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00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:28 Removing pain 00:33 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:54 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today 01:17 Bible Q and A Bible question and answer. 01:20 We're so glad that you have joined us. 01:21 You know, we enjoy spending this time with you 01:23 each and every week. 01:25 And thank you so much 01:26 for your interest in this program. 01:28 We have been inundated, 01:29 which is a great problem 01:30 with questions and comments from you. 01:32 So thank you so very much for participating with us 01:35 in this Bible Q and A program. 01:36 In case you're brand new to this program, 01:38 we try to answer rapid fire, as we say, in an hour's time, 01:42 maybe 20 or so questions. 01:44 And again, we have different guests 01:46 who are really part of the 3ABN family here. 01:49 And God has given each one incredible knowledge 01:51 and each one enjoy studying the Word of God. 01:54 But I just wanna say thank you for being a part of our family, 01:57 you know, without you 3ABN would not be here. 02:00 So we wanna say, thank you for your prayers 02:02 and financial support for this ministry, 02:04 because technically it's God's ministry. 02:07 He's the captain of the ship. 02:08 And all of us that includes you 02:10 have the privilege and opportunity of helping 02:13 to spread this gospel around the world. 02:15 And we're hearing from people too, 02:16 that are viewing this program 02:18 that maybe are not Seventh-day Adventist Christians. 02:20 And they're just finding out about Bible truths 02:21 and they're just studying the Word of God. 02:24 And again, we answer these questions 02:25 in about two minutes or so. 02:27 So a lot of people are then taking that answer 02:28 and then they're just delving in even more 02:30 and studying more in depth. 02:31 And it's so exciting to hear, 02:33 but if you do have questions or comments, 02:34 you can always send us an email at BibleQA@3abn.org 02:40 or you can send a text message, 02:42 and that number is (618) 228-3975. 02:46 And we have some people that are submitting questions 02:48 via social media, 02:49 which is great 'cause you can follow 3ABN on Instagram, 02:52 on Facebook and many other ways. 02:54 But if you want to, 02:56 I have the little address here for Instagram, 3ABN_official. 03:01 You can submit questions that way to us as well. 03:04 That's 3ABN_official. 03:07 But we're again so glad you joined us today. 03:09 And I'm here on the show, Pastor Lomacang. 03:11 So good to have you here, Pastor. 03:13 This is a fun program, rapid fire, 03:15 because we love to stretch our answers, 03:17 but it's kind of making us distill it 03:19 down to the most relevant parts of it. 03:21 Well, I mean, God's given all of you gifts, 03:22 but I think, Pastor, you know, 03:24 you can answer these questions so fast. 03:25 God's given you incredible gift or you can expound upon it 03:28 and preach an hour sermon too, 03:29 you know, so it's just a great balance. 03:31 So thank you so much. 03:32 Pastor Johnny, good to have you here with us, sir. 03:35 It's a blessing to be here. 03:36 Blessing to be here. 03:37 Amen. 03:39 And, Jill, good to have you here. 03:40 It's weird to call you Jill. 03:41 I always call her sweetie or honey, 03:43 'cause she's my wife of almost 19 years, 03:45 but so good to have you on the set today as well. 03:46 Thank you so much sweetheart. 03:48 I'll call you sweetheart. 03:49 Okay, there you go. 03:51 I just love to open up the Word of God and study, 03:52 so what a privilege. 03:54 Yeah, absolutely. 03:55 You know, before we go into the first question, 03:57 Pastor John, I'm going to have you open with prayer, 03:59 but just before we go to opening prayer, 04:01 this past week, great sermon, 04:03 or I guess when this aired actually 04:04 maybe just a couple of weeks ago, 04:06 we can go to TVâ | 04:07 sdac.org. 04:09 To get this sermon, 04:11 but it's great because it has to do 04:12 with the study of the Word of God. 04:13 So give us just a real quick synopsis 04:15 of this message? 04:16 It's about our thoughts and our imaginations. 04:19 A lot of times we don't know why we do what we do, 04:22 but it begins in our thoughts 04:24 and then also in our imaginations. 04:26 And that was the sin 04:27 that condemned the antediluvian world. 04:29 So you may wanna go to that website tvsdac.org 04:34 and look for the message entitled, 04:35 "Just My Imaginations." 04:36 And it comes from an old song 04:39 that when I used to be a disc jockey, 04:40 it kind of lays the foundation. 04:42 That's all I'm going to tell you about it. 04:43 Amen. 04:44 But you talked about also 04:46 the study of the Word of God, right? 04:47 So that's what we're doing today. 04:49 Oh, yeah. Open the Word of God. 04:50 The Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts 04:52 and intentions of our hearts. 04:53 Amen. 04:54 And that's what the antediluvian failed in. 04:56 Yeah, absolutely. So yes. 04:58 Thank you very much, Pastor, 04:59 again for preaching that message. 05:01 But let's open in prayer, please. 05:02 Loving Father in heaven, we thank You. 05:03 It is Your Word, we are Your servants. 05:05 Speak to us, Lord, send Your Holy Spirit. 05:08 We have intellect, 05:09 but what is it without the power 05:11 and strength and guidance 05:12 of the one who inspired this Word 05:15 and spoke to the holy men. 05:16 Speak to us today, Lord, 05:18 that Your people may hear what the Spirit says 05:21 to the churches, in Jesus' name we pray. 05:24 Amen. Amen. 05:25 Amen. 05:26 I want to encourage you at home to get your Bible 05:29 and get a pen and paper 05:30 or your electronic device, take notes, 05:32 follow along and then do your study as well 05:35 because God has so much treasure in His Word. 05:38 And that's something that I always 05:39 like to do is before we start, 05:40 and that is read 2 Timothy 2:15, quote it, 05:43 "Study to show thyself approved unto God, 05:46 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 05:49 rightly dividing the word of truth." 05:51 Amen to that. 05:53 Pastor John, a lot of great questions have come in 05:55 and let's start with this one. 05:58 "The New Testament states, 06:00 a woman is free from the law of her husband 06:03 after he dies. 06:05 The Old Testament states that God hates divorce. 06:08 Moses approved it 06:10 because of the hardness of the heart. 06:15 What's Christ's answered to the question 06:16 on this subject." 06:17 And this comes from Vivian. 06:19 Yes. 06:20 This is a beautiful topic because it's really, 06:23 a lot of what we do hinges on the answer here, 06:26 but let's first talk about the woman who is free 06:28 from the law of her husband after he dies. 06:30 Now, the law of her husband is often misconstrued 06:33 to believe by many that it's the law of God, 06:37 but that's not the case. 06:38 It's a law of her husband. 06:39 You'll find the Bible talks about the natural husband 06:42 and the spiritual husband. 06:44 Christ is the husband man. 06:46 Well, when you're married to Him, 06:47 He has a law also. 06:49 But when Eve fell into sin, we find in Genesis 3:16, 06:52 these words from God, 06:55 He said to her, to the woman, he said, 06:57 "I will greatly multiply your sorrow 07:00 and your conception, 07:01 in pain you shall bring forth children." 07:03 And this is the law of the husband. 07:05 Your desire shall be for your husband 07:08 and he shall rule over you. 07:11 That rulership is now taken by Paul 07:14 to now incorporate that 07:15 in why we do what we do the law of sin. 07:19 And Paul talks about it as the law of sin and death. 07:22 Let's go to Romans Chapter 6, 07:23 to see the other component of that. 07:25 Because Roman 6 now builds on this whole ideology saying, 07:29 you're gonna do what you do as long as you're married 07:31 to that old man of sin. 07:32 Romans 6:6 and 7, 07:34 "Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, 07:37 that the body of sin might be done away with, 07:40 that we should no longer be slaves to sin. 07:42 For He who has died has been freed from sin." 07:46 So when we die, 07:48 when that old man is no longer reigning over us, 07:50 we are now free to marry a new man. 07:53 And that's what Paul meant when he said in Roman 7:2 07:57 "For the woman who has a husband 07:58 is bound by the law to her husband, 08:00 as long as he lives. 08:01 But if the husband dies, 08:03 she is released from the law of her husband." 08:05 Meaning the controlling power of sin. 08:07 So then if while her husband lives, 08:11 she marries another man, 08:12 she will be called an adulterous. 08:13 Meaning if she tries to live a righteous life 08:16 while being married to that old nature 08:18 is not gonna work. 08:19 Christ is not, 08:21 He's not in that relationship, but what happens, 08:23 but if he dies, but if her husband dies, 08:26 she is free from the law 08:27 so that she is not adulterous 08:29 although she has married another man. 08:31 Meaning now that old man of sin is dead, 08:34 now she's free to marry the new husband Christ 08:37 and the offspring or her fruit will be righteousness 08:40 because of that new man who is Christ. 08:42 Wow. Amen. 08:44 Incredible. Thank you, Pastor. 08:45 Great answer in two minutes. 08:48 That's a great full squeeze right there. 08:50 Amen. So thank you. 08:51 Praise the Lord, Pastor Johnny, 08:53 great question here from Lonnie from Washington. 08:55 "Where did Jehu come from? 08:58 And can you tell me more about him?" 09:01 Well, one of those funny answers came to my mind. 09:04 He said, well, he came from his mother 09:05 and from the Lord, the first time I heard that. 09:08 But let's go to... Which is a true answer. 09:10 Which is the true answer. 09:11 But you know, there's not much discussion about Jehu 09:15 like you talk about Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Moses, 09:20 but yes, in 1 Kings 16:1, it says, 09:22 "Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, 09:25 the son of Hanani against Basha saying..." 09:29 And so, he was a prophet and a prophet of the Lord. 09:33 Now it's interesting that his father Hanani 09:36 was also a prophet. 09:38 What we found in looking at this is that Jehu 09:43 when this particular passage is recorded, 09:47 apparently lived a long time. 09:48 And this was when he was very young, 09:50 that he came to rebuke the king. 09:53 A message from the Lord. 09:55 And you know, when you're talking 09:57 about prophets coming to rebuke a king, 09:58 their lives were in danger. 10:00 Absolutely. 10:01 Their lives were in danger, but he did not flinch. 10:03 He went courageously and rebuked the king, 10:07 just like his father has done as well. 10:09 And apparently he lived a long time 10:11 because when you go to all the way to... 10:15 It's 1 Kings, 10:19 no 2 Chronicles Chapter 16. 10:24 We see here a reference to Jehu again, 10:27 and he apparently wrote 10:29 the history or annals of Jehoshaphat. 10:34 I'm sorry 2 Chronicles Chapter 19, 10:36 actually 2 Chronicles Chapter 19. 10:39 And you go to verse 2 and almost have it. 10:44 And it says here "And Jehu, the son of Hanani, 10:47 the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, 10:50 'Should you help the wicked 10:52 and love those who hate the Lord? 10:55 Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you. 10:59 Nevertheless, good things are found in you 11:02 in that you have removed the wooden image from the land 11:05 and have prepared your heart to seek God.'" 11:08 So this is what we can share 11:10 in the amount of time that we have. 11:12 And there's not really not much about him. 11:14 Yeah. Okay. 11:15 This comes from Bruce. 11:17 Thank you, Bruce for this question. 11:19 "And, Jill, please explain to me Hebrews 10:26?" 11:24 That's a good question, Bruce. 11:25 Let's read the verse in question. 11:27 Hebrews 10:26 says, 11:29 "If we sin willfully, 11:31 after we have received the knowledge of the truth, 11:33 there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins." 11:37 Now there might be several interpretations 11:39 to this verse, 11:41 but I'm gonna give you 11:42 the one that I feel really resonates with me. 11:46 Can God forgive willful sin? 11:48 Absolutely. 11:50 Because that's why Christ came. 11:51 Adam willfully ate of the apple. 11:53 That's right. 11:55 David willfully took Bathsheba 11:57 and he willfully had her husband murdered. 12:01 You and I have willfully at times stepped into sin. 12:05 God forgives us. 12:07 Romans 6:23, 12:08 "The wages of sin is death, 12:10 but the gift of God is eternal life 12:11 through Christ Jesus, our Lord." 12:13 We also know 1 John 1:9 12:14 "If we confess our sins, 12:16 He's faithful and just to forgive us." 12:18 So what is the context of Hebrews Chapter 10? 12:22 It's all about the insufficiency 12:23 of the animal sacrifices 12:25 in the Old Covenant versus Jesus' blood. 12:29 And Jesus' sacrifice in the New Covenant. 12:33 We see the shadows and types of the Old Covenant. 12:35 We see the Levitical priesthood and in Hebrews 10, 12:38 we see that Jesus is the high priest. 12:41 We see the earthly sanctuary and in Hebrews 10, 12:44 we see that there's a heavenly sanctuary. 12:46 We see the animal sacrifices and it's impossible 12:50 for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin. 12:53 But in Hebrews 10, 12:54 we see that Jesus is the Lamb of God 12:57 and He offered one sacrifice for sin forever. 13:02 And He sat down at the right hand of God. 13:04 So what is the willful sin here? 13:06 I believe it's saying 13:08 if after understanding the New Covenant, 13:10 we understand that Jesus is the only way to salvation. 13:13 We understand that Jesus' blood 13:16 cleanses you and I from all sin. 13:18 If we go back to the Old Covenant, 13:20 to the sacrificial system 13:21 to any other way for salvation, 13:24 other than the Lord, Jesus Christ, 13:26 then therefore there remains no sacrifice for sin. 13:30 Wow. 13:31 Thank you very much. Yeah. 13:33 Good answer. Yeah. 13:34 That was very good. Yes. 13:35 Excellent. Praise the Lord. 13:37 Pastor John, this one comes from Washington. 13:39 "Why does Jesus tell His disciples in Luke 22:36, 13:44 that he who had no sword 13:46 was to sell his garment and buy a sword?" 13:49 Okay. 13:50 Well, the point of the matter 13:52 is the Lord was talking about provision. 13:56 Provision that could not be supplied 13:58 by anyone else other than by the Lord. 14:01 Okay. 14:02 And you find the sword in fact was an instrument of war. 14:06 True. 14:07 But the Lord was not advocating that 14:09 because when Peter pulled out his sword, 14:11 which he had cut off the ear of the soldier, 14:14 he said, put up your sword. 14:16 Lord is not saying you need to go out 14:18 and start killing people. 14:19 But it had a symbolic application 14:22 because we find in Hebrews 4:12, 14:24 "For the word of God is living and powerful 14:28 and sharper than any two-edged sword 14:31 piercing to the division of soul and spirit 14:34 and of joints and marrows." 14:35 And as a discerner of the thoughts 14:37 and intents of the heart, not only that, 14:40 but the Lord continued to amplify the need. 14:42 Now the sword that He was referring to 14:44 was you need defense. 14:46 If you look at the entire whole armor of God 14:49 in Ephesians 6, all of the armor is defensive. 14:52 The sword is the only offensive part of it. 14:55 In other words, you can have a helmet, a shield. 14:56 You could be fully dressed 14:58 in the regalia of a military person, 15:00 but if you have no weapon, you're in trouble. 15:03 You might say what a good looking... 15:06 What's the word there? 15:08 What a good looking carcass so to speak, I'm using, right? 15:11 What a good looking person that he's just going to die. 15:14 He looks good, but he has nothing to defend himself. 15:16 What the Lord was in essence saying is 15:18 whatever you do put aside anything you have 15:21 and make sure that you do not go out 15:23 without a sword 15:25 because there will be no defense. 15:27 And that's why Ephesians 6:17, 15:30 "The sword of the spirit is the word of God." 15:33 Revelation 2:16, the Lord says, 15:36 "I will come quickly and will fight against them 15:38 with the sword of My mouth." 15:40 So the gospel went forth as a sword piercing, 15:44 cutting away sin, 15:45 cutting away unrighteousness 15:48 because the disciples equipped themselves 15:50 with the Word of God coming from their mouth. 15:53 Wow. Amen. 15:54 Amen. Thank you, Pastor. 15:56 Great answer. 15:58 Pastor Johnny, a question here from Sherry, Pennsylvania. 16:01 Thank you so much for submitting this. 16:03 "Is Isaiah 17:1, 16:06 a future prophecy or is it conditional?" 16:10 That is a good question. 16:12 I will read Isaiah 17:1, 16:15 "The burden against Damascus the Bible says, 16:18 'Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city 16:21 and it will be a ruinous heap.'" 16:23 The question is, 16:24 is that a future prophecy or a conditional? 16:26 Yes. 16:30 The reason I give is because Jeremiah 18:7-10 16:34 is where God explains 16:37 how He does what He does and why He does what he does. 16:41 It says there, the instant I speak concerning a nation 16:44 and concerning a kingdom to pluck it up, 16:46 to pull down or to destroy it. 16:48 If that nation against whom I have spoken 16:50 turns from its evil, 16:51 I will relent of the disaster 16:53 that I thought to bring upon it. 16:55 So this is conditional. 16:56 Now notice what happens 16:58 in the other instance in verse 9, 17:00 "And the instant I speak concerning a nation 17:02 and concerning a kingdom 17:04 to build and to plant it, like Israel, 17:06 if it does evil in my sight 17:08 so that it does not obey my voice, 17:10 then I will relent concerning the good 17:13 with which I said I would benefit it." 17:16 Yes. 17:17 Damascus was destroyed. 17:19 It became a ruinous heap, but apparently it was rebuilt. 17:24 And this is, but I do wanna give the answer 17:26 the reason why God had saw the need to destroy it. 17:31 It says in Isaiah 17:10, and I have to say this as well. 17:35 Damascus, Israel had joined Damascus 17:39 for a period of time to fight against other nations. 17:43 And this prophecy presents extensive punishment. 17:48 Now notice Isaiah 17:10, 17:50 because you have forgotten the God of your salvation. 17:55 So it is not that God takes upon Himself, 17:57 I think I'll destroy this nation today. 17:59 No, it's because appeals have been made repeatedly 18:02 to that nation and that nation refuses to repent. 18:05 Then the Lord has to take action 18:06 based on their actions. 18:08 Hmm. Wow. Very good. 18:10 Yeah. Thank you, Pastor Johnny. 18:11 And thank you for submitting that question. 18:14 Jill, this is, you know, 18:16 my heart goes out to this person here. 18:17 This is a question it's based off 18:19 of Exodus 19:5-6. 18:21 "1 Peter 2:9 talks about us being God's special treasure, 18:26 a royal priesthood, a holy people. 18:28 I know God's Word is true, for He cannot lie, 18:31 but I don't feel like royalty. 18:34 Everything I do I question myself. 18:37 I don't feel like I'm doing enough. 18:40 Not being totally obedient, calling myself a hypocrite. 18:44 Am I working for my salvation? 18:45 Even though I know salvation is not of works." 18:49 Wow. 18:50 Thank you so much, Sherry, for that question. 18:52 Let's read those verses in reference first. 18:54 In 1 Peter 2:9, it says, 18:56 "But you are a chosen generation, 18:59 a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 19:02 His own special people 19:04 that you may proclaim the praises of Him 19:05 who called you out of darkness 19:07 into this marvelous light." 19:09 And, of course, Exodus 19:5 says 19:12 "Now, therefore, if you will indeed 19:14 obey my voice and keep my covenant, 19:17 then you shall be a special treasure 19:19 to me above all people for all the earth is mine." 19:25 What I would tell you, Sherry, 19:27 and any one of you who struggle with 19:29 whether you really are a chosen generation, 19:32 are you royalty, can God forgive you. 19:34 Can you be God's own special people? 19:36 Are you being hypocritical? 19:38 I would tell you to walk 19:40 by the authority of the Word of God. 19:42 That's right. 19:44 Don't walk by how you feel. 19:45 Walk by faith in the authority of God's Word. 19:50 You see our Christian walk is not based on feeling, 19:52 it is based on faith. 19:54 And by faith, we accept what God's Word says about us. 19:58 1 John 1:9. 20:00 I'm gonna give you some scriptures. 20:01 We won't read them, but you can jot them down. 20:03 1 John 1:9, God's Word says, you are forgiven. 20:07 1 John 3:1, 20:09 God's Word says, you can be a child of the king. 20:14 Romans 8:15. 20:16 God's Word says, you are adopted. 20:20 Romans 8:1, God's Word says, 20:22 you might feel as if you're under condemnation, 20:25 but you don't have to walk under that condemnation. 20:29 Romans 8:13, 20:31 you might feel that you have no victory over sin, 20:33 but God's Word says His spirit will give you victory over sin. 20:37 John 14:27. 20:39 You might feel that there's no peace in your life, 20:41 but God's Word says, He will give you peace. 20:44 Psalm 16:11. 20:45 You might feel that you're depressed 20:47 and there's no joy, 20:48 but God's Word says He will give you joy. 20:50 Ephesians 1:4, you might feel, well, 20:53 I'm not chosen or I'm not redeemed, 20:55 or I can't be holy, 20:56 but God's Word says 20:58 you are accepted and redeemed and holy and forgiven in Jesus. 21:02 So just accept by faith what God's Word says about you. 21:06 Amen. Wow. 21:07 Praise the Lord. 21:08 That's really, really encouraging. 21:10 I want to tell you, in case you've just joined us. 21:12 You're watching 3ABN Today, Bible Q and A. 21:14 We would just want to say welcome to this program. 21:17 And if you have any questions or comments 21:19 in your study of the Word, 21:20 or if there's something that's always been 21:22 and your brain like, oh, I don't quite understand that. 21:23 Feel free to contact us. 21:25 You can do it several ways. 21:26 One is BibleQA@3abn.org 21:29 You're welcome to text us. 21:31 Grab your cell phone and text us at (618) 228-3975. 21:35 Or as we mentioned a few minutes ago, 21:36 you can also let us know 21:38 a question or comment through Instagram. 21:39 And that is 3abn_official. 21:43 And you can send a question or comment 21:45 that way as well. 21:46 And I wanna just, I mean, this program goes by so fast. 21:48 We're almost halfway through, 21:50 so this may be a great time 21:51 just to take a little water break right now, 21:54 before we'll start taking more notes 21:55 as we go into another batch of questions here. 21:58 But I just wanna say thank you to the crew that worked so hard 22:00 to make this program happen as well. 22:02 Appreciate Jorge and his leadership 22:04 of the production department, but Ladonna who gets, 22:06 fills all these questions 22:08 that come in and just wonderful. 22:09 So thank you for submitting them, 22:11 but thank you for the crew that works 22:12 so hard on the camera and the control room 22:14 to make this program a possibility. 22:16 But utmost, we thank the Lord Jesus Christ 22:18 for providing for our needs 22:20 to bring you these truths in this time in history. 22:23 It's absolutely incredible. 22:24 Pastor John, I think let's go to this question. 22:26 It's a really good one. 22:28 It's referring to the rich man and Lazarus. 22:29 Okay. 22:31 And this comes from Theresa in Virginia. 22:32 And here's her question. 22:34 "Can you explain Luke 16:19-31 22:40 about the rich man and Lazarus, 22:41 something that's why you can be in heaven and in hell? 22:45 Well, the rich man and Lazarus is a parable 22:47 for a number of obvious reasons. 22:49 One, the Bible doesn't teach that we die and go to heaven. 22:52 The Bible teaches, we die and are buried. 22:54 And we wait in the grave for the resurrection. 22:56 John 5:28-29, 22:58 "All that are in the graves will hear His voice 23:01 and will come forth. 23:02 Those that have done good to the resurrection of life, 23:05 those that have done evil 23:06 to the resurrection of condemnation." 23:08 So the grave is the place. 23:09 Job says in Job 14, 23:11 "Oh, that you would hide me in the grave 23:12 that you would conceal me until your wrath has passed, 23:14 that you will appoint me a set time and remember me." 23:17 Psalms 146:4, 23:19 "His breath goes forth, he returns to this earth, 23:21 in that very day his plans perish. 23:24 Psalms 115:17, 23:26 "The dead do not praise the Lord, 23:28 neither any that go down into silence." 23:30 So the Bible is clear about what happens. 23:32 The living know that they will die, 23:33 but the dead know not anything. 23:35 Ecclesiastes 9:5-6. 23:37 But this parable is talking about, 23:40 if you read this parable 23:41 and you delete all that the Bible says, 23:43 it sounds like men are conscious, 23:44 they're communicating. 23:46 There's a great gulf, they can see each other. 23:48 This was a parable of Christ to the rich men 23:52 and who did Lazarus represent? 23:54 Lazarus represented those that the rich man ignored, 23:57 but who did not ignore the rich, 23:59 who did not ignore Lazarus, the dogs. 24:02 And when you follow this language in the Bible, 24:04 you find that the Pharisees 24:06 often referred to the Gentiles as dogs. 24:09 Why do we give out the children's food to dogs? 24:12 Why do we cast the pearl to the swine? 24:14 The Pharisees and scribes looked at themselves 24:17 as so exclusive that no one had any salvation outside of them. 24:21 That's why the Bible starts by talking about the rich man 24:25 that had purple and fine linen. 24:27 What was that? 24:29 Exodus 28:15. 24:31 It's the very garments of those who were in the priest, 24:34 in the priesthood. 24:36 "You shall make the breastplate of fine judgment." 24:39 Exodus 28:15, 24:41 "Artistically woven 24:43 according to the workmanship of the ephod, 24:46 you shall make it gold, blue, 24:49 purple and scarlet thread, 24:52 and fine woven linen, you shall make it." 24:55 So right away, the Lord made it really clear. 24:57 I'm talking about the priestly system. 25:00 You find, I talked about the dogs in Matthew 7:6 and 27. 25:04 How the Pharisees made it clear, 25:06 don't cast the children's food to the dogs, 25:08 but they had something else. 25:10 What was falling from the rich man's table? 25:12 Crumbs. 25:13 Well, what does the crumbs represent? 25:16 Crumbs come from bread. 25:17 They had a bread of life, but they wouldn't share it. 25:20 But what did the dogs do? 25:22 The dogs saw the needs of those 25:24 who were rejected by the well-to-do 25:28 by the Pharisees, by the Sadducees, 25:30 by those who had the Word of God, 25:31 but not share it. 25:33 And the dogs or the Gentiles 25:35 took care of the needs of the people 25:37 that were overlooked by those who had the proper doctrines. 25:40 It's a really sad rebuke. 25:43 But lastly, five brothers, why five brothers? 25:47 Because the first five books of the Bible, 25:49 the Pentateuch were the place where the Jews had their pride. 25:52 And they said, we have five brothers, 25:54 warn them less a worst thing come upon them. 25:57 And lastly, if in fact you were in fires, 26:00 I guarantee you that 26:05 by no means one drop of water cool your tongue, 26:09 you are in fires being tormented endlessly. 26:13 The nutshell of it is, 26:14 here's the reason for the story. 26:17 Don't ignore the needs of others 26:19 and think that your doctrinal beliefs 26:21 is all that is needed to be saved. 26:23 That's a nutshell of it. That's good. 26:24 You know, and we always have just a little bit extra time. 26:26 So, Pastor, I'm gonna just actually 26:28 just hang on this just real quick, 26:29 and we'll go to you, Pastor Johnny. 26:30 Why did Jesus speak in parables? 26:32 Why did He do this and tell stories? 26:33 What was the reason, 26:35 instead of just like here it is just like this? 26:36 Well, parables are hidden messages 26:39 and the hidden messages. 26:40 He's spoken many parables to the multitudes. 26:42 But when the disciples came silently, 26:45 He explained to them 26:46 like the parable of the sower that went forth to sow. 26:49 He hid His messages 26:51 because people would have been able 26:53 to single Him out. 26:55 That's why He began by saying the kingdom of God is at hand. 26:58 So later on, He says the kingdom of, 27:00 the kingdom of heaven. 27:01 He said us, in the kingdom of heaven 27:02 is at hand and later the kingdom of God, 27:04 because now after being revealed 27:06 to be the Son of God, He associated Himself with God. 27:09 So He hid the messages in parables, 27:12 but those to whom he spoke it, they knew... 27:15 They knew, yeah, it's powerful. 27:17 Like at a time when they were, 27:18 in a time of sowing seeds in the field planting, He said, 27:22 "A soul went forth to sow." 27:23 And what could the people see in the background? 27:25 Somebody sowing heaps, and they never forgot it. 27:28 Yeah, I think it was beautiful too about Christ, 27:29 Pastor Johnny, as I think about Him and, 27:31 you know, giving these stories if we may say. 27:33 I remember as a child, 27:34 these stories being read to me before I could read, 27:36 well, you would understand that concept 27:37 even as a small child, right, 3, 4, 5? 27:39 But as you grow older, 27:41 you understand there's more depth 27:42 to that more and more. 27:43 So it's amazing 'cause it just crossed 27:45 so many age groups and so much education, 27:46 it's powerful. 27:48 And one quick thing, 27:49 I found out that when you study the Bible, 27:50 I mean, it's deeper than actually we even thought 27:52 the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, 27:53 because they mentioned five. 27:55 The number five is a measurement of usage 27:59 in building the sanctuary. 28:01 Everything is measured by fives. 28:04 I thought, wow, the curtain length, 28:06 the number of curtains, 28:08 the bars that are used are all in the increments of five. 28:12 That's the beauty of the Word of God. 28:13 The more you study, the more you discover, 28:15 I don't know. 28:16 And there's so much deeper richness to discover. 28:19 It's amazing. 28:20 So we want to encourage you at home. 28:22 You know, we're talking about the study of the Word of God 28:23 is to open your Bible and to study as well. 28:25 You know, those that are on the panel today, 28:27 they're just like, oh, hey, 28:28 they've got all this knowledge of the Bible. 28:29 No, they believe in studying the Word of God 28:32 and they make that a daily practice. 28:33 So we want to encourage you to do the same. 28:35 Pastor Johnny, great question here. 28:36 This is from Lindsey, 28:39 "Who are the Nethinims spoken of in Nehemiah 10:28. 28:45 I have an idea of who they are, but I'm not quite sure." 28:48 This is from Heather. 28:49 Very good. Thank you. 28:50 So Nehemiah 10:28 says, 28:55 "Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, 28:57 the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, 29:00 and all those who had separated themselves 29:02 from the peoples of the land to the law of God, 29:05 their wives, their sons, and their daughters, 29:07 everyone who had knowledge and understanding." 29:09 They are mentioned as Nethinim. 29:11 They're mentioned a few times, but who are they? 29:14 If you go to Joshua Chapter 9, 29:16 you're going to discover the Gibeonites 29:19 and the Gibeonites were a people 29:22 that saw what was going on 29:24 that the people of Israel, 29:25 God was using them 29:27 and destroying all of these other nations. 29:29 And they became afraid that they too 29:31 were gonna be destroyed. 29:32 So they took counsel among themselves and they said hey, 29:34 what's happened to them is going to happen to us. 29:37 So they made a plan 29:39 to deceive the people of Israel, 29:40 they took old clothes, old sandals, old sacks, 29:43 and they also took old dry moldy bread. 29:48 They took old, really old bread. 29:49 And they said, we've been traveling for a long time, 29:52 and make a covenant with us. 29:55 And so in Joshua Chapter 9, after they presented this. 29:59 This is very interesting. 30:00 It says, "Then the men of Israel 30:02 took some of their provisions, 30:04 but they did not ask counsel of the Lord. 30:08 So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them 30:11 to let them live. 30:13 And the rulers of the congregation 30:14 swore to them." 30:16 So what happens is that later, about three days later, 30:19 the people of Israel discovered we've been deceived, 30:22 we've been deceived. 30:23 So Joshua then makes a proclamation to them 30:26 and he says, verse 23. 30:27 "Now, therefore you are cursed. 30:29 None of you shall be freed from being slaves, 30:32 woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God." 30:36 So these people, 30:37 the Nethinims were water carriers, 30:40 and hewers of wood. 30:41 They worked in the temple and they had the privilege 30:44 of being in the temple and learning of God. 30:47 So they had an opportunity to know God and be faithful. 30:51 These are the Nethinims. Wonderful. 30:52 Amen. Yeah. Thank you, Pastor Johnny. 30:54 Yes, great answer. 30:56 Jill, this is a question from Terra. 30:59 "Where in the Bible does it point 31:01 to the Sabbath on Saturday 31:03 also that point to which days Christ was crucified and rose, 31:08 also that point to which days Christ was crucified and rose?" 31:11 Thank you so much, Terra, for that question. 31:13 The Sabbath is a perpetual invisible sign of God's people. 31:16 And we're gonna take a quick journey 31:18 through the Word of God. 31:20 The Sabbath, of course, was instituted at creation. 31:22 We see that in Genesis 2:1-3, 31:25 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 31:26 they were finished, and all the hosts of them. 31:28 And on the seventh day, 31:30 God ended the work which He had done, 31:32 and He rested on the seventh day 31:34 from all the work which He had done. 31:36 And He blessed the seventh day 31:38 and sanctified it because in it, 31:40 He had rested from all His work, 31:42 which God created and made. 31:43 So we see that God instituted the Sabbath at creation. 31:46 It was set apart. 31:48 It was sanctified. 31:49 It's a day that is made holy. 31:51 We see this reiterated, of course, 31:52 the children of Israel were at Mount Sinai. 31:55 Exodus 20, you can read it verses 8 through 11. 31:58 It just simply says, remember the Sabbath day, 32:00 because they had lost sight of the Sabbath day. 32:03 Now some people say, well, 32:05 that means the Sabbath was just for the Jews. 32:06 No, it was instituted at creation. 32:09 We know that Abraham in Genesis 26:5, 32:12 "Abraham obeyed my voice and kept My commandments." 32:16 We know in Exodus 16, 32:18 this is even before the Sabbath was reminded 32:21 with the Ten Commandments. 32:23 We see the Sabbath. 32:24 The seventh day was kept when the manna 32:26 was given to the children of Israel. 32:28 We see that the Sabbath was kept 32:30 by Jesus during His life. 32:32 This is in Luke 4:16. 32:35 Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been brought up 32:37 and as His custom was, 32:39 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day 32:42 and stood up forth to read. 32:43 We also see that the Sabbath was kept by Jesus in His death. 32:48 You referenced what were those days. 32:50 We see, of course, Jesus died on Friday. 32:52 If you look at Luke 23:54, 32:56 we have Joseph of Arimathea preparing the body of Jesus, 33:00 asking for it to be taken down from the cross, 33:02 wrapping it in linen, putting it in the tomb. 33:05 And it says in verse 54, that day was the preparation. 33:08 So that tells us Jesus died on Friday. 33:10 And the Sabbath drew near. 33:12 We know that Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath day, 33:16 on the seventh day. 33:17 Luke 23:56, 33:19 "They returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. 33:22 And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment." 33:26 Then we know Jesus rose on the first day of the week, 33:28 which would be Sunday, Luke 24:1. 33:30 On the first day of the week, 33:32 the women are coming to anoint the body of Jesus 33:34 and they discover He's not there 33:36 because He has risen. 33:38 We see the Sabbath was kept by the apostles. 33:40 This is after the resurrection of Jesus. 33:43 In Act 13, there are several references, 33:46 but Acts 13:44, it says, 33:48 "On the next Sabbath, 33:49 almost the whole city came together 33:52 to hear the Word of God." 33:54 And we know finally that the Sabbath, 33:56 it will be kept in the new earth. 33:58 Isaiah 66:23, 34:01 "It shall come to pass from one new moon to another. 34:03 And from one Sabbath to another, 34:05 all flesh shall come together 34:07 to worship before me says the Lord." 34:09 So God's Sabbath is connected to creation. 34:12 It's connected to redemption. 34:13 It's connected to sanctification. 34:15 And at the end of time, 34:17 it is a special sign of God's people 34:20 and their loyalty to Him. 34:21 Wow. 34:22 Praise the Lord. 34:24 Great answer there, sweetie, 34:25 about the Sabbath Saturday in just a couple of minutes. 34:28 Praise the Lord. 34:29 Now, Pastor John, a good question and I liked it. 34:32 They didn't put their name, but from a continuing 34:34 and grateful viewer and student from California. 34:37 Okay. 34:39 Thank you very much. 34:40 It's a little lengthy here. 34:41 It says, "In 2 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 34:45 it speaks about the antichrist as the mystery of lawlessness, 34:50 who is the He that restraints, 34:53 then is taken out of the way 34:55 so that the lawless one will be revealed? 34:57 I need a more modern speech for this verse 35:00 and verses continuing on through verse 9, 35:03 but not sure if that will help. 35:05 Is Satan taking himself out of the way? 35:08 I'm confused." 35:10 Okay. 35:11 Well praise the Lord that the Bible has an answer. 35:13 Amen. 35:15 Now all we've got to do is ask ourselves the question. 35:18 And this is the biggest part of the question, 35:20 who is the restrainer? 35:23 Who is doing what? 35:25 Well, you have a couple of pictures. 35:26 One you have in Revelation the Bible talks about 35:29 the angels in Revelation 7, 35:30 holding back the winds of strife, 35:33 but that's not what's being referred to here in this verse. 35:36 I would recommend to you 35:37 that what is being referred to here in this verse 35:39 is the power of the Holy Spirit. 35:42 That was the same condition in the days 35:46 when the antediluvians roamed the earth 35:49 in the days of Noah, 35:50 because you notice 35:52 there was a restraining power that was being removed. 35:55 And when that power was removed, 35:57 when that restraint was removed, 35:59 their thoughts and intentions were only evil continually. 36:02 In Genesis Chapter 6, 36:04 the Bible talks about this restraint 36:07 and because the devil cannot restrain himself 36:11 and release himself. 36:14 If he could restrain himself or release himself, 36:16 he'd had done so already if he had the power to do so. 36:19 But the Bible says in Genesis 6:3, 36:22 and the Lord said, 36:24 "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever 36:28 or shall not always strive with man, 36:30 for he is indeed flesh 36:31 yet his days shall be 120 years." 36:34 In this particular time, 36:36 man was put on probation 36:38 and the Lord was in essence saying to Noah, 36:41 in this period of 120 years, 36:43 My Spirit is being withdrawn and it's gonna strive with men 36:46 for only a certain amount of time. 36:48 When that restraint is removed, then what happens? 36:51 The man of sin is revealed who is as, as Paul says, 36:56 but who comes, whose revelation is after the working of Satan. 37:00 But Paul also says 37:02 the mystery of iniquity is already at work. 37:04 Meaning when he wrote this, that power was in existence, 37:07 but it would have a greater manifestation 37:10 as the Spirit of God is being withdrawn. 37:13 So the nutshell of it, Acts 7:51, Peter, I mean, 37:16 Stephen made the very same claim 37:18 about the restraining power 37:19 that was taken away from the Jewish nation. 37:22 He says, "You stiff necked 37:23 and uncircumcised in heart and ears. 37:25 You always resist the Holy Spirit 37:28 as your fathers did so do you. 37:31 So the restraining power is this, 37:33 don't resist the Spirit of God 37:34 whereby we are sealed until the day of redemption. 37:37 Wow. Praise the Lord. 37:38 Thank you. Yeah. 37:39 Great answer from the Word of God. 37:41 Pastor Johnny, this comes from Ruth, 37:43 and she's watching or listening 37:44 from the great country of Zambia. 37:47 And she says, 37:48 "I heard a preacher say 37:49 that some people's probation can end even before they die. 37:54 Is it true? 37:55 And if it is under what circumstances 37:58 can it happen?" 38:00 That is a very good question. 38:02 And I'm going to read a verse from Luke 12:10, 38:06 that helps us to see why this may be. 38:10 In Luke 12:10, Jesus speaking says, 38:13 "And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of man, 38:17 it will be forgiven him. 38:18 But to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, 38:22 it will not be forgiven." 38:25 It may be that someone has done this, 38:28 blasphemed against the Holy Spirit. 38:30 Well, what is that? 38:31 This is something that has been called 38:33 the unpardonable sin. 38:35 And there is a possibility 38:36 that some people may have done that. 38:39 Now, how do you commit this sin? 38:41 It is not a one-time act. 38:43 Otherwise the devil would be on our trails 38:46 every moment of every day, 38:47 trying to lead us to commit this one particular sin. 38:51 But it is a mentality, 38:53 a continued refusal to repent 38:58 and turn to God's way. 39:00 Now how many times 39:01 does the person resist the Holy Spirit? 39:05 And then he's committed the unpardonable sin? 39:07 Only God knows see, so nobody here can say, 39:12 "Hey, that guy over there, 39:13 he's committed the unpardonable sin." 39:14 You can't do that, only God knows. 39:16 So how do you know if you've done this? 39:19 Now remember that when Peter came to Jesus and say, 39:22 how many times should I forgive a person? 39:26 Until seven times? 39:27 I can't remember what he said, but Jesus said, 39:28 "No, until 70 times seven." 39:33 So if God was telling us 39:35 that we should at least do this, 39:36 He is willing to do more. 39:38 So it's not something 39:42 that is done at one particular moment. 39:45 Now it could be. 39:46 Now, one of the things that we can tell you is 39:49 if you have a desire to follow God, 39:52 know God's Word. 39:54 And if you're worried about committing 39:55 the unpardonable sin, 39:57 that is a sign 39:58 that the Holy Spirit is working in your heart. 40:00 Amen. 40:01 That is a sign that you are not completely cemented 40:04 against the drawing of the Lord. 40:07 So I say to you that praise God for that. 40:11 Now there may be some people that are doing, 40:12 what are some of the characteristics? 40:14 I would say that some of these people 40:16 come to the point of what you heard a moment ago. 40:19 Their thoughts are only evil, continually. 40:22 They do evil and they have no qualms, 40:25 don't feel any guilt, or whatsoever, 40:30 hurting babies, hurting... 40:32 I mean, hurting anyone, they just don't care. 40:35 They lost their ability to care. 40:40 And so, 40:41 to blaspheme is equal to speaking 40:43 against the Holy Spirit and to resist the Holy Spirit 40:47 continually and without any remorse whatsoever. 40:51 So it denotes the conscience and wicked rejection 40:55 of the saving power and grace of God toward men, 40:58 only the person who sets themselves 41:01 against the forgiveness of God is excluded from it. 41:05 Well, amen. 41:07 Thank you so much, Pastor Johnny. 41:08 Yeah. Very good point. 41:10 Jill, this is a question from... 41:14 I think you would say the last name is Shadi, Shadai. 41:17 And a good question, 41:19 "Luke 6:38 give and it will be given to you, 41:23 good measure, pressed down, 41:25 shaken together and running over 41:26 will be put into your bosom, 41:28 for with the same measure that you use, 41:30 it will be measured back to you. 41:33 Was Jesus talking about the giving of money 41:36 or loving our enemies 41:37 and people by way of giving love, 41:40 and it should be given back to us in equal measure. 41:42 As I read the scripture from verse 27, 41:45 I noticed the context was about loving our enemies 41:48 and being good to people. 41:50 Are we not misconstruing it 41:52 to mean giving of monies 41:53 since this scripture is always quoted when soliciting funds 41:56 or calling for sponsorship at our churches?" 41:59 Thank you so much for that question. 42:01 I think there are multiple applications 42:03 to the Word of God. 42:05 And we always study scripture in context. 42:07 The context determines meaning. 42:09 If you look at the context of Luke Chapter 6, 42:11 it's actually the sermon on the Mount. 42:14 And Jesus gives that entire blessed 42:17 are the poor in spirit. 42:18 And that whole thing that we understand 42:20 is the Sermon on the Mount. 42:21 Then it goes like you referenced 42:23 the verses 27-36 talks about love your enemies. 42:27 Do good to those who spitefully use you 42:30 and curse you and abuse you. 42:32 Then verse 37, 42:34 which is right before our verse in question, 42:36 Luke 6:37, it says, 42:38 "Judge not, and you will not be judged, 42:41 condemn not, 42:42 and you will not be condemned 42:44 forgive, and you will be forgiven." 42:46 And then it goes into give and it will be given unto you. 42:50 So I believe clearly 42:52 this is talking about forgiveness, 42:54 how much you forgive, it will be forgiven to you. 42:56 It's talking about judgment. 42:58 How much you judge, 42:59 it will in turn be poured back upon you. 43:03 It's talking about love. 43:04 How much you love others, 43:06 it will in turn come back to you. 43:09 Now, can it also reference money? 43:12 Absolutely. 43:13 I think that's a great application. 43:15 When you give, when you pour, it is poured back to you. 43:18 But I believe the primary application, 43:21 if you look at the context, 43:22 it's talking about loving others, 43:24 it's talking about giving, 43:25 it's talking about forgiving and yes, 43:27 we can apply it financially as well. 43:30 So I would say it has a dual application. 43:32 Yeah. Excellent. 43:33 Thank you so very much. 43:35 Praise the Lord. 43:36 Pastor, a good question here from a Chandler, says, 43:39 "Why do we end our prayers with in Jesus' name?" 43:43 Amen. Yes. 43:45 Let me add it, in Jesus' name we pray. 43:47 Amen. 43:48 Exactly. That's a good question. 43:50 That's a wonderful question. 43:51 One of the problems that Jesus was addressing in His day 43:55 was the Pharisee's lack 43:57 of even acknowledging Him at all. 43:59 They would pray to God in the marketplace. 44:01 Thank God. Oh God. 44:03 Thank God, I'm not like other men. 44:05 They would always acknowledge God, 44:07 but they would not acknowledge Him. 44:09 And one of the things He said in John 14:1-3, 44:12 "You believe in God, believe also in Me." 44:15 So because the Lord, 44:17 God sent His Son 44:19 as a propitiation as our sacrifice, 44:21 as our substitute, they would not acknowledge Him. 44:26 And then the reason why we pray in Jesus' name 44:29 is John 14:13-14. 44:33 And I'll start there. 44:36 Jesus says, 44:37 "And whatever you ask in My name 44:42 that I will do, 44:43 that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 44:46 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." 44:51 Why is He saying in My name? 44:53 Because John 14:6, Jesus said, 44:57 "I am the way, the truth and the life. 45:00 No one comes to the Father except through Me." 45:04 So it's like saying, Greg and Jill. 45:06 Well, I'm not gonna ask Greg and Jill. 45:09 Ian, I'd like to work here. 45:10 You gotta go through Greg and Jill. 45:13 I don't wanna go through Greg and Jill. 45:15 I just wanna work here. 45:16 Oh, no one works here at 3ABN 45:19 who doesn't go through Greg and Jill. 45:21 And the context of this, Jesus is saying, 45:23 do not bypass Me thinking you can get to the Father. 45:28 1 Timothy 2:5, 45:31 "For there is one God 45:34 and one mediator between God and man, 45:37 the man Christ Jesus." 45:39 Amen. 45:40 Now I wasn't waxing Greg and Jill, 45:41 but I was using you as an illustration 45:43 where Jesus was in essence saying, with authority, 45:46 you're not getting to the Father 45:48 unless you go through Me. 45:50 If you ask in My name, 45:51 the Father will do it because He sent me 45:54 to be the mediator between you and Him. 45:58 I am the only way to Him. 46:00 Amen. Yeah. 46:02 Thank you very much, Pastor. 46:03 It's a beautiful relationship, isn't it we can have? 46:05 Yeah. Amen. 46:06 Pastor Johnny, this comes from Roger and his question is, 46:10 "Please explain Deuteronomy 12:15 and 22. 46:15 Some say, this is why they eat pork." 46:18 Well. 46:20 Well done. 46:21 Thank you, Roger, for sending in that question, 46:23 I have to say that anyone who uses these verses 46:26 to justify the eating of pork is making a great mistake. 46:30 The Bible declares that it is an unclean meat. 46:34 So what is unclean? 46:36 An unclean meat is a... 46:39 You can notice 46:40 the unclean animals are the ones 46:43 that eat the garbage of the earth, 46:45 the dead and decaying things. 46:47 The ones, these unclean animals have a higher concentration 46:52 of germs and toxins and carry diseases. 46:56 So do you wanna eat that? 46:59 That's the question. 47:00 Now, some people are justifying this. 47:01 They're putting themselves in danger. 47:04 Let's go to Deuteronomy 12:15 and 22. 47:07 And look at it really quick. 47:08 It says here, 47:09 "However, you may slaughter and eat meat 47:13 within all your gates, whatever your heart desires." 47:15 And this is where some people say, 47:17 "Oh, I can eat whatever I want." 47:19 According, now notice it says, 47:20 "According to the blessing of the Lord, your God, 47:23 which He has given you." 47:25 The food that the Lord has given 47:28 the blessing upon is the clean animals 47:31 and all the vegetables and fruits and grains. 47:34 Those are the ones that have received the Lord's blessing, 47:36 not the unclean animals. 47:38 Now notice how it says, 47:40 "The unclean and the clean may eat of it, 47:43 of the gazelle and the deer alike." 47:45 I'm gonna go to the next verse. 47:47 Verse 22, 47:48 "Just as the gazelle and deer are eaten, 47:51 so you may eat them, 47:53 the unclean and the clean alike may eat them." 47:57 Now, what does this mean? 47:58 This is talking about people when it says unclean 48:03 and clean may eat of it. 48:04 It's talking about people, 48:05 people that are unclean and people that are clean 48:08 can eat all these animals. 48:09 And notice how it says of the deer and the gazelle, 48:13 naming clean animals. 48:15 So in essence, 48:17 a person could become ritually unclean 48:19 by touching a dead carcass. 48:21 He's considered unclean until evening. 48:23 So that person could eat of these animals 48:26 even though he's ritually unclean. 48:29 This is, what is the distinction 48:31 that is being made here. 48:32 It is not talking about that you can eat unclean animals 48:35 because the Lord has already said, 48:38 don't eat of these things. 48:40 There's no contradiction here. 48:41 This is just a reference to people 48:44 that are clean ritually and unclean ritually 48:50 can eat all these animals in their homes. 48:53 Amen. 48:54 Thank you very much, Pastor Johnny. 48:55 Good answer. 48:57 This is from Jack and it says, 48:59 "why did God tell Adam and Eve 49:01 not to eat from the tree of good and evil, 49:04 even though this had nothing to do 49:06 with the Ten Commandments?" 49:08 Thank you, Jack, for that question. 49:10 I would say that this had everything to do 49:12 with the Ten Commandments. 49:14 The command not to eat 49:15 from the tree of knowledge of good and evil 49:17 is definitely connected with the Ten Commandments. 49:19 I can think of at least three commandments 49:21 that were broken when Eve partook of the forbidden fruit. 49:24 Look at the tenth commandment. 49:26 We're in Exodus 20:17, 49:28 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house." 49:32 Keep your finger in Exodus 20. 49:34 Let's go back to the original sin 49:36 and temptation. 49:37 This is in Genesis 3:6, 49:39 "When the woman, that's Eve, 49:41 saw that the tree was good for food, 49:43 that it was pleasant to the eyes, 49:44 a tree desirable to make one wise, 49:48 she took of its fruit." 49:49 That word desirable in Hebrew is covetous. 49:52 It's the same word 49:53 used in Exodus Chapter 24, the word covet. 49:56 You shall not covet. 49:57 So Eve, she broke the tenth commandment. 49:59 You shall not covet, 50:01 when she partook and desired that forbidden fruit. 50:04 She also broke the first commandment. 50:06 What's the first commandment? 50:07 Exodus 20:3 says, 50:09 "You shall have no other gods before Me. 50:10 And what did the serpent tell Eve in Genesis 3:5, 50:14 "For God knows in the day you eat of it, 50:16 your eyes will be opened 50:18 and you will be like God knowing good and evil." 50:23 Eve desired. 50:25 What did it say in the first commandment? 50:26 You shall have no other gods before Me. 50:28 And yet Eve desired to be like God, 50:32 that's breaking the first commandment. 50:34 She also broke the fifth commandment, 50:36 which says, 50:37 honor your father and your mother, 50:40 that your days may be long upon the land, 50:42 which the Lord your God has given you. 50:43 God was in essence, Adam and Eve's father. 50:46 And He had commanded, 50:48 don't eat of the tree of knowledge 50:50 of good and evil. 50:51 And she directly disobeyed the command of her father. 50:54 That's breaking the fifth commandment. 50:56 In addition, James 2:10 tells us, 50:59 "If whoever keeps the whole law 51:01 and yet stumbles in one point is guilty of all." 51:04 So she might have broken three of the commandments, 51:06 but she was really guilty of all. 51:08 Amen. Wow. 51:09 Praise the Lord. Amen. 51:11 In Spanish, you would say excellente. 51:13 Does that mean excellent? 51:14 Excellent. 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