As you're well aware,
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we're living in
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain Lord,
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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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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason Bradley,
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and I'm so glad that you
decided to join us once again
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as we go to the Word of
God for answers to questions
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that you have submitted.
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Now, you might be
sitting there saying,
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"Well, I don't remember
submitting any questions."
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But you should because I'm sure
you have some about the Bible.
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So you can send your questions
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to BibleQA@3abn.tv
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or you can send
them to (618) 228-3975.
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And we have a wonderful panel
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here that they're
willing to answer your questions
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from the Word of God.
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And I want to share
this scripture with you
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before we begin.
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And this is 2 Timothy
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3:15-16.
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"And that from childhood you
have known the Holy Scriptures,
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which are able to make you wise
for salvation through faith,
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which is in Christ Jesus.
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All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof,
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for correction, for
instruction in righteousness."
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And so we are going to go
to the Word in just a minute,
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but I'd like to
introduce our wonderful panel.
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We have here an
incredible student of the Word,
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Shelley Quinn.
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It's great to have
you. I tell you what?
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I love Bible Q and
A, because it forces
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you to get in the Word
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and to prove that what
you believe is really...
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You know, you got to have
these scriptures to back it up.
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So thank you so much
for sending these questions.
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Amen.
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And then we have another
incredible student of the Word,
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Pastor Ryan Day.
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It's always great to
have you on the program.
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Amen. It's a blessing
always to be on Bible Q and A.
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And I've got some
very good questions
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I'm excited to answer
from the Word of God today.
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And then we have
the man who baptized me,
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Pastor John Lomacang.
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It's great to have
you on the program.
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It's good to be
able to rapid fire.
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This program teaches
you how to get to the point
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and make the point clear.
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So thank you for
sending your questions in,
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we're gonna try to do
that within two minutes.
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Yeah, I'm glad you said that.
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Two minutes for
each, that's tough
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and then you have one
three minute question.
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That's right. One
three minute question.
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Before we jump into this,
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Pastor, would you have
a prayer for us, please?
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Sure.
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Loving Father in
heaven, the blessing is ours
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and the responsibility is ours
but, Lord, the power is Yours.
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And we do pray that You'll send
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Your Holy
Spirit to be the active
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agent to speak to
us and through us.
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We thank You for Your Word,
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which as we read
just a moment ago
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is able to make us
wise unto salvation.
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And we also pray
that our audience
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will not just be
listening for information,
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but will be
seeking transformation.
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Do the work, Father,
that will bring glory
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and honor to You alone.
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We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Amen and amen.
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Pastor Day, we
will start with you.
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All right.
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And this question comes
from Rona out of Georgia.
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"How do you explain to someone
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who believes in
tongues about Acts 11:46?"
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All right. Well,
this is a great question.
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I appreciate you
sending that in, Rona.
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I just want to
make just a slight
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correction because when I was
reading your question, I saw...
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When I went to the
Book of Acts Chapter 11,
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there's only 30 verses, so.
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But I knew immediately
when you asked this question
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of Acts 11:46,
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I knew you meant Acts
10:46 because the previous
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passage verse 46
actually says this.
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In fact, I'm going
to back up to Acts 10:44
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and read to verse 46
and notice what it says.
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It says, "While Peter was
still speaking these words,
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the Holy Spirit fell upon
all those who heard the word.
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And those of the circumcision
who believed were astonished,
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as many as came with
Peter because the gift
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of the Holy
Spirit had been poured
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out on the Gentiles also.
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For they heard them speak
with tongues and magnify God."
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That was verse 46,
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"For they heard them speak
with tongues and magnify God."
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Of course, this is the
situation in which Paul,
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excuse me, Peter is now
going to visit Cornelius
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and his family.
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Cornelius was a
Roman Centurion, obviously
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he was a Gentile.
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And so this is the first
biblical example that we have
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of the Holy Spirit being
poured out upon the Gentiles.
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In this case though,
it's interesting because many
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people go to this
text and try to say,
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"Well you know what, Gentiles
were speaking in tongues.
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And because they
were speaking in tongues
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and they were magnifying God,
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this is a
special heavenly tongue."
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And it goes back to that whole
argument that many charismatic
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Pentecostals tried to use
to say that there's a special
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heavenly tongue
that every Christian
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needs in order to have
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salvation because
we have to put forth
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the evidence that we
have, the Holy Spirit.
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And they say that
that's the gift of tongues.
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But we have to keep
in mind that Peter...
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When Peter was
speaking to them, of course,
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Peter being a Jew,
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Peter understood
what they were saying.
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He understood that
they were magnifying
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God because not only were
they just speaking in a tongue,
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but they were speaking
in the tongue that Peter
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and those
around them could hear.
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This happened in the same
way that it did on the day
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of Pentecost.
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In fact, Acts 11:15,
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when Peter was describing
this same event he said,
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"And as I begin to
speak the Holy Spirit
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fell upon us in the beginning,"
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speaking of the
day of Pentecost.
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What happened on
the day of Pentecost?
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Obviously, everyone
who received the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit,
they spoke in a worldly known
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language that they were
not born with for the purpose
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of communicating
the gospel to those
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of a different language.
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That's what happened
to Cornelius's family.
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So if you're
explaining this to someone,
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it wasn't some heavenly,
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you know, tongue
or some language,
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or some jibber jabber
or babbling that no man
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can understand.
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These were known languages,
and people that were present
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understood it in their language.
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Probably a different
language but in their language,
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they understood
they're magnifying God.
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They were
speaking intelligent words.
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Good answer. Thank you
for that explanation there.
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Shelley, we'll come to you.
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We were wondering,
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"For what purpose
did God create angels,
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and why before mankind?"
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That's interesting.
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I first want to point
out that both in Greek
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and Hebrew, the word
for Angel is Messenger.
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And that's what it
means and it is used of man,
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and it is used
of celestial beings.
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I'm sure you're speaking
of celestial beings here.
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I also want to
point out, Isaiah 55:8-9.
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God says, "My
thoughts are not your thoughts.
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My ways are not your ways.
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My thoughts are
higher than your thoughts
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and my ways are
higher than your ways."
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The Bible doesn't specifically
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answer your question
but there are indications
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and I don't...
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I think the best
angel is... Best angel?
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The best answer is
simply to say that God created
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angels to do His
will and to fulfill
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His purpose for
when He created humanity.
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In Hebrews 1:14, the Bible says,
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speaking of celestial beings,
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"Are they not all
ministering spirits
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sent forth to
minister for those who will
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inherit salvation?"
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So the Bible indicates
that angels will be serving
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humanity even in the future.
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God created angels to help
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assist Him in His
purposes, to send them
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as messengers to mankind,
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and serve His purpose.
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You know we see
angels. They were warriors.
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They were messengers.
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They were
protectors of God's people
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and they were
ministers to God's people.
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We also see that angels
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ministered in
heavenly sanctuary.
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So, the answer is,
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God did create angels
before He created humanity.
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I believe that He
wanted His team in place
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so that He could
minister to humanity properly.
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Amen.
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Well, I'm glad
that He did create
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angels before us
because, boy, I know mine
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I've been working
overtime back in the day.
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Pastor Lomacang,
"Jesus was anointed with
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the Holy Spirit at His baptism.
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Why then couldn't the Comforter
come until after Jesus left?"
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This comes from Louis
out of Pennsylvania Sure.
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Louis, thank you
for that question.
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First of all, the Holy
Spirit is to continue the work
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of Jesus or the Holy Spirit
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is to be the
proponent to continue to follow
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in the footsteps
that Jesus established.
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But there was something
significant about the work
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of Christ that the
Holy Spirit could not do.
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The Holy Spirit
is not the Redeemer.
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The Holy Spirit was to
point the world to their need
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of a Redeemer.
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If Jesus had not completed
the work of redemption first,
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the Holy Spirit
could not come to point
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the world to the
need for a Redeemer.
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And in His own words,
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Jesus made it
clear in John 16:7.
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He says, "Nevertheless,
I tell you the truth.
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It is to your
advantage that I go away,
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for if I do not go away,
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the Helper
would not come to you.
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But if I depart, I
will send him to you."
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And the question is, what is he
going to do when Jesus leaves?
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And a point I want to
make very importantly here
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is the work of the Holy Spirit
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is far more in
depth than many people
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even give him credit for.
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That's right.
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John 16:8-11, "And
when he has come..."
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Look at what he does.
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"He will
convict the world of sin
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and of
righteousness and of judgment,
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of sin because they
do not believe in me,
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of righteousness
because I go to my Father,
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and you see me no more."
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That couldn't be the
case if Jesus was still here.
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"And of judgment because the
ruler of this world is judged."
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Jesus had to defeat the enemy.
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Jesus had to defeat
Lucifer before the work
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of redemption was completed.
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Now, the Holy Spirit can
convict the world and say,
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"Now that Jesus has provided
redemption, you need that."
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So He was to be the proponent.
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John 16:13-14,
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"However, when He, the
Spirit of truth has come,
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He will guide
you into all truth.
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For He will not
speak on His own authority,
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but whatever He
hears He will speak
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and He will tell
you things to come.
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He will glorify
me, for He will take up
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what is mine and
declare it to you."
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Amen.
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Excellent information.
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Pastor Day, this comes
from Madeline from Las Vegas.
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"Please, explain these
verses from Matthew 24:17-20?"
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Absolutely.
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So thank you, Madeline,
for submitting that question.
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I'm going to read the verses
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and then I'm going
to give the explanation.
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Matthew 24,
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and I'm actually going to back
up to verse 15 because it puts
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it in its proper context.
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So Matthew 24,
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I'm going to start
reading in verse 15 to 20.
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It says, "Therefore,
when you see the abomination
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of desolation spoken
by Daniel the prophet,
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standing in the holy place,
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whoever reads
let him understand.
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Then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains."
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And then here's verse 17,
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"Let him who is on the
house top not go down to take
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anything out of this house
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and let him who is in the field
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not go back and get his clothes.
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But woe to
those who are pregnant
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and to those who are
nursing babies in those days.
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And pray that your
flight may not be in the winter,
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nor on the Sabbath."
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This obviously is
coming within the context
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of the question that
the disciples have asked
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Jesus at the
beginning of this chapter.
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It starts...
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The chapter starts out
that they're going to Jesus
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privately on the top
of the Mount of Olives
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because Jesus had just
spoken up the destruction
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of the temple.
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He told them not one
stone will be left upon another
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and so it says, "They
went to him privately said,
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when will these things be
and what will be the signs
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of the end of the
age and of your coming?"
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And so Jesus in Matthew 24,
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not only tells the signs
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of the times in
reference to His second coming
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but He also, in this particular
verses that we just read.
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He's speaking of the details
pertaining to the destruction
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of Jerusalem,
which happened in 70 AD.
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Now, some support
for this obviously...
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Better verses
for this is when you
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go to Luke 21 because there's
a little bit more explanation,
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a little bit more detail.
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Notice Luke 21:22-24.
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It says, "But
when you see Jerusalem
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surrounded by armies,
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then you know that
its desolation is near."
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Same thing, when you see...
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Again what Matthew said,
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"The abomination of desolation
spoken by Daniel the prophet."
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That's speaking of the latter
verses of Daniel Chapter 9,
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talking about the
destruction of Jerusalem.
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It goes on to say then,
"Let those who are in Judea,
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flee to the mountains.
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Let those who are in
the midst of her depart
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and let not those who are
in the country enter her."
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This is talking
about a time of destruction
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of Jerusalem in
70 AD when Titus,
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the Roman military man,
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he took his
armies in and basically
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flooded Jerusalem
and destroyed Jerusalem.
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And in this case, Christ was
giving them warning to not...
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to flee to not turn back
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and not stay there
because if they had have
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stayed there, the righteous,
those who were being warned,
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they would have been destroyed
along with other millions
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of people that were
there in the city at that time.
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So, of course, these
verses are referring to
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the destruction of
Jerusalem in 70 AD.
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Amen. Thank you
for covering that.
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Shelley, "Does John 19:39
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show Nicodemus
becoming a believer
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and follower of Christ Jesus?"
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This comes from
Jerry out of Michigan.
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Jerry, that is a great question.
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Let's just, kind of,
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look at what the Bible
has to say about Nicodemus.
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If you consider John Chapter 3,
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we see that Nicodemus
was a prominent Pharisee.
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He was a member
of the Sanhedrin,
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the ruling Jewish
counselor. And what does he do?
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He was also an
authority on Hebrew Scripture
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because Jesus calls him,
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"The teacher of Israel."
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So we know that
he was an authority
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of the Hebrew Scriptures,
but he was curious about Jesus.
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Something that Jesus said,
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did or whatever
the reports he'd heard,
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he was moved by that.
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And he goes to Jesus in
the garden at night to ask
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him what must be done.
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And this is when they
have the famous conversation
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about being born again.
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Now, something happened to him
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because we see in
John 7:51 that Jesus...
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Is supporting
Jesus, he, actually,
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defends Jesus before his spirit,
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before the Sanhedrin.
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And he is sharply rebuked
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as he is talking
with these high priests
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and Pharisees or
the chief priests.
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Now, in John 19,
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I'm going to
begin with verse 38.
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I'm just backing that point.
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Listen to what the
Bible says, "After this..."
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This is after the crucifixion.
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"Joseph of Arimathaea..."
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That's the rich man in
whose tomb Jesus was buried,
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"being a disciple of
Jesus but secretly for fear
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of the Jews.
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He asked Pilate that he
might take away the body
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of Jesus and Pilate
gave him permission.
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So he came, and
took the body of Jesus.
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And Nicodemus,
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who at first came to Jesus
by night that was in the garden,
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also came
bringing a mixture of myrrh
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and aloes about
a hundred pounds.
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And they took the body of Jesus.
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They bounded in strips
of linen with the spices,
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as the custom of
the Jews is to bury.
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And now, in the place
where He was crucified,
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there was a
garden, in the garden,
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a new tomb in which
no one had been laid."
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Now, the interesting
thing to me about verse 38
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of John Chapter
19 is Arimathaea,
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Joseph of Arimathea
was a secret disciple.
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Well, here we've
got Nicodemus with him.
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I personally believe
he brought 100 pounds
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of aloe and myrrh
that's enough to anoint
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a King for His burial.
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My personal belief is
that Nicodemus recognized
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Christ's suffering in His
death fulfilled the prophecies
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of the coming Messiah.
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And that he was anointing
Jesus as King of the Jews.
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Thank you, Shelley. Thank you.
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Pastor Lomacang,
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you'll have three
minutes for this question.
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Okay.
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"I have a question regarding
the Apocrypha Bible books.
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Hopefully I have
pronounced that correctly,
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the 14 books that
were removed from the Bible
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as they are claimed to be.
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They glorify God and
agree with the rest of the Bible
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also adding more information
to common Bible questions.
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My question is,
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why are they not used in
contemporary Christianity?
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Are they fake
or something else?"
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Well first of all, let me
clarify from the very content
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of your question.
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They were not
removed from the Bible.
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They were never
added to the Bible.
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That's right.
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You have to look at these books.
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These were books that
were Gnostic in many respects.
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These books were
used throughout the course
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of human
history, and you have...
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They were
categorized into two areas,
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those that are accepted
books and not accepted books.
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Let me just run through
the 14 quickly Ecclesiasticus,
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Wisdom, First
and Second Maccabees,
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Tobit, Bel and the Dragon,
Judith, Esther and Baruch.
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These were considered
as, during the development
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of the Christian
era, as accepted books.
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Some of them were
quoted in the Septuagint,
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which is the
Hebrew New Testament.
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You'll find that those
were some of the accepted.
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But when they were
further investigated,
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they found that
they were incompatible
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with the scriptures
we considered today,
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the Canon of Scriptures.
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That's why they
were not included.
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You have also that the
flat out not accepted books,
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like The Prayer for Manasseh,
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The Song of the
Three Holy Children,
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The History of Susanna,
First and Second Esdras.
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And the list goes on and on
because there are some that say
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that there were 15 books
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and some say
there were 16 books.
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But those who compile
the scriptures look at them
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and found them inconsistent
with the scriptures.
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Let me give you an example.
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The Book of
Tobit was supposed...
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It pointed out that
Tobit was supposedly alive
00:19:21.92\00:19:25.76
when Jeroboam staged
the revolt in 931 BC,
00:19:25.79\00:19:29.50
and was still alive at
the time of the Assyrian
00:19:29.53\00:19:31.47
captivity in 1722 BC.
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Yet, the Book of Tobit
said he only lived 158 years.
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That's a lot
longer that 158 years.
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So how can he have
spent almost 200 years
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when in his own writings,
it indicated that he lived
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much shorter period of time.
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That inconsistency was there.
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Also you find in
Second Maccabees,
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there is a suggestion
to pray for the deceased.
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And today, Mormon suggests that,
00:19:57.43\00:19:59.06
you know, pray for the dead.
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Well, that's inconsistent
00:20:00.66\00:20:02.16
with the Bible in Luke Chapter
16 because when your life
00:20:02.20\00:20:05.77
closes the
Bible says in Hebrews,
00:20:05.80\00:20:08.10
"It is appointed
unto man once to die
00:20:08.14\00:20:10.14
and after that the judgment."
00:20:10.17\00:20:11.57
When you die,
your record is closed.
00:20:11.61\00:20:13.17
Nobody can alter that by prayer.
00:20:13.21\00:20:15.61
And the other aspect of
it is finally there is no
00:20:15.64\00:20:18.35
claim of any of these books
at having divine authority.
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You find books
like the Book of Enoch.
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Well, it was called the
Book of Enoch but the writer
00:20:25.25\00:20:28.02
was not Enoch,
he was an epistle,
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New Testament epistle
by the name of Barnabas,
00:20:31.33\00:20:35.26
who wrote this book.
00:20:35.33\00:20:36.67
Why would he use the name Enoch?
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.23
To try to gain credibility.
00:20:38.30\00:20:40.27
If I use a name
that is established
00:20:40.30\00:20:42.27
in Scripture as a
person of authority
00:20:42.30\00:20:44.04
and credibility,
maybe people will read it.
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Well, the church fathers
realized that as they went
00:20:47.48\00:20:50.65
through the writings
in specificity that they
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.58
did not match the
Canon of Scriptures.
00:20:53.62\00:20:55.88
Quite a bit of conflicts,
stories that would just
00:20:55.92\00:21:00.86
may be applicable
to those times but not
00:21:00.89\00:21:03.86
relevant to the
Canon of Scriptures.
00:21:03.89\00:21:06.03
And they wanted to
minimize any conflict
00:21:06.06\00:21:08.73
and controversy from
these extra biblical writings,
00:21:08.76\00:21:12.90
so they were never
added to the Bible.
00:21:12.93\00:21:14.50
Amen. Great answer.
00:21:14.57\00:21:15.90
Wow, that's deep. That is deep.
00:21:15.94\00:21:18.87
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questions that you would
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.31
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00:21:21.34\00:21:23.48
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00:21:23.51\00:21:28.68
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00:21:28.75\00:21:30.45
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00:21:30.49\00:21:35.72
These questions are great
that are coming in and you
00:21:35.76\00:21:38.86
want to add something.
00:21:38.89\00:21:40.23
Just real quickly, that
was a three-minute answer.
00:21:40.26\00:21:42.66
But, you know, if you want
to get into the depth of it,
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.77
I would recommend that you
do some research on your own,
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.40
and you'll find
out quite a bit more.
00:21:47.44\00:21:49.00
So don't take that
three-minute answer and say,
00:21:49.04\00:21:50.71
"That's the capsule of
that, but that's three minutes."
00:21:50.74\00:21:53.84
Juiced version.
00:21:53.88\00:21:55.21
That was incredible to be able
to put it into three minutes.
00:21:55.28\00:21:58.58
Pastor Day, this comes
from Edith out of New York.
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"Please, explain the
four creatures in Ezekiel?"
00:22:02.25\00:22:05.52
Okay. Well, the
best way I can explain
00:22:05.55\00:22:07.06
the four living creatures
in Ezekiel is letting Ezekiel
00:22:07.09\00:22:09.66
explain the four
living creatures.
00:22:09.69\00:22:11.03
Let's read the text
there in Ezekiel 1:5-11.
00:22:11.06\00:22:15.00
Of course, we see these
four living creatures come up
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.33
multiple times between
Ezekiel 1 and Chapter 10.
00:22:17.37\00:22:21.00
But notice verses
5-11 in Ezekiel 1.
00:22:21.04\00:22:23.97
It says, "Also from within,
00:22:24.01\00:22:25.84
it came the likeness
of four living creatures
00:22:25.87\00:22:27.88
and this was their appearance.
00:22:27.91\00:22:29.24
They had the likeness of a man.
00:22:29.28\00:22:30.61
Each one had four faces
and each one had four wings."
00:22:30.65\00:22:33.82
So these are
talking about cherubims.
00:22:33.85\00:22:35.78
This says, "Their
legs were straight
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.15
and the soles of their
feet were like the soles
00:22:37.19\00:22:39.35
of calf's feet.
00:22:39.39\00:22:40.72
They sparkled like the
color of burnished bronze.
00:22:40.76\00:22:43.26
The hands of the man were under
their wings on their four sides
00:22:43.29\00:22:48.90
and each of the four
had faces and wings."
00:22:48.93\00:22:52.67
It says, "Their
wings touched one another.
00:22:52.70\00:22:54.40
The creatures did not
turn when they went but each
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.77
one went straightforward
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.31
as for the
likeness of their faces.
00:22:58.37\00:23:00.34
Each one had the face of a man.
00:23:00.38\00:23:02.21
Each of the four had the face
of a lion on the right side.
00:23:02.24\00:23:05.45
Each of the four had the
face of an ox on the left side.
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.35
Each of the four had
the face of an eagle.
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.72
Thus where their faces,
their wings stretched upward
00:23:10.75\00:23:13.56
two wings of each
one touched one another
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.52
and two covered their bodies."
00:23:16.56\00:23:18.76
These are cherubims.
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.16
Cherubims are mentioned
many, many times in Scripture,
00:23:20.20\00:23:23.20
having a double set
of wings or four wings.
00:23:23.23\00:23:25.93
In this case their wings...
00:23:25.97\00:23:27.34
two wings touch one
another, two wings, of course,
00:23:27.37\00:23:30.41
covered their bodies.
00:23:30.44\00:23:31.87
These are a little
bit different than what we
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.27
see in Revelation
with the seraphim.
00:23:33.31\00:23:35.04
Seraphim had six wings.
00:23:35.08\00:23:36.61
And, of course, these cherubims
had four different faces,
00:23:36.64\00:23:40.82
versus the seraphim
we see in Revelation
00:23:40.85\00:23:43.02
only had one face.
00:23:43.05\00:23:44.39
Very similar in the
sense that it's an eagle,
00:23:44.42\00:23:46.39
you know face of a
man, the calf and of course,
00:23:46.42\00:23:49.66
also the face of the lion.
00:23:49.69\00:23:51.13
But these
cherubims, of course they...
00:23:51.16\00:23:52.93
If you do a
research in Scripture,
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.30
you'll find that they
carry out the work of God,
00:23:54.30\00:23:56.83
whatever God asked them to do.
00:23:56.87\00:23:58.73
They are God's helpers.
They do God's work for them.
00:23:58.80\00:24:01.57
For instance, they
also help to transport
00:24:01.64\00:24:03.64
God in the mobility of
God's throne in the movement.
00:24:03.67\00:24:06.98
We see that in the
Book of Revelation,
00:24:07.01\00:24:08.64
as well as in the
Book of Ezekiel as well,
00:24:08.68\00:24:10.78
Ezekiel Chapter 10.
00:24:10.81\00:24:12.15
So, these are cherubims.
00:24:12.21\00:24:13.55
They are types of angels.
00:24:13.58\00:24:15.08
If you hear the word cherubims,
00:24:15.12\00:24:16.48
seraphims, these are different
types of angelic hosts that God
00:24:16.52\00:24:20.79
created to serve Him.
00:24:20.82\00:24:22.76
Seraphims, of course, their job
00:24:22.79\00:24:24.36
is more of in
the work of praise.
00:24:24.39\00:24:26.59
They praise God all the time.
00:24:26.63\00:24:28.13
So, this is
what we're describing
00:24:28.16\00:24:29.90
here in Ezekiel are
definitely cherubims,
00:24:29.93\00:24:32.40
and they carry
out the work of God.
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.14
They're angels.
00:24:34.17\00:24:35.80
I love how you said,
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.17
"Well, we'll just let
Ezekiel explain that."
00:24:37.21\00:24:38.87
Well, it's the best way to be.
00:24:38.94\00:24:40.74
He's great detail Absolutely.
00:24:40.78\00:24:43.24
Shelley, you'll have
three minutes for this question.
00:24:43.28\00:24:46.21
"Please explain Romans 8:16-17."
00:24:46.25\00:24:50.69
Okay, and that's
from David in Maryland.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.42
David, thank you
for this question.
00:24:52.45\00:24:54.29
We're going to
back up to Romans 8:13.
00:24:54.32\00:24:56.66
See this in context.
00:24:56.69\00:24:58.69
In Romans 8:13, it says,
00:24:58.76\00:25:01.10
"If you live according
to the flesh you will die
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.40
but if by the Spirit you put
to death the deeds of the body,
00:25:03.43\00:25:08.07
you will live."
00:25:08.10\00:25:09.67
Notice, we need the power
00:25:09.70\00:25:12.67
of the Holy Spirit
to help us put to death
00:25:12.71\00:25:17.15
the deeds of the flesh.
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.01
In other words, the Holy Spirit
isn't forcing God's will on us,
00:25:19.08\00:25:23.65
but we can't do it by ourselves.
00:25:23.69\00:25:26.19
It's us and the
spirit working together.
00:25:26.22\00:25:29.32
He also helps us
in our weaknesses.
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.99
He leads us in prayer.
00:25:32.06\00:25:33.43
If we look at verse
26 of Romans 8, it says,
00:25:33.46\00:25:37.77
"The Spirit helps
in our weaknesses.
00:25:37.80\00:25:39.43
We don't know how we
should pray as we ought.
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.74
But the Spirit himself
makes intercessions for us."
00:25:41.77\00:25:45.87
Now, Romans 8:14 says,
00:25:45.91\00:25:49.61
"As many as are led
by the Spirit of God,
00:25:49.64\00:25:53.38
these are the sons of God."
00:25:53.42\00:25:56.08
His leading is not mystical.
00:25:56.12\00:25:59.55
His leading, His empowering
helps us to put to death
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.53
the misdeeds of the flesh.
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.69
And His presence in our life
00:26:05.76\00:26:08.60
is the assurance that
we are a child of God.
00:26:08.63\00:26:12.57
In verse 15, He says,
00:26:12.60\00:26:14.37
"You didn't receive the
spirit of bondage to fear.
00:26:14.40\00:26:17.07
You receive the spirit of
adoption by whom we cry out,
00:26:17.11\00:26:22.41
Abba Father."
00:26:22.48\00:26:23.81
Oh, that's a tender
precious expression.
00:26:23.85\00:26:28.15
Abba means, daddy, papa.
00:26:28.18\00:26:30.42
So, when the Holy
Spirit is in our heart...
00:26:30.45\00:26:33.39
Paul wrote in Galatians 4:6
00:26:33.42\00:26:36.49
"Because you are sons of God,
00:26:36.52\00:26:39.66
daughters of God, God
has sent forth the Spirit
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.96
of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, 'Abba Father.'"
00:26:43.00\00:26:47.64
And this shows an intimate
relationship that we have
00:26:47.67\00:26:52.07
with God when His
Spirit's living in us.
00:26:52.11\00:26:54.48
Now to your
question, Romans 8:16-17,
00:26:54.51\00:26:59.45
"The Spirit Himself bears
00:26:59.48\00:27:00.88
witness with our spirit
that we are children of God
00:27:00.92\00:27:04.69
and if children, then
the heirs, heirs of God,
00:27:04.72\00:27:08.16
and joint heirs of Christ.
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.26
If indeed we
suffered with Him that we may
00:27:10.29\00:27:13.73
also be glorified together."
00:27:13.76\00:27:17.33
We must have the Holy Spirit.
00:27:17.37\00:27:20.97
He is the agent of our adoption.
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.94
He is the agent
of our recreation,
00:27:23.97\00:27:28.01
our new birth.
00:27:28.04\00:27:29.48
Titus 3:4 and 6 says,
00:27:29.51\00:27:32.55
"When the kindness of
the love of God our Savior
00:27:32.61\00:27:35.72
toward man appeared, not
by works of righteousness
00:27:35.78\00:27:40.02
which we have
done but by His mercy.
00:27:40.06\00:27:42.26
He saved us through
the washing of regeneration
00:27:42.32\00:27:46.96
and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
00:27:47.00\00:27:49.80
who may pour
out abundantly on us
00:27:49.83\00:27:52.20
through Jesus
Christ our Savior."
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.37
So His leading provides
us assurance of salvation.
00:27:54.40\00:27:59.44
You know why?
00:27:59.47\00:28:00.88
We're seeing the fruit
that He's developing in us.
00:28:00.91\00:28:03.24
The fruit of the
Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23,
00:28:03.28\00:28:07.48
"He makes us heirs
of eternal salvation."
00:28:07.52\00:28:11.05
Hebrews 1:2 says,
00:28:11.09\00:28:12.45
"Christ has been
appointed heir of all things
00:28:12.49\00:28:16.02
when we share in His
kingdom of glory with Him
00:28:16.06\00:28:20.63
as a child of God."
00:28:20.66\00:28:22.53
If we suffer with Him,
00:28:22.56\00:28:23.90
it doesn't necessarily
mean physical persecution.
00:28:23.93\00:28:27.87
We could be
ridiculed on his behalf.
00:28:27.90\00:28:31.31
Or it could be
just the suffering
00:28:31.34\00:28:34.31
of submitting our
will entirely to God,
00:28:34.34\00:28:37.75
resisting temptation,
as Jesus had to suffer.
00:28:37.78\00:28:41.52
But on this side of eternity,
00:28:41.55\00:28:43.99
we'll have many, many struggles.
00:28:44.02\00:28:46.52
But we're disciplined as
we walk with the Holy Spirit
00:28:46.55\00:28:50.43
go through His process
of sanctification being
00:28:50.46\00:28:53.76
set apart from sin.
00:28:53.80\00:28:55.10
Amen and amen.
Excellent explanation.
00:28:55.13\00:28:56.77
It always amazes me
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.13
how God longs for a
relationship with each
00:28:58.17\00:29:01.14
and every one of us.
00:29:01.17\00:29:02.57
Absolutely. That's incredible.
00:29:02.60\00:29:03.94
Pastor Lomacang,
00:29:03.97\00:29:05.34
we have a question here
from Amanda out of Uniontown.
00:29:05.37\00:29:10.15
She says, "Please, explain
00:29:10.18\00:29:11.61
what the trumpets are in
Revelation Chapter 8 and 9?"
00:29:11.65\00:29:17.02
Is it two minutes?
00:29:17.05\00:29:20.42
Amanda, I'm going to
squeeze these oranges
00:29:20.46\00:29:22.12
as quickly as I can.
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.66
The seven trumpets
is an interesting study.
00:29:23.69\00:29:25.86
It has taken so many
positions of controversy,
00:29:25.89\00:29:29.56
even within the school of
the most accepted beliefs.
00:29:29.60\00:29:33.30
There are about five or
six different interpretations
00:29:33.34\00:29:35.37
and variations of
what the trumpets mean,
00:29:35.44\00:29:37.67
which in fact indicates
that it is still unfolding.
00:29:37.71\00:29:41.78
It is the understanding of it.
00:29:41.81\00:29:43.55
Two of the main positions about
the seven trumpets are one.
00:29:43.58\00:29:47.05
They cover the same period as
the seven seals of Revelation.
00:29:47.08\00:29:50.09
The second one is the
seven trumpets are introduced
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.36
onto the seventh
seal of Revelation.
00:29:53.39\00:29:55.36
And the second category
people point to Revelation 8
00:29:55.39\00:29:58.86
when the seventh seal is opened,
00:29:58.93\00:30:00.96
and then the seven
trumpets are introduced.
00:30:00.96\00:30:04.10
Given from the various
schools, they refer to God's
00:30:04.13\00:30:06.87
intervention in the
human history of His people.
00:30:06.90\00:30:10.24
The response of God in response
to the prayers of a saints.
00:30:10.27\00:30:15.64
The point of the matter is
God intervenes throughout human
00:30:15.68\00:30:18.08
history in behalf of the saints.
00:30:18.11\00:30:20.05
Also, the seven
trumpets revealed
00:30:20.08\00:30:21.65
God's judgments on
those that persecute
00:30:21.68\00:30:24.62
the people of God.
00:30:24.65\00:30:25.99
You find God's protecting
care is always with His people.
00:30:26.05\00:30:29.32
But the points that
are made that are something
00:30:29.36\00:30:31.59
we should not overlook.
00:30:31.63\00:30:32.96
The seven trumpets are
not the seven last plagues
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.53
because they are
described in the Bible
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.70
as being mixed with mercy.
00:30:37.73\00:30:40.47
But the fifth trumpet
is one that brings about...
00:30:40.50\00:30:43.27
It narrows down the
definition because most all
00:30:43.30\00:30:46.81
who described the trumpets
indicate that the fifth trumpet
00:30:46.84\00:30:50.18
describes satanic activity,
00:30:50.21\00:30:52.28
the star that fell from
heaven in Revelation 9:1.
00:30:52.31\00:30:55.08
You can read that yourself.
00:30:55.15\00:30:56.69
But Isaiah the prophet says,
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.85
"How art thou
fallen from heaven,
00:30:58.92\00:31:00.59
O Lucifer, son of the morning."
00:31:00.62\00:31:02.29
Luke 10:18 Jesus said,
00:31:02.36\00:31:03.86
"I saw Satan like
lightning fall from heaven."
00:31:03.89\00:31:06.43
So it's
undoubtedly in Revelation,
00:31:06.46\00:31:08.33
the war broke out in
heaven, and Satan and his angels
00:31:08.36\00:31:10.60
were cast to the earth,
00:31:10.63\00:31:12.00
demonic activity
clearly being described.
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.47
The abyss that is
talked about is indicative
00:31:14.50\00:31:17.74
of Luke 8:31, when the
angels, the evil angel says,
00:31:17.77\00:31:22.01
"Are you going to
cast us into the abyss?"
00:31:22.04\00:31:24.15
But then you find
in Revelation 9:4,
00:31:24.18\00:31:26.61
those who are not
going to be harmed or those
00:31:26.65\00:31:28.85
who are protected by being
covered by the seal of God.
00:31:28.88\00:31:32.52
And it's amazing that the only
00:31:32.55\00:31:33.92
place in Revelation
that the entire phrase,
00:31:33.96\00:31:36.39
the seal of God
on their foreheads
00:31:36.42\00:31:37.89
is mentioned is
in Revelation 9:4.
00:31:37.93\00:31:40.26
And finally, the
reason why we know that Satan
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.20
is involved in this
persecution that God's
00:31:42.23\00:31:44.97
people are protected from,
is it says in Revelation 9:11.
00:31:45.00\00:31:49.14
These locusts, which are
evil angels according to Joel 2,
00:31:49.17\00:31:52.87
had a king over them.
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.24
He's described as
Abaddon and Apollyon,
00:31:54.28\00:31:57.01
the angel of destruction
and the angel that destroys.
00:31:57.05\00:32:00.92
In nutshell, the seven trumpets
00:32:00.95\00:32:03.02
indicate by God that the day
of judgment is soon to close.
00:32:03.05\00:32:07.09
This is the time
to accept salvation.
00:32:07.12\00:32:09.29
Yeah.
00:32:09.32\00:32:10.66
There's no way to
put that in two minutes.
00:32:10.69\00:32:12.26
That's a lot.
That's five hours of study.
00:32:12.29\00:32:16.36
Pastor Day, about Lucifer,
00:32:16.40\00:32:19.07
"When Michael and his
angels battled with Lucifer
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.67
and his angels and
hurled them down to the earth.
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.21
They called him Dragon,
then the original serpent,
00:32:24.24\00:32:27.21
then devil, Satan, the deceiver.
00:32:27.24\00:32:29.81
Jehovah named him Lucifer.
00:32:29.84\00:32:32.18
Did Jehovah take that name back
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.18
and he is no longer
allowed to us anymore?
00:32:34.22\00:32:39.29
Or was he not worthy to use
00:32:39.32\00:32:42.19
this name once he
sinned against Jehovah?"
00:32:42.26\00:32:45.66
Okay yeah, I think I understand
what this person's asking.
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.26
And I just want to just state...
00:32:48.30\00:32:50.40
just right off the
cuff that I have read
00:32:50.43\00:32:53.07
and study the scripture through.
00:32:53.10\00:32:54.44
I'm aware of no text
00:32:54.47\00:32:56.04
where the Bible specifically
says that God gave him
00:32:56.10\00:32:58.77
the name Lucifer, obviously,
00:32:58.81\00:33:00.71
you know in eternities
passed when he was created.
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.61
And then after he fell or after
he was cast down to the earth,
00:33:03.65\00:33:06.92
that he repossessed
or took back that name.
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.68
The Bible just simply does
not provide that information.
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.72
In fact, we have
evidence contrary to that even
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.86
after he had fallen,
even after he had been
00:33:15.89\00:33:17.89
cast to the earth, even
after even the fall of men.
00:33:17.93\00:33:20.73
We see evidence
here very clearly,
00:33:20.76\00:33:22.60
even in the Book of
Isaiah which was written,
00:33:22.66\00:33:25.27
you know, about 700 to
730 years before Christ,
00:33:25.33\00:33:29.40
so the earlies,
you know, late 700 BC.
00:33:29.44\00:33:33.31
We see here that Isaiah
writes from God's perspective.
00:33:33.34\00:33:37.08
He was obviously under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:37.11\00:33:40.08
But we see here in Isaiah 14:12,
00:33:40.12\00:33:43.32
notice the name is used here,
00:33:43.35\00:33:44.92
"How art thou
fallen from heaven,
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.76
O Lucifer, son of the morning.
00:33:46.79\00:33:49.72
How you art cut to the ground,
you who weakened the nations."
00:33:49.76\00:33:55.63
Notice this is
in the past tense.
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.00
He's speaking here
00:33:57.03\00:33:58.37
about the work
that in the sinful work,
00:33:58.40\00:33:59.73
in the arbitrary work
that he's already done
00:33:59.77\00:34:04.77
in the aftermath of his
being cast to the earth."
00:34:04.81\00:34:06.94
And so it goes on
to say in verse 13,
00:34:06.98\00:34:08.94
"For you have
said in your heart,
00:34:08.98\00:34:10.31
I will ascend into the heaven.
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.68
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
00:34:11.71\00:34:13.25
I will sit also upon the mount
00:34:13.28\00:34:14.62
of the congregation on
the far sides of the north."
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.42
And you can read
through there all
00:34:16.45\00:34:18.05
of these things that the Father
is addressing towards Lucifer,
00:34:18.09\00:34:21.39
all that he has done
00:34:21.42\00:34:22.76
and what will happen
because of what he has done.
00:34:22.82\00:34:25.36
And so very
clearly, I don't think that,
00:34:25.39\00:34:27.40
you know, Lucifer,
obviously Lucifer was the name
00:34:27.46\00:34:29.86
God had given him, you know,
these other words like Satan
00:34:29.90\00:34:32.50
is obviously from the
Hebrew transliteration,
00:34:32.53\00:34:35.50
which we use a
kind of like names.
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.31
Like we call him Satan,
almost like we call somebody
00:34:37.34\00:34:39.87
Jim, Bob, Stanley,
Nancy on a first name basis.
00:34:39.91\00:34:43.61
But Satan is simply a title,
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.11
which means enemy,
adversary, accuser.
00:34:45.15\00:34:47.62
These are titles.
00:34:47.65\00:34:48.98
But Lucifer was his
actual name given by God.
00:34:49.05\00:34:51.55
And there's no evidence
in Scripture that we can find
00:34:51.59\00:34:53.69
where God took
back that name and said,
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.52
"No, you can't
have that name now."
00:34:55.59\00:34:57.03
That's his name.
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.39
The Bible calls him Lucifer,
00:34:58.43\00:34:59.76
and I think it's okay for
us to call him that as well.
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.20
Thank you,
Pastor Day. Thank you.
00:35:02.26\00:35:04.40
Shelley, "We have
believed for the longest time
00:35:04.43\00:35:07.24
that the world
is a ball shooting
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.17
through an ever
expanding universe.
00:35:09.20\00:35:11.24
The question is simple.
00:35:11.27\00:35:12.67
Is this what the Bible teaches?
00:35:12.74\00:35:14.58
And is science
supporting what the Bible says,
00:35:14.61\00:35:18.45
or is it directly opposing it?"
00:35:18.48\00:35:20.32
No. This is from
Reber in Nairobi, Kenya.
00:35:20.35\00:35:23.89
Let me give you
four quick points.
00:35:23.92\00:35:26.35
Centuries ago,
scientists believe
00:35:26.42\00:35:27.99
the earth was flat and
if you will sail too far
00:35:28.02\00:35:30.39
you are going to fall off it.
00:35:30.43\00:35:31.76
But Isaiah 40:22 says,
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.83
"He who sits above the
circle of the earth..."
00:35:33.86\00:35:36.87
The Bible identified
and presented the world
00:35:36.90\00:35:40.20
as spherical in form
before science realized it.
00:35:40.24\00:35:43.64
Two, ancient scientists believed
00:35:43.67\00:35:46.11
the earth was stationary.
00:35:46.14\00:35:47.78
It was on foundation.
00:35:47.81\00:35:49.68
The Greek mythology,
00:35:49.71\00:35:51.05
you have the atlas with
the world on its shoulders.
00:35:51.08\00:35:53.88
Job 26:7 says, "He stretches
out the North over empty space.
00:35:53.92\00:35:59.85
He hangs the earth on nothing."
00:35:59.89\00:36:03.32
So it took science thousands
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.76
of years to
discover that the world
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.86
is suspended in a vacancy.
00:36:07.86\00:36:09.93
And Job described
this condition of the globe
00:36:09.96\00:36:13.74
accurately way before
science discovered it.
00:36:13.77\00:36:17.64
By divine
inspiration this one gets me.
00:36:17.67\00:36:20.78
Job knew light dwells
in a way not in a place.
00:36:20.81\00:36:26.18
Job 38:19, he say,
00:36:26.25\00:36:27.58
"Where is the way to
the dwelling of light?"
00:36:27.62\00:36:31.85
Modern science has discovered
that light travels in motion,
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.42
wave motions and at
186,000 miles per hour...
00:36:35.46\00:36:41.26
per second not
per hour, per second.
00:36:41.30\00:36:44.20
So light can
00:36:44.23\00:36:45.63
only reside in...
00:36:45.67\00:36:50.27
dwell in a way.
00:36:50.31\00:36:52.77
So let's get to your question.
00:36:52.81\00:36:54.61
Most scientist in
the early 20th century
00:36:54.64\00:36:58.61
believed that the
universe was static.
00:36:58.65\00:37:01.48
They even
believed, some scientists
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.18
thought it's going to
collapse because of gravity.
00:37:03.22\00:37:06.59
But it was
astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1929,
00:37:06.62\00:37:11.56
he proved that the
universe was expanding.
00:37:11.59\00:37:14.60
Listen to what the Bible says.
00:37:14.63\00:37:16.26
Isaiah 40:22,
we'll go back there.
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.43
"It is He, God,
00:37:19.47\00:37:21.34
who sits above the
circle of the earth,
00:37:21.37\00:37:25.54
who stretches out
00:37:25.57\00:37:28.68
the heavens like a curtain."
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.08
The Bible tells us nine times,
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.21
God is
stretching out the universe.
00:37:33.25\00:37:37.19
We see it in Psalm,
Job, four times in Isaiah,
00:37:37.22\00:37:41.46
twice in
Jeremiah and in Zechariah.
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.56
So here's how I look at it.
00:37:44.59\00:37:46.19
Jesus said, "I am
the light of the world."
00:37:46.23\00:37:49.53
John 8:12.
Light's always in motion.
00:37:49.56\00:37:52.60
Hebrews 1:3-6,
00:37:52.63\00:37:54.34
"He upholds everything by
His mighty word of power."
00:37:54.37\00:37:58.84
And science
doesn't prove the Bible,
00:37:58.87\00:38:01.71
but the Bible proves
science because science
00:38:01.74\00:38:04.81
is always changing,
the Bible never changes.
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.15
Okay.
00:38:07.18\00:38:08.52
Praise God for the
consistency of the Word.
00:38:08.55\00:38:12.29
Pastor Lomacang,
00:38:12.32\00:38:13.66
"What led Noah to
be led to become drunk
00:38:13.69\00:38:16.76
when Ham had to
cover him in his nakedness?
00:38:16.79\00:38:19.43
Was he an alcoholic?
00:38:19.49\00:38:20.83
He was close to God."
00:38:20.86\00:38:22.46
Well, first of all,
I like that question.
00:38:22.53\00:38:26.10
But Ham didn't
cover his nakedness.
00:38:26.13\00:38:28.64
It was Shem and Japheth.
00:38:28.67\00:38:32.01
Ham took a position
that he should not have.
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.98
Let's read Genesis 9:20-23.
00:38:35.01\00:38:38.01
It says, "And Noah
began to be a farmer
00:38:38.05\00:38:40.35
and he planted a vineyard.
00:38:40.38\00:38:42.22
Then he drank of
the wine and was drunk,
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.92
and became
uncovered in his tent.
00:38:44.95\00:38:47.36
And Ham, the father of Canaan,
saw the nakedness of his father
00:38:47.39\00:38:52.76
and told his two
brothers outside.
00:38:52.79\00:38:55.63
But Shem and
Japheth took a garment,
00:38:55.70\00:38:58.33
laid it on both their
shoulders and went backward
00:38:58.37\00:39:01.74
and covered the
nakedness of their father.
00:39:01.77\00:39:04.51
Their faces were turned away,
00:39:04.54\00:39:06.44
and they did not see
their father's nakedness."
00:39:06.47\00:39:09.71
To answer the
question, what made Noah drunk
00:39:09.74\00:39:13.21
is the same thing that
makes anybody else who's drunk.
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.68
It is not unusual.
They drink too much.
00:39:15.72\00:39:18.29
And whether you drink
00:39:18.32\00:39:19.65
intoxicating wine
that's already fermented
00:39:19.72\00:39:23.09
or whether you continue to drink
00:39:23.12\00:39:24.63
a grape juice that sits
there for long periods of time.
00:39:24.66\00:39:27.83
I learned this in a hard way.
00:39:27.86\00:39:30.03
On Thanksgiving
we had apple cider,
00:39:30.07\00:39:32.50
the real good apple
cider not the fake one,
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.57
the one that really squeeze you.
00:39:34.60\00:39:35.94
You got to drink it that day.
00:39:35.97\00:39:37.31
You got to drink
it cold because if you
00:39:37.34\00:39:39.21
leave it overnight, it
just takes one day for apple
00:39:39.24\00:39:41.31
cider to make you happier
than you need to be, okay?
00:39:41.34\00:39:44.68
And so, Noah did
what everybody else
00:39:44.71\00:39:49.02
that gets inebriated.
00:39:49.05\00:39:50.39
He kept on drinking, and
it started affecting him.
00:39:50.42\00:39:53.29
That's why the Bible
talks about that the deacon
00:39:53.32\00:39:55.62
should not be
given too much wine.
00:39:55.66\00:39:57.13
It was a custom
to give the deacons
00:39:57.16\00:39:59.13
when they visited
people to drink over and over.
00:39:59.16\00:40:01.60
The elders were
not to be given to any,
00:40:01.63\00:40:03.70
they were to set the example.
00:40:03.73\00:40:05.40
But the point that was made,
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.34
the point of the whole
story was their response.
00:40:07.37\00:40:10.01
That was the focal
point of the story,
00:40:10.04\00:40:11.37
their response.
00:40:11.41\00:40:12.74
And in response to Ham
not doing what he should have,
00:40:12.77\00:40:15.94
Genesis 9:24-27,
00:40:15.98\00:40:18.28
"So Noah awoke from his wine,
00:40:18.31\00:40:20.82
and knew what his
youngest son had done to him.
00:40:20.85\00:40:23.42
Then he said, 'Cursed be Canaan,
00:40:23.45\00:40:25.69
a servant of servants he
shall be to his brothers.
00:40:25.75\00:40:28.19
He said:
00:40:28.22\00:40:29.56
'Blessed be the
Lord, the God of Shem,
00:40:29.62\00:40:31.79
and may Canaan be his servant.
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.86
And may God enlarge Japheth,
00:40:33.90\00:40:35.56
and may he dwell
in the tents of Shem,
00:40:35.60\00:40:38.40
and may Canaan be his servant.'"
00:40:38.43\00:40:40.50
The moral of
the story is simple.
00:40:40.54\00:40:42.70
Do not take advantage of people
00:40:42.77\00:40:45.07
when they are in a
position that they can be taken
00:40:45.11\00:40:47.58
advantage of.
00:40:47.61\00:40:48.94
Treat people the way that
you should want to be treated.
00:40:49.01\00:40:52.01
Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you.
00:40:52.05\00:40:54.18
If you want a similar situation
that Noah found himself in,
00:40:54.22\00:40:57.22
would you want
people to talk about you
00:40:57.25\00:40:59.32
or would you
want them to help you?
00:40:59.35\00:41:00.76
That was the moral of the story.
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.12
Praise God. Excellent point.
00:41:02.16\00:41:03.93
Pastor Day, this is your
three minute question here.
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.59
And I'll jump into this,
00:41:06.63\00:41:07.96
"How do you describe the
10 virgins going out to meet
00:41:07.96\00:41:10.43
the bridegroom if
there is no rapture?
00:41:10.47\00:41:13.00
And what about Jesus
and His saints riding
00:41:13.03\00:41:15.44
a white horse when it says
He is coming in the clouds?
00:41:15.47\00:41:18.44
Isn't this two separate
times He comes to earth?"
00:41:18.47\00:41:22.04
I don't believe
that to be the case.
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.41
If you go back
in Matthew 25:1-13
00:41:23.45\00:41:27.32
talking about the 10 virgins
is a continuance of Christ
00:41:27.35\00:41:30.39
talking about His return,
00:41:30.42\00:41:32.39
the events
surrounding His return.
00:41:32.42\00:41:35.16
It's a
continuance of Matthew 24,
00:41:35.19\00:41:36.79
the previous chapter and
so if we read these verses...
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.79
I'm just going
to read a few verses
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.16
here from Matthew 25:6-13.
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.60
It says, "And at
midnight a cry was heard:
00:41:43.63\00:41:45.80
'Behold, the bridegroom is
coming, go out to meet him!'
00:41:45.87\00:41:49.57
Then all those virgins
arose and trimmed their lamps.
00:41:49.64\00:41:51.91
And the foolish
said to the wise,
00:41:51.94\00:41:53.31
'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'
00:41:53.34\00:41:55.34
But the wise answered and said,
00:41:55.38\00:41:56.71
'No, lest there not
be enough for us and you,
00:41:56.75\00:41:58.15
but go rather
to those that sell,
00:41:58.18\00:42:00.12
and buy for yourselves.'"
00:42:00.15\00:42:01.48
And then notice verse 10,
"And while they went to buy,
00:42:01.52\00:42:03.75
the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.35
went in with him to the wedding,
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.12
and the door was shut."
00:42:08.16\00:42:09.92
Notice that, the door was shut.
00:42:09.99\00:42:11.93
"Afterward the other
virgins came also, saying,
00:42:11.96\00:42:13.93
'Lord, Lord, open to us!'
00:42:13.96\00:42:15.46
But he answered and
said, 'Assuredly, I say to you,
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.07
I do not know you.'" And
then verse 13 is key here,
00:42:17.10\00:42:20.14
"Watch therefore, for
you know neither the day
00:42:20.17\00:42:22.17
nor the hour in which
the Son of Man is coming."
00:42:22.20\00:42:23.87
Jesus used that same
language in Matthew 24
00:42:23.91\00:42:26.91
when He was talking
about the thief coming
00:42:26.94\00:42:28.78
with those taken, those left.
00:42:28.81\00:42:30.21
"Watch for you do not know..."
00:42:30.25\00:42:32.75
Again, Matthew 24,
I'll read verses 42 to 44.
00:42:32.78\00:42:35.58
It says, "Watch
therefore, for you do not know
00:42:35.62\00:42:37.25
the hour your Lord is coming.
00:42:37.29\00:42:39.09
But know that if the
master of the house had known
00:42:39.12\00:42:41.36
what hour the thief would
come, he would have watched
00:42:41.39\00:42:44.56
and not allowed
his house to be broken.
00:42:44.59\00:42:46.23
Therefore you also be
ready for the Son of Man
00:42:46.26\00:42:48.50
is coming at an hour,"
there it is a third time,
00:42:48.53\00:42:51.20
"you do not expect."
00:42:51.23\00:42:52.57
So this is not referring
to two separate events.
00:42:52.63\00:42:55.54
Christ's coming back
on a cloud, or excuse me,
00:42:55.57\00:42:58.24
on horses in Revelation 19
00:42:58.27\00:43:00.58
is referring to the
glorious return of Christ.
00:43:00.61\00:43:03.24
But that's a
different depiction.
00:43:03.31\00:43:05.41
It doesn't
necessarily mean Christ
00:43:05.45\00:43:06.78
is going to be literally
coming back on a white horse.
00:43:06.85\00:43:09.32
These are
symbols. This is a parable.
00:43:09.35\00:43:11.45
The 10 virgins is a parable.
We have to keep that in mind.
00:43:11.49\00:43:14.12
A lot of times we'll
jump into these parables,
00:43:14.16\00:43:16.19
where Christ is using
symbols and representations
00:43:16.26\00:43:19.03
and elements to
communicate a moral lesson.
00:43:19.06\00:43:21.43
And we often take it literally,
00:43:21.46\00:43:23.26
and we want to apply
it and say, "Oh this is...
00:43:23.30\00:43:24.90
This must be a
separate event from this."
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.94
This is just talking
about the events surrounding
00:43:26.97\00:43:30.21
the return of Christ.
00:43:30.24\00:43:31.57
Me personally in the
studies that I have done...
00:43:31.61\00:43:33.07
If you do an in depth
study from Matthew 24,
00:43:33.11\00:43:35.98
you know, again go over
into I Thessalonians Chapter 4
00:43:36.04\00:43:39.45
and 5 and also
studying this right here,
00:43:39.51\00:43:42.48
the parable of the 10 virgins.
00:43:42.52\00:43:44.12
The fact that
again, the door was shut,
00:43:44.15\00:43:47.12
this is not talking
about how, you know the wicked
00:43:47.16\00:43:49.19
continue on living,
while we go with to heaven
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.53
with Christ because we know
that 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2
00:43:51.56\00:43:54.36
tells us that
when Jesus comes back,
00:43:54.36\00:43:56.13
the wicked are destroyed at
the brightness of His coming.
00:43:56.16\00:43:59.40
Also, Luke 17, Matthew 24
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.00
talks about how that
when Jesus comes back,
00:44:02.04\00:44:04.67
the wicked are
brought to destruction.
00:44:04.71\00:44:07.14
They are left in
the sense that...
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.35
Excuse me, the
righteous are left behind alive,
00:44:10.38\00:44:13.21
but the wicked are taken
in a flood of destruction
00:44:13.25\00:44:16.22
at the appearing of Christ.
00:44:16.28\00:44:17.85
So what we're reading here in
this parable of the 10 virgins,
00:44:17.89\00:44:21.69
when it says here
that the bridegroom came
00:44:21.72\00:44:25.26
and the
righteous went in with him.
00:44:25.29\00:44:26.90
This is a representation,
00:44:26.93\00:44:28.40
actually, of that midnight hour.
00:44:28.43\00:44:31.57
Because, notice, the
cry went out at midnight,
00:44:31.60\00:44:34.40
it's talking about a dark time.
00:44:34.44\00:44:35.97
We're going to be
living in some dark times.
00:44:36.00\00:44:37.44
This is talking about
the close of probation.
00:44:37.47\00:44:39.87
This is talking about
that period of judgment
00:44:39.94\00:44:41.58
that which we do not know about.
00:44:41.61\00:44:43.35
We're going to know when
Jesus is going to be soon
00:44:43.41\00:44:45.18
appearing because of
those seven last plagues.
00:44:45.21\00:44:47.22
That great time of trouble
is going to give us clear
00:44:47.25\00:44:49.12
indication that
Jesus is on His way.
00:44:49.15\00:44:51.12
But there's one
thing we don't know.
00:44:51.15\00:44:52.72
We don't know when that
close of probation comes,
00:44:52.75\00:44:54.96
when Michael stands up
00:44:54.99\00:44:56.32
and those seven last plagues
are poured out in that dark
00:44:56.39\00:44:59.03
midnight hour, in
which we need to make sure
00:44:59.06\00:45:01.00
we are covered by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:01.03\00:45:03.40
That's what this
is talking about.
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.87
It's not talking about rapture,
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.23
separate from the second coming.
00:45:06.27\00:45:07.60
It's saying you need to be ready
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.00
and make sure you
are watchful of the times
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.01
around you and
make sure that you have
00:45:11.04\00:45:12.84
the Holy Spirit now.
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.48
For when that
close of probation comes,
00:45:14.51\00:45:16.64
we want to make sure
that our fate is sealed up
00:45:16.71\00:45:19.15
with Jesus
Christ and not, again,
00:45:19.18\00:45:22.22
you know, taken in destruction
with the rest of the folks
00:45:22.25\00:45:24.72
during the time of trouble.
00:45:24.75\00:45:26.12
Amen.
00:45:26.15\00:45:27.49
I thought you were going
on a sermon mode for a second.
00:45:27.52\00:45:28.86
You were preaching.
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.23
Well, I took of little
bit of extra time there,
00:45:30.26\00:45:31.59
but that's a deep subject.
00:45:31.63\00:45:32.96
Yes indeed. Shelley,
we're going to come to you.
00:45:32.99\00:45:34.30
"Pride versus selfishness,
I am trying to understand
00:45:34.36\00:45:36.30
which of these two
iniquities generates the other?
00:45:36.33\00:45:39.47
Ezekiel 28:17 seems to
suggest that it was pride.
00:45:39.50\00:45:44.44
I would like to hear your
thoughts on this subject."
00:45:44.47\00:45:46.71
Well, I agree with you.
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.08
I believe that pride is
the root of selfishness.
00:45:48.11\00:45:50.85
Let's read Ezekiel 28:15-17.
00:45:50.88\00:45:54.68
He says, "You were perfect
in your ways from the day
00:45:54.72\00:45:57.42
you were created till
iniquity was found in you.
00:45:57.45\00:46:00.79
By the abundance of your
trading you became filled
00:46:00.82\00:46:03.36
with violence
within and you sin.
00:46:03.43\00:46:06.03
Therefore I cast you
out as a profane thing out
00:46:06.06\00:46:10.03
of the mountain of God.
00:46:10.10\00:46:11.57
And I destroyed you
O, covering cherubim."
00:46:11.60\00:46:14.87
Who is he talking
to here? The devil.
00:46:14.90\00:46:17.31
"From the midst
of the fiery stones."
00:46:17.34\00:46:20.21
Verse 17, "While
your heart was lifted up,"
00:46:20.24\00:46:24.78
that's pride,
"because of your beauty.
00:46:24.81\00:46:27.12
You corrupted your wisdom
for the sake of your splendor.
00:46:27.15\00:46:30.42
I cast you to
the ground and laid
00:46:30.45\00:46:34.42
you before kings that
they might gaze at you."
00:46:34.46\00:46:38.36
You mentioned Isaiah
14 earlier in verse 14.
00:46:38.39\00:46:41.33
He says, "How are you fallen,
00:46:41.36\00:46:43.06
O Lucifer, son of the morning?"
00:46:43.10\00:46:45.30
You know, Lucifer had a problem.
00:46:45.33\00:46:47.14
There's five I
wills in that passage,
00:46:47.17\00:46:51.91
Isaiah 14:12-14.
00:46:51.94\00:46:54.88
It's "I will ascend on high.
00:46:54.91\00:46:57.21
I will be above God. I will...
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.95
I will..."
00:47:00.08\00:47:01.65
Totally different in
the picture of the person
00:47:01.68\00:47:05.85
of Jesus Christ
in Philippians 2:5-8,
00:47:05.89\00:47:09.19
where Paul says, "Hey
let Christ be your example
00:47:09.22\00:47:12.26
of humility.
00:47:12.29\00:47:13.63
Let this mind be in
you, which was in him."
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God came down from
heaven, took on our flesh,
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and humiliated Himself.
00:47:20.34\00:47:22.17
He humbled Himself and He was...
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He went further and
died on the cross for us.
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While God, the second person
of the Godhead, our Creator,
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came down and
took on this flesh.
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He was totally
dependent upon God, the Father.
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He was totally
dependent upon the Holy Spirit.
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That's what humility
is, is total dependence.
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So pride is dependence on self.
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Pride is thinking
that we don't know,
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need God or that we
know better than God.
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Prejudice is pride.
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Anytime you think of
yourself higher than someone
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else we put...
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Pride put your own
personal priorities above others
00:48:03.98\00:48:09.55
and pride creates selfishness.
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Thank you for that.
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Pastor Lomacang,
we're coming to you.
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We're almost out of time here.
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"Why did God allow the
nation of Israel to own slaves
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and the Leviticus laws?
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Isn't slavery unholy?"
00:48:22.63\00:48:24.73
That's a very good question.
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You know, the Israelites,
the slaves that the Israelites
00:48:26.13\00:48:29.27
owned were not
against their will.
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.97
These were considered
more like indentured bought
00:48:32.01\00:48:35.01
and sold as servants to
care for specific needs.
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And you find this talked
about in Leviticus 25:47-54.
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I'm going to go ahead
and read that so you can see
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the context of slavery.
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They knew they were...
00:48:46.12\00:48:47.46
They were slaves so
they wouldn't impose
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upon something,
imposed upon someone
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what they just came out of.
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Look at this Leviticus 25:47-54.
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"Now if a sojourner or
a stranger come to you,
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close to you becomes rich,
00:49:01.30\00:49:03.30
and one of your brethren
who dwells by him becomes poor
00:49:03.34\00:49:06.74
and sells
himself to the stranger,
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or sojourner close
to you or to a member
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of the strangest family.
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After he is sold, he
may be redeemed again.
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One of his brothers
may redeem him or his uncle
00:49:18.72\00:49:21.09
or his uncle son
may redeem him or anyone
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who is near of kin to him
in his family may redeem him.
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Or if he is able,
he may redeem himself.
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He, thus he
shall reckon with him,
00:49:31.50\00:49:34.80
who brought him the
price of his release
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shall be according
to the numbers of years.
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For the year that he
was sold to him until
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the year of Jubilee, it
shall be according to the time
00:49:42.64\00:49:45.68
of a hired servant for him.
00:49:45.71\00:49:48.32
If there are still many years
remaining, according to them,
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he shall repay the price
00:49:52.79\00:49:54.12
of his redemption from the money
00:49:54.16\00:49:56.19
with which he was bought.
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And if there
remained but a few years
00:49:58.06\00:50:00.43
until the year of Jubilee,
then he shall reckon with him.
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And according to the years,
he shall repay him the price
00:50:03.97\00:50:06.94
of his redemption.
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.30
He shall be with him
as a yearly hired servant,
00:50:08.34\00:50:13.38
and he shall not rule with
vigor over him in your sight.
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And if he is not
redeemed in these years,
00:50:17.41\00:50:20.75
then he shall be
released in the year of Jubilee,
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he and his children with him."
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.52
The nutshell of it is,
00:50:25.55\00:50:26.96
this is the very story
that Paul used to illustrate
00:50:26.99\00:50:30.43
Christ's relationship with us.
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1 Corinthians 6:20,
"You are bought with a price.
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Therefore glorify
God in your spirit
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.97
and in your
body, which are God's.
00:50:38.00\00:50:40.20
Not indentured,
but in fact voluntary."
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.87
And who's the
Redeemer kinsmen? Jesus.
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.21
He buys us back.
00:50:45.24\00:50:46.74
We may be voluntary sinners
00:50:46.78\00:50:49.71
or sin may take
us against our will.
00:50:49.74\00:50:51.68
But either way we
have a Redeemer kinsmen
00:50:51.71\00:50:53.88
who buys us back.
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.25
Amen. That's right. Amen.
00:50:55.28\00:50:56.65
Wow.
00:50:56.69\00:50:58.02
I'm going to throw
something out there real quick
00:50:58.05\00:51:00.29
if you want to touch on it.
00:51:00.32\00:51:01.66
"We know about
clean and unclean foods,
00:51:01.69\00:51:03.49
but don't hear much
about nutritional foods
00:51:03.56\00:51:05.83
talked about in the Bible,
00:51:05.86\00:51:07.20
and how and
what we need to eat."
00:51:07.23\00:51:10.43
Okay, real quick.
Anything that God recommends...
00:51:10.47\00:51:13.30
Genesis makes it clear.
00:51:13.34\00:51:14.74
Anything that God
recommends is nutritious.
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.97
Look at the
story of the Hebrews.
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.91
Everything they ate made them
wiser and fairer and healthier,
00:51:18.94\00:51:22.38
and God would never
have to put a list together.
00:51:22.41\00:51:24.51
If He simply says,
"Eat fruits and vegetables,
00:51:24.55\00:51:26.88
grains, and nuts and
you'll be much wiser."
00:51:26.92\00:51:28.95
And were they?
00:51:28.98\00:51:30.35
They were 10 times
wiser, 10 times healthier.
00:51:30.39\00:51:32.82
And how amazing God used it
as a precursor to understand
00:51:32.85\00:51:35.86
Bible prophecy.
00:51:35.89\00:51:37.23
Amen. Great answer.
00:51:37.29\00:51:38.63
Yeah, that's an excellent
answer and that was real quick.
00:51:38.66\00:51:40.76
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00:51:40.80\00:51:43.50
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