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00:02 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 00:28 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, and welcome to another 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:18 We're so glad that you have joined us today. 01:20 You know, we look forward to spending this time 01:22 with you each week studying the Word of God in depth. 01:26 Thank you for your prayers 01:27 and financial support for the ministry, 01:29 for your ministry, 3ABN. 01:31 And we just have to tell you again, 01:33 thank you for those prayers 01:34 because it makes an incredible difference. 01:36 You know, this Ministry of 3ABN is a miracle. 01:39 Thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:40 we've been in existence now this year, 37 years, 01:44 but He's using you as a vessel 01:47 that He can pour through to bless 01:49 the Ministry of 3ABN 01:50 through your prayers, financial support. 01:51 And this gospel of the kingdom 01:53 goes around the world 24 hours a day, 01:56 seven days a week, 365 days a year. 02:00 Isn't that incredible? 02:01 Praise the Lord for His miracles 02:03 and just thank you for being a part of our family. 02:07 You know, I know many of you we've met from time to time, 02:09 maybe camp meetings, rallies, things like that. 02:11 Some of you we may never meet face to face. 02:14 But if we're all faithful, we'll meet in heaven someday, 02:17 and I believe very, very soon. 02:19 But I want to say thank you for sending in your questions 02:22 and comments to this program. 02:23 It's a lot of fun to get your questions. 02:26 We know that you are students of the Word of God. 02:29 And I wanna encourage you today, 02:30 it's easy to just sit back and say, 02:31 whoa, that was a great answer by Pastor John. 02:34 Wow, that was really fantastic. But you know what? 02:36 We want you to open the Word of God too 02:38 to study right along with us 02:40 and to grab a pen or paper 02:43 or, you know, what some of you are so techie, 02:46 Pastor John always says he's a gadgetarian. 02:49 Some of you are probably that too. 02:51 And you're just taking notes in your phone or your tablet. 02:54 So we want to encourage you to participate with us today. 02:58 Again, if this is the first time 02:59 for you to join, you can always send your questions, 03:02 comments to us, 03:03 text first at (618)-228-3975. 03:07 Or you can email us at BibleQA@3abn.org. 03:12 And those are ways that you can submit 03:13 your questions to us here. 03:15 This is kind of rapid fire is how it works. 03:17 And we hope today to get maybe 15 to 20 questions 03:20 in and then answer them, 03:22 of course, through the Word of God. 03:24 But before we get started, my name is Greg Morikone. 03:26 Sitting right next to me, is my beautiful wife, Jill. 03:29 So glad to have you with us today. 03:30 Thank you so much. 03:32 It's always a privilege to open up the Word of God 03:33 to study together and to learn. 03:36 We just get to learn more of what God has in His Word, 03:39 and more about who He is Jesus, the Word of God. 03:42 Amen. Absolutely. 03:44 Sitting next to you is Brother Jason Bradley. 03:47 Good to have you here, sir. 03:48 Yes, it's great to be here. 03:49 Looking forward to going over these verses studying 03:52 and answering these questions. 03:54 Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:56 Just a side note, I like that black suit. 03:57 You got it. Thank you. 03:59 Hopefully it looks black till we'd be on. 04:01 Yeah, it does. 04:03 And sitting next to you is Pastor John Lomacang. 04:05 We appreciate you and your just, 04:08 your steadfastness to the Word of God 04:11 to stand for principle, no matter what. 04:13 And that means a lot to us, 04:14 so thank you for your mentorship 04:16 to us younger folk not saying you're old, 04:17 you're just experienced, Pastor John. 04:19 Thank you so very much for your love for the Lord. 04:22 I'm getting to the place where I'm starting to say 04:25 it's not just numbers any longer. 04:26 Yeah, that's right. 04:28 Actually, you know, like Mark Finley many years ago, he said, 04:30 I'm getting to the point where when I'm on my knees, 04:32 I said what else can I do while I'm down? 04:34 I never forgot that. 04:35 But, Pastor John, though we do get to play 04:37 a little bit in the gym together too. 04:38 Yeah, yeah, you're still in great shape. 04:40 Yeah, I love to play. Yeah. 04:42 That's the key to getting older, 04:44 bodies in motion stay in motion. 04:46 There you go. 04:47 But, you know, the joy of studying God's Word, 04:49 knowing truth is one thing but knowing Jesus 04:51 is something altogether different. 04:52 Amen. Thank you. 04:53 You cannot separate Jesus from the truth. 04:56 And we've had questions 04:57 where people have tried to do that, 04:58 but John 17:3 said, 05:00 "And this is life eternal, that they may know you, 05:03 the only true God and Jesus Christ 05:04 whom You sent." 05:06 So when you know the truth, 05:08 you cannot separate knowing the truth from knowing Christ. 05:11 Amen. It's impossible. 05:12 Well, thank you for sharing that, Pastor. 05:13 And, Jill, I have commented on that too, 05:15 just your sermons at church. 05:16 And just, of course, being around you 05:17 is that you have a vast knowledge of the Bible, 05:19 it's just incredible, 05:20 the gifts that God has given to you. 05:22 But you also know Jesus Christ personally and intimately. 05:24 And that just comes through. 05:26 So thank you for sharing that aspect. 05:27 We want to encourage you at home too. 05:29 It's great to know the scriptures, 05:30 build a debate, so to speak, or to answer these questions. 05:33 But don't forget to make Jesus Christ 05:34 number one in your life. 05:36 Before we open the Word and go to the first question. 05:38 Brother Jason, let's pray and get started. 05:42 Dear Heavenly Father, 05:43 we thank You for the opportunity 05:45 and privilege that we have to study Your Word. 05:48 And, Father, as we answer these questions from Your Word, 05:52 Lord, we ask for Your Holy Spirit 05:54 to lead and guide us and be with the listeners 05:57 and the viewers as well. 05:58 In Jesus' name we pray. 06:00 Amen. 06:01 Thank you, Jason. 06:03 And I'm gonna come to you with the first question. 06:04 Okay? Okay. 06:05 Does it work for you? All right. 06:07 There's no name with this, 06:08 but it's a really good question. 06:10 "What is a true Christian? 06:11 Is it someone who says, 06:13 I believe but does not read the Bible, 06:15 will not go to church, 06:16 will not listen to when you're talking 06:18 to them about Christ." 06:20 So basically, the question is what is a true Christian? 06:22 No, that's not a true Christian. 06:24 A true Christian is someone who has faith 06:27 and diligently seeks God. 06:28 Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith, 06:32 it is impossible to please Him, 06:33 for he who comes to God 06:35 must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder 06:39 of those who diligently seek Him." 06:41 A true Christian is one that loves God. 06:44 John 14:15, says, "If you love Me, 06:48 keep My commandments." 06:50 A true Christian chooses Christ as opposed to carnality 06:54 and reflects the character of Christ. 06:57 Colossians 3:1-5 says, 07:00 "If then you are raised with Christ, 07:02 seek those things 07:04 which are above where Christ is, 07:06 sitting at the right hand of God. 07:08 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth, 07:13 for you died and your life is hidden with Christ and God. 07:16 When Christ who is our life appears, 07:19 then you also will appear with Him in glory. 07:23 Therefore put to death your members 07:25 which are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, 07:27 passions, evil desire, and covetousness, 07:31 which is idolatry." 07:34 Colossians 3:12-16 says, 07:37 "Therefore as the elect of God, 07:39 holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, 07:42 kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, 07:46 bearing with one another and forgiving one another. 07:49 If anyone has a complaint against another, 07:51 even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 07:56 But above all these things put on love, 07:58 which is the bond of perfection 08:01 and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, 08:04 to which also you were called in one body and be thankful." 08:10 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 08:13 And in all wisdom, teaching, 08:15 and admonishing one another in psalms 08:18 and hymns and spiritual songs, 08:20 singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 08:22 And whatever you do in word or deed, 08:25 do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, 08:28 giving thanks to God, the Father through him. 08:32 A true Christian possesses the fruit of the Spirit. 08:36 Galatians 5:22-23, 08:40 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, 08:42 joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, 08:47 faithfulness, gentleness, 08:49 self control, against such there is no law." 08:53 A true Christian not only talks the talk, 08:57 but a true Christian walks the walk. 09:00 Excellent, Jason. Yeah. 09:01 Fantastic. Thank you. 09:03 It's great answer. 09:04 And you know, we cannot do that on our own. 09:06 That's right. Right. 09:07 Ask God, look, I can't do this, but You can, right? 09:10 Praise the Lord. Thank you. 09:11 Good job, Jason. 09:13 Jill, this is a good question. 09:14 No name with it, but it is. 09:16 They're asking, 09:18 "What is an unequally yoked marriage? 09:21 It's a great question. 09:23 I would say aside from accepting Jesus, 09:25 choosing a spouse is the most important decision 09:27 you will ever make. 09:29 Choosing a spouse has eternal consequences. 09:32 For positive I think of Proverbs 27:17, 09:35 "As iron sharpens iron, 09:36 so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend." 09:39 We can lead and encourage each other toward heaven, 09:43 or it can have negative consequences. 09:45 I think of 1 Corinthians 15:33, 09:48 "Do not be deceived, 09:49 evil company corrupts good habits." 09:53 You know, if you read the Old Testament, 09:55 you see this danger of the Israelites, 09:58 the chosen people of God. 10:00 We would call them the Christians uniting 10:03 in marriage with pagan idolaters. 10:05 Especially I see that in Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 13. 10:09 We see how seriously God took marriage, 10:12 and we see the bad consequences of intermarriage 10:15 with a pagan with a believer. 10:18 In 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. 10:22 It says, "Do not be unequally yoked together 10:25 with unbelievers. 10:27 For what fellowship has righteousness 10:29 with unrighteousness? 10:30 What communion has light with darkness? 10:32 What accord has Christ with Belial? 10:35 What part has a believer with an unbeliever? 10:37 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? 10:40 For you are the temple of the living God." 10:43 So we see here an unequally yoked marriage 10:47 is a Christian with a non believer, 10:50 but I would take it even further than that. 10:52 Some people say you need to be part 10:54 of the same denomination. 10:56 And there is truth in that 10:57 because you had the same beliefs, 10:59 and the same values, and the same goals, 11:01 and the same biblical understanding. 11:04 But I would take it even further than that, 11:06 because I could say, well, I'm a Seventh-day Adventist, 11:08 so I will look for a Seventh-day Adventist. 11:10 Just because you're a Seventh-day Adventist 11:12 or you belong to a certain denomination 11:14 does not mean you are a Christian. 11:17 So it is so important 11:19 that when you look for a spouse, 11:21 you look for a spouse with the same biblical values 11:24 that is vitally important, 11:25 but they also need to know Jesus. 11:27 Amen. Excellent. 11:29 Yeah. Excellent point. 11:30 Thank you so much. 11:32 Pastor John, this question comes from Tony. 11:34 They live in New Jersey. 11:36 "Can anyone explain why most Christians believe 11:39 the church will be raptured before the tribulation 11:42 when the Bible states otherwise? 11:44 What scriptures are they reading 11:46 because I haven't found any yet?" 11:48 Well, let me give you a little bit 11:49 of background on it first 11:50 because the rapture theory is something 11:52 that is taken off like a brush fire, 11:53 you know what that does. 11:55 But many Christians believe what they believe 11:56 because of what they've been taught. 11:58 But the rapture theory began with the Roman Catholic Church. 12:01 During the Dark Ages, 12:03 the reformers knew 12:04 that Bible prophecy pointed to papal Rome 12:07 as the system of the Antichrist 12:09 and they were determined to change that. 12:11 So the Roman Catholic leadership commissioned two men 12:14 Francisco Ribera and Luis de Alcazar 12:17 to come up with a prophetic theory 12:19 and they came up with something called preterism and futurism. 12:23 Luis de Alcazar came up with preterism. 12:25 And that is to say, well, 12:26 those prophecies have already been fulfilled before us, 12:29 but no one would buy that. 12:31 So Francisco Ribera came up with futurism. 12:34 And they took Daniel 9:24-27 12:37 that speaks about the 70 weeks prophecy. 12:39 Yes. 12:40 And they took the very last week and said, 12:42 let' s create something called the gap theory, 12:44 it's the doctrine of futurism. 12:46 They said, let's put this all the way down toward the end 12:49 because it pointed to the Antichrist. 12:51 And we knew that that week pointed to Christ. 12:55 So they created something called the gap 12:57 between the 69th and 70th week and separated them 13:01 by more than 1000 years. 13:03 And they said, so that means 13:04 this cannot possibly point to Rome, 13:07 because Rome right now is not a part of that prophecy. 13:10 But it became even more popular 13:12 under the teaching of dispensationalism. 13:16 The pre-tribulation rapture. 13:18 So there's a view called 13:20 pre-tribulation pre-millennialism, 13:23 meaning the belief that Jesus is going to come that Christ 13:26 will come before the tribulation, 13:28 and before the 1000 years, 13:30 but we are post-tribulation, pre-millennialist, 13:34 meaning the Bible teaches that Jesus 13:36 will come after the tribulation before the 1000 years begin. 13:40 But now this, this teaching was later on, 13:43 and it goes through quite a bit of a metamorphosis, 13:46 because many of the church fathers looking at this view, 13:49 knowing that it was not scriptural. 13:50 A man by the name of John N Darby, 13:52 John Nevins Darby. 13:54 He embraced the view 13:55 and his contemporaries in England said, 13:57 "Abandon it, it has no scriptural support." 13:59 But he continued going forth. 14:02 Then later on an America man by the name of Cyrus Ingersoll, 14:05 Ingersoll Scofield picked it up 14:07 the Scofield Chain Reference Bible 14:08 and interwove this belief into that Bible. 14:11 So if you have the Scofield Chain Reference Bible 14:13 is going to teach you about the secret rapture, 14:15 which is not supported by Scripture. 14:17 It became popular in the 1970s by Hal Lindsey, 14:20 further in the contemporary version 14:22 by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins 14:23 in the Left Behind series, 14:25 and they used certain Bible verses 14:27 to support that such as Luke 17:34-37. 14:31 When it says, "Two will be in the field, 14:32 one will be taken, one will be left." 14:35 And they said the one that meant taken 14:37 will be taken to heaven. 14:38 The ones that are left are left behind. 14:40 But the Bible doesn't support 14:41 that because when the Bible talks about left, 14:44 he says, the question was in verse 37, 14:47 where will they be left, Lord, Luke asked the question. 14:51 And it says where the body is 14:53 there the eagle will be gathered. 14:55 So those who are left or left alive, 14:58 those who are taken as in the days of Noah, 15:00 the flood came and took them all away. 15:02 They're taken in destruction. 15:04 But the rapture theory has no support, 15:06 and millions of Christians 15:08 are looking for something that will not occur. 15:10 Wow. Excellent. 15:12 Thank you, Pastor, too also in the history of that too. 15:14 Fantastic, plus the biblical answer. 15:17 Jason, this question comes from Fran. 15:19 "If God is the only immortal one, 15:22 why is Satan still here? 15:24 Is Satan immortal, or how can he still be alive?" 15:28 Good question. Yes, it is. 15:30 Well, friend, I'm so glad that Satan is not immortal. 15:34 And the reason why he's still here 15:36 is because God has to allow things to play out, 15:39 you know, so that his character can be fully vindicated, 15:43 and people can recognize how evil sin truly is. 15:48 But let's consider the following verses. 15:52 Romans 6:23, 15:55 "For the wages of sin is death, 15:58 but the gift of God is eternal life 16:01 in Christ Jesus, our Lord." 16:03 Satan is the chief of sinners. 16:06 He is the reason sin even exists. 16:10 So, with that being said, if the wages of sin are death, 16:15 you better believe that he's going to experience that. 16:18 John 3:16, 16:20 "For God so loved the world 16:22 that He gave His only begotten Son 16:24 that whoever believes in Him should not perish, 16:27 but have everlasting life." 16:30 So our belief should motivate us to act. 16:33 We should act on what we believe. 16:36 The devil has nothing to do with serving the Lord. 16:39 He has his own agenda and he wants to seek, 16:44 he seeks who he can devour, 16:46 who he can destroy, who he can kill, 16:47 who he can pull away from God. 16:50 So he does not love the Lord. 16:53 1 Timothy 6:14-16. 16:58 It says this, 17:00 "That you keep this commandment without spot, 17:03 blameless, until our Lord Jesus Christ appearing, 17:07 which He will manifest in His own time. 17:09 He who is blessed, and only potentate, 17:14 the King of kings and Lord of lords, 17:17 who alone has immortality dwelling 17:20 in a unapproachable light, 17:23 who no man has seen or can see, 17:26 to whom be honor and everlasting power." 17:28 Amen. 17:30 There's gonna come a time 17:31 where there will be no more sickness, 17:32 no more suffering, no more disease, 17:34 no more sorrow, 17:36 and we won't be terrorized any longer by the devil. 17:39 Amen. 17:41 Yeah, praise the Lord that He will be destroyed. 17:43 Praise God for that. 17:45 Jill, this question comes from Instagram, 17:48 no name, but says, 17:50 "When the Scripture 17:51 and the pen of inspiration both talk 17:53 about modesty and dress, 17:55 does that mean women cannot wear trousers 17:58 and can only wear clothes reaching below the knees?" 18:01 That's a great question. 18:03 Thank you so much for sending that in. 18:04 I believe the principle when we look at dress, 18:06 especially pertaining to woman is modesty and femininity. 18:11 I have seen women in skirts and I'm a woman I guess 18:13 I can say this where they're not very modest. 18:15 And I have seen the opposite. 18:18 You can see women in pants that they're not very modest. 18:20 So the principle is modesty and femininity. 18:24 If you look at Deuteronomy 22:5, 18:26 this is probably the verse that you're referring to. 18:28 I know it's a verse that I have had quoted 18:31 to me many times in the past. 18:32 It says, "A woman shall not wear anything 18:34 that pertains to a man, 18:36 nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, 18:38 for all who do so are an abomination 18:41 to the Lord your God." 18:42 Now that word abomination is pretty strong. 18:44 It's used in the Word of God. 18:45 It means the testable thing 18:47 it's used pertaining to homosexuality. 18:49 It's used pertaining to idolatry 18:51 and other things that God abhors. 18:54 But is it saying that God is abhorring pants? 18:56 No. 18:58 It's saying that God is abhorring 19:00 the cross dressing, 19:02 the transvestite behavior. 19:05 If you look at the children of Israel, 19:07 both men and woman wore robes. 19:11 The difference was that the woman had embroidery 19:14 of blue on their shoulders, 19:16 and that differentiated between the sexes. 19:19 So the difference is what God is saying 19:22 the abomination, the difficult thing 19:24 here is the Canaanite worship practices. 19:27 It is the blurring of the distinction 19:29 between the sexes. 19:31 It is that behavior that's associated 19:33 with a cult like pagan practices, 19:36 and it also refers not only to dress, 19:39 but to implements, tools, weapons and war. 19:42 So it encompasses the whole package 19:44 when women try to become like a man. 19:46 Or by contrast, maybe a man tries to become like a woman. 19:51 So it's not talking about wearing pants 19:53 because you can wear pants 19:54 that are both modest and feminine. 19:56 It's talking about that blurring 19:58 of distinction between the sexes, 20:00 or that cross dressing 20:02 that is what is considered an abomination. 20:04 Excellent. 20:06 Yeah, thank you so much, because I've heard 20:07 a lot of discussion on that topic. 20:09 So yeah, thank you so very much. 20:11 Good, good answer there. 20:12 I want to just encourage you to 20:13 because that question came from Instagram. 20:16 And that's another way 20:17 that you can actually reach out to us 20:18 with a question or a comment 20:20 for 3ABN Today Bible Q and A, 20:23 and it's 3ABN underscore official. 20:27 So you can also just send a question 20:29 to us via Instagram, 20:31 or you can text us 20:32 at (618)-228-3975 or email, 20:36 BibleQA@3abn.org 20:40 and we just say thank you so much 20:42 for sending in your questions and comments 20:44 and for your interest in the Word of God. 20:46 And, Pastor John, 20:48 this is a rather lengthy question. 20:50 It comes from Vignette. 20:52 She says, "My question is from Romans 11:26-28. 20:59 All Israel shall be saved. 21:01 I believe that this text is referring 21:03 to the Jewish nation, 21:05 and not spiritual Israel because of the reference 21:08 in verses 26 through 28, Pastor." 21:10 Okay. 21:12 "It says the deliverer shall come out of Zion, 21:14 where Zion is in? 21:15 Isn't it Jerusalem? 21:16 Other references say, 21:18 for this is my covenant unto them. 21:20 We know that the children of Israel 21:22 were the only nation that God 21:23 made a covenant with and lastly, 21:25 as touching the elect, 21:26 they are beloved for the father sake. 21:29 Therefore, I cannot see how these verses 21:31 are pertaining to the spiritual Israel, 21:33 the church. 21:35 Please enlighten me. Thank you so much." 21:36 Sure, no problem. 21:38 It is clear that the Lord made a covenant with Israel. 21:41 The Bible tells us that in Deuteronomy, 21:42 I didn't choose you because you are great among the nations. 21:45 You are the least among the nations. 21:46 But let's ask the question, why did God choose them? 21:49 He didn't choose them because they were different in DNA, 21:52 they were different in their physical makeup. 21:54 He chose them as messengers, 21:57 that they would allow their light as Paul 21:59 and Barnabas said to the Jews, in the city of Antioch, 22:03 it was necessary that the Word of God 22:05 should be given to you first, 22:06 and that you should be allied into the Gentiles. 22:08 That was the purpose the Lord chose them, 22:10 like UPS and Federal Express, 22:13 and all the other delivery services, post office, 22:15 when that person takes the uniform off 22:17 at the end of the day, 22:18 you can't tell the difference between him and another person. 22:20 But when they have a uniform on, 22:22 they have a special function. 22:23 If they decide I don't want to deliver these packages, 22:25 they're fired. 22:27 The Jews decided they don't want to deliver the message. 22:29 And the Lord said to them in the New Testament, 22:31 your house has left unto you desolate. 22:33 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 22:34 how often I would have gathered you 22:36 as a hen gathers her chicks, but you would not come." 22:39 And then he foretold the destruction 22:41 of the temple in AD 70. 22:43 But there's a very significant point. 22:44 Let's go to Romans 9:6-8. 22:47 Because the covenant that the Lord made 22:50 was solidified through Abraham. 22:52 Abraham's faithfulness resulted in God making a promise. 22:56 But look what happened? 22:57 Romans 9:6-8, 22:59 "But it is not that the word of God 23:00 has taken no effect." 23:02 And this is also in Romans. 23:03 Paul addresses the setting two chapters earlier. 23:07 He says, "For they are not all Israel 23:09 who are of Israel, 23:11 nor are they the children 23:13 because they are the seed of Abraham, 23:15 but, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called.'" 23:18 That is verse 8, 23:20 "Those who are the children of the flesh, 23:23 these are not the children of God, 23:25 but the children of the promise are counted as the seed." 23:28 In Galatians 3:27, and 29, 23:31 "For as many of you as were baptized 23:33 into Christ have put on Christ, there is neither Jew nor Greek, 23:37 there is neither male, slave nor free, 23:38 there's neither male nor female, 23:40 but you are all one in Christ Jesus. 23:42 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, 23:47 and heir according to the promise." 23:49 This is a spiritual promise. 23:51 The Jews as a nation, the leadership rejected Jesus. 23:54 That's why He chose the disciples, 23:58 train them and chose the apostles 24:00 to carry the gospel that the Jews 24:02 decided not to carry. 24:04 Excellent, Pastor. Thank you very much. 24:06 Yeah, excellent answer. 24:09 Jason, this is from Jennifer. 24:11 Her question is, "If man has body, 24:13 soul and spirit, and when he dies, 24:16 the body goes to the grave 24:17 and the spirit goes back to God, 24:19 what happens to the soul? 24:21 The Bible does mention the soul." 24:24 Well, thank you for that question, Jennifer. 24:26 There are a lot of misconceptions 24:28 about the state of the dead. 24:29 So let's get some clarity from the Word of God. 24:31 We'll begin in Genesis 2:7. 24:34 In Genesis 2:7, 24:36 we're looking at the King James Version and it says, 24:38 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 24:42 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 24:46 and man became a living soul." 24:49 So man became a living soul there. 24:52 Notice that man didn't become a living soul until God 24:55 breathed into his nostrils. 24:57 When we die, we returned to the dust. 25:00 Consider Genesis 3:19, 25:04 "In the sweat of your face, 25:06 you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, 25:09 for out of it you were taken for dust 25:11 you are and to dust you shall return." 25:15 So there's no floating immortal soul 25:18 or anything like that. 25:19 Also look at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and 10, 25:25 "For the living know that they will die, 25:27 but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, 25:30 for the memory of them is forgotten. 25:32 Also their love, 25:34 their hatred and their envy have now perished. 25:36 Nevermore will they have a share 25:38 in anything done under the sun. 25:40 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, 25:43 for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom 25:46 in the grave where you are going." 25:49 And also consider James 2:26, 25:53 "For as the body without the spirit is dead, 25:55 so faith without works is dead also." 25:59 Now, I'm not sure if you're watching 26:01 this program on television or you're listening 26:03 to it on the radio. 26:04 But for the purpose of this illustration, 26:05 let's just assume that you're watching it on TV, 26:09 and someone unplugs the television. 26:12 There's no more electricity in that that TV, 26:15 no more electricity going to the television, 26:18 so you don't see anything. 26:19 It's just a shell comprised of internal parts. 26:22 And without the breath of life, 26:24 we are no longer a living soul. 26:28 Excellent. 26:29 Thank you for that illustration, Jason. 26:30 Very good. I like that. 26:32 I too. Me too. 26:35 Jill, this comes from Mercedes. 26:38 Her question comes from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. 26:43 "I know the issue here is food offered to idols 26:46 mentioned by Sister Jill on her previous programs. 26:49 So this is kind of a follow up then. 26:50 I have friends that offer food and other stuff to their idols. 26:54 Wow. 26:55 They have invited me to join them on occasion. 26:58 I mentioned to them that the time clashes 27:01 with the Lord Sabbath, but to be honest, 27:03 I was not sure how to start sharing 27:05 the truth of God's Word with them. 27:07 So I made an excuse. 27:09 I've read this scripture several times, 27:12 but could never piece together the true meaning 27:15 for myself as a believer of the Word. 27:17 So please share your thoughts on this, 27:19 1 Corinthians 8:1-13." 27:21 Thank you so much, Mercedes, for that question. 27:23 Let's go to 1 Corinthians 8, 27:25 and we're going to read that there. 27:26 Of course, the parallel passage to 1 Corinthians 8 27:28 is Romans Chapter 14, which we won't look at today. 27:33 1 Corinthians 8, we'll pick it up in verse 1. 27:36 The issue in this chapter is how we should love and care 27:40 for our brothers and sisters. 27:42 It says, now concerning things offered to idols, 27:45 now if we pause here, 27:47 Paul uses the issue of food offered to idols 27:49 as a springboard to talk about how Christians should love 27:52 and care for fellow believers. 27:55 We know that the Jerusalem Council, 27:56 if you can look that up in Acts Chapter 15. 27:59 This whole issue with whether the Gentile Christians 28:02 needed to be circumcised in order 28:04 to become Christians. 28:06 And the Jerusalem Council decided 28:07 they did not need circumcision, 28:08 but there were certain parameters 28:10 that they still needed to follow. 28:12 One of those was no food, 28:14 don't eat food offered to idols. 28:18 So then it says, we know that we all have knowledge, 28:20 of course, the knowledge would be that idols 28:22 are just manmade objects. 28:24 Knowledge puffs up but love edifies. 28:26 Let's jump down to verse 4. 28:28 "Therefore concerning the eating 28:29 of things offered to idols." 28:31 We know that an idol is nothing in the world, 28:33 and that there is no other God but one, 28:34 meaning you know that idols are only manmade objects, 28:38 we worship the one true God, 28:41 for even if there are so called gods, 28:43 whether in heaven or on earth, yet for us, there is one God, 28:48 the Father of whom are all things, 28:49 and we for him and one Lord Jesus Christ, 28:52 through whom are all things, and through whom we live. 28:57 We worship God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 28:59 We worship the Creator God. 29:01 We don't worship a manmade idol. 29:03 Jump down to verse 7 and 8. 29:05 This comes in the concern for the weak. 29:08 "Therefore there is not in everyone that knowledge," 29:12 or that knowledge that idols are only manmade things, 29:15 "for some with consciousness of the idol until now eat 29:19 it is the thing offered to an idol 29:20 and their conscience being weak is defiled." 29:24 They're still afraid of the supernatural power 29:27 you could say of that idol or what they see 29:30 is the supernatural power of that idol. 29:32 But food does not commend us to God. 29:34 "For neither if we eat, are we the better, 29:36 neither if we do not eat, are we the worst?" 29:39 It talks about the conscience being weak, 29:42 or someone's conscience who's susceptible 29:44 to those doubts and fears. 29:46 And then verses 9 through 13, he puts the clincher. 29:50 We are not supposed to be a stumbling block 29:54 to our brothers and sisters. 29:56 That's really the purpose of this passage. 29:59 It says in verse 11, 30:02 "Because of your knowledge that the weak brother perish, 30:05 for whom Christ died." 30:06 You and I have a responsibility to our brothers and sisters. 30:10 "But when you thus sin against the brethren, 30:14 by causing them to stumble 30:16 and wound their weak conscience." 30:18 So the point of this whole passage 30:20 is that you and I are called to love our brothers 30:23 and sisters enough that we would not be 30:26 a stumbling block to someone else. 30:28 Wow. Excellent. 30:30 Thank you. Very good. 30:31 Great explanation. 30:32 Very good explanation of that response. 30:34 Yes, very good. 30:36 Pastor John, this question comes from Instagram. 30:39 And this says, asks, 30:41 "What Bible verse tells us that God wants us 30:44 to be a part of a particular church, 30:46 His church?" 30:48 Okay, wonderful. 30:49 Now, the Bible doesn't mention a denominational name. 30:51 That's the one thing that we cannot find 30:53 in the scriptures. 30:54 It just mentions, choose Gentiles, 30:57 it mentions the followers of Christ 30:59 and those who are not followers of Christ, 31:01 but you begin to put the picture together 31:03 when you read scriptures such as John 10:16, 31:05 where Jesus says, 31:07 "Other sheep I have that are not of this fold, 31:10 them also I must bring and they will hear My voice 31:13 and they will be one fold, one shepherd." 31:17 So Jesus does not support duplicity in religion. 31:20 He doesn't say it doesn't matter really 31:22 what fold you're part of. 31:23 If that were the case, he would have said, 31:25 "Other sheep I have that are not of this fold." 31:28 But he said, I'm not satisfied with where they are. 31:30 That's why he said them also, I must bring. 31:32 While the question is, how can He bring them? 31:35 He said, "They will hear My voice." 31:37 When you read about that the Bible starts beginning 31:40 to establish parameters 31:42 whereby we can know if we are in the right place 31:46 or the wrong place. 31:47 For example, Isaiah 8:20. 31:49 So if you're looking for a fold, 31:51 ask this question, 31:52 do you speak according to God's law, 31:54 and God's Word? 31:55 Excellent. 31:57 He says, Isaiah 8:20, 31:58 "If they do not speak according to this word, 32:00 it is because there is no light in them." 32:02 Now, why is that word light so powerful? 32:04 It is a dual meaning light of the Word of God, 32:07 thy word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path. 32:09 Secondly, but most importantly, 32:11 Jesus is saying, I'm not in there, 32:13 because I am the light of the world. 32:15 Don't go on there they may look like I connect to them, 32:17 but I don't connect to them. 32:19 Matthew 7:21-23, I never knew you, 32:22 read that passage. 32:24 Then 1 John 2:3-4, 32:26 once again, a direct connection. 32:29 Verse 4 says, "He who says, 32:32 I know Him and does not keep His commandments is a liar, 32:35 and the truth is not in him." 32:37 The light is not there. 32:38 I'm not there, the truth is not there. 32:40 And who is the Lord saying, 32:42 the devil is angry with and here's my point. 32:43 If the devil is angry with me, 32:46 I must be doing something right. 32:48 Revelation 12:17, 32:50 "And the dragon was enraged with the woman 32:52 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 32:55 who keeps the commandments of God, 32:57 and have the testimony of Jesus." 32:59 So if you find a fold 33:00 that keeps the commandments of God, 33:02 and have the testimony of Jesus, 33:03 which I'm not going to say, it's ours, 33:05 but I'm going to say it is ours. 33:08 The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy, 33:11 how well do they stand on Bible prophecy? 33:14 And do they honor all Ten Commandments of God? 33:17 When you follow those parameters, 33:18 you can't help but to find 33:20 where Jesus' light is, and His presence is. 33:23 Wow! 33:24 Thank you very much, Pastor. 33:26 You know, the way this program works, it's... 33:27 Wow, it's like, you know, 33:29 just got to almost take a breath, 33:30 you know, part way through the program. 33:31 You know, these questions are just fantastic. 33:33 And I don't say the following to discourage you. 33:35 But we have received hundreds 33:37 and hundreds of questions 33:39 for the Bible Q and A program. 33:41 So thank you so much for submitting them. 33:42 Don't become discouraged though, 33:43 because we carefully go through each one. 33:46 Thank you to the Donna and the team that goes 33:47 through all of these questions that come in. 33:49 We take each one very seriously. 33:51 So thank you, again, for submitting each one. 33:54 But it's happening so fast here on the set, 33:56 I want to encourage you to go 33:57 to 3abnplus.tv 34:00 3abnplus.tv 34:03 because there you can find these programs on demand. 34:05 So you can actually watch the program 34:07 there and then stop and then take notes. 34:09 Because I'm still thinking about your answer 34:11 was it 1 Corinthians was it 8? 34:13 And then Pastor John is talking about the true church. 34:14 I'm like, whoa, wait, I'm still thinking about this. 34:16 And then I think about that. 34:17 So that's the beauty of 3abnplus.tv 34:21 You can go there and actually watch these programs, 34:23 pause it, take your notes, and then continue on. 34:25 So I want to just encourage you to watch or YouTube as well. 34:28 These programs are also on YouTube. 34:31 Jason, good question here from Elifa. 34:36 I may not, I'm sure I'm not pronouncing 34:38 that name correctly, but it's a great name. 34:40 The question is, "The Bible says to treat others 34:42 the way you expect to be treated. 34:45 Why do some people not treat others 34:48 the way they expect to be treated?" 34:49 Wow, that is a great question. 34:52 Elifa, I wish everyone treated others 34:55 how they wanted to be treat. 34:56 Unfortunately, we live in a sinful world 35:00 and how we treat others is often times 35:02 a reflection of who we serve. 35:05 Let's take a look at a few scriptures here. 35:09 1 John 4:20, "If someone says, 35:13 I love God and hates his brother, 35:16 he is a liar. 35:17 For he who does not love his brother 35:19 whom he has seen, 35:20 how can he love God whom he has not seen?" 35:23 Ephesians 6:12, 35:26 "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 35:29 but against principalities, against powers, 35:32 against the rulers of the darkness of this age, 35:34 against spiritual hosts of wickedness 35:37 in the heavenly places." 35:39 Another reason people don't treat others the way 35:42 they want to be treated is because they only care 35:45 about their own interests. 35:46 They're selfish. Yes. 35:48 Philippians 2:4 says, 35:51 "Let each of you look out not only for his own interest, 35:56 but also for the interest of others." 35:59 We need to care about other people. 36:01 As Christians, we are to treat people 36:03 the way Christ would treat them regardless 36:06 of how they treat us. 36:08 This can definitely be a hard thing to do 36:10 when someone says something rude. 36:11 It's extremely tempting to just come back 36:15 with something rude right back. 36:17 But Proverbs 15:1 says, 36:20 "A soft answer turns away wrath, 36:23 but a harsh word stirs up anger." 36:25 It's good. 36:26 We don't treat people how Christians 36:29 should treat people because they treat us that way. 36:32 We treat them that way because we are Christians, 36:35 and we know better. 36:36 And when you know better, you should do better. 36:39 Amen. Excellent, Jason. 36:40 You know, it's very easy, 36:42 like you're saying to react, right? 36:43 You know, something happens. 36:44 And you see a lot of rage. 36:46 It seems like this day 36:47 and age over just about anything, 36:49 and gesturing and name calling and all kinds of things. 36:51 And with social media, 36:53 it seems like things just explode. 36:54 Get spread around so quickly. 36:56 So thank you so much for that, Jason. 36:58 Very good. 36:59 This comes from South Africa, 37:01 sweetie, this person's name is Hazel. 37:04 "Is it possible to get salvation 37:06 without keeping God's commandments?" 37:09 Thank you so much, Hazel, for writing in, 37:11 and for your question. 37:12 Salvation does not exist without the blood of Jesus, 37:16 without the grace of Christ, 37:17 but neither does it exist 37:20 without the obedience of Christ, 37:23 lived out by faith in the life of the believer through 37:27 the power of the Holy Spirit. 37:30 I want to give you three points. 37:31 Number one, salvation clearly is by grace through faith. 37:34 We know that, Paul talks about it in Ephesians 2:8-9, 37:38 "For by grace, 37:40 you've been saved through faith, 37:41 and that not of yourselves, 37:42 it is the gift of God not of works, 37:44 lest anyone should boast. 37:47 For we are His workmanship, 37:49 created in Christ Jesus for good works, 37:52 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." 37:56 So first, clearly, salvation is by grace through faith. 37:58 Number two, 38:00 salvation by grace is not an excuse 38:04 to toss out the law. 38:06 Paul talks about this very clearly 38:08 in the Book of Romans. 38:09 And we think the Book of Romans 38:11 is these treaties of righteousness by faith 38:13 and salvation by grace, and it is, but he's very clear 38:17 that we do not toss out the law. 38:18 Romans 6:1, "What shall we say then? 38:21 Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" 38:24 God forbid, certainly not. 38:26 How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 38:29 And Romans 6, 38:31 same chapter a couple verses down, 15 and 16. 38:34 "What then? 38:35 Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? 38:38 Certainly not!" 38:40 Point number three. 38:42 Obedience is an outgrowth of grace. 38:45 If you are saved, 38:46 if you have accepted Jesus into your heart 38:50 and His blood has cleansed you, 38:51 you will begin to walk in obedience, 38:54 not through your power, 38:56 not through anything you can do of yourself, 38:58 but because Jesus takes up residence in your heart through 39:02 the power of the Holy Spirit. 39:04 Ephesians 2:10, says, 39:06 "We are His workmanship created 39:08 in Christ Jesus for good works." 39:10 That passage tells me that grace is a gift. 39:13 Faith is a gift, but works also are a gift from God. 39:17 Wow! Praise the Lord. 39:19 Thank you, very good. 39:21 Pastor John, Margaret is asking, 39:23 "Can you please explain Revelation 18:23?" 39:28 Sure. 39:30 Revelation 18 is a chapter that deals with the solid 39:34 focus on the system of Babylon. 39:37 And Revelation 14 brings into view, 39:39 Babylon is fallen, is fallen, 39:41 because she made all nations drink 39:43 of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 39:45 That's a second angel's message. 39:46 And then Revelation 17 39:48 begins to unpack Babylon in its specifics. 39:51 It talks about the system. 39:52 The woman that sits on the scarlet colored beast 39:55 which has seven heads and ten horns. 39:57 She's the mother, the harlot of the earth. 39:59 She's called Mystery Babylon the Great. 40:01 And the Bible says, the kings of the earth 40:03 have committed fornication with her. 40:04 That means the leaders of the world 40:06 have coalesced with her in a coalition 40:09 of rebellion against God. 40:11 And all the false systems of the earth 40:13 have coalesced together with her. 40:14 And the Bible says, Jeremiah, 40:16 the nations are deranged because they drink her wine. 40:20 So the nations are also pulled in 40:22 by what this system is offering. 40:24 So what does the Bible mean when it says, 40:26 the lamp shall not shine anymore in her? 40:29 Well, the lamp is God's Word, and the light is Jesus. 40:32 Now this kind of fits with the last question I answered. 40:35 The Bible says Psalm 119:25, 40:37 "Your word is a lamp to our feet 40:39 and the light to my path." 40:40 Now, let's go to Revelation 18:23, 40:43 "The lamp, the light of a lamp shall not shine 40:48 in you anymore." 40:49 That means God's Word 40:51 and the call to come out of Babylon 40:53 will no longer be available to you. 40:56 Because Revelation 18:4 says, "Come out of her, my people, 40:59 come out of Babylon." 41:01 How does God call them out? 41:02 Through His Word. Yes. 41:04 But then it also says, 41:05 and the voice of the bridegroom 41:06 and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. 41:09 The bridegroom is Christ. 41:11 The bride is His church. 41:12 God is saying, "My people will no longer be there. 41:15 My presence will no longer be there." 41:18 We believe today that the presence of Christ 41:20 is in all denominations where people love the Lord. 41:23 But he's saying, if you're in Babylon, 41:24 I love you, but I don't love that system, 41:26 you need to come out. 41:27 And then finally, he says, 41:29 for the merchants 41:30 were the great men of the earth, 41:32 for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 41:34 So when it says, the lamp shall not shine, 41:37 the voice of the bridegroom and bride should not be heard. 41:40 This is the last move before Babylon crumbles, 41:43 the fall systems of worship, 41:45 the fall systems of economy that coalesced 41:47 against God's government will come down. 41:50 And the voice of God calling people out 41:52 once they reject it, 41:53 that voice is shut off. 41:54 They will not be heard anymore. 41:56 Amen. Thank you so much, Pastor. 41:58 Amen. It's right. 42:01 Jason Bradley, this comes from Cole. 42:03 Great question. 42:04 "I just want to understand, 42:06 I just want to understand idols in our age, 42:08 like maybe Twitter and other things talking 42:11 about social media. 42:12 What can be our idol in our age?" 42:15 Wow. 42:16 Yeah, it's good question, isn't it? 42:17 Yeah, it is. 42:19 Well, Cole, let's look at some examples from Scripture 42:21 and see what we can conclude from there. 42:23 2 Kings 18:4-5, 42:26 "He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, 42:30 cut down the wooden image and broke 42:32 in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses 42:35 had made for until those days 42:37 the children of Israel burned incense to it, 42:40 and called it Nehushtan. 42:43 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, 42:45 so that after him was none like him 42:48 among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him." 42:52 Let's go to Colossians 3:5, 42:55 "Therefore, put to death your members 42:58 which are on the earth, fornication, 43:00 uncleanness, passion, evil desire, 43:03 and covetousness, which is idolatry. 43:07 Isaiah 45:20, 43:09 "Assemble yourselves and come, 43:12 draw near together, 43:13 you who have escaped from the nations, 43:16 they have no knowledge 43:17 who carry the wood of their carved image 43:19 and pray to a God that cannot save." 43:23 An idol can be anything we put in the place of God. 43:27 Now, perhaps you've heard people say, 43:29 just put it into the universe, 43:31 and the universe will give you this blessings, 43:34 very new age. 43:35 And it's a form of people worshipping, 43:38 they're created as opposed to the Creator, 43:42 the only one that is worthy of our worship 43:44 and deserves our time, our first efforts, 43:49 our first fruits is God, is Jesus Christ. 43:52 That's right. 43:54 So anything outside of Jesus Christ, 43:57 or anyone outside of Jesus Christ, 44:01 who we place our affection when we give our first fruits 44:06 to is considered an idol. 44:08 Wow. It's good. 44:10 Thank you, Jason. 44:11 Definitely something to considerate, 44:12 because we have so many things 44:14 in our lives we can become attached to. 44:15 Yes, sure. 44:17 Oh, Jill, this comes from Marilyn. 44:18 Her question is, "We have a family 44:20 attending worship with us during Sabbath, 44:22 but they believe that Jesus is a creative being. 44:27 And the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, 44:30 not another individual God. 44:32 So as one of the leaders of our church, 44:34 I wanted to know what can we do to help them? 44:37 Or is it right to tell them not to come to church anymore 44:40 if they don't believe the SDA policies 44:42 and doctrines?" 44:43 Heavy question. 44:45 That is a heavy question, Marilyn. 44:46 I want to talk about two sides of what I call the same coin. 44:50 The first side of the coin is that all 44:53 are welcome to attend church. 44:55 Pastor John always says, 44:56 there' s no standards for fellowship, 44:58 standards for membership, 45:00 but high standards for leadership. 45:02 What does that mean? 45:04 That means when the church doors open, 45:05 anyone is welcome to come and hear the Word of God. 45:08 Anyone is welcome to come and sit at the feet of Jesus. 45:12 Now, let's go to the other side of that coin. 45:15 Church leaders have a responsibility 45:18 for the spiritual well being of the flock 45:22 that God has placed under their care. 45:25 I think of the Apostle Paul. 45:27 This is, of course, when he's going back to Jerusalem, 45:29 and then he's arrested right before the end of his life. 45:31 In Acts Chapter 20, 45:33 he's with the Ephesians believers. 45:35 Acts 20:28, he says, 45:37 "Take heed to yourselves unto the flock, 45:39 among which the Holy Spirit has made you an overseer, 45:42 to shepherd the Church of God, 45:45 which he purchased with his own blood. 45:47 For I know this, that after my departure, 45:49 savage wolves will come in among you, 45:52 not sparing the flock." 45:55 I think of what Peter said in his epistles, 45:57 2 Peter 2:1-2, 45:58 "There were also false prophets among the people, 46:01 even as there will be false teachers among you, 46:04 who secretly bring in destructive heresies." 46:08 I think of Jeremiah to the children of Judah, 46:10 this is Old Testament. 46:12 Jeremiah 31:16, 46:13 "Thus says the Lord of hosts 'Do not listen to the words 46:16 of the prophets who prophesied to you. 46:18 They make you worthless, 46:20 they speak a vision of their own heart. 46:22 They are not from the mouth of the Lord." 46:25 I think of Jude 1:3-4, 46:28 "Beloved, I was very diligent to write 46:30 to you concerning our salvation. 46:32 I found it necessary to write to you 46:33 exhorting you to contend earnestly 46:36 for the faith which was once delivered to the saints." 46:40 So I cannot jump into your situation 46:43 and tell you what to do. 46:44 But all are welcome, yes. 46:45 But as a leader in the church, 46:48 you have a responsibility for the spiritual well being, 46:52 and the doctrines that are being promulgated 46:54 in your church. 46:56 That's right. Thank you. 46:57 Very, very good. 46:59 Great, great advice. That's right. 47:00 You have to be responsible. We do. 47:02 Absolutely, Pastor, you're right. 47:04 Pastor John, 47:05 Ron and Debbie are asking about Revelation 18:8, 47:10 "Is the Bible telling us that the plagues 47:12 will come all in only one day?" 47:15 Well, you know, 47:17 it's amazing how my last three questions 47:18 kind of work together. 47:20 It's really amazing. 47:21 Thank you for allowing that to happen. 47:22 Because this reflects on the last question 47:25 I answered about Babylon. 47:27 Yes. 47:28 Well, Revelation 18:8, 47:29 once again, it's about Babylon. 47:32 It begins with the phrase, therefore her plagues. 47:36 When we talk about the seven last plagues 47:38 that Revelation 15 talks about. 47:41 This is not the special treaty for this particular passage. 47:46 This is focusing on this particular system, 47:49 the system of Babylon. 47:51 And when you think about it, 47:52 Revelation 18 is just an amazing passage. 47:56 I think that people should read Revelation 18, 48:00 to find out where these false systems of worship are headed, 48:05 where all these systems that have built 48:08 their ideologies and their praise 48:11 and worship on fluff and not on truth, 48:15 where the systems have determined, 48:17 I'm more for God accept me the way I am. 48:21 But I'm not going to keep Your commandments. 48:23 And forget about the Sabbath, 48:24 I'm just not going to honor that 48:26 because it's just inconvenient to me, 48:28 or I don't believe in it. 48:29 Or they feel that it's just for the Jews. 48:31 The Lord didn't create the world just for the Jews, 48:34 He created the world for everyone. 48:36 And at the end of creation week, 48:37 He blessed the seventh day. 48:39 Yet so many religious teachers and pastors 48:42 have convinced their membership that what God said to remember, 48:45 we should forget. 48:47 That to me is the highest point of rebellion against God, 48:51 a minister claiming to be connected to God, yet, in fact, 48:55 they are encouraging their membership 48:57 to ignore the very thing that God said, remember. 48:59 Sit, let that soak in, because the Bible says, 49:02 because of that recalcitrant determination, 49:05 to stand in opposition to me, the Lord said, 49:08 I have some plagues just for you. 49:11 And that's what Revelation 18:8 is. 49:13 Therefore her plagues will come in one day, 49:16 death, and mourning, and famine, 49:19 and she will be utterly burned with fire, 49:22 for strong is the Lord who judges her. 49:24 Why the word her? 49:26 Because her is used in relationship to a church. 49:29 This false system has glorified itself 49:32 in the context of worship against God. 49:34 And he says, I got some plagues just for you 49:37 because you've stolen my people. 49:38 You've deceived them. 49:40 You're coming down. 49:41 It's not about all the plagues, just about that one on Babylon. 49:45 It's good. 49:46 Thank you, Pastor John. 49:47 Praise the Lord. 49:49 We're running out of time here. 49:50 It always goes by in such a hurry. 49:52 Should we just put a couple of questions maybe out 49:54 in the last couple of minutes out here and just okay. 49:56 I like this question, like them all. 49:57 But this is an intriguing one. 50:00 Genesis 2:19, 50:01 please explain comes from Nancy. 50:03 "Did God form animals like He did man 50:07 from the dust of the earth?" 50:08 You know, I never even thought about that. 50:10 So any thoughts about that question? 50:12 Answers? Well, sure. 50:14 Go ahead. Okay. 50:15 I'll just say, and then just reading it, 50:17 it says out of the ground, 50:19 the Lord God formed every beast of the field 50:21 and every bird of the air 50:23 and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. 50:26 And whatever Adam called each living creature 50:29 that was its name. 50:31 So it says that he formed them out of the ground. 50:35 So I mean, in that case, but He didn't breathe, 50:38 it didn't say anything about, you know, 50:40 the breathing into nostrils. 50:42 So... 50:44 And to even build on that Genesis 1:24-25. 50:48 Well, first of all, Psalm 33:9, 50:50 the Bible says, He spake and it was done, 50:52 He commanded and it stood fast. 50:54 Well, He spake. 50:55 What did He speak and say? 50:56 Genesis 1:24. 50:58 "Then God said, 50:59 'Let the earth bring forth 51:01 the living creatures according to its kind cattle 51:04 and creeping thing and beast of the earth, 51:06 each according to its kind,' and it was so. 51:08 And God made the beast of the earth 51:10 according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, 51:12 and everything that creeps on the earth 51:13 according to its kind. 51:15 And God saw that it was good." 51:16 So He spoke, and it happened. 51:18 He didn't take the... 51:19 As Jason pointed out, 51:21 He didn't take the time to shape them 51:23 like He shaped us. 51:25 We're made in His image, animals are not. 51:27 Yeah, good point. 51:28 Any other comments you have on that? 51:30 No, that's good. 51:31 Yeah. 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