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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I'm Jason Bradley,
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and I'm so glad that
you've decided to tune in
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or listen to us on the
radio because you know what?
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I would imagine
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that you're
searching for answers.
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And we're going to point
you in the right direction.
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Our panelists are going to
point you to the Word of God
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where you should get
all of your answers from,
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and I want to share
this verse with you.
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And it comes from
Proverbs 9:10, it says,
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"The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom
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and the
knowledge of the Holy One
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is understanding,
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and so we're going to
be going to God's Word
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for these answers.
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And before I
introduce our panelists to you,
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I want to share with you
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how you can send
in your questions.
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You can text
them to (618) 228-3975
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or you may email them
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to BibleQA@3abn.tv
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So who do we have with us?
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Today, we have
Pastor James Rafferty.
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It's great to have you here.
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Good to be here,
Jason. Thank you.
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Yes, we've got Pastor Ryan Day.
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It's always a blessing
to have you here as well.
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Here and accounted for
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and excited
about today's program.
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Yes, sir.
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And Pastor Lomacang,
it's great to have you.
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Good to be here, nephew.
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Yes, sir.
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Uncle Lome. You
always call me uncle Lome.
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I know, right?
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Good to be here
today. You as well.
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Before we dive
into the Word of God,
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I just like to
ask for some prayer.
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So Pastor Lomacang, will
you have a prayer for us?
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Loving Father, we are graciously
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under the mercy of
Your Holy Spirit's leading.
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We pray today, Father,
we've done our homework
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but sometimes we fall
short of answering a question
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to the honor of Your name.
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We pray today for
guidance from Your Holy Spirit,
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inspiration to our
minds, and clarity in our words
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so that those who
are listening will hear
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what You know they need to hear.
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And as a result, Father,
we would give You the glory
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for just being
instruments in Your hand.
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Help us, Lord, to
answer humbly to touch a heart,
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to touch a life,
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that they may find
grace in these answers,
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and find the desire to serve You
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with all their hearts.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you.
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You know, it's amazing.
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We receive questions
from all around the world,
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which shows that
people are hungry
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and people are searching.
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We're about to do something
that we've never done before.
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On today Bible Q and A,
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we're gonna combine
two questions into one
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and you will have five
minutes to answer this question
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or these questions, Ryan.
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This says,
"Please help me understand
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1 Timothy 2:11-12."
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That's from
Bernard out of Jamaica.
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"And then can someone explain
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1 Corinthians 14:34-35?
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Does this really
mean what it's saying?"
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And this is from Sue.
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I really
appreciate these questions.
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We get these questions
often pertaining to these texts
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and the idea or the concept
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of should women
be able to preach
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or teach in the church
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and in some cases, obviously,
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the Scripture says
women shouldn't speak.
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And so they said,
they shouldn't even speak
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in church, right?
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But we're going to clarify this
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because this is
really not an issue
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of God being bias
to certain genders.
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In other words,
he's not saying men,
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men are only able to speak
and to teach and to preach in,
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women are to be quiet
and be silent at all times.
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This is not an
issue of gender bias,
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but rather decorum.
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This is a specific
issue that we have to apply
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appropriate
biblical hermeneutics to.
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We have to study
the historical context,
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the scriptural context,
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understand exactly
why did Paul write this.
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I want to first go to
1 Corinthians Chapter 14
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because this was written
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before the 1 Timothy
text that we're going to read.
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And you'll see here
that there was an issue
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Paul is dealing with
in this entire chapter,
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1 Corinthians 14,
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it's dealing with
the confusion of tongues.
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That's the context
of this entire passage.
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The church in Corinth
was dealing with this issue
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of confusion brought
about of all these people
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just speaking out of
turn into different languages,
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and it was causing a
mass confusion in the church,
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which is why by the
time you get to verse 33,
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so I'm in 1
Corinthians Chapter 14.
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Notice what he says
in verse 33, he says,
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"For God is not the author
of confusion, but of peace,
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as it is in all
churches of the saints."
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So this is within again,
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this particular
text in Romans 14:33
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is in response to everything
he said about tongues,
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and how things should be
done decently and in order,
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and that there
should be no confusion.
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And then he says
these words in verse 34-35,
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"Let your women keep
silent in the churches,
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for they are not
permitted to speak but they,"
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notice, excuse me,
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I lost my spot
here for a moment,
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"but they are to be submissive,
as the law also says."
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And in verse 35,
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"And if they want
to learn something,
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let them ask their
own husbands at home,
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for it is shameful for
women to speak in church."
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In this case, you have to
do some historical research,
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because if you know your Bible,
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and you've studied
your Bible appropriately,
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then you know that Paul was
not against women preaching,
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women teaching,
women sharing the gospel,
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because we have many,
many instances in Scripture.
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In fact, it even goes
back to the Old Testament,
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Isaiah's wife, many women
that spoke on behalf of God,
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either in the form of a
prophetess or prophesying
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or declaring good news.
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Isaiah's wife, Deborah,
Huldah, Miriam, Noadiah, Anna,
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even Mary Magdalene,
and the list goes on.
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If you get into
the New Testament,
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Acts 21:9 actually tells
us that Philip the deacon
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had four
daughters who prophesied.
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Now we have to understand
what it means to prophesy.
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It can mean to be actually
a prophet, or prophetess.
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In this case of a woman,
to speak on behalf of God
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or to declare a message,
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a prophetic
message on behalf of God
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or prophesying can
simply mean to declare
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the good news of the Lord
or preach the good news of God.
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Evidently, Philip had
four daughters who did that.
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And even Paul, I'm
not going to mention
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all of these women here.
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But if you go on to
study the works of Paul,
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the letters of Paul,
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Paul mentions
13 different women.
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I'm not going to
read all their names,
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but Lydia, Chloe, Nimfa,
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Apifa, Mary, Persis, Tryphena,
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and the list goes on and on.
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There's 13 different women
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that he talks
in positivity about
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in regards to
sharing or declaring
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the good news of the Lord.
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So Paul was not
himself against women preaching
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or teaching or declaring.
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So what's happening
in 1 Corinthians 14?
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What's happening
in 1 Timothy 2:11-12?
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Paul is addressing an
issue that was going on
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in that particular
day within the church,
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both of these letters
were addressing the church
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issues dealing with the church.
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And in this case, when
you study the historical
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application of
what Paul is addressing,
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especially within the
context of 1 Corinthians 14,
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and obviously this carried
over into the church of Rome
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and other churches,
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as Paul was writing his
letter to 1 Timothy there,
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this issue was, you
know, back in those days,
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the women sat on one side,
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and the men sat on the other,
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because of certain laws
and cultural differences there,
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the women had
their part in the church,
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the men had their
seating in the church.
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And there was mass confusion
happening in this case,
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in the Corinthian Church,
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where the women were
speaking out of turn,
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they were literally
yelling across the aisle.
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Hey, oh, did you
guys catch that text?
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Whatever it was,
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there was some
speaking out of turn.
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And so it was
causing mass confusion.
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It was, there was not any order,
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there was not
anything being done in decency.
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And so Paul is
addressing the issue of the day,
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and that is that these
women were speaking out of turn.
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And so he writes
these letters, says,
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look, tell the women just,
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if they've got to say something,
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tell them to be
quiet and ask at home
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to address these issues at home,
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the church is not the place.
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And so we know that these texts
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are not
necessarily transcultural
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or
transgenerational in the sense
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that no woman can
ever speak in the church.
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Because we have
plenty of evidence,
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both Old and New
Testament that clearly tells us
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that God wants
His women to speak
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and to declare the
good news of Jesus.
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In fact, what's that famous
prophecy there in Joel 2:28.
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And the prophet Joel
says that there will be women
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and notice your
sons and your daughters
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shall prophesy.
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Obviously, God
wants both men and women
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to declare the
good works of the Lord,
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but in the church, in this case,
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things needed to be
done in decency and in order.
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And that's what
Paul was addressing
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for his time in his day,
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the real issue that was
going on in the churches.
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Thank you for that explanation
study the historical context,
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look at the historical
context, that's great.
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Pastor Lomacang,
"In the Book of Kings
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very often read
and king so and so
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did what was right
in the sight of the Lord
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and followed him
with his whole heart.
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Then of other kings, it says
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and he did what was
right in the sight of God,
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but not with his whole heart.
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Please explain.
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I sometimes wonder if
those who did not follow
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with their whole heart
will make it to the kingdom,
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even though they
restored the worship of God
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to the backslidden Israelites
and called for revival?
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This is from Sherry.
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Sure.
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You now, Charles
Spurgeon once wrote,
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a jealous God would not
contend with a divided heart.
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You know God wants to
be loved first and best.
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We find continually in
Scripture, Deuteronomy 6:5,
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"You shall love
the Lord your God
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with all your heart,
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with all your soul,
with all your strength."
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These are the words that Jesus
quoted in the New Testament,
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so they were not
new commandments.
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The issue is,
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are we serving God
out of a divided heart?
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And why is it dangerous
to have a divided heart?
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Well, the words of
Christ in Mark 3:25,
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"A house divided
against itself cannot stand."
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What about a heart
that's divided against itself?
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We have this phrase
that I grew up with,
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in the river, on the bank,
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in the river, on the bank,
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you know, see-saw,
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which side are you up
today and down the next day?
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And the Bible speaks
about the danger of that
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in James 1:6-8,
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speaking about
prayer and asking God,
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but let him ask in
faith with no doubting.
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A doubting person is a
person with the divided heart.
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"For he who doubts is
like a wave of the sea
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driven and tossed by the wind,
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for let not that man suppose
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that he will receive
anything from the Lord.
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He is a double-minded man
unstable in all his ways."
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So the simple injunction is,
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you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart,
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with all your
soul, with all your mind.
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This is the first
and great commandment.
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And the second is
like to the first love
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your neighbor as yourself.
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When it comes to love,
would you if you're married,
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say to your spouse,
well, you don't have to love me
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with all your heart
just 80% would do, maybe 50%?
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Absolutely not.
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Anybody who believes
that marriage is 50-50
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does not know math
and doesn't know women.
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Just to be very
candid about that.
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God puts us in
relationships to put our all.
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And he doesn't ask for
anything less than our all.
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That's what He says,
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"Love the Lord your
God with all your heart."
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So don't ask
for God to bless you
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when your heart is divided,
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and your thoughts
are filled with doubt.
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God cannot make up
His mind how to bless you
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if you can't make up your
mind what you want to ask for.
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Excellent examples. I like that.
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Pastor Rafferty,
"Could you please explain
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Revelation 17:3-11."
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You've done it for 112 episodes.
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So I think you
got this one here.
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This is from
Stephanie out of Washington.
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Hi, Stephanie,
Revelation 17:3-11 it reads,
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"And so he carried me away
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in the spirit of the wilderness,
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and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet colored beast
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full of names of blasphemy,
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having seven
heads and ten horns.
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And the woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet color,
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and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
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having a golden cup in
her hand full of abominations
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and filthiness
of her fornication.
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And upon her head
was a name written,
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Mystery, Babylon the
Great Mother of Harlots
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and Abominations of the Earth.
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And I saw the woman drunken
with the blood of the saints,
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and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus:
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and when I saw her, I
wondered with great admiration.
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And the angel said unto me,
Wherefore didst thou marvel?
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I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman,
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and of the beast
that carries her,
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which has the seven
heads and ten horns.
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The beast that thou
sawest was, and is not,
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and shall ascend out
of the bottomless pit,
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and go into perdition:
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and they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder,
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whose names were not
written in the book of life
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from the
foundation of the world,
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when they behold
the beast that was,
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and is not, and yet is.
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And here is the
mind which has wisdom.
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The seven heads
are seven mountains,
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on which the woman sits.
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And there are seven
kings: five are fallen, one is,
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and one is not yet
come, and when he comes,
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he must continue a short space.
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And the beast
that was, and is not,
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even he is the eighth,
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and is of the seven,
and goes into perdition."
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So, Stephanie,
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that this is a
difficult question.
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I mean, it's a
challenging question.
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I know of at least five
different interpretations
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of Revelation Chapter 17,
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within our church,
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so I'll give you my
understanding of it.
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But again, there are
different interpretations,
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different understandings,
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and we may not know
fully what all of this means
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until all of the
history is fulfilled.
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Basically, this is a summary
of God's judgment on a system
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that has been
persecuting his people forever.
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God has been
merciful and gracious
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throughout the centuries.
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And finally, He's summarizing
this religio-political system
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that has
existed from time passed
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all the way to
the very end of time.
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This system involves a church
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which is identified
as the mother of harlots,
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and that church has
daughters and is also connected
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with the political
powers of this world.
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She sits upon a beast
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which represents
civil power or support,
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and that beast is
represented as five are fallen,
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one is and one is yet to come,
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so seven kings
in seven mountains.
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We believe the
seven mountains represent
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the seven hill city of Rome.
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We believe this
woman is the papacy,
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we believe her unlawful alliance
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with the kings of this
earth is represented here
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and the
summations of her judgments
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are going to fall on her.
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And we believe
that the five are fallen
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begins with the wilderness
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because that's
where John is taken
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when he sees this vision
he's taken into the wilderness.
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And that's where the woman
in Revelation Chapter 12 fled
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during the Dark Ages.
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Coming from that perspective,
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the five that have
fallen would be Babylon,
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Medo-Persia,
Greece, and Rome, pagan,
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and papal Rome,
five are fallen, 1798.
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One is that would
be atheistic France,
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and one is yet to come.
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And that is the
United States of America,
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which will revive this power,
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which is actually the
eighth but one of the seven.
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And together
they will move forward
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with the 10 horns
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and set up a final
onslaught against God's truth,
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the Word of God,
the everlasting gospel
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and enforce the
mark of the beast.
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Wow.
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I don't know how you
can find that in the time
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in which you did but amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Pastor Lomacang,
we're going to come to you.
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"I need more explanation
on Romans 7:9 please.
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It's somehow confusing me?"
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This is from Troy.
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You know, Romans Chapter 7
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is Paul's testimony
after his conversion.
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You know, the
beautiful thing about this is
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Paul is explaining that those
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that live in
ignorance of God's law,
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feel that they're
living it up, we call it,
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you know, they used
to say the good life,
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but when he's
confronted with the law of God,
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all of a sudden he sees a mirror
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that shows him what
God has always seen,
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a corrupt character.
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And that's why he says,
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I was alive
once without the law,
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but when the commandment
came, sin revived, and I died.
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God confronted
Paul in this new walk
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with this is who
you really are, Paul,
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do you see yourself?
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This is what I see.
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I've always seen this.
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And Paul is saying
that just killed me
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to know that
that's my condition.
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I'm putting an comment here,
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that just kills me
to see what I really am.
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So God confronts us
with who we really are.
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But we will never know
that if we ignore His law.
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The law of God is like a mirror.
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That's why Paul says
in verse 8, "But sin,
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taking opportunity
by the commandment,
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produced in me all
manner of evil desire,
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for apart from the
law, sin was dead."
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When I didn't see
thou shalt not kill,
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thou shalt not commit
adultery, thou shalt not steal,
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it didn't bother me.
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That was a part of my life.
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I went from job to
job, from bank to bank,
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from woman to woman,
from situation to situation
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and my friends
and I had a lot of fun
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until I realized, wait a minute,
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I'm actually
transgressing God's law.
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This kills me to see
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that I live that
kind of relationship.
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That's why he says,
what shall we say then?
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Is the law sin?
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Certainly not.
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So Paul is simply
expressing the fact
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that when God's law confronts
the evil nature of humanity,
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he shows us clearly.
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That's why he says
when he saw God's law,
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old wretched man that
I am who will deliver me
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from the body of this death.
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Deliverance is
through the blood of Christ.
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The law shows us our condition
that shows us we are dead,
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but when we are in Christ,
we are alive to His glory.
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Wow.
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Amen. Well said.
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Pastor Rafferty,
"What does it mean
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in Revelation 12:7-10?"
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This is from
Nelson out of Uganda.
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All right, Nelson, Uganda,
let's just read the verses here
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in Revelation 12:7-10,
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"And there was war in heaven,
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Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon
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and the dragon
fought and his angels,
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and prevailed not,
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neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
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And the great
dragon was cast out,
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that old serpent
called the Devil and Satan,
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which deceives the whole world,
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he was cast out into the earth,
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and his angels
were cast out with him.
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And I heard a loud
voice saying, in heaven,
00:18:56.43\00:18:58.30
'Now is come
salvation and strength
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in the kingdom of our God
and the power of his Christ,
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for the accused of
our brethren is cast down,
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which accused them
before God day and night.'"
00:19:04.97\00:19:08.01
So these verses are
probably the clearest text
00:19:08.04\00:19:10.48
in the New
Testament that describes
00:19:10.51\00:19:12.71
where sin began.
00:19:12.75\00:19:14.65
It's talking about how this
whole great controversy began.
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Not on this earth, not
even in the Garden of Eden,
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but actually in heaven.
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And in heaven, we have
the devil that old serpent
00:19:20.76\00:19:23.96
who deceived a
third of the angels,
00:19:23.99\00:19:26.83
and through that deception
00:19:26.86\00:19:28.50
caused all of them to
be cast out of heaven,
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and then came to this
earth and deceived Eve,
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who then convinced
Adam to partake of the tree
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of the fruit of the
knowledge of good and evil.
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And so in heaven,
00:19:38.34\00:19:39.67
it began and on
earth it continued.
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Satan was cast out of
this of heaven to this earth
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because he was
able to deceive Eve
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in the Garden of Eden.
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And likewise, she
was able to bring Adam
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onto her side
and the devil side.
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And then we have a continuation
of this with Michael
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and his angels fighting
and they're still fighting.
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Michael, the one who is like God
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and His angels are the ones
00:19:58.56\00:20:00.53
who came to our
rescue so to speak,
00:20:00.56\00:20:02.83
and they stand on the other side
00:20:02.86\00:20:04.30
of the great controversy
00:20:04.33\00:20:05.67
on the good side of
the great controversy.
00:20:05.70\00:20:07.04
They stand in our on our side.
00:20:07.07\00:20:08.70
Finally, Jesus in verse 10
comes to this earth as a man,
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dies on Calvary's cross,
00:20:12.87\00:20:14.21
and bring
salvation to this world
00:20:14.24\00:20:16.78
and to the universe.
00:20:16.81\00:20:18.15
Through His life,
through His death,
00:20:18.21\00:20:19.75
Jesus Christ has conquered
the devil and the deceiver.
00:20:19.78\00:20:23.12
And now we have
a message of hope.
00:20:23.15\00:20:24.85
And that's what
continues to be broadcast here
00:20:24.89\00:20:26.89
in verses 11 onward,
00:20:26.92\00:20:28.72
a message of hope is
to go to all the world
00:20:28.76\00:20:31.06
of the victory that Christ
has gained over the usurper,
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over the deceiver in our favor.
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Amen.
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.30
Perhaps you're at
home and you're wondering
00:20:38.33\00:20:40.20
how to send in your questions.
00:20:40.24\00:20:41.97
And so I just
want to share with you
00:20:42.00\00:20:43.41
that you can text your questions
00:20:43.44\00:20:44.94
to (618) 228-3975
00:20:44.97\00:20:48.44
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00:20:48.51\00:20:54.02
so they can be
answered on a future program.
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Ryan, we want to come to
you with this question here.
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Says, "I always believed
that God was the creator,
00:21:01.29\00:21:05.19
yet I heard from your programs
that Jesus is the creator.
00:21:05.23\00:21:08.26
Can you explain this to me?
00:21:08.33\00:21:10.00
I understand God the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
00:21:10.03\00:21:13.40
But Genesis says God created
the heavens and the earth,
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and all that was in and on them.
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The first time I hear
more than God is when he says,
00:21:22.21\00:21:25.48
'Let us create men
in our own images.'
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Please explain.'"
This is from Rich.
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But it's actually a
really great question.
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And it's one we get
often in regards to,
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you know, who actually
created was what the Bible says
00:21:35.62\00:21:37.79
that God created right there.
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In Genesis 1:1,
in the beginning,
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God created the
heavens and the earth.
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But obviously,
within the Christian faith,
00:21:42.93\00:21:44.80
we believe that God
is one, we serve one God,
00:21:44.87\00:21:48.94
our one God is made up
of three co-eternal persons,
00:21:48.97\00:21:52.34
God the Father, and
obviously God the Son,
00:21:52.37\00:21:54.68
God the Holy Spirit.
00:21:54.71\00:21:56.18
And so that being said,
00:21:56.21\00:21:57.55
we know that all
three were actively involved
00:21:57.58\00:22:00.18
in creation in the
sense of the plans, right?
00:22:00.22\00:22:03.05
When it says there,
00:22:03.08\00:22:04.42
as you
referenced in the question,
00:22:04.45\00:22:05.79
Rich, it says that God says,
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.16
"Let us make man
in our own image."
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I believe God, the
fullness of the Godhead,
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Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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were all actively
involved in the plans.
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But the Bible does
become a little more specific,
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as to which
person of the Godhead
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was actively involved
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in physically
creating this world
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and the things of this world.
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And also just want to
quickly address the fact
00:22:24.81\00:22:26.64
that many people try to
assume that God the Father,
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He's the only God,
somehow Jesus is a lesser God,
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or He's not God at all.
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He's just the Son,
obviously, God the Father,
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God the Son,
God the Holy Spirit,
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this is the
completeness of the Godhead,
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and they all are
three equally God.
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The Book of Hebrews Chapter 1
where the Father actually says,
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referring to
Christ, "You, O God," right?
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He refers to Him as God.
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So there's no
question that Jesus is God.
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There's no question
that the Holy Spirit is God
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as well as the Father.
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But Ephesians 3:9
dials this in for us.
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It says there,
"And to make all see
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what is the
fellowship of the mystery,
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from which from the
beginning of the world
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has been hidden in God,
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who created all
things through Jesus Christ."
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And when you match that
with John 1:1 and onward,
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where it says, in the
beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
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He was in the
beginning with God,
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all things were made
by Him or through Him,
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and without Him
nothing was made that was made.
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Who is this referring to?
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Verse 14 in John
Chapter 1 confirms,
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and the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
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In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God.
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This is Jesus.
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Jesus is the One
who created the world.
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The Father was there,
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as, you know, going
through with the plans,
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the Holy Spirit was there,
but Jesus was the active agent,
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or the Divine
agent of the Godhead
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who spoke this
world into existence
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and created Adam from
the dust of the ground.
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Amen.
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Thank you for that
explanation, Pastor Day.
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Pastor Lomacang, we
will come to you on this one.
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"Could you please
explain Exodus 20:5,
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the part that
speaks to a jealous God.
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I am not sure I
explained it properly
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to my nine-year-old."
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This is from
Lynn out of Jamaica.
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Okay, yes.
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Exodus 20:5, let's
start by reading that.
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"You shall not bow down
to them nor serve them,"
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speaking of idols,
"for I, the Lord your God,
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I'm a jealous God,
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visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
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upon the children to the third
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and fourth generation
of those who hate me."
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You know, God is
not jealous of us,
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God is jealous for us.
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Those that did not
worshiped God worshiped images
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and God was not sharing
His divinity with idols.
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We are exclusively His.
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He made us so we
didn't make ourselves.
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Wood and stone and
brick did not make us,
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and since God is not
sharing Himself with us,
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that is and other
gods He says, I'm jealous.
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I want you to myself.
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The other thing about
the generational curse
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that was spoken about third
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and fourth
generation of those who hate me,
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worship of the false
gods was obviously something
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that affect the
generations that are after that.
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If the family
practiced idol worship,
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then it was
passed on to the children
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that's called hereditary
tendencies or hereditary sin,
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but if the
children continue that,
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it's called cultivated sin.
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The point is being made.
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We don't have to do
what our parents did.
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But in some
cases, people do that.
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And the Lord
says, when that happens,
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that sin goes from the
third to the fourth generation
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of those who hate me.
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A great example
is Eli and his sons,
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Hophni and Phineas.
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Eli was a man who did
not discipline his children,
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and they became a curse
to the children of Israel.
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They violated the
role of the priest,
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they took more of the
portion of the sacrifice
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than was due to them.
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They lay with women in
immorality in the temple.
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And we see that
Eli eventually dies.
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The Bible says, when he
heard that his sons had died,
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he fell back and broke
his neck and also died.
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So here's the point that curse
00:25:56.82\00:25:58.69
that the father did
not discipline his children
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went to his sons
Hophni and Phineas.
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God is jealous
because He wants us
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to be obedient to Him alone,
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.93
but our actions do tell
for generations to come.
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That's deep.
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Amen.
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Pastor Rafferty, "I've heard
there's a book in the Bible
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that talks about
eating everything
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as long as they don't harm you.
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Where is that? Please clarify."
00:26:19.57\00:26:21.21
This is from
Sarah out of Uganda.
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All right, Sarah out of Uganda.
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There are a couple of
books that people reference.
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One of them is in
Matthew Chapter 7,
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where Jesus
talks about the things
00:26:29.98\00:26:32.79
that we eat going through
the drought and out of us.
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And there's a
mistranslation there
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.13
which suggests that by saying
this Christ cleansed all foods,
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but I think the
verses you may be speaking to
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are in 1 Timothy Chapter 4.
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We'll just look
there in 1 Timothy 4:1-6.
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It says here,
"Now the Spirit speaks
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expressly in the latter times
00:26:49.60\00:26:51.44
some shall
depart from the faith,
00:26:51.47\00:26:52.81
giving heed to seducing spirits,
00:26:52.84\00:26:54.18
and doctrines of devils,
speaking lies in hypocrisy,
00:26:54.21\00:26:56.75
having their conscience
seared with a hot iron,
00:26:56.78\00:26:59.21
forbidding to marry,
00:26:59.25\00:27:00.65
and commanding to
abstain from meats,
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.05
which God has
created to be received
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with thanksgiving of them
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.19
which believe
and know the truth.
00:27:05.22\00:27:06.55
For every
creature of God is good
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and nothing to be refused,
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if it be received
with thanksgiving:
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For it is sanctified by
the word of God and prayer.
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If thou put the brethren in
remembrance of these things,
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thou shalt be a good
minister of Jesus Christ,
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.13
nourished up in the words
of faith and of good doctrine,
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whereunto thou hast attained."
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So I believe these
are probably the verses
00:27:22.90\00:27:24.91
you're referring to.
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1 Timothy Chapter 4, just
going to reread these verses
00:27:26.91\00:27:30.28
just to give clarification
what is actually saying,
00:27:30.31\00:27:33.45
departing from the faith
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is departing
from the Word of God
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.18
because faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the Word of God.
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And then it says
here forbidding to marry
00:27:38.59\00:27:40.62
and commanding to abstain
00:27:40.66\00:27:42.02
or hold oneself
off from the food
00:27:42.06\00:27:44.69
which God has
created or originally formed,
00:27:44.73\00:27:47.13
the Greek now,
originally formed,
00:27:47.20\00:27:49.16
we received with
thanksgiving for them
00:27:49.23\00:27:50.90
that believe and know the truth.
00:27:50.93\00:27:52.70
God's original diet for
us is in Genesis Chapter 1.
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It was actually
a vegetarian diet,
00:27:55.40\00:27:57.47
fruits, nuts,
grains, vegetables.
00:27:57.51\00:27:59.67
And then it goes on to say,
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.11
for every
creature of God is good.
00:28:01.14\00:28:02.58
A lot of people think
this is talking about animals,
00:28:02.61\00:28:04.71
but it's actually
the Greek word there is,
00:28:04.75\00:28:08.38
every original formation of God.
00:28:08.42\00:28:10.22
Everything that God
formed originally is good
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.15
and nothing to be refused,
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.69
if it be received
with thanksgiving,
00:28:13.72\00:28:15.52
for it is sanctified,
00:28:15.56\00:28:16.89
it was set apart
by the word of God.
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.59
And, of course, we
need to pray over our food,
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.46
especially with
all of the pesticides,
00:28:20.50\00:28:22.23
et cetera, that
are being used today.
00:28:22.26\00:28:24.13
So these verses
are often misunderstood
00:28:24.17\00:28:28.07
to suggest that
we can eat anything
00:28:28.10\00:28:30.27
from alligators to giraffes,
00:28:30.31\00:28:33.17
they're actually pointing
us back to the original diet
00:28:33.21\00:28:36.01
that people are
holding themselves off
00:28:36.04\00:28:37.38
from in the last days,
00:28:37.41\00:28:38.78
the diet that comes from faith,
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.32
which comes by hearing and
hearing by the Word of God.
00:28:40.35\00:28:42.18
The diet that God
originally formed to received
00:28:42.25\00:28:44.39
with thanksgiving
for those that believe
00:28:44.42\00:28:45.92
and know the truth.
00:28:45.95\00:28:47.29
Thank you for providing
clarity on that subject.
00:28:47.32\00:28:49.46
It seems to be a very
popular question, too.
00:28:49.49\00:28:51.79
I've seen that a couple times.
00:28:51.86\00:28:54.36
Pastor Day, it
says, "Pastor Ryan,
00:28:54.36\00:28:56.93
I've had a theory for some time
about the rebellion in heaven.
00:28:56.97\00:29:00.74
If God had made Gabriel,
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.14
the head of all the angels
00:29:02.20\00:29:03.97
back then as he is
now instead of Lucifer,
00:29:04.01\00:29:06.78
maybe there might not
have been a rebellion.
00:29:06.81\00:29:09.21
What do you think?
00:29:09.24\00:29:10.58
Please give me
your thoughts on this.
00:29:10.61\00:29:12.08
I'd also like to
hear the thoughts
00:29:12.11\00:29:13.75
of Pastor
Lomacang on this topic."
00:29:13.78\00:29:15.98
All right.
00:29:16.05\00:29:17.39
Well, let's
clarify a few things first.
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.82
First of all, Gabriel has
never been the head of angels.
00:29:19.85\00:29:24.19
And he's not today.
00:29:24.23\00:29:25.56
Let's just make that clear.
00:29:25.59\00:29:26.93
Jesus, Michael is
the head of the angels.
00:29:26.96\00:29:30.23
Very, very clear.
00:29:30.27\00:29:31.60
In fact, in Jude Chapter
9, makes it very clear that
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.70
Michael is the archangel,
arch angelos in the Greek
00:29:33.74\00:29:36.47
and that actually
means chief of the angels.
00:29:36.50\00:29:39.11
And so when it says
here in Revelation 12:7,
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.78
"And war broke out in heaven,
00:29:41.81\00:29:43.18
Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon,
00:29:43.21\00:29:45.35
and the dragon and
his angels fought."
00:29:45.38\00:29:47.35
Let's make no mistake,
00:29:47.38\00:29:48.72
the angels were
referred to as his angels
00:29:48.75\00:29:50.95
in reference to the dragon.
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.32
They're only his angels,
00:29:52.39\00:29:53.72
because they have given
their allegiance to him,
00:29:53.76\00:29:55.56
been deceived by
him at this point,
00:29:55.59\00:29:56.93
there's a division.
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.29
But prior to this rebellion,
00:29:58.33\00:29:59.66
all of the angels were Michaels,
00:29:59.69\00:30:01.00
so I'm getting the sense that
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.56
Michael was the
chief of the angels.
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.47
But I also just want to address
the issue of the fact that,
00:30:04.50\00:30:07.14
you know, I don't think,
00:30:07.17\00:30:08.54
while influence and position
00:30:08.60\00:30:10.14
certainly does make a
difference in a lot of cases.
00:30:10.17\00:30:12.67
I don't think it would matter
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.04
if Lucifer had been a really
00:30:14.08\00:30:15.41
influential high
ranking angel or not,
00:30:15.44\00:30:17.71
I believe that
sin is a heart issue.
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.98
In fact, we see it right
there in Isaiah Chapter 14,
00:30:20.02\00:30:22.68
and Ezekiel 28,
referring to Lucifer,
00:30:22.72\00:30:25.09
that his heart was corrupted.
00:30:25.15\00:30:27.02
And so I don't think
it would have mattered
00:30:27.06\00:30:28.52
if he was a high
ranking angel or not,
00:30:28.56\00:30:30.86
if he had just
been a regular angel,
00:30:30.89\00:30:32.39
I think this sin issue
would have caused a problem.
00:30:32.43\00:30:35.33
It would have
caused the division,
00:30:35.36\00:30:36.90
whether it was
Gabriel in that position,
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.90
or Lucifer or whoever.
00:30:38.93\00:30:40.27
And so that being said,
00:30:40.30\00:30:41.64
I just want to
add the fact that,
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.61
that I've seen it many
times, Pastor, you've seen it,
00:30:43.64\00:30:46.47
regular members in churches,
00:30:46.51\00:30:48.81
they may not even
be a deacon or an elder
00:30:48.84\00:30:50.98
or hold any type of
leadership position in a church,
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.78
but a regular
member who's charismatic,
00:30:53.82\00:30:56.08
who is very
forward with their speaking
00:30:56.12\00:30:58.52
and influential in
their own divisive way
00:30:58.55\00:31:01.46
can divide a
flock in no time at all.
00:31:01.49\00:31:04.29
And so in this
case, I would say that,
00:31:04.33\00:31:06.09
we got to be clear to
00:31:06.13\00:31:07.46
what the Bible actually teaches.
00:31:07.50\00:31:08.83
And in this case, I believe
that sin could have risen up
00:31:08.86\00:31:12.00
in the heart of any one if
they would have allowed it.
00:31:12.03\00:31:13.84
And it wouldn't have mattered
no matter what their rank
00:31:13.87\00:31:15.90
would have been in heaven.
00:31:15.97\00:31:17.44
Pastor, you wanna
add to that? Sure.
00:31:17.47\00:31:18.84
Just very quick to my point,
you said that Gabriel was never
00:31:18.87\00:31:22.64
and is not now the
head of the angels.
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.98
And a lot of times when
we enter into speculation,
00:31:25.01\00:31:27.72
it leads to frustration.
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.18
So we have to trust God that
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.69
what we have now to deal with is
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.72
what God had already known.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.26
That's why the plan of
salvation was in place,
00:31:34.29\00:31:37.23
before the sin of man,
00:31:37.26\00:31:38.76
the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
00:31:38.79\00:31:40.93
So Jesus is still
the head of the angels,
00:31:40.96\00:31:44.53
and it would not have
changed the situation at all.
00:31:44.57\00:31:47.30
Rebellion still
leads to rebellion.
00:31:47.34\00:31:51.11
Yes, well said.
00:31:51.14\00:31:52.91
We're going to stay with you.
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.28
We've got this
next question for you.
00:31:54.31\00:31:56.01
"Will our pets resurrect
with us and live eternally?"
00:31:56.08\00:32:00.05
Okay.
00:32:00.08\00:32:01.42
Well, the answer clearly
straight off the bat is no.
00:32:01.45\00:32:03.75
Now a lot of
children ask this question
00:32:03.79\00:32:05.35
and I don't want to
just kick your teddy bear
00:32:05.42\00:32:07.06
across the living room.
00:32:07.09\00:32:08.42
Because I've had pets
I've grown up with that
00:32:08.46\00:32:10.43
I'd love to have in heaven.
00:32:10.46\00:32:12.09
I had a dog named Butch,
another one named Comanche,
00:32:12.16\00:32:14.73
and another one named Jasper.
00:32:14.73\00:32:16.10
And I said, man, I love my dogs.
00:32:16.13\00:32:17.73
I actually buried
them when they died.
00:32:17.77\00:32:20.10
They were so close to
me that it broke my heart.
00:32:20.14\00:32:22.47
When my wife and I got married,
we had a dog named Snuggles,
00:32:22.54\00:32:25.41
and I saw him get
hit by a pickup truck
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.91
and he died in my arms.
00:32:27.94\00:32:29.28
I was a wreck for weeks.
00:32:29.31\00:32:31.61
Every time I'd see
his hair, I would cry.
00:32:31.65\00:32:33.72
We bought him a brand new chain,
00:32:33.75\00:32:36.02
and every time we
hear it, I would cry.
00:32:36.05\00:32:38.09
So I understand the
reason for that question.
00:32:38.12\00:32:40.69
But what I want to say is this,
00:32:40.72\00:32:43.19
the Bible doesn't speak
of animals being resurrected.
00:32:43.22\00:32:46.13
It only speaks of God's
people being resurrected.
00:32:46.16\00:32:49.46
The Bible doesn't speak
of the ascension of animals.
00:32:49.50\00:32:52.23
It speaks of the ascension
of those who accept Christ,
00:32:52.27\00:32:55.00
since Christ and salvation
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.51
is a part of a
conscious decision.
00:32:57.54\00:33:00.21
Animals don't say,
well, I want to accept Jesus
00:33:00.24\00:33:02.41
as my Lord and Savior.
00:33:02.44\00:33:03.85
The gift of
eternal life is to those
00:33:03.88\00:33:06.15
who believe and accept Him,
00:33:06.18\00:33:08.08
that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish
00:33:08.12\00:33:10.35
but have everlasting life.
00:33:10.39\00:33:11.89
Now the question about
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.25
whether animals
will be in heaven,
00:33:13.29\00:33:15.06
I don't see any
scriptural reference
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.59
that animals will be in heaven,
00:33:16.62\00:33:17.96
but in the New Earth,
00:33:17.99\00:33:19.33
the Bible
supports it very clearly
00:33:19.36\00:33:20.80
the lion shall
lay down by the lamb,
00:33:20.83\00:33:22.86
the child should play
at the hole of the serpent,
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.73
and it will not bother him.
00:33:25.77\00:33:27.14
The wolf will be tamed.
00:33:27.17\00:33:29.04
This is the New Earth.
00:33:29.10\00:33:31.07
And then let me just
add this last caveat.
00:33:31.11\00:33:33.48
Many people don't understand
why we're going to heaven.
00:33:33.51\00:33:36.04
We'll be in
heaven for 1000 years
00:33:36.08\00:33:37.65
to settle the sin question.
00:33:37.68\00:33:39.45
The sin question is not settled
00:33:39.51\00:33:41.02
until the New
Jerusalem comes down.
00:33:41.05\00:33:43.49
And sinners are eradicated
in the fires of destruction.
00:33:43.52\00:33:47.32
Until then, there
are no animals in heaven.
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.29
Horses running back and
forth on the streets of gold.
00:33:50.33\00:33:52.53
The Bible doesn't
speak of that at all.
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.20
But in the New Earth, I
wouldn't put it past God
00:33:54.23\00:33:57.03
what He might do for us
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.40
because Paul says
in 1 Corinthians 2:9,
00:33:58.43\00:34:04.11
"Eye have not
seen nor ear heard,
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.68
nor have it entered
into the heart of men,
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.68
the things that God prepared
for those that love them."
00:34:08.74\00:34:10.91
So I might see Butch
and Jasper in the New Earth,
00:34:10.95\00:34:14.48
it's up to God, but
if they're not there,
00:34:14.52\00:34:16.55
I'll be settling for
whatever dog is there.
00:34:16.58\00:34:20.09
Or Snuggles?
00:34:20.12\00:34:21.49
Yeah, I'm just looking
forward to being there.
00:34:21.52\00:34:24.03
That's right. Amen.
00:34:24.06\00:34:25.39
That's right.
00:34:25.43\00:34:26.76
No disappointment. No.
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.10
Pastor Rafferty, "Who
is the remnant church,
00:34:28.13\00:34:30.10
according to the
Book of Revelation
00:34:30.13\00:34:31.60
in Chapter 12?"
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.00
This is from John
Tareas, out of Tennessee.
00:34:33.03\00:34:34.84
Revelation Chapter
12 very good question
00:34:34.87\00:34:37.61
we have in verse 17,
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.41
this identification
of the remnant church.
00:34:40.44\00:34:42.64
I'm reading from the King
James Version of the Bible,
00:34:42.71\00:34:45.21
Revelation 12:17, says,
00:34:45.25\00:34:47.92
"And the dragon
was wroth with a woman
00:34:47.95\00:34:49.38
and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed
00:34:49.45\00:34:51.92
which keep the
commandments of God
00:34:51.95\00:34:53.29
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:34:53.32\00:34:54.96
So according to this verse,
00:34:54.99\00:34:57.06
the remnant are group of people
00:34:57.09\00:34:59.66
who keep God's commandments
00:34:59.69\00:35:01.06
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ,
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.66
which by the way, is
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.60
according to Revelation 19:10.
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.67
But again, we need to look
at the verse more carefully,
00:35:06.70\00:35:09.40
because it says, the
dragon is wroth with the woman.
00:35:09.47\00:35:13.27
And the woman is
identified in Revelation 12:1,
00:35:13.31\00:35:17.65
"There appeared a
great wonder in heaven,
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.61
a woman clothed with the sun,
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.45
and the moon under her feet,
00:35:21.48\00:35:23.28
and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars."
00:35:23.32\00:35:26.12
Now this is a key verse
00:35:26.15\00:35:27.49
because this is the
beginning of the remnant.
00:35:27.52\00:35:31.23
The remnant is the
remnant of the woman.
00:35:31.26\00:35:33.40
The remnant
doesn't stand by itself,
00:35:33.43\00:35:35.00
it stands in
connection with the woman
00:35:35.03\00:35:36.77
and the woman here
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.23
is the amazing picture
00:35:38.27\00:35:43.10
of God's true people who
are clothed with the sun.
00:35:43.14\00:35:46.91
And that
according to Malachi 4:2
00:35:46.94\00:35:49.28
is the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:35:49.31\00:35:51.41
And then she is
standing on the moon
00:35:51.45\00:35:53.78
according to Psalm 105,
00:35:53.82\00:35:59.12
the moon represents the
light, the truth of God's Word,
00:35:59.19\00:36:03.56
thy Word is a lamp unto my
feet and light unto my path.
00:36:03.59\00:36:06.26
So this woman is clothed
with Christ's righteousness.
00:36:06.29\00:36:08.80
This woman is
standing on the Word of God,
00:36:08.83\00:36:10.37
she's crowned, she
has a crown of 12 stars
00:36:10.40\00:36:13.07
with creases of
the kingdom number, 12
00:36:13.10\00:36:15.54
tribes of the Old Testament,
00:36:15.57\00:36:16.91
12 apostles of
the New Testament.
00:36:16.94\00:36:18.31
So the remnant of this woman
00:36:18.34\00:36:20.08
not only keep
God's commandments,
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.44
but the reason they
keep God's commandments,
00:36:21.48\00:36:23.58
is because they are clothed
with Christ's righteousness.
00:36:23.61\00:36:26.78
They are settled
into the salvation
00:36:26.82\00:36:29.42
that Jesus Christ
is provided as a gift.
00:36:29.45\00:36:31.99
And they love Him
because of that gift.
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.12
And because they love Him,
they keep His commandments,
00:36:34.16\00:36:36.09
and they have the
testimony of Jesus
00:36:36.16\00:36:37.56
and they're
standing on the Word of God.
00:36:37.59\00:36:38.93
And in verse 11, it says,
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.30
"They overcome by the
word of their testimony,
00:36:40.33\00:36:41.86
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.23
and they loved not
their lives unto the death."
00:36:43.26\00:36:44.60
So the remnant in Revelation 12
00:36:44.63\00:36:46.47
takes in all of
these characteristics.
00:36:46.50\00:36:48.24
Amen.
00:36:48.27\00:36:49.60
Your face lights up every time
00:36:49.64\00:36:51.01
you're talking about
Revelation by the way.
00:36:51.04\00:36:53.74
Prophetic law.
00:36:53.78\00:36:55.11
That's right.
00:36:55.14\00:36:56.51
Pastor Day, "I'm a
member of a Sunday Church.
00:36:56.54\00:37:00.22
Do I need to get
baptized to become a member
00:37:00.25\00:37:02.85
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church?"
00:37:02.88\00:37:05.02
Well, the simple
answer to that question
00:37:05.05\00:37:06.79
is not necessarily.
00:37:06.82\00:37:08.99
Little over 10 years ago,
00:37:09.06\00:37:10.39
almost 11 years
ago, I became a member
00:37:10.43\00:37:12.63
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:37:12.66\00:37:14.00
and I did not come
in through baptism,
00:37:14.00\00:37:16.20
but what is known
as profession of faith.
00:37:16.26\00:37:18.30
At that particular time
in my walk with the Lord,
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.60
I had already
previously been baptized,
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.44
you know, by
immersion, as the Bible teaches.
00:37:23.47\00:37:26.11
And I felt at that point
that my baptism was sufficient.
00:37:26.17\00:37:29.64
And that in that case,
the church provides an option
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.05
for someone to come in,
00:37:32.08\00:37:33.42
by profession of
faith, just simply declaring,
00:37:33.45\00:37:35.72
and professing
your belief in Christ
00:37:35.78\00:37:37.59
and the biblical principles
00:37:37.62\00:37:39.19
that a Christian
should be grounded in
00:37:39.25\00:37:42.76
making a profession of
faith so that's an option.
00:37:42.82\00:37:44.73
Now, obviously, if you
have been baptized before,
00:37:44.76\00:37:47.60
but you've not
been baptized in the way
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.46
that the Bible tells
you should be for instance,
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.50
maybe through forms
of baptism by infusion
00:37:51.53\00:37:54.47
or pouring or sprinkling
00:37:54.50\00:37:55.87
of some kind in
that case, absolutely.
00:37:55.90\00:37:57.54
If you're coming
in as a new member
00:37:57.57\00:37:59.34
into the Adventist Church,
00:37:59.37\00:38:00.78
we're going to strongly,
00:38:00.81\00:38:02.68
ask you to be
baptized in the biblical form,
00:38:02.71\00:38:06.21
which is baptism by immersion.
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.75
I have also since
joining the Adventist Church,
00:38:08.78\00:38:11.25
I've been rebaptized
00:38:11.29\00:38:12.65
because the Lord taught
me new life changing truth,
00:38:12.69\00:38:15.49
truth that
transformed my understanding,
00:38:15.52\00:38:17.43
my outlook on what it
means to be a follower of Jesus,
00:38:17.46\00:38:20.76
to love Jesus, and
to know Jesus as my Lord
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.23
and personal Savior.
00:38:23.26\00:38:24.60
And when I saw that,
and the light bulb came on,
00:38:24.63\00:38:27.20
and the light
was shown in my life,
00:38:27.24\00:38:28.77
I made the
decision, just as we see,
00:38:28.80\00:38:31.61
the 12 Ephesian
disciples in Acts Chapter 19,
00:38:31.64\00:38:34.21
I made the decision to be
rebaptized into this new truth
00:38:34.24\00:38:37.78
and this new understanding
of what it means to be
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.68
fully committed
and surrender to Jesus.
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.82
So that very well
may be the case for you
00:38:41.85\00:38:44.05
as you're coming
into this new truth.
00:38:44.09\00:38:45.55
If you make the
decision to become a member
00:38:45.59\00:38:47.56
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:38:47.59\00:38:48.92
you may not necessarily
need to be rebaptized,
00:38:48.96\00:38:51.56
because if you've been
baptized before previously,
00:38:51.59\00:38:54.46
according to the right
understanding of baptism,
00:38:54.46\00:38:57.10
but you may do
choose later down the road
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.00
or at that point
of new membership
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.90
in the Adventist
Church to be rebaptized
00:39:00.94\00:39:03.17
according to the new truth
00:39:03.20\00:39:04.54
that you have
learned in Jesus Christ
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.07
Amen.
00:39:06.14\00:39:07.68
Well said.
00:39:07.71\00:39:09.04
Pastor Lomacang,
you're gonna have
00:39:09.11\00:39:10.68
three minutes for this question.
00:39:10.71\00:39:13.11
"My brother
wants to be baptized.
00:39:13.18\00:39:14.92
My mother has prayed
for him for many years,
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.25
but he doesn't want to
become a member of a church.
00:39:17.29\00:39:20.36
He loves the Lord and prays
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.19
but is a loner and
never goes anywhere.
00:39:22.22\00:39:25.56
Can he be baptized
without joining a church?"
00:39:25.59\00:39:28.03
Okay, he could be baptized,
but let me make it very clear.
00:39:28.06\00:39:31.03
I'll start with Mark 16:16,
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.20
the purpose of
baptism is outlined clearly,
00:39:33.27\00:39:35.34
he who believes and is
baptized will be saved.
00:39:35.37\00:39:38.04
So that's the
purpose of baptism,
00:39:38.07\00:39:39.64
washing away the old life,
00:39:39.71\00:39:41.98
putting to death that old life,
00:39:42.01\00:39:43.95
coming forth to walk
in the newness of life.
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.18
Romans 6:5-6.
00:39:46.25\00:39:48.45
Baptism gives us a new start,
00:39:48.48\00:39:50.72
but nowhere in the
Bible does baptism separate us
00:39:50.75\00:39:54.39
from the community of believers.
00:39:54.42\00:39:56.26
Baptism into Jesus
means baptism into His church,
00:39:56.29\00:40:00.13
He established a church
00:40:00.16\00:40:01.73
and we cannot
victoriously become successful
00:40:01.76\00:40:07.34
if we are fighting the
battle of life by ourselves.
00:40:07.37\00:40:11.14
The community of believers
is what the Bible established.
00:40:11.17\00:40:14.24
That's why the Lord said,
00:40:14.28\00:40:15.64
"Thou art Peter
and upon this rock,
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.21
I build my church,
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.58
and the gates of hell
will not prevail against it."
00:40:18.61\00:40:20.82
Matthew 16:18.
00:40:20.85\00:40:22.92
So the Lord
established the church
00:40:22.98\00:40:24.92
for the purpose of a
community of believers,
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.66
that's where you get the
word fellowship koinonia.
00:40:27.69\00:40:30.19
And we find that
in the Book of Acts,
00:40:30.23\00:40:31.96
where the
church was established.
00:40:31.99\00:40:33.33
Acts 2:41,
00:40:33.36\00:40:35.00
"Then those who
gladly received the word
00:40:35.03\00:40:37.47
were baptized and that day
00:40:37.50\00:40:40.10
about 3000 souls
were added to them."
00:40:40.14\00:40:43.34
Added to what?
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.71
Verse 47,
00:40:44.74\00:40:46.71
"Praising God and having
favor with all the people,
00:40:46.74\00:40:49.71
and the Lord added
to the church daily,
00:40:49.74\00:40:52.48
those who were being saved."
00:40:52.51\00:40:54.08
He who believes and is
baptized shall be saved.
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.48
Saved for what?
00:40:56.55\00:40:57.89
To be added to the
community of believers,
00:40:57.92\00:40:59.82
for what purpose?
00:40:59.85\00:41:01.26
For we are His workmanship
00:41:01.29\00:41:02.76
created in Christ
Jesus for good works.
00:41:02.79\00:41:05.23
God doesn't just
hire you and say,
00:41:05.26\00:41:07.13
sit there and I'll
just pay for doing nothing.
00:41:07.20\00:41:09.36
We are saved by grace,
00:41:09.43\00:41:10.77
but we are saved for good works,
00:41:10.80\00:41:12.70
not by good works.
00:41:12.73\00:41:14.24
The community is there
for us to grow together.
00:41:14.27\00:41:17.01
Iron sharpens iron.
00:41:17.04\00:41:18.44
You will never
know how strong you are
00:41:18.47\00:41:20.38
if you are not in a
community of believers.
00:41:20.41\00:41:22.24
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:41:22.28\00:41:23.61
Because we know the
people in the church
00:41:23.65\00:41:25.81
help us grow as pastors.
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.82
But you find Acts 2:44,
00:41:27.85\00:41:30.25
"Now all who
believed were together
00:41:30.29\00:41:33.22
and had all things in common."
00:41:33.25\00:41:35.62
That's why when you
find the story of Peter
00:41:35.66\00:41:37.29
being in prison,
00:41:37.33\00:41:38.66
what happened?
00:41:38.69\00:41:40.06
Acts 12:12, they came together
and when the church gathered,
00:41:40.10\00:41:44.30
many were
praying together, what?
00:41:44.33\00:41:46.17
For the release of Peter.
00:41:46.20\00:41:48.54
The Bible says in Ephesians,
there's one Lord, one faith,
00:41:48.57\00:41:51.31
one baptism, one
God, one Father of all,
00:41:51.34\00:41:54.08
and what's the purpose of that?
00:41:54.11\00:41:55.51
For the unity of the faith.
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.95
Unity cannot be by yourself.
00:41:57.98\00:42:00.18
You're not just
unified, you and God alone.
00:42:00.22\00:42:02.32
Can you imagine,
I'm a football player,
00:42:02.35\00:42:04.12
I play for the New York Giants?
00:42:04.15\00:42:06.42
Have you ever played?
00:42:06.45\00:42:07.79
No, I just bought the
uniform, the helmet, the shoes,
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.79
everything else, but
I'm not a part of the team.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.63
I don't want to be
a part of the team.
00:42:11.66\00:42:13.56
The church is going to triumph.
00:42:13.60\00:42:15.16
The church is not
triumphing individually,
00:42:15.20\00:42:17.47
we are being caught up together.
00:42:17.50\00:42:20.10
And so when you
find in the Bible,
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.64
here's the
blessing of the church.
00:42:22.67\00:42:24.01
Matthew 18:24,
00:42:24.04\00:42:25.47
"For where two or three
are gathered in My name,
00:42:25.51\00:42:28.41
I am there in
the midst of them."
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.31
When you join Christ,
00:42:30.35\00:42:31.78
you joined the
fellowship of the church,
00:42:31.81\00:42:33.55
where the gates of hell
cannot prevail against it.
00:42:33.58\00:42:35.85
And that's what unity
and fellowship is all about.
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.99
That's right. Amen.
00:42:38.02\00:42:39.59
And you miss out on so much
if you're not going to church.
00:42:39.62\00:42:43.29
Pastor Rafferty,
"Today in Africa,
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.53
we die at the age of 50
or 70, yet in the Bible,
00:42:45.56\00:42:50.07
mostly in the Old Testament
people reached 900 years old.
00:42:50.10\00:42:54.10
Why is that?
00:42:54.14\00:42:55.47
Are we too sinful to
die above the age of 100?"
00:42:55.50\00:42:59.07
This is from Emanuel.
00:42:59.11\00:43:00.78
Great question, Emmanuel.
00:43:00.81\00:43:02.14
You know, the Bible does talk
about the pre flood lifespan,
00:43:02.18\00:43:06.48
the much longer than
the lifespan we have today.
00:43:06.55\00:43:10.05
And there are
several reasons for that.
00:43:10.12\00:43:11.45
One of the
reasons is we know that
00:43:11.49\00:43:12.82
the earth's atmosphere was
different before the flood,
00:43:12.85\00:43:15.39
and that allowed for
people to live longer
00:43:15.42\00:43:18.36
to live healthier
than after the flood.
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.43
Another reason for that is
00:43:21.46\00:43:22.80
because God actually
did shorten our lives.
00:43:22.86\00:43:25.20
The wickedness
of man was so great
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.00
before the flood that
God said, you know what?
00:43:27.04\00:43:28.77
I need to do things a
little bit differently
00:43:28.80\00:43:30.51
on the other side.
00:43:30.54\00:43:31.87
And so we're told
that God actually gives us
00:43:31.91\00:43:33.84
threescore and 10,
which is about 70 years.
00:43:33.88\00:43:36.58
Now, there are people
that live longer than that.
00:43:36.64\00:43:38.45
And Adventists
themselves are known
00:43:38.48\00:43:40.05
to live longer than that
00:43:40.12\00:43:41.45
because we follow
these health principles,
00:43:41.48\00:43:43.28
or at least when we do
follow these health principles,
00:43:43.32\00:43:45.39
they give us longevity,
00:43:45.42\00:43:47.39
and we actually
create Blue Zones,
00:43:47.42\00:43:49.22
and there are
more being created.
00:43:49.26\00:43:50.66
We have one in Loma Linda,
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.03
there's another one
being created in Walla Walla,
00:43:52.06\00:43:53.50
Washington.
00:43:53.53\00:43:54.83
So there is a lifestyle
00:43:54.86\00:43:56.46
that can actually
prolong our years on this earth,
00:43:56.53\00:44:00.17
give us a healthier,
00:44:00.20\00:44:01.77
longer life if we
follow the principles
00:44:01.80\00:44:03.84
that God has given us.
00:44:03.87\00:44:05.34
After the flood, that lifespan
was interrupted by the diet
00:44:05.37\00:44:10.78
that we partook of post
flood we started eating animals.
00:44:10.81\00:44:14.85
Before the flood,
00:44:14.88\00:44:17.09
the food that God had given us
was largely a vegetarian diet,
00:44:17.12\00:44:20.99
and probably most
people follow that,
00:44:21.02\00:44:22.96
but after the flood there
wasn't a lot of vegetation.
00:44:23.02\00:44:25.16
God allowed Noah his
family to eat animals.
00:44:25.19\00:44:27.83
And we know today
research tells us today
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.47
that an animal diet
does increase our mortality,
00:44:30.50\00:44:34.90
it increases disease,
and it shortens our lifespan.
00:44:34.94\00:44:39.14
So there are a
number of factors here
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.08
that we need to consider.
00:44:41.11\00:44:42.44
But most of all,
we need to recognize
00:44:42.48\00:44:44.85
that God has given us
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.21
a certain amount of
years on this earth,
00:44:46.28\00:44:47.62
we follow Him, we live up
to the life He's given us,
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.55
and we trust Him
00:44:49.58\00:44:50.92
for this particular
part of life that we have.
00:44:50.95\00:44:53.66
And then we believe
in Him for eternal life.
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.79
This life right now
00:44:56.83\00:44:58.53
is just the
opportunity to give us a taste
00:44:58.56\00:45:01.00
of what eternity
is going to be like.
00:45:01.03\00:45:02.70
Amen.
00:45:02.76\00:45:04.23
Eternity is gonna be incredible.
00:45:04.27\00:45:07.20
We're gonna enter
into what I like to call
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.07
our bonus round,
00:45:09.10\00:45:10.44
where we just throw
out some extra questions,
00:45:10.47\00:45:11.94
and whoever wants to answer them
00:45:11.97\00:45:13.38
can answer them.
00:45:13.44\00:45:15.24
This one says, "Where
in the Bible does it say
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.61
that the Holy Spirit
will be taken from the earth?"
00:45:18.65\00:45:21.75
This is from
Carlina out of Texas.
00:45:21.78\00:45:24.85
Well, we find in Genesis,
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.02
it didn't say the Holy Spirit
will be taken from the earth.
00:45:27.06\00:45:29.49
It says My Spirit will
not always strive with man.
00:45:29.52\00:45:33.26
And now we find
that in the story
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.60
of the antediluvian world
00:45:35.63\00:45:37.60
where the Lord was striving
00:45:37.63\00:45:39.27
with the antediluvian generation
00:45:39.30\00:45:41.27
through the Holy
Spirit as He does today.
00:45:41.30\00:45:43.54
And you find in
John 16, He says,
00:45:43.57\00:45:45.97
what's the role
of the Holy Spirit?
00:45:46.01\00:45:47.48
To convict of
sin, and of judgment,
00:45:47.51\00:45:49.98
and of righteousness.
00:45:50.01\00:45:51.35
And then you find the
writings in the Book of Matthew,
00:45:51.38\00:45:54.32
that we should not
grieve the Holy Spirit
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.42
whereby we are sealed.
00:45:56.45\00:45:58.05
Now when you
decide not to respond
00:45:58.09\00:46:00.36
to the wooing
of the Holy Spirit.
00:46:00.39\00:46:01.92
I've often said, the
Spirit works in three ways,
00:46:01.96\00:46:04.33
one, to work on us,
00:46:04.36\00:46:06.86
then when we
respond to work in us,
00:46:06.90\00:46:09.10
then when we get
strong and are developed
00:46:09.13\00:46:11.00
in our walk to work through us.
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.17
But if you don't respond
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.54
to the one who's working on you,
00:46:14.57\00:46:16.00
he'll never work in you
00:46:16.04\00:46:17.37
and he surely
won't work through you.
00:46:17.41\00:46:19.17
What will happen?
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.54
You will lose that privilege.
00:46:20.58\00:46:21.91
And as was the day of the flood,
00:46:21.94\00:46:23.28
the days of the flood,
00:46:23.31\00:46:24.65
he says, My Spirit will
not always strive with man,
00:46:24.68\00:46:27.55
meaning, as I said in
very common vernacular,
00:46:27.58\00:46:30.32
God's not gonna
always be fighting with you.
00:46:30.35\00:46:33.09
One day, that voice
will no longer be heard,
00:46:33.12\00:46:35.62
that still small
voice will be shut out.
00:46:35.66\00:46:37.99
So as we've seen
in the scriptures
00:46:38.03\00:46:39.93
don't make the same
mistake the antediluvians did,
00:46:39.96\00:46:42.96
by ignoring the voice of God,
00:46:43.00\00:46:44.70
which was calling them
into the ark of safety.
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.04
You cannot ignore the
Holy Spirit and be saved.
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.70
Well said.
00:46:49.74\00:46:51.07
I'll just echo the
fact he was going right
00:46:51.11\00:46:53.17
where I was gonna go.
00:46:53.21\00:46:54.54
You know, Jesus said
on all of the discourse,
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.35
he says that Matthew 24:37,
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.91
that as in the days of Noah
00:46:59.95\00:47:01.82
so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be
00:47:01.85\00:47:04.29
comparing the last
days to the days of Noah.
00:47:04.32\00:47:06.39
And so while the Bible
does not explicitly say,
00:47:06.42\00:47:09.26
you know that in the last days,
00:47:09.29\00:47:10.83
the Holy Spirit's
going to be withdrawn,
00:47:10.86\00:47:12.59
we know that it's in
comparison to Noah's day
00:47:12.63\00:47:14.93
where he did say,
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.26
My Spirit will not
always strive with man.
00:47:16.30\00:47:17.63
In this case, we're
going to see a repeat of that,
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.47
as the day's
progress closer and closer
00:47:19.53\00:47:22.04
to the Second Coming of Jesus.
00:47:22.07\00:47:24.87
That this world is waning cold,
00:47:24.91\00:47:27.11
the love of this
world is waxing cold,
00:47:27.18\00:47:28.98
lawlessness is
abounding in much.
00:47:29.01\00:47:31.91
And as Pastor mentioned,
00:47:31.95\00:47:33.35
you know, the
grieving of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:33.42\00:47:35.28
I think in 1 Thessalonians
5, Paul talks about,
00:47:35.32\00:47:37.69
you know, Do not
quench the Holy Spirit,
00:47:37.72\00:47:39.45
we're seeing more and more
00:47:39.49\00:47:40.86
of God's Spirit being withdrawn,
00:47:40.89\00:47:43.06
not because God
wants it to be that way
00:47:43.12\00:47:44.99
but because man
is choosing to reject
00:47:45.03\00:47:47.76
the spirit of
truth in their life.
00:47:47.83\00:47:49.36
And when that
happens, oh, my goodness,
00:47:49.40\00:47:51.73
Lord, have mercy on us.
00:47:51.77\00:47:53.10
We need to be in
prayer for each other
00:47:53.13\00:47:54.47
and for our friends
or family in this world.
00:47:54.50\00:47:56.47
But we know the inevitable end
is that Jesus must come back,
00:47:56.50\00:47:59.64
because the
majority of this world
00:47:59.67\00:48:01.44
is going to reject a spirit,
00:48:01.48\00:48:02.91
but he has a
people who will not.
00:48:02.98\00:48:04.95
Amen.
00:48:04.98\00:48:06.31
What they said.
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.92
I'm in Matthew 24, right now.
00:48:08.95\00:48:10.49
Okay.
00:48:10.52\00:48:12.85
And you know, one last state,
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.46
and what happens
when you reject the spirit
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.42
that wants to give
you a true revelation,
00:48:16.46\00:48:19.53
God sends a strong delusion.
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.06
That's what people think
00:48:22.10\00:48:23.43
that they're
under the Spirit of God,
00:48:23.47\00:48:24.80
when in fact, they are
deluded, they are deceived,
00:48:24.83\00:48:27.00
because they
reject the Holy Spirit,
00:48:27.04\00:48:29.27
which is in fact
the spirit of truth.
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.31
So be careful how we respond
00:48:31.34\00:48:33.34
or not to the
Holy Spirit's wooing.
00:48:33.38\00:48:35.14
That's right. Well said.
00:48:35.18\00:48:36.91
"When this earth is made new,
00:48:36.95\00:48:39.18
the New Jerusalem,
where will all the angels be?"
00:48:39.21\00:48:42.65
This is from Diane
out of Pennsylvania.
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.69
You want to start, James?
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.72
I'm not sure I was gonna be.
00:48:46.76\00:48:48.19
Well, we're told in the
context of Revelation Chapter 4,
00:48:48.22\00:48:51.46
for example, as
well as Ezekiel Chapter 1
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.90
and Isaiah Chapter 6,
00:48:53.93\00:48:55.23
that the angels are
around the throne of God,
00:48:55.26\00:48:57.13
and we know in
Revelation 21 and 22,
00:48:57.20\00:49:00.24
that the throne of
God, the city of Jerusalem
00:49:00.27\00:49:02.34
is going to come
down to this earth.
00:49:02.37\00:49:03.71
So the angels
are going to remain
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.14
around the throne of God.
00:49:05.17\00:49:06.54
God isn't going to say,
well, I'm going down to earth.
00:49:06.57\00:49:07.91
Now I've got all
my people down there
00:49:07.94\00:49:09.91
that I've redeemed,
they're going to replace you.
00:49:09.94\00:49:11.55
You're no longer needed,
00:49:11.58\00:49:12.91
you can go off
to another planet.
00:49:12.95\00:49:14.28
No, they'll be there.
00:49:14.32\00:49:15.65
And we see that in
Revelation over and over again,
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.79
we see the 24 elders
and living creatures,
00:49:17.82\00:49:20.76
the 24 elders
and living creatures,
00:49:20.79\00:49:22.36
we see every voice
in heaven and earth
00:49:22.39\00:49:24.23
and under the earth
and all the angels saying
00:49:24.26\00:49:26.09
praise and glory
and honor and power,
00:49:26.13\00:49:27.86
majesty to God and to Him
00:49:27.86\00:49:29.20
that sits on the
throne to the Lamb.
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.73
So we know that the angel
is going to be here with us
00:49:30.77\00:49:34.24
praising God
throughout all eternity.
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.34
Well said.
00:49:36.37\00:49:37.71
And the other thing
is the angels of God
00:49:37.74\00:49:39.44
are His workforce.
00:49:39.47\00:49:40.81
That's right.
00:49:40.84\00:49:42.18
When you read Revelation, I
love the Book of Revelation.
00:49:42.21\00:49:43.58
I know you do, too, James.
00:49:43.61\00:49:44.95
You find angels are
through and through.
00:49:44.98\00:49:47.32
In the very beginning,
he sent and signified it
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.52
through His angels
to His servant, John,
00:49:49.55\00:49:51.82
then the angels to
the seven churches,
00:49:51.85\00:49:54.22
then you find the angels
holding back the four winds,
00:49:54.26\00:49:56.89
then the mighty angel
in Revelation Chapter 18.
00:49:56.96\00:49:59.56
And then the army
that's following God
00:49:59.59\00:50:02.33
on horses are the angels.
00:50:02.36\00:50:04.33
And then he's
going to send his angels
00:50:04.37\00:50:05.70
in Matthew Chapter 25 and 26.
00:50:05.73\00:50:08.00
He's going to send His
angels and gather His elect.
00:50:08.04\00:50:10.44
So the angels are continuing
00:50:10.51\00:50:13.07
the work of
completing the act of salvation.
00:50:13.11\00:50:16.38
Hebrews 1:14,
00:50:16.44\00:50:17.85
"Are they not all
ministering spirits
00:50:17.88\00:50:20.02
sent forth to minister for those
00:50:20.05\00:50:21.92
who will inherit salvation?"
00:50:21.95\00:50:23.59
That's the work of the angels.
00:50:23.62\00:50:25.12
And you know what's beautiful,
00:50:25.15\00:50:26.86
the angels are also
involved in keeping us safe.
00:50:26.89\00:50:29.12
The angel of the Lord encampeth
00:50:29.16\00:50:30.79
around about those who
fear Him and deliver them.
00:50:30.83\00:50:33.09
So and also last part,
00:50:33.13\00:50:35.43
we are not the
only world in existence.
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.70
I cannot imagine
00:50:37.73\00:50:39.07
how many angels there
are for all the worlds,
00:50:39.10\00:50:42.34
the aeons that God has created.
00:50:42.37\00:50:44.64
We're going to be blown away
00:50:44.67\00:50:46.01
when we see what
God has hidden for us
00:50:46.04\00:50:48.21
to see when we get a
chance to see Him face to face.
00:50:48.24\00:50:50.95
That's exactly
where I was gonna go.
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.35
Hebrews 1:2 here says
00:50:52.38\00:50:53.98
that God made,
He made the worlds.
00:50:54.02\00:50:55.45
And so I can imagine
00:50:55.48\00:50:56.85
who's at these
other worlds, right?
00:50:56.89\00:50:58.22
All the other angels.
00:50:58.25\00:50:59.59
Even Jesus said that we will
be made like into the angels.
00:50:59.62\00:51:01.99
And so I can imagine
00:51:02.02\00:51:03.36
that you're
going to be everywhere
00:51:03.39\00:51:04.79
where the angel is going to be,
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.16
or there's going
to be some in heaven,
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.50
there's going to be
some of these other worlds.
00:51:07.56\00:51:08.86
And I can imagine,
even on this New Earth,
00:51:08.90\00:51:10.23
we're going to see the
presence of angels quite often.
00:51:10.27\00:51:13.00
So they're going to be
where God wants them to be.
00:51:13.03\00:51:15.17
That's right. Well said.
00:51:15.20\00:51:17.57
You know, I feel
like when I get to heaven,
00:51:17.61\00:51:19.34
I'm gonna just
have to thank my angel
00:51:19.37\00:51:21.81
over and over and over again,
00:51:21.84\00:51:24.81
and thank Jesus for His
hand of protection over my life.
00:51:24.85\00:51:28.02
That's right.
00:51:28.05\00:51:29.38
Your angel is gonna
be on Social Security.
00:51:29.42\00:51:30.92
You may pay him for overtime.
00:51:30.95\00:51:34.96
I'm just looking
forward to getting there.
00:51:34.99\00:51:37.39
Well, I hope that you've been
enjoying this program thus far.
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.90
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00:51:40.93\00:51:43.00
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00:51:43.03\00:51:45.57
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00:51:45.60\00:51:47.27
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00:51:47.30\00:51:51.67
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for answers from God's Word.
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