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
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to another edition
of 3ABN Bible Q and A.
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That's right, this is
an opportunity for you
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to ask the questions.
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And we have a
wonderful panel here
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who is locked and
loaded and ready to go
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to answer your Bible
questions from the Bible.
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And I'm just reminded
as what the Bible tells us
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in John 17:17,
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that Your word O
lord is truth, right?
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He says,
"Sanctify them by the truth,
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your Word is truth."
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And we're all about the Bible,
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Bible truth here on this program
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and on the Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
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So I want to
formally welcome you.
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Thank you for joining us.
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My name is Ryan Day.
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And throughout this program,
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we're going to provide a
few opportunities for you
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to know exactly how to
send in those questions.
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So there's two
ways you can do that.
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The first opportunity,
of course, would be by text.
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So if you want to
text in your question,
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just simply text your
question to this number.
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It is (618) 228-3975.
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Again, that's (618) 228-3975.
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Or you can also email us
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your questions
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So send us those questions
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because we're excited to give
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a Bible answer
to those questions.
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And I have a
panel, family, friends
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who are ready to go, I know you,
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the Lord has blessed you
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and provided the answers for you
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and we're ready to go.
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I'm going to
start just introduce
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the panel across the way,
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there is Pastor John Lomacang.
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Always a blessing to
have you, my brother.
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Good to be here.
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We're looking forward
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to what God's word
is going to reveal.
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Amen. Amen.
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Of course, and we
have Miss Shelley Quinn,
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always a blessing
to have you as well.
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It's wonderful to be here
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looking forward
to answering these.
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Amen.
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And, of course, my
brother, Jason Bradley,
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always a blessing
to have you, brother.
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It's great to be
here and excited about
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opening the Word of
God and studying this out.
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Amen.
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The Bible says study
to show thyself approved
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unto God,
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a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth.
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And that's what
we're going to do today.
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But before we
get in right into it,
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Pastor Lomacang,
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if you would just
have our prayer as we open.
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Loving Father in
heaven, the privilege is ours.
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But this is an
opportunity, Lord,
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for us to trust the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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We want to honor You.
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We want to glorify
You through the answers.
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So what we have
written down, Lord,
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give us wisdom to impart it,
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that those
listening and watching
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may not only receive the answer,
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but they may know
that Jesus is the answer.
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So take this program, Lord,
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and glorify Your
name through Your Word.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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All right, Miss Shelley,
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this first
question is coming to you.
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Alrighty.
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And this comes from
Sherry from Pennsylvania.
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And she says this, she says,
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"Can you touch on
the root of Jesse,
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and the key of David
for a better understanding?
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Please provide scripture
to back up your answer."
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You bet, Sherry,
in Scripture root
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is used in a
figurative sense as source.
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The root of Jesse,
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if you look at the
context of Isaiah 11:10
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and Romans 15:12,
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it is clear that root of
Jesse is a messianic title,
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what Jessie was David's father,
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through whom the seed
of the Messiah was to come.
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And what Isaiah is depicting
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is that he's going to have
this glorious coming kingdom,
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which will result in the shoot,
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which shall bud
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and it looked like
David's tree had been cut down,
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but there was still that root.
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So the root of David
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is also used in Revelation 5:5
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and Revelation 22:16,
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another messianic title.
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Now the key of David,
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we need to, for the key of David
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follow the law of first mention.
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Go back and see where
that was mentioned first
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in the Bible so we
can better understand.
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And Isaiah 22, there
is a prophecy of Eliakim.
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And Isaiah 22:22 says,
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"The key of the house of David
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I will lay on his shoulder,
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so he shall open
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and no one shall shut,
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he shall shut and
no one shall open."
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Eliakim was appointed
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to have supervision
over the household of David.
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He controlled the access,
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the people who can
go in before the king,
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or he could refuse to
admit the people to the king.
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And we see in 1
Chronicles Chapter 9,
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he also had the key
to the house of God.
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So when Revelation 3:7, it says,
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"These things
says he who is holy,
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he is true,
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He who has the key of David
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he who opens and
no one shuts and shuts
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and no one opens."
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This figuratively represents
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Christ's
jurisdiction over the church,
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His total
sovereignty to grant access
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in to the Davidic kingdom,
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if you will.
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Amen. That was a
clear cut answer.
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And it was very
supported by scripture.
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I appreciate
that, Shelley. Amen.
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Jesus Christ, He
is the answer to all.
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Pastor, we're coming to
you now with this question.
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It says, "Will we still
look the same in heaven?
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Or will we look different?"
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I hope to look different,
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these big ears have
strung a bit with the years.
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But I might, it
might be my signature
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throughout eternity.
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However, in 1 Corinthians 15:49,
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the Bible says, we're
going to look different,
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all the evidence I
found in Scripture indicates
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we're going to be
looking different.
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1 Corinthians 15:49 says,
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"As we have borne in the
image of the man of dust,"
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that's Adam,
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"we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly man."
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And in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53,
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it starts out,
"Behold, I show you a mystery,
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we will not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed."
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It's not just
from mortal to immortal
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or from
corruptible to incorruptible,
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there's another change coming.
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Philippians 3:20-21,
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"For our
citizenship is in heaven,
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from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
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the Lord Jesus Christ,
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who will
transform our lowly body
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that it may be
conformed to His glorious body."
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So right now
we're in the lowly body,
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the
corruptible, the mortal body.
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And one of the evidences of that
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is found when
Jesus was resurrected.
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You have John 20:14-16.
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Mary was in by the
tomb having a conversation,
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and she didn't recognize Him.
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She thought He was the
gardener until He spoke.
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And John 20:15, verse 14,
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she supposing Him
to be the gardener,
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said, "Sir, if you
have carried Him away,
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tell me where you have laid Him,
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and I will take Him away."
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And Jesus said to her, "Mary,"
she turned in said to him,
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"Rabboni," which
is to say, teacher.
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So we will not
only look different,
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but I believe, as
has been the case,
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in this COVID environment,
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my face was fully
covered with sunglasses,
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and somebody says,
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"I recognize you by your voice."
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So we're going to
be physically changed,
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but I think God
is going to maintain
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some uniquenesses
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and each one of us has
a signature in our voice.
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And that's what I
believe the Scripture support.
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Amen. Excited about that.
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All right, Brother Jason,
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this is coming
from Mary in Alabama.
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Okay.
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And she says,
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"Is it okay for a Christian
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to choose cremation
over casket burial?"
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Hmm, good question.
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Yes, Mary, it is
okay for a Christian
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to choose cremation
over a casket burial.
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Nowhere in the Bible
does it forbid cremation
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or anything like that.
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One of the first
examples of cremation
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I've seen in the Bible
is in 1 Samuel 31:11-13,
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"Now when the
inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead
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heard what the
Philistines had done to Saul,
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all the valiant men
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arose and traveled all night,
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and took the body of Saul
and the bodies of his sons
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from the wall of Beth Shan,
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and they came to
Jabesh and burned them there.
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Then they took their
bones and buried them
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under the
tamarisk tree at Jabesh,
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and fasted seven days."
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So there are a few
things for us to consider.
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Number one, Genesis 3:19,
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"In the sweat of your face,
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you shall eat bread till
you return to the ground,
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for out of it you were taken,
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for dust you are and
to dust you shall return."
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Number two, Ecclesiastes 3:20,
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"All go to one place,
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all are from the dust
and all return to dust.
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And pastor just
quoted this verse here.
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1 Corinthians 15:51-53.
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"Behold, I tell you a mystery,
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we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed,
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in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
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at the last trumpet,
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for the trumpet will sound
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and the dead will
be raised incorruptible
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and we shall be changed,
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for this corruptible
must put on incorruption
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and this mortal
must put on immortality."
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So essentially, the
body is going to be,
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it's going to decompose.
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All cremation is doing is
accelerating that process.
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But nowhere in
Scripture is it forbidden
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to choose cremation
over a casket burial.
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Amen. Great answer, brother.
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I don't know about you.
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But I just want
to make sure have,
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you know, must I
die in this lifetime,
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I just want to
make sure I wake up
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on the right resurrection.
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That's right. Amen.
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A better
resurrection. That's right.
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Praise the Lord.
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And you may be
joining us for the first time,
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this may be a
new program to you,
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or you just may be
a returning viewer.
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Either way, we want to
tell you how you can send in
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your questions.
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And so, there's two
ways you can do that.
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First, you can
text us your question,
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and the number for
that is (618) 228-3975.
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Again (618) 228-3975.
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So text us your answer
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or you can email
us your answer at,
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excuse me, BibleQA@3abn.org.
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Again, that's BibleQA@3abn.org.
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So send us in your questions,
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and we will
provide a Bible answer.
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All right,
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Pastor, we're
coming right back to you.
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Okay.
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And this question is, it says,
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"Is the Mormons
baptism for the dead
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the same as purgatory
is for the Catholics?"
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Quick answer, no.
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Purgatory is a
non-scriptural teaching
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that there is a place
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where the dead go
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before they are
assigned to their final destiny.
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That's not
supported by Scripture.
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It was a method
used during the Dark Ages
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to raise money for
the Catholic Church.
00:12:21.77\00:12:23.77
And many people
paid to priests to pay,
00:12:23.81\00:12:26.64
pray their loved one out
of purgatory into heaven.
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On the same note,
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the place called
limbo was created for babies
00:12:31.91\00:12:33.92
that were not baptized.
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That's why they baptize babies.
00:12:35.35\00:12:36.89
But the baptism for the
dead might be alluded to
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by the scripture
in 1 Corinthians 15:29
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where Paul treated beautifully
00:12:42.06\00:12:43.83
when he says, 1
Corinthians 15:29.
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Otherwise speaking
about the resurrection,
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what will they do who
are baptized for the dead.
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If the dead do not rise at all,
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why then are they
baptized for the dead?
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And that they there,
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I did some research
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was connected to a
group called Cerenthians,
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not Corinthians, the Cerenthians
00:13:03.58\00:13:05.15
that lived during 50 to 100 AD,
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they called it
the 50-100 AD, CE,
00:13:08.35\00:13:12.19
the Common Era
00:13:12.22\00:13:13.56
associated with
the Gregorian calendar.
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They had the
belief that they denied
00:13:15.76\00:13:18.36
the supremacy of God
00:13:18.39\00:13:19.73
that He was the
creator of the world.
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And so they sought a
different way for salvation
00:13:21.13\00:13:23.63
for their dead.
00:13:23.67\00:13:25.07
And if the dead
did not know God,
00:13:25.10\00:13:26.53
they said, "Well,
we need to be baptized
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for them."
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And but the church fathers,
00:13:29.47\00:13:30.81
they call them
the hierosologists.
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These are those who
studied all the heresies
00:13:33.64\00:13:35.94
that had began to
creep into Christianity.
00:13:35.98\00:13:38.28
They denied the Cerenthians
00:13:38.31\00:13:40.32
and said, this
is not scriptural.
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You need to, you need to abandon
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this ideology altogether.
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And so much so that
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all the common
Christian groups today
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such as Eastern Orthodox,
even Oriental Orthodox,
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Roman Catholics, and
Protestants all together,
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refute this idea
that there is a chance
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for somebody who is
dead to still be saved.
00:14:01.84\00:14:04.74
And they do it
on this scripture.
00:14:04.77\00:14:06.91
Hebrews 9:27,
00:14:06.98\00:14:08.91
"As it is
appointed for men once to die
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and after that the judgment."
00:14:12.75\00:14:15.58
So when a person is dead,
00:14:15.62\00:14:17.09
their case record is closed.
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No one can reverse
the life you've lived
00:14:19.15\00:14:21.66
after you have
taken your last breath.
00:14:21.69\00:14:24.13
That's why the Lord says,
today is the day of salvation.
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Now, is the acceptable time.
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When you take that last breath
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as the thief on the cross knew
00:14:32.03\00:14:33.60
when he was about to
take that last breath,
00:14:33.64\00:14:34.97
he said, "Wait a minute,
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there's no more
chance after this.
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Please remember me when
you come in your kingdom."
00:14:37.74\00:14:40.48
So you cannot be
baptized for the dead,
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because their case is
closed at the time of death.
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Amen. It is truth.
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All right, Miss Shelley,
00:14:48.48\00:14:49.82
this next question comes
to you and this is from Jenny.
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And she says, "We're
loving this new program
00:14:52.59\00:14:54.92
that you have.
00:14:54.96\00:14:56.46
Thank you for
providing this type of forum.
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My question is,
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how old was
Samuel when number one,
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a two part question
when he went to the temple,
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and two when the
Lord spoke to Him?
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Okay, well let's
review the story.
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In 1 Samuel Chapter 1,
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Hannah is a precious woman
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who is tearfully,
earnestly praying for a child.
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And God granted her Samuel,
00:15:22.12\00:15:25.05
the son Samuel as the
answer to her request,
00:15:25.09\00:15:28.26
and she was so grateful
she dedicated him to the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:27, "For this
child, I prayed," she said,
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"and the Lord has
granted my petition made him,
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therefore I have
given him to the Lord,
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as long as he lives
he is given to the Lord."
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And then if you look
at verse 24, it says,
00:15:44.44\00:15:48.18
"When she weaned him,
00:15:48.21\00:15:50.81
she brought him to
the house of the Lord."
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Jenny, the
Bible does not provide
00:15:54.78\00:15:57.19
the exact age
of when Samuel came
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to the
sanctuary there at Shiloh.
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What it says is
that when she weaned him,
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it was common practice
to breastfeed your child
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to three years old
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and not unheard of to
breastfeed to your five.
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But what we know is,
00:16:15.14\00:16:16.91
Samuel was raised
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from the time he was
weaned at the Shiloh sanctuary,
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the women who
tended to the tabernacle
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would have been the ones
who met his physical needs.
00:16:24.45\00:16:28.85
And then Eli was
the one who trained him
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in religious culture.
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In 1 Samuel 2:26, it says,
00:16:34.26\00:16:37.13
"He grew in
stature with favor in God."
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And then in 1 Samuel 3,
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we see that he has
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his first
prophetic meeting with God,
00:16:43.97\00:16:46.03
and hears a mysterious
voice calling Samuel, Samuel.
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And the first message
that God gives to Samuel
00:16:49.84\00:16:53.04
is to tell Eli
that he and his family
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are rejected as priest,
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because of the
sins of the son of Eli.
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But we again don't know
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for certain
most scholars believe
00:17:02.85\00:17:05.02
when he heard from
the Lord, he was 11 to 12.
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And Josephus,
00:17:08.52\00:17:09.86
who was the first
century Jewish historian said
00:17:09.89\00:17:14.40
that he was around 11
years old when God spoke.
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All right. Thank you for that.
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All right, Jason,
coming back to you.
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This question
comes from Dolores.
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And she says,
"Where in the Scripture
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does it talk
about country living,
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and that we need to be prepared?
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People talk about the
statement of Ellen G.White,
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who will spread
God's word in the city?"
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That's a good question.
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Well, nowhere in Scripture
does it specifically express
00:17:42.42\00:17:45.69
country living.
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.60
There is a place
in Matthew Chapter 24,
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where Jesus is pointing,
00:17:50.13\00:17:51.47
and He's talking
about the signs of the times
00:17:51.50\00:17:52.97
and fleeing Judea,
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and going to the
mountains, into the hills.
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But there's nowhere
that speaks of the mandate
00:17:57.51\00:18:01.94
for country living.
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Now, there are certain benefits
00:18:03.98\00:18:06.01
to living in the country.
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One, you have more land
00:18:07.95\00:18:10.02
possibly to grow your food,
00:18:10.05\00:18:12.82
you also have less
pollution, there's more time,
00:18:12.85\00:18:17.73
typically to grow
closer to the Lord.
00:18:17.76\00:18:21.83
A lot of people in the Bible
00:18:21.86\00:18:23.87
when they were
in the wilderness,
00:18:23.90\00:18:25.23
and had these
wilderness experiences,
00:18:25.27\00:18:27.57
they grew closer to
the Lord during that time.
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So those are a
few of the benefits.
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The other thing is,
00:18:33.71\00:18:35.04
if you look at the
environment that we're in now,
00:18:35.08\00:18:37.38
with this COVID,
whole COVID environment,
00:18:37.45\00:18:41.32
a lot of people
that are living in cities
00:18:41.35\00:18:43.42
are right on top of each other.
00:18:43.49\00:18:45.12
So it's very hard to
isolate, and quarantine,
00:18:45.15\00:18:49.29
and do all of those things.
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Because you're coming in contact
00:18:50.73\00:18:53.06
with so many people.
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Now, in terms of
who's going to reach
00:18:55.23\00:18:56.93
the cities,
00:18:56.97\00:18:59.13
the fact that you're watching
00:18:59.17\00:19:00.57
this broadcast is incredible
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.34
that God has opened the door
00:19:03.37\00:19:05.74
for this broadcast
and make it to cities,
00:19:05.77\00:19:09.04
to the country, to everywhere.
00:19:09.08\00:19:11.78
So the gospel is accessible,
00:19:11.81\00:19:14.25
you can pick up your smartphone,
00:19:14.28\00:19:15.75
and you can access
3ABN right there on the app.
00:19:15.78\00:19:18.62
So the gospel's going forward.
00:19:18.65\00:19:20.49
And if you live in the cities,
00:19:20.52\00:19:22.82
then you're to share the
gospel with your neighbor.
00:19:22.86\00:19:25.33
If you live in the country,
you're to share the gospel.
00:19:25.36\00:19:27.83
It's our job to
spread the gospel
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.93
no matter where we are.
00:19:29.96\00:19:31.73
Amen, appreciate
that, my brother.
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Beautiful.
00:19:33.20\00:19:34.54
All right, Shelley,
00:19:34.57\00:19:35.90
we're going to come back to you.
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Okay. All right.
00:19:37.34\00:19:38.67
This question actually
comes from a YouTube viewer
00:19:38.71\00:19:41.28
and they say, "How do we
know God is speaking to us?"
00:19:41.31\00:19:45.28
Ooh, let me go fast.
00:19:45.31\00:19:47.02
Divine means of communication,
scripture, the prophets,
00:19:47.05\00:19:50.29
Jesus Christ,
appearances of angel, creation,
00:19:50.32\00:19:54.39
creatures, answered prayers,
signs and circumstances,
00:19:54.42\00:19:58.09
visions, dreams,
00:19:58.13\00:19:59.63
then the audible voice
which Revelation 1:14-15 says
00:19:59.66\00:20:03.33
the audible voice of the Lord,
00:20:03.37\00:20:04.83
it's like the
sound of many waters.
00:20:04.87\00:20:07.20
And the still small
voice that Elijah heard
00:20:07.24\00:20:10.77
in 1 Kings 19:11-12.
00:20:10.81\00:20:13.64
God primarily speaks
to us through His Word.
00:20:13.68\00:20:16.81
It is God
breathed every scripture
00:20:16.85\00:20:19.21
and that's what 2
Timothy 3:16 says.
00:20:19.25\00:20:22.88
Hebrews 4:12 says, His
word is alive and active,
00:20:22.92\00:20:26.25
it's powerful.
00:20:26.29\00:20:27.66
In 1 Thessalonians 2:13 it says,
00:20:27.69\00:20:30.39
"It is in
truth, the Word of God,
00:20:30.43\00:20:33.36
which effectively
works in you who believe."
00:20:33.40\00:20:37.90
In James 1:21 says,
00:20:37.93\00:20:40.57
that when we
hear the Word of God
00:20:40.60\00:20:42.80
and implanted in our heart
00:20:42.84\00:20:44.34
has the power to save our souls.
00:20:44.37\00:20:46.27
Now, the still small
voice that Elijah heard,
00:20:46.31\00:20:48.88
I believe all of us
00:20:48.91\00:20:50.41
have at some point in time
00:20:50.48\00:20:51.81
as believers been
impressed with a thought
00:20:51.85\00:20:54.08
from the Holy Spirit.
00:20:54.15\00:20:55.98
Here's the way you
know it's the Holy Spirit,
00:20:56.02\00:20:58.19
it will never be
contrary to Scripture,
00:20:58.22\00:21:01.79
because the Spirit is the one
00:21:01.82\00:21:03.86
who helped guide the scriptures.
00:21:03.93\00:21:05.76
If you read the Book of
Acts, you see, in many instances
00:21:05.79\00:21:09.16
where the Holy
Spirit gave guidance
00:21:09.20\00:21:11.80
to the people of
the early church,
00:21:11.83\00:21:14.04
an example would be Acts 13:12.
00:21:14.10\00:21:17.17
But here's what Jesus
says about the Holy Spirit.
00:21:17.21\00:21:20.44
In John 16:13-15, he says,
00:21:20.48\00:21:24.01
"When He the
spirit of truth has come,
00:21:24.05\00:21:26.61
He will guide
you into all truth."
00:21:26.68\00:21:29.22
The Holy Spirit
will guide us into truth
00:21:29.25\00:21:31.99
He always exalts Jesus.
00:21:32.02\00:21:34.16
John 16:8 says,
00:21:34.22\00:21:35.82
"He convicts us of sin,
righteousness and judgment."
00:21:35.86\00:21:38.93
Galatians 5:22-25 says
00:21:38.96\00:21:42.03
that "He
develops the fruit in us."
00:21:42.06\00:21:44.40
So if you think the
Holy Spirit is leading you,
00:21:44.43\00:21:47.57
He will follow those parameters.
00:21:47.60\00:21:51.27
And 1 John 4:12,
00:21:51.31\00:21:53.11
I want you to pray
and test every spirit.
00:21:53.14\00:21:56.24
Make sure that it
is the Spirit of God.
00:21:56.28\00:22:00.22
Amen. Thank you for that.
00:22:00.25\00:22:01.92
All right, Pastor, Lomacang,
coming right back to you.
00:22:01.95\00:22:04.65
This person says,
"What does it mean
00:22:04.69\00:22:06.86
when God says the
evening and the morning
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.69
were the first day?"
00:22:09.72\00:22:11.16
Okay, evening and
the morning. I like that.
00:22:11.19\00:22:14.00
That is an amazing question
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.73
because many people think
that they go back actually,
00:22:15.76\00:22:21.94
what I saw in the question
was they were kind of asking,
00:22:21.97\00:22:24.64
well, since the
sun was not created
00:22:24.67\00:22:29.14
before the fourth day,
00:22:29.18\00:22:30.51
how was there an
evening and the morning,
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.41
and I want to go now,
first, to Genesis 1:5.
00:22:32.45\00:22:36.15
One of the things we
have to keep in mind is,
00:22:36.18\00:22:38.22
first of all,
nothing is impossible
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.85
for the Lord.
00:22:39.89\00:22:41.22
There are some miraculous events
00:22:41.26\00:22:42.79
that took place at
the creation of our world.
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.93
We find in Genesis 1:5,
00:22:44.96\00:22:46.96
"God called the light day,
00:22:47.00\00:22:49.63
and the
darkness He called night.
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.63
So the evening and the
morning were the first day."
00:22:51.67\00:22:54.20
Now, when you look
at the context of that
00:22:54.24\00:22:56.64
you find in the Bible,
00:22:56.67\00:22:58.01
that when the Lord
looked at the earth,
00:22:58.04\00:22:59.37
it was without form and void,
00:22:59.41\00:23:01.04
and darkness was
upon the face of the deep.
00:23:01.08\00:23:03.65
And God said,
"Let there be light,"
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.15
and there was light.
00:23:05.18\00:23:06.55
There's a presupposition
00:23:06.58\00:23:07.92
that light only
comes from the sun.
00:23:07.95\00:23:09.95
But in fact, divinely speaking,
that could not be the case.
00:23:09.98\00:23:14.46
Why did He then make the sun
00:23:14.49\00:23:16.83
and why then was
there some heavenly body
00:23:16.86\00:23:21.26
to ordain the difference
between the day and the night.
00:23:21.30\00:23:24.27
Very quickly here,
Genesis 1:16 and 18.
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.10
"Then God made two great lights,
00:23:27.14\00:23:28.57
the greater
light to rule the day
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.37
and the lesser
light to rule the night,
00:23:30.41\00:23:31.94
He made the stars also,
00:23:31.97\00:23:33.68
and to rule over the
day and over the night,
00:23:33.74\00:23:36.14
and to divide the
light from the darkness.
00:23:36.18\00:23:38.95
And God saw that it was good."
00:23:38.98\00:23:41.98
One of the things that
we have to keep in mind
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.45
is we have
regions around the world.
00:23:43.49\00:23:45.89
And there's another
question that came upon this,
00:23:45.92\00:23:47.92
and I'll wait till
that question comes up.
00:23:47.96\00:23:49.99
But the evening
that the day is segmented
00:23:50.03\00:23:52.99
into evening and morning.
00:23:53.03\00:23:55.33
It has four
parts to the morning,
00:23:55.36\00:23:57.50
and four parts to the evening.
00:23:57.53\00:23:59.23
One of the examples you find
00:23:59.27\00:24:00.67
is when the disciples
were speaking in tongues,
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.27
they said they
couldn't be drunk.
00:24:03.30\00:24:04.64
It's only the
third hour of the day.
00:24:04.67\00:24:06.57
So when you study the Bible,
00:24:06.61\00:24:07.94
the Bible has four
watches of the day,
00:24:07.98\00:24:10.05
four watches of the
night, and by the clock,
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.75
they determined
these four watches
00:24:12.78\00:24:14.22
are morning,
00:24:14.25\00:24:15.58
and these four
watches are evening,
00:24:15.62\00:24:17.29
whether the sun is up or not.
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.46
All right, it's all
an answer. I like that.
00:24:20.49\00:24:23.43
All right, Brother
Jason, coming back to you.
00:24:23.46\00:24:26.53
This person says,
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.53
"Is it okay to stay
single and not get married
00:24:28.56\00:24:32.57
because I find it hard to
fall in love with a woman.
00:24:32.60\00:24:35.84
Honestly, I'm
attracted to same sex
00:24:35.87\00:24:38.34
and I know this is really wrong.
00:24:38.37\00:24:40.94
So for now, my
option is to stay single
00:24:40.98\00:24:44.38
than marry a lady
without feeling the love.
00:24:44.41\00:24:47.28
I'm 30 years old
00:24:47.32\00:24:48.65
and I'm praying for
God's intervention?"
00:24:48.68\00:24:51.72
Yeah, that's a heavy question.
00:24:51.75\00:24:54.49
You know, it's
better to stay single
00:24:54.52\00:24:56.39
and be celibate
00:24:56.42\00:24:57.76
than to get married
for the wrong reasons.
00:24:57.79\00:25:03.23
I truly appreciate number one
the sincerity in your question,
00:25:03.26\00:25:06.97
the fact that
you're reaching out
00:25:07.04\00:25:08.37
and you're asking this question
00:25:08.40\00:25:09.74
as opposed to
just trying to justify
00:25:09.77\00:25:11.67
wrong behavior
00:25:11.71\00:25:13.04
or anything you want
to do the right thing
00:25:13.07\00:25:14.41
and it really shows
00:25:14.44\00:25:15.78
that the Holy Spirit
is working on your heart.
00:25:15.81\00:25:19.75
But Romans 1:26-27,
00:25:19.78\00:25:25.12
"For this
reason God gave them up
00:25:25.15\00:25:27.29
to vile passions,
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.69
for even their women
exchange the natural use
00:25:28.72\00:25:31.66
for what is against nature.
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.40
Likewise, also, the men
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.40
leaving the
natural use of the woman
00:25:35.43\00:25:37.33
burned in their
lust for one another,
00:25:37.37\00:25:39.53
men with men
committing what is shameful
00:25:39.57\00:25:41.97
and receiving in themselves
00:25:42.00\00:25:43.37
the penalty of their
error which was due."
00:25:43.41\00:25:47.48
1 Corinthians 6:9-11,
00:25:47.54\00:25:51.15
"Do you not know
that the unrighteous
00:25:51.18\00:25:53.58
will not inherit
the kingdom of God,
00:25:53.62\00:25:55.85
do not be deceived
neither fornicators,
00:25:55.88\00:25:58.22
nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
00:25:58.25\00:26:03.26
nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revealers,
00:26:03.29\00:26:07.23
nor extortioners
00:26:07.23\00:26:08.56
will inherit
the kingdom of God."
00:26:08.60\00:26:10.87
Now here is the
part that's for you.
00:26:10.90\00:26:14.14
"And such were some of you,
00:26:14.17\00:26:18.31
but you were washed,
but you were sanctified,
00:26:18.34\00:26:21.54
but you were justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus,
00:26:21.58\00:26:25.35
and by the spirit of our God."
00:26:25.38\00:26:28.25
God can transform your life
00:26:28.28\00:26:30.89
and take those
unnatural affections away
00:26:30.92\00:26:34.66
and homosexuality is a sin,
00:26:34.69\00:26:36.86
but God is in the business
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.79
of giving us victory over sin.
00:26:38.83\00:26:42.00
So I want you to
remain encouraged
00:26:42.03\00:26:45.43
and I'd also like to
share this resource with you,
00:26:45.47\00:26:48.07
you can go to
comingoutministries.org
00:26:48.10\00:26:51.67
comingoutministries.org
00:26:51.71\00:26:53.84
and they should
be able to help you
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.71
and share with you
their journey as well.
00:26:56.75\00:27:00.45
Amen. Appreciate that, brother.
00:27:00.48\00:27:01.92
And again,
00:27:01.95\00:27:03.28
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00:27:13.66\00:27:15.50
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00:27:15.53\00:27:17.83
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This is exciting, I love this
00:27:44.96\00:27:46.29
that we can come
together like this,
00:27:46.33\00:27:47.93
as the Bible says come
together, reason together
00:27:47.96\00:27:50.07
and allow God's
Word to speak to us.
00:27:50.13\00:27:52.70
And so, I love where
Jesus says in Matthew 4:4,
00:27:52.73\00:27:56.30
He says, "You
know it is written,
00:27:56.34\00:27:57.87
man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:27:57.91\00:27:59.24
but by every word that proceeds
00:27:59.27\00:28:01.18
from the mouth of God."
00:28:01.21\00:28:02.54
And that's certainly
what we're doing right now.
00:28:02.58\00:28:04.61
So, again, we
thank you for joining us.
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.68
We're going to
continue on with our questions.
00:28:06.75\00:28:09.68
I'm coming to you Miss Shelley.
00:28:09.72\00:28:11.52
This person says
00:28:11.55\00:28:13.19
and this actually comes
from Shayla in North Carolina,
00:28:13.22\00:28:16.66
and Shayla says,
00:28:16.69\00:28:18.03
"How do I let go of my
past mistakes and sins,
00:28:18.06\00:28:21.66
and forgive myself and others?
00:28:21.70\00:28:23.97
I feel lost and
far from God sometimes
00:28:24.00\00:28:26.40
and I go into a
spiral of fear, guilt,
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.04
shame and uncertainty?"
00:28:30.11\00:28:31.97
I wish I had an hour
to answer you, Shayla.
00:28:32.01\00:28:34.41
But hear the word of
the Lord in Isaiah 1:18.
00:28:34.44\00:28:37.75
He says, "Come now
let us reason together,
00:28:37.78\00:28:40.95
though your sins are as scarlet
00:28:40.98\00:28:43.18
they shall be white as snow."
00:28:43.22\00:28:45.12
In 1 John 1:9, it says,
00:28:45.15\00:28:47.56
"If we confess our sins,
00:28:47.59\00:28:49.29
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:28:49.32\00:28:51.86
and to cleanse us of
all unrighteousness."
00:28:51.89\00:28:55.86
The challenge is to
receive God's forgiveness
00:28:55.90\00:28:59.53
because that is how we
escaped the devil's trap
00:28:59.57\00:29:03.44
and extricate ourselves
from that condemnation.
00:29:03.47\00:29:07.04
I want you to read Psalm 51.
00:29:07.11\00:29:09.94
Let me give you a
couple of examples.
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.98
Great Psalm with repentance.
00:29:12.01\00:29:13.88
Psalm 51:2-3, David
has committed adultery,
00:29:13.95\00:29:19.45
he's committed a
guilty of murder,
00:29:19.49\00:29:21.89
and he's writing or
praying to the Lord,
00:29:21.92\00:29:25.06
"Wash me
thoroughly for my iniquity,
00:29:25.09\00:29:27.56
cleanse me from my sin.
00:29:27.60\00:29:29.40
For I acknowledge
my transgressions,
00:29:29.43\00:29:31.93
my sin is always before me."
00:29:31.97\00:29:34.17
And then in verse 7, Psalm 51:7,
00:29:34.24\00:29:36.81
"He's washed me
00:29:36.84\00:29:38.17
and I will be whiter than snow."
00:29:38.21\00:29:40.28
And then in verse 12, he says,
00:29:40.31\00:29:42.31
"O restore to me the
joy of Your salvation,
00:29:42.34\00:29:46.82
uphold me by
Your generous spirit."
00:29:46.85\00:29:49.82
I want you to pray
that over your life
00:29:49.85\00:29:51.82
because that's what you need.
00:29:51.85\00:29:53.36
I have a friend who
could not forgive herself.
00:29:53.39\00:29:56.66
And she was talking
with a pastor one day
00:29:56.73\00:29:59.13
and he said, "Do you
believe God's forgiven you?"
00:29:59.16\00:30:01.10
She said "Yes."
00:30:01.13\00:30:02.46
And he said,
"Then don't you think
00:30:02.50\00:30:03.83
it's a little
egotistical for you
00:30:03.87\00:30:05.57
not to forgive yourself?
00:30:05.60\00:30:07.00
Are you bigger than God?"
00:30:07.04\00:30:08.64
She got mad and she got over it.
00:30:08.67\00:30:11.07
Shayla, in Isaiah 43:18-19,
00:30:11.11\00:30:14.31
God says,
00:30:14.34\00:30:15.68
"Forget the former things,
00:30:15.71\00:30:17.78
do not dwell on the
past, I am doing a new thing."
00:30:17.81\00:30:22.52
And He says in Matthew 6:14-15,
00:30:22.55\00:30:25.49
that we've got to forgive others
00:30:25.52\00:30:27.36
their transgressions as well.
00:30:27.42\00:30:29.86
Forgiveness helps
us to release the past,
00:30:29.89\00:30:32.73
and it does more for our benefit
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.73
even then for the offenders.
00:30:34.76\00:30:37.67
Amen. Thank you
so much for that.
00:30:37.70\00:30:39.37
Shelley, I appreciate that.
00:30:39.40\00:30:40.80
All right, Pastor Lomacang,
we're coming back to you.
00:30:40.87\00:30:43.17
This person says,
00:30:43.20\00:30:44.54
"The Bible talks about the mark,
00:30:44.57\00:30:46.31
the name or the number.
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.54
Why don't you talk more
about the name and the number?"
00:30:48.58\00:30:50.71
Well, I don't know
00:30:50.78\00:30:52.11
if that's a
personal reference to me,
00:30:52.15\00:30:53.48
because I talk
about all three of them.
00:30:53.52\00:30:55.18
I guess it may be
somebody who has only talked
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.32
about the name and
the number, not the mark.
00:30:57.35\00:30:59.89
Now, Revelation 13:17
is I believe the scripture
00:30:59.92\00:31:02.79
that maybe what
you're referring to.
00:31:02.82\00:31:05.03
But I'll read it for
you, Revelation 13:17,
00:31:05.06\00:31:07.20
"That no one may buy or sell
00:31:07.23\00:31:10.37
except one has the mark,
00:31:10.43\00:31:12.37
or the name of the beast
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.37
or the number of his name."
00:31:14.40\00:31:18.74
Now as it relates to the mark,
00:31:18.77\00:31:20.54
the name and number,
00:31:20.58\00:31:22.28
several attempts have
been made throughout the years.
00:31:22.31\00:31:24.81
I remember far enough back
00:31:24.85\00:31:26.25
when Procter and
Gamble had a soap,
00:31:26.28\00:31:28.22
a bar of soap
with the stars on it.
00:31:28.25\00:31:30.39
People didn't want to buy that,
00:31:30.45\00:31:31.79
because they saw on the side
00:31:31.82\00:31:33.15
look like stars
in the shape of 666.
00:31:33.19\00:31:35.72
And I remember years
ago, Mikhail Gorbachev,
00:31:35.76\00:31:39.19
they said he had,
his name was associated,
00:31:39.23\00:31:43.40
he had a big
mark on his forehead,
00:31:43.43\00:31:45.27
it was a birthmark.
00:31:45.30\00:31:46.87
And they said,
"Well, he is the beast,
00:31:46.90\00:31:48.90
must be the sign of
the mark of the beast."
00:31:48.94\00:31:50.54
And Ronald
Reagan, he had three names
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.27
with six letters in each.
00:31:52.31\00:31:54.01
He said, "Well,
he must be the leader
00:31:54.04\00:31:55.94
to bring the mark of
the beast upon the nation."
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.51
And then when
the barcode came out,
00:31:58.55\00:32:00.42
that really threw
everybody into a tailspin.
00:32:00.45\00:32:02.88
You've even had
book covers with barcodes
00:32:02.92\00:32:04.95
on people's
foreheads and on their hands,
00:32:04.99\00:32:07.06
they're going to scan you.
00:32:07.09\00:32:08.42
There have been
many attempts by people
00:32:08.46\00:32:09.86
to somehow duplicate
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.69
what God has put in His
Word as a spiritual mark.
00:32:11.73\00:32:15.80
Now, the mark of
the beast is a symbol
00:32:15.83\00:32:17.80
pointing to the identity
of the system of the beast.
00:32:17.83\00:32:20.74
When you are identified as
a person allegiant to that,
00:32:20.80\00:32:23.87
you receive a mark.
00:32:23.91\00:32:25.24
I'll give you an example.
00:32:25.27\00:32:26.64
In Ezekiel 9,
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.01
Revelation 7 and
Ezekiel 9 are associated.
00:32:28.04\00:32:30.21
Revelation 7 is
the shorter version,
00:32:30.25\00:32:32.78
Ezekiel 9 is the
expanded version,
00:32:32.81\00:32:35.58
and you find in Ezekiel 9,
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.15
speaking about angels
00:32:37.19\00:32:38.75
that came from the
way of the higher gate
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.42
and they went throughout Israel.
00:32:40.46\00:32:42.16
And they began with the elders,
00:32:42.19\00:32:43.93
and they put a
mark on their foreheads.
00:32:43.99\00:32:46.66
What does the mark mean?
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.00
When the Bible speaks
about a mark on their forehead,
00:32:48.03\00:32:49.86
by your beliefs,
00:32:49.90\00:32:51.30
and the mark in the
hand by your support.
00:32:51.33\00:32:53.87
So this is not something
that people are going to be
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.74
lining up to get,
00:32:55.77\00:32:57.14
but this simply are
indicators of your allegiance
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.58
to the system
that leads the world
00:33:00.61\00:33:02.34
to honor and worship the beast.
00:33:02.38\00:33:04.31
Amen.
00:33:04.35\00:33:05.68
Solid answer, thank you, Pastor,
00:33:05.71\00:33:07.05
especially for two minutes.
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.45
That was a packed question.
00:33:08.48\00:33:10.89
I'm telling you.
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.25
All right. All right.
00:33:12.29\00:33:13.66
Jason, we're coming back to you.
00:33:13.69\00:33:15.02
This person says,
actually, this is Kabera.
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.83
I guess that's
how you would say it.
00:33:17.86\00:33:20.00
And if I'm butchering
that name, I apologize.
00:33:20.03\00:33:21.93
Kabera is what it seems to say.
00:33:21.96\00:33:24.90
The question is,
"I would love to get
00:33:24.93\00:33:26.70
the panel's advice
00:33:26.74\00:33:28.07
to a person born
00:33:28.10\00:33:29.97
in a Seventh-day Adventist home,
00:33:30.01\00:33:32.11
because it's like
you were born in this hub
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.04
of immense knowledge of truth
00:33:35.08\00:33:36.58
and sometimes
familiarity breeds contempt
00:33:36.61\00:33:40.28
or even fail to recognize
the goodness and love of Christ
00:33:40.32\00:33:44.05
as opposed
00:33:44.09\00:33:45.42
to someone who has come
from drugs or atheism, etc.
00:33:45.45\00:33:49.92
And also the fear
that to whom much is given
00:33:49.99\00:33:53.56
much will be required of him."
00:33:53.60\00:33:56.90
Well, we're going to
take it to the dinner table,
00:33:56.93\00:33:58.43
my favorite place.
00:33:58.47\00:34:00.34
Kabera, I want
you to picture this,
00:34:00.37\00:34:03.44
I want you to imagine
00:34:03.51\00:34:04.84
that you're at let's say,
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.21
your mom, or, you
know, your mom's house
00:34:06.24\00:34:09.31
or some family member's
house and it's dinner time,
00:34:09.34\00:34:11.78
and they're in there
00:34:11.81\00:34:13.15
and they're cooking this dinner,
00:34:13.18\00:34:14.52
and they've got all
your favorites being made.
00:34:14.55\00:34:16.48
It's delicious. It smells great.
00:34:16.52\00:34:19.92
And everybody at the house
has a plate, except for you.
00:34:19.95\00:34:24.13
Everybody is
sitting down at the table
00:34:24.16\00:34:26.23
and they've got this
delicious looking meal
00:34:26.26\00:34:28.36
sitting right in front of them
00:34:28.40\00:34:29.73
and you see the
joy on their faces
00:34:29.76\00:34:31.93
and you smell those smells.
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.70
And you hear the
descriptive phrases
00:34:34.74\00:34:36.60
that they're using to describe
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.21
how delicious the food is.
00:34:38.24\00:34:41.01
But yet, your
stomach is rumbling
00:34:41.04\00:34:43.61
and your taste
buds aren't satisfied.
00:34:43.65\00:34:47.18
But everybody else is eating.
00:34:47.22\00:34:49.42
That's like our
relationship with Christ.
00:34:49.45\00:34:51.45
We can't, our taste buds
00:34:51.49\00:34:53.76
aren't going to be satisfied
unless we taste and see
00:34:53.82\00:34:56.83
that the Lord is good.
00:34:56.89\00:34:58.23
And Psalm 34:8 says just that,
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.86
"O taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.47
Blessed is the
man who trust in Him."
00:35:03.50\00:35:06.23
Now, in regards
to the second part
00:35:06.27\00:35:08.47
of your statement,
00:35:08.50\00:35:09.84
I'd like to share
these two verses with you,
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.71
James 2:14.
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.81
And it says,
"What does it profit
00:35:14.84\00:35:16.75
my brethren,
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.11
if someone says he has faith,
00:35:18.15\00:35:20.42
but does not have works.
00:35:20.45\00:35:21.78
Can faith save him?
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.59
And James 2:18, which says,
00:35:23.62\00:35:26.12
"But someone will
say you have faith,
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.56
and I have works,
00:35:28.59\00:35:29.92
show me your
faith without your works
00:35:29.96\00:35:31.89
and I will show you
my faith by my works."
00:35:31.93\00:35:36.63
We should embrace an attitude
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.50
of what can I do
to live out my faith
00:35:38.53\00:35:43.20
on a deeper level.
00:35:43.24\00:35:44.94
And I think that that
should be our attitude.
00:35:44.97\00:35:48.74
All right,
Brother, thank you for that.
00:35:48.78\00:35:50.81
Pastor Lomacang
coming back to you.
00:35:50.85\00:35:52.18
Okay.
00:35:52.21\00:35:53.55
This person, I actually
enjoyed this next question,
00:35:53.58\00:35:55.45
because I'm eager
to hear your response.
00:35:55.48\00:35:56.85
All right.
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.22
This person says, "Is it okay
00:35:58.25\00:35:59.69
for Seventh-day
Adventist like myself
00:35:59.72\00:36:02.12
to visit other churches,
different denominations,
00:36:02.16\00:36:05.36
or those that go
to church on Sunday?"
00:36:05.39\00:36:07.13
Okay.
00:36:07.23\00:36:08.53
Let me establish something
from the very beginning
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.37
the words of Jesus, John 10:16,
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.80
"Other sheep I have
which are not of this fold,
00:36:12.83\00:36:16.84
them also I must bring
and they will hear my voice
00:36:16.91\00:36:19.54
and there will be one
fold and one shepherd."
00:36:19.57\00:36:22.38
So Jesus outright,
00:36:22.41\00:36:24.25
even in the
journey of the disciples
00:36:24.28\00:36:26.35
on the Sea of Galilee,
00:36:26.38\00:36:27.95
when He set out to journey,
00:36:27.98\00:36:29.32
the Bible says
other little boats
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.45
were also with Him.
00:36:31.49\00:36:32.82
He had followers in other ships.
00:36:32.85\00:36:34.52
The difference
is, when you read,
00:36:34.56\00:36:36.42
when I read John 10:16, he says,
00:36:36.46\00:36:38.36
"Them also I must bring,
00:36:38.39\00:36:40.03
He doesn't say that we joined
00:36:40.10\00:36:41.60
that flock where they are."
00:36:41.63\00:36:43.33
He says, "Them
also I must bring."
00:36:43.37\00:36:45.60
I've to ask the question,
00:36:45.63\00:36:47.00
what is the
purpose of your visit?
00:36:47.04\00:36:48.37
Because I have in the past
when I was in the singing group
00:36:48.40\00:36:50.57
Heritage singers,
00:36:50.61\00:36:51.94
we sang at many Sunday churches.
00:36:51.97\00:36:53.94
We sang at any denomination
that invited us to sing.
00:36:53.98\00:36:56.95
Well, I used
every opportunity to do
00:36:57.01\00:36:58.95
was give out Great Controversy,
00:36:58.98\00:37:01.12
Desire of Ages and
Steps to Christ to pastors,
00:37:01.15\00:37:03.45
to people,
00:37:03.52\00:37:04.85
anybody that came
for the altar call.
00:37:04.89\00:37:06.79
What I don't
want to do is indict,
00:37:06.82\00:37:09.79
indict people as
being non-Christians
00:37:09.82\00:37:11.96
that don't love the Lord
that go to church on Sunday.
00:37:11.99\00:37:14.46
What I want to be very careful
to do is Deuteronomy 12:30,
00:37:14.50\00:37:17.97
because this is where
the seduction is coming in.
00:37:18.00\00:37:20.54
You see the
Hebrews when they were told
00:37:20.57\00:37:22.17
on the Plain of
Dura to bow down,
00:37:22.20\00:37:24.34
when the music
play, they didn't bow.
00:37:24.37\00:37:26.21
Why?
00:37:26.24\00:37:27.84
Because it was
not the instruments.
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.18
But when music leads you
to bow at the wrong altar,
00:37:30.25\00:37:34.12
it ceases to be
worship to the true God.
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.79
And music today
is leading people
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.39
to the wrong altar.
00:37:38.42\00:37:39.75
And they're getting satisfied,
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.12
and I know many
former Adventists
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.76
that started on
their musical journey,
00:37:42.79\00:37:44.99
and they are now
no longer Adventists.
00:37:45.03\00:37:47.23
And that's why
Deuteronomy 12:30,
00:37:47.30\00:37:49.23
is very key in my final answer.
00:37:49.26\00:37:51.67
The Lord says,
"Take heed to yourself
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.50
that you are not
ensnared to follow after them,
00:37:53.54\00:37:58.11
and that you do not inquire
00:37:58.14\00:37:59.74
after their God's saying,
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.98
'How did these
nations serve their gods,
00:38:02.01\00:38:05.55
I also will do likewise.'"
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.22
We must only serve
the Lord and worship Him
00:38:08.25\00:38:11.05
in spirit and in truth.
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.62
So if I go, I'm
going to be a witness
00:38:12.65\00:38:14.66
to someone not to become,
00:38:14.69\00:38:16.89
we're not to
become what they are
00:38:16.96\00:38:18.79
and stay where they are.
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.93
Amen. Great answer.
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.26
All right.
00:38:22.30\00:38:23.67
Miss Shelley, coming back to you
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.03
this question says,
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.97
and this is, okay,
this question says,
00:38:27.04\00:38:29.70
"I've come to
believe Jesus Christ,
00:38:29.74\00:38:32.17
come to believe in Jesus Christ,
00:38:32.21\00:38:33.98
but I'm getting confused
about His true personality
00:38:34.01\00:38:37.55
as God Himself
or the Son of God?
00:38:37.58\00:38:40.98
Is Jesus Christ God
Himself or is He a Son of God?
00:38:41.02\00:38:45.65
I hope I don't confuse
you in this short answer.
00:38:45.69\00:38:48.02
I will be speaking
on this at camp meeting.
00:38:48.06\00:38:50.53
Root of Jesse, root of David,
00:38:50.56\00:38:52.23
messianic titles, Son
of God, messianic title.
00:38:52.26\00:38:55.53
The divine
essence of Jesus Christ
00:38:55.56\00:38:59.17
is was Eternal God.
00:38:59.20\00:39:02.67
He is the second
person of the Godhead,
00:39:02.70\00:39:05.31
our Creator. John 1:1-3 says,
00:39:05.34\00:39:08.41
"In the beginning was the
Word, the Word was with God,
00:39:08.44\00:39:10.61
the Word was God.
00:39:10.68\00:39:12.48
And He was with
God in the beginning."
00:39:12.51\00:39:14.48
And it says,
00:39:14.52\00:39:15.85
"All things were
made through Him.
00:39:15.88\00:39:17.25
Without Him nothing
was made that was made."
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.35
Philippians 2:5-8 says,
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.79
"Christ was eternal God.
00:39:21.82\00:39:23.89
He didn't think
equality with God
00:39:23.96\00:39:26.16
was something to hold onto.
00:39:26.19\00:39:28.13
He humbled Himself,
00:39:28.16\00:39:29.73
He became a man
00:39:29.76\00:39:31.93
and He became
obedient to the point of death.
00:39:31.97\00:39:35.24
God required the
death penalty for sin.
00:39:35.27\00:39:38.94
God came down
00:39:38.97\00:39:40.68
and in the
person of Jesus Christ
00:39:40.71\00:39:42.54
became the last Adam
00:39:42.58\00:39:43.98
and paid that death penalty.
00:39:44.05\00:39:47.52
Revelation 13:8 says,
00:39:47.55\00:39:49.35
"He was the Lamb
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.72
who was slain
00:39:50.79\00:39:52.15
from the
foundation of the world."
00:39:52.19\00:39:53.66
This has always been God's plan
00:39:53.69\00:39:56.19
for salvation by
grace and redemption.
00:39:56.22\00:39:59.53
So the second person
of the Godhead came down
00:39:59.56\00:40:05.67
and became the Son of God.
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.84
The first person of the Godhead
00:40:07.87\00:40:09.57
became His Father.
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.11
Son of God is a covenant term.
00:40:11.14\00:40:14.58
It is used of a human being,
00:40:14.61\00:40:17.11
who is a
covenant son of promise.
00:40:17.15\00:40:20.38
We see, Adam was
called the son of God,
00:40:20.42\00:40:22.85
the nation of
Israel, is Adam was,
00:40:22.88\00:40:25.89
Luke 3:38, nation of Israel.
00:40:25.92\00:40:28.39
The son of God in Exodus 4:22.
00:40:28.42\00:40:31.33
Jeremiah 31:20, Hosea 1:11,
00:40:31.36\00:40:34.73
the king is referred
to as the son of God.
00:40:34.76\00:40:37.40
And Psalm 2:7,
00:40:37.43\00:40:38.77
Solomon is referred
to as the son of God.
00:40:38.80\00:40:41.44
In 2 Samuel 7:14.
00:40:41.47\00:40:43.87
And then Hebrews 1:5,
00:40:43.94\00:40:47.91
the first person of the Godhead,
00:40:47.94\00:40:49.98
looks at the person
of Jesus Christ and says,
00:40:50.01\00:40:52.78
"You are My Son,
00:40:52.81\00:40:55.02
today I have begotten You.
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.02
And again:
00:40:57.05\00:40:58.52
I will be to Him a Father,
00:40:58.55\00:41:00.66
He shall be to me a Son?"
00:41:00.69\00:41:03.93
At a point in time,
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.09
God became the
covenant Son of God.
00:41:06.13\00:41:09.63
But in Hebrews
1:8, God the Father,
00:41:09.66\00:41:12.20
declares the son's deity.
00:41:12.23\00:41:14.87
It says, "To the Son,"
00:41:14.90\00:41:17.07
He says, "Your throne,
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.81
O God is forever and ever."
00:41:18.84\00:41:21.61
Very quickly.
00:41:21.64\00:41:22.98
Firstborn is a covenant term,
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.38
which means preeminence.
00:41:25.41\00:41:27.38
Begotten is a covenant term,
00:41:27.42\00:41:30.09
which means you were
chosen for a covenant purpose.
00:41:30.15\00:41:33.66
And Son of God is
this same type of term.
00:41:33.72\00:41:38.66
Please watch our camp meeting.
00:41:38.69\00:41:41.13
I'll spend an hour on this.
00:41:41.16\00:41:43.30
That was good. That
was very, very good.
00:41:43.33\00:41:46.03
Lots to talk about
in such a short time,
00:41:46.07\00:41:48.07
she did a great job.
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.44
Thank you.
00:41:49.47\00:41:50.84
All right,
Jason, this person says,
00:41:50.87\00:41:53.31
"So do we have to go
to church to be Christian,
00:41:53.34\00:41:56.51
or believe in God?"
00:41:56.54\00:41:59.18
Well, if someone
chooses not to go to church,
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.98
then you'd be doing
yourself a great disservice.
00:42:02.02\00:42:05.39
Hebrews 10:23-25,
00:42:05.42\00:42:09.06
"Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope
00:42:09.09\00:42:11.99
without wavering,
00:42:12.03\00:42:13.40
for he who promised is faithful.
00:42:13.43\00:42:16.30
And let us consider one another
00:42:16.33\00:42:18.00
in order to stir up
love and good works,
00:42:18.03\00:42:20.74
not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together,
00:42:20.80\00:42:24.07
as is the manner of some
but exhorting one another.
00:42:24.11\00:42:27.78
And so much the more
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.91
as you see the day approaching."
00:42:29.94\00:42:32.95
As Christians or
followers of Christ,
00:42:32.98\00:42:35.65
as the name implies,
00:42:35.68\00:42:37.49
we should do what Jesus did.
00:42:37.55\00:42:39.15
Luke 4:16 says, "So
he came to Nazareth,
00:42:39.19\00:42:43.12
where He had been brought up.
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.03
And as His custom was,
00:42:45.06\00:42:46.86
He went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day,
00:42:46.90\00:42:51.17
and stood up to read."
00:42:51.20\00:42:53.40
Now, when you go to church,
00:42:53.47\00:42:55.27
you're surrounded by people
who will lift you up in prayer.
00:42:55.30\00:42:59.37
Acts 12:5-7,
00:42:59.41\00:43:02.48
"Peter was
therefore kept in prison,
00:43:02.51\00:43:05.28
but constant
prayer was offered to God
00:43:05.31\00:43:08.55
for him by the church.
00:43:08.58\00:43:10.62
And when Herod
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.02
was about to bring
him out that night,
00:43:12.05\00:43:14.26
Peter was sleeping
00:43:14.29\00:43:15.62
bound with two
chains between two soldiers,
00:43:15.66\00:43:18.69
and the guards before the door
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.40
were keeping the prison.
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.03
Now, behold, an
angel of the Lord
00:43:22.06\00:43:23.63
stood by him
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.00
and a light shone in the prison.
00:43:25.03\00:43:26.80
And he struck Peter on the side
00:43:26.84\00:43:29.04
and raised him up
saying, 'Arise quickly,'
00:43:29.07\00:43:31.74
and his chains
fell off his hands.'"
00:43:31.77\00:43:34.18
And you'll have to
read the rest of the story
00:43:34.24\00:43:36.04
in your Bible.
00:43:36.08\00:43:39.55
Okay, all right. All right.
00:43:39.58\00:43:41.85
Well, you know that, it
seems like that section,
00:43:41.88\00:43:44.42
you know, each of us
going back and forth.
00:43:44.45\00:43:46.72
It's just like rapid fire,
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.09
especially when we're trying
to say it in that two minute,
00:43:48.12\00:43:50.59
two minute time
frame, but this is the part
00:43:50.63\00:43:53.06
with the time
that we have remaining,
00:43:53.09\00:43:54.76
where I throw out
some extra questions,
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.23
some bonus questions,
00:43:57.30\00:43:58.63
and we let each
of you just kind of,
00:43:58.67\00:44:00.17
it's kind of a
free for all for you
00:44:00.24\00:44:01.57
to just jump in there
00:44:01.60\00:44:02.94
and again provide an answer
as the Lord gives it to you.
00:44:02.97\00:44:05.37
So this question
actually comes from Jayce.
00:44:05.41\00:44:08.91
And Jayce says,
00:44:08.94\00:44:10.75
"I attended an
Adventist University
00:44:10.78\00:44:12.65
when I was in college,
00:44:12.68\00:44:14.12
and I heard the concept
of fasting from my roommate.
00:44:14.15\00:44:18.05
She often said
that she would fast
00:44:18.09\00:44:19.92
when there's an
upcoming major exam.
00:44:19.95\00:44:23.12
I don't understand
why she was doing that.
00:44:23.16\00:44:25.79
Does God answer
prayers faster when we fast?
00:44:25.83\00:44:29.96
What's the purpose of
fasting and should we do it?"
00:44:30.03\00:44:34.10
Okay, I'm going to
jump in first on this.
00:44:34.14\00:44:36.97
Fasting is simply giving
up the cravings of our flesh.
00:44:37.01\00:44:41.91
Generally, we're
speaking of food, too,
00:44:41.94\00:44:44.75
because you have a
greater spiritual craving.
00:44:44.78\00:44:47.58
Does God ask us?
00:44:47.62\00:44:48.98
Listen to Joel 2:12,
00:44:49.02\00:44:53.32
"Now therefore," says the Lord,
00:44:53.36\00:44:54.69
"turn to me
00:44:54.72\00:44:56.06
with all your
heart with fasting,
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.59
with weeping, with mourning,
00:44:57.63\00:44:58.99
bring your heart, your garments,
00:44:59.03\00:45:00.96
return to the Lord, your God."
00:45:00.96\00:45:03.57
We see fasting
throughout the Bible,
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.50
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther,
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.24
I mean, there's just
all of these examples.
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.84
The early church in
Acts 13:2 is a good example.
00:45:09.87\00:45:13.88
They fasted, the prophets
and the teachers fasted.
00:45:13.91\00:45:17.75
They were seeking God for...
00:45:17.78\00:45:21.02
They wanted to know His will.
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.62
So what fasting does
00:45:23.69\00:45:26.02
when James 14 said
that if we humble ourselves
00:45:26.05\00:45:29.86
before the Lord,
00:45:29.89\00:45:31.39
He'll lift us up.
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.26
Fasting is something
that we see in Isaiah 58
00:45:33.29\00:45:37.63
that God tells them,
hey, you're not fasting right,
00:45:37.67\00:45:40.10
you're doing it for
all the wrong reasons.
00:45:40.14\00:45:42.40
Fasting should
bring about prayer,
00:45:42.44\00:45:46.21
praise and rejoicing.
00:45:46.24\00:45:48.68
And you know what's interesting?
00:45:48.71\00:45:50.95
When you fast, I
think when we eat,
00:45:50.98\00:45:55.05
I had a large lunch today,
00:45:55.08\00:45:56.95
and it took me
several hours to get over it.
00:45:56.99\00:45:59.95
You know what I'm saying?
00:46:00.09\00:46:01.42
I ate too many beans and rice.
00:46:01.46\00:46:03.99
So when you fast,
00:46:04.06\00:46:07.46
you don't have all of the
blood going to your stomach
00:46:07.50\00:46:11.03
for the digestion and all this.
00:46:11.07\00:46:13.54
There is a clarity of mind.
00:46:13.57\00:46:17.31
Jesus at one point said
00:46:17.34\00:46:19.27
that this kind
when His disciples
00:46:19.31\00:46:23.35
couldn't kick out a demon,
00:46:23.38\00:46:25.18
He says, "They come out
only by prayer and fasting."
00:46:25.21\00:46:28.38
Is there really a
good reason for fasting?
00:46:28.42\00:46:31.22
I think I know a lot of people
00:46:31.25\00:46:32.99
who benefit from fasting,
00:46:33.02\00:46:34.89
and it is throughout the Bible,
00:46:34.92\00:46:37.26
you find examples.
00:46:37.33\00:46:39.13
That's right. That's right.
00:46:39.16\00:46:41.03
All right.
00:46:41.06\00:46:42.60
Second question.
00:46:42.63\00:46:43.97
We'll throw it
out there. Here it is.
00:46:44.03\00:46:45.50
This comes from
Merrick in Minnesota.
00:46:45.53\00:46:51.61
And this person says,
"Why did Jesus say to Mary,
00:46:51.64\00:46:54.58
"Touch me not for
I am not yet ascended
00:46:54.61\00:46:57.75
to My Father,"
00:46:57.78\00:46:59.11
as found in John 20:17?
00:46:59.15\00:47:02.05
Yet in Matthew 28:9,
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Jesus didn't say
that to the disciples
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when they held Him or held Him,"
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I guess, "at or by the feet."
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I guess that's
what it says. Okay.
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Well, one
clarity in Matthew 28:9,
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it wasn't the disciples,
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there was the other women
that held Him by the feet.
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Now let's go to John 20:17.
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And I'll go
ahead and read that too
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in the interest of time,
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it says, Mary is
now in the garden,
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believing that
Jesus is the gardener.
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And this is the
reference I made earlier
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until He speaks.
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And then she
reaches out to hold him.
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One version says touch me not,
that's the King James version.
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But the New King James says,
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"Do not cling to me,
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for I have not yet
ascended to My Father."
00:47:42.06\00:47:44.13
John 20:17,
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"But go to my
brethren and say to them,
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'I am ascending to My
Father and your Father,
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and to My God and Your God.'"
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.43
Now, this is amazing.
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It is evident
that between the time
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Jesus told Mary
not to cling to Him,
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and the time He
met the other women,
00:47:58.11\00:47:59.44
this is the miraculous part
00:47:59.47\00:48:00.91
I've been
searching the scriptures.
00:48:00.94\00:48:02.28
It is evident
that He went to heaven
00:48:02.31\00:48:03.65
and came back.
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.01
I mean, we don't know how fast,
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we might say, well,
00:48:06.51\00:48:07.85
how long does it
take to get to the moon?
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That's human. Right.
00:48:09.25\00:48:10.72
But how long does it
take for Jesus to go to heaven
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and come back?
00:48:12.35\00:48:13.69
Because you
find in Matthew 28:9,
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I'm gonna go ahead and see this,
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now brings the other
women into the picture.
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And it says in verse 9,
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"And as they went
to tell His disciples,
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behold, Jesus met them,
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'Rejoice!'
00:48:28.97\00:48:30.31
So they came and held Him
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by the feet and worshiped Him.'"
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This is the miraculous event.
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How long does it take for,
and this is amazing thought,
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how long does it take
00:48:40.75\00:48:42.08
for our prayers to reach heaven?
00:48:42.12\00:48:45.99
If He took five
hours, we'll be in trouble.
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How long would it take
for a miraculous risen Savior
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to do what only God can do?
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That's right.
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We'll never understand
that until that day comes.
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So Jesus gave the
woman the same instruction
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that He had given to Mary,
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which indicates evidently
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.44
He hadn't gotten
to His disciples yet,
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because look what He
said to the women now
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that held onto Him.
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In verse 10, "Then
Jesus said to them,
00:49:08.28\00:49:10.51
'Do not be afraid,
00:49:10.58\00:49:11.91
go and tell My
brethren to go to Galilee,
00:49:11.95\00:49:14.65
and there they will see Me."
00:49:14.68\00:49:17.12
So the other women
go to tell the disciples
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and something happens.
00:49:19.29\00:49:20.62
Verse 11,
00:49:20.69\00:49:22.02
"Now while they
were going, behold,
00:49:22.06\00:49:23.39
some of the
guards came into the city
00:49:23.43\00:49:24.76
and reported to
the chief priests,
00:49:24.79\00:49:26.29
all the things
that had happened."
00:49:26.33\00:49:28.90
Now when you go back,
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you begin to see
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and I'm going to
just wind it up here.
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Between the time He
told Mary don't cling to Me.
00:49:33.37\00:49:37.51
It blows me away,
00:49:37.54\00:49:39.67
that He went and came back
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.28
because on His
way now to Galilee,
00:49:43.35\00:49:45.68
He meets the other women,
00:49:45.71\00:49:47.25
and they are able to touch Him.
00:49:47.32\00:49:49.58
What makes the difference
between Mary not touching Me,
00:49:49.62\00:49:52.42
and the other
woman clinging to Me,
00:49:52.45\00:49:54.32
is this singular point.
00:49:54.36\00:49:56.06
Don't touch Me
00:49:56.09\00:49:57.43
because I have not
yet ascended to my Father.
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.50
On that very note,
00:50:00.53\00:50:01.83
we cannot help but to conclude,
00:50:01.86\00:50:03.93
if He says don't touch
because I've not ascended,
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.87
He didn't say, don't
touch me because you're Mary.
00:50:05.90\00:50:07.84
He said, "Don't touch
me, I've not yet ascended."
00:50:07.87\00:50:09.77
Now He lifts that band,
00:50:09.80\00:50:11.74
because He has
ascended and returned.
00:50:11.77\00:50:13.54
That's why the other
women can now cling to Him
00:50:13.58\00:50:16.11
before He goes to
Galilee to meet with His,
00:50:16.14\00:50:19.35
with His disciples.
00:50:19.38\00:50:22.02
Amen. All
right, Praise the Lord.
00:50:22.05\00:50:24.39
Nobody else wants to
add anything to that?
00:50:24.42\00:50:25.99
All right, okay.
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I'm still absorbing all of that.
00:50:27.42\00:50:29.39
We literally have like a minute,
00:50:29.42\00:50:31.06
I'm going to throw
this one out there.
00:50:31.09\00:50:32.43
Maybe we have a
real quick answer.
00:50:32.46\00:50:33.96
"What happens to the ones
that go to outer darkness?
00:50:34.00\00:50:36.70
Do they ever get to join Jesus?"
00:50:36.73\00:50:39.00
This comes from
Cindy in Washington.
00:50:39.03\00:50:40.90
You know, there's one
place where the outer darkness
00:50:40.94\00:50:43.20
it talks about the
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.51
And that just
makes it sound like
00:50:45.54\00:50:46.91
oh, they're suffering so badly,
00:50:46.94\00:50:48.28
but in Scripture,
weeping and gnashing of teeth,
00:50:48.31\00:50:51.01
meant you were angry.
00:50:51.05\00:50:52.51
So those who go
into the outer darkness,
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.78
that weeping and
gnashing of teeth,
00:50:54.82\00:50:56.72
they don't repent.
00:50:56.75\00:50:58.09
They're still angry with
God, and they're grrr-grrr,
00:50:58.12\00:51:02.06
you know, at God.
00:51:02.09\00:51:03.63
So what happens to them?
00:51:03.66\00:51:05.86
They've missed that, that time,
00:51:05.89\00:51:09.06
that opportunity to repent.
00:51:09.10\00:51:11.57
And they'll see Him
again, but not a good term,
00:51:11.60\00:51:13.90
which is a second resurrection.
00:51:13.94\00:51:15.27
That's the unfortunate part.
00:51:15.30\00:51:16.87
Revelation 12:7-9. That's right.
00:51:16.91\00:51:18.77
I just want to make sure
00:51:18.81\00:51:20.14
I'm not casting
that outer darkness.
00:51:20.18\00:51:21.51
I want to be
within the glorious light
00:51:21.54\00:51:23.91
of Jesus Christ.
00:51:23.95\00:51:25.28
And I know you do, too.
00:51:25.31\00:51:26.65
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