As you're well aware,
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we're living in
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Today special program.
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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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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, family, and welcome to
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another 3ABN
Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason Bradley
and I'm so glad that
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you've decided to join us
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as you do each and every Monday,
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where we answer
your Bible questions
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that you submit.
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Now if you haven't
submitted any Bible questions
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what are you waiting for,
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you can send your questions
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to BibleQA@3abn.org
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We have panelists
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that are ready to
answer your Bible questions,
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they are students of the Word.
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We have Jill Morikone,
vice president and COO of 3ABN.
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Welcome, Jill.
Thanks so much, Jason.
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I love to learn from
everyone on the panel
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and just study the
Bible, what a gift.
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Amen, amen. We
have Pastor Ryan Day,
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he's a member of
our pastoral department
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and you answer
questions all day long.
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All the time,
but it's a blessing
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and I enjoy it.
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Amen and we have
Pastor John Lomacang,
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pastor of this Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Great to have you here.
Don't forget your uncle.
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That's right, uncle,
mommy. I'll call you nephew.
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Well, we have
wonderful relationship.
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Always good to be on
the program with you, Jason,
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and I call these
not taken from anybody.
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These are my
fellow military partners.
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We really
approached the Word of God
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as soldiers of the cross,
and I appreciate all of you.
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Amen. Praise God for that.
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Appreciate you all too. Amen.
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Well before we
dive into the Word.
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Let's have a word of prayer.
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Pastor Lomacang,
will you pray for us?
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Sure, let's pray.
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Gracious Father loving Lord,
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Your Word is a
lamp unto our feet
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and a light unto our path.
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And, Father, while we
handle this sacred Word,
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we pray that we could do so
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recognizing that we
are stepping into a place
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that is far greater in scope
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and understanding
than our finite minds,
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but give us what we
need, Lord, to reach out
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to the hearts and minds
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of those who are
asking for questions,
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and may the
light come on for them,
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that they may not
only get understanding,
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or come to know You as
their Savior, in Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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I want to share
this Bible verse with you
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before we get started,
it's found in Romans 15:4,
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and it says "For whatever things
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were written
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before were
written for our learning,
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that we through the patience
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and comfort of the
scriptures might have hope."
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That's right.
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So we're gonna go
into the scriptures
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and, Jill, we're
gonna start with you.
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The first question says,
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"What can I do to
feel the Lord close to me?"
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I love that question.
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I think that has been the
cry of my heart ever since
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I was a little girl,
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wanting to
experience the presence of God.
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I want to flip the
question on its head
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instead of what can I do
to feel the Lord close to me.
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I'm going to ask it this way.
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What can I do to
experience Him by faith?
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You see, if you can't feel God
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with your feelings, you
feel Him with your faith.
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For so many years
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I was a feeling based Christian,
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meaning if I felt Him close,
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then He must be close,
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but if I thought He was far then
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He was not close to me.
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But the truth is
our Christian walk
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is not based on feelings.
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It's based on the
authority of the Word of God.
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I want to give you three keys,
number one, study His Word.
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If you want to grow your faith,
spend time in the Word of God.
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Romans 10:17,
"Faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the Word of God."
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Number two, accept what His Word
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says about you by faith.
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What do I mean by that?
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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,
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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Now we can say, I
don't feel forgiven,
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but that doesn't matter at all.
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What does His Word
say? You are forgiven.
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What does His word
say in Romans 8:15?
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"You did not receive the
spirit of bondage again to fear,
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but you received
the spirit of adoption
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by which we cry
out Abba, Father."
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His Word says
that you are His child.
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His Word says, 1 John
4:18, "There is no fear in love,
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for perfect
love casts out fear."
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His Word says you
don't have to walk in fear.
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His Word says in John 14:27,
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that "He will
give you His peace."
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So all of these emotions
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that we think we need
to have as Christians,
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they come on the
authority of the Word of God,
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you accept what His
Word says about you,
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and that is who
you are in Christ.
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Number three,
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you claim these
promises out loud.
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There is death and life
in the power of the tongue,
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speak His word over your life
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and watch as your
feelings begin to change.
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Wow. Well said, well said.
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Don't operate off feelings,
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operate off
principles, I love it.
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Pastor Day, who is her
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in Ezekiel 22:26-27?
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This comes from Phyllis.
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Sure, now that's
a great question.
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Well, there's no doubt
that the "Her" mentioned here
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is most definitely
the house of Israel,
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or God's people,
the church in this case.
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How do we know that?
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There's plenty of context
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clues throughout
this entire chapter.
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I'm just gonna
point to one right now
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for the sake of time,
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Ezekiel 22:18, so you,
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Phyllis quoted verse 26-27.
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And before I go to verse 18,
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let's just read the
first part of verse 26 there,
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just to reference
what it is you're asking.
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It says "Her priest
have violated My law
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and profane My holy things.
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They have not distinguished
between the holy and unholy
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nor have they made
known the difference
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between the
unclean and the clean
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and they have hidden
their eyes from My Sabbath,
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so that I am
profaned among them."
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So the her here is
no doubt God's people,
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the church, the house of Israel.
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You'll notice, again
in verse 18 above that.
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It says "Their son of man,
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the house of Israel
has become dross to me."
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And so many times
all throughout the Bible
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God refers to His
people the church,
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in the form of a her because,
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again, Jeremiah
6:2, I believe it is.
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It says, "I have
likened the daughter of Zion
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to a comely and delicate woman,"
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just as Brother Paul over in
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the New Testament
also says, you know,
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"Husbands love your wives
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as Christ also
loved the church."
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So the church is often likened
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unto a woman so her
here is most definitely
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the daughter of
Zion, the house of Israel,
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God's people, the church.
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Amen.
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Thank you for
breaking that down.
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Now Pastor Lomacang,
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what does
abomination of desolation mean?
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This comes from
Lucy out of Atlanta.
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Thank you for
30 minute question.
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Abomination of Desolation,
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let me go ahead and lead into it
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by saying the
abomination of desolation
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is often tried to merge,
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but it actually has two
applications in Scripture.
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I'll give you an overview
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quickly the abomination
of desolation first describes
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the destruction of
Jerusalem on the heels
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of the rejection of the Messiah.
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And it also is an application
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to the false substitution
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of the heavenly
ministry of Jesus
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by an earthly priesthood.
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Matthew 24:15-20,
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let's go ahead and talk about
the destruction of Jerusalem.
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On the heels of the
rejection of Messiah
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because Jesus foretold,
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"The day is coming that
not one stone will be left
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upon another that
will not be thrown down,"
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and when they rejected Him,
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He said, "Your house is
left unto you desolate."
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But he also
talked about the day that
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Jerusalem would come down.
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Verse 15 of Matthew 24,
therefore, warning of it,
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"When you see the
abomination of desolation,
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spoken up by Daniel the prophet,
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standing in the holy place,
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whoever reads
let him understand."
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Now he's talking about
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the
circumstances in the location
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where it's going to happen.
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"Then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains.
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Let him who is on
the housetop not go down
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to take anything
out of his house.
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Let him who is in the field
not go back to get his clothes.
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But woe to
those who are pregnant
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and to those who
are nursing babies
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in those days!
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And pray that
your flight may not be
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in winter or on the Sabbath."
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He's saying if this
comes and the Roman armies
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were to find you,
you're going to be in trouble.
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That's why Luke 21:20
adds to that by saying,
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"But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies
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then know that its
desolation is near."
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That's the application of
the destruction of Jerusalem
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on the heels of the
rejection of the Messiah.
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But now the false substitution
of the heavenly ministry
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by an earthly ministry
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established by
the power of Rome,
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the king of the north.
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Daniel 11:31, he says,
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"And forces shall
be mustered by him
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and they shall defile
the sanctuary fortress,
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then they shall take
away the daily sacrifices
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and placed there the
abomination of desolation."
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Daniel 12:11, "And from the time
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that the daily
sacrifice is taken away,
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and the abomination
of desolation is set up,
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there shall be 1290 days."
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I'm not even
going to that right now.
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But Daniel 8:12 foreshadows it,
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"And the host was given him
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against the daily sacrifice
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by reason of transgression,
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and he cast down
the truth to the ground
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and it practiced and prospered."
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During the Dark Ages,
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Rome established a
false priestly system,
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an earthly priestly system
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that was a counterfeit
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to the heavenly
ministry of Christ,
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which is a daily
function of the Word of Christ
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and Daniel 8:13 says this way.
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"Then I heard a
holy one speaking
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and another holy one
said to that certain one
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who was speaking, how
long will the vision be
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concerning the daily sacrifices,
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and the
transgression of desolation.
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The giving both of the sanctuary
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and the host to be
trampled underfoot."
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Clearly said. Good job.
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I don't know how you did that
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in three
minutes, but praise God.
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Jill, which
people did Cain marry?
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This comes from
Rachel out of Uganda.
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Thank you,
Rachel, for that question.
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The Word of God
actually doesn't tell us
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but we can have
a pretty good idea.
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You think about
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Adam and Eve in
the Bible, in Genesis,
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you only see three
sons that were mentioned,
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this is Cain and
Abel and, of course, Seth.
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Now we know that Cain
murdered his brother Abel,
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which then just
leaves Cain and Seth,
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but, you know, that Adam and Eve
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had other
children, they had daughters,
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which aren't
mentioned but they had daughters
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and probably other sons.
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So, we can deduce from that
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that Cain would have
either married his sister,
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or possibly maybe
he got married to niece
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if maybe a brother
and sister got married
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and had a child,
he might have married,
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I don't know but
he would have married
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a very close family relation.
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If you jump down
to Genesis Chapter 6,
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you see Genesis
6:1-2, "It came to pass,
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when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth,
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and daughters were born to them
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that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men,
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that they were beautiful,
and they took wives for them
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of all whom they chose."
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Now the sons of God,
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this differentiates
two different lineages.
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We see the sons of God,
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which is the
descendants of Seth,
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those who wanted to follow God
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and keep His commandments,
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then we see the
daughters of men,
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this would be the
descendants of Cain,
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those who spat, as it
were in the face of God,
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those who turned
their back on God
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and did only what was evil.
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Now when intermarriage occurred
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between those who
sought to follow God
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and those who
followed wickedness,
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the entire earth
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became corrupt in a
very short amount of time.
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We see this in Genesis 6:5,
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"Until every
intent of man's heart
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was only evil continually."
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And, of course,
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then we see the
destruction by the flood.
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But the short answer
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is that Cain
probably married his sister.
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Wow.
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Thank you for
that explanation, Jill.
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Ryan, we're gonna go to you,
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and I am interested
in becoming an Adventist,
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but I believe in the rapture
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and the second coming of Christ.
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Do Adventists
believe in the rapture?
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This is from Latonya. Amen.
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Thank you, Latonya, for that,
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I appreciate the question
and it's a great question.
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To be very clear the
Seventh-day Adventists
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believe the biblical account
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of what is known as
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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The word rapture
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is not actually
found in the Bible
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so what you're referencing,
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you want
separation or differentiation
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between the rapture and
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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This is a popular teaching
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in the
evangelical churches of today,
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but we believe that
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there's no
biblical basis for that.
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Now the concept of rapture,
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in other words Christ
returning and gathering
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or collecting His saints
to take them back to heaven,
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absolutely that
concept is there,
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but to say that there
is the rapture, again,
00:14:13.88\00:14:16.52
the pre-tribulation
rapture theory in
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which it begins
with the rapture,
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and then seven
years of tribulation,
00:14:20.62\00:14:22.29
followed by the
Second Coming of Jesus,
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there's no
biblical basis for that.
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Where would they get confused,
is trying to take Matthew 24,
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where Jesus describes
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His return as a
thief in the night,
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and also 1 Thessalonians
4-5 where Jesus or excuse me,
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Paul references the
Second Coming of Jesus,
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they try to
separate those two passages
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and say that
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they're describing
two different events,
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but Seventh-day
Adventists believe
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that those two passages
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are talking about
the exact same event,
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and I don't necessarily
want to just keep hounding
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or saying
Seventh-day Adventists believe
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because I believe that
Bible Christians believe
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and we'll see very clearly
no matter what denomination,
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no matter where
you're coming from,
00:15:01.90\00:15:03.23
if you're a Bible
student of the Lord's Word,
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then you will see very
clearly as you go across
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and look at the
details where it talks about
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Jesus coming in the clouds,
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the sound of a
trumpet, you know,
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gathering together unto Him.
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No man knows the
day nor the hour,
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the times and seasons,
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a thief is over here,
a thief is over there.
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You know, Jesus
says watch over here,
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He says watch over there.
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When you take Matthew 24
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and compare it to
1 Thessalonians 4-5,
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where Paul writes there.
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I think you'll see
very, very clearly,
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there's no way of getting around
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the fact that he's talking
about the exact same event.
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Jesus will return,
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and He's going to
return once in the sense that
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there's only one second
coming, there's not a rapture
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and then a third
coming in that case,
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it's simply the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's good, clarity. Clarity.
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Yes, yes.
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Pastor Lomacang,
we're gonna go to you
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on this one
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and this is a
rather long question
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but a good one.
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The three angels'
messages tell us that
00:15:55.68\00:15:58.39
once the gospel
goes out to all the world
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and then Jesus will return.
00:16:00.86\00:16:03.09
But what confuses me
00:16:03.12\00:16:05.06
is since there is an
endless renewing of lives
00:16:05.09\00:16:07.73
on the planet
continuously being born
00:16:07.76\00:16:10.13
and coming to an age of
being able to accept Christ,
00:16:10.17\00:16:13.70
at what point can it ever stop,
00:16:13.74\00:16:15.84
or turn off so
that Jesus can return,
00:16:15.87\00:16:18.81
since it seems to be
an never ending cycle.
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There is a continuous
number of babies born each day,
00:16:22.68\00:16:26.92
who in a few short years
00:16:26.95\00:16:28.52
will become old
enough to accept Christ.
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Can you shed some light on this?
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This comes from Debbie.
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Yes, thank you so much,
Debbie, for that question.
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We've often wondered that too
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because when Matthew 24:14 says.
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"And this gospel of the kingdom
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shall be
preached in all the world
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as a witness to all nations,
then the end will come."
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We often think, but
people are being born
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and I have this atomic clock
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that shows the population
decreasing and increasing
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exponentially every day.
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But such was the
case in the days of Noah.
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That's right.
Babies were being born.
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People were dying every day,
00:17:01.95\00:17:03.65
the endless cycle
of human population
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and decrease and increase
happened on a daily basis.
00:17:05.82\00:17:09.62
But the Bible
says in Matthew 24:38.
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"For as in the
days before the flood
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they were eating and drinking,
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marrying and giving in marriage,
00:17:19.30\00:17:21.90
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
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and did not know
until the flood came
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and took them all the way,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of man be."
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So the human
cycle will continue.
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We find that some
people might ask the question
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and I'm just going to
entertain this in my mind
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without you
actually asking this.
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Well then how can
people that are babies,
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how can people that have not yet
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come to the age
of accountability,
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be accountable
for their destiny?
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Well, similar to the
husband that's not sanctified,
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he's sanctified by the wife.
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Yes.
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Similar to the wife
that's not sanctified,
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she's sanctified by the husband.
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There's this
point of accountability
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where the destiny of the child
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will be determined by
the life of the parent.
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And I came to that conclusion
because there were commands
00:18:03.21\00:18:05.31
that the Lord gave
in the Old Testament
00:18:05.35\00:18:07.35
to slay utterly young and old,
00:18:07.38\00:18:09.25
children, little children,
00:18:09.28\00:18:11.45
because he saw that
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the nation of the kind of people
00:18:12.85\00:18:14.32
that they were knowing
the end from the beginning,
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he saw in their character stamp,
00:18:16.76\00:18:19.29
no change from
generation to generation.
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That's why he said in
Exodus, showing mercy to those,
00:18:21.86\00:18:25.63
but he's visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
00:18:25.67\00:18:28.70
to the third and
fourth generation
00:18:28.77\00:18:30.21
of those who hate me.
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So the point of the matter is,
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somebody is going to
be young when Jesus comes.
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That's why we are told
to be ready at any moment.
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Wow, that's deep.
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If you haven't had
the opportunity to do so,
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I'd like to invite
you to send your questions
00:18:42.68\00:18:45.02
via text 618-228-3975
00:18:45.05\00:18:50.36
or you can send an
email to BibleQA@3abn.org
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You know what's
exciting is that people
00:18:55.76\00:18:57.63
are sending questions
from around the world.
00:18:57.67\00:18:59.87
We literally just talked
about a question from Uganda.
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And that is, that's pretty far.
00:19:03.44\00:19:05.14
So, that is
incredible and that shows that
00:19:05.17\00:19:07.74
people are hungry for the Word.
00:19:07.78\00:19:09.51
Amen.
00:19:09.54\00:19:10.88
Jill, does the Bible
speak of everlasting burning
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in Isaiah 66:24?
00:19:16.12\00:19:19.25
We're going to give you
three minutes for this one.
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That's a great question.
00:19:22.66\00:19:23.99
Let's actually
read that reference,
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Isaiah 66:24,
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this is
incidentally the very last verse
00:19:27.23\00:19:30.20
in the Book of Isaiah.
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"And they shall go forth
00:19:31.87\00:19:33.20
and look upon the
corpses of the men
00:19:33.23\00:19:35.24
who have
transgressed against Me.
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For their worm shall not die,
and their fire is not quenched.
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They shall be an
abhorrence to all flesh."
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So I think there
are three considerations
00:19:45.55\00:19:47.72
that we need to look at,
00:19:47.75\00:19:49.08
when we're considering
a difficult Bible verse,
00:19:49.12\00:19:51.99
first consideration is context.
00:19:52.02\00:19:53.79
What is the
context of that verse?
00:19:53.82\00:19:56.19
In this context, if
you read Isaiah 65-66,
00:19:56.22\00:20:00.03
clearly it's talking
about the new heavens
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and the new earth.
00:20:02.66\00:20:04.10
It's also talking
about the destruction
00:20:04.13\00:20:07.04
that will take
place upon the earth.
00:20:07.07\00:20:10.17
The second consideration
00:20:10.21\00:20:11.57
is we look at dual applications.
00:20:11.61\00:20:14.34
Many scriptures
have a dual application,
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.98
they have a literal
present day application
00:20:17.01\00:20:19.65
and they also have a
symbolic application.
00:20:19.68\00:20:22.98
The literal
application to this scripture
00:20:23.02\00:20:25.19
is literally
the historical event
00:20:25.25\00:20:28.06
of the Assyrian army
00:20:28.12\00:20:29.89
during the reign of Hezekiah.
00:20:29.92\00:20:31.69
Remember Sennacherib came
against the city of Jerusalem,
00:20:31.73\00:20:34.73
and there was this great seed,
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.87
and 185,000 of
the Assyrians army
00:20:36.90\00:20:41.87
was annihilated,
00:20:41.90\00:20:43.24
they were killed by
the angel of the Lord
00:20:43.27\00:20:44.87
in one night.
00:20:44.94\00:20:46.78
So literally, and
this is talked about
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.24
in Isaiah 37,
00:20:49.28\00:20:50.88
they are looking
out at the dead corpses
00:20:50.91\00:20:53.72
of the Assyrian army
00:20:53.75\00:20:55.08
who is laid out
dead outside the city.
00:20:55.15\00:20:58.85
It says, "Their
worm shall not die."
00:20:58.89\00:21:00.96
If you look in Hebrew,
that word is similar to maggot,
00:21:00.99\00:21:04.06
meaning they're dead,
they're lying outside the city.
00:21:04.09\00:21:06.36
They're starting to be eaten.
00:21:06.39\00:21:08.83
"And their fire
is not quenched."
00:21:08.86\00:21:12.03
That is actually if
you do some word study
00:21:12.10\00:21:14.44
in the simple imperfect tense,
00:21:14.47\00:21:16.54
meaning it's
incomplete action at that time,
00:21:16.57\00:21:19.01
but it will be
completed at some point in time.
00:21:19.04\00:21:22.54
And I like Jeremiah
17 talks about Jerusalem
00:21:22.58\00:21:25.48
will be burned with fire
00:21:25.51\00:21:26.85
when Jerusalem's
currently not burning,
00:21:26.88\00:21:28.75
it means it will be burned,
and then it will be burned up.
00:21:28.78\00:21:32.22
Now we look at the
symbolic application,
00:21:32.25\00:21:34.69
the second
application of this reference,
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.63
the destruction
of Sennacherib's army
00:21:37.66\00:21:39.76
and those are 185,000 men.
00:21:39.79\00:21:42.10
It's symbolic
of what will happen
00:21:42.13\00:21:44.27
to God's enemies
at the end of time.
00:21:44.30\00:21:47.34
The righteous will see the event
00:21:47.37\00:21:48.94
and they will look out
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.51
over the dead
corpses of the wicked,
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.51
who have turned
their back on God.
00:21:53.54\00:21:56.38
Looking at the worms, and
the fire not being quenched
00:21:56.41\00:21:59.45
just symbolizes the completeness
00:21:59.48\00:22:01.95
of the destruction
00:22:01.98\00:22:03.42
and the disgrace of no
burial for the bodies there.
00:22:03.45\00:22:06.82
The final thing to look at
00:22:06.86\00:22:08.19
when looking at difficult verses
00:22:08.22\00:22:10.79
is to consider other
verses from the Word of God.
00:22:10.83\00:22:13.63
Ecclesiastes 9 says,
00:22:13.66\00:22:15.10
"The living know
that they shall die,
00:22:15.13\00:22:16.87
but the dead do
not know anything."
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.23
John 5 talks
about those coming forth
00:22:19.27\00:22:22.04
from the tombs to
the resurrection of life,
00:22:22.07\00:22:24.31
or resurrection of judgment.
00:22:24.34\00:22:26.17
John 11 refers
to death as a sleep.
00:22:26.21\00:22:28.68
So you look at
this verse in context
00:22:28.71\00:22:31.55
with the rest of the
verses in the Word of God.
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Amen.
00:22:33.48\00:22:34.82
Wow, that was a power
packed three minutes, Jill.
00:22:34.85\00:22:36.85
All right.
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.32
Ryan, this is going to
be a longer question for you
00:22:38.39\00:22:42.09
in three minute deal here.
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.36
My brother's girlfriend
whom they lived together
00:22:44.39\00:22:47.10
wants to get baptized.
00:22:47.13\00:22:48.76
Our pastor won't baptize
her unless they get married.
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.83
I was under the impression
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that you can come
as you are to Jesus,
00:22:53.23\00:22:55.54
that baptism is accepting,
00:22:55.57\00:22:57.57
that baptism is accepting Christ
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.44
as your personal Savior.
00:22:59.47\00:23:01.08
Couldn't she get
baptized and the Holy Spirit
00:23:01.11\00:23:03.41
will do the rest working
in her heart to unite them
00:23:03.45\00:23:06.65
in marriage down the road?
00:23:06.68\00:23:08.52
She has stopped coming to church
00:23:08.55\00:23:10.19
but still studies the Bible
and the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:23:10.22\00:23:13.49
And this comes from Barbara.
00:23:13.52\00:23:15.69
Thank you, Jason,
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.06
I appreciate that
and thank you, Barbara,
00:23:17.09\00:23:19.09
for giving that question
because that's a question that
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.40
it's a deep question,
00:23:21.46\00:23:22.80
but I believe the Bible
has a very clear answer to it.
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.53
I'm gonna try to
address a few points
00:23:25.57\00:23:27.64
that was in your information
of your question one by one,
00:23:27.67\00:23:30.31
some of the
information stuck out to me.
00:23:30.34\00:23:33.21
But just to get
clear to the point.
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.84
A person who is
in a relationship
00:23:35.88\00:23:37.81
with another person,
00:23:37.85\00:23:39.18
okay, a man and a
woman in this case,
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.38
who is not in a
marriage relationship
00:23:41.42\00:23:42.92
but yet is having
an adult relationship,
00:23:42.95\00:23:45.35
a sexual
relationship at all, of course,
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.02
in this case the Bible
refers to this as fornication.
00:23:48.06\00:23:51.29
It says fornication
in the eyes of God and,
00:23:51.33\00:23:53.33
of course, it is a sin.
00:23:53.36\00:23:54.93
Just a couple of scriptures
that I want to share with you.
00:23:54.96\00:23:57.00
So 1 Corinthians 6:18,
00:23:57.03\00:23:59.70
the Bible says,
"Flee fornication.
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Every sin that a man
doeth is without the body,
00:24:02.04\00:24:04.54
but he that
committeth fornication sinneth
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.74
against his own body."
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.24
Okay, that's the first one.
00:24:08.28\00:24:09.81
Now we have Hebrews
13:4, again on that same point.
00:24:09.84\00:24:14.22
"Marriage is honorable in
all, and the bed undefiled:
00:24:14.25\00:24:18.09
but whoremongers and
adulterers God will judge."
00:24:18.15\00:24:21.09
And you could put fornication
in there as well as that
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.02
as a sin of sexual immorality
00:24:23.06\00:24:26.26
and, of course, the
last one I want to share
00:24:26.29\00:24:27.60
here pertaining to fornication.
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.20
1 Corinthians 7:2,
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.60
it says "Nevertheless
to avoid fornication,
00:24:31.63\00:24:34.40
let every man hath his own wife,
00:24:34.44\00:24:36.64
and that every woman
hath her own husband."
00:24:36.67\00:24:39.57
I'm not trying to be
play the judgmental person
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.41
here in this
situation, just simply relaying
00:24:42.44\00:24:44.21
what the Bible
says, in this case,
00:24:44.25\00:24:46.08
you know, we're just reading
00:24:46.11\00:24:47.45
what you had
wrote here, you know,
00:24:47.48\00:24:48.85
can people just come as
they are to Jesus, right?
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.29
That baptism is accepting
Christ as your personal Savior.
00:24:51.32\00:24:54.62
Yes, indeed we can and
we should come to Jesus
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.96
just as we are, and
He accepts us as we are.
00:24:56.99\00:24:59.39
But the wonderful
thing about baptism
00:24:59.43\00:25:02.00
about coming into
relationship with Christ
00:25:02.06\00:25:03.60
is He doesn't want
to leave us, as we are,
00:25:03.63\00:25:05.97
but if we're going to
come in relationship with Him,
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.20
we have to be committed to Him.
00:25:08.27\00:25:09.74
That's what
baptism is all about.
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.14
Taking for
consideration Romans 6:3-6,
00:25:12.17\00:25:16.61
Paul talking about the
significance of baptism,
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.21
and according to your question,
00:25:19.25\00:25:20.58
that's what the
question is about, right?
00:25:20.62\00:25:22.75
There in this
relationship not married,
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.05
but yet and living together
00:25:25.12\00:25:26.65
but yet she wants to be baptized
00:25:26.69\00:25:28.12
and the pastor
won't baptize her.
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Well, let's read
about what baptism is.
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It says here
verses 3-6 of Romans 6,
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"Or do you not
know that as many of us
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were baptized into Christ, Jesus
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.47
were baptized into his death.
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.40
Therefore we are buried with Him
00:25:40.44\00:25:42.04
through baptism into death,
00:25:42.07\00:25:44.21
that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:25:44.24\00:25:46.21
by the glory of the Father,
00:25:46.24\00:25:47.74
even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
00:25:47.78\00:25:51.58
And let's go down to 6 six,
here it says, "Knowing this,
00:25:51.65\00:25:53.38
that our old man
was crucified with Him,
00:25:53.42\00:25:56.12
you crucify the old
man, that the body of sin
00:25:56.15\00:25:58.89
might be done away with,
00:25:58.92\00:26:00.32
and that we should no
longer be slaves of sin."
00:26:00.36\00:26:02.62
Baptism is a commitment,
00:26:02.66\00:26:03.99
it's just like a
marriage commitment.
00:26:04.03\00:26:05.36
If I told my wife
as I'm standing there
00:26:05.39\00:26:07.13
and about a vow myself to
her that I want to marry you
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.53
and I want to be with
you the rest of my life,
00:26:09.56\00:26:10.90
but I'm still going
to have my side chick
00:26:10.93\00:26:12.57
that I'm going to
have relationships with.
00:26:12.60\00:26:14.37
She's not,
that's not a commitment,
00:26:14.40\00:26:15.77
I'm not
committed, fully committed.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.37
Same thing with God.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.91
And in this case, you know,
00:26:18.94\00:26:20.28
another thing
that sticks out to me,
00:26:20.31\00:26:21.64
she stopped going to church.
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.01
That's another
indication that maybe
00:26:23.04\00:26:24.55
there's a heart issue
00:26:24.58\00:26:25.91
that needs to be
dealt with there.
00:26:25.95\00:26:27.32
Come to Jesus,
yes, just as you are.
00:26:27.35\00:26:29.52
But Jesus wants to cleanse you,
00:26:29.55\00:26:30.99
He wants you to
be committed to Him,
00:26:31.02\00:26:32.39
and before you go
00:26:32.42\00:26:33.76
into that watery
grave of baptism,
00:26:33.79\00:26:35.12
make sure that you
have surrendered all to Him.
00:26:35.16\00:26:37.86
Amen.
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23
Amen, I'll tell you what,
00:26:39.26\00:26:40.60
if you tell Stephanie
that my door will be unlocked
00:26:40.63\00:26:44.87
'cause I'm sure
you'll need a place to stay.
00:26:44.93\00:26:47.10
Oh, that's not gonna happen.
00:26:47.14\00:26:48.80
Pastor Lomacang,
00:26:48.84\00:26:50.67
what does it
mean in Romans 8:30,
00:26:50.71\00:26:53.98
God predestined them?
00:26:54.01\00:26:55.58
This comes from
Shaun out of Arizona.
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.11
It's good. I'm
going to read Romans 8:30.
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All right.
00:27:01.42\00:27:03.15
And we find in the Bible,
00:27:03.18\00:27:04.52
"More over whom He predestined,
00:27:04.55\00:27:08.66
these He also
called whom he called,
00:27:08.69\00:27:12.13
these He also justified,
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.56
and whom He justified,
these He also glorified."
00:27:14.60\00:27:18.87
What you're
looking at is a cadence,
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.54
a step of the development
of a Christian's life.
00:27:20.57\00:27:23.64
Let's start in
the very beginning.
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The word predestined
doesn't mean pre programmed.
00:27:25.87\00:27:29.51
That's what people often think,
00:27:29.54\00:27:30.95
well, God has
just programmed me,
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.41
He knows who's gonna be lost.
00:27:32.45\00:27:34.22
He knows who's gonna be saved.
00:27:34.25\00:27:35.98
Therefore, it doesn't
really make sense to try
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.82
because we have
been predestined.
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.85
Let me show you the difference
00:27:39.89\00:27:41.22
between predestination
and foreknowledge.
00:27:41.26\00:27:43.46
If you were standing on
the 15th floor on the corner
00:27:43.49\00:27:46.13
of a tall building,
00:27:46.16\00:27:48.43
and you saw someone
removed the stop sign.
00:27:48.46\00:27:52.20
And you saw a car
coming from one side
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.64
and a car coming from the other,
00:27:54.67\00:27:56.40
you know, before it happens,
00:27:56.44\00:27:57.91
they're gonna have a collision,
00:27:57.94\00:27:59.87
you have foreknowledge,
00:27:59.91\00:28:01.58
but you didn't predestined
them to have that collision.
00:28:01.61\00:28:04.58
You see what's going to happen
because you can understand
00:28:04.61\00:28:06.68
where they're coming
from, where they are headed.
00:28:06.72\00:28:09.58
What God has done
00:28:09.62\00:28:10.95
is God has made provision for us
00:28:10.99\00:28:13.72
to be sons and daughters of God,
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.06
but we still have to choose.
00:28:16.09\00:28:18.26
You know what the Bible says
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.63
in Deuteronomy 30:19,
00:28:19.66\00:28:22.23
"This predestination is
God has made every provision
00:28:22.26\00:28:25.10
for us to become
sons and daughters of God,
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.40
every provision for us
to be delivered from sin.
00:28:27.44\00:28:31.07
No temptation has overtaken you
00:28:31.11\00:28:32.64
but such as common to man,
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.21
but God is faithful,
who will not allow you
00:28:34.24\00:28:36.61
to be tempted
beyond what you are able,
00:28:36.64\00:28:38.41
but with the temptation
make a way of escape."
00:28:38.48\00:28:39.88
Yeah.
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.25
1 Corinthians 10:13,
"God has made the provision,
00:28:41.28\00:28:44.25
but you have to
partake of that provision."
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.29
That's why
Deuteronomy 13:19 says,
00:28:46.32\00:28:48.26
"I call heaven and earth as
witnesses today against you,
00:28:48.29\00:28:52.19
that I have set
before you life and death,
00:28:52.26\00:28:54.10
blessing and
cursing, therefore choose life
00:28:54.10\00:28:57.87
that both you and
your descendants may live."
00:28:57.90\00:29:00.77
But you have to choose.
00:29:00.80\00:29:03.17
It's good. Amen.
00:29:03.20\00:29:05.01
And, Jill, Bridget wants to know
00:29:05.04\00:29:06.91
how does God...
00:29:06.94\00:29:08.28
How and when
does God chastise us?
00:29:08.31\00:29:10.91
It's a great question.
00:29:10.95\00:29:12.28
Thank you so
much, Bridget, for that.
00:29:12.31\00:29:13.88
I would say number
one, God's discipline
00:29:13.92\00:29:15.95
is always from a place of love.
00:29:15.98\00:29:17.92
Hebrews 12:6,
00:29:17.95\00:29:20.36
"For whom the Lord
loves He chastens,"
00:29:20.39\00:29:22.72
or that word
could be disciplined,"
00:29:22.79\00:29:24.89
and scourges every
son whom he receives."
00:29:24.93\00:29:27.96
He also says in
Revelations 3:19,
00:29:27.96\00:29:30.20
"As many as I love,
00:29:30.23\00:29:31.77
I rebuke and chasten:
00:29:31.80\00:29:34.04
be zealous
therefore, and repent."
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.27
So God's discipline,
00:29:36.30\00:29:37.71
it's hard to see sometimes
but it is from a place of love.
00:29:37.74\00:29:41.04
Number two, God's
discipline is for our holiness.
00:29:41.08\00:29:46.11
Hebrews 12:10,
00:29:46.15\00:29:48.28
"For they
indeed for a few days,"
00:29:48.32\00:29:50.35
this is talking
about the fathers,
00:29:50.39\00:29:51.89
"chastened their sons
as seemed best to them,
00:29:51.92\00:29:54.86
but He" that's
talking about God the Father,
00:29:54.89\00:29:57.13
"He does it for our profit."
00:29:57.16\00:29:59.26
Why?
00:29:59.33\00:30:00.66
"That we may be
partakers of His holiness."
00:30:00.70\00:30:04.13
God's discipline
is for our holiness.
00:30:04.17\00:30:06.03
Number three, God's
discipline is redemptive.
00:30:06.07\00:30:10.37
2 Corinthians 4:17,
00:30:10.41\00:30:12.47
"Our light
affliction," or you could say,
00:30:12.51\00:30:14.18
our discipline, which is about
for a moment, what is it doing?
00:30:14.21\00:30:17.98
"It's working for
us a far more exceeding
00:30:18.01\00:30:20.58
and eternal weight of glory."
00:30:20.62\00:30:23.32
It's working redemption,
00:30:23.35\00:30:25.19
you can say for us
that gift of eternal life.
00:30:25.25\00:30:28.86
Number four, I love this.
00:30:28.92\00:30:30.43
God's discipline brings healing.
00:30:30.46\00:30:33.33
Job.
00:30:33.36\00:30:34.66
Job 5:17-18,
00:30:34.73\00:30:37.03
Job experienced some discipline.
00:30:37.07\00:30:38.90
"Behold, happy is
the man whom God corrects
00:30:38.93\00:30:41.60
or whom God disciplines,
00:30:41.64\00:30:43.51
therefore do not despise
the chastening of the Almighty.
00:30:43.54\00:30:47.08
For He bruises, but He binds up,
00:30:47.11\00:30:50.15
He wounds, but
His hands make whole."
00:30:50.18\00:30:53.88
His discipline, it
brings with it healing.
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.69
So how does He discipline us?
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.05
He disciplines us
through other people.
00:30:58.09\00:31:00.72
He disciplines us
through life's circumstances,
00:31:00.76\00:31:05.23
sometimes through
the convicting power
00:31:05.29\00:31:07.30
of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:07.30\00:31:08.76
I'm so grateful that
He does discipline us
00:31:08.83\00:31:10.87
because it's
getting us ready for heaven.
00:31:10.90\00:31:13.37
Amen. Amen.
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.74
Amen. Discipline is a blessing.
00:31:14.77\00:31:17.67
Ryan, the first
commandment says,
00:31:17.71\00:31:19.97
"Thou shalt have no
other gods before me.
00:31:20.01\00:31:22.88
Thou shalt not make
unto thee any graven image
00:31:22.91\00:31:25.98
or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven, etc."
00:31:26.01\00:31:29.85
Is it okay to look at, or
display a picture of Jesus,
00:31:29.88\00:31:33.72
or is that
violating the commandment?
00:31:33.76\00:31:37.19
That's a great question.
00:31:37.23\00:31:38.56
I've actually had this
question posed to me many times
00:31:38.59\00:31:41.43
being that I used to
travel full time in evangelism,
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.87
and I had slides that I
put up, you know, with pictures
00:31:43.90\00:31:46.40
and you know text
beside the pictures,
00:31:46.43\00:31:49.14
and I've had a few people
who've said to me, you know,
00:31:49.17\00:31:51.17
you're violating
the second commandment.
00:31:51.21\00:31:53.24
I think when we go back
and we look and we study
00:31:53.27\00:31:55.28
what it is the actual
commandment is saying,
00:31:55.31\00:31:57.08
you will recognize that
00:31:57.11\00:31:58.45
the heart of the
second commandment
00:31:58.48\00:31:59.91
is addressing the issue
of worship, idol worship.
00:31:59.95\00:32:03.12
And, of course, you know,
00:32:03.15\00:32:04.49
well, we know we live in a world
00:32:04.52\00:32:05.85
where people
are drawing pictures
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.26
and paintings and whatnot,
00:32:07.29\00:32:08.62
that is an artist's
portrayal of what they believe
00:32:08.66\00:32:10.59
Jesus might look like,
00:32:10.63\00:32:12.09
even though the
Bible does not give us
00:32:12.16\00:32:13.50
any detailed description
as to how Jesus look like,
00:32:13.53\00:32:16.50
to simply just paint a picture
00:32:16.53\00:32:18.17
or draw a picture of
what you might believe
00:32:18.20\00:32:20.57
your Savior to look like.
00:32:20.60\00:32:22.37
That is not the issue
of the second commandment.
00:32:22.44\00:32:25.17
As we're reading
through here you'll see,
00:32:25.21\00:32:26.94
it says, this is Exodus 20:4-6,
00:32:26.98\00:32:29.71
"You shall not make for
yourself a carved image,
00:32:29.74\00:32:31.95
or any likeness of anything
00:32:31.98\00:32:33.31
that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth,
00:32:33.35\00:32:35.65
or that is of,
00:32:35.72\00:32:37.09
that is in the
water under the earth,
00:32:37.12\00:32:38.79
you shall not," notice,
00:32:38.82\00:32:40.16
"bow down to them or serve them,
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.96
for I am the Lord your God.
00:32:41.99\00:32:43.32
I'm a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity
00:32:43.36\00:32:44.69
of the fathers upon the children
00:32:44.73\00:32:46.36
to the third and
fourth generations
00:32:46.39\00:32:47.73
of those who hate me,
00:32:47.76\00:32:49.20
but showing mercy to thousands
00:32:49.26\00:32:51.20
to those who love Me
and keep My commandments."
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.03
So again, back
to that bowing down
00:32:53.07\00:32:55.00
and not serving them.
00:32:55.04\00:32:56.37
Israel had this
issue for a long time,
00:32:56.40\00:32:58.44
even in the world
that we live in today
00:32:58.47\00:32:59.84
from since the
beginning of time,
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.01
when Cain sinned
00:33:02.04\00:33:03.45
and when Adam
and Eve sinned really
00:33:03.48\00:33:04.81
and brought sin into this world,
00:33:04.85\00:33:06.18
there has always
been an idol issue,
00:33:06.21\00:33:08.62
even Satan himself
before there ever was an
00:33:08.65\00:33:10.45
Adam and Eve or earth,
Satan had made himself an idol,
00:33:10.49\00:33:14.22
he worshipped himself,
and it didn't have to happen
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.89
because of some picture
that was drawn or whatnot.
00:33:16.93\00:33:19.13
So the heart of this issue,
00:33:19.16\00:33:20.76
I believe is, you
know, we can look at pictures
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.86
we can admire art, we
can look at these things,
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.13
we just don't
want to worship them
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.84
or be create an
idol, in the sense that
00:33:26.87\00:33:29.50
you know we can't be a part
or detached from those things,
00:33:29.54\00:33:32.37
in this case in the
world that we live in today,
00:33:32.41\00:33:33.91
we need to make sure that
00:33:33.94\00:33:35.28
we only see them
as just a picture,
00:33:35.34\00:33:37.51
an artist's
portrayal of something
00:33:37.55\00:33:38.91
and not anything else.
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.28
Good. Very well
said. Very well said.
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.48
Pastor Lomacang,
this one comes from,
00:33:42.52\00:33:45.05
what would be considered
as close to home for us.
00:33:45.09\00:33:48.09
This comes from
Jacqueline out of New York
00:33:48.12\00:33:50.16
and she wants to know,
00:33:50.19\00:33:51.56
she said, "Would
you please explain
00:33:51.59\00:33:53.36
Exodus 35:2-3?"
00:33:53.40\00:33:56.87
Okay, Exodus 35:2-3.
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.53
I'll go ahead and read it.
00:33:59.57\00:34:00.97
It says, "Work shall be done
00:34:01.00\00:34:03.00
for six days,
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.21
but the seventh day
shall be a holy day for you,
00:34:05.24\00:34:08.61
a Sabbath of rest to the Lord.
00:34:08.64\00:34:10.88
Whoever does any work on
it shall be put to death.
00:34:10.91\00:34:15.12
You shall kindle no fire
00:34:15.15\00:34:17.19
throughout your
dwellings on the Sabbath day."
00:34:17.22\00:34:21.02
I read this passage
00:34:21.06\00:34:23.02
and read the surrounding verses.
00:34:23.06\00:34:24.76
Let me go ahead
and give you my take on
00:34:24.79\00:34:27.60
what this is talking about.
00:34:27.66\00:34:29.33
God established
a preparation day
00:34:29.36\00:34:31.30
to minimize the work
00:34:31.33\00:34:32.70
that was often
done on the Sabbath.
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.30
Taking it back
to how work was done
00:34:35.37\00:34:39.24
during Bible times,
00:34:39.27\00:34:41.01
and I won't even
go that far back.
00:34:41.04\00:34:42.81
If you were living in the 1800s,
00:34:42.84\00:34:45.18
there were those
who wouldn't shower
00:34:45.21\00:34:47.08
for three or four days,
00:34:47.12\00:34:48.78
because of all the
work that it took to shower.
00:34:48.85\00:34:51.42
What do we have to
do nowadays to shower?
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.52
That's it and, but
what they had to do
00:34:54.56\00:34:56.79
back then is go
out and cut the wood,
00:34:56.83\00:34:59.39
haul it in, go
to the nearby river,
00:34:59.46\00:35:02.16
get a couple of
buckets, build the fire.
00:35:02.20\00:35:05.60
Get that thing heated
up, caught it, however they,
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.97
whatever
apparatus, it'd be an hour,
00:35:09.00\00:35:10.64
maybe two before
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.01
they could even
possibly take a bath.
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.38
And they said that
this was undue work,
00:35:14.41\00:35:16.44
and it made the
Sabbath a burden.
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.25
Today we don't
say the same thing,
00:35:18.28\00:35:19.61
we say did you shower
before you went to church?
00:35:19.68\00:35:22.18
The context here is
undue labor on the Sabbath.
00:35:22.25\00:35:26.25
And the Bible calls
this no survival work
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.49
should be done on the Sabbath.
00:35:29.52\00:35:30.86
That's the context of
this, meaning something that
00:35:30.89\00:35:33.09
could be done
other times of the week.
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.06
That's why the
Preparation Day was given,
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.13
and this comes also a take away
00:35:37.17\00:35:39.20
from Exodus 16
where the Lord said,
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.64
"Don't go out on the
Sabbath, looking for food.
00:35:41.67\00:35:43.71
I'm going to
provide for you every day."
00:35:43.74\00:35:45.64
And some people still went
out on the Sabbath and He said,
00:35:45.71\00:35:47.74
"How long do you refuse
to keep My commandments,
00:35:47.78\00:35:52.01
My statutes and My laws."
00:35:52.05\00:35:53.72
Here's the thing that
we have to keep in mind.
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.62
The Sabbath command is
as sacred as the other nine.
00:35:55.65\00:35:58.72
That's right.
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.19
Don't think that by
violating the Sabbath
00:36:00.22\00:36:02.09
that it's just another day.
00:36:02.12\00:36:04.19
It is a sign of
loyalty to the eternal God.
00:36:04.23\00:36:07.60
Handle it with
holiness and honor.
00:36:07.60\00:36:09.83
Amen. Amen.
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.20
Amen. Thank you Pastor.
00:36:11.23\00:36:12.77
Jill, have you
studied Philippians 3?
00:36:12.80\00:36:15.84
Paul said, "He was
blameless in his law keeping,
00:36:15.87\00:36:19.14
he gave it all up as a refusal
00:36:19.21\00:36:21.81
for that Excellency
of Christ his Lord."
00:36:21.84\00:36:24.41
this comes from
Margaret in Oregon.
00:36:24.45\00:36:26.88
Thank you,
Margaret, for that question.
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.35
I think the passage
00:36:28.38\00:36:29.72
you're referring to
is in Philippians 3:4-10.
00:36:29.75\00:36:32.39
We're going to
read that quickly first,
00:36:32.42\00:36:34.02
so we know what
we're talking about.
00:36:34.06\00:36:35.69
Paul speaking, he
said, "If anyone thinks
00:36:35.76\00:36:37.89
he may have
confidence in the flesh,
00:36:37.93\00:36:40.26
I more so," and then he goes
00:36:40.30\00:36:42.16
into this list
of what he has done,
00:36:42.20\00:36:44.83
"circumcised the eighth day,
00:36:44.87\00:36:46.60
of the stock of Israel,
of the tribe of Benjamin,
00:36:46.63\00:36:49.10
a Hebrew of the
Hebrews, concerning the law,
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.41
a Pharisee, concerning
zeal, persecuting the church,
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.94
concerning the righteousness
00:36:54.98\00:36:56.44
which is in the law, blameless.
00:36:56.48\00:36:58.68
But what things were gain to me,
00:36:58.71\00:37:00.45
these I have
counted loss for Christ.
00:37:00.48\00:37:02.95
Yet indeed I also
count all things loss
00:37:02.98\00:37:06.02
for the
excellence of the knowledge
00:37:06.09\00:37:07.66
of Christ Jesus my Lord,
00:37:07.69\00:37:09.16
for whom I suffered
the loss of all things,
00:37:09.19\00:37:11.56
and count them as rubbish."
00:37:11.59\00:37:12.93
Why?
00:37:12.96\00:37:14.30
"That I may gain
Christ and be found in Him,
00:37:14.30\00:37:17.73
not having my own righteousness,
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.67
which is from the law,
00:37:19.73\00:37:21.07
but that which is
through faith in Christ,
00:37:21.10\00:37:23.37
the righteousness
which is from God by faith
00:37:23.41\00:37:26.47
that I may know Him
00:37:26.51\00:37:27.84
and the power of
His resurrection,
00:37:27.88\00:37:29.38
and the
fellowship of His sufferings,
00:37:29.44\00:37:30.88
being conformed to His death."
00:37:30.91\00:37:33.15
What's the takeaway?
00:37:33.21\00:37:34.55
You can keep the
law, you can know the law,
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.52
excuse me, you can know the law,
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.19
but not keep it.
00:37:38.22\00:37:39.55
You can keep the law, outwardly,
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.52
but still violate
the spirit of the law.
00:37:41.56\00:37:44.09
Motive is more
important than actions.
00:37:44.13\00:37:47.03
Paul thought he might
have achieved perfection
00:37:47.03\00:37:49.43
because he did all
these things properly
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.03
according to the
law, but that properness
00:37:52.07\00:37:55.17
according to the law resulted
00:37:55.20\00:37:56.54
in the
persecution of God's people.
00:37:56.57\00:38:00.11
What did Paul give up?
00:38:00.14\00:38:01.48
He didn't give up the law.
00:38:01.51\00:38:02.88
He gave up his
legalistic approach to life.
00:38:02.91\00:38:06.01
He gave up his
concern with the outward man
00:38:06.05\00:38:08.82
as opposed to the inward man.
00:38:08.85\00:38:10.72
What did he gain?
00:38:10.75\00:38:12.09
He gained Christ
00:38:12.12\00:38:13.72
and Christ is the
fulfillment of the law.
00:38:13.76\00:38:16.79
He didn't push the law aside,
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.23
he gained Christ,
00:38:19.29\00:38:20.63
he gained
Christ's righteousness.
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.76
He gained Christ's holiness.
00:38:22.83\00:38:25.00
That's what he's talking
about here in this passage.
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.17
Okay. Thank you.
00:38:28.20\00:38:29.57
Amen. Amen.
00:38:29.60\00:38:30.94
Ryan, Jesus only
left us two commandments,
00:38:30.97\00:38:34.44
love God and love your neighbor.
00:38:34.48\00:38:36.41
Did He not fulfill the
old commandments and laws?
00:38:36.44\00:38:39.18
This comes from
Ronald at Maryland.
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.85
All right.
00:38:40.88\00:38:42.22
Well, the simple answer to that,
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.15
Ronald, is
absolutely he fulfilled it
00:38:44.19\00:38:46.12
but we have to understand
what that means, right?
00:38:46.15\00:38:48.46
From many people's perspective
fulfill means to do away with,
00:38:48.49\00:38:51.59
or to cancel.
00:38:51.63\00:38:52.96
But we know that
Jesus did not come to cancel
00:38:52.99\00:38:55.06
or to do away with that law.
00:38:55.10\00:38:56.60
Before I get to
that passages let's read
00:38:56.63\00:38:58.23
what it is
you're addressing here
00:38:58.27\00:38:59.67
which is Matthew 22:37-40.
00:38:59.70\00:39:03.17
It says here, Jesus said to him,
00:39:03.20\00:39:04.54
"You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart,
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.74
and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.'
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.91
This is the first
and great commandment.
00:39:08.94\00:39:10.88
And the second is like it,
00:39:10.91\00:39:12.68
'You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.'
00:39:12.71\00:39:15.18
"And then notice what verse
40 says in response to that?
00:39:15.22\00:39:17.89
It says, "On
these two commandments
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.52
hang all the law
and the prophets."
00:39:19.55\00:39:22.49
So again yes, the
first commandment,
00:39:22.52\00:39:24.63
dealing with our relationship
and our love for God.
00:39:24.66\00:39:26.59
Second commandment
dealing with our relationship
00:39:26.66\00:39:28.43
and love for men.
00:39:28.46\00:39:29.80
The first it just
happens to be as verse 40 says,
00:39:29.83\00:39:32.47
"On these two hang
all the law," right?
00:39:32.50\00:39:34.27
The first four of
the Ten Commandments
00:39:34.30\00:39:35.94
deal with our
relationship with God.
00:39:35.97\00:39:37.47
If we love God,
00:39:37.51\00:39:38.84
we'll keep the
first four commandments,
00:39:38.87\00:39:40.34
and of course the last
six of the Ten Commandments
00:39:40.38\00:39:42.28
deal with our
relationship with man.
00:39:42.31\00:39:44.48
If we love our fellowman,
00:39:44.51\00:39:45.85
we'll keep the
last six commandments.
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.75
Now, did Christ fulfill the law
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.39
when He came and
He died on the cross?
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.69
And the truth of matter is,
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.06
yes, He did but
what does that mean?
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.56
It certainly does not mean that
00:39:55.59\00:39:56.99
He done away with
or canceled the law.
00:39:57.03\00:39:59.93
Let's go to Matthew 5:17-18.
00:39:59.96\00:40:02.40
It says, "Do not think,
00:40:02.46\00:40:03.80
this is the
words of Jesus Himself.
00:40:03.83\00:40:05.27
Do not think that
I've come to destroy
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.07
the law of the prophets,
00:40:07.10\00:40:08.44
I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill."
00:40:08.47\00:40:11.07
And so a lot of people take
that word fulfilled and say,
00:40:11.11\00:40:12.97
"Oh, it means that
00:40:13.01\00:40:14.34
He came to
fulfill it, to perfect it,
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.75
and then the law
is done away with."'
00:40:16.78\00:40:18.11
But if we just
inserted the word,
00:40:18.15\00:40:19.71
you know, done away with,
00:40:19.75\00:40:21.08
or cancel right there or
abolished, it would read.
00:40:21.12\00:40:23.75
I did not come to destroy,
but to destroy or to abolish,
00:40:23.79\00:40:27.29
and we know that
that's simply not the case.
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.22
In fact verse 18 says,
00:40:29.26\00:40:30.59
"For verily I
say to you to heaven
00:40:30.63\00:40:31.99
and earth pass away,
00:40:32.03\00:40:33.36
one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law
00:40:33.40\00:40:36.03
until all be fulfilled."
00:40:36.06\00:40:37.83
Are we still here on earth?
00:40:37.87\00:40:39.23
Is there still heavens?
00:40:39.30\00:40:40.74
You know, has all
been fulfilled yet?
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.70
Absolutely not.
00:40:42.77\00:40:44.11
Christ did fulfill the law
00:40:44.14\00:40:45.47
in the sense that He gave the...
00:40:45.51\00:40:46.84
He basically gave
00:40:46.88\00:40:48.74
what the law
required which was perfection.
00:40:48.78\00:40:51.05
He was the perfect sacrifice,
00:40:51.08\00:40:52.78
but He certainly never done away
00:40:52.81\00:40:55.28
with the Ten Commandments.
00:40:55.32\00:40:56.65
That's right. It's good.
00:40:56.69\00:40:58.02
Excellent. Excellent.
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.42
Pastor Lomacang,
how will every eye see
00:40:59.45\00:41:02.02
and every ear hear
the coming of the Lord
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.26
when the world is round
00:41:04.29\00:41:06.03
and Jesus was the size of a man?
00:41:06.09\00:41:08.83
I'm so glad they put
that word in there was,
00:41:08.86\00:41:12.50
the size of a man.
00:41:12.53\00:41:14.37
Very much God, and very much
00:41:14.40\00:41:16.87
He was the Son of
God and the Son of man
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.57
in His condescended form.
00:41:18.61\00:41:21.08
When He rose, He said,
00:41:21.11\00:41:22.44
"All power is given
unto Me in heaven and earth."
00:41:22.51\00:41:24.88
Let's just look at some physics
00:41:24.91\00:41:26.28
for a brief moment
before I read the text to you.
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.82
The total
circumference of the earth...
00:41:28.85\00:41:30.32
If you took a rubber
band or tape measurement
00:41:30.35\00:41:33.15
and went to the middle
of the earth and worn around
00:41:33.22\00:41:35.69
it is 24,000
miles in circumference.
00:41:35.72\00:41:38.73
How fast does light travel?
00:41:38.76\00:41:40.46
A 186,200 miles a second.
00:41:40.50\00:41:44.13
The Bible says in Matthew 24:31,
00:41:44.17\00:41:46.30
"He will send His angels
00:41:46.37\00:41:48.60
with a great sound of a trumpet,
00:41:48.64\00:41:50.31
and they will gather together
His elect from the four winds,
00:41:50.34\00:41:53.98
north, east, south and west,
00:41:54.01\00:41:56.01
from one end of heaven
to the other, not earth.
00:41:56.08\00:42:01.45
The heavens are going to be
filled with angels, not earth.
00:42:01.48\00:42:05.49
How big is the heavens?
00:42:05.52\00:42:07.16
Much larger than the earth.
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.32
If they were just
traveling at the speed of light,
00:42:09.39\00:42:13.06
they would surround
the earth seven times
00:42:13.09\00:42:15.40
in less than a second
00:42:15.43\00:42:17.10
Tell me every eye won't see Him.
00:42:17.13\00:42:18.47
That's right.
00:42:18.50\00:42:19.87
When the Bible says, "Behold,
00:42:19.90\00:42:21.24
He is coming with clouds,
and every eye will see Him."
00:42:21.27\00:42:23.04
The Bible says,
"The lame will walk,
00:42:23.07\00:42:25.14
the deaf will hear,
the blind will see."
00:42:25.17\00:42:29.18
Nobody is going to miss it
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.01
because Paul says,
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.18
"At the name of
Jesus every knee will bow
00:42:33.25\00:42:36.82
and every tongue
will confess that
00:42:36.85\00:42:39.49
Jesus Christ is Lord to
the glory of the Father.
00:42:39.52\00:42:43.96
So, what am I saying?
00:42:43.99\00:42:46.46
Jeremiah 32:27,
"Behold, I am the Lord,
00:42:46.53\00:42:49.66
the God of all flesh."
00:42:49.70\00:42:52.20
Is there anything too hard?
00:42:52.23\00:42:55.27
Praise God. Amen to that.
00:42:55.30\00:42:57.81
I just had to give
Jesus that acknowledgement,
00:42:57.84\00:43:00.24
there's nothing
that He can't do.
00:43:00.28\00:43:01.64
Thank you. That's right.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.01
Amen. Praise God for that.
00:43:03.04\00:43:05.61
We are entering into
our bonus question round,
00:43:05.65\00:43:09.12
so I will just
throw out a bonus question
00:43:09.15\00:43:11.39
and anybody can answer it,
or all of you can answer it.
00:43:11.42\00:43:15.26
When starting to say our prayer
00:43:15.29\00:43:17.46
should we always address
the Father in Jesus' name,
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.93
or can we address our
prayers directly to Jesus?
00:43:20.96\00:43:23.97
For example, dear Jesus.
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.73
This comes from Wendy.
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.50
If I just sense, why
don't you guys talk first?
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.21
Well, I very much believe that
00:43:30.24\00:43:32.67
you call upon
the name of the Lord.
00:43:32.71\00:43:34.61
Bible says call
upon the name of the Lord
00:43:34.64\00:43:35.98
and you shall be saved, right?
00:43:36.04\00:43:37.88
I believe in a very prayerful,
very serious sense Peter,
00:43:37.91\00:43:41.95
while he was far
falling into that water
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.59
after he taken
his eyes off Jesus,
00:43:43.62\00:43:44.95
what was his mini
prayer at that moment?
00:43:44.99\00:43:47.36
Lord save me.
00:43:47.39\00:43:49.16
I think we have to
use some wisdom here.
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.23
In this case you
know when I pray,
00:43:51.26\00:43:52.99
I always pray, I
always say, you know,
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.50
Father, you know, that,
00:43:55.53\00:43:57.27
that model prayer that
Jesus gave us, you know,
00:43:57.30\00:43:59.30
"Our Father in heaven" I
say, "Our Father in heaven,"
00:43:59.33\00:44:01.74
but I always
prayed in Jesus' name,
00:44:01.77\00:44:03.64
and there's often times that
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.01
I find myself saying, Dear Lord,
00:44:05.04\00:44:06.98
you know, or
Jesus please help me,
00:44:07.01\00:44:08.61
you know, Jesus is God,
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.81
and just as much
as the Father is God.
00:44:10.85\00:44:13.15
Now there's a
hierarchy there I recognize from
00:44:13.21\00:44:15.22
within the
respective sense of the Godhead
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.45
that even the Father and the Son
00:44:17.49\00:44:18.82
and the Holy Spirit recognize,
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.62
but nonetheless I believe that
00:44:20.66\00:44:22.46
whether you're
praying to the Father
00:44:22.49\00:44:23.83
or you're praying to Jesus.
00:44:23.86\00:44:25.19
It's still the same thing,
00:44:25.23\00:44:26.59
it's still recognized,
and the Bible says that
00:44:26.63\00:44:28.56
even the Holy
Spirit hear sometimes,
00:44:28.60\00:44:30.30
we know not what are to pray
00:44:30.33\00:44:32.20
and He intercedes on our behalf,
00:44:32.23\00:44:33.60
I believe that's
Romans Chapter 8.
00:44:33.64\00:44:35.47
And so, yeah, I
would say in this case
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.37
whether you're
praying to the Father
00:44:37.41\00:44:38.74
or praying to Jesus,
you're praying to your God,
00:44:38.77\00:44:41.04
and He hears you
00:44:41.08\00:44:42.41
if you're genuinely asking
for Him and asking for help.
00:44:42.44\00:44:45.45
Amen. Amen.
00:44:45.48\00:44:46.88
That's well said,
yeah, I like that.
00:44:46.92\00:44:48.72
I don't have anything to
share, that's really good, Ryan.
00:44:48.75\00:44:50.82
Let me piggyback on that
00:44:50.85\00:44:52.25
because I like that
you introduce Romans 8:26,
00:44:52.29\00:44:55.76
and I wanna read it
because it really helps
00:44:55.79\00:44:58.23
when you
understand how prayer is done,
00:44:58.26\00:45:00.60
because you've heard
children asked questions
00:45:00.63\00:45:03.30
and one of the questions
that children ask is, why?
00:45:03.37\00:45:07.00
You answered. Why?
00:45:07.04\00:45:08.37
You answered. Why?
00:45:08.40\00:45:09.77
Sooner or later you
don't have any more answers.
00:45:09.80\00:45:11.91
The Lord knows that.
00:45:11.94\00:45:13.27
I like what it said,
00:45:13.34\00:45:14.68
"Likewise the Spirit
also helps in our weaknesses,
00:45:14.71\00:45:19.15
for we do not know
00:45:19.18\00:45:20.52
what we should
pray for as we ought."
00:45:20.55\00:45:21.88
That's right.
00:45:21.92\00:45:23.25
Even James says,
"Sometimes we pray for things
00:45:23.28\00:45:24.92
that we just
want to, we ask a miss
00:45:24.95\00:45:26.82
because we want to
spend it on ourselves."
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.99
But here's where
prayer gets divine assistance.
00:45:29.02\00:45:31.66
"But the Spirit himself
makes intercession for us
00:45:31.69\00:45:36.80
with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.83
We can't do it, so, so much
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.84
for the angelic prayer ideology.
00:45:40.87\00:45:43.14
And then it says in verse 27,
00:45:43.17\00:45:44.61
"Now he who
searches the heart knows
00:45:44.64\00:45:47.14
what the mind of the Spirit is."
00:45:47.18\00:45:49.38
The Lord searches the heart,
because He makes intercession,
00:45:49.41\00:45:52.61
Jesus, for the saints
according to the will of God.
00:45:52.65\00:45:58.02
So you have the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.42
really concerned about
00:46:00.46\00:46:01.79
what you're
going to pray about it,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.16
and when they understand
00:46:03.22\00:46:04.63
what your need is
above just what you said,
00:46:04.66\00:46:07.00
like somebody might
say, I know you asked for $5
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.90
but you need
$1500, don't you, Ryan?
00:46:08.93\00:46:10.87
Yeah, but I don't want to ask.
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.63
You know the Lord
looks beyond our infirmities
00:46:12.67\00:46:16.57
and sees deeper
to the level of it.
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.61
And that's where
Romans 8:28 comes out,
00:46:18.64\00:46:20.81
say it Jill, "And we know..."
00:46:20.84\00:46:22.24
"That all things work together
for good to those who love Him,
00:46:22.28\00:46:25.61
to those who are the called
according to His purpose."
00:46:25.65\00:46:28.35
Because our
prayers are understood
00:46:28.38\00:46:30.62
and our God understands.
00:46:30.65\00:46:32.19
Amen. Amen.
00:46:32.22\00:46:33.59
Amen. It's powerful.
00:46:33.62\00:46:34.96
Yes.
00:46:34.99\00:46:36.32
If God alone is
immortal then why is the devil
00:46:36.36\00:46:39.19
still alive
00:46:39.23\00:46:40.56
after all these
thousands of years?
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.30
This comes from
Steve out of Pennsylvania.
00:46:42.33\00:46:45.97
Well, I'll just
jump in real quick
00:46:46.00\00:46:47.34
and let the rest of you
theologians polish it up
00:46:47.37\00:46:49.40
and make it sound better,
00:46:49.44\00:46:50.77
but what I was
00:46:50.81\00:46:52.14
just thinking is that
the wages of sin is death.
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.38
The Word of God is
very clear on that.
00:46:54.41\00:46:56.14
From the moment
Adam and Eve sinned,
00:46:56.18\00:46:58.25
death entered this world.
00:46:58.28\00:47:00.48
We know in 1 Corinthians that,
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.12
"By Adam sin entered this world,
00:47:02.15\00:47:04.45
but in Christ we
should all be made alive."
00:47:04.49\00:47:07.12
But what's interesting
to me is when they sinned,
00:47:07.19\00:47:09.69
there was not
immediate flowers dying,
00:47:09.76\00:47:11.89
the trees didn't crack and fall,
00:47:11.93\00:47:13.53
winter didn't come instantly.
00:47:13.56\00:47:15.03
In fact Adam lived
close to 1000 years
00:47:15.06\00:47:17.53
or 900 some years
before he actually died.
00:47:17.57\00:47:20.70
So the wages of sin is death,
00:47:20.74\00:47:23.00
but there will
come an end to Satan.
00:47:23.04\00:47:25.94
Yes, but that end is not
yet, but it's coming soon.
00:47:25.97\00:47:29.11
That's right. Ryan?
00:47:29.14\00:47:30.65
Yeah, you know, I
want to add here the fact
00:47:30.68\00:47:32.01
that what would have happened
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.82
if God would have crushed him
00:47:33.85\00:47:35.18
like a little
mosquito the moment that he...
00:47:35.22\00:47:38.09
that he sinned
00:47:38.12\00:47:39.45
or that he rebelled against Him.
00:47:39.49\00:47:40.82
We have to recognize
that that war in heaven
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.46
when it says that
Michael and his angels
00:47:42.49\00:47:43.96
fought the dragon, you know,
00:47:43.99\00:47:45.33
and there was a war in
heaven, that war was begun
00:47:45.36\00:47:47.60
because Satan had
begun to spread lies
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.63
about who God was.
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.00
He was questioning
the character of God.
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.57
So if God would have
you know in that instance,
00:47:52.60\00:47:54.90
gave him the
death that he deserves.
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.77
Okay, because of his
sin, what would that have...
00:47:56.81\00:47:59.01
What type of witness
would that have said about
00:47:59.04\00:48:00.91
God for those angels
that were questioning the lie
00:48:00.94\00:48:03.98
that the devil had told.
00:48:04.01\00:48:05.48
And so in this case you know,
Ezekiel Chapter 28 tells us,
00:48:05.51\00:48:09.12
and I'm going here to
read down a little bit here.
00:48:09.15\00:48:12.02
It says that,
00:48:12.05\00:48:13.59
trying to find
the particular verse,
00:48:13.66\00:48:14.99
but it's in Ezekiel Chapter 28
00:48:15.02\00:48:17.79
and it talks about how
I laid you before kings.
00:48:17.83\00:48:20.86
Here it is, it's verse
17, "Your heart was lifted up
00:48:20.90\00:48:23.47
because of your beauty.
00:48:23.53\00:48:24.87
You corrupted your wisdom
for the sake of your splendor.
00:48:24.90\00:48:26.94
I cast you to the ground,
00:48:27.00\00:48:28.54
I laid you before kings
that they might gaze at you."
00:48:28.57\00:48:32.14
In this case,
00:48:32.17\00:48:33.54
the great
controversy must play out.
00:48:33.58\00:48:35.78
And so God has to allow not that
00:48:35.81\00:48:38.25
He necessarily
because we know the Bible
00:48:38.28\00:48:40.08
makes it very clear
that Satan will have his end,
00:48:40.12\00:48:42.35
he will have his judgment,
he will have his punishment,
00:48:42.38\00:48:45.95
greater than any one before,
00:48:45.99\00:48:47.86
but God must allow
that life to contain in him,
00:48:47.89\00:48:50.93
so that the great
controversy battle can play out,
00:48:50.96\00:48:53.46
so that he can lay
before these kings,
00:48:53.50\00:48:55.13
in this case, the world,
the people of this world.
00:48:55.16\00:48:57.73
We must be able
to make a decision
00:48:57.77\00:49:00.74
between what is
right and what is wrong,
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.37
and in this case
God's name must be,
00:49:02.40\00:49:04.31
His name and His
character must be vindicated.
00:49:04.34\00:49:06.57
And the story must go
on until the appointed time
00:49:06.64\00:49:10.65
in which God has
been completely vindicated
00:49:10.68\00:49:13.18
that character
has been reproduced
00:49:13.21\00:49:14.68
in His own people
for all of the world,
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.85
and all of the
angels in heaven to see that
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.72
God was indeed just.
00:49:18.75\00:49:20.79
It's good.
00:49:20.82\00:49:22.16
It reminds me of the man
who shook his fist at God
00:49:22.19\00:49:24.03
and just cursed to
the heavenly in the skies,
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.06
he said, "If
God is really there,
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.10
why don't He
strike me with lightning?"
00:49:28.13\00:49:30.13
And the Christian said,
00:49:30.20\00:49:31.53
"Because God is long suffering."
00:49:31.57\00:49:32.90
Yeah. That's right.
00:49:32.93\00:49:34.27
You know the
long suffering of God
00:49:34.30\00:49:35.64
is something that we often,
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.01
is only a
characteristic of perfect love.
00:49:37.04\00:49:39.57
God is long suffering
because He wants as Ryan said
00:49:39.61\00:49:42.01
and Jill said so wonderfully.
00:49:42.04\00:49:43.61
He wants us to see
that He is not an angry God.
00:49:43.68\00:49:47.15
He's not a God that
00:49:47.18\00:49:48.52
just can't wait to
take it out on the person
00:49:48.55\00:49:51.19
who is just really trying
to challenge His authority.
00:49:51.22\00:49:55.22
A lot of people
with that kind of power
00:49:55.26\00:49:56.69
and authority would
have bounced Satan off
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.99
of the nearest constellation
in a matter of seconds.
00:49:59.03\00:50:01.86
But God is different.
00:50:01.90\00:50:04.20
He is long suffering
and abundant in mercies,
00:50:04.23\00:50:06.94
He's compassionate and gracious.
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.50
Because the
record of how God handled
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.24
the issue of sin is
gonna last a lot longer
00:50:12.27\00:50:15.24
than sin itself.
00:50:15.28\00:50:16.64
Amen.
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.01
So for eons and eons
in the unfallen worlds
00:50:18.05\00:50:20.72
and when we
look back on how God,
00:50:20.75\00:50:23.28
and here's where
I want to connect it
00:50:23.32\00:50:24.65
to humanity.
00:50:24.69\00:50:26.02
I'm glad that
God is long suffering
00:50:26.05\00:50:27.96
'cause He could have wiped
me out a long time ago too.
00:50:27.99\00:50:29.62
What about you, Ryan?
00:50:29.66\00:50:30.99
When Ryan was
partying and disc jockeying
00:50:31.03\00:50:33.29
and I was on the same
thing and we were living.
00:50:33.33\00:50:34.96
Come on, Jason,
would you be here
00:50:35.00\00:50:36.33
if God wasn't long suffering?
00:50:36.36\00:50:37.70
No. I wouldn't be here.
00:50:37.73\00:50:39.07
You'd been in jail someplace.
00:50:39.10\00:50:40.44
You could have
been had an arrest
00:50:40.50\00:50:41.84
record longer than your arm.
00:50:41.87\00:50:43.20
But God expunged that
because God is long suffering.
00:50:43.24\00:50:44.67
Thank God that
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.04
He is a God of long
suffering and mercy.
00:50:46.07\00:50:47.68
So when the
controversy is ended.
00:50:47.71\00:50:49.44
I love the way you said that,
Ryan, people will look back
00:50:49.48\00:50:52.01
and say He is just,
He is long suffering,
00:50:52.05\00:50:55.82
and every decision He
has made is been true.
00:50:55.85\00:51:00.09
So, the devil
will have no excuse,
00:51:00.12\00:51:02.29
he'll never say,
God rushed to judgment.
00:51:02.32\00:51:06.36
You know, I'll just go quickly,
00:51:06.39\00:51:07.73
can't you imagine
when we get to heaven,
00:51:07.76\00:51:09.26
God's gonna show us things
00:51:09.30\00:51:10.63
that we never could
even imagine or see now.
00:51:10.67\00:51:12.53
And so, this question the
one we just ask it's great
00:51:12.57\00:51:14.87
because God's gonna
say, let me really show you
00:51:14.90\00:51:16.57
what would have happened
00:51:16.60\00:51:17.94
if I would have
snuffed Satan out
00:51:17.97\00:51:19.31
way back here.
00:51:19.34\00:51:20.68
Wow.
00:51:20.71\00:51:22.04
It must happen the
way that God sees fit.
00:51:22.08\00:51:23.41
That's right.
00:51:23.45\00:51:24.78
Could you imagine
what your guardian angel
00:51:24.81\00:51:27.08
is probably saying or will,
00:51:27.12\00:51:28.92
what they will
say when we get there?
00:51:28.95\00:51:31.32
I know mine will be great. Yeah.
00:51:31.35\00:51:33.82
Yes.
00:51:33.86\00:51:35.62
If there were currency up there,
00:51:35.66\00:51:37.19
I'd have to write a big check.
00:51:37.23\00:51:38.56
Let's put it that way.
Through the blood of Jesus.
00:51:38.59\00:51:41.53
Yes, amen, amen.
00:51:41.56\00:51:43.60
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