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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 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:19 I get so excited about this program 01:21 because I get to look at questions 01:23 that you have sent in. 01:25 And we have a group of panelists 01:27 that will answer those questions 01:29 using scripture, going to the Word of God 01:32 and providing you with those answers. 01:35 And if you haven't sent in any questions, 01:39 I want to tell you how you may do so. 01:41 You can text your questions to (618) 228-3975. 01:47 Or you can email them 01:49 to BibleQA@3abn.org 01:54 I'm gonna share our opening scripture with you 01:57 before I introduce the wonderful panelists here. 02:00 And it's coming from James 1:22. 02:05 And it says, "But be doers of the Word 02:07 and not hearers only deceiving yourselves." 02:11 We must be doers of the Word. 02:13 It's just like, you know, you can have the knowledge 02:15 but without the application, 02:17 it's just like faith without works is dead. 02:19 So let me introduce you to my very alive panel, 02:23 who are doers of the Word. 02:25 We have Sister Jill Morikone. 02:27 So glad to have you here. 02:29 Thank you, Jason. 02:30 I love Bible Q and A, because we open up 02:32 the Word of God and I get to learn a lot. 02:34 So I'm so thankful. Amen. 02:35 Amen. Amen. We have Pastor Ryan Day. 02:39 It's a blessing to be here always. 02:40 I love Bible Q and A as well. 02:42 And I love it because it even allows me 02:44 to go back to the Bible and learn things 02:47 that I may not have known before. 02:48 And so, absolutely, it's a blessing. 02:49 Amen. 02:51 And we have Shelley Quinn, 02:52 another wonderful student of the Word. 02:54 It's great to have you. 02:55 I'll tell you what? These... 02:56 You all are keeping us on our toes. 02:58 We just want to thank you so much for your questions. 03:02 And I'm impressed by the level of these questions. 03:06 Often it's really interesting, so we love it. 03:09 Yes, and the challenging part is you only have two minutes 03:12 to answer each question. 03:14 And you get three minutes, there's one question you get 03:17 that can be three minutes long. 03:18 So that's the challenge. 03:20 But before we dive into the Word of God 03:22 and answer these questions, let's have a word of prayer. 03:25 Pastor Day, will you pray for us? 03:26 Absolutely, let's pray. 03:28 Father in heaven, Lord, on this blessed day, Lord, 03:31 we give You glory, and we give You honor, 03:33 we praise You, Lord, because You are worthy. 03:36 And here we are on another episode of Bible Q and A, Lord, 03:38 and we just not dare go any further without asking 03:42 for the leadership and guidance of Your Holy Spirit. 03:44 Help us, Lord, to have the spiritual mind of Jesus 03:47 to be able to rightly divide your word of truth 03:49 during this time, and the answers 03:51 that we provide, Lord, may they be accurate. 03:53 May they be according to Your will and Your plan 03:55 and more than anything, Lord, 03:57 may these question and answers draw people to You. 04:00 This is a program not to just tickle our ears, Lord, 04:03 but to draw us to Jesus Christ by providing answers 04:07 into who He is, and His plan for our life. 04:10 So thank you, Lord, for this opportunity. 04:12 And we ask this in Jesus' holy name, amen. 04:15 Amen. Amen, and amen. 04:17 Jill, we're gonna go to you first, 04:18 and you have three minutes for this question. 04:21 Yay. 04:22 The question comes from Zane out of California, and it says, 04:25 "How can I study the Bible better? 04:27 Sometimes I struggle in understanding 04:29 and in many things, 04:32 but what are some biblical steps 04:34 to understanding God's Word in a greater way 04:38 that I focus and find truths correctly?" 04:41 Thank you so much, Zane, for that question. 04:43 You know me, I like lists. 04:45 So I'm gonna give you six keys to understanding 04:48 the Word of God to studying the Word of God, 04:50 the six keys are more theological, 04:52 and then we'll do a couple of practical steps at the end. 04:55 So key number one is to allow God 04:57 to open your mind and heart. 04:59 That is so very important. 05:01 I think of Acts 16:14, 05:04 "Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us." 05:06 Of course, Paul was talking about this. 05:08 "She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, 05:11 who worshipped God. 05:13 The Lord opened her heart 05:16 to heed the things spoken by Paul." 05:18 In other words, you and I could be hearing the Word of God. 05:20 We could even be reading the Word of God, but unless God 05:23 opens our hearts to understand, we won't understand. 05:27 Key number two, 05:29 pray for that divine understanding. 05:31 David the Psalmist said in Psalm 119:18, 05:35 "Open my eyes that I may see 05:38 or behold wondrous things out of Your law." 05:41 So go before God and pray for divine understanding. 05:45 Key number three, 05:46 ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 05:49 John 16:13, "However, when He, Jesus is speaking, 05:53 when He the Spirit of truth has come, 05:55 He will guide you into all truth." 05:59 So do you want to know truth? 06:00 Do you want to understand the Word of God? 06:03 Ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 06:06 Key number four is to understand 06:08 that Satan can cause confusion, 06:10 and he can actually block our minds 06:13 from understanding the Word of God. 06:15 We see this in 2 Corinthians 4:4-6, 06:19 "Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, 06:23 who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel 06:27 of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God 06:29 should shine on them." 06:31 So what is Paul saying here? 06:32 He's saying that Satan can literally blind people's minds, 06:37 so they do not understand truth. 06:40 This is why asking God to open your mind and heart, 06:42 praying for divine understanding, 06:44 asking for the illumination of the Holy Spirit 06:46 is so vitally important. 06:48 Number five, God revealed spiritual truths and not man. 06:52 Matthew 16:16-17, "Simon Peter answered and said, 06:56 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' 06:59 Jesus answered and said, 'Blessed are you, 07:01 Simon Bar-Jonah, 07:03 for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, 07:05 but My Father who is in heaven.'" 07:08 That means God reveals it. 07:10 Key number six, the Holy Spirit definitely speaks 07:13 through human agents. 07:15 And He conveys truth through other people. 07:18 We won't read it, but you can find 07:19 that in Acts 26:17-18. 07:24 Then some practical steps in the closing seconds I have. 07:28 Read scripture in context, always look at context. 07:32 Compare scripture with scripture. 07:35 Study to find Jesus. 07:36 When you read the Word of God, look to find Jesus. 07:39 And finally, this is just a personal preference. 07:42 I love Bible hub. 07:43 It gives you great commentary. 07:45 It gives you all the translations 07:46 of the Word of God 07:47 and you can study the Greek and Hebrew in there as well. 07:49 Amen. 07:51 Amen. 07:52 Excellent growth principles in there. 07:53 I see that. 07:55 Pastor Day, we're gonna jump over here to Sister Shelley, 07:58 because chivalry is not dead. 08:00 So we'll go to Shelley real quick. 08:01 That's right. 08:03 Shelley, you said, this comes from Natalie out of New York, 08:05 now there's a couple questions in here. 08:07 And Larry and Yvonne sent one in here, "Shelley Quinn, 08:10 you said that the angels were men but in the Bible it says 08:14 they are neither male or female. 08:16 Can you please explain? 08:18 Also we are taught that 08:20 there are angels watching over us 08:22 and our great messengers. 08:23 So my question is more clarity on what are the two types 08:28 of angels and what are their duties?" 08:30 Okay. 08:32 Well, boy, you all really scared me for a second I had, 08:35 I know what the comment was generated 08:37 from a worship hour sermon I did on Michael the Archangel, 08:41 and I had to go back and make sure 08:43 that I had not misspoke, misspoken. 08:47 Let me tell you what I did say. 08:50 I said, unlike popular images, this is a quote, 08:53 "Bible texts always identify angels as men, 08:58 never as women or children." 09:00 So the Bible doesn't comment on angels 09:03 being neither male nor female. 09:06 In the Greek the word pnevma is Spirit, pnevmata, 09:12 the Greek, it's neuter. 09:13 And the Bible says that 09:15 all angels are ministering spirits. 09:17 Well, that means neuter gender is for God as well. 09:21 God is Spirit, but we refer to God in the masculine. 09:24 In Mark 12:25, the Bible says when they raise from the dead, 09:29 and here's where you got the idea that the Bible said 09:31 they're neither male nor female. 09:34 "When they rise from the dead, 09:36 they neither marry nor given in marriage 09:39 but are like the angels in heaven." 09:43 You see God instituted marriage 09:46 for companionship and for procreation, 09:49 and marriage isn't gonna be necessary in heaven 09:52 because it's gonna be something so much more special. 09:56 But Hebrews 1:14 says, 09:58 "They're all ministering spirits, 10:00 sent forth to help those, 10:03 minister to those who are gonna inherit salvation." 10:06 So it's interesting in the Greek an angel 10:11 can is means messenger, and it can even be a man. 10:15 There's several orders of angels, 10:18 the two that are named are cherubim, 10:21 they serve at God's throne. 10:23 And then there's seraphim. 10:24 They're the only two orders of angels that are winged. 10:27 And the only two named. 10:29 Guardian angel doesn't occur in the Bible. 10:31 But Matthew 18:10 says, 10:34 "Take heed that you did not despise 10:36 one of these little ones before I say to you, 10:39 that in heaven, their angels always see the face 10:42 of my father who is in heaven." 10:44 So their angels are watching the Lord continually. 10:47 And as soon as He makes a command, 10:49 they're there to fulfill it. 10:51 Amen. 10:52 Thank you for that explanation, Shelley. 10:54 Pastor Day, we were coming to you as promised. 10:57 "If you are not a practicing Adventist in dietary 11:01 and Sabbath observance, 11:03 but you have received His Spirit, 11:06 how will you fare in knowing you are prepared to meet God?" 11:09 This is from Josephine. 11:11 Sure, absolutely. 11:12 Well, this question we could talk a lot about. 11:14 But I'm gonna give you kind of the, the general basics 11:17 of how I would respond to this. 11:18 And obviously, I think it comes down 11:20 to the person's heart 11:22 and what they know, what do they know 11:24 and what do they not know, I'm talking genuinely? 11:26 Has this person been, you know, basically, 11:30 have they come in contact with truth? 11:32 Have they been expressed truth in some kind of way? 11:34 James 4:17, gives us a beautiful principle, 11:38 "Therefore to him who knows to do good 11:41 and does it not to him, it is sin." 11:43 So if a person is aware of truth, 11:46 but yet they're not living that truth, 11:47 and I can honestly say that person is not led 11:50 and does not have the Holy Spirit, 11:51 because they have received the light of truth 11:53 and they're not following it. 11:54 Also, Romans 7:7, Paul makes the same point very clear. 11:58 He says, "What shall we say then is the law of sin?" 12:01 Certainly not. 12:02 On the contrary, I would not have 12:04 known sin except through the law, 12:06 for would not have 12:07 for I would not have known covetousness, 12:09 unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." 12:11 So again, that knowing factor, even Jesus in both John 9, 12:16 and John 15, I'm not gonna read both, 12:18 but I'll reference John 9:41, where he talks about, 12:21 you know, reference to the Pharisees here, he says, 12:24 "If you were blind, you would have no sin. 12:26 But now you say, we see, therefore, your sin remains." 12:30 So the question here is, 12:32 if they're not a practicing Adventist in dietary 12:34 and Sabbath observance, but have received His Spirit, 12:37 how will you fare knowing you are prepared to meet God? 12:39 That is, if you're living up to all the truth that you know, 12:42 if you are following God according 12:44 to what you know at that time, 12:46 then you are living genuinely in God's Spirit 12:48 according to the leading guiding power of His Spirit. 12:50 But we also have to be reminded that John Chapter 14, 12:53 as well as John Chapter 16, 12:55 reminds us that the Spirit is the Spirit of truth, 12:58 and that He leads and guides us into all truth. 13:01 And so God will show truth to you. 13:03 And when the truth comes by the power of the Spirit, 13:05 it's our job to make sure that we receive that truth. 13:09 Acts 5:32, got to get this one in there, 13:12 "And we are His witnesses of these things, 13:14 and also is the Holy Spirit 13:16 whom God has given to those who obey Him." 13:19 So just because someone may not be 13:21 a practicing Adventist we need to keep in mind, 13:23 if they know the truth about the dietary laws, 13:26 they know the truth about the Sabbath observance, 13:29 and they're not following it, then they do not have 13:31 the Spirit of God because the Bible says 13:32 God only gives it to those who, who are, who obey Him. 13:37 But if that person is following God in all that they know, 13:40 and yet they're not necessarily following those, perhaps it's 13:42 because they haven't really heard that truth just yet. 13:45 We got to be careful in how we judge people. 13:47 Yeah, very, very, very good point. 13:50 Jill, this comes from Glenn out of Texas. 13:53 "Please explain. 13:55 Many are called but few are chosen. 13:56 Please answer with text from the Bible." 13:59 Thank you so much, Glenn, the verse you're referencing 14:02 is Matthew 22:14, 14:04 "For many are called, but few are chosen." 14:07 I'm gonna give you the short answer, 14:08 and then we'll go back and look at the context. 14:10 The short answer is many are called. 14:11 The calling, the invitation that is the invitation 14:15 is extended to everyone to the wedding feast. 14:18 But what does it mean few are chosen. 14:20 The chosen are those who accept the invitation 14:24 and comply with the condition, 14:26 meaning they need to put on that wedding garment. 14:30 So in other words, we could say all are called, 14:32 all are invited, but not all choose to accept 14:36 and comply with a condition. 14:38 If you look at the context, 14:40 the parable of the wedding feast, 14:41 you can read it in Matthew 22:1-14. 14:44 You see Jesus telling several parables here 14:46 toward the end of Matthew as the conflict intensifies 14:50 between Jesus and the religious leaders. 14:53 He tells a series of parables to demonstrate 14:55 what we call the great reversal 14:57 of the expected response to the coming Messiah. 15:00 The leaders of Israel end up rejecting Him, 15:03 while the outcasts and the unacceptable 15:05 end up accepting Him. 15:07 Those who are expected to be saved will be lost. 15:10 And those who we think are untouchable or sinners, 15:14 they will be saved. 15:16 So if you look at the context, 15:17 you see the king arranging a marriage for his son, 15:20 and he extends an invitation to the wedding guests 15:23 to please come, and they all sent declines back. 15:25 In fact, some of them killed the very servants 15:28 who would send the invitation. 15:30 Then the king sends out a second invite and says, 15:33 "Go to the highways and hedges go everywhere, 15:35 everyone is invited." 15:38 And they come but one guest does not appear 15:41 with a wedding garment. 15:43 We don't have time to go into that. 15:45 But that is represented by the righteousness of Christ, 15:48 both the imputed righteousness of Christ, 15:51 which is justification, our title for heaven, 15:54 and the imparted righteousness of Christ, 15:58 which is sanctification, that is our fitness for heaven. 16:02 So the bottom line is that all are called, 16:05 all are called to accept Jesus, but not all will accept Him 16:09 nor comply with those conditions. 16:11 Amen. 16:13 Excellent answer, Jill. 16:14 Shelley, we'll come to you. 16:16 This is your three minute question here. 16:17 Okay. 16:19 "May you please explain to me why we don't enjoy our tithe, 16:23 but give it to the church?" 16:24 Okay. 16:25 I believe that you're probably looking into the Old Testament 16:29 about the ceremonial tithing that they had. 16:34 In the rabbinical teachings, they understood tithing, 16:37 the Rabbis, to refer to three different ties. 16:41 There was the Levitical tithe 16:43 to support the synagogue church, 16:45 God's work. 16:47 And then there was a tithe that was spent by the family 16:50 celebrating when they went to Jerusalem for the feast. 16:53 And there was a charity tithe. 16:56 And I've read a lot of Jews, 16:58 the Jews were tithing 20 to 30%, 17:02 most of the time, yes, we. 17:05 So it's no longer required 17:07 to set aside the ceremonial tithe. 17:09 In Leviticus 27:30, the tithe, it says, 17:13 "It's holy and it belongs to the Lord. 17:15 It says all the tithe of the land, 17:17 whether the seed of the land 17:19 or of the fruit of the tree is the Lord's. 17:21 It is holy to do, it is holy to the Lord. 17:26 And it is to support the Lord's work." 17:28 We see that in Numbers 18:21, Nehemiah 10:37- 39. 17:34 And I want to say this, 17:36 there were certain sacrificial offerings 17:40 that were symbolized in the Old Testament, 17:44 there were symbols of Christ's atonement on the cross, 17:48 and they ended at the cross. 17:51 But tithing is not in that classification. 17:56 So tithing did not end. 17:58 It was practiced by Abraham. 18:00 It continued through, throughout the Old Testament 18:04 and into the New Testament throughout the New Testament. 18:07 The New Testament upholds and validates 18:11 the practice of tithing. 18:12 It just assumes it as a divine institution of worship. 18:18 And no New Testament writer relaxes its obligation. 18:23 Jesus said in Matthew 23:23, 18:25 "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. 18:28 You pay tithes to mint, anis, cumin, 18:31 and have neglected the weightier matters 18:34 of the law, justice and mercy and faith." 18:38 Now, then he says something interesting, 18:40 "These you ought to have done," 18:42 he's talking about their tithes, 18:44 "without leaving the others undone." 18:46 So He's encouraging tithing, 18:49 but the Pharisees were strict in their tithing, 18:52 and they missed the weightier matters 18:55 of that God had commanded. 18:57 Here's, we're not gonna take time to read it. 18:59 But Hebrews 7:1-8. 19:02 Read Hebrews 7:1-8. 19:04 It's a somewhat casual reference to tithing, 19:08 and it indicates that tithing was already an established 19:14 custom in the New Testament Church. 19:16 It's talking about Melchizedek and just as Abraham tithe 19:21 to Melchizedek, then it says, 19:23 "We likewise pay tithe to Christ. 19:27 Our tithe is returned to Christ, for His church, 19:31 and the glory of the Lord." 19:32 Wow. Amen. 19:34 Amen. 19:35 I'm still kind of stuck on the 20 to 30%, 19:36 and I'm like watching there like, wow, okay, all right. 19:40 Amen. 19:42 But 10% of that that was something 19:44 that the family enjoyed at the feast at the ceremonial. 19:48 Got you. Yeah. 19:49 We're gonna continue in this tithing conversation here. 19:52 Pastor Day, we're gonna come to you this question 19:56 they're asking, "Can you please explain tithing?" 19:59 Okay, so separate from the multiple examples 20:02 that she gave, but also inclusive and one of them. 20:04 Obviously tithing literally in the Bible means 10th. 20:08 And so all of the, all of your income 20:11 that you receive the principle of tithing in scripture, 20:13 especially referring to returning it to the storehouse, 20:16 which we're gonna talk about in just a moment, 20:18 that is referring to a 10th of your income. 20:20 And here's the thing we have to remember, 20:22 none of our money and our belongings 20:24 that we have is ours. 20:25 It's all God's, it all comes to God. 20:27 It's all God's. 20:28 And He's, God is so good to us that He says, 20:30 I'm gonna give you everything. 20:31 And I'm just gonna ask you to return to me a 10th 20:34 for the foregoing and advancement of My work. 20:36 And so I'm gonna go to the probably 20:38 the most famous passage dealing with tithing 20:40 that really instills within us the clear principle 20:43 of what it means and the importance of tithing. 20:45 And that's Malachi 3:8-10. 20:47 I love how God starts this off, 20:49 because He's actually rebuking 20:50 the house of Israel at this time, 20:52 because they weren't tithing properly. 20:54 And He says, "Will a man rob God? 20:56 Yet you have robbed me." 20:58 But you say, "In what way have we robbed you?" 21:01 And he makes it clear, "In tithes and offerings. 21:03 You are cursed with a curse and you have robbed me, 21:05 even this whole nation." 21:07 And here comes the principle, verse 10, 21:09 "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, 21:11 that there may be food in My house." 21:14 Okay, we're gonna come back to that, 21:15 "And try me now on this." 21:17 He says, "Test me, put me to the test." I love this. 21:20 He says, the Lord, He says, "I will not open for you 21:22 the windows of heaven and pour out for you 21:24 such a blessing that there will not be room enough 21:27 to receive it." 21:28 So a lot of people say well, what is the storehouse, right? 21:30 Well, the storehouse is 21:32 what I want it to be not necessarily 21:33 because God clearly says right here 21:35 in the same sentence, 21:37 He says, "Bring the tithes into the storehouse, 21:38 that there may be food in My house." 21:40 The storehouse here is His house, 21:42 the temple, the church. 21:44 And so we give a 10th. 21:45 And when I say give, we're returning, 21:47 we're not paying tithes. 21:48 We don't pay tithes, we return tithe 21:50 because it's already God's, right? 21:52 And God promises as He says, "Please do this. 21:54 And watch me pour out a blessing upon you 21:56 that you can't even receive it." 21:58 That's the principle of tithing. 22:00 And it's simply just as it was originally was established 22:05 in the Old Testament, all the way back in Genesis. 22:07 A lot of people try to say this is a Jewish thing. 22:09 It was for the house of Israel, for that Old Testament 22:12 Church of Israel, but it's not for us today. 22:13 But yet you can find 22:15 all the way back in Genesis 14:20, 22:17 also Genesis 28:22, where Abraham and Jacob 22:21 also gave a 10th of their income, they tithed. 22:24 And so this is not a Jewish thing. 22:25 It's all inclusive as Shelley beautifully brought out, 22:28 it goes over even into the New Testament. 22:29 I love it. 22:31 Here's another thing I've had people say, "Well, Ryan, 22:33 I don't mind tithing and giving a 10th. 22:34 But I don't want to give it to the church 22:36 because well, I don't know what they're doing with it." 22:38 Well, I love the story of the little widow woman 22:41 that brought her two mites. 22:43 It said, she brought it to the treasury of the church. 22:45 Now Jesus, you just read from Matthew 23:23, 22:48 where He told those leaders of the church 22:51 who potentially would have misused that tithe, 22:53 what did you call them? 22:55 You hypocrites, okay. 22:56 But it's interesting that this little widow woman comes 22:58 and she puts all that she had, 23:00 Jesus said she gave more than anyone. 23:02 There would have been an opportunity for Jesus 23:04 to say, "Oh, no, no, no, no, woman, don't do that. 23:06 Don't give your money to these hypocrites, 23:08 to this bad church, because they're bad people. 23:09 They're hypocrites. 23:11 They're gonna misuse and abuse it." 23:12 But He didn't. He commended her for it. 23:14 And I just say that in closing here 23:16 to say that tithing is a blessing. 23:18 It's not for us to judge where it, 23:19 where it's gone, or how it's used. 23:21 That's between those who have it 23:22 and use it within the church, 23:24 but we are to be faithful to God 23:26 and return to Him, 23:27 what is His and that's a 10th of our income. 23:29 It's already His, just give it to Him for a blessing. 23:31 Amen. 23:32 I love that. I love that. 23:34 It's a blessing. 23:35 Absolutely. 23:37 You're probably sitting at home right now, 23:38 if you just join, if you're just joining us, 23:40 and you're wondering, "Well, how do I submit my questions?" 23:43 Well, there's two ways that you may do so. 23:46 You can text your questions to 618-228-3975. 23:51 Or you can email your questions 23:53 to Bible QA@3abn.org 23:59 This is an exciting programs thus far. 24:04 These questions that have been coming in 24:08 have been really, really good. 24:10 We're gonna go to this question for Jill. 24:12 This comes from Kathy out of Pennsylvania. 24:15 And Kathy wants to know, she says, 24:17 "The disciples addressed their letters 24:19 to Jesus' followers back then, how do we know 24:22 that we can apply God's Word to our personal lives today? 24:27 Is there a verse to support it?" 24:29 Thank you, Kathy. 24:30 I would say there's two verses initially right off the bat 24:32 that jumped to my mind. 24:33 First is Romans 15:4, "For whatever things 24:36 were written before were written for our learning." 24:40 It doesn't say for the Romans' learning, 24:42 because of course, the Epistle of Paul 24:44 to the Romans was written to the Roman Church. 24:45 It doesn't say that, it's written for our learning, 24:48 that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures 24:50 might have hope. 24:52 Another scripture I think of is also in Paul's writings. 24:54 This is 2 Timothy 3:16-17. 24:58 All scripture, now that word all in Greek is pas. 25:01 It means each and every one. 25:03 Not all scripture in general, 25:06 but it means each and every individual scripture 25:09 is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, 25:13 for reproof, for correction, 25:15 for instruction in righteousness, 25:18 that the man or woman of God may be perfect or complete, 25:23 thoroughly equipped for every good work. 25:25 Everything we find in the Word of God 25:28 is helpful for us today. 25:30 I want to give you a couple of keys to understanding 25:33 and interpreting and implying the Word of God. 25:36 Key number one is intention determines meaning. 25:41 The interpretation must be based 25:42 on the author's intention of meaning, 25:45 not the readers understanding. 25:47 Unless you learn the intended meaning of the text writer, 25:50 you will not be able to properly convey the message. 25:53 Number two, context determines meaning, 25:57 interpretation must be done on the context of the passage 26:02 that you were reading. 26:03 Number three, it's important to understand the difference 26:06 between literal interpretation and times 26:09 when there's a symbolic interpretation of the passage. 26:13 Number four, the genre of biblical literature 26:16 that determines meaning. 26:19 Number five, other scriptures, they determine meaning. 26:24 Use the Bible to interpret itself. 26:27 Number six, 26:28 separate interpretation from application. 26:31 We can look first at the local historical context. 26:35 Then we need to determine the application 26:37 for you and I today. 26:39 Wow. 26:40 Amen, amen. 26:41 Thank you, Jill. 26:43 Shelley, what did Jesus mean when He said, 26:45 "I have not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it? 26:49 It seems a little confusing. 26:51 What does it mean that He fulfilled the law?" 26:54 This is from David. Okay. 26:56 This is where David boy, 26:57 I'll tell you the Greek really helps us understating, 27:00 seeing the original language. 27:02 Your question is from Matthew 5:17. 27:04 Jesus says, "Do not think that I came to destroy the law 27:07 or the prophets." 27:08 This is the twofold division of the Old Testament Scriptures, 27:11 that proves your point 27:12 that Jesus is validating all Scripture. 27:16 And He says, "I did not come to destroy but to fulfill." 27:22 I believe in the context, here He is, most specifically, 27:26 because we're looking at the Sermon on the Mount. 27:28 He's talking more specifically about the moral law, 27:32 but we're gonna hit on this. 27:34 Fulfill in the Greek means to make a full, 27:38 to fill it full. 27:41 You're gonna fill it up. 27:43 And Isaiah 42:21, it says, "The Lord is well please 27:48 for his righteousness sake, He will exalt the law." 27:51 He's gonna magnify the instructions 27:54 and make it honorable. 27:56 This is part of why Jesus came and in this same chapter 28:01 on Matthew 5 where we find the Sermon on the Mount. 28:03 Jesus says in verse 21-22, hey, you've heard it said, 28:07 You shall not murder but I say, okay, 28:11 here's what the letter of the law says. 28:13 But the spirit of the law, I say to you, 28:16 if you hate your brother, you're in danger of judgment. 28:20 In verse 27-28, 28:22 you've heard it said you should not commit adultery, 28:24 I say to you, if you look at a woman, 28:27 you lust after a woman, 28:29 you've already committed adultery in your heart. 28:32 So Christ is fulfilling the moral law. 28:37 He's filling it up to the fullest understanding, 28:40 magnifying the law in its spiritual application. 28:45 Now we take that same word when we say Christ fulfilled 28:50 the ritual ceremonial laws 28:53 that are pointed to Him, 28:57 He was the embodiment of everything that the law, 29:03 the old law was the types and shadows of 29:07 so that did cease at the cross but the moral law He magnified. 29:12 Amen. Thank you for that explanation. 29:14 Amen. Yes. 29:16 I start watching that clock and then... 29:21 It flies by, doesn't it? 29:22 It does. Yes, yes. Right, I know. 29:24 Pastor Day, this comes from Kimberly out of Florida. 29:27 She wants to know, "Is it okay for Seventh-day Adventist 29:30 Christian women to wear clear polish fingernail 29:34 and natural soft colored fingernail polish. 29:38 And is it okay to braid your hair?" 29:40 Well, the quick clear answer is yes. 29:45 And I know right when I just said that. 29:47 There's probably a bunch of people 29:49 who just went you know, what did he say? 29:51 Apostasy! 29:53 You know, there's a lot of misunderstanding 29:56 and just misapplication to many texts in Scripture 30:01 and also I think when we're talking about a subject 30:02 such as this, we need to ask ourselves this, 30:04 what, let's consider what the Bible doesn't say 30:07 on these subjects before we draw a conclusion. 30:09 Many times we assume that 30:11 because we might have heard a preacher 30:12 or we might have read something, 30:14 you know, in some books somewhere about this 30:16 that the Bible's just flooded with so much information 30:18 on this, and in reality 30:20 there's not one text in all the Bible 30:22 that says it's wrong to, you know, wear some type of, 30:25 you know, makeup applicant or to braid the hair. 30:28 There's not that there. 30:30 But what we often do is we go and find a text, for instance, 30:32 1 Timothy 2:9, let's just go there 30:35 and read that one where Paul says, 30:37 "And like men are also 30:38 that women adorn themselves in modest apparel 30:40 with sobriety, or excuse me, with propriety and moderation, 30:44 not with braided hair, or gold or pearls, or costly clothing." 30:48 Notice how that's all in connection, 30:50 not with braided hair, gold, pearls or costly clothing. 30:55 What, it's interesting here that that word braided 30:57 in the original King James says with broided hair. 30:59 And it's interesting that broided 31:01 as the root word of embroidery. 31:02 And so what would happen often in this context, 31:05 and you'd have to study historical context. 31:07 You have to practice proper biblical hermeneutics, 31:09 when you're looking into subjects such as this, 31:11 because oftentimes, 31:13 the biblical writers would write things, 31:14 and they're writing from within the personal issue 31:17 that was happening in their day, 31:19 in this case, 2000 years ago, 2500 plus years ago. 31:23 And so we often want to read and say, "Oh, 31:25 it's a sin if the woman braids her hair." 31:27 Well, what the women were doing back in those days 31:29 in a broidered type way, 31:31 is not only were they braiding the hair, 31:32 but they would often, you know, weave in gold and pearls 31:36 and different things within their hair. 31:37 And there was different social classes 31:39 and economic classes, 31:41 that they were literally trying to get one up in the church 31:43 on one or the other women in the church 31:44 by looking fancy and flashy, and it became almost a contest. 31:48 That's what Paul's addressing here 31:49 as far as the braiding of the hair. 31:50 Not that it's, not that it's a sin 31:52 that if a woman takes 31:53 two or three strands of hair and goes 31:56 and weaves it together, oh, you've somehow sin. 31:58 We can be very pharisaical about this, 32:00 and we need to be very careful on how we address it. 32:02 As far as the clear nail polish 32:04 or the fleshly colored nail polish. 32:06 You know, there is some counsel 32:08 that are given to us in Scripture about you know, 32:10 not wearing you know, flashy bright colors, 32:13 painting of the face like Jezebel. 32:15 We have to be very, very careful about that 32:16 because often that is associated 32:18 with pagan religions and pagan practices. 32:20 But you know what I'm wearing right now I'm wearing makeup, 32:23 I have to wear makeup because these bright lights if I did, 32:25 my face would light up like a, like the sun, right? 32:27 Yeah. 32:29 And so, you know, it's not a sin 32:30 to put on these things in light and moderation, 32:32 but to go all out like the world would, 32:34 that's when it becomes a problem. 32:36 And that's what we have to keep it 32:37 within its proper context. 32:38 Wow. 32:40 Excellent, excellent explanation there, Ryan. 32:44 We will go to Jill, "Jill in Luke 23:34, 32:48 Jesus states on the cross, 32:50 "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." 32:53 Did God honor Jesus' request on the cross 32:57 by forgiving them?" 32:58 This is from Hermiston out of Oregon. 33:01 That's a great question 33:03 and one I've actually wondered myself, 33:05 Forgiveness is not vicarious. 33:07 It cannot be applied because someone else asked, 33:10 no more than it can be given through someone else. 33:13 You know, we know that we do not ask for forgiveness 33:17 for ourselves through a priest. 33:18 We know that very clearly. 33:20 1 Timothy 2:5-6, "There is one mediator. 33:24 We have access to God through the mediator, 33:26 the man Jesus Christ, 33:27 but neither can we ask forgiveness for someone else." 33:32 The requirement for forgiveness is repentance. 33:35 We cannot repent for someone else. 33:38 We can however, intercede for someone else. 33:42 There's a difference between intercession and repentance. 33:46 You know, 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, 33:49 He God is faithful and just to forgive us, 33:52 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 33:54 That means I need to come before God personally, 33:56 and repent of my sin and say, "I did this, I'm sorry, 34:00 would you forgive me?" 34:01 And God extends forgiveness. 34:04 However, we see wonderful examples in the Word of God 34:07 of intercession on behalf of someone else. 34:12 I can think of four right off the bat. 34:14 There's more, but the four I think of the first one, 34:16 of course, would be the one that was referenced 34:18 in this reference Jesus, 34:19 His arm stretched out at the cross, 34:21 "Father forgive them, 34:23 for they know not what they do." 34:24 Now did every man who crucified Him, 34:26 were they all repentant? 34:28 Were they all forgiven? 34:29 No, we see in Revelation 1:7, "Every eye will see Him 34:33 and those also who pierce Him 34:35 and all nations will wail because of Him." 34:38 We know that some of those who crucified Jesus 34:40 will not be in the kingdom. 34:42 I think of Steven when he's been stoned to death. 34:45 And what did he say, 34:46 "Lay not this sin to their charge." 34:49 Does that mean every single one of those priests were forgiven? 34:51 No. 34:52 Of course, Saul turned Paul was definitely forgiven. 34:55 He met Jesus on the Damascus Road. 34:57 He repented of his sin, and he was forgiven. 35:01 I think of Moses interceding for the children of Israel 35:04 after the golden calf experience. 35:07 Does that mean they were all forgiven? 35:09 No, it means they had to repent themselves. 35:12 I think of Daniel asking for forgiveness for the people 35:16 of Israel, asking for that forgiveness. 35:19 But yet we still individually need to ask for forgiveness 35:23 and repent ourselves. 35:24 Amen. Beautiful answer. 35:26 Wonderful. Absolutely. 35:28 Shelley, "What law is Galatians 3 35:31 talking about in general and full context?" 35:35 All right. I love that question. 35:37 It is so easy to see right within the context 35:42 Galatians Chapter 3 is talking about the book of the law. 35:47 Let's go ahead and read that. 35:48 In Galatians 3:10-14, it says, 35:51 "As many as are of the works of the law 35:55 are under the curse, for it is written, 35:56 'Cursed is everyone 35:58 who does not continue in all things 36:02 which are written in the book of the law to do them." 36:06 That's a direct quote from Deuteronomy 27:26. 36:11 So we, He tells us what works He's talking about. 36:16 Then he goes on and says, 36:17 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law." 36:20 Now, let me back up just a moment. 36:23 In Exodus 24:3-8, 36:27 we see that God had already spoken the Ten Commandments. 36:31 Moses went up the mountain for 40 days, 36:33 God speaks to Moses. 36:36 And Moses comes down and he shares it 36:38 with all the people all the words. 36:40 They say, okay, he writes them in a book. 36:43 And then he builds an altar. 36:46 It's a covenant, what is written in this book, 36:50 and it's actually called it says, 36:52 "He took the book of the covenant." 36:54 Exodus 24:7, "He read it in the hearing of the people. 36:59 And then he sprinkled the people 37:01 in the book with blood." 37:03 So this was not the everlasting covenant 37:06 of redemption by grace. 37:08 It was a temporary covenant. 37:10 It was like constitution for Israel. 37:14 Then Moses, when he got the people 37:16 to the next generation 37:19 was standing at the edge of promise. 37:22 And Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy expands 37:25 on this covenant from the book of the covenant. 37:28 And now he calls it the book of the law. 37:31 And he puts it, the Lord tells him, 37:33 Deuteronomy 31:26, 37:36 "Take this book of the law, 37:37 put it beside the Ark of the Covenant, 37:40 which is a witness against you." 37:43 And so, you know, in Colossians 2:14, 37:45 what it's talking about, it was nailed to, 37:48 what was nailed to the cross? 37:50 It was that which was contrary to us, the witness against us. 37:56 But I have to give one more scripture, 37:58 in Galatians, 37:59 this book of the law, in Galatians, 3:19, he says, 38:03 "What purpose then does the law serve?" 38:06 He's talking about the book of the law, 38:08 the Deuteronomy was the second giving of the law. 38:11 It was added because of transgressions 38:14 till the siege should come to whom the promise was made. 38:18 And it was appointed through angels 38:20 by the hand of the mediator, 38:22 therefore the law that old covenant, 38:25 the book of the law, the book of Deuteronomy 38:28 was our tutor to bring us to Christ 38:30 that we might be justified by faith. 38:33 But after faith is come, we're no longer under a tutor. 38:36 Amen and amen. 38:38 You know, I love when you get questions on the covenant. 38:42 And I know you do too. And I know you do too. 38:44 Yes. 38:46 Pastor Day, "Will people who have identified 38:49 with the LGBTQ group be considered sinners? 38:52 Will they have an opportunity to be saved 38:55 since the Bible speaks against this lifestyle? 38:58 Also, should they be allowed to hold church office positions?" 39:02 This is from Linda. 39:04 That's a great question. 39:05 I'll try to address each one of those questions. 39:07 I'll start with the first one. 39:08 Now, will people who have identified with the LGBTQ group 39:11 be considered sinners? 39:13 I know very clearly, let me make this very clear 39:16 that the Bible makes it very clear that 39:17 that type of mentality and that lifestyle 39:20 is an abomination to the Lord. 39:22 You can read that in Leviticus 20:13. 39:25 Now when we talk about, you know, 39:27 coming to the point to say, well, 39:29 that person's a sinner, or that person's a sinner. 39:31 We're all sinners. 39:32 We've all fallen short of the glory of God. 39:33 And so we have to be all inclusive in that sense. 39:36 But you know, we also kind of goes back 39:37 to what I made earlier, 39:39 we have to be careful and understand 39:40 that, you know, every person is on a journey. 39:43 And a person may not always be aware 39:46 of the will of God for their life, 39:47 until a certain time in their life. 39:49 And so we have to be careful how we identify, 39:51 so that person is a sinner. 39:52 That person is a sinner. 39:54 That's between them and the Lord 39:55 and for God to make that call. 39:57 Is that is the lifestyle that mentality is sin? 39:59 Absolutely. 40:00 In fact, Romans 1:26-27 says this, it says, 40:03 "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions, 40:07 for even their women exchanged the natural use 40:09 for what is against nature. 40:10 Likewise, also the men leaving the natural use 40:13 of the woman burned in lust for one another, 40:16 men with men committing what is shameful, 40:18 and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error 40:20 which was due." 40:22 So we know God's attitude towards these practices. 40:24 It's not good, and God does frown upon it. 40:26 But certainly, we have to also understand 40:28 that a person may not be aware of these truths, 40:31 and we have to take that in consideration. 40:33 Will they have an opportunity to be saved? 40:36 You know, even though the Bible speaks against it, of course, 40:38 right now, God, the heaven's doors wide open, 40:41 God is knocking on the door of their heart, 40:42 just like anyone else. 40:44 And so absolutely, if they're open, 40:45 Jesus Christ is there to save them and redeem them 40:48 from that lifestyle. 40:49 And, of course, should they be allowed 40:51 to hold church office positions. 40:53 An absolute no. 40:54 And the reason why that is, 40:56 is because when we open that door 40:59 to allow that to come in, what we're doing 41:01 is we're opening the door to a leavening process. 41:03 A compromise that is against the will of God. 41:06 That doesn't mean we don't love the people, 41:08 because we love them, we should love them, 41:09 no matter what type of lifestyle they choose, 41:11 because they are creation of God. 41:14 But at the same time, we need to, we need to protect 41:16 the sanctity of God's Church 41:18 and the unity of God's Church in that sense. 41:21 Amen. Amen. 41:22 Well said. Absolutely. 41:24 Jill, is there power in prayer? 41:26 Yes, absolutely we can be done right there 41:28 by just saying that. 41:29 Yes there's power in prayer. 41:31 I want to give you, if I have time nine things 41:33 that prayer accomplishes and of course, 41:35 there's many more than that. 41:36 Number one, prayer brings you and I closer to God. 41:39 Psalm 145:18, "The Lord is near to all who call on him 41:44 to all call on Him in truth." 41:46 Number two, prayer, it brings peace. 41:49 Philippians 4:6-7, "Be anxious for nothing 41:52 but in everything by prayer and supplication 41:55 with thanksgiving. 41:56 Let your requests be made known to God. 41:58 And the peace of God 42:00 which surpasses all understanding will keep 42:02 or guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." 42:05 So prayer, it brings peace. 42:07 Number three, prayer brings healing. 42:10 It brings physical healing, and it brings spiritual healing 42:13 and emotional healing. 42:15 James 5:16, "Confess your trespasses to one another 42:18 in praying for one another, that you may be healed." 42:22 Number four, prayer brings conversion, 42:25 this is one of my favorites, Luke 22:31-32. 42:29 Jesus is speaking. 42:31 "And the Lord said Simon, Simon, Satan has asked for you 42:34 that he may sift you as we, but I, I have prayed for you. 42:39 And when you have returned to me, or King James says, 42:41 when you are converted, strengthen your brethren." 42:45 Prayer, it brings conversions in other people's lives. 42:48 Number five, prayer effectuates change. 42:52 James 5:16, "The effect of fervent prayer 42:54 of a righteous man avails much." 42:57 Prayer brings change. 42:58 Number six. 43:00 Prayer teaches surrender. 43:02 1 John 5:14, 43:04 "This is the confidence we have in Him, 43:06 if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 43:10 It is so important when we pray that we surrender, 43:13 not my will, God but Yours be done." 43:16 Number seven, prayer brings forgiveness. 43:20 Look that up 1 Chronicles 7:14, "If my people, 43:24 who are called by my name 43:25 will humble themselves and pray," what happens? 43:28 "He will forgive." 43:30 Number eight, prayer brings understanding. 43:33 Psalm 119:18, "Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things 43:37 from Your law. 43:38 And we'll save number nine for another time. 43:43 You're gonna leave us on that cliffhanger? 43:44 Oh, yes. 43:46 Oh, man! 43:47 That was good. 43:49 All right, Shelley, we'll go to you on that note, 43:52 "What does the Bible mean when it mentions a cloud 43:55 of witnesses and who are they? 43:57 Can you please explain this so it is clear that loved ones 44:00 are not looking down from heaven 44:02 but are asleep in the grave?" 44:03 That's from Louis. 44:05 Absolutely. 44:06 And your reference is from Hebrews 12:1, 44:10 but I'm gonna kind of backup. 44:11 Remember when the Bible was written, 44:14 there was no vision of chapter and verse, 44:17 it all went together, and even no punctuation. 44:21 But let's in Hebrews 11, the Bible says 44:24 that, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, 44:27 the evidence of things not seen." 44:29 Verse 2 says, "By it the elders obtained a good testimony." 44:33 So chapter 11 is the hall of faith. 44:37 And it mentions Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham Sarah, Isaac, 44:41 Jacob, Moses, Rehab, and the New Testament believers 44:44 who were martyred. 44:47 They were equipped by faith. 44:49 They were motivated by faith. 44:50 They were aroused to action by faith, 44:53 and they were sustained by their faith, 44:56 and they all obtained a good testimony, 44:59 but then in verse 13 of Hebrews 11, it says, 45:03 "They all died in faith, 45:05 but not having received the promise, 45:07 because they saw them from afar of. 45:10 They embrace them. 45:11 They confess that they were strangers 45:14 and pilgrims in this world." 45:15 Now look in Hebrews 11:39-40. 45:18 These are the last two verses of Chapter 11. 45:21 It says, "All these, 45:23 having obtained good testimony through faith, 45:27 did not receive the promise God having provided 45:30 something better for us, 45:32 that they should not be made perfect depart from us." 45:35 In other words, we're all gonna go into His presence 45:37 at the same time. 45:39 And the very next verse, which is Hebrews 12:1. 45:42 Remember, no divisions, no chapters, 45:46 no verses in the original. 45:48 It says, "Therefore we also since we're surrounded 45:52 by so great a cloud of witnesses." 45:55 Referring to all of these deceased saints 45:59 that we've just read about, 46:01 "Let us lay aside every weakness 46:03 in which so easily ensnares us 46:06 and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. 46:10 They bore witness to us." 46:13 And we're supposed to follow their example. 46:15 Amen, Shelley. Amen. 46:17 Wonderful. 46:18 Pastor Day, "Can you please explain where does it say 46:21 that some individuals resurrected with Jesus, 46:25 and that they went to heaven with Him." 46:27 All right, I took a few seconds on my previous, 46:29 little more time on my previous ones. 46:31 I think I can answer this one in under two minutes, 46:34 the only reference Glenny, 46:35 I think this comes from Glenny in New York. 46:37 The only reference in all the Bible 46:39 on this is Matthew 27:52-53. 46:42 So if you go back to Matthew 27 46:44 and read verses 50 and 51. 46:46 Jesus has just given up His spirit on the cross, 46:48 He's died, that there's a great earthquake in the temple is, 46:52 the veil in the temple is torn from top to bottom. 46:55 And in verse 52 says, 46:56 "And then the graves were opened 46:58 and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep 47:01 were raised and coming out of the graves 47:03 after His resurrection, they went into the holy city 47:06 and appeared to many." 47:07 So there was a resurrection there, 47:10 at the time that Jesus had died with the earthquake, 47:13 and then those people who were resurrected 47:14 they appeared into the city of Jerusalem, 47:16 or they showed themselves after Jesus' resurrection, 47:20 but as right in reference to, 47:21 you know, them going to heaven with Jesus, 47:23 I can say this very clearly, biblically speaking, 47:26 there is no explicit text it says there were those 47:28 who ascended with Christ when He ascended into heaven. 47:31 There's some that go to Ephesians 4:8 where it says, 47:34 you know, he led captivity captive 47:36 when He ascended on high. 47:37 There it is. 47:39 I didn't say it's not possible and I didn't say 47:40 that there weren't people that did not ascend 47:42 when Jesus had his ascension. 47:43 But there's not an explicit text 47:44 in the Bible that says, 47:46 you know these amount of people or these kinds of people 47:48 ascended with Jesus at His ascension. 47:51 Thank you for that explanation there. 47:53 We are going to go into our bonus round. 47:56 So we've got a couple of bonus questions for you. 48:00 And I'm just gonna toss 48:02 these out there and whoever wants 48:03 to answer these questions may do so. 48:07 "When I praise God, I give Him honor. 48:09 When I thank God I give Him gratitude. 48:12 When I give God the glory I give Him what? 48:17 Go ahead. 48:18 Okay, well the text that comes to my mind 48:20 is when we give God glory, what are we giving to Him? 48:23 I think of 1 Corinthians 10: 31. 48:26 1 Corinthians 10:31 says, "Therefore whether you eat 48:29 or drink or whatever you do, I love this, 48:33 do all to the glory of God." 48:35 So do all to the glory of God. 48:37 When you give God glory, you're giving Him your all. 48:40 You are giving Him every single aspect of you. 48:42 Romans 12:1, 48:43 you know, present your bodies as a living sacrifice. 48:46 You're giving your whole self to Him 48:48 when you are giving God glory. 48:51 And I think of 1 Chronicles 16:29, it says, 48:54 "Give to the Lord the glory to His name, 48:59 bring an offering, come before Him. 49:01 Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." 49:06 And you know, I think, to give God the glory, is to extol Him, 49:12 to magnify His name. 49:13 I think, King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:37 says, 49:19 he says, now I Nebuchadnezzar, 49:22 who was had been 49:23 such a proud person and God had to, 49:26 you know, if you exalt yourself, 49:28 God will humble you and God had humbled him. 49:30 But now he says, "Now, I Nebuchadnezzar 49:33 praise and extol and honor 49:38 the King of heaven. 49:40 All of whose works are truth, and His ways are justice. 49:45 And those who walk in pride, 49:47 He is able to put down." 49:51 So God says in Isaiah 42:8, 49:56 I'm the Lord. 49:58 God, that's my name. 50:00 I'm not gonna share My glory with another." 50:03 In other words, He was saying, these wooden idols, 50:07 these stone idols that can't talk, 50:09 can't do anything. 50:11 If you bow down for them, if you're giving them worship 50:15 and honor and extolling their name. 50:20 You know, you're giving them the glory that's due to Me. 50:24 So I like the fact that when I give God glory, 50:29 I'm giving Him what's due Him. 50:34 Amen. Amen. 50:36 I would just add to that, I love what you said talking 50:39 about giving Him glory and honor 50:41 as far with the words. 50:43 But I would extend it into actions as well. 50:45 When I think about Exodus 33, 50:47 Moses said, "Show me your glory." 50:50 And what did God show him? 50:51 His character. 50:53 Yes. 50:54 "The Lord, the Lord gracious and long suffering and merciful 50:57 and unbounded in goodness and truth." 50:59 And so to me when we give God glory we don't just extol Him, 51:02 we don't just give Him everything. 51:04 But we actually represent His character to other people. 51:10 So by our actions, we give Him glory. 51:12 Amen. That's wonderful. 51:14 That is very well said. 51:15 Yes. 51:17 And imagine doing that in the midst of a trial. 51:20 Yes. 51:21 Amen. That's right. 51:23 I don't have to imagine it. 51:24 There we go. There we go. 51:27 Well, all right, yes, I'm glad. 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