As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
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is to spread the
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And you know, the
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24 hours a day,
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It's not our message,
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and His message that is
found in the Word of God.
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You know, this
morning I was reading
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2 Timothy 1:12.
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And Paul is talking to
Timothy, and in this verse,
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I love this
verse, Paul is saying,
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"For I know whom
I have believed."
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Amen.
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Who do you believe in?
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Paul believed in
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and that's what
he based everything.
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I just hope and pray today
that you are basing everything
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and you know, and you believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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So today, as we dig
into the Word of God,
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open the scriptures.
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It's not our
opinion, it's the Word of God
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that we're
sharing with you today.
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So we hope to in this
hour's time to answer maybe 15,
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maybe 16, 17 questions
or so that you submitted.
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So I always look
forward to this time
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of opening the Word of God.
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Get your pen,
little piece of paper,
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I've got quite a bit of
paper here in front of me
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or maybe your electronic
device to take some notes.
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We also want to encourage
you too, if you're watching this
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on the live broadcast
right now, but want to go back
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and look at this later,
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VOD, that stands
for Video On Demand.
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You can find this program
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of course on
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And the nice thing is, is
you that you can play and pause
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and write your notes.
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We want to encourage you
if it's happening so fast
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in this program, you
can always pause and play
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on our video on
demand platforms.
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But before we get started,
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I am so happy to have
Jason Bradley with us today,
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sir, good to
have you on the set.
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Oh, it's great to be here.
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You know, every time
we get these questions,
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it's a study time.
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It is.
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So it's time to
stretch and grow.
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Absolutely. No, I like that.
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You know, it's a
study time for all of us.
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Yeah, that's good, Jason.
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Amen.
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Good to have you
on, Pastor Ryan Day.
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Amen. It's always a blessing
to be a part of this program.
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And what I love
about this program
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is it sometimes
causes me to go back
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into the Word and dig
and to learn new things
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that perhaps I
didn't know before.
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So it's a blessing all around.
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It is, isn't it?
Yeah, absolutely.
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Sitting next to you
is my dear wife, Jill.
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Good to have you on.
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Thank you so much, sweetheart.
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Well, I just love
opening up the Word of God
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and studying and as
Pastor Ryan has indicated,
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I learned so much as we
study and prepare for this.
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And the key is,
it's all about Jesus.
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Jesus is found in the
Word and we study to find Him.
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Amen.
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And of course, I'm
blessed to be married to you
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and I can vouch
for what she said,
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because then what
everybody's saying here,
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of course, but of course,
me being married to Jill.
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She'll be as they're
studying the way she's like,
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"Oh, sweetie,
wow, this is amazing.
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I never knew quite
this aspect before."
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So yeah, I know all
of you are so excited
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about opening the Word of God.
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But let's start
with prayer. Pastor Ryan?
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Yeah, let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
Lord, we are just thrilled
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and so excited to be able
to be a part of this program,
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to be a part of
something that is leading people
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to answers, real
answers from Your Word.
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And so Lord, I pray,
Lord, that You will just simply
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just drowned us right now
in Your love and Your spirit
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that as we give these
answers from Your Word,
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may it be Your Word
speaking not Ryan, not Jill,
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not Jason, none of us, Lord,
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may it be You speaking
to the hearts and minds
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of every single person.
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May we all be
drawn closer to You
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and in communion with our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Bless us, bless
all who are watching.
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And we ask this
in Jesus' holy name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you so very much.
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And I'm going to
start with the ladies first,
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start with you.
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Yay.
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And this, you
know, I just want to say
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this is really encouraging
because this question
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comes from Leona,
Leona, hope I'm saying
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that correctly and
she's nine years old.
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You know, that's great,
because we have young people
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that are also
watching these programs,
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learning and
studying along with all of us.
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So that's, that's
encouraging, isn't it?
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Amen. Yes.
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So Leona, thank you so
much for your question.
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Nine years old, and
this is the question,
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"Would I get
punished if I did not mean
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what I said to the
Lord in my prayers to Him?"
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Leona, thank you so much
for sending in your question,
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I want to tell you, first
of all, that God loves you.
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Amen.
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John 3:16 says that,
"God loves this world,"
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and that's you, "so much,
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that He sent
Jesus to die for you."
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John 6:37 says,
"Whoever comes to Me,
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I will never cast aside."
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That means no
matter what you've done,
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no matter where you've been,
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you just come to Jesus and say,
"I want to come to You, Jesus,"
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and He will accept
you, and forgive you.
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The next thing
I want to tell you
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is that God knows your heart.
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And it is okay to
be honest with God.
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You know, there's a
story in the gospels,
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in the Book of Mark,
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about a man and
his son was sick.
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And he went to Jesus and said,
"I need healing for my son."
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And Jesus said, "It's possible
if you have enough faith."
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And what did he say?
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He said, "Oh, I
don't have enough faith
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but God, would You
give me more faith?"
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So you know what?
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You can come to God when
you're happy, when you're sad,
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when you're mad,
when you're upset,
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when you think you need
more faith or need whatever,
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you just come to God.
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Be honest with how
you're feeling right now.
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The last thing I'd tell you
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is that sin does
have consequences.
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Yes, the wages of sin is death,
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yet there is always forgiveness.
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Think about Jonah,
he ran away from God.
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And his consequence was he
was thrown overboard on a ship.
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And yet God saved
him by a big ship,
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and helped, by big
fish, and helped him
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so that he could witness
to a whole bunch of people.
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Think about Adam and Eve.
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They ate the fruit in the garden
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and their consequence was
they had to leave the garden.
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Yet God forgave them,
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and they will be in
the kingdom of heaven.
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Think about
Moses, he hit the rock
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when he was angry
and his consequence
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was, he couldn't go
into the Promised Land.
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Yet God forgave him and
took him to heaven instead.
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So the beautiful
thing is that God loves you.
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You come to Him with
whatever's in your heart,
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and He will hear and answer you.
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Amen. That's a
fantastic explanation.
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I think about the love of God.
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That's something we none
of us ever want to forget.
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And thank you
for mentioning that.
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Very, very powerful.
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Jason, are you
ready for question sir?
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I'm ready for a
question. All right.
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This is a really good
one and a heavy one too.
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It comes from
Rosa, and very sad.
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"I just lost my father.
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Are there verses
in the Bible that say
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that we get to meet
again in the future?
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Would we still be able to
recognize each other by then?"
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Rosa, first off, I
just want to say I'm so,
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so, so, sorry for your loss.
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You know, anytime that we
lose a loved one, it's tough.
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It is extremely
tough, it's hard.
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And so I just want to share
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some comforting verses with you.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-17,
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"But I do not want you
to be ignorant, brethren,
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concerning those
who have fallen asleep,
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lest you sorrow as
others who have no hope.
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For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again,
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even so God will bring with
Him those who sleep in Jesus.
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For this, we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
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that we who are alive
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and remain until
the coming of the Lord
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will by no means
proceed those who are asleep,
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for the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
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with a shout, with
the voice of an archangel
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and with the trumpet of God,
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and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
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together with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord
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in the air and thus we
shall always be with the Lord."
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Amen. Praise God.
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Now those verses that I
just shared with you, Rosa,
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they wouldn't be as comforting
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if we didn't
recognize the people,
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our family members
that were going up,
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you know, so they
wouldn't be as comforting
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and still be comforting,
but not as comforting.
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I'm sure that
you have shed many,
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many tears for
your father, Rosa.
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And I'd like to share another
comforting verse with you.
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Revelation 21:4,
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"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
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there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying,
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there shall be no more pain,
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for the former
things have passed away."
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Imagine that, no
more pain, no more sorrow,
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no more death, no more crying.
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That's right.
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I believe that
that day is coming soon.
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And those of us that
are alive and remain,
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well, we need to be ready
for when the Lord returns.
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And we have to make
sure that we are prepared
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for His second coming.
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Now I know this is a little bit
outside of what we normally do
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on the Today Bible
Q and A, but, Rosa,
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I want to lift you
up in prayer right now.
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And just pray for
you ever so quick.
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Thank you.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
I just want to lift up
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my dear sister Rosa,
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who is dealing with
the loss of her father.
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Lord, I can't even imagine
what she is going through
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but You feel her pain, You
know what she's going through.
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And I just ask that You would
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please wrap Your loving
arms around her, comfort her
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and help her to realize
that there is great hope in You.
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We thank You for
hearing this prayer.
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In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much, Jason.
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You know, I think a
really common assurance for me,
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because I've been around
some that are also wondering,
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will my loved one
be in heaven or not?
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I'm not sure
whether they're good enough,
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maybe they are too bad.
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You know, we serve
the righteous judge.
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That's right.
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Right?
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We have nothing to fear.
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We know that God is
righteous, fair and true.
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We can just trust in Jesus.
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He'll take care of it and
He wouldn't want anyone to be
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in heaven if they didn't
want to be there so, yeah.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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Pastor Ryan, good question here.
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There's not a name
associated with this.
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But it says, "My 14
year old son wants to know,
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can there be another
angel like the devil on earth?"
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Hmm. Well, not only
can there be, there is.
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Now, obviously Lucifer,
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the angel that fell from heaven,
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we call the devil and Satan.
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Obviously, he's in
the hierarchy of things.
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He's probably the
main one, obviously, right?
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He's kind of the
head of all sin, right?
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Because he's the father of
sin, the Bible makes it clear.
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But we can be absolutely
certain that the Bible tells us
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that there are
many, many angels,
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fallen angels on
this earth just like him.
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Let's go to Revelation 12:7-9.
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And notice what we see there.
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This is again,
Revelation 12:7-9, it says,
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"And war broke out in heaven,"
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this is speaking
about, this is eternity past,
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this is before
the world was created.
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So this is when Lucifer
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and the angels were
all in heaven with God.
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It said, "But war
broke out in heaven,
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Michael and his
angels fought the dragon,
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and the dragon
and his angels fought
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but they did not prevail,
nor was a place found for them
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in heaven any longer.
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So the great dragon was
cast out that old serpent
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called the devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world,
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and he was cast to the earth."
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And then notice this next part,
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"And his angels
were cast out with him."
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So not only is Lucifer the angel
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or the fallen
angel cast to this earth,
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but also all of
those angels with him.
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Even Revelation
16:13-14, speaking about this,
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this earth here, and the great
deception of the last days.
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John writes, "I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs,
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coming out of the
mouth of the dragon,
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out of the mouth of the beast,
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and out of the mouth
of the false prophet,
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for they are spirits
of demons," plural there.
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So there's more than one,
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"performing signs which go
out to the kings of the earth
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and the whole world."
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So we don't
know the exact number
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but we know that
it's probably a lot.
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Because when you get
over to Daniel Chapter 7,
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in this beautiful heavenly
scene, in this courtroom scene,
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we see God seated on His throne.
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And it says that there
was thousands and thousands
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and it says, 10,000
times 10,000 of angels
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that was before the Lord.
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Now this is post to the fall.
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This is after Satan and
the angels were cast out.
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I did a little bit
of math 10,000 times
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10,000, 100 million angels.
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When we go to
Revelation 12:4, it says,
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"A third of the
angels in the past
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were cast out of
heaven that Satan deceived."
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So there are very much many
angels, fallen angels, demons
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that are on this earth
right along with Lucifer.
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Amen.
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Thank you very
much, Pastor Ryan.
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I call him Pastor Ryan, I
think, Evangelist Ryan too.
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He's an evangelist in heart.
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Amen.
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Praise the Lord. Okay.
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Good question here
comes from John Terahote,
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"Who is
Abimelech, is he like Christ?
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I'm not sure maybe
it's the Melchizedek,
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so, but who is
Abimelech, is he like Christ?
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Also, did Jesus ever
show up in the Old Testament?"
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Well, that seems like
several questions in one.
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It does. Right.
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I would say if your question
is, is Melchizedek like Christ,
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that's a great question and we
can address it on another time.
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Abimelech was the name
and some people believe
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it was the official
title, kind of like Pharaoh
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with the name given to kings.
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This would be
the kings of Gerar,
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I'm not sure how
you pronounce that.
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And we have in
Genesis Chapter 20,
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Abram tried to pass his
wife Sarai off as his sister
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because he was afraid
of this King Abimelech.
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And his son Isaac tried
to pass his wife Rebecca off
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as his sister, because he
was afraid of Abimelech as well.
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So I don't think this
is the same clarification
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like Christ's probably you
were referring to Melchizedek.
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But that is who Abimelech
is in the Old Testament,
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a couple of the references.
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Now let's look at
Jesus in the Old Testament.
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Jesus is patterned and foretold
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and foreshadowed
in the Old Testament.
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But not only that,
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He is present in
the Old Testament.
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We know that Jesus was present
at the creation of the world.
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Genesis 1:1,"In the beginning,
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God created the
heavens and the earth."
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And if you cross reference
that, look up John 1:1-3.
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Look up Hebrews 1:1-2, 2-3.
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You see that
Jesus Christ Himself
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was present, the
Godhead, Father, Son,
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and Holy Spirit were
all present at creation.
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We see, of course, the
first messianic promise
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in Genesis 3:15,
the foreshadowing
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or foretelling of
the coming Messiah.
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We see the entire sacrificial
system of the Old Testament
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around the Lamb, the
perfect Lamb who was slain,
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foreshadowing Christ,
who would be the Lamb of God,
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who would take away
the sins of the world.
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We see great
parallels in the Old Testament,
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New Testament.
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We don't have
time for all of that.
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But we also see
that Jesus Himself
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shows up in the Old Testament,
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He is the I Am in whom Abraham
rejoiced, that was Jesus.
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The Lord who motivated
Moses, that was Christ.
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The Redeemer who brought them
out of Egypt, that was Jesus.
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The rock in the
wilderness, that was Christ.
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The king of Isaiah's
temple vision was the son.
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So we have this
incredible picture
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of Jesus in the Old Testament.
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Amen.
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Wow. Yeah, very good.
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Beautiful, Thank you so much.
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And thank you for
the question, too.
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Thank you so much.
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Jason, this comes from Deb.
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And it says, "How can
we be alive and still die
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if we are born again in Jesus?"
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Hmm, good question.
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Well, let's look
at some verses, Deb.
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John 3:3-5.
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"Jesus answered and
said to him, 'Most assuredly,
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I say to you,
unless one is born again,
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he cannot see
the kingdom of God.'
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Nicodemus said to him, 'How can
a man be born when he is old?
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Can he enter a second time into
his mother's womb and be born?'
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Jesus answered, 'Most
assuredly, I say to you,
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unless one is born of
water, and the Spirit,
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he cannot enter
the kingdom of God.'"
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Now let's look at what happens
when a person gets baptized
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by immersion and
that's, that's what we believe
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in as Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
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is baptism by immersion.
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Romans 6:3-4,
"Or do you not know
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that as many of us as
were baptized into Christ Jesus
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were baptized into His death.
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Therefore we
were buried with Him
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through baptism into
death, that just as Christ
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was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
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even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
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2 Corinthians
5:17 says, "Therefore,
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if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation.
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Old things have
passed away, behold,
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all things have become new."
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So when you think
about the old things
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that have passed away,
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we want to get away
from the carnal nature.
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So when you're
baptized, it's symbolic of,
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you know, the death, burial
and resurrection of Christ.
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So when you go underwater,
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you're leaving
that old man behind,
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the carnal nature behind,
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and when you
come out of the water,
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you're walking in
the newness of life
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that Christ wants to give you.
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So that's, that's how you die.
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You're dying to self basically,
that's what that means.
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Amen.
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Yeah, good answer, Jason.
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Thank you so much
from the Word of God too.
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Appreciate that so much.
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Philip, good question.
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It says here, this
is to you Pastor Ryan,
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"Why do you constantly
refer to the religious community
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of the Old
Testament as the church?
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The term Church has a
distinctly Christian identity
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and therefore is
more appropriately applied
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to the New Testament."
00:19:50.95\00:19:52.49
Thank you so much,
Philip, for that question.
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Yeah, no, Philip,
you're absolutely right
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to a certain extent, because
we know that the actual word,
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the term, the concept of church
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specifically and
explicitly mentioned there
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is in connection
with the New Testament,
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it's mentioned over 100 times
in the New Testament alone.
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Oh, wow, that's a lot.
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But yet, just because it's not
specifically in Word mentioned
00:20:08.34\00:20:11.57
in the Old
Testament doesn't mean that,
00:20:11.61\00:20:12.94
that concept,
that idea, the symbols
00:20:12.97\00:20:15.48
associated with
that are not there.
00:20:15.51\00:20:17.35
For instance, you
know, just because
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Jesus is not
explicitly mentioned
00:20:19.15\00:20:21.08
in, then Old
Testament doesn't means
00:20:21.12\00:20:22.48
Jesus is not there, right?
00:20:22.52\00:20:24.15
And so we see evidence for that.
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I'm thinking of, for instance,
00:20:25.79\00:20:28.02
if Jesus is the
head of the church
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as Colossians 1:18 says,
00:20:29.62\00:20:31.83
it says, "And He is the
head of the body, the church."
00:20:31.89\00:20:34.10
We know the body
being the people,
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His people, His church.
00:20:35.83\00:20:38.00
John 5:39 reminds us that Jesus
actually said to the Pharisees,
00:20:38.03\00:20:42.20
He says, "You
search the Scripture,"
00:20:42.24\00:20:43.57
speaking of the Old
Testament Scriptures,
00:20:43.61\00:20:45.37
"for in them you
think you have eternal life,
00:20:45.44\00:20:47.51
and these are they
which testify of Me."
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.98
So as you said,
Philip, in your question,
00:20:50.01\00:20:51.78
that this is very much has
a distinct Christian identity
00:20:51.81\00:20:54.55
associated with
Christ as the head,
00:20:54.58\00:20:56.85
His body being the
church, Christ said,
00:20:56.89\00:20:58.82
"Look, I'm found, I'm
flooded in the Old Testament,
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Old Testament's flooded
with Me all through there.
00:21:01.02\00:21:03.06
As Jill brought out
very clearly earlier.
00:21:03.09\00:21:05.39
So you know, even
in 2 Chronicles 7:14,
00:21:05.43\00:21:08.56
we see the language
there where God says,
00:21:08.63\00:21:11.30
"If My people,"
who is His people?
00:21:11.33\00:21:14.00
Of course, we know the
church is not a church building,
00:21:14.04\00:21:15.90
it's not a building, it's
His people, it's His body.
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"If My people who
are called by My name
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will humble themselves
and pray and seek My face,"
00:21:20.18\00:21:22.54
God is referring to
His church, His people,
00:21:22.58\00:21:24.61
which we see very much
through the nation of Israel.
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He wanted them to be a
nation of royal priesthood,
00:21:27.75\00:21:30.92
a kingdom, a nation for Him.
00:21:30.95\00:21:33.62
We see as Jill
brought out Genesis 3:15,
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we see the woman and
the seed, remember he says,
00:21:36.19\00:21:38.06
"I'll put enmity
between the your seeds,"
00:21:38.09\00:21:40.00
speaking to the serpent,
00:21:40.03\00:21:41.33
"and her seed,"
speaking of the woman.
00:21:41.40\00:21:42.83
That wasn't
specifically talking about Eve,
00:21:42.86\00:21:44.57
but the woman as
we know in the Bible
00:21:44.60\00:21:46.50
is a
representation of the church.
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.74
Jeremiah 6:2, "I have
likened the daughter of Zion
00:21:48.77\00:21:50.97
to a comely and delicate woman."
00:21:51.01\00:21:53.07
Christ, or Paul also writes,
00:21:53.11\00:21:54.71
you know,
husbands love your wives
00:21:54.78\00:21:56.11
as Christ loved the church.
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So we see the
same language flooded
00:21:57.58\00:21:59.31
all throughout the Bible.
00:21:59.35\00:22:00.75
Isaiah 64:8, says, "But
now O Lord, You are our Father.
00:22:00.78\00:22:03.95
We are the clay,"
speaking of the church,
00:22:03.99\00:22:06.15
"and You are our potter."
00:22:06.19\00:22:07.52
And of course,
Jeremiah 18:6 as well, again,
00:22:07.56\00:22:10.96
that imagery of God
being the potter, His people,
00:22:10.99\00:22:14.10
the church being the place.
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.50
So God's always had people,
He's always had a church,
00:22:15.53\00:22:17.77
and we even see them
continuing from Genesis 3,
00:22:17.80\00:22:20.77
all the way through the
Old Testament into the New.
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Amen.
00:22:22.84\00:22:24.17
Praise the Lord.
00:22:24.21\00:22:25.54
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Jill, this
question comes from someone
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.30
who likes to
exercise, Frank from California.
00:23:28.34\00:23:32.07
And the reason I got
the exercise part is this,
00:23:32.11\00:23:34.41
"I saw a sign posted
along the path that I run."
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Okay, so they run out of path.
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"I know it spoke on a
counterfeit form of baptism.
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We are baptized with
water and the Holy Spirit
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and not by fire
and the Holy Spirit."
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Correct.
00:23:49.76\00:23:51.09
"Can you tell me
how this practice
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.79
of fire and the
Holy Spirit came about?
00:23:52.83\00:23:56.00
Also, can you please
direct me to the Bible verses
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that indicate the
correct way to be baptized?"
00:23:59.47\00:24:03.20
Thank you so much
for that question, Frank.
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.17
I'm gonna reference
your last question first,
00:24:05.21\00:24:07.48
and then we'll go
back to the first one.
00:24:07.51\00:24:08.84
Okay.
00:24:08.88\00:24:10.21
So the last
question was the Bible verses
00:24:10.25\00:24:11.61
that indicate the
correct way to be baptized.
00:24:11.65\00:24:13.38
Jason Bradley already talked
about baptism by immersion.
00:24:13.42\00:24:17.72
We see this in the Word of God.
00:24:17.75\00:24:19.09
In fact, the word
baptize comes from a Greek word
00:24:19.12\00:24:21.72
meaning to immerse.
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.73
John the
baptized, John the Baptist,
00:24:23.76\00:24:26.59
he baptized with much water.
00:24:26.63\00:24:28.73
We see this in Matthew
3:6, he was baptizing there
00:24:28.76\00:24:33.74
by the Jordan, and
people came to him.
00:24:33.77\00:24:36.14
We see in John 3:23.
00:24:36.17\00:24:38.27
It says, "John was
baptizing in Aenon near Salim."
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I don't know how
to pronounce that.
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Because why?
00:24:43.28\00:24:44.61
There was much water there.
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So he clearly
didn't just baptize
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with a little bit of sprinkling.
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Why? Because there
was much water there.
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That's right.
00:24:51.52\00:24:52.85
We see when Jesus was baptized.
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This is Matthew 3:16,
that He went into the water
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and came out of the water.
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And Word of God says,
"When He had been baptized,
00:24:59.36\00:25:01.56
Jesus came up
immediately from the water,
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and behold, the
heavens were open to Him
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and He saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove,
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and alighting upon Him."
00:25:10.01\00:25:11.84
Here we see Jesus
coming up from the water.
00:25:11.87\00:25:15.24
We also see the
connection with the Holy Spirit
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there as far as
descending like a dove,
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and we'll talk
about that a little later.
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The early Christian church
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clearly practiced
baptism by immersion.
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We see this,
remember when Philip baptized
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the Ethiopian eunuch,
this is in Acts Chapter 8.
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It says, "They went
down into the water,
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and they came up
out of the water."
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And in fact, if you study
history, baptism by immersion
00:25:37.87\00:25:40.90
was practiced in the
early Christian church
00:25:40.94\00:25:43.44
for many centuries after Christ.
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It was many years
before it was even introduced
00:25:46.74\00:25:49.61
any other form of baptism.
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Now let's look at this baptism
by fire and the Holy Spirit.
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The verse reference
would be Matthew 3:11-12.
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"I indeed," this
is John the Baptist,
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"I indeed baptize you
with water unto repentance,
00:26:00.86\00:26:03.73
but he who is coming
after me is mightier than I,
00:26:03.76\00:26:06.53
whose sandals I am
not worthy to carry.
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He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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His winnowing
fan is in His hand,
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He will thoroughly
clean out the threshing floor
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and gather His
wheat into the barn,
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but He will burn up the
chaff with unquenchable fire."
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So we know that water baptism
by immersion is biblical.
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We know that Holy
Spirit baptism is biblical.
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And you see evidence of that
in the early Christian Church.
00:26:30.52\00:26:34.12
But what is this fire baptism?
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I believe it could
indicate three different things.
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.59
It could indicate
the cleansing from sin.
00:26:39.63\00:26:41.50
We know that fire
purifies and fire purges.
00:26:41.56\00:26:45.03
And when you and I are
anointed with the Holy Spirit,
00:26:45.07\00:26:47.44
the Holy Spirit
seeks to eradicate
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that sin from our life.
00:26:49.57\00:26:51.47
It could be symbolic
of the tongues of fire
00:26:51.51\00:26:53.81
that fall later in Acts 1 and 2,
00:26:53.84\00:26:55.84
when the Holy
Spirit is poured out.
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It could also talk about
that separation of the chaff
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from the wheat that would
take place at the end of time
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when the wicked
will be destroyed,
00:27:07.06\00:27:08.66
not with fire
that burns forever,
00:27:08.69\00:27:10.73
but fire that will burn
until they are consumed.
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Wow.
00:27:14.60\00:27:15.96
Yeah, amen.
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.33
Praise the Lord,
great answer again.
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Packed.
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It is packed.
00:27:20.10\00:27:21.44
You know, that's the
thing with the Bible Q and A.
00:27:21.47\00:27:22.80
You know, we tried to
get through, like I mentioned
00:27:22.84\00:27:24.17
at the beginning of the program,
00:27:24.21\00:27:25.54
maybe 15, 16, 17
questions, but wow,
00:27:25.57\00:27:26.91
the time goes by so fast
and your two to three minutes
00:27:26.94\00:27:28.58
go by quick, don't they?
00:27:28.64\00:27:29.98
That's right. That's right.
00:27:30.01\00:27:31.35
Okay.
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This is a good
question here and again,
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.08
a really heavy duty one.
00:27:34.12\00:27:35.52
The name that's with
this question is Nitsa,
00:27:35.58\00:27:38.85
and her question is,
"Is it wrong for me, Jason,
00:27:38.89\00:27:42.22
to pray, and pray and beg God
to please restore my marriage?
00:27:42.26\00:27:48.10
And that God will
restore the relationship
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.13
between my
daughters with their father,
00:27:50.17\00:27:52.93
and that we will
be a family again.
00:27:52.97\00:27:56.57
Does God answer
prayers like that?"
00:27:56.60\00:28:00.54
No, Nitsa, it is not wrong
for you to pray and beg God
00:28:00.58\00:28:05.11
to restore your
marriage and your family.
00:28:05.15\00:28:07.42
God is big on family
and He created marriage
00:28:07.45\00:28:10.35
between a man and a woman.
00:28:10.39\00:28:13.46
Genesis 2:18,
"And the Lord God said,
00:28:13.49\00:28:16.89
'It is not good
that man should be alone,
00:28:16.93\00:28:19.56
I will make him a
helper comparable to him.'"
00:28:19.59\00:28:23.16
And we know that Adam and Eve,
00:28:23.20\00:28:25.60
they were to be
fruitful and multiply.
00:28:25.63\00:28:27.70
Now when it comes to prayer,
00:28:27.74\00:28:29.10
we need to keep the
following verses in mind.
00:28:29.17\00:28:31.34
1 John 5:14-15,
00:28:31.37\00:28:35.41
"Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him
00:28:35.44\00:28:38.38
that if we ask
anything, here's the key,
00:28:38.41\00:28:41.85
according to His
will, He hears us.
00:28:41.88\00:28:45.22
And if we know that He
hears us, whatever we ask,
00:28:45.25\00:28:48.89
we know that we
have the petitions
00:28:48.92\00:28:51.39
that we have asked of Him."
00:28:51.43\00:28:53.40
We need to remember that God
sees the end from the beginning
00:28:53.43\00:28:57.63
and His ways are not our ways.
00:28:57.67\00:28:59.70
His thoughts are
not our thoughts.
00:28:59.73\00:29:01.94
Whatever happens, we
need to trust His answer,
00:29:02.00\00:29:05.34
whether it's
favorable to our request or not,
00:29:05.37\00:29:09.84
is the best, it is the
best answer for our life.
00:29:09.88\00:29:13.72
In addition to praying
for God's will to be done,
00:29:13.75\00:29:16.15
consider the following.
00:29:16.18\00:29:17.59
1 Chronicles 16:11,
"Seek the Lord in His strength,
00:29:17.62\00:29:22.29
seek His face, evermore."
00:29:22.32\00:29:24.96
Also, keep in
mind that sometimes
00:29:24.99\00:29:27.56
we don't get the answer
we're seeking in the timeframe
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.67
that we have in mind.
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.70
And that's another
reason why the following verse
00:29:32.77\00:29:34.97
is very important.
00:29:35.00\00:29:36.50
Psalm 40:1, "I waited
patiently for the Lord
00:29:36.54\00:29:41.54
and He inclined to
me and heard my cry,
00:29:41.58\00:29:45.35
know that the Lord
hears your prayers,
00:29:45.38\00:29:47.75
and He will answer
them according to His will."
00:29:47.78\00:29:50.42
I don't know the
particulars of your situation.
00:29:50.45\00:29:53.05
I don't know why the marriage
and the family has dissolved,
00:29:53.09\00:29:56.66
but know that this
is preparation time.
00:29:56.69\00:29:58.96
So whatever
happened, whatever took place,
00:29:59.03\00:30:01.80
use this time,
utilize this time for growth.
00:30:01.86\00:30:05.53
Now, you can't
go wrong with that.
00:30:05.57\00:30:07.10
Amen.
00:30:07.14\00:30:08.50
What was the lady's name?
00:30:08.54\00:30:09.87
Nitsa.
00:30:09.90\00:30:11.24
Nitsa, I just, I
usually don't do this,
00:30:11.27\00:30:12.61
but I just want to
address Nitsa for a moment.
00:30:12.64\00:30:14.41
You did a
beautiful job answering that.
00:30:14.44\00:30:15.84
So I'm just adding to
this just because I feel like
00:30:15.88\00:30:17.68
I need to say something here.
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
Please.
00:30:19.11\00:30:20.45
Matthew 7:7, we have
the beautiful promise
00:30:20.48\00:30:21.82
from Jesus, Nitsa,
that where Jesus says,
00:30:21.85\00:30:24.15
"Ask and it will be given
to you, seek and you will find,
00:30:24.19\00:30:26.25
knock and it
will be open to you."
00:30:26.29\00:30:27.82
In the original language
there, you know what that says?
00:30:27.86\00:30:29.99
It says keep asking,
keep seeking, keep knocking.
00:30:30.03\00:30:32.89
God wants you to keep on.
00:30:32.93\00:30:34.50
And so keep being
faithful and asking
00:30:34.56\00:30:36.73
and also know that again
as Jason brought out it's not,
00:30:36.77\00:30:39.87
you know, God's
timing is not our timing.
00:30:39.90\00:30:41.77
A lot of times we'll pray
and pray and pray and think,
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.44
"Oh, God's not
hearing my prayer."
00:30:43.47\00:30:44.87
Daniel did for 13 years.
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.01
He received a
vision in Daniel Chapter 8
00:30:47.04\00:30:49.41
and it was 13 years
later that he received,
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.65
you know, the follow up to that,
00:30:51.68\00:30:53.08
but I'm sure Daniel was
praying all through that time,
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.15
"God give me understanding."
00:30:55.18\00:30:56.52
Wow.
00:30:56.55\00:30:57.89
In God's perfect timing,
He will answer your prayer.
00:30:57.92\00:30:59.25
Don't give up.
00:30:59.29\00:31:00.69
Amen. Yeah, amen.
00:31:00.72\00:31:02.06
No, thank you for
that. Thank you, Jason.
00:31:02.09\00:31:03.49
Thank you, Pastor Ryan.
00:31:03.53\00:31:04.86
This is Pastor Ryan comes
from Julie from South Dakota.
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.86
And this is the
verse she's referencing in.
00:31:07.86\00:31:11.47
In Hebrews 6:4-6, it says,
and I'm going to read this,
00:31:11.50\00:31:15.90
"For it is impossible for
those who were once enlightened,
00:31:15.97\00:31:18.84
and have tasted
the heavenly gift,
00:31:18.87\00:31:20.98
and have become
partakers of the Holy Spirit,
00:31:21.01\00:31:23.81
and have tasted
the good word of God
00:31:23.85\00:31:26.35
and the powers
of the age to come.
00:31:26.38\00:31:28.58
If they fall away, to
renew them again to repentance,
00:31:28.65\00:31:32.02
since they crucify
again for themselves,
00:31:32.05\00:31:34.06
the Son of God and
put Him to an open shame."
00:31:34.09\00:31:37.69
And the comments here
is I have been haunted
00:31:37.73\00:31:41.36
by this verse
for years and years,
00:31:41.40\00:31:44.13
as it seems to apply to me.
00:31:44.17\00:31:46.50
At the age of 12, I gave
my heart to Jesus Christ.
00:31:46.53\00:31:49.94
But for the most of my adult
life, I was overtaken by sin,
00:31:49.97\00:31:53.34
and even told
people that I didn't know
00:31:53.38\00:31:55.58
if I believed in God anymore.
00:31:55.61\00:31:57.75
My question is,
what does it mean
00:31:57.78\00:31:59.81
to fall away in this verse?"
00:31:59.85\00:32:01.98
This is a
powerful question, Julie.
00:32:02.02\00:32:04.09
Thank you so much
and I promise you,
00:32:04.12\00:32:05.62
you're not the only
one who has that question
00:32:05.65\00:32:07.89
because I've read
this verse in the past
00:32:07.92\00:32:09.52
and kind of been
haunted myself of this verse.
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.16
But there's good news here.
00:32:12.19\00:32:13.53
There's context
clues, we need to watch more.
00:32:13.56\00:32:15.10
For instance, that
said in that verse,
00:32:15.13\00:32:17.07
become partakers of
the Holy Spirit, okay.
00:32:17.10\00:32:20.40
But then down at the
bottom there it says,
00:32:20.44\00:32:23.00
"But if they fall away,
00:32:23.04\00:32:24.61
to renew them
again to repentance,
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.21
since they
crucify for themselves,
00:32:26.24\00:32:27.94
the Son of God."
00:32:27.98\00:32:29.31
I can promise you that this text
00:32:29.38\00:32:30.75
is not talking
about someone who,
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.55
you know, comes to
Jesus asks forgiveness,
00:32:32.58\00:32:34.95
ask them into their heart,
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.32
and then goes
away and sins again,
00:32:36.35\00:32:37.95
and then they're doomed
for the rest of their life.
00:32:37.99\00:32:39.89
That's not what this is
particularly talking about.
00:32:39.92\00:32:42.46
The Greek word here for
fall away in this passage,
00:32:42.49\00:32:45.33
and Hebrews 6 is the
Greek word parapipto.
00:32:45.36\00:32:50.27
Almost, it's
interesting word, parapipto.
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.40
And so parapipto
means to apostatize
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.74
that's what this means.
00:32:56.77\00:32:58.11
And so it's talking
about someone who has,
00:32:58.14\00:33:00.38
who has come to the
Lord receive the light,
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.21
but then they
have went into a state
00:33:03.24\00:33:05.65
in which they are
rejecting that powerful source
00:33:05.68\00:33:08.72
that has been given
them the Holy Spirit.
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.39
In other words, they have
committed what Jesus talks
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.39
about in Matthew 12,
blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,
00:33:12.42\00:33:15.56
they rejected the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:33:15.59\00:33:17.59
after they've come to Him.
00:33:17.63\00:33:18.96
So this is not
a, you know, sinning
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.60
or falling back
into sin for a time.
00:33:20.63\00:33:22.76
This is reaching
a point in your life
00:33:22.80\00:33:24.40
where you completely
reject that powerful source.
00:33:24.43\00:33:27.37
An equivalent verse
to this same passage
00:33:27.40\00:33:30.17
is found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.91
Not the same Greek word,
00:33:32.94\00:33:34.28
but the same
English word is used there.
00:33:34.31\00:33:36.24
It says, "Let no one
deceive you by any means
00:33:36.28\00:33:38.28
for that day
will not come unless
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.65
the falling away comes first."
00:33:39.68\00:33:42.02
Now there is a Greek
synonym here for parapipto,
00:33:42.08\00:33:45.49
which means to apostatize.
00:33:45.55\00:33:47.16
The word here
actually using the Greek here
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.02
for falling away is apostasia,
00:33:49.06\00:33:51.39
which actually is the
Greek synonym, it means
00:33:51.43\00:33:53.50
to defect from
truth, it means to divorce,
00:33:53.53\00:33:56.23
it means you've
married yourself to Jesus,
00:33:56.26\00:33:58.03
but then you come to a
point where you completely
00:33:58.07\00:34:00.17
divorced yourself from Him.
00:34:00.20\00:34:02.67
This is not talking
about again, you know, sinning
00:34:02.74\00:34:05.47
and then you're
forever you're cut off by God.
00:34:05.51\00:34:07.21
That's not what
it's talking about.
00:34:07.24\00:34:08.58
Otherwise, you know,
Peter and the disciples
00:34:08.61\00:34:10.08
would be doomed, right?
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.45
I think Peter
is a great example.
00:34:11.48\00:34:12.81
Peter walked with Jesus
for three and a half years
00:34:12.85\00:34:15.18
and even said, "You
are the Son of God."
00:34:15.22\00:34:17.42
But then he, you know,
he cursed, he denied Christ.
00:34:17.45\00:34:19.15
He did.
00:34:19.19\00:34:20.52
But Christ still forgave him.
00:34:20.56\00:34:21.89
And I love those verses,
00:34:21.92\00:34:23.26
we have to hang
on to His promises.
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.63
1 John 2:1, "My little children,
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.86
these things I write to
you, so that you may not sin,"
00:34:27.93\00:34:31.33
but here's the
thing, "and if anyone sins,
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.00
if anyone sins, we have
an advocate with the Father,
00:34:34.04\00:34:37.11
Jesus Christ, the righteous."
00:34:37.14\00:34:38.54
Now couple that
with 1 John 1:8-9.
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.51
Notice what it says, it says,
"If we say that we have no sin,
00:34:41.54\00:34:44.31
we deceive ourselves," right?
00:34:44.35\00:34:46.18
That's a person who
deceives themselves, right?
00:34:46.21\00:34:48.45
"And the truth is not in us."
00:34:48.48\00:34:49.82
But notice verse
9, beautiful promise.
00:34:49.85\00:34:51.55
"If we confess our sins,
00:34:51.59\00:34:53.62
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins,
00:34:53.66\00:34:55.89
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.46
So you know what? I
think of also the prodigal son.
00:34:58.49\00:35:00.80
He was in the
father's favor, right?
00:35:00.83\00:35:02.76
He was in the Father's house,
00:35:02.83\00:35:04.17
He was living in
the Father's will.
00:35:04.20\00:35:05.80
But then He reached a
point in his life where he said,
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.27
"Forget this, I
want to go out on my own.
00:35:07.30\00:35:09.27
Some people would say this
brother apostatized, right?
00:35:09.30\00:35:12.17
He walked away from God,
00:35:12.24\00:35:13.58
he walked away
from his Holy Father.
00:35:13.61\00:35:15.34
But yet he came back,
00:35:15.38\00:35:16.85
he came to his
senses, and he came back.
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.71
In other words,
he sensed his need.
00:35:18.75\00:35:20.72
Sister, you in fact that
you're asking this question,
00:35:20.75\00:35:23.18
see, lets me know that
because you are concerned,
00:35:23.22\00:35:26.49
the Holy Spirit is
still speaking to you.
00:35:26.52\00:35:28.49
You haven't apostatized,
00:35:28.52\00:35:30.06
you may not have
always walked in that straight
00:35:30.09\00:35:31.86
and narrow path but you
know what Jesus is there
00:35:31.89\00:35:33.96
to forgive your sins if
you only confess them today.
00:35:34.00\00:35:36.77
Amen. Wow.
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.13
Praise the
Lord. Got hope, right?
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.50
You're talking about that hope.
00:35:39.57\00:35:40.90
I think Satan
wants to get us down.
00:35:40.94\00:35:42.27
That's right. We're done.
00:35:42.30\00:35:43.64
That's right. We're not.
00:35:43.67\00:35:45.01
I think I'm gonna go
ahead and go home now.
00:35:45.04\00:35:46.37
That was excellent.
00:35:46.41\00:35:47.91
Praise the Lord today.
00:35:47.94\00:35:49.28
Okay.
00:35:49.31\00:35:50.71
This comes from
San Diego, and it says,
00:35:50.75\00:35:53.52
"Hello, my name is Christina,
I live here in America.
00:35:53.55\00:35:57.42
My question is, will
Jesus be satisfied with me
00:35:57.45\00:36:00.49
doing Bible
studies with you all?
00:36:00.52\00:36:03.22
I don't read my Bible as
much because I'm by myself,
00:36:03.26\00:36:06.66
and I'm not a very good reader,
00:36:06.70\00:36:08.90
I understand it so
much better with you all.
00:36:08.93\00:36:11.53
God bless each one of you."
00:36:11.57\00:36:12.97
Thank you so much, Christina.
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.57
Christina, I would say
God loves that you love Him.
00:36:14.60\00:36:18.14
He delights that you
want to spend time with Him.
00:36:18.17\00:36:21.64
God loves you.
00:36:21.68\00:36:23.01
You know my
prayer partner for years.
00:36:23.08\00:36:24.88
She and I used to
pray once a week together.
00:36:24.91\00:36:26.82
And she would always
give me this illustration,
00:36:26.85\00:36:28.48
which I loved.
00:36:28.52\00:36:29.85
She said when she
woke up in the morning,
00:36:29.88\00:36:31.22
she lived alone, that she would
imagine Jesus there on the bed.
00:36:31.25\00:36:34.19
And I mean this in the
most respectful way possible,
00:36:34.22\00:36:36.89
kind of propped
up on his elbow here,
00:36:36.93\00:36:39.73
just looking at her
waiting for her to wake up
00:36:39.76\00:36:43.30
to spend time with her.
00:36:43.33\00:36:45.73
And that's how
Jesus feels about you.
00:36:45.77\00:36:47.40
It does not matter
how you go about it.
00:36:47.44\00:36:50.24
He just wants to be with you.
00:36:50.27\00:36:52.01
That's right.
00:36:52.04\00:36:53.38
How can you spend time with God?
00:36:53.41\00:36:54.74
I would say there's three ways.
00:36:54.78\00:36:56.14
Pray, study His
Word, and share His word.
00:36:56.18\00:36:59.51
Pray.
00:36:59.55\00:37:00.95
When you look at praying,
we think it's only by yourself.
00:37:00.98\00:37:03.72
And that is a great
way to spend time with God.
00:37:03.75\00:37:05.99
But you can pray
with other people.
00:37:06.02\00:37:07.56
You can join a prayer
ministry or a team at church,
00:37:07.59\00:37:10.26
you can do prayer walking,
00:37:10.29\00:37:12.33
and as you do your exercise
or you walk you can pray
00:37:12.36\00:37:14.96
or you can prayer
walk through the mall
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.20
or in your community
or your neighborhood.
00:37:17.23\00:37:19.97
You can even pray drive,
meaning as you're driving,
00:37:20.00\00:37:22.80
you shut off the radio
and you just spend time
00:37:22.84\00:37:25.04
with Jesus in your car.
00:37:25.07\00:37:26.78
If you study His Word,
you can study His Word with us
00:37:26.81\00:37:29.54
on Bible Q and A.
00:37:29.58\00:37:30.91
We would be honored and
delighted and the Lord Jesus
00:37:30.95\00:37:33.25
would like that.
00:37:33.28\00:37:34.65
You can listen to
the Bible on tape,
00:37:34.68\00:37:36.28
you reference that
you don't read very well.
00:37:36.32\00:37:38.12
Well, you can spend
time with Jesus by listening
00:37:38.15\00:37:40.79
to the Word of God on tape.
00:37:40.82\00:37:42.52
You can just read one
verse, and write it down.
00:37:42.56\00:37:45.36
I love that.
00:37:45.39\00:37:46.73
It can be a verse
that you could tape up.
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.40
I have verses up in the kitchen
00:37:48.43\00:37:49.86
where I work on
memorizing scripture.
00:37:49.90\00:37:52.13
You can find one
promise from God's Word
00:37:52.17\00:37:54.37
and meditate on it all day long.
00:37:54.40\00:37:57.04
That is spending
time in His Word.
00:37:57.07\00:37:59.44
That's spending time with Jesus.
00:37:59.47\00:38:02.04
You can share His Word,
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.48
share what you have
learned today with someone else.
00:38:03.51\00:38:07.65
What an incredible way.
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.02
So to me getting to know Jesus,
00:38:09.08\00:38:11.55
spending time with Jesus
is not a one size fits all.
00:38:11.59\00:38:15.36
It fits your
individual personality,
00:38:15.39\00:38:18.53
your needs, just
spend time with Him
00:38:18.56\00:38:20.66
because He's waiting
to spend time with you.
00:38:20.70\00:38:23.70
Amen. Beautiful answer.
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.23
Yeah, I love to
think about God that way
00:38:25.27\00:38:26.84
just waiting to
spend time with us.
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.37
Absolutely.
00:38:28.40\00:38:29.77
You know, of course,
we appreciate you being,
00:38:29.80\00:38:31.14
of course, part of our
family, you are our family,
00:38:31.17\00:38:32.57
but there's nothing
like spending that individual
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.48
one on one with Jesus Christ
that Jill was referring to.
00:38:34.51\00:38:37.71
So thank you so much
for the great questions.
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.61
Amen. It is.
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.02
Praise the Lord.
00:38:41.05\00:38:42.38
This here, Jason, comes
from Shane in Tennessee.
00:38:42.42\00:38:46.62
"What do you say
to the man who says,
00:38:46.65\00:38:49.59
'I prayed to God,
but she still died.'
00:38:49.62\00:38:53.80
Why did God let her die?
00:38:53.83\00:38:57.20
It's his fault.
00:38:57.23\00:38:58.57
He could have saved her.
00:38:58.60\00:38:59.93
But God didn't save her.'"
00:39:00.04\00:39:02.74
Shane, anytime
we're dealing with someone
00:39:02.80\00:39:05.37
who is grieving the
loss of a loved one,
00:39:05.41\00:39:07.41
we need to make
sure that we're cognizant
00:39:07.44\00:39:09.11
of the following
things, a few things,
00:39:09.14\00:39:11.58
but it's not
limited to this list.
00:39:11.61\00:39:13.01
I've got two minutes.
00:39:13.08\00:39:14.82
Our timing, number one,
our approach and our words.
00:39:14.85\00:39:19.52
Now you might
approach the situation
00:39:19.55\00:39:21.19
by telling your friend,
00:39:21.22\00:39:22.59
you know, that
you're so sorry for his loss
00:39:22.62\00:39:25.43
and let him know
that you are there for him
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.50
and genuinely be there for him.
00:39:27.56\00:39:29.70
Now, don't say that you know
00:39:29.73\00:39:31.07
what he's going through
because each loss is different.
00:39:31.10\00:39:34.40
Then proceed to
tell him in a loving way
00:39:34.44\00:39:37.24
that God is not
the one to be blamed
00:39:37.27\00:39:40.44
for his loved ones' death.
00:39:40.48\00:39:42.08
John 10:10, "The
thief does not come except
00:39:42.11\00:39:46.05
to steal and to
kill and to destroy.
00:39:46.08\00:39:49.15
I have come that
they may have life
00:39:49.22\00:39:51.82
and that they may
have it more abundantly."
00:39:51.85\00:39:54.72
Isaiah 55:8-9,
00:39:54.76\00:39:58.39
"For my thoughts
are not your thoughts,
00:39:58.43\00:40:00.86
nor are your ways
My ways, says the Lord.
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.83
For as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.87
so are My ways
higher than your ways
00:40:05.93\00:40:07.67
and My thoughts
than your thoughts."
00:40:07.70\00:40:09.70
We don't always
know why God allows
00:40:09.74\00:40:12.47
certain things to happen.
00:40:12.51\00:40:15.11
But, and this is
key, we need to trust
00:40:15.14\00:40:19.21
that He has eternity in view,
00:40:19.25\00:40:22.15
and He wants to
spend eternity with us.
00:40:22.18\00:40:26.19
You know, I lost my cousin.
00:40:26.25\00:40:28.59
And, you know, the one
thing that brought me comfort
00:40:28.62\00:40:33.56
was the fact that I
think that he passed away
00:40:33.60\00:40:37.10
at a time where he
was secure in the Lord.
00:40:37.13\00:40:42.77
Had time gone on, I don't
know what could have happened.
00:40:42.80\00:40:46.64
I don't know if he could
have walked away from the Lord.
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.01
But I trust that I will see
him again, when Jesus returns.
00:40:49.04\00:40:53.21
And you have that hope,
you have to trust in the Lord,
00:40:53.28\00:40:57.79
that He knows best.
00:40:57.82\00:40:59.75
And that He sees the
end from the beginning.
00:40:59.82\00:41:01.32
Amen. Beautiful.
00:41:01.36\00:41:02.69
It's good. Praise the Lord.
00:41:02.76\00:41:04.16
Yeah, amen.
00:41:04.19\00:41:05.53
And good counsel
from the Word of God, too.
00:41:05.56\00:41:06.90
Thank you so much, Jason.
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.23
Pastor Ryan, question here.
00:41:08.26\00:41:09.63
"Can you please
explain Isaiah 14:15
00:41:09.66\00:41:14.04
because the scripture
makes it sound like Satan,
00:41:14.07\00:41:16.67
and the wicked will be
going to the core of the earth,
00:41:16.71\00:41:19.44
which is what one of
my friends believe in.
00:41:19.47\00:41:22.04
How do I scripturally
explain this to her?"
00:41:22.08\00:41:24.65
Absolutely.
00:41:24.68\00:41:26.01
Well, the best way to explain
this is first we have to study
00:41:26.08\00:41:28.42
within context
and what he's saying.
00:41:28.45\00:41:29.78
Good point.
00:41:29.85\00:41:31.19
Let's go back a couple
of verses, Isaiah14:12,
00:41:31.22\00:41:34.39
actually start in verse
13, speaking of Lucifer,
00:41:34.42\00:41:36.96
and he says and
Lucifer saying these things,
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.26
he says, "For you
have said in your heart,
00:41:39.29\00:41:40.83
I will ascend to the heaven,
00:41:40.86\00:41:42.16
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God,
00:41:42.20\00:41:44.03
I will also set up on
the mount of the congregation
00:41:44.07\00:41:46.70
on the farthest
sides of the north,
00:41:46.74\00:41:48.20
I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds,
00:41:48.24\00:41:50.51
I will be like the Most High."
00:41:50.54\00:41:53.54
And then notice the very next
verses the one you're quoting.
00:41:53.58\00:41:56.31
And that is, he says, "Yet
you shall be brought down to,"
00:41:56.38\00:41:59.25
and the New King
James Version says, "Sheol,
00:41:59.28\00:42:02.02
to the lowest
depths of the pit."
00:42:02.05\00:42:03.39
In fact, that's the
actual better translation.
00:42:03.42\00:42:05.09
King James Version says, hell,
00:42:05.12\00:42:06.96
and a lot of the
early translations
00:42:06.99\00:42:09.99
or the
translators, they scribed it
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.69
when they translated
that they put it in hell,
00:42:11.73\00:42:13.16
because they believed it that
that aspect of hell was a deep,
00:42:13.19\00:42:16.43
dark burning dungeon in
the center of the earth.
00:42:16.50\00:42:18.53
But the word Sheol
here simply means the grave.
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.44
And so what we
find here is a contrast.
00:42:22.47\00:42:24.81
God is telling
Lucifer, He's saying, "Look,
00:42:24.84\00:42:26.98
you've said all these things,
you want to be equal with Me,
00:42:27.01\00:42:28.98
you want to be
risen up as high as Me,
00:42:29.01\00:42:30.35
you want to receive worship,
00:42:30.38\00:42:31.71
you want to be, you
know, uplifted as high as Me,
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.92
yet I am going to bring you down
00:42:33.95\00:42:36.32
to the lowest
parts of the earth."
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.59
In fact, the
context clue here, it says,
00:42:38.62\00:42:40.42
to the lowest depths of the pit.
00:42:40.46\00:42:42.76
What is the pit?
00:42:42.79\00:42:44.13
A lot of people think
it's some, again, dark center,
00:42:44.16\00:42:46.53
you know, core of the earth,
00:42:46.56\00:42:47.86
where the devil is down
there with his pitchfork,
00:42:47.93\00:42:49.56
and, you know, souls
are roasting and toasting
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.43
for ceaseless ages.
00:42:51.47\00:42:52.83
But that's not the case.
00:42:52.87\00:42:54.20
The pit here simply is
a reference to the earth.
00:42:54.24\00:42:56.30
How do we know that?
00:42:56.34\00:42:57.67
Notice, we're in Isaiah 14.
00:42:57.71\00:42:59.27
If you go to Isaiah 24, notice
what Isaiah 24:19-22 says.
00:42:59.31\00:43:04.31
It says, "The earth,"
00:43:04.35\00:43:05.85
notice how many
times he says the earth.
00:43:05.88\00:43:07.22
He says, "The earth
is violently broken,
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.05
the earth is split open,
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.59
the earth is
shaking exceedingly,
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.45
the earth shall reel to and fro
00:43:12.49\00:43:13.89
like a drunkard and
shall totter like a hut."
00:43:13.92\00:43:16.56
So he's talking
about the earth here.
00:43:16.59\00:43:17.93
But if you go down
to verse 22, it says,
00:43:17.96\00:43:20.16
speaking of the wicked,
00:43:20.23\00:43:21.53
"They shall be
gathered together on the earth
00:43:21.56\00:43:23.57
as prisoners are
gathered in the pit."
00:43:23.60\00:43:26.27
So again, this pit is
a reference to the earth.
00:43:26.33\00:43:28.84
Satan, of course, was cast
to the earth in Revelation 12,
00:43:28.87\00:43:34.08
there we see very clearly
that he's cast to the earth.
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.75
And then, of
course, in Revelation 20:10,
00:43:36.78\00:43:39.31
we know that it's not some
deep, dark burning dungeon,
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.92
that he's a part of because
in Revelation 10:20, it says,
00:43:41.95\00:43:44.52
"The devil who
deceived them was cast
00:43:44.55\00:43:45.95
into the lake of
fire and brimstone."
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.22
So this pit, the
Sheol is talking about
00:43:48.26\00:43:51.09
how Satan's his
punishment, his judgment
00:43:51.13\00:43:54.40
is that he would be
cast to the lowest parts
00:43:54.46\00:43:56.63
of the earth.
00:43:56.67\00:43:58.00
Amen.
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.37
Absolutely.
00:43:59.40\00:44:00.80
Great question
and a great answer.
00:44:00.84\00:44:02.17
Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan.
00:44:02.20\00:44:03.61
Oh, Jill, this
question comes from Georgia
00:44:03.64\00:44:05.31
and the person's name is Rona.
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.51
"Can you go into an explanation
00:44:07.54\00:44:09.44
of the story of
Ananias and Sapphira?"
00:44:09.48\00:44:12.95
Well, let's say just
a little history first.
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.55
Thank you for
the question, Rona.
00:44:14.58\00:44:15.95
When you see Acts Chapter 2,
00:44:15.98\00:44:17.32
we see this
incredible Pentecostal sermon.
00:44:17.35\00:44:19.95
The Holy Spirit
has been poured out,
00:44:19.99\00:44:21.59
Peter's preaching, 3,000
people are baptized in a day.
00:44:21.62\00:44:25.96
Then we see this description
of the New Testament Church
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.60
and in Acts Chapter
3, we have the lame man
00:44:28.63\00:44:32.23
who's healed and all
the people come together,
00:44:32.27\00:44:36.00
and Peter preaches again.
00:44:36.07\00:44:37.47
And then in Acts Chapter
4, the disciples are arrested
00:44:37.51\00:44:40.44
and thrown into prison.
00:44:40.48\00:44:42.44
And then it says
that the church continued
00:44:42.48\00:44:44.15
to grow exponentially.
00:44:44.18\00:44:46.01
And by this
point, the number of men
00:44:46.08\00:44:47.88
came to be about 5,000.
00:44:47.92\00:44:50.19
And then we have
women and children.
00:44:50.25\00:44:51.62
The description of the New
Testament Church at that time,
00:44:51.65\00:44:54.66
the Holy Spirit
was poured out again.
00:44:54.69\00:44:56.62
They were given
boldness to preach
00:44:56.69\00:44:58.63
and they held
all things in common
00:44:58.66\00:45:02.33
and the money was given to
further the gospel ministry.
00:45:02.36\00:45:05.33
So enter Acts Chapter
5 Ananias and Sapphira.
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They promised to
sell a piece of land,
00:45:09.17\00:45:11.71
and they would bring the
money to the common fund,
00:45:11.74\00:45:14.28
the gospel treasury.
00:45:14.31\00:45:16.11
Well, they did sell the land,
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.48
but they decided
to keep a portion
00:45:17.51\00:45:19.05
of the proceeds
back for themselves.
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.95
Ananias goes in and
says, "This is all the money"
00:45:21.98\00:45:24.65
and Peter says, "Why are
you tempting the Holy Spirit?
00:45:24.69\00:45:28.66
Why have you conceived
this thing in your heart?
00:45:28.69\00:45:31.53
You have not lied
to men but to God."
00:45:31.56\00:45:33.70
And Ananias is killed
on the spot by the Lord.
00:45:33.73\00:45:37.47
Then Sapphira comes
in three hours later.
00:45:37.50\00:45:40.17
And she says, "Oh yes, we
sold the land for that much,"
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.14
holding to the lie,
holding to the deception.
00:45:43.17\00:45:46.41
And what happens?
00:45:46.44\00:45:47.78
She is killed as well.
00:45:47.81\00:45:49.21
Fear comes upon both
the New Testament Church
00:45:49.24\00:45:52.38
and the unbelievers.
00:45:52.41\00:45:53.75
So what do we learn?
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.12
Number one, sin is a
serious offense to God.
00:45:55.15\00:45:57.29
Amen.
00:45:57.32\00:45:58.65
Number two, God sees
what is done in secret.
00:45:58.69\00:46:01.59
Number three, greed,
it always leads to sin.
00:46:01.62\00:46:06.06
Number four, don't try
to impress other people.
00:46:06.09\00:46:10.23
Number five, faith commitments
are not to be ignored.
00:46:10.30\00:46:15.20
And number six, it's better
to correct something early
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.67
and to be honest, than to
let it grow for a long time,
00:46:17.71\00:46:21.84
and correct it later.
00:46:21.88\00:46:23.41
So that was an
early check, you could say
00:46:23.48\00:46:25.85
in the New Testament Church
to correct some of those evil
00:46:25.88\00:46:29.35
so it would not continue
and it would not spread.
00:46:29.38\00:46:31.49
Wow.
00:46:31.52\00:46:32.99
Great explanation of the
story of Ananias and Sapphira.
00:46:33.02\00:46:35.29
Thank you so much.
00:46:35.32\00:46:36.69
Jason, this question
comes from Tennessee,
00:46:36.76\00:46:38.99
"If words like
eternal and everlasting
00:46:39.03\00:46:42.96
when applied to hell,
don't really mean unending.
00:46:43.00\00:46:46.63
How do we know that
life in heaven also called
00:46:46.67\00:46:50.01
eternal or
everlasting is really unending?"
00:46:50.04\00:46:52.61
That's a good question.
00:46:52.64\00:46:53.98
Great question.
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.34
It is a good question.
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.75
When we look at words
like eternal and everlasting
00:46:56.78\00:46:58.11
when it's applied to hell,
00:46:58.15\00:46:59.65
we are dealing with
the effects of the fire.
00:46:59.71\00:47:03.65
If I take a piece of
paper and I set it on fire,
00:47:03.69\00:47:06.49
that paper is gone forever,
it is eternally burned up,
00:47:06.52\00:47:10.89
it no longer exist.
00:47:10.93\00:47:13.13
But that doesn't mean
that the paper is still
00:47:13.16\00:47:15.43
burning for eternity.
00:47:15.46\00:47:18.33
We need to take God's
character into consideration
00:47:18.37\00:47:21.17
when we are reading His Word.
00:47:21.20\00:47:23.14
He's a loving God.
00:47:23.20\00:47:24.54
John 3:16, "For
God so loved the world
00:47:24.57\00:47:28.41
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:47:28.44\00:47:30.81
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
00:47:30.85\00:47:35.75
but have everlasting life."
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.19
So those that don't believe
in Him, they will perish.
00:47:37.22\00:47:39.85
They will cease to
exist, they will be no more.
00:47:39.89\00:47:42.52
But those that
do believe in Jesus,
00:47:42.56\00:47:45.83
they will have everlasting life.
00:47:45.86\00:47:48.00
Romans 6:23, "For the
wages of sin is death.
00:47:48.03\00:47:53.54
But the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:47:53.60\00:47:58.47
Now it doesn't say
that for the wages of sin
00:47:58.51\00:48:00.71
is burning forever, or
eternally burning, it says,
00:48:00.74\00:48:04.58
"For the wages of sin is death."
00:48:04.61\00:48:06.75
2 Peter 3:9-10,
"The Lord is not slack
00:48:06.82\00:48:10.72
concerning His promise
as some men count slackness,
00:48:10.75\00:48:14.26
but is long suffering toward us,
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.52
not willing that
any should perish,
00:48:16.56\00:48:18.63
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:48:18.66\00:48:21.33
But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night
00:48:21.36\00:48:25.73
in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise
00:48:25.77\00:48:30.07
and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat,
00:48:30.11\00:48:33.04
the earth also and the works
00:48:33.07\00:48:34.88
that are there in
shall be burned up."
00:48:34.91\00:48:38.28
Revelation 21:4,
00:48:38.31\00:48:41.95
"And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:48:41.98\00:48:45.55
there shall be no more death."
00:48:45.59\00:48:48.42
So if there's no more
death was going to be going on.
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.23
There's going to be
some eternal life there,
00:48:51.26\00:48:53.36
"nor sorrow, nor crying.
00:48:53.40\00:48:55.76
There shall be no more pain,
00:48:55.80\00:48:57.37
for the former
things have passed away."
00:48:57.40\00:49:00.77
I can't wait for that day.
00:49:00.80\00:49:02.30
That's so good.
00:49:02.34\00:49:03.77
Amen. Yeah, it was excellent.
00:49:03.81\00:49:05.17
Thank you so much, Jason.
00:49:05.21\00:49:06.54
Thank you for the question.
00:49:06.57\00:49:08.18
Pastor Ryan,
this comes from Linda
00:49:08.21\00:49:10.91
in Redding, California.
00:49:10.95\00:49:12.28
And here's your question.
00:49:12.31\00:49:13.68
"Don't laugh.
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.05
This is a serious question.
00:49:15.08\00:49:17.39
If you fed a pig only
grains and vegetables,
00:49:17.42\00:49:21.02
is it still unclean?"
00:49:21.06\00:49:23.09
Well, I'm not gonna
laugh at that question
00:49:23.12\00:49:24.69
because that's a great question
00:49:24.73\00:49:26.29
because it follows suit
as many people believe that,
00:49:26.33\00:49:28.73
you know, the idea
of the clean and unclean
00:49:28.76\00:49:30.67
is associated with the diet.
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.37
But that's not necessarily
the diet of the animal.
00:49:32.40\00:49:34.84
That's what most people think.
00:49:34.87\00:49:36.54
But that's not
necessarily the case.
00:49:36.57\00:49:38.04
The Bible simply speaks
00:49:38.07\00:49:39.71
that there is a group of animals
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.18
based on certain
classifications against
00:49:41.21\00:49:43.18
split hooves, chewing the cud,
00:49:43.21\00:49:45.45
you know what the
fish fins and scales,
00:49:45.48\00:49:47.38
you know, birds that can't be,
00:49:47.42\00:49:48.95
you know, the
scavengers of the earth,
00:49:48.98\00:49:50.75
there are certain
classifications there
00:49:50.79\00:49:52.32
as to their diet
that is of no effect.
00:49:52.35\00:49:54.16
God just simply says,
these particular classifications
00:49:54.19\00:49:56.99
of animals are
unclean, and these are okay.
00:49:57.06\00:49:59.73
And so for instance,
Leviticus11:7-8 tells us
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.56
very clearly that the
swine is because it, notice,
00:50:02.60\00:50:06.03
because it has a split hoof
but it doesn't chew the cud.
00:50:06.07\00:50:08.70
And you might say, Oh,
well that as long as I feed it,
00:50:08.74\00:50:10.91
you know, fruits and
vegetables and grains
00:50:10.94\00:50:12.84
and you know, a
plant based diet,
00:50:12.87\00:50:14.21
then maybe
it'll be clean to eat.
00:50:14.24\00:50:15.58
Well, if that's the
case, then you know,
00:50:15.61\00:50:17.38
we got a problem with the camel
00:50:17.41\00:50:18.91
because the camel
doesn't have a split hoof,
00:50:18.95\00:50:20.82
but it chews the cud.
00:50:20.85\00:50:22.18
In other words, perhaps its diet
00:50:22.22\00:50:23.59
or its digestive
system is appropriate.
00:50:23.62\00:50:25.42
But for some reason because
it doesn't have a split hoof,
00:50:25.45\00:50:28.89
God says is unclean.
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.26
So we don't
question whether or not
00:50:30.33\00:50:32.36
you know, it's the proper diet.
00:50:32.39\00:50:33.73
It's God's simply says,
00:50:33.80\00:50:35.10
"Just don't eat
these kinds of animals.
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.46
I didn't make
them for you to eat."
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.20
In fact, we know this
to be all the way down
00:50:38.23\00:50:40.20
to the end of time
until Jesus Christ comes back
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.90
because we see
there in Isaiah 66:15-17,
00:50:42.97\00:50:47.28
speaking of the second
coming of Jesus, it says,
00:50:47.31\00:50:50.11
"For behold, the
Lord will come with fire,
00:50:50.15\00:50:52.35
and with his chariots,
00:50:52.38\00:50:53.72
like a whirlwind to
render His anger and His fury,
00:50:53.78\00:50:56.15
and His rebuke
with flames of fire,
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.05
for by fire, and by His sword,
the Lord will judge all flesh
00:50:58.09\00:51:01.16
and the slain of
the Lord shall be many."
00:51:01.19\00:51:02.96
And then He describes
the slain of the Lord,
00:51:02.99\00:51:04.99
"those who sanctify
themselves and purify themselves
00:51:05.03\00:51:07.66
to go to the gardens
after an idol in the midst."
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.03
And then He says
here, "eating swine flesh,
00:51:10.07\00:51:13.03
and the abomination of the mouse
00:51:13.10\00:51:14.57
shall be consumed."
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.67
And so absolutely
those who shall be consumed
00:51:16.71\00:51:19.51
for eating the swine flesh,
00:51:19.54\00:51:20.88
will they're going to
be consumed eternally.
00:51:20.91\00:51:22.44
But as Jason said, guess what?
00:51:22.48\00:51:24.08
We just leave those swine alone,
00:51:24.11\00:51:25.65
because where
there is no more death,
00:51:25.68\00:51:27.42
there's got to be
some eternal life in there.
00:51:27.45\00:51:29.05
I like that.
00:51:29.08\00:51:30.45
Me too.
00:51:30.49\00:51:31.82
Yeah, there's a song that says
what God said it, I believe it.
00:51:31.85\00:51:34.46
That's right. That's right.
00:51:34.49\00:51:35.82
God settles it for me.
00:51:35.86\00:51:37.19
That's right.
00:51:37.23\00:51:38.56
Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan.
00:51:38.59\00:51:39.96
Thank you, of
course, Jason, and Jill.
00:51:40.00\00:51:41.30
What we're going to do right now
00:51:41.33\00:51:42.66
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has gone by in a hurry,
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.03
we're going to
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00:51:44.07\00:51:45.40
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00:51:45.43\00:51:48.40
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