As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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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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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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I'm Jill Morikone.
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And we're so glad that
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you've taken time
from your day to join us
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as we jump in and
study the Word of God.
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If you've been
following the last few Mondays,
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you know, this program
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is an extra
power packed program.
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This is our brand new
3ABN Bible Q and A program.
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So this is where we
take your questions at home.
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So I want to encourage you,
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they will be answered
by our panelists here.
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Great students of the Word,
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I'll introduce to
you in just a moment.
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And each one of the
questions is really rapid fire,
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we have two minutes
approximately for the answer.
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And I just love
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because each answer
is solidly biblical.
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So just grab your
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and get ready to take notes
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That number
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And today, I want to
introduce to you our family.
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It's really your family as well.
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And they are all
tremendous Bible students.
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And I'm looking
forward to learning today.
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We have Pastor John Lomacang,
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Director of
3ABN World Evangelism
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and our pastor, so
glad to have you here.
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Good to be here.
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This is a time
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where we can
hopefully encourage people
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to trust God's
Word and not ours.
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Amen. That's right.
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Pastor Ryan Day,
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evangelist, singer and
student of the Word of God.
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Thank you for being here.
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It's a blessing to be here.
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And I'm ready to
answer some Bible questions,
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exciting ones.
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I think Ryan would
say locked and loaded
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and ready to go.
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Locked and
loaded and ready to go.
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That's right.
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And we have Jason Bradley,
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always enjoy
hearing you share as well.
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General Manager for 3ABN
Dare to Dream Networking.
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Glad to have you here.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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I hope I can keep
it within two minutes.
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That's the goal.
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That's right.
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I want to open up
for the scripture here.
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This is 2 Timothy,
you know that scripture.
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2 Timothy 3:16,
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"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable for
doctrine, reproof, correction,
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instruction in righteousness,"
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why?
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"That the man of
God or the woman of God
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may be perfect or complete,
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thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
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So join us today as we
open up the Word of God
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and discover how we can grow
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and become men and women of God.
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So before we get
to the first question,
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Jason, would you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the opportunity
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to open Your Word
and study it together
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and to find the
answers to these questions
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in Your Word.
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And, Lord, we ask
that You would guide
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this Bible
Question and Answer segment
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and be with the
viewers and listeners as well.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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So Pastor John
Lomacang, you are first up.
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Okay.
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So first question for you is,
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who are the great
multitude in Revelation 7:9?
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Okay, now obviously
Revelation 7 brings out
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two developing pictures,
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one is described as the 144, 000
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and the other
the great multitude,
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and the great
multitude is a number
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which no one can number.
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Now the 144,000 are referred
to in two places in the Bible,
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Revelation 7 and
Revelation Chapter 14,
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and they are
described in tribal description
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12,000, of 12,000, of 12,000
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and when you look
at Genesis Chapter 49,
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these are not the
same exact tribes,
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some have been removed.
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For example, Dan is not there.
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Dan never overcame
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because it was a
serpent by the way.
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But let's get
back to the multitude
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that no one could number.
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Now, there's been
some controversial views
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of this even of 144,000.
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Some have nailed him down
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to be an exact number of people.
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Some groups have
claimed that is us.
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But the Bible
describes them clearly.
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And when you
study this carefully,
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and then you parley
with Genesis Chapter 49,
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what it suggests strongly
is the 144, 000 represent
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those who have overcome
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the different
weaknesses in their lives.
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Each of the tribes is identified
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with a particular weakness.
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The 144,000 are
specifically referred to.
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Let's look at
it in Revelation 7.
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And it says in
Revelation 7:13-14.
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Now we know verse 9 talks about
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the great multitude,
which no one could number,
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but notice this all nations,
tribes, peoples and tongues,
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but here's the answer.
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Verse 13,
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"Then one of the
elders answered, saying to me,
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'Who are these
arrayed in white robes,
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and where did they come from?'
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And he said to me,
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'Sir, you know.'
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So he said to me,
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'These are the ones
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who come out of
the great tribulation,
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and washed their
robes and made them white
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in the blood of the Lamb.'"
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The Great Tribulation
that is referred to here
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is not the 1260 years,
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that's behind us
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because a greater
tribulation is ahead of us.
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Daniel 12:1,
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there should be
a time of trouble
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such as never was,
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and those who are part of that,
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who survived through
that, who come out of that,
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come out of her My people
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will make up the number
that no man could number.
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Amen, powerful answer.
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Jason Bradley,
this one's for you.
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This is from Maxine.
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Why is Jesus
delaying His second coming?
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Within this question
is the presupposition
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that Jesus is
delaying His return.
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And the implication is that
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He is altering His
timetable based on us.
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We're not in
control of time, God is.
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He knows when He's returning,
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and God is also
aware of the fact that
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not everyone will be saved,
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however He has been
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and continues to be
long suffering with us.
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You know, ultimately,
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it's our choice
whom we will serve.
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And God has granted us
that freedom of choice.
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If you look at 2 Peter
3:8-9, the Bible says this,
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"But Beloved, do not
forget this one thing
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that the Lord one day,
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that with the Lord one
day is as a thousand years
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and a thousand years as one day.
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The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,
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as some count slackness,
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but is long suffering toward us
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not, willing that
any should perish,
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but that all should
come to repentance."
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God wants to save as many people
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as He possibly can.
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But we have to make
that choice to follow Him.
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Also, in Matthew 24:14,
the Word of God says this,
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"And the gospel of the kingdom
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will be
preached in all the world
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as a witness to all the nations
and then the end will come."
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So the question is,
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why is Jesus
delaying His second comment?
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Are you preaching the gospel?
Are you spreading the gospel?
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Do your
neighbors know about Jesus?
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Who are you sharing Jesus with?
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Believe it or not,
there are a lot of people
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that are still in
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that are in this
world that still have...
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They've never
heard the name of Jesus
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and they don't
know who Jesus is?
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So are we reflecting
His character to others?
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And are we sharing
Christ with the world?
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Technology thank
God has made it possible
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for the gospel to go forward
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to all of the
world rather rapidly.
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Amen. Thank you so much.
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God wants us all to be saved.
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Amen.
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Pastor Ryan, what does it
mean to be born of the Spirit?
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Hmm, that's a good question.
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Being born of the Spirit
is simply being transformed
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and made into a new creature
by the Spirit of the Lord.
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Of course, where
this concept comes from
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is in the third chapter of John
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when Jesus is
having His conversation
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with Nicodemus.
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Nicodemus, you know, ask
Him a series of questions
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and Jesus responds to him.
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Notice what it
says in John Chapter 3,
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I'm going to be
reading verses 3, 5, and 6.
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Notice what Jesus said,
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"He said, 'Most
assuredly, I say to you,
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unless one is born again,
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he cannot see
the kingdom of God.'
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Jesus answered,
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'Most assuredly,
I say unto you,'"
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this is verse 5.
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'"Most assuredly I say unto you,
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unless one is born of
the water and the Spirit,
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he cannot enter
the kingdom of God.'"
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And then verse 6 says,
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"That which is born
of the flesh is flesh,
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and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit."
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So what does it mean
to be born of the Spirit?
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What Jesus was
talking to, to Nicodemus here
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was talking
about a transformation.
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That's why Nicodemus says,
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look, can I go back
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into my mother's
womb a second time?
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Really, that's impossible.
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And Jesus is like,
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"No, no, no,
you're thinking literal.
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I'm talking about
spiritual things."
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And what's
powerful in that chapter is
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Jesus, He gives
the illustration of,
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you know, you see the
leaves and you hear the wind,
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but you don't
really see the wind,
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you don't know where
it's coming and going.
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So also is the Holy Spirit
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is what Christ is
simply saying here
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is he's saying, as you look
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and he said, as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness,
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so shall also the
Son of Man be lifted up.
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When we look and
we place ourselves
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within the, a
worship within a relationship
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with the uplifted Savior,
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the Holy Spirit
will come into our life,
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and he will
begin to transform us
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when we accept Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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And we follow Him
earnestly according to His Word,
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then the Holy Spirit,
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we put ourselves in
covenant relationship with God,
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and the Holy Spirit
begins to work on us
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to change us, to shape us
and mold us as the Bible says,
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He is the
potter, we are the clay.
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And so He puts us down there,
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and like that first plop of clay
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on a round table that spinning,
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it doesn't look like
much in the beginning,
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but over a period of time,
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the Holy Spirit works in us
and through us and changes us.
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That's why 2
Corinthians 5:17 says,
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"Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ Jesus,
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he is a new creature,
old things have passed away,
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behold, all things become new."
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So when we are
born of the Spirit,
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we are born
again, we are converted,
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we are transformed
into a new creature,
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a brand new
person in Jesus Christ.
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Amen. What a gift the spirit is.
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We have this
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Jason, this one's for you.
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Does the Bible
allow us to drink alcohol?
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This is from Daniel.
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Okay.
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As someone who
used to drink alcohol,
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I'll say, no, it doesn't.
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But we will look
into the Word of God
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and we'll see what
the Word of God says.
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So look at Galatians 5:19-21,
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beginning in verse 19.
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"Now the works of
the flesh are evident,
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which are adultery,
fornication, uncleanness,
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lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hate, hatred,
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contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
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it looks like we're on
a negative pattern here.
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selfish ambitions,
dissensions, heresies, envy,
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murders, drunkenness, revelries,
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and the like, of
which I tell you beforehand,
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just as I also
told you in time past,
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that those who
practice such things
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will not inherit
the kingdom of God."
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And so the Word of God is
very clear on this subject,
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it says that
they will not inherit
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the kingdom of God.
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Also consider Proverbs 20:1,
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"Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is a brawler,
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and whoever is led
astray by it is not wise."
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It is God's
desire for us to be wise
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and wisdom comes from Him.
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So, you know,
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if you can't
operate a motor vehicle,
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and if it's against the
law for you to drink and drive,
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why would we think
that it would be okay
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to drink and grow in the Word,
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you're not going to,
the two don't coincide.
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Another thing I'd
like to point out is that
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when you pass by a liquor store,
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and you see a liquor store,
it says beer, wine and spirits,
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that is not the Holy
Spirit that is in that bottle.
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And so we need
to be aware of that,
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and make sure that
we're not consuming alcohol
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because God wants
to communicate to us
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through His Word.
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And we need to have the
ability, the cognitive ability
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to understand how He
is trying to speak to us.
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Amen.
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I love that, God wants
to communicate with us.
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Pastor Ryan, this is for you.
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What is the
difference between the first,
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second and
third angels' message?
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Well, just simply by
reading Revelation 14:6-14,
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you can see very clearly
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there are some
major differences there.
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I just want to say
right off the front,
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I believe that if the world,
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if all of us
would respond positively
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to the first angel's message,
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there would be no need
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for a second or
third angel's message.
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For instance, if
you read chapters,
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Chapter 14,
Revelation 14:6-7, it says,
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"Then I saw the angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel,
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to preach to those
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who dwell upon the earth, right,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people
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saying with a loud voice,
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'Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,
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and worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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the sea and the
springs of waters.'"
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God is calling the
whole world into communion,
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into worship, into
relationship with Him
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through this
first angel's message.
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Now these messages are
packed with a lot of information
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in which you can't
talk about in two minutes.
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But you asked the
difference between the two,
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the first angel's message is
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God's loving call to
the entire world saying,
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"Hey, I'm your God,
return to worshiping Me.
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I am the creator of the world,
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and you are living
in my judgment hour,
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and I'm coming soon.
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So this is God's
call to the world.
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Now, if you don't
respond positively
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to the first call,
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and we know that
the world doesn't,
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the majority of the world
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rejects the
first call of the Lord.
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He sends the second
and third angels' message.
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And there's a
sense of chronology
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to these messages.
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For instance, the second
angel's message talks about
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how Babylon has
fallen, is fallen.
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This is speaking
of spiritual Babylon,
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not the literal city of Babylon,
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she's fallen, that great city,
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because she spent on nations
drink of the wine of the wrath
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of her fornication,
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this is talking
about that counterfeit,
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false system of worship
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that has made the world confused
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with her false doctrines.
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We see that
woman in Revelation 17.
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But when we don't realize
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and we don't respond to
the second angel's message,
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which warns us
that Babylon is fallen,
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and that we need to
come out of her, right,
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then comes the
third angel's message
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which reminds us that
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the in this
third angel's message,
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there's the warning of
not to worship this beast,
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not to receive its
mark or worship the image.
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And so the difference is,
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is as God is taking us through
multiple levels of warning,
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so that He can prepare
us for His soon return.
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Amen.
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Now, this question has to do
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with the three
angels' message as well.
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So, Pastor John,
this is coming to you.
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When did the first
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and second angels'
messages happen in time?
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So a little
different than Ryan's question?
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When did the first and
second happened in time?
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Well, the first time
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we're talking
modern times, specifically,
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denominationally,
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there was a movement
called the Millerite movement,
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which began to proclaim
the messages of the first angel
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in the 1830s.
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William Miller was a deist,
became a Baptist minister.
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And he was moved
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by his discovery of this message
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in the Book of Daniel.
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And he believed that it revealed
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when the Lord
would be returning.
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So they began to preach
a judgment hour message,
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so chronology or chronologically
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according to time,
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the Millerites
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that were called the
early Advent believers,
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not Seventh-day Adventists,
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believe that
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that message was preparatory
for the coming of the Lord,
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which they believe was
going to happen in 1844.
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So that's the chronology of it.
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However, these messages
are broader in their scope,
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because if these messages,
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the contents of them is
a continual proclamation,
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that's why Revelation 10 says,
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it says in verse 11,
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"And he said unto me,
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'You must prophesy again
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before many peoples,
nations, tongues and kings,
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after they experienced
this great disappointment,
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that the Lord did not come
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because no one really
knows the day nor the hour,
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they were told
to prophesy again."
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So the judgment hour message
is still being proclaimed today,
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the fall of
symbolic or spiritual Babylon
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is still being proclaimed today.
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But you'll notice something
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the first angel and
the third angel's message
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is a loud voice,
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the second one is
going to be repeated,
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because when Babylon becomes
a full coalition, spiritual,
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financial, religious
and social coalition,
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the kings of the earth,
the merchants of the earth,
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when it fully
coalesces together in a power
00:18:20.06\00:18:22.83
that is united in its
adversity against God,
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then that proclamation
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just like the
Hebrews on the Plain of Dura,
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they knew about
not bowing to images,
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but there were three of them
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at a literal Babylonian setting.
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And at that moment,
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the message became pertinent
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and relative to the
time in which they live.
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So it's very relevant to today.
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Amen. Thank you.
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We're staying with the
three angels' messages.
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So I'm mixing it
up just a bit here.
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We're going back to Ryan,
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this is the
third angel's message.
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Is it possible to
refuse the mark of the beast
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without having a
relationship with Jesus?
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Well, I think the
simple answer to this is no.
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And the reason why is because
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it comes down to you
00:19:01.24\00:19:03.07
either have the seal of God
00:19:03.10\00:19:04.64
or you received
the mark of the beast.
00:19:04.67\00:19:06.88
Now, that doesn't
mean that there won't,
00:19:06.91\00:19:08.94
obviously the issuing
of the mark of the beast,
00:19:08.98\00:19:11.48
this whole mark
of the beast issue.
00:19:11.51\00:19:13.18
It basically calls for
a response from everyone.
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So there will be people
00:19:15.98\00:19:17.32
that have no
idea about the truth,
00:19:17.35\00:19:19.42
you know, behind and involving
this mark of the beast issue
00:19:19.45\00:19:22.29
that have never heard it before.
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Maybe they haven't even
been in relationship with Christ
00:19:23.69\00:19:26.23
up to that point,
00:19:26.26\00:19:27.60
but they will hear this message,
00:19:27.60\00:19:28.93
they will hear the message
of the third angel's messages.
00:19:28.96\00:19:31.57
And because they
have heard that message,
00:19:31.60\00:19:33.77
it will spark within them
to make a decision for Christ
00:19:33.80\00:19:37.11
and in making a
positive decision
00:19:37.14\00:19:38.74
to accept Jesus Christ
00:19:38.81\00:19:40.31
and to respond positively
to that third angel's message.
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The Spirit of God
00:19:43.18\00:19:44.55
will again place
them in a situation
00:19:44.58\00:19:46.08
because they're humble
00:19:46.11\00:19:47.45
because they have
submitted themselves
00:19:47.48\00:19:48.85
to the Spirit of
the Lord to listen,
00:19:48.88\00:19:50.35
they will be placed
00:19:50.39\00:19:51.72
within relationship with Christ.
00:19:51.79\00:19:53.12
And, of course, they will
have received that seal of God.
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So the answer is,
00:19:55.29\00:19:56.62
if that person doesn't
have the Spirit of the Lord
00:19:56.66\00:19:58.36
and they have not made
that decision to follow Christ.
00:19:58.43\00:20:00.96
I don't believe a person
00:20:01.00\00:20:02.33
who's not in
relationship with Christ,
00:20:02.36\00:20:03.77
who is in complete constant
00:20:03.80\00:20:05.53
perpetual rebellion to the Lord,
00:20:05.57\00:20:07.44
they're not going to be able
to push the Lord away and go,
00:20:07.47\00:20:09.24
I don't want anything
to do with the seal of God.
00:20:09.27\00:20:11.37
And I don't want anything
to do with the Spirit of God.
00:20:11.41\00:20:13.14
And I don't want anything
to do with Jesus Christ,
00:20:13.17\00:20:15.24
but I'm also
not going to receive
00:20:15.28\00:20:16.78
that mark of the beast.
00:20:16.81\00:20:18.15
I don't think
that's how it works.
00:20:18.21\00:20:19.55
At that point, you either have,
00:20:19.58\00:20:20.92
you're either in full control
by the Spirit of the Lord
00:20:20.95\00:20:23.28
or by the spirit of the enemy.
00:20:23.32\00:20:25.89
Great answer. Thank you.
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Pastor John,
00:20:27.29\00:20:28.62
we're coming back
to you for a moment.
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Okay. This is in Psalm 91.
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This question I've
heard from many people.
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In Psalm 91 it says,
"That no evil will befall you."
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Why then are so many
Christians being killed?
00:20:36.87\00:20:40.04
Why is God not protecting them?
00:20:40.07\00:20:42.24
This is from
Peggy in North Carolina.
00:20:42.27\00:20:44.17
Okay, let's go to Psalm 91,
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.31
the verses that refer primarily
00:20:46.34\00:20:48.21
to what is being
referred to here.
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I'm going to
read verses 7 to 11.
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Psalm 91:7-11,
00:20:52.28\00:20:54.12
"A thousand may
fall at your side,
00:20:54.15\00:20:55.88
and ten thousand
at your right hand,
00:20:55.92\00:20:58.32
but it shall not come near you.
00:20:58.35\00:21:00.36
Only with your
eyes shall you look,
00:21:00.39\00:21:02.66
and see the
reward of the wicked.
00:21:02.69\00:21:04.79
Because you have made
the Lord, who is my refuge,
00:21:04.83\00:21:06.93
even the Most High,
your dwelling place.
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.46
No evil shall befall you,
00:21:09.50\00:21:11.60
nor shall any plague
come near your dwelling,
00:21:11.63\00:21:13.84
for He shall give His
angels charge over you,
00:21:13.87\00:21:16.17
to keep you in all your ways."
00:21:16.20\00:21:17.81
A lot of people
read that and say,
00:21:17.84\00:21:19.17
well, why are Christians
00:21:19.21\00:21:20.54
and just like you
phrase the question.
00:21:20.58\00:21:22.04
The specific
application of Psalm 91
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.35
is referring to
a time of trouble
00:21:24.38\00:21:26.01
that's coming.
00:21:26.05\00:21:27.38
Good. That's the
specific timeframe.
00:21:27.42\00:21:29.68
And to qualify that,
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.42
and to quantify
that as Daniel 12:1,
00:21:31.45\00:21:33.66
referring to
deliverance on both ends.
00:21:33.69\00:21:35.52
Daniel 12:1,
00:21:35.56\00:21:36.89
"At that time
Michael shall stand up,
00:21:36.93\00:21:39.66
the great prince
00:21:39.69\00:21:41.00
who stands watch over
the sons of your people,
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and there should
be a time of trouble
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such as never was
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since there was a nation,
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even to that same time.
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And at that time, your
people shall be delivered,
00:21:48.67\00:21:52.31
everyone who is
found written in the book."
00:21:52.34\00:21:54.71
But the Lord
just gave me one more.
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Got to Revelation
Chapter 6, look at this,
00:21:56.38\00:21:58.65
because this question was asked
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before the symbolic
statement of the question,
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and I'm just trying
to squeeze this in there,
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the fifth seal, look at this.
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"When he opened the
sixth seal, I saw under, "
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verse nine,
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"the souls of those
00:22:10.39\00:22:11.73
who had been slain
for the Word of God,
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they were slain
00:22:13.13\00:22:14.46
and for the
testimony which they held."
00:22:14.46\00:22:15.80
So people are
dying for their witness.
00:22:15.83\00:22:17.17
"And he cried,"
00:22:17.20\00:22:18.53
verse 10,
00:22:18.57\00:22:19.90
"saying 'How long, O Lord,
00:22:19.93\00:22:21.27
holy and true until you
judge and avenge our blood
00:22:21.30\00:22:22.64
on those who
dwell on the earth?' "
00:22:22.67\00:22:24.01
They're asking the same question
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and listen to what he said.
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Verse 11,
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"And white robes were
given to each of them,
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and it was said to them,
00:22:29.51\00:22:30.85
that they should rest
a little while longer,
00:22:30.88\00:22:32.21
until both the number
of your fellow servants
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and their brethren
00:22:34.08\00:22:35.42
who would be
killed as they were,
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was complete."
00:22:37.05\00:22:38.39
So many more will
die for their faith.
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But when the time of
trouble reaches its apex,
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God is going to stand
up and deliver His people.
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Amen.
00:22:45.96\00:22:47.30
What a glorious
day that will be.
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Jason, we're coming to you.
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What are the steps to improve
my relationship with Jesus?
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So you've already got a
relationship with Jesus,
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but you want to
improve upon that relationship,
00:22:57.21\00:22:59.74
you want to grow
in that relationship.
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.51
So I would say that
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you need to
continue to submit to God,
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.35
you have to die to self daily.
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In James 4:7, the Bible says,
00:23:06.88\00:23:10.22
"Therefore, submit to God.
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But then you have
to resist the devil
00:23:13.29\00:23:16.26
and he will flee from you."
00:23:16.29\00:23:17.73
See, the devil is kind
of like these pop up ads
00:23:17.76\00:23:20.63
that keep coming
up on the internet,
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.30
they just keep coming up,
keep coming up, keep coming up.
00:23:22.33\00:23:25.33
And then he's trying to pull you
00:23:25.37\00:23:27.24
from your Bible study,
00:23:27.27\00:23:28.60
he's trying to pull you
from all of these things
00:23:28.64\00:23:31.31
by putting these pop
up ads up to distract you
00:23:31.37\00:23:34.38
and get you off base.
00:23:34.41\00:23:36.58
But God wants to
connect with you.
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.21
So then the next
thing you need to do is
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.68
search for God
with your whole heart.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.82
Now, Jeremiah 29:13 says,
00:23:42.85\00:23:45.49
"You will seek Me and find Me
00:23:45.55\00:23:47.49
when you seek Me
with all your heart."
00:23:47.52\00:23:50.53
So think about the last time
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maybe you've
pursued a relationship,
00:23:52.33\00:23:54.13
maybe you were in
love with somebody,
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.10
and you were following them,
00:23:56.13\00:23:57.47
you were seeking them
with your whole heart.
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What did you do?
00:23:59.77\00:24:01.84
Did you find
out what they liked?
00:24:01.87\00:24:03.47
Did you pursue them?
00:24:03.51\00:24:05.01
Did you reach out to them?
00:24:05.07\00:24:06.41
Did you try and
spend time with them?
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God wants to spend time with us.
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.55
So spend if you want to grow,
00:24:10.58\00:24:12.58
super saturate
your mind in things
00:24:12.61\00:24:16.02
that will draw
you closer to Him.
00:24:16.05\00:24:19.25
Then we need to pray
and proceed with faith.
00:24:19.29\00:24:21.56
Mark 11:24 says,
00:24:21.62\00:24:23.79
"Therefore I say to you,
00:24:23.83\00:24:25.19
whatever things
you ask when you pray,
00:24:25.23\00:24:27.96
believe that you receive
them and you will have them."
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Pray in accordance to God's will
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.07
and remember that
God has eternity in mind,
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and He desires your salvation.
00:24:37.34\00:24:40.08
Amen. Thanks you, Jason.
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This one, we're gonna
stay with relationships,
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.21
but little different
aspects of relationships.
00:24:44.25\00:24:46.01
We're coming
back to Pastor John.
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How long should you stay married
00:24:47.75\00:24:49.68
to a mocking non believer
00:24:49.72\00:24:52.22
that doesn't want to divorce
00:24:52.25\00:24:53.62
but is not kind
with their words?
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Okay.
00:24:56.39\00:24:57.73
Now, this is an
interesting question.
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I'm always cautious
about answering these questions
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.36
when it comes to relationships,
00:25:02.43\00:25:04.43
because I don't want you
to take this question to say,
00:25:04.47\00:25:06.43
Pastor John said,
I need to leave you.
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That's very important.
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I think it's always encouraging
00:25:09.87\00:25:11.74
to seek out a
professional counselor,
00:25:11.77\00:25:13.88
not for one of you,
but for both of you.
00:25:13.91\00:25:15.94
Because there's always
three sides to the story,
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.78
hers, his and the
truth, combining them together,
00:25:17.81\00:25:21.48
not the each one,
00:25:21.55\00:25:22.88
you got to
combine the two stories
00:25:22.92\00:25:24.25
to get the true
picture, the full picture.
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But we find in the Book
of 1 Corinthians Chapter 7,
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this issue is addressed.
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Verse 13 to 16.
Notice what it says?
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"A woman who has a
husband who does not believe, "
00:25:32.36\00:25:35.43
very question,
00:25:35.50\00:25:36.83
if he is willing
to live with her,
00:25:36.87\00:25:38.47
let her not divorce him,
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.64
for the unbelieving husband
is sanctified by the wife,
00:25:40.67\00:25:44.41
and the unbelieving wife
is sanctified by the husband,
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.81
otherwise your
children would be unclean,
00:25:47.84\00:25:50.65
but now they are holy.
00:25:50.68\00:25:52.65
But if the unbeliever
departs, let him depart.
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A brother or a sister
00:25:55.42\00:25:56.75
is not under
bondage in such cases,
00:25:56.79\00:26:00.16
but God has called us to peace.
00:26:00.19\00:26:02.49
For how do you know,
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.56
O wife, whether you
will serve your husband?
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Or how do you know,
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.10
O husband, whether
he will save your wife."
00:26:09.13\00:26:12.30
I said serve, but save your wife
00:26:12.37\00:26:13.70
or save your husband.
00:26:13.74\00:26:15.07
The key issue, you
can't save your husband,
00:26:15.10\00:26:17.37
or you can't save your wife,
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.21
but the Lord does not give
00:26:19.24\00:26:21.21
a cantankerous relationship
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.45
and say, he's got a
hard head, leave him.
00:26:23.48\00:26:26.41
She doesn't wash the dishes,
00:26:26.45\00:26:27.78
she doesn't clean
the house, leave her.
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.25
The Lord
doesn't say that at all.
00:26:29.28\00:26:31.22
Seek professional counseling.
00:26:31.25\00:26:32.59
But here's something
00:26:32.62\00:26:33.96
that I always
encourage people to do.
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.36
You got to ask
yourself the question,
00:26:35.39\00:26:37.66
who is he or who is
she before marriage?
00:26:37.69\00:26:40.50
A lot of times people
take on another person
00:26:40.53\00:26:43.33
thinking that
they are a project,
00:26:43.37\00:26:45.57
they're going to change them
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.64
that they're a duck before.
00:26:47.67\00:26:49.57
They're gonna be a
duck for a long time
00:26:49.60\00:26:50.94
until they'll meet Jesus.
00:26:50.97\00:26:52.54
This is realistic.
Don't try to change them.
00:26:52.57\00:26:54.68
Let that be the Lord's work,
00:26:54.71\00:26:56.48
but do not be
unequally yoked intentionally
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.71
together with unbelievers.
00:26:59.75\00:27:01.18
2 Corinthians 6:14,
00:27:01.22\00:27:03.15
"Make wise decisions
about your relationship."
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.19
Amen.
00:27:05.22\00:27:06.55
So the bottom line
is, don't be a duck.
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Okay.
00:27:08.39\00:27:11.53
You had your
questions for this panel.
00:27:11.56\00:27:13.56
And we always trade
out hosts and guests.
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.03
So you will see a
different variety of people.
00:27:16.06\00:27:18.23
Send in your Bible
questions to BibleQA@3abn.org.
00:27:18.27\00:27:23.24
That's BibleQA@3abn.org,
00:27:23.27\00:27:26.57
or you can text
your questions in,
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.98
that number is 618-228-3975,
00:27:29.04\00:27:33.31
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00:27:33.35\00:27:36.72
We're coming to Pastor Ryan.
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Will there be a burning
hell, and how long will it last?
00:27:38.29\00:27:41.92
This came from
Valerie in Jamaica.
00:27:41.96\00:27:43.83
Amen. Thank you,
Valerie for that.
00:27:43.86\00:27:45.33
First of all, I'll
say, Pastor Lomacang,
00:27:45.39\00:27:46.73
you always know
how to quack me up.
00:27:46.76\00:27:48.76
That's a good,
that was a good point.
00:27:48.83\00:27:50.17
That was a very good point.
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.13
Okay. I'm without any, brother.
00:27:52.20\00:27:54.50
Yeah, I'm both
speechless for the first time.
00:27:54.54\00:27:57.84
It doesn't happen often.
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.57
Will there be a burning
hell, and how long will it last?
00:27:59.61\00:28:02.81
Thank you,
Valerie, for this question.
00:28:02.84\00:28:04.38
The simple answer the
Bible makes it very clear
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.15
that there will
be a burning hell.
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.42
In fact, I'll just give it,
00:28:08.48\00:28:09.82
there are many scriptural
references that I can give
00:28:09.85\00:28:11.49
but for the sake of time,
00:28:11.52\00:28:12.85
I'm going to take
us to Matthew 5:22.
00:28:12.89\00:28:15.46
Jesus Himself is
speaking here and He says,
00:28:15.52\00:28:17.83
"But I say to you that
00:28:17.86\00:28:19.19
whoever is
angry with his brother
00:28:19.23\00:28:20.56
without a cause
00:28:20.60\00:28:21.93
shall be in
danger of the judgment.
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.30
And whoever says to his brother,
00:28:23.33\00:28:24.67
'Raca! will be in
danger of the council.
00:28:24.70\00:28:26.57
But whoever says, 'You fool!'
00:28:26.60\00:28:28.07
shall be in
danger of hellfire.'"
00:28:28.10\00:28:30.84
So the Bible makes it clear
00:28:30.87\00:28:32.24
that there will be
a burning hell fire
00:28:32.27\00:28:34.78
for those wicked
people who are not surrendered
00:28:34.81\00:28:37.31
and in
relationship with the Lord.
00:28:37.35\00:28:39.28
Now you ask the question
also, how long will it last?
00:28:39.31\00:28:42.72
There are many different
texts that make this clear.
00:28:42.75\00:28:46.55
But I want to just
reference for the sake of time,
00:28:46.59\00:28:49.39
Matthew 13
00:28:49.42\00:28:50.76
when Jesus tells the parable
of the wheat and the tares.
00:28:50.79\00:28:52.96
He gives an
explanation of these tares
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.66
and He makes it clear
00:28:54.73\00:28:56.03
that this hellfire will
be at the end of the age.
00:28:56.06\00:28:59.33
So this is Matthew 13:40-42,
00:28:59.37\00:29:02.44
in which he says this will
be at the end of the world.
00:29:02.50\00:29:04.81
And so the question is,
00:29:04.84\00:29:06.17
how long will this
hell, will this hellfire last?
00:29:06.21\00:29:08.28
Would it last as
some people believe
00:29:08.31\00:29:09.64
for ceaseless ages to infinity
and beyond, never ceasing?
00:29:09.68\00:29:13.98
There are multiple
texts that make it clear
00:29:14.02\00:29:16.15
that obviously this hellfire
will burn up the wicked.
00:29:16.18\00:29:19.22
In other words,
00:29:19.25\00:29:20.59
as Pastor has
brought out clearly before,
00:29:20.62\00:29:22.19
Romans 6:23,
00:29:22.22\00:29:24.76
"The reward of the wicked
00:29:24.79\00:29:26.16
is not eternal life in hellfire,
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.10
but rather
death, eternal death."
00:29:28.13\00:29:30.67
And so Malachi 4:1 tells us
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.97
how long this hellfire will last
00:29:33.00\00:29:36.37
and it gives it to us not
once, not twice, but three times
00:29:36.40\00:29:39.51
in the same passage.
00:29:39.54\00:29:40.88
Notice what it
says, Malachi Chapter 3,
00:29:40.91\00:29:42.88
excuse me Chapter 4,
00:29:42.91\00:29:44.25
and I'm gonna
read verses 1 and 3.
00:29:44.28\00:29:45.78
It says, "For
behold, the day is coming."
00:29:45.85\00:29:48.08
Behold the what?
00:29:48.12\00:29:49.45
The day is coming.
00:29:49.48\00:29:50.82
There's a single day,
00:29:50.85\00:29:52.19
"burning like an
oven and all the proud,
00:29:52.22\00:29:53.56
yes, all who do
wickedly will be stubble."
00:29:53.59\00:29:56.39
And then notice, "And the day"
00:29:56.42\00:29:58.16
there it is again,
00:29:58.19\00:29:59.53
"which is coming
shall burn them up,
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.13
says the Lord of host,
00:30:01.16\00:30:02.50
'That will leave them
neither root nor branch."
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.73
This is verse 3 now coming in,
00:30:04.77\00:30:06.53
"You shall trample the wicked,
00:30:06.57\00:30:08.20
for they shall be as ashes
under the soles of your feet
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.94
on the day that I shall do this,
00:30:10.97\00:30:13.44
says the Lord of hosts."
00:30:13.48\00:30:14.81
So there is a hellfire,
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.18
and it will be at
the end of the world,
00:30:16.21\00:30:17.65
and it will be for the
duration of one single day.
00:30:17.68\00:30:22.32
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:30:22.38\00:30:23.95
Coming to Jason,
00:30:23.99\00:30:25.35
how do I witness
00:30:25.39\00:30:26.72
when people don't want
to hear about the gospel?
00:30:26.76\00:30:30.09
Great question.
00:30:30.13\00:30:32.39
First off, let's look at this,
00:30:32.43\00:30:33.90
this witnessing occasionally
when people are witnessing,
00:30:33.93\00:30:37.83
they covet the job
of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.93
So let's look at the
work of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:39.97\00:30:42.17
And this is John 16:7-13,
00:30:42.20\00:30:45.94
"Nevertheless I
tell you the truth.
00:30:45.97\00:30:48.34
It is to your
advantage that I go away,
00:30:48.41\00:30:50.71
for if I do not go away,
00:30:50.75\00:30:52.21
the Helper will not come to you,
00:30:52.28\00:30:54.38
but if I depart, I
will send Him to you.
00:30:54.42\00:30:57.35
And when He has come,
00:30:57.39\00:30:58.72
He will convict
the world of sin,
00:30:58.75\00:31:01.62
and of
righteousness, and of judgment:
00:31:01.66\00:31:04.03
of sin, because they
do not believe in Me,
00:31:04.06\00:31:05.99
of righteousness,
because I go to My Father
00:31:06.03\00:31:08.46
and you see Me no more,
00:31:08.53\00:31:09.86
of judgment, because
00:31:09.90\00:31:11.23
the ruler of
this world is judged."
00:31:11.27\00:31:13.23
In verse 12,
00:31:13.27\00:31:14.60
"I still have many
things to say to you,
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.01
but you cannot bear them now.
00:31:17.04\00:31:18.87
However, when He, the
Spirit of truth, has come,
00:31:18.94\00:31:22.31
He will guide
you into all truth,
00:31:22.34\00:31:24.25
for He will not
speak on His own authority,
00:31:24.28\00:31:27.18
but whatever He
hears He will speak,
00:31:27.22\00:31:29.65
and He will tell
you things to come."
00:31:29.68\00:31:32.45
So it's the Holy
Spirit's job to convict.
00:31:32.52\00:31:35.92
We need to plant the seed,
we need to live out the gospel,
00:31:35.99\00:31:40.96
we need to reflect
Christ's character in our life.
00:31:40.96\00:31:44.17
And so when we're doing that,
00:31:44.20\00:31:46.84
when we come into
contact with these people
00:31:46.87\00:31:48.97
that don't want to
hear about the gospel,
00:31:49.04\00:31:51.37
guess what?
00:31:51.41\00:31:52.74
They're going to see the gospel
00:31:52.77\00:31:54.54
being carried out in your
life and in your lifestyle.
00:31:54.58\00:31:58.11
And I would say that
00:31:58.15\00:31:59.48
Christ's method of evangelism
00:31:59.51\00:32:01.45
was the most
effective method of evangelism.
00:32:01.48\00:32:04.25
So build these relationships,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.25
a lot of times we want
to lead people to doctrine,
00:32:06.29\00:32:09.39
as opposed to
introducing them to Christ,
00:32:09.42\00:32:12.36
the one that they need
to be falling in love with,
00:32:12.39\00:32:15.13
and then all of that other stuff
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.13
will fall under that.
00:32:17.17\00:32:19.27
So live out the gospel.
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.04
Amen.
00:32:21.07\00:32:22.44
I love that,
live out the gospel.
00:32:22.47\00:32:23.81
Pastor John,
we're coming to you.
00:32:23.84\00:32:25.51
This is from David.
00:32:25.54\00:32:26.88
In the Book of Daniel, it says,
00:32:26.91\00:32:28.24
while Daniel prayed
00:32:28.28\00:32:29.61
that his prayers were held
00:32:29.64\00:32:30.98
by the Prince of
Persia for 21 days.
00:32:31.01\00:32:33.28
Can the evil
angel be more powerful
00:32:33.31\00:32:35.62
than the holy angel?
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.52
Well, the answer clearly is no.
00:32:37.55\00:32:40.46
Now the question
you have to ask is,
00:32:40.49\00:32:41.89
what is this
story communicating?
00:32:41.96\00:32:43.73
First of all,
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.09
I don't see this to be
a symbolic 21 day period,
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.06
because it says
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.46
the Prince of Persia resisted me
00:32:49.50\00:32:50.83
and you're reading
in Daniel 10:12-13,
00:32:50.87\00:32:53.27
"Then he said to me,
00:32:53.30\00:32:54.64
'Do not fear, Daniel,
00:32:54.67\00:32:56.00
for from the first day
00:32:56.04\00:32:57.37
that you set your
heart to understand,
00:32:57.41\00:32:59.17
and to humble
yourself before your God,
00:32:59.21\00:33:00.81
your words were heard,
00:33:00.84\00:33:02.61
and I have come
because of your words.
00:33:02.64\00:33:05.95
But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia
00:33:05.98\00:33:07.85
withstood me twenty-one days,
00:33:07.88\00:33:09.35
and behold, Michael,
one of the chief princes,
00:33:09.42\00:33:11.32
came to help me,
00:33:11.35\00:33:12.79
for I had been left alone there
with the kings of Persia.'"
00:33:12.82\00:33:16.79
You know, this is
a beautiful allegory.
00:33:16.83\00:33:18.93
But the one thing
that I have to keep in mind
00:33:18.96\00:33:20.63
that I want you to remember,
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.46
Daniel felt alone.
00:33:22.50\00:33:24.40
But when you look at the reality
00:33:24.43\00:33:25.87
that the Lord
has committed to us,
00:33:25.93\00:33:27.27
I will never leave
you nor forsake you.
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.37
This was a unique situation
that brought out the reason
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.54
why we need to endure in prayer.
00:33:33.58\00:33:36.08
Why we need to
persist in prayer.
00:33:36.14\00:33:37.81
That's why Paul
says, pray without ceasing.
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.22
The reality is there is no power
00:33:40.25\00:33:42.78
in the world of evil
00:33:42.82\00:33:44.52
that is stronger
than the power of good.
00:33:44.55\00:33:46.89
You take the story of one
angel had killed 180,000 men.
00:33:46.92\00:33:51.43
So just imagine
00:33:51.46\00:33:53.09
the coalescing
powers of heaven together.
00:33:53.13\00:33:56.33
There's no power in
hell that could resist that.
00:33:56.36\00:33:58.80
That's why Jesus says
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.24
the gates of hell will
not prevail against it.
00:34:00.27\00:34:01.84
But you see this
00:34:01.87\00:34:03.27
what's being
talked about here is
00:34:03.30\00:34:05.04
in Daniel's vision,
00:34:05.07\00:34:06.91
there was great resistance
for Daniel to communicate
00:34:06.94\00:34:10.18
what God had
had revealed to him.
00:34:10.21\00:34:14.05
And he was
getting direct resistance
00:34:14.08\00:34:16.32
when the Bible talked
about the Prince of Persia.
00:34:16.38\00:34:17.72
In this context, it's talking
about Satan himself resisting.
00:34:17.75\00:34:21.42
So the Lord Himself Michael,
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.43
this was a
controversy repeated again,
00:34:23.46\00:34:26.29
Christ taken on Satan,
00:34:26.33\00:34:28.06
preventing him from
00:34:28.10\00:34:29.43
getting the message through.
00:34:29.46\00:34:31.13
But what's the
lesson that's learned here?
00:34:31.17\00:34:33.64
It says, Hebrews 10:35,
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.77
"Do not cast
away your confidence,
00:34:35.80\00:34:37.84
which has great reward.
00:34:37.87\00:34:39.54
For you have need of endurance
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.04
so that after you
have done the will of God,
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.91
you may receive the promise."
00:34:42.94\00:34:44.45
The endurance is
what's talked about here,
00:34:44.48\00:34:46.31
pray without ceasing.
00:34:46.35\00:34:47.68
And if you don't give up,
00:34:47.72\00:34:49.15
if you do not faint
00:34:49.18\00:34:51.39
you will be able to reap
what God has sown in your life.
00:34:51.42\00:34:54.66
Amen. That's so
encouraging. Thank you.
00:34:54.69\00:34:56.96
Pastor Ryan, this is
from Julie in South Dakota.
00:34:56.99\00:35:00.23
Many people say
00:35:00.26\00:35:01.56
all you have to do to
be saved is accept Jesus
00:35:01.60\00:35:03.57
and what He did on the cross,
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.40
is this the truth
00:35:05.43\00:35:06.87
and where in the Bible
is the scripture reference
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.87
for this concept?
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.31
Okay, so there is
something in this question
00:35:10.34\00:35:15.11
that really sparks my attention.
00:35:15.14\00:35:16.58
And that is, it
says many people say,
00:35:16.61\00:35:18.01
all you have to do.
00:35:18.05\00:35:20.05
That simply is not true.
00:35:20.08\00:35:21.42
And there is no
scripture in all the Bible
00:35:21.45\00:35:23.08
that tells us that
00:35:23.12\00:35:24.45
all we have to do is
just believe on Christ,
00:35:24.49\00:35:26.76
and accept that what
He done on the cross,
00:35:26.79\00:35:29.09
and then that brings
salvation in and of itself.
00:35:29.12\00:35:31.06
We have to remember
that the Bible says that
00:35:31.09\00:35:33.73
even the devil
believes and trembles, right,
00:35:33.76\00:35:36.40
he believes in Jesus Christ,
he knows who Jesus Christ is.
00:35:36.43\00:35:39.67
And he knows that
Jesus died on the cross
00:35:39.70\00:35:41.50
for every one sins.
00:35:41.54\00:35:42.87
And so that right
there in and of itself
00:35:42.94\00:35:44.54
is proofing the fact that
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
there's a little something extra
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.41
in the sense
00:35:47.44\00:35:48.78
that we now have
to follow through
00:35:48.81\00:35:50.15
once we believe in Him,
once we have accepted Him,
00:35:50.18\00:35:52.55
we have to follow through
in daily relationship with Him,
00:35:52.58\00:35:55.92
we have to follow Him,
00:35:55.95\00:35:57.29
we have to
remain committed to Him.
00:35:57.32\00:35:58.69
You know, this
sparks me many people live
00:35:58.72\00:36:00.86
according to this
selective Christianity.
00:36:00.89\00:36:03.53
I'm going to just kind
of eeny, meeny, miny, moe
00:36:03.56\00:36:05.76
the scriptures that I like,
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.13
and I'm going to
live according to those,
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.46
but we have to take
00:36:08.50\00:36:09.83
the entire Bible
in harmony, right?
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.50
We have to look across the board
00:36:11.53\00:36:12.87
and make sure that
00:36:12.90\00:36:14.24
we're living
according to God's will
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.64
harmoniously across the board
00:36:15.67\00:36:17.01
according to what the
whole of God's Word says,
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.11
not just select
scriptures here and there.
00:36:19.14\00:36:21.98
While Jesus did say,
00:36:22.01\00:36:23.61
"Believe on Me,
00:36:23.65\00:36:24.98
and you shall be saved
00:36:25.01\00:36:26.35
or call upon the
name of the Lord,
00:36:26.38\00:36:27.72
and you shall be saved."
00:36:27.75\00:36:29.12
Those are important texts
that we should keep in mind.
00:36:29.15\00:36:30.49
That's the starting point.
00:36:30.52\00:36:31.85
But nonetheless,
even Jesus said that
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.22
there are people that draw
nigh to me with their lips.
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.56
I'm thinking of Matthew 15:8-9,
00:36:35.59\00:36:37.89
they draw nigh
unto me with their lips,
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.43
they say good things about Me.
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.03
They tell people,
they're Christians,
00:36:41.06\00:36:42.66
they tell people
that they believe in Me,
00:36:42.70\00:36:44.10
but their heart is far from Me.
00:36:44.13\00:36:46.03
Jesus is looking at the heart.
00:36:46.07\00:36:47.67
Are you really committed to Him?
00:36:47.70\00:36:49.30
That's why, you
know, just adding to this,
00:36:49.34\00:36:51.07
Jesus said in John 17:3,
00:36:51.11\00:36:52.97
"And this is eternal
life that they may know you,
00:36:53.01\00:36:56.24
the only true
God and Jesus Christ
00:36:56.28\00:36:57.68
whom You have sent."
00:36:57.71\00:36:59.05
But when you go
over to 1 John 2:3-4,
00:36:59.11\00:37:02.05
it's not just that
we just mentally believe
00:37:02.08\00:37:04.22
or accept Him.
00:37:04.25\00:37:05.59
1 John 2:3-4 says,
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.49
"Now, by this, we know that
00:37:07.52\00:37:09.56
we know Him if we
keep His commandments.
00:37:09.59\00:37:11.69
And he who says,
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.06
I know Him and does not
keep His commandments is a liar,
00:37:13.13\00:37:15.96
and the truth is not in him."
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.33
So yes, we must
physically, mentally,
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.63
emotionally, spiritually
accept Christ in every aspect,
00:37:19.67\00:37:22.80
believe in what
He done on the cross,
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.17
accept that sacrifice,
00:37:24.21\00:37:25.77
but then remain committed to Him
00:37:25.81\00:37:27.28
and following through
00:37:27.31\00:37:28.64
in an obedient
daily relationship,
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.78
keeping His commandments,
because we love Him.
00:37:30.81\00:37:33.42
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:37:33.45\00:37:35.22
Jason, this is for you.
00:37:35.25\00:37:36.75
What do I do if my children
have walked away from God?
00:37:36.79\00:37:42.52
The implication there is that
00:37:42.56\00:37:44.13
your children
were once with God,
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.39
which means that they have
some sort of foundation there.
00:37:46.43\00:37:49.83
I don't have any kids.
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.20
But I remember when I was
14, and I was a child myself,
00:37:51.23\00:37:54.60
I walked away from the Lord.
00:37:54.64\00:37:56.57
And you know, from
about the age of 14 to 28,
00:37:56.60\00:38:00.44
I didn't want
anything to really do with God.
00:38:00.48\00:38:03.88
But I'm going to share
with you what my mother did
00:38:03.91\00:38:06.92
that made all the
difference in my life.
00:38:06.95\00:38:08.85
Number one,
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.22
my mom held on to the promise
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.72
found in the second half
of Isaiah 49:25, and it says,
00:38:11.75\00:38:16.86
"For I will contend with
him, who contends with you,
00:38:16.89\00:38:21.10
and I will save your children."
00:38:21.13\00:38:24.57
Number two, she prayed for me,
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.40
my mother prayed
and prayed and prayed.
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.77
There's nothing like
the prayers of a mother.
00:38:29.80\00:38:31.91
So make sure that
00:38:31.94\00:38:33.27
you're praying
for your children.
00:38:33.31\00:38:35.38
And number three, she
loved me throughout it all.
00:38:35.41\00:38:38.65
She didn't
condone my bad behavior,
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.52
but she loved me nonetheless.
00:38:40.55\00:38:43.28
So if your children have
walked away from the Lord,
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.62
you need to ask
and keep on asking,
00:38:45.65\00:38:48.02
you need to seek
and keep on seeking,
00:38:48.06\00:38:50.33
you need to knock
and keep on knocking
00:38:50.36\00:38:52.03
and go forward
00:38:52.06\00:38:53.40
knowing that God
wants to save your children
00:38:53.43\00:38:55.80
even more than you
want them to be saved.
00:38:55.83\00:38:58.73
And He loves them
even more than you do.
00:38:58.77\00:39:02.04
Continue to pour out
your love on your children,
00:39:02.07\00:39:06.47
and share the gospel.
00:39:06.54\00:39:08.01
Stay in prayer for your kids.
00:39:08.04\00:39:12.11
Amen. I love that.
00:39:12.15\00:39:13.75
Now we have an opportunity.
00:39:13.78\00:39:15.12
We always do this
toward the end of the program
00:39:15.15\00:39:17.25
where we toss out a question.
00:39:17.29\00:39:19.52
Excuse me, and everybody
has a chance to answer,
00:39:19.55\00:39:21.99
so everybody can jump in
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.46
and pick up
whoever wants to start.
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.59
This question
actually has to do with prayer.
00:39:25.63\00:39:27.50
I think we'll start here, Jason,
00:39:27.50\00:39:28.83
because you talked about that
with praying for your children.
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.47
This is from Shamila.
00:39:31.50\00:39:33.17
How do I pray?
00:39:33.20\00:39:34.54
Do we pray once
00:39:34.57\00:39:36.04
or do we pray every day
until we receive a response?
00:39:36.07\00:39:41.14
Is there a need for
persistence in prayer?
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.38
Absolutely.
00:39:44.41\00:39:45.75
Let's go to 1 John 5:14.
00:39:45.78\00:39:49.62
1 John 5:14,
00:39:49.65\00:39:51.45
"Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him,
00:39:51.49\00:39:55.26
that if we ask
anything according to His will,
00:39:55.29\00:39:58.86
He hears us."
00:39:58.89\00:40:00.60
Now the key there is
00:40:00.63\00:40:01.93
we need to pray
according to His will.
00:40:01.96\00:40:04.90
We also need to keep in
mind that God is viewing things
00:40:04.93\00:40:07.57
in the eyes of
eternity as I stated earlier.
00:40:07.60\00:40:11.17
He sees the big picture,
00:40:11.21\00:40:12.57
we just see kind of
what's in front of us and that,
00:40:12.61\00:40:17.11
but like He sees
00:40:17.15\00:40:19.61
the whole
picture in its totality.
00:40:19.65\00:40:23.32
The other thing that we
need to take a look at is
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.32
1 Chronicles 16:11.
00:40:25.35\00:40:28.39
And this is speaking in regards
to how often we should pray,
00:40:28.42\00:40:32.79
seek the Lord in His strength,
00:40:32.83\00:40:35.83
seek His face ever more.
00:40:35.86\00:40:39.50
So, always, we always
need to be seeking the Lord.
00:40:39.53\00:40:43.17
That's in His Word,
that's through prayer.
00:40:43.20\00:40:46.27
And also, we need to
recognize the fact that
00:40:46.34\00:40:49.01
God is not too busy for us.
00:40:49.04\00:40:51.08
He desires that relationship,
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.68
and He's longing
to speak with us.
00:40:52.71\00:40:55.32
So we can go to Him at any time.
00:40:55.35\00:40:57.42
You don't have to
necessarily be on your knees,
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.72
you can be
driving down the street,
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.39
you can be walking
and talking, all of that,
00:41:01.42\00:41:04.06
just go to the Lord.
00:41:04.09\00:41:05.43
Absolutely.
00:41:05.46\00:41:06.80
You know, I just
want to add here.
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.33
This question reminds me
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.73
of the experience that
Jacob had with the angel, right?
00:41:09.76\00:41:13.20
He would not let him
go until he blessed him.
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.07
Sometimes the Lord wants
00:41:16.10\00:41:17.64
to build our
faith, our patience,
00:41:17.67\00:41:20.04
and sometimes He will allow us
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.68
to experience that
extended waiting period
00:41:21.71\00:41:24.45
when it seems like we've
asked for something once,
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.21
and some people have this idea.
00:41:26.28\00:41:27.65
Just ask one time and
that's all I need to do,
00:41:27.68\00:41:29.85
because the Lord
heard me the first time
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.65
but God actually
encourages us to be persistent,
00:41:31.69\00:41:35.29
keep going forward and asking
00:41:35.32\00:41:36.96
not because He's hard of hearing
00:41:36.99\00:41:38.33
but because He
wants you to have faith
00:41:38.36\00:41:40.50
and express that faith in Him.
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.40
Make it of Matthew
7:13, excuse me, verses 7-8.
00:41:42.43\00:41:47.10
So Matthew 7:7-8, Jesus says,
00:41:47.14\00:41:50.04
"Ask and it will be given
you, seek and you will find,
00:41:50.07\00:41:52.27
knock and it
will be open to you.
00:41:52.31\00:41:54.48
For everyone who asks
receives and who seeks finds,
00:41:54.51\00:41:57.68
and to him who knocks,
it will be open to him."
00:41:57.71\00:42:01.08
I love this text, because,
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.78
you know, it's
beautiful on the surface
00:42:02.82\00:42:04.49
right here in the English.
00:42:04.52\00:42:05.85
But if you study within
the original Greek here,
00:42:05.92\00:42:07.46
it actually says keep on asking,
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.39
keep on knocking,
00:42:09.42\00:42:10.93
you know, keep on seeking,
00:42:10.96\00:42:12.56
you know, God says,
00:42:12.59\00:42:13.93
keep on keeping on, right?
00:42:13.96\00:42:15.26
So, you know, sometimes
we think one is enough.
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.23
But maybe we need
to build our faith
00:42:17.27\00:42:18.90
in going to the
Lord continuously
00:42:18.93\00:42:20.34
and saying, Lord,
I'm coming back again
00:42:20.37\00:42:22.20
to show my faith.
00:42:22.24\00:42:23.57
I'm asking for this once more.
00:42:23.61\00:42:24.94
And if we ask
anything according to His will,
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.21
He will answer
and He will hear us.
00:42:27.24\00:42:28.58
That's right. And I
like the story of Daniel.
00:42:28.61\00:42:31.48
Prayer was
Daniel's practice. Yeah.
00:42:31.51\00:42:33.88
When prayer is your practice,
00:42:33.92\00:42:35.55
prayer won't be
your frustration.
00:42:35.58\00:42:37.79
That's something we
have to keep in mind.
00:42:37.82\00:42:39.19
Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:10,
00:42:39.22\00:42:42.39
"Now when Daniel knew
the writing was signed,
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.29
he went home and
in his upper room,
00:42:44.33\00:42:47.46
with his window
open toward Jerusalem,
00:42:47.50\00:42:49.66
he knelt down on his
knees three times a day,
00:42:49.70\00:42:52.83
and prayed and gave
thanks before his God,
00:42:52.87\00:42:55.44
as was his custom."
00:42:55.47\00:42:58.01
When prayer is your practice,
00:42:58.04\00:42:59.87
prayer will not
be your frustration.
00:42:59.91\00:43:02.11
You have to keep that in mind.
00:43:02.14\00:43:03.58
Isaiah 40:31,
00:43:03.61\00:43:05.41
God answers and
sometimes He says, Wait,
00:43:05.45\00:43:08.25
what happens if you
trust God and you wait?
00:43:08.28\00:43:10.65
Those who wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength.
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.49
They shall mount up
with wings like eagles,
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.39
they shall run and not be weary,
00:43:15.42\00:43:16.99
they shall walk
before the answer comes
00:43:17.03\00:43:19.43
and not faint.
00:43:19.46\00:43:20.86
So make it your
practice, not your frustration.
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.53
That's powerful. I love
that, I'm gonna write that down.
00:43:23.57\00:43:25.57
Okay, this one says,
00:43:25.60\00:43:26.94
what does the Bible
say about circumcision?
00:43:26.97\00:43:29.34
Is it mandatory?
00:43:29.40\00:43:31.04
Okay.
00:43:31.07\00:43:32.41
Well, let me throw
that one out there.
00:43:32.44\00:43:33.78
1 Corinthians 7:19.
00:43:33.81\00:43:35.14
Let's go ahead and
go to the New Testament,
00:43:35.18\00:43:36.78
because the Bible
in the Old Testament,
00:43:36.85\00:43:38.61
this was a right that
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.42
when you are an
observer of the law,
00:43:40.45\00:43:42.62
when you are a male
observer of the ceremonial laws,
00:43:42.68\00:43:45.82
this was a requirement,
00:43:45.85\00:43:47.99
but it didn't
continue as a requirement.
00:43:48.02\00:43:50.49
The Jews that
did not accept Christ
00:43:50.53\00:43:53.09
made it almost a
requirement to the Gentiles.
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.73
Continuing to suggest
that you've got to keep,
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.40
you got to be
circumcised to keep the law.
00:43:59.43\00:44:01.87
And this is important because
a lot of times people say,
00:44:01.90\00:44:04.41
you know, how can Adventist
or Seventh-day Adventist say,
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.78
you have to keep
the commandments of God.
00:44:06.81\00:44:08.14
Are you circumcised?
00:44:08.18\00:44:09.54
It's not the case.
00:44:09.58\00:44:10.91
It's not a requirement. Right.
00:44:10.95\00:44:12.45
Look at 1 Corinthians 7:19.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.82
Here's what the
Apostle Paul says.
00:44:14.85\00:44:16.92
And the Apostle Paul
is never out of harmony
00:44:16.99\00:44:19.12
with God's word.
00:44:19.15\00:44:20.49
He says,
00:44:20.52\00:44:21.86
"Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing,
00:44:21.89\00:44:26.29
but keeping the
commandments of God
00:44:26.33\00:44:28.53
is what matters."
00:44:28.56\00:44:30.23
So it's not a
requirement to be circumcised,
00:44:30.27\00:44:32.93
it was when you
kept the ceremonial law,
00:44:33.00\00:44:35.54
but that was all
fulfilled in the life
00:44:35.57\00:44:37.91
and the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.18
So there is no law today
that we have to be circumcised
00:44:40.24\00:44:42.38
to honor and to revere.
00:44:42.41\00:44:44.25
What does he require
more than anything else?
00:44:44.28\00:44:46.41
The circumcision of
the heart, a new heart,
00:44:46.48\00:44:48.95
cut away that old heart
and have a new heart in Christ.
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.95
Amen.
00:44:51.99\00:44:53.32
I'd like to just
piggyback off of that
00:44:53.36\00:44:54.79
and go to Romans 2:25-29.
00:44:54.82\00:44:58.26
Okay.
00:44:58.29\00:44:59.66
Romans 2:25-29,
00:44:59.69\00:45:02.00
"For circumcision
is indeed profitable
00:45:02.03\00:45:04.23
if you keep the law
00:45:04.27\00:45:05.87
but if you are a
breaker of the law,
00:45:05.90\00:45:07.94
your circumcision has
become uncircumcision,
00:45:07.97\00:45:10.94
therefore if an
uncircumcised man
00:45:10.97\00:45:13.14
keeps the righteous
requirements of the law,
00:45:13.17\00:45:15.71
will not his uncircumcision
be counted as circumcision?
00:45:15.74\00:45:19.38
And will not the
physically uncircumcised
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.08
if he fulfills the law judge you
00:45:22.12\00:45:24.72
who even with your
written code and circumcision
00:45:24.75\00:45:28.39
are a transgressor of the law?
00:45:28.42\00:45:30.59
For he is not a Jew
00:45:30.63\00:45:32.43
who is one
outwardly nor is circumcision,
00:45:32.46\00:45:35.46
that which is
outward in the flesh,
00:45:35.50\00:45:37.40
but he is a Jew,
00:45:37.43\00:45:38.77
who is one inwardly
00:45:38.80\00:45:40.30
and circumcision
is that of the heart,
00:45:40.34\00:45:43.34
in the spirit, not in the letter
00:45:43.37\00:45:46.61
whose praise is not
from men, but from God."
00:45:46.64\00:45:50.41
That's right. I'll
leave it at the word.
00:45:50.45\00:45:51.95
That's right. Amen.
00:45:51.98\00:45:53.35
That's right.
00:45:53.38\00:45:54.72
What these two
brothers said I agree with it.
00:45:54.75\00:45:56.08
It's the circumcision
of the heart that matters.
00:45:56.12\00:45:58.19
Amen.
00:45:58.22\00:45:59.59
All right, here's another one.
00:45:59.62\00:46:01.02
I've heard that
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:46:01.06\00:46:03.02
identify
themselves as a movement.
00:46:03.06\00:46:05.79
What does that mean
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.13
when as Seventh-day
Adventists say we're a movement?
00:46:07.20\00:46:08.96
Okay, we've spoke,
I'll let Ryan start with it.
00:46:09.00\00:46:10.63
Well, no, I'm just gonna
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.00
just want to go back
00:46:12.03\00:46:13.37
to the first
angel's message real quick.
00:46:13.40\00:46:14.74
First angel's message
in Revelation Chapter 14.
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.77
First of all, you
know, everyone likes to say,
00:46:16.84\00:46:19.74
Well, I'm, I go down
to the Baptist Church,
00:46:19.81\00:46:22.08
or I go to the Methodist Church,
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.81
or in this case,
00:46:23.85\00:46:25.18
oh, I attend the local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:46:25.21\00:46:27.18
right?
00:46:27.22\00:46:28.55
And, yes, we are a denomination.
00:46:28.58\00:46:30.62
But nonetheless, I
like to always say,
00:46:30.65\00:46:32.52
you know, I'm a member
00:46:32.55\00:46:33.89
of the Seventh-day
Adventist movement,
00:46:33.92\00:46:35.26
because what is,
00:46:35.29\00:46:36.66
what's the root
word of movement?
00:46:36.69\00:46:38.29
You're moving, right?
00:46:38.33\00:46:39.93
This work is not something
that is just setting still right
00:46:39.96\00:46:42.33
and creating mold.
00:46:42.36\00:46:43.70
Because if we are
a people of the Lord
00:46:43.73\00:46:45.27
as Matthew
Chapter 24, reminds us,
00:46:45.30\00:46:48.50
"This gospel of the kingdom
must go to all the world.
00:46:48.54\00:46:51.57
And so God has a remnant people,
00:46:51.61\00:46:53.27
a people who are on
fire full of the Holy Spirit,
00:46:53.31\00:46:55.91
that are moving
00:46:55.94\00:46:57.28
to take this
gospel to all the world.
00:46:57.31\00:46:58.95
And we see evidence
of that in Revelation 14,
00:46:58.98\00:47:01.58
first angel's
message as we read earlier,
00:47:01.62\00:47:03.65
notice what it says,
starting with verse 6,
00:47:03.69\00:47:05.55
"Then I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven,
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.82
having the everlasting
gospel to preach to those,"
00:47:07.86\00:47:11.09
where?
00:47:11.13\00:47:12.46
"Who dwell on all the earth,
00:47:12.49\00:47:13.83
okay, to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people."
00:47:13.86\00:47:17.07
If we are going
to get this gospel
00:47:17.10\00:47:18.90
and to share the love of
Jesus with all of the world,
00:47:18.93\00:47:21.87
it's going to
take a movement, okay?
00:47:21.90\00:47:24.01
And so, yes, while we
have our individual churches,
00:47:24.04\00:47:26.14
and while we have
our denominations,
00:47:26.17\00:47:27.58
and our groups here and
there, and our organizations.
00:47:27.61\00:47:29.74
At the end of the day,
00:47:29.78\00:47:31.11
I can count on
that hand right there
00:47:31.15\00:47:32.55
how many
denominations or churches
00:47:32.58\00:47:34.55
are found in almost
every single part of the world,
00:47:34.58\00:47:37.59
and Seventh-day
Adventism is one of them.
00:47:37.62\00:47:39.45
And I'm proud to say that
00:47:39.49\00:47:40.82
because we're not just a people
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.39
whose experience is found
00:47:42.42\00:47:43.83
within four walls
of a church building
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.79
on one day of a week,
in this case, Sabbath.
00:47:45.83\00:47:48.03
We are a people who
are constantly moving
00:47:48.06\00:47:49.86
and taking the
gospel to all of the world.
00:47:49.93\00:47:51.83
So why are we a movement?
00:47:51.87\00:47:53.20
We're moving for Jesus,
00:47:53.23\00:47:54.57
we are moving the gospel
00:47:54.60\00:47:55.94
and taking that
everlasting gospel
00:47:55.97\00:47:57.31
to all of the world
00:47:57.34\00:47:58.67
to all nations,
tribes, tongues, and people.
00:47:58.71\00:48:00.61
That's right.
00:48:00.64\00:48:01.98
And by the way,
the word movement
00:48:02.01\00:48:03.38
was exactly what happened
on the day of Pentecost,
00:48:03.41\00:48:06.01
when the Holy Spirit
moved on the apostles,
00:48:06.05\00:48:08.92
that something happened,
00:48:08.95\00:48:10.29
they went from 3000 to 5000
00:48:10.32\00:48:12.55
till the church clerk
couldn't add any more.
00:48:12.59\00:48:14.19
And she said, multitudes
were added to the church.
00:48:14.22\00:48:16.52
That's what a
movement is all about.
00:48:16.56\00:48:18.06
A movement is not a
stagnant body of people.
00:48:18.09\00:48:20.76
And I like the phrase
that you talked about,
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.46
that sometimes can get moldy.
00:48:22.50\00:48:24.07
No, they will never
be mold on a movement.
00:48:24.10\00:48:26.23
That's right.
00:48:26.30\00:48:27.64
That's why the Bible
spoke about in 2 Peter 1:21,
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.27
"Holy men of God spake
00:48:30.31\00:48:32.31
as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit."
00:48:32.34\00:48:35.21
When the Spirit of
God is on your life,
00:48:35.24\00:48:37.85
you will never be
anything but a movement,
00:48:37.88\00:48:41.08
continually going and growing.
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.95
And like a snowball
00:48:42.98\00:48:44.32
that continues to
roll down the hill,
00:48:44.35\00:48:46.22
anyone in this
path looking for truth
00:48:46.25\00:48:48.12
will be picked
up by that movement.
00:48:48.16\00:48:50.09
So the advent movement
is, in fact, just what it is.
00:48:50.13\00:48:52.36
What is an Adventist?
What does advent mean?
00:48:52.39\00:48:54.86
People getting the world
ready, we are on the move,
00:48:54.93\00:48:57.83
getting the world ready
for the advent of Christ.
00:48:57.87\00:49:00.87
And we honor the
seventh day Sabbath
00:49:00.90\00:49:04.41
as a result of
allegiance to our Creator.
00:49:04.44\00:49:06.94
That's right.
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.31
I just want to
add really quickly,
00:49:08.34\00:49:09.71
one of the slowest animals
on all the planet is a sloth.
00:49:09.74\00:49:12.11
And they have that thick hair.
00:49:12.15\00:49:13.48
And it's actually known
that they move so slowly
00:49:13.52\00:49:15.48
that moss and mold
will grow on their fur,
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.82
but we want to be, we
want to be a movement,
00:49:18.85\00:49:20.96
I like to refer to ourselves
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.32
as we're spiritual hummingbirds.
00:49:22.36\00:49:23.69
We just never stop moving.
00:49:23.73\00:49:25.06
We're just all over the place,
00:49:25.09\00:49:26.46
spreading the gospel
00:49:26.49\00:49:27.83
and the love and the
grace of Jesus Christ.
00:49:27.86\00:49:29.16
Let me add quickly,
00:49:29.20\00:49:30.53
everyone is invited to
be a part of that movement.
00:49:30.57\00:49:31.90
Amen.
00:49:31.93\00:49:33.27
John 10:16,
00:49:33.30\00:49:34.64
"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold,
00:49:34.67\00:49:36.04
but them also I must bring."
00:49:36.07\00:49:37.57
That's what a movement does,
00:49:37.61\00:49:38.94
he doesn't leave
you where you are.
00:49:38.97\00:49:40.31
The Spirit of
God doesn't leave you
00:49:40.34\00:49:41.68
where you are.
00:49:41.71\00:49:43.08
He says, them also I must bring.
00:49:43.11\00:49:44.45
And they'll hear my voice
00:49:44.48\00:49:45.81
and there'll be one
fold and one shepherd,
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.18
not gonna be 33,000
denominations going to heaven.
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.92
Those who keep the
commandments of God,
00:49:49.95\00:49:51.59
and those who receive
the mark of the beast,
00:49:51.62\00:49:53.02
there's no third category.
00:49:53.09\00:49:54.42
Amen.
00:49:54.46\00:49:55.79
He basically said everything
00:49:55.82\00:49:57.16
that I was
going to say somewhat,
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.56
you know, in terms
of it being a movement
00:49:58.59\00:50:00.13
and not stagnant
and all that stuff.
00:50:00.16\00:50:01.80
And when I think
about a movement,
00:50:01.83\00:50:03.16
I think about growth,
00:50:03.20\00:50:04.53
and I think about
the upward mobility
00:50:04.57\00:50:06.20
of one's character to
reflect that of Christ
00:50:06.23\00:50:09.00
and as Adventists I believe that
00:50:09.04\00:50:11.31
we embrace a lifestyle,
00:50:11.34\00:50:14.01
not just like a
mere profession of faith,
00:50:14.04\00:50:18.28
things change, you know,
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.02
as you're
following the Word of God.
00:50:20.05\00:50:21.95
And so, you know, if
it's one thing to say,
00:50:21.98\00:50:24.72
Okay, I'm a Christian,
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.89
and then
everything goes back to like
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.12
how it was before
you became a Christian?
00:50:29.16\00:50:32.16
Well, there's a problem,
there's a disconnect there.
00:50:32.19\00:50:34.03
So I believe that as
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:50:34.10\00:50:37.27
it should be a lifestyle.
00:50:37.30\00:50:39.37
And that's a
part of the movement.
00:50:39.40\00:50:40.74
I love that, don't
let the mold grow on you,
00:50:40.77\00:50:43.57
allow God to move you.
00:50:43.61\00:50:44.97
I think we have time,
00:50:45.01\00:50:46.34
we're going to
get one more question
00:50:46.37\00:50:47.71
in real quick.
00:50:47.74\00:50:49.08
When will the
gospel go to all the world,
00:50:49.11\00:50:50.75
so we can go to heaven?
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.65
You know, no man
knows the day nor the hour
00:50:52.68\00:50:55.05
and no one knows
00:50:55.08\00:50:56.45
when the gospel will go to
the entire world but Christ,
00:50:56.48\00:50:59.39
but we're not waiting for
that to happen without us.
00:50:59.42\00:51:02.26
We are part of a movement
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.06
24 hours a day,
seven days a week
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.13
we do what we do
here, radio, television,
00:51:06.16\00:51:07.96
every particular
form of communication.
00:51:08.00\00:51:11.30
When it does,
believe me, you will know.
00:51:11.33\00:51:14.20
Spiritual
hummingbirds, what's gonna take.
00:51:14.24\00:51:16.24
You don't really know.
00:51:16.27\00:51:17.61
What's gonna take, moving,
00:51:17.64\00:51:18.97
allow the Holy
Spirit to move you.
00:51:19.01\00:51:21.28
That's what it's going to take.
00:51:21.31\00:51:22.64
It's gonna take
the Spirit of the Lord
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.01
to finish this work.
00:51:24.05\00:51:25.38
Jesus said, God repulses,
00:51:25.41\00:51:27.38
God will finish the work
00:51:27.42\00:51:28.98
and cut it short
in righteousness.
00:51:29.02\00:51:30.72
It's not gonna be
as long as you think.
00:51:30.75\00:51:32.09
Absolutely, We're
gonna go right now
00:51:32.12\00:51:33.82
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00:51:33.86\00:51:37.19
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00:51:39.26\00:51:40.60
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