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00:05 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:10 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:21 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪
00:30 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HERDS THAT HURT ♪
00:37 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:48 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
01:12 >> HELLO, FRIENDS. WELCOME TO 3ABN, THURSDAY NIGHT
01:18 LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE
01:20 TIME TO JOIN US AGAIN, IF YOU ARE PART OF OUR 3ABN FAMILY.
01:25 BUT IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, MY NAME IS JOHN LOMACANG.
01:29 AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE FAMILY OUT TONIGHT FOR A BEAUTIFUL
01:34 EXECUTION THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD.
01:35 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY TONIGHT RATHER THAN
01:40 HAVING A GUEST FROM OUTSIDE, WE HAVE HAD SO MANY BIBLE QUESTIONS
01:45 THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS
01:49 HROUGH THE YEARS. ONIGH WE'RE NOT THE
01:54 AUTHORITIES, AND WE'RE NOT GOIN TO CLAIM TO BE, AND JUST FOR
01:57 CLARITY, WE HAVE SEEN OUR QUESTIONS, MOST OF OUR PANEL FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
02:04 BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
02:09 AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THIS ETWORK.
02:12 AND ON BEHAL OF DANNY SHELTON, OUR PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, I
02:17 KNOW THAT HE THANKS US FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART.
02:24 I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS TONIGHT, TO MY RIGHT IS RYAN
02:29 DAY, ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
02:34 >> I'M STILL THE NEW GUY. >> THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK.
02:42 HE IS YOUNG, AND CAN SING THE PHONE BOOK.
02:47 >> POTENTIALLY, YEAH. >> TELL OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENER
02:53 WHAT YOU DO. >> ABSOLUTELY.
02:54 I HAVE A PASSION FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
02:58 AND I HAVE HAD THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE OVER THE LAST FIVE
03:02 YEARS OR SO TO TRAVEL WITH MY MINISTRY DOING EVANGELISM.
03:12 I'M ALWAYS SEARCHING AND LEARNING, AND HOPEFULLY TODAY
03:17 I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT GOD HAS SHARED WITH
03:20 ME. >> AND YOUR WIFE IS?
03:22 >> MY WIFE IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE THOMPSONVILLE CHRISTIAN
03:29 SCHOOL, AND SHE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
03:32 >> THAT'S THE PHRASE I USE FOR MY WIFE.
03:36 WHEN WE CALL EACH OTHER, I SAY CALL OF MY LIFE ANGELA.
03:43 AND HER PHONE SAYS CALL THE LOVE OF MY LIFE JOHN.
03:50 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SHELLEY SOMEBODY MAY BE
03:54 TUNING IN TONIGHT SAYING I DON'T KNOW WHO SHELLEY QUINN IS.
04:00 SO TELL US. >> I HAVE BEEN ON 3ABN SINCE
04:06 DECEMBER 31ST, 2002. IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE ALL OF
04:08 THE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING BY.
04:10 BUT I'M VERY BLESSED. I WAS HERE AS A VOLUNTEER FOR A
04:14 FEW YEARS BEFORE WE MOVED UP HERE IN JOAN 2005.
04:27 I SERVE AS THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
04:30 SO WE INCUBATE PROGRAMS, WORK WITH THE GRAPHICS ART
04:39 DEPARTMENT.-pANYWAY, IT'S JUST -- WELL, YOU KNOW --
04:42 >> OH, YEAH. >> AROUND HERE WE WEAR A
04:45 THOUSAND HATS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
04:47 ANY SNEAK PREVIEWS? >> YES, MATTER OF FACT, JUST
04:54 ININCUBATED A PROGRAM TODAY. AND IT'S ON CREATION SCIENCE,
05:03 BUT HOW GOD HAS REVEALED IN THE RELATIONSHIP EVERYTHING FROM THE
05:10 MICROORGANISM LEVEL UP. AND VERY EXCITED, BECAUSE I
05:13 THINK IT WILL BE AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
05:16 IT WON BE ONE THAT IS OVERWHELMING YOU WITH SCIENCE,
05:19 BUT RATHER SHOWING HOW WE CAN SEE GOD IN THIS AND APPLY IT TO
05:25 OUR LIVES. AND WE HAVE TWO MORE NEW SERIES,
05:30 AND THAT IS PASTOR JAY GALLIMORE WILL BE DOING A SERIES ON
05:36 REVELATION. AND PASTOR DAVID SCHENN WILL BE
05:41 DOING A SERIES OF THE SANCTUARY. AND I THINK THOUGH INFORMATION
05:49 IS ALREADY UP ON THE WEB. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
05:53 >> THANK YOU, SHELLEY. AND TO THE FAR RIGHT, MY
05:59 GOOD -- WE SAR SOMETHING IN COMMON.
06:01 THE FIRST NAME. AND THE SECOND THING WE SHARE IS
06:07 THE LOVE OF CHRIST. PASTOR DINZEY GOOD TO HAVE YOU
06:12 HERE. >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
06:15 >> HEAD OF 3ABN LATINO. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN AT
06:21 THIS MINISTRY. >> ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER OF 1989.
06:26 >> A LONG TIME. >> YOU GREW UP HERE.
06:30 AND YOU HAVE TWO WONDERFUL BOYS. WE WATCHED THEM GROW UP.
06:35 BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE SPANISH WORLD.
06:40 I HAD THE JOY OF MINISTERING WITH YOU IN COLUMBIA LAST YEAR
06:44 AND THIS YEAR. >> YEAH, IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT
06:48 GOD IS DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU HEAR
06:51 OF STORIES -- IT'S STRANGE. WHENEVER YOU HEAR THE STORY OF
06:57 SOMEBODY COMING TO JESUS YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF IT.
07:06 I IT'S PRAISE GOD.
07:10 >> WOW. THE FOUR OF US ARE GOING TO
07:13 ANSWERING BIBLE QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
07:14 SO GET YOUR BIBLES, AND INVITE YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO
07:19 JOIN YOU, AND PRAY FOR US THAT WE CAN DO THE LORD'S WILL
07:24 ACCORDING TO THE GUIDING OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
07:27 BUT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC BY
07:32 A GENTLEMAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A VIOLIN SING TO THE GLORY
07:41 OF THE LORD. HE IS GOING TO PLAY "A MIGHTY
07:49 FORTRESS IS OUR GOD." ♪
09:25 ♪
11:12 >> NOW FOR THE BENEDICTION. THAT WAS AMAZING, WASN'T IT?
11:18 >> THAT WAS. >> WOW.
11:20 >> OKAY. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND HERE.
11:25 JAMIE GEORGE, THAT EXUDES A MIGHTY FORTRESS.
11:30 >> WE WERE IN LAS VEGAS ONCE, AND JAMIE CAME OUT AND PLAYED
11:33 RIGHT BEFORE I WAS SPEAKING, AND HE WAS PLAYING "WERE YOU THERE
11:38 WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD," AND IT WAS SO ANOINTED THAT I
11:44 WAS BACK -- GETTING READY TO COME OUT, AND I JUST BEGAN
11:49 WEEPING. AND I'M WALKING OUT -- AND IT -WAS INCREDIBLE.
11:53 HE TRANSPORTED YOU THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT
11:57 JAMIE IS HE IS NOT JUST PLAYING THE MUSIC.
12:01 HE REALLY MINISTERS. >> THE VIOLIN IS AN EXTENSION OF
12:07 HIS HEART. >> YES.
12:09 >> THAT IS THE WAY YOU START A PROGRAM ON THE BIBLE.
12:17 THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS, AS YOU HAVE.
12:20 TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME, AND IF WE DON'T GET TO
12:25 COVER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE, WE'LL TRY FOR ANOTHER
12:28 FUTURE DATE. BUT THE FIRST QUESTION TAKES US
12:33 TO ONE WE NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME WITH.
12:37 WILL ARMAGEDDON BE A PHYSICAL WAR, SPIRITUAL WAR, OR BOTH?
12:46 ANY ONE OF YOU CAN START OUT -- >> SURE, I'LL KICK US OFF, AND
12:52 THEN I'M SURE SHELLEY AND JOHN WILL WANT TO ADD TO THIS AS
12:58 WELL. WHERE WE FIND THE MENTIONS OF -ARMAGEDDON IS IN THE 16TH
13:04 CHAPTER OF REVOLUTION. AND IT'S THE CONTEXT OF THE 6TH
13:10 PLAGUE. AND THAT'S THE FINAL PULLING OUT
13:15 OF GOD'S WRATH PRIOR TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
13:21 I'M IN THE 16TH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF REVOLUTION, AND WE JUST
13:26 READ ABOUT THE SIXTH BOWL THAT IS POURED OUT ON EUPHRATES.
13:34 AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME OUT OF THE MOUTH
13:39 OF THE DRAGON, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST AND OUT OF THE
13:44 MOUTH OF THE FALSE PROPHETS. AND NOTICE THE CONTEXT HERE.
13:49 THE CONTEXT CLUES ARE OBVIOUSLY POINTING TO VERY STRONG
13:56 SYMBOLISM, IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A BIG
14:01 FIERY RED DRAGON, BUT THAT DRAGON REPRESENTS THE DEVIL
14:08 HIMSELF. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH SYMBOLIC
14:11 SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS. FOR THEY -- THIS DRAGON, THIS
14:17 BEAST, AND THESE UNCLEAN FROGS -- THEY ARE SPIRITS
14:21 PERFORMING SIGNS WHICH GO OUT TO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND THE
14:25 WHOLE WORLD TO GATHER THEM TO BATTLE OF THE GREAT DAY OF THE
14:30 ALL MIGHTY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
14:34 SPIRITUAL WARFARE HERE. AND VERSE 15 AND 16, BEHOLD I AM
14:40 COMING AS A THIEF, LEST HE WALK NAKED, AND THEY GATHER THEM
14:49 TOGETHER TO TH PLACE CALLED IN HEBREW, ARMAGEDDON.
14:55 WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT HEBREW WORD IT IS SIMPLY A COMBINATION OF
15:04 TWO DIFFERENT WORDS. AND WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TWO WORDS
15:09 TOGETHER, IT IS TRANSLATED MOUNT OR PLACE OF OBLIGATION.
15:16 AND I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A SCHOLAR ON THIS TOPIC AT ALL.
15:20 IN FACT THERE ARE STILL ELEMENTS THAT I'M STILL LEARNING MYSELF.
15:24 BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS IT A SPIRITUAL BATTLE?
15:27 IS IT A PHYSICAL BATTLE? IS IT BOTH?
15:31 AND JUST RIGHT OFF OF THE CUFF, I BELIEVE THAT WHILE THERE MAY
15:35 BE SOME VERY PHYSICAL ELEMENTS TO THIS BATTLE -- WELL, WE KNOW
15:39 THE DEVIL HAS LAUNCHED A STRONG PHYSICAL WARFARE THAT BRINGS
15:43 ABOUT SOME PHYSICAL ELEMENTS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALL
15:47 TOGETHER A SPIRITUAL WARFARE. >> OKAY.
15:50 >> WE FIND THIS -- INTERESTING WORD HERE, ARMAGEDDON, THE
15:55 CONCEPT, THE IDEA OF A GATHERING OF A PLACE OF CONGREGATION IN
16:00 ANOTHER PART OF SCRIPTURE. >> OKAY.
16:02 >> THIS LEADS ME TO ISAIAH 14, AND I HAVE THAT HERE IN THE
16:08 BIBLE. ISAIAH 14.
16:11 THIS PASSAGE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO US, BECAUSE IT'S DESCRIBING
16:16 THE FALL OF LUCIFER, AND NOTICE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS HERE.
16:21 I'M GOING TO START READING IN VERSE 12, AND MAKE A QUICK
16:30 POINT. HOW ART THERE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN
16:33 OH LUCIFER, HOW ART THOU CUT DOWN TO THE GROUND WHO WEAKEN
16:39 THE NATIONS. YOU HAVE SAID I WILL ASCEND INTO
16:42 THE HEAVEN. I WILL EXALT MY THROWN ON GOD.
16:49 AND I WILL SIT ON THE MOUNT OF CONGREGATION, I WILL ASCEND
16:58 ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUD. I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
17:02 YOU CAN DO AN ENTIRE MINI SERIES JUST ON THAT ONE TEXT THERE, BUT
17:06 WHAT WE SEE IS -- THE DEVIL IS ESSENTIALLY ELEVATING HIMSELF
17:13 FAR AND BEYOND EVEN GOD. HE IS SAYING I DESERVE WORSHIP
17:17 AND THE ATTENTION. AND ULTIMATELY WHAT HE IS
17:20 SAYING, HE IS PREDICTING FALSELY, THE IDEA THAT THERE IS
17:24 COMING A TIME WHEN I WILL BE THE ULTIMATE PERSON THAT DESERVES
17:29 THE WORSHIP AND THE ATTENTION AND THE GLORY, AND THE HOMAGE.
17:34 SO WHAT WE FIND IS THIS GREAT BATTLE THAT WE SEE IN THE BOOK
17:39 OF REVOLUTIONS FROM MY STUDIES AND UNDERSTANDING, IS THE
17:46 CULMINATION OF THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE.
17:50 YOU HAVE TO MAKE A COURSE, YOU ARE GOING TO WORSHIP THE CENTRAL
17:59 POINT OF WORSHIP YOU ARE GOING TO WORSHIP THE ALL MIGHTY GOD OR
18:03 THE ENEMY HIMSELF. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
18:06 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SHELLEY.
18:13 >> I'M GOING TO DIVERT TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT
18:18 THIS. >> WELL, I'M GOING TO GO FIRST
18:21 TO PASTOR DINZEY. >> WELL, THIS IS A CULMINATION
18:26 OF THE GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON
18:30 FOR ALMOST 6,000 YEARS. WE CALL IT THE BATTLE OF
18:35 ARMAGEDDON, BUT IT MENTIONS THE BATTLE OF THE GREA DAY OF GOD.
18:39 SO IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE ELEMENTS AT THE END OF TIME,
18:43 BECAUSE YOU SEE HERE THAT -- AND I LOVE THE BIBLE, YOU ARE
18:48 READING ONE OF THESE PROPHECIES, AND THINGS ARE LOOKING SO
18:53 TERRIBLE, AND THEN THE WORD TELLS YOU AND THE SAINTS ARE
19:05 VICTORIOUS. SO HAVE A CONTRAST HERE BETWEEN
19:08 THE FORCES -- OR THOSE THAT LOVE THE LORD, AND WANT TO SERVE THE
19:14 LORD, AND GOD AND JESUS CHRIST, A GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND
19:19 EVIL. JESUS CHRIST, YOU HAVE IN
19:21 REVELATION CHAPTER 12, MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AND THE
19:27 DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT, AND ALL OF THESE FORCES, AND
19:32 EVERYONE THAT SATAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE TO JOIN HIS
19:39 SIDE. AND THERE IS THIS SPIRITUAL
19:43 BATTLE. AND ULTIMATELY GOD WINS.
19:45 YOU CAN GO TO REVELATION 19, AND YOU SEE THERE SOME OF THE
19:50 ELEMENTS OF THE THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE, VERSUS 11, 19 -- AND I
19:56 SAW HEAVEN OPEN AND BEHOLD A WHITE HORSE, AND HE WHO SAT ON
20:01 HIM WAS CALLED FAITHFUL AND TRUE, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS HE
20:06 MAKES WAR. >> SO GOD MAKES WAR IN
20:12 RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND OF COURSE THE DEVIL
20:16 DECEIVES. AND IN REVELATION 12, IT BRINGS
20:18 A PICTURE ALSO THAT -- YOU KNOW, AFTER THE THOUSAND YEARS, YOU
20:23 KNOW, HE GATHERS ALL OF THE WICKED.
20:26 >> RIGHT. THE GREAT GATHERING.
20:29 >> AND HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE CITY OF GOD.
20:33 THIS IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
20:39 IT'S A SPIRITUAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
20:42 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE THING. WHEN WE'RE THINKING OF THESE
20:47 THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST, THE
20:52 MOUTH OF THE DRAGON AND THE FALSE PROPHET, WHAT WE SEE HERE
21:01 IS IS THE PAGANISM AND SPIRITISM.
21:06 WE HAVE THESE UNCLEAN SPIRITS COMING FROM THE PAPAL SYSTEM AND
21:10 FROM THE APOSTATE PROTESTANT. SO WE SEE IT IS A SPIRITUAL,
21:21 RELIGIOUS BATTLE, IF YOU WILL. >> THAT'S RIGHT.-GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ON
21:30 THE FRONT LINES TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF IT.
21:35 HOW LONG OH LORD WILL IT BE UNTIL YOU AVENGE OUR BLOOD.
21:40 AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY WERE TOLD TO REST,
21:44 AND UNTIL YOUR FELLOW BRETHREN THAT SHOULD BE KILLED AS YOU
21:49 WILL BE FULFILLED. SO WHEN THE BATTLE OF
21:55 ARMAGEDDON, THIS LAST PUSH -pCONVENES, IT HAS TO MANY ELEMENTS TO IT, AS YOU TALKED
22:00 ABOUT. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IT BRINGS
22:03 OUT IS THE GREAT RIVER -EUPHRATES. WE KNOW IT'S FORECASTING THE
22:10 FALL OF SPIRITUAL BABYLON, AND THAT'S A COALITION OF ALL OF THE
22:15 WORLD POWERS. THEY WILL CALL US TOGETHER IN
22:19 THAT LAST PUSH AGAINST GOD. WORSHIP IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED,
22:26 AND THOSE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN LIKE IN LITERAL BABYLON.
22:31 BUT BABYLON FELL WHEN CYRUS CAME AND DRIED UP THE RIVER
22:40 EUPHRATES. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SETTING
22:41 THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF THE EAST -- EAST IS THE DIRECTION OF
22:45 SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY, THAT'S WHERE THE LORD IS COMING BACK FROM.
22:51 BUT THE RIVER DRYING UP IS THE NATION THAT SUPPORTS THE WHOLE
22:55 SYSTEM OF BABYLON. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RIVERS
22:59 OR THE SYSTEM DRYING UP, BABYLON HAS FALLEN, HAS FALLEN.
23:04 FIRST IN THE EYES OF GOD AND FINALLY IN THE EYES OF MAN.
23:09 AND WHEN THEY SAY IT, IT SAYS AND NO ONE BUYS HER MERCHANDISE
23:14 ANYMORE. THEY STAND BACK AND SAY, AT
23:20 LE -- LAST, AT LAST -- THEY ARE
23:23 SAYING I'M NOT BUYING THAT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF THOSE
23:29 WHO NO LONGER DECIDES TO BUY WHAT SHE IS SELLING ARE ON THE
23:33 WRONG SIDE. BUT THIS IN FACT IS THE PICTURE
23:37 OF THE FINAL PUSH BEFORE BABYLON COMES DOWN, COME OUT OF HER, MY
23:44 PEOPLE. THEN THE FINAL PUSH, THE KINGS
23:47 OF THE EARTH, WHEREVER JESUS IS NOT MENTIONED OR EMBRACED, THOSE
23:58 SYSTEMS WILLCOLESS TO MAKE BABYLON THE GREAT.
24:03 WHAT A STORY. WORLD ALLIANCES, AND IT'S
24:08 RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR OPPOSITION COMBINED TOGETHER.
24:17 AND THEN THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE BRINGS HIS ARMIES.
24:21 THE DRAGON IS ANGRY AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE WOMAN.
24:25 THAT'S THAT FINAL PUSH. HE HAS A SHARP SICKLE, AND WE
24:31 COMES BACK, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS HE JUDGES AND MAKES WAR.
24:36 AND WE KNOW THE END. BUT IT'S NOT A PHYSICAL BATTLE.
24:44 >> NOW DISTILL THAT DOWN, BECAUSE IT IS A SPIRITUAL
24:49 BATTLE -- >> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
24:52 REVELATION 16:7, AND YOU SEE -- AND I HEARD ANOTHER
24:55 FROM -- AND I HEARD ANOTHER FROM THE [ INAUDIBLE ] EVEN
25:00 [ INAUDIBLE ] GO ALL MIGHTY TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ARE YOUR
25:05 JUDGMENTS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
25:06 >> AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT VERSE 15, AND IT TALKS ABOUT BEHOLD I
25:11 AM COMING, BLESSED IS HE WHO WATCHES AND KEEPS HIS GARMENTS.
25:18 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND THROUGHOUT THE
25:21 BIBLE, THERE IS A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
25:26 WELL WHAT IS EVIL? EVIL IS DOING THAT WHICH IS
25:31 WRONG. THE SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF
25:36 GOD'S LAW. THERE'S GOD'S LAW INVOLVED IN
25:40 THIS BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. THOSE FOLLOW THE TEN
25:54 COMMANDMENTS ARE ON ONE SIDE. AND IN REVELATION 12, IT SAYS HE
26:02 DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD. THERE ARE SPIRITUAL DEMONS
26:09 PERFORMING SIGNS. AND HE DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD
26:15 TO GATHER TO THAT GREAT DAY. AND THERE IS THIS MOVEMENT
26:19 THAT -- IT SAYS, A DESPERATE MOVEMENT THAT SATAN IS MAKING
26:25 EVEN NOW, TO LEAD PEOPLE TO SIN, TO JUST COMPLETELY GIVE
26:29 IT -- YOU KNOW, I SOMETIMES SUMMARIZE IT THIS WAY.
26:35 SATAN DID A WORK JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD THAT GOD DESCRIBES AS THE
26:43 THOUGHTS OF MAN' HEARTS WERE EVIL CONTINUALLY.
26:46 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE ALL
26:50 OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT NOAH FOUND GRACE
26:55 ON HIS SIDE. ONE SMALL GROUP, COMPARED TO THE
26:59 MASS OF -- WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, SO AS
27:04 THE SANDS OF THE SEA, AND ALL OF THE EVIL, AND THEN GOD'S PEOPLE
27:12 ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS
27:16 IS GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
27:22 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
27:26 THESE QUESTIONS ARE -- AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT ONE -- WE HAD TO
27:30 LAY SOME FOUNDATION FOR THAT. BECAUSE THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON
27:34 ONLY APPEARS ONCE. THANK YOU.
27:38 I'LL PITCH THIS OUT, AND RYAN IS KIND OF CHOMPING AT THIS ONE.
27:42 DO WE HAVE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES TO BE SAVED?
27:47 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, THE ANSWER TO
27:49 THAT -- JUST A CLEAR STRAIGHT ANSWER IS, NO, YOU DO NOT HAVE
27:55 TO SPEAK IN TONGUES TO BE SAVED. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS -- THIS IS
28:00 ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL. THIS HAS BECOME A -- A VERY
28:06 GROWING CONCERN IN MY MIND FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES OF THE
28:11 WORLD, BECAUSE THIS CHARISMATIC APPROACH TO CHRISTIANITY, THE
28:19 IDEA THAT WE CAN SUMMON THE HOLY SPIRIT, ITS PRESENCE TO COME AND
28:25 ENTER US, TAKE OVER US TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE START, YOU
28:30 KNOW, SPEAKING IN INCOHERENT SYLLABLES THAT NO MAN CAN
28:39 UNDERSTAND IS ABSOLUTELY UNBIBLICAL.
28:43 I WOULD PREACH AN ENTIRE ONE-HOUR SERMON OR LONGER --
28:48 >> BUT YOU WON'T. >> BUT I WON'T.
28:51 I PROMISE. JESUS HAS GIVEN HIS PEOPLE
28:54 BEFORE HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, HE GAVE US THE
29:01 COMMISSION TO GO TO ALL NATIONS, TEACHING THEM ALL THINGS THAT I
29:05 COMMAND YOU. SO GO INTO ALL NATIONS.
29:09 WELL, THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
29:13 IF YOU AND I WERE TOLD TO GO TO THE NATION OF CHINA OR GERMANY,
29:18 OR ANY OTHER NATION, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE
29:22 THERE. BECAUSE UNLESS WE SPEAK THE
29:24 LANGUAGE OF THAT PARTICULAR NATION, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS GOING
29:28 TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LANGUAGE ISSUE THERE.
29:35 AND THE -- GOING INTO THESE DISTANT FOREIGN NATIONS, CHRIST
29:40 KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
29:43 SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE RESPONSE OF THE DISCIPLES, THAT SOUNDS
29:48 NICE, BUT HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THIS
29:52 GOOD NEWS WHEN WE DON'T SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
29:57 MARK 16:17, AGAIN, THERE IS THIS KIND OF GREAT COMMISSION FROM
30:05 MARK'S POINT VIEW. GO UNTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH-pTHE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.
30:13 NOTICE THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
30:17 DO YOU HAVE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES TO BE SAVED.
30:20 ACCORDING TO CHRIST, HE SAYS HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED
30:25 WILL BE SAVED. IT DOESN'T SAY HE WHO DOESN'T
30:29 SPEAK IN TONGUES IS GOING TO BE CONDEMNED.
30:32 THAT'S NOT HERE. BUT WHAT HE DOES SAY THESE SIGNS
30:38 WILL FOLLOW THESE WHO BELIEVE, IN MY NAME THEY WILL CAST OUT
30:44 DEMONS AND SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES.
30:46 SO GO OUT, PREACH THE GOSPEL, TELL THE GOOD NEWS, AND YOU WILL
30:51 BE GIVEN THE SUPER NATURAL ABILITY TO SPEAK WITH NEW
30:56 LANGUAGES. WE SEE THAT REALLY COME TO
30:58 FRUITION IN THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ACTS.
31:03 >> AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SPEAK WITH TONGUES.
31:06 THEY ARE GOING TO SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES.
31:09 THEY ARE ALREADY SPEAKING WITH A TONGUE.
31:11 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THEY DON'T HAVE THE TONGUE
31:14 YOU NEED TO GET THIS GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD, SO I'M GOING
31:17 TO GIVE YOU -- SO LET'S GO TO THE BOOK OF ACTS.
31:22 >> YEAH, ACTS 2, WHICH IS WHERE WE SEE THE OUTPOURING OF THE
31:27 HOLY SPIRIT. BUT I WANT TO MENTION ACT 1:8,
31:32 THIS IS A VERSE THAT MANY PEOPLE TEND TO MANIPULATE THEIR OWN
31:39 IDEA. GROWING UP IN PENTECOSTAL
31:42 CHURCHES, EXPERIENCING THAT ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT PARTICULAR
31:45 BELIEF, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, AS WE HAVE
31:50 STATED MANY TIMES, THERE ARE WONDERFUL GOOD LOVING PEOPLE
31:53 THAT ARE DEVOTED TO JESUS IN ALL CHURCHES.
31:57 AND THERE ARE WONDERFUL GOOD PEOPLE EVEN IN THE PENTECOSTAL
32:02 CHURCHES. BUT IT WAS TAUGHT TO ME GROWING
32:06 UP, RYAN YOU MUST SPEAK IN TONGUES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO
32:11 THE HEAVEN OF GOD. BUT ACT 1:8, JESUS SAYS WHEN THE
32:16 HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME, YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER TO BE A WITNESS.
32:21 IT DIDN'T SAY YOU WILL RECEIVE TONGUES.
32:27 JUST SIMPLY YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER.
32:28 WE NEED THAT POWER IN ORDER FOR US TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IN THE
32:33 WAY THAT CHRIST WOULD HAVE US TO CLAIM IT.
32:36 WE NEED THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
32:40 STRENGTHEN US IN THAT MANNER. >> SO ACTS 2 POINTS OUT, WE GO
32:48 SPECIFICALLY TO THE ACCOUNT OF DAY OF PENTECOST.
32:55 PASTOR DINZEY. >> I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT HERE.
32:58 I CAN LOOK IT UP. >> SURE.
33:00 SURE. I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF
33:04 BREAKDOWN. SO ACTS 2, THE DISCIPLES HAVE
33:08 JUST RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THEY BEGIN TO SPEAK WITH
33:14 DIVIDED TONGUES. MEANING THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE
33:18 LANGUAGE PRESENT. BUT WHEN THE SOUND OCCURRED THE
33:22 MULTITUDE CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE EVERYONE HEARD THEM SPEAK IN HIS
33:28 OWN LANGUAGE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
33:30 >> THESE WERE NOT COME INCOHERENT SYLLABLES THAT NOBODY
33:37 CAN UNDERSTAND. THESE WERE EARTHLY LANGUAGES.
33:43 AND THERE WERE DEVOUT JEWS FROM EVERY NATION, AND MANY DIDN'T
33:49 SPEAK THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. SO IN ORDER FOR TH GOOD NEWS TO
33:53 BE PREACHED TO THESE PEOPLE, THESE DISCIPLES HAD TO BE GIVEN
33:58 THE SUPER NATURAL ABILITY TO SPEAK REAL WORLDLY LANGUAGES TO
34:04 BE UNDER. >> IT'S REALLY PREVIOUS IN VERSE
34:08 7. IT SAYS -- LET ME BEGIN WITH 6.
34:11 WHEN THE SOUND OCCURRED THE MULTITUDE CAME TOGETHER AND WERE
34:21 CONFUSED BECAUSE EVERYONE SPOKE IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE.
34:24 AND THEN THEY SAID LOOK NOT ALL OF THESE WHO SPEAK ARE GAL
34:31 LAINIANS. SO THEY KNEW THEY WOULD KNOW THE
34:38 LOCAL DIALECT. BUT THEY WERE ALL TIMES, AND IT
34:43 GOES ON WITH THIS LONG LIST, EGYPT, BUT THEY ARE ALL SAYING,
34:48 HEY, THEY ARE SPEAKING IN OUR DIALECT, OUR LANGUAGE.
34:53 AND VERSE 11 SAYS, OTHERS MACHING SAID THEY ARE FULL --
35:01 >> NO, VERSE 11. >> THAT WAS 13.
35:04 >> WE HEAR THEM SPEAKING IN OUR OWN TONGUES, THE WONDERFUL WORKS
35:11 OF GOD. >> THERE YOU GO.
35:13 LIKE I WENT TO COLUMBIA, I WAS SO EXCITED AFTER 17 DAYS, MY
35:18 WIFE SAID, I JUST WANT TO HEAR ENGLISH.
35:21 I JUST WANT TO HEAR MY TONGUE. BUT PASTOR DINZEY.
35:25 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S MARVELOUS, THIS WAS A GATHERING OF PEOPLE
35:29 FROM -- IT SAYS FROM EVERY NATION, BUT THE PURPOSE WAS TO
35:34 BRING THE GOSPEL -- THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GO HOME.
35:37 AND NOW THEY HEARD THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD.
35:41 THEY COULD NOW GO HOME AND SHARE IN THAT LANGUAGE THAT THEY
35:47 ALREADY SPOKE THE WONDERFUL WORDS OF GOD.
35:50 SOMETHING MARVELOUS TAKES PLACE, AND THIS IS FOR ALL TO BENEFIT,
35:54 AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO 1 CAR -- CORINTHIANS 12.
36:04 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER TAUGHT OR PEOPLE COME TO THAT
36:08 UNDERSTANDING FOR SOME REASON, THAT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE
36:12 SAVED YOU MUST SPEAK IN TONGUES. AND THE BIBLE SAYS, FOR BY GRACE
36:18 ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH. IF GOD WANTED US TO LET US KNOW
36:26 THAT YOU HAD TO SPEAK IN TONGUES, IT SAYS FOR BY GRACE
36:31 ARE YOU SAVED AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
36:34 IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. >> RIGHT.
36:36 >> ALSO IT SAYS WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PARISH BUT HAVE
36:48 EVER-LASTING LIFE. IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12 TALKING
36:53 ABOUT THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. BEGINNING IN VERSE 7.
36:59 BUT THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO EACH ONE FOR
37:04 THE PROFIT OF ALL. TO ONE IS GIVEN THE WISDOM OF
37:11 THE SPIRIT TO ANOTHER FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER
37:15 GIFTS OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT, AND [ INAUDIBLE ]
37:20 DISCERNING OF SPIRITS TO ANOTHER -- DIFFERENT KINDS OF
37:24 TONGUES OR LANGUAGES. BUT THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
37:29 ALL. NOW WE ARE TAKING TO A SERIES OF
37:33 QUESTIONS -- >> 28.
37:35 >> BEGINNING IN VERSE 28. THANK YOU.
37:38 >> THERE WE ARE. >> AND GOD HAS PINE -- APPOINTED
37:49 THESE IN THE CHURCH. HERE AR THE QUESTIONS.
37:55 AND THE ANSWER MUST BE NO. ARE ALL TEACHERS?
37:59 NO. DO ALL HAVE GIFTS OF HEALINGS?
38:03 NO. DO ALL SPEAK OF TONGUES?
38:06 THE ANSWER MUST AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY BE NO.
38:12 AND SO THIS SCRIPTURE HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL WILL
38:18 HAVE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES. BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY NOT
38:22 GIVE YOU THAT GIFT. >> AND, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHING
38:26 THAT -- WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU MUST SPEAK IN TONGUES, AS A PROOF
38:32 THAT YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WHAT THE TEACHING
38:36 ACTUALLY WAS. SO I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WHEN
38:39 SOMEONE SAYS HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
38:42 SPIRIT? WELL, BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONLY THE
38:46 SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, HE IS THE SPIRIT OF LOVE, AND I LOVE 1
38:57 THESSALONIANS 3:12, IT SAYS MAY THE LORD MAKE YOU INCREASE AND
39:03 ABOUND IN LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND SO WE SEE IT'S GOD DOING THE
39:08 WORK. HE IS THE ONE THAT MAKES US
39:11 INCREASE IN LOVE, AND THEN IT SAYS SO THAT -- THAT'S A PURPOSE
39:16 STATEMENT -- HE MAY ESTABLISH YOUR HEART'S BLAMELESS AND
39:21 HOLINESS BEFORE OUR GOD AND FATHER AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD
39:28 AND JESUS CHRIST. WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
39:31 BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU CAN ONLY BE FILLED
39:34 TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU ARE EMPTIED OF SELF.
39:37 BUT THE MORE YOU ALLOW -- ROMANS 5:5, THE MORE YOU ARE FILLED
39:46 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH THE
39:51 DIVINE ESSENCE OF THAT OTHER CENTERED, UNSELFISH LOVE OF GOD.
39:56 >> OKAY. RYAN BEFORE WE GO ON --
39:58 >> YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICKLY. AND JUST TO ADD TO WHAT SHE
40:03 SAID. THE -- THE WAY IT WAS TAUGHT TO
40:05 ME GROWING UP, KIND OF PROGRAMMED IN MY MIND, WAS THAT
40:10 THE EVIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
40:14 AND WHERE THEY GET THIS FROM IS THREE PASSAGES IN THE WHOLE
40:23 BIBLE. ALTHOUGH THOSE THREE ARE NOT THE
40:26 ONLY INSTANCES IN THE BIBLE WHERE WE SEE SOMEONE RECEIVING
40:31 THE HOLY SPIRIT. THOSE ARE THREE INSTANCES WHERE
40:34 SOMEONE SPOKE IN TONGUES AS THE RESULT OF RECEIVING THE HOLY
40:43 SPIRIT. SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS YOU HAVE
40:46 GOT TO EXPRESS AND SHOW THAT EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE THE HOLY
40:50 SPIRIT. AND THAT OF COURSE IS SPEAKING
40:52 IN TONGUES. WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE I
40:55 TAKE YOU OUT TO A TREE, AND YOU SAY THAT IS AN APPLE TREE, AND
41:01 YOU EXAMINE THE TREE BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANY APPLES, YOU ARE
41:05 GOING TO START THINKING IT'S MAYBE NOT AN APPLE TREE, BECAUSE
41:10 THERE IS NO EVIDENCE. AND GA LAY SHAN'S 5, IT SAYS THE
41:17 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, THE EVIDENCE THAT THE PERSON HAS
41:21 RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT THEY WILL SHOW THAT FRUIT.
41:23 WHICH OF COURSE, AS SHELLEY SAID, THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS
41:29 LOVE, AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING FALLS UNDER THAT.
41:34 >> RIGHT. AND SO THE EVIDENCE IS THE
41:38 FRUIT, NOT THE GIFT. AND JUST TO SETTLE THE QUESTION.
41:42 IF YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES EVIDENCE OF
41:47 THE HOLY SPIRIT? I SAID THIS TO SOMEONE IN
41:50 PHOENIX. A LADY WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT
41:52 ISSUE ON THIS ISSUE OF TONGUES. AND THAT WAS THE ROCK IN FRONT
41:57 OF HER BEFORE SHE GAVE THE LIFE TO THE LORD FOR BAPTISM.
42:01 AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE TEXTS.
42:06 AND PAUL SAYS I -- AT THE END OF CHAPTER 12, OF 1 CORINTHIANS.
42:15 IF I'M ELOQUENT OR IF I HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE, THERE IS STILL
42:19 SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED THAT WILL BE EVIDENCE OF THE PRESENCE
42:24 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.-pBUT THE LORD GAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT LONG BEFORE PENTECOST.
42:33 HE BREATHED UPON THEM AND THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
42:36 AND THEY WERE NOT SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
42:39 THE GAVE THEM THAT GIFT TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THE
42:44 SPIRIT BEGAN IN THEIR LIVES. SO WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
42:49 LET'S TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GO THROUGH A LITTLE QUICKER.
42:54 WE DID 2 AND WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT.
43:02 DOES GOD'S GRACE BLOT OUT THE LAW?
43:06 >> OH, BOY, WE COULD SPEND ALL NIGHT ON THIS.
43:09 SO HERE IS WHAT I WILL SAY. I WAS BROUGHT UP BELIEVING
43:21 THAT -- THE WAY IN WHICH THE LORD GOT MY ATTENTION WAS TO
43:27 HAVE ME STUDY THE SANCTUARY, AND THEN THAT CAUSED ME TO START
43:33 STUDIES GOD'S COVENANTS. SALVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN BY
43:38 GRACE THROUGH FAITH.-ALWAYS. THERE IS AN EVERY-LASTING
43:46 COVENANT. CHRIST WAS THE LAMB WHO WAS
43:48 SLAIN THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH.
43:50 WE SEE THIS INTRODUCTION OF GOD IS MAKING THE PROPHECY THAT HE
43:56 IS GOING TO SEND ONE WHO IS GOING TO CRUSH THE HEAD OF THE
44:02 SERPENT, EVEN THOUGH THE SERPENT WOULD THEN STRIKE HIS HEEL.
44:07 BUT NOW IT GOES ON WE SEE WITH ABRAHAM.
44:13 PAUL SAYS HE WAS SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
44:19 ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY HIS FAITH.
44:22 WE SEE WHEN WE GET TO EXODUS AS THE HEBREW CHILDREN WERE CRYING
44:29 OUT, GOD REMEMBERED HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
44:37 AND THE REASON WHY GOD REESTABLISHED THE COVENANT OF
44:42 ABRAHAM WITH ISAAC, HE SAID IT IS BECAUSE YOUR FATHER OBEYED MY
44:52 COMMANDMENTS, AND MY STATUTES. SO WE SEE ALL ALONG NOW -- I'M
44:57 TAKING THE LONG WAY AROUND TO GET HERE, BUT WHEN WE
45:01 GET -- WHEN I DID THE STUDY ON THE SANCTUARY.
45:07 THE SANCTUARY IS THEOLOGY IN PHYSICAL FORM.
45:10 THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T READ. THEY HAD BEEN IN SLAVERY.
45:14 THEY HAD BEEN CAPTIVE BASICALLY, NEARLY 400 YEARS.
45:19 SO WHAT HAPPENS IF AS YOU LOOK AT WHEN -- WHEN GOD GAVE ANY
45:23 BOOK OF THE COVENANT TO MOSES, SPOKE IT, MOSES COMES DOWN, HE
45:29 WRITES IT OUR -- OR FIRST HE -- HE SPEAKS IT TO THE
45:33 PEOPLE, HE WRITES IT OUT, HE RE-READS IT TO THE PEOPLE, THE
45:39 PEOPLE ENTER INTO THIS COVENANT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE
45:46 SANCTUARY, LATER GOD GAVE MOSES THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
45:52 HE SAID THESE THAT WERE WRITTEN WITH MY OWN FINGER, YOU PUT THEM
45:57 ON THE INSIDE OF THE ARC. THE ARC REPRESENTED HIS
46:02 AUTHORITY, BUT HE TELLS MOSES, YOU TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW,
46:07 AND YOU PUT IT IN A POCKET BESIDE THE ARC, ON THE OUTSIDE
46:13 OF THE ARC. >> RIGHT.
46:17 >> SO HE SAYS IT WILL BE THERE. SO HERE IS THE POINT.
46:23 THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE IN THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.
46:27 THEY WERE THE HEART OF THE OLD COVENANT, BUT WHEN THAT COVENANT
46:33 GOT NAILED TO THE CROS -- AND THAT'S WACKO -- WHAT IT IS
46:45 TALKING ABOUT. THE HEART OF THE NEW
46:47 COVENANT -- IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME COVENANT.
46:50 IT'S THE EVER-LASTING COVENANT. BUT THE HEART OF THE NEW
46:56 COVENANT, GOD SAYS I WILL PUT MY LAW, WHERE?
47:00 >> INTO. >> WRITE IT IN YOUR MIND, PUT IT
47:03 IN YOUR HEART, SO THAT GRACE DOES -- GRACE NEVER HAS DONE
47:08 AWAY WITH GOD'S LAW. GOD'S LAW IS A GIFT.
47:14 HIS LAW IS A LAW OF LOVE. IT'S HIS EXPRESSION OF LOVE FOR
47:19 US. AND IT PUTS A PARAMETER AROUND
47:21 US THAT PROTECTS US. AND THIS EVER-LASTING COVENANT,
47:25 GOD SAYS IN JEREMIAH, I WILL DO GOOD TO YOU WITH ALL OF MY
47:30 HEART, ALWAYS. BUT THE COMMANDMENTS ARE, WE
47:35 DON'T OBEY TO BE SAVED, WE OBEY BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED.
47:43 AND CHRIST DID NOT DIE SO THAT YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF.
47:47 HE DID NOT PAY THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE COMMANDMENTS ON THE
47:53 CROSS SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TURNAROUND AND SAVE YOURSELF.
47:57 BUT HE ALSO DIDN'T DIE AND PAY THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE
48:02 COMMANDMENTS SO GOD COULD WRITE OFF THE COMMANDMENTS AND SAY
48:05 THEY ARE DONE. >> BUT IF THE COMMANDMENTS COULD
48:14 HAVE BEEN DONE WITH, HE WOULD HAVE SPARED HIS LIFE.
48:21 >> YES, AND THE QUESTION WAS DOES GOD'S GACE BLOT OUT THE
48:35 LAW. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE USE
48:38 THAT VERSE TO SAY AS MUCH AS I SIN, JESUS JUST GIVES ME MORE
48:44 GRACE. NOTICE PAUL'S RESPONSE AT THE
48:48 BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 6. NOTICE THE QUESTION HE ASKS?
48:52 HE SAYS WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN TO WHAT I JUST SAID?
48:56 EVERY TIME YOU SIN THERE IS MUCH MORE GRACE.
48:59 BUT HE SAYS WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
49:06 HOW SHALL WE WHO DIE HAVE DIED TO SIN TO LIVE ANY LONGER.
49:11 AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
49:18 >> AND 1 JOHN 3:8 SAYS CHRIST CAME TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE
49:24 DEVIL. AND THE DEVIL IS THE ONE WHO GOT
49:27 US TO BREAK SIN. >> PASTOR DINZEY.
49:31 >> ROMANS 3:31 -- >> I WAS GOING TO GO THERE.
49:36 HIT IT FOR ME, PLEASE. >> DO WE THEN MAKE VOID THE LAW
49:41 THROUGH FAITH AND PAUL ANSWERS RIGHT AWAY, CERTAINLY NOT.
49:44 ON THE CONTRARY WE ESTABLISH THE LAW.
49:47 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANOTHER
49:50 TEXT -- I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY MORE -- PSALM 19, THE LAW OF THE
49:57 LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL.
50:01 THE STATUTES OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT.
50:05 REJOICE IN THE HEART. THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD IS
50:11 PURE. SO, NO, GOD'S GRACE DOES NOT
50:14 BLOT OUT GOD'S LAW. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
50:16 >> AND WHAT IS PERFECT DOES NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED OR REMOVED.
50:21 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND, AGAIN, WE SAID THIS
50:25 BEFORE ON 3ABN, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE A TRANSCRIPT OF
50:31 GOD'S CHARACTER. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
50:34 RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. YOU TAKE IT AWAY, AND YOU DON'T
50:39 KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE
50:45 HAPPY. IF YOU SAY WE'RE TAKING ALL OF
50:49 THE SPEED LIMITS OFF OF THE ROADS.
50:51 THEY WOULD BE HAPPY. BUT IT WOULD BE CHAOS.
51:00 WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH THE LAW ALREADY IN PLACE, IMAGINE IF
51:03 YOU SAY, IT'S OKAY TO KILL WHOEVER YOU WANT OR STEAL
51:08 WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> IT WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED,
51:11 WHEN I WAS IN MY 20S, LIVED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
51:18 AND THE POLICE WENT ON STRIKE. AND WHEN THEY DID, PEOPLE
51:21 WERE -- IT WAS A 55-MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT, PEOPLE WERE DRIVING
51:26 A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AND IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
51:33 >> LET ME MAKE A QUICK POINT. DOES GOD'S GRACE BLOT OUT THE
51:39 LAW? NO.
51:41 GOD'S GRACE BLOTS OUT SIN. >> AMEN.
51:47 >> ON THE CONTRARY HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE COMMANDMENT KEEPERS
51:52 IS EVIDENT THAT GOD'S LAW WAS NEVER BLOTTED OUT.
51:56 THE DEVIL IS ANGRY WITH THE WOMAN, AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH
52:03 THE [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH KEEPS THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
52:09 IF THE COMMANDMENTS WERE DONE AWAY WITH, THE DEVIL WOULDN'T BE
52:13 ANGRY, BUT HE IS ANGRY, BUT HE HIMSELF KNOWS IT HASN'T BEEN
52:18 DONE AWAY WITH. HAVE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
52:23 BEEN DONE AWAY WITH? HE WOULD SAY NO.
52:27 THAT'S WHY I'M STILL ANGRY. REVELATION, BLESSED ARE THEY
52:34 THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. SO THEY HAVE THE ENTRANCE INTO
52:46 GOD'S KINGDOM. SO THE ANSWER IS NO.
52:50 GRACE DOES NOT BLOT OUT THE LAW. GRACE BLOTS OUT SIN.
52:54 >> AMEN. >> JESUS SAID IF YOU LOVE ME
53:04 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. >> FROM ADAM'S SIN TO THE VERY
53:10 END, PEOPLE WILL STILL BE SINNING, RIGHT?
53:13 >> AMEN. >> THAT MEANS THAT SIN WILL
53:17 STILL BE PREVALENT. SIN CANNOT BE PREVALENT IF THE
53:23 LAW IS NOT PREVALENT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
53:30 >> IF YOU SAY TO YOUR CONGREGATION, LAW IS DONE AWAY
53:38 WITH -- WHERE THERE IS NO SIN, THERE IS NO LAW.
53:41 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I'M GOING TO SKIP THE NEXT
53:46 ONE, BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER DISSERTATION ABOUT THE 144,000.
53:57 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS IS KIND OF A
54:00 CONTINUATION OF THE QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE WITHOUT
54:06 SINNING? >> I'M JUST GOING TO START BY
54:08 SAYING THE DEVIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN.
54:13 >> OKAY. >> IF WE SAY --
54:15 >> REPEAT THAT AGAIN. THE DEVIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU
54:18 THINK THAT YOU -- >> CANNOT.
54:21 >> CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT SINNING. HE WANTS TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT
54:24 YOU HAVE TO SIN. YOU KNOW WE -- WE HEARD
54:29 DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE TO ERE IS HUMAN, WHICH IS REALLY A
54:35 CONTINUATION OF THE IDEA, YOU HAVE TO SIN IF YOU ARE HUMAN.
54:39 BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. JESUS CAME TO PROVE TO US YOU
54:43 CAN LIVE WITHOUT SINNING. HE WAS TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS,
54:48 YET WITHOUT SIN. DEPENDING TOTALLY ON GOD, WE CAN
54:52 BE VICTORIOUS, BECAUSE WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
54:56 >> I'M GOING TO READ WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.
55:01 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE YOURSELVES.
55:05 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US
55:11 OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
55:15 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR.
55:19 BUT THEN IT GOES ON IN 2:1. IF ANYONE SINS, WE HAVE AN
55:38 ADVOCATE WITH A FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS.
55:43 >> THANK YOU, SHELLEY. >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN
55:48 CONTINUE THIS IN THE NEXT HOUR, BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST -- THE
55:51 WOMAN THAT WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY.
55:54 JESUS ENDED IT BY SAYING IS THERE NO ONE TO CONDEMN YOU?
55:57 AND SHE SAID NO, LORD. AND THEN HE SAID GO AND SIN NO
56:05 MORE. WAS JESUS ASKING HER TO DO
56:06 SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE? HE WAS ASKING HER TO DO
56:10 SOMETHING THAT WAS POSSIBLE WITH GOD'S HELP.
56:14 >> RYAN? >> JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
56:19 PHILLIPIANS, I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHS ME.
56:26 THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, CAN YOU LIVE ESSENTIALLY WITHOUT
56:29 SIN -- >> WITHOUT SINNING.
56:31 >> INAND OF YOURSELF, NO. IN AND OF YOUR OWN EFFORT, YOU
56:38 WILL FAIL EVERY TIME. BUT THE KEY, AS CHRIST STRENGTHS
56:47 US, AND JUDE 1:24, NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM
56:53 STUMBLING IS FALLING, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, AND PRESENT
57:00 YOU FAULTLESS WITH HIS PRESENCE. THERE IS A FALSE GOSPEL THAT
57:05 TEACHES US THAT CHRIST HAS COME TO SAVE US IN OUR SINS, BUT THE
57:10 GREW GOSPEL IS OF COURSE JESUS IS THAT LAMB OF GOD WHO HAS COME
57:16 TO SAVE US. >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS
57:20 THE NEXT HOUR. I'M GOING TO PREFACE THIS BY
57:25 SAYING -- EXCUSE ME -- THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GOING TO BE SAYING,
57:29 BUT IN THE SECOND HOUR, I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THIS FROG,
57:33 AND I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO COME BACK.
57:38 AND WE'LL BRING CLOSURE TO THIS QUESTION.
57:41 STAY TUNED. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN JUST A
57:45 MOMENT. >> AMEN.
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