I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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We are so thankful that
you have chosen to join us
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for what I believe is going
to be an exciting Bible study.
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Our study topic today is
"An Infallible Revelation."
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And I'm here with my
husband Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And Pastor Kenny, we
have a wonderful study group.
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I love this group.
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Every group we
have, I love the group
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because they
love the Word of God,
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and they love
to talk about Jesus
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so they have an
experience with Christ,
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they know the word, and it's,
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it really always,
it's just, it's a delight.
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If I may say, it's a delight.
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So we're glad to have
these gentlemen today with us.
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I think they may be,
they may be Bible scholar.
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They are, I believe they are.
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Yes. That's right.
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I love, the first
guest I'm going to introduce
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is Brother John Dinzey.
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He's a General
Manager of 3ABN Latino,
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and his wife came down
the steps a little bit ago,
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and she says, there's
too many people on there,
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they are all talkers,
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no one's going
to get a word in it.
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I said, good,
that's what we want,
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we want to
uplift God's word today.
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And right next to
him is another John,
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Pastor John Lomacang.
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He's the pastor here
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at the
Thompsonville Adventist Church.
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That's right.
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And he also has a new title...
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I like that.
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He is the...
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I may have to let the
Director of World Evangelism.
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And we are so excited
about that because I know
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we've been had a little
bit of part in it already
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and we are
looking forward to more.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Good to be here.
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And he's so good at organizing
and using all the technology,
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he's the man for the job.
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Oh, you know, I believe that.
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I believe that
from the first moment
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that you have evangelism
in your heart, in your soul.
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It burns inside,
and I know it does
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and you wanted to come out.
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And also you encourage others.
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I like the way you
always, in fact both are out,
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you're always
encouraging other people to,
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we call, step up to the plate.
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Praise the Lord. Do
their part for Jesus.
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And sometimes that
issue just right there,
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it helps somebody to
make a decision for Christ
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and to stay imbedded in Christ.
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So we're glad to
have you with us today,
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and we're glad, and
we like this subject,
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I know it's
going to be a good one.
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Yes, an Infallible Revelation.
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But before we get started,
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we are going to
listen to a wonderful song
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as sung by Stephanie Dawn.
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And she's going
to be accompanied
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on the pianist, the
piano by Dann Thornton.
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Oh Lord my heart is quieted
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My thoughts are not too proud
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The shadows flee,
my eyes can see You now
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I do not occupy myself
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With things too great for me
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Here in Your
stillness, is where I long to be
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And I have
calmed my troubled heart
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I have quieted my soul
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Like a child at
its mother's breast
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I find my
strength and take my rest
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In the shelter of Your arms
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There is life to make me whole
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I have calmed my
heart and quieted my soul
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But should I not be comforted
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When darkness falls again
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When I am weak, will
I still seek You then?
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Lord, help me
hear You call my name
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Above the raging sea
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O Israel, come
put your trust in me
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I have calmed my troubled heart
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I have quieted my soul
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Like a child at
its mother's breast
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I find my
strength and take my rest
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In the shelter of Your arms
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There is life to make me whole
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I have calmed my
heart and quieted my soul
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In the shelter of Your arms
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There is life to make me whole
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I have calmed my
heart and quieted my soul
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I have calmed my
heart and quieted my soul
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In your arms, there
is life and my soul.
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Yes. Amen.
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Thank you,
Stephanie Dawn and Dann.
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How beautiful. Oh, awesome.
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Praise God. We're
going to continue on.
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You know, brothers
and pastors that are here,
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our world has been experiencing
such a moral degradation
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that I think even
maybe five, ten years ago
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we just couldn't
imagine would take place.
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We couldn't
imagine some of the laws
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that have been
passed in our country.
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Sure many of us have
read the back of the book,
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we realize that there's
a time of trouble coming
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but I can remember just
a few years ago, thinking,
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I didn't realize we
were going to ask for it
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the way that we've
been asking for it.
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And yet, even as we see
this decline in morality,
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we see an increase
in church attendance.
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The biggest, the
most sought out churches
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that are called
the mega churches,
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and they're not the same,
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people are going there,
they look for the place.
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In fact, I just had someone
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I love very recently, very much,
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we were watching
something on this network,
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it had to do with us,
and my grandbaby was there,
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and he's only two.
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But the mamma says, you
know, "Oh, was that boring?"
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And I just felt so sad,
because what they're doing,
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because she's kind of
lost her way she's gone out,
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and she's going to one
of these mega churches.
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And what they're
doing is they're going
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in for the entertainment.
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Who has the best
music? Who has the best drama?
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Who can preach the
best message as it were?
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And yet, while
thousands and thousands
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of people are going
into these churches,
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thousands are never
opening the Word of God.
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So my question
for all of us today
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is just how
important is God's word?
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Is it indeed an
infallible revelation?
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And to start our topic,
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we're going to read Psalms 12:6.
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Psalms 12:6.
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Pastor Kenny, you want
to read that one for us?
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Sure.
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Psalms 12:6 says, "The
words of the Lord are pure words
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as silver tried in
a furnace of earth,
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purified seven times."
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Pure words. Pure words.
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Pure words and yet so often
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we find that
people are turning away
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from those pure words.
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They don't want to
read those pure words
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because it doesn't
always fit their lifestyle.
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What is your,
what are your thoughts?
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Well, I think
that what the world
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is experiencing today,
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I mean, it's more of a
religion based on preference
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rather than on
God's word guiding it.
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And the same time
if you asked churches,
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whether or not they've
gotten rid of the Word of God,
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they would say,
"No, we haven't."
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They'd say we, you know,
you have the open Bible church,
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you have the so many
different denominations
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that use the
word in their title.
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But in fact the
world are shaping
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a lot of what the churches
do today rather than the...
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That's right.
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The word shaping what
the churches should do.
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Our character.
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Well, not only,
yeah, our character
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but if you think of,
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if you think of
the bigger picture,
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the very thing that Satan
did in the very beginning,
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in the Garden of
Eden was to get Eve
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to question God's word.
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That's right.
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"Has God said",
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was the three words
that brought us to the place
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where we are
today, "Hath God said."
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And so in John 1:1,
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in the beginning was the word,
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and the word was with
God, and the word was God.
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So the word was
in the beginning.
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Then you go to
Revelation and you find that
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when Jesus comes back,
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He's going to have the
name written on his thigh,
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the Word of God.
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So the word was
in the beginning,
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the word was, is
going to be in the end.
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Yes. And Jesus
is the Word of God.
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Amen.
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And then, so if
anything the church needs to be
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or the Christian
needs to be more mindful
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that the attack
comes one we don't know
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what the Word of God says.
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And then Jesus, you
think of Him in the wilderness,
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temptations in Matthew 4,
whenever Satan tempted Him,
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Jesus could have
easily said, "You know what,
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I'm the creator, I
don't have time for this.
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You know who I am."
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But over and over and
over again He used three words,
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'It is written.' Amen.
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And so today, if the
church is to find any strings
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at all, it is to
be, 'It is written.'
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Then the other thing you
have to be very careful of
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is today we have this new
thing called the rhema word,
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the revealed word.
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People say, I am going to wait
till God reveals that to me.
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That's another dangerous thing.
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Somebody would say, I
know what the Bible says
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but I'm waiting for
God to convict me of it.
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You see, so we have
all these ways around
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what God says as though
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God is going to
convict you of something other
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than what His word already says.
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You know it's so true.
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When I was working
in pastoral ministries,
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I remember
talking to one individual,
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he called
because he saw a program
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where they were
sharing the scriptures.
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And he called to say
that he didn't agree with it.
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And I proceeded to talk
to him about it, I said,
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"Why don't you agree with it?"
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Well, because of this and this,
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and he gave reasons
that were from human...
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Yes.
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From human origin and
not from the Word of God.
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And so I said,
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"Well, what about
these other scriptures?"
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And I showed him
some other scriptures.
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And after we
talked for a few minutes,
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he said these words,
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"Well, I know
what the Bible says,
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but the Holy Spirit has not,
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has shown me
something different.
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The Holy Spirit has
shown me something different."
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Which is a
complete contradiction
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because it is the Holy Spirit
that inspired the scriptures.
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As the Holy Spirit
inspired the scriptures,
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the Holy Spirit is not going
to contradict the scriptures.
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Yes.
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So we have, like
Pastor John said,
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people are finding ways
to go around the scriptures.
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And I hope that
this program will help
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because there are two
spirits in this world.
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That's right.
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And they're
working in the churches,
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they're working
amongst Christians
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in order to
deceive and to misguide.
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The Bible says that
we're to worship God in spirit
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and in truth.
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In spirit and in truth.
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Therefore, all of you at home,
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if the spirit
that you're hearing
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does not line up with the truth,
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then we need to
question the spirit.
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Or to try the
spirits the Word of God says
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to see whether
it be of God or...
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And the Bible is so clear,
it's constantly over and over,
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which is good, admonition
is get back into the word,
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study the word, this
is where you find Christ.
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So automatically, you know,
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I know in our minds if
the Holy Spirit is saying,
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"Stay in the word",
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the enemy is going to say,
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"I'm going to keep
them out of the word."
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That's always keep
them out of the word
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because in John 5:39
it says the scriptures,
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"They are they
which testify of Me."
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Scriptures
testify of Jesus Christ.
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It brings to light and life.
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Jesus Christ, the author
or the finisher of our faith.
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So the devil says, I don't
want people to know about Jesus.
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Just the name of
Jesus can change your heart,
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can change your live.
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So I'm going to
keep the people busy,
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I'm going to keep
them little bit confused,
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I'm going to keep
them in a position
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to where when they read
something that's so simple,
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this is what gets me sometime.
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I look at the word
and people, it just,
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there's no debate what it says.
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But they'll find a way,
you mention, going around it,
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jumping over it,
or you get these,
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there I say scholars at times...
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So-called Bible
scholars that weave such a web
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of deceit and mystery
that it's almost impossible
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to come up with the right
explanation of what is truth.
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Yes.
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I like to say, there
was a wonderful way to begin
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this program with
Psalms 12, Psalms 12,
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and I would like
to read the next verse
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because it talks about today.
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Verse 7.
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Verse 7, oh, yeah.
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Notice again, the verse 6,
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"The words of the
Lord are pure words
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as silver tried in
a furnace of earth,
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purified seven times."
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Pure.
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Notice, verse 7,
"Thou shalt keep them,
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O Lord, thou shalt preserve them
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from this generation for ever."
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So we can have full confidence
that the words of the Lord,
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which are pure words,
He has preserved them,
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and we have them, Praise God.
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So what do we
need to do with it?
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We need to study them,
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and not only study them
but apply them to our lives.
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Amen.
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And the other thing about
it is how we receive them.
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You know, what was different
about the Thessalonikins
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was not that they
just heard the word
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but it's how they received it.
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That's right.
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Because it's not that there's
a problem with God's word,
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like, you were just using
the example, somebody said,
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well, the Holy Spirit
showed me something else.
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Well, if all scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
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if the Holy Spirit is
the one who breathed on men,
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1 Peter 1:21, breathed on men,
and these holy men of God spake
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as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit.
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He's not going to
let it contradict himself
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but it's how we
receive the word.
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Listen, 1 Thessalonians
2:13, Paul speaking
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about how the word was received.
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He says,
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"For this reason we also
thank God without ceasing,
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because when you
received the Word of God
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which you heard from
us, you welcomed it."
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That's the first thing.
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Some people
don't welcome the word.
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They wait to see what
you're going to say to fight it,
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they don't welcome it.
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"You welcomed it
not as the word of men,
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but as it is in
truth the Word of God."
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Now watch this, when you
welcome it as the Word of God,
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look at the rest of the text,
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"Which also effectively
works in you, who believe."
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The reason why the word cannot
do anything in people's lives,
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they don't
receive it as God's word.
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No. They say,
that's what you say.
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And I said to Johnny,
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I am kind of bit
piggybacking almost to say.
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It's all right now. That's okay.
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People think it's our word.
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They say, "Well, that's
what your church teaches."
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They say, that's in the
word, well, that's what you say.
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A guy called me a few
days ago, and bless his heart,
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he had all good intentions.
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But he called with
the intent to argue.
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And I had, what I had
done is a topic on the Sabbath
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and I said, well, as
years ago, we used to say,
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well, there's a
$10,000 reward for anybody
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who could prove that
Bible does support Sunday.
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Well, he called me, said,
well, I don't want to claim
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the $10,000 that you promised.
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However, I do have scriptures
to prove that Sunday is not,
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that Sunday is
supported by scripture.
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And he came up with this most
ridiculous passage in Hebrews
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where it says Jesus is a priest
after the order of Melchizedek.
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And I said, "Well,
let me explain that."
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He said, "Well, no, we're
now under Melchizedek law,
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we're no longer
under the commandments,
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we're under Melchizedek law."
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I said, "And so
what is Melchizedek law?
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Show me Melchizedek's law."
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"Well, see, there you go,
you want to argue with me."
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I said, "No.
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You said we're
under Melchizedek law.
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What is Melchizedek law?"
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I said, "Brother, what
that is saying is Jesus
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is not a priest after
the ironic priesthood,
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which was appointed by men,
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but he's a priest for ever
after the order or Melchizedek
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which is the only
time Melchizedek's priest
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had came to his
end is when he died.
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So since Jesus ever lives,
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He's never not going
to be our high priest."
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Amen.
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That's it, he
says, "See," he says,
00:20:06.10\00:20:07.44
"That's what I don't
like about you pastors,
00:20:07.47\00:20:08.80
You're always
arguing with people."
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.17
I said, "Brother,
I'm just explaining..."
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He said, "You know, no, no,
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what you want to do is you
want to back me in a corner..."
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And I just hung
up the phone. Yeah.
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I didn't have time
for that. It's sad.
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You know going back to what you
guys have kind of bounced off
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of each other as well,
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there was a time
in earth's history,
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in the dark ages where the enemy
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was able to actually take
the Bible from the people.
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Now he no longer can
take the Bible, we have them,
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many times we may have
five or six in our home
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and never pick them up,
00:20:37.67\00:20:39.00
never dust them
off but they are there.
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Now what we find is
that he's able to cast
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doubt upon God's word.
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And I remember years ago...
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That's a very good point.
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Studying,
studying with a family,
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and this family
was a Catholic family,
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and they were beginning
to accept the Word of God,
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to accept the Sabbath,
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but they wanted
to go to a priest.
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And there weren't a
priest in southern Illinois,
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that he couldn't find a priest
00:21:05.43\00:21:06.80
that would
speak to him about it,
00:21:06.83\00:21:08.13
so he went up to
close to St. Louis.
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And the priest had
told him in the meeting,
00:21:10.37\00:21:12.47
he says, "You know,
the Bible is a good book.
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Read it if you what to." Wow.
00:21:15.10\00:21:17.37
"But do you honestly believe
that God parted the Red Sea
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and people walked across it?
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Do you honestly think
that God would tell Abraham
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to sacrifice his own son?"
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Mercy.
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"It's a good book.
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Read it if you want it."
00:21:31.32\00:21:32.95
So, you see, the
enemy casts doubt.
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Therefore, this become
stories and it becomes something
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that we can argue about
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or 'I don't accept
your interpretation.'
00:21:41.56\00:21:44.23
We have to go back
and allow the Bible
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to begin to interpret itself.
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That's right.
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And the other thing
that you talked upon
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was something that I
see happening in our world
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and we alluded to it
in the very beginning
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of our program here today.
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And I want to read this,
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this little
paragraph or a sentence here.
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It says, "Many,
very many are questioning
00:22:02.72\00:22:06.59
the verity and
truth of the Scriptures."
00:22:06.62\00:22:08.62
Yes.
00:22:08.66\00:22:10.03
Now listen, "Human
reasoning and the imaginings
00:22:10.06\00:22:13.90
of the human
heart are undermining
00:22:13.93\00:22:16.13
the inspiration
of the Word of God,
00:22:16.16\00:22:19.37
and that which should
be received as granted,
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is surrounded with
a cloud of mysticism."
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You see if you go back and
I really don't recommend this,
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if you go back and you look
at some of the new translations,
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.82
the new Bibles
that they have out
00:22:34.85\00:22:37.15
that are going along
with the new lifestyles,
00:22:37.19\00:22:42.79
it becomes very confusing.
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.09
Because they
philosophically begin to say,
00:22:45.13\00:22:47.86
well, it says this
00:22:47.93\00:22:49.23
but it really doesn't
explain this part of it,
00:22:49.26\00:22:53.07
and it becomes
confusing to the human mind.
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We need to take
the Bible as granted,
00:22:55.10\00:22:58.21
as it is, allow it
to interpret itself.
00:22:58.24\00:23:01.54
And when we
disagree with the Bible,
00:23:01.58\00:23:04.98
we need to examine our heart.
00:23:05.01\00:23:06.35
You know, I'm wondering
00:23:06.38\00:23:07.72
while we were
thinking about this here,
00:23:07.75\00:23:09.08
now the Holy Spirit is
working on my heart and mind
00:23:09.12\00:23:10.79
so I'm thinking here,
00:23:10.82\00:23:12.19
unless I missed this
because maybe I forgotten
00:23:12.22\00:23:15.82
the first elementary thing
in studying the word of God.
00:23:15.86\00:23:18.96
We had prayer
before the program.
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I don't think we did
now, if I, did I miss it?
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Oh, maybe...
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.13
No.
00:23:26.17\00:23:27.50
I am just, I want
to go back right now.
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Sure.
00:23:28.97\00:23:30.31
The elementary thing, and
this is for people who don't,
00:23:30.37\00:23:32.04
we had prayer just
before we came on the air,
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we know that.
00:23:34.38\00:23:35.71
And so we, we've
committed ourselves to Christ,
00:23:35.74\00:23:37.11
but for those who are looking
at the Word of God right now
00:23:37.15\00:23:40.38
and they are trying to
say, "Is this for real?
00:23:40.42\00:23:42.35
Is this the real thing?"
00:23:42.38\00:23:43.75
And they're pretty fleshly,
and the Bible is spiritual,
00:23:43.79\00:23:47.66
and we cannot
understand it in the flesh,
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.46
we need the
spirit of the living God.
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.06
And so the first thing we
do, we can't understand is what?
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You pray.
00:23:54.23\00:23:55.56
Shall we not set
an example for them
00:23:55.60\00:23:57.00
and even do it even in
the middle of a program
00:23:57.03\00:23:59.03
to say, you know what,
00:23:59.07\00:24:00.47
we want to set
the right example.
00:24:00.54\00:24:01.87
That's right.
00:24:01.90\00:24:03.24
And let me put that in context,
00:24:03.27\00:24:04.61
and I think that what
we're doing is not that
00:24:04.64\00:24:05.97
we hadn't prayed prior to that.
00:24:06.01\00:24:07.34
Right.
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.71
But when a person
opens the Bible to study,
00:24:08.74\00:24:10.55
since it is God's inspired book,
00:24:10.58\00:24:13.92
you pray for God to open.
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.28
You know, David said
that, "Open thou mine eyes,
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.82
that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law."
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.69
Yeah.
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.06
So he prayed and asked
the Lord to open his eyes.
00:24:23.09\00:24:25.19
And so you find that
all through scripture.
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.66
Open his eyes,
Lord, that he may see.
00:24:27.73\00:24:29.63
Do you pray, my
eyes will be open
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.00
and all of our
viewers today, Pastor?
00:24:31.03\00:24:32.60
Let's do it right, it's okay
to pray, we need more prayer.
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.94
Amen.
00:24:34.97\00:24:36.30
Loving Father in heaven,
we thank You for Your word
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.61
which is in fact a lamp.
00:24:38.64\00:24:40.24
Amen. Onto our feet.
00:24:40.28\00:24:42.58
And there are many now
that have Bibles in their homes
00:24:42.61\00:24:45.88
but they open it to sometimes
00:24:45.91\00:24:47.82
philosophically try to find ways
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.35
to agree with the way they live,
00:24:49.38\00:24:51.99
the things they believe,
00:24:52.02\00:24:54.22
and sometimes we lack
asking for the spirit of God
00:24:54.26\00:24:57.43
to lead us and understand
00:24:57.49\00:24:58.83
what You will
have us to understand.
00:24:58.86\00:25:00.83
Help up us to know that
the map has already been drawn,
00:25:00.86\00:25:03.90
the directions
are already clear,
00:25:03.97\00:25:06.20
help us not to disagree so
ardent, ardently against it
00:25:06.23\00:25:10.81
that we find ourselves on a
road that You never intended.
00:25:10.84\00:25:14.21
And, so guide our minds as
we continue to read Your word
00:25:14.28\00:25:17.15
and may our
understanding becomes fruitful
00:25:17.18\00:25:20.92
as these words are not
only planted in our mouths
00:25:20.95\00:25:24.09
but also planted in our hearts.
00:25:24.12\00:25:26.05
We pray and thank You, Father,
00:25:26.09\00:25:27.46
that You will reveal
Your will through Your word
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.79
in Jesus' name.
00:25:29.82\00:25:31.33
Amen. Amen.
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That just gave my
spirit a little bit of rest.
00:25:33.09\00:25:35.43
How about you, Pastor John?
00:25:35.46\00:25:37.07
How about you,
thinking about this,
00:25:37.13\00:25:38.47
this is resting our cares
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.60
and our thoughts upon
Him because He cares for us.
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.77
You know Pastor
Lomacang said something
00:25:43.81\00:25:45.31
that is so true even today,
00:25:45.34\00:25:47.58
in the very
beginning the devil questioned
00:25:47.61\00:25:51.35
the Word of God by saying,
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.08
"Has God really said that?"
00:25:54.12\00:25:55.45
Yes.
00:25:55.48\00:25:56.82
And so he continues to do
that today and unfortunately,
00:25:56.85\00:25:59.72
people do not understand
that the devil can use them.
00:25:59.75\00:26:05.13
I take you back to the time
00:26:05.16\00:26:06.49
when Jesus said
to the disciples,
00:26:06.53\00:26:09.33
"Who do men say that I
am?" And they began to answer.
00:26:09.36\00:26:13.34
Some say Elijah, some
say John, some say this.
00:26:13.37\00:26:16.71
And then he said...
well, he first asked,
00:26:16.74\00:26:20.68
what do people say, and
then he said, what do you,
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.14
who do you say and Peter said,
00:26:22.18\00:26:23.75
"Thou art the Christ,
the son of the living God."
00:26:23.78\00:26:26.11
And Jesus said,
00:26:26.15\00:26:27.98
"Blessed are
thou, Simon Bar-Jonah,
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.62
for flesh and
blood has not revealed
00:26:29.65\00:26:31.39
this unto you, but
my Father in heaven."
00:26:31.42\00:26:33.69
Amen. Beautiful.
00:26:33.76\00:26:35.09
And moments later
Peter says something
00:26:35.12\00:26:39.36
that is basically shocking.
00:26:39.39\00:26:43.06
Jesus begins to tell them
that He's going to be crucified
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.80
and Peter grabs Jesus and says,
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.34
"This is not going
to happen to you, Lord,
00:26:49.37\00:26:50.77
this is not going
to happen to you."
00:26:50.81\00:26:52.54
And Jesus said
something shocking,
00:26:52.57\00:26:54.84
"Get thee behind me."
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.31
And so moments before
Peter was being used by God
00:26:57.35\00:27:02.12
but he allowed.
00:27:02.15\00:27:04.32
Satan to come in and
now he is saying something
00:27:04.35\00:27:07.19
that the devil wants him to say.
00:27:07.22\00:27:09.12
So even good people,
people in church can be used
00:27:09.16\00:27:15.30
by the devil if
they open a door,
00:27:15.33\00:27:17.80
if they allow
that to take place.
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.77
So that's why the Bible says,
00:27:19.80\00:27:22.10
"Be slow to speak
and swift to hear."
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And so by the grace of the Lord,
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.51
we need to be very
careful what we say.
00:27:28.54\00:27:30.45
So Pastor
Lomacang said something
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.65
and I think you also
did that lead me to come up
00:27:32.68\00:27:34.85
with this text here
that is found in Isaiah 8:20,
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and you know which one it is.
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.09
It says, "To the law
and to the testimony,
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that is the scriptures,
00:27:41.89\00:27:43.36
if they speak not
according to this word,
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it is because there
is no light in them."
00:27:46.23\00:27:50.43
And so we have there,
when it says to the law,
00:27:50.47\00:27:52.53
it's talking about the
first five books of the Bible
00:27:52.57\00:27:54.24
to the testimony
of the scriptures,
00:27:54.27\00:27:56.00
all of the
scriptures, really of course,
00:27:56.04\00:27:58.21
we're reading in
the Old Testament
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so people will say,
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.01
well, this is talking
about the Old Testament.
00:28:01.04\00:28:02.38
And so, but all
of the scriptures
00:28:02.41\00:28:03.81
from Genesis to Revelation
are the scriptures of the Lord
00:28:03.88\00:28:06.75
that are able to make
us wise unto salvation.
00:28:06.78\00:28:09.78
And it is, it is high
time, as the Bible says,
00:28:09.82\00:28:13.19
that we begin to
study and live by them.
00:28:13.22\00:28:15.22
I'm glad you brought that up.
00:28:15.26\00:28:16.62
Chris, you want to
say something first?
00:28:16.66\00:28:17.99
Oh, that's okay,
go ahead, go ahead.
00:28:18.03\00:28:19.66
I'm glad you brought it
up because when you said,
00:28:19.69\00:28:22.23
when people read that
or hear that they may say,
00:28:22.26\00:28:24.07
well, this is talking
about the Old Testament.
00:28:24.10\00:28:25.67
But 2 Timothy 3:16,
00:28:25.70\00:28:28.20
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God."
00:28:28.24\00:28:33.04
You have to be careful today
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.41
because you have
churches nowadays
00:28:34.44\00:28:35.78
that say they
don't teach doctrine,
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.15
that's a
deception in and of itself.
00:28:37.18\00:28:38.51
Yes, it is.
00:28:38.55\00:28:39.88
Because the Bible says,
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.25
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God,"
00:28:41.28\00:28:43.05
If you're
teaching from the Bible
00:28:43.08\00:28:44.49
here's what you're going to get,
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.09
and it's
profitable for doctrine.
00:28:46.12\00:28:48.52
Amen.
00:28:48.56\00:28:50.23
So how am I going to
teach from God's word
00:28:50.26\00:28:51.76
and not teach doctrine?
00:28:51.79\00:28:53.13
You can't.
00:28:53.16\00:28:54.46
It's impossible.
00:28:54.50\00:28:55.83
It's like saying, I have a map
00:28:55.86\00:28:57.23
but I don't have any directions.
00:28:57.27\00:28:58.83
It's like saying, I have a GPS
00:28:58.87\00:29:00.27
but it's not
telling me where to go.
00:29:00.30\00:29:01.70
That's right. It's ridiculous.
00:29:01.74\00:29:03.44
And so what happens
is you have the very book
00:29:03.47\00:29:05.71
that's designed to
give you direction.
00:29:05.74\00:29:07.74
First of all, it's
designed to give you doctrine.
00:29:07.78\00:29:10.08
What is a doctrine?
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.45
A doctrine is a truth about God,
00:29:11.48\00:29:13.65
the truth about Jesus.
00:29:13.68\00:29:15.02
So if somebody says they're
not teaching doctrine then what,
00:29:15.05\00:29:17.72
they're not
teaching from the Bible
00:29:17.75\00:29:19.15
because everything in the Bible,
00:29:19.19\00:29:21.39
Jesus said that
to His disciples.
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.26
Well, you just made
the reference a moment ago,
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.49
John 5:39,
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.40
"Search the
scriptures for in them
00:29:27.46\00:29:31.03
ye think ye have eternal life
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.87
and but they are
they which testify of me."
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.50
So you cannot
study the scriptures
00:29:35.54\00:29:37.24
without it saying
something about Jesus,
00:29:37.77\00:29:39.57
which is a doctrine. Amen.
00:29:39.61\00:29:41.28
Not only is it for
doctrine, for reproof,
00:29:41.31\00:29:43.88
showing us that's not
correct. That's right.
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.92
That is not what
the Bible teaches.
00:29:46.95\00:29:48.45
And some people have
a hard time when we say,
00:29:48.48\00:29:50.92
well, I
understand what you read,
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.35
and sometimes as Paul says,
00:29:52.39\00:29:54.32
they will take a difficult verse
00:29:54.36\00:29:56.73
and they would arrest and argue
with it to their destruction.
00:29:56.76\00:30:00.60
And that's what
people do nowadays,
00:30:00.63\00:30:01.93
they'll take a single verse
00:30:01.96\00:30:03.33
and build an entire building
on it rather then Isaiah 42:21,
00:30:03.37\00:30:08.47
here little, here little,
there little, there little,
00:30:08.50\00:30:11.11
put everything
together what the Bible teaches
00:30:11.14\00:30:12.97
on a particular
topic you never get to see.
00:30:13.01\00:30:14.44
That's right.
00:30:14.48\00:30:15.81
And I just want to
say this to our audience,
00:30:15.84\00:30:18.08
there are some people
that have doctrinal beliefs
00:30:18.11\00:30:20.18
that are not based on
all that the Bible says
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.18
about a particular doctrine.
00:30:22.22\00:30:23.55
Let me give you
one classic example.
00:30:23.59\00:30:25.32
Here's one
that's not in scripture,
00:30:25.35\00:30:27.06
but people quote it
all the time, they say,
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.92
"To be absent
from the body is to be
00:30:28.96\00:30:30.79
present with the Lord."
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.16
That's not in scripture.
00:30:32.19\00:30:34.00
Paul says, I would rather,
00:30:34.03\00:30:36.40
see, I would
rather, he's saying,
00:30:36.43\00:30:39.17
this body of death, and
suffering, and heartache,
00:30:39.20\00:30:41.80
I cannot wait to
get rid of this body.
00:30:41.84\00:30:44.04
And that's, and
then he tells when,
00:30:44.07\00:30:46.34
when the Lord comes
he'll change our vile body
00:30:46.37\00:30:49.08
that it will be fashioned
like into his glorious body.
00:30:49.11\00:30:51.45
Praise God.
00:30:51.48\00:30:52.81
But when you
put it all together,
00:30:52.85\00:30:54.18
you know when
that's going to happen.
00:30:54.25\00:30:55.58
And the funny thing
about that scripture
00:30:55.62\00:30:56.95
which is we used
to talk about death,
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.69
not a single time does
it ever say the word death.
00:30:58.72\00:31:00.89
No.
00:31:00.96\00:31:02.29
Not once is it talking
about the topic of death.
00:31:02.32\00:31:04.66
So profitable for
doctrine, for reproof.
00:31:04.69\00:31:08.23
In other words, I'll say,
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.60
that scripture is
not talking about death,
00:31:09.63\00:31:10.97
that's reproof.
00:31:11.00\00:31:12.33
Now let's see
what the Bible says,
00:31:12.37\00:31:13.84
"For
correction," 2 Timothy 3:16,
00:31:13.90\00:31:16.87
let's put that
scripture in the proper light,
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.14
correction, and then for
instruction and righteousness.
00:31:19.17\00:31:22.64
This is how you live
according to the scripture,
00:31:22.68\00:31:25.18
thou should not kill,
thou should not steal,
00:31:25.21\00:31:27.18
thou should not commit adultery,
00:31:27.22\00:31:28.55
for instruction in righteousness
00:31:28.58\00:31:30.95
that the man of God
may be thoroughly equipped.
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.92
Meaning, perfect.
00:31:33.96\00:31:35.29
That's right.
00:31:35.32\00:31:36.66
Thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.86
So let's not be ashamed
when we do it the correct way.
00:31:38.89\00:31:42.50
It says, you quoted
there, all, all scripture.
00:31:42.53\00:31:45.63
So when someone, and I had
a person one time said that,
00:31:45.67\00:31:48.37
"I want to do a Bible study."
00:31:48.40\00:31:49.74
I said, "Okay, wonderful,
let's study the Word of God."
00:31:49.77\00:31:52.14
He said, "Well, all I
use is the Book of Acts."
00:31:52.17\00:31:54.81
And I said, "Do what?"
00:31:54.84\00:31:56.54
"I want to do a Bible study
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.65
but I can only
use the Book of Acts."
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.72
And I said, "Well, what
wrong with all scriptures
00:32:00.75\00:32:02.38
given by inspiration of God?"
00:32:02.42\00:32:04.45
"Well, we're New
Testament Christians."
00:32:04.49\00:32:05.82
I says, "It's wonderful.
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.19
But it takes the
old to prove the new
00:32:07.26\00:32:08.59
and the new to prove the old."
00:32:08.62\00:32:09.96
And the Bible just,
00:32:09.99\00:32:11.33
this is where I think
the simplicity for us all
00:32:11.36\00:32:12.73
is when it says
all, the Bible means all.
00:32:12.76\00:32:15.56
That just
covers the whole thing.
00:32:15.60\00:32:17.47
In 2 Corinthians 4:7,
it refers to the Bible,
00:32:17.53\00:32:23.00
it says, "For we have this
treasure in earthly vessel."
00:32:23.04\00:32:27.54
The board of God talks about,
00:32:27.58\00:32:30.41
in the word it talks
about the word is a treasure,
00:32:30.45\00:32:33.42
it truly is a
treasure, a treasure something
00:32:33.48\00:32:35.75
we should be seeking
for, we should be digging for,
00:32:35.78\00:32:38.59
we should be studying for.
00:32:38.62\00:32:40.22
And I thought how interesting,
but we have this treasure.
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.99
That's right.
00:32:43.02\00:32:44.36
Heaven made it possible that
we can have the Word of God.
00:32:44.39\00:32:49.23
The Word of God
is God's speaking,
00:32:49.26\00:32:52.33
glory to me.
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.24
Speaking, I'm
getting goose bumps,
00:32:54.27\00:32:55.94
speaking to me.
00:32:55.97\00:32:57.34
And because I do that
00:32:57.37\00:32:58.71
because in my mind is
who am I that He came,
00:32:58.74\00:33:03.65
would bleed and die
for? Think about it,
00:33:03.68\00:33:05.81
who am I that the
universe looks down,
00:33:05.85\00:33:09.02
knowing us as well
as heaven knows us?
00:33:09.05\00:33:11.79
But said you know,
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.15
what I want you
to be in the kingdom
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.62
and you need direction.
00:33:14.66\00:33:15.99
You're talking about road map,
00:33:16.02\00:33:17.36
You're talking about
going straight to the kingdom,
00:33:17.43\00:33:18.76
here is that road map.
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.40
I don't want you to be fooled,
don't want you to be deceived,
00:33:20.43\00:33:22.50
I want you know what
truth is. John 17:17, what?
00:33:22.53\00:33:26.33
"Sanctify them
through thy truth,
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.04
thy word is truth.'
00:33:28.07\00:33:29.40
It makes a
difference what is truth.
00:33:29.44\00:33:30.77
It does.
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.14
Truth will sanctify.
00:33:32.17\00:33:33.54
We'll talk more
about that another time,
00:33:33.58\00:33:34.91
I'm sure, but that's to me,
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.28
we need sanctification
of the Word of God.
00:33:36.31\00:33:37.88
Amen.
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.25
I think we all agree here
that the Bible is an infallible,
00:33:39.28\00:33:42.62
infallible, it doesn't fail.
00:33:42.65\00:33:43.99
No, it doesn't.
00:33:44.05\00:33:45.39
Revelation. No.
00:33:45.42\00:33:46.76
However, you can turn
on the news in the morning,
00:33:46.79\00:33:48.79
even NBC, I hear
it time and time,
00:33:48.82\00:33:50.89
they're
addressing biblical issues,
00:33:50.93\00:33:52.93
times have changed.
00:33:52.96\00:33:54.56
That's the way
people used to think,
00:33:54.56\00:33:56.63
we live differently today.
00:33:56.70\00:33:58.83
Do we? I like you said,
well, some people say, well,
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.80
that's from the Old Testament.
00:34:01.84\00:34:03.17
Brother John, Pastor John
went into the New Testament.
00:34:03.20\00:34:06.04
I want to share one from
the New Testament as well.
00:34:06.07\00:34:08.61
Is it something, does our time
00:34:08.64\00:34:12.71
that we live in really
change what the Bible says,
00:34:12.75\00:34:15.62
that it change how it
should affect our heart.
00:34:15.65\00:34:17.92
This is what the
Word of God says,
00:34:17.95\00:34:19.79
"But the word of the
Lord endureth for ever."
00:34:19.82\00:34:23.73
Amen.
00:34:23.76\00:34:25.09
For ever. Amen.
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.46
We're still
breathing, we're still living,
00:34:26.49\00:34:27.83
we're still buying,
we're still selling,
00:34:27.86\00:34:29.36
we're still on this
earth. It hasn't passed away.
00:34:29.40\00:34:32.57
Forever hasn't come yet, right?
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.44
We don't even, we
can't even ascertain properly
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.54
what forever is.
00:34:36.57\00:34:37.91
We have a
beginning and we have an end,
00:34:37.94\00:34:39.54
we don't
understand what eternity is.
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.94
"His word endureth forever,
00:34:41.98\00:34:44.11
and this is the word
00:34:44.15\00:34:45.68
by which the gospel
is preached unto you."
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.98
You see those of us,
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.59
those of you
who may be thinking,
00:34:50.65\00:34:51.99
well, you know,
00:34:52.02\00:34:53.36
it just seems so old fashioned,
go back, pray about it,
00:34:53.39\00:34:56.69
ask God to speak to your heart
00:34:56.73\00:34:59.83
in a way that
you've never spoke,
00:34:59.86\00:35:01.43
he's never spoke to you before.
00:35:01.46\00:35:03.30
Because it's this word that
we need to hide in our heart
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.34
and allow the Bible,
the Word of God to come in
00:35:07.37\00:35:10.74
and change our mind,
to change that stony heart
00:35:10.81\00:35:14.64
to a heart of flesh, to
give us the character of Christ,
00:35:14.68\00:35:18.51
because it's that character
that will be taken to heaven.
00:35:18.55\00:35:21.52
It won't be all these
things that we're holding on to.
00:35:21.55\00:35:23.79
Right.
00:35:23.82\00:35:25.15
I've mentioned it
before on this program,
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.52
my step dad told me years ago,
00:35:26.55\00:35:28.42
if you don't let
go of the dross here,
00:35:28.46\00:35:30.93
someday it will be burned off.
00:35:30.96\00:35:33.09
So we have a choice.
00:35:33.13\00:35:34.73
Do we hold on to what we
think is a new way of living
00:35:34.73\00:35:39.40
and we do away
with the scripture?
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.70
Or do we accept the
word as it says to accept it
00:35:41.74\00:35:45.54
and it endures forever?
00:35:45.57\00:35:47.34
It is the bread of life, it
is God speaking to His people.
00:35:47.38\00:35:51.98
Yes.
00:35:52.01\00:35:53.38
It is Him speaking
to you. That's right.
00:35:53.42\00:35:55.85
As a matter of fact, I am
going to talk to you right now
00:35:55.88\00:35:58.22
because I saw you had a thought.
00:35:58.25\00:35:59.59
Oh, praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:35:59.62\00:36:01.16
Well, yes, you know, the truth
is that if you look in history,
00:36:01.19\00:36:05.66
you're going to find
that the devil has tried
00:36:05.69\00:36:07.83
to destroy the scriptures.
00:36:07.86\00:36:09.20
He's tried to burn it,
00:36:09.23\00:36:10.57
he's tried to take
it away from people.
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.10
There was an era of
time that is called the...
00:36:12.13\00:36:14.67
Dark ages. Dark ages.
00:36:14.70\00:36:16.04
Yes.
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.41
And that's
because the scriptures
00:36:17.44\00:36:18.77
were kept from the people. Yes.
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.28
But praise be to God,
00:36:20.31\00:36:21.98
He has preserved the
scriptures for us to have.
00:36:22.01\00:36:24.85
And there is one place that
he cannot take it away from,
00:36:24.88\00:36:27.22
and that's from our
mind and our hearts,
00:36:27.25\00:36:29.58
and that's why it
is of vital importance
00:36:29.62\00:36:32.45
that we do as the Psalmist says,
00:36:32.49\00:36:34.72
"Thy word have I hid in my heart
00:36:34.76\00:36:37.13
that I might not
sin against thee."
00:36:37.16\00:36:38.93
So we can have a vital need,
it is like the breath of life
00:36:38.96\00:36:43.97
that we need to read the
scriptures, to study them,
00:36:44.03\00:36:48.54
and seek to understand them.
00:36:48.57\00:36:49.90
And God is so
wonderful, so good, he says,
00:36:49.97\00:36:52.61
call upon Me and I will show
thee great and mighty things
00:36:52.64\00:36:56.34
that thou, no, it's not.
00:36:56.38\00:36:57.71
He is waiting for us to
take time to dedicate to study
00:36:57.75\00:37:02.65
the scriptures
to understand them.
00:37:02.68\00:37:04.75
And you know, I
read things even,
00:37:04.79\00:37:07.09
sometimes I read
Ellen G. White's writing,
00:37:07.12\00:37:08.46
she says, you
should tax the mind
00:37:08.49\00:37:11.26
to seek to
understand the scriptures
00:37:11.29\00:37:13.86
and plead with God,
Lord, please show me, teach me.
00:37:13.93\00:37:18.30
You know when the disciples
were walking on the road
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.47
to Emmaus a couple of
them, Jesus came along with them
00:37:20.54\00:37:24.01
and they did not recognize Him.
00:37:24.04\00:37:25.67
And then there is
something very interesting that
00:37:25.71\00:37:27.11
He says there, He says He
opened their understanding.
00:37:27.18\00:37:30.45
Yes. That's right.
00:37:30.48\00:37:31.81
So we need to ask the Lord
to open our understanding...
00:37:31.85\00:37:33.65
And where did he
began, where did he began?
00:37:33.72\00:37:35.98
In the scriptures.
00:37:36.02\00:37:37.39
In the
scriptures, in the beginning,
00:37:37.42\00:37:38.75
with the prophets.
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.12
That's right, in the
scripture. It's beautiful.
00:37:40.16\00:37:42.09
All of the scriptures
are treasure like we've said
00:37:42.12\00:37:45.96
and it's, we're
missing, we're missing a lot
00:37:45.99\00:37:48.66
when we spend
time on other things
00:37:48.70\00:37:51.77
that are not of value to us.
00:37:51.80\00:37:54.40
I like that. Yes.
00:37:54.44\00:37:55.97
There are so many people
00:37:56.00\00:37:57.47
that spend hours upon
hours upon hours reading novels,
00:37:57.51\00:38:01.34
reading books by other authors.
00:38:01.38\00:38:03.48
I'm not saying that
all the books are bad,
00:38:03.51\00:38:05.55
movies, television,
but we don't dedicate,
00:38:05.58\00:38:09.72
as you just mentioned,
that time for the Word of God.
00:38:09.75\00:38:12.92
And you know
what the problem is?
00:38:12.95\00:38:14.72
Think of it as a, think
of it as a college exam.
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.83
Here we are, we're
living in the time of the end
00:38:17.86\00:38:20.06
where everything about God's
word is going to be tested.
00:38:20.13\00:38:24.47
Yes, everything.
00:38:24.50\00:38:26.40
It's going to be
tested. That's right.
00:38:26.43\00:38:27.77
And so far we're failing
already in so many of the test,
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.31
change of, changing
marriage to same-sex marriage.
00:38:30.34\00:38:33.51
The Sabbath has been abrogated
and changed for the course
00:38:33.58\00:38:36.78
of more than a 1000 years.
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.68
The Sabbath has been
replaced with Sunday,
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.55
honoring the
first day of the week.
00:38:40.62\00:38:42.92
But when you think about
00:38:42.95\00:38:44.29
what is the test
in that particular?
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.25
Well, when those
who were instrumental
00:38:46.29\00:38:48.79
in making these
changes will say,
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.99
let's go and use the
same-sex marriage issue.
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.09
It wasn't
changed based on the idea
00:38:53.13\00:38:54.86
that people said the
Bible need to be changed
00:38:54.93\00:38:57.23
but they overrode the Bible
and said, this is what we want.
00:38:57.27\00:39:01.57
So they didn't change the Bible
to implement same-sex marriage,
00:39:01.60\00:39:05.67
they said this is what we
want and we're going to do this
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.61
based on legislative principles
not based on God's word.
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.78
But for those of us who know
that God's word doesn't change,
00:39:10.81\00:39:13.98
we cannot leave the
foundation of God's word
00:39:14.05\00:39:17.02
and accept man's
word above God's word.
00:39:17.05\00:39:19.49
For example, Psalms
119:89, "For ever, O Lord,
00:39:19.52\00:39:24.26
thy word is settled in heaven."
00:39:24.29\00:39:27.13
So if it's been
settled, somebody says,
00:39:27.13\00:39:29.40
it reminds me of the Hebrew
standing before Nebuchadnezzar,
00:39:29.43\00:39:32.27
and Nebuchadnezzar says,
00:39:32.30\00:39:33.64
the next time I
blow that trumpet,
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.70
the next time you hear
the sound of the instruments,
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.61
you need to bow down.
00:39:37.64\00:39:39.07
And they said in essence to him,
00:39:39.11\00:39:40.88
we don't need to
settle this matter with you,
00:39:40.91\00:39:43.04
we don't need
to talk about this,
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.41
this matter has
been settled forever.
00:39:44.45\00:39:46.72
I use David's words,
it's been settled in heaven,
00:39:46.75\00:39:49.45
why do I have to
discuss it with you?
00:39:49.48\00:39:51.32
Why do we need to even explain
this to you, Nebuchadnezzar?
00:39:51.35\00:39:54.09
Here's what we're going to do,
00:39:54.16\00:39:55.49
you can blow that
trumpet for the next five weeks,
00:39:55.52\00:39:57.63
we're not bowing
down to any image.
00:39:57.66\00:39:59.43
His word is settled in heaven.
00:39:59.46\00:40:00.80
So if God's word is
settled in our heart
00:40:00.83\00:40:05.40
and the question
comes, has God said,
00:40:05.43\00:40:08.37
like the devil always does.
00:40:08.40\00:40:10.17
Does God's word really
say you cannot marry somebody
00:40:10.21\00:40:13.84
from the same sex?
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.48
Well, depends on what you,
it depends on how you read it,
00:40:15.51\00:40:18.28
they say. Exactly.
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.65
Well, Paul the
apostle had issues with women.
00:40:19.68\00:40:22.12
Well, it was back
then when you know,
00:40:22.15\00:40:25.22
things are different now.
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.92
Well, you know, we need
to be more contemporary.
00:40:26.96\00:40:29.49
How long are we going to
be stuck in that old rut?
00:40:29.52\00:40:32.16
Yes.
00:40:32.19\00:40:33.56
They give God's word
all these tags but for ever
00:40:33.60\00:40:35.63
thy word is settled. Amen.
00:40:35.66\00:40:37.73
One more, "The grass
where there's," Isaiah 40:8,
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.97
"The grass
withereth, the flower fadeth
00:40:41.00\00:40:45.31
but the word of our
God shall stand for ever."
00:40:45.34\00:40:48.21
Amen.
00:40:48.24\00:40:49.58
So when you say, man, how
often does the grass wither?
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.81
Every season.
00:40:51.85\00:40:53.18
How often does the flower fade?
00:40:53.21\00:40:54.62
Every season.
00:40:54.65\00:40:55.98
When does God's word fade?
00:40:56.02\00:40:57.55
Never, no season.
It stands for ever.
00:40:57.59\00:41:00.56
So you know, when
you think about it
00:41:00.59\00:41:02.12
and I'm saying
this to the listeners
00:41:02.16\00:41:03.53
and viewers of this program,
00:41:03.56\00:41:06.06
that the things that
God wants to do in your life
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.83
will only be able
to be accomplished
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.46
if you accept the fact
that while society is changing,
00:41:09.50\00:41:12.77
God's word is not changing.
00:41:12.80\00:41:14.70
Why it won't change? For
He is the same yesterday,
00:41:14.74\00:41:18.97
today, and forever.
00:41:19.01\00:41:20.54
And if He is the
author, if He's the author
00:41:20.58\00:41:24.45
and finisher of
our faith, He is the,
00:41:24.48\00:41:27.62
He became the author
of those who believe Him.
00:41:27.65\00:41:32.25
He is the author.
00:41:32.29\00:41:34.36
If the author, what
does the author mean?
00:41:34.39\00:41:36.73
All scriptures give
by inspiration of God.
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.56
He's the author.
00:41:39.59\00:41:40.93
John 1:3, it
talks about without Him
00:41:40.96\00:41:43.70
was not anything
made that was made.
00:41:43.73\00:41:45.57
And sometime we
refer that to other thing.
00:41:45.60\00:41:48.20
It applies here. Amen.
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.87
And why is it so important
to do a study like this?
00:41:49.94\00:41:53.24
At the times of Christ, Christ
walked this earth darkness
00:41:53.31\00:41:57.91
covered the earth,
spiritual darkness,
00:41:57.95\00:42:00.72
like never before.
00:42:00.75\00:42:02.32
The son of God had to
come to dispel that darkness.
00:42:02.35\00:42:05.79
We're living just before
the coming of Jesus again.
00:42:05.82\00:42:09.29
The earth, it's dark
outside, grose darkness,
00:42:09.32\00:42:11.89
Isaiah 60 talks about,
it's covered the people,
00:42:11.93\00:42:14.73
the people's mind, we're dull.
00:42:14.76\00:42:17.27
If we look at it here how come
sometime we reach groups here
00:42:17.33\00:42:21.60
and it seems to be
spoken in such language.
00:42:21.64\00:42:24.84
I've heard people say,
00:42:24.87\00:42:26.21
why didn't Paul
just said what he meant?
00:42:26.24\00:42:28.78
Cut to the chase, he just
gave us all this runaround here.
00:42:28.81\00:42:31.95
We have to realize
that as human beings
00:42:31.98\00:42:34.98
we are spiritually dull.
00:42:35.02\00:42:37.39
I think not,
we're spiritually dull,
00:42:37.45\00:42:38.92
in fact we're degenerate.
00:42:38.95\00:42:40.82
We think about in so
many different areas.
00:42:40.86\00:42:43.16
In the human, in the human realm
00:42:43.19\00:42:44.53
there are no sharp knives
in the draw, in other words.
00:42:44.56\00:42:46.56
Exactly, exactly.
00:42:46.59\00:42:47.93
We need God's
word to the guide us.
00:42:47.96\00:42:49.40
So what did God do?
00:42:49.43\00:42:50.90
He knew my
condition, He knew the people,
00:42:50.93\00:42:53.80
He spoke these
beautiful treasures from heaven,
00:42:53.87\00:42:56.87
but man cannot
understand heaven's language
00:42:56.94\00:43:00.18
fully like we need to.
00:43:00.21\00:43:01.68
So he inspired men
through the Holy Spirit to write
00:43:01.71\00:43:04.71
in their own tongue,
in their own language
00:43:04.75\00:43:07.22
so that we could understand it.
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.05
How good God is?
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.42
He could have
spoken in perfect language
00:43:10.49\00:43:12.49
but most of us would have
read and said, what's that?
00:43:12.52\00:43:16.62
But he put it in for
man could write it down
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.69
so that we could
understand in simple language
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.40
what it is to love
and to serve Jesus.
00:43:21.43\00:43:23.16
I think this is an
awesome time to really prove
00:43:23.20\00:43:25.83
what scripture is telling
us and what we need to be doing
00:43:25.87\00:43:28.24
as God's last day people.
00:43:28.27\00:43:29.60
Number one, get our nose,
get our minds, get our heart,
00:43:29.64\00:43:32.24
get our bodies, spend time
right now back to the word.
00:43:32.27\00:43:35.64
I love to get back to the word.
00:43:35.68\00:43:37.21
There's some scriptures in here.
00:43:37.25\00:43:38.58
Let's see how many
more we can get in there
00:43:38.61\00:43:40.88
in the time we have remaining.
00:43:40.92\00:43:42.25
John. Okay.
00:43:42.28\00:43:43.62
Well, I was going
to say something else.
00:43:43.65\00:43:45.62
Well, this, I think
it needs to be said,
00:43:45.65\00:43:48.82
I don't want to dwell on it
00:43:48.86\00:43:50.19
because we don't want to
dwell in what you call politics.
00:43:50.23\00:43:53.46
It talks about
darkness spreading.
00:43:53.50\00:43:55.90
Yes.
00:43:55.93\00:43:58.13
Pastor Lomacang mentioned
the same-sex marriage issue.
00:43:58.17\00:44:03.17
The president of the nation,
Obama was one of the leaders
00:44:03.20\00:44:07.61
in leading this nation into
this area of same-sex marriage.
00:44:07.64\00:44:13.42
And one thing that
caught my attention was one time
00:44:13.45\00:44:16.35
one of the
reporters, because he said that,
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.32
he started to tell the story of
how they came to their decision
00:44:19.35\00:44:22.86
with his wife and
children, they have friends,
00:44:22.89\00:44:25.19
they have the
same-sex relationship.
00:44:25.23\00:44:28.10
And one reporter asked
him, where is that in the Bible
00:44:28.13\00:44:32.37
that it says that it's okay
for same-sex to get married.
00:44:32.40\00:44:37.84
And he said, it's
all over the Bible.
00:44:37.87\00:44:40.38
And then he, but it's
not, it's not in the Bible.
00:44:40.44\00:44:43.55
It's people
twisting the scripture
00:44:43.61\00:44:47.28
so that they can do
what they want to do.
00:44:47.32\00:44:50.79
Now we have to
separate something,
00:44:50.85\00:44:52.89
that is loving the
person and hating the sin.
00:44:52.92\00:44:57.43
Because the Bible makes it clear
00:44:57.49\00:44:59.09
that it's an abomination.
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.03
We can love the
people but the sin
00:45:01.06\00:45:03.40
has to be called by
what it is, it's sin.
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.10
So therefore, I want
to mention Genesis 15:16,
00:45:06.13\00:45:12.94
God is talking to
Abraham, and he says,
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.58
I'm going to give
this land to your seed,
00:45:14.61\00:45:19.11
your inheritance but
not yet because the iniquity
00:45:19.15\00:45:22.08
of the Amorites is not yet full.
00:45:22.12\00:45:24.72
In other words, there's a time
00:45:24.75\00:45:26.52
when God allows
things to take place
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.26
and when iniquity
reaches a certain portion
00:45:29.29\00:45:31.79
God takes action.
00:45:31.83\00:45:33.16
That's right.
00:45:33.19\00:45:34.50
You see it in
Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:45:34.56\00:45:35.86
you see that it was
going to happen to Nineveh.
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.33
And God sends
warnings, God sends warnings.
00:45:37.37\00:45:40.04
When this nation gave,
open door to same-sex marriage,
00:45:40.10\00:45:46.11
it is as a cup of iniquity
00:45:46.14\00:45:48.81
receives some more to
get full and this nation
00:45:48.84\00:45:54.22
has placed itself in
a dangerous territory
00:45:54.28\00:45:57.69
because it's going
contrary to God's word.
00:45:57.72\00:45:59.65
I wanted to say that.
00:45:59.69\00:46:01.09
So 2 Timothy, now
we're going to scripture.
00:46:01.12\00:46:03.22
All right. Or something else.
00:46:03.26\00:46:04.59
2 Timothy 2:15, "Study to
shew thyself approved unto God,
00:46:04.63\00:46:10.97
a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
00:46:11.00\00:46:13.77
rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:46:13.84\00:46:17.01
Amen.
00:46:17.04\00:46:18.37
"But shun profane
and vain babblings:
00:46:18.41\00:46:20.51
for they will
increase unto more ungodliness.
00:46:20.58\00:46:23.75
And their word will
eat as doth a canker
00:46:23.78\00:46:26.72
of whom is
Hymenaeus and Philetus."
00:46:26.75\00:46:30.79
And it was the two that
fought against the word.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.15
Yes.
00:46:32.19\00:46:33.52
So we see that we
have to study the word
00:46:33.56\00:46:35.59
and it's a study so
thyself approved unto God.
00:46:35.62\00:46:39.23
And we have to rightly
divide the word of truth,
00:46:39.26\00:46:41.10
rightly interpret
the scriptures by the aid
00:46:41.13\00:46:44.27
of the Holy Spirit
because this is clearly said,
00:46:44.30\00:46:46.70
it's the Holy Spirit that
will guide us into all truth.
00:46:46.74\00:46:50.87
And I think it needs
to be mentioned here too,
00:46:50.91\00:46:52.84
we're not just
picking on people that,
00:46:52.87\00:46:55.24
that have chosen that lifestyle,
00:46:55.28\00:46:57.41
it's on our hearts and our minds
00:46:57.45\00:46:58.78
because we just experienced
such a law being passed.
00:46:58.81\00:47:03.82
But we love the person.
00:47:03.85\00:47:05.19
Yes.
00:47:05.22\00:47:06.55
But see, the problem
is they're not looking
00:47:06.59\00:47:08.19
at that lifestyle as sin
00:47:08.22\00:47:10.69
which the Bible
says is an abomination.
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.23
They're giving a
human right terminology.
00:47:13.26\00:47:17.17
So it's your human right.
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.37
You see, we can do that,
00:47:19.40\00:47:20.94
we're finding that in so
many different areas of sin,
00:47:20.97\00:47:25.17
so many different
areas of iniquity,
00:47:25.21\00:47:26.91
and not just that area
00:47:26.98\00:47:28.31
where right is becoming wrong
and wrong is becoming right.
00:47:28.34\00:47:34.52
That's why I think
this study is so important
00:47:34.55\00:47:38.22
because we need
to come back to see
00:47:38.25\00:47:40.36
that God's word is
an infallible revelation
00:47:40.39\00:47:42.69
for our lives, to
lead, to guide, to reform,
00:47:42.72\00:47:45.83
to teach the doctrines.
00:47:45.86\00:47:48.20
To transform our
minds and hearts.
00:47:48.23\00:47:50.73
The decisions
we're talking about,
00:47:50.77\00:47:52.10
the decisions this country
makes affects me individually.
00:47:52.13\00:47:55.84
It affects you, it
affects the whole world
00:47:55.87\00:47:58.11
because God cannot
bless the way He wants to.
00:47:58.14\00:48:00.51
And they say, well,
don't talk about this issue.
00:48:00.54\00:48:02.94
You don't bring it up.
00:48:02.98\00:48:04.31
Well, it affects me.
00:48:04.35\00:48:05.85
Why? Because the
blessings can't flow.
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.12
It affects this
country in general
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.32
because God cannot bless that
00:48:10.35\00:48:11.69
when we go contrary to His laws.
00:48:11.72\00:48:14.22
Let me make a point here.
00:48:14.29\00:48:17.69
Chris, you've
introduced the word lifestyle,
00:48:17.73\00:48:21.70
or the phrase lifestyle.
00:48:21.73\00:48:24.43
We call sin lifestyle.
00:48:24.47\00:48:26.40
See, that's a...
00:48:26.43\00:48:27.77
You know, lifestyle.
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.14
So your lifestyle is no
different from my lifestyle,
00:48:29.17\00:48:30.91
even though our
lifestyle differs.
00:48:30.94\00:48:34.18
That's your lifestyle,
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.71
this is my
lifestyle instead of sin,
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That's sin, this is sin.
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.18
Somebody might say, well,
what's the difference between,
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and I want to broaden the,
00:48:43.32\00:48:44.82
broaden the playing
field because you know,
00:48:44.85\00:48:46.69
some sins have
been around so long
00:48:46.76\00:48:48.12
we kind of ignore them now.
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.92
Like pornography, and
adultery, and alcoholism,
00:48:49.96\00:48:54.96
and drug abuse, all these types,
00:48:55.00\00:48:57.37
they've been around so
long, we kind of, well,
00:48:57.43\00:49:00.57
that's kind of old,
let's talk about a new sin.
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Sin is sin. That's right.
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So God is not giving
any kind of authority
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to any of those things.
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But the point that
you made, and I like that,
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till the time of the
Amorites are fulfilled,
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David the Psalmist
said in Psalms 119:126,
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and we could see that
God does not allow sin
00:49:16.12\00:49:18.05
to take on a
course that doesn't,
00:49:18.09\00:49:19.95
does never checked.
00:49:19.99\00:49:21.52
It's going to be checked. Yes.
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Psalm 119:126,
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"It is time for
thee, Lord, to work:
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for they have
made void thy law."
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.50
Yes.
00:49:31.53\00:49:32.87
So the law that God has
established in the land,
00:49:32.90\00:49:35.14
Isaiah 24, the earth is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof
00:49:35.17\00:49:39.34
because they have
transgressed the laws,
00:49:39.37\00:49:42.01
changed the ordinance,
00:49:42.04\00:49:43.85
broken the everlasting covenant.
00:49:43.88\00:49:45.81
That's right.
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.22
So that's what,
that's why the world
00:49:47.25\00:49:48.92
is the way it is today.
00:49:48.95\00:49:50.29
And so we're trying to
find order out of disorder,
00:49:50.32\00:49:54.29
and the only
book that's designed
00:49:54.32\00:49:56.29
to keep us in
order is being rejected,
00:49:56.32\00:49:59.19
and that's what the
purpose of this program is.
00:49:59.23\00:50:00.90
And the Bible is the only
book in entire world that to me,
00:50:00.93\00:50:05.37
any issue of your life,
00:50:05.40\00:50:07.00
anything you've
ever encountered,
00:50:07.04\00:50:08.37
anybody else has ever, the word,
00:50:08.40\00:50:10.27
the answer is here for
an individual, for you,
00:50:10.31\00:50:13.44
the answer is here in
the book and it's from God.
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You know, when we look at it,
00:50:17.55\00:50:18.88
God has given us
clear information,
00:50:18.91\00:50:20.68
enough information
to know about salvation.
00:50:20.72\00:50:23.85
There is no, clear in the word,
00:50:23.89\00:50:26.62
the words can't
be any clearer than
00:50:26.65\00:50:27.99
what it takes to
spend eternity with Jesus.
00:50:28.02\00:50:31.03
In fact, he just
gives, it was in Acts 12:4,
00:50:31.06\00:50:34.56
there's no other
name given among men
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.93
for about we must be
saved is the name of Jesus.
00:50:37.00\00:50:41.47
Right quick, right there.
00:50:41.50\00:50:43.34
The name of Jesus, you
know, just there is power,
00:50:43.37\00:50:45.94
there's strength, there's might.
00:50:45.97\00:50:48.18
I think of names I look,
00:50:48.21\00:50:50.08
and there's something
about the name of Jesus.
00:50:50.11\00:50:53.01
When I say the name of
Jesus, there is comfort,
00:50:53.05\00:50:54.38
there is hope,
there is encouragement,
00:50:54.42\00:50:57.99
there is strength.
00:50:58.02\00:50:59.45
I know somebody cares.
00:50:59.49\00:51:01.22
And it just lifts
me to a higher plateau,
00:51:01.26\00:51:04.03
not to say it like
the world says the term
00:51:04.06\00:51:07.30
they use God's name.
00:51:07.30\00:51:09.30
But when you say it,
00:51:09.33\00:51:10.67
you know, as you're
thinking about everything.
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.07
In reverence.
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.44
In reverence, it lifts us up.
00:51:13.47\00:51:15.04
So I'm gonna encourage
people to turn to Jesus today.
00:51:15.07\00:51:18.01
Salvation, that's turn to Jesus
00:51:18.04\00:51:20.68
and get back to the Word of God.
00:51:20.74\00:51:22.61
We will see these
things take place.
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.21
Yes.
00:51:24.25\00:51:26.15
So many
scriptures I wanted to share
00:51:26.18\00:51:27.52
but I think the time is short.
00:51:27.58\00:51:28.92
Yeah, there are so many,
so many are referred to God.
00:51:28.95\00:51:30.29
So we have Isaiah 60:1,
00:51:30.32\00:51:32.05
and I think
we'll read the verse 2.
00:51:32.09\00:51:34.49
"Arise, shine,
for thy light is come,
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.99
and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee.
00:51:38.03\00:51:40.26
For, behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
00:51:40.30\00:51:42.76
and gross darkness the people:
but the Lord shall arise upon
00:51:42.80\00:51:46.30
thee, and his glory
shall be seen upon thee."
00:51:46.33\00:51:48.40
Why do I share this scripture?
00:51:48.44\00:51:49.77
Because we need to
study the Word of God,
00:51:49.80\00:51:52.91
we need to seek,
00:51:52.94\00:51:55.14
to understand it by
the grace of the Lord,
00:51:55.18\00:51:57.48
so that when grose darkness
00:51:57.51\00:51:59.11
is covering the
land and the people,
00:51:59.15\00:52:00.92
we can by God's grace
arise and shine for Him.
00:52:00.95\00:52:03.22
Amen.
00:52:03.25\00:52:04.59
So the light, Pastor, I mean,
00:52:04.62\00:52:05.95
how much light does
it taken to dark place
00:52:05.99\00:52:08.29
to make a difference?
00:52:08.32\00:52:09.66
It doesn't take a whole lot.
00:52:09.69\00:52:11.03
If you light a candle
in an abjectly dark forest,
00:52:11.06\00:52:14.36
that little light
will still be seen.
00:52:14.40\00:52:16.73
I meet you one time
before on a program here,
00:52:16.77\00:52:19.40
when I first get out of
service I worked in a coal mine,
00:52:19.43\00:52:22.17
and you just have a
little light up here,
00:52:22.20\00:52:23.71
there's no light down there.
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.17
That's right.
00:52:25.21\00:52:26.54
And it doesn't take a
whole lot of light to light
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.18
on the pathway to put
your feet on solid ground
00:52:28.21\00:52:30.75
and to be able to
walk out of that place,
00:52:30.81\00:52:32.38
it's a 1,000
feet down and so on,
00:52:32.41\00:52:33.98
so if you need to.
00:52:34.02\00:52:35.35
We need to let
our light shine. Amen.
00:52:35.38\00:52:37.35
You know, and
what we're going to do?
00:52:37.39\00:52:38.72
We're going to have to take
00:52:38.75\00:52:40.09
a little short
newsbreak right now.
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And as we take this break,
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stay tune because
we'll be right back
00:52:42.86\00:52:44.19
with some more good news.
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