As you're well aware,
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we're living in
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, family,
I'm Jill Morikone.
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And we're so glad that
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you have tuned
in for 3ABN Today,
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Bible Q and A.
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I think this is one
of my favorite programs
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because we get to
jump into the Word of God
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and we don't answer questions
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and kind of sit
there and go to sleep.
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This is rapid fire.
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We have two minutes or
sometimes three minutes
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to answer a question
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and we get to jump
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into the Word of God and share.
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The Word of God says to study
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to show yourself
approved unto God,
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a workman that
needs not be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth.
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Today, I have my
brothers and sisters with me,
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a woman and men of the Word.
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And I want to introduce
them to you in just a moment.
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But first we want to tell
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We want to use your questions.
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We would love to hear from you.
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Want to introduce you
to our family right now.
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At the far end of the
island is Pastor John Lomacang.
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So glad you're here, Pastor John
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Every time, we
have Bible Q and A,
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we learn something
because our viewers
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and our listeners
force us to take note
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of what we are
probably not thinking of,
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and praise the Lord that
we're learning as we're sharing.
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Amen. What a gift, you know?
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Sitting next to
you, Pastor John Dinzey,
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always a privilege
to have you here too.
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It's a blessing and
a privilege to be here.
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And it's interesting,
some of the questions come up,
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make you realize that
people are really studying
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and thinking of that.
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I love that.
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And we have my
sister Shelley Quinn,
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and always delighted
to have you here too.
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Always a delight to be here,
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always a challenge to
answer in two minutes.
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That seems like one
of the hardest things,
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isn't it?
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To do it in a
short amount of time,
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but thank you
for your questions.
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We're going to jump
into the Word of God,
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but before we do,
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we're going to go
to the Lord in prayer.
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Shelley, would you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Oh, wonderful Father,
we are so in love with You.
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Thank You, Lord,
for the gift of life.
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Thank You for the
gift of Jesus Christ,
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Your Holy Spirit and Your Word.
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And thank You for this
time and for all of our viewers
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who send us and
submit these questions
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and that we get the privilege
of searching through Your Word
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to give them Bible answers.
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Thank You, Father,
for this privilege.
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Please send Your Holy
Spirit now to guide this program
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and to give us
wisdom in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you
so much, Shelley.
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Excited to get
into these questions.
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We're going to start
with you, Pastor John,
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coming to you first.
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Why is there so much
racism in the Christian Church
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when race is not even
mentioned in the Bible,
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only Jew and Gentile?
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Well, race is
mentioned in the Bible.
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We have all the
different nations
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and I think the word nation
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and race are
synonymous to some degree.
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When the Lord talked
about, I think it's Isaiah,
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sorry, Acts 17:26,
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"From one blood
came all nations of men."
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And I always add to one blood,
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all nations of men must go
and that's the blood of Jesus.
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And the other part about it is
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somebody just
said this recently,
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I thought it was very insightful
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because I was listening
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to a conversation being
held in a diner about race
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and they were using a
derogatory terminology
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to refer to a
particular race of people.
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But what they fail to
realize is we live in a world
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where so much has been distorted
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based on preferential treatment,
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one race above another,
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but that is not
what God ever intended.
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You find an
early example of Moses,
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the wife of
Moses, an Ethiopian woman
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and Miriam distracted the issue.
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They were upset
that God spoke to Moses
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and not to them on
a particular occasion,
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but they
distracted him by saying,
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"We don't like the fact that
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you married an Ethiopian woman."
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Then you also find the Jews
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always referred to
the Gentiles as dogs.
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And then the Lord had
to work with Peter in Acts
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Chapter 10 by saying,
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"Never call any
man common or unclean."
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But the issue is not so
much the races themselves,
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but the human heart,
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and all issues come
down to the human heart.
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Jeremiah 17:29, "The heart
is deceitful above all things
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and desperately
wicked who can know it."
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Now, undoubtedly
contributing factors in history
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has also added fire
or fuel to the fire.
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When you've had people
such as Charles Darwin,
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who he did wrote a
book about a certain race
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of people being
one-third of a man,
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or then also
one-eighth of a man.
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If you have blood
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from certain parts of the world,
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then you are
one-eighth of a human
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or one-eighth of a man.
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But the issue really
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is the sinful heart of humanity.
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But here's what
John says in 1 John 3:14,
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where race no
longer becomes an issue.
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"We know that we have
passed from death to life,
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because we love the brethren.
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He who does not love his
brother abides in death."
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And let me add one more thing.
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Never say to somebody,
I don't see your color.
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Say I see your color
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and I appreciate
who you are in Christ.
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We should minimize
races, but we should not think
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of race as one above
another when we are Christians.
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Amen.
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We're called to love each other.
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I love that,
it's beautiful. Yeah.
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Diversity is what God
has made the world to be.
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That's right.
Shelley, we're coming to you.
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This is Matthew 11:28-30, says,
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"My yoke is easy
and my burden is light."
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What is the yoke or
burden that we are to carry?
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This is from Carol, from London.
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Carol, great question.
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Let me read Matthew 11:28-30,
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which is
Christ's great invitation.
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"Come to Me, all you who
labor and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest.
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Take My yoke upon
you and learn from Me,
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for I am gentle
and lowly in heart,
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you will find
rest for your souls.
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For My yoke is easy
and My burden is light."
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Yoke was a common metaphor
in Judaism for the burdens
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and teachings of the Pharisees.
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The rabbinical
teachings were so oppressive.
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And they added
so many restrictions
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and duties to the life
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of a believer to the
covenant keeping people.
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And it became the heavy works
oriented type of salvation.
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Paul speaks about
salvation by works
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as a yoke of bondage.
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But now Christ, I believe
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is not only speaking to the idea
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that He will
provide eternal life
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through grace as a gift,
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but he is also speaking
just to the sin problem,
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I think, and the
burdens that we have to bear
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in this sin-sick world.
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You know, some people
don't want to be yoked.
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They don't like that idea.
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I've been, they feel
like they're being tied in,
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but the Bible tells us
you're either yoked to Satan
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or you're yoked to Christ.
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Romans 6:16,
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"Do you not know that to whom
you present yourselves to obey,
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you are that one's
slaves whom you obey,
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whether of sin leading to death,
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or of obedience
leading to righteousness?"
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So Satan's yoke he, it's
a splintery heavy yoking,
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drags you around,
but Jesus promises,
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I will carry the load for you.
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So His yoke is easy.
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Amen. I love that. Thank you.
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Pastor Johnny,
we're coming to you.
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This is the
opposite of it being easy.
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What is the
difference between sin,
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iniquity and transgressions?
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The Bible says that
God forgives all three.
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This comes from Fran.
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Thank you very much.
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Yes, there is a
scripture that speaks,
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has those three terms in
there and is Exodus 34:7.
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I will share
about that in a moment,
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but first let's take a
quick look at the word sin,
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the word sin.
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You can find a definition
for sin in 1 John 3:4,
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"Whoever commits sin
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transgresses or
commits lawlessness
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and sin is lawlessness."
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So that's what sin is
defined like in the Bible.
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Iniquity,
looking at dictionaries,
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you can find that
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the word iniquity is perversity,
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that is immoral, evil, mischief,
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and actually in
the Hebrew pictograph,
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you know what iniquity is like.
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It is as a twisted rope.
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And that's the picture
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that is with the Hebrew letters.
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And transgression is
defined as rebellion.
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Now, all these things
can be a state of sin.
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In Exodus 34:7,
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beautiful scripture,
notice, concerning God.
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He declares,
keeping mercy for thousands,
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forgiving
iniquity and transgression
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and sin by no means
clearing the guilty,
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visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
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upon the children and
the children's children
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to the third and
the fourth generation."
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So let's take a
look now with some
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of the
definitions to help us out.
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Keeping mercy for thousands,
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forgiving iniquity
that is perversity,
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depravity and transgression,
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that means rebellion and
sin is sin or sinful condition.
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And God is able and
willing to forgive us
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for all those things.
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Notice what it
says in Titus 2:14,
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concerning Jesus
who gave Himself for us,
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that He might
redeem us from all iniquity
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and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people,
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zealous of good works.
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And Jesus came to this
world to take away our sin,
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the desire for sin
and the condition of sin.
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Praise be to His name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much for that.
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That gives us hope
too. Praise the Lord.
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We're coming
back to you, Shelley.
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Okay.
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In John 3:8, Jesus and Nicodemus
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discussed the wind
blows where it pleases.
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You hear the
sound, but you cannot tell
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where it comes from
or where it is going.
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So is everyone who
is born of the spirit.
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And my
understanding there is saying
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that you cannot really tell
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when you will be
born of the spirit,
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even if you
decided to follow Jesus
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and get baptized.
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Does this explain
why there are people
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who would go
astray after some time
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because they are
not born of the spirit.
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This comes from
Mardem in the Philippines.
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Mardem, this is interesting.
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In John 3:8,
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we've, you've already quoted
the verse in the question,
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but wind and
spirit are the same word
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in the Greek there pneuma,
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and it can be translated spirit,
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wind or breath.
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The analogy is that the
winds origin is invisible
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and it cannot be
controlled by man.
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The wind cannot
be seen or explained,
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but we only see the
effects of the wind.
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So it is with the invisible
presence of the Holy Spirit.
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When we can't
control the spirit,
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but when we open our
heart to allow the spirit
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to come in, there is
unmistakable evidence
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of His presence, and
the results are observed
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when it's a spirit,
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generated spirit empowered life.
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Now Peter said in Acts 2:38-39,
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because he want to
speak of receiving the spirit.
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He sang to the Pentecost crowd,
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repent and let every one of you
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be baptized in the name of Jesus
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for the remission of sins,
and you shall receive the gift
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of the Holy Spirit
for the promises to you
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and to your children,
to all who are far off
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as many as our Lord will call.
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It is confession
and genuine repentance
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that brings forgiveness
and the cleansing of sin
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according to 1 John 1:9.
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So we receive the Holy Spirit
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when we and we're born again,
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when we ask the Lord
to become our savior.
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Now, baptism is symbolic
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of what has
happened to us internally,
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baptism is an external
and it is an act of obedience.
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I mean, it is a
very important one.
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Here's how I explain
what you ask about people
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who go astray.
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The Bible says, we
can sin against the spirit
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by grieving him.
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Ephesians 4: 30, resisting him,
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Acts 7:51,
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or even
quenching the Holy Spirit,
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1 Thessalonians 5:19,
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and then Hebrews 10:29
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talks about
insulting the spirit of grace.
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Can a born again
person go astray?
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Listen to what
Peter says. 2 Peter 2:20.
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2 Peter 2:20-22,
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"If after they have
escaped the pollution
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of the world
through the knowledge
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of the Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ,
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they are again
entangled in them and overcome,
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the latter end is
worse than the beginning.
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For it would have been
better for them not to know
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the way of
righteousness than to turn from
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the holy
commandment delivered to them."
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He repaired, he compares it
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to a dog returning to his vomit.
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So Jesus said that in John 15:6,
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you must abide in Me.
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And He tells us to pray
daily for the Holy Spirit
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in Luke 11:9-13.
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Amen. Thank you, Shelley.
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Pastor John, what
is the faith of Jesus?
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I love that question
because the faith of Jesus
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is a faith we all need.
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Matter of fact, there's a sermon
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called the faith of Jesus
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and also the
patience of the saints.
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And we find that in
Revelation 12 and verse...
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Revelation 14:12,
I'll go and read that.
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It says, " Here is the
patience of the saints,
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here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus."
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Now, not only are they
keeping the commandments of God,
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but they have something else.
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They have the faith of Jesus.
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Now, when you look
about the faith of Jesus,
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I believe that Revelation 3:18
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identifies and
describes and reveals to us
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what the faith of Jesus
is, because when you think
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about what Jesus went through,
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what kind of faith did He have?
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The faith that Jesus had
did not allow Him to fold
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under pressure.
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The faith that Jesus had
did not allow Him to fail
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under persecution.
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The faith that Jesus had
did not allow Him to deny
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His Father when it
came to persecution.
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That's the kind of
faith I want to have.
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And that faith
of Jesus is revealed
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I believe in Revelation 3:18.
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And that's why he
describes and recommends to us
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the kind of faith that
will be able to sustain us.
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He says in Revelation 3:18,
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"I counsel you to buy from
Me gold refined in the fire."
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Was Jesus refined?
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He sure was.
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Not that he was
sinful before that,
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but I tell you, He was
refined from the possibilities
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of failure as a
human to no possibility
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as the glorified Almighty God
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on the other side
of the resurrection.
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"Refined in the
fire, that you may be rich,
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and white raiment that
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you may be
clothed that the shame
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of your nakedness
may not be revealed
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and anoint your eyes
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with eye salve
that you may see."
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And Paul to the protege Timothy
describes in 1 Timothy 3:13,
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"For those who have served
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well as deacons
obtain for themselves
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a good standing and
great boldness in the faith
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which is in Christ Jesus."
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So this is a bold
faith, a tried faith,
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a sure faith, a reliable faith.
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And to me, I believe
that's what the faith
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of Jesus is a faith that will
not fail though severely tried.
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Amen.
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Give me the faith of
Jesus. That's what I need.
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I love that. Amen.
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Pastor Johnny,
we're coming to you.
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Does the Bible talk
about the story of Horus
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and Isis being an
immaculate conception
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and having a
similar story to Jesus?
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I've never heard
of them or the story.
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It doesn't say
who it comes from.
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Well, apparently
he heard something.
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That's a good point.
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The Bible does not
say anything about Horus
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and Isis and an immaculate
conception as to having
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any similar similarity
to the story of Jesus.
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That's right.
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I took a quick look at
this and I could tell you
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that is really a complete waste
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of time to try to
find similarities there.
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The Egyptians had many gods.
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Horus happens
to be one of the...
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I don't know if
you want to call them
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popular or most well-known,
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but even the pharaohs
wanted to take on that name,
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but let's put that aside
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and focus on Jesus
because really it's a waste
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of time to look
into these things.
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I want to point to you
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a scripture that must
be set in this context.
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Isaiah 43:10, "
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You are My
witnesses,' says the Lord,
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'And My servant
whom I have chosen,
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that you may
know and believe Me,
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and understand that I am He.
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Before Me there
was no God formed,
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nor shall there be after Me.'"
00:20:04.73\00:20:08.00
All these
so-called gods are not gods.
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They're imaginations of
people, created by people.
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They're either
made out of stone,
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wood or some material
that God the Creator has made.
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And they're trying...
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This is a
distraction of the devil.
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So let's focus on
Jesus because Acts 4:12 says,
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"Nor is there
salvation in any other,
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in Jesus, for
there is no other name
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under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved."
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We must keep in mind that
Satan is looking to distract us
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and lead us astray.
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Matthew 24:24,
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"For false christs and
false prophets will rise
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and show great signs
and wonders to deceive,
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if possible, even the elect."
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Jesus said, see, in verse 25,
"I have told you beforehand."
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So please forget about Horus
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and all those other so-called
gods and consider Jesus.
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He is the author and
the finisher of our faith,
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and Jesus loves
you and is coming soon.
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That's the end
of that story. Amen.
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Good. Thank you, Pastor Johnny.
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I like that.
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It's so important to
study the Word of God
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and to know what it says.
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Pastor John, we're
coming back to you.
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What three nights did
Jesus sleep in the tomb?
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Because we know three
days and three nights,
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but what three
nights was He in the tomb?
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Okay, the first
thing we have to establish
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is how the Bible kept time.
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The problem today is we
have this thing called a watch
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or phones or dials on
the wall quite different
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than the way
the Bible kept time.
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Genesis 1:5 and all
throughout the creative process,
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you find the phrase the evening
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and the morning
were the first day.
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When you look at the way
that the Bible quantifies time,
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it's a phrase
called inclusive reckoning.
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And you could find that
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when you study
the Jewish literature,
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inclusive
reckoning, then that meant
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any part of the day
included the whole day.
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And you find that talked
about in the writings of Christ.
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He said, for example, if we say,
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meet me in three days,
we will say, okay, today,
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whatever today is,
will start counting tomorrow
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the next day and the next day.
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In the Bible
three days meant today,
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tomorrow and the next day.
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So when Jesus was crucified,
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you didn't have to start
tomorrow Saturday, Sunday,
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Monday, you start that
day, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
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And so the preparation day
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when Jesus was placed in
the tomb, the time started.
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Let's go to Luke Chapter 23,
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and I'm gonna start
with talking about these
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three particular times.
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Luke 23:54,
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speaking about when Jesus was
wrapped and laid in the tomb.
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It says in Luke 23:54,
"That day was the Preparation,
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and the Sabbath drew near.
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And the women who had come
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with Him from
Galilee followed after,
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and they observed the
tomb and how His body was laid.
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They returned
and prepared spices
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and fragrant oils.
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And they rested on the Sabbath
according to the commandment."
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Then Luke 23:52, I
mean, Luke 24, Luke.
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Yeah, Luke 23:52-56.
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I just pointed out,
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they returned
and prepared spices.
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And when you look at Luke 24:1,
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"They went on the
first day of the week,
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searching for the body of Christ
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and they found none."
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Now here's something an exercise
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.00
I would encourage you to do.
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If you put the phrase third day,
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you find that Jesus said,
"I would rise the third day."
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The only one that said He
wouldn't rise the third day
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was those who were His accusers.
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His accusers said
after three days I will rise.
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Jesus never said that.
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He said, "I would
rise the third day."
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And even Paul the Apostle
recalling the resurrection
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.52
of Jesus in 1
Corinthians, he said,
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"He rose the third day."
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Now here's what
many people stumble over.
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If Jesus had to be in
the grave for 72 hours
00:23:51.39\00:23:55.03
before He came out,
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.46
one second past
72 hours would mean
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Jesus rose on the fourth day.
00:24:00.27\00:24:02.47
But He rose on the third
day according to Bible prophecy.
00:24:02.50\00:24:05.84
And this was the
context where people,
00:24:05.87\00:24:08.04
I think the
worldwide church of God
00:24:08.08\00:24:09.91
had Garner Ted
Armstrong, Herbert Armstrong.
00:24:09.94\00:24:12.45
This was a very
large, a focal point of them.
00:24:12.48\00:24:15.08
But Jesus rose the third
day, as He said, He would.
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Not after the
third day, in three days,
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I will rise
again, and Jesus did.
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So inclusive
reckoning is the term
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I use to show you
that any part of the day,
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the Jews
included the entire day.
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Very good. I
love that. Thank you.
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Shelley, we're
coming back to you.
00:24:34.57\00:24:35.90
This is, do
Seventh-day Adventists believe
00:24:35.94\00:24:38.34
the Arian belief regarding God
00:24:38.37\00:24:40.61
and Jesus as Jesus
did not exist always,
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but came into
existence the begotten Son.
00:24:43.61\00:24:46.38
This whole idea is new to me
00:24:46.41\00:24:48.48
and I haven't heard it
before in our teachings.
00:24:48.55\00:24:51.92
I saw on Wikipedia's
definition of our belief
00:24:51.95\00:24:54.32
that we believe
the Arian theology.
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.19
Can you help me
understand this please?
00:24:56.22\00:24:59.06
Watch out for Wikipedia
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.73
because it has
so much err, right?
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.83
JD was looking on Wikipedia
00:25:02.86\00:25:04.27
and it said the
seventh day is Sunday.
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.93
So that shows you.
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.57
Our pioneers came from
many different denominations.
00:25:07.60\00:25:11.24
And yes, there were some
00:25:11.27\00:25:13.48
who in the
beginning of this movement
00:25:13.51\00:25:15.71
came from Arian beliefs.
00:25:15.74\00:25:17.78
But what I love about our church
00:25:17.81\00:25:20.12
is that they studied together
00:25:20.15\00:25:22.45
in a progressive
way to learn truth.
00:25:22.48\00:25:26.62
And they, the official,
00:25:26.65\00:25:28.92
they released
that spiritual err.
00:25:28.99\00:25:30.93
The official
teaching of the church
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.53
is in our 28 fundamentals.
00:25:32.56\00:25:34.73
And it says that in the fourth,
00:25:34.76\00:25:38.17
I'll just read an excerpt.
00:25:38.20\00:25:39.87
It says, God, the eternal Son
00:25:39.90\00:25:41.44
became the
incarnate in Jesus Christ.
00:25:41.47\00:25:45.41
Through Him all
things were created,
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.21
for He was forever truly God.
00:25:48.28\00:25:51.58
He became also truly human.
00:25:51.65\00:25:54.62
I will admit recently
there's been some small pockets
00:25:54.65\00:25:57.99
of Adventists who
are reverting back
00:25:58.02\00:26:00.96
or gaining interest in some
00:26:00.99\00:26:04.26
of the original
pioneers' teaching.
00:26:04.29\00:26:07.30
I think they don't
understand covenant.
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.33
When we look at
the word begotten,
00:26:09.36\00:26:11.70
it can have a literal meaning
00:26:11.77\00:26:13.40
or it can have a
spiritual meaning.
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.20
Begotten is a covenant term,
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.94
that means chosen
for a covenant purpose.
00:26:19.01\00:26:22.91
Paul said he
begot the Corinthians.
00:26:22.94\00:26:24.81
He told, in Philemon he
said that he begot Onesimus.
00:26:24.85\00:26:30.52
And Hebrews 11
tells how Abraham gave up
00:26:30.55\00:26:34.69
his only "begotten son."
00:26:34.72\00:26:38.19
He was the only
heir of the promise.
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.63
But listen to this.
00:26:40.66\00:26:42.73
God the Father
in Hebrews 1:8 says
00:26:42.76\00:26:45.83
to the one who became His
Son, today, You become My Son.
00:26:45.87\00:26:51.41
He says, Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever.
00:26:51.44\00:26:54.54
And in Hebrews 1:10,
the Father further says
00:26:54.58\00:26:57.95
to the person of Jesus
Christ who became His Son.
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.38
"You, Lord, in the beginning
00:27:01.42\00:27:03.49
laid the foundation of the earth
00:27:03.52\00:27:04.95
and the heavens are
the works of your hands."
00:27:04.99\00:27:07.29
The Father Himself
declares this Son is eternal God
00:27:07.32\00:27:11.49
Amen.
00:27:11.53\00:27:12.86
We need at least
another five minutes on that.
00:27:12.89\00:27:15.66
Shelley is the
queen of the covenants.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.03
I love that. That's beautiful.
00:27:17.07\00:27:18.77
Pastor Johnny, in
Judges 9:45, it says,
00:27:18.83\00:27:23.07
"Then he,
Abimelech destroyed the city
00:27:23.10\00:27:25.87
and scattered salt over it."
00:27:25.91\00:27:27.98
Why salt?
00:27:28.01\00:27:29.34
What is the significance
00:27:29.38\00:27:30.71
of scattering salt
over the destroyed city?
00:27:30.75\00:27:34.35
Thank you so much
for that question.
00:27:34.38\00:27:36.25
It's very interesting.
00:27:36.28\00:27:37.89
This was an act, a symbolic act
00:27:37.92\00:27:40.89
because salt
putting it over pasture
00:27:40.92\00:27:44.76
will kill the pasture.
00:27:44.79\00:27:46.26
That's how
utterly, he wanted to bring
00:27:46.29\00:27:50.03
the message to them
that I hope you never survive
00:27:50.07\00:27:53.70
and that you're
completely destroyed.
00:27:53.74\00:27:55.60
And so, salt in small quantities
00:27:55.67\00:27:59.07
renders land extremely fertile,
00:27:59.14\00:28:01.34
but too much of it
destroys vegetation.
00:28:01.38\00:28:04.58
And so, we have
salt when it's found,
00:28:04.61\00:28:08.52
it says it produces nothing.
00:28:08.58\00:28:10.82
Hence the sowing
of salt in place,
00:28:10.85\00:28:13.19
sowing a place with salt
00:28:13.22\00:28:14.56
was a custom in
different nations
00:28:14.59\00:28:16.26
to express permanent desolation.
00:28:16.29\00:28:18.59
So, they will
say definite message
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.53
that Abimelech wanted
to bring to these people.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.16
And these were
practices among the people
00:28:23.20\00:28:25.83
that were done in those days
00:28:25.90\00:28:28.77
when they sacked the
city or destroyed a city,
00:28:28.80\00:28:31.77
spread salt to let you know,
00:28:31.84\00:28:33.58
we think that you're
completely destroyed and we,
00:28:33.61\00:28:36.31
you know, that you
no longer need to exist.
00:28:36.34\00:28:39.41
However, to
completely cover the city.
00:28:39.45\00:28:43.69
No, it says just scattered
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.42
to completely
cover the city with salt
00:28:45.45\00:28:47.76
would be a great undertaking.
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.42
And it's just not practical.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.53
The scattering of salt
was just a symbolic act
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.56
to let them know that our intent
00:28:54.56\00:28:58.30
was to completely destroy you.
00:28:58.37\00:28:59.70
And we hope you
never bounce back
00:28:59.73\00:29:01.37
from this destruction.
00:29:01.40\00:29:03.30
Amen.
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.67
I love the
questions that we get.
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.04
You know, some are theological
00:29:06.07\00:29:08.14
and some are
gospel truth and some are,
00:29:08.18\00:29:10.85
oh, wow, I never even
thought about that passage
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.15
in the Word of God.
00:29:13.18\00:29:14.52
So, thank you
for that. It is good.
00:29:14.55\00:29:16.38
Pastor John, Pastor Lomacang,
00:29:16.42\00:29:19.32
how many days are
equal to a time in prophecy.
00:29:19.35\00:29:22.69
Geneva from Maryland. Sure.
00:29:22.72\00:29:25.03
Thank you, Geneva.
00:29:25.06\00:29:26.80
That's a good question
because that question really
00:29:26.83\00:29:30.00
makes the difference
between whether or not
00:29:30.03\00:29:31.73
we think of a prophecy
as symbolic or literal.
00:29:31.77\00:29:35.24
And that's a very good question.
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.04
When we know that
00:29:37.07\00:29:38.41
we won't just
arbitrarily start applying.
00:29:38.44\00:29:40.54
Well, the Lord says
this amount of days, well,
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.98
let's go ahead and
apply that prophetically.
00:29:43.01\00:29:44.81
The prophetic context
00:29:44.85\00:29:46.51
is so vitally
important to understand
00:29:46.55\00:29:47.98
how it applies.
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.35
One of the most important
ones we find in Daniel 7:25.
00:29:49.42\00:29:53.42
And I'll go ahead
and read this for you.
00:29:53.46\00:29:54.99
Then I'll share
with you the Aramaic word
00:29:55.02\00:29:56.66
and the Greek word
00:29:56.69\00:29:58.06
and the
difference between the two.
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.79
And then we can
come to the conclusion.
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.76
Daniel 7:25, the Bible says,
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.63
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:30:03.67\00:30:07.24
shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
00:30:07.27\00:30:10.07
shall tend to
change times and laws.
00:30:10.11\00:30:13.21
Then the saints shall
be given into his hands
00:30:13.24\00:30:17.11
or into his hand for a
time and times and half a time."
00:30:17.15\00:30:20.38
That comes from
the Aramaic word, Edon,
00:30:20.42\00:30:23.32
meaning technically a year.
00:30:23.35\00:30:25.85
That's an Aramaic word.
00:30:25.89\00:30:27.49
Later on when you find
00:30:27.52\00:30:28.86
the same time
talked about in Revelation,
00:30:28.92\00:30:30.63
the saints given
it to saying time,
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.09
times and half the
time persecuting them
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.66
for time, times
and half the time,
00:30:33.70\00:30:35.53
the word there
is Kiros or Kairos,
00:30:35.56\00:30:38.33
depending on which way
you'd like to pronounce that.
00:30:38.40\00:30:40.57
And that was there's
this quantitative time
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.77
and there's qualitative time.
00:30:43.81\00:30:45.87
Kronos is
quantitative time in the Greek
00:30:45.94\00:30:48.34
and Kairos is qualitative time.
00:30:48.41\00:30:50.98
What's the
difference between the two?
00:30:51.01\00:30:52.75
One is saying to
us, the qualitative time
00:30:52.78\00:30:55.65
is for reaching a
particular time in history.
00:30:55.68\00:30:58.85
Quantitative time
says, this is how we can tell
00:30:58.92\00:31:01.86
what time of the day it is.
00:31:01.89\00:31:03.76
And adding that this is where
we nail down the rule of 360.
00:31:03.79\00:31:09.26
Because the question
after people have often asked,
00:31:09.33\00:31:11.77
well, is the Jewish
year or the Greek year,
00:31:11.80\00:31:14.04
or the Aramaic
year are different
00:31:14.07\00:31:15.77
from the 365-day year?
00:31:15.80\00:31:17.94
What ties it all
together is in the Kronos,
00:31:17.97\00:31:20.24
the quantitative time.
00:31:20.28\00:31:22.51
They didn't have
watches they had sun dials
00:31:22.54\00:31:25.01
and a time meant one
rotation around that sundial,
00:31:25.05\00:31:29.18
which was 360 degrees.
00:31:29.25\00:31:31.25
Times was two rotations,
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.22
720 and half a
time around was 180.
00:31:33.25\00:31:36.02
And when you add
that up, you get 1260.
00:31:36.09\00:31:39.96
So, they use
quantitative time in the Greek
00:31:40.00\00:31:43.83
to understand
the 360-day period.
00:31:43.87\00:31:46.27
So that's why when
you line it up that way,
00:31:46.30\00:31:48.74
you won't find any disparaging
00:31:48.77\00:31:51.44
between Daniel or Revelation.
00:31:51.47\00:31:55.31
They both are working
with quantitative time,
00:31:55.38\00:31:57.71
not Jewish
calendar, Greek calendar,
00:31:57.75\00:31:59.91
Aramaic calendar,
and modern calendar.
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.95
That's powerful. That's good.
00:32:02.98\00:32:04.52
Excellent.
00:32:04.55\00:32:05.92
I'm just sitting
here thinking I'm grateful
00:32:05.95\00:32:07.29
that this program
will be on YouTube
00:32:07.32\00:32:08.82
and it's also on 3ABNplus.tv
00:32:08.89\00:32:11.76
So, you might say, I
want to watch that again.
00:32:11.79\00:32:13.66
I got to take notes.
00:32:13.70\00:32:15.00
I got to figure out
the difference between
00:32:15.03\00:32:16.36
quantitative and qualitative.
00:32:16.40\00:32:17.73
You can watch it as
many times as you like,
00:32:17.77\00:32:19.80
and you can share
it with your friends.
00:32:19.83\00:32:21.94
Pastor Johnny,
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.21
God cannot be in
the presence of sin.
00:32:24.24\00:32:27.21
So how does Satan
still have access to heaven
00:32:27.24\00:32:30.41
after he fell?
00:32:30.45\00:32:31.78
This is from Merlin. Okay.
00:32:31.81\00:32:34.58
That's a good question.
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.35
The Bible seems to present
the possibility that Satan
00:32:36.38\00:32:39.22
was in the presence of God.
00:32:39.29\00:32:41.42
When you go to Job
Chapter 1 and Job Chapter 2.
00:32:41.46\00:32:44.49
Now, how is that possible?
00:32:44.53\00:32:46.90
You are correct.
00:32:46.93\00:32:48.56
It may be that God
veiled His presence
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.80
so that Satan could
exist because there was a great
00:32:51.83\00:32:55.44
controversy
between good and evil
00:32:55.50\00:32:58.04
that needed to play out
for God to reveal the fallacy
00:32:58.07\00:33:03.88
and the
destructive nature of sin.
00:33:03.91\00:33:06.98
Now concerning
the devil or Satan
00:33:07.02\00:33:10.19
having access to heaven.
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.09
Let's go to Revelation 12:10,
00:33:12.12\00:33:15.36
"Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven,
00:33:15.39\00:33:18.29
'Now salvation, and strength,
00:33:18.33\00:33:21.33
and the kingdom of our God,
00:33:21.36\00:33:23.30
and the power of
His Christ have come.'"
00:33:23.33\00:33:26.27
This is in the
context of Jesus Christ
00:33:26.30\00:33:28.90
dying on the cross for us.
00:33:28.94\00:33:31.74
This is why a
declaration is made.
00:33:31.77\00:33:33.94
You see before
Jesus dies on the cross,
00:33:33.98\00:33:37.55
it was a promise of salvation
00:33:37.58\00:33:39.75
through the seed
promise in Genesis Chapter 3,
00:33:39.78\00:33:43.62
that the seed of the
woman would put the death blow
00:33:43.65\00:33:47.12
on the head of the serpent.
00:33:47.16\00:33:48.82
So when Jesus
fulfills that promise,
00:33:48.86\00:33:51.09
salvation is
secured and it is not,
00:33:51.13\00:33:55.26
no longer a
promise, it is a guarantee,
00:33:55.33\00:33:59.00
let's say, because
Jesus died on the cross
00:33:59.03\00:34:01.20
and paid for our sins
and secured our salvation.
00:34:01.24\00:34:05.57
So now this declaration,
let's go back to it.
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.54
"Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven,
00:34:07.58\00:34:09.28
'Now salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God,
00:34:09.34\00:34:13.62
and the power of
His Christ have come,
00:34:13.65\00:34:16.72
for the accuser of our brethren,
00:34:16.75\00:34:18.79
who accused them
before our God day and night,
00:34:18.85\00:34:21.72
has been cast down."
00:34:21.76\00:34:24.39
So, prior to this, apparently
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.40
Satan having defeated
Adam and Eve, they sinned.
00:34:27.46\00:34:32.33
He had his place
of headquarters here,
00:34:32.40\00:34:36.71
and he seemed to have access
to go to heaven to meetings,
00:34:36.74\00:34:39.54
Job Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.88
But at the cross he's unmasked
00:34:41.91\00:34:46.08
and the...
00:34:46.11\00:34:48.45
I'm going to say the beings
00:34:48.48\00:34:49.82
from other
places in the universe
00:34:49.85\00:34:51.29
see that he is who he
really is in putting to death
00:34:51.32\00:34:55.59
the Son of God
and he's unmasked.
00:34:55.62\00:34:57.59
Now they no longer
pay any attention to him.
00:34:57.63\00:35:00.33
You're a
deceiver, you're a liar,
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.26
you're a murderer.
00:35:02.30\00:35:03.80
And the accuser of our brethren
00:35:03.83\00:35:06.13
has been cast down.
00:35:06.20\00:35:07.64
If you continue
reading, of course,
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.30
there is the, woe
to the inhabitants
00:35:09.37\00:35:12.17
of the earth because the
devil has come down upon you
00:35:12.24\00:35:15.54
having great wrath.
00:35:15.61\00:35:17.18
So, the question is,
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.51
how could he be in
the presence of sin?
00:35:19.58\00:35:21.82
How could, God cannot
be in the presence of sin?
00:35:21.85\00:35:24.59
How did the devil have access?
00:35:24.62\00:35:26.55
Again, I say it may be
that God veiled His presence,
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.49
because the issue of sin
00:35:29.52\00:35:31.63
had not been
completely resolved.
00:35:31.66\00:35:33.96
And this is an
answer that I can give you.
00:35:34.00\00:35:37.27
Amen. Thank you
so much for that.
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.10
Shelley, when man was made,
00:35:39.17\00:35:42.44
were we immortal,
because the tree of life
00:35:42.47\00:35:44.87
was in the garden
with Adam and Eve.
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.34
This question comes from Sylvia.
00:35:47.38\00:35:49.41
Sylvia, that's a great question.
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.51
In 1 Timothy 6:16, it
says, God alone is immortal.
00:35:51.55\00:35:56.69
He lives in
unapproachable light.
00:35:56.72\00:35:59.79
God is an infinite being
without beginning or end.
00:35:59.82\00:36:03.59
The Bible mentions
man's soul or spirit
00:36:03.63\00:36:08.33
over 1600 times not once
00:36:08.36\00:36:11.20
does it mention immortality.
00:36:11.23\00:36:14.37
It always
describes us as mortal.
00:36:14.40\00:36:17.01
So, Bible believers, we know,
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.97
and I seem to
trumpet this one a lot,
00:36:20.01\00:36:22.88
but 1 Corinthians 15:52-53.
00:36:22.91\00:36:26.35
The Bible believers
00:36:26.38\00:36:27.98
put on immortality
at the second trump,
00:36:28.02\00:36:32.29
and this will be all
who were in their graves.
00:36:32.32\00:36:34.82
Jesus said, they'll come
up in that first resurrection
00:36:34.86\00:36:38.59
of righteousness if
they were righteous.
00:36:38.63\00:36:41.13
But 1 Corinthians
15:52 says, "In a moment,
00:36:41.16\00:36:43.73
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet,
00:36:43.77\00:36:47.20
the trumpet will sound,
00:36:47.24\00:36:48.57
the dead are
raised incorruptible,"
00:36:48.60\00:36:52.01
because this
incorruption or this corruption
00:36:52.04\00:36:54.88
has to put on incorruption.
00:36:54.91\00:36:56.75
This mortal has to
put on immortality.
00:36:56.78\00:37:00.28
So, when Adam and
Eve were in the garden,
00:37:00.32\00:37:03.55
they had access to the
tree of life until they sinned.
00:37:03.59\00:37:06.76
And then God
graciously put forth His hand
00:37:06.79\00:37:10.79
to protect them from
returning to the tree of life.
00:37:10.83\00:37:16.36
And I'll tell you why?
00:37:16.40\00:37:17.73
Because He didn't want them
to have to live in sin forever,
00:37:17.77\00:37:21.67
but we regain
access in the new heaven,
00:37:21.70\00:37:25.51
it says Revelation 22:1-2,
00:37:25.54\00:37:29.24
"In the new earth,
00:37:29.28\00:37:30.61
there is a pure river of life
that's flowing from the throne
00:37:30.65\00:37:34.48
of God and the Lamb.
00:37:34.52\00:37:35.88
And on either side of the
river was the tree of life,
00:37:35.92\00:37:39.25
which bore 12 fruits.
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.29
Each tree yielding
its fruit every month."
00:37:41.32\00:37:44.93
So, although they were
not immortal at any time,
00:37:44.96\00:37:49.83
but they, I believe
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.30
we're going to have immortality.
00:37:51.33\00:37:52.80
Amen.
00:37:52.83\00:37:54.17
What a promise
to look forward to.
00:37:54.20\00:37:55.54
That's beautiful.
00:37:55.57\00:37:56.91
Pastor John, I
believe in the Trinity of God.
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.57
Jesus tells us to pray
to Father God in His name,
00:37:59.64\00:38:03.24
not to pray to Him.
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.18
Why do we pray to
Jesus in His name?
00:38:05.21\00:38:07.55
I'm so confused.
00:38:07.58\00:38:10.52
We addressed this in
one of our prior programs
00:38:10.55\00:38:12.49
but I want to go
ahead for the sake
00:38:12.55\00:38:14.26
of addressing this
person that I've asked
00:38:14.29\00:38:16.69
and what we found in
some of our programs,
00:38:16.73\00:38:18.53
you might find a repeat
00:38:18.56\00:38:20.63
kind of a
derivative, so to speak,
00:38:20.66\00:38:23.70
similar to some of
the answers we've given.
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.83
But we thank you for submitting
in any way, because repetition
00:38:25.90\00:38:28.90
is the best teacher.
00:38:28.94\00:38:30.27
And I think
that there are people
00:38:30.31\00:38:31.64
in every broadcast
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.04
that are saying, I
never thought about that.
00:38:33.07\00:38:34.48
And the Lord has chosen
this question to be answered
00:38:34.51\00:38:36.68
at this particular time.
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.65
When we pray, the issue
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.72
has always been in
the ministry of Christ,
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.95
when He came the
very nation to whom
00:38:42.98\00:38:44.99
He had committed the oracles
of truth had not accepted Him.
00:38:45.02\00:38:49.89
They had rejected Him.
00:38:49.92\00:38:51.26
I came to My own and
My own did not receive Me.
00:38:51.29\00:38:54.10
When He established
the parameters between
00:38:54.13\00:38:56.83
the mediatorial work
of Christ, the mediator,
00:38:56.87\00:39:00.40
only one that's
Christ between God and man.
00:39:00.44\00:39:03.17
They still rejected that.
00:39:03.20\00:39:04.54
When He forgave
people their sins,
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.74
they accused Him
of being blasphemous.
00:39:06.78\00:39:10.65
When He forgave
people or healed people,
00:39:10.68\00:39:13.58
they accused Him of
taking a prerogative
00:39:13.62\00:39:15.78
that belonged only to God.
00:39:15.85\00:39:17.19
But what He was
saying to them was,
00:39:17.22\00:39:18.89
"I am the Son of
God. I am God incarnate."
00:39:18.92\00:39:21.99
And He said to
them, "You believe in God,
00:39:22.02\00:39:25.03
believe also in Me."
00:39:25.06\00:39:26.76
He was making it very clear.
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.26
I know you believed in
God, but I am the propitiation.
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.80
I am the sacrifice.
I am the substitute.
00:39:31.83\00:39:34.10
I am the one who is between you
00:39:34.14\00:39:36.64
and the heavenly Father.
00:39:36.67\00:39:38.44
And then he said in John 14:6,
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.74
I am the way the
truth and the life,
00:39:40.78\00:39:42.88
no one comes to the
Father except through Me.
00:39:42.91\00:39:46.88
He says, I
understand your position.
00:39:46.92\00:39:48.85
But as people might say,
there are many ways to God.
00:39:48.88\00:39:50.92
No.
00:39:50.95\00:39:52.29
According to
Scripture, there's only one
00:39:52.32\00:39:53.66
and that's through Christ Jesus.
00:39:53.69\00:39:55.02
John 14:13-14.
00:39:55.06\00:39:56.66
Here's why we ask in His name,
00:39:56.69\00:39:58.93
"Whatever you ask in My name
that I will do that the Father
00:39:58.96\00:40:03.20
may be glorified in the Son.
00:40:03.26\00:40:05.17
If you ask anything in
My name, I will do it."
00:40:05.20\00:40:09.30
Why?
00:40:09.34\00:40:10.67
Because there's one
mediator between God and men,
00:40:10.71\00:40:13.94
the man Christ
Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:15.
00:40:13.98\00:40:16.98
Amen.
00:40:17.01\00:40:18.35
Praise the Lord for
the mediator for Jesus.
00:40:18.38\00:40:21.05
The high priest.
And the intercessor.
00:40:21.08\00:40:23.35
That's right.
00:40:23.39\00:40:25.22
Shelley, coming back to you,
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.59
how can I explain to
a friend that salvation
00:40:26.65\00:40:29.12
in the Old Testament
and the New Testament
00:40:29.16\00:40:30.89
are the same.
00:40:30.93\00:40:32.26
They believe that
salvation in the Old Testament
00:40:32.29\00:40:34.10
is by sacrificing animals
00:40:34.13\00:40:36.06
while salvation
in the New Testament
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.77
is through Jesus.
00:40:37.80\00:40:39.40
I've learned and believe
that Old Testament people
00:40:39.43\00:40:41.94
were saved by grace
00:40:41.97\00:40:43.30
looking forward to
Christ death on the cross.
00:40:43.34\00:40:45.17
And we today are saved
00:40:45.21\00:40:46.54
by grace looking
back to the Christ death
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.04
on the cross.
00:40:49.11\00:40:50.45
It's from Janice.
00:40:50.48\00:40:51.81
Oh, Janice,
you've got that right.
00:40:51.85\00:40:53.38
It was always
salvation by grace.
00:40:53.42\00:40:56.05
Hope you have a pen
because I'm going to give you
00:40:56.08\00:40:57.65
some really quick scriptures.
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.32
Hebrews 13:8 says
00:40:59.35\00:41:01.02
that Jesus was the Lamb slain
00:41:01.06\00:41:03.86
from the
foundation of the world.
00:41:03.89\00:41:06.39
I mean, Revelation 13:8.
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.60
Hebrews 13:20 calls His blood,
00:41:08.63\00:41:12.90
the blood of the
everlasting covenant.
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.64
What we find this
everlasting covenant,
00:41:15.67\00:41:18.71
Paul wrote to
Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:9-10.
00:41:18.74\00:41:22.34
He said, "Grace was
given to us before time began."
00:41:22.38\00:41:26.38
speaks of Jesus.
00:41:30.22\00:41:32.52
The messianic servant as being
00:41:32.55\00:41:35.79
the covenant that
is coming from Christ.
00:41:35.82\00:41:39.03
There's an
overarching divine plan
00:41:39.06\00:41:41.50
of this everlasting covenant.
00:41:41.53\00:41:45.07
And it's
announced in Genesis 3:15,
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.14
and it progressively
unfolds through Scripture.
00:41:48.17\00:41:52.11
Here's one that you can
use in your little quiver
00:41:52.14\00:41:55.98
is Noah was the
heir of righteousness
00:41:56.01\00:42:00.72
according to Hebrews 11:7.
00:42:00.75\00:42:04.39
The everlasting
covenant was made with Abraham
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.96
who believed God
00:42:07.99\00:42:09.92
and God credited to
him as righteousness,
00:42:09.99\00:42:14.46
righteousness by
faith, that's Genesis 15:6.
00:42:14.50\00:42:18.67
Galatians 3:6,
00:42:18.70\00:42:20.97
the everlasting
covenant was made with Abraham
00:42:21.00\00:42:24.71
and his seed, Jesus Christ.
00:42:24.74\00:42:28.01
That's Galatians 3:16.
00:42:28.04\00:42:30.85
John 8:56,
Abraham saw Christ's day.
00:42:30.88\00:42:35.75
He saw it and was glad.
00:42:35.78\00:42:37.82
The Hebrews in Hebrews 9:9-10,
00:42:37.85\00:42:42.56
it tells us that the sanctuary
services were all symbolic.
00:42:42.59\00:42:47.23
It was theology in physical form
00:42:47.23\00:42:50.40
and it taught the people
the total plan of salvation.
00:42:50.43\00:42:54.54
Amen. Thank you
so much, Shelley.
00:42:54.57\00:42:56.44
I love that.
00:42:56.50\00:42:57.84
You better put some scriptures
in your quiver as well.
00:42:57.87\00:42:59.91
I like that.
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.38
Pastor Johnny, I
like this question.
00:43:01.41\00:43:04.25
Pastor Dinzey gave a fabulous
response to the question.
00:43:04.28\00:43:07.08
How do you start
studying the Bible?
00:43:07.12\00:43:08.85
My follow-up question is this.
00:43:08.88\00:43:11.55
How do you set
about studying the Bible?
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.39
Just reading the Book of
John is not sufficient, is it?
00:43:14.42\00:43:17.19
How do you dig deep
to learn to love Him?
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.56
This is from Carol in London.
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.90
This is a wonderful question.
00:43:22.96\00:43:24.30
And I would like to
clarify a little bit is,
00:43:24.33\00:43:28.34
I didn't say just to
read the book, just John.
00:43:28.37\00:43:32.04
It's a good suggestion
to start reading there.
00:43:32.07\00:43:34.51
That was my, so
just start reading there.
00:43:34.54\00:43:37.45
Go back to Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John.
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.52
I would add,
read the Book of Acts,
00:43:40.55\00:43:43.82
read the Book of Romans.
00:43:43.85\00:43:45.19
Then you have a background
in righteousness by faith.
00:43:45.22\00:43:50.26
You see in the Book of Acts,
00:43:50.29\00:43:51.63
you are told that
00:43:51.66\00:43:52.99
there's no other
name under heaven,
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.36
whereby we could be saved.
00:43:54.36\00:43:55.70
When you get to
the Book of Romans,
00:43:55.73\00:43:57.07
you read such wonderful things.
00:43:57.10\00:43:58.43
And Romans 8:1,
00:43:58.47\00:43:59.80
"There is now therefore
no condemnation to them
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.77
that are in Christ Jesus."
00:44:01.80\00:44:03.71
You also have the
scripture that says that God
00:44:03.74\00:44:06.51
commended His love toward us
and while we were yet sinners
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.14
Christ died for us."
00:44:09.18\00:44:10.55
You have that nice foundation.
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.31
Go to Genesis and
begin reading there.
00:44:12.35\00:44:15.62
But I would
suggest to you to include
00:44:15.65\00:44:17.89
if you're reading up
daily, reading the Bible daily,
00:44:17.92\00:44:20.69
always get the scriptures, go,
continue reading Matthew, Mark,
00:44:20.72\00:44:25.96
Luke, and John, to get a glimpse
00:44:25.99\00:44:27.83
of Jesus every single day.
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.13
You see in 2 Corinthians 3:18,
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.60
it says that by
beholding, we become changed.
00:44:32.63\00:44:36.57
So, as you're
reading the scriptures,
00:44:36.60\00:44:38.11
I suggest you take notes.
00:44:38.14\00:44:39.77
You learn something new,
write it down, writing it down,
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.81
helps committed to memory
and writing it down helps you
00:44:42.84\00:44:46.08
learn it and share with others.
00:44:46.11\00:44:48.08
I would also suggest
if you want to dig deep,
00:44:48.12\00:44:50.29
get yourself a dictionary,
00:44:50.32\00:44:51.79
a Bible dictionary.
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.22
And, even in digital
form, you can have access
00:44:53.25\00:44:58.13
to learning new
words and what they mean.
00:44:58.16\00:45:02.06
Also, I would suggest,
watch or listen to 3ABN
00:45:02.10\00:45:05.90
because there are
wonderful Bible studies
00:45:05.93\00:45:08.40
there that will help you
dig deep into God's Word.
00:45:08.44\00:45:11.37
And so, this is a
start that I can give you.
00:45:11.41\00:45:13.84
Amen. I like that very much.
00:45:13.88\00:45:16.81
Now is the time where we
get to toss out a question
00:45:16.85\00:45:18.85
and everyone can
jump in and just share
00:45:18.88\00:45:21.72
what the Lord
has put in your heart
00:45:21.75\00:45:23.28
and your knowledge of the Word.
00:45:23.35\00:45:24.79
This is a question
about money and greed.
00:45:24.82\00:45:27.62
They want to know
specifically about Bible verses
00:45:27.66\00:45:30.13
pertaining to money and greed.
00:45:30.19\00:45:31.89
And then it says,
00:45:31.93\00:45:33.26
and then what
are its explanations
00:45:33.29\00:45:34.96
that will be related
to our current situation?
00:45:35.00\00:45:37.67
Like people being
lured with quick rich schemes
00:45:37.70\00:45:40.70
and multilevel marketing.
00:45:40.74\00:45:43.24
This is from
Chelsea in the Philippines.
00:45:43.27\00:45:45.37
I don't know who
wants to jump in first.
00:45:45.41\00:45:47.11
Well, actually I thought this
was one of our main questions.
00:45:47.14\00:45:49.24
So, I went ahead and answered it
00:45:49.28\00:45:50.61
with a lot of scripture.
00:45:50.65\00:45:51.98
So let me just go
ahead and bring out a few
00:45:52.01\00:45:53.35
and toss it to our
panelists here too.
00:45:53.38\00:45:56.82
God, first of all, God
has already established
00:45:56.85\00:45:59.69
a way by which He
wants to bless us.
00:45:59.72\00:46:02.19
And that is through
tithing and offering.
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.33
He's made that very, very clear.
00:46:04.36\00:46:06.36
And somebody earlier said that,
00:46:06.39\00:46:08.33
do we use certain Bible
verses to mean blessings.
00:46:08.36\00:46:12.87
And then we apply them to money.
00:46:12.90\00:46:14.74
Well, the reciprocal is true.
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.67
Give and it
shall be given to you.
00:46:16.74\00:46:19.04
The measure that you meet,
00:46:19.07\00:46:20.41
it shall be
measured to you again.
00:46:20.44\00:46:22.34
I will supply all your need
00:46:22.38\00:46:23.95
according to my
riches and glory,
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.71
but about the get
rich quick schemes.
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.25
And I'm telling you,
there are so many of them,
00:46:28.28\00:46:31.19
if it sounds too
good to be true, it's not.
00:46:31.22\00:46:33.69
Okay?
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.06
Even when it comes to investing,
00:46:35.09\00:46:36.89
even when it comes to
online things that people say,
00:46:36.96\00:46:39.93
if you invest in this,
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.43
you'll be able to
make X amount of dollars.
00:46:41.46\00:46:43.50
Here's some scriptural points
00:46:43.57\00:46:44.90
that I believe
are good guidelines.
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.53
Luke 6:24, "But woe
to you who are rich,
00:46:46.57\00:46:50.61
for you have
received your consolation."
00:46:50.64\00:46:53.48
It is not saying
that money is the issue.
00:46:53.51\00:46:55.61
It is saying the
condition of the human heart
00:46:55.64\00:46:58.25
because the
Bible makes it clear.
00:46:58.28\00:46:59.61
Matthew 13:22,
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.48
it talks about those who
focus on just wealth alone.
00:47:01.52\00:47:04.65
Now he who receives
seed among the thorns
00:47:04.69\00:47:06.62
is he who hears the Word
and the cares of this life
00:47:06.69\00:47:09.96
and the deceitfulness
of riches choke the Word
00:47:09.99\00:47:13.23
and he become unfruitful.
00:47:13.26\00:47:15.23
The person with a lot of
money stays up wondering,
00:47:15.26\00:47:18.87
does anybody have
access to that money?
00:47:18.90\00:47:21.07
I know a guy that said I
went to the bank every day
00:47:21.10\00:47:23.41
to check my balance, every day.
00:47:23.44\00:47:26.27
Now that is really an addiction.
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.61
I have so much
money, I have to make sure
00:47:28.64\00:47:29.98
that nobody's
stealing it every day.
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.21
But lastly, before I
throw it over to Shelley
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.55
and Pastor Dinzey.
00:47:34.58\00:47:36.99
1 Timothy 6:16. Yes.
00:47:37.02\00:47:38.95
"Now godliness
with contentment is..."
00:47:38.99\00:47:42.52
Great gain. "Great gain.'
00:47:42.56\00:47:44.39
When you get godliness for us,
00:47:44.43\00:47:46.29
it didn't say great gain
with contentment is godliness.
00:47:46.33\00:47:50.37
It says godliness with
contentment is great gain.
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.87
And the bottom line is
you brought nothing in,
00:47:53.90\00:47:56.97
you ain't taking nothing out.
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.11
God will take care of you.
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.58
Don't get caught by things
that sound too good to be true
00:48:00.61\00:48:03.58
because chances
are they are not.
00:48:03.61\00:48:06.51
I just think of 1
Timothy 6:10 that says,
00:48:06.55\00:48:09.38
"The love of money is
the root of all evil."
00:48:09.42\00:48:12.62
And you know,
there's an old saying,
00:48:12.65\00:48:14.09
a fool and his
money will soon separate.
00:48:14.12\00:48:17.46
When you get involved in
all these multi-level schemes,
00:48:17.49\00:48:20.50
be careful that they're
not a pyramid where people
00:48:20.53\00:48:23.13
are being hurt under you.
00:48:23.16\00:48:24.80
That's good.
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.17
Well, I like to
say that, the Bible,
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.30
doesn't say that sin,
00:48:28.34\00:48:30.11
it's a sin to
have riches or wealth.
00:48:30.17\00:48:32.54
No. It's how you use that money.
00:48:32.57\00:48:34.34
And that's why you
quoted that the love
00:48:34.38\00:48:36.81
of money is the
root of all evil.
00:48:36.85\00:48:39.05
But when you look at
Psalms 1:12, it says,
00:48:39.08\00:48:41.32
"Wealth and riches
shall be in his house
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.05
and his righteousness
shall endure forever."
00:48:43.08\00:48:44.69
So, God will take
care of His people.
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.55
However, he, in Proverbs 11:28,
00:48:46.62\00:48:49.92
it says, "He that
trusts in his riches
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shall fall,
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but the righteous
shall flourish as a branch."
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So, the focus is to,
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I mean, stay focused on God
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and trust in Him.
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And He will take care of you.
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My God shall
supply all your needs
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according to His
riches and glory,
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as we find in Philippians 4:19.
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Can I say one
more thing? Please.
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Yes, Shelley.
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I think that greed,
people who have a love of money
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develop this avarice for money
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and they become greedy,
the rich want to be richer.
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And I don't think that
they ever find that contentment
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because eternity
is in their heart,
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but they just
keep going after that.
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And I know a lot
of very wealthy people
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who are really unhappy.
00:49:36.44\00:49:37.97
Yeah.
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A good friend
of mine used to say
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money never buys happiness.
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.94
My good friend, Pastor Doug
his father was a billionaire.
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He owned so much,
but Doug said, you know,
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I know my father was
never happy and money
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doesn't buy happiness.
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But for people that are
poor, I've heard a person say,
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well, I'm poor, give me a chance
00:49:53.62\00:49:55.22
to come to that
conclusion myself
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because it does
make life a lot easier.
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I want to just make
that point a lighthearted.
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It does make life a lot easier,
but don't make it your God.
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Because 1 Timothy 6:9,
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the verse right
before that says,
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"Those who desire to be
rich fall into temptation
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and a snare and
into many foolish
00:50:10.64\00:50:13.01
and harmful desires,
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which drown men in
destruction and perdition."
00:50:14.44\00:50:17.05
It becomes all-consuming
and they die with money
00:50:17.08\00:50:20.12
in their hands and no
faith in their hearts.
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We'll see if maybe we can
toss in one more question,
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we have less than a minute.
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It says, I want to know
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if Adam knew that
God was taking his rib
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to create Eve
because of the statement
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he made when he
woke from his sleep.
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This came from
Emmanuel in Texas.
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So, did Adam
know what was coming?
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I think it's
speculative at best.
00:50:41.87\00:50:43.67
The Lord put him to sleep
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and then he told him afterwards,
00:50:45.14\00:50:46.64
you know, this
is taken from Adam.
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A woman means taken
from man, but I don't know,
00:50:48.98\00:50:51.95
there's no scripture
that said that the Lord said,
00:50:51.98\00:50:53.72
hey, lay down, I'm going to take
00:50:53.78\00:50:55.12
one of your ribs
and make you a wife.
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I don't find any
scripture for that.
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Pastor, Johnny or Shelley?
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I find it very interesting
because the Lord allowed
00:51:00.76\00:51:04.03
Adam to see that he was alone.
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.26
He saw all the
animals with a companion
00:51:06.29\00:51:09.50
and the Lord wanted
to fulfill his happiness
00:51:09.53\00:51:13.40
and He made him,
how does the Bible say,
00:51:13.44\00:51:16.37
a helpmate.
00:51:16.40\00:51:18.27
So, he found a
completion of God's creation
00:51:18.31\00:51:23.91
was the creation of a woman.
00:51:23.95\00:51:25.38
Amen, Shelley,
anything you want to add?
00:51:25.41\00:51:27.45
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