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00:01 Last week on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
00:02 we took on a study, 00:04 a very interesting study entitled 00:05 Creation: Genesis as Foundation, Part 1. 00:08 And, of course, there's got to be a Part 2 00:10 and that's exactly what we're gonna be studying 00:12 this week in our overall study 00:13 entitled How to Interpret Scripture. 00:16 We're gonna be taking on study number 9 00:18 entitled Creation: Genesis as Foundation, Part 2. 00:23 And in the case that you may not have 00:25 a copy of this lesson, 00:26 you can still get one if you go to absg.Adventist.org 00:32 and there you can access a copy of the study for free. 00:35 Until then we want you to go grab yourself, 00:37 your family members, your friends, your enemies, 00:39 anyone that you can gather them around, 00:41 and let's go study the Bible together 00:43 in this exciting Bible study adventure. 01:20 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:23 Again, we are always so happy that you are joining us. 01:26 We know that you're taking time out of your busy day, 01:28 your busy week to study with us here 01:30 and we're so grateful for that. 01:32 And you know what we're continuing 01:33 through this series of studies 01:35 because we're over halfway through, 01:36 we're on lesson number 9, 01:38 just a few left 01:39 and last week we talked about Genesis as Foundation, 01:43 Part 1 and this week lesson number 9, 01:46 Creation: Genesis as Foundation, Part 2. 01:50 So I'm excited to study this. I don't know about you guys. 01:52 We have some very interesting topics 01:53 today as well. 01:55 But before we go any further, 01:56 I wanna go ahead and introduce the panel 01:58 in case you're watching for the first time. 02:00 We have Miss Jill Morikone, 02:01 and it's always a blessing 02:02 and an honor to have you on here. 02:04 Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan, joy to study God's Word. 02:06 Praise the Lord. 02:07 We have Pastor Lomacang to her left. 02:09 How are you, Brother? I'm doing well. 02:11 We've enjoyed the topic of creation. 02:13 And we're praying that God can give us wisdom 02:16 to make this one very clear. 02:17 Praise the Lord. 02:19 And we have Pastor John Dinzey, 02:20 General Manager of 3ABN Latino. 02:22 It's a blessing to have you here, Brother. 02:24 It's again, a blessing to be here. 02:25 And God is good. 02:27 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:28 And, my good friend, my brother from another mother, 02:33 Pastor Kenny Shelton. 02:34 I love your wisdom and your knowledge, Brother, 02:35 it's a blessing to have you on everything. 02:37 It is a blessing to be here and share the Word of God. 02:39 Thank you. Praise the Lord. 02:40 Amen. 02:42 You know, when I was studying for this particular lesson, 02:45 it caught me off guard. 02:47 I'm gonna introduce what that is. 02:49 And if you have a copy of this lesson, 02:50 then you know exactly what I'm talking about. 02:52 And I kind of see now exactly 02:55 where the author was going with this 02:56 because we're talking about 02:57 How to Interpret Scripture, right? 03:00 And so I can see that 03:01 as we take on some of these more difficult 03:03 and sometimes strange topics like why are we studying this? 03:07 There is a purpose. 03:08 Sometimes you're gonna have questions, 03:10 people are gonna challenge you with things that, 03:11 you know, you have to be able to give an answer 03:13 for the Bible tells us to be able to, 03:15 you know, be ready to give an account 03:17 for the things that we are challenged about 03:19 and be able to stand on God's truth 03:21 and allow the Word of God to speak for itself. 03:24 Our memory text, of course, comes from Psalm 19:1, 03:28 and I'm gonna read that 03:29 and then we're going to have a prayer, 03:30 but notice what it says here, Psalm 19:1, 03:33 this comes from the New King James Version, it says, 03:35 "The heavens declare the glory of God, 03:38 and the firmament shows His handiwork." 03:41 And on that note, Pastor Lomacang, 03:43 would you like to have this prayer for us? 03:44 Loving Father in heaven, thank You for the opportunity. 03:47 You have reveal to us 03:48 the truth of Your unerring word. 03:51 Give us wisdom now to handle it for Your glory and honor, 03:54 we pray in Christ's name. 03:56 Amen. Amen. 03:58 Praise the Lord. 04:00 In the study on Sabbath Afternoon, 04:03 there was some interesting statistics 04:06 and information given there 04:08 that I would like to read at this time 04:09 to set us up for Sunday's lesson 04:11 which is quite interestingly entitled, 04:13 A Flat Earth? 04:15 Question mark. A Flat Earth? 04:18 Notice what Sabbath Afternoon says, 04:20 "Many great thinkers were inspired by Scripture 04:23 to explore God's created world. 04:27 As a result, modern science was born. 04:29 Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, John Ray, Robert Boyle, 04:34 and other early great scientists 04:36 believe that their work revealed 04:37 even more about the handiwork of God's creation. 04:41 After the French Revolution, however, 04:44 19th century science 04:46 began to move from a theistic worldview 04:49 to one based on naturalism and materialism, 04:52 often with no place at all for the supernatural. 04:55 These philosophical ideas were popularized 04:58 by Charles Darwin 05:00 On the Origin of Species," 05:01 of course, the book that he wrote. 05:03 "Since that time, 05:04 science has increasingly distanced itself 05:07 from its biblical foundation, 05:08 resulting in a radical reinterpretation 05:12 of the Genesis story." 05:13 Which is what we talked about essentially last week. 05:16 We're gonna continue that theme this week. 05:18 "Does the Bible teach and an antiquated, 05:21 unscientific view of cosmology? 05:24 Was the biblical account simply borrowed 05:27 from the surrounding pagan nations?" 05:30 And there are some people that say that, 05:31 of course, you know, the stories of Gilgamesh 05:33 and all the other different writings 05:35 that are out there, they say, 05:36 "Oh, you know, the Bible had to have come after that." 05:38 Well, that's what the author's asking here. 05:40 "Was the Bible culturally conditioned 05:43 by its place and time, 05:45 or does it inspired nature elevate us 05:48 to view of origins 05:51 that is complete in its divine framework?" 05:54 And so we're gonna continue through this study and again, 05:56 Sunday's lesson, A Flat Earth? 05:59 You know, I have over the years, you know, 06:02 traveling in evangelism, 06:04 doing many different Bible studies 06:05 in many different churches, 06:06 you run across people who they're confident, 06:09 and they're passionate about, 06:10 that they believe, 06:12 according to their personal research, 06:14 that the earth is flat, 06:16 and they believe that it is foundation in Scripture. 06:18 Now you and I, who might have a more a different, 06:22 probably more popular view that the world is round, 06:26 rather than flat. 06:27 We think of that and going, how could you get that, right? 06:30 From Scripture, but nonetheless, 06:31 let's look at a couple of examples 06:32 in Scripture. 06:34 We're gonna go to the Book of Revelation. 06:35 These are texts 06:37 in which someone might go to and say, 06:38 "Wait a second, if the Bible words it this way, 06:42 then there must be indeed a flat earth." 06:44 So Revelation Chapter 7, we're gonna begin there. 06:47 Revelation 7:1, 06:50 notice what the Bible says, 06:52 it says, "After these things I saw four angels 06:54 standing on the four corners of the earth, 06:57 holding the four winds of the earth, 06:59 that the wind should not blow on the earth, 07:01 or on the sea, or any tree." 07:04 So again, the four corners of the earth. 07:06 Now skip over to Revelation 20. 07:08 We're gonna look at verses 7 and 8 07:10 from Revelation Chapter 20. 07:11 So these are some biblical examples 07:13 of where someone might say, 07:14 "Wait a second, 07:15 is the earth flat 07:17 or do we live on a flat earth, right?" 07:18 Revelation 20:7-8 07:21 speaking of that period of 1,000 years 07:23 or after the 1,000 years it says, 07:24 "Now when the thousand years have expired, 07:27 Satan will be released from his prison 07:29 and will go out to deceive the nations which are," 07:31 notice again, 07:33 "in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, 07:35 to gather them together to battle, 07:37 whose number is as the sand of the sea." 07:40 Four corners, the four corners of the earth. 07:43 Well, if the earth is round, 07:45 and why does it have four corners, right? 07:46 I think a common explanation of this is, first of all, 07:49 we have to recognize 07:50 that the Book of Revelation 07:52 is a very, very highly symbolic book. 07:54 There's lots and lots of figurative 07:56 and symbolic language 07:57 flooded throughout this book 07:59 from Revelation 1 to Revelation 22. 08:02 And so John is simply using the term four corners 08:05 to communicate the four compass points 08:08 of the circular earth. 08:09 And we're gonna show biblical proof 08:11 as to how we know that in just a moment, 08:13 he is using symbolic and figurative language. 08:16 It's kind of like, you know, we might say, you know, 08:18 the sun sets in the west, right? 08:21 That's figurative language. 08:23 And we know that the sun is not literally setting 08:25 or sitting in the west, right? 08:26 And so in the same thing, the sun is rising in the east, 08:29 wrote rose in the east, you know, 08:31 it's a figurative language that we use to describe 08:34 the events around us in particular to the sun 08:37 to insist on a literal interpretation of this. 08:40 If we were to read these texts literally and say, okay, 08:42 this earth has to be flat because of these four corners. 08:45 To insist on a literal interpretation 08:46 of the text would be irresponsible 08:49 and I say this respectfully, 08:51 somewhat unintelligent 08:52 because of the scientific proof that we have today. 08:55 And it would be taking the passage completely 08:58 out of context. 08:59 Now, just to further establish this point, 09:02 we know that not only does Bible prophecy 09:04 often use this figurative language 09:06 or the symbolic language, 09:08 but we also see even Jesus in His teachings 09:10 and His parables and His discourses 09:12 often used this figurative language, 09:14 symbolic language to communicate a moral point. 09:16 For instance, Matthew 15:19 09:19 would be a prime example of this. 09:21 So again, Matthew 15:19, says, and this is Jesus speaking, 09:25 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, 09:31 adulteries, fornications, thefts, 09:34 false witnesses or false witness, 09:36 and blasphemies." 09:38 So again, if we were to take this text literal, 09:39 okay, you know, we would have to assume 09:42 that Jesus is talking about that, 09:43 you know, cardiac pump 09:45 in our chest, that something, 09:46 all these things are coming out of, 09:47 and of course, we read that 09:49 and it's somewhat silly to even think 09:50 that that's the case, right? 09:51 Because we know that He's using 09:53 a figurative speech to communicate a moral point. 09:56 Now I said earlier 09:57 that we would look at biblical proof 09:58 as to where we get the concept of living on a round earth 10:03 because we know that the earth is not flat, 10:05 the Bible tells us that it's not flat. 10:07 Let's go to Job Chapter 26. 10:09 Job Chapter 26. 10:11 And we're gonna be looking at verses 7-10. 10:16 Job 26:7-10. 10:19 Somebody have that wanna read it for us? 10:21 Job 26:7-10. 10:24 "He stretches out the north over empty space, 10:26 He hangs the earth on nothing. 10:28 He binds up the water in His thick clouds, 10:30 yet the clouds are not broken under it. 10:33 He covers the face of His throne, 10:35 and spreads His cloud over it. 10:37 He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, 10:41 at the boundary of light and darkness." 10:43 Okay, so right there we have a clear indication that, 10:46 you know, this earth is circular. 10:48 And you'll notice that these are not prophetic 10:50 or figurative words. 10:52 These are not symbolic words. 10:53 This is a clear description from Job, 10:55 obviously under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 10:58 recounting the creative works of Jesus at the beginning. 11:01 Of course, we're talking about Creation with Genesis 11:03 as the foundation. 11:05 When we read that Genesis creative account, 11:07 we can accept it by faith. 11:08 Even though we weren't there, 11:09 we know that it was true, right? 11:11 Let's go to Isaiah 40:21-22. 11:16 Isaiah 40:21-22. 11:19 And if we have someone that could read that as well? 11:22 Okay. 11:24 Here it is, 21 and 22. 11:26 Twenty one and twenty two. 11:28 "Have you not known? 11:30 Have you not heard? 11:32 Has it not been told you from the beginning? 11:35 Have you not understood 11:37 from the foundation of the earth? 11:39 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth." 11:42 There it is. Right. 11:43 "And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, 11:46 who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, 11:49 and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in." 11:53 Okay, so again, again, this is Isaiah 11:55 now the prophet who is clearly communicating, 11:57 not from a figurative speech, 11:59 not from a symbolic language, 12:01 but he's simply recounting the creative works of Jesus 12:05 from the beginning of creation. 12:06 And so we see right there, verse 22, 12:08 is that He who sits above the circle of the earth, 12:11 and so, you know, 12:12 it almost would seem and I say this respectfully, 12:16 and I think anybody who knows me 12:17 would understand that. 12:18 It almost seems silly to even have to talk about this 12:21 because again, of all of the multiple evidences 12:23 that we have today that we live on a round, 12:26 circular planet, but again, 12:28 there may be someone watching right now 12:30 that says, "You know what, I'm convinced 12:31 that this earth is flat." 12:33 And we wanna show you from a biblical perspective 12:35 that God did indeed create this earth as a round sphere 12:39 or a circular round object. 12:42 And so additionally, in the closing moments, 12:43 I have considered 12:45 just some of the scientific evidence, 12:46 some of the common sense reasoning 12:48 that we can just say, "Okay, 12:49 we have to be on a round earth." 12:51 For instance, if you go to a harbor, 12:52 and you look and you watch a ship, 12:54 I don't know if you've ever seen this before. 12:55 I've been to many different oceans. 12:57 And if you watch a ship sail out across the ocean, 13:00 You will know that the earth has to be some type of shape 13:02 other than a flat because you'll start to see, 13:05 the ship doesn't just go out of thin air 13:07 it literally it's like almost like it's sinking in the water, 13:10 you start to see it go down, down. 13:11 That's because it's going over the horizon, 13:13 I think of a lunar eclipse. 13:16 A lunar eclipse is probably one of the clearest indications 13:19 that we live on a round planet 13:21 because when a lunar eclipse happens, 13:24 you know, you don't see a flat straight line 13:27 that goes through that moon, right? 13:29 You know, it's because the earth 13:31 is between the sun and the moon, 13:32 so you would have to see the shape of the earth, right? 13:34 It's a circular or round shape 13:36 when you consider a lunar eclipse. 13:38 I consider the time zones and, Pastor, 13:41 we were talking about this earlier, he said, 13:42 "You know, get on a plane." And he's absolutely right. 13:44 If you've ever been 35,000 to 37,000 feet 13:48 in the air on an airplane, 13:49 just cross over a few time zones 13:51 and you can simply when you get that high, 13:53 you will see the curvature of the planet 13:56 and you can clearly see 13:57 that we are living on a round circular planet. 14:00 In the time zones, again, I mentioned, 14:01 the time zones are a clear indication 14:03 because again, 14:04 my mom called me last year when I was in 14:06 or in previous year when I was in Australia. 14:09 It was like 2 o'clock in the morning 14:10 where I was and it was, 14:12 you know, I don't know, several hours in the afternoon. 14:14 How can that be 14:15 if we're living on a flat earth, right? 14:17 So the point is, we can trust the science evidence 14:21 that proves that and we can trust the Bible, 14:23 most of all to know that God got it right 14:25 the first time. 14:27 Amen. 14:28 Thank you so much for that study, Pastor Ryan. 14:30 And, you know, we think flat earth 14:32 the Word of God says round earth, 14:33 but there are so many winds of doctrine blowing. 14:36 There are so many theories out there 14:39 that we need to go back to a thus saith the Lord. 14:42 Thank you for that biblical proof. 14:43 On Monday's lesson, we look at Creation 14:46 in Ancient Literature, and we see today, 14:49 an attack on the Genesis account. 14:52 By that I mean an attack 14:53 on the biblical story of creation 14:56 recorded in the Book of Genesis. 14:59 This is a quote from the lesson, 15:00 we'll start here, it says, 15:01 "Archaeologists have discovered texts 15:04 from ancient Egypt and the Near East 15:07 that contain early histories of the Creation and the Flood." 15:13 So the question arises instantly 15:15 you think, well, that's not an issue. 15:16 There's no big deal with that, but the question comes in, 15:19 was the Genesis account of creation 15:22 borrowed from these pagan sources? 15:25 Is it somehow dependent on them? 15:28 Or is it completely separate and thereby inspired? 15:31 So that's what we're gonna take a look at. 15:33 We're gonna take a look at this discovery 15:35 that archaeologists have made and we will see that in fact, 15:38 they are vastly different, 15:40 and that the creation account in Genesis 15:43 was inspired by God Himself. 15:45 So Atra-Hasis 15:47 is the title of an 18th-century BC 15:52 Akkadian epic, 15:53 recorded in various versions on clay tablets. 15:56 There were three clay tablets that they discovered. 15:58 They're currently cuneiform tablets. 16:00 They're currently now residing in the British Museum. 16:05 Atra- asis was the protagonists of this story. 16:09 And it was written in an extinct East Semitic language 16:12 that was spoken in the ancient world 16:14 that is extinct 16:15 and it's not even used anymore today. 16:17 There were these three tablets. 16:19 The oldest known copy 16:20 can be dated to the reign of Hammurabi's great grandson, 16:24 that would be 1646 to 1626 BC. 16:28 Interesting. 16:29 So there's stories on these three tablets. 16:31 We're gonna look at them briefly so we can see 16:33 the disparity between them and the account in Genesis. 16:37 Tablet I contained the creation myth. 16:41 The Sumerian gods, 16:43 we know they had polytheistic religion 16:44 they had made, they believed in many gods. 16:47 They had three gods, I can't pronounce them, 16:50 but we're just gonna call them Anu, Enlil, and Enki. 16:54 And I'm sure that's not right. 16:56 Anu ruled the sky or so they taught. 17:00 Enlil ruled the earth or so they taught. 17:03 And Enki ruled the fresh water sea. 17:08 Enlil assigned junior divine or junior gods or lesser gods 17:14 to do farm labor 17:16 and maintain the rivers and canals. 17:18 Now this is how the pagan story goes. 17:21 After 40 years, 17:22 these lesser gods rebelled and they said, 17:24 "We're done with work. 17:25 We don't wanna do strenuous labor anymore." 17:28 Instead of punishing them, 17:30 the gods suggested that humans be created to do the work. 17:36 So as the story goes, 17:38 the Mother Goddess 17:39 is assigned the task of creating humans 17:42 by shaping clay figurines, 17:45 mixed with the flesh and blood of a God that they killed. 17:50 All of the gods then spit on the clay 17:53 and after 10 months, 17:55 especially made womb breaks open 17:58 and the humans are born. 18:01 You know, when I read that exactly right, 18:02 and you started to laugh. 18:03 When I read that you think, "Really?" 18:07 So Tablet II contains legends about overpopulation of humans, 18:11 about famine and drought, 18:12 and then a decision that they're going to, 18:15 these gods are going to cause a flood to destroy mankind. 18:19 And Tablet III contains their version of the flood. 18:24 Now the lesson actually quoted from the Atra- asis Epic, 18:29 and this is what it said, "When the gods instead of man, 18:33 did the work, bore the load, the gods' load was too great, 18:37 the work too hard, the trouble too much. 18:40 Let the womb-goddess create offspring, 18:43 and let men bear the load of the gods! 18:47 Geshtu-e, a god who had intelligence, 18:50 they slaughtered in their assembly. 18:52 Nintu mixed clay with his flesh and blood." 18:55 Now that's just not even very pleasant to read. 18:58 So, but if you look at the only similarity I see 19:01 in this account to the creation account 19:03 is that they had clay. 19:05 That's the only similarity I see instead. 19:08 And the first humans obviously 19:10 were made from the dust of the ground 19:13 and they said clay mixed with some other things 19:15 which we won't discuss, 19:16 but there are vast differences in these two accounts. 19:20 And let's look at them. 19:21 The first is, I want to look at God's purpose in creation. 19:26 In Genesis, the biblical account, 19:29 we say that God created the world 19:31 and everything in it for humans, for us to enjoy. 19:35 Humanity was the culmination of His creative work. 19:40 He created light and darkness and plants and animals, 19:43 but humans, man and woman 19:46 was the culmination of that creative work. 19:50 God created the world to show His goodness and His glory. 19:54 We see that in Psalm 19:1, 19:56 "The heavens declare the glory of God, 19:58 and the firmament shows fourth His handiwork." 20:02 We see that also in Psalm 50:6, that Psalm 50:6, 20:08 "Let the heavens declare His righteousness, 20:11 for God Himself is Judge." 20:14 We also see that in Psalm 89:5, 20:17 that Psalm 89:5, 20:20 "And the heavens will praise Your wonders, 20:22 O Lord." 20:24 God wanted us to be His children 20:27 and we are made in His image. 20:29 We studied that in a previous lesson, 20:31 Genesis 1:26. 20:33 He considers us His children 20:34 and we are made in the divine image, 20:36 the image of God. 20:38 1 John 3:1. I love this scripture. 20:42 1 John 3:1, 20:44 "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, 20:47 that we should be called the children of God!" 20:50 You see in this pagan epic Atra- asis, 20:53 humans were created so the gods could rest. 20:56 Man worked for the gods so that they could rest. 20:58 That's the opposite of the God that we serve. 21:02 Our God has self-sacrificing love. 21:05 And He created us because He loves us 21:08 and wants us to be His children. 21:11 By contrast in Genesis, 21:14 we see that God rested with His creation. 21:18 See in this pagan mythology story, 21:20 the lesser they created humans so that they could rest. 21:24 No, God did all this work, 21:27 and then He allowed us to rest with Him on the Sabbath. 21:30 Genesis 2:1-3, 21:32 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 21:34 and all the host of them, were finished. 21:37 And on the seventh day God ended His work 21:39 which He had done, 21:41 and He rested on the seventh day." 21:43 And He blessed and sanctified and hallowed it. 21:47 So the first difference is God's purpose in creation. 21:49 The second difference is God's desire to communicate 21:53 with His creation. 21:55 We see in Genesis that God wanted to communicate 21:57 with His children. 21:59 He wanted to have 22:00 a relationship with His children. 22:02 Genesis 3:8, once sin entered, 22:06 that brought division between God and humanity. 22:10 Remember Genesis 3:8, 22:12 Adam and Eve actually hid from God. 22:14 "They heard the sound of the Lord God 22:16 walking in the garden in the cool of the day, 22:19 Adam and his wife hid themselves 22:21 from the presence of the Lord God 22:22 among the trees of the garden." 22:24 But before sin, 22:25 they had open communion with God. 22:29 By contrast, in this pagan mythology, 22:32 there is no mention of a garden created for humans. 22:35 There is no mention or of the desire for the gods 22:39 to communicate with humans or be in fellowship with them. 22:42 Difference number three, 22:44 is God's desire to create man and woman. 22:47 In Genesis we see God 22:49 physically forming Adam and Eve, 22:52 Adam from the dust of the ground, 22:54 and breathing into Adam's nostril 22:57 God breathed into Adam's nostrils 22:58 the breath of life. 23:00 And Adam became what? 23:01 A living soul. 23:03 We see God causing Adam to go to sleep 23:06 so that then He could create Eve 23:08 from a rib from Adam's side. 23:10 By contrast, in this pagan mythology, 23:14 we see instead, 23:15 a God being killed 23:17 so that they can somehow mix his blood 23:19 with this clay 23:20 that is vastly different 23:22 from the biblical creation account. 23:25 Finally, number four, 23:27 difference we see God's desire 23:29 is to love His creation and to have a world of peace. 23:32 In Genesis, we see His love 23:34 first in creating humankind later after they sin. 23:38 We see God's desire to reconcile them to Himself 23:42 by the promise of sending His Son, Jesus. 23:46 In this pagan mythology, 23:49 there's only conflict and violence. 23:51 In the creation of humans, there's conflict and violence, 23:54 and definitely the gods 23:55 weren't willing to die for the humans. 23:57 So what a difference in that. 24:00 And from there, we can see that Moses did not borrow 24:03 from these pagan stories 24:04 when he wrote the Book of Genesis. 24:07 By contrast, 24:08 all scripture including 24:10 the Genesis account of creation, 24:12 is given by inspiration of God 24:15 and I'm so grateful that it is. 24:17 Praise the Lord. 24:18 You know, as I'm listening to this study, 24:20 my study, your study, 24:21 and I know this is gonna continue on. 24:23 The devil is attacking this. 24:25 He's attacking God's creative work, 24:26 His creative power, 24:28 and just think about it if it's good enough 24:31 to get the devil's time, 24:33 you know, to take his time and efforts 24:34 to try to skew the truth of God's Word 24:36 in relation to creation, then you know what? 24:39 Praise God for the Bible account 24:40 that we have 24:42 because we know God always gets it right 24:43 the first time. 24:45 We're gonna take a short break 24:46 and we'll be back in just a moment. 24:52 Ever wish you could watch 24:53 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:56 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 24:59 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 25:04 A clean design makes it easy to find the program 25:07 you're looking for. 25:08 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 25:12 so you can follow along. 25:14 Sharing is easy. 25:15 Just click share 25:16 and choose your favorite social media. 25:18 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:25 Welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 25:28 We're gonna kick it over to Pastor John Lomacang 25:30 for Tuesday's lesson. 25:31 Genesis versus Paganism. 25:33 Thank you, Jill, for doing the job 25:36 on a topic that was introduced to me 25:37 for the first time today. 25:39 And what an amazing thing, 25:41 you know, the writers of this lesson 25:42 have done an extremely good job 25:44 thinking outside the box 25:46 of issues that are very confrontational 25:49 that we would have to address from a Christian perspective 25:53 and we were doing our part to try to eliminate the things 25:56 that are controversial. 25:58 Genesis versus Paganism, 25:59 the question is and we read Genesis 1:14-19. 26:03 Let's do that very quickly 26:05 because this talks about stars in greater light, lesser light. 26:08 Let's see what the Bible says about Genesis versus Paganism 26:12 because in paganism, 26:14 it seems as though they give different purposes 26:17 for the illuminated bodies above the earth, 26:20 but here's what the Genesis account 26:21 is all about. 26:23 What scripture you're reading? Verse 14, Genesis 1:14. 26:25 Okay, got you. 26:26 "Then God said, 'Let there be lights 26:28 in the firmament of the heavens 26:30 to divide the day from the night, 26:32 and let them be for," what? 26:33 Signs. 26:34 "Signs and seasons, and for days and years, 26:38 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens 26:41 to give light on the earth,' and it was so. 26:44 Then God made two great lights, 26:46 the greater light to rule the day, 26:49 and the lesser light to rule the night. 26:51 He made the stars also. 26:54 God set them in the firmament of the heavens 26:56 to give light on the earth, 26:58 and to rule over the day and over the night, 27:01 and to divide the light from the darkness. 27:03 And God saw that it was good. 27:05 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." 27:10 Let's think about that the lesser light, 27:13 the greater light, the moon the lesser light, 27:15 the sun the greater light, the signs, 27:18 the seasons, the days, the years, 27:21 God established all these illuminated bodies 27:24 to establish a cadence. 27:26 And the heavens have been 27:27 so beautifully orchestrated by God, 27:29 you know, I have a program 27:31 that it's about looking into the heavens, 27:33 I'm an amateur, amateur, amateur astronomer. 27:37 So amateur, I don't have a telescope. 27:40 I do it all on my iPad. 27:42 Well, that's an affliction, but when you think about it, 27:46 we can program literally by telescopes, 27:48 my wife and I intend to do that. 27:50 Well, we can program in coordinates, 27:53 and it will point to stars 27:55 and bodies that have never moved. 27:58 How does that happen? 28:00 Coincidentally? No, providentially. 28:02 What I wanna do with you on my remaining time 28:04 is share with you from the perspective of people 28:07 that are not necessarily Christians 28:10 as to how they know 28:11 that the creation of the earth and the world 28:14 is the part of the divine designer. 28:17 Let's begin reasons to believe 28:19 in the existence of God and His Word, 28:21 and the complexity of creation. 28:24 The complexity of our planet, 28:25 I'm reading and you just follow 28:27 is connected to a deliberate designer, 28:30 who not only created the universe, 28:33 but also sustains it. 28:35 Let's talk about the size of the earth and by the way, 28:37 the earth is not round, it's spherical or ellipsoidal. 28:42 It's spherical, rather than just round. 28:46 The earth, and its perfect size. 28:48 According to one scientist, 28:50 the earth size and corresponding gravity 28:53 holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen 28:57 and oxygen gases only extending about 50 miles 29:02 above the earth's surface. 29:04 Let's see if that's coincidental. 29:05 Let's see what they said. 29:06 If earth was smaller like the planet Mercury, 29:09 an atmosphere would be impossible. 29:11 If earth were larger like Jupiter, 29:13 its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen. 29:17 Earth is the only known planet 29:19 equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases 29:23 to sustain plant, animal, and human life. 29:27 And the question is, where did it come from? 29:28 In the beginning, God, come on, can we say amen? 29:30 Amen. Amen. 29:32 What about water? Water and its necessity. 29:34 Water is colorless, odorless, and without taste, 29:37 and yet no living thing can survive without it. 29:40 Plants, animals, human beings, consist mostly of water. 29:44 About two thirds of the human body is water, 29:48 who designed that? 29:49 God. Only God. 29:50 Water is a temperature regulator. 29:53 Water is a universal solvent. 29:56 Water is also chemically neutral 29:59 without affecting the makeup of the substances it carry. 30:02 Water enables food, medicine, 30:06 and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body. 30:09 Who else can create that, but God? 30:12 Water has a unique surface tension. 30:14 Water in plants can therefore flow 30:17 upward against gravity. 30:20 Who can do that, but God? 30:21 Bringing life giving water 30:23 and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees. 30:27 If you go to the Avenue of the Giants in California, 30:29 they say the amount of water 30:31 that those trees absorb in one day, 30:33 God put that water in the atmosphere. 30:37 Who else can do that but God? 30:38 Also water is transformative. 30:41 Ninety-seven percent of the earth's water 30:43 is in the oceans, 30:45 but on our earth there is a system designed 30:48 which removes salt from the water, 30:50 and then distributes that water 30:52 throughout the globe. 30:54 Evaporation takes the ocean waters 30:56 leaving the salt 30:58 and forms clouds 30:59 which are easily moved by the wind 31:01 to disperse water over the land for vegetation, 31:04 animals and people. 31:05 Who can design 31:06 such a complex system of sustenance? 31:08 God. 31:09 Now let's think about the human brain. 31:11 The human brain simultaneously processes 31:14 an amazing amount of information, 31:16 "The human brain processes 31:18 more than a million messages a second, 31:20 your brain waves the importance of all its data, 31:24 filtering out the relatively unimportant." 31:27 So 10 years from now, you might say, 31:29 "I remember seeing that." 31:30 And you just saw it as you were driving by 31:32 on a sign somewhere. 31:33 That's how amazing the brain is. 31:35 What about the human eye? 31:37 The human eye distinguishes 7 million colors. 31:42 It has automatic focusing, camera people, 31:45 and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages 31:49 simultaneously. 31:51 Who can do that, but God? 31:53 Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow said these words, 31:56 "The seed of everything 31:58 that has happened in the universe 32:00 was planted in that first instant, 32:02 every star, every planet 32:04 and every living creature in the universe 32:06 came into being as a result of events 32:09 that were set in motion 32:10 in the moments of the cosmic explosion." 32:14 Bang! God said it and it happened. 32:16 Okay. 32:17 "The universe flashed into being. 32:20 And an Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow says, 32:23 "And we cannot find out what caused that to happen." 32:27 In the beginning God, come on... 32:29 That's right. 32:30 The universe operates by uniform laws of nature, 32:33 he continues, "It is atomically accurate. 32:38 The greatest scientists have been struck 32:41 by how strange this is. 32:43 There is no logical necessity for a universe 32:46 that obeys rules, 32:47 let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics." 32:51 Astrophysicists says, "How?" 32:53 In the beginning, come on God. 32:56 Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner said, 32:59 "For quantum electrodynamics 33:02 he said why nature is mathematical 33:05 is a mystery. 33:07 The fact that there are rules at all 33:09 is a kind of miracle." 33:11 In the beginning, God. 33:13 Let's look at one other thing, the DNA code. 33:16 How God puts in the DNA code all the information necessary. 33:20 So pagans have no answer for any of these, 33:25 what they might call anomalies 33:27 which we call simply divine designs. 33:30 All instruction and teaching and all training 33:33 comes with intent. 33:35 Someone who writes an instruction manual 33:37 does so with purpose. 33:38 In every cell of our bodies, there is existing, 33:41 a very detailed instruction book, 33:44 much like a miniature computer program, 33:47 and get this in every single cell 33:50 there is a miniature computer program. 33:53 Finally, let me give you the most powerful testament 33:56 about how God's creation is not an accident. 34:00 A former atheist by the name of Marilyn Adamson, 34:03 she said, 34:05 "I found it difficult to refute 34:06 the continuously answered prayers 34:09 and quality of life of a close friend. 34:11 In challenging the beliefs of her friend, 34:13 Marilyn was amazed to learn the wealth 34:16 of objective evidence 34:17 pointing to the existence of God. 34:22 After about a year of persistent questioning, 34:24 she responded to God's offer to come into her life 34:28 and has found faith in Him to be constantly substantiated 34:33 and greatly rewarding." 34:34 A former atheist now believes in God, 34:37 but here's what she said. 34:38 "I was an atheist at one time. 34:41 And like many atheists, 34:42 the issue of people believing in God 34:44 bothered me greatly. 34:45 What is it about atheists 34:48 that we would spend so much time, 34:51 attention, and energy refuting something 34:54 that we don't believe even exists?" 34:58 Here's the answer. The Bible makes it very Clear. 35:00 Job 38:4-5. 35:03 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? 35:07 Tell Me, if you have understanding. 35:09 Who determined its measurements? 35:11 Surely you know! 35:13 Or who stretched the line upon it?" 35:16 Friends, no coincidence. 35:18 "The heavens declare the glory of God, 35:21 the firmament shows His handiwork. 35:23 Day unto day utters speech, 35:25 and night unto night reveals knowledge. 35:27 There is no speech nor language 35:29 where their voice is not heard." 35:31 Psalm 19:1-3. 35:33 Pastor Dinzey. 35:34 Nice. Amen. 35:36 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 35:37 Praise God. 35:39 The scriptures are a sure foundation. 35:41 Praise God for that. 35:42 Well, my part is Creation and Time. 35:45 And as we continue in this study, 35:48 I have the part where some people 35:50 they begin to study the Bible they get to the genealogies. 35:52 They say, "Oh, no, the genealogies." 35:55 But the genealogies are there for a purpose 35:58 and they establish time. 36:01 And so let's go through the suggested scriptures 36:05 that are here in the lesson. 36:07 They pointed out to Genesis Chapter 5. 36:10 And in Genesis Chapter 5, 36:13 we really can't read the whole thing 36:15 because of lack of time. 36:16 I'm gonna read a few verses to establish something, 36:19 and then I'm gonna have to skip some verses 36:22 because of lack of time, 36:23 but to establish the genealogy of time 36:26 that it's brought out here. 36:28 In Genesis 5:1, we began verse 1, 36:33 "This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. 36:36 In the day that God created man, 36:38 He made him in the likeness of God. 36:40 He created them male and female, 36:42 and blessed them and called them 36:44 Mankind in the day they were created. 36:46 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, 36:49 and begot a son in his likeness, 36:51 after his image, and named him Seth." 36:54 Notice where it picks up. 36:55 He doesn't mention Cain and Abel. 36:58 "After he begot Seth, 36:59 the days of Adam were eight hundred years, 37:01 and he had sons and daughters. 37:03 So all the days that Adam lived 37:06 were nine hundred and thirty years, 37:07 and he died. 37:09 Seth lived one hundred and five years, 37:11 and begot Enosh. 37:13 After he begot Enosh, 37:14 Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, 37:17 and he had sons and daughters." 37:19 Okay. It continues. 37:22 I'm gonna now go to verse 28 37:25 because it brings you 37:26 to the end of the genealogy time here. 37:29 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, 37:32 and had a son. 37:34 And he called his name Noah, saying, 37:35 'This one will comfort us concerning our work 37:38 and the toil of our hands, 37:40 because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.' 37:44 After he begot Noah, 37:45 Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, 37:48 and had sons and daughters. 37:50 So all the days of Lamech 37:51 were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, 37:54 and he died. 37:55 And no was five hundred years old, 37:58 and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth." 38:03 And I like to focus on Shem at this moment 38:06 because we're gonna pick up with him later on. 38:08 So we have here, a description, a genealogy, 38:12 and years and the years of so and so lives, 38:17 and so many years and so many years 38:18 and begot sons and daughters. 38:19 This establishes beginning points 38:22 where you can calculate and some have done so, 38:25 some of you may remember the astrochronology.. 38:28 And they account for about 4,000 years 38:32 the first part 38:34 and so when you look at these genealogies, 38:38 you have a record of time that helps us understand 38:41 that this world is not 38:43 hundreds of thousands of years old. 38:46 It is but a few thousand years old, 38:48 and it's more close to, 38:51 we lived around 6,000 years, not us lived, 38:54 but mankind has lived, human, the word now is humankind. 38:58 You probably saw that introduced 39:00 a few years ago. 39:02 But anyway, 39:03 let's continue in Genesis Chapter 11. 39:05 In Genesis Chapter 11, 39:07 there's another genealogy and there's a reason 39:09 why we're going through this. 39:11 In Genesis 11:1-9, 10, 39:14 talk to you about the Tower of Babel 39:16 and their attempt 39:17 to build a tower to escape another flood. 39:21 Not believing what God has said 39:22 that He will not destroy the earth with a flood again. 39:26 Let's begin in Genesis 11:10, 39:29 "This is the genealogy of Shem." 39:33 Noah's son. 39:34 "Shem was one hundred years old 39:36 and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 39:40 After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, 39:44 and begot sons and daughters. 39:45 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, 39:47 and begot Salah. 39:49 After he begot Salah, 39:50 Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, 39:53 and begot sons and daughters. 39:55 Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 39:58 After he begot Eber, 39:59 Salah lived four hundred and three years, 40:01 and begot sons and daughters." 40:02 And you can continue reading, 40:04 establishing a chronology 40:07 of people that lived so many years and continues. 40:10 So you can calculate these years. 40:12 I think even Doug Batchelor has done this, 40:14 at one point, he said. 40:16 Let's move now to verse 26 40:21 to pick up another person that is well-known. 40:24 "Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, 40:29 and Haran. 40:30 This is the genealogy of Terah. 40:32 Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 40:35 Haran begot Lot." 40:37 So Abram, is the person well-known. 40:40 And so when you get to Matthew Chapter 10, 40:42 you see that it picks up from Abram, 40:44 and talking to you about the genealogy of Jesus. 40:49 "There's one element 40:50 that makes these genealogies unique 40:52 in the Bible," the lesson brings out, 40:54 "they contain the element of time, 40:57 causing some scholars to correctly call them 40:59 'chronogenealogies.' 41:01 They contain an interlocking mechanism 41:04 of descent information coupled with spans of time, 41:08 so that 'when Person 1 had lived x years, 41:11 he fathered Person 2. 41:12 And Person 1, 41:14 after he begot Person 2 lived y years, 41:16 and he fathered other sons and daughters.' 41:19 And so Genesis 5 adds the formula phrase, 41:22 'And all the days of Person 1 were z years.'" 41:26 This is an interlocking system 41:29 that makes helps us understand the chronology of time. 41:35 If you want a more complete genealogy of people, 41:40 then other than you see in Genesis Chapter 5 41:42 and Genesis Chapter 11, 41:44 you can go to 1 Chronicles 1:1 and onward. 41:50 The problem is that some people over the last few decades 41:54 have tried to look at Genesis Chapter 5 41:57 and Genesis Chapter 11, and said, 41:59 "Oh no, there must be longer periods of time here." 42:02 And even in creation, some people have said, 42:05 "Actually, I have a book in a box now, 42:07 not in my library." 42:09 It's in a box, 42:10 where some Christian group 42:12 trying to adapt to the scientific discoveries 42:16 or the so called scientific knowledge 42:17 at that time, 42:19 they came to the conclusion in error 42:22 that each day of creation was 7,000 years long. 42:29 Of course, what happens when you have the evening, 42:32 you have 3,500 years of darkness, 42:37 and then you have 3,500 years of light. 42:41 Animals and plants cannot survive 42:43 under those conditions. 42:44 So these are people trying to adapt 42:46 to science a great mistake. 42:49 You don't adapt the, 42:51 your understanding of the Bible, 42:52 but what science says, 42:54 science has to adapt to what the Bible says 42:56 because here is your true knowledge and wisdom. 43:00 I'd like to bring this quote to you 43:03 from Patriarchs and Prophets, page 113. 43:06 If you have not read this book, I encourage you to read it. 43:08 Notice, "Those who leave the Word of God, 43:11 and seek to account for His created works 43:14 upon scientific principles, 43:16 are drifting without a chart or compass 43:19 upon an unknown ocean. 43:21 The greatest minds, 43:23 if not guided by the Word of God 43:24 in their research, 43:26 become bewildered in their attempts 43:28 to trace the relations of science and Revelation. 43:32 Because the Creator and His works 43:34 are so far beyond their comprehension 43:37 that they are unable to explain them by natural laws, 43:40 they regard Bible history as unreliable, " 43:43 a great mistake. 43:45 "Those who doubt the reliability of the records 43:48 of the Old and New Testaments, 43:49 will be led to go a step further, 43:52 and doubt the existence of God, 43:55 and then having lost their anchor, 43:57 they are left to beat 43:58 about upon the rocks of infidelity." 44:01 Great mistake. 44:03 So I encourage you to consider the Bible record 44:06 as a reliable record of history 44:09 that helps us understand that this world has not existed 44:12 for millions and millions of years. 44:15 In fact, I even heard one individual in a lecture say 44:19 that makes sense to me. 44:20 He says, "The amount of people upon the earth 44:24 accounts for a few thousand years." 44:27 Not hundreds of thousands of millions of years, 44:29 the amount the population, 44:31 he says, even taking into account wars, 44:35 and these diseases, they wiped out 44:37 hundreds and thousands, 44:38 the amount of people 44:40 account for a few thousand years 44:42 of the earth and people existing upon it. 44:45 And actually, he had a picture he says, 44:48 if we were to take 44:50 some of these thousands and thousands 44:52 or hundreds of thousands of years, 44:53 I mean, you'd be standing next to people you can even, 44:56 you can even lay down 44:58 because there's one commandment people 45:00 have obeyed 45:01 and that's the ones be fruitful and multiply. 45:05 And so, the amount of people today 45:07 accounts for a few thousand years 45:10 of the earth existing upon the earth. 45:14 I wish I had more time to talk to you 45:15 about the genealogy of Jesus, 45:16 if you wanna look at the genealogy of Jesus 45:18 in Luke Chapter 3 is very interesting. 45:21 It starts from Joseph being the Father of Jesus 45:26 through Mary and Joseph, through the Holy Spirit, 45:29 but it goes backwards and it says, 45:31 and Adam, the Son of God, powerful. 45:37 So the Bible is reliable. Amen. 45:40 Praise the Lord. All right, good job. 45:41 Heavy difficult subject, isn't it? 45:43 But you made it plain, it was good. 45:45 Thank you so very much. I have Thursday's lesson. 45:48 And it's called Creation in Scripture. 45:50 And if you have your lesson book, 45:52 and you look down through there, 45:53 it starts out and just starts 45:55 giving you a bunch of passages of Scripture. 45:56 So we're gonna follow that plan 45:58 and look at the lot of the passage 45:59 of scripture, look up. 46:00 And it starts with the earlier question. 46:02 Notice, says, 46:04 "Read the following scriptural passages 46:06 and write down how each of these writers 46:08 referred note to Genesis 1-11." 46:16 And so again, Creation in Scripture, 46:17 I think it just follows everything 46:19 that we've been studying since the beginning, 46:21 at least, lesson number one, 46:23 you know, New Testament writers built 46:25 on a foundational, the nature of Genesis. 46:28 So we realized, 46:29 we have been building, we've been gonna, 46:31 everything went back, we've all, I think, 46:32 referred back to Genesis Chapter 1. 46:35 In the beginning, God, 46:37 and that's exactly the way that it should be, 46:40 at least in my opinion, 46:41 goes right back to God in the beginning. 46:43 Now to show the modern reader 46:45 the significance of the literal event. 46:48 Paul in Romans Chapter 5, 46:50 he makes a link from Adam to Jesus. 46:53 So we're linking up here a little bit 46:55 before we read those passages. 46:56 And notice there are at least six times he does this. 46:59 There must be some significance to that. 47:01 Romans 5:12, 14-19. 47:05 Romans 5:12, 14-19 just jot them down, 47:08 we're not gonna read them all. 47:09 It simply says, 47:11 Paul assures the literal existence of man. 47:13 So in these passages, 47:15 there's a surety based upon the Word of God. 47:18 But if you notice this, 47:19 but if the evolution theory is believed, 47:23 how things that means how things began, 47:24 the literal reading of the text is compromised. 47:28 So we have to go right back and read it the way 47:30 God put it in His Word. 47:32 Notice the link, if you will, between Adam, 47:35 and between Jesus. 47:37 Let's read just a couple of passages. 47:38 I think this verse had been read, 47:40 I don't know how many times since we began the lessons, 47:42 but I don't think it hurts to read it again, 47:44 if it's all right. 47:45 In Romans 5:12. 47:48 Romans 5:12, the Bible says, "Wherefore, as by," what? 47:53 "One man sin entered into the world, " 47:56 and we'll skip down the bottom, 47:57 "and by death," what? 47:59 "And death by sin." 48:01 Romans 5:14 says, 48:03 "After the similitude of Adam's transgression, 48:06 who is in the figure of him that was to come." 48:10 Romans 5:15. 48:13 "If through the offense of one many be dead," 48:16 notice this, "but the gift of grace, 48:19 which is by one man, Jesus Christ, 48:22 hath abounded unto many." 48:24 That's just a powerful kind of condensing it down, 48:26 but that's just powerful scripture 48:29 that God would have us to feed on. 48:31 We need to be feeding 48:32 on these positive powerful passages of Scripture 48:35 that gives us hope in a world 48:37 that is all messed up, all torn up. 48:41 And God has delegated people, He's chosen people to what? 48:46 Give a special message to this world 48:49 to give hope and give encouragement 48:50 to His coming and I like it 48:52 because it's mentioned in Revelation 14, 48:54 three angels' message. 48:55 So just remember, 48:57 as we're talking about that the New Testament writers 48:59 we know inspired by the Holy Spirit 49:01 of the Living God, 49:03 that just helps to make it clear, 49:04 then just settle your mind. 49:05 The Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit. 49:08 And they have to be right. 49:10 The Holy Spirit doesn't say one thing 49:11 in the Old Testament 49:13 and another thing in the New Testament, 49:14 they all harmonize 49:16 because one spirit is doing the leading 49:17 and the impressing. 49:18 So we have the creation account 49:20 which is the part of this lesson here 49:22 is reliable. 49:23 And if you look at it, 49:25 I think it was you did pastor mentioned 49:26 that the proof is overwhelming. 49:28 Proof is overwhelming, 49:29 just like a few things that you were able to mention 49:31 about the world of things in order where it's water, 49:33 whatever it is, it's just overwhelming. 49:35 The proof is, I'm just wondering 49:37 why we just don't by the grace of God 49:38 except that settle down into say, amen, this is good. 49:40 Amen. It's a good. 49:42 God's way. 49:43 God's way is the best way, is it not? 49:45 So these Bible texts, I'm gonna state 49:46 how each of the writers went back. 49:49 So now remember if these writers went back 49:51 to Genesis 1-11, 49:53 so on through there 49:54 and used it for reliable history, 49:57 if they use it for reliable history, 49:59 why shouldn't we? 50:00 I think we should, don't you? 50:02 First one is Matthew 19. 50:03 We'll go through 50:04 as many as we can get through here. 50:06 Matthew 19:4-5. 50:08 I like it against what the Bible said. 50:10 "Jesus refers to the writing of" who? 50:12 "Of Moses, 50:14 and the creation of male and female." 50:17 Paul refers to what? 50:19 The creation to make a theological point 50:22 in Acts 17:24. 50:24 So instead of reading at all, 50:26 we've got to condense it down as quickly as we can. 50:29 Notice Mark 10:6-9, 50:32 it's giving an account of marriage here, 50:34 where it says, 50:36 "From the beginning of creation God made them," what? 50:40 "Male and female." So we're just using what? 50:42 Scripture as proof, right? 50:44 We're just going back to Scripture. 50:46 Luke 11:50-51. 50:50 Jesus is pronouncing some woes. 50:53 And I would assume with Jesus of pronouncing some woes, 50:55 we need to listen to those, don't you think? 50:57 Some woes, and He does it on whom? 50:59 He does it on the Scribes and the Pharisees. 51:02 Now notice this. 51:03 May I say they were up to no good again. 51:04 Notice, it said, "The blood of all the prophets, 51:07 which was shed 51:08 from the foundation of the world, 51:10 may be required of this generation." 51:13 Notice. 51:14 "From the blood of Abel into the blood of Zacharias 51:18 which persuaded them," 51:19 notice this, I think, yeah, 51:22 "perish between the altar and the temple." 51:26 So Jesus pronouncing these woes, 51:28 but notice what they're doing? 51:29 They're referring back to Genesis 51:31 In the beginning, 51:33 God so to me that safe, but these men, these writers, 51:36 these inspired writers by the Holy Spirit of God, 51:39 they're taking these from the beginning, 51:40 and they're putting them 51:41 in a New Testament even settings. 51:43 And so we can draw from those things 51:45 that simply give proof 51:47 of certainly the reliability historical perspective here. 51:50 John 1:1-3, 51:52 how many times have we been through that? 51:54 Yes. You know what? 51:55 It's still, if you're like I am it just does not get old. 51:58 Never. This never gets old. 51:59 There's always something that we can learn from somebody 52:02 brings out from it 52:03 or Holy Spirit inspires you with 52:05 and we just did 52:06 and it just in the beginning was what? 52:08 Word. Beginning was the word. 52:09 When we go through all that, 52:10 but in the beginning was the word 52:12 the same was in the beginning with God's 52:14 we know the true. 52:15 All things were made by Him, in Him was life. 52:18 Well, praise God for that. 52:20 There is no life then without Him. 52:23 Like you're talking about there's no life 52:24 without the water, 52:25 there's no life without the oxygen, 52:27 you know, the right mixture and so on so forth, 52:29 that God put there for us. 52:30 Praise God for that. Going to Acts 14:15. 52:34 Acts 14:15. 52:35 We have Paul and Barnabas preaching. 52:37 Now the reason I'm leaving through them 52:39 not reading them all 52:40 because how can we get through how many was it 13 or a lot? 52:43 That was it as good, that one question. 52:44 So here's all these passages to go through. 52:46 We might read one or two or three. 52:48 So this is where your Lesson Study Guide 52:49 comes in. 52:51 Be sure and get you one if you haven't 52:52 that way you can go and read them for yourself. 52:54 Acts 14:15 Paul and Barnabas preaching said, 52:57 "Ye should turn from these," what? 52:59 "These vanities unto the living God," 53:02 who, the living God who did what? 53:04 "Who made heaven and earth." 53:05 And that's Acts 14:15, 53:07 "Which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 53:09 and all things that are therein." 53:11 Paul going right back to the beginning. 53:13 Paul going right back to 53:14 and talking again to brings us to, what? 53:16 Our message that it was people are to give to the world 53:18 into three angels' message, 53:20 encouraging people to go back to the beginning. 53:23 You know why? 53:24 Because we've left the beginning. 53:26 We've left, we forgot who God is? 53:28 We forgot that He's our Creator, 53:29 and we're giving that call to come back. 53:31 Romans 1:10. 53:33 Very familiar, I'm sure to you, 53:34 Paul showing the Gentiles there's no excuse 53:37 for their unrighteous acts. 53:39 For they're doing wrong. 53:41 Paul says there's really no excuse. 53:42 For he says, 53:43 "For the invisible things of him 53:45 from the creation of the world are," what? 53:48 "Are clearly seen." Where does Paul do? 53:50 He goes back to their creation of the world. 53:52 He said, being understood by the things that are, what? 53:56 That are made even his eternal power 53:59 and Godhead 54:00 so that they are without excuse. 54:03 And, you know, I've often said, 54:04 we may do something wrong, 54:05 we may make a wrong choice or wrong decision, 54:08 but, you know, over the years I've tried by the grace of God 54:10 is not to make excuse where I've fallen short 54:12 and did something is wrong. 54:13 It's not to make an excuse for it, right? 54:15 We blame ourselves and say, 54:17 God give me grace and strength to gain that victory. 54:20 In 2 Corinthians 4:6. 54:22 2 Corinthians 4:6, Paul warns us not to preach, 54:27 notice, not to preach ourselves. 54:29 And I'm gonna jump right to verse 5 where it says, 54:31 "But preach the one 54:33 who commanded the light to do, " what? 54:35 "To shine out of darkness." 54:38 Where does that take us once again? 54:40 Proof history, we go back to the very beginning 54:42 in creation there. 54:43 2 Corinthians 4:6. Ephesians 3:9. 54:47 Ephesians 3:9, we're getting to the end, 54:49 notice, 54:51 Paul warning the church to experience 54:53 the principalities and powers of heaven. 54:56 We need to experience that today. 54:58 We need to understand there's power 54:59 in the Word of God. 55:00 There's power when we study, 55:02 there's power when we come together, 55:03 there's power when we pray together, 55:05 there's power when we studied together 55:07 of God's Word, 55:08 and notice what he said, he goes back and he says, 55:10 "To make all men to see what is the fellowship 55:12 of the mystery," 55:14 notice, 55:15 "which from the beginning of the world 55:17 hath been hid in God, 55:18 who created all things by Jesus Christ." 55:21 I think the Bible 55:23 is reliable source of history, don't you? 55:25 We can go right back. 55:26 And it certainly tells us 55:27 the powers and principalities of heaven. 55:29 And you know, to me, I just wanna tell you quickly, 55:31 I believe that tells that Jesus is coming. 55:32 I think it tells us 55:34 how we can be ready for that coming. 55:35 We've missed heaven. 55:37 We've missed our purpose for being here. 55:38 God bless each one. 55:40 And we thank you for tuning in today. 55:41 It's a lesson I've enjoyed it. Amen. 55:43 That's a lot of stuff to take, we can all breathe now. 55:46 Yeah, there you go. Take a breath. 55:48 Man, that's a lot of information. 55:49 Just hearing brother John go through those genealogies. 55:52 I'm over here just like, "Man, this is so, 55:54 it's lot of information." 55:56 But we have just a couple of minutes left. 55:58 Let's go back through and allow you guys 56:00 to give a final comment. 56:01 On Monday we looked at Creation 56:03 in Ancient Literature 56:04 and really we looked at 56:05 did the creation account come first 56:07 or did this pagan mythology came first? 56:09 And I am so grateful that the Word of God was first. 56:13 That God pre-existed from eternity. 56:16 And that when God says it, we can believe it, 56:19 and that can settle it for us. 56:21 Paganism versus Creation. 56:23 What an anomaly, what an odd thought, paganism, 56:27 something that came along a long-time 56:29 after versus creation that pre-existed all of sin. 56:34 Isaiah 45:12 says, 56:36 "I have made the earth, and created man on it. 56:39 I, My hands stretched out the heavens, 56:43 and all their host I have commanded." 56:46 That settles it for me. 56:47 Amen. Amen. 56:49 I like to read from Patriarchs and Prophets, 56:51 116 because it gives you a balance here. 56:54 It says, "The works of creation 56:56 testify of God's power and greatness. 56:59 'The heavens declare the glory of God, 57:02 and the firmament shows His handiwork'" 57:04 Psalm 19:1. 57:05 "Those who take the written word 57:07 as their counselor will find in science 57:09 an aid to understand God. 57:12 The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world 57:14 are clearly seen, 57:16 being understood by the things that are made, 57:18 even His eternal power and Godhead.'" 57:20 Romans 1:20. 57:21 So using the Bible as a guide, 57:24 science can help us understand more about God. 57:27 Amen. Amen. 57:28 Quick thought here on Spiritual Gifts, 57:30 book 3 says this, 57:31 "When men leave the Word of God 57:32 in regard to the history of creation, 57:34 seek to account for God's creative works 57:37 upon natural principles, 57:39 they are upon a boundless ocean of uncertainty." 57:42 Amen. Praise the Lord. 57:43 Hey, you walk 57:45 through the front door of the Bible, 57:46 God's creating, you know, 57:48 through the back door of the Bible, 57:50 God is recreating. 57:51 I can't wait for that second time around 57:53 'cause we'll get to see everything done 57:55 and performed by God at that point. 57:57 We are so thankful as always that you have joined us here 58:00 in 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 58:01 And, of course, we hope that you join us next week 58:04 for another exciting study, 58:06 but until then, may God bless you abundantly. 58:08 Have a good day. |
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