As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I get so excited
about this program
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because I get to
look at questions
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that you have sent in.
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And we have a group of panelists
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that will answer those questions
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using scripture,
going to the Word of God
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and providing you
with those answers.
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And if you haven't
sent in any questions,
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I want to tell
you how you may do so.
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You can text your
questions to (618) 228-3975.
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Or you can email them
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to BibleQA@3abn.org
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I'm gonna share our
opening scripture with you
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before I introduce the
wonderful panelists here.
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And it's coming from James 1:22.
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And it says, "But
be doers of the Word
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and not hearers only
deceiving yourselves."
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We must be doers of the Word.
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It's just like, you know,
you can have the knowledge
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but without the application,
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it's just like faith
without works is dead.
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So let me introduce
you to my very alive panel,
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who are doers of the Word.
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We have Sister Jill Morikone.
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So glad to have you here.
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Thank you, Jason.
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I love Bible Q and
A, because we open up
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the Word of God and
I get to learn a lot.
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So I'm so thankful. Amen.
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Amen. Amen. We
have Pastor Ryan Day.
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It's a blessing
to be here always.
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I love Bible Q and A as well.
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And I love it
because it even allows me
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to go back to the
Bible and learn things
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that I may not
have known before.
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And so,
absolutely, it's a blessing.
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Amen.
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And we have Shelley Quinn,
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another wonderful
student of the Word.
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It's great to have you.
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I'll tell you what? These...
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You all are
keeping us on our toes.
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We just want to thank you
so much for your questions.
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And I'm impressed by the
level of these questions.
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Often it's really
interesting, so we love it.
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Yes, and the challenging part
is you only have two minutes
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to answer each question.
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And you get three minutes,
there's one question you get
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that can be three minutes long.
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So that's the challenge.
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But before we dive
into the Word of God
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and answer these questions,
let's have a word of prayer.
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Pastor Day,
will you pray for us?
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Absolutely, let's pray.
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Father in heaven, Lord,
on this blessed day, Lord,
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we give You glory,
and we give You honor,
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we praise You, Lord,
because You are worthy.
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And here we are on another
episode of Bible Q and A, Lord,
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and we just not dare go
any further without asking
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for the leadership and
guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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Help us, Lord, to have
the spiritual mind of Jesus
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to be able to rightly
divide your word of truth
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during this
time, and the answers
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that we provide,
Lord, may they be accurate.
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May they be according
to Your will and Your plan
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and more than anything, Lord,
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may these question and
answers draw people to You.
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This is a program not to
just tickle our ears, Lord,
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but to draw us to Jesus
Christ by providing answers
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into who He is, and
His plan for our life.
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So thank you, Lord,
for this opportunity.
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And we ask this in
Jesus' holy name, amen.
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Amen. Amen, and amen.
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Jill, we're
gonna go to you first,
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and you have three
minutes for this question.
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Yay.
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The question comes from Zane
out of California, and it says,
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"How can I study
the Bible better?
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Sometimes I
struggle in understanding
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and in many things,
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but what are some biblical steps
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to understanding
God's Word in a greater way
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that I focus and
find truths correctly?"
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Thank you so much,
Zane, for that question.
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You know me, I like lists.
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So I'm gonna give you
six keys to understanding
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the Word of God to
studying the Word of God,
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the six keys are
more theological,
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and then we'll do a couple
of practical steps at the end.
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So key number
one is to allow God
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to open your mind and heart.
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That is so very important.
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I think of Acts 16:14,
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"Now a certain woman
named Lydia heard us."
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Of course, Paul
was talking about this.
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"She was a seller of purple
from the city of Thyatira,
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who worshipped God.
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The Lord opened her heart
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to heed the
things spoken by Paul."
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In other words, you and I could
be hearing the Word of God.
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We could even be reading
the Word of God, but unless God
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opens our hearts to
understand, we won't understand.
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Key number two,
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pray for that
divine understanding.
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David the Psalmist
said in Psalm 119:18,
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"Open my eyes that I may see
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or behold wondrous
things out of Your law."
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So go before God and
pray for divine understanding.
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Key number three,
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ask for the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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John 16:13, "However,
when He, Jesus is speaking,
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when He the
Spirit of truth has come,
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He will guide
you into all truth."
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So do you want to know truth?
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Do you want to
understand the Word of God?
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Ask for the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Key number four is to understand
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that Satan can cause confusion,
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and he can
actually block our minds
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from
understanding the Word of God.
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We see this in 2
Corinthians 4:4-6,
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"Whose minds the god
of this age has blinded,
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who do not believe,
lest the light of the gospel
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of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God
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should shine on them."
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So what is Paul saying here?
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He's saying that Satan can
literally blind people's minds,
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so they do not understand truth.
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This is why asking God
to open your mind and heart,
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praying for
divine understanding,
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asking for the
illumination of the Holy Spirit
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is so vitally important.
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Number five, God revealed
spiritual truths and not man.
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Matthew 16:16-17,
"Simon Peter answered and said,
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'You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.'
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Jesus answered and
said, 'Blessed are you,
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Simon Bar-Jonah,
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for flesh and blood
did not reveal this to you,
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but My Father
who is in heaven.'"
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That means God reveals it.
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Key number six, the
Holy Spirit definitely speaks
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through human agents.
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And He conveys truth
through other people.
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We won't read
it, but you can find
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that in Acts 26:17-18.
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Then some practical steps
in the closing seconds I have.
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Read scripture in
context, always look at context.
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Compare
scripture with scripture.
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Study to find Jesus.
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When you read the Word
of God, look to find Jesus.
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And finally, this is
just a personal preference.
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I love Bible hub.
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It gives you great commentary.
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It gives you
all the translations
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of the Word of God
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and you can study the Greek
and Hebrew in there as well.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Excellent growth
principles in there.
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I see that.
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Pastor Day, we're gonna jump
over here to Sister Shelley,
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because chivalry is not dead.
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So we'll go to
Shelley real quick.
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That's right.
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Shelley, you said, this comes
from Natalie out of New York,
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now there's a
couple questions in here.
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And Larry and Yvonne sent
one in here, "Shelley Quinn,
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you said that the angels were
men but in the Bible it says
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they are neither male or female.
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Can you please explain?
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Also we are taught that
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there are
angels watching over us
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and our great messengers.
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So my question is more clarity
on what are the two types
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of angels and
what are their duties?"
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Okay.
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Well, boy, you all really
scared me for a second I had,
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I know what the
comment was generated
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from a worship hour sermon I
did on Michael the Archangel,
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and I had to go
back and make sure
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that I had not
misspoke, misspoken.
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Let me tell you what I did say.
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I said, unlike popular
images, this is a quote,
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"Bible texts always
identify angels as men,
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never as women or children."
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So the Bible
doesn't comment on angels
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being neither male nor female.
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In the Greek the word
pnevma is Spirit, pnevmata,
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the Greek, it's neuter.
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And the Bible says that
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all angels are
ministering spirits.
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Well, that means neuter
gender is for God as well.
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God is Spirit, but we
refer to God in the masculine.
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In Mark 12:25, the Bible says
when they raise from the dead,
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and here's where you got
the idea that the Bible said
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they're neither male nor female.
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"When they rise from the dead,
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they neither marry
nor given in marriage
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but are like the
angels in heaven."
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You see God instituted marriage
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for companionship
and for procreation,
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and marriage isn't
gonna be necessary in heaven
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because it's gonna be
something so much more special.
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But Hebrews 1:14 says,
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"They're all
ministering spirits,
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sent forth to help those,
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minister to those who
are gonna inherit salvation."
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So it's interesting
in the Greek an angel
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can is means messenger,
and it can even be a man.
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There's several
orders of angels,
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the two that are
named are cherubim,
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they serve at God's throne.
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And then there's seraphim.
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They're the only two orders
of angels that are winged.
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And the only two named.
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Guardian angel
doesn't occur in the Bible.
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But Matthew 18:10 says,
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"Take heed that
you did not despise
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one of these little
ones before I say to you,
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that in heaven, their
angels always see the face
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of my father who is in heaven."
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So their angels are
watching the Lord continually.
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And as soon as
He makes a command,
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they're there to fulfill it.
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Amen.
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Thank you for that
explanation, Shelley.
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Pastor Day, we were
coming to you as promised.
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"If you are not a
practicing Adventist in dietary
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and Sabbath observance,
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but you have
received His Spirit,
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how will you fare in knowing
you are prepared to meet God?"
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This is from Josephine.
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Sure, absolutely.
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Well, this question we
could talk a lot about.
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But I'm gonna give you
kind of the, the general basics
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of how I would respond to this.
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And obviously, I
think it comes down
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to the person's heart
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and what they
know, what do they know
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and what do they not
know, I'm talking genuinely?
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Has this person
been, you know, basically,
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have they come in
contact with truth?
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Have they been expressed
truth in some kind of way?
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James 4:17, gives us
a beautiful principle,
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"Therefore to him
who knows to do good
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and does it not
to him, it is sin."
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So if a person
is aware of truth,
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but yet they're
not living that truth,
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and I can honestly
say that person is not led
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and does not
have the Holy Spirit,
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because they have
received the light of truth
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and they're not following it.
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Also, Romans 7:7, Paul
makes the same point very clear.
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He says, "What shall we
say then is the law of sin?"
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Certainly not.
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On the
contrary, I would not have
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known sin
except through the law,
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for would not have
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for I would not
have known covetousness,
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unless the law had
said, "You shall not covet."
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So again, that knowing factor,
even Jesus in both John 9,
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and John 15, I'm
not gonna read both,
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but I'll reference John
9:41, where he talks about,
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you know, reference to
the Pharisees here, he says,
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"If you were blind,
you would have no sin.
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But now you say, we see,
therefore, your sin remains."
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So the question here is,
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if they're not a
practicing Adventist in dietary
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and Sabbath observance,
but have received His Spirit,
00:12:34.85\00:12:37.15
how will you fare knowing
you are prepared to meet God?
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That is, if you're living up
to all the truth that you know,
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if you are
following God according
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to what you know at that time,
00:12:44.36\00:12:46.03
then you are living
genuinely in God's Spirit
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according to the leading
guiding power of His Spirit.
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But we also have to be
reminded that John Chapter 14,
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as well as John Chapter 16,
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reminds us that the
Spirit is the Spirit of truth,
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and that He leads and
guides us into all truth.
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And so God will
show truth to you.
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And when the truth comes
by the power of the Spirit,
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it's our job to make sure
that we receive that truth.
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Acts 5:32, got to
get this one in there,
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"And we are His
witnesses of these things,
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and also is the Holy Spirit
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whom God has given
to those who obey Him."
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So just because
someone may not be
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a practicing Adventist
we need to keep in mind,
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if they know the truth
about the dietary laws,
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they know the truth
about the Sabbath observance,
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and they're not following
it, then they do not have
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the Spirit of God
because the Bible says
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God only gives it to those
who, who are, who obey Him.
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But if that person is following
God in all that they know,
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and yet they're not necessarily
following those, perhaps it's
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because they haven't really
heard that truth just yet.
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We got to be careful
in how we judge people.
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Yeah, very,
very, very good point.
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Jill, this comes
from Glenn out of Texas.
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"Please explain.
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Many are called
but few are chosen.
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Please answer with
text from the Bible."
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Thank you so much, Glenn,
the verse you're referencing
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is Matthew 22:14,
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"For many are
called, but few are chosen."
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I'm gonna give
you the short answer,
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and then we'll go back
and look at the context.
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The short answer
is many are called.
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The calling, the invitation
that is the invitation
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is extended to
everyone to the wedding feast.
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But what does it
mean few are chosen.
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The chosen are those
who accept the invitation
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and comply with the condition,
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meaning they need to
put on that wedding garment.
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So in other words, we
could say all are called,
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all are invited, but
not all choose to accept
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and comply with a condition.
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If you look at the context,
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the parable of
the wedding feast,
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you can read it
in Matthew 22:1-14.
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You see Jesus
telling several parables here
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toward the end of Matthew
as the conflict intensifies
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between Jesus and
the religious leaders.
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He tells a series of
parables to demonstrate
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what we call the great reversal
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of the expected
response to the coming Messiah.
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The leaders of
Israel end up rejecting Him,
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while the outcasts
and the unacceptable
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end up accepting Him.
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Those who are expected
to be saved will be lost.
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And those who we think
are untouchable or sinners,
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they will be saved.
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So if you look at the context,
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you see the king arranging
a marriage for his son,
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and he extends an
invitation to the wedding guests
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to please come, and
they all sent declines back.
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In fact, some of them
killed the very servants
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who would send the invitation.
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Then the king sends out
a second invite and says,
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"Go to the highways
and hedges go everywhere,
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everyone is invited."
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And they come but
one guest does not appear
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with a wedding garment.
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We don't have
time to go into that.
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But that is represented by
the righteousness of Christ,
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both the imputed
righteousness of Christ,
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which is justification,
our title for heaven,
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and the imparted
righteousness of Christ,
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which is sanctification,
that is our fitness for heaven.
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So the bottom line
is that all are called,
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all are called to accept Jesus,
but not all will accept Him
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nor comply with
those conditions.
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Amen.
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Excellent answer, Jill.
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Shelley, we'll come to you.
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This is your three
minute question here.
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Okay.
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"May you please explain to
me why we don't enjoy our tithe,
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but give it to the church?"
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Okay.
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I believe that you're probably
looking into the Old Testament
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about the ceremonial
tithing that they had.
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In the rabbinical teachings,
they understood tithing,
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the Rabbis, to refer
to three different ties.
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There was the Levitical tithe
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to support the synagogue church,
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God's work.
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And then there was a tithe
that was spent by the family
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celebrating when they went
to Jerusalem for the feast.
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And there was a charity tithe.
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And I've read a lot of Jews,
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the Jews were tithing 20 to 30%,
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most of the time, yes, we.
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So it's no longer required
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to set aside the
ceremonial tithe.
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In Leviticus
27:30, the tithe, it says,
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"It's holy and it
belongs to the Lord.
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It says all the
tithe of the land,
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whether the seed of the land
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or of the fruit of
the tree is the Lord's.
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It is holy to do,
it is holy to the Lord.
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And it is to
support the Lord's work."
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We see that in Numbers
18:21, Nehemiah 10:37- 39.
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And I want to say this,
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there were certain
sacrificial offerings
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that were symbolized
in the Old Testament,
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there were symbols of
Christ's atonement on the cross,
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and they ended at the cross.
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But tithing is not
in that classification.
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So tithing did not end.
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It was practiced by Abraham.
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It continued through,
throughout the Old Testament
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and into the New Testament
throughout the New Testament.
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The New Testament
upholds and validates
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the practice of tithing.
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It just assumes it as a
divine institution of worship.
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And no New Testament
writer relaxes its obligation.
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Jesus said in Matthew 23:23,
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"Woe to you scribes and
Pharisees, you hypocrites.
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You pay tithes to
mint, anis, cumin,
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and have neglected
the weightier matters
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of the law, justice
and mercy and faith."
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Now, then he says
something interesting,
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"These you ought to have done,"
00:18:40.12\00:18:42.28
he's talking about their tithes,
00:18:42.32\00:18:44.25
"without leaving
the others undone."
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So He's encouraging tithing,
00:18:46.79\00:18:49.56
but the Pharisees were
strict in their tithing,
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and they missed
the weightier matters
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of that God had commanded.
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Here's, we're not
gonna take time to read it.
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But Hebrews 7:1-8.
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Read Hebrews 7:1-8.
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It's a somewhat
casual reference to tithing,
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and it indicates that tithing
was already an established
00:19:08.74\00:19:14.12
custom in the
New Testament Church.
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It's talking about Melchizedek
and just as Abraham tithe
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to Melchizedek, then it says,
00:19:21.62\00:19:23.83
"We likewise
pay tithe to Christ.
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Our tithe is returned
to Christ, for His church,
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and the glory of the Lord."
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Wow. Amen.
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Amen.
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I'm still kind of
stuck on the 20 to 30%,
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and I'm like watching there
like, wow, okay, all right.
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Amen.
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But 10% of that
that was something
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that the family enjoyed at
the feast at the ceremonial.
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Got you. Yeah.
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We're gonna continue in
this tithing conversation here.
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Pastor Day, we're gonna
come to you this question
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they're asking, "Can
you please explain tithing?"
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Okay, so separate
from the multiple examples
00:19:59.49\00:20:02.20
that she gave, but also
inclusive and one of them.
00:20:02.23\00:20:04.83
Obviously tithing literally
in the Bible means 10th.
00:20:04.87\00:20:08.20
And so all of
the, all of your income
00:20:08.24\00:20:11.04
that you receive the principle
of tithing in scripture,
00:20:11.07\00:20:13.61
especially referring to
returning it to the storehouse,
00:20:13.64\00:20:16.18
which we're gonna talk
about in just a moment,
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that is referring to
a 10th of your income.
00:20:18.31\00:20:20.65
And here's the
thing we have to remember,
00:20:20.68\00:20:22.88
none of our money
and our belongings
00:20:22.92\00:20:24.42
that we have is ours.
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It's all God's,
it all comes to God.
00:20:25.82\00:20:27.19
It's all God's.
00:20:27.22\00:20:28.56
And He's, God is so
good to us that He says,
00:20:28.62\00:20:30.16
I'm gonna give you everything.
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And I'm just gonna ask
you to return to me a 10th
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for the foregoing and
advancement of My work.
00:20:34.36\00:20:36.67
And so I'm gonna
go to the probably
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.50
the most famous
passage dealing with tithing
00:20:38.53\00:20:40.94
that really instills
within us the clear principle
00:20:40.97\00:20:43.57
of what it means and
the importance of tithing.
00:20:43.61\00:20:45.34
And that's Malachi 3:8-10.
00:20:45.37\00:20:47.84
I love how God starts this off,
00:20:47.91\00:20:49.38
because He's actually rebuking
00:20:49.41\00:20:50.95
the house of
Israel at this time,
00:20:50.98\00:20:52.45
because they
weren't tithing properly.
00:20:52.48\00:20:54.18
And He says,
"Will a man rob God?
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Yet you have robbed me."
00:20:56.45\00:20:58.72
But you say, "In what
way have we robbed you?"
00:20:58.75\00:21:01.06
And he makes it clear,
"In tithes and offerings.
00:21:01.09\00:21:03.86
You are cursed with a
curse and you have robbed me,
00:21:03.89\00:21:05.93
even this whole nation."
00:21:05.96\00:21:07.30
And here comes the
principle, verse 10,
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.36
"Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse,
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.53
that there may be
food in My house."
00:21:11.60\00:21:14.24
Okay, we're gonna
come back to that,
00:21:14.27\00:21:15.80
"And try me now on this."
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.31
He says, "Test me, put me
to the test." I love this.
00:21:17.34\00:21:20.14
He says, the Lord, He
says, "I will not open for you
00:21:20.18\00:21:22.58
the windows of
heaven and pour out for you
00:21:22.61\00:21:24.48
such a blessing that
there will not be room enough
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.98
to receive it."
00:21:27.02\00:21:28.35
So a lot of people say well,
what is the storehouse, right?
00:21:28.38\00:21:30.79
Well, the storehouse is
00:21:30.82\00:21:32.15
what I want it to
be not necessarily
00:21:32.22\00:21:33.86
because God
clearly says right here
00:21:33.89\00:21:35.62
in the same sentence,
00:21:35.66\00:21:36.99
He says, "Bring the
tithes into the storehouse,
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.39
that there may be
food in My house."
00:21:38.46\00:21:40.76
The storehouse
here is His house,
00:21:40.80\00:21:42.53
the temple, the church.
00:21:42.56\00:21:44.30
And so we give a 10th.
00:21:44.33\00:21:45.67
And when I say
give, we're returning,
00:21:45.70\00:21:47.27
we're not paying tithes.
00:21:47.30\00:21:48.64
We don't pay
tithes, we return tithe
00:21:48.67\00:21:50.67
because it's
already God's, right?
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.04
And God promises as
He says, "Please do this.
00:21:52.11\00:21:54.41
And watch me pour
out a blessing upon you
00:21:54.44\00:21:56.81
that you can't even receive it."
00:21:56.85\00:21:58.45
That's the principle of tithing.
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.52
And it's simply just as it
was originally was established
00:22:00.55\00:22:05.12
in the Old Testament,
all the way back in Genesis.
00:22:05.15\00:22:07.56
A lot of people try to
say this is a Jewish thing.
00:22:07.59\00:22:09.62
It was for the house of
Israel, for that Old Testament
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.29
Church of Israel, but
it's not for us today.
00:22:12.33\00:22:13.90
But yet you can find
00:22:13.93\00:22:15.23
all the way back
in Genesis 14:20,
00:22:15.30\00:22:17.27
also Genesis 28:22,
where Abraham and Jacob
00:22:17.30\00:22:21.00
also gave a 10th of
their income, they tithed.
00:22:21.04\00:22:24.14
And so this is
not a Jewish thing.
00:22:24.17\00:22:25.77
It's all inclusive as
Shelley beautifully brought out,
00:22:25.81\00:22:28.28
it goes over even
into the New Testament.
00:22:28.31\00:22:29.71
I love it.
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.08
Here's another thing I've
had people say, "Well, Ryan,
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.15
I don't mind
tithing and giving a 10th.
00:22:33.18\00:22:34.85
But I don't want to
give it to the church
00:22:34.92\00:22:36.38
because well, I don't know
what they're doing with it."
00:22:36.42\00:22:38.49
Well, I love the story
of the little widow woman
00:22:38.52\00:22:41.46
that brought her two mites.
00:22:41.49\00:22:43.12
It said, she brought it to
the treasury of the church.
00:22:43.16\00:22:45.53
Now Jesus, you just
read from Matthew 23:23,
00:22:45.56\00:22:48.56
where He told those
leaders of the church
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.17
who potentially would
have misused that tithe,
00:22:51.20\00:22:53.67
what did you call them?
00:22:53.70\00:22:55.04
You hypocrites, okay.
00:22:55.10\00:22:56.87
But it's interesting that
this little widow woman comes
00:22:56.91\00:22:58.81
and she puts all that she had,
00:22:58.87\00:23:00.48
Jesus said she
gave more than anyone.
00:23:00.51\00:23:02.41
There would have been
an opportunity for Jesus
00:23:02.44\00:23:04.08
to say, "Oh, no, no, no,
no, woman, don't do that.
00:23:04.11\00:23:06.41
Don't give your
money to these hypocrites,
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.32
to this bad church,
because they're bad people.
00:23:08.35\00:23:09.72
They're hypocrites.
00:23:09.75\00:23:11.09
They're gonna
misuse and abuse it."
00:23:11.12\00:23:12.52
But He didn't. He
commended her for it.
00:23:12.55\00:23:14.79
And I just say
that in closing here
00:23:14.86\00:23:16.36
to say that
tithing is a blessing.
00:23:16.39\00:23:18.06
It's not for us
to judge where it,
00:23:18.13\00:23:19.83
where it's gone,
or how it's used.
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.46
That's between those who have it
00:23:21.50\00:23:22.93
and use it within the church,
00:23:22.96\00:23:24.40
but we are to be faithful to God
00:23:24.43\00:23:26.17
and return to Him,
00:23:26.20\00:23:27.54
what is His and
that's a 10th of our income.
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It's already His, just
give it to Him for a blessing.
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Amen.
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I love that. I love that.
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It's a blessing.
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Absolutely.
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You're probably
sitting at home right now,
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if you just join, if
you're just joining us,
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and you're wondering, "Well,
how do I submit my questions?"
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This is an
exciting programs thus far.
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These questions
that have been coming in
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have been really, really good.
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We're gonna go to
this question for Jill.
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This comes from
Kathy out of Pennsylvania.
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And Kathy wants
to know, she says,
00:24:15.92\00:24:17.35
"The disciples
addressed their letters
00:24:17.39\00:24:19.49
to Jesus' followers
back then, how do we know
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that we can apply God's Word
to our personal lives today?
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Is there a verse to support it?"
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Thank you, Kathy.
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I would say there's two verses
initially right off the bat
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that jumped to my mind.
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First is Romans
15:4, "For whatever things
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were written before were
written for our learning."
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It doesn't say for
the Romans' learning,
00:24:40.31\00:24:42.21
because of course,
the Epistle of Paul
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.08
to the Romans was
written to the Roman Church.
00:24:44.11\00:24:45.61
It doesn't say that,
it's written for our learning,
00:24:45.68\00:24:48.02
that we through patience
and comfort of the scriptures
00:24:48.05\00:24:50.72
might have hope.
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.32
Another scripture I think
of is also in Paul's writings.
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This is 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
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All scripture, now that
word all in Greek is pas.
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It means each and every one.
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Not all scripture in general,
00:25:03.87\00:25:05.97
but it means each and
every individual scripture
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is given by inspiration of God
and is profitable for doctrine,
00:25:09.17\00:25:13.94
for reproof, for correction,
00:25:13.98\00:25:15.84
for instruction
in righteousness,
00:25:15.88\00:25:18.58
that the man or woman of
God may be perfect or complete,
00:25:18.61\00:25:23.02
thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
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Everything we
find in the Word of God
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is helpful for us today.
00:25:28.52\00:25:30.96
I want to give you a
couple of keys to understanding
00:25:30.99\00:25:33.23
and interpreting and
implying the Word of God.
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Key number one is
intention determines meaning.
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The interpretation must be based
00:25:41.04\00:25:42.90
on the author's
intention of meaning,
00:25:42.94\00:25:45.01
not the readers understanding.
00:25:45.04\00:25:47.61
Unless you learn the intended
meaning of the text writer,
00:25:47.64\00:25:50.95
you will not be able to
properly convey the message.
00:25:50.98\00:25:53.68
Number two,
context determines meaning,
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interpretation must be done
on the context of the passage
00:25:57.52\00:26:02.49
that you were reading.
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Number three, it's important
to understand the difference
00:26:03.89\00:26:06.43
between literal
interpretation and times
00:26:06.46\00:26:09.43
when there's a symbolic
interpretation of the passage.
00:26:09.46\00:26:13.50
Number four, the
genre of biblical literature
00:26:13.54\00:26:16.87
that determines meaning.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.91
Number five, other scriptures,
they determine meaning.
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Use the Bible to
interpret itself.
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Number six,
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separate
interpretation from application.
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We can look first at the
local historical context.
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Then we need to
determine the application
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for you and I today.
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Wow.
00:26:39.13\00:26:40.46
Amen, amen.
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Thank you, Jill.
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.16
Shelley, what did
Jesus mean when He said,
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.23
"I have not come to abolish
the law, but to fulfill it?
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It seems a little confusing.
00:26:49.27\00:26:51.57
What does it mean
that He fulfilled the law?"
00:26:51.61\00:26:54.71
This is from David. Okay.
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This is where David boy,
00:26:56.24\00:26:57.58
I'll tell you the Greek
really helps us understating,
00:26:57.61\00:27:00.25
seeing the original language.
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Your question is
from Matthew 5:17.
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Jesus says, "Do not think
that I came to destroy the law
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or the prophets."
00:27:07.29\00:27:08.66
This is the twofold division
of the Old Testament Scriptures,
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.46
that proves your point
00:27:11.49\00:27:12.83
that Jesus is
validating all Scripture.
00:27:12.86\00:27:16.06
And He says, "I did not
come to destroy but to fulfill."
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I believe in the context,
here He is, most specifically,
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because we're looking
at the Sermon on the Mount.
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He's talking more specifically
about the moral law,
00:27:28.78\00:27:32.71
but we're gonna hit on this.
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Fulfill in the Greek
means to make a full,
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to fill it full.
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You're gonna fill it up.
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And Isaiah 42:21, it
says, "The Lord is well please
00:27:43.83\00:27:48.06
for his righteousness
sake, He will exalt the law."
00:27:48.10\00:27:51.30
He's gonna
magnify the instructions
00:27:51.33\00:27:54.67
and make it honorable.
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This is part of why Jesus
came and in this same chapter
00:27:56.30\00:28:01.01
on Matthew 5 where we
find the Sermon on the Mount.
00:28:01.04\00:28:03.71
Jesus says in verse 21-22,
hey, you've heard it said,
00:28:03.75\00:28:07.72
You shall not
murder but I say, okay,
00:28:07.75\00:28:11.05
here's what the
letter of the law says.
00:28:11.09\00:28:13.82
But the spirit of
the law, I say to you,
00:28:13.86\00:28:16.83
if you hate your brother,
you're in danger of judgment.
00:28:16.86\00:28:20.33
In verse 27-28,
00:28:20.36\00:28:22.33
you've heard it said you
should not commit adultery,
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.53
I say to you, if
you look at a woman,
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.94
you lust after a woman,
00:28:27.97\00:28:29.70
you've already committed
adultery in your heart.
00:28:29.74\00:28:32.34
So Christ is
fulfilling the moral law.
00:28:32.37\00:28:37.25
He's filling it up to
the fullest understanding,
00:28:37.28\00:28:40.92
magnifying the law in
its spiritual application.
00:28:40.95\00:28:45.72
Now we take that same word
when we say Christ fulfilled
00:28:45.75\00:28:50.33
the ritual ceremonial laws
00:28:50.36\00:28:53.29
that are pointed to Him,
00:28:53.33\00:28:57.60
He was the embodiment
of everything that the law,
00:28:57.63\00:29:03.00
the old law was the
types and shadows of
00:29:03.04\00:29:07.21
so that did cease at the cross
but the moral law He magnified.
00:29:07.24\00:29:12.58
Amen. Thank you
for that explanation.
00:29:12.61\00:29:14.12
Amen. Yes.
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.82
I start watching
that clock and then...
00:29:16.85\00:29:21.16
It flies by, doesn't it?
00:29:21.19\00:29:22.52
It does. Yes,
yes. Right, I know.
00:29:22.59\00:29:23.99
Pastor Day, this comes
from Kimberly out of Florida.
00:29:24.03\00:29:27.56
She wants to know, "Is it
okay for Seventh-day Adventist
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.40
Christian women to
wear clear polish fingernail
00:29:30.43\00:29:34.80
and natural soft
colored fingernail polish.
00:29:34.84\00:29:38.37
And is it okay
to braid your hair?"
00:29:38.41\00:29:40.94
Well, the quick
clear answer is yes.
00:29:40.98\00:29:45.25
And I know right
when I just said that.
00:29:45.28\00:29:47.68
There's probably
a bunch of people
00:29:47.72\00:29:49.05
who just went you
know, what did he say?
00:29:49.12\00:29:51.55
Apostasy!
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.92
You know, there's a
lot of misunderstanding
00:29:53.96\00:29:55.99
and just misapplication
to many texts in Scripture
00:29:56.06\00:30:01.00
and also I think when
we're talking about a subject
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.83
such as this, we need
to ask ourselves this,
00:30:02.86\00:30:04.90
what, let's consider
what the Bible doesn't say
00:30:04.93\00:30:07.50
on these subjects
before we draw a conclusion.
00:30:07.54\00:30:09.90
Many times we assume that
00:30:09.94\00:30:11.27
because we might
have heard a preacher
00:30:11.31\00:30:12.81
or we might have read something,
00:30:12.84\00:30:14.18
you know, in some
books somewhere about this
00:30:14.21\00:30:16.21
that the Bible's just
flooded with so much information
00:30:16.24\00:30:18.75
on this, and in reality
00:30:18.81\00:30:20.15
there's not one
text in all the Bible
00:30:20.18\00:30:21.98
that says it's wrong to,
you know, wear some type of,
00:30:22.02\00:30:25.59
you know, makeup
applicant or to braid the hair.
00:30:25.65\00:30:28.66
There's not that there.
00:30:28.72\00:30:30.09
But what we often do is we go
and find a text, for instance,
00:30:30.13\00:30:32.83
1 Timothy 2:9,
let's just go there
00:30:32.86\00:30:35.16
and read that
one where Paul says,
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.03
"And like men are also
00:30:37.07\00:30:38.40
that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel
00:30:38.43\00:30:40.07
with sobriety, or excuse me,
with propriety and moderation,
00:30:40.10\00:30:44.51
not with braided hair, or gold
or pearls, or costly clothing."
00:30:44.54\00:30:48.31
Notice how that's
all in connection,
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.25
not with braided hair,
gold, pearls or costly clothing.
00:30:50.28\00:30:55.15
What, it's interesting
here that that word braided
00:30:55.18\00:30:57.12
in the original King
James says with broided hair.
00:30:57.15\00:30:59.55
And it's
interesting that broided
00:30:59.59\00:31:00.99
as the root word of embroidery.
00:31:01.02\00:31:02.76
And so what would
happen often in this context,
00:31:02.79\00:31:05.13
and you'd have to
study historical context.
00:31:05.16\00:31:07.23
You have to practice
proper biblical hermeneutics,
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.90
when you're looking
into subjects such as this,
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.63
because oftentimes,
00:31:11.67\00:31:13.00
the biblical
writers would write things,
00:31:13.03\00:31:14.87
and they're writing from
within the personal issue
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.61
that was happening in their day,
00:31:17.64\00:31:19.44
in this case, 2000 years
ago, 2500 plus years ago.
00:31:19.47\00:31:23.88
And so we often want
to read and say, "Oh,
00:31:23.91\00:31:25.61
it's a sin if the
woman braids her hair."
00:31:25.68\00:31:27.75
Well, what the women
were doing back in those days
00:31:27.78\00:31:29.62
in a broidered type way,
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.45
is not only were
they braiding the hair,
00:31:31.49\00:31:32.85
but they would often, you
know, weave in gold and pearls
00:31:32.89\00:31:36.12
and different
things within their hair.
00:31:36.16\00:31:37.53
And there was
different social classes
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.63
and economic classes,
00:31:39.66\00:31:40.96
that they were literally trying
to get one up in the church
00:31:41.00\00:31:43.13
on one or the
other women in the church
00:31:43.16\00:31:44.53
by looking fancy and flashy,
and it became almost a contest.
00:31:44.57\00:31:48.07
That's what
Paul's addressing here
00:31:48.10\00:31:49.44
as far as the
braiding of the hair.
00:31:49.47\00:31:50.84
Not that it's,
not that it's a sin
00:31:50.87\00:31:52.51
that if a woman takes
00:31:52.54\00:31:53.88
two or three
strands of hair and goes
00:31:53.91\00:31:56.18
and weaves it together,
oh, you've somehow sin.
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.65
We can be very
pharisaical about this,
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.65
and we need to be very
careful on how we address it.
00:32:00.68\00:32:02.78
As far as the clear nail polish
00:32:02.85\00:32:04.49
or the fleshly
colored nail polish.
00:32:04.52\00:32:06.86
You know, there is some counsel
00:32:06.89\00:32:08.26
that are given to us in
Scripture about you know,
00:32:08.29\00:32:10.29
not wearing you
know, flashy bright colors,
00:32:10.33\00:32:12.99
painting of the
face like Jezebel.
00:32:13.03\00:32:14.96
We have to be very,
very careful about that
00:32:15.00\00:32:16.77
because often that is associated
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.37
with pagan
religions and pagan practices.
00:32:18.40\00:32:20.50
But you know what I'm wearing
right now I'm wearing makeup,
00:32:20.54\00:32:23.10
I have to wear makeup because
these bright lights if I did,
00:32:23.14\00:32:25.64
my face would light up
like a, like the sun, right?
00:32:25.71\00:32:27.64
Yeah.
00:32:27.68\00:32:29.01
And so, you know, it's not a sin
00:32:29.08\00:32:30.41
to put on these things
in light and moderation,
00:32:30.45\00:32:32.58
but to go all out
like the world would,
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.82
that's when it
becomes a problem.
00:32:34.85\00:32:36.22
And that's what
we have to keep it
00:32:36.25\00:32:37.59
within its proper context.
00:32:37.62\00:32:38.95
Wow.
00:32:38.99\00:32:40.32
Excellent, excellent
explanation there, Ryan.
00:32:40.36\00:32:43.99
We will go to Jill,
"Jill in Luke 23:34,
00:32:44.03\00:32:48.50
Jesus states on the cross,
00:32:48.56\00:32:50.27
"Father, forgive them for
they know not what they do."
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.64
Did God honor
Jesus' request on the cross
00:32:53.67\00:32:57.31
by forgiving them?"
00:32:57.34\00:32:58.67
This is from
Hermiston out of Oregon.
00:32:58.71\00:33:01.31
That's a great question
00:33:01.34\00:33:03.24
and one I've
actually wondered myself,
00:33:03.28\00:33:05.15
Forgiveness is not vicarious.
00:33:05.18\00:33:07.65
It cannot be applied
because someone else asked,
00:33:07.68\00:33:10.49
no more than it can be
given through someone else.
00:33:10.52\00:33:13.82
You know, we know that we
do not ask for forgiveness
00:33:13.86\00:33:17.16
for ourselves through a priest.
00:33:17.19\00:33:18.73
We know that very clearly.
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.86
1 Timothy 2:5-6,
"There is one mediator.
00:33:20.90\00:33:24.37
We have access to
God through the mediator,
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.50
the man Jesus Christ,
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.94
but neither can we ask
forgiveness for someone else."
00:33:27.97\00:33:32.27
The requirement for
forgiveness is repentance.
00:33:32.31\00:33:35.08
We cannot repent
for someone else.
00:33:35.11\00:33:38.25
We can however,
intercede for someone else.
00:33:38.28\00:33:42.28
There's a difference between
intercession and repentance.
00:33:42.32\00:33:46.86
You know, 1 John 1:9,
"If we confess our sins,
00:33:46.89\00:33:49.26
He God is faithful
and just to forgive us,
00:33:49.32\00:33:52.29
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.03
That means I need to
come before God personally,
00:33:54.10\00:33:56.90
and repent of my sin and
say, "I did this, I'm sorry,
00:33:56.93\00:34:00.44
would you forgive me?"
00:34:00.47\00:34:01.90
And God extends forgiveness.
00:34:01.94\00:34:04.47
However, we see wonderful
examples in the Word of God
00:34:04.51\00:34:07.91
of intercession on
behalf of someone else.
00:34:07.94\00:34:12.51
I can think of
four right off the bat.
00:34:12.55\00:34:14.15
There's more, but the
four I think of the first one,
00:34:14.18\00:34:16.18
of course, would be
the one that was referenced
00:34:16.22\00:34:18.29
in this reference Jesus,
00:34:18.32\00:34:19.65
His arm
stretched out at the cross,
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.29
"Father forgive them,
00:34:21.32\00:34:23.02
for they know not what they do."
00:34:23.06\00:34:24.56
Now did every man
who crucified Him,
00:34:24.59\00:34:26.90
were they all repentant?
00:34:26.93\00:34:28.23
Were they all forgiven?
00:34:28.26\00:34:29.63
No, we see in Revelation
1:7, "Every eye will see Him
00:34:29.66\00:34:33.40
and those also who pierce Him
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.57
and all nations will
wail because of Him."
00:34:35.60\00:34:38.34
We know that some of
those who crucified Jesus
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.81
will not be in the kingdom.
00:34:40.84\00:34:42.21
I think of Steven when
he's been stoned to death.
00:34:42.24\00:34:45.48
And what did he say,
00:34:45.51\00:34:46.85
"Lay not this
sin to their charge."
00:34:46.88\00:34:49.05
Does that mean every single one
of those priests were forgiven?
00:34:49.08\00:34:51.29
No.
00:34:51.32\00:34:52.65
Of course, Saul turned
Paul was definitely forgiven.
00:34:52.72\00:34:55.82
He met Jesus on
the Damascus Road.
00:34:55.89\00:34:57.69
He repented of his
sin, and he was forgiven.
00:34:57.73\00:35:01.06
I think of Moses interceding
for the children of Israel
00:35:01.10\00:35:04.83
after the
golden calf experience.
00:35:04.87\00:35:07.60
Does that mean
they were all forgiven?
00:35:07.64\00:35:09.27
No, it means they
had to repent themselves.
00:35:09.30\00:35:12.44
I think of Daniel asking
for forgiveness for the people
00:35:12.47\00:35:16.61
of Israel, asking
for that forgiveness.
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.31
But yet we still individually
need to ask for forgiveness
00:35:19.38\00:35:23.32
and repent ourselves.
00:35:23.35\00:35:24.75
Amen. Beautiful answer.
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.76
Wonderful. Absolutely.
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.62
Shelley, "What
law is Galatians 3
00:35:28.66\00:35:31.93
talking about in
general and full context?"
00:35:31.96\00:35:35.03
All right. I love that question.
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.87
It is so easy to see
right within the context
00:35:37.90\00:35:42.47
Galatians Chapter 3 is talking
about the book of the law.
00:35:42.54\00:35:47.14
Let's go ahead and read that.
00:35:47.18\00:35:48.91
In Galatians 3:10-14, it says,
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.11
"As many as are of
the works of the law
00:35:51.15\00:35:54.98
are under the
curse, for it is written,
00:35:55.02\00:35:56.95
'Cursed is everyone
00:35:56.99\00:35:58.72
who does not
continue in all things
00:35:58.79\00:36:02.22
which are written in the
book of the law to do them."
00:36:02.26\00:36:06.16
That's a direct quote
from Deuteronomy 27:26.
00:36:06.19\00:36:11.93
So we, He tells us what
works He's talking about.
00:36:11.97\00:36:16.24
Then he goes on and says,
00:36:16.27\00:36:17.61
"Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law."
00:36:17.64\00:36:20.48
Now, let me back
up just a moment.
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.95
In Exodus 24:3-8,
00:36:23.98\00:36:27.22
we see that God had already
spoken the Ten Commandments.
00:36:27.25\00:36:31.62
Moses went up the
mountain for 40 days,
00:36:31.65\00:36:33.96
God speaks to Moses.
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.16
And Moses comes
down and he shares it
00:36:36.19\00:36:38.19
with all the
people all the words.
00:36:38.23\00:36:40.40
They say, okay, he
writes them in a book.
00:36:40.43\00:36:43.50
And then he builds an altar.
00:36:43.53\00:36:46.33
It's a covenant, what
is written in this book,
00:36:46.37\00:36:50.74
and it's
actually called it says,
00:36:50.77\00:36:52.57
"He took the
book of the covenant."
00:36:52.61\00:36:54.58
Exodus 24:7, "He read it
in the hearing of the people.
00:36:54.61\00:36:59.11
And then he sprinkled the people
00:36:59.15\00:37:01.88
in the book with blood."
00:37:01.92\00:37:03.32
So this was not the
everlasting covenant
00:37:03.35\00:37:06.92
of redemption by grace.
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.92
It was a temporary covenant.
00:37:08.96\00:37:10.43
It was like
constitution for Israel.
00:37:10.46\00:37:14.10
Then Moses, when
he got the people
00:37:14.10\00:37:16.93
to the next generation
00:37:16.97\00:37:19.67
was standing at
the edge of promise.
00:37:19.73\00:37:22.07
And Moses in the Book
of Deuteronomy expands
00:37:22.10\00:37:25.77
on this covenant from
the book of the covenant.
00:37:25.81\00:37:28.68
And now he calls it
the book of the law.
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.25
And he puts it,
the Lord tells him,
00:37:31.28\00:37:33.88
Deuteronomy 31:26,
00:37:33.92\00:37:36.08
"Take this book of the law,
00:37:36.12\00:37:37.45
put it beside the
Ark of the Covenant,
00:37:37.49\00:37:39.99
which is a witness against you."
00:37:40.02\00:37:43.12
And so, you know,
in Colossians 2:14,
00:37:43.16\00:37:45.89
what it's talking
about, it was nailed to,
00:37:45.93\00:37:48.93
what was nailed to the cross?
00:37:48.96\00:37:50.50
It was that which was contrary
to us, the witness against us.
00:37:50.53\00:37:56.37
But I have to give
one more scripture,
00:37:56.40\00:37:58.17
in Galatians,
00:37:58.21\00:37:59.54
this book of the law, in
Galatians, 3:19, he says,
00:37:59.57\00:38:03.58
"What purpose then
does the law serve?"
00:38:03.61\00:38:06.21
He's talking about
the book of the law,
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.58
the Deuteronomy was the
second giving of the law.
00:38:08.62\00:38:11.49
It was added
because of transgressions
00:38:11.52\00:38:14.12
till the siege should come
to whom the promise was made.
00:38:14.16\00:38:18.46
And it was
appointed through angels
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.43
by the hand of the mediator,
00:38:20.46\00:38:22.13
therefore the law
that old covenant,
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.60
the book of the law,
the book of Deuteronomy
00:38:25.63\00:38:28.27
was our tutor to
bring us to Christ
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.91
that we might be
justified by faith.
00:38:30.94\00:38:33.81
But after faith is come,
we're no longer under a tutor.
00:38:33.84\00:38:36.68
Amen and amen.
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.05
You know, I love when you
get questions on the covenant.
00:38:38.08\00:38:42.55
And I know you do
too. And I know you do too.
00:38:42.58\00:38:44.82
Yes.
00:38:44.85\00:38:46.22
Pastor Day, "Will
people who have identified
00:38:46.25\00:38:49.12
with the LGBTQ group
be considered sinners?
00:38:49.19\00:38:52.39
Will they have an
opportunity to be saved
00:38:52.46\00:38:55.36
since the Bible speaks
against this lifestyle?
00:38:55.40\00:38:58.30
Also, should they be allowed to
hold church office positions?"
00:38:58.33\00:39:02.80
This is from Linda.
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.24
That's a great question.
00:39:04.27\00:39:05.61
I'll try to address
each one of those questions.
00:39:05.64\00:39:06.98
I'll start with the first one.
00:39:07.01\00:39:08.34
Now, will people who have
identified with the LGBTQ group
00:39:08.38\00:39:11.88
be considered sinners?
00:39:11.91\00:39:13.28
I know very clearly,
let me make this very clear
00:39:13.31\00:39:16.05
that the Bible
makes it very clear that
00:39:16.08\00:39:17.82
that type of
mentality and that lifestyle
00:39:17.85\00:39:20.09
is an abomination to the Lord.
00:39:20.12\00:39:22.06
You can read that
in Leviticus 20:13.
00:39:22.09\00:39:25.29
Now when we
talk about, you know,
00:39:25.33\00:39:27.76
coming to the
point to say, well,
00:39:27.83\00:39:29.13
that person's a sinner,
or that person's a sinner.
00:39:29.20\00:39:31.07
We're all sinners.
00:39:31.10\00:39:32.47
We've all fallen
short of the glory of God.
00:39:32.50\00:39:33.84
And so we have to be
all inclusive in that sense.
00:39:33.87\00:39:36.07
But you know, we
also kind of goes back
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.71
to what I made earlier,
00:39:37.74\00:39:39.11
we have to be
careful and understand
00:39:39.14\00:39:40.48
that, you know, every
person is on a journey.
00:39:40.51\00:39:43.11
And a person may
not always be aware
00:39:43.18\00:39:46.25
of the will of
God for their life,
00:39:46.28\00:39:47.68
until a certain
time in their life.
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.62
And so we have to be
careful how we identify,
00:39:49.65\00:39:51.55
so that person is a sinner.
00:39:51.59\00:39:52.92
That person is a sinner.
00:39:52.99\00:39:54.32
That's between them and the Lord
00:39:54.36\00:39:55.69
and for God to make that call.
00:39:55.72\00:39:57.39
Is that is the
lifestyle that mentality is sin?
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.13
Absolutely.
00:39:59.16\00:40:00.50
In fact, Romans
1:26-27 says this, it says,
00:40:00.53\00:40:03.90
"For this reason God
gave them up to vile passions,
00:40:03.93\00:40:07.07
for even their women
exchanged the natural use
00:40:07.10\00:40:09.20
for what is against nature.
00:40:09.24\00:40:10.81
Likewise, also the men
leaving the natural use
00:40:10.84\00:40:13.41
of the woman burned
in lust for one another,
00:40:13.44\00:40:15.98
men with men
committing what is shameful,
00:40:16.04\00:40:18.05
and receiving in themselves
the penalty of their error
00:40:18.08\00:40:20.75
which was due."
00:40:20.78\00:40:22.12
So we know God's attitude
towards these practices.
00:40:22.15\00:40:24.35
It's not good, and
God does frown upon it.
00:40:24.39\00:40:26.69
But certainly, we
have to also understand
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.69
that a person may not
be aware of these truths,
00:40:28.72\00:40:31.23
and we have to take
that in consideration.
00:40:31.26\00:40:33.60
Will they have an
opportunity to be saved?
00:40:33.63\00:40:36.16
You know, even though the Bible
speaks against it, of course,
00:40:36.23\00:40:38.23
right now, God, the
heaven's doors wide open,
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.27
God is knocking on
the door of their heart,
00:40:41.30\00:40:42.67
just like anyone else.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.04
And so
absolutely, if they're open,
00:40:44.07\00:40:45.74
Jesus Christ is there to
save them and redeem them
00:40:45.77\00:40:48.41
from that lifestyle.
00:40:48.44\00:40:49.81
And, of course,
should they be allowed
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.25
to hold church office positions.
00:40:51.28\00:40:53.11
An absolute no.
00:40:53.18\00:40:54.92
And the reason why that is,
00:40:54.95\00:40:56.28
is because when
we open that door
00:40:56.35\00:40:58.95
to allow that to
come in, what we're doing
00:40:59.02\00:41:01.06
is we're opening the
door to a leavening process.
00:41:01.09\00:41:03.76
A compromise that is
against the will of God.
00:41:03.79\00:41:06.09
That doesn't mean we
don't love the people,
00:41:06.13\00:41:08.06
because we love
them, we should love them,
00:41:08.10\00:41:09.53
no matter what type
of lifestyle they choose,
00:41:09.56\00:41:11.33
because they
are creation of God.
00:41:11.37\00:41:14.00
But at the same time, we
need to, we need to protect
00:41:14.04\00:41:16.81
the sanctity of God's Church
00:41:16.84\00:41:18.87
and the unity of
God's Church in that sense.
00:41:18.91\00:41:21.24
Amen. Amen.
00:41:21.28\00:41:22.61
Well said. Absolutely.
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.01
Jill, is there power in prayer?
00:41:24.05\00:41:26.18
Yes, absolutely we
can be done right there
00:41:26.21\00:41:28.55
by just saying that.
00:41:28.58\00:41:29.95
Yes there's power in prayer.
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.32
I want to give you, if
I have time nine things
00:41:31.35\00:41:33.42
that prayer
accomplishes and of course,
00:41:33.46\00:41:35.06
there's many more than that.
00:41:35.09\00:41:36.62
Number one, prayer
brings you and I closer to God.
00:41:36.69\00:41:39.86
Psalm 145:18, "The Lord is
near to all who call on him
00:41:39.89\00:41:44.60
to all call on Him in truth."
00:41:44.63\00:41:46.70
Number two,
prayer, it brings peace.
00:41:46.74\00:41:49.84
Philippians 4:6-7,
"Be anxious for nothing
00:41:49.87\00:41:52.71
but in everything by
prayer and supplication
00:41:52.74\00:41:54.98
with thanksgiving.
00:41:55.01\00:41:56.48
Let your requests
be made known to God.
00:41:56.51\00:41:58.41
And the peace of God
00:41:58.45\00:41:59.95
which surpasses all
understanding will keep
00:42:00.05\00:42:01.98
or guard your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus."
00:42:02.02\00:42:05.45
So prayer, it brings peace.
00:42:05.49\00:42:07.32
Number three,
prayer brings healing.
00:42:07.36\00:42:10.23
It brings physical healing,
and it brings spiritual healing
00:42:10.26\00:42:13.46
and emotional healing.
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.36
James 5:16, "Confess
your trespasses to one another
00:42:15.40\00:42:18.40
in praying for one another,
that you may be healed."
00:42:18.43\00:42:22.94
Number four,
prayer brings conversion,
00:42:22.97\00:42:25.37
this is one of my
favorites, Luke 22:31-32.
00:42:25.41\00:42:29.78
Jesus is speaking.
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.15
"And the Lord said Simon,
Simon, Satan has asked for you
00:42:31.18\00:42:34.05
that he may sift you as we,
but I, I have prayed for you.
00:42:34.08\00:42:39.19
And when you have returned
to me, or King James says,
00:42:39.22\00:42:41.92
when you are converted,
strengthen your brethren."
00:42:41.96\00:42:45.33
Prayer, it brings conversions
in other people's lives.
00:42:45.36\00:42:48.93
Number five,
prayer effectuates change.
00:42:48.96\00:42:52.53
James 5:16, "The
effect of fervent prayer
00:42:52.57\00:42:54.84
of a righteous man avails much."
00:42:54.87\00:42:57.37
Prayer brings change.
00:42:57.41\00:42:58.74
Number six.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.18
Prayer teaches surrender.
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.48
1 John 5:14,
00:43:02.51\00:43:04.15
"This is the
confidence we have in Him,
00:43:04.18\00:43:06.05
if we ask anything according
to His will, He hears us.
00:43:06.08\00:43:10.52
It is so important when
we pray that we surrender,
00:43:10.55\00:43:13.82
not my will, God
but Yours be done."
00:43:13.86\00:43:16.56
Number seven,
prayer brings forgiveness.
00:43:16.59\00:43:20.03
Look that up 1
Chronicles 7:14, "If my people,
00:43:20.06\00:43:24.20
who are called by my name
00:43:24.23\00:43:25.60
will humble themselves
and pray," what happens?
00:43:25.63\00:43:28.07
"He will forgive."
00:43:28.10\00:43:29.94
Number eight, prayer
brings understanding.
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.41
Psalm 119:18, "Open my eyes
that I may see wondrous things
00:43:33.48\00:43:37.48
from Your law.
00:43:37.51\00:43:38.85
And we'll save number
nine for another time.
00:43:38.88\00:43:43.08
You're gonna leave
us on that cliffhanger?
00:43:43.12\00:43:44.82
Oh, yes.
00:43:44.85\00:43:46.19
Oh, man!
00:43:46.25\00:43:47.66
That was good.
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.09
All right, Shelley,
we'll go to you on that note,
00:43:49.12\00:43:52.79
"What does the Bible
mean when it mentions a cloud
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.36
of witnesses and who are they?
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.57
Can you please explain this
so it is clear that loved ones
00:43:57.60\00:44:00.64
are not looking down from heaven
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.50
but are asleep in the grave?"
00:44:02.54\00:44:03.94
That's from Louis.
00:44:03.97\00:44:05.31
Absolutely.
00:44:05.34\00:44:06.68
And your reference
is from Hebrews 12:1,
00:44:06.71\00:44:10.05
but I'm gonna kind of backup.
00:44:10.08\00:44:11.85
Remember when the
Bible was written,
00:44:11.88\00:44:14.25
there was no vision
of chapter and verse,
00:44:14.28\00:44:17.62
it all went together,
and even no punctuation.
00:44:17.65\00:44:21.39
But let's in
Hebrews 11, the Bible says
00:44:21.42\00:44:24.19
that, "Faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:44:24.23\00:44:27.30
the evidence of
things not seen."
00:44:27.36\00:44:29.16
Verse 2 says, "By it the elders
obtained a good testimony."
00:44:29.20\00:44:33.50
So chapter 11 is
the hall of faith.
00:44:33.54\00:44:37.64
And it mentions Abel, Enoch,
Noah, Abraham Sarah, Isaac,
00:44:37.67\00:44:41.31
Jacob, Moses, Rehab, and
the New Testament believers
00:44:41.34\00:44:44.88
who were martyred.
00:44:44.91\00:44:47.18
They were equipped by faith.
00:44:47.22\00:44:49.22
They were motivated by faith.
00:44:49.25\00:44:50.62
They were aroused
to action by faith,
00:44:50.65\00:44:53.32
and they were
sustained by their faith,
00:44:53.36\00:44:56.19
and they all
obtained a good testimony,
00:44:56.22\00:44:59.36
but then in verse 13
of Hebrews 11, it says,
00:44:59.39\00:45:03.16
"They all died in faith,
00:45:03.20\00:45:05.43
but not having
received the promise,
00:45:05.47\00:45:07.84
because they saw
them from afar of.
00:45:07.87\00:45:10.44
They embrace them.
00:45:10.47\00:45:11.81
They confess that
they were strangers
00:45:11.84\00:45:14.04
and pilgrims in this world."
00:45:14.08\00:45:15.61
Now look in Hebrews 11:39-40.
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.55
These are the last
two verses of Chapter 11.
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.75
It says, "All these,
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.45
having obtained good
testimony through faith,
00:45:23.49\00:45:27.62
did not receive the
promise God having provided
00:45:27.66\00:45:30.56
something better for us,
00:45:30.59\00:45:32.49
that they should not be
made perfect depart from us."
00:45:32.53\00:45:35.56
In other words, we're all
gonna go into His presence
00:45:35.60\00:45:37.63
at the same time.
00:45:37.67\00:45:39.10
And the very next
verse, which is Hebrews 12:1.
00:45:39.13\00:45:42.94
Remember, no
divisions, no chapters,
00:45:42.97\00:45:46.51
no verses in the original.
00:45:46.54\00:45:48.24
It says, "Therefore we
also since we're surrounded
00:45:48.28\00:45:52.08
by so great a
cloud of witnesses."
00:45:52.11\00:45:55.25
Referring to all of
these deceased saints
00:45:55.28\00:45:59.42
that we've just read about,
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.76
"Let us lay aside every weakness
00:46:01.79\00:46:03.89
in which so easily ensnares us
00:46:03.93\00:46:06.56
and let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us.
00:46:06.59\00:46:10.93
They bore witness to us."
00:46:10.97\00:46:12.97
And we're supposed
to follow their example.
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.54
Amen, Shelley. Amen.
00:46:15.57\00:46:17.04
Wonderful.
00:46:17.07\00:46:18.41
Pastor Day, "Can you
please explain where does it say
00:46:18.44\00:46:21.34
that some individuals
resurrected with Jesus,
00:46:21.38\00:46:25.51
and that they went
to heaven with Him."
00:46:25.55\00:46:27.65
All right, I took a
few seconds on my previous,
00:46:27.68\00:46:29.82
little more time
on my previous ones.
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.95
I think I can answer
this one in under two minutes,
00:46:31.99\00:46:34.12
the only reference Glenny,
00:46:34.16\00:46:35.49
I think this comes
from Glenny in New York.
00:46:35.52\00:46:37.06
The only
reference in all the Bible
00:46:37.09\00:46:38.99
on this is Matthew 27:52-53.
00:46:39.03\00:46:42.90
So if you go back to Matthew 27
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.43
and read verses 50 and 51.
00:46:44.47\00:46:45.97
Jesus has just given up
His spirit on the cross,
00:46:46.00\00:46:48.57
He's died, that there's a great
earthquake in the temple is,
00:46:48.60\00:46:52.24
the veil in the temple
is torn from top to bottom.
00:46:52.27\00:46:55.08
And in verse 52 says,
00:46:55.11\00:46:56.78
"And then the graves were opened
00:46:56.85\00:46:58.18
and many bodies of the
saints who had fallen asleep
00:46:58.21\00:47:00.98
were raised and
coming out of the graves
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after His resurrection,
they went into the holy city
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and appeared to many."
00:47:06.52\00:47:07.86
So there was a
resurrection there,
00:47:07.89\00:47:10.56
at the time that Jesus
had died with the earthquake,
00:47:10.59\00:47:13.03
and then those
people who were resurrected
00:47:13.06\00:47:14.50
they appeared into
the city of Jerusalem,
00:47:14.56\00:47:16.77
or they showed themselves
after Jesus' resurrection,
00:47:16.80\00:47:20.24
but as right in reference to,
00:47:20.27\00:47:21.94
you know, them going
to heaven with Jesus,
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I can say this very
clearly, biblically speaking,
00:47:23.34\00:47:26.17
there is no explicit
text it says there were those
00:47:26.21\00:47:28.91
who ascended with Christ
when He ascended into heaven.
00:47:28.94\00:47:31.61
There's some that go to
Ephesians 4:8 where it says,
00:47:31.65\00:47:34.02
you know, he led
captivity captive
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when He ascended on high.
00:47:36.28\00:47:37.62
There it is.
00:47:37.65\00:47:38.99
I didn't say it's not
possible and I didn't say
00:47:39.02\00:47:40.36
that there weren't
people that did not ascend
00:47:40.39\00:47:42.02
when Jesus had his ascension.
00:47:42.06\00:47:43.43
But there's not an explicit text
00:47:43.46\00:47:44.86
in the Bible that says,
00:47:44.89\00:47:46.39
you know these amount of
people or these kinds of people
00:47:46.43\00:47:48.30
ascended with
Jesus at His ascension.
00:47:48.33\00:47:51.30
Thank you for
that explanation there.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.84
We are going to go
into our bonus round.
00:47:53.87\00:47:56.87
So we've got a couple
of bonus questions for you.
00:47:56.91\00:48:00.94
And I'm just gonna toss
00:48:00.98\00:48:02.31
these out there
and whoever wants
00:48:02.34\00:48:03.68
to answer these
questions may do so.
00:48:03.71\00:48:07.02
"When I praise
God, I give Him honor.
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.78
When I thank God I
give Him gratitude.
00:48:09.82\00:48:12.15
When I give God the
glory I give Him what?
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Go ahead.
00:48:17.36\00:48:18.69
Okay, well the text
that comes to my mind
00:48:18.73\00:48:20.40
is when we give God glory,
what are we giving to Him?
00:48:20.43\00:48:23.53
I think of 1 Corinthians 10: 31.
00:48:23.57\00:48:26.43
1 Corinthians 10:31 says,
"Therefore whether you eat
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or drink or
whatever you do, I love this,
00:48:29.17\00:48:33.68
do all to the glory of God."
00:48:33.74\00:48:35.81
So do all to the glory of God.
00:48:35.84\00:48:37.65
When you give God glory,
you're giving Him your all.
00:48:37.68\00:48:40.08
You are giving Him
every single aspect of you.
00:48:40.12\00:48:42.42
Romans 12:1,
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you know, present your
bodies as a living sacrifice.
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.62
You're giving
your whole self to Him
00:48:46.65\00:48:48.76
when you are giving God glory.
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.99
And I think of 1
Chronicles 16:29, it says,
00:48:51.03\00:48:54.23
"Give to the Lord
the glory to His name,
00:48:54.30\00:48:59.37
bring an
offering, come before Him.
00:48:59.40\00:49:01.57
Oh, worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness."
00:49:01.60\00:49:06.74
And you know, I think, to give
God the glory, is to extol Him,
00:49:06.78\00:49:12.45
to magnify His name.
00:49:12.48\00:49:13.88
I think, King Nebuchadnezzar
in Daniel 4:37 says,
00:49:13.92\00:49:19.49
he says, now I Nebuchadnezzar,
00:49:19.52\00:49:22.29
who was had been
00:49:22.32\00:49:23.69
such a proud
person and God had to,
00:49:23.73\00:49:26.46
you know, if you exalt yourself,
00:49:26.49\00:49:28.03
God will humble you
and God had humbled him.
00:49:28.06\00:49:30.50
But now he says,
"Now, I Nebuchadnezzar
00:49:30.53\00:49:33.27
praise and extol and honor
00:49:33.30\00:49:38.87
the King of heaven.
00:49:38.91\00:49:40.41
All of whose works are
truth, and His ways are justice.
00:49:40.44\00:49:45.08
And those who walk in pride,
00:49:45.11\00:49:47.78
He is able to put down."
00:49:47.82\00:49:51.69
So God says in Isaiah 42:8,
00:49:51.72\00:49:56.59
I'm the Lord.
00:49:56.66\00:49:58.93
God, that's my name.
00:49:58.96\00:50:00.63
I'm not gonna share
My glory with another."
00:50:00.66\00:50:03.47
In other words, He was
saying, these wooden idols,
00:50:03.50\00:50:07.24
these stone
idols that can't talk,
00:50:07.27\00:50:09.84
can't do anything.
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.34
If you bow down for them,
if you're giving them worship
00:50:11.37\00:50:15.78
and honor and
extolling their name.
00:50:15.81\00:50:20.95
You know, you're giving
them the glory that's due to Me.
00:50:20.98\00:50:24.32
So I like the fact
that when I give God glory,
00:50:24.35\00:50:29.76
I'm giving Him what's due Him.
00:50:29.82\00:50:34.10
Amen. Amen.
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.26
I would just add to that,
I love what you said talking
00:50:36.33\00:50:39.47
about giving Him glory and honor
00:50:39.50\00:50:41.60
as far with the words.
00:50:41.64\00:50:42.97
But I would extend
it into actions as well.
00:50:43.00\00:50:45.37
When I think about Exodus 33,
00:50:45.41\00:50:47.74
Moses said,
"Show me your glory."
00:50:47.78\00:50:50.05
And what did God show him?
00:50:50.11\00:50:51.85
His character.
00:50:51.88\00:50:53.21
Yes.
00:50:53.28\00:50:54.62
"The Lord, the Lord gracious
and long suffering and merciful
00:50:54.65\00:50:57.25
and unbounded in
goodness and truth."
00:50:57.29\00:50:59.45
And so to me when we give God
glory we don't just extol Him,
00:50:59.49\00:51:02.76
we don't just
give Him everything.
00:51:02.79\00:51:04.93
But we actually represent
His character to other people.
00:51:04.96\00:51:10.33
So by our
actions, we give Him glory.
00:51:10.37\00:51:12.67
Amen. That's wonderful.
00:51:12.70\00:51:14.30
That is very well said.
00:51:14.34\00:51:15.84
Yes.
00:51:15.87\00:51:17.21
And imagine doing that
in the midst of a trial.
00:51:17.27\00:51:20.38
Yes.
00:51:20.44\00:51:21.78
Amen. That's right.
00:51:21.81\00:51:23.14
I don't have to imagine it.
00:51:23.18\00:51:24.51
There we go. There we go.
00:51:24.55\00:51:27.28
Well, all right,
yes, I'm glad. I'm glad.
00:51:27.32\00:51:30.39
I can't believe our
time is flying by like this,
00:51:30.45\00:51:34.16
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00:51:34.19\00:51:36.19
man, these were
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00:51:36.22\00:51:38.23
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00:51:41.06\00:51:43.40
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