Hello, friends,
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here at 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel,
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we're continuing
through our study
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on How To Interpret Scripture.
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And this week's
lesson number seven,
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we're going to be
talking about Language,
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Text and Context of Scripture.
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Hello and welcome back to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're continuing
through our study
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on How To Interpret Scripture.
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And, of course, as always,
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we thank you so much
for your love prayers
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and support of 3ABN Ministry.
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And you know what?
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We're gonna get
right into this study.
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Today, we're going to be talking
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about Language,
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Text and Context.
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This is lesson number seven.
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And we're about almost, I think,
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a little over
halfway through this study.
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And so it gives me an
opportunity to go ahead
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and introduce you guys,
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this wonderful panel
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that I get to
sit with every week.
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Pastor Lomacang,
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it's always a
blessing to have you, Brother.
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This lesson has been
unveiling a lot of things
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that people don't think about,
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and I think today
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there'll be some more
challenging lessons learned.
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All right, absolutely.
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Pastor John Dinzey,
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it's a blessing
to have you as well.
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It's a great blessing to be here
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and I'm looking forward to it.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And, Brother Kenny Shelton,
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it's always a
blessing to have you, Brother.
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It is a privilege to
study the Word of God together.
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And with the
folks watching 3ABN.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And Miss Jill
Morikone, how are you?
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I'm doing well.
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Looking forward to
our study the Word of God.
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Amen.
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I know you got a
list ready for us.
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I think she...
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I think you're
rubbing off on all of us.
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I find myself
making more lists...
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Anyways, whatever
works. Hey, Praise the Lord.
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Again, Language,
Text and Context.
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This is
absolutely 100% important
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when you're considering
how to study the Scripture,
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how to interpret Scripture.
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And you know what,
before we get started,
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it would be very important
for us to have a prayer.
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So I'm gonna ask,
Brother Kenny Shelton,
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if you would
brother to have our prayer?
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All right. Let's pray.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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truly is a privilege to
be able to come together
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to study Your Word.
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Lord, we thank
You for Your Word.
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We thank You for the Holy Spirit
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that inspired holy men
of God to write it down.
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Lord, we ask today
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that the Holy
Spirit would be present
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in each of our hearts
and each of our lives,
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clear our minds of
all the rubbish the things
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of this world and
may we concentrate
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on heavenly things.
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Lord, we pray for each
of you or each listener,
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wherever they might be,
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whatever they may be doing
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that the Holy Spirit
will just put the word
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deep in their
heart, in their mind
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that they may be
drawn closer to You.
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We just thank You
for this privilege,
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thank You for the
invitation that we may give
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for the Holy Spirit to come now.
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Bless each and every one,
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the production crew and each one
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and maybe for Your
honor, and for Your glory.
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In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
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I know one thing
that I have appreciated
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about this particular lesson
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is the author has given
particular extra attention
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to the study of
this particular topic.
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And I try my
best most of the time
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to try to come up
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with my own
words of saying things,
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my own way of
approaching scripture,
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but sometimes, you know,
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you find the particular way
that the author says something,
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you know, you just can't come up
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with a better way to explain it.
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And so Sabbath
Afternoon's lesson,
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I just have to read this to you
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'cause I think it
sets the clear foundation
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for Sunday's lesson
as well as we go through
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all the other lessons as well,
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but I'm gonna read this here.
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Listen to these statistics
because it's quite eye-opening.
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It says,
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"More than 6,000
languages are spoken
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among the world's billions."
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That's amazing.
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"The complete
Bible has been translated
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into more than 600 languages,
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with the New Testament
or some portions translated
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in more than 2,500
languages, as well.
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But at the same time,
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it is still less than half
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of the known
languages of the world.
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An estimated 1.5 billion people
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do not have any part of
the Scripture translated
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into their first language.
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While there is still
much work to be done,
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the efforts of
the Bible societies
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has ensured that
six billion people
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can read Scripture."
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Praise God. Praise God for that.
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And he goes on to say,
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"And what a
blessing to be among those
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who do have the Bible
in their own language!
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We often take it for granted,
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forgetting that not only
do many not have the Bible,
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but also that for
centuries in Europe,
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the Bible was
purposely kept away
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from the masses.
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Thanks to the printing
press and the Reformation,
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that is no longer the case.
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Those of us who do
indeed have the Bible
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continue to look at how we
can filled with the Holy Spirit,
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learn to study the
Word and come to know
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the Lord revealed in its pages."
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So I thought that
was a great foundation
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for what we're
gonna be discussing.
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In fact, I'm gonna jump
right into Sunday's lesson,
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Understanding the scriptures.
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Is it important
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that we
understand the scriptures?
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Oh, yeah.
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Not, you know, I believe
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that while I don't think
there's anyone that can say,
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I understand all the Bible,
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you know,
'cause there's passages
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that even I read that I'm
like, "You know, I don't."
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Some of them, I
just can't quite explain.
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Some of them I
don't fully understand,
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but in faith,
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I believe that
they're there for a purpose.
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And I believe that
as the Bible tells us,
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the Holy Spirit wants to lead
and guide us into all truth.
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He wants to bring all
things to our remembrance.
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So the question I'm
asking in this opening segment
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is for what purpose
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was the Bible
made available for us.
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And I wanna go
to 2 Timothy 3:16.
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This is kind of a nice good text
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to set the
foundation for everything
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that I'm about to
discuss on Sunday's lesson.
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2 Timothy 3:16.
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And the Bible says this,
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"All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
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and is profitable for doctrine,
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for reproof, for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness,
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that the man of
God may be complete."
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That is perfect.
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God wants to bring
you to your completeness,
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"thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
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I think that's a great
text and the question we asked,
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for what purpose
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was the Bible
made available for us?
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I believe that there are
three main reasons obviously,
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we could come up
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with more than
just three reasons
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as to why God would
make the Word of God
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readily available for
us in our own language
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to read and to
study and to understand,
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but I came up with three here
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to confirm God's
amazing work in history.
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And we're gonna come
back to each one of these
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and talk in detail.
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Number two,
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to reveal His plan
for salvation for men
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or have salvation for men.
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And, of course, number three,
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to reveal His will
and provide instruction
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on how we can
become citizens of heaven.
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Isn't that the ultimate goal?
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God wants us to be
prepared for when He returns,
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that we can be prepared
to enter the kingdom of God
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and make it our home.
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So let's go back
to this first one here
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to confirm God's
amazing work in history.
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I think we see multiple examples
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throughout Scripture
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of the historicity of Scripture.
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In other words, the
Bible is a history book.
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It's not just a history book,
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but there are
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some of the most
sophisticated histories
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in the world
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contained right
here in these pages.
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I mean, for
example, we have an entire...
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I mean, how many other nations,
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you know, like Israel can say
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that almost their entire history
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is recorded
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in this one amazing
powerful book of faith.
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It's amazing.
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Also, we consider the
progressions of nations
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through prophecy.
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Of course, now we look
back, it's past us, its history,
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it proves that the Bible
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is a great
credible book of history
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that we can trust.
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I think of those progressions
of the major empires
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found in the Book of Daniel.
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Not only is
Daniel a prophetic book,
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not only is
Daniel a book of faith,
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but Daniel is a book of history.
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So we see that, you know,
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making this
book available to us,
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making the Bible
available to the masses
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in their own languages.
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We know that it confirms
God's amazing work in history.
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We also see
that the accumulation
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of prophetic events and times
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that had been fulfilled
and confirmed in history
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that reveals the
sovereignty of God.
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We see the sovereignty of
God on display through these
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great historical
aspects of Scripture.
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And, of course,
our second point,
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for what reason did God
make this Word available to us?
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To reveal His plan
for salvation for men.
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We seek or we see
this through the events,
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symbols, and imagery
throughout the Bible,
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all the way through the Bible
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and I think of
the sanctuary theme.
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As Seventh-day Adventists,
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we believe in the
sanctuary message,
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the sanctuary message is found
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in every single
book of the Bible.
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And that sanctuary was
given to us to teach us,
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to show us God's
plan of salvation.
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I think of texts like this
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when you get to
the New Testament,
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John 1:29,
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where John is there
baptizing in the River Jordan,
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all those people who
are converting to the faith
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who are repenting of their sins.
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And he says,
notice it says here,
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"The next day John saw
Jesus coming toward him,
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and said, 'Behold!
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The Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!'"
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We already see this record
through the Old Testament,
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we see it as a
foreshadowing of the events
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that are to take place,
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and which we see the events
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that ultimately
transpire at Calvary.
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God is putting
His plan of salvation
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on display.
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For that purpose,
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He has given us
the Scripture, right?
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Of course, John 3:16,
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you can't leave this out
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when you're talking
about God's salvation plan.
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John 3:16, "For
God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believes in Him
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should not perish but
have everlasting life."
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What would we do if
those texts didn't exist?
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What would we do if we
couldn't open this Bible
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and read these powerful
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life
transforming words of faith.
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And, of course, Romans 5:8,
this is one of my favorites.
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"But God demonstrates
His own love toward us,
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in that while we
were still sinners,
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Christ died for us."
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That's the gospel, my friends.
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That is God's plan of salvation.
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And we see this on display
all the way through Scripture.
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And, of course,
onto our third point
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for why God would make this word
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readily available for us.
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Number three,
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to reveal His will
and provide instruction
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on how we can
become citizens of heaven.
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He wants us to
prepare for His kingdom.
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Luke 9:23.
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"Then He said to them
all, this is Christ speaking,
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'If anyone
desires to come after Me,
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let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily,
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and follow Me.'"
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So, you know, many people
obviously they read these texts
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and, you know, they
will juice the Bible down
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to just a few texts that says,
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you know, Jesus loves me,
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I'm saved by
grace through faith.
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And, you know, all
I got to do is believe
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and go to heaven,
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but praise God
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that because God
has made this Word
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readily available.
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We know that, yes, it
is true that God loves us.
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We are saved by
grace through faith
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and not of works,
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you know, there's
nothing that we can add,
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but yet we also
find detailed counsel
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from the God of heaven,
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inspired by the
Holy Spirit to say,
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"Hey, you know what?
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I wanna sanctify
you, I wanna prepare you,
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I wanna shape you,
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mold you into My character
to prepare you for My kingdom
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because one day, I
will have you there."
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Romans 12:1-2,
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another great
text that shows to us
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God's will for us
and the instruction
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on how we can
prepare to become citizens
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of the Kingdom of God.
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He says, "I beseech
you therefore, brethren,
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by the mercies of God,
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that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable to God,
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which is your
reasonable service.
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And do not be
conformed to this world,
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but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
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that you may
prove what is that good
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and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
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God wants to
reveal His will to us.
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And, of course, we know
that it is His ultimate goal,
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that where He is,
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He wants us to
be there too, right?
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We have this Bible
here in our language.
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Praise God that
it's in a language
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I can understand
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because this Bible tells
me that God has went away,
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but He encourages
us, He inspires us,
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He informs us
that while I'm gone,
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I'm gonna return and get you
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and I'm gonna take
you back to be with Me.
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I think of John 14:1-3,
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"Let not your heart be troubled,
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you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come again and
receive you to myself,
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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I praise God
for the Word of God,
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that God's plan, His will,
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His historical works,
His plan of salvation.
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It's all on display here.
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And, you know, we can trust it.
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We can trust to know
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that in faith
if we receive that,
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we will have eternal life.
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The Bible is
accumulated work of writers
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spending more than 1500 years.
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The fact that God
has made this Word
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so readily
available to the world
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shows the importance
and sense of urgency,
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that with each
passing generation,
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God amplifies
His call for mankind
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to surrender to the Word
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and allow these words of
life to transform their life.
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You know, Israel was
an essential prototype,
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just kind of an example.
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And we see that through Israel,
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you know, we can
see God's plan at work.
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He diligently worked with them
and a text that comes to mind
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I wanna read in closing here.
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Deuteronomy
32:46-47, "And he said to them,
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'Set your
hearts on all the words
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which I testify among you today,
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which you shall
command your children
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to be careful to observe
all the words of this law.
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For it is not a
futile thing for you."
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I love that.
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"It's not a
futile thing for you,
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because it is your life,
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and by this word you
shall prolong your days
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in the land which
you cross over to Jordan
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to possess.'"
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So if we make these words
in our heart and our mind,
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it becomes our
life, it becomes our goal.
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We should teach
them to our children.
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And, pastor, I'm
gonna pass it on to you.
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We should
continue to study the Word
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and understand
how to interpret it.
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Thank you, Ryan.
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Now we begin on Monday
with Words and Meaning.
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You know, in every language,
I'm glad you pointed that out.
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I didn't have any idea
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how many languages
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still did not
have the Word of God
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in their own language
or in their own tongue,
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but in every language,
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there are words that
are so rich and so deep.
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We know as we reiterate,
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the Bible is in Hebrew,
Aramaic, very short portion,
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and Greek.
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And a lot of times,
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if we don't understand
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what it means in
the original language,
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it can be quite confusing
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when you come to
the English language.
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So much of what we understand
in the English language
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requires our knowledge
of the original tongue.
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And when we get that,
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then we are able to make sense
out of certain Bible texts.
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You know, there
are certain Bible texts
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that look repetitious.
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When we say
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why is He keep
asking that same question?
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Why would He keep
doing that when in fact,
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the original
language is quite different?
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What the Lord is
asking one thing,
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Peter is responding another way,
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I'll use one of my classic ones.
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Let's go to John Chapter
21. Let's start with this one.
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This is an exercise
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in understanding
the original language.
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What does the Lord asking Peter?
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And how is Peter responding?
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John 21:15.
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And it says, the Bible says,
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"So when they
had eaten breakfast,
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Jesus said to Simon
Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonah,
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do you love Me more than these?'
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He said to Him, 'Yes,
Lord, You know, I love you.'
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He said to him,
'Feed My lambs.'"
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Now love, love.
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In the English
language the word is love,
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but the Lord said to
Peter in the original language,
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"Peter, do you
agape Me or agapao Me?"
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Do you love me unconditionally?
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And Peter said, "Lord,
you know I phileo, You."
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You know, I love
you like a brother.
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And the Lord says,
second time in verse 16,
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"He said to him
again a second time,
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'Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love Me?'
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'Do you agapao Me?
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Do you love me unconditionally?'
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And he said to Him, 'Yes,
Lord, You know, I phileo you.'
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He said him,
'Tend to My sheep.'"
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Lord is trying to
see if Peter's love
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is yet at the
point of unconditional.
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He keeps saying, "Lord,
I love You like a brother."
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That's the original language
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'cause people wonder
why he keep doing that?
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And he answered
the question already.
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Wanna make a point here.
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The reason why I
asked him three times
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is because Peter
denied him three times.
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He wants to
drive the point home,
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and what do we say
repetition is the best teacher.
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That's right. Yes.
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And the third time verse 17.
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Now this is
where it transitions.
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"He said to him the third time,
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'Simon, son of
Jonah, do you phileo Me?'"
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The Lord dropped off the agapao.
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Okay. Do you phileo? Do
you love me like a brother?
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Peter was grieved
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because He said to
him the third time,
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'Do you love Me?'
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And he said, that's
once again the phileo.
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"He said to him,
'Lord, You know all things.
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You know that I phileo you,
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You know I love
you like a brother.'
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And then He said to
him, 'Feed My sheep.'"
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If we did not understand
the original language,
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and the application would
say, this is an act of futility.
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Why keep asking
him the same question?
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Like children,
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you know, the
repetition work children said,
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"Why, daddy?" Why, daddy?"
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And he keep going. Why? Why?
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And it doesn't take a
genius to ask a question,
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but the answer is
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when we understand
the original language
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just starts making sense.
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I use another example.
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The word hell,
let's use the word hell.
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Let's go to Deuteronomy 32:22.
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There's only one
English word hell.
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This is so
confusing because people
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when they read
what happened to Jesus
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when He was buried,
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they talked about
the rich man and Lazarus.
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They talk about...
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And Peter where the
Lord did not suffer him
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to be left in hell.
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So many distorted
beliefs come to the surface.
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So let's look at
the first word hell
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and this is in
the Old Testament,
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the word Sheol.
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What's that word? Sheol.
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Sheol, meaning
the place of the dead,
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the world of the dead.
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Now hint,
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in your community
there's a place of the dead.
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Come on, what's it call?
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Cemetery. It's a cemetery.
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It's not a local fitness club.
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It's not a place
where people are saying,
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"Hey, John,
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I know you finally
came down and how you doing?
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What was it like up
there before you got here?"
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There is no
communicative place of the dead.
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So we find here
in Deuteronomy 32:22,
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"For a fire is
kindled in My anger,
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and shall burn
to the lowest hell.
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It shall consume the
earth with her increase,
00:19:09.01\00:19:12.91
and set on fire
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the foundations
of the mountains."
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This lowest hell that
has been talked about here
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covers a plethora of words
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that are included
in the New Testament
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that you find continually
the Old Testament Sheol,
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Sheol, Sheol, Sheol, Sheol.
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But when we get
to the New Testament,
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we find that word hell
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talked about in
three additional words.
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Let's go to one in,
another one, Isaiah 38:18.
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We find another one
here about the word Sheol.
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And then we're gonna
transition to the New Testament.
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Once again,
understanding and by the way,
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when the word Sheol is
used in the Old Testament,
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it's interchangeable to a place
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where fires kindle
as well as the grave,
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it's an interchangeable word.
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They don't use
many words in the Hebrew
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to simply because
there was no distortion
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about what happens
when a person dies.
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That came later
on in Greek mythology
00:20:05.53\00:20:08.84
that came later on
00:20:08.87\00:20:10.34
in something
called Neoplatonism,
00:20:10.37\00:20:14.44
this ideology that the soul
continues to exist in a place
00:20:14.48\00:20:17.95
where you can
communicate with it,
00:20:17.98\00:20:19.31
but that was not the case
in the Old Testament times.
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Isaiah 38:18.
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And now I'm reading in
the New King James Version,
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if you in the
King James Version,
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it would say,
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if I'm correct, Pastor
Kenny you have the King James?
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Now, if you read
that verse for me,
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Isaiah 38:18, do you have it?
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I think so. Okay,
read it for me there.
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It says, "For the
grave cannot praise thee,
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death cannot celebrate thee,
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they that go down into the
pit cannot hope for thy truth."
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Okay, so the other
word is for the grave,
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but here in the
New King James Version,
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what I like about it,
00:20:49.08\00:20:50.41
is they actually
put the actual word
00:20:50.45\00:20:52.61
in the Hebrew for Sheol.
00:20:52.65\00:20:55.38
So they'll say
there's no confusion here,
00:20:55.42\00:20:58.45
but I'm gonna give you
the actual word in Hebrew,
00:20:58.49\00:21:01.32
but it means what?
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The grave, clearly pointed out.
00:21:02.72\00:21:04.29
So the Lord
00:21:04.33\00:21:05.66
is immediately
removing the confusion.
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Now let's go to
the New Testament.
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Luke 16:23. Luke 16:23.
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And this is one of the ones
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.07
that really bring
about a lot of confusion.
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Luke 16:23 you have that, Jill?
00:21:19.07\00:21:21.91
I will in just a
moment. Okay, great.
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Luke 16:23? Luke 16:23.
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"And being in torments in Hades,
00:21:26.82\00:21:29.02
he lifted up his eyes
and saw Abraham afar off,
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and Lazarus in his bosom."
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Okay, Pastor Kenny,
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what word do you
have in your Bible
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and being in what?
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Hell. Okay, right.
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So there you go.
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Hell in the King James,
Hades in the New King James.
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One of the reasons that
the New King James exists
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is not to change the
meaning of the King James,
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but once again we saw in
the New King James Sheol,
00:21:48.10\00:21:51.04
and the King James grave,
in the New King James Hades,
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in the King James hell,
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same word, but what
the writers are doing,
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what the translators are doing.
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They're saying,
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"Yeah, we wanna try
to remove the confusion
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because so many
teachings exist today
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that people
just don't understand
00:22:05.19\00:22:06.55
in the original language.
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And we find people
going to hell when they die,
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that's not what
the Bible teaches.
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Burning in hell eternally,
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that's not what
the Bible teaches."
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Few more examples.
Let's go now to Matthew 10:28.
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Matthew 10:28.
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So that's Hades,
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but now we're gonna look
at the other word Gehenna.
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Gehenna. Matthew 10:28.
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That means in the Greek,
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the fire that
destroys us completely.
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Matthew 1028.
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Pastor Dinzey, do you have that?
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What translation do you have?
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This is a New King.
Okay, read it for us.
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"And do not fear
those who kill the body
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but cannot kill the soul.
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But rather fear Him
who is able to destroy
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both soul and body in hell."
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Now amazingly enough,
when you read that passage,
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a lot of people say
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see there the soul
can't be destroyed.
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Keep reading.
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If you keep reading,
the Bible tells you clearly
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in Gehenna that
is the lake of fire,
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the fire that burns at the end.
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Here's the point.
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We may lose our
lives sadly enough,
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some people lose
it in a fiery crash
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or in a fire in
their apartment buildings.
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And, you know, unfortunately
they are consumed in the fire,
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but they can come
forth in the resurrection,
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but the Lord is in essence
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saying when the
second death occurs,
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there is no coming back.
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After that, that is the
lake that burns with fire.
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That's the second death.
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One more. Let's
go to 2 Peter 2:4.
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We've covered
Sheol, Hades, Gehenna.
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Now let's see
one word in the Greek
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that only appears
one time in the Bible.
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Could you get that, Ryan?
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I'm there, 2 Peter? 2 Peter 2:4.
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2 Peter 2:4 says,
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"For if God did not
spare the angels who sinned,
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but cast them down to hell
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and delivered them
into the chains of darkness,
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to be reserved for judgment."
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.29
This is referred
to as the place where
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and this is not a
place particularly,
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but this is
talking about the restraint
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.27
that God puts
on the evil angels.
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In other words, He holds them
as called chains of darkness.
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They are not
allowed to do their bidding.
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And that's the
only part Tartarus.
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That's the only
time in the Bible
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that that word is
used in the Greek.
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So you see, Hades,
Gehenna, Tartarus, and Sheol.
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It all makes sense
00:24:16.55\00:24:17.89
when the original
language is understood.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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You know, Pastor,
everything you were just saying
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.19
reminds me of that text,
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2 Timothy 2:15 where Paul,
00:24:24.76\00:24:27.06
you know, reminds us to study
to, "Show ourselves approved,
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.26
a workman who
need not to be ashamed,
00:24:29.30\00:24:31.10
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:24:31.13\00:24:32.47
And sometimes we got
to dig a little deeper
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.20
to rightly divide
the word of truth.
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Welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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We're gonna continue
on to Tuesday's lesson
00:25:23.32\00:25:25.69
with Pastor John Dinzey.
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.29
Thank you very much.
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And we continue with the title
of Tuesday's lesson Repetition,
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Word Patterns, and Meaning.
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So when you look,
consider the Old Testament,
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in the Hebrew,
00:25:39.73\00:25:41.10
there were different ways
00:25:41.14\00:25:42.47
to express emphasis and meaning.
00:25:42.50\00:25:45.47
And this was done
sometimes with repetition.
00:25:45.51\00:25:49.64
So let's look
into Genesis 1:26-27.
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Pastor Lomacang,
would you help us with that?
00:25:54.12\00:25:55.45
Sure.
00:25:55.48\00:25:56.82
It says, "Then God said,
'Let Us make man in Our image,
00:25:56.85\00:25:59.65
according to Our likeness,
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.52
let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.49
over the birds of the
air, and over the cattle,
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.56
over all the earth
00:26:06.59\00:26:07.93
and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.'
00:26:07.96\00:26:11.00
So God created
man in His own image,
00:26:11.03\00:26:14.84
in the image of
God He created him,
00:26:14.87\00:26:18.11
male and female
He created them."
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Wonderful,
amen. Praise the Lord.
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So here before I go to the
part where you have repetition,
00:26:24.28\00:26:27.42
I like to say
that we human beings
00:26:27.45\00:26:30.19
have a glorious beginning,
a marvelous beginning,
00:26:30.22\00:26:33.76
created by God, not
only created by God,
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.56
but created in His image.
00:26:36.59\00:26:39.33
And this is
wonderful to consider
00:26:39.36\00:26:40.76
when they are
trying to teach people
00:26:40.80\00:26:43.33
that we came from
these lower forms of life,
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.37
we have a glorious beginning
made in the image of God.
00:26:46.40\00:26:49.77
Now notice that
when you get to verse 27,
00:26:49.80\00:26:52.71
there is an emphasis
placed on God as our Creator.
00:26:52.74\00:26:57.08
Notice, "So God
created man in His image."
00:26:57.11\00:27:00.05
One.
00:27:00.08\00:27:01.42
"In the image of
God He created him,
00:27:01.45\00:27:05.49
male and female
He created them."
00:27:05.52\00:27:08.22
Three times the word created
00:27:08.26\00:27:10.29
is mentioned
here to bring emphasis
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.73
that God is our Creator.
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A marvelous, marvelous
concept that you find here
00:27:15.53\00:27:19.33
in the very first
Book of the Bible.
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Moving on, we see
that in Isaiah Chapter 6,
00:27:22.30\00:27:27.48
we're gonna go to
read verse 1, 2, and 3.
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Now in Isaiah Chapter 6,
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.61
we find a repetition
that is again, marvelous.
00:27:32.65\00:27:38.05
"In the year
that King Uzziah died,
00:27:38.09\00:27:41.52
I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne,
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high and lifted up,
00:27:43.22\00:27:44.96
and the train of His
robe filled the temple.
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Above it stood seraphim,
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.73
each one had six wings
with two he covered his face,
00:27:50.77\00:27:54.50
with two he covered his
feet, and with two he flew.
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And one cried to another
00:27:57.91\00:28:00.38
and said, 'Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord of hosts,
00:28:00.41\00:28:06.25
the whole earth is
full of His glory!'"
00:28:06.28\00:28:11.15
Beautiful expression.
00:28:11.19\00:28:13.22
Here,
00:28:13.25\00:28:14.59
the emphasis is on the
holiness and how awesome God is.
00:28:14.62\00:28:19.16
In fact, His
glory fills the earth.
00:28:19.19\00:28:22.96
Repetition,
00:28:23.00\00:28:24.33
emphasis to bring
out how Holy God is.
00:28:24.37\00:28:29.44
But when you
consider God's holiness,
00:28:29.47\00:28:33.78
and the reaction of Isaiah,
let's read verse 4 and 5,
00:28:33.81\00:28:39.41
"And the posts of the door
were shaken by the voice of him
00:28:39.45\00:28:43.08
who cried out,
00:28:43.12\00:28:44.45
and the house was
filled with smoke.
00:28:44.49\00:28:46.59
So I said, 'Woe is
me, for I am undone!
00:28:46.62\00:28:50.66
Because I am a
man of unclean lips,
00:28:50.69\00:28:53.60
and I dwell
00:28:53.63\00:28:54.96
in the midst of
people of unclean lips,
00:28:55.00\00:28:57.00
for my eyes have seen the King,
00:28:57.03\00:28:59.73
the Lord of Hosts.'"
00:28:59.77\00:29:01.94
At the glorious
beauty and majesty of God,
00:29:01.97\00:29:06.98
He says, "I am a
man of unclean lips."
00:29:07.01\00:29:10.28
Who on the earth
could possibly say,
00:29:10.31\00:29:13.78
unclean when you
consider the holiness of God,
00:29:13.82\00:29:17.55
and I have to add
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
that somehow in this
glorious manifestation.
00:29:18.95\00:29:22.16
Still, His glory was veiled
00:29:22.19\00:29:24.19
so that human beings
00:29:24.23\00:29:25.76
could contain and live
through that experience,
00:29:25.79\00:29:29.80
so majestic and so holy.
00:29:29.83\00:29:31.90
So but here, we see
emphasis in repetition.
00:29:31.93\00:29:37.24
It's interesting
that this brings to mind
00:29:37.27\00:29:41.01
a scripture that
is very well-known,
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.04
and that is
found in Romans 3:23.
00:29:43.08\00:29:46.58
And in Romans 3:23, we have,
00:29:46.61\00:29:49.35
"For all have sinned
00:29:49.38\00:29:50.85
and fall short of
the glory of God."
00:29:50.89\00:29:54.32
And so when we come
before a mighty holy God,
00:29:54.36\00:29:57.06
we have to
understand that we are people
00:29:57.09\00:29:59.59
that have sinned
00:29:59.63\00:30:00.96
and need to be cleansed
by the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:30:01.00\00:30:04.33
In Daniel Chapter 3,
00:30:04.37\00:30:05.70
you have another
set of repetitions.
00:30:05.73\00:30:07.77
So we're not gonna go
through all of the verses
00:30:07.80\00:30:09.57
because you
find, in Daniel 3:1-2,
00:30:09.60\00:30:13.27
3, 5, 7, 12,14, 15, and 18,
00:30:13.31\00:30:16.75
the image which Nebuchadnezzar
set up in different ways
00:30:16.78\00:30:20.98
this is mentioned
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.35
the emphasis on being
that he wanted to place himself
00:30:22.38\00:30:26.49
to be worshipped to be as God
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.06
because, you know,
the image he set up
00:30:28.09\00:30:29.46
was made out of gold,
00:30:29.49\00:30:31.19
and that represented,
the head represented Babylon,
00:30:31.23\00:30:34.30
but he wanted an
image, the whole image does,
00:30:34.33\00:30:36.30
oh, my kingdom is
gonna last forever,
00:30:36.33\00:30:38.00
but no, the kingdom
is gonna last forever
00:30:38.03\00:30:40.40
is God's kingdom.
00:30:40.44\00:30:41.97
Praise the Lord for that.
00:30:42.00\00:30:43.34
So as we continue,
00:30:43.37\00:30:44.71
I would like to show you
00:30:44.74\00:30:46.07
something
interesting about a word.
00:30:46.11\00:30:50.61
And when you think
of the word most holy,
00:30:50.65\00:30:53.88
we read it in English as
most holy but in the Hebrews
00:30:53.92\00:30:57.49
actually Kodesh, Kodesh.
00:30:57.52\00:30:59.79
And one example is
found in Exodus 26:33.
00:30:59.82\00:31:05.63
Exodus 26:33.
00:31:05.66\00:31:08.03
And either maybe
Sister Jill can find that.
00:31:08.06\00:31:11.37
Okay, Exodus 26:33.
00:31:11.40\00:31:14.17
Exodus 26:33,
00:31:14.20\00:31:15.87
"And you shall hang
the veil from the clasps.
00:31:15.90\00:31:18.34
Then you shall bring the
ark of the Testimony in there,
00:31:18.37\00:31:21.24
behind the veil.
00:31:21.28\00:31:22.61
The veil shall
be a divider for you
00:31:22.64\00:31:24.01
between the holy
place and the Most Holy."
00:31:24.05\00:31:26.85
Thank you. Could
you read 34 as well?
00:31:26.88\00:31:29.48
"You shall put the mercy seat
upon the ark of the Testimony
00:31:29.52\00:31:32.59
in the Most Holy."
00:31:32.62\00:31:34.06
Okay, so here,
when you read the word,
00:31:34.09\00:31:36.93
Most Holy, it's actually
saying in the Most Holy, Holy,
00:31:36.96\00:31:43.26
and that's Kodesh Kodesh
is the Hebrew word is here.
00:31:43.30\00:31:47.37
The same thing is
found in Daniel 9:24.
00:31:47.40\00:31:51.87
Daniel 9:24.
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.28
And again, maybe, Pastor Ryan,
00:31:54.31\00:31:56.64
could help us with Daniel 9:24.
00:31:56.68\00:31:58.71
Absolutely, Daniel 9:24, says,
00:31:58.75\00:32:02.48
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:32:02.52\00:32:04.55
and for your holy city,
00:32:04.59\00:32:06.22
to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
00:32:06.25\00:32:09.56
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.79
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:32:11.83\00:32:14.06
to seal up vision and prophecy,
00:32:14.10\00:32:16.06
and to anoint the Most Holy."
00:32:16.10\00:32:17.77
Thank you.
00:32:17.80\00:32:19.13
Again, here we have
Most Holy as holy, holy,
00:32:19.17\00:32:23.04
is saying
00:32:23.07\00:32:24.41
that this is the holiest of all.
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.21
And so this is a
use of repetition
00:32:27.24\00:32:29.74
to express the highest quality
that could possibly exist.
00:32:29.78\00:32:34.22
When you get to
the New Testament,
00:32:34.25\00:32:36.35
we do have a few
repetitions, not many.
00:32:36.38\00:32:39.45
And we are going to...
00:32:39.49\00:32:40.82
I'm gonna read
from Matthew 23:37.
00:32:40.86\00:32:44.96
Matthew 23:37
says, Jesus speaking,
00:32:44.99\00:32:48.53
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:32:48.56\00:32:51.93
the one who kills the prophets
00:32:51.97\00:32:53.50
and stones those
who are sent to her!
00:32:53.54\00:32:56.20
How often I wanted to
gather your children together,
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as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings,
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but you were not willing!"
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And the King James
says, but you would not.
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Here Jesus repeats
the word Jerusalem twice
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for emphasis on the lamenting,
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taking this,
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that they decided
to do all these things.
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An opportunity after
opportunity was given,
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
It's like why, why, why?
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And, you know, we
express ourselves that way
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as we repeat things
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sometimes for emphasis
in our everyday language.
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And so we have
here a repetition.
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I want to go to one
more, I think we have time,
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and that is in Revelation 4:8.
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Revelation 4:8.
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And here are the words,
"The four living creatures,
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each having six wings,
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were full of eyes
around and within.
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And they do not rest
day or night, saying,
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'Holy, holy holy,
Lord God Almighty,
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who was and is to come!'"
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So we see here repetition
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that expresses
emphasis on how Holy God is.
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And so we see
this type of repetition
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to bring emphasis
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to help us understand
more about the holiness of God.
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I think we have
time for one more.
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All right.
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So I think I'll
go to Hebrews 9:3.
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In Hebrews 9:3,
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we have another
interesting repetition.
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Hebrews 9:3 says,
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"And behind the second veil,
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the part of the tabernacle
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which is called
the Holiest of All."
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And this is a word
that is used hagion, hagion
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and it says holiest of all.
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The expression is bringing here,
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I mean, really in our language
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we cannot even describe
when God is trying to say
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the holiest of all.
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So the Bible uses
these different methods
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to really help
us understand things
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about the holiness of God,
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or the impact of
what God is trying to say.
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There are several repetitions
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we didn't get to
because of lack of time,
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but we see that
the Bible employs these
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to help us in our
understanding of the scriptures.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Good job. Absolutely.
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You know those things
we need to understand.
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Praise God for that.
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I have Wednesday's lesson,
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it's called Texts and Contexts.
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And so, you know,
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we need to dig into
this I found a passage
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in Christ's
Object Lessons, page 111.
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Just a one line, I
thought was very interesting.
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It says, "Our
salvation depends on a knowledge
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of the truth
contained in Scripture."
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Isn't that interesting?
Our salvation does what?
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It depends on our
knowledge of the truth
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contained in Scripture.
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So that's why we're going
over these things, is it not?
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So that we can get the knowledge
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and we come up
with what is truth.
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First, you look at the meaning.
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What is the meaning of a context
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when you think
about context here?
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And I looked it up
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and it's from
Webster dictionary,
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we'll look at it a
couple different ways here
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in a moment.
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It says, "Parts of a
sentence, paragraph, etcetera,"
00:36:18.11\00:36:22.28
that notice this,
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"that occurred just before
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or after a
specified word or passage,
00:36:25.28\00:36:28.88
and determined to
its exact meaning."
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Might seem a
little bit complicated.
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Hopefully, it'll be clear,
00:36:34.56\00:36:35.89
as we go along
with this right here.
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That's a Webster dictionary.
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So that's context of something.
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And then, I mean, how
often have we heard that.
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Make sure it's in context.
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That's very, very
important, isn't it?
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So we just talked about here,
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the knowledge of the
truth contained in Scripture,
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our salvation depends upon it.
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So that's why we're
spending this time on it.
00:36:51.37\00:36:53.94
Contexts and Texts.
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Text says,
00:36:55.34\00:36:56.68
it's the actual
or original words
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.58
of the author.
00:36:58.61\00:37:00.25
The principle
matter on a printed page.
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I mean, hopefully
that comes together.
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Now we put them in on it,
00:37:05.89\00:37:07.22
you know, they can be
put in on a wider sense,
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you know, the meaning can
be expanded as we go along,
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we'll see that.
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So before reaching a conclusion,
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what's maybe
something we should do?
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We should be very careful
to weigh out the evidence
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to make sure
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that it
harmonizes line upon line,
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.61
precept upon precept.
00:37:23.64\00:37:25.34
3 Testimonies 105 says this,
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"We must look carefully
at the evidence on every side
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and not to be swayed by
the influence of," what?
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"Of others."
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.28
Sometime we're swayed by that.
00:37:35.32\00:37:36.85
"By the surroundings,
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to form conclusions
without intelligent,
00:37:38.29\00:37:41.02
thorough knowledge."
00:37:41.06\00:37:42.39
So this is important.
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I believe this is we're talking
life and death issue here.
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So Wednesday's
lesson, it talks about...
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Again, how many
times if you heard it,
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.03
you know, that was
taken out of context.
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We've heard that a lot of times.
00:37:52.43\00:37:53.77
That was taken out
of context. Well, yes.
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.04
Or let's make
sure that word fits.
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You know, make
sure that word fits
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.08
in the context of the sentence.
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You know, our lesson starts
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with two very important
points here in trying to...
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This is very important,
in trying to arrive at truth.
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I tried to look at
the lesson and say now
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what is this saying to me,
00:38:13.25\00:38:15.32
we want to be able
to arrive at the truth,
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as God has written
in His Word for us.
00:38:19.06\00:38:22.06
To simplify where
number one is words,
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.03
we have to look at the words.
00:38:24.07\00:38:25.40
Number two,
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we must look at
the context of it.
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Words in Scripture
always occur in a context,
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they can't stand by
themselves or can't stand alone.
00:38:33.84\00:38:37.05
So a word has
its immediate context
00:38:37.08\00:38:41.02
within a sentence, then
notice this, I like this.
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There can be a wider,
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.02
there can be an
expansion of this,
00:38:46.05\00:38:47.99
you know, this section, it
can be in different chapter.
00:38:48.02\00:38:51.36
You know, it might be
saying somebody explained
00:38:51.39\00:38:53.03
what it means this and
the explanation to wider,
00:38:53.06\00:38:56.46
we go to another chapter
and maybe some other chapters
00:38:56.50\00:38:58.83
that we can look at.
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So what's the point?
00:39:00.24\00:39:01.57
The point is we must understand
00:39:01.60\00:39:02.94
the context of words
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and of sentences
in order not to arrive
00:39:04.77\00:39:08.54
at the wrong conclusion.
00:39:08.58\00:39:10.45
You know, we want to
arrive at the truth, don't we?
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.85
I mean, that's
the whole thing here.
00:39:12.88\00:39:15.38
Three questions.
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Let's look at three
questions right quick
00:39:16.79\00:39:18.12
in case we're still
a little bit confused
00:39:18.15\00:39:19.59
on text and context.
00:39:19.62\00:39:21.09
Number three, what is
the context of a text?
00:39:21.12\00:39:25.19
Almost double talk.
00:39:25.23\00:39:26.56
What is the context of the text?
00:39:26.59\00:39:29.06
It says here, the
text refers to words,
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.30
which are written,
00:39:32.33\00:39:34.17
while context
00:39:34.20\00:39:35.54
is the surroundings of the text.
00:39:35.57\00:39:39.01
The second question,
what is an example of context?
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The context
00:39:43.55\00:39:44.88
is some combination
of people's, notice this,
00:39:44.91\00:39:47.75
underlying reasons
some other thoughts
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.45
and social culture
force acting on them.
00:39:50.49\00:39:55.16
Three, third question,
00:39:55.19\00:39:56.52
explain the difference
between context and text?
00:39:56.56\00:39:59.93
Now we can really
right get confused on,
00:39:59.96\00:40:01.53
notice this.
00:40:01.56\00:40:03.87
The text then is the main story,
00:40:03.90\00:40:07.67
the primary event,
00:40:07.70\00:40:09.70
the immediate
thing that is happening,
00:40:09.74\00:40:12.64
you know, and context
00:40:12.67\00:40:14.14
is all the stuff
in the background
00:40:14.18\00:40:16.81
that surrounds
that without being part
00:40:16.85\00:40:19.35
of that main action there.
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.88
So our lesson
wants us to compare
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and we wanna do this.
00:40:23.59\00:40:24.92
Compare,
00:40:24.95\00:40:26.29
we've been going back
to Genesis 1:26, 27, 28
00:40:26.32\00:40:31.23
but it wants us to compare
00:40:31.26\00:40:32.59
and I wanna stay with the lesson
00:40:32.63\00:40:33.96
the best we can here.
00:40:34.00\00:40:35.40
Our lesson wants us to compare
Genesis 1:27 with Genesis 2
00:40:35.43\00:40:40.60
so get those down,
write them down, verse 7.
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Now notice,
00:40:43.47\00:40:44.81
and then we can go
'cause we talked about it
00:40:44.84\00:40:47.04
can expand to
chapter and chapters.
00:40:47.08\00:40:49.74
So then we'll
compare if we have time,
00:40:49.78\00:40:51.88
Genesis 2:15-23.
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That's the larger picture.
00:40:55.22\00:40:56.99
Genesis 1:27, the
Bible said we read,
00:40:57.02\00:40:59.69
"So God created," what?
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.46
"Man in His own image,
00:41:01.49\00:41:03.06
in the image of
God created He him,
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.13
and that was male and female."
00:41:06.16\00:41:08.86
Notice this of the Genesis 2:7,
00:41:08.90\00:41:10.97
"And the Lord God formed man
out of the dust of the ground,
00:41:11.00\00:41:15.70
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
00:41:15.74\00:41:19.47
and man then became," what?
00:41:19.51\00:41:20.84
"A living soul."
00:41:20.88\00:41:22.21
We'll use that so
often notice that.
00:41:22.24\00:41:23.88
So we see and we go back
00:41:23.91\00:41:25.31
and we look
there in Genesis 1:27.
00:41:25.35\00:41:28.05
The term bara there
00:41:28.08\00:41:30.09
is the Hebrew word is not
and know what does it mean?
00:41:30.12\00:41:33.72
It refers to the Creator.
00:41:33.76\00:41:36.36
And so that word
can only refer to God,
00:41:36.39\00:41:38.43
isn't that right?
00:41:38.46\00:41:39.79
God is the only
creator that we know
00:41:39.83\00:41:41.16
of heaven and earth.
00:41:41.20\00:41:42.53
So this word here is
an isolated word here,
00:41:42.56\00:41:44.23
but it's a good word,
00:41:44.27\00:41:45.60
but it's used
three times to indicate
00:41:45.63\00:41:48.20
the main position
on the creation of man.
00:41:48.24\00:41:52.77
Then man, notice this,
00:41:52.81\00:41:54.14
is defined
within the context here
00:41:54.18\00:41:57.15
of the verse.
00:41:57.18\00:41:58.51
It says male and female,
00:41:58.55\00:42:01.32
Hebrew term, let's
say for say for Adam,
00:42:01.35\00:42:03.99
in this passage refers to
in this passage, just mankind.
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.79
Every time you
read, so was just mankind.
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.79
But if we continue on
and look in Genesis 2:7,
00:42:09.82\00:42:12.46
we see the same term,
00:42:12.49\00:42:14.50
Adam is used in the
forming of Adam where?
00:42:14.53\00:42:18.80
Out of the dust.
00:42:18.83\00:42:21.20
Here, only Adam is referred to.
00:42:21.24\00:42:23.51
Why?
00:42:23.54\00:42:24.87
Because Eve is not yet created.
00:42:24.91\00:42:27.14
That makes sense,
doesn't it, right?
00:42:27.18\00:42:29.08
Now we can see each
passage, even within once again,
00:42:29.11\00:42:32.61
the context of
what we're talking about
00:42:32.65\00:42:34.48
'cause we're simply
looking for what is truth,
00:42:34.52\00:42:36.92
and there has
to be a break down.
00:42:36.95\00:42:38.29
We have to make
sure that it fits
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.29
with what the Bible
writers and Holy Spirit
00:42:40.32\00:42:42.19
wants us to learn
from these things.
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.26
We see each
passage within the context
00:42:44.29\00:42:45.99
two chapters we
can see a difference
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.96
between Adam as humanity,
00:42:48.00\00:42:50.47
Genesis 1:27
00:42:50.50\00:42:52.53
and the man Adam in
Genesis 2:7 as a person
00:42:52.57\00:42:57.77
and it can be
found in the genealogies
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.54
in Genesis Chapter 5,
00:43:00.58\00:43:02.94
even in reference to Jesus,
00:43:02.98\00:43:04.31
you notice that
in Romans 5:12-14,
00:43:04.35\00:43:08.15
who becomes the second Adam.
00:43:08.18\00:43:10.42
Notice this,
00:43:10.45\00:43:11.79
in the context of the
creation of Adam and Eve,
00:43:11.82\00:43:14.36
we can see the
larger creation here,
00:43:14.39\00:43:17.89
or the bigger event,
00:43:17.93\00:43:20.00
meaning in Genesis
Chapter 1 and Genesis Chapter 2,
00:43:20.03\00:43:23.97
there's development,
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.33
there's things
that are going on,
00:43:25.37\00:43:26.80
it takes into all the accounts,
00:43:26.84\00:43:28.94
and were shown a
definite origin of humanity.
00:43:28.97\00:43:32.77
So it's not really to
be, you know, complicated,
00:43:32.81\00:43:36.51
but we just simply
want it into the setting
00:43:36.54\00:43:38.31
that the Holy
Spirit meant for it to be,
00:43:38.35\00:43:40.25
it seemed like the more we read,
00:43:40.28\00:43:41.62
maybe the more
confused we might get some time.
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.62
But if we expand on that,
00:43:43.65\00:43:45.25
we have a little bit
time just to expand on that.
00:43:45.29\00:43:47.19
You'd go to Genesis Chapter
2, and you do like verses 15-23.
00:43:47.22\00:43:52.03
This is called
the larger picture.
00:43:52.06\00:43:54.50
And what is the larger picture?
00:43:54.53\00:43:55.86
It begins to talk
about the creation,
00:43:55.90\00:43:58.10
you know, of Adam and Eve
00:43:58.13\00:43:59.47
and then the creation of a woman
00:43:59.50\00:44:01.30
and how that was created.
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.57
God gave us
that, we have Genesis,
00:44:03.61\00:44:04.94
maybe we have
time to look that up
00:44:04.97\00:44:06.31
just we haven't
done that in a while.
00:44:06.34\00:44:07.74
Genesis Chapter 1 or
Chapter 2, wasn't it?
00:44:07.78\00:44:11.35
Genesis Chapter 2
start with verse 15.
00:44:11.38\00:44:13.85
You'll just see
00:44:13.88\00:44:15.22
the larger
picture here quickly here.
00:44:15.25\00:44:16.58
In verse 15 it said,
"The Lord God," did what?
00:44:16.62\00:44:19.22
"He took the man and put him
00:44:19.25\00:44:20.76
in the Garden of
Eden to," do what?
00:44:20.79\00:44:22.89
"Have to dress
it and to keep it."
00:44:22.92\00:44:24.26
Verse 18.
00:44:24.29\00:44:25.63
"And the Lord said,
00:44:25.66\00:44:27.00
'It's not good that
man should be alone,"
00:44:27.03\00:44:30.13
notice that, "I will
make him an help meet."
00:44:30.17\00:44:33.40
Verse 20, "Adam gave
names to all the cattle,
00:44:33.44\00:44:36.40
and to the fowl of the
air, and to every beast,"
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.74
notice this, "of the field.
00:44:38.77\00:44:40.18
And Adam was not
found a help meet for him."
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.94
So you can go...
What's this doing?
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.91
Is simply expanding
00:44:44.95\00:44:46.55
on what we've already is
already talked about here.
00:44:46.58\00:44:48.95
So we must include that. I
like to say the big picture.
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.59
We need the big
picture verse 22,
00:44:51.62\00:44:53.36
"And the rib,
00:44:53.39\00:44:54.72
which the Lord God
had taken from Adam,
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.96
made he," what?
00:44:56.99\00:44:58.33
"A woman, and brought
her unto," notice, "the man."
00:44:58.36\00:45:01.56
Verse 24 last verse,
00:45:01.60\00:45:03.97
"Therefore shall a
man leave his father
00:45:04.00\00:45:05.63
and his mother, and
shall cleave unto the wife,
00:45:05.67\00:45:07.64
and they shall be one flesh."
00:45:07.67\00:45:09.77
You know, is
context in text important?
00:45:09.80\00:45:13.21
Absolutely.
00:45:13.24\00:45:14.58
If we're looking
for what is truth,
00:45:14.61\00:45:16.44
then we must
consider these things
00:45:16.48\00:45:18.51
that we've talked about
here in the setting of it,
00:45:18.55\00:45:21.95
and then to the
expansion of the setting,
00:45:21.98\00:45:24.52
as God will shine more
light upon it as we move along,
00:45:24.55\00:45:27.52
trying to study and
find out what truth is.
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.09
Amen.
00:45:29.12\00:45:30.46
Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny,
00:45:30.49\00:45:31.89
what a great study as we look,
00:45:31.93\00:45:33.50
if you look
into the Word of God,
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.20
language matters.
00:45:35.23\00:45:36.77
Repetition matters,
00:45:36.80\00:45:38.13
the meaning of the words matter,
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.34
context and the text matters.
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.90
On Thursday, before
I tell you the title,
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.37
I'm going to say Thursday
00:45:45.41\00:45:46.74
we talked about the
largest context possible.
00:45:46.78\00:45:50.58
That's the book of the Bible.
00:45:50.61\00:45:52.18
So we look at
Thursday's lesson is the Books
00:45:52.21\00:45:55.28
and Their Message.
00:45:55.32\00:45:56.65
So we look at instead
of just reading one word,
00:45:56.69\00:45:58.85
which is text,
00:45:58.89\00:46:00.22
and then we expand that
to a phrase or a chapter,
00:46:00.26\00:46:03.19
or a few chapters,
we're expanding it,
00:46:03.22\00:46:06.09
like zooming out, as it were,
00:46:06.13\00:46:08.46
so that you see the entire book.
00:46:08.50\00:46:10.83
There are 66 books
in the Word of God,
00:46:10.87\00:46:13.30
we know 39 in the Old Testament,
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.40
27 in the New.
00:46:15.44\00:46:18.24
When you look at
the books of the Bible,
00:46:18.27\00:46:21.54
there's some questions
we could ask ourselves,
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.61
the author who wrote the book?
00:46:23.65\00:46:26.08
How did this person's experience
00:46:26.11\00:46:28.48
shape the
interpretation of the book
00:46:28.52\00:46:30.52
or their intention
in writing the book?
00:46:30.55\00:46:32.82
We could ask ourselves that
00:46:32.85\00:46:34.19
because it would
make a difference
00:46:34.22\00:46:35.56
in how we
understand that particular book
00:46:35.59\00:46:37.69
in the Bible.
00:46:37.73\00:46:39.19
We could ask the literary genre.
00:46:39.23\00:46:41.50
What literary mode was used
to communicate to the reader?
00:46:41.53\00:46:45.60
We could talk about the purpose.
00:46:45.63\00:46:47.97
Why was the book
written? The setting?
00:46:48.00\00:46:50.21
What is the cultural
and historical context
00:46:50.24\00:46:53.11
for the book?
00:46:53.14\00:46:54.48
The message and theme,
00:46:54.51\00:46:55.84
what is being
conveyed by the book?
00:46:55.88\00:46:57.35
What is the theme?
00:46:57.38\00:46:58.71
What is the
biblical truth conveyed?
00:46:58.75\00:47:01.18
Now there is no way
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.55
we can talk about
all that for 66 books
00:47:02.58\00:47:04.59
'cause we'd be
here a very long-time.
00:47:04.62\00:47:06.45
So what I'm going to
do is to break it down
00:47:06.49\00:47:08.82
into the different
literary sections of the Bible.
00:47:08.86\00:47:12.59
And we're taking one
book from each section
00:47:12.63\00:47:15.23
and we'll discuss
each book Lord willing,
00:47:15.26\00:47:17.03
if we get through it.
00:47:17.07\00:47:18.40
So the first section,
the first literary section,
00:47:18.43\00:47:21.10
is the first five
books of the Bible.
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.97
The five books of the law,
00:47:24.01\00:47:25.51
this is Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus,
00:47:25.54\00:47:27.61
Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
00:47:27.64\00:47:29.54
Also known as the Torah,
00:47:29.58\00:47:30.91
it forms a structural unity
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.62
about the
wanderings of God's people.
00:47:33.65\00:47:37.39
There's some
history in there clearly
00:47:37.42\00:47:39.02
and some biblical
narrative as well.
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.22
The author of those
books would be Moses.
00:47:41.26\00:47:44.06
We're just picking
the Book of Genesis
00:47:44.09\00:47:45.79
as just the book
to pick for that.
00:47:45.83\00:47:47.70
And what's the theme of Genesis?
00:47:47.73\00:47:50.07
Genesis is all about origins.
00:47:50.10\00:47:52.13
It's about the
beginning of the world.
00:47:52.17\00:47:54.10
The beginning of the human race
00:47:54.14\00:47:56.07
as Pastor Kenny talked
00:47:56.10\00:47:57.44
about creation of man and woman.
00:47:57.47\00:47:58.87
It's about the origin
of light and darkness,
00:47:58.91\00:48:02.28
about animals and plants,
the origin of the Sabbath.
00:48:02.31\00:48:06.15
The origin,
unfortunately of sin,
00:48:06.18\00:48:08.88
as we see in Genesis 3,
00:48:08.92\00:48:10.59
but the origin of salvation
00:48:10.62\00:48:12.75
as we see that
first messianic promise
00:48:12.79\00:48:14.82
in Genesis 3:15.
00:48:14.86\00:48:16.76
There's also in Genesis we see
00:48:16.79\00:48:19.03
a great foundation
for our biblical theology.
00:48:19.06\00:48:23.30
There's a great
deal of theological truth
00:48:23.33\00:48:25.23
conveyed in the Book of Genesis.
00:48:25.27\00:48:27.14
It kind of lays framework
00:48:27.17\00:48:28.50
as it were for
the rest of the Bible.
00:48:28.54\00:48:30.27
We see God is
Creator, God is Savior,
00:48:30.31\00:48:33.68
humans coming from the dust
00:48:33.71\00:48:35.34
and knowing that
they're going to return
00:48:35.38\00:48:37.18
to the dust.
00:48:37.21\00:48:38.55
We see marriage,
family, community, salvation,
00:48:38.58\00:48:43.18
the great controversy
between good and evil.
00:48:43.22\00:48:45.62
These are just some
of the theological themes
00:48:45.65\00:48:47.89
we see in the Book of Genesis.
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.59
Of course, Genesis has great,
00:48:49.62\00:48:52.39
the foundation for the covenant
is laid in the Book of Genesis.
00:48:52.43\00:48:56.13
First messianic promise,
the Noah covenant in Genesis 8,
00:48:56.16\00:48:59.63
the Abrahamic
covenant in Genesis 15,
00:48:59.67\00:49:04.04
and there's great prayers
00:49:04.07\00:49:05.54
we see in the Book
of Genesis as well.
00:49:05.57\00:49:07.78
Let's jump to the
next literary section.
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.35
That's the 12 books of history.
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.01
This is from Joshua
all the way to Nehemiah.
00:49:13.05\00:49:17.29
Now, there's
various authors for that.
00:49:17.32\00:49:19.85
Some are clearly identified,
00:49:19.89\00:49:21.22
some are not
really identified at all.
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.16
And it might be
even some discussion
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.89
as to who authored
some of these books.
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.40
I'm picking as my book
to talk about Nehemiah.
00:49:27.43\00:49:29.93
We studied that
not too long ago.
00:49:29.96\00:49:32.83
Really Ezra and Nehemiah
00:49:32.87\00:49:34.30
were actually almost
combined volumes in the original
00:49:34.34\00:49:37.01
and you almost would
study the two volumes together,
00:49:37.04\00:49:39.64
but in Nehemiah we see return,
00:49:39.67\00:49:41.78
remnant, reconstruction,
reform, covenant,
00:49:41.81\00:49:45.65
social justice,
God's sovereignty,
00:49:45.68\00:49:48.32
God's Word, the
return of the exiles,
00:49:48.35\00:49:50.55
there was a first
return under Zerubbabel 537 BC
00:49:50.59\00:49:54.12
and 50,000 people returned.
00:49:54.16\00:49:56.76
The second return under Ezra
00:49:56.79\00:49:59.03
that's 457 maybe 6000
individuals returning.
00:49:59.06\00:50:02.20
Then, of course,
00:50:02.23\00:50:03.57
the third return
under Nehemiah in 444 BC.
00:50:03.60\00:50:06.94
The remnant,
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.30
we look at the
remnant left in Babylon,
00:50:08.34\00:50:09.80
the remnant who chose
00:50:09.84\00:50:11.17
to return to
Jerusalem and Israel.
00:50:11.21\00:50:14.48
We see reconstruction,
00:50:14.51\00:50:15.88
of course, Ezra focuses
00:50:15.91\00:50:17.25
on the
reconstruction of the temple
00:50:17.28\00:50:18.75
while Nehemiah focuses
00:50:18.78\00:50:20.12
on the
reconstruction of the wall.
00:50:20.15\00:50:22.42
We see reform and a commitment
to return to the law of God
00:50:22.45\00:50:27.26
and return to the
covenant relationship
00:50:27.29\00:50:30.46
that God wanted with His people.
00:50:30.49\00:50:33.43
Let's look at the next section
00:50:33.46\00:50:34.90
that is the five
books of poetry and wisdom.
00:50:34.93\00:50:39.63
This is Job, Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
00:50:39.67\00:50:43.61
and Song of
Solomon, various authors,
00:50:43.64\00:50:46.51
but the book I'm
gonna look at is Psalms.
00:50:46.54\00:50:49.81
There are 150 Psalms and
116 of them have headings.
00:50:49.84\00:50:55.08
There's many individuals
who wrote the Psalms.
00:50:55.12\00:50:57.15
Of course, we always
say David wrote Psalms.
00:50:57.19\00:50:58.99
And David wrote a
good deal of them.
00:50:59.02\00:51:01.12
However, Moses
wrote, Solomon wrote,
00:51:01.16\00:51:04.43
Asaph the sons of
Korah, Heman and Ethan,
00:51:04.46\00:51:08.96
some of the authors
of the Book of Psalms.
00:51:09.00\00:51:11.60
And if you could do the span,
it could be up to 1,000 years
00:51:11.63\00:51:15.74
for the entire span timeline
00:51:15.77\00:51:18.27
you could say of
the Book of Psalms.
00:51:18.31\00:51:20.38
There's many
different Psalm types.
00:51:20.41\00:51:23.18
We have prayers for
help for individuals
00:51:23.21\00:51:25.31
and corporately.
00:51:25.35\00:51:26.75
We have
community prayers for help.
00:51:26.78\00:51:28.68
We have individual songs
of Thanksgiving and praise
00:51:28.72\00:51:31.55
and community songs of
Thanksgiving and praise.
00:51:31.59\00:51:34.92
We have hymns
honoring God as Creator,
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.13
hymns honoring God
as king, songs of trust,
00:51:37.16\00:51:40.16
and songs of
Zion and royal Psalms
00:51:40.20\00:51:42.33
and pilgrimage songs and
rituals for public worship,
00:51:42.36\00:51:46.70
wisdom Psalms.
00:51:46.74\00:51:48.50
The themes in the Book of Psalms
00:51:48.54\00:51:50.14
is the worthiness of
God as our King and Judge
00:51:50.17\00:51:53.17
and Creator and Sustainer,
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.01
Savior, Redeemer,
Healer, Refuge, Shepherd.
00:51:55.04\00:51:58.31
There's cries for
deliverance and vindication.
00:51:58.35\00:52:02.22
There's sorrow for
sin and confession of sin,
00:52:02.25\00:52:05.35
Discussion of the
law, the coming Messiah,
00:52:05.39\00:52:07.86
the righteous and
the wicked, the Sabbath,
00:52:07.89\00:52:10.53
the heavenly and
the earthly sanctuary,
00:52:10.56\00:52:12.69
salvation, and suffering.
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.10
The last section
of the Old Testament
00:52:15.13\00:52:17.20
would be the 17
books of prophecy.
00:52:17.23\00:52:20.24
These are the Major
and the Minor Prophets,
00:52:20.27\00:52:22.30
of course, five major prophets
and then the 12 minor prophets.
00:52:22.34\00:52:26.71
We're gonna look
at the Book of Isaiah,
00:52:26.74\00:52:28.14
one of my favorite.
00:52:28.18\00:52:30.88
His name means the Lord saves.
00:52:30.91\00:52:33.01
Isaiah is a Book of Judgment
00:52:33.05\00:52:34.68
and a Book of
Comfort and Restoration.
00:52:34.72\00:52:39.09
There's great
messianic prophecies
00:52:39.12\00:52:41.22
conveyed in that book,
00:52:41.26\00:52:43.06
promises of mercy
00:52:43.09\00:52:44.43
and forgiveness and restoration.
00:52:44.46\00:52:46.06
God's holiness is emphasized
in the Book of Isaiah,
00:52:46.09\00:52:49.96
maybe more than any
other book of the Bible.
00:52:50.00\00:52:53.13
We see God's sovereignty
and His trustworthiness
00:52:53.17\00:52:56.00
as keeper of the covenant,
keeper of His promises.
00:52:56.04\00:53:00.08
We go to the New Testament.
00:53:00.11\00:53:01.64
The first four books
would be the gospels,
00:53:01.68\00:53:04.95
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
00:53:04.98\00:53:07.98
If we pick John,
00:53:08.02\00:53:09.35
written by the
beloved Apostle John,
00:53:09.38\00:53:12.02
we see the
theme in John is Jesus
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.69
is the Revelation of
God, Jesus is eternal.
00:53:14.72\00:53:18.03
He's the companion of
God, He's equal with God.
00:53:18.06\00:53:20.50
He is the
Creator, the Sustainer.
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.93
We see the glory and exaltation
of Jesus on the cross.
00:53:22.96\00:53:26.87
The cross of Christ is
central to John's Gospel.
00:53:26.90\00:53:30.71
We see the Holy
Spirit in John 14 to 16,
00:53:30.74\00:53:33.78
and that
ministry to the believers,
00:53:33.81\00:53:36.41
then we jumped to
the only book of history
00:53:36.44\00:53:37.95
in the New Testament,
00:53:37.98\00:53:39.31
the Book of Acts,
biblical narrative,
00:53:39.35\00:53:41.02
one book, written,
of course, by Luke,
00:53:41.05\00:53:43.49
the Gentile doctor
00:53:43.52\00:53:44.85
who was a companion
of Paul in his journeys.
00:53:44.89\00:53:48.22
Acts is about the
spread of the gospel
00:53:48.26\00:53:50.93
in the early Christian church,
00:53:50.96\00:53:53.33
and the power of God and
the Holy Spirit as it goes
00:53:53.36\00:53:56.90
to not only Judea
but to the Gentiles.
00:53:56.93\00:53:59.70
Then we have 21 epistles,
00:53:59.73\00:54:02.44
many of them
written by the Apostle Paul,
00:54:02.47\00:54:05.04
some written by some
other authors as well
00:54:05.07\00:54:07.64
and these are letters
to individuals or churches.
00:54:07.68\00:54:10.85
We'll look quickly at Romans.
00:54:10.88\00:54:12.71
I love that Paul's
most definitive statement
00:54:12.75\00:54:16.12
on salvation,
faith, and grace of Christ.
00:54:16.15\00:54:20.16
We see in Romans 1-3,
00:54:20.19\00:54:21.56
the effects of sin upon
Jews and Gentiles alike.
00:54:21.59\00:54:25.49
Romans 3-5,
00:54:25.53\00:54:26.90
justification by
grace through faith.
00:54:26.93\00:54:29.73
Romans 6 is that Christ's burial
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.83
and resurrection and
our baptism as symbolic
00:54:31.87\00:54:35.27
of His dying to the old
life rising to new life.
00:54:35.30\00:54:38.64
Romans 7, the conflict
between self and Christ.
00:54:38.67\00:54:42.38
Romans 8, victory through Jesus,
00:54:42.41\00:54:44.48
through the power of
the indwelling Holy Spirit.
00:54:44.51\00:54:47.52
Romans 9-11, the relationship
between the church in Israel.
00:54:47.55\00:54:51.65
Romans 12-15, we see
practical Christianity,
00:54:51.69\00:54:55.46
how we are called
to live as Christians.
00:54:55.49\00:54:57.29
And the final book,
00:54:57.33\00:54:59.09
Revelation stands by
itself the book of prophecy,
00:54:59.13\00:55:03.13
written by the Apostle John.
00:55:03.16\00:55:05.67
Themes in there is Jesus Christ,
00:55:05.70\00:55:07.80
the Son of Man, the
Lion of the tribe of Judah,
00:55:07.84\00:55:10.04
the Lamb, the Word of God,
00:55:10.07\00:55:12.21
the heavenly
sanctuary in the throne room,
00:55:12.24\00:55:15.34
the cross in the gospel,
00:55:15.38\00:55:17.15
the church, the
end of the world,
00:55:17.18\00:55:19.28
wonderful prophecies
about the soon return of Jesus.
00:55:19.31\00:55:24.02
And then it ends
with the earth made anew.
00:55:24.05\00:55:26.96
So when we look at
context, we see of the books,
00:55:26.99\00:55:29.99
we see what God
intended through each author
00:55:30.03\00:55:32.96
to convey to us today.
00:55:32.99\00:55:35.16
Praise the Lord.
That was really good.
00:55:35.20\00:55:36.60
Thank you, Jill, for that.
00:55:36.63\00:55:37.97
Wonderful break down
00:55:38.00\00:55:39.33
of the different
thematic books of Scripture.
00:55:39.37\00:55:41.50
You know, I
find it so important,
00:55:41.54\00:55:43.87
this particular study
because many people go astray
00:55:43.91\00:55:47.38
in their
interpretation of Scripture
00:55:47.41\00:55:48.74
because they don't go deeper.
00:55:48.78\00:55:50.11
They don't consider the context.
00:55:50.15\00:55:51.48
They don't consider
the language, the text,
00:55:51.51\00:55:53.42
and all the things that
we've been studying here.
00:55:53.45\00:55:54.98
So I praise the Lord
for this particular study.
00:55:55.02\00:55:57.39
I'm gonna just allow
the panel to go back through
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and maybe give a
thought for your day
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or worth something else?
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Well, mine was
Words and Meaning.
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When you understand the word
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as it was intended by
the author originally,
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the meaning becomes apparent,
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and then the
application follows.
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So seek to understand
what it meant to the writer,
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then we will understand
what it means to the reader.
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Amen.
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Well, I like to say
that we have been blessed
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to have the
scriptures available to us.
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I like to read
from Jeremiah 33:3,
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"Call to Me, and
I will answer you,
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and show you
great and mighty things,
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which you do not know."
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The scriptures
are waiting for you
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and God is waiting for you
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to discover great mighty things
that God wants to show us.
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Praise the Lord.
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I have Ephesians 1:17-19 says,
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"That the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
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the Father of
glory, may give you, "
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notice this,
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"the spirit of wisdom
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and revelation in
the knowledge of Him,
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the eyes of your
understanding being enlightened,
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that you may know
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what is the hope of His calling,
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and power to
us-ward who believe."
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Amen.
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2 Timothy 2:15 study
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to, "Show
yourself approved to God,
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a workman who does
not need to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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The Bible contains
infinite wisdom and treasure,
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open up God's Word and study it,
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discover it for yourself.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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My day was
Understanding the Scriptures.
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And one of the texts
that I had referenced
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was Deuteronomy 32:46-47,
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which says that the word
of God will prolong our days
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and how does that happen?
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Well, I think we
have a Bible text
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that answers that,
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Psalm 119:11 says,
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"Your word I have
hidden in my heart,
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that I might not
sin against You."
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When we put the Word of
God in our mind, in our heart.
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We studied within context,
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we take a look at the text
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and study to show
ourselves approved.
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The Lord will work wonderful,
wonderful things in our life
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and you know what?
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We should teach
it to our children.
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That's what the Bible
says, teach it to our children.
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We are so thankful
that you have joined us
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here again on 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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We encourage you to
join us right here again
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next week as we open God's Word.
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And we take
another dive into Scripture
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to learn how to
interpret Scripture.
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God bless.
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