As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason
Bradley, and I'm so glad
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that you decided to join us.
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And I hope that
you are as excited
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about this program as I am.
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You know, I love to
learn from the Word of God.
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And when there are
questions, guess what I want?
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I want answers.
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And so our panelists are
going to answer your questions
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from the Word of God.
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But if you haven't
submitted your questions,
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I want to share with
you how you can do so.
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You can text them
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or you can email
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them to BibleQA@3abn.tv
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And I want to share a scripture
with you as we open up here.
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It's taken from
2 Timothy 2:14-15.
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And it says this,
"Remind them of these things,
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charging them before
the Lord not to strive
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about words to no profit,
to the ruin of the hearers.
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Be diligent to present
yourself approved to God,
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a worker who does
not need to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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And that's what we want to do,
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we want to rightly
divide the word of truth.
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And so I want to
introduce our panelists to you.
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We have Sister Jill Morikone.
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It's great to
have you here, Jill.
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Thank you so much, Jason.
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I love Bible Q and A,
because I get to learn
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so much from everyone
and study the Word of God.
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So I'm excited. That's right.
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And we have Brother Ryan
Day. I'm here and accounted for.
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I'm excited to be a
part of this program
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and to answer these
rapid fire questions.
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Yeah, they are rapid fire.
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You only have two
minutes to answer...
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That's right.
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You got to get it
all in two minutes.
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One question is a
three minute one so...
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That's right. And
then we have Shelley Quinn.
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Thank you for explaining
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why we talk like an
auctioneer sometime.
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That's right.
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So yes, we're gonna
jump into these questions.
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But, Jill, would you have
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a word of prayer for us, please?
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Absolutely.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus.
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We're grateful for Your Word,
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Your Word is
the lamp to our feet
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and a light to our path.
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Your Word is quick and active
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and brings
conviction to our hearts.
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And we ask right now would
You open up Your Word before us?
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We ask for the
anointing of Your Holy Spirit,
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and that we would
not just be hearers
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of what your Word
says, but that would we,
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we would walk in obedience.
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We thank You in
Jesus' name. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Ryan, I'm
gonna start with you.
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All right.
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Again this comes from
Tony out of New Jersey.
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"Can anyone explain
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why most Christian denominations
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believe in a
pre-tribulation rapture
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when the Bible says otherwise?
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What scriptures are they reading
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to believe this?"
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Well, I used to believe
in a pre-tribulation rapture.
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Not that I was
completely convinced,
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but it was
taught to me growing up
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and where a lot of
people get this from
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is really just a
misinterpretation.
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And in many cases, a
misapplication of Scripture.
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This pre-tribulation
rapture idea came really
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the idea of it stemmed
or the seed was planted
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from a Jesuit Catholic
priest back in the late 1500s,
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by the name of Francisco Ribera.
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He kind of, he kind
of is known as the father
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of what is known as
the futurist approach
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of Bible prophecy or
the futurist interpretation.
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And then, of course, many,
many people played their role
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in carrying out this
message to bring about
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this pre-tribulation
rapture theory idea,
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but it was a man by the name
of John N. Darby from Scotland,
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he was a Scottish
gentleman from Europe
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and he really exploded,
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he was the one that
really came up with the concept
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on the
pre-tribulation rapture idea,
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but you know how he got it,
how he really came about these,
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what he believed the inspiration
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was a young girl
in his congregation
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had a speaking in tongues,
babbling type experience,
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you know, where she
said she went into a trance
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and God showed her
that this was the right
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application of the Scripture.
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And so many people believe
this stemmed from that event,
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about 100 and I don't
know past 160, 180 years.
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Of course, this same
concept of the pre-tribulation
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rapture idea was put in
popular study Bibles like
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the original which was probably
be the Scofield Study Bible,
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Cyrus Scofield,
when he released that
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and it was published,
many of the pastors of the day
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just begin to
adopt this thinking.
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The scriptures
that they get it from,
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well, we know
it's a misapplication
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and the misinterpretation.
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They take 1
Thessalonians chapter 4 and 5,
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and they say,
that's the rapture.
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And they take the
passages like Matthew 24,
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and they say,
that's the second coming.
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And where they
get their seven years
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of tribulation
that separates it again,
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pre-tribulation rapture,
rapture, 1 Thessalonians 4,
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it happens before the
seven years of tribulation.
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They go to that 70 weeks
prophecy of Daniel chapter 9.
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And they
manipulate that last week
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at this called the Gap Theory.
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They separate it
from the other 69.
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They bring it way down
here at the end of time,
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and they apply
it to an Antichrist
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after the church is raptured.
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So that's where
they get it from.
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It's not biblical.
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And I encourage
you to look into it
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and study it for yourself,
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because there's
only one return of Jesus.
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And He's coming back soon. Amen.
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Wow. That's a juiced version.
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That's a powerful
juiced version there.
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We should do a program
on that, Bible prophecy.
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We'll talk about that one.
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"Jill, why have we
heard nothing from God
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since Jesus in the Bible?"
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This comes from
Susan out of Arizona.
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Thank you so much,
Susan, for that question.
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I would say we
have heard from God,
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we hear from God every day.
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And I want to give you four ways
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that we hear from God,
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there's of
course more than this.
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But four ways that
God still speaks to us,
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speaks to you and I even today,
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and the first is
through His Word.
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Now, you might be
saying, wait a minute,
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where we had Jesus isn't alive,
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He hasn't been
alive for 2,000 years.
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And the last book
of the New Testament,
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Revelation was
written what AD 95.
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So we haven't heard
from Him in a long time.
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But Romans 15:4 says,
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"Whatever things were
written aforetime or before,
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were written for our learning,
that we through patience
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and comfort of the
Scriptures, we might have hope."
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That means that
everything in the Word of God
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was written not just
for the people of that time,
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but it's written down
through the centuries for you
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and me today.
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All Scripture is
written by inspiration of God
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and is profitable for
doctrine, reproof, correction,
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instruction in righteousness
that we might be perfect.
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The second way that
we hear from God today
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is through the
fulfillment of prophecy.
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In John 14:29,
Jesus speaking, "He says,
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'I told you before it comes
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that when it comes to
pass, you may believe.'"
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This means that
when we see the signs
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of the times
happening all around us,
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God is speaking to us.
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I am coming soon,
we see that fulfillment
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of prophecy take
place here today.
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The third way that
God speaks to us today
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is through
creation, through His nature.
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Romans Chapter 1 talks about
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the ungodly or
unrighteous people,
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but yet they still sense
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and know God in
Romans 1:20 through creation.
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It says, "For since
the creation of the world,
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His," that's God's, "invisible
attributes are clearly seen,
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being understood by the things
that are made even His eternal
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power and Godhead."
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So they're without excuse.
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That means even if you
don't have the Word of God,
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creation speaks to you every day
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of God's power and might.
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Finally number four,
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God speaks to us
through the convicting power
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of the Holy Spirit.
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So the prophets of old
might not be alive today.
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But God still
speaks to us today.
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Amen. I'm so glad that He does.
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Amen.
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"Shelley, my
question is about the names
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ascribed to the
Messiah by the Prophet Isaiah
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in 9:6, where He is also
called the Everlasting Father.
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We know that the
Messiah, Jesus Christ
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is the second
person of the Godhead,
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where God the
Father is the first person.
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Can you clarify why
He is given this title
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which may confuse others?"
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This is from Ferdinand
out of the Philippines.
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Wonderful question, Ferdinand.
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In Isaiah 9:6, you are right,
this is about the Messiah,
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He is the second
person of the Godhead.
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We have a tendency to
think that the Messiah
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was the Son of God
before He arrived on earth
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and was in it.
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Actually He
wasn't the Son of God
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until He came to earth.
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Let's look at this. Isaiah 9:6.
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"For unto us a child is
born, unto us a Son is given,
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the government will
be upon His shoulder.
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His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor."
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That is a term used
in parallel with a king.
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Micah 4:9 says,
"What you cry aloud,
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is there no king in your midst
as your counselor perished?"
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So the council of our all
knowing all powerful king,
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His namely be called Mighty God.
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This is a term in the Hebrew
that was never used of man,
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only of the deity
of our Creator God.
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So a child that was
born to us was God Himself.
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We know that God condescended
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and took on the flesh of man.
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Read Philippians 2:5-8,
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the eternal
Creator God was incarnated
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as a person of Jesus Christ.
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Now here's your question.
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Everlasting Father, literally,
is the Father of eternity.
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In Micah 5:2,
it's talking about,
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"Out of
Bethlehem shall come forth
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the one to be
the ruler in Israel,
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whose goings
forth are from of old,
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up from everlasting."
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And Isaiah 63:16 says,
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"You O Lord, are our
Father, our Redeemer,
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from everlasting is Your name."
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So Jesus is the
author of eternal life,
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our Creator who condescended
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and took on our flesh
to be our Prince of Peace.
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Let me add this real quick.
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Shalom is more than absence
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when it says Prince of Peace.
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It's not just
absence of conflict.
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Shalom is the
idea of completeness
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and perfection,
healing, soundness, well-being,
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prosperity, good relationships,
all that come from our Messiah.
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Amen.
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Amen. Thank you
for that explanation.
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Pastor Ryan Day,
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you'll have three
minutes for this question.
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This comes from
Manuel out of Virginia.
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"Could you explain
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about the 2,300 days,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
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Is this the heavenly sanctuary?"
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Three minutes. All right.
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Pray for that clock. Here we go.
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All right, so Daniel
8:14, the Bible says,
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"And he said unto
me, 'For 2,300 days,
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then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed.'"
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So we get the
idea that at the end
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of the 2,300
days, because it says,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
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Of course, we're
talking about judgment here.
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The concept of the
cleansing of the sanctuary,
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if you're studying
Scripture, you have a knowledge
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of Old Testament Scripture,
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then you know
that this language,
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in fact, most of the
language of Daniel Chapter 8,
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starting with
the goat and the ram,
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that's what was those, the goat
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and the ram was
used in the morning
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and evening offerings
of the sanctuary service.
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And, of course, you
have all of this sanctuary
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language that's added
throughout this chapter,
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for instance, the
daily, that's the daily service
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of the sanctuary,
this yearly service,
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which is wrapped
up in the cleansing
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of the sanctuary,
it's the holiest day
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of the year in
the Hebrew sanctuary
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known as Yom Kippur.
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It's a Day of Judgment,
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a day in which
God will atone for all
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of the sins that have been
brought into the sanctuary.
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So that being said,
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when, how do we explain this
timeframe with this prophecy?
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We know for sure that
it's not talking about
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2,300 literal days,
because notice Daniel 7:18,
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toward the end of
that verse there it says,
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"Understand, son of
man that this vision
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refers to the time of the end."
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So wasn't talking
about Daniel's time.
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Again, Daniel 8:19.
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He says again, "Look,
I'm making known to you
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what shall happen
in the latter time."
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And he says again, a
third time in Daniel 8:26
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toward the latter part, it says,
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"A seal up vision for it refers
to many days in the future."
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We have three indications
that this is not talking
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about 2,300 literal days,
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we apply the day-year or
the year-day principle here.
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Again, you get that from
Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6,
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where we take a
day, a prophetic day,
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and it becomes a year.
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So we're talking
about 2,300 years.
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And so how do we
get this timeframe?
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How do we know when
it begins and what it is?
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Daniel knew the bulk of
what this prophecy was about.
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Because in Daniel 8,
the Angel Gabriel tells him
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what all of these
different elements
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mean within the vision.
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There's a part of the
vision in the original Hebrew
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known as the mareh.
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He didn't understand the
mareh which was the time aspect.
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And so by the time you
get to the end of Daniel 8,
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Daniel faints,
and the only thing
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he didn't understand
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about it was he
needed to know the time,
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when does this thing
begin, and when does it end?
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Because when it
ends, judgment begins.
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When we go to Daniel Chapter 9,
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notice what it says
in Daniel Chapter 9.
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It says, "He
meets Gabriel again,"
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and then notice what
Gabriel says to him in verse 23
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of Daniel 9.
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He says, "At the
beginning of your supplication,
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the command went out
that I have come to tell you,
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for you are greatly beloved,
therefore consider the matter
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and understand the vision."
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But the word for
vision there is the same word
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used in Daniel 8, the
mareh, dealing with the portion
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of the vision of the time.
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And so how, we just need
to know the beginning of this,
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the beginning of it, of course,
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is the same start point
as the 70 weeks prophecy.
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And we know that the 70 weeks
prophecy begin historically
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when the decree went
forward to rebuild and restore
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the government in Jerusalem.
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We find that in
Ezra 7:13 and onward,
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and we know that
that happened in 457 BC.
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If you count from
457 BC, 2,300 years,
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you have to come to 1844.
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My friends, it was an
1844 that judgment began.
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That's what this
prophecy is about.
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It's telling us that
judgment begins in 1844.
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2,300 days, years,
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then the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.
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That's the juiced
version of the 2300 years.
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Only you can do that. Good job.
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We're juicing
today. Okay, I love it.
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Jill, this comes from
Christina out of India.
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"Can the Holy Spirit
leave a person in both,
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leave a person in
both the Old Testament
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and New Testament?
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Is there a verse
that talks about that
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in the New Testament?
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A non-Adventist preacher
here says that the Holy Spirit
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could leave a person
in the Old Testament,
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but can't leave a
person in the New Testament.
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If the Holy Spirit is
the same in both testaments,
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I find it a bit cold.
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Can you help with some Bible
verse that talks about this?
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Thank you so much, Christina.
It's a great question.
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And I would say our
God is the same yesterday,
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today and forever,
and He does not change.
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So the God of the Old Testament
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is the God of the New Testament,
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and the Holy Spirit
in the Old Testament
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is the Holy Spirit
in the New Testament.
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But let's look at
that a little bit.
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Of course, there's
some very clear references
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in the Old
Testament, that the Holy Spirit
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can depart from a person.
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We see in Genesis
6:3, He says what?
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"My spirit will not
always strive with men."
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Of course, this is
just prior to the flood.
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Within 1 Samuel
16, remember, Saul,
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anointed king of Israel
had turned his back on God,
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and had disobeyed
persistently the voice of God.
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And then it says,
"The Spirit of the Lord
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departed from Saul."
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But where do we find some
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of these contexts
in the New Testament?
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You know, we've
seen the New Testament
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with the story of
Ananias and Sapphira
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that clearly we can
lie to the Holy Spirit.
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Peter said,
"Ananias, why has Satan
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filled your heart to
lie to the Holy Spirit,
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and keep back part of
the price for yourself."
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We see in Ephesians 4:30,
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that you and I can
grieve the Holy Spirit.
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In Ephesians 4:30, it says,
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"Do not grieve the
Holy Spirit by which you
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were sealed for
the day of redemption."
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We see in Mark 3:28 and 29,
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we see this sin of blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit.
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That's what we call
the unpardonable sin,
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which is really just
simply the persistent
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refusal or
rejection of the Holy Spirit.
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So the bottom line, we
also see in Revelation,
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you can see that the
angels holding back the winds
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of strife will be
released at the end time.
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And we see that the
Holy Spirit will be withdrawn
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from this earth.
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But the bottom line is that
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the Holy Spirit
doesn't leave us.
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We choose by deliberate,
persistent refusal to turn
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our back on the Holy Spirit.
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If in your heart, you
have any desire for God,
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if you're even
worried about that,
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well, that clearly
has not happened to you,
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because that's
evidence that the Holy Spirit
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is still working in
your heart and in your life.
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Very good. Excellent answer.
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Excellent answer.
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Shelley, I want to come
to you on this question.
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This comes from
Pat out of Oregon.
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And it says, "God
knew man and woman
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could not keep
the Ten Commandments.
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So why would He
create failures?"
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I love this question, Pat.
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God did not create failures,
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He created
perfection in His image.
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And the image of
God is, He is love.
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So the image of God is love.
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But what happened, Adam,
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I guess you could
say that he violated
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the sacred gift of free will.
00:19:41.78\00:19:45.05
And so had humanity
remained loyal to God,
00:19:45.08\00:19:50.89
and in that love,
00:19:50.92\00:19:52.62
they would have been
able to keep the commandments
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and you know what?
00:19:54.59\00:19:55.92
God Himself descended
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and became a person to show us
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proof to us that it was possible
00:20:00.66\00:20:02.83
the person of Jesus
Christ had no advantage over us,
00:20:02.86\00:20:06.57
He never used His godly powers.
00:20:06.60\00:20:10.21
Hebrews 2:17-18 says,
00:20:10.24\00:20:13.31
"Therefore, in all things
00:20:13.34\00:20:15.24
He had to be made
like his brethren,
00:20:15.28\00:20:16.61
that He might be a merciful
and faithful high priest
00:20:16.64\00:20:19.08
and things
pertaining to God, to make
00:20:19.11\00:20:22.48
propitiation for
the sins of the people,
00:20:22.52\00:20:24.55
for in that He Himself
has suffered, being tempted.
00:20:24.59\00:20:29.12
He's able to aid
those who are tempted."
00:20:29.16\00:20:32.36
Hebrews 4:15 says,
00:20:32.39\00:20:34.20
"We do not have a high priest
00:20:34.23\00:20:36.06
who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses,
00:20:36.10\00:20:39.93
but was in all points tempted
as we are, yet without sin."
00:20:39.97\00:20:45.91
Yes, because God is
omniscient, all knowing,
00:20:45.94\00:20:50.68
He knew we would fall.
00:20:50.71\00:20:54.65
But He had the Calvary
plan in mind from before
00:20:54.68\00:20:59.52
the foundation of the earth.
00:20:59.55\00:21:01.76
Revelation 13:8 talks about
00:21:01.79\00:21:05.39
the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
00:21:05.43\00:21:08.73
And Romans 5:8 says,
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.80
"He
demonstrates His love for us,
00:21:10.83\00:21:13.27
that while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
00:21:13.30\00:21:16.50
And now here's the good
news, 2 Corinthians 5:17 says
00:21:16.54\00:21:20.78
that "If we are in
Christ, we're new creations,
00:21:20.81\00:21:24.11
the old is gone,
the new has come."
00:21:24.15\00:21:27.05
And Romans 8:37 says,
00:21:27.08\00:21:29.72
"In all these things,
00:21:29.75\00:21:31.32
we are more than
conquerors in Christ Jesus."
00:21:31.35\00:21:36.12
So you're not a
failure. You're born again,
00:21:36.16\00:21:39.49
you're a new creation. Amen.
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Amen. Praise God.
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That was beautiful.
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Pastor Day,
00:21:43.77\00:21:45.10
"The Bible says
that every eye will see
00:21:45.17\00:21:47.74
Jesus at His second coming.
00:21:47.77\00:21:49.67
Does that mean
that the righteous
00:21:49.70\00:21:52.81
and unrighteous dead
00:21:52.84\00:21:54.18
will be resurrected in
the first resurrection?"
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.64
Actually, no.
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.05
So when it says,
"Every eye will see Him,"
00:21:58.08\00:21:59.51
it's talking about every
eye that will see Him that's
00:21:59.55\00:22:02.52
alive when He returns,
as well as those people
00:22:02.55\00:22:05.32
who will be resurrected.
00:22:05.35\00:22:06.69
Now, who will be
resurrected when Christ comes?
00:22:06.72\00:22:08.49
Let's go to John
5:28-29 makes it very clear.
00:22:08.52\00:22:12.59
Jesus says, "Do not
marvel at this, for the hour
00:22:12.63\00:22:14.73
is coming in which all who
are in the graves will hear
00:22:14.73\00:22:17.03
His voice and come forth,
00:22:17.07\00:22:19.20
those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life."
00:22:19.23\00:22:22.50
That's the resurrection
at the Second Coming.
00:22:22.54\00:22:24.71
And then it goes on to say,
"And those who have done evil,
00:22:24.74\00:22:27.21
to the
resurrection of damnation."
00:22:27.24\00:22:29.64
All right.
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.01
Now, when we see
these two resurrections,
00:22:31.05\00:22:32.85
resurrection of life,
resurrection of damnation,
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.15
these are two
separate resurrections.
00:22:35.22\00:22:37.15
So the resurrection
of life is at the Second
00:22:37.19\00:22:39.22
Coming of Jesus, we see
this in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17,
00:22:39.25\00:22:43.86
where it says that, you know,
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.23
Jesus comes
forward with a shout,
00:22:45.26\00:22:46.86
with the voice of an archangel,
with the trump of God,
00:22:46.90\00:22:49.10
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.
00:22:49.13\00:22:51.10
That's the resurrection of life.
00:22:51.13\00:22:52.47
If we die in this lifetime,
we want to make sure we're part
00:22:52.50\00:22:54.44
of that first resurrection.
00:22:54.47\00:22:55.84
All right?
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.21
We see this
even put into greater
00:22:57.24\00:22:58.57
perspective in Revelation 20:6,
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.38
where it says, "Blessed and
00:23:00.41\00:23:01.74
holyA isA he who has part
in the first resurrection,"
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.91
again at the
Second Coming of Jesus,
00:23:03.95\00:23:05.75
"over such the
second death have no power,
00:23:05.78\00:23:08.82
but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:23:08.85\00:23:11.05
and shall reign with
Him a thousand years."
00:23:11.09\00:23:13.49
All right, that's verse 5.
00:23:13.52\00:23:15.16
So the righteous resurrected
at the Second Coming of Jesus.
00:23:15.19\00:23:19.46
But notice verse 5,
00:23:19.49\00:23:20.83
the previous verse
in Chapter 20, it says,
00:23:20.86\00:23:22.43
"But the rest of the
dead did not live again until
00:23:22.46\00:23:25.57
the thousand
years were finished."
00:23:25.63\00:23:27.50
So the unrighteous
that are in the graves
00:23:27.54\00:23:30.07
at the Second Coming of
Jesus, they remain in the grave,
00:23:30.11\00:23:32.87
except for a special group.
00:23:32.91\00:23:34.78
We are told in Matthew
26, by Christ, when they were,
00:23:34.84\00:23:37.68
when they were basically
putting Jesus through a trial.
00:23:37.71\00:23:41.72
Jesus told
Caiaphas, He says he will see
00:23:41.78\00:23:43.45
the Son of Man coming back,
00:23:43.49\00:23:45.55
on the right hand of
power in the clouds of heaven.
00:23:45.59\00:23:48.56
And in Revelation
1:7, it does say, "Behold,
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.76
He cometh with clouds,
and every eye will see Him,
00:23:50.79\00:23:53.50
even they who pierced Him."
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.36
So the only unrighteous
00:23:55.43\00:23:56.77
who will be
resurrected at the Second Coming
00:23:56.80\00:23:58.50
of Jesus is that special group,
all those people that actually
00:23:58.53\00:24:02.40
participated in
the resurrection,
00:24:02.44\00:24:04.27
or excuse me, the
crucifixion of Jesus.
00:24:04.31\00:24:06.81
They'll be resurrected to
see Jesus come in the clouds,
00:24:06.84\00:24:09.24
and then they'll be slain
at the presence of the Lord.
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.35
But yes, there's
two resurrections,
00:24:11.38\00:24:12.71
one at the Second Coming,
the resurrection of life,
00:24:12.75\00:24:15.68
and then the, all the
dead that are in the graves
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.75
remain in the graves until
00:24:17.79\00:24:19.12
the thousand years are finished,
00:24:19.15\00:24:20.52
and then the unrighteous
will be resurrected at the end
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.82
of the thousand years.
00:24:22.86\00:24:24.26
Well said. Well said.
00:24:24.29\00:24:25.89
Jill, "How do you
worship in spirit and in truth?"
00:24:25.93\00:24:29.46
I like this question a lot.
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.83
This is probably a topic I
feel really passionate about.
00:24:30.87\00:24:32.93
Amen.
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.30
There's two
extremes in Christianity.
00:24:34.34\00:24:35.94
You have on the
one side feelings,
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.91
emotionalism and I call
it a false type of grace,
00:24:37.94\00:24:42.64
because grace
doesn't land in that side,
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.38
but a false type would.
00:24:44.41\00:24:45.91
On this side, we have formalism
00:24:45.95\00:24:47.88
and intellectualism
and even legalism.
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.99
You know, 2 Peter 3:18
00:24:51.02\00:24:53.96
is probably one of my
newest favorite scriptures,
00:24:53.99\00:24:57.06
and it simply
says, "Grow in grace
00:24:57.09\00:25:00.13
and the knowledge of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
00:25:00.16\00:25:04.00
So what does that mean?
00:25:04.03\00:25:05.40
We are called
clearly to grow in knowledge,
00:25:05.43\00:25:07.50
we are called to grow in
understanding of His Word
00:25:07.54\00:25:11.21
and an intellectual
understanding of truth.
00:25:11.24\00:25:14.58
In Acts 17, you see the Bereans,
00:25:14.61\00:25:16.44
who searched the
scriptures daily,
00:25:16.48\00:25:19.08
to confirm whether what Paul
was teaching was actually true.
00:25:19.11\00:25:23.08
But we don't just
grow in knowledge,
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.12
we also grow in grace.
00:25:25.15\00:25:27.56
That is an experiential
understanding of Jesus.
00:25:27.59\00:25:32.29
You know, the fruit of
the Spirit from Galatians
00:25:32.36\00:25:33.80
5:22, love, joy,
peace, long suffering.
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.73
So some people
only grow in knowledge.
00:25:36.77\00:25:39.73
Have you ever met
a person like that?
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.54
I call them
intellectual infidels,
00:25:42.57\00:25:45.31
meaning you can
know the Scripture,
00:25:45.34\00:25:47.14
you can claim the 2,300 days,
00:25:47.18\00:25:49.68
you can worship
on the seventh day,
00:25:49.71\00:25:51.78
and you can still
not even know Jesus.
00:25:51.85\00:25:54.12
If you don't have love in
your heart for other people,
00:25:54.15\00:25:57.39
if you don't express
patience and joy in Jesus,
00:25:57.42\00:26:01.52
you are not a Christian.
00:26:01.56\00:26:02.96
That's right.
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.33
And on the flip side,
if all you do when you
00:26:04.36\00:26:05.89
go to church is love, love, joy
00:26:05.96\00:26:08.60
and the Holy Ghost,
00:26:08.63\00:26:10.53
you are missing an
integral part of worship,
00:26:10.57\00:26:14.60
which is the
intellectual understanding
00:26:14.64\00:26:17.37
of the Word of God.
00:26:17.41\00:26:18.74
So both are to
be married together.
00:26:18.81\00:26:21.31
Jesus explained it this
way to the woman at the well.
00:26:21.34\00:26:23.88
This is in John Chapter 4.
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.98
He said, "God is spirit,
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.35
and those who worship Him
must worship Him in spirit
00:26:27.38\00:26:29.85
and in truth."
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.22
You see, you and I are
called to love the Lord our God,
00:26:31.25\00:26:33.56
not with just all our heart,
and soul, but also our mind.
00:26:33.59\00:26:38.19
That's the connection
again, between the emotional
00:26:38.23\00:26:41.33
and the
intellectual understanding.
00:26:41.36\00:26:43.73
We are called to
worship in spirit and in truth.
00:26:43.77\00:26:46.80
Oh, wonderful.
00:26:46.84\00:26:48.17
I loved that, you covered
both sides of the coin there.
00:26:48.20\00:26:50.64
That's right.
That's really, really good.
00:26:50.67\00:26:53.01
Shelley, "The Bible says
00:26:53.04\00:26:54.94
that we are saved by
grace in Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:26:54.98\00:26:58.81
"For by grace, you have
been saved through faith
00:26:58.85\00:27:00.95
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.92
not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
00:27:03.95\00:27:06.65
What does this mean
and how can this reflect?
00:27:06.69\00:27:10.53
Or yeah, reflect my life."
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.06
This is from
Wessie out of New Mexico.
00:27:13.09\00:27:16.60
Oh, this is one of
my favorite topics about
00:27:16.63\00:27:20.04
which I'm passionate.
00:27:20.07\00:27:21.47
Salvation belongs to the Lord.
00:27:21.50\00:27:24.71
Salvation is a gift,
00:27:24.74\00:27:26.51
there is nothing that
you can do to earn it.
00:27:26.54\00:27:30.08
It's a gift of His goodness
and you see in that scripture,
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.42
even faith is a
gift because it says,
00:27:33.45\00:27:36.62
you're saved through
faith that not of yourselves.
00:27:36.65\00:27:39.82
The object of our faith is
the person of Jesus Christ.
00:27:39.85\00:27:43.16
In 2 Corinthians 5:21, it
says, "He made Him Christ,
00:27:43.19\00:27:48.33
who knew no sin to be
sin for us that we might
00:27:48.36\00:27:51.07
become the
righteousness of God in Him."
00:27:51.10\00:27:56.00
So righteousness by
faith is the only kind
00:27:56.04\00:27:58.84
of righteousness there is.
00:27:58.87\00:28:01.34
And what this
does is it prevents
00:28:01.38\00:28:04.55
self-righteousness and pride.
00:28:04.58\00:28:06.82
No one can boast.
00:28:06.85\00:28:08.22
In 1 Corinthians
1:30-31, it says,
00:28:08.25\00:28:11.59
"But of Him, you
are in Christ Jesus,
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.72
who became for
us wisdom from God.
00:28:13.76\00:28:18.79
"Righteousness,
our sanctification,
00:28:18.83\00:28:21.96
our redemption,
that as it is written,
00:28:22.03\00:28:26.13
He who glories for
the glory of the Lord.
00:28:26.17\00:28:28.77
The application is this.
00:28:28.80\00:28:31.74
If you are abiding in Christ,
00:28:31.77\00:28:34.58
if you've received
Christ as your Savior,
00:28:34.61\00:28:36.58
and you remain in Christ,
00:28:36.61\00:28:38.58
you can have
assurance of your salvation,
00:28:38.61\00:28:41.22
you can rest in that assurance.
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.85
In 1 John 5:11-12, it
says, "This is the testimony.
00:28:43.89\00:28:48.82
God has given us eternal life,
00:28:48.89\00:28:51.16
this life is in His Son,
00:28:51.19\00:28:53.43
He who has the Son has life.
00:28:53.46\00:28:57.40
He who does not have
the Son does not have life."
00:28:57.43\00:29:00.74
So what is our part?
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.30
Our part is to
believe, to receive
00:29:02.34\00:29:05.74
and believing is
more than mental assent,
00:29:05.77\00:29:08.41
even the demons believe.
00:29:08.44\00:29:10.21
It means to be living
in Him, walking in loyalty,
00:29:10.25\00:29:16.08
walking in love, and that
means we obey His commandments.
00:29:16.15\00:29:20.26
If you continue on
Ephesians 2:10 says this,
00:29:20.29\00:29:24.26
"We're His workmanship,
00:29:24.29\00:29:26.06
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:29:26.09\00:29:29.93
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.23
Amen. Amen.
00:29:33.27\00:29:35.04
I love that how you
stated what it means to believe,
00:29:35.07\00:29:38.24
yeah, because I think
00:29:38.27\00:29:39.61
a lot of people
get hung up on that.
00:29:39.64\00:29:40.98
That's right.
00:29:41.01\00:29:42.38
Pastor Day, "I was wondering
when in the Bible did church
00:29:42.41\00:29:44.78
denominations start
and what denominations
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.38
were they before knowledge
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
of the Sabbath
had been changed?"
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.02
Jennifer, this is from
Jennifer out of Colorado.
00:29:51.05\00:29:53.25
That's a great question.
00:29:53.29\00:29:54.62
There's actually not any
specific text that explicitly
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.29
talks about denominations
or multiple denominations
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.23
in the Scripture.
00:30:00.26\00:30:01.56
We know that you
know Bible makes it clear
00:30:01.60\00:30:02.93
that there's one Lord,
one faith, one baptism, right?
00:30:02.96\00:30:04.97
That's a famous
scripture, Paul quotes
00:30:05.00\00:30:07.54
there in
counseling to the church.
00:30:07.57\00:30:09.54
We have to understand that
when it comes to Scripture,
00:30:09.57\00:30:12.94
we see that we have God's people
00:30:12.97\00:30:14.94
and we have really
the enemy's seed, right?
00:30:14.98\00:30:17.25
The woman seed and
all the way back to
00:30:17.28\00:30:19.35
Genesis 3:15
00:30:19.41\00:30:20.82
where Jesus promised
that there would be enmity
00:30:20.85\00:30:23.35
between the woman
seed and, of course,
00:30:23.39\00:30:25.65
the seed of the enemy,
the seed of the serpent.
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.76
We know that that
woman is not necessarily
00:30:27.79\00:30:29.56
referencing Eve specifically,
but rather a continuance
00:30:29.59\00:30:32.86
of the church because a woman
in Bible prophecy represents
00:30:32.89\00:30:35.86
a church or a woman in the Bible
00:30:35.93\00:30:37.27
is likened unto a church.
00:30:37.30\00:30:38.73
And so we get that
from, of course, Jeremiah 6:2,
00:30:38.80\00:30:43.20
and also 2 Corinthians 11:2
00:30:43.24\00:30:46.31
where the church is
likened into a woman.
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.71
And so we see
biblically speaking,
00:30:48.74\00:30:50.61
God has always
had just His people.
00:30:50.65\00:30:52.91
And then the enemies of
the church or the enemies
00:30:52.95\00:30:55.28
of God who did not
fall in line with that faith
00:30:55.35\00:30:58.22
that God had
called His people into.
00:30:58.25\00:31:00.22
Now, where
denominations come in,
00:31:00.26\00:31:01.72
of course, specifically,
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.59
is from the Reformation,
the Reformation time period,
00:31:03.63\00:31:06.43
which is around
the early 1500s AD.
00:31:06.46\00:31:09.23
We see out of that Reformation,
00:31:09.26\00:31:10.83
at one time there was
only one Christian church,
00:31:10.87\00:31:14.20
and that was
the Catholic Church,
00:31:14.24\00:31:15.67
in fact that's what
Catholic means universal,
00:31:15.70\00:31:17.84
there was only
one universal church.
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.57
Out of that Reformation came
many different denominations.
00:31:19.61\00:31:23.18
And I don't think it was
God's plan for there to be all
00:31:23.21\00:31:25.48
these different
divisional denominations.
00:31:25.51\00:31:27.92
But that is the reality.
00:31:27.95\00:31:29.28
In fact, today,
there's more than
00:31:29.35\00:31:30.69
40,000 different
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.05
Protestant denominations
in the world today.
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.52
But let's put this
in perspective here.
00:31:34.56\00:31:36.32
You know, this is,
00:31:36.36\00:31:37.69
this multiple
denomination thing,
00:31:37.73\00:31:39.06
you know, people breaking away
00:31:39.09\00:31:40.43
and starting their own movement.
00:31:40.46\00:31:41.80
Of course, we know
prior to the giving
00:31:41.83\00:31:43.73
of the Sabbath message,
00:31:43.77\00:31:45.10
or as the
question is stating here,
00:31:45.17\00:31:47.50
there was only that
one true faith that came
00:31:47.54\00:31:49.97
from the apostles, from
the leadership of Christ,
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.41
and they were Sabbath keepers.
00:31:52.44\00:31:53.78
But within the first
three to four centuries,
00:31:53.81\00:31:56.75
after Jesus had died,
after the apostles had died,
00:31:56.78\00:31:59.78
all the way up
till about the 300s AD
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.02
is when we start to
see the breaking away
00:32:02.08\00:32:04.75
of Sabbath keeping,
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.12
the ushering in
of Sunday keeping.
00:32:06.15\00:32:07.92
And we start to see that
universal church being set up.
00:32:07.96\00:32:10.73
And, of course, by the 1500s,
00:32:10.76\00:32:12.26
there comes all the
different denominations.
00:32:12.29\00:32:14.30
There's a whole lot
more I could say about it,
00:32:14.30\00:32:15.63
but my time is out.
00:32:15.70\00:32:19.80
You gave us a quick history.
00:32:19.83\00:32:22.84
That's good. That's good.
00:32:22.87\00:32:24.37
Jill, you will have a little bit
00:32:24.41\00:32:26.11
more time to answer this one.
00:32:26.14\00:32:27.71
This is a three
minute deal here.
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.01
"Hebrew states that God
chastises those He loves.
00:32:30.05\00:32:33.85
How does He do that?
00:32:33.88\00:32:35.72
And with what based on
your experience or hearing?"
00:32:35.75\00:32:40.56
Thank you so much,
Karen, for that question.
00:32:40.59\00:32:43.29
The verse, of course, it's
been referenced as Hebrews 12:6,
00:32:43.32\00:32:47.20
"For whom the Lord
loves He chastens and scourges
00:32:47.23\00:32:50.57
every son whom He receives."
00:32:50.60\00:32:53.27
Now, your question was not
00:32:53.30\00:32:54.64
I read it three times
to make sure I got it.
00:32:54.67\00:32:56.47
But your question
was not specifically,
00:32:56.50\00:32:58.37
why does He
chasten us, but really,
00:32:58.41\00:33:00.91
how does the
chastening process occur.
00:33:00.94\00:33:03.91
So if you want
the answer to the why,
00:33:03.95\00:33:05.65
we can address that
on a different question.
00:33:05.68\00:33:07.15
I'm not even
touching that in this answer,
00:33:07.18\00:33:09.02
but we're looking at the
how, how does He chasten us?
00:33:09.05\00:33:11.55
I would say, there's four
ways that God chastens us.
00:33:11.59\00:33:14.69
Way number one
is through His Word.
00:33:14.72\00:33:17.09
Hebrews 4:12,
00:33:17.13\00:33:18.46
"The Word of God is
living or quick and powerful,
00:33:18.49\00:33:21.56
and sharper than
any two-edged sword,
00:33:21.60\00:33:24.23
piercing even to
the division of soul
00:33:24.27\00:33:26.23
and spirit of joints and marrow,
00:33:26.27\00:33:28.64
and is a
discerner of the thoughts
00:33:28.70\00:33:30.74
and intents of the heart."
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.77
So the Word of God
brings conviction us in,
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.71
I don't know about you,
but I've opened up my Bible.
00:33:34.74\00:33:37.45
And I've read scripture
just in my morning devotion,
00:33:37.48\00:33:40.18
and instantly God speaks
to my heart and mind and say,
00:33:40.22\00:33:43.42
"Jill, you're out of line here."
00:33:43.45\00:33:44.79
That is the chastening
00:33:44.82\00:33:46.42
of the Lord coming
from the Word of God.
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.12
Amen.
00:33:49.16\00:33:50.49
The second way He chastens
us, is through life's trials.
00:33:50.53\00:33:54.30
Now we're not
looking at why or who causes
00:33:54.36\00:33:56.60
the trials, we're
just looking at the how.
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.60
How does the chastening
occur through life's trials?
00:33:58.63\00:34:02.64
I would tell you that
trials are only redemptive
00:34:02.67\00:34:06.41
if we surrender,
and we receive them.
00:34:06.44\00:34:10.75
You know, 2
Corinthians 4:17 says,
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.61
our light affliction
which is but for a moment,
00:34:12.65\00:34:14.65
works for us an eternal of...
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.22
Works for us a
far more exceeding
00:34:17.25\00:34:19.05
and eternal weight of glory.
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.42
You know, trials
can make us bitter.
00:34:21.46\00:34:22.92
Have you ever seen that?
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.29
Have you ever seen
someone go through a trial
00:34:24.33\00:34:26.09
and they turned against God?
00:34:26.13\00:34:27.66
They became a bitter
person, they became resentful,
00:34:27.66\00:34:30.00
they became unforgiving.
00:34:30.03\00:34:31.83
That is when we receive
trials in the wrong spirit.
00:34:31.87\00:34:35.27
But if we open up our hearts
to God in the midst of pain,
00:34:35.30\00:34:40.08
God can use those trials to work
00:34:40.11\00:34:42.31
redemptively in our lives.
00:34:42.34\00:34:45.68
I think we need to
receive trials with joy.
00:34:45.71\00:34:47.78
Now this is a hard thing.
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.18
James Chapter 1,
00:34:49.25\00:34:50.59
we're supposed
to count it and joy
00:34:50.62\00:34:52.42
when we go through that.
00:34:52.45\00:34:53.79
That doesn't mean that
the trial is a good thing,
00:34:53.82\00:34:55.49
but it means God can
bring something good out of it.
00:34:55.52\00:34:58.96
We're supposed to ask God
00:34:58.99\00:35:00.40
what we can learn in the midst
00:35:00.43\00:35:01.73
of the trial and
allow Him to teach us.
00:35:01.76\00:35:04.53
We're supposed to allow
Him to work redemptively
00:35:04.57\00:35:06.90
in our hearts and lives.
00:35:06.94\00:35:08.40
The final two ways, trials,
00:35:08.44\00:35:10.67
how God
chastens us through that.
00:35:10.71\00:35:15.51
Number three is through
our interactions with others.
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.68
You know, Proverbs 27:17
says, "As iron sharpens iron,
00:35:18.71\00:35:22.85
so a man sharpens the
countenance of his friend."
00:35:22.88\00:35:24.99
In other words, the natural
rub we have with other people.
00:35:25.02\00:35:28.42
That's the way that
God uses to chasten us
00:35:28.46\00:35:31.49
or to grow us to
become more like Jesus.
00:35:31.53\00:35:35.13
And the final way is
through the convicting power
00:35:35.16\00:35:37.30
of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:37.33\00:35:38.77
Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth is come,
00:35:38.80\00:35:40.97
he will convict
you and I of truth,
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.64
righteousness and judgment."
00:35:43.67\00:35:45.11
So the Holy Spirit
chastens us as well.
00:35:45.14\00:35:47.88
So we are chastened by the Word,
00:35:47.91\00:35:49.28
we're chastened
through life's trials.
00:35:49.31\00:35:51.61
We're chastened
through our interaction
00:35:51.65\00:35:53.25
with other people,
00:35:53.28\00:35:54.62
and by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:54.65\00:35:56.32
Amen. Wonderful.
00:35:56.35\00:35:57.69
Amen. Amen. Great list too.
00:35:57.72\00:35:59.62
Yes, great list.
00:35:59.69\00:36:01.19
Shelley, you
have, how many minutes?
00:36:01.22\00:36:04.03
Three minutes for this question.
00:36:04.06\00:36:06.36
"How is the Holy Ghost God?
00:36:06.39\00:36:09.20
Just need an
explanation." Woo-hoo, okay.
00:36:09.23\00:36:12.07
The second fundamental belief
00:36:12.10\00:36:13.70
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:36:13.74\00:36:15.17
is in the Trinity and it says,
there's one God, Father, Son,
00:36:15.20\00:36:19.54
and Holy Spirit, a unity
of three co-eternal persons.
00:36:19.61\00:36:23.68
Why do we believe this?
00:36:23.71\00:36:25.05
Because there are 58
triadic scriptures in the Bible
00:36:25.08\00:36:30.79
that support Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
00:36:30.82\00:36:35.09
The Word of God unequivocally
teaches that the Holy Spirit
00:36:35.12\00:36:40.50
is as much a
personality as the Father
00:36:40.53\00:36:44.37
and the Son.
00:36:44.40\00:36:45.73
And he has all of the
elements of personhood.
00:36:45.77\00:36:49.00
He's ascribed to have wisdom,
understanding, authoritative
00:36:49.04\00:36:54.08
will, emotion in speech.
00:36:54.11\00:36:56.71
And then Jill
referred this earlier,
00:36:56.75\00:36:58.55
Acts 5:3-4, when
Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit
00:36:58.58\00:37:04.42
or to about his,
00:37:04.45\00:37:07.42
Ananias and Sapphira had lied.
00:37:07.46\00:37:10.73
What Peter said is,
00:37:10.76\00:37:13.13
"You have lied
to the Holy Spirit,"
00:37:13.16\00:37:15.96
and then he says,
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.33
"Ananias you haven't
lied to man, but to God."
00:37:17.37\00:37:22.74
In John 14:16,
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.44
this is one of my
favorite proof text if you will.
00:37:24.47\00:37:28.94
Jesus is speaking.
00:37:28.98\00:37:30.31
He says, "I will pray to Father
00:37:30.35\00:37:31.68
He will give you another helper
00:37:31.71\00:37:35.62
that He can be with you
00:37:35.68\00:37:39.59
or abide with you forever."
00:37:39.65\00:37:41.66
Another helper in the
Greek it is allos parakletos.
00:37:41.69\00:37:47.50
A parakletos is only a person,
00:37:47.50\00:37:50.47
it is a person.
00:37:50.50\00:37:52.00
And it's only used, it
was used of the Messiah,
00:37:52.03\00:37:54.80
Jesus is now our
advocate, our parakletos,
00:37:54.84\00:37:58.44
our helper in heaven.
00:37:58.47\00:38:00.54
But what we see here is
that he says allos parakletos.
00:38:00.58\00:38:06.25
There's two words in
the Greek heteros and allos,
00:38:06.31\00:38:10.22
which mean another.
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.69
Heteros means like, if I
give you a bowl of fruit,
00:38:11.72\00:38:15.32
or you've had a banana, I said,
00:38:15.36\00:38:16.73
you want another piece of fruit,
00:38:16.76\00:38:18.39
heteros, you
might choose an orange,
00:38:18.43\00:38:20.83
just another of
a different kind.
00:38:20.86\00:38:23.16
But allos means one
who is exactly like Me.
00:38:23.23\00:38:28.90
And that's what
Jesus is saying is,
00:38:28.94\00:38:31.77
this advocate is
of the same quality,
00:38:31.81\00:38:34.54
the same
character as Me, He is God.
00:38:34.58\00:38:38.95
There is no
comparison between Christ
00:38:38.98\00:38:43.69
and just abstract influence.
00:38:43.72\00:38:48.16
So we see that the Holy Spirit
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.96
is God's advocate
for man on the earth
00:38:50.99\00:38:56.10
when Jesus returned to heaven.
00:38:56.13\00:38:59.17
God came down in
as the Holy Spirit
00:38:59.20\00:39:04.47
to be with us to abide in us.
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.18
And we see Acts 13:2
00:39:07.21\00:39:09.84
the Holy Spirit
chose church leaders.
00:39:09.91\00:39:13.52
In Acts 15:28, He
led in church decisions.
00:39:13.55\00:39:18.19
Acts 16:6-7,
00:39:18.22\00:39:20.72
He led in the direction
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.69
of where the
gospel would be preached.
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.09
He is God. Amen.
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.13
I'm gonna have to
brush up on my Greek
00:39:27.20\00:39:28.83
and my 58 triadic scriptures.
00:39:28.86\00:39:31.70
That was a good work.
That's going to have to.
00:39:31.73\00:39:34.24
I've to work on that.
There you go, that's right.
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.54
Pastor Day, on Psalm 150:4,
00:39:36.57\00:39:42.24
"Praise him with
the timbrel and dance,
00:39:42.28\00:39:44.81
praise Him with the stringed
instruments and organs."
00:39:44.85\00:39:48.58
Psalm 150.
00:39:48.62\00:39:50.05
Is it possible to
worship and praise with timbrel?
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.92
If not, why?
00:39:52.99\00:39:54.32
Why is dance not
permitted in worship?"
00:39:54.36\00:39:57.86
Okay, well, let's read,
let's read what Psalm 150:3-6,
00:39:57.89\00:40:01.13
let's put it in perspective.
00:40:01.16\00:40:02.50
It says, "Praise Him
with the sound of the trumpet,
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.63
praise Him with
the lute and the harp!
00:40:04.67\00:40:06.57
Praise Him with
the timbrel and dance,"
00:40:06.63\00:40:08.47
there's the
verse there, verse 4,
00:40:08.50\00:40:09.90
"Praise Him with
00:40:09.94\00:40:11.27
stringed
instruments and flutes!"
00:40:11.31\00:40:12.67
Verse five, "Praise
Him with loud cymbals,
00:40:12.71\00:40:15.18
and praise Him
with clashing cymbals!"
00:40:15.21\00:40:17.31
Right?
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.01
And so it goes on
to say in verse 6,
00:40:19.05\00:40:20.38
"Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord."
00:40:20.42\00:40:23.08
And so the question here is,
00:40:23.12\00:40:24.45
you know, can we
and should we use,
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.69
like the timbrel,
is it appropriate?
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.79
I'll tell you,
it's in the Bible,
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.29
it's appropriate.
00:40:30.33\00:40:31.66
I think when we start to
get into our own theories
00:40:31.69\00:40:33.93
and ideas, that's
where we start to mess up.
00:40:33.96\00:40:35.86
If it's in the
Bible, it's appropriate
00:40:35.93\00:40:37.37
and we have to put it
in proper perspective.
00:40:37.40\00:40:39.60
I was at a meeting
recently in Alabama,
00:40:39.63\00:40:42.14
and I was out in the hallway
and they were there leading
00:40:42.17\00:40:44.61
music before my meetings
began or my sermon began.
00:40:44.64\00:40:47.14
And I heard a tambourine.
00:40:47.18\00:40:48.58
Somebody had a tambourine,
00:40:48.61\00:40:49.94
which is a timbrel is
basically a tambourine.
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.58
It's a type of
percussive instrument that gives
00:40:51.61\00:40:53.68
a little bit of a
rhythmic aspect to the music.
00:40:53.72\00:40:57.42
So somebody was
in there, you know,
00:40:57.45\00:40:58.79
playing I can hear
the timbrel or the timbrel
00:40:58.82\00:41:00.62
or the tambourines, keeps going.
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.36
And so you know, some
of the people are a little
00:41:03.39\00:41:04.99
uncomfortable,
because, again, you know,
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.80
it's a house of
God and we should be,
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.33
you know, we
should be reverence.
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.83
And certainly, we absolutely
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.57
should be
reverential in the presence
00:41:11.60\00:41:12.93
of God and in God's house.
00:41:13.00\00:41:14.34
But yet when
we're worshiping God,
00:41:14.37\00:41:15.70
we do have clear
counsel given in God's Word
00:41:15.74\00:41:18.97
where we can use these certain
instruments to praise God
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.61
and we should not withhold it.
00:41:21.64\00:41:23.01
If there's an opportunity
00:41:23.04\00:41:24.38
and whether someone can play it
skillfully and that's the key,
00:41:24.41\00:41:26.92
skillfully and appropriately.
00:41:26.95\00:41:28.52
We don't just want somebody
in there just shaking stuff
00:41:28.55\00:41:30.75
around causing havoc or chaos,
00:41:30.79\00:41:33.22
but skillfully
playing these instruments.
00:41:33.25\00:41:35.29
That's the key.
00:41:35.32\00:41:36.69
As far as the dancing,
you know, that's the thing,
00:41:36.73\00:41:38.63
you know, it's in the
Bible, we certainly can't deny
00:41:38.66\00:41:41.33
the fact that there
were individuals who,
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.10
especially with David
in 2 Samuel Chapter 6,
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.80
where it says David
danced before the Lord.
00:41:45.87\00:41:48.20
Now there have been done
some research where it says,
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.94
where David wasn't out
there doing the, you know,
00:41:49.97\00:41:51.94
it wasn't like he was out
there doing the cha cha slide,
00:41:51.97\00:41:53.91
or the electric slide
or gyrating, you know,
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.18
to, you know, in kind
of a nightclub type way,
00:41:56.21\00:41:58.68
you know, like what you
might see in an area like that,
00:41:58.71\00:42:01.78
but he was
leaping, he was twirling,
00:42:01.82\00:42:03.39
he was dancing, in a
sense, because he was happy
00:42:03.42\00:42:06.32
that the Ark of the
Lord had been returned.
00:42:06.35\00:42:08.16
So I'm not going to go as far
00:42:08.19\00:42:09.52
as to say that dancing is wrong.
00:42:09.59\00:42:11.69
But we certainly aren't talking
about like nightclub dancing
00:42:11.73\00:42:14.46
or choreography dancing, like
what you see in a music show
00:42:14.50\00:42:17.40
or a music award show
or something like that.
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.77
We have to put
that in perspective.
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.34
I'm going to leave it
to that, because I believe
00:42:21.37\00:42:24.14
we need some more
study in that area.
00:42:24.17\00:42:25.61
So maybe our scholars
or somebody will come out
00:42:25.64\00:42:27.84
with some appropriate studies
on what does it mean to dance
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.98
before the
Lord, that's something
00:42:31.01\00:42:32.35
we need to put
in proper context,
00:42:32.38\00:42:33.72
but we know for sure they
weren't out there gyrating
00:42:33.75\00:42:36.12
and shaking things
that they probably shouldn't
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.82
and in an inappropriate way.
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.59
We have to be
appropriate and reverential.
00:42:39.62\00:42:42.06
Be respectful to our
Lord, when we're worshiping Him.
00:42:42.09\00:42:44.96
I have to add this comment.
00:42:44.99\00:42:46.53
In the Hebrew
rejoice, the literal meaning
00:42:46.56\00:42:50.63
of rejoice is to
spin and turn around
00:42:50.67\00:42:55.24
just like a calf that's
been released from stall.
00:42:55.27\00:42:58.97
Kicking up the heels.
00:42:59.01\00:43:00.41
It is, it's
kicking up their heels.
00:43:00.44\00:43:02.48
Amen.
00:43:02.51\00:43:03.91
I'll be interested in
seeing that dance there.
00:43:03.95\00:43:06.85
Jill, this comes from
Shelley out of Jamaica.
00:43:06.88\00:43:12.15
"In Mark 16:7,
00:43:12.19\00:43:14.82
is there a
reason why Peter's name
00:43:14.86\00:43:16.76
was called in particular?"
00:43:16.79\00:43:18.96
Thank you so much,
Shelley, for that question.
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.96
Of course, this is
resurrection morning
00:43:20.96\00:43:22.56
and the woman go
with the spices to anoint
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.47
Jesus' body, but He's not there,
00:43:24.50\00:43:26.84
because He is risen.
00:43:26.87\00:43:28.74
And the angel instructs
them that Jesus is risen
00:43:28.77\00:43:30.97
and then what
does the angel say?
00:43:31.01\00:43:33.54
This is in that Mark 16:7,
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.08
"Go tell the
disciples and Peter,
00:43:36.14\00:43:39.61
that he's going
before you into Galilee,
00:43:39.65\00:43:41.62
there you will see
Him as He said to you."
00:43:41.65\00:43:44.32
So I think initially, we could,
00:43:44.35\00:43:47.02
for sure say that this expresses
00:43:47.06\00:43:50.23
our Lord's love for Peter.
00:43:50.26\00:43:51.59
Remember, Peter
had denied Jesus,
00:43:51.63\00:43:53.33
right before the crucifixion,
and Peter is in anguish,
00:43:53.40\00:43:56.03
and Peter's in agony.
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.77
And the Lord knows that
and the Lord specifically
00:43:57.80\00:44:01.07
wanting to express His
love, His care, His forgiveness,
00:44:01.10\00:44:04.77
His compassion for Peter.
00:44:04.81\00:44:07.01
And He reminds Peter
that again, in John 21,
00:44:07.04\00:44:09.64
thereby the Sea of Galilee,
00:44:09.68\00:44:11.35
and when He
asked him three times,
00:44:11.38\00:44:13.11
"Simon, son of Jonas,
00:44:13.15\00:44:14.55
do you love Me?"
00:44:14.58\00:44:16.52
I also think if we look
at it a little bit deeper,
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.82
I believe that God deals
with us all individually.
00:44:18.85\00:44:22.46
You know, if you
were to call a doctor,
00:44:22.49\00:44:24.13
and you were to
express your symptoms,
00:44:24.16\00:44:25.89
what if the doctor
gave the same prescription?
00:44:25.93\00:44:28.00
And he said, "Take two aspirin
and call me in the morning."
00:44:28.03\00:44:30.70
If you have a
headache, it works really well.
00:44:30.73\00:44:32.57
If you had a ruptured
appendix, you might die.
00:44:32.60\00:44:35.34
If you are a parent,
00:44:35.37\00:44:36.71
you do not treat all
of your children the same.
00:44:36.77\00:44:39.74
You know, Moses
took a 40 year timeout.
00:44:39.77\00:44:42.61
Esther fasted for three days.
00:44:42.64\00:44:44.41
Joshua marched around
Jericho for seven days.
00:44:44.45\00:44:47.78
God wrestled with
Jacob, argued with Job,
00:44:47.82\00:44:50.79
whispered to
Elijah, and comforted Hagar.
00:44:50.82\00:44:54.36
Jesus was stern
with a rich young ruler,
00:44:54.39\00:44:57.03
tender with a
woman caught in adultery,
00:44:57.06\00:44:59.59
patient with the disciples,
blistering with the Scribes,
00:44:59.66\00:45:03.83
gentle with the children,
00:45:03.87\00:45:05.57
and forgiving with
a thief on the cross.
00:45:05.60\00:45:07.84
So you know what that tells me?
00:45:07.87\00:45:09.24
Our Lord deals with
each one of us individually,
00:45:09.27\00:45:12.87
because He knows
us, because He made us
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.51
and because He wants to restore
our relationship with Him.
00:45:15.54\00:45:19.88
That's right. That's right.
00:45:19.91\00:45:21.25
Oh, beautiful. I
love those examples.
00:45:21.28\00:45:22.88
And it's, oh, that's exciting,
00:45:22.95\00:45:24.59
and it's
comforting to know that He
00:45:24.62\00:45:26.76
has that
relationship with each other.
00:45:26.82\00:45:28.16
It's beautiful. Amen.
00:45:28.19\00:45:29.52
Amen.
00:45:29.56\00:45:30.89
Shelley, "Did God
know ahead of time
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.76
that Jesus would
be killed on a cross?"
00:45:32.79\00:45:35.26
This comes from
Alba out of Nicaragua?
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.37
Oh, Alba, I'm gonna just answer
you directly from Scripture.
00:45:38.40\00:45:43.14
I'm just gonna read
you a number of scriptures.
00:45:43.17\00:45:44.87
Let me say this,
00:45:44.91\00:45:46.31
the second
person of the Godhead,
00:45:46.34\00:45:50.71
before He was
incarnated, He was eternally
00:45:50.75\00:45:54.85
the Lamb of God.
00:45:54.88\00:45:56.42
And we know that
because Revelation 13:8
00:45:56.45\00:45:59.59
speaks of the Lamb of God,
00:45:59.62\00:46:02.42
who was the foundation,
00:46:02.46\00:46:04.16
or who was slain from
the foundation of the world.
00:46:04.19\00:46:07.86
So He was in the
anticipation of His incarnation,
00:46:07.86\00:46:13.40
He was
eternally the Lamb of God.
00:46:13.47\00:46:15.70
1 Peter 1:18-21 says
00:46:15.74\00:46:19.24
that we weren't
redeemed with corruptible things
00:46:19.27\00:46:23.81
like silver or gold,
but with the precious blood
00:46:23.85\00:46:27.58
of Jesus Christ, the
Lamb without blemish or spot.
00:46:27.62\00:46:32.35
And verse 20 says,
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.96
"He indeed was
foreordained before
00:46:33.99\00:46:38.23
the foundation of the world."
00:46:38.26\00:46:42.03
Ephesians 3:8-12,
00:46:42.06\00:46:45.20
Paul says, hey,
"I'm least of the saints,
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.90
but this grace was given to me,
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.01
so that I can preach to you
00:46:50.04\00:46:51.41
the unsearchable
riches of Christ."
00:46:51.44\00:46:57.31
And then he goes on in verse 11,
00:46:57.35\00:46:59.31
he says,
00:46:59.35\00:47:00.75
"According to
the eternal purpose,
00:47:00.78\00:47:05.49
which he accomplished in Christ,
00:47:05.52\00:47:08.42
our Lord."
00:47:08.46\00:47:09.79
And then Philippians 2:5-8,
00:47:09.86\00:47:12.33
which was probably one
of my favorite passages.
00:47:12.36\00:47:16.60
It says, "Let
this mind be in you,
00:47:16.67\00:47:18.80
which was in Christ Jesus,
who being in the form of God,
00:47:18.83\00:47:22.77
He was God, did not consider
it robbery to be equal with God,
00:47:22.80\00:47:27.28
because He was God.
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.04
But He made
himself of no reputation."
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.35
Think of the
humility that our God
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had to have to come down
00:47:36.38\00:47:39.45
and take on the flesh of a man.
00:47:39.49\00:47:43.16
And then it says,
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.59
"And He humbled Himself,
00:47:44.63\00:47:46.70
and became obedient
to the point of death."
00:47:46.73\00:47:50.57
Even the death of the cross.
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.77
So all along, God knew, yes,
00:47:52.80\00:47:57.37
that He would
have to come down here
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.94
and sacrifice the way
He did to save His people.
00:48:00.04\00:48:05.58
Thank you for that
explanation, Shelley.
00:48:05.61\00:48:07.35
Amen.
00:48:07.38\00:48:08.72
"In the gospels,
Christ refers to those
00:48:08.75\00:48:10.82
who are first will be
last, what does that mean?
00:48:10.85\00:48:14.29
I understand the meaning in
Mark Chapter 9 to the apostles.
00:48:14.32\00:48:18.36
It is in other
places, I am not sure.
00:48:18.39\00:48:20.43
Do they all have
the same meaning?"
00:48:20.50\00:48:22.63
Okay, so it must
be an extra question.
00:48:22.66\00:48:24.57
Yeah, anybody can
answer. All right.
00:48:24.60\00:48:26.90
All right.
00:48:26.94\00:48:28.27
So yeah, I'll jump in here
00:48:28.30\00:48:29.64
and then you guys can
add anything you want.
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Obviously, Christ
repeats this many times
00:48:31.34\00:48:33.74
throughout the
record of the gospels.
00:48:33.78\00:48:35.58
I'm going to use
for example today,
00:48:35.61\00:48:39.08
what we find in
Matthew Chapter 19,
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and also Matthew Chapter 20.
00:48:40.82\00:48:42.88
Because this comes within
the context in Matthew 19,
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Jesus has just
had this encounter
00:48:45.55\00:48:46.92
with the rich young
ruler who comes to Him
00:48:46.96\00:48:48.52
and says, "What do I
do to have eternal life?"
00:48:48.56\00:48:50.79
And Jesus begins to name
off some of the commandments.
00:48:50.83\00:48:54.20
And he says,
"Oh, Jesus, you know,
00:48:54.20\00:48:55.53
I've kept those from my
youth, we're all good there.
00:48:55.56\00:48:58.50
So what else must I need to do?"
00:48:58.53\00:48:59.87
He says, "Okay, well
if you've kept them off
00:48:59.90\00:49:01.30
and go sell all that you
have and give to the poor
00:49:01.34\00:49:03.10
and come follow Me."
00:49:03.14\00:49:04.71
So in the aftermath of that,
00:49:04.74\00:49:06.47
we see that the rich young ruler
00:49:06.54\00:49:08.44
walks away sorrowful,
00:49:08.48\00:49:10.15
okay, he couldn't do it.
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.55
He couldn't give
away his belongings
00:49:11.58\00:49:12.95
because he had an
abundance of wealth, right?
00:49:12.98\00:49:15.05
Out of that Jesus
has this conversation
00:49:15.08\00:49:17.29
with the disciples
and disciples say, "Lord,
00:49:17.35\00:49:18.69
we've given up
everything for You.
00:49:18.72\00:49:20.36
So then what does
that mean for us?"
00:49:20.42\00:49:22.12
And so Jesus says this
at the end of Matthew 19,
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so I'm looking at chapter,
excuse me, Matthew 19:29-30.
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It says, "And
everyone who has left houses
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.67
or brothers or sister or father
or mother or wife or children
00:49:31.70\00:49:34.90
or lands, for My namesake,
shall receive a hundredfold
00:49:34.94\00:49:38.34
and inherit eternal life."
00:49:38.37\00:49:40.04
And then verse 30,
00:49:40.11\00:49:41.44
"But many who are
first will be last,
00:49:41.48\00:49:43.01
and the last first."
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.41
Within this context,
what Christ is pointing out
00:49:44.45\00:49:47.05
is that there are individuals
00:49:47.08\00:49:48.52
who put themselves
first before anyone else.
00:49:48.55\00:49:51.05
In other words, they have
kind of this selfish outlook
00:49:51.09\00:49:53.49
of the opposite
of what Christ said,
00:49:53.52\00:49:55.32
"Love your neighbor
as you love yourself."
00:49:55.36\00:49:57.69
These individuals are looking
for itself first to basically
00:49:57.73\00:50:02.23
have an abundance of
what they want rather
00:50:02.26\00:50:04.03
than what their
fellow brother wants.
00:50:04.07\00:50:05.77
And so Christ is
basically, within this context.
00:50:05.80\00:50:08.47
He's saying, look,
those who are first
00:50:08.50\00:50:10.61
will be last those who make
themselves first will be last.
00:50:10.64\00:50:13.07
And those who are
last will be first.
00:50:13.11\00:50:14.61
That's exactly what
the disciples had done.
00:50:14.64\00:50:16.14
They had given away everything,
00:50:16.18\00:50:17.95
they had walked
away from everything,
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.31
and they put God first,
00:50:19.35\00:50:20.68
therefore putting
their fellow man first.
00:50:20.72\00:50:22.72
We also see this in
the very next chapter,
00:50:22.75\00:50:25.02
within the
context of the parable
00:50:25.05\00:50:26.76
of the workers in the vineyard.
00:50:26.79\00:50:28.29
Some of the workers
are hired on earlier,
00:50:28.32\00:50:30.43
and you know, the
first part of the day,
00:50:30.46\00:50:32.23
and then some are
hired in the 11th hour.
00:50:32.26\00:50:33.93
And then, you know, the
master begins to hand out
00:50:33.96\00:50:36.10
the payment for the day.
00:50:36.13\00:50:37.47
And the ones that were hired
first said whoa, whoa, whoa,
00:50:37.50\00:50:39.00
you can't give them the
same that you're giving us.
00:50:39.03\00:50:42.10
In other words,
putting themselves first
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.37
before the others,
wanting what they thought
00:50:44.41\00:50:46.84
was best for them over what was,
00:50:46.88\00:50:48.94
what the master wanted for those
00:50:48.98\00:50:50.95
who were hired in the 11th hour.
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.35
And Jesus again repeats
in verse 16 of Matthew 20.
00:50:52.38\00:50:55.22
"So the last will be
first and the first last,
00:50:55.25\00:50:57.89
for many are called
and few are chosen."
00:50:57.92\00:50:59.92
The concept to this
I believe very clearly
00:50:59.95\00:51:01.76
is that we need to
have the mind of Christ,
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.26
the mind of Christ
is to love your neighbor
00:51:04.29\00:51:06.13
as you love
yourself, putting someone else
00:51:06.16\00:51:08.10
above your own for the
sake and the love of others.
00:51:08.13\00:51:11.30
Amen. Amen,
00:51:11.33\00:51:12.67
Well said.
00:51:12.70\00:51:14.04
Anything,
Shelley, you want to...
00:51:14.07\00:51:15.54
Go ahead.
00:51:15.57\00:51:16.91
I was just, I was
thinking, you know,
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.31
when you look at the
Word of God, Isaiah 14,
00:51:18.34\00:51:20.44
Ezekiel 28, we see Satan
00:51:20.48\00:51:22.01
and him saying the whole essence
00:51:22.04\00:51:24.15
of his kingdom
itself in self-seeking.
00:51:24.18\00:51:26.78
But when we look at Christ,
00:51:26.82\00:51:28.42
His kingdom is built
on self-sacrificing love,
00:51:28.45\00:51:32.69
and we see that exemplified
here in this passage.
00:51:32.72\00:51:34.79
Amen, absolutely.
00:51:34.82\00:51:36.16
Thank God for that
self-sacrificing love.
00:51:36.19\00:51:38.83
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