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Hello, friends, and
welcome to 3ABN Today,
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Questions and Answers.
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I am your host James Rafferty,
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and I have a great
panel with me today.
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And we're going to be
answering a number of questions
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that you have sent in.
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We love Bible questions
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and we want to
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That's why we're here today
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because we want to
open the Word of God,
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we want to
answer these questions
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from the
authority of God's Word.
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Amen.
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So joining me
on the panel today,
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we have John Dinzey to my right.
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Welcome, John.
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Thank you. It's a
privilege to be here.
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You know, the Bible
is so full of information
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and things to learn
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that we're going to be continue
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to study the
scriptures throughout eternity
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because God has
put so much in there.
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Amen.
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And also joining us is Ryan Day.
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Amen.
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Always a blessing to be a
part of this incredible program.
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And for those of you at
home who don't have a clue,
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two minutes is not enough
to answer these questions.
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It's not enough time,
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but we're going to continue
to press forward anyways.
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Amen.
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Glad you're here Ryan,
and also John Lomacang.
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Good to be here.
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I tell you, to be in a seat
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where we could
condense a question down
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to two minutes is an art,
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and it's a very humbling
task to know what to lead out.
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So we are giving
you what we consider
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the condensed
answer into the point.
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Thank you for joining us. Amen.
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So before we get started
to get into the Word of God,
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we're just going to
take a moment or two,
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to ask the Holy Spirit
to lead us and guide us.
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I'm going to ask Ryan
to do that for us please.
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Absolutely.
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Let us pray.
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Our Father in heaven Lord,
God, hallowed be Your name.
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Thank You, Lord,
for this wonderful day
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You've given us, this
time, this opportunity.
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We have to reflect
in Your Word about You,
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to learn of You,
to learn of Your will.
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And, Lord, we know that
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You're going to
bless us abundantly today,
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we ask for the Holy
Spirit to lead and guide us
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here on this table today.
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And lead and
guide each and every one
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of our viewers at home
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who are listening
all around the world,
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wherever they are,
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and may each and every
one of us be drawn to Jesus
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and the truth of His
Word through this program.
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We ask in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Ryan.
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Well, we have some
great questions here
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that we're going
to be answering today.
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And we're going to
start out with a hot one.
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And this one,
Ryan, is going to you.
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I'm going to give
you three minutes.
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All right. All
right. Sounds good.
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It's pretty intense.
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It says about the
second death mentioned
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in Revelation
20:20 and 13 through 15.
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"Is hell going to
be a place of torment,
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eternal torment for Satan
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and all people who
don't accept Christ?
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Please explain the
verses in more depth
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as I don't fully
understand them."
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And that's from Unia
in Brisbane, Australia.
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Sure.
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Let me go ahead and
read the text really quickly,
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and then we'll get
right into the answer.
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So this is Revelation 20:10.
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It says, "The
devil who deceived them
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was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are,
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and they will be tormented
day and night forever and ever."
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Then go down to
verse 13 through 15.
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It says, "And the sea gave
up the dead who were in it,
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and Death and Hades
delivered up the dead
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who were in them.
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And they were judged,
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each one according to his works.
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Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire.
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This is the second death.
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And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
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was cast into the lake of fire."
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So the question pertaining here
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is the duration of the burning
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or the torment in this hellfire.
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And I just want to
say right off the bat,
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one of the reasons why we
keep getting this question
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is because there was a
little bit of confusion
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that I started in one
of the previous program.
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I want to say, just based on
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if you've seen that
previous program, I had said,
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based on a couple of
texts that I had read,
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many texts that
talk about this burning
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being in a day or on a day.
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It talks about on
that day, or in that day.
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I had made the
mistake of interpreting
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that to be one
literal, 24-hour period.
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Let me just say, for
the record, I was wrong.
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I was wrong.
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And this happens
sometimes where you know,
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as you're growing,
as you're learning,
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you learn a little bit
more, and God brings the light.
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And so after talking to some
of my brothers here in ministry,
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Pastor Lomacang
and Pastor Rafferty,
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we had a little bit more
time to discuss through this.
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And so let me just clarify
what I believe very clearly
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is supported by Scripture.
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First of all, we know that
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God does not
burn people forever,
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in the literal modern
sense of to infinity and beyond.
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We know that's
not the case at all.
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First of all, Romans 6:23,
"The wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of
God is eternal life."
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Right?
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There's a
contrasting understanding there.
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Even in John 3:16,
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that it says there that
for God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son
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that whosoever believes in Him,
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notice, should not what?
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Burn forever and ever
and ever, should not perish,
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but what's the
contrasting for the righteous?
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But have everlasting life.
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And we know that
those who burn in hellfire,
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they don't burn forever,
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you know, in the
literal understanding of,
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you know, foreverness as time,
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you know, in the
ceaseless ages to come,
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that these people burn in hell.
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We know that if we
go to Malachi 4:1-3,
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it confirms to us very
clearly, that this hellfire,
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whatever duration of time
that may be for the person
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who's enduring
that, it's not a forever.
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They are brought to ashes,
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they cease to
exist at some point.
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But we have to also recognize
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as in and I've
read Great Controversy,
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I've missed a little
quote where it talks about
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some people will
burn several days maybe,
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but the idea is, is
that God is a just God.
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And we have to understand
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that the Bible
makes it very clear.
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I'm going to read this
text to you, Revelation 22:12,
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"And behold, I am
coming quickly, Jesus says,
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and My reward is
with Me to give every one
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according to his works."
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Okay, we are not
judged, excuse me,
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we are not saved by our works,
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but we are judged
according to our works.
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And we see that in Romans 2:5-8,
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2 Corinthians
5:10, Revelation 20:12,
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there's many, many
other texts that talk about
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how we're judged
according to our works.
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Now that's different
for different people.
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So when we go, when
we read these texts,
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for instance, in
Revelation 14:10-11,
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it says, "He shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels,
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in the presence of the Lamb,
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and the smoke of their torment
ascended up forever and ever,
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and they have no
rest day nor night."
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That forever and
ever is not again,
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forever in, you know,
ceaseless ages to come.
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Because forever in the Bible
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does have a
definite period of time.
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It means until burned up,
or according to Malachi 4,
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until brought to ashes.
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But how long will that be?
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Well, it's according
to your individual works.
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If a person an
unrighteous person,
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you know, I'm just, I'm
not trying to place myself
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as a judge here,
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but Hitler's punishment
probably won't be the same
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as Cain's punishment.
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The idea is this,
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for some it may be
within a 24 hour period,
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others it may be for
a day, or two, or three,
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or however long God as judge,
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as righteous judge
deems that to be the case.
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But here's the
thing we know for sure,
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they do not burn forever
eternally in the same sense
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that we live in
heaven for eternity.
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They are, their
punishment, past tense,
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comes to an end,
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and the results
of that is forever,
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but their punishment
does not go on forever.
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Pastor James, I just
want you to add to that,
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'cause you were saying
something about Isaiah,
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or you had talked to me about
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how you come to
this understanding.
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So could you share
that with us at this moment?
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Yeah, I was just, that's,
I really appreciate that,
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Ryan, I think
it's a great example,
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not only for us,
but all of our viewers
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that we are willing to say,
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"Hey, you know, I
made a mistake here.
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I didn't understand this."
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I've said that so many
times, but never on air.
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But thank you for leading
out in helping us to be humble.
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Yeah, Isaiah 28,
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there's a whole section
in there starting in about
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I'd say verse so 16, 17 in there
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that talks about this
whole strange act of God.
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God, it's God's strange act.
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And it does take some time,
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the implications
there by day and by night,
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you know, and then, of
course, the books being opened
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in Revelation Chapter 20.
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That's the record of
the history of the world.
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It's going to take some
time to go through that,
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but definitely not
eternity as we have,
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as Adventist have understood.
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There is a
perishing, there is a death,
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you know, Romans,
and John Chapter 3.
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And so I really love this truth.
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I mean, it's
such a beautiful thing
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to understand that
God does not punish people
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for all eternity,
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but yet there is
going to be a consequence.
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All right.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Sure.
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"Could you please explain
what happened in Mark 7:24-30?
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I don't
understand what Jesus said
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and what the woman replied."
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Okay, let me go right
directly to Mark 7:24-30.
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"From there He arose
and went to the region
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of Tyre and Sidon.
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And He entered a house
and wanted no one to know it,
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but He could not be hidden.
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For a woman whose young daughter
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had an unclean
spirit heard about Him,
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and she came and
fell at His feet.
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The woman was a Greek, a
Syro-Phoenician by birth,
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and she kept asking Him
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to cast the demon
out of her daughter.
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But Jesus said to her,
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'Let the
children be filled first,
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for it is not good to
take the children's bread
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and throw it to the dogs.'
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And she answered and
said to Him, 'Yes, Lord,
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yet even the
little dog under the table
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eat from the children's crumbs.'
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Then He said to her,
'For this saying go your way,
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the demon has gone
out of your daughter.'
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And when she had
come to her house,
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she found the demon gone out,
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and her daughter
lying on the floor.'"
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One of the things that
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the Lord uses
language already in existence,
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the Jews
considered any other nation
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other than the
Jews as illegitimate,
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not accepted by God.
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And they used
terms like dog and swine.
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But the Bible made it very clear
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that this woman was not
of the National Jewish birth,
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she was Syro-Phoenician.
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You find the
phrases in the Bible
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that refers to this,
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the first lesson is,
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it's not good to
take the children's bread
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and throw it to the dogs.
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The Jews consider themselves
exclusive to the gospel.
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That's why we
find at the parable
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of the rich man and Lazarus,
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they wouldn't even
allow the crumbs to fall
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from their table to
give to the Gentiles.
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But the dog that
they rejected came
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and lick the
sore of the Gentile.
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They were more
concerned about the well-being.
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So you find two
verses, the nutshell of it is
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the dog's referred
to those who reject God.
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You find 2 Peter 2:22,
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when people return
back to their old ways.
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"But it happened to them
according to the true proverb:
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'A dog return to his
own vomit, and a sow or pig,
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having washed to her
wallowing in the mire."
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Matthew 7:6,
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"Do not give what
is holy to the dogs,
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nor cast your
pearl before the swine."
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But here's the
point of the entire story.
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When you are accepted by Jesus,
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you are not a dog,
you're not a swine.
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That's why in the commission
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of Peter to
Cornelius' house in Acts 10:28,
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when Peter went
to Cornelius' house,
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the Gentile, he said in
verse 28 of Acts Chapter 10,
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"You know how
unlawful it is for a Jewish man
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to keep company with
or go to another nation.
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But God has shown me that
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I should not call any
man common or unclean."
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Jesus simply used that
language to remind the Jews
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that all who come to Christ
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with a contrite
heart are accepted.
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Amen. I love that.
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I love that thought.
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So even the people
that they designated as dogs
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Jesus was here to minister
to, to reach and to save.
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Praise God. Luke 19:10.
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Pastor John
Dinzey, you ready for this?
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By God's grace.
Here's your question.
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"What's the
meaning of Luke 16:8-9?
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I'm kind of
confused by these verses.
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Please clarify."
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Well, we'll do what we
can in two minutes here.
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Luke 16:8-9,
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"So the master
commended the unjust steward
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because he had dealt shrewdly.
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For the sons of this
world are more shrewd
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in their generation
than the sons of light.
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And I say to you, make friends
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for yourselves by
unrighteous mammon,
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that when you fail,
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they may receive you
into an everlasting home,"
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or everlasting
habitations as it says
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in the King James Version,
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this is the New
King James, that I read.
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So the, one of the things
that people get confused on is,
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who is this master
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that commended
the unjust steward?
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This is not Jesus,
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this is not Luke
making a comment about Jesus,
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it is part of the story.
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Because you're talking about
a master and an unjust steward.
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The owner of the
home is the master.
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So now, we have a part here
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that says that
the sons of this world
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are more shrewd
in their generation
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than the sons of light.
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By the way they live,
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they make decisions
that benefit themselves,
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in such a way that
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there are some
things concerning that,
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that Christians
should not imitate,
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because of the
selfishness involved,
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but in practice or in theory,
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there are principles that
they can gather from there
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to understand that
to do good to others,
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not for a selfish motive,
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but to do good to others
may also be a blessing to you.
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Remember, it says, give,
and it shall be given unto you.
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So what is this
unrighteous mammon?
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Unrighteous mammon
is this world's richest,
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and it even comes
from a Syrian word,
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or Chaldean word,
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the origin of the word is
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if they borrow from one another,
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but it really
means money or riches.
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So Jesus called it
unrighteous mammon,
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the way it was gained.
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But it says here to
use the unrighteous mammon,
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or in other words,
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use your riches to make friends.
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Now what happens?
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It says that when you fail,
and therein comes the question,
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when you fail, is
they're talking about
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when you run out
of your possessions,
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when you run out of your money,
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it says, they may receive
you into an everlasting home.
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Remember, do unto others
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as you would like for
others to do unto you.
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If you have been kind to others,
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and you find yourself
in a terrible situation
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that you have nothing,
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these people will
say, "Well, they helped me,
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I'm going to help them."
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Well, my time has run out.
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There was more I had to share,
but I will stop right there.
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No, that's good. That's good.
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That's a challenging question,
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especially to do in two minutes.
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But we get the point.
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The principle is Jesus saying,
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"Hey, here's a
principle here just follow it.
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You know, just
follow this principle.
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Doing the others as they,
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you would have
them do it unto you."
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Okay, Ryan, ready
for another question?
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Let's do it.
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"Why do I keep having nightmares
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and feeling like I am
being held down in my sleep?
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Most times I
scream out and wake up,
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or most times am told
that I make some weird noise.
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But I always wake up
calling out for Jesus."
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And that's from
Samantha, in Jamaica.
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Absolutely.
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You know, it
sounds like Samantha
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that you may be experiencing...
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Some serious spiritual warfare
for lack of better terms.
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I mean, it seems that
the enemy is pressing you
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and trying to torment you.
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And you know what?
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In this case, it
shouldn't surprise us because,
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you know,
Ephesians 6:12 reminds us
00:16:49.80\00:16:52.81
that, it says, "For we wrestle
not against flesh and blood,
00:16:52.84\00:16:55.34
but against
principalities, against powers,
00:16:55.38\00:16:57.51
against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
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against spiritual
host of wickedness
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in heavenly places."
00:17:02.05\00:17:03.42
The enemy is out to torment you
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and to make life hard for
you in any way he possibly can.
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And in this case, again,
00:17:09.72\00:17:11.23
I can sense that you
are a follower of Jesus,
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because you say you wake up
calling out to Jesus, right?
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And you know what?
00:17:15.93\00:17:17.27
We have to also
be reminded that,
00:17:17.30\00:17:18.93
you know, the enemy he is,
00:17:18.97\00:17:20.34
he's out to steal,
kill and to destroy,
00:17:20.37\00:17:21.87
he's like a roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour.
00:17:21.90\00:17:25.17
But if we resist him,
00:17:25.21\00:17:26.54
the devil will flee, we're told.
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That's why I believe
00:17:27.94\00:17:29.28
when you call
out to Jesus to stop,
00:17:29.31\00:17:30.65
but yet it seems to
be a reoccurring thing.
00:17:30.68\00:17:32.71
You know, the devil is
making war with his people,
00:17:32.75\00:17:34.78
with God's people who
keep the commandments of God
00:17:34.82\00:17:37.09
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:17:37.12\00:17:38.65
We see that in Revelation 12:17.
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So you're experiencing
some serious spiritual warfare,
00:17:41.32\00:17:43.83
I would recommend,
00:17:43.86\00:17:45.49
in this case,
again, not to assume
00:17:45.53\00:17:47.30
or not to imply that I
think you're demon possessed,
00:17:47.40\00:17:50.43
'cause I don't
think that's the case.
00:17:50.47\00:17:51.80
But nonetheless,
00:17:51.83\00:17:53.17
you have some
serious spiritual warfare.
00:17:53.20\00:17:54.77
You might need to do
00:17:54.80\00:17:56.14
some serious
spiritual prayer and fasting.
00:17:56.17\00:17:58.04
And sometimes that that helps.
00:17:58.07\00:17:59.41
In fact, we see
that in Matthew 17:21,
00:17:59.44\00:18:03.08
when in response to this kid
00:18:03.11\00:18:04.85
who was being
plagued by an evil spirit,
00:18:04.88\00:18:06.85
Jesus, you know,
rebuked the evil spirit,
00:18:06.88\00:18:08.65
it came out of him.
00:18:08.68\00:18:10.02
And he said, however,
this kind does not go out
00:18:10.05\00:18:11.59
except by prayer and fasting.
00:18:11.62\00:18:13.39
Maybe that's an option for you.
00:18:13.42\00:18:15.09
There may be
something in your home,
00:18:15.12\00:18:16.76
you may need to do
some home inventory
00:18:16.79\00:18:19.23
because it could be something
in your home, in your room,
00:18:19.26\00:18:21.20
in your vicinity
that's bringing on
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some type of evil spirit.
00:18:23.40\00:18:24.83
There's a story I
can tell you about that.
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This is some serious stuff.
00:18:26.63\00:18:27.97
Pray, pray, pray,
call out to the Lord,
00:18:28.00\00:18:30.91
and do some fasting if need be.
00:18:30.94\00:18:32.94
But know that at
the end of the day,
00:18:32.97\00:18:34.48
the devil has no power over you,
00:18:34.51\00:18:36.04
except that
what you give to him.
00:18:36.08\00:18:38.01
Turn your life over to
Jesus, give it all to Christ,
00:18:38.05\00:18:40.25
and Jesus will deal
00:18:40.32\00:18:41.65
with whatever evil
spiritual oppression
00:18:41.68\00:18:43.79
it might be pressed upon you.
00:18:43.82\00:18:45.19
Amen. Thank you, Ryan.
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Good answer.
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John, Pastor John, so, you,
00:18:47.96\00:18:49.62
I'm going to give you
three minutes for this question
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'cause it's little longer.
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Okay. Is that all right?
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Sure.
00:18:53.80\00:18:55.10
"Pastor Lomacang,
00:18:55.13\00:18:56.46
can a believer
and an SDA believer,
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excuse me, can a non-believer
and an SDA believer,
00:18:57.87\00:18:59.73
Seventh-day believer get
married in the SDA Church?
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Can a SDA pastor marry them?
00:19:02.27\00:19:04.51
Can a pastor
marry to non-Adventist
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in a
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:19:07.94\00:19:09.74
or outside of a church?"
00:19:09.78\00:19:11.71
And that's from Christie
in Queensland, Australia.
00:19:11.75\00:19:14.48
Okay, they gave two scenarios,
00:19:14.52\00:19:15.85
an Adventist
with the non-Adventist
00:19:15.88\00:19:17.62
and two, non-believers.
00:19:17.65\00:19:18.99
The answer on both
of those cases are yes,
00:19:19.02\00:19:21.32
with the caveat.
00:19:21.36\00:19:23.46
The Bible does not encourage
00:19:23.49\00:19:25.76
a believer to
marry a non-believer,
00:19:25.79\00:19:28.66
even a person of
a different faith.
00:19:28.70\00:19:30.57
And we find that
injunction clearly in scripture,
00:19:30.60\00:19:34.04
2 Corinthians 6:14,
00:19:34.07\00:19:36.10
"Do not be unequally
yoked together with unbelievers.
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For what fellowship
00:19:38.94\00:19:40.28
has
righteousness with lawlessness?
00:19:40.31\00:19:41.98
And what communion
has light with darkness."
00:19:42.01\00:19:44.25
But you heard me
answer the question, yes.
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.75
Anybody can
marry anybody anywhere
00:19:46.82\00:19:48.58
if they wanted to.
00:19:48.62\00:19:49.95
But should they is the question.
00:19:49.98\00:19:51.52
That's the real
question, should they?
00:19:51.55\00:19:53.39
And the answer is,
I'll just kind of go ahead
00:19:53.46\00:19:56.49
and make a very clear point.
00:19:56.52\00:19:57.86
I've been in ministry
now going on 35 years.
00:19:57.89\00:20:00.60
Only once that
I've performed a wedding
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.56
with an Adventist
and a non-Adventist.
00:20:02.60\00:20:03.93
And I prayed about it seriously.
00:20:03.97\00:20:05.90
Because I looked at
this couple specifically
00:20:05.93\00:20:08.47
and I said, Lord, the
wife was pleading with me
00:20:08.50\00:20:10.94
telling me the
background and she says,
00:20:10.97\00:20:12.31
"My husband is good man,
I'm working with him now.
00:20:12.34\00:20:14.28
I think it's a matter of time
00:20:14.31\00:20:15.64
before he gives
his life to the Lord.
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.05
Please let me work with him."
00:20:17.11\00:20:18.45
And I had a
chance to speak with him.
00:20:18.48\00:20:19.91
And I thought, "This
man's heart is genuine.
00:20:19.98\00:20:21.75
He's seeking out the truth."
00:20:21.78\00:20:23.12
And I did, and then
I baptized him shortly
00:20:23.15\00:20:25.42
after that.
00:20:25.45\00:20:26.82
But that was the only
time, never did it before,
00:20:26.86\00:20:28.32
never did it afterwards,
and I don't recommend it.
00:20:28.36\00:20:30.63
And here's the reason why.
00:20:30.69\00:20:32.53
You have to really pray
and ask God to impress you
00:20:32.56\00:20:34.46
and guide you give
you spiritual discernment.
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.40
But God's Word is clear,
00:20:36.43\00:20:37.77
don't marry a
believer with a non-believer.
00:20:37.80\00:20:40.30
Because, a couple of instances,
one of them in Matthew 6:24,
00:20:40.37\00:20:44.37
this is kind of a
light hearted one.
00:20:44.41\00:20:46.84
"No man can serve two masters,
00:20:46.91\00:20:49.78
for either he will hate
the one and love the other
00:20:49.81\00:20:52.05
or else will be loyal to the one
00:20:52.08\00:20:53.55
and despise the other.
00:20:53.58\00:20:54.92
We cannot serve God and mammon."
00:20:54.95\00:20:56.28
That's about money.
00:20:56.32\00:20:57.65
But I've seen couples,
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.02
people married
for 40, 50, 60 years.
00:20:59.05\00:21:00.46
And women still say,
00:21:00.49\00:21:01.82
"My husband has
never come to church.
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.43
He never gave
his life to the Lord.
00:21:03.46\00:21:05.16
I don't know if he ever will."
00:21:05.19\00:21:06.63
And they've lived a
life of individual hostility
00:21:06.70\00:21:10.13
sometimes on Sabbath,
00:21:10.17\00:21:11.50
the television is
on, he's drinking.
00:21:11.53\00:21:13.60
Don't marry somebody
and make them a project.
00:21:13.64\00:21:16.77
If they have not
given their lives
00:21:16.81\00:21:18.27
or the woman or man
to the Lord yet, wait.
00:21:18.31\00:21:20.54
Don't rush
because you'll find that
00:21:20.58\00:21:22.34
you'll save a lot of heartache.
00:21:22.38\00:21:24.01
It's better to have
a short term heartache
00:21:24.05\00:21:26.28
than heartache for
many, many decades to come.
00:21:26.31\00:21:28.92
The other thing the
Bible gives the example
00:21:28.95\00:21:30.59
of why we
shouldn't in 1 Kings 11:1-3.
00:21:30.65\00:21:34.26
"But King Solomon
loved many foreign women,
00:21:34.29\00:21:37.39
as well as the
daughters of Pharaoh,
00:21:37.43\00:21:38.76
women of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,
00:21:38.79\00:21:41.80
Sidonians and Hittites,
00:21:41.83\00:21:43.60
from the nations of
whom the Lord had said
00:21:43.63\00:21:46.03
to the children of Israel,
00:21:46.07\00:21:47.40
you shall not
intermarry with them,
00:21:47.47\00:21:49.77
nor they with you."
00:21:49.80\00:21:51.41
Surely, here's the reason,
00:21:51.44\00:21:53.11
they will turn away
your heart after their gods.
00:21:53.14\00:21:56.68
And it says Solomon
clung to these in love,
00:21:56.71\00:21:59.75
and he had 700 wives,
princesses and 300 concubines,
00:21:59.78\00:22:04.95
and the Lord was right,
00:22:04.99\00:22:07.06
and his wives
turned away his heart.
00:22:07.09\00:22:10.99
The chances are great that
00:22:11.03\00:22:12.36
that person that
you love more than God
00:22:12.39\00:22:14.36
will turn your allegiance
from God to a different God.
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.53
Be wise about the
decisions of marriage.
00:22:18.57\00:22:20.80
Great counsel,
great biblical insight.
00:22:20.84\00:22:23.04
Thank you so much. Amen.
00:22:23.07\00:22:25.04
Pastor John Dinzey,
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.41
you ready for
question number two?
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.01
By God's grace. Here it comes.
00:22:28.04\00:22:29.41
"I understand,
according to Ephesians 4:8-11
00:22:29.44\00:22:32.45
that the word
pastor is a spiritual gift.
00:22:32.48\00:22:35.38
Since God is the one
who bestows such a gift,
00:22:35.42\00:22:38.29
why does the church
appoint men as pastors
00:22:38.32\00:22:41.09
but does not appoint prophets?"
00:22:41.12\00:22:42.89
And that's from
Brother Les in Dominica.
00:22:42.92\00:22:45.96
Thank you, Brother
Les, for the question.
00:22:45.99\00:22:47.83
It's very interesting the
way the question is worded.
00:22:47.86\00:22:51.93
Apparently, you
recognize that God is the one
00:22:51.97\00:22:53.87
that bestows the gift of
the person being a pastor.
00:22:53.90\00:22:57.97
And the question
is, why does the church
00:22:58.01\00:22:59.51
appoint pastors
and not prophets?
00:22:59.54\00:23:02.88
Looking at this, we
look at Ephesians 4:7-11.
00:23:02.91\00:23:07.55
"But to each one
of us grace was given
00:23:07.62\00:23:09.82
according to the
measure of Christ's gift.
00:23:09.85\00:23:12.02
Therefore He says:
'When He ascended on high,
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.06
He led captivity
captive, and gave gifts to men.'
00:23:14.09\00:23:17.86
Now this, 'He
ascended, ' what does it mean
00:23:17.89\00:23:20.60
but that He also first descended
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.36
into the lower
parts of the earth?
00:23:22.40\00:23:24.13
He who descended is
also the One who ascended
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.40
far above all the heavens,
00:23:26.43\00:23:27.77
that He might fill all things.
00:23:27.80\00:23:29.34
And He Himself gave
some to be apostles,
00:23:29.37\00:23:31.87
some prophets, some evangelists,
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.24
and some pastors and teachers."
00:23:33.27\00:23:34.94
And notice that
this is a gift from God.
00:23:34.98\00:23:38.05
So the question is,
00:23:38.08\00:23:40.38
what is the role
of the leadership
00:23:40.42\00:23:41.92
of the church in this?
00:23:41.95\00:23:43.28
Are they to you, you,
you're going to be a pastor,
00:23:43.35\00:23:47.06
you also, no, not
you, you over there,
00:23:47.12\00:23:49.99
that's not the
way this thing works.
00:23:50.03\00:23:52.83
The church, the leadership
should recognize the gifts
00:23:52.86\00:23:55.50
that God has already
placed in the individual.
00:23:55.53\00:23:58.57
And then, of course, this person
00:23:58.60\00:24:00.57
when the proper things are done,
00:24:00.64\00:24:03.14
is either given a
church or a district
00:24:03.17\00:24:06.44
comprising of
more than one church.
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.78
So this is the way the
church leadership works.
00:24:08.81\00:24:12.55
But the church leadership
are not the ones that select
00:24:12.58\00:24:15.32
who is supposed to be a prophet.
00:24:15.35\00:24:17.62
And now I have to say
that there are some people
00:24:17.65\00:24:19.39
that proclaim
themselves prophets.
00:24:19.42\00:24:21.86
We used to get phone
calls here all the time.
00:24:21.89\00:24:24.49
I even remember the
name of the individual.
00:24:24.53\00:24:27.00
This is prophet so and
so calling and he said,
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.07
he had this prophecy
that he was giving to us
00:24:30.13\00:24:32.60
that it was like November,
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.04
he says, in the month of April,
00:24:34.10\00:24:35.50
this is, this and
this is going to happen.
00:24:35.54\00:24:37.64
And the month of April came,
00:24:37.67\00:24:39.01
you know, waited
five or six months,
00:24:39.04\00:24:40.38
he was calling almost every day.
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.48
The month of April came
and when he didn't call,
00:24:42.51\00:24:46.08
he called like in May or June,
00:24:46.11\00:24:47.48
I said, "Aren't you
the same prophet that said
00:24:47.52\00:24:49.42
this and this is
going to happen?"
00:24:49.45\00:24:50.79
He said, "No, that
was somebody else."
00:24:50.85\00:24:52.69
So you see, there
are false prophets.
00:24:52.72\00:24:54.29
So we should give,
00:24:54.32\00:24:55.72
allow God to do
the work that he does
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.83
and that he is
the one that chooses
00:24:57.86\00:24:59.39
who is to be a prophet.
00:24:59.43\00:25:00.86
The church is not
really set up to have a,
00:25:00.93\00:25:04.17
an office of a pastor,
or a salary position for,
00:25:04.20\00:25:08.07
I'm sorry, a salary
position for a prophet.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.41
So, but the
church should recognize,
00:25:10.44\00:25:13.24
of course, that God has
given the gift of prophecy
00:25:13.27\00:25:16.51
to an individual
00:25:16.54\00:25:17.88
and there are tests
00:25:17.91\00:25:19.25
that we don't
have time to get into.
00:25:19.28\00:25:20.65
Again, we're trying to get
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.05
as many
questions in as possible.
00:25:22.08\00:25:23.42
That's why
there's this two minute.
00:25:23.45\00:25:26.25
It is
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00:25:26.29\00:25:27.66
I know you only have.
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.02
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00:25:29.06\00:25:30.39
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00:25:30.43\00:25:31.76
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So, we're going
to continue on now
00:26:04.86\00:26:06.19
to answer some more questions
because time is ticking away,
00:26:06.23\00:26:08.20
and we want to
get to more questions.
00:26:08.23\00:26:10.10
Ryan, you got the next question?
00:26:10.17\00:26:11.90
You ready for this? Let's do it.
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.34
All right. This is a long one.
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.70
"Ryan, would you be able
to tell me why did God..."
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.91
Oh wait a minute, I'm going back
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.27
to your first card here.
00:26:19.31\00:26:20.68
Okay.
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.04
Number three, "Is it appropriate
00:26:22.08\00:26:23.41
for a pastor to
marry two LGBT people?"
00:26:23.45\00:26:26.55
That's from
Bill in North Dakota.
00:26:26.58\00:26:29.18
Well, Bill, the overwhelming,
very direct clear answer is no.
00:26:29.22\00:26:33.59
It's definitely not appropriate,
00:26:33.66\00:26:35.39
in no situation
is it appropriate
00:26:35.42\00:26:38.06
because marriage is a holy thing
00:26:38.09\00:26:41.76
that God set in place.
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.13
It was His design that marriage
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.87
between one man and
one woman be the case.
00:26:44.90\00:26:48.17
That is the biblical
design and biblical plan for God
00:26:48.20\00:26:51.54
when it comes to marriage.
00:26:51.57\00:26:52.91
And so referring
to this LGBTQ plus,
00:26:52.94\00:26:56.61
however you want to,
00:26:56.64\00:26:57.98
whatever letters go after that,
00:26:58.01\00:27:00.35
I'm not trying
to be disrespectful,
00:27:00.38\00:27:01.72
just trying to
call it what it is.
00:27:01.75\00:27:03.08
We're talking about lesbians
and gays and sexual immorality
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.55
that the Bible
absolutely condemns.
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.86
For instance, I'm going to
read just a couple of texts
00:27:09.89\00:27:11.56
from Romans
1:26-29 and verse 32.
00:27:11.59\00:27:15.23
You can see God's attitude
towards this type of practice.
00:27:15.26\00:27:18.07
It says, "For this reason,
00:27:18.10\00:27:19.43
God gave them up
to vile passions,
00:27:19.47\00:27:21.44
for even their women
exchanged the natural use
00:27:21.47\00:27:24.11
for which is against nature.
00:27:24.14\00:27:25.67
Likewise, also the men leaving
the natural use of the woman
00:27:25.71\00:27:29.21
burned in their
lust for one another,
00:27:29.24\00:27:30.98
men with men
committing what is shameful,
00:27:31.01\00:27:33.52
and receiving in
themselves the penalty
00:27:33.55\00:27:35.05
of their error which was due."
00:27:35.08\00:27:36.89
And then it goes on to verse 28.
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.25
"And even as they did not like
00:27:38.29\00:27:39.62
to retain God
in their knowledge,
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.12
God gave them
over to a debased mind,
00:27:41.16\00:27:43.86
to do those things
which are not fitting,
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.56
being filled with
all unrighteousness,"
00:27:46.59\00:27:48.66
and notice, "sexual immorality."
00:27:48.70\00:27:50.73
And in verse 32 of Romans 1,
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.23
it says, That those
who practice such things
00:27:52.27\00:27:54.94
are deserving of death,
00:27:54.97\00:27:56.77
not only do the same,
00:27:56.81\00:27:58.87
but also approved to
those who practice them."
00:27:58.91\00:28:01.81
So, my friends,
again, right there,
00:28:01.84\00:28:03.28
approve of those
who practice them
00:28:03.31\00:28:04.78
but for a pastor,
00:28:04.81\00:28:06.15
or any minister to
approve of those things,
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.08
again, that God's attitude
toward is deserving of death.
00:28:08.12\00:28:11.95
I mean, this is a serious issue.
00:28:11.99\00:28:13.69
So no minister should do this.
00:28:13.72\00:28:15.82
God will not be mocked,
Galatians Chapter 6 says.
00:28:15.86\00:28:18.79
And mocking God, in
this sense, is horrible.
00:28:18.83\00:28:21.83
So we don't, we certainly
don't want to do that at all.
00:28:21.86\00:28:24.63
You know, the Bible
in many different cases,
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.84
I can also quote
Leviticus multiple times.
00:28:26.87\00:28:29.84
Go read the Book of Leviticus.
This is a shameful act.
00:28:29.87\00:28:31.97
It's an abomination unto
God when we see these things,
00:28:32.01\00:28:34.81
Romans Chapter, excuse
me, 1 Corinthians Chapter 6,
00:28:34.84\00:28:37.81
go read that, and all the
list of the different acts.
00:28:37.85\00:28:40.92
It's not just sexual
morality, but many others.
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.98
They will not
inherit the Kingdom of God.
00:28:43.02\00:28:44.75
So in this case,
the answer is clear,
00:28:44.79\00:28:46.79
biblically, no minister
should be uniting in marriage,
00:28:46.86\00:28:50.43
anyone of this LGBTQ community.
00:28:50.46\00:28:53.80
Very tough question, Ryan.
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.13
Thank you for handling that
00:28:55.16\00:28:56.50
and taking us
to the Word of God.
00:28:56.53\00:28:57.87
John, John Lomacang.
00:28:57.90\00:28:59.53
"Pastor John, what
is the significance
00:28:59.57\00:29:02.00
for the apparent name
change from the Holy Spirit
00:29:02.04\00:29:05.04
to Holy Ghost in John 7:38-39?"
00:29:05.07\00:29:09.04
And that's from
Kenneth in Antigua.
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.88
Okay, I'll read
those verses for you.
00:29:11.91\00:29:14.25
And in a nutshell,
very quickly off the bat,
00:29:14.28\00:29:17.62
the word there Holy Spirit,
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.69
or Holy Ghost is
the Greek word pneuma,
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.89
means the same thing.
00:29:22.92\00:29:24.26
The difference is translation.
00:29:24.29\00:29:25.63
King James
Version says, Holy Ghost,
00:29:25.66\00:29:27.40
New King James Version says,
00:29:27.46\00:29:28.90
Holy Spirit,
there is no difference.
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.60
Because you look at the
word there in the Greek,
00:29:30.67\00:29:32.80
it means breath,
spirit, force, wind,
00:29:32.83\00:29:36.20
and in the context it means,
00:29:36.24\00:29:37.77
Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost,
00:29:37.81\00:29:39.64
same person of the
God had being referred to.
00:29:39.67\00:29:42.41
So you see John 7:38-39.
00:29:42.44\00:29:44.75
In New King
James Version, it says,
00:29:44.78\00:29:46.72
"He who believes in me,
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.08
as the scripture has says,
00:29:48.12\00:29:49.85
out of his heart will
flow rivers of living waters."
00:29:49.88\00:29:52.79
Verse 39,
00:29:52.82\00:29:54.16
"But this He spoke
concerning the spirit, pneuma,
00:29:54.19\00:29:58.83
whom those believing
in Him would receive,
00:29:58.86\00:30:01.80
for the Holy
Spirit was not yet given
00:30:01.83\00:30:04.60
because Jesus was
not yet glorified."
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.40
And this is talking about that
00:30:07.44\00:30:09.27
there was a blessing to
come on the Day of Pentecost
00:30:09.30\00:30:11.77
that would not come
before the Day of Pentecost,
00:30:11.81\00:30:14.91
which we read in Acts 1:8,
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.91
but you shall receive power
00:30:16.95\00:30:18.81
after that the Holy
Ghost has come upon you
00:30:18.85\00:30:20.88
or the Holy
Spirit has come upon you.
00:30:20.92\00:30:22.62
The same power is
being referred to,
00:30:22.65\00:30:24.52
once again the simple answer is,
00:30:24.55\00:30:26.22
it depends on the
translation of the Bible,
00:30:26.25\00:30:28.89
King James, Holy Ghost,
New King James, Holy Spirit.
00:30:28.92\00:30:33.13
I'll leave it right
there. Yeah, thank you, John.
00:30:33.16\00:30:35.00
That was great
answer pretty basic.
00:30:35.03\00:30:37.10
All right, Pastor John Dinzey.
00:30:37.13\00:30:38.77
"I was listening to
sermons by Pastor Ty Gibson,
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.04
on the topic of
whether predestined,
00:30:41.07\00:30:44.14
where the God predestines,
00:30:44.17\00:30:45.74
who will be saved
or who will be lost.
00:30:45.77\00:30:47.81
While I believe that God
00:30:47.84\00:30:49.18
does not
predestined these things,
00:30:49.21\00:30:50.58
as demonstrated in 2 Peter 3:9,
00:30:50.61\00:30:53.21
I was having trouble in
my study of Romans 8:29,
00:30:53.25\00:30:57.12
where Paul says that
God predestined those
00:30:57.15\00:31:00.99
whom He knew beforehand
00:31:01.02\00:31:02.36
to be conformed into
the image of His Son.
00:31:02.39\00:31:04.59
What does this mean?"
00:31:04.63\00:31:05.96
And that's from
Daniel in New York City.
00:31:05.99\00:31:07.66
Amen.
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.00
Thank you for that question.
00:31:09.03\00:31:10.37
Very good question actually.
00:31:10.43\00:31:13.60
We have had some good questions.
00:31:13.64\00:31:14.97
Yes.
00:31:15.00\00:31:16.34
So, yes, it says,
"For whom He foreknew,
00:31:16.37\00:31:18.14
He also
predestined to be conformed
00:31:18.17\00:31:19.84
to the image of His Son,
00:31:19.87\00:31:21.21
that He might be the
firstborn among many brethren."
00:31:21.24\00:31:23.95
This is not the act,
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.58
the fact that God can foresee
the future does not mean that
00:31:25.61\00:31:29.25
He takes away
your freedom of choice.
00:31:29.28\00:31:31.02
God has not
predestined people to be lost
00:31:31.05\00:31:33.86
and some people to be saved.
00:31:33.92\00:31:36.29
God sees the future, He
sees who makes the choices.
00:31:36.32\00:31:39.86
And it really it is God's
plan for all of His children
00:31:39.89\00:31:43.00
that choose salvation,
00:31:43.03\00:31:45.67
that choose to be His
children to be conformed
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.94
to the image of His Son,
00:31:47.97\00:31:49.57
to be transformed.
00:31:49.60\00:31:50.94
This is a process.
00:31:50.97\00:31:52.31
It is not that
He's chosen this one,
00:31:52.34\00:31:54.64
and that one and that one.
00:31:54.68\00:31:56.01
It is that the people
that make the choices,
00:31:56.04\00:31:59.08
the plan that God has
for them is to be like Jesus.
00:31:59.11\00:32:03.18
So I then point you to
Philippians 1:6, it says,
00:32:03.22\00:32:06.59
"Being confident
of this very thing,
00:32:06.62\00:32:08.66
that He which hath
begun a good work in you
00:32:08.69\00:32:11.83
will perform it until
the day of Jesus Christ."
00:32:11.86\00:32:15.16
This is a
process that God begins
00:32:15.20\00:32:17.07
and the person
that chooses salvation,
00:32:17.13\00:32:19.40
and we cooperate with
Him to be transformed.
00:32:19.43\00:32:22.57
Romans 12:2,
00:32:22.60\00:32:24.01
"And do not be
conformed to this world,
00:32:24.07\00:32:26.31
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
00:32:26.34\00:32:29.81
that you may
prove what is that good
00:32:29.84\00:32:31.85
and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
00:32:31.88\00:32:34.42
So what is
happening is here is that God,
00:32:34.45\00:32:38.12
the plan of God for His children
00:32:38.15\00:32:40.06
is to be transformed.
00:32:40.12\00:32:41.46
Why?
00:32:41.49\00:32:42.82
Because, you know, you
inherit tendency toward evil,
00:32:42.86\00:32:46.76
you form bad habits on your own,
00:32:46.80\00:32:49.30
and so God has to transform you
with you cooperating with Him,
00:32:49.33\00:32:53.87
you're going to be changed,
00:32:53.90\00:32:55.64
transformed into
the image of His Son.
00:32:55.67\00:32:57.64
That's why it says
in Philippians 2:5,
00:32:57.67\00:33:00.38
"Let this mind be in you."
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.44
Don't resist.
00:33:02.48\00:33:03.85
"Let this mind be in you,
00:33:03.88\00:33:05.35
which was also in Christ Jesus."
00:33:05.38\00:33:08.22
I'll stop right there.
00:33:08.25\00:33:09.58
Yeah, so God has predestined
everyone to be saved,
00:33:09.62\00:33:11.35
but only those who respond
are actually transformed.
00:33:11.39\00:33:14.19
Yes, second, he
quoted 2 Peter 3:9.
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.96
Yes. Yeah.
00:33:17.03\00:33:18.36
Ryan, ready for
another question?
00:33:18.39\00:33:19.73
Let's do it. Okay.
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.06
"Ryan, would you be
able to tell me why God,
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.73
did God create a
cunning creature?"
00:33:23.77\00:33:26.17
"Now the
serpent was more cunning
00:33:26.20\00:33:27.80
than any beast of the field
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.17
which the Lord had made.
00:33:29.20\00:33:30.57
And he said to the
woman, 'Has God indeed said,
00:33:30.61\00:33:32.71
you shall not eat of
every tree of the garden.'"
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.61
Genesis 3:1, New King James.
00:33:34.64\00:33:36.81
"I had a theory
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.18
that he was the
perfect vessel for Lucifer
00:33:38.21\00:33:40.92
being that the serpent
00:33:40.95\00:33:42.28
was supposed to be
beautiful and cunning,
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.85
just like Lucifer."
00:33:44.89\00:33:46.22
And that comes from Jenny.
00:33:46.25\00:33:47.62
Okay, well, I
guess it depends on
00:33:47.66\00:33:48.99
how you're applying
the term cunning here
00:33:49.02\00:33:51.63
and who you're applying it to.
00:33:51.66\00:33:52.99
Because if you go
back to Genesis 3:1 here,
00:33:53.03\00:33:55.13
it does say, "Now the
serpent was more cunning
00:33:55.16\00:33:56.93
than any beast of the field
00:33:57.00\00:33:58.33
which Lord God had made."
00:33:58.37\00:33:59.70
But notice the very
next sentence, he says,
00:33:59.73\00:34:01.14
and he said to
the woman, who's he?
00:34:01.17\00:34:03.71
Obviously this
talking about that individual
00:34:03.74\00:34:06.01
who used the serpent
00:34:06.04\00:34:07.38
which we know is none
other than Lucifer himself.
00:34:07.41\00:34:10.55
While I do
believe that while it says
00:34:10.58\00:34:12.11
here that the
serpent was more cunning,
00:34:12.15\00:34:13.52
this is the
detail a characteristic
00:34:13.55\00:34:16.58
that's applied to the character
of the person using the serpent
00:34:16.62\00:34:20.16
which in this
case would be Lucifer.
00:34:20.19\00:34:21.89
I looked up on the
online Oxford Dictionary,
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.43
just so I could define
properly defined cunning.
00:34:24.46\00:34:26.70
It had two possible definitions,
00:34:26.73\00:34:28.70
the first one
having or showing skill
00:34:28.73\00:34:30.63
and achieving one's
ends by deceit or evasion.
00:34:30.67\00:34:34.40
Okay, that applies to Genesis 3.
00:34:34.44\00:34:36.20
And obviously, the second
one was attractive or quaint.
00:34:36.24\00:34:38.61
Now, there could have been
00:34:38.64\00:34:39.97
some kind of
attractiveness to this serpent.
00:34:40.04\00:34:41.91
I believe it possibly could.
00:34:41.94\00:34:43.31
No I know today,
because of what we know
00:34:43.35\00:34:45.11
about these certain
deadly animals like a snake.
00:34:45.15\00:34:47.92
I don't look at any snake
and say, "Oh, how beautiful,
00:34:47.95\00:34:50.65
it's just so
gorgeous to my eyes."
00:34:50.69\00:34:52.62
Just like we don't
look at a shark and say,
00:34:52.65\00:34:54.56
"Look how
beautiful that shark is."
00:34:54.59\00:34:56.02
Or, "Oh, that scorpion is
just a fine looking animal."
00:34:56.06\00:34:59.03
Or, "Man, look at
that black little spider.
00:34:59.06\00:35:01.06
I just want to hold
it. It's so precious."
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.76
You know, we don't
look at these type of
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.17
because based on
its characteristics,
00:35:04.20\00:35:05.97
you know, we kind of
you know, shun away from it.
00:35:06.00\00:35:08.27
In this sense, maybe
there was a certain beauty
00:35:08.30\00:35:11.67
in the sense of
the second definition
00:35:11.71\00:35:13.38
of cunning, attractive
and quaint to this serpent.
00:35:13.41\00:35:16.48
But I believe that
the appropriate definition
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.18
that applies in
the concept of cunning,
00:35:19.21\00:35:21.22
which is crafty,
intelligent, deceitful,
00:35:21.25\00:35:24.45
it fits with the context here.
00:35:24.49\00:35:26.49
And so in this
case, I don't think
00:35:26.52\00:35:27.86
we should be applying
much emphasis on the creature
00:35:27.89\00:35:30.86
that the devil
used to be a vessel
00:35:30.93\00:35:33.80
or a medium to
communicate with Eve
00:35:33.83\00:35:36.00
because obviously,
God doesn't make mistakes.
00:35:36.03\00:35:38.33
And I don't think God
created in that serpent
00:35:38.37\00:35:41.77
a cunningness in the
sense of a deceitfulness
00:35:41.80\00:35:44.17
or a sinful characteristic.
00:35:44.21\00:35:46.57
Obviously, the devil
brought that about himself
00:35:46.64\00:35:48.74
as he used and manipulated
00:35:48.78\00:35:50.31
that serpent to
communicate with Eve
00:35:50.35\00:35:52.35
that brought about the fall.
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.78
In the whole
context of this past verse 1
00:35:53.82\00:35:56.02
is obviously the
devil doing just that.
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.39
He's bringing
about the fall of man,
00:35:58.42\00:36:00.29
the deceit of
eating of this fruit
00:36:00.32\00:36:02.62
that God had said not to.
00:36:02.66\00:36:03.99
So in this case, I would say,
00:36:04.06\00:36:05.39
don't read too much
into it thinking that,
00:36:05.43\00:36:06.96
"Oh, why did God, you know,
00:36:07.03\00:36:08.33
He must have created
the serpent to be cunning,
00:36:08.36\00:36:09.93
just like Lucifer."
00:36:09.96\00:36:11.30
No, no, no, no,
Lucifer is the cunning one,
00:36:11.33\00:36:12.87
Lucifer is the deceitful one.
00:36:12.90\00:36:14.47
He just used the medium through
a serpent to get the job done.
00:36:14.50\00:36:19.47
Thank you. Thank you, Ryan.
00:36:19.51\00:36:21.04
Good answer.
00:36:21.08\00:36:22.41
"Pastor John, why do you think
00:36:22.44\00:36:24.28
the Bible doesn't
just give prophetic time
00:36:24.31\00:36:27.12
as three and a
half years for instance,
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.08
or 1260 years instead of days?"
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.72
And that's from Indiana.
00:36:31.75\00:36:33.09
Well, the messages in
the Bible are in codes
00:36:33.12\00:36:35.16
and symbols and signs
and you know that very well,
00:36:35.19\00:36:37.53
you know,
Revelation signs and symbols.
00:36:37.56\00:36:40.30
And I would recommend
you watch James Rafferty
00:36:40.33\00:36:42.16
and Ivor Myers series
that we feature here on 3ABN.
00:36:42.20\00:36:46.47
The messages of prophecy
were intended to be hidden.
00:36:46.50\00:36:49.80
John was living at a
time where he was a prison
00:36:49.84\00:36:52.41
on an island of Patmos.
00:36:52.44\00:36:53.94
You find Daniel
was in both regions,
00:36:53.98\00:36:57.81
taken into Babylon as a slave,
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.85
and then he was allowed to reign
00:36:59.88\00:37:01.62
also in the Medo-Persian Empire.
00:37:01.65\00:37:03.55
But whenever God
gave these messages,
00:37:03.62\00:37:05.25
they were to be
decoded later on in time,
00:37:05.29\00:37:07.76
and they would be hidden
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.12
for the course of human history.
00:37:09.16\00:37:10.76
If the Lord said, simply
just give you a direct example.
00:37:10.79\00:37:13.73
You know, one
day the Roman Church
00:37:13.76\00:37:16.33
is going to take
over the Christian Church
00:37:16.36\00:37:17.77
and the government of
America is going to...
00:37:17.80\00:37:20.04
We'd say, wait a
minute, wait a minute,
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.40
these entities will be
able to start putting in place
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.31
to prevent these
prophecies from coming to pass,
00:37:24.34\00:37:26.88
but God hid them
in symbols and signs.
00:37:26.91\00:37:29.04
I'll give you a classic example.
00:37:29.08\00:37:30.85
Ryan just talked about
the serpent, Genesis 3:4,
00:37:30.88\00:37:33.42
then the serpent
said to the woman,
00:37:33.45\00:37:35.18
well, that's what Genesis says,
00:37:35.22\00:37:37.19
you find the woman
and the serpent in Genesis
00:37:37.22\00:37:39.25
and the woman and the
serpent in Revelation,
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.39
Revelation 12,
verse nine, so who is it?
00:37:41.42\00:37:43.73
Now, so the great dragon
was cast out that serpent
00:37:43.76\00:37:47.20
of old called
the Devil and Satan.
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.23
That's the
first part. Who is he?
00:37:49.26\00:37:50.77
The serpent is the
devil, the serpent of old,
00:37:50.83\00:37:53.00
the Devil and Satan.
00:37:53.03\00:37:54.37
That's who he is.
00:37:54.40\00:37:55.74
Matter of fact,
didn't even say is Lucifer,
00:37:55.77\00:37:57.11
he lost that beautiful
name, now the Devil and Satan,
00:37:57.17\00:38:00.54
and then now
you have the dragon.
00:38:00.61\00:38:02.24
Well, who's the dragon?
00:38:02.28\00:38:03.61
Revelation 12:13.
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.05
Now, when the dragon saw
00:38:05.08\00:38:07.08
that he had been
cast to the earth,
00:38:07.15\00:38:08.48
who's the
dragon, Revelation 12:9,
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.75
that great dragon was cast out,
00:38:10.82\00:38:12.49
that serpent of old
called the Devil and Satan.
00:38:12.52\00:38:14.62
God hides these symbols.
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.66
And the Bible says
very clear in Luke 8:10,
00:38:16.69\00:38:19.76
"To you it is,
has been given to know
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.83
the mysteries of
the kingdom of God,
00:38:21.86\00:38:23.87
but to the rest, it
is given in parables
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.97
that 'Seeing they may not see,
00:38:26.00\00:38:27.94
and hearing they
may not understand.'"
00:38:27.97\00:38:30.04
And Amos 3:7 has the reason,
00:38:30.11\00:38:32.21
God says, "Surely
the Lord God does nothing
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.44
unless He reveals His secrets
to His servants the prophets."
00:38:34.48\00:38:37.71
If you are not a
servant, or a prophet of God,
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.88
you don't know the message.
00:38:39.91\00:38:41.45
God conceals it
only for His people.
00:38:41.48\00:38:43.79
Amen.
00:38:43.82\00:38:45.15
Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned.
00:38:45.19\00:38:46.89
That's right.
Thank you, Pastor John.
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.59
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
00:38:48.62\00:38:49.96
here we go with
question number four.
00:38:50.03\00:38:51.36
You ready for this? Yes, sir.
00:38:51.39\00:38:52.79
"What does Jesus
mean when He says,
00:38:52.83\00:38:54.93
unless one is born
of water and the Spirit,
00:38:54.96\00:38:58.03
he cannot enter
the kingdom of God?
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.47
Water and the
Spirit, is this baptism?"
00:39:00.50\00:39:02.87
And this is from Bridgette,
in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:39:02.90\00:39:05.47
Well, the short answer is yes.
00:39:05.51\00:39:08.84
And yes, in John 3:5, it says,
"Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:39:08.88\00:39:13.25
unless one is born
of water and the Spirit,
00:39:13.28\00:39:15.75
he cannot enter
the kingdom of God."
00:39:15.78\00:39:18.05
This is a time when
an individual recognizes
00:39:18.09\00:39:21.62
that he needs to be born again.
00:39:21.66\00:39:24.29
Die to the old way of living
00:39:24.36\00:39:27.23
and rise again
in newness of life.
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.17
I'm reading now
from Romans 6:3-4,
00:39:30.20\00:39:33.97
it says, "Or do you
not know that as many of us
00:39:34.04\00:39:36.71
as were baptized
into Christ Jesus
00:39:36.74\00:39:39.21
were baptized into His death?"
00:39:39.24\00:39:41.41
This is done in a watery grave.
00:39:41.44\00:39:43.48
That's the way we call it.
00:39:43.55\00:39:44.88
"Therefore we
were buried with Him
00:39:44.91\00:39:47.05
through baptism into death,
00:39:47.12\00:39:49.32
so that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:39:49.35\00:39:52.29
by the glory of the Father,
00:39:52.32\00:39:53.66
even so we also should
walk in newness of life."
00:39:53.69\00:39:57.36
So yes, this is a
description of baptism.
00:39:57.43\00:40:01.56
You're born of water,
and the Lord blesses you
00:40:01.60\00:40:05.23
in a more direct and
full way with the Holy Spirit
00:40:05.27\00:40:08.60
because the Holy
Spirit is already working
00:40:08.64\00:40:10.31
in your heart
00:40:10.37\00:40:11.71
before you even
choose to be baptized.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.74
Because it's God that
leads you to repentance,
00:40:13.78\00:40:17.15
and as you respond to
this and you say, "Yes,
00:40:17.21\00:40:20.18
I want a new life,
00:40:20.22\00:40:21.55
"and the marvelous thing is that
00:40:21.58\00:40:22.92
it says in 2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:40:22.95\00:40:24.79
"If any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature,
00:40:24.82\00:40:28.46
behold, all
things are passed away,
00:40:28.49\00:40:29.89
behold, all
things have become new."
00:40:29.92\00:40:31.63
So this is a
beautiful description
00:40:31.66\00:40:33.96
of a new life in Jesus Christ.
00:40:34.00\00:40:36.90
Yes. Amen. Amen.
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.27
Thank you, Pastor John.
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.63
All right, Ryan,
last question for you.
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.07
"Please clarify 1
John 5:16, which says,
00:40:42.10\00:40:45.57
"If anyone should see
his brother sinning a,
00:40:45.61\00:40:49.48
not leading to death,
00:40:49.51\00:40:50.88
he should ask and
He will grant him life
00:40:50.91\00:40:52.81
to those that sin
not leading to death.
00:40:52.85\00:40:54.62
There is a sin leading to death.
00:40:54.65\00:40:55.98
I do not say that he
should ask about that."
00:40:56.02\00:40:58.89
My confusion is
coming from the idea
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.79
or the fact that for
the wages of sin is death.
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.76
So what is John speaking about
00:41:04.79\00:41:06.90
when he says
sinning not to death?
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.00
I'm greatly confused.
00:41:09.03\00:41:10.63
Help!!!" Brother
Dwayne in Guyana.
00:41:10.67\00:41:15.37
No, this is a
fantastic question.
00:41:15.40\00:41:17.21
And it's one that I
had for many years as also,
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.57
I'd read this text
and think, "Wait a second,
00:41:19.61\00:41:21.44
the wages of sin is
death, you know, there's no...
00:41:21.48\00:41:23.81
You mean, I can sin a sin
that doesn't lead to death."
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.95
Right?
00:41:25.98\00:41:27.32
What John is
actually bringing about
00:41:27.38\00:41:28.75
here is he's talking about sin,
00:41:28.78\00:41:30.39
that is confessed,
00:41:30.45\00:41:31.79
and he's differentiating
that from the sin
00:41:31.82\00:41:34.12
that is not confessed.
00:41:34.16\00:41:35.49
Okay?
00:41:35.52\00:41:36.89
So really, what he's
bringing about in a sense,
00:41:36.93\00:41:38.26
is he's talking
about the difference
00:41:38.29\00:41:39.89
between those
people who still have hope,
00:41:39.96\00:41:42.33
because they can come to Christ
00:41:42.36\00:41:43.83
and they can still
confess their sins,
00:41:43.90\00:41:45.93
according to 1 John 1:9.
00:41:45.97\00:41:48.20
Remember, if we
bring any of our sins,
00:41:48.24\00:41:50.74
if we confess our sins,
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.11
He's just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.11
from all unrighteousness.
00:41:54.14\00:41:55.48
We have that promise there.
00:41:55.51\00:41:57.01
However, the sin
that leads to death.
00:41:57.08\00:42:00.32
And again, he says, you probably
00:42:00.35\00:42:01.68
shouldn't even pray for him
00:42:01.72\00:42:03.05
because I'm not going
to say anything about that.
00:42:03.08\00:42:04.59
This is talking about a sin
00:42:04.62\00:42:05.95
that obviously does
not bring about confession
00:42:05.99\00:42:08.36
that a person
cannot be forgiven for.
00:42:08.39\00:42:10.46
Why can't they be forgiven?
00:42:10.53\00:42:11.86
Because they don't confess it.
00:42:11.89\00:42:13.23
And ultimately, what I
believe he's talking about here
00:42:13.26\00:42:15.36
is what Jesus
speaks about in Matthew 12,
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.37
which is blasphemy
of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.90
This is a person who
is living constantly,
00:42:19.93\00:42:23.07
perpetually, in a lifestyle
00:42:23.10\00:42:25.01
in which they are
constantly rejecting
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.98
the work of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.38
What's the purpose
of the Holy Spirit?
00:42:28.41\00:42:29.74
The purpose of the Holy
Spirit is to convict us,
00:42:29.78\00:42:31.65
to lead us into all truth,
00:42:31.68\00:42:33.31
to bring to our
attention all of those things
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.55
which Christ taught us,
00:42:35.58\00:42:36.95
the righteousness of God.
00:42:36.99\00:42:38.32
And when we reject that
00:42:38.35\00:42:39.79
constantly in a
state of rebellion,
00:42:39.82\00:42:41.79
that is sin that's
not being confessed,
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.73
and that is sin that
leads to ultimate death,
00:42:43.79\00:42:46.59
eternal death, versus,
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.16
you know, what you
may have be dealing
00:42:48.20\00:42:49.66
with the person who is,
00:42:49.70\00:42:52.00
you know, again,
has lived a life of sin.
00:42:52.03\00:42:54.07
But if they confess that
sin genuinely to Jesus Christ,
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.04
then He can forgive them.
00:42:57.07\00:42:58.41
Even though yes, the
wages of sin is death.
00:42:58.44\00:43:00.38
And we all in some
way, form or fashion
00:43:00.41\00:43:02.24
will experience
some type of death
00:43:02.28\00:43:04.05
or transformation in
Christ at the second coming
00:43:04.08\00:43:06.35
because we have to
die to self, right?
00:43:06.38\00:43:08.12
At some point, we
will all experience that.
00:43:08.15\00:43:10.02
But at the end of the day,
00:43:10.09\00:43:11.45
there is sin that's
not leading to death,
00:43:11.49\00:43:13.46
meaning we can confess it,
00:43:13.49\00:43:14.82
and it's not eternal
because Christ has forgiven it.
00:43:14.86\00:43:17.63
And so in this case, I
love reading James 5:19-20.
00:43:17.66\00:43:21.33
It says this, "Brethren,
00:43:21.36\00:43:22.70
if any one among you
wanders from the truth,
00:43:22.73\00:43:24.13
and someone turns him back,
00:43:24.17\00:43:26.03
let him know that
he who turns a sinner
00:43:26.07\00:43:28.10
from the error of his way,
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.60
will save a soul from death
and cover a multitude of sins.
00:43:29.64\00:43:33.34
This is what
John's talking about,
00:43:33.38\00:43:34.71
pray for the brothers
who are struggling in sin
00:43:34.74\00:43:36.91
because even though
there's a struggle there,
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.68
that does not mean
that there's no hope.
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.58
Pray for them,
brothers and sisters,
00:43:40.62\00:43:41.95
because the Holy Spirit
can bring them to confession,
00:43:41.98\00:43:44.45
to repentance,
00:43:44.49\00:43:45.82
and to a saving
relationship with Jesus.
00:43:45.85\00:43:47.22
Amen, Ryan.
00:43:47.26\00:43:48.59
You know, that verse
has really helped me.
00:43:48.62\00:43:49.96
I remember
someone asked me one time,
00:43:49.99\00:43:51.33
you know, should we
be praying for the devil?
00:43:51.36\00:43:52.99
And I turned it in
that verse and said no.
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.73
He's sin, the sin
that leads unto death.
00:43:54.73\00:43:56.43
You don't pray
for him. That's right.
00:43:56.46\00:43:57.80
So, Pastor John? Yes.
00:43:57.83\00:43:59.77
"Will you explain if all
eyes will see Him at one time,
00:43:59.80\00:44:04.84
as it states in Revelation 1:7?
00:44:04.87\00:44:07.48
Sure.
00:44:07.51\00:44:08.84
That's easy.
00:44:08.88\00:44:10.25
One of the first
reasons I believe it is
00:44:10.28\00:44:11.61
because the Bible says so.
00:44:11.65\00:44:13.31
And that's the
credibility of God's Word.
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.48
We try to
establish in human terms,
00:44:15.52\00:44:19.12
things that are
done in divine ways.
00:44:19.15\00:44:22.76
God's ways are not our always.
00:44:22.79\00:44:24.26
His methods are not our methods.
00:44:24.33\00:44:26.19
Let's just go and look
at the math of it right now.
00:44:26.23\00:44:28.80
If you circumference
this planet is 24,000 miles
00:44:28.83\00:44:31.80
around from the
center all the way
00:44:31.83\00:44:33.23
around to the other side,
00:44:33.30\00:44:34.64
coming all the way around,
24,000 miles around the planet.
00:44:34.67\00:44:37.17
Light travels at
186,200 miles per second.
00:44:37.21\00:44:40.94
If lightning flashes
from the east to the west,
00:44:40.98\00:44:43.31
as the Bible says,
00:44:43.35\00:44:44.71
and it's traveling at
186,200 miles a second,
00:44:44.75\00:44:48.15
God can cover the
planet in 1/8th of a second.
00:44:48.18\00:44:52.29
Every eye will see
Him when He returns,
00:44:52.32\00:44:54.22
1/8th of a second.
00:44:54.26\00:44:55.59
How fast is that?
00:44:55.62\00:44:56.96
So when we come
with a retinue of angels
00:44:56.99\00:44:59.56
10,000 times 10,000
and thousands of thousands,
00:44:59.59\00:45:03.26
He's not going to
appear in New York first,
00:45:03.30\00:45:05.30
every eye will see Him.
00:45:05.33\00:45:06.67
That's why He says if
they see He's in the desert,
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.80
don't believe it.
00:45:08.84\00:45:10.21
If He's in the secret
chamber, do not go out.
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.77
If he says He's
desert, don't go out,
00:45:11.81\00:45:13.31
in the secret
chamber don't believe it.
00:45:13.38\00:45:15.21
For as lightning shines
from the east to the west,
00:45:15.24\00:45:18.18
so also shall the
coming of the Son of man be.
00:45:18.21\00:45:20.95
And so how we
all going to see Him?
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.28
What about the dead?
00:45:23.32\00:45:24.65
The dead in
Christ will be raised,
00:45:24.69\00:45:27.26
and joined with the
living to be caught up
00:45:27.29\00:45:30.03
to meet Him in the air.
00:45:30.06\00:45:31.39
Not only are all living
00:45:31.43\00:45:32.83
and the resurrected
righteous going to see Him,
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.40
but also those who pierced Him
00:45:35.43\00:45:37.70
have a special
appointment to see Him
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.50
as King of kings
and Lord of lords,
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.97
when Jesus being crucified,
00:45:42.00\00:45:43.61
and they adjured Him
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.01
to declare whether or not
He is the Son of God, He says,
00:45:45.04\00:45:46.94
"I am, and we will
see each other again.
00:45:46.98\00:45:49.31
You'll see Me come
in the clouds of heaven
00:45:49.34\00:45:50.91
with power and great glory."
00:45:50.95\00:45:52.48
So yes, every eye will see Him.
00:45:52.51\00:45:54.75
How do I know that?
00:45:54.78\00:45:56.12
God's Word says it.
00:45:56.15\00:45:57.69
You know, those
stats are amazing,
00:45:57.72\00:45:59.42
because that makes it sound like
00:45:59.45\00:46:02.26
He's circling the earth
so fast that for every one,
00:46:02.29\00:46:04.36
He's right there all
time He's right there.
00:46:04.39\00:46:05.86
Yeah.
00:46:05.89\00:46:07.23
And can you imagine 10,000 times
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.60
10,000 and thousands
of thousands of angels?
00:46:08.63\00:46:11.40
This little tiny thing called
earth is nothing but a sand,
00:46:11.43\00:46:14.80
dot of sand in God's universe.
00:46:14.84\00:46:17.01
I think He's got
more angels than that.
00:46:17.04\00:46:20.31
All right. John,
one last question.
00:46:20.38\00:46:23.04
This is, I'm going to give
you three minutes for this one,
00:46:23.08\00:46:24.55
'cause it's a long question.
00:46:24.58\00:46:25.91
Yes.
00:46:25.95\00:46:27.32
"This was a Facebook comment
to a photo that I posted.
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.78
This was what Jacqueline
from Indiana is saying.
00:46:29.82\00:46:32.12
This is a Facebook
comment to a poster I posted
00:46:32.15\00:46:34.39
showing a sow pig,
00:46:34.42\00:46:36.12
and my post
kidding about chitlins.
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.59
Okay?
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.00
And here's the
response to her Facebook post,
00:46:40.03\00:46:43.53
showing a sow pig, and
kidding about chitlins.
00:46:43.57\00:46:48.54
Quote, "As you know,
00:46:48.57\00:46:49.90
the Mosaic law
prohibited eating pigs
00:46:49.97\00:46:52.11
since they have a
split hoof, Deuteronomy 14:8.
00:46:52.14\00:46:54.68
The law became our
guardian leading to Christ.
00:46:54.71\00:46:57.88
So since His death,
00:46:57.91\00:46:59.68
we are no longer
under a guardian,
00:46:59.71\00:47:01.52
the law, only its
principles, Galatians 3:24-25.
00:47:01.55\00:47:05.22
Christ is the end of
the law, Romans 10:4."
00:47:05.25\00:47:07.96
Then they
posted, "I eat pork, etc.
00:47:07.99\00:47:11.16
But I don't consume blood
or any of its byproducts."
00:47:11.19\00:47:13.96
My question, then
going back to Jacqueline,
00:47:14.00\00:47:18.40
what does all this
stuff above even mean?
00:47:18.43\00:47:20.54
Especially the law
becoming our guardian,
00:47:20.57\00:47:22.57
and we're no
longer under a guardian,
00:47:22.60\00:47:24.11
the law only its principles?"
00:47:24.14\00:47:26.78
Wow, thank you so much.
00:47:26.81\00:47:28.34
There's a lot
here to talk about.
00:47:28.38\00:47:30.98
And so let's go ahead and begin
00:47:31.01\00:47:34.55
with the fact
00:47:34.58\00:47:39.35
that you're saying that
this, what does this mean?
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.86
Galatians 2:24-25,
00:47:41.89\00:47:43.73
"Therefore the
law was our tutor,
00:47:43.76\00:47:45.59
to bring us to Christ
00:47:45.63\00:47:47.00
that we might be
justified by faith.
00:47:47.03\00:47:49.36
But after that, but
after faith has come,
00:47:49.40\00:47:51.60
we are no longer under
a tutor, that is the law."
00:47:51.63\00:47:54.44
So what does that mean?
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.17
What does it
mean by school master
00:47:56.20\00:47:57.84
in the King James Version,
00:47:57.87\00:47:59.21
in the New King James tutor,
and in the version you quoted,
00:47:59.24\00:48:02.88
which it says guardian?
00:48:02.91\00:48:04.51
The term law here is to refer
00:48:04.55\00:48:06.48
both to the
ceremonial law and moral law,
00:48:06.51\00:48:09.95
the Ten Commandments.
00:48:09.98\00:48:11.32
Why? Because they
both lead us to Christ.
00:48:11.35\00:48:13.39
Well, how do
the Ten Commandments
00:48:13.42\00:48:14.76
lead you to Christ?
00:48:14.79\00:48:16.22
The Ten Commandments
point out what sin is.
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.36
And when you are, the
Holy Spirit prompts you
00:48:19.39\00:48:21.36
and you understand that
you have committed a sin,
00:48:21.40\00:48:24.10
you are then led to Christ,
00:48:24.17\00:48:25.80
the moral law
leads you to Christ.
00:48:25.83\00:48:28.00
Now what about
the ceremonial law?
00:48:28.04\00:48:29.50
The ceremonial law,
00:48:29.54\00:48:30.91
in when you understand
that you committed a sin
00:48:30.94\00:48:34.01
and you bring your sacrifice
in the sacrificial system,
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.85
that is, before Christ
died on the cross, the lamb,
00:48:36.88\00:48:40.55
the animal that you brought
was a symbol of Jesus Christ.
00:48:40.62\00:48:44.39
And you were to understand that
00:48:44.42\00:48:45.75
by this animal dying
was taking your place,
00:48:45.79\00:48:48.99
shedding its blood
for you, symbolizing
00:48:49.02\00:48:51.83
what God would do
on the cross for you.
00:48:51.86\00:48:54.30
So in that sense,
the ceremonial law
00:48:54.30\00:48:56.53
leads you to Christ as well.
00:48:56.56\00:48:58.80
So then you also mentioned here,
00:48:58.83\00:49:03.20
the other part, we're
no longer under a guardian,
00:49:03.24\00:49:06.24
the law only its principles.
00:49:06.27\00:49:08.44
I say to you, the
fact that the law of God,
00:49:08.48\00:49:11.21
the Ten Commandments,
leads you to Christ
00:49:11.25\00:49:12.88
does not mean the
law is done away with.
00:49:12.91\00:49:14.78
Why?
00:49:14.82\00:49:16.15
Because sin continues to exist.
00:49:16.18\00:49:18.35
Are you tempted after
you give your life to Christ?
00:49:18.39\00:49:20.69
Yes.
00:49:20.72\00:49:22.06
What does the
devil tempt you to do?
00:49:22.09\00:49:23.43
To sin. What is sin?
00:49:23.46\00:49:24.83
Sin is the
transgression of the law.
00:49:24.86\00:49:27.50
The Ten
Commandments continue to exist.
00:49:27.56\00:49:30.50
That's why you have in
the Book of Romans 3:31,
00:49:30.57\00:49:33.94
"Do we then make void
the law through faith?
00:49:33.97\00:49:37.61
Certainly not!
00:49:37.64\00:49:39.21
On the contrary, we
established the law."
00:49:39.24\00:49:42.74
Now this person that wrote here,
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.01
he said something interesting,
00:49:45.05\00:49:46.61
which was that has
been done away with.
00:49:46.65\00:49:51.22
Notice something interesting,
when God created the animals,
00:49:51.25\00:49:55.66
they were perfect animals,
they did not eat one another.
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.43
After sin entered,
00:49:58.46\00:50:00.20
God changed the nature
of most of the animals.
00:50:00.23\00:50:03.06
Some animals began
to hunt other animals.
00:50:03.10\00:50:06.07
And if you stick
around, they may even eat you.
00:50:06.10\00:50:08.44
So the nature is what changed.
00:50:08.47\00:50:10.57
But now some of the other,
some animals became scavengers.
00:50:10.61\00:50:14.54
God made them
or God changed them
00:50:14.58\00:50:16.75
to eat decaying
and dying things.
00:50:16.81\00:50:19.91
And these carry
diseases, including the pig.
00:50:19.98\00:50:24.25
And pig is one of
the primary examples
00:50:24.29\00:50:26.65
of animals that carry diseases,
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.46
and one of the most
well-known is trichinosis,
00:50:28.49\00:50:31.26
and this person
unfortunately is mistaken
00:50:31.29\00:50:34.30
and has a misunderstanding
00:50:34.36\00:50:35.76
and they're eating an animal
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.43
that Jesus Christ did not change
00:50:37.50\00:50:39.57
when He died on the cross.
00:50:39.60\00:50:40.94
The pig continues
to be a pig eating dead
00:50:40.97\00:50:43.47
and decaying things.
00:50:43.54\00:50:45.41
And as a matter of fact,
if you saw what they ate,
00:50:45.44\00:50:47.74
you will be scared to eat a pig.
00:50:47.78\00:50:51.78
There's more but...
Leave them chitlins alone.
00:50:51.81\00:50:54.58
Excellent answer.
Yes, that's right.
00:50:54.62\00:50:56.82
Good biblical principles.
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.19
Okay, we've got
a couple questions.
00:50:58.22\00:50:59.75
We don't have
time for both of them.
00:50:59.79\00:51:01.19
I'm going to ask
one of them and see
00:51:01.22\00:51:02.56
if we can just cover it right?
00:51:02.59\00:51:03.93
Are there, these the
extra bonus questions,
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.26
"Are there babies in heaven?
00:51:06.29\00:51:07.60
Is there anybody in
heaven with Jesus and God?"
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.53
And that's from Christina
in San Diego, California.
00:51:09.56\00:51:12.13
Well, there are
no babies in heaven,
00:51:12.17\00:51:13.50
but there's Moses
and Elijah and Enoch.
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.24
Okay.
00:51:15.27\00:51:16.60
And then there's illusion
that those who rose at the time
00:51:16.67\00:51:19.47
of Christ's crucifixion
00:51:19.51\00:51:20.84
and ascended with
Him as firstfruits,
00:51:20.88\00:51:22.51
but the Bible doesn't
speak of babies being in heaven.
00:51:22.54\00:51:24.75
Okay. I've never heard that.
00:51:24.78\00:51:26.11
All right.
00:51:26.15\00:51:27.48
Anyone else want
to comment on that?
00:51:27.52\00:51:28.85
What he said.
What he said, okay.
00:51:28.88\00:51:30.69
We have another
question. I'm going to ask...
00:51:30.75\00:51:32.62
I'm going to
add little something
00:51:32.65\00:51:34.02
because the person also asks,
00:51:34.06\00:51:35.39
is there anybody in
heaven with Jesus and God?
00:51:35.42\00:51:37.09
Well, yes, the
Bible gives evidence
00:51:37.13\00:51:39.06
of Enoch being
taken to heaven...
00:51:39.09\00:51:40.60
I've just said that.
00:51:40.66\00:51:41.96
Moses taken to, oh you
said... He did say that, yeah.
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.33
And a few other,
but names them by, yes.
00:51:43.37\00:51:44.70
And the multitude. Okay.
00:51:44.73\00:51:46.97
Well, we are out of
time, but we'll be right back.
00:51:47.00\00:51:48.90
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00:51:48.94\00:51:52.17
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00:51:52.21\00:51:55.28
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00:51:56.98\00:51:59.65
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00:51:59.68\00:52:02.08
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00:52:02.12\00:52:05.35
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