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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Welcome, friends, to
your program 3ABN Today
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Bible Questions and Answers.
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Yes, it is Monday.
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It's the special
program that we do for you
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to be able to
have the opportunity
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to express your
questions and our panelists,
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your family 3ABN Family
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will reply to
each of your questions.
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Well, it's my privilege
to share this hour with you.
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The Lord has been good to me.
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The Lord has been good to you.
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The Lord has
been good to us all.
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Amen? Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, I will present to you
the panelists for this program.
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We're going to start
with my friend, Mrs. Morikone.
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Thank you, Mrs. Dinzey.
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I love this program.
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We get the opportunity
to open up the Word of God
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and to study together.
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So thank you very much.
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I'm glad you're here too.
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Amen.
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And we have our
friend, Shelley Quinn.
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And I just want to
say a big welcome to you.
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This is your
first time to hosting.
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Yes, it is.
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And this, I
feel honored, really,
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and you guys just
have a dynamic presentation
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every program
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and, of course, I am
blessed to also present to you
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my husband, John Dinzey.
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Welcome, John Dinzey.
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Thank you so much.
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It's a privilege to be here
with the ladies that are here.
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And also I look
forward to hearing
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how God uses each and every one,
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you know, because I think
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not only the
listeners and viewers learn,
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but we also
learn from each other.
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Oh, yes,
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that is right.
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That is right.
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Well, there are some folks
at home that are wondering,
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"Oh, I forgot to
send in my question."
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And perhaps this
is a good time for you
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to just jot down
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how you can send
in your questions
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to your family here at 3ABN.
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The email you
are going to send it
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to is BibleQA@3abn.tv
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Remember,
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it's BibleQA@3abn.tv
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Now, it doesn't matter
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if it's children
having questions,
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adults, young
adults, the elderly,
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all of you are invited
to send in your questions
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and be part of the program.
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So I am representing
you with your questions.
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So are you guys ready
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for the question starting today?
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Absolutely. Okay.
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Well, before we get
started, I wanna open the Word.
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We will have a word of prayer.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven,
we thank You so much
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for Your Word that
brings light to our feet.
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Thank You, it brings us peace.
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Thank You for the encouragement.
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Thank You, Father, for
the direction Your Word
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gives us for our lives.
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Thank You for Your peace.
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Thank You, Lord,
for all our viewers
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and those who have
sent in your questions
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who are longing to know You
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and know that You
love them completely
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without unconditional
love, Lord, thank you.
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And now thank You
for this opportunity,
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as we search Your Word,
answering these questions.
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May Your Name be glorified.
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And may Your Holy
Spirit work in us.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Well, we'd like to start
the program with a question.
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Ladies first.
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So we're gonna go to
Shelley for the question.
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Shelley, this question
comes from Chandler and he says,
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"Is it possible
to hear God's voice
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like how the Old
Testament people did
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or even see His face today?"
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Hi, Chandler, great question.
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John 10:27, Jesus said,
"My sheep hear My voice.
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I know them, they follow Me."
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We see that many ways
God spoke to His people,
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but He speaks to
us through Scripture,
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Spirit inspired impressions
and His audible voice.
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In Ezekiel 43:2
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and Revelation 1:15.
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That's Ezekiel 43:2
and Revelation 1:15.
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The audible voice
of God is spoken of
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as the sound of many waters.
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It'd be like
being at a waterfall
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and hearing these crashing.
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We know that
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when He spoke audibly
to the Hebrew children
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that were
gathered at Mount Sinai,
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they were at the
foot of the mountain,
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the mountain
quaked, the people quaked.
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But in 1 Kings 19:11-12.
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1 Kings 19:11-12.
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Elijah hears a great
wind, God wasn't in the wind.
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There's an earthquake,
God's not in the earthquake.
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There is a fire,
God was not in the fire.
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But then the Bible says
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that God spoke to him
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in a still small voice.
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I believe that is the impression
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of the Holy Spirit
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when He whispers a
thought in our mind.
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In Acts 13:2,
certain prophets and teachers
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were ministering to
the Lord and fasting
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and the Holy
Spirit spoke to them.
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And He said, "Now
separate to me Barnabas
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and Saul for the work to
which I have called them."
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So was that audible?
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Did they hear it or
was it just the impression?
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We don't know, but I do believe
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God still
speaks to His children.
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Regarding His face.
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Exodus 33:20, God said to Moses,
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"You can't see My face."
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So He hid him in
the cleft of the rock,
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He passed by and
declared His glory.
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When we think about
seeking God's face, David said,
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"When You said
seek My face, Lord,
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I said, Your face I will seek."
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That's seeking
the presence of God,
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but we did see the face of Jesus
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who was God veiled in the flesh
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and the only time people
really saw God face to face.
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That's an expression
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but was when it was at
the Ophany or Christophany
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when God was veiled
in the Old Testament.
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Amen.
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Beautiful answer, thank you.
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And praise God
because His whole scripture
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and we all have Bibles.
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And if you don't have a
Bible, please download the app.
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There are
Bibles you can download
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into your smartphones, you know.
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Well, Mrs. Morikone, I
have a question for you.
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Yes, ma'am.
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"There are two different
types of faith in the Bible,
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the faith of Jesus
and our faith in Jesus?"
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Cheryl asks.
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This is a great
question, Cheryl,
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and hopefully we're
actually going to dive
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into the Greek
in this answer here
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if we can
accomplish this in our time.
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If you look at Revelation 14:12,
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what does it say?
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"Here's the
patience of the saints,
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here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus."
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Now, some Bible
translations say faith in Jesus.
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Some Bible
translations say faith of Jesus.
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And if you look at
the original Greek,
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the word is pistis iesous.
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So I would submit to you,
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it is not the faith of
Jesus or faith in Jesus,
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but rather Jesus'
faith manifested in the life
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of the believer.
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If you look at the
Greek word, pistis,
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it means faith or faithfulness
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and it can be
translated either way.
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Faith is always a gift from God.
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It's never produced by people.
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It's always received from
God and never generated by us.
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Some Greek New
Testament scholars say
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that this pistis
christou or the pistis iesous
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should be translated
Christ's faithfulness
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instead of faith in Christ.
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It's very interesting.
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If you look at Galatians
2:20, what does that say,
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"I've been
crucified with Christ.
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Nevertheless, it
is not I who live
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but Christ who lives in me
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and the life which I
now live in the flesh
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I live by faith
in the Son of God,
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who loved me and
gave Himself for me."
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But if you look at
the original Greek,
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you could
actually translate this,
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"I've been
crucified with Christ.
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It's no longer I who live
but Christ who lives in me,
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and the life I now
live, I live," how?
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"Because of the
faithfulness of the Son of God,
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who loved me and
gave Himself for me."
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It's beautiful to
think that it is Christ
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who gives us the faith,
His faith resides in us.
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So is it faith in
Jesus or faith of Jesus?
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It's Jesus' faith in
the life of the believer.
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Amen.
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Very good. Amen.
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Amen.
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Wow.
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Well, we have a question
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for blessed are you among women.
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We're all here and
you are the only guy here.
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It just dawned on me.
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Well, John Dinzey,
this is a question from Ed.
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It says, "Why is there no record
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whatsoever of Jesus' life
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from age 12 to age 30?"
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John Dinzey?
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Okay, that is a good question.
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And I've asked
myself that as well.
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And I think most people have.
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Now let's go to
the scriptures to see
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what it does say about Jesus.
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Look at Luke 2:40 it says,
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"And the child grew and
became strong in spirit,
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filled with wisdom
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and the grace of
God was upon Him."
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And in Luke 2:52, it says,
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"And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature
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and in favor with God and men."
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Now, this
second part, I believe,
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gives us a hint that
He went about doing good,
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doing good to others.
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However, as far as
doing miracles is concerned,
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I think He limited Himself
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until He started
His public ministry.
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Why doesn't it show more?
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Because the Bible really focuses
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much more on His
ministry as our Savior
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and His ministry,
His public ministry,
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the miracles that took place
as He went about preaching,
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the resistance He received
to the preaching of the gospel,
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and also the miracles He did
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to show that He
was the true Messiah.
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You see, the
prophecies concerning Jesus,
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in the Old
Testament, all were prophecies
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that really were
about His adulthood,
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His time as He was
in public ministry.
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Now, in the Book of John 21:25,
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there's
something very interesting
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that I would like to
bring to the table and that is,
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and there are
also many other things
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that Jesus did,
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which if they were
written one by one,
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I suppose that
even the world itself
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could not contain the
books that would be written.
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Amen.
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And that's how it concludes.
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So I would say to you,
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if the whole life of
Jesus as a child was put there,
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there wouldn't be enough room
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to contain all the books
of all the good deeds He did
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because He just longed
to be a blessing to people.
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It's good. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you very much.
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Now we're going to go
back to Mrs. Morikone.
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And we have this question here.
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Before I go to the
question, I'd like to ask you,
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are you enjoying
the program so far?
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Are these questions
that have crossed your mind
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or wondered about?
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Well, I'm sure
you have questions
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and you'd like to text
in your questions as well.
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So I'd like to share the number
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that you can text your questions
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to as it is on the screen
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and those who are
listening through radio,
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it's (618) 228-3975.
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(618) 228-3975.
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So, Mrs. Morikone,
we have this question
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that is very
common and I hear a lot.
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"What do we do
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when the Sunday
law comes into effect?"
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Thank you so much for that.
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I would say we do four things.
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You know, I like lists,
so here's the four things.
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First, trust your
relationship with God.
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In other words, do
what you have always done.
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If you followed Jesus before,
then you're going to follow Him
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when the Sunday
law comes into effect.
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Revelation 22:11,
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we see this at
the very end of time.
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Jesus says, "He who is
unjust let him be unjust still.
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He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still."
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And we see that contrast.
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So when the Sunday
law comes into effect,
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it's not the time then to
say, "I need to find Jesus."
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You need to find Jesus today.
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Trust your
relationship with God,
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do what you've always done.
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Number two, trust that
God will give you His words.
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Luke 12:11-12, Jesus says,
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"When they bring
you to the synagogues
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and the magistrates
and the authorities,
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don't worry about how
you're going to answer
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or what you should say,
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for the Holy Spirit
will teach you that very hour
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what you should say."
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So don't worry about
what you're going to say
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when the Sunday
law goes into effect.
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Trust God to
grant you His words.
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Number three, trust
God to give you His peace.
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We don't have to be afraid.
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We don't have to walk
in fear of the Sunday law.
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John 16:33,
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"These things I've spoken to you
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that in Me you
would have peace."
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In the world we're
going to have tribulation
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but Jesus says,
"Be of good cheer,
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I have overcome the world."
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Amen.
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Finally, number four, trust
God to give you His wisdom.
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Isaiah 30:21,
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"Your ears, you're
going to hear a voice
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behind you saying,
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this is the way walk in it,
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when you turn to the right hand
or when you turn to the left."
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So did you notice
all four of those steps
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started with a word trust?
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In other words, we don't have
to be afraid of what's coming.
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We don't have to be
afraid of the future
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because we can trust
our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Amen.
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Hallelujah. I love it.
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Now, Mrs. Quinn.
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Yes.
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Mrs. Quinn, "God said to
make the seventh day holy,
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but there's only one seventh day
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in each month.
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So by
worshipping every Saturday,
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isn't that man's
law and not God's?"
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Ronald's from
Maryland asked you a question.
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Okay, Ronald, let's
look at how we measure time.
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A year is the time
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that it takes the earth
to rotate around the sun.
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A month is measured by the time
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it takes the moon to
rotate around the earth.
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But where did we
get the weekly cycle?
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A weekly cycle is measured
by an interval of seven days.
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Where did we get that
because God created the week
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in the Bible in the beginning.
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What God did was
created the earth in six days
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and on the
seventh day, He rested.
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You will see in the Bible
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that it talks about
the first day, second day,
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third day,
fourth day, fifth day,
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the sixth day is
called Preparation Day,
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the seventh day is the Sabbath.
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So when God is speaking,
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there is no
eighth day in the Bible.
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It's going in a weekly cycle.
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So when we talk about
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when you said that
there's only one seventh day
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in each month, it's true,
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if you are
numbering sequentially
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on a calendar.
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Thank you,
starting to say a map.
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That you'd only
see one day seven
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but there is a seventh
day in every weekly cycle.
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And we see Matthew 28:1
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that Mary Magdalene on
the first day of the week
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after that would be Sunday
after she came to the grave.
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And so this is something that
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you just have to
get in your mind is that
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it is the seventh
day that God sanctified,
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that He blessed.
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He set it aside.
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Sanctified means to be set aside
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for a special purpose.
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The seventh day
is the Lord's Day,
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it is His Holy Sabbath.
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Amen.
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Beautifully said.
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Now, John Dinzey,
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have a question
for you from Botswana.
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And his name is Petso.
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The question is,
"Should Adventists
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be involved in politics?
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Should they become
presidents and ministers
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or anything of that sort?
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What does the Bible
say about the issue?"
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Well, the Bible
doesn't clearly specify
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if you should be
president and things like that.
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I want to bring out to
you 1 Corinthians 1:23.
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Paul says, "All
things are lawful for me,
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but not all things are helpful.
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All things are lawful for
me, but not all things edify."
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So in bringing an
answer to you concerning this,
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if you have a desire
to serve in public office,
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you have to understand that
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you're going to
be in public view
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and you should behave
yourself as a Christian
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100% of the time.
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Amen.
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You know, to me, a Christian
should be the best person
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to become a political person,
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somebody to
serve in public office
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because they're
going to uphold God's law
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and they're going to
love their fellow man,
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as they love themselves.
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A true Christian will.
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They would make
the best presidents,
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the best mayors and governors.
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But when you talk
about political systems
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and public political parties,
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you get into some
serious problems there
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because they have agendas.
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They are influenced
by big money people.
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And it's an arena that could
be dangerous for a Christian
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if he does not keep his
eyes focused on the Lord.
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This is why I quoted
to you 1 Corinthians 1:23,
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"All things are lawful for me,
but not all things are helpful.
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All things are lawful for
me, but not all things edify."
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So Proverbs 3:5-6,
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"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart
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and lean not on
your own understanding,
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in all your ways acknowledge Him
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and He shall direct your path."
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I now bring to you,
Daniel, served in public office,
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was faithful and you
notice how he was attacked
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but still remained faithful.
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Any Seventh-day
Adventist, any Christian
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that chooses to
serve in public office
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should follow the
example of Daniel.
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Serve the Lord with integrity,
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follow the Lord
and obey His laws
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so that you can be a light
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that will show your good works
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and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.
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Amen. Amen.
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I enjoy listening to
you at home and here.
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Thank you for the encouragement.
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I admire you, babe.
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Now, I have a
question for Mrs. Quinn again.
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Okay.
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"Can you explain
the Abrahamic covenant?
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What exactly is it."
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Wendi wants to know.
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Two minutes.
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Two minutes.
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The Abrahamic
covenant is the introduction
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of the
everlasting eternal covenant
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of redemption of
salvation by grace.
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2 Timothy, Paul
said in 2 Timothy 1:9
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that grace was given to us
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before time began
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because God had
this everlasting covenant
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He was going to set up with us.
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Just real quickly, Genesis 15:6,
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Abraham believed God
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and God credited to
him for righteousness.
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That's what it's all about,
it's righteousness by faith.
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In Genesis 15, God
ratified this covenant,
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and you know, they used
to sacrifice the animals,
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they'd split them
in two and during...
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When a covenant was ratified,
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both parties would walk
through the covenant pieces,
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but not in this.
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God put Abraham
into a deep sleep.
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God alone walked
through the pieces
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because He alone
was making the promises.
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And here's one of the
promises, Genesis 22:15.
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He asked or He told Abraham,
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"In your seed, all the
nations will be blessed."
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And he asks him, he
finally has this seed,
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this covenant son,
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who's called his
only begotten son,
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that's Isaac, God
asks him to sacrifice him
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and instead God shows up
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and He provides the sacrifice
for the burnt offering.
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Galatians 3:16-17 says,
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"To Abraham and his
seed were the promises made."
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Not to many seeds
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but to a
singular capitalist Seed,
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who is Christ.
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And this I say that the law
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he's talking
about the Mosaic law,
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that temporary covenant
of civil and ceremonial laws,
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which was 430 years later
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cannot annul the
covenant that was confirmed
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before God in Christ.
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He's talking about
the Abrahamic covenant.
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So, Christ is the promised Seed.
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He lived the perfect life.
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Revelation 13:8,
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"He was the Lamb who was slain
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from the
foundation of the world."
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And the new covenant
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is just the
progressive revelation
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of the everlasting covenant
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that God made with Abraham.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Well, Mrs. Morikone,
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I have something here for you.
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It's a very
special question. Okay.
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It's beautiful.
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"Hi, my name is Susie.
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My boys and I love
to watch Q and A videos.
00:24:12.51\00:24:16.72
The other day, my son,
nine year old David asked
00:24:16.75\00:24:21.36
if I could send you an
email with his two questions.
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I loved how he asked
them and with such assurance,
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when I go to heaven,
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will I remember everything
that happened on earth?
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If I die when I am still a child
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when I go to heaven,
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will I be the age I died in
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and grow to be
an adult in heaven
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or become an adult
before coming to heaven?"
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Bellingham in Washington.
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Thank you so much, David.
00:24:52.45\00:24:54.19
I'm delighted
that we're so happy
00:24:54.22\00:24:56.49
that you watch Bible Q and A
00:24:56.52\00:24:59.16
and glad that you're
studying the Word of God.
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Thank you for being
part of our 3ABN family.
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So your first
question, when I go to heaven,
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will I remember everything
that happened on earth?
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We will remember in
heaven and on the new earth,
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both places, we're
going to remember things
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that happen on earth.
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We're getting to know each other
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and recognize each other.
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We will sing the
song of the redeemed,
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and what does it
mean to be redeemed?
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We were brought
from sin into salvation,
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from darkness into light.
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That means if we remember
the song of the redeemed,
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we're going to
remember where we came from,
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we're going to remember
what we were redeemed from.
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There will even be, I
think, some tears in heaven
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as we remember
some of those trials
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and circumstances we had.
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But when we get
to the new earth,
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there's going to
be no more tears.
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You can read that in Revelation.
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Amen.
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Revelation Chapter 21,
just the first few verses,
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look at that,
this is the new earth,
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because John
sees the New Jerusalem
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coming down from heaven
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and God's going to
recreate this earth
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where we see sin and sickness,
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and suffering and death.
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He's going to recreate
it and make it brand new.
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And it says, "God will
wipe all tears from their eyes
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and there'll be no
more death nor sorrow,
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nor crying, no more pain,
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for the former
things have passed away."
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I believe we'll still
remember those former things
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but there won't be
that pain with them.
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Now to your second question,
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if I die when I'm still a child,
00:26:36.86\00:26:38.86
when I go to heaven,
will I be the age I died in?
00:26:38.93\00:26:41.36
Will I be a child
or will I be an adult
00:26:41.40\00:26:43.90
before coming to heaven?
00:26:43.93\00:26:45.77
I want to tell you
that Jesus loves children.
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.97
And He says children
are going to be in heaven.
00:26:50.01\00:26:52.57
You can see that
many times in the gospel.
00:26:52.61\00:26:54.68
One of the verses is
Matthew 19:14, and He says,
00:26:54.71\00:26:59.25
"Let the little
children come to Me
00:26:59.28\00:27:02.05
and do not forbid them,
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.99
for such is the
kingdom of heaven."
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.79
Now, if you look
in the Book of Isaiah
00:27:06.82\00:27:08.99
Chapter 11,
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.89
we see a very
interesting verse, verse 6,
00:27:10.93\00:27:13.66
it's talking
about the new earth.
00:27:13.70\00:27:15.86
The wolf will
dwell with the lamb.
00:27:15.90\00:27:18.67
Now we don't see this
in earth today, do we?
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.77
The wolf with the lamb?
00:27:20.80\00:27:22.87
The leopard will lie
down with a young goat,
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.11
the calf with a young
lion and the fatling together
00:27:26.14\00:27:30.11
and a little
child shall lead them
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.18
not saying an adult,
00:27:33.21\00:27:34.65
but a little
child shall lead them.
00:27:34.68\00:27:36.92
You know what that tells me?
00:27:36.95\00:27:38.85
If you die before Jesus comes,
00:27:38.89\00:27:41.32
the next thing you know
when Jesus wakes you up,
00:27:41.36\00:27:43.63
you will be the age
whatever age you were,
00:27:43.66\00:27:46.03
when you were
here on this earth.
00:27:46.06\00:27:47.96
Yes, I will believe
00:27:47.96\00:27:49.80
that there will be
children in heaven.
00:27:49.83\00:27:51.60
And the most beautiful thing is,
00:27:51.63\00:27:53.57
all we have to do is ask Jesus,
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.24
will You come into my heart?
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.21
I want to be your son or
I want to be your daughter.
00:27:58.24\00:28:03.01
I want to spend
eternity with You.
00:28:03.04\00:28:05.71
And Jesus will
accept you and forgive you.
00:28:05.75\00:28:08.42
And you can spend
eternity with Him.
00:28:08.48\00:28:10.55
Amen.
00:28:10.59\00:28:12.09
So encouraging.
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.49
Beautiful.
00:28:13.52\00:28:14.92
John Dinzey, I have a
question for you, Dear.
00:28:14.96\00:28:19.39
This is the question.
00:28:19.43\00:28:21.46
And Chandler sends this
in, "Are there really creatures
00:28:21.50\00:28:26.17
or people in other
galaxies or planets?
00:28:26.20\00:28:30.44
I read this idea once
from an Ellen G. White book,
00:28:30.47\00:28:35.11
Early Writings, page 39 and 40."
00:28:35.14\00:28:38.51
Yes, actually, there in page 39,
00:28:38.58\00:28:41.02
it does say something about that
00:28:41.05\00:28:43.02
she was given a
view about the worlds.
00:28:43.05\00:28:45.25
So the question is, are
there really other worlds?
00:28:45.32\00:28:47.29
Take this into
consideration, notice.
00:28:47.32\00:28:49.32
Scientists estimated
00:28:49.39\00:28:50.73
there are over
8.7 million species
00:28:50.76\00:28:54.40
of animals and plants.
00:28:54.46\00:28:56.00
The vast majority
have not been identified
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.37
and cataloging
and identifying them
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.04
could take more than 1000 years.
00:29:01.07\00:29:03.81
Wow.
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.17
And according to
space.com it says
00:29:05.24\00:29:06.81
while estimates among
different experts vary.
00:29:06.84\00:29:09.51
An acceptable range
is between 100 billion
00:29:09.54\00:29:14.02
and 200 billion galaxies,
00:29:14.05\00:29:17.02
said Mario Livio,
00:29:17.05\00:29:18.92
an astrophysicist
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.29
at the Space
Telescope Science Institute
00:29:20.32\00:29:21.99
in Baltimore, Maryland.
00:29:22.02\00:29:23.36
So considering these
things we have to ask ourselves,
00:29:23.39\00:29:26.73
in this vast creation,
00:29:26.76\00:29:28.13
and this is what they are
able to see with a telescope.
00:29:28.16\00:29:31.67
There's a beyond
00:29:31.70\00:29:33.74
of what they are able
to see with telescopes.
00:29:33.77\00:29:37.31
And so we have to ask ourselves,
00:29:37.34\00:29:38.71
are we the only creatures
in the whole huge vast universe
00:29:38.74\00:29:44.05
considering the
amount of plants and animals
00:29:44.08\00:29:46.05
that there are?
00:29:46.08\00:29:47.42
I would say there's
a very good possibility
00:29:47.45\00:29:49.88
that there are
creatures other in other worlds.
00:29:49.92\00:29:53.25
And you may get
a glimpse of this
00:29:53.29\00:29:54.72
by going to some places
like Hebrews 1:1-2 says,
00:29:54.76\00:30:00.36
"God who at various
times and in various ways
00:30:00.40\00:30:03.30
spoken times passed to
the fathers by the prophets,
00:30:03.33\00:30:06.40
has in these last days
spoken to us by his Son,
00:30:06.43\00:30:09.30
whom He has
appointed heir of all things
00:30:09.34\00:30:11.54
through whom also
He made the worlds."
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.94
And it's interesting
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.34
that there it
can either translate
00:30:15.38\00:30:17.85
to the universe or worlds.
00:30:17.88\00:30:19.91
And so this is a
verse that gives us a hint
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.12
that there may be
other creatures out there.
00:30:22.18\00:30:26.15
And Revelation 5:13 says,
00:30:26.19\00:30:28.52
"And every
creature which is in heaven
00:30:28.56\00:30:30.73
and on the earth
and under the earth
00:30:30.76\00:30:33.33
and such as are in the
sea and all that are in them,
00:30:33.36\00:30:36.26
I heard saying, blessing
and honor and glory and power
00:30:36.30\00:30:39.50
be to Him who sits on the throne
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.54
and to the Lamb
forever and ever."
00:30:41.57\00:30:43.27
And I would say to you,
00:30:43.30\00:30:44.64
this is a
picture of every creature
00:30:44.67\00:30:46.98
in the whole vast
universe praising God.
00:30:47.01\00:30:49.84
Yes, I believe there are people,
00:30:49.88\00:30:52.28
creatures in other
places, other worlds.
00:30:52.31\00:30:53.92
Amen. Amen.
00:30:53.95\00:30:55.28
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:30:55.35\00:30:57.52
Mrs. Quinn, you
ready for this one?
00:30:57.55\00:30:59.52
I'm ready, Sister.
00:30:59.55\00:31:01.76
Well, we have
Erling from Sweden.
00:31:01.79\00:31:04.76
He says, "How many cups
were used in The Last Supper?
00:31:04.79\00:31:10.33
One big or one for each person?"
00:31:10.37\00:31:14.44
Oh, Erling. What will it be?
00:31:14.47\00:31:16.20
I had so much fun, as I
research this to make sure
00:31:16.24\00:31:19.64
I was going to
give you a good answer.
00:31:19.67\00:31:21.28
The gospel writers
didn't provide all the details.
00:31:21.31\00:31:25.21
There's two options,
00:31:25.28\00:31:26.61
either Jesus had one big cup
00:31:26.65\00:31:29.05
from which all
12 of His disciples
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.19
also drank
during The Last Supper
00:31:31.22\00:31:33.66
or He had one big cup
00:31:33.69\00:31:35.99
and they poured
out and divided it.
00:31:36.02\00:31:38.99
Now, there are some hints here.
00:31:39.06\00:31:41.40
First of all, the
Jewish Passover tradition
00:31:41.43\00:31:45.27
was to have a large cup
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.07
from and individual
cups in front of each person
00:31:48.10\00:31:51.51
and they would
pour from that large cup
00:31:51.54\00:31:54.51
during the Paschal Feast.
00:31:54.54\00:31:56.78
They had four drinking periods.
00:31:56.81\00:31:58.95
So each time they
filled up everybody's cup,
00:31:58.98\00:32:03.05
it was called a cup.
00:32:03.08\00:32:04.92
And it's
interesting, they had four cups,
00:32:04.95\00:32:07.49
basically, and this is
based on the promise of God
00:32:07.52\00:32:11.56
from Exodus 6:6-7.
00:32:11.59\00:32:15.13
Real quickly, God says,
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.43
"Therefore say to
the children of Israel,
00:32:17.47\00:32:19.27
I am the Lord, I
will bring you out
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.70
from under the
burdens of the Egyptians."
00:32:21.74\00:32:24.97
So they would quote
that, have their first cup,
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.94
which was a cup of thanksgiving
for their deliverance.
00:32:27.98\00:32:30.75
"I will rescue you
from their bondage."
00:32:30.78\00:32:33.15
That's when they
drank the second cup.
00:32:33.18\00:32:35.15
"I will redeem you
with an outstretched arm
00:32:35.18\00:32:38.35
and with judgments."
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.72
That was the third cup,
00:32:40.76\00:32:43.19
the cup of the
blessing of redemption.
00:32:43.22\00:32:46.16
And then He says,
"I'll take you as My people
00:32:46.23\00:32:48.76
and I will be your God."
00:32:48.80\00:32:51.33
So that's when they
drank the fourth cup.
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.94
Tradition says
everything that I studied,
00:32:53.97\00:32:57.07
that when Jesus said this cup
00:32:57.11\00:33:00.08
which is My blood
of the new covenant,
00:33:00.11\00:33:03.14
this is the third cup.
00:33:03.18\00:33:05.35
Now what's interesting,
00:33:05.38\00:33:07.62
Matthew 26:27-28,
00:33:07.65\00:33:12.79
as well as Mark 14:23-24.
00:33:12.82\00:33:18.46
Both Matthew and Mark
are writing to Jewish people.
00:33:18.49\00:33:22.06
Matthew just says,
Jesus took the cup and said,
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.63
"Drink from it all of you."
00:33:24.67\00:33:26.30
Mark says, "They
all drank from it."
00:33:26.33\00:33:29.20
But what I researched said that
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.81
since they were writing to Jews,
00:33:32.87\00:33:34.78
most likely the
Jews would assume
00:33:34.81\00:33:37.55
the implication
to Jewish readers
00:33:37.58\00:33:40.25
is that there
would be multiple cups
00:33:40.28\00:33:42.98
according to the tradition.
00:33:43.02\00:33:45.19
But now here's the cool thing.
00:33:45.22\00:33:47.99
Luke is writing to whom?
00:33:48.02\00:33:51.79
To Gentiles and just like,
00:33:51.83\00:33:54.83
you know, Luke is the only
one of the Synoptic Gospels
00:33:54.83\00:33:59.00
that mentions in Luke 1:32
00:33:59.03\00:34:02.14
that it was the
Abrahamic covenant
00:34:02.17\00:34:06.17
that is being
fulfilled in the New Testament,
00:34:06.21\00:34:09.84
but he's the only one,
listen to how he records this.
00:34:09.88\00:34:13.68
He mentions two
cups and he says,
00:34:13.72\00:34:18.12
Luke 22:17,
00:34:18.15\00:34:20.76
"He took the cup and gave thank
00:34:20.79\00:34:24.63
and He said 'Take this
00:34:24.66\00:34:26.76
and divide it
among yourselves.'"
00:34:26.80\00:34:30.10
That was the first cup.
00:34:30.13\00:34:31.87
Then in verse 20, Luke
22, he says, "Likewise,
00:34:31.90\00:34:36.27
He also likewise took
the cup after supper."
00:34:36.30\00:34:40.71
So He's saying
divided among yourselves
00:34:40.74\00:34:43.14
if it's likewise,
00:34:43.18\00:34:44.58
and this is the cup
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.18
of the new covenant in My blood,
00:34:46.21\00:34:48.25
which is shed for you,
00:34:48.28\00:34:49.65
which would be the third cup.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.02
Amen.
00:34:51.05\00:34:52.39
That's beautiful.
00:34:52.42\00:34:53.76
I know it is.
00:34:53.79\00:34:55.12
Praise the Lord.
That is exciting.
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.49
It's great to hear
all these scriptures
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.06
and hear the
answers, Bible answers.
00:34:59.09\00:35:02.53
Praise the Lord.
00:35:02.56\00:35:03.90
Well, Mrs. Morikone, ready?
00:35:03.93\00:35:05.90
Mrs. Dinzey, ready.
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.17
Zachariah 13:6,
"And one will say to Him,
00:35:08.20\00:35:13.38
what are these
wounds between your arms?
00:35:13.41\00:35:16.31
Then He will answer
those with which I was one
00:35:16.34\00:35:20.72
that in the
house of my friends."
00:35:20.75\00:35:22.68
My question is,
00:35:22.75\00:35:24.19
"Why will there
be people in heaven
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.95
who do not know Jesus,
00:35:26.02\00:35:27.72
if the gospel is to be
preached in all the world
00:35:27.76\00:35:30.96
before Jesus returns?
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.06
I always thought this meant
00:35:33.09\00:35:35.70
that everyone would
have had the opportunity
00:35:35.73\00:35:38.63
to learn of Jesus
and make a decision
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.70
for or against accepting Jesus."
00:35:41.74\00:35:45.04
Cindy from Vancouver, Canada.
00:35:45.07\00:35:48.51
Thank you so much,
Cindy, for that question.
00:35:48.54\00:35:51.05
We'll get to your question
00:35:51.08\00:35:52.45
right at the end
of my answer here.
00:35:52.48\00:35:54.25
We know that salvation is how?
00:35:54.28\00:35:56.48
Through faith in
the blood of Jesus.
00:35:56.52\00:35:59.32
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.06
and you shall be saved.
00:36:01.09\00:36:03.16
But yet this reference
that Mrs. Dinzey just read
00:36:03.19\00:36:05.86
in Zechariah
13:6 seems to indicate
00:36:05.89\00:36:09.10
that there will
be people in heaven
00:36:09.13\00:36:10.83
who come to Jesus and say,
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.47
what are these wounds in
your hands or in your side
00:36:12.50\00:36:15.17
or between your arms,
depending on the translation.
00:36:15.20\00:36:18.54
If you look at the
passage in context,
00:36:18.57\00:36:21.11
it's talking
about the foreshadowing
00:36:21.14\00:36:23.28
of the Messiah,
00:36:23.31\00:36:24.78
condemned as a false prophet
00:36:24.81\00:36:26.85
and pierced with those
wounds between His hands.
00:36:26.88\00:36:30.52
How can people be in heaven
00:36:30.55\00:36:31.89
who have never
heard the name of Jesus?
00:36:31.92\00:36:35.09
Romans 1:20, says,
00:36:35.12\00:36:38.36
"Since the
creation of the world,
00:36:38.39\00:36:40.20
His invisible
attributes are clearly revealed
00:36:40.23\00:36:44.57
and understood.
00:36:44.60\00:36:45.93
Being understood by
the things that are made,
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.77
even His eternal
power and Godhead,
00:36:47.80\00:36:50.14
so they are without excuse."
00:36:50.17\00:36:51.51
What does that tell us?
00:36:51.54\00:36:52.87
It tells us that people
who dwell you could say,
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.04
in an island
nation, maybe in a place
00:36:55.08\00:36:57.98
where the gospel
has not penetrated,
00:36:58.01\00:37:00.68
maybe they're cannibals,
00:37:00.72\00:37:02.05
maybe they have
never experienced
00:37:02.08\00:37:04.22
the Word of God,
00:37:04.25\00:37:05.59
that nature can
reveal the character of God.
00:37:05.62\00:37:10.26
We see this in Psalm 19,
00:37:10.29\00:37:12.13
"The heavens
declare the glory of God.
00:37:12.16\00:37:14.36
And the firmament
shows His handiwork.
00:37:14.36\00:37:17.37
There is no speech nor language
00:37:17.40\00:37:19.03
where their voice is not heard."
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.47
That tells me no
matter what language,
00:37:20.50\00:37:22.40
tribe, tongue, or people,
00:37:22.44\00:37:24.17
that God can
speak through nature
00:37:24.21\00:37:26.71
and He also speaks
through divine Revelation.
00:37:26.74\00:37:30.31
So yes, I believe there
will be people in heaven,
00:37:30.35\00:37:33.35
who have never
heard the name of Jesus.
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.08
Now, to your question,
how is that even possible,
00:37:36.12\00:37:38.95
if the gospel is to be
preached to the whole world?
00:37:38.99\00:37:42.09
It will at the end of time,
00:37:42.12\00:37:43.86
but I think this is
referring specifically to people
00:37:43.89\00:37:46.39
before the end of time,
00:37:46.43\00:37:48.30
people through the ages
00:37:48.33\00:37:49.66
from creation
the last 6000 years
00:37:49.73\00:37:52.03
who did not, they died
00:37:52.07\00:37:53.40
before they had
access to hear the gospel.
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.77
That's what this
verse is talking about,
00:37:55.80\00:37:57.61
not the people
at the end of time,
00:37:57.64\00:37:59.44
but people back through history.
00:37:59.47\00:38:01.41
Amen. Good answer.
00:38:01.44\00:38:02.84
Amen. Amen.
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.21
Very good.
00:38:04.25\00:38:05.58
Sharp and to the point.
00:38:05.61\00:38:06.95
Well, John Dinzey, I
have a question for you.
00:38:06.98\00:38:09.58
Okay.
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.42
"Where did the
names Lord and Christ
00:38:11.45\00:38:15.59
came to be and why?"
00:38:15.62\00:38:17.79
Virginia wants
to know and so do I.
00:38:17.83\00:38:22.53
Well, that is
also a good question.
00:38:22.56\00:38:25.20
I'll start with the word Lord.
00:38:25.23\00:38:28.94
And this takes us to
the Old Testament first
00:38:28.97\00:38:32.54
because in the Old
Testament most translations
00:38:32.57\00:38:37.11
when they use the word, LORD,
00:38:37.15\00:38:38.55
and you'll find
that in capital letters,
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.45
this is identifying
the name of the person
00:38:41.48\00:38:45.75
or the name of God,
00:38:45.82\00:38:47.16
which is the Tetragrammaton,
which means the four letters,
00:38:47.19\00:38:51.03
and this is
sometimes pronounced Yahweh.
00:38:51.06\00:38:54.20
Some people use
in some translations,
00:38:54.23\00:38:56.40
you may see the
word Jehovah with a J
00:38:56.43\00:39:00.10
and the Hebrews did
not have the J sound.
00:39:00.14\00:39:04.14
So some people
say Yehovah instead.
00:39:04.17\00:39:07.98
So when you see the word LORD,
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.95
capital L, capital
O, capital R, capital D,
00:39:10.98\00:39:14.12
it is talking about
God's personal names.
00:39:14.15\00:39:19.92
The writers of the Bible
were trying to be careful
00:39:19.95\00:39:22.59
not to pronounce God's name.
00:39:22.62\00:39:24.53
Therefore, there
are over 6,000 times
00:39:24.56\00:39:29.10
that the actual
personal name of God
00:39:29.13\00:39:31.50
is presented in
the Old Testament
00:39:31.53\00:39:33.07
but they chose to use
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.70
capital L, capital
O, capital R, capital D,
00:39:34.74\00:39:37.87
when that name is found
in the majority of the places
00:39:37.91\00:39:41.01
to avoid
pronouncing God's name in vain.
00:39:41.04\00:39:45.21
And this is why the Masoretes
00:39:45.25\00:39:47.28
when they were
doing their version
00:39:47.32\00:39:50.49
would put the vowels of Adonai
00:39:50.52\00:39:55.29
above so that when
somebody is reading the old,
00:39:55.32\00:39:58.46
the Hebrew
Scriptures they would say,
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.80
in their mind
because even in their mind,
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.56
they were saying I don't
want to pronounce the name.
00:40:02.60\00:40:04.30
They would say
Adonai instead of saying
00:40:04.33\00:40:07.14
the personal name of God.
00:40:07.17\00:40:09.20
So there are also a small l,
00:40:09.24\00:40:14.01
in small letters, lord as well.
00:40:14.04\00:40:16.08
This means just ruler.
00:40:16.14\00:40:18.51
Now let's go to Christ,
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.02
because time is running quickly.
00:40:20.05\00:40:22.25
The word Christ comes
from the Greek Christos
00:40:22.28\00:40:27.16
which is a...
00:40:27.19\00:40:29.46
You're having a transliteration
using the word Christ
00:40:29.52\00:40:32.09
is from the Greek Christos.
00:40:32.13\00:40:34.20
And that's where it comes from.
00:40:34.20\00:40:36.16
That's what we borrow it
from to use in the Bible.
00:40:36.23\00:40:40.94
So this is where it comes from.
00:40:40.97\00:40:43.27
Another reference
the actual word Adonai
00:40:43.30\00:40:46.14
which means Lord,
00:40:46.17\00:40:47.51
you'll hear sometimes,
like, the servants of Abraham,
00:40:47.54\00:40:50.81
calling him lord
00:40:50.85\00:40:52.18
and other people
calling kings lord,
00:40:52.21\00:40:54.72
but they are not Lord
00:40:54.75\00:40:56.89
over all like God
is Lord over all sea.
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.32
So God is ruler
over all the universe.
00:41:00.36\00:41:04.79
So He is properly called LORD
00:41:04.83\00:41:07.60
and the distinction
is made by like I said,
00:41:07.66\00:41:10.83
all capital letters.
00:41:10.87\00:41:12.40
So Elohim you
didn't ask about that.
00:41:12.43\00:41:16.30
But that's found over 2000 times
00:41:16.37\00:41:19.84
when it says the word
God and that's another story,
00:41:19.87\00:41:22.91
so we'll stop right there.
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.48
Beautifully put.
00:41:24.51\00:41:25.88
Thank you so much.
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.25
Very good.
00:41:27.28\00:41:28.62
Now, Mrs. Morikone? Yes, ma'am.
00:41:28.65\00:41:30.15
"Why didn't Jonah
just jump into the sea
00:41:30.19\00:41:33.86
instead of asking
the men to throw him in?"
00:41:33.89\00:41:37.23
Ruthie wants to know.
00:41:37.26\00:41:38.59
She's in Georgia
waiting for the answer.
00:41:38.63\00:41:40.60
Thank you, Ruthie.
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.03
You know, Jonah is
one of the greatest
00:41:42.06\00:41:43.50
missionary books
in the Old Testament.
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.43
You say why is that?
00:41:45.47\00:41:46.80
Because it reveals
a God who cares deeply
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.67
about the salvation of nations
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.57
beyond His own people, Israel.
00:41:51.61\00:41:54.54
And we see the irony
of Jonah, God's prophet,
00:41:54.58\00:41:57.78
who by contrast, is narrow,
hypocritical, and stubborn.
00:41:57.81\00:42:02.32
Jonah did not want to
evangelize the Ninevites.
00:42:02.35\00:42:05.05
He ran away from
God's calling on his life.
00:42:05.09\00:42:08.02
He knew the storm was sent
00:42:08.06\00:42:09.99
in consequence
of his disobedience.
00:42:10.03\00:42:13.06
He didn't care about
the souls of the Ninevites.
00:42:13.09\00:42:15.10
And he didn't care about
the lives of the sailors,
00:42:15.13\00:42:17.07
the pagan sailors on
the ship that he was on.
00:42:17.10\00:42:20.87
It's interesting to me
00:42:20.90\00:42:22.24
as I look at the
irony in the Book of Jonah.
00:42:22.27\00:42:25.04
We have a gracious God
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.54
with an ungracious
prophet and missionary.
00:42:26.61\00:42:29.78
We have the ungodly sailors
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.81
who cast lots and
sought to follow the direction
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.75
they were given.
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.12
While at the same time, Jonah,
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.89
when he received
God's revelation,
00:42:37.92\00:42:40.19
turned his back on it
and walked in disobedience.
00:42:40.22\00:42:43.83
We have Jonah
saying, "I'm a Hebrew,
00:42:43.86\00:42:46.36
I fear the God of land and sea."
00:42:46.43\00:42:49.66
All the while doing his best
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.07
to ignore the
storm that God sent.
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.37
And we have the pagan sailors
who did not even know this
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.34
God show great
fear of Him and concern.
00:42:56.40\00:43:01.18
We have the prophet of God,
00:43:01.21\00:43:02.54
who knew the
love and mercy of God,
00:43:02.61\00:43:04.48
standing
resolved to commit suicide
00:43:04.51\00:43:07.05
rather than walk in obedience
00:43:07.08\00:43:09.92
to what God had
called him to do.
00:43:09.95\00:43:12.55
We have the pagan crew
00:43:12.59\00:43:14.06
who are so afraid and
respectful of this God,
00:43:14.09\00:43:17.49
they don't even know
00:43:17.53\00:43:18.86
that they're
trying to obey His voice
00:43:18.89\00:43:20.33
and they try to row toward land
to return Jonah toward land,
00:43:20.36\00:43:24.50
but instead, what does he say?
00:43:24.53\00:43:26.53
"Cast me in the sea.
00:43:26.57\00:43:28.17
Throw me overboard."
00:43:28.20\00:43:29.54
Now to your question.
00:43:29.60\00:43:30.94
Why didn't Jonah just jump
in the sea instead of letting,
00:43:30.97\00:43:34.54
asking the men to
throw him overboard?
00:43:34.58\00:43:37.48
I don't know the
exact answer to that.
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.61
However, I would say
00:43:39.65\00:43:41.68
if Jonah
preferred death to obedience
00:43:41.72\00:43:45.32
because he was clearly
walking in disobedience.
00:43:45.35\00:43:48.16
Why didn't he
just commit suicide?
00:43:48.19\00:43:49.92
I don't know.
00:43:49.96\00:43:51.29
But I would say if it were me,
00:43:51.33\00:43:52.93
it probably takes more courage
to jump overboard yourself
00:43:52.99\00:43:57.57
than for someone else
to throw you overboard
00:43:57.60\00:44:01.00
to what you think
will be your destruction.
00:44:01.04\00:44:04.47
Yeah, the fall.
00:44:04.51\00:44:05.84
Thank you. What a blessing.
00:44:05.87\00:44:07.28
Thank you. Thank you.
00:44:07.31\00:44:08.98
Mrs. Quinn? Yeah.
00:44:09.01\00:44:10.55
This is your question here.
00:44:10.58\00:44:13.11
"Please expound
00:44:13.15\00:44:14.65
on 1 Corinthians 7:10-11."
00:44:14.68\00:44:19.99
Sharon in Jamaica is
waiting for the answer.
00:44:20.06\00:44:23.02
All right, Sharon. Okay.
00:44:23.06\00:44:24.39
Well, first of
all, 1 Corinthians 7:1
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.73
through 1 Corinthians 11:34,
00:44:26.80\00:44:30.13
Paul is answering questions
00:44:30.17\00:44:33.54
that the church at
Corinth had sent him.
00:44:33.60\00:44:36.27
You've got to
remember Corinth was extremely
00:44:36.30\00:44:39.54
immoral city
00:44:39.57\00:44:40.98
and some of the
problems of the culture
00:44:41.01\00:44:43.61
had come into the church.
00:44:43.65\00:44:44.98
So in 1 Corinthians 7:10-11.
00:44:45.01\00:44:48.42
Here's what Paul says,
"Now to the married I command."
00:44:48.45\00:44:53.05
And then he says,
"Yet not I but the Lord."
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.09
In other words,
00:44:55.12\00:44:56.49
this was an apostolic
Spirit inspired instruction.
00:44:56.52\00:45:00.73
He's getting
ready to quote the Lord.
00:45:00.76\00:45:02.96
He says, he's quoting
Jesus said in Matthew 19:9
00:45:03.00\00:45:07.94
and Mark 10:12,
00:45:07.97\00:45:09.80
that if someone
committed adultery
00:45:09.87\00:45:11.81
for any reason other than sex,
00:45:11.84\00:45:15.28
I mean if someone
they forced someone
00:45:15.31\00:45:18.55
for any reason
other than adultery,
00:45:18.58\00:45:20.75
sexual immorality,
00:45:20.78\00:45:22.75
that then if they remarried,
they were committing adultery.
00:45:22.78\00:45:26.62
So, you know,
God intended marriage
00:45:26.65\00:45:28.99
to be a lifelong commitment,
00:45:29.02\00:45:32.36
a permanent bond
00:45:32.39\00:45:34.00
that would be
broken only by death.
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.50
But now, I kind of think
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.50
that maybe your
question's coming in here.
00:45:39.57\00:45:43.91
In 1 Corinthians 7, it
continues on in verse 10,
00:45:43.94\00:45:47.84
it said, "A
wife is not to depart
00:45:47.88\00:45:52.15
from her husband."
00:45:52.18\00:45:53.55
That word is actually divorce.
00:45:53.58\00:45:56.82
Depart is divorce.
00:45:56.85\00:45:58.42
"But even if she does depart,
00:45:58.45\00:46:00.06
let her remain unmarried
00:46:00.09\00:46:01.72
or be reconciled to her husband.
00:46:01.76\00:46:04.33
And a husband
is not to divorce,"
00:46:04.36\00:46:08.16
the original language
is put away, "his wife."
00:46:08.20\00:46:11.77
Let me tell you something,
00:46:11.80\00:46:13.17
divorce is not adultery.
00:46:13.20\00:46:15.80
If you remarry for any reason
other than sexual immorality,
00:46:15.84\00:46:21.44
the Bible says
you're living in adultery.
00:46:21.48\00:46:24.28
But there is
nothing in the Bible
00:46:24.31\00:46:29.52
that would prohibit you
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.75
from separating
from your husband.
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.72
If you're in an
abusive situation,
00:46:34.76\00:46:37.96
God would say get
separate from them
00:46:37.99\00:46:43.06
and don't reconcile
until they've had counseling,
00:46:43.10\00:46:46.63
until they are
showing fruits of repentance.
00:46:46.67\00:46:50.41
The scripture to
support that, 2 Timothy 3:1-5,
00:46:50.44\00:46:55.88
it's talking about lovers itself
00:46:55.91\00:46:57.78
without self control,
00:46:57.81\00:46:59.15
brutal and he says
from such people turn away.
00:46:59.18\00:47:03.62
Amen.
00:47:03.65\00:47:04.99
Thank you very much.
00:47:05.02\00:47:06.59
I pray that the Lord
will bless your lives
00:47:06.62\00:47:09.59
as we are seeking Him
through the study of the Bible.
00:47:09.66\00:47:13.90
Well, I'd like to
present one more question
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.76
to John Dinzey, right
here next to me, my husband.
00:47:15.80\00:47:19.53
"Who was Jesus
referring to in John 10:8?"
00:47:19.57\00:47:24.84
Anna wants to know.
00:47:24.87\00:47:26.21
In John 10:8,
00:47:26.27\00:47:29.34
we have the following words,
00:47:29.38\00:47:30.75
"All who ever came before me
00:47:30.78\00:47:33.88
are thieves and robbers,
00:47:33.92\00:47:36.69
but the sheep
did not hear them."
00:47:36.72\00:47:39.75
This is not
referring to the prophets
00:47:39.79\00:47:43.22
and judges that the Lord sent.
00:47:43.26\00:47:45.59
Jesus is referring
to those false prophets
00:47:45.63\00:47:48.73
and those false messiahs
00:47:48.76\00:47:51.43
that had come before Him.
00:47:51.47\00:47:53.80
The Jews knew of the
prophecy of the Messiah
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.47
and some would rise up
claiming to be somebody.
00:47:56.50\00:48:00.64
And would, obviously,
people would follow them.
00:48:00.68\00:48:05.08
There's a hint to this in
the Book of Acts Chapter 5,
00:48:05.11\00:48:08.15
when the
disciples are being judged.
00:48:08.18\00:48:10.72
And Gamaliel as some people say
00:48:10.75\00:48:13.76
or Gamaliel says
in Acts Chapter 5,
00:48:13.79\00:48:18.39
you can see the
beginning of verse 34.
00:48:18.43\00:48:20.40
But I'm going to
start reading in verse 35.
00:48:20.43\00:48:22.83
"And he said to
them: 'Men of Israel,
00:48:22.86\00:48:24.67
take heed to yourselves
00:48:24.70\00:48:26.60
what you intend to
do regarding these men.
00:48:26.63\00:48:28.97
For some time
ago Theudas rose up,
00:48:29.00\00:48:32.67
claiming to be somebody.
00:48:32.71\00:48:34.14
A number of men, about
four hundred, joined him.
00:48:34.18\00:48:36.64
He was slain,
00:48:36.71\00:48:38.05
and all who
obeyed him were scattered
00:48:38.08\00:48:39.41
and came to nothing.
00:48:39.45\00:48:40.95
After this man,
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.32
Judas of Galilee rose up
in the days of the census,
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.79
and drew away
many people after him.
00:48:44.82\00:48:46.92
He also perished,
00:48:46.96\00:48:48.29
and all who obeyed
him were dispersed."
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.73
And so, now, and then it
says, "And now I say to you,
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.60
keep away from these
men and let them alone,
00:48:53.66\00:48:56.13
for if this plan or
this work is of men,
00:48:56.16\00:48:59.40
it will come to
nothing, but if it is of God,
00:48:59.43\00:49:02.10
you cannot overthrow it,
00:49:02.14\00:49:03.51
lest you even be
found to fight against God."
00:49:03.54\00:49:07.71
A great message.
00:49:07.74\00:49:09.84
And so
obviously, there were people
00:49:09.91\00:49:12.15
that would rise up
false prophets claiming this,
00:49:12.18\00:49:14.62
claiming that and
that's why Jesus says,
00:49:14.65\00:49:17.15
"All who came before Me
were thieves and robbers,
00:49:17.19\00:49:20.22
but the sheep did
not hear their voice."
00:49:20.26\00:49:24.86
Amen.
00:49:24.89\00:49:26.23
Thank you very much.
00:49:26.26\00:49:27.60
Well, we only have
a quick two minutes.
00:49:27.60\00:49:30.90
"How can I
explain to a non-Christian
00:49:30.93\00:49:33.50
or a non-Adventist
00:49:33.57\00:49:34.90
how inviting
Jesus into their family
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.47
could make their life better?
00:49:37.51\00:49:39.24
Please give me EG
White sources as well."
00:49:39.27\00:49:42.34
Rupa.
00:49:42.38\00:49:43.71
Quickly.
00:49:43.78\00:49:45.38
I would just say Galatians
5 contrasts home without Jesus
00:49:45.41\00:49:50.62
and a home with Jesus.
00:49:50.65\00:49:52.85
You see the works of the
flesh, which is uncleanness,
00:49:52.89\00:49:55.86
and idolatry, and
hatred, and jealousy,
00:49:55.89\00:49:58.26
and selfish ambition.
00:49:58.29\00:50:00.70
Have you dwelt
in a home like that?
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.73
That is a home without Jesus.
00:50:02.76\00:50:05.30
By contrast, the
fruit of the Spirit love,
00:50:05.33\00:50:08.07
joy, peace, long suffering.
00:50:08.10\00:50:10.51
What a beautiful
experience to walk
00:50:10.54\00:50:13.07
and dwell in a
home where Jesus lives.
00:50:13.11\00:50:15.94
To me, you see the contrast.
00:50:15.98\00:50:17.31
Amen.
00:50:17.35\00:50:18.68
Amen.
00:50:18.71\00:50:20.05
Well, I would like to also
say that a home that has Jesus
00:50:20.12\00:50:24.12
has the hope of a eternal
life, a home without Jesus,
00:50:24.15\00:50:29.02
like you said, it's
a home without peace.
00:50:29.06\00:50:31.46
It's a home
without the happiness
00:50:31.49\00:50:33.19
and joy of knowing
that there is a life
00:50:33.23\00:50:35.70
beyond this world
00:50:35.73\00:50:37.30
that God has for His children.
00:50:37.33\00:50:39.43
And it is a joy and a blessing
00:50:39.47\00:50:40.97
to everyday walk with the Lord.
00:50:41.00\00:50:42.90
Yeah, and I would
just say that God is love
00:50:42.97\00:50:45.91
and it's a
self-sacrificing love.
00:50:45.94\00:50:48.51
So when God
comes into your heart
00:50:48.54\00:50:50.58
and into your
family, you see this love.
00:50:50.61\00:50:55.12
It's a unifying love.
00:50:55.15\00:50:56.58
There's no more competition,
just like among the Godhead,
00:50:56.65\00:51:00.19
there's no competition.
00:51:00.22\00:51:01.76
So when Jesus
comes into the family,
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.79
there's this beautiful unity
00:51:04.83\00:51:07.30
and there's
self-sacrificing love
00:51:07.30\00:51:09.46
of people doing
things for each other
00:51:09.50\00:51:12.33
and putting
others above themselves.
00:51:12.37\00:51:14.70
I just think it's
the most special thing
00:51:14.74\00:51:17.81
that can happen on earth.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.34
Amen.
00:51:19.37\00:51:20.71
I want to thank you all.
00:51:20.74\00:51:22.08
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00:51:22.11\00:51:23.45
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