We're inviting you to the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel, 00:00:01.36\00:00:03.63 we're about to start. 00:00:03.67\00:00:05.10 Three Cosmic Messages is the title of this Quarterly, 00:00:05.13\00:00:08.97 we are on Lesson Number 10: 00:00:09.00\00:00:10.94 Satan's Final Deceptions. 00:00:10.97\00:00:12.87 This is a study on the three angels' messages. 00:00:12.91\00:00:15.48 If you do not have a Quarterly, 00:00:15.51\00:00:17.05 please go to 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:00:17.08\00:00:19.75 You can download one for free and you can follow us along. 00:00:19.78\00:00:23.22 We're ready to start. 00:00:23.25\00:00:24.59 Music... 00:00:24.62\00:00:53.58 Welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:00:53.62\00:00:56.38 My name is John Dinzey, 00:00:56.42\00:00:57.75 and I am glad to be with you during this hour. 00:00:57.79\00:00:59.12 We have a wonderful Bible Study for you. 00:00:59.15\00:01:02.52 We're studying Lesson Number 10: Satan's Final Deceptions... 00:01:02.59\00:01:06.49 the Quarterly: Three Cosmic Messages. 00:01:06.53\00:01:09.40 It's an exciting study... a study needed for this time. 00:01:09.43\00:01:12.73 We're studying about the three angels' messages 00:01:12.77\00:01:15.34 of Revelation chapter 14. 00:01:15.37\00:01:17.47 So, we hope you have your Bible 00:01:17.51\00:01:19.81 and you're ready to start this Lesson Study. 00:01:19.84\00:01:22.81 If you don't have one, 00:01:22.84\00:01:24.18 you can go to: 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:01:24.21\00:01:25.85 you can download one for free. 00:01:25.88\00:01:27.78 I like to introduce first to my left, 00:01:27.82\00:01:30.79 Pastor Daniel Perrin, welcome. 00:01:30.82\00:01:32.52 Perrin: Thank you, glad to be here. 00:01:32.55\00:01:34.19 I have Monday's Lesson: The Old Lie of Immortality. 00:01:34.22\00:01:37.66 Dinzey: Oh, a good Lesson, 00:01:37.69\00:01:39.29 we also have James... Pastor James Rafferty here, 00:01:39.33\00:01:42.16 tell us what you have. 00:01:42.23\00:01:43.57 Rafferty: Well, good to be here Johnny, 00:01:43.60\00:01:45.43 I have Tuesday's Lesson which is entitled: 00:01:45.47\00:01:47.34 Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship. 00:01:47.37\00:01:49.40 Dinzey: Oh, another wonderful Lesson. 00:01:49.44\00:01:51.44 Pastor John Lomacang, tell us what you have. 00:01:51.47\00:01:53.78 Lomacang: Mine is Wednesday: A Call to Faithfulness 00:01:53.81\00:01:56.95 and I'm looking forward to it 00:01:56.98\00:01:58.78 because I know, Pastor Mark put some good content in here. 00:01:58.81\00:02:02.32 Dinzey: Amen, amen, Sister Shelley Quinn, welcome. 00:02:02.35\00:02:05.52 Shelley: Oh, I'm so privileged to sit here with you, 00:02:05.55\00:02:08.72 we learn so much from each other actually 00:02:08.76\00:02:10.73 as we do these deep studies. 00:02:10.76\00:02:13.06 I have Thursday: Grace for Obedience 00:02:13.09\00:02:16.40 and there's no other way you can obey. 00:02:16.43\00:02:19.67 Dinzey: Amen, amen... please lead us into the prayer, please. 00:02:19.70\00:02:23.71 Shelley: Oh, absolutely. 00:02:23.74\00:02:25.07 Shelley: "Abba Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus, 00:02:25.11\00:02:29.08 thanking you Lord for all you've done to save humanity... 00:02:29.11\00:02:34.12 for all, You continue to do. 00:02:34.15\00:02:35.78 How we thank You for Revelation and specifically, Lord, 00:02:35.82\00:02:39.82 for Your precious messages 00:02:39.85\00:02:42.16 found in the three angels' message and warning to us. 00:02:42.19\00:02:46.90 So Lord, send Your Holy Spirit now... speak through us. 00:02:46.93\00:02:51.57 Let Him be the teacher. 00:02:51.60\00:02:53.57 We give You all the praise and honor and glory. 00:02:53.60\00:02:57.27 We love You, Lord and we thank You. 00:02:57.31\00:02:59.64 In Jesus' name, amen. " 00:02:59.67\00:03:01.41 Dinzey: Amen, amen. 00:03:01.44\00:03:03.31 Well, we begin our study with the portion in Saturday and 00:03:03.35\00:03:08.82 Sunday and the Memory Text is from John chapter 17 verse 17. 00:03:08.85\00:03:15.62 The Bible says, "Sanctify them by Your truth. 00:03:15.66\00:03:18.96 Your word is truth. " 00:03:18.99\00:03:21.00 For this, we study... 00:03:21.03\00:03:22.96 we're going to look at Revelation chapter 12 verse 9, 00:03:23.00\00:03:25.33 Revelation chapter 16 verses 13 and 14, 00:03:25.40\00:03:28.44 also, 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16 and 17, 00:03:28.47\00:03:32.54 and Ezekiel 8:16... 00:03:32.57\00:03:34.44 Ezekiel chapter 20 verses 1 to 20, 00:03:34.51\00:03:36.38 and Revelation chapter 18 verses 4 and 5. 00:03:36.41\00:03:38.98 And, I'd like to start by reading Revelation chapter 14 00:03:39.01\00:03:43.39 verse 8, 00:03:43.45\00:03:44.79 and it says there... this is the second angels' message, 00:03:44.82\00:03:46.82 it says, "And another angel followed saying, 00:03:46.86\00:03:49.66 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, 00:03:49.69\00:03:52.99 that great city, because she has made 00:03:53.03\00:03:56.00 all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. ' 00:03:56.06\00:04:01.40 " This Lesson is important because we are living very close 00:04:01.44\00:04:06.78 to the times when all of the things you've seen 00:04:06.81\00:04:09.34 mentioned there in Revelation, Revelation chapter 14 00:04:09.38\00:04:12.55 beginning in verse 6... it has already begun 00:04:12.58\00:04:14.78 as you have already heard in the previous lesson. 00:04:14.82\00:04:17.39 The first angel's message 00:04:17.45\00:04:19.72 about the hour of His judgment has come. 00:04:19.75\00:04:21.92 That has already begun. 00:04:21.96\00:04:23.29 Let's go ahead and see what the lesson tells us concerning 00:04:23.32\00:04:25.93 the things that are going on in the world: 00:04:25.96\00:04:28.63 As we have seen, Revelation warns us 00:04:28.66\00:04:30.97 that the "inhabitants of the earth" will drink 00:04:31.00\00:04:34.50 a deadly potion called the "wine of Babylon. " 00:04:34.54\00:04:37.94 There are false doctrines and teachings that, in the end, 00:04:37.97\00:04:41.44 will lead only to death. 00:04:41.48\00:04:43.01 However, the world is not left without an antidote, 00:04:43.04\00:04:47.52 the protection against the spiritual poison: 00:04:47.55\00:04:50.75 is the three angels' messages... well put by Pastor Mark Finley. 00:04:50.79\00:04:55.86 Notice that the verse said that all nations 00:04:55.92\00:04:59.29 drink of the wine of the wrath of fornication of Babylon. 00:04:59.33\00:05:04.27 This means the whole world is impacted. 00:05:04.30\00:05:06.74 Likewise, the three angels' messages 00:05:06.77\00:05:09.17 is supposed to go to all the world 00:05:09.20\00:05:11.51 because the devil has done a work all around the world 00:05:11.57\00:05:15.28 the three angels' messages have to go all around the world 00:05:15.31\00:05:18.98 and please consider... 00:05:19.01\00:05:20.35 I'm sure you've been driving down the road 00:05:20.38\00:05:21.78 and you see those orange signs that are warning signs 00:05:21.82\00:05:25.15 and there are some signs that don't really tell you 00:05:25.19\00:05:28.46 what's ahead. 00:05:28.49\00:05:29.82 I've seen signs that say, "Danger Ahead. " 00:05:29.86\00:05:32.96 Have you seen that sign? 00:05:32.99\00:05:34.33 I'm sure... "Danger Ahead... " 00:05:34.36\00:05:35.70 This means that you have to be alert and be careful... 00:05:35.73\00:05:38.73 even slow down because the danger ahead 00:05:38.77\00:05:42.60 may be at risk of your life. 00:05:42.64\00:05:45.07 You may risk your life if you continue going fast... 00:05:45.14\00:05:47.84 if you continue being careless. 00:05:47.88\00:05:49.71 The same thing we want to tell you 00:05:49.74\00:05:51.55 as you look at the three angels' messages. 00:05:51.61\00:05:53.25 This is danger ahead. 00:05:53.31\00:05:54.98 So, please pay close attention as we continue this study. 00:05:55.02\00:05:58.69 In this week's lesson, we will continue looking 00:05:58.72\00:06:00.96 not only at Babylon's deception about Jesus... 00:06:00.99\00:06:03.12 the plans of Jesus to save us from the... from them 00:06:03.16\00:06:06.70 and the death that they would otherwise, bring. 00:06:06.73\00:06:09.60 Sunday's portion of the lesson is: 00:06:09.63\00:06:11.87 The Way That Seems Right in a Man's Eyes. 00:06:11.90\00:06:15.47 You know, it's interesting that as you look at the world, 00:06:15.50\00:06:18.37 I have been around for a few years 00:06:18.41\00:06:20.44 and I can tell you that some things 00:06:20.48\00:06:22.78 that in the past was considered... 00:06:22.84\00:06:25.05 considered unacceptable now seems to be acceptable. 00:06:25.08\00:06:29.45 You can... by taking a look at television, 00:06:29.48\00:06:31.42 you can see the history of television. 00:06:31.45\00:06:33.36 There was a time... I don't know if it was the 50s or 60s, 00:06:33.39\00:06:36.06 you were not even allowed to show a belly button 00:06:36.09\00:06:39.03 but today, the things have gone way out of control 00:06:39.09\00:06:42.00 and words on... on the... 00:06:42.03\00:06:44.67 on the regular home television sets that are coming out... 00:06:44.70\00:06:47.90 before it was banned 00:06:47.94\00:06:50.21 but now, they seem to be approved 00:06:50.24\00:06:52.57 and so, we are living in dangerous times. 00:06:52.61\00:06:55.58 Society now calls evil... good 00:06:55.61\00:06:58.98 and good... evil. 00:06:59.01\00:07:00.75 Right seems to be wrong 00:07:00.78\00:07:02.42 and wrong seems to be right. 00:07:02.45\00:07:04.55 And so, we are living in dangerous times 00:07:04.59\00:07:07.32 and we need to be aware of these things 00:07:07.36\00:07:10.03 and take heed because we can be carried away 00:07:10.06\00:07:14.03 by the wine of Babylon. 00:07:14.10\00:07:16.53 We can be carried away by the confusion 00:07:16.56\00:07:19.30 and immorality that has taken place... 00:07:19.33\00:07:22.04 that now seems to be acceptable. 00:07:22.07\00:07:23.87 So, let's go ahead and go to Matthew chapter 24 00:07:23.91\00:07:28.04 and verse 31. 00:07:28.11\00:07:29.68 In Matthew chapter 24 and verse 31, 00:07:29.71\00:07:33.05 the Bible tells us... gives us a message 00:07:33.08\00:07:37.55 that we need to heed. 00:07:37.59\00:07:39.49 Matthew chapter 24 verse 31... 00:07:39.52\00:07:42.96 this is what the Bible tells us. 00:07:42.99\00:07:46.29 "And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, 00:07:46.33\00:07:50.67 and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, 00:07:50.70\00:07:54.90 from one end of heaven to the other. " 00:07:54.94\00:07:57.97 This is a message that is vitally important to understand. 00:07:58.01\00:08:01.68 Jesus will gather His elect 00:08:01.74\00:08:03.18 and when you go to Matthew 13, the lesson brings this out. 00:08:03.21\00:08:07.32 It says: In the context of the last days, 00:08:07.35\00:08:09.68 Jesus uttered a powerful warning, 00:08:09.72\00:08:11.92 "For false Christs and false prophets 00:08:11.95\00:08:14.12 will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, 00:08:14.16\00:08:18.96 even the elect. " 00:08:18.99\00:08:20.33 So, the elect have to be aware... 00:08:20.36\00:08:23.40 they have to be sober 00:08:23.43\00:08:24.90 because you will also ah... 00:08:24.93\00:08:28.40 be tempted in a way that will lead you astray 00:08:28.44\00:08:32.81 but the elect are not led astray 00:08:32.84\00:08:35.14 even if it were possible to deceive the elect, 00:08:35.18\00:08:37.55 they are not deceived because their trust is in Jesus... 00:08:37.58\00:08:40.05 they are studying God's Word, 00:08:40.08\00:08:41.52 they are staying close to the Lord 00:08:41.55\00:08:43.28 and they will be prepared. 00:08:43.32\00:08:45.12 The deceptions in the last days will increase. 00:08:45.15\00:08:47.82 If you think you're seeing deceptions now, 00:08:47.86\00:08:50.53 greater deceptions will come. 00:08:50.56\00:08:52.36 People are claiming to be Jesus. 00:08:52.39\00:08:54.46 There are false prophets out there 00:08:54.50\00:08:56.50 unlike any other time of earth's history 00:08:56.53\00:08:59.10 and their impact seems to be greater now 00:08:59.13\00:09:01.67 because before 00:09:01.70\00:09:03.04 you can have a person that claims to be a false "Christ" 00:09:03.07\00:09:05.94 or a false prophet speak to a few people 00:09:05.97\00:09:08.64 and it would... it would just stay in that local area. 00:09:08.71\00:09:11.58 Today, these people can get on the Internet 00:09:11.61\00:09:13.88 and they can reach hundreds... 00:09:13.92\00:09:16.28 thousands and maybe millions of people 00:09:16.32\00:09:18.52 with false messages 00:09:18.55\00:09:20.02 and so, we need to be careful. 00:09:20.06\00:09:21.92 We need to study God's Word 00:09:21.96\00:09:23.79 because God's Word shows us the way, the truth, and the life. 00:09:23.83\00:09:27.93 Revelation chapter 12 verse 9, 00:09:27.96\00:09:30.00 the Bible tells us, "So the great dragon was cast out, 00:09:30.03\00:09:33.07 that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, 00:09:33.10\00:09:37.17 who deceives the whole world; 00:09:37.21\00:09:39.71 he was cast to the earth, 00:09:39.74\00:09:41.68 and his angels were cast out with him. " 00:09:41.74\00:09:43.85 Satan has capacity to deceive. 00:09:43.91\00:09:46.51 He has been practicing for several thousand years 00:09:46.55\00:09:49.48 and we need to take heed. 00:09:49.52\00:09:51.42 We need to study God's words 00:09:51.45\00:09:53.29 so that we are ready and we are prepared 00:09:53.32\00:09:56.59 and we will be able to, by God's grace, 00:09:56.62\00:09:59.83 discern false doctrines 00:09:59.86\00:10:01.86 and discern the deception that he brings to us. 00:10:01.93\00:10:05.63 Mark Finley says in the lesson, 00:10:05.67\00:10:08.90 "Obviously, God is going to have some faithful people 00:10:08.94\00:10:12.37 in the last days, 00:10:12.41\00:10:13.74 as He has had through the ages. 00:10:13.78\00:10:16.28 However, the wording here shows just how widespread 00:10:16.31\00:10:19.81 Satan's deception really is. " 00:10:19.85\00:10:21.32 If it were possible, he would try to deceive the very elect. 00:10:21.35\00:10:25.89 Please join me in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 00:10:25.92\00:10:29.59 and we're going to start in verse 12, 00:10:29.62\00:10:31.99 1st Corinthians chapter 10... 00:10:32.03\00:10:33.36 this is what the Bible tells us, 00:10:33.40\00:10:35.10 "Therefore let him to thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. " 00:10:35.13\00:10:40.57 This is a warning for us. 00:10:40.60\00:10:42.90 "Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. " 00:10:42.94\00:10:46.91 If you think... "I've got it altogether, 00:10:46.94\00:10:48.54 I know all the doctrines... I know my Bible... 00:10:48.58\00:10:51.55 I am not going to be deceived. " 00:10:51.61\00:10:52.98 We need to be connected to the Holy Spirit 00:10:53.01\00:10:56.45 and the Holy Spirit will guide us. 00:10:56.48\00:10:58.79 Continuing on in verse 13, 00:10:58.82\00:11:00.99 "No temptation has overtaken you 00:11:01.02\00:11:03.46 except such as is common to man; 00:11:03.49\00:11:05.83 but God is faithful, 00:11:05.86\00:11:08.20 who will not allow you to be tempted 00:11:08.23\00:11:10.10 beyond what you are able, 00:11:10.13\00:11:12.23 but with the temptation will also, make the way of escape, 00:11:12.30\00:11:16.67 that you may be able to bear it. " 00:11:16.71\00:11:19.21 We can thank God that He is ready 00:11:19.24\00:11:21.68 to give us the help we need when we need it. 00:11:21.74\00:11:25.38 Proverbs 14 verse 12, 00:11:25.41\00:11:28.58 Proverbs 14:12, there's a message for us, 00:11:28.62\00:11:30.89 notice... and this is really the title for this Sunday's lesson, 00:11:30.95\00:11:34.66 "There is a way that seems right to a man, 00:11:34.69\00:11:38.23 but its end is the way of death. " 00:11:38.26\00:11:41.46 And so, the times are going to be so dangerous 00:11:41.50\00:11:45.30 that we are going to see fulfillment of things 00:11:45.33\00:11:49.10 that Jesus has mentioned. 00:11:49.14\00:11:50.84 Matthew chapter 24... 00:11:50.87\00:11:52.51 you can look in Luke chapter 23 00:11:52.54\00:11:54.21 and other places in the Bible, 00:11:54.24\00:11:55.88 Daniel... Revelation. 00:11:55.91\00:11:57.25 Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 9, 00:11:57.28\00:11:59.18 this is Scripture that we bring to your attention. 00:11:59.21\00:12:02.18 "The heart is deceitful above all things... " 00:12:02.22\00:12:07.16 what? 00:12:07.19\00:12:08.52 "The heart is deceitful above all things... " 00:12:08.56\00:12:11.39 you have a heart and so, you need to be careful 00:12:11.43\00:12:14.40 because the Bible says, 00:12:14.43\00:12:15.76 "The heart is deceitful above all things, 00:12:15.80\00:12:17.73 and desperately wicked; 00:12:17.77\00:12:19.87 who can know it?" 00:12:19.90\00:12:21.87 And this is why we should not depend on ourselves, 00:12:21.90\00:12:25.54 we need to depend on Jesus Christ. 00:12:25.57\00:12:28.38 Jeremiah 17:10, 00:12:28.41\00:12:30.81 "I, the LORD, search the heart, 00:12:30.85\00:12:33.11 I test the mind, 00:12:33.15\00:12:34.48 even to give every man according to his ways, 00:12:34.52\00:12:37.22 according to the fruit of his doings. " 00:12:37.25\00:12:40.46 So, we need to stay close to the Lord. 00:12:40.49\00:12:43.63 The Lord is our strength... 00:12:43.66\00:12:45.29 the Lord is our guide... our counselor, 00:12:45.33\00:12:48.06 and the Holy Scriptures are a lamp to our feet 00:12:48.13\00:12:51.63 and a light unto our path. 00:12:51.67\00:12:53.00 Isaiah 5:13, "Therefore my people have gone into captivity" 00:12:53.03\00:12:57.51 why? 00:12:57.54\00:12:58.87 "Because they have no knowledge. " 00:12:58.91\00:13:01.31 Why do they go into captivity? 00:13:01.34\00:13:03.28 "Because they have no knowledge; 00:13:03.35\00:13:05.25 their honorable men are famished, 00:13:05.28\00:13:07.35 and their multitude dried up with thirst. " 00:13:07.42\00:13:10.75 So, there's knowledge in the holy Scriptures 00:13:10.79\00:13:14.02 and if we take time to study... prayerfully study God's Word, 00:13:14.06\00:13:19.49 we will be protected from the deceptions 00:13:19.53\00:13:22.56 that are already all over the place. 00:13:22.60\00:13:25.33 Every wind of doctrine is blowing. 00:13:25.37\00:13:28.00 We need to... as the Bereans... go to the Bible 00:13:28.04\00:13:32.17 and see for a "thus saith the Lord. " 00:13:32.21\00:13:35.01 Panel: Amen. 00:13:35.04\00:13:36.38 Dinzey: So, are you studying the Bible daily? 00:13:36.41\00:13:38.21 Are you taking time to study... 00:13:38.25\00:13:40.22 to put yourself in the hands of the Lord 00:13:40.25\00:13:44.29 so that when deceptions come, 00:13:44.32\00:13:46.22 you have the protection of Jesus. 00:13:46.25\00:13:48.46 He is a strong tower 00:13:48.49\00:13:50.66 and our refuge and strength in time of need 00:13:50.69\00:13:54.10 and this is a time of need. 00:13:54.13\00:13:56.50 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:13:56.53\00:13:57.87 Perrin: Thank you Pastor Dinzey, 00:13:57.90\00:13:59.23 I'm Daniel Perrin and I'm sharing Monday's lesson 00:13:59.27\00:14:02.40 which is: The Old Lie of Immortality 00:14:02.44\00:14:05.17 and maybe you've heard the phrase, 00:14:05.21\00:14:07.91 "that couldn't be farther from the truth. " 00:14:07.94\00:14:10.65 That certainly applies to this lesson 00:14:10.68\00:14:12.81 and I want to share a statistic with you 00:14:12.85\00:14:15.68 that maybe you've heard and it is this, 00:14:15.72\00:14:17.05 ten out of ten people die 00:14:17.09\00:14:19.89 and virtually nobody likes it. 00:14:19.95\00:14:23.69 Maybe there are a few here and there, 00:14:23.73\00:14:26.73 but there is good news in God's Word about death 00:14:26.76\00:14:30.20 and there are people who don't know that there's good news 00:14:30.23\00:14:33.13 about death as they approach it 00:14:33.17\00:14:35.07 or as it's a part of their family. 00:14:35.10\00:14:37.01 They don't know what comes next 00:14:37.04\00:14:38.94 and they really have no hope at all 00:14:38.97\00:14:40.81 but the trouble is that wherever there is good news, 00:14:40.88\00:14:44.35 there is an old lie and an old liar hanging around 00:14:44.38\00:14:47.82 to trip you up. 00:14:47.85\00:14:49.18 So, the good news is this, 00:14:49.22\00:14:50.92 God alone has a life... eternal life in Himself. 00:14:50.95\00:14:55.12 We don't have it 00:14:55.16\00:14:56.66 and He gives that life to those who receive Him. 00:14:56.73\00:15:00.10 Those who die... they rest in the ground, 00:15:00.13\00:15:03.57 they rest in the grave 00:15:03.63\00:15:04.97 and they wait until the resurrection 00:15:05.00\00:15:07.07 when Jesus shall give them that life. 00:15:07.10\00:15:09.30 And so, this truth keeps us connected to God 00:15:09.34\00:15:12.47 because He's the source of our life. 00:15:12.51\00:15:14.24 The lie is this: you have life in your own self 00:15:14.28\00:15:18.38 that cannot be taken away from you. 00:15:18.41\00:15:20.75 Now, along with this lie comes several other lies 00:15:20.78\00:15:23.89 which I'll get to in a minute 00:15:23.92\00:15:25.32 but this lie disconnects you from God 00:15:25.35\00:15:27.82 because you have life in yourself, 00:15:27.86\00:15:29.92 you don't need it from another source. 00:15:29.96\00:15:31.99 And this lie comes from all sides 00:15:32.03\00:15:34.46 and for good reason. 00:15:34.53\00:15:35.86 We want to beat death... we're susceptible to this 00:15:35.90\00:15:39.43 and you find it in modern culture. 00:15:39.47\00:15:41.44 TV Sitcoms... you'll see it, people referencing... 00:15:41.47\00:15:44.97 spirits coming back... 00:15:45.01\00:15:46.34 reality shows... 00:15:46.37\00:15:47.78 documentary shows about ghost hunters 00:15:47.81\00:15:50.55 or haunted houses. 00:15:50.58\00:15:51.91 You can look through so many movies and you shouldn't. 00:15:51.95\00:15:55.18 Entire Star Wars franchise filled with spirits from the 00:15:55.25\00:15:59.45 dead. Lord of the Rings... lesser-known movies... 00:15:59.49\00:16:02.26 actors who talk about channeling spirits 00:16:02.29\00:16:05.06 to give them their power... 00:16:05.09\00:16:06.43 to give them knowledge and the ability to harness 00:16:06.46\00:16:08.96 the... the power of looking like and acting like someone. 00:16:09.00\00:16:12.13 Cartoons for children... Casper the Friendly Ghost... 00:16:12.17\00:16:15.27 The Lion King... 00:16:15.30\00:16:16.64 Disney Movies... Disney Parks... 00:16:16.67\00:16:18.67 there are ghost Lego's... ghost dolls... 00:16:18.71\00:16:21.58 there are toys designed like Ouija boards and others. 00:16:21.61\00:16:25.28 Books for children... whole series of them. 00:16:25.31\00:16:27.95 Harry Potter... 00:16:27.98\00:16:29.32 the immensely popular Goosebumps Series... 00:16:29.35\00:16:31.55 and then you take perfectly innocuous seeming children's 00:16:31.59\00:16:35.39 book and all of a sudden, in comes a witch or spiritualism. 00:16:35.42\00:16:38.49 Video games... 00:16:38.56\00:16:39.89 even the old classic Pac-Man, who is he chased by? 00:16:39.93\00:16:43.10 Ghosts... spirits from the dead. 00:16:43.13\00:16:45.07 "Not a big deal... " you say, 00:16:45.10\00:16:46.97 but suddenly, into our minds are drifting these concepts. 00:16:47.00\00:16:50.17 Halloween... not so subtle... 00:16:50.21\00:16:52.01 10.6 billion dollars spent in this country, the United States 00:16:52.04\00:16:55.48 last year on Halloween. 00:16:55.51\00:16:57.08 And then, classical culture... 00:16:57.11\00:16:59.08 Shakespeare... full of spirits from the dead. 00:16:59.11\00:17:01.62 Kids got to read the classics, we say, 00:17:01.65\00:17:03.85 No... kids got to know the truth. 00:17:03.89\00:17:05.22 You take Charles Dickens... A Christmas Carol... 00:17:05.25\00:17:08.96 one example out of many 00:17:08.99\00:17:10.33 and I don't mean to go much farther except to say that 00:17:10.36\00:17:12.73 it doesn't matter how far you go back 00:17:12.79\00:17:14.50 and what we read... what we write, 00:17:14.56\00:17:16.26 we see this stuff. 00:17:16.30\00:17:17.63 Music... a well-loved song, Ave Maria... 00:17:17.67\00:17:20.97 it's a prayer to a dead person. 00:17:21.00\00:17:23.34 We hear it in jokes... 00:17:23.37\00:17:25.41 somebody dies and they arrive at the gate 00:17:25.44\00:17:27.94 and Saint Peter is there to let them in. 00:17:27.98\00:17:30.48 Christian books... 00:17:30.51\00:17:32.25 lots of them... telling stories, 00:17:32.28\00:17:34.08 an immensely popular story called: The Shack... 00:17:34.12\00:17:36.75 a few years ago, 00:17:36.79\00:17:38.12 redefining what God is like 00:17:38.15\00:17:39.82 and this book then brings back spirits from the dead 00:17:39.85\00:17:42.56 to give messages from beyond the grave. 00:17:42.59\00:17:44.96 And that famous Christian prayer, 00:17:44.99\00:17:46.80 "Now I lay myself down to sleep, 00:17:46.83\00:17:48.63 I pray the Lord my soul to keep, 00:17:48.66\00:17:50.27 if I die before I wake, 00:17:50.30\00:17:52.00 I pray the Lord my soul to take. " 00:17:52.03\00:17:54.20 I'm just trying to say... 00:17:54.24\00:17:55.70 the enemy is doing everything possible 00:17:55.74\00:17:57.91 to turn you away from where life really comes from. 00:17:57.97\00:18:01.14 In Revelation 16:13 and 14, 00:18:01.18\00:18:04.65 take you there... 00:18:04.68\00:18:06.01 "I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 00:18:06.05\00:18:07.88 coming out of the mouth of the dragon, 00:18:07.95\00:18:09.98 out of the mouth of the beast, 00:18:10.02\00:18:11.55 and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 00:18:11.59\00:18:13.15 For they are spirits of demons, 00:18:13.19\00:18:15.62 performing signs. which go out to the kings of the earth 00:18:15.66\00:18:18.96 and the whole world, 00:18:18.99\00:18:20.33 to gather them for battle of that great day of God Almighty." 00:18:20.36\00:18:24.20 And we know there is and will be demonic deceptions 00:18:24.23\00:18:28.60 and those deceptions come with power and lies 00:18:28.64\00:18:32.01 and signs and cunning... 00:18:32.04\00:18:34.04 believable, desirable, powerful... 00:18:34.08\00:18:37.15 not grotesque because that would turn people away 00:18:37.18\00:18:40.02 but things that make you feel good. 00:18:40.05\00:18:42.08 Satan does not have the power to create life 00:18:42.15\00:18:44.89 but he can imitate it 00:18:44.92\00:18:46.49 and we see that back in Exodus 7 when the plagues began 00:18:46.55\00:18:50.29 and what did the Egyptian magicians do 00:18:50.33\00:18:52.29 by the power of Satan? 00:18:52.33\00:18:53.70 They imitated the counterfeit... 00:18:53.73\00:18:56.10 the power of God with their enchantments. 00:18:56.16\00:18:59.63 All right, and these enchant- ments are believed by those... 00:18:59.67\00:19:02.57 2nd Thessalonians 2:9 and 10, 00:19:02.60\00:19:05.04 it says, "According to the working of Satan, 00:19:05.07\00:19:07.41 with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 00:19:07.48\00:19:09.74 all unrighteous deception 00:19:09.81\00:19:11.28 received by those who did not love the truth. " 00:19:11.31\00:19:15.12 What is the truth? 00:19:15.15\00:19:16.69 All right, quick run-through, John 5:26, 00:19:16.72\00:19:20.09 "The Father has life in Himself, 00:19:20.12\00:19:21.79 grants it to the Son to have life in Himself. " 00:19:21.82\00:19:24.46 2nd Timothy 1:10, 00:19:24.49\00:19:27.10 "our Savior Jesus Christ, 00:19:27.13\00:19:29.13 abolishes death and brought life and immortality... " 00:19:29.16\00:19:32.50 we don't have it in ourselves. 00:19:32.53\00:19:34.20 Revelation 2:7, 00:19:34.24\00:19:35.77 "to him who overcomes 00:19:35.80\00:19:37.14 I will give the right to eat of the tree of life. " 00:19:37.17\00:19:39.51 It's not naturally yours. 00:19:39.54\00:19:41.81 1 Corinthians 15:53 and 54, 00:19:41.84\00:19:44.05 "this corruption must put on incorruption, 00:19:44.08\00:19:46.58 and the mortal put on immortality. " 00:19:46.61\00:19:49.22 Ecclesiastes 9:5, 00:19:49.28\00:19:50.79 and we could go through every book of the Bible almost, 00:19:50.82\00:19:53.19 "For the living know that they will die; 00:19:53.22\00:19:54.66 the dead know nothing. " 00:19:54.69\00:19:56.19 What's the result of "I accept this lie 00:19:56.22\00:19:58.83 that I have natural immortality... " 00:19:58.86\00:20:01.40 Number 1: If... if so, then sin does not bring death 00:20:01.46\00:20:04.87 and that's not what God promised in Genesis 2:7, 00:20:04.90\00:20:08.30 that what Paul says in Romans 6:23, 00:20:08.34\00:20:10.51 "The wages of sin is death... " 00:20:10.54\00:20:11.97 sin doesn't bring death if I don't die. 00:20:12.01\00:20:14.88 If... if I accept the idea that the soul is immortal, 00:20:14.91\00:20:18.28 then Jesus does not have the power to overcome sin and death. 00:20:18.31\00:20:21.62 And there is dualism... 00:20:21.68\00:20:23.08 some powers that are equally powerful 00:20:23.12\00:20:25.65 and God just could not destroy sin and death. 00:20:25.69\00:20:28.76 If I accept the immortal soul 00:20:28.79\00:20:31.56 and the Bible's teaching on a future judgment 00:20:31.59\00:20:33.93 and the second coming are not true. 00:20:33.96\00:20:35.66 But He appointed a day when He will judge... in the future, 00:20:35.70\00:20:39.73 that judgment doesn't happen the day I die, 00:20:39.77\00:20:41.47 it happens in the future. 00:20:41.50\00:20:43.27 And the second coming... 00:20:43.30\00:20:45.54 1st Thessalonians 4:16-18, 00:20:45.57\00:20:47.81 "the Lord comes with a... a shout from heaven, 00:20:47.84\00:20:50.68 with the voice of the archangel, 00:20:50.71\00:20:52.05 and with the trumpet call of God. 00:20:52.08\00:20:53.52 The dead in Christ rise first. 00:20:53.58\00:20:54.98 And then we who are alive and remain, rise up with them, 00:20:55.02\00:20:59.09 meet them in the air and thus... " 00:20:59.12\00:21:00.82 or "in this way we shall be with the Lord. " 00:21:00.86\00:21:03.43 Not in any other way other than when He comes. 00:21:03.46\00:21:05.99 If I accept that there is an eternal soul, 00:21:06.03\00:21:10.33 then, throughout all eternity, 00:21:10.37\00:21:11.97 God is going to be a cosmic torturer. 00:21:12.03\00:21:14.44 I'm enjoying eternal life over here 00:21:14.47\00:21:16.84 while over there, He... for the rest of all eternity, 00:21:16.87\00:21:19.84 is grotesquely torturing people 00:21:19.87\00:21:22.04 and there are formidable Atheists 00:21:22.08\00:21:24.05 like Robert Ingersoll for instance, 00:21:24.08\00:21:26.01 who traces his Atheism to this idea right here 00:21:26.05\00:21:28.98 and he was right. 00:21:29.02\00:21:30.35 Who wants a God who is going to torture of all time 00:21:30.39\00:21:32.55 because the Christian church 00:21:32.59\00:21:34.42 doesn't want to talk about hell because 00:21:34.46\00:21:36.56 it's... it's disgusting... 00:21:36.59\00:21:38.79 an eternal torture... and so they turn it into a metaphor. 00:21:38.83\00:21:41.96 You'll just have a bad life 00:21:42.00\00:21:43.77 or they ignore it and say there's no judgment 00:21:43.80\00:21:46.17 or they lean into a universal salvation 00:21:46.20\00:21:49.20 that God will save everybody regardless of who you are 00:21:49.24\00:21:52.11 because nobody wants to believe this. 00:21:52.17\00:21:53.98 And if we accept an eternal-soul doctrine, 00:21:54.01\00:21:56.95 then, we open the door for communication... 00:21:56.98\00:21:59.91 from demonic spirits 00:21:59.95\00:22:01.35 because... and all in the name of respecting loved ones, 00:22:01.38\00:22:05.09 we... we then open ourselves up to say 00:22:05.12\00:22:07.82 they... that they can come back from the dead 00:22:07.89\00:22:09.66 and if there is somebody coming back from the dead 00:22:09.69\00:22:12.03 to give us a message, 00:22:12.06\00:22:13.40 it's not going to be from God. 00:22:13.43\00:22:15.10 It might sound okay 00:22:15.13\00:22:17.13 because is the devil going to come giving outright lies? 00:22:17.17\00:22:20.74 He certainly could but he blends it... 00:22:20.77\00:22:23.34 he mixes it in with the truths of Christianity... 00:22:23.37\00:22:26.07 the truths of God's Word. 00:22:26.11\00:22:27.44 God promises to give us the Holy Spirit 00:22:27.48\00:22:29.91 but the enemy can certainly send an unholy spirit. 00:22:29.94\00:22:33.31 Just because a... a thought enters our mind 00:22:33.35\00:22:35.68 or because we see something with our eyes... 00:22:35.72\00:22:38.05 if it does not go along with God's Word 00:22:38.09\00:22:40.76 exactly as God gives it to us, 00:22:40.82\00:22:43.02 then we need to close the door against it 00:22:43.06\00:22:44.89 and finally here... 00:22:44.96\00:22:46.29 "If we accept an immortal soul doctrine, 00:22:46.33\00:22:48.83 then, heaven is simply a place 00:22:48.86\00:22:51.37 where there are disembodied spirits floating around 00:22:51.43\00:22:53.80 and that has gone a long way 00:22:53.84\00:22:55.74 to discourage people from even wanting to spend an eternity 00:22:55.77\00:22:58.71 in God's presence. 00:22:58.74\00:23:00.08 Listen to what Job says, 00:23:00.11\00:23:01.44 chapter 19 verses 26 and 27, 00:23:01.48\00:23:03.65 "After my skin is destroyed, this I know, 00:23:03.71\00:23:07.22 that in my flesh I will see God. 00:23:07.25\00:23:10.65 And so, Jesus... 00:23:10.69\00:23:12.02 sorry, "in my flesh, I will see God. 00:23:12.05\00:23:14.26 And I will behold in my eyes and not another. " 00:23:14.29\00:23:17.99 All right, so we go physically, as a body... 00:23:18.03\00:23:21.50 as a person in heaven. 00:23:21.53\00:23:23.10 I come now to Jesus in John 11 verses 24 to 26, 00:23:23.13\00:23:27.97 His friend Lazarus has died and He told His disciples, 00:23:28.00\00:23:31.44 "Lazarus is sleeping... " 00:23:31.47\00:23:33.27 they say, "Then he'll wake up. " 00:23:33.31\00:23:35.01 He says, "No, he has died. " 00:23:35.04\00:23:36.61 And so, He goes down to Jerusalem, 00:23:36.64\00:23:39.81 Martha says to Him, 00:23:39.88\00:23:41.22 "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection 00:23:41.25\00:23:43.25 at the last day. " 00:23:43.28\00:23:44.82 And Jesus said to her, 00:23:44.85\00:23:46.29 "I am the resurrection and the life. 00:23:46.35\00:23:49.52 He who believes in Me, 00:23:49.56\00:23:50.89 though he may die, he shall life. 00:23:50.93\00:23:52.89 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. 00:23:52.93\00:23:56.16 Do you believe this?" 00:23:56.20\00:23:57.53 Because all life comes through belief 00:23:57.57\00:24:00.50 through faith in Jesus through His Word. 00:24:00.54\00:24:03.51 It doesn't come because because of ourselves, 00:24:03.54\00:24:05.21 we don't have it on our own, 00:24:05.24\00:24:06.57 it comes through Jesus. 00:24:06.61\00:24:07.94 Panel: Amen. 00:24:07.98\00:24:09.31 Dinzey: Thank you so much. 00:24:09.34\00:24:10.68 We still have the study: 00:24:10.71\00:24:12.05 Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship... 00:24:12.08\00:24:13.42 A Call to Faithfulness... 00:24:13.45\00:24:14.78 and Grace for Obedience 00:24:14.82\00:24:16.15 and we will continue this study in a moment. 00:24:16.18\00:24:19.82 Music... 00:24:19.85\00:24:24.06 Ever wish you could watch a 3 ABN Sabbath School Panel again 00:24:24.09\00:24:27.60 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 00:24:27.63\00:24:30.77 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:24:30.80\00:24:35.64 A clean design makes it easy 00:24:35.67\00:24:38.34 to find the Program you are looking for. 00:24:38.37\00:24:40.21 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 00:24:40.24\00:24:43.95 so you can follow along. 00:24:43.98\00:24:45.38 Sharing is easy. 00:24:45.41\00:24:46.82 Just click "Share" and choose your favorite Social Media. 00:24:46.85\00:24:50.19 Share a Link... 00:24:50.22\00:24:51.55 Save a Life... for Eternity. 00:24:51.59\00:24:54.56 Dinzey: Thank you, we are back 00:24:54.59\00:24:55.99 and we are ready to continue this study with Pastor James 00:24:56.02\00:24:59.29 Rafferty. James: I have Tuesday's Lesson 00:24:59.33\00:25:01.06 and it is entitled... Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship 00:25:01.10\00:25:05.30 and we're going to be looking at as text in the Old Testament 00:25:05.33\00:25:08.24 book of Ezekiel... Ezekiel chapter 8 and verse 16, 00:25:08.27\00:25:12.07 I don't know if you realize this 00:25:12.11\00:25:13.44 but we've been talking about the first angel's message 00:25:13.48\00:25:16.04 which calls us to worship God 00:25:16.08\00:25:17.98 and points us... directs to the creation week 00:25:18.01\00:25:20.65 and also to the commandments 00:25:20.68\00:25:22.02 and specifically highlights the seventh-day Sabbath 00:25:22.05\00:25:24.95 or Saturday 00:25:24.99\00:25:26.32 but a lot of people don't realize that sun worship 00:25:26.35\00:25:29.19 or Sunday worship is not a new phenomena. 00:25:29.22\00:25:31.99 It's as old as the Bible. 00:25:32.03\00:25:34.66 In other words, you can go back into the Word of God, 00:25:34.70\00:25:37.30 back to God's people in ancient times 00:25:37.33\00:25:39.00 and find this conflict between worshipping God on the Sabbath 00:25:39.03\00:25:42.10 and worshipping the sun is present. 00:25:42.14\00:25:44.67 We're going to see that in the book of Ezekiel. 00:25:44.71\00:25:46.31 Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 16, 00:25:46.34\00:25:48.24 Ezekiel is brought in to the inner court of the Lord's house. 00:25:48.28\00:25:52.91 He is in vision now and God is showing him things 00:25:52.95\00:25:55.55 concerning the apostasy of God's people. 00:25:55.58\00:25:58.35 "And, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, 00:25:58.39\00:26:02.79 between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, 00:26:02.82\00:26:06.33 with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, 00:26:06.36\00:26:09.20 and their faces toward the east; 00:26:09.23\00:26:11.53 and they worshipped the sun toward the east. " 00:26:11.57\00:26:14.50 So, what we have here is we have God's people, 00:26:14.54\00:26:17.47 God's covenant people... God's called people 00:26:17.51\00:26:20.44 turning their back on the temple... 00:26:20.48\00:26:22.31 turning their back on the worship of God, 00:26:22.34\00:26:24.01 turning their back on the Sabbath 00:26:24.05\00:26:25.38 and worshipping the sun toward to east. 00:26:25.41\00:26:27.62 Now, when we look at this, we realize 00:26:27.65\00:26:29.78 and this is what the Quarterly brings out, 00:26:29.82\00:26:31.29 "Sun worship was prominent in Egypt, 00:26:31.32\00:26:33.89 in Assyria, in Persia, and certainly in Babylon. 00:26:33.92\00:26:37.59 In his book The Worship of Nature, 00:26:37.63\00:26:39.03 by James G. Frazer... he makes this observation that 00:26:39.06\00:26:42.43 in ancient Babylon the sun was worshipped from 00:26:42.46\00:26:45.50 immemorial antiquity. " 00:26:45.53\00:26:49.27 And that's Volume 1, page 529. 00:26:49.30\00:26:51.37 "So, it may seem surprising... " 00:26:51.41\00:26:53.04 the Quarterly goes on to say, 00:26:53.07\00:26:54.64 "but at times Babylonian sun worship 00:26:54.71\00:26:58.51 influenced the worship of God's people in the Old Testament. " 00:26:58.55\00:27:01.82 Hmmm... did you know that? 00:27:01.85\00:27:03.39 In other words, God's people were in apostasy 00:27:03.42\00:27:08.96 rejecting the commandments of God... 00:27:09.02\00:27:11.63 rejecting the faithfulness of God 00:27:11.66\00:27:14.06 before they were taken in the Babylonian captivity 00:27:14.10\00:27:16.83 and you might even say that God brought them 00:27:16.87\00:27:20.17 into Babylonian captivity 00:27:20.20\00:27:21.54 because not only of their apostasy 00:27:21.57\00:27:23.41 but because of the need that God had 00:27:23.44\00:27:25.44 to bring the light of the truth of the gospel 00:27:25.47\00:27:28.28 to the Babylonians. 00:27:28.31\00:27:29.64 God's people have failed to do this. 00:27:29.68\00:27:31.41 You might say, "Well, if they failed to do this, 00:27:31.45\00:27:33.31 why did He take them into captivity?" 00:27:33.35\00:27:34.68 Because, during that captivity, 00:27:34.72\00:27:36.65 there were those who were awakened to their need 00:27:36.69\00:27:39.15 of having a relationship with God 00:27:39.19\00:27:40.99 like Daniel, Azariah, Mishael and Hananiah, 00:27:41.02\00:27:46.53 and they were... committed themselves to the Lord 00:27:46.56\00:27:50.10 as Daniel did, 00:27:50.13\00:27:51.47 they purposed to serve God with all their heart 00:27:51.50\00:27:53.84 and God used them as evangelists. 00:27:53.87\00:27:55.64 All of them became evangelists 00:27:55.67\00:27:57.37 and they began to share the messages 00:27:57.41\00:27:59.71 of... we can call it the three angels' messages 00:27:59.74\00:28:02.28 in a sense. 00:28:02.31\00:28:03.65 They began to share the message of the everlasting gospel 00:28:03.68\00:28:05.25 with Nebuchadnezzar. 00:28:05.28\00:28:06.61 Nebuchadnezzar was the epitome of Babylon. 00:28:06.65\00:28:08.75 We were talking about the principles of Babylon, 00:28:08.78\00:28:11.92 not only in sun worship but the intoxication... 00:28:11.95\00:28:14.76 you know, Nebuchadnezzar was the first person to... 00:28:14.79\00:28:17.49 to... to act as though God had revealed things to him 00:28:17.53\00:28:20.20 that act in a manner... intoxicated 00:28:20.23\00:28:21.66 and God said, "Okay, you want to act that way, 00:28:21.70\00:28:23.16 I'm going to let you be that way for seven years. " 00:28:23.20\00:28:25.33 Nebuchadnezzar was like a mad man. 00:28:25.37\00:28:26.70 He was out there, you know, eating grass 00:28:26.74\00:28:28.84 and acting like a wild animal. 00:28:28.87\00:28:30.57 His kingdom was taken from him for seven years. 00:28:30.61\00:28:32.51 God allows us to reap the consequences of those things 00:28:32.54\00:28:36.44 that we choose to believe or to do 00:28:36.48\00:28:38.55 and that's what we see here 00:28:38.58\00:28:39.91 in the context of the three angels' messages, 00:28:39.95\00:28:41.28 but going back here... 00:28:41.32\00:28:42.65 so, you go to history past... 00:28:42.68\00:28:44.02 this is before the Christian church, 00:28:44.05\00:28:46.19 you have the church of the Hebrews... 00:28:46.22\00:28:48.46 the church of the Israelites, 00:28:48.49\00:28:50.26 and they compromised their faith 00:28:50.29\00:28:51.99 and began to worship the sun and turn their back on the Lord. 00:28:52.03\00:28:54.36 Then God brings a revival... 00:28:54.40\00:28:56.20 Jesus Christ Messiah comes... 00:28:56.23\00:28:57.73 the Holy Spirit is poured out. 00:28:57.77\00:28:59.17 Christ is sacrificed for our sins, 00:28:59.20\00:29:01.07 the early church with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 00:29:01.10\00:29:03.07 goes forth to proclaim the gospel 00:29:03.10\00:29:04.51 but as the centuries pass, guess what? 00:29:04.54\00:29:07.34 Satan comes in with his same deceptions... 00:29:07.38\00:29:10.15 that's what we're talking about here. 00:29:10.18\00:29:11.61 We're talking about Satan's final deceptions 00:29:11.65\00:29:13.82 and He decides, "You know, I was able to do it one time before, 00:29:13.85\00:29:18.05 I think I can do it again. " 00:29:18.12\00:29:19.45 And so, he begins to bring the sun worship 00:29:19.49\00:29:22.12 back into the Christian church. 00:29:22.16\00:29:23.49 How does he do it? 00:29:23.53\00:29:24.86 Well, here's what the Quarterly goes on to say: 00:29:24.89\00:29:26.23 In the early part of the fourth century, 00:29:26.26\00:29:30.57 the Roman Emperor Constantine became a "Christian. " 00:29:30.60\00:29:34.80 Oh, people were so happy, they were so excited. 00:29:34.84\00:29:37.27 Constantine... this pagan Roman emperor is becoming a Christian 00:29:37.31\00:29:40.38 and as he becomes a Christian, 00:29:40.41\00:29:41.74 he has a strong affinity that he brings with him 00:29:41.78\00:29:44.61 for sun worship 00:29:44.65\00:29:45.98 and so, what he decides to do 00:29:46.01\00:29:47.55 is he decides to bring sun worship 00:29:47.58\00:29:50.59 into his new Christian faith. 00:29:50.62\00:29:52.85 His whole army is baptized through the river 00:29:52.89\00:29:56.79 and sun... sun worship becomes a day venerated 00:29:56.83\00:30:00.70 by the "Christians faith. " 00:30:00.73\00:30:02.33 It's talked about there in: 00:30:02.36\00:30:03.93 The History and Decline of the... 00:30:03.97\00:30:05.40 and the Fall of the Roman Empire 00:30:05.43\00:30:06.84 by Edward Gibbon. 00:30:06.87\00:30:10.97 He says, "The sun was universally celebrated 00:30:11.01\00:30:14.31 as the invincible guide and the protector of Constantine. " 00:30:14.34\00:30:17.25 Constantine also passed the first "Sunday law. " 00:30:17.28\00:30:20.55 This edict stated, "On the venerable day of the Sun 00:30:20.62\00:30:23.59 let Magistrates and the people residing in the cities rest, 00:30:23.62\00:30:27.16 and let all workshops be closed. " 00:30:27.19\00:30:29.62 That was the Edict of Constantine, A.D. 321, 00:30:29.66\00:30:33.83 So, when we look at what took place in Israel 00:30:33.86\00:30:38.00 with the Hebrews, 00:30:38.03\00:30:39.37 with the apostasy and the turning away from God, 00:30:39.40\00:30:41.87 it's not surprising... as successful as that was 00:30:41.90\00:30:44.21 that we see a repeat of that taking place 00:30:44.24\00:30:46.24 in the Christian church. 00:30:46.27\00:30:47.61 Satan did in the... has done... 00:30:47.64\00:30:50.18 is doing in the New Testament what he did in the Old 00:30:50.21\00:30:52.28 Testament. He's doing now what he did with his people of old. 00:30:52.31\00:30:55.02 Ezekiel chapter 8 00:30:55.08\00:30:56.55 and there are other verses that we didn't read 00:30:56.58\00:30:58.15 but I'll just give you the references... 00:30:58.22\00:30:59.55 you can study them. 00:30:59.59\00:31:00.92 2nd Kings chapter 23 verses 5 and 11 00:31:00.96\00:31:03.19 tell us that God's people apostatized 00:31:03.22\00:31:05.93 and they started worshipping the sun... 00:31:05.96\00:31:08.36 they started following the sun worship 00:31:08.40\00:31:10.73 of the pagans around them 00:31:10.77\00:31:12.20 or those who were worshipping other deities around them 00:31:12.23\00:31:14.97 and then we find the same thing taking place 00:31:15.00\00:31:17.77 in the New Testament era. 00:31:17.81\00:31:19.57 God's people eventually apostatize... 00:31:19.61\00:31:22.38 Paul talked about this in 2nd Corinthians chapter... 00:31:22.41\00:31:25.01 1st Thessalonians chapter 2, there will be an apostasy... 00:31:25.05\00:31:28.22 a falling away from the faith 00:31:28.25\00:31:30.32 and that transition would take place in this man of sin. 00:31:30.35\00:31:33.56 Constantine began that transition. 00:31:33.59\00:31:36.09 He became a "Christian... " baptized his army 00:31:36.12\00:31:39.73 and brought in this sun worship in a way that venerated 00:31:39.76\00:31:44.10 what he has always practiced as a pagan 00:31:44.13\00:31:46.60 but made it "Christian. " 00:31:46.63\00:31:47.97 Now, a lot of people don't know that. 00:31:48.00\00:31:49.44 They think, "Oh, I worship on Sunday 00:31:49.47\00:31:50.87 because that's the day Jesus rose from the grave... " 00:31:50.91\00:31:52.67 or "I worship on Sunday because, you know, 00:31:52.71\00:31:54.64 that's the day the apostles met together and broke bread. " 00:31:54.68\00:31:57.21 By the way, they broke bread on every day of the week 00:31:57.25\00:31:58.91 not just on Sunday. 00:31:58.98\00:32:00.32 "I worship on Sunday because it's a tradition. " 00:32:00.35\00:32:01.92 "I worship on Sunday because that's what our church does. " 00:32:01.98\00:32:04.02 They don't realize that... that sun worship 00:32:04.05\00:32:07.39 goes all the way back to pagan religion 00:32:07.42\00:32:10.73 and not to biblical religion. 00:32:10.76\00:32:12.09 So, we've been looking at this message... 00:32:12.13\00:32:13.66 this everlasting gospel message 00:32:13.70\00:32:15.50 and the last call to that message is to worship Him 00:32:15.53\00:32:17.70 and we can see the reason why that call is made 00:32:17.73\00:32:19.83 is because we've forgotten what God told us to remember... 00:32:19.87\00:32:22.77 what God wanted us to remember was the seventh day, 00:32:22.80\00:32:25.47 why? 00:32:25.51\00:32:26.84 Well, the Sabbath was instituted in Eden, 00:32:26.88\00:32:28.31 It's a reminder of all that God has done for us 00:32:28.34\00:32:31.61 without us. 00:32:31.65\00:32:32.98 Like the gospel, the Sabbath teaches us 00:32:33.01\00:32:34.98 to cease from our works and rest in God's works. 00:32:35.02\00:32:38.15 It's a sign of Christ's perfect work 00:32:38.19\00:32:40.86 for freedom from slavery for us. 00:32:40.89\00:32:43.49 It's a sign of God's power of sanctification... 00:32:43.53\00:32:46.16 of His power of salvation... 00:32:46.19\00:32:47.73 of His power of eternal redemption. 00:32:47.76\00:32:49.76 Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 12, 00:32:49.80\00:32:51.93 and Isaiah 66:23, 00:32:51.97\00:32:53.64 and Deuteronomy 5:15. 00:32:53.67\00:32:55.24 The Sabbath points to God's re-creative power 00:32:55.27\00:32:57.97 reminding us that... that God spoke worlds into existence 00:32:58.01\00:33:00.58 and He can speak you... into you a new creation. 00:33:00.61\00:33:03.71 It's the creative power of God to re-create in us a new heart, 00:33:03.75\00:33:07.58 2nd Corinthians 5:17 and Psalm 51 verse 10. 00:33:07.62\00:33:10.42 On the other hand, Babylon teaches that God... 00:33:10.45\00:33:13.19 well... that God did not create the world in six literal days. 00:33:13.22\00:33:16.59 It embraces a form of evolution, 00:33:16.62\00:33:18.53 therefore, casts doubt upon the power of God 00:33:18.56\00:33:21.26 and the Sabbath as a memorial of that power. 00:33:21.30\00:33:23.93 Here's a summary of what Babylon teaches regarding creation. 00:33:23.97\00:33:28.20 US News and World Report November 4, 1996: 00:33:28.24\00:33:30.91 Did God create mankind in His image as the Bible says 00:33:30.94\00:33:34.21 or did humans evolve from animals 00:33:34.28\00:33:36.04 as Darwin theorized nearly 150 years ago? 00:33:36.08\00:33:38.91 According to John Paul the Second, 00:33:38.98\00:33:41.18 evolution may be a better explanation. 00:33:41.22\00:33:43.39 In his message to a meeting of the Academy of Sciences, 00:33:43.42\00:33:46.89 which has taken the origin of life as its theme, 00:33:46.92\00:33:50.13 the statement of John Paul reflects 00:33:50.16\00:33:52.19 the church's acceptance of evolution. 00:33:52.23\00:33:54.23 The statement is unlikely to influence Catholic schools 00:33:54.30\00:33:56.77 where evolution has been taught since the 1950s. 00:33:56.80\00:33:59.77 Indeed, reading the entire Bible literally 00:33:59.80\00:34:02.14 has not been a dominant practice among Catholics 00:34:02.20\00:34:04.37 through much of the 20th century... 00:34:04.41\00:34:05.97 and that was Time Magazine, November 4, 1996. 00:34:06.01\00:34:08.91 So, two magazines reporting on the teaching 00:34:08.94\00:34:11.85 of this church 00:34:11.88\00:34:13.25 basically saying, they've embraced evolution 00:34:13.28\00:34:15.18 and what can you expect? 00:34:15.22\00:34:16.75 Because the Sabbath is not only a sign of God's power 00:34:16.79\00:34:19.92 to... to... to... to save us... to sanctify us... 00:34:19.95\00:34:23.06 to redeem us... 00:34:23.09\00:34:24.43 it's also a sign of his creation power... 00:34:24.46\00:34:26.80 that He is the Creator 00:34:26.83\00:34:28.16 and if you reject the Sabbath, you reject the Creator 00:34:28.20\00:34:30.90 and, of course, you're going to embrace evolution. 00:34:30.93\00:34:33.74 I mean, the Bible says that God spoke and it was done... 00:34:33.77\00:34:35.97 He commanded and it stood fast. 00:34:36.00\00:34:37.47 Psalm 33 verse 9. 00:34:37.51\00:34:39.24 Part of the wine of Babylon is the idea that we evolved 00:34:39.27\00:34:42.44 which suggests that we are naturally becoming 00:34:42.48\00:34:45.05 a better species. 00:34:45.08\00:34:46.41 If we believe the theory of evolution, 00:34:46.45\00:34:48.02 we don't really need a Savior, we just need time, 00:34:48.05\00:34:49.75 time in purgatory... 00:34:49.78\00:34:51.12 time to do penance... 00:34:51.15\00:34:52.49 we just need time and we can save ourselves. 00:34:52.52\00:34:53.99 The human race is evolving... 00:34:54.02\00:34:55.46 we're getting better... 00:34:55.49\00:34:56.83 salvation from sin is just a matter of time, 00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19 not faith in a Savior, 00:34:58.23\00:34:59.66 thus, evolution and the basic teaching of Babylon, 00:34:59.69\00:35:03.13 go hand in hand. 00:35:03.16\00:35:04.50 Friends, don't drink the wine of Babylon, 00:35:04.53\00:35:07.30 come out of her My people. 00:35:07.34\00:35:08.70 Lomacang: Amen, thank you, James, 00:35:08.74\00:35:10.71 wow! this lesson is concentrated 00:35:10.74\00:35:12.67 and we're going to continue on that very vein 00:35:12.71\00:35:14.44 because you might hear a passion in all of our Speakers 00:35:14.51\00:35:17.51 and Presenters, 00:35:17.55\00:35:18.88 because this is a vitally... 00:35:18.91\00:35:20.25 it's a life-saving message. 00:35:20.28\00:35:21.92 It's not a... 00:35:21.95\00:35:23.28 it's not a doctrine that the Adventist church embraces 00:35:23.32\00:35:25.75 in lieu of all the other teachings of the Bible, 00:35:25.79\00:35:28.46 it's a message that God wants the world to know. 00:35:28.49\00:35:31.13 He wants the people of the world to know 00:35:31.19\00:35:33.19 whether you are religious or not, 00:35:33.23\00:35:34.56 or whether you are Christian or secular... 00:35:34.63\00:35:36.70 whatever the category... 00:35:36.73\00:35:38.07 everyone is going to stand in judgment one day before God. 00:35:38.10\00:35:40.04 Why stand in judgment unprepared 00:35:40.07\00:35:43.34 when an opportunity for salvation 00:35:43.37\00:35:44.94 and a way out of this city of confusion... 00:35:44.97\00:35:48.41 this fallen system of Babylon is being offered by God's Word. 00:35:48.44\00:35:52.08 And so many Christians are told not to read Revelation. 00:35:52.11\00:35:54.42 Well, if I were the devil, I'll say the same thing. 00:35:54.45\00:35:56.72 "Don't read Revelation 00:35:56.75\00:35:58.25 because you'll find out what I'm doing to you. " 00:35:58.32\00:36:00.29 Revelation reveals the massive depth and layers of deception 00:36:00.36\00:36:05.19 that has gripped the Christian world today. 00:36:05.26\00:36:08.06 Revelation reveals the dark sinister side 00:36:08.10\00:36:10.87 of Satan's system of falsehoods... 00:36:10.90\00:36:14.20 of deception... of lies... 00:36:14.24\00:36:16.81 lies... three unclean spirits 00:36:16.84\00:36:19.31 out of the mouth of the dragon, 00:36:19.34\00:36:21.38 the beast and the false prophet... 00:36:21.41\00:36:23.45 the dragon: Spiritualism, 00:36:23.48\00:36:24.81 the beast: Catholicism... 00:36:24.85\00:36:26.18 the false prophet: apostate Protestantism. 00:36:26.21\00:36:29.42 Those who at the beginning claim to be holding to the Bible 00:36:29.45\00:36:33.22 and the Bible only... 00:36:33.25\00:36:34.59 when Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation, 00:36:34.62\00:36:36.02 it was a call back to the Word of God 00:36:36.06\00:36:37.69 but it was not fully restored. 00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06 There were other teachings, Calvin... Zwingli... 00:36:39.09\00:36:41.26 Huss... Jerome... Wycliffe and the list goes on and on. 00:36:41.30\00:36:43.26 When the American Bible Society was established, 00:36:43.30\00:36:46.43 all the true doctrines had not yet been fully restored. 00:36:46.47\00:36:49.04 When the Adventist Church began in 1863, 00:36:49.10\00:36:51.51 coming out of the 1844 misunderstanding 00:36:51.54\00:36:53.88 of the second coming of Christ by William Miller, 00:36:53.91\00:36:56.18 the truth of all these doctrines had not been fully restored. 00:36:56.21\00:36:59.61 But we are living in a day and age 00:36:59.65\00:37:01.28 where they have been fully restored 00:37:01.32\00:37:02.95 and yet, there are those who have stopped somewhere along the 00:37:02.98\00:37:05.65 way and say, "I want to... I want to maintain this darkness 00:37:05.69\00:37:08.32 that was taught 1500 years ago or 1800 years ago 00:37:08.36\00:37:11.69 or 500 years ago, 00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06 like in 1920s when the whole ideology of speaking in tongues 00:37:13.09\00:37:16.26 was... was infiltrated into America, 00:37:16.30\00:37:18.73 there are those today that now instead of saying 00:37:18.77\00:37:21.10 the Holy Spirit's evidence is the fruit of the Spirit, 00:37:21.14\00:37:24.37 they say it's the gift of the Spirit. 00:37:24.41\00:37:26.04 The Lord never said, "By their gifts you'll know them... " 00:37:26.07\00:37:28.44 only by their fruits you'll know them. 00:37:28.48\00:37:30.28 And now they make "tongues" a test of faith 00:37:30.31\00:37:32.61 and "tongues" is not a test of faith, 00:37:32.68\00:37:34.38 your evidence is love, joy, peace, long suffering, 00:37:34.42\00:37:38.69 and gentleness, meekness, patience 00:37:38.72\00:37:40.29 and furthermore, you don't get a gift that you prefer, 00:37:40.32\00:37:43.96 the Holy Spirit gives the gift to whomsoever He desires. 00:37:43.99\00:37:47.23 Why give you the gift of tongues 00:37:47.26\00:37:49.10 when James and I can speak English? 00:37:49.13\00:37:50.57 Why would I need to speak to him 00:37:50.60\00:37:52.17 in something that's unintelligible? 00:37:52.20\00:37:53.70 Doesn't make any sense. 00:37:53.74\00:37:55.07 So, Christian churches today, that's called glossolalia. 00:37:55.10\00:37:57.84 Out of the mouth of the dragon, 00:37:57.87\00:37:59.57 the beast and the false prophet, 00:37:59.61\00:38:01.24 what comes out? 00:38:01.28\00:38:02.61 Deception. 00:38:02.64\00:38:03.98 So, you go to church wrapped in confusion 00:38:04.01\00:38:05.35 and God is not the author of confusion, 1st Corinthians 14 00:38:05.38\00:38:07.98 verse 33, so what's happening today? 00:38:08.02\00:38:09.78 Babylon is fallen. 00:38:09.82\00:38:11.59 That's why this lesson is entitled: 00:38:11.65\00:38:14.09 A Call to Faithfulness. 00:38:14.12\00:38:16.29 Now, where can we find our defense? 00:38:16.32\00:38:18.23 Psalm 91 and verse 4, 00:38:18.26\00:38:19.73 "He shall cover you with His feathers, 00:38:19.76\00:38:21.96 and under His wings you shall take refuge. " 00:38:22.00\00:38:24.90 Don't miss this. 00:38:24.93\00:38:26.27 "His truth shall be your shield and buckler. " 00:38:26.30\00:38:29.17 Or... your shield and defense. 00:38:29.20\00:38:31.37 Today, we are... the Christian Church is defenseless 00:38:31.41\00:38:36.28 on a large degree 00:38:36.31\00:38:37.65 because they have not accepted truth. 00:38:37.68\00:38:40.05 They have fought against truth. 00:38:40.08\00:38:41.85 Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. 00:38:41.88\00:38:43.92 Preachers say, "Forget... " 00:38:43.95\00:38:45.29 Preachers say, "We have a different day. " 00:38:45.32\00:38:46.82 Preachers say, "It was just for the Jews. " 00:38:46.86\00:38:48.52 Lies... lies and more lies. 00:38:48.56\00:38:50.89 It's Scriptural... it's established by God, 00:38:50.93\00:38:53.83 watch this, 00:38:53.86\00:38:55.20 Solomon says, 00:38:55.23\00:38:56.56 "Remember the Creator in the days of your youth. " 00:38:56.60\00:38:57.93 Every Pastor says, "Young people need to know the Lord. " 00:38:57.97\00:39:00.94 Dr. Luke says, "Remember Lot's wife. " 00:39:00.97\00:39:03.27 Not a pastor on the planet will argue with that. 00:39:03.30\00:39:05.71 But God says, "Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy... " 00:39:05.77\00:39:09.64 and the devil plugs in his demonic pastors 00:39:09.68\00:39:13.08 who say, "Don't do what God says, 00:39:13.11\00:39:15.08 follow Solomon... 00:39:15.12\00:39:16.45 follow Dr. Luke... 00:39:16.48\00:39:17.82 but don't you dare follow God's 'Remember. '" 00:39:17.85\00:39:20.36 Who do you think is behind that? 00:39:20.39\00:39:21.72 Nobody but the sinister enemy that is against the truth of 00:39:21.76\00:39:25.43 God. What has happened to the church? Isaiah 4 verse 1, 00:39:25.46\00:39:28.43 "And in that day seven women... " seven churches... 00:39:28.46\00:39:31.13 "shall take hold of one man... " the Man Christ Jesus. 00:39:31.17\00:39:33.80 "Saying... " watch, this is what happened, 00:39:33.84\00:39:36.04 "We will eat our own bread... " the bread of life, 00:39:36.10\00:39:39.21 man shall not live by bread alone, 00:39:39.24\00:39:41.24 "We'll eat our own bread... 00:39:41.28\00:39:42.61 we will wear our own apparel... " 00:39:42.64\00:39:43.98 we have our own standard of righteousness... 00:39:44.01\00:39:47.08 only thing we want from you... 00:39:47.12\00:39:48.65 "Only let us be called by your name, 00:39:48.68\00:39:50.92 to take away our reproach. " 00:39:50.95\00:39:53.36 So today, Christianity is to a large degree just a name... 00:39:53.39\00:39:56.93 but for it to be more than that, 00:39:56.96\00:39:58.83 it has to be based on God's Word. 00:39:58.89\00:40:00.70 How did something that God established to be so true 00:40:00.73\00:40:04.87 gets so distorted? 00:40:04.90\00:40:06.23 Paul the Apostle gives us some answers, 00:40:06.27\00:40:08.30 Romans 16 verse 18, 00:40:08.34\00:40:09.70 "For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:40:09.74\00:40:14.21 but their own belly... " 00:40:14.24\00:40:16.61 and watch this... 00:40:16.64\00:40:17.98 "and by smooth words and flattering speech 00:40:18.01\00:40:21.78 deceive the hearts of the simple. " 00:40:21.82\00:40:24.89 There are people today that are looking to clergy for answers 00:40:24.92\00:40:28.06 but they're not getting answers. 00:40:28.09\00:40:29.56 What are they getting? 00:40:29.62\00:40:30.96 Smooth words... because these men live for their own belly. 00:40:30.99\00:40:35.33 Flattering speech... "Your ship is coming in, 00:40:35.36\00:40:38.73 God is going to give you all the blessings you need. " 00:40:38.77\00:40:41.50 Friends, don't you realize 00:40:41.54\00:40:43.07 that sometimes blessings eclipse God's presence 00:40:43.10\00:40:46.17 because if all people want from God is this divine Santa Clause, 00:40:46.21\00:40:50.25 it's just bless... bless... bless... give me... give me... 00:40:50.28\00:40:52.08 give me... they'll never understand the need for prayer. 00:40:52.11\00:40:54.15 Panel: Hmmm... 00:40:54.18\00:40:55.52 Lomacang: You don't find that in the Bible, 00:40:55.55\00:40:56.89 you don't find God pouring things in the lives of His 00:40:56.92\00:41:00.06 followers. He talked to them about denial. 00:41:00.09\00:41:01.92 "If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself... " 00:41:01.96\00:41:05.13 but God is now seen as the... the... you don't have what... 00:41:05.19\00:41:08.33 you don't have it because you don't ask... 00:41:08.36\00:41:09.86 you don't have... because you don't have enough faith. 00:41:09.90\00:41:12.97 And today, that call to faithfulness to the Word of God, 00:41:13.00\00:41:16.04 to the very thing that Jesus used in the Garden, 00:41:16.07\00:41:18.77 "Thus saith the Lord... " 00:41:18.81\00:41:20.18 is not proclaimed any longer. 00:41:20.21\00:41:21.88 Thus saith this preacher or that preacher... 00:41:21.91\00:41:24.51 tie it back to God's Word. 00:41:24.55\00:41:26.38 If the Word of God was used by Jesus 00:41:26.41\00:41:29.35 against Satan himself, 00:41:29.38\00:41:30.79 why, today, do Christian leaders not use God's Word 00:41:30.82\00:41:34.59 to... to defend themselves 00:41:34.62\00:41:36.62 against the darkness that prevails? 00:41:36.66\00:41:38.69 But what do they do instead? 00:41:38.73\00:41:40.06 The devil has done a great job, notice what he's done. 00:41:40.10\00:41:42.60 2nd Corinthians 11 verses 13 to 15, 00:41:42.63\00:41:44.70 here's why there's so much confusion. 00:41:44.73\00:41:47.57 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 00:41:47.60\00:41:51.17 transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 00:41:51.21\00:41:54.74 And no wonder!" 00:41:54.78\00:41:56.14 Or... no surprise... 00:41:56.18\00:41:57.58 "For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 00:41:57.61\00:42:02.52 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers 00:42:02.55\00:42:07.66 also, appear... or transform themselves 00:42:07.69\00:42:11.83 into ministers of righteousness, 00:42:11.86\00:42:13.86 whose end will be according to their works? " 00:42:13.90\00:42:16.97 You might say, "Wait a minute, 00:42:17.03\00:42:18.37 they can't be deceptive, they look the part. " 00:42:18.40\00:42:19.83 No, the Lord said, "Don't look at what they look at, 00:42:19.87\00:42:22.54 listen to what they say. 00:42:22.57\00:42:24.27 If they speak not according to this Word, 00:42:24.31\00:42:26.44 Isaiah 8 verse 20, 00:42:26.47\00:42:27.94 'To the law and to the testimony: 00:42:27.98\00:42:29.71 if they speak not according to this word, 00:42:29.74\00:42:32.65 it is because there is no light in them. '" 00:42:32.68\00:42:35.45 1st John 2 verses 3 and 4, 00:42:35.48\00:42:37.42 "He who says, 'I know Him... '" 00:42:37.49\00:42:39.39 let me just start with verse 3, 00:42:39.42\00:42:41.29 "And hereby we do know that we know Him, 00:42:41.32\00:42:43.89 if we keep His commandments. " 00:42:43.93\00:42:45.26 Verse 4, "He who saith, 'I know Him' 00:42:45.29\00:42:48.13 and keepeth, not his commandments is a liar, 00:42:48.16\00:42:50.93 and the truth is not in him. " 00:42:50.97\00:42:52.70 Why don't Christians desire to be safe? 00:42:52.73\00:42:55.80 Don't take the word of man... 00:42:55.84\00:42:57.34 don't even take our word, 00:42:57.41\00:42:58.84 search the Scriptures for yourselves. 00:42:58.87\00:43:01.18 We keep the Sabbath because God says so 00:43:01.24\00:43:03.48 not because it's a tenet of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 00:43:03.51\00:43:05.88 it's the tenet of the Lord Himself 00:43:05.91\00:43:07.88 established at the mouth and the end of creation. 00:43:07.92\00:43:11.05 Why would Jesus say, "Sanctify them by Your truth, 00:43:11.09\00:43:14.16 Your word is truth... " in John 17:17 00:43:14.19\00:43:16.22 if truth didn't matter? 00:43:16.26\00:43:17.59 Pilate says, "What is truth?" 00:43:17.63\00:43:19.09 So many Christians today, 00:43:19.13\00:43:20.53 take the word of Pilate over the word of Jesus. 00:43:20.56\00:43:22.43 What is truth? 00:43:22.46\00:43:23.80 The Agrippa's... "Paul, you almost persuaded me, 00:43:23.83\00:43:27.34 I'll call you at a convenient time. " 00:43:27.37\00:43:29.40 As... as was said to Paul, there's no convenient time, 00:43:29.44\00:43:34.34 the best time is right now 00:43:34.38\00:43:35.94 and so, you find today as James was saying, 00:43:35.98\00:43:38.61 there's an established sign, God is looking for the sign. 00:43:38.65\00:43:41.52 If the Lord came to the earth today, 00:43:41.58\00:43:43.39 could He find the sign in you? 00:43:43.45\00:43:44.79 He says in Ezekiel 20 and verse 12, 00:43:44.82\00:43:46.55 "I gave them my Sabbaths, 00:43:46.59\00:43:48.49 to be a sign between me and them, 00:43:48.52\00:43:50.43 that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. " 00:43:50.46\00:43:53.56 Now, let's follow that for a moment, 00:43:53.60\00:43:54.93 Christian churches today... and Shelley you know this, 00:43:54.96\00:43:57.27 they teach pretty much just justification. 00:43:57.30\00:43:59.90 That's it. 00:43:59.93\00:44:01.27 One saved... always saved. 00:44:01.30\00:44:02.70 Why don't they get the Sabbath message? 00:44:02.74\00:44:05.41 Because they don't teach sanctification. 00:44:05.44\00:44:08.11 The Sabbath is a sign of sanctification. 00:44:08.14\00:44:10.75 It is evidence that you know the Lord is sanctifying you, 00:44:10.78\00:44:14.65 but the reason you never get that is because 00:44:14.68\00:44:16.18 once saved always saved is just a message of justification. 00:44:16.22\00:44:19.35 Unsaved... sanctified... filled with the Holy Ghost, 00:44:19.39\00:44:21.92 I'm going to heaven no matter what... 00:44:21.96\00:44:23.53 that's not Scriptural. 00:44:23.56\00:44:25.73 That's why when... when Ahab was going after Elijah 00:44:25.76\00:44:31.27 and he was trying to condemn Elijah for stirring up the... 00:44:31.30\00:44:34.94 the corrupt minds of those who had departed from God, 00:44:34.97\00:44:37.57 Elijah had to say to him clearly, 00:44:37.61\00:44:40.14 "Don't blame me... " 1st Kings 18:18, 00:44:40.18\00:44:42.68 "I have not troubled Israel, 00:44:42.71\00:44:45.25 but you and your father's house have, 00:44:45.28\00:44:47.35 in that... " and this is not even new, 00:44:47.38\00:44:49.42 this is old had... 00:44:49.45\00:44:50.79 "in that you and your fathers 00:44:50.82\00:44:52.22 have forsaken the commandments of God 00:44:52.25\00:44:54.86 and have followed the Baals. " 00:44:54.89\00:44:56.56 Friends, today, Baal worship is alive and well 00:44:56.59\00:45:00.60 that's why the only way to be distinguished from worshipping 00:45:00.63\00:45:03.57 the false gods... the false days... 00:45:03.60\00:45:05.50 the false doctrines... 00:45:05.53\00:45:06.87 is in Revelation 14 verse 12. 00:45:06.90\00:45:09.00 "Here is the patience of the saints; 00:45:09.04\00:45:11.71 here are they who keep the commandments of God 00:45:11.74\00:45:14.61 and the faith of Jesus. " 00:45:14.64\00:45:15.98 You can be faithful if you simply follow God and His Word. 00:45:16.01\00:45:19.75 Shelley: Amen... thank you all so much, 00:45:19.78\00:45:22.45 I enjoyed each one of your lessons. 00:45:22.48\00:45:25.09 My name if Shelley Quinn 00:45:25.12\00:45:26.79 and I will be speaking about my favorite topic: Grace. 00:45:26.82\00:45:31.96 Thursday's Lesson is: Grace for Obedience 00:45:31.99\00:45:36.26 and so, hold on because first what I want to do is 00:45:36.30\00:45:39.60 kind of encapsulate or assimilate 00:45:39.63\00:45:42.30 everything they've said. 00:45:42.34\00:45:43.84 You know, we started off this Quarterly 00:45:43.87\00:45:46.37 with eight programs on righteousness by faith 00:45:46.44\00:45:51.65 and the first angel's message. 00:45:51.68\00:45:53.18 Now, we're into a heavy warning on the second angel's message 00:45:53.21\00:45:57.35 who's saying Babylon is fallen? 00:45:57.39\00:45:59.15 Babylon the great 00:45:59.19\00:46:01.19 is a system of apostates 00:46:01.22\00:46:04.53 that have become united. 00:46:04.56\00:46:07.83 We know it's the Papal System... 00:46:07.86\00:46:10.17 it is apostate Protestantism 00:46:10.20\00:46:14.07 and spiritualism. 00:46:14.10\00:46:16.81 And you know, what people don't realize 00:46:16.84\00:46:19.74 is that when Christian churches began keeping Sunday, 00:46:19.77\00:46:26.18 what we actually did is create a bond with the Roman Papacy 00:46:26.21\00:46:32.65 because the Catholic Church readily admits, 00:46:32.69\00:46:37.09 "Hey, we changed the Sabbath to Sunday... " 00:46:37.13\00:46:41.46 and they'll say, "There is not a single Scripture in the Bible 00:46:41.50\00:46:46.40 and you Protestants... " 00:46:46.43\00:46:47.94 they laugh at Protestants who keep Sunday 00:46:47.97\00:46:51.94 because they said, "Hey, you're actually... 00:46:51.97\00:46:54.44 it's like you're little child running away 00:46:54.48\00:46:56.88 with a picture of your mother close to your heart... " 00:46:56.91\00:47:00.02 so, what we've got to realize is that they're passing around... 00:47:00.05\00:47:06.69 we see in Revelation this woman dressed in scarlet 00:47:06.72\00:47:10.76 and purple 00:47:10.79\00:47:12.13 and she's riding on the scarlet-colored beast 00:47:12.16\00:47:16.30 and she's got this wine... this false doctrine 00:47:16.33\00:47:20.70 of a Sunday sacredness in place of God's seventh-day Sabbath. 00:47:20.74\00:47:27.54 She's got the immortality of the soul 00:47:27.58\00:47:31.68 which, guess what? 00:47:31.71\00:47:33.05 That lays the foundation for Spiritualism. 00:47:33.08\00:47:36.48 As you said, 1st Timothy 6:16 makes it clear, 00:47:36.52\00:47:40.19 God lives in unapproachable light. 00:47:40.22\00:47:43.89 He alone is immortal 00:47:43.93\00:47:47.20 but He will gift His children with immortality... 00:47:47.23\00:47:52.10 1st Corinthians 15:53 and 54 says, 00:47:52.13\00:47:56.40 at that last trumpet hallelujah. 00:47:56.44\00:47:59.54 Panel: That's right. 00:47:59.57\00:48:01.18 Shelley: So, what we're seeing 00:48:01.21\00:48:02.54 and I think James, you're the one that touched on this 00:48:02.58\00:48:05.18 more than anyone 00:48:05.21\00:48:07.25 is that... I think to me the worst apostasy 00:48:07.28\00:48:11.45 is the teaching that we can save ourselves 00:48:11.49\00:48:15.59 and that we can somehow earn salvation by works. 00:48:15.62\00:48:21.23 That flies completely 00:48:21.26\00:48:25.23 in the face of the everlasting covenant of God. 00:48:25.27\00:48:31.61 Righteousness by faith is the only answer 00:48:31.64\00:48:35.68 and if you think... I don't care what church you go to, 00:48:35.71\00:48:39.71 you may be wonderful Seventh-day Adventist 00:48:39.78\00:48:41.92 who thinks that you... because you're a vegan... 00:48:41.95\00:48:46.42 because you dress in a certain way, 00:48:46.45\00:48:49.12 because you keep your face scrubbed and no make-up on, 00:48:49.16\00:48:53.80 you think you're earning your salvation. 00:48:53.83\00:48:55.90 I actually met somebody who said, 00:48:55.93\00:48:58.23 "I'm ready to be translated... I'm a vegan... 00:48:58.30\00:49:02.20 I tithe... 00:49:02.24\00:49:03.57 I go to church and keep the Sabbath... " 00:49:03.61\00:49:05.41 and it is like never mentioning Jesus Christ. 00:49:05.44\00:49:09.64 So, I just want to make sure you understand that 00:49:09.71\00:49:13.88 when we're talking about Babylon, 00:49:13.92\00:49:16.18 we are talking about an apostate religious system 00:49:16.22\00:49:21.02 and the religious leaders... 00:49:21.06\00:49:24.03 God has a faithful people in every church, 00:49:24.06\00:49:28.10 please don't think... we are not bashing anybody 00:49:28.16\00:49:31.93 in any other Protestant denomination 00:49:31.97\00:49:34.87 or in the Catholic Church, 00:49:34.90\00:49:36.87 God has a faithful people 00:49:36.91\00:49:38.77 and He makes an appeal to these multitudes 00:49:38.84\00:49:42.74 who are still in the fallen organizations 00:49:42.78\00:49:46.65 and listen to His heart. 00:49:46.68\00:49:49.08 You know He says in Ezekiel 33:11, 00:49:49.12\00:49:52.29 "Oh... " He doesn't want anyone to die. 00:49:52.32\00:49:55.72 He says, "Turn, turn from your wicked way! 00:49:55.76\00:49:58.39 why should you die?" 00:49:58.43\00:49:59.76 And Revelation 18 verses 4 and 5, 00:49:59.79\00:50:03.93 He sends another message, here's what John says? 00:50:03.97\00:50:08.60 "I heard another voice from heaven saying, 00:50:08.64\00:50:11.07 'Come out of her, my people, 00:50:11.11\00:50:14.74 come out of Babylon... 00:50:14.78\00:50:17.01 lest you share in her sins, 00:50:17.05\00:50:19.71 lest you receive her plagues. 00:50:19.75\00:50:22.35 For her sins have reached to heaven, 00:50:22.38\00:50:26.42 and God has remembered her iniquities. '" 00:50:26.45\00:50:30.39 The Bible defines sin in 1st John 3:4, 00:50:30.43\00:50:34.33 it says, "Whoever commits sin 00:50:34.36\00:50:37.60 also commits lawlessness, 00:50:37.63\00:50:41.00 for sin is 00:50:41.04\00:50:43.00 lawlessness. " 00:50:43.04\00:50:44.91 It's to ignore God's law. 00:50:44.94\00:50:47.51 It's to transgress or break God's law. 00:50:47.54\00:50:52.31 1st John 2:4, as you said, 00:50:52.38\00:50:55.35 says, "anyone who says, 'I know Him' 00:50:55.38\00:50:57.85 and does not keep His commandments, 00:50:57.89\00:51:00.32 is a liar. " 00:51:00.36\00:51:01.69 Panel: Hmmm... 00:51:01.72\00:51:03.06 Shelley: If you say, "I know Jesus, 00:51:03.09\00:51:05.09 He's my Savior... " 00:51:05.13\00:51:06.46 but you're not keeping His commandments, 00:51:06.49\00:51:09.70 the Apostle John says, 00:51:09.73\00:51:11.57 "You are a liar and the truth is not in you. " 00:51:11.60\00:51:15.74 1st John 2:4. 00:51:15.80\00:51:17.54 Romans 14:23 adds an element to the... 00:51:17.57\00:51:22.94 to the definition of sin. 00:51:22.98\00:51:24.35 "Whatever does not originate and proceed from faith, is sin. " 00:51:24.41\00:51:29.92 We've got to have a faith... it's in the Word of God 00:51:29.95\00:51:34.62 and we've got to have a conviction 00:51:34.66\00:51:37.63 that God has approved it or it's sinful. 00:51:37.66\00:51:40.56 God's everlasting covenant of righteousness by faith... 00:51:40.60\00:51:45.53 two aspects... 00:51:45.60\00:51:46.94 the first is: Jesus' life and death. 00:51:46.97\00:51:52.11 When He died as a substitute on the cross for us, 00:51:52.17\00:51:55.14 He justified us. 00:51:55.18\00:51:57.18 If you accept Christ as your Savior, 00:51:57.21\00:51:59.55 you are accepting that He paid your penalty for sin... 00:51:59.58\00:52:04.59 that's to be justified... to be declared innocent... 00:52:04.62\00:52:09.36 that you are acquitted 00:52:09.39\00:52:10.99 because His righteousness is credited to you 00:52:11.03\00:52:15.50 but the second aspect of righteousness by faith 00:52:15.53\00:52:19.97 is sanctification. 00:52:20.04\00:52:22.60 God's not just going to deliver us from the penalty of sin, 00:52:22.64\00:52:27.51 He came to destroy the works of the devil, 00:52:27.58\00:52:30.55 He is going to deliver us from the power of sin 00:52:30.58\00:52:34.62 and He... you know, Psalm 85:10 00:52:34.65\00:52:38.85 says that mercy and truth met together... 00:52:38.89\00:52:42.49 that righteousness and peace kissed... 00:52:42.52\00:52:45.36 this happened at the cross 00:52:45.39\00:52:47.40 and it goes on in verse 13 of Psalm 85, 00:52:47.43\00:52:51.00 that says righteousness goes before Him 00:52:51.03\00:52:54.04 and makes His footsteps our pathway. 00:52:54.07\00:52:57.01 Here's the deal, we are saved by grace through faith. 00:52:57.04\00:53:00.88 Do you know what grace is? 00:53:00.91\00:53:03.14 The unearned... undeserved gifts of God. 00:53:03.18\00:53:06.05 Do you know what the three greatest gifts of grace are? 00:53:06.08\00:53:09.48 You've got to understand the gifts of grace 00:53:09.52\00:53:12.25 to understand the effects of grace. 00:53:12.29\00:53:14.66 Jesus Christ is the greatest gift of grace 00:53:14.72\00:53:17.69 that God ever gave to the world. 00:53:17.73\00:53:19.89 "For God so loved the world 00:53:19.93\00:53:21.33 that He gave His one and only begotten covenant Son. " 00:53:21.36\00:53:24.87 Then, we've got the Holy Spirit... 00:53:24.90\00:53:28.00 the... the power from on high... 00:53:28.04\00:53:31.07 that's the second-greatest gift of grace and the Word. 00:53:31.14\00:53:36.11 So, let's look... the Word gives us grace for obedience. 00:53:36.14\00:53:41.08 We've got to have faith in God's Word. 00:53:41.12\00:53:43.08 Romans 10:17 says, 00:53:43.12\00:53:45.19 "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word. " 00:53:45.22\00:53:48.06 And in Romans 12:2, Paul says, 00:53:48.09\00:53:51.36 "Don't be conformed to this world, 00:53:51.39\00:53:53.93 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. " 00:53:53.96\00:53:57.63 How is your mind going to be renewed 00:53:57.67\00:54:00.20 so that as he puts it, you could prove 00:54:00.24\00:54:02.70 what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God? 00:54:02.74\00:54:06.64 Right here in the Word. 00:54:06.68\00:54:08.01 That's why Jesus said in John 17:17, 00:54:08.04\00:54:11.21 "Sanctify them... set them apart from evil... " 00:54:11.25\00:54:14.48 "By your word... your truth, your word is truth. " 00:54:14.52\00:54:17.69 The Holy Spirit gives us grace for obedience. 00:54:17.72\00:54:22.72 He's given to all who accept Christ as their Savior. 00:54:22.76\00:54:26.13 He teaches us... He empowers us... 00:54:26.16\00:54:29.03 the Bible tells us in Philippians 2:13 00:54:29.06\00:54:31.90 that God works in us to will and to do His good pleasure. 00:54:31.93\00:54:37.44 So, how is God working in us? 00:54:37.47\00:54:39.84 Oh, I love what Paul said in Ephesians 3:16, 00:54:39.87\00:54:43.98 he's praying and he says, 00:54:44.01\00:54:45.35 "O, I pray that God would grant you 00:54:45.38\00:54:47.28 according to the riches of His glory, 00:54:47.32\00:54:49.22 to be strengthened with might... with dynamite... 00:54:49.25\00:54:53.49 Dunamis power through His Spirit in your inner man. " 00:54:53.52\00:54:57.69 And then he goes on and he says, 00:54:57.73\00:54:59.69 "that... so that Christ can dwell in your heart 00:54:59.73\00:55:02.46 through faith. " 00:55:02.53\00:55:03.87 See, when the Holy Spirit is in you, 00:55:03.90\00:55:05.63 Christ is dwelling in your heart through faith. 00:55:05.67\00:55:09.80 Then you understand the love of God 00:55:09.84\00:55:12.74 and Jesus is grace for obedience... 00:55:12.77\00:55:15.61 He came to save us from our sins. 00:55:15.64\00:55:18.25 I've got to say this, Hebrews 7:22, 00:55:18.28\00:55:20.82 "He is the surety of the covenant. " 00:55:20.88\00:55:23.18 He's the surety from God to us. 00:55:23.22\00:55:25.05 He guarantees from God to us 00:55:25.09\00:55:26.86 because 2nd Corinthians 1:20 says all of God's promises 00:55:26.89\00:55:30.73 are "yes" and "amen" in Christ 00:55:30.76\00:55:32.73 and we've already looked at Philippians 2:13, 00:55:32.76\00:55:35.96 He's the surety from us to God that He's going to work in us 00:55:36.00\00:55:40.77 to will and to do His good pleasure. 00:55:40.80\00:55:43.51 You can only obey by grace. 00:55:43.54\00:55:47.01 Panel: Amen... amen. 00:55:47.04\00:55:48.38 Dinzey: Amen, what a blessing it has been 00:55:48.41\00:55:50.15 to hear each and every one of you 00:55:50.18\00:55:52.01 and we'd like you give each a moment 00:55:52.05\00:55:53.78 to give a final thought for our brothers and sisters here. 00:55:53.82\00:55:57.12 Perrin: Yes, for every lie has to be exposed 00:55:57.15\00:56:00.99 no matter how slight... 00:56:01.02\00:56:02.69 no matter how insignificant it might seem, 00:56:02.72\00:56:05.49 because heaven is all truth, 00:56:05.53\00:56:07.80 God is all truth 00:56:07.83\00:56:09.16 and God loves you enough, 00:56:09.20\00:56:10.57 God loves me enough... 00:56:10.60\00:56:12.03 each of us enough to say, 00:56:12.07\00:56:13.44 "I'm going to send these messages through angels... 00:56:13.47\00:56:16.27 through people to expose what is not true 00:56:16.30\00:56:18.54 and lead you to the truth. 00:56:18.57\00:56:19.91 Rafferty: Amen... Satan's final deceptions 00:56:19.94\00:56:22.01 are the same as they always have been, 00:56:22.04\00:56:24.18 you know, he is the center of any kind of worship 00:56:24.21\00:56:27.25 that is outside the Word of God. 00:56:27.28\00:56:28.88 Our only safety... Revelation 14 and verse 4, 00:56:28.92\00:56:32.42 follow the Lamb wherever He goes. 00:56:32.45\00:56:34.19 Panel: Amen. 00:56:34.26\00:56:35.59 Lomacang: That's right and the Bible makes it clear 00:56:35.62\00:56:36.96 in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 11, 00:56:36.99\00:56:39.56 there will be those who receive strong delusions 00:56:39.59\00:56:42.36 not because God wants to delude them, 00:56:42.40\00:56:44.37 but because they do not receive a love of the truth 00:56:44.40\00:56:47.34 that they might be saved. 00:56:47.37\00:56:48.70 It's not enough to even know the truth. 00:56:48.74\00:56:50.44 We have to fall in love with Christ and His truth 00:56:50.47\00:56:53.98 to be shielded from deception. 00:56:54.01\00:56:56.08 Shelley: Ephesians 2... 00:56:56.11\00:56:58.41 it tells us that we are saved by grace through faith. 00:56:58.45\00:57:01.25 I want to encourage you... 00:57:01.28\00:57:04.42 if you're in a church that's not following the Word 00:57:04.45\00:57:07.39 or if you're not sure, 00:57:07.42\00:57:08.76 you've got to get into the Word for yourself 00:57:08.79\00:57:11.06 to find out... but step out in faith. 00:57:11.09\00:57:13.93 God... by His grace... 00:57:13.96\00:57:15.66 by the power of Jesus Christ living in you... 00:57:15.70\00:57:18.60 by the Holy Spirit dwelling within you, 00:57:18.63\00:57:21.20 and by the Word of God, 00:57:21.24\00:57:22.94 you can walk in obedience and please God. 00:57:22.97\00:57:27.54 Dinzey: Amen... amen... 00:57:27.58\00:57:28.94 well, we thank Sister Shelley Quinn... 00:57:28.98\00:57:30.71 Pastor John Lomacang... 00:57:30.75\00:57:32.08 Pastor James Rafferty 00:57:32.11\00:57:33.45 and Pastor Daniel Perrin 00:57:33.48\00:57:34.82 and we want to thank you for joining us. 00:57:34.85\00:57:36.18 I would like to leave you with the words of Jesus 00:57:36.22\00:57:37.85 found in John chapter 16 and it says in verses 1 and 2, 00:57:37.89\00:57:42.76 "These things I have spoken to you, 00:57:42.79\00:57:45.16 that you should not be made to stumble. 00:57:45.19\00:57:47.56 They will put you out of the synagogues; 00:57:47.60\00:57:49.80 yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you 00:57:49.83\00:57:52.30 will think that he offers God service. " 00:57:52.33\00:57:55.14 This is going to happen again 00:57:55.17\00:57:56.87 so I encourage you to stay close to the Lord, 00:57:56.91\00:57:58.94 follow Him with all of your heart. 00:57:58.97\00:58:00.41 Next Lesson is Number 11: 00:58:00.44\00:58:02.48 The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast, Part 1, 00:58:02.51\00:58:05.25 we'll see you then. 00:58:05.28\00:58:06.61