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