Participants:
Series Code: TDYQA
Program Code: TDYQA210030A
|
00:01 As you're well aware,
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 01:01 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today 01:17 Bible Q and A, Bible question and answer. 01:20 We're so glad that you have joined us this day. 01:22 We look forward to spending one hour with you each Monday, 01:25 spending time in the Word of God. 01:27 What an incredible blessing. 01:29 And thank you for being a part of our family. 01:31 We enjoy spending this time with you, 01:34 because it's that relationship building time 01:36 with our Lord Jesus Christ, 01:37 but also with you. 01:39 Well, how's that being done? 01:40 Well, you're sending us your questions and comments. 01:42 We love hearing from you each week, 01:44 and we received an enormous amount of questions 01:47 coming in here to the Ministry of 3ABN. 01:49 And it's a blessing to be able to answer these questions. 01:51 We call it kind of rapid fire. 01:55 I don't want to call them the panelists, 01:56 but those that are answering the questions 01:58 have maybe two minutes, sometimes three. 02:00 So this hour goes by in a hurry 02:02 and we try to answer maybe 15, 16, 02:04 maybe even 20 questions. 02:06 Very rarely do we get to 20 questions, 02:08 but it's a blessing to open the Word of God. 02:11 You know, as a kid, I enjoyed collecting stickers, 02:14 I was probably five, six years of age, 02:16 and I would always have the gift 02:18 from time to time the special stickers called 02:20 Scratch and Sniff, you remember those? 02:23 Well, I remember that maybe 40 years ago or so. 02:26 And the one that I really liked 02:28 was one that when you scratched it, 02:30 it would smell like strawberries and cream. 02:33 Well, I like strawberries and I like cream. 02:36 But the problem is it smelled so good 02:38 that when I would taste the edge of the sticker, 02:42 it didn't taste like strawberries and cream. 02:45 Pretty disappointing to a little fellow. 02:47 But I'm... 02:48 You're saying, well, how does that correlate 02:49 to Bible Q and A? 02:51 Well, let me encourage you because the Word of God 02:52 in Psalms Chapter 34, I think verse 8 says, 02:56 "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good." 03:00 Right? 03:01 So we can taste and see that the Lord is good. 03:03 A lot of times we can take Bible knowledge in, 03:05 just Bible knowledge in, 03:07 but to experience the Lord Jesus Christ, 03:09 that's something different. 03:11 So these Bible Q and A programs, 03:13 it's great to get the knowledge and to just have it all inside, 03:15 but we also must share it, 03:17 but also experiences so that Christ becomes a part 03:20 as we become a part of Jesus Christ. 03:23 I want to encourage you today to taste and see 03:26 that the Lord is good. 03:28 Well, my name is Greg Morikone, 03:29 and I'm joined here on the set with Pastor James Rafferty. 03:32 So good to have you here with us today, Sir. 03:33 Good to be here, Greg, pleasure. 03:35 It's a blessing to open the Word of God, isn't it? 03:37 Amen, so powerful, so beautiful. 03:39 Why does the Word of God mean something to you? 03:41 Word of God mean something to me 03:42 because it's transformational, it changes our lives. 03:45 You know, the words do change our lives, they impact us, 03:48 you know, people speak words, and they do impact us. 03:50 The Word of God is more powerful 03:52 than anyone else's words 03:54 to transform and change our lives in our hearts. 03:55 Incredible, isn't it? 03:57 The Word of God. 03:58 Praise the Lord. 03:59 Sitting next to you is Jason Bradley. 04:01 Good to have you here with us, neighbor, my neighbor. 04:04 Our offices are diagonal from each other. 04:05 That's right. It's great to be here. 04:07 And, you know, when you taste and see that the Lord is good, 04:10 you end up being just blown away 04:12 in such a good way 04:14 because the Word of God is so much better 04:17 than what we could ever think or imagine. 04:19 Absolutely. 04:21 You know, when we ingest food, 04:22 I'm taking just food 'cause I know you like food. 04:23 I love it. Yeah. 04:25 Okay. No to smell it, that's good. 04:26 But actually have it part of you. 04:27 It gives you nutrition, right? 04:29 It makes you who you are. 04:30 That's right. That's right. 04:32 Sitting next to you is Shelley Quinn. 04:33 Good to have you here with us, Sister. 04:34 It's so wonderful to be here. 04:36 I think of your conversations 04:37 making me think of when Jesus said, 04:40 "Man shall not live by bread alone, 04:42 but by every word of God." 04:46 And you know, the wonderful thing 04:47 about God's Word to me is it's inexhaustible. 04:51 I could study the same chapter. 04:53 You could stay in Romans 8 for a year 04:55 and be learning something new every day. 04:58 Yeah. Isn't that amazing? 04:59 It is. 05:00 It's inexhaustible, 05:02 I think was beautiful too as, as a child 05:03 my parents would read the Bible to me. 05:05 And I could understand some of the stories 05:06 right as a small child, 05:07 but yet it also challenges the greatest scholar, 05:09 the Bible. 05:11 So it's just absolutely incredible. 05:12 So we're encouraging you again to study the Word of God. 05:15 Make it a part of your life. 05:17 I want to encourage you to send your questions 05:19 or comments to 3ABN. 05:20 You can do it several different ways. 05:22 One is through BibleQA@3abn.TV that's email. 05:26 BibleQA@3abn.TV email 05:30 or you can text us your questions 05:32 or comments at (618) 228-3975. 05:40 And I also have the Instagram. 05:41 We do have some even today 05:43 that have come in through Instagram. 05:44 That's 3abn_official 05:49 So we encourage you to send in your questions 05:51 and comments here to 3ABN, 05:53 but before we open the Word of God, 05:55 let's open with word of prayer. 05:57 Brother Jason? Yeah. 05:58 Thank you, 05:59 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You 06:01 for the wonderful privilege and opportunity 06:03 that we have to go to Your Word for instruction. 06:06 Father, there's so many answers found in Your Word, 06:09 principles that we need 06:11 and, Lord, we just ask that You would guide us 06:14 and give us a clearer mind as we share the answers 06:18 from Your Word with our viewers. 06:20 We thank You for hearing this prayer. 06:21 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 06:22 Amen. 06:24 Thank you so much, Jason. 06:26 Pastor James, gonna start with you. 06:28 Okay. 06:29 Now, this question comes from Boston. 06:31 So must be the state of Massachusetts, says, 06:33 "Can you please explain Ezekiel Chapter 9, 06:37 and Revelation 16-18. 06:39 Are these two prophecies different judgments poured out 06:43 on the earth and when? 06:44 Okay, really good questions, Ezekiel 9 and Revelation 16-18 06:49 are actually parallel prophecies. 06:51 Ezekiel 9 is talking about the seven last plagues 06:55 from a different perspective 06:57 than Revelation Chapters 15 and 16, 07:00 17 and 18 are kind of supplemental to 15 and 16, 07:03 15 and 16 are talking specifically about the plagues 07:06 barring the song of Moses and the Lamb. 07:08 And then 17 and 18 give us some specifics about 07:12 the powers that are going to receive these plagues. 07:14 Specifically, the powers of Babylon 07:16 and those who received the mark of the beast 07:17 were deceived by them. 07:19 Ezekiel 9 gives us a different perspective. 07:20 So we're going to look there in Ezekiel 9, 07:22 just read a few verses together. 07:24 Ezekiel 9 beginning with verse 1, 07:26 "He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, 07:28 Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, 07:32 even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand." 07:34 Those destroying weapons are symbolic of the plagues. 07:37 "And, behold, six men 07:39 came from the way of the higher gate, 07:40 which lies toward the north, 07:42 every man a slaughter weapon in his hand, 07:44 and one man among them was clothed with linen, 07:46 with a writer's inkhorn by his side: 07:48 and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar." 07:52 So you got the writer's inkhorn here 07:53 that's not really in 15 and 16. 07:56 When the plagues are poured out, 07:57 the writer's inkhorn work has already taken place. 07:59 That writer's inkhorn work is Revelation Chapter 7, 08:03 the seal of God. 08:04 "And the glory of the Lord of Israel 08:06 was gone up from the cherub, 08:08 whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. 08:10 And he called to the man clothed in linen 08:11 which had the writer's inkhorn by his side. 08:13 And the Lord said unto him, 08:15 Go through the midst of the city, 08:16 through the midst of Jerusalem, 08:17 and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men 08:19 that sigh and cry for all the abominations done 08:22 in the midst thereof." 08:23 That's the sealing of God's people 08:24 who are faithful to Him, 08:26 and then the others follow. 08:27 "And he said in mine hearing destroy, 08:29 and slay utterly old." 08:31 Ezekiel ends up crying out, 08:33 can you not spit pity and spare some? 08:36 And God says, No, nope, 08:37 they passed their probation, it's closed. 08:40 Everyone is going to be staying that doesn't have the seal, 08:43 the writer's inkhorn mark, 08:44 the word for mark is also the same word in Exodus 20, 08:49 where it says, "Remember the Sabbath day, 08:50 mark the Sabbath day." 08:52 So the seal of God, the mark of God, 08:53 here synonymous with the Sabbath, 08:55 and those who are sealed in Jerusalem in the church 08:58 who come into the church or a part of the church 09:00 are not going to be slain by the seven last plagues, 09:02 or symbolized here by destroying angels. 09:06 Pastor James, praise the Lord, in two minutes. 09:09 Yeah, that's incredible. Thank you, though. 09:10 Great answer, and good question. 09:12 Thank you so much. 09:14 Jason, this is a neat question. 09:15 This comes from South Africa. 09:18 And this is really neat, because we do hear from you 09:20 from all over the world. 09:21 So South Africa, and it says, 09:23 "My wife and I have decided not to have children 09:27 because of a number of reasons. 09:28 One being that since we married late, 09:30 me being 35 years of age, and she 38. 09:33 We feel we're too late to have children 09:35 and also the instability of the current world 09:38 makes life too uncertain. 09:40 I wish to know if making that decision is a sin 09:43 against maybe being that we don't have faith in God 09:47 that He will take care of us or something. 09:48 Please help!" 09:52 Well, I can say that I am the same age as you. 09:55 I'm 35 years old and I definitely understand 09:58 your concern regarding having children 10:00 at this time in earth's history. 10:03 I often find myself contemplating the same thing 10:06 if I want to bring kids into this wild, 10:09 wild world. 10:12 And I don't know, but I think that 10:15 you and your wife have some legitimate concerns. 10:17 You've got some health concerns with the age 10:19 and all of that stuff as well. 10:21 But having said that, whether you have kids or not, 10:25 it's not a sin to forego having children. 10:29 So let's take a look at what sin is. 10:31 1 John 3:4 says, 10:34 "Whosoever committed sin transgresseth also the law: 10:39 for sin is the transgression of the law." 10:43 Well, what is God's law? 10:45 The Ten Commandments. 10:46 Nowhere in the Ten Commandments does it say 10:49 that you have to have children. 10:52 Some people aren't able to have children, 10:54 some people choose not to get married, 10:56 and it's not a sin not to get married, 11:00 and forego having children. 11:02 Now notice I didn't say not to get married 11:04 and then have children. 11:05 That's not right. That is a sin. 11:08 It's not a sin to forego getting married 11:11 and not having children either. 11:14 Another thing to consider is what Jesus says 11:17 in Matthew 24:19, 11:21 "But woe to those who are pregnant, 11:23 and to those who are nursing babies in those days." 11:27 Now, when parents get kids ready 11:29 to travel and all of that stuff. 11:31 It's a huge task preparing them for that. 11:35 So I can't even imagine trying to prepare a child to flee 11:40 during the Great Tribulation, 11:41 time of trouble and all of that, 11:43 that would be incredibly tough. 11:44 Not to mention that a mother who's pregnant and nursing, 11:48 she's eating for two, 11:50 so that his food's kind of hard to come by at that time, too. 11:54 But it's a decision that must prayerfully be considered, 11:57 but know that you're not breaking 11:59 any of God's law 12:01 by not having children. 12:02 Okay. Yeah. 12:04 Thank you so much, Jason, for that answer. 12:05 And yeah, good question, as well. 12:08 Shelley, this comes from London, 12:11 and from Shireen. 12:13 "I've been told that the Godhead and divinity 12:16 are not one in the same. 12:18 I thought that the Godhead is divinity. 12:20 I was given the following scriptures 12:22 to read and here they are, Acts 17:29, 12:26 Romans 1:20, and Colossians 2:9, 12:31 and they say in the Strong's Concordance 12:33 the Greek shows the words as slightly different 12:36 but meaning from divinity or godlike in one. 12:39 Could you please explain? 12:40 Now I'm confused." 12:42 Well, let's see if I can confuse you more. 12:45 Now I studied this for 90 minutes 12:48 to get a two minute answer. 12:49 Let me give you the Greek, theos in the Greek. 12:54 T-H-E-O-S means God. 12:57 Theiotes is the divine personhood, 13:01 the Godhead. 13:03 And that's derived from theos, then theios, 13:09 T-H-E-I-O-S is the divine nature. 13:14 This is the word that divinity, 13:17 theiotes is the divine nature, 13:21 and qualities or properties of God. 13:23 So let's look at this. 13:24 Colossians 2:9, 13:26 "In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead, bodily. 13:30 This is theiotes, this is the Godhead, 13:33 it speaks that of Christ. 13:37 It speaks of the essential, divine essence of the Godhead, 13:42 that is in Christ, the divine personality of God, 13:46 the very essence of God was in Christ 13:49 before He was coroneted 13:51 during His incarnation and still. 13:54 Then we get to Romans 1:20. 13:57 This is theiotes and it's talking about, 14:02 Paul's declaring how much God can be known 14:07 by the revelation of His divine characters, 14:11 His divinity is. 14:13 You see the vestige of His divine nature 14:16 and everything that He can create, 14:18 and we can trace that. 14:20 Divinity is theiotes, 14:25 and it's derived from theios 14:28 which is means divine. 14:30 Am I confusing you yet? 14:32 So theiotes is the attributes of God. 14:35 Then Acts 17:29, 14:38 Paul's speaking to the Greek philosophers 14:41 on Mars Hill, and the word is theios, 14:45 which means divine. 14:47 And he uses the article the, 14:50 which shows that this is the Godhead, 14:53 the deity, the one true God. 14:57 So the actual word is to theion 15:02 which is divine nature. 15:04 Bottom line is you're right. 15:07 The Godhead and divinity, 15:09 divine nature are, 15:13 all of these three scriptures are talking about God. 15:16 Yeah, that's right. 15:17 All those three that she mentioned there. 15:18 Yeah, absolutely. 15:20 Thank you so much, Shelley. 15:21 Pastor James, question here from Lorenzo, 15:24 coming from Oregon, 15:25 which is kind of your stomping grounds territory. 15:28 Yeah, that's right. 15:29 "In 1 Peter 3-19, 15:31 what is meant by the spirits in prison 15:34 who were formerly disobedient?" 15:36 That is challenging question, Lorenzo. 15:40 So these spirits are actually talking about people. 15:43 Prison is talking about a certain time frame 15:48 where we have captivity taking place. 15:50 And so this is specifically talking about 15:52 the antediluvian age. 15:53 And it's talking about the time 15:55 when the Holy Spirit was seeking 15:57 to convict the antediluvians 15:59 to listen to the message of Noah. 16:01 Let's just read the scriptures, starting in verse 18, 16:03 "For Christ also has one suffered for sins, 16:06 the just for the unjust, 16:08 that he might bring us to God being 16:09 put to death in the flesh, 16:11 but quickened by the Spirit." 16:12 Verse 19, here's the key transition, 16:14 "By which, that is, by the Spirit, the Holy Spirit 16:18 also he went and preached under the spirits in prison." 16:21 So this is going back to the antediluvian age. 16:25 We'll see that in a minute. 16:26 And it says in verse 20, 16:27 "Which sometime were disobedient, 16:29 when once the longsuffering of God 16:32 waited in the days of Noah." 16:34 So that's where we get the antediluvian connection 16:37 from, right there the days of Noah 16:39 is when the Holy Spirit was preaching, 16:41 that God Christ sent His Holy Spirit to preach 16:44 to those who were disobedient 16:47 to those who were imprisoned in this disobedience 16:49 back in the days of Noah, 16:51 while the ark was preparing were in few that is eight souls 16:55 were saved by water. 16:57 So if you go back to Genesis 6:3, 17:00 we have this connection that's being made here. 17:03 God is speaking to Noah and the Lord said, 17:05 "My Spirit shall not always strive with man, 17:09 for that he is also flesh, 17:10 yet his days will be 120 years." 17:13 Noah preached for 120 years through the Holy Spirit, 17:16 excuse me, yes, through the Holy Spirit. 17:17 God's Holy Spirit worked through Noah 17:19 to preach for 120 years to those who are captive, 17:22 who imprisoned, the antediluvians. 17:25 He was, 2 Peter 2:5 says, 17:27 "He was a preacher of righteousness." 17:28 So you want Genesis 6:3, 2 Peter 2:5. 17:32 And, of course, humans are often likened to spirits, 17:35 good spirits, bad spirits. 17:37 We see that in John Chapter 3, where Christ says, 17:40 "He that's born of water, 17:42 and he that's born of spirit, etc." 17:43 And then we see. 17:45 And by the way, I wish I had time to cover all this, 17:47 but then we see 17:50 the word for... 17:54 Let me just go back here. 17:55 The word for... 17:59 The word for prison is watch, 18:01 and it comes from a root, root meaning root word, 18:03 meaning race or clan. 18:05 So the prison is not just this, like place 18:08 where people are thrown into with bars. 18:10 It's talking about the clan, 18:12 or the race of the antediluvian. 18:14 So I hope that answered your question. 18:15 Wow! It's good. 18:17 Thank you so much. That's a good answer. 18:18 Yeah, absolutely. Good question. 18:19 You know, it's, I have to say it's encouraging 18:21 to receive these questions 18:22 and people are studying the Word of God have questions. 18:24 And thank you for submitting them 18:26 to us here at 3ABN. 18:27 Jason, this one comes from the Instagram, 18:30 one of our social media sites. 18:32 And Abigail, thank you so much for submitting this. 18:35 Why did, what did excuse me, 18:37 "What did Christ mean when He said to the Jews, 18:39 you will not see me again until you say 18:42 blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord?" 18:46 All right. 18:48 Abigail, let's look at the preceding verses 18:50 to gain some context. 18:52 Good. 18:53 Matthew 23:1, where we see Jesus 18:56 speaking to the multitudes 18:58 and to His disciples calling out the scribes 19:01 and Pharisees. 19:02 We're going to jump down to Matthew 23:34-39, 19:08 "Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, 19:11 wise men, and scribes: 19:14 some of them you will kill and crucify, 19:16 and some of them you will scourge 19:18 in your synagogues 19:19 and persecute from city to city, 19:22 that on you may come 19:23 all the righteous bloodshed on the earth, 19:26 from the blood of righteous 19:28 Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah..." 19:32 I might be saying that wrong. 19:33 You're saying right. 19:35 Okay, well, we'll go with that. 19:36 "Whom you murdered 19:37 between the temple and the altar. 19:39 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things 19:42 will come upon this generation." 19:45 In Matthew 23:37-39 19:51 speaks of how Jesus wanted to protect the people 19:54 of Jerusalem, but they rejected Him. 19:57 So He told them that He was going to be leaving 20:00 through His crucifixion 20:02 and they would not see Him again until His return. 20:06 Let's look at verse 37 through 39, 20:08 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 20:10 the one who kills the prophets 20:12 and stones those who are sent to her! 20:14 How often I wanted to gather your children together, 20:18 as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, 20:21 but you were not willing! 20:23 See! 20:24 Your house is left to you desolate; 20:26 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 20:30 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'" 20:34 So at the time of His Second Coming, 20:36 He's kind of talking about His Second Coming there. 20:39 And, you know, it's in trust, 20:41 like Jesus wants to save so many people 20:44 as many people as possible. 20:46 We shouldn't reject Him. 20:48 That's right. Amen. 20:49 Yeah. 20:50 Thank you, Jason. 20:52 Shelley, this one comes from Jacqueline in Indiana. 20:55 "If it was prophesied that Christ would be crucified 20:58 in the middle of the week, 21:00 would that not be Wednesday 21:01 opposed to Friday, as believed?" 21:03 Oh, Jacqueline, that's a good... 21:05 I'm glad you brought this question out, 21:07 because some people get confused 21:09 about the prophecy of Jesus dying 21:12 in the middle of the week, 21:14 and the actual day of the crucifixion. 21:16 So let me just start here, Daniel 8-14. 21:19 There's a 2300 year prophecy in Daniel. 21:22 And we believe... 21:23 It's, the Bible shows 21:25 the, it's a day for a year principle. 21:27 So 2300 day prophecy is a 2300 year prophecy. 21:33 Well, in Daniel 9-24-27, 21:36 70 weeks are cut off from this prophecy 21:40 that would be 70 times 7, 490 years 21:44 that are allotted to the Jews and their earthly sanctuary, 21:49 then the rest of the 2300 days are allotted to the Christians 21:53 and the sanctuary in heaven. 21:56 In Daniel 9:24, the angel Gabriel says, 22:00 "Seventy weeks are determined, decreed, cut off, 22:04 for your people and your holy city." 22:08 So what they were supposed to do in these 70 weeks 22:11 is finish the transgression. 22:13 Make an end of sins, bring in righteousness, 22:17 seal up the vision and anoint the Most Holy. 22:21 So this is prophesying 22:24 on this 2300 day timeline. 22:29 The first 490 years, 22:32 we're going to be looking at 69 weeks and then a week, 22:35 and we'll get there. 22:37 So what's happening in Daniel 9:25, 22:41 Gabriel says from the going forth of the command 22:45 to restore and build Jerusalem, 22:48 that happened in 457 BC. 22:52 Until Messiah the Prince, 22:54 there's 7 weeks plus 62 weeks, 22:58 that's 69, 7 plus 62, 23:02 it's 69 of the first 70 weeks. 23:04 So we only have one week that is remaining 23:09 and if you add the first 483 years 23:14 of those 69 weeks to 457 BC. 23:17 You know what it brings us to? 23:19 Right to AD 27 when Jesus was baptized. 23:23 So Daniel 9:26 says, "After the 62 weeks," 23:27 that's 7 plus 62, "Messiah shall be cut off, 23:33 but not for Himself." 23:34 So this is referring to the 70th week 23:38 of that 490 year prophecy 23:42 that centered on Christ and what happened on Calvary. 23:45 And Jesus was cut off not for His own sins 23:49 because He was sinless. 23:51 He was cut off for the sins of others. 23:54 Daniel 9:27, 23:56 once again is talking about this final week. 23:58 And it says, "He shall confirm the covenant 24:01 with many for one week, 24:03 but in the middle of the week, 24:05 he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering." 24:09 So that 70th week, 24:12 Jesus minister three and a half years, 24:16 He was crucified 24:18 that the whole Old Covenant system 24:21 of sacrifice came to an end because Hebrews 13:20 24:25 said that He ratified the New Covenant 24:30 with His blood of the eternal covenant. 24:33 Then what happened all that sacrifice, 24:36 all of that was completed and He died 24:41 once for all to bring reconciliation to us all. 24:46 The veil's torn from top to bottom. 24:48 But here's, you know, people say 24:50 what if it's cut off in the middle of the week, 24:52 how do we finish the 70 weeks? 24:54 Hebrews 2:3 says, "How shall we escape 24:58 if we neglect so great a salvation, 25:01 which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, 25:04 and was confirmed to us by those who also heard Him." 25:09 So after Jesus was crucified 25:12 that remaining three and a half years 25:15 of that 70th week, 25:17 the first evangelist went out there 25:19 still preaching to the Jews. 25:22 And at the end of that 70 weeks, 25:24 that time's cut off, 25:26 and I guarantee you the gospel went to the Gentiles. 25:29 All right. 25:30 Thank you, Shelley. 25:32 Some of these questions require 25:33 more than two minutes, don't they? 25:35 Just, you know, I don't know 25:36 if you like behind the scenes stuff or not. 25:37 But we do have our little cards here. 25:39 And we've got a couple little marks 25:40 for the Bible scholars here. 25:42 So you know, we didn't just give us three minutes 25:44 just a little bit more for some of these, 25:45 so we allow that, of course. 25:47 Pastor James, good question here. 25:49 This has to do with perfection. 25:51 Julie from South Dakota, 25:52 "Can we as Christians keep God's law perfectly?" 25:57 That is a great question, Julie from South Dakota, 26:00 and the answer to that question is, yes, emphatically, yes. 26:04 If we can't, 26:05 then this whole great controversy 26:07 that we're involved in is worthless, 26:10 because that's the whole point. 26:13 Satan has brought this accusation 26:14 against God, against Christ, 26:16 that we cannot keep His law perfectly, 26:18 that we can't keep the law of God. 26:20 And the Bible responds, God responds, 26:23 My grace is sufficient for you. 26:25 However, I think there's more to it than that, 26:28 you know, Job was called the perfect man in Job 1:1. 26:32 But in Job Chapter 9, he said, 26:34 you know, if I call myself perfect, 26:37 if I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me." 26:40 This is Job 9:20, "If I say I'm perfect, 26:43 I shall also prove me, 26:45 that will also prove me perverse." 26:47 And we see the same basic theme throughout all of the Bible. 26:50 You know, we have men like Isaiah, 26:52 who are prophets of God. 26:54 But when they saw God, 26:55 they felt like they were lost, undone. 26:58 Daniel, a man that was blameless 27:00 even before his political enemies. 27:01 When he saw God, he fell on his face. 27:03 He said, you know, there's nothing good in me. 27:05 John the Revelator saw Jesus Christ, 27:08 he felt and he said, I'm a dead man. 27:11 I'm lost. 27:12 And so we see this dichotomy, if you will, yes, 27:15 we can be perfect, we can keep God's law. 27:17 But when we say we're perfect, when we look at ourselves, 27:21 all we see is imperfection. 27:22 We're overwhelmed with ourselves. 27:24 And that's why we need the righteousness 27:26 of Jesus Christ. 27:27 Yes. Amen. 27:28 That righteousness is our perfection. 27:30 That's why we have perfection before God. 27:33 And if you look through the Bible, 27:35 going toward the end there, 27:37 you're going to find in 1 John 1:6-10 and 2:1-2, 27:42 this balance between not saying that we're without sin, 27:45 because we make Him a liar, and we deceive ourselves. 27:47 But if we confess our sins, 27:49 He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 27:51 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 27:53 1 Corinthians 1:29-31. 27:56 Christ is our justification, 27:57 sanctification and glorification. 27:58 He is our complete righteousness. 28:01 But we of course, live out that righteousness 28:03 by being obedient to Him and keeping His commandments. 28:06 Great answer. 28:07 That was a great answer. 28:09 Yeah, praise the Lord. 28:10 You know, Pastor James, 28:11 I've seen a lot of people get discouraged. 28:13 There's no way so why even try, 28:15 I mean now and then. 28:16 Yeah. 28:18 That's why I tell them, eat the gospel sandwich, 28:19 1 John 1:8-10. 28:22 That's the gospel sandwich. 28:23 Amen. 28:24 It's a beautiful nugget of truth 28:26 that tells us not to be discouraged. 28:28 But have Christ cleanse us from all our sins 28:30 as we confess them to Him. 28:32 And yet at the same time, 28:33 not to deceive ourselves into thinking 28:34 that we're not sinners, we haven't sinned. 28:36 You know, and that's freeing, isn't it? 28:38 I mean, it takes the burden, the pressure off of ourselves 28:40 because we ourselves can't do anything, 28:42 where our righteousness is as filthy rags, 28:44 Christ's righteousness, absolutely perfect. 28:47 So I want to encourage you, you're watching 3ABN. 28:49 Today Bible Q and A. 28:51 You can send your questions or comments here to us. 28:54 Couple of ways you can do that. 28:55 You can email them BibleQA@3abn.TV 28:59 That's BibleQA@3abn.TV 29:02 You can also text us your questions. 29:04 That's (618) 228-3975. 29:08 (618) 228-3975. 29:11 We mentioned Instagram earlier, 29:13 you can send us your questions that way as well. 29:15 That's 3abn_official 29:18 through Instagram you send us your questions or comments. 29:21 It's a blessing to hear from each one of you. 29:23 Wow, time is going by in a hurry. 29:26 Jason, good question here. 29:29 No name, but says, "I know that it says 29:32 to get out of the large cities, 29:34 especially when we see the implementation 29:36 of Sunday laws. 29:38 But financially I'm not able to do this. 29:41 I live in the suburbs in Pennsylvania. 29:44 Am I considered out of the big cities? 29:46 I'm very worried about this and need clarity." 29:50 Okay. 29:51 Wow. 29:52 Well, the short answer is there's no scripture 29:54 that talks about country living being a mandate. 29:58 There are a lot of reasons why country living 30:01 is strongly recommended though, 30:02 so let's look at a few of those, 30:04 better air quality due to less pollution. 30:07 And number two, more room to grow your own food. 30:10 Revelation 13:17, says, 30:13 "And that no one may buy or sell, 30:16 except one who has the mark 30:18 or the name of the beast or the number of his name." 30:23 Since we won't be able to buy or sell, 30:24 being able to grow our own food is important. 30:29 Less distractions which makes it 30:30 easier to focus on God. 30:34 Mark 4:18-19, 30:37 "Now these are the ones sown among thorns, 30:41 they are the ones who hear the word, 30:43 and the cares of this world, 30:45 the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires 30:48 for other things entering in choke the word, 30:51 and it becomes unfruitful." 30:53 In the cities, it's a little bit more tempting 30:57 to keep up with the Joneses, as they say, 31:01 or you see that Ferrari going down the street 31:03 or the Bentley, or you see, 31:05 you know, a lot of money and all of these things, 31:08 and you get caught up on the shiny thing. 31:10 So in the country, there's more nature, 31:13 it's a little bit more peaceful, 31:15 which brings us to our fourth point, 31:17 more natural beauty that points us to our Creator. 31:21 Job 37:14-16, 31:26 "Listen to this, O Job, 31:28 stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. 31:31 Do you know when God dispatches them, 31:33 and causes the light of His cloud to shine? 31:36 Do you know how the clouds are balanced, 31:38 those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?" 31:44 I'll leave you with this final thought. 31:45 I don't know the ins and outs of your particular situation. 31:48 But God delivered the children of Israel 31:50 out of the hands of the Egyptians. 31:53 Philippians 4:6-7, says, "Be anxious for nothing, 31:58 but in everything by prayer and supplication, 32:01 with thanksgiving, 32:02 let your requests be made known to God, 32:05 and the peace of God, 32:07 which surpasses all understanding, 32:09 will guard your hearts and minds 32:12 through Christ Jesus." 32:13 Amen. 32:14 Good answer, Jason. 32:16 You live in the suburbs of Thompsonville. 32:18 The booming metropolis. 32:19 That's right. 32:22 But I have to say though, you're right. 32:23 There's a blessing that we have of working here at 3ABN, 32:26 we're in the country. 32:27 And that does, I like nature. 32:29 There's a lot to learn from nature. Yeah. 32:30 But I like what you said too, 32:31 you know, someone just says, God, here I am. 32:34 Lead me and guide me. 32:35 Yes. He won't leave you. 32:36 So, yeah, thank you for that question. 32:38 Shelly, this comes from Vancouver, Washington. 32:40 "Hello. 32:42 Please help me understand Colossians 2:16." 32:46 Oh, Paul, I am so excited you asked this question. 32:49 This was life changing for me. 32:51 But I'm going to back up 32:53 from verse 16 to Colossians 2:14 32:57 to explain this. 32:59 In Colossians 2:14, it talks about 33:02 that "Jesus wiped out the handwriting of requirements 33:05 that was against us, 33:07 which was contrary to us. 33:09 He's taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross." 33:14 This handwriting in decrees the darkness's 33:19 was the undoubtedly the Old Covenant. 33:22 We find the Old Covenant, 33:24 the Book of the Covenant, Exodus 24. 33:27 We find it it's a repeat and enlarge in Deuteronomy. 33:31 That's the Book of the Law 33:32 that's also known as the Book of the Covenant. 33:35 And in the Old Covenant, 33:37 there were these curses 33:39 in Deuteronomy 27:14-26. 33:44 He says in Deuteronomy 31:26, "Take this Book of the Law, 33:49 put it beside the ark of the covenant of your God, 33:51 that it may be there as a witness against you." 33:55 That's what God took, Jesus took out of the way. 33:59 There's a parallel passage in Ephesians 2:15 that says 34:03 that Jesus abolished the enmity in His flesh, 34:08 that is the law of commandments contained in ordinances. 34:12 So what got nailed to the cross? 34:15 The Old Covenant. 34:16 Now, Colossians 2:16, your question, 34:19 "Let no one judge you in food or in drink, 34:21 or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths." 34:24 The Old Covenant had a ceremonial system 34:28 of drink offerings and food offerings, festivals, 34:32 annual Sabbaths, like the Feast of Unleavened Bread, 34:36 Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets and Atonement. 34:39 And look what verse 17 says about these. 34:43 They were all a shadow of things to come, 34:47 but the substances of Christ. 34:49 All these annual feast days, all the drink offerings, 34:52 everything about the Old Covenant system 34:57 of worship pointed to Jesus Christ, 35:00 and it ceased when He ratified 35:02 the New Covenant with His blood. 35:04 Amen, Shelley. 35:05 Wow, great answer. 35:06 Thank you so very much. 35:08 Pastor James, this comes from Donna. 35:10 Thank you, Donna. 35:12 You live in Iowa. 35:13 This is your question. 35:14 "Can you explain the Thousand Years of Peace?" 35:17 All right, the Thousand Years of Peace 35:19 is explained to us in Revelation Chapter 20. 35:22 Let's just read a few verses there in Revelation Chapter 20. 35:25 John says, verse 1, "And I saw another angel 35:28 come down from heaven having a key, 35:30 the key of the bottomless pit, 35:32 and a great chain in his hand." 35:33 Verse 2, "He laid hold on the dragon, 35:35 that all serpent which is the Devil and Satan 35:36 and bound him a thousand years, there it is, 35:39 and cast him into the bottomless pit 35:40 and shut him up and set a seal upon him, 35:42 and that he should deceive the nations no more, 35:45 till the thousand years should be fulfilled. 35:47 After that he must be loosed a little season. 35:50 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, 35:52 verse 4, and judgment was given unto them. 35:54 And I saw the souls of them 35:55 that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus 35:57 and the word of God, 35:58 which had not worshiped the beast, 36:00 neither his image, 36:01 neither received his mark upon their foreheads, 36:03 or in their hands. 36:04 And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 36:06 But the rest of the dead lived not again 36:09 until the thousand years were finished. 36:11 This is the first resurrection. 36:13 Blessed and holy is he that has part 36:15 in the first resurrection. 36:17 On such the second death hath no power, 36:19 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, 36:22 and shall reign with Him a thousand years. 36:24 And when the thousand years are expired, 36:26 Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 36:28 and will go forth to deceive the nations 36:29 which are in the four quarters of the earth, 36:31 Gog and Magog and gather them together to the battle: 36:34 the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." 36:36 Yes. 36:38 So there's no peace in the thousand years, 36:41 because there's nobody on planet earth 36:42 during the thousand years. 36:44 Basically, at the Second Coming of Jesus, 36:46 the righteous are resurrected, and the wicked are slain. 36:50 And all you have left on this earth 36:53 is the devil to look over all of the destruction 36:55 that he's committed 36:57 until the thousand years are over. 36:58 Once the thousand years are over, 37:00 the New Jerusalem city comes down to this earth. 37:02 It is, a second resurrection takes place 37:05 and the wicked surround that city, 37:06 that's why it says Satan goes out to deceive them 37:08 after the thousand years. 37:10 And He surrounds the city with the wicked, 37:12 and then fire comes down from God 37:13 out of heaven and destroys them. 37:15 And that's what the rest of Revelation 20 says. 37:17 The idea that there's going to be thousand years of peace 37:19 on this earth with humans alive is not a biblical teaching. 37:22 It's a very strong teaching of the Catholic Church, 37:24 the one that I was raised in, 37:26 and it fits the agenda that a lot of people have 37:28 for what's going on planet earth right now. 37:30 But it's not in the Bible. 37:32 The thousand years of peace is going to be when we... 37:35 Well, actually let me put it this way 37:37 just to close this out. 37:38 Why would God give us a thousand years of peace 37:40 when He wants to give us an eternity of peace? 37:42 Amen. 37:43 Thousand years is a temporary entrance 37:45 and that eternity of peace 37:47 that we're going to have on this earth 37:48 when the New Jerusalem comes down 37:49 after the thousand years. 37:51 Amen. Wow. 37:52 Oh, that's excellent. Thank you very much. 37:53 Praise the Lord. Good question too. 37:56 Jason, this comes from Neil, 37:58 lives in Los Angeles, California. 38:00 "I've been a Christian for many years. 38:02 In the past, I have backslid. 38:04 And I feel as though my witness to people 38:06 that know me has basically rejected 38:08 because I probably look like a hypocrite, 38:11 beside my own personal seeking of the Lord 38:14 and building back that relationship with Him. 38:16 What can I do to be more effective witness 38:18 to those that don't believe I'm very sincere? 38:21 Many do not understand repentance, forgiveness, 38:24 and the new life that Christ can give, 38:26 even to the backslider?" 38:30 Thank you for your sincere question, Neil. 38:33 Happy that I get a little bit more time 38:35 to spend with you on this one. 38:37 Okay. 38:38 The short answer is, it's going to take time and consistency. 38:41 I'm sure, you've probably heard the saying 38:43 actions speak louder than words. 38:46 We can also see an example of this principle found 38:49 in James Chapter 2. 38:51 James 2:14-19, 38:55 "What does it profit, my brethren, 38:58 if someone says he has faith but does not have works? 39:02 Can faith save him? 39:04 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 39:08 and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, 39:11 be warmed and filled, ' 39:14 but you do not give them the things 39:16 which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 39:19 Thus also faith by itself, 39:22 if it does not have works, is dead. 39:25 But someone will say, 39:26 'You have faith, and I have works.' 39:28 Show me your faith without your works, 39:31 and I will show you my faith by my works. 39:34 You believe that there is one God. 39:37 You do well. 39:38 Even the demons believe and tremble!" 39:41 So you kind of have to ask yourself 39:44 what separates us. 39:45 Do we believe and do we act on that belief? 39:47 So our actions louder, speaking louder than our words. 39:52 Our Christian walk should be abundantly evident 39:57 in the way that we choose to live our life. 39:59 We no longer live for ourselves, 40:01 we live for Christ. 40:03 Galatians 2:20, 40:05 "I have been crucified with Christ, 40:07 it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, 40:12 and the life which I now live in the flesh 40:14 I live by faith in the Son of God, 40:17 who loved me and gave Himself for me." 40:21 So I just want to encourage you, 40:23 you know, people have gone down the wrong path, 40:26 you know, we fall down, but we got to get back up, 40:29 we have to get back up. 40:31 And 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, 40:36 He is faithful and just to forgive us 40:38 our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 40:42 So stay consistent, 40:44 living out the principles in the Bible, 40:47 and your associates will see 40:49 that you are a new creature in Christ. 40:52 Amen, Jason. 40:54 Wow. Praise the Lord. 40:55 Great answer. Praise the Lord. 40:57 Well explained. 40:58 Shelley, this comes from Susan, and she lives in Oklahoma. 41:04 Says, "My brother is a devout Baptist 41:06 and believes all a person needs to do 41:09 is believe in Jesus to be saved. 41:11 No obedience to God's law. 41:13 They believe the commandments were nailed to the cross, 41:16 which I know is not truth. 41:18 I know keeping the commandments doesn't save us. 41:20 But I know the New Covenant states 41:22 God will put His law in our minds 41:24 and write them in our hearts. 41:26 Please explain in better detail 41:28 for I pray daily and I'm sorrowful 41:30 because I truly want people to see, 41:33 believe and follow, and she has in caps, 41:35 all caps, FOLLOW THE TRUTH." 41:37 Amen, Susan. 41:39 As we already looked, it was the Old Covenant 41:42 that was nailed to the cross. 41:44 We find that in Exodus 24, in the Book of the Covenant, 41:48 in the Book of Deuteronomy, we've been through that. 41:52 Christ, when Christ ratified the New Covenant. 41:56 Let me ask you a question. 41:58 Did Jesus obey God to become the Son of God? 42:04 Or did He obey God, because He was the Son of God? 42:07 See, we have to realize 42:12 Ephesians 2:8-10 says, 42:14 "We're saved by grace through faith, 42:15 not of works that any should boast, 42:17 but we are saved for good works 42:19 that God prepared in advance that we should do." 42:22 We don't obey to be saved, 42:25 but we obey because we are saved. 42:28 Unfortunately, your brother doesn't understand 42:31 covenant relationship. 42:33 When we look at the Ten Commandments, 42:36 they were the heart of the Old Covenant. 42:38 Everything was, all their civil laws 42:41 or ceremonial laws, 42:43 everything was built around these, 42:45 but they're the heart of the New Covenant, 42:47 Hebrews 8-10 says, this is God speaking. 42:50 "I'm gonna make a covenant with the house of Israel 42:53 after those days. 42:54 I'll put My laws in their mind, write them on their hearts. 42:56 I will be their God, they shall be My people." 43:00 Here's what your brother needs to read, 43:03 1 John 2:2-4. 43:05 By this 1 John 2:3-4, just think, 43:10 1 John 2:3-4. 43:12 I love it. 43:13 Yeah, we need to remember. 43:14 Yes. And it's important to remember. 43:17 By this we know that we know Him 43:19 if we keep His commandments. 43:21 He who says I know Him, 43:23 and does not keep His commandments 43:26 is a liar and the truth is not in him. 43:29 See, God calls us into covenant relationship. 43:32 He makes all the promises. 43:34 But He asks that we reciprocate His love 43:38 that we obey, motivated by love. 43:41 This shows our covenant loyalty. 43:43 Jesus said in John 14:15-17, 43:47 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 43:49 And if you do this, that's a conditional cause. 43:53 "I will pray the Father, 43:54 He will give you another Helper 43:57 that he may abide in you forever, 43:59 the Spirit of truth." 44:01 God gives the Holy Spirit. 44:02 Acts 5:32 says, "To those who obey Him." 44:06 Amen. 44:07 Shelley, wow, praise the Lord. 44:09 Great answer from the Word of God. 44:10 Pastor James, good question here. 44:13 Basically, they're talking about 44:15 who are asking, "Who are the beasts 44:17 of Revelation Chapter 13?" 44:19 Well, that's a big question. 44:22 Let's just jump right in. 44:23 I see the expression on your face, I know. 44:24 You can two, three minutes. 44:27 Revelation 13:1, I saw another beast... Okay. 44:29 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea 44:31 and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea," 44:33 and here's the clues that we're going to get now, 44:35 "having seven heads and ten horns," 44:36 you got ten horns, 44:38 "and upon his horns ten crowns," 44:39 he got crowns on the horns, 44:41 "and upon his head the name of blasphemy. 44:43 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, 44:45 his feet were as the feet of a bear, 44:47 his mouth as the mouth of a lion, 44:48 and the dragon gave him his power, 44:50 his seat and great authority." 44:52 Right. So this beast is Rome. 44:54 We know it's Rome, 44:56 because it goes back to the Book of Daniel, 44:58 a beast in Bible prophecy in the Book of Daniel 45:01 represents an earthly kingdom or power, Daniel 7:17, 23. 45:05 So we know this is Rome, 45:07 because it talks about the lion, 45:10 and the bear and the leopard. 45:11 And all of those beasts were identified 45:13 in the Book of Daniel, 45:14 as kingdoms representing Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, 45:18 and then we have this dragon beast, 45:19 this terrible beast, 45:20 and that represented the power of Rome 45:23 in its first stage. 45:24 Now, in Revelation 13, 45:26 you have a transition from that Roman power 45:29 in its pagan stage to a Roman power 45:32 in a papal stage, 45:34 because we know from history, that when pagan Rome fell, 45:38 there were 10 kingdoms that rose up with crowns, 45:40 so they were monarchies. 45:42 And in that nation in that place of Europe, 45:44 that populated place of Europe also rose a little power, 45:47 a little horn that plucked up three 45:50 and became the papacy that we see to this day. 45:53 In 1798, the papacy received the deadly wound, 45:56 that's what's described in Revelation 13:3. 46:00 Then we move to the second beast, 46:02 it's coming up out of the earth, 46:03 not out of the sea. 46:05 So the first beast comes up out of the sea, 46:07 which represents peoples, nations, 46:08 multitudes and tongues, 46:09 populated area of the earth. 46:11 The second beast comes up out of the earth, 46:13 representing a less populated 46:15 or more sparsely populated area of the world. 46:18 And that second beast, it says in Revelation 13:11, 46:22 has two horns like a lamb, and he speaks like a dragon. 46:26 So the second earthly power is lamblike, 46:30 that means it's a Christian nation, 46:32 has lamblike principles. 46:33 Two, notice there's no crowns 46:35 on the horns of this lamblike horns. 46:36 But these two principles represent civil liberty 46:39 and religious liberty that identifies a power 46:44 that was raised up as a Christian nation 46:46 that had these two principles foremost in its establishment, 46:50 and also rose up in an unpopulated area 46:53 of the earth. 46:55 And that power is going to transition 46:56 to speak like a dragon, 46:58 a power that's going to enforce on the world 47:01 the mark of the beast. 47:02 We believe this power represents 47:03 the United States of America. 47:05 Why? Well, it fits the description. 47:07 It comes up at the right time when the papacy is going down. 47:09 It has the Christian principles of civil and religious freedom. 47:12 It's lamblike in that sense. 47:14 It came up in a less populated area of the world. 47:17 And it's the only power today 47:18 that actually could fulfill the prophecy 47:20 of forcing the whole world, 47:21 in other words, having the military might 47:23 and the economic might to enforce upon the whole world 47:26 the mark of the beast. 47:27 Is that happening today? Well, we're seeing mandates. 47:29 We're seeing the loss of freedom taking place today. 47:32 We're seeing a transition right now, 47:34 to the fulfillment of Revelation 13:11. 47:36 Of course, we're in the first stage 47:38 of that transition. 47:39 There's going to be a lot more coming 47:41 as we keep our eyes on Bible prophecy. 47:42 Amen. 47:44 Oh, that has to be a record 47:45 explaining the beast of Revelation 13 47:46 in three minutes. 47:48 Praise the Lord. The beast, the fourth one. 47:49 Yes, that's right. 47:51 Thank you, Pastor James. 47:52 Praise God. 47:53 Jason, this comes from David from Cadillac, Michigan. 47:56 "Does it say in the scriptures 47:57 that we have to kneel every time 47:59 we pray in church?" 48:02 That's a question a lot of people have, David. 48:04 No, it doesn't say that we have to kneel every time 48:07 we pray in church. 48:09 There are a lot of examples in the Bible of people 48:11 kneeling during prayer, or kneeling before the Lord. 48:15 But it's not a mandate that we kneel to pray. 48:18 I think whenever possible, we should kneel. 48:22 But let's look at some of the instructions 48:26 Jesus provided us with in Matthew 6:5-8, 48:31 "And when you pray, 48:32 you shall not be like the hypocrites. 48:34 For they love to pray standing in the synagogues 48:37 and on the corners of the streets, 48:39 that they may be seen by men." 48:41 I just want to stop right there for a second and say that 48:44 it's not a problem that they were standing. 48:47 It's the motive behind it. 48:48 They wanted to be seen by men. 48:51 "Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 48:55 But you, when you pray, go into your room, 48:57 and when you have shut your door, 48:59 pray to your Father who is in the secret place, 49:02 and your Father who sees in secret 49:04 will reward you openly. 49:06 And when you pray, 49:07 do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. 49:11 For they think that they will be heard 49:14 for their many words. 49:15 Therefore do not be like them. 49:17 For your Father knows the things 49:18 you have need of before you ask Him." 49:21 Notice that nowhere in the model prayer 49:25 does it specify that we must get on our knees 49:29 to pray to God. 49:30 We can talk to God in our car. 49:31 We can talk to God 49:33 while we're walking through nature and getting exercise. 49:37 We can talk to God while on our or in bed. 49:41 Psalm 63:6 says, "When I remember you on my bed, 49:47 I meditate on you in the night watches." 49:51 We can talk to God 49:52 while we're in the shower, et cetera, et cetera. 49:56 But more important than our physical position 50:00 is the condition of our heart. 50:02 Amen. That's great, amen. 50:04 Amen. Yeah. 50:05 Praise the Lord. Thank you, Jason. 50:07 Excellent. 50:08 Shelley, "The Bible says, No man can die for your sins. 50:12 What qualifies Jesus to do this then?" 50:15 Well, I couldn't find anywhere in the Bible that says, 50:18 no man can die for your sins. 50:19 What it does say in Deuteronomy 24:16, 50:22 is the father shall not be put to death for the sins 50:24 of the children or the children 50:26 put to death for the sins of their father. 50:28 But we know Revelation 13:8, 50:30 Jesus was the Lamb that was slain 50:33 from the foundation of the world. 50:35 We see throughout the Old Covenant, 50:38 the Old Testament, the substitutionary, 50:41 system for transgressions, 50:43 it all pointed to Jesus. 50:44 We also see in the Old Covenant, 50:47 the kinsman redeemer, 50:50 so this concept of a kinsman redeemer 50:52 in Philippians 2:6-8, 50:54 God came down and became one of us 50:57 to become our kinsman redeemer. 50:59 In Galatians 4:4-5, it says, 51:02 "When the fullness of time had come, 51:04 God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, 51:07 born unto the law to redeem those 51:10 who were under the law 51:11 that we might receive the adoption of sons. 51:13 He had to be born into the law. 51:15 He had to be a person 51:17 who would keep it perfectly to redeem those 51:20 who were born into the law. 51:21 And no human could have done this 51:24 because it says all humans have sinned. 51:26 So He became part human, fully human, fully divine, 51:31 and He was qualified 51:34 as that perfect sacrifice 51:37 because He was sinless. 51:40 God demonstrated His love 51:42 by sending His Son to die for us. 51:44 Amen. Wow. 51:45 Shelley, praise the Lord. Great answer. 51:47 Thank you so very much. 51:48 We've got just a few seconds left. 51:50 I'm going to left, 51:51 I'm going to put one more question on the table. 51:53 Okay, before we go to the break. 51:54 All right. 51:55 Let's do this from Alice 51:57 from North Chesterfield, Virginia. 51:58 "Will we know one another in God's kingdom? 52:02 Please cite it in the Bible." 52:04 Well, I won't give you the exact reference. 52:06 But we do, we can say yes to that, 52:09 because Elijah is in heaven, Moses is in heaven. 52:11 And when they came down to this earth, 52:13 and they were with Christ glorified there 52:14 on the Mount of Transfiguration, 52:16 the disciples recognize them, oh there's Elijah, 52:18 and there's Moses, Father, let's set up a monument. 52:20 No, don't need to set up monuments for them. 52:22 But yes, even though we're going to be glorified, 52:24 there's going to be character recognition. 52:27 We're gonna recognize each other 52:29 in the new heaven and new earth. 52:30 Any comments on that. That's perfect. 52:32 I agree with you 100%. 52:34 Praise the Lord for that. 52:35 What a wonderful day that would be. 52:36 We're going to take a quick break. 52:38 We'll be right back with some closing comments. 52:41 If you're enjoying our 3ABN Bible Q and A, 52:45 then tell your friends, 52:46 each Monday we'll bring you a fresh program, 52:49 answering the Bible questions you send us, 52:51 using God's Holy Word to shed light on those texts 52:54 that seem difficult to understand. 52:57 To have your questions answered on a future program, 53:00 just email them to us at BibleQA@3abn.TV 53:05 That's BibleQA@3abn.TV 53:09 You may also text your questions 53:10 to (618) 228-3975. 53:14 That's (618) 228-3975. 53:18 Be sure to include your name and where you live, 53:20 and then watch 3ABN Bible Q and A 53:23 for answers from God's Word. |
Revised 2024-07-08