It seems like we
started recording
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this Quarter's Sabbath School
Panel just three days ago,
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but we've already made it
to the very last Lesson...
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Lesson Number 12 entitled:
Rewards for Faithfulness
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and so, my Friends,
we want you to join us
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for 3ABN Sabbath
School Panel this week
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as we take on a powerful topic,
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it's going to encourage
each and every one of us.
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and go study with your
brothers and sisters in Christ.
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Music...
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Ryan: You're watching
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Thank you so much
for joining us my Friends
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and this week, we're
on Lesson Number 12...
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the very last
lesson of this Quarter
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and it's entitled:
Rewards of Faithfulness
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and God indeed has
been faithful to us
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and we've been learning
that all through this Quarter
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and it's just such a blessing
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to be a part of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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and to be joined by my
brothers and sisters in Christ
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whom I would like to
introduce to you at this moment.
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To my very direct
left, Ms. Shelley Quinn.
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Shelley: Oh,
it's a joy to be here.
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My Lesson is: Everlasting Life.
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Ryan: Amen, and next to you
we have Pastor John Lomacang.
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Lomacang: Mine is an amazing
Lesson: The New Jerusalem.
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Panel: Hmmm... Day:
Looking forward to that.
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Lomacang: Excited about it.
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Ryan: All right, next to
you is Pastor John Dinzey.
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Dinzey: It's a
blessing to be here...
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Wednesday is: The
Settling of Accounts.
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Ryan: All right, okay,
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and then, last but not
least Ms. Jill Morikone.
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I almost said: Ms. Shelley Quinn
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but you're Jill Morikone.
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Jill: I receive
Shelley as my sister
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so, on Thursday we
look at: Eyes on the Prize.
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Ryan: Amen, praise the
Lord... Praise the Lord.
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All right my Friends,
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we dare not dive into the
Word of God or study His Word
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without first going to
the Lord in prayer first.
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We certainly need prayer
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so that we can best
express the powerful truths
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that we find in this lesson,
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so, we'll ask Pastor John Dinzey
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if you wouldn't mind
having a prayer for us.
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Pause...
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Dinzey: "Our wonderful
and loving heavenly Father,
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we thank You so much Lord for
your incredible amazing love.
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We pray that as
we study this Lesson,
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as we share of what
You have given to us,
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that You will bless us with
the Holy Spirit in such a way
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that every word will be a
blessing to Your children.
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We pray, Lord, for You to
bless everyone that joins us
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wherever they may be
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and may Your
Holy Spirit lead them
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to a closer walk with You.
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We ask in holy
blessed name of Jesus, amen. "
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Ryan: Amen... amen.
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There is no reward... prize
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or any type of gift in this life
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that... past...
present or future
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can even come to a comparison
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to what God has prepared
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for those who
are faithful to Him
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and that's what Lesson
Number 12 is bringing out
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in rewards faithfulness.
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Our memory text comes from
Matthew chapter 25 and verse 21
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and I'm reading from
the New King James Version
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and it says, "His
lord said unto him,
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'Well done, good
and faithful servant;
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you were faithful
over a few things,
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I will make you
ruler over many things.
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Enter into the
joy of your Lord. "
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Man! I can't wait
to hear those words
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come from the
mouth of my Master.
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Then all of this life
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and all of its trials and
tribulations and difficulties...
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challenges... the
ups and the downs...
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even the death
though it may be tough
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and its sting may be strong,
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all of it will be
worth hearing those words
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when they come from
your Master's mouth.
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"Well done, my good
and faithful servant,
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enter into the
joy of your Lord. "
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Sabbath afternoon's lesson
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brings out that though
we can never earn salvation,
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the Bible uses
the hope of reward
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and a motivation
for faithful living
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as undeserving
recipients of God's grace.
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"For in the end
whatever we receive is,
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always and only
from God's grace. "
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As David wrote in Psalm
chapter 19 verses 7 through 11
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and I'm singing
Scripture songs about this...
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beautiful... powerful words...
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David writes, "The law
of the LORD is perfect,
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converting the soul;
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the testimony of
the LORD is sure,
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making wise the simple;
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the statutes of
the LORD are right,
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rejoicing the heart;
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the commandment
of the LORD is pure,
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enlightening the eyes;
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the fear of the LORD is
clean, enduring forever;
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the judgments of the LORD are
true and righteous altogether.
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More to be desired
are they than gold,
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yea, than much fine gold;
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sweeter also than
honey and the honeycomb.
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Moreover by them
Your servant is warned,
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and in keeping them
there is great reward. "
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I love that... those
who are faithful to God
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and living steadfast for Him,
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they can look
forward to a great reward
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and the lesson goes on
to say in various places...
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the Bible talks
about our rewards...
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what are... what we
are promised through Christ
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after the second coming...
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end this
terrible detour with sin,
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is once and for
all over and done
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and so, what is it
that we can look forward to
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in regards to
what we are promised
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and what assurance do we
have of getting what we have
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been promised with us.
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What we're going
to find out this week
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as we now
transition into Sunday's Lesson
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and Man! it's just... just
looking through this Lesson
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and being able to study it...
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it was a blessing to be able to
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be reminded of the
beautiful promises of God
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and the Word of God in
which we know God cannot lie
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and when we look at
these words and we read them
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and we comprehend them,
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we know that if God has spoken,
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what He has spoken and
what He said... will be done
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and so, Sunday's
Lesson begins with us looking
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at one of the verses that
we've often heard of many times
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and we've often quoted
many times and that comes from
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Hebrews chapter 11...
that great faith chapter...
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the "Faith Hall of
Fame" as some have put it.
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Hebrews chapter 11 verse 6,
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and it... it's
asking us a question,
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what is it that
this is really saying?
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How do we... how
do we take this...
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this verse and
comprehend it within the context
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of the reward for faithfulness
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which is the title
of Sunday's Lesson:
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Reward for Faithfulness.
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Hebrews chapter
11 and verse 6 says,
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"But without faith it is
impossible to please Him,
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for he who comes to God
must believe that He is,
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and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him. "
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Okay, I cannot
emphasize that enough.
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You know, we live in a
world where often people think
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faith is just simply mentally
accepting that God exists.
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Or that... just
simply mentally accepting
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that Jesus did indeed die on the
cross years ago for their sins
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and while that is certainly
a part of the salvational plan
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that God has that
we must come to grips
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with our literal
belief and understanding
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that yes, there
really was a Jesus Christ
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and He really did do a
work that only He could do
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to redeem mankind...
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a faith goes far beyond
just a mental acceptance
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because as we know that
Bible makes it very clear
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that even the devil
believes and trembles.
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So, faith is
trusting... it's a deep trust...
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it's a deep
believing and trusting
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in what God has said He will do.
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And just those last words there
in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6,
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"faith is... without faith
it is impossible to please God"
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but it goes on to say,
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"and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him. "
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Of course, my mind went to
Romans chapter 10 verse 17,
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any time you
think about faith...
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how can we have faith?
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how can we grow our faith?
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Romans chapter 10 verse 17,
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says, "So then
faith comes by hearing,
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and hearing by
the word of God. "
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You cannot have faith in
God separate from His Word,
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that's how it grows...
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that's how we learn when
we come to trust what God said
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and that we believe
in what He is going to do
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and that He's
going to accomplish
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exactly what He says
He's going to do in our lives
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and in this
world and in the next.
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Then that
builds our faith in Him
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to be faithful
servants of the Lord.
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Even Jeremiah chapter
29 verses 11 through 14
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highlights the fact
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because what did it say at
the end of Hebrews chapter 11
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verse 6?
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Those who diligently seek Him.
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There's something
about faithfulness
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or growing your
faith or establishing faith
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in diligently seeking the Lord.
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Jeremiah chapter 29
verses 11 through 14,
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one of my favorite
verses of all time.
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God proclaims a powerful promise
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and He says, "For
I know the thoughts
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that I think toward you,
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says the LORD... "
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He says, "Stop telling
me or telling others what...
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what I should think about you
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because I know
what I think about you
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and what are those thoughts?
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He says, "thoughts of
peace and not of evil,
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to give you a future and a hope.
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Then you will call upon
Me and go and pray to Me,
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and I will listen to you... "
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and I love this...
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"And you will seek
Me and find Me... "
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how?
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how will we seek
Him and find Him?
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The answer comes
in the next part,
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"When you search for
Me with all your heart. "
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And then the
first part of verse 14,
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"And I will be found by you... "
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I love that God is
not hiding from us...
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He's not set us in...
in a crazy complicated maze
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and... and standing on the
other end saying, "Wooo hooo...
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nanny, nanny boo
boo come find Me... "
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no, no, no, it's
not like that at all,
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God is there
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but yet we must with all
our heart, mind, and soul
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seek Him diligently...
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put our full self
into learning of His Word
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and learning of His character.
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Revelation chapter 22 verses 12,
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also, Isaiah
chapter 40 verse 10,
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in fact, if I
could get someone...
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maybe Jill, if you want to
read Revelation 22 verse 12,
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and then, Pastor Dinzey,
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if you would like to read
Isaiah chapter 40 verse 10,
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Isaiah chapter 40 verse 10,
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and then, Pastor Lomacang,
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if you could take
Isaiah 62 verse 11.
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Isaiah chapter 62, verse 11.
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So, Jill, what does Revelation
chapter 22 verse 12 say?
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"And behold, I
am coming quickly,
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and My reward is with Me,
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to give to every one
according to his work. "
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Ryan: Okay, so
there is the promise again
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that He is
returning with that reward
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and it's... it's interesting
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because He's giving
it based on our work
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and I often read these texts
and I think, "Wait a second,
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I thought it was
based on our faith. "
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Well, we're saved
by grace through faith
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but yet the determination of
that reward is based our works.
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Isaiah chapter 40 verse 10,
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Pastor Dinzey, what does it say?
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"Behold, the Lord God shall come
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with a strong hand
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and His arm shall rule for Him;
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behold, His reward is with Him,
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and His work before Him. "
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Ryan: Hmmm... so
there it is again,
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"Behold His
reward is with Him. "
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God is
returning with that reward
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and we know we're living in a
judgment time period right now
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in which God will
determine who His faithful are
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Are we the sheep
or are we the goats?
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Are we the
wheat... or the tares?
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Are we those who love truth...
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are we those who
do not love truth?
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Are we fully surrendered or not?
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He is coming
back with His reward
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and, of course, Pastor Lomacang
Isaiah chapter 62 and verse 11,
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Lomacang: Verse 11 it says:
Indeed the LORD has proclaimed
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to the end of the world:
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"Say to the daughter of Zion,
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'Surely your
salvation is coming;
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behold, His reward is with Him,
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and His work before Him. '"
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Ryan: His reward is with Him.
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These texts just establish
the fact that God has promised
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that He will indeed
reward those who are faithful...
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that's the whole
point of this Lesson
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is that each and every one of us
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even though we're going through
these trials and difficulties
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in this life,
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it's not going to go unrewarded
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if we remain grounded
and steadfast in the faith
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and place our
faith in Jesus Christ.
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In fact, it's a powerful
quote here from Ellen G. White,
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Great Controversy page 674,
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I love this because
again it gives us just a...
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just a glimpse into the reality
of what we're dealing with
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in regards to the
reward that God has for us
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because it says here in
Great Controversy page 674,
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"Human language is inadequate
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to describe the
reward of the righteous.
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It will be known only
to those who behold it. "
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You got to be there...
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you got to be there
before you see it...
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before you can understand it.
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And it goes on to say,
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"No finite mind can
comprehend the glory
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of the Paradise of God. "
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And, of course,
this is foundation
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that quote... I know for
a fact comes from the truth
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that we find in 1st
Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9,
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which reminds us
that even though...
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and I do this often...
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I don't know about you guys,
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I find myself
often just daydreaming
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and sometimes I even dream
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about what God's
paradise is going to be like.
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What it's going to be
like when we are truly rewarded
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for our faithfulness...
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we hear those words...
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"Well done, My good
and faithful servant...
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enter into the
joy of your Lord. "
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What's it going to be like,
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what's those streets
of gold going to be like?
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what's the gates of
pearls going to be like?
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what's all of
these powerful things?
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But ultimately,
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what is Jesus going
to be like in Person?
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We're going to
look upon His face...
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we're going to
be in His presence
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and it's powerful because
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what does 1st Corinthians
chapter 2 verse 9 say?
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It says, "You know what?
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you can think
about it all day long...
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you can try to daydream about it
and dream about it all day long"
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but it says, "as it is written:
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'Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard,
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nor has it entered
into the heart of man
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the things
which God has prepared
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for those who love Him. ' "
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Panel: That's right.
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Ryan: Do you love your Lord?
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Because it all
comes down to the fact
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that, you know, we
might go through trials...
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we might go through
troubles in this lifetime,
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but do you love Him to
persevere through those
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to receive your reward?
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Jesus said in
Matthew 5 verse 11 and 12,
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"Blessed are they...
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blessed are you when they
revile you and persecute you,
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and say all kinds of evil
against you falsely for My sake.
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Rejoice and be exceedingly
glad... " though He says,
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"for great is
your reward in heaven,
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for so they
persecuted the prophets
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who were before you. "
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Yes, we may have to walk through
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the valley of the
shadow of death in this life,
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but Jesus says, "If
you remain faithful to Me
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and place your
life... your house
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upon the rock of Jesus Christ,
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you will be rewarded
greatly in the next. "
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Panel: Amen.
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Shelley: Thank you
for that foundation.
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What an exciting topic:
The Reward for the Faithful.
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I'm Shelley Quinn
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I have Monday and it
is: Everlasting Life.
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It just occurred to me...
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let me explain very quickly...
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the word "everlasting"
or "eternal" in the Bible
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aiónios in the Greek...
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it is a relative term.
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In other words, it
derives its meaning
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from who it is describing.
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So, when we talk about God
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because He is immortal...
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because He does live forever...
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when we mention
everlasting life with God...
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anything that's
everlasting or eternal,
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in reference to God,
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it means forever and ever
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and ever and ever
and ever without end.
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If we use "everlasting"
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in reference to a
man or something that...
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a city or something that's
got a finite period of time,
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it just means
until it's used up.
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Does that make sense?
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Panel: Yeah.
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Shelley: Okay, listen to what
our Adult Bible Study Guide says
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it starts off... it
says, "As human beings
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whether we like it or not...
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an eternity awaits us.
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And according to the Bible,
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this eternity will come
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in one of two manifestations,
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at least for each
of us individually... "
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So, here's the two choices...
the two manifestations.
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Either eternal life
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or eternal death.
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That's it.
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No middle ground.
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No straddling, a bit
of one side or another.
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Instead, it is one or the other.
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Life or death.
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This truly is a
case of all or nothing.
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Now, let me give you one
more little English lesson.
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I believe in
using simple language
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but sometimes there's
just a word that it...
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it's so meaningful.
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I want to... if you don't
know this word... let me teach,
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one of my favorite words,
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"Juxtaposition"
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"Juxta" means that it's near
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and "position" is
how it's posed, right?
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So, juxtaposition... that word
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if you juxtapose something
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or juxtaposition of something,
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it means that you have two
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totally contrasting ideas
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that couldn't be more different
than daylight and darkness,
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that are
positioned in a statement.
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So, I say that because
what we're getting ready to read
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if you've got your
Bibles turn to John chapter 3.
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What we find in John chapter 3
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Jesus is speaking
with some juxtapositions.
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He's positioning one
thing in stark contrast
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to something else that
He mentions in the sentence.
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So, John chapter 3 and verse 16,
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he says, "For God
so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son... "
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let's hit the pause button,
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that's not a juxtaposition...
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that's just a
statement of the rewards of God.
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God so loved the world...
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our Creator God... in
the beginning, was the Word,
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the Word was with God,
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the Word was God...
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everything was
created through Him
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and John 1:14 says,
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"The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. "
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Our Creator God
humbled Himself to become a man
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and to become the
covenant Son of God.
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"Only begotten" means
chosen for a covenant purpose
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just as Isaac was the
only begotten son of Abraham.
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So, here we've got
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a demonstration of the
intensity of God's love.
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when He looks at us
and He wants to save us
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that God would
become a human being
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so that He can become
our substitute and die for us
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to take our sin
penalty... that is so amazing!
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And He came... Romans 5:8 says,
00:18:25.07\00:18:27.64
"while we were yet
sinners, He died for us. "
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But now, here's
the juxtaposition
00:18:30.24\00:18:32.84
of John 3:16,
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"For God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:18:36.78\00:18:38.75
that whoever
believes in Him... "
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now He's going to
juxtapose two things,
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"should not perish,
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but have everlasting life. "
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Those are totally completely
00:18:51.49\00:18:54.40
contrasting ideas.
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To perish... the word here means
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utter destruction...
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Panel: That's right.
00:19:03.10\00:19:04.44
Shelley: In the
Greek... utter destruction.
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When He...
00:19:06.27\00:19:07.81
God's not going to
burn mortal human beings
00:19:07.84\00:19:13.82
forever and ever and ever
and ever in the Lake of fire...
00:19:13.85\00:19:16.28
there's an end to this.
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We'll get...
there'll be ashes, right?
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So, He's saying,
"You're either going to have
00:19:19.59\00:19:22.72
eternal death
00:19:22.76\00:19:24.33
we know He's talking
about the second death
00:19:24.39\00:19:27.23
that Revelation
mentions four times.
00:19:27.26\00:19:29.40
You're either going
to have eternal death
00:19:29.46\00:19:31.90
or eternal life
00:19:31.93\00:19:33.70
depending on what
you do about the Son.
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And then he goes on in verse 17,
00:19:37.24\00:19:39.37
he says, "God did not
send His Son into the world
00:19:39.41\00:19:42.01
to condemn the world... "
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now he's going to
juxtapose a thought,
00:19:43.41\00:19:45.88
"but that the world
through him might be saved. "
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So, it's not about condemnation.
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Jesus came to
condemn sin not sinners.
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He came to save the world.
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Revelation... excuse me,
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.57
let's look at
another juxtaposition,
00:20:03.60\00:20:06.40
Romans 6... if
you've got your Bibles,
00:20:06.43\00:20:09.17
turn to Romans 6
00:20:09.20\00:20:11.24
and we're going to
begin with verse 20,
00:20:11.27\00:20:14.54
the... the Bible was
full of juxtapositions
00:20:14.58\00:20:17.71
and now that you've
got that idea in your mind,
00:20:17.75\00:20:20.85
watch for it because
it helps to define...
00:20:20.88\00:20:24.19
we understand "perishing"
is juxtaposed with eternal life
00:20:24.25\00:20:28.59
so, it's talking
about eternal death.
00:20:28.62\00:20:30.53
But Romans 6 verse 20,
00:20:30.56\00:20:32.83
it says, "When you
were slaves of sin,
00:20:32.86\00:20:35.66
you were free in
regard to righteousness. "
00:20:35.70\00:20:38.83
Ha... you didn't need to
worry about righteousness
00:20:38.87\00:20:42.47
when you were slaves of sin.
00:20:42.50\00:20:43.97
"What fruit did you have then
00:20:44.01\00:20:45.44
in the things which
you are now ashamed?
00:20:45.47\00:20:48.28
For the end of
those things is death.
00:20:48.31\00:20:51.61
But... " here's
the juxtaposition...
00:20:51.65\00:20:54.88
"having been set free from sin
00:20:54.92\00:20:57.92
and having
becoming slaves of God... "
00:20:57.95\00:21:00.86
slaves of
sin... slaves of God...
00:21:00.89\00:21:04.23
"you have your
fruit to holiness... "
00:21:04.26\00:21:07.56
so you didn't have any...
00:21:07.60\00:21:09.86
you had fruit that
you were ashamed of before
00:21:09.90\00:21:12.30
now, you've got
fruit of holiness
00:21:12.33\00:21:14.90
"and the end,
everlasting life. "
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.51
But here's the big one...
00:21:17.54\00:21:18.87
juxtaposition...
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.34
Romans 6:23,
00:21:21.41\00:21:23.95
"The wages of sin is death,
00:21:23.98\00:21:26.85
but the gift of
God is eternal life
00:21:26.88\00:21:31.92
in Christ Jesus. "
00:21:31.95\00:21:33.29
So, there are two inescapable
absolutes right here.
00:21:33.32\00:21:38.53
Either death... the second
death of Revelation 20:14 says,
00:21:38.56\00:21:43.53
"Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire.
00:21:43.57\00:21:46.87
This is the second death. "
00:21:46.90\00:21:49.00
"Anyone not found
in the book of life
00:21:49.04\00:21:51.54
is cast into the lake of fire. "
00:21:51.57\00:21:53.58
So, here when He says,
the wages of sin is death,
00:21:53.61\00:21:56.81
or... the gift of
God is eternal life.
00:21:56.85\00:22:00.05
Let's look at this.
00:22:00.08\00:22:01.45
We're free...
00:22:01.48\00:22:03.95
God gave us free will.
00:22:03.99\00:22:07.66
What a gift!
00:22:07.72\00:22:09.06
Panel: Amen.
00:22:09.09\00:22:10.43
Shelley: He did
that because He loves us
00:22:10.46\00:22:11.83
and He wants us
to love Him by choice
00:22:11.86\00:22:14.20
but we're free
to choose our Master
00:22:14.23\00:22:16.16
but you know what?
00:22:16.20\00:22:17.53
We're not free to
choose our consequences.
00:22:17.57\00:22:18.93
There is... there is very...
the consequences are stated.
00:22:18.97\00:22:23.41
So, what he's saying is,
00:22:23.44\00:22:25.41
"If you remain a slave to sin...
00:22:25.47\00:22:27.48
you are rebellion against God...
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.41
you're rejecting His
righteousness by faith
00:22:29.44\00:22:32.08
and guess what?
00:22:32.11\00:22:33.45
You get the wages you earn.
00:22:33.48\00:22:36.48
The wages of sin is death...
00:22:36.52\00:22:39.72
2nd death.
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.09
Or, by your decision,
00:22:41.12\00:22:44.39
you can listen to
the God who is saying,
00:22:44.43\00:22:49.06
"Turn, turn, why should
you die... turn to Me... "
00:22:49.10\00:22:52.97
and then, you get... what is it?
00:22:53.00\00:22:56.40
The free gift... it's not wages,
00:22:56.44\00:22:59.81
you cannot earn salvation,
00:22:59.84\00:23:01.44
there's absolutely nothing
you can do to earn salvation.
00:23:01.48\00:23:04.61
Even your obedience
cannot earn your salvation.
00:23:04.65\00:23:07.98
Jesus didn't obey to
become the Son of God,
00:23:08.02\00:23:11.35
He obeyed because
He was the Son of God.
00:23:11.42\00:23:14.72
So, there's
nothing you can do...
00:23:14.76\00:23:17.13
it's an
undeserved gift of grace,
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.69
but it's a gift of eternal life.
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Wages of death...
gift of eternal life...
00:23:22.26\00:23:25.20
boy! there are
not two more stark
00:23:25.23\00:23:28.70
or distinct choices are there?
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So, here's the good news.
00:23:32.17\00:23:34.28
Jesus said in
John 14:1 through 3,
00:23:34.34\00:23:36.81
"Let not your heart be troubled;
00:23:36.85\00:23:39.21
you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:23:39.28\00:23:42.05
In My Father's
house are many mansions;
00:23:42.08\00:23:45.32
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.52
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:23:48.56\00:23:51.69
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:23:51.73\00:23:55.66
I will come again,
and receive you to Myself;
00:23:55.73\00:24:00.60
that where I am,
there you may be also. "
00:24:00.64\00:24:03.77
I pray that you make
the choice to turn to God
00:24:03.81\00:24:08.81
and receive all
the rewards He has
00:24:08.84\00:24:13.68
for His faithful.
00:24:13.72\00:24:15.05
Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:24:15.08\00:24:16.42
Ryan: Amen, I love those texts.
00:24:16.45\00:24:17.79
You're not going to want
to go anywhere, my Friends,
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.29
because we'll come
back in just a moment.
00:24:19.32\00:24:20.79
We're going to be
learning all about that precious
00:24:20.82\00:24:22.99
beautiful place that
God has prepared for us.
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.79
So, don't go anywhere,
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we're going to
take a short break...
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we'll be right back.
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Ryan: Hello Friends,
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welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel,
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we're going to pass it
over to Pastor John Lomacang
00:25:06.13\00:25:08.00
for Tuesday's Lesson.
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Lomacang: Yes, and mine
is on The New Jerusalem...
00:25:09.40\00:25:13.04
the reward of faithfulness.
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This, to me, is
the ultimate reward
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.61
as Ryan pointed out earlier.
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.21
We have been wondering...
00:25:19.25\00:25:20.75
Revelation has even given
us a peak into what is to come,
00:25:20.78\00:25:24.05
but truly eyes have not seen...
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.15
ears have not heard
00:25:26.19\00:25:27.52
and Paul goes on to say,
00:25:27.56\00:25:28.89
it hasn't even
entered into our minds
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.76
what God prepares
for those that love Him.
00:25:30.79\00:25:32.83
You know, what you
should do sometimes
00:25:32.86\00:25:34.86
which I've done before,
00:25:34.93\00:25:36.26
is just pause and go
out into the night light.
00:25:36.30\00:25:38.60
Go in... the colder time
of the year is better to do it
00:25:38.63\00:25:42.00
because the skies tend
to have this vividness...
00:25:42.04\00:25:44.97
this beauty that it
doesn't have when it's hot
00:25:45.01\00:25:47.38
and when it's smoggy
and when it's raining
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.71
and just if you can,
00:25:49.74\00:25:51.21
for about five or
ten minutes, or so
00:25:51.25\00:25:52.71
just go to a field
where it's completely dark,
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.45
close your eyes
00:25:55.48\00:25:56.82
and maybe about a
minute later, open your eyes.
00:25:56.85\00:25:58.72
My wife and I did
that a number of years ago
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.99
when we lived
up in the mountains
00:26:01.02\00:26:02.36
of northern California...
00:26:02.39\00:26:03.73
mountains up in Trinity County.
00:26:03.76\00:26:05.09
We pulled out car off of the
highest point of the overpass...
00:26:05.13\00:26:08.96
turned our lights off...
00:26:09.00\00:26:10.87
laid on the hood and the
windshield was our pillow
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.90
and we leaned back
there and counted to 60
00:26:13.94\00:26:16.54
and when we opened our eyes,
00:26:16.57\00:26:17.91
it was like
heaven was raining on us
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.71
and I thought to myself,
00:26:19.74\00:26:21.24
"Wow! that's God's playground. "
00:26:21.28\00:26:24.41
Astronomers have assumed that...
00:26:24.45\00:26:27.55
even speculated...
there are billions of galaxies
00:26:27.58\00:26:30.82
and scientists have done
their best to try to duplicate
00:26:30.85\00:26:34.36
and even through Si-Fi to
just tweak our imagination
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.86
but they can't even do that
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23
because it hasn't even
entered into the hearts of man
00:26:39.26\00:26:41.83
the things that God prepares
for those that love Him.
00:26:41.86\00:26:44.63
But I can't
wait... as Abraham...
00:26:44.67\00:26:46.70
Hebrews 11 verse 10 says,
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.90
"For he waited for the
city which has foundations,
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.71
whose builder
and maker is God. "
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.24
And we've all been waiting.
00:26:53.27\00:26:54.64
Sometimes I ask, "Lord,
what else needs to happen?
00:26:54.71\00:26:57.58
Would You allow some
catastrophe to occur...
00:26:57.65\00:27:00.02
so, just take the
reigns in your own hands...
00:27:00.05\00:27:02.38
just wind this up...
00:27:02.42\00:27:03.75
let's get out of here...
00:27:03.79\00:27:05.12
no more diseases...
no more heartache...
00:27:05.15\00:27:06.49
no more suffering... "
00:27:06.52\00:27:07.86
because the New Jerusalem...
as Elder Ed Reid said,
00:27:07.89\00:27:10.33
is God's masterpiece.
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Have you ever seen a
gate made of one pearl?
00:27:13.33\00:27:16.56
Panel: Laughter.
00:27:16.60\00:27:18.03
Lomacang: I can't fathom
the oyster that it came from.
00:27:18.07\00:27:21.04
Have you ever thought about
00:27:21.07\00:27:23.20
a city with 12 foundations
of precious stones and walls
00:27:23.27\00:27:27.51
that are made of gold
that are transparent glass?
00:27:27.54\00:27:30.55
We haven't seen anything
that even resembles that.
00:27:30.58\00:27:33.82
My wife and I... when we
were in another country...
00:27:33.85\00:27:37.02
actually in Singapore...
00:27:37.05\00:27:38.39
we went to the store:
Tiffany's to just look around
00:27:38.42\00:27:40.99
because we were in
this opulent mall...
00:27:41.02\00:27:42.66
we don't wear adornments...
we don't wear jewelry...
00:27:42.69\00:27:45.39
but we said, "You know,
this mall is all about opulence
00:27:45.43\00:27:48.06
let's see what that means. "
00:27:48.10\00:27:49.43
I tell you, we were not
the same for a couple of days.
00:27:49.46\00:27:53.00
But that falls far short
00:27:53.03\00:27:55.54
of what God is going to be able
to do for those that love Him.
00:27:55.57\00:27:58.54
So, I have, Jill,
ten applications...
00:27:58.57\00:28:01.68
ten things and
00:28:01.71\00:28:03.55
it's all going to be
based on Revelation chapter 21.
00:28:03.58\00:28:06.78
So, let's go to
Revelation chapter 21 together
00:28:06.82\00:28:09.68
and look at what God has even...
00:28:09.72\00:28:12.09
even given us a glimpse of.
00:28:12.12\00:28:14.06
Kind of peek behind the curtain.
00:28:14.09\00:28:16.29
We look through the
peephole of eternity
00:28:16.32\00:28:18.73
and we see something glittering
00:28:18.76\00:28:20.80
and God says,
"I'll just let you know,
00:28:20.83\00:28:22.86
all that you can handle in
your... in your mortality. "
00:28:22.90\00:28:26.30
One of the reasons I believe
that we have to be immortal
00:28:26.33\00:28:29.74
is because it's going
to overwhelm us so much
00:28:29.77\00:28:31.97
that our immune
system is going to go on
00:28:32.01\00:28:34.04
to defect or breakdown.
00:28:34.08\00:28:35.41
We're going to literally
internally begin to melt
00:28:35.44\00:28:37.75
when we see what
God has in store for us.
00:28:37.78\00:28:39.68
That's one of the reasons
why we need to be immortal,
00:28:39.71\00:28:42.38
can I get an amen?
00:28:42.42\00:28:43.75
Panel: Amen... amen.
00:28:43.79\00:28:45.12
Lomacang: Don't ask for many
of those but we got one today.
00:28:45.15\00:28:46.49
Revelation 21 verse 1,
00:28:46.52\00:28:47.86
let's look at this,
00:28:47.89\00:28:49.22
"Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
00:28:49.26\00:28:51.09
for the first
heaven and the first earth
00:28:51.13\00:28:53.70
had passed away.
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.06
Also, there was no more sea. "
00:28:55.10\00:28:56.46
The first earth
will be made new.
00:28:56.50\00:28:58.97
The first heaven
that passes away...
00:28:59.00\00:29:01.40
or the heaven that
passes away is not where God is
00:29:01.44\00:29:04.27
but it's like the
moon where we put our...
00:29:04.31\00:29:06.78
where we put a... a flag and
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.84
the things that exist
above the earth's atmosphere
00:29:08.88\00:29:12.18
that were affected
by the taint of sin...
00:29:12.21\00:29:14.02
God is going to
re-do all of that
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.75
and what's wonderful about that
00:29:16.79\00:29:19.39
is... it says,
there'll also be no more sea.
00:29:19.42\00:29:22.06
Now, my brother's a fisherman
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.53
and he had a hard
time with that verse.
00:29:23.56\00:29:25.03
That doesn't mean that
there'll be no more water,
00:29:25.06\00:29:27.73
it means that the
things that separates humanity.
00:29:27.76\00:29:30.43
You know, when
the Bible talks about
00:29:30.47\00:29:31.87
the leaves of the tree are
for the healing of the nations,
00:29:31.90\00:29:33.67
that is the split that
is caused by... by borders
00:29:33.70\00:29:37.27
and... and time zones
00:29:37.31\00:29:38.71
and... and lands
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.11
and the oceans are
the majority of earth
00:29:40.18\00:29:42.44
that separates the
waters from the waters...
00:29:42.48\00:29:44.75
I mean, the
people from the people...
00:29:44.78\00:29:46.11
the land from the land...
00:29:46.15\00:29:47.48
what in essence
is being said there
00:29:47.52\00:29:48.85
is... there's nothing
that's going to separate us...
00:29:48.88\00:29:50.92
we're going to be in
one harmonious... whole...
00:29:50.95\00:29:53.76
as God is going to be our God
00:29:53.79\00:29:55.49
and we were
going to be His people.
00:29:55.52\00:29:57.59
So, the first
earth will be made new
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.86
and boy! I can't
wait to see Yosemite
00:29:59.89\00:30:02.10
untouched by sin.
00:30:02.13\00:30:04.07
What a... what a
sight that's going to be!
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.57
Second one:
00:30:06.60\00:30:07.94
The earth will be the resting
place of the New Jerusalem.
00:30:07.97\00:30:11.07
Revelation 21 verse 2,
00:30:11.14\00:30:13.01
"Then I,
John... " I love that...
00:30:13.04\00:30:15.64
"saw the holy
city, New Jerusalem,
00:30:15.68\00:30:17.85
coming down out
of heaven from God,
00:30:17.91\00:30:20.02
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. "
00:30:20.05\00:30:22.82
This is one of those
passages that reminds us that
00:30:22.85\00:30:25.59
even though the
church has been often called:
00:30:25.62\00:30:27.96
The Bride of Christ,
00:30:27.99\00:30:29.32
in reality... the New
Jerusalem is the Bride of Christ
00:30:29.36\00:30:31.93
because when John says,
"I want to see the bride... "
00:30:31.99\00:30:34.66
and he says, "and He
showed me the Lamb's wife...
00:30:34.70\00:30:37.33
the New Jerusalem... "
00:30:37.37\00:30:38.77
so, we are the
guests at the wedding.
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.30
The five wise and
five foolish virgins...
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.67
we are invited into
this beautiful delivery
00:30:43.71\00:30:45.97
of the kingdom of God
00:30:46.01\00:30:47.34
but what would a kingdom
be without the people of God
00:30:47.38\00:30:49.84
being in it?
Panel: That's right.
00:30:49.88\00:30:51.21
Lomacang: That's
the beauty of it.
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.58
We're going to be at this
glorious coronation of the ages
00:30:52.61\00:30:55.48
and Man!
00:30:55.52\00:30:56.85
we always talk about sitting
down at the welcome table,
00:30:56.89\00:30:58.55
there's going to be food
that we never thought about
00:30:58.62\00:31:00.76
but more than the food,
00:31:00.79\00:31:02.12
there's going to
be the fellowship
00:31:02.16\00:31:03.49
to be able to see Jesus and our
heavenly Father face to face.
00:31:03.53\00:31:06.93
How beautiful that will be
which brings me to verse 3,
00:31:06.96\00:31:09.76
we will be with God
and He will be with us.
00:31:09.80\00:31:12.20
Revelation 21 verse 3,
00:31:12.23\00:31:13.57
"And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:31:13.60\00:31:16.07
'Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men... '"
00:31:16.10\00:31:18.44
listen to this...
00:31:18.47\00:31:19.81
"He will dwell with them,
00:31:19.84\00:31:22.01
and they shall be His people.
00:31:22.04\00:31:24.15
God Himself will be
with them and be their God. "
00:31:24.18\00:31:27.32
What a day of
rejoicing that is going to be
00:31:27.35\00:31:30.39
when finite and Infinite meet
00:31:30.42\00:31:33.22
and Infinite
makes finite infinite.
00:31:33.25\00:31:36.66
Panel: Yes...
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.06
Lomacang: I
can't say that twice.
00:31:38.09\00:31:39.43
Panel: Laugher...
00:31:39.46\00:31:40.80
Lomacang: When we
put on immortality
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.16
and God says, "Our
fellowship will never end"
00:31:42.20\00:31:44.33
what a day of
rejoicing that's going to be!
00:31:44.37\00:31:46.90
Wow! I just want
to try to absorb that.
00:31:46.94\00:31:49.40
Number 4:
00:31:49.47\00:31:50.81
Revelation 21 verse 4,
00:31:50.84\00:31:52.17
"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes;
00:31:52.21\00:31:54.74
there shall be no more death,
00:31:54.78\00:31:56.41
nor sorrow, no crying.
00:31:56.44\00:31:57.78
There shall be no more pain,
00:31:57.81\00:31:59.15
for the former
things have passed away. "
00:31:59.18\00:32:00.52
Shelley will be glad that
there will be no more pain?
00:32:00.55\00:32:02.62
Shelley: Oh boy!
00:32:02.65\00:32:03.99
Lomacang: All those
shoulders... all those backs...
00:32:04.02\00:32:06.55
all those
medications that people take...
00:32:06.59\00:32:09.19
no more glasses...
00:32:09.22\00:32:10.56
no more contact lenses...
00:32:10.59\00:32:11.93
no more rickets and
crickets and hydrophobia
00:32:11.96\00:32:14.33
and claustrophobia...
00:32:14.36\00:32:15.70
no more wheelchairs...
no more emergency rooms...
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.03
somebody stop me.
00:32:18.07\00:32:19.63
Panel: Amen.
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.00
Lomacang: The
former things of sin
00:32:21.04\00:32:22.37
will be permanently banished.
00:32:22.40\00:32:23.74
Sorry doctors, you will
not be employed in heaven
00:32:23.77\00:32:27.44
because God will
make all things new
00:32:27.48\00:32:30.05
which brings me to verse 5,
00:32:30.08\00:32:31.51
verse 5 of
Revelation 21, what a glimpse!
00:32:31.58\00:32:34.48
"Then He who sat
on the throne said,
00:32:34.52\00:32:37.82
'Behold, I make
all things new. '
00:32:37.85\00:32:41.12
And He said to me,
00:32:41.16\00:32:42.49
'Write, for these words
are true and faithful. '"
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.93
Elon Musk will be just
like everybody else in heaven
00:32:45.96\00:32:49.73
because our
transportation is going to be
00:32:49.76\00:32:52.53
on the wings of God's grace.
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.04
How beautiful!
00:32:54.07\00:32:55.40
Our transportation...
00:32:55.44\00:32:56.77
we're going to be floating on
the waters of God's perfection
00:32:56.81\00:32:59.37
and basking in the
glory of God's grace.
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.84
How beautiful that's going to be
00:33:01.88\00:33:03.24
when every one of us
will see that in this life,
00:33:03.28\00:33:06.38
the greatest blessing
we had in this finite world
00:33:06.41\00:33:09.45
is to get to know the God that
we will spend eternity with.
00:33:09.48\00:33:13.32
Wow! How beautiful!
00:33:13.36\00:33:14.82
Now, let's go to verse
6, because it keeps going.
00:33:14.86\00:33:18.19
It keeps going...
Revelation 21 verse 6,
00:33:18.23\00:33:20.63
"And He said to me,
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.56
'It is done! I am
the Alpha and the Omega,
00:33:22.60\00:33:26.30
the Beginning and the End.
00:33:26.33\00:33:28.00
I will give of the
fountain of water of life
00:33:28.07\00:33:32.21
freely to him who thirsts. "
00:33:32.24\00:33:33.98
Wow! how many of us
would be thirsty then?
00:33:34.01\00:33:36.48
You know, I've discovered in our
reading... in our studying...
00:33:36.51\00:33:39.15
even in writings of Ellen
White in The Great Controversy,
00:33:39.18\00:33:41.78
you know, we will
never stop learning.
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.95
We will be amazed at one
moment after the other...
00:33:43.99\00:33:47.52
can you imagine...
00:33:47.56\00:33:48.89
I want to ask
God how He made DNA.
00:33:48.92\00:33:51.73
I just want to ask Him,
00:33:51.79\00:33:53.80
"How did you
hold it all together?"
00:33:53.86\00:33:55.20
The... the... the... the...
what do you call it? The...
00:33:55.23\00:33:57.67
laminin...
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:33:57.70\00:33:59.43
Lomacang: Yeah, that...
that... that cross-like section
00:33:59.50\00:34:01.74
that holds the
human body together
00:34:01.77\00:34:03.14
that if it did not
exist, we'd fall apart
00:34:03.17\00:34:05.44
like just a piece of clay
00:34:05.47\00:34:07.11
that had nothing
connecting us to...
00:34:07.14\00:34:09.01
like we had no scaffolding...
00:34:09.04\00:34:10.48
"How did You do it?
00:34:10.51\00:34:11.85
How did You put oxygen
and hydrogen in the blood
00:34:11.88\00:34:15.88
and we did not explode?
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.25
How did you put the earth just
far enough away from the sun
00:34:17.29\00:34:20.49
that we don't burn up
or that we don't freeze?"
00:34:20.52\00:34:22.62
Panel: That's right.
00:34:22.66\00:34:23.99
Lomacang: Amazing!
00:34:24.03\00:34:25.36
and we'll get a chance
to see everything made new.
00:34:25.39\00:34:26.73
Let me go on
because I have so much more
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.26
in less than 49 seconds.
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.93
We will inherit the
things that God prepares for us.
00:34:29.96\00:34:32.97
Revelation 21 verse 7,
00:34:33.00\00:34:34.84
"He who overcomes
shall inherit all things,
00:34:34.87\00:34:38.07
and I will be his God
and he shall be My son. "
00:34:38.11\00:34:40.58
Number 8: All sin will
be shut out of heaven...
00:34:40.61\00:34:43.01
no possibility of sin.
00:34:43.04\00:34:44.68
Revelation 21 verse 8,
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.25
"But the
cowardly, the unbelieving,
00:34:46.28\00:34:47.88
the abominable, murderers,
00:34:47.92\00:34:49.25
sexually immoral,
00:34:49.28\00:34:50.62
sorcerers, idolators,
00:34:50.65\00:34:51.99
and all liars
00:34:52.02\00:34:53.36
shall have their
part in the lake of fire
00:34:53.39\00:34:54.72
which burns with brimstone,
which is the second death. "
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.79
That's what's
going to happen then.
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.16
Number 9:
Faithfulness will be rewarded,
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.56
Matthew 19 verse 29,
00:35:01.60\00:35:02.96
"And everyone who has
left houses or mother or father
00:35:03.03\00:35:06.60
or brother or sister for my sake
00:35:06.63\00:35:07.97
shall receive a
hundredfold in this life
00:35:08.00\00:35:10.57
and inherit eternal life. "
00:35:10.61\00:35:11.94
Lastly, the
greatest blessing will be
00:35:11.97\00:35:13.88
Revelation 22 and verse 4,
00:35:13.91\00:35:15.94
"We shall see His
face. " Panel: Amen.
00:35:15.98\00:35:18.15
Lomacang: I'm
looking forward to that day.
00:35:18.21\00:35:19.91
Panel: Amen... amen... amen.
00:35:19.95\00:35:22.08
Dinzey: Well, before that,
00:35:22.12\00:35:23.85
we have to consider some things
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.25
that are written
in the Scriptures
00:35:26.29\00:35:28.56
concerning...
before the New Jerusalem.
00:35:28.59\00:35:31.69
And I... I said to myself,
00:35:31.73\00:35:34.60
"Man! we should
have closed with that!"
00:35:34.63\00:35:35.96
But here on
Wednesday's portion...
00:35:36.00\00:35:39.37
my name is John Dinzey
00:35:39.40\00:35:40.74
talking about the
settling of accounts.
00:35:40.77\00:35:42.50
When you look at
Matthew chapter 24
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.61
and they were there looking
at the temple in Jerusalem,
00:35:44.64\00:35:49.11
the disciples asked Jesus...
00:35:49.14\00:35:50.58
told to Jesus, "Look at
these beautiful buildings... "
00:35:50.65\00:35:55.12
and Jesus said, "You
see all these things... "
00:35:55.15\00:35:57.19
and then He had to let them know
00:35:57.22\00:36:00.29
that this was
going to be nothing...
00:36:00.32\00:36:03.32
there's not going to
be one stone upon another
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.49
and so, they want to know...
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.10
"When shall these things be?"
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.46
So, Matthew 24 takes
you into signs that precede
00:36:08.50\00:36:12.97
the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.70
But the focus of this portion
of the Lesson... Wednesday
00:36:14.74\00:36:19.47
is one of the parables
found in Matthew chapter 25.
00:36:19.51\00:36:24.18
Before this parable,
00:36:24.25\00:36:26.45
you have the
parable of the Ten Virgins.
00:36:26.48\00:36:29.12
The five foolish virgins
and the five wise virgins
00:36:29.15\00:36:32.69
and this assignment starts with
the parable of the ten talents
00:36:32.72\00:36:38.69
but I want to read
the verse just before that
00:36:38.73\00:36:41.66
because it lets
us... it sets a stage
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.63
for this parable.
00:36:44.70\00:36:46.70
It says in Matthew 25:13,
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.47
"Watch, therefore,
00:36:48.50\00:36:49.84
for you know
neither the day nor the hour
00:36:49.87\00:36:54.18
in which the Son
of Man is coming. "
00:36:54.21\00:36:57.01
So, when you get to the parable
of the ten talents, it says,
00:36:57.05\00:37:01.48
'For the kingdom of heaven
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.75
is like a man
traveling to a far country,
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.86
who called his own servants
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.82
and delivered his
goods to them. ' "
00:37:08.86\00:37:11.79
So, let's consider that this
man that went to a far country
00:37:11.83\00:37:17.17
is Jesus.
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.57
But notice what happens.
00:37:18.60\00:37:19.93
He delivers His goods to them
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.20
and in the parable
of the ten talents,
00:37:22.24\00:37:24.44
really... it's
talking about money in a sense
00:37:24.47\00:37:28.98
because notice how they use it
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.91
and notice that the word "bank"
is used later on in the parable
00:37:31.95\00:37:35.82
and the... this man
gave his goods to them...
00:37:35.85\00:37:41.52
they belonged to him but
he put them in their hands
00:37:41.56\00:37:46.09
to use wisely... verse 15,
00:37:46.13\00:37:48.86
"And to one he
gave five talents,
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.93
to another two,
and to another one,
00:37:50.97\00:37:53.84
to each according
to his own ability;
00:37:53.87\00:37:56.60
and immediately he
went on a journey. "
00:37:56.64\00:37:59.97
You and I are
blessed according to the
00:38:00.01\00:38:03.24
ability that we have
00:38:03.28\00:38:06.25
and according
to the faithfulness
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.28
with which we deal
with what God gives to us
00:38:08.35\00:38:11.45
according to our ability
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.36
and that's why some get
five... some get four et cetera.
00:38:13.39\00:38:17.26
Now, let's go into verse 17,
00:38:17.29\00:38:19.89
"And likewise he...
" actually verse 16,
00:38:19.93\00:38:23.50
"Then he who had
received the five talents
00:38:23.53\00:38:27.07
went and traded with them,
00:38:27.10\00:38:28.70
and made another five talents. "
00:38:28.74\00:38:30.97
A 100 percent increase.
00:38:31.01\00:38:32.41
"And likewise he
who had received two
00:38:32.44\00:38:34.98
gained two more also. "
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.88
A 100 percent increase.
00:38:36.91\00:38:38.71
But what should we expect from
the person that received one?
00:38:38.75\00:38:42.02
We should expect a
100 percent increase
00:38:42.08\00:38:44.62
but this is not
what takes place.
00:38:44.65\00:38:46.42
And it says in verse 18,
"But he who had received one
00:38:46.45\00:38:49.52
went and dug into the ground,
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.16
and dug in the ground,
and hid his lord's money. "
00:38:52.19\00:38:55.76
Panel: Hmmm...
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.27
Dinzey: And this is
where the mistake takes place.
00:38:57.30\00:39:00.14
It says in verse 19,
00:39:00.17\00:39:02.00
"After a long time the
lord of those servants came
00:39:02.04\00:39:04.51
and settled
accounts with them. "
00:39:04.57\00:39:07.21
What will it be for
you when the Lord says,
00:39:07.28\00:39:10.01
"Come, let us settle accounts. "
00:39:10.05\00:39:11.95
How you have handled the
things that God has given you.
00:39:12.01\00:39:15.32
Your
children... your possessions
00:39:15.35\00:39:17.49
and the money that He
has put into your hands...
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.89
into your trust to use wisely
00:39:19.92\00:39:22.22
surely for your family to take
care of the needs of your home,
00:39:22.26\00:39:25.46
but beyond the
needs of your home,
00:39:25.49\00:39:27.66
the cause of God has needs
00:39:27.70\00:39:30.27
and you often hear in churches,
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.97
we have this project
00:39:33.00\00:39:34.34
or we are going to do
an evangelistic campaign.
00:39:34.37\00:39:36.94
How do you react?
00:39:37.01\00:39:39.01
Do you respond according to
the way the Lord has blessed you
00:39:39.07\00:39:42.64
or are you... "Ah ah...
this... this is for us... "
00:39:42.68\00:39:46.85
this is a dangerous thing to do.
00:39:46.88\00:39:49.75
So, the Lord is going
to settle accounts with us
00:39:49.78\00:39:52.95
and this is a
serious thing to consider.
00:39:52.99\00:39:55.06
Now, this
parable is talking to us
00:39:55.12\00:39:57.93
about something that
was coming in those days
00:39:57.96\00:40:00.60
when an owner gave
things to his servants,
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.20
he expected to have the time
to settle accounts with them
00:40:03.23\00:40:07.50
and you can see
00:40:07.54\00:40:08.87
that some of them were afraid
00:40:08.90\00:40:10.24
to see how he
was going to respond.
00:40:10.27\00:40:12.01
But let's go ahead and read some
of the things that took place.
00:40:12.04\00:40:17.35
Matthew 25 verse 20,
00:40:17.38\00:40:19.65
"So he who had
received five talents
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.58
came and brought five
other talents, saying, 'Lord,
00:40:21.62\00:40:24.65
you delivered
to me five talents;
00:40:24.69\00:40:27.06
look, I have gained five
more talents besides them. '"
00:40:27.09\00:40:31.59
Wonderful response.
00:40:31.63\00:40:33.06
"His lord said to him,
00:40:33.09\00:40:34.46
'Well done, good
and faithful servant;
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.17
you were faithful
over a few things,
00:40:37.20\00:40:39.73
I will make you
ruler over many things.
00:40:39.77\00:40:42.27
Enter into the
joy of your lord. '"
00:40:42.30\00:40:45.61
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
Dinzey: What great news to hear!
00:40:45.64\00:40:48.34
What great news to hear.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.88
I would like to read to you from
Testimonies volume 1, page 539,
00:40:49.91\00:40:55.68
very important message here.
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.85
It says, "If men
fail to render to God
00:40:57.89\00:41:01.42
that which He has lent them
00:41:01.46\00:41:03.22
to use for His
glory and thus rob Him,
00:41:03.26\00:41:06.96
they will make
an entire failure.
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.20
He has lent them means
which they can improve upon
00:41:09.23\00:41:14.14
by losing no
opportunity to do good
00:41:14.17\00:41:17.84
and thus, they may be constantly
laying up treasure in heaven.
00:41:17.87\00:41:22.51
and this is what we can do.
00:41:22.54\00:41:26.55
Put them to the good
use of the Lord's work.
00:41:26.58\00:41:30.95
This is what God
is expecting of us. "
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.92
So, verse 22 of Matthew 25 says,
00:41:33.96\00:41:36.79
"He also who had received
two talents came and said,
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.36
'Lord, you
delivered to me two talents;
00:41:39.39\00:41:40.86
look, I have gained two
more talents besides them. '"
00:41:40.90\00:41:44.53
And again, wonderful
things that he hears.
00:41:44.57\00:41:48.30
"His lord said to him,
00:41:48.34\00:41:49.67
'Well done, good
and faithful servant;
00:41:49.70\00:41:51.64
you have been
faithful over a few things,
00:41:51.67\00:41:54.18
I will make you
ruler over many things.
00:41:54.21\00:41:56.68
Enter into the
joy of the Lord. '"
00:41:56.71\00:41:59.51
Well, what do you think
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.22
the person with one talent
would be thinking at this point?
00:42:02.25\00:42:04.82
Oh, oh... Panel:
Hmmm... laughter...
00:42:04.85\00:42:07.32
Dinzey: "I don't know how
it's going to be for me... "
00:42:07.36\00:42:10.29
but he... he presents his case.
00:42:10.33\00:42:11.76
Let's go ahead and go to
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.93
Matthew chapter 25 verse 24,
00:42:14.96\00:42:18.03
"Then he who had received
the one talent came and said,
00:42:18.07\00:42:21.37
'Lord, I knew
you to be a hard man,
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.97
reaping where you have not sown,
00:42:24.01\00:42:26.47
and gathering where you
have not scattered seed.
00:42:26.51\00:42:29.58
And I was afraid,
00:42:29.61\00:42:30.98
and went and hid
your talent in the ground.
00:42:31.01\00:42:35.72
Look, there you
have what is yours. '"
00:42:35.75\00:42:38.89
He really did nothing with it.
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.26
Panel: Hmmm... yeah.
00:42:41.29\00:42:42.62
Dinzey: It would
have been just as well
00:42:42.66\00:42:43.99
for the owner to keep that
one talent in his possession
00:42:44.03\00:42:47.90
but he gave it to him so
that he can do something with it
00:42:47.93\00:42:52.03
and this is why
you have... verse 26,
00:42:52.07\00:42:55.40
"But his lord
answered and said to him,
00:42:55.44\00:42:58.77
'You wicked and lazy servant,
00:42:58.81\00:43:02.58
you knew that I reap
where I have not sown,
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.31
and gather where I
have not scattered seed.
00:43:05.38\00:43:08.02
So you ought to have deposited
my money with the bankers,
00:43:08.05\00:43:13.12
and at my coming, I
would have received back
00:43:13.15\00:43:16.56
my own with interest.
00:43:16.59\00:43:19.46
So take the talent from him,
00:43:19.49\00:43:21.33
and give it to him
who has ten talents.
00:43:21.36\00:43:24.73
For to everyone who
has, more will be given,
00:43:24.77\00:43:28.34
and he will have abundance;
00:43:28.37\00:43:30.44
but from him who does not have,
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.64
even that which he
has will be taken away.
00:43:32.67\00:43:34.84
And cast that unprofitable
servant into the outer darkness.
00:43:34.88\00:43:40.15
There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. "
00:43:40.18\00:43:43.72
And this is something
that you also see repeated
00:43:43.75\00:43:47.26
in the book of Revelation.
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.89
People who weep
and gnash their teeth
00:43:48.92\00:43:51.73
because they
realize what they have lost.
00:43:51.76\00:43:54.50
This servant did
not hear the words...
00:43:54.53\00:43:57.60
"Well done thou good
and faithful servant. "
00:43:57.63\00:44:01.44
You know, it's interesting
sometimes we look at this
00:44:01.47\00:44:04.47
parable and because
the word "talent" is used,
00:44:04.51\00:44:08.21
we consider talent
like singing... preaching
00:44:08.24\00:44:11.91
or some other talent
00:44:11.95\00:44:13.28
but in Colossians chapter 331
00:44:13.31\00:44:17.62
actually... yeah, 331...
00:44:17.65\00:44:21.19
Jill: Christ's Object Lessons?
00:44:21.22\00:44:22.56
Dinzey: Christ's Object Lessons,
331, thank you very much,
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.66
Panel: Laughter...
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.03
Dinzey: This is interesting...
Jill: Same... variation...
00:44:26.06\00:44:27.90
Panel: Laughter.
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.26
Dinzey: Yeah, that's right.
00:44:29.30\00:44:30.63
It says
something very important.
00:44:30.67\00:44:33.27
"Even for the people that
receive five... two or one...
00:44:33.30\00:44:37.84
many whom God has
qualified to do excellent work
00:44:37.87\00:44:43.08
accomplish very little
00:44:43.11\00:44:45.78
because they attempt little. "
00:44:45.81\00:44:48.52
Isn't that
something? Panel: Wow!
00:44:48.55\00:44:51.15
Dinzey: You accomplish little
because you attempt little.
00:44:51.22\00:44:53.46
Opportunities are
presented before you
00:44:53.52\00:44:55.86
to do something for the Lord,
00:44:55.89\00:44:57.36
but nothing happens
because you attempt nothing.
00:44:57.39\00:45:01.16
"Thousands pass through life as
if they have no definite object
00:45:01.23\00:45:05.83
for which to live...
00:45:05.87\00:45:07.50
no standard to reach.
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.10
Such will obtain a reward
proportionate to their works. "
00:45:09.14\00:45:14.84
And this is
what will take place.
00:45:14.88\00:45:16.64
Wow! time...
00:45:16.68\00:45:18.65
time is passing by quickly.
00:45:18.71\00:45:20.45
So, I... I
encourage you to consider
00:45:20.48\00:45:23.28
the words that you will hear.
00:45:23.32\00:45:25.79
Will you hear the same thing
00:45:25.82\00:45:28.22
that happened to the
person with one talent
00:45:28.26\00:45:30.46
or will you hear the words of
those that receive five or two?
00:45:30.53\00:45:34.66
I want to encourage
you to work for the Lord
00:45:34.73\00:45:38.10
and do what... what
the Lord has given you
00:45:38.13\00:45:41.50
so that you will hear the words,
00:45:41.54\00:45:43.20
"Well done thou good
and faithful servant...
00:45:43.24\00:45:46.64
enter thou into
the joy of the Lord. "
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.38
Those will be words that
are sweet music to your ears.
00:45:49.41\00:45:54.05
Panel: Amen.
00:45:54.08\00:45:55.42
Jill: Amen, what
an incredible study...
00:45:55.45\00:45:56.79
thank you all so much.
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.15
Can't believe
we're on Lesson 12...
00:45:58.19\00:45:59.95
the last lesson of the Quarter.
00:45:59.99\00:46:01.76
I'm Jill Morikone...
00:46:01.79\00:46:03.19
I have Thursday
which is: Eyes on the Prize
00:46:03.22\00:46:05.63
and that prize is what
Pastor John talked about.
00:46:05.66\00:46:08.36
Seeing the face of Jesus...
00:46:08.40\00:46:11.07
spending eternity
in the New Jerusalem
00:46:11.10\00:46:15.14
and... what an
incredible day that will be.
00:46:15.20\00:46:18.27
Panel: Amen.
00:46:18.34\00:46:19.67
Jill: But what do we do
in this world, we're in now?
00:46:19.71\00:46:21.54
This world of sin and
sickness and suffering
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.65
and tribulation.
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.01
How do we endure and how do
we keep our eyes on the prize?
00:46:26.05\00:46:30.69
There's a New
Testament hero of faith...
00:46:30.72\00:46:33.19
he's actually my
favorite New Testament author.
00:46:33.22\00:46:36.09
It's Paul.
00:46:36.12\00:46:37.46
He wrote 14 of the 27
books of the New Testament.
00:46:37.49\00:46:40.70
How did he endure?
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.06
When he gave his life to Christ
00:46:42.10\00:46:43.97
after that
Damascus-Road experience,
00:46:44.00\00:46:46.57
and he accepted
Jesus as his Messiah
00:46:46.60\00:46:49.14
and he began to proclaim that,
00:46:49.17\00:46:50.74
did he have a bed of roses?
00:46:50.81\00:46:52.21
Did he have an easy life?
00:46:52.24\00:46:53.61
Absolutely not.
00:46:53.64\00:46:54.98
What did he
endure for the gospel?
00:46:55.01\00:46:56.58
Let's look at 2nd
Corinthians chapter 11,
00:46:56.64\00:46:59.51
we pick it up in verse 24.
00:46:59.55\00:47:01.98
2nd Corinthians 11:24.
00:47:02.02\00:47:04.35
Paul's
speaking... "From the Jews
00:47:04.39\00:47:07.22
five times I received
forty stripes minus one. "
00:47:07.26\00:47:11.13
Now, forty stripes was
the maximum number of stripes
00:47:11.19\00:47:15.03
allowed under Jewish law.
00:47:15.06\00:47:16.83
Sometimes they say,
the lash cut so deeply
00:47:16.87\00:47:20.77
that the spine was exposed
00:47:20.80\00:47:23.41
or even the bowels came out.
00:47:23.44\00:47:26.37
Severe... forty times...
00:47:26.41\00:47:29.31
five times he
received this lash 39 times.
00:47:29.34\00:47:33.98
Then we go to verse 25,
00:47:34.02\00:47:35.78
"Three times I was
beaten with rods... "
00:47:35.82\00:47:38.15
this would be by
the Roman magistrates.
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.46
"Once I was stoned;
00:47:40.49\00:47:42.72
three times I was shipwrecked;
00:47:42.76\00:47:45.33
a night and a day I
have been in the deep... "
00:47:45.36\00:47:47.90
How in the world does Paul
keep his eyes on the prize?
00:47:47.93\00:47:50.53
"In journeys often,
in perils of waters,
00:47:50.57\00:47:54.90
in perils of robbers,
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.27
in perils of my own countrymen,
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.17
in perils of the
Gentiles, in perils in the city,
00:47:58.21\00:48:01.28
in perils in the wilderness,
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.64
in perils in the sea,
00:48:02.68\00:48:04.48
in perils among
false brethren... "
00:48:04.51\00:48:07.48
verse 27,
00:48:07.52\00:48:08.92
"in weariness and toil,
00:48:08.98\00:48:11.75
in sleeplessness often,
00:48:11.82\00:48:14.02
in hunger and thirst,
00:48:14.06\00:48:16.36
in fastings often,
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.66
in cold and nakedness...
00:48:18.69\00:48:20.53
besides the other things,
00:48:20.56\00:48:22.06
which comes upon me daily:
00:48:22.10\00:48:23.57
my deep concern
for all the churches. "
00:48:23.60\00:48:28.17
When I read that list,
00:48:28.20\00:48:29.54
I say, "Jill, you've
encountered nothing. "
00:48:29.57\00:48:31.34
Panel: Hmmm...
00:48:31.37\00:48:32.71
Jill: The trials...
the things I've experienced
00:48:32.74\00:48:35.41
that I think, "Oh, wow!
this is a taxing burden. "
00:48:35.44\00:48:38.38
I've experienced
nothing compared to this.
00:48:38.41\00:48:41.35
You look at the
early Christian church
00:48:41.38\00:48:43.89
and the problems
that they encountered.
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.32
Paul... we know eventually,
he had endured all this
00:48:46.35\00:48:49.86
but eventually, he was
beheaded for his faith.
00:48:49.89\00:48:51.89
Peter was crucified upside down.
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.63
John was boiled in a vat of oil.
00:48:54.66\00:48:57.37
James was beheaded.
00:48:57.40\00:48:59.20
How did they endure?
00:48:59.23\00:49:00.94
How did they endure
these trials and persecutions?
00:49:00.97\00:49:05.37
How did they keep
their eyes on the prize?
00:49:05.41\00:49:09.08
We have seven keys
for you and I today
00:49:09.11\00:49:12.75
to endure in our own
trials or our own persecution.
00:49:12.78\00:49:17.89
I know right now some of you...
00:49:17.92\00:49:19.95
we just heard here at 3ABN,
someone called in from China.
00:49:19.99\00:49:22.92
China...
00:49:22.96\00:49:24.43
and right now some of
you are enduring persecution
00:49:24.49\00:49:30.00
for the gospel.
00:49:30.03\00:49:31.37
Here we can worship freely
00:49:31.40\00:49:32.73
and we think we have
certain trials and we do
00:49:32.77\00:49:34.30
but some of you are
enduring persecution.
00:49:34.34\00:49:37.21
How can we endure
with our eyes on the prize?
00:49:37.24\00:49:40.08
Let's look at those keys,
00:49:40.11\00:49:41.44
Key Number 1:
00:49:41.48\00:49:42.81
You might not even
think it's a key to enduring
00:49:42.84\00:49:44.55
but let's look at it.
00:49:44.58\00:49:45.91
Understand who
you are in Christ.
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.28
Go with me to Romans chapter 8.
00:49:48.32\00:49:50.95
You say, "I don't
think... Pastor Johnny, at all,
00:49:50.99\00:49:53.56
understanding who I am in
Christ is going to help... "
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.89
but look at
this, Romans chapter 8
00:49:55.92\00:49:58.39
verses 16 and 17,
00:49:58.43\00:49:59.96
"The Spirit Himself
bears witness with our spirit
00:50:00.00\00:50:02.63
that we are children of God. "
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.07
This is who we are in Christ.
00:50:04.10\00:50:05.47
"And if
children, then heirs... "
00:50:05.50\00:50:07.40
that's who we are in Christ,
00:50:07.44\00:50:08.77
"heirs of God and
joint heirs with Christ,
00:50:08.80\00:50:12.01
if indeed we suffer with Him,
00:50:12.04\00:50:16.01
that we may also be
glorified together. "
00:50:16.04\00:50:19.95
You see, we can
only suffer with Him
00:50:19.98\00:50:21.85
or we can only not deny
Him when persecution comes
00:50:21.88\00:50:25.75
if we understand that
we're children of God...
00:50:25.79\00:50:29.22
if we understand that
we are heirs with Christ
00:50:29.26\00:50:32.66
and joint heirs with Him.
00:50:32.69\00:50:34.50
In Christ...
00:50:34.53\00:50:35.86
if we understand
who we are in Christ,
00:50:35.90\00:50:40.70
it impacts our faithfulness...
00:50:40.74\00:50:42.10
it impacts our fidelity.
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.17
It impacts our
love and commitment.
00:50:44.21\00:50:46.41
It impacts our
outlook on life...
00:50:46.44\00:50:48.54
how we treat other
people and how we endure
00:50:48.58\00:50:52.45
under trials and persecution.
00:50:52.48\00:50:54.48
If I ever forget
who I am in Christ,
00:50:54.52\00:50:56.75
I go to Ephesians
chapter 1, Shelley,
00:50:56.79\00:50:58.99
and I read that again
00:50:59.02\00:51:00.79
and I discover in Christ I
am blessed and chosen and holy.
00:51:00.82\00:51:04.43
In Christ, I am
adopted and accepted
00:51:04.46\00:51:07.70
and redeemed and sealed.
00:51:07.73\00:51:10.00
So, if you ever
wonder who you are,
00:51:10.03\00:51:11.83
go to Ephesians 1 and you'll
discover who you are in Christ.
00:51:11.87\00:51:14.77
Key Number 2 for enduring
those trials and persecutions
00:51:14.80\00:51:18.34
is to compare
today's trial with eternity.
00:51:18.37\00:51:23.08
Romans 8 verse 18,
00:51:23.11\00:51:25.35
"I consider that the
sufferings of this present time
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.68
are not worthy to be compared
00:51:28.72\00:51:31.35
with the glory which
shall be revealed in us. "
00:51:31.42\00:51:35.59
Today's trial is
nothing compared to the glory
00:51:35.62\00:51:39.59
of eternity.
00:51:39.63\00:51:41.26
Panel: That's right.
00:51:41.30\00:51:42.63
Jill: We often see
2nd Corinthians 4:17
00:51:42.66\00:51:44.00
it says really the same
thing, "our light affliction,
00:51:44.03\00:51:45.87
which is but for a moment,
00:51:45.90\00:51:47.90
is working in us
00:51:47.94\00:51:49.50
a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory. "
00:51:49.54\00:51:53.38
You see, faith... it
demands an eternal perspective
00:51:53.41\00:51:57.21
and what I go
through here is preparing me
00:51:57.25\00:52:00.62
for that life of eternity
00:52:00.68\00:52:03.39
with my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.59
Number 3:
00:52:05.62\00:52:06.96
We are going to
Philippians for this one.
00:52:06.99\00:52:08.32
Number 3: Forget what is behind.
00:52:08.36\00:52:11.93
Philippians 3 verses 13 and 14,
00:52:11.96\00:52:15.66
"Brethren, I do not count
myself to have apprehended;
00:52:15.70\00:52:19.93
but this one thing I do,
00:52:19.97\00:52:22.60
forgetting those
things which are behind
00:52:22.64\00:52:25.37
and reaching forward to
those things which are ahead"
00:52:25.41\00:52:29.58
so, let's stop just a moment.
00:52:29.61\00:52:30.95
What things are we to forget?
00:52:30.98\00:52:32.31
we are to forget our
trials here on this earth.
00:52:32.35\00:52:35.35
We are to forget the
defeats that we have had
00:52:35.38\00:52:38.35
and I also think, we
are to forget our victories.
00:52:38.39\00:52:41.36
We forget all of that
00:52:41.39\00:52:43.22
and what do we do?
00:52:43.26\00:52:44.76
This is key number 4:
00:52:44.79\00:52:46.23
"We press toward the prize... "
00:52:46.26\00:52:49.36
continue reading in
Philippians 3 verse 14,
00:52:49.40\00:52:52.00
"we forget those
things which are behind
00:52:52.03\00:52:54.64
and we reach forward to
those things which are ahead,
00:52:54.67\00:52:58.77
I press toward the goal
00:52:58.81\00:53:01.81
for the prize of the upward
call of God in Christ Jesus. "
00:53:01.84\00:53:07.02
Now, what is that?
00:53:07.05\00:53:08.38
Of course, that's
perfection of character,
00:53:08.42\00:53:10.49
that's our
sanctification process
00:53:10.52\00:53:13.36
but it is also
the eternal reward
00:53:13.39\00:53:16.16
that God promises
for you and for me.
00:53:16.22\00:53:18.93
What is the
prize as a Christian?
00:53:18.99\00:53:20.80
Is it eternal life? Absolutely.
00:53:20.83\00:53:22.60
Is it salvation by
grace through faith?
00:53:22.63\00:53:25.20
Absolutely.
00:53:25.23\00:53:26.80
What a gift!
00:53:26.84\00:53:28.30
Keep your eyes on the prize.
00:53:28.37\00:53:31.21
Key Number 5:
00:53:31.24\00:53:32.57
Experience the love of Christ.
00:53:32.61\00:53:34.54
We're going back to Romans.
00:53:34.61\00:53:36.11
Romans chapter 8
verses 35 through 37,
00:53:36.14\00:53:40.32
experience the love of Christ.
00:53:40.35\00:53:42.15
"Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ?
00:53:42.18\00:53:47.62
Shall tribulation, or distress,
00:53:47.66\00:53:49.72
or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness,
00:53:49.76\00:53:52.19
or peril, or sword?
00:53:52.23\00:53:53.56
As it is written:
00:53:53.60\00:53:54.93
'For Your sake we are
killed all the day long;
00:53:54.96\00:53:56.80
we are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter. '
00:53:56.87\00:53:59.10
Yet in all these things
we are more than conquerors
00:53:59.13\00:54:03.94
through Him who loved us. "
00:54:03.97\00:54:06.54
Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ
00:54:06.57\00:54:09.78
when trial comes upon you?
00:54:09.81\00:54:11.35
You know, in the days of Jesus,
00:54:11.38\00:54:13.15
the Jews believed that
suffering was a curse from God
00:54:13.18\00:54:16.22
because of a punishment for sin
00:54:16.25\00:54:19.02
but yet when
trial comes upon you,
00:54:19.05\00:54:21.72
know that nothing can separate
you from the love of God.
00:54:21.79\00:54:26.66
Know that this
trial is not a curse...
00:54:26.70\00:54:28.83
that it is the result of
the world of sin we live in
00:54:28.86\00:54:32.53
but yet in the midst of this,
00:54:32.57\00:54:34.57
God is working out in a far more
exceeding and eternal weight
00:54:34.60\00:54:38.51
of glory and He's perfecting
His character in you and in me
00:54:38.54\00:54:42.41
and that nothing... no
pain... no suffering...
00:54:42.44\00:54:45.95
no sorrow can separate
us from the love of Jesus.
00:54:45.98\00:54:49.42
Key Number 6,
00:54:49.45\00:54:50.79
Depend on Jesus... 2nd
Corinthians 12 verse 10,
00:54:50.82\00:54:54.79
Paul's speaking,
"Therefore I take pleasure... "
00:54:54.82\00:54:58.73
oooh! "I embrace those
infirmities, those reproaches,
00:54:58.79\00:55:03.57
in needs, in
persecutions, in distresses,
00:55:03.60\00:55:06.40
for Christ's sake.
00:55:06.43\00:55:07.77
For when I am
weak, then I am strong. "
00:55:07.80\00:55:12.44
When I'm weak is when we need
to be most dependent on Christ.
00:55:12.47\00:55:18.31
Are you in the midst of
a trial and persecution?
00:55:18.35\00:55:21.58
Depend on Jesus.
00:55:21.62\00:55:23.65
Finally, Key Number 7:
00:55:23.69\00:55:25.45
Expect it...
00:55:25.49\00:55:26.82
expect those
trials and persecutions
00:55:26.86\00:55:29.92
because they will come.
00:55:29.96\00:55:32.03
2nd Timothy 3:11 and 12,
00:55:32.06\00:55:34.10
"persecutions, afflictions,
which happened to me... "
00:55:34.13\00:55:36.46
and Paul lists the cities...
00:55:36.50\00:55:38.13
"these persecutions I endured.
00:55:38.20\00:55:39.77
Out of them all
the Lord delivered me.
00:55:39.80\00:55:41.87
Yes, all who desire to
live godly in Christ Jesus
00:55:41.90\00:55:45.67
will suffer persecution. "
00:55:45.71\00:55:48.68
We are no better than our Master
00:55:48.74\00:55:50.75
and our Master... the Lord Jesus
clearly suffered persecution.
00:55:50.78\00:55:53.72
So, know that no matter
what you are going through,
00:55:53.75\00:55:57.32
God will be with you
00:55:57.35\00:55:58.92
and you can keep
your eyes on the prize
00:55:58.95\00:56:01.19
and that's an
eternity with Jesus.
00:56:01.22\00:56:03.59
Panel: Amen... amen... amen.
00:56:03.63\00:56:04.96
Ryan: Thank you so
much, Jill, for that,
00:56:04.99\00:56:06.70
let's get some final
thoughts from our Panel members.
00:56:06.73\00:56:08.43
Shelley: I'm just
thinking that Jesus promised
00:56:08.46\00:56:10.97
He had gone on to
prepare a place for us
00:56:11.00\00:56:13.90
and if He died for us,
00:56:13.94\00:56:16.40
we can be assured
He's coming back for us
00:56:16.44\00:56:19.21
and He says, "to
receive you to myself... "
00:56:19.24\00:56:21.98
because He wants
us to be where He is.
00:56:22.01\00:56:24.71
Panel: Amen.
00:56:24.75\00:56:26.08
John Lomacang:
The same New Jerusalem
00:56:26.11\00:56:27.45
that John talked about
00:56:27.48\00:56:28.82
is the same New Jerusalem
that "John" is waiting for.
00:56:28.85\00:56:31.99
Panel: Laughter... amen.
John Dinzey: Praise the Lord.
00:56:32.02\00:56:35.19
I say... "me too. "
00:56:35.22\00:56:36.59
Panel: Laughter.
00:56:36.62\00:56:37.96
John Dinzey: Well, Psalm
116 verse 12 has a question
00:56:37.99\00:56:41.40
that I want to leave you with.
00:56:41.43\00:56:43.00
Consider this and act upon it...
00:56:43.03\00:56:45.13
"What shall I
render unto the LORD
00:56:45.17\00:56:47.24
for all His benefits toward me?"
00:56:47.30\00:56:49.44
Jill: Amen, Thursday we looked
at: Keep your eyes on the prize
00:56:49.47\00:56:52.31
and it's so easy
to look around...
00:56:52.34\00:56:53.68
it's so easy to
look at other people...
00:56:53.71\00:56:55.48
it's so easy to
look at maybe a trial
00:56:55.54\00:56:57.35
or something that
you're going through
00:56:57.38\00:56:58.95
or enduring...
00:56:58.98\00:57:00.32
but just turn your
eyes from all of that
00:57:00.35\00:57:02.38
and focus on Jesus.
00:57:02.42\00:57:04.29
Ryan: Amen,
thank you guys so much
00:57:04.35\00:57:06.02
for such a
powerful lesson study,
00:57:06.05\00:57:07.66
some of my favorite
words from my favorite hymn...
00:57:07.69\00:57:10.63
Never Part Again...
00:57:10.66\00:57:12.16
it says, "Could we but stand
00:57:12.19\00:57:14.40
where Moses stood
00:57:14.43\00:57:17.43
and view the landscape o'er
00:57:17.47\00:57:20.74
Not all this world
00:57:20.77\00:57:23.30
pretended good
00:57:23.37\00:57:25.84
could ever charm us more... "
00:57:25.87\00:57:29.18
I love that!
00:57:29.21\00:57:30.55
We could only see a glimpse...
00:57:30.58\00:57:32.15
it is said that we
would truly surrender our life
00:57:32.18\00:57:35.85
because the reward
would so be worth it.
00:57:35.88\00:57:38.15
My Friends, thank you so much
for joining us for this Quarter.
00:57:38.19\00:57:41.42
That's it... this is
the end of this Quarter.
00:57:41.46\00:57:43.39
Next week, we're going
to be starting a brand new
00:57:43.43\00:57:45.36
Quarter Lesson and I'm excited
00:57:45.39\00:57:46.80
because Quarter Number 2,
we're going to be studying
00:57:46.83\00:57:49.00
a lesson in... our
Lesson Study is entitled:
00:57:49.03\00:57:51.07
Three Cosmic Messages.
00:57:51.10\00:57:52.50
We're going to be learning all
about the three angels' messages
00:57:52.53\00:57:55.67
right here on the Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
00:57:55.70\00:57:59.21
on your favorite Program:
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
00:57:59.27\00:58:02.74
God bless you all...
we'll see you next week.
00:58:02.78\00:58:04.51