¤ 00:00:06.74\00:00:09.30 >> HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HOUR OF OUR THURSDAY 00:00:11.27\00:00:16.51 NIGHT LIVE. AS YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING, WE 00:00:16.51\00:00:19.48 HAVE BEEN ENJOYING BIBLE QUESTIONS. 00:00:19.48\00:00:21.62 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COVER A LITTLE BIT MORE. 00:00:21.62\00:00:27.76 WE DEALT WITH CHALLENGING QUESTIONS IN THE FIRST HOUR, NOT 00:00:27.76\00:00:30.79 IN THE SENSE THAT THEY COULDN'T BE ANSWERED, BUT ONE OF THE 00:00:30.79\00:00:35.30 CHALLENGES WE ALL HAVE AS BIBLE STUDENTS IS WE'RE THINKING WHAT 00:00:35.30\00:00:39.33 YOU ARE THINKING YOU ARE THINKING. 00:00:39.33\00:00:42.10 AND WE'RE TRYING TO PREEMPT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AFTER WE ANSWER 00:00:42.10\00:00:48.51 THE QUESTION. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:00:48.51\00:00:50.78 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE'RE GOING TO TRY -- WE'RE 00:00:50.78\00:00:53.75 GOING TO TRY TO GET MORE QUESTIONS COVERED IN THE SECOND 00:00:53.75\00:00:57.72 HALF. BUT THANK YOU RYAN, SHELLEY, AND 00:00:57.72\00:01:02.22 JOHNNY, OR PASTOR DINZEY. AND PASTOR DAY. 00:01:02.22\00:01:05.76 WE HAVE -- WE ONLY HAVE 14 QUESTIONS LEFT. 00:01:05.76\00:01:11.60 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHEN I FIRST SHOWED THE LIST 00:01:11.60\00:01:15.44 OF THE 18 QUESTIONS, RYAN SAID IS THAT ALL WE HAVE? 00:01:15.44\00:01:21.81 WELL, WE ONLY COVERED FOUR. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST 00:01:21.81\00:01:26.78 TO COVER MORE QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MUSIC. 00:01:26.78\00:01:31.62 JAMIE GEORGE, IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN, THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT 00:01:31.62\00:01:36.73 ANSWERING BIBLE QUESTIONS. IF THERE IS A QUESTION IN YOUR 00:01:36.73\00:01:39.83 MIND, YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE AT LIVE@3ABN.TV. 00:01:39.83\00:01:47.84 GO TO WEBSITE AND SUBMIT QUESTIONS AS YOU LOOK AT WAYS OF 00:01:47.84\00:01:51.87 CONNECTING US. BUT JAIME JORGE IS GOING TO PLAY 00:01:51.87\00:01:56.95 A BEAUTIFUL SONG "THE HOLY CITY," AND I KNOW YOU ARE GOING 00:01:56.95\00:02:01.95 TO BE BLESSED. ¤ 00:02:01.95\00:02:08.19 >> WOW. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:06:39.06\00:06:40.63 >> AMEN. >> IF THAT DIDN'T RE-ENERGIZE 00:06:40.63\00:06:43.73 YOU FOR THE SECOND HOUR, THEN NOTHING WILL. 00:06:43.73\00:06:46.20 IS HE A MINISTER OR WHAT? >> AMEN. 00:06:46.20\00:06:49.40 >> AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. 00:06:49.40\00:06:50.87 >> I JUST THINK -- WE'RE ON THIS SIDE OF IMPERFECTION, WHAT WILL 00:06:50.87\00:06:56.95 HAPPEN IF THERE ARE VIOLINS IN THE NEW EARTH? 00:06:56.95\00:07:00.45 THE GOOD THING IS THERE WOULD BE NO PRIDE, SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE 00:07:00.45\00:07:04.49 GOOD. BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 00:07:04.49\00:07:07.09 SIN. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE WITHOUT 00:07:07.09\00:07:11.43 SIN? AND LET ME SUMMARIZE IT BY 00:07:11.43\00:07:13.19 SAYING -- I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD -- THAT -- 00:07:13.19\00:07:16.73 >> YES.-YES. >> SURE.-SURE. 00:07:16.73\00:07:19.73 SO WE WERE JUST TALKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OVER THE BREAK 00:07:19.73\00:07:24.07 THAT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, SIN 00:07:24.07\00:07:29.04 AND NOT SINNING AND PERFECTION AND NOT PERFECTION. 00:07:29.04\00:07:34.78 IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO -- SOME PEOPLE HAVE THIS LEGALISTIC 00:07:34.78\00:07:40.16 MENTALITY THAT I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING PERFECT. 00:07:40.16\00:07:42.52 SO IT ELEMENTS A RULES AN PROECH TO CHRISTIANY. 00:07:42.52\00:07:46.26 WE HAVE GOT TO FOLLOW THE RULES PERFECT. 00:07:46.26\00:07:48.66 I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING PERFECT, OR I'M NOT WORTHY OF HEAVEN. 00:07:48.66\00:07:53.13 I WATCHED A SERIES, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT HE USED WAS 00:07:53.13\00:07:59.87 IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. AND AS SOON AS YOU SAY THAT, 00:07:59.87\00:08:06.48 AUTOMATICALLY PEOPLE PUT UP A BARRIER. 00:08:06.48\00:08:09.82 BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW. 00:08:09.82\00:08:14.02 AND WHO YOU KNOW CHANGES WHAT YOU DO. 00:08:14.02\00:08:16.16 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S POWERFUL BECAUSE WHEN 00:08:16.16\00:08:19.83 YOU TAKE YOUR FIND OFF OF THE RULES AND PUT YOUR MINE ON THE 00:08:19.83\00:08:25.30 RULER, SO THE SABBATH MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT THE LORD OF THE 00:08:25.30\00:08:29.70 SABBATH. SO YOU PUT YOUR MIND ON THE LORD 00:08:29.70\00:08:31.97 FIRST, AND THEN THE RULES COME, BECAUSE CHRIST HELPS YOU 00:08:31.97\00:08:36.18 OVERCOME. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:36.18\00:08:37.15 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT GRACE, TO ME THE 00:08:37.15\00:08:41.82 THREE GREATEST GIFTS OF GRACE ARE JESUS CHRIST, GOD SO LOVED 00:08:41.82\00:08:46.12 THE WORLD, HE GAVE US HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:08:46.12\00:08:50.73 AND THE WORLD. WHEN CHRIST IS LIVING IN OUR 00:08:50.73\00:08:55.60 HEARTS, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DWELLING IN US, HE IS GOING TO 00:08:55.60\00:09:00.14 WORK IN US TO DO HIS WORK. AND JAMES 21 SAYS WHEN THE WORD 00:09:00.14\00:09:05.24 OF GOD IS IMPLANTED IN OUR HEART [ INAUDIBLE ] SAVE OUR SOUL, BUT 00:09:05.24\00:09:10.78 PERFECTION IS IN STAGES. JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF 00:09:10.78\00:09:19.79 GOD IS AS A MAN WHO SCATTERED SEED ON THE GROUND, SHOULD SLEEP 00:09:19.79\00:09:25.59 BY NIGHT AND RISE BY DAY AND THE SEED SHALL GROW. 00:09:25.59\00:09:32.40 FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE HEAD, AND AFTER THAT THE FULL GRAIN IN 00:09:32.40\00:09:39.61 THE HEAD. SO WHEN WE PLANT GOD'S WORD IN 00:09:39.61\00:09:44.35 OUR HEART, HOW DOES A MAN KEEP FROM SINNING, BY HIS WORD. 00:09:44.35\00:09:50.05 YOU PLANT GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART. 00:09:50.05\00:09:53.05 AND THIS LITTLE BLADE POPS UP. THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T WANT 00:09:53.05\00:09:56.62 TO DO. IT DOESN'T PLEASE MY LORD. 00:09:56.62\00:09:59.93 YOU MAY STILL STUMBLE AND FALL, BUT YOU ARE PERFECT AT THAT 00:09:59.93\00:10:04.03 STAGE, AGAIN WHEN IT COMES UP, AND THE EAR POPS UP, YOU ARE 00:10:04.03\00:10:09.44 MATURING. SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK OF A 00:10:09.44\00:10:12.61 LIFETIME, BUT GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GRACE TO GO FORWARD, AND HE 00:10:12.61\00:10:18.91 WILL PHILIPPIANS 1:6, HE WILL FINISH IT. 00:10:18.91\00:10:25.09 >> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE THINKING WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO 00:10:25.09\00:10:29.16 DO TO BE SAVED. WHEN CHRIST IS BORN WITHIN, HE 00:10:29.16\00:10:33.86 WILL FULFILL THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENTS OF HIS LAW THROUGH 00:10:33.86\00:10:38.13 US. AND SO JUST ININVITE CHRIST TO 00:10:38.13\00:10:40.44 COME INTO YOUR LIFE. THE SIMPLICITY OF SALVATION IS 00:10:40.44\00:10:46.54 OFTEN CAMOUFLAGED IN HUMAN DOISM, RATHER THAN CHRIST. 00:10:46.54\00:10:51.58 AND SOMETIMES WE SAY WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO. 00:10:51.58\00:10:56.62 UNTIL YOU ARE INCORRUPTIBLE, YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED CHRIST. 00:10:56.62\00:11:02.66 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN. 00:11:02.66\00:11:04.29 >> I WANT TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION, BECAUSE A LOT OF 00:11:04.29\00:11:07.66 THESE SIN QUESTIONS -- LET ME THROW ANOTHER OUT HERE. 00:11:07.66\00:11:12.97 WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYERS? 00:11:12.97\00:11:15.94 WHY DOESN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYERS? 00:11:15.94\00:11:18.57 >> WE ALSO ANSWERS. >> OKAY. 00:11:18.57\00:11:21.48 >> 1 PETER SAYS THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAME INTO A MAN'S PRAYERS 00:11:21.48\00:11:26.05 IN A WAY -- AND ALSO -- I CAN'T THINK OF THE SCRIPTURE, BUT THE 00:11:26.05\00:11:30.52 OLD TEST SAYS THAT SIN CAN PUT UP A BARRIER. 00:11:30.52\00:11:34.66 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT IF YOU ARE LIVING A LIFE 00:11:34.66\00:11:38.66 WITH THE LORD, HE ALWAYS ANSWERS. 00:11:38.66\00:11:43.16 IF IT'S A SPIRITUAL QUESTION, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES. 00:11:43.16\00:11:46.97 SOMETIMES IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT HE IS SAYING NO.-OR IT COULD BE SIMPLY LATER. 00:11:46.97\00:11:53.54 BUT I BELIEVE GOD -- IF WE'RE WALKING WITH THE LORD -- HE IS 00:11:53.54\00:11:58.31 ALWAYS GOING TO ANSWER OUR PRAYER. 00:11:58.31\00:12:00.65 >> THAT'S RIGHT. PASTOR DINZEY. 00:12:00.65\00:12:02.72 >> I WANT TO BE CAREFUL HERE, BECAUSE SOMEIMES PEOPLE PRAY 00:12:02.72\00:12:07.22 THINGS THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM. 00:12:07.22\00:12:09.29 THEY ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FOR THEIR BEST 00:12:09.29\00:12:13.80 SPIRITUAL BENEFIT, AND SO GOD MAY NOT GIVE IT TO YOU. 00:12:13.80\00:12:17.70 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES 00:12:17.70\00:12:21.04 THAT WE CAN GIVE TOWARDS THAT. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU 00:12:21.04\00:12:28.78 PRESENT A NEED TO THE LORD, THE LORD WILL ANSWER THAT PRAYER. 00:12:28.78\00:12:34.48 IF YOU SAY LORD, I HAVE THIS NEED, ALL OF YOUR NEEDS WILL BE 00:12:34.48\00:12:39.72 MET BY THE LORD. YOU READ PSALMS 34, IT SAYS THAT 00:12:39.72\00:12:45.13 THE -- THAT HIS CHILDREN WILL NOT LACK ANY GOOD THINGS. 00:12:45.13\00:12:49.46 SO GOD WILL SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:49.46\00:12:53.40 >> NOW WHEN YOU ARE ASKING FOR THINGS THAT YOU WANT AND NOT 00:12:53.40\00:12:58.44 NECESSARILY NEED, THERE MAY BE A DELAY IN RECEIVING THAT REQUEST. 00:12:58.44\00:13:03.24 BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE PRAY FOR THE 00:13:03.24\00:13:06.65 WRONG THING. >> AMEN. 00:13:06.65\00:13:08.32 >> I REMEMBER A GENTLEMAN THAT CALLED HERE, AND I'M JUST GOING 00:13:08.32\00:13:14.09 TO DESCRIBE BRIEFLY WHAT HE SAID. 00:13:14.09\00:13:16.32 HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED IN THE BIBE THAT THERE APPEARS TO 00:13:16.32\00:13:21.96 BE A GOD'S PERMISSIVE WILL, AND HE SAID, I REALLY LOVE THIS 00:13:21.96\00:13:27.00 WOMAN, AND I KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE HER, BUT I REALLY LOVE HER. 00:13:27.00\00:13:32.37 AND I WONDER IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN PRAYER TO ASK FOR THE LORD 00:13:32.37\00:13:37.35 THAT THROUGH HIS PERMISSIVE WILL, HE WOULD LET ME HAVE THIS 00:13:37.35\00:13:42.58 WOMAN? NOW FOR SOME REASON HE THOUGHT 00:13:42.58\00:13:44.79 THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR HIM TO HAVE THIS WOMAN. 00:13:44.79\00:13:47.92 SO I SAID DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. 00:13:47.92\00:13:51.06 YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE RESULTS -- DO YOU UNDERSTAND 00:13:51.06\00:13:57.93 WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. SO WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, IF 00:13:57.93\00:14:02.60 WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, IS IT REALLY FOR OUR BENEFIT? 00:14:02.60\00:14:06.84 NOW THERE ARE REASONS WHY THE LORD WILL NOT ANSWER PRAYER. 00:14:06.84\00:14:12.38 IN PSALMS 66 IT SAYS IF I REGARD THE INIQUITY IN MY HEART, THE 00:14:12.38\00:14:21.02 LORD WILL NOT HEAR ME. SO IF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR 00:14:21.02\00:14:25.53 SOMETHING -- YOU HAVE PLANS TO DO SIN, IT'S BEST FOR YOU TO PUT 00:14:25.53\00:14:33.07 YOURSELF IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD, AND PRAY FOR THE LORD TO 00:14:33.07\00:14:37.71 GIVE YOU VICTORY, INSTEAD OF LIVING A LIFE AND SIN AND THEN 00:14:37.71\00:14:43.58 YOU ARE ASKING THE LORD TO BLESS YOU. 00:14:43.58\00:14:46.15 WE HAVE TO LINE OURSELVES UP WITH THE LORD'S WILL, AND THEN 00:14:46.15\00:14:49.58 WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT IF IT'S GOOD FOR US, GOD WILL LET US 00:14:49.58\00:14:54.66 -pHAVE IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> RYAN? 00:14:54.66\00:14:56.12 >> I THINK THERE'S A FEW REASONS PERHAPS THAT GOD DOES NOT ANSWER 00:14:56.12\00:15:02.56 OUR PRAYERS. A FEW THINGS COME TO MIND. 00:15:02.56\00:15:06.13 FIRST OF ALL, ARE WE BEING OBEDIENT. 00:15:06.13\00:15:09.57 >> OKAY. >> YES. 00:15:09.57\00:15:10.47 >> SOMETIMES WE ASK FOR THINGS FROM GOD OR WE SIMPLY PRAY TO 00:15:10.47\00:15:15.14 GOD AND DECLARE HIM TO COME THROUGH FOR US, AND YET OUR 00:15:15.14\00:15:20.32 CURRENT LIFE IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIS WILL. 00:15:20.32\00:15:24.09 TEXT THAT COMES TO MIND IS PSALMS 84:11. 00:15:24.09\00:15:31.03 AND SO WE HAVE TO BE OBEDIENT. WE HAVE TO WALK IN THAT LIGHT 00:15:31.03\00:15:36.60 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. BUT WE CAN EXPECT GOOD THINGS 00:15:36.60\00:15:40.34 FROM HIM. ANOTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND 00:15:40.34\00:15:43.27 IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE THINK IS GOOD FOR US ISN'T WHAT IS GOOD 00:15:43.27\00:15:49.61 FOR US. IT MAY NOT BE WHAT GOD 00:15:49.61\00:15:53.08 CONSIDERED TO BE BEST FOR US. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:15:53.08\00:15:55.22 >> IS IT THE RIGHT TIME. TIMING IS IMPORTANT. 00:15:55.22\00:16:02.02 THERE IS A SONG I USED TO SING CALLED "HE'S AN ON TIME GOD." 00:16:02.02\00:16:11.23 SO SOMETIMES WE WONDER WHY HASN'T GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYER, 00:16:11.23\00:16:16.27 AND MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIM TO ANSWER 00:16:16.27\00:16:20.31 THAT PRAYER. AND ARE YOU ASKING IN FAITH? 00:16:20.31\00:16:22.71 ARE YOU ASKING -- WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE PETITIONING GOD 00:16:22.71\00:16:26.78 FOR, IS IT OUT OF TRUE BIBLICAL FAITH. 00:16:26.78\00:16:38.53 JAMES SAYS WHEN YOU ASK YOU MUST BELIEVE AND NOT DOUT, BECAUSE 00:16:38.53\00:16:44.83 THE ONE WHO DOUBTS [ INAUDIBLE ] OF THE SEA BLOWN AND TOSSED BY 00:16:44.83\00:16:49.70 THE WIND, THAT PERSON SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM 00:16:49.70\00:16:52.64 THE LORD. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK IN 00:16:52.64\00:16:57.68 FAITH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:57.68\00:16:59.78 SHELLEY? >> I STILL BELIEVE GOD IS 00:16:59.78\00:17:01.42 ANSWERING THAT PRAYER. THE ANSWER IS NO. 00:17:01.42\00:17:04.09 BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO PRAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS 00:17:04.09\00:17:08.86 WILL. BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT PEPLE 00:17:08.86\00:17:12.59 SAY, GOD DOESN'T ANSWER MY PRAYERS. 00:17:12.59\00:17:14.86 YOU ARE NOT PRAYING FOR THE RIGHT THINGS. 00:17:14.86\00:17:19.00 SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A CHILD IS ASKING THEIR PARENT FOR 00:17:19.00\00:17:22.70 SOMETHING -- MOMMY I WANT A MOTORCYCLE. 00:17:22.70\00:17:28.48 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT THE GOOD THING IS WHEN WE 00:17:28.48\00:17:31.65 PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL HELP, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY BE CERTAIN THAT THE 00:17:31.65\00:17:36.15 ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES. >> YES. 00:17:36.15\00:17:38.25 >> THE PROMISE THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL OF 00:17:38.25\00:17:47.40 YOUR NEEDS. BUT SOMETIMES HE WILL SAY NO, 00:17:47.40\00:17:51.03 YOU WILL KILL YOURSELF IF YOU GET THAT CAR. 00:17:51.03\00:17:54.40 AND SOME PEOPLE CANNOT HANDLE WEALTH OR CERTAIN POSITIONS IN -LIFE, BECAUSE THEY WILL KILL 00:17:54.40\00:18:00.71 THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THEY PRAYED TO BE THE BEST OR THE TOP OR IN 00:18:00.71\00:18:04.85 THE FIRST SEAT OR THE LEADER, AND THEY GET THE POSITION, AND 00:18:04.85\00:18:08.52 THEY DIE FROM PRIDE. SO VERY QUICKLY, THE POINTS WERE 00:18:08.52\00:18:15.32 MADE, BUT PROVERBS 28:9, AND JAMES 4:3. 00:18:15.32\00:18:27.27 THE LORD SAYS YOU DON'T NEED -- MY DAD SAID YOU DON'T 00:18:27.27\00:18:35.14 NEED A BRAND NEW HONDA ACCORD. YOU JUST NEED A CAR. 00:18:35.14\00:18:40.42 WE ASK FOR WHAT WILL BRING SATISFACTION TO OUR SINFUL 00:18:40.42\00:18:48.36 HEARTS. AND 1 JOHN 5:14. 00:18:48.36\00:18:53.03 FATHER LEAD ME TO ASK ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL. 00:18:53.03\00:18:55.33 AND YOU WILL HAVE THE CONFIDENCE HE HEARS, AND HE WILL CHOOSE THE 00:18:55.33\00:19:03.84 TIMING. PASTOR DINZEY IS SMILING OVER 00:19:03.84\00:19:07.04 THERE -- >> WE DO HAVE TO GO TO OTHER 00:19:07.04\00:19:10.48 QUESTIONS, BUT GOD INVITES US TO ASK. 00:19:10.48\00:19:15.35 HE IS MORE WILLING TO GIVE US MORE THINGS THAT OUR EARTHLY 00:19:15.35\00:19:21.99 PARENTS ARE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:19:21.99\00:19:25.19 HE IS MORE WILLING TO GIVE US HIS HOLY SPIRIT THAN WE ARE 00:19:25.19\00:19:33.90 WILLING TO ASK. LET ME GO TO ANOTHER ONE HERE 00:19:33.90\00:19:41.84 THAT -- WHERE DID SIN COME FROM? OKAY. 00:19:41.84\00:19:45.08 LET'S GO BACK INTO THIS ONE? WHERE DID SIN COME FROM. 00:19:45.08\00:19:50.49 >> ISAIAH 14 -- >> YEAH, LET'S GO BACK TO A 00:19:50.49\00:19:55.72 COUPLE OF MORE SCRIPTURES. >> YOU WANT TO DO ISAIAH 14? 00:19:55.72\00:20:01.26 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS SIN ORIGINATED IN THE HEART OF A 00:20:01.26\00:20:07.44 PERFECTLY CREATED BEING, WHEN HE BECAME PRIDEFUL. 00:20:07.44\00:20:17.51 IN PHILLIPIANS, WHEN PAUL SAYS LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHO 00:20:17.51\00:20:22.35 BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD DID NOT THINK IT BRIBERY TO BE 00:20:22.35\00:20:28.79 CONSIDERED EQUAL TO GOD, BUT HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND CAME IN THE 00:20:28.79\00:20:35.50 LIKENESS OF MEN. HUMILITY IS ONE OF THE 00:20:35.50\00:20:40.34 ATTRIBUTES THAT GOD HAD. AND HUMILITY IS TO LEARN TOTAL 00:20:40.34\00:20:46.98 DEPENDANCE UPON GOD. PRIDE IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. 00:20:46.98\00:20:49.74 PRIDE IS WHEN YOU STAND UP AND YOU REFUSE -- AND GOD HAS REALLY 00:20:49.74\00:20:55.52 SHOWN ME THIS. WHEN I REFUSE TO BE DEPENDANT 00:20:55.52\00:21:01.49 UPON GOD, THEN I'M BEING PRIDEFUL. 00:21:01.49\00:21:07.96 HE SAID IF I WILL LIFTED UP -- HE HAD I TROUBLES, RIGHT? 00:21:07.96\00:21:12.67 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> EZEKIEL SAYS HE WAS WALKING 00:21:12.67\00:21:19.44 TO AND FRO IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, YET HE WAS CAST DOWN. 00:21:19.44\00:21:24.58 I THINK THE ROOT OF ALL SIN IS PRIDE, WHICH IS A LACK OF 00:21:24.58\00:21:31.59 DEPENDANCE UPON GOD. >> IF I WILL LIFTED UP, JESUS 00:21:31.59\00:21:35.79 MADE THAT STATEMENT. I WILL EXALT MYSELF -- 00:21:35.79\00:21:38.76 >> THANK YOU. >> EXALTING ONESELF. 00:21:38.76\00:21:44.40 >> YES. >> RYAN? 00:21:44.40\00:21:46.27 >> REALLY QUICKLY. WE MENTIONED EZEKIEL CHAPTER 28 00:21:46.27\00:21:52.87 IN THAT PARTICULAR PASSAGE, GOD IS DESCRIBING THE ETERNITY PAST, 00:21:52.87\00:21:59.78 OF LUCIFER WHO WAS THE PERFECT ANGEL, BUT HE SAYS YOU WERE ONCE 00:21:59.78\00:22:05.39 THE ANOINTED CHERUB, I ESTABLISHED YOU. 00:22:05.39\00:22:10.66 BUT THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, YOU WERE PERFECT IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS 00:22:10.66\00:22:15.40 FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU. 00:22:15.40\00:22:22.97 SO THAT SIN WAS BORN OUT OF A SELFISH HEART OF A PERFECT ANGEL 00:22:22.97\00:22:29.84 AT ONE TIME, AND HE BROUGHT THAT SIN. 00:22:29.84\00:22:33.75 THE QUESTION IS ABOUT SIN, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE OPPOSITE -- ON 00:22:33.75\00:22:38.62 THE OPPOSITE SPECTRUM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS THE 00:22:38.62\00:22:42.19 CHARACTER OF GOD. A PASSAGE THAT COMES TO MIND IS 00:22:42.19\00:22:48.56 JOHN 8, VERSE 42, CHRIST IS HAVING A -- A -- A CONVERSATION 00:22:48.56\00:22:56.04 WITH THE PHARAOH SEES. HE SAYS NOR HAVE I COME OF 00:22:56.04\00:23:06.28 MYSELF, BUT HE SENT ME. IT SAYS WHY DO YOU NOT 00:23:06.28\00:23:09.48 UNDERSTAND MY SPEECH? BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO 00:23:09.48\00:23:12.45 LISTEN TO MY WORD. YOU ARE OF YOUR FATHER, THERE IT 00:23:12.45\00:23:17.26 IS, NOTICE THE SEPARATION -- YOU ARE YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, AND 00:23:17.26\00:23:22.10 THE DESIRES OF YOUR FATHER YOU WANT TO DO. 00:23:22.10\00:23:26.70 HE WAS A MURDER -- ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE LAW IS NOT TO 00:23:26.70\00:23:30.97 KILL -- HE WAS A MURDER FROM THE BEGINNING AND DOES NOT STAND IN 00:23:30.97\00:23:35.58 TRUTH BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM, WHEN HE SPEAKS A LIE, HE 00:23:35.58\00:23:40.15 SPEAKS FROM HIS OWN RESOURCES, FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER 00:23:40.15\00:23:44.29 OF IT. SO WE SEE A DISTINGUISHING 00:23:44.29\00:23:48.12 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SIN. 00:23:48.12\00:23:50.46 >> IT ALWAYS BEGINNING WITH THE FATHER. 00:23:50.46\00:23:52.73 HE IS THE FATHER OF UNRIG UNRIGHT 00:23:52.73\00:23:59.10 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:59.10\00:24:00.10 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE IS NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON 00:24:00.10\00:24:05.84 FOR SIN TO EXIST OR ORIGINATE BECAUSE GOD MADE A PERFECT 00:24:05.84\00:24:12.41 WORLD, A PERFECT UNIVERSE, AND LUCIFER WAS PERFECT IN THE 00:24:12.41\00:24:20.49 BEGINNING. THAT MEANS THERE WAS NO FLAW, OR 00:24:20.49\00:24:28.13 MINUTIST ATOM IN HIM THAT CONTAINED EVIL. 00:24:28.13\00:24:35.07 AND THEN EZEKIEL 28:14, YOU WERE PERFECT FROM THE DAY YOU WERE 00:24:35.07\00:24:40.24 CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU, AND THAT PHRASE WAS 00:24:40.24\00:24:45.41 FOUND -- THE HEBREW PHRASE IS A PHRASE THAT SPEAKS OF -- THERE 00:24:45.41\00:24:50.42 WAS NOTHING THERE UNTIL IT SURFACED. 00:24:50.42\00:24:53.59 >> UH-HUH. >> IT'S LIKE AN INVESTIGATION IS 00:24:53.59\00:24:56.66 MADE, AND PRIOR TO THAT MOMENT WHEN SIN --HE DESIRED TO DO 00:24:56.66\00:25:01.33 SIN, THEN IT EXISTED. THEN IT ORIGINATED, BUT BECAUSE 00:25:01.33\00:25:06.87 THIS, THERE WAS NO SIN BECAUSE GOD MADE A PERFECT BEING, BUT 00:25:06.87\00:25:11.07 THERE'S NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON -- AND WE CAN LOOK AT 00:25:11.07\00:25:14.24 THIS AS PRIDE AND SELFISHNESS AS THE ROOT OF ALL OF THIS COMING 00:25:14.24\00:25:20.82 OUT. BUT THERE WAS NO JUSTIFIABLE 00:25:20.82\00:25:22.78 REASON FOR IT. AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 00:25:22.78\00:25:26.02 GOD IS GOING TO DO AWAY WITH SIN, AND WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN 00:25:26.02\00:25:31.33 A SINLESS WORLD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:31.33\00:25:34.03 >> BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINATION OF SIN IN HEAVEN. 00:25:34.03\00:25:39.30 AND GOD DID NOT CREATE A DEVIL. BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THE 00:25:39.30\00:25:45.74 SERPENT WITH ADAM AND EVE, WHAT HE DID WAS TO LIE ABOUT THE 00:25:45.74\00:25:50.78 CHARACTER OF GOD. HE MADE GOD SOUND UNLOVING AND 00:25:50.78\00:25:56.42 CONTROLLING, AND HE -- HE TWISTED GOD'S WORD. 00:25:56.42\00:26:00.09 HE WOULD SAY, WELL, DID GOD REALLY SAY THIS? 00:26:00.09\00:26:03.56 HE WOULD REPEAT LIKE 90% OF IT, BUT THEN HE WOULD ADD SOMETHING 00:26:03.56\00:26:07.86 TO IT. SO HERE IS MY POINT, IS THAT WE 00:26:07.86\00:26:10.53 HAVE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO OTHERS THAT WE 00:26:10.53\00:26:15.64 DON'T DO THE SAME THING AS SATAN DID. 00:26:15.64\00:26:19.31 WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT WHEN WE'RE DESCRIBING GOD, GOD AS 00:26:19.31\00:26:25.65 LOVE, THAT WE DON'T GO OUT AND SAY, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, GOD'S 00:26:25.65\00:26:30.85 GOING TO -- THAT'S NOT UP TO US HERE. 00:26:30.85\00:26:34.42 SO WE ARE TO -- AS PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY -- WE ARE TO SPEAK THE 00:26:34.42\00:26:40.90 TRUTH IN LOVE, TEACH IN A GENTLE FASHION WITH HUMILITY AND BE 00:26:40.90\00:26:46.63 CAREFUL HOW WE REPRESENT THE CHARACTER OF GOD. 00:26:46.63\00:26:50.04 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND TO SEGUE, SIN WAS BORN IN 00:26:50.04\00:26:55.68 LUCIFER'S HEART, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T HAVE ENTRANCE INTO THE 00:26:55.68\00:27:01.88 WORLD UNTIL SATAN OPENED THE DOOR. 00:27:01.88\00:27:04.92 AND THUS DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN. 00:27:04.92\00:27:07.69 LUCIFER -- IT COULD HAVE ENDED RIGHT THERE, HAD ADAM NOT OPENED 00:27:07.69\00:27:16.50 THE DOOR. SATAN WAS THE FATHER OF LIES AND 00:27:16.50\00:27:21.24 MURDER, BUT IT COULDN'T COME INTO THE WORLD UNLESS ADAM 00:27:21.24\00:27:25.47 OPENED THE DOOR. SO EVEN THOUGH SIN EXISTS, WE 00:27:25.47\00:27:28.58 DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO IT. 00:27:28.58\00:27:31.25 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S THE KEY. 00:27:31.25\00:27:33.65 IF WE DON'T SIN -- WE DON'T WALK PAST A CONVENIENCE STORE AND 00:27:33.65\00:27:41.16 GRAB A CIGARETTE BECAUSE IT IS THERE, OR BEER, OR WHATEVER. 00:27:41.16\00:27:49.43 HERE IS ANOTHER ONE -- LET ME THROW ANOTHER ONE AT YOU. 00:27:49.43\00:27:53.20 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR EARTHLY DIET AND HEAVENLY 00:27:53.20\00:27:58.51 DIET? KIND OF JUST TO MIX IT UP A 00:27:58.51\00:28:00.78 LITTLE BIT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 00:28:00.78\00:28:06.18 OUR EARTHLY DIET AND OUR HEAVENLY DIET. 00:28:06.18\00:28:11.52 AND WE DON'T NEED TO SAY IT WON'T BE IN A CAN. 00:28:11.52\00:28:15.86 >> WELL, THERE WILL BE N KILLING. 00:28:15.86\00:28:19.46 SO WE WON'T BE EATING ANIMAL FLESH. 00:28:19.46\00:28:25.10 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> OKAY. 00:28:25.10\00:28:27.47 WHO -- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR HEAVENLY DIET AND 00:28:27.47\00:28:31.07 OUR EARTHLY DIET? >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY 00:28:31.07\00:28:37.88 PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING WE CAN EAT HAS HAD SEVERAL THOUSAND 00:28:37.88\00:28:40.88 YEARS OF -- >> POLLUTION. 00:28:40.88\00:28:43.62 >> POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION AND -- SO THE FOOD WE HAVE TODAY 00:28:43.62\00:28:49.32 IS NOT PERFECT. THE -- THE FOOD -- THE HEAVENLY 00:28:49.32\00:28:52.93 DIET IS GOING TO BE PERFECT, BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO BRING 00:28:52.93\00:28:56.90 EVERYTHING BACK TO PERFECTION AGAIN. 00:28:56.90\00:28:58.80 SO AS FAR AS THE DIET IS -- I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY ARE CONCERNED 00:28:58.80\00:29:02.74 ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW -- >> THEY WANT TO GET READY. 00:29:02.74\00:29:06.91 >> YES, WE NEED TO GET READY. GOD HAS GIVEN US INSTRUCTION IN 00:29:06.91\00:29:14.22 THE BIBLE SO WE CAN AVOID SICK N 00:29:14.22\00:29:22.79 -- SICKNESS TO A GREAT DEGREE. AND SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 00:29:22.79\00:29:26.73 TO LOOK TO GENESIS 1, AND GENESIS 2, AND LEE VIF CUSS 11 00:29:26.73\00:29:37.81 TO HELP US AVOID DISEASES. GOD IS GIVING US THE GUIDELINES 00:29:37.81\00:29:43.88 FOR -- TO AVOID THE MAJORITY OF THE DISEASES THAT ARE OUTTHERE 00:29:43.88\00:29:48.42 TODAY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:29:48.42\00:29:50.39 >> SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THAT -- IT'S A STEP -- IF YOU 00:29:50.39\00:29:54.39 ARE NOT EATING ACCORDING TO GENESIS 2 AND 3, AND AS SHELLEY 00:29:54.39\00:30:00.73 SAID, GENESIS 1 AND 2, THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT 00:30:00.73\00:30:09.47 ORIGINAL DIET, AND LEVITICUS 11, IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. 00:30:09.47\00:30:14.68 AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO AVOID IS SWINE OR PORK, 00:30:14.68\00:30:18.88 BECAUSE IT CONTAINS SO MUCH THAT CAN HARM YOU. 00:30:18.88\00:30:23.25 >> GOD CREATED PIGS TO BE THE GARBAGE COLLECTORS. 00:30:23.25\00:30:29.16 >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE THINGS THAT GOD TELLS US TO 00:30:29.16\00:30:34.56 AVOID ARE THE SCAVENGERS. >> CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEBODY 00:30:34.56\00:30:41.10 RUNNING OUT OF HERE WHEN THEY HEAR A GARBAGE TRUCK PASSING BY, 00:30:41.10\00:30:45.21 AND SAY IT'S LUNCHTIME. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:30:45.21\00:30:48.11 >> WHAT IS HE DOING? HE IS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THE 00:30:48.11\00:30:52.95 LUNCH TRUCK. THAT'S A GARBAGE TRUCK. 00:30:52.95\00:30:56.79 EXACTLY. THE PIG IS PERFECT FOR WHAT IT 00:30:56.79\00:30:58.95 IS CREATED FOR. ALL OF THE ANIMALS OF GOD ARE 00:30:58.95\00:31:02.69 PERFECT FOR WHAT THEY ARE CREATED FOR. 00:31:02.69\00:31:05.36 BUT A GARBAGE TRUCK IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE RESTAURANT. 00:31:05.36\00:31:08.93 GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE NOT CREATED FOR US TO EAT FROM THEM. 00:31:08.93\00:31:13.97 PASTOR RYAN YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? 00:31:13.97\00:31:20.51 >> VERY QUICKLY. PASTOR DINZEY HAS DONE A 00:31:20.51\00:31:25.58 WONDERFUL JOB. AND GOD ADDED VEGETABLES TO THE 00:31:25.58\00:31:30.32 DIET. AND BIBLICALLY GOD HAS GIVEN 00:31:30.32\00:31:35.39 PERMISSION FOR US TO EAT CLEAN MEATS WHEN PREPARED PROPERLY. 00:31:35.39\00:31:39.29 BUT TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EARTHLY DIET AND THE 00:31:39.29\00:31:43.20 HEAVENLY DIET, THERE IS ONE ASPECT WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED 00:31:43.20\00:31:49.14 ON EARTH. REVELATION 22, HE SHOWED ME A 00:31:49.14\00:31:54.38 CLEAR RIVER OF THE WATER OF LIFE. 00:31:54.38\00:31:56.88 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS THE 00:31:56.88\00:32:02.62 TREE OF LIFE, WHICH BORE 12 FRUIT. 00:32:02.62\00:32:05.22 THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS. 00:32:05.22\00:32:08.99 SO WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TREE OF LIFE. 00:32:08.99\00:32:12.26 I HAVE TO BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE AN AVOCADO ON THAT TREE, 00:32:12.26\00:32:18.20 MAN. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:32:18.20\00:32:19.23 >> OR SOMETHING EVEN BETTER THAN AN AVOCADO OR EVEN BETTER THAN A 00:32:19.23\00:32:28.58 MANGO. >> I WILL GUARANTEE THIS, AND WE 00:32:28.58\00:32:31.18 CAN ALL AGREE ON THIS, WHATEVER HE PROVIDES, YOU ARE GOING TO BE 00:32:31.18\00:32:35.68 VERY HAPPY. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SAY, MAN, I 00:32:35.68\00:32:38.85 MISS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. 00:32:38.85\00:32:40.49 THE FORMER THINGS WILL NOT BE REMEMBERED, NOR COME TO MIND. 00:32:40.49\00:32:44.49 AND YOU USED THIS TEXT A MOMENT AGO, THIS ALSO APPLIES TO DIET, 00:32:44.49\00:32:52.43 NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THOSE WHO WALK -- 00:32:52.43\00:32:55.70 >> AMEN. >> DON'T DO TO YOUR BODY WHAT 00:32:55.70\00:33:00.38 YOU WILL NOT DO TO YOUR CAR. >> PSALM 84:11. 00:33:00.38\00:33:05.95 >> THAT'S RIGHT. LET ME THROW YOU ANOTHER 00:33:05.95\00:33:09.15 QUESTION. I'M JUST MIXING IT UP A LITTLE 00:33:09.15\00:33:15.69 BIT HERE. [ INAUDIBLE ] WALKED WITH GOD 00:33:15.69\00:33:18.79 FOR 300 YEARS. I HAVE A HARD TIME STAYING IN 00:33:18.79\00:33:21.80 STEP WITH HIM FOR A WHOLE DAY. THEY SAID, HO DID HE DO THAT? 00:33:21.80\00:33:27.00 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW DID HE DO THAT? 00:33:27.00\00:33:30.84 DO YOU THINK ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD FOR 300 YEARS, OR HE WALKED 00:33:30.84\00:33:38.25 WITH GOD MOMENT BY MOMENT. >> GOOD POINT. 00:33:38.25\00:33:40.45 >> I'LL KICK IT OFF FOR US HERE. BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY HAVE 00:33:40.45\00:33:45.15 WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY. MANY TIMES WHEN YOU THINK OF 00:33:45.15\00:33:49.62 ENOCH, THESE GREAT CHARACTERS THAT WERE TRANSLATED, FOR 00:33:49.62\00:33:52.79 INSTANCE, ENOCH, OR ELIJAH -- >> DEFINE TRANSLATION. 00:33:52.79\00:34:00.40 SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW -- >> RIGHT. 00:34:00.40\00:34:02.47 PAUL TALKED ABOUT IN -- IN -- I THINK IT'S THE 16TH CHAPTER OF 00:34:02.47\00:34:10.25 1ST CORINTHIANS. HE SAYS WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED 00:34:10.25\00:34:16.38 IN THE TWINKLE OF AN EYE. SO WHETHER WE HAVE FELL ASLEEP 00:34:16.38\00:34:21.22 IN CHRIST IN THIS LIFETIME, OR YOU ARE ALIVE AND AWAKE, EVERY 00:34:21.22\00:34:28.83 PERSON SHALL BE TRANSLATED. I BELIEVE THAT MEANS TRANSFORMED 00:34:28.83\00:34:33.80 INTO A DIFFERENT HEAVENLY LIKENESS. 00:34:33.80\00:34:36.17 LIKENED TO THAT OF THE GLORIOUS BODY OF CHRIST. 00:34:36.17\00:34:39.51 SO IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO FIRST REALIZE THAT THE 00:34:39.51\00:34:44.58 BIBLE SAYS ALL HAVE FELL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:34:44.58\00:34:51.15 WAS ENOCH PERFECT IN THAT HE NEVER SINNED? 00:34:51.15\00:34:55.26 ABSOLUTELY NOT. HE HAD AT ONE TIME SINNED, BUT 00:34:55.26\00:34:58.49 HE HAD SUCH A TIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THAT ACCORDING TO HIS 00:34:58.49\00:35:02.73 LIFE, HE WAS CHANGED OR TRANSFORMED OR TRANSLATED FROM 00:35:02.73\00:35:07.20 HIS EARTHLY BODY INTO HIS HEAVENLY BODY AND TAKEN TO THE 00:35:07.20\00:35:12.74 KINGDOM OF GOD. WHEN I THINK OF THAT PARTICULAR 00:35:12.74\00:35:16.31 CONCEPT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT -- YOU KNOW, 00:35:16.31\00:35:19.01 THAT WAS -- I BELIEVE THAT CONTINUAL WALK AS WE TALKED 00:35:19.01\00:35:24.42 ABOUT EARLIER, WAS A DAILY SANCTIFYING MOMENT. 00:35:24.42\00:35:31.49 PAUL DESCRIBES IT AS FAITH TO FAITH, GLORY TO GLORY, STEP BY 00:35:31.49\00:35:37.87 STEP. IT'S NOT JUST ONE GIANT LEAP OR 00:35:37.87\00:35:41.17 BOUND THAT WE REACH PERFECTION. BUT IT'S THE SANCTIFICATION THAT 00:35:41.17\00:35:47.04 IS THE WORK OF A LIFETIME. I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE 00:35:47.04\00:35:53.08 EXAMPLE OF LIFTING JESUS UP. THAT EXPERIENCE THAT NICK DEE 00:35:53.08\00:36:02.62 MOUSE DESCRIBED.-A LIFE -- THERE IS A LIFE AND A LOOK AT THE 00:36:02.62\00:36:09.80 SAVIOR. >> OKAY. AND CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF 00:36:09.80\00:36:14.07 GLORY. >> RIGHT. 00:36:14.07\00:36:15.10 >> IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN US FOR HIS WILL -- GOD WAS IN ENOCH. 00:36:15.10\00:36:21.81 GOD IS WANTING TO BE IN ALL OF US TO WORK OUT HIS PERFECT WILL. 00:36:21.81\00:36:26.72 IT IS CHRIST IN US, FOR GOD WORKS IN US THROUGH CHRIST. 00:36:26.72\00:36:31.92 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HERE IS ONE SCRIPTURE -- I 00:36:31.92\00:36:35.59 WANT TO JUST ADD THIS HERE. BECAUSE I MADE THE SUGGESTION, I 00:36:35.59\00:36:39.46 MADE THE ILLUSION THAT ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD MOMENT BY 00:36:39.46\00:36:43.80 MOMENT, THAT ADDED UP TO 300 YEARS. 00:36:43.80\00:36:47.30 THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD NEVER THINK OF TOMORROW -- THE BIBLE SAYS 00:36:47.30\00:36:50.64 TAKE NO THOUGHTS OF TOMORROW SAYING WHAT SHOULD WE DRINK OR 00:36:50.64\00:36:55.81 EAT OR WEAR. DON'T SAY BY DECEMBER I'M GOING 00:36:55.81\00:37:00.75 TO BE RIGHTEOUS. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. 00:37:00.75\00:37:03.22 NOT IN THIS LIFE. WE HAVE GOT TO ABIDE IN CHRIST 00:37:03.22\00:37:07.72 MOMENT BY MOMENT, DAY BY DAY. 1 JOHN 2:6, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT 00:37:07.72\00:37:17.80 THE LIFE OF CHRIST, THAT PHRASE, AS HE WALKED, AS JESUS IS 00:37:17.80\00:37:22.14 WALKING TOWARDS THE JORDAN. AS WE WALKED, JOHN SAID BEHOLD 00:37:22.14\00:37:26.64 THE LAMB OF GOD, SO AS WE WALK, THE LAMB OF GOD MUST BE REVEALED 00:37:26.64\00:37:31.58 IN YOUR LIVES. AND THE JOURNEY WAS NOT A DRIVE 00:37:31.58\00:37:34.72 OR FLIGHT, IT WAS A WALK. IT'S YOUR MOMENT BY MOMENT WALK 00:37:34.72\00:37:39.42 WITH CHRIST, IN CHRIST THAT BRINGS ABOUT MOMENT BY MOMENT 00:37:39.42\00:37:43.59 VICTORY, AND ARE WE SAFE FOR ONE MOMENT? 00:37:43.59\00:37:46.16 HERE IS THE ANSWER. IS A TIGHT ROPE WALKER SAFE FOR 00:37:46.16\00:37:50.27 ONE MOMENT? [ LAUGHTER ] 00:37:50.27\00:37:52.00 >> IF HE TAKES HIS EYES OFF OF THE ROPE? 00:37:52.00\00:37:55.97 NO. >> I THINK HIS EVER-LASTING ARMS 00:37:55.97\00:37:58.64 ARE BENEATH US, AND HE IS READY TO CATCH US IF WE FALL. 00:37:58.64\00:38:08.18 GALATIANS 5:16 WHERE PAUL SAYS WALK IN THE SPIRIT, YOU SHALL 00:38:08.18\00:38:15.09 NOT FULFILL LESS THAN THE SPIRIT. 00:38:15.09\00:38:17.39 AND THE CNTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER. BUT I DON'T KNOW -- I DO KNOW 00:38:17.39\00:38:23.03 THAT JOHN SAYS THAT TO AS MANY IS RECEIVED -- THE GAVE THE 00:38:23.03\00:38:27.74 RIGHT TO BECOME THE CHILDREN OF GOD. 00:38:27.74\00:38:29.67 HE ADOPTED US BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT WHEN WE'RE BEING 00:38:29.67\00:38:34.44 LEAD BY THE SPIRIT, A LOT OF US ARE KIND OF LIKE -- IT'S KIND OF 00:38:34.44\00:38:38.81 LIKE, HE IS DRAGGING US ALONG, AND A LOT OF US TRY TO GET AHEAD 00:38:38.81\00:38:43.35 OF THE SPIRIT, I THINK TO WALK REQUEST CHRIST MOMENT BY MOMENT 00:38:43.35\00:38:47.69 IS JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF YIELDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 00:38:47.69\00:38:52.69 DEPENDING ON GOD. >> AND THE BATTLE IS OUR DESIRE 00:38:52.69\00:38:57.63 TO DO HIS WILL. WHY CAN'T I DO WHAT GOD WANTS ME 00:38:57.63\00:39:01.04 TO DO? BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF SIN IS 00:39:01.04\00:39:05.54 THE LETTER I. THAT'S THE REAL ISSUE. 00:39:05.54\00:39:07.94 I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. THAT'S OUR NATURAL TENDENCY. 00:39:07.94\00:39:15.78 >> JESUS SAID IN LUKE 9:23, ANY MAN WHO COMES AFTER ME, LET HIM 00:39:15.78\00:39:23.56 DENY HIMSELF, PICK UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME. 00:39:23.56\00:39:28.00 AND AS YOU DO THIS, KEEP YOUR EYE ON JESUS. 00:39:28.00\00:39:30.80 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THAT'S HOW WE SHULD LIVE 00:39:30.80\00:39:34.37 OUR LIVES. JESUS SAID ABIE IN ME, AND 00:39:34.37\00:39:38.17 ABIDING IN HIM MEANS YOU KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM, KEEP FOCUSED 00:39:38.17\00:39:42.54 ON HIM. ISAIAH 26:3-4, GOD WILL KEEP HIM 00:39:42.54\00:39:49.55 IN PERFECT PIECE WHO'S MIND HAS STAYED ON THEE. 00:39:49.55\00:39:54.99 SO KEEPING OUR MINDS WITH HIM IS HOW WE CAN WALK WITH HIM. 00:39:54.99\00:39:59.43 >> AND TO LIVE WITHOUT BEING CONDEMNED ROMANS 8:1, THEREFORE, 00:39:59.43\00:40:05.23 NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE, CHRIST JESUS. 00:40:05.23\00:40:13.17 YOU CAN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU WALK. AND YOU HAVE TO WALK IN THE 00:40:13.17\00:40:17.31 SPIRIT AND NOT INTHE FLESH. >> I'M GOING TO READ THIS FROM 00:40:17.31\00:40:22.28 [ INAUDIBLE ]. WHILE -- WHILE ENGAGED IN OUR 00:40:22.28\00:40:25.65 DAILY WORK, WE SHOULD LIFT THE SOUL TO HEAVEN IN PRAYER. 00:40:25.65\00:40:29.22 THESE SILENT PETITIONS RISE LIKE INFANTS BEFORE THE THROWN OF 00:40:29.22\00:40:32.73 GRACE, AND THE ENEMY IS BAFFLED. THE CHRISTIAN WHOSE HEART IS 00:40:32.73\00:40:38.73 THUS STAYED UPON GOD CANNOT BE OVERCOME. 00:40:38.73\00:40:41.57 ALL OF THE PROMISES OF GOD'S WORD, ALL OF THE POWER OF DIVINE 00:40:41.57\00:40:46.51 GRACE, ALL OF THE RESOURCES OF JEHOVAH ARE PLEDGED. 00:40:46.51\00:40:55.05 IT IS THUS THAT ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD. 00:40:55.05\00:40:57.72 AND GOD WAS WITH HIM IN EVERY TIME OF NEED. 00:40:57.72\00:41:01.19 >> THAT'S POWERFUL. >> HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT 00:41:01.19\00:41:04.66 KIND OF GOES ALONG THE SAME LINE. 00:41:04.66\00:41:09.33 WHEN WILL WE BE PERFECTED? WE ANSWERED THAT IN A NUMBER OF 00:41:09.33\00:41:14.80 WAYS, BUT RYAN YOU TALKED ASHE THAT IN EXPLAINING THE WORD 00:41:14.80\00:41:19.24 TRANSLATE. GO BACK TO THAT. 00:41:19.24\00:41:20.74 >> YEAH, LET ME TAKE YOU TO THAT PARTICULAR VERSE. 00:41:20.74\00:41:24.11 I KNOW SOMETIMES AS WE'RE PUT ON THE SPOT HERE, WE WILL QUOTE 00:41:24.11\00:41:29.52 SCRIPTURE WITHOUT GIVING A REFERENCE. 00:41:29.52\00:41:32.49 THIS IS 1 CORINTHIANS 15, SHOULD BE AROUND 53 -- YEAH, HERE IT IS 00:41:32.49\00:41:41.93 51. BEHOLD I TELL YOU A MYSTERY, WE 00:41:41.93\00:41:45.23 SHALL ALL BE CHANGED IN THE MOMENT OF THE TWINKLING OF AN 00:41:45.23\00:41:50.57 EYE AT THE LAST TRUMP. FOR THE TRUMP WILL SOUND, AND 00:41:50.57\00:41:53.61 THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED, HERE IT IS -- INCORRUPTIBLE. 00:41:53.61\00:42:01.55 WE SHALL BE CHANGED, THIS MORE TALL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY, SO 00:42:01.55\00:42:09.56 WHEN THIS [ INAUDIBLE ] THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT TO PASS THE 00:42:09.56\00:42:12.89 SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN, DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. 00:42:12.89\00:42:18.97 SIN BRINGS DEATH. WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT AT THE LAST 00:42:18.97\00:42:22.94 TRUMP WHEN CHRIST HAS COME. WE ARE ON A PATH TO PERFECTION. 00:42:22.94\00:42:28.54 WE WANT TO BE PERFECT IN CHRIST AS CHRIST IS MOLDING US INTO 00:42:28.54\00:42:33.15 THOSE BEAUTIFUL VESSELS OF HONOR, PREPARED FOR THE KINGDOM 00:42:33.15\00:42:37.69 OF GOD. BUT THAT ULTIMATE PERFECTION IS 00:42:37.69\00:42:41.79 GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 00:42:41.79\00:42:45.09 >> LET ME THROW THIS OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:42:45.09\00:42:49.36 I LIKE THAT. ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT SOME 00:42:49.36\00:42:52.53 PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. THE LINE OF QUESTIONS, HOW CAN 00:42:52.53\00:42:56.47 BE SAVED? HOW CAN I OVERCOME SIN? 00:42:56.47\00:43:00.11 THEY ARE FALLING IN THE SAME CATEGORY, BUT EACH QUESTION IS 00:43:00.11\00:43:05.25 VERY VITAL AND IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PERFECTION IDEA, SOME 00:43:05.25\00:43:09.85 PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SALVATION. 00:43:09.85\00:43:14.49 AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 00:43:14.49\00:43:18.49 FEARFUL OF YOUR SALVATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WALKING 00:43:18.49\00:43:22.16 ALMOST LIKE A PERSON ON GLASS THAT IS JUST ABOUT TO BREAK AND 00:43:22.16\00:43:25.63 YOU ARE AT 10,000 FEET. BECAUSE THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD 00:43:25.63\00:43:32.91 CAPS THAT FEAR. >> FIRST OF ALL, I REMEMBER THAT 00:43:32.91\00:43:36.81 I WAS QUOTING 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18. 00:43:36.81\00:43:48.86 IT'S FROM ONE LEVEL OF HIS CHARACTER TO THE NEXT. 00:43:48.86\00:43:52.19 JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. 00:43:52.19\00:43:54.30 AND I'M PRAYING THAT AND THANKING GOD THAT HE'S TAKING ME 00:43:54.30\00:44:01.27 BY HIS SPIRT, AND SUDDENLY I BEGAN TO WEEP AND SAID LORD, I 00:44:01.27\00:44:07.48 DON'T FEEL LIKE I AM GROWING LIKE I SHOULD BE. 00:44:07.48\00:44:11.18 BOTTOM LINE, HE GAVE ME A PICTURE IN MY MIND, I SAW MYSELF 00:44:11.18\00:44:16.15 RUNNING ON THESE HUGE STEPS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I'M 00:44:16.15\00:44:21.46 RUNNING -- I'M 6 FEET TALL, THESE STEPS WERE PROBABLY 60 00:44:21.46\00:44:27.46 FEET TALL, I'M LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER, AND I RAN INTO A STEP. 00:44:27.46\00:44:32.23 AND I SAID LORD WHAT IS IT? AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL SOON 00:44:32.23\00:44:37.11 SHOW YOU THE WALL THAT YOU ARE HITTING. 00:44:37.11\00:44:39.81 AND I THOUGHT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FELT, LIKE I WAS HITTING A 00:44:39.81\00:44:44.55 WALL IN MY GROWTH. AND THE BOTTOM LINE WAS, A FEW 00:44:44.55\00:44:48.65 WEEKS LATER, AS I'M TRULY -SEEKING HIM, HE TOLD ME THAT THE WALL THAT I WAS HITTING WAS 00:44:48.65\00:44:55.49 A WALL OF SELF PRESERVATION. ISN'T THAT POWERFUL? 00:44:55.49\00:45:01.06 >> RIGHT. >> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE -pUP -- IF WE WANT GOD 00:45:01.06\00:45:06.50 TO TAKE HIM FROM ONE LEVEL OF HIS GLORY TO THE NEXT, WE HAVE 00:45:06.50\00:45:10.57 TO BE ABLE TO GIVE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT IF YOU ARE 00:45:10.57\00:45:14.58 CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SALVATION, LITEN TO THIS. JOHN WRITES HE -- 00:45:14.58\00:45:21.55 EXCUSE ME -- 1 JOHN 5, AND I'LL BEGIN WITH VERSE 10. 00:45:21.55\00:45:25.52 HE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON OF GOD HAS THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF. 00:45:25.52\00:45:30.49 HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD HAS MADE HIM A LIAR BECAUSE HE HAS 00:45:30.49\00:45:37.40 NOT BELIEVED THE TESTIMONY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN OF HIS SON. 00:45:37.40\00:45:41.97 AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE 00:45:41.97\00:45:48.21 AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE. 00:45:48.21\00:45:54.45 HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. 00:45:54.45\00:45:57.79 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IF YOU ARE SAYING TO THE LORD 00:45:57.79\00:46:04.19 I NEED YOU, I WANT YOU, HELP ME TO WALK, FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY 00:46:04.19\00:46:11.13 SPIRIT, LORD HELP ME TO KEEP MY EYES FOCUSED ON YOU, TRANSFORM 00:46:11.13\00:46:16.74 ME FROM ONE IMAGE TO THE NEXT. IF YOU ARE COMMITTING YOURSELF 00:46:16.74\00:46:21.21 YOURSELF TO THE LORD, YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 00:46:21.21\00:46:24.85 YOU MAY NOT BE PERFECT. IT MAY BE THAT LITTLE BITTY 00:46:24.85\00:46:32.85 BLADE, BUT HE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW YOU, AND IF YOU THINK THAT 00:46:32.85\00:46:37.26 YOU HAVE BEEN WALKING WITH THE LORD FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS, AND 00:46:37.26\00:46:41.70 YOU DON'T HAVE SALVATION, [ INAUDIBLE ] SAYS YOU ARE 00:46:41.70\00:46:47.74 CALLING GOD A LIAR. BECAUSE HE IS SAYING IF WE HAVE 00:46:47.74\00:46:50.97 THE SON, WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:46:50.97\00:46:55.51 OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? 00:46:55.51\00:46:57.68 RYAN? >> THERE ARE OFTENTIMES I 00:46:57.68\00:47:00.08 MYSELF -- I'M VERY HARD ON MYSELF. 00:47:00.08\00:47:03.45 I BEAT MYSELF UP SOMETIMES. THINKING LORD, WHY DO I DO THE 00:47:03.45\00:47:07.26 THINGS I SHOULDN'T DO, OR SAY THE THINGS I SHOULDN'T SAY. 00:47:07.26\00:47:12.39 AND I CAN SEE WHY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THAT MENTALITY THAT I 00:47:12.39\00:47:16.53 CAN'T BE PERFECT.-WE TAKE THAT SCRIPTURE WHERE CHRIST SAYS AT 00:47:16.53\00:47:22.87 THE END OF CHAPTER 6, BE THERE -- CHAPTER 5 BE PERFECT AS YOUR 00:47:22.87\00:47:30.95 FATHER IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT. I BELIEVE I'LL SEE PAUL IN THE 00:47:30.95\00:47:35.38 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I BELIEVE THAT WHILE PAUL WAS 00:47:35.38\00:47:40.06 NOT A PERFECT MAN, HE DID STRUGGLE WITH THE SAME THINGS 00:47:40.06\00:47:44.63 THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH, AND THE FAMOUS TEXT FROM PAUL ROMANS 7, 00:47:44.63\00:47:50.90 HE SAYS FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME NOTHING GOOD DWELLS FOR 00:47:50.90\00:47:57.54 [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT WITH ME, BUT HOW TO 00:47:57.54\00:48:00.51 PERFORM WHAT IS GOOD, I DO NOT FIND. 00:48:00.51\00:48:02.78 HE SAYS FOR THE GOOD THAT I WILL TO DO, I DO NOT DO, BUT THE EVIL 00:48:02.78\00:48:07.42 I WILL NOT TO DO, THAT I PRACTICE, SO HE IS LIKE, MAN, 00:48:07.42\00:48:12.32 MAN THE THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T DO, I DO. 00:48:12.32\00:48:16.32 AND THE THINGS I SHOULD I DON'T DO. 00:48:16.32\00:48:18.86 AND THEN HE SAYS A RETCHED MAN THAT I AM, WHO WILL DELIVER ME 00:48:18.86\00:48:25.20 FROM THE BODY OF DEATH? WHO IS GOING TO DELIVER ME FROM 00:48:25.20\00:48:29.70 THIS IMPERFECTION. AND HE SAIDS I THANK GOD THROUGH 00:48:29.70\00:48:38.71 CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, AND VERSE 8 IT SAYS THERE IS NO 00:48:38.71\00:48:43.85 CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO GO NOT WALK 00:48:43.85\00:48:48.52 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 00:48:48.52\00:48:53.06 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THIS IS A WALK. 00:48:53.06\00:48:56.13 THIS IS A STEP BY STEP -- YOU KNOW -- THIS WHOLE LIFE IS GOING 00:48:56.13\00:49:00.60 TO BE A SANCTIFICATION PROCESS. I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE THAT YOU 00:49:00.60\00:49:06.78 QUOTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IN POR -- PROVERBS, A RIGHTEOUS 00:49:06.78\00:49:22.36 MAN MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES. SO GOD'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 00:49:22.36\00:49:27.40 FALL. BUT WHAT SEPARATES THE COMMITTED 00:49:27.40\00:49:30.20 CHRISTIAN FROM AN UNCOMMITTED SO-CALLED CHRISTIAN, IS THAT 00:49:30.20\00:49:35.00 PERSON DOESN'T STAY DOWN, THEY GET BACK UP AND KEEP PRESSING 00:49:35.00\00:49:39.34 FORWARD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:49:39.34\00:49:40.38 THE MAN WHO IS BEATEN UP, THAT REPRESENTS US AND THE LORD CAME 00:49:40.38\00:49:45.11 AND HEALED US. PASTOR DINZEY ANYTHING YOU WANT -pTO ADD? 00:49:45.11\00:49:50.59 >> THOSE WERE THE SAME SCRIPTURES I WAS GOING TO READ. 00:49:50.59\00:49:54.39 BUT IT'S A MARVELOUS THING TO GO FROM THE POINT OF THIS FEAR, I'M 00:49:54.39\00:49:59.89 NOT GOING TO BE SAVED. BECAUSE WE LOOK AT OUR LIVES AND 00:49:59.89\00:50:04.37 SEE WE FAILED ALONG THE WAY. AND I'M REMEMBERING SOMETHING 00:50:04.37\00:50:08.37 THAT SISTER SHELLEY QUOTED, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, THESE THINGS I 00:50:08.37\00:50:12.84 WRITE UNTO YOU, AND IF ANY MAN SINS, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH 00:50:12.84\00:50:19.31 THE FATHER JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HE IS THE 00:50:19.31\00:50:23.35 [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR OUR SINS, AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY BUT FOR THE 00:50:23.35\00:50:27.39 SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:50:27.39\00:50:29.32 >> SO ALL OF THIS -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IT SAYS, 00:50:29.32\00:50:33.86 THIS -- WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SURRENDER OUR WILL TO THE LORD. 00:50:33.86\00:50:39.13 AND THIS IS WHY PAUL SAYS I DIE DAILY. 00:50:39.13\00:50:42.87 AND JESUS SAID IF ANY MAN WHO COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY 00:50:42.87\00:50:50.11 HIMSELF PICK UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. 00:50:50.11\00:50:52.28 IT'S A CHOICE TO SURRENDER OURSELVES TO THE LORD, AND 00:50:52.28\00:50:57.75 FOLLOW JESUS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:50:57.75\00:51:01.29 >> AND FOR WE AS LOOKING INTO GLASS ARE CHANGED FROM GLORY TO 00:51:01.29\00:51:05.46 GLORY, EVEN BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. 00:51:05.46\00:51:08.73 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN US AS WE ARE FOLLOWING HIM AND 00:51:08.73\00:51:14.24 LEARNING OF HIM. A WORK IS BEING DONE THAT WE MAY 00:51:14.24\00:51:18.34 NOT PERCEIVE, BUT YOU SAY I REMEMBER I USED TO DO THIS EVIL 00:51:18.34\00:51:23.31 THING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:51:23.31\00:51:24.38 >> AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THAT GOD HAS HELPED ME. 00:51:24.38\00:51:29.42 I DON'T SWEAR AS MUCH AS I USED TO. 00:51:29.42\00:51:34.52 YOU KNOW. YOU PLACE YOURSELF IN THE HANDS 00:51:34.52\00:51:36.32 OF THE LORD. >> AMEN. 00:51:36.32\00:51:40.10 >> ISAIAH [ INAUDIBLE ] BEFORE THE LORD, AND JEREMIAH 23:6, 00:51:40.10\00:51:48.97 RIGHTEOUSNESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN BY FAITH. 00:51:48.97\00:51:50.71 >> ALWAYS. >> HERE IS THE PROMISE I WANT TO 00:51:50.71\00:51:53.68 GIVE YOU, MICAH 7:8, MICAH 7:8 SAYS DO NOT REJOICE OVER ME MY 00:51:53.68\00:52:01.28 ENEMY WHEN I FALL, I WILL RISE. WHEN I SIT IN DARKNESS, THE LORD 00:52:01.28\00:52:07.39 WILL BE THE LIGHT TO ME. I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HIM. 00:52:07.39\00:52:10.93 AND UNTIL HE PLEADS MY CASE -- >> AMEN. 00:52:10.93\00:52:15.23 >> -- AS OUR ADVOCATE, AND EXECUTES JUSTICE FOR ME, HE WILL 00:52:15.23\00:52:21.47 BRING ME FORTH TO THE LIGHT. AND WHO IS A GOD LIKE YOU. 00:52:21.47\00:52:31.35 PARDONING INIQUITY AND PASSING OVER THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE 00:52:31.35\00:52:36.32 REMANENT OF HIS HERITAGE. HE DOES NOT MAINTAIN HIS ANGER 00:52:36.32\00:52:41.69 FOREVER, BECAUSE HE DELIGHTS IN MERCY. 00:52:41.69\00:52:45.16 HE WILL HAVE PASSION ON US. HE WILL CAST ALL OF OUR SINS 00:52:45.16\00:52:48.63 INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:52:48.63\00:52:52.80 PRAISE GOD. AND SINCE I'M A PAR OF THE 00:52:52.80\00:52:56.74 PANEL, LET ME ADD A LITTLE PIECE TO THIS. 00:52:56.74\00:52:59.87 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE. AND MY FAVORITE PASSAGE USED TO 00:52:59.87\00:53:04.48 BE ROMANS 13 [ INAUDIBLE ]. I SAY FORGET MY NAME, READ THE 00:53:04.48\00:53:11.72 SCRIPTURE, BUT HERE IS THE PASSAGE. 00:53:11.72\00:53:13.49 I WANT TO ADD HE PUTS OUT A NO FISHING SIGN. 00:53:13.49\00:53:19.79 >> AMEN. >> 1 JOHN 3:1. 00:53:19.79\00:53:23.60 THE FATHER HAS BEDESTROYED ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED 00:53:23.60\00:53:28.74 CHILDREN OF GOD. AND THEN VERSE 2, BELOVED NOW WE 00:53:28.74\00:53:32.34 ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE PEOPLE ARE 00:53:32.34\00:53:36.58 WORRIED, HOW IS IT GOING TO TURN OUT? 00:53:36.58\00:53:39.91 AND IT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED WHAT WE SHALL BE. 00:53:39.91\00:53:43.65 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 00:53:43.65\00:53:48.16 BUT WE KNOW -- BUT WE KNOW -- THOSE ARE MY THREE 00:53:48.16\00:53:54.46 WORDS -- THAT WHEN HE IS REVEALED, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM. 00:53:54.46\00:53:59.33 CAN I GET AN AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:53:59.33\00:54:02.10 >> AMEN. >> FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE 00:54:02.10\00:54:05.67 IS. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST BY 00:54:05.67\00:54:09.11 US SITTING STILL AND DOING NOTHING. 00:54:09.11\00:54:11.38 THERE IS A PART THAT WE MUST PLAY. 00:54:11.38\00:54:14.08 AND EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM, PURIFIES HIMSELF EVEN 00:54:14.08\00:54:18.22 JUST AS HE IS PURE. WE HAVE TO MAKE PURE CHOICES. 00:54:18.22\00:54:23.02 BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT IS HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOT OURS. 00:54:23.02\00:54:28.10 IT'S THE WORK THAT HE BEGAN, THAT HE IS GOING TO FINISH, BUT 00:54:28.10\00:54:33.90 WE CANNOT MAKE BAD CHOICES AND EXPECT TO HAVE GOOD RESULTS. 00:54:33.90\00:54:37.84 >> THIS COMES FROM JEREMIAH 32. I TALKED ABOUT THE EVERY-LASTING 00:54:37.84\00:54:46.11 COVENANT. LISTEN TO GOD'S HEART. 00:54:46.11\00:54:49.15 THIS IS JEREMIAH 32:40, I WILL MAKE AN EVERY-LASTING COVENANT 00:54:49.15\00:54:56.32 HAVE -- WITH THEM. YES, I WILL REJOICE OVER THEM TO 00:54:56.32\00:55:06.70 DO GOOD, AND I WILL ASSUREDLY PLANT THEM IN THIS LAND. 00:55:06.70\00:55:11.51 I WILL REJOICE OVER THEM TO DO GOOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND 00:55:11.51\00:55:15.28 WITH ALL OF MY SOUL. >> PRAISE GOD. 00:55:15.28\00:55:18.21 >> WOW. >> HUGE. 00:55:18.21\00:55:20.55 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PASSAGE. >> AND JESUS -- IN ENCOURAGING 00:55:20.55\00:55:25.72 HIS DISCIPLES IN THAT JOHN 10 PASSAGE HE MADE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 00:55:25.72\00:55:34.56 STATEMENT, HE SAYS? JOHN 10:28 AND 29, AND I GIVE 00:55:34.56\00:55:39.40 THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PARISH. 00:55:39.40\00:55:44.84 NEITHER SHALL ANYONE SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. 00:55:44.84\00:55:47.08 NOBODY CAN TAKE YOU OUT OF GOD'S HAND BUT YOU. 00:55:47.08\00:55:49.74 >> AMEN. >> MY FATHER WHO HAS GIVEN THEM 00:55:49.74\00:55:53.05 TO ME IS GREATER THAN ALL, AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM 00:55:53.05\00:55:57.69 OUT OF MY HAND. AND HE HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL 00:55:57.69\00:56:02.52 LIFE. AND SO MANY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND 00:56:02.52\00:56:06.43 SIN, CAN I BE PERFECTED? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME? 00:56:06.43\00:56:10.97 WE HAVE TO LIVE OUR LIVES WITH THE BLESSED ASSURANCE THAT IF WE 00:56:10.97\00:56:15.57 CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE. 00:56:15.57\00:56:18.64 AND THANK YOU, PANEL, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. 00:56:18.64\00:56:21.71 AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL IN SOME SENSE LITTLE THEOLOGIANS, BUT WE 00:56:21.71\00:56:28.75 ARE CONTINUALLY LEARNING, AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM TEACHES US IS 00:56:28.75\00:56:34.92 THERE IS SO MUCH WE KNOW, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN WE 00:56:34.92\00:56:39.26 NEED -- >> AMEN. 00:56:39.26\00:56:42.16 >> THANK YOU PASTOR RYAN DAY. SHELLEY, LOVE YOU. 00:56:42.16\00:56:45.73 >> LOVE YOU. >> LIKE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE 00:56:45.73\00:56:48.14 WORD OF GOD, AND SHE HAS MANY BOOKS YOU CAN GET HERE AT 3ABN. 00:56:48.14\00:56:55.04 PASTOR JOHN DINZEY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 00:56:55.04\00:57:03.79 MAY YOU KNOW GOD AND MAY HE BLESS YOU CONTINUALLY. 00:57:03.79\00:57:07.89 >> AMEN. ¤ 00:57:07.89\00:57:10.73