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 happy
Sabbath to all of you
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who are joining us at this time.
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We want to
welcome you especially
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during this time of
3ABN Family Worship,
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where we worship the
Lord in spirit and in truth.
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We come together, we
gather around the table,
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we crack open the bread of life,
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the word of the living God,
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and we study together,
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we learn
together, we grow together.
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And we just want to
say thank you so much
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for joining us this evening.
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As you know what,
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we take the Sabbath very serious
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because it's the time
we can commune with Jesus,
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we can commune with each other.
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And it's a special time indeed.
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We want to thank you,
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as always for your
continual love, prayers,
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and support of 3ABN Ministry
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as right now as I'm speaking,
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this message is
going all around the world,
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the three angels' message,
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the undiluted gospel
all around the world.
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And we're just privileged
and we were so grateful
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to be able to join you
wherever you are today.
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We indeed have a
very, very special subject,
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which we will
identify in just a moment,
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but before we do,
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I got to introduce
this incredible group
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that we have here.
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This is the 3ABN
Pastoral department.
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Not all of it, of course,
this is not just us four guys,
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but we're representing
the 3ABN Pastoral department.
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And I guess, I must go
ahead and do the introductions.
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I'm going to start
down here to my right,
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we have Brother Donald Owen,
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you are very
important part of the department
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and we certainly appreciate
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that you're here today, Brother.
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You know, being in Pastoral
has been such a blessing.
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It's your total idea of grow.
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Being in Pastoral
will definitely grow you
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because we get hit
with all kinds of questions
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and prayer requests.
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So I've just been very blessed.
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And I never ever
thought I'd be on a prayer line.
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But God is too
good, so thankful.
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Amen. Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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It's a blessing to have you and,
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of course, to my
direct right here.
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I guess your official title,
you are the general manager of,
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or the manager or
supervisor of the Pastoral.
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Tell us what's
your official title is,
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Brother JD Quinn.
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My official title is a Manager
of the Pastoral department,
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Pastoral Ministries department.
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And, man, do I have
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a wonderful group of
guys and girls around us.
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And we're just so blessed
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because we get to
share Jesus around the world.
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We pray with people.
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We're there for
words of encouragement.
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But this is a joy for
us all to be together here.
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Amen. It is indeed. Absolutely.
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And, of course,
to my left over here,
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another vital important
part of our Pastoral team,
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Brother Joe O'
Brien, we love your wisdom.
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And we certainly appreciate that
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you've joined us
for this special study.
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And I've been
here about 20 years.
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So a lot of the folks
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who call here in
prayer are not just people,
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they're my friends.
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We've been around
together for 20 years.
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And so, it's kind of a joy
to hear from your old friends.
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And they're all,
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we're all part of
the body of Christ.
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So we are family.
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And I used to be a
firefighter out in California
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for the city of Santa Rosa.
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And that was my favorite
job amongst other things,
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being a barber and
selling real estate.
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But when I gave
my life to the Lord,
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He knew what I favored.
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So He put me in the
Pastoral department,
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where I'm still fighting fire.
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A different kind of fire.
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That's right. That's right.
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And I'll tell you
what, we've got some winners.
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So I appreciate the job I have.
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord, me too.
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It's nothing like working
for the King of the universe.
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Hey, we have a very, very
special, special title today,
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"What is truth?"
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That's what we're talking about,
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what is truth and that
may sound very elementary,
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it may sound very simple,
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very fundamental to some people.
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But I promise you, you
don't want to turn away
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or you don't want
to stop watching this
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because we're going to get into
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I think some very
relative information,
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some very relative truth
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in trying to address
the issue of what is truth,
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and certainly here in 2020
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as we are seeing all
of the kind of the chaos,
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and I don't know,
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for lack of a
better word craziness
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that seems to be
unfolding around us.
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You know, the
truth of God's word
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is being chipped away at.
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And it seems in many
people's hearts and minds
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as there's not,
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there's not a strong foundation
there of what is truth.
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And so that's what we're going
to be talking about tonight,
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addressing that from
a biblical perspective,
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because as Christians
living in these last days,
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we need to make
sure that we are sure
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and we are
grounded on what is truth.
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And so before we go any further,
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Brother Joe, I'm
going to ask you,
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Brother, if you don't mind
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to have an
opening prayer for us,
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and then we're going to
get right into our study.
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Our Father in Heaven,
we've come together here, Lord,
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to serve You, and to
reach out to the world
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and sharing the things
that are needful for salvation
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and restoration of eternal life.
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And so we
invite Your Holy Spirit
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to be in our hearts and minds
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as we search
Your word for truth.
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And we pray that You
will share with all of us,
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our viewers and
us new truths, Lord,
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that can help us
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to be better
servants in Your vineyard.
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And we thank You
for Your presence
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and Your guidance
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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So if you have
your Bibles at home,
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we encourage you
to get your Bibles,
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get your pin pads, notepads,
writing utensils, all that out,
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because you're probably going
to want to take some notes.
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We're going to try not to
get too philosophical tonight,
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but simply stick
to what the Bible says
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about truth in general.
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Of course, this is something
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as we were
talking amongst ourselves,
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this thing could easily
turn into a multi part series.
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We're going to do our best
to not allow that to happen.
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But with the same time,
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we're going to also
listen to the Holy Spirit.
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So if the Holy Spirit wants
this to be a multi part series,
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then we'll make it so,
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otherwise, we're
just going to allow
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the Word of God to
speak for itself tonight.
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Let's go to, if
you have your Bibles,
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let's go to John 18.
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And, Donald,
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I'm going to have you to
start reading in verse 33
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in just a moment.
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But what we're about to unpack
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is simply probably one
of the most powerful scenes
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that we find in
all of Scripture.
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And, of course,
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what we're seeing
here in these verses
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from about verse
33-38 of John Chapter 18 is,
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of course, the
interrogation of Jesus
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by the Roman
governor Pontius Pilate.
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And we all know that
famous question he asked,
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and that's what
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we're kind of
gravitating toward.
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And he ends with this,
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you know, this question
of what is truth, right?
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And so, if you would, Donald,
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go ahead and start
reading John Chapter 18,
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beginning with verse 33
and all the way to verse 38.
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Yeah, all right.
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"Then Pilate entered
into the judgment hall again,
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and called Jesus,
and said unto him,
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Art thou the King of the Jews?
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Jesus answered him, Sayest
thou this thing of thyself,
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or did others
tell it thee of me?
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Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?
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Thine own nation
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and the chief priests
have delivered thee unto me:
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what hast thou done?
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Jesus answered,
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My kingdom is not of this world:
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if my kingdom
were of this world,
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then would my servants fight,
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that I should not be
delivered to the Jews:
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but now is my
kingdom not from hence.
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Pilate therefore said
unto him, Art thou a king then?
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Jesus answered, Thou
sayest that I am a king.
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To this end was I born,
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and for this cause
came I into the world,
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that I should bear
witness unto the truth.
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Every one that is of
the truth heareth my voice.
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Pilate saith unto
him, What is truth?
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And when he had said this,
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he went out again unto the Jews,
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and saith unto them, I
find in him no fault at all."
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Wow.
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It's one of those, one
of those interesting scenes
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where you kind of just wish
that you were a fly on the wall
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to be able to
see that scene there,
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right, to take it
all in to see exactly
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how did Jesus respond?
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How did Pilate respond,
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because obviously,
Pilate is interested,
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as he's appearing, I'm
sure upon the presence,
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the physical presence of Jesus.
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And he's just kind of wondering,
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I'm sure at this time
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Jesus didn't really
appear to be anything special,
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just kind of the,
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just kind of the average Joe
and he's looking and thinking,
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this guy's a threat.
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This is the guy
you brought to me.
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So he begins to
ask him questions.
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You know, who are you?
They say, you're a king?
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Are you a king?
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And I love the response
that Jesus gives, right?
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Look, I am a king.
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You said rightly
that I am a king,
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but My kingdom is
not of this world.
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But you know,
it's also interesting,
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something that you read here.
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He said,
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"If My kingdom
were of this world,
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my servants would fight." Right?
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My servants would fight.
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Tonight, we're
certainly not promoting
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the idea of being able to fight
physically against each other.
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But my question is,
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as we're looming over
this concept of truth,
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are you willing
to fight for truth?
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And that's
essentially what we're doing
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in this spiritual warfare
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that we are engaged
in on a daily basis,
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as we see that He's asking here,
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this is Pilate,
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he walks away and
says what is truth
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and it seems like we
live in a day and age
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where more and more
people are contemplating
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at least that
idea in their mind,
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what is truth?
Is truth absolute?
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Can we put our thumb
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or can we point to something
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that we say that
is absolute truth?
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Or is truth relative, is
truth what we want it to be,
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is truth what
we devise it to be.
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So, fellows, what is truth?
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Is that a relevant question
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that we find Pilate
asking what is truth?
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What's your response to that?
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Well, I would,
you know, I looked up,
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I looked up the
definition of truth.
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And it says that to
which corresponds to fact,
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so I guess as we
back this thing up
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someplace along last way.
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And it may be as
simple as how we were raised,
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I don't really know.
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You know, as we take
this trip through life,
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we go through different stages.
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I remember,
whenever I was a young,
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youngster,
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my dad made sure that you know,
that you know, that, you know.
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Boy, that just
went right over my head.
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Right, somebody also said that.
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Can't, yeah, and a married lady
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that says that all the time too,
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you know, know that
you know, that you know,
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and I was kind
of, just personally,
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I was the kind of person
that just no one was enough.
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I was so naive.
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This is, this is very
deep for me to sit here.
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And the person
that's going to determine
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where you're going to go.
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And then he's coming
back with the same question.
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And so if I was the king,
I sit here and say, uh-oh,
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where is this going?
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Right. Right.
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And so,
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truth is something
that we certainly get,
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need to get a good handle
on because the older you get,
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you see how important that is.
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Absolutely, I agree.
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And then the
thing is, we live...
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And the reason why
we brought this up,
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reason why I thought of this,
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as I was studying
and preparing for this.
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It seems like more and
more as we find ourselves
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more engaged in
the society around us,
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the reality around us
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is that there's
more and more people
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who are questioning
this idea of what is truth.
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And again, I said earlier,
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is truth something
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that is absolute
or is truth relative?
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Is it something
that I make it up to be?
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Is it something that I consider
to be according to my own mind,
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my own reality.
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And you know, many people
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doubt the idea of absolute truth
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and share the views of
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and I have a note here of
Irish Scottish playwright,
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or Irish
playwright, Oscar Wilde,
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when he wrote these.
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He wrote these words, he said,
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"The truth is rarely
pure, and never simple.
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And so there's so many
people that would take that.
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Again, the truth is rarely,
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the truth is rarely
pure and never simple.
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And so there's so many
people that say, that's right,
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you know, truth is,
there's no pure truth.
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You know, there's
no absolute truth.
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You know, it's not
as it's not as simple
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as people make it out to be.
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It's not black
and white, you know,
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there's some
deep, deep, deep gray
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and multicolored areas
that you got to address.
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And, of course,
you have people like,
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you know, famous
musician, Bob Dylan,
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who is quoted to have said,
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"All the truth in the
world adds up to one big lie."
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Wow.
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All the truth in the world,
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and I laugh at that
kind of just jokingly,
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in the sense that
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what's, what's
amazing is and again,
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this isn't really a joke,
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because I want to
make this very clear
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as we're getting into
the realm of Christianity,
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you expect the world
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to believe these type of things.
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You expect someone
who is a non-Christian,
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to play with these
ideas of what is true,
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then is it absolute?
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No, it's not.
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But when you get
inside the Christian church,
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is truth absolute,
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is truth supposed to be absolute
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to the Christian?
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That's actually what my first,
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our first
question is in our outline
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that we have here.
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Should Christians
view truth as absolute?
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Is it something
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that we should view as absolute?
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Or is it relative
to our own perspective,
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our own
ideologies, our own opinions?
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What you think?
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I think we should let
God answer that question.
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It's an important question.
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And in Psalms
119:142, God Himself says,
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"Thy law is the truth."
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Then he says in 119:151,
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"Thy commandments are truth."
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So the law,
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the commandment
law is the truth.
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So the truth. The truth.
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The truth, there's a
definite article there.
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I like, I like how
he's emphasizing that,
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because it's not
expressed as a truth, the truth.
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Thy law is the truth.
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Now, based on that
simplicity, I can go forward.
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Okay.
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Like I can take care of
what I have to take care of
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and stay within that perimeter.
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Mm-hmm. Absolutely.
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I was kind of thinking
on this note, you know,
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just reviewing this,
what we just read in John
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and I can
understand Pilate's confusion
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because you're
the king of the Jews,
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but they turned you in,
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be speaking like
your action speak words.
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And you can see well,
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how is he the King of the Jews
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if they're sending
you to be crucified?
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I don't, this
isn't making sense,
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some kind of truth
is not connecting here.
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So I'm kind of seeing that
story played out here, said,
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you know that
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I should not be
delivered to the Jews.
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So Jesus is trying to
keep, you know, says him,
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my servant would fight
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so I would not should
not be delivered to the Jews.
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And why would
the King of the Jews
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be delivered for crucifixion?
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That's, that's... Right.
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So I see as a people work,
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we, by how we live our life
and how we conduct ourselves.
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Do we really show
that we live the truth,
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kind of like, absolute truth?
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How do we live
that absolute truth?
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What we're seeing
here is Pilate's confused,
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what is truth?
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If I'm seeing this and seeing,
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there's two
different things going on here.
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Right.
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This story here
fascinates me in this respect.
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I see a time
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when they didn't have
newspapers, televisions,
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radio, etc.
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But they knew the news, right?
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They knew that this man
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Jesus was supposed
to be somebody special.
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He even kind of went around
healing people and, you know,
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this is, this is serious.
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This guy says
He's the Son of God,
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or was raised the
dead, what have you.
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And so it comes to
the point like you said,
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everyone who is of
the truth hears my voice,
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Jesus says to the king,
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"Everyone who is of the truth, "
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meaning, are you, He's
talking to the king now,
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and the king's listening,
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"hears My voice.
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And I came to bear
witness of the truth."
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In other words,
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if I am who everybody
says, or thinks I might be,
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then you better
be paying attention
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to why I'm here
to witness the truth.
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Now you're going
to speak your answer,
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is it going to be truthful?
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And the king went out and said,
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"I find no fault in him."
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There's the truth.
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He put him in a corner,
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he backed him up
against the wall with words.
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And that king was saying,
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"What if He is
who He says He is,
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and has the kingdom in heaven?
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Then I better tell the truth."
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So I think there was a
little something going on there.
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Absolutely.
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You know, I'm just
going back over these words
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that we just read in John 18.
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The fact that Christ specified,
and I love this, he says,
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"For this cause I was born.
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For this cause I
have come into the world."
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Why have you
come into the world?
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Jesus, of course, you
know, many people would say,
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well, as to seek
and save the lost.
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So there's, you know,
00:17:35.88\00:17:37.22
all of those
answers are correct.
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But I like how
he says here, that,
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"I should bear
witness to the truth."
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And in the original Greek there,
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the definite article is there
00:17:44.73\00:17:46.06
that He's not
talking about just simply
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any old kind of whatever
truth you want to come up with.
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He says,
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"I came into this world to
bear witness of the truth."
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And as Brother
Joe brought out here,
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"Everyone who is of
the truth hears My voice."
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And so, can and
should Christians view truth
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as something that is absolute
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something that, that
we can be grounded upon
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and still be drawn to a certain,
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one certain reality
that truth is what it is
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regardless of what you
want to believe or not.
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Truth is truth
according to Christians' views,
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that's what it should be.
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In fact, I'm also
looking here in John 8:32.
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Again, Jesus speaking, He says,
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"And you shall know the truth,
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and the truth
shall make you free."
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Yeah, I like
what JD said earlier
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you know about facts.
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Because facts are
usually something you see,
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literally see.
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When we're talking about Jesus,
00:18:42.22\00:18:43.55
and He's from a
different kingdom,
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I can't see a kingdom.
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So how do I know it's even true?
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You know, Hebrews 11:1
says, faith is evident or hope,
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what it say evidence.
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"Faith is things hoped for,
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the evidence of
things not seen."
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The word evidence.
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So this idea of truth, you know,
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we see the sunrise every
day and it sets in the west.
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That's truth.
It's a fact. Right.
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It's there.
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I got two hands, I got two feet,
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I have two eyes. Right.
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That's true. That's a fact.
00:19:06.31\00:19:07.64
So I think that
we're talking about
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this idea of
absolute versus relative.
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It's people want truth,
like they want it physically.
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They want to be able to see it.
00:19:13.31\00:19:14.65
But Jesus Christ came to
show them a different reality
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and they weren't ready for it.
00:19:17.22\00:19:19.22
That's right. Absolutely.
00:19:19.25\00:19:20.59
And in an ideal world,
that should be quite simple.
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Right.
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But we live in a
world of confusion,
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of which we have choices.
00:19:28.83\00:19:30.17
That's right.
00:19:30.20\00:19:31.53
And then it gets very complex,
00:19:31.57\00:19:32.90
because this may be a
little bit sweeter to me
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.80
than this over here.
00:19:35.84\00:19:37.87
And so all of a
sudden now, there's choices.
00:19:37.91\00:19:41.88
And now the hole gets deeper.
00:19:41.91\00:19:46.55
So where we're
going to go with it?
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How come...
00:19:48.62\00:19:51.05
You were talking
about this earlier.
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How many different
denominations are there?
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There's more than
40,000 according to statistics.
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Forty thousand.
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So there's 40 at least
40,000 different views here.
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Boy, that hole
just got even deeper.
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How come,
00:20:06.07\00:20:07.70
how come if there is the
truth that is so complex?
00:20:07.74\00:20:13.74
Yeah, now
that's a good question.
00:20:13.78\00:20:15.31
And that's kind of the purpose
of this study is that, again,
00:20:15.34\00:20:19.15
as I said earlier,
00:20:19.18\00:20:20.52
outside of the Christian church,
00:20:20.55\00:20:22.15
we expect the world to be draped
00:20:22.18\00:20:24.39
in this confusion, right?
00:20:24.42\00:20:26.19
You expect someone
who does not know Christ,
00:20:26.22\00:20:28.22
who does not profess Christ,
00:20:28.26\00:20:29.76
who does not
seek Jesus as Savior,
00:20:29.79\00:20:31.89
to be kind of
confound to this confused state
00:20:31.93\00:20:35.10
of what is truth is,
truth is what I want it to be.
00:20:35.13\00:20:37.73
But yet inside
the Christian church,
00:20:37.77\00:20:40.37
is truth, is it
supposed to be absolute?
00:20:40.40\00:20:44.24
Or is it
something that's relative
00:20:44.27\00:20:45.61
that we can just
create on our own?
00:20:45.64\00:20:47.88
And so, it kind of reminds me
of something I read about the,
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this is an actual,
this is actual real thing,
00:20:52.38\00:20:54.32
it's called the
law or the principle
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of non-contradiction.
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And this is something
00:20:57.89\00:20:59.22
getting a little
bit of philosophy here,
00:20:59.25\00:21:00.59
which we're going to,
00:21:00.62\00:21:01.96
we're going to touch
it and then back off,
00:21:01.99\00:21:03.32
because the
rabbit hole goes so deep,
00:21:03.36\00:21:05.66
that we'd be there for a while,
00:21:05.69\00:21:07.50
or probably just
scratching our heads like what.
00:21:07.53\00:21:09.53
But talk,
00:21:09.56\00:21:10.90
speaking of this
simplistic understanding of the,
00:21:10.93\00:21:14.30
when talking about logic,
the law of non-contradiction,
00:21:14.34\00:21:18.04
now what is that?
00:21:18.07\00:21:19.41
It simply means,
00:21:19.44\00:21:20.78
and it states
00:21:20.81\00:21:22.14
that something cannot be
and not be at the same time.
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Okay, so let me
say that one more time,
00:21:27.05\00:21:28.38
so we don't confuse.
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Something cannot be and
not be at the same time.
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In other words,
00:21:33.92\00:21:35.26
in relation to what
we're talking about here,
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something cannot be truth
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and then not
truthful at the same time.
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This is either a cup of water,
or it's not a cup of water,
00:21:42.66\00:21:48.44
right?
00:21:48.47\00:21:50.01
But according to the
law of non-contradiction,
00:21:50.04\00:21:52.47
it says it can't be both.
00:21:52.51\00:21:54.04
I can look at this and say,
hey, check out my cup of water.
00:21:54.08\00:21:56.71
But I can also
look at this and say
00:21:56.75\00:21:58.15
check out my non cup of water.
00:21:58.18\00:21:59.98
I'm not holding a cup of
water, but yet it's there.
00:22:00.02\00:22:02.68
It's kind of sounds
silly to even bring that up.
00:22:02.72\00:22:06.05
But yeah, we live
in a reality today
00:22:06.09\00:22:07.99
in a world that we live in,
00:22:08.02\00:22:09.52
where you take some of what
00:22:09.56\00:22:10.89
we would consider as
Christians to be simplistic,
00:22:10.93\00:22:13.70
fundamental, grounded
truths that we live by
00:22:13.73\00:22:16.90
that we, that
we, we function by.
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.93
And yet even within
the Christian world,
00:22:19.97\00:22:22.44
the devil has
infiltrated and caused confusion
00:22:22.47\00:22:25.27
where now people are looking
back at the scriptures, saying,
00:22:25.31\00:22:27.71
"Wait a second, is
that really what it is?
00:22:27.74\00:22:30.21
Does that really
say what it says?"
00:22:30.25\00:22:32.28
And then comes in
private interpretation,
00:22:32.31\00:22:34.15
and the lines are blurred
00:22:34.18\00:22:36.08
and then truth is
no longer absolute.
00:22:36.12\00:22:39.69
And so this is where
00:22:39.72\00:22:41.06
we brought up the
concept of relativism.
00:22:41.09\00:22:42.66
What is relativism?
00:22:42.69\00:22:44.06
You've heard
this, it's a big word,
00:22:44.09\00:22:45.43
but it again,
relativism, what is that?
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.16
It simply states
that truth is relative,
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.36
it's subject to
opinion, it's not absolute.
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.63
And what happens
is in relativism,
00:22:52.67\00:22:54.40
this is the dangers of it.
00:22:54.44\00:22:55.77
And we're going to go
on here in just a moment,
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.14
as we're going to
set the foundation
00:22:57.17\00:22:58.67
for biblical truth.
00:22:58.71\00:23:00.44
But relativism,
00:23:00.48\00:23:01.81
what it basically says is
that I live in my reality,
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.38
and you live in yours.
00:23:04.41\00:23:05.75
You have your
truth, and I have my truth.
00:23:05.78\00:23:07.82
And my truth is my truth
00:23:07.85\00:23:10.12
and it's not
necessarily your truth.
00:23:10.15\00:23:11.82
And so you have your own
truth, you have your own path,
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.26
you have your own light.
00:23:14.29\00:23:15.66
And it may be truth to us,
00:23:15.69\00:23:18.36
but may not necessarily
be true for everyone else.
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.73
And so that actually
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.10
is a violation of the
law of non-contradiction,
00:23:22.13\00:23:24.93
because something can't be true
00:23:24.97\00:23:26.53
and not true at the same time.
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.27
And so that's what
we're talking about.
00:23:28.30\00:23:29.84
And when you when the
lines start to become blurred,
00:23:29.87\00:23:32.24
where you got your own
truth, your own reality,
00:23:32.27\00:23:34.51
I have my own
truth, my own reality,
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.64
then the fundamental
aspects of communication
00:23:36.68\00:23:39.68
begin to be
basically eroded away,
00:23:39.71\00:23:43.39
where you can't
even fundamentally
00:23:43.42\00:23:44.75
communicate properly anymore,
00:23:44.79\00:23:46.19
because, again, you're
living in your own reality
00:23:46.22\00:23:48.69
and I'm living in mine.
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.69
But, go ahead, Joe.
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.49
I was going to say that,
00:23:52.53\00:23:54.90
that confusion began with
Satan in the Garden of Eden.
00:23:54.93\00:23:57.63
Right. That I
was exactly thinking.
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.87
When he said,
00:23:59.90\00:24:01.30
"You shall not surely die,"
00:24:01.34\00:24:04.31
Well, Eve was told she would die
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.31
if she ate from the tree.
00:24:06.34\00:24:08.74
And this fella says,
00:24:08.78\00:24:10.11
"You shall not surely die."
00:24:10.15\00:24:12.01
The glass was full,
but it's not surely full.
00:24:12.05\00:24:16.55
And so he was kind of
like, telling the truth
00:24:16.58\00:24:19.59
because he probably ate
the fruit in front of her
00:24:19.62\00:24:23.02
because the Bible says
00:24:23.06\00:24:24.79
she saw that it
was good for food.
00:24:24.83\00:24:28.60
Now, if that's the
case, then she thought,
00:24:28.63\00:24:32.07
well, for whatever reason,
00:24:32.10\00:24:34.50
God was mistaken or like this,
00:24:34.54\00:24:37.61
this serpent
says hiding something,
00:24:37.64\00:24:39.97
whatever the case is,
00:24:40.01\00:24:41.34
I'm seeing with my own
eyes, that the glass is empty.
00:24:41.38\00:24:45.51
He didn't die.
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.62
So then she went a step
further in there to eat it
00:24:47.65\00:24:50.72
and did not die.
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.79
So the glass,
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.16
you see was
supposed to be full is empty.
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.86
And then she goes
and says to her husband,
00:24:56.89\00:24:59.06
poor guy, she says,
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.43
"Look, I'm eating
and I'm not dying."
00:25:00.46\00:25:01.90
And he says,
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.26
"Well, let's see
what it tastes like,"
00:25:03.30\00:25:04.63
you know what I mean.
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.00
Now, now the
point is when he said,
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.44
"You shall not surely die"
00:25:08.47\00:25:11.84
not really.
00:25:11.87\00:25:13.21
I looked up
surely in the dictionary
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.14
and it says not really die.
00:25:15.18\00:25:17.61
Not certainly die.
00:25:17.65\00:25:20.22
So there's comes that conjecture
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.85
where you just
wonder what's going on.
00:25:21.88\00:25:23.62
And the truth,
00:25:23.65\00:25:25.39
had he told the
truth he would have said,
00:25:25.42\00:25:29.02
you shall not die now.
00:25:29.06\00:25:32.09
Okay.
00:25:32.13\00:25:33.46
That would have
been the truth, concrete.
00:25:33.50\00:25:35.10
Right. Right.
00:25:35.13\00:25:36.87
But again, that concept of,
you know, God saying one thing,
00:25:36.90\00:25:41.14
the enemy saying the
other, but they're conflicting.
00:25:41.17\00:25:44.57
So the question
is, what is truth?
00:25:44.61\00:25:46.54
And the question I
want to ask at this point,
00:25:46.57\00:25:49.48
as we prepare to
go on the next step,
00:25:49.51\00:25:50.95
and I know you
had something to say,
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.31
do you want to go
ahead and say that now?
00:25:52.35\00:25:53.68
Well, no, go ahead.
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.05
Well, the
question we're asking is,
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.42
if truth is absolute,
00:25:56.45\00:25:57.85
and we know that we
just read the scriptures,
00:25:57.89\00:26:00.06
they're talking about the truth.
00:26:00.09\00:26:01.42
So Jesus made truth out to
be something that's absolute.
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.39
So can we as Christians
know that absolute truth
00:26:04.43\00:26:07.70
and know what
that absolute truth is?
00:26:07.73\00:26:10.20
How about this real quick? Sure.
00:26:10.23\00:26:12.60
Titus 1:2,
00:26:12.63\00:26:15.14
"In hope of eternal life, "
00:26:15.17\00:26:16.64
that's what we're hoping for,
00:26:16.67\00:26:19.21
"which God,
00:26:19.24\00:26:20.84
that cannot lie
00:26:20.88\00:26:22.94
promised before
the world began."
00:26:22.98\00:26:25.41
Now if God cannot lie,
00:26:25.45\00:26:29.05
there's your anchor, every word.
00:26:29.08\00:26:31.35
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:26:31.39\00:26:34.19
So if Christians can know truth,
00:26:34.22\00:26:36.99
how do we,
00:26:37.03\00:26:38.36
where do we find
that in Scripture?
00:26:38.39\00:26:39.73
How can we, can
Christians know truth today
00:26:39.76\00:26:42.56
according to the Word of God?
00:26:42.60\00:26:43.93
So why don't,
00:26:43.97\00:26:45.30
why don't we start
in Matthew Chapter 4.
00:26:45.33\00:26:46.87
Matthew 4:4,
00:26:46.90\00:26:48.40
because Jesus
says something here,
00:26:48.44\00:26:50.24
that to me is fundamental.
00:26:50.27\00:26:52.07
It's just, it kind of,
00:26:52.11\00:26:53.48
it's the
foundation of the building
00:26:53.51\00:26:55.61
and everything begins
to build on it from there.
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.08
And that is,
00:26:58.11\00:27:00.38
Brother JD, you want
to read that Matthew 4:4,
00:27:00.42\00:27:02.28
what does he say then?
00:27:02.32\00:27:03.65
"But he answered and
said, 'It is written,
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.15
man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:27:06.19\00:27:08.52
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
00:27:08.56\00:27:12.73
Okay.
00:27:12.76\00:27:14.16
So notice this
every word of God, okay,
00:27:14.20\00:27:18.73
we shall live by that.
00:27:18.77\00:27:20.64
Okay.
00:27:20.67\00:27:22.00
But then if you tie
that to John 17:17, okay,
00:27:22.04\00:27:25.91
when Jesus is praying in
the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:27:25.94\00:27:27.88
what does He say?
00:27:27.91\00:27:29.24
Sanctify them in thy
truth, thy word is truth.
00:27:29.28\00:27:31.55
Sanctify them by thy
truth, thy word is truth.
00:27:31.58\00:27:37.05
And, of course, I'm
going to reference this,
00:27:37.09\00:27:38.52
we won't have to
read it at this moment.
00:27:38.55\00:27:39.89
But Psalm 119:160 says
the entirety, all of it,
00:27:39.92\00:27:43.69
the entirety of
your Word is truth.
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.90
And every one of your righteous
judgments endures forever.
00:27:46.93\00:27:51.97
So if you're, if you...
00:27:52.00\00:27:55.67
Let's assume that you're right.
00:27:55.70\00:27:57.31
Okay. Okay.
00:27:57.34\00:27:59.64
Let's assume that what
this is saying is right,
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.91
well, then there should
be, this should take this,
00:28:02.94\00:28:07.22
this should start
covering up that hole,
00:28:07.25\00:28:09.62
the hole should be
getting a lot smaller now
00:28:09.65\00:28:12.25
because now we begin
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.22
to stand on something more firm.
00:28:14.26\00:28:15.59
That's right.
00:28:15.62\00:28:16.96
So there is something
that's real here, okay.
00:28:16.99\00:28:22.16
But we still are frustrated.
00:28:22.20\00:28:24.60
That's right.
00:28:24.63\00:28:25.97
Some of us...
00:28:26.00\00:28:27.64
Now that, now
you're getting, now you,
00:28:27.67\00:28:29.94
see now we're
getting to that place
00:28:29.97\00:28:31.41
where we started,
00:28:31.44\00:28:32.77
we know that we
know that we know.
00:28:32.81\00:28:35.94
And I would imagine
our loved ones out here.
00:28:35.98\00:28:39.61
That's where we all want to get.
00:28:39.65\00:28:42.08
So I'm assuming that
what you're saying is,
00:28:42.12\00:28:45.15
well, then you need to get
00:28:45.19\00:28:46.69
have a closer walk
with whoever wrote this.
00:28:46.72\00:28:49.29
And then get into this, okay.
00:28:49.32\00:28:51.49
Absolutely. I agree.
00:28:51.53\00:28:53.56
I find that fascinating.
00:28:53.60\00:28:54.93
We just kind of threw out there
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.30
the 40, 000 different
denominations or more,
00:28:56.33\00:28:59.00
and it's fascinating
that how can that be,
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.80
as we're talking
about this absolute truth,
00:29:01.84\00:29:03.20
and I believe there
as we're talking here
00:29:03.24\00:29:05.24
is showing me that
00:29:05.27\00:29:06.61
if we pull up
just a little pillar,
00:29:06.64\00:29:08.54
some small truth
out of the Bible,
00:29:08.58\00:29:10.31
something of the
true Word of God,
00:29:10.35\00:29:12.15
and we begin to
erode away those pillars
00:29:12.18\00:29:14.05
which hold up
the Bible, the truth.
00:29:14.08\00:29:16.02
And once we pull
those pillars out,
00:29:16.05\00:29:17.39
then we got these different
denominations coming along,
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.22
saying, well, this is truth
for this time, or this time,
00:29:19.25\00:29:23.22
all these little
things begin to kind of,
00:29:23.26\00:29:24.93
I guess, surface
that are not true.
00:29:24.96\00:29:27.66
Someplace in here,
we've got to have a hunger.
00:29:27.70\00:29:30.67
We've got to be wired
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.03
so that we want
to know what is real.
00:29:32.07\00:29:35.24
And then we have that
hunger and that thirst
00:29:35.27\00:29:38.04
to know what is real.
00:29:38.07\00:29:39.54
Otherwise, we're over
here in this relative world,
00:29:39.57\00:29:42.44
just floating around, you know,
00:29:42.48\00:29:44.18
and really, not
wanting to talk to anybody,
00:29:44.21\00:29:48.65
but yet wanted
to talk to somebody,
00:29:48.68\00:29:51.15
and that, this is where
it gets really confused.
00:29:51.19\00:29:54.36
Rather than just get
that out of the way, Quinn.
00:29:54.39\00:29:58.46
Why don't you make a decision?
00:29:58.49\00:30:00.96
Why don't you step up the plate?
00:30:01.00\00:30:03.13
And go directly to the source
00:30:03.16\00:30:05.63
and I think that He'll lead
you into that which is truth.
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.60
And that is, the Word is truth.
00:30:08.64\00:30:11.61
Now help me here.
00:30:11.64\00:30:12.97
No, absolutely. No,
you're absolutely right.
00:30:13.01\00:30:14.44
In fact, Psalm 119:105,
00:30:14.48\00:30:16.41
that's one of those
famous verses we got.
00:30:16.44\00:30:18.28
What does it say
there for the Christian,
00:30:18.31\00:30:20.08
again, for those who
profess Jesus Christ,
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.18
"Your word is a
lamp unto my feet
00:30:22.22\00:30:25.35
and a light unto my path."
00:30:25.39\00:30:26.72
I don't know about you guys,
00:30:26.76\00:30:28.09
but if you've ever been
in complete darkness before,
00:30:28.12\00:30:30.29
and I have experienced
a few times in my life,
00:30:30.33\00:30:32.53
complete and total darkness.
00:30:32.56\00:30:33.96
I'm talking about
can't see your hand
00:30:34.00\00:30:36.16
in front of your face, dark.
00:30:36.20\00:30:38.97
There's just
this, this, this innate,
00:30:39.00\00:30:42.67
kind of just draw this desire
00:30:42.70\00:30:45.41
that you want to
see you desire to see.
00:30:45.44\00:30:47.91
And so what do you need?
00:30:47.94\00:30:49.28
You need light.
00:30:49.31\00:30:50.65
And so what God's
Word is saying here,
00:30:50.68\00:30:52.41
and God is simply
declaring about himself
00:30:52.45\00:30:54.68
about the word itself
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.18
is that it's a
light into our feet
00:30:56.22\00:30:58.45
and a lamp unto our feet
and a light unto our path.
00:30:58.49\00:31:00.92
And I love Isaiah 8:20.
00:31:00.96\00:31:03.22
Again, we're talking about,
00:31:03.26\00:31:04.59
can Christians
know the truth today?
00:31:04.63\00:31:06.49
Can we be sure about it,
and that it is absolute truth?
00:31:06.53\00:31:10.20
Isaiah 8:20,
00:31:10.23\00:31:11.57
I love this text to the
law and to the testimony.
00:31:11.60\00:31:14.90
If they do not speak
according to this word,
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.97
it is because there
was no light in them.
00:31:18.01\00:31:20.24
So notice, if the Word of
God is a lamp unto our feet
00:31:20.28\00:31:22.88
and a light into our path,
00:31:22.91\00:31:24.61
and we don't speak as Christians
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.28
according to that Word,
00:31:26.31\00:31:27.75
then what is the Word
of God say about that?
00:31:27.78\00:31:29.85
There's no light in you.
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.25
You don't have any light in you
00:31:31.29\00:31:32.62
because you have
rejected the light
00:31:32.65\00:31:35.26
that is supposed
to light your path,
00:31:35.29\00:31:36.69
the Word of God.
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.23
And, you know,
00:31:38.26\00:31:39.59
to illustrate what we've
been talking about this far,
00:31:39.63\00:31:41.13
have you ever
been at a red light?
00:31:41.16\00:31:44.53
You stopped at a red light,
00:31:44.57\00:31:45.90
you may be in a
two-lane situation
00:31:45.93\00:31:47.57
with a car next to you.
00:31:47.60\00:31:49.00
And, you know, you
may be for just a second
00:31:49.04\00:31:52.21
or two preoccupied,
00:31:52.24\00:31:53.58
maybe looking down
or wherever you find it.
00:31:53.61\00:31:56.18
And then kind of in
your peripheral vision,
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.95
you see what
appears to be in reality,
00:31:58.98\00:32:03.69
that vehicle beside is moving.
00:32:03.72\00:32:05.99
But to you for a
moment, what does it feel like?
00:32:06.02\00:32:09.22
Feels like you're moving.
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.59
What is the natural response,
I don't know about you guys,
00:32:11.63\00:32:13.83
but I've been, I found myself
in this situation a few times.
00:32:13.86\00:32:19.53
And it's kind of
an unnerving feeling.
00:32:19.57\00:32:22.10
Because it kind of
plays with your reality
00:32:22.14\00:32:24.97
for a moment
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.04
in your peripheral,
this vehicle's moving,
00:32:27.08\00:32:29.64
but it almost seems
like you're the one moving.
00:32:29.68\00:32:32.15
And so what do
you do to make sure
00:32:32.18\00:32:35.18
that you reground yourself
to the absolute reality?
00:32:35.22\00:32:39.89
Well, I don't
know about you guys.
00:32:39.92\00:32:41.69
But I find something near me
00:32:41.72\00:32:44.06
that is what I would
consider to be absolute, right?
00:32:44.09\00:32:46.93
A fundamental absolute thing.
00:32:46.96\00:32:48.63
I may find me a
pole that's immovable,
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.70
a building, a tree,
00:32:50.73\00:32:52.07
that tree's not going anywhere,
00:32:52.10\00:32:53.60
that tree stays
grounded in the ground, right?
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.74
So it's rooted in the ground.
00:32:55.77\00:32:57.17
You look for that absolute
00:32:57.21\00:32:58.77
to measure the
reality that you're in
00:32:58.81\00:33:01.78
so that you can
find that direct answer.
00:33:01.81\00:33:03.55
Okay.
00:33:03.58\00:33:04.91
I'm not the one
moving, he was. All right.
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.88
For a moment it
almost seemed like,
00:33:06.92\00:33:08.38
you know, but yet we
live in a world today
00:33:08.42\00:33:10.65
where it seems
like those absolutes
00:33:10.69\00:33:13.46
that tree, is
that tree grounded?
00:33:13.49\00:33:15.56
That's what people would
say, is that tree really there?
00:33:15.59\00:33:18.13
Is that pole really there?
Is that building really there?
00:33:18.16\00:33:20.30
Is the sky really blue?
00:33:20.33\00:33:22.26
You know,
00:33:22.30\00:33:23.63
I know, we're
getting into some stuff here.
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.07
But you know, you know what I...
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.17
I know that they say that
00:33:27.20\00:33:28.54
I was born with the
equipment of a male.
00:33:28.57\00:33:32.27
But in my reality,
00:33:32.31\00:33:34.98
I feel like I might be a female.
00:33:35.01\00:33:39.28
You see how the
lines can get blurred?
00:33:39.31\00:33:40.85
And here's what's
interesting in recent studies,
00:33:40.88\00:33:42.72
and I'm going to
bring up some more studies
00:33:42.75\00:33:44.09
in just a moment.
00:33:44.12\00:33:45.55
These are real,
legitimate research studies
00:33:45.59\00:33:48.62
that have been done
inside the evangelical churches.
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.29
One in four.
00:33:51.33\00:33:52.66
This is just an example.
00:33:52.69\00:33:54.03
I found that as of as of 2020,
a recent study done in 2020,
00:33:54.06\00:33:57.63
one in four
Christians no longer believe
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.74
in absolute
distinction between genders.
00:34:00.77\00:34:03.94
One in four Christians.
00:34:03.97\00:34:06.07
That's huge. That's huge.
00:34:06.11\00:34:08.18
We're talking about
professed Christians
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.15
that when they
pick this up, Brother,
00:34:10.18\00:34:12.28
and they say this
is, I'm a Christian,
00:34:12.31\00:34:14.28
I believe in this Word.
00:34:14.32\00:34:15.65
I believe in what this
is considered to be truth.
00:34:15.68\00:34:18.29
But again, this
is an absolute truth
00:34:18.32\00:34:20.49
for those one in four Christians
00:34:20.52\00:34:21.96
who say, you know what,
00:34:21.99\00:34:23.32
I'm of the opinion that
you know what, it's up to you.
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.86
It's your choice.
00:34:25.89\00:34:27.23
If you want to be a
boy, you can be a boy,
00:34:27.26\00:34:28.60
you want to be a
girl, you can be a girl
00:34:28.63\00:34:29.96
regardless of
your physical anatomy.
00:34:30.00\00:34:33.54
It's quite interesting
00:34:33.57\00:34:34.97
when you start really
considering the depth of this
00:34:35.00\00:34:37.91
because we live in a
world today, my friends,
00:34:37.94\00:34:39.81
where the
fundamental truths of God's Word
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.41
are being chipped out.
00:34:42.44\00:34:43.78
They're eroding
away slowly but surely.
00:34:43.81\00:34:46.01
Touching on what the Lord
impressed me to share earlier,
00:34:46.05\00:34:48.58
Romans 1:25-32
is really the story
00:34:48.62\00:34:54.19
but it's like you're saying
00:34:54.22\00:34:56.26
the chipped away
when this happens,
00:34:56.29\00:34:59.06
why is it that our world
00:34:59.09\00:35:01.70
we're in right
now is so perplexing,
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.26
confused even about
gender, about all these things.
00:35:03.30\00:35:06.30
And I think God really explains
really well in Romans 1:25.
00:35:06.33\00:35:10.21
It says, these
are even Christians.
00:35:10.24\00:35:12.44
It says,
00:35:12.47\00:35:13.81
"Who changed the
truth of God into a lie,
00:35:13.84\00:35:16.64
and worshipped and
served the creature
00:35:16.68\00:35:18.21
more than the Creator,
who is blessed forever.
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.61
Amen."
00:35:19.65\00:35:20.98
So, the way I read
00:35:21.02\00:35:22.35
this is almost like
the creature puts itself
00:35:22.38\00:35:24.09
above the Creator
and it starts doing,
00:35:24.12\00:35:25.59
using his own reasoning.
00:35:25.62\00:35:26.96
And guess what
it says in verse 26,
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.32
"For this cause,
00:35:28.36\00:35:29.69
God gave them up
into vile affections."
00:35:29.72\00:35:32.49
We exchange a
truth of God for lie.
00:35:32.53\00:35:33.90
So relativism, this is
what causes the change.
00:35:33.93\00:35:36.53
For this cause God gave
them up unto vile affections:
00:35:36.56\00:35:39.40
for even their women did
change the natural use into that
00:35:39.43\00:35:42.54
which is against nature.
00:35:42.57\00:35:43.97
And likewise also the men,
00:35:44.01\00:35:45.34
leaving the
natural use of the woman,
00:35:45.37\00:35:46.71
burned in their
lust one toward another,
00:35:46.74\00:35:49.04
men with men working
that which is unseemly,
00:35:49.08\00:35:51.75
and receiving in themselves
00:35:51.78\00:35:53.11
that recompence of
their error which was meet.
00:35:53.15\00:35:55.62
And even as they did not like
00:35:55.65\00:35:57.12
to retain God
in their knowledge,
00:35:57.15\00:35:59.25
God gave them over
to a reprobate mind,
00:35:59.29\00:36:00.99
to do those things
which are not convenient,"
00:36:01.02\00:36:02.66
and it goes into,
00:36:02.69\00:36:04.03
"being filled with
all unrighteousness,
00:36:04.06\00:36:05.39
fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness,
00:36:05.43\00:36:08.56
full of envy, murder, debate,
deceit, malignity, whisperers,
00:36:08.60\00:36:11.83
backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud, boasters,
00:36:11.87\00:36:16.44
inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents,
00:36:16.47\00:36:18.87
" we see a lot of that, "
00:36:18.91\00:36:20.24
without understanding,
covenant breakers,
00:36:20.28\00:36:22.64
without natural affection,
implacable, obstinate,
00:36:22.68\00:36:25.71
unmerciful:
00:36:25.75\00:36:27.08
Who knowing the judgment of God,
00:36:27.12\00:36:28.45
that they which
commit such things
00:36:28.48\00:36:29.82
are worthy of death,
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.19
not only do the same,
00:36:31.22\00:36:32.55
but have pleasure
in them that do them."
00:36:32.59\00:36:33.92
So this is kind of
a list of what happens
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.29
when we believe in
this idea of relativism,
00:36:35.32\00:36:37.43
that truth is relative.
00:36:37.46\00:36:38.89
It's a slippery slope.
00:36:38.93\00:36:40.50
You can see what's
going on right here as we,
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.10
this truth be exchanged.
00:36:42.13\00:36:43.60
So you know, I don't
want anything of this truth.
00:36:43.63\00:36:45.43
I'm just going
to worship and serve
00:36:45.47\00:36:46.80
what I believe is right.
00:36:46.84\00:36:48.17
That's right.
00:36:48.20\00:36:49.54
But it's quite
interesting, though.
00:36:49.57\00:36:50.91
You're bringing up
00:36:50.94\00:36:52.27
and as you're
reading through that passage,
00:36:52.31\00:36:53.64
as a Christian, I'm saying,
00:36:53.68\00:36:55.01
and I don't
know about you, guys,
00:36:55.04\00:36:56.38
when I read that,
00:36:56.41\00:36:57.75
there's not a slightest
thought in my mind where I go,
00:36:57.78\00:37:00.02
Yeah, you know, I
think I'm going to.
00:37:00.05\00:37:01.98
I think like
that's subject to opinion.
00:37:02.02\00:37:05.05
That's subject to my own
perception of what I believe.
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.42
When I read that,
to me, that's absolute.
00:37:08.46\00:37:10.93
But we live in a world today
00:37:10.96\00:37:12.46
where Christians,
00:37:12.49\00:37:13.83
hence the reason why
we're having this study
00:37:13.86\00:37:15.73
Christians, again,
talking about Christian.
00:37:15.76\00:37:18.77
I can't keep saying that enough,
00:37:18.80\00:37:20.24
professed
Christians who have this idea
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.07
that they can read passages
like what you just read,
00:37:23.10\00:37:26.37
some of the ones
that we have read,
00:37:26.41\00:37:27.84
and then we're going
to read in the remaining,
00:37:27.88\00:37:29.44
remainder of the study.
00:37:29.48\00:37:30.81
And they have created
this ideology within them
00:37:30.85\00:37:34.32
that says, you know what,
00:37:34.35\00:37:35.68
I have my own
opinion about that.
00:37:35.72\00:37:37.72
What is truth,
that you can read that
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.32
and get your own truth.
00:37:39.35\00:37:40.79
And I read that and I
get a different truth.
00:37:40.82\00:37:44.13
And this is actually
backed by credible evidence.
00:37:44.16\00:37:47.56
This is just one I
just want to mention here.
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.26
In a 2018
LifeWay Research study,
00:37:49.30\00:37:52.30
they asked
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.67
they serve a multitude
of evangelical Christians.
00:37:53.70\00:37:58.07
And this was the result
they got from a statement.
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.08
I'm going to
read this statement,
00:38:00.11\00:38:01.44
and I'm going to give
you the shocking statistics,
00:38:01.48\00:38:04.48
according to the results
that they got back from this.
00:38:04.51\00:38:06.48
So here's the statement
00:38:06.51\00:38:07.98
that was made by the
LifeWay Research Center.
00:38:08.02\00:38:10.52
Again, trying to
get some feedback
00:38:10.55\00:38:11.95
on whether or not Christians
00:38:11.99\00:38:13.66
evangelicals
agreed with the statement.
00:38:13.69\00:38:16.09
So here's the statement.
00:38:16.12\00:38:17.46
Religious belief is a
matter of personal opinion
00:38:17.49\00:38:21.36
and is not objective truth.
00:38:21.40\00:38:23.20
Wow.
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.57
So in other words,
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.57
it's a matter of
personal opinion,
00:38:26.60\00:38:27.94
it's subjective, it's
whatever I want it to be.
00:38:27.97\00:38:30.97
Okay, so they're asking,
00:38:31.01\00:38:32.34
do you or do you
not agree with this?
00:38:32.37\00:38:34.21
Get this.
00:38:34.24\00:38:35.58
Only 47% of the
evangelical Christians
00:38:35.61\00:38:40.18
that responded to this survey
00:38:40.22\00:38:42.38
strongly disagreed
with that statement.
00:38:42.42\00:38:44.35
Wow.
00:38:44.39\00:38:45.72
So there's 53% that are...
00:38:45.75\00:38:47.82
Fifty three percent
00:38:47.86\00:38:49.92
more than half of the
evangelical Christians,
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.26
and I can't, I
just, it just baffles me.
00:38:53.29\00:38:56.30
Again, 53% of the evangelicals,
according to the passage,
00:38:56.33\00:39:00.87
you just read.
00:39:00.90\00:39:02.24
Would look at
that passage and say,
00:39:02.27\00:39:03.61
"Well, I see it this way,
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.74
or I don't necessarily
agree with the wording,
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.91
I see it more this way.
00:39:08.94\00:39:10.41
And they come up with
their own opinionated,
00:39:10.45\00:39:12.88
subjective reasoning
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.62
as to why that statement is true
00:39:14.65\00:39:17.32
only according
to their standards,
00:39:17.35\00:39:18.69
rather than what of thus
saith the Lord actually says.
00:39:18.72\00:39:20.56
In other words,
00:39:20.59\00:39:21.92
you can't
really take it literal,
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.29
you can't, it's not
objective, it's not grounded,
00:39:23.32\00:39:25.09
it's subject to opinion,
00:39:25.13\00:39:26.63
which is why you have
many Christians today,
00:39:26.66\00:39:29.56
who believe and
think that homosexuality,
00:39:29.60\00:39:32.43
and I'm just
giving that as an example.
00:39:32.47\00:39:34.10
And we can go on to
use other examples too.
00:39:34.14\00:39:37.17
You know, adultery,
and all these other things.
00:39:37.21\00:39:39.77
You got Christians
that think it's okay now
00:39:39.81\00:39:42.58
to live in those lifestyles
because we're under grace.
00:39:42.61\00:39:46.18
And Jesus understands that
we have this bad equipment,
00:39:46.21\00:39:48.55
this bad nature.
00:39:48.58\00:39:49.92
And so truth is subjective.
00:39:49.95\00:39:54.69
So that was interesting to me,
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.29
as I was
looking at that research
00:39:57.33\00:40:00.46
that more than
half of the Christians
00:40:00.50\00:40:03.13
that responded,
00:40:03.16\00:40:04.50
believe that the
truth is subjective
00:40:04.53\00:40:08.64
rather than objective,
that it's subject to opinion.
00:40:08.67\00:40:11.57
And so I have to ask
00:40:11.61\00:40:12.94
as we're talking about
00:40:12.97\00:40:14.31
harping on the
Bible here, gentlemen.
00:40:14.34\00:40:15.84
Why should the Bible be received
00:40:15.88\00:40:17.55
as the ultimate truth?
00:40:17.58\00:40:19.38
As we're considering all
that we're talking about,
00:40:19.41\00:40:22.08
what is it about the Bible that,
00:40:22.12\00:40:24.32
what points can we make here?
00:40:24.35\00:40:25.95
What conclusions can we come to?
00:40:25.99\00:40:27.66
For reasons that that tell us
00:40:27.69\00:40:30.26
that the Bible
should be received
00:40:30.29\00:40:32.09
as ultimate truth.
00:40:32.13\00:40:33.46
It's hard to shift gears here
00:40:36.53\00:40:38.47
and answer that
question at the same time,
00:40:38.50\00:40:41.20
but I'm going to try.
00:40:41.24\00:40:43.00
Now, go ahead.
00:40:43.04\00:40:44.37
Before there was a
Bible, there was a God.
00:40:44.41\00:40:48.44
And He did speak
00:40:48.48\00:40:49.81
and there was an ultimate truth,
00:40:49.84\00:40:52.21
immovable tree with roots.
00:40:52.25\00:40:55.08
Right. Okay.
00:40:55.12\00:40:57.52
It was called the conscience.
00:40:57.55\00:41:00.32
There were people who
never entered a church
00:41:00.36\00:41:02.02
and they knew right from wrong,
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.23
because the
conscience is the voice of God.
00:41:04.26\00:41:08.56
If you think about it,
00:41:08.60\00:41:10.07
Satan can
impress us with thoughts.
00:41:10.10\00:41:13.90
The Holy Spirit's job is
to impress us with thoughts.
00:41:13.94\00:41:19.27
And you can have a premonition.
00:41:19.31\00:41:22.08
A premonition is simply a
righteous thought from God
00:41:22.11\00:41:25.95
or an unrighteous thought
from not the Holy Spirit,
00:41:25.98\00:41:30.29
but the unholy spirit.
00:41:30.32\00:41:31.65
So we're in a war.
00:41:31.69\00:41:33.22
And the conscience tells us,
00:41:33.25\00:41:36.52
I should not steal
my neighbor's chicken.
00:41:36.56\00:41:39.96
Right.
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.33
You don't have to go
to church to know that.
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.50
And so there is a truth
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.20
even back then
there was a truth.
00:41:45.23\00:41:46.74
Right.
00:41:46.77\00:41:48.10
Is the conscience is part of it.
00:41:48.14\00:41:49.64
That's the Word of God. Amen.
00:41:49.67\00:41:51.44
See, when the Word of God comes,
00:41:51.47\00:41:53.34
we know that's the anchor,
00:41:53.38\00:41:55.81
and it comes indeed
in ways without a book.
00:41:55.84\00:41:59.48
Absolutely. I made it.
00:41:59.51\00:42:00.85
I made a note here,
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.22
and you guys can amplify on this
00:42:02.25\00:42:03.59
if you'd like.
00:42:03.62\00:42:04.95
The Bible identifies truth
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.86
as a quality intrinsic
to the very nature of God.
00:42:06.89\00:42:11.33
You know, of course,
00:42:11.36\00:42:12.69
this should not come to
us as much as a surprise
00:42:12.73\00:42:15.56
because what's the
entire Bible all about?
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.17
It's all about Jesus, right?
00:42:18.20\00:42:20.14
And again, Jesus,
according to John 14:6,
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.70
He called Himself the
truth, I am the way the truth.
00:42:22.74\00:42:27.58
Again, there's that
definitive article there.
00:42:27.61\00:42:30.45
The truth, then the life.
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.28
And, of course, he goes on,
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.98
the Bible talks about in John 1,
00:42:34.02\00:42:35.68
and Ephesians 4
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.09
of how Christ was
full of the truth.
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.89
He told the truth,
00:42:40.92\00:42:42.26
according to Mark 12 and John 8.
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.26
We also see that
His words are true,
00:42:45.29\00:42:47.40
according to the
Book of Revelation
00:42:47.43\00:42:48.86
Chapter 21 and 22.
00:42:48.90\00:42:51.13
That He taught the
way of God in truth,
00:42:51.17\00:42:55.00
according to
Matthew 22, and Mark 12,
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.17
and Luke Chapter 20.
00:42:57.21\00:42:58.64
I'm giving some references here.
00:42:58.67\00:43:00.01
So you can look
up if you want to
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.38
go through these rather quickly
00:43:01.41\00:43:02.74
that Jesus
taught about the truth,
00:43:02.78\00:43:04.55
according to John
Chapter 8 and John Chapter 17.
00:43:04.58\00:43:07.58
There again, He
taught about the truth,
00:43:07.62\00:43:09.28
what was that we quoted earlier,
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.65
John 17:17,
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.35
"He said, thy word is truth."
00:43:12.39\00:43:15.82
So He taught about the truth,
00:43:15.86\00:43:17.53
He identified what the truth is.
00:43:17.56\00:43:19.66
He came into the world,
00:43:19.69\00:43:21.03
as we read earlier in John
18 to bear witness of the truth.
00:43:21.06\00:43:24.47
So can you
separate the Bible from God?
00:43:24.50\00:43:27.47
You know, it's interesting
when you mentioned that,
00:43:27.50\00:43:28.97
I was just thinking,
00:43:29.00\00:43:30.34
what came to my mind is
we can prove in history,
00:43:30.37\00:43:32.84
what happens when
you separate this world
00:43:32.87\00:43:35.38
and you know the Bible from God,
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.15
you cannot, but when
we separate ourselves
00:43:37.18\00:43:38.61
from the Bible and the truth.
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.48
France, the French Revolution,
00:43:40.52\00:43:43.35
when you go into
the age of reasoning,
00:43:43.39\00:43:45.02
that's what kind of tumbled us,
00:43:45.05\00:43:46.82
Romans 1:25, we
reason for ourselves.
00:43:46.86\00:43:49.19
Isaiah 1:18 says,
00:43:49.22\00:43:50.56
"Come, let us reason together."
00:43:50.59\00:43:52.29
That's what God says,
He wants us to reason.
00:43:52.33\00:43:54.13
When we throw out
this Bible, the truth,
00:43:54.16\00:43:56.90
we saw it happen in France.
00:43:56.93\00:43:58.27
History showed us
00:43:58.30\00:43:59.63
was the bloodiest three
and a half years on earth,
00:43:59.67\00:44:01.37
to just total mayhem.
00:44:01.40\00:44:02.77
They said blood was just
running down the streets,
00:44:02.80\00:44:04.94
when we throw out this truth,
00:44:04.97\00:44:06.31
and it's all relative to
our own reasoning powers,
00:44:06.34\00:44:09.14
we destroy humanity.
00:44:09.18\00:44:10.78
It just implode.
00:44:10.81\00:44:12.45
That's right,
Brother. Absolutely.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.08
As Brother Joe
brought out earlier,
00:44:14.12\00:44:15.65
you know, again,
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.02
talking about this connection
00:44:17.05\00:44:18.39
between God Himself in the Word,
00:44:18.42\00:44:19.75
you know, why,
00:44:19.79\00:44:21.12
why should the Bible
be received as truth?
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.09
Because it's God's Word.
00:44:23.12\00:44:25.03
And as Brother Joe
brought out earlier,
00:44:25.06\00:44:26.39
God cannot lie,
00:44:26.43\00:44:27.76
I think you
referenced Titus 1:1-3 there.
00:44:27.80\00:44:32.33
Again, Numbers 23:19,
00:44:32.37\00:44:34.57
says God is not a
man that He should lie.
00:44:34.60\00:44:38.27
So God is not a liar.
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.41
And I love in Psalms 31:5,
00:44:40.44\00:44:42.91
you know, David was,
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.28
he was one of those
straightforward brothers.
00:44:44.31\00:44:46.61
He made it very clear,
00:44:46.65\00:44:47.98
into Your hands,
I commit my spirit,
00:44:48.02\00:44:50.29
You have redeemed
me, O Lord God of truth.
00:44:50.32\00:44:54.56
And so all through Scripture,
00:44:54.59\00:44:56.12
we see that there's
this direct connectivity
00:44:56.16\00:44:59.59
that you can't
separate God from truth.
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.90
So why should
the Bible be trusted?
00:45:01.93\00:45:03.67
Because it's God's
word, and God cannot lie.
00:45:03.70\00:45:06.20
And for Christians,
that should be absolutely.
00:45:06.23\00:45:10.04
You know, you've put
together an outline here.
00:45:10.07\00:45:13.27
And this is a fantastic outline,
00:45:13.31\00:45:14.98
and I just want to,
00:45:15.01\00:45:16.38
you've got the God is for those
that are interested in truth,
00:45:16.41\00:45:22.45
who is God?
00:45:22.48\00:45:23.99
And why is this so important
is His Word, His character?
00:45:24.02\00:45:28.42
God is good.
00:45:28.46\00:45:30.86
And there scriptures,
00:45:30.89\00:45:32.23
every one of these
but for lack of time,
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.40
God is good.
00:45:34.43\00:45:36.23
He's holy, He's perfect,
00:45:36.26\00:45:38.77
He's pure, He's
just, God is true.
00:45:38.80\00:45:42.84
He's spiritual,
He's righteousness,
00:45:42.87\00:45:45.64
He's faithful.
00:45:45.67\00:45:47.01
God is love,
God is unchangeable,
00:45:47.04\00:45:49.91
and God is eternal.
00:45:49.94\00:45:52.35
Now, if that rings a bell,
00:45:52.38\00:45:57.19
well, you are, we'll say,
00:45:57.22\00:46:02.46
a true Christian that
believes in this Bible.
00:46:02.49\00:46:06.76
Now, if we flirt
around with these,
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.40
well, you know, God, He's okay.
00:46:09.43\00:46:13.10
Well, then we might
have a problem here.
00:46:13.13\00:46:15.27
And there is a
place for that thinking,
00:46:15.30\00:46:20.34
which we'll get
into in a few minutes,
00:46:20.38\00:46:22.34
which enlightened me.
00:46:22.38\00:46:25.21
I mean, He gives His permission
00:46:25.25\00:46:27.45
that if this is though,
00:46:27.48\00:46:28.82
if you, if you don't
think that God is good.
00:46:28.85\00:46:30.39
That's right.
00:46:30.42\00:46:31.75
Well, there's a place for you.
00:46:31.79\00:46:33.56
You know, I'm
not going to sit here
00:46:33.59\00:46:34.92
and wrestle with you.
00:46:34.96\00:46:36.29
I'm not going to
beat you over the head,
00:46:36.32\00:46:37.66
because you
don't think like I do.
00:46:37.69\00:46:40.13
Okay.
00:46:40.16\00:46:41.50
And so now,
00:46:41.53\00:46:43.83
how can we keep in our
own life that God's good,
00:46:43.87\00:46:47.64
holy, perfect, pure,
just, true, spiritual,
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.80
righteous, faithful,
love, unchangeable and eternal?
00:46:49.84\00:46:54.11
What do we have to do
00:46:54.14\00:46:56.21
so that we can maintain that,
that walk, that straight walk.
00:46:56.24\00:47:00.42
Well, whenever we challenge Him,
00:47:00.45\00:47:04.39
I think that the Bible
uses, well, we're grieving Him.
00:47:04.42\00:47:11.09
Now that, that breaks His heart,
00:47:11.13\00:47:14.10
because He created you,
00:47:14.13\00:47:15.90
you're in His
image, you're His baby.
00:47:15.93\00:47:19.13
And He's disappointed.
00:47:19.17\00:47:20.94
If we really want to
make something out of this,
00:47:20.97\00:47:24.17
we can quench that.
00:47:24.21\00:47:25.54
Oh, boy.
00:47:25.57\00:47:27.18
We don't even... That's right.
00:47:27.21\00:47:28.54
In other words, we just decide
I'm going to extinguish that.
00:47:28.58\00:47:32.78
I'm going to
suppress that feeling,
00:47:32.81\00:47:34.45
because I like the way
00:47:34.48\00:47:36.45
that I'm doing things over here.
00:47:36.48\00:47:39.15
And then we get into John,
00:47:39.19\00:47:41.92
John, who was
the apostle of love.
00:47:41.96\00:47:46.73
However, when He,
that's with the capital He.
00:47:46.76\00:47:49.86
Whenever Jesus, the
Spirit of truth has come,
00:47:49.90\00:47:53.17
He will guide
you into all truth,
00:47:53.20\00:47:55.30
for He will not
speak on His own authority,
00:47:55.34\00:47:57.51
but whatever He hears,
00:47:57.54\00:47:58.87
He will speak
00:47:58.91\00:48:00.24
and He will tell you
of the things to come.
00:48:00.28\00:48:03.08
Now, what does that mean?
00:48:03.11\00:48:06.01
Well, there, we
have to ask this question
00:48:06.05\00:48:08.78
because you've
launched us into a whole...
00:48:08.82\00:48:11.79
Did I jump ahead?
No, you did fantastic.
00:48:11.82\00:48:13.86
You kept us on path,
on the right path here.
00:48:13.89\00:48:17.63
So everything that you just read
00:48:17.66\00:48:19.43
is read earlier
about God being good,
00:48:19.46\00:48:21.13
holy, perfect, pure,
just, true, spiritual,
00:48:21.16\00:48:23.00
all that list there all
the way down to eternal,
00:48:23.03\00:48:25.13
that same thing can
be said about His law.
00:48:25.17\00:48:26.50
Amen.
00:48:26.53\00:48:27.87
So you, again,
00:48:27.90\00:48:29.24
while you can't
separate God from His Word,
00:48:29.27\00:48:30.61
you also can't
separate God from His law.
00:48:30.64\00:48:31.97
But yet we live in a day and age
00:48:32.01\00:48:33.98
where it seems like
in the Christian church,
00:48:34.01\00:48:36.54
what are Christians
doing with the law of God?
00:48:36.58\00:48:40.22
You ask the average Christian,
00:48:40.25\00:48:42.72
is the Ten
Commandments relevant for today?
00:48:42.75\00:48:46.35
What kind of
opinionated responses
00:48:46.39\00:48:48.59
are you going to get
from that, Brother Joe?
00:48:48.62\00:48:50.53
That's the Old Testament.
00:48:50.56\00:48:51.89
I mean...
00:48:51.93\00:48:53.26
You know, on the phones,
we get people who call in.
00:48:53.29\00:48:58.20
And...
00:48:58.23\00:49:02.24
Sometimes our
pastors, and they say,
00:49:02.27\00:49:07.08
"Well, we're not
able to quit sinning,
00:49:07.11\00:49:11.55
you know, and so
kind of saved in our sin,
00:49:11.58\00:49:15.85
not from our sin,
00:49:15.88\00:49:17.39
because we're not
Christ, we're not God."
00:49:17.42\00:49:20.36
Okay.
00:49:20.39\00:49:21.72
And, so then that
pastor will get up
00:49:21.76\00:49:24.73
before his congregation
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.86
and there may be a
particular sin in his life
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.86
that he's rassled with
for decades and has failed,
00:49:29.90\00:49:35.84
because you need the
power of God's presence.
00:49:35.87\00:49:38.57
Know ye not
00:49:38.61\00:49:39.94
you are the
temple of the Holy Ghost.
00:49:39.97\00:49:41.54
You need that
Holy Spirit in you,
00:49:41.58\00:49:43.91
not the unholy spirit.
00:49:43.95\00:49:46.11
And until that happens,
00:49:46.15\00:49:47.48
you will be weak in sin
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.35
and He teaches in
a way that you feel
00:49:49.38\00:49:53.56
He's thinking I'm a
pastor and I can't overcome sin,
00:49:53.59\00:49:57.03
so how could you?
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.43
Well excuse me,
00:49:58.46\00:50:00.13
we have to get
back to the Word of God.
00:50:00.16\00:50:03.00
That tree has
roots. It doesn't move.
00:50:03.03\00:50:05.73
And so, how then
can you overcome sin?
00:50:05.77\00:50:09.00
Well, God tells
us to pray for grace.
00:50:09.04\00:50:12.37
My grace is sufficient.
00:50:12.41\00:50:15.41
How is it sufficient?
00:50:15.44\00:50:16.78
Well, His blood at the
cross paid for the wages of sin,
00:50:16.81\00:50:21.62
which is death.
00:50:21.65\00:50:22.98
That's mercy and pardon.
00:50:23.02\00:50:25.15
But I'm still
sinning. So what's the deal?
00:50:25.19\00:50:28.29
How can you
possibly overcome sin?
00:50:28.32\00:50:31.23
Well, if you look up
grace, it simply says,
00:50:31.26\00:50:33.96
it's pardon and power.
00:50:34.00\00:50:37.00
Now, when you read the
Bible, and you read grace,
00:50:37.03\00:50:39.20
put power in the
place of that word,
00:50:39.23\00:50:41.24
and see what happens.
00:50:41.27\00:50:42.87
That's God's power, not mine.
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.51
So you have to join.
00:50:45.54\00:50:47.51
Get that spirit in
you and walk with God
00:50:47.54\00:50:50.88
and live according to
God, speak as God speaks.
00:50:50.91\00:50:54.18
And you can see a lot of people,
00:50:54.22\00:50:56.05
a lot of people will
walk that walk outwardly,
00:50:56.08\00:51:01.39
but inwardly,
their heart is different.
00:51:01.42\00:51:04.43
Let me read this here.
00:51:04.46\00:51:05.79
This is a Psalms 14:1-2.
00:51:05.83\00:51:10.83
A Psalm of David,
00:51:10.87\00:51:12.33
"Lord, who shall
abide in thy tabernacle,
00:51:12.37\00:51:15.57
who shall dwell
in thy holy hill."
00:51:15.60\00:51:18.24
We're talking about
who's going to be saved here,
00:51:18.27\00:51:21.11
"And he says he
that walketh uprightly,
00:51:21.14\00:51:23.95
and work with righteousness,"
00:51:23.98\00:51:26.18
which we're failing at,
00:51:26.21\00:51:27.95
and the
preachers know too, okay,
00:51:27.98\00:51:30.29
"and speaketh the
truth in his heart."
00:51:30.32\00:51:35.42
There's the difference.
You can't just act it out.
00:51:35.46\00:51:40.83
You have to
know that inside you,
00:51:40.86\00:51:42.96
you're not a dog
00:51:43.00\00:51:44.33
that's going to
return to your vomit
00:51:44.37\00:51:46.20
as the Bible says.
00:51:46.23\00:51:47.84
And that means
00:51:47.87\00:51:49.40
they don't speak with
guile when they're preaching.
00:51:49.44\00:51:51.67
They don't say
well like offshoots,
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.38
offshoots know the
program, they teach the program,
00:51:53.41\00:51:57.01
but they make it a little easy
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.41
when it comes to music or dress
00:51:58.45\00:51:59.88
or food or some other thing,
00:51:59.91\00:52:01.48
you know, and they use guile,
00:52:01.52\00:52:06.05
the same old
trick that Satan used.
00:52:06.09\00:52:09.59
Surely you shall not die
00:52:09.62\00:52:11.99
and so we have to have
a heart turn toward God.
00:52:12.03\00:52:16.30
We have to be willing to
lay down our favorite things
00:52:16.33\00:52:20.77
and say no more.
00:52:20.80\00:52:23.67
And it may come to the point
where in Revelation it says,
00:52:23.71\00:52:28.31
there'll be a death decree.
00:52:28.34\00:52:30.48
Are you ready to
lay down your life?
00:52:30.51\00:52:31.98
Because in that
chapter, in Revelation, it says,
00:52:32.01\00:52:38.09
the saints have
the faith not in Jesus,
00:52:38.12\00:52:42.52
it changes and says,
00:52:42.56\00:52:44.03
they have the faith of Jesus,
00:52:44.06\00:52:46.36
and He was willing to
lay His life down for us.
00:52:46.39\00:52:49.73
How much are we
willing to show our love
00:52:49.76\00:52:51.97
for what He did for us?
00:52:52.00\00:52:53.70
Because He's offering
us eternal life restored?
00:52:53.74\00:52:56.64
What is that worth?
00:52:56.67\00:52:58.01
Right.
00:52:58.04\00:52:59.37
It made me think
about this word law.
00:52:59.41\00:53:00.91
We're talking, maybe think about
00:53:00.94\00:53:02.31
we need called
boundaries, we need boundaries.
00:53:02.34\00:53:04.51
That's what that law
does, it keeps us in boundaries.
00:53:04.55\00:53:07.12
So we can walk
on that narrow path,
00:53:07.15\00:53:08.65
is kind of you're
discussing or describing.
00:53:08.68\00:53:10.89
You know, otherwise,
00:53:10.92\00:53:12.25
we're just kind of
meandering wherever
00:53:12.29\00:53:13.62
and then we're getting lost.
00:53:13.66\00:53:14.99
So we were talking
about this idea of relativism
00:53:15.02\00:53:16.36
versus absolute,
00:53:16.39\00:53:17.73
you know,
00:53:17.76\00:53:19.09
this absolutely
keeps us on a narrow path.
00:53:19.13\00:53:20.70
But if we don't have that law,
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.23
then we're just
going to go wherever
00:53:22.26\00:53:23.60
this path wants to takes us.
00:53:23.63\00:53:24.97
We're just
wherever we're meandering,
00:53:25.00\00:53:26.53
I think about that
Christian progress,
00:53:26.57\00:53:28.44
pilgrim's progress,
00:53:28.47\00:53:30.21
where, you know,
Christian gets off the path
00:53:30.24\00:53:31.87
and so stay in
the king's highway,
00:53:31.91\00:53:33.78
and the king's way.
00:53:33.81\00:53:35.14
And he's like, well,
how'd you get over here?
00:53:35.18\00:53:37.11
I just meandered
over and got lost
00:53:37.15\00:53:38.78
and you get lost in
this filth, this junk,
00:53:38.81\00:53:40.92
you're in this pollution.
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.38
If you stay on God's
way, which is His law,
00:53:42.42\00:53:45.39
you won't go and fall
00:53:45.42\00:53:46.76
in that pollution and filth, so.
00:53:46.79\00:53:48.36
And His way is
absolute. Right. Exactly.
00:53:48.39\00:53:50.63
There is no, I think it was,
00:53:50.66\00:53:51.99
I think it was Oprah
Winfrey that said years ago.
00:53:52.03\00:53:53.83
And I actually have
video footage of this,
00:53:53.86\00:53:56.30
where she actually said to,
00:53:56.33\00:53:57.87
'cause she's
through making a point
00:53:57.90\00:53:59.73
that she has one of the
largest churches in the world,
00:53:59.77\00:54:01.84
maybe one of
the largest she has.
00:54:01.87\00:54:03.57
Her did almost she stood us,
00:54:03.61\00:54:04.94
but did at one time
00:54:04.97\00:54:06.31
have this huge
online church following
00:54:06.34\00:54:08.64
and said to all of her followers
00:54:08.68\00:54:10.28
or your church goers,
00:54:10.31\00:54:11.88
that you know,
Jesus isn't the only way.
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.42
But there's many,
many different ways too.
00:54:14.45\00:54:15.78
I remember, yeah.
00:54:15.82\00:54:17.15
And so as you're
bringing that up again,
00:54:17.19\00:54:18.55
that's another that's that,
00:54:18.59\00:54:20.19
that idea that I
have my own truth.
00:54:20.22\00:54:22.02
Find your own truth.
00:54:22.06\00:54:23.59
Locate whatever truth
it is that works for you,
00:54:23.63\00:54:26.26
and just follow that
you knew, your own rap.
00:54:26.29\00:54:29.00
That's not, there's
no, that's relativism.
00:54:29.03\00:54:31.40
That's not objective truth.
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And we know that
the Bible teaches
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and I love what
Brother JD brought out earlier
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because he was
setting us on the right path.
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You know why so
many Christians struggle
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with this concept
of objective truth,
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you know, absolute truth,
is they quench the spirit.
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And when we quench the spirit,
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and we are basically
grieving the Holy Spirit,
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then that Holy Spirit
which Jesus referred to
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as the Spirit of truth,
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that He would come according
to John 16:13 as you read,
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The Spirit of truth,
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He will come and guide
you into how much truth?
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All truth.
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When you quench that spirit,
00:55:04.07\00:55:05.40
when you quench
this Holy Spirit of God,
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you're taking
away that life source.
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You're taking away the
moral spiritual compass
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that points you to
that absolute truth.
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And it's always going
to come back to God's Word,
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it's always going to
come back to God's Word.
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And so, my friends, in closing,
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now we got two
minutes really quickly.
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Time's ticking away.
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How can we in closing here,
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how can we make sure
that we remain grounded
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in the truth of God's
Word and not in our own way?
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What are some principles?
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Well, I would just like to
take one I love Proverbs 3:5-7.
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This is one that we should all.
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This is one
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that you need to put in
the front of your Bible.
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"Trust in the Lord
with all of your heart, "
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not part of your
heart, all of your heart,
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"lean not on your
own understanding.
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And in all your
ways acknowledge Him,
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and He shall direct your paths."
00:55:49.04\00:55:52.55
Do not be wise in your own eyes,
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and count on the Holy
Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
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If you get
outside the boundaries,
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the Holy Spirit will make
it perfectly clear to you.
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You know, hey,
you're veering out.
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So, trust in the Lord.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Brother, 2 Timothy 2:15.
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That's one of my favorites.
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But read, read that
there, 2 Timothy 2:15.
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We're asking the question,
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how can we make sure
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that we're
grounded in the truth?
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"Study to show
thyself approved unto God,
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workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:56:22.11\00:56:25.75
Rightly, I love that.
00:56:25.78\00:56:27.12
Study to show yourself approved,
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there's a difference
between reading the Word of God
00:56:28.78\00:56:31.69
and studying the Word of God.
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Of course, we always
want to encourage everyone
00:56:33.42\00:56:36.12
to read the Word of the Lord.
00:56:36.16\00:56:38.26
But commit
yourself to doing more study
00:56:38.29\00:56:40.83
because when we spend
more time with the Lord,
00:56:40.86\00:56:44.10
then He over time begins
to share as the Bible says,
00:56:44.13\00:56:47.27
let this mind be in you,
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which is also in
Christ Jesus, as we begin to,
00:56:48.77\00:56:51.24
as God begins to
shape and mold us
00:56:51.27\00:56:53.17
into those vessels of
honor prepared for His kingdom.
00:56:53.21\00:56:56.18
It's no longer our own thoughts.
00:56:56.21\00:56:57.75
It's no longer our own
ideas, our own perceptions,
00:56:57.78\00:57:00.72
but it's Christ
through us coming through us,
00:57:00.75\00:57:03.39
His mind, His heart, His truth,
00:57:03.42\00:57:05.75
because His truth is
the only truth that counts.
00:57:05.79\00:57:08.72
Gentlemen, thank you so
much. It's been a great.
00:57:08.76\00:57:10.96
The Pastoral department
has been represented today.
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Thank you guys so much.
00:57:14.46\00:57:15.80
And hey, we want to
thank each and every one of you
00:57:15.83\00:57:17.60
for joining us here today.
00:57:17.63\00:57:19.00
We hope that you
have been blessed.
00:57:19.03\00:57:20.57
We hope that you
shared this truth
00:57:20.60\00:57:21.97
because there is absolute truth.
00:57:22.00\00:57:23.94
It's only found
in the Word of God,
00:57:23.97\00:57:25.77
in Jesus Christ.
00:57:25.81\00:57:27.28
So God bless you.
00:57:27.31\00:57:28.64
Thank you so much.
00:57:28.68\00:57:30.01
Have a good day
and until next time,
00:57:30.05\00:57:31.48
we shall see you soon
00:57:31.51\00:57:32.85
right back here on
3ABN Family Worship.
00:57:32.88\00:57:34.88
Amen. Amen.
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