Well, time really flew by guys
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and I just want
to open the floor
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for some final thoughts.
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Pastor Rafferty?
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Well, I really have been blessed
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by the questions that
have come in this time.
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I know a lot of them
have been deep questions.
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I was just thinking
about the one with Pharaoh
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and how God's
foreknowledge, you know, works.
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And many times we see things
in the Bible and we think,
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"Oh, I don't understand
why God would do that."
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But God knows a lot more about
the situation than we know.
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And so the main thing
for me is, 2 Peter 3:9,
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you know, "God is
longsuffering toward us,
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not wanting
that any would perish
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but that all will
come to repentance."
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God is going to
do everything He can
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to save every
individual that's possible.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, Revelation 21:5
is one of my favorite verses.
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It gives me great hope.
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It helps me to look
forward to the beautiful things
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that Christ has prepared for us.
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And He says here, it says,
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"Then He who sat
on the throne said,
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'Behold, I make
all things new.'"
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And we serve a
God that's all about
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making our lives the
best that it can possibly be.
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He's going to
make all things new.
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He has made all things new.
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So look to Jesus, the author
and finisher of your faith.
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Amen. Amen.
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Concerning wine, I
like to quote somebody
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that did a little
more digging in this.
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He says, "It must be
observed," notes Leon C. Field,
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"that the
adjective used to describe
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the wine made by
Christ is not agathos,
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good, simply, but kalos,
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that which is morally
excellent or befitting."
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So Christ made the
pure, fresh grape juice.
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Amen. Thank you, Pastor Dinzey.
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Thank you, Pastor Day.
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Thank you, Pastor
Rafferty, for the insight
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that you've provided
from the Word of God today
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in response to these questions.
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And I just want to
encourage you to pray,
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to study God's Word,
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to apply what you're learning
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and watch the growth
that takes place in your life.
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Thank you for tuning
in to Today Bible Q and A.
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Until next time, may
God richly bless you.
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