Participants: Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000171A
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00:19 Hello, friends, and welcome to our Wednesday night
00:21 Bible study here at the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:24 Thank you for taking the time to tune in. 00:25 We welcome you with the hearty amen. 00:27 Amen. 00:28 And wherever you're joining us from around the world, 00:31 we thank you for just pausing in your day 00:34 to study the Word of God together. 00:36 As you might know if you've been following along 00:39 we're gonna be studying the topic of the truth 00:42 about our greatest need. 00:46 We live in a world where people have a lot of needs, 00:48 but what is our greatest need. 00:49 And so tonight we're gonna talk about that. 00:51 And in just a moment, I'll let you know 00:53 where you get a copy of the lesson, 00:54 and how to download that, and follow along, 00:56 and then we're gonna sing our theme song together. 00:59 But before we do anything, we always begin with prayer. 01:02 Let's all bow our heads together. 01:05 Loving Father in heaven, thank You, Lord, for tonight 01:07 and for the topic that is at hand the topic of study, 01:12 "Our greatest need". 01:15 Lord, we live in a world where our wishes 01:19 and our desires are not always our greatest need. 01:22 The things that we spend time 01:24 and energy to possess are not our greatest need. 01:29 And so, Lord, tonight speak to our hearts, 01:31 help us to understand from Your Word 01:35 not only what our greatest need is, 01:36 but how to accomplish that 01:39 through the strength and power of Christ. 01:42 And we give You the praise, Lord, for the way that 01:44 You will lead us in Jesus' name, amen. 01:50 Now lesson number 39, everyone should have one, 01:52 do you all have one? 01:53 What is that? I had a... 01:55 Lesson number 39, 01:56 and we're gonna begin on question number 11 tonight, 01:58 but if you'd like to get a copy of that, 02:00 go to this following website, ASF.3ABN.org 02:05 and download lesson number 39 02:08 and you will be able to follow along with us 02:10 in this very important study. 02:14 And just to give ourselves the time 02:16 we are going to need tonight, 02:18 I think it's time to sing our theme song 02:20 and our theme song is victory in... 02:22 Jesus. Victory in Jesus. 02:24 Let's sing our theme song together. 02:34 I heard an old, old story 02:38 How the Savior came from glory 02:42 How He gave His life on Calvary 02:45 To save a wretch like me 02:49 I heard about His groaning 02:53 Of His precious blood's atoning 02:57 Then I repented of my sin 03:01 And won the victory 03:04 Oh, victory in Jesus 03:08 My Savior forever 03:12 He sought me and bought me 03:16 With His redeeming blood 03:20 He loved me 'ere I knew Him 03:23 And all my love is due Him 03:27 He plunged me to victory 03:31 Beneath the cleansing blood 03:35 I heard about a mansion 03:38 He has built for me in glory 03:42 And I heard about the streets of gold 03:46 Beyond the crystal sea 03:50 About the angels singing 03:53 And the old redemption story 03:57 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:01 The song of victory 04:04 Key change. 04:05 Oh, victory in Jesus 04:09 My Savior forever 04:12 He sought me and bought me 04:16 With His redeeming blood 04:20 He loved me 'ere I knew Him 04:24 And all my love is due Him 04:28 He plunged me to victory 04:31 Beneath the cleansing blood 04:35 He plunged me to victory 04:39 Beneath the cleansing blood 04:45 Amen? Amen. 04:48 Our topic tonight 04:49 and I like you to say this with us 04:50 is the truth about our... 04:53 Our greatest need. 04:55 Open your Bibles with me to John 3. 04:58 John 3. 05:01 Now if I said John 3:16, you would say, 05:05 "We don't have to turn there." 05:07 But John 3 is deeper than just John 3:16. 05:15 It is probably one of the most quoted dialogues in the Bible, 05:20 the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus. 05:25 And Nicodemus came to Jesus by night 05:32 because he didn't want the other religious leaders 05:35 to know that he had come to Jesus at all. 05:38 So he came by night. 05:40 And, you know, sometimes people might say, 05:42 "Well, that was kind of shy of him." 05:47 But I say it's better to come to Jesus by night 05:51 than not come at all. 05:52 Absolutely. 05:54 He came to Jesus by night 05:56 and the dialogue 05:57 is picked up in John 3. 06:04 And let's look together at verse 1. 06:07 I want to walk through this little bit 06:09 because this entire chapter 06:13 would really be summarized in the sense of... 06:15 If you want to think of man's greatest need, 06:17 John 3, the reason why verse 16 is there 06:21 because it talks about man's greatest need. 06:23 And the man that is the focus here is Nicodemus, 06:26 but in fact Nicodemus represents every one of us, 06:29 every one of us in some way or the other 06:32 is represented by Nicodemus. 06:34 The Bible says, "There was a man 06:36 of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, 06:39 a ruler of the Jews. 06:42 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, 06:45 'Rabbi, we know that 06:47 You are a teacher come from God,'" 06:49 He began with a compliment. 06:52 "For no one can do these signs 06:54 that you do unless God is with him." 06:58 And I want to read, I have my remnant study Bible, 07:00 there is a little quote here I want to share with you, 07:02 it says, "Nicodemus had come to the Lord..." 07:04 This is from Desire of Ages page 171. 07:09 "Nicodemus had come to the Lord 07:10 thinking to enter into a discussion with Him, 07:13 but Jesus laid 07:15 bare the foundation principle of truth. 07:18 He said to Nicodemus, 07:20 'It is not theoretical knowledge you need 07:23 so much as spiritual regeneration.'" 07:26 Notice, not theoretical knowledge, 07:28 it was spiritual, what? 07:29 Regeneration. 07:32 And he says, "You need not to have 07:36 your curiosity satisfied, but to have a new heart." 07:40 A what kind of heart? 07:42 A new heart. 07:43 "You must receive a new life from above before you can 07:48 appreciate heavenly things. 07:51 Until this change takes place, making all things new, 07:57 it will result in no saving good for you 08:00 to discuss with Me, My authority, or My mission." 08:05 So He said, "You can talk to me about 08:06 the fact that I'm a teacher, you could talk to me about 08:08 the fact that I'm a good man that comes from God. 08:10 You can say I have knowledge because nobody could do 08:12 what You're doing, except God is with him." 08:14 He says, "That's great." 08:16 But unless you receive a new heart, 08:18 it won't accomplish you anything. 08:20 So tonight, I want to begin with that very point 08:23 which means we can have the best understanding 08:26 of the sanctuary message. 08:29 The best diet, the best understanding 08:30 of the 28 fundamentals 08:32 as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 08:34 You can have the best knowledge 08:35 of the teachings of your church, 08:37 whatever denomination you might be a part of, 08:40 but knowledge is not salvation. 08:43 An intellectual stimulation is not salvation, 08:45 nor theoretical knowledge is salvation. 08:47 Jesus says, "I have to get to the heart of the matter." 08:50 And you know the story kept plugging back and forth, 08:52 until Jesus said in verse 3, "Most assuredly, I say to you, 08:56 unless one is born again, he cannot see," 09:00 Now we know the Kingdom of God, 09:02 but unless one is born again, he cannot, what? 09:05 He can't see. 09:06 We have to have new birth to have new eyes. 09:09 Until we're born again, our eyes are closed, 09:11 we cannot see. 09:12 Can I say it this way? 09:14 Unless one is born again, he is blind. 09:17 Cannot see. 09:18 And then Jesus made it very clear 09:20 because Nicodemus threw that... 09:23 Nicodemus challenged Jesus with biology. 09:28 "Can I go back a second time into my mother's womb 09:30 and be born?" 09:32 And Jesus not being drawn into the ridiculous question. 09:36 "I say to you, unless one is born 09:38 of water and the Spirit, 09:40 he cannot enter the Kingdom of God." 09:42 Cannot see and cannot enter. 09:45 So tonight, what I want to do 09:47 is to dive into the reason why Jesus came 09:51 and took on the form of human flesh 09:54 because He is standing before Nicodemus, 09:56 Nicodemus would not have had the conversation with Him 09:58 if Jesus was not visible, 10:01 if Jesus didn't have the same form that Nicodemus had. 10:04 But we have to understand why Jesus came 10:07 because it really is easy to consider that 10:09 Jesus could have saved a man from a distance, right? 10:14 He could have said, "I'm sending you salvation, 10:18 just say you accept it, 10:20 I'll here you from up here and you're saved." 10:23 And then a lot of times, well, I guess in the course of time 10:27 the accusation would have been how could he know 10:30 what you're going through, he never walked in your shoes. 10:33 But Jesus came for a number of reasons. 10:35 So let's start with question number 11 tonight, 10:38 and look at this dialogue. 10:40 We know John 3:16, 10:42 I won't ask you to read that now, 10:44 but we know that Jesus made it very, very clear to Nicodemus, 10:49 he had to be born again. 10:51 So Nicodemus' greatest need was to be, what? 10:55 Was to be what? 10:57 Okay, just communicate, was to be what? 10:59 Born again. That's right, you're here. 11:00 We have an audience. 11:02 Nicodemus' greatest need was to be born again. 11:05 Unless a person understands his or her greatest need, 11:08 they'll go around fulfilling every possible need 11:11 except that one. 11:14 They might say, "I need a new house. 11:16 I need a new car. 11:17 If I only had this, then I would be this." 11:19 But Nicodemus had everything, he was a wealthy man, 11:23 he was a ruler, he was a leader, 11:25 he had position and authority in the community. 11:28 But he came to Jesus for a particular reason 11:30 because no matter what he had, 11:32 he knew there was something he didn't have. 11:35 And he came to Jesus. 11:37 And in his desire not to lose his position 11:42 and lose his existing authority, 11:44 he tried to walk his way through it 11:46 when Jesus made it clear, "You need to be born again." 11:49 So let's look at the question, question number 11. 11:52 Let's begin there. 11:54 Why did Jesus take on the form of human flesh? 11:58 Let's turn to Hebrews 2:14 to 15. 12:00 Why did Jesus take on the form of human flesh? 12:07 By the way it's more than just the form of human flesh, 12:10 He did something even deeper than that because I'm one... 12:15 I know there may be somebody watching the program 12:17 that may be a sports enthusiast so would like 12:20 something that they could have and identify. 12:22 You know, today you could buy sports teams' shirts, 12:24 whether it's football, basketball, baseball, 12:26 whatever the case may be. 12:27 You can buy their caps, their hats, 12:29 you can buy the entire uniform, 12:31 but not be identify with that team at all. 12:34 Going further, you could be a member of a church, 12:36 a very well upstanding church, 12:38 a church with great crowd and great identity, 12:41 but not have any influence 12:43 by the message of that church at all. 12:45 A number of years ago when I was on 12:48 American Airlines coming home from, 12:49 I don't remember where, but it's during the Olympics. 12:53 During the Olympics I like to identify 12:55 with the United States, 12:56 so I was excited about the fact that we had a, 12:59 you know, we have a great standing, 13:00 and everybody at that time 13:02 is wearing their country's colors. 13:04 So I bought an Olympic cap, and an Olympic jacket, 13:08 and I had an Olympic bag. 13:10 And I got on the airlines, American Airlines 13:13 and everyone was smiling. 13:17 "Your seat is this way." 13:20 You know the flight attendant said, 13:22 "Can I get you anything?" 13:23 And that's before I was in first class, 13:25 that's before I had miles. 13:27 And finally, one flight attendant came to me, she says, 13:30 "You know, we've been talking amongst ourselves. 13:33 And I just have to ask you this question. 13:36 Are you on the American Olympic team?" 13:40 And I thought, "Oh, just..." 13:42 You know, human nature says, "Just lie once 13:45 when you get off the plane they won't know." 13:48 But, yes, they would because God had other plans 13:52 and we are now platinum customers 13:55 with American Airlines. 13:57 We are on that airline all the time. 13:59 And I looked at her and I thought to myself, 14:00 "What do you say at a moment 14:02 when you look like you are but you are not?" 14:06 I said, "Actually, no, I'm not. I'm just supporting our team." 14:12 "Thank you for telling me that 14:13 'cause now I could tell the other flight attendants." 14:15 In other words, "Back it down, he ain't special. 14:20 He's not special." 14:21 But you know what? We are all special, amen? 14:24 This text makes it very clear how special we are. 14:26 Let's look at it together. 14:28 So God does not contain with just having the wrappings 14:30 but He wants to go further than that. 14:32 So He took on the wrappings, He identified with us. 14:35 Here it is. 14:37 "Inasmuch then as the children," 14:40 Hebrews 2:14-15, 14:42 "Inasmuch then as the children 14:43 have partaken of flesh and blood, 14:47 He Himself likewise shared the," what? 14:51 "Shared the same, 14:54 that through death He might destroy him 14:57 who had the power of death, that is the" who? 15:02 "That is the devil, 15:04 and to release those who through fear of death 15:08 were all their lifetime, subject to" what? 15:12 "Subject to bondage." 15:13 So what He did was He took on human flesh. 15:16 Now let me reverse the scenario I just used. 15:20 Let me reverse the scenario I just used. 15:22 So here you find Jesus walking around in human flesh, 15:25 and someone comes to Him and says, "Are You human?" 15:31 He could have easily said, "No, I'm divine." 15:35 But He identified with us so we could identify with Him. 15:40 He became partakers of flesh and blood, He identified, 15:44 He put on our uniform so that one day 15:47 we could put on His uniform. 15:49 Amen? 15:50 He took the first step. So here it is. 15:53 Why did Jesus take on the form of human flesh? 15:57 Not only that the text tell us what for, 16:00 but let me go a step further, He took on human flesh 16:03 and this is what I've seen 16:04 in the text, to identify with us. 16:10 Yes, to destroy the devil and the power of death, 16:14 and to release those who are subject to bondage. 16:16 But what the text says to me more than anything else 16:19 is He took it on to identify with us 16:21 because you know the phrase, 16:23 unless you walk in my shoes, what happens? 16:26 You don't know how I feel, you don't know my experience. 16:30 So Jesus took on the form of human flesh 16:32 not only to accomplish what the writer wrote, 16:35 but He took on human flesh 16:36 to first identify with us, right? 16:40 Let's go to the next one, question number 12 to identify. 16:44 And identity is huge. 16:47 Right now our world is going through 16:50 what we might refer to in some cases, 16:53 in America at least people are saying, 16:55 "Are you a citizen? Are you not a citizen? 16:57 Were you born here? Were you not born here?" 16:59 You know, let's go ahead and answer those questions. 17:01 Was Jesus born here? 17:06 Jesus was born here. 17:08 Was divinity born here? 17:09 No. 17:11 He decided to be born here to walk through 17:14 what we have to deal with down here 17:16 to go through the experiences that we live down here, 17:19 He came to identify in everything. 17:21 So He came in the form of human flesh. 17:24 The Bible says the Lord prepared Him a body 17:28 so He can come and walk with us. 17:30 And I want to tell you, 17:31 as many of you know it's a risk, it's a huge risk 17:36 to put yourself in the arena where you can fail. 17:41 Say it again? That's right. 17:44 And Jesus knew He could fail. 17:46 Now how many of you would want that pressure? 17:49 How many of you would want that pressure? 17:51 And somebody says, "Well, He was only down here 17:52 for 33 years." 17:55 If you have 33 years to make one mistake, 17:57 how many of you could do it? 18:00 How many of you could do it? 18:02 How many of you could do it? I know you weren't thinking. 18:07 How many of you could go through one day 18:08 without making a mistake? 18:09 So you say, "Well, Jesus didn't experience what we did." 18:12 You try to go through 33 years of temptation in one point 18:17 or the other and not slip in thought, 18:19 action, or word, or deed. 18:21 So when we say, "Well, Jesus didn't face what I did." 18:23 You try to go through 33 minutes without messing up. 18:27 And then you'll have some idea of the agony. 18:30 And as we know it wasn't just the temptations, 18:33 but He came in the weakness of human flesh, 18:37 so He had the very same flesh we had. 18:40 He had the very same disadvantage we have. 18:43 He could have fallen as we do, but He didn't. 18:47 Amen to that. 18:49 You get that kind of pressure, then you have some idea... 18:52 We would never be in that position, 18:54 we would never know what Jesus went through. 18:59 To turn the power down... Thank you, hun. 19:01 To turn the power down, to lay off His glory 19:04 knowing that He would never be in the same form again 19:07 to come down and identify with us. 19:09 Question number 12. 19:14 What is there about us that we need to be saved from? 19:17 What is there about us that we need to be saved from? 19:21 Because He came and took on human flesh, 19:24 but I want you to see something 19:25 and the reason why this text is here, 19:27 we've read this text in other studies before, 19:29 but the reason why I position this text there 19:32 is because since Jesus took on human flesh, 19:35 we need to understand 19:36 what kind of human flesh He took on, right? 19:40 He came in the nature of Adam after the fall, 19:43 not the nature of Adam before the fall. 19:45 So what kind of human flesh He take on? 19:48 Romans 7:18, look at it very carefully. 19:50 We're gonna move very quickly here. 19:52 Romans 7:18, here is what the Bible says. 19:54 The Bible says, "For I know that in me that is in my," 19:58 what? 19:59 "Flesh, nothing good wells, for to will is present with me, 20:05 but how to perform what is good I do not find." 20:08 So now let's go and add to the next aspect of it. 20:12 Did Jesus take on human flesh? Yes or no? 20:15 Yes. Yes, He did. 20:17 Was there anything good in His human flesh? 20:21 No. 20:23 He took on the flesh of His mother, 20:28 conceived by the Holy Spirit, 20:29 but He took on the flesh of His mother. 20:32 The nature that she had is the very same weakness 20:36 He possessed, but here's the difference, 20:39 He had the ability to sin, 20:43 but He did not have the propensity. 20:46 Now let me tell you what that means. 20:47 Somebody might say, "Well there is something He had 20:49 something we have that He didn't have." 20:52 He never yielded. 20:54 Say that with me, He never yielded. 20:58 He never yielded. He never yielded. 21:01 That's huge when you don't yield, 21:05 you remain spotless. 21:09 He had no spot on Him. 21:11 He was a lamb without blemish and without spot, 21:14 He never yielded. 21:15 And all through His life that same flesh that He had, 21:20 He had to carry that. 21:22 And the reason why He had to have that flesh 21:24 is because that's the flesh that had to be crucified. 21:28 Go with me to Galatians 2:20. That's the flesh. 21:31 If He didn't have that flesh, 21:32 it wouldn't make sense to go to the cross. 21:35 It wouldn't make sense to go to the cross, 21:36 go to the cross for what? 21:38 You're perfect. 21:39 Go to the cross for what? 21:41 Another answer to why did Jesus have to go to the cross. 21:43 Now oftentimes we say, well, and this is true, 21:46 He went to the cross to die for our sins, 21:49 but that's not the only thing He went to the cross for. 21:52 So answer the question, what is there about us that 21:56 we need to be saved from and what is that? 21:59 Our flesh, or you could add also our nature 22:04 because the word there flesh 22:05 is talking about the carnal nature. 22:08 Now Galatians 2:20, I want you to see this. 22:12 This is really important, Galatians 2:20. 22:15 Okay. 22:16 The Bible says, here I am, "I have been," what? 22:22 "Crucified with Christ. 22:25 It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives," where? 22:29 "In me. 22:30 And the life which I now live in the flesh. 22:34 I live by faith in the Son of God, 22:36 who loved me and gave Himself for me." 22:38 Now, I have been crucified with Christ. 22:42 Let me go a step further than the understanding we have. 22:45 What that really means is when we accepted Him, 22:48 we accepted His crucifixion also, 22:50 that's what that means. 22:51 But it goes a step further. 22:52 That means by faith 22:55 He took the entire human race to the cross. 23:00 He took the entire human race to the cross. 23:04 So am I saying that the entire human race is saved? 23:07 No, salvation is a gift. 23:11 He made a provision, but if you make the provision, 23:16 let me use a natural illustration. 23:19 If Macy's which is the largest department store in the world 23:22 is filled with Christmas gifts and you're on the outside, 23:24 do you have a Christmas gift? 23:27 It's not a trick question, do you have a Christmas gift? 23:29 No. No. 23:30 If you're on the inside, 23:31 do you have access to all the Christmas gifts? 23:33 Yes, salvation for by grace are we saved through faith 23:37 and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God. 23:41 Until you accept the gift, the provision made on the cross 23:45 is of no efficacy to you, it can't apply to you. 23:49 The message of emancipation 23:51 cannot apply to you unless you accept it. 23:54 You want a ticket to get on the airplane, here it is. 23:57 What you need to get on the airplane? 24:00 What do you need to get on the airplane? 24:01 A ticket. 24:03 If I'm extending it to you, and you don't take it, 24:04 are you gonna get on the airplane? 24:05 No, if Jesus is extending, 24:07 if He's made provision for every one to be saved 24:10 by taking the human race to the cross, 24:13 He took the flesh of the human race to the cross. 24:16 Behold the Lamb of God, let me qualify that, 24:20 behold the Lamb of God 24:21 that taketh away the sin of the world. 24:24 How did He take it away? 24:25 By nailing it to the cross, Ephesians 2. 24:29 He nailed it to the cross. 24:32 He nailed that principle that was against us. 24:35 So but in order for us to benefit from it, 24:38 we can't just say He died for us, 24:41 we have to accept His death, then He becomes our, 24:44 that word you always wonder what it means, 24:45 our propitiation, say that? 24:48 Propitiation. Not a word we use. 24:51 Propitiation, our substitute, our surety, He is the one. 24:56 By accepting Him, we now have assurance, 24:59 we have blessed assurance. 25:00 Amen, someone? Amen. 25:02 So answer question number 12, 25:03 what is there about us that we need to be saved from? 25:05 What is that? Our human nature. 25:08 But I'm not gonna run ahead of myself. 25:14 All right. 25:16 Question number 13, let's go to that one. 25:18 Our human nature. Here it is. 25:22 Why is it so important for us 25:25 to be saved from our corrupt nature? 25:30 Why is it so important for us to be saved 25:33 from our corrupt nature? 25:35 Now before we go to the answer, at the end of this question 25:38 write down Hebrews 11:6. 25:42 And you know that's the faith text, right? 25:44 "For without faith it is impossible to please Him, 25:46 for he who comes to God must believe that He is." 25:49 So can we please God without faith? 25:51 Yes or no? We cannot. 25:52 Okay, but there is another way we cannot please God. 25:55 We often think that's the only way 25:57 we can please Him if we don't have faith, 25:58 but there's another way we cannot please God. 26:01 Now go to Romans 8:8. Look at the answer. 26:03 Are you all there? Here it is on the screen. 26:06 The Bible says, "So then, those who are in the flesh," 26:10 together, "cannot please God." 26:13 So when we're living in the carnal flesh, 26:16 if we're still walking in the carnal flesh, 26:18 we cannot please God. 26:21 Not only do we need faith to please Him, 26:25 but we cannot live in this nature, 26:27 we cannot hold on to this human nature 26:29 and please Him. 26:32 So what do we have to get rid off? 26:36 What do we have to get rid off? 26:39 Put on the Lord... 26:41 Go to Romans 13... 26:50 Romans 13:14. 27:03 Remember, I talked about He put on us 27:06 so we could put on Him. 27:08 All right, remember that, that exchange. 27:10 Verse 14 says, "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ 27:16 and make no provision for the flesh 27:19 to fulfill its lust." 27:22 The flesh will make you fulfill its lust 27:25 if you don't put on Jesus. 27:27 But if you put on Jesus, you fulfill His will. 27:30 Amen? 27:32 So the flesh wars against the spirit. 27:33 Romans 8, 27:35 the flesh and the spirit are continually at war. 27:38 When we put on the Lord Jesus Christ, 27:40 then we won't make provision for the flesh. 27:45 But if we don't put Him on, what happens? 27:48 The flesh is gonna win. Do you get that? 27:50 So why do we need, why is it so important? 27:54 Why is it so important for us to be saved 27:57 from our corrupt nature? 28:00 Give me the answer. 28:01 Give me the answer. Say it again. 28:03 You cannot please God. Right. 28:04 And so the answer would be to please God. 28:07 Yeah. To please Him. 28:10 If you understand what the Lord has done for each one of us, 28:13 you would want to please Him. 28:15 You got to sometimes sit down and think about that, 28:17 where would we be, where would I be. 28:20 You got to not make it broad but where would I be, 28:22 ask yourself the question, 28:23 "Where would I be had it not been for Jesus?" 28:26 Don't broaden it, where would the world be? 28:28 That's kind of where would the economy be? 28:32 And where would the government be? 28:34 No, where would I be had it not been for Jesus? 28:39 And then that deep appreciation starts to sink in. 28:43 Okay, so why is it so important to be saved 28:46 from our corrupt nature? 28:48 To please God. Amen? 28:49 To please God. 28:51 Number 14, let's move right along. 28:52 Number 14. Okay, here it is. 28:57 What are the only two options we have in salvation? 29:01 What are the only two options 29:03 we have in salvation? 29:08 You know, nowadays when we buy things 29:10 we have options. 29:11 Do you want this or do you want that option? 29:15 Do you want leather seats or cloth? 29:16 You want air-condition? 29:18 You know, nowadays... I praise the Lord. 29:20 Nowadays people don't buy cars 29:22 and they don't give you an air-condition option. 29:26 Everything is sold with air-condition now. 29:27 Ain't that right? 29:33 When we lived in Florida, I never forget that... 29:36 And Florida is hot. 29:38 Do you need air-conditioning in Florida? 29:39 Yes. All year long. 29:42 There was a young lady in Florida, 29:43 I remember very well, we'd heard she got a new car, 29:47 and we heard that she had an option 29:49 to choose radio 29:52 with a cassette player or air conditioning. 29:55 She chose the radio with the cassette player. 30:00 So here we are after church 30:02 gathering at Angie's aunt's house for lunch, 30:05 and we see her drive up in her new car. 30:08 And just to save face on this nice hot Floridian day, 30:13 she had her windows rolled up listening to her music. 30:17 And we were saying she is sweating to death 30:20 because she didn't understand her greater need was what? 30:23 Air conditioning and not music. 30:26 And so many people ignore their great need 30:28 for their great desire. 30:32 And this lesson is about not ignoring our great need 30:34 for our great desire. 30:36 Look at this. 30:37 Here is the answer, Romans 8:13. 30:39 What are the only two options we have in salvation? 30:41 Here it is. 30:43 Let's read this together. 30:45 It's on the screen so you could follow along exactly 30:46 what the translation I have. 30:48 Are you ready? Here we go. 30:50 "For if you live according to the flesh," what happen? 30:53 "You will die. 30:55 But if by the Spirit 30:59 you put to death the deeds of the body," together, 31:02 "You will live." 31:03 Is that clear? 31:05 You will die or you will live? 31:07 Who wants to die? 31:09 No one does. 31:11 But the choices are very clear, 31:12 the choices are outlined very clearly. 31:16 There's not a third category. 31:17 Meaning clearly, there's not a neutral category 31:20 that you wait in while you pick one of the two. 31:25 We're already in one, 31:27 we have to choose to get out of that one 31:28 by choosing the other. 31:30 Just to make it very clear, we are by... 31:36 Does anyone know what the default means? 31:40 Default? Not your fault, but default. 31:43 Meaning. 31:44 Okay, when we walk in this building, 31:46 when we walk in this room, the lights are off by default. 31:51 What's the only choice you have? 31:53 Turn them on. 31:55 We are by default sinful, 31:58 so when you read the text, I could modify this way. 32:01 And by the way if you look at this, it didn't say, 32:04 if you are born according to the flesh, 32:07 but it says if you live according to the flesh. 32:09 We're all born according to the flesh, 32:11 but you have to make a choice 32:13 as to whether or not you're gonna live that way 32:15 or live this way. 32:17 And in both cases it's about how you live, 32:20 but you can't live one way, 32:22 but you cannot live out the will of God 32:25 by still abiding in the human flesh, 32:27 you cannot do that. 32:29 Now we're gonna be breaking it down 32:30 to the essentials of salvation. 32:32 So write that down, what are the only two options 32:34 we have in salvation, what are they? 32:36 Simple world, life or what? 32:40 Life or death. Write that down. 32:41 Only two options. 32:48 Question number 15. 32:51 This is a four part question. 32:53 A four part question. 32:57 Let's begin with this. Here it is. 32:59 What are the essentials that we need 33:03 in a saving relationship? 33:06 What are the essentials 33:09 that we need in a saving relationship? 33:11 We'll start with 2 Timothy 3:15. 33:14 Now that we've laid the foundation 33:15 as to who we are, what kind of nature we have, 33:18 who we are, and who we are not in Christ. 33:20 Then the question will be, 33:22 "Okay, I'm going on this Christian journey now. 33:25 I've accepted Jesus as my savior. 33:27 I'm walking in this new path. 33:29 What do I need now 33:31 that's essential in a saving relationship?" 33:34 And I add the word relationship 33:36 because there is no such thing as once saved always saved. 33:39 As like there is no such thing 33:41 as one meal, no more meals needed, right? 33:45 You all following me? 33:46 You got to eat every day. 33:48 So what are some of the essentials 33:50 that we need in the saving relationship? 33:52 Let's begin with 2 Timothy 3:15. 33:56 And I want you to notice this 33:58 beyond the points that you have gleaned from it in the past. 34:01 2 Timothy 3:15, and here is what 34:04 the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy. 34:07 And it says, "And that from childhood 34:10 you have known the," what? 34:12 "Holy Scriptures, 34:14 which are able to make you," what? 34:16 "Wise unto or for salvation through faith 34:19 which is in Christ Jesus." 34:21 Let me ask you a question. 34:22 Do we need the Bible 34:23 to maintain a saving relationship? 34:25 Yes. Yes. 34:26 Yes, you do. 34:30 We live in a generation that never bought a map. 34:37 We live in a generation that never bought a book map. 34:43 Dan, you know what I'm talking about. 34:45 I was raised in a generation where we owned, 34:47 for those of you who have never heard of one, 34:50 a Rand McNally map. 34:52 Anybody know what I'm talking about? 34:54 We used to walk around with this huge map. 34:58 And we would be driving and we'd stop at intersection, 35:01 turn the flash light on, where are we now? 35:04 Remember those days? 35:06 "Oh, okay, what's that symbol? 35:08 It's the triangle green, look at the ledger. 35:11 Oh, that's rest area. Okay." 35:14 We lived in that era. 35:16 Now, I'm gonna introduce a statement or scenario 35:21 that I want you to think about just quickly. 35:23 What would happen to this generation 35:25 if the GPS satellites just suddenly went off? 35:33 How many young people would be lost? 35:35 No, sorry. How may people would be lost? 35:38 How much do we rely on our GPS? 35:41 Come on, a lot. 35:43 But we rely on it so much 35:46 that manufacturers have had to add a caution to it. 35:51 They say, "Make a right turn if possible." 35:56 Because people when GPS's came out, 35:58 GPS has led people in lakes, in people's backyards. 36:04 Remember that? 36:06 But let me make a point, 36:07 the Word of God will never lead you wrong. 36:09 Can I get an amen? 36:10 Amen. 36:11 It is able to make you wise. 36:13 The more you read God's Word. 36:14 And this is what I'm gonna emphasize. 36:16 The more you read the Word of God, 36:17 the wiser you get. 36:20 You cannot look at light 36:22 and become darker in your understanding, 36:24 but the reverse of that, the more you... 36:29 The more you do not read God's Word, 36:33 I want to use it, I don't want this to sound unusual, 36:35 but the more unwise you get. 36:39 You get that. 36:41 If you need wisdom, it's in here. 36:44 If you don't want wisdom, leave your Bible closed. 36:48 This is the only book, what book did I say? 36:51 The only book that's able to make you wise 36:55 unto salvation, 36:56 no other book, no other program on television, 37:01 no other song. 37:03 This is the only book that can make you wise unto salvation. 37:05 You want to be wiser, read the Word of God. 37:08 The entrance of God's Word gives light. 37:12 Matter of fact, the Bible says in Psalms 19, 37:16 "Making wise the simple." 37:21 "Making wise the simple." 37:23 If you want to be wise, 37:25 don't ask people that think they're wise. 37:27 If anyone lacks wisdom, let them ask of God. 37:30 And God has given you a whole lot of wisdom right here 37:32 before you need to make a phone call to heaven. 37:36 The first thing we need, 37:38 write that down under A, what do we need? 37:39 Write it down as the Bible says we need the what? 37:42 The Holy Scriptures. 37:45 And nowadays the reason I use the phrase Holy Scriptures 37:48 because when you walk in the Barnes and Noble's, 37:50 there's an entire section that says Bibles. 37:54 But they're not Bibles like we call them Bibles. 37:57 There's Bibles for fixing engines, 38:00 there's the cooking Bible, there's a sawing Bible. 38:03 They use the word Bible 38:04 and the devil has spread that out 38:06 to mean so many other things 38:08 than what God intended for it to be. 38:10 That's why I'd like to praise Holy Scriptures. 38:14 Okay, let's go to the next one. 38:16 What's the next one? 38:18 What do we need the second thing we need to do 38:19 that's essential for salvation? 38:21 This is very essential, 38:22 but very important for us to get. 38:24 Isaiah 45:22, look at it. 38:27 Isaiah 45:22, look at it. 38:34 And for those of you who are already there, 38:38 here is what the Bible says to us, 38:40 the prophet Isaiah says, 38:42 well, God says through the prophet Isaiah. 38:46 "Look to Me, and be," what? 38:48 "Be saved, all you ends of the earth! 38:51 For I am God, and there is," what? 38:53 "There is no other." 38:55 So now, first one, we need the Bible for wisdom, 38:59 but where should our eyes be focused? 39:05 Where should our eyes be focused? 39:06 On Christ. On Christ. 39:08 Look to Me. 39:09 Hebrews says, "Looking unto Jesus 39:11 the author and finisher of our faith." 39:14 And that's something widely important now. 39:16 You may not know how important that is 39:18 until you're in a situation 39:20 where you think somebody is and they're not. 39:25 And you say, but, and then you realize, 39:28 "Wait a minute, I shouldn't have been looking 39:30 at that person anyway," right? 39:33 Keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. 39:34 "Look to Me and be," what? 39:35 "And be saved." 39:37 So write the answer down here, fix your eyes on Jesus. 39:42 Fix your eyes on Jesus 39:47 'cause there's no other reliable focus that 39:49 we can have than to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. 39:53 I think the song writer that wrote that song 39:55 turn your eyes upon Jesus 39:57 may have been influenced by this passage. 40:00 What's the third thing we need? 40:03 The third thing we need. 40:05 Romans 1:16, 40:08 we need the Bible, 40:11 we need to keep looking to Jesus, 40:13 and notice the other one. 40:15 Okay, we need something else. 40:18 Here it is, Romans 1:16. 40:22 I think we all should read this one, 40:23 but I've been doing that all night long 40:24 so if you join me great, if not, I'll read it anyway. 40:28 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, 40:32 for it is the power of God to salvation 40:35 for everyone who," does what? 40:37 "For everyone who believes, 40:39 for the Jew first and also for the Greek." 40:43 That's really what the Apostle Paul's 40:45 journey was all about. 40:47 The Jews were the ones that got it first, 40:48 but he expanded it to the Greeks, 40:51 he expanded it to the proselytes 40:53 and those were the ones who were being converted. 40:55 Now what do we need, 40:57 what do you see in this text, what do we need? 40:59 We need the gospel. 41:03 And then by accepting the gospel 41:05 it brings with it the power of God. 41:10 What do we need power for? 41:16 Come on, what do we need power for? 41:19 Think about the New Testament church, 41:20 what do we need power for? 41:24 Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit. Yeah. 41:26 But what else do we need power for? 41:29 Making disciples. Making disciples. 41:31 All powers given to me. 41:33 What else do we need power for? 41:37 If I say the text, you'll know right away, 41:39 Acts 1:8, 41:42 "For you shall receive power 41:45 after the Holy Spirit comes upon you." 41:48 And you shall be what? 41:50 Witnesses. 41:51 You cannot witness, 41:53 you cannot be a witness for God, 41:56 you cannot be a witness for Jesus without the power. 42:00 Amen? Amen. 42:01 You need power because you know what? 42:03 If you try it on your own, 42:05 anybody could, for some time, anyone could... 42:11 Anyone has the ability to put forth a good effort 42:17 to make it appear, 42:20 but when you find the kink in that person's armor, 42:23 you say, "Wow, I didn't think they could do that." 42:25 I didn't, boy, what I heard, 42:28 what I saw, you would not believe it 42:31 because when the power of God 42:32 is not restraining an individual, 42:34 anything is possible. 42:35 So here's the answer you put down for point C. 42:40 "We need the gospel 42:42 for it releases to us the," what? 42:44 "The power of God, 42:47 but the power of God is made available 42:50 to those who hear the gospel," 42:53 Yes or no? 42:55 Is the power made available to those who hear the gospel? 42:58 Yes or no? Yes. 42:59 No. No. 43:04 For those who believe the gospel, that's right. 43:06 It's not for those who hear the gospel 43:09 but for those who do what? 43:10 Believe that whosoever 43:12 believeth in Him will not perish. 43:15 Not whosoever listens to Him, not whosoever sings for Him, 43:20 or preaches for Him, or share His tracts with, 43:24 but whosoever believes in Him, that's the key. 43:27 The belief is the essence of what turns the gospel 43:30 into the power in our lives, 43:32 we must believe. 43:34 And then... 43:36 Ooh, I like this one. 43:41 The fourth essential that we need for salvation, 43:44 Hebrews 9:28. 43:48 Hebrews 9:28. 43:52 This passage is often said in a different way 43:55 in Matthew 24 43:56 and I won't use that parallel until we read this passage 43:59 to get the whole picture back together. 44:04 Hebrews 9:28 the Bible says, 44:07 "So Christ was offered," how many times? 44:10 "Once to bear the sins of," how many? 44:13 "Many. 44:15 To those who eagerly wait for Him 44:18 He will appear a second time, 44:19 apart from sin," for what? 44:22 "For salvation." 44:23 Now what do you see in this passage that we need? 44:26 What do we need? 44:28 Okay, but what shall we do? 44:35 We look for Him. 44:37 Thank you, say it again. 44:39 Right. And how do we look for Him? 44:42 Eagerly. 44:43 You know what eagerly means? 44:46 I forgot we had... 44:48 I don't know, I think we may still have it, 44:50 we have pathfinders, 44:52 and the little, little kids are called eager beavers. 44:57 You know what means, that they're highly energetic, 44:59 they're eager, everything is exciting to them, 45:01 they're always on emotion, right? 45:03 Is that eager beavers? 45:06 I would love to see eager Christians 45:12 that are excited about the coming of Jesus. 45:16 It's sad that on the adults 45:21 sometimes the eagerness 45:24 of waiting for the coming of Jesus 45:25 is sometimes dimmed or loss. 45:27 The joy, looking forward 45:30 and we come to church and we're not eager, 45:32 we got to get out right away, 45:33 we got to hurry up, 45:35 hurry up and finish the message. 45:37 I got to go home and sit down in my chair 45:39 and rock back and forth for the next nine hours. 45:43 Do nothing for the rest of the Sabbath. 45:45 You know what this is? 45:46 When it says eagerly wait, 45:48 it doesn't mean inactively 45:50 because when you look at Acts 1, 45:52 the Lord said to the disciples, 45:54 "Why are you standing around? 45:55 Why do you stand here gazing? 45:57 Don't you know the same one that left us 45:58 coming back in the same manner? 46:00 Go do something." 46:02 And they turned the world upside down in 34 years. 46:06 Began with just 12 46:07 and then those in the upper room, 46:09 and the numbers began to grow. 46:10 So here are the four things we need one the scriptures, 46:14 secondly keep our eyes fixed on Christ, 46:17 thirdly believe the gospel, 46:19 and fourth with eager anticipation remain active 46:23 as we look forward to the coming of Jesus 46:26 because I want to tell you, you can't be inactive 46:28 and believe that Jesus is coming soon, 46:31 you can't, it's not possible. 46:33 How could you be inactive 46:36 and say you believe that Jesus is coming again. 46:39 When He says go to the highways and hedges, 46:41 compel all men, go ye therefore 46:43 and make disciples of all nations, go. 46:49 You cannot be inactive, 46:51 and you say you're ready for the coming of Jesus. 46:54 Now we're gonna dive into another area. 46:56 Here we're gonna dive into sin, 46:59 repentance, confession, 47:01 what does it all mean. 47:03 What does it all mean repentance, confession, sin, 47:07 what does it all mean? 47:08 So let's begin on question number 16. 47:13 Question number 16. 47:16 What is necessary to be forgiven of sin? 47:19 What is necessary to be forgiven of sin? 47:25 We know the passage, but we have to say it. 47:27 All right. Are you all ready? 47:30 And since it applies to every one of us, 47:32 for those of you who are at home 47:33 you might read it if it shows on the screen. 47:35 It is as follows. 47:38 What's the first word? 47:39 If. If. 47:41 If who? 47:43 We, do what? 47:45 Confess. 47:46 Those three words are the difference between 47:48 being saved and being lost, three words. 47:50 If we confess. 47:53 "If we confess our sins," 47:56 you got to acknowledge it before you can confess it. 48:00 "He is faithful and just to," do what? 48:04 "Forgive us our sins and to," say the rest with me, 48:07 "cleanse us from," how much? 48:10 "All unrighteousness." 48:13 Amen. 48:16 "If you confess, 48:20 He is faithful." 48:26 Wow, that's a passage that you could preach every night. 48:30 I remember years ago 48:32 I read a story about an old evangelist named Billy Sunday. 48:36 Have you heard the name Billy Sunday? 48:38 Look at up, very interesting evangelist. 48:41 Billy Sunday was preaching in Chicago. 48:44 And night after night 48:48 he said, "My sermon tonight is on the love of God." 48:52 And he preached his heart out. 48:55 And the next night, 48:57 "Tonight my sermon is on the love of God." 49:02 The next night, 49:03 "Tonight my sermon is on the love of God." 49:06 And they said, "Billy, is there 49:07 anything else you need to preach on?" 49:09 He said, "What else is there?" 49:13 For God so, what? 49:14 Love the world. 49:16 What else is there, 49:17 outside of the love of God every one of us is lost. 49:21 For God so, come on talk to me, 49:23 love the world outside. 49:25 "He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love." 49:30 And now I want to challenge those of you who think that... 49:32 Let me slow down, I want to challenge 49:34 those of you who think that love is shallow. 49:39 When you really get to the place where you love, 49:43 it will challenge you at your deepest core. 49:47 It will take you to places you don't want to go 49:50 and say now show me the love of God. 49:56 See, it will do that, it will do that. 50:00 But we must know that to be forgiven, 50:03 we must do what? 50:06 Confess. 50:08 We got to confess, without that it's not going anywhere. 50:10 Let's go to the next passage. 50:12 Let's use our time wisely. 50:15 The next passage Psalms 32:5, and David the Psalmist, 50:21 this was part of his coming back. 50:24 Look at what he said, look at what he said... 50:31 speaking to the Lord he said this, 50:34 he said, "I acknowledged my sin to You, 50:37 and my iniquity I have not hidden. 50:41 I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the," who? 50:46 "To the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.'" 50:51 When I read this passage 50:52 I dipped into the commentaries 50:59 and I saw what was being said. 51:03 And the Bible writers have a tremendous impact 51:09 on this particular statement. 51:13 Let me see. 51:16 I said Psalms 32. Oh, here I am. 51:18 I'm so far away from that. 51:19 Okay, what they said was David in this passage 51:23 was confessing his sin to God 51:26 the one that he had offended, 51:29 but he said and the Bible writer says 51:32 when the sin that you have done is against God, 51:36 you confess it to God. 51:39 But when it is of a nature where you have... 51:44 If I hurt you, I confess it to you. 51:46 Confess your faults to one another. 51:49 And so this particular passage the Lord was leading David 51:52 and David had turned away from Him. 51:53 And David said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, 51:57 and You forgave the iniquity of my sin." 52:02 And the Bible writers said, 52:03 "This is a sin of a private nature." 52:06 David told no one but the Lord. 52:09 And the Lord forgave David. 52:10 But look at the commentary here, 52:11 listen to this. 52:13 Verse 5. 52:15 "David's repentance was sincere and deep..." 52:18 This is in reference to that. 52:21 "There was no effort to palliate his crime. 52:24 No desire to escape the judgments threatened, 52:31 inspired his prayer. 52:33 But he saw the enormity 52:35 of his transgressions against God. 52:37 He saw the defilement of his soul. 52:41 And loathed his sin. 52:44 It was not for pardon only that he prayed, 52:48 but for purity of heart." 52:50 Amen someone? Amen. 52:51 "David did not in despair 52:57 give over the struggle. 53:01 In the promise of God to repentant sinners 53:06 he saw the evidence of His pardon and acceptance. 53:10 In the promise of God to repentant sinners 53:14 he saw the evidence of His pardon and acceptance." 53:18 So David by confessing to the Lord, 53:21 the Lord forgave David, 53:23 and David had a change of life, a change of heart. 53:27 Amen? Amen. 53:29 Let's go to the next one. 53:30 So what is necessary here, acknowledge. 53:33 What is it the other one, confess, 53:35 first one, confess, second one, acknowledge. 53:39 Wow, this is amazing aspect of it. 53:43 And the reason why this is a part of our study 53:45 which I told you about a few weeks ago 53:47 is because people join churches today... 53:51 "What do I need to do to join your church?" 53:54 So we give them the 28 fundamentals, 53:56 and they check all the check marks off. 53:58 And our 28 fundamentals in the Adventist church 54:01 are solid, they're scriptural. 54:03 But people come in intellectually 54:05 acknowledging the assent 54:07 and the truth of what the church teaches 54:10 according to the Word of God, 54:11 but they never repent of anything, 54:14 they never confess anything, 54:16 they never change their direction, 54:18 and they come in intellectual sinners, 54:20 and live intellectual sinners. 54:22 They don't confess anything, they don't change. 54:27 But now listen to this one. 54:29 How does the Bible describe 54:30 the process of receiving God's mercy? 54:32 How does the Bible describe 54:34 the process of receiving God's mercy? 54:36 Proverbs 28:13. 54:40 How does the Bible describe 54:41 the process of receiving God's mercy? 54:43 Here it is, Proverbs 28:13, and the Bible tells us clearly, 54:47 "He who covers his sins," will not what? 54:50 "Will not prosper, but whoever confesses and," what else? 54:54 "Forsakes them," will have what? 54:56 "Will have mercy." 54:58 Averting the judgment of God, 55:00 He replaces His judgment with His mercy. 55:04 Amen? Amen. 55:08 That's one to really think on. 55:10 He replaces His judgment with His mercy. 55:14 I remember my dad growing up, 55:16 and I wish I could tell the story better. 55:20 My dad had a gold watch with a porcelain face, 55:24 sorry an ivory, a porcelain face. 55:27 And I always saw him, he would take it out of his pocket, 55:29 and he look at it, and he put it back. 55:30 And I was fascinated by that. I was a little kid. 55:32 And I always wanted to know what made it tick. 55:37 How did it tick? 55:39 So picking it up I went to his dresser, 55:41 picked up the clock or the watch 55:43 to see what made it tick. 55:44 I couldn't figure it out so I took a hammer 55:48 to his gold watch, pocket watch 55:51 and took a hammer to his gold pocket watch 55:54 laid it on the side, whack! 55:58 Because I want to see what made it tick. 56:03 I didn't know it was gonna involuntarily fall apart. 56:11 It fell apart, porcelain cracked, broke, 56:15 the glass shattered, the watch bent. 56:19 And I thought, woo. 56:21 Now I found that what made it tick 56:25 and in my stupidity 56:28 in the adolescence of my idiocy 56:31 I tried to cover my sin. 56:33 So I threw it way under the dresser. 56:36 Well, it can only go but so far under the dresser. 56:39 And he came back to look for his watch, 56:41 his pocket watch, and it wasn't there. 56:44 "So where is my pocket watch." 56:45 And I heard him talking to himself. 56:48 By then I was in the front yard, 56:50 I was far from the scene of the crime. 56:53 But I heard his voice say, "Junior." 56:57 You know, the voice of judgment. 56:58 You hear and I said, 56:59 "That doesn't sound really good." 57:01 "Junior." 57:02 So I ignored it. "Junior." 57:04 I heard again. "Junior." 57:06 When it gets longer, you know, you're in trouble. 57:10 "Did you see my watch?" 57:11 This is a point here. 57:13 "He who covers his sin will not prosper." 57:16 "Did you see my watch?" 57:18 "No, papa." 57:21 "I'm gonna ask you again, did you see my watch?" 57:24 "No, papa." 57:30 "What is this?" 57:33 "Your watch." 57:37 "Did you do that?" 57:38 "No, papa." 57:40 Well, I must say now as a grown adult, 57:43 I found out what made the watch tick, 57:46 he found out what made me tick. 57:49 And I learned a valuable lesson, 57:51 and I'm gonna end on this note 57:53 if we don't confess our sins, we will not prosper. 57:56 And we don't want God to find out what makes us tick. 57:59 So if it does make sense, my friends, keep studying, 58:01 one day it will come into A Sharper Focus. |
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