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00:01 We're inviting you to the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
00:03 we're about to start. 00:05 Three Cosmic Messages is the title of this Quarterly, 00:09 we are on Lesson Number 10: 00:10 Satan's Final Deceptions. 00:12 This is a study on the three angels' messages. 00:15 If you do not have a Quarterly, 00:17 please go to 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:19 You can download one for free and you can follow us along. 00:23 We're ready to start. 00:24 Music... 00:53 Welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:56 My name is John Dinzey, 00:57 and I am glad to be with you during this hour. 00:59 We have a wonderful Bible Study for you. 01:02 We're studying Lesson Number 10: Satan's Final Deceptions... 01:06 the Quarterly: Three Cosmic Messages. 01:09 It's an exciting study... a study needed for this time. 01:12 We're studying about the three angels' messages 01:15 of Revelation chapter 14. 01:17 So, we hope you have your Bible 01:19 and you're ready to start this Lesson Study. 01:22 If you don't have one, 01:24 you can go to: 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 01:25 you can download one for free. 01:27 I like to introduce first to my left, 01:30 Pastor Daniel Perrin, welcome. 01:32 Perrin: Thank you, glad to be here. 01:34 I have Monday's Lesson: The Old Lie of Immortality. 01:37 Dinzey: Oh, a good Lesson, 01:39 we also have James... Pastor James Rafferty here, 01:42 tell us what you have. 01:43 Rafferty: Well, good to be here Johnny, 01:45 I have Tuesday's Lesson which is entitled: 01:47 Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship. 01:49 Dinzey: Oh, another wonderful Lesson. 01:51 Pastor John Lomacang, tell us what you have. 01:53 Lomacang: Mine is Wednesday: A Call to Faithfulness 01:56 and I'm looking forward to it 01:58 because I know, Pastor Mark put some good content in here. 02:02 Dinzey: Amen, amen, Sister Shelley Quinn, welcome. 02:05 Shelley: Oh, I'm so privileged to sit here with you, 02:08 we learn so much from each other actually 02:10 as we do these deep studies. 02:13 I have Thursday: Grace for Obedience 02:16 and there's no other way you can obey. 02:19 Dinzey: Amen, amen... please lead us into the prayer, please. 02:23 Shelley: Oh, absolutely. 02:25 Shelley: "Abba Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus, 02:29 thanking you Lord for all you've done to save humanity... 02:34 for all, You continue to do. 02:35 How we thank You for Revelation and specifically, Lord, 02:39 for Your precious messages 02:42 found in the three angels' message and warning to us. 02:46 So Lord, send Your Holy Spirit now... speak through us. 02:51 Let Him be the teacher. 02:53 We give You all the praise and honor and glory. 02:57 We love You, Lord and we thank You. 02:59 In Jesus' name, amen. " 03:01 Dinzey: Amen, amen. 03:03 Well, we begin our study with the portion in Saturday and Sunday 03:08 and the Memory Text is from John chapter 17 verse 17. 03:15 The Bible says, "Sanctify them by Your truth. 03:18 Your word is truth. " 03:21 For this, we study... 03:23 we're going to look at Revelation chapter 12 verse 9, 03:25 Revelation chapter 16 verses 13 and 14, 03:28 also, 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16 and 17, 03:32 and Ezekiel 8:16... 03:34 Ezekiel chapter 20 verses 1 to 20, 03:36 and Revelation chapter 18 verses 4 and 5. 03:39 And, I'd like to start by reading Revelation chapter 14 03:43 verse 8, 03:44 and it says there... this is the second angels' message, 03:46 it says, "And another angel followed saying, 03:49 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, 03:53 that great city, because she has made 03:56 all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. ' " 04:01 This Lesson is important because we are living very close 04:06 to the times when all of the things you've seen 04:09 mentioned there in Revelation, Revelation chapter 14 04:12 beginning in verse 6... it has already begun 04:14 as you have already heard in the previous lesson. 04:17 The first angel's message 04:19 about the hour of His judgment has come. 04:21 That has already begun. 04:23 Let's go ahead and see what the lesson tells us concerning 04:25 the things that are going on in the world: 04:28 As we have seen, Revelation warns us 04:31 that the "inhabitants of the earth" will drink 04:34 a deadly potion called the "wine of Babylon. " 04:37 There are false doctrines and teachings that, in the end, 04:41 will lead only to death. 04:43 However, the world is not left without an antidote, 04:47 the protection against the spiritual poison: 04:50 is the three angels' messages... well put by Pastor Mark Finley. 04:55 Notice that the verse said that all nations 04:59 drink of the wine of the wrath of fornication of Babylon. 05:04 This means the whole world is impacted. 05:06 Likewise, the three angels' messages 05:09 is supposed to go to all the world 05:11 because the devil has done a work all around the world 05:15 the three angels' messages have to go all around the world 05:19 and please consider... 05:20 I'm sure you've been driving down the road 05:21 and you see those orange signs that are warning signs 05:25 and there are some signs that don't really tell you 05:28 what's ahead. 05:29 I've seen signs that say, "Danger Ahead. " 05:32 Have you seen that sign? 05:34 I'm sure... "Danger Ahead... " 05:35 This means that you have to be alert and be careful... 05:38 even slow down because the danger ahead 05:42 may be at risk of your life. 05:45 You may risk your life if you continue going fast... 05:47 if you continue being careless. 05:49 The same thing we want to tell you 05:51 as you look at the three angels' messages. 05:53 This is danger ahead. 05:55 So, please pay close attention as we continue this study. 05:58 In this week's lesson, we will continue looking 06:00 not only at Babylon's deception about Jesus... 06:03 the plans of Jesus to save us from the... from them 06:06 and the death that they would otherwise, bring. 06:09 Sunday's portion of the lesson is: 06:11 The Way That Seems Right in a Man's Eyes. 06:15 You know, it's interesting that as you look at the world, 06:18 I have been around for a few years 06:20 and I can tell you that some things 06:22 that in the past was considered... 06:25 considered unacceptable now seems to be acceptable. 06:29 You can... by taking a look at television, 06:31 you can see the history of television. 06:33 There was a time... I don't know if it was the 50s or 60s, 06:36 you were not even allowed to show a belly button 06:39 but today, the things have gone way out of control 06:42 and words on... on the... 06:44 on the regular home television sets that are coming out... 06:47 before it was banned 06:50 but now, they seem to be approved 06:52 and so, we are living in dangerous times. 06:55 Society now calls evil... good 06:59 and good... evil. 07:00 Right seems to be wrong 07:02 and wrong seems to be right. 07:04 And so, we are living in dangerous times 07:07 and we need to be aware of these things 07:10 and take heed because we can be carried away 07:14 by the wine of Babylon. 07:16 We can be carried away by the confusion 07:19 and immorality that has taken place... 07:22 that now seems to be acceptable. 07:23 So, let's go ahead and go to Matthew chapter 24 07:28 and verse 31. 07:29 In Matthew chapter 24 and verse 31, 07:33 the Bible tells us... gives us a message 07:37 that we need to heed. 07:39 Matthew chapter 24 verse 31... 07:42 this is what the Bible tells us. 07:46 "And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, 07:50 and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, 07:54 from one end of heaven to the other. " 07:58 This is a message that is vitally important to understand. 08:01 Jesus will gather His elect 08:03 and when you go to Matthew 13, the lesson brings this out. 08:07 It says: In the context of the last days, 08:09 Jesus uttered a powerful warning, 08:11 "For false Christs and false prophets 08:14 will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, 08:18 even the elect. " 08:20 So, the elect have to be aware... 08:23 they have to be sober 08:24 because you will also ah... 08:28 be tempted in a way that will lead you astray 08:32 but the elect are not led astray 08:35 even if it were possible to deceive the elect, 08:37 they are not deceived because their trust is in Jesus... 08:40 they are studying God's Word, 08:41 they are staying close to the Lord 08:43 and they will be prepared. 08:45 The deceptions in the last days will increase. 08:47 If you think you're seeing deceptions now, 08:50 greater deceptions will come. 08:52 People are claiming to be Jesus. 08:54 There are false prophets out there 08:56 unlike any other time of earth's history 08:59 and their impact seems to be greater now 09:01 because before 09:03 you can have a person that claims to be a false "Christ" 09:05 or a false prophet speak to a few people 09:08 and it would... it would just stay in that local area. 09:11 Today, these people can get on the Internet 09:13 and they can reach hundreds... 09:16 thousands and maybe millions of people 09:18 with false messages 09:20 and so, we need to be careful. 09:21 We need to study God's Word 09:23 because God's Word shows us the way, the truth, and the life. 09:27 Revelation chapter 12 verse 9, 09:30 the Bible tells us, "So the great dragon was cast out, 09:33 that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, 09:37 who deceives the whole world; 09:39 he was cast to the earth, 09:41 and his angels were cast out with him. " 09:43 Satan has capacity to deceive. 09:46 He has been practicing for several thousand years 09:49 and we need to take heed. 09:51 We need to study God's words 09:53 so that we are ready and we are prepared 09:56 and we will be able to, by God's grace, 09:59 discern false doctrines 10:01 and discern the deception that he brings to us. 10:05 Mark Finley says in the lesson, 10:08 "Obviously, God is going to have some faithful people 10:12 in the last days, 10:13 as He has had through the ages. 10:16 However, the wording here shows just how widespread 10:19 Satan's deception really is. " 10:21 If it were possible, he would try to deceive the very elect. 10:25 Please join me in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 10:29 and we're going to start in verse 12, 10:32 1st Corinthians chapter 10... 10:33 this is what the Bible tells us, 10:35 "Therefore let him to thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. " 10:40 This is a warning for us. 10:42 "Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. " 10:46 If you think... "I've got it altogether, 10:48 I know all the doctrines... I know my Bible... 10:51 I am not going to be deceived. " 10:53 We need to be connected to the Holy Spirit 10:56 and the Holy Spirit will guide us. 10:58 Continuing on in verse 13, 11:01 "No temptation has overtaken you 11:03 except such as is common to man; 11:05 but God is faithful, 11:08 who will not allow you to be tempted 11:10 beyond what you are able, 11:12 but with the temptation will also, make the way of escape, 11:16 that you may be able to bear it. " 11:19 We can thank God that He is ready 11:21 to give us the help we need when we need it. 11:25 Proverbs 14 verse 12, 11:28 Proverbs 14:12, there's a message for us, 11:30 notice... and this is really the title for this Sunday's lesson, 11:34 "There is a way that seems right to a man, 11:38 but its end is the way of death. " 11:41 And so, the times are going to be so dangerous 11:45 that we are going to see fulfillment of things 11:49 that Jesus has mentioned. 11:50 Matthew chapter 24... 11:52 you can look in Luke chapter 23 11:54 and other places in the Bible, 11:55 Daniel... Revelation. 11:57 Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 9, 11:59 this is Scripture that we bring to your attention. 12:02 "The heart is deceitful above all things... " 12:07 what? 12:08 "The heart is deceitful above all things... " 12:11 you have a heart and so, you need to be careful 12:14 because the Bible says, 12:15 "The heart is deceitful above all things, 12:17 and desperately wicked; 12:19 who can know it?" 12:21 And this is why we should not depend on ourselves, 12:25 we need to depend on Jesus Christ. 12:28 Jeremiah 17:10, 12:30 "I, the LORD, search the heart, 12:33 I test the mind, 12:34 even to give every man according to his ways, 12:37 according to the fruit of his doings. " 12:40 So, we need to stay close to the Lord. 12:43 The Lord is our strength... 12:45 the Lord is our guide... our counselor, 12:48 and the Holy Scriptures are a lamp to our feet 12:51 and a light unto our path. 12:53 Isaiah 5:13, "Therefore my people have gone into captivity" 12:57 why? 12:58 "Because they have no knowledge. " 13:01 Why do they go into captivity? 13:03 "Because they have no knowledge; 13:05 their honorable men are famished, 13:07 and their multitude dried up with thirst. " 13:10 So, there's knowledge in the holy Scriptures 13:14 and if we take time to study... prayerfully study God's Word, 13:19 we will be protected from the deceptions 13:22 that are already all over the place. 13:25 Every wind of doctrine is blowing. 13:28 We need to... as the Bereans... go to the Bible 13:32 and see for a "thus saith the Lord. " 13:35 Panel: Amen. 13:36 Dinzey: So, are you studying the Bible daily? 13:38 Are you taking time to study... 13:40 to put yourself in the hands of the Lord 13:44 so that when deceptions come, 13:46 you have the protection of Jesus. 13:48 He is a strong tower 13:50 and our refuge and strength in time of need 13:54 and this is a time of need. 13:56 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 13:57 Perrin: Thank you Pastor Dinzey, 13:59 I'm Daniel Perrin and I'm sharing Monday's lesson 14:02 which is: The Old Lie of Immortality 14:05 and maybe you've heard the phrase, 14:07 "that couldn't be farther from the truth. " 14:10 That certainly applies to this lesson 14:12 and I want to share a statistic with you 14:15 that maybe you've heard and it is this, 14:17 ten out of ten people die 14:19 and virtually nobody likes it. 14:23 Maybe there are a few here and there, 14:26 but there is good news in God's Word about death 14:30 and there are people who don't know that there's good news 14:33 about death as they approach it 14:35 or as it's a part of their family. 14:37 They don't know what comes next 14:38 and they really have no hope at all 14:40 but the trouble is that wherever there is good news, 14:44 there is an old lie and an old liar hanging around 14:47 to trip you up. 14:49 So, the good news is this, 14:50 God alone has a life... eternal life in Himself. 14:55 We don't have it 14:56 and He gives that life to those who receive Him. 15:00 Those who die... they rest in the ground, 15:03 they rest in the grave 15:05 and they wait until the resurrection 15:07 when Jesus shall give them that life. 15:09 And so, this truth keeps us connected to God 15:12 because He's the source of our life. 15:14 The lie is this: you have life in your own self 15:18 that cannot be taken away from you. 15:20 Now, along with this lie comes several other lies 15:23 which I'll get to in a minute 15:25 but this lie disconnects you from God 15:27 because you have life in yourself, 15:29 you don't need it from another source. 15:32 And this lie comes from all sides 15:34 and for good reason. 15:35 We want to beat death... we're susceptible to this 15:39 and you find it in modern culture. 15:41 TV Sitcoms... you'll see it, people referencing... 15:45 spirits coming back... 15:46 reality shows... 15:47 documentary shows about ghost hunters 15:50 or haunted houses. 15:51 You can look through so many movies and you shouldn't. 15:55 Entire Star Wars franchise filled with spirits from the dead. 15:59 Lord of the Rings... lesser-known movies... 16:02 actors who talk about channeling spirits 16:05 to give them their power... 16:06 to give them knowledge and the ability to harness 16:09 the... the power of looking like and acting like someone. 16:12 Cartoons for children... Casper the Friendly Ghost... 16:15 The Lion King... 16:16 Disney Movies... Disney Parks... 16:18 there are ghost Lego's... ghost dolls... 16:21 there are toys designed like Ouija boards and others. 16:25 Books for children... whole series of them. 16:27 Harry Potter... 16:29 the immensely popular Goosebumps Series... 16:31 and then you take perfectly innocuous seeming children's book 16:35 and all of a sudden, in comes a witch or spiritualism. 16:38 Video games... 16:39 even the old classic Pac-Man, who is he chased by? 16:43 Ghosts... spirits from the dead. 16:45 "Not a big deal... " you say, 16:47 but suddenly, into our minds are drifting these concepts. 16:50 Halloween... not so subtle... 16:52 10.6 billion dollars spent in this country, the United States 16:55 last year on Halloween. 16:57 And then, classical culture... 16:59 Shakespeare... full of spirits from the dead. 17:01 Kids got to read the classics, we say, 17:03 No... kids got to know the truth. 17:05 You take Charles Dickens... A Christmas Carol... 17:08 one example out of many 17:10 and I don't mean to go much farther except to say that 17:12 it doesn't matter how far you go back 17:14 and what we read... what we write, 17:16 we see this stuff. 17:17 Music... a well-loved song, Ave Maria... 17:21 it's a prayer to a dead person. 17:23 We hear it in jokes... 17:25 somebody dies and they arrive at the gate 17:27 and Saint Peter is there to let them in. 17:30 Christian books... 17:32 lots of them... telling stories, 17:34 an immensely popular story called: The Shack... 17:36 a few years ago, 17:38 redefining what God is like 17:39 and this book then brings back spirits from the dead 17:42 to give messages from beyond the grave. 17:44 And that famous Christian prayer, 17:46 "Now I lay myself down to sleep, 17:48 I pray the Lord my soul to keep, 17:50 if I die before I wake, 17:52 I pray the Lord my soul to take. " 17:54 I'm just trying to say... 17:55 the enemy is doing everything possible 17:57 to turn you away from where life really comes from. 18:01 In Revelation 16:13 and 14, 18:04 take you there... 18:06 "I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 18:07 coming out of the mouth of the dragon, 18:10 out of the mouth of the beast, 18:11 and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 18:13 For they are spirits of demons, 18:15 performing signs. which go out to the kings of the earth 18:18 and the whole world, 18:20 to gather them for battle of that great day of God Almighty." 18:24 And we know there is and will be demonic deceptions 18:28 and those deceptions come with power and lies 18:32 and signs and cunning... 18:34 believable, desirable, powerful... 18:37 not grotesque because that would turn people away 18:40 but things that make you feel good. 18:42 Satan does not have the power to create life 18:44 but he can imitate it 18:46 and we see that back in Exodus 7 when the plagues began 18:50 and what did the Egyptian magicians do 18:52 by the power of Satan? 18:53 They imitated the counterfeit... 18:56 the power of God with their enchantments. 18:59 All right, and these enchant- ments are believed by those... 19:02 2nd Thessalonians 2:9 and 10, 19:05 it says, "According to the working of Satan, 19:07 with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 19:09 all unrighteous deception 19:11 received by those who did not love the truth. " 19:15 What is the truth? 19:16 All right, quick run-through, John 5:26, 19:20 "The Father has life in Himself, 19:21 grants it to the Son to have life in Himself. " 19:24 2nd Timothy 1:10, 19:27 "our Savior Jesus Christ, 19:29 abolishes death and brought life and immortality... " 19:32 we don't have it in ourselves. 19:34 Revelation 2:7, 19:35 "to him who overcomes 19:37 I will give the right to eat of the tree of life. " 19:39 It's not naturally yours. 19:41 1 Corinthians 15:53 and 54, 19:44 "this corruption must put on incorruption, 19:46 and the mortal put on immortality. " 19:49 Ecclesiastes 9:5, 19:50 and we could go through every book of the Bible almost, 19:53 "For the living know that they will die; 19:54 the dead know nothing. " 19:56 What's the result of "I accept this lie 19:58 that I have natural immortality... " 20:01 Number 1: If... if so, then sin does not bring death 20:04 and that's not what God promised in Genesis 2:7, 20:08 that what Paul says in Romans 6:23, 20:10 "The wages of sin is death... " 20:12 sin doesn't bring death if I don't die. 20:14 If... if I accept the idea that the soul is immortal, 20:18 then Jesus does not have the power to overcome sin and death. 20:21 And there is dualism... 20:23 some powers that are equally powerful 20:25 and God just could not destroy sin and death. 20:28 If I accept the immortal soul 20:31 and the Bible's teaching on a future judgment 20:33 and the second coming are not true. 20:35 But He appointed a day when He will judge... in the future, 20:39 that judgment doesn't happen the day I die, 20:41 it happens in the future. 20:43 And the second coming... 20:45 1st Thessalonians 4:16-18, 20:47 "the Lord comes with a... a shout from heaven, 20:50 with the voice of the archangel, 20:52 and with the trumpet call of God. 20:53 The dead in Christ rise first. 20:55 And then we who are alive and remain, rise up with them, 20:59 meet them in the air and thus... " 21:00 or "in this way we shall be with the Lord. " 21:03 Not in any other way other than when He comes. 21:06 If I accept that there is an eternal soul, 21:10 then, throughout all eternity, 21:12 God is going to be a cosmic torturer. 21:14 I'm enjoying eternal life over here 21:16 while over there, He... for the rest of all eternity, 21:19 is grotesquely torturing people 21:22 and there are formidable Atheists 21:24 like Robert Ingersoll for instance, 21:26 who traces his Atheism to this idea right here 21:29 and he was right. 21:30 Who wants a God who is going to torture of all time 21:32 because the Christian church 21:34 doesn't want to talk about hell because 21:36 it's... it's disgusting... 21:38 an eternal torture... and so they turn it into a metaphor. 21:42 You'll just have a bad life 21:43 or they ignore it and say there's no judgment 21:46 or they lean into a universal salvation 21:49 that God will save everybody regardless of who you are 21:52 because nobody wants to believe this. 21:54 And if we accept an eternal-soul doctrine, 21:56 then, we open the door for communication... 21:59 from demonic spirits 22:01 because... and all in the name of respecting loved ones, 22:05 we... we then open ourselves up to say 22:07 they... that they can come back from the dead 22:09 and if there is somebody coming back from the dead 22:12 to give us a message, 22:13 it's not going to be from God. 22:15 It might sound okay 22:17 because is the devil going to come giving outright lies? 22:20 He certainly could but he blends it... 22:23 he mixes it in with the truths of Christianity... 22:26 the truths of God's Word. 22:27 God promises to give us the Holy Spirit 22:29 but the enemy can certainly send an unholy spirit. 22:33 Just because a... a thought enters our mind 22:35 or because we see something with our eyes... 22:38 if it does not go along with God's Word 22:40 exactly as God gives it to us, 22:43 then we need to close the door against it 22:44 and finally here... 22:46 "If we accept an immortal soul doctrine, 22:48 then, heaven is simply a place 22:51 where there are disembodied spirits floating around 22:53 and that has gone a long way 22:55 to discourage people from even wanting to spend an eternity 22:58 in God's presence. 23:00 Listen to what Job says, 23:01 chapter 19 verses 26 and 27, 23:03 "After my skin is destroyed, this I know, 23:07 that in my flesh I will see God. 23:10 And so, Jesus... 23:12 sorry, "in my flesh, I will see God. 23:14 And I will behold in my eyes and not another. " 23:18 All right, so we go physically, as a body... 23:21 as a person in heaven. 23:23 I come now to Jesus in John 11 verses 24 to 26, 23:28 His friend Lazarus has died and He told His disciples, 23:31 "Lazarus is sleeping... " 23:33 they say, "Then he'll wake up. " 23:35 He says, "No, he has died. " 23:36 And so, He goes down to Jerusalem, 23:39 Martha says to Him, 23:41 "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection 23:43 at the last day. " 23:44 And Jesus said to her, 23:46 "I am the resurrection and the life. 23:49 He who believes in Me, 23:50 though he may die, he shall life. 23:52 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. 23:56 Do you believe this?" 23:57 Because all life comes through belief 24:00 through faith in Jesus through His Word. 24:03 It doesn't come because because of ourselves, 24:05 we don't have it on our own, 24:06 it comes through Jesus. 24:07 Panel: Amen. 24:09 Dinzey: Thank you so much. 24:10 We still have the study: 24:12 Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship... 24:13 A Call to Faithfulness... 24:14 and Grace for Obedience 24:16 and we will continue this study in a moment. 24:19 Music... 24:24 Ever wish you could watch a 3 ABN Sabbath School Panel again 24:27 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 24:30 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 24:35 A clean design makes it easy 24:38 to find the Program you are looking for. 24:40 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:43 so you can follow along. 24:45 Sharing is easy. 24:46 Just click "Share" and choose your favorite Social Media. 24:50 Share a Link... 24:51 Save a Life... for Eternity. 24:54 Dinzey: Thank you, we are back 24:56 and we are ready to continue this study with Pastor James Rafferty. 24:59 James: I have Tuesday's Lesson 25:01 and it is entitled... Babylon: The Center of Sun Worship 25:05 and we're going to be looking at as text in the Old Testament 25:08 book of Ezekiel... Ezekiel chapter 8 and verse 16, 25:12 I don't know if you realize this 25:13 but we've been talking about the first angel's message 25:16 which calls us to worship God 25:18 and points us... directs to the creation week 25:20 and also to the commandments 25:22 and specifically highlights the seventh-day Sabbath 25:24 or Saturday 25:26 but a lot of people don't realize that sun worship 25:29 or Sunday worship is not a new phenomena. 25:32 It's as old as the Bible. 25:34 In other words, you can go back into the Word of God, 25:37 back to God's people in ancient times 25:39 and find this conflict between worshipping God on the Sabbath 25:42 and worshipping the sun is present. 25:44 We're going to see that in the book of Ezekiel. 25:46 Ezekiel chapter 8 verse 16, 25:48 Ezekiel is brought in to the inner court of the Lord's house. 25:52 He is in vision now and God is showing him things 25:55 concerning the apostasy of God's people. 25:58 "And, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, 26:02 between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, 26:06 with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, 26:09 and their faces toward the east; 26:11 and they worshipped the sun toward the east. " 26:14 So, what we have here is we have God's people, 26:17 God's covenant people... God's called people 26:20 turning their back on the temple... 26:22 turning their back on the worship of God, 26:24 turning their back on the Sabbath 26:25 and worshipping the sun toward to east. 26:27 Now, when we look at this, we realize 26:29 and this is what the Quarterly brings out, 26:31 "Sun worship was prominent in Egypt, 26:33 in Assyria, in Persia, and certainly in Babylon. 26:37 In his book The Worship of Nature, 26:39 by James G. Frazer... he makes this observation that 26:42 in ancient Babylon the sun was worshipped from 26:45 immemorial antiquity. " 26:49 And that's Volume 1, page 529. 26:51 "So, it may seem surprising... " 26:53 the Quarterly goes on to say, 26:54 "but at times Babylonian sun worship 26:58 influenced the worship of God's people in the Old Testament. " 27:01 Hmmm... did you know that? 27:03 In other words, God's people were in apostasy 27:09 rejecting the commandments of God... 27:11 rejecting the faithfulness of God 27:14 before they were taken in the Babylonian captivity 27:16 and you might even say that God brought them 27:20 into Babylonian captivity 27:21 because not only of their apostasy 27:23 but because of the need that God had 27:25 to bring the light of the truth of the gospel 27:28 to the Babylonians. 27:29 God's people have failed to do this. 27:31 You might say, "Well, if they failed to do this, 27:33 why did He take them into captivity?" 27:34 Because, during that captivity, 27:36 there were those who were awakened to their need 27:39 of having a relationship with God 27:41 like Daniel, Azariah, Mishael and Hananiah, 27:46 and they were... committed themselves to the Lord 27:50 as Daniel did, 27:51 they purposed to serve God with all their heart 27:53 and God used them as evangelists. 27:55 All of them became evangelists 27:57 and they began to share the messages 27:59 of... we can call it the three angels' messages 28:02 in a sense. 28:03 They began to share the message of the everlasting gospel 28:05 with Nebuchadnezzar. 28:06 Nebuchadnezzar was the epitome of Babylon. 28:08 We were talking about the principles of Babylon, 28:11 not only in sun worship but the intoxication... 28:14 you know, Nebuchadnezzar was the first person to... 28:17 to... to act as though God had revealed things to him 28:20 that act in a manner... intoxicated 28:21 and God said, "Okay, you want to act that way, 28:23 I'm going to let you be that way for seven years. " 28:25 Nebuchadnezzar was like a mad man. 28:26 He was out there, you know, eating grass 28:28 and acting like a wild animal. 28:30 His kingdom was taken from him for seven years. 28:32 God allows us to reap the consequences of those things 28:36 that we choose to believe or to do 28:38 and that's what we see here 28:39 in the context of the three angels' messages, 28:41 but going back here... 28:42 so, you go to history past... 28:44 this is before the Christian church, 28:46 you have the church of the Hebrews... 28:48 the church of the Israelites, 28:50 and they compromised their faith 28:52 and began to worship the sun and turn their back on the Lord. 28:54 Then God brings a revival... 28:56 Jesus Christ Messiah comes... 28:57 the Holy Spirit is poured out. 28:59 Christ is sacrificed for our sins, 29:01 the early church with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 29:03 goes forth to proclaim the gospel 29:04 but as the centuries pass, guess what? 29:07 Satan comes in with his same deceptions... 29:10 that's what we're talking about here. 29:11 We're talking about Satan's final deceptions 29:13 and He decides, "You know, I was able to do it one time before, 29:18 I think I can do it again. " 29:19 And so, he begins to bring the sun worship 29:22 back into the Christian church. 29:23 How does he do it? 29:24 Well, here's what the Quarterly goes on to say: 29:26 In the early part of the fourth century, 29:30 the Roman Emperor Constantine became a "Christian. " 29:34 Oh, people were so happy, they were so excited. 29:37 Constantine... this pagan Roman emperor is becoming a Christian 29:40 and as he becomes a Christian, 29:41 he has a strong affinity that he brings with him 29:44 for sun worship 29:46 and so, what he decides to do 29:47 is he decides to bring sun worship 29:50 into his new Christian faith. 29:52 His whole army is baptized through the river 29:56 and sun... sun worship becomes a day venerated 30:00 by the "Christians faith. " 30:02 It's talked about there in: 30:03 The History and Decline of the... 30:05 and the Fall of the Roman Empire 30:06 by Edward Gibbon. 30:11 He says, "The sun was universally celebrated 30:14 as the invincible guide and the protector of Constantine. " 30:17 Constantine also passed the first "Sunday law. " 30:20 This edict stated, "On the venerable day of the Sun 30:23 let Magistrates and the people residing in the cities rest, 30:27 and let all workshops be closed. " 30:29 That was the Edict of Constantine, A.D. 321, 30:33 So, when we look at what took place in Israel 30:38 with the Hebrews, 30:39 with the apostasy and the turning away from God, 30:41 it's not surprising... as successful as that was 30:44 that we see a repeat of that taking place 30:46 in the Christian church. 30:47 Satan did in the... has done... 30:50 is doing in the New Testament what he did in the Old Testament. 30:52 He's doing now what he did with his people of old. 30:55 Ezekiel chapter 8 30:56 and there are other verses that we didn't read 30:58 but I'll just give you the references... 30:59 you can study them. 31:00 2nd Kings chapter 23 verses 5 and 11 31:03 tell us that God's people apostatized 31:05 and they started worshipping the sun... 31:08 they started following the sun worship 31:10 of the pagans around them 31:12 or those who were worshipping other deities around them 31:15 and then we find the same thing taking place 31:17 in the New Testament era. 31:19 God's people eventually apostatize... 31:22 Paul talked about this in 2nd Corinthians chapter... 31:25 1st Thessalonians chapter 2, there will be an apostasy... 31:28 a falling away from the faith 31:30 and that transition would take place in this man of sin. 31:33 Constantine began that transition. 31:36 He became a "Christian... " baptized his army 31:39 and brought in this sun worship in a way that venerated 31:44 what he has always practiced as a pagan 31:46 but made it "Christian. " 31:48 Now, a lot of people don't know that. 31:49 They think, "Oh, I worship on Sunday 31:50 because that's the day Jesus rose from the grave... " 31:52 or "I worship on Sunday because, you know, 31:54 that's the day the apostles met together and broke bread. " 31:57 By the way, they broke bread on every day of the week 31:58 not just on Sunday. 32:00 "I worship on Sunday because it's a tradition. " 32:01 "I worship on Sunday because that's what our church does. " 32:04 They don't realize that... that sun worship 32:07 goes all the way back to pagan religion 32:10 and not to biblical religion. 32:12 So, we've been looking at this message... 32:13 this everlasting gospel message 32:15 and the last call to that message is to worship Him 32:17 and we can see the reason why that call is made 32:19 is because we've forgotten what God told us to remember... 32:22 what God wanted us to remember was the seventh day, 32:25 why? 32:26 Well, the Sabbath was instituted in Eden, 32:28 It's a reminder of all that God has done for us 32:31 without us. 32:33 Like the gospel, the Sabbath teaches us 32:35 to cease from our works and rest in God's works. 32:38 It's a sign of Christ's perfect work 32:40 for freedom from slavery for us. 32:43 It's a sign of God's power of sanctification... 32:46 of His power of salvation... 32:47 of His power of eternal redemption. 32:49 Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 12, 32:51 and Isaiah 66:23, 32:53 and Deuteronomy 5:15. 32:55 The Sabbath points to God's re-creative power 32:58 reminding us that... that God spoke worlds into existence 33:00 and He can speak you... into you a new creation. 33:03 It's the creative power of God to re-create in us a new heart, 33:07 2nd Corinthians 5:17 and Psalm 51 verse 10. 33:10 On the other hand, Babylon teaches that God... 33:13 well... that God did not create the world in six literal days. 33:16 It embraces a form of evolution, 33:18 therefore, casts doubt upon the power of God 33:21 and the Sabbath as a memorial of that power. 33:23 Here's a summary of what Babylon teaches regarding creation. 33:28 US News and World Report November 4, 1996: 33:30 Did God create mankind in His image as the Bible says 33:34 or did humans evolve from animals 33:36 as Darwin theorized nearly 150 years ago? 33:38 According to John Paul the Second, 33:41 evolution may be a better explanation. 33:43 In his message to a meeting of the Academy of Sciences, 33:46 which has taken the origin of life as its theme, 33:50 the statement of John Paul reflects 33:52 the church's acceptance of evolution. 33:54 The statement is unlikely to influence Catholic schools 33:56 where evolution has been taught since the 1950s. 33:59 Indeed, reading the entire Bible literally 34:02 has not been a dominant practice among Catholics 34:04 through much of the 20th century... 34:06 and that was Time Magazine, November 4, 1996. 34:08 So, two magazines reporting on the teaching 34:11 of this church 34:13 basically saying, they've embraced evolution 34:15 and what can you expect? 34:16 Because the Sabbath is not only a sign of God's power 34:19 to... to... to... to save us... to sanctify us... 34:23 to redeem us... 34:24 it's also a sign of his creation power... 34:26 that He is the Creator 34:28 and if you reject the Sabbath, you reject the Creator 34:30 and, of course, you're going to embrace evolution. 34:33 I mean, the Bible says that God spoke and it was done... 34:36 He commanded and it stood fast. 34:37 Psalm 33 verse 9. 34:39 Part of the wine of Babylon is the idea that we evolved 34:42 which suggests that we are naturally becoming 34:45 a better species. 34:46 If we believe the theory of evolution, 34:48 we don't really need a Savior, we just need time, 34:49 time in purgatory... 34:51 time to do penance... 34:52 we just need time and we can save ourselves. 34:54 The human race is evolving... 34:55 we're getting better... 34:56 salvation from sin is just a matter of time, 34:58 not faith in a Savior, 34:59 thus, evolution and the basic teaching of Babylon, 35:03 go hand in hand. 35:04 Friends, don't drink the wine of Babylon, 35:07 come out of her My people. 35:08 Lomacang: Amen, thank you, James, 35:10 wow! this lesson is concentrated 35:12 and we're going to continue on that very vein 35:14 because you might hear a passion in all of our Speakers 35:17 and Presenters, 35:18 because this is a vitally... 35:20 it's a life-saving message. 35:21 It's not a... 35:23 it's not a doctrine that the Adventist church embraces 35:25 in lieu of all the other teachings of the Bible, 35:28 it's a message that God wants the world to know. 35:31 He wants the people of the world to know 35:33 whether you are religious or not, 35:34 or whether you are Christian or secular... 35:36 whatever the category... 35:38 everyone is going to stand in judgment one day before God. 35:40 Why stand in judgment unprepared 35:43 when an opportunity for salvation 35:44 and a way out of this city of confusion... 35:48 this fallen system of Babylon is being offered by God's Word. 35:52 And so many Christians are told not to read Revelation. 35:54 Well, if I were the devil, I'll say the same thing. 35:56 "Don't read Revelation 35:58 because you'll find out what I'm doing to you. " 36:00 Revelation reveals the massive depth and layers of deception 36:05 that has gripped the Christian world today. 36:08 Revelation reveals the dark sinister side 36:10 of Satan's system of falsehoods... 36:14 of deception... of lies... 36:16 lies... three unclean spirits 36:19 out of the mouth of the dragon, 36:21 the beast and the false prophet... 36:23 the dragon: Spiritualism, 36:24 the beast: Catholicism... 36:26 the false prophet: apostate Protestantism. 36:29 Those who at the beginning claim to be holding to the Bible 36:33 and the Bible only... 36:34 when Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation, 36:36 it was a call back to the Word of God 36:37 but it was not fully restored. 36:39 There were other teachings, Calvin... Zwingli... 36:41 Huss... Jerome... Wycliffe and the list goes on and on. 36:43 When the American Bible Society was established, 36:46 all the true doctrines had not yet been fully restored. 36:49 When the Adventist Church began in 1863, 36:51 coming out of the 1844 misunderstanding 36:53 of the second coming of Christ by William Miller, 36:56 the truth of all these doctrines had not been fully restored. 36:59 But we are living in a day and age 37:01 where they have been fully restored 37:02 and yet, there are those who have stopped somewhere along the way 37:05 and say, "I want to... I want to maintain this darkness 37:08 that was taught 1500 years ago or 1800 years ago 37:11 or 500 years ago, 37:13 like in 1920s when the whole ideology of speaking in tongues 37:16 was... was infiltrated into America, 37:18 there are those today that now instead of saying 37:21 the Holy Spirit's evidence is the fruit of the Spirit, 37:24 they say it's the gift of the Spirit. 37:26 The Lord never said, "By their gifts you'll know them... " 37:28 only by their fruits you'll know them. 37:30 And now they make "tongues" a test of faith 37:32 and "tongues" is not a test of faith, 37:34 your evidence is love, joy, peace, long suffering, 37:38 and gentleness, meekness, patience 37:40 and furthermore, you don't get a gift that you prefer, 37:43 the Holy Spirit gives the gift to whomsoever He desires. 37:47 Why give you the gift of tongues 37:49 when James and I can speak English? 37:50 Why would I need to speak to him 37:52 in something that's unintelligible? 37:53 Doesn't make any sense. 37:55 So, Christian churches today, that's called glossolalia. 37:57 Out of the mouth of the dragon, 37:59 the beast and the false prophet, 38:01 what comes out? 38:02 Deception. 38:04 So, you go to church wrapped in confusion 38:05 and God is not the author of confusion, 1st Corinthians 14 38:08 verse 33, so what's happening today? 38:09 Babylon is fallen. 38:11 That's why this lesson is entitled: 38:14 A Call to Faithfulness. 38:16 Now, where can we find our defense? 38:18 Psalm 91 and verse 4, 38:19 "He shall cover you with His feathers, 38:22 and under His wings you shall take refuge. " 38:24 Don't miss this. 38:26 "His truth shall be your shield and buckler. " 38:29 Or... your shield and defense. 38:31 Today, we are... the Christian Church is defenseless 38:36 on a large degree 38:37 because they have not accepted truth. 38:40 They have fought against truth. 38:41 Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. 38:43 Preachers say, "Forget... " 38:45 Preachers say, "We have a different day. " 38:46 Preachers say, "It was just for the Jews. " 38:48 Lies... lies and more lies. 38:50 It's Scriptural... it's established by God, 38:53 watch this, 38:55 Solomon says, 38:56 "Remember the Creator in the days of your youth. " 38:57 Every Pastor says, "Young people need to know the Lord. " 39:00 Dr. Luke says, "Remember Lot's wife. " 39:03 Not a pastor on the planet will argue with that. 39:05 But God says, "Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy... " 39:09 and the devil plugs in his demonic pastors 39:13 who say, "Don't do what God says, 39:15 follow Solomon... 39:16 follow Dr. Luke... 39:17 but don't you dare follow God's 'Remember. '" 39:20 Who do you think is behind that? 39:21 Nobody but the sinister enemy that is against the truth of God. 39:25 What has happened to the church? Isaiah 4 verse 1, 39:28 "And in that day seven women... " seven churches... 39:31 "shall take hold of one man... " the Man Christ Jesus. 39:33 "Saying... " watch, this is what happened, 39:36 "We will eat our own bread... " the bread of life, 39:39 man shall not live by bread alone, 39:41 "We'll eat our own bread... 39:42 we will wear our own apparel... " 39:44 we have our own standard of righteousness... 39:47 only thing we want from you... 39:48 "Only let us be called by your name, 39:50 to take away our reproach. " 39:53 So today, Christianity is to a large degree just a name... 39:56 but for it to be more than that, 39:58 it has to be based on God's Word. 40:00 How did something that God established to be so true 40:04 gets so distorted? 40:06 Paul the Apostle gives us some answers, 40:08 Romans 16 verse 18, 40:09 "For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, 40:14 but their own belly... " 40:16 and watch this... 40:18 "and by smooth words and flattering speech 40:21 deceive the hearts of the simple. " 40:24 There are people today that are looking to clergy for answers 40:28 but they're not getting answers. 40:29 What are they getting? 40:30 Smooth words... because these men live for their own belly. 40:35 Flattering speech... "Your ship is coming in, 40:38 God is going to give you all the blessings you need. " 40:41 Friends, don't you realize 40:43 that sometimes blessings eclipse God's presence 40:46 because if all people want from God is this divine Santa Clause, 40:50 it's just bless... bless... bless... give me... give me... give me... 40:52 they'll never understand the need for prayer. 40:54 Panel: Hmmm... 40:55 Lomacang: You don't find that in the Bible, 40:56 you don't find God pouring things in the lives of His followers. 41:00 He talked to them about denial. 41:01 "If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself... " 41:05 but God is now seen as the... the... you don't have what... 41:08 you don't have it because you don't ask... 41:09 you don't have... because you don't have enough faith. 41:13 And today, that call to faithfulness to the Word of God, 41:16 to the very thing that Jesus used in the Garden, 41:18 "Thus saith the Lord... " 41:20 is not proclaimed any longer. 41:21 Thus saith this preacher or that preacher... 41:24 tie it back to God's Word. 41:26 If the Word of God was used by Jesus 41:29 against Satan himself, 41:30 why, today, do Christian leaders not use God's Word 41:34 to... to defend themselves 41:36 against the darkness that prevails? 41:38 But what do they do instead? 41:40 The devil has done a great job, notice what he's done. 41:42 2nd Corinthians 11 verses 13 to 15, 41:44 here's why there's so much confusion. 41:47 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 41:51 transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 41:54 And no wonder!" 41:56 Or... no surprise... 41:57 "For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 42:02 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers 42:07 also, appear... or transform themselves 42:11 into ministers of righteousness, 42:13 whose end will be according to their works? " 42:17 You might say, "Wait a minute, 42:18 they can't be deceptive, they look the part. " 42:19 No, the Lord said, "Don't look at what they look at, 42:22 listen to what they say. 42:24 If they speak not according to this Word, 42:26 Isaiah 8 verse 20, 42:27 'To the law and to the testimony: 42:29 if they speak not according to this word, 42:32 it is because there is no light in them. '" 42:35 1st John 2 verses 3 and 4, 42:37 "He who says, 'I know Him... '" 42:39 let me just start with verse 3, 42:41 "And hereby we do know that we know Him, 42:43 if we keep His commandments. " 42:45 Verse 4, "He who saith, 'I know Him' 42:48 and keepeth, not his commandments is a liar, 42:50 and the truth is not in him. " 42:52 Why don't Christians desire to be safe? 42:55 Don't take the word of man... 42:57 don't even take our word, 42:58 search the Scriptures for yourselves. 43:01 We keep the Sabbath because God says so 43:03 not because it's a tenet of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 43:05 it's the tenet of the Lord Himself 43:07 established at the mouth and the end of creation. 43:11 Why would Jesus say, "Sanctify them by Your truth, 43:14 Your word is truth... " in John 17:17 43:16 if truth didn't matter? 43:17 Pilate says, "What is truth?" 43:19 So many Christians today, 43:20 take the word of Pilate over the word of Jesus. 43:22 What is truth? 43:23 The Agrippa's... "Paul, you almost persuaded me, 43:27 I'll call you at a convenient time. " 43:29 As... as was said to Paul, there's no convenient time, 43:34 the best time is right now 43:35 and so, you find today as James was saying, 43:38 there's an established sign, God is looking for the sign. 43:41 If the Lord came to the earth today, 43:43 could He find the sign in you? 43:44 He says in Ezekiel 20 and verse 12, 43:46 "I gave them my Sabbaths, 43:48 to be a sign between me and them, 43:50 that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. " 43:53 Now, let's follow that for a moment, 43:54 Christian churches today... and Shelley you know this, 43:57 they teach pretty much just justification. 43:59 That's it. 44:01 One saved... always saved. 44:02 Why don't they get the Sabbath message? 44:05 Because they don't teach sanctification. 44:08 The Sabbath is a sign of sanctification. 44:10 It is evidence that you know the Lord is sanctifying you, 44:14 but the reason you never get that is because 44:16 once saved always saved is just a message of justification. 44:19 Unsaved... sanctified... filled with the Holy Ghost, 44:21 I'm going to heaven no matter what... 44:23 that's not Scriptural. 44:25 That's why when... when Ahab was going after Elijah 44:31 and he was trying to condemn Elijah for stirring up the... 44:34 the corrupt minds of those who had departed from God, 44:37 Elijah had to say to him clearly, 44:40 "Don't blame me... " 1st Kings 18:18, 44:42 "I have not troubled Israel, 44:45 but you and your father's house have, 44:47 in that... " and this is not even new, 44:49 this is old had... 44:50 "in that you and your fathers 44:52 have forsaken the commandments of God 44:54 and have followed the Baals. " 44:56 Friends, today, Baal worship is alive and well 45:00 that's why the only way to be distinguished from worshipping 45:03 the false gods... the false days... 45:05 the false doctrines... 45:06 is in Revelation 14 verse 12. 45:09 "Here is the patience of the saints; 45:11 here are they who keep the commandments of God 45:14 and the faith of Jesus. " 45:16 You can be faithful if you simply follow God and His Word. 45:19 Shelley: Amen... thank you all so much, 45:22 I enjoyed each one of your lessons. 45:25 My name if Shelley Quinn 45:26 and I will be speaking about my favorite topic: Grace. 45:31 Thursday's Lesson is: Grace for Obedience 45:36 and so, hold on because first what I want to do is 45:39 kind of encapsulate or assimilate 45:42 everything they've said. 45:43 You know, we started off this Quarterly 45:46 with eight programs on righteousness by faith 45:51 and the first angel's message. 45:53 Now, we're into a heavy warning on the second angel's message 45:57 who's saying Babylon is fallen? 45:59 Babylon the great 46:01 is a system of apostates 46:04 that have become united. 46:07 We know it's the Papal System... 46:10 it is apostate Protestantism 46:14 and spiritualism. 46:16 And you know, what people don't realize 46:19 is that when Christian churches began keeping Sunday, 46:26 what we actually did is create a bond with the Roman Papacy 46:32 because the Catholic Church readily admits, 46:37 "Hey, we changed the Sabbath to Sunday... " 46:41 and they'll say, "There is not a single Scripture in the Bible 46:46 and you Protestants... " 46:47 they laugh at Protestants who keep Sunday 46:51 because they said, "Hey, you're actually... 46:54 it's like you're little child running away 46:56 with a picture of your mother close to your heart... " 47:00 so, what we've got to realize is that they're passing around... 47:06 we see in Revelation this woman dressed in scarlet 47:10 and purple 47:12 and she's riding on the scarlet-colored beast 47:16 and she's got this wine... this false doctrine 47:20 of a Sunday sacredness in place of God's seventh-day Sabbath. 47:27 She's got the immortality of the soul 47:31 which, guess what? 47:33 That lays the foundation for Spiritualism. 47:36 As you said, 1st Timothy 6:16 makes it clear, 47:40 God lives in unapproachable light. 47:43 He alone is immortal 47:47 but He will gift His children with immortality... 47:52 1st Corinthians 15:53 and 54 says, 47:56 at that last trumpet hallelujah. 47:59 Panel: That's right. 48:01 Shelley: So, what we're seeing 48:02 and I think James, you're the one that touched on this 48:05 more than anyone 48:07 is that... I think to me the worst apostasy 48:11 is the teaching that we can save ourselves 48:15 and that we can somehow earn salvation by works. 48:21 That flies completely 48:25 in the face of the everlasting covenant of God. 48:31 Righteousness by faith is the only answer 48:35 and if you think... I don't care what church you go to, 48:39 you may be wonderful Seventh-day Adventist 48:41 who thinks that you... because you're a vegan... 48:46 because you dress in a certain way, 48:49 because you keep your face scrubbed and no make-up on, 48:53 you think you're earning your salvation. 48:55 I actually met somebody who said, 48:58 "I'm ready to be translated... I'm a vegan... 49:02 I tithe... 49:03 I go to church and keep the Sabbath... " 49:05 and it is like never mentioning Jesus Christ. 49:09 So, I just want to make sure you understand that 49:13 when we're talking about Babylon, 49:16 we are talking about an apostate religious system 49:21 and the religious leaders... 49:24 God has a faithful people in every church, 49:28 please don't think... we are not bashing anybody 49:31 in any other Protestant denomination 49:34 or in the Catholic Church, 49:36 God has a faithful people 49:38 and He makes an appeal to these multitudes 49:42 who are still in the fallen organizations 49:46 and listen to His heart. 49:49 You know He says in Ezekiel 33:11, 49:52 "Oh... " He doesn't want anyone to die. 49:55 He says, "Turn, turn from your wicked way! 49:58 why should you die?" 49:59 And Revelation 18 verses 4 and 5, 50:03 He sends another message, here's what John says? 50:08 "I heard another voice from heaven saying, 50:11 'Come out of her, my people, 50:14 come out of Babylon... 50:17 lest you share in her sins, 50:19 lest you receive her plagues. 50:22 For her sins have reached to heaven, 50:26 and God has remembered her iniquities. '" 50:30 The Bible defines sin in 1st John 3:4, 50:34 it says, "Whoever commits sin 50:37 also commits lawlessness, 50:41 for sin is 50:43 lawlessness. " 50:44 It's to ignore God's law. 50:47 It's to transgress or break God's law. 50:52 1st John 2:4, as you said, 50:55 says, "anyone who says, 'I know Him' 50:57 and does not keep His commandments, 51:00 is a liar. " 51:01 Panel: Hmmm... 51:03 Shelley: If you say, "I know Jesus, 51:05 He's my Savior... " 51:06 but you're not keeping His commandments, 51:09 the Apostle John says, 51:11 "You are a liar and the truth is not in you. " 51:15 1st John 2:4. 51:17 Romans 14:23 adds an element to the... 51:22 to the definition of sin. 51:24 "Whatever does not originate and proceed from faith, is sin. " 51:29 We've got to have a faith... it's in the Word of God 51:34 and we've got to have a conviction 51:37 that God has approved it or it's sinful. 51:40 God's everlasting covenant of righteousness by faith... 51:45 two aspects... 51:46 the first is: Jesus' life and death. 51:52 When He died as a substitute on the cross for us, 51:55 He justified us. 51:57 If you accept Christ as your Savior, 51:59 you are accepting that He paid your penalty for sin... 52:04 that's to be justified... to be declared innocent... 52:09 that you are acquitted 52:11 because His righteousness is credited to you 52:15 but the second aspect of righteousness by faith 52:20 is sanctification. 52:22 God's not just going to deliver us from the penalty of sin, 52:27 He came to destroy the works of the devil, 52:30 He is going to deliver us from the power of sin 52:34 and He... you know, Psalm 85:10 52:38 says that mercy and truth met together... 52:42 that righteousness and peace kissed... 52:45 this happened at the cross 52:47 and it goes on in verse 13 of Psalm 85, 52:51 that says righteousness goes before Him 52:54 and makes His footsteps our pathway. 52:57 Here's the deal, we are saved by grace through faith. 53:00 Do you know what grace is? 53:03 The unearned... undeserved gifts of God. 53:06 Do you know what the three greatest gifts of grace are? 53:09 You've got to understand the gifts of grace 53:12 to understand the effects of grace. 53:14 Jesus Christ is the greatest gift of grace 53:17 that God ever gave to the world. 53:19 "For God so loved the world 53:21 that He gave His one and only begotten covenant Son. " 53:24 Then, we've got the Holy Spirit... 53:28 the... the power from on high... 53:31 that's the second-greatest gift of grace and the Word. 53:36 So, let's look... the Word gives us grace for obedience. 53:41 We've got to have faith in God's Word. 53:43 Romans 10:17 says, 53:45 "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word. " 53:48 And in Romans 12:2, Paul says, 53:51 "Don't be conformed to this world, 53:53 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. " 53:57 How is your mind going to be renewed 54:00 so that as he puts it, you could prove 54:02 what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God? 54:06 Right here in the Word. 54:08 That's why Jesus said in John 17:17, 54:11 "Sanctify them... set them apart from evil... " 54:14 "By your word... your truth, your word is truth. " 54:17 The Holy Spirit gives us grace for obedience. 54:22 He's given to all who accept Christ as their Savior. 54:26 He teaches us... He empowers us... 54:29 the Bible tells us in Philippians 2:13 54:31 that God works in us to will and to do His good pleasure. 54:37 So, how is God working in us? 54:39 Oh, I love what Paul said in Ephesians 3:16, 54:44 he's praying and he says, 54:45 "O, I pray that God would grant you 54:47 according to the riches of His glory, 54:49 to be strengthened with might... with dynamite... 54:53 Dunamis power through His Spirit in your inner man. " 54:57 And then he goes on and he says, 54:59 "that... so that Christ can dwell in your heart 55:02 through faith. " 55:03 See, when the Holy Spirit is in you, 55:05 Christ is dwelling in your heart through faith. 55:09 Then you understand the love of God 55:12 and Jesus is grace for obedience... 55:15 He came to save us from our sins. 55:18 I've got to say this, Hebrews 7:22, 55:20 "He is the surety of the covenant. " 55:23 He's the surety from God to us. 55:25 He guarantees from God to us 55:26 because 2nd Corinthians 1:20 says all of God's promises 55:30 are "yes" and "amen" in Christ 55:32 and we've already looked at Philippians 2:13, 55:36 He's the surety from us to God that He's going to work in us 55:40 to will and to do His good pleasure. 55:43 You can only obey by grace. 55:47 Panel: Amen... amen. 55:48 Dinzey: Amen, what a blessing it has been 55:50 to hear each and every one of you 55:52 and we'd like you give each a moment 55:53 to give a final thought for our brothers and sisters here. 55:57 Perrin: Yes, for every lie has to be exposed 56:01 no matter how slight... 56:02 no matter how insignificant it might seem, 56:05 because heaven is all truth, 56:07 God is all truth 56:09 and God loves you enough, 56:10 God loves me enough... 56:12 each of us enough to say, 56:13 "I'm going to send these messages through angels... 56:16 through people to expose what is not true 56:18 and lead you to the truth. 56:19 Rafferty: Amen... Satan's final deceptions 56:22 are the same as they always have been, 56:24 you know, he is the center of any kind of worship 56:27 that is outside the Word of God. 56:28 Our only safety... Revelation 14 and verse 4, 56:32 follow the Lamb wherever He goes. 56:34 Panel: Amen. 56:35 Lomacang: That's right and the Bible makes it clear 56:36 in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 11, 56:39 there will be those who receive strong delusions 56:42 not because God wants to delude them, 56:44 but because they do not receive a love of the truth 56:47 that they might be saved. 56:48 It's not enough to even know the truth. 56:50 We have to fall in love with Christ and His truth 56:54 to be shielded from deception. 56:56 Shelley: Ephesians 2... 56:58 it tells us that we are saved by grace through faith. 57:01 I want to encourage you... 57:04 if you're in a church that's not following the Word 57:07 or if you're not sure, 57:08 you've got to get into the Word for yourself 57:11 to find out... but step out in faith. 57:13 God... by His grace... 57:15 by the power of Jesus Christ living in you... 57:18 by the Holy Spirit dwelling within you, 57:21 and by the Word of God, 57:22 you can walk in obedience and please God. 57:27 Dinzey: Amen... amen... 57:28 well, we thank Sister Shelley Quinn... 57:30 Pastor John Lomacang... 57:32 Pastor James Rafferty 57:33 and Pastor Daniel Perrin 57:34 and we want to thank you for joining us. 57:36 I would like to leave you with the words of Jesus 57:37 found in John chapter 16 and it says in verses 1 and 2, 57:42 "These things I have spoken to you, 57:45 that you should not be made to stumble. 57:47 They will put you out of the synagogues; 57:49 yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you 57:52 will think that he offers God service. " 57:55 This is going to happen again 57:56 so I encourage you to stay close to the Lord, 57:58 follow Him with all of your heart. 58:00 Next Lesson is Number 11: 58:02 The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast, Part 1, 58:05 we'll see you then. |
Revised 2023-08-23