Participants: Dwayne Lemon (Host), Lance Wilbur
Series Code: TKS
Program Code: TKS000005
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00:31 Hello, my name is Dwayne Lemon.
00:33 And I'm Lance Wilbur. 00:34 And we would like to welcome you to TKS, 00:37 a True Knowledge of Self, 00:38 where we get to know ourselves from a Biblical perspective. 00:42 You know, a lot of people might be looking and wondering, 00:44 "Why this title True Knowledge of Self?" 00:47 Well, if you had an opportunity to hear our testimonies, 00:50 both Brother Lance and myself, 00:52 we both come from a very, very deep experience 00:55 in the hip-hop and R&B culture. 00:57 And whether it be professional 00:59 or it be more on the street ground level, 01:01 we both were showing how hip-hop is not just something 01:04 that is only encompassed within music 01:07 but it's a culture, it's a whole lifestyle, 01:09 but it's built off of a concept called knowledge of self 01:12 and, therefore, we decided to put this program together 01:15 where we can talk about a True Knowledge of Self, 01:17 and that's gonna be our focus to a very large degree 01:19 in this session today. 01:21 Lance, once again, I want to welcome you back 01:23 and as I know I'm glad to be back, 01:24 so we can talk some more about this idea 01:26 about True Knowledge of Self versus knowledge of self. 01:29 And I remember when you were sharing in your testimony 01:32 you were talking about knowledge of self playing 01:34 a very large role in the hip-hop and R&B culture. 01:36 Yeah. 01:37 I wanted to know if you can build on that a little bit 01:39 because we're going to take, 01:40 we're gonna pretty much start from there 01:42 and kind of take it higher, 01:43 so even our viewers can understand what we mean 01:45 when we talk about a True Knowledge of Self. 01:48 Absolutely. 01:49 When we talked about some of these things 01:50 and we went into it on a previous episode, 01:53 we kind of gave a background 01:54 and history of particularly the Five-Percent Nation, 01:58 the Nation of Gods and Earth, 02:00 which is what I was gravitating most towards 02:03 before I became a Christian, 02:04 and one of the tenets 02:07 or one of the primary tenets is this idea 02:11 or this concept 02:12 that I think translates into of all streams of hip-hop culture 02:15 because it's one of the primary elements of hip-hop knowledge. 02:20 They talk about knowledge, wisdom, and over... 02:22 what they call over standing. 02:24 There's a lot of semantics and wordplay but nevertheless, 02:28 essentially, knowledge of self, to just summarize it, 02:33 is the true knowledge that the original Asiatic Black man 02:40 is god, that genetically God is in him, and so therefore, 02:46 he is constantly to not only become aware and know himself, 02:50 you know, the physical, mental, the spiritual, 02:52 but he is to live out his true potential, 02:56 which is this God nature in him. 02:59 And so there's a kind of an idea 03:02 that the entire earth was filled 03:05 with different races, but that these races, 03:10 the various races were created, 03:12 you know, by a mad scientist, if you will. 03:14 And this is literally the story, 03:16 I mean, at certain levels, 03:18 it sounds kind of funny and ridiculous. 03:22 But this is what is taught and that as the races degraded 03:26 or as the shades got lighter, 03:29 then the moral depravity became increased. 03:34 And so there are a certain group of individuals 03:37 on the planet that have a god nature, 03:40 and then there's certain individuals on the planet 03:42 that have a devil nature, 03:43 however, even those that have a devil nature, 03:47 that are born with a devil nature, 03:48 can express the God nature 03:51 but those that possess the God nature 03:53 from the very beginning are destined to obtain 03:56 that knowledge of self 03:58 and become their sole controller, if you will. 04:00 So then, you know, you talked about how it is something 04:03 where as more depravity increased, 04:06 but it was connected to those who were lighter, 04:09 I guess, you made that point. 04:10 Correct. 04:11 So I'm wondering if we could speak real plain on that. 04:14 When we refer to those who are lighter, 04:15 are we talking about light skin Asiatic Black man 04:19 or are we talking about indeed 04:21 what we understand today to be Caucasian individuals, 04:23 white people in a lack for real straight terms? 04:25 Yeah, we're talking about the Caucasian races. 04:28 And this is what knowledge of self 04:29 was trying to bring out to try to, 04:32 I guess, enlighten individuals 04:34 so they can understand these things? 04:35 Yeah, it's kind of a reverse perspective, 04:38 for example, European descendants theologically 04:42 built into the Christian theology the idea 04:45 that the black races were cursed almost 04:49 because of curse, curse that became, 04:52 and so that curse because Ham, 04:54 the son of Noah was dark skinned, 04:58 historically, then the dark skin race was cursed 05:02 because of what Ham did to his father Noah. 05:05 And so it's kind of the reverse of that. 05:06 It's the idea of the concept of leprosy. 05:09 For example, when Miriam was cursed with leprosy 05:13 and it turned her skin white, that lighter skin is a curse 05:18 and that they were cursed 05:20 and destined to go to the Caucasus Mountains, 05:22 and so there we're the descendants 05:24 of the Caucasian races. 05:26 And so yeah, I mean, it's a twisted idea, 05:28 it's a twisted theology, 05:29 if you will, but it's what was taught. 05:33 Hmm, interesting. 05:34 So then when we look at this concept of supposedly 05:38 just down to pigmentation of the skin, 05:40 one group can come into the world 05:42 with a natural nature which is evil, 05:44 but because of a darker pigmentation 05:47 and what have you, 05:48 supposedly now there's other group 05:49 who have a godlike nature. 05:51 Right. 05:52 Okay, so then if we have this godlike nature, 05:55 then in essence, we are Gods. 05:57 So this is, this is, ultimately what Knowledge of Self 05:58 is bringing up. 06:00 Right, the idea, like we discussed, 06:03 that all religions 06:05 are basically classified as Tricknology. 06:08 The idea that there were individuals 06:11 that came to confuse the gods, 06:14 if you will, 06:16 and try to get them to believe in a false religion 06:18 in which the god was not in them, 06:20 the god was not them, the god was some spirit, 06:24 and they called them spook religions 06:25 and all these layers of religiosity were masking 06:31 and hiding the true knowledge of self 06:33 from the original man. 06:36 And what supposedly was the benefit of, 06:38 okay, let's say I buy into this, and let's say, okay, 06:40 I accept the fact that I am a god 06:42 or I am god or what have you, 06:44 what supposedly is going to be the blessing or benefit 06:47 that I get of having this "overstanding"? 06:51 I think that, you know, would be argued, 06:54 I don't think there is an agreed upon end result. 07:00 You know, you would lean more towards the idea of... 07:04 Because let me say it this way, 07:05 they dismiss the concept of there being a heaven, 07:09 all right? 07:10 And they believe hell is earth, so we're in hell right now, 07:14 living in hell. 07:16 So there's no idea, they insert different branches, 07:21 the Zulu Nation, maybe even the Nubians, 07:24 and some others insert the idea 07:26 that we are going to rise 07:28 to a new level of human existence 07:31 and potentially go to other planets. 07:34 I mean, they literally talked about spaceships 07:37 taking us to other planets 07:39 and we'll become galactic humans. 07:41 Interesting, now when we read the Bible, 07:44 you know, we accept the Bible as the Word of God. 07:46 Yeah. 07:47 Now, in brief, why would you say, 07:51 "This is why I accept the Bible as the Word of God"? 07:53 Just in your own words, 07:55 anything that would come to your mind, 07:56 why do you accept the Bible as the Word of God? 07:58 Because we know that 07:59 that's one major challenge between several aspects, 08:02 not holistically the several aspects of hip-hop culture 08:05 is that it's more anti-Christian, anti-Bible, 08:07 but yet here you and I are coming from hip-hop culture 08:10 but at the same time we are Christians, 08:13 we believe in the Bible. 08:15 What would you say to someone... 08:16 Let's say, our viewers are asking, 08:19 "Why should I believe in the Bible?" 08:20 You know, people are gonna ask things like that. 08:23 How would you help them 08:24 to just give a little spurt on that, 08:25 and, of course, we're gonna build on this 08:27 later on in much depth. 08:28 Yeah. 08:29 Basically, from my own story, 08:31 how I came to trust the Bible as true 08:34 and the authority as God's Word 08:37 is when I studied it 08:39 that very first time in that barber's shop. 08:41 It was the first time 08:43 I had systematically approached studying the Bible 08:46 and when I saw the prophecies of Daniel 2 08:51 and how God was able to, years, in some cases, 08:56 hundreds and hundreds of years in advance, 08:58 determine the course of history, 09:00 and the major nations that would impact the people of God 09:04 throughout the centuries going all the way 09:05 to the very end, 09:07 when I saw that through the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, 09:11 to me, that was one of the main things 09:13 that solidified my understanding 09:16 and my trust in scripture because I had studied history. 09:20 And as I said, I read some of those books 09:21 where it kind of outlined and highlighted 09:23 some of those prophecies 09:25 and when I saw them in the Bible consistent, 09:27 I said, "You know, this can't be, 09:29 this can't just be contrived." 09:31 Something additionally was the fact 09:34 that the contradictions that I had read about the Bible 09:36 from the New Age Movement, or from Islam, 09:40 or from the Five-Percent Nation, 09:42 the contradictions that were highlighted 09:45 were not present in the Bible once I studied the Bible. 09:48 So they would say something like well, 09:53 you know, the Quran would say, 09:55 "Jesus didn't die on the cross." 09:57 That a miracle took place 09:59 where he changed one of his disciple's face into his face 10:03 and one of his disciples 10:04 actually died on the cross and he escaped. 10:06 Hmm. Right? 10:07 So it kind of dismisses the whole atonement 10:09 and the idea that Jesus came as the lamb 10:12 that we'll talk about at some point. 10:15 So some of the elements, there are many other things, 10:18 but it says that there is a contradiction, 10:20 upon further research and study, 10:21 well, the contradiction doesn't exist. 10:23 The Bible speaks of itself and is consistent throughout. 10:27 So that consistency and that historical providence 10:31 and that foresight, to me, was what did it for me. 10:33 You know, one of the things that did it for me 10:35 when I really think about it is in addition to the points 10:39 that you just made about eliminating 10:40 all these so-called contradictions. 10:42 Of course, studying prophecy, 10:44 how in the world can a book that goes back ages 10:47 tell what's gonna happen thousands of years later 10:49 and it happens in pin-pointed accuracy. 10:51 Obviously, those things were profound, 10:52 but I like the words of Jesus. 10:54 Jesus said by their fruit you shall know them. 10:55 Mm-hm. 10:57 And one of the things that I like about the Bible, 10:59 one of the things that made me a believer in the Bible 11:02 as the unadulterated Word of the God was 11:04 because of the fruit that is born 11:06 when one beholds it, 11:08 reads it, and dares to live it. 11:09 Right. 11:10 The Bible says in John 17:17, 11:12 "Sanctify them through thy truth, 11:13 thy Word is truth." 11:14 Yeah. 11:16 So the Word of God is designed 11:17 to have a sanctifying effect upon an individual. 11:18 And what does that word mean by the way? 11:20 Sanctify means to be set apart for holy use. 11:22 In other words, the sanctifying effect is that 11:25 when I read the Bible, 11:27 if I embrace the words that are in it, 11:30 the holiness that is taught through that book 11:32 will now be manifested in my day-to-day life 11:34 and my day-to-day dealings with mankind. 11:36 Right. 11:37 And that's kind of that righteousness 11:39 that was highlighted in the hip-hop culture 11:42 in the knowledge side was inconsistent 11:46 because the man would speak "I am all God, 11:48 and I'm my sole controller." 11:50 And then they would go and you beat somebody down, 11:52 or you smoke weed, or sell crack. 11:53 And that's my point. 11:55 That's exactly my point 11:56 because, you know, as I think about it, 11:58 when I read the Bible at one time, 12:00 when I was living a life naturally, fornicating, 12:03 all of a sudden, the Bible introduced a concept 12:05 that I am to flee from fornication, 12:07 1 Thessalonians 4:3. 12:08 Yeah. 12:10 And it brought out the fact that I can have, 12:12 through the power of the indwelling Spirit, 12:13 self-control that even when I see an individual 12:15 that can tempt me 12:17 that I don't have to give into temptation. 12:18 In hip-hop culture, 12:19 I'm consistently seeing that it's do what you want, 12:21 when you want, how you want, if you feel it, do it. 12:23 And therefore, 12:25 it's a demonstration of no self-control, 12:28 it's about what I want I take it 12:29 and it's divide and conquer. 12:31 So when I looked at the principles in my life 12:35 growing up in hip-hop culture, I had no self-control. 12:37 When I studied the Bible 12:39 and I began to see Christ dwelling 12:40 within me the hope of glory, 12:42 I started to have self-control not just over my passions, 12:46 but my diet, you know, my whole entire lifestyle. 12:48 Right. 12:49 So the thing that did it for me 12:51 was when I started looking at the Bible, 12:53 I said, "If we study this and embrace these words 12:56 in our hearts, I can actually live a life 13:00 that the Bible defines as holiness." 13:03 I'm gonna break that down 13:04 because I mean this is where it gets sweet 13:06 because while the Bible brings out 13:08 the principles of righteousness and holiness 13:11 that can be born in the fruit... 13:12 Or the fruit can be born in a person's life 13:14 is kind of like the song says, 13:16 "You ask me how I know He lives, 13:17 He lives because He is in my heart." 13:19 My life is different. 13:20 I'm not the same person. 13:21 But if I supposedly grew up cussing, 13:24 and swearing, and cheating, and stealing, and smoking, 13:28 and everything else before 13:29 supposedly I came into a knowledge of self 13:31 and all of a sudden I come to a knowledge of self 13:33 but I'm still smoking. 13:34 Yeah. I'm still cursing. Yeah. 13:36 I'm still losing control, 13:37 I still have no balance in my life. 13:39 I still have all these A, B, C problems 13:41 that I had before the so-called knowledge of self, 13:43 that tells me that those teachings are powerless. 13:45 Right. And that's the greatest contradiction. 13:48 So all of the accusations flung upon Christianity, 13:52 that it's weak, that it's confusion, 13:56 it's lies, it's falsehoods, 13:58 and Christians are a living contradiction is the same 14:03 or even greater in the other side, 14:06 in the hip-hop realm and the knowledge side 14:08 because it is a living contradiction. 14:11 You're saying one thing and then you're doing another 14:14 and you really don't have power, 14:16 and that's the key. 14:17 And so you're saying 14:18 Christianity is weak and it's powerless 14:20 but you really don't have any power 14:22 to control your sole controller. 14:24 And, of course, 14:25 there are individuals with very strong will power. 14:29 So there's always maybe a pillar here or there. 14:32 You know, even in other religions 14:34 like a Gandhi or somebody else that can exhibit 14:37 at least publicly very strong self-control and discipline. 14:40 Mm-hm. 14:41 And those people are highlighted as, 14:42 "Oh, here is a perfect example." 14:44 But that should be across the board 14:46 or at least it should be seen in many cases 14:49 with no compromise. 14:50 And you know what, you know, 14:51 as you talk these scriptures just keep dropping in my mind. 14:54 I'm thinking of 1 Corinthians 9:25. 14:56 Yeah. 14:57 I believe that that separates the truest sins 15:00 of what God wanted to accomplish in humanity 15:02 versus those who just have a good control 15:04 on one pillar or another. 15:06 Yeah. 15:07 The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 9:25, 15:09 "If any man strives for the mastery," 15:11 it says, "he must be temperate 15:13 or self-controlled in all things." 15:16 So it's not about while I have a great diet, 15:18 but at the end of the day, I still have passion in me 15:20 and I find myself being violent. 15:22 It's about that person that in every area, 15:24 in every dynamic of their life that God is governing over them 15:28 so that at every stage of life, 15:30 no matter what the trials or the circumstances of life, 15:32 they have total control over themselves. 15:34 Right. 15:35 And temperance is not just talking about moderation 15:39 and everything. 15:41 The idea of temperance, 15:42 the Biblical concept of temperance 15:43 is talking about total abstinence 15:46 from anything that is harmful to me or to others 15:49 and then moderation in all things that are good. 15:51 That are good. Right. 15:53 Exactly. Now this is getting sweet. 15:54 Okay, so knowledge itself, 15:56 it teaches this whole God concept. 15:59 Now we know that there's a character in the Bible 16:01 that obviously wanted to go ahead 16:03 and oppose God and try to exalt himself as God. 16:05 Why don't you talk to us about that? 16:06 Ah, well, I mean, it has to deal with... 16:09 We have to start at the beginning. 16:10 We talked about Revelation 12 and war beginning in heaven, 16:12 and we know that the war was fought with the dragon 16:16 and it goes on to say that 16:17 the dragon is the devil and the Satan. 16:20 And we can trace through the Bible 16:22 the origins of that corruption 16:24 when it translated to the earth, 16:25 and we'll be discussing that I believe shortly 16:28 or at least the next episode. 16:31 So we have to start there, 16:32 and so I wanna go into the Bible 16:36 and look at Ezekiel 28. 16:38 Okay. 16:39 And if I look at Ezekiel 28, 16:42 I'm not dealing with the whole entire chapter 16:44 because you can spend hours and hours on this, 16:47 but it's a lamentation 16:49 and kind of a parable against a certain king, 16:52 and then it transfers, 16:56 transitions to discussing Lucifer. 16:58 And some of the characteristics are highlighted, 17:00 we don't have to go into all of it, 17:02 but at least, starting with verse 14 17:04 because it kind of gives us a glimpse 17:08 into what were some of the root causes of this war. 17:13 And again, when we are talking about war, 17:15 we're not necessarily talking about fist fights 17:17 and sword play. 17:18 We're talking about a war, an ideological war, 17:21 a philosophical war, right, a war with the mind 17:24 because no man can fight God. 17:26 That's right. Right. 17:27 If God is all powerful, 17:28 then how is man gonna supposedly 17:30 try to contest with that. 17:31 Yeah. 17:33 Any created being can't fight with God physically, 17:34 so this is not what we're talking about. 17:35 So we're talking about ideological warfare, 17:37 but what is it? 17:38 What happened? 17:39 The Bible gives a glimpse in Ezekiel 28. 17:41 And we're gonna look at verses 14 to where exactly? 17:44 We're gonna go verses 14 to verses 17. 17:46 All right. 17:48 So I'm gonna read through them and then we'll discuss it. 17:49 Okay. 17:50 So Ezekiel 28:14, it says, 17:54 "Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth, 17:58 and I have set thee so. 18:00 Thou wast upon the holy mountain of God, 18:02 thou hast walked up and down 18:04 in the midst of the stones of fire. 18:07 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day 18:09 that thou wast created, 18:11 till iniquity was found in thee. 18:14 By the multitude of thy merchandise, 18:16 they have filled the midst of thee with violence, 18:19 and thou hast sinned. 18:20 Therefore, I will cast thee 18:23 as profane out of the mountain of God 18:25 and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, 18:28 from the midst of the stones of fire. 18:30 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, 18:33 thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness. 18:37 I will cast thee to the ground, 18:39 I will lay thee before kings 18:41 that they may behold thee." 18:44 So we're not going through every single detail 18:47 and intricate aspect of these verses. 18:51 It shows that what I can summarize 18:55 in one statement, or phrase, or a word, 18:58 or a compound word, self-exaltation. 19:01 Mm-hm. 19:03 Lucifer, who was the light-bearer, 19:05 which was his name before he fell and became Satan, 19:08 the adversary, the devil, the deceiver, 19:10 the adversary and the deceiver, 19:12 he was the light-bearer, 19:14 but as he began to focus on himself, 19:17 as he began to kind of meditate upon his own brightness, 19:22 if you will, in his glory, 19:25 he began to exalt himself in his mind, 19:28 and we'll talk about that in a little bit, 19:30 but he began to exalt his image of himself, 19:34 if you will, and self became more important 19:36 than anything else. 19:38 Now you just said something 19:41 that I can almost guarantee you 19:43 might have shocked the majority of the viewers just now. 19:46 All right. 19:47 You just said that Lucifer means what? 19:51 Light-bearer. 19:52 So Lucifer means light-bearer. Yes. 19:54 Now, you know, typically 19:56 when you hear the name Lucifer today, 19:57 everybody runs from that name. 19:59 They say, "Oh, it's a bad name!" 20:00 You know what have you, but when you look at Lucifer, 20:01 you just said Lucifer means light-bearer. 20:03 Right. It was his God given name. 20:04 That's right, it was his God given name. 20:06 So when God... 20:08 So Lucifer, you said became somebody. 20:11 Who did he become? He became the devil and Satan. 20:14 So if Lucifer became the devil and Satan, 20:17 then that means that God did not create 20:19 the devil and Satan. 20:21 Absolutely. 20:22 It means that God created... 20:23 Lucifer. Lucifer. 20:25 Now that, I can guarantee you right now, 20:27 that there are more than likely some of our viewers 20:29 that are scratching their head, 20:31 "Wait a minute, I thought God created Satan." 20:32 And here it is that you're telling us differently, 20:34 so the same way you broke down the word Lucifer, light-bearer. 20:38 Yeah. What does Satan and devil mean? 20:40 Because, you know, people are probably wondering that. 20:41 Right. 20:43 As we mentioned Satan 20:44 and the devil means adversary and accuser. 20:48 Slanderer. Or slanderer, right. 20:50 So then we have a situation where God, 20:54 when it was God's will to create, 20:57 God said, "When we get to the Angelicals, 20:59 I'm gonna create someone who is gonna bear my light." 21:03 To represent me. 21:04 That's right, because God is light, 21:06 you know, the Bible talks about that, 21:07 so God is light, God created Lucifer 21:09 who was supposed to bear that wonderful light of God 21:11 to everyone that he was around. 21:13 Right. 21:14 So that was God's intent when he made him. 21:15 Yes. 21:17 But then Lucifer became a slanderer, 21:20 Lucifer became an adversary, 21:23 an enemy of God and that was based on choice. 21:25 Yes. 21:27 So that means that when God created the angels, 21:29 God did not create the angels 21:30 to just simply be robots to everything 21:32 He says without question, 21:34 but that they were actually angels 21:35 that were created with will power or choice. 21:37 Right. This is incredible man. Right. 21:39 Because seriously, a lot of people, 21:40 they don't look at it like that. 21:42 When they think about this, 21:44 they think that angels were just a bunch of, 21:45 you know, kind of... 21:46 Robots. 21:48 Robots or servants. 21:49 Yeah, but the angels actually had will. 21:51 That's right. 21:52 So therefore, Lucifer became Satan, it was his choice, 21:57 and then as a result of that, the down spiral took place, 21:59 and the cause of this choice we're finding in Ezekiel 28 22:04 is that it says his wisdom became corrupted 22:07 by the reason of his brightness. 22:08 Right. 22:10 Self-exaltation, if you want to summarize it. 22:11 Very powerful. Yeah. 22:12 Very powerful. Yeah. 22:14 Okay. So you continue to build on it. 22:16 I wanna transition now to Isaiah 14. 22:18 Okay. 22:19 Because this is another location in the Bible 22:21 where it gives us kind of, it puts a magnifying glass 22:23 on how Lucifer became corrupted 22:26 and became the adversary, the enemy of God. 22:29 So I'm gonna turn to Isaiah 14. 22:31 Mm-hm. 22:33 And as we just take a look again, 22:34 we can't go through 22:36 every single verse in the chapter, 22:37 but we can make an effort to at least highlight, 22:40 you know, kind of the crux or the central point. 22:43 So I'm looking at Isaiah 14:12-14. 22:47 and I'll read them. 22:49 Isaiah 14:12, it says, "How art thou fallen from heaven, 22:55 O Lucifer, son of the morning! 22:58 How art thou cut down to the ground, 23:00 which didst weaken the nations! 23:02 For thou hast said in thine heart, 23:04 I will ascend into heaven, 23:06 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 23:09 I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, 23:12 in the sides of the north. 23:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 23:17 I will be like the Most High." 23:20 Mm. 23:21 Again, this, you know, people refer to it 23:24 as an I problem in this repetitive 23:27 focus on oneself and Lucifer, now, 23:31 in his mind, in his heart, 23:33 believing that he can be God 23:37 and, in fact, be better than God, 23:39 that he can ascend above God. 23:42 And this is kind of the most wicked aspect 23:45 or dangerous aspect of this 23:48 adulterated concept of knowledge of self. 23:51 The idea that we as human beings, 23:54 and we're gonna talk about this 23:56 what the Bible, this true knowledge of self, 23:59 as human beings that we can actually become God 24:01 and even become above God 24:03 because God doesn't exist out there, 24:04 God is here, right? 24:06 Yeah. 24:07 Some even KRS-One is commenting on a radio show saying that, 24:12 "What if God is a bloodline." 24:15 And Afrika Brambaataa commenting, 24:16 and, well, for those of you 24:18 who don't know who those people are, 24:21 you know, in later episodes, 24:23 we'll be highlighting them but those of you 24:24 who know hip-hop culture, know who Afrika Brambaataa 24:27 or the leader of the Zulu Nation, 24:29 and know who KRS-One is, 24:30 who we talked about in previous testimonies. 24:33 But nevertheless, these individuals 24:35 are talking about God as a bloodline. 24:37 Mm-hm. 24:38 So they don't believe God is anywhere else 24:41 but in you and that is very dangerous 24:45 because this is what Lucifer believed. 24:46 That's right. That I will ascend. 24:50 I will be like the Most High. 24:52 And so when we consider these things 24:53 we have to make a decision and we're all free to do that. 24:57 So we're not saying that everybody has to believe 25:00 what we're saying right now, but you have to make a decision 25:03 and now consider at least and insert into your, 25:08 you know, choices, into your possibility of choices now 25:13 what the Bible is actually saying 25:15 and not necessarily take everything 25:16 that people say about the Bible 25:18 but actually take into consideration 25:20 what the Bible is saying of itself. 25:22 And this is very powerful because you're showing 25:24 that the Bible does interpret itself, 25:26 and therefore, and you notice that that's what we're doing, 25:28 we're just looking at what the text says 25:30 and we're letting the text pretty much explain itself. 25:32 It is telling us that Lucifer, that was the first name, 25:35 that was what was given him, that's his name, 25:37 but we know that there is also Satan and devil. 25:39 Now the Bible is written in three languages Hebrew, 25:40 Aramaic, and Greek. 25:42 Right. 25:43 And therefore, when you look up these original languages, 25:45 you look up the word Lucifer, you get light-bearer 25:47 and then, of course, 25:48 you get Satan, adversary, devil, slanderer. 25:51 And we find this choice was made 25:54 because Satan began to look at himself, 25:57 he started to look at his gifts, his talents, 25:59 his skills, and his abilities, 26:00 and he forgot the one who gave it to him. 26:01 Right. 26:03 The other aspect is he began to look at himself 26:06 and see that he was better than everybody else, 26:09 and that's also another danger 26:10 or hazard is we're comparing ourselves against others 26:14 and saying, "Oh, well, I'm bad or maybe I'm not, 26:17 but he's worse. 26:19 So as long as I'm better than him, I'm okay." 26:22 But that's not what the Bible teaches. 26:23 The Bible gives the standard that is perfect. 26:27 And, you know, it is funny as you say that, 26:29 as I continually listen to you, 26:31 the Lord just keeps putting more thoughts in my head. 26:33 And I'd like to turn to a text of scripture 26:35 because when I think about 2 Corinthians, 26:37 I want you to notice this 26:39 because in 2 Corinthians I want to look at chapter 12. 26:40 Mm-hm. 26:42 And you're gonna notice that something is said here. 26:43 In fact, I believe in 2 Corinthians 10:12. Yes. 26:47 Here's what it says, 26:49 and it goes along the lines of this idea 26:50 of comparing ourselves. 26:52 And look at what the Bible says. 26:53 The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 10:12, 26:56 "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, 26:59 or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves, 27:03 but they measuring themselves by themselves, 27:06 and comparing themselves among themselves, 27:08 are not wise." 27:10 So here it is that the Bible is spelling it out 27:13 but, Lance, we got to a point already 27:15 where we're at the close 27:17 and we just got to pick back up in our next session 27:18 because this is getting very powerful. 27:20 Yeah. Very deep. 27:21 To our audience, to our viewers, 27:23 we just want to thank God for you joining us. 27:25 Obviously, I believe you're being as blessed as we are, 27:28 and we want you to continue you to come back, 27:30 we want to invite your friends, 27:31 we want you to be able to see the things 27:34 that God is showing us from His Word 27:36 as we deal with the subject of knowledge of self 27:38 versus a true knowledge of self. 27:41 Until the next time, 27:43 we want you to thank you again for joining us at TKS, 27:45 a True Knowledge of Self. 27:46 And always remember Proverbs 2:6 27:49 that it is the Lord that gives us wisdom 27:53 and out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 27:58 Looking forward to seeing you next time. 28:00 God bless. |
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