Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn,
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and this is 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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We are
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on the quarterly
entitled Education.
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Today is lesson number
eight, Education and Redemption.
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We hope that
you have your Bible,
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a pen and paper,
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and your
quarterly to follow along.
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If you haven't
already gotten a quarterly,
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you can go to ABSG.Adventist.org
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and download
one to follow along.
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So please stay tuned
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and join us for this
wonderful Bible study.
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We're so glad that
you stayed with us.
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We're getting into
lesson number eight
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on Education and Redemption.
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There's nothing more important
that we can learn about.
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Let me introduce you to
our wonderful panel here.
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Pastor John Dinzey.
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We're so glad to
have you with us.
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It's a great blessing
and an honor to be here,
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to learn from Jesus
and from His disciples.
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Amen and amen.
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Well, we always learn
so much from each other.
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And then my dear
sister Jill Morikone.
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Privileged to be here, Shelley.
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Thank you so much,
excited to open up God's Word.
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Me too.
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And then my pastor,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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That's right,
education and redemption
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has a message for all of us.
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Oh, boy. So I'm
excited about that too.
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Me too.
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And then, what can I
say for Pastor Ryan Day.
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You don't have to say much
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because the Word of
God is going to say at all.
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Amen and amen. I like that.
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I love that.
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And I just have to
apologize to you at home.
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If I squeak I noticed
sometimes when I go up,
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I got a little
vocal fold damage.
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But let's jump
right into our lesson.
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We know that our Lord
God is a covenant-making,
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covenant-keeping God of love.
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And He reveals Himself to us.
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I mean, His whole
purpose in creating us
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was that we could be
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in a love relationship with Him.
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And He wants to
communicate with us.
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So let's look
at some of the ways
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that God reveals Himself to us.
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He reveals Himself
to us through creation.
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We look around, we see
His intelligent design,
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His creativity and His power.
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He reveals Himself
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through the
conscience of humanity
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because God by His Holy
Spirit, He's always moving us,
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showing us the right way.
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He revealed Himself to us
in the person of Jesus Christ,
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who walked this earth
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to show us exactly
who the father was.
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And He reveals
Himself to us in Scripture.
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But before we
open up the Scriptures,
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we need to have a prayer.
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John, I'm gonna ask
you to pray, please.
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Gracious Father in heaven,
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education is what we all receive
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when we open our
hearts to your Holy Spirit,
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send that power today, Father,
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to be the active agent
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in what is said
and what is done.
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And may all the glory go to You.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen and amen.
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So we open this lesson
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with the memory
text from 2 Timothy 3:16.
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All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God.
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And what is it profitable for?
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For doctrine,
reproof, correction,
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and instruction
in righteousness.
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When it's talking
about all Scripture here,
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at the time this was written,
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it's referring to
the Old Testament.
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You know, I grew up as
a New Testament Christian
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and I was taught
that the Old Testament,
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forget about it.
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I'm going to tell you something.
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The New Testament
is contained in the Old
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and the Old is
explained in the New.
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If you don't study
from Genesis to Revelation,
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you can't understand
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what God is trying
to tell His people.
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He is...
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God says, "I'm
the Lord changed not."
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He's the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
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So when we look at
what this is good for,
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for doctrine.
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What's doctrine?
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Teaching.
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And, you know,
this is the instructions
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for how to have an
abundant life in God.
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Sometimes people will say,
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"Oh, don't talk
to me about doctrine.
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I don't want to
hear that word doctrine."
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And I think, "Are you kidding?"
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Doctrine is God's
truth encapsulated.
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I love it.
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It is good for reproof,
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that is when we are
shown the error of our way.
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And then God
brings us to repentance,
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confession and repentance.
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It is used for correction.
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Hey, that word correction,
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this is the only time
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it's used in
the Old Testament...
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I mean in the New Testament.
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And it means to restore someone,
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it's like if someone
has fallen from their feet,
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it's to help them back up
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from the ground
and to restore them.
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And instruction
in righteousness.
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You know, people
ask me sometimes,
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"Do you believe in
righteousness by faith?"
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I believe
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that's the only
kind of righteousness
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there is.
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But we know that
John tells us in 1 John,
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that the righteous
will practice righteousness.
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So we are learning
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how to follow in
the footsteps of Jesus.
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So God reveals
himself to mankind
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in a father-child relationship,
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a teacher-student
relationship and He invites us,
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"I want you to come to
Me, I want you to learn Me.
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I want you to know who I
am and how much I love you.
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And I want you to know
your identity as My child."
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How precious.
Did you know God...
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Just think about it.
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He walked in the
Garden of Eden teaching,
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He walked on the
face of the earth
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in the person of
Jesus Christ teaching,
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He's going to be teaching
us throughout all eternity.
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We're just going to be marveling
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at the things that we learn.
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So let's look at Sunday.
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We're going to open
our Bibles to Genesis 1:26
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is where we will begin.
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And there's
something interesting.
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Genesis 1: 26.
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Sunday's title is
In the image of God.
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Well, what does that mean?
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Genesis 1:26 says, "Then God,"
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Elohim, which is a plural name,
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El was the name for God,
Elohim is the plural of El.
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Listen to how
God expresses himself
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in plural pronouns.
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He said, "Let Us
make man in Our image,
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according to Our likeness,
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let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
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over the birds of the
air, and over the cattle,
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over all the earth,
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over every creeping thing
that creeps on the earth."
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So who is the earth?
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It's not the angels
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'cause he's getting ready
to say right here in verse 27.
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"So God created
man in His own image,"
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that's the us,
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"in the image of
God He created him,
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male and female He created them.
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And He blessed them
and He said to them,
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'Be fruitful and multiply,
fill the earth and subdue it,
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have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
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over the birds of the air,
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and over everything
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that moves on the
face of the earth.'"
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Now I know that
there's a lot of conversations
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on what does it mean
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to be created in
the image of God?
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Right.
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We know that
Jesus said in John 4:24
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that God is spirit.
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So does He have a form like us?
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I mean, is He shaped like a man?
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I don't know. The
Bible doesn't tell me.
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But what I do know is
that image and likeness
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that God created us
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with moral sensibilities
with He created us perfect.
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He created us to be like
Him with intellectual abilities.
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We have a will,
we have emotions,
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He created us with the
capacity to govern His creation,
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His earth.
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So it's interesting to me
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that there is a
law of reproduction
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in God's creation.
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He created male and
female, and they had to be able,
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by divine design,
they had to come together,
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to reproduce,
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to fulfill what
He said, to multiply.
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So God has a purpose.
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But here's what I
want to share with you
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'cause this is a
thought God gave me,
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some time ago, that I just love.
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The Bible tells
us in 1 John 4:8-16,
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"God is love."
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That is the very
essence of God's character.
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And all of His attributes,
everything about Him has to...
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I mean, that's the
essence of His being,
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all of His character has
to line up with that love.
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And it is another-centered love.
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In other words,
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it's an outpouring of
self-sacrificing love.
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You know, if we were
created in God's image,
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He is a
relational being of love.
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He created us to
be beings of love.
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And think about
how wonderful that is
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that He created us to
have a relationship with Him.
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He created us to love
others and serve others.
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And to me,
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if we're going to
live in right relationship,
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we need to open up our hearts.
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The Bible says in Romans 5:5,
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God pours his
love into our heart
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by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The only way that we
can love the Lord our God
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with all of our heart,
soul, mind, and strength,
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and love our
neighbor as ourself,
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which are the most
important commandments,
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is to open up our heart
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and let God
pour His Holy Spirit,
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His love, His essence into us.
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Now let's look at Genesis 5
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'cause we're going to see
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that there is after
the fall of mankind,
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the image of God
is marred in man.
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In Genesis 5:1, let's see,
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God created man and made
them in the likeness of God,
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He created male and
female and blessed them.
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Now jump down to verse 3,
"And Adam lived one 130 years,
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and begot a son
in his own likeness,
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after his image, and
named this son Seth."
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Now I believe that
the second generation,
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obviously,
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procreation
that the image of God
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was passed onto man.
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But what happened?
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The image was
marred because of the fall,
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that fallen nature
got passed on to us.
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And that's why we needed
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a new Adam, the last Adam,
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when God became a man
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so that we could be
born again in His image.
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I love what the Bible tells us,
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Romans 8:28, 29,
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and we can never
separate those two scriptures,
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Romans 8:28, 29 says,
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that all things
work together for good
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for those who love the Lord
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and are called
according to His purpose.
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That's your purpose.
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But your destiny is right
there in the next scripture
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because those that God
for knew He predestined
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to be conformed to
the image of His Son,
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Jesus Christ.
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That's your destiny.
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Let me read to you very quickly.
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1 Thessalonians.
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And I want to get to verse 3
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or chapter 3 at 1 Thessalonians
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because, you know, some
people are going to say,
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"What do you mean
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God created us in
the image of love?
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If He created us in His image,
and He is love, then, brethren,
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this is where it's all at."
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Let's look
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at 1 Thessalonians 3:12.
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And it says, "May the Lord
make you increase and abound, "
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who's doing the work?
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The Lord. The
Lord is doing the work.
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Increase and
abound in what? Love.
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In love to one
another and to all
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just as we do to you so
that and any time you see,
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so are that or so that,
that's the purpose statement.
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So Paul's saying,
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hey, make God
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cause you to
increase and abound in love
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for this purpose.
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Here it is,
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"So that he may establish
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your hearts
blameless in holiness,
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before our God and Father
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the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ
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with all of His saints."
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Do you realize
what he's saying there?
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He is saying that
as we grow in love,
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we grow in holiness.
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That is a beautiful thing
00:14:30.67\00:14:32.67
because we grow
in the image of God.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, I know you can
consume the rest of the time.
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I could.
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Praise the Lord.
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Well, Monday's lesson
brings us to Jesus as Teacher.
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And so now we
want to encourage you
00:14:48.72\00:14:51.22
to follow along
00:14:51.25\00:14:53.66
because Jesus,
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there are many names
by which He is addressed
00:14:55.66\00:14:57.66
in the Bible,
00:14:57.69\00:14:59.03
including, one of my
favorites is the Lamb of God
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that takes away
the sin of the world.
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But He's also
called Master, Rabbi.
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And these words
actually mean teacher.
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And see, when you look
at Jesus as your teacher,
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you're going to do well.
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Amen.
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Let's go into the
book Isaiah Chapter 11.
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In Isaiah Chapter 11,
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the study is for
verses 1 through 9,
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but we're going to
focus on verses 1, 2, and 3.
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"There shall come forth a
rod from the stem of Jesse,
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and a Branch shall
grow out of his roots."
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This is another name
for Jesus, the branch,
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"The Spirit of the
Lord shall rest upon Him,
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the Spirit of
wisdom and understanding,
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the Spirit of counsel and might,
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the Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord.
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His delight is in
the fear of the Lord,
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And He shall not judge
by the sight of His eyes,
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nor decide by the
hearing of His ears."
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These are words
that speak of a teacher,
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and He has the spirit of
wisdom and understanding.
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And when we talk of
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when we consider
Jesus as a teacher,
00:16:13.60\00:16:16.74
then we can pause and consider
00:16:16.77\00:16:20.51
that the words He spoke,
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we need to listen to them.
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Now there was a time
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when Jesus was
teaching the people.
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And He was saying some things
00:16:30.32\00:16:32.12
that the Bible
says that somebody said,
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"These are things
that are hard to hear."
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And so some
people started leaving,
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some people started leaving.
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And so Jesus apparently
was getting sadder and sadder
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because I see Him
getting sadder and sadder
00:16:45.30\00:16:47.04
because He looks
to His 12 disciples,
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and he says,
"Will you also leave?"
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And Peter said the right thing.
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He says, "Lord, where can we go?
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You have the words of life."
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And so I want to tell you
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that Jesus has the
words of life today.
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Now when you go to
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
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and even into the
book of Revelation,
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you can see
00:17:08.86\00:17:10.19
that these are
the words of Jesus.
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And if they were
Spirit, if they were life,
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then they are like today.
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And they are
worthy of our study.
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So when you go through Matthew,
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Mark, Luke, and John,
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don't dispense by the
things that Jesus said,
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focus on them, and ask the Lord,
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"Lord, what is it
that You have for me
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in these Scriptures?
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Be my teacher.
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"And when you come to
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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you know, He was
the greatest teacher
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that has ever
walked upon this earth.
00:17:36.35\00:17:38.69
And today, there are people
00:17:38.72\00:17:41.22
that have been
considered great teachers,
00:17:41.26\00:17:44.03
are highly intelligent,
some people think of Einstein.
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But when you think of
all these great teachers
00:17:47.26\00:17:50.33
and compare them to Jesus,
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they all need to
humble themselves
00:17:51.73\00:17:53.10
before the Lord,
00:17:53.13\00:17:54.60
come and learn at
the feet of Jesus.
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I remember seeing a
commercial many years ago,
00:17:57.97\00:18:00.71
and I don't know
what it was about,
00:18:00.74\00:18:02.64
they were just
kind of panning along
00:18:02.68\00:18:05.01
and they were
showing people at restaurant
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talking and
talking, eating, eating,
00:18:06.61\00:18:08.48
and all of a sudden
everybody goes silent.
00:18:08.52\00:18:11.55
And then the announcer said,
00:18:11.59\00:18:12.92
"When EF Hutton
speaks, people listen."
00:18:12.95\00:18:16.59
And I say, "Wow,
what a powerful message."
00:18:16.62\00:18:19.23
But this is what
00:18:19.26\00:18:20.60
we need to consider about Jesus.
00:18:20.63\00:18:22.53
So when we take time
to pause and ask Jesus,
00:18:22.56\00:18:27.37
"Lord, teach me, "
00:18:27.40\00:18:29.77
then you can
really begin to learn.
00:18:29.80\00:18:33.44
And Jesus did invite
us to learn from Him.
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Let's go to Matthew 11:28-30.
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Matthew 11:28-30.
00:18:41.15\00:18:43.75
"Come to Me," Jesus says,
00:18:43.79\00:18:46.39
"all who labor
and are heavy laden,
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.12
and I will give you rest."
00:18:49.16\00:18:50.79
Wow, in these words,
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it's enough to
study for a lifetime.
00:18:52.99\00:18:55.16
"Take My yoke upon
you and learn from Me,
00:18:55.20\00:18:59.00
for I am gentle
and lowly in heart,
00:18:59.03\00:19:01.50
and you will find
rest for your souls.
00:19:01.54\00:19:04.07
For My yoke is easy
and My burden is light."
00:19:04.11\00:19:07.38
Dear, dear children of God,
00:19:07.41\00:19:10.58
Jesus wants you to learn of Him.
00:19:10.61\00:19:13.48
And His invitation is,
"Come on to Me and lean on Me."
00:19:13.52\00:19:17.62
And His invitation is to all
and I praise the Lord for that.
00:19:17.65\00:19:21.29
And so I want
to read this to you
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from Councils on Education,
very powerful, very powerful.
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Listen to this.
00:19:29.00\00:19:30.33
"It is right
that you should feel
00:19:30.37\00:19:32.07
that you must
climb to the highest rung
00:19:32.10\00:19:34.60
of the educational ladder.
00:19:34.64\00:19:36.97
Philosophy and
history are important studies,
00:19:37.01\00:19:39.64
but your sacrifice of time
and money will avail nothing
00:19:39.67\00:19:43.14
if you do not
use your attainments
00:19:43.18\00:19:46.18
for the honor of God and
for the good of humanity.
00:19:46.21\00:19:51.02
Unless the knowledge of
science is a stepping stone
00:19:51.05\00:19:55.52
to the attainment of
the highest purposes,
00:19:55.56\00:19:58.69
it is worthless.
00:19:58.73\00:20:00.63
The education that
does not furnish knowledge
00:20:00.66\00:20:04.30
as enduring as
eternity is of no purpose.
00:20:04.33\00:20:09.07
The education..."
00:20:09.10\00:20:11.07
I read that part.
00:20:11.11\00:20:12.44
"Unless you keep
having in the future
00:20:12.47\00:20:14.98
in mortal life before you,
00:20:15.01\00:20:16.61
your attainments are
of no permanent value.
00:20:16.64\00:20:19.95
But if Jesus is your teacher,
00:20:19.98\00:20:23.52
not simply on
one day of the week
00:20:23.55\00:20:26.05
but every day, every hour,
00:20:26.09\00:20:28.69
you may have His smile upon you
00:20:28.72\00:20:31.86
in the pursuit of
literary acquirements."
00:20:31.89\00:20:35.96
So don't let Jesus be
your teacher one day a week,
00:20:36.00\00:20:40.04
you know, unfortunately,
00:20:40.07\00:20:42.50
there are a lot of
people that open their Bible
00:20:42.54\00:20:47.08
for the first time in the
week when they get to church.
00:20:47.11\00:20:49.58
When somebody says,
"Turn your Bibles to, "
00:20:49.61\00:20:51.78
and that's when they're opening
their Bible for the first time.
00:20:51.81\00:20:54.88
A sad and horrible mistake
00:20:54.92\00:20:56.99
because Jesus wants to
teach us even every hour.
00:20:57.02\00:21:00.69
And I encourage you to
take time to learn of Jesus.
00:21:00.72\00:21:06.43
And those that are listening,
00:21:06.46\00:21:09.30
that are teachers
need to take time to learn
00:21:09.33\00:21:12.03
at the feet of Jesus as well
00:21:12.07\00:21:14.47
because through Him,
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.91
we can reach our highest purpose
00:21:16.94\00:21:20.01
in this life
through Jesus Christ.
00:21:20.04\00:21:22.01
There is another quote
that I want to read to you
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.15
because it is also very powerful
00:21:24.18\00:21:25.95
as it talks
about how Jesus spoke
00:21:25.98\00:21:29.15
in the book
Gospel Workers page 260,
00:21:29.18\00:21:32.39
I read to you from
the book Education before.
00:21:32.42\00:21:34.62
"When Jesus spoke,
00:21:34.66\00:21:36.02
it was not with
hesitating uncertainty,
00:21:36.06\00:21:39.96
His words came
within earnestness
00:21:40.00\00:21:42.66
and assurance
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.03
appropriate to their importance,
00:21:44.07\00:21:45.93
and the momentous consequences
00:21:45.97\00:21:47.90
involved in their
reception or rejection."
00:21:47.94\00:21:52.11
So this is the teacher
whom we need to learn from.
00:21:52.14\00:21:56.01
And when you talk
about learning from Jesus,
00:21:56.04\00:21:58.25
what did Jesus do?
00:21:58.28\00:22:00.45
He spent a lot
of time in prayer.
00:22:00.48\00:22:02.45
You read in the Bible
00:22:02.48\00:22:03.92
that it says He rose a
great while before day.
00:22:03.95\00:22:10.13
In other words, He got up
00:22:10.16\00:22:11.86
when everybody was
still snoring away,
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.56
and it was still
dark, He went a place apart,
00:22:14.60\00:22:17.87
to pray and have
communion with the Father.
00:22:17.90\00:22:21.14
And we understand this as,
00:22:21.17\00:22:24.57
you know, we consider
ourselves students of the Lord
00:22:24.61\00:22:28.01
but also the Lord
uses us as teachers.
00:22:28.04\00:22:30.25
And we learn at the
feet of Jesus as well.
00:22:30.28\00:22:33.25
And he who tries to
teach others about Jesus
00:22:33.28\00:22:36.72
before learning
at the feet of Jesus
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.89
is making a
grave, serious mistake.
00:22:38.92\00:22:41.96
We need to humble
ourselves before the Lord
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.83
because it is only
by humbling ourselves
00:22:43.86\00:22:46.33
before the Lord that
we really open our minds
00:22:46.36\00:22:49.16
and our understanding
00:22:49.20\00:22:51.30
so that He can
feed us and teach us
00:22:51.33\00:22:54.47
and He has so much to teach us.
00:22:54.50\00:22:57.27
And yes, there's...
00:22:57.31\00:23:00.28
Let's go to it.
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Let's go to John 3
00:23:01.68\00:23:04.45
and we're going
to read that moment
00:23:04.48\00:23:07.95
when a teacher of
Israel came to Jesus.
00:23:07.98\00:23:13.62
Beginning of
verse 1, John Chapter 1.
00:23:13.66\00:23:16.16
I'm sorry, John 3,
beginning in verse 1,
00:23:16.19\00:23:17.79
"There was a
man of the Pharisees
00:23:17.83\00:23:20.10
named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews.
00:23:20.13\00:23:24.27
This man came to Jesus
by night and said to Him,
00:23:24.30\00:23:29.54
'Rabbi, we know
that You are a teacher
00:23:29.57\00:23:33.11
come from God,
00:23:33.14\00:23:35.04
for no one can do
these things that You do
00:23:35.08\00:23:38.08
unless God is with him.'"
00:23:38.11\00:23:41.18
He says, some very wise words,
00:23:41.22\00:23:43.72
"Jesus answered
and said to him,"
00:23:43.75\00:23:46.32
He ignored him,
practically He said,
00:23:46.35\00:23:48.49
and He said, "Most assuredly,
00:23:48.52\00:23:50.36
I say to you,
unless one is born again,
00:23:50.39\00:23:54.40
he cannot see
the kingdom of God."
00:23:54.43\00:23:56.67
Jesus looked
into the deepest deed
00:23:56.70\00:23:59.27
of Nicodemus
00:23:59.30\00:24:00.64
and spoke to his heart and
spoke to his greatest need,
00:24:00.67\00:24:04.17
awakened his
desire to learn more.
00:24:04.21\00:24:08.21
And then as you
continue reading,
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.71
you will see that he
began to ask questions.
00:24:09.74\00:24:12.28
Don't be afraid to
ask the Lord questions
00:24:12.31\00:24:16.28
because the Lord has answers.
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.59
And that's why He
says, "Come unto Me,
00:24:18.62\00:24:21.06
and learn of Me."
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.59
And so the Lord wants
to teach us even today.
00:24:22.62\00:24:28.40
1 Corinthians 12:28, I
got to read this quickly.
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.83
"And God has set some
in these in the church,
00:24:30.87\00:24:33.07
first apostles, second prophets,
00:24:33.10\00:24:35.10
thirdly teachers,
after that miracles,
00:24:35.14\00:24:37.27
then gifts of
healings, helps governments,
00:24:37.31\00:24:38.91
diversities of
tongues," and it continues,
00:24:38.94\00:24:41.28
but the Lord has blessed
00:24:41.31\00:24:43.08
with the gift of
teaching as well.
00:24:43.11\00:24:45.05
You may have that,
00:24:45.08\00:24:46.41
use it to God's honor and glory.
00:24:46.45\00:24:47.78
Amen.
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.15
Thank you, Pastor Dinzey.
00:24:49.18\00:24:50.52
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take a quick break,
00:24:50.55\00:24:52.75
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00:24:52.79\00:24:54.26
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00:25:31.76\00:25:33.93
with Jill Morikone.
00:25:33.96\00:25:35.30
Thank you so much,
Shelley and Pastor Johnny.
00:25:35.33\00:25:37.57
I love that we are
made in the image of God.
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.87
And then Jesus as
our teacher Rabbi,
00:25:40.90\00:25:43.67
on I have Tuesday's lesson,
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.94
we look at
Moses and the prophets
00:25:45.97\00:25:48.61
looking at the teaching material
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.25
that is contained
in the Word of God.
00:25:50.28\00:25:53.82
The educational thoughts,
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18
the instruction that
we can find in the Bible.
00:25:55.22\00:25:58.32
Noah Webster is
called the father
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.96
of American
scholarship and education.
00:26:00.99\00:26:04.13
His Blue Back Speller
00:26:04.16\00:26:05.89
taught five generations
of Americans to read.
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.33
He said this,
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.70
"Education is
useless without the Bible."
00:26:10.73\00:26:14.14
The Bible was
America's basic textbook
00:26:14.17\00:26:17.84
in all fields.
00:26:17.87\00:26:20.51
If you fast
forward quite a few years,
00:26:20.54\00:26:22.88
Time magazine
had a cover in 2007.
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.78
That was called this,
00:26:25.81\00:26:27.42
The Case for Teaching the Bible.
00:26:27.45\00:26:30.75
And the article, the
author in the article
00:26:30.79\00:26:34.19
argued for teaching the
Bible in public schools,
00:26:34.22\00:26:37.46
which is amazing
00:26:37.49\00:26:39.19
thinking of the
political climate today.
00:26:39.23\00:26:42.40
We look at teaching material
00:26:42.43\00:26:43.87
found
throughout the Word of God,
00:26:43.90\00:26:45.47
hopefully,
we're going to make it
00:26:45.50\00:26:46.90
all the way through the Bible,
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.67
we're going to look
at the different sections
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.64
or genres of the Bible,
00:26:50.67\00:26:52.77
how it's divided
up into sections,
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and then we're going to take
a different book of the Bible
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and each one of those sections
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and see the educational material
00:26:59.08\00:27:00.88
that we can find
in the Word of God.
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I just want to
quote the memory texts
00:27:04.02\00:27:05.45
that Shelley did a beautiful job
00:27:05.49\00:27:06.86
with at the beginning.
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We're going to go
back a couple verses,
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2 Timothy Chapter 3.
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Open your Bibles to
2 Timothy Chapter 3,
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we're going to look
at verses 14 through 17.
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Paul, of course,
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speaking to his son
in the faith, Timothy,
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"But you must
continue in the things
00:27:21.80\00:27:23.41
which you have
learned and been assured of,
00:27:23.44\00:27:25.81
knowing from whom
you have learned them,
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and that from childhood
00:27:29.21\00:27:30.71
you have known
the Holy Scriptures,
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which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith
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which is in Christ Jesus."
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The Scriptures,
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the Bible gives us everything
we need for salvation,
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that wisdom and
knowledge of Jesus
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and salvation.
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Then the scripture Shelley read,
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all Scripture is
given by inspiration of God.
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All Scripture is God breathed.
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I love that word all.
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Its pos in Greek, it
means each and every one.
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What I love about
that is it doesn't mean
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.41
just a certain Scripture I like
00:28:03.45\00:28:05.58
or the passage
00:28:05.61\00:28:06.95
I particularly
feel an affinity to,
00:28:06.98\00:28:09.45
it means each
and every scripture
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is God breathed.
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The ones I like
or maybe dislike,
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the ones that I
agree with, or maybe not.
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.59
The ones that make me feel good
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.06
and the ones that may be cut
like a sharp two-edged sword.
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All Scripture is God
breathed. That's right.
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It's given by
inspiration of God.
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It's profitable for
doctrine, reproof, correction,
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Shelley already covered that.
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Instruction in righteousness
that the man of God
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may be complete or perfect,
00:28:35.38\00:28:37.55
thoroughly
furnished for every good work.
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Scripture gives us
knowledge of salvation,
00:28:41.52\00:28:44.32
and instruction
in righteousness.
00:28:44.35\00:28:46.42
It teaches us.
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It corrects and straightens
out those areas in my life
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that are maybe out of balance.
00:28:51.13\00:28:53.93
So let's look at the
teaching and instruction
00:28:53.96\00:28:56.00
found in the Word of God.
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The first section of
the Bible is, of course,
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the five books of the law.
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This is Genesis
through Deuteronomy.
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Five books of the law
known as the Pentateuch,
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the Torah, the law.
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Torah means
teaching or instruction.
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Instead of thinking of
it as just dos and don'ts,
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rules and regulations,
00:29:16.38\00:29:18.79
the Torah is filled
with teaching material
00:29:18.82\00:29:21.99
with how we are to live
00:29:22.02\00:29:23.69
in covenant
relationship with God.
00:29:23.73\00:29:27.00
There's also some
history and biblical narrative
00:29:27.03\00:29:29.60
found there as well.
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Let's look at
the book of Genesis.
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Of course we know Moses
was the author of those books.
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In Genesis we see origins,
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the beginning of
the world and humanity,
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the beginning of light
and darkness, animals, plants,
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the beginning of the Sabbath,
00:29:42.31\00:29:44.01
the beginning
unfortunately of sin,
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and the beginning of salvation
00:29:46.55\00:29:48.78
or that plan of salvation
00:29:48.82\00:29:50.79
that was
unfolded to Adam and Eve.
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We have our
foundational understanding
00:29:53.76\00:29:55.82
of basic theology,
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.43
the framework for
our theology is laid
00:29:57.46\00:30:00.26
in those first few
chapters of the book of Genesis.
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We see God as Creator.
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God as Savior.
00:30:04.97\00:30:06.30
We see humans
coming from the dust
00:30:06.33\00:30:07.80
and returning back to dust.
00:30:07.84\00:30:09.24
We see marriage and
family and community,
00:30:09.27\00:30:11.84
we see salvation,
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.21
we see this
great controversy plan
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.64
between good and evil.
00:30:15.68\00:30:18.05
We see wonderful promises
and covenantal relationship
00:30:18.08\00:30:23.25
in the book of Genesis,
that first messianic promise.
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And then the Noahic
Covenant in Genesis 8,
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the Abrahamic
Covenant in Genesis Chapter 15.
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The next section of the Bible
is the 12 books of history,
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biblical narrative.
00:30:36.87\00:30:38.20
This is Joshua through Nehemiah.
00:30:38.23\00:30:41.07
And this really shows us
00:30:41.10\00:30:42.44
how well God's people master
00:30:42.47\00:30:45.07
the educational
material they were taught
00:30:45.11\00:30:47.48
and how they lived by it.
00:30:47.51\00:30:49.04
And we see sometimes
they really follow God
00:30:49.08\00:30:51.31
and master that
educational material.
00:30:51.35\00:30:53.82
Sometimes they
didn't follow him so well
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.62
and they had to be
rebuked and chasten.
00:30:55.65\00:30:58.59
Some judgment came
and they went back to Him.
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The book I'm going to pick
in that section is Nehemiah.
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We see the return of the exiles,
00:31:04.53\00:31:06.29
of course, the first return
under Ezra with 50,000 people,
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the second return
under Ezra maybe 6,000.
00:31:09.73\00:31:12.60
The third return under Nehemiah.
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.14
In the book of
Nehemiah we see reconstruction.
00:31:15.17\00:31:17.94
Of course, Ezra we know
00:31:17.97\00:31:19.31
focused on
reconstruction of the temple,
00:31:19.34\00:31:21.14
Nehemiah focused on
reconstruction of the wall.
00:31:21.18\00:31:24.41
In Nehemiah, we see reform,
00:31:24.45\00:31:26.38
reform and
commitment to the law of God
00:31:26.41\00:31:29.32
and to their
covenant relationship
00:31:29.35\00:31:31.32
with God.
00:31:31.35\00:31:32.69
We see the covenant
00:31:32.72\00:31:34.06
and God is the
keeper of the covenant
00:31:34.09\00:31:35.42
and covenant renewal take
place in the book of Nehemiah.
00:31:35.46\00:31:39.23
And we see reading
from the Word of God.
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The next section is
the five books of poetry
00:31:41.96\00:31:45.43
or the five wisdom books.
00:31:45.47\00:31:47.77
It's the Job, Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
00:31:47.80\00:31:52.27
The Book of Psalms,
00:31:52.31\00:31:54.78
there are at least
three educational Psalms
00:31:54.81\00:31:58.01
that they call
Educational Psalms
00:31:58.05\00:31:59.88
in the book of Psalms.
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.25
Now clearly the entire
book would be educational,
00:32:01.28\00:32:04.09
but there's at least three,
00:32:04.12\00:32:05.45
Psalm 1, Psalm 37, and Psalm 73.
00:32:05.49\00:32:09.26
Psalm 1 is a meditation,
it's a study on God's law.
00:32:09.29\00:32:13.26
It contrasts the
ways of the righteous
00:32:13.29\00:32:15.50
and the ways that the wicked.
00:32:15.53\00:32:16.93
The righteous are like a tree
00:32:16.97\00:32:18.63
and the wicked
are like the chaff,
00:32:18.67\00:32:20.97
which is blown away.
00:32:21.00\00:32:22.50
The way of the
righteous is known by God,
00:32:22.54\00:32:25.44
the way of the
wicked shall perish.
00:32:25.47\00:32:28.34
The next section is
the 17 books of prophecy.
00:32:28.38\00:32:32.05
This is the major
and the minor prophets.
00:32:32.08\00:32:35.35
The educational material here
00:32:35.38\00:32:38.35
is what the people
ought to have learned
00:32:38.39\00:32:41.92
from the educational material.
00:32:41.96\00:32:43.49
And we see this judgment of God,
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.63
of course, the major
prophets Isaiah to Daniel
00:32:45.66\00:32:48.13
and then the 12 minor prophets.
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.83
If you look at
the book of Isaiah,
00:32:50.87\00:32:52.37
it's probably one
of my favorite books.
00:32:52.40\00:32:55.44
His name, of course,
means the Lord saves,
00:32:55.47\00:32:58.17
and that fits the
theme of the book.
00:32:58.21\00:33:00.94
Isaiah's kind of
divided into two books.
00:33:00.98\00:33:03.04
The first section would
be the book of judgment.
00:33:03.08\00:33:06.65
The second section
00:33:06.68\00:33:08.02
being the book of
comfort and restoration.
00:33:08.05\00:33:10.92
The first book shows...
00:33:10.95\00:33:12.29
The first half of the book
00:33:12.32\00:33:14.19
shows the results of
following after idols
00:33:14.22\00:33:16.29
and after their own gods.
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.89
The second half shows
God's mercy and forgiveness
00:33:17.93\00:33:20.70
and restoration if
they came back to Him.
00:33:20.73\00:33:24.20
We see prophecies
in the book of Isaiah,
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.13
we see promises in
the book of Isaiah,
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.74
we see God's holiness
in the book of Isaiah,
00:33:28.77\00:33:31.64
God's sovereignty,
His trustworthiness,
00:33:31.67\00:33:34.34
His love and
commitment to His people.
00:33:34.38\00:33:36.81
We jump over to
the New Testament.
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.61
The first four books,
of course, are the gospel.
00:33:38.65\00:33:40.72
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.05
The gospels are bound
in educational material
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.62
because there's
the parables of Jesus.
00:33:45.65\00:33:47.82
There's the teachings of Jesus.
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.73
And the book of Matthew,
00:33:50.76\00:33:52.59
we have what they
call five discourses,
00:33:52.63\00:33:55.46
which are these
teachings of Jesus.
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.93
The Sermon on the Mount,
of course, Matthew 5 through 7
00:33:57.97\00:34:00.90
contains those central tenants
of Christian discipleship.
00:34:00.94\00:34:04.54
Then there's the
missionary discourse
00:34:04.57\00:34:06.17
and Matthew 10,
00:34:06.21\00:34:07.54
Jesus to the 12 apostles
just before they're sent down.
00:34:07.58\00:34:10.68
There's the parabolic
discourse in Matthew 13,
00:34:10.71\00:34:13.72
with the parables,
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.08
the church
discourse in Matthew 18
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.42
and all of it
discourse, that end-time events,
00:34:17.45\00:34:21.42
then we have
one book of history,
00:34:21.46\00:34:22.99
biblical
narrative, which is Acts.
00:34:23.02\00:34:25.63
And of course, the theme of that
00:34:25.66\00:34:27.00
is the early Christian church
00:34:27.03\00:34:29.63
showcasing the
spread of Christianity
00:34:29.66\00:34:31.93
to the then known world.
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.44
We have 21 Epistles,
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.77
books of letters to
churches and individuals,
00:34:36.81\00:34:40.44
14 of them written by Paul
and then 7 written by James,
00:34:40.48\00:34:44.48
Peter, John, and Jude.
00:34:44.51\00:34:46.51
If you look at each one of them,
00:34:46.55\00:34:48.68
they begin with a
gospel proclamation,
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.85
but they end with
educational material,
00:34:51.89\00:34:54.06
practical material,
00:34:54.09\00:34:55.66
lessons for our
lives today as Christians.
00:34:55.69\00:35:00.56
And then the final book,
00:35:00.60\00:35:01.93
the final section would
be the book of prophecy.
00:35:01.96\00:35:04.80
That's the last
book of the Bible,
00:35:04.83\00:35:06.20
the book of Revelation.
00:35:06.23\00:35:08.20
We see in there Jesus
Christ, the Son of man,
00:35:08.24\00:35:11.17
Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Lamb, the Word of God,
00:35:11.21\00:35:14.28
we see the heavenly sanctuary.
00:35:14.31\00:35:16.51
And the throne room,
00:35:16.54\00:35:18.18
we see the cross lifted
up and the gospel portrayed,
00:35:18.21\00:35:21.78
we see the death resurrection,
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.25
ascension of Jesus, the
church, the end of the world,
00:35:23.28\00:35:26.49
and end-time events.
00:35:26.52\00:35:29.02
So as we look at
the Bible as a textbook,
00:35:29.06\00:35:31.13
the entire Bible
from Genesis to Revelation
00:35:31.16\00:35:34.00
shows us the character of God.
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.43
Amen.
00:35:36.46\00:35:39.03
Praise the Lord.
00:35:39.07\00:35:41.10
That was...
00:35:41.14\00:35:42.60
Praise the Lord.
00:35:42.64\00:35:44.24
I took 10 of my
seconds to say that.
00:35:44.27\00:35:47.58
Praise the Lord.
That was wonderful.
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.54
Wednesday, Wise Men and Women.
00:35:49.58\00:35:52.95
As you were reading, Jill,
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.58
you went to 2 Timothy 3:14 & 15
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.29
to talk about
the Holy Scriptures.
00:35:57.32\00:35:59.32
I want to use
that very same passage
00:35:59.35\00:36:01.06
to talk about wisdom.
00:36:01.09\00:36:04.09
But you must
continue in the thing...
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.26
2 Timothy 3:14 and 15.
00:36:06.29\00:36:09.23
But you must
continue with the things
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.77
which you have learned
00:36:10.80\00:36:12.30
and been assured of knowing
00:36:12.33\00:36:14.37
from whom you have learned them
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.34
and that from childhood,
00:36:16.37\00:36:18.77
you have known
the Holy Scriptures
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.54
which are able to make you wise.
00:36:20.58\00:36:23.38
Wise men and women.
00:36:23.41\00:36:25.28
The word there wise
comes from the Greek word,
00:36:25.31\00:36:28.38
[speaking in Greek],
00:36:28.42\00:36:29.78
which means the
act of becoming wise,
00:36:29.82\00:36:33.22
not that you were
wise prior to that,
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.09
but it's saying,
00:36:35.12\00:36:36.46
the more you read,
the wiser you become.
00:36:36.49\00:36:39.86
And when the Bible
talks about wisdom, wisdom,
00:36:39.89\00:36:42.53
in this sense, as
Paul's writing to Timothy,
00:36:42.56\00:36:46.10
this is an
ever-increasing wisdom,
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.44
which the Bible,
00:36:48.47\00:36:49.80
the entrance of
God's Word brings light.
00:36:49.84\00:36:52.51
And so if you're
in a dark tunnel,
00:36:52.54\00:36:53.88
as long as you have light,
you can see where you're going.
00:36:53.91\00:36:56.44
If you don't read the
Bible, you can be religious,
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.81
but your tunnel
is going to be dark
00:36:59.85\00:37:01.18
and you have no
idea where you're headed.
00:37:01.22\00:37:03.45
So desire wisdom above religion,
00:37:03.49\00:37:08.02
and wisdom will bring with it,
00:37:08.06\00:37:10.16
not just religion
but knowledge of God
00:37:10.19\00:37:12.93
that cannot be
attained any other way.
00:37:12.96\00:37:15.50
Also, in the
book of 2 Samuel 14:2,
00:37:15.53\00:37:18.07
we find the Bible also
talks about wise women.
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.77
Now oftentimes,
we think of wisdom
00:37:20.80\00:37:22.80
in the Scriptures as well,
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.17
we know about Solomon,
00:37:24.21\00:37:25.57
but we often
don't think about women
00:37:25.61\00:37:27.64
but after hearing
what you just did, Jill,
00:37:27.68\00:37:29.31
that's wisdom.
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.68
Praise the Lord.
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.05
And so it's good to have
people who allow the Word of God
00:37:32.08\00:37:34.25
to give them wisdom,
00:37:34.28\00:37:35.62
such as continually is displayed
00:37:35.65\00:37:37.75
when we study God's Word.
00:37:37.79\00:37:40.36
2 Samuel 14:2 says,
00:37:40.39\00:37:41.96
"And Joab sent to Tekoa
00:37:41.99\00:37:44.03
and brought from there a
wise woman, and said to her,
00:37:44.06\00:37:48.46
'Please pretend to be a mourner,
00:37:48.50\00:37:51.50
and put on mourning apparel, '"
00:37:51.53\00:37:53.47
evidently she knew
exactly how to mourn
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.34
because he said do it
the way you know best,
00:37:55.37\00:37:57.37
she was wise,
00:37:57.41\00:37:58.91
"and do not
anoint yourself with oil,
00:37:58.94\00:38:00.91
but act like a woman
00:38:00.94\00:38:02.28
who has been mourning a
long time for the dead."
00:38:02.31\00:38:04.91
Now the word there wise meaning
it means they're cunning,
00:38:04.95\00:38:09.02
she's able to display,
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.59
she was able to get
into that mode immediately.
00:38:10.62\00:38:13.19
And actors today
are some wise people.
00:38:13.22\00:38:16.83
I remember reading the
story years ago about Tom Hanks,
00:38:16.86\00:38:20.20
when he played so many roles
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.63
that people
thought they knew him,
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.13
but what they simply did is
they knew him in their role.
00:38:24.17\00:38:27.14
And as he said,
00:38:27.17\00:38:28.50
"Life is like a
bowl of chocolate, "
00:38:28.54\00:38:32.11
and so they knew him
in all the roles he played
00:38:32.14\00:38:35.08
but he became that character
00:38:35.11\00:38:38.28
by following the
director and the producer.
00:38:38.31\00:38:41.12
And in the
reality of the comparison,
00:38:41.15\00:38:43.69
we can only become the character
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.19
that God
intends for us to become
00:38:45.22\00:38:48.09
when we follow the
director, and the producer.
00:38:48.12\00:38:51.26
Director God,
the producer Jesus,
00:38:51.29\00:38:53.66
and the power of
that ability to transform
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.77
is the Holy Spirit.
00:38:56.80\00:38:58.13
We need those active agents.
00:38:58.17\00:38:59.97
The Bible also
says in Proverbs 16:23,
00:39:00.00\00:39:03.44
"The heart of the
wise teaches his mouth
00:39:03.47\00:39:06.54
and adds learning to his lips."
00:39:06.57\00:39:09.44
I've discovered
through the years,
00:39:09.48\00:39:11.08
now I'm not up to my
sixth or seventh Bible now.
00:39:11.11\00:39:14.12
And I'm having a
challenge going from my Bible.
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.28
That's so well
marked to my remnant Bible.
00:39:16.32\00:39:18.75
My wife keeps saying
00:39:18.79\00:39:20.12
use your new
remnant Study Bible.
00:39:20.16\00:39:22.12
I said, "Honey, this
Bible is like my right hand."
00:39:22.16\00:39:25.29
You know what I'm talking about?
00:39:25.33\00:39:26.66
After you get to use the pages,
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.56
you know how many pages
to pick up to get to a book.
00:39:28.60\00:39:31.03
There's like all of a
sudden you buy a brand-new sword
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.27
and although it's pretty,
00:39:33.30\00:39:35.24
it's going to take a
while to learn how to use it.
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.71
But the Bible
is a book of wisdom
00:39:37.74\00:39:39.51
that continues to
guide us in Solomon
00:39:39.54\00:39:42.54
is referred to
in 1 Kings 4:29-34.
00:39:42.58\00:39:46.45
It says in verse 34,
"And men of all nations,
00:39:46.48\00:39:50.35
from all the kings of the east
who had heard of his wisdom,
00:39:50.39\00:39:54.32
came to hear the
wisdom of Solomon."
00:39:54.36\00:39:58.39
Where did Solomon
get his wisdom from?
00:39:58.43\00:40:00.00
And the Lord said to
him, "What would you desire?"
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.46
Now people that
have that question
00:40:02.50\00:40:06.10
to pose to the Lord,
00:40:06.13\00:40:07.84
what will you desire?
00:40:07.87\00:40:09.20
The Lord said,
Solomon could have said,
00:40:09.24\00:40:11.11
"I want wealth.
00:40:11.14\00:40:12.47
I want to be powerful.
00:40:12.51\00:40:13.84
I want to be the
greatest military general."
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.98
But he said, "I want wisdom.
00:40:16.01\00:40:17.75
I want to be able to discern.
00:40:17.78\00:40:20.18
I want to know how to
make right decisions."
00:40:20.22\00:40:23.55
And the Lord said,
"That was a wise choice."
00:40:23.59\00:40:26.99
But since you didn't
ask for the other things,
00:40:27.02\00:40:28.66
I'm going to give you
all those things also.
00:40:28.69\00:40:30.76
And I'll tell
you, outside of Uzziah
00:40:30.79\00:40:34.76
was the second
wisest man in the Bible...
00:40:34.80\00:40:37.47
Uzziah was the
second wealthiest man
00:40:37.50\00:40:39.20
in the Bible,
00:40:39.23\00:40:40.57
sorry, only second to
Solomon, great possessions,
00:40:40.60\00:40:44.21
a man who reigned for 52 years,
00:40:44.24\00:40:46.84
but his life didn't end
00:40:46.88\00:40:48.61
in the way that was
an honor to the Lord.
00:40:48.64\00:40:50.75
But what I want to
bring out right now
00:40:50.78\00:40:52.11
are the
different types of wisdom.
00:40:52.15\00:40:54.22
Let's go to Romans 7:18.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.25
The first type of
wisdom is practical wisdom,
00:40:56.28\00:40:59.69
practical wisdom.
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.22
Wisdom is defined
00:41:01.26\00:41:02.59
as the quality or
state of being wise
00:41:02.62\00:41:05.23
knowledge of
what is true or right,
00:41:05.26\00:41:07.56
coupled with just judgment
00:41:07.60\00:41:09.53
as to the action
or the intelligence
00:41:09.56\00:41:12.17
that should follow
the information you have,
00:41:12.20\00:41:14.64
discernment or insight,
00:41:14.67\00:41:16.30
scholarly knowledge or learning,
00:41:16.34\00:41:18.74
the wisdom of the schools,
00:41:18.77\00:41:20.54
wise sayings or
teachings, precepts,
00:41:20.58\00:41:23.91
or a wise actor saying,
00:41:23.95\00:41:25.61
those all define what wisdom is.
00:41:25.65\00:41:27.52
But practical wisdom,
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.38
practical wisdom
demands more than the skill
00:41:29.42\00:41:32.02
to be perceptive about others.
00:41:32.05\00:41:34.02
It also demands the
capacity to perceive oneself,
00:41:34.06\00:41:37.99
this is practical
00:41:38.03\00:41:39.43
to assess what
our own motives are
00:41:39.46\00:41:43.50
to admit our failures,
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.63
to figure out what has worked
00:41:45.67\00:41:47.54
and what has not worked and why.
00:41:47.57\00:41:50.07
That's practical wisdom.
00:41:50.11\00:41:51.64
Why did that not work?
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.21
You got to assess yourself,
00:41:53.24\00:41:54.58
you have to be willing to
look at yourself in Romans 7:18
00:41:54.61\00:41:57.48
is a verse of practical wisdom.
00:41:57.51\00:42:00.05
"For I know that in me,
00:42:00.08\00:42:01.42
that is, in my
flesh nothing good dwells,
00:42:01.45\00:42:03.39
for to will is present with me,
00:42:03.42\00:42:05.35
but how to perform
what is good I do not find."
00:42:05.39\00:42:07.82
Paul is criticizing himself.
00:42:07.86\00:42:09.46
This is why I'm failing.
00:42:09.49\00:42:10.89
So I'm not going to
keep looking to myself
00:42:10.93\00:42:12.73
'cause this is why I'm failing.
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.10
That's a
practical wisdom passage.
00:42:14.13\00:42:16.26
But the transition from
practical to theoretical
00:42:16.30\00:42:18.57
happens when we participate
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.60
in comparison of a
vacillating character
00:42:20.64\00:42:24.91
to a non-negotiable regulation.
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.54
Now watch, you got to
follow, vacillating character,
00:42:27.58\00:42:29.34
I keep changing.
00:42:29.38\00:42:30.71
But now all of a sudden,
we go to theoretical wisdom
00:42:30.75\00:42:33.05
'cause we compared to
non-negotiable regulation,
00:42:33.08\00:42:37.75
which is here now, this
is where Paul transitions.
00:42:37.79\00:42:42.12
"For we know that
the laws spiritual, "
00:42:42.16\00:42:43.99
a non-negotiable
regulation, Romans 7:14,
00:42:44.03\00:42:47.66
"but I am
carnal sold under sin,"
00:42:47.70\00:42:49.90
that happened as what,
00:42:49.93\00:42:51.27
an assessment of
self, practical wisdom.
00:42:51.30\00:42:53.97
Now we go to theoretical wisdom.
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.10
What is theoretical wisdom?
00:42:56.14\00:42:58.21
The application of knowledge
based on what is really right
00:42:58.24\00:43:01.64
and what is really wrong,
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.01
a constant, a
theoretical wisdom.
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.25
Psalm 111:10 says,
00:43:06.28\00:43:08.32
"The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom,
00:43:08.35\00:43:11.55
a good understanding
00:43:11.59\00:43:12.92
have all those who
do His commandments.
00:43:12.95\00:43:14.92
His praise endures forever."
00:43:14.96\00:43:16.62
That is the
non-negotiable regulation,
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.23
the theoretical
aspect that says to us,
00:43:19.26\00:43:21.40
I'm going to compare my
life to the commandments of God.
00:43:21.43\00:43:24.73
That never
changes but I need help
00:43:24.77\00:43:27.40
because I vacillate.
00:43:27.44\00:43:29.07
The non-negotiable regulation
00:43:29.10\00:43:31.01
uses theoretical wisdom to say
00:43:31.04\00:43:33.54
that your practical
wisdom is not enough.
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.48
Then we go down
to cumulative wisdom.
00:43:36.51\00:43:39.15
Cumulative wisdom.
00:43:39.18\00:43:40.58
Decision making skill
00:43:40.62\00:43:41.95
based on the
knowledge gained by experience,
00:43:41.98\00:43:45.32
learning from past experience.
00:43:45.35\00:43:47.52
Job 12:12 talks
about cumulative wisdom.
00:43:47.56\00:43:51.03
Wisdom is with aged men
00:43:51.06\00:43:53.86
and with length of
days understanding.
00:43:53.90\00:43:56.83
So in other words, he's saying,
00:43:56.87\00:43:58.33
"You've been around long enough.
00:43:58.37\00:44:00.04
You know what to do
and what not to do."
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.10
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:44:02.14\00:44:03.64
And as I said
to one young person
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.01
who is talking
about how smart they were,
00:44:05.04\00:44:06.98
smarter than their mom,
00:44:07.01\00:44:08.34
I said, "How
old is your sister?"
00:44:08.38\00:44:09.71
They said, younger, I said,
00:44:09.74\00:44:11.08
"Now which one is
smarter you or her?"
00:44:11.11\00:44:12.71
They said, "I got it."
00:44:12.75\00:44:15.02
The cumulative knowledge,
00:44:15.05\00:44:17.29
young people
that your parents have
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.55
can help you out
00:44:19.59\00:44:20.92
if you recognize
that they've been around,
00:44:20.96\00:44:23.46
that's cumulative.
00:44:23.49\00:44:25.29
Then this conventional wisdom,
00:44:25.33\00:44:27.80
a body of ideas or explanations
generally accepted as true
00:44:27.83\00:44:31.07
by the public or by
experts in the field.
00:44:31.10\00:44:33.70
It is wisdom that refers
to all the commonplace ideas
00:44:33.74\00:44:37.61
and expert opinions
00:44:37.64\00:44:38.97
that have commonly
been accepted as true.
00:44:39.01\00:44:40.81
Conventional.
00:44:40.84\00:44:42.18
In other words,
they've been through this
00:44:42.21\00:44:43.75
how to make an engine,
00:44:43.78\00:44:45.11
ask somebody
who've been doing it
00:44:45.15\00:44:46.48
for 50 years,
00:44:46.51\00:44:47.85
conventional wisdom.
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.22
Don't try to reinvent the engine
00:44:49.25\00:44:50.59
when somebody
who's been doing it
00:44:50.62\00:44:51.95
already has done it.
00:44:51.99\00:44:53.32
Conventional
text, Proverbs 11:14,
00:44:53.36\00:44:55.79
"Where there is no
counsel, the people fall,
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.69
but in the multitude of
counselors there is safety."
00:44:57.73\00:45:02.26
That's conventional
wisdom, then the last one,
00:45:02.30\00:45:05.37
unconventional wisdom.
00:45:05.40\00:45:08.17
Thinking outside the box,
when new ideas are introduced,
00:45:08.20\00:45:11.27
they usually are compared
with conventional wisdom
00:45:11.31\00:45:13.94
on the subject
00:45:13.98\00:45:15.31
before they are
considered to be true.
00:45:15.34\00:45:16.98
In other words,
00:45:17.01\00:45:18.35
when people
think outside the box,
00:45:18.38\00:45:19.71
they say, "That's great.
00:45:19.75\00:45:21.08
But let's compare
that with people that know
00:45:21.12\00:45:22.45
what they've been doing."
00:45:22.48\00:45:23.82
Here is here's the
unconventional text.
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.29
Now this is amazing,
great men are not always wise,
00:45:26.32\00:45:31.06
nor do the aged
always understand justice.
00:45:31.09\00:45:34.26
So don't think that
00:45:34.30\00:45:35.63
because you've been
around all this time
00:45:35.66\00:45:38.00
that you have all the knowledge,
00:45:38.03\00:45:39.80
still use
00:45:39.83\00:45:41.47
the theoretical
non-negotiable regulation,
00:45:41.50\00:45:44.71
which is the Word of God.
00:45:44.74\00:45:46.11
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:45:46.14\00:45:47.71
Man, that was deep,
00:45:47.74\00:45:49.08
that's a lot of
a lot of good gems
00:45:49.11\00:45:51.65
to be able to hold on to.
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.01
You were talking
about wisdom, pastor.
00:45:53.05\00:45:54.48
And Thursday's lesson,
00:45:54.52\00:45:55.85
which is talking about
Education in the Early Church,
00:45:55.88\00:45:58.85
goes back into that wisdom,
00:45:58.89\00:46:00.62
how we received that wisdom,
00:46:00.66\00:46:01.99
and by whom we
received that wisdom.
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.49
You know, I could just imagine
00:46:04.53\00:46:06.59
what it would have been
like to be taught by Jesus.
00:46:06.63\00:46:09.00
I think we've
made it very clear,
00:46:09.03\00:46:10.67
Brother Dinzey
made it very clear,
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.20
Jesus is the ultimate teacher.
00:46:12.23\00:46:13.94
And if you look
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.30
at the New
Testament very clearly,
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.81
you know that
obviously, the disciples
00:46:16.84\00:46:18.44
had this incredibly
blessed period of time,
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.98
three and a half years,
00:46:22.01\00:46:23.41
where they literally
walked and talked with Jesus
00:46:23.45\00:46:25.65
every single day.
00:46:25.68\00:46:27.02
He was their teacher, He
gave them so much wisdom,
00:46:27.05\00:46:29.98
and I can only
imagine all the questions
00:46:30.02\00:46:31.72
they were able to ask Him,
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.42
and it kind of,
you know, makes me
00:46:33.46\00:46:34.96
just can't wait to go to heaven
00:46:34.99\00:46:36.32
because I have so many questions
00:46:36.36\00:46:38.09
that I want to ask Jesus,
00:46:38.13\00:46:39.46
and we're going to have
that blessing too, right?
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.06
To be able to be with Jesus,
00:46:41.10\00:46:42.66
you know, pastors
over here laughing
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.17
because he knows, he knows
I love asking some questions.
00:46:44.20\00:46:47.37
In fact, I know for a fact
00:46:47.40\00:46:48.74
that there's anyone
that's going to annoy,
00:46:48.77\00:46:50.17
if there's if it's
possible to annoy God,
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.34
I'll be the one to do
it with all my questions
00:46:52.37\00:46:54.34
'cause I have lots of
questions because I like truth.
00:46:54.38\00:46:56.58
I love truth.
00:46:56.61\00:46:57.95
And I like answers.
00:46:57.98\00:46:59.31
So yes, pastor's
going to show up one,
00:46:59.35\00:47:00.72
ask some questions.
00:47:00.75\00:47:02.08
I'm going to say,
you got to come back
00:47:02.12\00:47:03.45
in a million years.
00:47:03.49\00:47:04.82
I got to get my
questions answered.
00:47:04.85\00:47:06.55
But nonetheless, Jesus, again,
00:47:06.59\00:47:08.12
with the disciples for
three and a half years,
00:47:08.16\00:47:10.16
and they're just probably
like drinking from a lake
00:47:10.19\00:47:13.16
or a firehose,
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.53
or whatever you want to call it,
00:47:14.56\00:47:15.90
just amazing wisdom.
00:47:15.93\00:47:17.27
But did that teaching aspect
from God to His people stop
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.14
when Jesus left?
00:47:21.17\00:47:22.50
And that's the point
00:47:22.54\00:47:23.87
that Thursday's lesson
is bringing out in education
00:47:23.91\00:47:26.68
in the early church
00:47:26.71\00:47:28.24
because Jesus
goes to heaven, right?
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.25
He goes into that holy place
00:47:30.28\00:47:31.98
where He is
ministering on our behalf,
00:47:32.01\00:47:33.85
where He becomes
our great intercessor,
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.25
our great high priest in heaven.
00:47:35.28\00:47:36.92
And now the education
needs to continue, right?
00:47:36.95\00:47:40.49
It's kind of like a, you
know, a road of transition
00:47:40.52\00:47:42.32
from high school
to college, right?
00:47:42.36\00:47:43.69
You know, you have those
three and a half to four years
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.59
in high school.
00:47:45.63\00:47:46.96
But, you know, for many of
us, education doesn't stop,
00:47:47.00\00:47:49.16
we continue on.
00:47:49.20\00:47:50.53
Well, God gives the
blessing of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:50.57\00:47:53.90
In fact, we're going to
read about that right now.
00:47:53.94\00:47:56.10
The blessing of the promise
00:47:56.14\00:47:57.61
that God gives to the
disciples is that when I'm gone,
00:47:57.64\00:48:00.04
I'm going to send
you another comforter,
00:48:00.08\00:48:02.24
another helper.
00:48:02.28\00:48:03.61
We can read about that
right now in John 14:15-18.
00:48:03.65\00:48:07.75
And we're also going
to add verse 26 as well.
00:48:07.78\00:48:10.29
With this, the
passage we've read many times.
00:48:10.32\00:48:12.32
In fact, most
people read verse 15
00:48:12.35\00:48:14.26
because they've
remembered John 14:15,
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.76
"If you love me,
keep My commandments, "
00:48:16.79\00:48:19.83
and then they stop right there.
00:48:19.86\00:48:21.20
But ultimately,
everything behind that
00:48:21.23\00:48:23.03
is a response to
what Jesus just said,
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.20
in verse 14.
00:48:25.23\00:48:26.57
In fact, many
people read that and go,
00:48:26.60\00:48:27.94
"Man, it's impossible
00:48:27.97\00:48:29.30
to keep the
commandments," right?
00:48:29.34\00:48:30.67
And but Jesus just said,
00:48:30.71\00:48:32.04
If you love me,
you'll keep them.
00:48:32.07\00:48:33.41
But the response
to that is, look,
00:48:33.44\00:48:34.78
you're not going
to do it comfortless.
00:48:34.81\00:48:36.14
You can keep the commandments.
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.18
And how do we keep it?
00:48:38.21\00:48:39.55
Well, verse 16 brings it about.
00:48:39.58\00:48:41.02
He says, "And I
will pray the Father,
00:48:41.05\00:48:42.58
He will give you
another helper, "
00:48:42.62\00:48:45.32
the original Greek there,
00:48:45.35\00:48:46.96
it just simply
means another advocate,
00:48:46.99\00:48:50.13
another helper,
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.49
the Paraclete says
it is in the Greek,
00:48:51.53\00:48:53.33
another helper.
00:48:53.36\00:48:54.70
God is going to
send us the Holy Spirit
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.43
to continue that spiritual,
wise education that we need.
00:48:56.46\00:49:00.17
He continues on that
He may abide with you
00:49:00.20\00:49:02.90
for just a few years.
00:49:02.94\00:49:04.41
And the Bible says forever.
00:49:04.44\00:49:06.47
The spirit of, and
I love this, truth.
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.98
Don't forget that. He
is the spirit of truth.
00:49:09.01\00:49:11.61
It says, whom the
world cannot receive,
00:49:11.65\00:49:13.28
because it neither
sees Him nor knows Him,
00:49:13.31\00:49:15.28
but you know Him
for He dwells with you
00:49:15.32\00:49:18.25
and will be with you.
00:49:18.29\00:49:20.19
"I will not leave you
orphans, I will come to you.
00:49:20.22\00:49:23.06
But the helper,
the Holy Spirit,"
00:49:23.09\00:49:25.26
there it is again,
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
"whom the Father will
send in My name will,"
00:49:26.66\00:49:29.36
I love this,
"He will teach you,"
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.13
how many things?
00:49:31.17\00:49:32.50
All things. All right.
00:49:32.53\00:49:33.87
Okay, this is verse 26.
00:49:33.90\00:49:35.24
So we just went
from verse 18 to 26.
00:49:35.27\00:49:37.67
In verse 26 of John 14,
00:49:37.71\00:49:39.27
he makes it clear
00:49:39.31\00:49:40.64
that the Holy
Spirit is in the business
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.34
of teaching us all things.
00:49:42.38\00:49:44.21
He wants to give us all
of those beautiful things
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.41
and teachings from God.
00:49:46.45\00:49:47.78
He will teach you all
things in bring, notice this,
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.95
bring to your remembrance
00:49:49.98\00:49:51.32
all things that
I have said to you.
00:49:51.35\00:49:53.05
That's an
awesome, beautiful promise.
00:49:53.09\00:49:55.16
In fact, we're
going to transition now
00:49:55.19\00:49:57.03
over to 1 Corinthians Chapter 2
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.63
for the remaining
time that we have.
00:49:58.66\00:50:00.30
Paul, actually,
he amplifies this,
00:50:00.33\00:50:03.06
what Christ has given.
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.43
Christ gives the promise.
00:50:04.47\00:50:05.80
He says when you
leave, when I leave,
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.60
you're going to go to Jerusalem,
00:50:07.64\00:50:08.97
you're going to wait
00:50:09.00\00:50:10.34
because I'm going to send you
the comforter, the Holy Spirit.
00:50:10.37\00:50:11.71
And we know that the Holy Spirit
00:50:11.74\00:50:13.07
was poured out
00:50:13.11\00:50:14.44
in a marvelous,
amazing way on that
00:50:14.48\00:50:15.81
on the day of Pentecost.
00:50:15.84\00:50:17.61
But notice the
beautiful exposition
00:50:17.65\00:50:21.05
that we have here from Paul.
00:50:21.08\00:50:22.82
Paul is going to tell us
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.39
not only who we're
going to get this wisdom from
00:50:24.42\00:50:27.62
but he's going to expound
in how it's going to come about
00:50:27.66\00:50:29.82
and the significance
and importance of that.
00:50:29.86\00:50:31.79
So we're in, again, 1
Corinthians Chapter 2,
00:50:31.83\00:50:34.76
and we're going to read verses,
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.63
well, let's just
start with verse 1.
00:50:37.67\00:50:39.63
And we're going
to continue through,
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.00
we'll see how far we go.
00:50:41.04\00:50:42.37
So 1 Corinthians 2:1,
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.97
I love how Paul starts this out.
00:50:45.01\00:50:46.64
Again, he's speaking
to the Corinthian church.
00:50:46.68\00:50:49.24
And he says, "And,
brethren, when I came to you,
00:50:49.28\00:50:51.65
I did not come with
excellence of speech
00:50:51.68\00:50:54.48
or of wisdom declaring
to you the testimony of God.
00:50:54.52\00:50:57.85
For I determined not
to know anything among you
00:50:57.89\00:51:00.56
except Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
00:51:00.59\00:51:04.16
I was with you in
weakness, in fear,
00:51:04.19\00:51:06.96
and in much trembling.
00:51:07.00\00:51:08.33
And my speech and my preaching
were not with persuasive words
00:51:08.36\00:51:12.53
of human wisdom
00:51:12.57\00:51:13.90
but in demonstration,
"I love this next part,"
00:51:13.94\00:51:16.54
of the spirit and of power
00:51:16.57\00:51:19.37
that your faith should
not be in the wisdom of men
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.68
but of the power of God.
00:51:22.71\00:51:24.18
And he's going to
confirm with that power of God
00:51:24.21\00:51:26.08
in just a moment is,
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.62
you can imagine,
it's the Holy Spirit,
00:51:27.65\00:51:29.52
but I love how
he starts to sound.
00:51:29.55\00:51:30.89
He's like, "Look, guys, I
didn't come to you at first
00:51:30.92\00:51:32.89
with all of
these clever words and,
00:51:32.92\00:51:34.92
you know, all of
this special language,
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.09
you know, given you
all of these deep themes
00:51:37.13\00:51:38.83
and deep elements,
00:51:38.86\00:51:40.20
this way beyond
your understanding,
00:51:40.23\00:51:41.63
I can't deal with
just the simplistic power
00:51:41.66\00:51:44.17
of the gospel."
00:51:44.20\00:51:45.53
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
00:51:45.57\00:51:47.10
And that's why
it always baffles me
00:51:47.14\00:51:48.47
that people want to
go out with witnessing,
00:51:48.50\00:51:50.64
hey, praise the
Lord, for witnessing.
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.01
We need to witness,
00:51:52.04\00:51:53.38
we needed to share
the gospel of Jesus,
00:51:53.41\00:51:54.74
but we need to meet
people on their level.
00:51:54.78\00:51:56.24
And Paul understood that.
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.61
He understood that come
into the Corinthian church
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.11
that these people,
00:51:59.15\00:52:00.48
most of them had
never even heard of Jesus,
00:52:00.52\00:52:01.85
they don't even know the gospel,
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.22
they don't know
that they have a savior.
00:52:03.25\00:52:04.59
And so he's saying,
00:52:04.62\00:52:05.95
"Look, I came to
you like this at first
00:52:05.99\00:52:07.39
so I could give you
00:52:07.42\00:52:08.76
the simplistic
elements of the gospel,
00:52:08.79\00:52:10.56
Jesus Christ and Him crucified."
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.19
That's the foundation.
00:52:12.23\00:52:13.56
That's the core.
00:52:13.60\00:52:14.93
But does he stop there?
00:52:14.96\00:52:16.30
He doesn't stop there.
00:52:16.33\00:52:17.67
Notice what he
continues on this is verse 6.
00:52:17.70\00:52:19.90
He says, "However,"
00:52:19.93\00:52:21.27
in fact, this is that love that,
00:52:21.30\00:52:22.64
however,
00:52:22.67\00:52:24.01
because he had some
response to what he just said.
00:52:24.04\00:52:25.37
"However, we speak wisdom
among those who are mature,
00:52:25.41\00:52:30.38
yet not the wisdom of this
age, not the rulers of this age,
00:52:30.41\00:52:33.48
who are coming to nothing,
00:52:33.52\00:52:35.28
but we speak the wisdom of God
00:52:35.32\00:52:38.52
in a mystery,
the hidden wisdom,"
00:52:38.55\00:52:41.09
now we're getting deep,
00:52:41.12\00:52:42.46
some deep language here,
00:52:42.49\00:52:43.83
"which God ordained
before the ages of our glory,
00:52:43.86\00:52:46.49
which none of the
rulers of this age knew,
00:52:46.53\00:52:48.86
for have they known,
00:52:48.90\00:52:50.23
they would not have
crucified the Lord God."
00:52:50.27\00:52:52.33
You know, it says
that these people rejected
00:52:52.37\00:52:54.10
the simplicity of the gospel,
00:52:54.14\00:52:57.24
they wouldn't have
probably crucified Jesus
00:52:57.27\00:52:59.11
had they known the deep wisdom
00:52:59.14\00:53:00.94
and the wonderful,
hidden wisdoms of God,
00:53:00.98\00:53:03.55
but He's going to tell us
00:53:03.58\00:53:04.91
how this is going to come about.
00:53:04.95\00:53:06.28
Okay.
00:53:06.31\00:53:07.65
He's going to tell
us here in verse 10,
00:53:07.68\00:53:09.02
notice how these
deep wisdom has come
00:53:09.05\00:53:10.49
now that you've
matured in the Lord.
00:53:10.52\00:53:12.02
He's saying, "Now
that now that you've grown,
00:53:12.05\00:53:13.86
now that you've
become more mature
00:53:13.89\00:53:15.76
in the Gospel of Jesus,
00:53:15.79\00:53:17.13
God doesn't want to
stop the education."
00:53:17.16\00:53:20.30
You continue to
learn, you continue to grow.
00:53:20.33\00:53:22.50
That's why it always amazes me.
00:53:22.53\00:53:23.87
I run into people all the
time, and they have this spirit,
00:53:23.90\00:53:26.23
pastor, you've
met people like this,
00:53:26.27\00:53:28.50
and it breaks my heart
to see people reach a point
00:53:28.54\00:53:31.01
in their
relationship with the Lord,
00:53:31.04\00:53:32.77
where they feel
like, "I've got it all.
00:53:32.81\00:53:34.58
I've got enough knowledge.
00:53:34.61\00:53:36.44
I've got enough wisdom.
00:53:36.48\00:53:37.91
There's nothing
else for me to learn."
00:53:37.95\00:53:39.78
And so right here in verse 10,
00:53:39.81\00:53:41.88
Paul is going to confirm,
00:53:41.92\00:53:43.25
"No, no, no, your
education doesn't stop.
00:53:43.28\00:53:44.75
God has more
deep, wonderful things
00:53:44.79\00:53:47.69
that He wants to teach you.
00:53:47.72\00:53:49.06
But how is that going to come?
00:53:49.09\00:53:50.43
Verse 10, he says,
00:53:50.46\00:53:51.79
"But God has revealed
them to us through His Spirit,
00:53:51.83\00:53:55.73
for the Spirit
searches all things,"
00:53:55.76\00:53:57.93
yes, here it is,
"the deep things of God."
00:53:57.97\00:54:02.37
So it's the
guidance of the spirit
00:54:02.40\00:54:04.04
that when he joined
00:54:04.07\00:54:05.41
when we are joined
together with the Holy Spirit
00:54:05.44\00:54:07.01
and the Holy Spirit is
now leading and guiding us.
00:54:07.04\00:54:09.68
We learn more, we
grow in that wisdom
00:54:09.71\00:54:11.91
as Christ did in
wisdom and stature,
00:54:11.95\00:54:13.92
in knowledge, we grow
expand in the education
00:54:13.95\00:54:17.89
by the Holy Spirit's guidance.
00:54:17.92\00:54:19.39
And this is
drastically important
00:54:19.42\00:54:20.76
even today.
00:54:20.79\00:54:22.12
We're talking about
the early Christian Church.
00:54:22.16\00:54:23.49
But this is just
as important today
00:54:23.53\00:54:25.39
as it was for them
back then for us today.
00:54:25.43\00:54:28.56
Because in Revelation 12:17,
00:54:28.60\00:54:30.47
we're told of how
God has the people,
00:54:30.50\00:54:32.97
some saints that
are being attacked
00:54:33.00\00:54:35.47
by the enemy, the devil,
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.14
and he's making
war with those people
00:54:37.17\00:54:39.17
who keep the commandments of God
00:54:39.21\00:54:40.54
and have the testimony of Jesus.
00:54:40.58\00:54:42.38
But here's what's amazing.
00:54:42.41\00:54:43.75
The testimony of Jesus
according to Revelation 19:10
00:54:43.78\00:54:46.58
is the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:54:46.61\00:54:49.58
God wants to not just teach you,
00:54:49.62\00:54:51.75
you know, the deep
wisdoms of His character
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.56
and his knowledge
00:54:53.59\00:54:54.92
but he wants to expound to you
00:54:54.96\00:54:56.29
even more the
deep prophetic elements
00:54:56.32\00:54:58.39
and understanding of
what's going to happen to
00:54:58.43\00:54:59.79
in the last days
that, my friends,
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.16
how's it going to come?
00:55:01.20\00:55:02.53
It's going to come by
the Spirit of the Lord.
00:55:02.56\00:55:03.90
If you don't
have the Holy Spirit
00:55:03.93\00:55:05.27
dwelling in you,
00:55:05.30\00:55:06.63
to teach you and to guide you,
00:55:06.67\00:55:08.00
how are you going to be prepared
00:55:08.04\00:55:09.37
for the soon coming to Jesus?
00:55:09.40\00:55:10.74
And that's the whole thing
that Paul is mentioning here.
00:55:10.77\00:55:12.87
I'm not going to be
able to read all of this.
00:55:12.91\00:55:14.24
But I want to get down here
to this last part, verse 16,
00:55:14.28\00:55:17.25
because he uses the
quotation from Isaiah.
00:55:17.28\00:55:21.02
And notice what he says here.
00:55:21.05\00:55:22.38
And by the way, this
comes from Isaiah 40:30,
00:55:22.42\00:55:25.29
he's quoting Isaiah but
notice, Paul adds something.
00:55:25.32\00:55:28.62
He says, "For who has
known the mind of the Lord
00:55:28.66\00:55:30.99
that he may instruct him.
00:55:31.03\00:55:33.16
"According to
Isaiah, Isaiah said,
00:55:33.19\00:55:34.66
"That's impossible,
nobody can do that."
00:55:34.70\00:55:37.17
But now who knows
the mind of the Lord?
00:55:37.20\00:55:39.53
Paul adds, he clarifies
it now, notice what he says,
00:55:39.57\00:55:42.37
"but we have
the mind of Christ."
00:55:42.40\00:55:47.24
That's why I always
love 2 Peter 1:19-21
00:55:47.28\00:55:50.91
because it reminds us
that when we pick up this word,
00:55:50.95\00:55:53.92
and we read all of
the beautiful pages,
00:55:53.95\00:55:55.78
and all the beautiful messages,
00:55:55.82\00:55:57.15
and even the
deep prophetic things
00:55:57.19\00:55:58.79
of Scripture.
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.16
It's coming
00:56:00.19\00:56:01.52
from the Holy
Spirit of the Lord.
00:56:01.56\00:56:02.89
He's our teacher.
00:56:02.92\00:56:04.26
He's our educator,
and we should listen.
00:56:04.29\00:56:05.63
Amen.
00:56:05.66\00:56:07.00
You know, I'm just sitting
here as all of your teaching,
00:56:07.03\00:56:09.30
thinking, "How thankful I am
00:56:09.33\00:56:11.43
that this is posted
on YouTube as well,"
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.60
you can go back and pause
00:56:14.64\00:56:16.50
'cause you said
wonderful things,
00:56:16.54\00:56:19.14
I'd like to give each one of you
00:56:19.17\00:56:20.64
just a little while to
kind of sum up your day.
00:56:20.68\00:56:24.25
Well, Jesus is
the greatest teacher
00:56:24.28\00:56:27.22
in the past and
future and today.
00:56:27.25\00:56:31.12
I'm reading to you from Counsels
00:56:31.15\00:56:32.92
on Sabbath School Work, page 77.
00:56:32.95\00:56:34.82
Notice, the way
the truth of God's Word
00:56:34.86\00:56:38.06
are for those who are humble
00:56:38.09\00:56:40.70
and willing to learn
00:56:40.73\00:56:42.13
at the feet of the
divine teacher, Jesus.
00:56:42.16\00:56:45.53
Amen and amen. Amen.
00:56:45.57\00:56:48.54
I had Tuesday's
Moses and the Prophets,
00:56:48.57\00:56:50.94
the Bible as text book.
00:56:50.97\00:56:53.04
And why is that so important?
00:56:53.07\00:56:54.44
Because the Word of
God is living and powerful.
00:56:54.48\00:56:56.44
God's word is alive,
00:56:56.48\00:56:58.71
and it has life
transforming power
00:56:58.75\00:57:00.12
for you and for me.
00:57:00.15\00:57:01.48
Amen.
00:57:01.52\00:57:02.85
Talking about
wisdom, James says in 1:5,
00:57:02.88\00:57:05.69
"If any of you lacks wisdom,
00:57:05.72\00:57:08.46
let him ask of God
who gives to all liberally
00:57:08.49\00:57:11.69
and without reproach,
and it will be given him."
00:57:11.73\00:57:15.26
Amen.
00:57:15.30\00:57:16.63
Peter reminds us
at 2 Peter 1:20 & 21
00:57:16.67\00:57:21.27
that there is no
private interpretation
00:57:21.30\00:57:23.24
that the spirit,
that the Word of God
00:57:23.27\00:57:24.74
came by the Spirit of God,
00:57:24.77\00:57:26.68
and we need to humble
ourselves in these last days
00:57:26.71\00:57:28.81
to be prepared for
the soon return of Jesus.
00:57:28.84\00:57:30.65
Absolutely.
00:57:30.68\00:57:32.01
And education
should be on redemption.
00:57:32.05\00:57:36.99
This is why this is
education and redemption
00:57:37.02\00:57:39.32
because we want
people to know the truth
00:57:39.35\00:57:43.16
of the beauty of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:57:43.19\00:57:47.13
We are so excited
that you've joined us.
00:57:47.16\00:57:49.46
We want you to
join us next week,
00:57:49.50\00:57:51.80
as we will be looking
at lesson number nine,
00:57:51.83\00:57:57.21
the Church and Education.
00:57:57.24\00:57:59.91
So we'll see you next time.
00:57:59.94\00:58:01.51
Bye-bye. Amen.
00:58:01.54\00:58:02.88