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Hello, friends, and welcome
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Well, we have lots of questions,
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many answers,
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but first we want to
introduce these fine gentlemen.
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It's a panel of all
guys today, but that's okay.
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Pastor John Dinzey,
how are you, Brother?
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By God's grace, I'm doing well.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Pastor James Rafferty, it's
always a blessing to have you.
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Good to be here, Ryan.
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All right, praise the Lord.
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And last but not
least, Pastor John Lomacang.
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Yes. It's always a
blessing to have you, Brother.
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This program teaches me
how to condense God's Word
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and try to make it clear.
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Praise the Lord, He
can do that through us.
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Two minutes.
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It's tougher than it
looks, but you know what?
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It keeps us on our
toes, keeps us sharp.
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And so before we get
right into these questions,
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Pastor James
Rafferty, I'm going to ask you
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to have a prayer
for us, my Brother.
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Let's pray.
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Father, again,
we want to thank You
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for this
opportunity to open Your Word,
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answer the questions that have
been coming in from viewers.
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We know some of
them are heartfelt,
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some of them are struggling,
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needing answers that
can redirect their lives,
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they can give them a
completely different picture
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of who You are in the
gospel and can help them
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to be guided and
directed in the way of truth.
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We just pray
that Your Holy Spirit
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will be the teacher,
and that Spirit will fill us
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as we open these pages and
as we speak to the viewers,
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and even those who
haven't sent in questions,
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Father, just pray
that You'll bless each one,
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each one that's listening,
each one that's viewing.
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We ask these
things in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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All right, as soon
as I saw this question,
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I knew I was
coming to Pastor Lomacang
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first with this one.
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All right. And this is
actually directed to you.
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"Pastor Lomacang, seeing that
Christmas is a pagan practice,
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why am I seeing decorations
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in the Adventist
Church everywhere?"
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Okay, or every year?
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Well, the key about
this is we have to separate
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holiday from Holy Day,
paganism from Christianity.
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There are certain Bibles
and there are certain verses
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in the Bible that
seem to allude to the idea
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that this pagan
practice was something
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that was taken
from Old Testament times
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in Jeremiah Chapter 10.
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I'll read these verses for
you, starting with verse 2.
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"Thus says the Lord:
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'Do not learn the
way of the Gentiles,
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nor do not be dismayed
at the signs of the heavens,
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for the Gentiles
are dismayed at them."
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Verse 3, "For the customs
of the people are futile,
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for one cuts a
tree from the forest,
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the work of the hands
of the workmen with an ax,
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they decorated
with silver and gold,
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they fasten it
with nails and a hammer,
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so that it will not topple."
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When you go
further into the story,
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you find that they
then, they bowed to them
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and they worshiped these
trees, they prayed to them.
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And that's not what
Christians do at all.
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Now, there are holiday symbols,
gingerbreads, stockings,
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lights, all these things
are, these are paraphernalia
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of a holiday.
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If you catch yourself
bowing to your stockings
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at in front of the fireplace,
then you don't know Jesus.
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If you find yourself bowing
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to the lights on
the Christmas tree,
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or bowing to an
evergreen or anything
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that has to do
with any holiday at all,
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whether it's
Easter or Christmas,
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I noticed that,
two times of the year,
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I noticed that a
lot of Christians,
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in particularly since
I'm an Adventist pastor,
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I address this issue
among a lot of Adventists
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twice a year.
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Some people say, "Well,
why do you observe Easter?"
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We don't observe
Easter, but we recognize
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the resurrection of Jesus.
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Amen. That's right.
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And the symbol of
the resurrection of Jesus
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in the Bible is baptism,
death, burial and resurrection.
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We don't worship
the sunrise services,
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we don't gather
on Sunday morning,
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your face with the rising sun,
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we don't sing those songs
and make this a pagan practice
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as was the case throughout
a lot of pagan observances.
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Christmas is a
holiday, it's a holiday.
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And for those
who are Adventists,
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Ellen White even addresses
this issue in Adventist Home,
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she said, "This
is a time of the year
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where it's
difficult to pass the season
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by without noticing it."
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And it's a
heartfelt, I'm paraphrasing,
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it's a heart show that we
give gifts to one another.
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If we do not forget to
give gifts to the Lord's house,
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she says, in
which you erect a tree
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and put gifts large and
small for the furthering
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of God's work on these trees.
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That's right.
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And so, we don't see
these as symbols of following
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a pagan practice,
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or turning God's house
into a pagan place of worship
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because the key
difference between paganism
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and Christianity is
these were all objects
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of worship
taking the place of God.
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Anything that
becomes an instrument
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that takes the place of
worship to God is an idol.
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It doesn't matter the holiday,
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even if it's your car
or your house or your job.
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Right. Okay.
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Simple, Wonderful answer.
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Thank you.
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All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
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coming to you for
this next question.
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This one comes from
Giselle from Trinidad.
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And it says, "I have a
question about Revelation 22:15.
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It says, why is
there still evil outside
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the New Jerusalem
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when it says in
Revelation 20:10,
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they were destroyed?
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Please explain." Okay.
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Well, let's go
right there to Revelation.
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And we're going to
go to Revelation 22:3-5.
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I want to say something
really quick here, it says,
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"There will be no evil
outside of New Jerusalem,
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or anywhere else in
the universe after sin
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and sinners are
destroyed in the lake of fire."
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None.
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Remember that Romans 6:23, says,
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"The wages of sin is death."
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So when Revelation 20:10,
says that they are destroyed,
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they are done, they
perish, they no longer exist.
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So let's look at the description
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of the New Earth and
actually the description
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of the New Earth
and the New Jerusalem
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begin in Revelation 21:1,
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and they run all the
way to Revelation 22:5.
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I'm going to read
Revelation 22:3-5,
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"And there shall
be no more curse,
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but the throne of God
and the Lamb shall be in it,
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and His
servants shall serve Him.
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They shall see His face
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and His name shall
be on their foreheads.
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There should be
no more night there.
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They need no lamp,
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nor light of
the sun for the Lord
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God give them light,
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and they shall
reign forever and ever."
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That's the description
of the New Jerusalem.
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In Revelation 22:6
begins a warning for those
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that do not accept
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and also an appeal.
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Notice Revelation
22:6-7, "Then He said to me,
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'These words are
faithful and true.'
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And the Lord God
of the holy prophet
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sent His angel to show
His servants the things
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which must shortly take place.
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Behold," here's the
warning, "I come quickly!
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Blessed is he who keeps
the words of the prophecy
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of this book.'"
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So there you see a beginning
of an appeal, get ready.
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"Blessed is he
who keeps the words
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of the prophecy of this book."
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Revelation 22:12-15,
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"And behold, I am coming quickly
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and My reward is with Me."
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See, He's taking you back,
New Jerusalem hasn't started.
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"To give every one
according to his work.
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I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,
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the First and the Last.
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Blessed are they
that do His commandments,
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that they may have a
right to the tree of life
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and may enter through
the gates into the city."
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So this is before the
New Jerusalem descends,
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but outside, in other
words, those that did not accept
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the Lord are
going to be kept outside
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and they will suffer the fate
described in Revelation 20:10.
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"But outside are
dogs and sorcerers,
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and sexually immoral
and murderers and idolaters,
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and whoever loves
and practices a lie."
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There's an
invitation, Revelation 22:17,
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"And the Spirit and
the bride say, 'Come!'
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And let him who
hears say, 'Come!'
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And let him who thirst come.
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Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely.'"
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So there's still an invitation.
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Amen. Wow. Amen.
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That's a lot to answer
in just a couple minutes.
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Well, that's a great
answer. Thank you, Brother.
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All right,
Pastor James Rafferty,
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this is coming
from, it looks like Idaho.
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And this person says,
"It troubles me greatly
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that it seems to me
that my individual prayer
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is not good enough, if
you will, for God to answer.
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We are always urged
to have many people pray
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if the prayer is important.
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Why does God
require many people to pray?
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Is not my personal
prayer good enough?"
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That is a very
significant question.
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And I just want to encourage you
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not to be troubled any longer.
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The Bible is very clear that
individual prayer is powerful,
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individual prayer is important.
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Let's just look
at a couple of texts.
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The first one is
in James 5:17-18.
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It says, "Elias was a
man subject to like passions
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as we are, and
he prayed earnestly
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that it might not rain:
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and it rained not on the earth
by the space of three years
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and six months."
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Verse 18 of James 5,
"And he prayed again,
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and the heaven gave rain,
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and the earth
brought forth her fruit."
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That was Elijah
by himself praying,
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God answering his
prayers both times.
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Now there are times when
we need the prayers of others.
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There are times
when we have unbelief.
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You know, Jesus
met a man who said,
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"Lord, I believe,
help my unbelief."
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Sometimes our faith is weak,
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and we need the faith of others
and the prayers of others.
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But our individual
prayer is good enough.
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For example, our
individual prayer
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gives us forgiveness of
sins, according to 1 John 1:9.
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It gives us a new heart
according to John 1:13-14.
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It gives us direction in
life, according to Psalm 32:8.
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It gives us
deliverance from evil according
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to the Lord's Prayer
in Matthew Chapter 6.
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Daniel was pretty much alone
toward the end of his life.
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In Daniel
Chapter 8, he was sick.
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And he was faint,
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because he couldn't
understand the truth.
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He couldn't
understand the prophecies,
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he couldn't
understand the Word of God,
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and he prayed, and he fasted
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and there's no
indication there was anyone else
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with him praying or fasting.
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That's right. He was
praying, he was fasting.
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And by the time he
finished his prayer,
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there was an answer from God.
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And this was a serious prayer,
this was an important prayer,
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this was a significant
prayer, because the answer came,
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Gabriel came by the
time he ended his prayer,
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flying swiftly the Bible
says, in Daniel Chapter 9.
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Gabriel came to him to give
him an answer to his prayers.
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So we need to recognize
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that individual
prayers are powerful,
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God hears them,
God answers them.
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But at the same time,
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the prayers of
others can really help us.
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We already
looked at James 5:17-18.
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Let's go now to James
5:14-16, the previous verses.
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"Is any sick among you?
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Let him call for
the elders of the church
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and let them pray over him,
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anointing him with the
oil in the name of the Lord,
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and the prayer of
faith shall save the sick
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and the Lord shall raise him up,
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and if he has committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him.
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Confess your
faults one to another
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and pray for one
another, that ye may be healed.
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The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man avails much."
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So here we have this
combination taking place.
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We have the
fact that we can pray
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and God will answer
and we have the fact
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that we need the
prayers of others at times.
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So basically, it does us
good and strengthens our faith
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to know that
others are praying for us,
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to know that we have the prayers
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of fellow believers,
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but that doesn't
preclude God answering
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our individual
prayers as we pray for help,
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for strength, for
direction, for forgiveness,
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for understanding.
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God will answer
individual prayers
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and God will also
answer the prayers of others
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who pray for us.
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Amen. Very well said.
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Thank you so much, Brother.
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All right, Pastor
Lomacang, coming back to you.
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This question is submitted
by Jasmine and it says,
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"Pastor Lomacang,
1 Corinthians 15:20,
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refers to Jesus as
the firstfruits of them
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that slept from the dead.
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What about the son of the
widow Naim in Luke 7:14-15,
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Jairus' daughter, Luke 8:54-55,
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and also Lazarus
in John 11:43-44?"
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You know, what I love
about that question is,
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in fact many were resurrected,
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but none of
them conquered death.
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That's the key.
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Everyone that you just
named died again, but not Jesus.
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The text you refer to
is 1 Corinthians 15:20,
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"But now Christ is
risen from the dead
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and has become the firstfruits
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of those who
have fallen asleep."
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What's the difference
between all those she mentions,
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and Jesus Christ?
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Revelation 1:18,
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"I am He who lives
and was dead, and behold,
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I am alive for evermore."
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You can't say that about
any of the references you made.
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Everybody that was
raised, even Lazarus,
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everybody that was
raised in the ministry of Jesus
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eventually tasted death,
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and are in the grave waiting
for the coming of the Lord.
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And you find that also talked
about in the Book of Hebrews
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Chapter 11,
those who died either
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by torture or by natural death,
or by hunger or starvation
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or deprivation, they
all died in the faith
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and what were they looking for?
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A better resurrection. Right.
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Jesus because He rose,
He now conquered death.
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That's what the Bible
says in 1 Corinthians 15:55,
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one day we will be able to say,
"O death, where is thy sting?
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O grave, where is thy victory?"
But who already said that?
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Jesus did. I am the
resurrection and the life.
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He that believeth in me
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though he were
dead, yet shall he live.
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Why?
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Because I am the
resurrection and the life,
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life unborrowed,
underived, original.
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And so is Jesus
alive today? Yes.
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Are any of those mentioned
that were raised in the ministry
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of Christ alive today?
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No. Jesus is the
conqueror of death.
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All those were temporary
recipients of the resurrection
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through the ministry of Christ.
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Wow. Nice.
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Got to love truth.
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The Bible is sharp. Amen.
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All right, Pastor John
Dinzey, coming back to you.
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This comes from Shelly
in Fletcher, North Carolina.
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And she says, "Can you
please explain Luke 14:26?"
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Luke 14:26, I will
go ahead and read that.
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It says, "If anyone comes to
Me and does not hate his father,
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and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, yes,
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and his own life, also,
he cannot be My disciple."
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This has confused many people.
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And we have to look
at this in consideration
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of all of the scriptures.
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Remember that husbands are told,
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husbands love your wife.
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So we see here that Paul
is not contradicting Jesus.
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What we have here in Luke 14:26,
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that Jesus is
saying, this is like a,
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what they call a Hebrew,
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not an idiom, but
a way of expression.
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That means love less.
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He who loves,
you're to love your father,
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and your wife and your children
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less than you love Me,
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you're to love them
less than you love Me.
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This is what
Jesus is trying to say.
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So here, I'm going to
now point you to a scripture.
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Notice here, if
Job had done this,
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if he loved his
wife above the Lord.
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In Job 2:9, "Then
his wife said to him,
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'Do you still hold
fast to your integrity,
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curse God and die.'"
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If he loved his
wife more than God,
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he would have done
that, but he did not do that.
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He had the right perspective.
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And here in John 10:37,
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Jesus now helps us to
understand a little more.
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He who loves father
or mother more than Me,
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see Jesus is not
saying here, not to love them.
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He says, you, he who
loves them more than Me
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is not worthy of Me.
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And he who loves son
or daughter more than Me
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is not worthy of Me.
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So here is to
understand this is,
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he who loves,
looking at the text,
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if anyone comes to Me
and does not love less
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his father and
mother, wife and children,
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brothers and sister,
yes, and his own life also,
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he cannot be My disciple.
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You must love God
above everyone else. Wow.
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Nice, beautiful answer.
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Thank you.
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All right,
Pastor James Rafferty,
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this one's an
interesting question. Okay.
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This is coming from Minister
B. K. Powell in Florida.
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And it say, "If
Yahweh is our Father,
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and Yeshua is
our Lord and Savior,
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and the Holy Spirit is
inside of all believers,
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why is there a church
on every other corner?
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This can be very
confusing to non-believers."
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That's a good question.
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And we need to look at this
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in the broader
perspective because, of course,
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believers are filled
with the Holy Spirit,
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and we have the
Father, we have the Son,
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God is working in
us and through us.
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So why do we need church?
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Well, there are several
reasons pointed out in the Bible
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why we have
churches on every corner.
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You know, the
Bible talked about,
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in Acts 2:47,
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that the Lord
added to the church daily
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such as should be saved.
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And back in the
early Christian church era,
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there were churches in homes,
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a lot of people and believers
couldn't actually have churches
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and buildings, they
were heavily persecuted.
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So they would have
little church homes,
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little home churches everywhere.
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And Paul would
travel from place to place
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and sometimes
even by the riverside
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where prayer and
worship want to be made,
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and he would
gather with the believers.
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What was the purpose?
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To strengthen and
encourage one another,
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because we're told in the Bible,
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1 Corinthians 12:14,
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that the church is like a body
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and different gifts
have been given to that body.
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And the gifts are
for the edification
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of the body, for the
building up of the body
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and the
encouragement of the body.
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So you as a believer,
filled with the Holy Spirit,
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led by the Lord, and
following the will of God,
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you have a gift
that God has given you.
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And that gift is not to
be selfishly used for you
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per only, it is to be
shared with other believers.
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You might have the gift
of understanding, of wisdom,
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of prophecy, of instruction,
of teaching, of healing,
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of edification,
God has given all
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of these gifts
as the Spirit leads.
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And these gifts are
to be used in the church
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to take the gospel to the world.
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So we look at a couple other
verses in Matthew Chapter 28,
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where it talks about
the Gospel Commission,
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we call it.
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Matthew 28:19-20.
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That we are to take the
gospel to all the world,
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but doesn't just say
take the gospel all the world,
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says we're to teach all nations,
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teach them, instruct
them, share with them,
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and of course, the Holy
Spirit is our instructor.
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So the Holy Spirit
fills us, Jesus directs us,
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the Holy Father
reveals His will to us,
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and we join together
as a church to support
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and preach and teach
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and share that
gospel with all the world.
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So that's why you have churches
in all these different corners.
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That's why in
certain towns where we go,
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you have several
different Adventist churches
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I know because you
have groups of believers
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coming together
to edify each other,
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and take the gospel
to all the world, Amen.
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Wonderful.
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Okay. This is for you.
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It says, "Pastor
Lomacang, please explain,
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we shall be
changed in a twinkling
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of an eye at Jesus' comings."
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This is coming
from Jamaica. Okay.
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That's a beautiful
passage in the Bible.
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And you're actually referring
to 1 Corinthians 15:51-55.
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Let me go ahead and
read that and then we'll go
00:23:29.97\00:23:31.31
to the explanation.
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"Behold, I tell you
or show you a mystery,
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.68
we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed."
00:23:34.74\00:23:39.11
Right off the bat,
the word sleep there,
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.32
which is what
we're not all going to do
00:23:41.38\00:23:43.05
is the symbolism to
death when Lazarus was sick.
00:23:43.08\00:23:46.76
Jesus said to the
disciples, Lazarus sleepeth.
00:23:46.79\00:23:49.79
And they said, "If he's
sick, he needs to sleep."
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.89
But then Jesus said
plainly, "Lazarus is dead."
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.43
For the
Christian is called asleep
00:23:55.46\00:23:57.33
because from the
moment you close your eyes
00:23:57.37\00:23:59.40
to the time you open your eyes,
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.47
there is no
conscious passing of time.
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.51
So when the Bible talks
about the twinkling of an eye,
00:24:04.54\00:24:07.41
let me continue in the verse.
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"We shall not
asleep," 1 Corinthians 15:51,
00:24:09.11\00:24:12.25
"but we shall all be changed
in a moment in the twinkling
00:24:12.31\00:24:15.95
of an eye at the last trumpet."
00:24:15.98\00:24:18.95
When is that change
going to take place?
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.72
At the last
trumpet, but notice this,
00:24:20.76\00:24:23.22
and I understand this very well.
00:24:23.26\00:24:24.83
If you've ever had surgery,
00:24:24.89\00:24:26.23
and you had to
go under the knife,
00:24:26.26\00:24:27.86
and you will put out,
00:24:27.93\00:24:29.23
I remember going
being wheeled into a room
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.23
getting surgery on my finger.
00:24:31.27\00:24:33.40
And I said, "It's so nice."
00:24:33.44\00:24:37.51
When I woke up, I
was in the recovery room.
00:24:37.54\00:24:39.77
That's right. That's
the twinkling of an eye.
00:24:39.81\00:24:43.35
There's no consciousness.
00:24:43.38\00:24:44.71
They're not people
in the grave saying,
00:24:44.78\00:24:46.11
"Man, how long is
this going to be?"
00:24:46.15\00:24:47.65
Right. "Hey, Adam, how
long you've been in here?"
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.28
"Man, it's been
like almost 6000 years."
00:24:49.32\00:24:52.12
No, the moment
you close your eye
00:24:52.15\00:24:53.79
to the moment you
open, people thought,
00:24:53.82\00:24:55.76
"Well, how fast is a twinkle?"
00:24:55.79\00:24:57.33
Now that's a
blink. That's too slow.
00:24:57.36\00:25:01.06
A twinkle is a 1000
years, Jesus is coming,
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that's the twinkle.
00:25:06.47\00:25:07.80
That's a beautiful comfort
to know that the loved ones
00:25:07.84\00:25:10.51
that have passed
away are not in heaven
00:25:10.54\00:25:11.87
looking down on our foolishness,
00:25:11.94\00:25:13.58
but they are waiting
for that last trumpet.
00:25:13.61\00:25:15.84
They close their
eyes X amount of years ago
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and they will open
their eyes in the moment,
00:25:18.21\00:25:20.55
in a twinkling of an eye.
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All right.
00:25:22.52\00:25:23.85
I would ask you to
illustrate that again,
00:25:23.89\00:25:25.22
but I think you did a good job.
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.22
Amen.
00:25:27.26\00:25:28.59
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
this is coming from C.W Jones.
00:25:28.62\00:25:32.99
And he says, can you,
or it could be she I guess,
00:25:33.03\00:25:36.43
he or she says, "Can
you explain Proverbs 16:1
00:25:36.46\00:25:40.20
in light of Matthew 15:18?
00:25:40.24\00:25:43.84
Okay, those are
two interesting verses.
00:25:43.87\00:25:47.54
And I would say to you,
00:25:47.58\00:25:48.91
there's really no
contradiction between the two.
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.95
At first glance,
00:25:51.98\00:25:53.82
I would say let's
look at Matthew 15:18,
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which says, "But those things
which proceed out of the mouth
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come from the heart,
and they defile a man."
00:26:00.52\00:26:04.49
Here in Matthew 15,
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you have to look at the context.
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The context is,
begins in Matthew 15:1,
00:26:08.16\00:26:12.57
but I'm going to
start with verse 2.
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"Why do Your
disciples transgress
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.50
the tradition of the elders?
00:26:16.54\00:26:18.31
For they do not wash their
hands when they eat bread."
00:26:18.34\00:26:21.14
And Jesus continues, and
He is trying to help them
00:26:21.18\00:26:24.95
understand that
washing hands, if you don't,
00:26:24.98\00:26:27.22
if you eat without
washing your hands,
00:26:27.25\00:26:28.62
that's not going to defy you,
00:26:28.65\00:26:29.98
that's not going to
corrupt your morals.
00:26:30.02\00:26:32.09
It was merely a tradition to
wash your hands a certain way.
00:26:32.12\00:26:36.09
Now this
happened to me when I went
00:26:36.12\00:26:37.46
to visit a synagogue,
00:26:37.49\00:26:38.83
they had me wash my
hands a certain way.
00:26:38.86\00:26:41.36
Now, it's
interesting here that it says,
00:26:41.40\00:26:44.50
"But those things which
proceed out of the mouth
00:26:44.53\00:26:46.17
come from the heart
and they defile a man."
00:26:46.20\00:26:48.40
Now, let's go to Proverbs 16:1.
00:26:48.44\00:26:53.07
"The preparations of
the heart belong to man,
00:26:53.11\00:26:56.64
but the answer of the
tongue is from the Lord."
00:26:56.68\00:26:59.21
So here we're
talking about the heart.
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Preparation belongs to
the man or to the person,
00:27:02.28\00:27:05.69
and the answer of the tongue.
00:27:05.72\00:27:07.06
This is describing a person
that the Lord wants to use,
00:27:07.09\00:27:10.59
but the person has to do,
00:27:10.63\00:27:11.96
make some personal
effort to prepare his heart
00:27:12.03\00:27:14.36
to be used by the Lord, so
that when the tongue speaks,
00:27:14.36\00:27:18.83
the message comes from the Lord,
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.20
such as a pastor preparing,
a person preparing himself
00:27:20.24\00:27:23.14
to share the
gospel with somebody else,
00:27:23.17\00:27:25.07
you have to prepare.
00:27:25.11\00:27:26.44
You have to pray,
00:27:26.47\00:27:27.81
you have to agonize in
prayer for the Lord to give you
00:27:27.84\00:27:29.28
the message
that the people need.
00:27:29.31\00:27:30.95
And then you prepare the heart
in communion with the Lord,
00:27:30.98\00:27:35.52
the tongue will bring
the message from the Lord.
00:27:35.58\00:27:38.35
Let's look here in a
comparison of the Christians
00:27:38.39\00:27:42.62
and the wicked compare, notice.
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.63
Luke 6:45, "A good man
out of the good treasure
00:27:44.66\00:27:47.73
of his heart brings forth good,
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.83
and an evil man out
of the evil treasure
00:27:49.86\00:27:51.70
of his heart brings forth evil.
00:27:51.73\00:27:54.37
For out of the abundance of
the heart, his mouth speaks."
00:27:54.40\00:27:57.77
This is all we
can share for now.
00:27:57.81\00:27:59.37
All right. Good job.
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That was a wonderful answer.
00:28:01.48\00:28:03.28
All right,
Pastor James Rafferty,
00:28:03.31\00:28:04.71
coming back to you
here, this is coming from
00:28:04.75\00:28:07.15
Madelle from the Philippines.
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.35
And they say, "The Bible says
00:28:10.39\00:28:11.79
that the moment we ask
forgiveness of our sins,
00:28:11.85\00:28:14.92
the Lord will forgive
and throw it in the depths
00:28:14.96\00:28:17.46
of the sea, He will
no longer remember them.
00:28:17.49\00:28:20.33
Why in the Book of Revelation,
every sin is being shown,
00:28:20.36\00:28:24.23
and all people
could see it open?
00:28:24.27\00:28:26.94
All things done in
secret will be revealed.
00:28:26.97\00:28:29.60
Please enlighten me with this."
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.44
All right, well, Madelle,
00:28:31.47\00:28:32.84
this is a really
significant question.
00:28:32.87\00:28:36.08
You're right, there
are, there is a revelation
00:28:36.11\00:28:39.58
of two judgments in
the Book of Revelation,
00:28:39.61\00:28:42.65
the judgment for the righteous,
then the judgment for the lost.
00:28:42.68\00:28:46.72
And we see that in
the Gospel declaration
00:28:46.76\00:28:50.13
in Revelation 14:6-7,
00:28:50.16\00:28:52.09
where it talks about the
hour of His judgment has come.
00:28:52.16\00:28:55.00
The reason why we have that
is because we have an accuser
00:28:55.03\00:28:58.03
of the brethren
in Revelation 12:10,
00:28:58.07\00:29:01.10
who accuses us
before God day and night.
00:29:01.14\00:29:03.37
And guess what?
00:29:03.41\00:29:04.74
God wants to
silence those accusations
00:29:04.77\00:29:06.14
and He wants to do it openly
and publicly and permanently.
00:29:06.17\00:29:10.31
And so He's going to do that.
00:29:10.35\00:29:11.68
He's going to allow all
of that to be exposed, not,
00:29:11.71\00:29:14.85
in actual writing,
00:29:14.88\00:29:17.52
like in papers or
in videos or whatever.
00:29:17.55\00:29:20.02
But in our minds and
hearts and our experiences,
00:29:20.06\00:29:21.99
we're going to feel the
accuser accusing us of sins
00:29:22.02\00:29:25.29
we even confessed, and
we know have been forgiven.
00:29:25.36\00:29:27.86
And that testing time
is going to come to us
00:29:27.93\00:29:31.10
so that we can be
settled into the gospel
00:29:31.13\00:29:34.50
of the
forgiveness of Jesus Christ
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.24
so we can't be moved.
00:29:36.27\00:29:37.61
So we have this text
in 1 Timothy Chapter 5,
00:29:37.64\00:29:41.41
actually two
text, verses 24 and 25.
00:29:41.44\00:29:43.38
It says, "Some men
sins are open beforehand,
00:29:43.41\00:29:46.38
going to judgment and
some they follow after.
00:29:46.41\00:29:49.62
Likewise, also the good works
of some are manifest beforehand
00:29:49.65\00:29:53.79
and they that are
otherwise cannot be hid."
00:29:53.82\00:29:56.16
So God is going to hide
all of the sins of believers
00:29:56.19\00:29:59.69
that go beforehand to judgment,
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.03
they've been cast into the sea,
00:30:01.06\00:30:02.40
they're gone,
God's going to hide them.
00:30:02.46\00:30:03.83
The accused is going to
come and try and accuse us,
00:30:03.87\00:30:06.07
and we're going to
settle into the fact
00:30:06.10\00:30:07.47
that those sins
have been forgiven.
00:30:07.50\00:30:08.94
Those who do not
confess their sins,
00:30:09.00\00:30:10.91
those are going to be open,
00:30:10.94\00:30:12.27
they can't be
hidden by the righteousness
00:30:12.31\00:30:13.64
of Jesus Christ,
00:30:13.68\00:30:15.01
and those sins will be exposed
00:30:15.04\00:30:16.61
according to
Revelation Chapter 20.
00:30:16.64\00:30:18.41
The books are going to be open
00:30:18.45\00:30:19.78
and all those sins are
going to cometh upon those
00:30:19.81\00:30:22.52
who have refused to
give them to Jesus Christ
00:30:22.58\00:30:24.72
who paid the
penalty for our sins,
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.45
who took our
sins, our consequences,
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.36
they're going to come upon them
00:30:28.39\00:30:29.72
and they're going to
suffer the second death.
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.33
So there are the two judgments
in the Book of Revelation.
00:30:31.36\00:30:34.20
Our believers' sins
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.16
have been cast in
the depths of the sea
00:30:36.20\00:30:37.73
and we believe that by faith
00:30:37.77\00:30:39.10
and that silences the
accuser of the brethren
00:30:39.13\00:30:41.24
who accused us
before God day and night.
00:30:41.27\00:30:44.34
That's a lot to say in
that short amount of time.
00:30:44.37\00:30:46.94
Very well said.
00:30:46.98\00:30:48.51
Pastor John Pastor Lomacang,
this is a short question,
00:30:48.54\00:30:52.78
but a simple question.
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.15
It says, "Pastor
John, please explain
00:30:54.18\00:30:56.08
who are the hires in Micah 1:7?"
00:30:56.12\00:31:00.79
Okay, let's go to Micah 1:7.
00:31:00.82\00:31:03.73
And let's look at
that passage together.
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.59
I have it right
here in my notes,
00:31:05.63\00:31:10.07
going to that right
now, Micah Chapter 1.
00:31:10.10\00:31:12.00
You know, that's a
very good question,
00:31:12.03\00:31:13.37
because a lot of
people can be confused
00:31:13.40\00:31:15.67
by what the Bible says.
00:31:15.70\00:31:17.04
And oftentimes, the
difference is translations.
00:31:17.07\00:31:20.24
Right.
00:31:20.28\00:31:21.61
I'm going to read it
in both translations.
00:31:21.64\00:31:22.98
I'll start with
the King James Version,
00:31:23.01\00:31:24.35
Micah 1:7.
00:31:24.38\00:31:25.71
"And all the graven images
00:31:25.78\00:31:27.12
thereof shall
be beaten to pieces
00:31:27.15\00:31:28.85
and all the hires thereof
shall be burned with the fire,
00:31:28.88\00:31:34.29
and all the idols
thereof will I lay desolate,
00:31:34.32\00:31:38.03
so she gathered it
of the hire of a harlot,
00:31:38.06\00:31:42.63
and they shall return
to the hire of a harlot."
00:31:42.70\00:31:45.70
Now, if you read the
latter part of the verses,
00:31:45.77\00:31:47.70
you see now what is
the hire of a harlot?
00:31:47.74\00:31:49.90
It says it in the
New King James Version,
00:31:49.94\00:31:51.94
same passage,
"All her carved images
00:31:52.01\00:31:54.68
shall be beaten to pieces,
00:31:54.71\00:31:56.24
and all her pay,
00:31:56.28\00:31:58.11
as a harlot shall
be burned with fire.
00:31:58.15\00:32:00.55
All her idols, I
will lay desolate,
00:32:00.58\00:32:03.12
for she gathered it
from the pay of a harlot,
00:32:03.15\00:32:06.99
and they shall return
to the pay of a harlot."
00:32:07.02\00:32:09.62
Right.
00:32:09.66\00:32:10.99
That comes from
the Hebrew word ethnon,
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.66
meaning payment,
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.03
or from the Hebrew word, tonol
00:32:14.10\00:32:16.83
which means
inducement or reward.
00:32:16.87\00:32:20.37
So when the Bible
talks about higher,
00:32:20.40\00:32:22.74
it is saying here, for
those who go into a harlot,
00:32:22.77\00:32:27.18
they pay her, but that payment
will be poured back on them.
00:32:27.21\00:32:32.75
The payment from the
harlot is not a reward
00:32:32.78\00:32:35.52
that can be of any
righteous value at all.
00:32:35.55\00:32:38.39
If you notice that it says,
00:32:38.42\00:32:40.12
and they shall return
to the pay of a harlot,
00:32:40.16\00:32:43.79
for she gathered
from the pay of a harlot,
00:32:43.83\00:32:45.76
it shall be returned.
00:32:45.83\00:32:47.23
This simple word
hire means payment,
00:32:47.23\00:32:49.60
or inducement,
00:32:49.63\00:32:50.97
or the way that a
harlot seduces her customers,
00:32:51.00\00:32:55.60
but nothing is for free
00:32:55.64\00:32:57.37
and that's what the
hire means, payments, simple.
00:32:57.41\00:33:00.21
Well, nice.
00:33:00.24\00:33:01.84
Very well said.
00:33:01.88\00:33:03.78
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
this is coming from Lydia
00:33:03.81\00:33:07.02
all the way from
Papua New Guinea.
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.25
And this is what she says,
"If I happen to go to heaven,
00:33:09.32\00:33:13.46
and ask God,
will He explain to me
00:33:13.49\00:33:16.52
the cause of my 14 year
old firstborn son's death?
00:33:16.56\00:33:22.10
Will I ever meet
and reunite with him?
00:33:22.16\00:33:25.23
Will I ever
recognize him in heaven?
00:33:25.27\00:33:27.67
This has been my question
since 2010 when I lost him."
00:33:27.70\00:33:31.31
Yes. Yeah.
00:33:31.34\00:33:35.34
We see the burden
you carry and the pain
00:33:35.38\00:33:39.61
that is still there
and wondering about this,
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.92
and we hope that the answer
00:33:41.98\00:33:43.62
we give will give
you some encouragement.
00:33:43.65\00:33:46.25
First of all, you know,
I'm sorry about your loss
00:33:46.29\00:33:49.16
and I pray that God
will be your comfort.
00:33:49.22\00:33:53.46
You know, God is,
shows us in different places
00:33:53.50\00:33:57.20
in the scriptures that
00:33:57.23\00:33:58.60
He is concerned about us.
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.40
You know, we read
about the people of Israel,
00:34:00.44\00:34:02.04
He says, in all
their affliction,
00:34:02.07\00:34:03.47
He is afflicted.
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.57
And we have scriptures
that help us understand this.
00:34:05.61\00:34:09.68
Notice in Isaiah 1:18,
you know, she has come,
00:34:09.71\00:34:13.98
now let us reason together,
00:34:14.02\00:34:15.62
God wants to reason with us.
00:34:15.68\00:34:17.52
And many times Jesus said,
"Ask, and you shall receive."
00:34:17.55\00:34:21.16
So in a sense,
God wants to enter
00:34:21.19\00:34:23.99
in communion and
communication with us
00:34:24.03\00:34:25.89
and I'm sure that
when the time comes,
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.36
and we are with Him,
00:34:28.40\00:34:29.73
we can ask Him
any question we want.
00:34:29.76\00:34:32.90
He will have an
open door policy,
00:34:32.93\00:34:34.54
you know, we have
open door policy here,
00:34:34.57\00:34:36.07
but Jesus will be
available, accessible,
00:34:36.10\00:34:39.44
and you can ask
him anything you want.
00:34:39.47\00:34:42.91
So here in the Scripture,
00:34:42.94\00:34:45.38
I want to point to
you in Isaiah 45:11,
00:34:45.41\00:34:48.05
"Thus says the Lord
the Holy One of Israel,
00:34:48.08\00:34:50.09
and His Maker ask me of things
to come concerning my sons,
00:34:50.12\00:34:54.66
and concerning
the work of My hands,
00:34:54.69\00:34:56.52
you command Me."
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
So the invitation He
gives to us in this earth,
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.66
I believe that
invitation will be available.
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.86
Ask Me concerning My children,
and He will answer to us.
00:35:02.90\00:35:07.40
In Daniel 2:28, just
taking the first part,
00:35:07.44\00:35:10.34
there's a God in
heaven who reveals secrets,
00:35:10.37\00:35:13.58
and He will reveal to you
whatever concern you may have.
00:35:13.61\00:35:18.41
And so, Revelation 21:4,
00:35:18.45\00:35:22.48
this is not just a
statement concerning,
00:35:22.55\00:35:26.59
okay, those tears,
00:35:26.62\00:35:27.96
I'm just going to wipe them out?
00:35:27.99\00:35:29.32
No, in Revelation 21:4,
00:35:29.39\00:35:30.73
"And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes."
00:35:30.76\00:35:34.56
In this act of wiping
tears from their eyes,
00:35:34.56\00:35:37.27
there's also a consolation,
there's also a explanation,
00:35:37.30\00:35:41.47
there's a something is done
00:35:41.50\00:35:44.04
so that your
tears are wiped away,
00:35:44.07\00:35:47.01
and you will feel at peace,
00:35:47.04\00:35:48.64
you will feel
satisfied with what God has done
00:35:48.68\00:35:51.18
because He is
merciful, just and good.
00:35:51.21\00:35:55.35
And it says there
shall be no more death,
00:35:55.38\00:35:57.35
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:35:57.39\00:35:58.92
neither shall
there be any more pain
00:35:58.99\00:36:00.42
for the former
things are passed away.
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.56
Now your question is,
00:36:02.62\00:36:04.03
will I ever meet
and reunite with him?
00:36:04.06\00:36:06.76
The answer would be yes,
00:36:06.80\00:36:08.10
if your son
accepted Jesus Christ
00:36:08.13\00:36:09.63
as his personal Savior,
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.03
and if you have given
your heart to the Lord,
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.77
and if you are
faithful to the end,
00:36:12.80\00:36:15.14
you will have the
joy of meeting your son.
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.91
And this is why the
message to the church of Smyrna
00:36:17.94\00:36:21.81
in Revelation 2:10 at the end,
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.48
it says, "Be thou
faithful unto death,
00:36:23.51\00:36:25.95
and I will give
you the crown of life."
00:36:25.98\00:36:28.72
So there's a crown
of life promised us,
00:36:28.75\00:36:30.62
a crown or life promised to you,
00:36:30.65\00:36:32.29
and you have that
hope of meeting your son.
00:36:32.32\00:36:34.99
And I encourage you to
be faithful until the end.
00:36:35.02\00:36:37.26
Amen.
00:36:37.29\00:36:38.63
Amen.
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.00
Praise the Lord.
00:36:40.03\00:36:41.33
All right,
Pastor James Rafferty,
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.30
this comes from Maj
all the way in Maryland.
00:36:43.33\00:36:45.93
Okay.
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.30
And they say,
"Can you please explain
00:36:47.34\00:36:48.74
what predestination
means in the Bible?"
00:36:48.77\00:36:51.61
Okay.
Predestination is a huge word.
00:36:51.64\00:36:55.34
And it simply means
to decide ahead of time
00:36:55.38\00:36:58.45
or to predetermine,
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.25
and the Bible
applies predestination
00:37:01.28\00:37:03.22
in two ways.
00:37:03.25\00:37:04.75
Number one,
we're told that Christ
00:37:04.79\00:37:07.69
was
predetermined or foreordained
00:37:07.72\00:37:10.39
before the
foundation of the world,
00:37:10.43\00:37:11.99
to die as our
Savior, if we were to sin,
00:37:12.03\00:37:14.56
and we can read those verses
00:37:14.60\00:37:15.96
in 1 Peter 1:18-20.
00:37:16.00\00:37:21.34
1 Peter 1:18-20.
00:37:21.37\00:37:23.54
It says, "For as
much as you know that
00:37:23.57\00:37:27.21
you were not redeemed
with corruptible things
00:37:27.24\00:37:29.74
as silver or gold
from your conversation,
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.91
your vain conversation received
00:37:32.95\00:37:34.28
by tradition from your fathers,
00:37:34.32\00:37:35.68
but with the
precious blood of Christ,
00:37:35.72\00:37:37.52
as a lamb without
blemish and without spot
00:37:37.55\00:37:40.12
who verily was foreordained,"
00:37:40.16\00:37:42.62
that's the word
right there, foreordained,
00:37:42.66\00:37:44.76
predestined,
predetermined, "foreordained
00:37:44.79\00:37:46.66
before the
foundation of the world,
00:37:46.70\00:37:48.73
but was manifest in
these last times for you."
00:37:48.76\00:37:51.33
So Christ has been predestined
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.84
to be our Savior.
00:37:54.87\00:37:56.20
Now, who He's even
predestined to save?
00:37:56.27\00:37:58.54
Well, He's been predestined
to save the human race.
00:37:58.57\00:38:01.78
And that is every one
that came from Adam and Eve,
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.88
everyone that came
from Noah and his family,
00:38:04.91\00:38:07.05
all of us have been
predestined to be saved.
00:38:07.08\00:38:09.28
Amen.
00:38:09.32\00:38:10.65
The question is,
are we going to receive
00:38:10.69\00:38:13.25
the predestination that
is for us in Jesus Christ?
00:38:13.29\00:38:16.12
That's right.
00:38:16.16\00:38:17.49
So the whole world
has been predestined,
00:38:17.53\00:38:18.99
we've been called, justified,
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.26
sanctified, glorified in Christ.
00:38:21.30\00:38:23.33
That's the
package deal that we have
00:38:23.37\00:38:25.10
when we accept Jesus
Christ as our Savior.
00:38:25.13\00:38:27.10
The question is, are we
going to receive the calling?
00:38:27.14\00:38:29.70
Are we going to respond to it?
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.11
Are we going to
receive the justification?
00:38:31.14\00:38:32.87
Are we going to
receive the glorification?
00:38:32.94\00:38:35.01
Are we going to
receive the sanctification?
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.45
To some degree,
00:38:37.48\00:38:38.81
we all taste a little bit of it.
00:38:38.85\00:38:40.18
No one does anything good,
00:38:40.22\00:38:41.55
no one does any sanctified work.
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.85
Even the bike who stops
at the pedestrian crossing
00:38:43.89\00:38:46.76
to let that old lady pass by,
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.92
that is all from God.
00:38:48.96\00:38:50.46
But we have to ask the question,
00:38:50.49\00:38:51.83
will we allow our
entire lives to be swallowed up
00:38:51.86\00:38:53.90
in God's will for us
00:38:53.93\00:38:55.23
and accept His
predetermined plan for us
00:38:55.26\00:38:58.23
in Jesus Christ?
00:38:58.27\00:38:59.67
All right.
00:38:59.70\00:39:01.10
Predestination in two minutes.
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
That's right.
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.01
Give me a couple more
minutes and I can clear it up.
00:39:04.04\00:39:06.78
That was a great
answer. Thank you, Brother.
00:39:06.81\00:39:08.68
All right, Pastor John Lomacang,
00:39:08.71\00:39:10.08
this is coming from
Betty in Chesapeake, Virginia.
00:39:10.11\00:39:12.48
Okay.
00:39:12.51\00:39:13.85
And she says, "Is
Elijah supposed to come first
00:39:13.88\00:39:16.99
before Jesus?
00:39:17.02\00:39:18.42
Where does Elijah fit
00:39:18.45\00:39:19.92
into the end time
scheme of things?"
00:39:19.95\00:39:22.79
Okay, let's go to Malachi 4:5-6.
00:39:22.82\00:39:25.39
Right.
00:39:25.43\00:39:26.76
"Behold, I will send
you Elijah the prophet
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.36
before the coming of the great
00:39:28.40\00:39:29.73
and dreadful day of the Lord."
00:39:29.80\00:39:31.17
Verse 6 of Malachi 4,
00:39:31.20\00:39:32.97
"And he will turn the hearts
of the fathers to the children
00:39:33.00\00:39:35.60
and hearts of the
children to their fathers,
00:39:35.64\00:39:37.67
lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse."
00:39:37.71\00:39:40.24
That's the prophecy in Malachi.
00:39:40.28\00:39:42.14
When Jesus came, after Malachi,
00:39:42.18\00:39:44.35
the next voice you hear
is the voice of Matthew.
00:39:44.38\00:39:47.85
There was silence after
the prophecy of Malachi.
00:39:47.88\00:39:51.95
Then there was one sent to
prepare the way for Christ.
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.49
And you go in John Chapter 1,
00:39:54.52\00:39:55.99
you read these
words in John 1:6,
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.36
"There was a man sent
from God whose name was John.
00:39:58.39\00:40:01.40
This man came for a witness
to be a witness of the light
00:40:01.43\00:40:05.53
that all through
him might believe."
00:40:05.57\00:40:09.30
John 1:8, "He
was not that light,
00:40:09.34\00:40:13.17
but was sent to be a
witness of that light."
00:40:13.21\00:40:16.04
And then you find in John 1:29.
00:40:16.08\00:40:19.15
He said these words
as he introduced Jesus,
00:40:19.21\00:40:21.35
"Behold the Lamb of God
00:40:21.38\00:40:22.72
that taketh away
the sin of the world."
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.52
So, when John was preaching,
00:40:24.55\00:40:27.06
multitudes are being
gathered to hear John preaching,
00:40:27.09\00:40:29.52
and Jesus asked this
question in Matthew Chapter 11.
00:40:29.56\00:40:32.63
He said in verse 4,
00:40:32.69\00:40:34.00
"Go and tell John the
things which you hear and see."
00:40:34.03\00:40:37.27
And then John was preaching
00:40:37.30\00:40:38.73
and Jesus saw the multitudes
going out in Matthew 11:7.
00:40:38.77\00:40:43.74
"As they
departed, Jesus began to say
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.57
to the
multitudes concerning John,
00:40:45.61\00:40:47.14
'What did you go out
to see in the wilderness?'
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.81
And they began
saying, 'We went to see.
00:40:49.84\00:40:52.01
"And he said," Do you
see a man in good clothing?
00:40:52.05\00:40:53.62
What did you go out to see?'
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.38
And the Lord made it clear.'"
00:40:56.45\00:40:57.95
this is John the Baptist,
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.32
there is no
prophet greater than he.
00:40:59.35\00:41:01.09
And then Jesus
made the statement
00:41:01.12\00:41:03.76
because they asked
about John's message.
00:41:03.79\00:41:06.03
"Is this Elijah?"
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.46
And look at Matthew 11:14,
00:41:07.50\00:41:10.53
"If you are
willing to receive it,"
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.27
that is John's a message,
00:41:12.30\00:41:14.17
"he is the
Elijah who is to come.
00:41:14.20\00:41:17.31
He who has ears to
hear, let him hear."
00:41:17.34\00:41:20.71
So that was in preparation
for the coming of Jesus.
00:41:20.74\00:41:22.84
But what was Elijah's message?
00:41:22.91\00:41:24.48
We find that in
the Book of 1 Kings,
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.85
Elijah warned Ahab
00:41:26.88\00:41:28.78
that he had forsaken
the Commandments of God.
00:41:28.82\00:41:31.42
And that's why the
Elijah message again,
00:41:31.45\00:41:34.06
is to be that.
00:41:34.09\00:41:35.42
Those who have
forsaken the Commandments of God
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.36
must turn to the
Commandments of God,
00:41:37.39\00:41:39.26
turn their hearts back
00:41:39.29\00:41:40.63
before the
second coming of Jesus.
00:41:40.66\00:41:42.83
Amen. Amen.
00:41:42.90\00:41:44.23
Praise the Lord.
00:41:44.27\00:41:45.60
If Baal be God worship him,
00:41:45.63\00:41:46.97
but if the Lord
be God worship Him.
00:41:47.00\00:41:49.04
Amen. Love that. Verses 18:18.
00:41:49.07\00:41:50.67
It's right. Beautiful.
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.84
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
this is your last question
00:41:52.91\00:41:56.38
before we go to our bonus round.
00:41:56.41\00:41:58.95
"How do we as Christians
grow in a time of crisis?"
00:41:58.98\00:42:03.22
This question is
coming from Maryland.
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.82
Thank you.
00:42:06.86\00:42:08.89
I first of all,
I like to say that
00:42:08.92\00:42:10.46
we should be growing daily
00:42:10.49\00:42:13.53
through the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:42:13.56\00:42:16.23
We're told to grow in grace.
00:42:16.30\00:42:18.10
In Matthew 6:1, it says,
00:42:18.13\00:42:22.74
"Give us this
day, our daily bread."
00:42:22.77\00:42:25.17
Give us this
day, our daily bread.
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.71
So daily, we need to be
receiving from the Lord,
00:42:26.74\00:42:31.05
not only the physical bread,
00:42:31.08\00:42:32.41
but the spiritual
bread so we can grow thereby.
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.72
Luke 9:23 says,
"And He said to them all,
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.92
if any man will come after Me,
00:42:37.95\00:42:39.29
let him deny himself
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.66
and take up his
cross daily and follow Me."
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.19
So daily, we are to
be following the Lord
00:42:42.22\00:42:45.09
with all of our heart,
00:42:45.13\00:42:46.56
and we will be
prepared for the crisis.
00:42:46.63\00:42:49.70
Because if you wait to
grow in the time of crisis,
00:42:49.76\00:42:53.23
then you are going to
be in serious trouble.
00:42:53.27\00:42:54.74
Now, do we grow
in a time of crisis?
00:42:54.77\00:42:57.47
Yes, that depends on whether
00:42:57.51\00:42:59.47
or not you keep
your eyes on Jesus.
00:42:59.51\00:43:03.04
If you face the
crisis looking unto Jesus,
00:43:03.11\00:43:05.25
the author and
finisher of our faith,
00:43:05.28\00:43:07.92
through that crisis,
00:43:07.95\00:43:09.52
He is going to be
increasing your faith
00:43:09.55\00:43:13.09
as you trust in Him
that He will be with you,
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.26
and you trust that what
is written in Romans 8:29,
00:43:16.29\00:43:20.33
that all things work together
for good to them that love God,
00:43:20.36\00:43:24.40
to them that are the
called according to His purpose.
00:43:24.43\00:43:27.30
So yes, you can
grow in a time of crisis.
00:43:27.34\00:43:29.94
But you should
form a pattern, a habit,
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.21
a lifestyle, a way of living,
00:43:33.27\00:43:36.04
that you are continually
00:43:36.08\00:43:39.25
connected to the Lord.
00:43:39.31\00:43:40.65
That's why I read
to you from John 15:5,
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.59
"I am the vine,
you are the branches.
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.82
He who abides in Me and
I in him bears much fruit,
00:43:45.85\00:43:49.86
for without Me
you can do nothing."
00:43:49.92\00:43:51.59
We are to be
continually attached,
00:43:51.63\00:43:54.03
connected to Jesus Christ
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.53
whether you have a time of peace
00:43:56.56\00:43:58.37
or whether you
have a time of trouble,
00:43:58.40\00:44:00.17
and you will continue to grow
00:44:00.20\00:44:02.40
and He who has
begun a good work in you
00:44:02.44\00:44:05.17
will complete it.
00:44:05.21\00:44:06.57
Praise His
name. Praise the Lord.
00:44:06.61\00:44:08.21
I love that my
favorite verse, Philippians 1:6,
00:44:08.24\00:44:10.75
we have the promise that Jesus
00:44:10.78\00:44:12.45
will complete that
work until He comes.
00:44:12.48\00:44:15.22
Amen. I love that.
00:44:15.25\00:44:16.79
All right,
Pastor James Rafferty,
00:44:16.82\00:44:18.15
this is your last
question before our bonus round.
00:44:18.19\00:44:20.59
And this is coming from Candice.
00:44:20.62\00:44:21.96
And, Candice, I
love your question.
00:44:21.99\00:44:23.32
That's a good question.
00:44:23.36\00:44:24.69
She says, "I don't understand
the cleansing heavenly temple
00:44:24.73\00:44:27.40
in 1844.
00:44:27.46\00:44:29.03
The temple on earth had
blood from the death of animals
00:44:29.06\00:44:33.00
that needed to be
literally cleaned off.
00:44:33.03\00:44:35.27
What is cleaned off in the holy,
00:44:35.30\00:44:37.57
pure, sinless place in heaven?
00:44:37.61\00:44:39.54
And she says, blood is dirty."
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.31
I like that. I like that.
00:44:42.34\00:44:44.21
Very good question, Candice.
00:44:44.25\00:44:45.58
Let's just look at
a couple of verses.
00:44:45.61\00:44:46.95
The first ones in 1
Corinthians 6:19-20.
00:44:46.98\00:44:50.72
It kind of tells us
00:44:50.75\00:44:52.09
what the temple is
that's being cleansed.
00:44:52.12\00:44:53.46
"What?
00:44:53.52\00:44:54.86
Know ye not that
your body is the temple
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.52
of the Holy
Ghost which is in you,
00:44:56.59\00:44:57.99
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
00:44:58.03\00:44:59.59
For you are bought with a price:
00:44:59.66\00:45:01.70
therefore
glorify God in your body,
00:45:01.73\00:45:03.97
and in your
spirit, which are God's."
00:45:04.00\00:45:05.97
So Jesus Christ is in heaven.
00:45:06.00\00:45:07.60
And He's doing a
work of cleansing
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.34
that correlates with
us, with individuals.
00:45:09.37\00:45:12.41
We are the ones
that are being cleansed
00:45:12.44\00:45:15.01
in this sanctuary
Day of Atonement time.
00:45:15.04\00:45:17.65
Let's look at another verse.
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.01
This one's in Revelation 7:14,
00:45:19.05\00:45:21.38
it's pointing to the
redeemed and this what it says?
00:45:21.42\00:45:23.75
"And I said unto
him, Sir, thou knowest.
00:45:23.79\00:45:25.69
And he said to me,
00:45:25.72\00:45:27.06
these are they which
came out of great tribulation,
00:45:27.09\00:45:29.59
and have washed their robes,
00:45:29.62\00:45:31.26
and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb."
00:45:31.29\00:45:35.03
Apparently, the blood
of the lamb is not dirty.
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.30
Apparently, the
blood of the lamb
00:45:37.33\00:45:38.67
actually
cleanses us and washes us
00:45:38.70\00:45:40.20
and makes us white.
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Well, why is that? That's right.
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Because the blood of the
lamb is symbolic of the life
00:45:43.00\00:45:46.41
and death of Jesus Christ.
00:45:46.44\00:45:47.78
That's what the
blood was really all about.
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It was a symbol.
00:45:49.18\00:45:50.61
Even in the earthly sanctuary,
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.21
the cleansing wasn't
the cleansing of blood.
00:45:52.25\00:45:54.32
The cleansing was the
cleansing of the people
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.95
by faith in the
blood of the animal
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that was sacrificed as a type
00:46:00.49\00:46:02.19
or
representation of Jesus Christ.
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.56
And so what we have
is we have Jesus Christ
00:46:04.59\00:46:06.76
coming to this earth
and living a perfect life.
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.06
That animal that was sacrificed
00:46:09.10\00:46:10.83
in the earthly sanctuary
was to be without blemish,
00:46:10.87\00:46:12.60
and without spot,
00:46:12.63\00:46:13.97
it pointed to
Christ perfect life.
00:46:14.00\00:46:15.34
Then we have Him
taking upon Himself our,
00:46:15.37\00:46:18.57
the consequences of our sins,
our punishment, if you will.
00:46:18.61\00:46:21.58
So that perfect life,
00:46:21.61\00:46:22.98
and that substitutionary
death in our place,
00:46:23.01\00:46:26.05
is what is
represented by the blood,
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the death is in the blood,
00:46:27.95\00:46:29.38
and the life is in the blood.
00:46:29.42\00:46:31.12
And that blood cleanses
us from all of our sins,
00:46:31.15\00:46:33.69
from all of our failures.
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.06
Jesus ministers in
the heavenly sanctuary,
00:46:35.09\00:46:36.76
and He applies
His life and His death
00:46:36.79\00:46:39.46
to our lives as we
give ourselves to Him
00:46:39.53\00:46:42.13
and confess our sins to Him.
00:46:42.16\00:46:43.77
That's the
cleansing that's taking place
00:46:43.80\00:46:45.67
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.04
Praise the Lord.
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.40
I like that.
00:46:48.44\00:46:49.80
The blood of the
lamb is not dirty.
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Praise the Lord. I like that.
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.07
Amen.
00:46:53.11\00:46:54.44
All right, here
comes our extra questions.
00:46:54.48\00:46:55.81
Our bonus round, you guys ready?
00:46:55.84\00:46:57.18
Okay. All right, here we go.
00:46:57.21\00:46:58.81
This one is coming
from Rene in Indiana.
00:46:58.85\00:47:01.32
And she says, "Was
Balaam a true prophet
00:47:01.35\00:47:04.62
of God gone bad?"
00:47:04.65\00:47:05.99
Okay. Absolutely.
00:47:06.02\00:47:08.09
I mean, the Bible is
really clear on that.
00:47:08.12\00:47:10.73
We're told that he loved
the wages of unrighteousness.
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.43
And we find that
in 2 Peter Chapter 2
00:47:13.46\00:47:15.50
and also in Jude.
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.17
And we know he was
a true prophet of God
00:47:17.20\00:47:18.53
at one point
00:47:18.57\00:47:19.93
because God actually
used him in spite of himself.
00:47:19.97\00:47:22.10
God spoke through him,
God prophesied through him,
00:47:22.14\00:47:25.01
but he went for the money
00:47:25.04\00:47:27.11
as unfortunately we
see people doing today,
00:47:27.18\00:47:29.94
pastors doing today,
religious people doing today.
00:47:29.98\00:47:31.88
We get caught up in the money,
00:47:31.91\00:47:33.62
and that takes us
in a wrong direction.
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.12
Wow.
00:47:35.15\00:47:36.48
You know
something's got to be wrong
00:47:36.52\00:47:37.89
when your donkey
starts talking to you.
00:47:37.92\00:47:40.69
I have a sermon that I
preached called Dumb and Dumber,
00:47:40.72\00:47:42.76
which one was which?
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.29
Balaam's
covetousness made him dumber
00:47:45.33\00:47:48.10
than the donkey he was on.
00:47:48.13\00:47:49.83
The donkey heard
the voice of the angel,
00:47:49.86\00:47:52.53
Balaam refused to
hear the voice of God.
00:47:52.57\00:47:54.94
He was once a man who listened,
00:47:54.97\00:47:56.67
but his donkey ended up
being more obedient than him.
00:47:56.71\00:47:59.21
What a sad story.
00:47:59.24\00:48:00.64
Yeah, it is. Wow.
00:48:00.68\00:48:02.01
Want to add
anything to that, Pastor?
00:48:02.04\00:48:03.38
No, I think that's,
I agree with all that,
00:48:03.41\00:48:05.41
you know, Balaam,
it's sad to see a person
00:48:05.45\00:48:10.65
allow selfishness and corruption
00:48:10.69\00:48:13.66
lead him to do
something that God forbade.
00:48:13.69\00:48:17.29
I mean, to curse God's people,
never should a prophet do that.
00:48:17.33\00:48:20.96
All right.
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.33
Amen. Amen.
00:48:22.36\00:48:23.73
All right, this is
coming from Sharon,
00:48:23.77\00:48:25.63
in Mount Vernon, New York.
00:48:25.67\00:48:27.30
Okay.
00:48:27.34\00:48:28.67
And this is what she says,
"What does the Bible say about
00:48:28.70\00:48:31.61
what happens to those souls
00:48:31.64\00:48:33.17
who died without ever
hearing the Word of God?
00:48:33.24\00:48:36.61
Will there be a
special resurrection
00:48:36.64\00:48:38.25
of these souls so
they can be given a chance
00:48:38.28\00:48:41.35
to hear God's word
and to accept Jesus
00:48:41.38\00:48:43.92
as their Lord and Savior?
00:48:43.95\00:48:45.62
Thank you." Let's go
to the Book of Titus.
00:48:45.65\00:48:48.36
Okay. Okay, Titus.
00:48:48.39\00:48:49.79
All right, I'm going there now,
00:48:49.82\00:48:51.69
turning my Bible here to Titus.
00:48:51.73\00:48:56.10
That question was
asked so many times
00:48:56.13\00:48:57.90
and the Bible gives an answer
00:48:57.93\00:48:59.47
because there is an assumption
00:48:59.50\00:49:02.44
that there are
those who have never heard
00:49:02.47\00:49:06.47
the voice of God.
00:49:06.54\00:49:07.88
Okay.
00:49:07.91\00:49:09.38
Listen to this, Titus Chapter 2.
00:49:09.41\00:49:12.45
And then we're going
to go to Romans Chapter 1.
00:49:12.48\00:49:13.88
All right.
00:49:13.92\00:49:15.25
Titus 2:11,
"For the grace of God
00:49:15.28\00:49:17.29
that brings salvation
has appeared to all men."
00:49:17.35\00:49:22.96
Now, we ask
ourselves the question how?
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.33
We have to assume that
we're not the only ones
00:49:25.36\00:49:27.83
that are extending God's grace.
00:49:27.86\00:49:29.80
Then you go to Romans Chapter 1.
00:49:29.83\00:49:32.07
Let's go to Romans
Chapter 1 very quickly.
00:49:32.10\00:49:33.60
So the grace of God
00:49:33.67\00:49:35.00
that brings salvation
has appeared to all men,
00:49:35.04\00:49:37.94
so nobody could say, "Well,
00:49:37.97\00:49:40.31
I hadn't heard
about the grace of God."
00:49:40.34\00:49:41.68
All right.
00:49:41.71\00:49:43.04
That's not what the Bible says.
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.41
Then Romans Chapter 1,
00:49:44.45\00:49:45.78
we look at all the outlining
00:49:45.81\00:49:47.15
of the sins of
the antediluvians.
00:49:47.18\00:49:48.82
And when you get
down to about verse 20,
00:49:48.85\00:49:53.69
read that, James, for us.
00:49:53.72\00:49:55.32
"For the invisible things
00:49:55.36\00:49:57.39
from the foundation of the world
00:49:57.43\00:49:59.23
to the creation of the
world are clearly seen,
00:49:59.26\00:50:01.33
being understood by
the things that are made,
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.16
even his eternal
power and Godhead,
00:50:03.20\00:50:05.00
so that they
are without excuse."
00:50:05.03\00:50:06.63
So that they are without excuse.
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.67
So no one's going to
be in the judgment say
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.51
I didn't have an opportunity.
00:50:10.54\00:50:11.87
We just don't know how. Right.
00:50:11.91\00:50:13.38
But God works
in mysterious ways.
00:50:13.41\00:50:15.41
His ways are far above ours.
00:50:15.44\00:50:17.68
So I don't
believe there's anybody
00:50:17.71\00:50:19.28
that's going to
be in the judgment
00:50:19.31\00:50:20.65
that's going to be saying,
00:50:20.68\00:50:22.02
"I don't even
know why I'm here."
00:50:22.05\00:50:23.39
No, that's not how God works.
00:50:23.42\00:50:24.75
Amen. All right.
00:50:24.79\00:50:26.12
I would like to
add a verse because,
00:50:26.15\00:50:27.52
you know, the
person is wondering
00:50:27.56\00:50:28.89
if there's going to
be a special resurrection
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.76
for these people.
00:50:30.79\00:50:32.13
No, Hebrews 9:27, says,
00:50:32.16\00:50:33.73
"And as it is
appointed unto men once to die,
00:50:33.80\00:50:37.83
but after this the judgment."
00:50:37.87\00:50:39.50
So no second opportunity,
00:50:39.53\00:50:41.37
no second resurrection
00:50:41.40\00:50:43.10
to hear the gospel.
00:50:43.17\00:50:44.51
Got you.
00:50:44.54\00:50:45.87
And then Romans Chapter 2,
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.24
which continues on
with Romans Chapter 1
00:50:47.28\00:50:48.74
basically says that
those who don't know the law,
00:50:48.78\00:50:52.18
they don't know
anything about God, per se,
00:50:52.21\00:50:54.85
but they have
in their conscience
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.69
this law of good and bad,
00:50:57.72\00:50:59.62
of right and wrong,
00:50:59.65\00:51:01.06
and their
conscience bears them witness
00:51:01.09\00:51:02.42
and they're judged according
00:51:02.46\00:51:03.86
to what they
conscientiously believed
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.43
was the right thing to do.
00:51:05.46\00:51:06.80
And so we have Romans Chapter 1,
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.13
Romans Chapter 2.
00:51:08.16\00:51:09.50
And, of course, Hebrews,
00:51:09.53\00:51:10.87
we see all of
this coming together
00:51:10.90\00:51:12.23
and telling us, "Yes,
God is speaking to everyone."
00:51:12.27\00:51:13.90
Titus 2:11... I'm
glad you brought that out.
00:51:13.94\00:51:17.37
Has appeared to all men.
00:51:17.41\00:51:19.41
And you know
where that conscience
00:51:19.44\00:51:20.78
comes from?
00:51:20.81\00:51:22.14
The New Covenant.
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.51
I will put my laws in your mind
and write them on your heart.
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.05
That's what the Bible says,
if your heart condemns you,
00:51:25.08\00:51:27.02
then God is
greater than your heart.
00:51:27.08\00:51:28.88
There's something in there that
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.25
He put there to
give you a conscience
00:51:30.29\00:51:31.85
to know right and wrong.
00:51:31.89\00:51:33.22
Amen.
00:51:33.25\00:51:34.59
Beautiful, guys. Amen.
00:51:34.62\00:51:35.96
Wonderful
answers. Wonderful answer.
00:51:35.99\00:51:37.33
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00:51:37.36\00:51:38.69
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