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00:01 You think you know the truth, but do you really?
00:03 Stay tuned for the fact check. 00:05 I'm Jason Bradley, 00:06 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:31 Hello, and welcome to Urban Report. 00:33 My guest today are Mr. Danny Shelton, 00:35 3ABN Founder and Corporate Consultant, 00:38 and Mrs. Yvonne Shelton, 00:39 Co-Founder and Corporate Consultant 00:41 of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network. 00:44 Welcome to Urban Report, Mom and Pop. 00:47 After all that... Thank you so much. 00:49 It's great to be here, Jay. 00:51 It's great to have you both here. 00:52 You know, now that we have the formalities out of the way. 00:54 That's right. That's right. 00:56 That's right. 00:57 So I want to know, what inspired you to write 01:02 the Focus on Truth series? 01:04 Okay. 01:06 Focus on Truth, 01:07 it's the times in which we're living. 01:09 And so more than I can ever, and you can join me in this. 01:14 But she and I, we try to watch different news channels 01:17 to try to see what's going on. 01:19 And we've come to the conclusion, 01:21 or at least I have, 01:22 my mother used to say, 01:24 "Sometimes I think everyone in the world has gone crazy, 01:27 except me, and Dee, and sometimes even Dee." 01:29 That's kind of what it looks like to me today and to us. 01:32 We're watching the news 01:34 and what's going on in the world. 01:35 We say people are so out of balance, 01:37 because they don't know truth. 01:39 And the only truth, of course, is the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:42 He says, "I'm the way, the truth and the life." 01:44 And so we decided, 01:46 if there's never been in my lifetime, 01:48 I think more important time for people, 01:51 especially our young people 01:53 coming up in the church today, 01:55 to know what truth really is 01:57 because you have to have something solid, 02:00 build on a solid foundation, 02:02 or you're going to be like the sinking sands, 02:04 the Bible says, 02:05 and your house going to be blown out to the sea. 02:07 So Focus on Truth has tried to bring attention 02:10 to what the Bible says, 02:12 if you believe in the Bible at all. 02:14 There's so many, 02:15 the devil doesn't care 02:17 what side of the boat you fall out. 02:18 So he didn't care 02:20 if you're a legalist, or liberalist, 02:21 whatever you are, 02:22 long as you're not looking at truth and stay in focus. 02:24 So we decided, 02:26 why don't we do a series, start out with three books, 02:29 and really concentrate on some very important topics 02:31 we think that the world needs to know. 02:34 And this just Focus on Truth. 02:36 You got what the Bible says. Yes. 02:37 And even in Christendom, 02:39 you know, there's so many misunderstandings 02:42 about different topics, 02:44 that Danny was thinking that if we just focus on truth, 02:49 go to the Bible and find out what does the Bible say? 02:52 Because there has to be 02:54 some objective standard of truth. 02:56 It's not my truth and your truth. 02:59 You know, it's the truth, and the Bible is the truth. 03:03 And now everybody wants to talk about reimagining everything. 03:07 So you got people wanting to reimagine everything, 03:10 well, then reimagine doesn't change the truth. 03:12 Right. 03:13 You can fantasize all you want about something 03:15 and do whatever you want. 03:16 But that doesn't change anything. 03:17 So the only thing that we should focus on today 03:21 because this life is so temporal. 03:23 We're here for today 03:25 and gone tomorrow, as they say, 03:26 and so the only thing that will last is relationship 03:31 with the Lord Jesus Christ. 03:32 Amen. 03:33 And when this world's problems are over, 03:35 no more sickness, no more sorrow, no more death, 03:37 and you know, heaven for eternity. 03:40 We feel it's our responsibility and privilege 03:43 to get the truth out to a lost and dying world. 03:45 Amen. 03:46 Now, you said that this series 03:48 is currently comprised of three booklets? 03:50 Yes. What topics do you cover? 03:53 Well, we call it the series, of course, Focus on Truth, 03:56 then we have The Truth About Salvation. 03:59 And to us, that's a very important topic. 04:02 It's the most important topic actually. 04:04 Because if we don't know about the Lord Jesus Christ 04:07 and how to be saved, 04:08 the rest of it doesn't mean anything. 04:11 We can keep the commandments, 04:12 we can do all the things we want. 04:14 And a lot of times in church we do, 04:16 people grow up in church. 04:17 So we know the do's and don'ts, 04:19 but we really need to understand salvation 04:22 and how that we're saved. 04:24 And as she said, within Christendom, 04:25 there's so many, so many different opinions, 04:30 and I'm going to say opinions, 04:32 it's not Bible but opinions. 04:33 Some believe once saved, always saved, 04:35 you know, predestination, 04:37 you know, all of these things to distract 04:40 from the actual truth. 04:42 Yeah, so we wrote that one the truth about, 04:44 we, everything's focused on truth 04:46 and The Truth About Salvation, 04:48 then The Truth About The Ten Commandments, 04:50 because once you accept and realize 04:53 that how to be saved 04:55 and accept Jesus Christ 04:56 as Lord and Savior of your life, 04:58 then what happens? 04:59 Now we want to know, 05:01 well, what does he want us to do? 05:03 How does this relationship develop? 05:05 So now we need to understand God's Ten Commandments. 05:08 They're very important 05:09 because he says in the New Testament, 05:11 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 05:13 And so then the next one is The Truth About Hellfire. 05:17 So we have, you know, again, within the church, 05:20 I'm going to call it Christianity. 05:23 There's all these people, maybe the majority, 05:26 who believe that 05:27 that there's a Hellfire going on right now, 05:30 people have been burning for thousands of years, 05:32 and will burn for eternity. 05:34 And yet we're trying to teach the world 05:36 that God is a God of love. 05:38 That's what the Bible says. 05:39 And on the other hand, 05:40 we're teaching him, 05:42 Johnny, be good, Jesus loves you. 05:43 And if you do what He says, and give your life to Him, 05:46 you'll live in bliss forever. 05:48 Oh, by the way, 05:49 but if you don't do what He says, 05:50 He'll torture you forever. 05:52 So we wanted to find out the truth. 05:55 Is God really love like the Bible says? 05:57 If so, how do we reconcile? 06:00 Or can you reconcile eternal torture versus love? 06:05 So we again, stick to the Bible, 06:06 so you won't see our opinions in here. 06:09 We're just giving you the weight of evidence, 06:10 because you can take any scripture, 06:12 like there are scriptures that say, 06:15 you know, then they burn forever and ever. 06:17 But now you have to go back to the original, 06:20 whether it's in Old Testament 06:21 whether you want to do your Hebrew, 06:23 you want to do your Greek, 06:24 you have to go back and see what does that mean, 06:27 versus because some says, 06:29 and you'll be burned up and neither root or branch. 06:31 And so we take the evidence, 06:33 and it's like putting it on a scale 06:35 and start letting it mountain 06:37 see which way the scale goes down. 06:39 And so I think we've done that. 06:41 And it's important these topics are important to know 06:44 that we have a Creator God who loves us so much 06:47 that He was willing to make a plan of salvation for us, 06:51 that we in our humaneness and sinfulness, 06:54 you know, if we come to the foot of the cross, 06:56 submit and commit our lives to Jesus, 06:58 that He already has prepared a mansion for us. 07:01 I mean, it's amazing. 07:02 Yes, yes. 07:04 And one thing that's great about Danny 07:06 as a writer is that 07:08 he writes very plainly, 07:10 you know, it's, it's very easy for you to understand. 07:15 So these books are 48 pages apiece, 07:19 and you can read them in an hour and a half 07:22 and get a really good Bible study 07:24 on these different topics. 07:27 And the other thing that I wanted to say is that 07:29 I'm so thankful 07:30 that the books were written like that, 07:33 like salvation first, 07:34 so that you get to know who Jesus is 07:36 because learning about the Ten Commandments 07:38 without Jesus without knowing who He is, 07:41 and what He's done for us. 07:43 It makes no sense. 07:44 I mean, it's, you know, 07:46 but why would you want to keep the Ten Commandments for what, 07:48 you don't even know, 07:49 the God of the Ten Commandments. 07:50 So it's really important to 07:53 and to look at these sequentially, too, 07:56 and see salvation. 07:58 You know, who Jesus is, 07:59 do you know what He's done for you? 08:01 Do you know how to have salvation 08:03 and then or to get saved? 08:05 Or what goes into it? 08:07 And then the Ten Commandments, 08:09 which a lot of people don't know 08:12 the Ten Commandments, 08:13 which, you know, it's amazing, 08:15 but and so, what does each one say? 08:17 And what's the importance and that kind of thing, 08:20 so each and then hellfire. 08:24 Satan is so intent 08:26 upon shifting our perception of God, 08:30 to this tyrant, this, this beast 08:33 that wants to just kill us and zap us 08:36 when we make a mistake. 08:38 And God is a loving God. 08:39 Hell is... 08:41 The fires of hell were not created for man, 08:43 they were created, will be created for Satan. 08:46 And so, you know, 08:49 Pastor CD Brooks one time 08:51 in one of his sermons called it friendly fire, 08:53 because it really was not intended for mankind. 08:58 And that's why Jesus came. 08:59 So these books, really zero in on who God is, 09:03 on the character of God. 09:05 And that's really a blessing 09:07 because it lets you know how much He loves us. 09:11 Each, the whole series to me can be summarized in, 09:17 you know, sentence of God's love for us 09:21 that concept. 09:22 And so, I really appreciate the way they were written. 09:27 And it's really a blessing. 09:30 And I learned a lot too as I was working on them. 09:32 What was your role in this project? 09:35 I was editing the project. 09:37 So Danny would send me the manuscripts 09:41 and then I look over and make suggestions 09:43 and give the subtitles 09:46 and the headings and things like that. 09:48 Nice. 09:49 Yeah. 09:50 What I like to say is, it's like a relay team. 09:53 Runners, 09:54 you know, sometimes you got three or four but in two, 09:57 I'm always good at getting a good start. 10:01 And then I hand it over to her to make it readable, 10:05 you know, because that's not my strong point. 10:07 But putting it all together, but then I give it to her. 10:10 And when it's through, it's like, 10:12 wow, this is really nice. 10:13 You did a great job, Yvonne. 10:15 So, no, she does, she's a great editor. 10:17 And then on the salvation part at the end, 10:20 she said, we really should have a place 10:23 that we help people come to Jesus 10:26 and lead them into sinner's prayer and all that. 10:28 So I asked her, would you write that? 10:30 And she did. 10:31 And it's really beautiful at the end. 10:33 Yeah, And in the end, speaking of the end, 10:35 in fact, let me hand this over to you. 10:36 If you would just read to us briefly out of that, 10:40 the five steps to salvation. 10:42 Sure. 10:43 I think that's great. 10:45 We actually have a graphic of all three booklets too, 10:49 we're good to show right now. 10:51 So we can take a look at those beautiful covers. 10:53 I think that would be really catchy. 10:56 If you're handing that to somebody 10:57 who they might not even be a Christian, 11:00 but they see the covers on these booklets. 11:02 And they're going to be, you know, curious, 11:05 their interest is going to be piqued 11:07 and they're going to take a look. 11:08 And we have say special thanks to Pacific Press Publishing. 11:13 They did an incredible job on the design 11:15 and the layout and all of this stuff, 11:16 working with Yvonne to do to get it in. 11:19 Dale Galusha and his team 11:21 that done an incredible job on this. 11:24 I mean, these are very nice. 11:25 And when we send them together, they'll come in a package. 11:28 That's a beautiful envelope, 11:30 and it has the three books in it. 11:32 And it says a special gift for you. 11:34 When you open them, it's not like a magazine, 11:36 you say, "Oh, I'm going to throw this away." 11:38 You can tell they're really well done. 11:40 And some of the paintings, 11:42 some of the artwork inside by Nathan Green, 11:45 who's considered one of the greatest artists, 11:47 you know, in America. 11:48 Yeah. And he's incredible. 11:51 And so some of these are pictures, 11:53 you know, by him. 11:54 And so it's a teamwork again. 11:59 So maybe we'll add Pacific Press 12:00 in that relay team. 12:02 I start and I hand the wand to her, 12:04 you know, and she hands it on to Pacific Press. 12:07 Now we hand it on to you, 12:08 because you take it to the finish line. 12:10 There you go. There you go. 12:12 So they're part of the team. 12:13 Absolutely. That's right. 12:15 So paint the picture for us of the five steps of salvation? 12:17 Surely. 12:19 So the first one is to recognize your condition. 12:22 Recognize that you are a sinner, 12:24 we're all sinners, 12:26 and we're powerless to overcome sin without Christ. 12:29 So we need His righteousness, not our own. 12:32 So we recognize that we are sinners. 12:35 And then number two, we repent. 12:37 So now that you recognize your condition, 12:39 I'm just summarizing this, 12:41 I'm not reading like all of it, 12:42 because it would take up rest of the interview 12:46 so the second step is to repent. 12:48 Now that you recognize your condition as a sinner, 12:51 you must repent. 12:52 Acts 3:19 says, 12:54 "Repent, therefore, and be converted, 12:56 that your sins may be blotted out. 12:58 So that times of refreshing 12:59 may come from the presence of the Lord." 13:02 So repent means that you not only do you speak, 13:07 you confess your sins, but you also make a 360, 13:11 you turn away from your sins. 13:12 Well, 180. 13:15 One eighty. Absolutely. 13:17 And then number three, confess and profess. 13:21 So there are two definitions of the word confession 13:23 that apply here. 13:25 One is a formal admission of one sins with repentance. 13:28 And the second is a statement 13:30 setting out essential religious doctrine. 13:33 So in this case, 13:34 the word confession is synonymous with profession. 13:38 So you profess the Lord Jesus Christ, 13:41 and you declare openly 13:43 that you are now wanting to serve Him. 13:46 And then number four, believe. 13:49 So do you believe that the Lord Jesus Christ 13:51 paid the price for your sins? 13:52 Do you believe that 13:54 He was resurrected from the dead? 13:56 And so that's the next step. 13:58 We have to believe in Jesus and what He's done for us. 14:02 And then the final step is commit. 14:05 Now that you have repented of and confess your sins, 14:08 profess the Lord Jesus Christ with your lips 14:10 and believe that He died and rose again. 14:13 Now you have to commit to growing in Him 14:16 through various spiritual disciplines, 14:18 baptism, Bible study, prayer, witnessing, 14:22 finding a Bible based church, 14:23 these are crucial for spiritual growth. 14:26 So this is a love relationship. 14:28 And in any love relationship, 14:30 you make a commitment to the person 14:32 and you spend time with the person 14:34 and so that's what these five steps are. 14:37 And then we have the sinner's prayer at the end, 14:40 where the person can, 14:42 the reader can say the sinner's prayer 14:44 and ask the Lord to come into his or her life. 14:48 And so, this is really it's, it's, 14:51 to me, this is such an amazing evangelistic tool, 14:55 because there are people who don't know 14:57 how to give a Bible study, don't know how to talk about 15:00 how to do things or whatever. 15:02 Just give this book to someone. 15:04 Yes. Yes. 15:05 That's really it. 15:06 Yeah, I mean, you can beat, 15:08 50 cents per household for three, three booklets, 15:13 right, and zip code 15:14 and comes in a beautiful envelope. 15:17 Like you can't, you can't beat that, 15:18 that's what less than the cost of a stamp. 15:20 That's what I wanted to say, 15:21 thanks to some of you our viewers. 15:24 What we did, I mean, 15:25 the Lord has been in it the entire way, 15:27 we want to put these out by the millions. 15:29 So of course, that costs a lot of money to do it. 15:32 And people can't afford to buy, as you say, 15:35 every book that comes along, 15:36 so we said, okay, what can we do? 15:38 So we went to individual donors, 15:40 and literally raised enough money, 15:43 that 6 million of these are in print, 15:45 2 million of each one. 15:47 So the way we offer it to you is that literally, 15:51 that you can, 15:53 and you're given the information 15:54 how to contact 3ABN, 15:56 you can have these mailed to zip code of your choice. 16:01 Three books in a beautiful envelope 16:03 that says a special gift for you, 16:05 wherever you want it 16:06 for less than the price of one stamp. 16:08 And so, you realize you're not buying anything. 16:11 So it's actually a giveaway, 16:13 and you're helping to pay the shipping 16:15 is all that you're actually doing. 16:17 Or you can order by cases. 16:19 Each of these there's 250 books in a case, 16:23 and you can order them for your churches, 16:25 you can start passing them out, 16:26 things have changed a lot at least here in Illinois, 16:28 we're out we're able to do things 16:30 most states we've been. 16:32 So you can actually go out passing these out, 16:35 and to people that you meet, 16:36 whether it's on Sabbath or anytime 16:38 take with you wherever you're going. 16:39 And so those are whole case of 250 books, 16:45 $16.50 cents. 16:46 Yes. They're 48 page books. 16:49 And so I mean, 16:51 to me that we couldn't have done it again, 16:54 without that relay team. 16:55 Yes. 16:56 So we've got donors that we went to specifically 16:58 and ask them, 17:00 would you give us a jumpstart, and some of those gave, 17:03 as one gift, you know, 17:04 as much as $100,000, to do it, 17:07 so that you all could get it and not cost you anything. 17:10 And I mean, that's such a blessing. 17:12 So now as you said, to get all three of these out, 17:15 this is what will show up in the mail 17:17 is all three of these books. 17:20 And this envelope 17:21 if you choose to do it by zip codes. 17:24 And so for the price of less than the price of one stamp, 17:28 so you couldn't send the letter for that at the time 17:30 you bought the envelope and get the stamp. 17:32 And then if you buy something to put inside of it, 17:35 even one page, 17:36 and then on the back page, 17:38 6 million of these very back page 17:40 is all the ways you can get 3ABN 17:43 so I mean, it tells you everything context 17:46 and how to get 3ABN dish, 17:49 it says FiOS, you know, Fire TV, 17:52 Roku, YouTube, all of the things, 17:54 the Dish Network, I mean all of these, 17:57 how to get 3ABN so that information 17:58 6 million people will have not only this, 18:03 but then they'll have ways to get 3ABN. 18:05 Absolutely. 18:07 And I want to share how you can get these booklets. 18:10 Do call (618) 627-4651 18:15 and speak to one of our call center representatives, 18:17 they would love to talk to you answer your questions 18:19 about these booklets. 18:21 If you order it by the case, 18:23 that is one of the best ways to get that. 18:27 Or if you want to send it to a zip code 18:30 if you want to have these mailed to a zip code, 18:34 call them (618) 627-4651. 18:37 And they will be happy to assist you there. 18:39 Now when you get the case, it won't be mixed and matched. 18:43 So but it's $16.50 for a case, 18:47 and you can get, let's say you get the ten, 18:49 the Truth About the Ten Commandments, right? 18:51 So you get a case of that 250 booklets 18:54 then you just get order another case, 18:56 The Truth About Hellfire, The Truth About Salvation. 18:59 And so that way you have... 19:01 All three of them is less than $50. 19:03 Yeah. 19:04 Seven hundred and fifty bucks is what you're looking at. 19:06 You can't you can't beat that. 19:07 No, that's amazing. Less than $50. 19:09 Yeah. 19:11 And when you're thinking about salvation, 19:13 you know, and people coming to the Lord, 19:16 like, that's not a lot. 19:18 No. Really not a lot at all. No. 19:20 And actually, there's less written 19:22 about salvation in my study, 19:24 writing these books. 19:25 If you go on YouTube or go on, you know, 19:28 any I mean, look up resources, 19:31 you'll find a lot on the Ten Commandments, 19:33 on the sanctuary, 19:35 you know, on hellfire, you know a lot of topics, 19:38 but salvation is one of those 19:40 that I think we've come up short sometimes, 19:42 because we assume 19:43 so many people convert from another denomination 19:47 once they found out to truth about the commandments. 19:49 But we have to realize there are many, many people 19:52 who know nothing about Jesus. 19:54 Exactly. 19:55 And so this book, 19:56 reason that maybe of all the books 19:58 that I've ever done, 20:00 maybe the most important one. 20:01 Yes. 20:02 Because without this one, 20:04 you don't have a foundation for everything else. 20:05 That's right. 20:07 So, you know, speaking of salvation, 20:10 you know, one of the questions that comes up quite a bit is, 20:13 can you, do you have the ability 20:14 to choose your destiny? 20:16 Absolutely. 20:17 And we go through that in this book, 20:19 I'm glad you asked it, 20:20 because there are people who literally believe 20:23 that you're predestined, 20:24 because it's there's a scripture that says, 20:26 sounds like that. 20:27 And it says, you're predestined. 20:29 So people say, 20:30 well, it doesn't really make any difference how I live, 20:32 you know, I can live like the devil, 20:34 or I can live like, you know, as good as I can. 20:36 But you know, I'm still 20:38 either going to be lost or saved. 20:39 So it has nothing to do it. 20:41 How the devil can get people to believe that, 20:43 you know, within the Christian church, 20:45 and you have the folks that say, 20:47 "Well, I got saved when I was nine years old. 20:49 So I'm saved no matter what I do, 20:51 no matter what I live like, 20:52 I'm going to heaven." 20:54 And yet he may be worse than the neighbor next door, 20:58 you know, wouldn't do near some of the things 20:59 but that guy didn't confess the sins 21:01 when he was young. 21:02 So he's going to be lost. 21:04 And this guy 21:05 is who's maybe the much worse in character 21:07 and all about him, 21:09 and he's going to be saved for eternity. 21:10 I mean, if we really just think about 21:12 some of this stuff that we're taught, 21:14 and we don't, we don't question it. 21:17 We're raised in church. 21:18 Okay, this is what it is. 21:20 And so, you know, 21:21 that's, that's the way it is, I just accept, 21:23 but no, we say let's focus on truth. 21:25 Let's find out the truth. 21:27 If we ever needed truth, 21:29 we've never needed it more than we need it today. 21:32 And that's why we spend 21:33 scripture after scripture after scripture, 21:36 because we want you to know 21:38 the truth about Jesus Christ. 21:40 Absolutely. 21:41 I mean, think about it in terms of a marriage, 21:43 you think you can do whatever you want 21:44 and still be married? 21:46 Yeah. Like how does that work. 21:48 Yeah, that wouldn't work. 21:50 So let's touch on the Ten Commandments. 21:52 Let's talk about the Ten Commandments. 21:53 You know, you hear people say, 21:55 Well, I'm a new covenant Christian, 21:57 the law has been done away with and all of that stuff. 22:00 What do you say to that? 22:03 Well, I lead him, point him to the Bible. 22:06 So what the Bible will say, 22:08 we've truth about the Ten Commandments, 22:10 we go through every bit of that. 22:12 A New Covenant Christian will believe 22:15 in keeping all Ten Commandments. 22:18 For many, many years, we always talked about, 22:21 you know, in fact, I've written a book called 22:23 The Forgotten Commandment 22:24 years ago, 20 years ago. 22:26 Now, I'd have to say, 22:28 the Forgotten Commandments with an S on it 22:30 because now the sixth and seventh commandments, 22:32 they're all trying to do away with those. 22:35 And so as well as the fourth commandment, 22:38 you know, and so the commandments are... 22:42 It's so important, Jay, 22:43 to understand what God wants us to do. 22:45 So I look at the Ten Commandments 22:47 as ten promises. 22:48 It's not like if you don't do this, 22:51 then you're going to be lost. 22:52 If you don't do this, you're going to hell. 22:54 If you don't do this, the Lord says, 22:55 "Look, if you submit and commit your life to Me, 22:58 I promise you that I'll give you victory 23:01 over killing, stealing, commit an adultery, 23:05 go down the whole list of things. 23:07 I promise you, I'll give you victory." 23:09 So I'm not sure what your question was. 23:11 Now it kind of went off. 23:13 New Covenant Christian. New Covenant Christian? 23:15 Well, New Covenant Christian will be a commandment keeper. 23:19 And so we show you that in the New Testament, 23:22 the scriptures that people say, 23:24 oh, well, the commandments were nailed to the cross. 23:27 There's no scripture in the Bible that says that. 23:29 Now there are some people will take you 23:31 to some scriptures, 23:32 but when you read it, 23:34 it says when the ordinances were nailed, 23:35 not the law of ordinances, 23:38 not the Ten Commandments, they're eternal. 23:40 They're transcript of God's own character. 23:42 And so they were never nailed to the cross. 23:45 But that's another lie of the devil. 23:46 Absolutely. 23:48 To say, oh, well, we don't have to worry 23:49 about those old commandments anymore. 23:50 Well, people do that. 23:53 You go up and they got a nice car. 23:55 They say, 'cause I've talked to people 23:56 so I don't believe in those Ten Commandments 23:58 ever nailed to the cross. 23:59 Keys are in their car and I drive off 24:01 and say, that's mine. 24:02 I'll guarantee you 24:04 they'll believe in the Ten Commandments. 24:05 That they will too. 24:07 Wait, you can't take that, that's stealing. 24:08 Well, I can. Well, it's stealing. 24:11 Absolutely. 24:12 So why do you think the Ten Commandments 24:16 were written in stone? 24:18 Oh, well, It just bespeaks of the immutability, 24:23 the permanence of the tenet. 24:26 Written in stone, even the expression 24:29 has been written in stone, like, you know, it's permanent. 24:32 It's there forever. 24:34 And that's, 24:35 that's the importance of being written in stone 24:39 with the finger of God. 24:40 God wrote the Ten Commandments with His own hand on stone. 24:46 So and it was placed inside the ark 24:49 and the ceremonial laws, 24:51 the laws of Moses were placed on the outside of the ark. 24:54 And so again, it shows the permanent, 24:57 the immutability of the Ten Commandments. 25:00 And why would He write them in stone with His own finger 25:03 if He were going to nail them to the cross, 25:04 get rid of it, you know. 25:06 Exactly. Yeah. 25:07 So again, sometimes it's just common sense. 25:09 She said, you know, my, in my writing 25:12 I write pretty simple. 25:14 And it may be that I'm a little bit simpleton, 25:15 but I'm a little bit constitute so. 25:17 No, not simpleton. 25:20 Maybe I am a little, but I do. 25:22 You know, I come from a background, 25:24 that my dad taught me a lot about common sense. 25:27 I learned from him. 25:28 So some of this is just common sense. 25:30 Yeah. 25:31 And then you ask God, okay, give me wisdom. 25:34 And there's where the key is. 25:35 Then God gives you the wisdom to understanding. 25:38 And so I try to write in a way that I'm thinking, 25:42 okay, the person out here, 25:43 I'm talking to this person, this person, 25:46 maybe some folks who are not Christians, 25:48 folks who are of another denomination 25:50 that don't know some of these truths. 25:51 So I try to keep in mind as I'm writing, 25:54 what will actually reach them. 25:56 And I've actually in the past, 25:58 I've given the manuscripts 26:00 to many people who are not of my faith. 26:03 Baptist, evangelicals, Methodist, charismatic, 26:07 and said, 26:08 "Now to help me if I messed up on this, 26:11 like on the Sabbath," 26:12 then so they would send me and say, 26:13 Well, I don't understand this scripture, 26:15 or that scripture or another scripture. 26:16 So then I make it easier for them to understand. 26:20 Then the time I went back, 26:22 there was actually three out of eight 26:24 that actually said, you know what? 26:26 "I'm going to have pick the Sabbath keeper. 26:27 These were pastors of other denominations. 26:30 Because we, the other words, 26:32 we got rid of all the reasons why excuses that we normally 26:37 don't think about, we just say, 26:39 "Oh, well, I didn't know that was in there." 26:41 And now so that's what we do. 26:43 We try to take it one by one 26:44 and just take it down to the Bible scripture. 26:47 Absolutely. 26:48 I love it ever so quickly, 26:50 how did writing these booklets impact your life? 26:54 Oh, both of us. 26:55 Yes, we... 26:57 It just brings you closer to the Lord 26:59 because you see His love 27:01 in every aspect of these topics. 27:05 So it just brings you closer to Him 27:07 and makes you love Him more, 27:08 because He loves us so much. 27:09 And we know that we know that God blessed 27:12 because we couldn't do anything of ourselves, 27:14 that would amount to anything, 27:16 but I know that God's going to bless this. 27:18 And for those of you that get these, 27:20 you choose to do it zip codes, 27:22 or whether you buy the boxes of 250, 27:24 I mean, again, three boxes, 750 books, 27:28 you're getting, Jay, for $49.50 whatever. 27:32 So we encourage you to get these books. 27:34 You can go online and actually read them 27:35 go to our website and let you read it 27:38 and make sure you agree with it and want it 27:40 and then it's up to you to what you do with it. 27:42 But you're the last of the, 27:45 of our, what did we call it our relay team. 27:47 That's right. 27:48 It's up to you to get to the finish line. 27:49 That's right. Well, thank you so much. 27:51 Thank you for what you have done 27:52 here writing these booklets. 27:54 And so we want to thank you for being a part of the team. 27:55 Till next time, God bless. |
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