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00:01 Hello, friends, I'm Jill Morikone,
00:02 and welcome again to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel 00:04 as we journey through the fourth quarter, 00:06 Education. 00:07 This lesson, lesson 10 00:09 is Education in Arts and Sciences. 00:12 So I want to encourage you to grab your Bible 00:14 and a friend, 00:15 get ready as we study God's Word together. 00:17 But if you don't have your own copy of the quarterly, 00:20 you can always go to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church 00:23 and they would give you one 00:24 or go to the following website ABSG.Adventist.org. 00:29 That stands 00:30 for AdultBibleStudyGuide .Adventist.org. 00:34 Grab your quarterly and get ready 00:36 as we study this addition of 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:11 So glad that you have joined us for Sabbath School Panel. 01:13 Can't believe we are on lesson number 10, 01:17 Education in Arts and Sciences. 01:20 Before we go any further, 01:22 I want to introduce our family here, 01:24 we really are family. 01:25 We love studying the Word of God together 01:27 and what a privilege it is 01:28 and how much I know I learn from each member on the panel. 01:32 To my left, Pastor Ryan Day. 01:33 Joy to have you here. 01:34 Amen. I'm excited. 01:36 We're going to be talking about the beauty of holiness. 01:37 Amen. 01:38 To your left, Mr. Danny Shelton, 01:40 always a joy to have you on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:41 Thank you. 01:43 I love being here with all of you 01:44 and breaking the bread of life. 01:46 Amen. 01:47 To your left my pastor, Pastor John Lomacang. 01:49 Glad you're here. 01:50 Yes, this is a very interesting. 01:51 You have an amazing title to your lesson 01:53 and I won't tell you what it is but foolishness and wisdom. 01:57 What a comparison. 01:59 I'm looking forward to sharing that. 02:00 Amen. 02:01 Last but not least, my sister Shelley Quinn. 02:04 Thank you so much for your study 02:05 of the Word of God. 02:06 I just want to thank each one of you 02:08 for the time that's invested 02:10 in putting these lessons together 02:11 because I enjoy them so much as I listen. 02:14 Amen. 02:15 Before we go any further and we open up the Word of God, 02:17 we always want to go to the Lord in prayer. 02:19 And, Ryan, would you pray for us? 02:20 Sure. Absolutely. 02:22 Our Father in heaven, Lord, as always, 02:26 we humble ourselves in Your presence, Lord, 02:27 because we know 02:29 according to the promise of Your Word, 02:30 there were two or three or more gathered in Your name, 02:32 there You are in the midst. 02:34 So, Lord, we don't just want You to be with us. 02:35 We want You to be in us to lead and guide our thoughts, 02:38 our words, Lord, 02:40 and be with each and every person at home 02:42 around the world, 02:43 that as this lesson goes out 02:44 as this the truth of these lessons go out, Lord, 02:46 may it bless someone and lead them to Jesus Christ. 02:49 That's what it's all about. 02:50 So give us Your Holy Spirit. 02:52 We ask him confidence in the name of Jesus Christ. 02:54 Amen. Amen. 02:55 Amen. Education in Arts and Sciences. 02:58 It's kind of an interesting title, 02:59 teaching the arts and sciences from a Christian world view. 03:04 Now, you might say what in the world 03:06 are the arts and sciences. 03:07 If you were to go to college and get a liberal arts degree, 03:10 it could encompass any number of sub specialties 03:14 or degrees within that. 03:15 If you focus on the humanities, 03:18 you might look at English literature 03:19 or modern languages, philosophy, theology, 03:22 maybe its focuses on the social sciences 03:25 like anthropology and psychology, 03:27 sociology, history, economics, geography, 03:30 political science. 03:31 Maybe it focuses on the creative arts, 03:33 fine arts, theater, speech, creative writing, 03:36 or sciences such as astronomy and biology 03:39 and chemistry and physics. 03:41 But how do you teach those subjects 03:43 with a biblical world view? 03:46 What does that mean? 03:47 Is it just adding a scripture here and there 03:49 that relates somehow to the subject matter? 03:52 Is it adding a scripture 03:54 when the scripture agrees with the subject matter? 03:57 Or is it teaching the biblical worldview 04:00 as the underpinning for every subject taught? 04:05 It's reframing the focus of teaching 04:07 so that everything is filtered 04:10 through the lens of the Word of God. 04:12 That's what we talk about this week. 04:14 Our memory text is Psalms 19:1, 04:17 you can turn there 04:18 because we're going to spend some time in Psalms 19. 04:20 Psalms 19:1, "The heavens declare the glory of God, 04:25 and the firmament shows forth his handiwork." 04:29 On Sunday, we look at the Lord alone, 04:32 and how we see evidence for God in creation. 04:36 In nature, of course, clearly, Ryan, 04:38 there's evidence for God in the Word of God. 04:40 But there's also evidence for God in creation. 04:44 We see the hand of God in the sun and stars and sea. 04:47 We see the hand of God in the flowers and fossils 04:50 and foliage. 04:51 We see the hand of God in the birds and bees, 04:54 and that there is beauty in this world. 04:57 And in fact, 04:58 even though we're 6,000 years 05:00 after sin entered this world in Genesis Chapter 3, 05:04 there is still beauty, there is still evidence 05:06 for our Creator God, 05:08 and we worship the Creator, not the creature. 05:13 You might say what in the world are you talking about? 05:15 We're going to Romans 1 later 05:16 and you're going to see what we are talking about. 05:19 The late Bill Klem, 05:20 I don't know if you ever heard of him, 05:22 but he was one of Major League Baseball's 05:24 best-known umpires. 05:26 He was a National League umpire from 1905-1941. 05:30 And one particular game he was umpiring, 05:33 I don't know if that's a word, 05:35 but he was the umpire at the game. 05:36 And it was in the ninth inning, it was a critical play, 05:39 and everyone's waiting for the decision. 05:41 One dugout, everyone's hollering, 05:43 he's safe, he's safe. 05:44 And the other dugout, everyone's hollering, 05:46 he's out, he's out. 05:49 And Bill Klem stood up, looked up into the stands, 05:53 he raised his fist. 05:54 And he said, "He ain't nothing till I've called it." 05:58 So if you look at education, if you look at science and art, 06:01 if you look at all these things that we call philosophy today, 06:05 some people say this is truth, this is truth. 06:07 Other people say no it ain't, this is truth over here. 06:11 We're saying, it ain't nothing until God says it's truth. 06:16 Everything needs to come back to the Word of God. 06:20 So who is God? 06:22 Where do we find God? 06:24 And why do we find Him 06:26 and other people struggle to find Him? 06:30 We have five points. 06:31 This is taken from Psalms 19 and from Romans Chapter 1 06:35 as we look at evidence for God in creation. 06:38 Psalms 19 was our memory text, let's read that. 06:41 Point number one, 06:42 nature shows evidence of God and His character. 06:47 Psalms 19:1, "The heavens declare the glory of God, 06:51 and the firmament shows his handiwork." 06:55 The heavens declare the glory of God, 06:56 what is the glory of God? 06:58 Remember when Moses asked to see God 07:01 and remember God hid him, 07:02 but He allowed the backside to pass before 07:04 and what did He say in Exodus 33? 07:06 "The Lord, the Lord God, gracious and merciful, 07:11 long suffering." 07:12 It was His character. 07:14 When Moses said, "Show me Your glory." 07:17 God revealed His character. 07:19 So if the heavens declare the glory of God, 07:21 what does that mean? 07:22 Creation shows the character of God. 07:27 All you have to do is walk outside 07:28 on a dark night. 07:30 Look up at the stars if you're not in the city, 07:32 if you live here, like in Southern Illinois. 07:35 Look at the stars, 07:36 you see evidence for the Creator. 07:38 All it takes is going for a walk 07:40 in a meadow or woods. 07:42 Looking at animals, looking at life, 07:44 you see evidence for the Creator. 07:47 Nature shows evidence of God and His character. 07:50 Number two, nature is a silent witness. 07:53 We're still in Psalms 19. 07:55 Let's look at verses 2 and 3. 07:57 "Day unto day utters speech, 07:59 and night unto night reveals knowledge. 08:02 There is no speech nor language 08:04 where their voice is not heard." 08:06 Nature shows us God 08:08 whether we have an education or not, 08:10 nature still reveals God, it speaks with unwritten words. 08:15 It's not speaking literally or audibly, but still, 08:19 it speaks to us or reveals to us, 08:23 the Creator God. 08:25 Point number three, 08:26 failure to find evidence for God is a moral issue, 08:31 it's not an intellectual issue. 08:33 I want to say that again. 08:34 Failure to find evidence for God 08:36 is a moral issue, 08:39 it's not an intellectual issue. 08:41 So let's, we find that in Romans 1, 08:43 we're going to Romans 1, 08:44 this is the progression of sin 08:47 that we see in the Gentile world. 08:50 Romans 1:18-19, "For the wrath of God, " 08:55 that really means the judgment of God, 08:58 "is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness 09:01 and unrighteousness of men, 09:04 who suppress the truth in unrighteousness 09:09 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, 09:11 for God has shown it to them." 09:14 How does God reveal or show it to them? 09:16 Through creation. 09:18 We already discussed that in Psalms 19. 09:20 Even ungodly people, 09:22 or people who don't know God are familiar with God 09:24 because He reveals Himself through creation. 09:28 But why don't we see 09:29 the evidence of God in creation? 09:32 Why do some people miss that? 09:34 Because they suppress the truth in unrighteousness. 09:39 In other words, the evidence is there, 09:41 we just don't want to see it. 09:43 The evidence is there, we don't want to submit to it. 09:47 Kind of like you see what you want to see. 09:50 Anyone ever told you that? 09:52 We want people to believe that we've changed 09:54 when maybe we haven't, 09:56 or we want to think someone likes us 09:57 or maybe they don't. 09:59 We just see what we want to see. 10:01 If you want to find God in nature, 10:03 there is plenty of evidence. 10:07 On the flip side, 10:08 if you want to believe that we evolved, 10:12 you can believe that too. 10:14 Failure to find evidence for God, it's a moral issue. 10:17 It has to do with are we willing 10:19 to humble ourselves 10:21 and submit and accept the evidence for God? 10:25 It's not an intellectual issue. 10:27 Point number four, 10:28 nature reveals God's power and pre-existence. 10:33 The next verse, Romans 1:20, 10:36 "For since the creation of the world 10:37 His invisible attributes are clearly seen, 10:41 being understood by the things that are made, 10:43 even His eternal power and Godhead, 10:45 so that they are without excuse." 10:49 Now His invisible attributes, how are they seen? 10:51 They're seen through nature, they're seen through creation. 10:54 We understand God 10:56 through the things that He has made. 10:58 And then it says, 10:59 even what do we see through nature? 11:01 His eternal power and Godhead. 11:04 The universe contains an exhibition 11:06 of the power of God, 11:08 His omnipotence, 11:10 His power has existed from all eternity. 11:13 There's proof and creation of power 11:15 which existed before from all eternity 11:18 and that power belonged to an external being. 11:21 Even the pagan, the atheist, 11:23 those who do not know God 11:25 can see and understand this in creation. 11:29 The Bible says, "They are without excuse." 11:31 In other words, there's enough evidence for God 11:33 for His pre-existence, for His power, 11:35 that people are without excuse 11:38 to not accept Him and believe in Him. 11:41 Number five, we see this progression of sin, 11:44 and coupled with the progression of sin 11:46 is a suppression of truth. 11:49 And I see this as let's walk down 11:51 the last couple of minutes 11:52 we have this progression of sin. 11:54 First, I see the refusal to recognize God as creator, 11:57 that's in verse 21, the next verse, 11:59 because although they knew God, 12:01 they did not glorify Him as God, 12:03 nor were thankful, 12:05 but became futile in their thoughts 12:07 and their foolish hearts were darkened. 12:09 So they knew God. 12:10 Does that mean they were Christians? 12:11 I don't know. 12:13 But they had a knowledge of God, 12:14 but they did not glorify Him. 12:16 They did not submit their lives to His control. 12:19 They did not praise Him or recognize Him 12:22 in their thoughts. 12:24 So their minds become darkened. 12:25 It reminds me in 2 Corinthians 4:6. 12:28 God commanded the light to shine out of darkness. 12:30 God wants to shine into our darkened minds, 12:33 but they're refusing to accept God as creator 12:36 and their minds become darkened. 12:38 The next step, we see a false profession of wisdom. 12:41 It's the very next verse, verse 22. 12:44 Professing to be wise, they become fools. 12:46 Have you ever met an educated fool? 12:48 Have you ever met anybody who had a lot of education 12:50 or a lot of wisdom 12:51 or claim to be extremely intelligent 12:55 or intellectual, and yet they became fools, 12:58 because they had pushed aside God. 13:00 They had not chosen to accept Him as creator. 13:03 Their minds were darkened and they became fools. 13:06 The next step we see idol worship. 13:09 The next verse, 13:10 they substituted human creativity 13:12 and false gods for the Creator God. 13:14 Verse 23, 13:16 "They changed the glory of the incorruptible God 13:18 into an image made like corruptible man, 13:20 and birds and four-footed animals 13:22 and creeping things." 13:24 They turn to idol worship, 13:25 they turn to worshiping the creature 13:27 rather than the Creator. 13:29 Rejecting God leads to idolatry, 13:32 and polytheism. 13:34 Not necessarily atheism, but idolatry and polytheism. 13:39 Then the next step, we see 13:41 they begin to serve the creature 13:43 rather than the Creator. 13:44 Verse 25, 13:45 "Who exchange the truth of God for the lion 13:47 worshiped and serve the creature 13:49 rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever." 13:53 It is a lie that any creature can live independently of God, 13:58 for God is the one who created us. 14:01 God is the one who sustains us. 14:03 God is the one who redeems us and wants to set us free. 14:08 Amen. 14:09 Praise the Lord. Thank you so much. 14:11 That was beautiful. 14:12 I think on Monday's lesson, 14:14 it's entitled, The Beauty of Holiness. 14:16 This is one we've kind of the title is there 14:18 in a previous lesson, 14:20 but in this particular lesson, today, 14:21 we're going to be looking at the arts. 14:24 And as I was preparing for this lesson, 14:25 I just wanted to entertain myself 14:27 and somewhat instruct myself 14:30 on delve the many different parts 14:32 that are out there. 14:33 And there were so many 14:34 as I was going through the list, 14:36 I thought, man, there's no way 14:37 I'm going to be able to include all of these 14:38 but I just wrote a few down here. 14:40 When we're thinking of the arts, 14:42 arts like architecture, 14:45 looking at, here's a, here's an interesting one. 14:47 It's more of a modern art, 14:49 but body art, the art of cinema, 14:53 the art of dance, the digital arts, 14:55 drawing and painting, 14:56 talking about the art of musical performance 14:59 or the vocal arts. 15:00 We have the art of photography, 15:02 we have the art of poetry and writing, 15:04 the art of pottery or sculpting. 15:06 We also have the art of theater 15:08 and, of course, the art of woodwork. 15:10 Those are just a few to name them. 15:12 But our lesson starts out with Psalms 96:9, 15:17 a very simple but profound scripture 15:20 that's just stuck with me all this week, 15:22 as I've been studying it. 15:23 It says, "Oh, worship the Lord 15:25 in the beauty of holiness! 15:28 Tremble before Him, all the earth." 15:31 So worship the Lord in beauty of holiness. 15:34 And we're going to get to the worship aspect 15:36 in just a moment. 15:37 But there's a question in the lesson 15:39 in association with this particular text. 15:41 And this is what the lesson ask. 15:42 It says, "What should this mean to a Christian? 15:45 Again, worship the Lord in beauty and holiness. 15:48 So what should this mean to a Christian? 15:50 And how should it impact what we teach about the art 15:54 and the beauty often associated with it?" 15:59 This was a very deep lesson. 16:01 And as I was preparing for it, 16:03 just more and more stuff started coming to my mind, 16:06 and I found myself having to throw things out, 16:08 because I couldn't present it all. 16:10 So pray for that clock, because here we go. 16:12 First of all, I want to repeat, 16:13 we want to be reminded 16:14 that 1 Peter 1:16 tells us this. 16:19 Very simple, but it says, because it is written, 16:22 this is God's words. 16:23 And actually Peter is quoting Leviticus 11:44, 16:28 very interesting chapter, 16:29 that's the chapter that we have the listing 16:31 of the clean and the unclean meats, 16:33 and all the things that God declared 16:35 to be clean to eat or clean, or not clean to eat. 16:39 Peter's quoting the Lord from Leviticus 11:44, 16:42 when God says, "Be holy, for I am holy." 16:46 God is calling us to holiness. 16:49 Now, again, that's, 16:50 you know, many people don't understand that. 16:52 They ask, what does that mean? 16:54 But there are multiple texts throughout the Bible 16:56 that help give us some insight as to what God's, 16:58 what does God mean? 17:00 He says, "Be holy, for I am holy." 17:01 Because most people would read that and say, 17:03 "That's impossible. 17:04 God's holiness is here, I'm not even holy." 17:07 Again, my righteousness is filthy rags. 17:09 So, but obviously, God would not have said that, 17:13 if He didn't mean what He said, right? 17:14 And so as I was preparing for this, 17:16 I thought, you know, Lord, 17:18 what are You talking about, be holy, for I am holy? 17:20 And there's a few texts that come to mind. 17:22 First of all, I want to go to Ezekiel Chapter 22, 17:24 because we see that in God calling us to be holy. 17:27 That also means that our choices 17:29 and our actions and our lifestyle 17:31 should reflect that of cleanness 17:33 or holiness or sanctification. 17:35 So Ezekiel 22:26. 17:38 Notice what it says here 17:39 in reference to those wicked priests, 17:41 those priests that had basically fallen 17:43 into apostasy, 17:45 and were teaching apostasy back in the days 17:47 when Israel was split and about to go into Babylon. 17:50 Notice what it says here, 17:52 "Her priests have violated My law 17:54 and profaned My holy things, 17:58 they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy." 18:02 So God wants us to be able to distinguish 18:04 between that which is holy, and that which is unholy. 18:06 We happen to live in a day and age where, 18:09 you know, especially in relation to the arts, 18:10 and we're going to get to a couple of examples 18:12 in just a moment but when it comes to the arts, 18:14 my friends, not all art is good. 18:16 We're going to make that point clear 18:17 and emphasize that more in just a few moments, 18:19 that God created art, 18:21 He gives us art but the devil takes it 18:23 and perverts it, right? 18:24 And we have to make sure that we're able to distinguish 18:26 between with that which is holy, 18:28 and that which is unholy. 18:29 He goes on to say, 18:31 "Nor have they made known the difference 18:32 between the unclean and the clean, 18:35 and they have hid their eyes from My Sabbath, 18:37 so that I am profaned among them." 18:40 Another scripture that comes to my mind 18:41 is 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 on the same point, 18:45 "For God did not call us to uncleanness 18:48 but in holiness, 18:50 therefore, he who rejects this does not reject men, 18:54 but God who has also given us His Holy Spirit." 18:57 If we're going to be led by the Spirit of God, 19:00 God is leading us to a clean life, 19:03 of making clean choices, 19:05 holy choices that will reflect His character. 19:08 So, you know, though it has been said before, 19:09 we've heard this saying many times, 19:11 you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, 19:13 in the eyes of the beholder. 19:14 We mustn't forget who it was 19:16 who created the eye to begin with. 19:19 And I like that. 19:21 Proverbs 20:12, we don't have to go very far. 19:24 The Bible makes it very clear 19:25 as to who created these eyes and ears of ours. 19:28 Again, Proverbs 20:12. 19:30 The Bible says, 19:31 "The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 19:35 the Lord has made them both." 19:38 So if the Lord made them, 19:40 and we even have text in the New Testament, 19:42 believe it's 1 Corinthians 6, 19:43 where God makes it very, very clear. 19:45 Paul writes, 19:46 and says that Jesus Christ has bought us at a price. 19:49 We are not our own. These eyes are not our eyes. 19:51 These ears are not our ears. 19:53 And so God is calling us, what does the lesson say? 19:56 It says, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 20:00 The beauty must be holy. 20:02 We're going to, 20:03 if we're going to enjoy the arts, 20:04 we need to make sure that those arts 20:06 reflect that of the character of Jesus. 20:09 You know, I'm also reminded in Ephesians 6:12-13. 20:13 It says, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 20:16 but against principalities, against powers, 20:18 against the rulers of the darkness of this age, 20:21 against spiritual hosts and wickedness 20:23 of the heavenly places. 20:24 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God," 20:26 notice this, we're engaged in spiritual warfare, 20:29 what is God instructing us to do? 20:31 "Take up the whole armor of God, 20:33 that you may be able to withstand the evil day, 20:36 and have done all to stand." 20:38 We have to equip ourselves 20:39 because we are engaged in spiritual warfare. 20:42 Now, why did I bring that up? 20:43 The eyes and the ears, my friends, 20:45 are a part of those spiritual supply lines 20:48 that feed our lives. 20:49 We can open those spiritual supply lines 20:51 to the Lord, and be blessed. 20:53 Or we can open those spiritual supply lines 20:56 to a different spirit, 20:57 and be contaminated and be changed, 21:00 and not in a good way. 21:01 Our eyes and ears are major parts 21:04 of this spiritual supply line. 21:05 And we've got to make sure that we safeguard it 21:07 and that we worship in the beauty of holiness, 21:10 that is God says, "Be holy as I am holy." 21:14 I think of Proverbs 23:12 which says, 21:17 apply your heart to instruction 21:19 and your ears to the words of knowledge. 21:21 I'm going to go fast here. 21:23 So again, you can watch this on YouTube 21:24 if I'm going too fast, 21:26 you can pause and go back and take notes. 21:27 Mark 4:24. 21:28 I love what Jesus says here. 21:30 Very simple, but very profound. 21:31 He says, "Take heed what you hear, safeguard it, 21:35 make sure you're understanding what it is 21:37 that you're allowing to go into these ears." 21:39 Psalms 101:3 says, 21:41 "I will set no wicked thing before my eyes." 21:45 And we have that choice. 21:46 God has not taken that choice away from us. 21:47 But many of us, 21:49 we misuse and abuse this blessing of sight. 21:51 That's why Jesus said in Matthew 6:22, 21:53 "That the lamp of the body is the eye 21:55 and therefore your eye is good, 21:57 your whole body will be full of light." 22:00 And so there's so much that you know, 22:02 and as I was studying this, 22:04 I was brought back to Genesis Chapter 3, 22:06 because you never consider it in this way 22:07 but it actually says right there in Genesis 3:6, 22:10 Adam and Eve, who had known no sin, 22:12 in their perfect state, 22:14 it says, so the woman saw that the tree, 22:16 notice, she saw that the tree was good for food, 22:18 that it was pleasant to the eyes, 22:21 and a tree desirable to make one wise, 22:23 she took of its fruit and ate, 22:25 she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 22:28 They were overtaken by the beauty 22:30 of what they were seeing. 22:31 But, you know, 22:32 as with everything God has done, 22:34 we have an enemy who distorts and exploits it. 22:37 And we have to be reminded that, 22:39 you know, it shouldn't be surprising 22:42 that beauty and concepts of beauty 22:43 can be used against us. 22:45 In this case, we see 22:47 that I'm sure that tree of knowledge 22:48 of good and evil was a beautiful sight, 22:49 I'm sure that fruit look like something 22:51 you just wanted to, 22:52 I don't know, just take a big bite 22:54 out of which they did. 22:55 But obviously, we have to know that especially with the arts, 22:59 Christian education, 23:00 guided by scripture must help us to learn 23:03 to be careful in understanding 23:05 that not all that is beautiful is necessarily good or holy. 23:09 I think of Cain and Abel in their worship, 23:12 you know, God asked them to bring an offering. 23:15 He asked them to worship Him, 23:16 but He gave them specific instructions. 23:18 One brought the correct thing. 23:19 The other said, "You know what? 23:21 I think this will be more pleasing to God." 23:22 And so you have these people 23:24 that even in the aspect of worship, 23:25 and that's what our text said, 23:26 going back to our original text, 23:28 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 23:30 This is where that worship aspect comes in. 23:32 We have to be careful, my friends, 23:34 and understand 23:35 that not everything is acceptable by God. 23:37 In this case, Cain and Abel is a prime example. 23:39 One gave what God asked for, one didn't. 23:41 And the one who didn't thought he was going to get by with it. 23:44 Oh, surely, the Lord knows my heart, 23:46 and He's going to accept what I brought to Him. 23:48 But the Lord said, "That's not what I asked for." 23:50 And the same thing goes 23:51 with all of the arts, my friends. 23:52 I love music. 23:54 And music is one of those things 23:56 that not all music is acceptable to the Lord. 23:58 Therefore, it's not acceptable to me. 24:00 And we go through all of these arts, my friends, 24:02 but the point of the matter is, 24:03 we have to understand that we must worship the Lord 24:08 in the beauty of holiness, 24:10 make sure that as He is holy, we are holy, 24:12 and our choices reflect that of the Lord. 24:15 Amen. 24:16 Thank you so much, Ryan. 24:18 What an incredible study. 24:19 Holiness is a high calling, 24:21 but the Lord Jesus gives us that power to do that. 24:23 Amen. 24:24 We're going to take a short break, 24:26 we'll be right back. 24:31 Ever wish you could watch 24:32 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:34 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 24:38 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 24:43 A clean design makes it easy 24:45 to find the program you're looking for. 24:47 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:51 so you can follow along. 24:52 Sharing is easy. 24:54 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 24:57 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:01 Welcome back to our study, Education in Arts and Sciences. 25:04 We're going to toss it over to Danny with Tuesday's lesson. 25:06 Thank you. 25:08 You guys did a great job. 25:09 And this one is interesting, Experts in Error. 25:12 I could talk about an hour 25:13 and turn it over to Pastor John. 25:15 And he could go several hours and on down the line, I'm sure. 25:18 But I think as far as error goes, 25:21 we know that's the opposite of truth, right? 25:23 I think we can agree to that. 25:24 But I thought, well, maybe we should break down 25:27 the meaning of the word expert. 25:29 So I looked in the dictionary first place, 25:31 it says, "An expert is a person 25:33 who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge 25:37 of or skill in a particular area." 25:41 Now, I used to work in construction 25:42 for a lot of years, 25:44 and I hired people to work for me. 25:46 And I would ask them, sometimes somebody say, 25:47 hey, I need a job and say, 25:49 well, because I always like talking to people, 25:52 but I say, "Well, are you a beginner? 25:55 Would you call yourself you know, intermediate, 25:57 you're professional, you're an expert." 25:59 And I was always surprised. 26:01 Said, I'm an expert. 26:02 I've been doing this job for about 15 years. 26:05 Well, you hire them and you find out 26:07 they might get to intermediate. 26:09 And we're not expert at all. 26:10 So someone helped me break the word down 26:13 expert one time. 26:14 So that's the meaning that we hear, 26:16 but in the real world and where I was working, 26:18 Shelley, we broke it down to say in this, of course, 26:21 my own little doing and I didn't do that well 26:23 in English in school, 26:24 but ex is has-been 26:26 and it spurts to drip under pressure. 26:28 So it doesn't always mean 26:30 that you know what you're doing. 26:31 So you can be an expert in error. 26:35 So don't spell that 26:36 because you'll find out it doesn't work 26:38 when you spell spurt is not the same. 26:40 That's not the same one. 26:41 But anyway, I thought it worked for an illustration. 26:44 But what I'm interested and what I think about, 26:46 what do you think about 26:48 when you think about experts in error? 26:50 I mean, literally, the very first thing 26:52 comes to my mind is, 26:54 is preachers and teachers of the Word of God. 26:57 Politicians may be experts in error, 27:00 because everybody has the truth, and everybody, 27:03 but there are certain people that I believe, 27:06 and all of us here and many of you 27:08 are going to be held accountable. 27:10 To much is given, much is required. 27:13 So we have to especially be careful 27:16 what we're teaching that it is of the Word of God. 27:20 So I'm amazed at how many people trust 27:22 the opinions of preachers and teachers 27:26 for their spiritual well, well-being. 27:29 Well, my preacher said it, so it's okay. 27:31 They'll listen Pastor John on the air, 27:33 and he gives us great sermon on the Sabbath. 27:36 They go ask their pastor, and he says, 27:38 "Oh, well, that's the old law, was done away with?" 27:41 Well, John apparently does know what he's talking about. 27:44 Yet, he was using the Bible as his guide. 27:46 So we just toss that out. 27:48 Now, we will do that, 27:49 so many of us will literally trust 27:52 other people 27:54 when it comes to our spiritual welfare. 27:56 And I wonder why? 27:58 Because I think about it. 27:59 Do you trust, let me ask at home? 28:01 When you go trade your car in, 28:03 do you trust the car salesman on the worth 28:05 when he gives you the value of your car trade in? 28:08 Or do you do your own research? 28:10 I would think you probably do your own research. 28:12 When you go buy a house, 28:14 you read about it in a newspaper. 28:16 Now, maybe it's through real estate. 28:17 So you call them and say, tell me about the house? 28:20 They tell you about the house all the good qualities, 28:23 and say, here's how much it is and you say I'll buy it. 28:26 Do you do that? 28:27 Or do you, do you do home study? 28:29 You do your little homework, you do your research. 28:31 Why? 28:33 Because you should, 28:34 it makes sense that we should be educated, 28:36 even in the physical, 28:38 but we're talking about the spiritual 28:39 and the physical couple years ago. 28:43 As you guys know, I played basketball run full court up, 28:45 never knew I had anything wrong with me, 28:47 but did a test 28:49 and it came out they did an angiogram 28:51 or angioplasty. 28:53 And they said, uh-oh, 28:54 a doctor came up in the afternoon. 28:56 I took the test, they said, we're going to admit you, 28:58 and a man I've never seen in my life 29:00 came up and said, 29:02 "Hi, I'm Dr. so and so. 29:03 And tomorrow morning, 29:05 I'm going to be doing open heart surgery on you, 29:07 I'm gonna do a quadruple bypass." 29:09 And so I looked at him and I said, 29:11 "Well, I don't mean to be rude about this, but who said?" 29:15 And he said, "Well, what do you mean, did you get? 29:17 I'm telling you the results of your test." 29:19 I said, number one, I don't know you. 29:21 And I don't know how, 29:23 you know, we don't know each other. 29:24 I don't even know 29:25 if I want it done at this hospital. 29:27 So I didn't come in here like have a heart attack. 29:30 It wasn't emergency, I walked in my own two feet. 29:33 Now, am I, why am I needing the surgery? 29:38 He said, "Well, your widowmaker is calcified. 29:42 And so the other arteries aren't that bad, 29:45 but it's not even that close. 29:46 But if that breaks off, you could die. 29:48 That's why they call it the widowmaker." 29:50 So he says, I said, 29:52 "But I could be playing basketball. 29:53 I could be living 29:55 another five years before it happens." 29:56 "Yeah." 29:57 I said "Well, let me go do some research." 29:59 So I did, called Dr. Marcum, you know, cardiologist, 30:01 he did research and I came back and used the different doctor, 30:05 went to the hospital that we thought was best, 30:07 and I did it. 30:09 Now that's in the physical. 30:10 So but in the spiritual would I be any differently, 30:12 should I be any differently when my pastor says 30:15 or televangelist says, 30:17 "Well, look, you don't have to worry 30:18 about the Ten Commandments, they're done away with." 30:21 So I say, "Okay, that's good enough for me." 30:23 Now these decisions can be their eternal decisions, 30:27 they can be our eternal life. 30:29 And so that's why they say experts in error. 30:31 I was like, man, I can't believe that. 30:33 I'm amazed 30:34 at all the theological seminaries 30:36 around the world that haven't figured out. 30:39 And these are theologians. 30:41 They have not figured out the Ten Commandments 30:43 were not nailed to the cross. 30:44 They haven't figured out that they're still valid 30:46 and will be through eternity 30:48 that there are transcripts of God's own character. 30:51 And there's nothing you're going to nail 30:52 to the cross 30:54 because it's all for us, not against us. 30:56 And yet these people are experts in their fields. 31:00 But I think we'd have to say experts in error. 31:02 Now, I'm not naming names, 31:04 but I watch televangelists 31:06 and some of these televangelists, 31:08 my brother once wrote to one and said, 31:10 "You are so good. 31:11 You seem to be so knowledgeable, 31:13 but what about the Sabbath, the seventh day Sabbath? 31:16 You never, you just write it off." 31:19 And the guy wrote back or had an associate write back 31:22 on behalf of this well-known evangelist, 31:24 most of you would know, you know what he said? 31:28 "Well, the truth is, you're right about that, 31:31 you Adventists are right about it. 31:33 But if I preached that message, I would lose all of my, 31:37 almost all of my audience. 31:39 And I'm worried I need this audience 31:41 because there's so many people need to be saved." 31:44 Well, that made him an expert in error, 31:46 as far as I'm concerned, 31:48 because he didn't really preach truth. 31:50 Now, maybe he preached some truth. 31:52 But it's either all truth or not truth. 31:54 I mean, I don't guess you can, you know, it's like saying, 31:57 somebody told a half lie. 31:59 You know, is there such a thing as a half lie? 32:01 Is it either truth, or it was a lie. 32:03 So for each and every one of us... 32:07 Richard Bland told me this. 32:08 I thought it was so amazing. 32:09 Richard Bland 32:11 of the United Prison Ministries. 32:12 He told me that when, 32:14 and I'm doing this in relationship 32:16 to these theological seminaries 32:18 that haven't figured out the commandments. 32:20 He said, "I would take a man of Bible in a prison. 32:23 They've never heard the name of Jesus, 32:24 except when it's been used in vain. 32:27 I hand them the Bible. 32:29 They read the Bible. 32:30 I'll come back six weeks later, and when we're talking, 32:34 he says, the pastor, 32:36 whoever is that they had, 32:37 you know, can chaplain or camp combined. 32:40 They said, "Why are we having 32:42 sermons on our church on Sunday?" 32:45 Now, here's somebody who's never read the Bible, 32:47 but they don't. 32:48 They've never been to seminary. 32:49 They've never, they don't know. They're not theologians. 32:51 And they say, why do we go to church on Sunday? 32:53 And the chaplain's like, "Well, I don't know." 32:55 Richard comes in and they say, 32:57 "Why do we go to church on Sunday? 32:58 Said, "We don't, we go on Saturday?" 33:00 And who told you that, what's in the Bible? 33:03 Saturday is the Sabbath, why doesn't people keep it? 33:05 So Ellen White makes a statement. 33:08 She says, "Five seconds under the tutelage 33:11 of the Holy Spirit 33:13 is worth more than years of literary 33:15 in a literary institution." 33:17 So what I'm suggesting 33:19 to each and every one of us today 33:20 is that in order for us to teach truth, 33:24 we can't be experts in error ourselves. 33:27 Lest do not leave our eternal life 33:30 and our salvations, 33:31 our salvation to anyone else, 33:34 study to show thyself approved, right? 33:37 So that's, that's what the Bible tells us study. 33:39 So each one of us are responsible. 33:41 Then once we know the truth, we have the Great Commission, 33:44 go and tell others what Jesus has done for us. 33:47 You see, your own personal testimony 33:50 is your greatest asset. 33:52 The world didn't give that, the world can't take it away. 33:54 Nobody can tell you any differently, 33:57 your personal testimony of what Jesus has done for you. 34:00 So when we look to Jesus, we learn the truth. 34:02 He says, "Go ye into all the world." 34:05 Literally, that's a great gospel commission 34:07 for each and every one of us. 34:09 And I'm so thankful to be a part of that. 34:11 So again, I didn't know where to start 34:12 and where to stop on this 34:14 because I could talk for hours, 34:16 but I always think about pastor Rick Ortel, 34:18 had him in master control, 34:19 had been Assembly God minister for years, 34:22 and he came to work at 3ABN, put him in master control. 34:26 After about eight weeks, he said, 34:28 "I'm a pastor been 25 years. 34:30 I never knew Saturday was the Sabbath, 34:32 and I didn't know the commandments 34:34 weren't nailed to the cross." 34:35 He went into pastoral, 34:37 we hired another Assembly God minister, 34:38 same thing after three months. 34:40 And later, another man who is Assembly God minister, 34:44 because once they were exposed, 34:45 they said we've never been exposed. 34:47 We went to the seminaries, 34:48 but we listened to what the people taught us 34:51 and we never put the association ourselves, 34:54 but we're so glad we came to 3ABN 34:56 so I'm talking fast as you said, 34:58 but I want you to know that God expects 35:00 each and every one of us to search out truth, 35:03 and then to be able to share that 35:05 with the lost and dying world. 35:06 Amen. Wow. 35:07 Thank you, Danny. 35:09 I tell you, right, experts in error. 35:12 Oh, I tell you, 35:13 that's another sermon title, Ryan, 35:14 don't you preach it before I do. 35:16 But anyhow, that's a really amazing one. 35:19 And what we want to do is humbly say 35:20 that there are honestly, 35:22 and I think Danny mentioned this, 35:23 there are honestly people that just don't know. 35:25 And I think that as he pointed out the examples of the pastors 35:28 that have been here and others, 35:30 others of you who have heard the truth 35:31 and responded to it, 35:33 the obligation we have is not to tout our ignorance, 35:37 but to look for wisdom and understanding 35:39 and ask God to lead and guide our minds. 35:41 And the evidence is clear. 35:43 Shelley can testify on that, Ryan can. 35:45 And I can tell you, I have a testimony there too. 35:47 I was raised thinking that I knew it all 35:49 being raised in an Adventist home, 35:51 but I never had a connection to Christ. 35:53 So the other side of that could be, 35:55 you have all the knowledge, but you don't know Jesus. 35:57 So in both cases, you can be an expert in error. 36:00 So having all the knowledge 36:02 but not knowing Jesus 36:03 is just as lost as a person that think they know Jesus, 36:06 but know Jesus but doesn't have the knowledge. 36:09 So there's a third category, whatever that is, 36:11 I'll come up with that later on. 36:13 Right, mine is now Foolishness and Wisdom. 36:17 And I thought I would never get a permission 36:18 to use the word fool so many times 36:21 as I looked in the Bible, 36:22 because you know, 36:24 you don't like to use the word fool. 36:25 The Bible uses the word fool 36:27 and the Bible uses the word hell. 36:29 When we talk about hellfire, we use the word hell, 36:31 but we don't like to use it because it's been twisted 36:33 in the eyes of the world. 36:35 But 201 times the Bible uses the word fool. 36:40 And I thought, I did not know 36:43 that the Bible has so much to say about foolishness. 36:46 Let's begin with Proverbs, 36:47 because Proverbs is a book I believe, 36:50 if I could summarize Proverbs, 36:52 it's dedicated to eradicating foolishness. 36:57 Proverbs is dedicated to eradicating foolishness. 37:01 Proverbs 1:1-2. 37:04 And my wife and I are now in the Book of Proverbs. 37:07 Finally, we thought we'd never get through Psalms. 37:09 We're now in the Book of Proverbs. 37:12 "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, 37:14 king of Israel:" 37:17 notice, "To know wisdom and instruction, 37:23 to perceive the words of understanding." 37:27 Now, when you read the Book of Proverbs, 37:29 it's amazing because the Book of Proverbs 37:31 does well to remind us 37:33 of the dangers of being foolhardy. 37:36 That means of just throwing caution to the wind, 37:39 and that's a term 37:41 that you have to kind of think about it. 37:42 Because when you throw anything to the wind, 37:44 it blows it away. 37:46 When you think about throwing caution to the wind, 37:48 let me identify what I mean by that. 37:50 And, Danny, you laid the foundation for me, 37:53 when you don't consider 37:54 that your salvation is of such great importance, 37:58 that you don't put it in the hands of another person, 38:01 that's fool hearted. 38:03 Even the best theologian, even the best, 38:05 the most popular preacher or pastor 38:07 or well-known personality in a religious circle 38:11 don't put your salvation in the hand of any person. 38:15 Because that is, to me, the greatest example 38:18 of being a foolhardy. 38:20 It's like saying, "Well, it doesn't matter 38:21 what plane I go on, 38:22 I'm just going to go to the airport." 38:25 Doesn't matter. 38:26 I always like what the flight attendant say 38:28 just before, they said, 38:29 if your next stop is not, and they mention the city, 38:32 this is a good time to get off the plane. 38:35 And there are some people I saw it maybe once or twice 38:37 in all the years, 38:38 people got up and don't know how they. 38:40 One person walked up to me once on the plane and said, 38:42 You're on my seat. 38:45 The flight attendant said, "Can I see your ticket?" 38:46 I said, "Here it is." 38:48 And they said, "Sir, could I see your ticket?" 38:49 He said, "Here it is." 38:51 He said, "Sir, you're on the wrong flight." 38:54 They had the right seat, 38:55 but they were on the wrong flight 38:56 thought I was in their seat. 38:58 I felt really good about that, 38:59 because I was in first class at the time. 39:01 But I tell you, you got to know the details. 39:04 Your destination, your salvation, 39:07 is all the reason why foolishness cannot be 39:11 your choice above wisdom. 39:13 Now, when you look at Proverbs, 39:15 I wanna read something here 39:16 that was brought out in the lesson. 39:18 It says, "Knowledge must accompany discretion. 39:20 We can be capable of artistic brilliance 39:23 and scientific breakthroughs, 39:25 because of knowledge and ability. 39:28 Yet from a Christian perspective, 39:30 what does a knowledge of the arts and science 39:33 really mean 39:34 if it does not involve knowing the difference 39:37 between right and wrong, good and evil, truth and error? 39:41 What difference does it make? 39:43 So when people try to... 39:45 The great leveler, Ryan, 39:46 and maybe I think all of us in the circle 39:48 may have had this experience. 39:49 The great leveler 39:50 is when I'm in circles of people 39:52 that are highly intellectual, 39:54 I really I appreciate intellect and believe me, 39:56 I like intellectuality, I think it's a great thing. 39:58 I like my mind to be challenge and I read books that I've, 40:01 you know, on topics that I've never exposed myself 40:04 just to keep those. 40:05 You know, there's no such thing as you can't teach 40:07 an old dog new tricks. 40:09 You can always learn something, right? 40:10 As long as you're alive, you could learn something. 40:12 I like to be in those circles, 40:14 but then sometimes 40:15 I'm in these polysyllabic circles 40:17 and people say, what do you do? 40:18 And I begin to tell them and all of a sudden, 40:19 it's amazing, 40:21 these people that are highly intellectual, 40:22 highly accomplished, 40:23 they hit a wall 40:25 when you start talking about God. 40:27 And it shows me that moment, that yes, 40:31 the greatest intellect comes 40:34 when you are at the feet of Jesus. 40:36 So when these apostles were perceived 40:39 to be ignorant and unlearned, 40:41 they kept on preaching and the Bible said, 40:43 "Wait a minute, wait a minute. 40:44 It's evident they have been with Jesus." 40:47 So there are four kinds of fools 40:48 in the Bible. 40:50 So let's look at the four types of fools. 40:52 And then I'll tell you what to do 40:54 in reference to them. 40:55 Let's talk about the futility first, 40:57 the futility of foolishness. 40:59 Proverbs 1:7, the futility of the fool. 41:04 Here it is. 41:06 Proverbs 1:7, the Bible says, 41:07 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." 41:12 Now, there's another one wisdom we talked, 41:14 but the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom, 41:19 and instruction. 41:21 And, but now we go from the futility of a fool 41:26 to the veracity of the wise. 41:29 Proverbs 9:9. 41:33 "Give instruction to a wise man, 41:37 and he will be still wiser. 41:40 Teach a just man, 41:42 and he will increase in learning." 41:44 Now, that's amazing, 41:45 because the Bible also talked about 41:48 and I'm paraphrasing. 41:50 Don't waste your time on a fool. 41:53 It'll be evident in about a minute or so 41:55 what category he's in 41:56 because sometimes you try to tell people 41:58 something for their own good 42:00 and it's like you're talking to a plant. 42:04 Because like, 42:05 they've gone all over the place 42:06 rather than receiving instruction. 42:08 So let's see why. 42:09 Let's see why these categories exist. 42:11 Let's look at the first kind of fool. 42:13 Look at now. 42:15 Proverbs 14:1, 42:16 this is the first kind of fool, very clear. 42:20 "The fool said in his heart, there is no God. 42:25 They are corrupt. 42:27 They have done abominable works. 42:29 There is none who does good." 42:31 So the first kind of fool 42:32 is an atheist. 42:38 But an atheist, 42:40 what makes it even more foolish 42:42 is why you spending money 42:45 to prove the non-existence of someone 42:47 unless you believe they exists. 42:49 There you go. 42:50 Why spend all that time fighting against somebody 42:52 who you don't believe exists? 42:54 It doesn't even make sense. 42:55 So to say there is no God 42:57 should end your argument right there. 42:59 But there's a second kind of fool. 43:00 It's a humbling topic to say these, 43:03 to say these phrases. 43:04 The second kind of fool is Proverbs 14:9. 43:07 Look at what the Bible says, 43:09 "Fools mock at sin, 43:13 but among the upright there is favor." 43:16 What kind of fool is that? 43:18 A person that thinks that sin will not impact 43:20 his or her destination, 43:22 and they just spend their time just diving into sin, 43:24 as though it has no impact on their destiny. 43:27 Fools mock at sin. 43:29 There's some people that say, 43:31 "Well, I just, I want to have all the fun I can. 43:34 And when I get to a certain age, 43:35 I'll give my life to the Lord." 43:40 As if you have a guarantee of tomorrow, 43:41 I know people that have died in their teen years, 43:44 and they didn't live long enough. 43:45 They live long enough, 43:46 but they never made the decision 43:48 to put away sin and accept Christ. 43:51 The third kind of fool, Luke 12:20, 43:55 you'll understand this one very clearly. 43:57 "But God said to him," 43:58 this is the one that pull all his bonds down, 44:01 but God said to him "'Fool! 44:04 This night your soul will be required of you, 44:07 then whose will those things be which you have provided?' " 44:11 The third kind of fool is the person 44:13 who trust in riches before he trusts in the Lord. 44:19 I think when I die, I'm going to be broke. 44:23 Now, you can be broke for two reasons. 44:25 You could be broke, 44:26 because you just throw your money away. 44:29 Or you can be broke 44:31 because you planned that when you die, 44:33 all your money go to the cause of God. 44:36 That's the kind of broke I want to be. 44:38 That when I close my eyes, whatever I leave behind, 44:41 goes to carry the gospel forward. 44:43 That's the kind of broke I want to be. 44:45 There's a fourth fool. 44:46 This is the last one. 44:48 Proverbs 23:9. 44:51 "Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, 44:53 for he will despise the wisdom of your words." 44:57 The fourth kind of fool is a person 44:58 who just doesn't want wisdom. 45:01 But do we have to be that way? No. 45:03 Nobel Prize winner said, 45:05 "An atheist man who studies the universe, 45:07 and physics forces behind it wrote, 45:11 this is what he said, 45:15 "The more the universe seems to be comprehensible, 45:17 the more it is also seeming to be pointless." 45:22 In other words, the more I learned 45:23 about the universe, 45:24 the more I realize, I don't know. 45:27 I have more to say, 45:28 but I'll leave that for the closing time. 45:31 I just want to make this point before I jump in here. 45:33 When we know God as the creator and sustainer of all life, 45:40 it will impact the way we understand 45:43 the arts and the sciences. 45:45 And our lesson today is the Lord 45:48 answered Job from Chapter 38. 45:51 Just very quickly, 45:53 Job wanted to verify his innocence. 45:56 So he made some accusations against God, 45:58 he was constantly calling God to court. 46:01 Well, guess what? Chapter 38, God shows up. 46:05 And God is interrogating Job with a series of questions 46:10 that basically is asking Job, 46:13 "Hey, Job, are you eternal, 46:15 great, powerful, wise, or perfect like me?" 46:19 And as God is going through these questions, 46:23 suddenly Job is feeling less and less sure of himself. 46:28 And I think he finally begins to understand God, 46:31 because God is about to be his vindicator. 46:35 But he begins to see the power and majesty of God. 46:40 And I think he just figures he's better off to be quiet 46:43 and trust God. 46:45 That's right. I want to say this. 46:46 God is the author since He is the Creator, 46:51 He is the author of all science. 46:54 And all true science supports biblical teaching. 46:58 Evolution is an atheistic theory. 47:03 Please listen to what I just said. 47:05 Evolution is an atheistic theory, 47:08 there is no true science, 47:10 no adequate evidence to support 47:13 that it is a philosophical commitment 47:18 to naturalism. 47:21 And it's based on the assumption 47:22 that life had no creator. 47:24 I'll tell you, that's interesting. 47:26 When you look at people who are promoting atheism, 47:31 I mean, evolution. 47:33 These are scientists who try to use 47:35 the physical science of materialism alone. 47:40 And they don't have any justification 47:43 for what they're saying. 47:45 But you know, what's interesting 47:47 for most scientists, 47:49 if they reject Darwinism, they will lose their funding. 47:54 So, boy, you were talking about suppressing the truth 47:57 in righteousness. 47:59 A lot of them just zip their lip, 48:03 because they're worried about losing their funding. 48:07 So recent discoveries 48:08 and I'm not going to run through all these explanations, 48:11 but epigenetics, the ENCODE project, 48:15 orphan genes, 48:16 these kind of things fascinate me, 48:18 but they undercut the intellectual feasibility 48:23 of macro evolutionary theory. 48:27 I've read this book that is fascinating. 48:31 This was a scientist named Donald Johnson, 48:34 he has two PhDs, 48:35 one in chemistry and the other 48:38 in computer information sciences. 48:43 Now, even when he became a Christian, 48:45 he still argued in favor of Darwin's theory, 48:49 until He was working on this major project that is, 48:55 in his book Programming of Life. 48:59 And after years of research, you know what he proved? 49:02 He proved that Darwin's theory, 49:04 I mean, to me, it's absolute proof 49:06 that it is impossible. 49:10 And what he did was investigate 49:13 and explain the computer like workings of a cell, 49:18 and he fights from a broad and growing list of scientists 49:25 who are beginning to question evolution, 49:29 and they think that it is totally wrong. 49:31 So here's what he proved. 49:34 "Our bodies are complex, interacting computer systems." 49:40 So life is an intersection 49:44 of not just physical science, 49:47 but information science. 49:50 Each cell, get this, 49:52 each cell of an organism 49:55 has millions of interacting computers. 50:01 Each cell has millions of interacting computers. 50:06 And they read and process complicated digital information 50:11 to communicate and translate 50:13 the information using algorithms. 50:17 I mean, it's beyond all laws of probability 50:22 that such cybernetic complexity could happen randomly. 50:29 It's impossible to believe in evolution. 50:34 Let me tell you, 50:35 man did not climb 50:37 out of some mythical primordial pool. 50:41 We did not go through atheistic evolution 50:46 from a single cell of me but to a reptile to an ape. 50:51 Molecular biologists have proven 50:54 that the complexity 50:56 of a single cell is so vast, 51:02 just think it's got all these little cell 51:05 has millions of computers in it. 51:08 They say it is a mathematical nightmare 51:11 to try to support the accidental origin of life. 51:15 And have you noticed 51:17 how frequently scientists are changing 51:20 the speculative ages of the earth? 51:23 Oh, yeah. I mean, you know what? 51:25 Geologists 51:27 are never going to figure it out. 51:28 You know why? 51:29 Because God created the earth with a parent age. 51:33 He didn't create the acorn, He created the oak tree. 51:38 He didn't create an apple seed, He created the apple tree. 51:42 He didn't create little babies, 51:44 He created mature man and woman. 51:48 So when we look at what the Bible says, 51:53 the sciences change their mind, 51:56 scientists change their mind all the time. 51:58 It's constantly being updated and changed. 52:01 Ancient scientists believed the earth was flat. 52:03 Isaiah 40:22 says, 52:06 "He sits above the circle of the earth." 52:08 And that's chug in the Hebrew, it's a sphere. 52:13 The ancients believed that something supported 52:16 the earth like Atlas. 52:18 Job 26:7 says, 52:21 "He hangs the earth on nothing." 52:25 God in His Word in Job 28:25, 52:30 He explained that air had weight 52:34 long before the scientists discovered it. 52:36 Job 28:25 says, 52:39 "To establish a weight for the wind, " 52:44 and then get this one. 52:45 This is one of my favorites, Danny, 52:47 you're going to love this one. 52:48 Job 38:19 says, 52:52 "Where is the way to the dwelling of light?" 52:58 How except by divine inspiration 53:02 could Job have known 53:03 that light does not dwell in a place but in a way? 53:08 I mean, that's amazing. 53:09 Because modern man has discovered 53:12 that light involves motions, 53:15 wave motion, 53:17 traveling at 185,000 miles a second. 53:21 Light can only dwell in a way. 53:27 Scientists know that the atom should fly apart. 53:33 I mean, I love, you read this, and they're all gone, 53:36 they're scratching their head. 53:38 They're trying to figure out why the atom doesn't fly apart. 53:43 Well, I'll tell you why. 53:45 Colossians 1:17. That's right. 53:47 Says, "Jesus is before all things 53:50 and in Him, all things exist." 53:55 All things cohere, all things hold together. 54:01 The power that holds the atom together 54:04 is our Creator Jesus Himself. 54:08 And Hebrews 1:3, says, 54:11 now I'm going to read this from the Amplified 54:13 because this is what the meaning is. 54:15 Hebrews 1:3, I used to read that. 54:18 And not only read this B-part, 54:20 the A-part is talking about how Jesus is just like God, 54:25 and He's showing us everything 54:27 but then it says this, 54:29 that He is upholding and maintaining 54:33 and guiding and propelling the universe, 54:37 by his mighty Word of power. 54:40 That word that is alive and active and sharper 54:44 than any two-edged sword, 54:45 that word that had the creative power 54:48 when He said let there be and it existed 54:51 and He framed the world by His Word. 54:55 Here's what the quarterly says. 54:57 "Scripture teaches 54:58 that God not only created everything, 55:01 but that He sustains everything in as well. 55:04 And this means 55:05 that any true Christian education 55:07 in science would have to work 55:10 from radically different assumptions 55:14 than what science in general claims. 55:17 If you are a Christian, 55:19 you cannot support the teaching of evolution. 55:23 Amen. It's powerful study, Shelley. 55:26 Thank you so much. 55:27 Shelley, Pastor John, Danny and Pastor Ryan, 55:29 thank you for your study of the Word of God. 55:31 We'll take a few moments 55:33 and share something about your day. 55:34 Amen. 55:36 You know, as I was going through this whole lesson, 55:37 I'm thinking of Romans 12:1-2, 55:40 but I'll specifically read verse 2. 55:42 It says, "And do not be conformed to this world, 55:43 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 55:46 that you may prove 55:47 what is that good and acceptable, 55:49 and perfect will of God." 55:51 Amen. 55:52 Well, mine was on Experts in Error 55:55 where we want to make sure 55:56 that we're not experts in error, 55:57 but that we ask the Holy Spirit to give us 56:01 and guide us into all truth. 56:02 You know, as much as the Bible talks 56:04 about a fool, there is hope for a fool. 56:06 Bible says in 1 Corinthians 3:18, 56:09 1 Corinthians 3:18, 56:13 "Let no one deceive himself. 56:15 If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, 56:19 let him become a fool, that he may become wise." 56:22 Amen. Okay. 56:24 I just want to say this. 56:26 God is your creator, He is your sustainer. 56:29 And He loves you so much. 56:31 His Word, get into His Word, 56:34 let the Word do a work in your heart, 56:37 pray it back to Him 56:39 because it will not return void. 56:40 God is watching over His Word to perform it 56:44 and He is the God who gives life to the dead, 56:47 and calls things that are not 56:49 as though they already exist, 56:51 because He has a plan for your life. 56:53 He loves you so much. 56:55 Get in to the Word and come to know Him 56:59 as your creator and sustainer. 57:01 Amen. 57:03 Thank you all so much. 57:04 You know, we don't talk about the lesson necessarily 57:05 before we teach the lesson here. 57:08 And I'm always blessed by what God does 57:10 in and through each one of you. 57:12 This lesson in particular, to me is kind of heavy, 57:15 and as each person was sharing, 57:17 I was reminded of what Jesus said 57:19 in John Chapter 8. 57:20 That's our closing scripture. 57:22 John 8:31. 57:24 Jesus said, "If you abide in My Word, 57:26 you are My disciples indeed. 57:27 And you shall know the truth 57:29 and the truth shall make you free. 57:33 But they answered Him, 57:34 'We are Abraham's descendants 57:36 and have never been in bondage to anyone.'" 57:39 What does that mean? 57:40 When you and I are confronted with the truth, 57:43 we can face the truth and choose to fight it 57:45 or we can choose to surrender to the Savior. 57:48 This might be the first time you have heard 57:50 some of these truths. 57:52 Make a decision. 57:54 Open up your heart to Jesus. 57:55 Make Him Lord of your life 57:57 and accept the truth in His work. 57:59 Join us next week, lesson number 11, 58:01 the Christian and Work. |
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