Welcome back, we've
had an amazing study
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of the Word of God.
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I just want to thank
you, Pastor John, Pastor Ryan
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and Pastor Johnny,
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for your insight
and sharing today.
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I want to give
each one of you a moment
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to share a closing thought.
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Pastor John,
we'll start with you.
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Great.
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As it comes to the Word of God,
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this is a question
because so many people today
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are concerned
about Bible translations.
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I just want to make
it very, very clear,
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as a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian
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we don't develop our own Bibles,
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we don't, we don't say,
"Okay, this is our translation,
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this is our Scripture."
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We use the King James
and New King James Version,
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some prefer the NIV.
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But the key is understanding
whenever you use the Bible,
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allow the Bible to shape you.
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The thing I've said before is
while you're reading the Bible,
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if you're in right
relationship with Christ,
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the Bible is reading you.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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You know I just want to
in reference to, you know,
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receiving the seal of God,
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how do we make
sure we remain again,
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abiding in Christ to
receive that seal of God?
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Paul wrote in
his closing moments,
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his last letter 2 Timothy 4:7,
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he says, "I have
fought the good fight,
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I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith."
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Have you kept the
faith? That's the question.
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Those who persevere to
the end shall be saved,
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so remain
abiding in Christ Jesus
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and He will give
you the seal of God.
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Amen.
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Well, I like to say
concerning the question
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that came in
about John Chapter 10,
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where it says, "You are gods."
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The reference
here is in Psalm 82
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is to judges and
rulers of the people,
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because they were
as god to the people
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in a sense that they were ruling
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and making judgment.
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So it's not that they were God
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in the sense of
the word of being God,
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because there's only one God
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and there can be no other.
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Amen. Thank you.
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I want to leave you
with a closing scripture.
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This is Hebrews 4:12,
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"The Word of God
is living, quick,
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and powerful, sharper
than any two-edged sword,
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piercing even to the
division of soul and spirit,
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joints and marrow
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and is a
discerner of the thoughts
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and intents of the heart."
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Open up the Word of God,
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allow the Word of
God to open up your heart
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to receive Jesus Christ.
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Bye-bye.
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