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00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:18 I'm Jason Bradley. 01:19 And I'm so glad 01:21 that you decided to tune in once again, 01:22 whether you're watching on television 01:23 or you're listening on the radio, 01:26 we are happy that you are here. 01:29 We're going to dive into the Word of God 01:32 and find the answers to the questions 01:35 that you have submitted. 01:37 And if you have not submitted your questions, 01:40 I want to tell you how you may do so. 01:43 So you can send a text 01:44 to 618-228-3975. 01:49 Or you can send your email 01:50 and send us an email at BibleQA@3abn.tv 01:56 And I want to share this scripture with you. 01:58 It's out of Matthew 28:18-20, 02:03 "And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, 02:06 'All authority has been given to me 02:08 in heaven and on earth. 02:10 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, 02:13 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 02:16 and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, 02:18 teaching them to observe all things 02:20 that I have commanded you. 02:22 And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'" 02:26 Amen. 02:27 Now, you can't teach what you don't know. 02:29 And you don't lead where you don't go. 02:31 So we've received quite a few questions. 02:34 And I want to take this time 02:36 to introduce our wonderful panel 02:37 who will be answering those questions. 02:39 We have Pastor John Lomacang, it's great to have you here. 02:42 Always good to have you here, Jason. 02:44 Yes, sir. We've got Jill Morikone. 02:47 Glad to be here, Jason. 02:49 I just love opening up the Word of God 02:50 and studying together. 02:52 So what a privilege. Amen. 02:53 And we have Pastor John Dinzey. 02:57 You can look forward to a blessing 02:58 when you open God's Word with sincerity 03:00 to know what God wants us to do. 03:02 Amen. Amen. 03:04 Brother Johnny, will you have our prayer to open this up? 03:07 Sure. Let's pray. Thank you. 03:08 Our loving Heavenly Father, 03:11 we know that all wisdom and all truth comes from You. 03:16 And we're depending on You, Lord, 03:17 to give us the answers that You know are best, 03:22 that you know explain the questions. 03:25 We pray for Your Holy Spirit to be upon us. 03:27 Bless us. 03:29 And we pray that You will bless all those 03:30 that are also joining us 03:31 so that they will see clearly 03:33 the truth of the Holy Scriptures 03:35 and that we will all be drawn closer to You. 03:38 We pray that You will bless this program 03:40 that whenever it is on the air, 03:43 it will bring fruit to Your name's honor 03:46 and glory in Jesus' name. 03:47 Amen. 03:49 Amen. Thank you. 03:50 If this is your first time joining us, 03:52 I just want to explain the format to you. 03:54 Each panelist has two minutes to answer the questions 03:59 that have been submitted or for each question. 04:02 And they get three minutes on one of those questions. 04:06 And then as time permits, 04:08 we will enter into a bonus round. 04:11 So are you ready? 04:14 Okay. 04:16 All right, Pastor, we're gonna start with you. 04:18 All right. 04:19 'Cause you look excited about it. 04:20 I love it. 04:22 "What is a soul? 04:23 The Bible says, 04:25 "Fear not those who kill the body, 04:26 but cannot kill the soul." 04:28 This is from Nora out of Georgia. 04:31 But it finishes by saying 04:32 but rather fear Him 04:34 who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 04:39 So right away when we look at the entire text, 04:41 we have to conclude 04:43 that the soul is not something that cannot die. 04:45 And a lot of people look 04:47 at the beginning of the passage, 04:48 but they don't take the whole passage 04:49 into consideration 04:51 because at first glance as driving by a store, 04:54 you say I found something immortal. 04:56 That's not what the text is talking about. 04:58 What Jesus is saying is, the issue is fear. 05:02 That's the focal point of the text, 05:03 not the soul, 05:05 because you find fear mentioned twice. 05:07 Don't fear them, fear this one. 05:09 Don't fear mortal men, fear God. 05:12 Fear God and give glory to Him. 05:14 And the point of the passage is, 05:16 the disciples were going to be confronted 05:18 by many fearful situations, church leaders, 05:22 people that did not like God, people that rejected Jesus. 05:25 He said, 05:26 "Don't be afraid of them, they can't do anything. 05:27 The worst they could do to you is kill you. 05:29 But I could bring you forth in the resurrection." 05:32 If I were to paraphrase it today, 05:33 that's exactly what I would say. 05:35 Because the worst that men can do to us 05:37 is kill our bodies, 05:38 but they cannot prevent us 05:39 from coming forth in the resurrection. 05:41 But the question what is a soul? 05:43 A soul is the living complete individual. 05:46 Genesis 2:7. 05:48 And I'm reading the King James Version, 05:49 because the word soul is used there. 05:52 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 05:54 the first element, 05:55 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, 05:58 the second element, and man became a living soul." 06:02 So you find when the combination 06:03 of the breath of God and the dust of the ground, 06:07 we become a living soul. 06:10 We were not given a living soul, 06:12 nothing was inserted in our bodies. 06:14 But when the breath of life brought this dust to life, 06:18 we became a living soul. 06:19 And that's why Ezekiel 18:4 06:22 speaks about the mortality of the soul. 06:25 "Behold all souls are Mine, the soul of the father, 06:28 so also the soul of the son is Mine, 06:31 the soul that sinneth it shall die." 06:34 Souls are not immortal. 06:35 God can give a soul immortality in the first resurrection. 06:40 Amen. Wow, amen. 06:42 Jill, we were coming to you next one, 06:44 "Was Adam created mortal or immortal?" 06:47 And this is from Wilson out of Uganda. 06:50 Great question, Wilson. Thank you. 06:52 The short answer is Adam was created mortal 06:55 with access to the tree of life 06:57 which would have ensured his immortality, 07:00 but sin entered this world. 07:01 Let's look at a couple of scriptures. 07:03 God alone is immortal. We see that in 1 Timothy 6. 07:07 If you look at 1 Timothy 6:15-16. 07:10 We'll pick it up 07:12 with the second half of verse 15. 07:13 "He who is the blessed and only potentate, 07:16 the King of kings and Lord of lords, 07:19 who alone has immortality, 07:22 dwelling in unapproachable light, 07:24 whom no man has seen or concede 07:26 to whom be honor and everlasting power. 07:29 Amen." 07:30 So only God is immortal 07:32 and clearly Adam was a created being. 07:35 We see that in Genesis 1:27, 07:37 "God created man in His own image, 07:40 in the image of God, He created him, 07:43 male and female, He created them." 07:46 So Adam was a created being, he was mortal, 07:49 but he had access to the tree of life, 07:52 until sin entered this world in Genesis Chapter 3. 07:56 And when Eve was deceived into taking the fruit, 07:58 and Adam purposely stepped into sin 08:01 deliberately, willfully 08:03 and partook of that forbidden fruit. 08:05 They were driven from the Garden of Eden. 08:07 We see that in Genesis 3:24. 08:10 "So he, that's God, drove out the man, 08:14 and He placed cherubim 08:15 at the east of the Garden of Eden, 08:17 and a flaming sword which turned every way 08:20 to guard the way to the tree of life." 08:23 That word drove out in Hebrew literally means to cast out, 08:26 to expel, to drive out. 08:30 So Adam no longer had access, 08:31 Adam and Eve to the tree of life, 08:34 which would have ensured their continued immortality 08:38 as far as living for ever. 08:39 So when sin entered, 08:40 they were barred from the tree of life. 08:44 Thank you for that wonderful explanation, Jill. 08:46 Pastor Dinzey, we will go to you. 08:48 This is going to be your three minute question. 08:50 You'll have three minutes to answer this. 08:52 Thank you for this. You're welcome. 08:55 Yay! 08:56 And the question said, this is, 08:58 "I've been watching the Bible Q and A program 09:01 since it started. 09:03 I am of a different denomination. 09:04 And I have recently found Seventh-day Adventist 09:07 through a co-worker. 09:08 I've really enjoyed the program, 09:10 and I have learned a lot. 09:11 I've learned on the program 09:13 that the devil can't hear your thoughts. 09:14 But can he bring thoughts to your mind? 09:18 That's question number one. 09:19 I have heard teaching that says he can 09:23 and we need to talk back to the devil and rebuke him. 09:27 Is this true?" 09:29 Well, we praise the Lord 09:30 that you're enjoying the program 09:32 and you're learning from it. 09:33 Praise be to God. And let's look at this. 09:35 Your question about, 09:37 can the devil read your thoughts? 09:40 You know, the devil is very good 09:42 at reading mannerisms and reactions 09:46 when things take place, and he's very observant. 09:49 He's been watching for a long time. 09:51 So like us, 09:53 sometimes he can be very good at guessing. 09:56 I'm sure you've heard somebody say, 09:57 I know what you're thinking. 09:58 I know what you're thinking, 10:00 and sometimes they may be correct, 10:01 but sometimes they may be wrong. 10:03 And the devil can do the same thing, 10:04 he's observant. 10:05 But consider this scripture in 1 Kings 8:39, 10:09 "Then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, 10:12 and forgive, and act, 10:14 and give to everyone according to all his ways, 10:17 whose heart You know for You alone know 10:22 the hearts of all the sons of men." 10:24 So this scripture tells us that only God knows 10:27 what's in our thoughts. 10:29 The devil does not know. 10:31 But again, he can try to guess. 10:33 Now there's a similar scripture in 2 Chronicles 6:30, 10:37 here also stated that 10:39 the devil can bring thoughts to your mind, 10:41 this is also true. 10:42 Let's go to John 13:2. 10:45 John 13:2, notice Jesus, 10:49 this is the scene of the Last Supper. 10:53 And verse 2 of John Chapter 13 says, 10:57 "And supper being ended, 10:59 the devil having already put it into the heart 11:02 of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him." 11:06 So the devil put that thought in his mind, 11:07 he was working on Judas for a long time, 11:09 and eventually put that on his mind. 11:12 And he, notice, 11:13 he, did he have a choice, yes or no? 11:15 The devil can put a thought in our mind, 11:18 but we still have a choice. 11:21 We can reject that thought. 11:24 So it is true, the devil can tempt us 11:27 at the level of thought. 11:29 Remember that Jesus says," 11:30 Whoever looked at upon a woman 11:32 has committed adultery in his heart." 11:35 So you can sin in your mind. 11:37 Now, let's go back to the idea of talking back to the devil. 11:42 This is a dangerous aspect. 11:44 And we have to be careful here. 11:46 We're not supposed to enter into conversation with him. 11:48 Now you may notice that Jesus, 11:50 when He was talking to the demons, 11:52 He would say, "What's your name?" 11:53 Basically, he was in command. 11:56 And so when we're, we have to deal with the devil, 12:00 you can rebuke him, 12:01 but not to ask to enter into conversation with him. 12:04 Like, what's your plan for me today? 12:06 No, you leave that alone. 12:08 Talk to the Lord instead of the devil. 12:10 Now let's go to Jude 1:9. 12:13 Jude 1:9 says, 12:14 "Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, 12:17 when he disputed about the body of Moses, 12:20 dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, 12:23 but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'" 12:26 So yes, we can rebuke the devil and tell him to leave. 12:31 Get thee behind me, Satan, Jesus said, 12:33 in the same way we can say, get thee behind me, Satan. 12:36 I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. 12:37 Amen. We have to stop there. 12:39 Amen. 12:40 No conversations with the devil. 12:43 Pastor Lomacang, 12:44 we're going to go to you on this one. 12:46 This is an interesting question. 12:47 It says, 12:48 "Is it okay for Christians 12:50 to do plastic surgery for no health reason, 12:52 but to feel good about themselves?" 12:54 This is from Mercy out of Zimbabwe. 12:56 I really enjoyed this question. Thank you for this question. 12:59 I'll say, have mercy. This is a good question. 13:02 And we wonder 13:04 what the origin of this question is 13:07 and why it came up. 13:08 Obviously, this person 13:10 has maybe been familiar with someone 13:12 who's getting plastic surgery, 13:13 and maybe the plastic surgery 13:16 is changing the way they feel about themselves. 13:18 And maybe it's implementing some pride, 13:20 who knows. 13:22 But the Bible doesn't specifically answer 13:24 the question about plastic surgery, 13:25 but it does answer the question 13:27 about the body, and the importance 13:30 of how our bodies relate to our attitude towards God 13:35 and our attitude toward ourselves. 13:37 And what the Bible talks about 13:39 and you find the wise man, Solomon, 13:41 he referred, he has this word 13:43 that's used quite a bit in his writings, 13:45 vanity, vanity, all is vanity, and chasing after the wind. 13:50 In some cases, I heard one minister said, 13:52 "Be careful with your plastic surgery 13:54 because your children will remind you 13:56 what you look like." 13:58 Now, this is very point 13:59 that brings a smile to our minds. 14:00 But let me give you some scriptures 14:02 about how we should be 14:04 because we should never enter into the place 14:06 where what we do brings pride. 14:08 And then we begin to enter into what we call self worship 14:11 or self exaltation. 14:13 Romans 12:1-2, 14:15 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, 14:17 by the mercies of God, 14:18 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, 14:22 holy, acceptable to God, 14:24 which is your reasonable service." 14:25 But then he says, 14:27 "Now what about the molding influence?" 14:28 "Do not be conformed to this world, 14:30 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 14:33 that you may prove what is that good 14:34 and acceptable and perfect will of God." 14:37 And the reason for that is your body belongs to the Lord. 14:39 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 14:42 "It is the temple where the Holy Spirit abides." 14:44 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. 14:47 Here's the principle I leave you with. 14:49 If something needs to be augmented 14:51 for the reason of enhancement or for health reasons, 14:55 so be it but is not a sin spoken of in the Bible 14:58 that will cause us 14:59 to lose our footing with Christ. 15:01 Be careful not to enter into the place, 15:04 but whatever you do bring self glorification 15:07 and remove the glory that belongs only to the Lord. 15:10 Amen. Well said. 15:12 Jill, we will come to you on the three minute question. 15:16 You have three minutes to answer this one. 15:18 And it says this. 15:19 "I get something out of the books of 2 John 15:22 and 3 John and Jude. 15:24 However, Philemon confuses me. 15:28 What is the message? 15:29 I have never heard a sermon preached from it 15:32 or even a reference. 15:33 What am I missing from this 25 verse book?" 15:37 Thank you so much for that question. 15:39 I would say I love the Book of Philemon 15:41 and it is the shortest of Paul's epistles. 15:44 But it would probably be the most personal 15:46 and the most endearing epistle that he has written. 15:49 And it's all about relationship. 15:50 You want to know what's the Book of Philemon about? 15:52 It is about restoration of relationships. 15:56 It focuses on acceptance, reconciliation, 16:00 and forgiveness. 16:02 There's three key characters in the story. 16:04 We have Paul who's the scholarly, 16:07 zealous Jew, and Pharisee turned Christian. 16:11 We have Philemon, 16:12 who is the wealthy Gentile businessman 16:15 turned Christian. 16:17 Then we have Onesimus, who's the runaway slave, 16:19 and he ran from his master to Paul, 16:22 and he turned a Christian as well. 16:24 And we see these principles 16:25 for godly relationships and reconciliation. 16:28 I'm going to give you seven 16:30 that I see in the Book of Philemon 16:31 in the time that we have, 16:33 we won't read the verses, but you can read them. 16:35 Principle number one, 16:36 recognize that the foundation of any relationship 16:40 is God and His love. 16:41 You can see that in verses 5 and 6. 16:44 The foundation of any relationship 16:45 that we have is God and His love. 16:48 Principle number two, 16:49 affirm the value of each person in the relationship. 16:55 We see in the Book of Philemon, 16:57 Paul affirms both Philemon and Onesimus. 17:00 He doesn't just affirm one and not the other, 17:02 but he affirms the value of both of them. 17:05 Onesimus could have been like, well, I'm just the slave. 17:08 And Philemon, well, I'm the master, 17:10 but hear from the value of both. 17:12 Principle number three, 17:13 we see that Paul appeals rather than commands. 17:17 He does not tell Philemon, this is what you need to do. 17:20 But he appeals to him 17:21 and he appeals to Onesimus as well. 17:24 We see that specifically in verses 8 through 10. 17:27 Principle number four, 17:28 don't manipulate or presume on a relationship 17:33 to your advantage. 17:35 Paul clearly could have kept Onesimus with him 17:37 as he was useful to him. 17:39 Paul is in prison and Onesimus was like a son to him 17:42 and helping him. 17:43 Instead, he chose the right thing 17:45 and to send him back to Philemon, 17:48 so that their broken relationship 17:50 could be restored. 17:52 We see that in verse 13. 17:54 Principle number five, use tact. 17:57 And you see this 17:59 all throughout those 25 verses of Philemon 18:01 that Paul uses tact 18:03 in addressing both the Philemon 18:06 as well as the runaway slave Onesimus. 18:08 Principle number six, 18:10 bear the cost of the relationship. 18:12 Paul was willing to part with Onesimus 18:14 even though it was painful for him. 18:16 He was willing to pay back 18:17 whatever Onesimus had stolen from his master. 18:21 You know, if we bear the cost of the relationship, 18:23 usually in most relationships, the cost is forgiveness, 18:27 be willing to forgive the other person. 18:30 And finally, principle number seven, 18:32 be accountable. 18:35 And we see that Paul ask both Onesimus and Philemon 18:38 to be accountable. 18:40 There's so much more in that book, 18:41 but its incredible book on relationships, 18:44 and the restoration that God wants 18:46 to accomplish in our lives. 18:47 Amen. 18:49 Wow, I love how you broke it down into points. 18:51 That's great. That's great. 18:53 Pastor Dinzey, can you please explain Job 2:1? 18:58 In two minutes we can get started. 19:02 Job 2:1, 19:03 "Again, there was a day 19:04 when the sons of God 19:06 came to present themselves before the Lord, 19:07 and Satan came also among them 19:10 to present himself before the Lord." 19:11 Verse 2, 19:13 "And the Lord said to Satan, 'From where do you come?'" 19:16 We have a similar scene in Job 1:6-7. 19:20 If I'm not mistaken, your focus of the question is 19:23 what is Satan doing in this meeting? 19:25 What's he doing? 19:26 So, first, I'd like to address the part 19:28 where it says the sons of God. 19:30 Normally when the term sons of God 19:33 is mentioned in the Bible, 19:34 it's referring to the angels, 19:35 but it can also refer to God's faithful children. 19:39 Yes. That's right. 19:40 So let's look at John 1:12. Notice what it says there. 19:44 John 1:12, 19:46 "But as many as received Him, that is Jesus, 19:49 to them gave He power to become the sons of God, 19:53 even to them that believe on His name." 19:56 So now I take it to a genealogy of Jesus 20:00 in Luke Chapter 3, 20:02 we're going to read verse 37 and 38, 20:04 because we only have very limited time. 20:06 Notice, 20:07 "The son of Methuselah, 20:09 the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, 20:11 the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan." 20:15 Verse 38, 20:16 "Now the son of Enosh, 20:17 the son of Seth, the son of Adam, 20:21 the son of God. 20:22 So you see, Adam was the son of God. 20:24 And so we can become sons of God 20:26 by accepting Jesus Christ. 20:28 So when the sons of God 20:30 were presenting themselves before Him, who were they? 20:32 These were faithful followers of the Lord. 20:35 It could be representatives from other worlds. 20:37 So there's another scripture I want to read is 1 John 3:1, 20:41 "Behold, what manner of love 20:43 the Father hath bestowed upon us, 20:44 that we should be called the sons of God," 20:47 King James Version, 20:48 "therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not." 20:51 So what was Satan doing in that meeting? 20:53 I believe he, he was there, 20:56 he usurped the authority of Adam, 20:59 who was the son of God, 21:01 and was there representing the earth, 21:03 which was Adam's privilege, 21:04 but he lost it because he sinned. 21:07 Wow, you managed to pull all that together 21:09 in three minutes. 21:10 Praise God. Praise God. 21:12 We just want to take a moment to tell you 21:13 how you can send in your questions. 21:16 Perhaps, maybe something 21:17 has sparked another question in your mind 21:19 and you want to send that question to us. 21:21 You can text us at 618-228-3975 21:26 or email your question 21:27 to BibleQA@3abn.tv 21:33 "All right, Pastor Lomacang, 21:36 does the tree of life give eternal life? 21:40 Because I read when Adam sinned, 21:41 he was banned to eat the fruit of the tree of life 21:44 and live forever in sin? 21:47 Is it a symbol of eternity, 21:50 number one, 21:52 or if we have a glorious body that will not decay? 21:55 Why do we need the tree of life?" 21:57 Okay. 21:58 And I'm so glad Jill actually alluded to this 22:00 in her answer 22:01 just a moment ago. 22:03 And this is a wonderful question. 22:04 The tree of life was in the Garden of Eden, 22:07 and the only condition to continued life was, 22:10 as Adam and Eve were able to partake of the tree. 22:13 And as was reiterated, when they sinned, 22:16 an angel was sent to bar the way of the tree of life 22:20 with a flaming sword. 22:21 So they will not partake of it and live. 22:23 And the word there live, means 22:25 to continue to live and to partake of immortality. 22:29 God did not want to immortalize sin, 22:32 so that immediate prohibition 22:34 was put in place to prevent them. 22:36 So the question is, why would we need 22:38 to have the tree of life in heaven, 22:41 if we are going to have glorious bodies? 22:44 Well, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15:53, 22:47 "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 22:51 and this mortal must put on immortality." 22:54 So truly, when we get to heaven, 22:56 we're gonna have immortal bodies, 22:57 there won't be any possibility of death. 23:01 So there would be no need to partake of a tree 23:04 when we are already made immortal. 23:06 So what is the purpose of it? 23:08 Revelation 22:2, look at what it says. 23:11 It's good. 23:12 Revelation 22:2, "In the middle of its street," 23:16 that's the New Jerusalem, 23:18 "and on either side of the river, 23:19 was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, 23:23 each tree yielding its fruit every month. 23:27 The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nation." 23:31 Not for the life of the nation. 23:33 Now you might ask yourself, 23:34 are the nations going to be sick, 23:36 is there's going to be the hospital in heaven? 23:38 Is this where all the ailments, 23:40 the diseases that come up are going to be resolved? 23:42 No. 23:43 The reason why for the healing of the nation, 23:45 and this is something that's contextual 23:47 to the Asian culture. 23:48 Food was a place where people got together. 23:51 If you were offered food 23:52 in the house of a person in Asia, 23:54 don't turn it down, 23:55 because it's their highest point of acceptance, 23:58 come and eat with me. 23:59 And you find that there's a marriage supper, 24:01 come and eat with me. 24:03 This is a point where the nations 24:04 that are separated on earth 24:06 will be united together in fellowship, 24:10 and the tree of life 24:11 which was established in the Garden of Eden 24:13 will be established as a point of unity 24:16 for all the nations 24:17 where they will once again re-familiarize themselves 24:21 through the millennium. 24:23 When they were separated here on earth, 24:25 they will be back unified together 24:27 by the tree of life, 24:28 the nations will be healed. 24:30 Amen. Amen. That's powerful. 24:32 And I love to get together over food, 24:35 so it works there. 24:36 I think I'm gonna ask some heavenly mangoes there. 24:38 Oh, I'm looking forward to it. 24:40 Jill, 24:41 "How do I sit in God's presence 24:42 and be still with Him?" 24:44 It's a great question because I know many times 24:46 it's hard for me to be still, I like to be busy. 24:49 I like to run around and do things 24:51 and to be still can be a hard thing. 24:53 In Psalm 46:10, we're told, 24:56 "Be still and know that I am God." 24:59 I will be exalted among the nations, 25:00 I will be exalted in the earth. 25:02 That word know, 25:04 in Hebrew yada means to ascertain by seeing. 25:08 We're literally to be still to sit before God and know Him, 25:12 to see Him, to behold Him. 25:14 But how do you do that? 25:16 To me being still is like waiting for the heavenly dew. 25:21 Hosea 14:4-5, 25:23 "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely. 25:26 My anger has turned away from him. 25:29 I will be like the dew to Israel, 25:32 he shall grow like the lily 25:33 and lengthen his roots like Lebanon." 25:35 So as we wait for the heavenly dew, 25:37 as we wait for the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 25:41 What are the requirements 25:42 in the physical life to form dew? 25:44 I think there's three. 25:46 Number one is waiting. 25:47 Dew forms in the early morning hours. 25:51 It doesn't form in a moment, it doesn't form in a second, 25:54 it takes time for dew to form. 25:57 Spend time in the early morning hours with Jesus. 26:00 Ensure that your schedule does not interfere, 26:04 cut out TV or radio or internet or those things 26:08 during that time that's interfering from you 26:10 being still before God. 26:13 Make sure, make that a commitment 26:16 that you spend that time waiting. 26:18 Principle number two, 26:20 to form dew is stillness or quietness. 26:22 In the physical world, 26:24 there's little or no wind for dew to form. 26:27 We need to be still before God. 26:29 Haste prevents saturation with the spirit. 26:32 So we need to be still before God. 26:34 And principle number three, 26:36 is it requires cooler temperatures 26:38 and clear nights in order for dew to form. 26:41 Dew never forms when there's heat and wind, 26:42 it requires cooler temperatures. 26:44 So your life might feel a bit cool. 26:47 You might feel that there are things going on 26:49 and you wish that the temperature 26:51 would be turned up in your relationship with God. 26:54 Be still before God, wait before Him. 26:58 And you will know that He is your God. 27:00 Wow. Amen. That's powerful. 27:02 You know, one of the things that I love is 27:04 the fact that we have a 3ABN YouTube channel, 27:07 because I'm gonna need to rewind that 27:09 and pause and take some notes on that 27:11 and find out about the dew and all of that stuff. 27:14 That's great. 27:15 John Dinzey, we're gonna come to you now. 27:17 "I wanted to know, where in the Bible does it say 27:21 we have guardian angels? 27:23 And do we each only have one?" 27:25 This is from Sophia. 27:27 Now that's a very good question. 27:29 And I want to praise the Lord, because yes, 27:31 we have guardian angels. 27:32 But you also ask how many. 27:34 So we're going to try to work into that. 27:36 The phrase guardian angel is not used in the Scripture. 27:39 You cannot find these two words together. 27:42 But the idea or concept is there. 27:44 So at least one angel accompanies us 27:47 and I can tell you that if you need more than one, 27:50 and God sees the need, He will send more. 27:52 So praise the Lord for that. 27:53 Let's go to Matthew 18:10. 27:57 And the Bible says, 27:58 "Take heed that 28:00 you do not despise one of these little ones, 28:02 for I say to you that in heaven 28:04 their angels always see the face of My Father 28:08 who is in heaven." 28:09 So Jesus makes it clear that children and adults 28:13 I would say have angels. 28:15 How many? 28:16 It is not specified. 28:18 Notice Psalm 34:7, 28:20 "The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, 28:24 and delivers them." 28:26 Praise the Lord for that. 28:28 We have a lot to be thankful for. 28:31 Let's go to Hebrews 1:13-14, 28:34 "But to which of the angels has He ever said: 28:37 'Sit at My right hand, 28:39 till I make Your enemies Your footstool?' 28:42 Are they not all ministering spirits 28:44 sent forth to minister 28:46 for those who will inherit salvation?'' 28:49 So praise the Lord, we have angels, 28:52 we're not to worship the angels, 28:53 we're to worship God. 28:55 I want to make that clear. 28:56 I want to take it to a scene in the Book of Acts Chapter 12. 28:59 Peter was in jail, 29:01 the Lord sent an angel to get him out of jail 29:03 and God's children, 29:05 His companions were praying for him, 29:08 praying for Peter, 29:10 and Peter came and knocked at the door. 29:14 And a little girl came to answer the door. 29:19 Acts 12:13, 29:20 "And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, 29:22 a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 29:24 When she recognized Peter's voice, 29:26 because of her gladness she did not open the gate, 29:28 but ran in and announced 29:29 that Peter stood before the gate. 29:32 But they said to her, 29:33 'You are beside yourself!' 29:35 Yet she kept insisting that it was so. 29:37 So they said, 'It is his angel.''' 29:40 You see, we have angels. Praise the Lord for that. 29:43 Amen. Amen. 29:45 So glad that we do. 29:47 Pastor Lomacang, 29:49 this is your three minute question. 29:51 And I think this one might take three minutes here. 29:55 "Is it really necessary for us Christians 29:57 to be vaccinated 29:58 or just continue to pray for God's protection only?" 30:01 This is from Jeff. 30:03 Okay. 30:04 I think that this is important to answer 30:05 because we're living in a day and age where this question 30:07 has become a very relevant one. 30:09 But I want to say right away, 30:10 and I'm going to reiterate this at the very end of my question, 30:13 to take or not to take the vaccine 30:15 is a personal choice. 30:17 I think that's something that we really have 30:19 to as Christians back up and take a breath on, 30:21 because this is taken 30:23 on a nature that God never intended. 30:25 Yet vaccines are not new. 30:27 Vaccines have been a part of our lives. 30:30 I travel and my wife and I travel, 30:32 we've traveled to more than 60 countries. 30:33 And there were times 30:35 when we went to certain parts of the world, 30:37 where the CDC said, 30:38 "Before you go there you need a vaccine 30:40 because this typhoid and malaria, 30:42 and it's very, very prevalent in that part of the country." 30:45 We went to another part of, 30:47 another part of the world, they said, 30:48 "Well, have you gotten a vaccine for this? 30:49 Well, if you go there, this is very prevalent, 30:52 and it's highly contagious. 30:54 It's claimed people's lives. You need a vaccine for that." 30:57 So we've had vaccines long before COVID-19 31:00 ever became an issue. 31:01 With the vaccines, 31:03 we definitely pray because vaccines are not 100%. 31:08 But there's an attitude of prayer. 31:10 And as we've discovered, when we trust in the Lord, 31:12 as the Israelites have, the Lord provide for them, 31:15 and he said, I will put none of the diseases upon you 31:18 that I put upon the Egyptians. 31:19 So there's a point, 31:21 there's a accent of disobedience 31:23 that comes to the surface. 31:24 But let me just share with you some of the vaccines 31:26 that we've been familiar with. 31:28 And let me also add another component here. 31:30 People think about this vaccine 31:32 primarily has some kind of prohibition, 31:34 some kind of infringement on our rights. 31:37 Well, you know, there are prohibitions 31:38 in all aspects of life. 31:41 When you travel on a plane, there are ordinances, 31:44 there are laws that govern 31:45 what you can and cannot do on a plane. 31:47 Now, they say it's your option, but you won't be on this plane. 31:51 You can't even do something as yell hijack, that's a crime. 31:55 But you might say, I was just kidding. 31:56 They'll caught you off that plane 31:58 and may arrest you 31:59 for just that simple infraction. 32:01 But you might say, I was just kidding. 32:03 My father, the man who gave me life, 32:05 when the smoking ordinance came out 32:07 and you couldn't smoke anywhere. 32:09 He said, "They are violating my rights." 32:11 I said, 32:13 "Dad, it's not that bad, 32:14 because there are people that don't want 32:15 to breathe your smoke. 32:17 They also have rights." 32:18 So understand the context of these things. 32:19 We have influenza, chickenpox, diphtheria, Ebola, polio, 32:23 rabies, tetanus, tuberculosis, hepatitis, mumps, measles, 32:27 all have had vaccines. 32:29 So this is not something that's brand new. 32:32 And keep in mind, the whole context of this is 32:36 not that there are not possibly side effects. 32:40 People die frequently. 32:41 And in some cases less or more 32:44 from just the simple vaccines that they may have taken. 32:47 The whole purpose of behind this vaccine, 32:49 as I understand it, 32:50 is to make sure that this COVID-19 virus 32:53 does not rampantly duplicate what happened in the 1920s 32:57 when millions, about 20 million people died, 33:00 upwards of that. 33:02 But once again, I say 33:03 all medications do have side effects, 33:06 educate yourself. 33:07 But please do not become a victim of people 33:10 that are proponents of propaganda 33:12 or conspiracy theories, that's going to mess you up. 33:15 And as a Christian, let's not hold other people 33:18 accountable for something that's simply a choice. 33:20 It's your choice to choose whether 33:22 or not to take the vaccine. 33:25 Well said. Well said, it's your choice. 33:27 Absolutely. 33:28 Pastor Dinzey, 33:30 "I know God created many other worlds 33:32 to which He could have cast the devil down. 33:35 Why then did He have to cast the devil to earth?" 33:38 That is a very good question. 33:40 I have to say that, several years ago, 33:41 I decided to research this 33:43 because it is a concern for many people, 33:45 because a quick reading of Revelation 12, 33:48 you can almost come to that conclusion. 33:50 But let's take a look at these things. 33:52 I have to say that there's a misunderstanding. 33:56 Because the devil was not immediately 33:59 cast down to the earth 34:00 when he sinned. 34:02 He was cast out of heaven, where? 34:04 The Bible does not state. 34:06 It is in Revelation Chapter 12, 34:08 that we have a picture of what happens. 34:11 Let's take a look first at the thought 34:14 that God has towards us. 34:16 In Jeremiah 29:11, 34:18 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 34:21 says the Lord, thoughts of peace 34:23 and not of evil, 34:25 to give you a future and a hope." 34:27 So the earth created by God, 34:29 it was to have a future and hope 34:31 and not of evil. 34:33 But eventually Satan comes down to this earth 34:36 to tempt Adam and Eve. 34:39 And so then after he tempts Adam and Eve, 34:43 and they fall into sin is 34:44 when Satan could be cast to this earth. 34:48 So he can have a headquarters here. 34:50 He usurped the dominion that God gave to Adam. 34:54 Let's take a quick look at Revelation 12, 34:56 beginning of verse 7, 34:57 "And war broke out in heaven: 35:00 Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, 35:02 and the dragon and his angels fought, 35:04 but they did not prevail, 35:05 nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer." 35:09 They could not live there. 35:11 "So the great dragon was cast out, 35:14 that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan," 35:17 now notice the context of him being cast down to the earth, 35:21 "who deceives the whole world," 35:23 so after he deceives, the then world, 35:25 which was Adam and Eve, 35:27 "he was cast to the earth, 35:29 and his angels were cast out with him, 35:31 and headquarters became the earth." 35:34 So this is the reason 35:37 why the devil has headquarters here. 35:39 This is as much as we can share in the limited time. 35:41 Amen. I wish he wasn't here. 35:45 Yes, this is the true statement. 35:46 Jill, we'll come to you on this question here. 35:49 "How can I spiritually protect 35:51 my baby granddaughter from the enemy? 35:53 I asked because her mother is Wiccan 35:56 and believes in the third eye, etc. 35:58 and her father is agnostic." 36:00 Wow. 36:02 That's a serious place to be in. 36:04 We know we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, 36:07 but against principalities and powers 36:08 and spiritual wickedness in high places. 36:11 I would say there's three things. 36:13 There's more than that. 36:14 But we're going to talk about three 36:15 in the time that we have. 36:17 The first thing you can do is pray. 36:18 Philippians 1:19. 36:20 Paul says, 36:22 "I know that this will turn for my deliverance, 36:25 through your prayer, 36:27 and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ." 36:30 Did you catch that? 36:31 Prayer combined with the work of the Holy Spirit, 36:34 it brings deliverance. 36:36 Paul says, this will turn to my deliverance. 36:38 Do you want your baby granddaughter 36:40 to be delivered spiritually? 36:43 Prayer combined with the working 36:44 of the Holy Spirit will bring deliverance. 36:47 Luke 21, we see Jesus speaking to Simon 36:50 Peter in Luke 21:31-32. 36:53 "The Lord said, 'Simon, Simon! Indeed, 36:55 Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 36:58 But I have prayed for you, that your faith would not fail, 37:02 and when you have returned to Me, 37:03 or when you've been converted, strengthen your brethren.'" 37:06 You see, prayer is our first line of defense. 37:09 It's our primary weapon against the enemy. 37:12 It is our stronghold place of power. 37:14 So the first thing you can do is pray. 37:16 The second thing you can do is trust. 37:18 We don't have time to go into this. 37:20 But in 2 Chronicles 20, 37:22 we see the Ammonites and the Moabites coming against 37:25 the children of Judah and Jehoshaphat is terrified. 37:28 And what does the Lord say in verse 17? 37:30 You do not need to fight in this battle. 37:32 Set yourself, stand still 37:34 and see the salvation of the Lord 37:35 who is with you. 37:37 So you can trust the salvation, 37:39 the spiritual protection of your granddaughter 37:41 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 37:43 The third thing we do is praise. 37:45 Now that seems counterintuitive 37:47 when you're facing spiritual warfare. 37:49 But we see this in 2 Chronicles 20:22, 37:52 when they began to sing and praise, 37:54 the Lord set ambushes against the enemy, 37:58 and they were defeated. 37:59 So when you praise in the midst of spiritual warfare, 38:04 God shows up and He Himself will bring deliverance. 38:08 Wow. Amen. Amen. 38:10 That's a tough situation to be in. 38:13 Pastor Lomacang, 38:15 "We heard on a previous segment that our testimonies 38:17 will follow us into eternity, 38:19 but we thought we will not remember anything 38:21 of our life on earth. 38:23 The Bible says, 38:24 "The former things will not come to mind." 38:26 This is from Ron and Debbie. 38:27 Okay. 38:28 The former things as I understand this passage, 38:30 the former things are the sinful things, 38:33 the dark things of this earth. 38:35 They are things that 38:37 I'm sure as you're listening to the answer, 38:39 you would wish you had never seen. 38:41 And you as you get older, you say, you know what? 38:46 I just saw something that brought that thought back. 38:48 And it happened so many years ago. 38:51 That has happened to me 38:52 on intermittent times in our lives. 38:54 And I think all of us at one point 38:56 may have heard a song 38:57 or may smell a perfume or cologne, 38:59 or may have been at a particular place. 39:01 And we often said, 39:03 Wow, this reminds me of where I was 39:05 when I was six years old. 39:07 Man, I never thought, I thought I'd never remember that. 39:09 Those are the things 39:11 and we have sounds that might remind us 39:13 of an accident that occurred. 39:16 We have had instances where we have said, 39:18 you know what? 39:20 I heard about your story and it remind me 39:21 of the abuse I went through when I was growing up. 39:23 These bad things 39:25 will not haunt us in our memories. 39:28 Because if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation, 39:31 old things are passed away, 39:34 you know, all things become new. 39:36 And in revelation, that's the last renewing, 39:39 first of all, salvation from the penalty of sin. 39:43 Secondly, daily salvation from the power of sin. 39:46 But finally, salvation from the presence of sin, 39:51 not the blessings of God. 39:53 And you find in Hebrews 10:17, 39:55 even Lord says this, 39:57 "Their sins and their lawless deeds, 39:59 I will remember no more." 40:01 What about wicked? 40:03 Psalm 37:10, 40:04 "For yet a little while 40:05 and the wicked shall be no more, 40:07 indeed, you will look carefully for his place, 40:09 but it shall be no more." 40:11 But what about the righteous? 40:13 Revelation 5, 40:14 "They sang a new song, saying: 40:16 'You are worthy to take the scroll, 40:18 and to open its seals, for You were slain, 40:21 and have redeemed us to God by Your blood 40:24 out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation." 40:26 And I want to tell you, throughout eternity, 40:28 we will talk about the joy of redemption. 40:31 Amen. Amen. 40:32 Amen. Thank you for that. 40:34 Pastor Dinzey, 40:35 "I heard someone say that there are people 40:39 walking around who do not know that 40:40 their probation has closed. 40:42 Is this true? 40:43 And if so, does that mean 40:45 that they do not get prompted by the Holy Spirit anymore? 40:48 I'm not sure if I understand this." 40:49 This is from Marlene. 40:51 We had a similar question in some other program 40:53 that is very similar to this. 40:55 The question that you're asking is, 40:57 does this mean they are not prompted 40:59 by the Holy Spirit anymore? 41:00 The people that may have committed, I will say, 41:04 the unpardonable sin, 41:05 they will not respond to the Holy Spirit. 41:08 In other words, they have rejected God's grace, 41:12 God's offer of mercy over and over again 41:15 refusing and refusing to repent. 41:17 And God knows when that time comes, 41:20 because that the person will not repent. 41:24 And that person is said 41:26 to have committed the unpardonable sin 41:27 and in essence, 41:29 the probation for that person has closed. 41:33 So it would, even if he lived 1000 years or more, 41:37 and the Holy Spirit kept appealing, 41:40 moment after moment, time after time, 41:41 that person would not repent. 41:43 In other words, that person is sealed in his decision. 41:47 He has cemented himself, 41:48 he has persisted and continued to refuse the appeal, 41:53 the gift of repentance. 41:55 So let's look at Luke 12:10, 41:58 "And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of man, 42:01 it will be forgiven him, 42:03 but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, 42:06 it will not be forgiven." 42:07 Here blaspheme is equal to speak against, 42:11 and to attribute the working of God, 42:14 the working of the Holy Spirit, 42:16 as to the work of the devil 42:18 that the devil is doing this instead of God. 42:20 So the word blaspheme is either committed in quality 42:24 or an attitude. 42:26 The person has an attitude, I don't need God, 42:28 I'm going to do my own thing, 42:30 and basically walks away from God 42:33 and refuses to ever, ever come back. 42:35 The Lord continues to appeal. 42:37 But eventually, 42:38 God in His infinite knowledge knows 42:41 this person will not repent, 42:43 and just leaves the person to their sin. 42:47 And so, that is the condition of the people 42:50 that commit the unpardonable sin. 42:52 Who they are? We don't know. 42:54 God only knows. 42:55 Wow, wow. 42:56 I've been enjoying all of these questions 42:59 and answers that you all have been providing 43:01 from the Word. 43:03 We are getting ready to enter our bonus round. 43:06 So we have some extra questions. 43:09 And I'll just put it out there and whoever grabs them, 43:13 grabs them, and we'll go from there. 43:15 Can I make a quick? Absolutely. 43:16 I don't often do this, but this, 43:18 and I appreciate what Pastor Dinzey just said. 43:21 But there's one person in the Bible 43:23 that you could see that this unpardonable sin 43:26 was talked about Pharaoh who hardened his heart. 43:29 And when he hardened his heart, 43:31 that was the closing of the door 43:33 to any reception from God's Word. 43:35 Wow. Excellent point. 43:37 You were gonna say something. Go ahead, Jill. 43:39 I was going to, and I know 43:40 we're kind of jumping into this. 43:41 I'm not trying to step over on that. 43:43 I was just thinking, 43:44 how the sun will melt some ice, right? 43:48 And yet it hardens clay. 43:50 And so when we look at that, sometimes we get confused. 43:53 And we say, 43:54 "Well, God hardened Pharaoh's heart. 43:55 Wait a minute, did God not want Pharaoh to be saved? 43:58 But yet the sun is the same. 44:01 It's the effect, 44:02 it does not change from the sun, 44:04 it changes from our own hearts. 44:07 So that means 44:08 Pharaoh repeatedly hardened his heart against God, 44:12 because it was like the clay, it was hardened, 44:14 or someone else would have melted 44:16 and would have turned to God. 44:18 So the difference is in the person. 44:19 That's quite an illustration, ice and clay. 44:23 Why did the Israelites in the Book of Exodus 44:25 kill some of the people, if not most, 44:28 who were residing in the places that they conquered where, 44:31 in fact, before that they were told by God 44:34 that they shouldn't kill? 44:35 Okay. 44:37 Who would like to start with that one? 44:40 There's a scripture in Genesis, 44:42 I think, perhaps around Genesis 26, 44:44 if I'm not mistaken, 44:46 where God is talking to Abraham, 44:47 and He says, 44:49 I'm going to give you this land. 44:51 But basically, he was not able to do that. 44:54 And he says, 44:55 because the iniquity of the Amorites 44:57 is not yet full. 45:00 So when the people of Israel come on the scene, 45:05 and they are following the Lord with all of their heart, 45:07 the Lord used them as an instrument 45:10 to punish these people. 45:13 And they had a terrible task of killing these people. 45:18 But they, it was the result of those people. 45:21 And we were talking again, people rejecting God's grace. 45:25 And God appeal to them time after time to repent 45:27 and turn to God's ways, 45:29 and they would not. 45:30 So eventually 45:32 the cup of their iniquity was full. 45:35 That's right. 45:36 It's Genesis 15:16, it says, 45:38 "In the fourth generation they shall return here, 45:41 for the iniquity of the Amorites 45:42 is not yet complete." 45:44 Thank you. 45:45 So I love what you said, Pastor Johnny, 45:47 because God is long-suffering, God is merciful. 45:52 God gave, if you study it, 45:54 400 years for the Amorites to turn back to God 45:59 and to repent and to open up their heart. 46:02 There were many times over those 400 years 46:04 where He wooed, and He asked, called for their heart, 46:07 and they refused persistently over and over again. 46:11 So God extended great mercy. 46:12 Amen. Go ahead. 46:14 And the other thing is God sees far more than we see. 46:17 Yes. 46:18 God sees what we call generational sin. 46:22 Here Bible talks about this in Exodus, 46:25 showing mercy to thousands of those that love My people. 46:27 What he said earlier that the iniquity of the Father 46:33 unto the children 46:34 of the third and fourth generation 46:37 of those who hate me. 46:38 The Lord looks at the long record of humanity. 46:42 And He sees based on the way that this family is, 46:45 the children are going to be that way. 46:47 And the children's children going to be that way, 46:49 and the children's, children's children 46:50 are going be that way. 46:52 And that's why when you find in the Bible, 46:53 and one of the verses 46:55 that brings my mind to this thought 46:57 was in Genesis 6:5, 46:58 which was a part of a presentation 47:00 I recently did at school. 47:02 It says, 47:03 "The Lord saw the wickedness 47:05 of man was great in the earth, 47:07 and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart 47:10 were only evil continually." 47:13 So God is saying, this is not going to change. 47:14 This is how it's going to be. 47:16 And that's why verse 6 says, 47:17 "And the Lord's, and the Lord was very sorry 47:20 that He had made man on the earth. 47:23 And He was grieved in his heart," 47:25 because He knew that's why Noah, 47:28 verse 8 found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 47:30 The Lord says, Noah, 47:31 you got to get your family ready, 47:33 because this same thing with Sodom and Gomorrah. 47:35 Lot, you got to get out of here, 47:36 because this is not changing. 47:38 And you find the foresight of God 47:39 is greater than the knowledge of man. 47:42 The foresight of God is far greater 47:44 than the knowledge of man. 47:45 Finally, from my prior place, 47:48 we have to remember 2 Peter 3:9, 47:49 "This is God is not willing that any should perish, 47:51 but that all should come to repentance." 47:53 And so they exhausted their time, 47:57 their mercy for over 400 years. 48:01 God bared long with them, 48:03 you know, and it was a terrible, 48:05 terrible situation, 48:07 and to avoid the whole world becoming corrupt, 48:10 God had to eliminate these people. 48:13 Not willingly, 48:14 but because they would not accept forgiveness. 48:19 If I could add one other thing 48:20 is we cry for justice, do we not? 48:24 We say, 48:25 "Okay, why are women being raped? 48:27 Why are children abused? God, why don't You stand up? 48:29 Why don't You do anything?" 48:30 I think of the souls under the altar in the field, 48:33 who cry out how long, oh, Lord, till You avenge. 48:37 And then when God does, we get mad, and we say, 48:40 "Why is God doing this? 48:42 Why did God command these people to be killed?" 48:45 Why is there justice 48:47 when all along we asked for justice, 48:49 and we wanted justice, 48:51 and when God says that cup of iniquity is fallen, 48:54 it's time for justice to come. 48:56 We say, "Oh, no, we're not ready for justice now." 48:58 You know, it's interesting, the human heart. 49:00 That's right. Absolutely. 49:01 Yeah, the thing is, God's character 49:02 is always on trial. 49:04 Yeah. 49:05 That's what the devil wants, he wants. 49:07 And that's why some people, my wife is very good at this. 49:08 And I appreciate when she says this. 49:09 When people say, you know, "God took my mother." 49:12 She said, 49:13 "No, God doesn't take. 49:14 He's not an assassin. He doesn't. 49:16 Oh, God needed another angel, so He took my daughter, 49:19 He took my child. 49:20 God does not pick people and pot shot them 49:23 and snatch him from earth through death 49:26 because He needs another angel, 49:27 needs to somebody looked down on us. 49:29 We have to understand that all these beliefs 49:32 impact in a negative or positive way, 49:35 the character of God. 49:36 And what does the Bible say? 49:38 He's long-suffering, He's full of mercy. 49:42 He's a God of compassion, 49:44 with loving-kindness He draws us. 49:46 The devil wants God to be seen as somebody who is a tyrant. 49:50 But like you said, yes, we want justice. 49:53 And when God stands up justice, why did He do that? 49:56 Trust the Lord. He's sovereign. 50:00 Oh, man, well said by all of you. 50:02 On this question, 50:04 this is directed specifically towards you, 50:05 but anybody can pick this up as well. 50:07 It says, 50:08 "In a previous episode, 50:10 you talked about people speaking in tongues. 50:12 What about 1 Corinthians 14:27-28?" 50:16 This is from Shaun. Okay. 50:19 Well, in 1 Corinthians list, 50:20 I'm going to read it to you right now. 50:22 1 Corinthians 14:27-28. 50:24 He says, 50:26 "And if anyone speaks in a tongue, 50:28 let there be two or at the most three, 50:31 each in turn, 50:32 and let one interpret. 50:34 But if there is no interpreter, 50:36 let him keep silent in the church, 50:39 and let him speak to himself and to God. 50:42 Now, the supposition or the inference here, 50:47 or the speculative thought is, 50:49 he's saying something 50:50 that only God and he understands. 50:53 Well, if you look at the context 50:54 and understand who Paul was speaking to, 50:56 Paul was speaking to the Corinthians. 50:58 The Corinthians Church was an international church, 51:01 in a port city, 51:02 where so many different nationalities 51:05 got together to worship. 51:07 And when they got together to worship, 51:08 some of them decide to speak in their own languages. 51:10 And Paul said, 51:11 "Wait a minute, wait a minute, 51:13 you got to read the whole passage." 51:14 He says, 51:15 "I would rather speak in five words 51:17 in my understanding 51:18 than 10,000 words in an unknown, 51:20 in the King James Version, unknown tongue, 51:22 unknown to the hearers, 51:24 but not to God. 51:25 So if I decide to break out in Swahili or German right now, 51:30 Jill will say, what did he say? 51:31 I'm sure you'd say. I'm lost. 51:34 What did he say? 51:35 And I'm going on for 15 minutes, 51:37 but who understands? 51:38 God does because there's nothing 51:40 that God doesn't understand. 51:41 So put the context together. 51:43 This is not some language that is unknown to humanity, 51:46 simply unknown to those who are hearing. 51:48 That's why he says, if there's no interpreter, 51:50 don't do it. 51:51 Because you just talking to you and God 51:53 because God understands everything. 51:55 Well said. 51:57 Now, this isn't on the list here, 51:58 but I want to throw this question out real quickly, 52:00 our time's dwindling. 52:03 Why do you all enjoy studying the Bible? 52:07 Go ahead, Jill. 52:08 I love studying the Word of God 52:10 because we understand His character. 52:11 Pastor John just talked about that. 52:13 And we understand that God is a God of love, 52:14 and we understand who we are as His child. 52:17 And every time I study the Word of God, 52:19 it changes me. 52:20 I love that. Amen. Amen. 52:24 It draws us to God and gives us peace, 52:28 and confidence in knowing 52:30 that this world is not our final home. 52:32 There is a better home for us that God has prepared. 52:35 Praise God for that. 52:36 And I don't have to guess as much. 52:38 I can receive instruction that I know is reliable. 52:41 My GPS sometimes doesn't tell me the truth, 52:43 God's Word always does. 52:45 Yes, this is the instructions that every man should follow. 52:48 We're gonna go, take a brief break 52:50 and we will be right back. 52:51 Stick around. 52:54 Our 3ABN Bible Q & A, 52:56 then tell your friends. 52:58 Each Monday we'll bring you a fresh program, 53:00 answering the Bible questions you send us 53:03 and we'll use God's Holy Word to shed light on those texts 53:06 that seem difficult to understand. 53:08 If you would like your questions answered 53:10 on an upcoming program, 53:11 just email them to us. 53:13 Our email address is BibleQA@3abn.org 53:18 That's BibleQA@3abn.org 53:22 You can also text us your questions 53:24 by sending them to (618) 228-3975. 53:29 That number again is (618) 228-3975. 53:34 Be sure to include your name and where you live, 53:36 and then watch 3ABN Bible Q & A |
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