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Removing pain Lord,
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Let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Bible Q and A.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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It's a privilege for me to
be with you during this hour.
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We have an hour
full of information.
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It's going to be fun-packed
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we say because we have
a panel of Bible students
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that are going to be sharing
information from God's Word
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that it is our prayer
will draw you close to Jesus.
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We have your questions.
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We have questions that
have come from California,
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Michigan and as
far away as Uganda.
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Praise the Lord.
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And we are
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Let me tell you how you can
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because this is the way
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users and we have some questions
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that have come in
through Instagram.
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And we are going
to be presenting them.
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Let me tell you the
name of our family members
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that are here for the questions.
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We have Pastor Ryan Day.
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How are you
today? I'm fantastic.
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I'm excited and locked
and loaded and ready to go.
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Praise the Lord.
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Pastor John Lomacang, are you
locked and loaded ready to go?
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I'll borrow that term. I
think it sounds pretty good.
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Praise the Lord.
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We also have
Pastor James Rafferty
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that is with us.
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And how about you? Are
you locked and ready to go?
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I love that term.
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I'm locked and
loaded and ready to go.
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Oh, praise the Lord,
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Sounds like the
military about to happen.
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Well, we believe
this program is a program
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that will minister to you.
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And it gives you an
opportunity to hear some answers
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to questions that maybe
you've had for a long time.
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And we encourage
you to send them in.
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And I remember one lady
that wrote in, she said,
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I don't care if you
might think it's silly.
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I'm sending the
question in any way
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because I want
to know the truth.
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So we encourage you
to send in your questions
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whether you're young or old.
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There may be some
people that for a long time
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have been
wondering about something.
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And this is your opportunity
to get your question in.
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Before we begin,
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we are going to
the Lord in prayer
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and I like to ask
Pastor John Lomacang
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if you please take us
to the Lord in prayer.
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Sure. Let's pray.
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Gracious Father, loving
Lord, as we open Your Word,
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open our hearts, open our minds,
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open our ears, as you said,
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He who has an ear
to hear let him hear
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what the Spirit
says to the churches.
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We pray that we could respond
to these questions humbly,
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but scripturally so
that those who are listening
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will know that
these are not opinions,
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but they're
supported by God's Word.
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We pray that when
the program is done,
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someone's heart will be
moved to not only know You
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but to commit themselves to You
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and to follow Your
Word as it is in Jesus.
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We pray this in Your
precious and holy name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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For those of you joining us,
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I like to let you
in on some information
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that you may wonder
what has happened here
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because we're trying
to get as many questions
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answered as possible.
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So we're basically sticking
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to about a two-minute
time frame for questions.
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So, watch carefully as
you hear the first question,
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and this one is coming
to Pastor James Rafferty,
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and the question is,
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"How do you respond to someone
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who thinks Jesus
as the Son of God
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was created by God
and not God Himself
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or is equal to God?"
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This is from
Carla, from Michigan.
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Good question,
Karla from Michigan.
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There are a number of
people who feel this way
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but there's one
denomination specifically
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I've studied with them before.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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who believe that
Jesus was a created being
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and He's not one
or equal with God.
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So there are a
number of Bible references.
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And, of course, we
always want to go to the Bible.
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Hebrews 1 is one area
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where you can go to
establish that Jesus Christ
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is indeed equal with God.
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In 1:3, it says,
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"Of Jesus, who being
the brightness of His glory
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and the express
image of His person,
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upholding all things
by the word of His power,
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when He had by
Himself purged our sins,
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sat down at the right
hand of the Majesty on high."
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Verse 6 says, "And again,
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when he brings
the first begotten
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into the world
that is Jesus Christ,
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He saith unto him,
that all the angels
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of God worship Him."
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So Jesus Christ is worshiped,
only God is to be worshiped.
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Now, it says here,
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He brings the first
begotten into the world.
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Just turn over now
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to Philippians 2:5-7
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because it brings
some clarification
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to what has been talked
here in Hebrews Chapter 1.
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Philippians 2:5, says,
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"Let this mind be in you,
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which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Who, being in the form of
God thought it not robbery
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to be equal with God:
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But made himself
of no reputation,
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took upon himself
the form of the servant,
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and it was made in
the likeness of men."
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A lot of times we get confused
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because Jesus
became a human being,
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we think that He wasn't God,
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that He was human and therefore
couldn't have been God,
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but He was
divine and He was human.
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We find this truth
also established for us.
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In the Old Testament,
Isaiah 9:6 talking about Jesus,
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says, "For unto
us a child is born,
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unto us a son is given:
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and the government
shall be upon his shoulder:
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and his name shall
be called Wonderful,
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Counselor, The Mighty God,
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The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace."
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So it is
challenging at sometimes.
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I studied with Jehovah's
Witnesses for many months.
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I went to John Chapter
1, the Word was with God,
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the Word was God,
the Word became flesh
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and dwelt among us.
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They have a New
World Translation,
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their own Bible translation,
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they take out the
capital G for God,
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and they say he
was a god and not God.
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So you're going to
have some challenges there.
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But if you stick
to the Word of God,
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you're going to be fine.
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Thank you, Pastor Rafferty.
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Very good. Thank you.
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Well, we now go to
Pastor John Lomacang
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and your first question is,
"Pastor Lomacang, do SDA's,"
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for those of you that
don't know what that is,
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it's Seventh-day Adventists,
"go to war and carry weapons?
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I'm about to give Bible
studies to a Jehovah's Witness."
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Interesting, that
has come up again.
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"Who is open to me
discussing the Bible with her,
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which is unusual to me.
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What should I be careful about
apart from praying up first?"
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It says from
Pauline from California.
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Thank you, Pauline.
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Now, there are two questions
in that continual question.
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One is, do SDA's go
to war and carry weapons.
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Right off the bat, some SDA's
or some Seventh-day Adventists
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do go to war and
do carry weapons.
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In that particular context,
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it is a choice and not
a doctrinal firm position
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that you said,
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if you're member of our
church you can't carry weapons,
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because when you begin
to understand the broadness
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of our church, there are
many Adventists who own weapons.
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So when you think of an owner
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or a person who owns a weapon,
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and the person
who is in the military
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carrying a weapon,
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there's not a
whole lot of difference,
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except one is an
appointment by your country
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to defend your country
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and the other one is
a personal possession
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to possibly defend your own home
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and your property.
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So it's not a
doctrinal position,
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someone list as non-combatants,
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and they have other functions
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that they can
do in the military.
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Once again, that's a preference.
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But when you begin a
Bible study with anyone,
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the first thing you should
do is always begin with a topic
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that both of you can agree on.
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When you find common
ground, it makes it easier
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to become
accustomed and familiar
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with the person to see
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how they would react or respond
in a Bible study situation.
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Also, if you don't
agree that the Bible is going
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to be the
foundation of your study,
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as Pastor
Rafferty just pointed out,
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the New World Translation
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is not like the
King James Version Bible
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or the New King James Version.
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It is exclusively a
Jehovah's Witness Bible,
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altered and doctored by them
to fit into what they believe.
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So be careful
that if you don't agree
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that the Bible itself is
going to be the foundation,
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it's going to be very difficult.
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Also, be careful not
to argue about beliefs
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that cannot be
answered by the Bible.
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The other one, avoid
changing the topic in the middle
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of a question because
sometimes people do that
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to avoid answering the question.
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Also, it is better to
say the Bible teaches rather
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than to say, this
is what I believe.
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This way you give
authority to the Bible,
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rather than searching
the Bible to give authority
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to what you believe.
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Put the Bible as
the supreme authority
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and avoid saying, I
believe, I believe, I believe.
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Say, this is
what God's Word says.
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Amen. Amen. Thank you.
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We are reading the
question as you send them to us.
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So this is the way
the question was sent.
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That's the way we presented it.
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We now go to Pastor Ryan Day.
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And this is from
Carol from London,
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a very honest
and sincere question.
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She's quoting Hebrews 11:6
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and she says, "Without faith,
it is impossible to please God.
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How do I get faith?" All right.
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To me, that's a simple
answer and I believe the Bible
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is absolutely clear on this.
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As soon as I read this question,
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immediately Romans
10:17 came to my mind,
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because the Bible makes
it clear in Romans 10:17,
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it says, "So then faith
comes by hearing and hearing
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by the Word of God."
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How do we get faith?
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We get faith by placing
our trust in the Word of God.
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Abraham was saved by grace
through faith just as we are,
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but it was by his faith
and his trust in God's word.
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Abraham didn't
have a written word.
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He didn't have the
Bible all laid out in words,
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he had to trust in
God's word, as God told him,
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and God spoke to him.
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He trusted in God's
word in that relationship
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between himself and
the Lord and believing
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and trusting in God's
word, built his faith in God
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as God acted upon His promises.
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Another text that comes to mind,
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Jesus Himself
said in Matthew 4:4,
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"And He
answered and said to him,
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speaking to the devil,
he said, 'It is written,
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Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
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It is our duty to live
according to the Word of God.
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And if we are saved
by grace, through faith,
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our trust in God,
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then we must trust in His Word.
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John 17:17, Jesus praying
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
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as, you know, as he's there...
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And He's struggling with
the sin pressing upon Him,
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and He's praying
to the Father prior
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to becoming arrested
and going to the cross.
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It says there in John
17:17, he says, sanctify them,
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speaking of His people,
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His disciples speaking of us,
"Sanctify them by your truth,
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your word is truth."
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And right there
in that same chapter,
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just a few verses
above, in verse 3, he says,
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"This is eternal
life, that they may know you
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the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
whom thou has send."
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It is our duty to know God,
as we spend time in His Word,
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our faith builds in Him,
we begin to trust in His Word
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because God acts
upon His promises.
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The Bible says God cannot lie.
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And as we see that
God comes through for us,
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and He's there for
us, and we learn of Him
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and we get to know
Him through His Word,
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then we build our
faith in Him, and therefore,
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we experience the grace of God.
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Thank you. Praise the Lord.
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Well, I like to say something
to our folks that are with us,
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because I see this
question has no name
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and no place where it came from.
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And it's fine if you
don't want to mention your name
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or the place you came from,
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maybe this one came in by email.
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I know some emails
are kind of camouflaged
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that's who they came from,
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but do us a favor and send your,
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at least your first name
and where you're writing from.
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This one, we don't
know who it's from.
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But it says in the book...
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This is for Pastor
Rafferty, by the way.
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Pastor Rafferty,
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"In the Book of
Numbers 22:20-22,
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God allowed Balaam to go.
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So Balaam went.
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And it says in
verse 21, it says,
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"God's anger aroused
because Balaam went."
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Verse 22.
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Why did God change
His mind so quickly?
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Why did God tell him to go?
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Then get angry when he
went?" That is a great question.
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Just open up to
Numbers Chapter 20,
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starting in verse 20,
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"And God said unto
Balaam at night..."
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"God came unto Balaam at night,
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and said unto him, 'If
the men come to call thee,
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rise up and go with
them, but yet the word
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which I shall say
unto thee, thou shalt do.
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And Balaam rose
up in the morning
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and saddled his ass, and
went with the princes of Moab.
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And God's anger was
kindled because he went,
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and the angel of the
Lord stood in the way
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for an adversary against him.
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But now he was
riding upon his ass,
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and his two
servants were with him."
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So when we look more
closely at these verses,
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it becomes pretty clear,
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we discovered that
God did not allow Balaam
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to go with the princes of Moab.
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That's not what God says.
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God actually says,
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"If the men come
to call upon you,
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rise up and go with them."
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Okay?
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So apparently, the men didn't
come and call upon Balaam.
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Apparently, he was so inclined
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to the wages of unrighteousness,
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that when he rose up,
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he went with them
of his own accord.
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Said, where are those
guys? I need to find those guys.
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And so I think God was
putting up kind of a wall
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or a hedge of
protection for Balaam.
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He does that to us
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when we are
inclined to go in a direction
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that's not in harmony
with His perfect will.
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So He has an allowance
that He gives to us many times.
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It isn't in harmony
with His perfect will,
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it's His
imperfect will we could say
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where He overrules.
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And I think this is
what happened with Balaam
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and the reason I think
this happened with Balaam
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is because
secondly, as he's on his way,
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God talks to the donkey.
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Okay, if you're
not gonna listen to me,
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I'm gonna talk to the donkey,
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I'm not gonna
use the other word,
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and maybe he'll
listen and he did.
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And he stopped.
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And so, God, first of
all, tried to put a roadblock
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to Balaam by not
impressing the princess to go
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and fetch him in the morning.
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BalaamA anticipating
it, he goes anyway,
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so God puts a
roadblock with the donkey.
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Finally, he gets
upset with a donkey.
00:15:23.59\00:15:25.25
So God actually
performs a miracle says,
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I'm going to make
this donkey speak,
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he's going to talk to
you, and he's going to try
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to talk some sense into you.
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And again, now
Balaam is so set on going
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that he's willing to
go even though God says,
00:15:34.03\00:15:36.70
okay, I'm going to let you go.
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All right, it's
not my perfect will,
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I'm gonna let you go
but you can only speak
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the things that I
say that you can speak.
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So I think that in
the context of this,
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that is really
what's taking place here.
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God is allowing
Balaam to do something
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that He really
didn't want him to do,
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trying to stop
him from doing it.
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But as we are many times we do,
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we're inclined to
do things our own way
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and not trust and
follow what God wants us to do.
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Amen. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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Very good.
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Well, we now come
to Pastor Lomacang
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and this is a long question.
00:16:04.16\00:16:06.90
And again, we
don't have who it's from,
00:16:06.93\00:16:09.06
but we thank you for
sending in your question anyway.
00:16:09.10\00:16:11.87
It says, "Pastor Lomacang
regarding trinity doctrine,
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God says He alone at
one point had immortality.
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1 Timothy 6:16,
Seventh-day Adventists
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believe in three
Godheads, all are separate God,
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the Father, God, the
Son, and God, the Holy Spirit,
00:16:28.25\00:16:31.19
and they are
three persons separate,
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like in a government arrangement
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according to your church.
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My question to you is
which one of the Godheads
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had immortality?
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Because 1 Timothy 6:16 says,
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only one person has it unless
all three are the same person
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like the Catholic Church says."
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Wow, long question.
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I'm gonna take
my time on this one,
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let me just make something
very clear at the very outset,
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I'll go directly to the point.
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Seventh-day Adventists
don't believe in three Godheads
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that is nowhere in the
creed of our faith at all.
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We believe in one God.
00:17:08.76\00:17:11.43
And we find in Deuteronomy 6:4,
00:17:11.46\00:17:14.56
the Bible says, "Hear, O Israel:
00:17:14.60\00:17:16.90
The Lord our
God, the Lord is one."
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That's what we believe.
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Now, when you look
at in context of that,
00:17:20.77\00:17:23.74
you have to understand
in the very beginning.
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In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
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And as we
continue to unfold that
00:17:29.91\00:17:31.31
which I'm going
to do that right now,
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you'll begin to see
what the word Godhead
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is all about.
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If only one in the
Godhead had immortality,
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then there'll be
two reliant on one,
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but Jesus will say,
well, I need the Father
00:17:44.83\00:17:47.00
to exist permanently.
00:17:47.03\00:17:48.86
And the Holy Spirit
will say, well, I need God
00:17:48.90\00:17:50.63
or the Father or the
Son to exist permanently.
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That's not what
the Bible teaches.
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All three are
not the same person,
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they are distinct.
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Let's look at the representation
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of the three spoken of.
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And by the way, that God is
one but the Godhead consists
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of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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Let's go and break that down.
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Matthew 3:16-17, at
the baptism of Jesus,
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"When He had been
baptized, let's see first,
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now Jesus came up
immediately out of the water,
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and behold, the
heavens were open to Him.
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And He saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove
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and alighting upon Him.
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And suddenly a
voice came from heaven."
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Let's look at that.
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Jesus getting baptized,
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Holy Spirit in
the form of a dove,
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and a voice coming from heaven.
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That's simply
talking about not one person,
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not Jesus being a ventriloquist
but the Father saying,
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"This is My beloved Son,
in whom I'm well pleased."
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Then we go to John 1:1-4,
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"In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God.
00:18:47.76\00:18:49.09
He was in the
beginning with God.
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All things were
made through Him,
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and without Him
nothing was made that was made.
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In Him was life, and the
life was the light of men."
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When you study the Greek,
00:18:57.60\00:19:00.10
it is in essence saying in Him
was life unborrowed, underived.
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He didn't get life
from someplace else,
00:19:03.87\00:19:05.47
because in the
beginning was the Word,
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the Word was with
God, the Word was God.
00:19:07.81\00:19:10.31
John Chapter 1 goes farther
back than Genesis Chapter 1,
00:19:10.35\00:19:13.78
and Hebrews Chapter 1
goes farther back than
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both of them when
the worlds were created
00:19:15.82\00:19:18.25
through Jesus Christ.
00:19:18.32\00:19:19.92
Let's keep going.
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Let's talk
about His incarnation.
00:19:21.32\00:19:22.86
When Jesus took on human flesh,
00:19:22.89\00:19:25.73
He put His
eternal existence at risk,
00:19:25.76\00:19:28.60
because had He
failed in His mission
00:19:28.63\00:19:31.17
and become subject
to Satan's temptation,
00:19:31.20\00:19:33.64
He would have lost
His eternal existence.
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Let's look at this
in 2 Corinthians 5:21,
00:19:36.20\00:19:39.07
"He made Him who knew
no sin to be sin for us,
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that we might
become the righteousness
00:19:42.41\00:19:44.15
of God in Him."
00:19:44.18\00:19:45.55
Galatians 4:4 says,
00:19:45.58\00:19:46.92
"When the
fullness of time had come,
00:19:46.95\00:19:48.72
God sent forth His
Son born of a woman,
00:19:48.75\00:19:51.22
born under the law."
00:19:51.29\00:19:52.62
That's called the incarnation,
or the condescension of Christ.
00:19:52.65\00:19:55.76
But speaking of the
eternal nature of Jesus,
00:19:55.79\00:19:57.79
Hebrews 1:8 says, "But
to the son, He says this,"
00:19:57.83\00:20:01.26
the Father speaking to
the Son, "'Your throne,
00:20:01.30\00:20:03.67
O God, is forever and ever.'"
00:20:03.70\00:20:06.20
Well, then who is
that referring to?
00:20:06.23\00:20:07.57
Let's look at Psalms
45:6, "Your throne, O God,
00:20:07.60\00:20:11.04
is forever and ever, a
scepter of righteousness
00:20:11.07\00:20:14.54
is the scepter of Your kingdom."
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.31
Well, wait a minute
your throne is forever.
00:20:16.34\00:20:18.51
David the Psalmist
said that about Him.
00:20:18.55\00:20:20.35
And we see in Hebrews 1,
00:20:20.38\00:20:21.78
that's what the
Father said about the son.
00:20:21.82\00:20:23.75
Habakkuk 1:12,
00:20:23.79\00:20:26.32
"Are you not from everlasting
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
00:20:26.35\00:20:30.83
We shall not die.
00:20:30.86\00:20:32.19
O Lord, You have
appointed them for judgment."
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.03
Now He calls Him, "O Rock,
00:20:34.10\00:20:35.80
You have marked
them for correction."
00:20:35.83\00:20:37.80
Who is the rock?
00:20:37.83\00:20:39.17
1 Corinthians 10:4,
00:20:39.20\00:20:41.57
"They drank of that
spiritual Rock that follow them
00:20:41.60\00:20:43.97
and that rock was Christ."
00:20:44.01\00:20:45.84
Christ is called the Rock
00:20:45.87\00:20:47.38
before His
earthly ministry began.
00:20:47.41\00:20:51.68
That's what Habakkuk calls Him
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.31
and then in His
earthly ministry,
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.15
Paul looks back and says,
00:20:55.18\00:20:56.55
"They drank from that
Rock that followed them."
00:20:56.58\00:20:58.89
Well, the Rock that followed
them was in the Old Testament.
00:20:58.92\00:21:01.79
Look at the creation of man.
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.49
This is the word Elohim,
the plurality of the Godhead.
00:21:03.53\00:21:07.13
Genesis 1:26,
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.00
then God the word
Elohim, plural said,
00:21:09.03\00:21:11.50
"Let us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness,
00:21:11.53\00:21:15.57
let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
00:21:15.60\00:21:17.21
the birds of the air."
00:21:17.24\00:21:18.57
The rest of that
you can read later on.
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Then Genesis
3:22, "Then God said,
00:21:20.44\00:21:23.71
'Behold, the man has
become like one of Us,
00:21:23.75\00:21:27.48
knowing good and evil."
00:21:27.52\00:21:28.85
Then you go to
the Tower of Babel.
00:21:28.88\00:21:30.42
Genesis 11:7,
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.25
"Come let us go down
00:21:32.29\00:21:33.76
and there
confuse their languages,
00:21:33.79\00:21:36.06
that they may not understand
one speech over another."
00:21:36.09\00:21:39.43
And then Isaiah,
00:21:39.46\00:21:40.80
when the commission came to Him,
00:21:40.83\00:21:42.23
the Lord says,
"Whom shall I send,
00:21:42.26\00:21:45.60
and who will go for Us?"
00:21:45.63\00:21:47.64
So in a very large nutshell,
00:21:47.67\00:21:50.07
the Godhead consists of
three co-eternal persons,
00:21:50.11\00:21:53.78
not three Godheads,
and all three are one.
00:21:53.81\00:21:58.45
Wow! Thank you very much.
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.15
A lot said in a
short time. Thank you.
00:22:00.18\00:22:03.55
Well, Pastor Ryan Day,
00:22:03.59\00:22:05.79
are you still locked and loaded?
00:22:05.82\00:22:07.16
I'm ready.
00:22:07.19\00:22:08.99
Now your question is
from Jenny and she says,
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"Please, explain
Matthew 6:5-8?" Absolutely.
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So the best way to
explain this is to go
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right to the text,
and just read through it
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and pick it apart.
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So we're going to
start with Matthew 6:5
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so Jesus is
giving some instruction,
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and He says to
them, "And when you pray,
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you shall not be
like the hypocrites.
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For they love to pray
standing in the synagogues
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and on the
corners of the streets,
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that they may be seen by men."
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And He goes on to say,
"Assuredly, I say to you,
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they have their reward."
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So right here, He's
highlighting the fact
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that He is actually
talking about these Pharisees
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that lived in His day,
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and He's
instructing His followers,
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His disciples, His people
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who are hearing His instruction.
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He's saying, "Look,
don't be like these guys
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because these guys
think they're holy.
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.07
They think that they
have a relationship with God,
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but yet they very selfishly
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and with a certain agenda
stand openly in front of people
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so that they may be seen
by men for their own glory."
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And so Christ is
saying, "Don't do that."
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And He goes on to
continue to say in verse 6,
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He says, "But when you
pray, go into your room,
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and when you
have shut your door,
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pray to your Father
who is in the secret place,
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and your Father
who sees you in secret
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will reward you openly."
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And so just
pausing right there again,
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just to highlight the
fact that when we pray,
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we aren't to just go out.
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You know, I don't run
around 3ABN going, oh,
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Heavenly Father, you know,
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saying my prayers out
openly around everyone.
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Some people do this.
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Some people want
to be seen by men
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because they want
other men to think
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that they are
somehow some extra pious
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or extra holy individuals,
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that somehow they have an extra
special relationship with God.
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We must follow the instruction
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even given right there in
the first angel's message,
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"Fear God and
give glory to Him."
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God deserves the glory,
not us, even John the Baptist,
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if he could speak to
these guys, he would say,
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"He must increase
and I must decrease."
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So what God is saying
is go and pray in private,
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I will bless you openly,
but don't be like these guys
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who are doing it
for personal gain,
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so that they may have
their own glory be seen
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by men and
received the praise of men.
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And then He continues on to say,
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"And when you
pray, do not pray with
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vain repetitions
as the heathen do,
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for they think that they will
be heard for their many words.
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Therefore do not be like them,
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for your Father knows
the things that you have need
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of before you ask Him."
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There are many
even Christians today
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that practice these
praying in vain repetitions,
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you know, Hail
Marys, and our Fathers.
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I've even,
people I've seen in some
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of the previous
churches I attended in the past
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they would just say over
and over the same phrases,
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you know, praise God,
praise God, praise God,
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bless God,
bless God, forgive me,
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forgive me, forgive me.
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As if somehow saying this
in a vain repetitious fashion
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is going to
somehow get the ear of God.
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God says I heard
you the first time.
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Okay, go and pray in
private and know that God knows
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what you need before you ask it.
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Also, Romans 8:26.
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Sometimes when we
don't know what to say,
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the Holy Spirit is
there to intercede for us
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to take our
prayers to the Father.
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So don't be like that.
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Be like Jesus
humble always. Amen.
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Thank you very much.
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And the next one comes
to Pastor James Rafferty,
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and you ready?
Yes, locked and loaded.
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Locked and loaded. All right.
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Here we go.
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"If according
to Bible scripture,
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such as John 3:16,
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and many others that state
when a person accepts Christ
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as the Savior,
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.44
and is baptized and
receives Jesus' blood
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that cleanses them from sin.
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Why is a person under probation?
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If the
individual lives in Christ
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from that point forward,
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the blood of Christ
is continuous throughout
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the duration of one's life.
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Has probation been misapplied,
or not explained correctly?"
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Great question.
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John 5:24, says this,
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"Verily, verily, I say unto you,
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He that hears my word,
00:26:56.01\00:26:58.15
and believes on
him that sent me,
00:26:58.18\00:27:00.45
has everlasting life,
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and shall not
come into condemnation,
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but has passed
from death unto life."
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I believe that is what
the questioner is saying.
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.53
That's what you're saying.
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That's the point you're making
and it's a very valid point.
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It's all through the scriptures.
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So when we
think about probation,
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in a temporal
sense, in a civil sense,
00:27:19.13\00:27:21.27
in our world today,
we think about a time
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that is allotted to
a person that's charged
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with a criminal
act, and under God,
00:27:26.04\00:27:29.04
the human race is on probation.
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We have been charged
with a criminal act of sin
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of crucifying the Son of God,
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.58
and we've been
released on probation
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by the grace of God
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and our choices during
this probationary time.
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Our choices,
whether they're for God
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or against God during
this probationary time
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don't end that
probationary time.
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The probationary time
continues just like a criminal.
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If he's put on probation, that
probationary time continues,
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regardless of his good
choices or bad choices,
00:27:58.24\00:28:00.44
except if he's
making bad choices,
00:28:00.48\00:28:03.18
there comes a time
when the criminal justice
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system will hold him accountable
00:28:05.45\00:28:06.78
for those bad choices
and perhaps put him back
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into prison or back into jail.
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God is working in the
same way with the human race,
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we're under probationary time.
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If during that probationary
time we click all the boxes,
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we're like, I believe in Jesus,
He's my Savior, I accept Him.
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We're not going to
come into condemnation.
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The probationary
time stays the same.
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It ends at the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ
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or just before the Second Coming
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of Jesus Christ
probation closes.
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That
probationary time is the same,
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but we're not going to
come under condemnation
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because we are
ticking all the boxes,
00:28:33.48\00:28:35.41
we are accepting
Christ as our Savior.
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We are working
out our salvation.
00:28:38.01\00:28:41.28
By the grace of God,
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.65
we are believing in
Jesus Christ as our Savior.
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So yes, if
we've accepted Christ,
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the Bible says clearly
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.19
that we have
passed from death to life.
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We don't come
under condemnation.
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Whoever believes in
Him has eternal life.
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John 3:17 tells us
that, yet probation continues
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until according to
Revelation Chapter 22.
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God can look out
on the whole world
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and He can say you know what?
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.44
If I kept probationary
time open for another month
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or another year or
another day or another hour
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or another minute,
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it wouldn't make any difference.
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He that is holy is
going to be holy still,
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he who is righteous is
going to be righteous still,
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he who is filthy is
gonna be filthy still,
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he that is unrighteous is
going to be unrighteous still.
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Behold, I come quickly,
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My reward is with
me to give to every man
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according to his work.
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So, definitely, we do not
need to worry about probation
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if we've accepted
Christ as our Savior.
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Probationary time however
continues on until Jesus Christ
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as it says in 2 Peter
3:9, one of my favorite verses,
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"God is long
suffering toward us,
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not wanting any
that should perish
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but that all should
come to repentance."
00:29:39.47\00:29:40.81
When Jesus Christ
looks on this earth
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and says there's no one
else is going to repent.
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There's no one else
that's going to change.
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Let's wrap this up.
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And let's get down
there and get my people out.
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Praise the Lord.
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Thank you.
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Well, Pastor Lomacang.
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Are you ready? Sure.
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We now have a question for you.
00:29:55.89\00:29:57.43
This one is coming
from Timothy in Uganda.
00:29:57.46\00:30:00.16
And it says, "Pastor Lomacang,
can you please explain to us."
00:30:00.20\00:30:05.23
Apparently there are
several in the home watching.
00:30:05.27\00:30:08.84
"Can you please
explain to us the relationship
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between Ephesians 4:30,
00:30:11.44\00:30:14.31
and the seal of God
versus the mark of the beast?"
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Sure. Ephesians 4:30.
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Let's begin right there.
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"And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God,
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by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption."
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Paul was saying this
to the church at Ephesus.
00:30:28.36\00:30:31.13
So if Paul was saying
this to the church at Ephesus,
00:30:31.16\00:30:34.63
he was talking
about a present sealing.
00:30:34.66\00:30:37.20
Those who are
listening to Paul's message
00:30:37.23\00:30:39.60
don't grieve the Holy Spirit.
00:30:39.63\00:30:40.97
He's the one by
which you are sealed.
00:30:41.00\00:30:43.41
The sealing work done by
the Holy Spirit in the lives
00:30:43.44\00:30:45.54
of those that have served God
and live according to His will
00:30:45.57\00:30:49.21
is a general sealing.
00:30:49.24\00:30:51.81
That is when your record closes.
00:30:51.88\00:30:54.28
If people that died in 10 AD
or 50 AD or 100 AD or 1700 AD,
00:30:54.32\00:31:00.12
and they close
their lives in Christ,
00:31:00.16\00:31:01.66
it is appointed
unto man once to die
00:31:01.69\00:31:03.49
and after that the judgment.
00:31:03.53\00:31:04.86
They're sealed, whatever their
case was, it sealed that way.
00:31:04.89\00:31:08.46
That's why 2 Timothy
2:19, says, "Nevertheless,
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.33
the solid foundation of
God stands having this sealed.
00:31:12.40\00:31:16.37
The Lord knows
those who are His."
00:31:16.40\00:31:18.67
So that seal
simply marks, he's mine,
00:31:18.74\00:31:21.31
he's mine, she's mine,
she's mine, they're mine,
00:31:21.34\00:31:23.41
that seal when
your life is over.
00:31:23.45\00:31:25.58
But the seal of
God in Revelation,
00:31:25.61\00:31:27.68
in contrast to the mark
of the beast is a sealing
00:31:27.72\00:31:30.05
and a mark that takes
place toward the close
00:31:30.09\00:31:32.05
of human history down
towards the latter part
00:31:32.12\00:31:35.02
of the great controversy.
00:31:35.06\00:31:36.73
We find in Revelation 7:2-3.
00:31:36.76\00:31:39.16
"And I saw other
angels ascending from the east
00:31:39.19\00:31:41.30
having the seal
of the living God
00:31:41.33\00:31:43.47
and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels,
00:31:43.50\00:31:45.80
to whom it was granted to
harm the earth and the sea,
00:31:45.87\00:31:48.30
saying, 'Do not harm the
earth, the sea or the trees
00:31:48.34\00:31:51.17
till we have sealed the servants
00:31:51.21\00:31:52.71
of our God in their foreheads.'"
00:31:52.74\00:31:54.34
Now, by the way,
many don't know this,
00:31:54.38\00:31:55.71
but this picture in Revelation 7
00:31:55.78\00:31:58.18
is a condensed version
00:31:58.21\00:31:59.55
of the broader
picture in Ezekiel 9.
00:31:59.58\00:32:02.62
Where does the angel go
and whom is being sealed?
00:32:02.68\00:32:06.69
Ezekiel 9:4, "And
the Lord said to him,"
00:32:06.72\00:32:09.29
that's the angel that came
by the way of the higher gate,
00:32:09.32\00:32:12.36
"Go through the
midst of the city,
00:32:12.39\00:32:14.30
through the midst of Jerusalem,
00:32:14.36\00:32:15.90
a symbol of the church,
00:32:15.93\00:32:17.27
and put a mark on
the foreheads of the men
00:32:17.30\00:32:19.00
who sigh and cry
over all the abomination
00:32:19.07\00:32:22.24
that are done within it."
00:32:22.27\00:32:23.77
In a nutshell, the seal of God
00:32:23.81\00:32:25.74
as Revelation speaks about
it in the mark of the beast
00:32:25.81\00:32:28.71
is an end time
seal and end time mark,
00:32:28.78\00:32:31.18
but the general seal that
spoke about Ephesians 4:30,
00:32:31.21\00:32:34.75
is a seal for all
Christians throughout all time.
00:32:34.78\00:32:38.92
Very good. Thank you very much.
00:32:38.99\00:32:40.42
Wonderful. Now we
come to Pastor Ryan Day.
00:32:40.46\00:32:43.59
And the question is,
00:32:43.63\00:32:44.96
we don't have a
name for this one.
00:32:44.99\00:32:46.33
But it says, "If a person
00:32:46.36\00:32:47.66
who was walking
with Christ for years,
00:32:47.73\00:32:50.40
and was in ministry,
and ends up leaving Him
00:32:50.43\00:32:53.47
and goes back to his
old life, and overdoses,
00:32:53.50\00:32:58.24
is that person lost?"
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.48
You know, this is a
very sensitive question
00:33:00.51\00:33:02.34
to be able to
answer because essentially,
00:33:02.41\00:33:04.81
for me to be able to declare
a person lost or not lost,
00:33:04.85\00:33:07.48
obviously, I'm not the judge.
00:33:07.52\00:33:09.42
No human being can play
the role of God as judge.
00:33:09.45\00:33:12.09
God is the judge.
00:33:12.12\00:33:13.72
I just want to
make that very clear.
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.46
Now, there are
some biblical principles
00:33:15.49\00:33:16.96
that we can know,
00:33:16.99\00:33:18.46
that we should
make ourselves aware of,
00:33:18.49\00:33:20.86
not to place
judgment upon someone else,
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.80
but for us to just be aware of,
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.67
in the case of
something like this.
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.70
First of all, it depends on
the outcome of that overdose.
00:33:26.74\00:33:28.90
I mean, did the
overdose kill him?
00:33:28.94\00:33:32.21
Did it not? I don't know.
00:33:32.27\00:33:33.61
I assume that this
person who's writing this is,
00:33:33.64\00:33:36.14
you know, overdosing in
the sense that this person
00:33:36.18\00:33:38.55
is now dead and
they're asking is he lost?
00:33:38.58\00:33:41.18
Well, a few Bible
verses that come to mind here.
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.35
First of all, we
have to keep in mind
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.79
the promise of 1 John 1:9,
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.39
in the case of
someone who has not died,
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.96
but they may have
fallen out of that lifestyle.
00:33:50.99\00:33:53.46
Obviously, we have
the beautiful promise
00:33:53.50\00:33:56.30
from God that says,
"If we confess our sins,
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.40
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins,
00:33:58.43\00:34:01.30
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:34:01.34\00:34:04.41
As I'm reading this question,
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.17
I thought of the prodigal
son situation, the lost son.
00:34:06.21\00:34:09.58
I mean, this brother
was in the father's house,
00:34:09.64\00:34:11.55
he was in the father's will,
00:34:11.58\00:34:12.91
he was eating of
the father's goods,
00:34:12.95\00:34:14.65
he was under the father's
care, but yet he walked away,
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.45
it was his choice to
walk away from the father
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.16
and to go out into the world.
00:34:20.19\00:34:21.62
I'm sure he nearly died
and was lying in the mire,
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.26
in the filth of the world
but yet he came to his senses,
00:34:25.29\00:34:27.66
and he came back,
00:34:27.66\00:34:29.03
and he was granted forgiveness,
00:34:29.06\00:34:30.40
and the father brought
him back under his care.
00:34:30.43\00:34:32.40
So in the case that someone
may go out of that lifestyle,
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.24
it's not
obviously finished for them.
00:34:35.27\00:34:36.91
Let's also be
very clear about this,
00:34:36.94\00:34:40.21
again, not placing
ourselves as judge,
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.31
but the Bible
also makes it clear
00:34:42.34\00:34:43.78
that he that knows to do
good, and does it not to him,
00:34:43.81\00:34:46.61
it is sin, that's James 4:17.
00:34:46.65\00:34:49.28
I'll say that one more time,
00:34:49.35\00:34:50.69
"Therefore to him
who knows to do good
00:34:50.72\00:34:52.05
and doesn't not
to him, it is sin."
00:34:52.12\00:34:53.69
If a person
goes into a situation
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.39
making a decision that
they know is not right,
00:34:55.42\00:34:57.96
and not in
harmony with God's will,
00:34:57.99\00:34:59.69
then you know,
that person, you know,
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.23
has a fearful
looking forward to judgment
00:35:01.26\00:35:02.96
if they did not make
their case right with the Lord,
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.40
before their time
expires on this planet.
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.74
But all in all, at
the end of the day,
00:35:08.77\00:35:10.57
to answer this question,
I would say it is up to God.
00:35:10.61\00:35:13.61
God knows the heart.
00:35:13.64\00:35:14.98
God understands
where this person was
00:35:15.01\00:35:16.48
and what they've dealt with
and we need to leave it to Him
00:35:16.51\00:35:18.71
to make that decision.
00:35:18.75\00:35:20.08
Amen. That's right.
00:35:20.12\00:35:21.45
Thank you very much.
00:35:21.48\00:35:22.85
Well, Pastor
Rafferty, we now come
00:35:22.88\00:35:24.22
to question number four for you.
00:35:24.25\00:35:27.42
We don't have a name also.
00:35:27.46\00:35:28.79
And we want to
encourage you again,
00:35:28.82\00:35:30.16
if you didn't
hear the first time
00:35:30.19\00:35:31.76
I mentioned this.
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.13
When you send in your question,
please send in your name
00:35:33.16\00:35:35.70
and at least your first
name, and also the place
00:35:35.73\00:35:39.67
where you are writing from?
00:35:39.70\00:35:41.97
"Well, Revelation
3:18, has always been a verse
00:35:42.00\00:35:46.34
that has interested
me, he says, or she says
00:35:46.41\00:35:49.38
when it says the Lamb
slain from the foundation
00:35:49.41\00:35:52.85
of the world, what is meant?
00:35:52.88\00:35:55.95
Was it meant to be
taken in a literal sense?"
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.62
So Revelation, I think
that's Revelation 13:8,
00:35:59.69\00:36:02.99
I know there
was a typo in there,
00:36:03.02\00:36:04.83
I'm thinking.
00:36:04.86\00:36:06.26
Let's just read the verse,
it says in Revelation 13:8,
00:36:06.29\00:36:09.30
"And all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him
00:36:09.33\00:36:12.57
whose names are not
written in the Book of Life
00:36:12.60\00:36:15.74
of the Lamb slain
00:36:15.77\00:36:17.57
from the
foundation of the world."
00:36:17.61\00:36:18.94
And I just want to
jump into something
00:36:19.01\00:36:20.34
a little different here
as we answer the question,
00:36:20.38\00:36:22.58
that is, I love the fact
00:36:22.61\00:36:24.11
that this verse
is in this chapter
00:36:24.15\00:36:26.25
of this book.
00:36:26.28\00:36:27.62
Okay,
Revelation Chapter 13, 666,
00:36:27.65\00:36:29.98
mark of the
beast, all of that stuff
00:36:30.02\00:36:31.72
and here you have right
in the center of this crisis,
00:36:31.75\00:36:34.99
you have a directive
to the Lamb of God slain
00:36:35.02\00:36:38.19
from the
foundation of the world.
00:36:38.23\00:36:40.43
So great
question. Here's the answer.
00:36:40.46\00:36:42.80
It's taken from
1 Peter Chapter 1
00:36:42.86\00:36:45.73
and we'll start in verse 18.
00:36:45.77\00:36:47.57
This is what the Bible
says, 1 Peter 1:18 it says,
00:36:47.60\00:36:50.17
"For as much as we know
that we were not redeemed
00:36:50.21\00:36:52.47
from corruptible
things, silver and gold
00:36:52.51\00:36:55.34
from our vain conversation
received by tradition
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.78
from our fathers,
00:36:57.81\00:36:59.15
but with the
precious blood of Christ
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.95
as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot."
00:37:01.98\00:37:04.69
So there's the
same terminology again
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.32
that we see in
Revelation 13:8, the lamb.
00:37:06.39\00:37:08.89
And then it goes on
to say, and redemption,
00:37:08.92\00:37:10.29
then goes on to say in verse 20,
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.66
"Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation
00:37:11.69\00:37:14.96
of the world, but was manifest
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.23
in these last times for you."
00:37:17.27\00:37:18.93
So I think that's a
pretty clear answer right there.
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.64
Jesus Christ was
foreordained or predestined.
00:37:21.67\00:37:25.51
We are predestined to be saved.
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.58
He was predestined to die from
the foundation of the world.
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.65
So no, He didn't literally die.
00:37:30.68\00:37:33.21
He's been manifesting
these last times for us,
00:37:33.25\00:37:35.05
but He was foreordained
or predestined to die.
00:37:35.08\00:37:37.99
And in a sense, if
you think about that,
00:37:38.02\00:37:40.09
if you think about that destiny
00:37:40.12\00:37:42.36
that weighed on his heart
00:37:42.42\00:37:43.76
and weighed on God's
heart for all of those years,
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.33
knowing what was coming,
00:37:46.39\00:37:47.93
they did bear it in a sense,
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.83
just like if we're anticipating
something ahead of time
00:37:49.86\00:37:52.73
that isn't necessarily the
best or the nicest knowing ahead
00:37:52.80\00:37:57.04
of time we anticipate it.
00:37:57.07\00:37:58.41
It weighs on us right now.
00:37:58.44\00:37:59.77
So definitely this
weighed on the heart of God,
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.68
this weighed on
the heart of Christ,
00:38:01.71\00:38:03.14
but the actual
sacrifice was made,
00:38:03.18\00:38:05.71
of course, on
Calvary 2000 years ago.
00:38:05.75\00:38:08.05
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.52
Very good.
00:38:09.58\00:38:11.29
Pastor Lomacang, we
have another one for you.
00:38:11.32\00:38:14.52
Okay.
00:38:14.56\00:38:15.92
And it says, "I don't know
00:38:15.96\00:38:17.29
when it is
appropriate to fast and pray,
00:38:17.33\00:38:20.53
as I repent of my sins
and pray for the repentance
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.87
of the sins of others.
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.40
Is there a way I can know
00:38:25.43\00:38:27.14
that something
requires fasting and prayer?"
00:38:27.17\00:38:30.21
Very good
question. Thank you for that.
00:38:30.24\00:38:31.64
Fasting and
prayer is not something
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.14
that people do all the time,
00:38:33.17\00:38:34.98
but it's good to
study the Bible to see
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.51
how fasting and
prayer is talked about.
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.45
The Old
Testament talks about it,
00:38:38.48\00:38:39.81
Jesus talks about it,
00:38:39.88\00:38:41.22
He talks about the
positive and the negative side
00:38:41.25\00:38:43.18
of fasting and prayer.
00:38:43.25\00:38:44.59
And I think Ryan
alluded to that a moment ago.
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.39
But I'll go ahead
and remind us of that.
00:38:47.42\00:38:49.19
Fasting and
prayer is often spoken
00:38:49.22\00:38:51.06
of as an approach that some take
00:38:51.09\00:38:53.36
when they are interested
in putting their earnest
00:38:53.40\00:38:57.10
into a situation that
they are confronted by.
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.67
In some cases,
00:38:59.70\00:39:01.10
people are very ill or they want
00:39:01.14\00:39:03.71
to be an
intermediary for someone.
00:39:03.74\00:39:05.64
They say, you know,
this person is very sick,
00:39:05.67\00:39:07.48
let's fast and pray
for their deliverance,
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.04
or let's fast and pray
that they may be healed.
00:39:09.11\00:39:11.55
And I have seen some amazing
turnarounds in lives of people.
00:39:11.58\00:39:16.38
When the church got together,
00:39:16.45\00:39:18.29
or a group of
members got together
00:39:18.32\00:39:19.85
or the family got
together and prayed and fasted.
00:39:19.92\00:39:22.79
But the thing that
fasting does not do,
00:39:22.82\00:39:24.69
and I want to
make this very clear,
00:39:24.73\00:39:26.06
fasting doesn't change God.
00:39:26.09\00:39:28.86
Because the Bible
says, Hebrews 13:8,
00:39:28.90\00:39:30.87
He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
00:39:30.90\00:39:33.44
It doesn't change God,
it's intended to change us,
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.04
our attitude towards God.
00:39:36.07\00:39:38.07
That's why a couple of
things I say about fasting.
00:39:38.11\00:39:40.21
Fasting temporarily
suspends the distractions
00:39:40.24\00:39:43.78
that are between us and God.
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.41
Somebody might say, well,
I have a very limited diet.
00:39:45.45\00:39:48.12
So I'm not going
to fast from food
00:39:48.15\00:39:50.39
but I'm gonna stop
watching TV all week.
00:39:50.42\00:39:53.39
I'm going to turn off the radio,
00:39:53.42\00:39:55.12
or I'm going to spend
more time in prayer and study,
00:39:55.16\00:39:57.43
I'm going to drink
water, I'm going to drink juice
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.43
to maintain my blood sugar,
00:39:59.46\00:40:01.33
various ways
they decide to fast,
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.20
but they remove the things that
distract them in those moments.
00:40:03.26\00:40:06.33
Fasting also puts us in a
place where we are in earnest
00:40:06.37\00:40:09.04
of searching our hearts,
and literally waiting on God.
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.51
Some people fast
for their own needs
00:40:12.57\00:40:14.74
for deliverance and healing,
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.14
others fast in
solidarity for others.
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.78
But then other times we
fast because the hold on us
00:40:18.81\00:40:21.25
is so strong by the enemy,
that we want that to be broken.
00:40:21.28\00:40:24.15
That's why the Lord
said to His disciples,
00:40:24.19\00:40:27.19
and they saw a
person demon-possessed
00:40:27.22\00:40:29.12
and Jesus says, Matthew 17: 21,
00:40:29.16\00:40:33.23
this kind does not go out
except by prayer and fasting,
00:40:33.29\00:40:37.20
so examine why you want
to fast and when you do it,
00:40:37.23\00:40:39.90
don't tell others about it.
00:40:39.93\00:40:42.20
Don't say I'm
fasting. Look at me.
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.07
Give all the glory to God. Amen.
00:40:44.11\00:40:46.71
Praise God. Thank you.
00:40:46.74\00:40:48.28
Okay, we're ready
for the next question.
00:40:48.31\00:40:49.91
And this one comes
to Pastor Ryan Day.
00:40:49.94\00:40:52.68
And it says here, "I have
never heard an explanation
00:40:52.71\00:40:55.68
of Isaiah 66:24.
00:40:55.75\00:40:59.32
How does that
verse support the theory
00:40:59.35\00:41:02.69
of all sinners being
destroyed by fire and finished
00:41:02.76\00:41:06.49
and not suffering or
being remembered forever?"
00:41:06.53\00:41:09.73
Okay, so there's a little bit
00:41:09.76\00:41:11.13
of some symbolic
allegorical language
00:41:11.17\00:41:13.47
that's used
here that is repeated
00:41:13.50\00:41:14.84
by Christ over in Mark 9,
00:41:14.87\00:41:17.37
which we're going to
read in just a moment.
00:41:17.41\00:41:18.74
But I first want to go
read that text in Isaiah 66:24,
00:41:18.77\00:41:22.71
notice what the Bible says here.
00:41:22.74\00:41:24.55
It says in here,speaking of,
00:41:24.58\00:41:25.91
"The righteous shall go forth
00:41:25.98\00:41:27.32
and look upon the
corpses of the men
00:41:27.35\00:41:28.68
who have
transgressed against me, notice,
00:41:28.72\00:41:31.15
for their worm does not die,
00:41:31.19\00:41:32.82
and their fire is not quenched.
00:41:32.85\00:41:34.42
They shall be an
abhorrence to all flesh."
00:41:34.46\00:41:37.79
Obviously, this is
in the aftermath of God
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.86
destroying all of
the wicked by hellfire
00:41:39.89\00:41:42.90
as we read there in
Revelation Chapter 20.
00:41:42.93\00:41:44.93
Which fire comes down
from God out of heaven
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.60
and it devours them. Malachi
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.07
Chapter 4 says, it
brings them to ashes.
00:41:48.10\00:41:51.07
But where we find
this specific reference
00:41:51.11\00:41:52.91
also in the New Testament,
is over in Mark Chapter 9,
00:41:52.94\00:41:55.54
Jesus uses these
exact same words,
00:41:55.58\00:41:57.38
He quotes this exact
same text three times
00:41:57.41\00:42:00.35
in the same passage,
00:42:00.38\00:42:01.72
and I'm going to
start reading in Mark 9:43.
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.35
And so notice what he says here.
00:42:04.39\00:42:05.72
He says, "If your hand
causes you to sin, cut it off,
00:42:05.75\00:42:07.99
it is better for you
to enter into life maimed
00:42:08.02\00:42:10.83
rather than having two hands."
00:42:10.86\00:42:12.59
And then He goes, "To
go to hell into the fire
00:42:12.66\00:42:15.26
that shall not be quenched."
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.93
And then he
quotes Isaiah 66 here,
00:42:17.97\00:42:20.17
"The worm that does not die
in the fire is not quenched."
00:42:20.20\00:42:22.94
And, of course, he continues
these three different times.
00:42:22.97\00:42:24.91
And if your foot
causes you to sin, cut it off,
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.04
it is better for
you to enter life maimed
00:42:27.08\00:42:29.38
rather than to have two
feet and be cast into hell
00:42:29.41\00:42:31.38
into the fire that
shall not be quenched."
00:42:31.41\00:42:33.15
And then he repeats it again,
the worm that shall not die,
00:42:33.18\00:42:35.32
or the worm that
does not die in the fire
00:42:35.35\00:42:36.82
that is not quenched.
00:42:36.85\00:42:38.19
And he repeats
that again a third time.
00:42:38.22\00:42:39.55
It's interesting here
00:42:39.59\00:42:40.92
that the word hell
in the original language
00:42:40.96\00:42:42.49
that is used is
the word Gehenna.
00:42:42.56\00:42:45.26
Now the people of Christ's day
as He's telling this to them,
00:42:45.29\00:42:49.16
they would have understood
that language because Gehenna
00:42:49.20\00:42:52.83
was the local city dump.
00:42:52.87\00:42:54.20
Okay?
00:42:54.24\00:42:55.57
So now it makes
sense as why Christ would
00:42:55.60\00:42:57.44
use in reference this
text also from Isaiah 66,
00:42:57.47\00:43:00.68
speaking of the
worm that does not die
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.71
and the fire is not quenched.
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.41
Because this was the
city dump that Christ likened
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.12
unto the
destruction and, of course,
00:43:07.15\00:43:09.82
the result of the destruction
of sin at the end of time.
00:43:09.85\00:43:13.92
In this case, obviously,
the worm that does not die
00:43:13.96\00:43:16.09
and the fire is not quenched
is referring to the aftermath
00:43:16.16\00:43:19.66
of God destroying sin.
00:43:19.73\00:43:21.03
Now this fire
not being quenched.
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.43
A lot of people really
emphasize this and say,
00:43:22.46\00:43:24.23
well, it must be a fire
that shall never be put out
00:43:24.27\00:43:27.20
if it cannot be quenched.
00:43:27.24\00:43:28.57
It means no
human being or no one
00:43:28.60\00:43:30.34
other than God
Himself can put it out.
00:43:30.37\00:43:32.14
But we have to also be accurate,
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.08
and making sure that
we don't just cherry-pick
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.28
the text here
and pick what we want
00:43:36.34\00:43:37.98
and isolate and, you
know, exegetically insert
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.55
what it is we want it to say,
00:43:40.58\00:43:41.92
we also have to harmonize
with the rest of Scripture.
00:43:41.95\00:43:44.19
And we know
according as I said earlier
00:43:44.22\00:43:45.82
to Malachi Chapter 4,
00:43:45.85\00:43:47.29
and various other texts
that when God ignites hellfire,
00:43:47.32\00:43:50.56
He allows hellfire
to exist for the purpose
00:43:50.59\00:43:53.40
of destroying sin.
00:43:53.43\00:43:54.73
Nobody's going to be able
to put that fire except God
00:43:54.76\00:43:57.50
but once it has
served its purpose,
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.07
what Isaiah 66 is
highlighting here in verse 24,
00:44:00.10\00:44:03.34
is that the aftermath of this,
00:44:03.41\00:44:04.77
the result of the fire
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.41
is that they will
be remembered no more,
00:44:06.47\00:44:08.18
they will be as
though they had not been.
00:44:08.21\00:44:10.15
And very, very clearly here,
00:44:10.18\00:44:11.98
this fire it
will not be quenched
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.62
until it has served its
purpose to eradicate sin
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.79
and to do away with the wicked.
00:44:16.82\00:44:19.12
So in this case, yes,
00:44:19.15\00:44:20.59
the righteous will behold this,
00:44:20.62\00:44:22.26
they will see it but,
of course, afterwards,
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.69
after all of
these acts are finished,
00:44:24.73\00:44:26.49
then God recreates the
heaven and the earth new,
00:44:26.53\00:44:28.90
and of course, He
wipes it all away,
00:44:28.93\00:44:30.73
and we will
forever live in the harmony
00:44:30.77\00:44:32.43
of Christ
without sin and no more.
00:44:32.47\00:44:35.64
Praise God. Thank you very much.
00:44:35.67\00:44:37.74
Pastor Rafferty, we come to you.
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.67
This is a
question about John 1:29.
00:44:39.74\00:44:43.35
From Julia, North
Dakota, she says, it says,
00:44:43.41\00:44:46.68
"Behold the Lamb who
takes away the sin of the world,
00:44:46.72\00:44:50.29
what does take away
the sin of the world mean?
00:44:50.32\00:44:53.32
Does it mean all our sins
were laid on Him at the cross
00:44:53.36\00:44:57.33
or does this mean He
will cleanse us from sin
00:44:57.36\00:45:01.03
so that we are no
longer sinning on this earth?"
00:45:01.06\00:45:04.47
Yes. Good question,
Julie, in North Dakota.
00:45:04.50\00:45:07.90
That was, as Ryan Day,
00:45:07.94\00:45:09.27
would say, that
was the simple answer.
00:45:09.30\00:45:11.67
Isaiah 53:6 says,
00:45:11.71\00:45:13.74
"All we like
sheep have gone astray,
00:45:13.78\00:45:15.28
we've turned, every
one, to his own way,
00:45:15.31\00:45:16.91
and the Lord has
laid on Him, Jesus Christ,
00:45:16.95\00:45:19.01
the iniquity of us all."
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.78
No one's been left out
of that one-time sacrifice.
00:45:20.82\00:45:23.45
Hebrews Chapter 7,
Chapter 9, Chapter 10,
00:45:23.49\00:45:25.65
emphasize
one-time sacrifice for all.
00:45:25.69\00:45:29.36
So Jesus Christ has taken away
the sin of the entire world.
00:45:29.39\00:45:34.50
Now, the second part
of that question was,
00:45:34.56\00:45:36.50
or does that mean that you know
He takes sin out of our lives?
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.37
Well, absolutely,
because sin is miserable.
00:45:39.40\00:45:41.94
Sin is evil, sin brings
guilt, sin brings shame,
00:45:41.97\00:45:45.31
and God wants to
remove all of that from us.
00:45:45.34\00:45:46.91
All the shame, all the
guilt, all the misery everything
00:45:46.94\00:45:49.71
that sin brings, God
wants to remove from us.
00:45:49.78\00:45:51.95
That's why Jesus is named Jesus.
00:45:51.98\00:45:54.65
Matthew 1:21,
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.12
"Thou shall call His name Jesus,
00:45:56.15\00:45:57.49
for He will save His
people from their sins."
00:45:57.52\00:46:00.56
And, of course,
we're told in 1 John,
00:46:00.59\00:46:02.52
and this is the
triple-Decker sandwich.
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.89
1 John Chapter 1,
00:46:04.93\00:46:06.56
we're going to
start with verse 7.
00:46:06.59\00:46:08.10
We're going to read
verses 7, 8, 9, and 10
00:46:08.13\00:46:09.93
because what happens sometimes
00:46:10.00\00:46:11.53
when we start
emphasizing the fact that God
00:46:11.57\00:46:13.40
not only died for our sins,
00:46:13.47\00:46:15.17
but wants to
cleanse us from sin,
00:46:15.20\00:46:16.64
we start leaning toward,
you know, self-righteousness,
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.61
and perfectionism and
all of these kinds of things.
00:46:19.64\00:46:22.14
And so 1 John 1:7-10
00:46:22.18\00:46:25.75
give us this triple-Decker
sandwich that helps us
00:46:25.78\00:46:28.38
to maintain the balance
between these two ideas.
00:46:28.42\00:46:30.62
We'll start
reading here in verse 7,
00:46:30.65\00:46:33.59
"But if we walk in the
light as He is in light,
00:46:33.62\00:46:35.49
we have
fellowship one with another,
00:46:35.52\00:46:37.16
and the blood of Jesus Christ
00:46:37.19\00:46:38.53
His Son cleanses
us from all sin."
00:46:38.56\00:46:40.33
There's the answer to the
second part of your question.
00:46:40.36\00:46:41.90
Now if we say we
have no sin, okay?
00:46:41.93\00:46:45.27
We deceive ourselves
and the truth is not in us.
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.30
So even though God is
cleansing us from all sin,
00:46:47.34\00:46:49.27
we're not going to come
to the place where we say oh,
00:46:49.30\00:46:50.94
we don't have any sin anymore.
00:46:50.97\00:46:52.44
But if we confess
our sins, verse 9,
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.31
He's faithful and
just to forgive us
00:46:54.34\00:46:55.81
of our sins and to do what?
00:46:55.84\00:46:57.21
Cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.08
Yes, we can be
perfect, we can overcome.
00:46:59.11\00:47:00.92
Wait, wait, wait, but if
we say we have not sinned,
00:47:00.95\00:47:03.45
we make Him a liar
and His word is not in us.
00:47:03.49\00:47:06.59
Now, just going to add
a little side of potatoes
00:47:06.62\00:47:09.29
to this
triple-Decker sandwich in 2:1-2,
00:47:09.32\00:47:12.83
"My little children,
these things I write unto you,
00:47:12.86\00:47:15.43
you sin not.
00:47:15.46\00:47:16.90
And if any man sin,
00:47:16.97\00:47:18.30
he have an
advocate with the Father,
00:47:18.33\00:47:19.67
Jesus Christ, the righteous.
00:47:19.73\00:47:21.07
He is the
propitiation for our sins,
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.90
and not for ours only,
00:47:22.94\00:47:24.31
but also for the
sins of the whole world."
00:47:24.34\00:47:27.64
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:47:27.68\00:47:29.74
Well, we're now
moving into a second phase
00:47:29.78\00:47:33.11
of our Bible Q and A
program for today and that is,
00:47:33.15\00:47:36.38
I'm going to ask a question
and this is like a freebie.
00:47:36.42\00:47:39.19
I mean, whoever
wants to answer it.
00:47:39.22\00:47:41.56
Okay?
00:47:41.59\00:47:42.92
All right, let's begin now.
00:47:42.96\00:47:47.00
This is the
first one from Denison?
00:47:47.03\00:47:49.26
"What is the Book of Jasher
mentioned in Joshua 10:12-13?
00:47:49.30\00:47:54.94
And why is it not
included in the canonical books
00:47:54.97\00:47:58.74
of the Bible?"
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.74
Well, I can state that I
have actually owned a copy
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.28
of the Book of
Jasher, or what they say
00:48:04.31\00:48:06.11
is the official Book of Jasher.
00:48:06.15\00:48:08.55
There is a mention
of the Book of Jasher.
00:48:08.58\00:48:10.02
But the question
would be, how do we confirm
00:48:10.09\00:48:12.25
that this book that's
just floating around out there
00:48:12.29\00:48:14.46
that they're
calling the Book of Jasher?
00:48:14.49\00:48:15.82
How can we determine that
it was legitimately written
00:48:15.86\00:48:17.93
by Jasher?
00:48:17.96\00:48:19.29
Also, I would say
the overwhelming reason
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.46
why it was not added
into the canon of scriptures,
00:48:21.50\00:48:24.80
the 66 books of the Bible,
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.84
is you will find some
very strong inconsistencies.
00:48:26.90\00:48:29.54
And that's not in harmony
with the rest of the Bible.
00:48:29.57\00:48:34.24
These scholars and these scribes
00:48:34.28\00:48:35.68
that went through
and studied these books,
00:48:35.71\00:48:38.55
as they were
preparing to compile these books
00:48:38.58\00:48:41.85
that would be
known as the Holy Bible,
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.29
Jasher didn't make it in
because it wasn't consistent.
00:48:44.32\00:48:46.55
And a lot of these books,
you'll find that very similar
00:48:46.62\00:48:50.73
to each other
Jasher, the Book of Enoch
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.06
and the Maccabees
and all these other books
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.93
that we look at,
00:48:54.96\00:48:56.40
and we find that
some people consider
00:48:56.43\00:48:58.23
should have been put in there,
00:48:58.27\00:48:59.60
they have been put
through the scrutiny of tests
00:48:59.67\00:49:01.64
and found there'sA narcissist
flooded withA narcissism
00:49:01.67\00:49:04.61
and many other
spiritualistic practices
00:49:04.64\00:49:08.28
and texts that
are not in harmony
00:49:08.31\00:49:10.25
with the rest of Scripture.
00:49:10.31\00:49:11.65
So based on that,
00:49:11.68\00:49:13.01
in my personal
I've read a little bit,
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.38
not all of the Book of Jasher
00:49:14.42\00:49:15.75
but I personally
found some inconsistencies,
00:49:15.78\00:49:17.29
and I can see 100%
00:49:17.35\00:49:18.69
why it did not
make it into the Bible.
00:49:18.72\00:49:20.86
All right. Anyone else
likes to say something?
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.43
That was clear. I don't
know if you'd answer it better.
00:49:23.49\00:49:24.83
That was great.
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.19
We call it the Apocrypha
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.56
and they are those
books are in certain Bible,
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.50
specifically,
the Catholic Church
00:49:29.53\00:49:31.17
has those books included.
00:49:31.20\00:49:32.53
I was raised Catholic,
so I know that but, yeah.
00:49:32.57\00:49:35.07
One last thing now
that you bring that up,
00:49:35.10\00:49:36.84
like the Book of Enoch
was not written by Enoch.
00:49:36.87\00:49:39.71
And some writers
have wrote those books,
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.18
they use the names of Bible
characters to add legitimacy
00:49:41.21\00:49:44.85
to those who may read it,
00:49:44.88\00:49:46.21
but that's one of the other
reasons why it was not added
00:49:46.25\00:49:48.18
to the canon of scriptures.
00:49:48.22\00:49:49.55
If you see the book of
James, was written by James.
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.62
Okay, very good.
00:49:51.65\00:49:52.99
Well, we have two
minutes, so let's see
00:49:53.02\00:49:54.36
if we can try this one.
00:49:54.39\00:49:55.72
This one is from
Mercy in Zimbabwe.
00:49:55.76\00:49:58.16
"Is it okay for Christians
to get blood transfusions?"
00:49:58.19\00:50:04.10
Sure.
00:50:04.13\00:50:05.60
The difference is one
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.90
when Deuteronomy
talks about blood and fat,
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.04
there was an
injunction given in the Bible
00:50:11.07\00:50:12.81
that you should
not eat blood or fat
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.28
because life is in the blood.
00:50:15.31\00:50:18.35
So if there's a
disease in the body,
00:50:18.38\00:50:21.85
the body has a purifying factor,
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.39
you know, you have kidneys
00:50:23.42\00:50:24.92
that purify any
impurities in the blood.
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.66
But now you're killing an animal
00:50:27.69\00:50:29.49
and you're medium rare,
rare, you're eating that blood,
00:50:29.52\00:50:34.93
you're now
transmitting the diseases
00:50:34.93\00:50:36.83
that animal could possibly
have into your digestive system.
00:50:36.87\00:50:41.00
So you have a system
of veins and arteries,
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.11
that travels, it
cleans up the body.
00:50:44.14\00:50:47.31
But now when you put that
in the actual flesh itself
00:50:47.34\00:50:49.28
and start ingesting
that into your intestines,
00:50:49.31\00:50:51.58
this now starts to
proliferate all those diseases
00:50:51.61\00:50:54.55
through your circulatory system.
00:50:54.58\00:50:56.48
That's why the Bible
didn't just say about blood,
00:50:56.55\00:50:58.72
it said don't eat blood or fat.
00:50:58.75\00:51:00.79
So but as far as
transfusion, the Bible says,
00:51:00.82\00:51:03.93
the life is in the blood,
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.06
for the purpose of
sustaining a person's life,
00:51:06.09\00:51:08.23
it's okay to take
blood transfusions,
00:51:08.26\00:51:10.13
but I doubt if you're
going to go get a cup of blood
00:51:10.17\00:51:12.20
and drink it.
00:51:12.23\00:51:13.80
Just to be gross
and obvious. Anyone?
00:51:13.84\00:51:15.94
Pastor, James
anything? Yeah, I agree.
00:51:15.97\00:51:17.81
I mean, there is
some risk there too.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.17
There have been
blood transfusions
00:51:19.21\00:51:20.68
where you've received
disease from another person
00:51:20.71\00:51:22.64
I think of a
famous tennis player
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.91
that went through that,
00:51:24.95\00:51:26.28
but that saves lives
and there's always going
00:51:26.31\00:51:28.92
to be a risk in
medical operations,
00:51:28.95\00:51:31.35
but we believe that it's
okay to do that to save a life.
00:51:31.39\00:51:33.92
Okay, very good.
Thank you, gentlemen.
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.72
We are now going
to go to a short break
00:51:35.76\00:51:38.86
and we will be right back
00:51:38.89\00:51:40.56
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finish this program.
00:51:40.60\00:51:42.83
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00:51:42.86\00:51:45.47
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