As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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We're so glad that
you have joined us today.
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You know, we look
forward to spending this time
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with you each week studying
the Word of God in depth.
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Thank you for your prayers
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and financial
support for the ministry,
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for your ministry, 3ABN.
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And we just have
to tell you again,
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thank you for those prayers
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because it makes an
incredible difference.
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You know, this
Ministry of 3ABN is a miracle.
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Thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ,
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we've been in existence
now this year, 37 years,
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but He's using you as a vessel
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that He can
pour through to bless
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the Ministry of 3ABN
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through your
prayers, financial support.
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And this gospel of the kingdom
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goes around the
world 24 hours a day,
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seven days a
week, 365 days a year.
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Isn't that incredible?
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Praise the Lord for His miracles
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and just thank you for
being a part of our family.
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You know, I know many of
you we've met from time to time,
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maybe camp meetings,
rallies, things like that.
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Some of you we may
never meet face to face.
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But if we're all faithful,
we'll meet in heaven someday,
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and I believe very, very soon.
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But I want to say thank you
for sending in your questions
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and comments to this program.
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It's a lot of fun
to get your questions.
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We know that you are
students of the Word of God.
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And I wanna encourage you today,
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it's easy to
just sit back and say,
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whoa, that was a
great answer by Pastor John.
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Wow, that was really
fantastic. But you know what?
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We want you to
open the Word of God too
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to study right along with us
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and to grab a pen or paper
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or, you know, what
some of you are so techie,
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Pastor John always
says he's a gadgetarian.
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Some of you are
probably that too.
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And you're just taking notes
in your phone or your tablet.
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So we want to encourage you
to participate with us today.
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Again, if this is the first time
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for you to join, you can
always send your questions,
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comments to us,
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text first at (618)-228-3975.
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Or you can email us
at BibleQA@3abn.org.
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And those are ways
that you can submit
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your questions to us here.
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This is kind of
rapid fire is how it works.
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And we hope today to
get maybe 15 to 20 questions
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in and then answer them,
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of course,
through the Word of God.
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But before we get started,
my name is Greg Morikone.
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Sitting right next to me,
is my beautiful wife, Jill.
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So glad to have
you with us today.
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Thank you so much.
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It's always a privilege
to open up the Word of God
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to study together and to learn.
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We just get to learn more
of what God has in His Word,
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and more about who He
is Jesus, the Word of God.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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Sitting next to you
is Brother Jason Bradley.
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Good to have you here, sir.
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Yes, it's great to be here.
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Looking forward to going
over these verses studying
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and answering these questions.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Just a side note, I
like that black suit.
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You got it. Thank you.
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Hopefully it looks
black till we'd be on.
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Yeah, it does.
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And sitting next to you
is Pastor John Lomacang.
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We appreciate you and your just,
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your
steadfastness to the Word of God
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to stand for
principle, no matter what.
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And that means a lot to us,
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so thank you for your mentorship
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to us younger folk
not saying you're old,
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you're just
experienced, Pastor John.
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Thank you so very much
for your love for the Lord.
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I'm getting to the place
where I'm starting to say
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it's not just
numbers any longer.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Actually, you know, like Mark
Finley many years ago, he said,
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I'm getting to the point
where when I'm on my knees,
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I said what else
can I do while I'm down?
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I never forgot that.
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But, Pastor John,
though we do get to play
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a little bit in
the gym together too.
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Yeah, yeah, you're
still in great shape.
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Yeah, I love to play. Yeah.
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That's the key to getting older,
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bodies in motion stay in motion.
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There you go.
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But, you know, the joy
of studying God's Word,
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knowing truth is one
thing but knowing Jesus
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is something
altogether different.
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Amen. Thank you.
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You cannot separate
Jesus from the truth.
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And we've had questions
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where people
have tried to do that,
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but John 17:3 said,
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"And this is life
eternal, that they may know you,
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the only true
God and Jesus Christ
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whom You sent."
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So when you know the truth,
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you cannot separate knowing
the truth from knowing Christ.
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Amen. It's impossible.
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Well, thank you for
sharing that, Pastor.
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And, Jill, I have
commented on that too,
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just your sermons at church.
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And just, of
course, being around you
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is that you have a
vast knowledge of the Bible,
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it's just incredible,
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the gifts that
God has given to you.
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But you also know Jesus Christ
personally and intimately.
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And that just comes through.
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So thank you for
sharing that aspect.
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We want to
encourage you at home too.
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It's great to
know the scriptures,
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build a debate, so to speak,
or to answer these questions.
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But don't forget
to make Jesus Christ
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number one in your life.
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Before we open the Word
and go to the first question.
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Brother Jason, let's
pray and get started.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the opportunity
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and privilege that we
have to study Your Word.
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And, Father, as we answer
these questions from Your Word,
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Lord, we ask
for Your Holy Spirit
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to lead and guide us
and be with the listeners
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and the viewers as well.
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In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Jason.
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And I'm gonna come to
you with the first question.
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Okay? Okay.
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Does it work for you? All right.
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There's no name with this,
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but it's a really good question.
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"What is a true Christian?
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Is it someone who says,
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I believe but does
not read the Bible,
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will not go to church,
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will not listen to
when you're talking
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to them about Christ."
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So basically, the question
is what is a true Christian?
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No, that's not a true Christian.
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A true Christian is
someone who has faith
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and diligently seeks God.
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Hebrews 11:6 says,
"But without faith,
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it is impossible to please Him,
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for he who comes to God
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must believe that He is
and that He is a rewarder
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of those who
diligently seek Him."
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A true Christian
is one that loves God.
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John 14:15,
says, "If you love Me,
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keep My commandments."
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A true Christian chooses
Christ as opposed to carnality
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and reflects the
character of Christ.
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Colossians 3:1-5 says,
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"If then you are
raised with Christ,
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seek those things
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which are above where Christ is,
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sitting at the
right hand of God.
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Set your mind on things above,
not on things on the earth,
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for you died and your life
is hidden with Christ and God.
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When Christ who
is our life appears,
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then you also will
appear with Him in glory.
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Therefore put to
death your members
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which are on the earth,
fornication, uncleanness,
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passions, evil
desire, and covetousness,
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which is idolatry."
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Colossians 3:12-16 says,
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"Therefore as the elect of God,
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holy and beloved,
put on tender mercies,
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kindness, humility,
meekness, longsuffering,
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bearing with one another
and forgiving one another.
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If anyone has a
complaint against another,
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even as Christ forgave
you, so you also must do.
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But above all
these things put on love,
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which is the bond of perfection
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and let the peace of
God rule in your hearts,
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to which also you were called
in one body and be thankful."
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Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly.
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And in all wisdom, teaching,
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and admonishing
one another in psalms
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and hymns and spiritual songs,
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singing with grace in
your hearts to the Lord.
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And whatever you
do in word or deed,
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do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus,
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giving thanks to God,
the Father through him.
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A true Christian possesses
the fruit of the Spirit.
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Galatians 5:22-23,
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"But the fruit of
the Spirit is love,
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joy, peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness,
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faithfulness, gentleness,
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self control, against
such there is no law."
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A true Christian
not only talks the talk,
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but a true
Christian walks the walk.
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Excellent, Jason. Yeah.
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Fantastic. Thank you.
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It's great answer.
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And you know, we
cannot do that on our own.
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That's right. Right.
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Ask God, look, I can't
do this, but You can, right?
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Praise the Lord. Thank you.
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Good job, Jason.
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Jill, this is a good question.
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No name with it, but it is.
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They're asking,
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"What is an
unequally yoked marriage?
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It's a great question.
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I would say aside
from accepting Jesus,
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choosing a spouse is
the most important decision
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you will ever make.
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Choosing a spouse
has eternal consequences.
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For positive I
think of Proverbs 27:17,
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"As iron sharpens iron,
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so a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend."
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We can lead and encourage
each other toward heaven,
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or it can have
negative consequences.
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I think of 1 Corinthians 15:33,
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"Do not be deceived,
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evil company
corrupts good habits."
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You know, if you
read the Old Testament,
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you see this
danger of the Israelites,
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the chosen people of God.
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We would call them
the Christians uniting
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in marriage
with pagan idolaters.
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Especially I see that
in Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 13.
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We see how
seriously God took marriage,
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and we see the bad
consequences of intermarriage
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with a pagan with a believer.
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In 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.
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It says, "Do not be
unequally yoked together
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with unbelievers.
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For what
fellowship has righteousness
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with unrighteousness?
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What communion has
light with darkness?
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What accord has
Christ with Belial?
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What part has a
believer with an unbeliever?
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What agreement has the
temple of God with idols?
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For you are the
temple of the living God."
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So we see here an
unequally yoked marriage
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is a Christian
with a non believer,
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but I would take it
even further than that.
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Some people say
you need to be part
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of the same denomination.
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And there is truth in that
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because you had
the same beliefs,
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and the same
values, and the same goals,
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and the same
biblical understanding.
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But I would take it
even further than that,
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because I could say, well,
I'm a Seventh-day Adventist,
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so I will look for a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Just because you're
a Seventh-day Adventist
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or you belong to a
certain denomination
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does not mean
you are a Christian.
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So it is so important
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that when you look for a spouse,
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you look for a spouse
with the same biblical values
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that is vitally important,
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but they also
need to know Jesus.
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Amen. Excellent.
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Yeah. Excellent point.
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Thank you so much.
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Pastor John, this
question comes from Tony.
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They live in New Jersey.
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"Can anyone explain
why most Christians believe
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the church will be
raptured before the tribulation
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when the Bible states otherwise?
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What scriptures are they reading
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because I
haven't found any yet?"
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Well, let me
give you a little bit
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of background on it first
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because the
rapture theory is something
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that is taken off
like a brush fire,
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you know what that does.
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But many Christians
believe what they believe
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because of what
they've been taught.
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But the rapture theory began
with the Roman Catholic Church.
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During the Dark Ages,
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the reformers knew
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that Bible prophecy
pointed to papal Rome
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as the system of the Antichrist
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and they were
determined to change that.
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So the Roman Catholic
leadership commissioned two men
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Francisco Ribera
and Luis de Alcazar
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to come up with
a prophetic theory
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and they came up with something
called preterism and futurism.
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Luis de Alcazar
came up with preterism.
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And that is to say, well,
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those prophecies have already
been fulfilled before us,
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but no one would buy that.
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So Francisco Ribera
came up with futurism.
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And they took Daniel 9:24-27
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that speaks about
the 70 weeks prophecy.
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Yes.
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And they took the
very last week and said,
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let' s create
something called the gap theory,
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it's the doctrine of futurism.
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They said, let's put this
all the way down toward the end
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because it
pointed to the Antichrist.
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And we knew that that
week pointed to Christ.
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So they created
something called the gap
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between the 69th and
70th week and separated them
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by more than 1000 years.
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And they said, so that means
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this cannot
possibly point to Rome,
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because Rome right now is
not a part of that prophecy.
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But it became even more popular
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under the teaching
of dispensationalism.
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The pre-tribulation rapture.
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So there's a view called
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pre-tribulation
pre-millennialism,
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meaning the belief that Jesus
is going to come that Christ
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will come
before the tribulation,
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and before the 1000 years,
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but we are post-tribulation,
pre-millennialist,
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meaning the Bible
teaches that Jesus
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will come after the tribulation
before the 1000 years begin.
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But now this, this
teaching was later on,
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and it goes through
quite a bit of a metamorphosis,
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because many of the church
fathers looking at this view,
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knowing that it
was not scriptural.
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A man by the
name of John N Darby,
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John Nevins Darby.
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He embraced the view
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and his
contemporaries in England said,
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"Abandon it, it has
no scriptural support."
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But he continued going forth.
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Then later on an America man
by the name of Cyrus Ingersoll,
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Ingersoll Scofield picked it up
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the Scofield
Chain Reference Bible
00:14:07.21\00:14:08.91
and interwove this
belief into that Bible.
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So if you have the
Scofield Chain Reference Bible
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is going to teach you
about the secret rapture,
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which is not
supported by Scripture.
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It became popular in
the 1970s by Hal Lindsey,
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further in the
contemporary version
00:14:20.49\00:14:22.16
by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
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in the Left Behind series,
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and they used
certain Bible verses
00:14:25.49\00:14:27.03
to support that
such as Luke 17:34-37.
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When it says, "Two
will be in the field,
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one will be
taken, one will be left."
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And they said the
one that meant taken
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will be taken to heaven.
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The ones that are
left are left behind.
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But the Bible doesn't support
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that because when the
Bible talks about left,
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he says, the
question was in verse 37,
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where will they be left,
Lord, Luke asked the question.
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And it says where the body is
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there the eagle
will be gathered.
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So those who are
left or left alive,
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those who are taken
as in the days of Noah,
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the flood came and
took them all away.
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They're taken in destruction.
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But the rapture
theory has no support,
00:15:04.43\00:15:06.53
and millions of Christians
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are looking for
something that will not occur.
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Wow. Excellent.
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Thank you, Pastor, too
also in the history of that too.
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Fantastic, plus
the biblical answer.
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Jason, this
question comes from Fran.
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"If God is the
only immortal one,
00:15:19.58\00:15:22.02
why is Satan still here?
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Is Satan immortal, or
how can he still be alive?"
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Good question. Yes, it is.
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Well, friend, I'm so glad
that Satan is not immortal.
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And the reason
why he's still here
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is because God has to
allow things to play out,
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you know, so that his character
can be fully vindicated,
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and people can
recognize how evil sin truly is.
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But let's consider
the following verses.
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Romans 6:23,
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"For the wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of
God is eternal life
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in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
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Satan is the chief of sinners.
00:16:03.99\00:16:06.56
He is the
reason sin even exists.
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So, with that being said,
if the wages of sin are death,
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you better believe that
he's going to experience that.
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John 3:16,
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"For God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son
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that whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life."
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So our belief
should motivate us to act.
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We should act
on what we believe.
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The devil has nothing to
do with serving the Lord.
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He has his own
agenda and he wants to seek,
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he seeks who he can devour,
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who he can
destroy, who he can kill,
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who he can pull away from God.
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So he does not love the Lord.
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1 Timothy 6:14-16.
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It says this,
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"That you keep this
commandment without spot,
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blameless, until our
Lord Jesus Christ appearing,
00:17:03.65\00:17:07.16
which He will
manifest in His own time.
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He who is blessed,
and only potentate,
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the King of kings
and Lord of lords,
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who alone has
immortality dwelling
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in a unapproachable light,
00:17:20.97\00:17:23.04
who no man has seen or can see,
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to whom be honor
and everlasting power."
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Amen.
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There's gonna come a time
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where there will
be no more sickness,
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no more
suffering, no more disease,
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no more sorrow,
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and we won't be terrorized
any longer by the devil.
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Amen.
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Yeah, praise the Lord
that He will be destroyed.
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Praise God for that.
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Jill, this question
comes from Instagram,
00:17:45.73\00:17:48.33
no name, but says,
00:17:48.36\00:17:50.20
"When the Scripture
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and the pen of
inspiration both talk
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about modesty and dress,
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does that mean
women cannot wear trousers
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and can only wear clothes
reaching below the knees?"
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That's a great question.
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Thank you so much
for sending that in.
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I believe the
principle when we look at dress,
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especially pertaining to
woman is modesty and femininity.
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I have seen women in
skirts and I'm a woman I guess
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I can say this where
they're not very modest.
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And I have seen the opposite.
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You can see women in pants
that they're not very modest.
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So the principle is
modesty and femininity.
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If you look at Deuteronomy 22:5,
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this is probably the
verse that you're referring to.
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I know it's a verse
that I have had quoted
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to me many times in the past.
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It says, "A woman
shall not wear anything
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that pertains to a man,
00:18:34.94\00:18:36.34
nor shall a man put
on a woman's garment,
00:18:36.38\00:18:38.58
for all who do so
are an abomination
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to the Lord your God."
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Now that word
abomination is pretty strong.
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It's used in the Word of God.
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It means the testable thing
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it's used
pertaining to homosexuality.
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It's used pertaining to idolatry
00:18:49.56\00:18:51.86
and other
things that God abhors.
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But is it saying that
God is abhorring pants?
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No.
00:18:56.60\00:18:57.97
It's saying
that God is abhorring
00:18:58.00\00:19:00.14
the cross dressing,
00:19:00.17\00:19:02.84
the transvestite behavior.
00:19:02.87\00:19:05.44
If you look at the
children of Israel,
00:19:05.47\00:19:07.84
both men and woman wore robes.
00:19:07.91\00:19:11.08
The difference was that
the woman had embroidery
00:19:11.11\00:19:14.85
of blue on their shoulders,
00:19:14.88\00:19:16.55
and that differentiated
between the sexes.
00:19:16.58\00:19:19.92
So the difference
is what God is saying
00:19:19.95\00:19:22.56
the abomination,
the difficult thing
00:19:22.59\00:19:24.56
here is the
Canaanite worship practices.
00:19:24.59\00:19:27.40
It is the
blurring of the distinction
00:19:27.46\00:19:29.63
between the sexes.
00:19:29.66\00:19:31.03
It is that
behavior that's associated
00:19:31.07\00:19:33.70
with a cult
like pagan practices,
00:19:33.74\00:19:36.77
and it also
refers not only to dress,
00:19:36.81\00:19:39.61
but to implements,
tools, weapons and war.
00:19:39.64\00:19:42.51
So it
encompasses the whole package
00:19:42.54\00:19:44.41
when women try to
become like a man.
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Or by contrast, maybe a man
tries to become like a woman.
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So it's not
talking about wearing pants
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because you can wear pants
00:19:53.36\00:19:54.69
that are both
modest and feminine.
00:19:54.76\00:19:56.46
It's talking about that blurring
00:19:56.49\00:19:58.33
of distinction
between the sexes,
00:19:58.36\00:20:00.46
or that cross dressing
00:20:00.50\00:20:02.23
that is what is
considered an abomination.
00:20:02.26\00:20:04.83
Excellent.
00:20:04.87\00:20:06.20
Yeah, thank you so
much, because I've heard
00:20:06.23\00:20:07.57
a lot of
discussion on that topic.
00:20:07.60\00:20:09.44
So yeah, thank you so very much.
00:20:09.47\00:20:10.97
Good, good answer there.
00:20:11.01\00:20:12.57
I want to just encourage you to
00:20:12.61\00:20:13.94
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00:20:40.97\00:20:42.40
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00:20:42.44\00:20:44.24
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00:20:44.27\00:20:46.64
And, Pastor John,
00:20:46.68\00:20:48.01
this is a rather
lengthy question.
00:20:48.04\00:20:50.45
It comes from Vignette.
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.71
She says, "My question
is from Romans 11:26-28.
00:20:52.75\00:20:59.22
All Israel shall be saved.
00:20:59.25\00:21:01.76
I believe that
this text is referring
00:21:01.79\00:21:03.96
to the Jewish nation,
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.63
and not spiritual
Israel because of the reference
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.73
in verses 26
through 28, Pastor."
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.67
Okay.
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.03
"It says the deliverer
shall come out of Zion,
00:21:12.10\00:21:14.00
where Zion is in?
00:21:14.04\00:21:15.37
Isn't it Jerusalem?
00:21:15.40\00:21:16.74
Other references say,
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.14
for this is my
covenant unto them.
00:21:18.17\00:21:20.31
We know that the
children of Israel
00:21:20.34\00:21:22.01
were the only nation that God
00:21:22.04\00:21:23.38
made a covenant with and lastly,
00:21:23.41\00:21:25.55
as touching the elect,
00:21:25.58\00:21:26.92
they are beloved
for the father sake.
00:21:26.95\00:21:29.28
Therefore, I cannot
see how these verses
00:21:29.32\00:21:31.75
are pertaining to
the spiritual Israel,
00:21:31.82\00:21:33.69
the church.
00:21:33.72\00:21:35.09
Please enlighten
me. Thank you so much."
00:21:35.12\00:21:36.76
Sure, no problem.
00:21:36.79\00:21:38.66
It is clear that the Lord
made a covenant with Israel.
00:21:38.69\00:21:41.13
The Bible tells us
that in Deuteronomy,
00:21:41.20\00:21:42.63
I didn't choose you because
you are great among the nations.
00:21:42.66\00:21:45.30
You are the least
among the nations.
00:21:45.37\00:21:46.70
But let's ask the question,
why did God choose them?
00:21:46.74\00:21:49.47
He didn't choose them because
they were different in DNA,
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.31
they were different
in their physical makeup.
00:21:52.34\00:21:54.51
He chose them as messengers,
00:21:54.58\00:21:57.15
that they would
allow their light as Paul
00:21:57.18\00:21:59.58
and Barnabas said to the
Jews, in the city of Antioch,
00:21:59.61\00:22:03.12
it was necessary
that the Word of God
00:22:03.15\00:22:05.02
should be given to you first,
00:22:05.05\00:22:06.49
and that you should be
allied into the Gentiles.
00:22:06.52\00:22:08.72
That was the
purpose the Lord chose them,
00:22:08.79\00:22:10.86
like UPS and Federal Express,
00:22:10.89\00:22:13.13
and all the other
delivery services, post office,
00:22:13.16\00:22:15.53
when that person
takes the uniform off
00:22:15.60\00:22:17.20
at the end of the day,
00:22:17.23\00:22:18.57
you can't tell the difference
between him and another person.
00:22:18.60\00:22:20.37
But when they have a uniform on,
00:22:20.40\00:22:21.97
they have a special function.
00:22:22.04\00:22:23.41
If they decide I don't
want to deliver these packages,
00:22:23.44\00:22:25.61
they're fired.
00:22:25.64\00:22:27.04
The Jews decided they don't
want to deliver the message.
00:22:27.08\00:22:29.41
And the Lord said to
them in the New Testament,
00:22:29.44\00:22:31.05
your house has
left unto you desolate.
00:22:31.08\00:22:33.28
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:22:33.31\00:22:34.65
how often I
would have gathered you
00:22:34.72\00:22:36.92
as a hen gathers her
chicks, but you would not come."
00:22:36.95\00:22:39.85
And then he
foretold the destruction
00:22:39.89\00:22:41.36
of the temple in AD 70.
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.29
But there's a
very significant point.
00:22:43.32\00:22:44.83
Let's go to Romans 9:6-8.
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Because the
covenant that the Lord made
00:22:47.40\00:22:50.10
was solidified through Abraham.
00:22:50.13\00:22:52.03
Abraham's faithfulness resulted
in God making a promise.
00:22:52.07\00:22:56.04
But look what happened?
00:22:56.07\00:22:57.41
Romans 9:6-8,
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.24
"But it is not
that the word of God
00:22:59.27\00:23:00.68
has taken no effect."
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And this is also in Romans.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.51
Paul addresses the
setting two chapters earlier.
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He says, "For
they are not all Israel
00:23:07.02\00:23:09.65
who are of Israel,
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.69
nor are they the children
00:23:11.72\00:23:13.05
because they are
the seed of Abraham,
00:23:13.09\00:23:15.29
but, 'In Isaac your
seed shall be called.'"
00:23:15.36\00:23:18.73
That is verse 8,
00:23:18.76\00:23:20.16
"Those who are the
children of the flesh,
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.96
these are not
the children of God,
00:23:23.00\00:23:25.77
but the children of the promise
are counted as the seed."
00:23:25.80\00:23:28.80
In Galatians 3:27, and 29,
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.87
"For as many of
you as were baptized
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.64
into Christ have put on Christ,
there is neither Jew nor Greek,
00:23:33.68\00:23:37.18
there is neither
male, slave nor free,
00:23:37.21\00:23:38.81
there's neither male nor female,
00:23:38.85\00:23:40.68
but you are all
one in Christ Jesus.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.95
And if you are Christ's,
then you are Abraham's seed,
00:23:42.98\00:23:47.39
and heir
according to the promise."
00:23:47.42\00:23:49.32
This is a spiritual promise.
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.26
The Jews as a nation, the
leadership rejected Jesus.
00:23:51.29\00:23:54.76
That's why He
chose the disciples,
00:23:54.83\00:23:58.70
train them and
chose the apostles
00:23:58.73\00:24:00.44
to carry the
gospel that the Jews
00:24:00.47\00:24:02.47
decided not to carry.
00:24:02.50\00:24:04.41
Excellent, Pastor.
Thank you very much.
00:24:04.44\00:24:06.31
Yeah, excellent answer.
00:24:06.34\00:24:09.11
Jason, this is from Jennifer.
00:24:09.14\00:24:11.21
Her question is,
"If man has body,
00:24:11.25\00:24:13.75
soul and spirit,
and when he dies,
00:24:13.78\00:24:16.38
the body goes to the grave
00:24:16.42\00:24:17.75
and the spirit goes back to God,
00:24:17.79\00:24:19.52
what happens to the soul?
00:24:19.55\00:24:21.52
The Bible does
mention the soul."
00:24:21.56\00:24:24.19
Well, thank you for
that question, Jennifer.
00:24:24.23\00:24:26.66
There are a lot
of misconceptions
00:24:26.70\00:24:28.06
about the state of the dead.
00:24:28.13\00:24:29.46
So let's get some
clarity from the Word of God.
00:24:29.50\00:24:31.60
We'll begin in Genesis 2:7.
00:24:31.63\00:24:34.50
In Genesis 2:7,
00:24:34.54\00:24:36.30
we're looking at the King
James Version and it says,
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.44
"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:24:38.47\00:24:42.74
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
00:24:42.78\00:24:46.11
and man became a living soul."
00:24:46.15\00:24:49.05
So man became a
living soul there.
00:24:49.08\00:24:52.15
Notice that man didn't
become a living soul until God
00:24:52.22\00:24:55.02
breathed into his nostrils.
00:24:55.09\00:24:57.96
When we die, we
returned to the dust.
00:24:57.99\00:25:00.33
Consider Genesis 3:19,
00:25:00.36\00:25:04.50
"In the sweat of your face,
00:25:04.53\00:25:06.33
you shall eat bread till
you return to the ground,
00:25:06.37\00:25:09.07
for out of it you
were taken for dust
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.54
you are and to
dust you shall return."
00:25:11.57\00:25:15.04
So there's no
floating immortal soul
00:25:15.11\00:25:18.38
or anything like that.
00:25:18.41\00:25:19.75
Also look at
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and 10,
00:25:19.78\00:25:25.35
"For the living
know that they will die,
00:25:25.42\00:25:27.59
but the dead know nothing,
and they have no more reward,
00:25:27.62\00:25:30.89
for the memory of
them is forgotten.
00:25:30.93\00:25:32.86
Also their love,
00:25:32.89\00:25:34.20
their hatred and their
envy have now perished.
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.77
Nevermore will they have a share
00:25:36.80\00:25:38.27
in anything done under the sun.
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.57
Whatever your hand finds
to do, do it with your might,
00:25:40.60\00:25:43.61
for there is no work or
device or knowledge or wisdom
00:25:43.64\00:25:46.84
in the grave
where you are going."
00:25:46.88\00:25:49.31
And also consider James 2:26,
00:25:49.34\00:25:53.21
"For as the body
without the spirit is dead,
00:25:53.25\00:25:55.72
so faith without
works is dead also."
00:25:55.75\00:25:59.09
Now, I'm not sure
if you're watching
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.06
this program on
television or you're listening
00:26:01.09\00:26:03.09
to it on the radio.
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.46
But for the purpose
of this illustration,
00:26:04.49\00:26:05.86
let's just assume that
you're watching it on TV,
00:26:05.89\00:26:09.10
and someone
unplugs the television.
00:26:09.13\00:26:12.17
There's no more
electricity in that that TV,
00:26:12.20\00:26:15.44
no more electricity
going to the television,
00:26:15.47\00:26:18.07
so you don't see anything.
00:26:18.11\00:26:19.44
It's just a shell
comprised of internal parts.
00:26:19.47\00:26:22.31
And without the breath of life,
00:26:22.38\00:26:24.45
we are no longer a living soul.
00:26:24.48\00:26:28.18
Excellent.
00:26:28.22\00:26:29.55
Thank you for that
illustration, Jason.
00:26:29.58\00:26:30.92
Very good. I like that.
00:26:30.95\00:26:32.42
I too. Me too.
00:26:32.49\00:26:35.16
Jill, this comes from Mercedes.
00:26:35.19\00:26:38.26
Her question comes
from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13.
00:26:38.33\00:26:43.53
"I know the issue here
is food offered to idols
00:26:43.57\00:26:46.57
mentioned by Sister Jill
on her previous programs.
00:26:46.60\00:26:49.20
So this is kind
of a follow up then.
00:26:49.24\00:26:50.81
I have friends that offer food
and other stuff to their idols.
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.38
Wow.
00:26:54.41\00:26:55.74
They have invited me
to join them on occasion.
00:26:55.78\00:26:58.81
I mentioned to them
that the time clashes
00:26:58.85\00:27:01.42
with the Lord
Sabbath, but to be honest,
00:27:01.45\00:27:03.32
I was not sure
how to start sharing
00:27:03.35\00:27:05.19
the truth of
God's Word with them.
00:27:05.22\00:27:07.36
So I made an excuse.
00:27:07.39\00:27:09.92
I've read this
scripture several times,
00:27:09.96\00:27:12.96
but could never piece
together the true meaning
00:27:12.99\00:27:15.16
for myself as a
believer of the Word.
00:27:15.20\00:27:17.60
So please share
your thoughts on this,
00:27:17.63\00:27:19.73
1 Corinthians 8:1-13."
00:27:19.77\00:27:21.70
Thank you so much,
Mercedes, for that question.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.64
Let's go to 1 Corinthians 8,
00:27:23.67\00:27:25.17
and we're going
to read that there.
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.54
Of course, the parallel
passage to 1 Corinthians 8
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.94
is Romans Chapter 14,
which we won't look at today.
00:27:28.98\00:27:33.05
1 Corinthians 8,
we'll pick it up in verse 1.
00:27:33.08\00:27:35.98
The issue in this chapter
is how we should love and care
00:27:36.02\00:27:40.52
for our brothers and sisters.
00:27:40.56\00:27:42.89
It says, now concerning
things offered to idols,
00:27:42.92\00:27:45.53
now if we pause here,
00:27:45.59\00:27:47.03
Paul uses the issue
of food offered to idols
00:27:47.03\00:27:49.73
as a springboard to talk
about how Christians should love
00:27:49.76\00:27:52.87
and care for fellow believers.
00:27:52.90\00:27:54.97
We know that the
Jerusalem Council,
00:27:55.00\00:27:56.71
if you can look that
up in Acts Chapter 15.
00:27:56.74\00:27:59.04
This whole issue with
whether the Gentile Christians
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.18
needed to be
circumcised in order
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.45
to become Christians.
00:28:04.48\00:28:06.01
And the
Jerusalem Council decided
00:28:06.05\00:28:07.48
they did not need circumcision,
00:28:07.52\00:28:08.88
but there were
certain parameters
00:28:08.92\00:28:10.79
that they still
needed to follow.
00:28:10.82\00:28:12.75
One of those was no food,
00:28:12.79\00:28:14.66
don't eat food offered to idols.
00:28:14.69\00:28:18.29
So then it says, we know
that we all have knowledge,
00:28:18.33\00:28:20.23
of course, the
knowledge would be that idols
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.16
are just manmade objects.
00:28:22.23\00:28:24.03
Knowledge puffs
up but love edifies.
00:28:24.07\00:28:26.07
Let's jump down to verse 4.
00:28:26.10\00:28:28.30
"Therefore concerning the eating
00:28:28.34\00:28:29.67
of things offered to idols."
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.04
We know that an idol
is nothing in the world,
00:28:31.07\00:28:32.97
and that there is
no other God but one,
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.71
meaning you know that
idols are only manmade objects,
00:28:34.74\00:28:38.18
we worship the one true God,
00:28:38.21\00:28:41.68
for even if there
are so called gods,
00:28:41.75\00:28:43.52
whether in heaven or on earth,
yet for us, there is one God,
00:28:43.55\00:28:48.06
the Father of
whom are all things,
00:28:48.09\00:28:49.76
and we for him and
one Lord Jesus Christ,
00:28:49.79\00:28:52.59
through whom are all things,
and through whom we live.
00:28:52.66\00:28:56.97
We worship God the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
00:28:57.00\00:28:59.47
We worship the Creator God.
00:28:59.50\00:29:01.07
We don't worship a manmade idol.
00:29:01.10\00:29:03.81
Jump down to verse 7 and 8.
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.54
This comes in the
concern for the weak.
00:29:05.57\00:29:08.91
"Therefore there is not
in everyone that knowledge,"
00:29:08.94\00:29:12.48
or that knowledge that
idols are only manmade things,
00:29:12.51\00:29:15.78
"for some with consciousness
of the idol until now eat
00:29:15.85\00:29:19.12
it is the thing
offered to an idol
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.52
and their conscience
being weak is defiled."
00:29:20.56\00:29:23.99
They're still afraid
of the supernatural power
00:29:24.03\00:29:27.66
you could say of
that idol or what they see
00:29:27.73\00:29:30.33
is the
supernatural power of that idol.
00:29:30.37\00:29:32.70
But food does not
commend us to God.
00:29:32.77\00:29:34.94
"For neither if we
eat, are we the better,
00:29:34.97\00:29:36.94
neither if we do not
eat, are we the worst?"
00:29:36.97\00:29:39.57
It talks about the
conscience being weak,
00:29:39.61\00:29:42.08
or someone's
conscience who's susceptible
00:29:42.11\00:29:44.31
to those doubts and fears.
00:29:44.35\00:29:46.18
And then verses 9 through
13, he puts the clincher.
00:29:46.21\00:29:50.09
We are not supposed
to be a stumbling block
00:29:50.12\00:29:54.16
to our brothers and sisters.
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.46
That's really the
purpose of this passage.
00:29:56.49\00:29:59.16
It says in verse 11,
00:29:59.23\00:30:02.16
"Because of your knowledge
that the weak brother perish,
00:30:02.20\00:30:04.97
for whom Christ died."
00:30:05.00\00:30:06.43
You and I have a responsibility
to our brothers and sisters.
00:30:06.47\00:30:10.77
"But when you thus
sin against the brethren,
00:30:10.81\00:30:14.44
by causing them to stumble
00:30:14.48\00:30:16.34
and wound their
weak conscience."
00:30:16.38\00:30:18.21
So the point of
this whole passage
00:30:18.25\00:30:20.12
is that you and I are
called to love our brothers
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.85
and sisters enough
that we would not be
00:30:23.89\00:30:26.35
a stumbling
block to someone else.
00:30:26.39\00:30:28.66
Wow. Excellent.
00:30:28.72\00:30:30.16
Thank you. Very good.
00:30:30.19\00:30:31.53
Great explanation.
00:30:31.56\00:30:32.89
Very good
explanation of that response.
00:30:32.93\00:30:34.23
Yes, very good.
00:30:34.30\00:30:36.23
Pastor John, this
question comes from Instagram.
00:30:36.26\00:30:39.20
And this says, asks,
00:30:39.23\00:30:41.34
"What Bible verse
tells us that God wants us
00:30:41.37\00:30:44.31
to be a part of a
particular church,
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.94
His church?"
00:30:46.98\00:30:48.31
Okay, wonderful.
00:30:48.34\00:30:49.68
Now, the Bible doesn't
mention a denominational name.
00:30:49.71\00:30:51.71
That's the one
thing that we cannot find
00:30:51.78\00:30:53.31
in the scriptures.
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.68
It just
mentions, choose Gentiles,
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.22
it mentions the
followers of Christ
00:30:57.25\00:30:59.59
and those who are
not followers of Christ,
00:30:59.62\00:31:01.96
but you begin to
put the picture together
00:31:01.99\00:31:03.56
when you read
scriptures such as John 10:16,
00:31:03.59\00:31:05.89
where Jesus says,
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.23
"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold,
00:31:07.30\00:31:10.07
them also I must bring
and they will hear My voice
00:31:10.10\00:31:13.64
and they will be
one fold, one shepherd."
00:31:13.67\00:31:17.51
So Jesus does not
support duplicity in religion.
00:31:17.54\00:31:20.58
He doesn't say it
doesn't matter really
00:31:20.61\00:31:22.21
what fold you're part of.
00:31:22.24\00:31:23.58
If that were the
case, he would have said,
00:31:23.61\00:31:25.38
"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold."
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.32
But he said, I'm not
satisfied with where they are.
00:31:28.35\00:31:30.49
That's why he said
them also, I must bring.
00:31:30.52\00:31:32.82
While the question
is, how can He bring them?
00:31:32.85\00:31:35.29
He said, "They
will hear My voice."
00:31:35.32\00:31:37.86
When you read about that
the Bible starts beginning
00:31:37.89\00:31:40.63
to establish parameters
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.10
whereby we can know if
we are in the right place
00:31:42.13\00:31:46.07
or the wrong place.
00:31:46.10\00:31:47.57
For example, Isaiah 8:20.
00:31:47.60\00:31:49.70
So if you're looking for a fold,
00:31:49.74\00:31:51.54
ask this question,
00:31:51.57\00:31:52.91
do you speak
according to God's law,
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.28
and God's Word?
00:31:54.31\00:31:55.68
Excellent.
00:31:55.71\00:31:57.05
He says, Isaiah 8:20,
00:31:57.08\00:31:58.41
"If they do not speak
according to this word,
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.35
it is because there
is no light in them."
00:32:00.38\00:32:02.58
Now, why is that
word light so powerful?
00:32:02.62\00:32:04.75
It is a dual meaning
light of the Word of God,
00:32:04.79\00:32:07.06
thy word is a lamp to my
feet, a light to my path.
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.59
Secondly, but most importantly,
00:32:09.62\00:32:11.73
Jesus is saying,
I'm not in there,
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.93
because I am the
light of the world.
00:32:13.96\00:32:15.83
Don't go on there they may
look like I connect to them,
00:32:15.90\00:32:17.87
but I don't connect to them.
00:32:17.90\00:32:19.47
Matthew 7:21-23,
I never knew you,
00:32:19.50\00:32:22.84
read that passage.
00:32:22.87\00:32:24.34
Then 1 John 2:3-4,
00:32:24.37\00:32:26.14
once again, a direct connection.
00:32:26.21\00:32:29.81
Verse 4 says, "He who says,
00:32:29.84\00:32:32.18
I know Him and does not
keep His commandments is a liar,
00:32:32.25\00:32:35.08
and the truth is not in him."
00:32:35.12\00:32:37.05
The light is not there.
00:32:37.09\00:32:38.42
I'm not there, the
truth is not there.
00:32:38.45\00:32:40.79
And who is the Lord saying,
00:32:40.82\00:32:42.16
the devil is angry
with and here's my point.
00:32:42.19\00:32:43.69
If the devil is angry with me,
00:32:43.73\00:32:46.16
I must be doing something right.
00:32:46.23\00:32:48.36
Revelation 12:17,
00:32:48.40\00:32:50.73
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman
00:32:50.77\00:32:52.63
and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
00:32:52.67\00:32:55.64
who keeps the
commandments of God,
00:32:55.70\00:32:57.21
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:32:57.24\00:32:58.97
So if you find a fold
00:32:59.01\00:33:00.41
that keeps the
commandments of God,
00:33:00.44\00:33:02.04
and have the testimony of Jesus,
00:33:02.11\00:33:03.81
which I'm not
going to say, it's ours,
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.58
but I'm going to say it is ours.
00:33:05.65\00:33:08.02
The testimony of Jesus
is the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:33:08.05\00:33:11.15
how well do they
stand on Bible prophecy?
00:33:11.19\00:33:14.22
And do they honor all
Ten Commandments of God?
00:33:14.26\00:33:17.06
When you follow
those parameters,
00:33:17.09\00:33:18.53
you can't help but to find
00:33:18.56\00:33:20.46
where Jesus' light
is, and His presence is.
00:33:20.50\00:33:23.43
Wow!
00:33:23.47\00:33:24.80
Thank you very much, Pastor.
00:33:24.83\00:33:26.17
You know, the way
this program works, it's...
00:33:26.23\00:33:27.64
Wow, it's like, you know,
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.00
just got to
almost take a breath,
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.37
you know, part way
through the program.
00:33:30.41\00:33:31.74
You know, these
questions are just fantastic.
00:33:31.77\00:33:33.21
And I don't say the
following to discourage you.
00:33:33.24\00:33:35.68
But we have received hundreds
00:33:35.74\00:33:37.31
and hundreds of questions
00:33:37.35\00:33:39.31
for the Bible Q and A program.
00:33:39.35\00:33:41.08
So thank you so
much for submitting them.
00:33:41.12\00:33:42.48
Don't become discouraged though,
00:33:42.52\00:33:43.85
because we
carefully go through each one.
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.15
Thank you to the
Donna and the team that goes
00:33:46.19\00:33:47.76
through all of these
questions that come in.
00:33:47.79\00:33:49.32
We take each one very seriously.
00:33:49.36\00:33:51.83
So thank you, again,
for submitting each one.
00:33:51.86\00:33:54.20
But it's happening
so fast here on the set,
00:33:54.23\00:33:56.03
I want to encourage you to go
00:33:56.06\00:33:57.40
to 3abnplus.tv
00:33:57.43\00:34:00.30
3abnplus.tv
00:34:00.34\00:34:03.27
because there you can
find these programs on demand.
00:34:03.30\00:34:05.81
So you can
actually watch the program
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.31
there and then stop
and then take notes.
00:34:07.34\00:34:09.54
Because I'm still
thinking about your answer
00:34:09.58\00:34:10.98
was it 1 Corinthians was it 8?
00:34:11.01\00:34:13.01
And then Pastor John is
talking about the true church.
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.62
I'm like, whoa, wait, I'm
still thinking about this.
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.42
And then I think about that.
00:34:16.45\00:34:17.79
So that's the
beauty of 3abnplus.tv
00:34:17.82\00:34:21.86
You can go there and
actually watch these programs,
00:34:21.89\00:34:23.79
pause it, take your
notes, and then continue on.
00:34:23.83\00:34:25.59
So I want to just encourage
you to watch or YouTube as well.
00:34:25.63\00:34:28.93
These programs
are also on YouTube.
00:34:28.96\00:34:31.43
Jason, good
question here from Elifa.
00:34:31.47\00:34:36.71
I may not, I'm
sure I'm not pronouncing
00:34:36.74\00:34:38.31
that name correctly,
but it's a great name.
00:34:38.34\00:34:40.21
The question is, "The
Bible says to treat others
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.81
the way you
expect to be treated.
00:34:42.84\00:34:45.48
Why do some
people not treat others
00:34:45.51\00:34:48.12
the way they
expect to be treated?"
00:34:48.15\00:34:49.82
Wow, that is a great question.
00:34:49.85\00:34:52.25
Elifa, I wish
everyone treated others
00:34:52.32\00:34:55.02
how they wanted to be treat.
00:34:55.06\00:34:56.89
Unfortunately, we
live in a sinful world
00:34:56.93\00:34:59.96
and how we treat
others is often times
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.26
a reflection of who we serve.
00:35:02.30\00:35:05.30
Let's take a look at
a few scriptures here.
00:35:05.33\00:35:09.57
1 John 4:20, "If someone says,
00:35:09.60\00:35:13.41
I love God and
hates his brother,
00:35:13.44\00:35:16.14
he is a liar.
00:35:16.21\00:35:17.55
For he who does
not love his brother
00:35:17.58\00:35:19.28
whom he has seen,
00:35:19.31\00:35:20.82
how can he love God
whom he has not seen?"
00:35:20.85\00:35:23.85
Ephesians 6:12,
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.55
"For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood,
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.69
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.99
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
00:35:32.03\00:35:34.93
against spiritual
hosts of wickedness
00:35:34.96\00:35:37.47
in the heavenly places."
00:35:37.50\00:35:39.30
Another reason people
don't treat others the way
00:35:39.37\00:35:42.94
they want to be treated
is because they only care
00:35:42.97\00:35:45.01
about their own interests.
00:35:45.04\00:35:46.68
They're selfish. Yes.
00:35:46.71\00:35:48.71
Philippians 2:4 says,
00:35:48.78\00:35:51.61
"Let each of you look out
not only for his own interest,
00:35:51.65\00:35:56.72
but also for the
interest of others."
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.09
We need to care
about other people.
00:35:59.12\00:36:01.36
As Christians, we
are to treat people
00:36:01.39\00:36:03.22
the way Christ would
treat them regardless
00:36:03.26\00:36:06.80
of how they treat us.
00:36:06.83\00:36:08.36
This can definitely
be a hard thing to do
00:36:08.40\00:36:10.33
when someone
says something rude.
00:36:10.37\00:36:11.90
It's extremely
tempting to just come back
00:36:11.93\00:36:15.07
with something rude right back.
00:36:15.10\00:36:17.07
But Proverbs 15:1 says,
00:36:17.11\00:36:20.24
"A soft answer turns away wrath,
00:36:20.28\00:36:23.38
but a harsh
word stirs up anger."
00:36:23.41\00:36:25.35
It's good.
00:36:25.38\00:36:26.72
We don't treat
people how Christians
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.42
should treat people
because they treat us that way.
00:36:29.45\00:36:32.39
We treat them that way
because we are Christians,
00:36:32.42\00:36:35.19
and we know better.
00:36:35.22\00:36:36.56
And when you know
better, you should do better.
00:36:36.59\00:36:38.96
Amen. Excellent, Jason.
00:36:39.03\00:36:40.76
You know, it's very easy,
00:36:40.80\00:36:42.10
like you're
saying to react, right?
00:36:42.16\00:36:43.50
You know, something happens.
00:36:43.53\00:36:44.87
And you see a lot of rage.
00:36:44.90\00:36:46.23
It seems like this day
00:36:46.27\00:36:47.60
and age over
just about anything,
00:36:47.64\00:36:48.97
and gesturing and name
calling and all kinds of things.
00:36:49.00\00:36:51.77
And with social media,
00:36:51.81\00:36:53.14
it seems like
things just explode.
00:36:53.17\00:36:54.74
Get spread around so quickly.
00:36:54.78\00:36:56.48
So thank you so
much for that, Jason.
00:36:56.51\00:36:58.28
Very good.
00:36:58.31\00:36:59.71
This comes from South Africa,
00:36:59.75\00:37:01.55
sweetie, this
person's name is Hazel.
00:37:01.58\00:37:04.25
"Is it possible to get salvation
00:37:04.29\00:37:06.59
without keeping
God's commandments?"
00:37:06.62\00:37:09.36
Thank you so much,
Hazel, for writing in,
00:37:09.39\00:37:10.99
and for your question.
00:37:11.03\00:37:12.36
Salvation does not exist
without the blood of Jesus,
00:37:12.43\00:37:15.96
without the grace of Christ,
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.60
but neither does it exist
00:37:17.63\00:37:20.37
without the obedience of Christ,
00:37:20.40\00:37:23.27
lived out by faith in the
life of the believer through
00:37:23.30\00:37:27.88
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:27.91\00:37:30.28
I want to give you three points.
00:37:30.31\00:37:31.65
Number one, salvation clearly
is by grace through faith.
00:37:31.68\00:37:34.85
We know that, Paul talks
about it in Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:37:34.88\00:37:38.69
"For by grace,
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.06
you've been saved through faith,
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.42
and that not of yourselves,
00:37:41.46\00:37:42.82
it is the gift
of God not of works,
00:37:42.86\00:37:44.76
lest anyone should boast.
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.13
For we are His workmanship,
00:37:47.20\00:37:49.63
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:37:49.66\00:37:52.50
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."
00:37:52.53\00:37:55.97
So first, clearly, salvation
is by grace through faith.
00:37:56.00\00:37:58.94
Number two,
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.38
salvation by
grace is not an excuse
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.05
to toss out the law.
00:38:04.08\00:38:06.25
Paul talks about
this very clearly
00:38:06.31\00:38:08.22
in the Book of Romans.
00:38:08.25\00:38:09.78
And we think the Book of Romans
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.15
is these treaties of
righteousness by faith
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.76
and salvation by grace,
and it is, but he's very clear
00:38:13.79\00:38:17.13
that we do not toss out the law.
00:38:17.16\00:38:18.76
Romans 6:1, "What
shall we say then?
00:38:18.79\00:38:21.36
Shall we continue in
sin that grace may abound?"
00:38:21.40\00:38:24.17
God forbid, certainly not.
00:38:24.20\00:38:26.50
How shall we who died to
sin live any longer in it?
00:38:26.53\00:38:29.90
And Romans 6,
00:38:29.97\00:38:31.31
same chapter a couple
verses down, 15 and 16.
00:38:31.34\00:38:34.14
"What then?
00:38:34.18\00:38:35.51
Shall we sin because we are not
under the law but under grace?
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.48
Certainly not!"
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.65
Point number three.
00:38:40.68\00:38:42.02
Obedience is an
outgrowth of grace.
00:38:42.05\00:38:45.29
If you are saved,
00:38:45.32\00:38:46.89
if you have accepted
Jesus into your heart
00:38:46.92\00:38:50.03
and His blood has cleansed you,
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.93
you will begin to
walk in obedience,
00:38:51.96\00:38:54.76
not through your power,
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.53
not through anything
you can do of yourself,
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.83
but because Jesus takes up
residence in your heart through
00:38:58.87\00:39:02.80
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.24
Ephesians 2:10, says,
00:39:04.27\00:39:06.64
"We are His workmanship created
00:39:06.68\00:39:08.81
in Christ Jesus for good works."
00:39:08.84\00:39:10.78
That passage tells
me that grace is a gift.
00:39:10.81\00:39:13.28
Faith is a gift, but
works also are a gift from God.
00:39:13.31\00:39:17.82
Wow! Praise the Lord.
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.22
Thank you, very good.
00:39:19.25\00:39:21.26
Pastor John, Margaret is asking,
00:39:21.29\00:39:22.99
"Can you please
explain Revelation 18:23?"
00:39:23.02\00:39:28.56
Sure.
00:39:28.60\00:39:29.93
Revelation 18 is a chapter
that deals with the solid
00:39:30.00\00:39:33.97
focus on the system of Babylon.
00:39:34.00\00:39:37.17
And Revelation
14 brings into view,
00:39:37.21\00:39:39.61
Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
00:39:39.64\00:39:41.71
because she made
all nations drink
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.38
of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.
00:39:43.41\00:39:45.05
That's a second angel's message.
00:39:45.08\00:39:46.75
And then Revelation 17
00:39:46.78\00:39:48.62
begins to unpack
Babylon in its specifics.
00:39:48.65\00:39:51.35
It talks about the system.
00:39:51.39\00:39:52.89
The woman that sits on
the scarlet colored beast
00:39:52.92\00:39:55.49
which has seven
heads and ten horns.
00:39:55.52\00:39:57.43
She's the mother,
the harlot of the earth.
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.33
She's called
Mystery Babylon the Great.
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.90
And the Bible says,
the kings of the earth
00:40:01.93\00:40:03.26
have committed
fornication with her.
00:40:03.30\00:40:04.77
That means the
leaders of the world
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.63
have coalesced
with her in a coalition
00:40:06.67\00:40:09.24
of rebellion against God.
00:40:09.30\00:40:11.24
And all the false
systems of the earth
00:40:11.27\00:40:13.07
have coalesced
together with her.
00:40:13.11\00:40:14.91
And the Bible says, Jeremiah,
00:40:14.94\00:40:16.85
the nations are deranged
because they drink her wine.
00:40:16.88\00:40:20.35
So the nations
are also pulled in
00:40:20.38\00:40:22.88
by what this system is offering.
00:40:22.92\00:40:24.82
So what does the
Bible mean when it says,
00:40:24.85\00:40:26.65
the lamp shall not
shine anymore in her?
00:40:26.69\00:40:29.12
Well, the lamp is God's
Word, and the light is Jesus.
00:40:29.16\00:40:32.79
Now this kind of fits with
the last question I answered.
00:40:32.83\00:40:35.46
The Bible says Psalm 119:25,
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.57
"Your word is a lamp to our feet
00:40:37.60\00:40:39.00
and the light to my path."
00:40:39.03\00:40:40.84
Now, let's go to
Revelation 18:23,
00:40:40.87\00:40:43.61
"The lamp, the light
of a lamp shall not shine
00:40:43.64\00:40:48.01
in you anymore."
00:40:48.04\00:40:49.81
That means God's Word
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.18
and the call to
come out of Babylon
00:40:51.21\00:40:53.21
will no longer
be available to you.
00:40:53.28\00:40:56.85
Because Revelation 18:4 says,
"Come out of her, my people,
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.72
come out of Babylon."
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.16
How does God call them out?
00:41:01.19\00:41:02.56
Through His Word. Yes.
00:41:02.59\00:41:03.99
But then it also says,
00:41:04.03\00:41:05.36
and the voice of the bridegroom
00:41:05.39\00:41:06.80
and bride shall not
be heard in you anymore.
00:41:06.83\00:41:09.63
The bridegroom is Christ.
00:41:09.66\00:41:11.37
The bride is His church.
00:41:11.40\00:41:12.90
God is saying, "My
people will no longer be there.
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.87
My presence will
no longer be there."
00:41:15.90\00:41:18.27
We believe today that
the presence of Christ
00:41:18.31\00:41:20.04
is in all denominations
where people love the Lord.
00:41:20.08\00:41:22.94
But he's saying,
if you're in Babylon,
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.88
I love you, but I
don't love that system,
00:41:24.91\00:41:26.48
you need to come out.
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.85
And then finally, he says,
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.25
for the merchants
00:41:29.28\00:41:30.62
were the great men of the earth,
00:41:30.65\00:41:31.99
for by your sorcery all
the nations were deceived.
00:41:32.02\00:41:34.12
So when it says, the
lamp shall not shine,
00:41:34.16\00:41:37.26
the voice of the bridegroom
and bride should not be heard.
00:41:37.29\00:41:39.96
This is the last move
before Babylon crumbles,
00:41:40.00\00:41:43.30
the fall systems of worship,
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.13
the fall systems of
economy that coalesced
00:41:45.17\00:41:47.64
against God's
government will come down.
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.07
And the voice of
God calling people out
00:41:50.11\00:41:52.07
once they reject it,
00:41:52.11\00:41:53.51
that voice is shut off.
00:41:53.54\00:41:54.88
They will not be heard anymore.
00:41:54.91\00:41:56.81
Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor.
00:41:56.85\00:41:58.38
Amen. It's right.
00:41:58.41\00:42:01.05
Jason Bradley,
this comes from Cole.
00:42:01.08\00:42:03.18
Great question.
00:42:03.25\00:42:04.59
"I just want to understand,
00:42:04.62\00:42:06.62
I just want to
understand idols in our age,
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.82
like maybe Twitter
and other things talking
00:42:08.86\00:42:11.06
about social media.
00:42:11.09\00:42:12.43
What can be our
idol in our age?"
00:42:12.46\00:42:15.00
Wow.
00:42:15.03\00:42:16.40
Yeah, it's good
question, isn't it?
00:42:16.43\00:42:17.77
Yeah, it is.
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.13
Well, Cole, let's look at
some examples from Scripture
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.17
and see what we can
conclude from there.
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.14
2 Kings 18:4-5,
00:42:23.17\00:42:26.71
"He removed the high places
and broke the sacred pillars,
00:42:26.74\00:42:29.98
cut down the
wooden image and broke
00:42:30.01\00:42:32.11
in pieces the
bronze serpent that Moses
00:42:32.15\00:42:35.48
had made for until those days
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.49
the children of
Israel burned incense to it,
00:42:37.52\00:42:40.09
and called it Nehushtan.
00:42:40.12\00:42:43.06
He trusted in the
Lord God of Israel,
00:42:43.09\00:42:45.66
so that after
him was none like him
00:42:45.69\00:42:48.50
among all the kings of
Judah, nor who were before him."
00:42:48.53\00:42:52.43
Let's go to Colossians 3:5,
00:42:52.47\00:42:55.24
"Therefore, put
to death your members
00:42:55.27\00:42:58.01
which are on the
earth, fornication,
00:42:58.04\00:43:00.74
uncleanness,
passion, evil desire,
00:43:00.78\00:43:03.58
and covetousness,
which is idolatry.
00:43:03.61\00:43:07.15
Isaiah 45:20,
00:43:07.18\00:43:09.82
"Assemble yourselves and come,
00:43:09.85\00:43:11.99
draw near together,
00:43:12.02\00:43:13.72
you who have
escaped from the nations,
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.99
they have no knowledge
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.39
who carry the wood
of their carved image
00:43:17.43\00:43:19.63
and pray to a God
that cannot save."
00:43:19.66\00:43:23.40
An idol can be anything
we put in the place of God.
00:43:23.47\00:43:27.67
Now, perhaps
you've heard people say,
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.70
just put it into the universe,
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.57
and the universe will
give you this blessings,
00:43:31.61\00:43:34.01
very new age.
00:43:34.04\00:43:35.38
And it's a form of
people worshipping,
00:43:35.41\00:43:38.35
they're created as
opposed to the Creator,
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.98
the only one that is
worthy of our worship
00:43:42.02\00:43:44.79
and deserves our
time, our first efforts,
00:43:44.82\00:43:48.99
our first fruits is
God, is Jesus Christ.
00:43:49.02\00:43:52.69
That's right.
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.03
So anything
outside of Jesus Christ,
00:43:54.10\00:43:57.07
or anyone
outside of Jesus Christ,
00:43:57.10\00:44:01.30
who we place our affection
when we give our first fruits
00:44:01.34\00:44:06.01
to is considered an idol.
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.78
Wow. It's good.
00:44:08.81\00:44:10.15
Thank you, Jason.
00:44:10.18\00:44:11.51
Definitely
something to considerate,
00:44:11.55\00:44:12.91
because we have so many things
00:44:12.95\00:44:14.28
in our lives we
can become attached to.
00:44:14.32\00:44:15.65
Yes, sure.
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.05
Oh, Jill, this
comes from Marilyn.
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.59
Her question is,
"We have a family
00:44:18.62\00:44:20.56
attending worship
with us during Sabbath,
00:44:20.59\00:44:22.92
but they believe that
Jesus is a creative being.
00:44:22.96\00:44:27.13
And the Holy Spirit
is the Spirit of God,
00:44:27.20\00:44:30.03
not another individual God.
00:44:30.07\00:44:32.33
So as one of the
leaders of our church,
00:44:32.37\00:44:34.57
I wanted to know what
can we do to help them?
00:44:34.60\00:44:37.51
Or is it right to tell them
not to come to church anymore
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if they don't
believe the SDA policies
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and doctrines?"
00:44:42.38\00:44:43.71
Heavy question.
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That is a heavy
question, Marilyn.
00:44:45.11\00:44:46.48
I want to talk about two sides
of what I call the same coin.
00:44:46.51\00:44:50.32
The first side of
the coin is that all
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are welcome to attend church.
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.02
Pastor John always says,
00:44:55.06\00:44:56.59
there' s no
standards for fellowship,
00:44:56.62\00:44:58.49
standards for membership,
00:44:58.53\00:45:00.23
but high
standards for leadership.
00:45:00.26\00:45:02.66
What does that mean?
00:45:02.70\00:45:04.10
That means when
the church doors open,
00:45:04.13\00:45:05.63
anyone is welcome to
come and hear the Word of God.
00:45:05.67\00:45:08.84
Anyone is welcome to come
and sit at the feet of Jesus.
00:45:08.87\00:45:12.61
Now, let's go to the
other side of that coin.
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.98
Church leaders
have a responsibility
00:45:15.01\00:45:18.48
for the spiritual
well being of the flock
00:45:18.51\00:45:22.25
that God has
placed under their care.
00:45:22.28\00:45:25.55
I think of the Apostle Paul.
00:45:25.59\00:45:27.59
This is, of course, when
he's going back to Jerusalem,
00:45:27.62\00:45:29.69
and then he's arrested right
before the end of his life.
00:45:29.72\00:45:31.86
In Acts Chapter 20,
00:45:31.89\00:45:33.70
he's with the
Ephesians believers.
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.70
Acts 20:28, he says,
00:45:35.73\00:45:37.70
"Take heed to
yourselves unto the flock,
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.80
among which the Holy
Spirit has made you an overseer,
00:45:39.87\00:45:42.84
to shepherd the Church of God,
00:45:42.87\00:45:45.17
which he purchased
with his own blood.
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.28
For I know this,
that after my departure,
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.58
savage wolves
will come in among you,
00:45:49.61\00:45:52.88
not sparing the flock."
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.05
I think of what
Peter said in his epistles,
00:45:55.08\00:45:57.12
2 Peter 2:1-2,
00:45:57.15\00:45:58.89
"There were also false
prophets among the people,
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.32
even as there will be
false teachers among you,
00:46:01.36\00:46:04.93
who secretly bring in
destructive heresies."
00:46:04.96\00:46:08.53
I think of Jeremiah
to the children of Judah,
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.77
this is Old Testament.
00:46:10.80\00:46:12.13
Jeremiah 31:16,
00:46:12.17\00:46:13.94
"Thus says the Lord of hosts
'Do not listen to the words
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.74
of the prophets
who prophesied to you.
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.91
They make you worthless,
00:46:18.94\00:46:20.54
they speak a
vision of their own heart.
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.54
They are not from
the mouth of the Lord."
00:46:22.58\00:46:25.51
I think of Jude 1:3-4,
00:46:25.55\00:46:28.68
"Beloved, I was
very diligent to write
00:46:28.72\00:46:30.62
to you concerning our salvation.
00:46:30.65\00:46:31.99
I found it
necessary to write to you
00:46:32.02\00:46:33.79
exhorting you to
contend earnestly
00:46:33.82\00:46:36.46
for the faith which was
once delivered to the saints."
00:46:36.49\00:46:40.13
So I cannot jump
into your situation
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.00
and tell you what to do.
00:46:43.06\00:46:44.40
But all are welcome, yes.
00:46:44.43\00:46:45.90
But as a leader in the church,
00:46:45.93\00:46:48.10
you have a responsibility
for the spiritual well being,
00:46:48.14\00:46:52.01
and the doctrines
that are being promulgated
00:46:52.04\00:46:54.71
in your church.
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.38
That's right. Thank you.
00:46:56.44\00:46:57.78
Very, very good.
00:46:57.81\00:46:59.15
Great, great
advice. That's right.
00:46:59.18\00:47:00.58
You have to be
responsible. We do.
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.12
Absolutely,
Pastor, you're right.
00:47:02.15\00:47:04.12
Pastor John,
00:47:04.15\00:47:05.49
Ron and Debbie are
asking about Revelation 18:8,
00:47:05.52\00:47:10.39
"Is the Bible
telling us that the plagues
00:47:10.46\00:47:12.33
will come all in only one day?"
00:47:12.36\00:47:15.93
Well, you know,
00:47:15.96\00:47:17.30
it's amazing how my
last three questions
00:47:17.33\00:47:18.70
kind of work together.
00:47:18.73\00:47:20.07
It's really amazing.
00:47:20.14\00:47:21.47
Thank you for
allowing that to happen.
00:47:21.50\00:47:22.84
Because this
reflects on the last question
00:47:22.87\00:47:25.81
I answered about Babylon.
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.18
Yes.
00:47:27.21\00:47:28.54
Well, Revelation 18:8,
00:47:28.58\00:47:29.94
once again, it's about Babylon.
00:47:29.98\00:47:32.08
It begins with the
phrase, therefore her plagues.
00:47:32.11\00:47:36.15
When we talk about
the seven last plagues
00:47:36.18\00:47:37.99
that Revelation 15 talks about.
00:47:38.02\00:47:41.29
This is not the special treaty
for this particular passage.
00:47:41.32\00:47:46.33
This is focusing on
this particular system,
00:47:46.39\00:47:49.20
the system of Babylon.
00:47:49.23\00:47:51.23
And when you think about it,
00:47:51.27\00:47:52.67
Revelation 18 is
just an amazing passage.
00:47:52.70\00:47:56.57
I think that people
should read Revelation 18,
00:47:56.60\00:48:00.54
to find out where these false
systems of worship are headed,
00:48:00.58\00:48:05.91
where all these
systems that have built
00:48:05.95\00:48:08.38
their
ideologies and their praise
00:48:08.42\00:48:11.55
and worship on
fluff and not on truth,
00:48:11.59\00:48:15.26
where the
systems have determined,
00:48:15.29\00:48:17.46
I'm more for God
accept me the way I am.
00:48:17.49\00:48:21.50
But I'm not going to
keep Your commandments.
00:48:21.53\00:48:23.26
And forget about the Sabbath,
00:48:23.33\00:48:24.67
I'm just not going to honor that
00:48:24.70\00:48:26.03
because it's just
inconvenient to me,
00:48:26.07\00:48:28.34
or I don't believe in it.
00:48:28.37\00:48:29.77
Or they feel that
it's just for the Jews.
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.81
The Lord didn't create
the world just for the Jews,
00:48:31.84\00:48:34.38
He created the
world for everyone.
00:48:34.41\00:48:36.04
And at the end of creation week,
00:48:36.08\00:48:37.48
He blessed the seventh day.
00:48:37.51\00:48:39.48
Yet so many
religious teachers and pastors
00:48:39.51\00:48:42.52
have convinced their membership
that what God said to remember,
00:48:42.55\00:48:45.49
we should forget.
00:48:45.52\00:48:46.96
That to me is the highest
point of rebellion against God,
00:48:47.02\00:48:51.03
a minister claiming to be
connected to God, yet, in fact,
00:48:51.06\00:48:55.26
they are
encouraging their membership
00:48:55.30\00:48:56.93
to ignore the very
thing that God said, remember.
00:48:57.00\00:48:59.77
Sit, let that soak in,
because the Bible says,
00:48:59.80\00:49:02.37
because of that
recalcitrant determination,
00:49:02.40\00:49:05.61
to stand in
opposition to me, the Lord said,
00:49:05.64\00:49:08.78
I have some
plagues just for you.
00:49:08.81\00:49:11.21
And that's what
Revelation 18:8 is.
00:49:11.25\00:49:13.68
Therefore her
plagues will come in one day,
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.45
death, and mourning, and famine,
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.39
and she will be
utterly burned with fire,
00:49:19.42\00:49:22.16
for strong is the
Lord who judges her.
00:49:22.19\00:49:24.66
Why the word her?
00:49:24.69\00:49:26.03
Because her is used in
relationship to a church.
00:49:26.06\00:49:29.06
This false system
has glorified itself
00:49:29.10\00:49:32.87
in the context of
worship against God.
00:49:32.90\00:49:34.74
And he says, I got
some plagues just for you
00:49:34.77\00:49:37.14
because you've stolen my people.
00:49:37.17\00:49:38.57
You've deceived them.
00:49:38.61\00:49:39.94
You're coming down.
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.34
It's not about all the plagues,
just about that one on Babylon.
00:49:41.38\00:49:44.98
It's good.
00:49:45.01\00:49:46.35
Thank you, Pastor John.
00:49:46.38\00:49:47.72
Praise the Lord.
00:49:47.75\00:49:49.08
We're running out of time here.
00:49:49.12\00:49:50.45
It always goes
by in such a hurry.
00:49:50.52\00:49:52.39
Should we just put a
couple of questions maybe out
00:49:52.42\00:49:53.99
in the last couple of
minutes out here and just okay.
00:49:54.02\00:49:56.26
I like this
question, like them all.
00:49:56.29\00:49:57.73
But this is an intriguing one.
00:49:57.76\00:49:59.96
Genesis 2:19,
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.33
please explain comes from Nancy.
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.87
"Did God form
animals like He did man
00:50:03.90\00:50:07.27
from the dust of the earth?"
00:50:07.30\00:50:08.77
You know, I never
even thought about that.
00:50:08.80\00:50:10.21
So any thoughts
about that question?
00:50:10.24\00:50:12.74
Answers? Well, sure.
00:50:12.77\00:50:14.18
Go ahead. Okay.
00:50:14.21\00:50:15.54
I'll just say, and
then just reading it,
00:50:15.58\00:50:17.61
it says out of the ground,
00:50:17.65\00:50:19.01
the Lord God formed
every beast of the field
00:50:19.05\00:50:21.72
and every bird of the air
00:50:21.75\00:50:23.18
and brought them to Adam to
see what he would call them.
00:50:23.22\00:50:26.65
And whatever Adam
called each living creature
00:50:26.69\00:50:29.06
that was its name.
00:50:29.09\00:50:31.19
So it says that he
formed them out of the ground.
00:50:31.23\00:50:34.96
So I mean, in that
case, but He didn't breathe,
00:50:35.00\00:50:38.67
it didn't say
anything about, you know,
00:50:38.70\00:50:40.40
the breathing into nostrils.
00:50:40.44\00:50:42.37
So...
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.01
And to even build on
that Genesis 1:24-25.
00:50:44.04\00:50:48.74
Well, first of all, Psalm 33:9,
00:50:48.78\00:50:50.58
the Bible says, He
spake and it was done,
00:50:50.61\00:50:52.18
He commanded and it stood fast.
00:50:52.21\00:50:54.18
Well, He spake.
00:50:54.22\00:50:55.55
What did He speak and say?
00:50:55.58\00:50:56.95
Genesis 1:24.
00:50:56.99\00:50:58.32
"Then God said,
00:50:58.35\00:50:59.69
'Let the earth bring forth
00:50:59.72\00:51:01.89
the living creatures
according to its kind cattle
00:51:01.92\00:51:04.33
and creeping thing
and beast of the earth,
00:51:04.36\00:51:06.16
each according to
its kind,' and it was so.
00:51:06.19\00:51:08.63
And God made the
beast of the earth
00:51:08.66\00:51:10.03
according to its kind,
cattle according to its kind,
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.37
and everything
that creeps on the earth
00:51:12.40\00:51:13.74
according to its kind.
00:51:13.80\00:51:15.14
And God saw that it was good."
00:51:15.17\00:51:16.50
So He spoke, and it happened.
00:51:16.54\00:51:18.01
He didn't take the...
00:51:18.04\00:51:19.84
As Jason pointed out,
00:51:19.87\00:51:21.21
He didn't take
the time to shape them
00:51:21.24\00:51:23.81
like He shaped us.
00:51:23.85\00:51:25.28
We're made in His
image, animals are not.
00:51:25.31\00:51:27.32
Yeah, good point.
00:51:27.35\00:51:28.78
Any other
comments you have on that?
00:51:28.82\00:51:30.15
No, that's good.
00:51:30.19\00:51:31.52
Yeah. Excellent.
00:51:31.55\00:51:32.89
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00:51:32.92\00:51:34.26
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