As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and
welcome to Bible Q and A.
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We're so glad that
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It's a great day in the Lord.
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I'm excited, why?
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Because we're
going to be opening
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the Word of God today.
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You know, today as Jill
and I were driving into work,
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we were having some very nice
spring time early summertime,
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showers here in
Southern Illinois,
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and it was just
raining so nice and gently.
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And as we were driving in,
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I was looking at
the leaves and you know,
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the leaves on the
trees, they seem so happy.
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They were all clean of any dust
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or any type of
other debris on them.
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I was looking at the
flowers beside the road
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and they had their
little faces upturn to the rain,
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just like saying,
this is wonderful,
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my face is being washed.
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Looking at the blades of grass,
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they were saying,
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yay, we've got
some water, we can grow.
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And you know, I was reminded
of Psalm 1, or Psalm 51:10.
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It says, "Create in
me a clean heart, O God."
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So as we study the Word of God,
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I was reminded
by God saying to me,
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don't forget, Greg,
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to let the Word
of God cleanse you.
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Let it be rain
showers that cleanse you,
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because oftentimes we
can study the Word of God,
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we can maybe debate and
like, wow, I'm a good debater,
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I can answer
all these objections
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that come my way.
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You know what?
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It's not just that,
it's about letting God's Word
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change you and
cleanse you and make you new.
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So that's one of the things
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here as we go into
the Bible Q and A today.
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Yes, it's great
for all the answers.
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But don't forget to
let God's Word change you
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from the inside out.
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So today, I'm joined
by Pastor John Lomacang.
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So good to have you here.
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And thank you for your
love of the Word of God, Pastor.
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It's always interesting.
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I mean, these questions,
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some people are very
creative in their questions.
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They are.
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And so, we don't
want to come across
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as though we are
the final authority,
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but we are going to, by
God's leading and guidance,
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give you all of the
answers from the scriptures.
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Amen. Yeah.
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Thank you, Pastor, though
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for your love
of the Word of God.
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Because I think
that's important.
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You know, you're
the senior pastor.
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You are the pastor
of the Thompsonville
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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You've been here for many years,
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you and your wife, Angie,
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but you don't only
just know the Word of God,
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it comes out of you too,
you know, you exude Jesus.
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So thank you for
letting it change you as well.
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Praise the Lord. Thank you.
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So, Pastor Ryan,
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thank you for being
a man of the Word too.
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It's a blessing to
have you here with us today.
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Amen, it's a
blessing to be here.
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We're living in exciting times.
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And I'm excited about
people asking questions
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about the Word of God, right?
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Amen. Interested
in spiritual things.
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Pastor Ryan, why do
you have a smile always?
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I don't know if
I've ever, very rarely.
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One time you were overloaded
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with a whole bunch
of studies and things,
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but it's very rare for
me to ever see you down.
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Why do you always
have a smile on your face?
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You know, each and
every day is a blessing.
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Okay.
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And life should not
be taken for granted.
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And I try that just as much
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as I possibly can if I can smile
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and rub that off
on somebody else,
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that's a blessing.
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Amen. Thank you for
being a ray of sunshine.
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Praise the Lord. Yeah.
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And right next to me
is my dear wife, Jill.
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So good to have
you here with us today.
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It's a blessing to be
a part of the ministry
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and serve the Lord together,
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and I count it a real privilege
to be teamed up with her
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and God's blessed us
with 19 years of marriage
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this year, and what a blessing?
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And thank you for your
love of the Word of God too.
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Amen. Thank you
so much, sweetheart.
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Just love opening
up the Word of God,
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loves studying it together,
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Greg and I love
praying together.
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And we love sharing
this time with you at home.
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Amen.
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Thank you for
sending in your questions.
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And thank you for
giving us an opportunity
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to open up the
Word of God together
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and learn together.
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Amen.
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Well, before we go
to our first question,
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we want to open
with a word of prayer.
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But just before that,
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the text I'd
like to always quote
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for the Bible Q
and A, 2 Timothy 2:15,
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"Study to show
thyself approved unto God,
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a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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Pastor John, let's
open with prayer, please.
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Sure. Thank you.
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Loving Lord, it's our
privilege and blessing
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to be able to
sit before the world
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that is watching and
answer these questions.
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Lord, we have done our homework.
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But we prefer Your Holy Spirit
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to communicate it in
such a way that it becomes
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like the Bible says,
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sweet to our lips
and to our hearts.
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Be with each of our panelists,
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our family members here
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and may those who are
watching and listening,
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hear a word from you and
give them willing hearts,
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that these
answers and the scriptures
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will find fertile soil
to Your glory and honor,
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we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Pastor John.
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We have some wonderful questions
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that have come in again.
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Thank you for submitting them
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to our 3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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Pastor Ryan, I'm
going to come to you first.
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Okay? All right, sounds great.
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This question
here comes from Carol,
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doesn't say where,
but Carol is asking,
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"What exactly is
the great tribulation?
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What will it involve,
and when will it occur?"
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Okay, this is a great question
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in the sense that
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we first have to be reminded
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that the Bible proves this
many times as well as history
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that history repeats itself,
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that there are often
dual fulfillments of things
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throughout the Bible,
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especially in biblical prophecy.
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And so when we find
that term, Great Tribulation,
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it's found in Matthew 24:21-22.
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I'll read it really quickly.
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It says, and this is Jesus
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coming right after
the signs of the times.
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And He says this, He says,
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"For then, there will
be a great tribulation
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such has not been
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since the
beginning of the world,
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until this time,
nor ever shall be.
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And unless those
days were shortened,
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no flesh would be saved,
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for the elect's sake
those days will be shortened."
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And so this great
tribulation time period,
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I believe there is a very clear
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and this can be
backed up from the Bible
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dual fulfillment of this.
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There was a great
tribulation time period
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in the Dark Ages,
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that 1260 year time period
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in which that papal
power reigns supreme.
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Now, here's what's interesting
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is the Bible
makes it very clear,
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there's another even
greater tribulation time period
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at the very end of time.
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You can find support
for this in Scripture.
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For instance,
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the soul is
crying out from the altar
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in Revelation Chapter 6.
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God makes it very clear to them
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that just as they were martyred,
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and they shed
their blood for Christ,
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and so they shall
sleep a little longer
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until their brothers and sisters
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in the future shall also
die until it's completed.
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And so there's another
great tribulation time period
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described there.
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Two phases of this
papal power system,
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the 42 months of Revelation
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that we see there in
Revelation Chapter 13:3.
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But then after the
deadly wound is healed,
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at the end,
during that time period,
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at the end of time,
right before Christ comes,
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there's another great
tribulation time period.
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The first one is
great because of its length,
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1260 years.
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The second one is great
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because of its global intensity.
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So we have to be
very, very clear,
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the Great
Tribulation time period
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that's going to be
at the end of the world
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that we have yet to see
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is described very
clear in Daniel 12:1.
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It says, "At that
time, Michael shall stand up,
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the great prince
who stands watch over
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the sons of your people,
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and there shall
be a time of trouble
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such as never was since then,
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that there ever was a
nation even until that time."
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So the second part of
the question here that is,
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what will it involve?
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Revelation Chapter 16.
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Go read that, the
seven last plagues
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that is the great last
tribulation time period
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and when will it occur?
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It will happen right before
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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Amen. Wow. Very good.
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Good job. Thank
you, Pastor Ryan.
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Yeah. Good job.
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Not much time is it, Pastor,
for some of these answers?
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I'm telling, it's like
squeezing the toothpaste to.
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Rapid fire, isn't it.
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Good job. Yeah, excellent job.
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Pastor John, I'm going
to come to you on this one.
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No name with this,
but a great question.
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"Is there a difference
in my sins and my testimony,
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when we get to
heaven, our sins will be gone,
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but we will still
have our testimony?
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Okay, yes, our
sins will be gone.
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The answer is yes,
our sins will be gone.
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Praise the Lord for that. Yes.
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But we will
still have a testimony.
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When we are forgiven,
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our sins are cleansed
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and we are, our
sins are forgiven
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and then we are cleansed
from all unrighteousness
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and according to Scripture,
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our sin no longer
remains as a deficit against us.
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A few scriptures in the
Bible which we know very well.
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1 John 1:9,
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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Acts 3:19,
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"Repent
therefore and be converted,
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that your sins
may be blotted out.
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So that times of
refreshing may come
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from the presence of the Lord."
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That one, the blotting out
is what you're concerned about.
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The forgiving
aspect is wonderful.
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But I want that blotted out.
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And the blotting out means
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that we won't have to,
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our sins would not be
following us into the kingdom,
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that there'll be any
need for a future atonement.
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Another one, Micah 7:19,
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"He will again
have compassion on us,
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and will subdue our iniquities.
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He will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea."
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And I always like to add
and put out a no fishing sign.
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That's good.
Praise God for that.
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Jeremiah 31:34,
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"No more shall every
man teach his neighbor
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and every man his brother,
saying, 'Know the Lord,'
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for they all shall know Me,
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from the least of them
to the greatest of them,
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says the Lord.
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For I will forgive
their iniquity and their sin,
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I will remember no more."
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So we're not going to
look forward to our sin
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coming up
against us in eternity,
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but our testimony will be there.
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You know, we
find in Psalm 107:2,
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and the redeemed will
have a lot of opportunity
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to tell others about
how they were redeemed,
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Even angels desire to know
what it means to be redeemed,
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and they don't
have that experience.
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So Psalm 107:2,
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"Let the redeemed
of the Lord say so,
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whom the Lord has redeemed
from the hand of the enemy.
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So since we overcame
by the blood of the Lamb,
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we'll be able to tell
that story of redemption.
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Amen. Good job, Pastor.
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Thank you so very
much. Great answer.
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This one is for you, Jill.
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Good question from Phyllis,
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and she lives
in Wisconsin, says,
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the question is,
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"God said in His Word,
00:11:41.13\00:11:42.46
it is not good
for man to be alone.
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Why are so many of us
alone, pandemic excluded.
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We have no friends to speak of,
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husband or Christ
like people around us.
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Can you please give
me something scriptures
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to bring us hope?"
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Wow.
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Phyllis, I just
want you to know that
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you may feel alone,
but you are never alone.
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There's tremendous
scriptures that have hope.
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I'm going to give you a few,
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jot them down and you can
look some of them up later
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if we don't have time
to go through all of them.
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Isaiah 41:10,
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"Fear not, for I am with you.
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Be not dismayed, I am your God.
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I will strengthen
you, I will help you,
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I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand."
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Isaiah 49:16.
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He says, See, I
have inscribed you
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on the palms of My hands.
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Your walls are
continually before Me."
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Isaiah 43:1-2,
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"Now thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
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and he who formed you.
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Do not fear, for I
have redeemed you."
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And it goes on to say,
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"No matter what you go
through, the fire or the flood,
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He will be with you."
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Hebrews 13:5,
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He says, "I will never
leave you nor forsake you."
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Isaiah 54:4-5 is
especially good for women
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who are either widowed or
women who are not married.
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It says,
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"Your maker is your husband,
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the Lord of hosts is his name.
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Your Redeemer is
the Holy One of Israel."
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Joshua 1:5, He says,
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"As I've been with
Moses, so I will be with you."
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John 14:27, He says,
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"I will give you my peace."
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Now you also ask the question,
why are so many of us alone?
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I would say first of all,
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it's not by
choice for many people
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because of the
world of sin we live in.
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God created us
to be in community.
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God created us to
have family to be together,
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to be in community.
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Satan came to
steal, kill and destroy,
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but God came that
we would have life
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and have it more abundantly.
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I would also say sometimes,
I want to be careful with this.
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But sometimes we
are alone by choice.
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We're so hurt or wounded
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that we
withdraw within ourselves
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and don't intentionally
reach out to other people.
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Proverbs 18:24 says,
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"A man who has friends
must show himself friendly."
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So you can't
change your circumstances,
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but you can change your choices,
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reach out and
develop friendships
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with other people.
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Excellent. Thank you very much.
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Yeah, that's a great question.
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So thank you so much
for that great answer too.
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Pastor Ryan,
this is a follow up.
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And this is to a question
on a previous Bible Q and A.
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This is coming from Fiona.
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And she says,
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"I agree with
Pastor Ryan's answer
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regarding jewelry,
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but I don't think
the question was answered
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concerning wedding bands.
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In biblical days
how did people know
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if a person was married or not?
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I've observed that most
SDAs don't wear wedding rings,
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but how would someone know
if the individual is married
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without them
having to say they are?"
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That's a great question.
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It is. She's right.
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The last question we
got was a dual question.
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I was able to
cover the jewelry part
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but not the wedding band part.
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So thank you so much,
Fiona, for this question.
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To be very clear,
transparent and candid,
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the Bible says
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absolutely nothing
about the wedding band.
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I want to make that very clear
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because there's some
people that I've run into that
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have tried to say,
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you know, the Bible says
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it's okay to
wear a wedding band.
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Well, the Bible has
absolutely not one single text
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in all of Scripture
00:15:09.40\00:15:10.74
where it talks
about the wedding band.
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Actually, if you
look up the history
00:15:13.21\00:15:14.54
of the wedding band,
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you'll find that it
started in and got its origin
00:15:15.98\00:15:17.81
or finds its
origin in ancient Egypt.
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And which basically,
00:15:20.35\00:15:21.68
and ancient Egyptians
believed that the ring finger,
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which is the fourth
finger on the left hand,
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they contained what
they called the vena amoris,
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which is known
as the vein of love,
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which was closer
to the heart or left,
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the left side
closer to the heart.
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And, of course,
later, the Romans adopted
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this same tradition.
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And, of course,
it's just found its way,
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even to this day.
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But biblically speaking,
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we can be very, very clear that
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the Bible does
not specifically speak
00:15:44.64\00:15:45.97
about wedding bands.
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In biblical days,
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if a couple came together
and were betrothed or married,
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is simply within their
society within their community,
00:15:51.68\00:15:54.62
it was just very clear
00:15:54.65\00:15:55.98
because the weddings
were public, just like ours.
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And if someone, you
know, wanted to know,
00:15:58.19\00:15:59.82
if someone was
married, they would ask them,
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you know, are you married.
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It would become very clear
00:16:02.79\00:16:04.13
that the wife or
the husband would say,
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I'm sorry, I'm married.
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And so the idea
today, even in our culture,
00:16:07.03\00:16:09.16
is we have to
wear a wedding band,
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so that everyone around
us knows that we are married.
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I've been
married for 11 years now,
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I don't wear a wedding band.
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My wife does not
wear wedding band.
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Pastor has been
married for what?
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Thirty eight.
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Thirty eight years and
not wear a wedding band.
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And you know, this
idea within our culture
00:16:24.61\00:16:25.95
that you must
wear a wedding band,
00:16:25.98\00:16:27.32
so everyone around you
knows that you are married.
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That's just simply,
00:16:29.38\00:16:30.72
sometimes I feel
like that's a cop out
00:16:30.75\00:16:32.09
just for some people
00:16:32.12\00:16:33.46
who want to wear
that wedding band.
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I don't think that it should
be as we are, we're instructed.
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And I think I usually don't use
00:16:36.93\00:16:38.26
Ellen Whites
writings on this show,
00:16:38.33\00:16:39.66
because I
believe in this program,
00:16:39.69\00:16:41.30
it's a Bible Q and A program.
00:16:41.36\00:16:42.70
We should always try to stick
00:16:42.73\00:16:44.07
as closest to the
Bible as possible.
00:16:44.10\00:16:45.43
But many people try to say
00:16:45.47\00:16:46.80
that Spirit of
Prophecy gives it, okay.
00:16:46.84\00:16:48.17
Actually, there's only
one published remark in all
00:16:48.20\00:16:50.97
in her writings
on the wedding band,
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in which she simply states
00:16:52.54\00:16:53.88
and you can find this
00:16:53.91\00:16:55.24
in Testimonies to
Ministers, Gospel,
00:16:55.28\00:16:56.61
and Gospel
Workers page 180 and 181,
00:16:56.64\00:16:59.01
in which she makes it very clear
00:16:59.05\00:17:00.55
that not any circlet, or band,
00:17:00.58\00:17:02.75
or a ring of any
kind should be paid
00:17:02.78\00:17:05.12
or bought for or
worn in any case.
00:17:05.19\00:17:07.39
She did say in countries
00:17:07.42\00:17:08.76
where the custom is imperative,
00:17:08.79\00:17:10.36
we have no
burden to condemn those
00:17:10.39\00:17:12.89
who have their wedding
ring, let them wear it,
00:17:12.93\00:17:14.96
if they can do
so conscientiously.
00:17:15.00\00:17:17.83
So even then, if
you read that comment,
00:17:17.87\00:17:19.87
she makes it very clear
that there's no need for it,
00:17:19.90\00:17:22.00
we shouldn't spend money on it.
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In this case too, we
speak final on the subject.
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The Bible doesn't say,
00:17:26.34\00:17:27.94
you know, you
should wear a wedding band.
00:17:27.98\00:17:29.44
Nowhere in the
Spirit of Prophecy
00:17:29.48\00:17:30.81
does it say we
should wear a wedding band,
00:17:30.85\00:17:32.45
it is a modern culture.
00:17:32.48\00:17:34.28
In certain countries,
00:17:34.32\00:17:35.65
it is
imperative, it is required.
00:17:35.68\00:17:37.32
But in countries where it's not,
00:17:37.35\00:17:38.69
in this case,
America in our country,
00:17:38.72\00:17:40.59
it's not required
to wear a wedding band.
00:17:40.62\00:17:42.76
If you can do
so conscientiously,
00:17:42.79\00:17:44.89
then go for it.
00:17:44.93\00:17:46.26
But at the end of the day,
the Bible makes it very clear,
00:17:46.29\00:17:48.13
do not wear any
type of adornment,
00:17:48.16\00:17:50.63
jewelry or anything like that,
00:17:50.67\00:17:52.23
you know, let it be the
hidden man of the heart.
00:17:52.27\00:17:54.70
And if someone
asked you are you married,
00:17:54.77\00:17:56.44
or they want to
know if you're married,
00:17:56.47\00:17:57.84
they can ask you, you can
just simply say, I'm taken.
00:17:57.87\00:18:00.21
I'm married. Very good.
00:18:00.24\00:18:01.88
Thank you, Pastor Ryan,
00:18:01.94\00:18:03.28
for that follow up
and on the wedding band.
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Pastor John,
this comes from Karine
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from Brooklyn,
looks like New York.
00:18:08.62\00:18:11.19
"Pastor John, I would
like to know if my grandson
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who is eight years old
00:18:13.52\00:18:15.36
is accountable to get baptized?"
00:18:15.42\00:18:17.76
Okay, wonderful.
00:18:17.79\00:18:19.33
It's got to do with
age. Eight years old.
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The youngest person
I've ever baptized was seven.
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Okay. First and only one.
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And she was a
young girl in our church.
00:18:27.37\00:18:30.74
I remember.
00:18:30.77\00:18:32.37
Her parents raised her in
a way that she understood.
00:18:32.41\00:18:35.11
I asked her directly,
00:18:35.14\00:18:36.75
questions that
pertained to God's Word.
00:18:36.78\00:18:39.35
And so my answer to
this was she was clear,
00:18:39.38\00:18:42.28
she did her baptism lessons.
00:18:42.32\00:18:45.89
And I look at her today,
00:18:45.92\00:18:47.26
she's grown up,
she's now in college.
00:18:47.29\00:18:48.92
Yes.
00:18:48.96\00:18:50.29
And still maintains a walk
00:18:50.33\00:18:52.23
and the character
publicly that says
00:18:52.26\00:18:55.53
she understood her
commitment to Christ.
00:18:55.56\00:18:57.87
It really depends on
the intellect of the child.
00:18:57.90\00:19:01.80
But the Bible
does make it very clear
00:19:01.84\00:19:03.81
that the parent's responsibility
00:19:03.84\00:19:06.17
is to train up a child
00:19:06.21\00:19:07.54
in the way that
that child should go.
00:19:07.58\00:19:09.78
Now the most formidable
years of a child's understanding
00:19:09.81\00:19:12.85
is between birth
and five years old,
00:19:12.88\00:19:16.18
when the character of that child
00:19:16.22\00:19:18.15
is molded as a tender plant.
00:19:18.22\00:19:20.76
When that child is,
sees in the parents' life,
00:19:20.79\00:19:23.93
a commitment to Christ,
00:19:23.96\00:19:25.46
children tend to be
more of what they see
00:19:25.49\00:19:27.40
than what they're told.
00:19:27.46\00:19:29.00
And I think that
one of the reasons
00:19:29.03\00:19:30.37
why I'm making
reference to this young lady,
00:19:30.40\00:19:32.17
I didn't want to make
her, say her name publicly
00:19:32.20\00:19:34.10
so she doesn't feel embarrassed,
00:19:34.14\00:19:35.94
is her parent,
00:19:35.97\00:19:37.44
her parents both
exemplify that kind of life
00:19:37.47\00:19:39.67
in her presence.
00:19:39.71\00:19:41.51
And so therefore,
it was not saying,
00:19:41.58\00:19:44.48
do you know
Jesus was not unusual
00:19:44.55\00:19:46.58
for her to say that,
00:19:46.61\00:19:47.95
but as the child
00:19:48.02\00:19:50.22
becomes more
suitable intellectually
00:19:50.25\00:19:54.22
to understand what does
it mean to be born again?
00:19:54.26\00:19:56.66
What does it mean to
commit your life to Christ?
00:19:56.69\00:19:58.53
What does it
mean to lay down sin?
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Then I think that
this is not something
00:20:00.73\00:20:02.40
that should be
forced or should be,
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.63
a child should be hurried into.
00:20:04.67\00:20:07.07
Because there's
a commitment here
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that requires some
intellectual understanding.
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And as you give that time,
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Proverbs 4:18, said,
00:20:13.24\00:20:15.04
"But the path of the just
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is as a shining light
that shineth more and more
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unto the perfect day."
00:20:18.51\00:20:19.85
Don't rush it.
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Find out where that
person, that child is,
00:20:21.25\00:20:23.35
and make the
commitment to Christ,
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the basic
elements, sin, salvation,
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what it means to be born again.
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Amen.
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Wow. Thank you, Pastor.
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Yeah, excellent answer.
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And thank you for your question.
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We again want to
just encourage you
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to submit your questions
00:20:35.93\00:20:37.27
for the 3ABN
Today Bible Q and A.
00:20:37.30\00:20:39.30
You can text us at 618-228-3975
00:20:39.33\00:20:43.61
or you can always
email us at BibleQA@3abn.org
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And again, thank you
for all the questions.
00:20:47.94\00:20:49.28
We're receiving lots
and lots of questions in,
00:20:49.31\00:20:51.11
and there's a lot of fun
00:20:51.18\00:20:52.51
to go through
them and look at them.
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Yes, Pastor, go ahead.
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Five seconds. Yes.
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Baptism is to the Christian
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what marriage is to
the husband and wife,
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a serious commitment.
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So it should be
understood clearly.
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Yeah. Excellent.
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Yeah. Thank you
for that, Pastor.
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Jill, this one is from Michelle.
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And really this when
I read this question,
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it's... Boy, what a sad...
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It's a serious question.
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It says, "Dear 3ABN,
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what happens to someone
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who suffers from
severe depression?
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Who attempts to take
his life twice by hanging
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and succeeds the second time?
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It's tragic.
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.25
My nephew-in-law
is no longer with us.
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May he rest in peace.
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So the question is,
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what happens if someone
who suffers severe depression
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and attempt
suicide and successful?"
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I just want to say, Michelle,
that we'll be praying for you.
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Our 3ABN family here,
00:21:44.80\00:21:46.43
we'll be praying
for you and your family
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during this time of loss.
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I would say three things.
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Number one,
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don't torture
yourself with questions.
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Those are the what if questions.
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If only I had
recognized the signs.
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If only I had reached out more.
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If only I had said
something different
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or encouraged this
person in a different way.
00:22:03.28\00:22:05.62
If only I had prayed more,
00:22:05.65\00:22:06.99
maybe they
wouldn't have done it.
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Don't torture yourself
with the if only questions
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and don't torture yourself
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with the unanswerable questions.
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Will I see them again?
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Are they going to be saved?
00:22:17.13\00:22:18.67
Now that's the don't.
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Let's look at the do.
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Do trust your God.
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Amen. Trust His wisdom.
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Romans 11:33 says,
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"Oh, the depth of the riches
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both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God!
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How unsearchable
are His judgments
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and His ways are
past finding out!"
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Trust that our God,
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your God is a God of wisdom.
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Trust His
patience and longsuffering.
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2 Peter 3:9,
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"The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,
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as some men count slackness,
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but is longsuffering to us,
00:22:52.57\00:22:55.00
not willing that
any should perish,
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but that all should
come to repentance."
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So trust His wisdom,
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trust His
patience and longsuffering.
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Trust His love.
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God
demonstrated His love for us,
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and that while we
were yet still in sin,
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He died for us.
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That, of course, is Romans 5:8.
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Finally trust His judgment.
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Isaiah 33:22,
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"For the Lord is our Judge,
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the Lord is our Lawgiver,
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the Lord is our
King, He will save us."
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Yes.
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I love how the judgment of God
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is connected in this
verse with the salvation of God.
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Amen.
00:23:36.68\00:23:38.01
James 4:12 says,
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"There is one Lawgiver
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who is able to
save and to destroy.
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Who are you to judge another?"
00:23:42.75\00:23:45.25
What's he saying there?
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We judge other people, we say,
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"Well, they clearly
must not be going to heaven.
00:23:48.12\00:23:50.06
But yeah, this person
must be going to heaven."
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It's not our place to judge.
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God is the righteous judge
and His judgment will be just.
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The third do
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is to do understand
that suicide is sin.
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Yes, but it is not
the unpardonable sin.
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The unpardonable sin, of course,
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is that sin
against the Holy Spirit.
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We know that murder is sin,
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that's one of
the Ten Commandments
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and intentional
killing of someone
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that would
include even yourself,
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would be sin.
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We also know Jesus tells us
this in the Sermon on the Mount
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that hatred is sin.
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So this would even indicate
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that thoughts of
suicide would be sin.
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I think about
Elijah in the Bible,
00:24:30.40\00:24:32.23
he thought about suicide.
00:24:32.30\00:24:33.70
I think about Job,
he contemplated suicide,
00:24:33.74\00:24:36.84
and yet both of
them were forgiven.
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Both of them I believe,
we will see in heaven again.
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So I would conclude by saying
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that suicide is not
the unpardonable sin,
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that we need to
trust the future,
00:24:49.28\00:24:53.59
the eternal
future of those people
00:24:53.62\00:24:55.76
who commit suicide to God
00:24:55.79\00:24:57.43
who is our
righteous loving judge.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so very much.
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What a blessing that
we can trust God, right?
00:25:03.06\00:25:04.90
That's right. He
knows the whole picture.
00:25:04.93\00:25:06.47
He knows everything,
00:25:06.50\00:25:07.84
and what a blessing that
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we're not the judge,
but God is the judge.
00:25:09.24\00:25:10.57
And I like what you had
to say, just trust the Lord.
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He will do what is best.
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.61
So much pain in this world.
00:25:14.64\00:25:16.88
And I want you to know, too,
00:25:16.91\00:25:18.28
you know, this is Bible Q and A,
00:25:18.31\00:25:19.65
but you know, you
are in our prayers.
00:25:19.68\00:25:21.02
And we just did,
00:25:21.05\00:25:22.38
we know that many of
you are in a lot of pain,
00:25:22.42\00:25:24.29
different circumstances,
00:25:24.32\00:25:25.65
we want to remember Michelle
and this sad family situation,
00:25:25.72\00:25:28.62
but you are in our prayers
00:25:28.69\00:25:30.03
because you're
part of our family.
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Pastor Ryan, coming to
you, this is from Stephanie.
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She has a question
pertain to Romans 14.
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"Can you please provide
clarity on Romans Chapter 14,
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especially the first verses
speaking to what can be eaten?
00:25:40.74\00:25:44.41
So I can explain it to others."
00:25:44.44\00:25:45.94
Absolutely.
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Well, the first
thing we have to understand
00:25:47.34\00:25:48.78
that Romans Chapter 14,
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the context and
the purpose of it
00:25:50.18\00:25:51.75
is not necessarily to
establish a differentiation
00:25:51.78\00:25:54.55
between what is clean
and acceptable to be eaten,
00:25:54.58\00:25:56.99
and what is unclean and
unacceptable to be eaten.
00:25:57.02\00:25:59.65
If you read just
the first few verses,
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you see the
context is set very clearly
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.59
as to what Paul is talking about
00:26:03.63\00:26:05.06
in this entire passage.
00:26:05.09\00:26:06.43
He's talking about
disputes among brethren,
00:26:06.46\00:26:08.50
he's talking about judgment.
00:26:08.53\00:26:09.86
So notice here what it says,
I'm going to start in verse 1.
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This is Romans 14,
beginning with verse 1.
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He says, "Receive one
who is weak in the faith,"
00:26:13.60\00:26:15.64
notice here, "but not to
disputes over doubtful things."
00:26:15.67\00:26:18.51
So he's already using the words,
00:26:18.54\00:26:19.87
just not to disputes.
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.24
Then he goes on to say,
00:26:21.28\00:26:22.61
"For one believer
may eat all things,
00:26:22.64\00:26:24.01
but he who is weak
eats only vegetables.
00:26:24.05\00:26:26.72
Let not him who eats
despise him who does not eat,
00:26:26.75\00:26:30.25
and let not him who does not eat
00:26:30.29\00:26:32.32
judge him who eats."
00:26:32.39\00:26:33.82
Notice, there it is in
the first context clue.
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"For God has received him.
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.99
Who are you to
judge another servant?
00:26:38.03\00:26:40.80
To his own master
he stands or falls.
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.00
Indeed, he will be
made to stand before God
00:26:43.03\00:26:46.74
is able to make him stand."
00:26:46.77\00:26:48.14
And then also, if
you go a few verses down
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Romans 14:10-11.
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The same concept comes back up
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.07
because right after
these first four verses,
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.14
he talks about one man
esteems one day above another,
00:26:55.18\00:26:57.68
another man esteems
everyday of their life.
00:26:57.71\00:26:59.11
People try to use that
to say, you know you can,
00:26:59.15\00:27:01.65
every day is the Sabbath,
every day is a holy day.
00:27:01.68\00:27:04.39
But that's not the context
of what Paul's talking about.
00:27:04.42\00:27:06.76
He brings it back
in verses 10 and 11.
00:27:06.79\00:27:08.86
He says, "But why do
you judge your brother?
00:27:08.89\00:27:10.99
Or why do you show
contempt for your brother?
00:27:11.03\00:27:13.46
For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
00:27:13.50\00:27:16.26
For it is written:
00:27:16.30\00:27:17.63
'As I live, says the Lord,
00:27:17.67\00:27:19.03
every knee shall bow to Me,
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.40
and every tongue
shall confess to God.'"
00:27:20.44\00:27:21.77
So the point of
Romans Chapter 14
00:27:21.80\00:27:23.91
is not to say you can
eat whatever you want,
00:27:23.94\00:27:25.71
or you can go, you can observe
any day as a day of rest,
00:27:25.77\00:27:28.54
or a holy day or a Sabbath day.
00:27:28.58\00:27:30.28
The purpose of Romans
14 is God is addressing
00:27:30.31\00:27:33.25
an issue that was
happening in the church
00:27:33.28\00:27:34.88
and among the
brethren at the time
00:27:34.92\00:27:36.25
between the Orthodox and
the new Gentile Christians.
00:27:36.28\00:27:39.75
He was saying,
look, stop the judging.
00:27:39.79\00:27:41.56
God is the judge.
00:27:41.59\00:27:43.02
You are not
your brother's judge.
00:27:43.06\00:27:44.43
Leave it in the
hands of the Lord.
00:27:44.46\00:27:46.13
And the Lord is the
perfect judge, not us.
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Amen.
00:27:48.86\00:27:50.20
Thank you very
much, Pastor, yes.
00:27:50.23\00:27:51.80
Wish we had two hours.
00:27:51.83\00:27:53.17
It's very good
answer. It's a great answer.
00:27:53.20\00:27:55.07
There's so many
ridiculous issues
00:27:55.10\00:27:56.77
being disputed today
00:27:56.81\00:27:58.34
that have nothing
to do with salvation.
00:27:58.37\00:28:00.14
And it can derail us
and way off and left,
00:28:00.18\00:28:01.51
you know, somewhere.
00:28:01.54\00:28:02.94
Many people been
derailed and distracted.
00:28:02.98\00:28:04.55
Yeah.
00:28:04.58\00:28:05.91
Pastor John,
this comes from Theo.
00:28:05.95\00:28:07.38
"Genesis 3:5 says that
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.38
Adam and Eve's
eyes would be opened,
00:28:09.42\00:28:12.15
knowing good and evil.
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.89
Why would one want to know evil?
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.72
Why is sin so attractive to us?"
00:28:15.76\00:28:19.86
Thank you, Theo.
00:28:19.89\00:28:21.20
Thank you, Theo, for that.
00:28:21.23\00:28:22.56
Sin appeals to
our Adam nature. Okay.
00:28:22.63\00:28:25.60
But until the nature
of Adam is put to death,
00:28:25.63\00:28:28.00
sin will appeal to us.
00:28:28.04\00:28:29.80
Why do certain sins
appeal to certain people?
00:28:29.84\00:28:32.27
Well, that's your
environmental effect.
00:28:32.34\00:28:34.38
You may be raised
in a family of thieves.
00:28:34.41\00:28:36.71
Well, that'll appeal
to you more than drugs.
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.61
You may be raised in a family
that was an alcoholic family
00:28:39.65\00:28:42.55
that will appeal to
you more than movies.
00:28:42.58\00:28:44.49
The environment of...
00:28:44.52\00:28:45.85
The environmental effect
00:28:45.92\00:28:47.26
begins to shape
the way we think.
00:28:47.29\00:28:49.02
And as a man thinketh so is he.
00:28:49.09\00:28:51.13
So that's why you find
today somebody might say,
00:28:51.16\00:28:53.36
I'm so glad I
overcame cigarettes.
00:28:53.40\00:28:55.23
Another person might say,
00:28:55.30\00:28:56.63
I'm so glad I no longer steal,
00:28:56.67\00:28:58.57
because these are the
different stumbling blocks
00:28:58.60\00:29:01.14
but sin predisposes
us to be a transgressor
00:29:01.17\00:29:05.47
in any category.
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.31
And the sin
itself is not the issue.
00:29:07.34\00:29:09.94
But sin on any plain
can become attractive to us
00:29:09.98\00:29:14.22
based on the
environment of our influence.
00:29:14.25\00:29:17.65
So why would
anyone want to know evil?
00:29:17.69\00:29:20.86
I don't believe that Adam
and evil wanted to know evil.
00:29:20.89\00:29:23.99
Adam's love for Eve
superseded his love for God.
00:29:24.03\00:29:26.90
Never allow your
love for anything
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.50
to supersede your love for God.
00:29:28.53\00:29:30.07
And that was the
stumbling block for Adam.
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.37
Eve, I said the Sabbath.
00:29:32.40\00:29:34.64
I put a list together
of 10 women in the Bible
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.17
that had
difficulty trusting God,
00:29:37.21\00:29:38.71
and Eve was one
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.08
that just did
not trust God's word.
00:29:40.11\00:29:41.44
And she went to investigate,
00:29:41.48\00:29:43.08
and found out that the
devil is in the details.
00:29:43.11\00:29:44.91
Oh, yeah.
00:29:44.95\00:29:46.28
And so you got
to trust God's word.
00:29:46.31\00:29:47.78
That's right.
00:29:47.82\00:29:49.15
If you distrust God
and decide to go ahead
00:29:49.22\00:29:50.55
on your own investigation,
00:29:50.59\00:29:51.92
and as Paul the
Apostle says, many people...
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.82
Matter of fact,
Peter was talking about
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.29
how many people
wrestled Paul's writings
00:29:55.36\00:29:58.09
to their own destruction.
00:29:58.13\00:29:59.96
But Romans 5:12
makes it clear that
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.53
through one man
sin entered the world.
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.50
So it is important as
Romans 5, Romans 6:5 and 7
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.94
talks about how to
put that nature to death,
00:30:09.00\00:30:11.24
and it's through baptism.
00:30:11.27\00:30:13.11
When we are
baptized, that old man is dead,
00:30:13.14\00:30:16.28
and we are no longer
bound by the law of that nature.
00:30:16.31\00:30:19.85
Anyone who has
died to that old nature
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.52
has been freed from
attraction to any sin.
00:30:22.58\00:30:25.95
Wow. Thank you
very much, Pastor.
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.72
This next question,
Jill, is a rather long one,
00:30:28.76\00:30:31.73
it comes from Marshall.
00:30:31.79\00:30:33.29
Says, "Sister Jill,
in a previous episode,
00:30:33.33\00:30:36.03
you mentioned John 3:5,
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.03
Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee,
00:30:38.07\00:30:40.67
except a man be born of
water, and of the Spirit,
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.91
he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.07
I've been attending
the Adventist Church
00:30:46.11\00:30:47.78
for 14 years.
00:30:47.81\00:30:49.21
And I've heard this
verse mentioned many times.
00:30:49.24\00:30:52.21
It is inevitably interpreted
as being baptized in water,
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.85
and saved slash
born again in the spirit.
00:30:55.88\00:30:59.12
Previously, I had been
taught that it meant being born
00:30:59.15\00:31:02.72
as a human being in water,
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.43
and being saved,
born again in the spirit.
00:31:04.46\00:31:07.30
I suppose this interpretation
comes from the following verse
00:31:07.36\00:31:09.96
in John 3:6.
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.60
And here's the verse,
00:31:11.63\00:31:12.97
"That which is
born of the flesh,
00:31:13.00\00:31:14.34
and water is flesh,
00:31:14.37\00:31:15.70
and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit,
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.94
in the spirit."
00:31:17.97\00:31:19.34
Can you please clarify
00:31:19.37\00:31:20.71
where Adventists
get their interpretation
00:31:20.74\00:31:23.18
of verse 5?"
00:31:23.21\00:31:25.48
That's a long question. It is.
00:31:25.51\00:31:26.85
Thank you very
much for it though.
00:31:26.88\00:31:28.35
It's a chapter in there.
Thank you for that question.
00:31:28.38\00:31:30.65
And I'm not sure I can clarify
00:31:30.69\00:31:32.52
where Adventists get
their interpretation,
00:31:32.55\00:31:34.06
but I can tell you
where I get my interpretation.
00:31:34.09\00:31:36.62
So if you look at verse 6,
00:31:36.66\00:31:38.66
what I want to say at
the outset is John 3:6,
00:31:38.69\00:31:41.93
I do not believe
is a direct parallel,
00:31:42.00\00:31:43.93
parallel to John 3:5.
00:31:43.97\00:31:47.10
If you read John 3:6,
00:31:47.14\00:31:49.47
"That which is born
of the flesh is flesh,
00:31:49.50\00:31:51.34
and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit."
00:31:51.37\00:31:53.81
I believe Jesus is talking
about what's talked about
00:31:53.84\00:31:56.41
in Galatians 3:17,
00:31:56.44\00:31:58.11
where the flesh
lusts against the Spirit,
00:31:58.15\00:32:00.95
and the Spirit
against the flesh.
00:32:00.98\00:32:03.05
And these are
contrary to one another.
00:32:03.08\00:32:05.65
This is talking
about our carnal,
00:32:05.72\00:32:07.49
sinful human nature
00:32:07.52\00:32:09.66
that struggles
against the Spirit.
00:32:09.69\00:32:12.69
We see this in Romans 8:13,
00:32:12.76\00:32:14.73
"If you live according
to the flesh you will die,
00:32:14.73\00:32:17.27
but if by the
Spirit you put to death
00:32:17.30\00:32:19.07
the deeds of the
body, you will live."
00:32:19.10\00:32:22.14
So I believe that's what
00:32:22.17\00:32:23.51
Jesus is talking
about in John 3:6.
00:32:23.54\00:32:26.24
So therefore it
cannot be a direct parallel
00:32:26.27\00:32:28.78
to John 3:5,
00:32:28.81\00:32:30.15
otherwise, if you
were to parallel it,
00:32:30.18\00:32:32.55
in John3:5, it says,
00:32:32.58\00:32:33.92
"Unless one is born
of water and the Spirit,
00:32:33.95\00:32:36.02
he cannot enter
the kingdom of God."
00:32:36.05\00:32:38.09
Well, how can
you be born of water
00:32:38.12\00:32:39.92
if you believe
that's of the flesh?
00:32:39.95\00:32:41.29
How can I be born of
the flesh and the Spirit
00:32:41.32\00:32:43.39
to enter the kingdom of God?
00:32:43.43\00:32:44.99
We just established that
the flesh and the Spirit war
00:32:45.03\00:32:47.86
against each other.
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.20
So where do I
get my interpretation
00:32:50.23\00:32:51.93
for that is water
baptism being born of water?
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.30
John the Baptist,
00:32:55.34\00:32:56.67
we know had already
preached baptism with water
00:32:56.71\00:32:59.37
unto repentance.
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.28
In John 1:26, he says,
00:33:01.31\00:33:02.98
"I baptize with water."
00:33:03.01\00:33:04.51
If you jump down to verse 33,
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.18
he says,
00:33:06.25\00:33:07.58
"This is He, referring to Jesus,
00:33:07.62\00:33:09.42
who baptizes
with the Holy Ghost."
00:33:09.45\00:33:12.59
There we see the connection
with the water baptism
00:33:12.62\00:33:14.96
combined with the Spirit.
00:33:14.99\00:33:16.89
The Pharisees,
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.26
now John 3 is
all about Nicodemus
00:33:18.29\00:33:20.00
coming to Jesus by night,
00:33:20.03\00:33:21.33
and he was a Pharisees.
00:33:21.36\00:33:23.03
The Pharisees already understood
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.00
and rejected baptism
by water for repentance.
00:33:25.03\00:33:29.10
We see this in Luke 7:13,
00:33:29.14\00:33:31.47
the Pharisees and the lawyers
00:33:31.51\00:33:32.91
rejected the will
of God for themselves,
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.78
not having been baptized by him,
00:33:35.84\00:33:38.28
meaning John the Baptist.
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.78
So what Jesus is
doing is reiterating
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.58
the importance of
this outward water baptism,
00:33:42.62\00:33:45.55
which Nicodemus has
already understood very clearly.
00:33:45.59\00:33:48.39
And then he's coupling that
00:33:48.42\00:33:49.82
with the importance of
the inward Spirit baptism.
00:33:49.86\00:33:54.93
Thank you. Yeah,
very good. God job.
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.80
That's a long
question. But yeah, excellent.
00:33:56.83\00:33:58.27
Thank you.
00:33:58.30\00:33:59.63
Pastor Ryan, this comes
from Shirley in Wyoming.
00:33:59.67\00:34:03.00
"I have a church brother
00:34:03.04\00:34:04.37
that is looking
for the Holy Spirit,
00:34:04.41\00:34:05.91
but doesn't seem to
want to use the Bible
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.98
to be shown how.
00:34:09.04\00:34:10.48
How can I help him with this?"
00:34:10.51\00:34:13.01
So I'm assuming
maybe how to be filled
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.38
with the Holy Spirit
is what I'm assuming.
00:34:14.42\00:34:15.78
Right.
00:34:15.82\00:34:17.15
Yeah, well, just
based off the contents
00:34:17.19\00:34:18.52
of the question here.
00:34:18.55\00:34:19.89
And again, I'm not casting
judgment or being critical.
00:34:19.92\00:34:21.69
This brother, I
don't know his heart.
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.06
And I don't know this
can you know, the situation,
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.33
extent of the situation.
00:34:25.36\00:34:26.70
But I will say that, you know,
00:34:26.73\00:34:29.90
the Holy Spirit
and the Word of God
00:34:29.93\00:34:31.40
cannot be separated.
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.80
I just want to
make that very clear.
00:34:32.83\00:34:34.87
For someone who wants
to receive the Holy Spirit,
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.61
but they don't want to be shown
00:34:37.64\00:34:38.97
or they don't want to
have any type of dealings
00:34:39.04\00:34:42.11
or connection
with the Word of God.
00:34:42.14\00:34:43.95
Now that to me,
that's becomes a big deal.
00:34:43.98\00:34:46.45
Because in John 16:13,
00:34:46.48\00:34:49.18
let's just talk about
the Holy Spirit for a moment.
00:34:49.25\00:34:51.02
It says, however, when
he the Spirit of truth,
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.56
so the Holy Spirit is what?
00:34:53.59\00:34:54.96
The Spirit of truth.
00:34:54.99\00:34:56.32
When he has
come, he will guide you
00:34:56.36\00:34:57.96
into how much truth?
00:34:57.99\00:34:59.36
All truth,
00:34:59.39\00:35:00.80
for he will not
speak on his own authority,
00:35:00.83\00:35:02.13
but whatever he
hears, he will speak
00:35:02.16\00:35:03.57
and he will tell
you all things to come.
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.40
So he is the Spirit of truth.
00:35:05.43\00:35:07.40
What is that truth of the Spirit
00:35:07.44\00:35:08.87
is coming to amplify
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.24
or to project into
our hearts and minds?
00:35:10.27\00:35:12.34
John 17:17,
00:35:12.37\00:35:13.88
"Sanctify them by your truth."
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.01
This is Jesus speaking,
00:35:16.04\00:35:17.38
He says, "Your word is truths."
00:35:17.41\00:35:20.32
And then now couple that
with, take what we just learned
00:35:20.35\00:35:22.85
and put that with 2
Thessalonians 2:10-12.
00:35:22.88\00:35:26.35
This is a problem
with a lot of people today.
00:35:26.42\00:35:28.26
They want to follow
God, they want salvation,
00:35:28.29\00:35:30.29
they want to accept
Jesus, but they don't want to,
00:35:30.33\00:35:32.26
they don't want to
follow the Word of the Lord.
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.63
They don't want to
have anything to do
00:35:33.66\00:35:34.96
with the Word of the Lord.
00:35:35.00\00:35:36.33
Well, this is where
Paul writes, he says
00:35:36.40\00:35:37.73
in with all
unrighteous deception among them
00:35:37.77\00:35:39.10
who perish,
00:35:39.13\00:35:40.47
because they did not
receive the love of the truth
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.14
that they might be saved.
00:35:42.17\00:35:43.51
For this reason,
00:35:43.54\00:35:44.87
God will send
them strong delusion
00:35:44.91\00:35:46.24
that they should believe a lie,
00:35:46.31\00:35:48.08
and that they
all may be condemned
00:35:48.11\00:35:49.81
who did not believe the truth,
00:35:49.84\00:35:51.78
but had pleasure
in unrighteousness.
00:35:51.81\00:35:54.05
To reject the Holy Spirit
00:35:54.08\00:35:55.92
is to reject the
author of the Bible.
00:35:55.95\00:35:57.72
And so you can't
have the Holy Spirit
00:35:57.75\00:35:59.22
without the Bible.
00:35:59.29\00:36:00.69
I'm thinking of the
10 virgins in Matthew 25.
00:36:00.72\00:36:02.62
You can't have the
oil without the lamp,
00:36:02.66\00:36:04.29
right, or the
lamp without the oil,
00:36:04.33\00:36:05.66
they go one, and they
go one with the other.
00:36:05.69\00:36:07.76
And so I just want to say here,
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.30
the best thing you
can do for this brother is
00:36:09.33\00:36:11.03
pray for him.
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.40
Pray for this brother,
00:36:12.47\00:36:13.80
because if he doesn't want
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.17
to receive the
testimony of the Word,
00:36:15.20\00:36:16.54
then he has no hope in
receiving the Holy Spirit.
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.41
And that doesn't mean
he doesn't have any hope.
00:36:18.44\00:36:20.11
Because the Lord still works
miracles in hearts and minds.
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.51
If we pray for this brother,
00:36:22.58\00:36:24.08
the Lord can
penetrate his heart and mind
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.85
and draw him to His Word.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.82
Amen.
00:36:27.85\00:36:29.22
Thank you very
much, Pastor Ryan,
00:36:29.25\00:36:30.59
I agree with
that, can't separate
00:36:30.62\00:36:31.95
far as the Word of
God, the Holy Spirit.
00:36:31.99\00:36:33.52
Yeah, amen. Excellent.
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.46
Pastor John, this
is a great question.
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.53
It says, "Which is lawful
to do on the Sabbath day?"
00:36:37.56\00:36:41.20
Okay. Are you ready for this?
00:36:41.23\00:36:42.86
"Go to church, attend
worship and listen to sermons
00:36:42.90\00:36:45.93
or stay home
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.44
and have personal time with God
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.10
and meditate on His goodness?"
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.84
Well...
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.21
You're a pastor.
00:36:53.24\00:36:55.11
In the context of this question,
00:36:55.14\00:36:56.48
I must say, come to church.
00:36:56.51\00:36:57.85
Yeah, there you go.
00:36:57.88\00:36:59.25
Especially if you
can in this day and age,
00:36:59.31\00:37:01.15
you know, we're just coming
out of the COVID environment.
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.15
And for some churches,
00:37:03.22\00:37:04.55
some churches
are still not open.
00:37:04.59\00:37:05.92
Praise the Lord for the lifting
of a lot of these prohibitions.
00:37:05.95\00:37:08.69
But the question was
00:37:08.72\00:37:10.06
what is lawful
to do good on this?
00:37:10.09\00:37:11.99
What is lawful to
do on the Sabbath?
00:37:12.03\00:37:13.93
When we put a list together,
00:37:13.96\00:37:15.90
we tend to lean
into salvation by works.
00:37:15.96\00:37:20.14
But if we follow the principles
00:37:20.17\00:37:22.07
that are revealed
through Sabbath observance
00:37:22.10\00:37:24.21
in the scriptural establishment
00:37:24.24\00:37:26.41
of what the Sabbath is for,
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.11
then we are apt to remember,
let the Sabbath be the guide.
00:37:28.14\00:37:31.18
Let God's Word be the guide.
00:37:31.21\00:37:32.81
I'll give you Isaiah 56:2,
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.98
and we're going to pull
not only the actualities,
00:37:35.02\00:37:36.92
but the principles too.
00:37:36.95\00:37:38.35
The Bible says,
00:37:38.39\00:37:39.75
"Blessed is the
man who does this,
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.82
and the son of man
who lays hold on it,
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.93
who keeps from
defiling the Sabbath,
00:37:44.96\00:37:48.00
and keeps his hand
from doing any evil."
00:37:48.03\00:37:51.40
Now when you read
that, it says keeps
00:37:51.43\00:37:52.80
from defiling the Sabbath.
00:37:52.83\00:37:54.64
Don't follow the
Jews as an example
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.47
because they thought
that spitting on the ground
00:37:56.50\00:37:58.41
or healing someone on
the Sabbath was defilement.
00:37:58.44\00:38:01.11
Isaiah 58:12-14.
00:38:01.14\00:38:03.98
The Bible says,
00:38:04.01\00:38:05.35
"Those from among you, or
they that shall be of thee,
00:38:05.38\00:38:07.65
shall build the
old waste places,
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.52
you shall raise
up the foundations
00:38:09.58\00:38:10.92
of many generations,
00:38:10.95\00:38:12.39
you shall be called the
Repairers of the Breach,
00:38:12.45\00:38:14.42
the Restorers of
Paths to dwell in."
00:38:14.46\00:38:16.06
And now the
Bible brings a Sabbath.
00:38:16.12\00:38:18.09
Here's what it talks about
as far as Sabbath observance.
00:38:18.13\00:38:21.06
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:38:21.10\00:38:23.73
from doing your pleasure
00:38:23.77\00:38:25.10
on My holy day, your pleasure,"
00:38:25.13\00:38:26.50
I'll define that in a moment,
00:38:26.53\00:38:27.87
"and call the Sabbath a delight,
00:38:27.90\00:38:29.27
not a boring day.
00:38:29.30\00:38:32.07
The holy day of
the Lord honorable,
00:38:32.11\00:38:33.88
and shall honor Him,
00:38:33.91\00:38:35.94
not doing your own ways,
00:38:36.01\00:38:37.78
not finding your own pleasure,
nor speaking your own words."
00:38:37.81\00:38:41.62
Is that a challenge now a days?
00:38:41.65\00:38:43.69
"Then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord,
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.19
and I will cause you to ride
on the high hills of the earth,
00:38:45.22\00:38:47.96
and feed you at the
heritage of Jacob your father.
00:38:47.99\00:38:50.89
For the mouth of
the Lord has spoken.
00:38:50.93\00:38:52.96
"When it comes to the Sabbath,
00:38:52.99\00:38:54.30
let me just be
very clear, careful.
00:38:54.36\00:38:56.67
Whatever you can
do on another day,
00:38:56.70\00:38:59.10
don't do it on the Sabbath.
00:38:59.17\00:39:00.57
That's right.
00:39:00.60\00:39:01.94
Cutting grass, planting,
00:39:01.97\00:39:03.37
clean your car out.
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.74
But if someone is ill,
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.11
you follow the
principles of Jesus,
00:39:06.14\00:39:07.48
He healed on the Sabbath,
00:39:07.51\00:39:08.84
He relieved
suffering on the Sabbath.
00:39:08.88\00:39:10.21
Amen.
00:39:10.25\00:39:11.58
Don't say to
somebody who's, can't eat
00:39:11.61\00:39:12.95
or have no way of getting
to the hospital need care.
00:39:12.98\00:39:15.62
Well, I'm sorry,
I'd love to take you
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.12
but it's the Sabbath.
00:39:17.15\00:39:18.49
Don't be the Pharisees
on his way to the church
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.19
and goes across the
street and say, you got beat up.
00:39:20.22\00:39:22.62
I'll be back.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.03
If you're here after
I'm done with the sermon.
00:39:24.06\00:39:25.53
No, let us follow
the principles of Jesus.
00:39:25.56\00:39:28.20
It is lawful to do
good on the Sabbath.
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.50
Amen.
00:39:30.53\00:39:31.87
When it comes to cutting
grass and television all that,
00:39:31.90\00:39:34.14
leave that for another day.
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.50
And lastly,
00:39:35.54\00:39:38.11
this doesn't mean that you
could put sinful habits off
00:39:38.14\00:39:41.01
till after the Sabbath either.
00:39:41.04\00:39:42.38
That's right.
00:39:42.41\00:39:43.75
They shouldn't be on
any day of the week, okay?
00:39:43.78\00:39:45.38
Thank you Pastor, for
a little add on there.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.98
Okay, Jill, this comes from,
00:39:48.02\00:39:50.15
well, it doesn't have a name,
00:39:50.19\00:39:51.52
but it's pertaining
to Philippians 3:19.
00:39:51.55\00:39:53.29
It says,
00:39:53.32\00:39:54.66
"What does Philippians 3:19 mean
00:39:54.69\00:39:56.02
by saying the
God of their belly?"
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.29
So let's read that in context.
00:39:58.33\00:39:59.66
Okay.
00:39:59.73\00:40:01.03
Let's read Philippians 3:17-20.
00:40:01.06\00:40:03.30
All right.
00:40:03.33\00:40:04.67
Philippians 3:17-20,
00:40:04.70\00:40:06.03
"Brethren, join in
following my example,
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.80
and note those who so walk,
as you have us for a pattern."
00:40:07.84\00:40:11.34
Now it really
picks up in verse 18,
00:40:11.37\00:40:13.41
"For many walk, of
whom I have told you often,
00:40:13.44\00:40:16.85
and now tell you even weeping,
00:40:16.88\00:40:20.02
that they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ,
00:40:20.05\00:40:22.98
whose end is destruction,
whose god is their belly,
00:40:23.02\00:40:26.25
whose glory is in their shame,
00:40:26.29\00:40:28.49
who set their
mind on earthly things.
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.83
For our
citizenship, by contrast,
00:40:31.86\00:40:34.56
our citizenship is in heaven,
00:40:34.56\00:40:36.46
from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
00:40:36.53\00:40:38.87
the Lord Jesus Christ."
00:40:38.90\00:40:40.24
This section is
referring to individuals
00:40:40.27\00:40:43.47
who choose themselves
and the world over Christ.
00:40:43.51\00:40:48.04
I see five things real quick.
00:40:48.08\00:40:49.94
First, they reject Christ, why?
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.75
It says they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ.
00:40:51.78\00:40:55.95
Number two, Christ
will reject them, why?
00:40:55.98\00:40:58.65
Their end is destruction.
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.32
Matthew Chapter 7, Jesus says,
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.79
"Many will say
to me in that day,
00:41:03.83\00:41:05.19
'Lord, Lord, did we all
not do these wonderful things?'
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.86
And He would say,
00:41:07.93\00:41:09.23
'I never knew
you, depart from Me,
00:41:09.26\00:41:11.03
you workers of iniquity.'"
00:41:11.07\00:41:13.44
Number three, it says,
whose God is their belly?
00:41:13.47\00:41:15.54
That was your specific question.
00:41:15.57\00:41:17.54
It refers to people
who live for the fleshly,
00:41:17.57\00:41:21.11
earthly, sensual things of life.
00:41:21.14\00:41:24.78
Reminds me of 1 John 2:16,
00:41:24.81\00:41:26.75
"All that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh,
00:41:26.78\00:41:28.92
the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life
00:41:28.95\00:41:31.45
is not of the
Father, but is of the world."
00:41:31.49\00:41:33.76
Number four,
00:41:33.79\00:41:35.12
they glorify the
base and vile passions.
00:41:35.16\00:41:39.36
It says, "Whose
glory is in their shame."
00:41:39.39\00:41:41.90
I don't know if
you've ever experienced
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.37
something that should be hidden,
00:41:43.40\00:41:44.83
something that should be sinful,
00:41:44.87\00:41:48.40
and yet people glorify
it and make sport of it
00:41:48.44\00:41:51.37
and make it seem like
it's a wonderful thing.
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.64
Number five, they
live for the world.
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.71
It says who set their
mind on earthly things,
00:41:56.75\00:41:59.65
as opposed to what Paul tells us
00:41:59.68\00:42:01.55
in Colossians 3:2,
00:42:01.58\00:42:03.12
"Set your mind on things above,
not on things of the earth."
00:42:03.18\00:42:07.76
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:42:07.79\00:42:10.03
Pastor Ryan,
this comes from Itza,
00:42:10.09\00:42:12.66
and from the state of Florida.
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.10
"Some believers say that
00:42:14.13\00:42:15.46
when you die, you go immediately
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.10
into the presence of the Lord.
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.47
What is your view on this?
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.17
What about the slain
saints in Revelation?"
00:42:21.20\00:42:24.87
State of the
dead in two minutes.
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.24
Here we go. That's
right, Pastor Ryan.
00:42:26.31\00:42:28.58
Genesis 2:7 makes it very clear
that we come into this world.
00:42:28.61\00:42:31.71
God when He created Adam,
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.08
He formed his body of
the dust of the ground,
00:42:33.15\00:42:34.58
and He breathed
into his nostrils
00:42:34.62\00:42:36.05
the breath of life,
00:42:36.12\00:42:37.45
then he became a living soul.
00:42:37.49\00:42:38.99
And so in that case,
we're brought into this world
00:42:39.02\00:42:41.42
by a combination
of the breath of life
00:42:41.46\00:42:43.63
that God gives us
00:42:43.66\00:42:44.99
which no man can
really understand,
00:42:45.03\00:42:46.36
that comes from God, right?
00:42:46.43\00:42:47.76
The breath of life,
and of course, our bodies.
00:42:47.76\00:42:49.76
Death is simply that in reverse.
00:42:49.80\00:42:52.03
When we die, we simply,
00:42:52.07\00:42:53.44
the Bible says in
Ecclesiastes 12:7,
00:42:53.47\00:42:55.34
"The breath and
the spirit of life
00:42:55.37\00:42:58.11
is parallel with each other.
00:42:58.14\00:42:59.47
It's the same thing.
00:42:59.51\00:43:00.91
And so when we
die, the breath of life,
00:43:00.94\00:43:02.81
that spirit goes
back to God who gave it.
00:43:02.84\00:43:06.28
And so from that point
on, we sleep in the grave.
00:43:06.35\00:43:09.52
Go read John Chapter 11,
00:43:09.55\00:43:10.89
Jesus referred
to death as a sleep.
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.79
We sleep in the
grave until the return
00:43:12.82\00:43:15.69
or the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ.
00:43:15.72\00:43:18.06
In fact, 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17 say,
00:43:18.09\00:43:22.56
"For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.40
with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel,
00:43:24.43\00:43:26.63
and with the trump of
God and the dead in Christ
00:43:26.67\00:43:28.34
will rise first."
00:43:28.37\00:43:29.70
There it is, so they've
been sleeping in the grave
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.37
until the Second Coming,
then they're going to rise.
00:43:31.41\00:43:33.11
And then it says,
00:43:33.17\00:43:34.51
"Then we who
are alive and remain
00:43:34.54\00:43:35.88
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:43:35.91\00:43:37.25
to meet the Lord in the air,
00:43:37.28\00:43:38.61
and thus shall we
ever be with the Lord."
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.48
Now, the last
part of your question
00:43:40.52\00:43:42.02
was pertaining to
00:43:42.05\00:43:43.39
what about those
people in Revelation.
00:43:43.42\00:43:44.92
I believe you're
talking about the souls
00:43:44.95\00:43:46.45
may be crying out
from under the altar
00:43:46.49\00:43:48.12
there in Revelation Chapter 6.
00:43:48.16\00:43:50.36
This is not proof that
there are people in heaven
00:43:50.39\00:43:52.39
that are
somehow under the altar,
00:43:52.43\00:43:53.93
their souls or
their ghosts are there,
00:43:53.96\00:43:56.46
you know,
chattering and crying out.
00:43:56.53\00:43:58.37
Revelation Chapter 6.
00:43:58.40\00:43:59.73
And obviously,
the Book of Revelation
00:43:59.80\00:44:01.20
is a highly symbolic
book with lots of allegorical
00:44:01.24\00:44:04.77
and symbolic language
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.17
that we have to allow
the Bible to interpret itself
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.44
when it comes to these symbols.
00:44:08.48\00:44:09.94
Much like when
Abel was killed by Cain,
00:44:09.98\00:44:12.05
it says his
blood cried out, right?
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.95
Is that to be taken literal?
00:44:13.98\00:44:15.32
No, that's obviously symbolism.
00:44:15.35\00:44:16.89
It means something,
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.25
these people, they're
crying out their blood,
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.65
their lives are crying out,
00:44:19.69\00:44:21.12
because it requires
justice and judgment.
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.63
And God does indeed tell
them sleep for a little longer,
00:44:23.66\00:44:26.49
because there will
be judgment coming.
00:44:26.53\00:44:28.53
So what happens
to us when we die?
00:44:28.56\00:44:30.37
We sleep in the grave,
00:44:30.40\00:44:31.73
just as Christ said there
until the Resurrection Day.
00:44:31.77\00:44:35.70
In Romans, 1
Corinthians 15:51-53,
00:44:35.74\00:44:39.64
that this corruptible
00:44:39.67\00:44:41.01
will then at that
point at the Second Coming,
00:44:41.04\00:44:42.81
put on incorruption, we
will be given immortality
00:44:42.84\00:44:45.65
only at the
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:44:45.68\00:44:47.42
Amen.
00:44:47.45\00:44:48.78
State of the
dead in two minutes.
00:44:48.82\00:44:50.95
There could be a lot
more said about that,
00:44:50.99\00:44:52.65
but that's a
juiced version of it.
00:44:52.72\00:44:54.06
There you go.
00:44:54.09\00:44:55.42
Pastor John,
this comes from Kenya
00:44:55.46\00:44:56.83
and the name is
Pokey is a person's name.
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.23
Hi, Pastor Lomacang,
00:44:59.26\00:45:01.13
"Do generational curses exist?"
00:45:01.16\00:45:04.07
The answer is yes and no. Okay.
00:45:04.10\00:45:05.90
Let me bring out a few points.
00:45:05.93\00:45:07.30
First of all, it is
the parent responsibility
00:45:07.34\00:45:09.57
to raise their
children to know the Lord.
00:45:09.60\00:45:12.04
And when they
make the right choices
00:45:12.07\00:45:14.01
in training their
children to know the Lord
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.71
and to keep His commandments,
00:45:16.75\00:45:18.65
then the parents blessing
extends into the child's life.
00:45:18.68\00:45:22.88
Deuteronomy 5:29,
00:45:22.95\00:45:24.79
"Oh, that they had
such a heart in them
00:45:24.82\00:45:27.86
that they would fear Me
00:45:27.89\00:45:29.22
and always keep
all My commandments,
00:45:29.26\00:45:31.39
that it might be well with them
00:45:31.43\00:45:32.99
and with their
children forever!"
00:45:33.06\00:45:35.10
So when a parent
raises his or her child,
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.93
in the admonition of the
Lord, the blessing carries on,
00:45:37.97\00:45:40.70
because they are
trained in obedience.
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.60
The answer about the
curse, here's the yes part.
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.41
Exodus 20:5-6.
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.01
And I'll tell you why,
after I read the verse.
00:45:47.04\00:45:49.04
"You shall not bow
down to them, nor serve them
00:45:49.08\00:45:51.55
for I, the Lord your
God, I'm a jealous God,
00:45:51.58\00:45:53.55
visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
00:45:53.58\00:45:55.42
unto the children to the
third and fourth generation
00:45:55.45\00:45:57.52
of those who hate me.'
00:45:57.55\00:45:59.02
That's the context.
00:45:59.05\00:46:00.46
When the parent lives a life
in open rebellion against God,
00:46:00.49\00:46:04.83
that child becomes a
natural hereditarial recipient
00:46:04.86\00:46:08.86
of that characteristic,
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.00
they have no fear
of God whatsoever.
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.00
And I've seen some children
00:46:13.07\00:46:14.44
that have so
brashly denied God in ways,
00:46:14.47\00:46:19.54
either through
profanity or their lives.
00:46:19.61\00:46:22.21
You couldn't even
get them to think about
00:46:22.24\00:46:23.88
being obedient to God,
00:46:23.91\00:46:25.35
and they cite their parents.
00:46:25.38\00:46:26.85
While the Lord who
is a sovereign God,
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.02
He sees what that
child's end is going to be.
00:46:29.05\00:46:31.52
And you find in
the Old Testament,
00:46:31.55\00:46:32.99
sometimes the Lord said
00:46:33.02\00:46:34.36
about these
adverse rebellious nations
00:46:34.39\00:46:35.89
wipe the whole,
wipe them all out.
00:46:35.92\00:46:37.89
Father, son, children,
parents, wipe them all out,
00:46:37.93\00:46:40.66
because God is sovereign.
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.26
He sees where that's going.
00:46:42.30\00:46:43.90
He knows the end
from the beginning.
00:46:43.93\00:46:46.00
But now on the other part of no,
00:46:46.03\00:46:48.30
this is where the
generational curses
00:46:48.34\00:46:49.80
not necessarily by default.
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.71
We have hereditary
and cultivated tendencies
00:46:51.74\00:46:54.31
Ezekiel 18:20,
00:46:54.34\00:46:56.44
"The soul who sins shall die.
00:46:56.48\00:46:58.51
The son shall not bear
the guilt of the father,
00:46:58.55\00:47:01.18
nor the father bear
the guilt of the son.
00:47:01.22\00:47:03.55
The
righteousness of the righteous
00:47:03.59\00:47:05.29
shall be upon him,
00:47:05.32\00:47:07.22
and the wickedness of the wicked
00:47:07.26\00:47:08.82
shall be upon himself."
00:47:08.86\00:47:10.79
So that is when a person
00:47:10.83\00:47:12.16
is in open
rebellion directly before God.
00:47:12.19\00:47:14.66
God is not saying, you
know, you're at the age now,
00:47:14.73\00:47:16.77
you can make your own choice,
00:47:16.80\00:47:18.27
but sorry, your
father has put you
00:47:18.30\00:47:19.87
into default situation.
00:47:19.93\00:47:21.27
No.
00:47:21.30\00:47:22.64
Ezekiel 14:14,
00:47:22.67\00:47:24.51
"If these three men,
00:47:24.54\00:47:25.87
Noah, Daniel,
and Job, were in it,
00:47:25.91\00:47:27.28
they would
deliver only themselves
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.31
by their righteousness."
00:47:29.34\00:47:31.78
When you get to the point
00:47:31.81\00:47:33.15
where you can
decide for yourself,
00:47:33.21\00:47:34.55
choice is the
most, the greatest gift
00:47:34.58\00:47:38.52
that God has
given to any one of us.
00:47:38.55\00:47:39.95
And that's why the Bible
says, now that you get older,
00:47:39.99\00:47:42.82
now you're outside
of your parent's home.
00:47:42.86\00:47:45.19
You've got to make
choices about eternity.
00:47:45.23\00:47:47.13
Joshua 24:15.
00:47:47.20\00:47:48.50
Look at this, how it
wraps up the whole thing.
00:47:48.53\00:47:50.83
"And if it seems evil
to you to serve the Lord,
00:47:50.87\00:47:53.40
choose for yourselves
this day whom you will serve."
00:47:53.44\00:47:56.40
Watch this,
00:47:56.47\00:47:57.81
"Whether the gods
which your father served
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.54
who were on the
other side of the river,"
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.74
that's where the generational
curses could have been,
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.91
"or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you dwell,"
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.15
doesn't matter
what the impact is,
00:48:07.22\00:48:08.85
"But as for me and my
house, we will serve the Lord."
00:48:08.88\00:48:11.89
That's where the
generational curse
00:48:11.92\00:48:14.16
can be broken.
00:48:14.19\00:48:15.52
You decide to
choose to serve the Lord.
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.76
Amen. Thank you
very much, Pastor.
00:48:17.79\00:48:20.50
Jill, this is our
last question here.
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.36
It says, "Can you
explain the verse about God
00:48:22.40\00:48:25.33
being a jealous God?
00:48:25.37\00:48:26.80
Exodus 20:5.
00:48:26.84\00:48:28.60
And when Jesus
wept, John 11: 35,"
00:48:28.64\00:48:31.14
and this comes from Robbie.
00:48:31.17\00:48:32.64
Thank you,
Robbie, for that question.
00:48:32.67\00:48:34.01
I would say God has emotions.
00:48:34.04\00:48:35.91
We were created
in the image of God,
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.58
and He made those emotions.
00:48:38.61\00:48:39.98
God can love.
He can be merciful.
00:48:40.02\00:48:42.05
He can feel
sorrow, compassion, hate,
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.75
now that would be for
the sin, not the sinner,
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.86
and even be jealous for.
00:48:46.92\00:48:48.59
So let's read that
verse in Exodus 20:5,
00:48:48.62\00:48:51.29
Pastor, just read it.
00:48:51.33\00:48:52.89
"You shall not bow down
to them nor serve them."
00:48:52.96\00:48:55.00
Now, this is from
the Ten Commandments.
00:48:55.03\00:48:57.73
"For I the Lord your
God, I'm a jealous God
00:48:57.77\00:49:00.60
visiting the
iniquities of the fathers
00:49:00.64\00:49:02.17
upon the children to the
third and fourth generation
00:49:02.20\00:49:04.34
of those who hate Me."
00:49:04.37\00:49:05.71
So what does that
word jealous mean?
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.14
It's used six times
in the Old Testament,
00:49:07.18\00:49:10.01
that word jealous,
that particular Hebrew word,
00:49:10.05\00:49:12.38
and it always refers to God.
00:49:12.41\00:49:14.92
I thought that
jealousy was a sinful emotion.
00:49:14.95\00:49:18.39
Sinful jealousy is being jealous
00:49:18.42\00:49:20.82
of someone or something,
00:49:20.86\00:49:23.09
is jealous of
something you don't have,
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.19
for instance, someone's spouse,
00:49:25.23\00:49:27.40
well, you're not
married to that person,
00:49:27.46\00:49:28.76
but you're jealous of them
00:49:28.80\00:49:30.13
or jealous of
their home or their gifts
00:49:30.20\00:49:31.93
or their
position or their money.
00:49:31.97\00:49:34.50
Sinful jealousy is jealousy
of something that you and I,
00:49:34.54\00:49:38.57
we don't possess
but we wish we had.
00:49:38.61\00:49:41.84
Godly jealousy is jealous for.
00:49:41.88\00:49:45.58
God is jealous for us
because we belong to Him.
00:49:45.61\00:49:50.22
Nothing can supersede
His place of affection
00:49:50.25\00:49:53.09
in our hearts.
00:49:53.12\00:49:54.46
God wants nothing
between us and Him.
00:49:54.49\00:49:56.49
It's like the love
of a husband for a wife.
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2 Corinthians 11:2,
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"I am jealous for
you with godly jealousy,
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for I betroth
you to one husband,
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so that to Christ
that might present you
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as a pure virgin."
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Now what about the
other verse you referenced,
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Jesus wept, the
shortest verse in the Bible,
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John 11:35.
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Now, of course,
this is in the context
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of Lazarus's death.
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Of course, we can say
that Jesus felt sorrow
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because they were His friends.
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But I believe even deeper,
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He was grieved at
their hard heartedness
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and inability to
understand His mission.
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So what we see
from these passages
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and many other is that
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our God feels things deeply,
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and that our God loves us.
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Amen.
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Thank you very, very much. Nice.
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And I said that
was the last question.
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But I think we've
got about a minute or so.
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Should we hit one of
these other extra questions,
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throw it on the table.
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Okay. What about this one?
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"Were Adam and Eve
here on this earth first,
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or was Satan cast down first."
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This comes from Terry.
Can we do that very quickly?
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Okay, Pastor.
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According to Scripture,
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the Bible is silent on
the chronological order.
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But here's the context.
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Satan could not have
tempted Adam and Eve,
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except they were here.
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And during the
creation of the world,
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you find in
Genesis 3:1, or Genesis 1,
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"The earth was
without form and void.
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Then God began creating."
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My deduction to this
00:51:19.84\00:51:21.18
is when the war
broke out in heaven,
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it was during the
creation of the earth
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and then Satan was
banished to the earth,
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and then determined that
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he would tempt Adam and Eve
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to transgress against God's law.
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So I see that
they were here first.
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Yeah, amen.
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No, thank you for
that. Any other thoughts?
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Yeah. In agreement. Yeah.
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Yeah. Okay. Very good.
00:51:37.43\00:51:38.99
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almost out of time here.
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