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, friends,
and welcome back again
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to another edition
of 3ABN Bible Q and A.
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This is a program
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where we answer
your Bible questions.
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And again, I can't
emphasize that enough
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Bible questions and answers,
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because we're
giving your questions
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and answer from the Bible.
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And that's what we want.
We wanna be Bible Christians.
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And so we wanna again,
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welcome you and
thank you, you know,
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you could be doing other things,
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but you're tuning in
and watching us here.
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And we have a power packed hour
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in which we're
gonna be diving in.
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I've looked at the
questions ahead of time.
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I have them here
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and they are powerful questions.
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And I know we
have a wonderful panel,
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who's going to be giving
some wonderful Bible answers.
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In fact, that
gives me an opportunity
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to introduce the panel.
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To my right here we
have Miss Jill Morikone.
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It's a blessing
to always have you.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan.
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It's a privilege to open
up the Word of God and study.
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I am looking
forward to today's program.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And, of course, to your
right is Pastor John Dinzey.
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Brother, it's always
good to have you as well.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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And I rejoice in the fact that
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I don't have to depend on
myself to answer questions.
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I'm depending
on the Holy Spirit.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And way down there
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on the far end
of this long table,
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Pastor John
Lomacang, always a blessing.
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I know we just definitely
show social distancing,
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but it's good to
be able to be here
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and God's Word is just
like this library of answers.
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And we wanna handle
those answers humbly.
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That's right. Amen.
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Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet and a light unto my path.
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And we're certainly
gonna allow the Word of God
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to shed some light on
some of these questions today.
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But we wanna tell you how
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you can send in those questions.
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If you have a Bible question
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and you want the
panel to answer them
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in a future
program, just simply send us
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your question or your questions
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to BibleQA@3abn.org.
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You can email those and
again, BibleQA@3abn.org,
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or you can send
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And that number is
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Text it to us, send us an email.
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We want those questions.
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And we wanna give you a
Bible answer to those questions.
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Well, without further
ado, before we dive into this,
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why don't we have a prayer?
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Pastor Lomacang, why
don't you say a prayer for us?
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Sure.
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Loving Lord, we open our hearts
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to the working
of Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that
You'll open the ears
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of those watching and
listening to this program,
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to the work of Your Holy Spirit.
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We are not the authority,
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but we want Your
Word to be the foundation
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by which questions and thoughts
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and controversies are resolved.
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Give the listeners a
heart of understanding
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that they may yield to
whatever Your Word reveals
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and may all the
glory go just to you
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Our first
question comes to Jill.
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Jill, this is coming from Julie
in South Dakota, I believe.
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And her question is,
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"Would you say that
salvation is conditional?
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If so, what are
some of the conditions?"
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I love that question.
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Thank you, Julie, for writing in
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and giving that question.
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I would say yes,
salvation is conditional,
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and let's look
at those conditions.
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Condition number one is,
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we need to ask for
forgiveness of our sins.
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You see at the cross
provision for forgiveness,
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provision for
salvation was made for everyone,
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but that doesn't mean everyone
was forgiven at the cross.
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1 John 1:9, "If
we confess our sins,
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He's faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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So we have to ask,
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we have to ask for
forgiveness for sin.
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It's freely offered,
but you and I have to ask.
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Condition number two,
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we need to accept the
gift of salvation by faith.
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Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace,
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you have been
saved through faith
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and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God."
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Did you catch that?
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We're all not
automatically saved.
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We need to
accept the gift of God,
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that gift of salvation by faith.
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Condition number three,
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we need to be
filled with the spirit.
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We need to allow the Holy Spirit
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to dwell in us and
take up residence in us.
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Romans 8: 1,
"There is therefore now
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no condemnation
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to those who
are in Christ Jesus,
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who do not walk
according to the flesh,
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but according to the spirit."
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Jump down to verse 13.
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"If you live according
to the flesh, you will die.
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But if by the spirit
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you put to death the deeds
of the body, you will live."
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You see, we're called
to walk in the spirit.
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So we don't fulfill
those lusts of the flesh.
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The lust of the
flesh is that life of sin.
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That is that old man of sin
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that you and I
easily walk in and dwell in.
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Unless we ask for the
indwelling Holy Spirit
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to keep us by the power of Him.
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So we ask for forgiveness,
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we accept the gift
of salvation by faith,
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and then we walk in the spirit.
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Amen. Wonderful answer.
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Thank you.
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This next question
comes to Pastor John Dinzey.
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And Pastor Dinzey,
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this question is coming
from Trinidad and Tobago.
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And this person says,
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"Is it true
that Christ will come
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at midnight, the darkest period.
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And then they say, I
actually don't get it
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because I thought we,
the humans don't really know
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when He will come.
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And then this person says,
and He will come like a thief.
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So is it true that He
comes back at midnight?"
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That is a very good question.
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And that does
not necessarily mean
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that exactly at
the midnight hour,
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Jesus Christ will come
and you can say at 12:01,
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well, He's not coming today.
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Let's go to sleep and
everything will be fine.
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This is just making
reference to a time in history
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when people are going
about their everyday thing
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and they're not
necessarily awake or watching,
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they are going about
their everyday business.
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Now it's true.
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We do not know
the day nor the hour.
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This is made...
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A statement is made
several times in the Bible,
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Matthew 24:32-33 says,
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"Now learn this
parable from the fig tree
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when its branch has
already become tender
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and puts forth leaves.
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You know, that summer is near.
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So you also, when
you see all these things
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know that it is
near at the doors."
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Okay.
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The reason I read,
I read this text is
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because we can know that
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the second coming
of Christ is near,
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but we won't know
the day nor the hour.
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I now turn to Mark Chapter 13
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because it's very
interesting declaration
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is made by Christ
beginning in verse 32.
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Mark 13 beginning in verse
32, "Now of the day an hour,
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no one knows not
even the angels in heaven
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nor the Son,
but only the Father.
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Take heed, watch and pray,
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for you do not
know when the time is."
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So you see here,
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no one knows the
day nor the hour.
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No one knows when the time is,
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but our part is to be watching
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and praying, being
ready at all times.
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Amen.
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Notice then, verse 34 and 35,
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"It is like a man
going to a far country,
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who left his house
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and gave
authority to his servants,
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and to each his work,
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and commanded the
doorkeeper to watch.
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Watch therefore,
for you do not know
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when the master of the
house is coming, notice,
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in the evening, at midnight,
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at the crowing of the
rooster, or in the morning."
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The four
different separations as,
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as it was the
custom in those days,
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the four different timeframes
of a day are mentioned.
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So it could be
any time of the day...
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That's right.
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But we don't know
the day nor the hour.
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Our part is to be
ready, watch and pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Wonderful.
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All right, Pastor
Lomacang, this is coming to you.
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And it's a
rather lengthy question,
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but it's a good question.
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Okay. Here it is.
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This person says, actually,
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this is from Anthony
from Trinidad and Tobago.
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It says, "In the
Gospel of Matthew 28:20,
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Jesus said to the disciples,
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go ye therefore
and teach all nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost.
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And in the Book of Acts 2:38,
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Peter speaking by
the Holy Ghost said
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in answer to a question,
then Peter said unto them,
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repent and be
baptized every one of you
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in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins.
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And you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost."
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So here's the question.
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The question is, "What
is the correct recitation
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or recitation
that should be used
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when Christians
are being baptized?
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Okay, well, I'm so glad
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you asked this
question, Anthony.
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There is no
correct nor incorrect
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recitation of what we should say
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before a person
is getting baptized.
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Let me tell you why
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there is no one is
not opposed to the other.
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There are many
people that would prefer
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Peter's words above Christ.
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It's a very dangerous thing.
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When you say,
well, Peter's words
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are a lot more
reliable than Christ.
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You think about
that for a moment,
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it's not more reliable
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because the word
name is what the issue is.
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The word name
there in the Greek,
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in the name of the, name of the,
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name of is the authority of.
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That's good.
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Let me ask you a question,
is the authority of the Father
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compared to the
authority of the Son
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and the authority
of the Holy Spirit?
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There is an equal
connection across the board,
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but why did Peter
say in the name of Jesus?
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And here is something that
context is vitally important.
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I'll just begin
with John 14:1-3.
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You believe in
God, believe also in me.
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Why did Jesus say that?
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Because Jesus was
the one being rejected.
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It was difficult, you
know, the Pharisees, the Jews,
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the Scribes, Assyrians.
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They rejected
Him as the Messiah.
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Can you be saved if
you reject the only one
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through whom salvation is made?
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That's why we find
in the Book of Acts
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these very clear statements.
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Acts 4:12, "Nor
is there salvation
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in any other,
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for there is no other name
under heaven given among men
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by which we must be saved."
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So when you think about that
all through the New Testament,
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the Book of Acts specifically
is showing time after time,
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how the Jewish
leaders, Peter was an example.
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He said, didn't we command
you not to preach in His name?
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It was, His name was the issue.
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It was the man Christ Jesus,
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who was the one they
had a hard time with.
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Not baptism, John was baptizing,
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but when Jesus's name,
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the rejection of the Messiah
was the focus of the enemy.
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His name is
above all other names.
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And one more, we find Acts 5:28.
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That's where they
strictly commanded them.
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But here's the
point I wanna make.
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When we confess that
Jesus is the Son of God,
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God abides in Him and He in God,
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they don't separate.
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So here's the point.
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When you baptize in
the name of the Father,
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the Son and the Holy Spirit,
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the authority for our
salvation is the same,
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but no one will be baptized
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if they leave out
the person of Christ.
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No one can be saved
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if they leave out
the person of Christ.
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Wonderful. I like it.
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Amen.
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All right, Jill, this
is coming back to you.
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This person says,
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this is from
Bridget, by the way.
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And she says,
"Besides the Book of Leviticus
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in the Old Testament
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where the law of the
birds and animals is outlined,
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where else in the New
Testament is referenced made
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as to what we
should or should not eat.
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Is it a sin to
partake of such foods?
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And is it a desecration
of God's temple, our body?"
00:12:51.57\00:12:56.17
Thank you so much,
Bridget, for that question.
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I think the underpinning
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for the whole
understanding of the clean
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and the unclean
animals is to understand that
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it is not a Jewish principle.
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It's a biblical principle.
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If you
understand that you want to,
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you can see it all
throughout the Word of God.
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Now, of course,
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it was clearly
delineated to the Israelites.
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We see this in
Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14,
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the law of the
clean and unclean animals.
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But it happened way before then.
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This is when
Noah went into the ark
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all the way back
to Genesis 7:1-2.
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"The Lord said to
Noah, 'Come into the Ark.'"
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And if you jump down to verse 2.
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It says, "You
should take with you seven
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each of every clean animal."
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Did you catch that?
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Every clean
animal, male and female,
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two each of
animals that are unclean,
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a male and a female.
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This tells us that
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this principle
of clean and unclean
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existed long before
the children of Israel.
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That's right.
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This is prior to
the nation of Israel,
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prior to any Levitical law.
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We also know Jesus tells
us the Sermon on the Mount,
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Matthew Chapter 5, "Do not think
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I came to destroy
the law and the prophets.
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I did not come to
destroy, but to fulfill."
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Now, let's look at
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just a couple of New
Testament references.
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Sometimes people get
this confused and think,
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"Oh, oh, this means that
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now we can eat anything,
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when really if you look
at the scripture in context,
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it doesn't mean that.
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First reference
is Acts Chapter 10.
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And this is
Peter and the vision,
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the sheet of all the
animals that came down
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and the voice
spoke from heaven saying
00:14:22.89\00:14:24.79
"Rise, Peter, kill and eat."
00:14:24.83\00:14:27.00
And he said, "Not so Lord,
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I have not eaten
anything common or unclean."
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What is very interesting in that
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is this is long
after the crucifixion.
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This is the
early Christian Church.
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You would think
that those old customs
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would be done away with,
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and yet he's not
eating anything unclean.
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And that scripture,
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Acts Chapter 10 has
nothing to do with animals
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and everything
to do with people.
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And that the gospel
was to go to the Gentiles.
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In Romans Chapter 14,
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we see Paul
addressing issues in the church
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and it was not
clean and unclean animals.
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It was ceremonial impurity,
and meat offered to idols.
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The same thing in 1
Corinthians Chapter 8,
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the issue again is not
clean and unclean animals.
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It is food offered to idols.
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In the New Testament scriptures,
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we are clearly taught that
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whether we eat or
drink whatever we do,
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we are to do all
to the glory of God.
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Our body is God's temple. Amen.
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Nice. Thank you for
that. Appreciate it.
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Pastor Lomacang, we're
coming right back to you
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with this next question.
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It says...
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This is coming from
someone who lives in Canada.
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Okay.
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They said, "Is the
144,000 a literal number?
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Some pastors say it
is, some say it's not.
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Please help." Okay.
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Wonderful question.
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And this has been a controversy
00:15:40.97\00:15:42.30
as long as I
remember being a pastor.
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Even in our own denomination,
00:15:43.97\00:15:45.31
there are some say,
well, I think it's literal,
00:15:45.34\00:15:46.74
some of them say, I
think it's symbolic.
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Well, here, let me
throw this third component,
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the 144,000 is a
distinct symbolic number.
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Yeah.
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Distinct, but symbolic,
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because you have in
Revelation Chapter 7,
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you have the twelve
tribes, 12,000 from each tribe.
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And then you have later on
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John's view is
turned to a number
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which no man could number.
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So let's break it down.
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You also find that
nowhere in scripture
00:16:14.00\00:16:16.07
does the Bible link say
that the twelve tribes of Israel
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are exactly like
all the other nations.
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Now here's how they are alike.
00:16:23.45\00:16:25.28
When it comes to
physiology, when it comes to,
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the makeup of a human
being, we're all identical.
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But Deuteronomy 7:6-8,
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let's talk about
this very quickly.
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I'll just go ahead
and read it for you.
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Deuteronomy 7:6,
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"For you are a holy
people to the Lord your God,
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the Lord your God has chosen you
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to be a people for Himself,
00:16:44.10\00:16:45.63
a special treasure
above all the peoples
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on the face of the earth."
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And so the Lord, when
they, when He chose Israel,
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He chose them for a
specific focal point.
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Yes.
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He chose them for
a specific function.
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Now you may have
had a package delivered
00:16:58.55\00:17:00.18
to your house by FedEx or UPS.
00:17:00.22\00:17:02.32
Does the FedEx guy
die differently than you?
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No.
00:17:04.22\00:17:05.55
Is he different
than you in makeup?
00:17:05.59\00:17:06.92
No. Is the FedEx guy? No.
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The UPS guy? No.
00:17:08.36\00:17:09.69
The post office person? No.
00:17:09.72\00:17:11.23
They have a special function.
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And that function is pointed out
00:17:12.63\00:17:14.00
in Acts Chapter 13,
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Paul and Barnabas, verse 46,
00:17:15.86\00:17:17.97
"It was necessary
that the Word of God
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should be spoken to you first.
00:17:19.77\00:17:21.50
But since you rejected
and judge yourselves unworthy
00:17:21.54\00:17:23.87
of everlasting life, behold,
we turn to the Gentiles."
00:17:23.91\00:17:27.01
So what's this
144,000 all about?
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Let me narrow it
down to my understanding.
00:17:29.11\00:17:31.91
The 144,000 as Revelation
7 describes and Revelation 14
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brings them back
into the picture,
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represent those
that have a message
00:17:37.32\00:17:39.75
to proclaim to the multitude,
00:17:39.79\00:17:42.76
the number that
no man can number.
00:17:42.79\00:17:44.69
That's why, when John has asked,
00:17:44.73\00:17:46.73
who are they?
00:17:46.76\00:17:48.06
And where did they come from?
00:17:48.13\00:17:50.70
He didn't just
say from all nations,
00:17:50.73\00:17:52.07
he said, they came out
of the great tribulation.
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How do they come
out? Revelation 18.
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When the
proclamation of the message
00:17:57.97\00:17:59.51
by the 144,000
God's chosen people.
00:17:59.54\00:18:02.14
That's where it's distinct,
those who have a final message.
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What is the message?
Come out of her, My people.
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And who are they?
00:18:08.22\00:18:09.55
They are the ones that came out.
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So there are many more that
are gonna accept this message.
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And the work of the
144,000 is to proclaim
00:18:14.22\00:18:17.23
that final message to the world.
00:18:17.26\00:18:19.43
Is that a literal number?
00:18:19.46\00:18:20.80
No, but it's
distinct and separate
00:18:20.83\00:18:22.96
from the multitude
that no one can number.
00:18:23.00\00:18:25.23
Amen. Amen.
00:18:25.30\00:18:26.63
Thank you, Pastor, for
that. I appreciate that.
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Pastor John
Dinzey, coming back to you.
00:18:28.77\00:18:30.81
This comes from
Ingrid in New York
00:18:30.84\00:18:33.38
and she says, "Hello, 3ABN team.
00:18:33.41\00:18:35.84
I'm about to start
reading the Book of Isaiah.
00:18:35.88\00:18:38.31
And I would like
further understanding of it.
00:18:38.38\00:18:40.95
Do you know which one
of Ellen G. White's books
00:18:40.98\00:18:43.65
will help me
during my daily readings
00:18:43.69\00:18:45.85
in the Book of Isaiah?"
00:18:45.89\00:18:47.92
Thank you in
behalf of the 3ABN team.
00:18:47.99\00:18:51.16
Greetings to you, Ingrid.
00:18:51.19\00:18:52.53
Thank you for
sending in the question.
00:18:52.56\00:18:53.90
And the Book of
Isaiah is a marvelous book.
00:18:53.93\00:18:56.83
Wonderful
blessings are in store.
00:18:56.87\00:18:59.77
I encourage you to pray a lot.
00:18:59.80\00:19:01.34
Ask God to help you
understand this book.
00:19:01.40\00:19:03.67
And you're gonna
wanna go back to it
00:19:03.71\00:19:05.17
over and over again.
00:19:05.24\00:19:06.57
There's some
marvelous scriptures there.
00:19:06.61\00:19:08.41
Concerning
writings of Ellen G. White,
00:19:08.44\00:19:10.48
that can help you with that.
00:19:10.51\00:19:11.88
I pointed to Prophets and Kings
00:19:11.91\00:19:13.88
and you can begin
reading in Chapter 25.
00:19:13.92\00:19:16.22
You may go all the way
probably to Chapter 32,
00:19:16.25\00:19:18.72
and you'll see some
incredible blessings
00:19:18.75\00:19:22.02
as you read.
00:19:22.09\00:19:23.43
And comp, this will
compliment your reading
00:19:23.46\00:19:24.79
in a marvelous way.
00:19:24.83\00:19:26.16
Draw you close to the Lord.
00:19:26.19\00:19:27.86
And the Book of Isaiah,
00:19:27.93\00:19:29.43
once again has
incredible scriptures.
00:19:29.46\00:19:31.80
You know, Isaiah Chapter 1,
00:19:31.87\00:19:34.00
it tells you that
though your sins be as scarlet.
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.64
You know, though,
they be like crimson,
00:19:36.67\00:19:39.04
you know, you can
be as white as wool.
00:19:39.07\00:19:40.54
Marvelous
scriptures, and I encourage you
00:19:40.58\00:19:42.51
to study this book with a prayer
00:19:42.54\00:19:45.55
and it will be a
great blessing to you
00:19:45.58\00:19:47.38
and to others as you share.
00:19:47.42\00:19:49.32
Amen. Amen.
00:19:49.35\00:19:50.69
Thank you,
Pastor. Appreciate that.
00:19:50.72\00:19:52.49
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Let's get back to the questions.
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And we're coming
back to you, Miss Jill,
00:20:29.46\00:20:30.79
and this person has a
follow-up question to,
00:20:30.83\00:20:32.53
I think, a question
that you might have been
00:20:32.56\00:20:34.03
asked in a previous episode.
00:20:34.10\00:20:35.76
In fact, they state that here.
00:20:35.80\00:20:37.13
They say, and this is
coming from Jayce, by the way.
00:20:37.17\00:20:39.13
And Jayce says,
00:20:39.17\00:20:40.50
"I just have a
follow-up question
00:20:40.54\00:20:41.87
about the question
00:20:41.90\00:20:43.24
how can we know
God's will for us?
00:20:43.27\00:20:45.44
Of course, from
a previous episode.
00:20:45.47\00:20:47.51
And Jayce says,
Miss Morikone said that
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.84
we should listen to God's voice,
00:20:49.88\00:20:51.98
but how can we know for
sure that it's God's voice
00:20:52.01\00:20:56.05
and not our own thoughts?"
00:20:56.08\00:20:58.42
It's a great question, Jayce.
00:20:58.45\00:20:59.79
Thank you for the
follow-up question.
00:20:59.82\00:21:01.26
And I know that
I've wondered this too
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.53
sometimes myself, is
this my own thinking?
00:21:03.56\00:21:06.49
Is this
something I wanted to do?
00:21:06.53\00:21:08.43
So my thoughts are here
00:21:08.46\00:21:09.80
or am I really
hearing God's voice?
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.73
I think the first thing to
do is to test the impression,
00:21:12.77\00:21:15.90
test those thoughts
against the Word of God.
00:21:15.94\00:21:19.87
Isaiah 8:20, "To the
law and to the testimony,
00:21:19.91\00:21:22.71
if they do not speak
according to this word,
00:21:22.74\00:21:24.98
there is no light in them."
00:21:25.01\00:21:27.12
In other words,
if you have a thought
00:21:27.15\00:21:29.22
that comes to you
00:21:29.25\00:21:30.59
and it does not
line up with Scripture,
00:21:30.62\00:21:33.09
it does not line up
with the Word of God,
00:21:33.12\00:21:35.02
then you know clearly
that is not coming from God.
00:21:35.09\00:21:38.26
And that is
simply your own thoughts.
00:21:38.29\00:21:41.50
Another principle is to
ask others for guidance.
00:21:41.53\00:21:45.07
Proverbs 11:14,
00:21:45.10\00:21:46.43
"Where there is no
counsel, the people fail,
00:21:46.47\00:21:48.67
but in the
multitude of counselors,
00:21:48.74\00:21:51.34
there is safety."
00:21:51.41\00:21:53.24
You go to the Word of God,
00:21:53.27\00:21:54.61
you test that impression
against the Word of God.
00:21:54.68\00:21:57.11
You ask godly people around
you who know the Word of God,
00:21:57.15\00:22:01.48
would this be in
line with the Word of God?
00:22:01.52\00:22:04.45
The third thing I
think is so important,
00:22:04.49\00:22:06.32
vitally important to know
and ascertain the Word of God,
00:22:06.35\00:22:09.86
the will of
God, the voice of God
00:22:09.89\00:22:12.06
is to actually develop
a relationship with Him,
00:22:12.09\00:22:14.40
know who He is.
00:22:14.46\00:22:16.16
You know, we can
be in a crowded group,
00:22:16.20\00:22:17.53
a crowded store or anywhere,
00:22:17.57\00:22:19.83
and I can hear Greg laugh
00:22:19.87\00:22:22.14
or I can hear
Greg clear his throat,
00:22:22.17\00:22:24.81
or I can hear Greg say something
00:22:24.84\00:22:27.04
and instantly I know
it's my husband's voice.
00:22:27.08\00:22:29.71
That's right. Why is that?
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.08
There's a whole bunch of people
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.45
and there's a whole
bunch of other distractions.
00:22:32.48\00:22:33.82
And there's a
lot of other voices,
00:22:33.85\00:22:35.32
but I know his
voice because I know him.
00:22:35.35\00:22:38.39
When you spend
time in the Word of God,
00:22:38.42\00:22:41.96
when you get to know
the God of the Bible,
00:22:41.99\00:22:45.69
Jesus Christ, you will discover
00:22:45.73\00:22:48.56
and understand who He is
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.30
and you will clearly
know and hear His voice.
00:22:50.33\00:22:54.17
That was a beautiful
answer. Thank you for that.
00:22:54.20\00:22:56.50
Pastor Dinzey, I'm
gonna come back to you
00:22:56.54\00:22:57.87
for this next question.
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.24
This is coming
from Nancy in Tennessee,
00:22:59.27\00:23:02.48
and she says, "Can you please
00:23:02.51\00:23:04.28
explain Genesis 15:13, 16?
00:23:04.31\00:23:09.15
And she makes a note here.
00:23:09.18\00:23:10.52
So sounds like a
generation as 100 years."
00:23:10.55\00:23:13.32
So Genesis 15:13, 16.
00:23:13.36\00:23:16.46
Very good.
00:23:16.49\00:23:17.83
Turning to Genesis 15:13, 16.
00:23:17.86\00:23:20.10
It says he,
"Then He said to Abram:
00:23:20.13\00:23:24.50
'Know certainly
that your descendants
00:23:24.53\00:23:28.04
will be strangers in a land
00:23:28.10\00:23:29.47
that is not theirs,
and will serve them,
00:23:29.50\00:23:32.17
and they will afflict
them four hundred years."
00:23:32.21\00:23:35.64
Moving to verse 16,
00:23:35.68\00:23:37.01
"But in the fourth generation
they shall return here,
00:23:37.05\00:23:40.28
for the iniquity of the Amorites
00:23:40.32\00:23:42.35
is not yet complete."
00:23:42.38\00:23:45.72
I see that the
idea is four generations
00:23:45.75\00:23:49.59
must be equaled 100 years each.
00:23:49.62\00:23:52.66
It is not really safe to say
00:23:52.69\00:23:54.73
that a
generation is a 100 years.
00:23:54.76\00:23:57.33
You'll see
different answers coming
00:23:57.37\00:23:58.70
from different people
saying it's 30 years, 40 years
00:23:58.73\00:24:03.57
you'll see different answers.
00:24:03.61\00:24:05.37
The Bible does not tell
us how long a generation is.
00:24:05.41\00:24:10.65
It is a, you
sometimes in the reference
00:24:10.68\00:24:13.05
as those living in that
age, Jesus says in Matthew 24,
00:24:13.08\00:24:17.79
it says this
generation shall not pass
00:24:17.82\00:24:20.39
until all these
things are fulfilled.
00:24:20.42\00:24:22.69
Those living at that
time, seeing those signs,
00:24:22.72\00:24:25.29
that generation will not pass
00:24:25.33\00:24:26.66
until all these
things are fulfilled.
00:24:26.70\00:24:28.16
So I also want to
point out that sometimes
00:24:28.23\00:24:30.97
and they in reference to
the life span of a person.
00:24:31.00\00:24:35.97
When you look at this
verse, these verses Genesis 15,
00:24:36.00\00:24:40.48
it is interesting
to note that Moses
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.71
was the fourth beginning,
00:24:43.75\00:24:46.35
was the fourth
person or the fourth,
00:24:46.38\00:24:49.15
if you call a
generation from Levi,
00:24:49.18\00:24:52.59
Caleb was the fourth from Judah.
00:24:52.62\00:24:55.29
So in essence,
this could also be
00:24:55.32\00:24:58.39
how you may understand
these scriptures that tell us
00:24:58.46\00:25:00.96
in the fourth generation
00:25:01.00\00:25:02.43
unto force four
different generation,
00:25:02.46\00:25:05.30
here's the father,
his son, and his son.
00:25:05.33\00:25:07.44
And then in the next generation,
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.17
that's when they leave.
00:25:09.20\00:25:10.54
So it's not safe to say
a generation is 100 years.
00:25:10.57\00:25:14.68
Gotcha. All right.
00:25:14.71\00:25:16.24
Thank you for that.
00:25:16.28\00:25:17.61
Pastor Lomacang,
we're coming back to you.
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.61
And this is, this question says,
00:25:19.65\00:25:22.05
"Can you explain
Matthew 27:52-53?
00:25:22.08\00:25:27.36
And they say here,
00:25:27.39\00:25:28.72
did they go to
heaven with Jesus?
00:25:28.79\00:25:30.93
Or did they go
back to the graves?"
00:25:30.96\00:25:33.53
Okay, wonderful.
00:25:33.56\00:25:34.93
One of the things you'll
find when you study the Bible
00:25:34.93\00:25:36.63
about the life of Christ,
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.00
everyone that Jesus raised
to life during His ministry
00:25:38.03\00:25:41.37
was subject to death
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.57
because Jesus Himself
had not yet conquered death.
00:25:43.61\00:25:46.84
And this is a
critical connection.
00:25:46.88\00:25:49.41
He had not yet conquered death
until He rose from the grave.
00:25:49.44\00:25:53.72
So what did He pass off
to those who rose with Him?
00:25:53.75\00:25:58.69
The very same
thing that He rose with.
00:25:58.72\00:26:01.42
He rose to life eternal.
00:26:01.46\00:26:03.89
What did He pass on to
those who rose with Him?
00:26:03.93\00:26:06.09
Life eternal.
00:26:06.13\00:26:07.46
And you find here,
let me show you in Matthew
00:26:07.50\00:26:09.80
and let's read those passages.
00:26:09.83\00:26:11.17
Matthew 27:52-53.
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.97
Speaking about the
resurrection of Christ,
00:26:14.00\00:26:15.94
"And the graves were opened,
and many bodies of his saints
00:26:15.97\00:26:18.81
who had fallen
asleep were raised,
00:26:18.84\00:26:21.34
and coming out of the
graves after his resurrection,
00:26:21.38\00:26:25.05
they went into the holy
city and appeared to many."
00:26:25.08\00:26:27.98
You find the fulfillment
of a passage in John Chapter 5
00:26:28.02\00:26:31.52
that relates to this.
00:26:31.55\00:26:32.92
And I'll show you the word here
00:26:32.95\00:26:34.56
in the Hebrew transliteration.
00:26:34.59\00:26:36.56
John 5:25.
00:26:36.59\00:26:39.03
We know what John 5:28-29
says, the hour is coming.
00:26:39.06\00:26:42.83
But look at verse 25.
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.70
"Most assuredly, I say to you,
the hour is coming, and now is,
00:26:44.73\00:26:50.67
when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God,
00:26:50.71\00:26:53.38
and those who hear will live."
00:26:53.41\00:26:55.91
The word there in the Greek
means come to life immortal.
00:26:55.94\00:27:00.15
This is not life temporary.
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.28
This is not life
that's going to pass off
00:27:02.35\00:27:04.49
like Lazarus was
raised from the dead,
00:27:04.52\00:27:07.32
as the Lord uses the
example of the brother
00:27:07.36\00:27:09.06
of Mary and Martha.
00:27:09.09\00:27:10.53
And that's when you
look at the connection,
00:27:10.56\00:27:12.66
the Hebrew writers
and the Greek scholars
00:27:12.69\00:27:15.00
connect this to
this very same verse
00:27:15.06\00:27:16.77
in Matthew 27:63,
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.83
they said, the life
that's talked about here
00:27:18.87\00:27:21.14
is a very life that's
referred to in Matthew 27:63.
00:27:21.17\00:27:25.67
When the
accusers of Christ said,
00:27:25.71\00:27:28.58
sir, talking about Christ.
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.48
We remember that
that deceiver said
00:27:30.51\00:27:33.98
while he was yet alive,
00:27:34.02\00:27:36.25
after three days,
I will rise again.
00:27:36.28\00:27:39.62
That connected to
the phrase rise again.
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.96
And did Jesus
die again? He didn't.
00:27:42.02\00:27:44.56
So the rising
again is being connected
00:27:44.59\00:27:47.03
by the Greek and Hebrew scholars
00:27:47.03\00:27:48.36
to the very same
passage in John 5:25,
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.53
those who hear will live.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.00
So the answer is obvious.
00:27:53.03\00:27:54.70
Those who rose
did not die again,
00:27:54.74\00:27:57.41
they became tokens of all
00:27:57.44\00:28:00.08
who had come forth in
the first resurrection.
00:28:00.11\00:28:03.01
And some suggest
that when Revelation
00:28:03.04\00:28:05.51
talks about the 24
elders around the throne of God,
00:28:05.55\00:28:08.78
you'll never find in the Bible
00:28:08.82\00:28:10.75
anywhere where elders
are referred to as angels.
00:28:10.79\00:28:14.09
I know some people try
to make the connection,
00:28:14.12\00:28:15.92
but elders are never talked to
00:28:15.96\00:28:17.86
in the Bible
spoken of as angels.
00:28:17.89\00:28:20.26
Elders are always referred to
00:28:20.30\00:28:22.63
as a property of a human being.
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.97
So how could they be around
the throne, the 24 elders?
00:28:25.00\00:28:28.07
All only those
of our peer groups
00:28:28.10\00:28:30.41
are in the proper position
to be judging our works.
00:28:30.44\00:28:34.71
So I believe that
they did raise to life
00:28:34.74\00:28:37.71
and they went to
heaven with the Lord
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.58
as a token of
those who were raised
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.08
in the first resurrection.
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.55
Amen. All right.
00:28:42.58\00:28:43.92
Thank you, Pastor, for that.
Jill, we're coming back to you.
00:28:43.95\00:28:47.22
And this comes from
this particular question
00:28:47.26\00:28:50.13
comes from Niki, from Michigan.
00:28:50.16\00:28:52.19
And she says,
"Why did God called
00:28:52.26\00:28:55.70
David his perfect servant.
00:28:55.73\00:28:58.10
He had flaws and
mistakes and sins he committed.
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.94
What made him perfect to God?"
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.51
It's a great question, Niki.
00:29:03.54\00:29:04.87
Thank you so much
for sending that in.
00:29:04.91\00:29:06.57
You know, David is called
a man after God's own heart
00:29:06.61\00:29:09.31
and we find this
twice in Scripture.
00:29:09.34\00:29:11.51
First is before,
00:29:11.55\00:29:12.88
when he's anointed
before he becomes king,
00:29:12.91\00:29:14.98
that's in 1 Samuel 13:14,
00:29:15.02\00:29:18.52
"Now your Saul's kingdom,"
00:29:18.55\00:29:20.22
that means Saul's
kingdom shall not continue.
00:29:20.26\00:29:23.09
"The Lord has
sought for Himself,
00:29:23.12\00:29:24.73
a man after his own heart,
00:29:24.76\00:29:27.23
and the Lord has commanded him
00:29:27.23\00:29:29.20
to be a
commander over His people,
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.23
because you have not kept
what the Lord commanded you."
00:29:31.27\00:29:34.67
So the Prophet Samuel is saying,
00:29:34.70\00:29:36.47
okay, Saul,
you're not gonna be king
00:29:36.50\00:29:38.51
because you have not
walked in the ways of God.
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.91
And God is picking a man
after His own heart to be king.
00:29:40.94\00:29:45.85
And that would be David.
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.22
The reference is made as well.
00:29:47.25\00:29:48.72
Paul references
it in Acts 13:22,
00:29:48.75\00:29:52.09
really referring
to the same passage.
00:29:52.12\00:29:54.39
But why was David called
a man after God's own heart?
00:29:54.42\00:29:56.66
'Cause clearly David had sins.
00:29:56.69\00:29:59.73
David killed someone,
had Uriah the Hittite killed
00:29:59.76\00:30:03.40
after his sin with Bathsheba.
00:30:03.43\00:30:05.33
And that's just the beginning.
00:30:05.37\00:30:06.70
There are other sins
00:30:06.74\00:30:08.07
that are mentioned
in the Word of God.
00:30:08.10\00:30:10.24
I believe he was called
a man after God's own heart
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.71
because he repented of his sin.
00:30:12.74\00:30:16.18
We see this in 1 Kings 14.
00:30:16.21\00:30:19.25
Now this is Jeroboam
00:30:19.31\00:30:20.65
and the prophet
comes to Jeroboam.
00:30:20.68\00:30:22.62
Now this is after
the time of David.
00:30:22.68\00:30:24.69
And he says in 1 Kings 14:8,
00:30:24.72\00:30:28.06
"I tore the kingdom
away from the house of David
00:30:28.09\00:30:30.56
and gave it to you,
and yet you have not been
00:30:30.59\00:30:33.29
as my servant, David,
00:30:33.33\00:30:34.73
who kept My
commandments and who followed me
00:30:34.76\00:30:37.63
with all his heart,
00:30:37.67\00:30:39.00
to do only what
was right in My eyes."
00:30:39.03\00:30:42.27
Did you catch that?
This is after David's sin.
00:30:42.30\00:30:44.81
God looks at him
00:30:44.84\00:30:46.17
and He said he only did
what was right in My eyes.
00:30:46.21\00:30:50.25
Why is that?
Because David was forgiven.
00:30:50.28\00:30:52.68
He repented of his sin.
00:30:52.71\00:30:56.18
We see that in Psalm 51.
00:30:56.22\00:30:57.69
We don't have time to read that,
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.05
but that entire
Psalm, David is repenting.
00:30:59.12\00:31:02.56
God have mercy on me,
blot out my transgressions.
00:31:02.59\00:31:07.36
David loved God's Word
and sought to follow it.
00:31:07.40\00:31:10.33
We see that in Psalm
1:19, "Oh, how I love Your law.
00:31:10.37\00:31:15.07
I meditate on it all the day."
00:31:15.10\00:31:17.07
We saw that he
sought to follow God.
00:31:17.11\00:31:20.28
He repented and
in the eyes of God,
00:31:20.31\00:31:22.81
he was as if he
had never sinned.
00:31:22.84\00:31:25.58
Amen. Amen, I like that.
00:31:25.61\00:31:27.22
Thank you, Jill. Great hope.
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.58
Pastor Lomacang
coming back to you here.
00:31:28.65\00:31:29.98
Okay.
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.35
This question says,
00:31:31.39\00:31:32.72
"What important
message in Revelation 1
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.99
can you share with
others given our COVID problem?
00:31:35.02\00:31:39.26
Why is it important?"
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.43
I like that because COVID
has taken the center stage
00:31:41.46\00:31:44.07
in so many ways,
anywhere from the ridiculous
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.27
to the mundane, anywhere
00:31:46.30\00:31:48.20
from conspiracy
theories to just,
00:31:48.24\00:31:50.14
we are being forced to
receive the mark of the beast.
00:31:50.17\00:31:51.54
Right.
00:31:51.57\00:31:52.91
It's been, it's
just metamorphosized
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.71
into an America foolishness
to be very frank about it.
00:31:54.74\00:31:58.08
But Revelation 1 gives hope.
00:31:58.11\00:31:59.61
And let me give
you a couple of passage
00:31:59.65\00:32:01.05
in Revelation 1,
00:32:01.08\00:32:02.42
one of the first
things I would say
00:32:02.48\00:32:03.89
COVID didn't
catch God by surprise.
00:32:03.92\00:32:05.72
Nothing catches God by surprise.
00:32:05.75\00:32:08.19
In spite of COVID,
the Lord is coming again.
00:32:08.22\00:32:10.59
Amen.
00:32:10.63\00:32:11.96
Revelation 1:7, "Behold,
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.33
He is coming with clouds
and every eye will see Him."
00:32:13.36\00:32:16.77
The promise that the Lord
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.13
made COVID
cannot delay or cancel,
00:32:18.17\00:32:21.84
but the encouraging
message from Revelation 1
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.87
in light of the
COVID environment
00:32:24.91\00:32:26.78
is Revelation 1:17-18.
00:32:26.81\00:32:28.98
"When the Lord says,
00:32:29.01\00:32:30.35
'Do not be afraid, I am
the first and the last.'"
00:32:30.38\00:32:33.75
And there's a
lot of fear connected
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.35
with the COVID environment.
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.12
People for medical reasons,
people for political reasons,
00:32:37.15\00:32:40.89
and every other
reason that doesn't really,
00:32:40.92\00:32:43.43
I don't have the time
to mention those reasons.
00:32:43.46\00:32:45.46
Fear has come
upon so many people
00:32:45.53\00:32:47.66
and some people think
it's just the older people.
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.36
No, there are younger
people that are just terrified,
00:32:49.40\00:32:51.93
people in general.
00:32:51.97\00:32:53.30
But on the other side of that,
00:32:53.34\00:32:54.67
there are people
that are recalcitrant.
00:32:54.70\00:32:56.04
And just so, they
exercise no caution at all.
00:32:56.10\00:32:59.21
That's not gonna happen.
00:32:59.27\00:33:00.68
It's a farce, it's a hoax.
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.45
I wouldn't fall into
any one of those categories.
00:33:03.48\00:33:05.65
I would believe if,
if this is something
00:33:05.68\00:33:07.98
that can take a person's life,
00:33:08.02\00:33:09.68
let's approach it with
very cautious attitudes.
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.99
What do we say to a
person that's filled with fear?
00:33:13.02\00:33:15.39
Do not be afraid, I am
the first and the last.
00:33:15.46\00:33:18.93
Even if COVID
takes someone's life,
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.53
which hundreds of
thousands of people,
00:33:21.56\00:33:23.63
and more than a
million around the world
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.27
are listed as having
lost their lives to COVID.
00:33:25.33\00:33:28.37
If you lose your life in Christ,
00:33:28.40\00:33:30.37
He can bring you forth
in the first resurrection.
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.07
He says, I have the keys
of death and of the grave.
00:33:33.11\00:33:36.71
So even COVID itself
cannot prevent a saint
00:33:36.75\00:33:40.12
from coming forth from the grave
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.55
when Jesus comes back.
00:33:41.58\00:33:42.92
That's right. Amen.
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.29
Amen. Wonderful.
00:33:44.32\00:33:45.65
Pastor John Dinzey,
this one comes to you
00:33:45.69\00:33:48.72
and this person says,
"John baptized Jesus in water.
00:33:48.76\00:33:53.43
Was John baptized?"
00:33:53.46\00:33:56.36
That is a good
question I have to say.
00:33:56.40\00:33:57.73
I've never heard that one.
00:33:57.77\00:33:59.10
But it is reasonable to,
00:33:59.13\00:34:02.17
to come to the
conclusion that yes.
00:34:02.24\00:34:04.94
Why?
00:34:04.97\00:34:06.31
Well, because in John Chapter 3,
00:34:06.37\00:34:09.44
I'm beginning in verse
3, Jesus says these things,
00:34:09.48\00:34:13.98
"Jesus answered and said to him,
00:34:14.02\00:34:18.89
'Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.42
unless one is born again,
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.79
he cannot see
the kingdom of God.'
00:34:23.83\00:34:27.20
Nicodemus said to Him,
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.53
'How can a man be
born when he is old?
00:34:28.56\00:34:30.67
Can he enter a second time
00:34:30.70\00:34:32.90
into his mother's
womb and be born?'
00:34:32.93\00:34:34.54
Jesus answered, 'Most assuredly,
00:34:34.57\00:34:36.50
I say to you,
unless one is born of water
00:34:36.54\00:34:39.37
and the Spirit, he
cannot enter the kingdom of God.
00:34:39.44\00:34:42.81
That which is born
of the flesh is flesh,
00:34:42.84\00:34:44.55
and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit."
00:34:44.58\00:34:46.82
So considering this, I
would say it is reasonable,
00:34:46.85\00:34:51.15
logical to believe that
John the Baptist was baptized,
00:34:51.19\00:34:54.66
but the Bible does not
reveal who baptized him.
00:34:54.69\00:34:58.86
But I'm fine believing that yes,
00:34:58.89\00:35:01.56
he would ask someone,
would you please baptize me?
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.47
Because if you're
not baptized, as he says,
00:35:04.50\00:35:06.94
if you're able to,
you should be baptized.
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.97
There are some
people in certain conditions
00:35:09.00\00:35:11.31
that cannot get out of the bed.
00:35:11.34\00:35:12.74
They cannot be
submerged under water.
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.28
And so this is understandable.
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.28
Well, you had a
thief on the cross.
00:35:17.31\00:35:18.75
He couldn't come down
from the cross to be baptized.
00:35:18.78\00:35:21.38
But Jesus said to him,
00:35:21.42\00:35:22.95
"You will be with
me in the kingdom."
00:35:22.98\00:35:24.89
Amen. Amen.
00:35:24.92\00:35:26.25
Wonderful.
00:35:26.32\00:35:27.66
That's an interesting
question and a great answer.
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.12
Thank you,
Pastor. Praise the Lord.
00:35:29.19\00:35:30.53
Pastor Lomacang, I'm
gonna come back to you
00:35:30.56\00:35:31.89
for this one.
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.26
It says John 3:16, by the way,
00:35:33.29\00:35:34.60
this comes from
Cheri in Washington, DC.
00:35:34.63\00:35:37.83
And Cheri says, "John 3:16 says
00:35:37.87\00:35:41.87
whosoever
believes shall not perish,
00:35:41.90\00:35:45.17
but have everlasting life.
00:35:45.21\00:35:47.08
And her question is
need we only believe?"
00:35:47.11\00:35:50.08
Oh, okay.
00:35:50.11\00:35:51.91
Well, Cheri, the answer is no.
00:35:51.95\00:35:55.75
Belief is something
that requires an action.
00:35:55.82\00:35:59.29
Oftentimes the
gospel is connected
00:35:59.32\00:36:01.02
to just an intellectual ascent
00:36:01.06\00:36:02.66
and say, well, I
believe that, I believe this.
00:36:02.72\00:36:05.39
You know, you can
believe that birds can fly,
00:36:05.43\00:36:07.20
but you can't fly just
because you believe it.
00:36:07.23\00:36:10.13
A lot of things
are not activated
00:36:10.17\00:36:11.97
by just believing.
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.37
The belief that
we are expressing in
00:36:13.40\00:36:16.71
behalf of Christ
should be followed
00:36:16.74\00:36:19.31
and warranting a response to it.
00:36:19.34\00:36:20.84
Yes.
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.21
The Bible makes it
very clear in Matthew 16:16,
00:36:22.28\00:36:25.25
he who believes will be saved?
00:36:25.28\00:36:27.58
No.
00:36:27.62\00:36:28.95
"He who believes and
is baptized will be saved,
00:36:29.02\00:36:33.22
but he who does not
believe will be condemned."
00:36:33.25\00:36:36.26
So belief is
connected to the first step
00:36:36.29\00:36:39.33
in escaping the condemnation
00:36:39.36\00:36:41.56
that has come
about as a result of sin.
00:36:41.60\00:36:44.17
But belief is not
all you need to do.
00:36:44.20\00:36:46.07
And I appreciate it.
00:36:46.13\00:36:47.47
I'm just gonna tag on
to Pastor Dinzey here.
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.24
I believe that John's
disciples baptized John,
00:36:50.27\00:36:53.01
'cause his disciples
are doing a lot of baptism.
00:36:53.07\00:36:55.48
Because John
understood, baptism is the key
00:36:55.54\00:36:58.18
to entering into that new life,
00:36:58.21\00:37:00.22
that example of walking with God
00:37:00.25\00:37:02.25
and walking with Christ.
00:37:02.28\00:37:03.69
Paul also says, I
mean, in the Book of Acts,
00:37:03.72\00:37:07.36
Dr. Luke says,
and Peter is preaching
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.06
on the day of Pentecost,
00:37:10.09\00:37:11.59
"Repent, therefore,
and be converted that
00:37:11.63\00:37:14.46
your sins may be blotted out.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.87
So the times of
refreshing may come
00:37:16.90\00:37:19.43
from the presence of the Lord."
00:37:19.47\00:37:20.80
All right.
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.17
So it's not just believing
and saying, this is great,
00:37:22.20\00:37:24.54
but here's the
reason why believing alone
00:37:24.57\00:37:26.41
is not important.
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.68
The devils
believe and they trembled.
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.45
That's right.
00:37:31.48\00:37:32.81
Devils are not saved
because they believe...
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.58
Thank you.
00:37:34.62\00:37:35.98
When you believe
there's something else
00:37:36.02\00:37:37.35
must be added to that belief.
00:37:37.39\00:37:39.15
You believe that there
is one God, you do well.
00:37:39.19\00:37:41.49
Even the demons believe,
but you know, foolish man,
00:37:41.52\00:37:45.19
your belief should be
connected to your works
00:37:45.23\00:37:47.13
because faith
without works is dead.
00:37:47.20\00:37:50.77
Saved by works?
00:37:50.80\00:37:52.13
No, but you can't
be in a believing,
00:37:52.17\00:37:54.07
growing relationship with Christ
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.80
and have no works as
evidence of that connection.
00:37:55.87\00:37:59.24
Absolutely,
wonderful. Thank you, Pastor.
00:37:59.27\00:38:01.64
Pastor Dinzey, I'm
gonna come right back to you
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.55
for this next question.
00:38:03.58\00:38:05.15
Says, "Could you
please explain Genesis 6
00:38:05.18\00:38:08.25
that speaks about
the daughters of men
00:38:08.28\00:38:10.22
and the sons of God.
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.65
Are they angels or
are they all humans?"
00:38:11.69\00:38:16.89
That is a very good question.
00:38:16.93\00:38:18.53
And many people
believe that, but what does,
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.50
what can we find in
the Bible that will help us
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.33
to understand that who
these individuals were?
00:38:23.37\00:38:26.63
Let's go to Genesis
Chapter 6 and here you will go
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.77
to verse 1 where it
talks about this very thing.
00:38:29.80\00:38:33.58
"And now it came to pass
00:38:33.61\00:38:34.94
when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.41
and daughters were born to them,
00:38:37.45\00:38:39.28
that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men,
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.05
that they were beautiful.
00:38:42.08\00:38:43.42
And they took wives
00:38:43.45\00:38:44.79
for themselves of
all whom they chose.
00:38:44.82\00:38:47.32
And the Lord said, 'My
Spirit shall not strive
00:38:47.36\00:38:49.99
with man forever
for he is indeed flesh,
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.89
yet his days
shall be 120 years."
00:38:52.96\00:38:55.90
Here you have God reacting
00:38:55.93\00:38:57.27
to the situation that
was already happening.
00:38:57.30\00:38:59.37
And I'm gonna say it right
now and I will say it again.
00:38:59.40\00:39:02.20
These sons of God, they
saw the daughters of men.
00:39:02.24\00:39:05.94
These are the ones
that chose to be faithful.
00:39:05.97\00:39:09.04
Adam's descendants, Seth,
that chose to be faithful.
00:39:09.11\00:39:12.61
The daughters of men
were the daughters of Cain.
00:39:12.68\00:39:16.55
Those of Cain's descendants
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.02
that chose to separate
themselves from the Lord.
00:39:18.05\00:39:20.69
This is who it's
talking about here.
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.59
Now, verse 4, "There
were giants on the earth
00:39:22.62\00:39:25.29
in those days,
and also afterward
00:39:25.33\00:39:27.23
when the sons of God
came into the daughters of men
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.20
and they bore children to them.
00:39:30.23\00:39:32.33
Those were the mighty men
who were of old, men of renown.
00:39:32.37\00:39:37.37
Then the Lord saw
the wickedness of man
00:39:37.41\00:39:40.04
was great in the earth.
00:39:40.08\00:39:41.71
And that every intent of
the thoughts of his heart
00:39:41.74\00:39:44.11
was only evil continually."
00:39:44.15\00:39:46.25
So what we have here
is for a period of time,
00:39:46.28\00:39:50.05
the sons of God,
00:39:50.09\00:39:51.42
those who chose to be
faithful live separate.
00:39:51.45\00:39:53.49
Cain and his descendants
that were evil live separately.
00:39:53.52\00:39:56.49
But the sons of God that chose,
00:39:56.56\00:39:58.69
the ones that
chose to be faithful
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.06
started looking
on the other side,
00:40:00.10\00:40:01.40
"Hey, they have good
looking women over there too.
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.53
Why don't we go over
there and take some wives
00:40:03.57\00:40:05.20
from over there?"
00:40:05.23\00:40:06.57
And so the distinction
between the two disappeared,
00:40:06.63\00:40:10.14
and that's why you have
the thoughts of men's hearts
00:40:10.17\00:40:14.51
being evil continually.
00:40:14.54\00:40:16.08
The race became
corrupted the whole race.
00:40:16.14\00:40:19.01
Now it's interesting to
note that in Genesis Chapter 4,
00:40:19.05\00:40:22.62
you have the
genealogy of the family of Cain.
00:40:22.68\00:40:25.45
Genesis Chapter 4,
beginning in verse 16.
00:40:25.49\00:40:29.06
But when you get to Chapter 5,
00:40:29.12\00:40:30.69
it starts to discuss
the genealogy of Adam,
00:40:30.73\00:40:33.43
those that chose to be faithful.
00:40:33.46\00:40:35.03
So by the time you
get to Genesis Chapter 6,
00:40:35.06\00:40:37.53
you're seeing the
story revealing that
00:40:37.57\00:40:40.60
the daughters of
God, the sons of God,
00:40:40.64\00:40:42.77
those who were faithful
00:40:42.80\00:40:44.14
and the sons of
men that were evil,
00:40:44.17\00:40:45.97
they started
intermarrying one another
00:40:46.04\00:40:48.24
and the distinction was lost.
00:40:48.28\00:40:49.64
These were not angels that had,
I'm gonna say sex with women
00:40:49.71\00:40:55.65
and had giants.
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.15
These were the sons of
God that decided to say,
00:40:57.19\00:41:00.62
"Hey, let's go over
there and intermarriage."
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.46
That's right. Amen.
00:41:03.49\00:41:04.83
Appreciate that answer.
00:41:04.86\00:41:06.19
As you were, as you
were answering that,
00:41:06.23\00:41:07.56
I was thinking of Romans 8:14,
00:41:07.60\00:41:08.90
which says, "For
as many as are led
00:41:08.93\00:41:10.53
by the Spirit of God,
these are the sons of God."
00:41:10.57\00:41:13.50
That's right. And so, amen.
00:41:13.54\00:41:14.87
Great answer.
Great answer. All right.
00:41:14.90\00:41:17.14
This next question says,
"What is the meaning of 3ABN?
00:41:17.17\00:41:22.14
And what better person
to answer this question
00:41:22.18\00:41:24.35
than our vice
president and COO, Jill.
00:41:24.38\00:41:28.02
Thank you so much for
sending in your question,
00:41:28.05\00:41:29.85
'cause this tells me
you might be brand new
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.85
to the 3ABN family,
00:41:31.89\00:41:33.22
and we are
delighted that you tuned in
00:41:33.25\00:41:35.32
and that you're watching
00:41:35.36\00:41:36.69
or that you're
listening to us on radio.
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.79
3ABN began in 1984,
00:41:38.83\00:41:41.83
when God called a
carpenter Danny Shelton
00:41:41.86\00:41:45.30
to build a television station
that would reach the world
00:41:45.33\00:41:49.54
with the undiluted
three angels' messages,
00:41:49.57\00:41:52.41
one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
00:41:52.44\00:41:54.54
And for over 36
years, 3ABN has sought
00:41:54.58\00:41:58.41
to remain
faithful to that vision,
00:41:58.45\00:42:00.65
to proclaim the gospel,
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.48
to proclaim the
three angels' messages,
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.62
to proclaim what
the Word of God says
00:42:04.65\00:42:07.06
to a lost and dying world.
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.06
We do that through television.
00:42:09.09\00:42:10.86
We have nine television networks
00:42:10.89\00:42:13.86
and five radio networks.
00:42:13.90\00:42:15.53
We do that through programming
00:42:15.56\00:42:17.87
that helps with
addiction recovery.
00:42:17.90\00:42:20.74
That's biblical
teaching like this program.
00:42:20.77\00:42:23.14
We have programs for children,
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.07
programming that
would be focused on music,
00:42:25.11\00:42:27.58
programs for cooking
00:42:27.61\00:42:28.94
and healthy eating and exercise.
00:42:28.98\00:42:31.71
We have different languages.
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.15
We have Spanish, Pastor Dinzey.
00:42:33.18\00:42:35.12
We have French, we have Russian.
00:42:35.15\00:42:38.15
And what a gift
and blessing to be
00:42:38.19\00:42:40.72
able to proclaim the
gospel in multiple languages.
00:42:40.76\00:42:43.86
Amen.
00:42:43.89\00:42:45.23
And in multiple
ways, as Pastor Johnny
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.96
would always say,
00:42:47.96\00:42:49.30
3ABN is a
channel of divine origin.
00:42:49.36\00:42:53.57
And we believe that God
00:42:53.60\00:42:55.04
is at the helm of this ministry,
00:42:55.07\00:42:57.14
that God leads and directs
00:42:57.17\00:42:59.04
and the entire
purpose of each person
00:42:59.07\00:43:01.31
here in the ministry,
00:43:01.34\00:43:02.71
no matter whether
they work in accounting
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.11
or answer your
calls in the call center,
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.75
no matter
whether they run camera
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.42
or appear on television,
the purpose is all the same,
00:43:09.45\00:43:12.89
to proclaim that gospel message
00:43:12.92\00:43:15.26
to the world so
that we can go home.
00:43:15.29\00:43:18.36
Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:43:18.39\00:43:20.30
And it's such a blessing to
be a part of this worldwide,
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.80
amazing ministry, 3ABN.
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.87
That reminds me on that note,
that particular question came
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.64
from one of our YouTube viewers.
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.40
Just another way that
you could submit a question.
00:43:29.44\00:43:31.54
If you're a YouTube viewer,
you have a YouTube account.
00:43:31.57\00:43:33.74
You can just type your question
there in the comment section
00:43:33.78\00:43:36.24
and we'll do our best
to get to that question.
00:43:36.28\00:43:38.38
I'm gonna go to
our bonus questions
00:43:38.41\00:43:41.22
at this time
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.58
where we just
kinda throw it out there.
00:43:42.62\00:43:43.95
We have about eight minutes,
before we go to our break here,
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.06
but I'm gonna throw
just a couple of questions
00:43:47.09\00:43:49.06
out there and just
let the panel take it,
00:43:49.09\00:43:51.33
let you guys speak
freely as you choose.
00:43:51.36\00:43:53.23
But this first question is,
00:43:53.29\00:43:54.73
"Will there be marriages
and births in the new earth?"
00:43:54.73\00:44:00.94
In the new earth? Okay.
00:44:00.97\00:44:02.30
Let's first start
with a very obvious answer.
00:44:02.34\00:44:05.04
Speculation is a
big part of this.
00:44:05.07\00:44:08.08
When the Bible
talks about the new earth,
00:44:08.11\00:44:09.48
it talks about
we will have houses.
00:44:09.54\00:44:11.05
we will inhabit them,
we will plant vineyards.
00:44:11.08\00:44:13.85
And then it talks
about in the Book of Malachi,
00:44:13.88\00:44:16.28
children will grow
up to a 100 years old.
00:44:16.32\00:44:19.12
You know, the
baby will put his hand
00:44:19.15\00:44:21.39
by the hole of the
serpent and not be bitten.
00:44:21.42\00:44:24.06
A lion shall be led by a lamb.
00:44:24.09\00:44:27.03
It talks about all these things,
00:44:27.10\00:44:28.40
but it does not address
marriage in the new earth.
00:44:28.43\00:44:32.27
Personally, I am
married one woman.
00:44:32.30\00:44:35.37
I'm gonna keep holding
onto her 'cause I want to have,
00:44:35.40\00:44:38.81
if in fact this question is,
00:44:38.84\00:44:40.84
yes, I won't be
looking to get married
00:44:40.88\00:44:43.01
in the new earth.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
I've often counseled
people as a marriage coach.
00:44:44.41\00:44:46.98
Sometimes I've said,
00:44:47.02\00:44:48.65
"Don't wait till heaven
to get married experience
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what we men
experienced down here,
00:44:51.99\00:44:54.22
marry somebody
that's not perfect.
00:44:54.26\00:44:56.83
So you could appreciate the way
that God looks at His church.
00:44:56.89\00:45:00.36
My wife is learning
about God through my life.
00:45:00.40\00:45:03.00
I'm learning about
Christ through her life.
00:45:03.06\00:45:05.30
The Lord wanted marriage
to be an example on earth
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of the relationship
between Christ and His church.
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So now having said
that, in the new earth,
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we're gonna all be perfect.
00:45:14.51\00:45:15.98
Christ's church
is gonna be perfect.
00:45:16.01\00:45:17.75
My wife is gonna be
perfect. I'm gonna be perfect.
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But the Bible doesn't talk about
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marriage in the new earth,
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but it says in Matthew 22:34,
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"In the resurrection,
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they neither marry
nor are given in marriage,
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but are like
angels of God in heaven."
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Amen.
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It leaves it to heaven,
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but it doesn't talk
about the new earth.
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Gotcha.
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Okay. Yes.
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I was gonna read similar,
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it's a similar
scripture in Luke 20,
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Luke, 20:34, 35 and 36,
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"And Jesus
answering said unto them,
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'The children
of this world marry
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and are given in marriage,
00:45:48.78\00:45:50.61
but they which
shall be accounted worthy
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to obtain that world,
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.08
and the
resurrection from the dead,
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neither marry nor
are given in marriage,
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neither can they die anymore,
00:45:59.69\00:46:01.12
for they are equal unto angels,
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unto the angels and
are the children of God
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being the children
of the resurrection."
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So it's pretty clear that
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there will not be
marriages in heaven.
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And so, there are
no marriages in heaven.
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There will be no children.
00:46:14.94\00:46:16.27
You know, I heard somebody say,
00:46:16.34\00:46:17.74
my father used to say
that actually he said,
00:46:17.77\00:46:19.54
you know, the only commandment
00:46:19.61\00:46:22.04
that people have really
kept is that one that says,
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"Be fruitful and multiply."
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That's good. That's good.
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.42
I think of 1 Corinthians 2.
00:46:31.45\00:46:34.02
I like this
scripture, 1 Corinthians 2:9,
00:46:34.06\00:46:36.66
"As it is written, eye
has not seen nor ear heard,
00:46:36.69\00:46:40.33
nor have entered
into the heart of man,
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.53
the things
which God has prepared
00:46:42.56\00:46:45.23
for those who love Him."
00:46:45.27\00:46:46.63
So when I read that scripture,
it reminds me that no matter
00:46:46.67\00:46:50.11
what we're going to
experience in heaven
00:46:50.14\00:46:52.51
and in the new earth,
00:46:52.54\00:46:53.88
it will be better
than anything we imagined.
00:46:53.91\00:46:55.71
That's right. And
it will be amazing.
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.85
Now this is not
from the Word of God.
00:46:57.88\00:46:59.81
This is just
Jill's talking right now.
00:46:59.85\00:47:02.38
So I might get a
letter or two about this.
00:47:02.42\00:47:04.65
But when I read
in the beginning,
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in the Garden of Eden,
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.06
what did God create
at the very beginning?
00:47:08.09\00:47:10.29
He created the Sabbath
and He created marriage.
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That's right.
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Those are the two institutions
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.13
which we saw from the beginning.
00:47:16.16\00:47:18.67
So in my simple mind,
00:47:18.70\00:47:20.47
the Sabbath
continues throughout eternity.
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.90
That's very clear
from the Word of God.
00:47:22.94\00:47:24.27
That's right.
00:47:24.31\00:47:25.64
Now, whether
marriage or some facet,
00:47:25.67\00:47:28.04
what that looks like will
continue in the new earth.
00:47:28.08\00:47:31.28
I don't know, but I'm
looking forward to find out
00:47:31.31\00:47:33.31
because that'll be better
than anything we ever imagined.
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.05
Right, right.
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.42
You know, I've
always thought, you know,
00:47:36.48\00:47:37.82
we're not gonna be
showing up in heaven.
00:47:37.85\00:47:39.45
And, you know,
00:47:39.49\00:47:40.82
I think
whatever the case may be,
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.19
we're gonna be
content and happy.
00:47:42.22\00:47:43.56
That's right.
00:47:43.63\00:47:44.96
'Cause we're
the presence of God.
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.33
I don't know that anybody
who's gonna show up to heaven
00:47:46.36\00:47:47.66
and be like, wait a second.
00:47:47.73\00:47:49.03
I'm not married.
00:47:49.06\00:47:50.40
This is
different what I thought,
00:47:50.43\00:47:51.77
I don't wanna here anymore.
00:47:51.80\00:47:53.13
They're gonna be
happy and content
00:47:53.17\00:47:54.50
with this beautiful
paradise that God has given us.
00:47:54.54\00:47:55.87
You know, it's sad.
00:47:55.90\00:47:57.24
I remember many years ago,
we turned on the television
00:47:57.27\00:48:00.44
and they were
announcing some music
00:48:00.51\00:48:04.18
that they were selling.
00:48:04.21\00:48:05.61
And there was a song that said,
"If there is no beer in heaven,
00:48:05.65\00:48:08.72
I don't want to go."
00:48:08.75\00:48:10.19
I said, "What in the world
is in the mind of this person."
00:48:10.22\00:48:13.25
This shows how corrupt
00:48:13.29\00:48:14.62
some people
have become to think,
00:48:14.66\00:48:16.16
well, if there's no
beer, I don't wanna go.
00:48:16.19\00:48:18.19
Believe me, God has
so many wonderful things,
00:48:18.23\00:48:21.43
much better than beer.
00:48:21.46\00:48:23.03
Believe it or not
for some of you that
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.33
like beer that much.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.64
Like I said, eyes have not seen,
00:48:27.67\00:48:29.54
neither have ears heard,
00:48:29.57\00:48:31.01
nor has entered
into the thoughts
00:48:31.04\00:48:32.61
of your mind
the wonderful things
00:48:32.64\00:48:34.31
that God has for us.
00:48:34.34\00:48:35.68
So I encourage
you to desire to be
00:48:35.71\00:48:37.95
among God's
people, and go to heaven.
00:48:37.98\00:48:39.78
Amen.
00:48:39.81\00:48:41.15
And I don't think that God
00:48:41.18\00:48:42.52
is going to get rid
of marriages either.
00:48:42.55\00:48:44.35
Right. Keep in
mind the heavenly part.
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.09
We talk about going to heaven.
00:48:46.12\00:48:47.89
The great
controversy is not yet settled.
00:48:47.92\00:48:50.49
We're gonna be in
heaven for a thousand years.
00:48:50.53\00:48:52.79
And the great controversy
00:48:52.83\00:48:54.13
is going to be
settled at the end of that
00:48:54.20\00:48:55.50
when sin and
sinners are destroyed.
00:48:55.53\00:48:57.00
So we're not gonna be up there
looking for a husband or wife,
00:48:57.03\00:48:59.77
but I believe in the new
earth, God is not gonna say,
00:48:59.80\00:49:02.34
well, John, I'm sorry.
00:49:02.37\00:49:03.71
You got to get rid of Angie.
Angie got to get rid of John.
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.17
No, I don't believe that
00:49:06.21\00:49:07.54
because it's such a
blessed institution.
00:49:07.58\00:49:08.91
Thank you, Jill,
for reminding us,
00:49:08.94\00:49:10.31
God wouldn't bless something
00:49:10.35\00:49:11.95
and say later on it's defective.
00:49:11.98\00:49:13.42
Gotcha. Wonderful.
00:49:13.48\00:49:14.82
All right.
00:49:14.85\00:49:16.18
We have about two
and a half minutes
00:49:16.22\00:49:17.55
to give one more
answer to another question.
00:49:17.59\00:49:19.49
This one comes from
Arizona and this person says,
00:49:19.52\00:49:22.22
"In the Bible, it
talks about divorce only
00:49:22.26\00:49:24.66
when one spouse is unfaithful.
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.03
If a couple divorces
because they grow apart
00:49:27.10\00:49:29.83
and one spouse is unfaithful,
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.97
perhaps after they
divorced or remarries,
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.54
is the other spouse
then free to remarry?"
00:49:34.57\00:49:39.21
Okay, good.
00:49:39.24\00:49:41.08
I'll let you start,
Jill, and then I'll go.
00:49:41.11\00:49:43.18
Well, I'll just jump
in and say absolutely.
00:49:43.21\00:49:45.68
I mean the principle,
00:49:45.71\00:49:47.05
we know that for
purposes of adultery,
00:49:47.08\00:49:49.15
if one of the partners in
marriage commits adultery,
00:49:49.18\00:49:52.35
that the other
spouse is free to remarry.
00:49:52.39\00:49:53.99
So I would say
if there was divorce
00:49:54.02\00:49:56.19
and someone else remarries,
00:49:56.22\00:49:57.59
then I would say they
would be free to remarry.
00:49:57.63\00:50:00.63
I have to say, you know,
00:50:00.66\00:50:01.96
that the
marriage institution is,
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.30
it was supposed to be for life.
00:50:04.33\00:50:05.83
I know there are situations now,
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.97
people make mistakes.
00:50:08.00\00:50:09.60
God is understanding
about those mistakes.
00:50:09.64\00:50:12.27
But when you're
talking about remarriage for,
00:50:12.31\00:50:16.28
as Jill has mentioned,
00:50:16.34\00:50:18.48
we have the guidance in
1 Corinthians Chapter 7,
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.98
is it or is it 2 Corinthians...
00:50:21.02\00:50:22.55
1 Corinthians Chapter 7 says,
00:50:22.58\00:50:24.12
that if you're going to remarry,
00:50:24.15\00:50:26.02
you should
marry with a believer.
00:50:26.05\00:50:28.59
That's right. So
please understand that.
00:50:28.62\00:50:31.03
Okay, if
adultery has taken place,
00:50:31.06\00:50:33.83
I'm gonna remarry.
00:50:33.90\00:50:35.20
You have, you...
00:50:35.23\00:50:36.56
The Bible gives us
a guidance to marry
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.80
within God's believing family.
00:50:38.83\00:50:40.60
Okay.
00:50:40.64\00:50:41.97
And quickly Matthew 19:8-9,
00:50:42.00\00:50:43.41
it says, Moses
talked about this.
00:50:43.47\00:50:45.41
God never
wanted divorce any way,
00:50:45.44\00:50:46.88
but he says,
"Because of the hardness
00:50:46.94\00:50:48.28
of your heart permitted
you to divorce your wives,
00:50:48.31\00:50:50.95
but from the
beginning, it was not so."
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.65
And he says in verse
9, "And I say to you,
00:50:52.68\00:50:54.55
whoever divorces his wife,
except for sexual immorality,
00:50:54.58\00:50:57.45
and marries
another, commits adultery,
00:50:57.49\00:50:59.72
and whoever marries her
00:50:59.75\00:51:03.26
who is divorced
commits adultery."
00:51:03.29\00:51:05.99
If there has been no
infraction in the relationship
00:51:06.03\00:51:08.23
and neither one
on legitimate grounds
00:51:08.26\00:51:10.43
have been set
free, then don't enter
00:51:10.47\00:51:12.27
into that relationship
from the very beginning.
00:51:12.30\00:51:14.04
It's not blessed. Amen.
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.70
Wonderful answer
on that. Absolutely.
00:51:15.74\00:51:17.64
You know, sometimes we'll
get these questions that are,
00:51:17.67\00:51:20.24
you know,
they're tough questions.
00:51:20.28\00:51:21.71
They're not, not that the Bible
doesn't provide a clear answer,
00:51:21.74\00:51:24.35
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gotta dig a little deeper
00:51:24.38\00:51:26.51
to know exactly what
God's will is in that instance.
00:51:26.58\00:51:29.58
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00:51:29.62\00:51:31.95
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00:51:31.99\00:51:33.92
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