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00:01 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN's Fall Homecoming
00:03 Interactive Section or Segment of the Fall Homecoming 00:06 Camp Meeting. We're so glad that you have joined us. 00:08 It's hard to believe we're down to the very end of Camp Meeting. 00:11 For those of you that have been a part of Camp Meeting, 00:14 been in attendance here, or you have watched at home 00:16 previous Camp Meetings we always have what we call 00:19 the Afterglow. We get the whole family, the participants 00:21 of Camp Meeting, together. Well it's been a little bit of 00:24 a challenge, but we're going to attempt to do it 00:26 this evening and spend some time with you. 00:28 Again, you've sent so many comments and questions in 00:31 all during Camp Meeting. It's been so fun to hear 00:34 where you're from. Also we've got prayer warriors 00:36 have been involved. This is going to be a fun time: 00:38 about an hour we'll be able to spend here this evening 00:40 closing out Fall Homecoming Camp Meeting. 00:42 To me one of the keys of this Camp Meeting has been 00:44 the virtual aspect and the aspect where we get to take 00:47 your questions at home. 00:49 You've been texting in questions and our pastors 00:51 and people have been answering them. 00:53 That's been something that we haven't always done 00:55 and I've really enjoyed that as part of Homecoming. 00:59 And tonight we have some more questions too. 01:01 Oh, we do, yeah. It's going to be a fun time together. 01:02 It's going to go by quickly we know. 01:04 We have Mr. Danny Shelton. Thank you for being here 01:06 this evening. Happy to be here as always. 01:09 And Dr. Yvonne Shelton. Good to have you here too. 01:12 We're going to be kind of all co-hosting together here 01:14 this evening. We'll be switching some musical chairs 01:16 with our other Camp Meeting participants. 01:18 We have Jason Bergmann with us; Francine Bergmann. 01:22 Good to have you all with us here this evening. 01:24 But before we get to you all we have some comments 01:26 that have come in during Camp Meeting. 01:28 Let's read some of those - Sure - to start off. 01:30 Thanks to everyone there I've enjoyed worshiping with my 01:34 3ABN family this lovely Sabbath morning in South Korea. 01:38 My daughters, Hope and Faith, enjoyed listening to the music 01:42 portion. I was blessed by Pastor Lomacang's message 01:45 as always. Jill, thank you for sharing your faith 01:48 journey and encouraging us. We're praying for you 01:51 God will continue to remain faithful to you. 01:54 Amen. Beautiful! Thank you, Danny Shelton, 01:56 for that beautiful message from God. We know that Satan 01:59 has penetrated the church but Jesus promised that 02:02 we will survive all attacks. Amen! 02:04 Amen! Another: Thanks to you, Bro. Danny Shelton, 02:08 for allowing the Holy Spirit to use you. 02:10 Thank you, Holy Father, for heart-searching messages 02:14 like this. Well, praise the Lord! Amen; Amen. 02:18 I'm going to have to say this honestly: 02:20 since I started watching and interacting with this Fall 02:23 Camp Meeting I've seen a whole new brand new light 02:32 and The Holy Spirit is taking hold of me. 02:35 And I don't know what direction they're going to take me. 02:37 There is the distance that is popping up all over the place! 02:42 Fire inside of me! I feel... I don't know how to explain. 02:46 All I want to do is thank you thank you thank you 02:49 3ABN - Praise the Lord! and I love you. 02:51 Whoo! That's two hands. Praise the Lord! 02:54 You know, Mr. Danny: we've received so many comments 02:56 you know, during Camp Meeting and so many people - 02:58 which has been so encouraging for all of us - 03:01 have either like re-connected with Jesus 03:04 or for the first time said: "Yes, Jesus, I want You 03:07 into my life. " That does something to us, doesn't it? 03:09 Oh, it does! It's encouraging. 03:11 And people that's not even Christians said: "I'm wanting 03:16 to find the Lord; I'm looking for the Lord 03:18 or a relationship" that are tuned in and watching 03:21 it's neat. And some say: "I have a spouse that's not 03:24 Christian but he's been watching Camp Meeting. 03:26 One of them said: "I've heard more "Amens" out of him today 03:29 than I've heard ever! " 03:32 Wow! That's really neat. Praise the Lord! 03:34 Because it's nothing that we can do... 03:36 it's the Holy Spirit using us and we can be vessels for Him. 03:41 The other aspect has been the prayer warriors. 03:43 It has. And J.D. Quinn has done an amazing job 03:46 with the pastoral team of coordinating people 03:48 from all over the world who have covenanted 03:51 to pray one hour during Camp Meeting. 03:54 And we've covered this entire Camp Meeting experience 03:57 from Wednesday all the way through tonight with prayer. 04:00 And I just want to give a quick shout out to a couple 04:02 of the places where people are praying for this Camp Meeting 04:05 from: United Kingdom, Canada, 04:08 London, Ohio, 04:10 Alaska, California, Wyoming, 04:13 Korea, Jamaica, Texas, 04:16 Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Washington, Bahamas, 04:19 Florida, Maryland, Canada, 04:21 Granada, California, New Jersey, Missouri, 04:24 Turkey, East Africa, Uganda, Kansas, 04:28 United Kingdom, West Coast, Florida, North Carolina, 04:32 Wisconsin... and the list goes on. 04:33 We heard from 70 prayer warriors who live in England 04:37 and they said that they were praying, covenanting 04:40 two times a day for one hour. Seventy people 04:43 praying for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 04:47 that God would move in a mighty way during this Camp Meeting. 04:51 So just a special thank you to all of you who have been 04:53 praying 'cause these decisions are partly a result of that. 04:57 Amen! Oh, absolutely! The Holy Spirit has been here. 05:00 Even though we haven't had a live audience here 05:02 the Holy Spirit, the Lord has still been here. 05:05 What an incredible Camp Meeting! 05:06 I appreciate, of course, Pastor John Lomacang. 05:08 He was the keynote featured speaker. 05:10 Again, all of the music hours... so anointed! 05:13 And all the other speakers as well. 05:15 I know for us here at 3ABN 05:17 we get to hear them as well. But you know, you can get used to 05:20 doing programming on a daily basis, but I ENJOY Camp Meeting. 05:23 This Camp Meeting has been a blessing to me personally. 05:26 So again, what a blessing. I've actually heard more sermons 05:29 while they're being preached 05:32 this Camp Meeting than I do normally 'cause 05:33 normally we're so busy with everything, 05:36 you know, that we're hitting and missing. 05:38 Today we actually and this whole week we've been actually able to 05:41 sit and listen. Amen! A blessing! 05:44 So Jason and Francine, what's your take away from Camp Meeting? 05:47 What have you experienced as a result of this Camp Meeting? 05:51 Well I have to say for me it's seeing the team working 05:55 again but it's also the different perspective like 05:59 you mentioned already is being able to take it in 06:02 and not running around but also seeing as a viewer 06:05 some of the time. And I see what's going on 06:07 and I realize that also we're trying to network 06:10 with the kids as well and trying to reach that age. 06:14 And so that to me is a prayer that I have that 06:17 yes, we've had Camp Meeting but the Holy Spirit is still 06:20 impressing their hearts beyond Camp Meeting. 06:22 Um-hmm. That, to me, is very important. 06:24 So everything that we've done here is not anything we can do 06:27 but it's what God can do through humble people like... I mean 06:31 I'm very humbled each step of the way. So... 06:34 Amen. And also for those who registered you also... 06:36 You did a virtual kid's program today for church 06:40 for those who registered at 3ABN.tv and then... 06:43 Yeah... that was fun. I wondered what Sabbath School would be 06:46 like with the lessons that we've done with Detectives of Truth. 06:49 So if you haven't seen it, please see what's on there. 06:52 We'd like to do that. Yeah, thank you for doing that. 06:55 We appreciate that so much! 06:56 Jason, what's your take away of Camp Meeting? 06:59 You know what I really appreciated that 3ABN was willing 07:02 to do something different and do a virtual when we could have 07:06 said: "You know, we're not going to do it. " 07:10 But because of the Lord giving us the technology - 07:13 um-hmm - giving us the ability to do this 07:15 that it's been a real blessing. 07:18 One thing I really appreciated: 07:21 Pastor John Lomacang and Danny Shelton 07:24 both did a great job in getting the depth of 07:28 the subject matter of the Bible. 07:32 There's a lot of subjects out there that haven't been 07:35 addressed, and it was really nice to see 07:38 these type of subject matters dealt with 07:41 in a real Christian in a depth that helps people 07:46 understand from a Christian perspective that we are here 07:49 to basically share the good news that Jesus is coming 07:52 no matter where we are, what culture we're in, 07:55 or what type of environment we're in. Um-hmm. 07:58 So I also... My take away, too, is 08:01 just not only the depth but you think of getting into 08:06 the weeds, but we got into the roots. 08:09 And what made me think of getting in the roots 08:13 is contemplation. Umm. You know, sometimes we're so busy 08:17 with things going on in life and it's good to start 08:21 sitting back and just thinking about all the things 08:24 that were spoken in the last few days. 08:27 So I really appreciated Pastor John Lomacang 08:30 and Pastor Danny Shelton in sharing subject matter that 08:33 was very difficult but I believe they did a really good job. 08:38 Amen! It was based on the Bible. 08:40 Praise the Lord! Yes! Thank you Jason and thank you Francine. 08:43 Turn up the light! That's right! Thank you for your leadership 08:45 here at 3ABN and for sharing tonight. Amen! All right. 08:49 You know, it's a team that makes 3ABN happen 08:52 and you at home are part of that team. 08:54 We again just say thank you for your prayers and financial 08:56 support for the ministry of 3ABN. 08:58 We're still able to go forward in the midst of COVID. 09:00 Right? Just like Jason was mentioning... a great point. 09:03 Here he is our CFO. He's lookin' at the finances. 09:05 What a faith venture, but God has supplied all of our needs 09:08 the summer months and through COVID, and that's thanks to you. 09:11 So we appreciate again your support for the ministry of 09:13 3ABN. You know, Greg, speaking of COVID, 09:17 we sent out about 6.25 million I think of the little booklets. 09:22 It's amazing! Yesterday, I won't go into a lot of detail 09:26 but I made friends with a person that wrote to us 09:30 and wasn't very happy. Didn't know anything about 3ABN 09:34 but read the material and said some things, you know. 09:37 But it was fine with me. So everybody has their opinion 09:40 and should be able to express it. So the person said 09:43 "I'm sure you won't ever probably even read this. 09:47 Maybe one of your assistants will read it, but I know I won't 09:50 hear from you. " So this morning the Lord impressed me 09:52 to write an e-mail back. And you know what? 09:55 I got a response this evening. And said: "I'm really sorry. 09:58 I jumped to conclusions. I really didn't know anything. 10:00 I'm going by past experience with other organizations. " 10:04 And so said: "I'm not sure I'll ever come back. " 10:08 He used to be a Christian. "Not sure I'll ever come back 10:12 to the fold but I want to continue correspondence. " 10:16 And so to me it's divine providence 10:19 not coincidence, but we can learn from each other. 10:21 See, I can learn from this person; they can learn from me. 10:24 And so we have to... As you said earlier 10:27 "love one another. " We just have to love each other 10:30 and accept people where we are. 10:32 Everybody doesn't have to agree with me; they don't have to 10:34 agree with you. But we sit down and we try to... 10:36 If we want to study the Bible, 10:39 you'll see what the Bible says. And still, your own take 10:43 you go away. But that's why Camp Meeting's here. 10:45 You listen to what's said. If you don't agree, 10:47 write us and tell us. If you don't agree with Pastor John, 10:50 Kenny, or myself... whomever... 10:52 just write us and maybe we'll have a discussion about it. 10:55 But if you don't, it's OK too. 10:56 So this is a great time. I love this part of Interactive 11:00 that we've been doing. You know, this part where we can sit down 11:03 and take these questions from everybody. Yeah, absolutely. 11:05 I love that. We have some questions that have come in 11:07 and we have trade out some guests here, too. 11:09 We have Pastor Kenny Shelton. That's right: family, thank you. 11:12 And Pastor John Lomacang. They are definitely family. 11:16 Amen. So let's start with you, Pastor Kenny. 11:18 There's questions that have come in from you at home. 11:20 Thank you. THANK YOU for sending in these questions. 11:23 It says... They're from Mississippi. 11:25 My question is: how can I witness to someone 11:28 who is resistant to hearing the Word of God? 11:32 Someone who's turning a deaf ear. 11:35 It seems that we meet that question quite often. 11:39 But you know, it so important that we spend time in prayer. 11:43 Amen! Some people don't want to hear. Family doesn't want to 11:46 hear sometimes... friends don't want to hear. 11:48 And if you don't want to hear you put up a wall 11:50 and you won't listen. 11:52 But I found out if you take that person's name into prayer 11:55 and you pray, the Holy Spirit will open up an avenue 11:58 or door that their ears will be open, their eyes will be open 12:01 and the Spirit of God will come into their heart and mind 12:03 and they will ask you... they will come to you... 12:06 where before they didn't want to hear it. 12:07 I think the main, the most important thing is 12:10 just to pray. Ask for the lead and guidance of the Holy Spirit 12:13 of the Living God to come in there and give you 12:15 an opportunity and privilege not to raise up your name 12:19 but raise up the name of Jesus Christ. Amen! 12:21 And I believe that the Holy Spirit will answer that. 12:23 I really do. Amen! Excellent! 12:25 Pastor John: this is from Trinidad and Tobago: 12:28 OK. First, very powerful and timely message 12:31 for us all. Based on Biblical teachings in addition to the 12:34 grace and mercy of God, in your opinion what is the fate 12:37 of those who were never witnessed to or privy to the truth 12:41 or convicted in their faith? For example: Hindus and Muslims 12:45 who died without ever knowing the commandments, 12:48 specifically the 4th commandment or the acceptance of Christ. 12:52 OK. Well first of all I want to just make sure 12:55 that you know my opinion doesn't really matter. 12:58 So what I want to do is answer based on what I know 13:01 the Word of God says. 13:02 One of the things that encourages my heart is first 13:05 of all Jesus said and Peter writes this: "He is not willing 13:08 that any should perish. " But you know, this question 13:11 was asked a while ago, and the Lord gave me the answer 13:14 in Titus chapter 2 verse 11. 13:17 This is vitally important. You know, we are not the ones 13:21 responsible for reaching everyone. 13:23 3ABN has covered the world - um-hmm - but remember 13:26 Jesus said through the apostle Paul 13:28 "God will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness. " 13:33 And when I heard that... How are we all saved? 13:35 By grace through faith in Christ alone. Um-hmm. 13:38 Paul says through Titus 2:11: 13:43 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared 13:48 to all men. " That's right! 13:50 I've gotta accept the fact that God works in ways that 13:53 are far beyond our human ability to understand. 13:56 And then Paul continues to reiterate that. 13:59 So what is being said here: from the day that Noah said... 14:02 from the day that Genesis says "Noah found grace in the eyes 14:05 of the Lord... " The grace of God ever since the fall of man 14:07 has appeared to men where they are. 14:10 That's the key. 14:12 And Paul emphasizes some of the creative ways 14:14 that God has brought salvation. So the Hindu 14:18 may have seen God not in the Word but through nature. 14:21 That's right! Romans 1. Listen to Romans 1, and Jill... 14:24 we're Romans partners. 14:27 The Bible says in Romans 1:24: "Since the creation of the world 14:31 His invisible attributes are clearly seen... " 14:36 And they're not only seen. 14:37 "being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal 14:41 godhead and power so that they are without excuse. " 14:47 So when people stand before the Lord 14:49 He's going to judge them not according to knowledge 14:54 but according to the knowledge that they were exposed to. 14:57 That's key. You never judge someone on something 15:00 they've never know. That's unjust and God is a just God. 15:04 So whatever they have known is what God is going to judge them 15:06 on. And they may have found Him in the nightlight of the sun 15:10 or the stars or the moon or in the whisper of God in nature. 15:13 But whatever God exposed them to 15:15 is what they're accountable for. Amen! Amen! 15:18 Amen! Amen! 15:19 Do you have any more questions? Sure! OK. 15:22 Pastor Kenny: In the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:24, 15:25 the making of any image regarding heaven 15:28 for I believe that those in Christ's day they knew what 15:30 He looked like but today nobody has any idea 15:33 what He looks like. 15:35 So why do we have all kinds of photos of what we think 15:39 Christ looks like? Does the Scripture say 15:42 "Thou shalt not make any graven image? " 15:45 So what about those photos of Christ? 15:47 There's I think a lot of honest hearts, a lot of good people 15:50 you know that have made some kind of an image... 15:53 print... what Jesus looks like. 15:55 But I guarantee you this: according to the Word of God 15:58 one of these days we will see Him face to face. 16:00 All right! And we are going to know as we are known. 16:03 We are going to know Christ and we are going to see that face. 16:06 And I'm telling you: it's going to be more beautiful. 16:07 That's right! And the man can print, he can take photos of, 16:11 he can paint... whatever it might be. 16:13 And I look forward to that day that I'll be able to see Him. 16:16 And until that time I don't know about you 16:18 I look at some of the pictures and it says we shouldn't do it. 16:20 People fuss and fight and carry on, you know, 16:22 about the issue. But you know what? Again, I think 16:25 no matter what you could paint, no matter what you could 16:28 take pictures of or whatever, nothing... nothing is going to 16:31 add up to the face of Jesus Christ. Amen! 16:33 So we need to leave that and say: "One of these days 16:36 we shall behold the face of God! " What a glorious day 16:38 that will be! Wow! Fantastic! Look forward to that. Amen! 16:43 Pastor John: "Isn't God... " This is from Gaithersburg, MD. 16:46 "Isn't God the Father the Judge and Christ the Mediator 16:51 Lawyer? " So explain that. 16:53 When I was young in ministry I remember doing an evangelistic 16:56 series and I preached that. 16:58 And I was approached by a retired pastor, 17:01 an Adventist pastor, And he said: "Young man, you're 17:03 enthusiasm is tremendous but your theology is incorrect. " 17:07 And I said: "Show it to me! " I'm a New Yorker... 17:10 "Show it to me. " 17:12 And he showed me the Scripture and from then on 17:14 the gospel has become even more exciting because 17:17 I said to someone in one of my sermons 17:19 "What if the court was rigged in your favor? " 17:21 And I said: "What if the judge and the lawyer 17:24 were on your side? But what if the judge and the 17:27 lawyer were the same person? " 17:28 Mmm! That is amazing. 17:30 The Bible says in John 5:22: 17:32 "For the Father judges no one but has committed all judgment 17:37 to the Son. " It's clear. And then Jesus said in John 12:48 17:42 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My Word 17:45 has that which judges him, and the word that I have spoken 17:51 will judge him in the last day. " 17:53 Hmm. And finally, Paul - before he departed, before his death - 17:57 he said: "Finally there is laid up for me 17:59 a crown of righteousness.. " II Timothy 4:8... 18:02 "which the Lord, the righteous Judge, 18:06 will give to me on that day. 18:08 And not to me only but also to all who have loved 18:11 His appearing. " The righteous Judge he's talking about 18:13 is Jesus - yes - and Revelation describes Him as the righteous 18:17 and just Judge because Revelation is the revelation 18:20 of Jesus Christ. So Jesus says "I am the Judge. " 18:24 He says "The Father judges no one 18:26 but has committed all judgment to Me. " 18:28 I think based on that the Judge is Jesus 18:31 and the Lawyer is Jesus. Hmm... amen! 18:34 Wow! We are getting a lot of questions in, comments in. 18:37 This is pastor, pastor it's like being on the hot seat. 18:39 We're going to be switching out. I think: who do we have next? 18:41 We have John Dinzey, Ryan Day, Tim Parton, Jason Bradley, 18:44 John Lomacang, Shelley Quinn. It's going to be fun. 18:46 So it's going by quick. You want another question? Pr. Kenny? 18:48 I'll give you one more question apiece and then we'll switch. 18:50 Pastor Kenny: This is from Illinois... Chicago. 18:53 How can one who has lived a life of sin 18:56 all of a sudden be saved at the age of 63? 19:01 Hmm... that's a kid! 19:03 Just a kid, yeah. 19:04 We're just children... that's right. 19:05 But you know, I love it because Scripture is so clear 19:08 about... Jesus said: "If you come unto Me I will in no wise 19:11 cast out. " OK! I think Matthew 11:28 says: 19:17 "Come unto Me ye that are heavy laden 19:19 and I will give you rest. " 19:21 So any time. I encourage you right now... NOW is the time 19:24 to do it, today is the day of salvation. 19:26 No matter how your life, no matter what you've done, 19:28 no matter what you've said, no matter how far you've drifted 19:30 away from God you can simply come to Him 19:32 and ask for forgiveness and say: "Lord, I want You in my heart. 19:35 I want You in my life. " 19:36 And you know what? He will come in your heart 19:38 and He will come in your life and He will make sure 19:40 that you become a new creature in Jesus Christ. 19:43 We need that today... every one of us. 19:45 Camp Meeting is a good time for that, by the way, 19:47 to renew our vows... There you go! to Jesus Christ. 19:51 Because we know He's coming and we want to be ready. 19:54 And we want YOU to be ready. Sounds like somebody's drifted. 19:57 Tonight you come back to Him. 19:59 Amen! Thank you Pr. Kenny. One more Pastor John. 20:01 This is from Lincoln...maybe Lincoln, Nebraska, I'm not sure. 20:03 This is regarding your second sermon. 20:06 What about those sleeping in Jesus who were faithful 20:09 followers of Jesus but not SDA Christians? 20:12 Wow! You know, I'm glad that Jesus didn't die just for SDAs! 20:16 You know, we sometimes have that opinion because of the theology 20:19 God has given to us. It's a beautiful one, but Jesus said 20:21 in John 10:15: "OTHER sheep I have 20:26 which are NOT of this fold. " Um-hmm. 20:28 He said: "Them also I must bring. " 20:30 But consider this: there are those who have heard the truth 20:34 up to a particular point and died before they left 20:37 that fold but in their heart they accepted that. 20:40 Jesus said: "Other sheep I have. " 20:42 Revelation 18:14 says: "Come out of her MY people. " 20:46 There are those who are hearing the truth but they haven't 20:49 come out yet. The Lord knows the condition of that human's heart. 20:53 Because the reality of it is we are saved by grace 20:56 through faith in Christ alone. 20:58 We're not saved by grace thru faith in Seventh-day Adventism 21:01 alone. That's right. We're saved by grace through faith in 21:03 in Christ alone. I believe the SDA message is the clearest 21:07 gospel and the commission that we have is one of great 21:10 responsibility... but not one of arrogance. 21:13 So salvation is not something we own. 21:15 I'd like to end by saying this: we don't have the truth... 21:17 the truth has us. That's right! Amen! Thank you. 21:20 Thank you Pastor Kenny; thank you Pastor John. 21:22 Appreciate you breaking the Word of the Lord down 21:25 and, yeah, for being willing to share with us during Camp Mtg. 21:28 Amen. All right, Mr. Danny, this is a comment 21:31 and a question. OK. So this is... it's from Fayetteville. 21:35 There's no name. Thank you very much for the message 21:38 you brought this morning and for not being afraid 21:41 to speak the truth. And personally I could say the same 21:43 as well. Thank you so much! But here's the question: 21:46 Danny, what's the best way to reach out to Sunday pastors 21:49 to enlighten them of the Sabbath truth 21:51 and warn them at the end time that we're living in? 21:55 They have a brother-in-law who is a Sunday pastor 21:57 and want to know the best way to reach out to someone like that. 22:00 Sunday pastors. To me, people have to be... 22:03 they have to be open. 22:05 If somebody is not open... You know, they say: 22:08 A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. 22:11 That's true! So I don't think we should 22:13 take it on. Many of us if we think we have the truth 22:16 we want to cram it down the throat of others 22:18 or we want to, say - true - lay out these little scriptures 22:22 around their house or something so they'll pick it up. 22:24 The best thing is pray and ask the Holy Spirit 22:28 to... because He know who's open for truth and who isn't. 22:31 And if people are open for truth... Now, I'm a little bit 22:34 prejudice about this, but Shelley Quinn and I 22:36 in 2005 I think wrote a book 22:39 called Ten Commandments Twice Removed. 22:41 I think there's something like 10 or 12 million out there. 22:43 Ryan, you read the book and said it influenced you. 22:46 But the book... Now we're not here trying to make a sale 22:49 tonight but - yes we are - since you asked me it's one of... 22:51 well, it's one of the easy ways because, you say, because we go 22:54 through this whole thing of the Sabbath/Sunday issue 22:58 and all of these doctrines. 22:59 So you look like you're ready to: "You should buy the book! " 23:03 Ten Commandments Twice Removed: best money you'll ever spend. 23:06 It changed my life, and I know that those who want to know 23:09 the truth, it's in there and it'll lead you back to the Bible 23:13 and to the truth of Jesus Christ. 23:14 The Bible says: "The truth will set you free. " 23:16 I would say love is always the best tool that we have... 23:20 the love of God. So when people see Jesus 23:23 in us then they're open to what we have to say. 23:26 If they don't... if they see people criticizing 23:28 and, you know, always judgmental "Well you should be doing... " 23:32 Who wants that? You know, who wants that kind of religion? 23:34 Yeah, not at all. Thank you, Mr. Danny. 23:37 We've traded out. We have Pr. Ryan Day & Pr. John Dinzey. 23:40 Thank you for sharing - both of you - during Camp Meeting. 23:43 This first question is for you, Pastor Johnny. 23:45 It says: "Could you please explain how Jesus died on 23:48 Friday afternoon and resurrected on Sunday morning? 23:51 How does that account for 3 days and 3 nights? " 23:55 Thank you for your help. That's a good question. 23:57 This is a question that has been in the minds of people 24:01 but many times people are confused about it. 24:03 And the reality is you're not going to get 24 hours 24:06 of each and every day in Jesus being in the grave. 24:11 Yes, He died on the Preparation Day which is Friday 24:14 and He resurrected on Sunday. That is well accepted. 24:17 As a matter of fact when you go to Luke chapter 24 24:20 it says that on the road to Emmaus, 24:22 the two disciples that met with Jesus said: 24:24 "This is the third day. " 24:26 So how do you get that Jesus said 24:29 3 days and 3 nights as Jonah was in the whale's belly? 24:32 Some commentators call it inclusive reckoning. 24:35 Something that happens in a day whether or not it was a few hrs. 24:39 or whether it was a few minutes it was counted as part 24:42 of the... as a whole day. In other words, He died 24:45 on Friday. That's one day. Saturday He was in the grave. 24:48 That's the second day. And the third day He rose... 24:51 He rose from the dead. That's three days. 24:54 Today you know when you travel you go to another country 24:57 you have to write in there: "How many days have you been 25:00 in the country? " I have to write the day that I arrived 25:04 even though I arrived at 11:00 at night, 10:00 at night. 25:07 I have to include that day because I was in the country 25:09 that day. That's good! And then when I leave 25:12 even though I leave at 7:00 in the morning or 8:00 AM 25:14 I have to count that day as a day that I was there. 25:17 That's good! Even though there was an old way that you 25:20 did these things, we have some of this remaining today. 25:23 And sometimes you may even say when you're doing your taxes 25:26 round off to the nearest dollar. 25:30 So you also have people that say "I've been working for 3 weeks 25:33 straight. " Does that mean you were working 24 hrs. for 3 weeks? 25:36 No... that means you didn't have a day off. 25:39 So this is inclusive reckoning, and Jesus was in the grave 25:43 three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 25:46 Great answer! I'm going to re-read my taxes 25:49 'cause I thought it said: "Round up to the highest dollar. " 25:53 I know, that's the way it feels. That's the way it feels. 25:55 I'm going to re-read mine. That's great. Thank you. 25:59 Pastor Ryan: Will people in these days be persecuted 26:02 for preaching God's Word before we are to flee? 26:05 Some churches have been closed due to COVID-19. 26:10 Absolutely. To answer that question 26:12 very simply: Yes. I believe that there will be people 26:16 who will be persecuted and potentially even give up 26:18 their life before they have to flee. We have to understand 26:20 that, you know, we are told to leave the cities, to get out 26:24 of the cities. I believe that time is now 26:26 prior to this coming Sunday law that we believe is fast 26:29 approaching that will launch us into the final events of Bible 26:32 prophecy, the quick succession of the final events 26:34 to happen on this planet. I believe that time is now 26:37 but there will be an ultimate fleeing in which God's people 26:41 will have to flee to the mountains because of the 26:43 ultimate persecution that will come upon this planet 26:46 during the close of probation. But I believe that fleeing 26:49 will come before the close of probation, and I also believe 26:52 as the Bible sufficiently tells us as well as the Spirit 26:55 of Prophecy that there will be persecution. 26:57 I'm thinking of II Timothy 3:12 27:00 which says: "Anyone who lives godly in Christ Jesus... " 27:03 the Bible says: "will... or SHALL suffer persecution. " 27:06 So I believe that... people around the world now 27:10 have been giving up their lives because of the gospel... 27:12 being persecuted because of the gospel. 27:15 And I believe we're going to see an amplification of that 27:17 as we get closer and closer to that close of probation. 27:21 I also find there in I believe it's Revelation chapter 6, 27:25 verse 12 I believe it is, let's see: Revelation chapter 6 27:29 verse 11 it talks about here, it says: "And then the white 27:31 robe was given to each of them" the saints that were crying out 27:34 from under the altar who were persecuted during the Dark Ages, 27:37 the ultimate tribulation time period in the Dark Ages, 27:40 but there's going to be a greater tribulation time period 27:42 when Michael stands up as Daniel chapter 12 verse 20 says 27:46 and we will be launched into a horrible time such as never 27:48 has been seen. Notice what the ending part of verse 11 says 27:51 here in Revelation 6. It says: 27:54 "Then a white robe was given to each of them 27:56 and it was said to them that they should rest a little while 27:58 longer until both the number of their fellow servants 28:01 and their brethren who would be killed as they are 28:05 were completed. " I believe that's talking about 28:08 the people who will be perse- cuted because of the gospel. 28:10 So after this whole Sunday law thing kicks in 28:13 we're going to see the devil launch a war against God's 28:16 church. He's going to try to silence God's people 28:19 from preaching the gospel. But there's that Latter Rain 28:21 that can't shut the devil up. God's people are going to 28:24 rise up. They're going to preach that gospel 28:26 prior to the close of probation and ultimately those who will be 28:30 standing firm when Jesus comes as they're alive and seeing Him 28:33 I believe those are the ones who are protected obviously 28:36 in the end from any evil during that probation closing time. 28:38 Amen! Thank you. Excellent! 28:40 Pastor Johnny: this is from Columbus, Ohio. 28:42 We worship a triune deity... the trinity: 28:46 God the Father, creator of heaven and earth, 28:48 Jesus the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 28:50 What are the functions of the Holy Spirit? 28:54 Well very briefly I'm going to say that 28:56 we have to... when you say the trinity... 28:59 SDA's believe differently than other denominations. 29:02 I'll say that first. But the function of the Holy Spirit 29:05 when you go to John 16 Jesus said that "when He comes 29:08 He will convict the world of sin, of righteousness, 29:11 and of judgment. " 29:13 Later on in John 16 Jesus says 29:15 that the Holy Spirit will "guide us into all truth. " 29:17 That's right. That's the work of the Holy Spirit. 29:19 The Holy Spirit will lead us to repentance. 29:22 The Holy Spirit - the gifts of the Holy Spirit 29:24 and how He works in the lives of Christians - 29:27 you can go to I Corinthians chapter 12 to see 29:30 some description of that. The Holy Spirit was involved 29:32 in creation. That's right. You see that in Genesis chapter 1. 29:34 So there's a lot of work the Holy Spirit is doing 29:37 in behalf of God's people. Amen! 29:39 Pastor Ryan: Please explain the difference between 29:42 soul and spirit. This question comes from Florida. 29:46 OK... that's a great question. 29:47 So I think this is actually in reference to something I said 29:50 earlier today - it sure is! talking about the difference 29:52 between the soul and the spirit. So if you go to Genesis channel 2 29:55 verse 7 we are told very clearly there that God 29:58 as He was formulating or creating Adam's body 30:00 from the dust of the ground... So He creates the body. 30:03 Was he living yet? Obviously not. 30:05 It wasn't until He breathed into his nostrils the breath 30:08 of life and then the Bible says 30:10 "then man BECAME a living soul. " 30:13 So I believe the reason why this question exists 30:15 and we need to talk about it is we live in a world today 30:17 where many people believe that the soul or the spirit are 30:20 kind of interchangeable and there's some kind of translucent 30:25 invisible substance that's within us, kind of a ghostly 30:28 apparition thing that's kind of liberated from the body 30:31 at the point of death. And what we need to learn is 30:33 in the Bible there is a clear difference between the soul 30:35 and the spirit. And so we see it there in Genesis 2:7 30:38 it wasn't until the breath of life was given 30:41 OK? into the nostrils of Adam 30:43 that he became a living soul. So notice you had to have 30:46 body plus breath - those two elements - 30:49 in order to get a living soul. There's no such thing 30:51 as really a dead soul... even though the Bible speaks 30:54 of the dead in the day of judgment 30:55 at the end of the thousand years. 30:57 There's no such thing as a dead person walking around 30:59 and living. It just doesn't make sense 31:02 that way. The Bible only speaks of a living soul. 31:04 That means a living person. 31:06 So the soul is, of course, the combination of body + breath 31:09 which is a living being. That's why over in Acts... 31:11 I believe Acts 27... Paul was shipwrecked 31:14 with 276 people, and that's exactly what the NKJ version 31:18 says. But if you go to the King James version, 31:20 it say: "And all of us in this ship were 276 souls. " 31:24 So if you take the modern understanding was it 276 ghosts? 31:28 Was it a ghost ship? No! 31:29 It wasn't a ghost ship. There were living beings in this ship, 31:32 right? And so we know that the spirit is separate from the soul 31:35 because the Bible makes that clear. 31:37 There are several scriptures in the book of Job... 31:39 I'm thinking of Job 27 I believe, verse 3, which 31:42 talks about: "The Spirit of God was in my nostrils. " 31:46 Again that spirit and breath word is interchangeable. 31:49 I also think of Ecclesiastes chapter? 31:52 This is a challenge here... this microphone... 31:56 Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 7. Get this: 31:58 this is creation in reverse so this is death. 32:01 Ecclesiastes 12:7: "Then the dust will return to 32:04 the earth... " there's the body... "as it was 32:07 and the spirit will return to God who gave it. " 32:10 So again, most people believe: "Yes, when you die 32:13 your spirit goes back to heaven. " Well is it a soul? 32:15 No, no, no... because the soul ceased to exist 32:18 once the spirit is separated or leaves the body. 32:20 Right? So what is that spirit? 32:22 That word right there in the original Hebrew 32:24 spirit, the spirit shall return to God, is the word ruach 32:27 in the Hebrew. It brings breath... 32:29 it means breath and wind. That means the spirit of life 32:33 that God gives you to live. The breath returns to God 32:36 and when Jesus returns again 32:38 those people that are in the graves wherever they may be 32:41 God is going to... He's going to resurrect that body. 32:43 He's going to put that breath of life back in them 32:46 and they're going to become a living soul once again. 32:48 Amen! Thank you! For those who take that literally 32:52 I talk to people and they'll say: "Yeah, you go straight to 32:55 heaven because it says when you die 32:57 the breath goes back to God who gave it. " 32:59 So I said: "If you take that literally 33:01 then everybody goes to heaven and so Hitler's in heaven 33:05 and all of these terrible, terrible people 33:07 would all be in heaven be- cause it doesn't differentiate. 33:10 It says when you die the spirit goes, the soul... 33:13 soul and the spirit... that your breath goes back. 33:16 Well, it doesn't mean it's living, a conscious soul. 33:19 If so, we have to think about that. 33:21 Then everybody goes to heaven. Yes! That's right. 33:23 Absolutely! Yeah, good point. 33:24 We need to have more questions & answers like this! 33:27 Thank you both so much; appreciate it - yes - 33:31 Pastor Ryan, Pastor Johnny. 33:32 Thank you. We're going to bring on Tim and Jason Bradley. 33:36 Dr. Yvonne. Yes? This came in for you... 33:39 this question. OK. 33:40 And it sounds like someone who's been thru tremendous pain. 33:42 It's from New York. How can you show love to someone 33:46 who you witnessed murder your family? 33:50 Whoo. That's a heavy question. 33:52 That is a HEAVY question. This is addressed to you. 33:56 It's so heavy because you can't... I can't imagine 34:00 how I would feel about someone 34:03 who... Well I can't imagine how I would feel and I 34:06 would have to apply these same things I'm gettin' ready to say 34:08 to my own life - yes - 'cause it's just unfathomable. 34:14 I think the first thing that you have to do 34:16 is to ask Jesus to help you because you cannot do this 34:21 on your own. In the Word you know Jesus says: "Come 34:24 unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden 34:26 and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you 34:29 for I am meek and lowly in heart 34:31 and you will find rest unto your soul. " 34:33 And your soul needs rest 34:35 if you have witnessed someone murdering your family. 34:40 And then the next thing besides prayer and giving it... 34:45 just giving it to Jesus 34:46 you have to do some self-talk. In other words, 34:50 whenever it comes into your mind 34:52 you have to transfer it to Jesus 34:55 because you cannot carry it yourself. 34:57 And so you ask the Lord to please help you 35:01 to not play this over and over in your head 35:04 because it's such a heavy burden. 35:06 And then the other thing I think is 35:09 to really get deeply involved in the spiritual discipline 35:13 of, of course, prayer and reading the Word 35:16 and meditating on the Word because the Word says 35:18 if you commit your ways unto the Lord your thoughts will 35:22 be established. And so those are the only things 35:26 and just asking God to take it away. 35:29 One of the things that we know and neuroscientists 35:33 that said that our neurons have certain little pockets 35:38 of toxic chemicals when we harbor bad feelings 35:43 towards someone. Wow! And those toxic chemicals 35:46 are released as we are practicing unforgiveness. 35:51 But guess what? When we begin to forgive 35:53 those toxic chemicals go away. 35:56 Amen! Look at how God has wired us. 36:00 And that's scientifically proven. Oh yes! 36:02 Oh yes. It's an incredible idea that 36:05 forgiveness is not so much for the other person 36:08 but it's for us. It is taking up so much space 36:11 in our minds and hearts and God wants to 36:14 relieve us of that. So we just have to ask the Lord 36:19 to help us and give it to Him. Thank you! 36:21 Those are good words. We're going to have a prayer 36:23 at the end, too, and just so many hurting people in this 36:26 world. We'll have a prayer. My heart breaks for that person. 36:31 We've changed out. We have Jason Bradley and Tim Parton. 36:34 Thank you both for sharing during Camp Meeting, 36:37 for the ministry in music during Camp Meeting. 36:39 It's been an incredible experience. 36:41 Jason, we'll start with you. "What should... " 36:43 This is from Texas: "What should we do when 36:46 we feel we want to serve but don't know where to start? " 36:50 Ah! Well, let's start in James chapter 1 verse 5. 36:55 And it says: "If any of you lacks wisdom, 36:58 let him ask of God who gives to all liberally 37:01 and without reproach, and it will be given to him. " 37:04 I think that when you want to serve, you know, 37:06 first you go to the Lord in prayer 37:08 and you ask Him to guide you and show you what direction 37:12 to go into. But you also take a look 37:15 at maybe some of the needs that are in your community 37:18 or needs that you see around the world. 37:20 And then you also look at the gifts that God has blessed you 37:23 with - excellent - and trusted you with, the talents. 37:25 How can you use what God has given you 37:28 for His honor and glory? 37:30 So... And then you trust the answer that He gives you 37:34 as well and you act on that. 37:37 You know, it's one thing... You can ask God, you can say 37:40 "I want to serve; I want to serve" 37:42 and then He tells you how He would like for you to serve 37:45 and you're like: "Well... I don't know. " 37:47 No... you've got to move forward in that. 37:50 Yes. Amen. Excellent answer, Jason. Thank you. 37:52 Tim... this is from Hyde Park, Massachusetts. 37:55 Please provide a text that shows that music can do more than 37:59 spoken words... a phrase I keep hearing on 3ABN. 38:03 Not that I disagree. Now we do say that a lot: 38:05 that music provides more than even the spoken word. 38:08 I think we say that sometimes 38:12 just to cover for me 38:14 because I'm a musician and so... 38:17 But no... honestly... music is dear to my heart 38:21 and I know that there is a lot of science behind music 38:24 and the power of music to be very effective in Alzheimer's 38:30 patients. You know, memory, 38:33 and music therapy is a wonderful field. 38:35 But as far as I believe they asked for a reference 38:38 one of the... I actually men- tioned something earlier today 38:41 a scripture that is found in I Samuel chapter 16 38:47 the last verse... I think it's verse 23... 38:49 where there was an evil spirit on Saul 38:54 and they brought in David to play the harp 38:57 and the Bible says that the spirit fled. Um-hmm. 39:01 And so it was that music. In that instance 39:04 there weren't even lyrics. 39:06 It says he just played the harp with his hands. 39:09 And so I think the power of course nowadays 39:14 when we can connect lyrics with melodies 39:18 I think it's all the more effective if I could say that. 39:23 I know in Acts 16 Paul and Silas were in prison. 39:27 At midnight it says they were praying and singing 39:31 and the other prisoners were listening to them. 39:33 And then, of course, the great earthquake happened 39:36 and the bars broke, the chains released. 39:39 And the steward over the prison at the time 39:44 he woke up and was going to kill himself 39:47 because he thought the prisoners had probably escaped 39:49 but Paul said: "Don't do it. We're all here; 39:52 we're accounted for. " And then he said: 39:54 "How can I be saved? " The soldier did. 39:57 So I have a feeling that that had to do with music 40:00 and prayer. We do know that music is very effective. 40:05 It touches us all in ways. 40:07 You know, there are some love songs that affect us. 40:11 Different music... some bad, some good. 40:15 You know, it has its way of affecting us. 40:18 But some people may have had a bad experience 40:22 with preaching or with church and so they're not... 40:26 You know, honestly, nobody likes to be preached at. 40:28 At. But if they're preached to 40:31 maybe that's different. But when you sing a song, 40:34 you can even say the same thing that the preacher was saying 40:36 in a message. You can present it in a song 40:40 and it's received so much different. 40:42 Amen! Excellent. Jason, this is from Trinidad. 40:46 This is based on Jason Bradley's lesson, I think from Sabbath 40:50 School this morning. I honestly don't think many of us are 40:53 doing enough. As you said many of us have to introspect 40:56 and ask ourselves: "Are we Christians in name only? 40:59 Or do we show it tangibly in the same manner that Christ 41:03 did? " We must realize many times that God answers prayer 41:06 through people. Instead of praying for someone we can be 41:09 the answer they were looking for. Umm... I love that because 41:13 1) I think we all have to look at ourselves. 41:16 You know, I include myself in that. 41:19 We haven't made it yet. We're not in heaven. 41:22 We're on this earth and there's still work left to be done. 41:26 So we need to be looking at what it is that we need to 41:30 be doing to propel the gospel forward. 41:33 How can we move the gospel forward? 41:35 I think we enter into a dangerous place 41:38 when we enter into a state of complacency. 41:41 And so we have to constantly be moving forward. 41:44 As Pop is always saying: "The blessing is on the 'GO! ' " 41:47 That's right! The blessing is not just sitting still 41:50 and doing nothing. 41:51 You have to get active and get out there and do something. 41:54 Now that's not to say that it's all about works. 41:57 But God will bless the work that you do 42:01 if you're doing the work for Him that He's called you to do. 42:04 Excellent! Yeah! Good words. 42:06 One more, Tim, before we trade out here. 42:09 It doesn't say where this person's from. 42:11 Does God hear everyone's prayer? 42:14 Wow! Well, I believe we all know that 42:18 I believe that God hears all, sees all, knows all. 42:21 So as far as... I would say He hears us. 42:27 Whether or not... I think it's Isaiah 59 42:30 that says: "The Lord's hand is not shortened; 42:33 His ear is not deaf or impaired. " 42:36 But it's our sin that separates us and makes Him hide His face 42:40 that He will not hear our prayer. 42:43 So in that case maybe the writer may ask 42:47 the person, the question may refer to whether He ANSWERS 42:50 our prayers so much because hearing and answering 42:53 are clearly two different things. 42:55 We know that if I call on Him to be my Father 42:59 like say the prayer "Our Father who art in heaven... " 43:05 Well I can't call Him my Father if He's not my Father. 43:07 He hasn't adopted me into the family if I haven't accepted 43:10 Christ as my Savior. So clearly any of you could answer this 43:15 question probably better. But I think I believe He hears 43:18 a heart that is truly desiring to know Him and live for Him 43:24 and asking in a way that is wanting to draw closer to Him. 43:30 I believe He hears that prayer without a doubt. 43:33 Amen. One other thing, Tim, that probably 43:35 at least in our day when you say: "Does God hear? " 43:40 the reason we even question it is because sometimes 43:43 we pray and He doesn't answer the way we want Him to. 43:46 That is true. So just because He 43:48 doesn't answer the way we think He should... 43:50 I mean, if we know the answers why go to God? Right? 43:53 So we go to Him and we don't know. Of course He hears our 43:56 prayers - yes - and He answers us in the best way 43:58 for each and every one of us. 44:00 I know you're going off stage and I know the piano's off 44:03 to the side of the stage and I don't even see a bench 44:05 but I can't imagine in the last couple minutes 44:08 not needing a little bit of background under us 44:10 or something as we close. OK. 44:12 So don't run too far off. The crew's all upset like 44:16 "Wait! We're not mic'd up! We don't have anything! " 44:18 But if we'd just hear a little bit of something I'm sure... 44:21 it'll be nice. It's no big deal... it's just live TV! 44:25 Yeah. I was going to try hand signals but I realize 44:29 I don't know hand signals. 44:31 Learn sign language. I'll just whisper to him: "Hey Tim. " 44:35 Thank you both very much. Thank you. 44:37 Comments have been continuing to come in this evening. Yes! Yes! 44:40 Dr. Yvonne, Mr. Danny: Do you want to read a few 44:41 as we transition to Shelley and Pastor John? Sure. 44:44 Thank you all! I can't tell you how much I looked forward 44:47 to this week. Thank you, Danny, for having the courage 44:50 to tell the truth and sound the trumpet 44:52 for the messages we are here to tell. 44:55 You put a fire under me as I've been wanting to speak 44:58 these truths. I am praying for you all. 45:00 Pastor John and Pastor Kenny: you answered my question 45:05 I texted in on the first night 45:08 and I'm taking your advice and moving forward. 45:11 I know the Lord gave me the answer I needed through you. 45:15 Amen! Amen! 45:17 Here's another comment: All of these sermons were very well 45:20 put together. I like how they flowed from one Biblical fact 45:24 to another. Amen! Amen! Praise the Lord! 45:27 I really like... There's one that came in, too, about finding 45:29 3ABN during COVID. Stumbled across 3ABN during the 45:33 COVID event. They were at home and they were flipping 45:36 the channels so to speak and they stumbled across 3ABN 45:39 and they loved the network. Here's one that says: 45:42 It is awesome to have Sr. Shelley Quinn back! 45:46 Yeah! Tell us about that? It is awesome to be back! 45:50 God does answer prayers it says. 45:51 That's right. Speaking of Shelley. Thank you so much 45:54 for your message during Camp Meeting and Sabbath School. 45:56 We have Pastor John back as well. 45:58 Shelley: This first question's for you. This comes from MD. 46:02 Is it reasonable to suspect that Lucifer 46:06 titled the Morning Star was the son of God 46:09 just not begotten... hence the envy, the rebellion? 46:14 Any chance that we don't really know what went on? 46:16 Not the details... only the essentials. 46:19 Now this references what you talked about this morning in 46:21 Sabbath School panel. Well, unequivocally no. 46:25 Lucifer was not a son of God. 46:28 Son of God is covenant term 46:30 applied to human beings who are covenant sons of promise. 46:35 The first son of God was the first Adam. 46:38 And we find that he is called son of God in Luke 3:38. 46:42 And it passed from Adam. Then there was Abraham 46:45 and Isaac and Jacob... the nation of Israel, 46:48 David, Solomon, until the last Adam: 46:51 and that was Jesus Christ who was given that title. 46:55 Lucifer was a created angelic being. 46:58 He had no covenant purpose whatsoever. 47:02 And I want to say this because someone may not have heard this 47:06 sermon. Jesus was the Lamb of God 47:11 slain from the foundation of the earth. 47:14 That's Revelation 13:8. 47:17 He didn't actually become the Lamb of God 47:20 until He was crucified. 47:22 He was eternally pledged as the Lamb of God. 47:25 He was eternally pledged as the Son of God 47:28 but He didn't become the Son of God until He was incarnated. 47:32 Hmm... good answer. Thank you. 47:34 Pastor John: this is from Maryland as well. 47:37 OK. Luke 21:20 God mentioned Jerusalem. 47:41 Is this a literal Jerusalem in Israel 47:43 or a symbolic Jerusalem? 47:45 If it is symbolic, what is it then? 47:47 Well, this is a literal Jerusalem. 47:49 This prophecy here is also in Matthew 24. When Jesus 47:53 talked about the destruction of Jerusalem 47:56 He talked about this destruc- tion that took place in AD 70 48:00 and this is the one that was the General Titus. 48:04 And He talked about the abomination of desolation 48:06 spoken of by Daniel the prophet. 48:08 Matthew 24 also talks about that. 48:10 When you trace history, the destruction of Jerusalem 48:12 was on the heels of Jesus' rejection by the Jews. 48:17 And He said to them: "Your house 48:19 is left to you desolate. " 48:21 He previewed that in His words when He said: "The day is coming 48:25 where there will not be one stone upon another 48:28 here that will not be thrown down. " 48:30 They said: "It took us 40 years to build this temple 48:33 and you're going to destroy it & raise it back up in 3 days? " 48:37 Well, Jesus was talking about His sacrifice 48:40 but also He intermingled in that prophecy 48:43 the destruction of Jerusalem coming that happened in AD 70. 48:48 So this was not symbolic Jerusalem but the literal 48:51 destruction that took place in the year AD 70. Um-hmm. 48:54 Yeah. Thank you, Pastor. 48:55 Shelley, this is from Washington state. 48:58 Abraham was considered righteous because he believed in God 49:01 and was counted righteous. Today is someone believes in God 49:05 is it the same? Or must they believe Jesus is the Son of God 49:09 and died for us to be considered righteous? 49:11 Is it an Old Testament vs. New Testament difference? 49:16 When we are looking... I'm going to look at Romans 49:19 chapter 10. In verse 8 it's talking about 49:23 the righteousness to everyone who believes. 49:26 Verse 6 talks about righteousness by faith. 49:30 Verse 8 says: "The Word is near you... even in your heart 49:34 and in your mouth. " And then it comes down... 49:38 This is interesting. It says in verse 10: 49:41 I can barely... That helps. "For with the heart 49:44 one believes unto righteousness 49:47 and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. " 49:50 Many times people will say 49:52 "Well I believe in Jesus Christ 49:56 so I've been saved 20 yrs. ago" 49:59 but they're living for the devil. 50:01 Let me tell you what this scripture is saying. 50:04 This... When we talk about believing in Jesus 50:08 James says: "Even the demons believe and tremble. " 50:11 It is not mental ascension. 50:14 Believing in Jesus; that word is to totally 50:17 commit your life to Him, rely on Him, and yes, 50:23 He is - II Corinthians 5:21- 50:26 "the One who knew no sin. " He took our sin upon Him 50:29 and then He gives us His righteousness. 50:32 But it is... Romans 6, what's the verse? 50:36 I took a muscle relaxer. But in Romans 6 it talks about 50:40 that obedience leads to righteousness. 50:44 We need to make certain that we understand believing 50:50 is an active word and it means to have faith, 50:53 to trust in God, and to walk in obedience. Amen! 50:57 Thank you, Shelley. One more question for you, Pastor John, 51:00 then we'll bring the whole team out here. OK. 51:02 This is from Puerto Rico. 51:03 In Deuteronomy 12:15, 20, and 22 51:08 so basically in Deuteronomy 12 51:10 it appears to say that Moses was allowing them to eat 51:13 clean and unclean meats... whatever they choose. 51:16 Deuteronomy chapter 12. Deuteronomy chapter 12 51:19 verse 15, verse 20, and 22. 51:22 Yet in Deuteronomy 14 it outlines clean and unclean 51:25 animals. So what is Deuteronomy 12:15 and 20 51:29 talking about? OK, I'm in Deuteronomy chapter 12 verse 15. 51:32 OK, let's go ahead and read it. It says: 51:34 "However, you may slaughter and eat meat within all 51:37 your gates. Whatever your heart desires 51:40 according to the blessing of the Lord your God. " 51:43 The key right away... I mean it already answered the question 51:46 right away in the very beginning of the text. 51:48 It said: "According to the blessing of the Lord. " 51:52 That's the key of the element. A lot of times 51:54 we'd like to make it appear as though you may eat whatever 51:57 your heart desires. But the element in the verse 52:00 before we even go to the other verses it says 52:02 "According to the blessing of the Lord. " 52:04 The Lord never blessed unclean foods. 52:06 The Lord never blessed... As a matter of fact, even Paul 52:09 illustrates that. "Whether you therefore eat or drink 52:11 or whatever you do do all to the glory of God. " 52:13 So the blessing of God was never on unclean. 52:16 And this is something we have to keep in mind 52:18 because even to the days of Peter 52:20 when Peter had the vision of the clean and the unclean 52:22 he said clearly after the cross, after Jesus ascended to heaven 52:27 he said: "I've never eaten anything common or unclean. " 52:30 So the Lord doesn't clean up stuff in time 52:34 or say "whatever comes across your plate you can eat. " 52:36 And even if we didn't go to the Bible, this is something 52:38 that I know that Dr. Yvonne could illustrate this point. 52:41 If you are a person that has seen disease, 52:43 you can't just eat anything and allow the temple of God 52:47 to operate in the way that God intends. 52:50 In the same way, we can't put oil in the gas tank 52:52 and gas in the oil tank 52:54 and expect the car to not violate its warranty. 52:57 Here is your warranty. Follow it and you'll be healthy. 53:00 Thank you, Pastor. What we want to do is invite 53:02 the rest of the 3ABN family that's been out here. 53:05 You've seen them come and go as we played musical chairs 53:07 this evening. Mr. Danny, we only have about 5 minutes left. 53:09 This hour has gone by really really fast. 53:12 What I'd like to do, Mr. Danny, is would you mind to close out 53:14 this program, the last 5 minutes whatever the Lord lays 53:17 on your heart to close us out this evening as a family 53:19 comes onto the set. Absolutely. 53:21 First of all, we want to thank you for making this possible. 53:24 And what a privilege it is to be able to come into your home 53:27 or wherever you are around the world. 53:29 We go into prisons; we go into countries around the world. 53:32 Villages. I've been in India and seen whole villages 53:35 come together with one TV tuned to 3ABN. 53:39 It's amazing. But thank you for your love and your prayers 53:42 and support of Three Angels Broadcasting Network 53:45 as we continue... we endeavor to take this great gospel 53:48 of the kingdom into all the world. 53:50 It's our hope and prayer - each and every one of us - 53:52 there's a tremendous amount of work that goes on. 53:54 I'm so thankful God brought Greg and Jill Morikone 53:57 to deal with all this stress. Now we're gettin' a little older 54:01 so we can... but they do an incredible job. 54:04 They're the most organized people that you will ever ever 54:07 meet. I mean, they're wonderful wonderful people. 54:10 So thank you, Greg and Jill, for what you do. 54:13 For our crew. We have a tremendous crew here, 54:15 production crew. Our whole team. I mean 54:18 not just the people you see in front of the cameras 54:20 but those that are behind the cameras you don't see. 54:23 The cooks... everybody that is a part of all this. 54:25 We just want to thank you for all that you do. 54:28 And I was just thinking how do we close a Camp Meeting 54:33 when we've been fed so much 54:35 and there's been so much out there? 54:38 What do we hope that this has accomplished? 54:42 It think if Tim would hit a C maybe he could play a little 54:44 bit of Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. 54:46 We can think of turn your eyes upon Jesus, 54:50 look full in His wonderful face. 54:52 Hmm. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim 54:56 in the light of His glory and His grace. 54:58 Today I would like you to think back over your life 55:02 over the last six months, nine months, maybe a year. 55:05 Are the things of earth growing strangely dim? 55:07 Are the things of earth that you once loved... are you now 55:10 beginning to hate? Do you feel that you're being drawn closer 55:14 into the presence of Jesus every day? 55:17 You know, really that's what it's about for each and every 55:19 of us. We can do nothing of ourselves 55:22 but we can accomplish all things through Christ Jesus. 55:25 That's right. So John, some of you... 55:28 I know it's probably hard to sing with masks, but why 55:30 don't we sing together here Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. 55:34 You sing with us at home, all right? 55:36 Will you lead out, John? 55:39 Turn your eyes 55:42 upon Jesus, 55:47 Look full in His 55:50 wonderful face. 55:55 And the things of earth 55:58 will grow strangely dim 56:04 in the light of His 56:07 glory and grace. 56:14 I was just thinking... I looked at the camera and I saw 56:19 all these masks behind me and I said: "The last time 56:21 I saw that many masks I was getting open heart surgery. " 56:24 That's not the case physically 56:27 but spiritually I've had open heart surgery - come on! 56:30 during this Camp Meeting and we pray that you have too. 56:33 Because I've had to re-dedicate my life, my heart, my mind 56:38 to the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! 56:40 And it's our hope and prayer that you have, too. 56:43 John said, Pastor John: "Today is the day of salvation. " 56:47 So it's our prayer... and I'm going to ask Shelley 56:49 for you to say a closing prayer. 56:51 And we're praying for you, too. You've been through so much 56:54 pain - that's right - for months and months. 56:56 So this is great that you're able to be here. 56:59 And just thank you for doing 'cause I know it's not 57:01 comfortable sitting there. 57:03 But would you pray for each of our viewers and our listeners? 57:07 Absolutely. Let's bow our heads. 57:10 Our glorious heavenly Father, 57:12 how we praise You, oh Lord, 57:14 for Your plan of salvation by grace through faith. 57:17 We praise You, Lord God, that You condescended 57:22 to become a man and to die on the cross for us. 57:25 How we praise You that when we confess our sins 57:27 You are faithful and just to forgive us our sins 57:30 and You send Your Holy Spirit! Oh Lord, thank you 57:33 for the Holy Spirit! Amen! I pray for everyone 57:36 that is hearing my voice right now, Father. 57:39 I ask in the name of Jesus You will do a heart cleansing. 57:43 Cleanse them of all unrighteousness. 57:45 Fill them afresh with Your Holy Spirit 57:47 and Lord, help us to acknow- ledge Your constant presence 57:52 with us. You're always with us. 57:54 So, Father, we ask that You give us a divine awareness 57:58 of that presence and please, Lord, 58:00 bless all of our 3ABN family here on the set 58:05 and all of our 3ABN family that's watching 58:08 around the world. Amen! In Jesus' holy name we pray 58:11 thanking You for the answer to the prayer of faith. 58:14 Amen! All right, our time is just about gone. 58:17 I'm going to say this first: until we see you next time 58:20 may the Lord richly bless you abundantly more 58:23 than you could ever ask or think. 58:24 But let's sing, Tim. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. 58:27 Turn your eyes 58:30 upon Jesus, 58:34 look full in His wonderful face. 58:42 And the things of earth 58:46 will grow strangely dim 58:51 in the light 58:53 of His glory and grace. |
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