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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:01 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today Bible Q and A, 01:18 Bible question and answer. 01:19 We're so glad that you have joined us today. 01:22 And we look forward to spending this time with you. 01:24 We know that many of you are deep Bible students. 01:27 Some of you are also just finding out 01:29 about the Word of God and are so excited 01:31 about learning new truths found in God's Word. 01:34 And we want to thank you for submitting 01:36 so many questions here to 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:40 It's fantastic and if you've never submitted anything 01:43 and want to do that, 01:44 let me give you that contact information right now. 01:46 You can always email us at BibleQA@3abn.tv 01:51 Or you can always text us at (618) 228-3975, 01:56 and we'd be happy to answer your questions 01:58 in an upcoming program. 02:00 You know, we just appreciate your prayers 02:01 and financial support for the Ministry of 3ABN 02:04 because our vision, 02:05 our commission from the Lord Jesus Christ, 02:08 is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ 02:11 around the world. 02:12 And you know, the message that 3ABN proclaims 02:14 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 02:16 It's not our message, it's the Lord Jesus Christ 02:19 and His message that is found in the Word of God. 02:24 You know, this morning I was reading 02:26 2 Timothy 1:12. 02:30 And Paul is talking to Timothy, and in this verse, 02:33 I love this verse, Paul is saying, 02:36 "For I know whom I have believed." 02:40 Amen. 02:42 Who do you believe in? 02:43 Paul believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, 02:45 and that's what he based everything. 02:47 I just hope and pray today that you are basing everything 02:49 and you know, and you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 02:52 So today, as we dig into the Word of God, 02:54 open the scriptures. 02:56 It's not our opinion, it's the Word of God 02:58 that we're sharing with you today. 02:59 So we hope to in this hour's time to answer maybe 15, 03:03 maybe 16, 17 questions or so that you submitted. 03:06 So I always look forward to this time 03:08 of opening the Word of God. 03:09 Get your pen, little piece of paper, 03:11 I've got quite a bit of paper here in front of me 03:13 or maybe your electronic device to take some notes. 03:16 We also want to encourage you too, if you're watching this 03:18 on the live broadcast right now, but want to go back 03:21 and look at this later, 03:22 VOD, that stands for Video On Demand. 03:24 You can find this program 03:26 of course on YouTube or 3ABN Plus. 03:29 And the nice thing is, is you that you can play and pause 03:31 and write your notes. 03:33 We want to encourage you if it's happening so fast 03:34 in this program, you can always pause and play 03:38 on our video on demand platforms. 03:39 But before we get started, 03:41 I am so happy to have Jason Bradley with us today, 03:44 sir, good to have you on the set. 03:45 Oh, it's great to be here. 03:46 You know, every time we get these questions, 03:48 it's a study time. 03:49 It is. 03:51 So it's time to stretch and grow. 03:53 Absolutely. No, I like that. 03:54 You know, it's a study time for all of us. 03:56 Yeah, that's good, Jason. 03:57 Amen. 03:58 Good to have you on, Pastor Ryan Day. 04:00 Amen. It's always a blessing to be a part of this program. 04:02 And what I love about this program 04:03 is it sometimes causes me to go back 04:06 into the Word and dig and to learn new things 04:07 that perhaps I didn't know before. 04:09 So it's a blessing all around. 04:10 It is, isn't it? Yeah, absolutely. 04:12 Sitting next to you is my dear wife, Jill. 04:14 Good to have you on. 04:15 Thank you so much, sweetheart. 04:16 Well, I just love opening up the Word of God 04:18 and studying and as Pastor Ryan has indicated, 04:19 I learned so much as we study and prepare for this. 04:22 And the key is, it's all about Jesus. 04:25 Jesus is found in the Word and we study to find Him. 04:28 Amen. 04:30 And of course, I'm blessed to be married to you 04:31 and I can vouch for what she said, 04:33 because then what everybody's saying here, 04:35 of course, but of course, me being married to Jill. 04:37 She'll be as they're studying the way she's like, 04:39 "Oh, sweetie, wow, this is amazing. 04:41 I never knew quite this aspect before." 04:42 So yeah, I know all of you are so excited 04:45 about opening the Word of God. 04:46 But let's start with prayer. Pastor Ryan? 04:48 Yeah, let's pray. 04:49 Our Father in heaven, Lord, we are just thrilled 04:52 and so excited to be able to be a part of this program, 04:56 to be a part of something that is leading people 04:59 to answers, real answers from Your Word. 05:02 And so Lord, I pray, Lord, that You will just simply 05:05 just drowned us right now in Your love and Your spirit 05:10 that as we give these answers from Your Word, 05:12 may it be Your Word speaking not Ryan, not Jill, 05:16 not Jason, none of us, Lord, 05:18 may it be You speaking to the hearts and minds 05:20 of every single person. 05:22 May we all be drawn closer to You 05:25 and in communion with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 05:28 Bless us, bless all who are watching. 05:30 And we ask this in Jesus' holy name. 05:31 Amen. Amen. 05:33 Amen. 05:34 Thank you so very much. 05:35 And I'm going to start with the ladies first, 05:37 start with you. 05:38 Yay. 05:40 And this, you know, I just want to say 05:41 this is really encouraging because this question 05:42 comes from Leona, Leona, hope I'm saying 05:45 that correctly and she's nine years old. 05:47 You know, that's great, because we have young people 05:49 that are also watching these programs, 05:50 learning and studying along with all of us. 05:52 So that's, that's encouraging, isn't it? 05:54 Amen. Yes. 05:55 So Leona, thank you so much for your question. 05:57 Nine years old, and this is the question, 06:00 "Would I get punished if I did not mean 06:03 what I said to the Lord in my prayers to Him?" 06:07 Leona, thank you so much for sending in your question, 06:09 I want to tell you, first of all, that God loves you. 06:12 Amen. 06:13 John 3:16 says that, "God loves this world," 06:18 and that's you, "so much, 06:20 that He sent Jesus to die for you." 06:22 John 6:37 says, "Whoever comes to Me, 06:26 I will never cast aside." 06:27 That means no matter what you've done, 06:29 no matter where you've been, 06:31 you just come to Jesus and say, "I want to come to You, Jesus," 06:35 and He will accept you, and forgive you. 06:38 The next thing I want to tell you 06:39 is that God knows your heart. 06:41 And it is okay to be honest with God. 06:44 You know, there's a story in the gospels, 06:46 in the Book of Mark, 06:48 about a man and his son was sick. 06:51 And he went to Jesus and said, "I need healing for my son." 06:54 And Jesus said, "It's possible if you have enough faith." 06:57 And what did he say? 06:59 He said, "Oh, I don't have enough faith 07:02 but God, would You give me more faith?" 07:05 So you know what? 07:06 You can come to God when you're happy, when you're sad, 07:08 when you're mad, when you're upset, 07:10 when you think you need more faith or need whatever, 07:14 you just come to God. 07:16 Be honest with how you're feeling right now. 07:19 The last thing I'd tell you 07:20 is that sin does have consequences. 07:22 Yes, the wages of sin is death, 07:25 yet there is always forgiveness. 07:28 Think about Jonah, he ran away from God. 07:31 And his consequence was he was thrown overboard on a ship. 07:35 And yet God saved him by a big ship, 07:37 and helped, by big fish, and helped him 07:40 so that he could witness to a whole bunch of people. 07:42 Think about Adam and Eve. 07:44 They ate the fruit in the garden 07:45 and their consequence was they had to leave the garden. 07:48 Yet God forgave them, 07:51 and they will be in the kingdom of heaven. 07:53 Think about Moses, he hit the rock 07:55 when he was angry and his consequence 07:58 was, he couldn't go into the Promised Land. 08:00 Yet God forgave him and took him to heaven instead. 08:04 So the beautiful thing is that God loves you. 08:07 You come to Him with whatever's in your heart, 08:09 and He will hear and answer you. 08:11 Amen. That's a fantastic explanation. 08:13 I think about the love of God. 08:14 That's something we none of us ever want to forget. 08:17 And thank you for mentioning that. 08:18 Very, very powerful. 08:20 Jason, are you ready for question sir? 08:22 I'm ready for a question. All right. 08:24 This is a really good one and a heavy one too. 08:26 It comes from Rosa, and very sad. 08:29 "I just lost my father. 08:32 Are there verses in the Bible that say 08:34 that we get to meet again in the future? 08:36 Would we still be able to recognize each other by then?" 08:41 Rosa, first off, I just want to say I'm so, 08:43 so, so, sorry for your loss. 08:46 You know, anytime that we lose a loved one, it's tough. 08:51 It is extremely tough, it's hard. 08:53 And so I just want to share 08:55 some comforting verses with you. 08:58 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 09:04 "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, 09:07 concerning those who have fallen asleep, 09:10 lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 09:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 09:18 even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 09:23 For this, we say to you by the word of the Lord, 09:26 that we who are alive 09:27 and remain until the coming of the Lord 09:29 will by no means proceed those who are asleep, 09:34 for the Lord Himself will descend from heaven 09:36 with a shout, with the voice of an archangel 09:39 and with the trumpet of God, 09:41 and the dead in Christ will rise first. 09:44 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up 09:47 together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord 09:50 in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord." 09:54 Amen. Praise God. 09:56 Now those verses that I just shared with you, Rosa, 10:00 they wouldn't be as comforting 10:03 if we didn't recognize the people, 10:06 our family members that were going up, 10:08 you know, so they wouldn't be as comforting 10:12 and still be comforting, but not as comforting. 10:15 I'm sure that you have shed many, 10:18 many tears for your father, Rosa. 10:21 And I'd like to share another comforting verse with you. 10:24 Revelation 21:4, 10:28 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 10:32 there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, 10:37 there shall be no more pain, 10:38 for the former things have passed away." 10:42 Imagine that, no more pain, no more sorrow, 10:44 no more death, no more crying. 10:47 That's right. 10:48 I believe that that day is coming soon. 10:52 And those of us that are alive and remain, 10:54 well, we need to be ready for when the Lord returns. 10:58 And we have to make sure that we are prepared 11:01 for His second coming. 11:02 Now I know this is a little bit outside of what we normally do 11:06 on the Today Bible Q and A, but, Rosa, 11:08 I want to lift you up in prayer right now. 11:10 And just pray for you ever so quick. 11:12 Thank you. 11:13 Dear Heavenly Father, I just want to lift up 11:15 my dear sister Rosa, 11:16 who is dealing with the loss of her father. 11:19 Lord, I can't even imagine what she is going through 11:22 but You feel her pain, You know what she's going through. 11:26 And I just ask that You would 11:27 please wrap Your loving arms around her, comfort her 11:31 and help her to realize that there is great hope in You. 11:34 We thank You for hearing this prayer. 11:35 In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 11:37 Amen. Amen. 11:38 Thank you so much, Jason. 11:40 You know, I think a really common assurance for me, 11:43 because I've been around some that are also wondering, 11:45 will my loved one be in heaven or not? 11:46 I'm not sure whether they're good enough, 11:48 maybe they are too bad. 11:50 You know, we serve the righteous judge. 11:51 That's right. 11:53 Right? 11:54 We have nothing to fear. 11:55 We know that God is righteous, fair and true. 11:57 We can just trust in Jesus. 11:59 He'll take care of it and He wouldn't want anyone to be 12:01 in heaven if they didn't want to be there so, yeah. 12:03 Praise the Lord for that. 12:05 Pastor Ryan, good question here. 12:06 There's not a name associated with this. 12:07 But it says, "My 14 year old son wants to know, 12:10 can there be another angel like the devil on earth?" 12:14 Hmm. Well, not only can there be, there is. 12:18 Now, obviously Lucifer, 12:20 the angel that fell from heaven, 12:22 we call the devil and Satan. 12:24 Obviously, he's in the hierarchy of things. 12:26 He's probably the main one, obviously, right? 12:28 He's kind of the head of all sin, right? 12:31 Because he's the father of sin, the Bible makes it clear. 12:33 But we can be absolutely certain that the Bible tells us 12:36 that there are many, many angels, 12:38 fallen angels on this earth just like him. 12:41 Let's go to Revelation 12:7-9. 12:43 And notice what we see there. 12:45 This is again, Revelation 12:7-9, it says, 12:47 "And war broke out in heaven," 12:48 this is speaking about, this is eternity past, 12:51 this is before the world was created. 12:53 So this is when Lucifer 12:54 and the angels were all in heaven with God. 12:56 It said, "But war broke out in heaven, 12:58 Michael and his angels fought the dragon, 13:00 and the dragon and his angels fought 13:04 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them 13:06 in heaven any longer. 13:08 So the great dragon was cast out that old serpent 13:11 called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, 13:14 and he was cast to the earth." 13:16 And then notice this next part, 13:18 "And his angels were cast out with him." 13:21 So not only is Lucifer the angel 13:23 or the fallen angel cast to this earth, 13:25 but also all of those angels with him. 13:28 Even Revelation 16:13-14, speaking about this, 13:31 this earth here, and the great deception of the last days. 13:35 John writes, "I saw three unclean spirits like frogs, 13:38 coming out of the mouth of the dragon, 13:39 out of the mouth of the beast, 13:40 and out of the mouth of the false prophet, 13:42 for they are spirits of demons," plural there. 13:45 So there's more than one, 13:47 "performing signs which go out to the kings of the earth 13:49 and the whole world." 13:50 So we don't know the exact number 13:51 but we know that it's probably a lot. 13:53 Because when you get over to Daniel Chapter 7, 13:56 in this beautiful heavenly scene, in this courtroom scene, 14:00 we see God seated on His throne. 14:03 And it says that there was thousands and thousands 14:06 and it says, 10,000 times 10,000 of angels 14:09 that was before the Lord. 14:11 Now this is post to the fall. 14:12 This is after Satan and the angels were cast out. 14:14 I did a little bit of math 10,000 times 14:16 10,000, 100 million angels. 14:18 When we go to Revelation 12:4, it says, 14:21 "A third of the angels in the past 14:24 were cast out of heaven that Satan deceived." 14:27 So there are very much many angels, fallen angels, demons 14:31 that are on this earth right along with Lucifer. 14:33 Amen. 14:35 Thank you very much, Pastor Ryan. 14:36 I call him Pastor Ryan, I think, Evangelist Ryan too. 14:38 He's an evangelist in heart. 14:40 Amen. 14:41 Praise the Lord. Okay. 14:42 Good question here comes from John Terahote, 14:45 "Who is Abimelech, is he like Christ? 14:48 I'm not sure maybe it's the Melchizedek, 14:50 so, but who is Abimelech, is he like Christ? 14:52 Also, did Jesus ever show up in the Old Testament?" 14:56 Well, that seems like several questions in one. 14:58 It does. Right. 14:59 I would say if your question is, is Melchizedek like Christ, 15:02 that's a great question and we can address it on another time. 15:06 Abimelech was the name and some people believe 15:09 it was the official title, kind of like Pharaoh 15:12 with the name given to kings. 15:14 This would be the kings of Gerar, 15:17 I'm not sure how you pronounce that. 15:19 And we have in Genesis Chapter 20, 15:21 Abram tried to pass his wife Sarai off as his sister 15:25 because he was afraid of this King Abimelech. 15:28 And his son Isaac tried to pass his wife Rebecca off 15:32 as his sister, because he was afraid of Abimelech as well. 15:35 So I don't think this is the same clarification 15:37 like Christ's probably you were referring to Melchizedek. 15:40 But that is who Abimelech is in the Old Testament, 15:43 a couple of the references. 15:44 Now let's look at Jesus in the Old Testament. 15:49 Jesus is patterned and foretold 15:51 and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. 15:53 But not only that, 15:55 He is present in the Old Testament. 15:58 We know that Jesus was present at the creation of the world. 16:01 Genesis 1:1,"In the beginning, 16:03 God created the heavens and the earth." 16:05 And if you cross reference that, look up John 1:1-3. 16:10 Look up Hebrews 1:1-2, 2-3. 16:15 You see that Jesus Christ Himself 16:18 was present, the Godhead, Father, Son, 16:21 and Holy Spirit were all present at creation. 16:24 We see, of course, the first messianic promise 16:27 in Genesis 3:15, the foreshadowing 16:30 or foretelling of the coming Messiah. 16:32 We see the entire sacrificial system of the Old Testament 16:36 around the Lamb, the perfect Lamb who was slain, 16:40 foreshadowing Christ, who would be the Lamb of God, 16:44 who would take away the sins of the world. 16:46 We see great parallels in the Old Testament, 16:48 New Testament. 16:49 We don't have time for all of that. 16:51 But we also see that Jesus Himself 16:53 shows up in the Old Testament, 16:54 He is the I Am in whom Abraham rejoiced, that was Jesus. 16:59 The Lord who motivated Moses, that was Christ. 17:03 The Redeemer who brought them out of Egypt, that was Jesus. 17:07 The rock in the wilderness, that was Christ. 17:10 The king of Isaiah's temple vision was the son. 17:13 So we have this incredible picture 17:15 of Jesus in the Old Testament. 17:17 Amen. 17:18 Wow. Yeah, very good. 17:20 Beautiful, Thank you so much. 17:21 And thank you for the question, too. 17:23 Thank you so much. 17:24 Jason, this comes from Deb. 17:27 And it says, "How can we be alive and still die 17:31 if we are born again in Jesus?" 17:34 Hmm, good question. 17:36 Well, let's look at some verses, Deb. 17:38 John 3:3-5. 17:42 "Jesus answered and said to him, 'Most assuredly, 17:47 I say to you, unless one is born again, 17:50 he cannot see the kingdom of God.' 17:52 Nicodemus said to him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? 17:56 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?' 18:01 Jesus answered, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, 18:04 unless one is born of water, and the Spirit, 18:08 he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'" 18:11 Now let's look at what happens when a person gets baptized 18:14 by immersion and that's, that's what we believe 18:16 in as Seventh-day Adventist Christians 18:18 is baptism by immersion. 18:20 Romans 6:3-4, "Or do you not know 18:25 that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus 18:29 were baptized into His death. 18:32 Therefore we were buried with Him 18:34 through baptism into death, that just as Christ 18:38 was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 18:41 even so we also should walk in newness of life." 18:45 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, 18:49 if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 18:53 Old things have passed away, behold, 18:56 all things have become new." 18:59 So when you think about the old things 19:01 that have passed away, 19:02 we want to get away from the carnal nature. 19:04 So when you're baptized, it's symbolic of, 19:07 you know, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. 19:10 So when you go underwater, 19:12 you're leaving that old man behind, 19:13 the carnal nature behind, 19:15 and when you come out of the water, 19:17 you're walking in the newness of life 19:19 that Christ wants to give you. 19:21 So that's, that's how you die. 19:24 You're dying to self basically, that's what that means. 19:28 Amen. 19:29 Yeah, good answer, Jason. 19:30 Thank you so much from the Word of God too. 19:32 Appreciate that so much. 19:34 Philip, good question. 19:36 It says here, this is to you Pastor Ryan, 19:39 "Why do you constantly refer to the religious community 19:42 of the Old Testament as the church? 19:45 The term Church has a distinctly Christian identity 19:48 and therefore is more appropriately applied 19:50 to the New Testament." 19:52 Thank you so much, Philip, for that question. 19:53 Yeah, no, Philip, you're absolutely right 19:55 to a certain extent, because we know that the actual word, 19:58 the term, the concept of church 20:00 specifically and explicitly mentioned there 20:02 is in connection with the New Testament, 20:03 it's mentioned over 100 times in the New Testament alone. 20:06 Oh, wow, that's a lot. 20:08 But yet, just because it's not specifically in Word mentioned 20:11 in the Old Testament doesn't mean that, 20:12 that concept, that idea, the symbols 20:15 associated with that are not there. 20:17 For instance, you know, just because 20:19 Jesus is not explicitly mentioned 20:21 in, then Old Testament doesn't means 20:22 Jesus is not there, right? 20:24 And so we see evidence for that. 20:25 I'm thinking of, for instance, 20:28 if Jesus is the head of the church 20:29 as Colossians 1:18 says, 20:31 it says, "And He is the head of the body, the church." 20:34 We know the body being the people, 20:35 His people, His church. 20:38 John 5:39 reminds us that Jesus actually said to the Pharisees, 20:42 He says, "You search the Scripture," 20:43 speaking of the Old Testament Scriptures, 20:45 "for in them you think you have eternal life, 20:47 and these are they which testify of Me." 20:50 So as you said, Philip, in your question, 20:51 that this is very much has a distinct Christian identity 20:54 associated with Christ as the head, 20:56 His body being the church, Christ said, 20:58 "Look, I'm found, I'm flooded in the Old Testament, 21:01 Old Testament's flooded with Me all through there. 21:03 As Jill brought out very clearly earlier. 21:05 So you know, even in 2 Chronicles 7:14, 21:08 we see the language there where God says, 21:11 "If My people," who is His people? 21:14 Of course, we know the church is not a church building, 21:15 it's not a building, it's His people, it's His body. 21:18 "If My people who are called by My name 21:20 will humble themselves and pray and seek My face," 21:22 God is referring to His church, His people, 21:24 which we see very much through the nation of Israel. 21:27 He wanted them to be a nation of royal priesthood, 21:30 a kingdom, a nation for Him. 21:33 We see as Jill brought out Genesis 3:15, 21:36 we see the woman and the seed, remember he says, 21:38 "I'll put enmity between the your seeds," 21:40 speaking to the serpent, 21:41 "and her seed," speaking of the woman. 21:42 That wasn't specifically talking about Eve, 21:44 but the woman as we know in the Bible 21:46 is a representation of the church. 21:48 Jeremiah 6:2, "I have likened the daughter of Zion 21:51 to a comely and delicate woman." 21:53 Christ, or Paul also writes, 21:54 you know, husbands love your wives 21:56 as Christ loved the church. 21:57 So we see the same language flooded 21:59 all throughout the Bible. 22:00 Isaiah 64:8, says, "But now O Lord, You are our Father. 22:03 We are the clay," speaking of the church, 22:06 "and You are our potter." 22:07 And of course, Jeremiah 18:6 as well, again, 22:10 that imagery of God being the potter, His people, 22:14 the church being the place. 22:15 So God's always had people, He's always had a church, 22:17 and we even see them continuing from Genesis 3, 22:20 all the way through the Old Testament into the New. 22:22 Amen. 22:24 Praise the Lord. 22:25 Wow, power packed, and you're watching 3ABN Today 22:27 Bible Q and A, 22:28 in case you haven't figured that out already. 22:30 Bible question and answer and you're like, 22:32 "Hey, you know, I've always had a question, 22:34 I'd like to submit that." 22:35 Well, this is how you can do it. 22:37 You can send, of course, your text messages to 3ABN, 22:39 that's (618) 228-3975. 22:43 That's (618) 228-3975. 22:47 Or you can always send an email to us. 22:49 That's BibleQA@3abn.tv 22:53 That's BibleQA@3abn.tv 22:56 We also get a few questions from Instagram, 22:59 make sure I get this address correct. 23:01 It's 3abn_official. 23:04 And so some people have actually 23:06 submitted some questions to our Instagram account. 23:08 And so that's 3abn_official, 23:11 and you're welcome to do that as well. 23:12 And we can study the Word of God, 23:14 we'll be getting your questions. 23:15 And then, of course, we receive a lot of questions here, 23:17 but we just love going through them. 23:18 And we appreciate Brother Don and the crew and the staff 23:21 that put all of this together. 23:23 We enjoy this program, Bible Q and A. 23:25 Jill, this question comes from someone 23:28 who likes to exercise, Frank from California. 23:32 And the reason I got the exercise part is this, 23:34 "I saw a sign posted along the path that I run." 23:38 Okay, so they run out of path. 23:39 "I know it spoke on a counterfeit form of baptism. 23:43 We are baptized with water and the Holy Spirit 23:47 and not by fire and the Holy Spirit." 23:49 Correct. 23:51 "Can you tell me how this practice 23:52 of fire and the Holy Spirit came about? 23:56 Also, can you please direct me to the Bible verses 23:59 that indicate the correct way to be baptized?" 24:03 Thank you so much for that question, Frank. 24:05 I'm gonna reference your last question first, 24:07 and then we'll go back to the first one. 24:08 Okay. 24:10 So the last question was the Bible verses 24:11 that indicate the correct way to be baptized. 24:13 Jason Bradley already talked about baptism by immersion. 24:17 We see this in the Word of God. 24:19 In fact, the word baptize comes from a Greek word 24:21 meaning to immerse. 24:23 John the baptized, John the Baptist, 24:26 he baptized with much water. 24:28 We see this in Matthew 3:6, he was baptizing there 24:33 by the Jordan, and people came to him. 24:36 We see in John 3:23. 24:38 It says, "John was baptizing in Aenon near Salim." 24:41 I don't know how to pronounce that. 24:43 Because why? 24:44 There was much water there. 24:46 So he clearly didn't just baptize 24:48 with a little bit of sprinkling. 24:49 Why? Because there was much water there. 24:51 That's right. 24:52 We see when Jesus was baptized. 24:54 This is Matthew 3:16, that He went into the water 24:57 and came out of the water. 24:59 And Word of God says, "When He had been baptized, 25:01 Jesus came up immediately from the water, 25:05 and behold, the heavens were open to Him 25:07 and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, 25:10 and alighting upon Him." 25:11 Here we see Jesus coming up from the water. 25:15 We also see the connection with the Holy Spirit 25:17 there as far as descending like a dove, 25:19 and we'll talk about that a little later. 25:21 The early Christian church 25:23 clearly practiced baptism by immersion. 25:25 We see this, remember when Philip baptized 25:28 the Ethiopian eunuch, this is in Acts Chapter 8. 25:31 It says, "They went down into the water, 25:34 and they came up out of the water." 25:37 And in fact, if you study history, baptism by immersion 25:40 was practiced in the early Christian church 25:43 for many centuries after Christ. 25:46 It was many years before it was even introduced 25:49 any other form of baptism. 25:51 Now let's look at this baptism by fire and the Holy Spirit. 25:55 The verse reference would be Matthew 3:11-12. 25:58 "I indeed," this is John the Baptist, 26:00 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, 26:03 but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, 26:06 whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. 26:08 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 26:12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, 26:14 He will thoroughly clean out the threshing floor 26:17 and gather His wheat into the barn, 26:19 but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 26:23 So we know that water baptism by immersion is biblical. 26:27 We know that Holy Spirit baptism is biblical. 26:30 And you see evidence of that in the early Christian Church. 26:34 But what is this fire baptism? 26:36 I believe it could indicate three different things. 26:39 It could indicate the cleansing from sin. 26:41 We know that fire purifies and fire purges. 26:45 And when you and I are anointed with the Holy Spirit, 26:47 the Holy Spirit seeks to eradicate 26:49 that sin from our life. 26:51 It could be symbolic of the tongues of fire 26:53 that fall later in Acts 1 and 2, 26:55 when the Holy Spirit is poured out. 26:58 It could also talk about that separation of the chaff 27:02 from the wheat that would take place at the end of time 27:07 when the wicked will be destroyed, 27:08 not with fire that burns forever, 27:10 but fire that will burn until they are consumed. 27:14 Wow. 27:16 Yeah, amen. 27:17 Praise the Lord, great answer again. 27:18 Packed. 27:20 It is packed. 27:21 You know, that's the thing with the Bible Q and A. 27:22 You know, we tried to get through, like I mentioned 27:24 at the beginning of the program, 27:25 maybe 15, 16, 17 questions, but wow, 27:26 the time goes by so fast and your two to three minutes 27:28 go by quick, don't they? 27:30 That's right. That's right. 27:31 Okay. 27:32 This is a good question here and again, 27:34 a really heavy duty one. 27:35 The name that's with this question is Nitsa, 27:38 and her question is, "Is it wrong for me, Jason, 27:42 to pray, and pray and beg God to please restore my marriage? 27:48 And that God will restore the relationship 27:50 between my daughters with their father, 27:52 and that we will be a family again. 27:56 Does God answer prayers like that?" 28:00 No, Nitsa, it is not wrong for you to pray and beg God 28:05 to restore your marriage and your family. 28:07 God is big on family and He created marriage 28:10 between a man and a woman. 28:13 Genesis 2:18, "And the Lord God said, 28:16 'It is not good that man should be alone, 28:19 I will make him a helper comparable to him.'" 28:23 And we know that Adam and Eve, 28:25 they were to be fruitful and multiply. 28:27 Now when it comes to prayer, 28:29 we need to keep the following verses in mind. 28:31 1 John 5:14-15, 28:35 "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him 28:38 that if we ask anything, here's the key, 28:41 according to His will, He hears us. 28:45 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, 28:48 we know that we have the petitions 28:51 that we have asked of Him." 28:53 We need to remember that God sees the end from the beginning 28:57 and His ways are not our ways. 28:59 His thoughts are not our thoughts. 29:02 Whatever happens, we need to trust His answer, 29:05 whether it's favorable to our request or not, 29:09 is the best, it is the best answer for our life. 29:13 In addition to praying for God's will to be done, 29:16 consider the following. 29:17 1 Chronicles 16:11, "Seek the Lord in His strength, 29:22 seek His face, evermore." 29:24 Also, keep in mind that sometimes 29:27 we don't get the answer we're seeking in the timeframe 29:30 that we have in mind. 29:32 And that's another reason why the following verse 29:35 is very important. 29:36 Psalm 40:1, "I waited patiently for the Lord 29:41 and He inclined to me and heard my cry, 29:45 know that the Lord hears your prayers, 29:47 and He will answer them according to His will." 29:50 I don't know the particulars of your situation. 29:53 I don't know why the marriage and the family has dissolved, 29:56 but know that this is preparation time. 29:59 So whatever happened, whatever took place, 30:01 use this time, utilize this time for growth. 30:05 Now, you can't go wrong with that. 30:07 Amen. 30:08 What was the lady's name? 30:09 Nitsa. 30:11 Nitsa, I just, I usually don't do this, 30:12 but I just want to address Nitsa for a moment. 30:14 You did a beautiful job answering that. 30:15 So I'm just adding to this just because I feel like 30:17 I need to say something here. 30:19 Please. 30:20 Matthew 7:7, we have the beautiful promise 30:21 from Jesus, Nitsa, that where Jesus says, 30:24 "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, 30:26 knock and it will be open to you." 30:27 In the original language there, you know what that says? 30:30 It says keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. 30:32 God wants you to keep on. 30:34 And so keep being faithful and asking 30:36 and also know that again as Jason brought out it's not, 30:39 you know, God's timing is not our timing. 30:41 A lot of times we'll pray and pray and pray and think, 30:43 "Oh, God's not hearing my prayer." 30:44 Daniel did for 13 years. 30:47 He received a vision in Daniel Chapter 8 30:49 and it was 13 years later that he received, 30:51 you know, the follow up to that, 30:53 but I'm sure Daniel was praying all through that time, 30:55 "God give me understanding." 30:56 Wow. 30:57 In God's perfect timing, He will answer your prayer. 30:59 Don't give up. 31:00 Amen. Yeah, amen. 31:02 No, thank you for that. Thank you, Jason. 31:03 Thank you, Pastor Ryan. 31:04 This is Pastor Ryan comes from Julie from South Dakota. 31:07 And this is the verse she's referencing in. 31:11 In Hebrews 6:4-6, it says, and I'm going to read this, 31:15 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, 31:18 and have tasted the heavenly gift, 31:21 and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 31:23 and have tasted the good word of God 31:26 and the powers of the age to come. 31:28 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, 31:32 since they crucify again for themselves, 31:34 the Son of God and put Him to an open shame." 31:37 And the comments here is I have been haunted 31:41 by this verse for years and years, 31:44 as it seems to apply to me. 31:46 At the age of 12, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ. 31:49 But for the most of my adult life, I was overtaken by sin, 31:53 and even told people that I didn't know 31:55 if I believed in God anymore. 31:57 My question is, what does it mean 31:59 to fall away in this verse?" 32:02 This is a powerful question, Julie. 32:04 Thank you so much and I promise you, 32:05 you're not the only one who has that question 32:07 because I've read this verse in the past 32:09 and kind of been haunted myself of this verse. 32:12 But there's good news here. 32:13 There's context clues, we need to watch more. 32:15 For instance, that said in that verse, 32:17 become partakers of the Holy Spirit, okay. 32:20 But then down at the bottom there it says, 32:23 "But if they fall away, 32:24 to renew them again to repentance, 32:26 since they crucify for themselves, 32:27 the Son of God." 32:29 I can promise you that this text 32:30 is not talking about someone who, 32:32 you know, comes to Jesus asks forgiveness, 32:34 ask them into their heart, 32:36 and then goes away and sins again, 32:37 and then they're doomed for the rest of their life. 32:39 That's not what this is particularly talking about. 32:42 The Greek word here for fall away in this passage, 32:45 and Hebrews 6 is the Greek word parapipto. 32:50 Almost, it's interesting word, parapipto. 32:53 And so parapipto means to apostatize 32:56 that's what this means. 32:58 And so it's talking about someone who has, 33:00 who has come to the Lord receive the light, 33:03 but then they have went into a state 33:05 in which they are rejecting that powerful source 33:08 that has been given them the Holy Spirit. 33:10 In other words, they have committed what Jesus talks 33:12 about in Matthew 12, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, 33:15 they rejected the power of the Holy Spirit 33:17 after they've come to Him. 33:19 So this is not a, you know, sinning 33:20 or falling back into sin for a time. 33:22 This is reaching a point in your life 33:24 where you completely reject that powerful source. 33:27 An equivalent verse to this same passage 33:30 is found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. 33:32 Not the same Greek word, 33:34 but the same English word is used there. 33:36 It says, "Let no one deceive you by any means 33:38 for that day will not come unless 33:39 the falling away comes first." 33:42 Now there is a Greek synonym here for parapipto, 33:45 which means to apostatize. 33:47 The word here actually using the Greek here 33:49 for falling away is apostasia, 33:51 which actually is the Greek synonym, it means 33:53 to defect from truth, it means to divorce, 33:56 it means you've married yourself to Jesus, 33:58 but then you come to a point where you completely 34:00 divorced yourself from Him. 34:02 This is not talking about again, you know, sinning 34:05 and then you're forever you're cut off by God. 34:07 That's not what it's talking about. 34:08 Otherwise, you know, Peter and the disciples 34:10 would be doomed, right? 34:11 I think Peter is a great example. 34:12 Peter walked with Jesus for three and a half years 34:15 and even said, "You are the Son of God." 34:17 But then he, you know, he cursed, he denied Christ. 34:19 He did. 34:20 But Christ still forgave him. 34:21 And I love those verses, 34:23 we have to hang on to His promises. 34:24 1 John 2:1, "My little children, 34:27 these things I write to you, so that you may not sin," 34:31 but here's the thing, "and if anyone sins, 34:34 if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, 34:37 Jesus Christ, the righteous." 34:38 Now couple that with 1 John 1:8-9. 34:41 Notice what it says, it says, "If we say that we have no sin, 34:44 we deceive ourselves," right? 34:46 That's a person who deceives themselves, right? 34:48 "And the truth is not in us." 34:49 But notice verse 9, beautiful promise. 34:51 "If we confess our sins, 34:53 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 34:55 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 34:58 So you know what? I think of also the prodigal son. 35:00 He was in the father's favor, right? 35:02 He was in the Father's house, 35:04 He was living in the Father's will. 35:05 But then He reached a point in his life where he said, 35:07 "Forget this, I want to go out on my own. 35:09 Some people would say this brother apostatized, right? 35:12 He walked away from God, 35:13 he walked away from his Holy Father. 35:15 But yet he came back, 35:16 he came to his senses, and he came back. 35:18 In other words, he sensed his need. 35:20 Sister, you in fact that you're asking this question, 35:23 see, lets me know that because you are concerned, 35:26 the Holy Spirit is still speaking to you. 35:28 You haven't apostatized, 35:30 you may not have always walked in that straight 35:31 and narrow path but you know what Jesus is there 35:34 to forgive your sins if you only confess them today. 35:36 Amen. Wow. 35:38 Praise the Lord. Got hope, right? 35:39 You're talking about that hope. 35:40 I think Satan wants to get us down. 35:42 That's right. We're done. 35:43 That's right. We're not. 35:45 I think I'm gonna go ahead and go home now. 35:46 That was excellent. 35:47 Praise the Lord today. 35:49 Okay. 35:50 This comes from San Diego, and it says, 35:53 "Hello, my name is Christina, I live here in America. 35:57 My question is, will Jesus be satisfied with me 36:00 doing Bible studies with you all? 36:03 I don't read my Bible as much because I'm by myself, 36:06 and I'm not a very good reader, 36:08 I understand it so much better with you all. 36:11 God bless each one of you." 36:13 Thank you so much, Christina. 36:14 Christina, I would say God loves that you love Him. 36:18 He delights that you want to spend time with Him. 36:21 God loves you. 36:23 You know my prayer partner for years. 36:24 She and I used to pray once a week together. 36:26 And she would always give me this illustration, 36:28 which I loved. 36:29 She said when she woke up in the morning, 36:31 she lived alone, that she would imagine Jesus there on the bed. 36:34 And I mean this in the most respectful way possible, 36:36 kind of propped up on his elbow here, 36:39 just looking at her waiting for her to wake up 36:43 to spend time with her. 36:45 And that's how Jesus feels about you. 36:47 It does not matter how you go about it. 36:50 He just wants to be with you. 36:52 That's right. 36:53 How can you spend time with God? 36:54 I would say there's three ways. 36:56 Pray, study His Word, and share His word. 36:59 Pray. 37:00 When you look at praying, we think it's only by yourself. 37:03 And that is a great way to spend time with God. 37:06 But you can pray with other people. 37:07 You can join a prayer ministry or a team at church, 37:10 you can do prayer walking, 37:12 and as you do your exercise or you walk you can pray 37:15 or you can prayer walk through the mall 37:17 or in your community or your neighborhood. 37:20 You can even pray drive, meaning as you're driving, 37:22 you shut off the radio and you just spend time 37:25 with Jesus in your car. 37:26 If you study His Word, you can study His Word with us 37:29 on Bible Q and A. 37:30 We would be honored and delighted and the Lord Jesus 37:33 would like that. 37:34 You can listen to the Bible on tape, 37:36 you reference that you don't read very well. 37:38 Well, you can spend time with Jesus by listening 37:40 to the Word of God on tape. 37:42 You can just read one verse, and write it down. 37:45 I love that. 37:46 It can be a verse that you could tape up. 37:48 I have verses up in the kitchen 37:49 where I work on memorizing scripture. 37:52 You can find one promise from God's Word 37:54 and meditate on it all day long. 37:57 That is spending time in His Word. 37:59 That's spending time with Jesus. 38:02 You can share His Word, 38:03 share what you have learned today with someone else. 38:07 What an incredible way. 38:09 So to me getting to know Jesus, 38:11 spending time with Jesus is not a one size fits all. 38:15 It fits your individual personality, 38:18 your needs, just spend time with Him 38:20 because He's waiting to spend time with you. 38:23 Amen. Beautiful answer. 38:25 Yeah, I love to think about God that way 38:26 just waiting to spend time with us. 38:28 Absolutely. 38:29 You know, of course, we appreciate you being, 38:31 of course, part of our family, you are our family, 38:32 but there's nothing like spending that individual 38:34 one on one with Jesus Christ that Jill was referring to. 38:37 So thank you so much for the great questions. 38:39 Amen. It is. 38:41 Praise the Lord. 38:42 This here, Jason, comes from Shane in Tennessee. 38:46 "What do you say to the man who says, 38:49 'I prayed to God, but she still died.' 38:53 Why did God let her die? 38:57 It's his fault. 38:58 He could have saved her. 39:00 But God didn't save her.'" 39:02 Shane, anytime we're dealing with someone 39:05 who is grieving the loss of a loved one, 39:07 we need to make sure that we're cognizant 39:09 of the following things, a few things, 39:11 but it's not limited to this list. 39:13 I've got two minutes. 39:14 Our timing, number one, our approach and our words. 39:19 Now you might approach the situation 39:21 by telling your friend, 39:22 you know, that you're so sorry for his loss 39:25 and let him know that you are there for him 39:27 and genuinely be there for him. 39:29 Now, don't say that you know 39:31 what he's going through because each loss is different. 39:34 Then proceed to tell him in a loving way 39:37 that God is not the one to be blamed 39:40 for his loved ones' death. 39:42 John 10:10, "The thief does not come except 39:46 to steal and to kill and to destroy. 39:49 I have come that they may have life 39:51 and that they may have it more abundantly." 39:54 Isaiah 55:8-9, 39:58 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 40:00 nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. 40:03 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 40:05 so are My ways higher than your ways 40:07 and My thoughts than your thoughts." 40:09 We don't always know why God allows 40:12 certain things to happen. 40:15 But, and this is key, we need to trust 40:19 that He has eternity in view, 40:22 and He wants to spend eternity with us. 40:26 You know, I lost my cousin. 40:28 And, you know, the one thing that brought me comfort 40:33 was the fact that I think that he passed away 40:37 at a time where he was secure in the Lord. 40:42 Had time gone on, I don't know what could have happened. 40:46 I don't know if he could have walked away from the Lord. 40:49 But I trust that I will see him again, when Jesus returns. 40:53 And you have that hope, you have to trust in the Lord, 40:57 that He knows best. 40:59 And that He sees the end from the beginning. 41:01 Amen. Beautiful. 41:02 It's good. Praise the Lord. 41:04 Yeah, amen. 41:05 And good counsel from the Word of God, too. 41:06 Thank you so much, Jason. 41:08 Pastor Ryan, question here. 41:09 "Can you please explain Isaiah 14:15 41:14 because the scripture makes it sound like Satan, 41:16 and the wicked will be going to the core of the earth, 41:19 which is what one of my friends believe in. 41:22 How do I scripturally explain this to her?" 41:24 Absolutely. 41:26 Well, the best way to explain this is first we have to study 41:28 within context and what he's saying. 41:29 Good point. 41:31 Let's go back a couple of verses, Isaiah14:12, 41:34 actually start in verse 13, speaking of Lucifer, 41:36 and he says and Lucifer saying these things, 41:39 he says, "For you have said in your heart, 41:40 I will ascend to the heaven, 41:42 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 41:44 I will also set up on the mount of the congregation 41:46 on the farthest sides of the north, 41:48 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 41:50 I will be like the Most High." 41:53 And then notice the very next verses the one you're quoting. 41:56 And that is, he says, "Yet you shall be brought down to," 41:59 and the New King James Version says, "Sheol, 42:02 to the lowest depths of the pit." 42:03 In fact, that's the actual better translation. 42:05 King James Version says, hell, 42:06 and a lot of the early translations 42:10 or the translators, they scribed it 42:11 when they translated that they put it in hell, 42:13 because they believed it that that aspect of hell was a deep, 42:16 dark burning dungeon in the center of the earth. 42:18 But the word Sheol here simply means the grave. 42:22 And so what we find here is a contrast. 42:24 God is telling Lucifer, He's saying, "Look, 42:27 you've said all these things, you want to be equal with Me, 42:29 you want to be risen up as high as Me, 42:30 you want to receive worship, 42:31 you want to be, you know, uplifted as high as Me, 42:33 yet I am going to bring you down 42:36 to the lowest parts of the earth." 42:38 In fact, the context clue here, it says, 42:40 to the lowest depths of the pit. 42:42 What is the pit? 42:44 A lot of people think it's some, again, dark center, 42:46 you know, core of the earth, 42:47 where the devil is down there with his pitchfork, 42:49 and, you know, souls are roasting and toasting 42:51 for ceaseless ages. 42:52 But that's not the case. 42:54 The pit here simply is a reference to the earth. 42:56 How do we know that? 42:57 Notice, we're in Isaiah 14. 42:59 If you go to Isaiah 24, notice what Isaiah 24:19-22 says. 43:04 It says, "The earth," 43:05 notice how many times he says the earth. 43:07 He says, "The earth is violently broken, 43:09 the earth is split open, 43:10 the earth is shaking exceedingly, 43:12 the earth shall reel to and fro 43:13 like a drunkard and shall totter like a hut." 43:16 So he's talking about the earth here. 43:17 But if you go down to verse 22, it says, 43:20 speaking of the wicked, 43:21 "They shall be gathered together on the earth 43:23 as prisoners are gathered in the pit." 43:26 So again, this pit is a reference to the earth. 43:28 Satan, of course, was cast to the earth in Revelation 12, 43:34 there we see very clearly that he's cast to the earth. 43:36 And then, of course, in Revelation 20:10, 43:39 we know that it's not some deep, dark burning dungeon, 43:41 that he's a part of because in Revelation 10:20, it says, 43:44 "The devil who deceived them was cast 43:45 into the lake of fire and brimstone." 43:48 So this pit, the Sheol is talking about 43:51 how Satan's his punishment, his judgment 43:54 is that he would be cast to the lowest parts 43:56 of the earth. 43:58 Amen. 43:59 Absolutely. 44:00 Great question and a great answer. 44:02 Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan. 44:03 Oh, Jill, this question comes from Georgia 44:05 and the person's name is Rona. 44:07 "Can you go into an explanation 44:09 of the story of Ananias and Sapphira?" 44:13 Well, let's say just a little history first. 44:14 Thank you for the question, Rona. 44:15 When you see Acts Chapter 2, 44:17 we see this incredible Pentecostal sermon. 44:19 The Holy Spirit has been poured out, 44:21 Peter's preaching, 3,000 people are baptized in a day. 44:25 Then we see this description of the New Testament Church 44:28 and in Acts Chapter 3, we have the lame man 44:32 who's healed and all the people come together, 44:36 and Peter preaches again. 44:37 And then in Acts Chapter 4, the disciples are arrested 44:40 and thrown into prison. 44:42 And then it says that the church continued 44:44 to grow exponentially. 44:46 And by this point, the number of men 44:47 came to be about 5,000. 44:50 And then we have women and children. 44:51 The description of the New Testament Church at that time, 44:54 the Holy Spirit was poured out again. 44:56 They were given boldness to preach 44:58 and they held all things in common 45:02 and the money was given to further the gospel ministry. 45:05 So enter Acts Chapter 5 Ananias and Sapphira. 45:09 They promised to sell a piece of land, 45:11 and they would bring the money to the common fund, 45:14 the gospel treasury. 45:16 Well, they did sell the land, 45:17 but they decided to keep a portion 45:19 of the proceeds back for themselves. 45:21 Ananias goes in and says, "This is all the money" 45:24 and Peter says, "Why are you tempting the Holy Spirit? 45:28 Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? 45:31 You have not lied to men but to God." 45:33 And Ananias is killed on the spot by the Lord. 45:37 Then Sapphira comes in three hours later. 45:40 And she says, "Oh yes, we sold the land for that much," 45:43 holding to the lie, holding to the deception. 45:46 And what happens? 45:47 She is killed as well. 45:49 Fear comes upon both the New Testament Church 45:52 and the unbelievers. 45:53 So what do we learn? 45:55 Number one, sin is a serious offense to God. 45:57 Amen. 45:58 Number two, God sees what is done in secret. 46:01 Number three, greed, it always leads to sin. 46:06 Number four, don't try to impress other people. 46:10 Number five, faith commitments are not to be ignored. 46:15 And number six, it's better to correct something early 46:17 and to be honest, than to let it grow for a long time, 46:21 and correct it later. 46:23 So that was an early check, you could say 46:25 in the New Testament Church to correct some of those evil 46:29 so it would not continue and it would not spread. 46:31 Wow. 46:33 Great explanation of the story of Ananias and Sapphira. 46:35 Thank you so much. 46:36 Jason, this question comes from Tennessee, 46:39 "If words like eternal and everlasting 46:43 when applied to hell, don't really mean unending. 46:46 How do we know that life in heaven also called 46:50 eternal or everlasting is really unending?" 46:52 That's a good question. 46:54 Great question. 46:55 It is a good question. 46:56 When we look at words like eternal and everlasting 46:58 when it's applied to hell, 46:59 we are dealing with the effects of the fire. 47:03 If I take a piece of paper and I set it on fire, 47:06 that paper is gone forever, it is eternally burned up, 47:10 it no longer exist. 47:13 But that doesn't mean that the paper is still 47:15 burning for eternity. 47:18 We need to take God's character into consideration 47:21 when we are reading His Word. 47:23 He's a loving God. 47:24 John 3:16, "For God so loved the world 47:28 that He gave His only begotten Son, 47:30 that whoever believes in Him should not perish, 47:35 but have everlasting life." 47:37 So those that don't believe in Him, they will perish. 47:39 They will cease to exist, they will be no more. 47:42 But those that do believe in Jesus, 47:45 they will have everlasting life. 47:48 Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death. 47:53 But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." 47:58 Now it doesn't say that for the wages of sin 48:00 is burning forever, or eternally burning, it says, 48:04 "For the wages of sin is death." 48:06 2 Peter 3:9-10, "The Lord is not slack 48:10 concerning His promise as some men count slackness, 48:14 but is long suffering toward us, 48:16 not willing that any should perish, 48:18 but that all should come to repentance. 48:21 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night 48:25 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise 48:30 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, 48:33 the earth also and the works 48:34 that are there in shall be burned up." 48:38 Revelation 21:4, 48:41 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 48:45 there shall be no more death." 48:48 So if there's no more death was going to be going on. 48:51 There's going to be some eternal life there, 48:53 "nor sorrow, nor crying. 48:55 There shall be no more pain, 48:57 for the former things have passed away." 49:00 I can't wait for that day. 49:02 That's so good. 49:03 Amen. Yeah, it was excellent. 49:05 Thank you so much, Jason. 49:06 Thank you for the question. 49:08 Pastor Ryan, this comes from Linda 49:10 in Redding, California. 49:12 And here's your question. 49:13 "Don't laugh. 49:15 This is a serious question. 49:17 If you fed a pig only grains and vegetables, 49:21 is it still unclean?" 49:23 Well, I'm not gonna laugh at that question 49:24 because that's a great question 49:26 because it follows suit as many people believe that, 49:28 you know, the idea of the clean and unclean 49:30 is associated with the diet. 49:32 But that's not necessarily the diet of the animal. 49:34 That's what most people think. 49:36 But that's not necessarily the case. 49:38 The Bible simply speaks 49:39 that there is a group of animals 49:41 based on certain classifications against 49:43 split hooves, chewing the cud, 49:45 you know what the fish fins and scales, 49:47 you know, birds that can't be, 49:48 you know, the scavengers of the earth, 49:50 there are certain classifications there 49:52 as to their diet that is of no effect. 49:54 God just simply says, these particular classifications 49:57 of animals are unclean, and these are okay. 49:59 And so for instance, Leviticus11:7-8 tells us 50:02 very clearly that the swine is because it, notice, 50:06 because it has a split hoof but it doesn't chew the cud. 50:08 And you might say, Oh, well that as long as I feed it, 50:10 you know, fruits and vegetables and grains 50:12 and you know, a plant based diet, 50:14 then maybe it'll be clean to eat. 50:15 Well, if that's the case, then you know, 50:17 we got a problem with the camel 50:18 because the camel doesn't have a split hoof, 50:20 but it chews the cud. 50:22 In other words, perhaps its diet 50:23 or its digestive system is appropriate. 50:25 But for some reason because it doesn't have a split hoof, 50:28 God says is unclean. 50:30 So we don't question whether or not 50:32 you know, it's the proper diet. 50:33 It's God's simply says, 50:35 "Just don't eat these kinds of animals. 50:36 I didn't make them for you to eat." 50:38 In fact, we know this to be all the way down 50:40 to the end of time until Jesus Christ comes back 50:42 because we see there in Isaiah 66:15-17, 50:47 speaking of the second coming of Jesus, it says, 50:50 "For behold, the Lord will come with fire, 50:52 and with his chariots, 50:53 like a whirlwind to render His anger and His fury, 50:56 and His rebuke with flames of fire, 50:58 for by fire, and by His sword, the Lord will judge all flesh 51:01 and the slain of the Lord shall be many." 51:02 And then He describes the slain of the Lord, 51:05 "those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves 51:07 to go to the gardens after an idol in the midst." 51:10 And then He says here, "eating swine flesh, 51:13 and the abomination of the mouse 51:14 shall be consumed." 51:16 And so absolutely those who shall be consumed 51:19 for eating the swine flesh, 51:20 will they're going to be consumed eternally. 51:22 But as Jason said, guess what? 51:24 We just leave those swine alone, 51:25 because where there is no more death, 51:27 there's got to be some eternal life in there. 51:29 I like that. 51:30 Me too. 51:31 Yeah, there's a song that says what God said it, I believe it. 51:34 That's right. That's right. 51:35 God settles it for me. 51:37 That's right. 51:38 Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan. 51:40 Thank you, of course, Jason, and Jill. 51:41 What we're going to do right now 51:42 because this hour has gone by in a hurry, 51:44 we're going to go to a quick break 51:45 and we'll be right back with some closing comments. 51:48 If you're enjoying our 3ABN Bible Q and A, 51:51 then tell your friends, 51:53 each Monday we'll bring you a fresh program, 51:56 answering the Bible questions you send us, 51:58 using God's Holy Word to shed light on those texts 52:01 that seem difficult to understand. 52:03 To have your questions answered on a future program, 52:06 just email them to us at BibleQA@3abn.tv 52:11 That's BibleQA@3abn.tv 52:15 You may also text your questions to (618) 228-3975. 52:21 That's (618) 228-3975. 52:25 Be sure to include your name and where you live, 52:27 and then watch 3ABN Bible Q and A for answers |
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