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, I'm Jill Morikone.
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We just want to welcome you
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to another 3ABN
Today Bible Q and A.
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This I think is one
of my favorite programs
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because we open
up the Word of God.
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Why is the Word
of God important?
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We know in 1 Peter Chapter 1,
this is our opening scripture.
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1 Peter 1:23,
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"Having been born
again, not of corruptible seed,
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but of incorruptible
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through the word of God,
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which lives and abides forever."
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The Word of God is life changing
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when you open it,
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when you discover
Jesus, when you study it,
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your life will be transformed.
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I want to
introduce to you our family
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around the table here
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that will be taking
your Bible questions
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and answering
them in two minutes.
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And a couple of them have three,
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which is a blessing.
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We're going to
start at the end here.
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We have Jason Bradley.
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Always good to
have you here, Jason.
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It's always great to be here.
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And I love
getting these questions
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because I have to study them out
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and find the answer.
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So I'm excited about it. Amen.
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And sitting next to you
is Shelley Quinn, my sister,
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delighted to have you here.
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It's always fun
to do this program
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because we get to
dive into the Bible
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and do a little deeper study.
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Amen.
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I love that, last but not least
sitting right here next to me,
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Pastor Ryan Day.
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So glad you're here. Amen.
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It's always a
blessing to be a part
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of this wonderful program,
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answering Bible questions.
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And we're
certainly going to do that
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from the Bible today.
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Amen.
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Speaking of Bible questions,
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we want you to send in
your Bible questions to us.
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That number
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And we would love to
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on an upcoming
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We do this every Monday.
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It's also available on YouTube
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So you have many
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and rewatch and watch again.
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Before we go to
the first question,
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let's go to the Lord in prayer
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and, Shelley,
would you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, we come before You,
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oh, Lord, with hearts that
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overflow with
thanksgiving and praise for You.
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Oh, how we thank You Lord,
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for not only for
Jesus and Your Holy Spirit,
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but we thank you for Your Word.
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You didn't leave
us as orphans, Lord.
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We know the mind of Christ.
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We know Your mind
because You inspired this Word
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and we pray that today.
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Lord, help us, I pray that
each one of us have already
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been led by You in our study,
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but help us to express ourselves
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by the power of
Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us all ears to
hear what You are saying
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and, oh, Lord, by the
power of Your Holy Spirit,
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help us to put it into practice.
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We love You, Lord.
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And we want to
do what pleases You.
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We give You all the
glory in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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We're going to
start with you, Jason.
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This is from Sherry in Antigua.
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"What do you do when
seeking God's direction?
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And He seems eerily silent.
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What do you do
when God is silent?"
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Sherry, this is a question
that a lot of people have
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and you know, one
of the hardest things
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for human beings to deal
with is tolerating uncertainty.
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And so I like to define faith
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as the ability to
tolerate uncertainty
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while trusting in God.
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And that requires some exercise.
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But let's look at how
the Bible defines faith.
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Hebrews 11:1
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says, "Now faith is
the substance of things
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hoped for the
evidence of things not seen."
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In those silent moments,
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we need to
maintain our faith in God.
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Isaiah 55:8-9,
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"For My thoughts
are not your thoughts,
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nor are your ways
My ways, says the Lord.
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For as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
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so are My ways
higher than your ways,
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and My thoughts
than your thoughts."
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In those silent moments,
we need to recognize that
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God's ways are not our ways.
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And His vision is beyond 2020.
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He has eternity in view.
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Psalm 27:13-14,
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"I would have lost
heart, unless I had believed
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that I would see
the goodness of the Lord
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in the land of the living.
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Wait on the Lord,
be of good courage,
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and He shall
strengthen your heart,
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wait, I say, on the Lord!"
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In Jeremiah 17:7-8,
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"Blessed is the man
who trusts in the Lord,
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and whose hope is the Lord.
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For he shall be like a
tree planted by the waters,
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which spreads out
its roots by the river,
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and will not
fear when heat comes,
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but its leaf will be green,
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and will not be
anxious in the year of drought,
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nor will cease
from yielding fruit."
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So in the moment
when the heat comes,
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when there's drought,
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when there's silence,
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you know,
sometimes silence leads
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to an uncomfortable situation,
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but use that time for
a moment of preparation,
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whatever it may be.
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If you're looking for a
job, sharpen your skills,
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anytime, while you're
in that waiting period,
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you should be
studying the Word of God
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and drawing closer to Him.
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You can't go wrong with that.
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Amen. Thank you, Jason.
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Wonderful answer.
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Wonderful things to do
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while you are in
that silent time.
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Speaking of silence,
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we're coming to
you, Pastor Ryan.
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"Why was there silence in heaven
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and what's the
implication for us
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as it relates to
end time prophecy?"
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Absolutely.
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So the specific
reference that is given
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in regards to the
silence in heaven is,
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of course, Revelation 8:1,
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and it's in the context
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within the context
of the seventh seal,
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so there are seven
seals in Revelation.
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This is the seventh seal.
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And it says, and when
he opened the seventh seal,
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there was silence in
heaven for about a half an hour.
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Okay. And so
what is this silence?
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Well, if you go back
not to the previous chapter,
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because we were
in Chapter 8 now.
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The previous
chapter, Revelation Chapter 7
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is actually
talking about the 144,000,
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it's introducing us to that.
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But if you go back
to the previous chapter
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before that Chapter 6,
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the last thing
happening there in Chapter 6
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is the sixth seal
that's been opened.
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And if you read what's happening
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at the latter part
of that sixth seal,
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you cannot miss what
event this is talking about.
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Revelation 6:14-17.
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And the Bible says,
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"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
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when it is rolled up,
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and every mountain and island
was moved out of its place.
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And the kings of the earth,
the great men, the rich men,
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the commanders, the mighty men,
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every slave and every free man,
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hid themselves in the
caves and in the rocks
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of the mountains,
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and said to the
mountains and rocks,
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'Fall on us and
hide us from the face
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of Him who sits on the throne
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and from the wrath of the Lamb!
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For the great day
of His wrath has come,
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and who is able to stand?'"
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This is no doubt the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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So immediately
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within the context
of this ending portion
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of the sixth plague
now transition, excuse me,
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sixth seal now transitioning
to the seventh seal
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and the very verse 1
of Revelation Chapter 8,
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the opening of the seventh seal.
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This half hour silence in heaven
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is dealing within the context
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of the Second Coming of Jesus.
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Why is there silence
in heaven for a half hour?
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Because there
ain't nobody in heaven,
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but we get this from
Matthew Chapter 25 as well.
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When it says Jesus
comes back in all of His glory
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
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we know that heaven is emptied.
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There's no one there.
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Some people argue
is the Father there
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or does the Father
come back with Jesus?
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That's not the con,
that's not the subject in fact,
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it'd be another
good question to ask.
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Does the Father
come back with Jesus?
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Somebody ask that question
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and we'll answer that next time,
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but there's silence in heaven
because no one's in heaven.
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It's quiet
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because Jesus has
come back to get us.
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Amen. What a wonderful promise.
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He's coming again.
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Shelley, we're coming to you.
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This is from Sherry in Antigua.
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Please explain the
passage which says,
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"Some of you standing
here will not see death
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until you, see me
coming in the clouds of heaven.
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These people
are not alive today.
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So please explain?
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Okay, Matthew...
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Sherry, this is
from Matthew 16:28.
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Jesus said,
"Assuredly, I say to you,
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there are some standing
here who shall not taste death
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till they see the Son of
Man coming in His kingdom."
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First I have to
point out kingdom here
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can be translated as
royal power or splendor.
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And then it is also significant.
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All three of the
synoptic, gospels,
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Matthew, Mark, and Luke,
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all Jesus makes this statement
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just prior to
the transfiguration
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and the disciples
Peter, James and John
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were on the Mount
of Transfiguration
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and saw Jesus'
splendor and glory, let's...
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So here's what it
says in this same account,
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Matthew 17:1-8,
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"After six days
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Jesus took Peter,
James, and John his brother,
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led them up to high
mountain by themselves,
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He was transfigured before them.
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His face shone like the sun,
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His clothes became
as white as the light.
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Behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them,
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and suddenly a voice
came out of the cloud,
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saying, 'This is My beloved Son,
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in whom I am well pleased.
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Hear Him!"
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So some of the
disciples that Jesus said,
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you're going to
not die before you see
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me come in my kingdom.
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They saw this transfiguration,
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they were eye
witnesses to the glory of God.
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They got a
glimpse of Christ glory
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and what it will be
like at His Second Coming.
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And that's how
Peter understood it.
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Because look at 2 Peter 1:16-18.
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Peter says, "We didn't
follow cunningly devised fables,
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when we made known to
you the power and coming
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of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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but we were eye
witnesses to His majesty.
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For he received
from God the Father
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honor and glory
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when such a voice came to
Him from the Excellent Glory:
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'This is My beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased.'
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We heard this voice
which came from heaven
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when we were with
Him on the holy mount.
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'" So I believe
that Jesus placing this
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within the narrative,
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Him saying this and
then the transfiguration,
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the transfiguration
was the fulfillment.
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Amen. Thank you.
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Ryan, we're coming back to you.
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"What is a clear physical
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manifestation
of the Holy Spirit?
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At Sinai when it happened,
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there was a mighty
wild and thunderous wave.
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In the upper room of
the Acts of the Apostles
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there was tongues of fire
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followed by noise
of diverse tongues.
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Does it still
occur like that now
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or has he changed
the mode of operation?"
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This is from Jaycee Bright.
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I'm not sure how
you pronounce it.
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Yeah, no, this
is a great question.
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First of all, I never
am without exact explicit
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information from Scripture
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going to ever put
God in a box and say,
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God can or cannot do this.
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Obviously God
moved in mighty ways
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in these instances
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that is mentioned here at Sinai
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and obviously on
the day of Pentecost.
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But then also, we
also have to keep in mind
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that in these two instances,
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you know, God was
moving in a mighty way
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because He was
pouring out His Spirit
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and He was manifesting Himself
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to multitudes of
masses of people.
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Now, could God do that
today? Of course He could.
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And does God do that
today? Perhaps He does.
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I will say though,
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we don't need to
really get so much caught up
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in the physical
manifestation of the spirit
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because there's
multiple instances in Scripture
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where God gives
His Spirit to someone
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and it isn't all flashy and,
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you know, the
earthquakes and the shaking
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and the thunderous noises.
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For instance, John Chapter 3,
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Jesus likens the
spirit into the wind.
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And he says here that,
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"Which is born of
flesh is flesh, and that
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which is born of
spirit is spirit."
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And then verse 8
of John Chapter 3,
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"The wind blows where it wishes,
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and you hear the sound of it,
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but cannot tell
where it comes from
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and where it goes.
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So everyone who is
born of the Spirit."
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So again, the wind
can sometimes blow hard
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and sometimes it doesn't.
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For instance, in John 20:21-22,
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Jesus tells His
disciples in the upper room.
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Again, this is some
50 days before Pentecost
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and He says,
receive you the Holy Spirit.
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And the Bible says
He just breeze on them
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and there was no
big showiness there.
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And so going back to my point,
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could it happen?
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Yes. Does it
happen as much back then?
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Maybe, maybe not,
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but I will say we
also need to make sure
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that the physical manifestation
of the Holy Spirit,
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the, how we tell if someone
has received the Holy Spirit
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is not so much by some
outward physical manifestation,
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but we follow what we
see in Galatians 5:22.
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And that is how
does, how do we know
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someone has
received the Holy Spirit
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or is being led by the Spirit?
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And, of course, that's
the fruits of the Spirit there
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again in Galatians 5:22.
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Amen. Great response.
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The internal is even more
important than the external.
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That's right, absolutely.
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Jason, this is from Jack.
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"Are Catholics
who confess their sins
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to priests, really forgiven
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if they are living up
to all the truth they know,
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or would God reject
their plea for forgiveness
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since they are not using
Jesus as their mediator?"
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Yes, Jack, if they're
living up to what they know.
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Let's look at the
scriptures right now.
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Acts 17:30,
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"Truly these times of ignorance,
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God overlooked,
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but now commands all
men everywhere to repent."
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Although God
winks at our ignorance,
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He expects us not to stay in it.
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Romans 3:25 says.
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"Whom God set
forth as a propitiation
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by His blood through faith
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to demonstrate His righteousness
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because in His forbearance,
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God had passed over the sins
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that were previously committed."
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If someone really
wants to know the truth,
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the Holy Spirit will
lead them into all truth.
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That's one of his jobs.
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John 7:17,
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"If anyone wills to do His will,
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he shall know
concerning the doctrine,
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whether it is from God
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or whether I speak
on My own authority."
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2 Corinthians 8:12,
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"For if there is
first a willing mind,
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it is accepted
according to what one has,
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and not according to
what he does not have."
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John 10:16,
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"And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold,
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them also I must bring
and they will hear My voice
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and there will be one
flock and one shepherd."
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So the answer is yes
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with the caveat
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that we have a
personal responsibility
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to seek truth.
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We must not be
willfully ignorant.
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There's so much out
there for us to grab hold of.
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There are Bibles everywhere.
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There's Bibles
on our cell phone,
00:16:37.76\00:16:39.36
we can download the app.
00:16:39.39\00:16:40.90
There are so many ways
00:16:40.93\00:16:42.60
that we can learn the truth
that is found in God's Word.
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And when we know
better, we must do better.
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Amen. Amen. Good answer.
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We must know, understand
and practice the truth.
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Shelley, we're coming to you.
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"If there are no
tears and sadness in heaven,
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will we know if
someone we love is not there?
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And would we be sad
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or how will we in
spirit emotionally respond?"
00:17:04.99\00:17:08.49
This is from Debbie in Colorado.
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Debbie.
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Okay. This is a great question.
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The Bible clearly says
there are two resurrections
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and there's a
thousand years in between
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and the righteous dead,
and the righteous who are alive
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at Christ's return
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go to heaven for
that thousand years.
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In Revelation 20:1-3,
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it talks about Satan being
bound for the thousand years
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and then released
for a little while.
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And in Revelation 20:4,
00:17:37.19\00:17:40.26
it says that the
saints are seated on thrones
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and judgment is
committed to them.
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They're going to live and
reign for a thousand years
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with Christ.
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And verse 5
identifies the saints
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that they are of
the first resurrection
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saying that the rest of the dead
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don't actually get resurrected
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until after the thousand years.
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So God allows us
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to thoroughly
investigate these records
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during these thousand years.
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And basically Daniel 7:22 said,
00:18:13.09\00:18:16.16
"Judgment is given to
the saints of the Most High."
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1 Corinthians 6:2-3,
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Paul said, "Do you not know
00:18:21.76\00:18:23.10
that you're going
to judge the world?"
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So what's going to
happen for that thousand years?
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We're sitting here
examining these books.
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We're going to
understand and agree
00:18:29.64\00:18:32.84
with God's
judgment on the wicked,
00:18:32.87\00:18:35.64
and we will pass the Senate.
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So can I say this, in heaven
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I think there's
going to be a tear or two.
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I don't think it's going to be,
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you know, the promise for
no more tears doesn't come
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until the new
heavens and the new earth.
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Revelation 21:1-4.
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He says, "Now I saw a new heaven
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and a new earth,
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for the first heaven
00:19:01.90\00:19:04.24
and the first
earth had passed away
00:19:04.27\00:19:06.41
and there was no more sea.
00:19:06.44\00:19:07.78
And I, John saw the holy city,
00:19:07.81\00:19:09.71
New Jerusalem coming
down out of heaven from God
00:19:09.74\00:19:12.88
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:19:16.69\00:19:19.09
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men
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and He shall dwell with them."
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They will be His people.
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God will be with
them. He'll be their God.
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And verse 4, Revelation 21:4,
00:19:28.33\00:19:31.57
"He'll wipe away
every tear from our eyes,
00:19:31.60\00:19:33.64
no more death nor
sorrow nor crying,
00:19:33.67\00:19:36.44
no more pain,
00:19:36.47\00:19:37.84
for the former
things have passed away."
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Thank you, Shelley.
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I agree with
that too. Absolutely.
00:19:41.88\00:19:43.21
New earth, there will
00:19:43.24\00:19:44.58
be no more pain
and sorrow and crying.
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Speaking of sorrow,
we're coming back to Jason.
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"Why does God
allow so much suffering
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around the world?"
00:19:52.99\00:19:54.32
This is from Rodney, who
is from Kingston, Jamaica.
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Well, Rodney, I'm not
sure if you have kids or not,
00:19:58.76\00:20:01.56
but I'd imagine that,
00:20:01.60\00:20:03.20
you know, you wouldn't want
your kids to touch a hot stove
00:20:03.23\00:20:06.03
and you don't want them
to get burned by a hot stove.
00:20:06.07\00:20:08.94
So you'd probably
tell them not to touch it,
00:20:08.97\00:20:11.67
but if they chose to
touch that hot stove,
00:20:11.71\00:20:14.68
they would experience
00:20:14.74\00:20:16.88
the painful effects
of their disobedience.
00:20:16.91\00:20:19.21
They would experience,
you know, getting burned,
00:20:19.25\00:20:22.92
but that was
never your intention.
00:20:22.95\00:20:24.95
And like that example,
00:20:24.99\00:20:26.86
that was never God's
intention for mankind to suffer,
00:20:26.89\00:20:30.46
to experience, you
know, sin, pain and suffering.
00:20:30.49\00:20:34.30
Sin, pain and
suffering came from the devil.
00:20:34.36\00:20:37.83
1 John 3:8 says,
00:20:37.90\00:20:40.07
"He who sins is of the devil,
00:20:40.10\00:20:42.50
for the devil has
sinned from the beginning.
00:20:42.54\00:20:45.04
For this purpose, the
Son of God was manifested
00:20:45.07\00:20:47.94
that He might destroy
the works of the devil."
00:20:48.01\00:20:51.68
God is a God of love.
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.11
And as such, He doesn't force us
00:20:53.15\00:20:55.45
to worship Him.
00:20:55.48\00:20:56.82
So if we look at suffering
00:20:56.85\00:20:58.22
from the perspective
of the great controversy,
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.86
we see that God has
His form of government
00:21:00.89\00:21:04.39
that has laws that
are protective of mankind.
00:21:04.43\00:21:08.66
And Satan has his rule of thumb,
00:21:08.73\00:21:10.47
which is do as thou wilt.
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.47
The outcome for the
suffering that is caused
00:21:12.50\00:21:14.97
as a result of
Satan's government
00:21:15.00\00:21:17.24
is destruction.
00:21:17.27\00:21:19.07
However, the
outcome of God's government
00:21:19.11\00:21:21.51
is salvation,
00:21:21.54\00:21:23.68
but even through suffering,
00:21:23.71\00:21:25.18
God can turn the
outcome of your trial
00:21:25.21\00:21:29.02
into a testimony
00:21:29.05\00:21:30.49
despite everything
00:21:30.52\00:21:31.85
that we're facing on this earth,
00:21:31.92\00:21:33.96
I find great hope
00:21:33.99\00:21:35.32
in a verse that
Shelley just shared,
00:21:35.39\00:21:37.73
Revelation 21:4,
00:21:37.76\00:21:39.86
and I'll read it again.
00:21:39.89\00:21:41.20
"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:21:41.23\00:21:44.77
there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
00:21:44.80\00:21:48.14
There shall be no more pain,
00:21:48.17\00:21:49.94
for the former
things have passed away."
00:21:49.97\00:21:52.34
So although we're going
through such a difficult time,
00:21:52.37\00:21:55.51
sometimes in life and
their suffering and pain,
00:21:55.54\00:21:58.35
hold on.
00:21:58.38\00:21:59.71
Hold on to God.
00:21:59.75\00:22:01.15
Amen.
00:22:01.18\00:22:02.58
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00:22:02.62\00:22:04.15
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00:22:09.86\00:22:11.56
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We're going to Pastor Ryan now.
00:22:41.19\00:22:42.82
Pastor Ryan spoke
about the end times,
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.43
and this is one of
your three minute questions.
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.73
"What are the
seven last plagues?
00:22:47.76\00:22:50.13
Are we in them
now with this virus
00:22:50.17\00:22:52.43
and nation against nation?
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.27
I'm speaking of
Israel and Palestine.
00:22:54.30\00:22:56.47
There's a brother in the church
00:22:56.50\00:22:57.84
that doesn't think
we are in the end times,
00:22:57.87\00:22:59.74
but I read that we are.
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.41
Where and what are these plagues
00:23:01.44\00:23:03.71
in this time?"
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.08
This is from Shirley, there's
a lot of questions in there.
00:23:05.15\00:23:06.88
Sure.
00:23:06.92\00:23:08.25
Well, I think I can
answer a couple of them
00:23:08.32\00:23:09.65
really quickly.
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.02
First of all, we are not
in these seven last plagues.
00:23:11.05\00:23:12.62
I can assure you that.
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.46
We are most definitely
living in the end times.
00:23:14.49\00:23:17.09
I don't know
who this brother is,
00:23:17.13\00:23:18.83
but sign him up
for Bible studies
00:23:18.86\00:23:21.66
because I would love to have
Bible studies with that brother
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.87
to show him we are
living in the end times.
00:23:23.90\00:23:26.13
There's no doubt about that.
00:23:26.17\00:23:29.17
As far as where we are,
00:23:29.20\00:23:31.07
we're not quite to
those seven last plagues yet,
00:23:31.11\00:23:33.11
but we are fast approaching
I believe the end of time,
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we're living in
the time of the end.
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And so what are
the seven last plagues?
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Well, this is the
seven last plagues
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are referenced
or listed in order
00:23:41.52\00:23:44.02
in Revelation Chapter 16.
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But before we go there,
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I want to make sure
that we understand that
00:23:46.82\00:23:48.16
this is the
great final universal
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great tribulation time period
00:23:52.03\00:23:54.03
mentioned in the
Bible when Jesus said,
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you know, there
would be great tribulation
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like no other.
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Even Daniel talks about it
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in the 12th
Chapter of Daniel verse 1,
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notice what it says here.
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When Jesus stands up, it says,
"And Michael shall stand up,
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that great prince who stands
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and watches over
the sons of your people,
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and there shall
be a time of trouble
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such as never was since
there ever was a nation,
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even to that time.
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And at that time, your
people shall be delivered
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everyone who is
found written in the book."
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So there's going to be a
time of trouble like no other,
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of course, this is the great
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and final global
tribulation time period
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that happens right before
the second coming of Jesus.
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And, of course, it happens to be
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in Revelation Chapter 16,
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where we find this
tribulation time period
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spoken of in detail.
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And that is, of
course, the seven last plagues.
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And you'll know that we're not
in the seven last plagues yet
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just by reading
the very first plague.
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Okay.
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The very first plague,
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tell me if
you've seen this lately,
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this is going to happen to
all the wicked on the planet.
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Everyone who is wicked
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and does not
have the seal of God.
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It says verse 2.
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So this is Revelation 16:2,
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"So the first went out
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and poured out his
bowl upon the earth,
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and a foul and loathsome sore
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came upon the men who
had the mark of the beast
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and those who
worshiped his image."
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I mean, these are
not just going to be
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some little bumps,
some little mosquito bites.
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We're talking about horrible,
horrible, painful sores.
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That is going to be global.
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Number two
here. This is verse 3.
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It says, "Then the second angel
poured out his bowl on the sea,
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and it became
blood as of a dead man,
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and every living
creature in the sea died."
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Have we seen that lately?
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Certainly not on a global scale.
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We know that we're
not in that time just yet.
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Number three here.
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This is the
third bowl in verse 4.
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"Then the third
angel poured out his bowl
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on the river and
springs of waters,
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and they became as blood."
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And in the
course, it talks about
00:25:36.16\00:25:37.50
you are righteous, oh, Lord,
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and basically God
gives them blood to drink
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because they had
received the mark of the beast.
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They shed God's, the
God's people's blood.
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They shed the
blood of the martyrs
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and God says, I'm going
to give you blood to drink.
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So on the fresh water
sources, they become like blood.
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We haven't seen that happen yet.
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And the fourth is men
are scorched with fire,
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as it says that the,
is poured out upon the sun
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and the power was given to
him to scorch men with fire.
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That's global, that
hasn't happened yet.
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Number five, of
course, is darkness
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falls upon this earth
upon the seat of the beast,
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the sun does not give its light.
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.23
We haven't seen
that yet globally.
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These are all
global destruction.
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This is the last
thing that happens
00:26:15.37\00:26:17.34
prior to the
Second Coming of Jesus.
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We are living in the end times
00:26:19.27\00:26:20.61
and we are fast
approaching this time,
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.64
but you know, praise the Lord.
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.05
As long as we're in Jesus Christ
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we'll be sealed.
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And the Bible says
that He will make sure that
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.22
no plague comes near us
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and He will give His
angels charge over us
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at Psalm 91.
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Amen. Thank you so much, Ryan.
00:26:34.32\00:26:36.09
We could use another 10
minutes at least on that.
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Miss Shelley,
we're coming to you.
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This is Darlene.
00:26:41.50\00:26:42.83
"Could you please
explain Luke 22:35-38?
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I don't understand the
reference to the swords."
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Okay. Luke 22:35-38, Darlene.
00:26:50.24\00:26:54.64
Jesus said to them,
00:26:54.68\00:26:56.81
He's talking to His
disciples in the garden.
00:26:56.85\00:26:58.95
When I sent you
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without money
bag, knapsack sandals.
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Did you lack anything?
00:27:03.45\00:27:04.92
This is what he's referencing
when he sent them out
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.99
two by two.
00:27:07.02\00:27:08.36
They said, no, we
didn't lack anything
00:27:08.39\00:27:09.72
because their needs
were sovereignly met
00:27:09.76\00:27:14.36
when Jesus sent them out,
00:27:14.40\00:27:16.06
but now there's
going to be a reversal.
00:27:16.10\00:27:18.13
And He says, now,
00:27:18.17\00:27:20.97
if you have a
money bag, take it,
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.47
a knapsack, take it.
00:27:23.51\00:27:26.11
And he who has no sword,
00:27:26.14\00:27:28.01
let him sell his
garment and buy one.
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What Jesus,
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these are
figurative expressions saying,
00:27:31.81\00:27:34.85
hey, you've got to
provide your own support
00:27:34.88\00:27:37.95
and protection from now on.
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And let me say, the
sword was in the Greek.
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It's just a short little dagger.
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It's more like a knife.
00:27:44.46\00:27:46.39
Now it's
interesting in verse 38.
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They said, look,
Lord, here's two swords,
00:27:49.76\00:27:52.50
two little knives.
00:27:52.53\00:27:53.87
And he said to
them, it is enough.
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Now I believe he's saying
enough of such foolish talk.
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And I'll tell you why?
00:28:00.98\00:28:02.58
In the same account,
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.95
see, Jesus wasn't
literally telling them
00:28:04.98\00:28:07.68
to pick up a sword.
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.22
In the same account,
as it is told in Matthew,
00:28:09.28\00:28:13.99
same thing in the garden,
00:28:14.02\00:28:15.82
Matthew 26:50-53,
00:28:15.86\00:28:20.03
the Judas is leading
the soldiers to Jesus.
00:28:20.06\00:28:24.17
They came and
laid hands on Jesus.
00:28:24.20\00:28:26.13
They took Him
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.50
and suddenly one of
those who were with Jesus,
00:28:27.54\00:28:30.51
we know this was Peter
according to John's account,
00:28:30.54\00:28:34.11
stretched out his
hand, drew his sword,
00:28:34.14\00:28:36.44
struck the
servant of the high priest
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.68
and cut off his ear.
00:28:38.71\00:28:40.15
Did Jesus say,
oh, good for you, so.
00:28:40.18\00:28:42.78
In verse 52 of
Matthew 26, Jesus said,
00:28:42.82\00:28:46.25
"Put your sword in its place,
00:28:46.29\00:28:48.49
for all who take the
sword will perish by the sword."
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So the interesting
thing is in the Book of Acts,
00:28:54.46\00:28:58.20
which is the first 30
years of the church history,
00:28:58.23\00:29:02.77
not one
apostle, not one disciple
00:29:02.80\00:29:06.41
ever, there's no record of
any of them carrying a weapon.
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.91
Christ died.
00:29:09.94\00:29:12.08
The gospel is a
life-giving gospel.
00:29:12.11\00:29:14.58
He doesn't want
us killing people
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.32
for whom He died.
00:29:16.35\00:29:18.02
Amen. Thank you.
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Pastor Ryan,
this is from Chandler.
00:29:19.45\00:29:21.52
"Pastor Ryan, please explain
00:29:21.56\00:29:22.89
how the Israelites got
separated into two kingdoms,
00:29:22.92\00:29:25.49
Israel and Judah.
00:29:25.56\00:29:26.90
When did the
separation happen and why?"
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.90
Absolutely.
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.27
Okay, So the
separation of the two kingdoms,
00:29:30.30\00:29:31.97
you can read all about
it in 1 Kings Chapter 11.
00:29:32.00\00:29:34.87
So I would
definitely encourage you
00:29:34.90\00:29:39.11
to go read that entire chapter.
00:29:39.14\00:29:40.54
1 Kings Chapter 11.
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It starts with talking
about the fall of Solomon,
00:29:42.31\00:29:44.91
with the decline of
Solomon in his latter years,
00:29:44.95\00:29:47.08
this brother went out
00:29:47.12\00:29:48.45
and started
marrying into every woman,
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.02
you know, not
just any kind of women.
00:29:50.05\00:29:52.22
He basically done
what the men had done
00:29:52.29\00:29:55.16
or the people in
the church had done
00:29:55.19\00:29:56.96
during the times of Noah.
00:29:56.99\00:29:58.33
When the sons of God
00:29:58.36\00:29:59.69
began to intermarry
with the daughters of men,
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.46
the church started
going out into the world
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.20
and marrying them,
intermarrying themselves,
00:30:03.23\00:30:04.93
unequally yoking
themselves with women
00:30:04.97\00:30:07.07
and men who
were not of the Lord.
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.50
That's basically
what Solomon had done.
00:30:08.54\00:30:10.54
And because of this, it
brought about an apostasy,
00:30:10.57\00:30:14.01
not only in Solomon's heart,
00:30:14.04\00:30:15.88
but also many others
00:30:15.94\00:30:17.28
as they begin to
serve the Ashtoreths
00:30:17.31\00:30:18.81
and the Baals and
all these false gods,
00:30:18.85\00:30:21.05
because of it, they
made the Lord anger or angry.
00:30:21.08\00:30:23.99
And the Lord basically declared
a judgment upon the house,
00:30:24.02\00:30:26.99
upon the finishing
of Solomon at his death,
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.23
his son Rehoboam would take over
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.76
two of the Southern kingdoms
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.50
because most
there was two that were
00:30:34.56\00:30:36.77
very, very much
loyal to Jeroboam,
00:30:36.80\00:30:39.00
excuse me, Rehoboam
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.57
and basically those two kingdoms
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.41
were Judah and Benjamin.
00:30:43.44\00:30:45.14
They were very,
very loyal to Rehoboam,
00:30:45.17\00:30:47.44
which was the son of Solomon.
00:30:47.48\00:30:48.81
But there was another man
who was a servant of Solomon.
00:30:48.84\00:30:52.18
His name was Jeroboam
00:30:52.21\00:30:53.55
and the Lord basically
sent a prophet to Jeroboam
00:30:53.58\00:30:56.08
and said, look,
I'm going to deliver
00:30:56.12\00:30:57.49
10 of these
kingdoms into your hands.
00:30:57.52\00:30:58.92
And if you keep
all My commandments
00:30:58.95\00:31:00.66
and lead Israel,
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.06
that's what
they basically became
00:31:02.09\00:31:03.49
known, the Northern
10 tribes of Israel,
00:31:03.53\00:31:05.63
which became known
as the Northern kingdom
00:31:05.69\00:31:07.83
was Israel, the Southern kingdom
00:31:07.86\00:31:09.23
became known as Judah.
00:31:09.26\00:31:10.67
And basically the Lord gave
the same stipulation to both.
00:31:10.70\00:31:13.23
You follow Me and
keep My commandments,
00:31:13.27\00:31:15.70
then I will be with
you and I will bless you,
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.34
but I promise you,
you read the record
00:31:17.37\00:31:19.14
of what happened from Jeroboam
all the way through to the end,
00:31:19.17\00:31:22.51
it was not a pretty picture.
00:31:22.54\00:31:23.95
The Northern kingdom
did not follow the Lord.
00:31:23.98\00:31:26.01
They had mostly all bad kings
who led Israel into apostasy.
00:31:26.08\00:31:30.05
And, of course, they
would fall about 135 years
00:31:30.09\00:31:32.72
or so before the
Southern kingdom.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.66
But even Judah,
the Southern kingdom
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.26
would fall as well
because of their apostasies.
00:31:36.29\00:31:38.86
When did this happen?
00:31:38.89\00:31:40.23
It happened probably
around the mid to late 900s BC.
00:31:40.26\00:31:44.50
And, of course, both kingdoms
ended up falling into the hands
00:31:44.53\00:31:47.87
of their enemies because
they did not follow the Lord.
00:31:47.90\00:31:52.11
Thank you.
00:31:52.14\00:31:53.48
That's a good history lesson
and a good lesson for us today
00:31:53.51\00:31:55.78
to follow the Lord.
00:31:55.81\00:31:57.15
"Jason, since I started
taking care of my client,
00:31:57.18\00:32:00.15
I introduced him to Jesus.
00:32:00.18\00:32:01.65
He is 91 years old,
00:32:01.68\00:32:04.09
never read the Bible
or even attended church.
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.86
Now he can't wait for
devotion in the morning
00:32:06.89\00:32:09.29
and prays really
powerful prayers.
00:32:09.32\00:32:11.86
Do you think he
needs to be baptized?
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.56
I am a born again,
Seventh-day Adventist
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.36
and was told by a sister
00:32:16.40\00:32:17.73
to introduce
him to Bible workers
00:32:17.77\00:32:19.17
so that he can be baptized.
00:32:19.20\00:32:20.80
What do you think?"
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.67
Well, first off, I
just want to say praise God.
00:32:22.74\00:32:25.54
Amen.
00:32:25.61\00:32:26.94
Praise God. Praise God.
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.51
You know, it sounds like
00:32:28.58\00:32:29.91
God truly blessed
your witnessing efforts
00:32:29.94\00:32:33.52
to your 91 year old client,
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.52
and that is incredible.
00:32:35.55\00:32:37.02
In regards to whether or
not he should get baptized
00:32:37.05\00:32:39.82
if he is
physically able to do so.
00:32:39.85\00:32:42.66
The short answer is yes,
he needs to get baptized.
00:32:42.69\00:32:46.46
You know, and as Seventh-day
Adventist Christians,
00:32:46.49\00:32:48.70
we believe in
baptism by immersion.
00:32:48.76\00:32:51.60
But let's look at the
example that Christ set,
00:32:51.63\00:32:53.77
Matthew 3:13-15,
00:32:53.80\00:32:57.34
"Then Jesus came from Galilee
00:32:57.37\00:32:59.64
to John at the Jordan
to be baptized by him.
00:32:59.67\00:33:03.01
And John tried to
prevent Him, saying,
00:33:03.04\00:33:05.35
'I need to be baptized by You,
00:33:05.38\00:33:07.92
and are You coming to me?'
00:33:07.95\00:33:10.15
But Jesus
answered and said to him,
00:33:10.19\00:33:12.29
'Permit it to be so now,
00:33:12.32\00:33:14.12
for thus it is fitting for us
to fulfill all righteousness.'"
00:33:14.16\00:33:19.26
Then he allowed Him.
00:33:19.33\00:33:20.96
So we should also take heed
00:33:21.00\00:33:23.43
to what Peter said in Acts 2:38.
00:33:23.47\00:33:28.14
Then Peter said to them,
00:33:28.17\00:33:29.50
repent and let every
one of you be baptized
00:33:29.54\00:33:33.54
in the name of Jesus Christ
00:33:33.58\00:33:35.44
for the remission of sins.
00:33:35.48\00:33:36.85
And you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:36.88\00:33:40.98
And the last passage
I'd like for us to consider
00:33:41.02\00:33:44.32
in the essence of
time is Romans 6:3-4,
00:33:44.35\00:33:50.56
"Or do you not know
00:33:50.59\00:33:52.29
that as many of
us as were baptized
00:33:52.33\00:33:55.23
into Christ Jesus were
baptized into His death?
00:33:55.26\00:33:58.70
Therefore we
were buried with Him
00:33:58.73\00:34:01.14
through baptism into death,
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.57
that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:34:03.61\00:34:06.64
by the glory of the Father,
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.78
even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
00:34:08.84\00:34:13.55
Baptism is very,
very, very important,
00:34:13.58\00:34:17.52
and it's not something
that we should neglect to do.
00:34:17.55\00:34:20.49
So if he's physically able,
00:34:20.52\00:34:22.26
he should
definitely get baptized.
00:34:22.32\00:34:24.23
I mean, he could get baptized
in the bathtub if necessary.
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.50
So yes, he should get baptized.
00:34:27.56\00:34:29.63
Amen. What an
incredible experience.
00:34:29.66\00:34:32.20
Praise the Lord for that.
00:34:32.23\00:34:33.84
"Shelley, what do
you tell a three-year-old
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.37
when she asks
for deceased grandma,
00:34:36.40\00:34:39.27
she's resting until
Jesus comes back to this earth.
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.78
How do I explain
this to a child?"
00:34:41.81\00:34:44.71
You know, that is such
a complicated conversation
00:34:44.75\00:34:49.28
to have with children.
00:34:49.35\00:34:51.15
I have no children.
00:34:51.19\00:34:52.52
I have to say
that right up front,
00:34:52.55\00:34:53.89
but I have dealt
with a lot of children
00:34:53.92\00:34:55.62
and what I have found is that
00:34:55.69\00:34:58.29
children
respond well to honesty.
00:34:58.33\00:35:01.26
And if I know what I would do,
00:35:01.30\00:35:04.43
I'm just going to
suggest what I might do.
00:35:04.47\00:35:07.24
If my, first of all,
00:35:07.27\00:35:08.74
if your daughter is
asking about her grandmother,
00:35:08.77\00:35:12.77
if she didn't understand
what's happened to her,
00:35:12.84\00:35:14.51
she could think grandma
doesn't love me anymore.
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.54
Why's grandma disappeared?
00:35:16.58\00:35:18.61
So what I would do
would be to sit my child down
00:35:18.65\00:35:23.55
and in a simple way as possible,
00:35:23.59\00:35:26.76
I would just say,
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.12
honey, I've got
some really sad news
00:35:28.16\00:35:32.16
and I would tell
her grandma is dead.
00:35:32.19\00:35:36.73
And then I pause and
wait for her reaction.
00:35:36.77\00:35:41.30
And let her ask a
question, do you understand.
00:35:41.34\00:35:45.37
You know, children understand
00:35:45.41\00:35:46.74
more than what we think they do.
00:35:46.78\00:35:48.14
And quite often when we
don't tell them the truth,
00:35:48.18\00:35:50.15
they resent it later.
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.81
But pause, don't,
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.48
sometimes people give
kids too much information.
00:35:53.52\00:35:57.45
So pause and say,
do you understand?
00:35:57.49\00:36:00.36
And let her ask a question
and then give her reassurance
00:36:00.39\00:36:05.59
and just be calm, be steady.
00:36:05.66\00:36:08.03
I would talk about
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.40
how this is going
to change the routine.
00:36:09.43\00:36:11.70
If she's asking about grandma,
00:36:11.73\00:36:13.34
maybe you went
over there every weekend
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.64
and say, you know,
00:36:15.67\00:36:17.14
we won't be going
to grandma's house
00:36:17.17\00:36:18.81
on the weekends.
00:36:18.84\00:36:20.18
I would explain that to her,
00:36:20.21\00:36:21.98
but I'd only give her
little bits at a time.
00:36:22.01\00:36:24.51
And then I would pause
and let her ask questions.
00:36:24.55\00:36:27.35
Because you
don't have to give her
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.12
everything at once.
00:36:29.15\00:36:30.49
One thing I will say real quick,
00:36:30.52\00:36:32.49
I wouldn't tell
her grandma's sleeping
00:36:32.52\00:36:35.26
because she's not
old enough to understand
00:36:35.29\00:36:38.69
the doctrine of sleeping
00:36:38.73\00:36:41.53
or death being
compared to asleep.
00:36:41.56\00:36:43.67
You'd make a child
afraid to go to sleep,
00:36:43.70\00:36:45.93
they be afraid to take a nap.
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.67
So I would just be very simple,
but I'd also tell her that,
00:36:47.70\00:36:53.68
well, you know what,
when Jesus comes back,
00:36:53.71\00:36:57.28
Jesus is going to make
grandma well and resurrect her.
00:36:57.31\00:37:00.45
And we'll all go
to heaven together.
00:37:00.48\00:37:02.55
I would give her some
promises from the Word of God.
00:37:02.58\00:37:06.82
Amen. Good advice,
Shelley, thank you for that.
00:37:06.86\00:37:09.59
Jason, this is your
three minute question.
00:37:09.66\00:37:11.79
This is Emily from Arkansas.
00:37:11.83\00:37:14.00
"How do I explain to a friend
00:37:14.00\00:37:16.56
that one can only
be saved through Jesus
00:37:16.60\00:37:19.33
and having a relationship
with Him and the Father?
00:37:19.37\00:37:22.30
If they believe you
only have to be a good person
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.57
and that's good enough.
00:37:24.61\00:37:25.97
I want to defend my God,
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.44
but I also don't want
to discourage my friend.
00:37:27.48\00:37:30.55
So they resent the
idea of Jesus more."
00:37:30.58\00:37:35.25
Hi, Emily.
00:37:35.28\00:37:36.62
You know, of course,
just like any other time
00:37:36.65\00:37:38.55
that we share our faith,
00:37:38.59\00:37:40.29
we want to come
from a place of love.
00:37:40.32\00:37:43.53
Having said that, let's
look at some scriptures.
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.86
We're going to go through
quite a bit of scripture here.
00:37:46.90\00:37:49.96
John 3:16-17 says,
00:37:50.00\00:37:53.64
"For God so loved the world
00:37:53.67\00:37:56.50
that He gave His
only begotten Son
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.64
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
00:37:58.67\00:38:02.71
but have everlasting life.
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.78
For God did not send
His Son into the world
00:38:04.81\00:38:07.12
to condemn the world,
00:38:07.15\00:38:08.48
but that the world
through Him might be saved."
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.72
So who's the world
going to be saved through?
00:38:11.75\00:38:14.06
Jesus.
00:38:14.09\00:38:15.42
Romans 5:6-8,
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.19
"For when we were
still without strength,
00:38:18.23\00:38:20.53
in due time Christ
died for the ungodly.
00:38:20.56\00:38:24.13
For scarcely for a righteous man
00:38:24.17\00:38:26.03
will one die, yet
perhaps for a good man
00:38:26.10\00:38:28.64
someone would even dare to die.
00:38:28.67\00:38:31.01
But God demonstrates
His own love toward us,
00:38:31.04\00:38:33.94
in that while we
were still sinners,
00:38:33.98\00:38:36.11
Christ died for us."
00:38:36.14\00:38:38.08
So it was Christ
that died for us.
00:38:38.11\00:38:40.52
John 14:6 says,
"Jesus said to him,
00:38:40.55\00:38:44.45
'I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
00:38:44.49\00:38:48.16
No one comes to the
Father except through Me.'"
00:38:48.19\00:38:52.46
Hebrews 11:6.
00:38:52.49\00:38:54.83
This is important.
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.20
"But without faith, it
is impossible to please Him,
00:38:56.23\00:38:59.77
for he who comes to God
must believe that He is,
00:38:59.80\00:39:04.01
and that He is a
rewarder of those
00:39:04.04\00:39:06.04
who diligently seek Him."
00:39:06.07\00:39:08.24
We're going to
go to Romans 6:23,
00:39:08.28\00:39:11.81
"For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of," who?
00:39:11.85\00:39:17.02
God.
00:39:17.05\00:39:18.39
"The gift of God is eternal life
00:39:18.42\00:39:20.89
in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
00:39:20.92\00:39:24.06
Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:39:24.09\00:39:26.96
"For by grace
you have been saved
00:39:27.00\00:39:30.00
through faith, and
that not of yourselves,
00:39:30.03\00:39:33.27
it is the gift of God,
00:39:33.30\00:39:35.44
not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
00:39:35.47\00:39:38.37
So just being a good person and,
00:39:38.41\00:39:40.64
you know, doing good
things while that's good,
00:39:40.68\00:39:44.51
you can't work
your way into heaven.
00:39:44.55\00:39:46.85
So you can share that as well.
00:39:46.88\00:39:49.15
Acts 4:12 says,
00:39:49.22\00:39:51.59
"Nor is there
salvation in any other,
00:39:51.62\00:39:56.36
for there is no
other name under heaven
00:39:56.39\00:39:59.33
given among men by
which we must be saved."
00:39:59.36\00:40:03.47
1 John 5:13 says,
00:40:03.50\00:40:06.13
"These things I
have written to you
00:40:06.17\00:40:08.67
who believe in the
name of the Son of God,
00:40:08.70\00:40:12.11
that you may know
that you have eternal life,
00:40:12.14\00:40:15.28
and that you may
continue to believe
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.55
in the name of the Son of God."
00:40:17.58\00:40:19.85
There is no escaping Jesus.
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.32
And why would you
want to, if you just,
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.89
if you share the Word
of God with her or him,
00:40:24.92\00:40:29.32
whoever your friend is,
00:40:29.36\00:40:32.33
they will fall
in love with Christ.
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.20
Share it from a loving place.
00:40:34.20\00:40:35.76
Amen. Great Bible study.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.60
Thank you, Jason.
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.00
"Pastor Ryan,
00:40:39.03\00:40:40.37
my granddaughter who
will be turning 14 soon
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.67
just told me she is bisexual.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.84
I know all the Bible
texts that are against it.
00:40:44.87\00:40:47.08
I am praying it's just a phase
00:40:47.11\00:40:48.64
because unfortunately
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.08
it is the cool
thing in school now.
00:40:50.11\00:40:52.08
But she asked me if
God made her that way,
00:40:52.11\00:40:54.32
why is it a sin?
00:40:54.35\00:40:56.05
I told her, God did
not make her that way.
00:40:56.08\00:40:58.42
Also would I attend
her wedding years from now,
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.72
my first reply was no.
00:41:00.76\00:41:02.66
Then I thought about it.
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.19
Would I not turn a lot of people
00:41:04.23\00:41:05.99
who know I'm a Christian
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.36
away from Jesus by
thinking I am cruel.
00:41:07.40\00:41:10.03
How do I talk to a 14 year old
00:41:10.07\00:41:12.60
who knows almost nothing
00:41:12.63\00:41:14.57
about the Bible
on this subject?"
00:41:14.60\00:41:16.17
This is from
Kathleen in Connecticut.
00:41:16.20\00:41:19.37
Kathleen, your
question is a fantastic one.
00:41:19.44\00:41:22.91
And I think it's
one that many parents
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.71
and grandparents
across this world
00:41:24.75\00:41:26.48
also have to ask,
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.85
especially in the
times that we're living in.
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.78
I just want to address a
couple of things from here.
00:41:29.85\00:41:31.82
First of all, yes you have,
00:41:31.85\00:41:34.46
I think clearly major
point with your granddaughter
00:41:34.49\00:41:36.99
as to how you feel
about this lifestyle.
00:41:37.03\00:41:39.86
Obviously she
believes she's made that way,
00:41:39.89\00:41:41.40
but you've made
it very clear to her
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.80
that she is not made that way.
00:41:42.83\00:41:44.63
But your question here,
00:41:44.67\00:41:46.00
would I attend her
wedding years from now,
00:41:46.07\00:41:48.20
and you again when
question about that.
00:41:48.24\00:41:50.47
Would I be cruel and
would I come across cruel
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.74
by not
supporting my granddaughter?
00:41:53.78\00:41:56.18
I would say that's not the case.
00:41:56.21\00:41:58.01
You are a Christian and
you have to be consistent
00:41:58.05\00:42:01.22
in your belief.
00:42:01.25\00:42:02.58
We also have to do this in love,
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.29
we have to also
express love to one another.
00:42:04.32\00:42:06.89
Let's always keep that in mind.
00:42:06.92\00:42:08.49
But at the same time
we have to be consistent.
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.53
Jesus says in John 17:17,
00:42:10.56\00:42:12.79
"Sanctify them by thy
truth. Thy word is truth."
00:42:12.86\00:42:16.80
And again, if we start
to compromise in any way,
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.37
even by because
we love the person,
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.67
maybe it's our granddaughter,
our son or daughter,
00:42:21.70\00:42:23.74
or our loved one.
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.11
Then what we are
often communicating
00:42:25.14\00:42:26.51
is a sense of inconsistency.
00:42:26.54\00:42:28.14
And we don't want to do that.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.68
Again, love the person,
00:42:29.71\00:42:31.48
but also take your
stance in a loving way
00:42:31.51\00:42:34.18
and just simply
communicate to her that
00:42:34.22\00:42:36.05
while I, and of
course in this case
00:42:36.12\00:42:38.65
you would, you
wouldn't probably have a problem
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.12
going to her wedding
if she was marrying a guy,
00:42:40.16\00:42:41.59
because she
said, she's bisexual.
00:42:41.62\00:42:43.16
So who knows, she
might marry a guy.
00:42:43.19\00:42:44.63
We hope that's the case
00:42:44.66\00:42:46.03
in the sense that it may,
00:42:46.06\00:42:47.40
in the case
that it may be a girl
00:42:47.40\00:42:48.73
obviously you would simply say,
00:42:48.76\00:42:50.10
I love you to the moon and back,
00:42:50.13\00:42:51.63
but I cannot
support this just simply
00:42:51.67\00:42:53.77
because I have to follow
00:42:53.80\00:42:55.34
my personal
Christian conviction.
00:42:55.37\00:42:58.21
How do you talk
to a 14 year old girl
00:42:58.24\00:42:59.91
who knows
nothing about the Bible?
00:43:00.04\00:43:01.74
You don't yet,
00:43:01.78\00:43:04.18
you build her confidence in you.
00:43:04.21\00:43:07.12
You have to
build her trust in you.
00:43:07.15\00:43:08.98
You have clearly
shared her what you believe
00:43:09.02\00:43:10.89
according to your
Bible convictions,
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.69
but sometimes
beating them over the head
00:43:12.72\00:43:14.29
with the Bible
and your convictions
00:43:14.32\00:43:15.66
in the beginning is
not the best thing to do.
00:43:15.69\00:43:18.36
Again we have to make sure
00:43:18.39\00:43:19.73
that we're
consistent with what we believe
00:43:19.76\00:43:22.40
in our
lifestyle and our beliefs,
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.10
but you need to
give yourself to her,
00:43:24.13\00:43:26.63
spend time with
her, win her confidence,
00:43:26.67\00:43:28.97
sympathize with
her, meet her needs,
00:43:29.00\00:43:31.51
show her the Jesus in you.
00:43:31.54\00:43:33.88
And when she sees
00:43:33.91\00:43:35.24
the genuineness of Jesus in you,
00:43:35.28\00:43:37.41
then she will be more
open to listening to grandma
00:43:37.45\00:43:40.42
about who this Jesus is
and the plan for her life.
00:43:40.45\00:43:43.89
Thank you so much.
00:43:43.92\00:43:45.39
Shelley, this is
Barbara from Oregon.
00:43:45.42\00:43:48.26
"There was a
question answered about
00:43:48.29\00:43:49.62
eating anything you want
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.03
because of a
text in Deuteronomy.
00:43:51.06\00:43:53.33
Please clarify
the New Testament text
00:43:53.40\00:43:55.46
in Acts 10:10-16.
00:43:55.50\00:43:58.63
Many people are as
confused about this one
00:43:58.67\00:44:00.87
as the one in Deuteronomy."
00:44:00.90\00:44:03.51
Okay, we're
going to get to Acts,
00:44:03.54\00:44:05.84
but let me first just say
00:44:05.87\00:44:07.21
there are four
cornerstone scriptures
00:44:07.24\00:44:11.01
that guide us in health matters.
00:44:11.05\00:44:13.72
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.89
talks about our body
being the temple of God.
00:44:16.92\00:44:20.16
And our mind is
the command center.
00:44:20.19\00:44:22.49
1 Corinthians
3:16-17 basically says,
00:44:22.52\00:44:25.99
don't destroy this temple.
00:44:26.03\00:44:27.76
1 Corinthians 10:31 says,
00:44:27.83\00:44:30.57
everything you do what you
eat or drink do for God's glory.
00:44:30.60\00:44:34.77
And then in
Romans 12:1-2, Paul says,
00:44:34.80\00:44:39.44
let your mind be renewed
00:44:39.47\00:44:41.08
and follow the
perfect will of God.
00:44:41.11\00:44:43.01
We know that.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
I mean, that's the
health message too.
00:44:44.41\00:44:46.58
In a nutshell, this is
how we follow God's plan
00:44:46.61\00:44:50.25
as we are
empowered by the Holy Spirit
00:44:50.29\00:44:52.92
and grow in grace.
00:44:52.95\00:44:54.29
The original diet,
00:44:54.32\00:44:57.13
simple grains,
nuts, fruits, legumes.
00:44:57.16\00:44:59.86
We see that in Genesis 1:29,
00:44:59.89\00:45:02.36
after the fall of man,
00:45:02.40\00:45:04.07
he added every
herb of the vegetable.
00:45:04.10\00:45:07.34
You know what?
00:45:07.37\00:45:09.07
Of this every herb of the field,
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.31
which is vegetables.
00:45:11.34\00:45:14.18
God is our creator.
00:45:14.21\00:45:16.44
He knows how to
make us strong, right?
00:45:16.51\00:45:18.35
So we should kind of
look at what He's saying here.
00:45:18.38\00:45:21.48
And God did identify
clean and unclean animals
00:45:21.52\00:45:27.16
way before Leviticus with Noah.
00:45:27.19\00:45:30.89
He instructed Noah
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.63
the difference between
the clean and the unclean
00:45:32.66\00:45:35.26
and taking them on
the ark and they only ate.
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.67
I mean, he allowed
eating of meat after the flood,
00:45:38.70\00:45:43.87
but they only ate the clean meat
00:45:43.91\00:45:46.54
and Noah passed
that on to everybody.
00:45:46.61\00:45:48.61
So let's look at
what Paul is saying.
00:45:48.64\00:45:51.41
In Acts Chapter 10,
00:45:51.45\00:45:53.35
we've got Paul,
he's on the rooftop.
00:45:53.38\00:45:56.52
He's praying. He has a vision.
00:45:56.55\00:45:58.72
He sees a sheet that is
filled with unclean animals
00:45:58.75\00:46:03.63
and the beast of the air.
00:46:03.69\00:46:05.79
And here's what it
says, Acts 10:13 and 15,
00:46:05.83\00:46:09.36
a voice came to him.
00:46:09.40\00:46:10.73
This is Peter, not Paul.
00:46:10.77\00:46:12.43
Rise, Peter, kill and eat.
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.50
But Peter said not so, Lord,
00:46:14.54\00:46:18.04
I've never eaten
anything common or unclean.
00:46:18.07\00:46:20.94
Now, remember he
walked with Jesus
00:46:20.98\00:46:23.08
for three and a half years.
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.48
He knew that clean and unclean
00:46:25.51\00:46:27.08
wasn't done away
with at the cross
00:46:27.12\00:46:28.75
because he's still not doing it.
00:46:28.78\00:46:31.02
He says, and a
voice comes to him again
00:46:31.05\00:46:33.69
the second time
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.12
and it says
what God has cleansed
00:46:35.16\00:46:37.16
you must not call common.
00:46:37.19\00:46:40.13
Well, it perplexed
Peter, let me tell you.
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.47
But he finally understood
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.33
and he gives the meaning
of this vision in Acts 10:28.
00:46:45.37\00:46:51.01
He said, you
know how lawful it is
00:46:51.04\00:46:53.58
for a Jewish man,
00:46:53.61\00:46:55.21
unlawful it is for a Jewish
man to keep company with a goat
00:46:55.24\00:46:58.85
to one of another nation.
00:46:58.88\00:47:01.05
But God has
shown me in this vision
00:47:01.08\00:47:04.89
that I should not call
any man common or unclean.
00:47:04.92\00:47:10.16
It wasn't about food.
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.26
It was about his
bigoted prejudice.
00:47:12.29\00:47:16.46
Yeah, Absolutely.
00:47:16.50\00:47:17.83
It was about
people, not food, right?
00:47:17.87\00:47:19.20
That's right.
00:47:19.23\00:47:20.57
Now we have
some bonus questions.
00:47:20.60\00:47:21.94
So I'm just
going to toss it out.
00:47:21.97\00:47:23.30
And whoever wants to
jump in, go ahead for it.
00:47:23.34\00:47:25.24
This is from John Taurius.
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.24
I hope I pronounced the
name right in Tennessee.
00:47:27.28\00:47:30.78
"How can we prove that
God exists to an atheist?"
00:47:30.81\00:47:36.89
Excellent. I've
shared this story before.
00:47:36.92\00:47:39.45
I remember I was
in an Uber, right?
00:47:39.49\00:47:41.99
And we were
riding back to the hotel.
00:47:42.02\00:47:44.29
I think we're in California
or something at camp meeting.
00:47:44.33\00:47:47.00
And I remember,
he asked me like,
00:47:47.03\00:47:49.43
what are you doing?
What are you doing here?
00:47:49.46\00:47:50.97
My driver, he said, what are,
00:47:51.00\00:47:52.40
you know, what
are you doing in town?
00:47:52.43\00:47:53.80
So I told him, you know,
we're here for the camp meeting
00:47:53.84\00:47:55.57
and all of that stuff.
00:47:55.60\00:47:56.97
And I told him what that was.
00:47:57.01\00:47:58.34
And he said, no
offense, but I'm an atheist.
00:47:58.37\00:48:00.34
And I said none taken
00:48:00.41\00:48:02.68
the same guy that I believe in
00:48:02.71\00:48:04.11
is the same guy
that gave you the choice,
00:48:04.15\00:48:05.95
whether or not to believe in Him
00:48:05.98\00:48:07.65
out of that love.
00:48:07.68\00:48:09.02
So, you know, we
had that conversation
00:48:09.05\00:48:10.79
and then I just listened to him.
00:48:10.82\00:48:12.29
I asked him questions
and I started listening.
00:48:12.32\00:48:14.69
So, you know, I think that
we need to start by listening
00:48:14.72\00:48:18.26
to people,
establish those relationships
00:48:18.29\00:48:20.40
and we need to
behave like a Christian.
00:48:20.43\00:48:22.66
They need to notice
something different about us
00:48:22.70\00:48:26.03
than what they're used to
dealing with in the world.
00:48:26.07\00:48:29.67
And so we got to the hotel,
00:48:29.70\00:48:31.11
we got out of the car,
we had the conversation.
00:48:31.14\00:48:34.01
I talked about,
I gave an example
00:48:34.04\00:48:37.01
and I'll share
that in just a second.
00:48:37.05\00:48:38.38
But we got out of
the car and he shaked,
00:48:38.41\00:48:40.88
shook my hand and
he said, thank you.
00:48:40.92\00:48:42.62
And I said for what?
00:48:42.65\00:48:44.09
He said,
00:48:44.12\00:48:45.45
"Because I
encounter a lot of Christians
00:48:45.49\00:48:46.82
that only want to preach me,
00:48:46.86\00:48:49.36
but they don't
take the time to listen.
00:48:49.39\00:48:50.79
And you took
the time to listen."
00:48:50.83\00:48:52.16
So we need to take
the time to listen.
00:48:52.19\00:48:54.00
But you know you
can go up to an atheist
00:48:54.03\00:48:56.03
and you can take a book
00:48:56.06\00:48:57.60
and you can give them
a book and you can say,
00:48:57.63\00:48:59.70
hey, you turn to page
five, turn to page seven.
00:48:59.77\00:49:02.74
What do you see on those pages?
00:49:02.77\00:49:04.91
Okay. What do you see?
00:49:04.94\00:49:06.27
I see words. I see letters.
00:49:06.31\00:49:08.08
Right? Those
letters make up words.
00:49:08.11\00:49:09.71
Right. Okay. There's pictures.
00:49:09.74\00:49:11.28
Okay. That's
all coming together.
00:49:11.31\00:49:13.01
So do, are the words
00:49:13.08\00:49:15.12
or are the letters on
the page, do they make sense?
00:49:15.15\00:49:17.99
How are they flowing?
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.35
Does, is it a cohesive?
00:49:19.39\00:49:20.72
Is it a good
thought that's there?
00:49:20.76\00:49:23.12
Okay. Well, yeah.
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.53
So how do you think it got there
00:49:24.56\00:49:26.03
that it just come together?
00:49:26.06\00:49:27.40
Did those letters
just come together
00:49:27.46\00:49:29.00
and form words
just out of the blue,
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.33
out of nowhere.
00:49:31.37\00:49:32.93
No, it had an
author. That's right.
00:49:32.97\00:49:35.80
Somebody wrote that book.
00:49:35.84\00:49:37.17
Somebody put
those words together.
00:49:37.24\00:49:39.34
The human body is more intricate
00:49:39.37\00:49:41.81
than a book.
00:49:41.84\00:49:43.88
So wouldn't you say
that there's a designer?
00:49:43.91\00:49:46.08
Yeah, absolutely.
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.45
So, you know, things like that
00:49:47.48\00:49:48.88
and you can share the
love of Christ with them
00:49:48.92\00:49:51.02
through God's work.
00:49:51.05\00:49:52.79
That's right.
00:49:52.82\00:49:54.16
You know, I just
want to add to that
00:49:54.19\00:49:55.52
because what you
described there was really nice.
00:49:55.56\00:49:56.89
You need to get to the
source of their atheism.
00:49:56.96\00:49:59.53
And, of course, what
Jay said was beautiful.
00:49:59.56\00:50:01.26
And that's the fact that
you need to listen to them.
00:50:01.30\00:50:03.30
Talk to them.
00:50:03.37\00:50:04.70
All, a lot of
times we want to have,
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.07
when we find out
somebody is atheist,
00:50:06.10\00:50:07.44
we have all
these plans and these,
00:50:07.47\00:50:08.80
you know, these
plans in our mind,
00:50:08.84\00:50:10.77
well, I'm going to
approach him with this scripture
00:50:10.81\00:50:12.27
and this idea and this thought,
00:50:12.31\00:50:13.71
I'm going to come
to him and show him
00:50:13.78\00:50:15.11
this, you know,
scientific evidence.
00:50:15.14\00:50:16.88
But you know, all
that, a lot of times they,
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.88
you know, they
already know a lot
00:50:18.91\00:50:20.25
more than you
think that they know
00:50:20.32\00:50:22.08
and then most times
honestly, nine times out of 10,
00:50:22.12\00:50:24.62
most people are
atheist because of Christians.
00:50:24.65\00:50:27.36
They're not atheist
because they can't see
00:50:27.39\00:50:30.23
the intelligent
design or something,
00:50:30.26\00:50:31.83
they're atheist
because of Christians.
00:50:31.86\00:50:33.19
They don't want
to serve the God.
00:50:33.23\00:50:34.56
If that kind of God exists
that they see in that person,
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.63
they don't want to
serve that kind of God,
00:50:36.67\00:50:38.17
listening to
them, talking with them.
00:50:38.20\00:50:40.00
But what comes to my
mind is the scripture
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.80
in 1 John 4:19,
00:50:41.84\00:50:44.01
"We love Him
because He first loved us."
00:50:44.04\00:50:47.14
You know, and so
00:50:47.18\00:50:48.51
we're not going to be
able to introduce somebody
00:50:48.54\00:50:50.41
who disbelieves in
God to a God of love,
00:50:50.45\00:50:52.85
unless they first see
that God of love in us.
00:50:52.88\00:50:55.62
And that's, you know,
00:50:55.65\00:50:56.99
I'm not claiming to be a
perfect person in that area,
00:50:57.05\00:50:58.75
but certainly striving to
be a better person each day.
00:50:58.79\00:51:01.66
So that when
someone sees me in my life
00:51:01.69\00:51:03.76
and my language and
what my life represents,
00:51:03.79\00:51:07.03
that they see Jesus in me.
00:51:07.10\00:51:08.46
And that, that wants
to draw them to Jesus.
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.73
Absolutely.
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.10
Just add one
more thought on that.
00:51:12.13\00:51:13.50
When you're
listening to find out
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.20
why they're atheist,
00:51:15.24\00:51:16.97
many people are atheist
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.37
because they have been
given the false doctrine
00:51:18.41\00:51:22.34
of an eternal burning hell.
00:51:22.38\00:51:25.65
And they don't
think that a God of love,
00:51:25.68\00:51:29.62
it's not, it can't be
reconciled with that idea.
00:51:29.65\00:51:32.79
So that's a good place
is to show them the truth
00:51:32.82\00:51:36.52
about what happens
at the end of the world.
00:51:36.59\00:51:39.29
Amen.
00:51:39.33\00:51:40.66
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to a break right now
00:51:40.70\00:51:42.00
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00:51:42.03\00:51:43.63
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