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00:01 Hello Friends, welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel
00:02 I'm John Lomacang and I thank you for taking the time 00:05 to join us in this Quarter's Study: 00:08 Three Cosmic Messages. 00:10 This week, Week Number 3, 00:12 we're talking about: The Everlasting Gospel... 00:14 a gospel that has no end 00:17 as it relates to the redemption of humanity. 00:20 We'd like to encourage you 00:22 to join us in our study that's right here 00:23 but if you'd like to go to a local church... 00:25 a Seventh-day Adventist Church, 00:26 you can stop by and say... 3ABN sent you 00:28 but if you'd like to download a copy of it, 00:30 go to 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:33 and follow along as we walk through 00:35 what I consider the most important message 00:38 of the time of the end. 00:39 Don't go away, we'll be right back. 00:41 Music... 01:13 Lomacang: Hello and welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School, 01:15 I am John Lomacang. 01:16 Thank you so much for taking the time to join us. 01:18 Every week, we appreciate you tuning in to 01:21 listen to what God has to say through us 01:24 and we take that humbly with great responsibility. 01:26 We hope that we're leading you and guiding you 01:28 to know Christ better 01:30 and to give your life to Him as your Savior. 01:32 We have a wonderful Panel today... 01:33 some of them you know and some of them are new. 01:36 But right to my immediate left is 01:37 Jill Morikone, Vice President of 3ABN. 01:39 Good to have you here, Jill. 01:41 Thank you Pastor John, glad to be here 01:42 and my title for Monday 01:44 is the same as the overall title of the Lesson: 01:46 The "Everlasting" Gospel. 01:47 Lomacang: Praise God and the lady from Texas, 01:50 Shelley Quinn. how are you? 01:52 Shelley: I'm here... from Texas, I have Tuesday's Lesson: 01:55 A Story of Grace. 01:57 Lomacang: Okay, and a face that may be new 01:59 but some of you will get to know him more, 02:02 Daniel Perrin, he's in our Pastoral Department 02:04 taught for many years... Bible... 02:05 good to have you here today. 02:07 Perrin: Thank you Pastor John, I have Wednesday's Lesson 02:10 giving us the scope of what we're studying: 02:12 Into All the World. 02:13 Lomacang: And on my other bookend, 02:15 the other son of thunder, 02:17 Pastor James Rafferty, good to see you James. 02:19 Rafferty: Good to be here, John, I have Thursday's Lesson 02:21 and it is entitled: A Mission Movement. 02:24 Lomacang: Okay, that's right, praise the Lord for that. 02:26 Well, why don't you have our opening prayer 02:27 for us today, James. 02:29 Rafferty: All right, let's pray. 02:30 "Father, we want to thank You so much 02:31 for this everlasting gospel message: 02:33 The Three Angels' Messages that's to go to all the world... 02:35 every nation, tongue and people, 02:37 no one being left out. 02:39 We thank You for the promise of Your Spirit to guide our hearts 02:42 and the hearts of our Viewers. 02:43 We pray that You will be with us 02:44 and that You will teach us and instruct us. 02:46 Comfort us... guide us into all truth... 02:48 we ask these things now in Jesus' name, amen. " 02:52 Panel: Amen. 02:53 Lomacang: Our Memory Text is Revelation 14 verse 6. 02:58 If you have your Bibles, turn there with us. 03:00 You know, when we talked about the Three Cosmic Messages, 03:04 that's just a portion... a slice of the message of Revelation. 03:09 Revelation is a book that is not a sealed book, 03:12 it's title even reminds you that it's not a sealed book... 03:15 the revelation... 03:17 but it's not a revelation of beasts 03:18 and falling kingdoms 03:21 and plagues... 03:22 although those components are contained in it, 03:26 it is a revelation of Jesus Christ. 03:29 That's why this message is so vitally important 03:32 and that's why this lesson is important... 03:34 the everlasting gospel. 03:36 You know, Revelation 13:8, "The Lamb slain... " Shelley... 03:40 Shelley: "from the foundation of the earth. " 03:42 Lomacang: That's right, Shelley loves that 03:44 and that's the fact... long before man fell into sin, 03:48 there was a plan in place to save humanity. 03:51 In the event that a wrong decision would be made 03:55 and God is never the kind 03:57 that wants to put a fire extinguisher in the building 03:59 after the fire starts, 04:00 if we can do that before the fire, 04:02 do you think that heaven could not think that ahead of us? 04:05 There was a plan in place to save humanity 04:07 in the event that a wrong decision would be made 04:11 and praise the Lord today, 04:12 the everlasting gospel says that regardless of who you are, 04:17 where you're from and what you've done, 04:19 nobody's going to be lost because they sinned, 04:22 but they will be lost because they did not repent 04:24 and were not converted and did not accept Jesus Christ. 04:27 So, let's look at that 04:29 in the context of Revelation 14 verse 6. 04:31 Beautiful... 04:32 "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 04:38 having the everlasting gospel 04:40 to preach to those who dwell on the earth... " 04:45 notice the extent... 04:46 "to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. " 04:50 Panel: Yes. 04:51 Lomacang: You know, when I worked on the message... 04:52 the book... The Three Angels' Messages and Summary, 04:54 one of the things I took on was to break down the components 04:58 of Revelation 14 verse 6, 04:59 "I saw another angel... " 05:01 Now, for those of you that have never read Revelation, 05:03 and I want to assume that somebody in the audience 05:06 probably were told, "Don't read Revelation, 05:08 it can't be understood. " 05:09 Well, that's not true. 05:10 Revelation is the last piece of this drama of sin 05:15 against salvation... 05:16 this drama against truth... against error 05:20 or light against darkness... 05:22 or darkness against light, I should say, 05:23 or... or Satan against Christ. 05:26 It is the final sentence 05:28 and the book is so very impertinent... 05:30 it's so pertinent... sorry... 05:32 is that it reminds us how the story is going to end. 05:36 But the beauty of the gospel is the Lord does not decide... 05:40 "Well, I just want to save a select group... " 05:42 No... we are reminded... "to every nation... 05:44 every kindred... 05:46 every tongue... every people. 05:48 because Romans 3 verse 23 says, 05:49 "For all have sinned and have fallen short 05:52 of the glory of God... " 05:53 and we know that the gospel communicated to us 05:57 is not one that's a unique gospel in that... 06:00 "Well... the Jews are saved and everybody else is lost. " 06:02 No... 06:04 if you are human, you are under the same curse. 06:06 "As in Adam, all die... 06:07 even so in Christ all shall be made alive. " 06:10 1st Corinthians 15 verse 22. 06:12 But the introduction that Pastor Finley put 06:15 and I appreciate it so much... 06:16 haven't you enjoyed Pastor Finley? 06:18 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 06:20 Lomacang: When you get to know him as a man of God, 06:21 he and his wife Teenie... you understand that 06:23 this is the result of many years of dedicated commitment 06:27 to the Word of God. 06:29 Listen carefully, he says, 06:30 "Throughout the centuries, 06:32 the chanting of the Shema... name of the prayer, 06:36 based on the Hebrew word 'to hear' 06:39 reminded the Jews of the spiritual vision 06:41 that united them as a people 06:43 and that strengthened their resolve 06:46 to maintain their unique identity 06:49 as worshipers of the one true God. " 06:51 Now, there were other nations surrounding the Jewish nation 06:54 but God had given them a specific function 06:56 to carry the gospel to everyone... 06:58 to all the nations... 06:59 as... let's go to Acts chapter 13, 07:01 let's look at that very quickly. 07:03 Acts chapter 13... 07:04 the Apostle Paul... Paul and Barnabas 07:07 in the city of Antioch, 07:08 reiterated the purpose for which the Lord had chosen 07:12 the Jewish nation. 07:13 Keep in mind... and I say this in the context, 07:15 the Ten Commandments are not just for the Jews 07:18 for all have sinned, 07:19 and so, a lot of people say 07:21 the Sabbath is just for the Jews... 07:22 no, all of us are under the condemnation of sin 07:24 therefore, all of us are called to be redeemed 07:27 and to keep the commandments of God. 07:28 Acts chapter... what did I say? Panel: 13. 07:31 Lomacang: Acts chapter 13, 07:32 look at verse 42 07:34 and let's start with verse 46 07:37 because that shortens it. 07:41 It says, "Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, 07:43 'It was necessary that the word of God 07:46 should be spoken to you first... " 07:48 Panel: Hmmm... Lomacang: That was the purpose. 07:50 "But since you reject it, 07:52 and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, 07:55 behold, we turn to the Gentiles. " 07:58 And so, in the context of the everlasting gospel, 08:02 God made the Jewish nation FedEx... UPS... 08:06 to get that gospel out to disseminate it to the world 08:10 but they thought themselves as... 08:11 we're the only ones that are worthy of it. 08:13 But that's not the case. 08:15 Listen to the continued introduction. 08:16 "For Seventh-day Adventists, 08:18 the three angels messages of Revelation 14 08:21 are our Shema... " our prayer language. 08:23 "They are our identifying statement of faith. 08:26 They define who we are as a people 08:29 and describe our mission to the world. 08:31 In short, our unique prophetic identity 08:34 is outlined in Revelation 14 verses 6 to 12... " 08:36 the three angels' messages... all three of them 08:38 and believe me, they are potent, 08:40 relevant and necessary to understand 08:42 in the closing hours of earth's history. 08:44 He says, "And it is here that we find our passion 08:48 to proclaim the gospel to the world. " 08:50 And then he introduces the Lesson, 08:52 "In this week's lesson, we will begin 08:55 a detailed study of Revelation 14 verses 6 to 12, 08:58 but will do so through the eyes of grace 09:01 as we listen to God speaking to our hearts. " 09:04 And Sunday... this is the introduction to Sunday, 09:07 "When most people think about 09:08 the Bible's last book, Revelation, 09:11 they do not think about God's grace. 09:13 When they consider God's last-day message, 09:16 their thoughts often turn immediately 09:18 to frightening beasts, mystic symbols, 09:20 and strange images. 09:22 The book of Revelation scares as many people as it reassures, 09:26 which is unfortunate 09:28 because it is indeed, saturated with grace 09:32 and filled with hope. 09:33 That is, even amid the scary beasts and warnings 09:37 of persecution and the hard times ahead, 09:40 God still gives us reasons to rejoice in His salvation. " 09:45 Amen. Panel: Amen. 09:46 Lomacang: Let's look at the first blessing of Revelation, 09:48 Revelation 1 verses 1 to 3, let's look at this. 09:51 The focal point is brought out right away. 09:53 Revelation 1 verses 1 to 3, 09:55 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, 09:57 which God gave Him to show His servants... 10:00 to show to His servants... 10:01 things which must shortly take place. 10:04 And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 10:08 who bore witness to the word of God, 10:10 and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, 10:11 to all things that He saw... " 10:13 and look at the blessing... the first of seven... 10:16 "Blessed is he who reads 10:17 and those who hear the words of this prophecy, 10:19 and keep those things which are written in it; 10:21 for the time is at hand. " 10:23 So, when you look at the beauty of Revelation, 10:26 the blessing... the very first of seven blessings, 10:29 you know, we talked about seven churches... seven angels... 10:31 seven plagues... 10:32 seven spirits... 10:33 seven trumpets... 10:35 but there's a hidden component in Revelation 10:36 called the seven blessings 10:38 and this is the very first one. 10:39 You know, some of the other ones... 10:41 blessed is he that keepeth his garment. 10:43 That's another one of the seven blessings. 10:45 But, what's the question? 10:48 Here is what Pastor Finley poses to you as our audience: 10:51 How do these verses together 10:53 tell us about not just the book of Revelation 10:56 but about the "everlasting gospel," as well? 10:58 Here are my quick takeaways, 11:00 Revelation is all about Jesus. 11:02 Panel: Yes. 11:03 Lomacang: In it His message to His people 11:06 is especially applicable to to His church in the last days. 11:11 So, not only is the gospel to go to the whole world, 11:14 but the church is to proclaim that gospel to the whole world, 11:18 Matthew 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom" 11:21 what gospel? 11:23 The everlasting gospel. 11:24 What is that? 11:26 Ephesians 2 verses 8 and 9, 11:27 "For by grace are you saved through faith, 11:29 and that not of yourselves; 11:30 it is the gift of God, 11:32 not of works, lest anyone should boast. " 11:34 Now, let me make it very clear, 11:35 We're not saved by grace plus works... 11:38 we're saved by grace through faith for good works. 11:42 Works don't save us 11:43 but salvation without works is like James says, 11:46 "Faith without works is dead. " 11:48 The evidence of our salvation 11:49 is that we want to work for the Lord, 11:52 but don't put works before salvation... 11:54 the work of salvation is not carried out by Christ alone, 11:58 that's justification, 11:59 but in the sanctifying process, we must participate. 12:03 The Lord never forces us 12:05 to become what we do not desire to become. 12:08 The other part is: Revelation is a grace-filled message 12:11 of our end-time hope. 12:13 Through the book, Christ is described as the Lamb slain 12:16 and finally, a blessing is promised to those who read, 12:20 understand and act on the truth that is revealed in it. 12:23 Look at Revelation 1 verses 5 and 6, 12:25 "and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness... " 12:30 what kind of witness? 12:31 Panel: Faithful... Lomacang: Faithful witness, 12:32 "the firstborn from the dead... " 12:34 that is... the firstborn who conquered death. 12:37 Panel: Hmmm... 12:38 Lomacang: He's the one that conquered death... 12:40 "and the ruler over the kings of the earth. 12:42 To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins 12:45 in His own blood... " 12:46 and I love this... 12:48 "and has made us kings and priests 12:50 to His God and Father, 12:52 to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. " 12:55 So, let me summarize it again, 12:57 In Christ, we are forgiven. 12:59 That's the everlasting gospel. 13:01 Panel: That's right. 13:02 Lomacang: Grace pardons our past 13:04 and gives us strength for the process of sanctification. 13:08 Panel: Good. 13:10 Lomacang: Salvation and powers are present 13:12 and provides hope for our future. 13:15 That is... in Christ, 13:17 we are delivered from the penalty of sin. 13:20 That's justification. 13:22 But also, we are empowered for victory over the power of sin. 13:27 Justification... singular act... 13:29 delivered from the penalty of sin immediately 13:33 but daily we are being delivered from the power of sin... 13:36 Sanctification... 13:37 and, we will be in His image to have eternal victory 13:41 over the presence of sin. 13:42 Remember those three "P's" 13:44 immediate deliverance from the penalty... 13:46 daily deliverance from the power... 13:48 and eternal deliverance from the presence. 13:51 That is the power of the everlasting gospel 13:53 and such as it is in the words of the Apostle Paul, 13:56 1st Corinthians 15 verse 57, 13:58 how do we get the victory? 14:00 "But thanks be to God, 14:01 who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. " 14:05 And how so? Revelation 12 verse 11, 14:08 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb 14:11 and by the word of their testimony, 14:14 and they did not love their lives to the death. " 14:16 Jill: Amen, thank you so much Pastor John, 14:19 you were always looking at my notes 14:21 because I'm picking up right where you left off... 14:24 I love that. 14:25 On Monday, we look at the everlasting gospel. 14:28 Thank you Shelley for this assignment, 14:29 I'm very... I like this one. 14:31 I'm Jill Morikone, I guess I need to give my name. 14:34 We're looking at Revelation chapter 14 verse 6, 14:38 Revelation 14:6... you read it, 14:40 we're going to read it again. 14:41 We're focused on two words in this passage. 14:45 "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 14:47 having the everlasting gospel 14:51 to preach to those who dwell on the earth... 14:53 to every nation, tribe, tongue and people. " 14:55 What is that everlasting gospel? 14:59 Is the everlasting gospel for those who are cowering in sin? 15:03 Those stained and polluted with no way to get clean? 15:07 Yes, it is. 15:08 Is the everlasting gospel for those who struggle 15:12 with addiction... trapped under the power of sin? 15:15 Yes, it is. 15:18 Is the everlasting gospel 15:19 for those tired of the world of sin that we live in 15:22 and want to be free from sin's presence? 15:27 Yes, it is. 15:28 There are many definitions of the everlasting gospel 15:30 but I'm looking at the three that you ended with. 15:33 The everlasting gospel is freedom from the penalty of sin. 15:38 That's justification. 15:39 That's forgiveness of sins. 15:42 It is freedom... it is pow... 15:44 freedom from the power of sin. 15:47 That's sanctification 15:49 and victory over sin 15:51 and it's freedom from the presence of sin 15:54 as Pastor John just explained. 15:56 That's glorification or the final eradication of sin. 16:00 You know, there's a danger of separating the gospel. 16:04 Some people say, "All the gospel is 16:07 is freedom from the penalty of sin. 16:10 We don't worry about anything else, 16:11 the only thing that we have to focus on 16:13 is freedom from the penalty of sin. " 16:15 And you know what? 16:17 That saves us... 16:18 the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. 16:22 So, works... this freedom from the power of sin... 16:26 that doesn't add to our salvation. 16:28 We are saved by the blood of Jesus. 16:30 Think about the thief on the cross. 16:32 What happened to him? 16:34 And that moment when he accepted the dying Messiah Jesus 16:40 hanging on the cross next to him as His Savior, 16:43 he asked for forgiveness from those sins... he was justified. 16:47 There is nothing salvific that you can add to that process 16:51 and when he died, 16:53 he had no opportunity to walk out the sanctification process, 16:56 we know that He will be in heaven. 16:59 But yet, some denominations 17:03 and some even within our own church, 17:05 stay in this process of justification. 17:07 The only thing we focus on is freedom from the penalty of sin. 17:12 We never experience freedom from the power of sin. 17:15 We say, "Jesus saved me by grace through faith. 17:19 All that matters is that we love other people... 17:22 all that matters is that we're forgiven... " 17:25 and we lose sight that God loves us so much 17:27 that He doesn't want us to stay the way He found us. 17:30 He wants to change us into His image. 17:33 Some people strive to live free from the power of sin 17:39 without ever experiencing freedom from the penalty of sin. 17:41 Panel: Hmmm... 17:42 Jill: I know what that was like. 17:44 I spent years of my experience 17:46 not having freedom from the power of sin 17:49 but striving for freedom from the power of sin... 17:52 trying harder... gritting my teeth... 17:55 seeking perfection without ever understanding 17:59 that first I had to be free from the penalty of sin 18:02 and then, when I discovered that, 18:03 when I discovered the blood of Jesus covers me 18:05 and His righteousness... 18:06 the pendulum swung the other way for a bit 18:09 and all I focused on 18:11 was this freedom from the penalty of sin 18:13 and I forgot that not only are we free from sin's penalty 18:17 but we also have to walk in newness of life. 18:21 You see, the gospel is all three components. 18:24 The everlasting gospel is freedom from the penalty of sin, 18:28 yes, but it's also freedom from the power of sin 18:30 and finally freedom from the presence of sin. 18:33 So, let's talk about it, 18:35 let's talk about the freedom from the penalty of sin. 18:39 What is the penalty of sin? 18:41 The wages of sin is death. 18:43 The penalty of is death 18:44 but the gift of God is eternal life 18:47 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 18:49 How was the penalty paid? 18:52 You might be saying, "My sins are many 18:55 and I don't know how to get under... 18:57 from the weight of these sins. " 18:59 The penalty was paid by the blood of Jesus. 19:01 There are so many verses to this effect 19:05 but I think of 1st Peter 1 verse 19, 19:08 We were redeemed, Shelley, 19:09 with the precious blood of Christ. 19:12 "As of a lamb without blemish and without spot. " 19:16 Jesus paid our penalty on the cross 19:20 so that you and I could go free. 19:23 It's Romans 3... Romans 3 verses 23 to 26, 19:27 I love this and Ephesians 2:8 through 10. 19:30 To me, they're some of the most powerful statements 19:33 of justification and righteousness by faith. 19:36 If... Romans 3... 19:37 Romans 3 verse 23... "All have sinned... " 19:40 we're all under the penalty of sin. 19:43 All have sinned... 19:46 all have fallen short of the glory of God 19:48 and verse 24... Romans 3:24, 19:50 "Being justified... " there's that word... justified... 19:54 made right... 19:56 brought back into right relationship with God. 19:58 How? 19:59 "By His grace through the redemption 20:01 that is in Christ Jesus. " 20:03 The blood of Jesus cleanses you and I from all sin. 20:07 "Who God set forth as a propitiation... 20:10 He stood in my place... 20:13 His substitutionary death on the cross 20:15 stood in my place. 20:17 "By His blood through faith, 20:20 to demonstrate His righteousness 20:22 because in His forbearance, 20:23 God passed over the sins that were previously committed 20:26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness 20:29 that He might be just 20:31 and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 20:34 Jesus fulfilled the claims of the law 20:37 because the wages of sin is death 20:39 while justifying the sinner 20:41 if we have faith in Him. 20:43 So, how can I be justified? 20:45 Two things. 20:46 Number 1: You just ask for forgiveness for your sins. 20:50 1st John 1:9... if we confess our sins, 20:52 He's faithful and just to forgive us 20:54 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 20:56 Number 2: You accept that forgiveness 21:00 and the righteousness of Jesus by faith. 21:03 Romans 5 verse 1, 21:06 "Having been justified by faith, 21:09 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 21:12 Now, that's freedom from the penalty of sin. 21:15 Let's move to freedom from the power of sin. 21:17 How do I experience freedom from the power of sin? 21:21 Now, we can do many verses here, 21:22 but I want to give you four chapters 21:26 from the book of Romans. 21:27 Number 1: How do I experience freedom from the power of sin? 21:31 Number 1: you need the Romans 6 experience. 21:35 The Romans 6 experience is: Surrender. 21:38 Saying "No" to the old man or woman of sin. 21:41 Putting to death the old life. 21:44 It's surrender... 21:47 the old man of sin being crucified with Jesus 21:49 and our body of sin would be done away with. 21:51 It says, "He who has died has been free from sin. " 21:54 So, the first step in freedom from the power of sin 21:58 is the Romans 6 experience. 22:00 We just surrender of my own will... 22:02 my own way to Jesus Christ. 22:05 The second step in freedom from the power of sin 22:08 is the Romans 8 experience which I call: Empowerment. 22:12 It's saying "yes" to Jesus. 22:14 It's the infilling of the Holy Spirit 22:18 in the life of the believer. 22:19 You see, you can say, "Okay, I'm going to surrender my will, 22:24 I'm going to surrender my way, 22:25 I'm going to put to death the old person of sin... " 22:28 but you can't do that without the empowerment 22:30 of the Holy Spirit. 22:32 There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus 22:37 Romans 8 verse 1. 22:38 "who do not walk according to the flesh, 22:41 but according to the Spirit. " 22:42 In Romans 8 verse 11, 22:44 "If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead 22:47 dwells in you, 22:48 He who raised Christ from the dead 22:50 will also give life to your mortal bodies 22:52 through His Spirit who dwells in you. " 22:56 What does that mean? 22:57 The presence of the Spirit in the life of the believer, 23:02 subdues the sinful desires of our bodies. 23:04 Step Number 3 to experience freedom from the power of sin 23:08 is the Romans 13 experience 23:11 and I call this intentionality. 23:14 It's making no room for temptation 23:17 and making choices for Christ. 23:20 It's casting off the works of darkness 23:22 and putting on the armor of light. 23:24 It's putting on the Lord Jesus Christ 23:26 and making no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lust. 23:30 You see, we can have the Romans 6 experience 23:32 and put to death the old woman or man of sin. 23:35 We can have the Romans 8 experience 23:36 and say, "I want to be filled with the Holy Spirit. " 23:38 But if, for instance, your struggle is alcohol 23:41 and say, "Okay, I'm not going to do that, 23:44 but yet I'm going to work in a bar 23:45 or I'm going to have alcohol in my home... " 23:47 That is not being intentional 23:48 in the choices that we make for Christ. 23:51 It is being intentional 23:54 making no room for temptation in your life. 23:57 And finally, Number 4: 23:59 I call the Romans 10:17 experience 24:02 which is study the Word of God. 24:05 Make time... 24:07 not only do we put to death the old life of sin... 24:09 not only do we ask for the infilling of the Holy Spirit, 24:12 not only do we make choices for Christ, 24:15 but you and I need to daily study the Word of God 24:19 because through that, 24:21 we can truly become empowered to live... 24:24 get freedom from the power of sin 24:26 and one day coming soon, 24:28 you and I will have freedom from the presence of sin... 24:33 the hope of the gospel is eternal life forever with Jesus. 24:37 Revelation 21... there will be a new heaven and a new earth, 24:42 there will be no more sin. 24:44 We will spend eternity with Jesus. 24:45 Lomacang: Amen, thank you Jill, wow! 24:47 I'm waiting to see what is going to happen 24:49 when Shelley gets loose... 24:50 this is a topic we all love... the everlasting gospel. 24:53 Don't go away... we'll be right back in just a few moments. 24:56 Music... 25:01 Ever wish you could watch a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again 25:04 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 25:08 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 25:12 A clean design makes it easy 25:15 to find the Program you are looking for. 25:17 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 25:21 so you can follow along. 25:22 Sharing is easy... 25:24 just click "Share" and choose your favorite Social Media. 25:27 Share a Link... 25:28 Save a life for Eternity. 25:30 Lomacang: Welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 25:33 We're going to go to Shelley Quinn... 25:35 The Story of Grace. 25:36 Shelley: Oh, I'm so excited... once again, I'm Shelley Quinn 25:40 and I just have to say to you that the entire Bible 25:45 is the story of God's love... God's righteousness 25:50 and God's grace. 25:52 And that's something that a lot of people 25:55 fail to see in the Old Testament but it's there. 25:59 What is grace? 26:01 Grace is the unearned, undeserved favor of God 26:05 and you know what Paul said in 2nd Timothy 1:9, 26:10 grace was given to us in Christ Jesus 26:14 before time began... 26:17 before the world was formed. 26:21 Salvation has always been by grace 26:25 both the Old Testament and the New Testament. 26:27 And the three angel's message 26:31 is the most important message, 26:34 this is the continuation of God's grace... 26:36 the most important message 26:39 that needs to be going around the world 26:42 and that foundation of that message 26:45 is the everlasting gospel of righteousness by faith 26:51 through the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ 26:55 and through His intercession as our High Priest. 27:00 Let's read Revelation 14:6 again, 27:03 "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 27:07 having the everlasting gospel 27:10 to preach to those who dwell on the earth... 27:14 to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. " 27:19 You cannot understand or accept 27:24 the rest of the message of the first angel 27:28 or the warnings of the second and third angel 27:32 if the everlasting gospel is not the foundation. 27:36 You've got to know what is the everlasting gospel. 27:41 It is the good news of the everlasting covenant 27:46 of God for salvation. 27:47 Here is my favorite Scripture, 27:49 I'm going to read it in its entirety, 27:52 Revelation 13:8, 27:54 it's talking about the beast power 27:58 and then the one who gives 28:01 the other earth power 28:05 and it says, "All who dwell on the earth will worship him... " 28:09 the one who sets up the image to the beast... 28:12 "whose names have not been written in the Book of Life 28:17 of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. " 28:22 In eternity past... before God created the world, 28:26 God... the Father, Son, and Spirit 28:29 made a determination... 28:31 one of them would come to earth... 28:35 become a human 28:37 and pay our penalty for our sins. 28:40 You know, when God created us in His image, 28:44 the greatest gift He ever gave us was free will. 28:48 Now, some people say, "Why free will?" 28:50 Why... if... if... if He could foresee possibly 28:54 that we were going to sin, 28:55 why give us free will? 28:57 Because God is love... 1st John 4:8, 29:03 God is self-sacrificing love. 29:07 1st John 1:5 says that God is light. 29:11 That is His character of righteousness 29:15 and a loving, righteous God 29:18 knew that love could not be forced. 29:21 He created us 29:22 that we would have a reciprocal love relationship with Him. 29:28 He created us hoping that as He demonstrated His love... 29:33 His righteousness and His grace, 29:35 we would choose 29:37 to be in an intimate relationship with Him. 29:41 He knew free will was risky, yeah, 29:45 but you know what? 29:46 When Adam and Eve sinned, 29:49 when they disobeyed God... 29:51 their spiritual virginity was lost. 29:56 There was no way 29:58 that they could become righteous on their own again. 30:02 Fig-leaf aprons weren't going to cover their sin. 30:06 So, what did God do? 30:08 It's an amazing thing. 30:09 He comes to them in Genesis 3:15 30:13 and He announces the everlasting gospel. 30:16 He says that the seed of the woman... 30:19 He's talking about Jesus Christ the Messiah... the Christ... 30:23 would crush the head of Satan 30:27 but then what He did was so amazing! 30:31 The next thing He did was... He made articles... skins... 30:35 coverings for them... 30:36 cloaks for them 30:38 from the skins of the sacrificed lamb 30:41 and you know what? 30:43 Immediately... as soon as He did that, 30:46 He put the substitutionary 30:50 sacrificial system in place 30:53 that opened the pathway to righteousness by faith... 30:57 it pointed to the coming Messiah. 31:00 Adam... Eve... their son, Abel, 31:04 Enoch, Seth, Enosh, Noah, 31:08 Shem, Job were all made righteous. 31:13 God calls them: Righteous. 31:15 They couldn't restore their own righteousness... 31:19 it was righteousness by faith in the coming Messiah. 31:22 Now, I have to point out something, 31:24 you are probably familiar 31:27 that Paul calls Abraham the father of us all. 31:32 In Genesis 15:6, 31:35 it says that Abraham believed God 31:40 and God counted it to him as righteousness. 31:44 We don't know how old he was there... 31:47 somewhere between 75 after God had first... 31:50 or called him from Haran. 31:55 But he was before the age of 84 because he had... 31:59 he hadn't had Ishmael yet 32:03 but guess what? 32:04 Here he's made righteous by faith 32:08 and then, in Genesis 17, God comes to Abraham 32:14 and you know what He says? 32:15 This is when Abraham is 99... 32:17 so, this is years after this 32:19 "righteousness by faith" to your point, 32:22 you can't just be justified by faith. 32:25 God comes to Abraham and He says, 32:27 "I'm the Lord God Almighty... " this is Genesis 17:1, 32:32 "walk before Me and be blameless. " 32:35 What? 32:36 God has always expected His people 32:41 to walk in obedience motivated by love and loyalty. 32:46 Let me tell you something, 32:48 you clearly see all ten commandments 32:50 in the book of Genesis. 32:52 When God renewed this everlasting covenant 32:57 with Isaac, you know why He did? 33:02 Genesis 26 verse 5 says, 33:04 "because... " God's telling Isaac, 33:08 "I'm renewing this because Abraham obeyed My voice, 33:11 kept My charge 33:13 My commandments... My statutes 33:15 and my laws. " 33:17 See, righteousness by faith 33:21 is a relational term. 33:23 God is righteous... 33:26 the way He relates to us is by righteousness. 33:31 The way we relate to Him is by righteousness 33:35 and the goal of the everlasting covenant 33:39 that was announced in the Garden, 33:41 ratified in vision with Abraham, 33:43 it's all throughout the Old Testament 33:46 and then Jesus comes to renew this everlasting covenant 33:50 and ratify it by His own blood. 33:53 The goal is 2nd Corinthians 5:21, 33:56 where he says, "He made Him who knew no sin 34:00 to be sin for us, 34:02 that we might become the righteousness of God 34:07 in Christ Jesus. " 34:09 So, here is the point I want to make 34:12 in the short time I have left. 34:14 We are made righteous to practice righteousness. 34:18 Our destiny is to become like Jesus. 34:22 Psalm 85:13 says, 34:24 "Righteousness goes before Him, 34:26 and makes His footsteps our pathway. " 34:30 1st John 2:6 says, "He who abides in Him 34:34 ought also to walk just as He walked. " 34:38 1st John 2:29 says, "If you know He is righteous, 34:42 you know that everyone who practices righteousness 34:46 is born of Him. " 34:48 And 1st John 3:7 says, 34:51 "Little children, let no one deceive you. 34:55 He who practices righteousness is righteous, 34:58 just as He is righteous. " 34:59 Panel: That's right. 35:01 Shelley: I want to tell you something, 35:03 obedience can only be done by grace. 35:06 It is God who works in us 35:09 to will and to do His good pleasure. 35:11 It is God who fills us with the Holy Spirit. 35:16 Yes, He delivered us... 35:18 justified us... 35:20 declared us not guilty by the blood of Jesus. 35:23 But the Bible says it is the blood of Jesus... 35:26 the Holy Spirit 35:28 and the Father who sanctifies us 35:30 and only could we be delivered from the power of sin 35:35 by the grace of our Lord. 35:37 Panel: Amen... amen. 35:39 Perrin: Thank you, Shelley. 35:40 The story of grace... 35:41 we have the everlasting gospel 35:44 but who is it for? 35:46 Who gets to receive it? 35:47 I'm Daniel Perrin 35:48 and you might be watching this from your own living room, 35:52 but the title of this Lesson takes us: Into All the World. 35:55 And I... when I was growing up, 35:57 I went to a school... a Seventh-day Adventist School 36:00 where every Monday, 36:01 we said the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag 36:04 and the very last line there... 36:07 "with liberty and justice for all. " 36:10 Now, whether or not we as a nation have, 36:13 you know, enacted that, 36:15 we recognize that liberty that is just for a few 36:18 is not really liberty 36:20 and the same is true spiritually 36:23 that the problem of sin is universal. 36:26 It spread everywhere 36:28 and if there is going to be a solution, 36:29 it had better be universal too. 36:31 An old Christmas song says that 36:33 He came to make the blessing flow 36:35 far as the curse is found. 36:38 Not just part way. 36:39 Titus 2:11 says, "For the grace of God 36:43 that brings salvation has appeared to all men. " 36:47 Three-letter word there "All" 36:49 may be among one of the most important words of the Bible 36:52 that everyone is to receive it 36:54 and lest we think that this is just a New Testament idea, 36:58 the testaments are united 36:59 and they speak together here back in Isaiah 45 verse 22, 37:03 God is speaking here saying, "Look to me and be saved, 37:07 all you ends of the earth 37:09 for I am God, and there is no other. " 37:13 And God is not going back on this 37:15 not at this critical and crucial time where we are right now, 37:19 not with all He has paid for every life... 37:22 for every soul... 37:24 for every person 37:25 and so, we come to three cosmic messages 37:28 and they are sent out flying in mid-heaven. 37:32 If we go back the chapter before Revelation 14, 37:37 there are two beasts that we see. 37:39 One that covers the earth 37:41 and one arising from the sea. 37:44 A political and a religious power 37:46 and they seem to have it covered. 37:48 They got the land and the sea. 37:51 They got everything taken care of 37:53 and yet, what we discover is that God sends His message 37:57 flying in the midst of heaven... 37:59 that the Lord is still the Lord of the heavens 38:02 and He is Lord over all the earth 38:04 and so, when Jesus speaks about the time of the end 38:08 and the things that we can anticipate... 38:09 things that are coming... 38:11 it says there in Luke 21:28, 38:13 "And when you see these things about to happen... " 38:16 where do you look? 38:17 "you look up... " Panel: That's right. 38:19 Perrin: "lift up your heads, 38:20 your redemption draws near... " 38:21 because the... the good news message 38:23 is something that will be visible to all. 38:26 Now, people can try to claim a little bit of earth 38:28 and people do all the time, 38:30 but you can't claim the air. 38:31 Panel: That's right. 38:33 Perrin: The message in mid-heaven 38:34 disperses through the air, 38:36 it's going to be for everybody. 38:38 Geography is not a hindrance to God. 38:40 The lines we draw on maps mean nothing to Him 38:44 as far as stopping the gospel presentation. 38:47 Everybody is going to hear this message in some way. 38:50 Now, before Jesus returns, 38:52 the world will be divided. 38:55 Everybody will have a chance to make a choice. 38:57 There's not going to be a third group of people 39:00 that didn't have opportunity to hear... 39:02 to receive the message in some way. 39:05 This is a big task. 39:07 The world is big. 39:09 This is way bigger than me. 39:11 But have you ever wanted to be a part of something 39:14 that's bigger than yourself? 39:15 You want to do something that matters... 39:17 something that's going to make a difference. 39:19 We talk about leaving a legacy 39:21 of something that's going to be... 39:23 going to be critical and useful. 39:25 Well, the three angels... these cosmic messages 39:28 are saying to us... now is that time... 39:30 this is that time that something that you can be a part of 39:33 be useful in something that's going to make a big difference. 39:36 This unites people with angels... 39:40 with the very message of God spoken through Jesus 39:44 coming through His prophets. 39:45 The greatest task ever undertaken 39:48 any building project... any government project out there 39:51 it's nothing compared to this here. 39:53 And so, before Jesus leaves this earth, 39:55 among the last things he says to His disciples, 39:57 Acts chapter 1 verse 8, 39:59 it says, "But you shall receive power 40:02 when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; 40:05 and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, 40:08 and in Judea and in Samaria, 40:11 and to all the ends of the earth. " 40:14 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 40:15 Perrin: He says to the disciples 40:17 who had never been more than a hundred miles from their home. 40:18 How could they even contemplate and comprehend 40:21 the... the... the size of an earth 24,000 miles around it... 40:25 its equator 40:26 with a population of eight billion people and growing 40:29 I don't have a very big sphere of influence. 40:32 I've been to South America once 40:33 but other than that, I... I don't travel. 40:36 How... how big is this message? 40:38 Can it ever be done? 40:40 I want you to know that God thinks... 40:42 God knows this message can be done. 40:44 He tells us in each of the gospels, listen to this here, 40:47 Matthew 28:19, "Therefore go and make disciples 40:51 of all nations... " 40:52 Mark 16:15, "He said to them, 'Go into all the world 40:56 and preach to every creature. " 40:58 Luke 24 verses 47 and 48, 41:01 "that repentance and remission of sins 41:04 should be preached in His name to all nations, 41:06 John 20 and verse 21, 41:08 "As the Father has sent Me, I also send you. " 41:13 All right, Paul gets the same message 41:16 there in Acts 26 verses 16 and 17, 41:19 it says, "to whom I now send you, 41:22 to the Gentiles to open their eyes... " 41:24 Isaiah 49 verse 6, 41:26 "Is it too small a thing that You should be My Servant 41:30 to raise up the tribes of Jacob, 41:32 and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; 41:35 I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, 41:38 that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth... " 41:41 and then hear this three angels' message 41:43 to be preached to every nation and kindred and tongue 41:47 and people... 41:49 there's not very many more categories perhaps you can use 41:51 but it's covering it all. 41:53 Yes, but how? 41:54 I talked to somebody on the phone last week that said, 41:58 "Is this even possible? 41:59 You think, I mean, can we even do this?" 42:01 Sure, there are difficulties out there. 42:04 97 percent of the unreached people of the world 42:07 live in what's called the 10/40 Window. 42:09 10 degrees north... the 40 degrees north latitude... 42:12 an area of the world... 42:14 you could look that up and figure out what that is. 42:16 Mostly poor... the biggest unreached cities... 42:19 places where the message has not been preached 42:21 but I want to share with you the message will go out 42:24 and here is why. 42:25 Number 1: Along with the message comes the power 42:28 and it's through the Holy Spirit. 42:30 Jesus says in John 15:16, 42:32 "You didn't choose Me, I chose you... 42:35 I appointed you... " 42:36 He takes responsibility for this message and says, 42:38 "I go along with you. " 42:40 All right, Number 2: 42:42 This is not a task for Institutions only. 42:45 This is a task for individuals 42:47 and everybody has a sphere of influence. 42:50 and God may be talking to you right now 42:53 or some time in the near future 42:54 as our ears are opened saying, 42:56 "Take your sphere of influence and move it somewhere else. 42:59 Too much light shining in one place, 43:02 got to go out and spread your sphere of influence. " 43:05 He tells the... the... His disciples there in Acts 1:8, 43:08 "Start in Jerusalem... start with those you know. " 43:11 Who do you know? 43:13 Panel: Hmmm... 43:14 Perrin: Sure, you may not be able to communicate with 43:15 people over there, 43:17 but you've got people right here. 43:18 Number 3: We've got literature that needs to go out, 43:21 the silent witness... you can't sit in their home 43:24 but as you give out something, they read it 43:26 and maybe it doesn't produce fruit right away, 43:29 but as the things that... that take place 43:31 that are predicted and prophesied begin to happen, 43:34 that silent witness begins to move on their minds. 43:37 All right, Radio and TV literally... 43:40 that's cutting through the air across languages... 43:43 and we may not be aware of it 43:45 but there are stories of people hearing this message 43:47 saying, "Ah, my heart is awakened... 43:49 my mind begins to understand what God is telling me. " 43:52 And God is working through these things. 43:55 Digital technologies... 43:57 almost everyone has a phone 43:59 and with the way this world is going, 44:01 everybody is going to have a phone 44:03 or something like that 44:04 and I'm not limiting God to say how He can work around... 44:07 what ways 44:08 but there is the ability for information 44:11 to be transmitted 44:12 in ways that could not have been possible in the past... 44:15 and not that God is reliant upon our technologies, 44:18 but there are possibilities out there. 44:20 There are long-term missionaries right now 44:22 expanding into other countries... 44:24 and this is not just a spur... 44:26 a quick spur of activity going on... 44:29 spending 20 years getting to know a language 44:31 and a people-group to understand their customs 44:34 and God may be calling you to say, 44:36 "Yes, my sphere influences to move into a location 44:39 and a place where I can share with people 44:42 who've never heard it... " 44:43 Paul wanted to go off to Spain 44:44 where nobody had heard the name of Jesus. 44:47 God is speaking to people in dreams... 44:50 He has in the past and He will continue. 44:52 We see that in Acts chapter 2 and Joel chapter 2. 44:55 In Matthew chapter 20 and verses 1 to 16, 44:58 there is a vineyard owner 45:00 and he goes out and gathers workers throughout the day, 45:03 and even at the 11th hour... 45:05 right before the close of the day, 45:07 he is inviting workers into the vineyard... 45:09 God will call... He is calling 45:10 and if you're watching right now 45:12 and you are one of those saying, "I'm not trained... 45:15 I've been sitting around, I haven't learned enough... " 45:17 God is calling a 11th-hour workers, 45:20 and I want to read you this very quickly here, 45:22 6th volume of the Testimonies, page 202, 45:24 "As the children sang in the temple courts, 45:27 'Hosanna blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord' 45:30 so, in these last days, children's voices will be raised 45:34 to give the last message of warning to a perishing world. 45:38 When heavenly intelligences see 45:40 that men are no longer permitted to present the truth, 45:43 a Spirit of God will come upon the children 45:46 and they will do a work in the proclamation of the truth 45:49 which the older ones could not do 45:51 because their way is hedged up. " 45:52 God is working through one and all 45:54 and may it be you. 45:56 Panel: Amen... amen. 45:57 James: Amen... that was powerful. 45:58 We're just going to continue with that theme, 46:00 I have Thursday's Lesson, my name is James Rafferty, 46:03 and it is entitled: A Mission Movement. 46:07 We are looking at Revelation chapter 14 verse 6, 46:10 the everlasting gospel that's to go into every nation, 46:12 kindred, tongue and people... 46:14 every single one of them... no one is left out. 46:18 This is a mission movement and God is in earnest with us, 46:22 He's in earnest with the entire world 46:24 because He wants every single person 46:27 to hear the everlasting gospel. 46:29 You know, the world is filled with 46:31 all kinds of religions today. 46:33 There are 1.3 billion Catholics, 46:36 there are about a billion Muslims, 46:38 there are 260,000 Orthodox, 46:42 there are about 800,000 Protestants. 46:44 We have billions of religions just within the Christian realm 46:49 never mind other religious persuasions 46:52 and God has one specific message 46:55 that's to go to every single nation, 46:58 every single tongue, 46:59 it is a message that brings down 47:01 what the Bible calls in Revelation 14 verse 8, 47:04 confusion... confusion about God 47:06 and confusion about salvation. 47:07 It is called: the everlasting gospel 47:10 and it's a very unique phrase, 47:11 you won't find that phrase, anywhere else in the Bible. 47:14 It is not in the Old Testament, 47:15 it's not in the New Testament, 47:17 the closest you can get to it is, 47:19 everlasting salvation in Isaiah 45 47:22 or in Hebrews chapter 13: everlasting covenant 47:25 which are basically the same thing 47:27 but God used this specific phrase for a reason 47:30 because He knew that God's end-time church 47:34 would be challenged in the end-time scenario 47:37 to bring these three cosmic messages 47:39 to all the world. 47:41 He knew we would be challenged by one specific thing 47:43 that all these other religions seem to either leave out 47:46 or present 47:48 and that is the idea that the gospel is everlasting. 47:51 If you go and knock on someone's door in Indonesia, 47:55 or in the nations of Europe, 47:57 or in South America, 47:59 or Central America, 48:00 or... or Asia... 48:01 or Australia, 48:03 or North America, 48:04 if you go and knock on their door 48:06 and you introduce them to this beautiful message 48:08 of the everlasting gospel 48:09 and you start to tell them 48:10 all about how this gospel leads to a people who 48:14 keep the commandments of God as well as the faith of Jesus, 48:17 if you start to share with them, 48:19 as we've been talking about here, 48:20 not only the... the deliverance from the penalty of sin 48:24 but also from the power of sin, 48:26 to live a sanctified life in Jesus Christ, 48:29 you start sharing that 48:31 and almost immediately, you're going to find people 48:33 closing that door 48:34 or you're going to find people closing those ears, 48:36 you're going to find people basically saying to you, 48:38 "You know what? That's Old Covenant. " 48:40 I mean, if they're Protestants, 48:42 if they're Evangelicals... 48:43 if they're into "grace" 48:44 that's Old Covenant. 48:46 "You know, we don't follow the Law of God. 48:48 We are under grace. 48:50 It's a dispensation... don't you know? 48:52 It's a dispensation of the New Covenant... 48:53 we're under grace. " 48:55 And a lot of times, we as Seventh-day Adventists, 48:56 will respond to that and say, "Well, wait a minute, 48:58 wait a minute... wait a minute, 49:00 let me prove to you... 49:01 I can prove to you from the Scriptures 49:03 that the Law is still binding. 49:04 I can prove to you from the New Testament 49:06 that the Law is still binding. 49:07 I can prove to you that the Law wasn't just for the Jews, 49:09 I can go back before there was ever a Jew 49:11 and show that God's people kept the Law... " 49:14 we reason and we argue from this perspective, 49:16 but there's another way we could possibly approach this. 49:19 If someone is actually responding by saying, 49:22 "You know, we are into grace now... 49:24 that's the Old Covenant... 49:26 law-keeping is Old Covenant, 49:27 we're under the New Covenant, 49:29 we're saved by grace. " 49:30 We could actually respond and say, 49:31 "Well, are you suggesting then there was a time 49:34 when we were saved by obedience to the law? 49:36 Are you suggesting there was a time 49:38 when people were actually saved by law obedience 49:40 but now, since Jesus... we're saved by grace 49:43 and not by the law?" 49:44 And they might respond and say, 49:46 "Yeah... " 49:47 And you might want to share with them, 49:50 "Well, if Hebrews chapter 4 verse 2 says, 49:52 that the gospel was preached unto them as well as unto us. 49:55 And Galatians chapter 3 verse 8 says, 49:58 that Abraham had the gospel preached unto him. " 50:00 Shelley: Amen. 50:01 James: You see, this is the everlasting gospel. 50:03 It's the only way, anyone ever has been saved 50:06 or ever will be saved. 50:07 It's the way of salvation. 50:09 Jesus Christ was the Lamb slain from the foundation 50:12 of the world. 50:13 Old-Testament faithful look forward to Christ... 50:15 the New-Testament faithful look back to Christ, 50:18 but everyone's looking to the cross. 50:20 Everyone's looking to Jesus. 50:21 And so, when you see this phrase "the everlasting gospel," 50:24 in the book of Revelation chapter 14, 50:27 we're being reminded by God 50:29 that God has a specific purpose 50:32 for putting that phrase right here in the center 50:35 of these three cosmic messages. 50:38 He's seeking to awaken an understanding 50:41 of the way of salvation from the very beginning... 50:43 from the foundation of the world. 50:46 You might ask the question, 50:47 "Well, where's the gospel in the Old Testament?" 50:49 I understand the gospel in the New Testament, 50:51 because now we have the cross, we have Calvary, 50:53 where is the gospel in the Old Testament? 50:55 Well, it is everywhere, 50:57 the whole sanctuary service was gospel. 50:59 That whole System was all about the gospel. 51:01 It was pointing to the Lamb 51:02 to Jesus Christ... the Lamb... 51:03 Adam and Eve sinned 51:05 and immediately you have the sacrificial system 51:07 put into place. 51:08 You have the animal skins that came from the sacrifice 51:10 for their sins... again, pointing to the Lamb 51:12 that was slain from the foundation of the world. 51:14 In fact, the gospel is found 51:18 in the heart of the Ten-Commandment Law. 51:22 Panel: Amen. 51:23 Rafferty: If you go to Exodus chapter 20, 51:24 you're going to find this in Exodus chapter 20 51:27 verses 1 and 2. 51:28 If you go there and you read the Ten Commandments, 51:30 you're going to find that the Ten Commandments 51:32 actually teach the very same thing 51:34 that we see taught in the New Testament 51:37 that we keep God's commandments because we love Him 51:42 and we love Him because He first loved us. 51:45 Panel: Yes. 51:46 Rafferty: In other words, it is love that motivates 51:49 obedience to God's commandments. 51:51 God loves us... we love Him 51:53 and if we love Him, we keep His commandments. 51:57 That's 1st John 4 verse 19 and John 14 verse 15 52:01 and Revelation chapter 14 verse 12, 52:04 we're not there yet 52:05 but we'll get into Revelation 14 verse 12 52:06 a little bit later in our study, 52:08 so, you go to the law of God in Exodus chapter 20 52:11 and you read... you begin reading 52:13 "I'm the Lord thy God 52:15 which brought thee out of the land of Egypt... 52:17 out of the house of bondage. " 52:18 And you have to think to yourself, 52:20 "Well, how did God do that?" 52:22 How did God bring them out of the house of bondage? 52:25 How does God bring us out of our bondage? 52:27 How does God bring us out of our sin? 52:29 How does God bring us out of the chains of vice? 52:32 How does He deliver us from the bondage of sin? 52:35 Well, He delivers us by the blood of the Lamb. 52:38 We overcome by the blood of the Lamb. 52:40 How did He deliver His people out of Egyptian bondage? 52:43 Well, He had these plagues that He sent on the Egyptians 52:47 and when the tenth plague came, 52:50 it was the death of the firstborn 52:52 and the only way you could be preserved... delivered 52:55 from the death of the firstborn was through the... 52:59 blood of the lamb... 53:02 the Passover blood of the lamb. 53:04 The children of Israel and even believing Egyptians 53:06 had to take a lamb and slay it 53:08 and put the blood on the doorpost and lintels... 53:10 in other words, 53:11 God's people were delivered by the blood of the lamb 53:14 in the Old Testament 53:16 just like we're delivered by the blood of the Lamb 53:18 in the New Testament. 53:20 There's nothing new here 53:21 according to Revelation 14 verse 6, 53:23 this is the everlasting gospel. 53:26 It's the only way we've ever been saved 53:29 and as they were delivered by the blood of the Lamb, 53:31 God delivers them through the Red Sea... 53:34 takes them out of the wilderness 53:35 that they are at Mount Sinai... 53:36 He thunders with a... a mighty voice, 53:38 they tremble and fear before Him and He speaks these ten words 53:42 but before He speaks these ten words, 53:44 He reminds them of something. 53:45 What does He remind them of? 53:47 His love... His grace... His deliverance... 53:50 the blood of the Lamb... 53:51 the everlasting covenant... 53:52 the everlasting gospel... 53:54 the everlasting salvation, 53:55 he says, "I'm the Lord your God 53:57 and I brought you... I delivered you 53:59 by the blood of the Lamb, 54:01 I delivered you out of bondage. 54:02 Therefore, don't have any other gods before Me 54:05 because the natural consequence of the gospel 54:08 is obedience to the Law. 54:10 The natural consequence of the gospel 54:12 is the fruit of obedience. 54:14 That's what comes out of being saved in Jesus Christ 54:17 and if we're not saved in Jesus Christ... 54:20 if we're not keeping the Law of God, 54:22 we're not saved in Jesus Christ 54:24 because in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, 54:27 in both places, 54:28 Exodus chapter 20 beginning with verse 1, 54:31 and Revelation 14, beginning with verse 6, 54:33 in both of those places, 54:35 we see a people end up keeping the commandments of God 54:38 and that... in both places, that comes out a reminder 54:41 of the everlasting gospel that God brings to them 54:44 to their notice 54:45 in relationship to the blood of the Lamb. 54:48 And so, we see this cosmic message 54:50 that's going to go to all the world in these last days 54:53 to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. 54:54 It's going to break down all of the barriers 54:56 as Mark says... Mark Finley says here 54:59 in this Lesson, 55:00 he says the preaching of the everlasting gospel 55:02 leaps across geographical boundaries. 55:04 It penetrates earth's remotest areas. 55:06 It reaches people of every language and every culture 55:09 and eventually, it will impact the entire world. 55:12 That is the power of the everlasting gospel. 55:16 The power to deliver God's people from Egyptian bondage 55:19 is the same power that God has today 55:21 to deliver us from whatever bondage we are in. 55:25 Panel: Amen... amen. 55:27 Lomacang: Amen, thank you James. 55:29 Wow! I guess there's a little extra time, Jill, 55:32 the closing thought that's on your mind. 55:34 Jill: It's a powerful study, I just want to remind you 55:37 that the same God who can forgive us of our sins... 55:41 who can justify us... that same God can free us 55:44 from the power of sin. 55:46 He works in us and through us to do His good pleasure 55:49 and He can sanctify us by His grace. 55:51 Shelley: Amen, you know the Bible's really clear 55:55 that God keeps covenant 55:56 with those who keep covenant with Him. 55:59 His covenant is a covenant of grace. 56:03 We talk about free grace 56:06 but let me... I want you to consider the cost of grace, 56:11 1st Peter 1:18 through 20, 56:14 "knowing that you were redeemed not with corruptible things, 56:18 like silver and gold, 56:19 from your aimless conduct received by tradition 56:23 from your fathers, 56:25 but with the precious blood of Christ, 56:27 as a lamb without blemish 56:32 and without spot. " 56:34 The spotless Lamb of God 56:37 who takes away the sins of the world. 56:41 Let me tell you grace is undeserved 56:45 but don't ever think of yourself as unworthy 56:48 because you are worth nothing less 56:51 than the price that He paid for you 56:54 with His own blood. 56:56 Perrin: You know, when you think about the scope of the mission 57:02 that stands before us, 57:03 you might say to yourself, "I... I can't do much. " 57:06 And God is not calling you to do everything, 57:09 but He's calling you to say, "I'm available... " 57:12 before the disciples were told to go, 57:15 they were told to come 57:17 and the coming is to sit at the feet of Jesus... 57:20 to learn from His Word 57:21 and you could use this time to make yourself 57:24 available to other mission organizations. 57:27 I think about Adventist Frontier Missions... 57:29 Adventist World Radio... 57:30 Gospel Outreach... 57:32 Adventist World Aviation and others 57:33 and put yourself on their mailing list 57:35 and say, "I want to know what's going on 57:37 so that I can pray for it too. " 57:38 Panel: Amen... amen. 57:40 Rafferty: The everlasting gospel will break down every barrier. 57:42 Our job is to be lifting up Christ... 57:46 lift Him up before the world... 57:47 allow Him to draw all people unto Him. 57:49 Lomacang: Thank you so much everyone 57:51 for disseminating the everlasting gospel 57:54 that we'll continue to proclaim 57:55 but Paul says it's the mystery that has been hidden from ages 57:59 and from generations, 58:00 but now has been revealed to His saints. " 58:02 Colossians 1 verse 26. 58:05 Join us next time for the Lesson: 58:07 Fear God and give glory to Him 58:09 as we continue in these three cosmic messages. 58:12 We look forward to seeing you then. |
Revised 2023-07-12