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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 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:18 I'm Jason Bradley, and I'm so glad 01:20 that you decided to join us. 01:23 And I hope that you are as excited 01:25 about this program as I am. 01:27 You know, I love to learn from the Word of God. 01:31 And when there are questions, guess what I want? 01:34 I want answers. 01:35 And so our panelists are going to answer your questions 01:39 from the Word of God. 01:41 But if you haven't submitted your questions, 01:43 I want to share with you how you can do so. 01:46 You can text them to (618) 228-3975, 01:51 or you can email 01:53 them to BibleQA@3abn.tv 01:58 And I want to share a scripture with you as we open up here. 02:03 It's taken from 2 Timothy 2:14-15. 02:08 And it says this, "Remind them of these things, 02:12 charging them before the Lord not to strive 02:15 about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 02:18 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, 02:22 a worker who does not need to be ashamed, 02:25 rightly dividing the word of truth." 02:29 And that's what we want to do, 02:30 we want to rightly divide the word of truth. 02:33 And so I want to introduce our panelists to you. 02:35 We have Sister Jill Morikone. 02:38 It's great to have you here, Jill. 02:39 Thank you so much, Jason. 02:41 I love Bible Q and A, because I get to learn 02:42 so much from everyone and study the Word of God. 02:46 So I'm excited. That's right. 02:47 And we have Brother Ryan Day. I'm here and accounted for. 02:51 I'm excited to be a part of this program 02:53 and to answer these rapid fire questions. 02:57 Yeah, they are rapid fire. 02:58 You only have two minutes to answer... 02:59 That's right. 03:01 You got to get it all in two minutes. 03:02 One question is a three minute one so... 03:04 That's right. And then we have Shelley Quinn. 03:06 Thank you for explaining 03:07 why we talk like an auctioneer sometime. 03:10 That's right. 03:13 So yes, we're gonna jump into these questions. 03:15 But, Jill, would you have 03:17 a word of prayer for us, please? 03:18 Absolutely. 03:20 Holy Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus. 03:22 We're grateful for Your Word, 03:24 Your Word is the lamp to our feet 03:26 and a light to our path. 03:28 Your Word is quick and active 03:30 and brings conviction to our hearts. 03:32 And we ask right now would You open up Your Word before us? 03:36 We ask for the anointing of Your Holy Spirit, 03:40 and that we would not just be hearers 03:42 of what your Word says, but that would we, 03:44 we would walk in obedience. 03:47 We thank You in Jesus' name. Amen. 03:49 Amen. Amen. 03:51 Amen. Ryan, I'm gonna start with you. 03:54 All right. 03:56 Again this comes from Tony out of New Jersey. 03:58 "Can anyone explain 03:59 why most Christian denominations 04:01 believe in a pre-tribulation rapture 04:04 when the Bible says otherwise? 04:06 What scriptures are they reading 04:07 to believe this?" 04:09 Well, I used to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. 04:11 Not that I was completely convinced, 04:13 but it was taught to me growing up 04:15 and where a lot of people get this from 04:17 is really just a misinterpretation. 04:19 And in many cases, a misapplication of Scripture. 04:22 This pre-tribulation rapture idea came really 04:24 the idea of it stemmed or the seed was planted 04:28 from a Jesuit Catholic priest back in the late 1500s, 04:32 by the name of Francisco Ribera. 04:33 He kind of, he kind of is known as the father 04:36 of what is known as the futurist approach 04:38 of Bible prophecy or the futurist interpretation. 04:41 And then, of course, many, many people played their role 04:44 in carrying out this message to bring about 04:46 this pre-tribulation rapture theory idea, 04:49 but it was a man by the name of John N. Darby from Scotland, 04:53 he was a Scottish gentleman from Europe 04:55 and he really exploded, 04:57 he was the one that really came up with the concept 04:59 on the pre-tribulation rapture idea, 05:01 but you know how he got it, how he really came about these, 05:05 what he believed the inspiration 05:07 was a young girl in his congregation 05:09 had a speaking in tongues, babbling type experience, 05:12 you know, where she said she went into a trance 05:15 and God showed her that this was the right 05:17 application of the Scripture. 05:19 And so many people believe this stemmed from that event, 05:23 about 100 and I don't know past 160, 180 years. 05:27 Of course, this same concept of the pre-tribulation 05:29 rapture idea was put in popular study Bibles like 05:32 the original which was probably be the Scofield Study Bible, 05:36 Cyrus Scofield, when he released that 05:37 and it was published, many of the pastors of the day 05:40 just begin to adopt this thinking. 05:42 The scriptures that they get it from, 05:44 well, we know it's a misapplication 05:45 and the misinterpretation. 05:47 They take 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and 5, 05:49 and they say, that's the rapture. 05:51 And they take the passages like Matthew 24, 05:53 and they say, that's the second coming. 05:55 And where they get their seven years 05:57 of tribulation that separates it again, 05:59 pre-tribulation rapture, rapture, 1 Thessalonians 4, 06:03 it happens before the seven years of tribulation. 06:05 They go to that 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel chapter 9. 06:09 And they manipulate that last week 06:11 at this called the Gap Theory. 06:12 They separate it from the other 69. 06:14 They bring it way down here at the end of time, 06:16 and they apply it to an Antichrist 06:18 after the church is raptured. 06:20 So that's where they get it from. 06:21 It's not biblical. 06:23 And I encourage you to look into it 06:25 and study it for yourself, 06:26 because there's only one return of Jesus. 06:28 And He's coming back soon. Amen. 06:30 Wow. That's a juiced version. 06:33 That's a powerful juiced version there. 06:35 We should do a program on that, Bible prophecy. 06:39 We'll talk about that one. 06:41 "Jill, why have we heard nothing from God 06:44 since Jesus in the Bible?" 06:46 This comes from Susan out of Arizona. 06:48 Thank you so much, Susan, for that question. 06:49 I would say we have heard from God, 06:51 we hear from God every day. 06:53 And I want to give you four ways 06:54 that we hear from God, 06:56 there's of course more than this. 06:57 But four ways that God still speaks to us, 07:00 speaks to you and I even today, 07:01 and the first is through His Word. 07:03 Now, you might be saying, wait a minute, 07:05 where we had Jesus isn't alive, 07:06 He hasn't been alive for 2,000 years. 07:08 And the last book of the New Testament, 07:11 Revelation was written what AD 95. 07:13 So we haven't heard from Him in a long time. 07:15 But Romans 15:4 says, 07:17 "Whatever things were written aforetime or before, 07:20 were written for our learning, that we through patience 07:24 and comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope." 07:27 That means that everything in the Word of God 07:30 was written not just for the people of that time, 07:33 but it's written down through the centuries for you 07:36 and me today. 07:37 All Scripture is written by inspiration of God 07:39 and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, 07:42 instruction in righteousness that we might be perfect. 07:45 The second way that we hear from God today 07:47 is through the fulfillment of prophecy. 07:50 In John 14:29, Jesus speaking, "He says, 07:53 'I told you before it comes 07:55 that when it comes to pass, you may believe.'" 07:59 This means that when we see the signs 08:01 of the times happening all around us, 08:04 God is speaking to us. 08:05 I am coming soon, we see that fulfillment 08:08 of prophecy take place here today. 08:12 The third way that God speaks to us today 08:14 is through creation, through His nature. 08:17 Romans Chapter 1 talks about 08:19 the ungodly or unrighteous people, 08:22 but yet they still sense 08:24 and know God in Romans 1:20 through creation. 08:27 It says, "For since the creation of the world, 08:30 His," that's God's, "invisible attributes are clearly seen, 08:34 being understood by the things that are made even His eternal 08:37 power and Godhead." 08:38 So they're without excuse. 08:40 That means even if you don't have the Word of God, 08:42 creation speaks to you every day 08:45 of God's power and might. 08:47 Finally number four, 08:48 God speaks to us through the convicting power 08:51 of the Holy Spirit. 08:52 So the prophets of old might not be alive today. 08:56 But God still speaks to us today. 08:58 Amen. I'm so glad that He does. 09:00 Amen. 09:02 "Shelley, my question is about the names 09:06 ascribed to the Messiah by the Prophet Isaiah 09:08 in 9:6, where He is also called the Everlasting Father. 09:14 We know that the Messiah, Jesus Christ 09:16 is the second person of the Godhead, 09:19 where God the Father is the first person. 09:22 Can you clarify why He is given this title 09:25 which may confuse others?" 09:26 This is from Ferdinand out of the Philippines. 09:28 Wonderful question, Ferdinand. 09:30 In Isaiah 9:6, you are right, this is about the Messiah, 09:34 He is the second person of the Godhead. 09:37 We have a tendency to think that the Messiah 09:40 was the Son of God before He arrived on earth 09:44 and was in it. 09:45 Actually He wasn't the Son of God 09:49 until He came to earth. 09:50 Let's look at this. Isaiah 9:6. 09:53 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, 09:57 the government will be upon His shoulder. 09:59 His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor." 10:03 That is a term used in parallel with a king. 10:08 Micah 4:9 says, "What you cry aloud, 10:11 is there no king in your midst as your counselor perished?" 10:17 So the council of our all knowing all powerful king, 10:22 His namely be called Mighty God. 10:25 This is a term in the Hebrew that was never used of man, 10:29 only of the deity of our Creator God. 10:34 So a child that was born to us was God Himself. 10:39 We know that God condescended 10:42 and took on the flesh of man. 10:46 Read Philippians 2:5-8, 10:49 the eternal Creator God was incarnated 10:54 as a person of Jesus Christ. 10:57 Now here's your question. 10:59 Everlasting Father, literally, is the Father of eternity. 11:03 In Micah 5:2, it's talking about, 11:06 "Out of Bethlehem shall come forth 11:09 the one to be the ruler in Israel, 11:11 whose goings forth are from of old, 11:13 up from everlasting." 11:16 And Isaiah 63:16 says, 11:20 "You O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer, 11:24 from everlasting is Your name." 11:27 So Jesus is the author of eternal life, 11:31 our Creator who condescended 11:35 and took on our flesh to be our Prince of Peace. 11:39 Let me add this real quick. 11:40 Shalom is more than absence 11:45 when it says Prince of Peace. 11:46 It's not just absence of conflict. 11:49 Shalom is the idea of completeness 11:53 and perfection, healing, soundness, well-being, 11:57 prosperity, good relationships, all that come from our Messiah. 12:02 Amen. 12:04 Amen. Thank you for that explanation. 12:06 Pastor Ryan Day, 12:08 you'll have three minutes for this question. 12:10 This comes from Manuel out of Virginia. 12:13 "Could you explain 12:18 about the 2,300 days, 12:21 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 12:24 Is this the heavenly sanctuary?" 12:27 Three minutes. All right. 12:28 Pray for that clock. Here we go. 12:31 All right, so Daniel 8:14, the Bible says, 12:33 "And he said unto me, 'For 2,300 days, 12:36 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.'" 12:38 So we get the idea that at the end 12:41 of the 2,300 days, because it says, 12:42 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 12:45 Of course, we're talking about judgment here. 12:47 The concept of the cleansing of the sanctuary, 12:50 if you're studying Scripture, you have a knowledge 12:51 of Old Testament Scripture, 12:53 then you know that this language, 12:54 in fact, most of the language of Daniel Chapter 8, 12:57 starting with the goat and the ram, 12:59 that's what was those, the goat 13:00 and the ram was used in the morning 13:01 and evening offerings of the sanctuary service. 13:04 And, of course, you have all of this sanctuary 13:06 language that's added throughout this chapter, 13:08 for instance, the daily, that's the daily service 13:11 of the sanctuary, this yearly service, 13:13 which is wrapped up in the cleansing 13:14 of the sanctuary, it's the holiest day 13:16 of the year in the Hebrew sanctuary 13:18 known as Yom Kippur. 13:19 It's a Day of Judgment, 13:21 a day in which God will atone for all 13:23 of the sins that have been brought into the sanctuary. 13:25 So that being said, 13:26 when, how do we explain this timeframe with this prophecy? 13:29 We know for sure that it's not talking about 13:31 2,300 literal days, because notice Daniel 7:18, 13:35 toward the end of that verse there it says, 13:37 "Understand, son of man that this vision 13:39 refers to the time of the end." 13:41 So wasn't talking about Daniel's time. 13:43 Again, Daniel 8:19. 13:45 He says again, "Look, I'm making known to you 13:48 what shall happen in the latter time." 13:50 And he says again, a third time in Daniel 8:26 13:53 toward the latter part, it says, 13:54 "A seal up vision for it refers to many days in the future." 13:58 We have three indications that this is not talking 14:00 about 2,300 literal days, 14:02 we apply the day-year or the year-day principle here. 14:05 Again, you get that from Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6, 14:09 where we take a day, a prophetic day, 14:12 and it becomes a year. 14:13 So we're talking about 2,300 years. 14:16 And so how do we get this timeframe? 14:17 How do we know when it begins and what it is? 14:19 Daniel knew the bulk of what this prophecy was about. 14:23 Because in Daniel 8, the Angel Gabriel tells him 14:25 what all of these different elements 14:27 mean within the vision. 14:29 There's a part of the vision in the original Hebrew 14:31 known as the mareh. 14:33 He didn't understand the mareh which was the time aspect. 14:36 And so by the time you get to the end of Daniel 8, 14:39 Daniel faints, and the only thing 14:41 he didn't understand 14:42 about it was he needed to know the time, 14:43 when does this thing begin, and when does it end? 14:45 Because when it ends, judgment begins. 14:48 When we go to Daniel Chapter 9, 14:50 notice what it says in Daniel Chapter 9. 14:52 It says, "He meets Gabriel again," 14:54 and then notice what Gabriel says to him in verse 23 14:56 of Daniel 9. 14:57 He says, "At the beginning of your supplication, 14:59 the command went out that I have come to tell you, 15:01 for you are greatly beloved, therefore consider the matter 15:03 and understand the vision." 15:05 But the word for vision there is the same word 15:08 used in Daniel 8, the mareh, dealing with the portion 15:11 of the vision of the time. 15:13 And so how, we just need to know the beginning of this, 15:16 the beginning of it, of course, 15:17 is the same start point as the 70 weeks prophecy. 15:21 And we know that the 70 weeks prophecy begin historically 15:24 when the decree went forward to rebuild and restore 15:27 the government in Jerusalem. 15:29 We find that in Ezra 7:13 and onward, 15:32 and we know that that happened in 457 BC. 15:37 If you count from 457 BC, 2,300 years, 15:41 you have to come to 1844. 15:44 My friends, it was an 1844 that judgment began. 15:48 That's what this prophecy is about. 15:50 It's telling us that judgment begins in 1844. 15:54 2,300 days, years, 15:56 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. 15:59 That's the juiced version of the 2300 years. 16:02 Only you can do that. Good job. 16:05 We're juicing today. Okay, I love it. 16:09 Jill, this comes from Christina out of India. 16:12 "Can the Holy Spirit leave a person in both, 16:15 leave a person in both the Old Testament 16:17 and New Testament? 16:19 Is there a verse that talks about that 16:22 in the New Testament? 16:23 A non-Adventist preacher here says that the Holy Spirit 16:27 could leave a person in the Old Testament, 16:29 but can't leave a person in the New Testament. 16:32 If the Holy Spirit is the same in both testaments, 16:34 I find it a bit cold. 16:37 Can you help with some Bible verse that talks about this? 16:40 Thank you so much, Christina. It's a great question. 16:42 And I would say our God is the same yesterday, 16:45 today and forever, and He does not change. 16:47 So the God of the Old Testament 16:48 is the God of the New Testament, 16:50 and the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament 16:51 is the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. 16:54 But let's look at that a little bit. 16:55 Of course, there's some very clear references 16:58 in the Old Testament, that the Holy Spirit 17:00 can depart from a person. 17:02 We see in Genesis 6:3, He says what? 17:04 "My spirit will not always strive with men." 17:06 Of course, this is just prior to the flood. 17:09 Within 1 Samuel 16, remember, Saul, 17:12 anointed king of Israel had turned his back on God, 17:15 and had disobeyed persistently the voice of God. 17:19 And then it says, "The Spirit of the Lord 17:20 departed from Saul." 17:22 But where do we find some 17:24 of these contexts in the New Testament? 17:27 You know, we've seen the New Testament 17:28 with the story of Ananias and Sapphira 17:30 that clearly we can lie to the Holy Spirit. 17:33 Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan 17:34 filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, 17:37 and keep back part of the price for yourself." 17:40 We see in Ephesians 4:30, 17:42 that you and I can grieve the Holy Spirit. 17:46 In Ephesians 4:30, it says, 17:47 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit by which you 17:50 were sealed for the day of redemption." 17:52 We see in Mark 3:28 and 29, 17:55 we see this sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. 17:59 That's what we call the unpardonable sin, 18:03 which is really just simply the persistent 18:05 refusal or rejection of the Holy Spirit. 18:09 So the bottom line, we also see in Revelation, 18:12 you can see that the angels holding back the winds 18:15 of strife will be released at the end time. 18:18 And we see that the Holy Spirit will be withdrawn 18:22 from this earth. 18:24 But the bottom line is that 18:25 the Holy Spirit doesn't leave us. 18:27 We choose by deliberate, persistent refusal to turn 18:31 our back on the Holy Spirit. 18:33 If in your heart, you have any desire for God, 18:36 if you're even worried about that, 18:37 well, that clearly has not happened to you, 18:40 because that's evidence that the Holy Spirit 18:42 is still working in your heart and in your life. 18:44 Very good. Excellent answer. 18:47 Excellent answer. 18:48 Now, if you're just joining us, 18:50 and you're wondering 18:51 how you can submit your questions, 18:53 you can text them to (618) 228-3975 18:58 or you can email them to 18:59 BibleQA@3abn.tv 19:05 Shelley, I want to come to you on this question. 19:08 This comes from Pat out of Oregon. 19:11 And it says, "God knew man and woman 19:15 could not keep the Ten Commandments. 19:16 So why would He create failures?" 19:19 I love this question, Pat. 19:21 God did not create failures, 19:23 He created perfection in His image. 19:28 And the image of God is, He is love. 19:32 So the image of God is love. 19:35 But what happened, Adam, 19:39 I guess you could say that he violated 19:41 the sacred gift of free will. 19:45 And so had humanity remained loyal to God, 19:50 and in that love, 19:52 they would have been able to keep the commandments 19:54 and you know what? 19:55 God Himself descended 19:57 and became a person to show us 20:00 proof to us that it was possible 20:02 the person of Jesus Christ had no advantage over us, 20:06 He never used His godly powers. 20:10 Hebrews 2:17-18 says, 20:13 "Therefore, in all things 20:15 He had to be made like his brethren, 20:16 that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest 20:19 and things pertaining to God, to make 20:22 propitiation for the sins of the people, 20:24 for in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted. 20:29 He's able to aid those who are tempted." 20:32 Hebrews 4:15 says, 20:34 "We do not have a high priest 20:36 who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, 20:39 but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." 20:45 Yes, because God is omniscient, all knowing, 20:50 He knew we would fall. 20:54 But He had the Calvary plan in mind from before 20:59 the foundation of the earth. 21:01 Revelation 13:8 talks about 21:05 the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 21:08 And Romans 5:8 says, 21:10 "He demonstrates His love for us, 21:13 that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." 21:16 And now here's the good news, 2 Corinthians 5:17 says 21:20 that "If we are in Christ, we're new creations, 21:24 the old is gone, the new has come." 21:27 And Romans 8:37 says, 21:29 "In all these things, 21:31 we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus." 21:36 So you're not a failure. You're born again, 21:39 you're a new creation. Amen. 21:40 Amen. Praise God. 21:42 That was beautiful. 21:43 Pastor Day, 21:45 "The Bible says that every eye will see 21:47 Jesus at His second coming. 21:49 Does that mean that the righteous 21:52 and unrighteous dead 21:54 will be resurrected in the first resurrection?" 21:56 Actually, no. 21:58 So when it says, "Every eye will see Him," 21:59 it's talking about every eye that will see Him that's 22:02 alive when He returns, as well as those people 22:05 who will be resurrected. 22:06 Now, who will be resurrected when Christ comes? 22:08 Let's go to John 5:28-29 makes it very clear. 22:12 Jesus says, "Do not marvel at this, for the hour 22:14 is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear 22:17 His voice and come forth, 22:19 those who have done good, to the resurrection of life." 22:22 That's the resurrection at the Second Coming. 22:24 And then it goes on to say, "And those who have done evil, 22:27 to the resurrection of damnation." 22:29 All right. 22:31 Now, when we see these two resurrections, 22:32 resurrection of life, resurrection of damnation, 22:35 these are two separate resurrections. 22:37 So the resurrection of life is at the Second 22:39 Coming of Jesus, we see this in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 22:43 where it says that, you know, 22:45 Jesus comes forward with a shout, 22:46 with the voice of an archangel, with the trump of God, 22:49 and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 22:51 That's the resurrection of life. 22:52 If we die in this lifetime, we want to make sure we're part 22:54 of that first resurrection. 22:55 All right? 22:57 We see this even put into greater 22:58 perspective in Revelation 20:6, 23:00 where it says, "Blessed and 23:01 holyA isA he who has part in the first resurrection," 23:03 again at the Second Coming of Jesus, 23:05 "over such the second death have no power, 23:08 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, 23:11 and shall reign with Him a thousand years." 23:13 All right, that's verse 5. 23:15 So the righteous resurrected at the Second Coming of Jesus. 23:19 But notice verse 5, 23:20 the previous verse in Chapter 20, it says, 23:22 "But the rest of the dead did not live again until 23:25 the thousand years were finished." 23:27 So the unrighteous that are in the graves 23:30 at the Second Coming of Jesus, they remain in the grave, 23:32 except for a special group. 23:34 We are told in Matthew 26, by Christ, when they were, 23:37 when they were basically putting Jesus through a trial. 23:41 Jesus told Caiaphas, He says he will see 23:43 the Son of Man coming back, 23:45 on the right hand of power in the clouds of heaven. 23:48 And in Revelation 1:7, it does say, "Behold, 23:50 He cometh with clouds, and every eye will see Him, 23:53 even they who pierced Him." 23:55 So the only unrighteous 23:56 who will be resurrected at the Second Coming 23:58 of Jesus is that special group, all those people that actually 24:02 participated in the resurrection, 24:04 or excuse me, the crucifixion of Jesus. 24:06 They'll be resurrected to see Jesus come in the clouds, 24:09 and then they'll be slain at the presence of the Lord. 24:11 But yes, there's two resurrections, 24:12 one at the Second Coming, the resurrection of life, 24:15 and then the, all the dead that are in the graves 24:17 remain in the graves until 24:19 the thousand years are finished, 24:20 and then the unrighteous will be resurrected at the end 24:22 of the thousand years. 24:24 Well said. Well said. 24:25 Jill, "How do you worship in spirit and in truth?" 24:29 I like this question a lot. 24:30 This is probably a topic I feel really passionate about. 24:32 Amen. 24:34 There's two extremes in Christianity. 24:35 You have on the one side feelings, 24:37 emotionalism and I call it a false type of grace, 24:42 because grace doesn't land in that side, 24:44 but a false type would. 24:45 On this side, we have formalism 24:47 and intellectualism and even legalism. 24:51 You know, 2 Peter 3:18 24:53 is probably one of my newest favorite scriptures, 24:57 and it simply says, "Grow in grace 25:00 and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 25:04 So what does that mean? 25:05 We are called clearly to grow in knowledge, 25:07 we are called to grow in understanding of His Word 25:11 and an intellectual understanding of truth. 25:14 In Acts 17, you see the Bereans, 25:16 who searched the scriptures daily, 25:19 to confirm whether what Paul was teaching was actually true. 25:23 But we don't just grow in knowledge, 25:25 we also grow in grace. 25:27 That is an experiential understanding of Jesus. 25:32 You know, the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 25:33 5:22, love, joy, peace, long suffering. 25:36 So some people only grow in knowledge. 25:39 Have you ever met a person like that? 25:42 I call them intellectual infidels, 25:45 meaning you can know the Scripture, 25:47 you can claim the 2,300 days, 25:49 you can worship on the seventh day, 25:51 and you can still not even know Jesus. 25:54 If you don't have love in your heart for other people, 25:57 if you don't express patience and joy in Jesus, 26:01 you are not a Christian. 26:02 That's right. 26:04 And on the flip side, if all you do when you 26:05 go to church is love, love, joy 26:08 and the Holy Ghost, 26:10 you are missing an integral part of worship, 26:14 which is the intellectual understanding 26:17 of the Word of God. 26:18 So both are to be married together. 26:21 Jesus explained it this way to the woman at the well. 26:23 This is in John Chapter 4. 26:26 He said, "God is spirit, 26:27 and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit 26:29 and in truth." 26:31 You see, you and I are called to love the Lord our God, 26:33 not with just all our heart, and soul, but also our mind. 26:38 That's the connection again, between the emotional 26:41 and the intellectual understanding. 26:43 We are called to worship in spirit and in truth. 26:46 Oh, wonderful. 26:48 I loved that, you covered both sides of the coin there. 26:50 That's right. That's really, really good. 26:53 Shelley, "The Bible says 26:54 that we are saved by grace in Ephesians 2:8-9, 26:58 "For by grace, you have been saved through faith 27:00 and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God 27:03 not of works, lest anyone should boast." 27:06 What does this mean and how can this reflect? 27:10 Or yeah, reflect my life." 27:13 This is from Wessie out of New Mexico. 27:16 Oh, this is one of my favorite topics about 27:20 which I'm passionate. 27:21 Salvation belongs to the Lord. 27:24 Salvation is a gift, 27:26 there is nothing that you can do to earn it. 27:30 It's a gift of His goodness and you see in that scripture, 27:33 even faith is a gift because it says, 27:36 you're saved through faith that not of yourselves. 27:39 The object of our faith is the person of Jesus Christ. 27:43 In 2 Corinthians 5:21, it says, "He made Him Christ, 27:48 who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might 27:51 become the righteousness of God in Him." 27:56 So righteousness by faith is the only kind 27:58 of righteousness there is. 28:01 And what this does is it prevents 28:04 self-righteousness and pride. 28:06 No one can boast. 28:08 In 1 Corinthians 1:30-31, it says, 28:11 "But of Him, you are in Christ Jesus, 28:13 who became for us wisdom from God. 28:18 "Righteousness, our sanctification, 28:22 our redemption, that as it is written, 28:26 He who glories for the glory of the Lord. 28:28 The application is this. 28:31 If you are abiding in Christ, 28:34 if you've received Christ as your Savior, 28:36 and you remain in Christ, 28:38 you can have assurance of your salvation, 28:41 you can rest in that assurance. 28:43 In 1 John 5:11-12, it says, "This is the testimony. 28:48 God has given us eternal life, 28:51 this life is in His Son, 28:53 He who has the Son has life. 28:57 He who does not have the Son does not have life." 29:00 So what is our part? 29:02 Our part is to believe, to receive 29:05 and believing is more than mental assent, 29:08 even the demons believe. 29:10 It means to be living in Him, walking in loyalty, 29:16 walking in love, and that means we obey His commandments. 29:20 If you continue on Ephesians 2:10 says this, 29:24 "We're His workmanship, 29:26 created in Christ Jesus for good works, 29:29 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." 29:33 Amen. Amen. 29:35 I love that how you stated what it means to believe, 29:38 yeah, because I think 29:39 a lot of people get hung up on that. 29:41 That's right. 29:42 Pastor Day, "I was wondering when in the Bible did church 29:44 denominations start and what denominations 29:47 were they before knowledge 29:48 of the Sabbath had been changed?" 29:51 Jennifer, this is from Jennifer out of Colorado. 29:53 That's a great question. 29:54 There's actually not any specific text that explicitly 29:57 talks about denominations or multiple denominations 30:00 in the Scripture. 30:01 We know that you know Bible makes it clear 30:02 that there's one Lord, one faith, one baptism, right? 30:05 That's a famous scripture, Paul quotes 30:07 there in counseling to the church. 30:09 We have to understand that when it comes to Scripture, 30:12 we see that we have God's people 30:14 and we have really the enemy's seed, right? 30:17 The woman seed and all the way back to 30:19 Genesis 3:15 30:20 where Jesus promised that there would be enmity 30:23 between the woman seed and, of course, 30:25 the seed of the enemy, the seed of the serpent. 30:27 We know that that woman is not necessarily 30:29 referencing Eve specifically, but rather a continuance 30:32 of the church because a woman in Bible prophecy represents 30:35 a church or a woman in the Bible 30:37 is likened unto a church. 30:38 And so we get that from, of course, Jeremiah 6:2, 30:43 and also 2 Corinthians 11:2 30:46 where the church is likened into a woman. 30:48 And so we see biblically speaking, 30:50 God has always had just His people. 30:52 And then the enemies of the church or the enemies 30:55 of God who did not fall in line with that faith 30:58 that God had called His people into. 31:00 Now, where denominations come in, 31:01 of course, specifically, 31:03 is from the Reformation, the Reformation time period, 31:06 which is around the early 1500s AD. 31:09 We see out of that Reformation, 31:10 at one time there was only one Christian church, 31:14 and that was the Catholic Church, 31:15 in fact that's what Catholic means universal, 31:17 there was only one universal church. 31:19 Out of that Reformation came many different denominations. 31:23 And I don't think it was God's plan for there to be all 31:25 these different divisional denominations. 31:27 But that is the reality. 31:29 In fact, today, there's more than 31:30 40,000 different 31:32 Protestant denominations in the world today. 31:34 But let's put this in perspective here. 31:36 You know, this is, 31:37 this multiple denomination thing, 31:39 you know, people breaking away 31:40 and starting their own movement. 31:41 Of course, we know prior to the giving 31:43 of the Sabbath message, 31:45 or as the question is stating here, 31:47 there was only that one true faith that came 31:50 from the apostles, from the leadership of Christ, 31:52 and they were Sabbath keepers. 31:53 But within the first three to four centuries, 31:56 after Jesus had died, after the apostles had died, 31:59 all the way up till about the 300s AD 32:02 is when we start to see the breaking away 32:04 of Sabbath keeping, 32:06 the ushering in of Sunday keeping. 32:07 And we start to see that universal church being set up. 32:10 And, of course, by the 1500s, 32:12 there comes all the different denominations. 32:14 There's a whole lot more I could say about it, 32:15 but my time is out. 32:19 You gave us a quick history. 32:22 That's good. That's good. 32:24 Jill, you will have a little bit 32:26 more time to answer this one. 32:27 This is a three minute deal here. 32:30 "Hebrew states that God chastises those He loves. 32:33 How does He do that? 32:35 And with what based on your experience or hearing?" 32:40 Thank you so much, Karen, for that question. 32:43 The verse, of course, it's been referenced as Hebrews 12:6, 32:47 "For whom the Lord loves He chastens and scourges 32:50 every son whom He receives." 32:53 Now, your question was not 32:54 I read it three times to make sure I got it. 32:56 But your question was not specifically, 32:58 why does He chasten us, but really, 33:00 how does the chastening process occur. 33:03 So if you want the answer to the why, 33:05 we can address that on a different question. 33:07 I'm not even touching that in this answer, 33:09 but we're looking at the how, how does He chasten us? 33:11 I would say, there's four ways that God chastens us. 33:14 Way number one is through His Word. 33:17 Hebrews 4:12, 33:18 "The Word of God is living or quick and powerful, 33:21 and sharper than any two-edged sword, 33:24 piercing even to the division of soul 33:26 and spirit of joints and marrow, 33:28 and is a discerner of the thoughts 33:30 and intents of the heart." 33:32 So the Word of God brings conviction us in, 33:34 I don't know about you, but I've opened up my Bible. 33:37 And I've read scripture just in my morning devotion, 33:40 and instantly God speaks to my heart and mind and say, 33:43 "Jill, you're out of line here." 33:44 That is the chastening 33:46 of the Lord coming from the Word of God. 33:49 Amen. 33:50 The second way He chastens us, is through life's trials. 33:54 Now we're not looking at why or who causes 33:56 the trials, we're just looking at the how. 33:58 How does the chastening occur through life's trials? 34:02 I would tell you that trials are only redemptive 34:06 if we surrender, and we receive them. 34:10 You know, 2 Corinthians 4:17 says, 34:12 our light affliction which is but for a moment, 34:14 works for us an eternal of... 34:17 Works for us a far more exceeding 34:19 and eternal weight of glory. 34:21 You know, trials can make us bitter. 34:22 Have you ever seen that? 34:24 Have you ever seen someone go through a trial 34:26 and they turned against God? 34:27 They became a bitter person, they became resentful, 34:30 they became unforgiving. 34:31 That is when we receive trials in the wrong spirit. 34:35 But if we open up our hearts to God in the midst of pain, 34:40 God can use those trials to work 34:42 redemptively in our lives. 34:45 I think we need to receive trials with joy. 34:47 Now this is a hard thing. 34:49 James Chapter 1, 34:50 we're supposed to count it and joy 34:52 when we go through that. 34:53 That doesn't mean that the trial is a good thing, 34:55 but it means God can bring something good out of it. 34:58 We're supposed to ask God 35:00 what we can learn in the midst 35:01 of the trial and allow Him to teach us. 35:04 We're supposed to allow Him to work redemptively 35:06 in our hearts and lives. 35:08 The final two ways, trials, 35:10 how God chastens us through that. 35:15 Number three is through our interactions with others. 35:18 You know, Proverbs 27:17 says, "As iron sharpens iron, 35:22 so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend." 35:25 In other words, the natural rub we have with other people. 35:28 That's the way that God uses to chasten us 35:31 or to grow us to become more like Jesus. 35:35 And the final way is through the convicting power 35:37 of the Holy Spirit. 35:38 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, 35:41 he will convict you and I of truth, 35:43 righteousness and judgment." 35:45 So the Holy Spirit chastens us as well. 35:47 So we are chastened by the Word, 35:49 we're chastened through life's trials. 35:51 We're chastened through our interaction 35:53 with other people, 35:54 and by the power of the Holy Spirit. 35:56 Amen. Wonderful. 35:57 Amen. Amen. Great list too. 35:59 Yes, great list. 36:01 Shelley, you have, how many minutes? 36:04 Three minutes for this question. 36:06 "How is the Holy Ghost God? 36:09 Just need an explanation." Woo-hoo, okay. 36:12 The second fundamental belief 36:13 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 36:15 is in the Trinity and it says, there's one God, Father, Son, 36:19 and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal persons. 36:23 Why do we believe this? 36:25 Because there are 58 triadic scriptures in the Bible 36:30 that support Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 36:35 The Word of God unequivocally teaches that the Holy Spirit 36:40 is as much a personality as the Father 36:44 and the Son. 36:45 And he has all of the elements of personhood. 36:49 He's ascribed to have wisdom, understanding, authoritative 36:54 will, emotion in speech. 36:56 And then Jill referred this earlier, 36:58 Acts 5:3-4, when Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit 37:04 or to about his, 37:07 Ananias and Sapphira had lied. 37:10 What Peter said is, 37:13 "You have lied to the Holy Spirit," 37:16 and then he says, 37:17 "Ananias you haven't lied to man, but to God." 37:22 In John 14:16, 37:24 this is one of my favorite proof text if you will. 37:28 Jesus is speaking. 37:30 He says, "I will pray to Father 37:31 He will give you another helper 37:35 that He can be with you 37:39 or abide with you forever." 37:41 Another helper in the Greek it is allos parakletos. 37:47 A parakletos is only a person, 37:50 it is a person. 37:52 And it's only used, it was used of the Messiah, 37:54 Jesus is now our advocate, our parakletos, 37:58 our helper in heaven. 38:00 But what we see here is that he says allos parakletos. 38:06 There's two words in the Greek heteros and allos, 38:10 which mean another. 38:11 Heteros means like, if I give you a bowl of fruit, 38:15 or you've had a banana, I said, 38:16 you want another piece of fruit, 38:18 heteros, you might choose an orange, 38:20 just another of a different kind. 38:23 But allos means one who is exactly like Me. 38:28 And that's what Jesus is saying is, 38:31 this advocate is of the same quality, 38:34 the same character as Me, He is God. 38:38 There is no comparison between Christ 38:43 and just abstract influence. 38:48 So we see that the Holy Spirit 38:50 is God's advocate for man on the earth 38:56 when Jesus returned to heaven. 38:59 God came down in as the Holy Spirit 39:04 to be with us to abide in us. 39:07 And we see Acts 13:2 39:09 the Holy Spirit chose church leaders. 39:13 In Acts 15:28, He led in church decisions. 39:18 Acts 16:6-7, 39:20 He led in the direction 39:22 of where the gospel would be preached. 39:25 He is God. Amen. 39:27 I'm gonna have to brush up on my Greek 39:28 and my 58 triadic scriptures. 39:31 That was a good work. That's going to have to. 39:34 I've to work on that. There you go, that's right. 39:36 Pastor Day, on Psalm 150:4, 39:42 "Praise him with the timbrel and dance, 39:44 praise Him with the stringed instruments and organs." 39:48 Psalm 150. 39:50 Is it possible to worship and praise with timbrel? 39:52 If not, why? 39:54 Why is dance not permitted in worship?" 39:57 Okay, well, let's read, let's read what Psalm 150:3-6, 40:01 let's put it in perspective. 40:02 It says, "Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet, 40:04 praise Him with the lute and the harp! 40:06 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance," 40:08 there's the verse there, verse 4, 40:09 "Praise Him with 40:11 stringed instruments and flutes!" 40:12 Verse five, "Praise Him with loud cymbals, 40:15 and praise Him with clashing cymbals!" 40:17 Right? 40:19 And so it goes on to say in verse 6, 40:20 "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." 40:23 And so the question here is, 40:24 you know, can we and should we use, 40:26 like the timbrel, is it appropriate? 40:28 I'll tell you, it's in the Bible, 40:30 it's appropriate. 40:31 I think when we start to get into our own theories 40:33 and ideas, that's where we start to mess up. 40:35 If it's in the Bible, it's appropriate 40:37 and we have to put it in proper perspective. 40:39 I was at a meeting recently in Alabama, 40:42 and I was out in the hallway and they were there leading 40:44 music before my meetings began or my sermon began. 40:47 And I heard a tambourine. 40:48 Somebody had a tambourine, 40:49 which is a timbrel is basically a tambourine. 40:51 It's a type of percussive instrument that gives 40:53 a little bit of a rhythmic aspect to the music. 40:57 So somebody was in there, you know, 40:58 playing I can hear the timbrel or the timbrel 41:00 or the tambourines, keeps going. 41:03 And so you know, some of the people are a little 41:05 uncomfortable, because, again, you know, 41:06 it's a house of God and we should be, 41:08 you know, we should be reverence. 41:09 And certainly, we absolutely 41:11 should be reverential in the presence 41:13 of God and in God's house. 41:14 But yet when we're worshiping God, 41:15 we do have clear counsel given in God's Word 41:19 where we can use these certain instruments to praise God 41:21 and we should not withhold it. 41:23 If there's an opportunity 41:24 and whether someone can play it skillfully and that's the key, 41:26 skillfully and appropriately. 41:28 We don't just want somebody in there just shaking stuff 41:30 around causing havoc or chaos, 41:33 but skillfully playing these instruments. 41:35 That's the key. 41:36 As far as the dancing, you know, that's the thing, 41:38 you know, it's in the Bible, we certainly can't deny 41:41 the fact that there were individuals who, 41:43 especially with David in 2 Samuel Chapter 6, 41:45 where it says David danced before the Lord. 41:48 Now there have been done some research where it says, 41:49 where David wasn't out there doing the, you know, 41:51 it wasn't like he was out there doing the cha cha slide, 41:53 or the electric slide or gyrating, you know, 41:56 to, you know, in kind of a nightclub type way, 41:58 you know, like what you might see in an area like that, 42:01 but he was leaping, he was twirling, 42:03 he was dancing, in a sense, because he was happy 42:06 that the Ark of the Lord had been returned. 42:08 So I'm not going to go as far 42:09 as to say that dancing is wrong. 42:11 But we certainly aren't talking about like nightclub dancing 42:14 or choreography dancing, like what you see in a music show 42:17 or a music award show or something like that. 42:19 We have to put that in perspective. 42:21 I'm going to leave it to that, because I believe 42:24 we need some more study in that area. 42:25 So maybe our scholars or somebody will come out 42:27 with some appropriate studies on what does it mean to dance 42:31 before the Lord, that's something 42:32 we need to put in proper context, 42:33 but we know for sure they weren't out there gyrating 42:36 and shaking things that they probably shouldn't 42:37 and in an inappropriate way. 42:39 We have to be appropriate and reverential. 42:42 Be respectful to our Lord, when we're worshiping Him. 42:44 I have to add this comment. 42:46 In the Hebrew rejoice, the literal meaning 42:50 of rejoice is to spin and turn around 42:55 just like a calf that's been released from stall. 42:59 Kicking up the heels. 43:00 It is, it's kicking up their heels. 43:02 Amen. 43:03 I'll be interested in seeing that dance there. 43:06 Jill, this comes from Shelley out of Jamaica. 43:12 "In Mark 16:7, 43:14 is there a reason why Peter's name 43:16 was called in particular?" 43:18 Thank you so much, Shelley, for that question. 43:20 Of course, this is resurrection morning 43:22 and the woman go with the spices to anoint 43:24 Jesus' body, but He's not there, 43:26 because He is risen. 43:28 And the angel instructs them that Jesus is risen 43:31 and then what does the angel say? 43:33 This is in that Mark 16:7, 43:36 "Go tell the disciples and Peter, 43:39 that he's going before you into Galilee, 43:41 there you will see Him as He said to you." 43:44 So I think initially, we could, 43:47 for sure say that this expresses 43:50 our Lord's love for Peter. 43:51 Remember, Peter had denied Jesus, 43:53 right before the crucifixion, and Peter is in anguish, 43:56 and Peter's in agony. 43:57 And the Lord knows that and the Lord specifically 44:01 wanting to express His love, His care, His forgiveness, 44:04 His compassion for Peter. 44:07 And He reminds Peter that again, in John 21, 44:09 thereby the Sea of Galilee, 44:11 and when He asked him three times, 44:13 "Simon, son of Jonas, 44:14 do you love Me?" 44:16 I also think if we look at it a little bit deeper, 44:18 I believe that God deals with us all individually. 44:22 You know, if you were to call a doctor, 44:24 and you were to express your symptoms, 44:25 what if the doctor gave the same prescription? 44:28 And he said, "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning." 44:30 If you have a headache, it works really well. 44:32 If you had a ruptured appendix, you might die. 44:35 If you are a parent, 44:36 you do not treat all of your children the same. 44:39 You know, Moses took a 40 year timeout. 44:42 Esther fasted for three days. 44:44 Joshua marched around Jericho for seven days. 44:47 God wrestled with Jacob, argued with Job, 44:50 whispered to Elijah, and comforted Hagar. 44:54 Jesus was stern with a rich young ruler, 44:57 tender with a woman caught in adultery, 44:59 patient with the disciples, blistering with the Scribes, 45:03 gentle with the children, 45:05 and forgiving with a thief on the cross. 45:07 So you know what that tells me? 45:09 Our Lord deals with each one of us individually, 45:12 because He knows us, because He made us 45:15 and because He wants to restore our relationship with Him. 45:19 That's right. That's right. 45:21 Oh, beautiful. I love those examples. 45:22 And it's, oh, that's exciting, 45:24 and it's comforting to know that He 45:26 has that relationship with each other. 45:28 It's beautiful. Amen. 45:29 Amen. 45:30 Shelley, "Did God know ahead of time 45:32 that Jesus would be killed on a cross?" 45:35 This comes from Alba out of Nicaragua? 45:38 Oh, Alba, I'm gonna just answer you directly from Scripture. 45:43 I'm just gonna read you a number of scriptures. 45:44 Let me say this, 45:46 the second person of the Godhead, 45:50 before He was incarnated, He was eternally 45:54 the Lamb of God. 45:56 And we know that because Revelation 13:8 45:59 speaks of the Lamb of God, 46:02 who was the foundation, 46:04 or who was slain from the foundation of the world. 46:07 So He was in the anticipation of His incarnation, 46:13 He was eternally the Lamb of God. 46:15 1 Peter 1:18-21 says 46:19 that we weren't redeemed with corruptible things 46:23 like silver or gold, but with the precious blood 46:27 of Jesus Christ, the Lamb without blemish or spot. 46:32 And verse 20 says, 46:33 "He indeed was foreordained before 46:38 the foundation of the world." 46:42 Ephesians 3:8-12, 46:45 Paul says, hey, "I'm least of the saints, 46:47 but this grace was given to me, 46:50 so that I can preach to you 46:51 the unsearchable riches of Christ." 46:57 And then he goes on in verse 11, 46:59 he says, 47:00 "According to the eternal purpose, 47:05 which he accomplished in Christ, 47:08 our Lord." 47:09 And then Philippians 2:5-8, 47:12 which was probably one of my favorite passages. 47:16 It says, "Let this mind be in you, 47:18 which was in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, 47:22 He was God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 47:27 because He was God. 47:29 But He made himself of no reputation." 47:31 Think of the humility that our God 47:36 had to have to come down 47:39 and take on the flesh of a man. 47:43 And then it says, 47:44 "And He humbled Himself, 47:46 and became obedient to the point of death." 47:50 Even the death of the cross. 47:52 So all along, God knew, yes, 47:57 that He would have to come down here 48:00 and sacrifice the way He did to save His people. 48:05 Thank you for that explanation, Shelley. 48:07 Amen. 48:08 "In the gospels, Christ refers to those 48:10 who are first will be last, what does that mean? 48:14 I understand the meaning in Mark Chapter 9 to the apostles. 48:18 It is in other places, I am not sure. 48:20 Do they all have the same meaning?" 48:22 Okay, so it must be an extra question. 48:24 Yeah, anybody can answer. All right. 48:26 All right. 48:28 So yeah, I'll jump in here 48:29 and then you guys can add anything you want. 48:31 Obviously, Christ repeats this many times 48:33 throughout the record of the gospels. 48:35 I'm going to use for example today, 48:39 what we find in Matthew Chapter 19, 48:40 and also Matthew Chapter 20. 48:42 Because this comes within the context in Matthew 19, 48:45 Jesus has just had this encounter 48:46 with the rich young ruler who comes to Him 48:48 and says, "What do I do to have eternal life?" 48:50 And Jesus begins to name off some of the commandments. 48:54 And he says, "Oh, Jesus, you know, 48:55 I've kept those from my youth, we're all good there. 48:58 So what else must I need to do?" 48:59 He says, "Okay, well if you've kept them off 49:01 and go sell all that you have and give to the poor 49:03 and come follow Me." 49:04 So in the aftermath of that, 49:06 we see that the rich young ruler 49:08 walks away sorrowful, 49:10 okay, he couldn't do it. 49:11 He couldn't give away his belongings 49:12 because he had an abundance of wealth, right? 49:15 Out of that Jesus has this conversation 49:17 with the disciples and disciples say, "Lord, 49:18 we've given up everything for You. 49:20 So then what does that mean for us?" 49:22 And so Jesus says this at the end of Matthew 19, 49:24 so I'm looking at chapter, excuse me, Matthew 19:29-30. 49:29 It says, "And everyone who has left houses 49:31 or brothers or sister or father or mother or wife or children 49:34 or lands, for My namesake, shall receive a hundredfold 49:38 and inherit eternal life." 49:40 And then verse 30, 49:41 "But many who are first will be last, 49:43 and the last first." 49:44 Within this context, what Christ is pointing out 49:47 is that there are individuals 49:48 who put themselves first before anyone else. 49:51 In other words, they have kind of this selfish outlook 49:53 of the opposite of what Christ said, 49:55 "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." 49:57 These individuals are looking for itself first to basically 50:02 have an abundance of what they want rather 50:04 than what their fellow brother wants. 50:05 And so Christ is basically, within this context. 50:08 He's saying, look, those who are first 50:10 will be last those who make themselves first will be last. 50:13 And those who are last will be first. 50:14 That's exactly what the disciples had done. 50:16 They had given away everything, 50:17 they had walked away from everything, 50:19 and they put God first, 50:20 therefore putting their fellow man first. 50:22 We also see this in the very next chapter, 50:25 within the context of the parable 50:26 of the workers in the vineyard. 50:28 Some of the workers are hired on earlier, 50:30 and you know, the first part of the day, 50:32 and then some are hired in the 11th hour. 50:33 And then, you know, the master begins to hand out 50:36 the payment for the day. 50:37 And the ones that were hired first said whoa, whoa, whoa, 50:39 you can't give them the same that you're giving us. 50:42 In other words, putting themselves first 50:44 before the others, wanting what they thought 50:46 was best for them over what was, 50:48 what the master wanted for those 50:50 who were hired in the 11th hour. 50:52 And Jesus again repeats in verse 16 of Matthew 20. 50:55 "So the last will be first and the first last, 50:57 for many are called and few are chosen." 50:59 The concept to this I believe very clearly 51:01 is that we need to have the mind of Christ, 51:04 the mind of Christ is to love your neighbor 51:06 as you love yourself, putting someone else 51:08 above your own for the sake and the love of others. 51:11 Amen. Amen, 51:12 Well said. 51:14 Anything, Shelley, you want to... 51:15 Go ahead. 51:16 I was just, I was thinking, you know, 51:18 when you look at the Word of God, Isaiah 14, 51:20 Ezekiel 28, we see Satan 51:22 and him saying the whole essence 51:24 of his kingdom itself in self-seeking. 51:26 But when we look at Christ, 51:28 His kingdom is built on self-sacrificing love, 51:32 and we see that exemplified here in this passage. 51:34 Amen, absolutely. 51:36 Thank God for that self-sacrificing love. 51:38 We are getting ready to take a short break. 51:41 We're going to show you how you can submit 51:43 your questions, we're going to check out 51:44 a little news break, and we will be right back. 51:48 So don't go anywhere. 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