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Series Code: TDYQA
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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today 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 01:01 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, family, and welcome 01:16 to another 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:19 I'm Jason Bradley, 01:21 and perhaps this is your first time joining us. 01:23 I want you to know 01:25 how you can send in your Bible questions, 01:27 because we have panelists 01:29 that love to answer those questions for you. 01:32 Text your questions to 618-228-3975, 01:38 or send an email 01:39 to BibleQA@3abn.org 01:45 We have Shelley Quinn with us. 01:47 Shelley, it's great to have you. 01:49 It's just a joy to be here 01:50 and just love being able to share some things 01:54 from the Bible with y'all. 01:55 Amen. 01:57 We've got Pastor Ryan Day, 01:58 you answer questions all day long. 02:01 That's right. 02:03 But you know what? 02:04 It's a blessing and an honor to be able to do it 02:06 and we've got some great questions 02:07 and some great answers for those questions today. 02:10 Amen. 02:11 And we have Pastor John Lomacang, 02:12 it's always great to have you on as well. 02:14 It's always fun, and always enlightening. 02:17 That's what God's Word does even for us. 02:19 Amen. Amen. Amen. 02:20 Shelley, before we dive into the Word of God, 02:22 would you have prayer for us? 02:24 Absolutely. 02:25 Heavenly Father, we are very grateful to You 02:28 for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, 02:30 for Your Holy Spirit and Your Word. 02:32 And we ask now, Lord, 02:34 get us out of the way empty us of us 02:37 and, Lord, speak through us 02:39 by the power of Your Holy Spirit, 02:42 and give us all ears to hear what the Spirit says, 02:47 and help us to put your Word into practice. 02:50 We ask this in Jesus' holy Name. 02:53 Amen. Amen. 02:54 Amen. Amen. 02:56 I want to share this verse real quick with you 02:57 from Psalm 119:105, and it says, 03:01 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." 03:05 Amen. 03:07 And so we're going to be spending 03:08 quite a bit of time in the Word of God today. 03:10 Shelley, this first question is going to you. 03:13 This is from Ronald out of Maryland and it says, 03:16 "Is keeping the Sabbath, more important 03:18 than the blood of Jesus?" 03:20 And you have three minutes to answer this. 03:22 Okay. 03:23 Nothing is more important 03:26 than the blood of Jesus, nothing. 03:29 His blood is how God fulfilled His plan of redemption. 03:35 God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ, 03:39 and He died for us, 03:41 He was the lamb slain 03:43 from the foundation of the world. 03:46 When you look at Revelation, 03:49 or excuse me, Hebrews 13:20, it says that, 03:53 "Jesus' blood is the blood of the everlasting covenant, 03:59 it was His sacrifice for sin." 04:03 It made it possible to cleanse us from sin, 04:06 Revelation 1:5, says, 04:09 "Christ loved us, and washed us from our sins 04:12 in His own blood." 04:13 Hebrews 9:22, says, 04:16 "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin." 04:20 Romans 3:24-25 says, 04:25 "We were justified freely by grace 04:28 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 04:32 whom God set forth 04:34 as a propitiation by His blood." 04:40 This is, it remind you when the high priest 04:42 would take the blood into the Holy of Holies 04:45 on the Day of Atonement 04:47 and put it on the mercy seat. 04:49 And Romans 5:9 says, "Having been justified," how? 04:54 "By His blood, 04:56 we shall be saved from wrath through him. 05:01 Keeping this Sabbath will not save you." 05:05 There's nothing that we can do to save ourselves. 05:07 Ephesians 2:8-10 says that, 05:10 "We are saved by grace through faith, 05:12 not of works that anyone should boast." 05:14 But having said that, 05:16 the blood of Jesus Christ ratified the New Covenant 05:20 and God calls us 05:22 into covenant relationship with Him, 05:25 which is a relationship of love and loyalty. 05:29 There is an expectancy of obedience. 05:32 The Ten Commandments is God's law of love. 05:37 Did you know that Ten Commandments 05:39 are a covenant? 05:40 In Deuteronomy 4:13, Moses says, 05:43 "He declared to you His covenant, 05:45 which he commanded you to perform the Ten commandments 05:47 He wrote them on tables of stone, 05:50 put them inside the ark," 05:52 but they are not the old covenant. 05:54 You find the Old Covenant in Exodus 24:7-8, 06:00 where Moses wrote it the Old Covenant in a book, 06:04 and then it ended up on the side of the ark. 06:08 The Ten Commandments 06:09 were the heart of the Old Covenant, 06:10 the Ten Commandments 06:12 are the heart of the New Covenant. 06:14 Hebrews 8:8-10, says, 06:17 "God says, 'I will put My laws in your mind, 06:21 write them on your heart." ' 06:22 In Hebrews 5:9 says, 06:24 "Jesus became the author of eternal salvation 06:28 to all who obey Him." 06:30 Amen. Thank you for your explanation. 06:33 Ryan, what do the 10 toes represent 06:36 in Daniel Chapter 2? 06:37 Amen. 06:39 That's a great question, great prophetic question 06:40 that usually will take about a few minutes 06:43 during an evangelistic series to answer 06:45 but you know what we're going to do our best now. 06:46 Let's go to Daniel 2:41-42 06:49 to read what the Bible says there, 06:50 and then we'll reveal directly what that is. 06:53 It says, "Where as you saw the feet and toes, 06:55 partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, 06:58 the kingdom shall be divided. 07:00 Yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, 07:02 just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay." 07:05 In verse 42, 07:07 "And as the toes of the feet 07:08 were partly of iron and partly of clay 07:10 so the kingdom shall be partly strong 07:11 and partly fragile." 07:13 So we know that the leg those... 07:15 in that metal man in Daniel 2, 07:17 "The head of gold, chest and arms of silver, 07:19 the belly and thighs of bronze, the legs of iron." 07:21 They all represent the four successive kingdoms 07:24 the world empires that ruled from Daniel's day 07:27 unto the end of the world. 07:28 In this case we know Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, 07:31 and of course those legs of iron 07:33 would be the pagan civil kingdom of Rome. 07:36 Now in this case 07:37 the iron continues into the feet 07:39 so does Rome's influence continue into the feet? 07:41 Yes. 07:42 Yes, it does, but the only thing is 07:43 Babylon was conquered, 07:45 Medo-Persia was conquered, 07:46 Greece was pretty much conquered by Rome 07:49 in the sense that they overtook in dominion. 07:51 Rome was not really conquered, 07:52 but Rome became divided in the sense that 07:55 they allow themselves to become divided 07:57 with the world. 07:58 In this case, those 10 toes represent 08:00 the 10 divisional kingdoms or nations 08:04 that Rome became divided into by the year 476 AD. 08:09 So from 168 BC until 476 AD, 08:14 Rome ruled dominantly but by 476 AD, 08:17 they were divided into 10 different regions. 08:19 So just as you see the 10 toes, 08:21 those represent the 10 different regions 08:23 or nations or kingdoms 08:24 that Rome was made up, the empire of Rome at the time, 08:27 of course, those were, I'm gonna list them here. 08:29 The Alamanni which became known as the Germans today, 08:32 the Burgundians, the Swiss, the Franks, 08:35 of course, became known as the French, 08:37 the Lombards were the Italians, 08:39 the Saxons, of course, the English, 08:41 the Suave or the Suavi, 08:42 of course became known as the Portuguese, 08:44 the Visigoths were the Spanish, 08:46 and of course the other three, 08:47 the Herulis, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths, 08:50 those are all extinct today. 08:51 So seven of them continued on, three of them did not. 08:55 Wow, thank you for unpacking that for us in two minutes, 08:58 that's incredible. 08:59 Very good. 09:01 Pastor Lomacang, this question is for you, 09:02 it's from Isabel. 09:03 And she says, 09:05 "I understand that the battle started in heaven, 09:07 Lucifer was cast out 09:09 for slandering the character of Jehovah, 09:11 the Almighty God Creator. 09:13 The evil one was selfish and self centered, 09:16 and was rebellious, and the master liar, 09:19 deceiver and destroyer. 09:21 Was the devil on this planet are ready 09:23 when God created this beautiful perfect world 09:25 and everything within, like, man and woman?" 09:29 Well, the answer, unfortunately, is yes, 09:33 but he wasn't down here, 09:34 waiting around while God was creating 09:36 because you find in Genesis, 09:38 that when the Bible describes the presentation of earth. 09:42 It says, 09:44 "The earth was without form and void 09:46 and darkness was upon the face of the deep." 09:49 So from the fresh, clean slate, no one was on the planet. 09:54 But during that time you find in Revelations, 09:56 "This challenge of God's authority, 09:59 this challenge of the government of God. 10:01 This Lucifer turned Satan 10:04 attempted to overthrow the government of God." 10:07 The Bible says in Revelation 12:7, 10:09 "And war broke out in heaven Michael and his angels, 10:12 Michael and his angels fought with the dragon 10:15 and the dragon and his angels fought, 10:18 but they did not prevail, 10:19 nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer." 10:23 So, if there is no place for them in heaven, 10:24 the question is where are they? 10:26 The Bible will tell us. 10:28 Verse 9, 10:30 "So the great dragon was cast out, 10:31 that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, 10:33 who deceives the whole world." 10:35 Where was he? 10:37 "He was cast to the earth, 10:38 and his angels were cast out with him." 10:41 And so, unfortunately in the middle of creation, 10:43 if, if he wasn't here, 10:45 there would have been no reason for God 10:47 to tell Adam what he did. 10:48 In Genesis 2:17, 10:51 "He said, 'You can eat everything of a garden, 10:53 but of the tree of the knowledge 10:55 of good and evil 10:57 you shall not eat. 10:59 For in the day you eat of it, you shall surely die." 11:03 Now death couldn't be possible 11:05 if there was not a possibility of sin 11:07 entering the world and we know in Romans 5:12, 11:09 Adam failed that test, 11:11 knowingly and willingly failed the test. 11:14 But here's why we know that Satan was here 11:16 because 2 Corinthians 11:3 says, 11:19 "But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve 11:23 by his craftiness, 11:25 so your minds may be corrupted 11:27 from the simplicity that is in Christ." 11:29 So the answer is, yes, he was here. 11:32 Thank you, Pastor. 11:33 Shelley? 11:35 Is the name of Prophet Muhammad mentioned in Quran 11:39 also mentioned in Hebrew or Greek Bible? 11:42 No. Okay. 11:44 Is it okay for a Christian to marry a Muslim? 11:46 Whoa! 11:47 That's a difficult one, not too difficult. 11:51 Interfaith marriage is a very serious matter 11:54 because there can be eternal consequences. 11:58 In Matthew 19:4-6, 12:00 "Jesus depicts marriage between a man and a woman 12:04 that they shall become one flesh." 12:06 And this is representative of God's union with His church. 12:11 The Word of God strongly discourages 12:15 any kind of union between someone 12:19 who believes in Christ as the Messiah, 12:21 and someone who does not. 12:23 Let me give you a scripture, 2 Corinthians 6:14, says, 12:26 "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 12:30 For what fellowship has righteousness 12:31 with lawlessness? 12:33 And what communion has light with darkness?" 12:37 Now, in that context, 12:39 he is not specifically speaking of marriage, 12:42 but we know that Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:39, 12:47 had an expectation 12:48 that Christians should only marry Christians. 12:51 1 Corinthians 7:39, 12:53 "A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives. 12:57 But if her husband dies 12:58 she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, 13:03 only in the Lord." 13:05 So that means 13:06 they had to also be a believer in the Lord. 13:11 Amos 3:3 says, 13:13 "Can two walk together, unless they agreed?" 13:18 I know people who have married into other denominations 13:24 or into other faiths, 13:25 and it's never been a happy union. 13:28 It is particularly bad if you have a child, 13:31 because it affects more than just you and your partner, 13:35 it's going to affect 13:37 how your children will be reared. 13:39 Luke 6 is a good, 13:41 something to build on, that says, 13:44 "If you build your house on the rock, Christ Jesus, 13:48 it's gonna stand." 13:50 Amen. Amen. 13:51 Amen. Very good. 13:53 Ryan, "Did Adam and Eve keep their first ever Sabbath holy?" 13:57 This is from Carol. 13:58 Oh, absolutely. 14:00 I believe that's very clear because obviously, 14:02 in this case, God created them on the sixth day, 14:04 the very next day would have been Sabbath. 14:07 And so here's, here's where it gets kind of tricky 14:09 because there's kind of a couple of views out there. 14:11 Some people say yes, 14:12 they would have kept Sabbath the next day 14:14 because, you know, 14:15 the Lord created the Sabbath day, 14:17 He rests on the seventh day and therefore, 14:19 they would have kept that as well, 14:20 and I believe that, I don't believe they violated, 14:23 you know, the very next day that they lived. 14:24 I don't believe that, 14:26 that they violated the Sabbath at all, 14:27 but I also believe that 14:28 Genesis 2:1-3, is a record of, 14:31 "God keeping the Sabbath 14:33 to give them an example of how they are to rest 14:36 and keep that Sabbath holy." 14:37 Someone once said, 14:38 "Well technically 14:40 they would have been listening to God 14:41 and watching God in His example 14:43 the very first ever Sabbath." 14:44 And then, you know, 14:45 they couldn't have actually 14:47 kept their Sabbath by themselves 14:48 until the next week because, of 14:50 course, the commandment says, 14:51 "Six days thou shall work, and the seventh day 14:52 is the Sabbath of the Lord, thy God." 14:54 And so some people argue and say, 14:55 well, it would have been the next Sabbath 14:56 that they would have kept their first Sabbath. 14:58 I think the most important thing 15:00 is whether it was that very next day, 15:01 or it was the next week, the answer is yes 15:03 because they were sinless beings at that point. 15:05 They were in communion 15:07 and in covenant relationship with God. 15:10 And we can even give some support to this 15:12 by simply stating the fact that, 15:14 for instance, Abraham, Genesis 26:5, it says, 15:17 "And Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, 15:19 My commandments, My statutes and My laws." 15:22 Some people argue that 15:23 because the Ten Commandments don't come until Exodus 20, 15:26 that, you know, that's a Jewish thing, 15:28 The Sabbath is a Jewish thing, 15:29 so Adam and Eve wouldn't have had to keep the Sabbath 15:31 because it didn't come until later. 15:33 But the fact that we see evidence that 15:35 Abraham obeyed God's voice and kept His commandments. 15:38 If God shared 15:39 His law and His commandments with Abraham 15:40 before there ever was a record of the Ten Commandments, 15:43 an official record at that time, 15:44 then you better believe He would have shared 15:46 His law and His commandments, 15:47 obviously with Adam and Eve as well. 15:49 And you certainly wouldn't have imagined God saying, 15:52 you know, I'm creating them on the sixth day 15:54 and then the very next day saying, 15:55 oh, you know what? 15:56 I'm going to rest and keep Sabbath 15:58 but you don't have to, it's not for you, right? 15:59 We know for sure that they would have kept that Sabbath. 16:01 God would have taught them to keep that Sabbath. 16:04 And, of course, 16:05 even Exodus 16:28 where he says, 16:07 "How long refuse you 16:08 to keep My commandments and My laws" 16:10 That's another indication 16:11 that before the Ten Commandments were there, 16:12 He still expected them to keep His commandments, 16:15 and of course that would have included the Sabbath. 16:18 Amen. Excellent explanation. 16:20 Pastor Lomacang? Yeah. 16:21 My question is for Pastor John. 16:24 "Jesus left us an example for us to follow, 16:26 because He is our example. 16:28 My question is now that 16:30 we are encountering this difficult situation 16:32 with this virus, 16:34 is it okay for each member to buy their own bread 16:37 and wine which is grape juice, and be in their home, 16:41 and the pastor is at his home 16:44 and conduct the communion service. 16:46 If yes, what about the foot washing? 16:48 Okay now, this one is a beautiful. 16:51 I mean that's very, very creative 16:53 and I appreciate your creativity. 16:56 One of the things we did in our church 16:57 we've had communion service during COVID, 16:59 but we did not do the foot washing service 17:01 because of the fact that social distancing is impossible 17:05 from holding your foot. 17:07 All right, that's the obvious answer. 17:09 There may... 17:11 There are a lot of people that are very perturbed 17:13 and thrown off schedule 17:15 by the fact that they can't go to church. 17:16 This is an ordinance of specificity 17:19 and the fellowship aspects of this here is 17:21 as important as the ordinance itself. 17:24 Now, the conditions under which we say that 17:27 you're in your home and you have communion 17:29 is when a person is sick and shut in. 17:32 Well now under COVID, 17:33 they may not be sick, but they are shut in. 17:36 So there is no injunction against it, 17:39 and there is no instruction to do it that way either. 17:42 The only instruction we have in the Bible is 17:44 as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, 17:47 you do show the Lord's death till He comes. 17:50 If your pastor decided to get creative and said, 17:53 "Tomorrow, I mean on Friday, stop by the church, 17:56 we'll give you a prepackaged communion cup, 17:58 prepackaged unfermented wine and unleavened bread, 18:03 and tomorrow we're gonna have a Zoom communion." 18:05 I don't see that God is going to say, 18:07 you know what? 18:08 You guys just violated the principles 18:10 of the communion service 18:11 because I think the spirit of it 18:13 is we want to have communion fellowship. 18:17 We want to still be able to enjoy 18:18 these sacred sacraments 18:21 that God established 18:22 to recommit ourselves to Christ, 18:24 and thereby strengthen our fellowship 18:27 one with another, 18:29 and our recommitment one to Christ. 18:31 So creativity is acceptable, 18:33 and I don't think that 18:34 God is going to turn His back and say, 18:35 well, guys you forgot the foot washing, 18:38 it doesn't count. 18:39 We're gonna put off foot washing back 18:41 when circumstances allow. 18:43 Amen. Amen. Thank you for that. 18:45 Now perhaps you're just now joining us 18:48 and you want to send in your questions, 18:51 please text them to 618-228-3975, 18:56 or you can send an email to BibleQA@3abn.org 19:02 and we'd be happy to answer those for you. 19:04 Shelley, 19:06 "What are ways 19:07 that I can build my relationship with God?" 19:10 This comes from Diane. 19:11 Oh, Diane, what a wonderful question 19:13 and I'm gonna give you seven quick ways. 19:15 One, pray daily to be filled with the Holy Spirit. 19:19 We see in Ephesians 3:16-19, that we are, 19:23 "When the Holy Spirit is in us, 19:25 we're strengthened with the power of God, 19:27 and we can understand the love of God 19:30 and we can only love Him because He first loved us." 19:34 Secondly, pray daily for a divine awareness 19:39 of God's presence. 19:40 He said in Hebrews 13:5, 19:42 "I never leave you or forsake you." 19:45 But some people forget that 19:46 He's with them every moment of the day. 19:51 Third, communicate with the Lord, 19:53 communication is the relationship. 19:56 Let God speak to you through His Word, 20:01 you read the Word. 20:02 And Hebrews 1:3 says that, 20:04 "He sustains and upholds all things by His word." 20:09 But then you speak to God through prayer, 20:12 and it's something that I suggest that 20:14 you return God's word to Him in prayer. 20:17 Look at His promises and say, 20:19 "Oh, thank you, Lord, 20:21 that I'm a new creation in Christ Jesus." 20:23 It helps you, 20:25 come to understand your new identity in Him, 20:28 as you pray the word back to Him. 20:30 Number four, be loyal to God, 20:34 put His Word into practice. 20:37 What am I talking about? Obedience. 20:40 Number five, abide in Christ, Jesus said in John 15:5, 20:45 "Apart from Me you can do nothing." 20:49 So learn to depend totally on His power, His wisdom 20:54 and His ability to save you. 20:58 Six, join a church of likeminded believers. 21:04 And number seven, get involved in Christian service, 21:08 so you can share Jesus and His love with others. 21:12 Amen. I love that, be loyal to God. 21:14 I love that point, excellent. 21:17 Pastor Day, we're coming to you 21:19 and you'll have three minutes to answer this question. 21:22 "Are there deciphers of speaking in tongues. 21:25 Meaning, are there people that can interpret 21:28 what is being said?" 21:29 Amen, I think that's a great question. 21:31 Certainly something that needs to be clarified 21:33 and we're going to try to do that right now 21:34 in the time given. 21:36 First of all, let's identify what tongues is, okay? 21:38 There is... 21:39 Tongues are simply means languages, 21:41 when you hear somebody 21:42 it's old English word for languages 21:43 so you know, you have, you speak in a foreign tongue 21:45 you might hear someone say, 21:47 talking about a foreign language. 21:48 So, speaking in tongues, 21:50 referring to the gift of speaking in tongues by God, 21:53 of course, is the ability to supernaturally in this case, 21:56 says the Bible gives evidence 21:58 and gives witness to three different occasions. 22:00 Acts Chapter 2, Acts Chapter 10, 22:02 Acts Chapter 19, 22:04 in which someone 22:05 was supernaturally given the ability 22:06 to speak in a tongue that was easily understood 22:10 by the hearers around them or someone within the distance, 22:13 hearing distance could understand them. 22:16 So that being said, 22:17 I want to kind of actually make something very clear here 22:19 because this is huge. 22:21 There is a gift of interpretation 22:24 and there's a gift of speaking in tongues. 22:25 They're two separate gifts, 22:27 and never do we find evidence in Scripture 22:29 where those two gifts are used at the same time, 22:32 interlocked with each other. 22:34 Let me give an example. 22:35 I grew up and was raised 22:36 in the Apostolic Pentecostal churches 22:39 where someone would get up and they would speak 22:41 in some type of babbling tongue, 22:44 something that no one in the room could understand 22:46 and then moments later, someone else would stand up 22:48 and they would say thus saith the Lord, 22:50 and they would give an interpretation 22:52 and claim that God had given them 22:53 that interpretation. 22:54 We don't see that in the Bible, 22:56 in every single instance Acts 2, Acts 10, Acts 19. 22:59 When God gives the supernatural ability 23:02 for someone to speak in a tongue, 23:04 it is heard and understood by someone else 23:07 within distance of them, 23:08 and there's no need for an interpretation, okay? 23:11 So in that case if someone has been truly given 23:13 the gift of tongues by God, 23:15 there's going to be no need for an interpreter 23:16 because the listeners are going to understand it. 23:19 However, there is the gift of interpretation 23:22 and that means that someone else, 23:23 let's say Pastor Lomacang started speaking in Hindi. 23:27 And, you know, they didn't know Hindi 23:29 but I knew Hindi and God gives me the ability 23:31 to interpret that, 23:33 that's the gift of interpretation, 23:34 so never do we see the gift of tongues 23:37 and interpretation 23:38 exercised together or used together 23:40 because it's redundant, it's kind of unnecessary, 23:43 either he's gonna give the gift of tongues 23:45 for the purpose of communicating the gospel 23:47 to someone in their native tongue, 23:49 or He's going to give someone the gift of interpretation, 23:52 so that they can interpret to two people 23:55 who don't speak the same language 23:57 for the purpose of communicating the gospel. 23:59 I love Acts Chapter 2 there because Acts 2:8, it says, 24:03 "And how is it that we hear each one in our own language 24:07 in which we were born?" 24:08 That was the day that God poured out 24:10 the gift of the Holy Spirit 24:11 for the purpose of communicating the gospel 24:13 and He used the gift of tongues, 24:15 but there's no mention of an interpreter 24:17 there in Acts Chapter 2, 24:18 just like there's not in Acts Chapter 10 24:21 when, with Cornelius's house 24:22 and they're certainly not with the 12 Ephesians disciples 24:24 in Acts Chapter 19. 24:26 So, yes it is a real gift, but they're not used together, 24:30 it's two separate gifts. 24:31 Amen. Amen. 24:33 Pastor Lomacang. 24:34 "Will the Bible still lists recorded sins in heaven? 24:38 All the sins of the past will be erased, 24:40 but will we be able to still read about sins 24:44 made by characters in the Bible? 24:46 I feel bad if we can always read about David's 24:50 and Peter's embarrassing sins 24:52 while every other Christian gets their sins deleted." 24:55 This comes from Derek out of Minneapolis. 24:58 Thank you, Derek, for that question. 24:59 I don't want to be little 25:01 but I want to just say thank the Lord 25:02 that he has a delete button, and from the Bible... 25:06 Bible ensures us. 25:08 I know someone here, a good friend of ours said, 25:10 one of the reasons I want to be saved 25:12 because I want anybody to read about what I used to do. 25:15 And so let me give me encouragement. 25:17 Let me walk you through four scriptures 25:19 that will give us the assurance 25:20 that there's not going to be some... 25:22 Can I, can I, can I, could you have Ryan Day's file. 25:26 I know he's up here, 25:28 but I just want to see what he used to do 25:30 before he met you, 25:31 that's not gonna be the case in heaven. 25:33 Praise the Lord, Ryan. Amen to that, brother. 25:35 1 John 1-9, the Bible says, 25:36 "If we confess our sins, 25:38 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 25:42 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 25:45 When I wash my car and cleanse it. 25:47 You won't find any soap on it because it's been cleansed. 25:49 Acts 3:19, 25:51 "Repent therefore and be converted, get this, 25:53 that your sins may be blotted out." 25:56 If you spill juice on my rug and I had to clean, 25:58 you don't see the juice any longer. 25:59 That's what blotting out means. 26:01 So the times of refreshing 26:02 may come from the presence of the Lord. 26:05 Micah 7:19, 26:07 "He will again have compassion on us, 26:10 and will subdue our iniquities. 26:13 He will cast our sins into the depths of the sea." 26:17 Hallelujah. 26:18 And I add, "And put out a no fishing sign." 26:20 Hey, Hallelujah. 26:22 Finally, Isaiah 65:17, 26:25 "For behold, 26:27 I create new heavens and the new earth, 26:29 and the former things shall not be remembered 26:33 nor come to mind." 26:35 What did you do on earth? 26:37 I don't remember. 26:39 What did Ryan do on earth? I don't remember. 26:41 It will not be remembered nor even come to mind. 26:44 Hallelujah. Why? 26:46 There'll be no more sorrow, no more death, no more crying, 26:49 neither shall there be any more pain. 26:50 In Nahum 1:9, 26:52 "Affliction will not rise up a second time." 26:55 Amen. So don't worry about it. 26:56 Praise the Lord. 26:58 Accept Christ, you'll be in the clear. 26:59 Praise God. I'm looking forward to that day. 27:01 Amen. It better come soon enough. 27:03 Shelley, "How significant is baptism?" 27:06 Whoa! Okay. 27:08 Christ gave only two ordinances to the church. 27:11 The Lord's Supper 27:12 which acknowledges the death of Christ, 27:14 and baptism which acknowledges His burial 27:18 and resurrection. 27:20 Together, they depict 27:23 and tell the story of Christ atoning work for His people. 27:28 In Matthew 28:18-20, 27:32 Jesus we call is the Great Commission, 27:35 but He commanded His disciples, He said, 27:38 "Go and make disciples in all the nations." 27:42 And He said, 27:43 "Baptizing them in the name of the Father 27:45 and the Son and the Holy Spirit." 27:48 Baptism is a crucial act of obedience. 27:54 If you go to Romans 6, read this tonight, 27:56 Romans 6:3-6. 27:58 You see what baptism is all about. 28:01 Baptism is like the dead, the burial, 28:03 the resurrection of Jesus. 28:05 And so, as Christians, it's an outward visible sign 28:09 of an inward work that God has been doing in us. 28:13 It is a public confession of our faith in Jesus Christ, 28:18 that we have accepted salvation by grace 28:21 that we trust in His forgiveness, 28:23 that the penalty has been paid. 28:25 As we are fully buried in the water, 28:29 we are burying our past, if you will, 28:32 and we come up in resurrection of new life 28:37 to walk in that newness of life, 28:40 empowered by the Spirit. 28:42 Baptism is crucial. 28:45 It is the sign of the New Covenant, 28:49 that we have a circumcised heart. 28:53 Now, the thief on the cross couldn't be baptized. 28:57 But if you are a Christian, and you have accepted Christ, 29:01 you should seek 29:02 the very first opportunity possible 29:05 to be baptized. 29:06 Amen. Amen. 29:08 And I'm glad that you touched on the thief on the cross too 29:10 because that question comes up a lot as well. 29:13 Pastor Day, Leviticus 3:17, 29:16 "If we do eat meat, 29:18 should we not eat rare meat or bloody meat or fat? 29:23 Absolutely. 29:25 And then that Leviticus 3:17 makes that very, very clear 29:29 as far as the blood aspect of things, 29:31 it makes it very clear, 29:33 in fact, I'll just read it here, 29:34 Leviticus 3:17 says, 29:35 "This shall be a perpetual statute 29:37 throughout your generations 29:38 in all your dwellings 29:40 that you shall eat neither fat nor blood." 29:42 So it covers both of them there very, very clearly. 29:45 And so, yeah when you have those certain meats 29:47 where people, I mean they choose 29:49 the bloodiest part of the animal 29:50 and then they don't put it through its proper processes 29:53 and trying to get rid of that blood and that fat, 29:55 but rather some people just 29:56 throw it on a grill or throw it in a pan 29:58 and they'll sear it, 29:59 and then in the middle of it, 30:00 it's just drenching and blood and it's marbled in fat. 30:02 We have to be very careful 30:04 because the Bible makes it very clear that 30:05 God, there's these, there's a certain meaning 30:08 behind these things. 30:10 For instance, let's considered the blood for a moment. 30:11 Leviticus 17:11 tells us, 30:14 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, 30:16 and I have given it to you upon the altar, 30:19 notice, not for food but upon the altar, 30:21 to make atonement for your souls 30:23 for it is the blood 30:24 that makes atonement for your soul." 30:26 So that was to be offered as an offering for atonement, 30:29 not necessarily for you to ingest or to digest. 30:32 Also Leviticus 4:35 referring to the fat, okay? 30:36 It says, 30:38 "He shall remove all its fat 30:39 as the fat of the lamb 30:41 is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. 30:43 Then the priest shall burn it up on the altar, 30:45 according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. 30:47 So the priest shall make atonement for his sin, 30:51 that has that he has committed and it shall be forgiven him." 30:55 And, of course, tie that to Leviticus 16:25, which says, 30:58 "The fat of the sin offering he shall burn up on the altar. 31:02 So this was a sin offering, it's representative of sin, 31:05 and of course, these are things that, again, Leviticus 3:17, 31:08 I believe is very, very clear. 31:10 And so when we make our food choices, 31:12 if you are a meat eater 31:14 and you do choose to eat even those clean meats 31:16 that God has said is permissible for you to eat, 31:19 then in that case make sure you're choosing 31:21 and properly preparing these things 31:23 to where you're not consuming the blood, or the fat 31:26 of that animal. 31:27 Amen. Thank you. 31:29 Pastor Lomacang, 31:31 "Is it possible 31:32 that even though the Bible 31:33 does not seem to indicate for sure 31:35 that Joseph and Mary could have had another child 31:38 or children after Jesus?" 31:41 And then it said, 31:43 "Air hugs to pastor Lomacang knows who I am." 31:46 This is Rhonda from Minnesota. 31:48 How you doing, Rhonda really? 31:49 I have a few Rhonda in our lives from churches 31:52 and even when I was in the Heritage Singers, 31:53 so I got to figure out which one that is, 31:55 but praise the Lord, 31:57 you know, let me just go and begin 31:59 with the obvious answer 32:00 Joseph was not a natural father of Jesus. 32:03 The Bible makes it very, very clear. 32:05 It says Matthew 1:21, 32:07 "She will bring forth a son 32:09 and you shall call His name Jesus, 32:12 for He will save His people from their sins." 32:14 But it also says Matthew 1:18, 32:18 "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows 32:21 after his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, 32:24 that's engage, a little more advance than engage, 32:27 before they came together, 32:28 before they had sexual relation, 32:29 she was found with child of the Holy Spirit." 32:32 So Joseph is not the natural father of Jesus. 32:36 And the Bible made it clear in Matthew 1:24, 32:39 that verse 25 He did not know her 32:41 until she brought forth her firstborn son. 32:45 Now the reason why it says firstborn, 32:47 it would have said only son, 32:49 but first one is significant 32:50 because you find Jesus did have siblings. 32:52 Let me go ahead and give you some examples. 32:54 Mark 6:3, the Bible says, 32:58 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, 33:02 the brother of James, Joses, 33:05 and of Judah, and Simon. 33:07 It mentions four brothers but it didn't stop, 33:10 and are not His sisters here with us." 33:14 So it says that Jesus had James, Joses, Judah, 33:19 some translations say Judas, 33:21 but it's in fact that's Jude and Simon, 33:24 so it mentions four brothers. 33:26 Let's go to Galatians 1:19, 33:29 Paul the Apostle also makes this connection 33:32 that Jesus was not an only child. 33:34 It says, 33:36 "But I saw no, I saw none of the other apostles, 33:40 except James, the Lord's brother." 33:44 So clearly, and then we find Jude 1. 33:46 It says, 33:47 "Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, 33:52 and brother of James." 33:54 So James is his brother, 33:56 Jesus Christ is his brother also. 33:58 And finally, Acts 1:14, it says, 34:01 "All these continued with one accord in prayer 34:04 and supplication, with them, with a woman, 34:07 and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers." 34:13 So the Bible makes it very, very clear. 34:15 So here's the siblings of Jesus. 34:17 James, Joses, Simon, Judah, also known as Jude, 34:22 and at least two sisters, so He did have siblings. 34:26 Amen. Amen. Amen. 34:29 Shelley, we're coming to you on this one. 34:31 This is precious. 34:33 "I'm 12 years old, and I love reading my Bible. 34:36 Praise God. 34:37 But I noticed Jesus always says He's coming back, 34:40 but it's been centuries. 34:42 I believe in Christ 100%, but if He's coming back, 34:45 why hasn't He?" 34:47 This comes from Daisy. 34:48 Oh, darling, Daisy, I am so proud of you, honey. 34:51 In 2 Peter 3:8, 34:54 the Bible says that a thousand years 34:57 is like a day to the Lord. 34:59 You know God is perfect in wisdom and knowledge, 35:02 and we got to trust His timing. 35:05 Did you know that 35:07 when Adam and Eve were in the garden, 35:10 God announced that the Messiah would be coming? 35:13 And look how long it took for the Messiah, 35:17 Jesus Christ to arrive. 35:20 It took thousands of years, 35:22 and even His arrival time was prophesied. 35:27 Daniel 9:24-25, we knew exactly when He was coming. 35:33 But the Apostle Paul says it this way in Galatians 4-4. 35:38 He said, "In the fullness of time." 35:42 What that means, Daisy, 35:44 is that God has a perfect timing. 35:47 He knew exactly when Jesus should come. 35:49 He knew when the world would be ready 35:53 to hear Him 35:54 and now He's waiting for the fullness of time 35:57 for His second coming. 35:58 What's God waiting for? 36:00 Matthew 24:14, 36:02 "God's waiting for the gospel to go to all the world." 36:05 2 Peter 3:9 says that, 36:08 "God is waiting patiently for people to repent. 36:12 He doesn't want anyone to perish." 36:14 In John 13:35, it says that, 36:18 "God is waiting for Christians 36:21 to be known by their love that 36:23 they're supposed to be loving everyone." 36:26 And Matthew 24:36 says that, 36:30 "We're waiting for God's perfect time 36:32 to be fulfilled." 36:33 Jesus said, 36:34 "Of that day and hour, no one knows, 36:36 not even the angels in heaven, but my Father only." 36:41 But Hebrews 7:25 tells us that, 36:44 "While Jesus is waiting. 36:46 He's not just sitting by, Daisy. 36:49 It says that, 36:50 "He is interceding, He is praying for you, 36:53 and He is able to save you completely." 36:56 And then one day He's gonna stand up and say, 36:59 "Behold, I come quickly." 37:01 Amen. Amen. Well said. 37:03 Praise God for that intercession. 37:05 Amen. 37:07 Pastor Day, 37:08 "Should we have communion once a year 37:09 at Passover as Christ did, 37:11 or should we have it as often as we feel?" 37:13 This comes from Veronica out of Tampa. 37:15 Yeah, that's a great question, Veronica. 37:17 I actually want to give you two answers 37:20 to the two parts of your question. 37:22 The first answer would be, "No" to the Passover 37:25 and "Yes" to as often as Christ said, 37:27 "As often as you do it, 37:28 do it in remembrance of Me." 37:30 Let's go back to the Passover point. 37:31 Any Christian, again, 37:33 that professes Christ as their Savior. 37:35 If that person is doing or taking communion 37:40 in connection with Passover, 37:42 then they're kind of shooting themselves in the foot per se, 37:44 because you're pretty much denying 37:46 the work that Christ has done, 37:48 in the sense that you're acknowledging Passover 37:50 which Christ has already fulfilled. 37:52 You know, the fact that 37:54 the Passover date still exists every year 37:57 that's according to the Jewish Orthodox religious calendar, 38:00 and the fact that that Jewish Orthodox religious calendar 38:02 even exists is a witness to the fact that 38:05 that entire nation, 38:07 that series of Jewish Orthodox religion, 38:09 we're talking about that original Judaistic religion, 38:12 they deny Jesus Christ as Messiah, 38:14 they deny Jesus Christ as the Son of God. 38:16 And so in that case if you are keeping up 38:18 with that Jewish religious calendar to do it 38:21 as you think you're doing it in following Christ's example. 38:24 You have to remember, 38:25 Christ did it because 38:26 He had not yet fulfilled it all. 38:28 He had not yet went to the cross 38:29 as that Passover lamb, 38:31 but if you're going to keep Passover 38:32 according to the way it should be, 38:34 you have to have the lamb, you'd have to shed blood. 38:36 And, of course, Jesus Christ as John the Baptist said 38:39 when Jesus was coming in John 1:29, 38:42 "Behold the Lamb of God 38:43 who takes away the sin of the world." 38:44 Jesus has already fulfilled that. 38:47 Even the great Jewish historian Josephus 38:50 records in his writings that when Christ died on the cross, 38:53 that when that veil was rent in the temple, 38:56 that the high priest that Caiaphas came out screaming, 38:58 "Ichabod Ichabod, 39:00 the glory of the Lord had left the temple." 39:01 He had dropped the knife and the lamb escape 39:04 because Jesus Christ was that sacrifice 39:07 so no, do not keep or take communion 39:09 in honor or in connection with Passover 39:12 because that's kind of redundant 39:13 and unnecessary. 39:14 Christ has fulfilled that He is our lamb, 39:17 and, yes, you should do it 39:18 in accordance with 1 Corinthians 11, 39:20 as Pastor mentioned earlier, verse 25 and 26, 39:23 "As often as you do it, do it in remembrance of Jesus." 39:26 Amen. Thank you Pastor Day. 39:28 Pastor Lomacang, 39:29 "Was Leah, the wife, chosen by God for Jacob, 39:33 or was it Rachel? 39:35 I know polygamy was not sanctioned by God, 39:37 even though he allowed it. 39:39 Without Leah, we wouldn't have Judah, 39:42 in which tribe Jesus came through." 39:44 This comes from Judine from Jamaica. 39:48 I like this question, Judine, for I'm in a similar situation, 39:54 I was born out of wedlock. 39:56 But look at me today, 39:58 and I want to make this point by going on and saying, 40:01 it shows, and I'm going to give you the lineage. 40:04 I'm going to give a talk about where the children came from, 40:06 who the woman was, 40:07 it shows that God still works in spite of our choices, 40:12 not in support of our choices. 40:14 Hallelujah. 40:15 And this is something that we have to keep in mind 40:18 while God does not support polygamy, 40:20 you go back and you see, 40:22 by the time of Lamech 40:23 polygamy began to enter into the world, 40:25 and it was highly practiced. 40:27 One of the biggest transgressors 40:30 in that area was Solomon. 40:32 He loved many strange women. 40:35 What a life, 40:36 but the Lord 40:38 while He did not honor polygamy 40:40 He honored every child that Jacob had. 40:45 Let's look at how many children he had, 40:47 and from whom they came. 40:50 We know that Rachel had a difficulty bearing a child, 40:53 and she was without child. 40:58 Leah was not that attractive but the Lord looked upon her, 41:02 and opened her wound, and she bore six, 41:05 she bore Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 41:10 Issachar and Zebulun, six children. 41:13 Then Zilpah, 41:15 which is Leah's maid Gad, and Asher. 41:19 Then Bilhah, Dan and Naphtali, 41:24 and then Rachel finally had two sons, 41:26 which is Joseph and Benjamin. 41:30 Benjamin unfortunately was the last one. 41:33 He was called Benoni. 41:36 She named him Benoni, before she died. 41:39 But Jacob called him Benjamin. 41:41 So, four women, 12 sons. 41:45 Once again, God did not support the method, 41:48 but God chose and supported the children. 41:51 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. 41:53 Thank you, great, great saying. 41:55 We are entering into our bonus round, 41:59 so I will throw out some questions 42:01 and whoever chooses to answer may do so. 42:04 "Where are we in terms of the seals?" 42:07 This comes from Diane. 42:11 Go ahead. 42:12 Well, I'll give what I've have studied 42:14 and what I understand 42:15 as being and of course pastor can clean it up 42:17 and correct me if on anything that I may miss, miss, 42:19 please speak on. 42:21 I personally after studying the seals through 42:22 because we did a few years ago we done. 42:25 I think it was a couple of years ago 42:26 we did whole Sabbath School lesson 42:27 on the Book of Revelation. 42:29 And I believe we're in that transitioning period 42:31 soon from the fifth seal into the sixth seal, 42:34 and when you get to the sixth seal 42:36 and you read the contents of it, 42:37 it clearly within the context of this coming of Christ. 42:40 For instance, if you read there, 42:41 it talks about these cosmic disturbances, 42:43 I looked in... 42:45 This is Revelation Chapter 6, I apologize for that. 42:47 Revelation Chapter 6 beginning with verse 12, 42:50 so, again, that fifth seal 42:51 as you see the souls on the altar 42:53 crying out for justice, 42:54 God, you know, bring justice to us 42:57 and He says sleep a little longer. 42:59 But then as it's transitioning into the sixth seal, 43:02 look what happens in verse 12, it says, 43:03 "I looked when he opened the sixth seal 43:05 and behold there was a great earthquake 43:07 and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, 43:09 and the moon became like blood 43:11 and the stars of heaven fell from the earth 43:13 as a fig tree drops its late figs 43:15 when it is shaken by a mighty wind." 43:18 Then, okay, we'll stop there for a moment 43:19 so all of that, some people look 43:21 and they compare that to Matthew 24 43:23 and they say, oh, that's the same thing 43:24 that happened back, 43:26 you know, during that Dark Ages time period 43:27 after we were transitioning out of the Dark Ages, 43:29 you know, before the 1844 time period, 43:32 and that indeed did happen. 43:33 We did have see the moon turn as blood and the sun 43:35 didn't give its light and the stars fall from heaven, 43:37 but in this instance 43:39 I believe this is within the context 43:40 of the very last events 43:42 prior to the Second Coming of Jesus. 43:43 I believe we're gonna see these things happen 43:45 once again on a very large global scale. 43:48 And so when you get to verse 14, 43:49 notice what happens immediately following these events. 43:52 It says, 43:53 "In the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up 43:55 and every mountain and island 43:56 was moved away out of its place. 43:58 And the kings of the earth and the great men, 43:59 the rich men and the commanders, 44:01 the mighty men, 44:02 every slave and every free man hid themselves in the caves, 44:05 and in the rocks of the mountains." 44:07 I believe this was during that great Revelation 16 time period 44:11 when those plagues are being poured out. 44:13 But then notice what also happens it says, 44:15 "And said to the mountains and the rocks, 44:17 'Fall on us the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, 44:20 fall on us and hide us from the face of Him 44:22 who sits on the throne 44:23 and from the wrath of the Lamb." 44:25 That wrath of the Lamb, 44:26 that is the Revelation 16 plagues. 44:28 Now verse 17, 44:29 "For the great day of His wrath, 44:31 notice, has come, and who is able to stand." 44:34 I believe this is approaching, 44:36 this is approaching that time period 44:38 right before the Second Coming of Christ. 44:40 This is during that time 44:41 when the wrath of God is being poured out 44:43 from those seven vials in Revelation Chapter 16 44:46 and the sky is receding as a scroll 44:49 because Christ is about to return. 44:52 Amen. Wonderful, wonderful. 44:54 Anybody want to add to that? 44:56 I just wanted to go back real quickly 44:57 and add a text to what I talked about 44:59 all those sons of Jacob. 45:01 Romans 8:28, 45:03 "We know that all things work together for good 45:04 to those who love God 45:06 and are called according to His purpose." 45:07 Jacob surely was a call according to God's purpose, 45:10 definitely. 45:12 Amen. Yeah. 45:13 I just want to add one too 45:15 because we were talking about those 45:16 who are running and hiding. 45:18 But in Isaiah 25:9, it says, 45:23 "And it will be said in that day, 45:24 these are the believers in the Lord, 45:27 even though some are running and hiding." 45:29 What we're going to be saying is, 45:31 "Behold, this is our God. 45:35 We have waited for Him, and He will save us. 45:40 This is the Lord." 45:42 So that is precious to me too. 45:45 Amen. Amen. 45:47 "Why does God choose to heal some people but not others?" 45:50 This comes from Carla, out of Michigan. 45:53 Sovereignty, 45:54 that's something we can't question 45:56 God's sovereignty. 45:58 You know, He says in James, 45:59 "If anyone among you is sick, let him call for the elders, 46:01 let them pray over him, 46:03 and the prayer of faith will save the sick 46:05 and if he has committed any sins, 46:07 He will raise him, He would forgive him 46:09 and raise him up at the last day." 46:10 I always like what Mollie said 46:12 and Mollie is resting in Jesus now. 46:14 Mollie was a lady who we all respected, highly, 46:18 she had a lot of Mollie-isms 46:19 and she had cancer and she said, 46:21 "Well, God is going to heal me, one way or another, 46:25 either now or in the resurrections." 46:26 That's right. 46:28 And there are some people that God lays to rest 46:29 for a particular reason. 46:31 But I want to read Isaiah 57:1-2, 46:35 and I wanna read this in the NIV. 46:37 This is a passage 46:39 that a lot of people don't really take into consideration. 46:42 Isaiah 57, 46:43 and this is something that comes 46:45 because of God's merciful heart, 46:47 and I'm reading this in the NIV for a particular reason 46:50 because I love the way it says it 46:52 whether you support that translation or not. 46:55 This is Isaiah 57:1, 46:57 "The righteous perish 46:58 and no one ponders in His heart, 47:00 devout men are taken away, 47:02 and no one understands 47:04 that the righteous are taken away 47:06 to be spared from evil." 47:10 There are some people that are not ready physically 47:13 to handle what's coming down the road. 47:14 That's right. 47:15 And you know we don't have a clue, 47:17 but we do know that it's going to be a time of trouble 47:18 such as never was. 47:20 And for those who God knows in His sovereignty 47:22 are not able to handle that, 47:24 even if it was 100 years ago, 47:26 God sees the end from the beginning, 47:28 and sometimes God's mercy means 47:30 I'm gonna laid to rest now 47:32 like He did for my brother's wife 47:34 when she died at 34 years old. 47:36 She came back to life, 47:37 literally after being declared dead for 15 minutes 47:40 and she said, as everybody was crying, 47:42 why didn't God heal you and she told my brother, 47:45 "God allow me to be laid to rest now 47:47 so that I would not go back out in the world, 47:49 I'll see you in the morning." 47:50 Amen. 47:52 So verse 2 says of Isaiah 57, 47:55 "Those who walk uprightly enter into peace. 47:58 They find rest, as they lie in death." 48:01 So God is sovereign. 48:04 One day there's gonna be no more death until then, 48:06 only God understands how this whole thing works. 48:08 Amen. Amen. 48:09 I'd like to just add something to that 48:12 that takes it a little bit different direction. 48:14 It totally agrees with what you're saying 48:16 but you know there are people who say, if you're not healed, 48:20 you don't have enough faith, it has nothing to do with that. 48:24 You'll recall in the Book of Acts, 48:26 that God used Paul 48:29 in such an amazing way to heal 48:33 that even he had a little hanky. 48:36 And he touched it, and they took it out, 48:38 and it would heal people. 48:40 So Paul, people say, 48:42 "Oh, Paul had the gift of healing." 48:44 Listen to this. 48:45 Paul is writing in 2 Timothy Chapter 20, 48:50 he's finishing, I mean, 2 Timothy 4:20, 48:55 he's finishing up his letter to Timothy 48:57 saying greet so and so. 48:59 But then listen to what he says, 49:01 "Erastus stayed in Corinth, 49:04 but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick." 49:10 So, just, you know, the Apostle Paul 49:14 who was used for healing. 49:16 And you know he prayed for this work for Trophimus 49:21 to be healed 49:22 yet as you said, God's sovereign will, 49:26 for some reason, Trophimus wasn't heal. 49:30 We have to trust that 49:31 God knows the end from the beginning 49:34 and just trust. 49:35 Sure, I just want to add to that, 49:37 you know, again, just kind of a third element, 49:38 and that is you know sometimes the Lord cannot heal a person 49:43 because of their own rebellious choices in lifestyle. 49:46 Let me give you, for example, 49:48 there I've met many people 49:50 who have heard the truth in regards to 49:52 what God has declared to be clean and unclean, 49:54 and yet they still say, well, 49:56 you know I know that God says that 49:57 you know, eating swine meat is not good, 49:59 but I'm not going to give up my bacon. 50:02 I'm certainly not trying to pass judgment 50:04 but with that type of rebellious attitude, 50:05 there are some people 50:07 that still will call out on the Lord 50:08 and say, Lord save me, heal me, 50:09 but still continue to by choice live in that rebellious state 50:13 un-repented and unchanged. 50:15 And that's where I believe, 50:16 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 comes and it says, 50:20 "Do you not know that you are the temple of God, 50:21 that the Spirit of God dwells in you. 50:23 If anyone defiles the temple of God, 50:25 God will destroy him for the temple of God is holy, 50:28 which temple you are." 50:30 I got to add something to this 'cause this is too good. 50:33 I was at... 50:34 I was speaking at this big church, 50:36 big meeting, 50:38 and a woman came up to me 50:39 and wanted me to pray for her for healing. 50:41 Boy, I was praying for her healing, 50:44 I'm claiming God's promises over her, 50:47 and all of a sudden, there's still small voice, 50:49 the Lord impresses this thought upon my mind, 50:51 who is this that darkens my counsel 50:53 with words without wisdom. 50:55 You talk about, shut your mouth. 50:57 I shut my mouth. 50:58 And then God said, "Ask her if she's smoking." 51:01 She was asking to be healed from lung cancer 51:04 and I looked at her and I said, 51:05 "Sister, do you smoke? 51:07 And she said, "Two packs a day." 51:08 And I said, 51:10 "God can't heal you, 51:11 while you are trying to kill yourself." 51:15 That's right. Wow. 51:16 Have to work in harmony with the Lord. 51:18 Wow. Yeah. 51:19 Yes. Absolutely, Yeah. Have to work in harmony. 51:20 There's another one but on the other side. 51:22 Yes, absolutely. 51:23 Yeah, I've got another question. 51:25 Well actually, we've got another few questions 51:26 but we'll try and get it in. 51:27 Jesus at age 12, that one. 51:29 Yes, yes. 51:30 Looking forward to getting there. 51:32 This time is flying by. 51:34 That's right. 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