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,
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Bible Q and A.
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We're so glad that
you have joined us today.
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Thank you for
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We wanna say thank
you for your prayers
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and financial support
for the ministry of 3ABN.
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And this program
3ABN Today, Bible Q and A,
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question and answer is
a relatively new program
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and we have received
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an incredible
response here to 3ABN.
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So thank you so much
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for sending your
questions in here to 3ABN.
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And I wanna give
the contact information
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on how you can do that,
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in case you're
brand new to this program.
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You're like, "Oh, I do
have a Bible question."
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Well, this is how you can do it.
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You can send an email
to us at bibleqa@3abn.org.
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So that's email
bibleqa@3abn.org.
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You can just send us an
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you've got a cell
phone like I have here.
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You can text in your
questions to us as well.
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That's (618) 228-3975.
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It's there at the
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But in case you're
listening on radio,
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it's (618) 228-3975.
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My name is Greg Morikone,
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and again we're so glad
that you have joined us today,
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and I'm joined here
at 3ABN around this desk.
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May I say by
Pastor John Lomacang.
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So glad that
you're here with us today.
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Always a
blessing to get together
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and answer Bible questions.
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I love it.
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I know that you're
a student of the Word
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but, Pastor, why does the
Bible means something to you?
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Because of the
person that it reveals.
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You know, you could read a book,
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but if you
don't know the author,
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then it doesn't make sense.
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Like a young lady
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who was having
dinner with a young man
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and he asked, do
you like to read?
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And she said, I'm
reading a very boring book.
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And he said, I
think I wrote that.
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And then the next date they had,
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she said, it's the
best book she ever read.
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The difference was she
came to know the author.
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And I think that
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the Bible is not
just a book of knowledge,
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but it's a book
of the revelation
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of Jesus Christ.
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And that's what
makes the difference.
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Amen. Wow.
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Excellent illustration.
Thank you for that, Pastor.
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Praise the Lord.
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Jason Bradley, it's good
to have you here with us today
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on Bible Q and A.
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It's great to be here.
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You know, it's always a blessing
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to open God's Word.
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People are hungry in the world
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and they're sending in
all of these questions.
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And so it's just great
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to be able to
study it out together.
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Amen.
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And, Jason, real quick too,
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because years ago you
were not into the Word.
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Yes.
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But the word means
something to you now.
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God has done a transformation.
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It does because,
you know, in retrospect,
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as I look at my life
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I've just seen how God's
hand has been over it through
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the whole time,
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even when I was
out there in the world,
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God had protected me.
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So, yeah, I'm grateful.
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And thank the Lord
for a praying mother.
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Amen. Thank God
for a praying mom.
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Amen.
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And sitting right next
to me is my dear wife, Jill.
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So glad to have
you here with us today.
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Thank you so much, sweetheart.
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I love the Word of God.
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I love to open up
and study the Word of God
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and we love to share it
with you, our 3ABN family.
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So I'm looking
forward to this program.
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Amen. Yeah.
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And thank you each one
for being with us today,
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being here with us today
and thank you for joining us.
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And again,
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we have received so
many questions here at 3ABN.
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Just not that you're impatient,
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but just your
question will be answered.
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We just received so many.
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We have so much fun
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going through
all these questions,
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but excellent questions.
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And you all are
students of the Word as well.
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And it's just encouraging
to open the Word of God.
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We enjoy these
Bible Q and A programs.
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I want to read
from 2 Timothy 2:15.
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It says,
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"Study to show
thyself approved unto God,
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a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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So do you have your
Bible with you today?
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Better get it.
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Do you have a
pen? I hope you do.
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And maybe a piece of paper,
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or if you're into
the electronic age,
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you want to take
notes on your cell phone.
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We hope that you do that today.
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Take notes because
this is rapid fire.
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We try and
answer these questions
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in a matter of
two to three minutes.
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So it's happening
really, really quickly.
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But before we
open the word of God,
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let's go to Him
in a word of prayer.
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Jason Bradley,
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why don't you open
with a prayer for us?
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Sure thing.
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Dear heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the
privilege and opportunity
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of studying Your Word.
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And, Lord, we just
ask for Your Holy Spirit
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to guide us and to
lead us into all truth
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and to be with the viewers
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and help their understanding
of what's being shared today.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you. All right.
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Our first question,
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Pastor John, I'm
gonna come to you.
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Okay.
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And this one,
it's a great question.
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Says, are Seventh-day
Adventists a denomination
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or a cult?
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Okay. Let me
give the short answer.
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No, we are not a cult.
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We are a denomination.
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The nutshell of a
definition of a cult
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is a religion or movement
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that does not look to
Jesus as the means of salvation.
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Or they look to
a particular person
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as the person of adoration,
the person of veneration.
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You have like the
voodoo cult or satanic cult.
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These are movements
that do not include Christ
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as the focal point.
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We are very much a denomination,
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but even bigger than that,
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we are a movement,
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a continually growing movement.
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And we believe in
salvation by grace,
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through faith in Christ alone
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and all of our beliefs,
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every one of our 28 fundamentals
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is founded on the
Bible and the Bible only.
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Amen.
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We also believe that
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eternal life is something
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that comes through Christ alone.
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We are not saved by our works.
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We're saved by
the work of Christ.
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As John 17: 3 says,
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"And this is eternal life
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that they may know You,
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the only true God
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and Jesus
Christ, whom You sent."
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That is our
foundation as a denomination.
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Also we believe that
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there's no other
person or individual
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ever in existence
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that could bring
salvation other than Christ.
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Acts 4:12,
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"Nor is there
salvation in any other,
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for as there is no
other name under heaven,
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given among men,
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by which we must be saved."
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A cult does not look to Jesus
as the person of salvation.
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They may say,
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"He's a good man.
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He's a prophet, He's a teacher."
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But if He is not
the means of salvation,
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they could be a
formation of a cult.
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And also you have
those who use Christianity,
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but they twist it.
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And they'll say,
well, I believe in Christ.
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However, like
the Jim Jones cult,
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David Koresh
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and the Heaven's
Gate cult, a lot of these,
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they use
Christianity to draw people,
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but ultimately it's the
person who gets the veneration.
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It's the person
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who is the means
of their salvation
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and we are not that.
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It is Christ and Christ alone.
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Amen. Amen.
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Excellent. Yeah. Good answer.
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Jill, I'm going to
come to you on this one.
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There's no name
associated with this one.
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It says, a good question though.
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Can you forgive the devil?
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That's a great question.
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I'm gonna flip it on its head
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and say, should
we forgive the devil?
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You know I like lists,
so here's three points.
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Point number one,
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Satan is the originator of
sin and evil in this world.
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This is Christ Jesus
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speaking to the
Scribes and the Pharisees
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in John 8:44,
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"You are of your
father, the devil
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and the desires of
your father you want to do."
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He was a murderer
from the beginning
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and does not stand in the truth
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because there's no truth in him.
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When he speaks a lie,
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he speaks from
his own resources,
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for he is a liar
and the father of it.
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Satan is a liar
and the father of lies.
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Satan is a murderer
and the father of murder.
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He is the originator of
sin and evil in this world.
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Point number two,
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Christ came to destroy
the works of the devil.
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1 John 3:8,
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"He who sins is of the devil,
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for the devil has
sinned from the beginning.
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For this purpose,
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the Son of God was manifested
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that He might destroy
the works of the devil."
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So Christ came to
destroy the works of the devil
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and not just destroy his works.
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He also came,
point number three,
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to destroy the devil himself.
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Hebrews 2:14-15,
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"In so much then
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as the children have
partaken of flesh and blood,
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He Himself, that's Jesus,
likewise partook of the same,
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that through death
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He might destroy him
who had the power of death."
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That is the devil.
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"And release those
who through fear of death
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were all their
lifetime subject to bondage."
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So not only did Christ come
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to destroy the
works of the devil.
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He came to
destroy the devil himself.
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We are called in
Matthew 5, to love our enemies.
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We are also called
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to forgive those
who have hurt us.
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We are also called
in Matthew Chapter 6
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to forgive, so
that we can be forgiven.
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We are not called
in the Word of God
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to forgive the devil.
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We are called to
be wary of Satan,
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for he is a roaring lion.
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"We are called to do
battle against Satan, "
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Ephesians Chapter 6.
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"We are called to resist him,"
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James Chapter 4,
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but nowhere in scripture
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do I see that we are
called to forgive the devil.
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Hmm. Excellent, yeah. Very good.
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Thank you, Jill.
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Jason Bradley,
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this question
doesn't have a name,
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but it's a good one.
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It says, "When Jesus comes back,
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the dead in Christ will rise.
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So are those
dead in the grave now?
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I think basically
were the dead now, Jason.
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It's a good question. Yes.
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Those that are dead
are resting in the grave.
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But let's see
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what the Word of
God has to say about it.
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So in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17,
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the Word of God says this,
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"For the Lord Himself
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will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of an archangel
and with the trumpet of God
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and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive and remain
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shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus, we shall
always be with the Lord."
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Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and 10,
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"For the living
know that they will die,
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but the dead know nothing.
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And they have no more reward,
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for the memory of
them is forgotten.
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Also their love,
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their hatred and their
envy have now perished,
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never more will
they have a share
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in anything done under the sun,
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whatever your hand finds to do,
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do it with your might,
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for there is no work
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or device or
knowledge or wisdom in the grave
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where you are going."
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Acts 2:29,
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"Men and brethren,
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let me speak freely to
you of the patriarch David,
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that he is both dead and buried.
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And his tomb is
with us to this day."
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Also consider John 5:28-29,
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"Do not marvel at this,
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for the hour is coming
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in which all who
are in the graves
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will hear His
voice and come forth.
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Those who have done good
to the resurrection of life
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and those who have done evil
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to the
resurrection of condemnation."
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So yes, the dead
are in the grave.
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They're resting.
That's right. Amen.
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Excellent. Thank you.
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You know, it's really incredible
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how the Word of God, right?
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Can just explain these
questions that we have.
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So thank you so much.
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Pastor John,
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this comes from
Frank in California.
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And can you please
explain Revelation 14:14-20?
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Let me go ahead and read them.
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I don't know if I'm
gonna read that many verses,
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but I think it's
important to read it.
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Okay.
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Revelation 14:14,
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"Then I looked, and
behold, a white cloud,
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and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
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having on His
head a golden crown,
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and in His hand a sharp sickle."
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Verse 15,
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"And another angel
came out of the temple,
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crying with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud,
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'Thrust in Your sickle and reap,
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for the time has
come for You to reap,
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for the harvest of
the earth is ripe."
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Verse 16,
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"So He who sat on the cloud
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thrust in His
sickle on the earth,
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and the earth was reaped."
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Verse 17,
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"Then another angel
came out of the temple
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which is in heaven,
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he also having a sharp sickle.
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And another angel
came out from the altar, "
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that's verse 18,
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"who had power over fire,
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and he cried with
a loud voice to him
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who had the
sharp sickle, saying,
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'Thrust in your sickle
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and gather the clusters
of the vine of the earth,
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for her grapes are fully ripe."
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And verse 19,
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"So the angel thrust
his sickle into the earth
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and gathered the
vine of the earth,
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and threw it into
the great winepress
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of the wrath of God.
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And the winepress was
trampled outside the city,
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and blood came
out of the winepress,
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up to the horses' bridles,
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for one thousand
six hundred furlongs."
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In a nutshell,
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these verses
identified two groups.
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The one that is described as
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those who are the
harvest of the earth is ripe.
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Those are the ones
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that will be
gathered into God's kingdom.
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These are the description.
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The harvest is ripe.
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Jesus said so many times,
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the harvest is ripe,
but the laborers are few.
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So these are those
that will be gathered in.
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Why is the harvest ripe?
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Because the harvest is ripe
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when it is finally
sealed with the latter rain.
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That's when a harvest is ripe.
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These have been
sealed by the latter rain.
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They are ripe for
the coming of the Lord.
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They will be saved,
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but those who are
in the second group
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will experience
the wrath of God.
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Now it says, her
grapes are fully ripe.
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And you remember the song
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where the grapes
of wrath are stored.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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That is in fact describing those
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who will be a part
of the destruction.
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So these are the two groups
that are talked about here.
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Those who are
ripe for salvation,
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those who are ripe for
destruction simply put.
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Wow. Amen.
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Excellent. Yeah.
Thank you, Pastor John.
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And thank you Frank, for
sending in your question.
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And I forgot when I mentioned
the contact information.
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We'd love to hear
your name or your name,
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we'd love to know it
and where you're from,
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maybe the country or
the state that you're from.
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So don't forget to
add that to your email
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or to your text
message with your question.
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Jason, coming to you.
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What does it mean
to be an overcomer?
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Hmm. Good question.
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That's a great question.
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We'll start with the definition.
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By definition
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an overcomer is one who
succeeds in dealing with
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or gaining control of
some problem or difficulty.
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Now from a biblical standpoint,
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an overcomer is one
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who is successful
in holding on to God,
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no matter what,
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and gaining the
victory through Christ.
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Romans 8:35-39, says,
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"Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ?
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Shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution,
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or famine, or
nakedness, or peril or sword?
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As it is written:
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'For your sake we
are killed all day long.
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We are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter.'
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Yet in all these things,
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we are more than
conquerors through Him
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who loved us.
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For I am persuaded that
neither death, nor life,
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nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers,
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nor things
present, nor things to come,
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nor height, nor depth,
nor any other created thing
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shall be able to
separate us from the love of God
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which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
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An overcomer
continues to press forward.
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Philippians 3:13-14 says,
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"Brethren, I do not count myself
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to have apprehended,
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but one thing I do,
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forgetting those
things which are behind
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and reaching
forward to those things
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which are ahead,
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I press toward the goal
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for the prize of
the upward call of God
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in Christ Jesus."
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And this passage sums it up.
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1 John 5:4-5 says,
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"For whatever is born
of God overcomes the world.
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And this is the victory
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that has overcome
the world, our faith,
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who is he, who
overcomes the world,
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but he who believes that
Jesus is the Son of God."
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Do you believe that
Jesus is the Son of God?
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I do. Hmm.
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Amen. Thank you, Jason.
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And that's, again another
great question us coming.
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Jill, this one comes from Gordon
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and it doesn't
say where he's from,
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but Gordon asks,
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"Do really poor
people need to pay or give
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tithes and offerings?"
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Wow.
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Thank you,
Gordon, for that question.
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The short answer is yes.
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But I would say
we don't pay tithe,
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we return what is already God's.
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Let's look at a
couple of tithing principles.
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The tithing
principle is biblical.
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It is not just Jewish.
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Some people say it's Jewish
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'cause it's established
in the laws and ordinances,
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but Abraham paid tithe.
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You can look that up
in Genesis Chapter 14.
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The New Testament
Church gave sacrificially
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to support the
work of the gospel
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going forward.
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We see that
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the tithing
principle is a command
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that's in Malachi 3:8.
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It says, "Will a man rob
God, yet you have robbed me,
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but you say,
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in what way have we robbed you?
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In tithes and offerings."
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So the tithing
principle is a command.
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The tithing
principle is also fair.
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We're told in Deuteronomy 14:22,
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that we are called to give
one-tenth of all our increase.
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In other words,
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whether you're very,
very poor or very, very rich,
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you still give the
same percentage wise.
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If you only made a dollar today,
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while you're
going to give a dime,
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if you made a million,
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well, that would be a
hundred thousand dollars.
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But the principle, the
percentage is the same.
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The tithing principle is fair.
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The tithing principle
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also comes with
a promise from God.
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And I love this,
especially if you're poor,
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this is a precious promise.
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Malachi 3:10,
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"Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse
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that there may
be food in my house,
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and try me now in
this as the Lord of hosts,
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if I will not open up
for you the windows of heaven
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and pour out for
you such a blessing,
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that there will not be
room enough to receive it."
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What is that blessing?
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Sometimes it's
monetary blessings,
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sometimes as in
the children of Israel,
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your sandals might not wear out
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and your car might keep running,
00:19:27.23\00:19:29.23
but when you are faithful
in returning that to God,
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He will honor and
bless you in return.
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That's right. Yeah, absolutely.
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Thank you so much.
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This is kind of the
fun part of Bible Q and A,
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because we've been now
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going for about
four or five weeks now,
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and we're getting some response
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and I want to read
one of those right now
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from one of our earlier programs
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and, Pastor
John, this is for you.
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So thank you for this follow-up
00:19:53.36\00:19:54.89
to one of the answers
00:19:54.96\00:19:56.29
or just maybe some
clarification that you want.
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This says, hi,
Pastor John Lomacang,
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you mentioned in
the first Bible Q and A
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according to Revelation 12:1,
00:20:02.20\00:20:05.93
the woman is the one
00:20:05.97\00:20:07.30
who gives birth
to the male child
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who rules all
nations, et cetera.
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My question is this.
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May you please clarify for me
00:20:13.61\00:20:15.54
how the church, the woman
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gave birth to Christ
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and not Christ begat the church?
00:20:19.58\00:20:21.48
I was told that
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I am teaching that
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the church gave birth to Christ.
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So, Pastor,
that's a great follow-up.
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Okay.
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Well, the Bible uses
the woman interchangeably.
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But what is being talked
about in Revelation Chapter 12,
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Revelation is an
overarching picture
00:20:33.90\00:20:36.60
of the great controversy
00:20:36.63\00:20:38.10
from the birth of Christ
00:20:38.13\00:20:39.83
to the very last
war against the woman.
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And in both cases,
the word woman is used.
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Well, why is
Revelation 12:1 so significant?
00:20:45.37\00:20:48.81
It's because it goes right back.
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Let's read Revelation 12:1.
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It goes right back to
00:20:52.48\00:20:54.15
what happened when
Mary gave birth to Jesus.
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It says in Revelation 12:1-2,
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"Now a great sign
appeared in heaven.
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A woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet
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and on her head, a
garland or crown of 12 stars,
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then being with child
00:21:08.63\00:21:09.96
she cried out in labor
and in pain to give birth."
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When you follow
the story of Jesus,
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.20
there was an edict by Herod
00:21:16.24\00:21:17.64
to kill children
two years old and under.
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That's right.
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And thankfully
00:21:21.64\00:21:22.98
the Lord was not a
part of that slaughter.
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It was a terrible
slaughter of children,
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but this is what the
Bible is talking about.
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The woman that is described here
00:21:30.85\00:21:33.15
is the one that's being
the focal point of the dragon.
00:21:33.19\00:21:35.99
So who's the dragon?
Revelation 12:9, Satan.
00:21:36.02\00:21:38.89
So you find the
dragon, Satan through Herod
00:21:38.93\00:21:42.10
tried to have Jesus
killed when he was born.
00:21:42.13\00:21:44.97
That was a literal woman,
Mary and Joseph, the father,
00:21:45.00\00:21:49.37
which was not
the literal father,
00:21:49.40\00:21:50.74
as we know,
00:21:50.77\00:21:52.11
but so that's the
literal application
00:21:52.14\00:21:53.48
of this verse.
00:21:53.51\00:21:54.88
The symbolic
application of this verse
00:21:54.91\00:21:56.81
is the description
that's given in the Bible.
00:21:56.85\00:21:59.35
In Ephesians 5:23,
00:21:59.38\00:22:00.98
the Bible uses
the woman once again,
00:22:01.02\00:22:03.12
as a symbol of the church.
00:22:03.15\00:22:06.15
For the husband is
the head of the wife
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.29
also as Christ is
the head of the church,
00:22:08.32\00:22:10.43
and He is the
savior of the body.
00:22:10.46\00:22:12.79
So you find here that symbolism,
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.40
Jesus is using the woman
and the husband and the wife
00:22:14.46\00:22:18.27
as a symbol of
Christ in the church.
00:22:18.30\00:22:20.57
And so,
00:22:20.60\00:22:21.94
this is that
simple picture there
00:22:21.97\00:22:23.77
in Revelation Chapter 12,
00:22:23.81\00:22:25.14
the woman is in fact
00:22:25.21\00:22:27.14
the one that is the
object of Satan's literal anger
00:22:27.18\00:22:32.55
when Mary gives birth
00:22:32.58\00:22:33.92
and the symbolic anger
00:22:33.95\00:22:36.02
when Revelation
12:17 talks about
00:22:36.05\00:22:38.32
the woman or the church.
00:22:38.39\00:22:39.79
So today the devil is
not persecuting a woman,
00:22:39.82\00:22:43.02
he's persecuting the church
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.43
who keeps the
commandments of God.
00:22:44.46\00:22:46.29
That's the simple
and direct answer.
00:22:46.33\00:22:48.06
It's symbolic in
reference to the church.
00:22:48.10\00:22:51.10
It's literal in
reference to Mary
00:22:51.13\00:22:52.60
who gave birth to Christ.
00:22:52.63\00:22:54.04
Excellent.
00:22:54.07\00:22:55.40
Thank you, Pastor John. Yeah.
00:22:55.44\00:22:56.77
You know, it's just incredible.
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.17
God's given you a
tremendous talent and gifts
00:22:58.21\00:22:59.54
and all of you here.
00:22:59.57\00:23:00.98
But yeah, thank you
so much, Pastor John,
00:23:01.01\00:23:02.41
that's a good
clarification to that.
00:23:02.44\00:23:03.95
You know, there's
so much more to it too,
00:23:03.98\00:23:05.35
in Matthew 13 that Elijah give,
00:23:05.38\00:23:07.15
because the picture
in Matthew Chapter 2
00:23:07.18\00:23:08.92
where Mary is running
with Joseph to hide in Egypt.
00:23:08.95\00:23:12.39
But if you get a chance
to read Matthew 2:13-15,
00:23:12.42\00:23:15.76
you'll see the
literal application
00:23:15.79\00:23:18.03
of Mary running for her life.
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Wow.
00:23:19.53\00:23:20.86
You know, this Bible Q and A,
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.46
I mean, it happens so fast
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.83
and it's like, we're on the set.
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.23
And literally, I mentioned
after the first program,
00:23:25.27\00:23:26.84
it's like, I almost
have to take a breath
00:23:26.87\00:23:28.20
partway through because
it's just like rapid fire.
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.81
So we hope that you
are taking notes today.
00:23:30.84\00:23:33.04
Thank you again for joining us.
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Just for a little pause,
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.12
we all can kind of
take a breath you at home.
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I'm gonna just
ask you this question.
00:23:49.52\00:23:50.86
This maybe, maybe
a kind of a hard one,
00:23:50.89\00:23:53.46
but what is a favorite
book of the Bible, Pastors,
00:23:53.50\00:23:55.63
one stick out to you that
you really enjoy studying?
00:23:55.66\00:23:58.20
The Book of Philippians
is one of my favorite books.
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.50
It is the champion's book.
00:24:00.54\00:24:02.20
It is the athlete's book.
00:24:02.24\00:24:03.67
It's the book that shows
all the possibilities of Jesus.
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.11
And Paul is in this,
00:24:07.14\00:24:08.84
he's in this Olympic mode
00:24:08.88\00:24:10.75
where he is saying,
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.11
I can do all
things through Christ
00:24:12.15\00:24:13.48
who strengthens me.
00:24:13.52\00:24:14.88
He who began a good
work is gonna complete it.
00:24:14.92\00:24:17.89
He just continues to roll off.
00:24:17.92\00:24:19.55
Let this mind be in you,
which is also in Christ Jesus.
00:24:19.59\00:24:22.22
I have not arrived yet,
00:24:22.26\00:24:24.16
but I'm
pressing toward the goal.
00:24:24.19\00:24:25.69
He is in this athletic
mindset. And I love it.
00:24:25.73\00:24:28.23
I've always said to
people that are discouraged,
00:24:28.26\00:24:30.63
read the Book of Philippians
00:24:30.67\00:24:32.00
and you'll find
the possibilities
00:24:32.03\00:24:33.37
available in Christ.
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Amen. What about you, Jason?
00:24:34.80\00:24:36.14
What's your favorite
book or one of your favorites?
00:24:36.17\00:24:37.51
It's hard to narrow it
down to one favorite book,
00:24:37.54\00:24:39.31
but I like the gospels,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
00:24:39.34\00:24:41.91
because I get to
learn more about Christ.
00:24:41.94\00:24:43.65
I get to see the
parables and all of those things
00:24:43.68\00:24:46.61
and identify with
also the prodigal son.
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So, in that way, like
those are my favorite.
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Amen. Excellent.
00:24:52.32\00:24:53.66
What about you?
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.02
And then we'll go to
the next question to you.
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I would say
Romans. You love Romans?
00:24:56.42\00:24:57.76
I love the Book of Romans
00:24:57.79\00:24:59.13
because when you
read the Book of Romans,
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.56
you discover that we
are all sold under sin,
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.36
whether you're Jew or Gentile,
whether you know God or not,
00:25:02.40\00:25:04.80
we all have sinned.
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.17
And what a
beautiful plan of salvation.
00:25:06.20\00:25:09.07
You see justification by faith
and righteousness by faith.
00:25:09.10\00:25:12.44
We see the gift of the
spirit and walking in obedience
00:25:12.47\00:25:15.91
and practical Christian living.
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.65
Romans has it all.
I just love Romans.
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.08
Amen.
00:25:19.11\00:25:20.45
And I've got to
join Jill on that.
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Thank you.
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I mean, if you
just look at the Romans,
00:25:23.25\00:25:25.32
Revelation and Philippians.
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The quick book,
Philippians. Oh yeah.
00:25:27.19\00:25:29.19
Isaiah is the
Bible in its totality.
00:25:29.22\00:25:31.06
It's amazing. Amen.
00:25:31.09\00:25:32.69
Quite a bit of stuff
to enjoy in the Bible.
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Oh, amen. That's right.
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.06
So we're enjoying the
Bible today on 3ABN Today,
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.90
Bible Q and A.
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.27
This question comes
from Julie from South Dakota.
00:25:39.30\00:25:41.54
And this one's for you, Jill.
00:25:41.57\00:25:42.90
Says,
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.27
"What exactly do we
have to do to be born again?"
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So turn with me.
00:25:46.94\00:25:48.28
Thank you for
that question, Julie.
00:25:48.31\00:25:49.64
Turn with me to
the Book of John.
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We're going to John Chapter 3.
00:25:51.05\00:25:52.38
This is Nicodemus
00:25:52.45\00:25:53.78
who came to see Jesus by night.
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.15
And we see this
principle of being born again.
00:25:55.18\00:25:57.52
Being born again is
crucial for salvation.
00:25:57.55\00:26:01.02
John 3:3,
00:26:01.06\00:26:02.49
Jesus answered and said to him,
00:26:02.52\00:26:03.86
this is Jesus
talking to Nicodemus.
00:26:03.89\00:26:06.13
"Most assuredly I say to
you, unless one is born again, "
00:26:06.16\00:26:09.60
in the Greek, it
means actually from above,
00:26:09.63\00:26:13.44
"he cannot see
the kingdom of God."
00:26:13.47\00:26:16.34
And it reminds me of
what Paul said in Ephesians 2.
00:26:16.37\00:26:18.61
You know, this
passage, Ephesians 2, 4, and 5.
00:26:18.64\00:26:21.38
God who is rich in mercy
because of His great love
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.95
with which He loved us.
00:26:24.98\00:26:26.41
Even when we were
dead in trespasses and sins
00:26:26.45\00:26:30.35
made us alive
together with Christ,
00:26:30.39\00:26:33.22
by grace you have been saved.
00:26:33.25\00:26:34.86
You see, we were
all in this dead place,
00:26:34.89\00:26:37.29
this dead state with our sins
00:26:37.33\00:26:40.76
and Christ made us alive again.
00:26:40.80\00:26:43.30
That in a nutshell is
the born again process.
00:26:43.33\00:26:46.80
It is being transformed
out of the kingdom of darkness
00:26:46.84\00:26:50.34
and being brought
00:26:50.37\00:26:51.71
into the kingdom
of God's dear son.
00:26:51.77\00:26:54.04
So how does this process work?
00:26:54.08\00:26:55.54
Let's look at
John 3:5, Jesus said,
00:26:55.58\00:26:58.45
"Assuredly, I say to you,
00:26:58.51\00:26:59.85
unless one is born of
water and of the spirit,
00:26:59.88\00:27:03.69
he cannot enter
the kingdom of God."
00:27:03.72\00:27:06.52
So the Holy Spirit,
00:27:06.55\00:27:07.89
we know that
00:27:07.92\00:27:09.26
the words that
Christ speaks to us,
00:27:09.29\00:27:12.23
are spirit and life
and the spirit gives life.
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.63
The flesh profits nothing.
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.83
So being born again
00:27:16.87\00:27:18.20
involves the work of the spirit.
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.64
I also believe it involves
the work of the Word of God.
00:27:20.67\00:27:24.24
In Ephesians 5,
00:27:24.27\00:27:25.61
we see the washing of
the water of the Word.
00:27:25.67\00:27:28.44
In 1 Peter 1, we
are being born again,
00:27:28.48\00:27:31.21
not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible
00:27:31.25\00:27:34.58
through the Word of God,
which lives and abides forever.
00:27:34.62\00:27:38.29
It's also an unseen process.
00:27:38.35\00:27:41.12
Jesus likened it to
the wind in verse 7 and 8
00:27:41.16\00:27:43.89
in John Chapter 3.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.79
"Do not marvel
that I said to you,
00:27:45.83\00:27:47.50
you must be born again.
00:27:47.50\00:27:48.93
The wind blows where it wishes
and you hear the sound of it,
00:27:48.96\00:27:51.80
but you cannot tell
00:27:51.83\00:27:53.17
where it comes
from and where it goes.
00:27:53.20\00:27:54.84
So was everyone who
is born of the spirit."
00:27:54.87\00:27:58.57
We cannot see the wind,
00:27:58.64\00:28:00.04
but we could
clearly see its effect.
00:28:00.08\00:28:02.11
We cannot see the spirit,
00:28:02.18\00:28:03.58
but we can see the
effect of the spirit
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.01
on the heart.
00:28:06.05\00:28:07.72
So being born
again involves the cross.
00:28:07.75\00:28:10.99
Nicodemus said,
00:28:11.02\00:28:12.35
"How can these things
happen? How can this be?"
00:28:12.39\00:28:15.82
Jesus said, "The new
birth flows out from Moses."
00:28:15.86\00:28:19.39
Remember the serpent
was lifted up on the cross.
00:28:19.43\00:28:22.06
Jesus lifted up on the
cross, accepting that by faith.
00:28:22.13\00:28:26.70
So we behold Jesus
on the cross by faith.
00:28:26.74\00:28:29.47
We ask Him to forgive our sins,
00:28:29.50\00:28:31.67
accept Him into
our heart by faith,
00:28:31.74\00:28:34.51
receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit
00:28:34.54\00:28:37.58
and walk in newness of life.
00:28:37.61\00:28:39.68
Wow. Amen.
00:28:39.71\00:28:41.05
Excellent. Thank you so much.
00:28:41.08\00:28:42.45
And thank you,
Julie, for that question.
00:28:42.48\00:28:43.82
We believe you're
asking it for yourself.
00:28:43.85\00:28:45.72
So yeah, we'll be
praying for you as well.
00:28:45.75\00:28:48.29
Jason, this is a great question.
00:28:48.32\00:28:50.03
It says,
00:28:50.06\00:28:51.39
"Is any church that
worships on Saturday
00:28:51.43\00:28:53.83
okay in your estimation?
00:28:53.86\00:28:56.60
The short answer to that is no,
00:28:56.63\00:28:58.90
but instead of just
going with my estimation,
00:28:58.97\00:29:01.07
let's look at God's Word.
00:29:01.10\00:29:02.50
All right.
00:29:02.57\00:29:03.91
So John 14:15 says,
00:29:03.94\00:29:06.04
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:29:06.07\00:29:09.11
The Sabbath is not
the only commandment.
00:29:09.14\00:29:12.11
So, you know, again,
00:29:12.18\00:29:13.82
if you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.28
One question that
should be asked is
00:29:15.35\00:29:17.05
does the church that
worships on Saturday,
00:29:17.09\00:29:19.85
the seventh day Sabbath keep
all the commandments of God.
00:29:19.89\00:29:24.53
2 Timothy 3:16-17,
00:29:24.56\00:29:27.76
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God
00:29:27.76\00:29:31.13
and is profitable for doctrine
for reproof, for correction,
00:29:31.17\00:29:35.74
for instruction
and righteousness
00:29:35.77\00:29:37.91
that the man of
God may be complete
00:29:37.94\00:29:40.34
thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
00:29:40.38\00:29:42.84
Another question
that should be asked is,
00:29:42.88\00:29:45.65
is the church's
doctrine biblically sound.
00:29:45.68\00:29:50.12
Can it be proven
through and through?
00:29:50.15\00:29:52.89
Just because the
church worships on the Sabbath
00:29:52.92\00:29:55.02
does not automatically
mean that it's okay.
00:29:55.06\00:29:58.39
For example,
there are some churches
00:29:58.43\00:29:59.76
that may meet on Saturday
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.43
that don't believe that
Jesus is the Son of God.
00:30:01.46\00:30:05.17
They believe He was a
prophet or a good man.
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.47
Consider John 1:7-11,
00:30:07.50\00:30:11.54
"For many deceivers
have gone out into the world
00:30:11.57\00:30:14.84
who do not confess Jesus
Christ as coming in the flesh.
00:30:14.88\00:30:18.91
This is a
deceiver and an antichrist.
00:30:18.95\00:30:21.98
Look to yourselves,
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.35
that we do not lose those things
00:30:23.39\00:30:25.55
we worked for,
00:30:25.59\00:30:26.92
but that we may
receive a full reward.
00:30:26.96\00:30:30.33
Whoever transgresses
00:30:30.36\00:30:31.89
and does not abide in
the doctrine of Christ
00:30:31.93\00:30:35.00
does not have God.
00:30:35.03\00:30:36.40
He who abides in
the doctrine of Christ
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.43
has both the Father and the Son.
00:30:38.50\00:30:40.64
If anyone comes to you
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.00
and does not
bring this doctrine,
00:30:42.07\00:30:44.17
do not receive him into
your house nor greet him,
00:30:44.21\00:30:46.41
for he who greets him
shares in his evil deeds."
00:30:46.44\00:30:49.68
The church must line up
with the teachings of Christ.
00:30:49.71\00:30:54.25
Good. Yeah. Excellent.
00:30:54.28\00:30:55.65
Amen. Thank you, Jason.
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.02
Yeah, and I liked it.
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.39
Not your estimation,
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.75
but answer from the Word of God.
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.19
So thank you.
00:31:01.22\00:31:02.62
Pastor John,
00:31:02.66\00:31:03.99
this comes from George in Texas.
00:31:04.03\00:31:05.36
His question is,
00:31:05.39\00:31:06.73
"Eve was
deceived yet Adam wasn't.
00:31:06.76\00:31:10.17
He knew what would happen.
00:31:10.20\00:31:11.70
Adam knew what would happen.
00:31:11.73\00:31:13.17
Should he eat of the fruit?
00:31:13.20\00:31:14.87
So did he commit
suicide because of his actions?"
00:31:14.90\00:31:18.64
Wow. I love this question.
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.38
I thought about
it. The answer is no.
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.24
Adam did not commit suicide
00:31:22.31\00:31:24.48
by entering into sin any more
00:31:24.51\00:31:26.38
than we commit
suicide by entering into sin.
00:31:26.41\00:31:30.05
Now, have you
done anything wrong?
00:31:30.09\00:31:31.42
Are you still alive?
00:31:31.45\00:31:32.82
Well, you didn't commit suicide.
00:31:32.85\00:31:34.26
When the Bible
said, you will surely die.
00:31:34.29\00:31:36.69
It was the eventual effect.
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.96
Death passed upon us.
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.36
The Bible says in Romans 5:12,
00:31:41.40\00:31:43.73
"Therefore just
as through one man
00:31:43.77\00:31:46.30
sin entered the
world and death through sin
00:31:46.33\00:31:50.44
and thus death spread to all men
00:31:50.47\00:31:52.87
because all sinned.
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.88
You might say to a baby,
well, the baby just was born,
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.21
it's three days old.
00:31:57.25\00:31:58.58
Is it a sinner?
00:31:58.65\00:32:00.05
By nature, it is.
00:32:00.08\00:32:01.42
But it has not reached
the point of accountability.
00:32:01.45\00:32:03.89
When that baby reaches
the point of accountability
00:32:03.92\00:32:06.22
and begins to understand that
00:32:06.25\00:32:08.19
the difference
between right and wrong,
00:32:08.22\00:32:10.36
then accountability now says,
00:32:10.39\00:32:12.16
are you going to
stay on the path of death
00:32:12.19\00:32:14.20
or are you going to choose life?
00:32:14.20\00:32:16.13
And you find in the Bible,
00:32:16.20\00:32:17.53
the Bible never
says choose death
00:32:17.57\00:32:19.73
because we already are in death.
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.97
We already are abiding in death.
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.37
All have sinned
00:32:23.41\00:32:24.74
and fallen short
of the glory of God.
00:32:24.77\00:32:26.11
The wages of sin is death.
00:32:26.14\00:32:27.74
So Adam didn't commit suicide.
00:32:27.78\00:32:29.88
He just, now the nature
that God had given to him
00:32:29.91\00:32:32.98
was now infected
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.92
and the end
result would be death.
00:32:34.95\00:32:37.05
So did Adam commit suicide? No.
00:32:37.09\00:32:39.39
The Bible says Adam
lived to 930 years and he died.
00:32:39.42\00:32:45.96
If we don't accept Christ,
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.66
however long our lives are,
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.46
we will also die.
00:32:49.50\00:32:50.93
It's not suicide.
00:32:50.97\00:32:52.33
It's the refusal to
give up the very thing
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.94
that will condemn
you to eventual death.
00:32:54.97\00:32:57.31
And unfortunately
00:32:57.34\00:32:58.77
without Christ,
that is eternal loss.
00:32:58.81\00:33:01.41
Wow. Yeah.
00:33:01.44\00:33:02.88
Excellent answer, Pastor.
00:33:02.91\00:33:04.25
That's an interesting thought,
you said infected, right?
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.85
Infected, that's right. Yeah.
00:33:05.88\00:33:07.22
That's excellent.
00:33:07.25\00:33:08.58
You know as in Adam all die.
00:33:08.62\00:33:09.95
So in Christ all
shall be made alive,
00:33:09.98\00:33:11.32
1 Corinthians 15:22.
00:33:11.35\00:33:12.69
So the Lord as in Adam all die,
00:33:12.72\00:33:14.06
but Jesus says,
00:33:14.09\00:33:15.42
but in Christ all
shall be made alive.
00:33:15.46\00:33:16.89
Amen.
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.26
Do you wanna get rid
of that suicide pact?
00:33:18.29\00:33:19.73
Accept Christ.
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.06
There you go,
Pastor. Amen. That's good.
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.43
Jason, this comes from Linda
00:33:23.47\00:33:25.33
and she lives in
the state of Michigan,
00:33:25.37\00:33:28.24
just north of us a little bit.
00:33:28.27\00:33:29.60
And her question is,
00:33:29.64\00:33:30.97
"How are we supposed to tell
young children to love Jesus?
00:33:31.01\00:33:33.61
And then you are
going to be persecuted,
00:33:33.64\00:33:36.24
you're going to be killed
00:33:36.28\00:33:37.61
because we're
living in the end times?
00:33:37.65\00:33:39.45
Wow.
00:33:39.51\00:33:40.85
Heavy, heavy question.
00:33:40.88\00:33:42.22
That is.
00:33:42.25\00:33:43.59
Well, hello Linda.
00:33:43.62\00:33:44.95
That's definitely
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.32
a difficult
conversation to have.
00:33:46.35\00:33:47.69
She probably has some
children in her household
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.06
or maybe someone she knows.
00:33:49.09\00:33:50.43
Yeah, I believe
it. I believe it.
00:33:50.46\00:33:52.19
You know, I
think the first thing
00:33:52.23\00:33:53.56
that we should do is
00:33:53.60\00:33:54.93
introduce children to Christ
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.53
and show them His
beautiful character.
00:33:56.56\00:33:59.63
You know, we don't
start with the death part.
00:33:59.67\00:34:02.14
We just introduce them to Christ
00:34:02.17\00:34:05.24
and show them His character.
00:34:05.27\00:34:08.31
Also we want to make sure that
00:34:08.34\00:34:09.98
they develop a
relationship with Him.
00:34:10.01\00:34:12.91
And Proverbs 22:6 says,
00:34:12.95\00:34:14.98
"Train up a child in
the way he should go.
00:34:15.02\00:34:16.99
And when he is old, he
will not depart from it."
00:34:17.02\00:34:20.12
The other thing we
need to realize is that
00:34:20.16\00:34:22.02
not everyone is going to die.
00:34:22.06\00:34:24.36
I shared this passage earlier,
00:34:24.39\00:34:25.89
but it's also
applicable to this situation.
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.03
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17,
00:34:28.06\00:34:31.87
"For the Lord Himself
00:34:31.90\00:34:33.23
will descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:34:33.27\00:34:34.60
with the voice of an archangel
and with the trumpet of God
00:34:34.64\00:34:37.84
and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.01
Then we who are alive and remain
00:34:40.04\00:34:44.08
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:34:44.11\00:34:46.78
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.35
And thus, we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:34:48.38\00:34:50.49
So not everyone is going to die.
00:34:50.52\00:34:53.56
But in broaching the subject
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.12
of persecution and
death with children,
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.83
we need to share
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19
inspirational stories with them.
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.76
The three Hebrew boys
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.10
who were saved
in the fiery trial.
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.90
You know, they
chose to stand up for God.
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.57
Joseph, who was sold
into captivity by his brothers
00:35:08.60\00:35:12.34
later imprisoned
00:35:12.37\00:35:13.78
and then ended up being
the second in command in Egypt.
00:35:13.81\00:35:17.68
Daniel in the lions' den,
00:35:17.71\00:35:19.81
all of those stories,
00:35:19.85\00:35:21.18
we need to help
them also understand
00:35:21.22\00:35:23.39
why persecution comes
00:35:23.42\00:35:25.42
and how important it is
for them to stand for Christ,
00:35:25.45\00:35:28.29
no matter what.
00:35:28.32\00:35:29.69
We also need to explain to them
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.33
why they should not be
afraid of what men can do.
00:35:31.36\00:35:34.93
Matthew 10:28 says,
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.97
"And do not fear
those who kill the body
00:35:37.00\00:35:39.57
but cannot kill the soul,
00:35:39.60\00:35:41.10
but rather fear Him
00:35:41.14\00:35:42.47
who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell."
00:35:42.54\00:35:45.17
And finally,
00:35:45.21\00:35:46.54
we need to make sure that
the message is age appropriate.
00:35:46.57\00:35:50.78
In other words,
00:35:50.81\00:35:52.45
is that child at an age
00:35:52.48\00:35:54.45
where he or she can
comprehend a message
00:35:54.48\00:35:57.32
of this magnitude?
00:35:57.35\00:35:58.69
And I hope
00:35:58.72\00:36:00.12
this answer was helpful for you.
00:36:00.16\00:36:01.49
Excellent. Thank
you, Jason, so much.
00:36:01.52\00:36:03.66
Now this next
one comes from Sondy
00:36:03.69\00:36:06.29
and the question has a
little bit of some sexuality.
00:36:06.36\00:36:10.97
So if you have
maybe a really young child
00:36:11.00\00:36:12.40
in the house right now,
00:36:12.47\00:36:13.80
maybe you wanna get him occupied
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.17
somewhere else if
you would so like.
00:36:15.20\00:36:16.57
But it's a really good question.
00:36:16.60\00:36:17.94
So we wanted to find an
answer from the Word of God.
00:36:17.97\00:36:20.64
And this one is for you, Jill.
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.31
It says,
00:36:22.38\00:36:23.71
nowadays
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.08
people see masturbation
as an act of satisfaction
00:36:25.11\00:36:28.92
or gratification
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.52
when asked
whether it's a sin or not
00:36:30.55\00:36:32.52
they say,
00:36:32.59\00:36:33.92
"It isn't a sin.
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.29
The actual
sexual intercourse is."
00:36:35.32\00:36:37.39
What does the Bible have
to say about masturbation?
00:36:37.43\00:36:40.83
So that's a heavy-duty question.
00:36:40.86\00:36:42.66
Thank you, Sondy,
for that question.
00:36:42.70\00:36:44.23
The Bible does not
specifically address
00:36:44.27\00:36:46.74
the word masturbation,
00:36:46.77\00:36:48.70
but the concept is very
clear in the Word of God.
00:36:48.74\00:36:51.44
I want to start by saying that
00:36:51.47\00:36:52.81
purity is not a
line in the sand.
00:36:52.87\00:36:55.74
It's not saying
00:36:55.78\00:36:57.11
I will go this
far and no farther.
00:36:57.15\00:36:59.05
And as long as I
stayed back from that line,
00:36:59.11\00:37:01.28
I am pure.
00:37:01.32\00:37:02.65
Purity is a state of heart.
00:37:02.68\00:37:05.25
Let's look at Matthew,
Jesus addressed this principle.
00:37:05.29\00:37:08.76
I would say that
00:37:08.79\00:37:10.13
anything that
pulls us from Jesus,
00:37:10.16\00:37:13.46
anything that pollutes
our heart with the lust
00:37:13.50\00:37:17.13
that is sin.
00:37:17.17\00:37:18.50
Matthew 6:27-28.
00:37:18.53\00:37:22.94
This is, of course,
the Sermon on the Mount
00:37:23.00\00:37:24.51
and Jesus
addressing this concept of.
00:37:24.54\00:37:27.48
The Pharisee thought,
okay, we cannot commit adultery
00:37:27.51\00:37:30.51
or sexual
intercourse outside of marriage,
00:37:30.55\00:37:33.31
but they never
addressed this issue of lust,
00:37:33.35\00:37:36.62
but Jesus addressed it.
00:37:36.65\00:37:38.32
Matthew 6:27-28.
00:37:38.35\00:37:41.29
You have heard that it
was said to those of old,
00:37:41.32\00:37:43.26
you shall not commit adultery.
00:37:43.29\00:37:45.19
But I say to you that
00:37:45.23\00:37:46.59
whoever looks at a
woman to lust for her
00:37:46.63\00:37:50.37
has already committed
adultery with her in his heart."
00:37:50.40\00:37:54.10
The physical act of
adultery, yes, that is sin.
00:37:54.14\00:37:56.84
But the thoughts of
lust that is sin as well.
00:37:56.87\00:38:01.68
Masturbation involves lust.
00:38:01.71\00:38:04.21
If you're
involved in pornography,
00:38:04.25\00:38:06.35
that's usually
connected with masturbation
00:38:06.41\00:38:08.75
and usually there
would be lust involved
00:38:08.78\00:38:11.59
or sexual fantasies or thoughts.
00:38:11.62\00:38:14.66
The Word of God tells
us in 1 Corinthians 6:18,
00:38:14.69\00:38:19.19
"Flee sexual immorality.
00:38:19.23\00:38:22.43
Every sin that a man
does is outside the body,
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.80
but he who
commits sexual immorality
00:38:25.83\00:38:28.37
sins against his own body.
00:38:28.40\00:38:31.61
Or do you not know
00:38:31.64\00:38:32.97
that your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:33.04\00:38:35.14
which is in you,
00:38:35.18\00:38:36.51
whom you have from
God, you are not your own.
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.75
You are bought with a price,
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.32
therefore glorify God
00:38:40.35\00:38:41.68
in your body
and in your spirit."
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.62
I just wanna say,
00:38:43.65\00:38:44.99
if you have slipped
into the cauldron of lust,
00:38:45.02\00:38:48.36
the Lord can
redeem, cleanse and forgive.
00:38:48.39\00:38:52.09
Hmm. Excellent.
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.46
Thank you so
much, Jill, for that.
00:38:53.50\00:38:55.13
That's a heavy question,
00:38:55.16\00:38:56.50
but a great answer
from the Word of God.
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.73
Pastor John,
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.17
this question comes from Travis,
00:39:00.20\00:39:01.54
from Washington State.
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.07
And the question is,
00:39:03.10\00:39:04.44
"What and when is Armageddon?"
00:39:04.47\00:39:07.51
Wow. I love that question.
00:39:07.54\00:39:08.88
That's a Revelation question
00:39:08.91\00:39:10.25
and Revelation is
another book I like very much.
00:39:10.28\00:39:12.31
You know, Pastor, there
seems to be so much out there,
00:39:12.35\00:39:13.92
whether it's in
the film industry
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.28
and stuff,
talking about Armageddon
00:39:15.32\00:39:16.69
and the end times and stuff.
00:39:16.75\00:39:18.09
So it's really
good question. True.
00:39:18.12\00:39:19.95
Armageddon is such a
theme that people look at.
00:39:20.02\00:39:23.43
When the Gulf
War happened back in,
00:39:23.46\00:39:25.53
I think 19...
00:39:25.56\00:39:27.50
Sorry, yeah,
somewhere in the past.
00:39:27.56\00:39:29.40
Okay.
00:39:29.43\00:39:30.77
When President Bush
was president they said,
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.13
"Oh, a battle of Armageddon."
00:39:32.17\00:39:33.54
And it passed over
00:39:33.57\00:39:34.90
and we know the
rest of the story.
00:39:34.94\00:39:36.34
But Armageddon
is the final battle
00:39:36.37\00:39:38.74
between truth and error,
00:39:38.77\00:39:40.58
between light and darkness,
between Christ and Satan.
00:39:40.61\00:39:43.75
And let me break it
down into three categories.
00:39:43.78\00:39:45.58
Let's first go to
Revelation Chapter 16.
00:39:45.61\00:39:48.05
And I'm going to take about
00:39:48.08\00:39:49.42
a few extra
seconds on this, Greg.
00:39:49.45\00:39:50.79
Okay. That's okay.
00:39:50.82\00:39:52.15
Because this is
important for people.
00:39:52.19\00:39:53.52
Revelation 16 introduces
00:39:53.56\00:39:54.89
the coalition
forces of Armageddon.
00:39:54.92\00:39:56.46
I'll start with
verse 13, Revelation 16:13,
00:39:56.49\00:39:59.73
"And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs
00:39:59.76\00:40:02.26
coming out of the
mouth of the dragon,
00:40:02.30\00:40:03.93
out of the mouth of the beast,
00:40:03.97\00:40:05.93
out of the mouth
of the false prophets,
00:40:05.97\00:40:07.77
for they are the
spirits of demons."
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.24
Verse 14,
00:40:09.30\00:40:10.64
"Performing signs,
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.04
which go out to
the kings of the earth
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.41
and of the whole world
00:40:13.44\00:40:14.78
to gather them to the battle
00:40:14.81\00:40:16.14
of that great
day of God Almighty."
00:40:16.18\00:40:17.91
That's the battle of Armageddon,
00:40:17.95\00:40:19.31
the battle of the
great day of God Almighty.
00:40:19.35\00:40:21.55
Now let's look at the object,
00:40:21.58\00:40:24.85
the reason why Satan is
wanting to have this battle.
00:40:24.89\00:40:28.12
Revelation 12:17,
00:40:28.16\00:40:30.16
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman
00:40:30.19\00:40:32.69
and went to make war with
the rest of her offspring,
00:40:32.73\00:40:35.50
who keep the commandments of God
00:40:35.53\00:40:36.87
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.60
Not only does he hate Christ,
00:40:38.63\00:40:40.70
but after Jesus left,
00:40:40.74\00:40:42.57
he couldn't
fight against Christ.
00:40:42.60\00:40:44.07
So he's now angry with the woman
00:40:44.11\00:40:46.14
who is obedient to
the commandments of God.
00:40:46.17\00:40:48.51
Can I put a pin right here?
00:40:48.54\00:40:50.05
If the commandments
of God is being avoided
00:40:50.08\00:40:52.08
in the denomination you worship,
00:40:52.11\00:40:53.85
you are not a
threat to the devil.
00:40:53.88\00:40:55.75
Now the danger is,
00:40:55.78\00:40:57.12
you'll be with him on his
team in the battle of Armageddon
00:40:57.15\00:41:00.72
against those who keep
the commandments of God.
00:41:00.76\00:41:03.36
That's very
solemn and very sober.
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.33
So if you honor the
commandments of God,
00:41:05.36\00:41:06.96
you are on God's side.
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.76
Let's look at the
outcome of the battle,
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.17
Revelation 19.
00:41:10.20\00:41:11.77
This is the outcome of
the battle of Armageddon.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.90
Revelation 19:11,
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.57
"Now I saw heaven open
and behold, a white horse,
00:41:16.60\00:41:19.24
and he who sat on him
was called faithful and true.
00:41:19.27\00:41:22.51
And in righteousness,
he judges and make war."
00:41:22.54\00:41:25.15
Verse 14,
00:41:25.18\00:41:26.51
"The armies in heaven
00:41:26.58\00:41:27.92
clothed in fine
linen white and clean
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.65
followed him on white horses."
00:41:29.68\00:41:31.22
And here's the
outcome, verse 19 and 20,
00:41:31.25\00:41:33.59
"And I saw the beast,
00:41:33.62\00:41:34.96
the kings of the
earth and their armies
00:41:34.99\00:41:36.32
gathered together
to make war against him
00:41:36.39\00:41:37.86
who sat on the horse
and against his army."
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.60
And verse 20.
00:41:40.63\00:41:41.93
This is where Jesus
comes out victorious.
00:41:41.96\00:41:44.13
"Then the beast was captured,
and with him, the false prophet
00:41:44.17\00:41:47.30
who worked signs in his presence
00:41:47.34\00:41:49.24
by which he deceived those
00:41:49.27\00:41:50.61
who received the
mark of the beast,
00:41:50.64\00:41:51.97
and those who
worshiped his image.
00:41:52.01\00:41:53.91
These two were cast alive
00:41:53.94\00:41:55.44
into the lake of
fire and brimstone."
00:41:55.48\00:41:57.78
So the nutshell is,
00:41:57.81\00:41:59.15
the battle is the last
push against light and darkness,
00:41:59.18\00:42:02.08
Christ and Satan, good and evil,
00:42:02.12\00:42:04.22
but Jesus wins.
00:42:04.25\00:42:05.59
Amen. Amen.
00:42:05.62\00:42:06.96
Yes. Thank you,
Pastor. That's important.
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.32
Yes.
00:42:08.36\00:42:09.69
Jason, this question
comes from Vanessa from Trinidad
00:42:09.72\00:42:14.00
and she says,
00:42:14.00\00:42:15.33
"My family will
normally say stuff like this.
00:42:15.36\00:42:18.13
"I'll call you
after your Sabbath.
00:42:18.17\00:42:21.47
I did not come
because it was your Sabbath."
00:42:21.50\00:42:24.77
Basically the Sabbath is
referred to as my Sabbath,
00:42:24.81\00:42:28.34
but I always tell them
that it is the Lord's Sabbath
00:42:28.38\00:42:30.95
and should be kept holy by all.
00:42:30.98\00:42:33.35
Am I wrong in my response?
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.12
Or did I leave out anything?"
00:42:35.15\00:42:36.82
Hmm.
00:42:36.85\00:42:38.19
First off, Vanessa,
00:42:38.22\00:42:39.59
I'd just like to say
that I love Trinidad.
00:42:39.62\00:42:40.96
I love doubles, I love roti.
00:42:40.99\00:42:42.32
I love all of that,
00:42:42.36\00:42:43.69
but now we're going
to get to your question.
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.06
All right.
00:42:45.09\00:42:46.43
I think that you
responded in the right way,
00:42:46.46\00:42:48.70
but I would recommend
that you share with them
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.63
reasons from Scripture
as to why you believe that
00:42:50.67\00:42:55.04
the Sabbath is the right day
00:42:55.07\00:42:56.40
that the seventh day
Sabbath still applies.
00:42:56.44\00:42:59.17
So let's go back to the basics.
00:42:59.21\00:43:00.71
Genesis 2:2-3 says,
00:43:00.74\00:43:03.78
"And on the seventh
day, God ended his work,
00:43:03.81\00:43:06.05
which he had done.
00:43:06.08\00:43:07.42
And he rested on the seventh day
00:43:07.45\00:43:09.08
from all His
work, which he had done.
00:43:09.12\00:43:11.69
Then God blessed the seventh day
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.59
and sanctified it
00:43:13.62\00:43:14.96
because in it, He
rested from all His work,
00:43:14.99\00:43:17.86
which God had created and made."
00:43:17.89\00:43:20.30
Now Exodus 20:8-11,
00:43:20.33\00:43:23.40
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
00:43:23.47\00:43:25.77
We're in the
fourth commandment here.
00:43:25.80\00:43:27.74
"Six days you shall
labor and do all your work.
00:43:27.77\00:43:30.51
But the seventh day
00:43:30.54\00:43:31.87
is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God,
00:43:31.91\00:43:33.48
in it you shall do no work.
00:43:33.51\00:43:35.38
You nor your son,
nor your daughter,
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.81
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.02
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:43:40.05\00:43:44.15
who is within your gates,
00:43:44.19\00:43:45.52
for in six days
00:43:45.55\00:43:46.89
the Lord made the
heavens and the earth,
00:43:46.92\00:43:48.99
the sea, and all that is in them
00:43:49.02\00:43:51.03
and rested the seventh day.
00:43:51.06\00:43:52.89
Therefore, the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.00
and hollowed it."
00:43:55.03\00:43:56.36
Isaiah 58:13-14,
00:43:56.43\00:43:59.70
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:43:59.73\00:44:01.97
from doing your own
pleasure on my holy day
00:44:02.00\00:44:04.61
and call the Sabbath a delight
the holy day of the Lord,
00:44:04.64\00:44:08.58
honorable and shall honor him
00:44:08.61\00:44:11.28
not doing your own ways
nor finding your own pleasure,
00:44:11.31\00:44:14.22
nor speaking your own words.
00:44:14.25\00:44:16.69
Then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord.
00:44:16.72\00:44:19.15
And I will cause you to ride
on the high hills of the earth
00:44:19.19\00:44:22.82
and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob, your father,
00:44:22.86\00:44:26.09
the mouth of the
Lord has spoken."
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.86
One thing that
always fascinated me was
00:44:28.90\00:44:31.57
when the Israelites
were gathering manna.
00:44:31.60\00:44:35.04
They had six days that
they could gather manna.
00:44:35.07\00:44:37.94
On each day
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.34
they were only
supposed to gather
00:44:39.37\00:44:40.71
what they were
going to use that day.
00:44:40.74\00:44:42.74
On the sixth day,
00:44:42.81\00:44:44.15
they were to
gathered double the portion
00:44:44.18\00:44:46.98
in preparation for the Sabbath.
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.02
That was the only time
00:44:49.05\00:44:50.89
in which the
excess did not spoil.
00:44:50.92\00:44:53.52
The Sabbath is special
00:44:53.56\00:44:54.99
and share those
reasons with your family.
00:44:55.02\00:44:57.06
Amen. Excellent.
Thank you, Jason.
00:44:57.09\00:44:58.73
Absolutely, Jill and I
know we love the Sabbath day.
00:44:58.76\00:45:01.50
It's a delight.
00:45:01.53\00:45:02.86
This question
comes from Cynthia,
00:45:02.90\00:45:04.87
and this is for you, Jill.
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.23
It says,
00:45:06.30\00:45:07.64
"Can or does Satan
put actual thoughts
00:45:07.67\00:45:09.57
into our minds?
00:45:09.60\00:45:11.24
I've always heard, he
cannot read our minds,
00:45:11.27\00:45:14.31
but can he put
00:45:14.34\00:45:15.68
some sinful
thought into our minds
00:45:15.71\00:45:18.41
when he tempts
us with something?
00:45:18.45\00:45:20.08
Is he putting that thought
or temptation into our minds?"
00:45:20.12\00:45:23.92
Again, this
question comes from Cynthia.
00:45:23.95\00:45:25.85
Thank you so much for
that question, Cynthia.
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.46
Before I answer it, I
just want to jump back.
00:45:27.49\00:45:29.72
I gave the wrong reference
in the previous question.
00:45:29.79\00:45:33.06
So the reference I
said was Matthew 6.
00:45:33.09\00:45:35.00
It should be Matthew 5:27-28.
00:45:35.03\00:45:38.93
This was Jesus
referencing adultery.
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.40
So that would
be Matthew 5:27-28.
00:45:41.44\00:45:44.27
Now on to Cynthia's question,
00:45:44.31\00:45:46.01
let's look at a
couple of principles
00:45:46.04\00:45:47.54
pertaining to temptation.
00:45:47.58\00:45:48.94
Principle number one,
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.31
temptation does
not come from God.
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.38
We're going to James.
00:45:52.41\00:45:53.75
James 1:13,
00:45:53.78\00:45:56.62
"Let no one say
when he is tempted.
00:45:56.65\00:45:58.42
I am tempted by God,
00:45:58.45\00:46:00.19
for God cannot
be tempted by evil,
00:46:00.26\00:46:03.02
nor does He
Himself tempt anyone.
00:46:03.06\00:46:06.26
Principle number two,
00:46:06.29\00:46:07.66
temptation itself is not sin.
00:46:07.73\00:46:12.17
James 1:14-15,
00:46:12.20\00:46:15.17
"Each one when he is tempted
00:46:15.20\00:46:16.57
is drawn away by his own desires
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.71
and enticed.
00:46:18.74\00:46:20.41
Then when desire has conceived,
00:46:20.44\00:46:22.68
it gives birth to sin and
sin when it is full grown,
00:46:22.71\00:46:27.05
brings forth death."
00:46:27.08\00:46:28.95
You know I heard
the illustration once
00:46:28.98\00:46:30.42
"You cannot stop the
birds from flying overhead,
00:46:30.45\00:46:32.89
but you can clearly stop them
00:46:32.92\00:46:34.36
from making a
nest in your hair."
00:46:34.39\00:46:37.26
What does that mean?
00:46:37.29\00:46:38.63
The thought and the temptation,
00:46:38.66\00:46:40.23
the passing desire is not sin.
00:46:40.26\00:46:43.47
It's when we nurture it.
It's when we dwell on it.
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.84
It's when we act on it.
00:46:46.87\00:46:48.87
That's when it leads to sin.
00:46:48.90\00:46:51.67
Principle number three,
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.07
Satan cannot read our minds,
00:46:53.11\00:46:56.24
but he definitely
can see our actions.
00:46:56.28\00:47:00.32
He's made a lifetime,
00:47:00.38\00:47:02.12
thousands of years
00:47:02.15\00:47:03.49
of studying human
behavior and actions.
00:47:03.55\00:47:06.99
He studied human character
00:47:07.02\00:47:08.36
and he knows how we will respond
00:47:08.39\00:47:10.96
in certain temptations
00:47:10.99\00:47:12.73
or where our weak places are.
00:47:12.76\00:47:16.36
Satan, principle number four,
00:47:16.40\00:47:18.37
is deceptive and beguiling.
00:47:18.40\00:47:20.67
2 Corinthians 11:3,
00:47:20.70\00:47:22.30
"I fear somehow
00:47:22.34\00:47:23.71
as the serpent
deceived Eve by his craftiness."
00:47:23.74\00:47:27.41
So your minds may be corrupted
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.18
from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
00:47:29.21\00:47:31.65
So what does he use?
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.01
He can put thoughts in our mind.
00:47:33.05\00:47:34.65
He can use other people
to put thoughts in our mind.
00:47:34.68\00:47:38.15
He can impress us
with certain feelings
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.66
or emotions or
words, any of those things.
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.43
But the good thing is
that Christ is stronger
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.33
and we do not have to
give into those temptations
00:47:46.39\00:47:49.00
because He won
the victory for us
00:47:49.03\00:47:51.40
and He wants to live
in us and give us victory.
00:47:51.43\00:47:54.57
Excellent. Thank
you very much. Amen.
00:47:54.60\00:47:56.97
Well, I tell you, the
time has gone by in a hurry.
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.64
So we've got a few
remaining questions,
00:47:59.67\00:48:02.04
but we don't have time
to go around to each one.
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.95
So we'll just put
them out here on the table,
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.31
so to speak.
00:48:05.35\00:48:06.68
And each one of you
may comment or answer
00:48:06.72\00:48:08.05
how you wish or
maybe just one person.
00:48:08.08\00:48:09.98
Great questions still.
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.35
This one is
referring to Daniel 12.
00:48:11.39\00:48:14.89
No name
associated with this one,
00:48:14.92\00:48:16.26
but it's a good question.
00:48:16.32\00:48:17.66
"In Daniel 12,
00:48:17.69\00:48:19.03
it speaks of
knowledge being increased.
00:48:19.06\00:48:21.26
Is this literal figurative,
spiritual or all three?"
00:48:21.30\00:48:27.24
All three. All three.
00:48:27.27\00:48:28.60
Nutshell of it.
00:48:28.64\00:48:29.97
Someone's...
00:48:30.01\00:48:31.34
I think Danny said
this once, He said,
00:48:31.37\00:48:32.71
"Do you know that
00:48:32.74\00:48:34.08
the knowledge to
create the supercomputer
00:48:34.11\00:48:35.44
existed in the Garden of Eden.
00:48:35.48\00:48:36.91
People just did not know
00:48:36.95\00:48:38.28
what to do with
all the elements."
00:48:38.31\00:48:39.81
And so the mind,
00:48:39.88\00:48:41.22
they were way smarter
then, than we are now.
00:48:41.25\00:48:43.08
Think about it.
00:48:43.15\00:48:44.49
There was no sin,
00:48:44.52\00:48:45.85
but knowledge has
increased on every level,
00:48:45.89\00:48:48.12
internet,
intellectual, media, scriptural.
00:48:48.16\00:48:51.99
There is no excuse for people
being in ignorance nowadays.
00:48:52.03\00:48:54.56
That's why the Lord
says times of ignorance,
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.63
God winked at,
00:48:56.70\00:48:58.30
but now he's commanding
all men everywhere to repent.
00:48:58.33\00:49:01.10
So nobody's gonna be lost
00:49:01.14\00:49:02.50
because there
was not information.
00:49:02.54\00:49:03.97
It's like saying,
00:49:04.01\00:49:05.34
I can't find my
way to this address.
00:49:05.37\00:49:06.88
And they say,
00:49:06.94\00:49:08.28
"Do you have a map?" No.
00:49:08.31\00:49:09.64
"Do you have a GPS?" No.
00:49:09.68\00:49:11.01
And now we can say,
"Do you have a cell phone?"
00:49:11.05\00:49:12.38
That's all right. We could.
00:49:12.41\00:49:13.75
Knowledge has
definitely increased.
00:49:13.78\00:49:15.12
Amen. Anyone else?
00:49:15.15\00:49:16.48
He covered it. Yeah.
00:49:16.52\00:49:17.85
That's perfect.
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.22
So this is a good question.
This comes from Esther.
00:49:19.25\00:49:21.22
"How can I biblically explain
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.19
how bad secular
music is to a Christian?"
00:49:23.22\00:49:27.46
So this is from Esther.
00:49:27.50\00:49:29.03
Well, I would say, you know,
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.40
first look at 1
Corinthians 10:31,
00:49:30.43\00:49:33.27
"Therefore, whether you eat
or drink or whatever you do,
00:49:33.30\00:49:36.37
do all to the glory of God.
00:49:36.44\00:49:38.81
So the question then becomes,
00:49:38.84\00:49:40.31
how does this secular music
bring honor and glory to God?
00:49:40.34\00:49:43.41
And where does it point you?
00:49:43.48\00:49:45.21
Because I know
that some of the music
00:49:45.25\00:49:47.48
that I used to listen to,
00:49:47.52\00:49:48.85
it glorified the
use of narcotics,
00:49:48.88\00:49:50.42
the sale of
narcotics, alcohol, promiscuity,
00:49:50.45\00:49:53.59
all of those things.
00:49:53.62\00:49:54.96
That's what the message
00:49:54.99\00:49:56.32
that's in some of the
secular music is doing.
00:49:56.36\00:49:59.16
So where is it leading you?
00:49:59.19\00:50:01.46
Also, even with Christian
music and stuff like that,
00:50:01.50\00:50:04.50
you have to be
aware of the type of music
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.20
that you listen to there too,
00:50:06.23\00:50:07.57
because again,
where is it leading you?
00:50:07.60\00:50:10.31
Is it making you want to dance
00:50:10.34\00:50:12.04
or is it making you
want to praise the Lord
00:50:12.07\00:50:14.24
or is it making
you want to crowd surf?
00:50:14.28\00:50:17.05
What is the, you know,
where is it leading you to?
00:50:17.08\00:50:20.02
So that would be the question
that I would pose to them.
00:50:20.05\00:50:23.59
I love that, Jay.
00:50:23.62\00:50:24.95
I was thinking of
tagging along with that,
00:50:24.99\00:50:26.55
it's Philippians 4:8.
00:50:26.59\00:50:28.26
To me, that's the
litmus test for music
00:50:28.29\00:50:30.43
what you already brought out.
00:50:30.46\00:50:31.79
Philippians 4:8,
00:50:31.83\00:50:33.16
"Finally, brethren,
whatever things are true.
00:50:33.19\00:50:34.83
Is it true? Is it noble?
00:50:34.83\00:50:36.53
Is it just? Is it pure?
00:50:36.56\00:50:38.40
Is it lovely? Is
it of good report?
00:50:38.43\00:50:41.04
Those are the things
00:50:41.07\00:50:42.40
that we are to
meditate and dwell on."
00:50:42.44\00:50:43.77
Those are the things
that we are to listen.
00:50:43.81\00:50:45.57
We know that God created music.
00:50:45.61\00:50:47.34
Clearly we're called to
proclaim praises to God,
00:50:47.38\00:50:50.91
but is, does it line up
with what the Word of God says?
00:50:50.95\00:50:53.92
And also having been
a disc jockey before,
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.69
music is a very deceptive thing
00:50:56.75\00:50:59.19
because you could
put wonderful lyrics,
00:50:59.22\00:51:01.19
but the music will
start getting you back to,
00:51:01.22\00:51:03.86
"hey."
00:51:03.93\00:51:05.26
Am I right Jay,
00:51:05.29\00:51:06.63
where you used to feel that?
00:51:06.66\00:51:08.00
So here's the key.
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.36
And this is something
00:51:09.40\00:51:10.73
that the Lord
really brought me out
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.20
when it comes
to Christian music.
00:51:12.23\00:51:13.94
One of the reasons
00:51:14.00\00:51:15.34
why the Hebrews did not bow
00:51:15.37\00:51:16.71
on the plain of Dura in Babylon,
00:51:16.74\00:51:18.67
when they were told,
00:51:18.71\00:51:20.04
when the music plays to bow,
00:51:20.08\00:51:22.21
the reason why they did not bow
00:51:22.24\00:51:24.05
is not because
of the instruments,
00:51:24.08\00:51:27.08
because when music leads
you to bow at the wrong altar,
00:51:27.12\00:51:31.02
it ceases to be
worshiped to the true God.
00:51:31.05\00:51:33.82
So watch out for the lyrics
because there are some songs,
00:51:33.86\00:51:36.99
I know there's
one Christian song
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.36
that says tonight, tonight,
I want to see you tonight.
00:51:38.39\00:51:41.13
Well, in my
secular understanding
00:51:41.16\00:51:42.60
that will be,
00:51:42.63\00:51:43.97
you want me to
come over to your house?
00:51:44.00\00:51:45.33
What does that
have to do with Christ?
00:51:45.37\00:51:46.87
So watch out,
00:51:46.90\00:51:48.24
even Christian
artists have lyrics
00:51:48.27\00:51:50.14
that are so
suggestive and crossover,
00:51:50.17\00:51:52.67
that it makes a
person whose mind is not pure
00:51:52.71\00:51:55.08
think opposite than
thinking about Christ.
00:51:55.11\00:51:57.78
Yeah. Excellent.
Yeah. Thank you so much.
00:51:57.81\00:51:59.35
I know that music
can be a touchy thing,
00:51:59.38\00:52:00.82
but really is it
bringing me to Christ
00:52:00.85\00:52:02.52
or is it not?
00:52:02.55\00:52:04.89
This hour has gone by
in an incredible hurry.
00:52:04.92\00:52:07.82
And we, again, just
want to encourage you
00:52:07.86\00:52:09.92
to open the
Word of God yourself,
00:52:09.99\00:52:12.09
to study what we've
talked about here today,
00:52:12.13\00:52:14.00
because God has
things for you too.
00:52:14.03\00:52:15.70
And thank you for
sending in your questions.
00:52:15.73\00:52:17.90
Where are we
going to do right now
00:52:17.93\00:52:19.27
is actually take a
really quick break.
00:52:19.30\00:52:21.10
Then we'll be right back
with some closing comments.
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If you're enjoying
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