As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason Bradley,
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and whether you're
listening to us on the radio
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or watching on TV,
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we are glad that
you are tuning in.
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And we will be
answering some questions.
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Well, I won't be
answering some questions,
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I'll be reading some questions.
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But we have a
wonderful panelists here
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that will be
answering those questions.
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I want to share a
Bible verse with you
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and it's taken
from Psalms 119:105,
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it says, "Your word
is a lamp to my feet
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and a light to my path."
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And if you've
ever had any questions
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about the Word of God,
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I want you to know
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where you can
send those questions
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to receive some answers.
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You can send us an email
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at BibleQA@3abn.TV Again,
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And here to
provide you with answers
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to your Bible questions.
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We have a wonderful
panelists, students of the Word
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and servants of
the Most High God,
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we have Shelley Quinn.
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Oh, I love that,
servants of the Most High God.
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I'm excited that you're
sending in your questions
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because we learn so
much from each other
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as we study these out
and it's really quite fun.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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We have next to you,
Pastor Ryan Day. Amen.
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Always excited to be
a part of Bible Q and A.
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You know, as Shelley
says, "We learn so much."
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Sometimes they allow us
to look at the questions
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and I always try
to pick a question
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that sometimes I don't know,
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it'll cause me to go
back into the Word of God
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to dig a little deeper.
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So thank you for your questions.
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We encourage you to continue
to send those into us. Amen.
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And we have
Pastor John Lomacang,
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it's great to have you.
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Good to be here.
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We always learn something
whenever we open the Bible.
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We're not just sharing
what we've learned with you,
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but we're
learning in the same time.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor, would you
pray for us, please?
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Sure.
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Loving gracious
Father in Heaven,
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this is Your Word.
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We are simply Your servants.
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And we pray as You
inspire the prophets of old
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by the unction
of Your Holy Spirit
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that You do the
same today for us.
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We don't want to
just give answers
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but we want to direct
people to You and to Your Word,
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which in fact is
the only foundation
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upon which they have
security, a thus saith the Lord.
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So speak to our hearts,
speak through our mouths,
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but may all the glory
go to You in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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You know, it can be a challenge
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to fit the
answers in two minutes,
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the two minutes
you have allotted
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and then the three minute
question you have even then,
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that's a tight window but,
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Shelley, we're
going to come to you.
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This is a three
minute question for you.
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And part of this we will
answer in an extra question.
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"A pastor is
preaching that getting cancer
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and dying and being poor is
not God's will for any of us
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and that Christians
shouldn't get sick or die early
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because it's our will
and we can control it.
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Can you help me
find in the Bible
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that we have the authority
to override God's plan?"
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This is from Ken out
of Durham, North Carolina.
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Okay, and that's
a two part question,
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so I'm going to answer
the part on getting cancer
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and dying, and then
we'll answer the poor
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when we get to
our extra questions.
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The issue of getting
cancer, the issue of dying,
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this is difficult to deal with.
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But let me just say
this, all illness is a curse.
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It's the result
of the curse of sin,
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Genesis 3:17, on the earth.
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Now, is it ever our will?
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I guess you could
say that if you smoke
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and you get
lung cancer, or COPD,
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or suppose that
you drink to the point
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of getting
cirrhosis or liver cancer
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then I could say,
"Yeah, that was your will."
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It wasn't God's will
that you go through that.
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But not all cancer is
brought about by our will.
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We live in a fallen world
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and the natural course of
this decaying fallen world
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is we've got corruptible bodies
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and our bodies are
subject to illness and death.
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And you know, we
don't put on incorruption
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until the last trumpet.
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So here's a Bible verse for you.
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Corinthians 15:53
says, "This corruptible,"
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this body that can decay,
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this body that can
get cancer and die,
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"must put on incorruption,
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the mortal must
put on immortality."
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And if you look at that
passage in 1 Corinthians 15,
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this happens when
Christ returns with a shout.
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Now, let me if you're jotting
down scripture references,
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you want to jot
down Matthew 17:14-18,
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and Luke 13:10-16.
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Let me repeat, Matthew 17:14-18,
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and Luke 13:10-16.
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What those verses
tell us is that Satan
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and his demonic force
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can cause physical suffering.
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But God sometimes
allows physical suffering,
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like in the...
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When we think about
what Job went through,
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God allowed that,
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so that His perfect will
in this great controversy
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between good and
evil can be accomplished.
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His sovereign
purposes of demonstrating
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to the angels and all.
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Some sickness the
Bible lets us know
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can be because of
God's loving discipline.
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Psalms 119: 67.
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Psalms 119: 67,
"Before I was afflicted,
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I went astray, but
now I keep your word."
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And in 2 Timothy 4:20,
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we see Paul had to leave
Trophimus in Miletus sick.
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So what we have to remember
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is that God's ways
are higher than our ways.
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He knows the end
from the beginning,
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He has our
eternal benefit in mind.
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And no, it is not a sin
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if you've got cancer and dying.
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Amen.
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That's a comforting thought
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that God's ways
are not our ways.
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Amen. Very comforting.
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"Pastor Day,
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this question is
about Revelation 20:14-15.
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In verse 14, it
talks about death
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and hell being cast
into the lake of fire.
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In verse 15,
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it talks about those not
written in the Book of Life
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being cast into
the lake of fire,
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not in hell.
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Is hell different
than the lake of fire?
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Sounds like they are
two different places.
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Thank you." Amen.
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That's actually a
really great question.
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And I'm glad that
we get an opportunity
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to answer this question
because we get to clear up
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exactly what the
Bible teaches here.
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This is a prime
example of what it means
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in 2 Timothy 2:15,
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"To study to show
yourself approved,
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a workman who
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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Because sometimes we
got to go a little deeper
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to understand exactly
what the text is saying.
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In this case, the
answer to your question is yes,
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there technically
is two different places
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being described here.
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And I'm going to read the text.
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This is from
Revelation 20:14-15.
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Now notice, I'm reading
from the New King James,
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the person who
submitted this question
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is obviously reading
from the King James Version
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because they're
referencing death and hell.
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But notice what the New King
James says here in verse 14.
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It says, "Then Death and Hades
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were cast into the lake of fire.
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This is the
second death." Verse 15.
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"And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
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was cast into the lake of fire."
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So, you know, the word
Hades and the word hell,
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there's a reason
why the New King James
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translated it this
way Hades rather than hell
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because in the
original Greek language here,
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when you dig a little deeper,
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you find it's the
word Haides in the Greek
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which is actually
where we get the word Hades
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which is
basically a place where,
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you know, the soul sleeps
or in other words, the grave.
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In fact, if you
have a Greek Lexicon
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and you want to go look
up that word, it'll tell you.
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Another word for
Hades is the grave.
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And so in this
instance, absolutely,
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what we find here
is it's not confusing.
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We're not talking
about a place of fire,
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being thrown
into a place of fire,
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but rather the place of burning
we know is the lake of fire,
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that is hellfire
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where the wicked
are being destroyed.
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But in this case,
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and in many other
cases in Scripture,
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when we see the word
hell or the word Hades,
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it simply means grave.
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And so in this
case, death and the grave
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is being cast
into the lake of fire.
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In other words, Jesus
is putting an end to death.
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And that's why 1
Corinthians Chapter 15,
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I love this right
there in verse 55,
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where it says, "O,
Death, where is your sting?"
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And, of course,
New King James Version,
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"O, Hades,
where's your victory?"
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King James says, "Oh,
grave, where's your victory?"
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Because again,
when Jesus comes back,
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He's putting away all of that.
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And all of that is going to be
destroyed in the lake of fire.
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Amen.
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Thank you for the
way that you unpack that.
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Pastor Lomacang, we're
going to come to you now,
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this question comes
out of Brooklyn, New York.
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"Talking to my friend at work,
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I mentioned
something about the Bible
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and standing on the Word of God.
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My friend's response was
the Bible condones slavery
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and it was written by
men and men are not perfect.
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I told her, yes,
it was written by men
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with inspiration from God.
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She left me with the impression
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that she did not
believe in the Bible,
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although she is a Christian.
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That same week,
my brother-in-law
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came into my living room
as I was reading my Bible.
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He said, "The Bible was
used to justify slavery."
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So he is not
interested in reading the Bible.
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I'm writing all this to ask,
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can you be a
Christian or have a relationship
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with God without reading
or believing in the Bible?
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I am not an Adventist,
but I enjoy 3ABN networks."
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Well, thank you for
that lengthy question.
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But the point I think,
that I need to answer is,
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can you have a
relationship with God
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without reading the Bible?
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And the answer is
directly no. You cannot.
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It is impossible
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because the Bible is our
guide book for any relationship
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that we have with Christ.
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Matthew 4:4, let's start there.
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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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And then when you enter into
the relationship with Christ,
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we enter into a
sanctifying relationship.
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John 17:17,
"Sanctify them by your truth.
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Your word is truth."
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We also enter into a faith walk.
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Romans 10:17,
"Faith comes by hearing,
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hearing by the Word of God."
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Then we enter into
the transition from milk
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which Peter says,
"Desire the sincere milk
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of the Word.
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How can you desire
the milk of the Word
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if you don't read the Word?"
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Then we go from
the milk of the Word
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to the meat of the Word.
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And in Romans and
then Hebrews tells us
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what the Bible, in
fact, its larger purpose is.
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Hebrews 4:12, "For
the Word of God is living
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and powerful and sharper
than any two edged sword,
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piercing even to
the division of soul
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and spirit and
joint and marrow."
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And get this,
"And is a discerner
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of the thoughts and
intentions of the heart."
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I've often said when
you're reading the Bible,
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the Bible is reading you.
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One of the reasons why people
don't like to read the Bible
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is because the
Bible is reading them.
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It gives them a conscience
that is either condemned
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and the Bible says,
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"If your
conscience condemns you,
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then God is
greater than your heart."
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But that can only
come as you read the Bible.
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But lastly, the
issue on slavery.
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Slavery is not
supported by the Bible.
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Men have used the Bible to
impose upon other men slavery.
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The real slavery the Bible
talks about is in Romans 6:16.
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"When you yield
yourselves, do you not know
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that to whom you present
yourselves slaves to obey,
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you are that one
slave whom you obey
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whether of sin leading to death
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or obedience
leading to righteousness?"
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The true slavery
is not man to man,
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but sin that keeps us
from a relationship to Christ.
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Wow. Amen. Thank you.
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Wow.
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People don't want
to read their Bible
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because their
Bible is reading them.
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That's good. That's,
yeah, I really like that.
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Shelley, we're going
to come to you on this.
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This is out of Canada.
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It says, "Can you
please explain for me
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the meaning of the
passage in Exodus 3:14,
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God said to
Moses, I am who I am.
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This is what you are
to say to the Israelites,
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I am has sent Me to you.
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In John 13:19, Jesus
uses the same expression
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to describe Himself.
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I am telling you
now before it happens,
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so that when it does happen,
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you will believe
that I am who I am.
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What does this tell us
about the nature of God?"
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Okay, let's read
this really quickly again,
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Howard, in Exodus 3:14-15,
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God says to
Moses, "I am who I am."
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In the Hebrew, this is a verb
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that means to be or to exist.
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Tell the children of
Israel, 'I am has sent Me.
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Tell them the Lord
God of your fathers,
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the God of Abraham,
Isaac and the Lord of Jacob
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has sent Me to you.
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This is my name forever.
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And this is my
memorial to all generations."
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So, I am, the verb
is to be or to exist
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and in the tense that it's used,
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God is declaring
that He is self-existent,
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eternal, self-sufficient,
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self-directed, unchanging.
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This is, He is giving Moses
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His proper holy covenant name.
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This is His personal name.
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From this verb is
where we get Yahweh.
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He's revealing His
name, revealing His presence,
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He's more than Adonai.
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He's the God
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who wants an intimate
relationship with him.
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So this is the
God of your fathers,
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He never changes.
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Now, Jesus said in John 8:58,
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"Most assuredly, I say to you,
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before Abraham was, I am."
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He is, this is definitely
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the greatest argument Jesus
ever used for His immortality,
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His eternal existence.
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He's declaring Himself
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to be the preexistent
God of the Covenant, Yahweh.
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And then when He
said this, you know what?
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Jesus knew what He was doing
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because they
wanted to stone Him.
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Malachi 3:6, God says,
"I'm the Lord, I change not."
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Hebrews 13:8,
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"He, Jesus Christ
is the same yesterday,
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today and forever.
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I am Yahweh."
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Shelley.
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"Pastor Day, please
explain about no need to teach
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new law to
neighbors and relatives
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because God wrote
it in their hearts.
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How does this square up
with preaching the gospel?"
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This comes from Travis
out of Washington State.
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All right. Well,
this is a great question.
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You know, a lot of people
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and I think I kind of
understand where this person
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is coming from who
submitted the question.
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And that is, many people
can read Hebrews 8:10-11,
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which obviously
is within the context
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of this New Covenant that
God is establishing with us,
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in which it says
there in verse 10
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of Hebrews Chapter 8 that
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"I will put My
laws in their mind
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and write them in their
hearts, and I will be their God
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and they shall be My people."
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But then verse 11 is
the verse in question here.
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It says, "None of them
shall teach his neighbor,
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and none his brother
saying, 'Know the Lord,
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for all shall know Me
from the least of them
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to the greatest of them.'"
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And so, it almost
seems like God is saying,
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"Look, I'm going to do
this but you don't have to go
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tell anyone about My law,
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or tell anyone about My goodness
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or tell anyone, let me do
that because they're going to."
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No, no, no.
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It's not saying that we
should just not teach the law,
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not teach the Ten Commandments.
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The advantage
of the New Covenant
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over the Old one
is that the believer
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is to have a
personal knowledge of God.
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Through Christ, we
have direct access to God.
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And, of course, we know
this because we are to be led
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by the Spirit
according to Romans 8:14,
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we are to be
taught of God according
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to 1 Thessalonians 4:9
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and to be filled
with all the fullness
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of God according
to Ephesians 3:14-21.
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And so we know that, yes,
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God is going to do a mighty work
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that we can't do
in it of ourselves
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or in someone else.
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But that being said,
we know that, of course,
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the key word I
believe here in this verse
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is know the Lord
because in this case,
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we know that how we know Him,
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according to 1 John 2:3-4,
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is if we keep His commandments,
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that's what the
Bible says there.
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And even Jesus
Himself said, "Do not think
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that I've come
to destroy the law,
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I have not come to
destroy but to fulfill."
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That's Matthew 5:17
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and what's
interesting is right after that,
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and in verse 19, He says,
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"Whoever therefore
breaks one of the least
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of these
commandments and teaches men
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so shall be called least
in the kingdom of heaven."
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So in this case,
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we are to teach the law of God,
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we are to uphold that law
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that He's writing in
our minds and in our hearts.
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But what I believe
this verse is emphasizing
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is the fact that God
is the one doing the work.
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God is doing the calling.
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God is doing the teaching,
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but we also are to
declare His goodness,
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according to the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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My last verse
here I want to share,
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which answers
this last part here,
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according to the
question here, which says,
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how does this square
up with the preaching
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of the gospel?
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Acts 2:42, it says,
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"And they continued
steadfast in the apostles'
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doctrine and fellowship
in the breaking of bread
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and in prayers."
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The apostles'
doctrine, of course,
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was that of the truth
that Jesus taught them
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and we are to
continue that as well according
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to the New Covenant
as its best specified.
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Amen.
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I love that because,
you know, so often you hear,
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oh, I'm a New
Testament Christian,
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like you hear that all the time,
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so that's very, very
important. Pastor Lomacang,
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this question comes to you,
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it's from Evette
out of New Jersey.
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"What is the
Spirit of Prophecy?"
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That's an very
interesting question,
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but a very direct
answer I can give.
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Simply put the
two words together.
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Spirit who is involved
in clarifying prophecy.
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Let me start with a passage.
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And I'll mention two of
those because these two passages
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together give
us the full picture
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of what many people understand.
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Revelation 12:17,
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"And the dragon was
enraged with a woman
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and went to make war with
the rest of her offspring,
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus."
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Revelation 19:10,
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"The testimony of Jesus
is the Spirit of Prophecy."
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Now we have to ask
ourselves the question
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is the Spirit of Prophecy
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a human or is the Spirit
of Prophecy the Holy Spirit?
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The second is true.
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The Spirit of Prophecy is a gift
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that has been
imparted to men and women,
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so that they can
exercise the gift
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that has been
given to the church.
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You know, Revelation, I mean,
2 Peter 1:21 gives us clarity.
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The Bible says,
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"For prophecy never
came by the will of man."
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So it's not
something belonged to persons,
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but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved
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by the Holy Spirit.
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And when you find all
throughout the Old Testament,
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you find starting
in the Book of Numbers,
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the Lord as He began
to work through Moses,
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speaking directly to Pharaoh
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and then speaking to
the children of Israel,
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He made it very, very clear
00:21:22.91\00:21:24.41
that the Holy Spirit will
be poured out on the prophets.
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And we find also in Joel 2:28,
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"It shall come to
pass in the last days."
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Acts Chapter 2 is a
reflection of the fulfillment
00:21:32.99\00:21:36.02
of Joel Chapter 2.
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What does the Bible say?
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"I will pour out My
spirit on all flesh,
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your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy."
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So the Spirit is
the one that's revealing
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to the person prophesying
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what the prophecy should
be and also to be understood.
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So clearly speaking,
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if I could narrow down to
the context of the question,
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as an Adventist,
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.51
we say that that gift
was given to Ellen White,
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but she's not the
Spirit of Prophecy,
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she's just simply exercising
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the gift of the
Spirit of Prophecy.
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And why is that?
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1 Corinthians 1:6-8,
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clearly saying,
00:22:10.56\00:22:13.19
"Even the testimony of Christ
which was confirmed in you,
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so that you come
short in no gift."
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.53
When the Bible
warns of false prophets,
00:22:19.57\00:22:22.10
it's a confirmation that
they'll also be true prophets,
00:22:22.14\00:22:24.47
and the Holy Spirit will
speak through a true prophet
00:22:24.51\00:22:27.94
in harmony with the Word of God.
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Amen.
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Wonderful. I love that.
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I think that was
the key right there,
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in harmony with the will of God.
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That's excellent.
00:22:36.52\00:22:37.85
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sitting there wondering, well,
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.89
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Shelley, we're going to
come to you on this one.
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"It seems that to
bring others to Jesus,
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we must rub shoulders
with them as Jesus did.
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So what are we to
make of 2 John 9-11?
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Oh, great questions.
00:23:36.95\00:23:38.28
Well, first of all, Jesus
hung out with unsaved sinners.
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He showed them compassion,
mercy, love and patience,
00:23:41.58\00:23:45.45
but He never
condoned their lifestyle.
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He never approved
of their lifestyle.
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He practiced what we would call
today friendship evangelism.
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Before we go to 2 John,
let's look at 1 Corinthians
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because this will give
you a really good hint.
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1 Corinthians 5:9-13,
00:24:01.04\00:24:05.54
Paul is kind of clarifying,
00:24:05.57\00:24:08.28
expanding something that
he had told the church earlier
00:24:08.31\00:24:12.08
and the church at
Corinth misinterpreted.
00:24:12.11\00:24:15.38
Paul said, "Hey,
00:24:15.42\00:24:16.75
don't have anything to do
with sexually immoral people."
00:24:16.79\00:24:19.69
So the church at Corinth
was stopping their contact
00:24:19.72\00:24:25.36
with the unsaved world.
00:24:25.39\00:24:27.20
And here's what he
says, 1 Corinthians 5:10,
00:24:27.23\00:24:30.40
"I certainly did not mean
00:24:30.43\00:24:33.74
with the sexually
immoral people of this world,
00:24:33.77\00:24:36.74
or with the covetous,
extortioners, idolaters,
00:24:36.77\00:24:40.18
since then you would
need to go out of the world."
00:24:40.21\00:24:44.68
In other words,
Paul is saying to them,
00:24:44.71\00:24:46.55
"No, no, no, no,
00:24:46.58\00:24:47.92
I'm not talking about the people
00:24:47.95\00:24:50.22
outside the
church who practice this.
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.65
I'm saying don't associate with
the people inside the church
00:24:52.69\00:24:57.26
who do this."
00:24:57.29\00:24:58.89
So 2 John
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and you asked about verses 9-11.
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Let's look at
verse 7. In verse 7.
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This is the same principle
of 1 Corinthians Chapter 5.
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2 John in verse 7,
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there's only one chapter, says,
it's talking about deceivers,
00:25:18.15\00:25:22.08
false teachers
that were campaigning
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.85
against the fundamental truths
of Christianity, even saying,
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.89
they wouldn't confess that
Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
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Verse 9 says,
00:25:31.96\00:25:33.29
"They didn't abide in
the doctrine of Christ."
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Verse 10, then says this,
00:25:35.10\00:25:37.83
"If anyone comes to you
00:25:37.87\00:25:39.33
and does not
bring this doctrine,
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.57
do not receive
him into your house,
00:25:41.60\00:25:44.07
don't even greet him."
00:25:44.11\00:25:45.87
You're not supposed to.
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We should recognize heretics,
we should not support heretics,
00:25:47.28\00:25:50.71
because verse 11 says,
00:25:50.75\00:25:52.48
"If you're supporting them,
00:25:52.51\00:25:54.28
you are participating
in their evil deeds,
00:25:54.32\00:25:57.09
because it's
leaving the impression
00:25:57.12\00:26:00.39
that you
sanction their teachings."
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.02
So our loyalty has to be
to the truth of God's Word.
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Amen. Amen.
00:26:06.59\00:26:07.93
And then friendship
evangelism is so crucial.
00:26:07.96\00:26:11.23
Implementing Christ
method of evangelism.
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"Pastor Day,
00:26:14.34\00:26:15.67
I am a Seventh-day
Adventist since young,
00:26:15.70\00:26:19.47
I guess, since they were younger
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.44
and many preachers always
said that Jesus is coming again.
00:26:21.48\00:26:24.68
Now I am almost 30
and Jesus hasn't come.
00:26:24.71\00:26:28.05
How can I be sure that Jesus'
Second Coming is real and near?
00:26:28.08\00:26:32.59
All right.
00:26:32.62\00:26:33.96
So the person who
sent this question in,
00:26:33.99\00:26:36.76
that's a good
question, but it's, you know,
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.89
it's prophetically told to us
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.63
that this same
question would be declared,
00:26:40.66\00:26:43.10
but in kind of a
scoffing in the last days.
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Notice what 2 Peter 3:3
says, "Knowing this first
00:26:44.97\00:26:48.77
that scoffers will
come in the last days
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walking according
to their own lust."
00:26:50.24\00:26:52.94
And it goes on
to say, and saying,
00:26:52.97\00:26:54.64
"Where is the
promise of His coming
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for since the
fathers fell asleep,
00:26:56.08\00:26:57.71
all things
continue as they were,
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.71
from the beginning of creation."
00:26:59.75\00:27:01.35
I'm certainly not
calling the person
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who sent this in a scoffer
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because I think many
people have asked this question
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and expressed doubt over time.
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But nonetheless, my friend,
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I think that this is where
you have to exercise trust,
00:27:10.46\00:27:14.00
deep trust in God and His Word,
00:27:14.03\00:27:16.46
because this is a
Word of God thing.
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We have to learn to not trust
ourselves but the Word of God.
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I'm thinking of
Proverbs 3:5-6 where it says,
00:27:21.30\00:27:24.27
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:27:24.31\00:27:25.94
and lean not on
your own understanding,
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.84
in all your
ways acknowledge Him,
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.44
and He will direct your path."
00:27:29.48\00:27:31.68
And so in this case, you know,
00:27:31.71\00:27:33.05
we need to
understand that the word...
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Pastor quoted this
earlier, Romans 10:17,
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.99
"Faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the Word of God."
00:27:39.39\00:27:40.72
Our faith is built.
Our trust in God is built.
00:27:40.76\00:27:42.99
When we get
into the Word of God,
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.79
the Holy Spirit,
00:27:44.83\00:27:46.16
the Bible calls it
the Spirit of Truth,
00:27:46.19\00:27:47.80
according to John 16:13,
00:27:47.83\00:27:50.37
it will guide us into all truth
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.40
and it will build our
trust in God's Word to help us
00:27:52.43\00:27:55.37
to believe and trust in
what He has said He will do,
00:27:55.40\00:27:58.77
He's going to do.
00:27:58.81\00:28:00.14
And in this case, John 14:1-3,
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.64
we're told Jesus made a promise
that He was going to go away
00:28:02.68\00:28:06.21
and if He goes away to
prepare a place for us,
00:28:06.25\00:28:07.95
He will come again to receive us
00:28:07.98\00:28:09.48
that where He is
there we may be also.
00:28:09.52\00:28:11.62
That's a promise and the Bible
makes it clear in Hebrews 6:18,
00:28:11.65\00:28:15.32
that God does not lie.
00:28:15.36\00:28:17.46
God doesn't change as
Shelley brought out earlier.
00:28:17.49\00:28:19.96
God has spoken,
His Word is sure.
00:28:20.00\00:28:21.80
We have a more
sure word of prophecy
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.30
as told there in
2 Peter Chapter 1
00:28:24.33\00:28:26.87
that we have to believe in,
00:28:26.90\00:28:28.30
we have to ground ourselves
in the belief and trust that
00:28:28.34\00:28:30.91
what God has said He will do.
00:28:30.94\00:28:32.71
And I will just in the last
few moments that I have here,
00:28:32.74\00:28:35.14
I just have to
emphasize, go read Matthew 24.
00:28:35.18\00:28:38.58
I mean, if you
have any understanding
00:28:38.61\00:28:40.12
at all of the signs of the times
00:28:40.15\00:28:41.98
and the things that
have been happening,
00:28:42.02\00:28:43.35
we can see that
every single thing
00:28:43.39\00:28:45.05
that Jesus has
spoken with the exception
00:28:45.09\00:28:46.86
of a couple of
things has happened
00:28:46.89\00:28:48.22
just as He said it would.
00:28:48.26\00:28:49.92
Prophecy confirms with
all the signs of the time,
00:28:49.96\00:28:52.69
just as in the
parable of the fig tree there,
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.63
"That as you see
the leaves turning,
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.00
know summer is
near even so He said,
00:28:56.03\00:28:58.17
when you see
these things happening,
00:28:58.20\00:29:00.07
know that my coming
is even at the door."
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.10
So in this case,
look unto Jesus the author
00:29:02.14\00:29:04.51
and finisher of your faith.
00:29:04.54\00:29:05.87
Look into His
Word, study His Word,
00:29:05.91\00:29:08.34
build a relationship
and your trust will grow.
00:29:08.38\00:29:10.65
Your faith will
grow and you will see
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.08
that what the Bible
has said, it is true.
00:29:12.11\00:29:14.28
It will come to pass just
as He said, He is soon to come.
00:29:14.32\00:29:17.79
Amen. Amen.
00:29:17.82\00:29:19.89
"Pastor Lomacang, Abel and
Cain gave up their first fruits,
00:29:19.92\00:29:24.06
and why was Abel's first
fruit accepted and not Cain's?"
00:29:24.09\00:29:27.66
This is from Merrill.
00:29:27.70\00:29:29.16
Well, Cain gave fruits,
00:29:29.20\00:29:32.67
Abel gave a sacrifice.
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Genesis Chapter 4.
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Let's look at the description
of what the Bible says
00:29:37.21\00:29:41.54
as you compare.
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The question, why was
Abel's first fruit accepted
00:29:42.94\00:29:45.08
and not Cain's?
00:29:45.11\00:29:46.65
This is simply a comparison
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.18
between
requirement versus preference.
00:29:48.22\00:29:51.75
And ever since Cain and Abel,
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.15
we've always had
two types of worshipers,
00:29:53.19\00:29:55.59
those who give
God what He requires
00:29:55.62\00:29:57.79
and those who give
God what they prefer.
00:29:57.83\00:30:00.20
That's still
true to this very day.
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.53
Genesis 4:3,
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.47
"And in the process
of time it came to pass
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.37
that Cain brought an
offering of the fruit
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.54
of the ground to the Lord."
00:30:10.57\00:30:12.71
Now, this was from a tree.
00:30:12.74\00:30:15.21
But verse 4,
00:30:15.24\00:30:16.58
"Abel also brought up
the firstborn of his flock
00:30:16.61\00:30:20.08
and of their fat."
00:30:20.12\00:30:21.45
This is an animal, of lamb.
00:30:21.48\00:30:23.49
The Bible, Revelation 13:8,
00:30:23.52\00:30:24.85
"The Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world."
00:30:24.89\00:30:27.02
The Lord established
what He was going to accept.
00:30:27.06\00:30:30.83
In the temple services,
00:30:30.86\00:30:32.26
you find there
was always some animal
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.30
whose life had to be sacrificed
as a symbol of Christ.
00:30:34.33\00:30:38.13
But notice, the question was,
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.64
what happened as
a result of that?
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.90
Verse 4, "Abel also
brought up the firstborn
00:30:42.94\00:30:45.34
of his flock and of their fat.
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.08
And the Lord respected Abel and
his offering, but He did not,"
00:30:47.11\00:30:50.68
verse 5, "respect
Cain and his offering.
00:30:50.71\00:30:53.55
And Cain was very angry,
and his countenance fell."
00:30:53.58\00:30:57.35
Verse 6, "So the Lord said
to Cain, 'Why are you angry?
00:30:57.39\00:31:00.12
And why have your
countenance fallen?
00:31:00.16\00:31:01.72
If you do well, will
you not be accepted?'"
00:31:01.76\00:31:04.06
That's the key.
00:31:04.09\00:31:05.43
If you do what God
asked, you will be accepted.
00:31:05.46\00:31:07.90
But He says, "And
if you do not do well,
00:31:07.93\00:31:11.40
sin lies at your door.
00:31:11.43\00:31:12.97
And its desire is for you,
00:31:13.00\00:31:14.77
but you should
not rule over it."
00:31:14.80\00:31:16.60
Now verse 8 is where I will end.
00:31:16.64\00:31:18.64
"Now Cain talked
with Abel his brother,
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.38
and it came to pass
when they were in the field,
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.31
that Cain rose up against Abel,
00:31:22.34\00:31:23.95
his brother, and killed him."
00:31:23.98\00:31:26.35
And that's where you
have, Am I my brother's keeper?
00:31:26.38\00:31:28.35
So the nutshell of it is,
00:31:28.38\00:31:30.05
this is a battle between
requirement and preference.
00:31:30.09\00:31:33.25
Abel gave what God required.
00:31:33.29\00:31:34.99
Cain gave what he preferred.
00:31:35.02\00:31:37.46
I love that,
requirement and preference.
00:31:37.49\00:31:40.30
"Shelley, why is
it that Adam is blamed
00:31:40.33\00:31:43.26
more strongly
than Eve for our fall
00:31:43.30\00:31:45.60
when it was Eve
who left Adam's side
00:31:45.63\00:31:47.97
and went off on her own,
00:31:48.00\00:31:49.77
was encountered by the serpent,
00:31:49.80\00:31:51.71
had a conversation with him
00:31:51.74\00:31:53.07
and allowed him to persuade her?
00:31:53.11\00:31:55.74
Is it because Adam gave
in and partook of the fruit
00:31:55.78\00:31:59.25
and because he
was the first created
00:31:59.28\00:32:01.32
and given
dominion over the earth?"
00:32:01.35\00:32:03.28
This is from Vanessa.
Vanessa, what a great question.
00:32:03.32\00:32:06.86
Genesis 3:13 tells us
that Eve was beguiled,
00:32:06.89\00:32:11.13
she was seduced.
00:32:11.16\00:32:12.49
She was deceived, deluded.
00:32:12.53\00:32:15.26
But in 1 Timothy 2:14.
00:32:15.30\00:32:18.43
1 Timothy 2:14.
00:32:18.47\00:32:20.24
It said, "Adam was not deceived,
00:32:20.27\00:32:22.97
but the woman being deceived
fell into transgression."
00:32:23.00\00:32:26.21
So Adam intentionally
sinned in the full knowledge
00:32:26.24\00:32:29.18
of what God's requirement was,
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.21
he voluntarily
took of this fruit
00:32:31.25\00:32:33.75
because of his love for his wife
00:32:33.78\00:32:36.08
and he didn't want to
be separated from her.
00:32:36.12\00:32:39.15
He chose to
blatantly disobey God
00:32:39.19\00:32:42.56
and here's the
important part, you hit on it.
00:32:42.59\00:32:45.26
He is violating
his leadership role.
00:32:45.29\00:32:49.46
God created Adam, Adam was the
representative of all mankind.
00:32:49.50\00:32:55.24
And when Adam did this,
he plunged all men into sin.
00:32:55.27\00:32:59.67
1 Corinthians
15:22, "As in Adam all die,
00:32:59.71\00:33:05.05
even so in Christ,
all shall be made alive."
00:33:05.08\00:33:07.85
And in 1
Corinthians 15:45-47 says,
00:33:07.88\00:33:11.65
"The first man, Adam,
made of the dust of the earth,
00:33:11.69\00:33:15.46
became a living
being but the last Adam,
00:33:15.49\00:33:18.69
this is our God, who came down,
00:33:18.73\00:33:22.26
took on our flesh
became a human being,
00:33:22.30\00:33:25.07
so that He could
be the last Adam.
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.54
The new
representative of mankind."
00:33:27.57\00:33:30.57
Says the last Adam
became a life giving spirit.
00:33:30.61\00:33:35.64
The second man
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.85
is the Lord from heaven,
00:33:37.88\00:33:41.75
how amazing.
00:33:41.78\00:33:43.42
The Lord God, our Creator,
00:33:43.45\00:33:46.42
came down and became
the person of Jesus Christ.
00:33:46.45\00:33:51.19
And not only did He
condescend to that, but He died,
00:33:51.23\00:33:55.93
He was
resurrected, He went to heaven,
00:33:55.96\00:33:59.87
ascended in that flesh,
00:33:59.90\00:34:01.97
He sits at the right hand
of the throne of the Father,
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.97
as the new
representative of mankind.
00:34:05.01\00:34:08.88
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.78
That's powerful.
00:34:10.81\00:34:13.68
Pastor Day, this
is coming from Marie.
00:34:13.72\00:34:16.89
"Is it disrespectful or
even a sin to be cremated
00:34:16.92\00:34:20.69
when we depart this world?"
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.46
Amen. Thank you so much,
Marie, for your question.
00:34:22.49\00:34:24.83
And it's a good question
because it's one of the most
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.90
popular questions.
00:34:26.93\00:34:28.26
I think that
evangelists and pastors
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.96
and ministers get all the time
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.73
because we live in a world
00:34:31.77\00:34:33.10
where, you know, we
have options, right?
00:34:33.13\00:34:34.54
There's people who believe
in the more traditional way
00:34:34.57\00:34:36.94
of burial and
there's other people
00:34:36.97\00:34:38.97
that believe in
this cremation process.
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.34
But there's a
little bit of a contention
00:34:41.38\00:34:42.81
among some
Christians because some say
00:34:42.84\00:34:44.21
it's disrespectful.
00:34:44.25\00:34:45.58
Like you said, some
people believe it's even a sin.
00:34:45.61\00:34:48.15
But as Christians, we
have to be people of the Word.
00:34:48.18\00:34:51.45
And if we're going to go
and tell someone that they're,
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.06
you know, violating God's
will or they're sinning if they,
00:34:54.09\00:34:56.83
you know, dispose of the
body in the form of cremation.
00:34:56.86\00:34:59.43
We have to be able to
prove that from the Word of God.
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.63
And so the direct
answer to this question is no,
00:35:01.66\00:35:04.63
because the Bible
does not explicitly
00:35:04.67\00:35:06.63
or even in principle
in the closest remote way,
00:35:06.67\00:35:10.61
tell us that it's a sin
00:35:10.64\00:35:12.24
if someone chooses
the process of cremation.
00:35:12.27\00:35:14.64
In fact, you know,
there's people in history
00:35:14.68\00:35:17.85
who were, their burial
process really wasn't a choice
00:35:17.88\00:35:21.88
and they were cremated.
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.25
They were burned
alive at the stake.
00:35:23.28\00:35:24.62
I mean, we have martyrs
mentioned there in Revelation
00:35:24.65\00:35:27.26
Chapter 6 and 7.
00:35:27.29\00:35:29.39
And we know that these martyrs,
00:35:29.42\00:35:30.76
these are righteous people who,
again, they were burned alive,
00:35:30.79\00:35:33.40
they were brought to ashes,
00:35:33.43\00:35:34.76
but yet they will be
in the kingdom of God.
00:35:34.80\00:35:37.50
And I think where some people
get confused on is, you know,
00:35:37.53\00:35:40.20
yes, we know in Genesis 2:7,
00:35:40.24\00:35:42.04
where God
created and formed Adam
00:35:42.07\00:35:44.01
from the dust of the ground,
He breathed into his nostrils
00:35:44.04\00:35:46.01
and man became a living soul.
00:35:46.04\00:35:47.51
And then when you get
to Ecclesiastes, there,
00:35:47.54\00:35:50.18
Ecclesiastes 12:7, you
know, first to the dead,
00:35:50.21\00:35:52.55
returning to the
earth, as it was.
00:35:52.58\00:35:55.38
But again, we have to
be people of the Bible,
00:35:55.42\00:35:57.39
even though, yes,
we are going to return
00:35:57.42\00:35:59.25
no matter how we're buried,
00:35:59.29\00:36:00.72
no matter how we
leave this world,
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.89
we will return to
the earth as it was,
00:36:02.92\00:36:05.46
but nonetheless, the process,
00:36:05.49\00:36:07.06
the burial process
or the disposal process
00:36:07.10\00:36:09.83
in the form of cremation.
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.77
We cannot prove from the Bible
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.30
that it is a sin
or disrespectful.
00:36:13.34\00:36:15.14
So in this case, we have to
be patient with our brother,
00:36:15.17\00:36:18.57
not allow it to be
an issue of contention.
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.14
Just let it be an
issue of personal decision.
00:36:21.18\00:36:24.51
Amen. Amen.
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.65
Pastor Lomacang, this
question comes from Rex.
00:36:26.68\00:36:29.82
"For some time now
I've been wondering
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.99
and needing
clarification on this question.
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.82
Would there be a second
death for those who died
00:36:34.86\00:36:37.76
when God
destroyed the earth by water
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.69
and those who were destroyed
by fire in Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:36:39.73\00:36:43.13
I need a Bible
reference if possible."
00:36:43.16\00:36:45.13
Sure.
00:36:45.17\00:36:46.50
The Bible reference I'd like
to give to you is Hebrews 9:27.
00:36:46.53\00:36:50.71
And by the way, what
Ryan alluded to this,
00:36:50.74\00:36:53.38
I think, on a
couple of questions.
00:36:53.41\00:36:55.28
Ryan alluded to this,
how we die is not up to us.
00:36:55.31\00:36:59.38
That's the unfortunate thing.
00:36:59.41\00:37:00.98
You know, we had Cindy,
00:37:01.02\00:37:04.29
one of the nurses at our church.
00:37:04.32\00:37:06.45
She said that we're
going to die one of three ways.
00:37:06.49\00:37:09.49
We're gonna die of old age,
00:37:09.52\00:37:11.13
we're gonna die of an accident
00:37:11.16\00:37:13.40
or we're going
to die of a disease.
00:37:13.43\00:37:15.23
We don't get a choice
which one is going to be.
00:37:15.26\00:37:17.40
Some people die in fires,
00:37:17.43\00:37:18.77
some people die
from smoke inhalation,
00:37:18.80\00:37:20.34
some people die
in car accidents,
00:37:20.37\00:37:21.70
some people die of a disease,
00:37:21.74\00:37:24.07
some people die in plane crashes
00:37:24.11\00:37:25.67
and they are incinerated
as Ryan talked about.
00:37:25.71\00:37:28.98
And Sodom Gomorrah is just
simply an example in Scripture
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.38
where people in
Sodom and Gomorrah
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.01
were destroyed by fire.
00:37:33.05\00:37:35.28
But that was simply the
first death, Hebrews 9:27,
00:37:35.32\00:37:39.85
"And it and as it
is appointed for men
00:37:39.89\00:37:45.19
to die once, but
after this the judgment."
00:37:45.23\00:37:50.70
Okay, now the
judgment is the second death.
00:37:50.73\00:37:53.87
Go to Revelation Chapter
20, and look at that with me.
00:37:53.90\00:37:57.84
Revelation 20:14-15.
00:37:57.87\00:38:01.78
All right.
00:38:01.81\00:38:03.14
Here's what the Bible says.
00:38:03.18\00:38:04.51
And I'll start with verse 13.
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.11
Well, actually, verse
12, "And I saw the dead,
00:38:06.15\00:38:08.82
small and great,
standing before God,
00:38:08.85\00:38:10.89
and the books were opened.
00:38:10.92\00:38:12.42
And another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life.
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.26
And the dead were judged
according to their works,
00:38:15.29\00:38:17.89
by the things which were written
00:38:17.93\00:38:19.26
in the books."
00:38:19.29\00:38:20.63
The first death
people not judged
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.00
according to their works.
00:38:22.03\00:38:23.37
Verse 13, "And the sea gave
up the dead who were in them,
00:38:23.40\00:38:25.57
and Death and Hades
were delivered up the dead
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.07
who were in them.
00:38:28.10\00:38:29.44
And they were judged, each
one according to his works."
00:38:29.47\00:38:31.77
That's what Hebrews 9:27
says after that the judgment.
00:38:31.81\00:38:35.01
Verse 14, "Then Death and Hades
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.08
were cast into the lake of fire.
00:38:37.11\00:38:39.28
This is the second death."
00:38:39.31\00:38:41.48
So after the judgment and
their verdict is concerned,
00:38:41.52\00:38:45.79
then comes the
punitive side of the judgment.
00:38:45.82\00:38:48.09
That's the second
death for the wicked.
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.23
That's simply that. Amen.
00:38:50.26\00:38:52.99
"Shelley, if
Melchizedek is king of Salem,
00:38:53.03\00:38:57.30
which is king of peace
and Christ is Prince of Peace.
00:38:57.33\00:39:01.54
And if
Melchizedek is without father,
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.77
without mother, without descent,
00:39:03.81\00:39:06.01
having neither
beginning of days,
00:39:06.04\00:39:07.54
nor end of life, but
made like unto the Son of God
00:39:07.58\00:39:11.55
abideth a priest continually,
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.62
if he is not Christ, who is he?"
00:39:13.65\00:39:16.62
Melchizedek is not Christ.
00:39:16.65\00:39:18.65
He's introduced in Genesis 14
00:39:18.69\00:39:20.72
and then he is
not mentioned again
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.49
till we get to
the Book of Hebrews.
00:39:23.53\00:39:25.49
In Hebrews 7:1-3 and,
Miz, your question's excellent.
00:39:25.53\00:39:30.30
But Hebrews 7, it's
talking about Melchizedek,
00:39:30.33\00:39:34.24
who is both king of Salem,
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.40
which is another
name for Jerusalem.
00:39:36.44\00:39:39.17
He was also the
priest of the Most High God.
00:39:39.21\00:39:41.91
He's the only man who
ever held both offices king
00:39:41.94\00:39:44.81
and priest until both positions
00:39:44.85\00:39:47.75
were held by the
person of Jesus Christ.
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.35
His name translated, did
mean king of righteousness,
00:39:50.39\00:39:53.36
king of peace.
00:39:53.39\00:39:54.72
But look at verse
3, "Without father,
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.29
without mother,
without genealogy,
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.69
having neither beginning
of days nor end of life,
00:39:58.73\00:40:01.40
but made like the Son of God,
00:40:01.43\00:40:05.00
he remains a priest forever."
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.17
In the ancient Syriac Peshitta,
00:40:07.20\00:40:11.07
it gives a more
accurate translation here
00:40:11.11\00:40:14.28
of that Greek
phrase and it says,
00:40:14.31\00:40:18.01
"Whose father and mother
00:40:18.05\00:40:20.62
are not written in genealogies."
00:40:20.65\00:40:25.15
Melchizedek did have
a father and a mother,
00:40:25.19\00:40:28.96
he was a human being
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.26
but his
ancestry was not recorded
00:40:31.29\00:40:35.03
because it didn't
matter to his priesthood.
00:40:35.06\00:40:36.97
It wasn't like he was
of a Levitical priesthood
00:40:37.00\00:40:40.20
where ancestry had to be proven,
00:40:40.24\00:40:42.70
he was of the same.
00:40:42.74\00:40:45.77
In Hebrews 5:6, it says
00:40:45.81\00:40:47.81
that Jesus was like
the order of Melchizedek,
00:40:47.84\00:40:53.18
as opposed to being
Levitical in nature.
00:40:53.21\00:40:57.62
But we know that
Hebrews tells us that Jesus'
00:40:57.65\00:40:59.92
priesthood was superior
to the Levitical priesthood.
00:40:59.95\00:41:05.03
And Hebrews 7:15 explains
00:41:05.06\00:41:07.93
that He was a
priest in the likeness
00:41:07.96\00:41:12.33
of Melchizedek.
00:41:12.37\00:41:14.27
Melchizedek resembled Jesus,
00:41:14.30\00:41:18.27
which implies he was
different from Jesus.
00:41:18.31\00:41:22.18
He was not a heavenly being.
00:41:22.21\00:41:24.65
If he was without parentage,
without beginning or end,
00:41:24.68\00:41:29.05
he'd be God himself.
00:41:29.08\00:41:30.69
And there would
have been no need
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.55
for another priest to come.
00:41:32.59\00:41:34.62
But Jesus did come.
00:41:34.66\00:41:35.99
He's not a
successor to Melchizedek.
00:41:36.02\00:41:38.69
His priesthood was
just similar to his.
00:41:38.73\00:41:41.90
Excellent explanation.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.93
Pastor Day, this is going
00:41:43.97\00:41:45.30
to be your three
minute question here.
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.67
All right.
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.04
"As I was reading
Matthew Chapter 24,
00:41:48.07\00:41:49.80
about the
abomination of desolation,
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.81
I came across something.
00:41:51.84\00:41:53.64
All my life, I was
taught that the abomination
00:41:53.68\00:41:56.21
of desolation was going
to stand in the Holy Place.
00:41:56.24\00:41:59.61
But it actually says
when you see the abomination
00:41:59.65\00:42:02.25
of desolation
stand in the Holy Place,
00:42:02.28\00:42:05.99
I always heard it to read
when you see the abomination
00:42:06.02\00:42:09.52
of desolation
standing in the Holy Place,
00:42:09.56\00:42:13.03
this changes things completely
for the interpretation.
00:42:13.06\00:42:16.67
It is actually telling believers
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.17
to stand in the Holy Place
in the spiritual sanctuary.
00:42:18.20\00:42:21.74
Am I correct in
this understanding?"
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.87
This is from
Richard out of New Jersey.
00:42:23.91\00:42:25.87
Okay. Yeah, I appreciate
this question, Richard.
00:42:25.91\00:42:27.98
And I'm just going
to be direct about it.
00:42:28.01\00:42:30.08
I do believe you're
stretching a little bit,
00:42:30.11\00:42:32.31
because the text does say right
there in Matthew Chapter 24,
00:42:32.35\00:42:35.65
which you are referencing here,
00:42:35.68\00:42:37.29
when you shall see the
abomination of desolation
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.79
standing in the Holy Place.
00:42:39.82\00:42:41.79
In this case, I'm going
to give it to you straight.
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.86
I wish I had 10 minutes to
talk about this, but I don't.
00:42:43.89\00:42:46.49
I believe that there
are three very clear phases
00:42:46.53\00:42:49.36
to this abomination of
desolation in the sense
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.53
that it's fulfilled on
three different levels.
00:42:52.57\00:42:54.50
We see it here in Matthew 24,
00:42:54.54\00:42:56.60
which is actually in reference
00:42:56.64\00:42:57.97
to the destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 AD,
00:42:58.01\00:43:00.71
there's an
abomination of desolation there.
00:43:00.74\00:43:02.98
Of course, I believe,
according to Daniel Chapter 11
00:43:03.01\00:43:05.65
and Daniel Chapter 12,
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.02
in reference to that 1,290 days,
00:43:07.05\00:43:09.55
the abomination of desolation
is mentioned there as well,
00:43:09.58\00:43:12.15
that's going to be fulfilled
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.52
somewhere around the year 508 AD
00:43:13.56\00:43:15.56
with the bringing
about of the priesthood
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.03
of the Catholic Church.
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.39
That's another question.
00:43:18.43\00:43:19.76
Of course, the
third phase, I believe,
00:43:19.79\00:43:21.13
is right there in that
harlot of Revelation Chapter 17,
00:43:21.16\00:43:23.50
where it talks
about the abominations
00:43:23.53\00:43:25.27
and the filthiness
of her fornication.
00:43:25.30\00:43:26.94
She also has abominations
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.30
that will bring
about her desolation.
00:43:28.34\00:43:30.37
So that's three
different phases,
00:43:30.41\00:43:32.04
I believe we see
this played out in
00:43:32.07\00:43:33.78
but pertaining to your
particular question here.
00:43:33.81\00:43:36.54
This is directly in Matthew 24,
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.48
referencing the
abomination of desolation
00:43:38.51\00:43:41.28
standing in the Holy Place,
00:43:41.32\00:43:44.09
you don't
really get the fullness
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.95
of this until you
get over to Luke 21
00:43:45.99\00:43:47.62
and read the
equivalent passage of this
00:43:47.66\00:43:49.62
because all of the same words,
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.03
all of the same
descriptions are used there
00:43:51.06\00:43:53.46
that you see in Matthew 24,
00:43:53.50\00:43:55.30
pertaining to the 70 AD
destruction of Jerusalem
00:43:55.33\00:43:58.53
but when you get
to Luke 21:20-24,
00:43:58.57\00:44:02.84
notice what the
Bible says here, it says,
00:44:02.87\00:44:04.57
"But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies
00:44:04.61\00:44:08.74
then know that its
desolation is near."
00:44:08.78\00:44:11.98
And if you go on
and read through this,
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.35
"Then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains,
00:44:13.38\00:44:14.92
and let those who are
in the midst not depart,
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.09
and let those who are
in the country enter her
00:44:17.12\00:44:19.32
or let not those who were
not in the country enter her.
00:44:19.35\00:44:20.76
For these are the
days of vengeance,
00:44:20.79\00:44:22.42
that all these things that
are written may be fulfilled.
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.73
But woe unto
those who are pregnant."
00:44:24.76\00:44:26.29
And it goes on to
describe exactly the events
00:44:26.33\00:44:29.10
that took place in 70 AD
00:44:29.13\00:44:31.07
after a seven long year
siege by the Roman armies.
00:44:31.10\00:44:34.70
In this case, it's interesting
because when you go back
00:44:34.74\00:44:37.17
to Daniel 9:27,
00:44:37.21\00:44:39.21
which is what
this is referencing,
00:44:39.24\00:44:40.98
it actually says
there in Daniel 7:20,
00:44:41.01\00:44:43.98
excuse me, 9:27,
00:44:44.01\00:44:46.15
"On the wing of abomination
00:44:46.18\00:44:48.05
shall be the one
who makes desolate."
00:44:48.08\00:44:50.02
Referring to Titus and
his Roman armies coming
00:44:50.05\00:44:52.15
where they put their
Roman pagan standards
00:44:52.19\00:44:55.32
in the ground
outside of Jerusalem.
00:44:55.36\00:44:57.23
Their symbol, of course,
00:44:57.26\00:44:58.59
was the eagle on the
wings of abomination.
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.96
Their pagan god of
the eagle representing
00:45:01.00\00:45:03.57
the sun, they put it
outside of Jerusalem,
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.84
setting their
standards in the ground,
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.50
they surrounded Jerusalem,
00:45:08.54\00:45:09.90
that's exactly
what we're seeing here
00:45:09.94\00:45:12.14
played out in Matthew 24,
00:45:12.17\00:45:13.88
in the equivalent
passage of Luke 21.
00:45:13.91\00:45:16.54
When you shall see the
army surrounding Jerusalem,
00:45:16.58\00:45:19.71
then know that her
desolation is near.
00:45:19.75\00:45:21.92
Even Jesus, you
know, He told them,
00:45:21.95\00:45:23.82
He foretold this in
just the previous chapter,
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.42
Matthew 23, when He said,
"Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:45:26.45\00:45:28.82
how often I've wanted
to gather you as a hen
00:45:28.86\00:45:30.86
gathers her chicks on her
wings but you were not willing."
00:45:30.89\00:45:34.36
And then He goes on to say,
00:45:34.40\00:45:35.90
"See your houses
left to you desolate."
00:45:35.93\00:45:39.07
So in this case,
00:45:39.10\00:45:40.44
standing in the Holy
Place is reference to Titus
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.97
and the Roman armies outside
of Jerusalem in the 70 AD
00:45:43.00\00:45:46.17
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:45:46.21\00:45:47.74
Wow.
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.11
Yeah, that was a lot
to say in three minutes.
00:45:49.14\00:45:51.21
And it could take a 10
minute answer for sure.
00:45:51.25\00:45:54.55
Easy.
00:45:54.58\00:45:55.92
Pastor Lomacang,
00:45:55.95\00:45:57.42
this is going to be
your three minute question.
00:45:57.45\00:45:59.45
"My question is found
in 1 Corinthians 11:5-6,
00:45:59.49\00:46:04.33
Pastor Lomacang, can you
please explain those verses?"
00:46:04.36\00:46:07.86
Well, we find two words
in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
00:46:07.90\00:46:12.60
is exactly what is
being talked about.
00:46:12.63\00:46:14.87
The covering is, I think,
the focal point of the passage,
00:46:14.90\00:46:19.04
because it covers
two different topics.
00:46:19.07\00:46:21.88
But I think what the person
00:46:21.91\00:46:23.24
when they point to verse 5 and 6
00:46:23.28\00:46:24.65
is specifically about
the woman covering her head.
00:46:24.68\00:46:27.25
Now we find in verse 1,
Paul talks about a tradition.
00:46:27.28\00:46:31.25
But when we get to verse
16, he talks about a custom,
00:46:31.29\00:46:34.09
what is the difference?
00:46:34.12\00:46:35.46
A tradition is something
handed down from generation
00:46:35.49\00:46:38.39
to generation where it starts,
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.13
is determined by
that particular culture.
00:46:40.16\00:46:42.90
But a custom is
according to a practice.
00:46:42.93\00:46:46.17
For example, Luke 4:16,
Jesus went into the synagogue
00:46:46.20\00:46:49.20
and as His custom was
and then the disciples
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.27
as their custom was they went
00:46:52.31\00:46:54.38
and kept the
Sabbath from week to week.
00:46:54.41\00:46:56.38
Custom is something
that could be supported
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.31
by a scriptural observance.
00:46:58.35\00:47:00.35
But a tradition starts
based on their culture.
00:47:00.38\00:47:02.98
In this particular passage,
there was a cultural tradition
00:47:03.02\00:47:07.32
that was passed down
from generation to generation.
00:47:07.36\00:47:10.33
And this was
common among the Jews.
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The Jews had a difficult time
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when the disciples
did not follow traditions.
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As a matter of
fact, Mark 7:5, they said,
00:47:15.76\00:47:18.03
"Why do your disciples not
walk according to the tradition
00:47:18.07\00:47:20.64
of the elders?"
00:47:20.67\00:47:22.00
So when the Christian
church was being established,
00:47:22.04\00:47:23.81
many of these
traditions that were practiced
00:47:23.84\00:47:25.61
among the Jewish contingency,
00:47:25.64\00:47:27.41
they were trying to
force them on the Gentiles.
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And Paul the Apostle was saying,
00:47:29.88\00:47:31.21
"Okay, let's talk
about this tradition,
00:47:31.25\00:47:32.91
the woman's head being covered
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or the man's head
not being covered."
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And the focal point of
this entire passage is verse 3.
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He says this,
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"But if you want to know
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that the head of
every man is Christ,
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the head of woman is man
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and the head of Christ is God."
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So the woman's covered
by her husband's authority,
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the church is
covered by Christ's authority
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and Christ is
covered by God's authority,
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the covering is already there.
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He is showing the order
of structure and authority
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as it relates to
any kind of custom.
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But they continue saying, "Well,
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.02
shouldn't the
woman cover her head?
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And if it's not covered,
she should shave her head."
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But then they said, "But
it is a shame for a woman
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to shave her head."
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So what are we
contending over here
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and it continues to go forward.
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And Paul settles
the issue in verse 16.
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I had somebody approached
me about this issue once,
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you know, they got
caught up in some side cult.
00:48:27.20\00:48:30.64
The way you can tell the
difference between a cult
00:48:30.67\00:48:32.51
and a Christian religion,
00:48:32.54\00:48:33.98
is they lock you
to salvation by works.
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When they start demanding
works of you long dresses,
00:48:37.61\00:48:39.75
cover your head, wear a scarf,
wear 17th century clothing,
00:48:39.78\00:48:43.59
it's a cult,
00:48:43.62\00:48:44.95
because there's nothing you can
do to enhance your salvation.
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Amen.
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Paul makes it
very clear in verse 16
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as he addresses the whole issue
of covering or not covering.
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He says, "But if anyone
seems to be contentious,"
00:48:53.40\00:48:57.53
listen to this,
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"we have no such custom
nor does the churches of God."
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Amen.
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So there is no custom to
cover your head or not to cover.
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If you want to do that,
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the Lord is not going to make
it something, say we're lost.
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If you want to do that as
a practice, you can do that.
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But there is no such requirement
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or custom according
to the Church of God.
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Amen. Amen.
00:49:16.75\00:49:19.05
Shelley, we're gonna come to you
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.42
with this extra question here
00:49:20.46\00:49:21.79
because we're picking it
up from your first question.
00:49:21.82\00:49:25.59
"Pastor is preaching
that getting cancer and dying
00:49:25.63\00:49:28.23
or being poor, this is the
part that we need to answer,
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.00
is not God's will for any of us
00:49:31.03\00:49:33.13
and that Christians
shouldn't get sick or die early,
00:49:33.17\00:49:35.97
because it's our will
and we can control it.
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.07
Can you help me
to find in the Bible
00:49:38.11\00:49:39.91
that we have the authority
to override God's plan?"
00:49:39.94\00:49:42.98
Okay, so we've already addressed
00:49:43.01\00:49:44.68
getting sick or
dying with cancer.
00:49:44.71\00:49:46.72
Let's talk about being poor.
00:49:46.75\00:49:48.85
If you're poor because
of bad choices, laziness,
00:49:48.88\00:49:52.12
failure to budget, refusal
of good counsel, guess what?
00:49:52.15\00:49:56.09
You have willed that poorness
on you and it's not God's will.
00:49:56.12\00:50:00.73
That's true.
00:50:00.76\00:50:02.10
There's a lot of Proverbs
00:50:02.13\00:50:04.30
that address
these causes of poverty.
00:50:04.33\00:50:06.77
But being poor is
not always our will.
00:50:06.80\00:50:09.24
And it doesn't mean
that God disapproves of us.
00:50:09.27\00:50:12.61
There's many examples
of poor people in Scripture
00:50:12.64\00:50:17.18
that are blessed beyond measure.
00:50:17.21\00:50:19.21
Just think of the
widow and her mite.
00:50:19.25\00:50:21.22
Jesus in Matthew 8:20,
00:50:21.25\00:50:23.55
He talks about I had
no place to lay My head.
00:50:23.59\00:50:27.92
The disciples
abandoned what they had,
00:50:27.96\00:50:30.06
2 Corinthians 8:9,
"Though the Lord was rich,
00:50:30.09\00:50:32.73
He became poor for our sake."
00:50:32.76\00:50:34.66
Matthew 26:11, Jesus said,
00:50:34.70\00:50:37.37
"The poor you
have with you always."
00:50:37.40\00:50:40.90
But one of the most
convincing scriptures to me
00:50:40.94\00:50:43.61
is the great
famine struck Jerusalem.
00:50:43.64\00:50:47.14
It was overpopulated and
the believers became poor
00:50:47.18\00:50:52.91
and destitute and
Paul took up a collection.
00:50:52.95\00:50:55.88
Romans 15:26,
00:50:55.92\00:50:58.39
he speaks of other
believers and he says,
00:50:58.42\00:51:01.06
"Please, to make a certain
contribution for the poor
00:51:01.09\00:51:05.19
among the saints
who are in Jerusalem."
00:51:05.23\00:51:08.53
Oh, there's so much
but here's the bottom line.
00:51:08.56\00:51:11.50
God does use
wealth for His glory,
00:51:11.53\00:51:14.60
sometimes what
people like Solomon,
00:51:14.64\00:51:17.64
but many times in the Bible,
00:51:17.67\00:51:20.08
wealth is spoken of
in a negative fashion.
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.85
Jesus said in Matthew 13:22,
00:51:23.88\00:51:26.85
that the deceitfulness of riches
00:51:26.88\00:51:29.05
can choke the
word from your heart.
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.52
Mark 10, 25.
00:51:31.55\00:51:33.82
It's easier to go
through a rich man to I mean,
00:51:33.86\00:51:37.79
a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than a rich man
00:51:37.83\00:51:40.90
to enter heaven.
00:51:40.93\00:51:42.26
Wow. Is poorness a sin?
00:51:42.30\00:51:44.57
No. Wow, thank you, Shelley.
00:51:44.60\00:51:46.77
Thank you for that answer.
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.14
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00:51:48.17\00:51:53.74
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