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00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello, friends, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:17 This is our Today program in which we do, you know, 01:20 we kinda do different programs on this Today segment. 01:22 Sometimes we do a Bible topic 01:24 where we just take on one particular topic 01:27 and get deep into it theologically. 01:29 And sometimes we do interviews and testimonies 01:31 and it might be a 3ABN Today music special, 01:34 all different types of programs. 01:36 But this is our newest Today program, 01:39 Bible Q and A. 01:40 This is a program 01:41 in which you can ask your Bible questions 01:43 and we answer the Bible questions 01:45 from the Bible. 01:46 So this is 3ABN Today, Bible Q and A. 01:49 And we're excited that you're joining us. 01:51 We're excited about this 01:52 because this is our second week. 01:54 We had our first week, last week, 01:55 and we're gonna continue 01:57 to do this program every Monday. 01:59 So during our Today time slot, 02:01 every Monday from here on now, 02:03 we're going to be taking your Bible questions. 02:05 And we wanna tell you 02:07 how you can send in your Bible questions, 02:09 how you can get those to us, 02:10 because we do receive them and we read them 02:12 and we dive deep into the Bible 02:14 to answer those Bible questions. 02:15 So there's a couple of ways you can do that. 02:17 First way is by email. 02:19 So you can simply send us an email, 02:22 email, your Bible questions in at bibleqa@3abn.org. 02:27 Again, that's bibleqa@3abn.org. 02:32 Send us an email. Ask that Bible question. 02:34 Or if you like to text, 02:36 you can also text in your Bible question 02:39 at (618) 228-3975. 02:44 Again, (618) 228-3975. 02:48 Text them, send them in by email. 02:50 Send us your Bible questions. 02:51 That's the whole point of this purpose 02:53 is we can sit down 02:54 and we can take time 02:56 to dive deep into the Word of God 02:57 and answer your Bible questions. 02:59 And we have some specialists here today 03:02 on this particular panel here 03:03 in which we're going to be diving deep into the Word. 03:06 Pastor Lomacang, 03:07 it's always a blessing to have you. 03:09 And I know you're locked and loaded 03:10 and ready to go, Brother. 03:11 Praise the Lord. 03:13 He is the one who gives us the understanding 03:15 and all the glory goes to Him. 03:16 Praise God for that. Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:18 And, of course, to your left is Pastor John Dinzey. 03:22 This is, you weren't with us last week, 03:23 but you're here with us this week. 03:25 And that kinda gives me an opportunity. 03:27 We're gonna have different rotating guests on here 03:29 from week to week. 03:30 And this week, 03:31 Pastor John Dinzey is joining us. 03:33 And it's always a blessing to have you, Brother. 03:34 It's a blessing and a joy to be here. 03:36 I'm looking forward to hearing God's answers 03:38 through God's instruments. 03:40 Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:41 And back with us again is Sister Jill Morikone 03:44 and I know you're ready to give us 03:45 some answers from the Bible. 03:46 Amen. 03:48 I love studying the Word of God and love sharing together. 03:49 Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:51 And basically how this works. 03:53 We're just simply gonna go through one question. 03:55 It's gonna kind of be like rapid fire. 03:57 And each guest has a couple of minutes 03:58 to give a solid biblical answer. 04:01 And before we get into this though, 04:02 'cause I have a lot of questions here 04:04 that we're gonna get through. 04:05 We're gonna try to get through as many of them as possible. 04:07 But before we go any further, let's have a prayer. 04:11 Father in heaven, Lord, 04:12 it's such a blessing and an honor 04:14 to be here with you, Lord. 04:15 I know that this is an opportunity 04:17 for You to clarify 04:19 and to show the world that Your Word is sure, 04:22 Your Word is clear 04:24 and that there is no mystery under the sun, 04:25 that this is an opportunity we can peer and peek 04:29 behind the curtain. 04:30 Not that You're hiding Yourself, Lord, 04:32 but to make all things open and exposed. 04:35 And at this time we're gonna dive deep into Your Word, Lord. 04:38 And we're gonna find those gems that You have for us. 04:40 And we need the guidance of Your Holy Spirit. 04:42 So give each and every one of our panel members here, 04:45 our guests, 04:46 the Spirit of the Lord that they may speak for You, 04:49 rightly dividing the word of truth. 04:51 May our guests be blessed 04:53 and may they receive the proper answers 04:55 from the Bible today, 04:56 we ask in Jesus' holy name. 04:58 Amen. Amen. 05:00 Praise the Lord. 05:01 Our first question, drum roll. 05:05 I'm gonna ask Jill this question. 05:07 Jill, this person is asking, "How do I forgive?" 05:12 How do I forgive? That's a great question. 05:13 I love that question. 05:15 Forgiveness. It's a choice. 05:17 The feelings change 05:19 as we practice the promises of forgiveness 05:22 and, you know, I like lists. 05:24 So I'm going to give you four steps to forgive. 05:27 Step number one is ask for His forgiveness. 05:29 We cannot forgive 05:31 until we receive forgiveness from God. 05:33 So 1 John 1:9, 05:34 "If we confess our sins, 05:36 He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins 05:38 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 05:41 We ask for His forgiveness for us 05:44 and His forgiveness for others. 05:46 I think of Jesus on the cross, His arms stretched out. 05:50 In Luke 23 He's saying, 05:51 "Father, forgive them, 05:53 for they know not what they are doing." 05:56 The first step is to ask for His forgiveness 05:58 because it's a gift from Him. 06:00 The second step is to pray for that person. 06:03 Pray for the person you're struggling with. 06:05 Pray for the person that you hold unforgiveness 06:08 or a grudge against or bitterness against. 06:11 We can ask for His forgiveness and I've done that. 06:14 And sometimes I think, 06:15 but I don't feel forgiving toward this person. 06:18 And I'm still dealing with something in my heart. 06:21 So pray for that person, commit with God 06:24 that you're going to pray every day 06:26 for that person specifically. 06:28 The third step 06:30 is to surrender the desire for revenge. 06:33 I think of Joseph and his brothers 06:34 and they wronged him deeply. 06:36 And yet, what did he say? 06:38 Genesis 50:20, 06:40 "What Satan intended for evil, God turned around for good." 06:44 So trust that God can bring out good in the end. 06:47 Trust that He can work all things out for good. 06:50 Trust Him to bring justice and vengeance. 06:53 He says, "Vengeance is mine. I will repay." 06:55 We don't have to do that. We can trust God for that. 06:58 And step number four 06:59 is to allow God to change your feelings. 07:03 Don't expect that it happens overnight, 07:05 but as you practice the promises of forgiveness, 07:08 as you practice those steps, 07:10 God will change your heart and your mind. 07:13 Amen. Amen. 07:14 Nice, beautiful answer. 07:16 Pastor Lomacang, I'm gonna come to you for this one. 07:19 This comes from Lynnette, and Lynnette is asking this. 07:22 She says, 07:24 "How do you work with someone 07:25 who regardless of how many times you forgive them 07:28 continues to do 07:30 the same mean-spirited things to you?" 07:32 Okay. 07:33 If it's in a workplace 07:35 that could be workplace harassment. 07:38 That's one of the first things you have to do. 07:39 If you try to resolve issues in your workplace 07:41 with people that are in an adverse setting with you, 07:44 you need to take that to your superior, 07:45 either your manager or your supervisor, 07:48 and try to work out resolution there. 07:50 You know, the Bible gives us in Matthew 18 principle 07:52 and that Matthew 18 principle is first go to that person, 07:55 tell them what the issue is. 07:57 If they receive it, 07:58 then you are in a position 08:00 where you could reconcile the issue, 08:02 deal with the issue and lay it aside. 08:04 But according to your question, 08:05 they continue to do things 08:07 and in the workplace, once again, 08:09 take it to the next level, 08:10 which is also what Matthew 18 suggests. 08:12 Take another witness. In this case, you've gone. 08:15 Now you go with your supervisor or your manager to that person, 08:19 and maybe they could find what the core of the issue is. 08:22 But according to the scriptures, 08:23 if none of those issues work, 08:24 and it's just a setting where 08:26 you just can't get past that person's mean spirit. 08:30 I'm gonna use a passage in Romans 16:17, 08:33 to apply it in your situation. 08:35 Romans 16:17 says, 08:36 "Now I urge you, brethren, 08:38 note those who cause division and offenses, 08:42 contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, 08:44 and avoid them." 08:45 Now this is not a doctrinal issue, 08:47 but if there's a division and offences 08:50 with you and another person, avoid them. 08:52 Sometimes you got to stay out of people's way. 08:54 One of the things I don't recommend people do is 08:57 continue pursuing a person 08:58 whose only intention is to hurt you and injure you 09:01 because we live in a narcissistic society 09:03 where some people find joy, 09:05 just making your life miserable. 09:08 But don't let that situation change you. 09:09 Romans 12:18, 09:11 "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, 09:14 live peaceably with all men." 09:17 Don't let adversity cause you to be an angry 09:20 and a vengeful person. 09:22 "And so do not overcome, do not be overcome by evil, 09:26 but overcome evil with good." 09:28 Romans 12:21. 09:30 Let it direct your life to still be the person 09:32 that God wants you to be 09:34 and pray for the other individual, 09:36 but avoid them. 09:38 Nice, solid answer. 09:39 I like that. Thank you, Pastor. 09:41 Pastor John Dinzey, 09:42 this one's coming to you and this person is asking, 09:45 "Can you please explain Colossians 3:5. 09:50 And also I'm guessing 09:52 this may be 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8. 09:56 And this is coming from an inmate in prison. 09:59 Wow. 10:00 I want to first commend this inmate in prison 10:03 because he is studying God's Word, 10:05 making good use of time. 10:06 Amen. 10:07 So we that are, 10:09 we should make good use of time. 10:10 Colossians Chapter 3 you said verse 5. 10:14 Okay, let's go there. 10:16 It says, 10:17 "Therefore put to death, your members, 10:20 which are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, 10:23 passion, evil desire, and covetousness, 10:27 which is idolatry." 10:29 Okay. 10:30 Well, here in this scripture, 10:31 we see here that 10:34 he mentioned things done by individuals, 10:37 what people do. 10:38 So you see here, it says fornication, 10:41 that's what people do. 10:42 Uncleanness passion, evil desires, and coveting. 10:45 These are all works of the flesh. 10:47 So it's not that you're putting to death 10:49 people that do these things 10:51 or killing people that do these things. 10:52 But you are putting to those things, 10:54 those desires, those evil things in you, 10:57 you put them to death. 10:58 Now this is really language of baptism. 11:02 So I'm going to go to the previous chapter 11:05 in Colossians Chapter 2. 11:07 And there we see in verse 11. 11:12 Let's start with verse 12. 11:14 Notice, 11:15 "Buried with Him in baptism, 11:17 in which you also were raised with Him 11:19 through faith in the working of God, 11:21 who raised Him from the dead. 11:24 And you, being dead in your trespasses 11:26 and the uncircumcision of your flesh, 11:28 He has made alive together with Him, 11:30 having forgiven you all trespasses." 11:33 When you are baptized according to the biblical way 11:37 in which you are put under the water, 11:39 it's like you're dying to those evil things 11:41 that your flesh, 11:42 your carnal things that are still prompting, 11:46 the devil works through the carnal part of you 11:48 to try to prompt you to do fornication, 11:51 having evil passions and all these things. 11:54 But through the grace of Christ, 11:56 we are to put to death those things, 11:57 because that's when you come out of baptism, 12:00 you are put, you are, it's like you're coming back to life. 12:03 You brought back to life. And I see my time is up. 12:05 I didn't get to the second verse 12:06 perhaps at another time. 12:08 Okay. 12:09 Maybe we'll have some time at the end. 12:10 You can come back to that. 12:12 And if you're just now joining us 12:13 here on this new program, 12:14 you're watching 3ABN Bible Q and A. 12:16 This is a new Today program. 12:18 It airs every Monday. 12:20 And we wanna tell you 12:21 how you can send in your questions 12:22 because we have, 12:24 obviously our guests will be answering 12:25 these questions every week. 12:27 And so here's a couple of ways you can do that by email. 12:29 And that email address is bibleqa@3abn.org. 12:35 Or you can text in your question 12:37 at (618) 228-3975. 12:42 So send us those questions. All right. 12:44 So, Pastor, I'm gonna come back to you for this next one. 12:47 This is a locked and loaded one. 12:50 Simple question, but we're gonna let you answer it 12:53 because this person's asking, 12:55 "Who is the Antichrist?" 12:57 Okay, I have 12 minutes for this one? 12:59 Yeah. 13:00 Very quickly, this is a three-part answer. 13:02 First of all, 1 John 4:3. 13:04 This is the broad sense. 13:06 The Bible says in every spirit that does not confess 13:08 that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. 13:12 And this is the spirit of the Antichrist. 13:15 So if a person denies 13:16 that Jesus Christ ever came in the flesh, 13:17 that's the spirit of the Antichrist. 13:19 That's the broad application. 13:21 Secondly, the Bible talks about Daniel 7:23-25, 13:26 which is identifying the fourth beast of Daniel, 13:29 which is the power of Rome. 13:30 And the Bible says there that he shall speak great words 13:34 against the Most High. 13:36 And when you apply the seven identifying marks 13:38 to the power of Rome, 13:40 which was papal Rome, 13:41 you find that he is in the position 13:43 of God on earth. 13:45 That's his own admission. 13:46 So that is the Antichrist system, 13:49 but the ultimate Antichrist is Satan himself. 13:52 Isaiah 14:14, Satan said, 13:56 "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. 13:58 I will be like the Most High. 14:01 "Antichrist means 14:02 simply the one who seeks to put himself 14:05 in place of Christ 14:07 to remove himself from Christ. 14:09 That's why Jesus warned us in Daniel 24, 14:12 that if they say here's the Christ or there, 14:14 do not believe it, 14:16 for false Christs and false prophets will arise. 14:18 In a nutshell, you may deny him in the flesh. 14:21 You may look at Daniel 7 as the system of Antichrist 14:25 or Satan himself as the ultimate Antichrist, 14:27 'cause he alone wants to take the place of Christ. 14:31 Amen. My goodness! 14:33 Praise God. That was nice. 14:34 Praise the Lord for that. All right. 14:36 Jill, we're coming back to you for this next question. 14:38 This comes from Julie in South Dakota, 14:41 and she's asking, 14:42 "Did people in the Old Testament 14:44 have to be born again to be saved"? 14:47 That's a great question. 14:48 And the short answer is yes. 14:50 Well, you, when you look at the Old Testament 14:52 and the New Testament, 14:53 we think the Old Testament is works 14:55 and the New Testament is grace. 14:56 But the truth is faith is in the Old Testament 14:59 and in the New Testament. 15:00 Grace is in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. 15:03 Jesus is in the Old Testament and the New Testament, 15:06 and obedience is in the Old Testament 15:10 and the New Testament. 15:12 Let's look at a couple of comparisons scriptures 15:14 between Old and New Testament. 15:15 First is justification by faith. 15:17 We see justification by faith in the Old Testament. 15:20 I'm just picking Genesis 15:6. 15:23 "This is Abraham believed in the Lord, 15:25 and it was accounted to him or reckoned or imputed to him 15:30 for righteousness." 15:32 I think of Zachariah 3, 15:33 Joshua the high priest 15:35 clothed in those filthy garments. 15:36 And he was covered 15:38 with the righteous white robe of Christ, 15:41 His righteousness. 15:42 Justification by faith, 15:44 of course, we see that in the New Testament. 15:46 In Romans 3, 15:47 we are justified freely by His grace. 15:50 In verse 28, it says, 15:51 "We conclude that a man is justified. 15:54 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith, 15:56 apart from the deeds of the law." 15:59 What about forgiveness of sins? 16:01 Isaiah 43:25, 16:04 "I, even I, 16:05 am He who blots out your transgressions 16:08 for My own sake, 16:09 and I will not remember your sins." 16:11 We see forgiveness of sins in the Old Testament 16:14 and, of course, in the New. 16:16 1 John 1:9, 16:17 "If we confess our sins, 16:18 He's faithful and just to forgive us 16:20 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 16:23 We see God's law is written in our hearts 16:26 in the Old Testament. 16:28 We think that's a New Testament concept, 16:29 but it's also in the Old Testament. 16:31 Deuteronomy 11:18, 16:34 "You shall lay up these words of mine 16:36 in your heart and in your soul, 16:37 bind them as a sign on your hand, 16:40 and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes." 16:42 So we see salvation by grace through faith, 16:45 throughout the whole Word of God. 16:47 The plan of salvation is the same 16:48 from Genesis to Revelation. 16:51 Amen. Nice answer. Thank you. 16:53 Pastor. Dinzey. This is a very good question. 16:56 And this person is asking, or they're basically saying, 16:59 "If I keep the Sabbath commandment 17:01 I'll get fired. 17:02 What should I do?" 17:04 That's a good question. 17:06 One, trust in the Lord. 17:08 Trust in the Lord. 17:09 You know, we have to make decisions 17:12 based on our faith and our love for the Lord. 17:15 Jesus says, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 17:18 Now you have a situation here where your job is in danger, 17:22 but as Peter said, 17:24 "We should obey God rather than men." 17:26 And believe me, 17:28 the promises of the Lord are true. 17:30 Philippians 4:19 says, 17:31 "My God shall supply all your need 17:33 according to his riches in glory." 17:34 He can supply you not only another job, 17:37 but even a better job. 17:38 And so, I encourage you to trust the Lord, 17:41 talk to them first and say, look, you know, 17:43 I would like to keep this job, 17:45 but this job hinders me from being faithful to my Lord 17:48 because of this. 17:50 Is there something we can work out? 17:51 I'll work any other time. 17:53 And you might be surprised 17:54 to see how the Lord solves that problem. 17:56 If however they say no, 17:58 I encourage you to be faithful to the Lord 18:00 and follow Him with all your heart. 18:01 In Deuteronomy 5:29. 18:03 It says, 18:05 "Oh, that they had such a heart in them 18:06 that they would fear Me 18:08 and always keep all My commandments, 18:10 that it might be well with them 18:11 and with their children forever!" 18:13 Following the Lord, obeying His commandments 18:16 brings you into the security of being blessed by the Lord. 18:20 If you choose to disobey the Lord, 18:22 then you are placing yourself in danger 18:24 of not receiving all the blessings 18:26 that the Lord wants to give you. 18:28 So I encourage you to be faithful 18:30 to God's commandments 18:31 and He will bless you. 18:32 Amen. Amen. 18:34 Praise the Lord for that. 18:35 Pastor Lomacang. 18:36 This person is asking in the Bible 18:40 on more than one occasion, 18:41 it talks about God hardening their hearts. 18:45 Why would God harden hearts against Himself? 18:48 Okay, wonderful. 18:50 The first place you find that in scripture 18:51 talked about the most is 18:52 when it came to the Egyptians 18:55 resisting the call of God to let my people go. 18:59 Moses and Aaron came repeatedly and said to Pharaoh, 19:02 God has said, let my people go. 19:04 And you find in Exodus 8:15. 19:06 It says, 19:08 "But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief. 19:11 He hardened his heart and did not heed them 19:16 as the Lord had said." 19:17 So the process started with Pharaoh. 19:19 Let's use an example. 19:21 God said, "Here's what I want you to do." 19:22 And you say, "No, I don't wanna do that." 19:24 And Pharaoh went on and said, 19:25 "Who is God that I should obey His voice." 19:27 He thought of himself as being the King of Egypt, 19:30 the leader in Egypt 19:31 who is greater and higher and above me, 19:33 he did not know the God of Moses and Aaron. 19:36 God continued. 19:38 So as it is in 2 Thessalonians, this is what the situation was. 19:42 He continued to resist the appeals 19:45 of the voice of God. 19:46 And as was the case in Genesis Chapter 6, 19:48 the Bible says, 19:50 "My spirit will not always strive with man." 19:52 So the Lord decided, I'm not gonna strive with him. 19:54 I'm gonna give him what he wants. 19:55 And here's what the Bible says. 19:57 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 20:00 "And with all unrighteous deception 20:02 among those who perish, 20:04 because they did not receive the love of the truth, 20:06 that they might be saved. 20:07 The Lord wanted to save Pharaoh 20:09 from the natural results of his rebellion. 20:12 So what did God do? This is what God did. 20:14 If this is not, if you don't want truth, 20:16 I'm gonna send you what you want. 20:17 And here's what the Lord did. 20:19 And for this reason, verse 11 of 2 Thessalonians 2, 20:22 "God will send them strong delusion 20:24 that they should believe the lie 20:25 that they all may be condemned, 20:27 who did not believe the truth, 20:28 but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 20:30 And so you find here clearly 20:32 the hardening of the heart is 20:34 how sin begins to work on humanity. 20:37 The resistance to persistent resistance 20:40 is what brings a person to rebellion against God. 20:42 And God says, since you don't want the truth, 20:44 I'm going to give you what you want. 20:45 And the end result will be the seed 20:48 you planted in the very beginning. 20:51 Wow. Powerful. Good answer. 20:54 Jill, I'm gonna be coming back to you for this one. 20:57 And this person asks a simple question. 20:59 "Why do I keep backsliding?" 21:03 I would ask two questions. 21:05 First is what or who were you looking at? 21:07 And the second is what are you focused on? 21:09 So if you look at who are you looking at? 21:11 I think of Hebrews 12, Hebrews 12:1-2, 21:15 "Therefore we also, 21:16 since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 21:19 let us lay aside every weight 21:21 and the sin which so easily besets us, 21:24 and let us run with endurance 21:25 the race that is set before us." 21:27 Verse 2, 21:28 "Looking unto Jesus, 21:30 the author and finisher of our faith, 21:33 who for the joy that was set before Him 21:34 endured the cross, despising the shame, 21:37 and has sat down 21:38 at the right hand of the throne of God." 21:41 You know, oftentimes we backslide 21:43 because we look at Satan. 21:44 We backslide because we look at our problems. 21:47 We backslide because we look at the world or our failures, 21:50 or even our successes. 21:53 We need to look at Jesus. 21:54 2 Corinthians 3:18 21:57 tells us we are changed, you and I, 21:59 by beholding Jesus. 22:02 The other principle I think we need to keep in mind 22:04 when considering this concept of backsliding is 22:06 who, what are you focused on? 22:11 Romans 13:14 has an interesting concept. 22:13 It says, 22:14 "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, 22:16 and make no provision for the flesh 22:19 to fulfill its lusts." 22:22 What are you putting on? 22:23 Are you putting on Jesus? 22:25 And are you making provision in your life? 22:27 All that means is 22:29 what you feed grows and what you starve dies. 22:33 Paul tells us in Galatians 6, 22:34 "He who sows to the flesh 22:36 will of the flesh reap corruption. 22:38 But he who sows to the spirit 22:40 will of the spirit reap everlasting life." 22:43 So if you feed on God, if you feed on His Word, 22:46 if you spend time with godly people, 22:48 listen to godly music, you will grow spiritually. 22:52 But if by contrast, 22:53 if you feed on things of the world, 22:56 worldly music or friends that pull you from God, 22:59 you will backslide. 23:01 So focus on God and fill your soul with Him. 23:05 Praise the Lord. And thank you for that. 23:06 I love the Bible is so clear 23:08 and I praise the Lord for that answer. 23:10 Thank you. 23:11 Pastor Dinzey, 23:13 we're going to come back to you for this one. 23:14 "Isn't the Sabbath only for the Jews?" 23:18 Well, the short answer is no, 23:20 because God wants to bless 23:22 every single person of every single race. 23:24 So the Sabbath is... 23:26 That's why Jesus said in Matthew 2:27, 23:28 "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." 23:31 And so remember also, 23:33 then when you go to Genesis Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, 23:36 you'll see clearly that 23:37 the Lord blessed the seventh day, 23:40 which is the Sabbath and sanctified it. 23:43 You can also see that in Exodus 20:8-11, 23:46 "The Lord set that day aside for His people 23:49 to show up before Him and worship Him." 23:51 And I would like to include in this 23:55 a scripture that will help you see this. 23:56 You see, God selected the people of Israel 24:00 to be His representatives in the world 24:01 so that all the world will see how blessed are the people 24:05 that follow God's commandments. 24:06 Notice, Isaiah 56:6-7, 24:09 "Also the sons of the foreigner 24:11 who joined themselves to the Lord to serve Him, 24:14 and to love the name of the Lord, 24:15 to be His servants. 24:17 Everyone who keeps from defiling, the Sabbath 24:19 and hold fast my Covenant. 24:21 Even them I will bring to my holy mountain, 24:23 and make them joyful in My house of prayer. 24:26 Their burnt offerings 24:27 and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, 24:29 for My house 24:31 shall be called the house of prayer 24:32 for all nations." 24:33 So in this scripture and others, 24:35 we see that God's intention was that through the Jews, 24:38 a message will be brought to the world 24:40 to show the world. 24:42 If you follow My commandments, 24:44 you will be blessed like these people are. 24:46 So the Sabbath commandment 24:47 and all the commandments 24:48 are for all the people 24:50 of all the nations in the world. 24:52 Amen. Amen. 24:53 Thank you so much for that, Brother. 24:55 You know, the Bible is so clear 24:56 and this program is just for that 24:58 to clear up some things. 25:00 If you have questions, 25:02 we want to provide a Bible answer 25:04 for those questions. 25:05 And so, if you're just now tuning in, 25:06 you're watching 3ABN Bible Q and A. 25:10 It's a new program and we're excited about it. 25:12 And we wanna tell you 25:13 how you can again send in your questions, 25:15 and you can do that two ways, 25:17 first way is through email. 25:18 And as you can see on the screen there, 25:20 bibleqa@3abn.org, 25:24 or you can text in your question 25:27 to (618) 228-3975. 25:31 So send in those questions 25:33 because we have a wonderful group of panelists here, guests 25:37 who are using the Word of God to answer these questions. 25:40 And we're very thankful for that. 25:41 Pastor Lomacang, 25:43 the next question goes to you, my Brother, 25:45 and this comes, 25:47 they are asking about Revelation 22:2. 25:49 Okay. 25:50 And the question is, 25:52 "Why will we need the leaves of the tree 25:54 for healing?" 25:56 That's a good question. Oh, wonderful. 25:57 Now, first of all, 25:59 let's look at the first time the Bible talks about a tree. 26:01 We go right back to the Book of Genesis. 26:03 What happened at that tree? 26:05 A wound took place. 26:07 The unity that God shared with Adam and Eve was violated. 26:12 It was a breaking of a relationship. 26:15 So the word healing in Revelation 26:16 is not talking about healing as it relates to illness. 26:19 Because the Bible says in Revelation 21:4, 26:22 "No more sorrow, no more crying, no more death, 26:24 neither shall there be any more pain." 26:26 And Isaiah says, 26:27 there'll be no sickness in the new earth. 26:29 We will long enjoy 26:31 the health that God is going to give to his redeemed 26:33 that are gonna have immortality. 26:35 So if you have immortality and you never gonna die again, 26:38 what is the healing world all about? 26:40 Well, at the tree in Genesis, 26:42 that's where the first violated relationship occurred. 26:46 The tree talked about in Revelation 26:48 is for the mending of the nations. 26:51 Let me give you an example. 26:52 In Genesis 11:8-9, look what happened. 26:55 "So the Lord scattered them abroad 26:58 from there over the face of all the earth 27:01 and they cease building the city. 27:02 Therefore, it is named Babel 27:04 because there the Lord confused 27:07 the languages of all the earth. 27:09 And from there, the Lord scattered them abroad 27:11 over the face of all the earth." 27:13 So in man's rebellion, they were scattered. 27:16 At the tree of life they'll be healed. 27:18 They'll be brought back together. 27:19 So the word there healing is simply talking about 27:21 the mending of the nations. 27:23 Right now we have waters dividing us 27:25 all over the earth. 27:26 Right now we are divided by culture and nationality, 27:29 ethnicity. 27:30 Right now there's racism, there's unity, 27:32 there's violation of cultures. 27:34 There's all kinds of aspirations 27:36 that men have to dominate one another. 27:38 But those who are redeemed, they'll be on the same plane. 27:41 They'll be united. 27:43 As they fellowship together, 27:44 the koinonia at the tree of life, 27:47 they will be mended in their relationships, 27:48 one with another. 27:50 So it's not sickness, 27:51 but it's bringing man back in unity with one another. 27:55 Nice solid answer. Amen. 27:57 I like that. Praise the Lord. 27:58 Pastor Dinzey, I'm gonna come back to you 28:00 with this next question. 28:02 "Does the Bible teach 28:04 that there will be seven years of tribulation 28:07 before the second coming of Jesus?" 28:10 The Bible doesn't teach that 28:11 there will be seven specific years 28:14 of tribulation 28:15 before the coming of Jesus. 28:17 The Bible does teach that there will be tribulation 28:19 before the coming of Jesus. 28:21 Now, some people may be shocked 28:23 that, you know, 28:24 you say a tribulation 28:26 that God's people will go through tribulation. 28:27 It doesn't specify how many years, 28:29 but there will be. 28:30 If it's seven years, well, praise the Lord, 28:32 the Lord will be with us no matter how long it is. 28:35 I personally think it won't be that long. 28:38 Let's look at Revelation Chapter 7, 28:41 we see verse 9. 28:42 It says, "After these things I looked, 28:43 and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, 28:46 of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, 28:48 standing before the throne and before the Lamb, 28:51 clothed with white robes, 28:52 with palm branches in their hands." 28:54 I'm jumping to verse 13 because of time. 28:56 "Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, 28:58 'Who are these arrayed in white robes, 29:00 and where did they come from?' 29:02 And I said to him, 29:03 'Sir, you know.' " 29:05 Good answer. 29:06 "So he said to me, 29:07 'These are the ones 29:09 who come out of the great tribulation, 29:11 and washed their robes and made them white 29:13 in the blood of the Lamb.' " 29:14 So yes, there will be a tribulation. 29:17 How long it is? The Bible doesn't specify. 29:19 Some people try to get a seven from Daniel Chapter 9, 29:23 the very last two or three verses. 29:25 But how many years it is, we do not know. 29:28 What we should do is watch and pray 29:31 and be ready for whatever comes our way, 29:34 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. 29:37 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. 29:39 Okay, Jill, this next question comes to you, an exciting one. 29:45 This one can be a little controversial, 29:47 but we're going to give 29:49 the best Bible answer we can give. 29:50 And I know you will. 29:52 "Isn't it true 29:53 that women should not teach or preach 29:56 based on what Paul communicates 29:58 about women keeping silent in the church?" 30:01 That's a heavy question and a loaded question 30:03 and a controversial question. 30:05 There's two references in Paul's writings 30:07 that would reference that. 30:08 One is in 1 Corinthians 14, but we're going to 1 Timothy 2. 30:11 So turn with me to 1 Timothy 2, 30:13 we're gonna look at specifically 30:14 two of these verses, verses 11 and 12. 30:17 The issue in 1 Timothy, 30:19 of course, is the issue of false teaching 30:21 that Paul is addressing to Timothy. 30:23 In verse 11, it says, 30:24 "Let a woman learn in silence with all submission." 30:29 So the first thing to keep in mind 30:30 is that the word let 30:32 is literally a command from Paul 30:34 and he's commanding woman should learn. 30:37 Now, this actually turns it on its head 30:39 because in their culture, in that time, 30:43 women weren't supposed to learn. 30:45 In fact, the rabbis refused to teach women 30:49 and it was even like 30:50 into throwing pearls to pigs or to swine 30:53 the concept of teaching a woman. 30:55 So in their culture, 30:57 Paul is turning it on its head and saying, 30:59 not just don't teach the woman, teach the woman. 31:03 And they are to learn in silence. 31:05 That word silence does not mean speechlessness. 31:08 It simply means in the Greek peacefulness or calmness. 31:12 Now, if you look at the Jewish culture 31:14 of that time, 31:16 the men and women were in opposite sides of the church. 31:19 And clearly if a woman's asking a question 31:21 and standing up and raising 31:22 from one side of the church to the other side, 31:24 that's not calmness 31:26 and peacefulness and orderliness. 31:28 Now let's look at verse 12. 31:30 "I do not permit a woman to teach 31:31 or to have authority over a man, 31:34 but to be in silence." 31:37 There's two things here that people apply this for, 31:40 first, as they say, women shouldn't teach 31:41 and the second 31:43 woman should not have authority over a man. 31:45 So let's look at scripture, not just in context, 31:48 but the whole of the Word of God, 31:50 not just one verse here. 31:52 And if you look at Paul, 1 Corinthians 11, 31:54 it's very clear 31:55 that every woman who prays or prophesies 31:58 and he's speaking of women, 32:00 praying and prophesying in public places in church. 32:03 We see Anna as a prophetess 32:05 speaking when Jesus was just born 32:07 and brought to the temple. 32:09 That is in the temple Anna is speaking. 32:12 We see Joel Chapter 2. 32:14 "We see it shall come to pass, 32:16 I will pour My spirit on all flesh, 32:18 your sons and your daughters shall prophesy." 32:21 We see clearly in Acts Chapter 16, 32:23 that Aquila and Priscilla, 32:26 both of them taught Apollos in scripture. 32:29 Paul could have just said, Aquila did the teaching, 32:31 but he made it clear that Priscilla taught a man as well. 32:35 We see that woman labored with Paul 32:37 as co-laborers in the gospel. 32:40 So clearly this is not talking about a woman not teaching 32:43 because of many other references. 32:45 We see women were prophetesses. 32:47 We see women taught in the temple 32:48 or in the synagogue or prayed 32:50 or prophesied in a church setting. 32:53 I think the context of this scripture, 32:55 we don't have time to get into it. 32:57 But the context of this scripture 32:58 has to do with that line of authority. 33:02 We know Christ is the head of the church. 33:04 We know in marriage, 33:05 the man is the head of the woman. 33:07 And we know in church, 33:08 there are roles 33:09 that only a man is supposed to assume. 33:11 We're not talking about teaching. 33:13 The Word of God is very clear that men and women can teach. 33:16 But I think that verse in particular 33:18 refers to that line of authority 33:20 within the church. 33:21 Okay. Nice. 33:23 And that was a loaded question for a couple of minutes. 33:24 And I took a little long. 33:26 No you didn't. You did fantastic. 33:27 That was really, really good. 33:29 All right, Pastor Lomacang, 33:30 this next question is coming to you. 33:32 And this is submitted by Eileen. 33:34 And she says this. 33:35 She says, 33:37 "What is the difference 33:38 when God withdraws His hand 33:40 and allows something bad to happen?" 33:43 And, of course, she says here, the work of Satan. 33:45 So what's the difference between 33:46 God allowing something bad or negative to happen 33:48 and when to apply that to the enemy? 33:50 So... 33:52 Well, the most famous story in the Bible is in Job. 33:53 You know, the Bible says 33:55 when Satan came bragging before the sons of God, 33:58 and it doesn't say where the meeting took place, 34:00 but he said, where'd you come from? 34:02 And he says, from walking back and forth 34:04 and going to and fro in the earth. 34:06 And this is in Job Chapter 1. 34:08 And he said, 34:09 when he bragged about his ownership of the earth, 34:12 even Jesus said the Prince of this world, 34:15 He said, "Have you considered my servant Job?" 34:18 And what God did is Satan said, 34:20 "He's only serving You because you're protecting him. 34:23 If you remove that protection, 34:25 I guarantee you he'll curse you to your face." 34:27 The Lord withdrew His protection, 34:30 but limited Satan's ability to take it to the extreme 34:33 and take his life. 34:34 Do whatever you need to do. 34:35 Even touch him, even afflict him with disease, 34:38 whatever you wanna do, go ahead and do it. 34:40 But I guarantee you, he would not deny Me. 34:42 And the Bible says, 34:43 in all this Job did not charge God foolishly. 34:47 So what's the difference? 34:48 The Lord sometimes allow 34:50 adverse circumstances to come our way, 34:52 but let me show you one of those 34:53 that we often don't consider. 34:55 Look at 1 Corinthians 5:5. 34:57 This is one of those situations where God withdraws His hand 35:00 because the person is resistant 35:02 to the continual appeals of the Spirit of God. 35:05 And the Lord still wants to save them. 35:07 1 Corinthians 5:5 it says, 35:09 "Deliver such a one to Satan 35:11 for the destruction of the flesh 35:14 that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." 35:17 This is a very unique one. 35:19 Some people that are just resistant, 35:21 they won't listen to mom and dad. 35:22 They won't listen to counsel from the pastor. 35:24 They are determined to go their own way. 35:26 Hosea says, 35:27 "I'm gonna put briars and thorns in your path. 35:29 You will never overtake your lovers. 35:31 You'll never experience 35:32 the joy of sinful pleasures for a season, 35:35 I'm gonna make your journey difficult." 35:37 The Lord says, 35:39 "Hopefully, as I turn you over to Satan, 35:41 for him to buffet you, 35:42 maybe you'll turn around and in the end be saved." 35:45 So what's the difference? 35:46 We choose our path of rebellion, 35:48 but in every attempt, 35:49 the Lord is not willing that any should perish, 35:52 but He does not partner with Satan 35:54 in the salvation of humanity. 35:56 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. 35:58 Thank you, Brother. 35:59 Pastor John Dinzey, 36:01 I'm gonna come back to you with this question. 36:03 And it says, 36:04 "If God is eternal, 36:06 why does the Bible say in Revelation 3:14, 36:10 the beginning of the creation of God." 36:14 Very good. 36:15 This is a scripture that is used by some groups 36:17 to say that Jesus Christ was the first creative being, 36:20 which is a serious mistake. 36:22 You see, Jesus is God. 36:24 And He has no beginning that we can compute. 36:28 You mean you can go if you were able to 36:30 go back in history, 36:32 as far as you could possibly go. 36:33 And there was no time in which He did not exist 36:36 because He is eternal. 36:37 Revelation 3:14 says, 36:39 "And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, 36:41 'These things says the Amen, 36:43 the Faithful and True Witness, 36:44 the Beginning of the creation of God.' 36:46 " Well, what does this mean? 36:48 This means that He began the creation of God. 36:51 He's the originator 36:53 because, see the word arche is used here 36:56 is the Greek word, 36:58 which means the beginner or the beginning. 37:01 And in the context of this, you have to understand that 37:03 Christ has no beginning, no beginning of days. 37:07 When you go to John 1:1-3, 37:09 you see, in the beginning was the Word, 37:12 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 37:15 He was in the beginning with God. 37:17 Whenever that beginning was, He was at the beginning. 37:19 Well, no day can be specified, 37:22 oh, this particular day, that's when He originated. 37:24 No, there is no beginning of days for Him. 37:27 Notice verse 3, 37:28 "All things were made through Him 37:30 and without Him, 37:32 nothing was made that was made." 37:34 So this means, if you say that Christ is a creative being, 37:37 then you're in serious trouble with the Scripture. 37:39 Because the Scripture say, "He made all things." 37:42 So if He made all things, well, who made Him, you see. 37:45 So it doesn't make sense 37:47 to say that Christ is a creative being. 37:49 Christ is God, 37:51 has always been God, and will always be God. 37:53 He is eternal. 37:54 Amen. Amen. Nice answer. 37:57 Jill, this question says, 37:59 "Can you have victory over sin in this life? 38:03 And the answer is a resounding yes. 38:04 Amen. Amen. 38:06 Grace is not a license for sin. 38:08 Grace enables you and I to have victory over sin. 38:12 Paul says that in Romans 6:15, 38:14 "What then? 38:16 Shall we sin because we are not under law 38:17 but under grace? 38:19 Certainly not!" 38:20 Or King James says, "God forbid." 38:23 So how do we have victory over sin? 38:25 I wanna give you five keys. 38:26 Number one, 38:28 recognize that victory is a gift. 38:30 1 Corinthians 15:57, 38:31 "Thanks be to God who gives us the victory 38:34 through our Lord Jesus Christ." 38:36 It doesn't come from us trying harder. 38:38 Victory is a gift. 38:40 Principle number two, 38:42 choose the master you will serve. 38:44 Every morning when you get up, make a choice to follow Jesus. 38:48 Romans 6:16, Pastor John, 38:51 "Do you not know 38:52 that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, 38:54 you are that one's slaves to whom you obey, 38:57 whether of sin leading to death 38:59 or of obedience leading to righteousness." 39:01 So choose who you want to serve. 39:04 Principle, number three, allow Him to live in you. 39:09 Don't allow sin to live in you, but allow Him to live in you. 39:13 Romans 7:17 says, 39:15 "It's not I who do it, 39:16 but it's sin that dwells in me or has taken up residence." 39:19 You see, you're not the one doing the sinful work. 39:21 It's because sin lives in you. 39:23 But by contrast Galatians 2:20, 39:27 "I've been crucified with Christ. 39:29 It's no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." 39:32 So the life we live 39:34 with the good works in the victory 39:35 is not me doing the work, 39:37 it's Christ living in me. 39:39 Principle number four, abide in Him. 39:41 John Chapter 15, 39:42 "As the branch abides in the vine, 39:44 we are to abide in Him that His power can come in us." 39:49 Principle number five, walk in the spirit. 39:52 Romans 8:1, 39:53 "There is no condemnation 39:55 to those who are in Christ Jesus 39:56 who do not walk according to the flesh, 39:58 but according to the spirit." 39:59 So victory over sin is possible in this life. 40:03 Amen. Praise the Lord. 40:05 All right. That was a good answer. 40:06 Amen. 40:08 All right. Very good. 40:09 Pastor Dinzey, I'm actually gonna take the time 40:10 to come back to you 40:12 because we have that first question earlier, 40:14 where they ask for you to explain Colossians 3:5, 40:17 and we didn't get to go to the second verse 40:18 which was 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8. 40:23 So let me give you an opportunity to... 40:25 Oh, we have it here. I have it here. 40:27 Well, praise the Lord, we have the opportunity. 40:29 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 says, 40:31 "You are the sons of light and the sons of the day." 40:36 Notice how it makes a contrast here 40:37 between light and darkness. 40:39 "We Are not of the night nor of darkness. 40:42 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, 40:45 but let us watch and be sober. 40:47 For those who sleep, sleep at night, 40:49 and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 40:52 But let us who are of the day be sober, 40:54 putting on the breastplate of faith and love, 40:57 and as a helmet the hope of salvation." 41:01 So here's making a contrast 41:02 between light and darkness, good and evil. 41:06 Darkness being evil, light being good. 41:09 And so here in this scripture, 41:11 we are told to let us not sleep 41:13 in the sense of doing evil deeds, 41:16 because when you look at this scripture 41:18 and the context of it is, 41:20 it's trying to help us understand 41:21 that light is good and darkness is evil. 41:25 And that's why it says that we are of the day be sober. 41:30 And this, it makes a good fit for 1 John 1:5-7. 41:36 But I'm gonna read verse 6 and 7. 41:38 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him, " 41:40 that is God. 41:41 "And walk in darkness, 41:43 we lie and do not practice the truth. 41:44 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, 41:47 we have fellowship with one another 41:49 and the blood of Jesus Christ 41:51 His Son cleanses us from all sin." 41:53 Let us all walk in the light. 41:55 Amen. Amen. Nice answer. 41:57 Praise the Lord. 41:58 So this is the time 42:00 where we have some extra questions 42:01 and we're gonna kind of just throw it out there 42:03 and have a free for all 42:04 where everyone kinda has an opportunity 42:06 to respond to it. 42:07 This question, I think is a great question. 42:10 It comes from, this is based on 1 John 5:16. 42:13 I'm gonna read 1 John 5:16 and then ask the question. 42:16 So 1 John 5:16 says, 42:19 "If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, 42:21 which does not lead to death, 42:23 he will ask and he will give him life 42:26 for those who commit sin, not leading to death. 42:29 There is sin leading to death. 42:32 I do not say that he should pray about that." 42:35 So the question is, 42:37 what is the difference between sin that doesn't lead to death 42:41 and one that does? 42:43 Okay, well, let me jump at that first 42:44 because I enjoy that. 42:46 First of all, the one thing we have to keep in mind, 42:48 there categorically 42:49 scripturally there is no sin that cannot result in death. 42:54 So you might ask the question, why would John say that. 42:57 John the Apostle was describing a broader analogous situation. 43:04 He was addressing sin on a broad scale. 43:06 And what he was saying is, 43:08 there is iniquity and there is stumbling. 43:13 The two are quite disparagingly different. 43:16 A person and Pastor Dinzey just read this 43:18 practice, the word practice. 43:21 He who practices sin that results in iniquity. 43:25 That's the sin that you don't wanna give up. 43:28 The writer of Hebrews says, 43:29 "Let us lay aside every weight 43:30 and the sin which so easily besets us, 43:33 that's iniquity. 43:34 But if you stumble, which has happened, 43:36 and this is the reason why we have 1 John 2:1, 43:39 listen to this, 43:41 "My little children, these things I write to you 43:44 that you may not sin. 43:46 And if anyone sins, 43:48 we have an advocate with the Father, 43:51 Jesus Christ, the righteous." 43:52 Jill pointed out grace. 43:55 Yes, we can overcome sin in this life, 43:57 but don't ever get to the place where you say you're perfect. 44:00 Let me tell you why, 44:01 because we are growing in grace every day. 44:03 As we are in the sanctification process, 44:06 we are going to need the grace of Christ 44:07 until we are saved from the presence of sin, 44:10 this sinful flesh. 44:12 So what does he mean by the sin that does not lead to death? 44:14 Here's the short answer. 44:16 The sin that does not lead to death 44:19 is the sin you confess. 44:20 That's right. 44:22 The sin that leads to death is a sin you don't confess. 44:25 It's that simple. Amen. Nice. 44:27 So if you see a brother and say, that's why it says, 44:29 if you see a brother and he trespass, 44:30 you go to that one. 44:32 And if they listen to you, you have saved him from, 44:34 you know, love covers a multitude of sins. 44:37 But if he doesn't respond to the appeal, 44:40 then he's on his way to eternal loss. 44:43 The nutshell is confess it. Amen. 44:45 I would like to add Romans 6:23 says, 44:48 "For the wages of sin is death." 44:50 So every sin leads to death as Pastor Lomacang said. 44:55 But there is this sin against the Holy Spirit 44:57 of which we need to be careful with 44:59 which is a persistent resistance 45:01 and continued resistance of the Holy Spirit. 45:04 And if you do this, you cannot be saved. 45:07 Amen. Amen. 45:09 That's what I was thinking too, with Matthew 12:31. 45:12 "I say to you, 45:13 every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, 45:16 but the blasphemy against the spirit 45:18 will not be forgiven men." 45:20 But if you are concerned, maybe I've committed that sin. 45:24 Know, that if you have that fear in your heart, 45:26 if you have that wondering in your heart, 45:28 that means the Holy Spirit is still working on your heart 45:31 and still convicting your spirit. 45:33 So praise the Lord for that. 45:34 Amen. Praise the Lord. 45:36 All right. Here's a good one. Okay. 45:38 What are approved and acceptable activities 45:41 on Sabbath? 45:43 Okay, well, let's go to Isaiah 58. 45:45 Oh, that's good. 45:46 Isaiah 58. 45:48 I've often said I've kind of not modified, 45:51 but I would say given 45:53 the amplified version of the Bible, in the sense of 45:56 remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 45:58 I always say, remember the Sabbath day to be involved 46:00 in sanctified activity. 46:02 And the word Sabbath day, because the Lord sanctified. 46:05 Now let's ask, what does that mean? 46:07 And we're going to Isaiah 58, right? 46:09 Let me turn there while I'm talking to you. 46:11 What that means is, 46:13 is there anything wrong with reading a newspaper? 46:14 No. 46:16 Watching the news? No. 46:17 Playing baseball? No. 46:18 Anything wrong with going to the store 46:20 and doing redundant or repetitious activities 46:23 that we partake of? 46:24 But here's what the Lord is saying. 46:26 There's nothing that the Lord did, 46:27 there was nothing wrong with anything He did, 46:30 but He got to the last day of the week 46:32 and He rested from all His labors. 46:36 Now, what does that simply mean? 46:38 What He did? 46:39 He set an example for us to follow 46:41 when you lay aside. 46:42 And the best example I can give you is 46:44 when my, when our anniversary comes, 46:46 my wife and I, Jill, you know, 46:47 my wife and I, we treasure our anniversary. 46:49 I always lamented 46:51 when the school graduation came on our anniversary 46:54 and one year I said to the principal, 46:56 "If it happens on our anniversary, 46:57 we're not gonna be there." 46:58 We celebrate love. Here's the point. 47:00 The Lord wants you to lay aside everything 47:03 that hinders your relationship with Him. 47:09 Anything that should not be done 47:12 on the Sabbath, 47:13 don't mow your lawn on the Sabbath. 47:14 That's not an emergency, but if somebody is ill, 47:17 if somebody is sick, 47:19 if somebody needs your help, 47:21 follow the example of Jesus. 47:23 It is lawful to do good, relieve the suffering, 47:25 help the oppressed, feed the hungry, 47:28 clothe the naked. 47:29 Anything that can be done on any other day, 47:32 leave it for that day 47:33 and follow the examples of Jesus. 47:35 And you know, panel, I believe 47:36 if we answered this question 47:38 by following the examples of Jesus, 47:39 we'll never run out of answers 47:41 of good things to do on the Sabbath. 47:43 Amen. 47:44 I think the Sabbath is a delight. 47:45 And so many times 47:47 we make the Sabbath, a drudgery. 47:48 You were in Isaiah 50, Pastor. Yeah, read that for us. 47:50 I wanna read one verse here in verse 13. 47:52 It says, 47:53 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 47:54 from doing your pleasure on My holy day." 47:56 Well, you could read that and think, 47:58 "Oh, I can't do any pleasure on the Sabbath." 48:00 But it means business pleasure. 48:02 So if you understand that, that means we set aside work. 48:06 We set aside, 48:08 we go to work so many days a week, 48:09 we set that aside. 48:10 It doesn't mean the Sabbath is not a delight. 48:12 It is a joy to spend time with Jesus. 48:18 Yes. I agree with all these. 48:19 And I don't know if you know, you mentioned one of the things 48:23 that would not be good is for you 48:25 to go out into the shopping malls 48:27 and the shopping centers 48:28 and start doing business activities. 48:31 That's right. 48:32 Yes, because it's supposed to be a Sabbath of the Lord 48:37 and this would be, 48:38 you're not in the context of being in line with the Lord. 48:42 And there are scriptures that talk about this. 48:44 Yeah. Go ahead. 48:45 Yeah. And that is Exodus 20. 48:47 Yes. 48:48 You nor your son, nor your daughter, 48:50 nor your manservant, nor your maid servant. 48:52 We've had people that visited with us 48:54 and we let them know, we honor the Sabbath. 48:56 Now this is amazing. 48:57 I wanna go back and add something there. 48:58 And the Sabbath is not a Jewish institution. 49:00 There were no Jews around 49:01 when Jesus blessed the seventh day, right? 49:03 If the Sabbath is just for the Jews 49:05 and so all the other nine commandments, 49:07 but here's the thing. 49:08 Even your words, be careful with your words, 49:10 because in this charged, politically charged generation, 49:14 I've had many examples as a pastor to say to people, 49:17 please do not bring politics in on the Sabbath. 49:19 Yeah. Watch your words. 49:21 That's right. 49:22 Don't say, don't talk about the new car you bought, 49:24 the house you're buying. 49:25 Let this be a time where your activities, 49:27 as well as your words glorify God. 49:30 Amen. 49:31 I wanna read that scripture from Nehemiah 10:31, 49:34 which talks about what I said. 49:35 If the peoples of the land brought wares 49:37 or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, 49:39 we should not buy it from them 49:41 on the Sabbath or on a holy day. 49:43 And we should forego the seventh year to produce 49:46 an exacting of every debt source. 49:48 It's in the scripture. So it's not an activity. 49:52 I think of also in Nehemiah Chapter 13, 49:54 that brother was so serious about keeping Sabbath. 49:56 He told them, he said, 49:58 if I catch you out there on the Sabbath, 49:59 doing your business, I'm gonna put hands on you. 50:02 And so that is a serious situation 50:03 to the Lord, 50:04 but we should, as Jill said, not make it a drudgerous, 50:07 you know, a horrible experience. 50:09 It's a delight. Amen. It's a delight. Amen. 50:11 We have just a little over a minute and a half. 50:13 I just want to ask one more last question here, 50:15 before we go to a quick break 50:16 and then we're going to come back. 50:17 So we're in our final minutes here. 50:19 But it says, how do we know, 50:20 this comes from Sharmilia by the way. 50:22 "How do we know it's God speaking to us 50:25 and not our subconscious mind?" 50:28 Anytime you hear anything, measure it against God's Word. 50:32 That's right, Isiah 8:20. That's right. 50:34 To the law and to the testimony they speak not according is 50:36 because there is no light in them. 50:38 Every thought you get measured against God's Word, 50:41 because sometimes 50:42 through the multitude of dealings during the day, 50:44 thoughts come to your mind 50:45 and you dream about it and you think 50:47 "God just told me." 50:48 Be careful when people say, "God told me," 50:50 but the Word of God doesn't match up with it. 50:52 That's right. 50:53 That's exactly where I was going. 50:55 It needs to line up with the Word of God. 50:56 To the law and to the testimony, 50:58 if they speak not according to this word, 50:59 there is no light in them. 51:01 And that includes the thoughts that we have in our mind. 51:03 That's right. Amen. 51:05 Just briefly, I remember talking to somebody 51:07 that called here at 3ABN, and he's saying, 51:09 "Well, we don't have to keep the commandments." 51:10 And he started, "We don't have to keep the commandments." 51:12 And I mentioned scriptures to him 51:14 that clearly show that. 51:15 And he said, 51:17 "Well, I know what the Bible says, 51:18 but the Holy Spirit told me." 51:20 And I said, 51:21 "Wait a minute. 51:22 The Holy Spirit is not going to talk to you 51:24 in contradiction to what the Bible says." 51:26 So if it's in the scriptures, 51:28 we should do what the scripture is saying. 51:30 That's right. 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