As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason
Bradley, and I'm so glad
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that you've decided to
study the Word of God with us
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and get some questions answered
that perhaps you submitted,
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but definitely
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I want to share
this verse with you.
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It's found in Psalm 119:105.
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And it says, "Your
word is a lamp to my feet
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and a light to my path."
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With that, there's no reason
to be walking in darkness.
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Let me introduce you
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to our wonderful
students of the Word.
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We have here, Shelley Quinn.
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It's a joy to be here.
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Oh, it's great to have you here.
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And I'm looking
forward to hearing the answers
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that you provide
from the Word of God.
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Got some difficult
questions this time.
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Yes.
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We've got Pastor Ryan Day.
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It's great to have you here.
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Man, I'm blessed to be here.
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I love the Word of God,
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and I love giving
truthful answers from His Word.
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Amen. Amen.
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And Pastor James Rafferty,
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Mr. 112 episodes of
Salvation in Symbols and Signs.
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It's great to have you here.
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I thought he was
going to say Mr. 112.
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That'd be cool.
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It's good to be here, Jason.
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Good to be here with the team.
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Good, good.
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All right.
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Well, before we dive
into the Word of God,
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I'd like to ask that
we have a word of prayer.
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And, Shelley,
would you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
we come before You right now.
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And, Lord, how grateful we
are for Savior Jesus Christ,
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for Your Holy
Spirit, and Your Word.
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And we ask now, Lord,
that You would lead us,
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guide us, send Your Holy Spirit
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to be our teacher and help
us to point out correct answers,
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truthful answers from Your Word.
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We pray for Your blessing
over all of our viewers.
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Thank you so much, Lord.
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We get the privilege of
doing this for Your glory.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Shelley, I'm
going to go to you first
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with the first question.
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"My question is
about 2 Samuel 11:4.
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How can Bathsheba be
purified from her uncleanness
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if she slept with David?"
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This is from Tanya
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out of
Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Okay, Tanya.
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Let me tell a little
of the backstory here.
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2 Samuel 11, before this,
God had selected David as king
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because he said David was
a man after His own heart.
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And, boy, David
had honors after honors
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and successes after successes
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right up till this
time in 2 Samuel Chapter 11.
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What happened?
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He sent his men
off to the battlefield.
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He decided he was going
to stay at ease in Jerusalem.
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And so one night he's out...
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Or at late afternoon,
he's walking on his roof
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and he glances over
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and he sees a
beautiful woman bathing.
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And instead of
turning his lustful eyes away,
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he feasts on
Bathsheba's naked body.
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And he knew she was the wife
of one of his noble soldiers.
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But he stooped to a low
that he had of degradation
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and shame he never had before.
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And here's what happened.
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2 Samuel 11:4,
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"Then David sent
messengers and took her.
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The messengers took
Bathsheba and she came to him.
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And he lay with her,
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for she was
cleansed from her impurity.
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And she returned to her house."
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She was cleansed
before he laid with her.
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What is it talking about?
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In Leviticus 15:19-30,
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it talks about the
ceremonial ritual cleansing
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that a woman went through
after her menstrual cycle.
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I think the reason
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this is added in the story here,
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she had been through...
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Bathsheba had been
through this ritual,
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but this proves to us
it wasn't Uriah's baby.
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We know that when
she laid with David,
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it was his child.
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And, you know, the
rest of the story is this.
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So your answer to your question,
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she was purified before.
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But the rest of the
story is David repented,
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God forgave him.
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But the
consequences were horrible.
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God said that the
sword shall never depart
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from your house
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and David's house had
a lot of misery scandals.
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It was awful.
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Amen.
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Thank God for His
forgiveness, though.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank God for His forgiveness.
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Pastor Day, we're
going to come to you next.
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All right. All right.
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"If we all come
from Adam and Eve,
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how do we get all
the races in the world?"
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You know, that's a
really good question.
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And I'll just
be honest with you.
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The Bible does
not explicitly tell us
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how we get all of
these different skin tones
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and the different
races and whatnot,
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but there are a few texts
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that we can pull together
to try to make sense of this.
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Obviously, people try to
use this question to try to,
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you know, question
the validity of Scripture.
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You know, if all of us
came from Adam and Eve...
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In this case,
we know we all came
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from the family of Noah, right?
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So where do all these
different skin tones come from?
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Well, the Bible
must not be true, right?
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Not necessarily.
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When we get to
Genesis Chapter 11,
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which is not too
long after the flood
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and after Noah's time,
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you get there to
the Tower of Babel.
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And we see there
that they built this tower
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to reach into the heavens.
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Basically, it
was Nimrod's project
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shaking the fist at God,
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because he did not like
God for what He had done,
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you know, with the
flood and destroying,
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you know, all of the people.
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And so as a way to, you know,
worship their false pagan gods
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and also try to
get one over on God.
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But yet we know
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that the Bible
says in Genesis 11,
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and I'm going to start
reading in verse 7 here.
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It says, "Come."
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This is God
speaking, the Godhead.
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And it says here,
"Come, let Us go down there
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and confuse their language,
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that they must not understand
one another's speech."
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So the Lord
scattered them abroad
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from there over the
face of all the earth,
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and they ceased
building the city.
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And therefore, after
these different tribe,
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after these different people
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scattered all over
to the different regions
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of the earth,
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they would have broken
up into different tribes,
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different clans.
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You know, different...
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And scattered
into different nations
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and broken open up
amongst themselves.
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And, of course, you
know, this brought about
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the intermarrying
and intermingling,
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which brought about
different genetic forms
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and different genetic traits
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that became more
predominant than others
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in certain regions
and certain ethnic groups
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that we find
today spring from that.
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Now is there an explicit
text that tells us all of this?
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We have to kind of
look back at the history.
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We have to
study it in accordance
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with what the Scripture says.
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How these different
skin tones came about?
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You know, there's again,
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not an explicit
text that tells us,
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but you know, I believe
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the Bible makes
it clear that God...
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And if you read
this in Psalm 139:13,
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God knits us in our
womb, in our mother's womb.
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And we see traits and things
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that babies are born
with today and it's like,
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how in the world he
didn't get that from his mom.
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He didn't get that from his dad.
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She didn't get that
from, you know, their parents.
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But nonetheless,
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God knits us together in a womb.
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And there's going to be one
day we're going to get to heaven
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and God is going to give us
the answer to this question.
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But I believe it
springs from the nations
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being scattered to
these different regions.
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And therefore,
we get the different
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predominant traits,
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genetic traits,
so forth and so on.
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Yeah.
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What a day that's going
to be when we get to heaven
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and we get to ask
all of these questions.
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We'll take our
Bible Q and A up there.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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I love it.
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Pastor Rafferty...
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I like that.
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"Kindly indicate
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the biblical
counsel given to assist
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Seventh-day Adventist Christians
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in selecting a spouse.
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Also, please advice if a
Christian has to consider
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horoscope or
Zodiac sign compatibility
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of his or her potential spouse,
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and if this is part
of the biblical guidance
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given by God."
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This is from Brother Hale.
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All right, Brother Hale.
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Well, if we go to the Bible,
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we're going to find
in Genesis Chapter 2
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that God says
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that it is not good
for man to be alone.
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I will make a helpmeet for him.
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And, of course,
later on in that section,
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we realize that
God put Adam to sleep,
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took a rib out of his side,
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took that rib right
out of his side and then,
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of course, gave
him his helpmeet.
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So if you're a
believer in the all powerful,
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all knowing God,
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you don't need to
go to a horoscope.
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You don't need to go to
a Zodiac sign, you know?
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We...
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God doesn't want us to be alone,
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so God is going
to provide for us.
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It's not a horoscope
that provides for us,
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it's not luck
that provides for us,
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it's not chance
that provides for us,
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it's God that provides
for us according to Genesis.
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And then what we
need to realize is,
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the Bible says
in Proverbs 19:14,
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"A prudent wife
is from the Lord."
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So the first step...
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You wanted an
outline, Brother Hale.
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The first step in finding a wife
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is to go to the Lord,
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'cause a prudent
wife is from the Lord.
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So the wife is
going to be with the Lord,
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you need to go to the Lord.
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You guys both
connect to the Lord.
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Give your heart to the Lord
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and he's going to take
you and put you together.
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Number two, the Bible says,
"Ask and it shall be given.
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You seek and you shall find.
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Knock and the door
shall be open to you."
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So in Matthew
7:7, we need to pray.
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We need to pray and ask God.
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That's what I did when
I was looking for a wife,
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and God gave me my wife, Rise.
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We've been
married now for 32 years.
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We spent a lot of time
praying for God's leading,
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surrendering our
hearts to the Lord.
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And then I
didn't just wait around
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for a wife to pop up.
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You know, I
didn't just go to sleep
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and wake up
like Adam and expect,
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oh, there's a
wife going to be there.
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I prepared myself to be
able to take care of a wife.
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I made sure I had an education.
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I made sure I
had practical skills,
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vocational skills.
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I was able to have a job,
to work, to support a wife.
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And that's really important.
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And, of course, I
also got counsel, you know?
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It says in a
multitude of counselors,
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there is wisdom.
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And if you don't get
counsel, you fall in love.
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And we don't want
to fall into love,
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we want to step into love.
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So it's very
important to get counsel,
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to get preparation, to
go to the Lord to pray,
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and let God lead you
and guide you and He will.
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Wow.
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I like that.
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We don't want to fall in
love, we want to step into love.
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You were listening.
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Yeah, I'm taking notes.
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All right.
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Maybe you're Brother Hale.
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What, what, what.
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Well, you never
know. You never know.
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All right. All right.
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Shelley, you're going
to have a little bit longer
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to answer this question.
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"Did the martyrs
that died suffer?
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I ask this because some
were singing and smiling
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as they were dying."
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This is from Joel
out of South Carolina.
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Oh, Joel.
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I've thought this...
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I've asked this question myself.
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Martyr in the
Greek means to witness.
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And the Christian
use of the term martyr
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came to be used of people
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who witnessed
their faith for the Lord.
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I mean, of their
faith for the Lord,
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and then they would be
put to death because of that.
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And we know the
first spirit filled deacon
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of the church, Stephen,
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was one of the first
seven and he was martyred.
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He was the first
Christian martyr.
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And as he's being
stoned to death in Acts 7:16,
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it's brought dying breath.
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He just says, "Lord,
don't charge this sin to them."
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Boy, that's an amazing thought.
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In AD 98 to 305,
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thousands upon
thousands were slain.
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They were martyred by Rome.
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And then we know
that in the inquisition
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of the Middle
Ages, the Dark Ages,
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we know that the
mother church killed millions,
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because they would not...
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They killed them
for the crime of heresy
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because they would not agree
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with the traditions of papalism,
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but these people wanted
to stay faithful to Christ
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in the Word.
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So it's interesting
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because the
persecution of these martyrs,
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the effect on the
church was that their blood
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was like the
seed for the church.
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All these martyrs became
overcomers and conquerors.
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In Revelation 12:11, it
says, "They overcame him,
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the accuser of the brethren.
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They overcame the devil
by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they did not love
their lives unto the death."
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So he's saying they overcame
for these three reasons.
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They've got the
blood of the Lamb
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that justifies
them before the Lord,
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they've got the
word of their testimony,
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they're faithful
witnesses to God's working act,
00:14:17.19\00:14:20.19
and they'd rather
die than deny Jesus
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'cause they
didn't love their lives
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to the death.
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Now literary tradition does hold
00:14:26.93\00:14:32.33
that many of the martyrs sang
00:14:32.37\00:14:34.60
as they were
burned at the stake.
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I remember John Huss,
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reading the story of
him being in his prison,
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trying to take a candle,
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and he knew he was going
to be burned at the stake.
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And he tried to
put his hand over it
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and he just couldn't.
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And so he was like, oh.
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But then they sang, he sang.
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Did they experience pain?
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Did Jesus experience pain?
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You know, you'd have to say
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that they didn't have a
natural response to pain.
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So here's what I believe.
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In 1 Kings 8:59,
Solomon is speaking of God.
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And he says that God maintains
the cause of his servant
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and the cause of
His people Israel,
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as each day requires.
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So when Jesus said to Paul,
00:15:23.08\00:15:26.49
"My grace is
sufficient for you."
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When Paul was in prison
00:15:28.19\00:15:30.16
and he's singing
and praising the Lord.
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So I believe
that God will give us
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grace to meet need.
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That's right. Absolutely.
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Amen.
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Thank you for
that answer, Shelley.
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Pastor Day, we're going to
go to you on this question.
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It's like a three
minute question for you,
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so you have a little bit longer.
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It's like a longer question.
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That's right. That's right.
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"Can you explain Roman 14:2,
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"Only the weak eat vegetables."
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All right. All right.
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So this is one of
those questions that, again,
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even many vegetarians,
they read this and they think,
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"What are you saying, Paul?
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Are you calling me weak?
Are you saying I'm weak?"
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That's not technically
what Paul is saying here.
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To understand this verse 2,
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we first need to
back up to verse 1.
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So let's read verse 1
and go on to verse 2 and 3.
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So verse 1 says, "Receive..."
00:16:14.14\00:16:15.80
This is Romans 14:1,
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"Receive one who
is weak in the faith."
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Okay, that's
the key right there.
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"One who is weak in the faith,
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but not to dispute
over doubtful things.
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For one believes
he may eat all things,
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but he who is weak
only eats vegetables."
00:16:27.55\00:16:30.45
And then verse 3, "Let
him who eats despise him
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who does not eat."
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Not despise him.
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Excuse me, "Not
despise him who does not eat.
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And let not him who
does not eat judge him
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who eats."
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It's intricate
'cause it goes on to say,
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"For God has received him."
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This is important to understand,
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this whole chapter.
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Many people get
confused on Romans 14.
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And I'm sure we'll get
many, many more questions
00:16:49.40\00:16:51.07
about Romans 14.
00:16:51.11\00:16:52.61
But this whole chapter
actually has nothing to do
00:16:52.64\00:16:56.24
really with the
preference of diet and foods.
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This is not the
central issue or thing
00:16:59.38\00:17:01.25
that Paul is addressing.
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This whole entire chapter
00:17:02.72\00:17:04.05
actually is him
writing as a part of his letter
00:17:04.09\00:17:05.79
to address some of the issues
00:17:05.82\00:17:07.16
that was going on
in the church of Rome,
00:17:07.19\00:17:08.99
much like what's happening
in the church of Corinth,
00:17:09.02\00:17:11.63
because in this chapter,
00:17:11.66\00:17:13.06
it comes up over and
over again words like,
00:17:13.09\00:17:15.20
you know, not to
dispute, not to judge.
00:17:15.26\00:17:18.57
You know, not to show
contempt against your brother,
00:17:18.63\00:17:20.90
you know, give account
to yourself not to judge,
00:17:20.94\00:17:22.84
not causing a...
00:17:22.87\00:17:24.21
You know, being
a stumbling block
00:17:24.24\00:17:25.67
for your brother.
00:17:25.71\00:17:27.04
You know, make
peace, edify one another,
00:17:27.08\00:17:28.64
do not destroy the work
of God for the sake of food.
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These types of words
00:17:31.25\00:17:32.58
keep coming up
over, and over, and over.
00:17:32.61\00:17:33.95
Your brother
stumbles and is offended
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or is made weak.
00:17:35.55\00:17:36.89
What Paul is
addressing is the issue
00:17:36.92\00:17:38.25
that today we have
here in every church.
00:17:38.29\00:17:40.09
And this still is true today.
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In every church, there's those
who are spiritually strong.
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And by the way,
Paul identifies himself
00:17:45.09\00:17:47.23
as the spiritually
strong in Romans 15:1,
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the very next chapter.
00:17:49.63\00:17:51.00
And so these weak are not
weak in the sense that they're,
00:17:51.03\00:17:53.84
you know, horrible
Christians or that they're not,
00:17:53.87\00:17:56.10
you know, real Christians.
00:17:56.14\00:17:57.47
It's just, they are...
00:17:57.51\00:17:58.84
They're not as
spiritually mature
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as some of the other brethren.
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And so that's what
Paul is addressing here.
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He's saying, "Look,
00:18:03.14\00:18:04.48
some of you aren't
spiritually mature brethren,"
00:18:04.51\00:18:05.85
allowing these contentions
00:18:05.88\00:18:07.42
and these divisional issues
that are not really salvation.
00:18:07.45\00:18:10.22
It's not really big.
00:18:10.25\00:18:11.59
And some of these
other weaker Christians,
00:18:11.65\00:18:13.79
these less spiritually
mature brothers and sisters
00:18:13.82\00:18:16.32
are coming in as new
believers into the church.
00:18:16.36\00:18:18.49
Maybe some of them had some,
00:18:18.53\00:18:20.00
you know,
different aesthetic beliefs,
00:18:20.03\00:18:21.53
aestheticism, you
know, preferences,
00:18:21.56\00:18:23.70
certain days that they ate
00:18:23.73\00:18:25.10
certain things
here or certain things
00:18:25.13\00:18:26.47
they didn't eat over here.
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And it was causing questions
and divisions among the church.
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So Paul is writing to
the church and he's saying,
00:18:29.97\00:18:32.37
"Look, stop allowing
these issues to divide,
00:18:32.41\00:18:35.51
you spiritually mature brothers.
00:18:35.54\00:18:36.88
They're strong.
00:18:36.91\00:18:38.28
You're going to end
up causing the weak,
00:18:38.31\00:18:39.71
the spiritually immature,
the less mature to stumble.
00:18:39.75\00:18:42.82
You're going to become a
stumbling block for them,
00:18:42.85\00:18:44.25
and you're going to end up
00:18:44.29\00:18:45.62
pushing these
brothers and sisters
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out of the faith."
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We kind of get an
overall idea of this
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when we get to Romans 15:1-6.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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This is the very next chapter.
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And this is the response
to the previous chapter.
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He says, "We then who are strong
00:18:57.10\00:18:58.73
ought to bear the
scruples of the weak,
00:18:58.77\00:19:01.00
and not to please ourselves.
00:19:01.04\00:19:02.44
Let each of us
00:19:02.47\00:19:03.81
please his
neighbor for his good,
00:19:03.84\00:19:05.87
leading to edification.
00:19:05.91\00:19:07.41
For even Christ
did not please himself.
00:19:07.44\00:19:09.24
But as it is written,
'The reproaches of those
00:19:09.28\00:19:12.18
who reproached You fell on Me.'
00:19:12.21\00:19:14.42
For whatever
things were written down
00:19:14.45\00:19:16.18
were written in our learning,
00:19:16.22\00:19:17.92
that we through our patience
and comfort and the scriptures
00:19:17.95\00:19:21.06
might have hope.
00:19:21.09\00:19:22.69
Now may the God of patience
and comfort grant you to be
00:19:22.72\00:19:26.29
like-minded towards one another,
00:19:26.33\00:19:28.33
according to Christ Jesus,
00:19:28.40\00:19:29.73
that you may notice
with one mind and one mouth
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glorify the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:19:32.57\00:19:36.27
We know he's not
calling vegetarians weak.
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Otherwise, that
would make Daniel,
00:19:38.34\00:19:39.81
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
00:19:39.84\00:19:41.91
you know, weak
Christians, right?
00:19:41.98\00:19:43.31
Or secondhand Christians.
00:19:43.35\00:19:44.68
That's not the
issue he's dealing with.
00:19:44.71\00:19:46.05
He's simply writing
to address the issues
00:19:46.08\00:19:47.75
that was dividing the
new brothers and sisters
00:19:47.78\00:19:50.75
coming into the faith
00:19:50.79\00:19:52.12
from those who had been
in the church for a while.
00:19:52.19\00:19:53.52
He's saying, "Look,
don't let these issues
00:19:53.56\00:19:54.96
divide you.
00:19:54.99\00:19:56.32
Come together,
edify one another."
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Amen.
00:19:58.23\00:19:59.56
Thank you for that
answer, Pastor Day.
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Pastor Rafferty, we're going
to come to you on this one.
00:20:01.50\00:20:04.03
How do we study the
Bible, understand it,
00:20:04.07\00:20:06.77
and connect scriptures
00:20:06.80\00:20:08.40
from different
books of the Bible?
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.11
I know Googling is not ideal,
00:20:11.17\00:20:13.71
but I often Google
to understand passages
00:20:13.74\00:20:16.28
and see other scriptures
that explain the passage.
00:20:16.31\00:20:20.48
I have a simple New
King James Version Bible.
00:20:20.52\00:20:23.59
It's not a study Bible
00:20:23.62\00:20:24.95
nor does it contain
cross reference verses."
00:20:24.99\00:20:26.92
This is from
Addie out of Washington.
00:20:26.96\00:20:28.62
All right, Addie.
00:20:28.66\00:20:29.99
Well, that is
such a good question.
00:20:30.03\00:20:31.83
In fact, learning how to
study the Bible changed my life.
00:20:31.89\00:20:35.13
So I just want to
give you one simple thing
00:20:35.16\00:20:37.67
that you can do that
will absolutely explode
00:20:37.70\00:20:40.84
the way you study the Bible.
00:20:40.87\00:20:42.20
And that is, get yourself
00:20:42.24\00:20:43.57
a Strong's Exhaustive
Concordance of the Bible.
00:20:43.61\00:20:47.11
You can get it on an app.
00:20:47.14\00:20:48.51
I've got it on my phone.
00:20:48.54\00:20:49.88
You know, you
can just download it,
00:20:49.91\00:20:51.25
you can get one for free.
00:20:51.28\00:20:52.61
I spent a little
bit of money on mine
00:20:52.65\00:20:53.98
because it had some features,
00:20:54.02\00:20:55.35
some extra features
that I really wanted to have.
00:20:55.38\00:20:56.72
And a Strong's Concordance
00:20:56.75\00:20:58.15
allows you to search
the Bible, to search words,
00:20:58.22\00:21:03.76
word definitions in
the Greek and Hebrew,
00:21:03.79\00:21:05.96
and then to
connect those word searches
00:21:05.99\00:21:08.33
with other verses
where that word is used.
00:21:08.36\00:21:10.73
It lets you go deep or shallow,
00:21:10.77\00:21:12.83
depending on
what you want to do.
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.20
You just...
00:21:14.24\00:21:15.57
You might be
looking up a word like
00:21:15.60\00:21:16.94
we just looked in
Romans Chapter 14.
00:21:16.97\00:21:18.34
And it talks about, you
know, meat there and vegetables.
00:21:18.37\00:21:21.51
And you could look up that word.
00:21:21.54\00:21:22.88
What does it mean?
What's the original Greek word?
00:21:22.91\00:21:25.28
Where is it used
in other passages
00:21:25.31\00:21:26.65
of the Scripture?
00:21:26.68\00:21:28.02
And that will really help you
00:21:28.05\00:21:29.38
to see how that word
might be used somewhere else.
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And it will bring
out a little bit more
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of the meaning there
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when you look in
those other verses
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and compare the two.
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Of course, when you transition
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from the New
Testament to the Old Testament,
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you're going
from Greek to Hebrew
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and you won't necessarily
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be able to cross reference
those words in the Greek.
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But you can
sometimes cross reference them
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when it's in the English,
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because sometimes they'll
use basically the same words
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and have the same meaning.
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So and then what you want to do
is you want to get yourself...
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I would encourage
you to get yourself
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as many different versions
of the Bible as you can.
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You might have an app
that you can download them on.
00:22:04.32\00:22:07.56
I use every Bible
that I can get my hands on.
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.06
I do have a King James
00:22:10.09\00:22:11.46
as my basic
foundation study Bible,
00:22:11.49\00:22:13.06
and the New King James is great.
00:22:13.09\00:22:15.76
It comes from a
different set of manuscripts.
00:22:15.80\00:22:17.33
And so there's
some solidity there,
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you're not going to find
in some of the newer versions,
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but there's a lot
of the newer versions
00:22:21.24\00:22:23.17
that will help you with a text
00:22:23.20\00:22:24.84
that might be
difficult to understand
00:22:24.91\00:22:26.27
in the King James
or the New King James.
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So I encourage you to study
as many Bibles as possible.
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Get yourself a Strong's app
00:22:30.68\00:22:32.05
or a Strong's
Concordance, a hard copy.
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I've got one of those.
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And if you really need help
with learning how to use it,
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I've got some basic
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how to study the
Bible 101 lessons
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that I can email
you or send to you.
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Just get a hold
of us here at 3BAN.
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I'd be glad to get those to you.
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Amen.
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Excellent
answer, Pastor Rafferty.
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Time is moving
along rather rapidly.
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Shelley, we're
going to go to you.
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"The Bible says
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that I should not covet
the wife of my neighbor.
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And yet God
through the Holy Spirit
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had Mary pregnant
while she was with Joseph.
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Did God violate His own law?
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Were there no other women?
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Why Mary?
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This is from Anisio in Angola.
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And I just have to say Anisio,
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no, God did not
violate His own law.
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As a matter of fact,
God's Ten Commandments
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reflect His
character of love and holiness.
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In Exodus 20:17, the
tenth commandment does say,
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"You shall not covet
your neighbor's house
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or your
neighbor's wife or anything
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that is your neighbors."
00:24:08.54\00:24:10.08
But you've got to understand
what the word covet means.
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To covet is to
have a wrongful desire.
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This is a selfish heart,
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that it's a greedy heart,
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that it's the selfish heart
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motive behind the
outward act, you could say.
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So people who covet
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have an
uncontrollable longing for more.
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In James 1:13, Anisio,
the Bible says, James 1:13,
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"God cannot be tempted by evil
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nor does he tempt anyone."
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God cannot covet
because He cannot sin.
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Love does not sin.
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So when in Luke
12:15 Jesus said,
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"Take heed and
beware of covetousness."
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He's not going to warn
us and then turn around
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and do something himself.
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For one's life does not consist
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in the abundance of
the things he possesses.
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So you asked why Mary?
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God had to have a virgin woman
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for the mother.
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When he came
down to be incarnated,
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the virgin woman had to...
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It was going to be
the seed of a woman,
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is where the
Messiah would come from.
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And the seed of God
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is the Holy
Spirit overshadowed her.
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The reason, I believe,
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that God chose a
woman who was betrothed,
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is because he was
making it easier for her
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because she would have
a husband to support her
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and the Holy Child.
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But God does not...
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I mean, to me, the incarnation
is the most unselfish act
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of
self-sacrificing love there is.
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There's nothing
selfish about it.
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God did not covet.
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Thank you, Shelley.
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Thank you.
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"Pastor Day, is it
biblical, Sola scriptura,
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to have national flags displayed
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in the house of God?
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What is its significance?
00:26:20.11\00:26:21.68
What purpose does
this practice serve
00:26:21.71\00:26:24.08
in the worship of the
Almighty in His sanctuary?
00:26:24.11\00:26:26.98
How did this practice evolve?
00:26:27.02\00:26:29.48
Why is no one in the SDA Church
00:26:29.52\00:26:32.85
taking a stand
against this practice
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if it is not biblical?"
00:26:35.36\00:26:36.76
And I'm just
going to add this part.
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How are you going to
answer this in two minutes?
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Well, there's no
possible way I can answer
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.03
all of those
questions in two minutes.
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I want to address the central,
00:26:44.43\00:26:46.00
I guess, theme among
all of those questions,
00:26:46.03\00:26:47.64
which is, you know,
placing flags or in this case,
00:26:47.67\00:26:50.14
national flags in God's house.
00:26:50.17\00:26:53.07
You know, the simple
answer is that the Bible says
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absolutely nothing
about placing flags,
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national flags in God's house.
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And so we can't simply
go to the Bible and say
00:27:02.38\00:27:04.92
that it's wrong
or that it's right.
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.92
We have to go by
principle, right?
00:27:06.96\00:27:08.66
Just because the Bible
doesn't specifically address
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.03
it does not mean that we
can't follow certain principles
00:27:11.06\00:27:13.33
as found in there.
00:27:13.36\00:27:14.66
Now let me...
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Before I get straight
00:27:16.06\00:27:17.40
into the particular scripture
here, let me just make mention.
00:27:17.43\00:27:18.77
You know, I know I can speak
from my country's perspective
00:27:18.83\00:27:21.24
as an American citizen
00:27:21.27\00:27:22.80
and as a patriot of this nation.
00:27:22.84\00:27:24.41
I had been to
churches all my life
00:27:24.44\00:27:25.81
where I've seen flags,
00:27:25.87\00:27:27.21
the American flag displayed
somewhere in the church,
00:27:27.24\00:27:29.58
and I've never once
myself or seen anybody else
00:27:29.61\00:27:32.61
bow down and worship that flag.
00:27:32.65\00:27:34.65
I've never seen that.
00:27:34.68\00:27:36.02
Never have I witnessed that.
00:27:36.05\00:27:38.79
You know, the
truth of the matter is,
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.19
many people think
that it's an issue
00:27:40.22\00:27:41.56
because they think
it's somehow a violation
00:27:41.59\00:27:43.32
of maybe the first
or second commandment,
00:27:43.36\00:27:45.29
where it talks about worshiping
other gods, or in this case,
00:27:45.33\00:27:47.96
bowing down to graven images
00:27:48.00\00:27:49.46
and worshiping
idols of some such.
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.63
But I would say that,
you know, in this case,
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.74
we have to apply principle.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.47
And the truth of the
matter is, to many people,
00:27:55.50\00:27:57.01
the American flag, for
example, is a symbol of freedom.
00:27:57.04\00:28:00.08
It's a symbol of the freedoms
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.64
that they have to
worship in that nation.
00:28:01.68\00:28:03.91
So when I used to
look at that flag,
00:28:03.95\00:28:05.31
I don't worship it
as a God or as an idol.
00:28:05.35\00:28:06.82
But you know what?
00:28:06.85\00:28:08.18
When I look at
that American flag,
00:28:08.22\00:28:09.55
it reminds me that I'm
in a church worshiping God
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.95
because that nation allows me
00:28:11.99\00:28:14.02
and grants me the
freedom to be able to do so.
00:28:14.06\00:28:16.73
And so again, I think
we have to check ourselves
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.79
in that manner.
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.16
Biblically speaking, yes.
00:28:20.20\00:28:21.50
If we're worshiping
it or we're idoling it
00:28:21.53\00:28:23.50
in an unhealthy spiritual state,
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.50
then absolutely we need
to be careful in that case.
00:28:25.53\00:28:28.27
You know, Jesus
even also goes on...
00:28:28.30\00:28:29.70
Just to be balanced here,
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.07
Jesus does talk
about rendering unto Caesar
00:28:31.11\00:28:32.94
what is Caesar and
unto God what is God,
00:28:32.97\00:28:34.68
making sure that we
have a safe separation
00:28:34.71\00:28:37.38
of church and state in
this particular situation.
00:28:37.41\00:28:41.95
But at the end of
the day, my friends,
00:28:41.98\00:28:43.32
I think we have to
also apply the principles
00:28:43.35\00:28:45.42
found in Romans 14,
00:28:45.45\00:28:46.79
that if it's something
00:28:46.82\00:28:48.16
that's going to
cause your brother
00:28:48.19\00:28:49.52
to stumble or to be made weak...
00:28:49.56\00:28:50.89
And for instance, I'm
reading Romans 14:19 here.
00:28:50.93\00:28:53.19
It says, "Let us
pursue the things
00:28:53.23\00:28:54.56
which make for
peace and the things
00:28:54.56\00:28:56.00
by which one may edify another."
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.47
Verse 21, it goes on to say,
00:28:58.50\00:28:59.83
"Nor do anything by
which your brother stumbles
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.84
or is offended or is made weak."
00:29:01.90\00:29:03.44
And, of course, in
the last few verses,
00:29:03.47\00:29:04.84
he says, "Do you have faith?"
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.21
Right?
00:29:06.24\00:29:07.58
And in the last verse,
he actually goes on to say,
00:29:07.61\00:29:08.94
"Whatever is not
a faith is of sin."
00:29:09.01\00:29:10.35
So if this is
something that bothers you,
00:29:10.38\00:29:12.18
bring it to the
attention of your pastor.
00:29:12.21\00:29:14.02
Let your community, your church
00:29:14.05\00:29:15.58
make that decision
based off the conviction
00:29:15.65\00:29:17.62
that the body of people have.
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.69
But at the end of the day,
00:29:19.72\00:29:21.49
we have to go back to
the principles of scripture.
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.89
The commandments
are not being violated
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.69
if someone is not worshiping,
00:29:25.76\00:29:27.30
or bowing down, or
idoling that image.
00:29:27.30\00:29:30.03
It does represent freedom.
00:29:30.07\00:29:31.40
It does represent, you know,
00:29:31.43\00:29:33.10
the freedoms that we have
to worship in this country.
00:29:33.13\00:29:35.34
And as long as
there's not any worshiping,
00:29:35.37\00:29:37.41
we should be safe.
00:29:37.44\00:29:38.81
Good answer.
00:29:38.84\00:29:40.18
Good answer.
00:29:40.21\00:29:41.54
"Pastor Rafferty,
historicism has the past record
00:29:41.58\00:29:44.71
that our Savior was crucified
in the week of two Sabbaths.
00:29:44.75\00:29:48.32
Jesus uses the sign of Jonah
00:29:48.35\00:29:50.29
to describe a sign of
his time in the earth.
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.22
I know Jesus was not born
00:29:53.25\00:29:54.89
on the literal
Christmas day of the year.
00:29:54.92\00:29:57.33
Is the Good Friday
wrongfully claiming His day
00:29:57.36\00:30:00.66
on the cross, like His birthday?
00:30:00.70\00:30:02.56
It confuses
those who challenged me
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.80
about the
authenticity of the Word."
00:30:04.83\00:30:07.17
This comes from Reggie.
00:30:07.20\00:30:08.90
Well, Reggie,
actually, you've got it right.
00:30:08.94\00:30:12.87
Good Friday, which is
what the Catholics call...
00:30:12.91\00:30:14.84
I was raised Catholic.
00:30:14.88\00:30:16.21
Good Friday was the
day that Christ died.
00:30:16.24\00:30:17.58
And we find that
in Luke Chapter 23.
00:30:17.61\00:30:20.38
If we just want to look
there in Luke Chapter 23,
00:30:20.42\00:30:22.38
we're going to
start in verse 52.
00:30:22.42\00:30:26.05
"This man went to Pilate
and begged the body of Jesus.
00:30:26.09\00:30:28.39
And he took it down
and wrapped it in linen."
00:30:28.42\00:30:30.03
Verse 53,
00:30:30.06\00:30:31.39
"Laid it in a sepulcher
that was hewn in stone,
00:30:31.43\00:30:33.66
wherein never a man
was laid before was laid.
00:30:33.70\00:30:36.40
And that day
was the preparation,
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.03
and the Sabbath drew on."
00:30:38.07\00:30:39.40
So the preparation is Friday.
00:30:39.43\00:30:40.77
Sabbath, of course, is Saturday.
00:30:40.80\00:30:42.80
And then it goes on
to say, "The women also,
00:30:42.84\00:30:45.84
which came with
him from Galilee,
00:30:45.87\00:30:47.21
followed after,
beheld the sepulcher,
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.71
how his body was laid.
00:30:48.74\00:30:50.08
They returned to
prepare spices and ointments,
00:30:50.11\00:30:52.08
and they rested
on the Sabbath day,
00:30:52.11\00:30:53.45
according to the commandment."
00:30:53.48\00:30:54.82
So the Sabbath was drawing near
00:30:54.85\00:30:56.79
when Christ was
taken off the cross.
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.82
That was preparation
day. That was Friday.
00:30:58.85\00:31:01.06
The Sabbath was a high Sabbath.
00:31:01.09\00:31:02.46
That means that the Passover
fell or another ceremony.
00:31:02.49\00:31:07.13
Normally, it was
the Passover this time
00:31:07.20\00:31:08.73
fell on that same
seventh day Sabbath day.
00:31:08.76\00:31:11.10
That's what made
it a high Sabbath.
00:31:11.13\00:31:12.83
And then it says in
verse 1 of Chapter 24,
00:31:12.87\00:31:15.47
"Now upon the
first day of the week
00:31:15.50\00:31:16.91
very early in the morning,
they came to the sepulcher,
00:31:16.94\00:31:18.77
bringing spices,
which they prepared
00:31:18.84\00:31:20.58
and certain
others, and they found
00:31:20.61\00:31:21.94
the stone
rolled away and Christ,
00:31:22.01\00:31:23.35
of course, had resurrected.
00:31:23.38\00:31:24.71
That was Sunday.
00:31:24.75\00:31:26.08
So you've got
Friday that He died,
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.45
Sabbath He rested in the tomb,
just like He did at creation.
00:31:27.48\00:31:29.05
You know, He
finished His work in creation.
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.49
He finished His
work of redemption,
00:31:31.52\00:31:33.25
rested in the tomb on
Sabbath, was raised on Saturday.
00:31:33.29\00:31:35.89
Now you might ask, "Well,
00:31:35.92\00:31:37.26
I thought He was
going to be in the belly
00:31:37.29\00:31:38.63
of the whale, or
like in the belly
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.30
of the earth like Jonah
was in the whale's belly
00:31:40.33\00:31:41.93
for three days
and three nights."
00:31:42.00\00:31:43.60
That began on Thursday night.
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.90
When he was at the last supper,
00:31:45.97\00:31:47.87
Judas was getting
ready to betray Him.
00:31:47.90\00:31:49.77
He went out after
dipping the sop with Christ
00:31:49.80\00:31:52.71
and it was night.
00:31:52.74\00:31:54.08
And that night,
Jesus went to Gethsemane,
00:31:54.11\00:31:56.21
and that's when He
first started feeling
00:31:56.24\00:31:57.68
the separation from God.
00:31:57.71\00:31:59.05
He first underwent
that wrath experience
00:31:59.08\00:32:02.65
of being separated from God.
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.02
In fact, He almost
died in Gethsemane.
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.42
So you've got Thursday
night, Friday, Friday night,
00:32:05.45\00:32:07.92
Saturday, Saturday night.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.49
There's the three
days and the three nights.
00:32:09.52\00:32:10.93
Sunday morning
He resurrects. Amen.
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.33
Thank you for
unpacking that. Wonderful.
00:32:13.36\00:32:15.50
"Shelley, how does
someone truly develop
00:32:15.53\00:32:19.07
a continuous attitude to
rejoice in the Lord always,
00:32:19.10\00:32:23.41
Philippians 4:4,
00:32:23.44\00:32:25.31
especially during
difficult and challenging times?
00:32:25.34\00:32:29.48
James 1:2."
00:32:29.51\00:32:31.61
And this comes...
00:32:31.65\00:32:32.98
The question comes from June.
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.35
And I just have to say,
my sister June, I really...
00:32:34.38\00:32:37.75
God's been showing me
00:32:37.79\00:32:39.12
how to do this over
the last couple of years.
00:32:39.19\00:32:40.89
There's been a lot of surgeries,
00:32:40.92\00:32:43.22
a lot of physical pain.
00:32:43.26\00:32:44.89
But Philippians 4:4,
let's read that and look at.
00:32:44.93\00:32:48.66
It says, "Rejoice."
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.03
Now the Greek word, rejoice,
00:32:50.07\00:32:51.93
means to be in a
state of wellbeing,
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.70
to experience joy.
00:32:55.74\00:32:57.71
But look what it says,
"Rejoice in the Lord always.
00:32:57.74\00:33:03.48
And again I say, rejoice."
00:33:03.51\00:33:05.65
So how do you have joy?
00:33:05.68\00:33:08.52
The source of joy is your
relationship with the Lord.
00:33:08.55\00:33:13.29
And it doesn't matter.
00:33:13.32\00:33:15.06
You know, actually,
tradition says that Paul wrote
00:33:15.09\00:33:17.63
this during his
first imprisonment in Rome.
00:33:17.66\00:33:20.60
So here he is in prison
00:33:20.63\00:33:21.96
and he's exhorting
other people, rejoice!
00:33:22.00\00:33:26.57
As a matter of fact, the
keynote of the whole book
00:33:26.60\00:33:29.50
of Philippians is joy.
00:33:29.54\00:33:30.97
He mentions joy,
rejoice 12 different times.
00:33:31.01\00:33:35.01
Joy is a result of
being at peace with God.
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.08
Romans 5:1-2 says,
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.68
"Therefore, having
been justified by faith,
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.82
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
00:33:42.88\00:33:45.95
through whom also
we have access by faith
00:33:45.99\00:33:48.36
into this grace
in which we stand,
00:33:48.39\00:33:51.23
and rejoice in
the glory of God."
00:33:51.26\00:33:55.13
"Joy is a fruit
of the Holy Spirit,"
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.23
Galatians 5:22.
00:33:57.27\00:34:01.00
"We can have joy,
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.64
rejoice that God's
mercies are new every morning,"
00:34:02.67\00:34:05.77
Lamentations 3:22-23.
00:34:05.81\00:34:09.64
Nehemiah 8:10 says,
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.15
"The joy of the
Lord is our strength."
00:34:11.18\00:34:13.52
And when you think
about God and what He does,
00:34:13.55\00:34:18.59
we can have joy.
00:34:18.62\00:34:20.16
Joy is not the
absence of sorrow.
00:34:20.19\00:34:22.56
But even in the
midst of our sorrow,
00:34:22.62\00:34:24.93
we can let joy be
ushered in on the wings
00:34:24.96\00:34:28.93
of thanksgiving,
00:34:28.96\00:34:30.67
the wings of
practicing God's presence.
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.50
And you can rejoice
that your sins are forgiven,
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.47
rejoice that God never
leaves you or forsake you,
00:34:37.51\00:34:40.28
rejoice the
mission goes forward,
00:34:40.31\00:34:42.51
the gospel's being preached,
00:34:42.54\00:34:44.25
rejoice that
this is not our home,
00:34:44.28\00:34:46.28
we're just passing through,
00:34:46.31\00:34:47.75
and rejoice that God has laid up
00:34:47.78\00:34:50.79
an eternal reward
for you in heaven.
00:34:50.82\00:34:54.49
Amen. Praise God.
00:34:54.52\00:34:55.89
Praise God for joy.
00:34:55.92\00:34:58.43
"Pastor Day, is it
wrong to play bingo,
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.13
half and half,
or lottery ticket?
00:35:01.16\00:35:03.90
Where is the scripture?"
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.60
This is from
someone in Illinois.
00:35:05.63\00:35:07.57
All right. That's
actually a great question.
00:35:07.60\00:35:09.27
You know, I had
to look up this half
00:35:09.30\00:35:10.64
and half and I
wasn't able to find it.
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.01
Have anybody even
heard of this half and half?
00:35:12.04\00:35:13.61
I've never heard of
this game. So if it's...
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.51
Maybe it's a typo or maybe
00:35:15.54\00:35:16.88
the person has a
game called half and half.
00:35:16.91\00:35:18.75
I don't know what it
is, but I can address bingo.
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.92
Bingo is...
00:35:20.95\00:35:22.28
I don't think it is an issue.
00:35:22.35\00:35:23.69
I don't think it is a sin
if someone plays the bingo,
00:35:23.72\00:35:26.02
because
especially if you're not,
00:35:26.05\00:35:28.12
you know, gambling with it or,
00:35:28.16\00:35:29.92
you know, misusing
00:35:29.96\00:35:32.36
and abusing God's resources
that He's blessed with you.
00:35:32.39\00:35:34.40
It's a simple game
and many people play it,
00:35:34.46\00:35:37.00
you know, just to
pass time or to have,
00:35:37.03\00:35:38.43
you know, a social
interaction with other people.
00:35:38.47\00:35:41.20
But the last part of
that question dealing with,
00:35:41.24\00:35:43.47
you said...
00:35:43.51\00:35:44.84
Lottery ticket.
Lottery tickets, now that.
00:35:44.87\00:35:46.44
All right, so this is an issue.
It's actually interesting.
00:35:46.47\00:35:49.01
I never, I've
never dealt with this.
00:35:49.08\00:35:50.41
I've never had this
issue, problem with gambling.
00:35:50.45\00:35:52.25
When I was doing
some research on this,
00:35:52.28\00:35:53.62
it's interesting that the Bible
does not explicitly address,
00:35:53.65\00:35:57.15
you know, the issue of gambling.
00:35:57.19\00:35:58.82
So in this case, just
because it doesn't directly
00:35:58.89\00:36:01.69
address it does not
mean that there's not
00:36:01.72\00:36:03.46
principles to build off of.
00:36:03.49\00:36:04.83
You know, the Bible
also doesn't tell us
00:36:04.86\00:36:06.19
anything about smoking
pot, or snorting crack,
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.16
or anything like that.
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.53
But we take the principle,
00:36:09.60\00:36:10.93
obviously, that our
bodies are the temple
00:36:10.97\00:36:12.30
of the Holy Spirit
and we don't want to put
00:36:12.33\00:36:13.67
anything in it
that's going to damage it.
00:36:13.70\00:36:15.04
Right? We have to
look at principle here.
00:36:15.07\00:36:16.50
In this case,
there's a bunch of texts
00:36:16.54\00:36:18.17
that we can glean from.
00:36:18.21\00:36:19.54
I want to start
with Proverbs 28:20.
00:36:19.61\00:36:21.28
It says, "A faithful man
will abound with blessings,
00:36:21.31\00:36:24.31
but he who hastens to be
rich will not go unpunished."
00:36:24.35\00:36:28.82
You know, a lot of
people with gambling and issue
00:36:28.85\00:36:31.02
of lottery tickets and,
00:36:31.05\00:36:32.52
you know, putting
in a little money here
00:36:32.59\00:36:33.92
so that you can
somehow play the game
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.66
of chance to try
to get something else.
00:36:35.69\00:36:37.46
You know, a lot
of times this comes,
00:36:37.49\00:36:39.13
this turns into an
addiction for some people
00:36:39.16\00:36:41.16
and it destroys families.
00:36:41.20\00:36:42.56
It destroys lives.
00:36:42.60\00:36:43.93
And so this is what this
principle is talking about.
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.83
Also 1 Timothy 6:10
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.00
reminds us that the
love or the desire for money,
00:36:48.04\00:36:51.01
the abundance of money
is the root of all evil.
00:36:51.04\00:36:54.21
And so again, this is
an issue that can turn
00:36:54.24\00:36:56.38
into something
much, much greater
00:36:56.44\00:36:58.18
if not kept in check.
00:36:58.21\00:37:00.05
Hebrews 13:5 says,
00:37:00.08\00:37:01.72
"Let your conduct be
without covetousness.
00:37:01.75\00:37:04.72
Be content with such things
00:37:04.75\00:37:06.39
as you have, for
he himself has said,
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.32
'I will never leave
you nor forsake you.'"
00:37:08.36\00:37:09.79
God has given you what you need.
00:37:09.86\00:37:11.43
But a lot of times
in the world we live in,
00:37:11.46\00:37:12.83
we say, "We need
more, we need more,
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.20
we need an abundance of more."
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.53
And it turns
into a covetous heart,
00:37:15.56\00:37:17.70
wanting more, and more,
and more and desiring more.
00:37:17.73\00:37:19.73
And it turns into
sometimes, in this case,
00:37:19.77\00:37:22.24
playing the lottery,
gambling away your resources
00:37:22.30\00:37:24.91
that leads to
something horrible.
00:37:24.94\00:37:26.61
Proverbs 13:11,
00:37:26.64\00:37:27.98
"Wealth gained by
dishonesty will be diminished,
00:37:28.01\00:37:30.28
but he who gathers by
labor will increase doing it."
00:37:30.31\00:37:33.98
Honestly, God,
you know, He pride...
00:37:34.02\00:37:36.18
He takes pride in that,
00:37:36.22\00:37:37.99
in the sense that we work
hard for what it is that we get.
00:37:38.02\00:37:41.12
You know, your
treasure, the Bible says is,
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.92
you know, "Where
your treasure is,
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.29
there your heart will be also."
00:37:44.33\00:37:45.69
Matthew 6:21.
00:37:45.73\00:37:47.50
And, of course, Matthew 6:24,
00:37:47.50\00:37:48.83
Jesus also says, "No
man can serve two masters."
00:37:48.86\00:37:51.17
You can't serve God and mammon,
00:37:51.20\00:37:52.53
or God and money.
00:37:52.60\00:37:53.94
And so in this case,
we apply these principles
00:37:53.97\00:37:55.97
and make sure
that we're following
00:37:56.00\00:37:57.74
the biblical
principles God gave us.
00:37:57.77\00:37:59.14
You know, the
principle of tithing.
00:37:59.17\00:38:01.01
You know, giving back
to God what's already His.
00:38:01.04\00:38:03.45
The money, it's not
yours. It's not yours.
00:38:03.48\00:38:05.85
Your resources is
not yours. It's all His.
00:38:05.91\00:38:08.45
And we want to make
sure as good stewards,
00:38:08.48\00:38:10.25
that we're not just
throwing this away by chance.
00:38:10.29\00:38:12.35
So gambling,
playing the lottery,
00:38:12.39\00:38:14.26
stay away from it
because it's God's money,
00:38:14.29\00:38:16.32
it's God's resources.
00:38:16.36\00:38:17.69
And we want to
protect that and be honest
00:38:17.73\00:38:19.59
with His resources.
00:38:19.63\00:38:20.96
Amen. Amen.
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.33
Pastor Rafferty,
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.70
you will have more
time for this question here.
00:38:23.73\00:38:26.23
Five minutes? Yeah.
00:38:26.30\00:38:27.64
No, not five.
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.00
We'll, subtract
two from that. I tried.
00:38:29.04\00:38:31.71
There you go.
Three minutes here.
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.41
"Please explain Isaiah
66:24 about dead bodies burning
00:38:33.44\00:38:39.38
after the third coming.
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.52
I thought they with
Satan were destroyed alive
00:38:41.55\00:38:44.95
when they tried to gain
entrance to heaven by force."
00:38:44.99\00:38:48.12
This comes from Ken.
00:38:48.16\00:38:49.52
All right, Ken, this
is a really good question,
00:38:49.59\00:38:51.03
Isaiah 66:24.
00:38:51.06\00:38:53.36
It's in the context of the
new heaven and the new earth.
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.56
Verse 23 says,
00:38:55.60\00:38:56.93
"'It'll come to pass that
from one new moon to another,
00:38:56.97\00:38:59.20
for one Sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.04
the worship before
me,' says the Lord.'"
00:39:01.07\00:39:03.10
And in verse 22, the new
heavens and the new earth.
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.34
And then in verse
24, all of a sudden,
00:39:05.37\00:39:06.74
we have this ugly picture.
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.31
"And they shall go forth
and look upon the carcasses
00:39:08.34\00:39:10.35
of the men that have
transgressed against Me.
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.11
For their worm shall not die,
00:39:12.15\00:39:13.92
neither shall
their fire be quenched.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.98
And they shall be an
abhorrent unto all flesh."
00:39:16.05\00:39:19.12
So the answer to this question
00:39:19.15\00:39:20.49
is actually found in the context
00:39:20.52\00:39:21.86
of the Book of Isaiah.
00:39:21.89\00:39:23.22
You go back to
Isaiah Chapter 28.
00:39:23.29\00:39:24.96
That's where we find
a special resurrection
00:39:24.99\00:39:26.76
of those who have
really been working against God
00:39:26.80\00:39:30.33
and thinking that
this life is all we have,
00:39:30.37\00:39:32.23
and there's not going
to be any resurrection.
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.70
And God says there's
going to be a resurrection,
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.07
there's going to be a judgment.
00:39:35.10\00:39:36.54
"And you're going to be brought
00:39:36.57\00:39:37.91
forth from the grave to
give an account before me,"
00:39:37.94\00:39:40.81
thus says the Lord,
therefore says the Lord.
00:39:40.84\00:39:42.78
Verse 16 of Isaiah 28,
00:39:42.81\00:39:45.31
"Behold, I lay in Zion a
chief for a foundation stone,
00:39:45.35\00:39:50.35
a tried stone, a precious
cornerstone, a sure foundation.
00:39:50.39\00:39:52.69
He that believes
shall not make haste."
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.52
That's talking about
Jesus. And that word meant...
00:39:54.56\00:39:57.03
That phrase make haste
is actually talking about
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.53
being anxious or
stressed, being troubled.
00:39:59.56\00:40:02.96
And then in verse 17,
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.33
"Judgment also
will I lay to the line,
00:40:04.37\00:40:05.73
and
righteousness to the plummet.
00:40:05.77\00:40:07.14
Hail shall sweep
away the refuge of lies
00:40:07.17\00:40:09.54
and waters shall
overflow the hiding place,
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.74
for your covenant with
death shall be disannulled.
00:40:11.77\00:40:14.74
Your agreement with
hell shall not stand
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.81
when the overflowing
scourge passes through,
00:40:16.85\00:40:19.51
then shall you be
trodden down from it."
00:40:19.55\00:40:20.88
In other words, God's
going to have a resurrection.
00:40:20.92\00:40:22.82
Nobody is getting away
00:40:22.88\00:40:24.22
with anything in
relationship to God.
00:40:24.25\00:40:26.25
We're going to reap what we sow.
00:40:26.29\00:40:27.89
And the rest of this chapter,
it's really interesting.
00:40:27.92\00:40:31.76
It talks about that specific
work of executive judgment.
00:40:31.79\00:40:35.76
It talks about how
God is going to resurrect
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.90
all of the wicked and
bring them into an account.
00:40:37.93\00:40:40.77
And in Romans
Chapter 2, it talks about
00:40:40.80\00:40:42.50
how that when we
reject God's goodness,
00:40:42.57\00:40:44.54
we store up wrath
against the day of wrath
00:40:44.57\00:40:46.54
of the righteous revelation
00:40:46.57\00:40:47.91
of God in
relationship to this day.
00:40:47.94\00:40:50.88
It also describes
it as His strange work.
00:40:50.91\00:40:53.01
God does not want
anyone to be destroyed.
00:40:53.08\00:40:55.62
He doesn't want
anyone to be lost.
00:40:55.65\00:40:57.39
But God is a God of love.
00:40:57.42\00:40:59.32
And love is both
merciful and just.
00:40:59.35\00:41:02.66
Nobody who has committed
anything horrific against
00:41:02.69\00:41:05.33
any other human being
is going to be let off
00:41:05.36\00:41:07.13
the hook unless they put
their faith in Jesus Christ.
00:41:07.20\00:41:10.27
So we asked the question, well,
00:41:10.30\00:41:11.73
how does this relate
to the question about
00:41:11.77\00:41:13.94
the thousand years?
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.30
Well, this is how it works.
00:41:15.34\00:41:16.67
When the New
Jerusalem comes down
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.04
and the
resurrection takes place,
00:41:18.07\00:41:19.54
we're into the
post a thousand years.
00:41:19.57\00:41:22.84
We're post thousand years.
00:41:22.91\00:41:24.65
New Jerusalem is on this earth,
00:41:24.68\00:41:26.01
the wicked come around the city.
00:41:26.08\00:41:27.72
So we're in that time
when we're all worshiping God.
00:41:27.75\00:41:29.48
We're in that time
when from one new moon
00:41:29.55\00:41:30.89
to another, one
Sabbath to another,
00:41:30.92\00:41:32.25
we're all going to worship God.
00:41:32.29\00:41:33.62
That's the timeframe we're in.
00:41:33.66\00:41:34.99
But before we get to that time,
00:41:35.02\00:41:36.39
we're going to see
the executive judgment.
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.96
And it says here, and
this is just one verse
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.53
I want you to look at.
00:41:41.56\00:41:42.90
It says here that in verse 19,
00:41:42.93\00:41:45.47
"From that time that it
goes forth, it will take you.
00:41:45.50\00:41:47.84
For by morning by morning
shall it pass over, and day...
00:41:47.87\00:41:51.67
By day and by night,
00:41:51.71\00:41:53.04
it shall be a vexation
to understand the report."
00:41:53.11\00:41:55.14
In other words, the
destruction of the wicked
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.88
doesn't take place in 24 hours.
00:41:56.91\00:41:59.55
It doesn't even
take place in 48 hours.
00:41:59.58\00:42:01.68
It takes time.
00:42:01.72\00:42:03.08
And that's what
Isaiah 66 is talking about.
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.59
In that context,
00:42:05.62\00:42:07.06
there's going to be a
time, a period of time.
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.39
I don't know if
it's going to be a week,
00:42:09.42\00:42:10.76
or 10 days, or a month.
00:42:10.79\00:42:12.29
I don't know how much
time it's going to be.
00:42:12.33\00:42:13.70
I do know this,
00:42:13.73\00:42:15.03
Satan is going to suffer
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.40
the longest
because we're going to see
00:42:16.43\00:42:17.77
the whole history.
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.17
God is going to give us a
whole video of the history,
00:42:19.20\00:42:20.74
and everyone's
going to see their place.
00:42:20.77\00:42:22.10
And they're going
to feel that wrath,
00:42:22.14\00:42:24.27
that rejection of
God's goodness because
00:42:24.31\00:42:25.81
of the decisions
they've made in relationship
00:42:25.84\00:42:29.18
to their rejection of God.
00:42:29.21\00:42:30.55
It's going to be
a mental vexation,
00:42:30.58\00:42:32.21
and Satan's going
to suffer the longest.
00:42:32.25\00:42:34.25
But like you said,
it is going to be over.
00:42:34.28\00:42:35.68
It's going to end and the
wicked are going to be ashes.
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.82
They're not going
to be tormented for all
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.42
eternity forever and ever.
00:42:39.49\00:42:41.06
It's a certain amount
of time and then it's over.
00:42:41.09\00:42:44.29
Amen. Amen.
00:42:44.33\00:42:46.23
"Shelley Quinn,
00:42:46.26\00:42:47.60
please explain Luke
16:19-31 in light of verses
00:42:47.60\00:42:52.67
like Ecclesiastes 9:10."
00:42:52.73\00:42:55.74
This comes from
Joe out of Ontario.
00:42:55.80\00:42:58.11
Uh, Joe, this is a great one.
00:42:58.14\00:43:00.88
Ecclesiastes 9:10 says,
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.48
"There is no work,
or device, or knowledge,
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.95
or wisdom in the
grave where you are going."
00:43:05.98\00:43:09.52
So the dead know nothing.
00:43:09.55\00:43:11.52
That's what the
Bible tells us, right?
00:43:11.55\00:43:13.52
They're asleep.
00:43:13.59\00:43:14.92
But now you come
to Luke 16:19-31.
00:43:14.96\00:43:18.99
This is a parable
of a certain rich man
00:43:19.03\00:43:23.50
and a certain
beggar named Lazarus.
00:43:23.53\00:43:26.74
This isn't Lazarus,
Mary and Martha's brother.
00:43:26.77\00:43:31.67
And Luke 16 is not talking about
00:43:31.71\00:43:36.04
what happens after death.
00:43:36.08\00:43:38.61
A parable is a short teaching
00:43:38.65\00:43:42.38
to bring about some
kind of a moral teaching.
00:43:42.42\00:43:46.92
And what the moral teaching...
00:43:46.96\00:43:48.92
That if we follow this closely,
00:43:48.96\00:43:50.76
Jesus is saying
to the Pharisees,
00:43:50.79\00:43:54.00
"Your money won't save you."
00:43:54.03\00:43:56.63
So let's look just a
little bit in Luke 15.
00:43:56.67\00:44:01.67
Jesus used
consistent parable language.
00:44:01.70\00:44:04.64
Luke 15:11,
00:44:04.67\00:44:06.01
the parable of the prodigal son.
00:44:06.07\00:44:07.94
He said, "A
certain man had two sons."
00:44:07.98\00:44:12.25
In Luke 16:1,
00:44:12.28\00:44:13.62
the parable of
the unjust steward.
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.12
There was a certain rich man
00:44:16.18\00:44:19.55
who had a steward.
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.16
So you see this is
parabolic language.
00:44:21.19\00:44:23.89
Luke 16:19-20, there
was a certain rich man
00:44:23.93\00:44:29.13
and a certain
beggar named Lazarus.
00:44:29.16\00:44:33.50
So what happened
00:44:33.54\00:44:35.07
just before Jesus told
this Pharisee this parable?
00:44:35.10\00:44:39.74
In Luke 16:13-14,
00:44:39.77\00:44:42.24
Jesus had told the Pharisees,
00:44:42.28\00:44:43.95
"You can't serve God and money."
00:44:43.98\00:44:48.82
And the
Pharisees scoffed at Him.
00:44:48.85\00:44:52.92
You know, Pharisees
believed that riches showed
00:44:52.95\00:44:55.99
the blessing of God.
00:44:56.02\00:44:57.69
They also believed...
00:44:57.73\00:44:59.06
They had a common
parable that they told,
00:44:59.09\00:45:03.00
that there's kind of
a Hellenistic influence
00:45:03.06\00:45:06.40
that had penetrated
their belief system.
00:45:06.43\00:45:09.57
And they told this
parable about the rich would die
00:45:09.60\00:45:14.31
and go to the bosom
of Abraham to paradise.
00:45:14.34\00:45:17.55
You find that in the Talmud.
00:45:17.58\00:45:19.78
And that the poor,
00:45:19.81\00:45:21.72
oh, they were destined
to go to the other place.
00:45:21.75\00:45:24.02
But here's how Jesus
turns it around on them.
00:45:24.05\00:45:28.59
He reverses the role.
00:45:28.62\00:45:30.23
And in Luke 16:19-20,
00:45:30.29\00:45:33.46
he tells the parable
saying that the rich man
00:45:33.50\00:45:36.53
who did not use his
resources for good reasons.
00:45:36.60\00:45:40.17
I mean, the rich
man's dining sumptuously,
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.34
and this certain
beggar is lying at his gates.
00:45:43.37\00:45:48.04
And he's hoping
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.18
and praying for a few crumbs
from the rich man's table.
00:45:50.21\00:45:53.55
And the dogs are
licking his wounds.
00:45:53.58\00:45:55.52
Oh, my
goodness, these Pharisees.
00:45:55.55\00:45:57.52
This would have made this man
absolutely repulsive to them,
00:45:57.55\00:46:01.86
but Jesus has the
beggar up in heaven
00:46:01.89\00:46:06.96
reclining next to Abraham.
00:46:07.00\00:46:08.93
He's got the poor...
00:46:08.96\00:46:11.03
The rich man
down in Hades saying,
00:46:11.07\00:46:14.67
"Oh, send me someone to
touch my finger with some water,
00:46:14.70\00:46:19.41
touch my tongue with some
water and cool my tongue."
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.44
And he's simply...
00:46:22.48\00:46:24.65
He's not teaching
what happens after death
00:46:24.68\00:46:27.28
because Jesus in John Chapter 11
00:46:27.32\00:46:29.62
teaches that death is a sleep.
00:46:29.65\00:46:33.22
But in Luke 16,
when the young man says,
00:46:33.29\00:46:37.09
"Oh, Father Abraham,
00:46:37.13\00:46:38.46
send someone to my
brothers that is...
00:46:38.49\00:46:42.46
So that they will repent."
00:46:42.50\00:46:43.83
'Cause if somebody rises
from the dead and they repent,
00:46:43.87\00:46:46.53
all right.
00:46:46.57\00:46:47.90
And you know what he says? Nope.
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.90
If they don't... Abraham...
00:46:49.94\00:46:52.04
Father Abraham says
back to him, "If they...
00:46:52.07\00:46:54.71
They've got the Word,
they don't believe Moses,
00:46:54.74\00:46:57.08
they don't believe the Word,
00:46:57.11\00:46:59.01
then nobody's
going to convince them."
00:46:59.05\00:47:02.38
Amen. Thank you, Shelley.
00:47:02.42\00:47:03.89
Pastor Day, we're
going to go to you.
00:47:03.92\00:47:05.59
Time is running out here.
00:47:05.62\00:47:07.29
"I have met a young woman
00:47:07.32\00:47:09.19
who states she is a card reader.
00:47:09.22\00:47:10.89
Please give scriptures
00:47:10.93\00:47:12.26
I could share and hopefully
lead her away from this.
00:47:12.29\00:47:14.93
I would love to
have her friendship."
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.77
This is from Judy
out of Texas. Yeah.
00:47:16.80\00:47:19.17
You know, card reading is
absolutely a false practice.
00:47:19.20\00:47:23.61
These people that do
this, they're crooks,
00:47:23.64\00:47:25.11
they're false, they
can't tell the future.
00:47:25.14\00:47:27.21
But yet they're certainly
not being led by the Spirit
00:47:27.24\00:47:29.01
of God, they're
led by another spirit.
00:47:29.04\00:47:31.25
And so that
being said, you know,
00:47:31.28\00:47:32.61
the Bible refers to
words like, you know,
00:47:32.65\00:47:34.08
practicing
divination, soothsaying.
00:47:34.12\00:47:36.12
This is what these
type of card readers are.
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.25
You know, conducting or
communicating with mediums,
00:47:38.29\00:47:40.59
familiar spirits, sorcery.
00:47:40.62\00:47:43.06
And so in this case, you know,
00:47:43.12\00:47:44.56
when you go to these card
readers and they turn over
00:47:44.59\00:47:46.13
the cards and
you see the symbols
00:47:46.16\00:47:47.50
and the
different images and stuff,
00:47:47.50\00:47:49.66
and then they want to try
to tell you, oh, you know,
00:47:49.73\00:47:51.67
I see in your future
that you're going to do...
00:47:51.70\00:47:54.40
You know, something horrible
is going to happen to you
00:47:54.44\00:47:56.30
or something bad
is going to happen.
00:47:56.37\00:47:57.77
Ooh, something great is
going to happen in your future.
00:47:57.81\00:47:59.94
And people buy into this stuff.
00:48:00.04\00:48:01.84
And really what it is,
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.21
is it's a
spiritualistic practice.
00:48:03.28\00:48:05.55
It's... And the
Bible forbids it.
00:48:05.58\00:48:06.92
Let me give you
some scriptures here.
00:48:06.95\00:48:08.28
Leviticus Chapter
19, this is a big one.
00:48:08.32\00:48:10.09
Leviticus 19:26 and
31. This is God speaking.
00:48:10.12\00:48:14.56
He says, "You shall not
eat anything with blood,
00:48:14.59\00:48:16.32
nor shall you practice
divination or soothsaying.
00:48:16.36\00:48:20.73
Give no regard to
mediums and familiar spirits,
00:48:20.76\00:48:24.57
nor do not seek after
them to be defiled by them.
00:48:24.60\00:48:27.27
I am the Lord your God." Right?
00:48:27.30\00:48:29.77
Leviticus Chapter
20, very next chapter,
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.97
he repeats it again.
00:48:32.01\00:48:33.34
Similarly, he
says, "And the person
00:48:33.38\00:48:34.71
who turns to mediums
00:48:34.74\00:48:36.08
and familiar spirits
to prostitute himself
00:48:36.11\00:48:38.91
with them, I will set
my face against that person
00:48:38.95\00:48:41.45
and cut him off
from his people."
00:48:41.48\00:48:43.05
And then verse 27 of Luke.
00:48:43.08\00:48:44.75
Excuse me, Leviticus
27 or 20. Luke 20:27.
00:48:44.79\00:48:49.26
It says, "A man or a
woman who is a medium,
00:48:49.29\00:48:51.93
or who has a familiar
spirit or has a familiar spirit
00:48:51.96\00:48:55.30
shall surely be put to death."
00:48:55.33\00:48:56.70
So this is how...
00:48:56.73\00:48:58.07
This is God's
attitude towards it.
00:48:58.10\00:48:59.43
He doesn't want you
communicating with these people
00:48:59.47\00:49:00.87
because who are
they communicating with?
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.30
Not Him.
00:49:02.34\00:49:03.71
And if they're not
communicating with Him,
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.14
who are they
potentially communicating with?
00:49:05.17\00:49:07.14
The devil himself or demons.
00:49:07.18\00:49:09.21
And even Revelation Chapter 21
00:49:09.24\00:49:11.11
and 22 makes it
very, very clear.
00:49:11.15\00:49:14.15
In fact, it says in
Revelation 22:14-15,
00:49:14.18\00:49:17.25
it says, "Blessed are
those who do his commandments
00:49:17.29\00:49:18.92
that they may have a
right to the tree of life
00:49:18.95\00:49:20.66
and may enter through
the gates into the city."
00:49:20.69\00:49:22.56
But then verse 15 says,
00:49:22.59\00:49:23.93
"But outside that city are dogs,
00:49:23.99\00:49:26.49
and sorcerers,
and sexually immoral,
00:49:26.56\00:49:29.50
and murderers, and idolaters,
00:49:29.53\00:49:31.03
and whoever loves
and practices a lie."
00:49:31.07\00:49:34.34
So do not, whoever you are,
00:49:34.37\00:49:36.07
don't go to these card readers.
00:49:36.10\00:49:37.47
They practice a
lie, it is sorcery,
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.04
and it's not of God.
00:49:40.11\00:49:41.44
Thank you, Pastor Day.
00:49:41.48\00:49:42.88
Pastor Rafferty, this
comes to us out of Florida.
00:49:42.91\00:49:46.28
It says, "I was
watching the recording
00:49:46.35\00:49:48.02
of Pastor Rafferty
mark or a mask of the beast.
00:49:48.05\00:49:52.59
My question is,
among all the evidence
00:49:52.62\00:49:55.39
of the mark, why
is nothing mentioned
00:49:55.42\00:49:58.53
about the number of
the beast, the 666."
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.80
Yeah, that's a
really good question.
00:50:00.83\00:50:03.40
Who is that?
Mark out of Florida?
00:50:03.47\00:50:04.97
No, it's somebody
else. It's out of Florida.
00:50:05.00\00:50:06.33
Okay. That's a
really good question.
00:50:06.37\00:50:08.27
And I think sometimes
we just run out of time.
00:50:08.30\00:50:10.31
You know, there are a
number of characteristics
00:50:10.34\00:50:13.58
of the beast
power in Revelation 13.
00:50:13.61\00:50:15.68
And there's also a
number of characteristics
00:50:15.71\00:50:17.71
of the beast power
identified in Revelation
00:50:17.75\00:50:19.71
or Daniel Chapter 7.
00:50:19.75\00:50:21.42
In Daniel 7,
it's the little horn,
00:50:21.45\00:50:22.78
in Revelation 13, it's
the beast out of the sea.
00:50:22.82\00:50:25.52
And one of those characteristics
00:50:25.55\00:50:27.06
is he has the number of a
man, and his number is 666,
00:50:27.09\00:50:32.13
three sixes, 666.
00:50:32.16\00:50:33.93
You know, when I was...
00:50:33.96\00:50:35.26
Before I was really
a devoted Christian,
00:50:35.30\00:50:36.73
I remember thinking about
the mark of the beast, 666.
00:50:36.77\00:50:39.17
And I was curious about
it. I want to study Revelation.
00:50:39.20\00:50:41.27
What does this
mean? What does 666...
00:50:41.30\00:50:42.77
I used to watch movies, 666,
00:50:42.80\00:50:44.21
you know, what is it?
00:50:44.24\00:50:45.57
Well, it's simply
the number of a man.
00:50:45.61\00:50:46.94
And what we do
in Bible prophecies,
00:50:46.98\00:50:49.21
we let the Bible
kind of interpret itself.
00:50:49.24\00:50:51.88
We look at all
the characteristics.
00:50:51.91\00:50:53.28
This is one of them.
00:50:53.31\00:50:54.65
And this characteristic
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.25
is basically the
title of the man of sin,
00:50:56.28\00:50:59.62
which is Filii Dei.
00:50:59.65\00:51:03.73
Excuse me. Felirious Dei...
00:51:03.76\00:51:06.13
Felirious Dei... Vicarius...
00:51:06.16\00:51:08.30
Vicarius Filii Dei. There we go.
00:51:08.33\00:51:10.37
I'm going to get
there one day. Yes.
00:51:10.43\00:51:12.40
And that is the
title of the papal,
00:51:12.43\00:51:16.77
the Pope, the
head of the papacy.
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.57
And that is one of the many
characteristics of the papacy.
00:51:18.61\00:51:21.78
I'm sorry for that.
00:51:21.81\00:51:23.14
I should have had this
ready in my notes here.
00:51:23.21\00:51:25.71
I have it in my
notes, Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:51:25.75\00:51:28.02
And when you calculate
the numerical equivalent
00:51:28.05\00:51:31.82
of that name, every letter
has a numerical equivalent.
00:51:31.85\00:51:34.79
You can do it in the Roman,
you can do it in the Latin,
00:51:34.82\00:51:36.99
you can do it in the Greek.
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.36
Every row...
00:51:38.39\00:51:39.73
Every numerical
equivalent, each one,
00:51:39.76\00:51:42.46
and you put it all
together, it comes to 666.
00:51:42.50\00:51:46.23
Now we do not place
the entire interpretation
00:51:46.27\00:51:50.97
of the man of sin on
this one characteristic.
00:51:51.01\00:51:53.81
This is one of
many characteristics.
00:51:53.84\00:51:56.31
And so if this
one characteristic
00:51:56.38\00:51:57.81
is the only one that meets up
with the papacy, with the Pope,
00:51:57.85\00:52:01.98
then that's not
good enough for us.
00:52:02.02\00:52:03.79
So this is just one
in a number of them.
00:52:03.82\00:52:06.09
We usually
emphasize all of them.
00:52:06.12\00:52:07.62
Sometimes you don't
have time for this one,
00:52:07.66\00:52:09.06
sometimes you don't remember
how to say the title correctly,
00:52:09.09\00:52:12.03
but this is exactly what
we understand it to mean.
00:52:12.06\00:52:14.66
Amen.
00:52:14.73\00:52:16.03
Wow, excellent,
excellent breakdown of that.
00:52:16.06\00:52:20.57
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