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Photo-Theology: How to Study The Bible

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00:04 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:09 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:17 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪
00:35 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:49 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:08 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
01:13 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, JASON. THIS IS MY CO-HOST, MY SON --
01:18 >> I KNOW IT. >> -- THE GENERAL MANAGER OF
01:23 DARE TO DREAM NETWORK. JASON BRADLEY.
01:25 >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
01:27 >> I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE. >> I AM TOO.
01:30 AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE THIS EVENING.
01:34 >> I KNOW IT. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE BEEN WITH
01:37 OUR GUEST ALL WEEK -- >> UH-HUH.
01:40 >> ALL WEEK. [ LAUGHTER ]
01:42 >> BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TAPING, RECORDING OUR NEW SALVATION AND
01:46 SYMBOLS AND SIGNS SERIES ON DANIEL.
01:50 >> UH-HUH. >> TELL OUR VIEWERS HAS IT IS
01:54 GOING. >> IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
01:56 AMAZING.-SEEING THE BOOK OF DANIEL IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT, THE WAY THAT
02:03 PASTER MEYERS AND PASTOR RAFFERTY BREAK DOWN AND
02:08 EXTRAPOLATE THE MEAT THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL
02:11 IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. >> YES.
02:13 >> AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE LIKE THAT,
02:18 WELL, YOU TUNED INTO THE RIGHT PROGRAM.
02:21 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE
02:23 TALKING ABOUT HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.
02:25 >> WE ARE. WE ARE.
02:27 I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, BECAUSE WE GET EMAILS EVERY
02:32 SINGLE DAY ON SALVATION AND SYMBOLS AND SIGNS, AND WE NOW
02:37 WANT KNOW HOW TO STUDY GOD'S WORD.
02:43 AND SO PASTOR IVOR MYERS IS HERE THIS EVENING.
02:46 WELCOME PASTOR IVOR MYERS. >> GOOD TO BE HERE, GOOD TO BE
02:51 HERE. YET AGAIN.
02:52 YET AGAIN. WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALL WEEK.
02:54 >> WE HAVE. >> ALL WEEK.
02:56 >> FOR HOURS. >> FOR HOURS.
03:00 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT IT HAS BEEN GOING SO
03:03 BEAUTIFULLY, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE INCITES THAT
03:07 YOU AND PASTOR JAMES RAFFERTY SHARE WITH US.
03:12 JASON AND I ARE THE STUDENTS OF THE PROGRAM, AND WE KIND
03:15 OF -- YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM ON -- INSTEAD OF BEING SO
03:20 CEREBRAL, WHICH THEY ARE, BUT WE KEEP THEM AT, LIKE, VIEWER
03:23 LEVEL. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
03:25 >> WE ASK QUESTIONS THAT WE THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
03:28 SO WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
03:31 >> THANK YOU. >> YOU THE FOUNDER OF POWER OF
03:37 THE LAMB MINISTRIES. >> YES.
03:38 >> AND YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING JOURNEY.
03:42 AFTER OUR MUSIC FOR THIS EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
03:47 ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY. WE HAVE STEPHANIE DAWN WITH US,
03:50 AND SHE IS GOING TO SING AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAN THORNTON.
03:57 SHE IS GOING TO SING "SPEECHLESS."
04:40 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS OVERCOME BY JOY THAT REACHES INTO MY HEART SO
04:52 DEEPLY ♪ ♪ ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ♪
05:06 ♪ IN THIS WONDER OF YOUR KINDNESS ♪
05:18 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪ ♪ SILENCED BY HOW GOOD YOU ARE
05:25 TO ME ♪ ♪ WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN SO
05:42 SHATTERING ♪ ♪ I COULD NOT USE WORDS ♪
05:47 ♪ THERE WAS COMFORT IN THE KNOW ♪
05:53 ♪ THAT YOU WERE THERE ♪ ♪ BUT NOW IT'S ALL GRATITUDE I
06:06 STRUGGLE TO EXPRESS ♪ ♪ MY AMAZEMENT AT YOUR
06:15 OVERWHELMING LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS ♪
06:19 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪ ♪ OVERCOME BY JOY THAT REACHES
06:32 INTO MY HEART SO DEEPLY ♪ ♪ ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ♪
06:52 ♪ IN THE QUIET WONDER OF YOUR KINDNESS ♪
07:04 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪ ♪ SILENCED BY HOW GOOD YOU ARE ♪
07:13 ♪ TO ME ♪ ♪ WHEN I COULD COMPARE WHAT I
07:28 DESERVE TO HOW I FEEL SO HOPELESS ♪
07:33 ♪ I'M IN AWE THAT INSTEAD I FIND TENDERNESS ♪
07:44 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪
07:57 ♪ ♪ IN THIS QUIET SILENT WONDER OF
08:25 YOUR KINDNESS ♪ ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪
08:32 ♪ SILENCED BY HOW GOOD YOU ARE TO ME ♪
08:46 ♪ I'M SPEECHLESS ♪ ♪ SILENCED BY HOW GOOD YOU ARE
08:57 TO ME ♪
09:10 >> "SPEECHLESS." THANK YOU STEPHANIE DAWN FOR
09:13 THAT -- THAT LOVELY SONG. >> UH-HUH.-p>> LOVELY.
09:18 PASTOR MEYERS LET'S GET TO IT, AS DANNY SAY, LET'S CUT THIS
09:24 MELON. [ LAUGHTER ]
09:25 >> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A JOURNEY THAT -- IN A SENSE IS KIND OF
09:29 SIMILAR TO MINE IN THAT WE WERE BOTH IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
09:32 TELL US ABOUT YOUR BEGINNINGS, EVEN BEFORE YOU GOT INTO THE
09:36 MUSIC INDUSTRY. DID YOU GROW UP IN A CHRISTIAN
09:39 HOME? WHAT WAS YOUR HOME LIFE LIKE?
09:41 >> SO I WAS BORN IN JAMAICA. I DIDN'T GROW UP IN -- YOU KNOW,
09:47 WE WEREN'T A RELIGIOUS FAMILY, LIKE GOING TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK
09:51 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN WE WENT TO CHURCH -SOMETIMES, BUT IT WAS -- MY
09:59 PARENTS, YOU KNOW, GOOD PEOPLE, CAUGHT US TO BE RESPECTFUL ALL
10:02 OF THOSE THINGS. SO WE GREW UP IN A GOOD HOME.
10:06 MY INTERDIRECTION TO CHRISTIANITY KIND OF CAME IN
10:11 STAGES. BEGINNING WITH WHEN I WAS AROUND
10:14 12 YEARS OLD, I HAD, YOU KNOW, AN EXPERIENCE WITH A COUSIN OF
10:19 MINE WHO CAME OVER TO THE STATES AND INTRODUCED ME TO THE
10:23 BIBLE -- INTRODUCED ME TO THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS AND REALLY
10:26 SCARED ME TO DEATH. >> THAT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION TO
10:29 THE BIBLE? THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS.
10:32 >> THAT WAS MY -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WNT TO HEAR THE STORY,
10:35 BUT -- >> YES, GO AHEAD.
10:38 TELL IT. >> I WAS 12 -- NO, I WAS 11.
10:43 I'M SORRY, I WAS 12, MY BROTHER WAS 11, AND LIKE I SAY, WE
10:48 DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH TOO OFTEN. AND MY COUSIN CAME FROM ENGLAND.
10:52 SHE IS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD. HER NAME IS SUSAN, AND SUSAN
10:57 WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT THE BIBLE.
10:59 WE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HER IMMEDIATELY.
11:02 IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME MEETING HER.
11:04 AND BY THIS TIME, WE WERE IN THE STATES.
11:07 WE WERE IN AMERICA. SO SUSAN WAS TALKING US TO ABOUT
11:11 THE BIBLE ONE MORNING, BUT THIS TIME SHE IS TALKING TO US ABOUT
11:14 THIS THING CALLED THE MARK OF BEAST, AND MY PARENTS WERE NOT
11:20 HOME AT THE TIME. AND IT WAS JUST ME AND MY
11:23 BROTHER AND SUSAN AT HOME, AND SHE'S TELLING US ABOUT THIS
11:26 THING IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION CALLED THE MARK OF THE BEAST,
11:29 AND MY BROTHER AND I -- AS SHE'S TALKING, MY BROTHER AND I ARE
11:35 LIKE, NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
11:39 WHY? BECAUSE THAT SUMMER WE HAD JUST
11:41 WATCHED A MOVIE ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO DISCOVERS HE IS THE
11:46 ANTICHRIST. >> OH, NO.
11:47 >> AND HE WAS FROM ENGLAND, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER.
11:50 >> OH, NO. >> AND HE HAD 666 WRITTEN IN HIS
11:56 FOREHEAD, SO ANYONE THAT DISCOVERS HIS IDENTITY DIES A
12:04 HORRENDOUS -- JUST PAINFUL, LIKE, JUST CRAZY DEATH, LIKE
12:10 GETTING HIT BY A TRUCK, AND THE TRUCK DOESN'T KILL HIM, AND A
12:14 CROW COMES OUT OF NOWHERE. AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE -- AND
12:18 THEIR DEATH WOLD JUST BE SO HORRENDOUS.
12:21 SO AFTER WE SAW THAT MOVIE, MY BROTHER AND I DECIDED WE NEVER
12:25 WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE MARK OF THE BEAST WAS.
12:28 >> WOW, THAT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION.
12:31 >> THAT WAS OUR INTRODUCTION. MY COUSIN WAS LIKE, I KNO WHAT
12:34 THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
12:38 MARK OF THE BEAST IS? AND WE WERE LIKE, WE'RE ABOUT TO
12:42 DIE. AND THEN SHE BEGINS TO TELL US
12:44 THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN COMPANY THAT PRODUCES SOAP.
12:47 AND ON THEIR SOAP BOXES IS THIS SYMBOL OF A CIRCLE AND A HALF
12:54 MOON AND A MAN'S FACE. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
12:58 ABOUT. >> AND SHE IS LIKE THAT IS THE
13:00 MARK OF THE BEAST, AND I'M THINKING, WE ARE ABOUT TO DIE,
13:04 AND MY PARENTS AREN'T HOME.-AND SHE WAS LIKE DO YOU HAVE A SOAP BOX IN YOUR HOUSE?-AND I'M LIKE, YES, SUSAN.
13:12 AND SHE IS LIKE, WHERE IS IT? AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE LIKE
13:17 IT'S IN THE BASEMENT. AND SHE WAS LIKE LET'S GO.
13:23 AND OFF WE GO DOWN THE STEPS, AND THE STEPS ARE CREAKING, AND
13:27 IN MY MIND I HEAR THE HORROR MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND.
13:31 WE GET TO THE BASEMENT AND WE POINT TO THE SOAP BOX, AND WE
13:35 START BACKING UP. SHE PICKS IT UP, TURNS IT, LOOKS
13:39 AT US, AND THEN SHE IS LIKE, THERE IT IS.
13:42 MY BROTHER AND I SEE THE CIRCLE WITH THE HALF MOON AND THE MAN'S
13:47 FACE IN IT, WE RUN OUT THE HOUSE SCREAMING IN OUR PAJAMAS.
13:53 WE ARE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET -- NO LAUGHING ON THE
13:58 SET, PLEASE -- WE ARE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
14:02 SCREAMING -- >> IN NEW YORK.
14:04 >> THIS WAS IN LONG ISLAND. WE ARE SCREAMING AND CRYING, AND
14:08 MY COUSIN IS LAUGHING TO DEATH. WE'RE LOOKING FOR CROWS.
14:14 WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSES TO -FALL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE EARTH TO
14:18 OPEN UP. AND AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF
14:21 NOTHING HAPPENING, WE CALM DOWN, AND THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO
14:24 THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS AND THE BIBLE.
14:27 >> IT'S FUNNY, BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY.
14:31 IT'S FUNNY IN THE WAY YOU ARE TELLING IT.
14:34 BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A DISTORTION OF WHAT THE
14:39 TRUE MARK OF THE BASE IS. AND THAT'S HOW MEDIA CAN JUST
14:44 CHANGE HOW WE PERCEIVE THINGS. >> IT PLANTED A SEED IN MY MIND.
14:48 AFTERWARDS I WAS LIKE, WE'RE STILL LIVE, IT HAPPENED, MAYBE
14:53 YOU CAN KNOW WHAT THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS AND LIVE.
14:56 SO I REMEMBER A SEED BEING PLANTED.
14:59 AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A SEED WAS PLANTED AND THEN I WENT ON AS
15:04 USUAL, JUST LIVING MY LIFE OR WHATEVER.
15:06 >> UH-HUH. >> AND SO AS A TEENAGER, MY
15:11 BROTHER AND I GOT REALLY INVOLVED IN THE HOP -- HIP HOP
15:17 INDUSTRY, BREAK DANCING AND THE WHOLE CULTURE, AND BY THE TIME
15:20 WE GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD FORMED A FOUR-MAN HIP HOP GROUP.
15:25 WE GRADUATED WENT TO COLLEGE, AND IN MY SECOND YEAR OF
15:29 COLLEGE, ENTERED A TALENT SHOW AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN
15:38 WASHINGTON, D.C. WE CAME IN FIRST PLACE AND THAT
15:40 LEAD TO A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH EMI RECORDS IN 1993.
15:45 THE NAME OF OUR GROUP WAS THE BOOGIE MONSTERS.
15:50 WE STARTED RECORDING. WE RECORDED AN ALBUM, AND WHILE
15:55 WE WERE RECORDING THAT FIRST ALBUM, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
15:59 GOSPEL, AND THAT'S WHERE MY WHOLE LIFE JUST -- YOU KNOW,
16:02 TOOK A TURN, AND I ENDED UP LEAVING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS
16:06 WELL AS MY BROTHER WHO WAS IN THE GROUP WITH US.
16:11 BOTH OF US LEFT THE INDUSTRY FOR THE SAME REASON AND WENT INTO
16:16 MINISTRY. IT WAS NOT MY INTENT TO GO INTO
16:19 MINISTRY. I JUT LEFT THE GROUP, BECAUSE
16:21 THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED SO IMPACTED ME THAT I WAS WILLING
16:26 TO WALK AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, $800,000 CONTRACT, AND BASICALLY
16:30 WENT TO WORK AT TARGET, YOU KNOW, MAKING LIKE MINIMUM WAGE.
16:36 >> YEAH. >> AND HADN'T REALLY THOGHT
16:38 ABOUT BECOMING A PASTOR, JUST KNEW THAT I COULD NOT CONTINUE
16:41 DOING WHAT I WAS DOING, AND THEN FROM THERE, THE LORD JUST BEGAN
16:46 TO SHOW ME DIFFERENT THINGS AND ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER, AND
16:50 NOW HERE I AM. >> WOW.
16:52 >> WOW. >> SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
16:54 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY CAN LISTEN TO HIP HOP AND
17:00 BE CHRISTIAN IN I MEAN WHAT --WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
17:06 >> YEAH. YOU KNOW, I KNOW -- LIKE GOD
17:10 USES DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, RIGHT?
17:12 SO WHEN I WAS GETTING MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GOSPEL, OF
17:18 THIS TRUTH, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE WERE -- WE WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT
17:24 WHAT WE WERE LEARNING, THAT WE -- WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO
17:28 TAKE THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES AND PUT IT IN OUR HIP HOP MUSIC,
17:32 AND GO INTO CLUBS, AND WE'LL BE PERFORMING AND PULL OUT "THE
17:41 GREAT CONTROVERSY" BOOKS OUT OF OUR BACKPACKS.
17:45 WE WOULD BE LIKE WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT SIN IS?
17:49 PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. THEY WOULD PUT THEIR HANDS UP
17:53 AND WE WOULD THROW OUT "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY" BOOKS.
17:56 GOD USED AT US OUR -- THAT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD.
18:01 AND HE USES DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
18:04 AND NOW WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE LYRICS OF A LOT OF THESE SONGS,
18:08 IT'S ROCK MUSIC -- IT'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I
18:12 THINK THE MORE YOU TRY TO GET THE MIND OF CHRIST, THAT'S THE
18:16 KEY THING. STRIVING FOR THE MIND OF CHRIST
18:22 WILL SHOW YOU HOW CHRIST WANTS YOU TO WALK.
18:25 AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN
18:29 DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT LEARNING -- THAT'S WHAT I HAVE
18:31 LEARNED OVER MY YEARS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN, SOMETIMES YOU CAN
18:34 POINT TO THINGS AND BE LIKE, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS, OR YOU
18:39 SHOULDN'T DO THAT. BUT THAT'S WHY MY PASSION HAS
18:41 REALLY BECOME STUDYING THE BIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK ONCE
18:45 PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO FOCUS ON CHRIST, ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS,
18:49 YOU KNOW, THAT WE TYPICALLY LIKE -- YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE
18:53 THINGS BEGIN TO BECOME SELF-EVIDENT.
18:55 AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY PASSION HAS BECOME, REALLY TEACHING
18:59 PEOPLE HOW TO GET INTO THE WORD OF GOD.
19:01 >> AND YOU HAVE NAMED YOUR SYSTEM.
19:04 >> YES. IT'S CALLED PHOTO-THEOLOGY.
19:06 AND THE MEANING BEHIND THAT NAME IS BASIALLY THE STUDY OF GOD
19:10 THROUGH THE USE OF PICTURES. AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT
19:14 DEFINITION A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE,
19:19 YOU KNOW, WHEN I BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, I DIDN'T
19:25 COME IN THROUGH AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES.
19:27 I DIDN'T COME IN THROUGH GOING TO SCHOOL.
19:30 IT WAS -- I WAS -- YOU KNOW, A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF MINE
19:35 BASICALLY ASKED US A QUESTION ONE NIGHT.
19:38 VERY INTERESTING, HE ASKED US WHAT DAY WE THINK THE SABBATH
19:42 IS. WE WERE ALL -- LIKE 20 TO 30 OF
19:45 US WERE JUST HANGING OUT THIS NIGHT TALKING AND ALL DREAD
19:49 LOCKED DOWN, AND SMOKING OUR MARIJUANA, AND OUT OF THE BLUE
19:53 THIS GUY THAT WE NEVER MET BEFORE ASKED US THIS QUESTION.
19:56 HE WAS A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF OURS, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW HIM.
20:00 AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING -- I CAN'T REMEMBER.
20:04 AND HE -- IT WAS KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF SPIRITUAL THINGS,
20:09 AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE MIXING SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE -- YOU
20:12 KNOW, BEING ECLECTIC RAPPERS. THE NEW ORDER THEY ARE OUT TO
20:19 GET YOU, MAN. MARK OF THE BEAST, MAN.
20:22 WATCH OUT FOR THOSE SOAP BOXES, YOU KNOW?
20:25 >> YEAH. YEAH.
20:26 >> YEAH. >> AND HE ASKED US WHAT DAY DO
20:30 WE THINK THE SABBATH IS? AND WE'RE LIKE THAT'S A SILLY
20:35 QUESTION. LIKE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT DAY IT
20:38 IS. IT'S SUNDAY.
20:39 AND FROM THAT ONE QUESTION, THIS GUY BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN TO US,
20:44 DANIEL CHAPTER 2, DANIEL CHAPTER 7, AND THIS WHOLE CHANGE THAT
20:48 THE BIBLE SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT REALLY
20:51 CHANGED -- IT WAS THAT NIGHT THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR US.
21:01 >> HUM. >> SO I DIDN'T LEARN THROUGH AN
21:05 EVANGELISTIC SERIES. I BASICALLY -- I DIDN'T EVEN
21:08 KNOW THE GUY WAS ADVENTIST. YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE, WE WERE
21:13 JUST LIKE, THERE IS NO ONE ON THE PLANET THAT KNOWS THE BIBLE
21:16 AS GOD AS THIS GUY. RIGHT?
21:19 >> YEAH. >> AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER,
21:22 WE ARE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU? HE IS LIKE I'M A SEVENTH-DAY
21:26 ADVENTIST. WE'RE LIKE WHAT IS THAT?
21:28 SO WE ENDED GOING TO CHURCH WITH HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME.
21:32 AND WE WENT INTO THAT CHURCH -- AND IMAGINE LIKE 20 OF
21:37 US WALKING UP TO THIS LITTLE CHURCH IN LAURELTON QUEENS.
21:44 IT WAS A LEBANON SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
21:47 AND THE PEOPLE WERE JUST LIKE -- WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE
21:50 WALKING UP INTO OUR CHURCH, RIGHT?
21:54 WE'RE ALL IN JEANS AND GUM CHEWING.
21:59 WHAT'S UP? AND AS THE PASTER IS SPEAKING,
22:02 WE ARE LIKE LOSING OUR MINDS. [ LAUGHTER ]
22:05 >> WE'RE LIKE WHAT? HE DID JUST THAT JESUS IS THE
22:12 LORD! WHAT?
22:13 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS SITTING
22:16 AROUND LIKE . . . [ LAUGHTER ]
22:18 >> YEAH. >> AND WE WERE LIKE, HOLD ON.
22:23 HOLD ON. THEY MUST NOT HAVE JUST HEARD
22:26 THAT THE PASTOR JUST SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TITHE.
22:31 THEY MUST NOT HAVE HEARD THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT
22:35 TRUTH BEFORE. [ LAUGHTER ]
22:37 >> AND WE WOULD LOOK AROUND LIKE, WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
22:40 THESE PEOPLE. AND WE JUST DIDN'T CARE, WE WERE
22:44 LIKE -- WE JUST LOST IT. LITERALLY EVERYTHING THE
22:47 PREACHER SAID, AND SO THAT'S WHERE -- LIKE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
22:51 SEE MY PREACH AND HE GETS EXCITED WHEN HE PREACHES.
22:56 >> YEAH. YEAH.
22:57 >> IT'S NOT MANUFACTURED, LIKE, THAT'S HOW WE CAME INTO THE
23:02 CHURCH. AND WERE SHOCKED TO LOOK AROUND
23:05 AND SEE PEOPLE LIKE . . . AND IT HAS BEEN 24, 25 YEARS NOW -- YOU
23:11 KNOW, HOWEVER LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH,
23:14 AND IT IS STILL THE SAME ISSUE, LIKE, I DON'T GET IT.
23:18 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
23:20 >> I DO. >> HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE NOT MORE
23:23 EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS SHOWN US IN THE
23:27 SCRIPTURES. >> YES.
23:29 >> AND SO I -- THIS IS HOW PHOTO-THEOLOGY FOR ME DEVELOPED.
23:34 BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL TO STUDY HOW TO STUDY
23:40 THE BIBLE. SO I WAS LEARNING IN A WAY THAT
23:43 GOD WAS SPEAKING TO ME. >> UH-HUH.
23:45 >> AND I DID NOT EVEN REALIZE IT.
23:48 BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THERE IS A SYSTEM TO BIBLE STUDY.
23:51 I NEVER HAD ANY OF THAT. SO AS A HIP HOP ARTIST, YOU
23:56 KNOW, THE TING ABOUT MUSICIANS, AND YOU PROBABLY -- YOU KNOW
24:00 THIS, IS WE'RE VERY ARTISTIC, RIGHT?
24:04 MUSIC IS A VERY CREATIVE THING. IT TAKES A CREATIVE MIND TO BE A
24:10 MUSICIAN. SO WHENEVER YOU WRITE RHYMES,
24:16 YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS SAID.
24:23 SO YOU WANTED TO WRITE IN A TWHA WAS UNIQUELY YOUR OWN STYLE.
24:27 SO WE WERE ALWAYS THINKING HOW CAN I SEE THIS IN A DIFFERENT
24:32 WAY. SO WHEN IT CAME TO STUDYING THE
24:34 BIBLE, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY REALIZE THAT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS
24:38 DOING, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING, RIGHT?
24:40 AND IT WASN'T AN INTENTIONAL THING, IT'S JUST OKAY, I'M
24:45 LOOKING AT THE WORDS IN THE SCRIPTURE, AND I'M LIKE, THAT
24:48 WORD IS PRETTY INTERESTING. AND I WOULD SEE THAT WORD LIKE
24:53 200 DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I WOULD JUST GET LIKE, WOW, THAT IS
25:01 POWERFUL. SO PHOTO-THEOLOGY IS BASICALLY
25:04 WHAT ENDED UP BECOMING THE WAY THAT BIBLE TAUGHT ME HOW TO
25:08 STUDY THE BIBLE. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN THAT
25:10 FLIP HAPPENED WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT THE SABBATH WAS SATURDAY?
25:15 >> IT WAS -- IT WAS MIND BLOWING.
25:18 >> UH-HUH. >> YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- I FELT
25:26 LIKE I WAS IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE, RIGHT?
25:30 IN A SENSE IT WAS JUST LIKE, HOLD ON, HOW CAN THIS BE TRUE.
25:35 AND REMEMBER AT THIS TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE IS A WHOLE
25:42 MOVEMENT CALLED ADVENTISM. SO I'M THINKING HOW CAN EVERYONE
25:47 HAVE THIS WRONG. AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I WAS
25:51 LIKE ME AND MY FRIENDS AND THIS GUY ARE THE ONLY ONES ON THE
26:00 PLANET -- [ LAUGHTER ]
26:02 >> AND NOW IT IS UP TO US. TO LET THE WORLD KNOW.
26:08 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN I WAS
26:11 LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S A WHOLE MOVEMENT.
26:14 OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ]
26:15 >> ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW MANY TIMES YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU
26:20 HAVE THAT VOID. YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS
26:23 MISSING, OR MAYBE YOU ARE JUST GOING THROUGH LIFE, AND YOU
26:26 DON'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT IS MISSING UNTIL YOU GET IT, AND
26:30 THEN WHEN YOU GET IT, WHAT AN AMAZING FEELING THAT IS.
26:33 LIKE HERE YOU ARE, JUST ABSORBING ALL OF THE INFORMATION
26:37 LIKE A SPONGE, AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS
26:42 SOMETHING REALLY -- NEW FOR YOU. YOU ARE IN CHURCH AND YOU ARE
26:47 HEARING ALL OF THE TRUTHS. AND MANY TIME WE AS MEMBERS TAKE
26:51 THINGS FOR GRANTED. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THINGS, AND
26:55 HEAR SERMONS, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
27:00 YOU CAN TAKE THE TRUTHS FOR GRANTED IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
27:04 WITH THE LORD IS NOT REMAINING FRESH.
27:06 >> YEAH. I'LL TELL YOU, I HEARD -- BEFORE
27:09 I BECAME AN ADVENTIST, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AS A YOUNG PERSON
27:13 AND GETTING INTO COLLEGE, I WOULD HEAR DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS
27:19 GROUPS -- WE HAD PEOPLE COME TO OUR CAMPUS AND SPEAK.
27:25 AND I WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT MESSAGE SOUNDS STUPID.
27:29 I WAS IN A SENSE SKEPTICAL OF RELIGION.
27:34 YOU KNOW, YOU SAY BE GOOD. YOU SAY BE GOOD, SO WHY CHOOSE
27:38 ONE OVER THE OTHER, AND ALL OF THIS IS JUST LIKE, YOU CAN NEVER
27:43 KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS. SO I WAS SPECTACLE AGAINST ALL
27:49 RELIGIONS, BUT WHEN I HEARD THIS, IT SCARED ME, BECAUSE IT
27:52 MADE SO MUCH SENSE. >> HUM.
27:57 >> AND I WAS LIKE HOW DID THIS ESCAPE ME?
28:02 IT JUST HAD A RING OF TRUTH IT TO THAT A SKEPTICAL MIND HEARING
28:08 IT, WAS LIKE, WOE, THIS IS TRUE. THIS IS TRUE.
28:12 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
28:15 WHEN -- WHEN I STARTED STUDYING, I WAS -- THE AMOUNT OF
28:20 INFORMATION I LEARNED IN ABOUT THREE MONTH'S TIME, I WAS -- I
28:27 WAS TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY. >> HUM.
28:31 >> HUM. >> AND I WAS LIKE I CANNOT
28:35 BELIEVE HOW MUCH I HAVE LEARNED IN THREE MONTHS, SO WHEN I WOULD
28:38 GO TO CHURCH, I WOULD LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN THE
28:43 CHURCH FOR TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS, AND I ALMOST WOULD WANT TO FALL
28:47 DOWN AND WORSHIP, LIKE, WHAT MUST YOU KNOW?
28:50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH FOR A WHOLE TEN YEARS!
28:54 AND I WOULD JUST PASS OUT, LIKE -- I WILL NEVER CATCH UP TO
29:00 THEM. I WILL NEVER.
29:01 BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THREE MONTHS.
29:03 AND I'M JUST THINKING EVERYBODY -- EVERYBODY IN THE
29:08 CHURCH IS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T EVEN TRY TO TOUCH ON THAT.
29:14 THAT'S MY BOY HENRY OVER THERE. HE HAS BEEN AN ADVENTIST FOR 20
29:21 YEARS. DON'T TOUCH HIM.
29:22 YOU CANNOT TOUCH HIM. >> YOU WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
29:27 GOSPEL FROM THE MOMENT YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
29:29 >> FROM THE MOMENT. FROM THE MOMENT, YEAH.
29:32 >> SO HOW DID YOU BEGIN TO STUDY IT?
29:36 HOW DID YOU -- IN THREE MONTH'S TIME YOU ARE I SAYING YOU KNEW
29:44 MORE THAN YOU COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
29:46 HOW DID YOU -- DID YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THEN?
29:49 WELL, LET ME GO BACK FOR A SECOND.
29:53 WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, WERE YOU A GOOD STUDENT?
29:56 >> I WAS A GOOD STUDENT. THE THING IS MY -- I THINK MY
30:02 PASSION -- GROWING UP I WANTED TO BE INTO PSYCHOLOGY.
30:06 I LIKED HOW THE HUMAN MIND WORKED.
30:09 I WAS REALLY LIKE A THINKER. I LIKED TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY
30:13 PEOPLE THINK AND HOW TO DISSECT THE MIND AND THAT KIND OF THING,
30:17 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS OR WHATEVER.
30:20 AND SO THAT'S WHERE MY PASSION WAS REALLY GROWING UP, LIKE,
30:24 YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, SO I THINK
30:27 THERE WAS ALWAYS A LEANING TOWARDS JUST THAT CREATIVITY OF
30:33 THE MIND >> UH-HUH.
30:35 >> AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WHEN -- WHEN I WAS WRITING
30:39 LYRICS, YOU KNOW, JUST -- IF -- YOU HAVE TO BE
30:44 POETICAL, RIGHT? SO THE WAY THAT I WOULD WRITE MY
30:47 MUSIC, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS, CREATIVE WAYS TO
30:51 GET ACROSS A CERTAIN POINT. WHEN IT CAME TO THE BIBLE, LIKE
30:55 I SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEM. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS WHAT I WAS
31:00 DOING, BECAUSE MY MIND JUST WORKED THAT WAY.
31:02 SO I WOULD READ A TEXT AND SOMETHING WOULD JUMP OUT TO ME
31:05 THAT I WOULD BE LIKE, WOE. LOOK AT THIS.
31:09 LIKE THERE'S -- BUT I DIDN'T -- I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
31:13 A NORMAL -- LIKE EVERYONE SAW THIS.
31:15 >> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH.
31:16 >> SO WHEN I WOULD START SHARING SOME OF THIS STUFF WITH OTHER
31:19 PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVENTISTS, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, I NEVER SAW IT
31:24 THAT WAY BEFORE. AND I WOULD LOOK AT THEM LIKE,
31:27 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE -- YES, IT'S RIGHT THERE,
31:31 DON'T YOU SEE IT? NO, NO, NO.
31:34 I NEVER SAW THAT. I STARTED STUDYING USING AMAZING
31:39 FACTS STUDY GUIDES -- ACTUALLY IT WAS JOE CRUZ THOSE LITTLE
31:47 PAMPHLETS THAT HE WROTE. AND I WOULD GET THOSE LITTLE
31:50 BOOKS AND READ AND HIGHLIGHT MY BIBLE.
31:53 LIKE MY BIBLE WAS LIKE A COLORING BOOK, AND THAT'S HOW I
31:57 LEARNED THE BASICS AS FAR AS DOCTRINE, BUT LIKE I SAID, I
32:01 DIDN'T REALIZE THAT-- AT THAT TIME -- IT'S ONLY AS I LOOKED
32:05 BACK THAT I SAW THAT I WAS -- THAT I THINK THE LORD
32:10 CALLED ME IN A CERTAIN SENSE BECAUSE I WAS COMING FROM THE
32:14 OUTSIDE -- >> UH-HUH.
32:16 >> -- BECAUSE I HAD MIND THAT HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE
32:19 CHURCH, IF YOU WILL, SO I WAS GOING TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY,
32:23 JUST NATURALLY. >> YES.
32:26 YES. >> AND HE WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD
32:30 ME TO DEVELOP THAT INTO A SYSTEM.
32:31 >> UH-HUH. >> SO AS I LOOK BACK, THAT'S HOW
32:35 I SEE THIS UNFOLDING. IT'S LIKE I SAID I HAVE A NEW
32:40 SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. THAT WAS JUST THE WAY I
32:44 APPROACHED THE SCRIPTURE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NORMAL.
32:47 >> YES.-BUT YOU HAVE THE CLEAN SLATE. >> YES.
32:50 >> YOU CAME IN WITHOUT ANY PRECONCEPTIONS, REALLY, YOU JUST
32:57 CAME IN AND -- LORD, JUST SHOW ME.
33:00 >> YEAH. >> -- AND HE DID.
33:04 SO I KNOW PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY SAYING WHY ARE THEY TALKING
33:07 ABOUT THIS SYSTEM. SO TELL US, HOW DO YOU START?
33:11 IF SOMEONE IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT HAS NEVER STUDIED THE BIBLE
33:19 BEFORE, WHERE DO YOU START? >> I'LL SHARE SOMETHING
33:22 PRACTICAL RIGHT NOW. >> UH-HUH.
33:24 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THEY USE RIGHT NOW, WHEN I STUDY THE
33:28 BIBLE -- AND I HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS IS BIBLE SOFTWARE.
33:33 SOMETHING CALLED E-SORT. IT'S A FREE SOFTWARE -- NOW
33:37 THERE ARE OTHER SOFTWARES OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE, AND
33:42 THEY ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE. SOME RUN LIKE THOUSANDS OF
33:47 DOLLARS, AND SO IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
33:51 E-SORT IS PRETTY MUCH FREE. I THINK AT SOME PLACES IT MIGHT
33:57 COST $10 OR $5 OR SOMETHING. BUT IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL
34:01 BECAUSE IT BASICALLY BRINGS THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR
34:05 FINGERTIPS, RIGHT? YOU CAN HAV DIFFERENT
34:09 TRANSLATIONS, DIFFERENT COMMENTARIES, DICTIONARIES.
34:13 YOU CAN LOOK UP A WORD IN GREEK OR HEBREW, SO IT'S VERY
34:17 TECHNICAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY
34:22 DON'T KNOW ABOUT. BACK IN THE DAY, I WOULD STUDY
34:29 MY BIBLE WITH THE BIBLE AND A CONCORDANCE.
34:35 AND IT WOULD TAKE HOURS. AND YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND A
34:38 WORD THAT IS FOUND IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE
34:43 SCRIPTURES. WELL, NOW YOU CAN DO ALL OF THAT
34:45 RIGHT THERE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. >> YEAH.
34:48 YEAH. >> ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, I
34:52 WOULD SAY GET A GOOD SOFTWARE. AGAIN, I USE E-SWORD, AND YOU
34:59 CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON YOUR COMPUTER.
35:03 OR WHATEVER SOFTWARE YOU CHOOSE, GET IT.
35:06 SO THAT IS THE TECHNICAL SIDE. IT TAKES A WHILE TO LEARN HOW TO
35:10 USE IT, BUT ONCE YOU LEARN HOW TO USE IT, IT REALLY AMPLIFIES
35:14 YOUR BIBLE STUDY IN A POWERFUL WAY.
35:17 >> YES. >> SO BEYOND THAT, WHAT YOU
35:24 NEED -- LET ME START THIS WAY. SO I HAVE A MINISTRY -- ANOTHER
35:28 MINISTRY CALLED ARMY BIBLE CAMP. AND ARMY BIBLE CAMP, I STARTED
35:32 IT PROBABLY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO NOW.
35:36 AND IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT ASKING ME, PASTOR, HOW DO YOU
35:39 STUDY THE BIBLE? HOW DID YOU SEE THAT?
35:42 >> UH-HUH. >> HOW DID YOU GET THAT?
35:44 I HAVE READ THAT STORY LIKE A HUNDRED TIMES --
35:47 >> WE HAVE HEARD YOUR SERMONS, IS WE KNOW.
35:51 >> AND WE SAY THAT ON SALVATION SYMBOLS AND SIGNS.
36:01 I HAVE READ THAT SAME SCRIPTURE OVER AND OVER, AND HOW DID YOU
36:06 COME TO THAT? >> YEAH, I NEVER HAD AN ANSWER
36:09 READY FOR PEOPLE. IT WAS JUST LIKE, WELL, THAT'S
36:11 HOW I STUDY THE BIBLE. AND WHEN PEOPLE STARTED ASKING
36:14 ME MORE AND MORE, I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M
36:19 DOING. LIKE, HOW AM I GOING THROUGH
36:21 THIS PROCESS? AND THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT
36:24 LEAD ME TO THIS SYSTEM CALLED PHOTO-THEOLOGY.
36:28 THE STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH THE USE OF PICTURES.
36:32 ONE OF THE -- AND THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES IN THIS
36:39 SYSTEM, BUT LET ME -- I'M GOING TO SHARE A STATEMENT WITH YOU,
36:41 AND I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT -- WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND
36:45 WHEN I SHARE THIS STATEMENT. SO IT'S TAKEN FROM [ INAUDIBLE ]
36:51 APRIL 16TH, 1889, AND IT SAYS TAKE YOUR BIBLE, AND COMPARE
36:58 PASSAGE WITH PASSAGE AND VESE WITH VERSE AND YOU WILL FIND THE
37:03 PRECIOUS JEWELS OF TRUTH. YOU SHOULD PUT THE PRECIOUS GEMS
37:09 OF LIGHT IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING AND HANG THEM IN MEMORY'S HALL.
37:13 THAT'S A QUOTE. >> HUM.
37:16 >> WHAT CAME TO YOUR MIND WHEN I READ THAT?
37:19 >> A PICTURE. >> OKAY.
37:21 WHAT KIND OF A PICTURE? >> UM --
37:24 >> HANG THEM IN MEMORY'S HALL. >> MEMORY'S HALL.
37:29 YEAH. BUT THE ASSOCIATION.
37:31 >> UH-HUH. >> DID YOU SEE -- I DON'T KNOW
37:34 ABOUT YOU, BUT I SEE A HALL -- MEMORY'S HALL.
37:37 THAT BRINGS TO MY MIND A PICTURE, RIGHT?
37:40 AND NOW I'M SEEING A HALL IN MY MIND -- I'M A VISUAL PERSON.
37:47 I'M SEEING A HALL -- I'M A PERSON THAT LIKES PICTURES,
37:50 RIGHT? SO I'M SEEING A HALL IN MY MIND,
37:53 AND I'M BEING TOLD THAT I SHOULD TAKE DIFFERENT TRUTHS, DIFFERENT
37:57 STORIES IN THE BIBLE AND HANG THEM IN MEMORY'S HALL.
38:04 NOW, THIS SYSTEM OF -- OF BIBLE STUDY THAT I HAVE,
38:11 PHOTO-THEOLOGY, SO I'M NOW TRAINING PEOPLE, THIS IS HOW
38:13 YOU -- YOU DO THIS, RIGHT? SO -- LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN
38:19 ENTIRE SYSTM, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SHARE IS THIS
38:23 CONCEPT OF MEMORY'S HALL. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, THERE WAS A
38:26 CARD GAME I PLAYED CALLED CONCENTRATION.
38:29 >> OH, YEAH. >> ALL OF THE CARDS ARE FACING
38:32 DOWN, AND YOU TURN ONE CARD, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND THE
38:36 MATCHING CARD. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WHERE DID
38:39 I SEE THAT CARD BEFORE? AND SO YOU FLIP, YOU FLIP,
38:44 THAT'S A MATCH. RIGHT?
38:46 >> YEAH. >> IN ESSENCE THAT IS THE ART OF
38:52 PHOTO-THEOLOGY, SO LET'S PLAY CONCENTRATION.
38:55 OKAY?-I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE. MOSES GOES ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN.
39:00 HE TELLS JOSHUA, YOU ARE MIGHTING THE MALI KITEDS BELOW.
39:11 I'M GOING TO GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN, AND WHEN I LIFT MY
39:14 HANDS WITH THE ROD -- WHEN I LIFT MY HANDS -- WHEN I LIFT MY
39:18 HANDS WITH THE ROD IN MY HAND, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE
39:22 VICTORY. WHEN I LIFT MY HANDS, WHEN I
39:25 LIFT MY HANDS. WHEN MY HANDS ARE CONNECTED TO
39:29 WOOD, AND I HAVE LIFTED MY HANDS.
39:32 >> OH, YES. >> YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE
39:35 VICTORY. EVERY TIME HIS HANDS COME DOWN,
39:37 NO VICTORY. EVERY TIME HIS HANDS GO UP, BOTH
39:42 HANDS ARE CONNECTED TO THE ROD, TO WOOD, THERE IS VICTORY.
39:46 >> WOE. >> YOU ARE SAYING WOW, AND I
39:52 HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING. I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE STORY.
39:55 >> I HAVE A PICTURE. >> AND NOW MOSES'S HANDS BEGIN
40:00 TO GET TIRED SO ERIN STANDS ON ONE SIDE OF HIM, HARRAH HANDS ON
40:06 THE OTHER SIDE OF HIM. MOSES IS ON A ROCK.
40:11 HIS HANDS ARE EXTENDED HIS ARMS EXTENDED.
40:18 ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM IS ERIN AND HERR AND THEY HOLD HIS HANDS
40:25 UP. ALL I HAVE DONE IS GIVEN YOU A
40:27 PICTURE OF A STORY YOU ALREADY KNOW.
40:30 BUT SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED. BECAUSE AS I WAS EXPLAINING THAT
40:34 STORY, YOU WERE SAYING HOLD ON HOLD ON WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A
40:37 MINUTE, AND WHAT HAPPENED IS YOU RAN DOWN MEMORY'S HALL AND YOU
40:41 WERE LIKE, I HAVE SEEN THAT PICTURE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
40:45 >> COME ON. >> AND YOU ARE LIKE HOLD ON,
40:48 WAIT A MINUTE. AND WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
40:52 WHY ARE YOU SMILING? >> BECAUSE YOU SEE JESUS ON THE
40:55 CROSS WITH HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED.
41:01 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> YEP.
41:02 >> AND NOW WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THOSE HANDS THAT WERE EXTENDED
41:06 ON THE CROSS, WE CAN HAVE VICTORY IN OUR FIGHT.
41:10 >> OH, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.
41:14 >> WE CAN HAVE VICTORY IN OUR FIGHT.
41:16 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE VICTORY IN
41:20 OUR BATTLE AGAINST THE FLESH AND THE PRINCIPALITIES OF THIS
41:23 WORLD, BECAUSE OF WHAT CHRIST DID ON THE CROSS, AND NOW I KNOW
41:27 SOMETHING ELSE TOO FROM THIS STORY.
41:28 IT'S NOT THE NAILS THAT HELD HIS HANDS UP --
41:31 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT WAS THE SINNER ON EITHER
41:35 SIDE OF HIM THAT HELD HIS HANDS UP.
41:38 JUST AS AARON AND HERR STOOD THERE TO HOLD UP MOSES'S HANDS,
41:43 IT WAS THE SINNER ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM.
41:46 IN OTHER WORDS JESUS DIED FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
41:52 THOSE WHO WOULD ACCEPT HIM AND THOSE WHO WOULD REJECT HIM.
41:56 SO WHAT HAVE WE JUST DONE IN WE JUST PLAYED A GAME.
41:59 THE GAME IS CALLED CONCENTRATION.
42:02 I SEE THIS STORY IN THE BIBLE, AND I'M TRYING TO -- I'M
42:06 LEARNING HOW TO THINK IN PICTURES.
42:08 >> UH-HUH? >> THAT'S ALL WE JUST DID.
42:10 IF YOU HAD A SERMON TO PREACH NOW, AND NO ONE EVER WATCHED
42:14 THIS, YOU COULD BE LIKE, I'M GOING TO CREATE --
42:19 [ LAUGHTER ] >> JASON, HOW DID YOU SEE THAT?
42:23 >> DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE GOES TO PREACH THAT.
42:27 >> I WON'T PREACH AT A CHURCH WHERE YOU PREACH IT.
42:32 >> BUT PHOTO T-PHOTO-THEOLOGY. IT'S THE SIMPLE ART OF HAVING
42:37 THESE PICTURES IN YOUR MIND AND THEN LEARNING HOW TO CONNECT THE
42:42 PICTURES TO REVEAL A STORY. >> HUM.
42:45 >> HUM. >> THAT IS ONE OF THE
42:50 PRINCIPLES, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A MAJOR PRINCIPLE.
42:53 BECAUSE THE MORE YOU LEARN -- AND HERE IS THE
42:56 PROBLEM. A LOT OF US -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU
42:58 DON'T HAVE PICTURES HANGING IN MEMORY'S HALL, YOU ARE NOT GOING
43:03 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS.
43:05 >> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH.
43:06 >> AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IS
43:11 LEARN HOW TO HANG THIS PICTURES IN YOUR HALL, RIGHT?
43:14 LOCK THEM IN YOUR MIND, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT
43:17 THE PICTURE IS ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT PUT IT THERE, BECAUSE
43:20 SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONE DAY.
43:22 ONE DAY YOU ARE GOING TO MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, WASHING
43:26 DISHES OR SOMETHING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A PICTURE IS GOING TO
43:29 COME TO YOUR MIND, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE,
43:33 WAIT A MINUTE. THAT PICTURE ADDS TO -- THAT
43:36 PICTURE MATCHES THIS PICTURE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES, AND-I HAD THIS PICTURE HANGING IN MY
43:42 HALL FOR A LONG TIME. AND NOW IT'S LIKE THAT'S A
43:47 MESSED UP STORY. IT IS THE STORY OF DAVID AND
43:53 BATHSHEBA. AND DAVID HAS BATHSHEBA'S
43:55 HUSBAND KILLED. WHY?
43:57 BECAUSE BATHSHEBA IS PREGNANT WITH DAVID'S CHILD.
44:01 HE HAS HER HUSBAND KILLED SO THAT HE COVERS IT UP, AND THEN
44:06 THE PROPHET NATHAN COMES TO HIM AND GIVES HIM THIS WHOLE PARABLE
44:11 AND TELLS HIM YOU ARE THE MAN OF THIS PARABLE, BASICALLY EXPOSING
44:17 DAVID. I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
44:19 DAVID REPENTS, HE IS TOTALLY SORRY, AND NATHAN SAYS, YOU WILL
44:25 LIVE. AND PRAISE GOD.
44:27 DAVID REPENTS AND GOD TELLS NATHAN TO TELL DAVID THAT HE IS
44:37 GOING TO LIVE. BUT THE CHILD OF BATHSHEBA IS
44:41 GOING TO DIE. AND I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT MESSED
44:43 UP STORY. SO I HAD THAT PICTURE HANGING IN
44:47 MEMORY'S HALL FOR A LONG TIME. AND ONE DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
44:50 OR HOW, BUT I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT CHILD DOESN'T HAVE
44:54 A NAME. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE CHILD IS.
44:57 THE ONLY THING WE KNOW IS THAT IT WAS A MALE, SO THIS WOULD
45:01 HAVE BEEN THE SON OF DAVID. >> HUM.
45:08 >> SO THE SON OF DAVID WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD BECAUSE
45:14 OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S SIN, AND THOUGH HE HAD DONE NO WRONG,
45:22 DIED WHILE DAVID GOT TO LIVE. >> WOW.
45:26 >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M LIKE, WOE.
45:29 YOU MEAN THAT LITTLE BOY, WHO WE DON'T KNOW -- WE DON'T KNOW HIS
45:34 NAME, WE DON'T -- THAT LITTLE BOY WAS A TYPE OF THE VERY WORK
45:38 THAT JESUS WAS TO DO, BECAUSE JESUS, WE KNOW IN THE NEW
45:43 TESTAMENT, WHAT IS HE CALLED? HE IS CALLED THE SON OF DAVID.
45:47 HE WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD BECAUSE OF OUR SIN, AND THOUGH
45:51 HE WAS INNOCENT ANDHAD DONE NO WRONG, HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT
45:56 LIVE. >> WOW.
45:57 >> HUM. >> AND SO YOU BEGIN TO SEE THESE
46:00 STORIES IN THE BIBLE THAT ARE -- YOU KNOW, YOU THINK,
46:03 YEAH, THAT STORY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, YOU JUST THROW IT TO
46:07 THE SIDE, BUT GOD WASTES NOTHING.
46:09 SO THESE STORIES IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT WE TEND TO GLOSS
46:16 OVER, WHEN WE STOP AND BEGIN TO THINK, OKAY, WHAT IS GOD TRYING
46:21 TO SHOW ME HERE? ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I LIKE TO
46:25 GIVE IS THIS. IMAGINE WE'RE IN A PRIMITIVE
46:30 SOCIETY, AND A CAMERA DROPS RIGHT IN THE MIDST -- SOMEONE
46:36 SLIDES OVER AND DROPS A CAMERA IN THE MIDST OF OUR SOCIETY.
46:40 AND WE'RE LIKE WHAT IS THAT? WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE,
46:43 AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS SOMEONE GETS BOLD ENOUGH TOUCH
46:49 IT, AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. AND IT ISN'T GOING TO HURT US.
46:55 AND NOW THIS IS A THING THAT WE ARE JUST IN AH OF.
47:03 IS THAT PRIMITIVE SOCIETY USING THE CAMERA IN THE RIGHT WAY?
47:07 >> NO. >> WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
47:11 CAMERA? >> TO TAKE PICTURES.
47:12 >> TO TAKE PICTURES. THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE ARE
47:19 CAMERAS THAT REVEAL THE PICTURE OF JESUS.
47:22 >> WOW. >> MOST OF US APPROACH THESE
47:25 STORIES AND JUST LOOK AT THE CAMERA.
47:29 WHAT A NEAT CAMERA. WOW, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAMERA.
47:33 HEY, LOOK AT THIS CAMERA. MAN, THESE CAMERAS ARE GREAT.
47:37 NOT REALIZING THAT THESE CAMERAS WERE DESIGNED TO SHOW US JESUS.
47:43 >> HUH. >> SO IN ESSENCE, WE END UP
47:47 MISSING THE -- >> PICTURE.
47:48 >> PICTURE. >> WOW.
47:50 >> THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING.
47:52 WE OFTEN READ THE BIBLE AND MISS THE PICTURE OF JESUS.
47:58 LIKE, YOU GUYS REMEMBER -- AND THIS IS ONE OF MY STRONG BELIEFS
48:02 WHEN IT COMES TO PHOTO-THEOLOGY. PHOTO-THEOLOGY IS THE ART OF
48:06 LOOKING FOR JESUS.->> HUM. >> IT'S THE ART OF LOOKING FOR
48:11 JESUS. SO ON THE ROAD, DO YOU REMEMBER
48:13 THE DISCIPLES, THEY WERE HEART BROKEN BECAUSE JESUS HAD JUST
48:19 DIED. >> RIGHT.
48:20 >> JESUS COMES TO THEM, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S HIM.
48:25 THEY CAN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. AND HE BEGINS -- THEY BEGIN
48:29 TELLING HIM -- HE IS LIKE, WHY ARE YOU SO SAD?
48:32 THEY BEGIN TELLING HIM ALL OF THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE SAD AND
48:37 DISCOURAGED, AND THEN HE -- HE SAYS TO THEM BELIEVE ALL THAT
48:44 THE PROPHETS HAVE SAID, SHOULD NOT THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN
48:48 FULFILLED. THE BIBLE SAYS BEGINNING FROM
48:50 MOSES AND THE PRO PROPHETS HE BEGAN TO PROFOUND TO HIMSELF IN
48:55 THE SCRIPTURES, ALL OF THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF.
48:58 HE IS GIVING THESE DISCOURAGED DISCIPLES, A BIBLE STUDY.
49:04 THEY JUST LOST THE GUY THEY THOUGHT WAS THE MESSIAH.
49:07 >> RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, AND
49:10 SOMEONE DIES THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT IN THE
49:14 MOOD -- YOU JUST WANT TO MOURN. JESUS DECIDES TO PULL THEM OUT
49:18 OF THEIR MOURNING BY GIVING THEM A BIBLE STUDY.
49:22 THAT BIBLE STUDY MUST HAVE BEEN SO DEEP AND POWERFUL, BECAUSE IT
49:27 WAS BURN, THEY WERE LIKE, DID NOT OUR HEARTS BURN.
49:34 >> YES. >> BECAUSE JESUS BEGAN TO SHOW
49:36 THEM HIMSELF IN ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES, BEGINNING AT MOSES
49:42 AND THE PROPHETS THE EXPOUNDS HIMSELF.
49:46 THAT MEANS THAT JESUS IS ALL OVER THE OLD TESTAMENT.
49:49 IT'S LIKE WALLDO. >> I USED TO LOVE THOSE BOOKS.
49:59 >> YOU KNOW THAT WALDO IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
50:03 SO WHEN I READ THE SCRIPTURE, PHOTO-THEOLOGY IS THE ART OF
50:07 LOOKING FOR JESUS ON EVERY PAGE OF THE SCRIPTURES, BEGINNING
50:10 FROM MOSES AND THE PROPHET. IN GENESIS 1, GOD SAID LET THERE
50:17 BE LIGHT. JESUS IS LIGHT.
50:21 IN GENESIS 2, GOD MAKES WATER PROMINENT.
50:27 I'M SORRY ON DAY 2. ON DAY 3, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
50:32 GOD BROUGHT THE FRUITS FROM THE EARTH.
50:37 ON THE THIRD DAY, THE FIRST FRUITS --
50:41 >> WOW. >> WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
50:46 YES. >> FROM THE GROUND.
50:47 THE THIRD DAY -- >> OH, MY.
50:49 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ISN'T IT SOMETHING HOW YOU
50:51 CAN READ THAT AND JUST NOT CONNECT THE DOTS.
50:55 >> UH-HUH. >> BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT -- YOU
50:58 HAVE HEARD THE SAYING A PICTURE IS WORTH --
51:01 >> A THOUSAND WORDS. >> UH-HUH.
51:04 >> GODS IS INTO PICTURES. JUST LOOK AT THE BOOK OF
51:08 REVELATION. IT'S ALL ABOUT IMAGES.
51:11 LOOK AT THE BOOK OF DANIEL, GOD IS INTO PICTURES.
51:15 GOD IS CREATIVE BY NATURE, AND SO OFTEN WE APPROACH THE
51:21 SCRIPTURES WITH THIS -- YOU KNOW, NARROW -- HERE IS WHAT THE
51:26 TEXT SAYS, AND WE STOP RIGHT THERE.
51:29 AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT -- IT IS A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU APPROACH
51:32 THE SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE YOU -- WHAT THE TEXT SAYS
51:37 ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, OKAY? >> UH-HUH.
51:39 >> BUT THERE IS A DIMENSION BEYOND THAT --
51:41 >> RIGHT. >> THAT IS BEYOND ON THE INK ON
51:46 THE PAPER, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE WHEN JESUS SAYS
51:51 EXCEPT YOU EAT MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD.
51:54 THE JEWS ARE LIKE, WHAT? HOW DARE YOU?
51:57 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EATING FLESH AND DRINKING BLOOD?
52:02 ARE YOU CRAZY? THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE
52:06 SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS WORDS, SO THEY LOOK LITERALLY
52:10 WHAT HE MEANT TO BE SPIRTUAL OR SYMBOLIC.
52:14 DESTROY THIS TEMPLE AND IN THREE DAYS I'LL RAISE IT UP AGAIN.
52:19 YOU HEAR WHAT THIS GUY SAID? HE SAID HE WOULD DESTROY THIS
52:27 TEMPLE IN THREE DAYS. NOT REALIZING HE WAS TALKING
52:30 ABOUT HIS BODY. SO THE WAY THAT JESUS APPROACHED
52:33 THE SCRIPTURES, HE APPROACHED IT IN A VERY CREATIVE -- BECAUSE HE
52:38 IS THE CREATOR. >> WITH A PARABLE.
52:42 >> WITH A PARABLE. JESUS FAVORITE METHOD OF
52:48 TEACHING WAS THROUGH OBJECT LESSONS.
52:55 WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SEE THE BIBLE AS GOD SEES THE BIBLE,
52:59 RIGHT? HOW TO SEE THE BIBLE AS JESUS
53:01 SEES THE BIBLE. A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR THE TERM
53:08 EXO-JESUS. WHAT WAS THE AUTHOR THINKING AS
53:09 HE WAS WRITING, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU ARE READING THE BOOK
53:15 OF DANIEL OR ISAIAH, YOU ARE TRYING TO GET IN THE MIND OF
53:21 ISAIAH, AND WHEN HE WROTE THS, WHO WAS THE LETTER TO?
53:24 AND WHAT DID HE MEAN BY -- YOU ARE GETTING INTO THE MIND OF THE
53:28 AUTHOR, AND THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, PRAISE GOD.
53:31 BUT GUESS WHAT, ISAIAH IS NOT THE ULTIMATE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
53:37 OF ISAIAH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ULTIMATE
53:41 AUTHOR, WHICH IS GOD HIMSELF. >> YOEP.
53:47 -- YEP. >> WHICH IS JESUS HIMSELF.
53:51 SO I HAVE TO GET IN THE MIND OF JESUS IF I WANT TO UNDERSTAND
53:55 THE FULL DEPTH OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND WHAT BETTER WAY
53:59 TO HAVE THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS?
54:02 >> YES. >> THAT'S WHY STUDYING THE BIBLE
54:06 HELPS US TO RECEIVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
54:08 ASK DANIEL IF HE UNDERSTOOD HALF OF THE THINGS HE WROTE.
54:14 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT WHERE
54:18 DANIEL WAS. I UNDERSTAND NOT.
54:20 RIGHT? >> YEAH.
54:21 >> SO THERE WAS ONE GREATER THAN DANIEL WHO UNDERSTOOD, OKAY,
54:26 WHAT DID GOD INTEND WHEN HE WAS TELLING DANIEL WHAT TO WRITE.
54:31 SO THAT'S WHERE -- YOU KNOW, I REALLY SEE A NEED TO TRY TO GET
54:37 INTO THE MINE OF GOD, TO GET INTO THE MIND OF CHRIST TO
54:41 UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES. THAT CAMERA, THAT BIBLE STORY,
54:47 THAT TEXT, WHERE IS CHRIST IN THIS STORY?
54:50 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THAT'S -- SO THAT WOULD
54:53 BE A JUICED DOWN VERSION THUS FAR OF PHOTO-THEOLOGY.
54:57 >> THAT IS AMAZING. >> IT IS.
54:59 >> I MEAN, REALLY, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CHRIST ON EVERY
55:04 PAGE. I REMEMBER YOU CAME AND DID A
55:07 3ABN CAMP MEETING, AND YOU PREACHED A SERIES -- HEART BURN
55:12 AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO
55:16 FIND JESUS ON EVERY PAGE, AND YOU GAVE ILLUSTRATIONS
55:19 THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, A JUICED DOWN VERSION.
55:22 >> A JUICED-DOWN VERSION. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
55:26 AND IT MAKES YOU LOOK AT THE BIBLE IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT.
55:30 >> YEAH. >> WELL, I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID
55:33 ABOUT -- GOD NEVER WASTES ANYTHING.
55:36 AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT. WE KNOW THE WAY HE MOVES, HE
55:40 DOESN'T WASTE -- HE DOESN'T JUST ACCOMPLISH ONE THING.
55:44 HE ACCOMPLISHES MANY THINGS WITH ONE MOVE.
55:46 >> RIGHT. >> SO IT BARES TO REASON THAT HE
55:50 WOULD HAVE THIS WHOLE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ASPECT IN THE
55:54 WORD. >> UH-HUH.
55:56 >> YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, DID YOU?
56:00 >> I DID. >> YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU?->> OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
56:04 >> AND THAT'S NICE THAT YOU SAID THAT.
56:07 BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF PHOTO-THEOLOGY.
56:13 IT'S ANOTHER PRINCIPLE I HAVE CALLED FIVE-DIMENSIONAL BIBLE
56:19 STUDY. >> OH.
56:19 >> SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO -- YOU LEAD.
56:23 >> OKAY. I DO WHEN WE COME BACK.-BECAUSE -- YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO
56:28 START, AND THEN WE TAKE OUR LITTLE BREAK --
56:30 >> YEAH. >> BUT WHEN YOU THINK
56:32 ABOUT -- WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOD AND THE WAY THE BIBLE IS
56:36 WRITTEN, LIKE -- IN OUR SALVATION AND SYMBOLS AND SIGNS,
56:42 IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW THESE NEW THOUGHTS -- THESE NEW ASPECTS OF
56:47 THE TEXT JUST COME INTO YOUR MIND.
56:51 THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS YOU A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LOOK AT THE
56:55 TEXT. >> I REALLY -- IN THE SECOND
56:57 HOUR, I REALLY WANT YOU TO GO OVER DANIEL, THE STATUE, THE
57:02 AMAZING POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT OUT WHILE WE WERE RECORDING --
57:06 >> WHICH ONE DANIEL 2? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS DANIEL 2.
57:11 YES, THAT STATUE, ABSOLUTELY. >> WE WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT
57:15 YOU CALL PEOPLE AND TELL THEM TO TUNE INTO THIS PROGRAM.
57:18 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE ALL NEED TO STUDY THE
57:25 SCRIPTURES TO GET REALLY INTO THE SCRIPTURES DEEPLY, AND MANY
57:29 TIMES WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
57:31 SO CALL YOUR FRIENDS -- AS DANNY WOULD SAY -- CALL YOUR FRIENDS,
57:36 YOUR ENEMIES, EVERYBODY, AND TELL THEM TO TUNE IN AND WATCH
57:40 THIS PROGRAM. STAY TUNED.
57:42 WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK WITH SOME MORE PRECIOUS INCITES.
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