As you're well aware
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we're living in
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Join us now for
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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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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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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Today Bible Q&A.
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I'm Jason Bradley,
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and I'm so excited
that you've joined us today
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because we're going to
take a look at some questions
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that have been
submitted from around the world.
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And we're going to answer
those questions from the Bible.
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I'm not going to answer them,
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but we have
panelists that will be...
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We have a group of
people that will be answering
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your Bible questions
from around the world.
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And if you'd like to
submit Bible questions,
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please send them to BibleQA,
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Please send those questions in
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because we have people
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that are dying to
answer those questions.
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Here on our panel
today, we have Shelley Quinn.
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Good to be here, brother.
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It's great to have you here.
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I consider you to be
a scholar of the word.
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We'll see.
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Yeah.
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Yes, yes.
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We have next to
you Pastor Ryan Day.
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Amen.
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It's a blessing to be here
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and it's going to be rapid-fire
during this next hour together.
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So I'm excited. That's right.
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It's hard to cram this
into two minutes per question.
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It is challenging but
we're going to do our best.
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Absolutely.
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And we have Pastor John Dinzey.
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It's great to have you here.
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It's a blessing for
me as well to be here.
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And God is so good
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and He's going to
give us Bible answers.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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You know, as always,
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before we dive
into the Word of God
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and we start going
around with the questions,
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let's have a word of prayer.
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I'll say a prayer for us.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You
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for the opportunity to
study Your Word Father,
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and to be able to
find answers in Your Word.
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But, Lord, as always,
when we open Your Word,
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we ask for the Holy Spirit
to lead guide and direct us
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into all truth.
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Now be with the viewers
that are watching this program
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and the listeners as well,
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and help them to
learn something today
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and get the
answers to their questions.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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All right.
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So, Shelley, I
want to start with you.
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Yes.
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What are the steps to be saved?
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This comes from
Julie out of South Dakota.
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Steps of salvation.
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First, Julie, we have to think
about the stages of salvation.
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There is
justification, sanctification,
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and glorification,
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but there's three
steps to being saved,
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believe, receive, and follow.
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Let's break that down.
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When you believe,
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you have to believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ
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as our Lord and Saviour.
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We have to recognize that
there's sin in our own life
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and believe that
when we confess our sins
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as 1 John 1:9
says he is faithful
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and just and will
forgive us all of our sins
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and cleanses from
all unrighteousness.
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And then we must ask
Jesus to be our Lord and Savior.
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The second step is to receive.
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We receive salvation
by grace, through faith.
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According to Ephesians 2:8,
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we receive Christ into our heart
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and know that we are born again.
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We receive the righteousness
that comes from Jesus Christ
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and the forgiveness.
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Now that is justification.
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Your record has changed.
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But now Jesus wants to
save you from the power of sin,
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that sanctification.
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We ask to be...
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To follow Him,
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we must be filled
with the Holy Spirit daily,
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be led by the spirit.
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Romans 8:14 says,
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"Only those led by the
spirit are the children of God."
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And follow Christ example
in submission to God's will.
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Let me read 1
John 2:6 says this,
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"By this we
know, that we know Him.
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If we keep His commandments,
he who says, 'I know Him, '
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and does not
keep His commandments,
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he is a liar, and
the truth is not in him.
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By this we know
that we are in Him.
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He who says he abides in Him
must also walk as He walked."
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Amen. Amen.
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Ryan, this next
question goes to you, brother.
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All right.
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What happened to
the Ten Commandments
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when the temple was destroyed?
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All right, so this is a...
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This is a loaded question here.
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And the simple answer is
that we simply do not know.
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The Bible does not tell us
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where the commandments went
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after the
destruction of the temple
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or the destruction
of Jerusalem happened.
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Now there's two different
destructions of Jerusalem.
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Obviously, the first one was
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when the Babylonians came
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and destroyed the
temple before Jesus, of course.
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And of course, 70 years...
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70AD many after
Christ was crucified.
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This particular one I
believe is referring to
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what happened to
the Ark of the Covenant,
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the Ten Commandments
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prior to the
destruction of Jerusalem,
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the first time by Nebuchadnezzar
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and the Babylonian armies?
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Of course,
there's some suggestions.
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Some have submitted
that in Revelation 11:19,
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where it says that
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he peered into
the temple of God,
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a door was open and he
saw as, as it says there,
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he saw the covenant,
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the ark of his covenant
was seen in the temple there.
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So some people suggest,
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well, the arch of covenant
is in heaven with the Lord.
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And of course,
we know that Moses,
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as according to Hebrews 8,
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Moses, when he was
given the instructions
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to build the
sanctuary and the temple there,
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that those were a copy
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or shadows of things
that of the heavenly.
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So some say, even
though John saw that in heaven,
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there's actually still
an earthly copy somewhere.
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If that be the case,
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there were so many
theories as to where it goes,
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where it went,
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history reveals
many different things.
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For instance, the Second
Book of the Maccabees says that
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even though we don't...
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That's not a
canonical book within the Bible,
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it wasn't included,
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that particular book
does record historically
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that Jeremiah,
the prophet took that
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the ark of the covenant,
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he went and hit it
somewhere in a cave.
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But the truth of the matter is
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the Bible does not give
us that for sure answer.
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We don't know where
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that physical copy of
the Ten Commandments is.
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The Bible just
doesn't reveal it.
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Okay. Well, thank you.
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And the Bible doesn't reveal it.
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That's right. All right.
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John Dinzey, how old was Enoch?
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That's a good question.
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You know,
sometimes people present that
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as a trick question
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but because Enoch
was taken to heaven
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from what we
understand the scripture.
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So let's go to
Genesis 5 and in Genesis 5,
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we're going to go to the last...
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Actually 22.
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Let's begin in verse 21,
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"Enoch lived 65 years
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and begat Methuselah
after he begat Methuselah,
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Enoch walked with God 300 years
and had sons and daughters."
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Notice this.
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So all the days of
Enoch were 365 years,
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and Enoch walked with God,
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and he was not,
for God took him.
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So according to the Bible,
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Enoch lived 365
years on the earth.
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And then that
ended his time on earth
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and was taken to heaven by God.
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So that's what we have. Yeah.
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Well, thank you for that answer.
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Now if you're
just now joining us,
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this is the brand
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If you have questions
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please email them
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We want to hear from you
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and we want to
answer those questions.
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So we will jump into our
next set of questions here,
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but I'm going to
come to you, Ryan.
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Okay.
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We're going to
switch it up a little bit.
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All right.
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Where in the four gospels,
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does it talk about
the resurrection of Jesus?
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Okay. So this
is a good question.
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So all four gospels talk
about the resurrection of Jesus.
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And there's multiple
mentions of scripture
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of the resurrection,
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whether it be the
resurrection of the saints
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or the
resurrection of Christ himself
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but this specific
reference says that
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we find in those four gospels.
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I'm going to
give those to you now.
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The first account is
found in Matthew 28:1-8.
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Again, that's Matthew 28:1-8.
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Then we have Mark 16:1-8,
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again, Mark 16:1-8.
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And then we have Luke 24:1-12,
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and then John 20:1-18.
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In John 20,
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you have the instance
where it actually talks about
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the resurrection of Christ.
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And then what
actually happened afterwards
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when John and
Peter came to the tomb,
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they saw that it was empty.
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And so all four gospels
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give us the account
of the risen savior.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor Dinzey,
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does the Book of Ezekiel
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have any
relevance to the last days?
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I think that all
the books have relevance
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to the last days,
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all the books of the Bible.
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But really Ezekiel
is full of instruction,
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full of good information,
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as far as a prophecy.
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Ezekiel 9 is very interesting.
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And, you know,
I've read somewhere
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where it says this is
going to be literally fulfilled
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but as far as the relevance
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to pinpoint it
to last day events,
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it's kind of difficult
to see a specific place,
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but all of it is
full of instruction.
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And I would
just encourage people
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to read the Book of Ezekiel,
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ask the Lord to guide you
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because the Lord will
guide us into all truth.
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Amen. Amen.
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All right, Shelley,
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how do you know
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you're marrying
the right person?
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In two minutes. Okay.
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The most important decision
you'll ever make in your life
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is to accept
Christ as your savior.
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Amen.
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The second most
important decision
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you'll ever make in
your life is who you marry.
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This requires a lot of prayer
for wisdom and discernment.
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I highly recommend
premarital counseling
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because it will uncover areas
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before you get married
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that, you know,
you need to work on.
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You should have a
similar value system,
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similar goals,
particularly financial goals
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because money is
the number one reason,
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finances.
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Number one reason
for getting a divorce.
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Believers obviously
shouldn't marry unbelievers.
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The Bible calls that
being unequally yoked,
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and it creates so many
problems in a marriage.
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Particularly if
there's children,
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please don't think
that you can change a person
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after you married them.
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Only God can change them.
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Let me ask these questions.
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Is your person of
interest trustworthy?
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Trust is the
foundation of all relationships.
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Give open communication.
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Communication is
the relationship.
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Do they listen to you?
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Are your arguments
productive or destructive?
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Can you laugh together?
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Can you be
yourself around that person?
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Totally yourself
around that person.
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What are your
friends and family think
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of your relationship?
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Sometimes romantic love
blinds us in the family.
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We'll see red flags.
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But what I want you to do is
look to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7,
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and see does my loved one
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fit this description
of love in the Bible.
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Are they patient and respectful?
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Not envious are competitive.
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Are they emotionally and
intellectually supportive?
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Not jealous.
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Jealousy can be flattering,
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but I guarantee it's
exhausting to live with.
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Are they not bragging or
have narcissistic behavior?
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No destructive behavior,
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no drugs, alcohol, pornography,
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must have a good work
ethic that is so critical,
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not be
controlling or condescending,
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and that they
have a forgiving spirit
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and that they will
love with a commitment
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that will deal with
problems without walking away.
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If your
relationship doesn't meet that,
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get your counseling
before you get married.
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Well, I'll tell you what.
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I'll have to watch this
on 3ABN's YouTube channel,
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as I'm looking for my wife.
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Thank you for
the list. Thank you.
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Pastor Day, we're
going to come to you.
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Sure.
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So if I die tomorrow
and have not been baptized,
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will I get to go to heaven?
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This is from Johnny in Texas.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Johnny, I understand
exactly what you're asking
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but for the record, I just
want to be clear as a minister,
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none of us, no
person should be able
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to play the role
of God in deciding
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who will and
will not go to heaven.
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So I want to
say that very clear.
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I can't tell you whether or not
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you're going to go to heaven
if you're baptized or not.
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God is the judge,
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but I do believe the
nature of your question
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is baptism important.
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And if I choose to
do it or not do it,
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will I go to heaven?
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And there are some...
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The simple answer to that
is if you have an opportunity,
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we should follow in faith
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and the example of Jesus Christ.
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For instance, when the
people were preached to by Peter
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on the day of Pentecost,
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they heard that powerful sermon
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telling them to come to
Jesus and surrender to Him.
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They asked Peter, they
said, "Well, what do we do?"
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And Peter's
response in Acts 2:38
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was repent
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and let every one
of you be baptized
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in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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So that was a
part of that action
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to show forth your
faith as an example
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that you are
married to Jesus Christ.
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You were marrying yourself
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in relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:14:37.24\00:14:38.57
So baptism in and of
itself doesn't save you,
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but it
certainly is an expression
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of the faith and relationship
you have with Jesus.
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Mark 16:16 says,
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"He who believes and is baptized
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will be saved,
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but he who does not
believe will be condemned."
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So baptism is important
if you have an opportunity.
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Of course, we do have
those instances in scripture,
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thief on the
cross being that example
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where, you know,
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the thief on the
cross wasn't baptized,
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but yet Jesus
Christ promised him
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that he would be in
paradise with Him one day.
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And so we have to understand
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there are rare
occurrences and instances
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where someone just simply
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may be giving their life
to Jesus on their death bed
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in a very interesting situation
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where they're not
able to be baptized
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in that case, we
leave it to the Lord.
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The Lord knows the heart.
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And yes, it is
possible for someone
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to make it to the kingdom of God
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without being baptized
in those rare circumstances.
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But if you have an
opportunity, my friends,
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right here, I'm going to
just give this in closing
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Acts 22:16.
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It says, "And
why are you waiting?"
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I love that,
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"But rise and be baptized,
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and wash away your sins
calling on the name, the Lord."
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Amen. Good answer.
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Amen, yeah, we can go home now.
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It was really good.
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Pastor Dinzey,
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what should we pray
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when praying for the
leaders of our government?
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This comes out of Texas.
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That's a very good question.
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Really, what should we pray
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when we're
praying for the leaders
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of the government?
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First of all, I
would suggest that
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you pray for
them to be converted
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and accept the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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And that they will
listen to the voice of the Lord,
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seek guidance
from the scriptures
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and that they will be willing
to follow the Lord's direction.
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I'm reminded of Pilate.
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Pilate was before the
Jews and scribes and Pharisees,
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and they were all demanding,
00:16:21.21\00:16:22.98
you know, let him be crucified,
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let him be crucified.
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So pray that
these government leaders
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do not give into
political pressure,
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do not give into to
the society pressure
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but to follow God's principles,
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pray that they will
be willing to follow
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a thus sayeth the Lord.
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And that they
will be faithful to God
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and to the
responsibility that they have
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before the people.
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Amen. Amen. Well said.
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Well said.
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Shelley, we're
talking about praying.
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We're talking about
prayer, but what is prayer?
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Oh, I love it.
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Prayer is talking
with your Heavenly Father
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like you would a friend.
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Prayer is a communication
with your Heavenly Father.
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And let me repeat,
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communication
is the relationship
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we are seeking to
get to know God better.
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In Psalm 27:8, David said,
00:17:15.00\00:17:19.93
"Oh, Lord, when
you said, seek my face.
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I said, 'Oh, your
face, Lord. I will seek.' "
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It's not just going to
God with a grocery list,
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laundry list of what you want.
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It's seeking to know Him.
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Prayer is a form of thanksgiving
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and praise.
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It's a worship.
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"Enter His
gates," Psalm 100:4 says,
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"with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise."
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You're pressing
into the presence of God.
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Prayer is confession of our sins
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and our shortcomings
00:17:51.33\00:17:52.70
and trusting that
God will forgive us.
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Prayer is
asking for forgiveness,
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but I want you to pray that
God will grant you repentance.
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Acts 5:31 says
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that's a gift of God,
00:18:03.55\00:18:04.91
say, Lord, turn
me away from this.
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And I can't do it on my own.
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Prayer is interceding
on the behalf of the others
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praying for other people.
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It's praying for
help for yourself.
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And sometimes
that's the only word
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you can pray is help.
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It's praying for direction
to be led by the spirit.
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They say prayer is
the breath of the soul.
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It can be done standing
up, sitting down on your knees,
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in the bed, in your car
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where ever out loud or silently,
00:18:31.24\00:18:34.61
but prayer is a
two-way communication.
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So be sure that
you get into the word
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and let God speak to
you during your prayer time.
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And here's the last thought.
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God promised He
would never leave us
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or forsake us.
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His presence is with you always.
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Are you ignoring God by
refusing to speak to Him
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when He's right there with you?
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Wow. That's deep. It's powerful.
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Yeah, prayer is a
two-way communication.
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I love it.
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Pastor Day, please explain
00:19:02.87\00:19:04.64
how after Jesus died,
00:19:04.67\00:19:06.27
He was in the
grave for three days
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from Friday through Sunday.
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This comes from
Bridgita out of...
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Thank you so much, Jason.
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That actually is a
really good question
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because many people
are trying to fit in.
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You know, that Friday
to Sunday morning scenario.
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They're trying to fit
it into 72 literal hours.
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And where we kind of get
this idea from is Matthew 12,
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where Jesus talks about,
00:19:27.30\00:19:28.63
He says that just as Jonah
was in the belly of the fish
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for three days and three nights
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so shall the son of man
be in the heart of the earth
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or in the heart of the earth
00:19:35.37\00:19:36.87
for three days and three nights.
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And so, you know, we're
looking at that timeframe
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and some people
are trying to count
00:19:40.44\00:19:41.78
again 72 literal hours
00:19:41.81\00:19:43.88
from Friday time
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that Jesus died in the afternoon
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all the way to Sunday morning.
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But what we
have to consider here
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when we're talking about
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or counting modes of
timing in reference to the day,
00:19:50.79\00:19:54.16
it's something
called inclusive reckoning.
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And that is that the concept
00:19:56.79\00:19:58.23
that any part of
the day in scripture
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could have been
considered a day.
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In other words,
if it was morning,
00:20:02.23\00:20:03.77
if it was
evening, if it was a night,
00:20:03.80\00:20:06.13
it could have
been considered a day
00:20:06.17\00:20:07.84
because it was that
particular part of the day.
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.97
For instance, just
reading from Matthew 16:21.
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Notice what it
says here, it says,
00:20:14.08\00:20:15.44
"From that time, Jesus
began to show to His disciples
00:20:15.48\00:20:17.68
that He must go to Jerusalem
00:20:17.71\00:20:19.65
and suffer many
things from the elders
00:20:19.68\00:20:21.48
and the chief
priests and scribes
00:20:21.52\00:20:23.12
and be killed and
raised by the third day."
00:20:23.15\00:20:26.52
And so some
people look at then go,
00:20:26.55\00:20:27.92
"Oh, you know, how
do you get 72 hours?"
00:20:27.96\00:20:29.62
The fact of the matter
is it never says 72 hours.
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It never says that
00:20:31.89\00:20:33.23
there's going to be
00:20:33.26\00:20:34.56
this particular
amount of time to pass.
00:20:34.60\00:20:35.93
And He's got to resurrect
exactly after 72 hours.
00:20:35.96\00:20:38.90
We have to also
take in consideration
00:20:38.93\00:20:40.54
that when Jesus said that
00:20:40.57\00:20:41.90
He would be in the
heart of the earth,
00:20:41.97\00:20:43.47
many people try to apply that
00:20:43.51\00:20:45.44
to, you know, Him
being in the grave.
00:20:45.47\00:20:47.74
In other words, they take that
heart of the earth expression
00:20:47.81\00:20:50.18
and they put Him in the grave
00:20:50.21\00:20:51.88
for three days and three nights.
00:20:51.91\00:20:53.58
But the heart of the
earth there nowhere in scripture
00:20:53.62\00:20:55.45
does it refer to
being in the grave.
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In fact, if you actually do,
00:20:58.22\00:21:00.66
you know, consider
the heart of the hearth.
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The earth, a man's heart...
00:21:02.39\00:21:04.43
The Bible says that a
man's heart is wicked above,
00:21:04.46\00:21:07.40
above all things
who can trust it, right?
00:21:07.40\00:21:08.93
This a sinful, a sinful man,
00:21:08.96\00:21:11.17
Jesus took the sin of the world
00:21:11.20\00:21:13.60
upon Himself, right?
00:21:13.64\00:21:15.90
And of course,
Jesus had never sinned,
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.64
but the Bible says He
took the sin upon Himself.
00:21:17.67\00:21:19.77
When did Jesus take
upon himself that sin?
00:21:19.81\00:21:23.38
He did, it actually
came upon Him the night
00:21:23.41\00:21:25.75
before in the garden
of Gethsemane, right?
00:21:25.78\00:21:28.25
And that was
actually before the cross,
00:21:28.28\00:21:29.98
before His trial.
00:21:30.02\00:21:31.35
And if you count,
check this out again,
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this is just a suggestion,
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.59
but again, it's not explicit
00:21:34.62\00:21:36.12
because the Bible is
not explicit about this.
00:21:36.16\00:21:37.69
But if you count
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.93
from the garden of
Gethsemane experience
00:21:39.96\00:21:41.50
from Thursday night,
00:21:41.53\00:21:42.86
there's one
night to Friday, okay?
00:21:42.90\00:21:45.47
Then Friday night,
there's your second night
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and then Saturday,
there's your second day.
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And then Saturday night,
there's your third night.
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He was in the grave, right?
00:21:52.37\00:21:53.71
And then Sunday
morning, there's your third day.
00:21:53.74\00:21:56.38
Jesus was in the
heart of the earth.
00:21:56.41\00:21:58.85
He experienced the
sin pressing upon Him
00:21:58.88\00:22:02.48
from that time and
through His burial experience
00:22:02.52\00:22:05.12
and His resurrection experience,
00:22:05.15\00:22:06.65
He was in the grave for...
00:22:06.69\00:22:08.59
In the heart of the earth
00:22:08.62\00:22:09.96
for three days and three nights.
00:22:09.99\00:22:11.33
But He was in the grave
00:22:11.36\00:22:12.69
from obviously Friday
evening to Sunday morning.
00:22:12.73\00:22:15.10
So Sunday or Friday to Sunday
00:22:15.13\00:22:17.33
is expressive of
that specific days
00:22:17.37\00:22:19.73
that He had that experience.
00:22:19.77\00:22:21.77
He was crucified on
Friday, put in the tomb,
00:22:21.84\00:22:24.81
asleep on the grave Saturday,
and resurrected Sunday morning.
00:22:24.84\00:22:28.58
Thank you for that breakdown.
00:22:28.61\00:22:30.78
You know, as people are
listening to the answers
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This next question
goes to you, Pastor Dinzey.
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Will God's people
be able to witness
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during the time of persecution
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or will probation close
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before the time of trouble?
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That's a loaded
question there, loaded question.
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Take your time.
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Well, you know, when
you look at this question
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talking about witnessing,
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I think God's people
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will not be able
to resist witnessing
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no matter what time
we're living upon the earth,
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whether you're going to
the little time of trouble,
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the great time of trouble,
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or even after
probation is closed
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because it is their nature.
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It's in them to
witness to others.
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So I would say, yes,
you'll be able to witness,
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will you be able to sit down
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and have a Bible
study with someone?
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It may not be
because of the persecution
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that may come later
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but witnessing, remember
that it says in Matthew 5:16,
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"Let your light
so shine before men,
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that they may
see your good works
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and glorify your
Father, which is in heaven."
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Even though our
words and our actions
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will be a witness to people.
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When probation is closed,
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they will not be able
to accept Jesus Christ.
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Why?
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Because they have
fully rejected God,
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everything that could be done
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to persuade them has been done
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and they have rejected
and they will not repent.
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This is why probation closes.
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No one else will repent.
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So probation closes.
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And, so, yes,
you'll be able to win this
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until your very last breath.
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And even those that are
alive will be witnessing
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but unfortunately,
people will not accept.
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Hmm.
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And this leads us
to our next question.
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And, Shelley, how do I
know if I have the Holy Spirit?
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That's wonderful question.
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Most people would say,
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we look for the
gifts of the spirit.
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Obviously, Galatians 5:22-23
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talks about the
fruit of the spirit,
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the love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness,
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gentleness,
faithfulness, and self-control.
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But I would say
the number one evidence
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that you have the Holy Spirit
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is that you have
love, divine love.
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When you think of
this, God is love.
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The Holy Spirit is
the spirit of love.
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Romans 5:5 says,
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"He pours His
love into our hearts
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by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
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And in Mark
12:30-31, Jesus says,
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"Hey, here's the most
important commandment.
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Love the Lord, your God,
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with all of your heart,
soul, mind, and strength."
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Ooh, can't even do
that with my own power.
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But with the Holy Spirit,
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when God's love is in me, I can.
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Then He says, the
second is like it,
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love your neighbor as yourself.
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So it's that
self-sacrificing kind of love.
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But I want to share
my favorite scripture
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about love and about...
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We received the
Holy Spirit by faith,
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but listen, 1
Thessalonians 3:12 says this,
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"May the Lord make you increase
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in a bound in
love to one another."
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Who's doing the work?
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It's the Lord.
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He's the one that gives
us the increase of love.
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And then in verse
13, it says, "So that..."
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That's a purpose statement.
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"May he do this so that
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he may stablish your
hearts blameless and holiness
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before God and father
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at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ
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with all His saints."
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Do you see what He's saying?
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As God causes us
to abound in love.
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We increase in holiness.
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Don't you want to be blameless
and holiness and divine love.
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There's no sin.
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So if you just
pray for the Holy Spirit
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receive Him by faith,
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He will lead you in
all truth and in prayer.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor Day,
where in the Bible...
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This is going to
be a short answer,
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but wherein the Bible
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does it speak about
the great patriarchs Noah,
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Abraham, Lot, Joseph, Isaac,
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and Jacob keeping the Sabbath?
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Okay.
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So the clear, simple answer is
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that there is
not one explicit text
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in all the Bible
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that specifically says
that any of these individuals
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kept the Sabbath.
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Now that's the truthful answer,
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but people take that or
they try to twist and say,
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"Well, you
know, because of that,
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then that must mean
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that the Sabbath
was not that important
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prior to Mount Sinai,
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when God gave the
Ten Commandments."
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In other words,
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you know, Abraham,
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didn't have to keep the Sabbath
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and Lot didn't
have to keep the Sabbath
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and Jacob and
Isaac, all of them,
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they didn't have
to keep the Sabbath.
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So it must be
just a Jewish thing
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because he didn't
give it until the Jews.
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I believe that that
is simply incorrect.
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First of all, we
have to understand that
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this is a great example.
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In Genesis 26:5, the Bible says,
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"Speaking of Abraham, "
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notice what it says.
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It says, "Because
Abraham obeyed My voice
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and kept My charge,
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My commandments, My
statues, and My laws."
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What are those laws?
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What are those laws?
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We know that the
law of God was in heaven
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even before Adam
and Eve were created
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because Lucifer,
when he rebelled,
00:28:00.71\00:28:02.74
the Bible says that
he there in Ezekiel 28.
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It says that,
00:28:05.85\00:28:07.18
"Lucifer, he was
perfect in all his ways
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until iniquity
was found in him."
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What is iniquity?
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Iniquity is sin.
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And what is sin
according to the Bible?
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1 John 3:4,
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"Sin is
transgression of the law."
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It's God's law.
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So when it says
that Abraham here,
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this was many, many, many years
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before there ever
was a Jewish nation
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or an Israel nation.
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We see here very
clearly that, the Bible says,
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he kept God's commandments.
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What were those commandments?
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I believe it was the law of God.
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Also another great
point, Jesus is creator.
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Ephesians 3:9 says
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that God created all
things through Jesus Christ.
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So Jesus Christ created
the Sabbath in Genesis 2.
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Also, Jesus referred to
Himself as the great I am.
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He was the one who gave
the Ten Commandments to Moses.
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And therefore, we know that
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Jesus tells us
in the New Testament
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that He is the
Lord of the Sabbath.
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So He was the Lord of Abraham.
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He was Lord of
Isaac, Lord of Jacob,
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and all of those
patriarchs before Moses.
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So, therefore, we can conclude
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based on this
text and the concept
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that God does not
change in character,
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He does not change His law.
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Psalm 89:34,
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.11
"His law, His
covenant, will not break
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nor alter the words that
has gone out of His lips."
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It has always been,
and we can bank on the fact
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that they were
Sabbath-keepers as well.
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Amen. Great. Amen.
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Amen. Well said.
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Pastor Dinzey,
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the Bible clearly
States God casts the angels
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that sinned down to hell.
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Why are they roaming
around earth bothering us?
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Is the question.
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Well, you know,
they are bothering us.
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In 2 Peter 2:4, we
have the following words,
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"For if God did not
spare the angels who sinned,
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but cast them down to hell
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and delivered them
into chains of darkness,
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to be reserved for judgment."
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Notice verse five,
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"And did not
spare the ancient world,
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but saved Noah,
one of eight people,
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a preacher of righteousness,
00:29:59.16\00:30:00.50
bringing in the flood on
the world of the ungodly."
00:30:00.53\00:30:03.47
So our question is
00:30:03.50\00:30:05.63
why are they still bothering us?
00:30:05.67\00:30:07.90
Well, this earth, unfortunately,
00:30:07.94\00:30:09.74
is involved in a
great controversy
00:30:09.77\00:30:11.24
between good and evil.
00:30:11.27\00:30:12.67
When Adam and Eve sinned,
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.04
this earth entered
into the controversy
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.51
between good and evil.
00:30:16.54\00:30:17.88
And so because of this
00:30:17.91\00:30:21.05
time has been given
to Satan and his angels
00:30:21.08\00:30:23.49
to be able to do their work,
00:30:23.52\00:30:27.09
although
limited because you see,
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.62
it says they are
in chains of darkness.
00:30:28.66\00:30:31.99
This just tells us
that they have a limit.
00:30:32.03\00:30:34.76
They cannot do
whatever they want
00:30:34.83\00:30:36.36
because if they were able
to do whatever they wanted,
00:30:36.40\00:30:38.63
you would have
been dead long ago.
00:30:38.70\00:30:40.14
We would have all
been dead long ago.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.07
But God has placed
these limits upon them.
00:30:42.10\00:30:46.17
And because of
the Great Controversy,
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.58
and I'm telling you,
00:30:47.61\00:30:48.94
the Great
Controversy will soon end,
00:30:49.01\00:30:50.35
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
00:30:50.38\00:30:52.28
This is why they are allowed
to bother us to some degree.
00:30:52.31\00:30:56.42
Now remember it
says in Psalms 34,
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.82
"The angel of the Lord,
encamps round about them.
00:30:58.85\00:31:02.26
They fear Him
and delivers them."
00:31:02.29\00:31:03.73
The Lord defends us
from these evil angels.
00:31:03.76\00:31:06.83
It is just because
of the great controversy
00:31:06.86\00:31:08.76
between good and evil
people have to make a choice.
00:31:08.83\00:31:11.10
Will I follow God?
00:31:11.13\00:31:12.50
Or will I follow the devil?
00:31:12.53\00:31:14.34
So this is why they
are allowed to bother us.
00:31:14.37\00:31:16.94
If you want to
call it bothering us,
00:31:16.97\00:31:18.87
you know, like
mosquitoes and flies,
00:31:18.94\00:31:22.21
you trust in the Lord
00:31:22.24\00:31:23.91
and lean upon Him
with all of your heart.
00:31:23.95\00:31:25.98
And He will give you strength.
00:31:26.01\00:31:27.72
Face every trial
looking unto Jesus,
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.52
the author and
finisher of our faith.
00:31:29.55\00:31:31.35
Well said, pastor Dinzey.
00:31:31.39\00:31:32.99
I'd also add to that,
00:31:33.02\00:31:34.36
that if they're
not bothering you,
00:31:34.39\00:31:35.72
then you should probably
ask, what are you doing?
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.63
There you go.
What's going on here?
00:31:37.66\00:31:39.16
That's right.
00:31:39.19\00:31:40.53
What's going on?
00:31:40.56\00:31:41.86
So, Shelley Quinn, if
we are saved by grace,
00:31:41.90\00:31:46.57
why worry about
keeping the commandments?
00:31:46.60\00:31:48.74
This comes from Gordon.
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.81
Dear, Gordon,
00:31:50.84\00:31:52.71
let me give you the
definition of grace.
00:31:52.74\00:31:57.08
Grace is the unearned,
undeserved gifts of God.
00:31:57.11\00:32:02.02
And there's nothing
we can do to earn grace,
00:32:02.08\00:32:06.02
but they are also
when you study grace,
00:32:06.05\00:32:10.36
these unearned,
undeserved gifts of God,
00:32:10.39\00:32:14.73
give us His divine assistance,
00:32:14.76\00:32:17.80
His supernatural
power unto salvation.
00:32:17.83\00:32:21.40
I think the three
greatest gifts of grace
00:32:21.44\00:32:24.14
are Jesus Christ, The
Holy Spirit, and The Word.
00:32:24.17\00:32:28.04
You think of those gifts,
you see the effects of grace.
00:32:28.08\00:32:32.18
Ephesians 2:8 definitely says,
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.12
"We are saved by
grace through faith
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.15
not of works at
any should boast."
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.02
Praise God.
00:32:38.05\00:32:39.39
There's no way I
could save myself.
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.19
And I'm so glad.
00:32:41.22\00:32:42.56
But verse 10 says
continuing on in Ephesians 2,
00:32:42.59\00:32:47.00
"We are His workmanship,
00:32:47.03\00:32:48.80
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:32:48.86\00:32:53.03
which He prepared in advance
that we should walk in them."
00:32:53.07\00:32:59.21
When we enter into salvation,
00:32:59.27\00:33:01.28
we're entering into a
covenant love relationship
00:33:01.31\00:33:06.15
with a covenant-keeping God.
00:33:06.18\00:33:07.95
The Bible says,
00:33:07.98\00:33:09.32
God keeps covenant with those
who keep covenant with Him.
00:33:09.35\00:33:13.39
His government is
a government of love
00:33:13.42\00:33:16.99
and we should obey of
loyalty and motivated...
00:33:17.03\00:33:21.33
Our obedience should
be motivated by love.
00:33:21.36\00:33:23.87
Jesus said in John 14:15,
00:33:23.90\00:33:26.13
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.40
Gordon, do you
love the Lord? Why?
00:33:29.44\00:33:31.61
If you're saved by grace,
00:33:31.64\00:33:32.97
would you keep
God's commandments?
00:33:33.01\00:33:35.54
Because you're showing
Him, "Yes, Lord, I love you."
00:33:35.58\00:33:38.81
But look what He says.
00:33:38.85\00:33:40.28
He says,
00:33:40.32\00:33:41.65
"And if you
keep My commandments,
00:33:41.68\00:33:44.09
I will pray the Father,
00:33:44.12\00:33:45.45
He will give you another helper
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.22
that He may abide
with you forever."
00:33:47.26\00:33:50.16
It's as we walk in obedience,
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.19
He gives us more of the spirit.
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.03
We get the spirit,
obey what were here.
00:33:54.10\00:33:56.70
And then we get more.
00:33:56.73\00:33:58.07
I want to add
something Hebrews 5:9.
00:33:58.10\00:34:01.04
Boy, this is a good reason
to keep God's commandments.
00:34:01.07\00:34:04.87
It's talking about Jesus.
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.27
It says,
00:34:06.31\00:34:07.64
"Having been perfected,
00:34:07.68\00:34:09.28
He became the
author of eternal salvation
00:34:09.34\00:34:13.98
for all who obey Him."
00:34:14.02\00:34:19.35
So when we're saved by grace,
the Holy Spirit resides in us.
00:34:19.39\00:34:23.16
I would argue that
obedience is by grace.
00:34:23.19\00:34:26.09
Philippians 2:13 says,
00:34:26.13\00:34:27.96
"God works in us to will,
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.30
to change our will,
00:34:30.33\00:34:33.00
to do according to
His good pleasure."
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.07
And let me, I know
I'm going a little over,
00:34:36.10\00:34:38.17
but let me finish with this,
00:34:38.21\00:34:39.67
1 John 3:4 says this,
00:34:39.71\00:34:45.98
"Whoever commits sin
00:34:46.01\00:34:48.75
also commits lawlessness
for sin is lawlessness."
00:34:48.78\00:34:52.42
Sin is the
breaking of God's law,
00:34:52.45\00:34:56.36
His government of love.
00:34:56.39\00:34:59.26
And verse five
says, you know that
00:34:59.29\00:35:02.00
He, Jesus, was manifested
to take away our sins.
00:35:02.06\00:35:07.54
Grace isn't a
license to keep on sinning.
00:35:07.57\00:35:11.61
He says, "Little children,"
00:35:11.64\00:35:13.64
this is verse seven, 1 John 3:7,
00:35:13.68\00:35:16.58
"let no one deceive you.
00:35:16.61\00:35:18.75
He who practices
righteousness is righteous,
00:35:18.78\00:35:22.18
just as He is righteous."
00:35:22.25\00:35:24.69
Yes, it's
righteousness by faith.
00:35:24.72\00:35:26.86
But when you've got imputed
and imparted righteousness,
00:35:26.89\00:35:30.49
you're going to
walk in righteousness.
00:35:30.53\00:35:32.66
In verse eight, He says,
00:35:32.69\00:35:34.00
"he who sins is of the devil.
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.87
For this purpose,
00:35:36.90\00:35:38.67
the Son of God was manifested
00:35:38.70\00:35:41.07
that He may destroy
the works of the devil."
00:35:41.10\00:35:44.71
Thank you for
that answer, Shelley.
00:35:44.74\00:35:46.11
Amen. Great answer.
00:35:46.14\00:35:47.48
Pastor Day, this bonus question
00:35:47.51\00:35:49.41
is specifically
directed toward you.
00:35:49.48\00:35:53.65
"Do I need to have
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.02
the gift of
tongues to be saved?"
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.49
Man, that's
touching a nerve right there.
00:35:57.52\00:36:01.36
That's touching a
nerve. 'Cause I grew up...
00:36:01.39\00:36:04.06
Majority of my youth
experience in the church,
00:36:04.09\00:36:07.50
not in a
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:36:07.56\00:36:08.90
'cause I was raised
oneness apostolic Pentecostal
00:36:08.93\00:36:11.13
for the majority of my childhood
00:36:11.17\00:36:12.50
and upbringing.
00:36:12.57\00:36:13.90
And I was taught that
00:36:13.94\00:36:15.27
in order for the
person to be saved,
00:36:15.30\00:36:16.64
you must receive the Holy Spirit
00:36:16.67\00:36:18.27
and you must
manifest and speak in tongues.
00:36:18.31\00:36:21.58
Have the gift of
speaking in tongues
00:36:21.61\00:36:22.98
in order to be saved
00:36:23.01\00:36:24.35
because they would say
00:36:24.38\00:36:25.71
that's the evidence of
the Holy Spirit, right?
00:36:25.75\00:36:28.32
But the question
00:36:28.35\00:36:29.82
do you have the gift
of tongues to be saved?
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.49
The simple answer is no.
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.32
There is not
one single scripture
00:36:33.36\00:36:34.79
in all the Bible
00:36:34.82\00:36:36.16
that says you
must speak in tongues
00:36:36.19\00:36:37.93
in order to be saved.
00:36:37.96\00:36:39.33
Salvation comes by
grace through faith alone,
00:36:39.36\00:36:41.73
and that can only
come through Jesus Christ.
00:36:41.76\00:36:44.50
And so I want to make
that very, very clear.
00:36:44.53\00:36:46.07
So let's provide some
biblical backup for this.
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.87
Where we work, many
people get this idea
00:36:49.90\00:36:51.34
is from the day of
Pentecost in Acts 2,
00:36:51.37\00:36:54.58
where the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:36:54.61\00:36:56.58
was given to those
disciples in the upper room,
00:36:56.61\00:36:59.65
as it was on the
day of Pentecost,
00:36:59.71\00:37:01.68
all different Jews
00:37:01.72\00:37:03.12
from all
different nations had come.
00:37:03.15\00:37:04.49
And Jesus saw that
that was an opportunity
00:37:04.52\00:37:06.49
to share the good news of Jesus
00:37:06.52\00:37:08.79
with all of
these different "Jews"
00:37:08.82\00:37:10.86
by blood, by heritage.
00:37:10.89\00:37:12.56
But many of them did
not speak the same language
00:37:12.63\00:37:14.10
at this point,
00:37:14.13\00:37:15.46
as they had been scattered
00:37:15.50\00:37:16.83
to many different
parts of the earth.
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.20
So they'd come to Jerusalem,
00:37:18.23\00:37:19.57
the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit
00:37:19.63\00:37:20.97
was given up on the
disciples in the upper room,
00:37:21.00\00:37:22.50
and we see that they
were given the gift of tongues
00:37:22.54\00:37:24.74
for the purpose of
sharing the gospel.
00:37:24.77\00:37:28.01
And, then of
course, when they ask Peter,
00:37:28.04\00:37:29.78
"What shall we do?"
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.18
In Acts 2:38, many people
take that text and they say,
00:37:31.21\00:37:33.65
"See, it says
there, the Jesus said,
00:37:33.68\00:37:35.28
you know, repent and be baptized
00:37:35.32\00:37:37.15
in the name of the
Lord, Jesus Christ.
00:37:37.19\00:37:38.52
And you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:38.55\00:37:41.22
And they say, what is that gift?
00:37:41.26\00:37:42.66
It's speaking in tongues
00:37:42.72\00:37:44.06
because that's
the gift they received
00:37:44.09\00:37:45.43
on the day of Pentecost.
00:37:45.46\00:37:46.80
But when you go to...
00:37:46.83\00:37:48.13
Excuse me, 1 Corinthians
12, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11,
00:37:48.16\00:37:52.50
we see Paul
explaining these gifts
00:37:52.53\00:37:55.37
and he talks about
00:37:55.40\00:37:56.74
how there's different
types of gifts of the spirit.
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.74
In fact, notice verse
four, he says, this is, again,
00:37:58.77\00:38:01.34
1 Corinthians 12:4,
00:38:01.38\00:38:04.05
"There are diversities of gifts,
00:38:04.08\00:38:06.11
but the same Spirit."
00:38:06.15\00:38:07.52
Okay?
00:38:07.55\00:38:08.88
So there's
different types of gifts
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.25
that come from the Holy Spirit.
00:38:10.29\00:38:11.62
And then he begins to
list different types of gifts.
00:38:11.65\00:38:13.89
It's a gift of
wisdom, the gift of healing,
00:38:13.92\00:38:16.42
the gift of miracles,
00:38:16.46\00:38:17.96
the gift of
discernment of spirits.
00:38:17.99\00:38:20.13
And then down there in the list,
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.46
he says the gift of tongues.
00:38:21.50\00:38:22.86
But notice verse 11.
00:38:22.93\00:38:24.70
This is verse 11
of 1 Corinthians 12.
00:38:24.73\00:38:26.20
He says,
00:38:26.23\00:38:27.57
"But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
00:38:27.60\00:38:31.84
distributing to
each one individually
00:38:31.87\00:38:35.38
as He wills."
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.35
So what is he saying here?
00:38:37.38\00:38:38.71
He's saying, "Look, not
everyone's going to have
00:38:38.75\00:38:40.08
the gift of wisdom,
00:38:40.12\00:38:41.45
not everyone's going to
receive the gift of tongues,
00:38:41.48\00:38:42.95
not everyone's going to
receive the gift of healing
00:38:42.98\00:38:45.15
or the gift of knowledge
or the gift of whatever it is,
00:38:45.19\00:38:47.59
whatever gift He
wants to bestow upon you."
00:38:47.62\00:38:49.89
That's the
beauty of God's church
00:38:49.92\00:38:51.59
is that we all can
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:38:51.63\00:38:53.73
but God gives us
the gift as He wills.
00:38:53.76\00:38:56.50
He knows what gift
He can give to Ryan Day.
00:38:56.53\00:38:59.20
That is going
to be used properly
00:38:59.27\00:39:00.94
for the glorification
of Him and His kingdom.
00:39:00.97\00:39:03.00
He knows what gift
to give to Shelley.
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.54
He knows what
gift to give to you.
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.64
And it may not be the
gift of speaking in tongues.
00:39:06.68\00:39:09.04
And so therefore,
00:39:09.11\00:39:10.45
the answer to
this question is no,
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.01
it's not a means of salvation.
00:39:12.05\00:39:13.65
You don't speak in
tongues to be saved.
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.68
You come to Jesus to be saved.
00:39:15.72\00:39:17.42
Amen.
00:39:17.45\00:39:18.79
Can I add something to
that? Absolutely. Yeah.
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.16
Because you touched on something
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.52
that really caught me.
00:39:21.56\00:39:23.66
There are so many
people who believe...
00:39:23.69\00:39:26.80
There are people
on television who say,
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.70
"I have the gift of healing."
00:39:29.73\00:39:31.43
And they had these
huge healing ministries.
00:39:31.47\00:39:34.30
You know, when we get the gifts,
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.51
I think God gives
them to us as we need them.
00:39:37.54\00:39:41.54
And let me give you an example.
00:39:41.58\00:39:43.28
We know that Paul, did
God use Paul for healing?
00:39:43.31\00:39:47.42
Yes.
00:39:47.45\00:39:48.78
Well, God used Paul for healing.
00:39:48.82\00:39:50.55
And at one point
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.39
he touched the handkerchief
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.79
and they take the
handkerchief around
00:39:54.82\00:39:57.26
and people would
be healed by that.
00:39:57.29\00:40:00.26
Wow!
00:40:00.30\00:40:01.60
But was the "gift of
healing" always Paul's?
00:40:01.63\00:40:05.53
No, let me prove it to you.
00:40:05.57\00:40:07.67
In 2 Timothy 4,
00:40:07.70\00:40:11.27
Paul is a great
apostle of Jesus.
00:40:11.31\00:40:15.21
Says this he's
writing to Timothy,
00:40:15.24\00:40:17.78
he's got two workers within...
00:40:17.81\00:40:19.61
Well, two that were with
him, Erastus and Trophimus.
00:40:19.65\00:40:23.65
And he says,
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.19
"Hey, son, Timothy,
00:40:25.22\00:40:28.59
Erastus stayed in Corinth
00:40:28.62\00:40:32.06
but Trophimus, I have
left in Miletus sick."
00:40:32.09\00:40:38.87
what? Right?
00:40:38.90\00:40:40.34
This great apostle who
had this gift of healing.
00:40:40.37\00:40:45.21
You know, he
prayed for Trophimus.
00:40:45.24\00:40:48.11
Yes, but God did
not raise Trophimus
00:40:48.14\00:40:51.41
from his sickbed there.
00:40:51.45\00:40:52.98
So, one, when you get,
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.65
you know, there
is no such thing as,
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.85
"Oh, this person's
got the gift of healing."
00:40:57.89\00:41:01.69
It comes, it goes as
God, as the Holy Spirit sees.
00:41:01.72\00:41:06.83
That's right. Need for it.
00:41:06.86\00:41:08.16
Amen. Amen.
00:41:08.20\00:41:09.53
He didn't see need
for me to be able to sing.
00:41:09.56\00:41:13.87
But I'm glad that you got that,
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.00
and I can listen
to some of your music.
00:41:16.07\00:41:18.97
Now we're going to
enter into our bonus round,
00:41:19.01\00:41:22.31
which we kind of
segwayed into a little bit,
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.48
but I'm just going to
throw out some questions
00:41:25.51\00:41:27.08
and anybody can
answer all of you can answer.
00:41:27.12\00:41:31.12
But we'll start with
a question from Victor.
00:41:31.15\00:41:32.82
And it says,
00:41:32.85\00:41:34.19
"What are the
signs of the end times?"
00:41:34.22\00:41:38.66
Well, then good question.
00:41:38.69\00:41:40.80
I think Brian's
going to start first.
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.70
Well, you can go
ahead if you want to,
00:41:42.73\00:41:44.10
but I'm just going
directly to Matthew 24.
00:41:44.13\00:41:48.44
This is that great
all of that discourse
00:41:48.47\00:41:50.11
where Jesus is listing
all of the signs of His coming
00:41:50.14\00:41:54.14
because they had asked him
00:41:54.18\00:41:55.51
there at the
beginning of Matthew, 24,
00:41:55.54\00:41:56.88
they said right here, it says,
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.58
Jesus went out and
departed from the temple,
00:41:58.61\00:42:00.22
and His disciples
came and showed to Him,
00:42:00.25\00:42:02.02
the buildings of the temple
00:42:02.05\00:42:03.39
and Jesus basically prophesies
the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:42:03.42\00:42:07.19
And then it says in verse three.
00:42:07.22\00:42:09.02
"Now as He set up
on the Mount of olives,
00:42:09.06\00:42:10.59
the disciples came
to him privately saying,
00:42:10.63\00:42:12.59
'Tell us, when
will these things be,
00:42:12.66\00:42:14.00
and what will be
the sign of your coming,
00:42:14.00\00:42:15.50
the sign of your
coming in the end of the age."
00:42:15.53\00:42:17.53
If you read Matthew 24,
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.97
it gives you all of the signs
of the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:19.00\00:42:22.44
I'm going to
mention a few of them.
00:42:22.47\00:42:23.81
And then I'm going to let my
other brothers and sisters here
00:42:23.84\00:42:25.74
to chime in on this as well.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.24
But if you read through
this powerful chapter here,
00:42:27.28\00:42:29.98
it goes on to say,
00:42:30.01\00:42:31.35
I'm going to start in verse six.
00:42:31.38\00:42:32.75
So Matthew 24:6, it says...
00:42:32.78\00:42:36.42
Actually I'm going
to start in verse five.
00:42:36.45\00:42:38.25
It says,
00:42:38.29\00:42:39.62
"For many will come in my name,
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.02
saying, I am Christ
and will deceive many."
00:42:41.06\00:42:42.39
Will there'll be false Christ?
00:42:42.42\00:42:43.76
Of course, there'll be,
that's one of the signs.
00:42:43.79\00:42:45.63
Verse six,
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.00
"You will hear of
wars and rumors of wars.
00:42:47.03\00:42:49.26
And you will not see
that they not trouble you
00:42:49.30\00:42:53.07
for all these
things must come to pass,
00:42:53.13\00:42:54.47
but the end is not yet."
00:42:54.50\00:42:56.00
Verse seven,
00:42:56.04\00:42:57.37
"For nations will
rise against nation
00:42:57.41\00:42:58.87
and kingdoms against kingdoms,
00:42:58.91\00:43:00.31
and there will be
famines, pestilences,
00:43:00.34\00:43:01.78
earthquakes in various places."
00:43:01.81\00:43:03.85
Now those are just a few
mentioned in this chapter.
00:43:03.88\00:43:06.18
But again, wars
and rumors of wars,
00:43:06.25\00:43:08.15
pestilences diseases, nations,
00:43:08.18\00:43:10.89
rising against nations
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.32
and false Christs
and false prophets.
00:43:12.35\00:43:14.26
These are different
signs that Jesus says,
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.86
"These things
are going to happen.
00:43:16.89\00:43:18.23
You're going to see these things
00:43:18.26\00:43:19.59
on a great level
prior to My second coming."
00:43:19.63\00:43:21.66
So I'm going to stop there,
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.06
and I'm going to let the
others chime in on this as well.
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.70
I want to first
start-up Matthew 24.
00:43:25.73\00:43:28.10
And I'm going to
bring out verse 14.
00:43:28.14\00:43:31.44
This is one of the signs of
the second coming of Christ.
00:43:31.47\00:43:34.84
Today, more than at any time,
00:43:34.88\00:43:36.54
you can see the
possibility of the gospel
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.85
being preached in a short time.
00:43:38.88\00:43:40.25
And it says,
00:43:40.28\00:43:41.62
"In this gospel of the kingdom
00:43:41.65\00:43:42.98
shall be
preached in all the world
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.35
for witness unto all nations,
and then the end shall come."
00:43:44.39\00:43:46.86
There are people that keep tabs
00:43:46.89\00:43:48.22
as to where the
gospel has been preached.
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.72
And you can even today find out
00:43:49.76\00:43:51.49
where there are
Christian churches
00:43:51.53\00:43:53.93
in all the countries.
00:43:53.96\00:43:55.26
So one of the signs is
00:43:55.30\00:43:57.07
the gospel being
preached in all the world.
00:43:57.10\00:43:58.97
3ABN has been reaching the world
00:43:59.00\00:44:01.97
or presenting the message
of the gospel to the world
00:44:02.00\00:44:04.44
via satellite
now via the internet.
00:44:04.47\00:44:06.57
So this is one of the signs.
00:44:06.61\00:44:08.54
How do we know when it's over?
00:44:08.58\00:44:10.38
God knows when it's over,
00:44:10.41\00:44:11.75
and you will see
things happening.
00:44:11.78\00:44:13.11
Now, Revelation
13 also describes,
00:44:13.15\00:44:15.95
describes a power.
00:44:15.98\00:44:18.52
The antichrist power.
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There had an
opportunity for 1, 260 years
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to do persecution and
notice that Revelation 13.
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And it says,
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"And he was given a
mouth speaking great things
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.40
and blasphemies,
00:44:33.44\00:44:34.77
and he was given authority
to continue 42 months."
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This is 1,260 years
going on in Revelation 13,
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it talks about
another power in verse 11.
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"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth
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and he had two horns like a lamb
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.18
and spoke like a dragon."
00:44:46.21\00:44:47.68
So we are living in times
00:44:47.72\00:44:49.05
when you're going
to see this other power
00:44:49.08\00:44:51.02
speak like a dragon
00:44:51.05\00:44:52.39
that's the United
States of America.
00:44:52.42\00:44:54.09
So as you continue
reading Revelation 13,
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you're going to see that
00:44:56.79\00:44:58.13
there's going to
be a mark of the beast
00:44:58.16\00:44:59.86
that is going to be...
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The whole world is
going to be threatened
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.53
with this mark of the beast.
00:45:03.57\00:45:04.90
And these are signs of the times
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you're going to see
these things happen.
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Amen and amen.
Times of the last days.
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You know, when
we think about this.
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This is something that...
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First, I wanted to point out
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because in Matthew
24 turned from there,
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but he talks about the
abomination of desolation
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that was spoken of in Daniel.
00:45:26.15\00:45:28.32
We know that's 9:23, I believe.
00:45:28.36\00:45:31.56
The Book of Daniel
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is very relevant
to the end times.
00:45:32.99\00:45:35.36
And I just wanted
to point that out.
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But then Luke 11...
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Where is my scripture?
00:45:41.54\00:45:42.87
Luke 11.
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I mean, Luke 21, no
wonder, I'm in Matthew.
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.94
That's okay.
00:45:47.98\00:45:49.41
That doesn't help.
00:45:49.48\00:45:51.31
In Luke 21, Jesus
says, "There'll be..."
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And I'm starting in verse 25,
00:45:57.39\00:45:59.82
"There will be
signs in the sun and moon,
00:45:59.89\00:46:01.79
the stars, the earth,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.39
the distress of nations.
00:46:03.43\00:46:05.63
And it says with perplexity,
the sea and the waves roaring."
00:46:05.66\00:46:10.20
Are we seeing that?
00:46:10.23\00:46:11.57
"Men's hearts
failing them from fear
00:46:11.60\00:46:15.07
and the
expectations of those things,
00:46:15.10\00:46:17.97
which are coming to the earth."
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.94
Wow. Do we see that coming on?
00:46:20.01\00:46:23.08
And, he says,
00:46:23.11\00:46:24.45
"The powers of the
heavens are going to be shaken.
00:46:24.48\00:46:26.28
And you're going
to see the Son of Man
00:46:26.35\00:46:28.62
coming in the clouds
00:46:28.65\00:46:31.22
and with power and great glory."
00:46:31.25\00:46:34.32
So here's what I
want to leave with you.
00:46:34.36\00:46:37.56
We see all of these things
00:46:37.59\00:46:39.09
going on now to
distress nations,
00:46:39.13\00:46:41.70
the roar of the seas,
00:46:41.73\00:46:43.80
the plagues that they
said were coming, famines.
00:46:43.83\00:46:47.74
But listen, what
he says in Luke 21:28,
00:46:47.77\00:46:51.47
when these
things begin to happen,
00:46:51.51\00:46:54.11
you don't have to be fearful.
00:46:54.14\00:46:56.48
God didn't give
you a spirit of fear.
00:46:56.54\00:46:59.28
He gave you a spirit of
power and love and sound mind.
00:46:59.31\00:47:03.32
He says,
00:47:03.35\00:47:04.69
"When you see these
things begin to happen,
00:47:04.72\00:47:07.99
look up, lift up your heads
00:47:08.02\00:47:11.46
because your
redemption draws nigh."
00:47:11.49\00:47:15.00
I just want to encourage
somebody that is watching
00:47:15.03\00:47:18.27
or listening to my voice.
00:47:18.30\00:47:20.24
That, boy,
00:47:20.27\00:47:21.67
there's a lot of
stress out there right now,
00:47:21.70\00:47:24.34
but you don't...
00:47:24.37\00:47:25.74
When people call
me and they'll say,
00:47:25.77\00:47:28.21
"Do you think He's
coming right away?"
00:47:28.24\00:47:31.95
You know what?
00:47:31.98\00:47:33.31
We don't set dates around
here because Matthew 24 says,
00:47:33.35\00:47:37.75
Jesus said,
00:47:37.79\00:47:39.12
"Only the father
knows the day or the hour."
00:47:39.15\00:47:41.62
You know, not
even the angels know
00:47:41.66\00:47:43.53
when the second coming is.
00:47:43.56\00:47:46.16
But we do know
prophecies being fulfilled.
00:47:46.19\00:47:49.53
Alarmingly, rapidly...
00:47:49.56\00:47:53.30
It's been alarmingly
fast is what I meant to say.
00:47:53.34\00:47:56.81
It's being fulfilled,
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.51
but we don't have
to sit there and go.
00:47:58.54\00:48:01.78
What we need to do is just say,
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.58
"Oh, Maranatha, Lord, thank you.
00:48:03.65\00:48:05.78
This means you're coming soon.
00:48:05.81\00:48:07.72
Take hope in that scripture.
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.72
Your redemption draws nigh.
00:48:09.78\00:48:11.39
Amen. Amen.
00:48:11.42\00:48:13.25
I want to throw this
next question out here.
00:48:13.29\00:48:15.42
When does the
judgment start for the living?
00:48:15.46\00:48:18.33
This is out of Virginia.
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.93
Well, the
biblical answer for that
00:48:20.96\00:48:23.16
is that there is no
biblical answer for that.
00:48:23.23\00:48:26.40
There's no way of
indicating biblically
00:48:26.43\00:48:28.54
exactly when the
judgment starts for the living.
00:48:28.57\00:48:31.67
So to really go
beyond that point
00:48:31.71\00:48:34.38
would be just
speculation and theory.
00:48:34.41\00:48:36.71
So I'm going to
leave my answer with that.
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.65
Excellent. Excellent answer.
00:48:38.68\00:48:40.58
I would like to add
that in Matthew 24, it says,
00:48:40.62\00:48:43.79
"We're supposed
to be in an attitude
00:48:43.85\00:48:45.19
of watching and praying,
00:48:45.22\00:48:47.59
that way, whenever Christ comes,
00:48:47.62\00:48:50.03
we will be ready."
00:48:50.09\00:48:51.43
So when that happens,
00:48:51.46\00:48:55.06
you'll be ready if
you're following the Lord.
00:48:55.10\00:48:56.43
That's right.
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
He'll be coming like
a thief in the night.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.77
What does the
Bible say about suicide?
00:48:59.80\00:49:03.00
This is something...
00:49:03.04\00:49:05.11
It's a very touchy subject.
00:49:05.14\00:49:06.54
It's one of those
that's not easy to answer.
00:49:06.57\00:49:08.71
We do know right
there in the heart
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.41
of the Ten Commandments
00:49:10.45\00:49:11.78
it says that
thou shall not murder.
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.18
Okay?
00:49:13.21\00:49:14.55
So we know that, you
know, taking one's life
00:49:14.58\00:49:16.02
that is especially
in a selfish sense,
00:49:16.05\00:49:18.52
that can lead to a
judgment of murder.
00:49:18.55\00:49:21.16
But first of all, we
have to keep in mind that
00:49:21.19\00:49:22.76
God is the judge.
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.13
We are not the judge.
00:49:24.16\00:49:25.49
And so
sometimes it's easy for us
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
to give our own opinions.
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.20
And I've heard Christian say,
00:49:28.23\00:49:29.56
"Well, if you
take your own life,
00:49:29.60\00:49:30.93
you know, you're
going to be judged by God
00:49:30.97\00:49:32.30
and you're going to go to hell."
00:49:32.33\00:49:33.67
Well, you're not the
judge to determine that,
00:49:33.70\00:49:35.04
God knows the heart.
00:49:35.07\00:49:36.44
And God knows, you know,
we have the such thing today
00:49:36.47\00:49:37.81
called mental illness.
00:49:37.84\00:49:39.17
And people suffer from
different mental illnesses
00:49:39.21\00:49:40.64
that lead them to
these type of actions.
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.84
And again, we're not
the one to judge the heart.
00:49:42.88\00:49:44.88
You know, I think of an
example of suicide in scripture,
00:49:44.91\00:49:47.82
Samson.
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.18
Samson took his own life.
00:49:49.22\00:49:50.92
He made that choice.
00:49:50.95\00:49:52.35
Now will Samson be
in the kingdom of God.
00:49:52.39\00:49:54.12
You know, the Bible
doesn't explicitly say,
00:49:54.16\00:49:55.72
but he was one of the judges.
00:49:55.76\00:49:57.09
He was God's chosen
00:49:57.16\00:49:58.49
and he'd done it
to safest people.
00:49:58.53\00:49:59.86
I'm not saying that there's,
00:49:59.89\00:50:01.20
you know, we should
just take that concept
00:50:01.23\00:50:02.56
and run with and say,
00:50:02.60\00:50:03.93
"Oh, there's good way.
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.30
There's good
suicide and bad suicide."
00:50:05.33\00:50:06.67
I'm not saying that.
00:50:06.70\00:50:08.04
I'm just saying
biblically speaking,
00:50:08.07\00:50:09.40
it's one of those
difficult questions to answer
00:50:09.44\00:50:10.77
as self-taking your
own life is self-murder,
00:50:10.81\00:50:13.61
but we also should be
careful and not judging
00:50:13.68\00:50:15.68
and leave that up to the Lord
00:50:15.71\00:50:17.61
and allow Him to
judge the heart to know
00:50:17.65\00:50:19.81
whether or not that person
00:50:19.85\00:50:21.45
will go to the
kingdom of God or not.
00:50:21.48\00:50:23.22
Amen. Absolutely.
00:50:23.28\00:50:24.62
And I just want to add this.
00:50:24.65\00:50:28.36
People who commit
suicide have lost all hope.
00:50:28.39\00:50:31.36
That's why they do it.
I mean, you see people...
00:50:31.39\00:50:33.90
And I just want to
give this scripture
00:50:33.93\00:50:35.30
because I think it's
such a beautiful scripture.
00:50:35.33\00:50:38.17
A lot of times people...
00:50:38.20\00:50:39.53
If they're
getting ready to jump off
00:50:39.60\00:50:40.94
the Golden Gate Bridge,
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.97
if police officers can
intervene and stop them,
00:50:43.00\00:50:46.17
you know what?
00:50:46.21\00:50:47.54
Within 24 hours,
00:50:47.58\00:50:48.91
they've lost all desire
00:50:48.94\00:50:50.75
because somebody
has restored their hope.
00:50:50.78\00:50:53.88
If you are losing hope,
00:50:53.92\00:50:56.89
claim his
promise, it's Romans 15:13.
00:50:56.95\00:51:00.29
It says, "May the God of hope."
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.56
Our God, and hope in the
Greek is eager expectation.
00:51:02.59\00:51:06.39
2 Corinthians 1:20 says,
00:51:06.43\00:51:08.33
"All of God's promises are
yes and amen in Christ Jesus."
00:51:08.36\00:51:11.77
But he says,
00:51:11.80\00:51:13.13
"May the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace
00:51:13.20\00:51:16.17
and believing that
you may abound in hope
00:51:16.20\00:51:18.94
by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
00:51:18.97\00:51:20.34
Amen. Amen.
00:51:20.38\00:51:22.38
We still have
another bonus question,
00:51:22.41\00:51:24.71
but we're not going
to go to it right now.
00:51:24.75\00:51:26.51
We're not going to
go to it right now.
00:51:26.58\00:51:28.12
'Cause we're almost
about to head into our break,
00:51:28.15\00:51:31.19
to find out a little
bit more about this program,
00:51:31.22\00:51:34.02
but I want you to be thinking
about some final thoughts
00:51:34.06\00:51:37.73
'cause we're going to come back
00:51:37.76\00:51:39.09
with the final thoughts as well.
00:51:39.13\00:51:41.70
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00:51:41.73\00:51:44.03
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00:51:44.07\00:51:46.57
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00:51:46.60\00:51:48.40
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