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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, friends, and welcome again 01:16 to another edition of 3ABN Today, 01:19 Bible Q and A, that's right. 01:21 During this time, we are taking your Bible questions 01:24 and we're providing an answer straight from the Word of God. 01:28 And we are so thankful that you're joining us 01:30 during this time. 01:31 We know you could probably be anywhere else 01:33 or doing anything else, but you're here joining us. 01:35 And it's a blessing. 01:36 We know you're gonna receive a blessing during this hour. 01:39 Of course, as always wanna remind you 01:41 that you can send in your Bible questions. 01:43 And I'll probably give a few reminders 01:45 throughout this program, 01:46 but we wanna tell you exactly how you can do that. 01:49 There's two different ways you can do that. 01:50 First is by text. 01:52 And so you can text in your questions 01:54 to (618) 228-3975. 01:58 Again, that number is (618) 228-3975. 02:02 So text in your questions or you can email us as well. 02:06 And the email address is right there on your screen 02:08 BibleQA@3abn.org 02:12 Again, that's BibleQA@3abn.org 02:17 So send in those questions. 02:19 We've received hundreds of questions and you know what? 02:22 We're just working through them 02:23 as we do more and more of these episodes, 02:25 we're just... 02:27 We're just ciphering through them all 02:28 and just scooping them up as we go through 02:30 and answering them as we go along. 02:31 And so, again, we thank you so much 02:33 for sending in those questions. 02:34 I guess, before we pray and get right into our program, 02:37 I wanna introduce this incredible panel 02:39 as always. 02:40 Directly to my right, we have Miss Shelley Quinn, 02:42 and it's always a blessing to have you, Sister. 02:44 It's a delight to be here. 02:45 And I just have to tell you, 02:47 I don't know if you know at home, 02:48 but we're limited to two minutes on our answers. 02:51 So when we talk really fast, that's why. 02:54 Amen. It's fun. 02:55 Sometimes it feels like you're an auctioneer, right? 02:58 But it's good. It's all in good fun. 03:00 Pastor John Dinzey, 03:01 it's a blessing to have you as well, Brother. 03:03 Amen. 03:04 It's a blessing to be here and is, 03:06 good questions are coming in. 03:07 And I praise the Lord that people are studying the Bible. 03:09 Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:10 And all the way across this table, 03:12 Pastor John Lomacang, love your wisdom and certainly 03:15 appreciate all that you have to share with us today. 03:18 As each one of our panelists said, 03:21 it's an enjoyable time. 03:22 But once again, remember, we only got two minutes. 03:27 Sometimes the questions are longer than the answers. 03:31 That is the case in a couple of... 03:33 in a couple of situations. 03:34 But before we go right into our questions, 03:37 I'm gonna ask Miss Shelley Quinn, 03:38 if you would just give us a word of prayer at this time. 03:40 Absolutely. 03:42 Our loving heavenly Father, 03:43 we come before You with praise in our hearts. 03:46 We praise You for Jesus, Your Holy Spirit, 03:49 and we praise You for Your Word, Father. 03:51 You did not leave us as orphans. 03:53 You sent Your Spirit. You gave us Your Word. 03:56 And, Father, we thank You that Your Word is alive 03:59 and active and relevant in our lives today. 04:04 And we pray that You'll help 04:07 each one of us to answer. 04:10 Lead us by Your Spirit as we answer these questions. 04:13 And may we all be blessed. 04:15 We love You. We thank You. 04:16 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 04:19 Amen. Praise the Lord. 04:22 Well, Pastor John Dinzey, 04:23 it looks like we're coming to you first. 04:25 Okay. 04:26 And this question is coming from Marisol in Erling. 04:29 And the question is, "Please explain Isaiah 65. 04:35 The word die makes me question. 04:37 If we will die in the new earth, 04:40 can we die in paradise 04:42 if we misbehave or are we secure?" 04:47 That is a good question. 04:49 And, Marisol, I say, you would say 04:52 that in Spanish Marisol in Erling. 04:53 Yes. 04:55 This passage is sometimes confusing to people 04:57 because Isaiah 65:17-20, 05:01 speak to us of a condition, 05:04 a blessing the Lord will give to the people of Israel 05:06 had they been faithful. 05:08 And I want to encourage you to read Deuteronomy Chapter 11, 05:12 to see all the blessings the Lord said, 05:14 if you do this, I'm gonna do this. 05:16 And you're gonna be blessed in your home, in your field. 05:20 You're gonna be fruitful. You're gonna have children. 05:21 And it's a marvelous, marvelous passage. 05:25 However, not all the elements of Isaiah 65 05:30 can be applied to the future life, 05:33 after sin is done away with. 05:36 Had the people of Israel, 05:38 it seems like the Lord, had they been faithful. 05:40 It seems like the Lord would bless them 05:42 with like a heaven on earth. 05:44 And so, Isaiah Chapter 65, I'm gonna read verses 17 to 20, 05:48 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, 05:50 and the former shall not be remembered 05:52 or come to mind, 05:53 but be glad and rejoice forever in what I create for. 05:56 Behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing 05:58 and her people a joy. 06:00 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people, 06:03 the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her 06:06 nor the voice of crying." 06:07 And now it says, "No more shall an infant dare die 06:10 but a few days nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days. 06:14 A child shall die 100 years 06:17 but the sinner being 100 years old 06:19 shall be a cursed." 06:20 So the word die is in here 06:22 because it's talking about before sin. 06:26 Now, when we talk about the New Jerusalem 06:28 after sin is over, 06:30 we have the promise in Revelation 21, 06:32 which I will read now. 06:33 "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 06:35 for the first heaven 06:36 and the first earth had passed away." 06:37 Notice that they had now passed away. 06:39 This is after sin. 06:41 "Also there was no more sea. 06:43 And then I, John saw the holy city, 06:44 New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God 06:46 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 06:49 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 06:51 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men 06:54 and He will dwell with them and they shall be His people. 06:55 God Himself will be with them and be their God. 06:57 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 06:59 there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying, 07:03 neither shall there be any more pain 07:04 for the former things have passed away." 07:06 No, there will be no death 07:07 or suffering in heaven or the New Jerusalem. 07:10 Amen. Amen. 07:11 Thank you, Brother, so much. 07:13 All right, Miss Shelley Quinn, we're coming to you at this one 07:15 This question comes from Chandler... 07:17 Okay. 07:19 And Chandler says, "Why did God put 07:20 the tree of knowledge of good and evil there 07:22 if He knew 07:23 that people would partake of the fruit of it? 07:26 Also, why did He... 07:27 Why didn't He kill Satan right then and there 07:30 so that He wouldn't annoy us now?" 07:33 That's a good question, Chandler. 07:36 God... 07:38 When God created Adam and Eve, 07:39 He set them 07:41 in the Garden of Eden, Chandler. 07:43 And it was, that means garden of pleasure. 07:45 It was a garden of delight. It was a paradise. 07:48 Everything was very good. 07:50 There were many beautiful trees from which they could eat. 07:53 Only one tree was prohibited. 07:56 The knowledge, 07:58 the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 08:01 God created Adam and Eve as free will beings. 08:07 He even made His angels creatures a free will. 08:11 And there is a cosmic conflict that is going on. 08:15 We know that Satan got his heart lifted up. 08:19 He was a covering cherub. His heart was lifted up. 08:23 Isaiah 14 says, "He trafficked lies about God." 08:26 Ezekiel 28 says, 08:28 "And he got one-third of the angels 08:31 to believe in his lies." 08:33 You know, God can't lie. 08:35 Satan's got an advantage. 08:37 He was the father of all lies. 08:40 He was a liar and a murderer from the beginning. 08:43 So what happened is, 08:46 even though God is a sovereign being, 08:50 He is omniscient. 08:51 He knows all. 08:53 The Bible tells us that God shares His governance 08:58 with a divine council, a heavenly council. 09:01 We see it in Psalm 82:89, Psalm 89, 09:06 Nehemiah 9:6, Job 1:6, 09:09 1 Kings 22:19 and Daniel 4:17. 09:14 So here's what I believe happened. 09:16 I believe the reason God didn't zap Satan, 09:20 as soon as the sin was because 09:22 then people might believe the lies. 09:25 The other creatures would have said, 09:26 well, maybe he was right. 09:28 God isn't fair. Right. 09:30 God is too restrictive. 09:32 So then when He created Adam and Eve, 09:35 He put that one tree in there as a test of their loyalty. 09:41 They had, 09:43 they abused their freewill just as Satan did, 09:47 but God had to let this cosmic conflict. 09:51 The heavenly council said, 09:53 "We're gonna give Satan a short time to see 09:56 if he knows 09:58 or if he can prove what he's saying." 10:01 He can't. Wow. 10:03 You really needed two minutes for the first part 10:05 and two minutes for the second part 10:06 of that question, 10:08 but you did a fantastic job, 10:09 summing it up in such a short time. 10:10 Great. Thank you. 10:12 Pastor Lomacang, 10:13 we're coming to you at this time. 10:14 This question is dealing with Mark 13:32, 10:18 and this person says, "Mark 13:32 says no one knows, 10:22 not even the Son of God who or when Jesus is returning. 10:27 Would it be a lie to say that the Son 10:30 who is God does not know?" 10:32 Well, that statement in Mark was recorded 10:34 when Jesus was in His earthly ministry, 10:35 in the condescended form before His crucifixion, 10:38 before His resurrection, before His ascension. 10:41 And He was speaking from the human perspective. 10:43 Remember the Bible says 10:44 the Lord prepared a body for Him. 10:45 So He came forth into the world in the birth, 10:48 even though the seed was planted by the Holy Spirit, 10:51 He experienced the birth as you and I are, 10:54 you and I have experienced. 10:55 In the human sense He did not know. 10:58 However, when He rose to life, 11:00 He made a declaration that makes it clear. 11:02 He does know now. 11:04 First of all, Matthew 28:18, 11:05 we start when Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 11:08 'All authority is given me in heaven and in earth.'" 11:12 So He talks about the authority now in heaven and on earth. 11:15 How could you have all authority, 11:16 but still be in the dark? 11:18 That's the first point. 11:19 Secondly, Isaiah 46:9-10 11:21 is not a declaration of the Father 11:26 as much as it is a declaration of the Creator. 11:29 He said, "Remember the former things of old, 11:30 for I'm God and there is no other. 11:32 I am God, and there is none like Me." 11:34 What did He say? 11:35 Declaring the end from the beginning. 11:37 When He condescended, 11:38 that knowledge was withheld from Him in His human form. 11:40 However, He started making it very clear to the disciples 11:45 in His earthly ministry. 11:46 He says, "Learn the parable of the fig tree. 11:48 When you see all these things know that it is near." 11:50 Right. 11:52 But after His ascension, 11:53 John the Revelator contains in, 11:59 in the Book of Revelation, 12:00 which is the revelation of Jesus Christ. 12:03 A statement that I now know He does know. 12:06 Jesus couldn't say in Revelation 22:12, 12:08 these words, "And behold, I am coming quickly. 12:12 And My reward is with Me to give to everyone, 12:14 according to his work." 12:16 He couldn't say I am coming quickly 12:18 if He didn't know when He was returning. 12:19 Right. 12:21 So the condescended statement, 12:23 no one knows the day nor the hour was the frailty 12:27 and the limitations of humanity. 12:30 But when all authority was returned to Him, 12:32 He did know. 12:33 Right. Wonderful. 12:35 Praise the Lord for that. 12:36 And if you're just now tuning in at this moment, 12:38 or in this time 12:40 and hour Bible questions and answer program, 12:42 we wanna tell you how you, again, 12:43 can send in your questions. 12:45 And there are two ways you can do that. 12:47 The first way is, of course, by text 12:49 and then number you need to text 12:50 is (618) 228-3975. 12:54 (618) 228-3975. 12:57 You can text in those answers or you can email us 13:00 at BibleQA@3abn.org 13:03 BibleQA@3ABN.org 13:07 So send us those questions. 13:08 We're excited to give a Bible answer to those. 13:11 Pastor Dinzey, 13:12 coming back to you for this one. 13:14 And this is coming from Marjorie, 13:16 from Massachusetts. 13:18 And she says, 13:19 "I know we aren't supposed to work on the Sabbath. 13:22 However, since the Sabbath is from sunset on Friday 13:25 to sunset on Saturday, 13:27 does that mean, for example, 13:29 those who work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 13:33 during the winter season, 13:35 when the sun sets around 4:00 PM 13:37 are breaking the fourth commandment? 13:39 To be more general when the Sabbath hits, 13:42 does all work need to cease immediately, 13:45 no matter how long or short it is?" 13:48 Okay, well, I have to say 13:50 that we sympathize with Marjorie, 13:53 and this is a good question and a challenge 13:57 that many Christians 13:59 that want to observe the seventh day Sabbath 14:01 according to God's commandment, as found in Exodus 20:8-11. 14:06 And I believe based on your question 14:08 that, you know, already the answer, Marjorie, 14:11 because you say, you know, 14:14 that you're not supposed to work on the Sabbath. 14:16 Unfortunately, society does not conform 14:19 to God's requirements. 14:21 We're living in a sinful world. 14:24 So the hours of work are not exactly the hours 14:26 that as God would have it, let's say. 14:29 So this is, this presents a challenge. 14:31 And I know you want to do God's will 14:32 because you are concerned. 14:34 So I would encourage you to pray 14:36 and ask the Lord to help you 14:39 in this challenge that you're facing. 14:43 But I must say that the answer is yes, 14:46 all work is supposed to stop when the sun sets 14:49 and the Sabbath begins. 14:50 It is the time of the Lord that is supposed to be sacred. 14:54 It's supposed to be holy. 14:55 And so I encourage you to pray 14:58 and ask the Lord to help you as you request. 15:02 And my suggestion is you request to your supervisor 15:05 to allow you to leave earlier by working, 15:10 perhaps starting earlier on that day 15:12 or some other way to work out for you 15:15 so that you can keep God's Sabbath day holy. 15:20 And this way you will be in harmony with the Lord, 15:24 because it is better to obey God rather than man. 15:27 Now, the wonderful thing is I have faced this. 15:29 And a wonderful thing is I can tell you from experiences 15:32 that God somehow will work it out for you. 15:36 He will bless you. 15:37 He wants to know that you are willing 15:39 to cooperate with Him in this, and He will help you. 15:43 And you may be surprised at how God works it out. 15:47 You may be challenged. 15:49 Some people have even lost their jobs 15:50 and they think it's all over because supervisor demands. 15:52 You've got to be here or you're gonna be fired. 15:54 Some people have been fired, some have been hired back, 15:56 and then some find a better job 15:59 because God is gonna be looking out for you. 16:02 Very, very nice. Appreciate that answer. 16:04 In fact, I can give a testimony to that 16:07 because I once was let go of a job 16:09 because I didn't really understand 16:10 my rights and all that. 16:12 And I asked my boss off to be off on the Sabbath 16:14 from sundown Friday night, 16:15 sundown Saturday, and he let me go. 16:17 But it wasn't a couple of weeks later, 16:19 the Lord gave me a better job with more money 16:22 and better hours and every Sabbath off. 16:25 So just ask the Lord, follow the Lord. 16:26 And He will always bless you. Praise the Lord. 16:29 All right, Pastor Lomacang, 16:30 I'm gonna come back to you for this next question. 16:32 And this is coming from Erling of Sweden. 16:35 I hope I'm saying that correctly. 16:36 E-R-L-I-N-G, Erling or Erling. 16:39 This person says, 16:40 "I hear that some or a lot of Adventists claim 16:44 that we just shall worship one day of the week 16:47 on Sabbath or on the Sabbath. 16:50 I hope they are wrong, 16:51 but I can't find it in the Bible 16:53 that we shall worship every day. 16:56 Please help me with this one?" 16:57 Sure. 16:58 Thank you for the question, Erling. 17:00 First of all, the question comes down 17:01 to the interpretation of what worship means. 17:04 Now corporate worship, I think is what you're talking 17:06 about, where we gather together one day a week, 17:08 and the Bible supports that. 17:10 First and foremost, it was a convocation 17:13 throughout the Old Testament among the Jews, 17:15 and then the life of Jesus. 17:16 Luke 4:16. 17:18 He went into the synagogue every Sabbath, 17:20 and stood up to read. 17:21 And you find in the Book of Acts 17:22 or many references. 17:24 I'll share those with you in just a moment, 17:25 but let's get back first to the issue of worship. 17:27 The Christian doesn't worship the Lord one day, 17:30 and this has been a big stumbling block 17:32 among people that say, well, I worship on the Sabbath. 17:35 Well, if your life is not an act of worship every day, 17:37 then you don't know who the Lord is. 17:39 You know, when Paul says in Romans 12:2, 17:41 that we should present our bodies 17:43 as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God, 17:47 which is our reasonable service. 17:49 The New International Version says 17:50 which is our spiritual act of worship. 17:52 You say, we see we are a living sacrifice... 17:56 Sacrifices brought to the Lord for the purpose of worship. 17:59 Your life every day should be an act of worship to the God 18:02 that you claim to be your Lord and Savior. 18:05 Let me translate that differently. 18:07 We don't live one way during the week 18:09 and then another way. 18:10 We just switch when the sun goes down 18:12 and say, okay, 18:13 now I hope my life is a living sacrifice holy 18:16 and acceptable to God. 18:17 Well, let me also translate the other part of that. 18:20 The Bible doesn't establish that we should honor 18:23 the Sabbath every day either 18:25 because the Sabbath is only one day of the week 18:26 that is blessed. 18:27 And that's the day that the Lord says 18:29 thou shalt not do any work, 18:31 that is specifically laid aside for that corporate worship, 18:35 that gathering together. 18:36 And you find not only in the life of Christ, 18:39 but in the Book of Acts 13:42-44. 18:42 The Bible says, "So when the Jews went out 18:43 of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged 18:45 that these words might be preached to them 18:47 the next Sabbath." 18:48 So they knew there was a sermon, 18:50 the next Sabbath. 18:51 And the Bible says also in verse 44, 18:53 "On the next Sabbath, 18:54 almost the whole city came together 18:56 to hear the Word of God." 18:57 In Acts Chapter 13, then in Acts Chapter 18. 19:00 And by the way, this is after the ascension of Jesus, 19:03 the Apostle Paul met every Sabbath 19:05 with the Greeks and the Jews. 19:06 And the Bible says in Acts 18:11, 19:09 "He continued there a year and six months." 19:11 That's 78 weeks in a row that the Apostle Paul spoke 19:15 to the Jews and the Greeks and the Bible said, 19:17 what did he do in Acts 18:4? 19:19 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath 19:21 and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. 19:24 So the day of worship as a corporate body 19:27 was not disputed in Scripture. 19:29 We also find that Paul taught 19:31 and spoke for three Sabbaths in a row. 19:33 And this is talked about in Amphipolis and Apollonia 19:36 where they came to Thessalonica in Acts 17:1-3. 19:40 Here's the point I want to make. 19:41 Every day we should live our lives 19:43 as a spiritual act of worship to the true God. 19:46 We don't turn off on worship and turn it off. 19:48 We should be a living sacrifice holy 19:50 and acceptable to God in our acts, 19:52 our words, our deeds, and our choices every day. 19:55 And then we will be a living sacrifice 19:59 and an acceptable attitude of worship towards our Lord. 20:03 But He only blessed one day as a day of corporate worship. 20:06 Amen. Praise the Lord for that. Thank you. 20:09 All right, Miss Shelley Quinn, 20:11 coming back to you for this next question. 20:13 And this comes from Yvonne from Harlem, and she says, 20:17 "Jesus is called the Son of man. 20:19 So why does God refer to Ezekiel as the son of man?" 20:23 You know, it's interesting, Yvonne, 20:25 Ezekiel is referred to as the son of man, 90 times, 20:28 this just indicates his humanness. 20:31 Ezekiel was a member of the human race 20:35 through whom God was going to try 20:37 to reach other lost perishing souls. 20:40 Now the Messiah, 20:43 Son of man is a Messianic title for Jesus Christ. 20:47 You're right. 20:49 Because Jesus was the seed of a woman, 20:53 Jesus became God, became a human being, 20:58 took on our flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. 21:02 And you know what? 21:04 Son of man, I'm gonna come back to that 21:07 'cause He identified with us as in our humanity, 21:12 when He took on our flesh. 21:14 Son of man is used 107 times in the Old Testament. 21:18 Only once to Jesus in Daniel 7:13-14. 21:23 Daniel says, "Behold, 21:25 one like the Son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. 21:28 He came to the Ancient of Days, 21:31 and they brought Him near before them. 21:34 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom. 21:37 And His dominion is an everlasting dominion. 21:40 His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed." 21:45 Jesus favorite title for Himself was Son of man. 21:48 He used it over 80 times. 21:50 In Mark 10:45, he says, 21:53 "Even the Son of man did not come to be served, 21:56 but to serve 21:57 and to give His life a ransom for many." 22:01 The Son of man is used as a term 88 times 22:06 in the New Testament. 22:08 And only once does it refer to a natural born human. 22:13 So it's a messianic title of Jesus. 22:16 Jesus was called Messiah, Christ, the Seed, 22:19 the Son of man, last Adam, the only begotten, 22:23 the first born, a Lamb of God, Son of God, 22:26 and the surety of the covenant. 22:29 Amen. Praise the Lord. 22:30 Thank you, Miss Shelley. All right. 22:31 Pastor John Dinzey, 22:33 I'm gonna be coming to you for this next question. 22:34 This is a question coming from Tony 22:36 and Tony says, 22:37 I hear many say that the end is near 22:39 where the Christ's return could be any day. 22:42 I get that. 22:44 I get the sense that they think the end will be any day, 22:48 certainly before the end of this year, 22:50 is this correct or am I misunderstanding? 22:54 Yes. This is a good question, indeed. 22:56 And I believe many people are wondering the same thing. 22:59 There are all kinds of doctrines. 23:01 The Bible says that every wind of doctrine 23:03 will be blowing. 23:04 And so where do we go? 23:06 We've heard people talk about the Lord is coming any day now. 23:08 And then we hear some people saying, 23:09 projecting it into the future. 23:11 So what is it? 23:13 So let's go to Matthew Chapter 24. 23:16 In Matthew Chapter 24, 23:18 you have Jesus giving signs 23:20 that would come just before His coming. 23:23 And I remember as we went... 23:26 As you study Matthew 24, you will... 23:28 You can probably do like a checklist. 23:30 Yes, this has been fulfilled. Yes, this has been fulfilled. 23:32 Yes, this has been fulfilled. 23:35 But when you get to Matthew 24:14, 23:39 it is difficult to measure when this is exactly done. 23:42 Only God knows. 23:44 Notice what it says, "And this gospel of the kingdom 23:46 will be preached in all the world 23:47 as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come." 23:52 So how do we know when that is done? 23:53 God knows. 23:55 However, we can pretty much look at the situation and say, 23:59 "Wow, 3ABN is on satellite all over the world. 24:03 We're covering the world via the internet, 24:05 and books and pamphlets have been printed 24:08 and practically in every language of the world 24:11 the gospel has gone through, 24:12 but there are some unreached people they say. 24:16 And I can tell you 24:18 that a lot of work needs to be done. 24:20 God's people need to get on the ball 24:21 and cooperate with the Lord 24:23 and bring this gospel message to the whole world. 24:27 Now, your question is, 24:28 you get the sense that it could be any day. 24:31 Looking at the prophecies. 24:33 When you look at Matthew 24:25, 24:35 look at the Book of Daniel, look at Revelation, 24:38 especially beginning in Revelation Chapter 13 24:41 and onward. 24:43 You see that there are some things 24:44 that are talked about in the Bible 24:46 that seem to be coming soon. 24:49 When you talk about an image to the beast, 24:53 and when you talk about a mark of the beast 24:56 and life and death sentence, 24:59 whoever doesn't take the mark, 25:00 the idea that this could happen any day, 25:03 you have to put that aside 25:05 because Jesus cannot come tomorrow 25:07 based on this, or maybe the next day. 25:10 However, we can see that these things 25:12 can happen rather quickly, 25:14 perhaps who knows, perhaps during a year, 25:16 all this can take place, 25:18 but we don't know the day nor the hour. 25:22 And so our part is to be watching and praying 25:26 and cooperating with the Lord, 25:28 sharing the gospel with other people. 25:30 You're not gonna be able to say the Lord is coming next month 25:33 or the month after that. 25:34 However, we are supposed to be ready. 25:37 And so I encourage you to read Matthew 24, 25:38 Revelation 12 and onward, 25:40 and you will see that Jesus Christ is coming soon. 25:43 You can look at the science. 25:45 I read now from Matthew 24:42-44, 25:48 "Watch, therefore for you do not know 25:50 what hour your Lord is coming, but know this, 25:52 that if the master of the house had known 25:54 what hour the thief would come, 25:57 he would have watched and not allow his house 25:59 to be broken into. 26:00 Therefore you also be ready, 26:03 for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 26:07 So be ready, place yourself in the hands of the Lord 26:10 and you will be ready. 26:12 Praise the Lord. 26:13 Thank you, Pastor Dinzey, for that. 26:15 All right, Miss Quinn, I'm coming back to you, 26:18 and this person is asking all the way from India. 26:22 This is Samuel from India, and Samuel says, 26:25 "Adventists believe in God the Father, 26:28 God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, 26:31 and three are equally God. 26:34 My question is, Revelation 4:2 and he quotes the verse here. 26:38 "And immediately I was in the spirit 26:39 and behold a throne was set in heaven 26:42 and One sat on the throne." 26:43 And then the question is, why is there only one throne? 26:47 What about the other two Gods?" 26:51 Samuel, we only believe in one God, 26:54 it is not God the Father, plus God the Son, 26:57 plus God the Holy Spirit. 26:59 It is God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 27:04 rather than one plus one plus one, 27:06 which equals three, it's one times one times one, 27:10 which equals one. 27:12 So the second fundamental belief 27:14 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 27:15 is the Trinity, 27:17 one God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 27:20 a unity of three co-eternal persons. 27:25 We believe that these three there's one being 27:31 three divine persons that exp... 27:35 They have the same nature. 27:36 They express the same purpose 27:39 and everything about their personality 27:41 and character are the same. 27:45 Now, let's look at chapter... 27:50 Your question in Revelation 27:52 in Chapters 1 to 3 of Revelation, 27:56 we see a prophetic vision 27:58 of the condition of the Church. 28:01 Chapter 4, 28:02 we see a symbolic vision of God's throne in heaven. 28:08 Everything is symbolic, 28:10 but just because God the Father is on the throne, 28:14 don't think that Jesus is not coming 28:18 because in Chapter 5, 28:20 Christ appears as the lamb as though it were slain 28:24 with seven heads and seven eyes. 28:27 So here's the point. 28:30 Just go to Google and look up my sermon, 28:34 His presence is in the cube, and you'll get more. 28:39 Here's a two-minute juiced version. 28:40 Go watch that sermon. 28:43 Praise the Lord. 28:44 Because that's a difficult topic. 28:45 Oh, yeah. Tough in two minutes. 28:47 Yeah, that's one of those atom, what was atom bomb topics. 28:50 Yeah, absolutely. 28:51 What's the title of that sermon just in case? 28:53 His presence in the cube. 28:57 Praise the Lord. By Shelley Quinn. 28:58 Amen. Amen. 29:00 Wonderful. All right. 29:01 Pastor John Lomacang, 29:02 I'm coming to you for this next question. 29:04 This question is coming from Cabrera and they ask, 29:08 "Why is it that the disobedience 29:10 of Adam and Eve is passed on to their offspring? 29:14 Yet one can argue that we had no part 29:17 in their decision making." 29:18 Hmm. 29:20 We've had a few questions over the course of our time 29:22 about people that were concerned 29:24 about the things that we didn't have a part in. 29:26 And I just wanna reiterate just in case you missed it. 29:29 We didn't have a part in where we were being born, 29:31 who our parents were, 29:33 what our nationality was going to be, 29:35 what our gender is. 29:37 We didn't have a part in any of that. 29:38 Those were decisions and choices made for us, 29:41 but there's one major decision and choice 29:43 that affects the entire human race. 29:45 And that is the nature of Adam. 29:48 We know in Acts... 29:50 In 1 Corinthians Chapter 5, 29:52 1 Corinthians 15:22. 29:55 The Bible says, "For as in Adam, all die." 29:58 Well, how's that Romans 5:12, 30:01 it gives us a picture 30:03 just as through one man sin entered the world 30:07 and death through sin and thus death spread to all 30:12 because all have sinned. 30:14 Now, what that mean is not saying 30:15 that everybody did something wrong 30:17 to fall into the category, but as is the DNA code, 30:22 one of the ways that we can tell, 30:24 I can tell my father or mother is 30:25 as we have the identity in our DNA. 30:28 And there's a sin DNA that Adam communicated to us. 30:34 The good news I believe is in 1 Corinthians 15:45. 30:37 The Bible says, 30:38 "As we have borne the image of the man of dust, 30:42 we shall also bear the image of the heavenly man." 30:45 Amen. 30:46 You see this nature that Adam gave to us 30:47 which condemns us to death, for all have sinned 30:49 and fallen short of the glory of God. 30:51 Romans 3:23 30:53 is not the thing that we should focus the most on. 30:56 We can't change where we came from, 30:58 but we could show a change where we're headed. 31:00 And I wanna give you the encouragement 31:02 is to say, well, 31:03 I could say, well, I had nothing to do with this. 31:06 I'm just an innocent victim. 31:08 Well, the victimization is not going to change, 31:10 but you've got the power in your own hand 31:13 to choose, to give your life to Christ, 31:15 put on His nature so that when He does return, 31:19 you would have a gift that even Adam could not give you. 31:22 And that is the gift of eternal life. 31:24 Amen. 31:25 Well said. I like that. 31:27 And perhaps you're watching right now 31:29 and tuning in for the first time, 31:30 from somewhere around the world and asking 31:32 what in the world am I watching? 31:34 You're watching one of the newest 31:35 3ABN Today programs entitled 3ABN Today, Bible Q and A, 31:40 in which we take your Bible questions 31:43 and we answer them according to the Bible. 31:45 And so actually there's a couple of ways 31:47 you can send in your Bible questions, 31:48 and in a future program, 31:50 we will try to take on your Bible questions. 31:53 So if you want to do that, there's a couple of ways. 31:55 The first time... 31:56 First way to do that is via a text message. 31:59 And, of course, that number is (618) 228-3975, 32:05 or you can email that in to 32:08 BibleQA@3abn.org 32:14 One quick correction, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 32:18 the image of the heavenly and the image of Christ. 32:22 Adam's image and Christ's image. 32:24 Just wanna correct that before we go any further. 32:25 Oh yeah, no, I appreciate that. 32:27 Thank you so much. 32:28 So send in your questions and we're gonna continue 32:30 on with our questions during this hour. 32:32 'Cause we have so many more left here 32:34 and I'm actually gonna go back to you, 32:36 Pastor John Dinzey, 32:38 and we're gonna be taking this question 32:40 from F. Campbell and this person says, 32:43 "How can I or anyone be able to memorize God's Word, 32:47 especially in this world that keeps us busy with work, 32:50 school and unforeseen circumstances. 32:53 I always admire how the Bible is memorized. 32:56 And I would love to learn." Praise the Lord. 32:58 I praise the Lord for this question 33:00 because it is a wonderful question 33:02 and I congratulate you, 33:04 but now you have to take the step 33:06 and make an effort 33:07 because without the effort, then doesn't come the blessing. 33:10 Yes, this is wonderful to do. 33:13 In Psalm 119:11 says, 33:14 "Your word I have hidden in my heart 33:17 that I might not sin against You." 33:19 You remember that when Jesus was tempted, 33:21 He said it is written or Jesus took time 33:23 to try to memorize the scriptures. 33:25 Well, how do you do that? 33:26 That's the question. 33:28 So first you have to read, meditate upon God's Word. 33:31 That's step number one, 33:33 and a method that most people use, 33:36 a lot of people use is to repeat it. 33:38 What I like to do is to take bites, you know? 33:41 For God so loved the world. 33:43 I take that bite and I meditate upon it. 33:46 I think about it. 33:47 And then I add a little more, 33:48 that He gave His only begotten Son. 33:50 So I consider those two and think about those 33:54 and repeat them several times. 33:56 For God so loved the world 33:58 that He gave His only begotten Son. 34:00 Then you add a little more and you repeat and you repeat. 34:03 This is one of the best methods to learn. 34:06 This is what many people use. 34:07 There's some people memorize some Bible verses, 34:09 but some people memorize chapters 34:13 on this method and others. 34:14 Another method is scripture songs. 34:17 Many people have written scripture songs 34:20 just going to the internet type scripture songs. 34:23 And you will see that some people have put to music, 34:26 some of the scriptures, 34:28 and this is a wonderful way to memorize scripture. 34:30 So I encourage you to make an effort. 34:33 And by the way, a lot of people have 34:35 these smartphones these days. 34:38 You can have the Bible there, glance at it from time to time 34:41 and little by little you will see 34:43 that you're memorizing more and more of God's Word 34:45 and you'll be strengthened as you do so. 34:48 Amen. Amen. 34:49 Praise the Lord for that. 34:51 Pastor Lomacang, 34:52 this next question is coming from Ronald in Maryland. 34:56 Okay. 34:57 And Ronald actually asked a very good question, 34:59 which as evangelist 35:00 I think we all have heard this at some point but he says, 35:04 "Jesus being the Lord of the Sabbath. 35:06 When I accept Jesus, am I not accepting the Sabbath 35:10 And as long as I pray... 35:12 As long as I praise and worship Jesus. 35:15 He is my Sabbath." 35:17 So... I like that way. 35:20 That's a good, that's a good point. 35:21 Yeah. That's great spiritual acrobats. 35:23 I really wanna appreciate you for trying to do that, 35:26 but I guess you better have a net 35:29 because you're gonna land on some hard ground 35:30 trying to just land on your feet. 35:32 This is a... 35:34 This is something that a lot of people struggle 35:35 with spiritually 35:36 and we're living in a day and age 35:38 where I asked the question, how can we accept Jesus, 35:43 but reject the Sabbath 35:45 and still think it's praise and worship. 35:48 You cannot accept Jesus and reject the very thing 35:51 He says, remember. 35:52 That's right. 35:54 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 35:55 Just imagine saying, Lord, I love you. 35:57 And I worship You, 35:58 but I am not keeping Your Sabbath. 36:00 I know you said I should remember, 36:02 but I'm choosing to forget, 36:03 but I love You anyway. 36:05 Now try that on your wife. 36:07 If you're married and see how far that goes. 36:10 And I'm just being very candid with you 36:12 because there's a new kind of religion nowadays. 36:14 We have this atmosphere of praise and worship. 36:16 If we lift our hands and we say, 36:18 I love you Lord, that, that omits obedience. 36:21 Friends, we cannot do that. That's right. 36:22 The Sabbath is one of God's Ten Commandments, 36:25 try breaking the other nine 36:26 and still try to convince the Lord that you love Him. 36:29 It's not going to work. 36:30 The Ten Commandments are commandments, 36:32 not suggestions and not multiple choice. 36:35 Jesus made it clear. 36:37 Luke 6:46, "Why do you call me Lord, 36:39 Lord and do not do the things which I say." 36:41 Jesus kept the Sabbath. 36:43 Luke 4:16, His disciples kept the Sabbath. 36:45 The apostles kept the Sabbath. 36:46 There's nothing wrong with the Sabbath. 36:48 The Sabbath is not the issue. 36:49 Jesus said in 1 John 2:6, 36:52 "He who says he abides in Me, 36:54 ought himself also to walk just as He walked." 36:57 You will never be lost 36:59 if Jesus is your perfect example 37:01 and you do what He did. 37:02 But if you say I know what He did, 37:04 but I'm gonna do the opposite. 37:06 And I'm gonna just say, I love you, Lord. 37:08 I'm gonna praise You. 37:09 I'll sing my heart out to You. 37:11 Here's what He will say to you. 37:12 Matthew 15:8, 37:14 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, 37:16 they honor Me with their lips, 37:18 but their hearts are far from Me." 37:20 So, brethren, let me make it very clear, 37:22 if you love the Lord, prove it by how you live, 37:26 walk as He walked. 37:28 Hmm. 37:30 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. All right. 37:32 Miss Shelley Quinn coming to you. 37:35 This is from Stephanie in Washington and she says, 37:37 "Did Jesus lose His omnipresence for eternity? 37:41 Or did He get it back after His resurrection? 37:44 Can you please share where you find your answers?" 37:47 Certainly, let me set this up 37:49 because what Stephanie is referring to is 37:52 Philippians 2:5-8 refers to Christ as God 37:56 who humbled Himself to become a man. 37:58 He took on our flesh. 38:01 He emptied Himself in a... 38:04 It's kenosis in the Greek, not of His deity, 38:07 but of His divine prerogative is His glory 38:12 and His eternal riches. 38:13 So we know that when He was in the flesh, 38:16 He was limited to being in one place at one time, 38:20 He was resurrected in the flesh. 38:22 Luke 24:36-39. 38:25 He shows them His, the nail wounds. 38:26 And He says, hey, 38:28 a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones as you see here. 38:31 He walked for 40 days on the earth 38:33 after the resurrection, 38:34 then He ascended in the flesh. 38:37 And in Acts1:11, 38:39 the angel said, hey, the same Jesus 38:41 you're seeing taken up. 38:43 He's gonna come back in the same manner. 38:45 In 1 Corinthians 15:45, 38:48 we know that Christ is in His human flesh, 38:52 His glorified human flesh. 38:54 He is the last Adam, 38:58 the new representative of humanity. 39:02 And He said in Genesis 16:7 to His disciples, 39:07 "Hey, it is to your advantage that I go away, 39:11 because if I do not go away, the helper will not come. 39:15 But if I depart, I will send him to you." 39:17 What He is saying is in My flesh, 39:20 I can't be with you everywhere, 39:22 but I'm going to send the Holy Spirit. 39:25 And Ephesians 3:16-17 39:29 says that Christ lives in our heart 39:31 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 39:33 He says, Paul prays that you'll be strengthened 39:37 with might through His spirit, 39:38 in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your heart 39:42 through faith. 39:43 So through the Holy Spirit, who is one with Jesus, 39:49 Jesus still has His omnipresence. 39:51 That's right. 39:52 Very well said. Thank you. 39:54 Pastor John Dinzey, 39:55 this question comes from Rachel. 39:57 And she says, "What does it mean 39:59 that the unpardonable sin 40:01 is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? 40:03 How do you blaspheme the Holy Spirit? 40:07 Okay. That's a very good question. 40:08 And one that sometimes brings people 40:11 into some great concern 40:13 and they fear they have a blasphemed the Holy Spirit. 40:18 I would like to say first that it is not a word 40:21 that you say or an act that you say at one time, 40:25 this is a continue... 40:27 The continued resistance of the Holy Spirit 40:32 to the degree of resisting to the point 40:35 that the Lord can do no more for you. 40:37 Because the resistance you have made 40:39 is you have rejected God. 40:42 How soon does that happen? 40:45 We cannot say, 40:46 but look at the scriptures reveal 40:51 that God is patient with us, forgiving and kind, 40:56 willing to forgive us practically anything. 40:58 And now let's go to the scriptures. 41:00 Notice how this is used here in Matthew 12:24 first. 41:06 "Now when the Pharisees heard, they said, 41:08 'This fellow does not cast out demons 41:10 except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.'" 41:13 So they were talking about Jesus, 41:15 that He was doing something through the ruler of the demons 41:18 when He had done it through the power of God, 41:21 through the power of the Holy Spirit. 41:23 So this is when you enter in not attributing to God, 41:26 acknowledging the work of the Holy Spirit. 41:29 You are beginning the process 41:31 of rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit. 41:33 And unless you repent 41:36 and you continue resisting God's grace 41:39 and God's offer a mercy. 41:41 Eventually your heart is hardened 41:43 and you will not listen to God's voice 41:45 and you just reject God completely. 41:48 Now, if you are concerned 41:50 that you have committed the unpardonable sin, 41:52 you are worried about it, 41:54 then you have not committed the unpardonable sin. 41:57 You are still concerned about your salvation. 42:00 Therefore, come to the Lord, repent of your sins and say, 42:04 Lord, come into my heart because it's still there. 42:07 Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 42:09 If any man hears my voice and opens the door, 42:11 I will come into him 42:12 and sup with him and he with Me." 42:14 The door of mercy is still open. 42:15 Praise the Lord. 42:17 Amen. Praise the Lord. 42:18 Thank you, Brother. 42:20 Pastor Lomacang, coming back to you. 42:21 And this question is coming based on, 42:25 I guess 1 Corinthians 2:9, 42:27 they say, "Should I love my enemies 42:29 even though they continue to falsely accuse me 42:32 of the same thing that I didn't do?" 42:35 Okay. 42:37 Well, nobody knows that frustration 42:40 better than Jesus, because they confused Him 42:45 with so many adverse personalities, 42:49 but we don't love people because they are lovable. 42:54 We love people 42:55 because our hearts have been transformed 42:58 and the love of God has been poured into us. 43:02 Now, if you fill up a glass, 43:04 I do this illustration on our... 43:05 We have a Zoom worship each week 43:07 with a group of people. 43:09 I had my wife get me a full glass of water. 43:12 And then I had to get me an empty glass of water. 43:14 And when Paul says the love of God 43:16 has been poured out into us, 43:18 I said, now I have something here 43:20 that I could pour out into something else. 43:23 If you try to serve God with an empty heart, 43:25 thinking that the love stems from you. 43:28 They're not gonna understand your frustration. 43:30 But if Jesus Christ is living in you, 43:32 then this is not an act of futility, 43:35 nor is it an effort that you put forth 43:36 that you finally accomplish, 43:39 but it is God working in you both to will 43:41 and to do of His good pleasure. 43:43 But notice this command of love is not something 43:46 that's arbitrary nor it's not even optional. 43:48 It's an evidence that we are disciples of Christ. 43:51 Jesus says, John 13:35, "By this all will know 43:55 that you are My disciples 43:57 if you have love for one another." 43:59 But what about your enemies? 44:00 Matthew 5:43, "You have heard that it was said, 44:04 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44:06 But I say to you love your enemies, 44:08 bless those who curse you, 44:10 do good to those who hate you and pray for those 44:13 who spitefully use you and persecute you." 44:17 That's where you're having a difficulty. 44:19 However, once again, when the love of God is in you, 44:23 why do you love? 44:25 We love because He first loved us. 44:28 Amen. 44:29 1 John 4:19. 44:30 So if you appreciate the love of God 44:33 while you are a sinner, 44:35 let that be evidence in you that you love others 44:37 because Christ has loved you first. 44:39 Amen. 44:40 Amen. Thank you, pastor for that. 44:42 All right. 44:43 Miss Shelley Quinn, 44:45 this question is coming to you and it says, 44:47 "I hear so much about once saved, always saved, 44:51 but in 1 John, you have to obey the commandments of God. 44:55 Are people saved if they return to their old sinful habits 44:59 or were they never saved?" 45:01 I'm gonna sound like I'm tooting my own horn, 45:03 but I just got through doing an hour long sermon on this. 45:06 And it is called the real truth 45:09 of once saved, always saved. 45:11 If you Google the real truth, once saved, always saved. 45:15 You can see all of this biblical support. 45:18 You got to add my name, Shelley Quinn. 45:20 Salvation is by grace through faith, we know this, 45:25 but the covenant of redemption, 45:28 there's three stages that we're going through. 45:30 We have been saved. 45:32 We're justified. We are being saved. 45:34 We're sanctified and we will be saved. 45:36 We will be glorified. Yes. 45:38 God has conditions to this covenant of redemption. 45:43 He does ask that we walk motivated by love 45:49 in obedience to His will 45:51 and stay in covenant relationship with Him. 45:54 The Bible clearly says 45:55 that God keeps covenant with those 45:58 who keep covenant with Him. 46:00 And you know, by the way, Malachi 4:6, God says, 46:04 "Hey, I'm the Lord, I change not." 46:07 So the same God of the Old Testament 46:09 is the God of the new. 46:11 Spiritual principles of the Old Testament 46:14 are echoed in the new. 46:15 In Ezekiel 33:18, 46:18 God says when the righteous turns from his righteousness 46:22 and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it." 46:25 In John 15:6, Jesus echoes this. 46:28 "If anyone does not abide in Me, 46:30 if he doesn't remain in Me, he is cast out as a branch 46:34 and withered and they gather them 46:36 and throw them into fire and they're burned." 46:38 God's message is consistent throughout Scripture. 46:41 God told Moses in Exodus 32:32, 46:45 He said, "Whoever has sinned against Me, 46:48 I will blot him out of My book." 46:51 This is the book of the redeemed, 46:53 the Book of Life. 46:54 And then in Revelation 3:5, 46:56 Jesus repeats this same idea in an... 47:00 In a reverse way. 47:02 He says, "He who overcomes," this is Revelation 3:5, 47:07 "shall be clothed in white garments. 47:10 And I will not blot out his name 47:14 from the book of Life. 47:16 See, Paul said, and everybody's always quoting 47:19 this in Romans 8:38-39, 47:22 "Nothing can separate us from the love of God." 47:25 How true that is. 47:26 Amen. 47:28 But we can separate ourselves. 47:29 Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, 47:32 "Not everyone who says to me, 47:34 Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven, 47:36 but he who does the will of My Father." 47:40 And He says, there's gonna be some 47:41 who come up to Him and say, 47:43 didn't we do this, and this, and this in Your name. 47:46 And guess what He's gonna say? 47:47 Depart from Me you who practice lawlessness. 47:50 I never knew you. 47:52 So we know from 1 John 3:4, 47:54 "Lawlessness is transgression of the law. 47:58 Sin is lawlessness." 48:00 He tells us, Paul told Timothy, "Hey, 48:02 if we deny Him, He's gonna deny us." 48:05 Right. So we've got, go to Google. 48:09 The real truth of one saved always saved by Shelley Quinn. 48:14 Well, chances are at this point. 48:16 Look, you send in those Bible questions 48:17 if we can't answer it, 48:18 Shelley is probably got a sermon about it. 48:21 No, that's a blessing though. 48:23 Thank you so much for joining us. 48:24 If you're just now tuning into the last few minutes, 48:26 but we have just enough time 48:28 perhaps, maybe to throw out 48:29 a couple of these bonus questions. 48:31 You know, I was just playing with you by the way. 48:32 Oh, no. That was a joke. 48:34 But you certainly are a blessing to this program. 48:36 We know, we love your sermons, Miss Shelley. 48:38 Thank you. 48:40 This question comes from Lisa in Ontario and she says, 48:43 "Can someone please explain Matthew 5:19?" 48:46 All right. Matthew 5รข | 48:48 And I'll go ahead and read that if you guys would like me to, 48:50 Matthew 5:19. 48:51 Well, here it is. 48:53 Okay, go ahead and read it then, Brother. 48:54 "Whoever therefore breaks one of these 48:56 the least of these commandments and teaches men 48:58 so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven, 49:01 but whoever does and teaches them, 49:02 he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 49:04 This is not talking about the order 49:06 in which you're gonna be called like, 49:07 well, you're number four, five six, seven. 49:09 The word there least means you. 49:12 The least you will be is called in the kingdom of heaven. 49:15 The Lord is saying that if anyone teaches you 49:17 to disobey the commandments, which He says, 49:19 if you love Me, keep My commandments. 49:22 Then the chances of you being in the kingdom of heaven, 49:24 it's the least thing that's going to happen. 49:26 So when you look at that, 49:28 the Lord is saying all of my commandments, 49:29 10 of them, I wanna say 10, 49:31 because many people think that 49:33 there are 640 that we have to keep 49:34 and we have to keep the Jewish ceremonies 49:36 and all that. 49:37 No, I'm just talking about the Ten Commandments, 49:38 the first four, our relationship to God, 49:40 the last six in our relationship 49:42 to our fellow men. 49:43 So let's not be led down the path 49:45 to violate these thinking 49:47 that somehow our relationship with Christ is still secure. 49:51 Amen. 49:52 Anybody else want to add to that before we move? 49:54 Yes. 49:56 Because when you go here to Matthew 5:20, 49:59 remember it says, "For I say unto you 50:00 that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness 50:03 of the scribes and Pharisees, 50:04 you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 50:07 So you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven 50:10 being a violator of God's commandments. 50:12 Amen. 50:13 Good point. Good point. All right. 50:15 We have just enough time for this next question. 50:18 And this person says in the Book of Numbers 21:8-9. 50:22 Moses made a bronze snake and the Israelites looked at it 50:25 and got healed from the snake bites. 50:27 Did the Israelites break the commandment 50:29 in Exodus 20:4-5?" 50:33 The second commandment is that you shall not worship idols. 50:37 Actually in Numbers 21:8, 50:39 we see God told Moses to create the serpent, 50:44 to have the people look at this bronze serpent 50:47 on the pole in looking to him for provision of healing. 50:53 They were not worshiping. 50:55 However, by the time Hezekiah comes along, he has to... 51:00 In Kings 18:4, it shows He had to destroy the serpent 51:05 because the people had begun to worship 51:08 and they were burning incense to it. 51:11 There's nothing wrong. 51:12 God had cherubs at the altar. 51:16 He had them in the embroidery of the curtains. 51:19 There's nothing wrong with religious images. 51:23 Hmm. Amen. 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