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, I'm Jill Morikone
and welcome to 3ABN today
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Bible Q and A.
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Now if you're just
joining us, you might say,
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what in the
world is Bible Q and A?
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It is our rapid fire
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Bible questions
and answers program.
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I love it because we can
get into the Word of God,
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we can just begin
to scratch the surface,
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and it leaves you
wanting to study more,
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so that's a wonderful thing.
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I want to introduce our
family to you at this time.
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They're students of
the Word, men of God.
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And so blessed,
I'm always blessed
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when they open up
the Word and share.
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Pastor John Lomacang, my pastor,
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Pastor of Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and 3ABN Director
of World Evangelism.
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Delighted to have you here.
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I always learn
something every time
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these questions you send in,
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it forces us to go back
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and relearn what
God has revealed,
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and we always
learn something new.
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So thank you for
your faithfulness.
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Amen.
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Sitting next to
you, Pastor Ryan Day,
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always a
privilege to have you here,
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of course you work in
our 3ABN pastoral department
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putting together
an amazing database
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which will be
available fairly soon,
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and thank you so
much for what you do
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for the cause of God.
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Amen.
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It's a blessing to
always be here to be
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a part of this program
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and just want to
thank our viewers
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for sending in the questions.
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Keep sending them in. Amen.
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And last but not least sitting
next to me Pastor John Dinzey,
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of course, General
Manager of 3ABN Latino
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and student of the Word as well,
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and thank you so
much, Pastor Johnny,
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for being here.
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It's a blessing for
me as well, you know,
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when you read God's Word,
God brings a blessing on you
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when you read God's Word,
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Amen.
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Absolutely I
want to let you know
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how you can send
in your questions.
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We have hundreds and
hundreds of questions
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that have already come in.
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So you can text
us at 618-228-3975.
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That number
again is 618-228-3975,
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or you can email
us at BibleQA@3abn.org
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That's BibleQA@3abn.org
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So maybe you're
studying the Word of God now
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and when you say, I
don't quite understand this,
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I don't know what this means,
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send in your
questions either text or email
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and we will get to
them on an upcoming edition
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of our Bible QA program.
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Of course, this
airs every Monday,
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so every Monday you can
capture and if you miss it,
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you can catch it on YouTube,
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or at our website
where we have it on demand.
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So before we open
up the Word of God,
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let's read a
scripture and go to prayer
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and then we'll jump right in.
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The scripture I
have is 2 Peter 1:20-21,
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"Knowing this first,
no prophecy of Scripture
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is of any
private interpretation,
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for prophecy never
came by the will of man,
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but holy men of God spoke
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as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit."
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We know that the
Word of God is inspired,
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we know that we
don't have any ability
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of ourselves to speak,
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or share from the Word of God.
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So we want to go to the Lord
in prayer and ask Him to anoint
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and illumine and
open up our minds
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and hearts to receive.
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Pastor Johnny,
would you pray for us?
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Sure. Let us pray together.
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Our wonderful and
loving Heavenly Father
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we rejoice in Your salvation.
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We thank You, Lord, for
the promise that if we ask,
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we will receive.
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And at this time, Lord,
we ask for Your Holy Spirit,
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that we may share
the Holy Scriptures
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in such a way that
people will be drawn to Jesus.
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We pray for You to bless us
to be able to make clear that
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which seems difficult,
and we pray for everyone
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that is tuning in,
watching, listening,
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we pray that Your Holy Spirit
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will also
impress upon their minds.
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The blessing and the joy
it is to study Your Holy Word.
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We pray for these things in
Jesus' holy and blessed name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, I'm ready
to hear the answers
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from our panel so
let's jump right in.
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We're going to Ryan,
we're going to you first.
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Sure.
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This says, "Since the Sunday law
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is the mark of the beast.
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What are we as
Seventh-day Adventists
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supposed to do to
receive the seal of God?
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Do we receive the seal of
God by just continuing to keep
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the Sabbath day
the seventh day holy?"
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This came from
Marjorie in Massachusetts.
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So how do we
receive the seal of God?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Marjorie, thank you so much
for sending in this question,
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and I know
exactly what you meant
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when you use the certain
language in your question.
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I just want to
address a couple things
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for clarification purposes.
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First of all, the
Sunday law in and of itself
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is not the mark of the beast,
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it's what is used to bring
about the mark of the beast,
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the final test which is
dealing with the Sabbath,
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the rejection of
the biblical Sabbath
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and the acceptance
of a counterfeit Sabbath
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is indeed the mark of
the beast and so will,
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that maybe is another question
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somebody might want to
send in a question about that.
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But what are we as
Seventh-day Adventist
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supposed to do to
receive the seal of God?
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Well, we're
supposed to do everything
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that everybody
else is supposed to do
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and that is we
have to make sure that
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we have an in depth relationship
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with Jesus Christ,
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that we are sealed by
the Holy Spirit of the Lord.
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First of all,
the first thing that
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comes to my mind is Acts 2:38,
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when they ask
Peter, "What must we do?"
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He made it very
clear, " Repent."
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That's number one.
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"Repent of your sins,
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let every one of you be baptized
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in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ
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for the remission of your sins,
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and you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit."
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And so we have to
confess and repent of our sins,
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that's number one.
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And, of course,
when we confess our sins,
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1 John 1:9 lets us know
and tells us clearly that
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"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
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and just to forgive
us our sins and to,"
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here's the key word,
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"to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness."
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In John 15:5, Jesus talks about
having an abiding relationship.
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He said, "I am the
vine, you are the branches.
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He who abides in Me and
I in him bears much fruit,
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for without Me
you can do nothing."
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When we are in that
abiding relationship,
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we're being led and
guided in a constant
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surrendered
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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And so what must we
do to make sure that
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we are sealed
by the Holy Spirit,
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that we had
received the seal of God.
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Yes, the
Sabbath is a major part,
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but the Sabbath in and
of itself does not save us.
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Jesus is the one who saves us.
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The Holy Spirit is
the one who seals us,
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and yes the final test.
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If we're living in
that time, we're willing,
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it will come down
to your dedication
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to keeping all of
the Ten Commandments.
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Not just the Sabbath,
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but remember Isaiah 8:16 says,
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"Bind up the testimony,
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seal the law
among My disciples."
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It just happens to be that
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that final test
is gonna come down
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to whether or not
you obey the Creator
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in observing His Sabbath day,
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the true biblical
Sabbath day, or you reject it
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and receive the
false counterfeit Sabbath.
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So in this case, to
prepare for the seal of God
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to receive that an abiding daily
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surrendering relationship
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with Christ is
absolutely needed,
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and that will lead
you to love Him enough
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to keep all of His commandments.
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Amen. Powerful
answer. Thank you so much.
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The seal of God
is not just one thing
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but it's that encompassing
with Jesus, I love that.
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Pastor John,
we're coming to you.
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"How, when and
who decided what books
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were to be
included in the Bible?"
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This is from John.
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Well thank you,
Jill, for that question.
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Do I have 15
minutes to answer that?
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And since the answer is no,
let me just dive right into it.
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We believe that the Bible
is the canonical writings,
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meaning a
collection of genuine writings.
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Now this is a very short answer,
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but I want to just
pose two questions.
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Is the Bible a collection
of authoritative writings,
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or is it an authoritative
collection of writings?
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It may sound like the same thing
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but as you study
further into this.
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When you look at the development
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of those movements
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that believe that a
group of individuals
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or persons individually
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have conferred on the Bible
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saying the Bible is an
authoritative collection.
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It suggests that they
have given the Bible authority.
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But the Bible is a collection
of authoritative writings,
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meaning the
authority is in the Bible,
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not in the conference.
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That's why 2 Timothy 3:16,
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"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness."
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Now Protestants
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and I'm a
Protestant believe that
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the Bible is a collection
of authoritative writings,
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meaning that the
authority is not in us.
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It is in the Holy Writ.
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The Holy Writ
is the unchangeable
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authority of God's Word.
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The Bible's
authority is unchangeable
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whether we agree with it or not.
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And, but you find
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there's a differing in
the theological world like
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for example, in
the Catholic world,
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the Eastern Orthodox,
the Oriental Orthodox,
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the Assyrians and the Anglicans,
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traditionally
believed the opposite.
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They believe
that the Bible is...
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The conference of His authority
was decided by the church.
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We don't believe that.
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We believe the
conference was decided by God.
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And when it was developed,
that's where you get the phrase
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"sacred tradition,"
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so they could add to the Bible,
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well, we believe that
since we say this is sacred,
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then we could add to
the sacred nature of that
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by adding sacred tradition
as for Sunday and Sabbath
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were on the same
plane for some time.
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When you look at the
lifespan of the Old Testament
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from about 1400
BC to about 430 BC
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you find the Old Testament was,
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was concluded the
writings aspect of it.
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The historian Josephus
wrote that the Old Testament
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was completed around 430 BC,
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and you find
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the authoritative
nature of that Jesus
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referred many times,
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throughout His life
Jesus made many references
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to the Old Testament prophets,
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and He talked about nine times
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you find this in
the life of Christ,
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the scripture is fulfilled,
the scripture is fulfilled,
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meaning by the time
of Christ the scriptures
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were not still in
process, they were locked.
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Now He's coming to fulfill them.
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And He says something
amazing in John 10:35,
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in His own authority.
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Jesus says, "And the
scriptures cannot be broken,"
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meaning the Old Testament
is still not in process.
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You also find in Matthew 26:54,
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"How then could the
Scriptures be fulfilled,
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that it must happen thus?"
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So Jesus said this is
happening in my life to fulfill
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what has already
been established.
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So in a nutshell,
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Peter considered the writings
of Paul to be authoritative.
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He said, many people wrestle
with the writings of Paul
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to their own destruction.
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And Paul, his writings
were considered epistles,
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passed from one
church to the next,
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meaning it was developed
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in the church today
still establishes it.
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So lastly, Revelation 22:18,
we don't change the Bible,
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the Bible is
supposed to change us.
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"For I testify to everyone
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who hears the words of
the prophecy of this book:
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If anyone adds to these things,
God will add to him the plagues
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that are written in the book."
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And if anyone
takes away his name,
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he would be taken
out of the book of life.
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The Bible is
authoritative writings,
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the authority
conferred on it by God
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and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Amen. That's a powerful answer.
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I need nine more
minutes. That was really good.
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We're gonna stay with
the topic of the Bible
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and books of the Bible
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so we're coming to
you, Pastor Johnny.
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"As a beginner of Bible
study, where do I start,
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which Bible book
can I begin with?
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How does one
even study the Bible?"
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And this comes from Polki.
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Okay, that's a good question.
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And what I like to
say, most of the time is,
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I'd like to recommend
starting with the Book of John,
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because it gives you a
picture of Jesus who Jesus is.
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From, He existed
from eternity past,
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and He has no beginning
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and it talks to
you in a marvelous way.
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It seems like the Apostle John
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captured the love of
Christ in such a way,
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and the Lord used
him in a mighty way
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to bring forth the
gospel message marvelously
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so then I would
say, go back to Matthew,
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and read again
from Matthew all the way
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to the Book of
Romans, then you're gonna get
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a nice foundation
to be able to read,
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let's say back in Genesis.
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Some people start in
Genesis, which is fine.
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You understand that
we were created by God,
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marvelous place to begin.
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But my suggestion
is begin with John,
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get a foundation on
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who Jesus is
because in John 17:3,
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it has the words,
"And this is life eternal,
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that they may know
You, the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent."
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So having this foundation
of Jesus Christ as our Creator,
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as our Savior,
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as the one who
sacrificed His life for us.
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As you read John,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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Because when you do this,
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you're gonna find that
you're looking unto Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith.
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You have that good foundation,
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then you get
into the Book of Acts
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and you see how the disciples
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were faithful
carrying this message.
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And it tells you
in the Book of Acts,
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there is salvation in
none other than Jesus Christ,
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there's no name under
heaven whereby we must be saved.
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So that's why, get
that nice foundation
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in Book of Romans
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and takes you into
righteousness by faith.
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And so this gives
you a nice foundation.
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This is Romans 5:8 says,
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"And God
demonstrates His love toward us,
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in that while we
were yet sinners,
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Christ died for us."
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Once you get all that,
and you go into Genesis
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and you see how
all things began,
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you understand
that there is a Savior.
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Amen.
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Christ is the center and
circumference of Scripture.
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Amen.
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We're going from Scripture
to what we're supposed to eat.
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Pastor John,
we're coming to you.
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In Luke 24:42-43 when
Jesus met with His disciples,
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"They gave Jesus boiled
fish, and He took and ate."
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"It seems strange that being in
His immortal and sinless body,
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that He would eat dead flesh.
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How do we explain this action?"
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This comes from out
Hal in Berrien Springs.
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Thank you for
that question Jill.
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I want to begin,
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because the
reference is in Luke 24:42-43,
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I'm not going to read that.
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But I'm going to say
that if the Bible parameters
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are followed for
clean and unclean.
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That is the ultimate
test of whether or not
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we are in violation
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of God's
biblical health principles
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or in harmony with it.
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And Leviticus 11:9-12
gives us the parameters.
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So, and then we'll go
back to discussing Jesus.
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It says in Leviticus 11:9,
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"These you may eat of
all that are in the water:
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whatever in the
water has fins and scales,
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whether in the seas
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or in the rivers
that you may eat.
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But all that are all in the seas
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or in the rivers that do
not have fins and scales,
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all that move in the
water or any living thing
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which is in the water,
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they are an abomination to you."
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And that what the Bible
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is in essence saying like crabs,
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shrimps, lobsters,
oysters, clams, scallops,
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so many other things, shark,
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they don't have fins and scales.
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When you
establish these parameters,
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I think the question
made it almost sound like,
00:15:40.80\00:15:42.77
well, now that Jesus is
in His immortal sinless body
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how dare He, then He would,
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if He was in violation,
He would now be a sinner
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even though He was now
in this resurrected body.
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We have to keep in mind
and if you traveled as I have
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and many of us have around
00:15:57.79\00:15:59.52
this
Seventh-day Adventist world,
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you go to countries
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where they don't have stuff that
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come out of factories.
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Now let me pause on that.
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When you think that
what comes out of a factory,
00:16:06.86\00:16:09.73
and I'm being very candid here.
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If it comes out of a can,
00:16:11.67\00:16:13.00
it's got to be
something that was made up,
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it's a combination of
things that we don't even know,
00:16:15.14\00:16:17.64
formaldehyde and rubber
and I'm just being candid here.
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There are some things that
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we call healthy vegetarian foods
00:16:22.11\00:16:24.45
that people that
are real vegetarians
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wouldn't eat.
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So what was Jesus
establishing here?
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He is saying as
long as you follow
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the parameters of Scripture,
00:16:30.42\00:16:32.22
you are in harmony
with the code of God.
00:16:32.25\00:16:35.52
And so when we get to heaven,
00:16:35.56\00:16:37.39
obviously we're
not gonna eat fish.
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In the New Earth animals
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are not going to be
running away from us
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fearful of their lives.
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But as well in this life,
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the Bible establishes parameters
00:16:45.13\00:16:46.47
for clean and
unclean, and we are safe
00:16:46.50\00:16:48.00
as long as we stay
within those guidelines.
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Amen.
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Thank you, solid
biblical, Pastor.
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We're gonna stay
with the topic of food.
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Pastor Johnny,
coming back to you.
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"I was in the Philippines
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at a Seventh-day
Adventist University.
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And what I found
there was very confusing
00:16:58.91\00:17:00.72
as they were eating ducks.
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When I asked they said,
"It was clean to eat ducks."
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Is duck clean or
unclean?" Charles.
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That is a very good question.
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Actually you know,
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I kind of grew up
myself thinking that
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these animals were unclean.
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Because you look at them
and those ducks, you know,
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they practically eat
anything they can see,
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especially they
put their little beaks
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inside all the
filthy stuff and you say,
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I don't think I'll eat that.
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But these animals, of course,
you have the question is,
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are they clean or unclean?
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The question came
in my mind specially
00:17:35.75\00:17:37.85
when I was in
Germany, and I found out that
00:17:37.89\00:17:39.92
the Seventh-day
Adventists over there eat duck.
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When I was visiting this lady,
and she said that her husband,
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which was a
pastor, he passed away
00:17:47.13\00:17:49.66
and she started talking
to me about duck and I said,
00:17:49.70\00:17:51.43
"You know this is
an unclean animal."
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No. She said, "It's clean."
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And we went back
and forth a little bit,
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but after doing
some research in this,
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you will find that
God names the birds that
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we can eat, the fowl
that we can eat by name.
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So when you go to
Leviticus Chapter 11,
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you will find the
references to these animals,
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beginning in verse
13, and some people think
00:18:12.45\00:18:14.92
because the duck has
that kind of a web type of,
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what do you call them, feet?
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Feet. Feet.
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They say, "Oh, no, it's
unclean but it's not unclean."
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According to Jewish tradition,
00:18:23.93\00:18:27.20
the duck is in the
list of clean animals
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and you know very
well that the, you know,
00:18:29.84\00:18:31.34
they're very
strict about their diet.
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So let's take a look at
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Leviticus 11:13-20,
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let's see how far we
can get based on the time
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that we have allotted.
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And Leviticus 11:13
and onward, let's go to.
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Right here we
got it. Here we go.
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It says here, notice,
notice very carefully.
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"And these you shall regard
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as an
abomination among the birds,
00:18:57.07\00:18:58.70
they shall not be
eaten, they are an abomination.
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The eagle, the
vulture, the buzzard, the kite,
00:19:01.14\00:19:04.97
and the falcon after its kind,
00:19:05.04\00:19:06.74
you see as it
get after its kind,
00:19:06.78\00:19:08.24
every raven after its kind,
00:19:08.31\00:19:10.08
the ostrich,
the short-eared owl,
00:19:10.11\00:19:12.45
the sea gulls, and the hawk
after its kind, the little owl,
00:19:12.48\00:19:16.38
and the fisher owl,
and the screech owl,
00:19:16.42\00:19:19.69
the white owl, the jackdaw,
and the carrion vulture,
00:19:19.72\00:19:24.06
the stork, the
heron after its kind,
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the hoopoe, or the
hoopie, and the bat."
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Don't eat any bats please.
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So, these are the
animals and then notice that
00:19:31.40\00:19:33.87
they have been
named specifically,
00:19:33.90\00:19:36.07
so we don't have any
guidance beyond that.
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So the unclean
birds are the ones
00:19:39.41\00:19:40.84
that are listed here
specifically in Leviticus.
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The unclean birds
after, and after their kind.
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Good, absolutely.
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I want to remind you
to send in your questions
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for our Bible panel.
00:19:48.75\00:19:50.09
We will answer them
on an upcoming program.
00:19:50.12\00:19:51.62
You can text
them to 618-228-3975.
00:19:51.69\00:19:56.36
That number
again is 618-228-3975,
00:19:56.39\00:20:00.16
or you can email your questions,
00:20:00.20\00:20:02.60
that address is BibleQA@3abn.org
00:20:02.63\00:20:07.90
That's BibleQA@3abn.org
00:20:07.94\00:20:11.61
We would love to
take your questions
00:20:11.67\00:20:13.81
on an upcoming program.
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Pastor Ryan,
we're coming to you.
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My question is from
1 Thessalonians 4:14,
00:20:17.08\00:20:21.18
"Who is he
bringing back with him?
00:20:21.22\00:20:23.65
If those saved
are in the graves,
00:20:23.69\00:20:26.15
how can they be in the
grave and be in heaven with God
00:20:26.19\00:20:29.02
at the same time?
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It says he brings back
those who sleep in Jesus,"
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submitted by Healing Touch.
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.80
Okay, well I appreciate
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.20
whoever submitted this question.
00:20:38.23\00:20:39.57
It's a great question.
00:20:39.60\00:20:40.94
But I just want just to
make just in your question,
00:20:40.97\00:20:43.87
I noticed
there's a word you added
00:20:43.91\00:20:45.24
that's actually not in the text.
00:20:45.27\00:20:46.78
So you said that he says,
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.14
"He brings back
those who sleep in Jesus
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or brings back with Him."
00:20:52.11\00:20:53.52
So if we go to the
text here, notice what...
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I'm gonna actually
go to 1 Thessalonians 4.
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I'm gonna start
reading in verse 13,
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notice what it actually says.
00:20:58.65\00:21:00.16
It says, "But I do not want
you to be ignorant, brethren,
00:21:00.19\00:21:02.52
concerning those
who have fallen asleep,
00:21:02.56\00:21:05.29
lest you sorrow as
others who have no hope."
00:21:05.33\00:21:08.03
That he's addressing this issue
because the church at the time,
00:21:08.06\00:21:10.87
in this case is the
church Thessalonica,
00:21:10.90\00:21:13.23
they had begun
sorrowing in the idea that
00:21:13.27\00:21:15.07
they had loved ones
who believed in the Lord
00:21:15.10\00:21:16.87
who would put
their trust in the Lord,
00:21:16.91\00:21:18.24
but they had
already went to sleep
00:21:18.27\00:21:19.61
and Jesus hadn't been buried.
00:21:19.64\00:21:21.14
And so Paul was doing
00:21:21.18\00:21:22.51
all this talk about resurrection
00:21:22.54\00:21:23.91
and Christ coming
back for His people
00:21:23.95\00:21:25.48
and now they're saying,
"Wow, wow, wait a second,
00:21:25.51\00:21:26.92
if we're going to
meet the Lord in the air,
00:21:26.95\00:21:28.35
what about our loved
ones who are in the grave?"
00:21:28.38\00:21:30.29
And so that's why Paul says,
00:21:30.32\00:21:31.65
"Look, I don't want
you to be eager on this,
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let me clarify it."
00:21:33.09\00:21:34.42
And so verse 14 is
the one in question.
00:21:34.46\00:21:36.42
He says, "For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again,
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notice how Jesus
died and He rose again,
00:21:39.66\00:21:41.90
resurrection involved,
00:21:41.93\00:21:43.40
even so God will
not bring back with Him,
00:21:43.43\00:21:46.53
but even so God
will bring with Him
00:21:46.57\00:21:49.17
those who sleep in Jesus."
00:21:49.20\00:21:51.21
So they're not in
heaven, they're asleep in Jesus.
00:21:51.24\00:21:53.31
Now how do we know
that Paul's saying this,
00:21:53.34\00:21:55.08
and what he means by this?
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.44
Continue reading, verse 15,
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.15
"For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
00:21:58.18\00:22:00.18
that we who are alive and remain
00:22:00.22\00:22:02.82
until the coming of the Lord
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.29
will by no means
precede those who are asleep."
00:22:04.32\00:22:07.46
He's saying that we're
not gonna go before them
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.29
because that was their idea.
00:22:09.32\00:22:10.66
We're going to
leave and go to heaven
00:22:10.69\00:22:12.06
and our dead loved
ones who died in Christ,
00:22:12.09\00:22:14.00
they're gonna be
left in the graves.
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.33
He said, " No, no, we're
not gonna go before them,
00:22:15.40\00:22:17.07
they're gonna be going with us."
00:22:17.10\00:22:18.60
How do we know that?
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.00
Notice those famous
verses starting in verse 16.
00:22:20.04\00:22:22.87
It says, "For the
Lord Himself will descend
00:22:22.90\00:22:24.47
from heaven with a shout,
00:22:24.51\00:22:25.84
with the voice of an archangel,"
00:22:25.87\00:22:27.21
this is the Second Coming,"
and with the trumpet of God,
00:22:27.24\00:22:29.41
"and, here it is,
00:22:29.44\00:22:30.78
"The dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:22:30.81\00:22:33.48
They don't go to
heaven before us.
00:22:33.52\00:22:35.22
We don't go to
heaven before them.
00:22:35.25\00:22:36.79
How do we know?
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.19
Verse 17, "Then we who are alive
00:22:38.22\00:22:40.09
and remain shall
be caught up together
00:22:40.12\00:22:43.06
with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air."
00:22:43.09\00:22:45.86
And, thus, and
then at that point,
00:22:45.89\00:22:48.66
we shall always
be with the Lord.
00:22:48.70\00:22:51.17
So that's what this is mean,
00:22:51.20\00:22:52.57
it's not meaning that God
is bringing saints with them,
00:22:52.60\00:22:55.10
with Him back from heaven,
they're asleep in the grave
00:22:55.14\00:22:57.57
and He means He's
going to take them
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.21
with Him when we all return
back to the kingdom of God.
00:22:59.24\00:23:02.81
Amen. Very clear.
00:23:02.84\00:23:04.18
Thank you.
00:23:04.21\00:23:05.55
Staying with the theme
of the state of the dead,
00:23:05.58\00:23:06.92
Pastor John, "Where
is Abraham right now?"
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.32
This question
stems from the parable
00:23:10.35\00:23:12.29
of the rich man and Lazarus,
00:23:12.32\00:23:13.72
of course, from Luke chapter 16.
00:23:13.76\00:23:15.39
This is from Itza in Florida.
00:23:15.46\00:23:18.16
Well, Genesis 25:7-8
gives us a direct answer.
00:23:18.23\00:23:22.73
Genesis 25:7-8, the Bible says,
00:23:22.76\00:23:25.97
"This is the sum of
the years of Abraham's life
00:23:26.00\00:23:28.60
which he lived, one
hundred and seventy-five years."
00:23:28.64\00:23:33.48
Verse 8, "Then
Abraham breathed his last
00:23:33.51\00:23:36.75
and died in a good old age,
00:23:36.78\00:23:39.25
an old man and full of years,
00:23:39.28\00:23:41.88
and was gathered to his people."
00:23:41.92\00:23:44.35
So Abraham died and
was gathered to his people.
00:23:44.39\00:23:46.79
When you find
out what that means,
00:23:46.82\00:23:49.16
is synonymous when the
Bible talks about the kings
00:23:49.19\00:23:51.26
and they rested
with their fathers
00:23:51.29\00:23:52.63
and they were
buried with their fathers.
00:23:52.66\00:23:54.56
So Abraham is in the grave
00:23:54.56\00:23:55.90
waiting for the
coming of the Lord.
00:23:55.93\00:23:57.67
The parable of the
rich man and Lazarus
00:23:57.70\00:23:59.33
as they pointed
out is just that.
00:23:59.37\00:24:01.44
It's a parable of
the rich man and Lazarus.
00:24:01.47\00:24:04.87
When the parable was given,
Lazarus literally wasn't dead,
00:24:04.91\00:24:08.68
and you find in the
parable itself in Luke 16,
00:24:08.74\00:24:11.91
this imagery which was,
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.65
which was a lesson that
the Lord was communicating
00:24:13.68\00:24:16.02
to the Jews who had a
belief that was affected.
00:24:16.05\00:24:19.99
Their minds were affected that
00:24:20.02\00:24:22.26
since they were the
children of Abraham,
00:24:22.32\00:24:24.56
we definitely have
preference to being saved.
00:24:24.59\00:24:27.23
You find in John
8:33, this ideology.
00:24:27.23\00:24:30.47
When Jesus talked about
they were in bondage to sin.
00:24:30.50\00:24:33.13
And they answered Him,
"We are Abraham's descendants
00:24:33.17\00:24:36.10
and have never been
in bondage to anyone.
00:24:36.14\00:24:38.84
How can you say
you will be made free?"
00:24:38.87\00:24:42.11
They looked at
Abraham as, you know,
00:24:42.14\00:24:43.48
we're Abraham's
children, we've got the right.
00:24:43.51\00:24:45.21
Well, the Lord made it
very clear in Romans 9:6,
00:24:45.28\00:24:48.68
they that are of
Israel are not all Israel,
00:24:48.75\00:24:51.29
they were
Hebrews going into Egypt,
00:24:51.32\00:24:53.66
Israelites coming out,
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.19
and Abraham did not
give them preference
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.26
because the Bible
makes it very, very clear
00:24:57.29\00:24:58.66
in Acts Chapter
10 that, verse 12,
00:24:58.69\00:25:02.66
"Nor is their
salvation in any other,
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.63
for there is no
other name under heaven
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.97
given among men by
which we must be saved."
00:25:07.00\00:25:10.14
So Abraham is in his
grave waiting just like Ryan
00:25:10.17\00:25:12.81
just pointed out
00:25:12.84\00:25:14.18
for the
resurrection of the righteous.
00:25:14.21\00:25:15.81
And Jesus is the only one that
gives us preferential access
00:25:15.84\00:25:20.52
by His
righteousness to eternity.
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.22
Amen. Thank you.
00:25:23.25\00:25:24.59
Pastor Ryan, we're
coming back to you,
00:25:24.62\00:25:26.45
talking about
Jesus being the one
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.09
who's saving us.
00:25:28.12\00:25:29.49
"How are people
saved before Jesus?"
00:25:29.52\00:25:32.19
This question comes
from Erling in Sweden.
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.00
Yeah, absolutely.
00:25:35.03\00:25:36.36
That's a great
question and you know the answer
00:25:36.40\00:25:37.80
to that question is simple
00:25:37.83\00:25:39.67
and exciting in the fact that
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
the Bible makes it clear
that God does not change, right?
00:25:41.07\00:25:43.84
And so, I'm gonna see here that
00:25:43.87\00:25:45.61
very clearly there's
clear biblical evidence
00:25:45.64\00:25:47.64
that the people before Christ
00:25:47.68\00:25:49.48
were saved in the same
people, in the same way that
00:25:49.51\00:25:51.75
the people after
Christ were saved,
00:25:51.78\00:25:53.28
the same way that
you and I are saved,
00:25:53.31\00:25:54.92
that is by grace through faith.
00:25:54.95\00:25:56.92
And you say, "Ryan,
how can you prove that?"
00:25:56.95\00:25:59.09
If you've never read
the 11th Chapter in Hebrews,
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.56
please go read the
11th Chapter of Hebrews,
00:26:01.62\00:26:03.83
it's called the
Great Faith Chapter
00:26:03.86\00:26:05.76
because it talks
about how these individuals
00:26:05.79\00:26:08.80
they came to the Lord,
00:26:08.83\00:26:10.17
they were in
relationship with the Lord,
00:26:10.20\00:26:12.07
and they were ultimately
saved by the Lord, why?
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.74
Because of their faith
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.10
and so you'll hear this repeated
00:26:16.14\00:26:17.47
over and over in the
11th Chapter of Hebrews.
00:26:17.51\00:26:19.84
It says, "By faith
Abel, you know, did this.
00:26:19.87\00:26:23.21
By faith Enoch
walked with the Lord.
00:26:23.24\00:26:25.35
By faith Noah built the ark.
00:26:25.38\00:26:27.22
By faith Abraham, by
faith Sara, by faith Isaac,
00:26:27.25\00:26:29.22
and Jacob and Joseph and Moses."
00:26:29.25\00:26:32.02
Every single one
of these individuals,
00:26:32.09\00:26:33.72
they had to put their faith
and their trust in the Lord.
00:26:33.76\00:26:36.89
And so while, yes,
the sacrificial system
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.03
was implemented
in the Old Testament,
00:26:39.06\00:26:40.76
it was a
foreshadowing to that of work in
00:26:40.80\00:26:43.13
which Christ would do,
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.50
but they still had to go forward
00:26:44.53\00:26:46.60
into that sanctuary service
into those sanctuary actions
00:26:46.63\00:26:50.87
and choices and
sacrifices, by faith,
00:26:50.91\00:26:53.98
they had to trust in
the word of the Lord,
00:26:54.01\00:26:56.28
and so it was by faith,
and because of their faith,
00:26:56.31\00:26:59.11
they were saved by grace.
00:26:59.15\00:27:01.02
And again I just
have to mention here
00:27:01.05\00:27:02.88
Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:27:02.92\00:27:05.52
it's one of my favorite texts.
00:27:05.59\00:27:06.92
It says, "For by
grace you have been saved,
00:27:06.96\00:27:09.16
again, through faith."
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.09
That faith
chapter, by faith Abraham,
00:27:11.13\00:27:13.29
by faith Noah, by faith Moses.
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.26
Here it is, "For by grace
00:27:15.30\00:27:16.90
you have been
saved through faith,
00:27:16.93\00:27:18.67
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
00:27:18.73\00:27:21.74
not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.84
So how were they saved before?
00:27:24.87\00:27:26.27
They were saved by grace,
00:27:26.31\00:27:27.98
through their
faith in their Lord.
00:27:28.01\00:27:30.11
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:27:30.15\00:27:32.15
Pastor Johnny,
we're coming to you
00:27:32.21\00:27:33.55
and this one could be
00:27:33.58\00:27:34.92
a little bit of a
controversial question.
00:27:34.95\00:27:36.75
"Can you please
explain Deuteronomy 22:5?"
00:27:36.79\00:27:42.12
This comes from
Terry in Minnesota.
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.59
Alrighty.
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.99
We'll go to Deuteronomy
32:5, and take a look...
00:27:46.03\00:27:50.20
22, Deuteronomy 22:5.
00:27:50.23\00:27:52.53
22:5. Yeah, sorry.
00:27:52.60\00:27:53.97
Go to Deuteronomy 22:5,
let's go there and read it
00:27:54.00\00:27:58.17
because we have to
get a thus saith the Lord
00:27:58.21\00:28:01.01
even on the Word of God,
00:28:01.04\00:28:03.58
22:5, you say?
00:28:03.61\00:28:04.95
Mm-hmm. Okay.
00:28:04.98\00:28:06.61
This is what the Bible says.
00:28:06.65\00:28:10.35
Verse 5, "A woman
shall not wear anything
00:28:10.39\00:28:14.22
that pertains to a man,
00:28:14.26\00:28:16.76
nor shall a man put
on a woman's garment,
00:28:16.79\00:28:19.83
for all who do so
00:28:19.86\00:28:21.53
are an abomination
to the Lord your God."
00:28:21.56\00:28:25.63
And so, the question
about Deuteronomy 22:5,
00:28:25.70\00:28:31.14
you know, I asked myself,
00:28:31.17\00:28:33.38
I've heard this verse
used in different ways.
00:28:33.41\00:28:36.08
And normally,
when it is brought up,
00:28:36.11\00:28:40.12
it's in reference to,
can the women wear pants?
00:28:40.15\00:28:43.69
And I want to bring out to you,
the fact that in those days,
00:28:43.72\00:28:48.32
the men did not
wear pants either.
00:28:48.36\00:28:51.09
They wear, the women wear robes,
00:28:51.13\00:28:52.79
and the men wore robes.
00:28:52.83\00:28:55.13
So to use this verse to say
women should not wear pants,
00:28:55.20\00:28:59.30
you're taking
this out of context.
00:28:59.33\00:29:00.74
That's right.
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.10
And so, this is not rightly
dividing the word of truth.
00:29:02.14\00:29:06.71
However, we have to look at
what God is talking about here.
00:29:06.74\00:29:10.11
And when you look at the context
00:29:10.15\00:29:12.98
and the context of
this scripture here.
00:29:13.01\00:29:17.45
It doesn't give
us much to work with
00:29:17.49\00:29:19.22
and I've read many
things concerning this.
00:29:19.25\00:29:21.79
And some say that even
the way it is described,
00:29:21.82\00:29:25.66
it could not
only, it may not only be
00:29:25.69\00:29:27.60
talking about what
you wear as clothing,
00:29:27.66\00:29:30.03
but also what you
wear beyond clothing,
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.77
including
jewelry, including the word
00:29:32.80\00:29:36.91
is even used in
reference to weapons.
00:29:36.94\00:29:39.54
This Hebrew word,
00:29:39.57\00:29:41.04
and so it brings a whole message
00:29:41.08\00:29:43.91
here about the God...
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.08
The message here,
God wants a distinction
00:29:46.11\00:29:49.42
between who is a
man, and who is a woman.
00:29:49.45\00:29:52.19
And the way we dress,
00:29:52.22\00:29:54.72
the way we behave ourselves
00:29:54.76\00:29:56.89
should identify us
as a man or a woman.
00:29:56.93\00:30:00.80
Now looking at this, it says,
00:30:00.83\00:30:05.13
"For all who do
so are an abomination
00:30:05.17\00:30:07.50
to the Lord."
00:30:07.54\00:30:08.90
Another aspect of this
was brought out in that,
00:30:08.94\00:30:11.51
they're saying,
"Well back in those days,
00:30:11.54\00:30:13.91
there were pagan
rituals that were done in
00:30:13.94\00:30:17.31
which the women
would dress as soldiers,
00:30:17.35\00:30:21.45
and they would do these rituals"
00:30:21.48\00:30:24.32
And that's what
God is referring to.
00:30:24.35\00:30:26.52
It's kind of difficult
to put all this in here,
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.22
it could be a possibility
that it's speaking about that,
00:30:29.26\00:30:33.50
but the fact remains that
there should be distinction
00:30:33.53\00:30:37.90
in the way that a man
dresses and a woman dresses.
00:30:37.93\00:30:41.17
Today, if you go back
to the pants issue today,
00:30:41.20\00:30:44.21
there are men's
pants and women's pants.
00:30:44.24\00:30:45.97
If a man wears a woman's pants,
00:30:46.04\00:30:47.91
they are, they're
made a certain way,
00:30:47.94\00:30:49.71
they're not supposed
to fit a man, you see.
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.88
So I encourage you to
take this into consideration,
00:30:51.91\00:30:55.65
this is not referring
to women wearing pants.
00:30:55.68\00:30:59.72
Again, take a
look at the Scripture
00:30:59.75\00:31:02.36
and consider the
fact, men wore robes,
00:31:02.39\00:31:04.86
women wore robes, and
even back in those days,
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.13
the way we see things depicted,
00:31:07.13\00:31:09.03
it says the men
wore shorter robes
00:31:09.06\00:31:11.47
than the women.
00:31:11.50\00:31:12.83
So, let's be careful
with how we use God's word.
00:31:12.87\00:31:16.47
No cross
dressing. No cross dressing.
00:31:16.50\00:31:17.84
Yeah, absolutely cross dressing
and blurring between the sexes
00:31:17.87\00:31:21.18
as far as the distinction.
00:31:21.21\00:31:22.54
That's right.
00:31:22.61\00:31:23.95
Pastor Ryan, we're
coming back to you.
00:31:23.98\00:31:25.31
"I'm still trying to decide
00:31:25.35\00:31:26.68
if your interpretation
of this subject is correct,
00:31:26.72\00:31:28.95
this is Philippians 1:23
00:31:28.98\00:31:31.59
where Paul is saying that
00:31:31.62\00:31:32.95
he desires to
depart and be with Christ.
00:31:32.99\00:31:35.12
But, and the other
one that is confusing is
00:31:35.19\00:31:37.23
where he says to be
absent from the body
00:31:37.26\00:31:38.86
is to be present with the Lord.
00:31:38.89\00:31:40.36
Could you please shed
some light on these two verses
00:31:40.40\00:31:43.13
which seem to completely
refute what you are teaching?"
00:31:43.16\00:31:46.97
That comes from
Eleanor. Yeah, absolutely.
00:31:47.00\00:31:48.34
So let's...
00:31:48.37\00:31:49.70
We'll start with
reading Philippians 1:23,
00:31:49.74\00:31:51.67
the Bible says,
00:31:51.71\00:31:53.04
"For I am
hard-pressed between the two,
00:31:53.07\00:31:55.28
having a desire to
depart and be with Christ,
00:31:55.31\00:31:58.11
which is far better."
00:31:58.15\00:31:59.48
So, this is just
simply Paul saying,
00:31:59.51\00:32:00.92
"Look I desire to
depart from this life,
00:32:00.95\00:32:03.42
from this body
and be with Christ,"
00:32:03.45\00:32:04.82
right?
00:32:04.85\00:32:06.22
But to understand
with his language here,
00:32:06.25\00:32:07.82
we have to go
into 2 Corinthians 5:8,
00:32:07.86\00:32:10.89
which was the second
passage in question here.
00:32:10.93\00:32:13.16
And, you know, in verse 8 there,
00:32:13.19\00:32:14.73
a lot of people read
that, you know, which says,
00:32:14.76\00:32:16.20
"We are confident,
00:32:16.23\00:32:17.87
yes, well pleased
rather to be absent
00:32:17.90\00:32:20.50
from the body and to
be present with the Lord."
00:32:20.54\00:32:22.57
And so they'll take that text,
and, of course eisegetically,
00:32:22.64\00:32:25.61
they'll say, "Oh,
that's telling me that,
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.08
you know, as soon as we
die, we depart from this,
00:32:27.11\00:32:29.74
our spirit or our soul
departs from this body,
00:32:29.78\00:32:32.28
and it's immediately in
the presence of the Lord."
00:32:32.35\00:32:34.25
That is not what Paul says here,
00:32:34.28\00:32:35.72
you have to add that into
it for in order to say that.
00:32:35.75\00:32:38.79
What he's actually saying is,
00:32:38.82\00:32:40.16
he's confident he's
willing to be absent
00:32:40.19\00:32:42.56
from the body and
present with the Lord,
00:32:42.59\00:32:43.96
but does that
mean he's talking about
00:32:43.99\00:32:45.33
some translucent, you know,
00:32:45.36\00:32:47.13
intellectual or
intelligent spirit
00:32:47.13\00:32:48.96
that's floating out,
00:32:49.00\00:32:50.33
you know, into the
heavens to be with God?
00:32:50.37\00:32:51.83
Absolutely not.
How do we clarify that?
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.80
The few verses before.
00:32:53.84\00:32:55.50
In fact, let's start
there in verse 1 he says,
00:32:55.54\00:32:58.57
this is 2 Corinthians Chapter 5,
00:32:58.61\00:33:00.14
beginning with verse 1.
00:33:00.18\00:33:01.51
He says, "For we know that
00:33:01.54\00:33:02.98
if our earthly
house, this tent,"
00:33:03.01\00:33:04.51
referring to his body as a tent,
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.18
and He often did
this referring to His body
00:33:06.25\00:33:07.98
as the temple
of the Holy Spirit,
00:33:08.02\00:33:09.82
a tent, a house, so
He's referring to this body
00:33:09.85\00:33:12.69
as a house, a tent.
00:33:12.72\00:33:14.06
He says, "Is destroyed,"
He says, we have built...
00:33:14.09\00:33:16.62
"We have a building from God,
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.46
a house not made with hands
00:33:18.49\00:33:20.26
eternal in the heavens."
00:33:20.30\00:33:21.60
What Paul is referencing here
00:33:21.63\00:33:22.96
is what he also
references in Philippians 3:20,
00:33:23.00\00:33:26.33
where he's talking about,
00:33:26.37\00:33:27.70
you know, at the
Second Coming of Christ,
00:33:27.74\00:33:29.30
he's talking about
how Christ will change
00:33:29.34\00:33:30.87
and this is verse 21.
00:33:30.91\00:33:32.57
Philippians
3:20, he says, who's...
00:33:32.61\00:33:34.98
"Christ who shall
change our vial body to be made
00:33:35.01\00:33:38.08
fashion like into
His glorious body."
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.45
So there's not some, you
know, spirit or soul or ghost
00:33:40.48\00:33:43.32
that's gonna float
into the abyss somewhere
00:33:43.35\00:33:45.19
in the presence of the Lord.
00:33:45.22\00:33:46.55
Paul is talking about
00:33:46.59\00:33:47.92
how he wants this
flesh earthly body,
00:33:47.96\00:33:49.89
this broken down,
you know, carnal body,
00:33:49.92\00:33:52.49
where he wants to
be liberated from it.
00:33:52.53\00:33:54.00
He wants that new heavenly body,
00:33:54.03\00:33:56.56
but you know, the
key to understanding
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.37
this passage to me is verse 4,
verse 4, so 2 Corinthians 5:4,
00:33:58.40\00:34:03.10
notice what he says here,
00:34:03.14\00:34:04.47
again talking about the
tent, our body as a temple.
00:34:04.51\00:34:07.34
He says, "For we who are
in this tent groan, right,
00:34:07.38\00:34:12.41
being burdened, not
because we want to be unclothed,
00:34:12.45\00:34:15.82
but further
clothed," that's the new body,
00:34:15.88\00:34:18.29
"further clothed, that mortality
00:34:18.32\00:34:20.56
may be swallowed up by life."
00:34:20.59\00:34:22.92
When did Paul believe
that mortality would be
00:34:22.96\00:34:26.19
swallowed up of
life or immortality?
00:34:26.23\00:34:28.33
That's the question.
00:34:28.36\00:34:29.70
And many people assume
that he says, you know,
00:34:29.73\00:34:31.30
as soon as we die we
immediately go to heaven,
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.20
but Paul
confirms in 1 Corinthians,
00:34:33.23\00:34:35.20
again we were in second,
00:34:35.24\00:34:36.57
we're just reading
from 2 Corinthians,
00:34:36.60\00:34:37.94
if you go back one letter
to 1 Corinthians verses 15...
00:34:37.97\00:34:40.81
Chapter 15, 1
Corinthians 15:51-53,
00:34:40.84\00:34:45.68
Paul confirms when
we receive immortality,
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.55
when we receive immortality
00:34:48.58\00:34:50.72
where we can be in
the presence of God
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.12
and it says there,
00:34:52.15\00:34:53.49
and I'm just
going to read verse 53,
00:34:53.52\00:34:55.59
"For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:34:55.62\00:34:58.43
and this mortal
must put on immortality."
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.00
When will that be?
00:35:01.03\00:35:02.36
Of course that will be
00:35:02.40\00:35:03.80
when the trumpet is
sounded and Christ comes back
00:35:03.83\00:35:06.30
at the Second Coming.
00:35:06.33\00:35:07.67
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:35:07.70\00:35:09.67
Pastor John, this question
is from Samantha in Virginia.
00:35:09.70\00:35:13.61
"Where are we supposed to be?
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.64
I heard all my life
about running to the rocks,
00:35:15.71\00:35:17.81
don't stop, just go and leave,
00:35:17.85\00:35:19.58
of course this would be
right at the Second Coming.
00:35:19.61\00:35:21.78
How will we know where to go?
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.39
And what if you
can't run physically?
00:35:23.42\00:35:26.12
What then?"
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.99
Well, the Bible
doesn't speak of us and be in,
00:35:29.02\00:35:31.53
that we have to be
in any particular place.
00:35:31.56\00:35:34.20
You know the Bible, the
only thing it talks about
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.00
is not a physical
place but a spiritual place.
00:35:36.03\00:35:37.70
"If anyone is in Christ,
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.20
he or she is a new
creation," 2 Corinthians 5:17.
00:35:40.24\00:35:43.94
So when you look
at Revelation 6:14-17,
00:35:43.97\00:35:46.81
there are two groups
that are mentioned there,
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.21
those running to the
rocks and the mountains,
00:35:48.24\00:35:50.25
those, and it says,
"Hide us from the face of Him
00:35:50.28\00:35:53.92
that sits on the throne
00:35:53.95\00:35:55.28
and from the wrath of the lamb!
00:35:55.32\00:35:56.65
For the great day
of His wrath has come,
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.02
and who shall be able to stand?"
00:35:58.05\00:35:59.75
So it doesn't speak about us
00:35:59.79\00:36:01.19
having to be in
any particular place,
00:36:01.22\00:36:03.46
so I wouldn't
say well, you know,
00:36:03.49\00:36:04.83
I got to be in the country,
I have to be in the city.
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.96
People have heard
all their lives that
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.37
they have to run to the
rocks and the mountains,
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.17
I think that where
they may have received
00:36:12.20\00:36:13.87
that impression is
during the Dark Ages,
00:36:13.90\00:36:16.34
the church was preserved
in the munitions of the rocks.
00:36:16.37\00:36:19.24
Many of the
Christians, Waldensians,
00:36:19.31\00:36:20.71
one of the most
famous ones or familiar ones.
00:36:20.74\00:36:23.45
They hid into the
caves and the rocks
00:36:23.48\00:36:25.75
and the Lord preserved them.
00:36:25.78\00:36:27.38
The Bible says, "The
earth opened its mouth
00:36:27.42\00:36:29.22
and helped the woman."
00:36:29.25\00:36:30.59
And when you think about
that in the physical context,
00:36:30.62\00:36:33.22
the mouth of the earth,
sometimes the caves and rocks,
00:36:33.25\00:36:36.16
where the church was hidden,
00:36:36.19\00:36:37.53
where people
were hidden from the,
00:36:37.56\00:36:39.46
those that were in the
valley seeking their death.
00:36:39.53\00:36:42.46
But when it comes
to where we should be
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.10
the safest place
to be is in Christ.
00:36:45.13\00:36:47.17
Amen.
00:36:47.20\00:36:48.54
There are those who
have to be in the cities.
00:36:48.57\00:36:50.34
What we do is we tend to
create this ideology that
00:36:50.37\00:36:53.11
if you're in this
country, you're safe.
00:36:53.14\00:36:55.34
If you're in the
city, you're lost.
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.08
Well, Enoch was one
00:36:57.11\00:36:58.45
who according to
his life practice,
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.52
he lived in the country
but he worked in the city,
00:37:01.55\00:37:04.22
and he was, his
heart was just turned
00:37:04.25\00:37:06.65
against the evil
he saw in the cities.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.62
And such is the case
00:37:08.66\00:37:09.99
when a person is has
the indwelling Christ.
00:37:10.03\00:37:12.43
But, if you're
thinking about a place to be...
00:37:12.46\00:37:14.83
There will come a time
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.16
when we should
get out of the city
00:37:16.20\00:37:17.53
just for the
sake of the fact that
00:37:17.57\00:37:18.93
I think that cities
are a hotbed of iniquity.
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.94
When you're in the
country that God made
00:37:21.97\00:37:23.81
you have a better chance
00:37:23.84\00:37:25.17
of having a
greater relationship,
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.38
but don't seek
to be in any place
00:37:27.41\00:37:28.94
other than in Christ
00:37:28.98\00:37:30.58
if you're looking for
safety in the time of the end.
00:37:30.61\00:37:32.85
Amen. Thank you.
00:37:32.91\00:37:34.78
Pastor Johnny,
coming back to you,
00:37:34.82\00:37:36.52
"Which Jerusalem
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.25
is Isaiah
65:17-20 referring to?"
00:37:38.29\00:37:43.29
And I would pronounce
00:37:43.32\00:37:44.66
the person's
name who send this in,
00:37:44.69\00:37:46.03
but I'm not sure I can,
00:37:46.09\00:37:47.40
so thank you for
sending in this question but,
00:37:47.46\00:37:48.80
which Jerusalem
00:37:48.83\00:37:50.17
is Isaiah 65:17-20 referring to?
00:37:50.20\00:37:54.90
Very good. Isaiah 65:17-20.
00:37:54.94\00:37:59.87
This is a scripture that
sometimes confuses people.
00:37:59.91\00:38:04.21
Because it begins, "For behold,
00:38:04.25\00:38:06.41
I create new
heavens and a new earth,
00:38:06.45\00:38:08.65
and the former
shall not be remembered
00:38:08.68\00:38:10.95
or come to mind."
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.75
This right away we think,
okay, Revelation Chapter 21.
00:38:12.79\00:38:16.79
Yes, Revelation 21
is quoting Isaiah 65.
00:38:16.83\00:38:21.46
But which Jerusalem
is it talking about here?
00:38:21.50\00:38:24.53
As you read all Revelation,
00:38:24.57\00:38:26.67
I mean, Isaiah 65:17 and onward,
00:38:26.70\00:38:29.47
you will notice wonderful
descriptions of blessings
00:38:29.50\00:38:32.54
the Lord promised
the people of Israel.
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.38
And primarily He
refers to the Jerusalem
00:38:35.41\00:38:39.68
that we know today as Jerusalem,
00:38:39.71\00:38:43.05
not the New Jerusalem
00:38:43.08\00:38:44.55
that the Lord
will create after sin
00:38:44.59\00:38:46.76
has been done away with.
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.12
There are some elements
that appeared to be the same.
00:38:48.16\00:38:51.83
But when you continue reading
00:38:51.86\00:38:53.83
and which I will
do at this moment,
00:38:53.86\00:38:55.70
notice how it lets you know that
00:38:55.73\00:38:58.13
this is before
sin is done away with.
00:38:58.17\00:39:00.97
Notice what it
says, verse 18 and onward,
00:39:01.00\00:39:03.20
"But be glad and
rejoice forever in
00:39:03.27\00:39:05.71
what I create.
00:39:05.74\00:39:07.08
For behold, I create Jerusalem
00:39:07.11\00:39:08.44
as a rejoicing,
and her people a joy.
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.55
I will rejoice in
Jerusalem, and joy in My people,
00:39:11.58\00:39:14.95
the voice of weeping
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.35
shall no longer be heard in her,
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.15
nor the voice of crying."
00:39:18.19\00:39:19.52
Why?
00:39:19.55\00:39:20.89
Because the Lord, if they had,
they had chosen to be faithful.
00:39:20.92\00:39:24.69
The Lord was gonna bring
like a heaven upon the earth,
00:39:24.73\00:39:28.26
even before sin
has done away with.
00:39:28.30\00:39:30.33
Now notice, " No more
shall an infant from there live
00:39:30.37\00:39:34.20
but a few days, nor an old man
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.47
who has not fulfilled his days."
00:39:36.54\00:39:39.54
In other words he
will live to an old age.
00:39:39.61\00:39:41.74
"For the child shall
die one hundred years old,
00:39:41.78\00:39:46.25
but the sinner being
one hundred years old
00:39:46.28\00:39:48.88
shall be accursed."
00:39:48.92\00:39:50.25
So you see it is
still mentioning sinners.
00:39:50.29\00:39:52.22
This is talking
about the Jerusalem,
00:39:52.25\00:39:53.82
had they remained faithful,
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.19
the Lord was gonna
bless them in a wonderful way,
00:39:55.22\00:39:57.63
but they chose not to.
00:39:57.66\00:39:58.99
Now some of the
elements here, you can look at
00:39:59.03\00:40:00.93
and that will be
like the New Jerusalem.
00:40:00.96\00:40:03.10
Amen. We have dual application.
00:40:03.16\00:40:05.00
We see a lot in the Word of God.
00:40:05.03\00:40:06.37
So that's powerful. Pastor John.
00:40:06.43\00:40:08.67
"Pastor John, I
would like to know,
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.17
how do I know
what is God's will,
00:40:10.21\00:40:12.61
or the right thing to do
00:40:12.67\00:40:14.31
when I am at a crossroad?"
00:40:14.34\00:40:16.34
This is from Sheena.
00:40:16.38\00:40:17.98
I could understand
why that is the concern,
00:40:18.01\00:40:19.91
1 John 2:17, the Bible says,
00:40:19.95\00:40:22.58
"And the world is
passing away and the lust of it
00:40:22.62\00:40:24.29
but he who does
00:40:24.32\00:40:25.65
the will of God abides forever."
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.06
This is a very important aspect.
00:40:28.09\00:40:29.92
But what I want to bring out,
I'll bring out a few passages
00:40:29.96\00:40:32.69
and I'll zero in on
00:40:32.73\00:40:34.60
what the Bible says
concerning God's will.
00:40:34.63\00:40:36.80
First of all, Romans
12:2, we can't just find out
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.50
what God's will
is and then do it,
00:40:40.54\00:40:43.07
because then that'll
be salvation by works.
00:40:43.10\00:40:45.51
We'll say as Paul
says in Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:40:45.54\00:40:48.58
"Not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
00:40:48.61\00:40:50.55
So we could say, "Well,
hey, I discover God's will
00:40:50.58\00:40:52.68
and I'm gonna do God's will."
00:40:52.71\00:40:54.25
The Bible makes it clear,
00:40:54.28\00:40:55.75
one of the
things that we cannot do
00:40:55.78\00:40:57.39
is we cannot do God's
will with the mindset that
00:40:57.42\00:41:00.36
we had in the
former walk of life,
00:41:00.39\00:41:03.59
the flesh, the
lust, the worldly ways,
00:41:03.63\00:41:06.96
'cause Romans 12:2 says,
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.40
"Do not be
conformed to this world,
00:41:08.43\00:41:09.83
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
00:41:09.86\00:41:12.80
that you may
prove what is that good
00:41:12.83\00:41:14.64
and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
00:41:14.67\00:41:17.41
So the first point
00:41:17.44\00:41:18.77
is you cannot
discover God's will,
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.98
unless your mind has changed.
00:41:21.01\00:41:22.34
That's right.
00:41:22.38\00:41:23.71
And you can't accomplish
God's will with the mind that
00:41:23.75\00:41:26.08
we already have, you
can't be a physical aspect
00:41:26.11\00:41:29.45
but a spiritual aspect.
00:41:29.48\00:41:31.42
One of the things that
we have to keep in mind
00:41:31.45\00:41:33.12
is as the world
around us is falling apart
00:41:33.15\00:41:36.29
and things are not working
out the way that we'd like it.
00:41:36.32\00:41:38.73
1 Thessalonians 5:18, Paul says,
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.26
"Don't be discouraged,"
00:41:41.30\00:41:42.63
because you know Romans 8:28,
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.70
"All things work together
for good to those who love God
00:41:44.73\00:41:46.90
and are called
according to His purpose."
00:41:46.94\00:41:49.37
He says, "When
it doesn't look like
00:41:49.44\00:41:50.77
it's going your way,
in everything give thanks,
00:41:50.81\00:41:53.01
for this is the will of God
00:41:53.04\00:41:55.14
in Christ Jesus concerning you."
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.61
But then the last
part of that aspect,
00:41:56.68\00:41:59.25
can I
accomplish the will of God?
00:41:59.28\00:42:01.35
And the answer is no.
00:42:01.38\00:42:04.42
And here's the reason, why?
00:42:04.45\00:42:06.32
Philippians 2:13, "For
it is God who works in you
00:42:06.35\00:42:10.99
both to will and to
do of His good pleasure."
00:42:11.03\00:42:14.56
Allow Jesus coming,
allow Jesus to come in,
00:42:14.60\00:42:17.80
and He will work out
His will through your life.
00:42:17.83\00:42:20.60
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:42:20.64\00:42:21.97
Thank you for
that encouragement.
00:42:22.00\00:42:23.34
That's powerful.
00:42:23.37\00:42:24.71
Pastor Johnny,
coming back to you.
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.11
"Can you please
explain John 10:34-35?
00:42:26.14\00:42:29.88
What law says ye are gods,
and who is Jesus referring to?"
00:42:29.91\00:42:34.75
This is from Anna. Very good.
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.92
Thank you, Anna, for
sending your question.
00:42:36.95\00:42:38.85
We hope you
continue to send them in.
00:42:38.89\00:42:41.06
John 10:34, 34-35? Yes.
00:42:41.09\00:42:45.03
"Jesus answered, "Is it
not written in your law,
00:42:45.06\00:42:47.60
'I said, "You are gods"'?
00:42:47.60\00:42:49.06
If He called them gods,
to whom the word of God came
00:42:49.10\00:42:51.90
and the Scripture
cannot be broken."
00:42:51.93\00:42:54.94
It may be, you
may be thrown off here
00:42:54.97\00:42:56.50
by the word law,
but the word law,
00:42:56.54\00:43:00.08
nomos is used in
the sense of referring
00:43:00.14\00:43:02.54
to the entire Old Testament.
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.25
And how do we know this?
00:43:05.28\00:43:06.88
Well, because when you go
00:43:06.92\00:43:09.68
to Psalm 82:6,`
00:43:09.72\00:43:13.92
this is where this scripture is.
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.89
It says, "I have
said, 'Ye are gods,
00:43:15.96\00:43:19.19
and all of you are
children of the Most High.'"
00:43:19.23\00:43:23.47
So you see this is a word that
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.70
is used in John 10,
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.87
in reference to the
entire Old Testament,
00:43:27.90\00:43:30.27
it is not
specifically sometimes you think
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.04
of the Pentateuch.
00:43:32.07\00:43:33.41
And you think this is normally
00:43:33.48\00:43:35.61
that's what you
say that's the law,
00:43:35.64\00:43:37.01
but in this sense and
it's used this word here
00:43:37.05\00:43:40.65
in John 10 is
used in other places,
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.08
and it's again referring
to the entire Old Testament,
00:43:43.12\00:43:47.26
and this is the law
that is referring to.
00:43:47.29\00:43:49.62
I thought it was going
to be another question,
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.26
but when I heard
it but this is what,
00:43:51.29\00:43:53.76
this is what was asked.
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.10
Good job. Okay.
00:43:55.13\00:43:58.37
Ryan, Pastor Ryan. Sure.
00:43:58.40\00:43:59.90
"What can me and my family study
00:43:59.93\00:44:03.14
to become stronger in the Lord?"
00:44:03.17\00:44:05.07
This is from Jackie in Indiana.
00:44:05.11\00:44:06.78
So they want to become stronger.
00:44:06.81\00:44:08.14
Yeah.
00:44:08.18\00:44:09.51
Absolutely, I respect
that question, Jackie.
00:44:09.54\00:44:10.88
Thank you so much.
00:44:10.91\00:44:12.25
You know, I think
the first very clear
00:44:12.28\00:44:14.85
and overwhelming answer
should always be the Bible.
00:44:14.88\00:44:17.92
Okay, the Bible,
the Bible, the Bible.
00:44:17.95\00:44:20.99
That's all I can say is
there's not a must emphasis
00:44:21.02\00:44:24.36
placed these
days on the Bible that
00:44:24.39\00:44:25.73
we need to place that
emphasis where it belongs.
00:44:25.76\00:44:28.43
You know, Jesus
said in Matthew 4:4,
00:44:28.46\00:44:30.23
you know, "Man shall
not live by bread alone
00:44:30.27\00:44:31.70
but by every word
that proceeds from
00:44:31.73\00:44:33.30
the mouth of God."
00:44:33.34\00:44:34.67
And then tie that to
what Jesus said in John 17:17,
00:44:34.70\00:44:37.64
"Sanctify them by thy
truth, thy word is truth."
00:44:37.67\00:44:40.68
So obviously we
want to go to the Bible.
00:44:40.71\00:44:43.35
Now, within the
Bible, obviously I think,
00:44:43.41\00:44:46.08
Brother Dinzey, did a
wonderful job earlier,
00:44:46.11\00:44:48.95
providing some counsel
on where you might start
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.39
as you're studying,
and your question was,
00:44:51.42\00:44:53.86
how do I become
stronger in the Lord?
00:44:53.89\00:44:55.56
Well, to become
stronger in the Lord,
00:44:55.59\00:44:57.33
you want to behold the Lord,
00:44:57.36\00:44:59.03
you want to behold
Jesus Christ and His life.
00:44:59.06\00:45:01.36
And so I would recommend
00:45:01.40\00:45:02.76
within God's
Word, within the Bible,
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.60
starting as Brother John
said in the Book of John,
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.20
because I think
John is a perfect book,
00:45:07.24\00:45:08.90
it's a very personal book,
00:45:08.94\00:45:10.44
not that none of the
other books are personal,
00:45:10.47\00:45:11.81
but to me, the
Gospel of John is just,
00:45:11.84\00:45:14.31
you know, it's written
by the beloved disciple,
00:45:14.34\00:45:15.74
he had a relationship
with Christ like no other,
00:45:15.78\00:45:17.98
and he really amplifies the love
00:45:18.01\00:45:20.08
and personal
relationship with Christ,
00:45:20.12\00:45:21.82
and plus more
than half the book,
00:45:21.85\00:45:23.18
you know, the whole
second half of the book
00:45:23.25\00:45:24.69
is all about
those latter portion,
00:45:24.72\00:45:26.62
that last week of Christ's life,
00:45:26.65\00:45:28.12
and we are counseled
00:45:28.16\00:45:29.49
to take a
thoughtful hour each day,
00:45:29.52\00:45:31.43
to focus in on
the life of Christ,
00:45:31.46\00:45:33.86
especially the
closing ones, right?
00:45:33.90\00:45:36.10
And so John would
be a great and then,
00:45:36.13\00:45:37.50
of course, go
back to Matthew, Mark,
00:45:37.53\00:45:39.30
and Luke and follow up
and focusing beholding Christ,
00:45:39.37\00:45:42.74
uplifting Christ as Jesus
said there in John Chapter 3
00:45:42.77\00:45:46.51
when he was
talking to Nicodemus,
00:45:46.54\00:45:47.91
uplifting Christ
and beholding Him,
00:45:47.94\00:45:50.71
the uplifted
Christ, and you will
00:45:50.75\00:45:52.55
become stronger in the Lord.
00:45:52.58\00:45:53.92
As a follow up to that,
00:45:53.95\00:45:55.28
as supplementation not a
substitute for the Bible,
00:45:55.32\00:45:57.69
but as a supplementation of that
00:45:57.72\00:45:59.05
I would certainly
recommend the book,
00:45:59.09\00:46:00.49
Steps to Christ.
00:46:00.52\00:46:01.86
Steps to Christ
by Ellen G. White,
00:46:01.89\00:46:03.53
wonderful book that points us
00:46:03.59\00:46:04.93
to how to have a relationship
step by step with Jesus Christ
00:46:04.96\00:46:07.86
and then, of course,
next to that would be
00:46:07.93\00:46:10.03
the Desire of Ages,
00:46:10.10\00:46:11.73
the book entitled
the Desire of Ages,
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.27
so first the Bible,
and then, of course,
00:46:13.30\00:46:15.10
I would say Steps to
Christ and then Desire of Ages.
00:46:15.14\00:46:17.44
Amen.
00:46:17.47\00:46:18.81
Thank you all so much for
your study of the Word of God.
00:46:18.84\00:46:20.41
I've learned a
lot just sitting here
00:46:20.44\00:46:21.88
and we hope you
have at home as well.
00:46:21.91\00:46:24.11
This is one of my favorite
parts of the Bible Q and A,
00:46:24.15\00:46:26.95
we just throw the
questions out there
00:46:26.98\00:46:28.58
and everyone gets
to answer together.
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.65
So let's start with this
one from Christie in Colorado.
00:46:30.69\00:46:33.72
"How long will the
seven plagues last?"
00:46:33.79\00:46:38.69
Okay, Brother. Go ahead.
00:46:38.73\00:46:40.06
Jump in. I got a quote...
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.43
I got a good scripture
but you go ahead first.
00:46:41.46\00:46:42.80
Revelation 18:8.
That's where I was going.
00:46:42.83\00:46:44.17
That's where you were
gonna go, I thought so.
00:46:44.20\00:46:47.17
The Bible talks
about a beginning time,
00:46:47.20\00:46:49.94
"Therefore her plagues,
00:46:50.01\00:46:51.54
speaking of the fall of Babylon,
00:46:51.57\00:46:53.48
her plagues
will come in one day,
00:46:53.51\00:46:55.14
death and mourning and famine.
00:46:55.18\00:46:56.85
She will be
utterly burned with fire,
00:46:56.88\00:46:58.85
for strong is the
Lord God who judges her."
00:46:58.88\00:47:01.52
But the plague on
Babylon is not the only plague,
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.45
that was specifying
what's going to happen to her.
00:47:04.49\00:47:07.39
Her plague is
gonna come over now
00:47:07.42\00:47:08.86
and you find that vivid
picture in Revelation 18
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.86
where those who were
buying her merchandise
00:47:11.89\00:47:14.36
don't buy it any
longer, they stand back and say,
00:47:14.36\00:47:17.83
"Finally, you
know, she comes down,
00:47:17.87\00:47:20.50
she crumbles and the
voice of the bridegroom
00:47:20.54\00:47:23.41
is no longer heard in her."
00:47:23.44\00:47:24.77
That means, the Lord that says,
"Come out of her My people."
00:47:24.81\00:47:27.34
That voice is shut down.
00:47:27.38\00:47:29.01
And that voice, when that voice
00:47:29.04\00:47:30.71
is shut down the people
of God should be out by then,
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.65
and then her
plagues begin to come.
00:47:33.72\00:47:35.78
But the Bible also talks
about other plagues in Romans,
00:47:35.82\00:47:38.72
I mean, in Revelation 11:6,
00:47:38.75\00:47:41.06
when it talks
about the two witnesses,
00:47:41.09\00:47:43.12
and it says they have.
00:47:43.16\00:47:44.59
It says, "They have
power to shut heaven,
00:47:44.63\00:47:47.30
so that no rain falls in
the days of their prophecy."
00:47:47.36\00:47:50.57
That's the
Bible, the Word of God,
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.57
the Holy Spirit.
00:47:52.60\00:47:53.94
"And they have power
over the waters to turn them
00:47:53.97\00:47:55.74
to blood to strike the
earth with all plagues,
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.84
as often as they desire."
00:47:58.87\00:48:01.08
This is an
indefinite period of time
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.48
that so based on Revelation 11,
00:48:03.51\00:48:04.98
the indefinite period of time,
00:48:05.01\00:48:06.41
but the plagues on
Babylon in Revelation 18,
00:48:06.45\00:48:09.08
the Bible says her
plagues will come in one day.
00:48:09.12\00:48:11.35
Absolutely.
00:48:11.39\00:48:12.72
No, I think
that that was exactly
00:48:12.75\00:48:14.09
where I was gonna
go with that as well.
00:48:14.12\00:48:15.46
I have personally heard
a few different variations
00:48:15.49\00:48:18.59
of views on this.
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.00
I've heard some
people, some of my men...
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.13
previous mentor who have said,
00:48:22.16\00:48:23.53
you know,
they've applied the day
00:48:23.57\00:48:24.90
for year principle
there and trying to say that
00:48:24.93\00:48:26.27
it's going to
come within a year.
00:48:26.30\00:48:27.64
And, of course,
people will refute that
00:48:27.67\00:48:29.00
and say, you know,
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.37
there's no more
prophetic time past,
00:48:30.41\00:48:31.74
you know 1844 and so they'll say
00:48:31.77\00:48:33.84
that's a literal application
00:48:33.88\00:48:35.44
but, you know, I
agree with everything
00:48:35.48\00:48:37.11
Pastor Lomacang said,
the most important thing
00:48:37.15\00:48:38.95
I think I want to just make sure
00:48:38.98\00:48:40.58
is that I'm not on the receiving
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.25
end of those plagues.
00:48:42.28\00:48:43.65
Absolutely.
00:48:43.69\00:48:45.02
I want to make sure
00:48:45.05\00:48:46.39
I have a
relationship with Jesus,
00:48:46.42\00:48:47.76
I'm sealed, and
don't have to worry about
00:48:47.79\00:48:49.19
any of those
plagues falling on me.
00:48:49.22\00:48:50.59
That's so good. Amen.
00:48:50.63\00:48:51.96
Amen. That's good.
00:48:51.99\00:48:53.33
You want to add
anything, Pastor Johnny?
00:48:53.36\00:48:54.66
Yes, you know, God
will preserve His children.
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.83
And so, the time of
trouble that is coming.
00:48:56.90\00:49:01.17
I mean the
plagues that are coming,
00:49:01.20\00:49:02.74
is a time when God is
visiting His judgments
00:49:02.77\00:49:05.77
upon the wicked.
00:49:05.81\00:49:07.14
So God's people should be
protected during that time.
00:49:07.18\00:49:09.08
And so, praise God
for that, you know,
00:49:09.11\00:49:12.15
that He will
protect His children.
00:49:12.18\00:49:13.52
That's all I
wanted to add for that.
00:49:13.58\00:49:14.92
Amen.
00:49:14.95\00:49:16.28
This question is from Carol,
we have time to get to this,
00:49:16.32\00:49:17.89
and it kind of goes
along with the end times.
00:49:17.92\00:49:19.62
"Do you think that
00:49:19.65\00:49:20.99
we are in the
beginning of the time
00:49:21.02\00:49:22.46
of trouble now?"
00:49:22.49\00:49:25.13
I know, I don't believe
00:49:25.16\00:49:26.49
we were in the
beginning of the time of trouble
00:49:26.56\00:49:27.86
because I believe
that time of trouble
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.23
as spoken out by Daniel,
00:49:29.26\00:49:30.60
in Daniel 12:1 talking
about there's going to be
00:49:30.63\00:49:32.43
a time of trouble
00:49:32.47\00:49:33.80
such as never ever
been or ever will be.
00:49:33.87\00:49:36.47
When Michael stands up,
we know Jesus will stand up,
00:49:36.54\00:49:38.71
He's coming back
to get His people.
00:49:38.74\00:49:40.51
And so that's
within the context of,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.71
as we were just talking about
00:49:42.74\00:49:44.08
those seven last plagues
that we've talked about before.
00:49:44.11\00:49:46.85
The seven last plagues mentioned
00:49:46.88\00:49:48.28
in Revelation Chapter
16 and I don't believe that
00:49:48.32\00:49:51.49
there's been any
plagues to fall yet
00:49:51.52\00:49:53.12
in the context of Revelation 16.
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.62
So I would say no,
00:49:55.66\00:49:56.99
the answer to
that question is no,
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.39
we have, we will experience
00:49:58.43\00:49:59.76
some little times of trouble,
00:49:59.79\00:50:01.26
we will
experience some challenges,
00:50:01.30\00:50:03.00
some trials and certainly some,
00:50:03.06\00:50:04.80
some type of
tribulations and, you know,
00:50:04.83\00:50:07.27
as we've been
going through a pandemic,
00:50:07.30\00:50:08.97
I mean, that's a
tribulation, that's a trial,
00:50:09.00\00:50:12.54
but to talk about the
great time of trouble,
00:50:12.57\00:50:15.24
that great ending
tribulation time period,
00:50:15.28\00:50:18.15
go read Revelation Chapter 16
00:50:18.18\00:50:19.85
and you come to your conclusion.
00:50:19.91\00:50:21.32
Have you seen the
world break out in soars?
00:50:21.35\00:50:23.08
Have you seen
waters turn the blood?
00:50:23.12\00:50:24.45
Have you seen the
sun burn up the elements
00:50:24.49\00:50:27.36
and you know all
these horrible plagues,
00:50:27.39\00:50:30.13
you know, hail
falling from the sky?
00:50:30.16\00:50:31.79
You know, these
are some intense stuff
00:50:31.83\00:50:34.30
so I would say, no,
we're not there yet,
00:50:34.36\00:50:36.20
but we're certainly
heading in that direction.
00:50:36.23\00:50:38.17
You know, and Jeremiah 30
00:50:38.20\00:50:39.53
brings out a time
of Jacob's trouble,
00:50:39.60\00:50:41.70
because there's going to be
00:50:41.74\00:50:43.07
the time of
trouble is what you call,
00:50:43.10\00:50:44.74
what I refer to
as a building time
00:50:44.77\00:50:47.24
until probation closes,
00:50:47.28\00:50:48.88
then the wrath of God has
poured out without mixture.
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.55
But Jeremiah 30:7,
"Alas for the day is great,
00:50:51.58\00:50:55.12
so that none is like it,
00:50:55.15\00:50:56.65
and it's a time
of Jacob's trouble,
00:50:56.69\00:50:58.65
but he shall be
saved out of it."
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.82
So there's no need to
fear, God is still in charge.
00:51:00.86\00:51:03.49
And so, thank
you, Ryan, for saying,
00:51:03.56\00:51:05.26
I don't need to concern myself,
I just need to be in the Lord.
00:51:05.29\00:51:07.86
Amen.
00:51:07.93\00:51:09.23
Pastor Johnny, a few seconds,
00:51:09.26\00:51:10.63
do you have
something you want to add?
00:51:10.67\00:51:12.00
Yes, you know, we are
facing difficult times.
00:51:12.03\00:51:14.84
It is only going, it's
only going to intensify
00:51:14.87\00:51:17.91
the best thing we could do
00:51:17.94\00:51:19.64
is stay close to
Jesus as possible.
00:51:19.67\00:51:22.31
So, this is my...
00:51:22.34\00:51:24.31
And we are heading
towards that time of trouble
00:51:24.35\00:51:26.38
and towards a
little time of trouble
00:51:26.41\00:51:27.75
that comes just
before the time of trouble.
00:51:27.78\00:51:29.25
So, best thing to do
is stay close to Jesus
00:51:29.28\00:51:30.95
as much as you can.
00:51:30.99\00:51:32.32
Amen.
00:51:32.35\00:51:33.72
We're gonna be
back in just a moment
00:51:33.76\00:51:35.09
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00:51:35.12\00:51:36.99
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00:51:37.03\00:51:38.39
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