As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
3ABN Today, Bible Q and A.
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We're so glad that
you have joined us today.
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Here are just a sample of
some of today's questions.
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Does Satan have
access to unfallen worlds?
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Some people say Seventh-day
Adventist church is a cult?
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Can you show me from
the Bible that's not true?
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Is it biblical to ask someone
to pray over you for healing?
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And should you
travel to that individual?
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Well, these
along with many others
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will be answered
today from our panel,
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but not just their thoughts,
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most importantly,
from the Word of God.
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Thank you so much for
being a part of our family.
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Thank you for your prayers
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and financial support
for the ministry of 3ABN.
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We always look forward
to spending this one hour
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of Bible Q and A with you.
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Thank you for submitting
your questions and comments.
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We're inundated.
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And it's a great
problem that we have.
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And that
encourages us because we know
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that you're excited
about the Word of God
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and want to find answers.
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And it's easy on
programs like this to maybe just
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sit back and say,
wow, isn't that amazing?
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That's a great answer.
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We hope you take your pen,
paper and you're taking notes,
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and then that you'll do further
study in the Word of God.
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God's Bible, His Word.
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There's an endless treasure
trove there that you can study
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through eternity.
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So praise the Lord. We're
so glad you joined us today.
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My name is Greg Morikone.
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And I'm joined on the
set with Pastor John Dinzey.
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How are you today, Sir?
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By God's grace,
I'm doing well. Amen.
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Some fun questions
have come in today.
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Good questions. Good questions.
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And I appreciate
the opportunity to dig
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into these questions and
ask the Lord for guidance.
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And I'm always
blessed to hear how God uses
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everyone on the
panel to answer questions.
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This is enlightening and
gives you a better understanding
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and direction to
understand God's Word.
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Amen.
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I want to put you on the
spot here, Pastor Johnny.
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This is just a
little behind the scenes,
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don't get into these
questions and answers.
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But I have the
privilege of working just down
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the hall from Pastor Johnny.
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And at the end of every day,
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you always say
this very same sentence.
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And what is that, Pastor Johnny?
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Oh, have a happy day.
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Why did you start
saying that have a happy day.
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And then he walked out the door
and we see him the next day?
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But why do you
say have a happy day?
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I don't know.
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It seems to me
that by God's grace,
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we can have a happy day.
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You know, we face trials
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and tribulations
but a positive message,
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I think, it encourages people.
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Yeah, that's true. I
appreciate it so much.
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We appreciate you
and your wife so much.
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Sitting next to you,
Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Good to have you
on today, Sister.
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Oh, it's always fun.
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This is one of my
favorite programs.
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It is fun, isn't it?
It's rapid pace, isn't it?
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We get about two minutes
or three minutes on a few.
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That part's not fun, but...
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You know, I
appreciate you, Sister Shelley,
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you have such enthusiasm
about the Word of God.
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And before we
start these programs
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and other behind the
scenes, she says woo-hoo.
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And then we started the program.
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But I appreciate your
enthusiasm for the Word of God,
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your dedication,
you and Brother JD,
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what a blessing?
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You know, and what
you said is so true.
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The Word of God
is inexhaustible.
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That's right.
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You know, we study hard
to make sure even though
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I feel like I know an answer.
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I get in here and studied hard
because it's a responsibility
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and accountability before
God to give a biblical answer.
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Amen. Yeah, you're right.
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Great responsibility. Amen.
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Sitting next to
you last but not least,
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of course, is my wife, Jill.
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So good to have
you on with us today.
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Thank you so much, Sweetheart.
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I was thinking of something
you said at the beginning,
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God's treasure trove of truth.
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I love that, treasure
trove in the Word of God.
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So I'm excited
about this program,
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excited about the treasure trove
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of truth that we have access to,
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we can open up the Word
of God and we can study,
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and we're so glad
to do that with you,
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our family and our
family here on the table.
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Absolutely.
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And thank you for your
dedication to the Word of God
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and to study, you enjoy that.
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If you want to call a hobby,
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I would say
everyone here on the panel.
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But, of course I know my
wife because she's my wife.
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She loves
studying the Word of God,
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I could say almost as a hobby.
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You enjoy just
learning and studying.
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And it's incredible to me God's
given her an incredible mind.
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And she'll be
studying something.
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She'd say, "You know what,
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I think it was last
year, maybe last October,
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I was studying
something along these lines."
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I'm like, "Really, you were?"
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And sure enough, she'll go back,
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find her notes and
say, "Yes, here it is."
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And she'll put all
the connections together.
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But it's just a gift
God has given you to connect
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all that together.
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And we know for you at
home that you like studying
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the Word of God.
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You have
questions, let me tell you
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how you can send in
your questions or comments.
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Several ways to do
that. One is through email.
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That's BibleQA@3abn.tv
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That's BibleQA@3abn.tv
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Or you can always text us
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your questions or
comments that's (618) 228-3975,
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(618) 228-3975
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Let me find the
Instagram one here.
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You can also send
in your questions,
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comments through Instagram.
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And that is 3abn_official.
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That's through Instagram.
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And we do get some
questions coming in that way,
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3abn_official but
before we open the Word
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of God and jump
into our first question,
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let's open in the
word of prayer and,
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Sweetheart, I'm
going to talk to you
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or would you mind to talk
to the Lord for us, please.
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Sure, absolutely. Thank you.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name
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of Jesus, grateful
for the gift of Your Word,
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grateful for the
gift of Your spirit.
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And right now we
need You, we are but dust.
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And we ask right
now for the anointing
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of Your Holy
Spirit that our minds
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and hearts would be
open to speak Your Word,
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and that we would not only hear,
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but that we would be doers
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of that which we hear and learn,
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and we would walk in obedience.
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And we thank you for
what you are going to do
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during this program.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so very much.
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Well, that's
one of the questions
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that I opened up
the program with,
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I'm going to start with
you, Pastor Johnny and that,
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it doesn't say
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where it came
from the person's name.
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Good question,
though, "Does Satan
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have access to unfallen worlds?"
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I'm glad the person
used to term unfallen
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worlds because this is the
only world that has fallen out.
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To some people, it may seem
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strange that we are
talking about other worlds,
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but God is almighty.
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He is not limited to me,
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you can see by the great
variety of animals and plants,
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and fruits and
vegetables that He is creative.
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And yes, there are
other worlds but the only
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one that has fallen
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as we understand
it, is this earth.
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Well, how do we know that?
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Because this is
where the devil is? Yeah.
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And that's, that's a
very determining factor.
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Now unfallen worlds?
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Does he have access
to those other worlds?
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I believe not based on some
scriptures that I can give you.
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You can see that he
had some access to leave
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the earth
because in Job Chapter 1,
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God asked him,
"Where are you coming from?"
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And he goes,
"Oh, from walking up
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and down upon the earth."
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And basically, he was roaming up
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and down in this world.
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But then we see here
that in Revelation Chapter 12,
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it gives you like a history,
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very quick history
of some of the faces
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of what happened to the devil.
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First you see that he
was cast out of heaven,
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and then cast to the earth.
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But then when you
get to Chapter 10,
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I mean, verse 10, you hear,
you see the following words,
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"Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven,
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'Now salvation, and strength,
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and the kingdom of our God,
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and the power of
his Christ have come,
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for the accuser of our brethren,
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who accused them
before our God day and night,
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has been cast down.
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And they overcame him
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 to the death."
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So here, the context of
this is that at the cross,
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when Jesus died at the
cross, Satan was unmasked
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and we saw that
he is a murderer,
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a deceiver and a liar
and the unfallen worlds
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understood and so,
notice that it says
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the accuser of our
brethren is cast down,
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no more to accuse them
before God day and night.
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But notice that it says,
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"Woe to the
inhabitants of the earth,
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he is here seeking
whom he may devour."
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Wow, excellent
answer from the Word of God.
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Thank you, Pastor Johnny.
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Sister Shelley,
this question says,
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or they're asking,
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"Some people say
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is a cult.
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Can you show from the
Bible that that's not true?"
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I can. Okay.
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Praise the Lord.
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But first let's define cult.
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Cult is a social group
that may have some really
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peculiar philosophical ideas,
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or it is a group
who has religious
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beliefs that do not
line up with the Bible.
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What I can tell you is
when I first heard about
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Seventh-day Adventism.
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I thought they were a cult.
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Now I am part of it.
Now let me tell you what?
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The Seventh-day
Adventist is a church,
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is a Protestant
Christian denomination.
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And we're known for
conservative principles
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and lifestyles.
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But what I love about our church
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is the 28 fundamental beliefs.
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And you can see
that, go on the website,
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look at the 28
fundamental beliefs
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purely based on Scripture.
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Those are our doctrines.
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So, according, we do not base
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anything on the
tradition of men.
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And here's my scripture for you,
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Matthew 15:6.
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Jesus said, "You
have made the commandment
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of God of no
effect by tradition,
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and in vain they worship Me."
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This is verse 9, saying,
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"Teaching as doctrines
that commandments of man.
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What I love about
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
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we believe Sola scriptura,
the Bible and the Bible only.
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It is the
infallible word of God.
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We believe in the Trinity.
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We believe in
salvation by grace through
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faith in everything
that Jesus Christ did for us.
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We believe in
righteousness by faith.
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So now we do
have some distinctive
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doctrine that are a
little different than some
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mainstream denom...
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Other mainstream denominations.
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And that would be that
we believe that the Bible
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clearly teaches the Ten
Commandments are the heart
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of the Old Covenant
and the heart of the New,
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so we believe
all Ten Commandments
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are still in effect,
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especially we celebrate
the seventh day Sabbath
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of the Lord as the Lord's Day.
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And then we believe
in that when you're dead,
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you're resting in the
grave until Jesus Christ comes
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and there is an
investigative judgment.
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And I believe that
this church teaches
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more Bible than any other.
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That's why I joined it.
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Amen. Amen, Shelley.
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Yeah, praise the
Lord. Great answer.
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It's good.
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Jill, this question comes
from Beverly from Trinidad
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and Tobago, thank you very much.
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"Could you please
explain Revelation 20:13?"
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Thank you so much,
Beverly, for your question.
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Let's read first of all
what Revelation 20:13 says,
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"The sea gave up
the dead who were in it,
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and Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
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who were in them.
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And they were judged,
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each one
according to his works."
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When you study the Scripture,
context is everything.
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So let's look at the context
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of this one
scripture in particular,
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Revelation 19 tells us
that Christ is victorious,
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that His people are purified
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and ready for His Second Coming.
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We see Christ
coming back for His people.
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This is the Second
Coming, that's in Revelation 19,
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"And that the wicked are
destroyed at the brightness
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of His coming."
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Then in Revelation 20,
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we have the righteous reigning
with Christ a 1000 years.
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We have the wicked being dead
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and Satan bound
for those 1000 years.
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That's right.
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Then we see the
Third Coming of Jesus,
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Jesus coming back with
the righteous in the city,
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and the wicked are resurrected.
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That's the
context for the scripture.
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Revelation 20:11, says,
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"I saw a great white
throne and Him who sat on it,
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from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away."
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Verse 12 says,
"I saw the dead..."
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Now who is that dead?
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That's not the
righteous because they're coming
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back in the city with Jesus.
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"This is the wicked,
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small and great
standing before God,
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and the books were opened."
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And then we see verse 13,
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where "The sea gave up the dead,
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this is the wicked
dead who were in it.
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And Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
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who were in them, and
all the wicked are judged,
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finally, at that
time before their final
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and ultimate destruction."
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This shows the universality
of the resurrection,
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and the universality of
the judgment of the wicked.
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Everybody from
the beginning of time,
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all the wicked
through the present,
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whether they died in
the sea, or in the stream,
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whether they were
buried in a grave,
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or in a mountain
glen, wherever they reside,
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they are resurrected to meet
their Lord for that final time
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of judgment.
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Wow, thank you very much.
Great answer from the Word.
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And thank you again,
Beverly, for your question.
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Shelley, I'm going to come
back to you on this because
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this question kind of touches
on what you're in the previous
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question that you had.
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Okay. And this comes
from Morris from Virginia.
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"Why do other churches besides
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the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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believe that when you die,
you go straight to heaven?"
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I used to believe that,
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I was brought up believing that.
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Morris, that's a great
question and let me tell you,
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let me just set this up a
little bit in 1 Timothy 6:16.
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The Bible says that
God alone is immortal.
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He lives in
unapproachable light.
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And then in Romans 2:6-7,
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it talks about the final
judgment in the final judgment.
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Verse, Romans 2:6 says,
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"That God's
going to render to each
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one according to his deeds."
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But now listen, this
is at the final judgment.
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"He will reward eternal
life to those who by patient
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continuance in doing
good, seek for glory,
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honor and immortality.
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So what we see and
I hope you're taking,
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this is my
three minute question,
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I'm gonna jam a lot in here.
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Okay.
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1 Corinthians 15:51-53,
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this is the best
explanation there is,
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we shall not all sleep,
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we're going to all be changed
in a moment at the twinkling
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of an eye at the last trump.
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And it says that dead
will be put on incorruption,
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they'll be raised incorruptible.
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And it says, at the last trump,
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we have to put on immortality.
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So why does some people believe
that you have that happen
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immediately when you...
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We're not mortal, I
mean, we are mortal souls,
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we don't put on immortality till
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the last trumpet.
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In 2 Corinthians 5:8.
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Paul says, "We are well pleased
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rather to be
absent from the body
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and to be
present with the Lord."
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So you hear people
say, oh, they're dead.
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They're absent from the body.
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They're present from the Lord.
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But I appreciate what you said.
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You have to look
at it in context.
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Yeah, that's good. So
let's look at it in context.
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2 Corinthians 5:1, Paul says,
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"We know that if our
earthly house, this tent,"
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and he's talking about our body,
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"if it is destroyed,"
and that word is the same
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as striking down the tent.
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Then he says, "We
have a building from God,
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a house not made with
hands eternal in the heavens."
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We have by faith,
we have a title deed,
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we possess this new tent
that God's gonna give us,
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this glorified body
when He resurrects us.
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But then He says, for in...
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This is verse 2,
2 Corinthians 5:2,
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"For in this,"
now he's talking about
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the earthly body,
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"we groan, earnestly
desiring to be clothed
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with our habitation,
which is from heaven."
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Now he's talking about that
glorified, resurrected body.
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And so he has
compared two states so far,
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the earthly body,
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the heavenly body that we
will put on at the last trump.
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Look at verse 3.
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He's going to introduce
something completely different.
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If indeed, having been clothed,
putting on this glorified body,
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we shall not be found naked.
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There's a third state of being.
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It's naked, he calls it.
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In verse 4,
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he talks about it as
being we're putting off,
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we're unclothed.
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So there's three
states that naked state
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is when we are in the grave.
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Wow, excellent.
Praise the Lord, Shelley.
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You know, it's
neat, isn't it how God
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can lead us along?
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You're open, like you said,
used to believe that? Yeah.
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How God had shown you and yeah,
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you've grasped a hold
of the truth from the Word
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of the Lord.
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Praise God.
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Pastor Johnny, this
question comes from Alabama.
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And, see, it
looks like their name,
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I'm not sure
with the abbreviation,
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anyway their first
name starts with an S,
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it says here, so.
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Okay, so,
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"What became of the
Jewish Church organization
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run by the then
priesthood leadership?"
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Great question. Yes.
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Looking at this question,
I first had to ask myself,
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they're referring
to the Jewish Church,
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not the Christian
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Church that arose
from the Jewish community.
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They continue doing sacrifices,
00:18:52.93\00:18:57.03
you know, you
have in Acts Chapter 7,
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when Steven is before
them, he says to them,
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verse 51 to 53,
00:19:02.54\00:19:03.91
"You stiff-necked and
uncircumcised in heart.
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You always
resist the Holy Spirit,
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as your fathers did, so do you.
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Which of the prophets did you,
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your fathers not persecute?
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And they killed
those who foretold
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.45
the coming of the Just One,
00:19:15.48\00:19:17.02
of whom you now
have become the betrayers
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and murderers, who have received
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the law by the
direction of angels
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and have not kept it."
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So this is one day after,
00:19:23.96\00:19:26.76
after they stoned
Steven, they began persecuting
00:19:26.80\00:19:28.90
the Christian believers.
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In Matthew 27:50-51,
00:19:31.30\00:19:34.47
we see Jesus when He dies,
He cries with a loud voice,
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and yields up the Holy
Spirit, yields His Spirit.
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It says the veil of
the temple was torn in two.
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This was a clear indication
that the sacrificial system
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had come to an end.
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That's right.
00:19:51.59\00:19:52.92
But they did not
want to give this up.
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As a matter of fact,
we have in Hebrews 8:3-4,
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an indication that they
were still sacrificing, notice,
00:19:58.66\00:20:02.06
"For every high
priest is appointed to offer
00:20:02.10\00:20:04.27
both gifts and sacrifices.
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.17
Therefore it is
necessary that this One,
00:20:06.20\00:20:08.64
Jesus also have
something to offer.
00:20:08.70\00:20:11.47
For if He were on earth,
He would not be a priest,
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since there are priests
00:20:14.88\00:20:16.24
who offer the gifts
according to the law."
00:20:16.28\00:20:19.38
So they were still
doing these sacrifices.
00:20:19.41\00:20:22.95
However, when the temple
00:20:22.98\00:20:24.65
is destroyed in 70
AD, there is no temple.
00:20:24.69\00:20:30.56
And therefore they have
no place to really sacrifice,
00:20:30.59\00:20:34.73
the group of the
Sanhedrin, the priest,
00:20:34.76\00:20:38.50
the priesthood really,
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.60
eventually lost
their connection.
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There have been several
attempts through history
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.77
as you could look in
history to reorganize them.
00:20:45.81\00:20:48.71
And even today, there
are some that claim a 70,
00:20:48.74\00:20:52.38
a group of 70 claimed
to be the modern Sanhedrin.
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But this is not really
accepted by the overall
00:20:55.52\00:20:58.95
Jewish community.
00:20:58.99\00:21:00.39
So what happened to them?
00:21:00.42\00:21:02.39
There are now many
groups within the Jewish faith.
00:21:02.42\00:21:07.40
And you'll see them
if you go to Jerusalem,
00:21:07.46\00:21:10.40
they sometimes dress different,
they sometimes act different.
00:21:10.43\00:21:14.47
Some of them still
wear the phylacteries,
00:21:14.50\00:21:16.04
you may even see that.
00:21:16.07\00:21:17.51
So they are not united in
this, there is the Wailing Wall,
00:21:17.54\00:21:21.74
they go there and
they, they really,
00:21:21.81\00:21:24.78
literally shed tears
because of the situation
00:21:24.81\00:21:27.75
they are now facing
because they do not have
00:21:27.78\00:21:29.92
a temple and
they are struggling.
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.22
They are trying
to build another,
00:21:32.25\00:21:34.29
they're gathering funds.
00:21:34.32\00:21:35.92
They have built some of
the vessels of the temple
00:21:35.96\00:21:41.06
and they're making an effort.
00:21:41.10\00:21:43.37
However, there's no need to make
00:21:43.40\00:21:45.80
sacrifices because
Jesus, Jesus Christ
00:21:45.83\00:21:48.34
is the sacrifice
that ended all sacrifice.
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.74
Yeah, that's good.
00:21:50.77\00:21:52.11
Yes, amen.
00:21:52.14\00:21:53.48
Praise the Lord. Very good.
00:21:53.51\00:21:55.71
Jill, this
question comes from Kelly.
00:21:55.74\00:21:59.48
"I asked someone,
00:21:59.51\00:22:00.95
why do you go to
church on Sunday?
00:22:00.98\00:22:04.29
Their comment was,
Saturday is the Sabbath.
00:22:04.32\00:22:08.49
But Sunday is the
day to go to church on.
00:22:08.52\00:22:11.36
How can I explain the truth?"
00:22:11.39\00:22:13.29
Great question, Shelley, Kelly.
00:22:13.33\00:22:15.10
I would say, first
of all, pray and ask
00:22:15.13\00:22:16.83
the Holy Spirit to
give you the answer.
00:22:16.87\00:22:18.93
I can tell you what I would say,
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.54
but you need to go
to the Lord and say,
00:22:20.57\00:22:22.27
God, how can I answer my friend?
00:22:22.30\00:22:24.91
How can I best
answer their question?
00:22:24.94\00:22:27.08
Because every person
needs an answer maybe
00:22:27.11\00:22:28.88
a little bit different.
00:22:28.91\00:22:30.58
But if it were me, I
would say that the Sabbath
00:22:30.61\00:22:33.68
is sanctified
and blessed by God.
00:22:33.72\00:22:35.75
Genesis Chapter 2,
00:22:35.78\00:22:37.12
we know that God set apart
00:22:37.15\00:22:38.49
and sanctified the
seventh day Sabbath.
00:22:38.52\00:22:41.16
He didn't sanctified
the first day of the week.
00:22:41.19\00:22:42.96
He didn't sanctify
Sunday, He sanctified Sabbath.
00:22:42.99\00:22:46.06
I would say that the
Sabbath is a reminder that God
00:22:46.09\00:22:49.36
is our Creator, and
God is our Redeemer.
00:22:49.40\00:22:52.87
Exodus Chapter 20,
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.54
"The seventh day
Sabbath every week
00:22:54.60\00:22:56.91
reminds us that He created us."
00:22:56.94\00:22:59.34
Deuteronomy Chapter 5,
00:22:59.37\00:23:01.14
"The seventh day
Sabbath reminds us
00:23:01.18\00:23:03.24
every week that He
redeemed us from sin."
00:23:03.28\00:23:06.85
God wants us to spend that
time with Him on His holy day,
00:23:06.88\00:23:11.05
on His special day.
00:23:11.09\00:23:12.62
I would say that
Jesus and His disciples,
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.76
now this would be even after
His resurrection and ascension,
00:23:14.79\00:23:18.36
after the First
Christian Church began,
00:23:18.43\00:23:21.96
they kept the Sabbath.
00:23:22.00\00:23:23.67
Now this is not
a Jewish tradition.
00:23:23.70\00:23:25.13
You could say, well,
Jesus went to the synagogue
00:23:25.17\00:23:27.44
on Sabbath
because it was Jewish.
00:23:27.47\00:23:29.34
But the early
Christian Church was not Jewish,
00:23:29.37\00:23:32.21
and they still kept
the seventh day Sabbath.
00:23:32.27\00:23:35.58
You can read that
in Acts 13, and Acts 17
00:23:35.64\00:23:38.31
and numerous
portions throughout Scripture,
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.82
where Paul goes into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day,
00:23:40.85\00:23:43.72
where the entire
city comes together.
00:23:43.75\00:23:46.19
This is Jewish and Gentile,
00:23:46.22\00:23:48.42
on the seventh day
Sabbath to hear the Word of God.
00:23:48.46\00:23:52.59
When Paul as this
custom was goes every Sabbath,
00:23:52.63\00:23:55.86
it says, for three
Sabbaths to reason with them,
00:23:55.90\00:23:58.43
according to the scriptures.
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I would say that the
Sabbath will be celebrated
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and kept in heaven.
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.47
We see that in Isaiah 66,
00:24:05.51\00:24:08.01
"From one Sabbath to another,
00:24:08.04\00:24:10.11
all flesh will come
together and worship God."
00:24:10.15\00:24:13.85
So why would we
not want to spend
00:24:13.88\00:24:16.22
the day that He
created, that He sanctified,
00:24:16.25\00:24:18.95
that He set apart for us?
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.79
Why do we not want to
spend that day with Him?
00:24:20.82\00:24:23.93
Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.93
Thank you.
That's a great answer.
00:24:25.96\00:24:29.03
We got so many
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00:24:29.06\00:24:31.10
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00:24:31.13\00:24:32.70
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00:24:32.73\00:24:34.97
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00:24:35.00\00:24:36.84
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They all are.
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Let's see here. Let's
go to you, Pastor Johnny.
00:25:55.55\00:25:59.62
You know,
Shelley, let's go to you.
00:25:59.65\00:26:01.06
I'm sorry. So, Shelley,
this is a neat question.
00:26:01.09\00:26:04.23
It says, "I'm an ex-LDS
00:26:04.26\00:26:07.13
and a fairly new
Seventh-day Adventist."
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.73
Praise God. So LDS is Mormon?
00:26:09.76\00:26:11.67
Yeah, that's right, Mormon.
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.03
Thank you for that
clarification. Yeah.
00:26:13.07\00:26:14.40
So I'm an ex-Mormon
00:26:14.44\00:26:15.77
and a fairly new
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.17
Praise God.
00:26:17.21\00:26:18.54
Discussing the
Bible with friends,
00:26:18.57\00:26:19.91
there are still several
scriptures that I do not
00:26:19.94\00:26:22.18
have answers for.
00:26:22.21\00:26:23.61
Because someone please explain,
00:26:23.65\00:26:25.48
and here are some of the verses,
00:26:25.55\00:26:27.78
1 Peter 4:6,
00:26:27.82\00:26:30.99
and 1 Corinthians 15:29.
00:26:31.02\00:26:34.52
Well, this is a twofer, Debbie.
00:26:34.56\00:26:36.42
Okay, 1 Peter 4:6,
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.06
"As the gospel was preached
only to those who are dead,
00:26:38.09\00:26:40.96
that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh,
00:26:40.96\00:26:44.73
but live according
to God in the spirit."
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.94
So did Peter have in
mind when he wrote this,
00:26:47.97\00:26:51.51
that those who
had heard and accepted
00:26:51.57\00:26:53.81
the gospel while they
live, but now were dead
00:26:53.84\00:26:59.21
when he wrote?
00:26:59.25\00:27:00.68
I think possibly so.
00:27:00.72\00:27:03.65
What he's saying is those people
00:27:03.69\00:27:05.99
chose to be
judged harshly by mankind
00:27:06.02\00:27:09.72
while they were alive,
because they didn't care about
00:27:09.76\00:27:13.60
the wicked men on earth,
00:27:13.63\00:27:14.93
they lived
triumphantly by the divine power
00:27:14.96\00:27:18.13
of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:18.17\00:27:19.50
1 Corinthians 15:29,
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.90
"Otherwise, what will they do
00:27:21.94\00:27:25.07
who are baptized for the dead,
if the dead do not rise at all?
00:27:25.11\00:27:28.58
Why then are they
baptized for the dead?
00:27:28.64\00:27:33.15
Paul's referring to this
practice without comment?
00:27:33.18\00:27:35.98
Because in context,
what his reasoning is,
00:27:36.02\00:27:39.25
he's proving it,
00:27:39.29\00:27:40.62
there is a
resurrection that some denied.
00:27:40.66\00:27:43.56
Notice that he didn't
say, why do we baptize,
00:27:43.59\00:27:46.90
why for the dead?
00:27:46.93\00:27:48.23
Why do you? He
said, "Why do they?"
00:27:48.26\00:27:51.40
So it indicates he did
not approve of this practice.
00:27:51.43\00:27:55.77
Water baptism saves no one.
00:27:55.80\00:27:58.64
Let me get that clear.
00:27:58.67\00:28:00.08
Water baptism saves no one.
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.88
But it is the
first important act
00:28:01.91\00:28:05.91
of obedience that we
do after we are saved.
00:28:05.95\00:28:10.32
But there is
nothing in the Bible.
00:28:10.35\00:28:13.22
The Bible teaches
we are saved by grace
00:28:13.25\00:28:14.99
through faith in our Lord
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.99
and Jesus Christ as our Savior.
00:28:18.03\00:28:21.53
There's nothing in the
Bible that shows that anyone
00:28:21.56\00:28:25.63
can do anything to
affect someone else's salvation
00:28:25.70\00:28:29.90
if they died without
choosing Christ as their Savior.
00:28:29.94\00:28:34.08
So this teaching of baptizing
for the dead has always
00:28:34.11\00:28:38.78
been considered heretical.
00:28:38.81\00:28:41.25
Yeah. Excellent answer.
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.65
Thank you so much, Shelley.
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.02
Yes, excellent explanation too.
00:28:44.05\00:28:46.09
Getting a little
tongue tied here.
00:28:46.12\00:28:47.66
Pastor Johnny,
00:28:47.69\00:28:49.02
this comes from Samuel
from the country of India.
00:28:49.09\00:28:53.90
"Jesus was born and brought
up in the tribe of Judah.
00:28:53.93\00:28:57.83
Every Jew has to attend
00:28:57.87\00:28:59.37
the Day of Atonement
according to Leviticus 23:26-32.
00:28:59.40\00:29:04.94
My question is this.
00:29:04.97\00:29:06.68
Did Jesus attend
the Day of Atonement?"
00:29:06.71\00:29:10.45
I would say yes, you are right.
00:29:10.48\00:29:13.62
So, yes,
00:29:13.65\00:29:15.98
you will notice by the fact
that when Jesus was eight days
00:29:16.05\00:29:20.56
old that his parents
took him to be circumcised.
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.63
They were devout Jews,
00:29:23.66\00:29:25.13
they followed to the letter
what they were supposed to do.
00:29:25.16\00:29:29.00
And now I take you
to Luke 2:40-43 quickly.
00:29:29.03\00:29:34.37
And it says, "And the Child grew
00:29:34.40\00:29:36.10
and became strong in
spirit, filled with wisdom,
00:29:36.14\00:29:38.81
and the grace of
God was upon Him.
00:29:38.84\00:29:41.14
His parents went to Jerusalem
every year at the Feast
00:29:41.18\00:29:44.48
of the Passover.
00:29:44.51\00:29:46.45
And when He was
twelve years old,
00:29:46.48\00:29:47.82
they went up to Jerusalem
according to the custom
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.72
of the feast."
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.09
Notice, according to
the custom of the feast.
00:29:51.12\00:29:52.92
So here, they follow the
things according to the custom
00:29:52.95\00:29:57.29
of the feast.
00:29:57.33\00:29:58.66
The Passover is
singled out here because
00:29:58.73\00:30:00.26
of what took
place during that time,
00:30:00.30\00:30:02.16
so we can we can
safely conclude that Jesus
00:30:02.20\00:30:05.83
went to the Day of Atonement
according to the custom
00:30:05.87\00:30:08.80
of the feast.
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.17
Now He had to restrain
Himself from really speaking out
00:30:10.21\00:30:13.64
and manifesting
Himself as the Son of God
00:30:13.68\00:30:17.28
until His
beginning of His ministry
00:30:17.31\00:30:20.62
when He was 30 years
old, because the fact
00:30:20.65\00:30:24.49
is that they would try
to kill Him beforehand.
00:30:24.52\00:30:27.32
So, while He went to the
feast, He remained observant,
00:30:27.36\00:30:31.29
He took it all in, examined,
00:30:31.33\00:30:33.26
then was preparing for the day
00:30:33.29\00:30:35.83
of His showing to
the Jewish community.
00:30:35.86\00:30:38.50
So I would say, yes, Jesus
went to the Feast of Atonement,
00:30:38.53\00:30:43.34
the Day of Atonement,
00:30:43.37\00:30:44.71
and participated
in all these things
00:30:44.74\00:30:46.54
according to the...
00:30:46.57\00:30:49.94
What is shown in
Leviticus, because remember,
00:30:49.98\00:30:53.21
they were always
looking for something
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.65
to point the finger at Him,
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.15
you're not following the things.
00:30:57.19\00:30:58.62
So He was observant,
00:30:58.65\00:31:00.99
and He was obedient
00:31:01.02\00:31:02.36
to all the
things required by God.
00:31:02.39\00:31:05.59
Amen. Wow. Amen.
00:31:05.63\00:31:08.00
Praise the Lord.
Great answer, Pastor Johnny.
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.90
Jill, this is
one of the questions
00:31:10.93\00:31:12.83
we touched on at the
very beginning of the program.
00:31:12.87\00:31:15.20
And it says, "Susan has
terminal cancer diagnosis.
00:31:15.27\00:31:19.97
She has a
terminal cancer diagnosis.
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.68
She has been
recommended to visit a man
00:31:21.71\00:31:24.68
who is a faith healer.
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.82
And will pray over
people for healing.
00:31:26.85\00:31:28.55
This man doesn't
charge any money.
00:31:28.58\00:31:30.22
However, Susan is
still uncomfortable.
00:31:30.25\00:31:33.39
Is it biblical to ask
00:31:33.42\00:31:35.09
someone to pray
over you for healing?
00:31:35.12\00:31:37.79
And should you
travel to that individual?"
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.70
I want to take this maybe
00:31:41.73\00:31:43.06
a little different
direction than you're expecting
00:31:43.10\00:31:45.27
initially, we will get
to the faith healer portion.
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.47
First of all, Susan, just know
00:31:48.54\00:31:49.97
we're praying
for you here at 3ABN.
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.74
But is it biblical to
pray over someone for healing?
00:31:52.77\00:31:55.88
The answer is yes.
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.25
And should you
travel to that individual?
00:31:57.28\00:31:59.45
I would say yes.
00:31:59.48\00:32:01.05
Look at the Word of God, Jesus,
00:32:01.08\00:32:02.68
people traveled
to Jesus for healing.
00:32:02.72\00:32:05.22
Matthew 12:15,
"Jesus withdrew from there,
00:32:05.25\00:32:08.46
and multitudes followed Him,"
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.29
and what happened?
00:32:10.33\00:32:11.66
"He healed them all."
00:32:11.69\00:32:13.03
We see in Matthew 15:30,
00:32:13.06\00:32:14.36
"Multitudes came
to him with the lame,
00:32:14.40\00:32:17.03
and the blind, and
the mute, and the maimed,
00:32:17.07\00:32:18.97
and He healed them all."
00:32:19.00\00:32:21.44
People traveled to
the disciples for healing.
00:32:21.47\00:32:24.37
We see in Acts 5:14-15.
00:32:24.41\00:32:27.48
"The believers
were added to the Lord,
00:32:27.51\00:32:29.48
and multitudes of men and woman
00:32:29.51\00:32:32.85
brought the sick
into the streets,
00:32:32.88\00:32:35.75
laid them on beds and couches,
00:32:35.82\00:32:38.05
so that at least
the shadow of Peter
00:32:38.09\00:32:40.46
passing by might
fall on some of them."
00:32:40.49\00:32:44.13
And if you look
at Acts 19:11-12,
00:32:44.16\00:32:48.03
"We see that God
worked unusual miracles
00:32:48.06\00:32:50.67
through the hand of Paul.
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.43
And in fact, they would
send mail his handkerchief
00:32:52.47\00:32:56.10
and people would
touch that and be healed."
00:32:56.14\00:32:59.07
We're counseled today to
pray for one another's healing.
00:32:59.11\00:33:02.21
We see that in
the Book of James.
00:33:02.24\00:33:04.01
James 5:14-15, "Is anyone sick?
00:33:04.05\00:33:07.45
Call the elders,
anoint them with oil,
00:33:07.48\00:33:10.45
and pray for them in
the name of the Lord.
00:33:10.49\00:33:13.82
The prayer of
faith will save the sick
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.52
and the Lord will raise him up."
00:33:16.56\00:33:19.33
Now we need to look at biblical
00:33:19.36\00:33:21.33
principles for healing
00:33:21.36\00:33:23.26
and that's where it comes
in with the faith healing.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.63
We need to ensure that biblical
principles are followed.
00:33:25.67\00:33:29.20
Number one, seek the
Lord with clean hands
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.27
and a pure heart.
00:33:32.31\00:33:33.64
If there's
iniquity in our hearts,
00:33:33.68\00:33:35.04
God cannot heal.
00:33:35.08\00:33:36.41
Number two, always ask in
accordance with God's will,
00:33:36.44\00:33:40.42
not our will, but
God's will be done.
00:33:40.45\00:33:43.85
Number three,
submit to God's will.
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.15
Sometimes God heals instantly.
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.49
Sometimes that
healing will not take place
00:33:48.52\00:33:50.76
until the Second Coming
of Jesus in the resurrection.
00:33:50.79\00:33:53.96
But God will always heal.
00:33:54.00\00:33:57.10
Amen. Wow.
00:33:57.13\00:33:58.47
Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:33:58.50\00:33:59.83
Great answer.
00:33:59.87\00:34:01.27
And Jill and I've
commented on this,
00:34:01.30\00:34:02.74
we appreciate Pastor Johnny,
00:34:02.80\00:34:04.17
you know, we've
been in situations
00:34:04.21\00:34:05.57
where we're
praying for individuals
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.21
and this great line is
asking for the Lord's will,
00:34:07.24\00:34:10.88
but pray for the
miracle that needs to happen.
00:34:10.91\00:34:13.45
Amen.
00:34:13.48\00:34:14.82
So the Lord knows the
miracle that needs to happen.
00:34:14.85\00:34:16.28
And so I love that, it's, yeah,
00:34:16.32\00:34:18.15
leaving and
trusting in the Lord.
00:34:18.19\00:34:19.55
Great answer,
babe. Thank you so much.
00:34:19.59\00:34:20.92
And again, Susan,
we are praying for you
00:34:20.96\00:34:23.06
as Jill mentioned.
00:34:23.09\00:34:26.09
Shelley, this
question comes from Heather.
00:34:26.13\00:34:29.93
"Do we need to be
concerned about things
00:34:29.96\00:34:31.87
we or other people have
said at some point in the past
00:34:31.90\00:34:35.20
even though we
have been converted
00:34:35.24\00:34:37.24
and baptized and are trying
to keep close to the Lord,
00:34:37.27\00:34:41.24
our generational curses
and unavoidable reality?"
00:34:41.28\00:34:45.38
Wow.
00:34:45.41\00:34:46.75
Ah, Heather, I'm just
gonna say right up front.
00:34:46.78\00:34:48.95
Nope, you don't need to worry.
00:34:48.98\00:34:50.99
As a new
creation in Christ Jesus,
00:34:51.02\00:34:53.96
the old is
gone, the new is come.
00:34:53.99\00:34:55.42
Romans 8:1 says,
00:34:55.49\00:34:56.83
"There's therefore now no
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19
condemnation for
those who are in Christ
00:34:58.23\00:35:01.63
who walk not
according to the flesh,
00:35:01.66\00:35:03.60
but according to the spirit."
00:35:03.63\00:35:05.40
I know where this
question is coming from.
00:35:05.43\00:35:07.44
In Exodus 20:4-6,
00:35:07.47\00:35:10.17
God is, in the
second commandment He says,
00:35:10.21\00:35:13.54
"Don't carve for
yourself an image,
00:35:13.58\00:35:15.14
don't bow down to it.
00:35:15.18\00:35:16.51
I'm the Lord,
will visit the iniquity
00:35:16.54\00:35:19.11
of the fathers on
the children to the third
00:35:19.18\00:35:22.15
and fourth generations
of those who hate Me.
00:35:22.18\00:35:24.95
But showing mercy to
thousands to those who love Me
00:35:24.99\00:35:28.32
and keep My commandments."
00:35:28.36\00:35:30.23
A generational
curse, the practical effects
00:35:30.26\00:35:35.33
of committing idolatry,
00:35:35.36\00:35:40.47
the children were practicing
the same sin and we do,
00:35:40.50\00:35:43.27
we see the natural consequences
00:35:43.30\00:35:45.21
when they were
carried off to the wicked.
00:35:45.24\00:35:49.48
The wicked generation
was carried off to Babylon,
00:35:49.51\00:35:52.35
their kids
suffered those consequences.
00:35:52.38\00:35:55.52
But if you read
through the Old Testament,
00:35:55.55\00:35:58.02
any time that there was a curse,
00:35:58.05\00:36:00.76
what was the
solution for that repentance?
00:36:00.79\00:36:03.89
God would always
bless them and break
00:36:03.93\00:36:06.39
the curse over them.
00:36:06.46\00:36:07.86
So here's the...
00:36:07.93\00:36:09.63
I want to give
you three scriptures,
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.33
Deuteronomy 24:16, God does not,
00:36:11.37\00:36:15.74
His punishment comes
down on the offender.
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.71
24:16,
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.14
"Fathers shall not be put
to death for their children,
00:36:20.18\00:36:22.28
nor the children put to
death for their fathers,
00:36:22.31\00:36:24.88
a person is put to
death for their own sin."
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.18
And you can read
Ezekiel 18:20 there too.
00:36:27.22\00:36:30.42
Jeremiah 31:29-31
00:36:30.45\00:36:34.72
is talking about
the new covenant.
00:36:34.76\00:36:36.29
But Israel had
this proverb that said,
00:36:36.36\00:36:39.56
the fathers have
eaten sour grapes,
00:36:39.63\00:36:41.66
and it set the
kids teeth on edge.
00:36:41.70\00:36:45.57
And in Ezekiel 18,
God, God hated that.
00:36:45.63\00:36:50.04
He said in Ezekiel 18:1-4,
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.77
"As I live, 'says the Lord God,
00:36:52.81\00:36:54.71
'you shall no longer
use this proverb in Israel.
00:36:54.74\00:36:58.21
He says, 'Behold,
all souls are Mine,
00:36:58.25\00:37:00.52
the soul of the
father as well as the soul
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.89
of the son is Mine,
00:37:03.92\00:37:05.92
and the soul who
sins shall die.'"
00:37:05.99\00:37:09.36
You're a new creation, Heather.
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.49
Don't worry, you
need to break the practice
00:37:11.53\00:37:14.83
if you're following in
anything that your parents did,
00:37:14.86\00:37:18.73
but you're in Christ.
00:37:18.77\00:37:20.10
Amen. Amen.
00:37:20.14\00:37:21.47
Yeah, that's great hope.
Yeah, that's a great answer.
00:37:21.50\00:37:23.04
And you know, a lot of hope,
00:37:23.10\00:37:24.44
too, because a lot of times
people will become discouraged,
00:37:24.47\00:37:25.97
like, well, there's no way out.
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.34
Well, there is. Yeah.
00:37:27.38\00:37:28.71
And you know, it's becoming
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.08
so popular in the church to say,
00:37:30.11\00:37:31.45
oh, generational
curse, generational curse.
00:37:31.48\00:37:34.85
God doesn't say that.
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.62
Amen. Yeah, thank you very much.
00:37:36.65\00:37:39.35
Okay, Pastor Johnny, this
is a really neat question.
00:37:39.39\00:37:41.59
Another great question today
00:37:41.62\00:37:43.02
and the name Tilen, T-I-L-E-N.
00:37:43.06\00:37:48.16
Hopefully I'm
saying that correct.
00:37:48.20\00:37:50.43
Question is, "Was the
creation of water part
00:37:50.47\00:37:53.84
of God's six day
creation, Pastor Johnny?"
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.21
That is a good question.
00:37:57.24\00:37:58.74
Because when you go to
Genesis Chapter 1 into,
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.24
it is not mentioned
specifically that God said,
00:38:02.28\00:38:04.91
let there be water
or anything like that.
00:38:04.95\00:38:07.22
But let's go to Exodus
20:8-11 to get a help in this.
00:38:07.25\00:38:12.59
In Exodus
20:8-11, the Bible says,
00:38:12.65\00:38:15.22
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:38:15.26\00:38:17.89
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:38:17.93\00:38:21.33
but the seventh day
00:38:21.36\00:38:22.73
is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
00:38:22.76\00:38:24.33
In it you shall do no work:
00:38:24.37\00:38:26.90
you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:38:26.94\00:38:28.27
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.91
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.54
who is within your gates."
00:38:32.57\00:38:33.91
Now listen carefully.
00:38:33.94\00:38:35.28
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:38:35.31\00:38:40.25
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:38:40.28\00:38:43.79
and rested the seventh day.
00:38:43.82\00:38:45.45
Therefore the Lord blessed
00:38:45.49\00:38:47.16
the Sabbath day
and hallowed it."
00:38:47.19\00:38:48.59
So based on this,
00:38:48.62\00:38:49.99
we can understand
that He created the sea,
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.36
the water in those six days.
00:38:52.39\00:38:54.93
Now going to Genesis 1:9-10,
00:38:54.93\00:38:58.67
it says, "Then God said,
00:38:58.70\00:39:00.10
'Let the waters under
the heavens be gathered
00:39:00.14\00:39:01.84
together into one place,
and let the dry land appear,'
00:39:01.87\00:39:04.81
and it was so.
00:39:04.84\00:39:06.17
And God called
the dry land Earth,
00:39:06.24\00:39:07.58
and the gathering together
of the waters He called Seas.
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.95
And God saw that it was good.'"
00:39:10.98\00:39:12.31
So in this
context, we see that, yes,
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.65
God created the water
within the six days of creation.
00:39:15.68\00:39:21.06
So here the word
seas in Genesis 1:10,
00:39:21.09\00:39:25.19
is the same Hebrew word
that is used in Exodus 20:11,
00:39:25.23\00:39:30.20
which is talking
about the gathering
00:39:30.23\00:39:31.60
together of water.
00:39:31.63\00:39:32.97
Psalm 95:5, it
says, "The sea is His,
00:39:33.00\00:39:36.24
for He made it and His
hands formed the dry land."
00:39:36.27\00:39:39.24
So I would say to you, yes,
00:39:39.31\00:39:41.11
we can conclude that in six
days God created the heavens,
00:39:41.14\00:39:43.98
the earth, the sea,
and all that in them is.
00:39:44.01\00:39:47.52
Amen. Yeah, great answer.
00:39:47.55\00:39:50.22
Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:39:50.25\00:39:51.65
You know, I think
about the creation process
00:39:51.69\00:39:53.29
and that's one of those things
00:39:53.32\00:39:54.66
where I don't know what
heaven is going to be like,
00:39:54.69\00:39:56.02
Pastor Johnny,
rest of the panel,
00:39:56.06\00:39:57.39
but I'd love to be
able to see a video of that.
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.33
I know how God's got
that through we're in heaven
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.66
and be to see the
creation of the world back
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.20
how it was
then, it'd be amazing.
00:40:04.23\00:40:06.03
We'll be able to see recreation.
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.40
Yeah. Yes.
00:40:07.44\00:40:08.77
Oh yeah, the New Earth.
00:40:08.80\00:40:10.14
But wow, what an
incredible day that will be.
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.11
Amen.
00:40:12.14\00:40:13.48
Okay, Jill, question here,
00:40:13.51\00:40:16.14
"I got hurt
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.08
and there was a
stranger nearby who helped me.
00:40:18.11\00:40:21.48
How can I tell if that
was luck or a blessing?"
00:40:21.52\00:40:25.45
I would say that was a blessing.
00:40:25.49\00:40:28.32
You can know it
was always a blessing.
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.69
And why is that?
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.06
Because God always directs
the steps of His children,
00:40:32.09\00:40:34.63
because God always seeks to work
00:40:34.66\00:40:36.53
redemptively in the lives
of believers and unbelievers,
00:40:36.56\00:40:40.40
and because God loves to
give good gifts to the righteous
00:40:40.44\00:40:45.94
and the unrighteous.
00:40:45.97\00:40:47.31
So let's look at that.
00:40:47.34\00:40:48.68
Number one, God always directs
the steps of His children.
00:40:48.71\00:40:51.68
Psalm 37:23, I like the,
Shelley, in the Amplified.
00:40:51.71\00:40:55.85
"The steps of a good and
righteous man are directed
00:40:55.88\00:40:59.65
and established by the Lord,
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.89
and He delights in His
way and blesses his path."
00:41:01.92\00:41:07.20
If you're a
Christian, it's never luck.
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.93
It is always divine
providence. That's great.
00:41:09.96\00:41:13.03
Number two, God
always seeks to work
00:41:13.10\00:41:15.44
redemptively in the
lives of the believer,
00:41:15.47\00:41:18.51
as well as the unbeliever.
00:41:18.54\00:41:21.41
Romans 8:28,
00:41:21.44\00:41:22.81
"All things work
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.18
together for good
to those who love God."
00:41:24.21\00:41:25.78
That means God always can work
00:41:25.81\00:41:27.45
redemptively in the
life of the believer,
00:41:27.48\00:41:30.49
but He also works redemptively
in the life of the unbeliever.
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.59
Romans 2:4,
00:41:33.62\00:41:34.96
"Do you show contempt for
the riches of His kingdom,
00:41:34.99\00:41:37.76
forbearance, not...
00:41:37.79\00:41:39.16
For the riches of
His kindness, sorry,
00:41:39.19\00:41:41.16
forbearance and patience,
00:41:41.20\00:41:42.60
not realizing
that God's kindness
00:41:42.63\00:41:44.53
is intended to
lead to repentance.
00:41:44.57\00:41:48.37
So God wants to bring the
unbeliever back to Himself,
00:41:48.40\00:41:52.71
and He orchestrates
00:41:52.74\00:41:54.08
circumstances that will do that.
00:41:54.11\00:41:56.98
Number three, God gives
good gifts to the righteous
00:41:57.01\00:42:00.45
and the unrighteous.
00:42:00.48\00:42:01.85
Every good gift and
perfect gift is from above,
00:42:01.88\00:42:05.69
and comes down from
the Father of lights.
00:42:05.72\00:42:08.69
As well as Matthew 5:45.
00:42:08.72\00:42:11.83
He says, "He makes, this is God,
00:42:11.86\00:42:14.30
the sun to shine on
the evil and the good,
00:42:14.30\00:42:17.60
and sends rain on the
just and on the unjust."
00:42:17.63\00:42:21.64
So you can be assured anytime
00:42:21.67\00:42:24.27
something good happens in
your life, God is at work.
00:42:24.31\00:42:28.91
Amen. Wow.
00:42:28.94\00:42:30.28
Praise the Lord.
Hey, great answer.
00:42:30.31\00:42:32.28
You know, we were around someone
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.65
recently that was
just commenting their car
00:42:33.68\00:42:36.35
had broken down,
and they were praising
00:42:36.42\00:42:38.39
the Lord for
their car breaking down.
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.32
And I said, "Well, why is that?"
00:42:40.36\00:42:42.09
And they said, "Well, who knows?
00:42:42.12\00:42:43.63
You know, the Lord maybe
saved me from a car accident
00:42:43.66\00:42:45.73
down here, or
this happening here."
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.60
You know, and there was someone
00:42:47.66\00:42:48.96
else that we're
talking to recently that talked
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.33
about their health blessing.
00:42:50.37\00:42:52.27
I had not heard of that before.
00:42:52.30\00:42:53.64
A lot of times they
talk about health challenges.
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.00
They said, this is
my health blessings.
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.91
So it's
incredible, isn't our outlook,
00:42:56.94\00:42:58.87
you know on life.
00:42:58.91\00:43:00.61
Lord is there to be
beside us and to bless us.
00:43:00.64\00:43:03.95
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00:43:03.98\00:43:07.08
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00:43:07.12\00:43:09.62
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00:43:18.36\00:43:20.23
Shelley, we're
closing up the program here,
00:43:20.26\00:43:22.23
time has gone by in a hurry.
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.60
Let's go to this question here.
00:43:23.63\00:43:24.97
It says, "Please
help me understand
00:43:25.00\00:43:27.47
why God had to have the
Son die for us to go to heaven
00:43:27.50\00:43:31.91
and in such a violent manner."
00:43:31.94\00:43:35.01
This is such a good question.
I just have to say this.
00:43:35.04\00:43:38.78
It really helped me.
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.15
I used to wonder when I
think of Father and Son,
00:43:40.22\00:43:44.45
it was like how could a Father
send His Son to die like this?
00:43:44.49\00:43:47.79
Let me just say
this. God is love.
00:43:47.82\00:43:50.33
Yeah. Everything
that God does is...
00:43:50.36\00:43:54.13
Love is the absence of sin.
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.33
So everything that
God does is perfect.
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.57
He created the world perfectly.
00:43:58.60\00:44:02.74
Mankind was created perfect.
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.31
Adam was called
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.04
the first son of
God in Luke 3:38.
00:44:07.08\00:44:11.58
Adam sinned, and then
we've got sin in this world.
00:44:11.61\00:44:15.52
But here's what happened.
00:44:15.55\00:44:16.89
God had set a penalty for sin.
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.99
What's the
penalty for sin? Death.
00:44:19.02\00:44:21.82
He set that
penalty, but God determined
00:44:21.86\00:44:25.46
beforehand that He
would pay that penalty.
00:44:25.49\00:44:29.73
Listen to Romans 6:23.
00:44:29.76\00:44:31.63
"The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God
00:44:31.67\00:44:34.94
is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:44:34.97\00:44:37.91
No way can we pay that penalty.
00:44:37.94\00:44:40.08
We'd be destroyed if we paid it.
00:44:40.14\00:44:41.84
You're right.
00:44:41.88\00:44:43.31
So here's where I
want you to try to make
00:44:43.35\00:44:46.38
a paradigm shift.
00:44:46.41\00:44:49.08
The second
person of the Godhead.
00:44:49.12\00:44:53.82
There's God, God.
00:44:53.86\00:44:56.12
There's the
Father, Son and Spirit.
00:44:56.19\00:44:58.79
But Jesus was only called, well,
00:44:58.83\00:45:02.33
He wasn't
called Jesus in heaven.
00:45:02.36\00:45:04.73
The second person
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.10
of the Godhead
became a man in the person
00:45:06.13\00:45:11.41
of Jesus Christ.
00:45:11.44\00:45:12.84
He became the
covenant Son of God,
00:45:12.87\00:45:17.11
lived a perfect life.
00:45:17.15\00:45:18.91
He paid our penalty
because we couldn't.
00:45:18.95\00:45:22.25
But it was because God wanted
to be just and to be just,
00:45:22.28\00:45:27.02
He couldn't just say, oh, well,
00:45:27.06\00:45:28.39
I'm gonna forget about My law.
00:45:28.42\00:45:30.09
That's not justice.
00:45:30.13\00:45:31.59
But He wanted to
be the justifier.
00:45:31.63\00:45:34.73
Romans 3:26,
00:45:34.73\00:45:37.00
"That He might be just,
00:45:37.03\00:45:39.00
and the justifier
of the one whose faith
00:45:39.03\00:45:43.04
is in Christ."
00:45:43.07\00:45:44.41
So God Himself became a person,
00:45:44.44\00:45:49.04
became the covenant Son
of God, and paid our penalty.
00:45:49.08\00:45:53.05
Why was it so
violent? Sin is violent.
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.32
Wow. Yeah.
00:45:56.35\00:45:57.69
Absolutely. Great answers, yeah.
00:45:57.72\00:45:59.49
Praise the Lord.
Thank you, Shelley.
00:45:59.52\00:46:00.92
Yeah, great answer.
00:46:00.96\00:46:03.43
Pastor Johnny, this
question comes from Luba.
00:46:03.46\00:46:07.23
"According to Judges 11:34-40,
00:46:07.23\00:46:12.63
mainly, verse 39.
00:46:12.67\00:46:14.37
Was there human sacrifice
involved in the vow Jephthah
00:46:14.40\00:46:18.87
made to the Lord?
00:46:18.91\00:46:20.24
Or was she just devoted
to the Lord and remained
00:46:20.31\00:46:23.95
a virgin in God's work?
00:46:23.98\00:46:26.85
Please clarify."
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.52
This is a very
difficult question,
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.09
because the Bible
really doesn't clarify.
00:46:31.12\00:46:33.69
I don't have a verse that will
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.06
tell you that He
did or that He did not.
00:46:35.09\00:46:39.23
There's a
probability that He did.
00:46:39.26\00:46:40.93
However, He would be
in violation of God's law.
00:46:40.96\00:46:45.23
Because in the
Book of Leviticus 18:21,
00:46:45.27\00:46:49.17
Deuteronomy 12:31 also, it said,
00:46:49.20\00:46:52.07
human sacrifices are prohibited.
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.64
And also you can see that
this would be going against God.
00:46:55.68\00:47:01.38
God used Jephthah mightily
to have a great victory.
00:47:01.42\00:47:06.62
And he made a rash vow.
00:47:06.69\00:47:08.76
And one must ask himself,
00:47:08.79\00:47:11.09
is this here to help us
understand that we shouldn't
00:47:11.13\00:47:13.86
make rash vows,
00:47:13.90\00:47:15.20
you know, just, I
promise to never sin again,
00:47:15.23\00:47:18.13
I promise, you know,
different vows that people say,
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.44
I'm going to donate
all my money to the Lord
00:47:20.47\00:47:22.27
and not keep
anything for myself.
00:47:22.30\00:47:23.84
Well, can you live
without buying food?
00:47:23.87\00:47:26.57
No, we need to be careful
how we make vows to the Lord.
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Now, there's a rabbi
around the year 1200 AD
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that analyzing this,
he says that the wording
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indicates that he was
referring to an animal.
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However, when you
read that, verse 40,
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and it says that verse 40,
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"And the daughters
of Israel, it says,
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went each year to lament
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the daughter of
Jephthah, the Gileadite."
00:47:50.50\00:47:53.30
The rabbi that
I mentioned to you
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suggested that he
did not sacrificed her,
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but he built the
house next to his,
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and that she
lived there in celibacy,
00:48:01.91\00:48:04.88
that she knew no
man, she never married,
00:48:04.91\00:48:07.22
and fully dedicated
herself to the Lord,
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and that the women
came there to lament
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with her that she was
not able to have the joy
00:48:13.29\00:48:16.83
of having a family like
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the other women were able to do.
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This is also a possibility.
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So whether or not the
Bible doesn't fully declare,
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but if he had done
this act, remember,
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it would be a serious sin,
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and God would not
accept this sacrifice.
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So it's not clear and it's
left there for us to analyze.
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The best answer
will be given by Jesus
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when we see Him face to face.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you for the question.
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And thank you, Pastor Johnny,
for the answer from the Word.
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Jill...
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I like to add
something by the way,
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because this in the
Bible in no way states anything
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about that being
celibate, or women not marrying,
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makes them holy to the Lord.
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And this practice
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is not mentioned
in the Bible anywhere.
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The Prophet Deborah
and the Prophet Huldah,
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both were married.
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Amen. Good, thank you for that.
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Yeah, great point.
00:49:16.95\00:49:18.29
Jill, this questions ask
when I listened to hymn 288.
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This would be in the
Seventh-day Adventist hymnal,
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they brought
their gifts to Jesus.
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That's the name of the hymn.
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It touches my soul.
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Can you please kindly advice
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the Bible verses in
reference to this hymn?
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And it comes from
Challenge from Zimbabwe.
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Thank you, Challenge,
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actually this is
not from the Seventh-day
00:49:37.64\00:49:38.97
Adventist hymnal.
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Okay, thank you.
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It comes from the
book Christ in Song.
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Oh, excellent.
You can look that up.
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Thank you. I
was not aware of it.
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I just found
that myself as well.
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The first verse, you
asked for Bible references,
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.95
the first verse said they
brought their gifts to Jesus
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and laid them at His feet.
00:49:52.49\00:49:54.69
And love for their dear Savior
makes every offering sweet.
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Good deeds and words
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of kindness help
for the poor of earth,
00:50:00.90\00:50:03.30
and not a gift
among them was thought
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of little worth.
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So who brought
the gifts to Jesus?
00:50:07.27\00:50:09.07
The wise men
brought their gifts to Jesus
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when He was a baby.
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And we find that
in Matthew Chapter 2.
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Mary brought her gift to Jesus,
00:50:14.24\00:50:16.44
when she washed His
feet with her tears,
00:50:16.48\00:50:18.95
and anointed
them with her perfume
00:50:18.98\00:50:20.88
and dried them with her hair.
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You can find that
in Luke Chapter 7,
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the boy, the little boy
brought his gifts to Jesus
00:50:25.55\00:50:28.96
of five loaves
and two small fishes.
00:50:28.99\00:50:32.53
You can find that
in John Chapter 6.
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The chorus says, would you bring
00:50:35.70\00:50:37.03
a gift to Jesus,
00:50:37.07\00:50:38.40
that He will count most sweet?
00:50:38.43\00:50:40.20
Say, Lord, my heart I give
you and lay it at His feet.
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You see, the best
gift that we can give Jesus
00:50:44.84\00:50:47.78
is our heart.
00:50:47.81\00:50:49.34
What are some of those best
gifts that we can give Jesus?
00:50:49.38\00:50:53.95
I would submit to you.
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.32
There are seven
gifts we can give to Him,
00:50:55.35\00:50:58.39
seven hearts, the
heart of humility.
00:50:58.42\00:51:01.79
You can find that in James 4.
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.29
We're to humble ourselves
unto the mighty hand of God
00:51:03.36\00:51:06.70
and He will lift us up.
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.13
Heart number two,
the heart of repentance.
00:51:08.16\00:51:12.33
1 John 1:9, we see
that repentance there.
00:51:12.37\00:51:16.00
Heart number three,
the heart of service.
00:51:16.04\00:51:18.41
Matthew 25,
00:51:18.44\00:51:19.84
"If we've done it
to the least of these,
00:51:19.87\00:51:21.58
we've done it unto Him."
00:51:21.61\00:51:23.71
Heart number four,
the heart of persistence.
00:51:23.75\00:51:26.51
Matthew 7, "Ask
and keep on asking,
00:51:26.58\00:51:29.75
seek and keep on seeking,
knock and keep on knocking."
00:51:29.78\00:51:35.22
The next heart,
the heart of gratitude.
00:51:35.26\00:51:38.33
1 Thessalonians 5, "In
everything give thanks,
00:51:38.36\00:51:41.23
for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus
00:51:41.26\00:51:43.60
concerning you."
00:51:43.63\00:51:44.97
Heart number six,
a heart of growth.
00:51:45.00\00:51:47.84
2 Peter 3, we're
called to grow in grace,
00:51:47.87\00:51:51.14
and in the knowledge of our Lord
00:51:51.17\00:51:52.51
and Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:51:52.54\00:51:53.91
And finally, heart number seven,
00:51:53.94\00:51:55.54
the heart of love.
00:51:55.58\00:51:56.91
John Chapter 15,
00:51:56.98\00:51:58.78
we are called to love one
another as Christ has loved us.
00:51:58.81\00:52:03.65
Amen. Wow.
00:52:03.69\00:52:05.19
Praise the Lord.
That's wonderful.
00:52:05.22\00:52:06.72
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00:52:06.76\00:52:09.06
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00:52:09.09\00:52:12.33
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