix is
not your destination,
00:31:45.80\00:31:48.00
this is a good time
to get off the plane."
00:31:48.04\00:31:51.07
If truth is not
important to you,
00:31:51.11\00:31:53.07
this is a good time
to leave the church.
00:31:53.11\00:31:55.64
Don't stay in a church
that does not have truth
00:31:55.68\00:31:58.31
just because
you like the musical
00:31:58.35\00:31:59.91
or the entertainment
and all its tradition.
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.12
Okay, I'm
preaching Pastor Kenny,
00:32:02.15\00:32:03.65
is that what you did?
00:32:03.69\00:32:05.42
Third reason, know
what the scripture teaches.
00:32:05.45\00:32:08.59
Galatians 4:30.
00:32:08.62\00:32:12.46
Paul begins with
this very potent question.
00:32:12.49\00:32:16.10
Nevertheless, what
does the scripture say?
00:32:16.13\00:32:20.54
Isn't that powerful? Yes.
00:32:20.57\00:32:22.60
I don't need the rest of
it because he's talking about
00:32:22.64\00:32:24.71
the bondwoman
and the free woman.
00:32:24.74\00:32:26.44
But the question is,
what does the scripture say?
00:32:26.47\00:32:29.84
If you don't know
what the scripture says,
00:32:29.88\00:32:31.81
you are a wandering generality
00:32:31.85\00:32:34.75
rather than a
meaningful specific.
00:32:34.78\00:32:38.25
The other one,
don't twist the things
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.89
that you do not understand.
00:32:40.92\00:32:42.79
2 Peter 3:16.
00:32:42.82\00:32:45.43
"As also in all his epistles,
00:32:45.46\00:32:47.53
speaking in
them of these things,
00:32:47.56\00:32:49.30
in which are some
things hard to understand,
00:32:49.33\00:32:53.13
which untaught
and unstable people
00:32:53.17\00:32:57.44
twist to their own destruction,
00:32:57.47\00:32:59.97
as they do also the
rest of the Scriptures."
00:33:00.01\00:33:04.21
Don't ever build a doctrine
on a portion of a verse.
00:33:04.25\00:33:08.65
The verse that
just irritates me,
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.59
Pastor Kenny,
00:33:10.62\00:33:11.95
like a gnat just
flying around my ear that
00:33:11.99\00:33:14.22
I can swat is to be absent
from the body is to be present
00:33:14.26\00:33:17.99
with the Lord.
00:33:18.03\00:33:19.36
The Bible doesn't
teach that the moment
00:33:19.39\00:33:20.86
you leave,
you're going to heaven.
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.86
Read the context,
read the foreword,
00:33:22.90\00:33:26.07
read the pretext.
00:33:26.10\00:33:27.64
I'll say this and
one of the other programs
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.17
because my mind is going here.
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.54
But text without
context is pretext.
00:33:31.57\00:33:35.31
If you can't support that
00:33:35.34\00:33:36.68
single statement with
the rest of the Bible,
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.98
it's a just a good model,
00:33:39.01\00:33:40.82
but it's not what
God's Word teaches.
00:33:40.85\00:33:43.35
And the rest it to
their own destruction.
00:33:43.39\00:33:46.92
The next one, when
you don't understand it,
00:33:46.96\00:33:49.46
do what David did.
00:33:49.49\00:33:50.93
Psalm 119:18. Look what he said.
00:33:50.96\00:33:54.36
"Open my eyes, that I may see
wondrous things from Your law."
00:33:54.40\00:34:00.14
If your eyes are not open,
God's law is not wonderful.
00:34:00.17\00:34:03.20
If your eyes are not
open by the Spirit of God
00:34:03.24\00:34:04.97
working through you,
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.34
what you're looking
at is not wonderful.
00:34:06.37\00:34:08.21
It's just
something you're seeing.
00:34:08.24\00:34:09.78
Pray for spiritual
insight, the Spirit of God
00:34:09.81\00:34:12.38
that wrote it
wants to be the one
00:34:12.41\00:34:14.25
that makes it clear to us.
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.18
The other thing is,
follow the Lord and His Word
00:34:16.22\00:34:19.49
when it comes to
you the first time.
00:34:19.52\00:34:21.72
Jonah 1:1, "Now
the word of the Lord
00:34:21.76\00:34:24.36
came to Jonah
the son of Amittai."
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.73
What happened
when it came to him?
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.60
He ran in the
opposite direction.
00:34:28.63\00:34:30.73
But the Word of the Lord
came to him a second time.
00:34:30.77\00:34:33.64
When the Word of
the Lord comes to you,
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.57
that's the best
time to accept it,
00:34:35.60\00:34:37.84
and not become like
Jonah, the only man that knows
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.64
what it's like to
arrive at evangelism,
00:34:40.68\00:34:43.14
smelling like a fish.
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.45
Lastly, be willing to
hear the Word of the Lord.
00:34:45.48\00:34:49.12
Jeremiah 22:29.
00:34:49.15\00:34:51.25
"O earth, earth, earth,
hear the Word of the Lord!"
00:34:51.29\00:34:56.09
And finally, order your life
00:34:56.12\00:34:58.23
according to the
Word of the Lord.
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.33
1 Kings 12:24,
"Thus says the Lord,
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.93
'You shall not go up nor
fight against your brethren
00:35:02.96\00:35:06.13
the children of Israel.
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.50
Let every man
return to his house,
00:35:07.54\00:35:09.14
for this thing is from Me.'
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.71
Therefore they obeyed the word
of the Lord, and turned back,
00:35:10.74\00:35:15.01
according to the
Word of the Lord."
00:35:15.04\00:35:17.51
Amen, amen.
00:35:17.55\00:35:21.85
Perhaps, I should
give up my time to you.
00:35:21.88\00:35:26.29
Well, we have arrived here
00:35:26.32\00:35:28.26
at Wednesday's
portion of the lesson.
00:35:28.29\00:35:30.13
And it's Scripture
Interpret Scripture.
00:35:30.16\00:35:33.83
And it is because
God is the author.
00:35:33.86\00:35:37.47
Since God is the author,
00:35:37.50\00:35:38.83
He's going to make sure that
all the scriptures harmonize.
00:35:38.87\00:35:42.60
So when you find
00:35:42.64\00:35:44.04
a difficult
passage in the scripture,
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.14
continue reading,
asking the Lord to guide you,
00:35:46.17\00:35:48.91
and He will guide
you to the Holy Spirit,
00:35:48.94\00:35:50.95
into the truth.
00:35:50.98\00:35:52.31
Now this is a
principle of the scriptures
00:35:52.35\00:35:56.79
that the scripture
interpret scripture.
00:35:56.82\00:36:00.56
Now we're going to
look at some examples
00:36:00.59\00:36:02.89
during this moment.
00:36:02.92\00:36:04.56
And so join me as
we consider the moment
00:36:04.59\00:36:10.00
when the disciples
00:36:10.03\00:36:13.20
were disappointed,
00:36:13.23\00:36:16.24
sad, sorrowful that
Jesus Christ had died.
00:36:16.27\00:36:22.54
And they're on
the road to Emmaus
00:36:22.58\00:36:27.12
and Jesus joins them.
00:36:27.15\00:36:30.02
"What are you
guys talking about?
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.75
Why are you guys sad?"
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.42
Now this is in Luke 24.
00:36:34.46\00:36:36.89
And we're going to
00:36:36.93\00:36:38.86
verse 44 through 47.
00:36:38.89\00:36:43.90
Well, actually, I need
to read verse 27 first.
00:36:43.93\00:36:46.27
Luke 24:27.
00:36:46.30\00:36:47.84
It says here, "And beginning
at Moses and all the Prophets."
00:36:47.87\00:36:53.11
This means He took
them all the way to Genesis.
00:36:53.14\00:36:56.08
"He expounded to
them in all the Scriptures
00:36:56.11\00:36:59.21
the things concerning Himself."
00:36:59.25\00:37:02.45
They were shocked, you know,
Jesus Christ died on the cross.
00:37:02.48\00:37:06.45
They thought it was Him
00:37:06.49\00:37:07.82
that would deliver
Israel but Jesus died.
00:37:07.86\00:37:11.93
Their hopes were dashed.
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.26
So He begins to tell
them that this had to happen.
00:37:14.30\00:37:17.60
Verse 44.
00:37:17.63\00:37:18.97
"Then He said to
them, 'These are the words
00:37:19.00\00:37:20.70
which I spoke to you
while I was still with you,
00:37:20.74\00:37:23.41
that all things
must be fulfilled
00:37:23.44\00:37:25.17
which were written
in the Law of Moses
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.51
and the Prophets and
the Psalms concerning Me."
00:37:27.54\00:37:30.78
And notice this part,
00:37:30.81\00:37:32.51
"And He opened
their understanding,
00:37:32.55\00:37:35.35
that they might
comprehend the Scriptures."
00:37:35.38\00:37:39.32
We need to ask the Lord
to open our understanding
00:37:39.35\00:37:43.79
and that we might
comprehend the scriptures.
00:37:43.83\00:37:46.59
"Then He said to
them, 'Thus it is written,
00:37:46.63\00:37:49.26
and thus it was necessary
for the Christ to suffer
00:37:49.30\00:37:54.30
and to rise from
the dead the third day,
00:37:54.34\00:37:57.11
and that repentance
and remission of sins
00:37:57.14\00:38:00.04
should be preached in
His name to all nations,
00:38:00.08\00:38:03.24
beginning at Jerusalem.'
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.35
"And so Jesus
helps them understand
00:38:06.38\00:38:10.32
why He had to die.
00:38:10.35\00:38:12.72
And you remember
that Peter said, "Oh, no,
00:38:12.75\00:38:15.79
this is not going to
happen to you, Lord."
00:38:15.82\00:38:17.49
He did not understand
fully the mission of Christ.
00:38:17.53\00:38:21.53
But how thankful he
was when he understood.
00:38:21.56\00:38:25.73
And that's why he
was able to say that
00:38:25.77\00:38:27.74
Jesus Christ as a
lamb without blemish.
00:38:27.77\00:38:30.57
We have been purchased not
by silver or gold, by what?
00:38:30.61\00:38:34.98
By the blood of
the Lamb Jesus Christ.
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.91
And so the beauty
of scripture is to...
00:38:36.95\00:38:39.31
The beauty of
letting the scripture
00:38:39.35\00:38:40.68
interpret scripture
00:38:40.72\00:38:42.05
is that it sheds further
light on its own meaning.
00:38:42.08\00:38:44.89
And as we
looking at description,
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.52
we're trying to understand
00:38:47.56\00:38:48.89
something just like
Pastor Lomacang said,
00:38:48.92\00:38:50.76
you have to look at the context.
00:38:50.79\00:38:53.23
Look at the immediate context,
look at the remote context.
00:38:53.26\00:38:56.67
Read before, read after,
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.80
and look if you're
studying a subject,
00:38:58.83\00:39:02.37
don't just stay in one area,
00:39:02.40\00:39:04.07
you have to go
from place to place.
00:39:04.11\00:39:07.41
Here a little, there a little,
00:39:07.44\00:39:09.34
interpret the
scripture with the scripture.
00:39:09.38\00:39:11.98
Now let's look at
some other example.
00:39:12.01\00:39:15.08
Because the Bible
really is its own expositor.
00:39:15.12\00:39:18.75
Scripture has to be
compared with Scripture.
00:39:18.79\00:39:21.62
And this is why
I like to take you
00:39:21.66\00:39:24.23
to Revelation 17.
00:39:24.26\00:39:28.20
And I would like a
kind soul to help me
00:39:28.23\00:39:31.00
read Revelation 17:1
00:39:31.03\00:39:36.84
which brings out something
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.41
that we need to
explain with another scripture.
00:39:38.44\00:39:40.08
Absolutely.
00:39:40.11\00:39:41.44
I got it hear Revelation 17:1,
"Then one of the seven angels
00:39:41.48\00:39:44.81
who had the seven bowls came
00:39:44.85\00:39:46.55
and talked with
me, saying to me,
00:39:46.58\00:39:48.38
'Come, I will show you
00:39:48.42\00:39:49.75
the judgment of the great harlot
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.12
who sits on many waters.'"
00:39:51.15\00:39:53.09
So here we have a
harlot sitting on many waters.
00:39:53.12\00:39:57.79
And now if we let
scripture interpret scripture.
00:39:57.83\00:40:00.83
We don't have to
come up with something
00:40:00.86\00:40:03.13
out of thin air
like we've heard before.
00:40:03.16\00:40:06.47
We can let
scripture interpret scripture.
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.17
So the angel in
Revelation 17:15,
00:40:08.20\00:40:10.77
"He said to me, 'The
waters which you saw,
00:40:10.81\00:40:15.28
where the harlot sits,
are peoples and multitudes
00:40:15.31\00:40:18.78
and nations and tongues."
00:40:18.81\00:40:20.95
So the scripture is
interpreting the Scripture.
00:40:20.98\00:40:24.09
We don't have to
invent something.
00:40:24.12\00:40:25.72
We can rely on the Word of God.
00:40:25.75\00:40:28.32
Let's look at some other one.
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.16
This is a very interesting
when you go to Book of Daniel.
00:40:30.19\00:40:33.70
The Book of Daniel 8.
00:40:33.73\00:40:35.73
In the Book of Daniel 8,
00:40:35.76\00:40:37.83
there we will see a
delineation of a prophecy,
00:40:37.87\00:40:42.54
a vision that Daniel saw.
00:40:42.57\00:40:44.34
And so I'm going to
begin in verse three.
00:40:44.37\00:40:47.71
He says, "Then I lifted
my eyes and saw, and there,
00:40:47.74\00:40:51.95
standing beside the river,
was a ram which had two horns,
00:40:51.98\00:40:55.72
and the two horns were high.
00:40:55.75\00:40:57.79
But one was
higher than the other,
00:40:57.82\00:40:59.65
and the higher one came up last.
00:40:59.69\00:41:01.49
I saw the ramp pushing westward,
00:41:01.52\00:41:03.63
northward and southward,
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.33
so that no animal
could would stand him.
00:41:05.36\00:41:07.86
Nor was there any that
could deliver from his hand,
00:41:07.90\00:41:10.93
but he did according to his will
00:41:10.97\00:41:12.63
and became great.
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.07
And as I was considering,
00:41:14.10\00:41:15.47
suddenly a male
goat came from the west,
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.27
across the surface
of the whole earth,
00:41:18.31\00:41:20.31
without touching the ground.
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.04
And the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes."
00:41:22.08\00:41:25.48
And as you read this,
00:41:25.51\00:41:26.85
"What in the
world does this mean?
00:41:26.88\00:41:28.88
What is all this going on here?"
00:41:28.92\00:41:31.29
And so continue reading,
so I have to continue reading.
00:41:31.32\00:41:34.92
And as you continue
reading in Daniel 8,
00:41:34.96\00:41:38.49
and you arrive at verse 19,
00:41:38.53\00:41:40.73
"The angel begins
to interpret for him,
00:41:40.76\00:41:43.30
"And he said, 'Look,
I am making known to you
00:41:43.33\00:41:46.60
what shall happen
00:41:46.63\00:41:47.97
in the latter time
of the indignation,
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.87
for at the appointed
time the end shall be.
00:41:49.90\00:41:54.64
The ram which you saw,
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.58
having two horns they
are the kings of Media
00:41:56.61\00:42:00.32
and Persian.
00:42:00.35\00:42:01.68
And the male goat is
the kingdom of Greece.
00:42:01.72\00:42:04.65
The large horn that is between
its eyes is the first king.
00:42:04.69\00:42:08.62
As for the broken horn
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.09
and the four that
stood up in its place,
00:42:10.13\00:42:13.26
four kingdoms shall
arise out of that nation,
00:42:13.29\00:42:16.16
but not with its power.'"
00:42:16.20\00:42:18.53
So we see here,
I then read to you
00:42:18.57\00:42:21.24
all it says all
the Book of Daniel,
00:42:21.27\00:42:22.77
we could've
started in Daniel 8:1
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.31
to get more context,
but you see that scripture
00:42:25.34\00:42:29.04
is being
interpreted by scripture,
00:42:29.08\00:42:31.21
and this is a firm ground.
00:42:31.25\00:42:32.58
Now there is a principle here.
00:42:32.61\00:42:34.78
So when it talks
about a horn, we understand
00:42:34.82\00:42:37.19
then that it means
a kingdom or a power.
00:42:37.22\00:42:40.52
And so we saw this
applied here in Daniel 8.
00:42:40.56\00:42:45.59
And when you go to
other places in the Bible,
00:42:45.63\00:42:47.33
and it talks about it...
00:42:47.36\00:42:48.70
We're talking
about Bible prophecy.
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.17
Now not every
time you see a horn,
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.83
"Look, there
must be a nation," no.
00:42:51.87\00:42:53.47
When we're talking
about Bible prophecy.
00:42:53.50\00:42:56.30
Now this is a wonderful one
that I'd like to share with you
00:42:56.34\00:42:58.84
and perhaps we may
have to end with this one.
00:42:58.87\00:43:02.04
In John 1, we have
a wonderful scripture
00:43:02.08\00:43:07.08
memorized by many.
00:43:07.12\00:43:08.75
Beginning in verse
one, we have these words,
00:43:08.78\00:43:11.42
"In the beginning was the Word,
00:43:11.45\00:43:14.19
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
00:43:14.22\00:43:19.29
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:43:19.33\00:43:20.76
All things were
made through Him,
00:43:20.80\00:43:22.83
and without Him
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.20
nothing was made that was made."
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.00
So we have scripture
already being interpreted here.
00:43:26.03\00:43:28.64
If you'd read verse one,
00:43:28.67\00:43:30.01
it says, "In the
beginning was the word."
00:43:30.04\00:43:31.37
What was the word?
"And the Word was with God."
00:43:31.41\00:43:33.74
Oh, wait a minute,
"And the word was God."
00:43:33.78\00:43:35.98
Okay, the word here was God.
00:43:36.01\00:43:38.28
But then, when you
go down to verse 14,
00:43:38.31\00:43:41.48
it brings to you a revelation
because it establishes,
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.52
you know, here the
Word, which is really Jesus.
00:43:45.55\00:43:50.83
He was with God
from the beginning.
00:43:50.86\00:43:53.53
But then, in verse
14, we have these words,
00:43:53.56\00:43:58.43
"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
00:43:58.47\00:44:02.57
and we be held His glory,
00:44:02.60\00:44:04.47
the glory as of
the only begotten
00:44:04.51\00:44:07.28
of the Father, full
of grace and truth."
00:44:07.31\00:44:11.98
So here, we see that
if you continue reading,
00:44:12.01\00:44:16.35
you will
understand these things.
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.05
Now there's a scripture that
I won't have time to get into.
00:44:19.09\00:44:23.43
I'm just going to mention it
00:44:23.46\00:44:24.79
so that you can
do some homework.
00:44:24.83\00:44:27.86
Jesus at one point
said to His disciples,
00:44:27.90\00:44:31.67
"There are some standing here,
00:44:31.70\00:44:33.87
which will not taste of death
00:44:33.90\00:44:35.64
till they see the
Son of Man coming."
00:44:35.67\00:44:37.71
And then the chapter ends.
00:44:37.74\00:44:43.61
Right? It stops right there.
00:44:43.65\00:44:45.55
Now if you did
what I did at one time
00:44:45.58\00:44:47.18
when I was younger, I
went to sleep wondering,
00:44:47.22\00:44:49.85
"Oh, wow,
00:44:49.88\00:44:51.22
are those disciples still alive?
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.12
What happened to them?
00:44:53.15\00:44:54.59
Because they're not
supposed to taste death
00:44:54.62\00:44:56.19
till they see the Son of Man
00:44:56.22\00:44:57.93
coming in the clouds of heaven."
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.39
So if you stop there,
00:44:59.43\00:45:00.83
you have to understand
that the chapters were added.
00:45:00.86\00:45:04.27
I mean, the chapter
divisions was added later.
00:45:04.30\00:45:07.57
And sometimes it seems
to hinder your understanding
00:45:07.60\00:45:10.07
if you stop like I did.
00:45:10.11\00:45:11.77
I was wondering all
night, "What happened?
00:45:11.81\00:45:13.41
Are these disciples still live?"
00:45:13.44\00:45:15.04
But here if you
continue reading,
00:45:15.08\00:45:17.25
it will become clear to you
00:45:17.28\00:45:19.11
and that's why find that passage
00:45:19.15\00:45:21.15
and continue reading.
00:45:21.18\00:45:22.52
Amen. Great stuff, man.
00:45:22.55\00:45:24.65
Praise the Lord.
00:45:24.69\00:45:26.72
Well, I have
Thursday's lesson once again,
00:45:26.76\00:45:28.46
and it's entitled Sola Scriptura
00:45:28.49\00:45:31.49
and Ellen G. White.
00:45:31.53\00:45:33.86
Now this could be one
of those lessons that,
00:45:33.90\00:45:36.80
you know, you get a
lot of responses from
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.43
because there's
so many different
00:45:38.47\00:45:39.80
differing opinions
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.50
on the position of
scripture in connection
00:45:41.54\00:45:45.81
with the inspirational
writings of Ellen G. White.
00:45:45.84\00:45:48.24
And so what we want to do
00:45:48.28\00:45:49.64
is we simply just want
the truth of the matter
00:45:49.68\00:45:52.15
and that's what
I'm going to attempt
00:45:52.18\00:45:53.52
to do right now is
simply take a healthy,
00:45:53.55\00:45:55.78
balanced approach to the
truth and how we can relate...
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.45
What is the relationship
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.16
between the Bible and
Ellen G. White's writings?
00:46:01.19\00:46:05.16
And so we want to put
that in proper perspective.
00:46:05.19\00:46:07.10
I want to start
with Isaiah 8:20,
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.17
I think is a great
foundational text to start.
00:46:10.20\00:46:12.73
Isaiah 8:20 says, "To
the law and the testimony!
00:46:12.77\00:46:16.71
If they do not speak
according to this word,
00:46:16.74\00:46:18.64
it is because there
is no light in them."
00:46:18.67\00:46:22.88
So being that this is entitled
00:46:22.91\00:46:24.71
Sola Scriptura
and Ellen G. White,
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.85
you know what, Ellen G.
White also has to fall in line
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.78
with that particular council
that we have in this verse.
00:46:29.82\00:46:33.42
And that means
anyone Ellen G. White,
00:46:33.46\00:46:35.29
Ryan Day, Pastor John
Lomacang, Brother John Dinsey,
00:46:35.32\00:46:37.56
anyone who does not speak
according to the Word of God,
00:46:37.59\00:46:41.50
the Bible says there
was no light in them.
00:46:41.53\00:46:43.20
So we want to always make sure
that Sola Scriptura, the Bible,
00:46:43.23\00:46:46.84
and the Bible
alone is our guide.
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.54
Now I'd like to read a
statement by Ellen G. White
00:46:49.57\00:46:53.17
in Great Controversy, page 595.
00:46:53.21\00:46:55.84
Now we're going to read a
few texts from Ellen G. White
00:46:55.88\00:46:57.78
because I'm a firm
believer that if you really want
00:46:57.81\00:47:00.12
to come to understand
a person's intentions,
00:47:00.15\00:47:02.38
their goal, their
purpose, their agenda,
00:47:02.42\00:47:04.95
you should probably
go study a little bit of
00:47:04.99\00:47:06.92
what they say so
that you can get a proper
00:47:06.96\00:47:09.39
balanced
understanding of their approach
00:47:09.42\00:47:11.86
and their understanding
of their own, you know,
00:47:11.89\00:47:14.76
their own...
00:47:14.80\00:47:16.13
In this case, Ellen G.
White's, what does she feel?
00:47:16.16\00:47:17.97
What did she think?
00:47:18.00\00:47:19.33
What was her
position on the relationship
00:47:19.37\00:47:22.17
with her writings to the Bible?
00:47:22.20\00:47:24.34
Notice what she says here.
00:47:24.37\00:47:25.71
I'm going to begin
00:47:25.74\00:47:27.08
with Great Controversy page 595.
00:47:27.11\00:47:28.44
She says, "But God will have
00:47:28.48\00:47:29.94
a people upon the
earth to maintain the Bible."
00:47:29.98\00:47:35.12
Notice how she didn't say
00:47:35.15\00:47:36.48
maintain the
writings of Ellen G. White,
00:47:36.52\00:47:38.35
she says, "They
will maintain the Bible,
00:47:38.39\00:47:41.02
and the Bible only,
00:47:41.06\00:47:43.43
as the standard of all doctrines
00:47:43.46\00:47:45.56
and the basis of all reforms.
00:47:45.59\00:47:47.46
The opinions of learned
men, the deductions of science,
00:47:47.50\00:47:50.53
the creeds or decisions
of ecclesiastical councils,
00:47:50.57\00:47:54.54
as numerous and discordant
00:47:54.57\00:47:56.54
as are the churches
which they represent,
00:47:56.57\00:47:59.04
the voice of the majority."
00:47:59.07\00:48:00.98
She says, "Not one nor
00:48:01.01\00:48:02.38
all of these should be
regarded as evidence for
00:48:02.41\00:48:06.28
or against any
point of religious faith."
00:48:06.31\00:48:09.52
She says, "Before accepting
any doctrine or precept,
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.72
we should demand a plain
00:48:12.75\00:48:15.16
Thus saith the
Lord in its support."
00:48:15.19\00:48:18.16
So you know,
there may be someone
00:48:18.19\00:48:19.89
watching right now that says,
00:48:19.93\00:48:21.26
"You know, I'm not
sure of Ellen G. White."
00:48:21.30\00:48:22.80
You know, I would
just encourage you
00:48:22.83\00:48:24.50
before you judge
a book by its cover,
00:48:24.53\00:48:26.20
read some of her writings.
00:48:26.23\00:48:27.87
I can't say that I
have read every single line
00:48:27.90\00:48:31.54
that she has ever written.
00:48:31.57\00:48:32.91
But I have certainly
read quite a bit of what
00:48:32.94\00:48:35.51
Ellen White has
wrote in her lifetime.
00:48:35.54\00:48:38.11
And I can tell you,
I'm amazed and overwhelmed
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.48
at how biblically sound
and biblically foundation
00:48:40.52\00:48:43.65
that this powerful
woman of faith was.
00:48:43.69\00:48:45.89
Always pointing
back to the scripture,
00:48:45.92\00:48:47.46
always telling people,
"No, go back to the Bible.
00:48:47.49\00:48:50.19
The Bible is
your guide of faith."
00:48:50.23\00:48:53.29
When I was studying
for this particular lesson,
00:48:53.33\00:48:55.40
I ran across probably
00:48:55.43\00:48:56.77
one of the most
powerful documents
00:48:56.80\00:48:59.07
that can be written to show us
a healthy balanced relationship
00:48:59.10\00:49:04.37
between the Word of God
and Ellen G. White's writings.
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.57
And this came
from Andrews University
00:49:06.61\00:49:08.94
seminary
Professor Merlin D. Burt.
00:49:08.98\00:49:11.28
He's still considered one
of the premier Ellen White
00:49:11.31\00:49:14.02
scholars on her
writings and her life.
00:49:14.05\00:49:16.42
And so much of
the stuff that I found
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.22
from this I thought
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.59
was just
fantastic and in harmony
00:49:19.62\00:49:21.22
with what the
lesson was teaching.
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.09
He points out here,
and I'm going to be reading
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.13
from the sketch of
a Christian experience
00:49:25.16\00:49:27.90
and views of Ellen G. White.
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.26
Notice what she had to
say early on in her ministry.
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.50
In fact, from my understanding,
this is the conclusion
00:49:31.53\00:49:34.04
from Ellen White
00:49:34.07\00:49:35.40
in her very first
published work ever in 1851.
00:49:35.44\00:49:39.17
Notice what she says.
00:49:39.21\00:49:40.54
She says, "I recommend to you,
dear reader, the Word of God
00:49:40.58\00:49:44.05
as the rule of
your faith and practice.
00:49:44.08\00:49:46.58
By that Word we
are to be judged.
00:49:46.61\00:49:48.82
God has, in that Word,
00:49:48.85\00:49:51.09
promised to give
visions in the last days,
00:49:51.12\00:49:53.46
not for a new rule of faith."
00:49:53.49\00:49:55.42
Notice that, "Not
for a new rule of faith
00:49:55.46\00:49:57.76
but for the
comfort of his people,
00:49:57.79\00:50:00.10
and to correct those
who err from Bible truth."
00:50:00.13\00:50:03.73
So she's
emphasizing that Biblical truth.
00:50:03.77\00:50:06.40
Notice what she continues
00:50:06.43\00:50:07.77
to say here in
Great Controversy,
00:50:07.80\00:50:09.14
page 204, "In our time,
there is a wide departure
00:50:09.17\00:50:12.67
from their,"
speaking of the reformers,
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.68
"doctrines and precepts,
and there is need of a return
00:50:14.71\00:50:17.91
to the great
Protestant principles,"
00:50:17.95\00:50:20.75
notice, "the
Bible, and the Bible only,
00:50:20.78\00:50:24.19
as the rule of faith
and duty, Sola Scriptura.
00:50:24.22\00:50:27.82
In fact, it's
interesting to note that
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.62
in all Ellen
White's published writings
00:50:29.66\00:50:32.79
contain the phrase Bible
and the Bible only 45 times.
00:50:32.83\00:50:37.10
And of course, the Bible
and the Bible alone 47 times.
00:50:37.13\00:50:40.64
So this woman was a
powerful woman of faith,
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.87
always giving heed to the Bible,
00:50:42.90\00:50:44.71
always pointing people
to the God of the Bible
00:50:44.74\00:50:47.14
and the scriptures alone.
00:50:47.18\00:50:48.81
Now that being
said, on April 30, 1871,
00:50:48.84\00:50:53.18
she had a dream
and which led her
00:50:53.21\00:50:56.22
to perhaps her
most direct discussion
00:50:56.25\00:50:59.09
of the relationship of
her writings to the Bible
00:50:59.12\00:51:02.69
in which she's going to
explain why she, you know,
00:51:02.72\00:51:05.86
why God gave her these writings
00:51:05.89\00:51:07.23
and how they
relate to scripture.
00:51:07.26\00:51:08.60
Notice what she says here, okay?
00:51:08.63\00:51:10.00
She saw herself addressing
00:51:10.03\00:51:11.37
a large group at
a church meeting,
00:51:11.40\00:51:14.60
and this is what she says,
00:51:14.64\00:51:16.07
"You are not
familiar with the scriptures."
00:51:16.10\00:51:18.84
Notice how she starts that,
you, speaking to these people,
00:51:18.87\00:51:20.74
you're not familiar
with the scriptures.
00:51:20.78\00:51:22.74
"If you had made
God's Word your study,
00:51:22.78\00:51:25.31
with a desire to
reach the Bible standard
00:51:25.35\00:51:28.92
and attain to
Christian perfection,
00:51:28.95\00:51:31.49
you would not have
needed the Testimonies."
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.92
Speaking of her writings.
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.29
You wouldn't need my writings,
you would need the testimonies.
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.69
But she goes on to say,
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.09
"It is because
you have neglected
00:51:39.13\00:51:40.70
to acquaint yourselves
00:51:40.73\00:51:42.06
with God's inspired Book
that He has sought to reach you
00:51:42.10\00:51:44.93
by simple, direct testimonies."
00:51:44.97\00:51:48.37
She continues on, "The
Lord designs to warn you,
00:51:48.40\00:51:50.77
to reprove, to counsel,
through the testimonies given,
00:51:50.81\00:51:53.44
and to impress your minds
00:51:53.48\00:51:54.88
with the importance
of the truth of His word.
00:51:54.91\00:51:57.91
The written testimonies,"
00:51:57.95\00:51:59.28
notice,
speaking of her writings,
00:51:59.31\00:52:00.65
"the written testimonies
are not to give new light,
00:52:00.68\00:52:03.49
but to impress vividly
upon the heart the truths
00:52:03.52\00:52:06.15
of inspiration already revealed.
00:52:06.19\00:52:09.16
So she makes it very clear.
00:52:09.19\00:52:10.59
In fact, she would go on to say,
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.26
in the work, an open
letter from Ellen G. White,
00:52:12.29\00:52:16.06
this is reported in Review
in Herald January 20, 1903.
00:52:16.10\00:52:19.23
She says,
speaking of her writings,
00:52:19.27\00:52:21.20
"Little heed is
given to the Bible,"
00:52:21.24\00:52:24.67
she says, "the Lord has given
00:52:24.71\00:52:26.51
a lesser light to
lead men and women
00:52:26.54\00:52:28.91
to the greater light."
00:52:28.94\00:52:30.28
So I think probably
this particular quote,
00:52:30.31\00:52:32.58
very short, very simple,
00:52:32.61\00:52:33.95
probably explains everything
that we've just studied
00:52:33.98\00:52:36.48
and read so far,
00:52:36.52\00:52:37.85
in the sense that
Ellen G. White herself.
00:52:37.89\00:52:40.32
And I have to
just say for a moment,
00:52:40.36\00:52:41.69
I know I have
little time but, you know,
00:52:41.72\00:52:43.43
there's many, many people
00:52:43.46\00:52:44.79
who have a bad
taste in their mouth
00:52:44.83\00:52:46.16
for the writings
of Ellen G. White.
00:52:46.19\00:52:47.53
And I believe the reason why
00:52:47.56\00:52:48.90
that is because people
misuse and abuse her writings.
00:52:48.93\00:52:52.40
They take what she
did not intend for it
00:52:52.43\00:52:54.60
to be used to be equal
00:52:54.64\00:52:56.17
or above scripture, and
they use it in that way.
00:52:56.20\00:52:59.37
I heard a minister once say
one time, it's quite comical.
00:52:59.41\00:53:03.04
But then again, it's
not and it's very truthful.
00:53:03.08\00:53:04.68
He says, "You know
00:53:04.71\00:53:06.05
what the largest
book ever written is?"
00:53:06.08\00:53:08.42
Ellen White it says.
00:53:08.45\00:53:11.85
Because in the church, you know,
00:53:11.89\00:53:13.69
we often have people
good, well, meaning people,
00:53:13.72\00:53:16.09
and I say that respectfully,
that it's like every word
00:53:16.12\00:53:18.03
out of their mouth is, you know,
00:53:18.06\00:53:19.39
"Ellen White
says, Ellen White says."
00:53:19.43\00:53:20.76
If Ellen White was alive today,
00:53:20.80\00:53:22.33
she would probably
rebuked those type of people
00:53:22.36\00:53:24.13
from one side of
the room to the other.
00:53:24.17\00:53:25.70
Because Ellen
White when she was alive,
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.34
she was always
asking the question,
00:53:27.37\00:53:28.80
what does the Bible say?
00:53:28.84\00:53:30.54
And right here, she
says, speaking of the Bible,
00:53:30.57\00:53:32.87
the Lord has
given a lesser light,
00:53:32.91\00:53:34.41
her writings, to
lead men and women
00:53:34.44\00:53:35.88
to the greater light
00:53:35.91\00:53:37.25
which she is
making clear is the Bible.
00:53:37.28\00:53:38.61
So in Ellen
White's point of view,
00:53:38.65\00:53:40.35
she's saying to us,
00:53:40.38\00:53:41.72
counseling us, she's
saying, "Look, here's the Bible,
00:53:41.75\00:53:44.65
and here's my writings, okay?
00:53:44.69\00:53:46.39
That doesn't mean
that they're not important.
00:53:46.42\00:53:48.06
That doesn't mean we
don't listen to them.
00:53:48.09\00:53:49.42
But the Bible is
the greater light,
00:53:49.46\00:53:50.79
kind of like the relationship
between the moon and the sun.
00:53:50.83\00:53:53.60
You had the
greater light, the sun,
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.46
but the moon is also a
light, but it's not a light
00:53:55.50\00:53:57.93
in and of itself
00:53:57.97\00:53:59.30
and that it reflects
the light of the sun.
00:53:59.33\00:54:01.07
And Ellen G. White's
writings fit in that context
00:54:01.10\00:54:03.87
and we should
have that relationship
00:54:03.91\00:54:05.47
clearly established.
00:54:05.51\00:54:08.21
In essence, Ellen G.
White's writings are like that
00:54:08.24\00:54:11.01
of many prophets of scripture.
00:54:11.05\00:54:12.58
I love this point.
That the Lord spoke to...
00:54:12.61\00:54:16.62
Notice, many
prophets in the scripture that
00:54:16.65\00:54:18.52
the Lord spoke
to and through them
00:54:18.55\00:54:21.09
that never made it into
the canon of scripture."
00:54:21.12\00:54:23.49
So I kind of got my
words mixed up there.
00:54:23.53\00:54:25.09
What this is saying?
00:54:25.13\00:54:26.46
What this particular
quote is saying is that
00:54:26.49\00:54:27.83
there are prophets in scripture
00:54:27.86\00:54:30.10
that actually wrote
books and their canon,
00:54:30.13\00:54:32.83
their particular
text did not make it
00:54:32.87\00:54:34.50
into the canon of Scripture.
00:54:34.54\00:54:35.97
A good example
would be Nathaniel,
00:54:36.00\00:54:37.81
excuse me, Nathan,
the prophet Nathan.
00:54:37.84\00:54:40.18
In 1 Chronicles 29:29,
it tells us right there
00:54:40.21\00:54:43.21
that there's a book
00:54:43.24\00:54:44.58
called The Book of
Nathan the Prophet.
00:54:44.61\00:54:46.98
Nathan was a
prophet, but you know what,
00:54:47.02\00:54:48.72
his books, his writings
did not make it into the Bible.
00:54:48.75\00:54:51.39
What we're saying to
this is that, in closing,
00:54:51.42\00:54:53.92
we need to have a
proper balanced relationship
00:54:53.96\00:54:56.09
in the sense that
well Ellen G. White
00:54:56.12\00:54:58.03
was inspired.
00:54:58.06\00:55:00.10
You hear me quote her
writings on this panel,
00:55:00.13\00:55:01.86
you hear it all the time.
00:55:01.90\00:55:03.23
We believe in the
inspirational writings
00:55:03.26\00:55:04.83
of Ellen G. White.
00:55:04.87\00:55:06.20
We believe God used her.
00:55:06.23\00:55:07.60
But at the end of the
day, we have to make sure that
00:55:07.64\00:55:10.74
the Bible is the
ultimate authority.
00:55:10.77\00:55:12.74
The Bible is
the ultimate source,
00:55:12.77\00:55:14.51
and that her
writings are a lesser light
00:55:14.54\00:55:16.95
that we use to
lead men and women
00:55:16.98\00:55:19.35
to the greater
light of scripture.
00:55:19.38\00:55:21.82
I praise God for the
Bible, and I praise God
00:55:21.85\00:55:23.79
for the writings
of Ellen G. White.
00:55:23.82\00:55:25.25
Amen. Amen.
00:55:25.29\00:55:26.62
That is
wonderfully done. Well covered.
00:55:26.65\00:55:29.12
I mean, what we covered
scripture the ruling norm,
00:55:29.16\00:55:32.16
unity of scripture,
clarity of scripture,
00:55:32.19\00:55:35.26
and we're looking at...
00:55:35.30\00:55:36.80
Wednesday was
scripture interprets scripture.
00:55:36.83\00:55:39.33
I like that.
00:55:39.37\00:55:40.70
And then the
relation between Bible
00:55:40.74\00:55:42.30
and Spirit of
Prophecy very well put.
00:55:42.34\00:55:44.47
I appreciate that very much.
00:55:44.51\00:55:45.84
We're going to have closing
thought each one go around.
00:55:45.87\00:55:47.54
Sister Jill? It's
been a great study.
00:55:47.58\00:55:49.51
I want to close
00:55:49.54\00:55:50.88
with this
scripture Ephesians 4:13,
00:55:50.91\00:55:53.95
"Till we all come to
the unity of the faith
00:55:53.98\00:55:57.35
and of the
knowledge of the Son of God,
00:55:57.39\00:55:59.75
to a perfect man, to
the measure of the stature
00:55:59.79\00:56:01.96
of the fullness of Christ."
00:56:01.99\00:56:03.32
God calls us as the
body of Christ to be unified,
00:56:03.36\00:56:06.53
but unified on the Word of God.
00:56:06.56\00:56:09.03
That is to be our sole authority
00:56:09.06\00:56:10.87
of faith and practice.
00:56:10.90\00:56:12.87
Not experiences, not
feeling on God's Word.
00:56:12.90\00:56:16.40
Praise the Lord for that, Jill.
00:56:16.44\00:56:17.77
And I've been gleaning
00:56:17.81\00:56:19.61
Luke 24:45 is a
beautiful passage.
00:56:19.64\00:56:22.34
If you don't understand
something, pray this prayer.
00:56:22.38\00:56:25.15
"And He, the Lord,
opened their understanding,
00:56:25.18\00:56:29.15
that they might
comprehend the Scriptures."
00:56:29.18\00:56:32.49
When you ask, you shall receive,
00:56:32.52\00:56:34.99
He will open your understanding.
00:56:35.02\00:56:36.46
Amen.
00:56:36.49\00:56:38.63
The Bible is one
of the great gifts
00:56:38.66\00:56:41.16
that God gave to
us as human beings.
00:56:41.20\00:56:44.83
And it's waiting,
God is waiting for us
00:56:44.87\00:56:48.70
to open the
scriptures that He can show us
00:56:48.74\00:56:50.84
so many wonderful things
that are there waiting for us
00:56:50.87\00:56:54.41
to discover and understand
and apply in our lives.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, I just
want to reiterate
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what I was saying
on my particular lesson
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and the fact that, you know,
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there may be
someone watching that says,
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"You know what,
I just don't think
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we need Ellen White's
writings and we have the Bible."
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You know, Ellen White
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actually said, those sentiments,
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"If you had your
Bible, follow the Bible,
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you wouldn't need my writings."
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But that being said,
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I want to encourage you at home,
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you know, there's not
a week that goes by that
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I don't pick up the
writings of Ellen G. White,
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and I read them,
not because I replace it
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for the Bible but
because I allow it
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to point me back to
the Bible in a healthy,
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appropriate way.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Found this and 3
Selected Message 33 says,
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"When you make
the Bible your food,
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and your meat, and your drink,
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when you make it
the principle elements
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of your character," notice this,
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"you will know better
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how to receive
counsel from God."
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I don't know about
you, but I feel like
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I need counsel from
God, every day of my life
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and every
direction in which I go,
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and I'm sure you
feel that way too.
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It's been a real
pleasure spending this time
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with each and every one of you.
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We know that God is leading,
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guiding,
directing in your own heart,
00:57:55.77\00:57:57.11
in your own life.
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You know, next week
we're going to be looking at
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why is interpretation needed.
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So it's an awful good
lesson. Don't miss it.
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Thank you for joining
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We'll see you next time.
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Amen. Amen.
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