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we're living in
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Join us now for
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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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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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Bible Q and A
question and answer.
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We're so glad
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We enjoy spending
this time with you
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and we have been
inundated in a good way
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with all of the questions
that have been coming in
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from this newer program
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we've been doing this
for about two months or so,
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now and we know that
you like to delve into
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and dive into the Word of God.
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Thank you for
your great questions
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because we know that you
are students of the Word,
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and your questions are
very sincere and thank you.
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We're continuing
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and as we have
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we'll be answering
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That's 618-228-3975,
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BibleQA@3abn.org
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I think I got that right.
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Sometimes I get that
confused a little bit,
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but thank you for sending
in your questions to us here.
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My name is Greg Morikone,
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and I'm joined here on the set
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with some great Bible students.
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Right next to me
is my dear wife, Jill.
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So good to have
you with us today.
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Thank you
sweetheart, joy to be here,
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always a privilege to open
up the Word of God, and study.
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Absolutely, Pastor Ryan Day,
so good to have you here too.
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Amen.
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I'm excited and ready to
go for some Bible questions.
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I can see you got
that smile on your face.
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Always. Amen.
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And Pastor John Lomacang,
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the pastor of our Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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so good to have you
here with us today too.
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Praise the Lord.
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The Bible always has answers
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and we are also
learning as we share.
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Yeah. Yes, absolutely.
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You know, before we went
on the program here today,
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we were messing with
the tie, my knot tie here
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and you know I've been tying
this style of knot in my tie
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for probably I'm
thinking about that
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like 35, 40
years not the same tie,
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I've gone through
ties through the years,
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to make sure I clarify that.
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But you know it's
interesting you can get
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and we're and I'm
having troubles with it
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because it always comes crooked,
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I can't get straight on
television that sort of thing.
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You know it's interesting,
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I've been tying it
for like 35, 40 years,
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and you can get
stuck into a tradition,
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or a rut, so to speak,
but it's not always the best.
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You know, a lot
of times in life,
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maybe some of our
religious thoughts, beliefs,
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we're in a rut or tradition
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because mommy, daddy,
grandma, grandpa, you know what?
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We can find
answers in the Word of God.
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You know not how to
tie your knot for your tie,
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but other answers
like, what day do I worship,
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what happens when I die
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or other questions
that you're sending in.
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So we want to answer the
questions that you send in
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based on the Word of God
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because God has
those answers for us today.
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So I want to
encourage you to get your Bible,
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study along with us
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as we delve
into the Word of God.
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This is a rapid
fire, we try to go through,
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maybe 20 questions
in about 45, 50 minutes,
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so it's kind of rapid
fire but it's a lot of fun.
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If this is your
first time to join us.
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Before we start, I always
like to open with the scripture
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and then we'll have a prayer.
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2 Timothy 2:15 says,
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"Study to show
yourself approved unto God,
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a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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So we're looking
forward to today's study
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all these questions
that we have for today.
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Great question, so Pastor John,
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would you mind the
opening prayer for us?
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Sure.
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Loving Father in
heaven, it is a blessing,
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as well as an
understanding journey for us.
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Yes.
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You have given us the
responsibility to share
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what Your Word has said.
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Yet the blessing has come,
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every time we step into this
bottomless cavern of riches.
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Yeah.
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We are enlightened ourselves.
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And so, Lord, may we
answer these questions humbly,
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while we're teaching
others You are teaching us.
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Thank you.
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And may all the
glory go only to You.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you very much.
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Pastor John, this
question is for you,
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and there's no name,
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they came in with this question
but it's a really good one.
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And it says,
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"What is the soul?
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Is it your brain?
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Is it your character?
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Is it some mysterious spirit?
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My friends say people have
a soul but animals do not."
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Okay. Wow.
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Great question. It
is a wonderful question.
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One of the
concepts today about souls,
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the most common
one is people say that
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when you die your
soul leaves your body.
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The Bible doesn't teach that.
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And I could see how many of them
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can take
scriptures and twist them
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because Ecclesiastes 12:7 says,
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"Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was
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and the Spirit shall
return to God who gave it."
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But without finding
out with that spirit is
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as Job 27:3 says,
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"All the while my brothers in me
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and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
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Well, how did
the spirit get there?
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Genesis 2:7,
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"The Lord God formed man
from the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life
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and man became a living soul."
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Don't forget,
"became a living soul"
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meaning when he was
just a mound of dust,
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being formed and my forensic
pathologist friend says,
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when we say God formed
man of the dust of the ground
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he says as a
forensic pathologist,
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you have no idea what God did,
all the veins and the muscles,
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and the sinew, and the
various layers of skin,
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and all the things that
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it takes to keep the body alive.
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Well let's look
at some scriptures
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to show that the soul is
not some everlasting entity
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that just continues to
live after a person dies.
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David the psalmist
in his distress prayed
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the prayer in Psalm 30:3.
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He said,
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"Oh Lord, You brought
my soul up from the grave.
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You have kept me alive,
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that I should not
go down to the pit."
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David knew when he
die, he is going down,
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but he didn't die
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so the Lord kept his soul alive.
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He said, "You kept me alive."
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That's the context right there.
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Also you find the rich man that
had many things in his barn.
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Speaking of himself, he says,
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"And I will say to my soul,
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soul, you have many good
goods later for many years,
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take your ease,
eat, drink and be merry."
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What if the soul is
some kind of ethereal mist
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it can't eat, but
he's talking about himself.
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And lastly, we know that
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the Bible makes it very,
very clear the soul can die.
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Ezekiel 18:4,
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"Behold, all souls are mine.
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The soul of the father as
well as the soul of the son,
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the soul who
sins, it shall die."
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So souls are not immortal.
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That's the point I want to make.
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Excellent, Pastor.
Thank you very much.
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Jill, this comes
from Steward from Alabama.
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And it says,
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"Jacob's name was
changed to Israel,
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and he developed into a nation,
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often referred to
as the Israelites.
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How did they
become to be called Jews?
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What's the origin
of the name Jews?"
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It's a great question.
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This is gonna be a
history lesson actually.
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We know that God established
His covenant with Abraham.
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You can read about that
in Genesis 12, in Genesis 15,
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you'll see more in Genesis 17.
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And that covenant was that
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God was going
to make of Abraham,
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a great nation, and we
see Abraham had a son, Isaac.
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Isaac had a son, Jacob.
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Jacob's name was
changed to Israel
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after he spent that
night wrestling with the Lord.
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We know that the sons
of Israel went into Egypt,
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but 400 years later,
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they came out of Egypt
as the nation of Israelites.
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We see them wandering
40 years in the wilderness,
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on their way to
the Promised Land.
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They arrived at
the Promised Land,
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and are the nation of Israel.
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Now, we have the
time of the judges
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then we have the
time of the kings,
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we have Saul, we
have David, Solomon,
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and then after Solomon,
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there was a
rending of the kingdom,
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the northern
kingdom 10 tribes stayed
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with the northern
kingdom of Israel,
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and then two tribes
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that would be Judah and Benjamin
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stayed as the southern kingdom.
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The northern kingdom was
taken away captive 722 BC,
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the Assyrians came,
they completely annihilated
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the northern kingdom of Israel,
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and they were taken
and they were dispersed
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or settled
amongst other nations,
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completely lost sight of.
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But the southern
kingdom remained.
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They were, of course, taken
captive to Babylon in 605 BC,
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but they came back
after those 70 years.
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Those are the people
that we refer to as Jews today
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from the southern kingdom
because of the tribe of Judah,
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they're referred
to as Jews today.
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So the Jews went
into captivity in Babylon,
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they came out from captivity,
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and the nation
we know as the Jews
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would be those two
southern tribes today.
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Good, that's very interesting,
good history lesson,
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so we have a little
history lesson, we did.
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Good job.
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Pastor Ryan, this is from Kyle,
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"What does the Lord
say about wearing jewelry,
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especially engagement
rings and wedding bands."
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All right.
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That's a full question.
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Yeah, that is a full question
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and again lots that
we can discuss on this
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but in short here, I just want
to make it very clear that God.
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God created gold,
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He created silver,
He created the pearls,
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He created all the
jewels, and the wonderful things
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that people often want
to apply as ornamentation
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to their body jewelry.
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So it's not that
God in and of itself
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is against those jewels
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or against the gold
or against the silver.
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It's often the fact of our pride
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and our haughtiness
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that is often associated
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when we wear
these type of things
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that God speaks
negative of in the Scripture
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and we find a fluidity of this
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all the way
through the Scripture
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from Genesis to Revelation.
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For instance the
first time this comes up
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where God tells
the children of Israel,
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and uniting himself together
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He tells Jacob in
Genesis Chapter 35, He says,
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"Look, I want you
to build me an altar,
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and I want to, I want my people
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to be consecrated as my people."
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And one of the stipulations was,
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they had to
remove their false gods
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from their camp
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and they had to
remove their jewelry
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and we see that reference there.
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Genesis 35:1-4,
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and it says there
in verse 4, it says,
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"So, they gave
Jacob, all the foreign gods
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that were in their hands
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and their earrings
which were in their ears,
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and Jacob hid them
under the terebinth tree
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which was by Shechem."
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So they were
willing to say okay,
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"We're going to
follow the word of the Lord."
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God was very clear,
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take it off,
don't wear it, right?
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Also we see this come back up.
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Many years later, again, as
Jill was telling the history
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of after the captivity in Egypt,
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God is wanting to again
reunite Himself with His people,
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and so they had
come out of Egypt
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with earrings and nose rings
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and all these
different ornaments
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that they were wearing.
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And God has another
meeting and He says,
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"Look, if you're
going to be My people,
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I want you to be
a special people,
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remove those things."
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And so in Exodus
33:4-6. And I'm just gonna read.
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I'm gonna read
verse 6 there, it says,
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"So the children of
Israel stripped themselves
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of their
ornaments, by Mount Horeb."
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So we see God
again telling them,
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you are stiff-necked people,
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and you need to be consecrated,
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you're going to be My
people you need to look peculiar
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and separate from all
the other heathen nations.
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The wearing of ornamental
jewelry is often associated
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especially from a
historical perspective
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with the other nations around.
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God wanted His
people to be separate.
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Again, not that
He's against these things
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but He wanted
them to look different
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and appear to be
different in character
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and on the inside and out.
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It kind of goes back to that
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your body is the temple
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of the Holy
Spirit's perspective.
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On the inside,
God definitely wants
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to clean you up on the inside,
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but He also wants the
outside to appear holy as well.
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And we have all the way through
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and I'm running
out of time here,
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but I just wanted to
just make a few mentions.
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We need to be able
to have a willing heart
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to follow the Lord.
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In fact that's
exact word that's used
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in Exodus Chapter 35
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when God had asked them
to make an offering to them
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on behalf of the tabernacle.
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If the people
of God came forward
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it says, then everyone
whose heart was stirred
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and everyone whose
spirit was willing,
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they brought
the Lord's offering,
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and, of course, in those,
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down there in verse 22, it says,
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"They came before men and women
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who many who had a willing heart
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and brought their
earrings their nose rings,
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their necklaces, all
of their jewelry of gold
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and they gave it to the Lord."
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That's the same thing,
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we find this all the way through
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even into the New Testament,
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where God says, you
know, don't wear this,
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the plating of the hair,
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of the wearing
of gold or jewelry
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or any of those things,
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but the inside
man is what matters.
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So we have to be separate.
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We even see in Revelation
there with the two women,
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one who's decked with all
of the gold and the silver
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and the pearls of the world.
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The other woman which is called
to follow the natural lights
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that God created.
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So there is a clear attitude
communicated in the Bible,
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and that is that God says,
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"Don't wear. Take it off.
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Be clean, be My
holy peculiar people."
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Amen.
00:13:38.51\00:13:39.85
Thank you Pastor Ryan, yeah.
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That's a lot.
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That's a full question
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for a short
period amount of time.
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Some grace period right there.
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Yeah, for sure.
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It's good answer.
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Pastor John, this is a
really good question here.
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This comes from
Joel in North Carolina.
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Thank you, Joel.
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And it says,
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"What is the
investigative judgment?
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'Cause we hear that mentioned
quite a bit so what is that?"
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Well, the investigative judgment
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is not for God,
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because God knows everything
that's the thing about it.
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And the investigative judgment
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is simply if I could
put it in a nutshell.
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When you
profess, what you profess
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must be
displayed by how you lived.
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Let's go to the
end of the story.
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We're in heaven
now for thousand years.
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And the Bible tells us
in the Book of Corinthians,
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know that we will judge angels.
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Now for God to be vindicated
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we have to
determine whether or not,
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every decision that God made
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about who is
saved and who is lost
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was a just decision.
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That's where the
investigation comes in.
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The investigation
is not to determine
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that God knows something,
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because He knows everything.
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But it's to say,
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"Okay, Lord,
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we agree with the
decisions you've made."
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And so we find
in Revelation 15:3.
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The Bible says,
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"They sing the song of
Moses the servant of God,
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and the song of the lamb saying,
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'Great and
marvelous are Your works,
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Lord God Almighty just
and true are Your ways,
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O King of saints.'"
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And then 16:7,
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"And I heard another
from the altar saying,
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'Even so, Lord God Almighty,
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true and righteous
are Your judgments."
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Now where does the
investigative judgment,
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where is it focused?
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It's not focused
on people in the world
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because they make no profession
to even know the Lord.
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True.
00:15:18.75\00:15:20.08
So we're not going to say,
well, he drinks, he smokes.
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You don't even look to
the people of the world
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to investigate how they live
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because they've never made
any profession to the Lord.
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But 1 Peter 4:17 says
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"For the time has come
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for judgment to
begin at the house of God.
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And if it begins with us first,
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what will be the end of those
00:15:40.44\00:15:41.77
who do not obey
the gospel of God?"
00:15:41.80\00:15:44.31
Now, if the righteous
one is scarcely saved,
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where will the
ungodly and the sinner appear?
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So the Bible is
in essence saying
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and I use a great illustration.
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If your wallet is missing
and you have five children,
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would you go to the
neighbor and ask them,
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did you take my wallet?
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No, you begin
with your children.
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You say to your kids.
00:16:01.09\00:16:02.42
I've taught you not to steal.
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So you're saying, as my children
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I taught you how to behave.
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Your behavior is not in
harmony with his family.
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In the same way God is saying,
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"I've taught you how to live.
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Your behavior is not in
harmony with his family."
00:16:14.50\00:16:18.44
James 2:12 says it this way,
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"So speak and so do as
those who will be judged
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by the law of liberty,
00:16:25.45\00:16:27.42
not only how we
live, but how we speak.
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Every idle word that we
speak we will give an account."
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Matthew 12:36,
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"Each of us shall
give an account to God
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of themselves."
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Romans 14:12,
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and it says in Hebrews 4:13,
00:16:40.53\00:16:42.53
"There is nothing
hidden in from his sight,
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but all things are naked
and open to the eyes of Him,
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to whom we must
give an account."
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And finally, Jeremiah
2:22, that's why Jeremiah says,
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"For though you
wash yourself with lye
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and use much soap,
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yet your iniquity
is marked before me,
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says the Lord."
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So God sees it all. He does.
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Nutshell of it, the
investigative judgment
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is to measure
by what you profess
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is how you live.
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Amen. Pastor, wow, excellent.
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Pastor Ryan, good question
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We're hearing from
all over the world,
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that's really neat too.
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Says,
00:17:53.17\00:17:54.50
"What type of war
unrest took place in heaven,
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physical or verbal is
the account in the Bible?"
00:17:57.37\00:18:00.78
Okay, that's a
great question. It is.
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Revelation 12:7 actually is
the text we're referring to.
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And the text says,
00:18:07.35\00:18:08.68
"And war broke out in heaven,
00:18:08.72\00:18:10.29
Michael and his
angels fought with the dragon
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and the dragon and
his angels fought."
00:18:12.65\00:18:15.56
And see, when you read
that kind of on the surface
00:18:15.59\00:18:17.56
you kind of get
this somewhat Star Wars
00:18:17.59\00:18:19.39
looking scene you might ride in.
00:18:19.43\00:18:20.90
You know Jesus and Satan,
you know with their swords
00:18:20.93\00:18:22.96
or heavenly
swords or whatever it is,
00:18:23.00\00:18:24.47
and there's this
very, very, you know,
00:18:24.50\00:18:26.57
physical element of fighting.
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Now the word here war
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and this is where you
have to do a little bit of a...
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Go little bit deeper
and do a word search here.
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But the word war in
the original Greek here
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is the word polemos,
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and it can indeed
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if you go to your Greek Lexicon
00:18:38.98\00:18:41.35
and you look at
that, it can indeed
00:18:41.38\00:18:42.85
mean that there's very much
00:18:42.88\00:18:44.32
could be a
physical element there,
00:18:44.35\00:18:45.99
war like fighting
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some type of
physical struggle there.
00:18:48.19\00:18:50.36
Very much could have been.
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However, when you read,
00:18:51.99\00:18:53.33
kind of read within the context
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and study within,
you know, in connectivity
00:18:54.73\00:18:56.90
with other texts in Scripture,
00:18:56.93\00:18:58.60
you know, it's
hard for me to see
00:18:58.63\00:19:00.04
not saying that it
could not have happened.
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It's hard for me to
see how as a creative being
00:19:01.44\00:19:03.61
going to challenge
the Creator, right?
00:19:03.64\00:19:05.97
I just can't imagine,
00:19:06.01\00:19:07.34
you know, the devil
showing up and be like
00:19:07.38\00:19:08.71
"All right, Jesus,
I'm gonna challenge you
00:19:08.74\00:19:10.55
in a boxing match
to the death," right?
00:19:10.58\00:19:12.35
I just can't imagine that
00:19:12.38\00:19:13.72
and so when you
dig a little deeper
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.08
into that word polemos,
00:19:15.12\00:19:16.45
it's also where
we get certain words
00:19:16.48\00:19:18.35
like polemic, okay?
00:19:18.39\00:19:20.56
Which is also
word the derivative of,
00:19:20.59\00:19:22.79
derived from that is the
word we get our word politics.
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And, of course, we
know the very heart of that
00:19:25.73\00:19:27.40
is simply, it's a
fighting of words,
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it's a contention
of thought and idea.
00:19:29.93\00:19:33.27
And so the nature of the war
00:19:33.30\00:19:34.90
that I believe is happening here
00:19:34.94\00:19:36.34
in Revelation
12:17, when it says,
00:19:36.37\00:19:38.71
"Michael and his angels fought,"
00:19:38.74\00:19:40.08
we know according
to a previous episode,
00:19:40.11\00:19:41.84
that Miss Shelley
Quinn made it very clear,
00:19:41.88\00:19:43.68
Michael is Jesus.
00:19:43.71\00:19:45.05
So this is Jesus and
the devil and the angels.
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There's a war of
thought and idea manipulation,
00:19:47.82\00:19:51.29
the devil had launched a war,
00:19:51.32\00:19:52.99
manipulation of
thought and idea to try to turn
00:19:53.02\00:19:55.46
the angels away from God,
00:19:55.49\00:19:56.99
and he was able to do that
with one-third of the angels
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as we see they were cast out.
00:19:59.86\00:20:01.20
So I believe very
clearly in study with also,
00:20:01.23\00:20:04.07
Ephesians 6:12,
where it says that,
00:20:04.10\00:20:06.43
"We do not wrestle
against flesh and blood.
00:20:06.47\00:20:08.14
It's a spiritual warfare."
00:20:08.17\00:20:09.54
It's a spiritual
war of thought and idea,
00:20:09.57\00:20:12.24
a manipulation of
those thoughts and ideas,
00:20:12.27\00:20:14.38
I believe is what was
happening in that war.
00:20:14.41\00:20:16.08
Excellent. Yeah, good.
00:20:16.11\00:20:17.48
Thank you Pastor Ryan.
00:20:17.51\00:20:19.41
Jill, this comes from Heather.
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It's a rather long
question comment here,
00:20:21.78\00:20:24.12
so we'll start with,
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"What is the truth concerning
how completely changed
00:20:25.62\00:20:28.59
our hearts have
to be to qualify us
00:20:28.62\00:20:31.49
for that final transition
when our Lord returns?
00:20:31.53\00:20:35.16
Well people who die suddenly
00:20:35.20\00:20:36.87
or even those who are converted
a moment before their death
00:20:36.90\00:20:39.77
qualify for that
change to immortality.
00:20:39.80\00:20:42.67
I have heard some
presenters/pastors
00:20:42.70\00:20:45.61
say that we all have to
change before we leave earth.
00:20:45.64\00:20:48.74
Will there be a continuum
00:20:48.78\00:20:50.18
that reflects each
person's achievement,
00:20:50.21\00:20:52.75
bearing in mind the promise
00:20:52.78\00:20:54.22
that he who
began a good work in us
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will be
faithful to complete it."
00:20:56.15\00:20:57.75
This came from
Heather. Thank you.
00:20:57.79\00:20:59.75
Thank you so much,
Heather, for that question
00:20:59.79\00:21:01.46
and there's actually
several questions inherently
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within that one question,
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so we're going to unpack too.
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.00
The first question I
see is the first question,
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meaning do our hearts,
00:21:09.30\00:21:12.00
how right do we
have to be with God
00:21:12.03\00:21:14.27
to qualify for a translation.
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How perfect you can
say do we have to be?
00:21:17.07\00:21:20.48
The only thing
we take to heaven,
00:21:20.51\00:21:22.04
you and I, is our character.
00:21:22.08\00:21:24.18
The Word of God
says in Revelation 22:11,
00:21:24.21\00:21:26.65
"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still.
00:21:26.68\00:21:28.92
He who is filthy,
let him be filthy still.
00:21:28.95\00:21:31.09
He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still.
00:21:31.12\00:21:33.25
He who is holy,
let him be holy still."
00:21:33.29\00:21:37.16
Now, we don't have
time to address this,
00:21:37.19\00:21:39.59
but this
holiness, this righteousness
00:21:39.63\00:21:42.06
is a result of Christ living
in the heart of the believer.
00:21:42.10\00:21:47.34
It's a result in Romans 6 of
us dying to that old life of sin
00:21:47.37\00:21:52.47
and rising to newness of life.
00:21:52.51\00:21:55.58
It's a result of
2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:21:55.61\00:21:58.15
"If we are in Christ,
00:21:58.18\00:21:59.68
we are a new creature and
the old things have passed
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and the new has come."
00:22:02.88\00:22:04.82
That means that
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our character is
going to look like Jesus
00:22:06.22\00:22:09.26
at the point of translation.
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And that is a result of
the work of the Holy Spirit
00:22:11.36\00:22:15.16
and us surrendering to Him.
00:22:15.20\00:22:17.27
Now the question number two,
00:22:17.30\00:22:18.87
what happens if you
had 50 years to surrender
00:22:18.90\00:22:22.70
and become more like Jesus
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versus someone
who accepted Christ
00:22:24.61\00:22:26.61
like the thief on the cross
00:22:26.64\00:22:27.98
and was dead that same day,
00:22:28.01\00:22:29.58
or someone who accepts Christ
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and then dies in a car accident,
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what about that?
00:22:32.71\00:22:34.05
I think about the parable
of the workers in the vineyard.
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This is a Matthew
20, we won't read it,
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but Matthew 20:1-16,
00:22:38.55\00:22:41.02
remember the worker who
went out early in the day,
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they were paid one
denarius for a full day's labor.
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The one who
went out at the sixth
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or the ninth hour
was paid one denarius,
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.43
the 11th hour worker
received the same wage.
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Now the other workers got upset,
00:22:55.54\00:22:57.14
and you see this
in verses 11 and 12.
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They complained
to the land owner,
00:23:00.14\00:23:03.01
saying these last
men only worked one hour
00:23:03.04\00:23:05.71
and you made them equal to us
00:23:05.75\00:23:07.75
who have worn the
burden and heat of the day.
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You know what I
learned from that
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is that our expectations
are not always true,
00:23:12.62\00:23:15.39
right and biblical.
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I learned from that
that God looks at the heart,
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.13
we look at the
outward appearance
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and say yesterday
they were drinking, smoking
00:23:20.60\00:23:22.56
and carousing with woman.
00:23:22.60\00:23:24.03
They accepted
Christ and they died,
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how can they be
perfect in that moment,
00:23:25.77\00:23:28.17
we don't see the heart.
00:23:28.20\00:23:30.57
You and I are saved
by grace through faith,
00:23:30.61\00:23:34.54
not by our
works or lack of them,
00:23:34.58\00:23:36.98
not by the
quantity of those works,
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.21
not by the
righteousness of those works,
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.42
not by the time
length of those works.
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We are saved by
grace through faith.
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And I believe that God
accelerates sanctification.
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God knows the heart,
God knows in that moment,
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.70
if that person has
surrendered everything to Jesus,
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in that moment
they stand righteous
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before the Father,
00:23:58.37\00:23:59.70
as if they have never sinned.
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And we have the promise
that throughout eternity
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we can be growing more
into the image of Jesus.
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Amen. Wow. Thank you very much.
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.64
Yeah, that was
packed question there.
00:24:09.68\00:24:11.68
So thank you for
unpacking and answering that
00:24:11.71\00:24:14.05
from the Word of God.
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Pastor John, this doesn't
have a name with this question.
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Again, it's a good
one though, it says,
00:24:18.55\00:24:19.95
"In the Bible there
are two things that say
00:24:19.99\00:24:22.26
we should do in
remembrance of me.
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One is washing each other's feet
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and the other is communion.
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Please explain this to me."
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Okay.
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Communion is a renewal
of our commitment to Christ.
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It's also a reconfirmation
00:24:35.14\00:24:38.07
that we have previously accepted
00:24:38.11\00:24:40.78
the righteousness of
Jesus as our righteousness,
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and you find in the Bible,
00:24:45.35\00:24:46.95
the broken body
and the shed blood
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are the two symbols
of the communion service.
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The foot washing,
let me summarize it,
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is the ordinance of humility,
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revealing the
desire to be a servant,
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not, Jesus said,
00:24:58.39\00:24:59.73
"I didn't come to be
served but to serve."
00:24:59.76\00:25:02.93
And he is saying in order
to be a follower of Christ,
00:25:02.96\00:25:06.20
our hearts need to
be hearts of humility
00:25:06.23\00:25:08.87
where Christ first abides.
00:25:08.90\00:25:11.27
Humility is the
foundation to exaltation.
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But the Bible
talks about the blood,
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why is the blood necessary?
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.65
Let's talk
about the grape juice.
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Matthew 26:28,
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"For this is the
blood of the new covenant,
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.72
which is shed for many
for the remission of sin."
00:25:22.75\00:25:25.89
And Hebrews 9:22 says,
00:25:25.92\00:25:27.39
"According to the law
00:25:27.42\00:25:29.89
almost all things
are purged with blood,
00:25:29.92\00:25:32.73
and without shedding of
blood there is no remission."
00:25:32.76\00:25:35.26
So, if there is no
shedding of Jesus' blood,
00:25:35.30\00:25:38.27
there is no removal or
no taking away of the sin.
00:25:38.30\00:25:42.74
It's amazing how
the red blood of Jesus
00:25:42.77\00:25:45.27
can make our red sin cleansed.
00:25:45.31\00:25:48.51
It's amazing, isn't
it? Praise the Lord.
00:25:48.54\00:25:49.94
But the blood is a
symbol of the redemption.
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1 Peter 1:18-19,
00:25:51.78\00:25:54.32
"Knowing that
you are not redeemed
00:25:54.35\00:25:55.88
with corruptible
things like silver or gold,
00:25:55.92\00:25:58.09
from your aimless conduct
00:25:58.12\00:25:59.79
received by
tradition from your fathers,
00:25:59.82\00:26:01.82
but with the
precious blood of Christ
00:26:01.86\00:26:03.59
as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot."
00:26:03.63\00:26:07.36
And so Revelation
makes it very clear.
00:26:07.40\00:26:08.93
So, let me go down
to the broken body.
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.97
The broken body is an indication
00:26:11.00\00:26:13.34
that Jesus is not
just our substitute,
00:26:13.37\00:26:15.94
but He is our propitiation.
00:26:15.97\00:26:17.37
Yes.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.74
That means He's the
appeasement for the price
00:26:18.77\00:26:21.94
that was necessary to redeem us
from the transgression and sin.
00:26:21.98\00:26:26.98
That's why the Bible says
you are bought with a price,
00:26:27.02\00:26:29.85
therefore
glorify God in your body
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.65
and in your spirit,
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.49
which are God's.
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Amen. Amen.
00:26:35.89\00:26:37.23
Thank you very much, Pastor.
00:26:37.26\00:26:38.59
And again, thank you for
submitting these questions.
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Pastor Ryan, before we
give you this question.
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I just want to touch on this
00:26:42.93\00:26:44.27
because there's
so many questions
00:26:44.30\00:26:45.63
that are coming in here,
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.00
so many answers, you know,
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.37
they're being given in such
a short period of time, you're,
00:26:48.40\00:26:49.74
maybe feverously trying
to write them down at home.
00:26:49.77\00:26:51.77
We want to encourage you,
00:26:51.81\00:26:53.14
you can always
watch these episodes
00:26:53.17\00:26:54.51
again on YouTube
00:26:54.54\00:26:55.88
or brand new,
3abnplus.tv 3ABNplus,
00:26:55.91\00:27:01.08
that's 3ABN and P-L-U-S.tv
00:27:01.12\00:27:04.29
and you can watch
these programs again, again,
00:27:04.32\00:27:05.95
stop, pause,
write your notes down.
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.46
But, Pastor, also
what's very exciting is
00:27:08.49\00:27:10.13
that you've been
working on a website
00:27:10.16\00:27:11.66
that will be taking the majority
00:27:11.69\00:27:13.26
or a lot of these questions,
00:27:13.29\00:27:14.63
and people can actually
go online and do searches.
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.40
Tell us briefly about
that that's coming up?
00:27:16.43\00:27:17.77
Yeah, absolutely
so we're building it,
00:27:17.80\00:27:20.07
we're building
the content for it
00:27:20.10\00:27:21.47
and hopefully
here in the near future
00:27:21.50\00:27:22.84
we're going to
have a website build.
00:27:22.87\00:27:24.21
It's going to be a Bible
questions and answer database,
00:27:24.24\00:27:26.24
so a lot of that
you're hearing here
00:27:26.27\00:27:27.71
in just a couple of minutes,
00:27:27.74\00:27:29.14
you're going to be able to
see in a much detailed manner
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.25
on the website just simply by
doing a search on the website.
00:27:32.28\00:27:35.58
So we hope to have that
ready and available this year.
00:27:35.62\00:27:37.85
Thank you for working on that
00:27:37.89\00:27:39.22
because we're
very excited about this
00:27:39.25\00:27:40.59
because it's
all about resources,
00:27:40.62\00:27:41.96
right, about
learning and growing.
00:27:41.99\00:27:43.32
So thank you
for working on that.
00:27:43.36\00:27:45.13
This question here,
00:27:45.16\00:27:46.93
my notes here, so this
one is a great question.
00:27:46.96\00:27:50.07
No name with it, but it says,
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
"Is the pope
system the Antichrist?"
00:27:51.47\00:27:55.10
Okay.
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.77
The simple
answer, and I understand
00:27:56.81\00:27:58.31
where this
person is coming from...
00:27:58.34\00:27:59.67
So simple answer would be yes,
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.41
but we want to
clarify what we mean by that.
00:28:01.44\00:28:03.24
Of course, when
we say pope system,
00:28:03.28\00:28:04.91
we want to be a
little bit more clear
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.78
that we're talking about
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.15
the Roman papal
church state system.
00:28:08.18\00:28:10.55
Of course to be
even more candid,
00:28:10.59\00:28:12.09
the Roman
Catholic Church system.
00:28:12.12\00:28:15.19
We're not talking
about individuals,
00:28:15.22\00:28:16.59
we're not here to
throw people under the bus,
00:28:16.62\00:28:18.46
but yes, that office of the pope
00:28:18.49\00:28:21.00
is the leadership figure.
00:28:21.03\00:28:22.43
It is a
leadership Antichrist figure
00:28:22.46\00:28:24.53
that leads out in
this Antichrist system,
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.00
and we want to be
very clear about that.
00:28:27.04\00:28:28.70
Where we get this from the time
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.07
that I have left
the minute and a half,
00:28:30.11\00:28:32.41
where we get this from is,
00:28:32.44\00:28:34.18
when you simply do
a responsible research
00:28:34.21\00:28:36.11
in Scripture,
00:28:36.14\00:28:37.48
between the
chapters of Daniel Chapter 7.
00:28:37.51\00:28:39.51
Also you can throw in
there Daniel Chapter 8 as well.
00:28:39.55\00:28:42.28
Also go over and
study Revelation 13,
00:28:42.32\00:28:45.29
that first
beast of Revelation 13
00:28:45.32\00:28:47.46
and as well as the
harlot from Revelation 17.
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.49
The little horn from Daniel 7-8,
00:28:50.53\00:28:52.39
Revelation 13, first beast,
00:28:52.43\00:28:54.30
and the harlot of Revelation 17,
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.33
and you begin to pull out
00:28:56.36\00:28:58.53
some clear
biblical identifications
00:28:58.57\00:29:00.77
that can only point
to one earthly system,
00:29:00.80\00:29:04.11
and it happens to be that
Roman papal church state system.
00:29:04.14\00:29:06.78
I have all of the
lists here in front of me
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.61
of those identifications.
00:29:08.64\00:29:09.98
I'm not going to be
able to read them all off,
00:29:10.01\00:29:11.35
we're talking
about a small kingdom
00:29:11.38\00:29:13.01
that little horn.
00:29:13.05\00:29:14.38
We're talking about it
rising up in Western Europe,
00:29:14.42\00:29:16.52
among the others
in Western Europe,
00:29:16.55\00:29:18.05
a man at its
head, eyes of a man,
00:29:18.09\00:29:20.59
a mouth that
speaks words of blasphemy.
00:29:20.62\00:29:22.72
It's a blasphemous system
that's been persecuting power.
00:29:22.76\00:29:26.46
All of this is coming
from Daniel 7-8, by the way.
00:29:26.49\00:29:29.76
It thinks to
change times and laws.
00:29:29.80\00:29:31.30
Daniel 7:25, changes God's law.
00:29:31.33\00:29:34.00
He goes on to become
a world dominant power
00:29:34.04\00:29:36.71
reigns for 1260 years,
00:29:36.74\00:29:39.17
it wears colors
of purple and red.
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.78
Revelation 17,
00:29:41.81\00:29:43.24
its headquarters are
located on seven mountains.
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.78
Revelation 17:9,
00:29:45.81\00:29:47.45
and it has a relationship
with the leaders of the world.
00:29:47.48\00:29:49.38
You put all of these,
00:29:49.42\00:29:50.75
allow the Bible
to just speak to you
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.12
and see these
clear identifications,
00:29:52.15\00:29:53.89
it can only point
to one earthly power,
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.36
and it happens to be the system,
00:29:56.39\00:29:58.23
system of the
Roman Catholic Church.
00:29:58.26\00:30:00.93
Wow. Good job.
00:30:00.96\00:30:02.30
Good job in two minutes.
00:30:02.33\00:30:03.67
And we believe, of course,
00:30:03.70\00:30:05.03
that God has
people in all churches...
00:30:05.07\00:30:06.40
Absolutely.
00:30:06.43\00:30:07.77
Good spirit led people
in the Catholic Church.
00:30:07.80\00:30:09.14
Amen. But you're talking system.
00:30:09.17\00:30:10.64
That's right. That's right.
00:30:10.67\00:30:12.01
I'm glad we're
gonna have that website.
00:30:12.04\00:30:13.38
Yeah. That's right.
00:30:13.41\00:30:14.74
Coming soon, right?
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.11
Coming soon.
Thank you, Pastor Ryan.
00:30:16.14\00:30:17.48
Thank you, Jesus.
00:30:17.51\00:30:18.85
All right, Jill, this
comes from Tim, and he says,
00:30:18.88\00:30:21.62
"How can I be a
mediator for my sisters.
00:30:21.65\00:30:24.59
They don't talk anymore,
00:30:24.62\00:30:26.02
even though they say they
have forgiven each other?"
00:30:26.05\00:30:28.22
It's very sad.
00:30:28.26\00:30:29.59
"What can I say to help
them reconcile with each other?"
00:30:29.62\00:30:32.96
There's many
things you can do, Tim,
00:30:32.99\00:30:34.83
but I would say three things.
00:30:34.86\00:30:36.26
The first two
focus on what you can do.
00:30:36.30\00:30:38.97
And the last one is on
what the Holy Spirit does.
00:30:39.00\00:30:41.80
So the first is to pray.
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.84
We cannot change
other people's hearts,
00:30:43.87\00:30:46.21
only God can.
00:30:46.24\00:30:47.58
You can't make
your sisters reconcile,
00:30:47.61\00:30:49.34
you can't change
them but God can.
00:30:49.38\00:30:51.28
James 5:16 says,
00:30:51.31\00:30:53.31
"Confess your
trespasses to one another,
00:30:53.35\00:30:55.38
and pray for one another,
00:30:55.42\00:30:56.75
that you may be healed.
00:30:56.79\00:30:58.52
The effective, fervent
prayer of a righteous man
00:30:58.55\00:31:02.09
it avails much."
00:31:02.12\00:31:03.56
Prayer can move mountains.
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.03
Prayer can part the Red Sea.
00:31:05.06\00:31:07.10
Prayer can raise the dead.
00:31:07.13\00:31:09.30
Prayer can do anything.
00:31:09.33\00:31:10.67
Prayer can bring
about reconciliation
00:31:10.70\00:31:12.40
between your sisters.
00:31:12.43\00:31:13.84
The second thing is to persist.
00:31:13.87\00:31:17.01
That means persistent prayer.
00:31:17.04\00:31:19.37
Luke 11:9-10 says,
00:31:19.41\00:31:21.74
"So I say to you, ask...
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.11
And in the Greek it
means ask and keep on asking, "
00:31:23.14\00:31:25.85
And will be given to you,
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.22
seek and keep on
seeking and you will find.
00:31:27.25\00:31:30.79
Knock and keep on knocking
and it will be opened to you.
00:31:30.82\00:31:35.96
For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds
00:31:35.99\00:31:39.09
and to him who
knocks it will be open."
00:31:39.13\00:31:41.43
So don't just pray
for your sisters and say,
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.37
"Okay, God, I'm done,"
00:31:43.40\00:31:44.73
and go off and
do your own thing.
00:31:44.77\00:31:46.27
Pray, persist in prayer.
00:31:46.30\00:31:48.57
Commit every day a certain
time to pray for your sisters.
00:31:48.60\00:31:51.61
Number three is what
the Holy Spirit does,
00:31:51.64\00:31:53.24
and that is pursue.
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.94
John 16:7-8,
00:31:54.98\00:31:58.71
"I tell you the
truth," Jesus is speaking,
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.62
"it's to your
advantage that I go away,
00:32:00.65\00:32:02.82
because if I don't
go away, the Helper,"
00:32:02.85\00:32:04.62
that's the Holy
Spirit, parakletos
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.06
"will not come to you,
00:32:07.09\00:32:08.46
but if I depart,
I send him to you.
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.56
And when he has come,
00:32:10.59\00:32:12.26
he will convict the world
00:32:12.29\00:32:13.63
of what sin of
righteousness and of judgment."
00:32:13.66\00:32:17.23
So what I take from that verse
00:32:17.27\00:32:18.83
is that only the Holy
Spirit will bring conviction.
00:32:18.87\00:32:21.07
Only the Holy Spirit
will show your sisters
00:32:21.10\00:32:23.34
that they are at odds
00:32:23.37\00:32:24.71
and that they need to be
reconciled to each other.
00:32:24.74\00:32:26.98
So allow the Holy
Spirit to pursue them.
00:32:27.01\00:32:29.71
So pray, persist
00:32:29.74\00:32:31.71
and allow the
Holy Spirit to pursue.
00:32:31.75\00:32:34.22
Amen. I like that.
00:32:34.25\00:32:35.58
Pray and persist. Excellent.
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.52
We want to invite you to submit
your questions to us here.
00:32:37.55\00:32:40.36
You can email
at BibleQA@3abn.org
00:32:40.39\00:32:45.46
or you can text
us at 618-228-3975.
00:32:45.49\00:32:49.50
I just have to say
thank you to Ladonna
00:32:49.53\00:32:51.47
who organizes all
these questions that come in
00:32:51.50\00:32:53.84
because we have
literally been flooded
00:32:53.87\00:32:55.37
with questions from you.
00:32:55.40\00:32:56.84
Thank you for submitting them.
00:32:56.87\00:32:58.21
Amen Pastor Ryan, I like that
I think we're all amening that,
00:32:58.24\00:33:00.81
and thank you for
submitting the question
00:33:00.84\00:33:02.91
but thank you, Ladonna,
00:33:02.94\00:33:04.28
for sorting all
these out and getting this,
00:33:04.31\00:33:05.65
getting all of these to us.
00:33:05.68\00:33:07.55
Pastor John,
great question here.
00:33:07.58\00:33:09.88
Pastor John but
this is from John-John.
00:33:09.92\00:33:11.79
Well, I saw it.
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.15
Did you see that?
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.52
Yeah.
00:33:14.56\00:33:15.89
So, John-John has this question,
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.79
"Why is there so much confusion
about this seventh day Sabbath?
00:33:17.83\00:33:21.36
And will this be a main problem
00:33:21.40\00:33:23.13
in the last days
of earth's history?"
00:33:23.16\00:33:25.87
I think that question
is somewhat rhetorical
00:33:25.90\00:33:27.77
because I think you answered
the question with a question.
00:33:27.80\00:33:30.01
Yes, because there's
so much confusion about it
00:33:30.04\00:33:31.87
is going to be an issue.
00:33:31.91\00:33:33.27
You don't have confusion
about something that's clear.
00:33:33.31\00:33:35.18
That's right.
00:33:35.21\00:33:36.54
If it's an issue, it's
because it's not clear.
00:33:36.58\00:33:38.31
Let's go ahead and establish
a couple of parameters.
00:33:38.35\00:33:40.35
We have a seven day
week that's world over
00:33:40.38\00:33:42.75
whether you are atheist,
whether you are Buddhist,
00:33:42.78\00:33:44.95
whatever you may be,
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.32
the entire world is on the clock
00:33:46.35\00:33:47.86
of a seven day week.
00:33:47.89\00:33:49.42
But ask yourself the question,
00:33:49.46\00:33:50.83
why do we have a seven day week.
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.79
And what does that do
00:33:52.83\00:33:54.46
and the only place you can find
00:33:54.50\00:33:56.06
a seven day
week is in the Bible.
00:33:56.10\00:33:57.63
That's right.
00:33:57.67\00:33:59.00
You can't point
to a star, a moon,
00:33:59.03\00:34:00.37
a planet or a
rotation of the sun,
00:34:00.40\00:34:01.74
going up or going
down, it's only in the Bible.
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.34
What did God do
with that seventh day?
00:34:04.37\00:34:05.94
Genesis 2:1-3,
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.08
"Thus the heavens and the earth
00:34:08.11\00:34:09.44
and all the hosts
of them were finished."
00:34:09.48\00:34:11.71
Genesis 2:2,
00:34:11.75\00:34:13.25
"And on the seventh day
00:34:13.28\00:34:14.62
God and His work
which He had done
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.08
and He rested on the seventh day
00:34:16.12\00:34:17.59
from all His work
which He had done.
00:34:17.62\00:34:19.39
Then God blessed the seventh day
00:34:19.42\00:34:21.69
and sanctified it
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.06
because in it He
rested from all His work
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.03
which God had created and made."
00:34:25.06\00:34:27.00
The only day of the
week that was blessed,
00:34:27.03\00:34:29.90
sanctified and God who
never gets tired rested
00:34:29.93\00:34:33.30
as an example to
us is the seventh day.
00:34:33.34\00:34:36.74
you might say,
00:34:36.77\00:34:38.11
"Well which day
is the seventh day?
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.47
Look at your dictionary,
look at the encyclopedia.
00:34:39.51\00:34:41.24
People have made
attempts to change calendars,
00:34:41.28\00:34:43.38
but the fact that history
is the seventh day is Saturday,
00:34:43.41\00:34:47.28
the Sabbath,
according to the Bible.
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.52
It's not Jewish,
because there were no Jews
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.55
when God
blessed the seventh day,
00:34:51.59\00:34:53.39
Jesus kept the Sabbath
and He said in Mark 2:27-28,
00:34:53.42\00:34:57.09
"The Sabbath was made for man"
00:34:57.13\00:34:58.83
It was kept in
the Garden of Eden
00:34:58.86\00:35:02.26
by the Old Testament,
00:35:02.30\00:35:03.83
by the New
Testament followers of Christ,
00:35:03.87\00:35:06.03
the disciples of Jesus
kept it, the apostles kept it.
00:35:06.07\00:35:10.01
According to what Ryan
said and this is history.
00:35:10.04\00:35:12.37
Rome changed it,
00:35:12.41\00:35:13.74
it's going to be kept in heaven,
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.11
why is it not being kept now?
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.08
That's why when the
Mount Carmel showdown
00:35:17.11\00:35:19.68
between Ahab
and Elijah happened.
00:35:19.71\00:35:22.55
Look what Ahab said,
00:35:22.58\00:35:24.19
look what Elijah said
to Ahab in 1 Kings 18:18,
00:35:24.22\00:35:28.22
"I have not troubled Israel
but you and your father have.
00:35:28.26\00:35:31.59
In that you have forsaken
the commandments of the Lord,
00:35:31.63\00:35:34.50
and you followed Baal."
00:35:34.53\00:35:35.86
And lastly Revelation
12:17, when the Bible says,
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.73
"The dragon is
angry with a woman
00:35:38.77\00:35:40.34
who keeps the
commandments of God."
00:35:40.37\00:35:41.87
He's angry because the
only one that's not being kept
00:35:41.90\00:35:45.47
and is being taught against
is the one that Jesus says,
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.64
"Remember to keep it holy."
00:35:48.68\00:35:50.01
Amen.
00:35:50.05\00:35:51.38
And that's the Sabbath.
00:35:51.41\00:35:52.75
Wow. That's right. That's right.
00:35:52.78\00:35:54.12
Amen, Pastor. Thank you.
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.48
In two minutes,
yeah, powerful. Amen.
00:35:55.52\00:35:56.85
Thank you and thank you
for that question, John-John.
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.92
Jill, this I like this
name, this comes from Genuine,
00:35:58.95\00:36:02.36
this is the
person's name Genuine.
00:36:02.39\00:36:03.73
Genuine. I like that.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.09
Yeah. Great name.
00:36:05.13\00:36:06.46
So Genuine's asking, Jill,
00:36:06.49\00:36:08.20
"When I read the
book, Song of Solomon,
00:36:08.23\00:36:10.70
I just don't understand it.
00:36:10.73\00:36:12.63
What or who is the
Song of Solomon about?"
00:36:12.67\00:36:16.24
Okay, well the Song of Solomon,
00:36:16.27\00:36:17.61
you can understand literally
00:36:17.64\00:36:18.97
and symbolically, allegorically.
00:36:19.01\00:36:21.54
I would submit there's
more literal understanding
00:36:21.58\00:36:23.51
in the Song of Solomon,
00:36:23.55\00:36:24.88
but you can definitely see both.
00:36:24.91\00:36:26.72
The Song of Songs, it's really
the best or most sublime song,
00:36:26.75\00:36:31.15
belonging to Solomon.
00:36:31.19\00:36:32.52
The King Solomon wrote it,
00:36:32.55\00:36:34.96
probably during the
first half of his reign
00:36:34.99\00:36:37.29
before polygamy and
idolatry got a hold of him.
00:36:37.33\00:36:40.56
This would have been...
00:36:40.60\00:36:42.56
If you look at
Song of Solomon 6:8
00:36:42.60\00:36:44.47
it references 140
women in the harem
00:36:44.50\00:36:46.80
as opposed to
his latter kingship
00:36:46.84\00:36:48.57
when there was 1000
women sitting in the harem.
00:36:48.60\00:36:50.61
Wow.
00:36:50.64\00:36:52.07
It was written,
who the Shunammite is,
00:36:52.11\00:36:54.74
is there's some
discussion on that,
00:36:54.78\00:36:56.68
some discussion,
it could be Abishag,
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.51
which was David's
nurse you could say
00:36:58.55\00:37:02.38
and his latter
years, some discussion,
00:37:02.42\00:37:04.09
it could be Pharaoh's daughter
00:37:04.12\00:37:05.45
who was one of Solomon's
first wives, it could be.
00:37:05.49\00:37:08.16
But the literal
meaning of the Song of Solomon,
00:37:08.19\00:37:11.83
it's a love song.
00:37:11.86\00:37:13.19
It's a love story.
00:37:13.23\00:37:14.76
You see the courtship
00:37:14.80\00:37:16.13
in the first couple of chapters,
00:37:16.16\00:37:17.50
then you see the
bridal procession
00:37:17.53\00:37:18.87
and wedding,
00:37:18.90\00:37:20.24
and you see the life
of love after marriage.
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.14
The theme is courtship.
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.74
You can see that
longing for each other.
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.37
You can see the expression
of marriage, marital love
00:37:26.41\00:37:30.98
within the confines of
a marriage relationship,
00:37:31.01\00:37:34.58
and there are some
frank open discussion
00:37:34.62\00:37:37.09
in the Book of Song of Solomon
regarding that physical love,
00:37:37.12\00:37:41.02
that God created
between a husband and a wife.
00:37:41.06\00:37:46.83
The book really
combats two extremes
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.56
asceticism, which is
the dial of all pleasure,
00:37:49.60\00:37:52.60
and hedonism, which is
the pursuit of only pleasure.
00:37:52.63\00:37:56.00
And then, of course,
you can look at the book
00:37:56.04\00:37:58.04
as an allegory or a symbolism
00:37:58.07\00:38:00.58
of the love of
Christ for His bride,
00:38:00.61\00:38:04.35
which is you and I,
which is the church.
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.32
Wow. Amen.
00:38:07.35\00:38:08.68
Yeah. Thank you very much.
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.05
Excellent.
00:38:10.09\00:38:11.42
Pastor Ryan, no name
with question, but it says,
00:38:11.45\00:38:13.46
"Can you explain the differences
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.16
between the rapture,
and second coming of Christ.
00:38:15.19\00:38:18.19
Most Christians believe
that the church will be rapture
00:38:18.23\00:38:21.03
before the tribulation,
00:38:21.06\00:38:22.40
but Matthew
24:29-31 states that,
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.53
"Immediately
after the tribulation,
00:38:25.57\00:38:27.24
we shall see the
Son of Man coming
00:38:27.27\00:38:29.24
in clouds with
power and great glory."
00:38:29.27\00:38:32.64
Man, that's a powerful question.
00:38:32.67\00:38:34.31
Yes, it is.
00:38:34.34\00:38:35.68
And in fact to be
frank, the person asked,
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.05
can I explain the difference
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.41
between the rapture
and the second coming,
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.78
and the answer is no, I can't,
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.45
because in reality the
rapture and the second coming
00:38:41.48\00:38:44.29
are the exact same event.
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.12
Now from an
evangelical perspective,
00:38:46.15\00:38:48.26
obviously there are
many people out there
00:38:48.29\00:38:50.13
who believe they
are two separate events,
00:38:50.16\00:38:52.49
but the concept of
rapture is found in Scripture.
00:38:52.53\00:38:55.53
The word rapture was not found
00:38:55.56\00:38:57.20
in the original
text of Scripture.
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.20
And so what we want to
look at here very quickly,
00:38:59.23\00:39:01.90
how do people get this idea
00:39:01.94\00:39:03.67
that there are
two separate events,
00:39:03.71\00:39:07.08
the rapture that
occurs some pre tribulation,
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.78
pre seven year tribulation,
00:39:09.81\00:39:11.45
and then seven years
later, a second coming.
00:39:11.48\00:39:14.12
What happens is
people go into Matthew 24,
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.42
and they take the first
couple of chapters, excuse me,
00:39:16.45\00:39:19.55
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4-5,
00:39:19.59\00:39:21.52
and they tried to
say that those events
00:39:21.56\00:39:22.89
are two separate events
00:39:22.92\00:39:24.26
when we read in 1 Thessalonians
00:39:24.29\00:39:25.76
from an evangelical perspective,
00:39:25.79\00:39:27.13
many people say
that, that's the,
00:39:27.16\00:39:28.60
that's more of a
rapture versus the Matthew 24
00:39:28.63\00:39:32.10
is more of a second coming
00:39:32.13\00:39:33.47
and I've had people
explain it backwards.
00:39:33.50\00:39:35.34
The second coming is,
00:39:35.37\00:39:37.24
is found more in
1 Thessalonians 4-5
00:39:37.27\00:39:39.54
and you know the
rapture is in Matthew 24.
00:39:39.57\00:39:41.64
The truth of the matter is
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.01
when you do a clear,
responsible word search
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.25
and you just compare the two,
00:39:45.28\00:39:46.82
you find it is
the exact same event.
00:39:46.85\00:39:48.88
For instance, the word coming
Jesus coming in the clouds
00:39:48.92\00:39:52.42
in Matthew 24
and 1 Thessalonians,
00:39:52.45\00:39:54.26
same exact Greek word parousia,
00:39:54.29\00:39:56.46
which simply means
00:39:56.49\00:39:57.83
Christ is coming
to gather His people.
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.59
Christ is seen in
the clouds in Matthew 24,
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.26
He's seen in the clouds
in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4.
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.13
We see the sound of a trumpet
or hear the sound of a trumpet
00:40:05.17\00:40:07.80
in Matthew 24,
00:40:07.84\00:40:09.20
we see again a trumpet
sound in 1 Thessalonians 4-5.
00:40:09.24\00:40:13.11
We see Jesus talking about
00:40:13.14\00:40:14.84
no man knows the
day nor the hour,
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.21
Matthew 24 and
Paul mentions the,
00:40:16.24\00:40:18.31
you know, the variation
of the times and seasons,
00:40:18.35\00:40:20.45
brethren, I have no
need to write to you for
00:40:20.48\00:40:22.62
you know that the
day of the Lord is coming
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.02
as a thief in the night.
00:40:25.05\00:40:26.39
Notice there's a
thief referencing.
00:40:26.42\00:40:27.76
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5,
00:40:27.79\00:40:29.69
"Jesus is coming
back as a thief."
00:40:29.72\00:40:31.13
In Matthew 24,
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.69
"All of the
wicked are taken away,"
00:40:32.73\00:40:34.06
in Matthew 24, "and destroyed."
00:40:34.10\00:40:35.73
"All of the wicked
comes to sudden destruction"
00:40:35.76\00:40:37.60
in 1 Thessalonians 5.
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.30
And, of course, in both chapters
00:40:39.33\00:40:41.00
Jesus ends it
with, watch, watch,
00:40:41.04\00:40:44.04
where the Son of
man is coming soon.
00:40:44.07\00:40:45.41
So, it's the exact same event,
00:40:45.44\00:40:47.14
there's no pre
tribulation rapture,
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.54
no seven years of tribulation,
00:40:49.58\00:40:51.01
although there is a tribulation.
00:40:51.05\00:40:52.88
But it's all the same event.
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.25
There's reason why it's
called the second coming.
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.42
He came the first time,
He's only going to come once
00:40:56.45\00:40:59.22
the second time, we just
need to be prepared for it.
00:40:59.25\00:41:01.52
Amen.
00:41:01.56\00:41:02.89
Absolutely. Wow. Yeah.
00:41:02.92\00:41:04.26
Excellent answer,
it's like military school,
00:41:04.29\00:41:06.39
it's like wow, bam, bam, bam.
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.20
It's incredible.
00:41:08.23\00:41:09.56
To God be glory. Yeah. Amen.
00:41:09.60\00:41:10.93
Thank you very much.
00:41:10.97\00:41:12.30
Pastor John, this is
just a beautiful question,
00:41:12.33\00:41:13.67
it comes Youlde.
00:41:13.70\00:41:15.04
"What are the
steps to being baptized?"
00:41:15.07\00:41:17.97
Beautiful question. Yes.
00:41:18.01\00:41:19.34
I love it because
the Lord moves on hearts
00:41:19.37\00:41:21.01
to ask that question.
00:41:21.04\00:41:22.48
Let me just make
six points, Jill.
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.48
One accept God's
saving grace, Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:41:25.51\00:41:29.38
"For by grace you have
been saved through faith
00:41:29.42\00:41:31.95
and that not of yourselves.
00:41:31.99\00:41:33.32
It is the gift of
God, not of works,
00:41:33.36\00:41:34.89
lest any man should boast."
00:41:34.92\00:41:36.32
Let me give you a
very revolutionary concept
00:41:36.36\00:41:38.33
you have been saved.
00:41:38.36\00:41:39.69
The gift is there.
00:41:39.73\00:41:41.06
You just have to
accept it to be saved.
00:41:41.10\00:41:45.03
All provision has been
made for you to be saved,
00:41:45.07\00:41:47.44
just accept the gift,
00:41:47.47\00:41:48.80
and the salvation
now becomes yours.
00:41:48.84\00:41:50.74
But what happens when
you accept God's grace,
00:41:50.77\00:41:53.74
something must
follow repentance.
00:41:53.78\00:41:55.98
Yeah.
00:41:56.01\00:41:57.35
Acts 2:38,
00:41:57.38\00:41:58.71
"Repent, and let
every one of you be baptized
00:41:58.75\00:42:01.95
in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ
00:42:01.98\00:42:04.22
for the remission of sin,
00:42:04.25\00:42:06.15
and you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit."
00:42:06.19\00:42:08.49
Watch, the gift of salvation,
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.33
then the gift of the Holy Spirit
00:42:10.36\00:42:11.76
to empower your life to
live above the sin of the past."
00:42:11.79\00:42:15.20
But how does
that repentance come?
00:42:15.23\00:42:17.53
Following confession.
00:42:17.57\00:42:19.03
1 John 1:9,
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.40
"If we confess our sins,
00:42:20.44\00:42:21.77
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:42:21.80\00:42:24.37
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:42:24.41\00:42:27.64
If all
unrighteousness is cleansed,
00:42:27.68\00:42:29.88
then what are you?
00:42:29.91\00:42:31.25
Righteous by the
character of Christ,
00:42:31.28\00:42:33.31
then you have to
forsake that sin.
00:42:33.35\00:42:35.12
Don't go back to it.
00:42:35.15\00:42:36.48
Proverbs 28:13,
00:42:36.52\00:42:37.85
"He who covers his
sin will not prosper.
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.95
But whoever
confesses and forsakes them
00:42:39.99\00:42:42.82
will have mercy."
00:42:42.86\00:42:44.69
But now preparatory to baptism,
00:42:44.73\00:42:46.43
you have to be
taught the essentials.
00:42:46.46\00:42:48.10
Acts 8:29-31,
00:42:48.13\00:42:50.80
the example of
the Ethiopian eunuch.
00:42:50.83\00:42:53.37
He was on his
way back to Ethiopia
00:42:53.40\00:42:55.10
and Philip was sent
out into the wilderness
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.41
first evangelistic series
where only one person attended.
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.08
That's right.
00:43:00.11\00:43:01.44
And he said, "Do you
understand what you're reading,"
00:43:01.48\00:43:03.18
and he says in Acts 8:31,
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.38
"How can I understand
unless someone guides me."
00:43:05.41\00:43:09.45
And he asked Philip
to come up and sit down.
00:43:09.48\00:43:11.92
After the
explanation, Acts 8:36,
00:43:11.95\00:43:15.02
now as they went down the road,
00:43:15.06\00:43:16.93
they came to some
water and the eunuch said,
00:43:16.96\00:43:19.29
"See, here is
water what hinders me
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.76
from being baptized."
00:43:21.80\00:43:23.26
And finally
after you are baptized,
00:43:23.30\00:43:24.73
you accept the commission
to go and lead others.
00:43:24.77\00:43:26.87
Matthew 28:19,
00:43:26.90\00:43:28.24
"Go and make
disciples of all nations."
00:43:28.27\00:43:30.14
Wow. Amen.
00:43:30.17\00:43:31.51
Pastor, Thank
you, Great six steps,
00:43:31.54\00:43:33.51
I mean, it's fantastic.
00:43:33.54\00:43:34.88
Thank you for that question.
00:43:34.91\00:43:36.41
Pastor Ryan, I tell you these
questions here are just great,
00:43:36.44\00:43:39.58
I'll tell you, I love it.
00:43:39.61\00:43:41.28
He says, "Please
explain the meaning
00:43:41.32\00:43:43.08
of one will be
taken and the other left
00:43:43.12\00:43:45.59
from Matthew 24:40-42.
00:43:45.62\00:43:48.82
Please clarify who is
taken, and who is left?"
00:43:48.86\00:43:50.96
Yeah. Absolutely.
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.33
So Matthew 24:40-42
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.50
is a great place to
find this obviously,
00:43:54.53\00:43:56.87
that's one another
one is Luke Chapter 17,
00:43:56.90\00:43:59.20
but to actually
answer this question
00:43:59.23\00:44:00.97
we need to read
what is found in Luke 17
00:44:01.00\00:44:03.74
because there's a
clearer ending to that text
00:44:03.77\00:44:06.11
that gives us
and sets the context
00:44:06.14\00:44:07.78
for who is being
taken and who's being left.
00:44:07.81\00:44:09.84
And so let's read Luke 17:34-37,
00:44:09.88\00:44:12.68
these are those famous words,
00:44:12.71\00:44:14.05
"I tell you in that night
00:44:14.08\00:44:15.42
there will be
two men in one bed,
00:44:15.45\00:44:16.79
that one would be
taken and the other left.
00:44:16.82\00:44:18.19
Two women will be
grinding together,
00:44:18.22\00:44:19.85
the one will be
taken and the other left.
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.82
Two men will be in the field,
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.43
the one will be
taken and the other left,"
00:44:23.46\00:44:25.33
So up to this point Jesus
is just simply establishing
00:44:25.36\00:44:27.86
that when He comes
back at the second coming,
00:44:27.90\00:44:29.66
there's going to be two groups,
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.03
there's going to
be the righteous,
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.40
there's going to be unrighteous,
00:44:32.43\00:44:33.77
the sheep and the goats,
the wheat and the tares, right?
00:44:33.80\00:44:35.17
There's going to be
some that will be taken
00:44:35.20\00:44:36.60
and the question is
where will they be taken?
00:44:36.64\00:44:39.14
Really there
shouldn't even be a question
00:44:39.17\00:44:40.54
as to where those
who are taken are taken,
00:44:40.58\00:44:42.94
because we know that clearly
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.61
according to
Matthew 24:31, it says that,
00:44:44.65\00:44:47.22
"The angels with the
great sound of a trumpet
00:44:47.25\00:44:48.88
they gathered together his elect
00:44:48.92\00:44:50.35
from the four winds
00:44:50.39\00:44:51.72
from one end to
heaven to the other."
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.09
So the angels
come down and gather,
00:44:53.12\00:44:54.79
they take the righteous,
00:44:54.82\00:44:56.76
where are they being
taken to the kingdom of God.
00:44:56.79\00:44:58.69
This is also communicated
in 1 Thessalonians 4:17,
00:44:58.73\00:45:01.90
when it says,
00:45:01.93\00:45:03.26
"Then we who
are alive and remain
00:45:03.30\00:45:04.63
are caught up together
with them in the clouds
00:45:04.67\00:45:06.17
that meet the Lord in the air, "
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.00
Why are they
meeting them in the air?
00:45:08.04\00:45:09.60
Because God is going
to take the righteous
00:45:09.64\00:45:11.84
to heaven with Him.
00:45:11.87\00:45:13.21
I think the
ultimate question though is,
00:45:13.24\00:45:14.61
what about these that are left.
00:45:14.64\00:45:16.38
The evangelical kind of
00:45:16.41\00:45:17.75
pre tribulation
rapture theory says
00:45:17.78\00:45:19.18
there's going to
be people left behind,
00:45:19.21\00:45:21.05
alive during,
00:45:21.08\00:45:22.42
you know, for seven
more years of tribulation.
00:45:22.45\00:45:24.72
The context of this, the
key to this of understanding
00:45:24.75\00:45:26.96
this is verse 37 of Luke 17.
00:45:26.99\00:45:30.53
So notice how he just said,
00:45:30.56\00:45:31.89
"One will be
taken, one will be left,
00:45:31.93\00:45:33.26
One will be
taken, one will be left."
00:45:33.29\00:45:34.63
Then He follows with
this, and the disciples say.
00:45:34.66\00:45:36.90
"Where Lord" and Jesus' response
00:45:36.93\00:45:40.00
"Where the body is,
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.37
there the equals
will be gathered together
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.71
while the equals
gathered together.
00:45:43.74\00:45:45.97
Because those
who have been left,
00:45:46.01\00:45:48.04
they are slain at
the coming of the Lord."
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.54
We see this in 1 Thess...
00:45:49.58\00:45:50.91
or actually 2 Thessalonians
2:1 and 8, where it says that,
00:45:50.95\00:45:55.95
"The wicked are destroyed
00:45:55.98\00:45:57.32
at the brightness of
the coming of Jesus."
00:45:57.35\00:45:58.99
And if you read the equivalent
verse there in Matthew 24:28,
00:45:59.02\00:46:04.16
it's actually, Matthew says,
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.59
"Where the carcass is,
00:46:05.63\00:46:07.23
there where the
equals be gathered together."
00:46:07.26\00:46:08.76
So those that are
taken are taken to heaven.
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.17
Those that are
left are left behind,
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.34
but they are slaying
00:46:13.37\00:46:14.70
at the brightness
of the coming of Jesus.
00:46:14.74\00:46:16.30
Wow. Excellent.
00:46:16.34\00:46:17.67
Thank you very
much, Pastor Ryan.
00:46:17.71\00:46:19.81
Jill, this says,
00:46:19.84\00:46:21.18
"What is the difference
between God and Satan?
00:46:21.21\00:46:26.41
The difference
between God and Satan
00:46:26.45\00:46:27.82
is like day and night.
00:46:27.85\00:46:29.18
God is love. Wow.
00:46:29.22\00:46:30.69
Satan is a
liar, he's a murderer.
00:46:30.72\00:46:33.12
He acts out of his
own selfish interest.
00:46:33.15\00:46:36.06
You know, at the cross,
we see the justice of God,
00:46:36.09\00:46:39.59
combined with the mercy of God,
00:46:39.63\00:46:42.33
the justice of God and
that the claims of the law,
00:46:42.36\00:46:45.30
they must be met.
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.67
The wages of sin is death.
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.04
We're told in Romans 6:23,
00:46:48.07\00:46:49.40
but the gift of
God is eternal life
00:46:49.44\00:46:52.11
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:46:52.14\00:46:54.71
The claims of
the law must be met.
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.95
That's why Jesus die,
00:46:56.98\00:46:58.38
but we also see
the mercy of God.
00:46:58.41\00:47:00.62
He took my punishment
and my sin on himself.
00:47:00.65\00:47:04.82
2 Corinthians 5:21,
00:47:04.85\00:47:06.69
"God made Jesus
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.06
Who knew no sin to be sin for us
00:47:08.09\00:47:10.76
that we might become
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.13
the
righteousness of God in Him."
00:47:12.16\00:47:15.10
At the cross we also
see the hatred of sin,
00:47:15.13\00:47:17.77
we see the effects of sin,
00:47:17.80\00:47:20.24
we see the
unfolding of Satan's plan
00:47:20.27\00:47:23.20
to destroy Jesus,
00:47:23.24\00:47:24.57
and by extension, all of us.
00:47:24.61\00:47:27.31
You know if you contrast.
00:47:27.34\00:47:28.84
I see that Christ is
the way, truth and life.
00:47:28.88\00:47:31.65
Satan is a liar
and the father of lies.
00:47:31.68\00:47:34.35
Christ's law is
holy, just and good.
00:47:34.38\00:47:37.09
Satan's law is
wicked, cruel and egotistical.
00:47:37.12\00:47:40.49
Christ's love is
unselfish sacrificing love.
00:47:40.52\00:47:44.99
Satan's love is self focused.
00:47:45.03\00:47:48.06
Christ came to save sinners,
Satan came to claim sinners.
00:47:48.10\00:47:52.73
Christ spilled
His blood to save me,
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.44
Satan sought to kill me.
00:47:55.47\00:47:57.54
Christ sets me free.
00:47:57.57\00:47:59.47
Amen.
00:47:59.51\00:48:00.84
Satan enslaves me.
00:48:00.88\00:48:02.24
Christ tells the
truth, Satan twists truth.
00:48:02.28\00:48:06.72
Christ leads with humility,
Satan leads with pride.
00:48:06.75\00:48:10.89
Christ brings peace,
Satan brings division.
00:48:10.92\00:48:14.96
Christ heals, Satan enfeebles.
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.63
Christ uplifts the downtrodden,
00:48:18.66\00:48:21.20
Satan oppresses the downtrodden.
00:48:21.23\00:48:23.90
Christ convicts, Satan condemns.
00:48:23.93\00:48:27.64
Christ empowers,
Satan cast doubt.
00:48:27.67\00:48:31.64
The difference between
Christ and Satan is everything.
00:48:31.67\00:48:34.64
Wow. Wow.
00:48:34.68\00:48:36.04
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:48:36.08\00:48:37.41
I'll take those notes.
00:48:37.45\00:48:38.78
Yes, exactly.
00:48:38.81\00:48:40.15
Amen, thank you very
much. Thank you, Jill.
00:48:40.18\00:48:41.52
Wow.
00:48:41.55\00:48:42.88
Well, we only have
about three minutes left,
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.75
we've got some of our,
we call them bonus questions
00:48:44.79\00:48:47.16
or extra questions.
00:48:47.19\00:48:48.52
Do you all want to tackle
numbers five in a few minutes?
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.26
Shall we do that?
00:48:51.29\00:48:52.63
So let's all dive in.
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.00
So the question from Jan says,
00:48:54.03\00:48:55.36
"Would you
discuss Numbers Chapter 5,
00:48:55.40\00:48:57.37
and how this shows
the love of Jesus?"
00:48:57.40\00:49:00.94
Numbers five is a
very, it's a long,
00:49:00.97\00:49:04.81
detailed book of
statutes, codes and regulations
00:49:04.84\00:49:08.51
and I just put it this way.
00:49:08.54\00:49:10.08
The Numbers 5
contain regulations
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.65
that govern
community relationships
00:49:11.68\00:49:13.62
among the people of God,
00:49:13.65\00:49:15.08
and we have some of
the same parameters today.
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.25
Here my quick examples.
00:49:17.29\00:49:18.62
If someone is sick, or infected
with something contagious.
00:49:18.65\00:49:22.72
We establish
parameters to govern the head,
00:49:22.76\00:49:25.09
to govern the
handling of these individuals,
00:49:25.13\00:49:27.56
so the contagion is not spread.
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.76
It also established parameters
of morality and relationships
00:49:29.80\00:49:33.44
and obligations that contains
specific prescribed measures
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.44
that should accompany the
resolution of those matters
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.77
in marriage and relationships
00:49:38.81\00:49:40.78
with those who are
not, you're not married to,
00:49:40.81\00:49:43.48
and you don't understand
how powerful regulations are
00:49:43.51\00:49:46.55
until the divorce happens.
00:49:46.58\00:49:48.52
And one spouses says,
00:49:48.55\00:49:49.98
"Thank God that there are
laws to protect my interests."
00:49:50.02\00:49:53.96
God was establishing
these so that Israel,
00:49:53.99\00:49:56.62
His people will
know how it works.
00:49:56.66\00:49:58.23
So in a
nutshell, it's true today,
00:49:58.26\00:50:00.50
medical community has laws,
00:50:00.53\00:50:02.13
law enforcement community,
00:50:02.16\00:50:03.57
judicial community, family court
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.13
and the like have
specific parameters
00:50:05.17\00:50:07.24
to govern matters of all areas.
00:50:07.27\00:50:09.34
And the nutshell principle
00:50:09.37\00:50:10.77
behind all of that is Luke 6:31,
00:50:10.81\00:50:14.14
"And just as you
want men to do to you,
00:50:14.18\00:50:17.28
you also do to them likewise,
00:50:17.31\00:50:20.12
love your neighbor as yourself."
00:50:20.15\00:50:22.02
Matthew 22:39.
00:50:22.05\00:50:24.35
And so that's simply what it is.
00:50:24.39\00:50:25.95
It seems very harsh,
00:50:25.99\00:50:27.39
but if you are on
the receiving end,
00:50:27.42\00:50:28.92
you'll say thank God,
those parameters are in place.
00:50:28.96\00:50:32.23
Yeah, excellent. I
love that, Pastor John.
00:50:32.26\00:50:34.53
I would just one
thing that stuck out to me
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.87
when you try to
seek the love of God
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.37
when you're reading
some of these harsh things,
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.10
or some of these harsh laws.
00:50:40.14\00:50:41.50
Really I see love
00:50:41.54\00:50:42.87
because it's talking about
separating the lepers person
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.64
from the society from
the camp and that is love,
00:50:45.67\00:50:49.11
because you're trying
to protect other people
00:50:49.14\00:50:51.08
from becoming infected,
00:50:51.11\00:50:52.65
where they're
talking about adultery
00:50:52.68\00:50:54.15
and unfaithfulness
00:50:54.18\00:50:55.52
and the jealousy possibly
of a husband against his wife,
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.99
maybe even falsely
accusing her of adultery,
00:50:59.02\00:51:02.59
and I see love evidence there
because it's giving the woman,
00:51:02.62\00:51:06.93
the benefit of the doubt
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.30
and that society
was very patriarchal
00:51:08.33\00:51:10.23
and the woman was usually,
00:51:10.27\00:51:11.60
she couldn't own, she
didn't have any rights,
00:51:11.63\00:51:13.30
she couldn't do
anything, she was squashed down.
00:51:13.34\00:51:15.44
And so this is actually
extending more rights to her
00:51:15.47\00:51:18.41
than maybe they even
had in their society.
00:51:18.44\00:51:20.84
Yeah. Excellent.
00:51:20.88\00:51:22.21
Pastor Ryan, any other comments.
00:51:22.24\00:51:23.58
I can't add anything to that.
00:51:23.61\00:51:25.05
It's worded very well.
00:51:25.08\00:51:26.41
Yeah, fantastic, because
we know that God is love.
00:51:26.45\00:51:28.48
The Bible says
that and we know that.
00:51:28.52\00:51:30.62
Yeah, He is our
Father and He's our friend
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.72
and I tell you what a loving God
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that we each one of us serve.
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What we're going to do right now
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is actually take a quick break
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and then we'll be right
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answering the Bible
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and we'll use God's Holy Word
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that seem
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