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Hello and welcome to
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason Bradley.
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And I'm so glad
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that you decided
to tune in once again,
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whether you're
watching on television
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or you're
listening on the radio,
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we are happy that you are here.
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We're going to dive
into the Word of God
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and find the
answers to the questions
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that you have submitted.
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And if you have not
submitted your questions,
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I want to tell
you how you may do so.
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So you can send a text
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to 618-228-3975.
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Or you can send your email
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and send us an
email at BibleQA@3abn.tv
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And I want to share
this scripture with you.
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It's out of Matthew 28:18-20,
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"And Jesus came and
spoke to them saying,
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'All authority
has been given to me
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in heaven and on earth.
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Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
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and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have commanded you.
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And lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.'"
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Amen.
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Now, you can't
teach what you don't know.
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And you don't lead
where you don't go.
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So we've received
quite a few questions.
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And I want to take this time
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to introduce our wonderful panel
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who will be
answering those questions.
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We have Pastor John Lomacang,
it's great to have you here.
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Always good to
have you here, Jason.
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Yes, sir. We've
got Jill Morikone.
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Glad to be here, Jason.
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I just love
opening up the Word of God
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and studying together.
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So what a privilege. Amen.
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And we have Pastor John Dinzey.
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You can look
forward to a blessing
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when you open
God's Word with sincerity
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to know what God wants us to do.
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Amen. Amen.
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Brother Johnny, will you
have our prayer to open this up?
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Sure. Let's pray. Thank you.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we know that all wisdom
and all truth comes from You.
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And we're
depending on You, Lord,
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to give us the answers
that You know are best,
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that you know
explain the questions.
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We pray for Your
Holy Spirit to be upon us.
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Bless us.
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And we pray that
You will bless all those
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that are also joining us
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so that they will see clearly
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the truth of the Holy Scriptures
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and that we will all
be drawn closer to You.
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We pray that You
will bless this program
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that whenever it is on the air,
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it will bring fruit
to Your name's honor
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and glory in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Amen. Thank you.
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If this is your
first time joining us,
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I just want to
explain the format to you.
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Each panelist has two
minutes to answer the questions
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that have been
submitted or for each question.
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And they get three minutes
on one of those questions.
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And then as time permits,
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we will enter
into a bonus round.
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So are you ready?
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Okay.
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All right, Pastor,
we're gonna start with you.
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All right.
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'Cause you look
excited about it.
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I love it.
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"What is a soul?
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The Bible says,
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"Fear not those
who kill the body,
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but cannot kill the soul."
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This is from
Nora out of Georgia.
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But it finishes by saying
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but rather fear Him
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who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
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So right away when we
look at the entire text,
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we have to conclude
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that the soul is not
something that cannot die.
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And a lot of people look
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at the beginning of the passage,
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but they don't
take the whole passage
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into consideration
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because at first
glance as driving by a store,
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you say I found
something immortal.
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That's not what the
text is talking about.
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What Jesus is saying
is, the issue is fear.
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That's the focal
point of the text,
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not the soul,
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because you find
fear mentioned twice.
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Don't fear them, fear this one.
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Don't fear mortal men, fear God.
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Fear God and give glory to Him.
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And the point of the passage is,
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the disciples were
going to be confronted
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by many fearful
situations, church leaders,
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people that did not like
God, people that rejected Jesus.
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He said,
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"Don't be afraid of
them, they can't do anything.
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The worst they could
do to you is kill you.
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But I could bring you
forth in the resurrection."
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If I were to
paraphrase it today,
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that's exactly what I would say.
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Because the worst
that men can do to us
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is kill our bodies,
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but they cannot prevent us
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from coming forth
in the resurrection.
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But the question what is a soul?
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A soul is the
living complete individual.
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Genesis 2:7.
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And I'm reading
the King James Version,
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because the word
soul is used there.
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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the first element,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
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the second element, and
man became a living soul."
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So you find when the combination
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of the breath of God
and the dust of the ground,
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we become a living soul.
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We were not given a living soul,
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nothing was
inserted in our bodies.
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But when the breath of
life brought this dust to life,
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we became a living soul.
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And that's why Ezekiel 18:4
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speaks about the
mortality of the soul.
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"Behold all souls are
Mine, the soul of the father,
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so also the soul
of the son is Mine,
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the soul that
sinneth it shall die."
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Souls are not immortal.
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God can give a soul immortality
in the first resurrection.
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Amen. Wow, amen.
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Jill, we were
coming to you next one,
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"Was Adam created
mortal or immortal?"
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And this is from
Wilson out of Uganda.
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Great question,
Wilson. Thank you.
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The short answer is
Adam was created mortal
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with access to the tree of life
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which would have
ensured his immortality,
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but sin entered this world.
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Let's look at a
couple of scriptures.
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God alone is immortal.
We see that in 1 Timothy 6.
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If you look at
1 Timothy 6:15-16.
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We'll pick it up
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with the second
half of verse 15.
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"He who is the
blessed and only potentate,
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the King of kings
and Lord of lords,
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who alone has immortality,
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dwelling in
unapproachable light,
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whom no man has seen or concede
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to whom be honor
and everlasting power.
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Amen."
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So only God is immortal
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and clearly Adam
was a created being.
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We see that in Genesis 1:27,
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"God created man
in His own image,
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in the image of
God, He created him,
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male and female,
He created them."
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So Adam was a
created being, he was mortal,
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but he had access
to the tree of life,
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until sin entered this
world in Genesis Chapter 3.
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And when Eve was
deceived into taking the fruit,
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and Adam
purposely stepped into sin
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deliberately, willfully
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and partook of
that forbidden fruit.
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They were driven
from the Garden of Eden.
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We see that in Genesis 3:24.
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"So he, that's
God, drove out the man,
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and He placed cherubim
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at the east of
the Garden of Eden,
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and a flaming sword
which turned every way
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to guard the way
to the tree of life."
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That word drove out in Hebrew
literally means to cast out,
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to expel, to drive out.
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So Adam no longer had access,
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Adam and Eve to
the tree of life,
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which would have ensured
their continued immortality
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as far as living for ever.
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So when sin entered,
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they were barred
from the tree of life.
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Thank you for that
wonderful explanation, Jill.
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Pastor Dinzey,
we will go to you.
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This is going to be
your three minute question.
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You'll have three
minutes to answer this.
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Thank you for
this. You're welcome.
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Yay!
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And the question said, this is,
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"I've been watching
the Bible Q and A program
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since it started.
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I am of a
different denomination.
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And I have recently
found Seventh-day Adventist
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through a co-worker.
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I've really enjoyed the program,
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and I have learned a lot.
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I've learned on the program
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that the devil
can't hear your thoughts.
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But can he bring
thoughts to your mind?
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That's question number one.
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I have heard
teaching that says he can
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and we need to talk back
to the devil and rebuke him.
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Is this true?"
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Well, we praise the Lord
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that you're enjoying the program
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and you're learning from it.
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Praise be to God.
And let's look at this.
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Your question about,
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can the devil
read your thoughts?
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You know, the devil is very good
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at reading
mannerisms and reactions
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when things take place,
and he's very observant.
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He's been
watching for a long time.
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So like us,
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sometimes he can be
very good at guessing.
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I'm sure you've
heard somebody say,
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I know what you're thinking.
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I know what you're thinking,
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and sometimes
they may be correct,
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but sometimes they may be wrong.
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And the devil can
do the same thing,
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he's observant.
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But consider this
scripture in 1 Kings 8:39,
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"Then hear in
heaven Your dwelling place,
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and forgive, and act,
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and give to everyone
according to all his ways,
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whose heart You
know for You alone know
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the hearts of
all the sons of men."
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So this scripture
tells us that only God knows
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what's in our thoughts.
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The devil does not know.
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But again, he can try to guess.
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Now there's a similar
scripture in 2 Chronicles 6:30,
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here also stated that
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the devil can bring
thoughts to your mind,
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this is also true.
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Let's go to John 13:2.
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John 13:2, notice Jesus,
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this is the scene
of the Last Supper.
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And verse 2 of
John Chapter 13 says,
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"And supper being ended,
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the devil having
already put it into the heart
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of Judas Iscariot,
Simon's son, to betray Him."
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So the devil put
that thought in his mind,
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he was working on
Judas for a long time,
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and eventually
put that on his mind.
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And he, notice,
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he, did he have a
choice, yes or no?
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The devil can put a
thought in our mind,
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but we still have a choice.
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We can reject that thought.
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So it is true,
the devil can tempt us
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at the level of thought.
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Remember that Jesus says,"
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Whoever looked at upon a woman
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has committed
adultery in his heart."
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So you can sin in your mind.
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Now, let's go back to the idea
of talking back to the devil.
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This is a dangerous aspect.
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And we have to be careful here.
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We're not supposed to enter
into conversation with him.
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Now you may notice that Jesus,
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when He was
talking to the demons,
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He would say,
"What's your name?"
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Basically, he was in command.
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And so when we're, we
have to deal with the devil,
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you can rebuke him,
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but not to ask to enter
into conversation with him.
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Like, what's your
plan for me today?
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No, you leave that alone.
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Talk to the Lord
instead of the devil.
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Now let's go to Jude 1:9.
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Jude 1:9 says,
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"Yet Michael the archangel,
in contending with the devil,
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when he disputed
about the body of Moses,
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dared not bring against
him a reviling accusation,
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but said, 'The
Lord rebuke you!'"
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So yes, we can rebuke the
devil and tell him to leave.
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Get thee behind
me, Satan, Jesus said,
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in the same way we can
say, get thee behind me, Satan.
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I rebuke you in
the name of Jesus.
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Amen. We have to stop there.
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Amen.
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No conversations with the devil.
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Pastor Lomacang,
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we're going to go
to you on this one.
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This is an interesting question.
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It says,
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"Is it okay for Christians
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to do plastic
surgery for no health reason,
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but to feel good
about themselves?"
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This is from
Mercy out of Zimbabwe.
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I really enjoyed this question.
Thank you for this question.
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I'll say, have mercy.
This is a good question.
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And we wonder
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what the origin
of this question is
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and why it came up.
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Obviously, this person
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has maybe been
familiar with someone
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who's getting plastic surgery,
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and maybe the plastic surgery
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is changing the way
they feel about themselves.
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And maybe it's
implementing some pride,
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who knows.
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But the Bible
doesn't specifically answer
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the question
about plastic surgery,
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but it does answer the question
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about the body,
and the importance
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of how our bodies relate
to our attitude towards God
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and our attitude
toward ourselves.
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And what the Bible talks about
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and you find the
wise man, Solomon,
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he referred, he has this word
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that's used quite a
bit in his writings,
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vanity, vanity, all is vanity,
and chasing after the wind.
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In some cases, I
heard one minister said,
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"Be careful with
your plastic surgery
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because your
children will remind you
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what you look like."
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Now, this is very point
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that brings a
smile to our minds.
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But let me give
you some scriptures
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about how we should be
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because we should
never enter into the place
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where what we do brings pride.
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And then we begin to enter
into what we call self worship
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or self exaltation.
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Romans 12:1-2,
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"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
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by the mercies of God,
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that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable to God,
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which is your
reasonable service."
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But then he says,
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"Now what about
the molding influence?"
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"Do not be
conformed to this world,
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but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
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that you may
prove what is that good
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and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
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And the reason for that is
your body belongs to the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 3:16-17,
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"It is the temple where
the Holy Spirit abides."
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
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Here's the
principle I leave you with.
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If something
needs to be augmented
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for the reason of enhancement
or for health reasons,
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so be it but is not a
sin spoken of in the Bible
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that will cause us
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to lose our footing with Christ.
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Be careful not to
enter into the place,
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but whatever you do
bring self glorification
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and remove the glory
that belongs only to the Lord.
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Amen. Well said.
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Jill, we will come to you
on the three minute question.
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You have three
minutes to answer this one.
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And it says this.
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"I get something out
of the books of 2 John
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and 3 John and Jude.
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However, Philemon confuses me.
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What is the message?
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I have never heard a
sermon preached from it
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or even a reference.
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What am I missing
from this 25 verse book?"
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Thank you so much
for that question.
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I would say I love
the Book of Philemon
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and it is the
shortest of Paul's epistles.
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But it would
probably be the most personal
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and the most endearing
epistle that he has written.
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And it's all about relationship.
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You want to know what's
the Book of Philemon about?
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It is about
restoration of relationships.
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It focuses on
acceptance, reconciliation,
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and forgiveness.
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There's three key
characters in the story.
00:16:02.46\00:16:04.46
We have Paul
who's the scholarly,
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zealous Jew, and
Pharisee turned Christian.
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We have Philemon,
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who is the wealthy
Gentile businessman
00:16:12.87\00:16:15.34
turned Christian.
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Then we have Onesimus,
who's the runaway slave,
00:16:17.11\00:16:19.64
and he ran from
his master to Paul,
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and he turned a
Christian as well.
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And we see these principles
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for godly relationships
and reconciliation.
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I'm going to give you seven
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that I see in
the Book of Philemon
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in the time that we have,
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we won't read the
verses, but you can read them.
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Principle number one,
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recognize that the
foundation of any relationship
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is God and His love.
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You can see that
in verses 5 and 6.
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The foundation
of any relationship
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that we have is
God and His love.
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Principle number two,
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affirm the value of each
person in the relationship.
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We see in the Book of Philemon,
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Paul affirms both
Philemon and Onesimus.
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He doesn't just
affirm one and not the other,
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but he affirms the
value of both of them.
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Onesimus could have been
like, well, I'm just the slave.
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And Philemon,
well, I'm the master,
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but hear from the value of both.
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Principle number three,
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we see that Paul
appeals rather than commands.
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He does not tell Philemon,
this is what you need to do.
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But he appeals to him
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and he appeals
to Onesimus as well.
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We see that specifically
in verses 8 through 10.
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Principle number four,
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don't manipulate or
presume on a relationship
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to your advantage.
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Paul clearly could
have kept Onesimus with him
00:17:35.02\00:17:37.75
as he was useful to him.
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Paul is in prison and
Onesimus was like a son to him
00:17:39.15\00:17:42.22
and helping him.
00:17:42.26\00:17:43.59
Instead, he
chose the right thing
00:17:43.63\00:17:45.49
and to send him
back to Philemon,
00:17:45.53\00:17:48.13
so that their
broken relationship
00:17:48.16\00:17:50.57
could be restored.
00:17:50.60\00:17:52.43
We see that in verse 13.
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Principle number five, use tact.
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And you see this
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all throughout those
25 verses of Philemon
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that Paul uses tact
00:18:01.88\00:18:03.45
in addressing both the Philemon
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as well as the
runaway slave Onesimus.
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Principle number six,
00:18:08.72\00:18:10.05
bear the cost of
the relationship.
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Paul was willing
to part with Onesimus
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even though it
was painful for him.
00:18:14.29\00:18:16.16
He was willing to pay back
00:18:16.19\00:18:17.89
whatever Onesimus had
stolen from his master.
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You know, if we bear the
cost of the relationship,
00:18:21.23\00:18:23.37
usually in most relationships,
the cost is forgiveness,
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be willing to
forgive the other person.
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And finally,
principle number seven,
00:18:30.54\00:18:32.84
be accountable.
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And we see that Paul ask
both Onesimus and Philemon
00:18:35.24\00:18:38.61
to be accountable.
00:18:38.68\00:18:40.02
There's so much
more in that book,
00:18:40.05\00:18:41.38
but its incredible
book on relationships,
00:18:41.42\00:18:44.75
and the
restoration that God wants
00:18:44.82\00:18:46.35
to accomplish in our lives.
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Amen.
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Wow, I love how you
broke it down into points.
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That's great. That's great.
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Pastor Dinzey, can you
please explain Job 2:1?
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In two minutes
we can get started.
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Job 2:1,
00:19:02.10\00:19:03.44
"Again, there was a day
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when the sons of God
00:19:04.87\00:19:06.21
came to present
themselves before the Lord,
00:19:06.24\00:19:07.91
and Satan came also among them
00:19:07.94\00:19:10.41
to present
himself before the Lord."
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Verse 2,
00:19:11.98\00:19:13.31
"And the Lord said to Satan,
'From where do you come?'"
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We have a similar
scene in Job 1:6-7.
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If I'm not mistaken,
your focus of the question is
00:19:20.89\00:19:23.22
what is Satan
doing in this meeting?
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What's he doing?
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So, first, I'd
like to address the part
00:19:26.73\00:19:28.60
where it says the sons of God.
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Normally when
the term sons of God
00:19:30.83\00:19:33.13
is mentioned in the Bible,
00:19:33.17\00:19:34.54
it's referring to the angels,
00:19:34.57\00:19:35.90
but it can also refer
to God's faithful children.
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Yes. That's right.
00:19:39.07\00:19:40.41
So let's look at John
1:12. Notice what it says there.
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John 1:12,
00:19:44.78\00:19:46.38
"But as many as
received Him, that is Jesus,
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to them gave He power
to become the sons of God,
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even to them that
believe on His name."
00:19:53.69\00:19:56.46
So now I take it to
a genealogy of Jesus
00:19:56.49\00:20:00.66
in Luke Chapter 3,
00:20:00.70\00:20:02.60
we're going to
read verse 37 and 38,
00:20:02.63\00:20:04.20
because we only
have very limited time.
00:20:04.23\00:20:06.27
Notice,
00:20:06.30\00:20:07.64
"The son of Methuselah,
00:20:07.67\00:20:09.00
the son of
Enoch, the son of Jared,
00:20:09.04\00:20:11.77
the son of
Mahalalel, the son of Cainan."
00:20:11.81\00:20:15.04
Verse 38,
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.41
"Now the son of Enosh,
00:20:16.44\00:20:17.78
the son of
Seth, the son of Adam,
00:20:17.81\00:20:21.08
the son of God.
00:20:21.12\00:20:22.45
So you see, Adam
was the son of God.
00:20:22.48\00:20:24.95
And so we can become sons of God
00:20:24.99\00:20:26.52
by accepting Jesus Christ.
00:20:26.55\00:20:28.26
So when the sons of God
00:20:28.32\00:20:30.86
were presenting themselves
before Him, who were they?
00:20:30.89\00:20:32.93
These were faithful
followers of the Lord.
00:20:32.96\00:20:35.70
It could be representatives
from other worlds.
00:20:35.73\00:20:37.70
So there's another scripture
I want to read is 1 John 3:1,
00:20:37.73\00:20:41.80
"Behold, what manner of love
00:20:41.87\00:20:43.20
the Father hath
bestowed upon us,
00:20:43.24\00:20:44.94
that we should be
called the sons of God,"
00:20:44.97\00:20:47.18
King James Version,
00:20:47.21\00:20:48.54
"therefore the world knows us
not, because it knew him not."
00:20:48.61\00:20:51.58
So what was Satan
doing in that meeting?
00:20:51.61\00:20:53.38
I believe he, he was there,
00:20:53.42\00:20:56.18
he usurped the
authority of Adam,
00:20:56.22\00:20:59.59
who was the son of God,
00:20:59.62\00:21:01.02
and was there
representing the earth,
00:21:01.06\00:21:03.22
which was Adam's privilege,
00:21:03.26\00:21:04.59
but he lost it
because he sinned.
00:21:04.63\00:21:06.96
Wow, you managed to
pull all that together
00:21:07.00\00:21:09.26
in three minutes.
00:21:09.30\00:21:10.63
Praise God. Praise God.
00:21:10.67\00:21:12.20
We just want to
take a moment to tell you
00:21:12.23\00:21:13.77
how you can send
in your questions.
00:21:13.80\00:21:16.00
Perhaps, maybe something
00:21:16.04\00:21:17.57
has sparked another
question in your mind
00:21:17.61\00:21:19.74
and you want to
send that question to us.
00:21:19.77\00:21:21.34
You can text us at 618-228-3975
00:21:21.41\00:21:26.38
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00:21:26.41\00:21:27.95
to BibleQA@3abn.tv
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"All right, Pastor Lomacang,
00:21:33.42\00:21:36.42
does the tree of
life give eternal life?
00:21:36.46\00:21:40.06
Because I read when Adam sinned,
00:21:40.10\00:21:41.83
he was banned to eat the
fruit of the tree of life
00:21:41.90\00:21:44.77
and live forever in sin?
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.44
Is it a symbol of eternity,
00:21:47.47\00:21:50.57
number one,
00:21:50.61\00:21:51.94
or if we have a glorious
body that will not decay?
00:21:52.01\00:21:55.21
Why do we need
the tree of life?"
00:21:55.28\00:21:57.01
Okay.
00:21:57.05\00:21:58.38
And I'm so glad Jill
actually alluded to this
00:21:58.45\00:22:00.38
in her answer
00:22:00.42\00:22:01.85
just a moment ago.
00:22:01.88\00:22:03.42
And this is a
wonderful question.
00:22:03.45\00:22:04.82
The tree of life was
in the Garden of Eden,
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.66
and the only
condition to continued life was,
00:22:07.69\00:22:10.53
as Adam and Eve were
able to partake of the tree.
00:22:10.56\00:22:13.46
And as was
reiterated, when they sinned,
00:22:13.50\00:22:16.43
an angel was sent to bar
the way of the tree of life
00:22:16.46\00:22:20.20
with a flaming sword.
00:22:20.24\00:22:21.64
So they will not
partake of it and live.
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.84
And the word there live, means
00:22:23.87\00:22:25.87
to continue to live and
to partake of immortality.
00:22:25.91\00:22:29.14
God did not want
to immortalize sin,
00:22:29.18\00:22:32.15
so that immediate prohibition
00:22:32.18\00:22:34.12
was put in
place to prevent them.
00:22:34.15\00:22:36.08
So the question
is, why would we need
00:22:36.12\00:22:38.72
to have the tree
of life in heaven,
00:22:38.79\00:22:41.19
if we are going to
have glorious bodies?
00:22:41.22\00:22:44.49
Well, the Bible says
in 1 Corinthians 15:53,
00:22:44.53\00:22:47.86
"For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:22:47.93\00:22:51.00
and this mortal
must put on immortality."
00:22:51.03\00:22:53.97
So truly, when we get to heaven,
00:22:54.00\00:22:56.14
we're gonna
have immortal bodies,
00:22:56.17\00:22:57.51
there won't be any
possibility of death.
00:22:57.54\00:23:01.91
So there would be no
need to partake of a tree
00:23:01.94\00:23:04.85
when we are
already made immortal.
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.82
So what is the purpose of it?
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.52
Revelation 22:2,
look at what it says.
00:23:08.55\00:23:11.59
It's good.
00:23:11.62\00:23:12.95
Revelation 22:2, "In
the middle of its street,"
00:23:12.99\00:23:16.29
that's the New Jerusalem,
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.33
"and on either
side of the river,
00:23:18.36\00:23:19.69
was the tree of life,
which bore twelve fruits,
00:23:19.73\00:23:23.70
each tree yielding
its fruit every month.
00:23:23.73\00:23:27.17
The leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nation."
00:23:27.20\00:23:31.14
Not for the life of the nation.
00:23:31.17\00:23:33.27
Now you might ask yourself,
00:23:33.31\00:23:34.94
are the nations
going to be sick,
00:23:34.98\00:23:36.51
is there's going to be
the hospital in heaven?
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.61
Is this where all the ailments,
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.05
the diseases that come
up are going to be resolved?
00:23:40.08\00:23:42.12
No.
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.52
The reason why for
the healing of the nation,
00:23:43.55\00:23:45.65
and this is
something that's contextual
00:23:45.69\00:23:47.12
to the Asian culture.
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.82
Food was a place
where people got together.
00:23:48.86\00:23:51.19
If you were offered food
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.56
in the house of
a person in Asia,
00:23:52.59\00:23:54.30
don't turn it down,
00:23:54.36\00:23:55.66
because it's their
highest point of acceptance,
00:23:55.70\00:23:58.20
come and eat with me.
00:23:58.23\00:23:59.57
And you find that
there's a marriage supper,
00:23:59.60\00:24:01.57
come and eat with me.
00:24:01.64\00:24:03.04
This is a point
where the nations
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.44
that are separated on earth
00:24:04.47\00:24:06.41
will be united
together in fellowship,
00:24:06.44\00:24:10.08
and the tree of life
00:24:10.11\00:24:11.71
which was established
in the Garden of Eden
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.48
will be
established as a point of unity
00:24:13.52\00:24:16.02
for all the nations
00:24:16.05\00:24:17.39
where they will once
again re-familiarize themselves
00:24:17.42\00:24:21.22
through the millennium.
00:24:21.26\00:24:23.36
When they were
separated here on earth,
00:24:23.39\00:24:25.49
they will be
back unified together
00:24:25.53\00:24:27.40
by the tree of life,
00:24:27.46\00:24:28.76
the nations will be healed.
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.57
Amen. Amen. That's powerful.
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.40
And I love to get
together over food,
00:24:32.43\00:24:35.27
so it works there.
00:24:35.30\00:24:36.64
I think I'm gonna ask
some heavenly mangoes there.
00:24:36.67\00:24:38.01
Oh, I'm looking forward to it.
00:24:38.04\00:24:40.08
Jill,
00:24:40.11\00:24:41.44
"How do I sit in God's presence
00:24:41.51\00:24:42.88
and be still with Him?"
00:24:42.91\00:24:44.25
It's a great question
because I know many times
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.82
it's hard for me to be
still, I like to be busy.
00:24:46.85\00:24:49.22
I like to run
around and do things
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.35
and to be still
can be a hard thing.
00:24:51.39\00:24:53.66
In Psalm 46:10, we're told,
00:24:53.69\00:24:56.06
"Be still and
know that I am God."
00:24:56.09\00:24:59.13
I will be exalted
among the nations,
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.86
I will be exalted in the earth.
00:25:00.90\00:25:02.73
That word know,
00:25:02.76\00:25:04.10
in Hebrew yada means
to ascertain by seeing.
00:25:04.13\00:25:08.07
We're literally to be still
to sit before God and know Him,
00:25:08.10\00:25:12.47
to see Him, to behold Him.
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.84
But how do you do that?
00:25:14.91\00:25:16.24
To me being still is like
waiting for the heavenly dew.
00:25:16.28\00:25:21.12
Hosea 14:4-5,
00:25:21.15\00:25:23.52
"I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely.
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.39
My anger has
turned away from him.
00:25:26.42\00:25:29.09
I will be like
the dew to Israel,
00:25:29.12\00:25:32.53
he shall grow like the lily
00:25:32.56\00:25:33.90
and lengthen his
roots like Lebanon."
00:25:33.93\00:25:35.53
So as we wait
for the heavenly dew,
00:25:35.60\00:25:37.57
as we wait for the
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.17
What are the requirements
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.54
in the physical
life to form dew?
00:25:42.57\00:25:44.61
I think there's three.
00:25:44.64\00:25:45.97
Number one is waiting.
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.34
Dew forms in the
early morning hours.
00:25:47.38\00:25:51.18
It doesn't form in a moment,
it doesn't form in a second,
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.32
it takes time for dew to form.
00:25:54.35\00:25:57.95
Spend time in the early
morning hours with Jesus.
00:25:57.99\00:26:00.86
Ensure that your
schedule does not interfere,
00:26:00.89\00:26:04.49
cut out TV or radio or
internet or those things
00:26:04.53\00:26:08.50
during that time
that's interfering from you
00:26:08.53\00:26:10.70
being still before God.
00:26:10.73\00:26:13.30
Make sure, make
that a commitment
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.97
that you spend
that time waiting.
00:26:16.00\00:26:18.71
Principle number two,
00:26:18.74\00:26:20.08
to form dew is
stillness or quietness.
00:26:20.11\00:26:22.64
In the physical world,
00:26:22.68\00:26:24.01
there's little or no
wind for dew to form.
00:26:24.05\00:26:27.48
We need to be still before God.
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.65
Haste prevents
saturation with the spirit.
00:26:29.68\00:26:32.49
So we need to be
still before God.
00:26:32.52\00:26:34.22
And principle number three,
00:26:34.26\00:26:36.02
is it requires
cooler temperatures
00:26:36.06\00:26:38.09
and clear nights in
order for dew to form.
00:26:38.13\00:26:41.03
Dew never forms when
there's heat and wind,
00:26:41.06\00:26:42.76
it requires cooler temperatures.
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.60
So your life
might feel a bit cool.
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.07
You might feel that
there are things going on
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.84
and you wish
that the temperature
00:26:49.87\00:26:51.87
would be turned up in
your relationship with God.
00:26:51.91\00:26:54.54
Be still before
God, wait before Him.
00:26:54.58\00:26:58.31
And you will know
that He is your God.
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.75
Wow. Amen. That's powerful.
00:27:00.78\00:27:02.45
You know, one of the
things that I love is
00:27:02.48\00:27:04.09
the fact that we have
a 3ABN YouTube channel,
00:27:04.12\00:27:07.66
because I'm gonna
need to rewind that
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.42
and pause and
take some notes on that
00:27:09.46\00:27:11.93
and find out about the
dew and all of that stuff.
00:27:11.96\00:27:14.30
That's great.
00:27:14.36\00:27:15.66
John Dinzey, we're
gonna come to you now.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.90
"I wanted to know,
where in the Bible does it say
00:27:17.93\00:27:21.24
we have guardian angels?
00:27:21.27\00:27:23.20
And do we each only have one?"
00:27:23.24\00:27:24.97
This is from Sophia.
00:27:25.01\00:27:27.68
Now that's a very good question.
00:27:27.71\00:27:29.04
And I want to praise
the Lord, because yes,
00:27:29.08\00:27:31.28
we have guardian angels.
00:27:31.31\00:27:32.78
But you also ask how many.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.42
So we're going to
try to work into that.
00:27:34.45\00:27:36.82
The phrase guardian angel
is not used in the Scripture.
00:27:36.85\00:27:39.65
You cannot find
these two words together.
00:27:39.69\00:27:42.12
But the idea or
concept is there.
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.36
So at least one
angel accompanies us
00:27:44.39\00:27:47.86
and I can tell you that
if you need more than one,
00:27:47.93\00:27:50.37
and God sees the
need, He will send more.
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.50
So praise the Lord for that.
00:27:52.53\00:27:53.87
Let's go to Matthew 18:10.
00:27:53.90\00:27:57.34
And the Bible says,
00:27:57.37\00:27:58.74
"Take heed that
00:27:58.77\00:28:00.18
you do not despise
one of these little ones,
00:28:00.21\00:28:02.21
for I say to you that in heaven
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.31
their angels always
see the face of My Father
00:28:04.35\00:28:08.08
who is in heaven."
00:28:08.12\00:28:09.75
So Jesus makes it clear
that children and adults
00:28:09.78\00:28:13.49
I would say have angels.
00:28:13.52\00:28:15.52
How many?
00:28:15.56\00:28:16.89
It is not specified.
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.26
Notice Psalm 34:7,
00:28:18.29\00:28:20.20
"The angel of the Lord encamps
all around those who fear Him,
00:28:20.23\00:28:24.90
and delivers them."
00:28:24.93\00:28:26.30
Praise the Lord for that.
00:28:26.33\00:28:28.20
We have a lot
to be thankful for.
00:28:28.24\00:28:31.01
Let's go to Hebrews 1:13-14,
00:28:31.04\00:28:34.64
"But to which of the
angels has He ever said:
00:28:34.68\00:28:37.31
'Sit at My right hand,
00:28:37.35\00:28:39.28
till I make Your
enemies Your footstool?'
00:28:39.31\00:28:42.15
Are they not all
ministering spirits
00:28:42.18\00:28:44.35
sent forth to minister
00:28:44.39\00:28:46.39
for those who will
inherit salvation?''
00:28:46.42\00:28:49.02
So praise the
Lord, we have angels,
00:28:49.09\00:28:52.36
we're not to worship the angels,
00:28:52.39\00:28:53.73
we're to worship God.
00:28:53.76\00:28:55.10
I want to make that clear.
00:28:55.13\00:28:56.46
I want to take it to a scene
in the Book of Acts Chapter 12.
00:28:56.50\00:28:59.70
Peter was in jail,
00:28:59.73\00:29:01.14
the Lord sent an
angel to get him out of jail
00:29:01.17\00:29:03.54
and God's children,
00:29:03.57\00:29:05.74
His companions
were praying for him,
00:29:05.77\00:29:08.71
praying for Peter,
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.11
and Peter came and
knocked at the door.
00:29:10.15\00:29:14.22
And a little girl
came to answer the door.
00:29:14.25\00:29:19.02
Acts 12:13,
00:29:19.05\00:29:20.39
"And as Peter knocked
at the door of the gate,
00:29:20.42\00:29:22.19
a girl named
Rhoda came to answer.
00:29:22.22\00:29:24.13
When she
recognized Peter's voice,
00:29:24.16\00:29:26.09
because of her gladness
she did not open the gate,
00:29:26.16\00:29:28.43
but ran in and announced
00:29:28.50\00:29:29.93
that Peter
stood before the gate.
00:29:29.96\00:29:32.47
But they said to her,
00:29:32.50\00:29:33.84
'You are beside yourself!'
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.44
Yet she kept
insisting that it was so.
00:29:35.47\00:29:37.77
So they said,
'It is his angel.'''
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.08
You see, we have angels.
Praise the Lord for that.
00:29:40.11\00:29:43.31
Amen. Amen.
00:29:43.35\00:29:45.35
So glad that we do.
00:29:45.38\00:29:47.88
Pastor Lomacang,
00:29:47.92\00:29:49.92
this is your
three minute question.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.55
And I think this one
might take three minutes here.
00:29:51.59\00:29:55.06
"Is it really
necessary for us Christians
00:29:55.09\00:29:57.46
to be vaccinated
00:29:57.49\00:29:58.93
or just continue to pray
for God's protection only?"
00:29:58.96\00:30:01.63
This is from Jeff.
00:30:01.66\00:30:03.00
Okay.
00:30:03.03\00:30:04.37
I think that this
is important to answer
00:30:04.40\00:30:05.73
because we're living in a
day and age where this question
00:30:05.77\00:30:07.64
has become a very relevant one.
00:30:07.67\00:30:09.47
But I want to say right away,
00:30:09.50\00:30:10.91
and I'm going to reiterate this
at the very end of my question,
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.51
to take or not
to take the vaccine
00:30:13.54\00:30:15.01
is a personal choice.
00:30:15.04\00:30:17.28
I think that's
something that we really have
00:30:17.31\00:30:19.01
to as Christians back
up and take a breath on,
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.78
because this is taken
00:30:21.82\00:30:23.15
on a nature that
God never intended.
00:30:23.18\00:30:25.35
Yet vaccines are not new.
00:30:25.39\00:30:27.52
Vaccines have been
a part of our lives.
00:30:27.56\00:30:30.13
I travel and my
wife and I travel,
00:30:30.16\00:30:32.09
we've traveled to
more than 60 countries.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.66
And there were times
00:30:33.70\00:30:35.00
when we went to
certain parts of the world,
00:30:35.03\00:30:37.00
where the CDC said,
00:30:37.03\00:30:38.40
"Before you go
there you need a vaccine
00:30:38.43\00:30:40.17
because this
typhoid and malaria,
00:30:40.20\00:30:42.87
and it's very, very prevalent
in that part of the country."
00:30:42.90\00:30:45.84
We went to another part of,
00:30:45.87\00:30:47.21
another part of
the world, they said,
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.58
"Well, have you
gotten a vaccine for this?
00:30:48.61\00:30:49.94
Well, if you go there,
this is very prevalent,
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.38
and it's highly contagious.
00:30:52.41\00:30:54.02
It's claimed people's lives.
You need a vaccine for that."
00:30:54.05\00:30:57.09
So we've had
vaccines long before COVID-19
00:30:57.12\00:31:00.36
ever became an issue.
00:31:00.39\00:31:01.72
With the vaccines,
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.16
we definitely pray
because vaccines are not 100%.
00:31:03.19\00:31:08.00
But there's an
attitude of prayer.
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.00
And as we've discovered,
when we trust in the Lord,
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.87
as the Israelites have,
the Lord provide for them,
00:31:12.90\00:31:15.60
and he said, I will put
none of the diseases upon you
00:31:15.67\00:31:18.01
that I put upon the Egyptians.
00:31:18.04\00:31:19.61
So there's a point,
00:31:19.64\00:31:20.98
there's a accent of disobedience
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.08
that comes to the surface.
00:31:23.11\00:31:24.45
But let me just share
with you some of the vaccines
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.55
that we've been familiar with.
00:31:26.58\00:31:28.65
And let me also add
another component here.
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.89
People think about this vaccine
00:31:30.92\00:31:32.72
primarily has some
kind of prohibition,
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.92
some kind of
infringement on our rights.
00:31:34.96\00:31:37.59
Well, you know,
there are prohibitions
00:31:37.63\00:31:38.96
in all aspects of life.
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.03
When you travel on a
plane, there are ordinances,
00:31:41.06\00:31:44.27
there are laws that govern
00:31:44.30\00:31:45.67
what you can and
cannot do on a plane.
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.84
Now, they say it's your option,
but you won't be on this plane.
00:31:47.87\00:31:51.44
You can't even do something
as yell hijack, that's a crime.
00:31:51.47\00:31:55.48
But you might say,
I was just kidding.
00:31:55.51\00:31:56.85
They'll caught
you off that plane
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.21
and may arrest you
00:31:58.25\00:31:59.58
for just that simple infraction.
00:31:59.61\00:32:01.42
But you might say,
I was just kidding.
00:32:01.45\00:32:03.72
My father, the
man who gave me life,
00:32:03.75\00:32:05.72
when the smoking
ordinance came out
00:32:05.75\00:32:07.66
and you couldn't smoke anywhere.
00:32:07.69\00:32:09.39
He said, "They are
violating my rights."
00:32:09.42\00:32:11.69
I said,
00:32:11.73\00:32:13.06
"Dad, it's not that bad,
00:32:13.09\00:32:14.40
because there are
people that don't want
00:32:14.46\00:32:15.80
to breathe your smoke.
00:32:15.83\00:32:17.17
They also have rights."
00:32:17.20\00:32:18.53
So understand the
context of these things.
00:32:18.57\00:32:19.90
We have influenza, chickenpox,
diphtheria, Ebola, polio,
00:32:19.93\00:32:23.07
rabies, tetanus, tuberculosis,
hepatitis, mumps, measles,
00:32:23.10\00:32:27.04
all have had vaccines.
00:32:27.08\00:32:29.61
So this is not
something that's brand new.
00:32:29.64\00:32:32.55
And keep in mind, the
whole context of this is
00:32:32.58\00:32:36.02
not that there are
not possibly side effects.
00:32:36.05\00:32:40.26
People die frequently.
00:32:40.29\00:32:41.82
And in some cases less or more
00:32:41.86\00:32:44.19
from just the simple vaccines
that they may have taken.
00:32:44.23\00:32:47.03
The whole purpose
of behind this vaccine,
00:32:47.10\00:32:49.06
as I understand it,
00:32:49.10\00:32:50.43
is to make sure
that this COVID-19 virus
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.17
does not rampantly duplicate
what happened in the 1920s
00:32:53.20\00:32:57.81
when millions, about
20 million people died,
00:32:57.84\00:33:00.78
upwards of that.
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.14
But once again, I say
00:33:02.21\00:33:03.71
all medications
do have side effects,
00:33:03.75\00:33:06.55
educate yourself.
00:33:06.58\00:33:07.92
But please do not
become a victim of people
00:33:07.95\00:33:10.55
that are
proponents of propaganda
00:33:10.59\00:33:12.79
or conspiracy theories,
that's going to mess you up.
00:33:12.82\00:33:15.59
And as a Christian,
let's not hold other people
00:33:15.66\00:33:17.99
accountable for something
that's simply a choice.
00:33:18.03\00:33:20.90
It's your choice
to choose whether
00:33:20.93\00:33:22.76
or not to take the vaccine.
00:33:22.80\00:33:25.07
Well said. Well
said, it's your choice.
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.27
Absolutely.
00:33:27.30\00:33:28.90
Pastor Dinzey,
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.34
"I know God
created many other worlds
00:33:30.37\00:33:32.87
to which He could
have cast the devil down.
00:33:32.91\00:33:35.18
Why then did He have to
cast the devil to earth?"
00:33:35.21\00:33:38.75
That is a very good question.
00:33:38.81\00:33:40.15
I have to say
that, several years ago,
00:33:40.18\00:33:41.68
I decided to research this
00:33:41.72\00:33:43.05
because it is a
concern for many people,
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.45
because a quick
reading of Revelation 12,
00:33:45.49\00:33:48.22
you can almost
come to that conclusion.
00:33:48.26\00:33:50.36
But let's take a
look at these things.
00:33:50.39\00:33:52.63
I have to say that
there's a misunderstanding.
00:33:52.69\00:33:56.50
Because the devil
was not immediately
00:33:56.53\00:33:59.13
cast down to the earth
00:33:59.20\00:34:00.80
when he sinned.
00:34:00.84\00:34:02.17
He was cast out
of heaven, where?
00:34:02.24\00:34:04.87
The Bible does not state.
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.37
It is in Revelation Chapter 12,
00:34:06.41\00:34:08.48
that we have a
picture of what happens.
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.98
Let's take a look
first at the thought
00:34:11.01\00:34:14.15
that God has towards us.
00:34:14.18\00:34:16.02
In Jeremiah 29:11,
00:34:16.08\00:34:18.35
"For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you,
00:34:18.39\00:34:21.66
says the Lord, thoughts of peace
00:34:21.69\00:34:23.63
and not of evil,
00:34:23.66\00:34:24.99
to give you a
future and a hope."
00:34:25.03\00:34:27.13
So the earth created by God,
00:34:27.13\00:34:29.06
it was to have a future and hope
00:34:29.13\00:34:31.57
and not of evil.
00:34:31.60\00:34:32.93
But eventually Satan
comes down to this earth
00:34:33.00\00:34:36.74
to tempt Adam and Eve.
00:34:36.77\00:34:39.14
And so then after
he tempts Adam and Eve,
00:34:39.17\00:34:43.01
and they fall into sin is
00:34:43.04\00:34:44.68
when Satan could
be cast to this earth.
00:34:44.71\00:34:48.32
So he can have a
headquarters here.
00:34:48.35\00:34:50.39
He usurped the
dominion that God gave to Adam.
00:34:50.42\00:34:54.26
Let's take a quick
look at Revelation 12,
00:34:54.29\00:34:56.52
beginning of verse 7,
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
"And war broke out in heaven:
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.10
Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon,
00:35:00.13\00:35:02.16
and the dragon
and his angels fought,
00:35:02.20\00:35:04.17
but they did not prevail,
00:35:04.20\00:35:05.53
nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer."
00:35:05.60\00:35:09.84
They could not live there.
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.67
"So the great
dragon was cast out,
00:35:11.71\00:35:14.31
that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,"
00:35:14.34\00:35:17.01
now notice the context of him
being cast down to the earth,
00:35:17.05\00:35:21.68
"who deceives the whole world,"
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.45
so after he
deceives, the then world,
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.85
which was Adam and Eve,
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.26
"he was cast to the earth,
00:35:27.29\00:35:29.49
and his angels
were cast out with him,
00:35:29.52\00:35:31.73
and headquarters
became the earth."
00:35:31.76\00:35:34.83
So this is the reason
00:35:34.83\00:35:37.10
why the devil has
headquarters here.
00:35:37.13\00:35:39.07
This is as much as we can
share in the limited time.
00:35:39.10\00:35:41.94
Amen. I wish he wasn't here.
00:35:41.97\00:35:45.51
Yes, this is the true statement.
00:35:45.54\00:35:46.88
Jill, we'll come to
you on this question here.
00:35:46.91\00:35:49.58
"How can I spiritually protect
00:35:49.61\00:35:51.15
my baby
granddaughter from the enemy?
00:35:51.18\00:35:53.52
I asked because
her mother is Wiccan
00:35:53.55\00:35:56.02
and believes in
the third eye, etc.
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.49
and her father is agnostic."
00:35:58.52\00:36:00.66
Wow.
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That's a serious place to be in.
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.73
We know we don't
wrestle against flesh and blood,
00:36:04.76\00:36:06.96
but against
principalities and powers
00:36:07.00\00:36:08.73
and spiritual
wickedness in high places.
00:36:08.76\00:36:11.43
I would say
there's three things.
00:36:11.47\00:36:12.97
There's more than that.
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.34
But we're going
to talk about three
00:36:14.37\00:36:15.70
in the time that we have.
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.07
The first thing
you can do is pray.
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Philippians 1:19.
00:36:18.47\00:36:20.84
Paul says,
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.21
"I know that this will
turn for my deliverance,
00:36:22.28\00:36:25.88
through your prayer,
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.52
and the supply of the
Spirit of Jesus Christ."
00:36:27.55\00:36:30.25
Did you catch that?
00:36:30.29\00:36:31.62
Prayer combined with
the work of the Holy Spirit,
00:36:31.65\00:36:34.69
it brings deliverance.
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.52
Paul says, this will
turn to my deliverance.
00:36:36.56\00:36:38.93
Do you want your
baby granddaughter
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.56
to be delivered spiritually?
00:36:40.60\00:36:42.96
Prayer combined with the working
00:36:43.00\00:36:44.70
of the Holy Spirit
will bring deliverance.
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.70
Luke 21, we see
Jesus speaking to Simon
00:36:47.74\00:36:50.51
Peter in Luke 21:31-32.
00:36:50.54\00:36:53.14
"The Lord said,
'Simon, Simon! Indeed,
00:36:53.17\00:36:55.04
Satan has asked for you,
that he may sift you as wheat.
00:36:55.08\00:36:58.15
But I have prayed for you,
that your faith would not fail,
00:36:58.18\00:37:02.38
and when you
have returned to Me,
00:37:02.45\00:37:03.85
or when you've been converted,
strengthen your brethren.'"
00:37:03.89\00:37:06.96
You see, prayer is
our first line of defense.
00:37:06.99\00:37:09.16
It's our primary
weapon against the enemy.
00:37:09.19\00:37:12.43
It is our
stronghold place of power.
00:37:12.46\00:37:14.46
So the first thing
you can do is pray.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.26
The second thing
you can do is trust.
00:37:16.30\00:37:18.27
We don't have
time to go into this.
00:37:18.30\00:37:20.00
But in 2 Chronicles 20,
00:37:20.04\00:37:22.30
we see the Ammonites and
the Moabites coming against
00:37:22.34\00:37:25.54
the children of Judah
and Jehoshaphat is terrified.
00:37:25.57\00:37:28.71
And what does the
Lord say in verse 17?
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.61
You do not need to
fight in this battle.
00:37:30.65\00:37:32.61
Set yourself, stand still
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.15
and see the
salvation of the Lord
00:37:34.18\00:37:35.88
who is with you.
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.25
So you can trust the salvation,
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.15
the spiritual
protection of your granddaughter
00:37:39.19\00:37:41.82
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.22
The third thing we do is praise.
00:37:43.26\00:37:45.53
Now that seems counterintuitive
00:37:45.56\00:37:47.50
when you're
facing spiritual warfare.
00:37:47.56\00:37:49.56
But we see this in
2 Chronicles 20:22,
00:37:49.63\00:37:52.90
when they began
to sing and praise,
00:37:52.93\00:37:54.87
the Lord set
ambushes against the enemy,
00:37:54.90\00:37:58.47
and they were defeated.
00:37:58.51\00:37:59.84
So when you praise in the
midst of spiritual warfare,
00:37:59.87\00:38:04.15
God shows up and He
Himself will bring deliverance.
00:38:04.18\00:38:08.48
Wow. Amen. Amen.
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.85
That's a tough
situation to be in.
00:38:10.89\00:38:13.79
Pastor Lomacang,
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.19
"We heard on a previous
segment that our testimonies
00:38:15.22\00:38:17.76
will follow us into eternity,
00:38:17.79\00:38:19.69
but we thought we
will not remember anything
00:38:19.73\00:38:21.80
of our life on earth.
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.23
The Bible says,
00:38:23.26\00:38:24.60
"The former things
will not come to mind."
00:38:24.63\00:38:26.10
This is from Ron and Debbie.
00:38:26.13\00:38:27.47
Okay.
00:38:27.50\00:38:28.84
The former things as I
understand this passage,
00:38:28.87\00:38:30.31
the former things
are the sinful things,
00:38:30.34\00:38:33.24
the dark things of this earth.
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.71
They are things that
00:38:35.74\00:38:37.08
I'm sure as you're
listening to the answer,
00:38:37.11\00:38:39.08
you would wish
you had never seen.
00:38:39.11\00:38:41.85
And you as you get
older, you say, you know what?
00:38:41.88\00:38:46.72
I just saw something that
brought that thought back.
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.89
And it happened
so many years ago.
00:38:48.92\00:38:51.13
That has happened to me
00:38:51.16\00:38:52.49
on intermittent
times in our lives.
00:38:52.56\00:38:54.46
And I think all
of us at one point
00:38:54.46\00:38:56.03
may have heard a song
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.43
or may smell a
perfume or cologne,
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.87
or may have been
at a particular place.
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.57
And we often said,
00:39:01.60\00:39:03.81
Wow, this
reminds me of where I was
00:39:03.84\00:39:05.17
when I was six years old.
00:39:05.21\00:39:06.98
Man, I never thought, I
thought I'd never remember that.
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.51
Those are the things
00:39:09.54\00:39:11.01
and we have sounds
that might remind us
00:39:11.05\00:39:13.52
of an accident that occurred.
00:39:13.55\00:39:15.98
We have had
instances where we have said,
00:39:16.05\00:39:18.22
you know what?
00:39:18.25\00:39:19.95
I heard about your
story and it remind me
00:39:20.02\00:39:21.42
of the abuse I went
through when I was growing up.
00:39:21.46\00:39:23.79
These bad things
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.33
will not haunt
us in our memories.
00:39:25.36\00:39:28.40
Because if anyone is in
Christ, he's a new creation,
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.67
old things are passed away,
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.17
you know, all things become new.
00:39:34.20\00:39:36.14
And in revelation,
that's the last renewing,
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.14
first of all, salvation
from the penalty of sin.
00:39:39.21\00:39:43.21
Secondly, daily
salvation from the power of sin.
00:39:43.28\00:39:46.68
But finally, salvation
from the presence of sin,
00:39:46.72\00:39:51.32
not the blessings of God.
00:39:51.35\00:39:53.12
And you find in Hebrews 10:17,
00:39:53.19\00:39:55.49
even Lord says this,
00:39:55.52\00:39:57.06
"Their sins and
their lawless deeds,
00:39:57.09\00:39:59.33
I will remember no more."
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.70
What about wicked?
00:40:01.73\00:40:03.06
Psalm 37:10,
00:40:03.10\00:40:04.43
"For yet a little while
00:40:04.47\00:40:05.83
and the wicked shall be no more,
00:40:05.87\00:40:07.20
indeed, you will look
carefully for his place,
00:40:07.24\00:40:09.70
but it shall be no more."
00:40:09.74\00:40:11.54
But what about the righteous?
00:40:11.57\00:40:13.38
Revelation 5,
00:40:13.41\00:40:14.78
"They sang a new song, saying:
00:40:14.81\00:40:16.44
'You are worthy
to take the scroll,
00:40:16.48\00:40:18.71
and to open its
seals, for You were slain,
00:40:18.75\00:40:21.05
and have redeemed
us to God by Your blood
00:40:21.08\00:40:24.32
out of every tribe and
tongue and people and nation."
00:40:24.35\00:40:26.55
And I want to tell
you, throughout eternity,
00:40:26.59\00:40:28.82
we will talk about
the joy of redemption.
00:40:28.86\00:40:31.53
Amen. Amen.
00:40:31.56\00:40:32.89
Amen. Thank you for that.
00:40:32.93\00:40:34.40
Pastor Dinzey,
00:40:34.46\00:40:35.76
"I heard someone say
that there are people
00:40:35.83\00:40:39.03
walking around
who do not know that
00:40:39.10\00:40:40.94
their probation has closed.
00:40:40.97\00:40:42.37
Is this true?
00:40:42.40\00:40:43.74
And if so, does that mean
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.21
that they do not get prompted
by the Holy Spirit anymore?
00:40:45.24\00:40:48.34
I'm not sure if
I understand this."
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.71
This is from Marlene.
00:40:49.74\00:40:51.21
We had a similar
question in some other program
00:40:51.25\00:40:53.35
that is very similar to this.
00:40:53.38\00:40:55.55
The question
that you're asking is,
00:40:55.58\00:40:57.65
does this mean
they are not prompted
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.22
by the Holy Spirit anymore?
00:40:59.25\00:41:00.86
The people that may
have committed, I will say,
00:41:00.89\00:41:04.03
the unpardonable sin,
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.63
they will not
respond to the Holy Spirit.
00:41:05.66\00:41:08.36
In other words, they
have rejected God's grace,
00:41:08.40\00:41:11.97
God's offer of
mercy over and over again
00:41:12.00\00:41:15.04
refusing and refusing to repent.
00:41:15.07\00:41:17.61
And God knows
when that time comes,
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.64
because that the
person will not repent.
00:41:20.68\00:41:24.58
And that person is said
00:41:24.61\00:41:26.08
to have committed
the unpardonable sin
00:41:26.11\00:41:27.75
and in essence,
00:41:27.78\00:41:29.75
the probation for
that person has closed.
00:41:29.78\00:41:33.56
So it would, even if he
lived 1000 years or more,
00:41:33.59\00:41:37.89
and the Holy
Spirit kept appealing,
00:41:37.93\00:41:40.00
moment after
moment, time after time,
00:41:40.06\00:41:41.90
that person would not repent.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.47
In other words, that person
is sealed in his decision.
00:41:43.50\00:41:46.97
He has cemented himself,
00:41:47.00\00:41:48.77
he has persisted and
continued to refuse the appeal,
00:41:48.80\00:41:53.21
the gift of repentance.
00:41:53.24\00:41:55.21
So let's look at Luke 12:10,
00:41:55.24\00:41:58.78
"And anyone who speaks a
word against the Son of man,
00:41:58.81\00:42:01.58
it will be forgiven him,
00:42:01.62\00:42:02.98
but to him who blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit,
00:42:03.02\00:42:06.35
it will not be forgiven."
00:42:06.42\00:42:07.76
Here blaspheme is
equal to speak against,
00:42:07.79\00:42:11.06
and to attribute
the working of God,
00:42:11.09\00:42:14.73
the working of the Holy Spirit,
00:42:14.73\00:42:16.60
as to the work of the devil
00:42:16.63\00:42:17.97
that the devil is
doing this instead of God.
00:42:18.00\00:42:20.27
So the word blaspheme is
either committed in quality
00:42:20.30\00:42:24.71
or an attitude.
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.11
The person has an
attitude, I don't need God,
00:42:26.14\00:42:28.64
I'm going to do my own thing,
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.31
and basically
walks away from God
00:42:30.35\00:42:33.15
and refuses to
ever, ever come back.
00:42:33.18\00:42:35.82
The Lord continues to appeal.
00:42:35.85\00:42:37.25
But eventually,
00:42:37.29\00:42:38.75
God in His
infinite knowledge knows
00:42:38.79\00:42:41.19
this person will not repent,
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.06
and just leaves the
person to their sin.
00:42:43.09\00:42:47.03
And so, that is the
condition of the people
00:42:47.03\00:42:50.13
that commit the
unpardonable sin.
00:42:50.17\00:42:52.20
Who they are? We don't know.
00:42:52.23\00:42:54.07
God only knows.
00:42:54.10\00:42:55.44
Wow, wow.
00:42:55.47\00:42:56.81
I've been enjoying
all of these questions
00:42:56.84\00:42:59.37
and answers that you
all have been providing
00:42:59.41\00:43:01.94
from the Word.
00:43:01.98\00:43:03.31
We are getting ready
to enter our bonus round.
00:43:03.35\00:43:06.95
So we have some extra questions.
00:43:06.98\00:43:09.92
And I'll just put it out
there and whoever grabs them,
00:43:09.95\00:43:13.22
grabs them, and
we'll go from there.
00:43:13.29\00:43:15.19
Can I make a quick? Absolutely.
00:43:15.22\00:43:16.66
I don't often do this, but this,
00:43:16.69\00:43:18.39
and I appreciate what
Pastor Dinzey just said.
00:43:18.43\00:43:21.23
But there's one
person in the Bible
00:43:21.26\00:43:22.96
that you could see
that this unpardonable sin
00:43:23.00\00:43:26.13
was talked about
Pharaoh who hardened his heart.
00:43:26.17\00:43:29.84
And when he hardened his heart,
00:43:29.90\00:43:31.91
that was the closing of the door
00:43:31.94\00:43:33.27
to any
reception from God's Word.
00:43:33.31\00:43:35.44
Wow. Excellent point.
00:43:35.48\00:43:37.81
You were gonna say
something. Go ahead, Jill.
00:43:37.85\00:43:39.18
I was going to, and I know
00:43:39.21\00:43:40.55
we're kind of jumping into this.
00:43:40.58\00:43:41.92
I'm not trying to
step over on that.
00:43:41.95\00:43:43.28
I was just thinking,
00:43:43.32\00:43:44.65
how the sun will
melt some ice, right?
00:43:44.69\00:43:48.39
And yet it hardens clay.
00:43:48.42\00:43:50.06
And so when we look at
that, sometimes we get confused.
00:43:50.13\00:43:53.03
And we say,
00:43:53.09\00:43:54.40
"Well, God
hardened Pharaoh's heart.
00:43:54.46\00:43:55.86
Wait a minute, did God
not want Pharaoh to be saved?
00:43:55.93\00:43:58.87
But yet the sun is the same.
00:43:58.90\00:44:01.04
It's the effect,
00:44:01.07\00:44:02.50
it does not change from the sun,
00:44:02.54\00:44:04.27
it changes from our own hearts.
00:44:04.31\00:44:07.38
So that means
00:44:07.41\00:44:08.74
Pharaoh repeatedly
hardened his heart against God,
00:44:08.78\00:44:12.51
because it was like
the clay, it was hardened,
00:44:12.55\00:44:14.45
or someone else
would have melted
00:44:14.48\00:44:16.22
and would have turned to God.
00:44:16.28\00:44:17.99
So the
difference is in the person.
00:44:18.02\00:44:19.75
That's quite an
illustration, ice and clay.
00:44:19.79\00:44:23.02
Why did the
Israelites in the Book of Exodus
00:44:23.06\00:44:25.59
kill some of the
people, if not most,
00:44:25.63\00:44:28.26
who were residing in the places
that they conquered where,
00:44:28.30\00:44:31.23
in fact, before that
they were told by God
00:44:31.27\00:44:34.07
that they shouldn't kill?
00:44:34.10\00:44:35.80
Okay.
00:44:35.84\00:44:37.17
Who would like to
start with that one?
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There's a scripture in Genesis,
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I think, perhaps
around Genesis 26,
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if I'm not mistaken,
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where God is talking to Abraham,
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and He says,
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I'm going to give you this land.
00:44:49.15\00:44:51.22
But basically, he
was not able to do that.
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And he says,
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because the
iniquity of the Amorites
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is not yet full.
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So when the people of
Israel come on the scene,
00:45:00.53\00:45:05.03
and they are following the
Lord with all of their heart,
00:45:05.07\00:45:07.64
the Lord used
them as an instrument
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to punish these people.
00:45:10.21\00:45:13.24
And they had a terrible
task of killing these people.
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But they, it was the
result of those people.
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And we were talking again,
people rejecting God's grace.
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And God appeal to them
time after time to repent
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and turn to God's ways,
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and they would not.
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So eventually
00:45:30.96\00:45:32.29
the cup of their
iniquity was full.
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That's right.
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It's Genesis 15:16, it says,
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"In the fourth generation
they shall return here,
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for the iniquity of the Amorites
00:45:41.37\00:45:42.74
is not yet complete."
00:45:42.77\00:45:44.54
Thank you.
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So I love what you
said, Pastor Johnny,
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because God is
long-suffering, God is merciful.
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God gave, if you study it,
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400 years for the
Amorites to turn back to God
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and to repent and
to open up their heart.
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There were many
times over those 400 years
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where He wooed, and He
asked, called for their heart,
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.76
and they refused persistently
over and over again.
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So God extended great mercy.
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Amen. Go ahead.
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And the other thing is
God sees far more than we see.
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Yes.
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God sees what we
call generational sin.
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Here Bible talks
about this in Exodus,
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showing mercy to thousands
of those that love My people.
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What he said earlier that
the iniquity of the Father
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unto the children
00:46:33.09\00:46:34.42
of the third and
fourth generation
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of those who hate me.
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The Lord looks at the
long record of humanity.
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And He sees based on
the way that this family is,
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the children are
going to be that way.
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And the children's
children going to be that way,
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and the
children's, children's children
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are going be that way.
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And that's why when
you find in the Bible,
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and one of the verses
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that brings my
mind to this thought
00:46:55.18\00:46:57.28
was in Genesis 6:5,
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which was a part
of a presentation
00:46:58.71\00:47:00.65
I recently did at school.
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It says,
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"The Lord saw the wickedness
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of man was great in the earth,
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and that every intent of
the thoughts of his heart
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were only evil continually."
00:47:10.39\00:47:13.03
So God is saying, this
is not going to change.
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This is how it's going to be.
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And that's why verse 6 says,
00:47:16.40\00:47:17.73
"And the Lord's, and
the Lord was very sorry
00:47:17.77\00:47:20.44
that He had made
man on the earth.
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And He was
grieved in his heart,"
00:47:23.54\00:47:25.34
because He knew that's why Noah,
00:47:25.37\00:47:28.01
verse 8 found grace
in the eyes of the Lord.
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The Lord says, Noah,
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you got to get
your family ready,
00:47:31.85\00:47:33.18
because this same thing
with Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Lot, you got to get out of here,
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because this is not changing.
00:47:36.89\00:47:38.29
And you find
the foresight of God
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is greater than
the knowledge of man.
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The foresight of
God is far greater
00:47:42.39\00:47:44.09
than the knowledge of man.
00:47:44.13\00:47:45.46
Finally, from my prior place,
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we have to remember 2 Peter 3:9,
00:47:48.13\00:47:49.83
"This is God is not
willing that any should perish,
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but that all should
come to repentance."
00:47:51.90\00:47:53.80
And so they
exhausted their time,
00:47:53.84\00:47:57.31
their mercy for over 400 years.
00:47:57.34\00:48:01.44
God bared long with them,
00:48:01.48\00:48:03.31
you know, and it was a terrible,
00:48:03.38\00:48:05.11
terrible situation,
00:48:05.15\00:48:07.25
and to avoid the whole
world becoming corrupt,
00:48:07.28\00:48:10.62
God had to
eliminate these people.
00:48:10.65\00:48:13.19
Not willingly,
00:48:13.25\00:48:14.59
but because they would
not accept forgiveness.
00:48:14.62\00:48:19.06
If I could add one other thing
00:48:19.09\00:48:20.50
is we cry for
justice, do we not?
00:48:20.53\00:48:24.27
We say,
00:48:24.30\00:48:25.63
"Okay, why are
women being raped?
00:48:25.67\00:48:27.00
Why are children abused?
God, why don't You stand up?
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Why don't You do anything?"
00:48:29.57\00:48:30.91
I think of the souls
under the altar in the field,
00:48:30.94\00:48:33.54
who cry out how long,
oh, Lord, till You avenge.
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And then when God
does, we get mad, and we say,
00:48:37.25\00:48:40.28
"Why is God doing this?
00:48:40.32\00:48:42.65
Why did God command
these people to be killed?"
00:48:42.68\00:48:45.69
Why is there justice
00:48:45.72\00:48:47.12
when all along we
asked for justice,
00:48:47.16\00:48:49.62
and we wanted justice,
00:48:49.69\00:48:51.03
and when God says that
cup of iniquity is fallen,
00:48:51.06\00:48:54.00
it's time for justice to come.
00:48:54.00\00:48:55.96
We say, "Oh, no, we're
not ready for justice now."
00:48:56.00\00:48:58.20
You know, it's
interesting, the human heart.
00:48:58.23\00:49:00.07
That's right. Absolutely.
00:49:00.14\00:49:01.47
Yeah, the thing
is, God's character
00:49:01.50\00:49:02.84
is always on trial.
00:49:02.87\00:49:04.27
Yeah.
00:49:04.31\00:49:05.64
That's what the
devil wants, he wants.
00:49:05.67\00:49:07.01
And that's why some people,
my wife is very good at this.
00:49:07.04\00:49:08.38
And I appreciate
when she says this.
00:49:08.41\00:49:09.74
When people say, you
know, "God took my mother."
00:49:09.78\00:49:11.98
She said,
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.38
"No, God doesn't take.
00:49:13.42\00:49:14.75
He's not an
assassin. He doesn't.
00:49:14.78\00:49:16.65
Oh, God needed another
angel, so He took my daughter,
00:49:16.69\00:49:19.49
He took my child.
00:49:19.52\00:49:20.86
God does not pick
people and pot shot them
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.93
and snatch him
from earth through death
00:49:23.99\00:49:26.19
because He needs another angel,
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.56
needs to somebody
looked down on us.
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.80
We have to understand
that all these beliefs
00:49:29.83\00:49:32.23
impact in a
negative or positive way,
00:49:32.27\00:49:35.50
the character of God.
00:49:35.54\00:49:36.87
And what does the Bible say?
00:49:36.94\00:49:38.27
He's long-suffering,
He's full of mercy.
00:49:38.31\00:49:42.08
He's a God of compassion,
00:49:42.11\00:49:44.08
with
loving-kindness He draws us.
00:49:44.11\00:49:46.65
The devil wants God to be seen
as somebody who is a tyrant.
00:49:46.68\00:49:50.22
But like you said,
yes, we want justice.
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And when God stands up
justice, why did He do that?
00:49:53.12\00:49:56.66
Trust the Lord. He's sovereign.
00:49:56.69\00:50:00.23
Oh, man, well
said by all of you.
00:50:00.26\00:50:02.76
On this question,
00:50:02.80\00:50:04.13
this is directed
specifically towards you,
00:50:04.17\00:50:05.60
but anybody can
pick this up as well.
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.47
It says,
00:50:07.50\00:50:08.84
"In a previous episode,
00:50:08.87\00:50:10.21
you talked about
people speaking in tongues.
00:50:10.24\00:50:12.64
What about 1
Corinthians 14:27-28?"
00:50:12.67\00:50:16.95
This is from Shaun. Okay.
00:50:16.98\00:50:19.11
Well, in 1 Corinthians list,
00:50:19.15\00:50:20.95
I'm going to read
it to you right now.
00:50:20.98\00:50:22.32
1 Corinthians 14:27-28.
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.62
He says,
00:50:24.65\00:50:25.99
"And if anyone
speaks in a tongue,
00:50:26.02\00:50:28.09
let there be two
or at the most three,
00:50:28.12\00:50:31.43
each in turn,
00:50:31.46\00:50:32.79
and let one interpret.
00:50:32.83\00:50:34.13
But if there is no interpreter,
00:50:34.20\00:50:36.06
let him keep
silent in the church,
00:50:36.10\00:50:39.80
and let him speak
to himself and to God.
00:50:39.83\00:50:42.00
Now, the supposition
or the inference here,
00:50:42.04\00:50:47.18
or the speculative thought is,
00:50:47.24\00:50:49.18
he's saying something
00:50:49.21\00:50:50.55
that only God
and he understands.
00:50:50.58\00:50:52.98
Well, if you look at the context
00:50:53.01\00:50:54.35
and understand who
Paul was speaking to,
00:50:54.38\00:50:56.35
Paul was speaking
to the Corinthians.
00:50:56.38\00:50:58.32
The Corinthians Church
was an international church,
00:50:58.35\00:51:01.56
in a port city,
00:51:01.59\00:51:02.92
where so many
different nationalities
00:51:02.96\00:51:05.33
got together to worship.
00:51:05.36\00:51:06.93
And when they got
together to worship,
00:51:07.00\00:51:08.30
some of them decide to
speak in their own languages.
00:51:08.33\00:51:10.37
And Paul said,
00:51:10.43\00:51:11.77
"Wait a minute, wait a minute,
00:51:11.80\00:51:13.13
you got to read
the whole passage."
00:51:13.17\00:51:14.50
He says,
00:51:14.54\00:51:15.87
"I would rather
speak in five words
00:51:15.90\00:51:17.24
in my understanding
00:51:17.27\00:51:18.61
than 10,000 words in an unknown,
00:51:18.64\00:51:19.97
in the King James
Version, unknown tongue,
00:51:20.01\00:51:22.64
unknown to the hearers,
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.51
but not to God.
00:51:24.55\00:51:25.88
So if I decide to break out
in Swahili or German right now,
00:51:25.91\00:51:30.05
Jill will say, what did he say?
00:51:30.09\00:51:31.62
I'm sure you'd say. I'm lost.
00:51:31.65\00:51:34.06
What did he say?
00:51:34.09\00:51:35.42
And I'm going on for 15 minutes,
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.29
but who understands?
00:51:37.33\00:51:38.66
God does because there's nothing
00:51:38.69\00:51:40.03
that God doesn't understand.
00:51:40.06\00:51:41.80
So put the context together.
00:51:41.83\00:51:43.40
This is not some language
that is unknown to humanity,
00:51:43.43\00:51:46.57
simply unknown to
those who are hearing.
00:51:46.60\00:51:48.30
That's why he says, if
there's no interpreter,
00:51:48.34\00:51:50.54
don't do it.
00:51:50.57\00:51:51.91
Because you just
talking to you and God
00:51:51.94\00:51:53.27
because God
understands everything.
00:51:53.31\00:51:55.68
Well said.
00:51:55.71\00:51:57.08
Now, this isn't
on the list here,
00:51:57.11\00:51:58.48
but I want to throw this
question out real quickly,
00:51:58.51\00:52:00.78
our time's dwindling.
00:52:00.82\00:52:03.08
Why do you all
enjoy studying the Bible?
00:52:03.12\00:52:07.49
Go ahead, Jill.
00:52:07.52\00:52:08.86
I love studying the Word of God
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.23
because we
understand His character.
00:52:10.29\00:52:11.63
Pastor John just
talked about that.
00:52:11.66\00:52:12.99
And we understand
that God is a God of love,
00:52:13.03\00:52:14.36
and we understand
who we are as His child.
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.20
And every time I
study the Word of God,
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.03
it changes me.
00:52:19.07\00:52:20.40
I love that. Amen. Amen.
00:52:20.47\00:52:24.11
It draws us to God
and gives us peace,
00:52:24.14\00:52:28.78
and confidence in knowing
00:52:28.81\00:52:30.38
that this world is
not our final home.
00:52:30.41\00:52:32.48
There is a better home
for us that God has prepared.
00:52:32.51\00:52:35.15
Praise God for that.
00:52:35.18\00:52:36.52
And I don't have
to guess as much.
00:52:36.55\00:52:38.55
I can receive instruction
that I know is reliable.
00:52:38.59\00:52:41.06
My GPS sometimes
doesn't tell me the truth,
00:52:41.09\00:52:43.96
God's Word always does.
00:52:43.99\00:52:45.79
Yes, this is the instructions
that every man should follow.
00:52:45.83\00:52:48.56
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00:52:48.60\00:52:50.37
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00:52:50.40\00:52:51.73
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