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00:03 another week here at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:06 And we are continuing along in this study, of course, 00:09 this quarter study is entitled "How to Interpret Scripture." 00:12 And we are actually on lesson three this week 00:14 which is entitled 00:15 "Jesus and the Apostles' View of the Bible." 00:18 And so in case you don't have a study 00:21 or a copy of the study, 00:22 we want to encourage you to go to absg.adventist.org. 00:26 That stands for Adult Bible Study Guide 00:29 and of course .adventist.org, 00:30 there you can access a copy of the study for free. 00:34 We are so thankful 00:35 that you join us each and every week 00:37 and we want to invite you once more to come along, 00:39 study with us once more 00:41 as we continue in this incredible Bible study. 01:13 Hello, and welcome again 01:15 to another edition of 3BN Sabbath School Panel. 01:17 We are so blessed that you are joining us again this week, 01:19 we are continuing on in our study. 01:22 And this week we're on lesson three, 01:23 which is entitled Jesus 01:25 and the Apostles' View of the Bible. 01:28 And, man, I'm excited, 01:29 you guys enjoying this study so far? 01:31 I think this is a much needed study in the sense that, 01:33 you know, many people struggle on how to interpret scripture, 01:35 and just putting it in its proper perspective. 01:38 And so before we go any further, 01:39 I want to introduce this panel 01:41 that I get to enjoy every single week of gleaning 01:44 from the wisdom and knowledge of each and every one of you, 01:46 Brother Kenny, how are you doing? 01:47 Doing well, thank you. 01:49 Glad to be here and look forward to the lesson. 01:50 It's a blessing to have you with us. 01:52 And, of course, Miss Jill Morikone, how are you? 01:53 Doing well, I have another list today. 01:55 Praise the Lord. Amen. We love those lists. 01:58 Good stuff. 01:59 Pastor Lomacang, of course, 02:00 it's always a blessing to have you, Brother. 02:02 Yeah, we're going to be diving 02:03 in some of the origin and history of the Bible 02:05 and it's going to be an exciting approach. 02:07 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:08 And of course, we have Brother Danny Shelton with us, 02:10 it's always a blessing 02:12 and an honor to have you on here, Brother. 02:13 I'm happy to be here and can't wait to hear 02:14 how you all break this down for us. 02:17 Amen. 02:18 We're certainly gonna have fun with this study. 02:20 Jesus and the Apostles' View of the Bible, 02:24 we have much to discuss. 02:25 But, of course, 02:26 we want to go directly to the Word of God, to... 02:29 Before we go to the Word of God in prayer. 02:31 So if you would, Brother Danny, 02:32 why don't you have a prayer for us right now? 02:34 Heavenly Father, we thank You 02:35 for Your many wonderful blessings 02:36 that You've given us 02:38 and for the opportunity being here today 02:39 and realizing that there are people around the world 02:42 who are joining hands and studying with us. 02:45 And we just pray 02:46 for the anointing of Your Holy Spirit 02:47 on each one that speaks from those that are listening, 02:50 those that are teaching the Sabbath school lesson 02:52 around the world, 02:54 that everything that's said and done will be done 02:55 to Your honor and to Your glory. 02:57 And that we'd see clearly 02:59 what You would have us to take in today 03:01 and to share with the lost and dying world. 03:03 In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Amen. 03:06 Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:07 Praise the Lord. 03:09 Our memory text for this week comes from Matthew 4:4. 03:14 And this is, of course, coming from Jesus. 03:16 He's being tempted by the devil in the wilderness. 03:19 And He's, of course, fighting the temptations of the devil. 03:21 And He says, "It is written, 03:24 man shall not live by bread alone, 03:27 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." 03:32 And when I looked at the title of this lesson, 03:34 lesson number three, 03:35 Jesus and the Apostles' View of the Bible, 03:38 I just said, "Praise the Lord." 03:40 Because we live in a day and age 03:42 where it seems like everyone has an opinion, Pastor. 03:44 Absolutely. 03:46 Seems like everyone has their own thoughts 03:47 and their own ideas on how they approach scripture, 03:49 how they interpret scripture, their own opinions and theories 03:52 as to how to break down a text 03:54 or some people don't even do that. 03:56 They just simply say, this is what it says 03:58 and this is what it means to me. 04:00 But at the end of the day, we want to make sure 04:01 that we have the correct interpretive approach 04:04 that Jesus and the apostles'... 04:05 These were leaders of the church, 04:06 these were men full of the Holy Spirit of God. 04:09 And, of course, their councils to us are given to us 04:11 here in scripture. 04:12 And I just want to kind of open up... 04:14 Saturday afternoons lesson had something 04:16 that just really set the tone for what it is 04:19 that as we kind of make our way into Sunday's lesson. 04:22 I have to read this 'cause it was powerful, 04:24 how the author worded this. 04:26 He says here, "Unfortunately, in this post modern age, 04:30 the Bible has been largely reinterpreted 04:33 through the lens of philosophy 04:35 that questions both the inspiration 04:37 and its authority." 04:39 And that is... 04:40 that can't be further from the truth. 04:41 He goes on to say, "In fact, 04:43 the Bible is seen as merely the ideas of human beings 04:47 living in relatively primitive culture 04:50 who couldn't possibly understand the word 04:52 as we do today." 04:53 And sometimes we kind of see, you know, people in the past, 04:55 you know, our culture today, 04:57 it's like, "Oh, that was back then. 04:58 But we're much smarter, 05:00 we're much more intelligent than them." 05:01 So they can't possibly have the knowledge 05:03 that we have today. 05:04 But he goes on to say, "At the same time, 05:07 the supernatural element has been either downplayed 05:10 or even removed from the picture, 05:12 turning the..." 05:14 Excuse me, yes... 05:15 "Turning the Bible into a document 05:16 than instead of being God's view of man 05:19 has become man's view of God." 05:23 And the result is that for many, 05:25 the Bible has become largely..." 05:27 And this is, this is so true, 05:29 "Irrelevant in an age of Darwinian thinking, 05:33 and modern philosophy." 05:35 Modern philosophy, 05:36 I have said multiple times in sermons, 05:39 publicly preaching and speaking the Word of God 05:41 that probably one of the most popular books 05:44 or series of books 05:45 that people like to pull from today 05:47 is the book of first and second opinions... 05:51 If such a thing exists. 05:53 You know, everyone has their own ideas, 05:55 their own ideologies, their own perspectives, 05:57 their own theories as to what this Word of God is telling us 06:02 and when we reach the point in which we start to glean 06:05 or draw from our own knowledge and our own wisdom, 06:07 what does the Bible say? 06:09 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart 06:10 and lean not on thine own understanding." 06:13 You know, you cannot trust your own understanding. 06:15 We need God to interpret God, right? 06:18 And that's exactly what this particular lesson is saying. 06:20 Sunday's lesson, I love it. It's entitled "It is Written." 06:24 And, of course, we're going to look 06:26 at kind of a little bit of a deeper perspective. 06:28 Matthew Chapter 4 there, Jesus' experience 06:31 as He was being tempted by the devil. 06:33 So let's go to Matthew Chapter 4. 06:35 And while you're finding that in your Bibles, 06:37 just to kind of set the tone 06:38 coming out of the end of Matthew Chapter 3, 06:41 Jesus has just had a powerful experience. 06:43 Remember, He has shown up 06:45 for the first time on the scene, 06:46 John the Baptist is there in the River Jordan, 06:48 he's baptizing people. 06:50 He looks up, he sees Jesus coming Behold the Lamb of God, 06:54 who takes away the sin of the world. 06:55 Jesus comes into the water, 06:57 and Jesus asked him to baptize 06:58 and, of course, you know, the rest of the story. 07:00 Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist. 07:03 And a voice comes from heaven confirming, 07:05 we know it's the voice of the Father saying, 07:06 "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." 07:11 And so coming out of that, 07:12 now we see the Bible says that Jesus is taken away. 07:15 Notice verse 1 here, Matthew 4:1, it says, 07:19 "Then Jesus was led up by the spirit 07:21 into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 07:26 And when He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, 07:29 afterward He was hungry. 07:31 Now when the tempter came to Him, He said, 07:34 'If you are the son of God, 07:36 command that these stones become bread." 07:39 I want to pause that for a moment, 07:40 because what we see is we see the spirit of the devil, 07:43 he has that questioning spirit. 07:45 When you start questioning who God is 07:48 and what God's word is saying, 07:50 and you become skeptical 07:51 and you're approaching it in a way of doubt. 07:54 This is nothing but the spirit of the devil 07:56 because we see here 07:57 that coming out of that previous experience, 07:59 where the Father says "This is My Son." 08:01 Now we have the devil showing up saying, 08:03 "If you're the Son..." 08:04 You know, "If you're the Son of God..." 08:06 You know, he's questioning it. "Are you really? 08:07 If you are, then do this, then do this. 08:09 Hey, I'll give you this if you do this, 08:11 if you really are the Son of God." 08:14 And so that spirit of doubt and skepticism 08:17 as it comes straight from the devil, 08:18 we see that the devil is tempting Jesus 08:20 in a very weakened state, 08:22 even though He is the Son of God, 08:23 and He's robed in sinful flesh, 08:25 He's fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. 08:28 And so notice what it says here in verse 4, 08:29 this is our memory text. 08:31 "But He answered and said, 'It is written, 08:34 man shall not live by bread alone, 08:36 but by every word 08:37 that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 08:40 So right out the gate, 08:42 we see Jesus is pointing back to the power 08:45 and divine influence of the Word of God. 08:48 Right out the front He's saying, "You know what, 08:49 let me set you in your place. 08:51 It is written." Notice what the Bible says. 08:53 "In a way He is establishing 08:55 His perspective on the authority 08:57 that the Word of God has in one's life." 09:00 So He knows He's about to be tempted by the devil. 09:03 He's already establishing the premise 09:05 on which how this conversation is going to go. 09:07 "Look, I'm going... 09:08 Jesus, I'm going to establish the Word of God, 09:10 I'm going to fight You with the Word of God 09:12 because the Word of God has power." 09:14 Notice verse 5 that says, 09:15 "Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, 09:17 set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 09:20 and said to Him..." 09:21 Here it is, again, "If you are the Son of God, 09:24 throw yourself down for it is written." 09:27 Oh. 09:29 What do we see the devil doing? 09:30 He's like, "Oh, okay, you wanna, 09:32 you want to have a little bit of a duel 09:34 talking about scripture, quoting scripture? 09:36 Okay, it is written..." Now the devil, 09:38 the devil knows the Word of God, my friends, 09:40 I just want to make that clear. 09:41 Don't think for one moment 09:42 that you can outsmart the devil. 09:44 He knows the Bible more than you do. 09:45 And so notice how he's trying to use the Bible 09:48 and manipulate Christ into getting... 09:50 doing what he wants Him to do. 09:52 But of course, he's not successful. 09:53 He says, "If you are the Son of God, 09:55 throw yourself down for it is written, 09:57 'He shall give His angels charge over you. 10:00 And in their hands, they shall bear you up, 10:02 lest you dash your foot against a stone.'" 10:06 So here we see the sin of presumption on display. 10:11 We see the devil is in no doubt 10:13 questioning the divinity of Jesus, 10:15 and is willing to go as far as to presumptuously, 10:18 quote and misrepresent God's Word 10:20 in order to deceive Jesus into giving up His mission. 10:24 What would have happened if Jesus would have done that? 10:26 You and I wouldn't be here. No. 10:28 Praise God that Jesus was firm in foundation 10:30 in the Word of God, that, 10:32 you know, the devil was not able to overcome Him. 10:34 But we see that the devil is even willing 10:36 to use scripture to manipulate God's people 10:39 and deceiving them into leaving the church, 10:42 leaving the mission, abandoning their faith. 10:45 And that's exactly what we see happening here. 10:46 Notice on verse 7, it says, Jesus said to him, 10:49 "It is written again 'You shall not tempt the Lord 10:51 your God.'" 10:52 And so again it says, 10:54 "The devil took Him up to an exceedingly high mountain 10:55 and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world 10:57 and their glory and he said to Him, 10:59 'All these things I will give to You 11:01 if you will fall down and worship me.'" 11:04 We see this theme all the way through the Bible, 11:06 especially in the closing ones. 11:08 In the Book of Revelation, what is it all about? 11:10 In these last days that we're living, 11:12 it's about who you worship. 11:13 And we see that the devil was, I mean, while he's very smart, 11:17 he's also somewhat ignorant because he thinks 11:19 he can actually get the Son of God, 11:21 the creator of the universe, to bow down and worship him. 11:24 But notice Jesus' response, I love it, verse 10, 11:27 then Jesus said to him, 11:28 "Away with you, Satan, for it is written, 11:31 'You shall worship the Lord your God 11:33 and Him only you shall serve.'" 11:36 Then the devil left Him, and behold, 11:38 angels came and ministered to Him. 11:40 I think there's a lesson we can learn here. 11:42 And that when the devil brings temptation to your life 11:45 and into your life, you quote scripture, 11:47 you allow the Word of God to be your defense. 11:49 And the Bible teaches us here 11:50 that the devil will flee from you, 11:52 because he has no power over you. 11:54 Does worship in the Word of God have any connection? 12:00 I believe we see Jesus clearly making the connection 12:03 that one, notice this, cannot experience true worship 12:07 separate from faith in the Word of God. 12:11 You know, faith comes by hearing 12:12 and hearing by the... 12:14 By the word of God, 12:15 and if we're going to worship Him in spirit, 12:16 and in truth, we cannot separate the two. 12:19 And there's a lot of people, my heart breaks, 12:21 because I grew up going to different churches, 12:23 experiencing different faiths, 12:25 studying with different denominations. 12:27 And how many brothers and sisters 12:28 are lost in the faith, 12:30 thinking that they can have a worshipful experience 12:33 with God but yet deny His word, push back the truth. 12:37 And we see that that is not the case here. 12:39 When tempted with the glory of the world, 12:42 Christ wants us back to the one who alone deserves worship, 12:46 and it always comes 12:47 within the context of the truth of God's Word. 12:50 Notice this, notice what Jesus did not do 12:53 in the encounter with Satan. 12:55 Notice that He did not engage Himself 12:58 in some battle of the opinions. 13:02 Notice He didn't engage 13:03 in some convoluted heated argument. 13:06 Notice how you don't have... 13:07 You don't have a record here of them 13:09 just going back and forth that he said, he said, 13:10 this says, this says, and, 13:12 you know, He simply allowed the Word of God 13:14 to be His defense. 13:15 And this brings a text, a powerful text in my mind 13:18 in the closing moments I have here, 13:20 I just want to establish this. 13:21 We are counseled in the Word of God 13:23 to put on the whole armor of God. 13:24 Amen. That's right. 13:26 And what is a part of that armor? 13:27 What does armor do? 13:28 Armor protects you, it protects you. 13:30 It's a defense, it helps to keep you safe. 13:32 Notice Ephesians 6:17, again, a part of that armor it says, 13:37 "And take the helmet of salvation." 13:40 And then notice this next one, "And the sword of the spirit, 13:43 which is the Word of God. 13:45 That Jesus have the sword of the spirit with Him 13:47 when He was contending with the devil 13:49 there in the wilderness. 13:50 Absolutely. 13:52 But I just want to make this clear. 13:53 The sword of the spirit was never intended 13:55 to be an offensive weapon. 13:58 The Word of God 13:59 was never intended to be an offensive weapon, 14:01 but a defensive weapon against the attacks of Satan. 14:04 So while we need to exercise faith in the Lord 14:06 and His work, 14:08 we don't go out beating people over the head with truth. 14:10 We use it to defend ourselves from the wiles of the devil 14:14 all the while representing Jesus rightfully 14:16 and upholding the truth for the world. 14:19 Amen. 14:20 Praise the Lord. 14:21 Now it's a good foundation once again. 14:23 Praise the Lord. Thanks. Thanks. 14:24 Amen. Praise God for that. 14:26 He always gets the praise, doesn't He? 14:27 It always comes back to God, that's the way it should be. 14:30 In our lesson, I have Monday's lesson. 14:31 So again, we pray that you have your book 14:33 and your pencil and paper and following along here. 14:35 Because our lesson just starts in with a question, 14:38 I like that. 14:40 But once again, it said, "Jesus and the law, 14:42 Jesus and the law." 14:44 You've set a good foundation for that 14:45 because of obedience and doing what God has said in His Word. 14:47 There's three passages 14:49 that the Monday's lesson gives out to us. 14:52 And I'll just tell you up front, 14:53 we're not gonna have time for all three of them. 14:56 All right. That's good. 14:57 Because the one that we're going to be looking 14:59 at Matthew Chapter 5, 15:00 that Chapter 5 is a book of the Beatitudes too, 15:03 isn't it? 15:04 How Jesus brings this into obedience 15:07 and His children into obedience here 15:09 through Matthew Chapter 5. 15:11 But if I was going to just give one Bible passage of scripture 15:15 to say Jesus and the law, 15:17 yours may be different and that's okay. 15:20 But the one I thought about there, 15:21 I think the Holy Spirit is that Isaiah 40:8. 15:26 What's Jesus' attitude toward the law. 15:28 You know, I think another question 15:30 was that how are you going to ask Jesus? 15:32 Well, I ask Him and then you get into His word. 15:34 So His Word tells us here. 15:35 It says, "I delight to do thy..." 15:38 Will. 15:39 "What is thy will, O God, yea, thy law is within," what? 15:43 My heart. "Within my heart." 15:44 Jesus and the law. 15:46 So if I had one minute or a minute and a half, 15:47 which I've already been at right now, 15:48 I just give you this passage of scripture 15:50 and say that's exactly how Jesus felt about it. 15:52 This is good solid foundation, I'd like to do thy will, 15:56 O God, yea thy law is within my heart. 15:58 Turn with me if you will to Matthew 16:00 because the question is asked here talk about a... 16:03 What Jesus thinks in a Scripture? 16:05 What did He teach? What does He think? 16:07 What's our obligation? 16:08 Matthew 5:17-20. 16:10 There's a little bit of reading here 16:12 but it requires it. 16:13 In case you haven't read it, you know what? 16:15 Sometime I take it for granted. 16:16 Some lady wrote the other day and said, 'For Pete's sake, 16:18 you know, you just jump into something 16:20 you start talking about, 16:21 you know, this and that 16:22 and like everybody knows already 16:25 and I wanted to say back real quick 16:26 and I want to be nice about it. 16:28 Well, it's because maybe you didn't tune 16:30 in to the first four... 16:32 before, before that. 16:34 Anybody here ever do a series? 16:35 You've done a series and sometimes you do 16:36 one, two and then you try to give a little, 16:38 you know, background of what you covered. 16:40 But sometimes it gets a lot deeper as it goes, 16:43 does it not? 16:44 So it's very difficult but, you know, bless your heart, 16:46 at least you're writing and you're watching. 16:47 Keep doing that. 16:49 Passage of scripture, Matthew 5:17-20, 16:51 we're going to read Jesus said, 16:53 "Think not that I'm come to," what? 16:54 Destroy. 16:55 "Destroy the law or the prophets, 16:57 I'm not come to destroy, but to fulfill." 16:59 Isn't that one of the most... 17:01 Can I say popular? Powerful. 17:03 That's right. And powerful, good scripture. 17:05 Right that we used many times. 17:07 You know, when we're talking about Jesus 17:09 because the world says what? 17:10 He came to... 17:12 Destroy it. Destroy it. 17:13 Fulfill with, you know, do away with it, what I hear, 17:15 but Jesus is simply puts around the line right quick, 17:18 "I didn't come to destroy." 17:19 So I'm kind of wondering where the good arguments come in. 17:23 I mean, where are you going to argue the point 17:25 "Think not that I'm come to destroy the law." 17:27 I'm like you said, well, there's somebody said here, 17:29 I just checked it off said that's it. 17:32 End of discussion because that's what, 17:34 that's what Jesus said right here. 17:35 Now, but I want you to pay close attention 17:37 to the word but. 17:38 Notice, I am not come to destroy but," to what? 17:41 Fulfill. 17:43 But to fulfill, just keep that in your mind. 17:44 I'm circling my notes here but to fulfill 17:46 because that comes back 17:47 and gives us a couple of thoughts there. 17:49 Verse 18, "For verily I say unto you..." Who's speaking? 17:52 Jesus. 17:53 Jesus said, he says right here. 17:55 Again, how clear does it need to be. 17:56 "Till heaven and earth pass, 17:58 one jot or one title shell in no wise pass from the law 18:02 till all be fulfilled." 18:05 Again, people are picking out trying to get one word 18:07 and make it say something that doesn't mean... 18:08 out of context. 18:10 Verse 19, 18:11 "Whosoever therefore shall break 18:12 one of the least commandments, 18:15 and teach men so he shall be called the least 18:19 in the kingdom of heaven. 18:20 I've heard it say people will get there 18:22 where they keep God's law or not, 18:23 because they will be one of the least. 18:25 Kind of an interesting thought, 18:26 we don't quite agree with that you see, 18:28 but if you've probably heard that too. 18:29 Notice what is says. 18:31 The same shall be called great if you're doing what? 18:33 Those who are teaching them, verse 20, says, 18:35 "For I say unto you, 18:37 that accept your righteousness,"" do what? 18:39 Exceed. 18:40 "Exceed the righteousness of the scribes 18:42 and the Pharisees, 18:44 you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of God." 18:47 So here's Jesus in proclaiming or telling you 18:49 what He thinks about the law and how He's living it out 18:52 and the word could fulfilled here. 18:53 He's talking about there, 18:55 you're not going to enter into the kingdom of God. 18:57 I might say it's just plainly, if we're willing, 18:59 willfully breaking the law of God. 19:01 There's something here in the Beatitudes, Matthew 5, 19:04 that lets us know. 19:05 Jesus said, "Don't think I've come to," what? 19:07 Destroy. "To destroy." 19:09 And that word there it means I didn't come to loosen it. 19:12 I didn't come to annul it, I didn't come to, 19:15 you know, just to invalidate, 19:17 you know, we talk about the verse 19:18 not abolish it. 19:19 He said, "I didn't come to abolish it. 19:21 I didn't come to annul it at all here. 19:24 He said, this includes, 19:25 this would include all of God's revealed will, 19:27 would it not right? 19:28 Everything in the Word of God, not just the law of God, 19:30 Ten Commandments or whatever. 19:31 But all, all the words that we've been studying here. 19:34 In Psalms 119:1, just quickly I'm going to read. 19:36 It says, Psalm 119:1 says, "Blessed are the undefiled." 19:41 Now the undefiled would be the perfect, 19:43 would it not? 19:44 Therefore are the perfect, that's what it mean, are one, 19:46 or in this sense, the sincere ones, 19:48 blessed are the sincere ones in the way 19:51 who walk in the law of God. 19:54 Remember Jesus, and the way He approached law, 19:56 and what He thinks about law. 19:58 Notice God's 'cause "Blessed are those 20:00 who walk in the way of the law." 20:03 Not outside of it, not around it, 20:04 not through it, but in the way of the Lord. 20:06 Psalms 119:4, 20:08 "Thou has commanded us 20:10 to keep the precepts diligently." 20:12 How do we keep them? Diligently. 20:14 Diligently, not loosely. 20:15 Context, we'll be studying that more as we go on. 20:18 The context here indicates 20:19 that Jesus refers primarily to the moral law, 20:23 but also to the mosaic that we're talking Moses law, 20:27 civil statutes, and so on, contained in the Book of Moses. 20:30 And so that is confirmed by the prophets, 20:32 Desire of Ages say, page 307. 20:36 So we find this, if you're jotting down, say, 20:38 well, where does it say that in Matthew Chapter 5? 20:40 In Matthew Chapter 5, 20:41 we're going to read verses 21 and 27, 20:44 talks about Jesus taking some precepts 20:47 from the moral law. 20:48 And then if you look at verses 33, 38 and 43, 20:52 He's talking about the laws of Moses. 20:56 So God is making a great contrast here 20:59 of what the scribes were saying, 21:01 and Jesus just brought it out, 21:02 should we or should we not sometime... 21:04 We have to confirm sometime, 21:05 but we want to do it in the right way, 21:07 in the loving way. 21:08 Because you... 21:09 because people just make a comment and they go on. 21:11 What if we let them go on 21:12 believing what they just said to you, 21:14 there'll be a way by the grace of God again, 21:16 when a brother and sister not to drive them away. 21:18 Jesus makes it very clear, 21:20 He said, notice this right here, there... 21:23 "You are the ones that's making void the law of God." 21:25 He said, "I didn't come, right, to do away with it. 21:27 You are the one." 21:29 So He pointed a finger, did He not? 21:30 By destroying the law 21:32 by your traditions in Matthew 15:6 says this, 21:36 but He answered and said to them, 21:37 "Why do you transgress the commandment of God 21:41 by your tradition?" 21:42 Way too much tradition out there, the world has a, 21:45 you know, we thought about almost like the backbone, 21:47 if I might say that sometime. 21:49 They simply say, "Our church, we go by tradition." 21:52 You know, by tradition, 21:54 and we should be saying we go by the Word of God, 21:56 the unadulterated, right? 21:57 The Word of God. 21:58 This is what we set up there. 22:00 This is what we by the grace of God want to approach 22:02 but today's tradition. 22:03 Now again you may be you've done that, 22:05 you didn't know any better but today you're learning 22:06 aren't you from the Word of God here? 22:08 Jesus, He spake of His coming to fulfill, 22:11 I want to get this in the law and the prophets. 22:13 A part of that fulfillment would be what? 22:16 Would be in the types and the ritual law 22:19 that pointed to His coming. 22:21 And certainly through the fulfillment 22:23 of the Messianic predictions throughout the whole Bible. 22:27 Praise God for that. Luke 24:44 says this. 22:30 "And He said unto them, 22:32 'These are the words that I spake unto you, 22:34 while I was yet with you. 22:36 That all things must be what?' 22:38 He said, 'Fulfilled which were written 22:41 in the law of Moses, 22:42 in the prophets, and in the Psalms, what? 22:44 Concerning Me. 22:46 Jesus said, He came to what? 22:48 To fulfill here, to make full, to feel up. 22:51 Jesus was the great lawgiver. 22:53 He wrote it on stone, right? 22:55 In stone, on stone, inside and outside. 22:58 Now on the Sermon of the Mount, notice this, 23:00 we've been talking about Matthew Chapter 5, 23:02 He makes it clear that His law is binding, 23:05 notice, on those who would be His disciples. 23:08 This is a good argument, 23:10 we say within the right way with this passage 23:12 and that He says here, that He... 23:14 This would be binding on those who calls Him, if you could, 23:17 you say I'm a disciple of Christ, 23:18 then the law of God is binding here, notice. 23:21 Then He goes on to say, "Anyone..." 23:22 make it clear, 23:24 "Anyone who tries to do away with it, 23:25 tries to annul it by precept or example, 23:28 Jesus said here would not what in, 23:31 notice this, in no case. 23:33 He said, "In no case 23:34 will they enter in the kingdom of heaven." 23:36 Matthew 5:20. 23:38 So when using this, you know, passage of scripture, 23:40 God has certainly tell us the position of Christ, 23:43 He wouldn't do away with the law. 23:44 He came to fulfill it out, 23:46 and live it out in His life to fill it 23:47 full of meaning and power for us today. 23:50 You know, what is Jesus' attitude toward the law? 23:52 You know, He said, He came to live it out for us. 23:55 He said, "Kenny, I come to set an example for you 23:57 because you need an example." 23:59 Not only in reading it and being reminded by others 24:01 but you need to be by the power of the Holy Spirit 24:04 needs to remind us day by days 24:05 of the soon coming of Jesus Christ. 24:08 And what Jesus says this truth in His Word. 24:11 I want that in my life. 24:13 I want to know what truth is, even if it demands a change. 24:16 How about you? Do you love Jesus? 24:18 If you do, you want to know truth, 24:19 you want to put it in your heart and your life, 24:20 it will change you and transform you. 24:22 Oh, wow. Praise the Lord. 24:23 Thank you, Brother Kenny, for that powerful study 24:25 on the law of God. 24:27 We're gonna take a short break and we'll be right back. 24:33 Ever wish you could watch 24:35 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:37 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 24:40 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 24:45 A clean design makes it easy 24:47 to find the program you're looking for. 24:49 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:53 so you can follow along. 24:55 Sharing is easy. 24:56 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 24:59 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:04 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 25:07 We're gonna pass it on to Miss Jill Morikone 25:09 for Tuesday's lesson. 25:10 Thank you so much, Pastor Ryan and Pastor Kenny, 25:12 what an incredible study so far. 25:15 I love looking at the Word of God. 25:17 Tuesday's lesson, we have Jesus and all Scripture. 25:22 Really it's how Jesus taught from the Scripture 25:24 and how He encouraged His disciples 25:26 to do the same thing. 25:28 Jesus validated the authority of Scripture 25:31 throughout His entire life on earth. 25:33 He used the authority to overcome temptation 25:36 as, Pastor Ryan, you did such a beautiful job with that. 25:38 He used the authority of Scripture 25:40 to teach the gospel and the plan of salvation. 25:44 We see that with a rich young ruler, 25:46 He's imparting that, the gospel to him. 25:49 He used the authority of Scripture 25:50 to instruct in righteousness 25:52 as, Pastor Kenny talked about. 25:54 Matthew 5:6, 7, the Sermon on the Mount. 25:58 He used the authority of Scripture 25:59 to prove His divinity 26:01 and teach the prophecies even concerning Himself. 26:05 We see that in the walk to Emmaus 26:07 and that's what Tuesday's lesson is about. 26:09 So turn with me to Luke Chapter 24. 26:12 Luke Chapter 24. 26:15 We're going to divide this section into six parts. 26:18 So the six parts, I'll tell you what they are ahead of time, 26:21 and then we'll jump into it. 26:23 Part one is disappointment. 26:25 Part two is disguise. 26:28 Part three, recitation. 26:31 Part four, rationale. 26:33 Part five, discernment. 26:36 And part six, delight. 26:38 So let's go to part one. 26:40 This is disappointment. 26:42 Now the story is told of a little boy 26:44 who was from Texas, 26:45 and he was going with his family 26:46 to visit the Grand Canyon. 26:49 And his parents told him, "Now be prepared. 26:52 This is huge. 26:53 It's even bigger than the city of Dallas." 26:56 And he got there and he saw the Grand Canyon 26:58 and then his mom and dad said, 26:59 "Hey, what do you think about it." 27:01 And he had all frown on his face. 27:03 And he said, "I thought you said it was a big cannon." 27:07 He thought he's looking for a cannon 27:09 that's even bigger than the city of Dallas. 27:12 You see, if your expectations are wrong, 27:15 you could become disappointed. 27:19 If your expectations are wrong, 27:20 you could even be disappointed by God Himself. 27:24 And this is what we see with the disciples here 27:28 on the way to Emmaus. 27:30 Their expectations were such 27:32 that they thought the Messiah was coming 27:34 as a conquering King. 27:36 They didn't understand 27:37 He was coming as the suffering servant, 27:39 the lamb who would die for their sins. 27:42 Their expectations were wrong 27:43 and they were disappointed even by Jesus. 27:47 Let's look at verses 13 and 14. 27:48 We are in Luke 24:13, 14. 27:51 This is part one, the disappointment. 27:53 "Now behold, two of them were travelling 27:54 that same day to a village called Emmaus, 27:57 which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 28:00 And they talk together of all these things 28:03 that had happened." 28:04 Now as we go into the story 28:05 we discover the things they talked about. 28:07 Were the fact that Jesus was crucified 28:10 and they thought He was going to be their King 28:12 and their Conqueror, and yet He was dead. 28:16 They were walking to Emmaus, 28:17 which means, Pastor John, hot water. 28:20 It's about seven miles from Jerusalem. 28:23 Let's go to part two. This is the disguise. 28:26 Verse 15, 16. 28:28 "So it was while they conversed and reasoned 28:30 that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them, 28:34 but their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him." 28:40 They failed to recognize Jesus. 28:43 Had they known Jesus before? 28:44 Absolutely. 28:46 And yet here He is walking with them, 28:48 and they did not even recognize Him. 28:51 Why didn't they know Him? 28:52 I think there's two reasons. 28:54 There might be more, 28:55 but we'll just talk about two reasons today. 28:56 First reason could be that they were so hurt, 28:59 so disappointed, so clouded with grief 29:04 that they failed to recognize Him. 29:06 You know, this tells on myself, 29:08 part of my job is to sign off on like purchases. 29:12 Someone came in my office and handed me something, 29:14 and this particular day I was going through stuff 29:17 and I was not even paying attention. 29:19 I was just praying and thinking and so the person walked in 29:22 and I put my initials and handed it back. 29:25 Well, the next day I saw the same person and I said, 29:28 "Did you ever get your tickets for such and such?" 29:31 And they said, "That's what you signed off on yesterday. 29:33 I brought it to you and you signed off." 29:35 You see, you can be so absorbed in things in your own mind 29:39 that you fail to recognize. 29:41 They were so absorbed, 29:42 they failed to recognize their savior. 29:44 The second reason could be 29:45 that the Holy Spirit veiled Jesus, 29:49 so that they would base their knowledge 29:51 on the Word of God, not on experience. 29:56 We see this in 2 Peter 1. 29:58 2 Peter 1:16. 30:00 Peter tells us, 30:01 "We did not follow cunningly devised fables. 30:04 When we made known to you the power 30:06 and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 30:08 But were eye witnesses of His majesty." 30:12 So what does he say here? 30:13 He says, we were eyewitnesses. 30:15 We walked and talked with Jesus, we observed Him. 30:18 But then you jump to verse 19. 30:21 And it says, "We have the prophetic word confirmed, 30:24 which you do well to heed as a light 30:26 that shines in a dark place." 30:27 Now King James says, 30:29 we have the more sure word of prophecy. 30:34 Translation if you take it straight from Greek, 30:35 it can almost say that we have the prophetic word 30:38 more fully confirmed. 30:40 So what is Peter saying here? 30:42 He's saying experience is wonderful. 30:45 But you don't trust experience above the Word of God. 30:48 The Word of God always comes above experience. 30:52 And Jesus might have veiled Himself 30:55 so that the disciples had to understand 30:59 what He was going to teach them from the Word of God. 31:02 And then that goes even above our experience 31:06 and what our senses tell us. 31:08 God's Word is even more infallible, 31:10 because experience is subject to human emotions, 31:13 to outside influences, 31:14 or even the deception of the enemy. 31:17 Let's look at part three. 31:18 This is recitation. 31:20 This is their recitation of their troubles. 31:23 Verses 17- 24, "And Jesus said to them, 31:26 'What kind of conversation is this 31:27 that you have with one another as you walk and are sad.' 31:31 Then the one whose name was Cleopas 31:33 answered and said to Him, 31:34 'Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem? 31:36 And have you not known the things 31:37 which happened there in these days?' 31:40 And He said to them, 'What things?' 31:42 So they said to Him 31:43 'The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 31:45 who was a prophet mighty in deed 31:46 and word before God and all the people, 31:49 and how the chief priests and rulers delivered Him 31:52 to be condemned to death and crucified Him, 31:54 but we were hoping 31:56 that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. 31:58 Indeed, besides all this, 32:00 today's the third day since these things happened.'" 32:03 How many times have you recalled your trials? 32:05 How many times have you sat back 32:07 and recited the troubles that you have encountered? 32:11 But they did it in front of Jesus. 32:13 They recited their troubles in front of Jesus. 32:15 Part four is the rationale. 32:18 This is Jesus giving the more sure word of prophecy. 32:21 Jesus giving the biblical reason and proof 32:24 that Jesus is the suffering Messiah. 32:28 Verses 25-27, "He said to them, 'Oh, foolish ones, 32:32 and slow of heart 32:34 to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. 32:36 Ought not the Christ who have suffered these things 32:39 and to enter into His glory. 32:41 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, 32:43 He expounded to them in all the scriptures, 32:45 the things concerning Himself.'" 32:47 They got a Bible study 32:49 from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. 32:51 You think about there's at least 32:53 300 Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. 32:56 We don't know which ones Jesus referred to, 32:58 but I'm sure there were many that He referred to. 33:01 I think of Isaiah 53, 33:02 clearly that passage talks about the coming Messiah, 33:05 the suffering servant. 33:07 Part five is discernment. 33:09 This is when the disciples recognized who Jesus was. 33:13 And we see that when Jesus sat at the table with them, 33:17 He broke the bread and blessed it. 33:19 And their eyes were open and they recognized Him, 33:21 and part six is delight. 33:24 They rose that very hour. 33:26 They're not tired after their seven mile journey. 33:28 They're eager to get back to Jerusalem. 33:32 So what is our call as Christians today, 33:35 as Danny always says, "It's to go ye." 33:38 Matthew 28, we're going to end there. 33:40 Matthew 28:18-20. 33:43 In our call I see three things, power is given, 33:47 the commission is given, and then the promise is given. 33:52 Let's look at the power. 33:53 Verse 18, "Jesus came and said to them, 33:55 'All authority...'" 33:57 In Greek, exousia. 33:59 "All authority has been given to Me in heaven 34:01 and on earth.'" 34:02 You can have responsibility and that might mean something. 34:05 You can have authority, 34:07 that definitely means something. 34:09 But when you have authority and responsibilities, 34:12 that means everything. 34:14 The great commission is authority coming from God, 34:17 from Jesus Himself to us as the disciples, 34:20 combined with a responsibility to share this message 34:23 with a lost and dying world. 34:25 The commission given is fourfold "Go." 34:29 That's the first step. 34:30 "Go, get out of yourself and go." 34:33 What do we do? Make disciples. 34:36 Go and disciple, then baptize, 34:40 that shows there's some instruction 34:42 to take place before the baptism 34:44 and finally, teaching them to observe all things. 34:48 So there is nurturing 34:49 that takes place even after the baptism, 34:52 and then we have the promise, 34:53 "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." 34:59 The presence of Jesus is promised to the believers, 35:01 to be with us at all times, in all places and everywhere. 35:05 So that commission, the power's given, 35:07 the commission's given, 35:09 and then the promise is given that He's with us always. 35:12 Wow. I'll thank you, Jill. 35:14 Thank you so much for that. 35:17 Pastor Kenny, Pastor Ryan, and Jill laid some foundation 35:20 and we're asking the question Jesus and the Origin 35:23 and History of the Bible. 35:25 You know, one of the questions that was asked, what is... 35:27 What did Jesus and the apostles think about history? 35:31 Well, you know, 35:32 let's see what we can confirm from reading the scriptures. 35:36 When we think about history, and we think about Jesus, 35:38 a couple of points I want to bring out 35:40 in the very beginning, history... 35:43 History did not precede Jesus. 35:47 Jesus preceded history. 35:50 You know, a lot of think that His story, 35:53 Jesus, it's His story. 35:55 That's what history is all about. 35:57 And Jesus didn't come forth from history. 36:00 History came forth from Jesus. 36:03 And so when you think 36:05 about that we look back in human history. 36:06 Now, one of the things that really shows the validity, 36:09 Danny, of Jesus, and the fact that He is in fact the Christ 36:13 is you can be atheist, agnostic, 36:15 you don't even have to be a believer. 36:17 But each one of us lives by the same calendar, 36:21 anna Domina, in the year of our Lord. 36:24 So let's begin by saying it is a fact 36:27 whether you think He is a good man or a prophet, 36:29 or just a teacher, or rabbi, 36:32 whatever the category you may put Him in. 36:34 Jesus is in fact, a figure of human history. 36:38 And the big question is, where is He? 36:40 That's why we as Christians believe we know where He is, 36:44 based on His Word confirmed to made more sure. 36:47 But there are a few things 36:48 that were brought out in the lesson. 36:50 And I want to just kind of lead into that question, 36:52 because the writers of this lesson 36:55 asked the question, 36:57 how did Jesus understand the historical persons 36:59 and events of the Bible? 37:01 We smiled about that 37:03 and I think I get to answer that very quickly, clearly. 37:06 Clearly. 37:08 Now I can't say that about the apostles necessarily, 37:12 but Jesus understood it clearly. 37:14 It's up to us to understand it as clearly as He did. 37:18 That's why He communicates this to us. 37:19 But there are a couple of examples 37:21 that are brought out, 37:22 which shows that Jesus acknowledges. 37:25 This is really an amazing thing. 37:27 Jesus acknowledges history, 37:30 as it unfolded on the heels of His own prognostication. 37:33 He said, this is what's going to happen. 37:36 And He set the world in motion, 37:38 but He did not leave it as some automaton 37:40 to just spin out things that He put there. 37:43 He left us with freewill. 37:45 And it's amazing to me 37:46 that all the things happen as they did, 37:48 through individuals of freewill. 37:51 A couple of examples brought out, 37:52 let's look at Matthew 12:3, 4. 37:55 Matthew 12:3, 4. 37:57 Examples of how Jesus looks at history 38:00 and stands behind it. 38:01 The Bible says, "But He said to them, 38:05 'Have you not read what David did when he was hungry? 38:08 He and those who were with him. 38:10 How he entered the house of God and ate the showbread, 38:13 which was not lawful for him to eat, 38:16 nor for those who were with him, 38:18 but only for the priests?'" 38:19 Well, first of all, 38:21 we are going to bring out a point 38:22 after reading a couple of these verses 38:23 about three more. 38:25 But right away Jesus confirms the existence of David 38:27 and the showbread and why not? 38:30 Because Jesus is of the lineage of David, 38:34 to deny him is to deny His own lineage. 38:38 Jesus has an amazing lineage 38:40 and Rahab the harlot is in His lineage. 38:43 So what that says to me is, people can ask... 38:47 People have asked the question, can a bad... 38:49 Can a good thing come out of a bad thing? 38:52 When divinity is involved, He makes all things good. 38:56 Not only that, Matthew 10:6-8, 38:58 another reference of Jesus to history. 39:01 Matthew 10:6-8, "Jesus says, 39:03 'But go rather to the lost sheep 39:05 of the house of Israel. 39:07 And as you go, preach, saying, 39:10 the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 39:12 Heal the sick, cleanse the leper, 39:15 raise the dead, cast out demons. 39:18 Freely you have received and freely give.'" 39:22 Right here, Jesus refers to Israel. 39:25 Well, who is He? The King of Israel. 39:27 Israel, meaning overcomers. 39:30 We cannot overcome except through Christ, 39:33 changing the name from Jacob an individual to Israel, 39:37 an entire nation. 39:38 And he intended for Israel 39:40 not to be just a nation of people, 39:42 but a nation that displays how through Christ, 39:46 each one of us can overcome, but He acknowledged Israel. 39:49 Israel is an Old Testament reference. 39:51 And by the way, when Jesus walked the earth, 39:54 there was no New Testament. 39:56 That's right. That's right. 39:57 Thank you. Third point, Luke 4:25-27. 40:02 Look at one another, another acknowledgement, 40:05 another acknowledgement. 40:07 All right, it says, 40:08 "But I tell you truly many widows were in Israel 40:11 in the days of Elijah, 40:12 when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, 40:15 and there was a great famine throughout all the land, 40:17 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, 40:22 in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 40:25 And many lepers were in Israel 40:27 in the time of Elisha the prophet, 40:29 and none of them were cleansed except Naaman the Syrian." 40:32 Two lepers of the Bible, Naaman was a leper, 40:35 Uzzaiah became a leper. 40:36 But once again, 40:37 Jesus looks back into the pages of history. 40:39 And I like the fact that when Jesus is standing 40:41 in the presence of the wise men, 40:43 the Pharisees, not so wise, 40:44 let me take that statement back. 40:46 He talked about Abraham, and he... 40:49 They said, "You're barely 50. 40:51 Are you 50... Are you even 50 years old?" 40:54 He said, he said, 40:56 'How can you be greater than our Father Abraham? 40:58 And He said, blew me away. 41:00 "Before Abraham was, I am." 41:03 And they took pride in searching the Bible. 41:06 And He's standing right next to them. 41:09 And they're searching the scriptures 41:11 and John 5:39 was a passage that we often quote, 41:14 to encourage people to read the Bible, 41:16 which we could use that but I want to give the caution 41:18 that Jesus gave in that very passage. 41:21 He said, "You search the scriptures for in them 41:23 you think you find eternal life." 41:26 But these are they that testify of Me. 41:28 In other words, I'm right here. 41:31 So many of us could read the Bible 41:33 and so when you study the Bible, 41:34 don't read the Bible just for information, 41:36 read the Bible looking for Christ 41:38 because the Pharisees and the religious leaders 41:40 read the Bible to great knowledge 41:42 and all that they had accrued 41:44 based on what they read in the Bible, 41:45 but they missed Christ. 41:47 So Bible knowledge is not enough. 41:48 And, Jill, that, you know, that, 41:50 that's my story right there. 41:51 Not that I wrote it, 41:53 but the road to Emmaus meaning is possible 41:55 to have all the facts about Jesus 41:58 and not even know Him. 42:00 Because Jesus, when He spoke to them, 42:02 He began with Moses and the prophets 42:04 and expounded to them all the things 42:07 in the scriptures concerning Himself. 42:08 So Bible knowledge is not enough. 42:11 If we can communicate anything, 42:13 it's important to study your Bible. 42:14 But it's important more than that, to study your Bible, 42:18 asking, show me the Christ, and you'll see Him. 42:21 Now when you study all these references, 42:22 I want to bring out a few more. 42:24 In Luke 11:51, is another one brought up by the writers. 42:29 He refers to, He says, 42:31 "From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, 42:34 who perished between the altar and the temple, 42:36 yes, I say to you, 42:38 it shall be required of this generation." 42:40 Now once again, He goes back 42:42 and what's being brought up by the Bible writers here 42:45 is instead of Jesus just making reference 42:47 to the generation of His time, 42:49 He's continually going back into the past 42:52 and recounting and what amazes me 42:55 is He's doing this 42:56 in the presence of religious men 42:59 that are probably saying "He's not a rabbi. 43:02 He's not from our school. 43:04 How does He know this?" 43:06 It doesn't dawn on them that He knows this 43:08 because He's the Christ. 43:09 That's why He's doing this. 43:10 And if you look at what the Bible writers 43:12 are bringing out, 43:13 over and over here they're bringing 43:14 that particular point out. 43:16 And lastly, He brings out an event 43:17 that's farther back then even the rabbi's, 43:19 the days of Noah, Matthew 24:38, 43:22 "For as in the days before the flood, 43:23 they were eating and drinking 43:24 and marrying and giving in marriage 43:26 until the day that Noah entered the ark." 43:28 And the flood came and took them all away. 43:30 And then he says, "So also will it be in the days 43:32 when the son of Man is revealed." 43:33 Said, Son of man, 43:35 who are you to speak on that authority? 43:36 Once again, "I was there, I gave no other message." 43:40 So He makes it clear, 43:41 but one of the points that are brought out 43:42 and the writer is the question how? 43:46 How? 43:47 How could this continue to be a point 43:49 that's brought up by Christ? 43:51 How could this continue to be a point 43:52 that is being made? 43:54 Well, the point that is being made clearly, 43:56 how is Jesus is in fact the beginning and the end. 44:01 And I want to bring out something 44:02 that's pointed out to the Bible writers, 44:04 they said, "How is it possible 44:06 that these could continue to come forth from Jesus?" 44:08 Well, here is the answer. 44:11 In the beginning was the Word... 44:13 Okay. Amen. 44:14 That's right. 44:16 In the beginning was the Word and, you know, the rest. 44:18 The Word was with God and the Word was God. 44:20 The same was in the beginning with God. 44:23 When you walk in the Word, you walk with the Word. 44:28 When you begin studying the Bible, 44:30 you begin in the beginning with the one 44:32 who wrote the Bible. 44:34 So let me encourage you, in the beginning was the Word. 44:36 And so as one caution I want to give you 44:39 and this is in Ephesians 4:14. 44:43 One of the challenges 44:45 that we are brought in by the Apostle Paul is do that, 44:50 "That we should no longer be children tossed to and fro, 44:54 and carried about with every wind of doctrine 44:56 by the trickery of men 44:58 and the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting." 45:01 You'll never be a victim of those who plot deceitfully 45:05 when you study the Bible 45:06 with a desire to walk with the author of the Word. 45:09 Don't be surprised by what you learn 45:11 because Jesus is in fact, the living word. 45:14 Amen. Amen. 45:16 Thank you. 45:17 I'm so thankful for the Sabbath School lesson for each person 45:21 what you bring out. 45:22 When I first looked at it, 45:25 Jesus and the Apostles' View of the Bible, 45:27 it's like, is this something we really need to talk about? 45:30 I mean, we know what it is. 45:32 But then I began to look at it. 45:34 I said, this sounds a little elementary, 45:36 let me get into this. 45:37 And probably I won't ask if you all thought that. 45:39 But when you get into it, of course, 45:41 we find out you go a little deeper. 45:43 There's some great stuff in here. 45:45 But the one thing is, that's interesting to me, 45:47 the reason we're even having to deal with this 45:49 is because of the attitude of Christians today. 45:53 And we... 45:54 If you just read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, 45:59 there's going to be no question at all 46:02 "Is all of the Bible valid? 46:04 Is the Old Testament done away with? 46:05 Were the Ten Commandments nailed to the cross? 46:07 You'll never come up with that on your own really. 46:10 And I remember Richard Bland told me, he said, 46:12 "When I go into prisons, 46:14 and I talk to the people in the prisons, 46:16 they've never heard the name of God outside, 46:19 many of those, outside of a curse word. 46:22 We give them a Bible. 46:24 And I come back a few months later, 46:26 and when we begin to talk, they don't say, 46:29 "Oh, I wonder what day we go to church? 46:32 Where's the Ten Commandments nailed to the cross? 46:35 Wonder what happens to you when you die?' 46:36 He said 'They know all the answers.'" 46:38 You know why? 46:39 'Cause it's right there in scripture. 46:40 So because of that, 46:42 I think we do need to look at and confirm that Jesus, 46:46 and of course the apostles, I mean, 46:48 how could Jesus not affirm the Old Testament 46:50 when He's the God of the Old Testament, right? 46:52 So when we look at this... 46:54 So I said, "Okay, let's go through some of it." 46:56 Says... 46:58 The lesson says, 46:59 "We find that the New Testament writers approached the Bible 47:01 in the same way that Jesus does. 47:03 In matters of doctrine, ethics and prophetic fulfillment, 47:06 the Old Testament for them 47:08 was the authoritative Word of God. 47:10 We find nothing anywhere 47:11 and what these men say or do that challenges 47:15 either the authority 47:16 or the authenticity of any part of the Bible." 47:20 So I just put here there's too far too many Christians 47:23 who are too quick to explain away. 47:25 Why the Old Testaments no longer valid 47:27 in today's society. 47:29 They say, "How about this? 47:30 If any of you heard that? 47:32 Well, I believe the Bible, 47:33 I just don't believe in the Old Testament." 47:35 That's impossible. 47:36 You can't believe the Bible 47:37 if you don't believe in the old, 47:39 Old Testament, right? 47:40 So you have to believe one or believe all. 47:43 Now were there things that were done away with? 47:45 The law of Moses nailed to the cross. 47:46 Of course things like that, but again, 47:49 you have to study and to find 47:51 we're gonna read here a little bit. 47:53 Somebody's already did I think, 2 Timothy 3 in a little bit. 47:56 All scripture is given. 47:58 But I want to say, 47:59 let's see how the apostles viewed the Scripture, 48:01 so we're going to be looking at Acts 4:24-26. 48:05 Acts 13:32-36. 48:08 Romans 9:17, and Galatians 3:8. 48:11 We will see in these passages, 48:14 how closely related these scriptures 48:16 are to the voice of God Himself. 48:18 Okay, in Acts 4, 48:20 just before being filled with the Holy Spirit, 48:23 the disciples praise God 48:24 for the deliverance of Peter and John. 48:27 In their praise, they raise their voices, 48:29 acknowledging God as the creator, 48:31 and for speaking through David, His servant. 48:34 That is, David's words are God's words. 48:37 Now we're looking at how the apostles 48:40 look to the Word of God. 48:41 In Acts 13:32-36, David is quoted again by Paul, 48:46 but his words are attributed to God, for verse 32 says, 48:50 "What God promised, so the Father's." 48:53 That shows you no doubt in Romans 9:17, 48:57 "Where one would expect God as the subject, 49:00 Paul uses the term scripture 49:03 saying for this scripture says to Pharaoh..." 49:06 which could actually be stated, for God says to Pharaoh, 49:09 see how interchangeable. 49:11 That's right. It's all one. 49:12 And Galatians 3:8, the subject, 49:14 "Scripture is used in place of God 49:16 showing just how closely tied to the Word of God, 49:20 it is to God Himself." 49:22 In fact, there are hundreds of quotes 49:24 from the New Testament, quoting the Old Testament. 49:26 I didn't know this one. 49:28 It says one scholar 49:29 compiled a list 49:31 of 2,688 specific references. 49:35 This is amazing to me, 400 from Isaiah, 370 from Psalms, 49:40 and 220 from Exodus and so on. 49:43 So how can you think the Old Testament 49:47 has done away with, the commandments... 49:49 Being quoted 2,688 times in the New Testament 49:54 referring back to the Old Testament 49:56 is already mentioned here that when Jesus was on earth 50:00 and the disciples, the apostles, 50:02 anybody referring back, they were, 50:05 they only had the Old Testament to go by, 50:07 of course, right? 50:09 So these scriptures and many, many more, 50:11 do not support the modern day Christian 50:13 to try to explain away the Old Testament. 50:16 They said yes, when Jesus quoted scripture, 50:19 it was from the Old Testament. 50:21 When the apostles quoted scripture, 50:23 it was from the Old Testament. 50:26 It should be noted that... 50:27 I wrote down, it should be noted 50:28 that the apostles did not try to do away 50:31 with the Old Testament 50:33 even after Jesus was crucified on the cross. 50:35 They still believed and quoted from the Old Testament 50:38 as the Word of God, think about it. 50:39 Jesus or any of the apostles or disciples 50:43 could have openly questioned 50:44 the authority of the Old Testament 50:45 just based on the flawed people 50:47 who wrote them. 50:49 Like David and... 50:50 Oh, wow. And Moses. 50:52 They could have said, "Wait a minute, 50:54 how can that be total authority?" 50:56 I mean, David, look what he did. 50:58 I mean, Moses look killed... 50:59 I mean, look at all of these things, 51:01 but they didn't. 51:03 They knew, they interchanged it, 51:04 this was God speaking through human flesh. 51:07 The beauty of that is today, in our flawed state of mind, 51:10 John, God is willing to use us. 51:13 He's willing to use you, 51:14 each and every one of you to do something great 51:16 and mighty and marvelous, 51:18 when you come in the name of the Lord. 51:20 So the devil would have you say, 51:22 "Oh, well I'm this human being. 51:24 I'm so many mistakes. I can't..." 51:26 Now just read through history as John mentioned. 51:28 Read through the Bible, 51:30 look at some of the characters that God used. 51:32 Hey, they might be as bad as me and you, 51:34 some of these folk. 51:35 But today, don't let the devil deceive you. 51:38 God has something special for you in your life. 51:42 Once again, Jesus, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 51:44 any of the Bible writers after Jesus' death 51:47 could have criticize, could have condemned, 51:49 they could have tried to do away 51:51 with the authenticity of the Old Testament. 51:53 But here's the good news, they did not. 51:56 The Old Testament scriptures are the foundational... 52:00 are the doctrinal foundation 52:02 upon which the teachings of Jesus and the apostles rest. 52:06 So the books of the New Testament 52:08 are replete with references to the Old Testament prophecies 52:11 that are often introduced with the phrase it is written 52:15 that you already mentioned. 52:17 I won't go through them all but Matthew, Mark, Luke, 52:20 Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Peter, 52:24 you can go on and on. 52:25 All of these are replete, 52:27 they're going back saying it was... 52:28 it is written and going back to where 52:31 and when they say it is written, 52:32 back to the Old Testament. 52:34 How did the apostles and Jesus... 52:37 John said, "Clearly, 52:38 they saw clearly about the Word of God." 52:41 Now 2 Timothy 3:16, 17 was already been quoted 52:45 I think, "All scripture..." how much? 52:47 All. 52:49 "All scripture is been given by..." 52:51 Inspiration. "Inspiration," wow. 52:54 "All scripture is given..." 52:55 So that means it's well thought out. 52:57 When God gave it, He thought about it in advance. 53:00 So we read some of that and say "That just doesn't make sense. 53:03 No, it doesn't make sense to you and me." 53:05 It makes sense to God. 53:06 So whatever is in there, all scripture, 53:08 so we don't take parts of the Bible 53:11 and throw them out because well, 53:13 hey, it's not very clear. 53:15 That doesn't make sense. 53:16 No, God says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 53:21 and is," what? 53:22 Profitable. 53:23 "Profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 53:26 for construction, for instruction, 53:28 for righteousness, 53:29 that the man of God may become perfect, 53:31 thoroughly says, furnished unto all good works." 53:36 And I have some friends 53:37 who were raised in another church, 53:40 and you know who they are. 53:42 And Ryan knows some background, but the guy said to me, 53:44 "All we ever did was come to Acts 53:47 and every week we danced on Acts." 53:49 And so the rest of the Bible didn't really mean much to us. 53:52 He says, "It doesn't mean much 53:53 'cause we just want to be happy in the Lord." 53:56 But I want to tell you, that's great to be happy, 53:58 but we have to know and understand the foundation 54:01 because when you don't, there's a reason, 54:03 there's an attack on the Old Testament, 54:06 because in the Old Testament, 54:07 the Ten Commandments were given. 54:10 Now if you can look at them throughout all the Bible, 54:13 and you can go back and see 54:14 that they've been there from the beginning, 54:15 but was given to Moses 54:17 and people hate the Ten Commandments. 54:19 Why? Because they're not keeping them. 54:21 And churches today don't have an answer. 54:23 So they say, "Oh, well, that Old Testament, 54:25 we don't go by that." 54:27 One guy said, 54:28 "I just rip off half of my Bible 54:29 and throw it away 54:31 because I live by the New Testament." 54:32 But I want to tell you something, 54:34 if you live by the New Testament, 54:36 Jesus is the God of the New Testament. 54:39 All of the apostles, 54:40 the disciples that lived in the New Testament, 54:42 they all kept the commandments of God. 54:44 They all believed that all scripture 54:47 and the only scripture they were referring to back 54:49 then they had written them yet was the Old Testament. 54:53 So how did Jesus and again, it's hard to figure Jesus, 54:57 you know, for us to question Jesus 54:59 but of course, the apostles, 55:01 they studied and viewed the Old Testament 55:05 with I'm going to say great confidence, 55:08 great assurance that the God of heaven 55:10 who is serving today and is instructing us today 55:13 has been there from the foundation 55:15 of the earth. 55:16 Wow. Amen. 55:18 Praise the Lord. 55:19 This whole study is just so powerful. 55:21 You know, how to interpret scripture, 55:23 this study was much needed. 55:26 And, you know, I think just of the importance 55:29 of interpreting scripture correctly 55:30 that could determine 55:32 whether or not you know God, it can determine 55:33 whether or not you make it into the kingdom of God. 55:36 That's how important this really is. 55:38 I'm going to go back through the panel 55:39 and let you guys give some final thoughts 55:40 on today's lesson. 55:42 My mind just goes back to Matthew 5, 55:43 where we were talking about here 55:45 Christ addressing the 12 disciples, 55:46 plus those other perspective, 55:49 you know, of entering the kingdom of heaven. 55:51 And He says forth in clear language, 55:53 the high standard of citizenship 55:56 is the law of God. 55:58 That's right. Amen. 56:00 Thank you, Pastor Kenny. 56:01 On Tuesday we talked about Jesus and all scripture. 56:05 Jesus loved the Word of God. 56:08 In Psalm 119, that Psalm on the Word of God, verse 47, 56:14 "I will delight myself in your commandments, 56:17 which I love." 56:18 So God calls us to immerse ourselves in His Word, 56:21 and to love it. 56:23 Amen. That's right. 56:24 And the Apostle Paul in Romans 1:20, 56:25 speaking about the Word of God, it says, 56:27 "For since the creation of the world, 56:30 His invisible attributes are clearly seen, 56:33 being understood by the things that are made, 56:35 even His eternal power and Godhead, 56:38 so that they are without excuse." 56:40 If you study God's Word, 56:42 there'll be no need for an excuse. 56:44 It's clear. Amen. 56:45 Absolutely. 56:46 And my encouragement would be why not take advantage 56:49 of all the blessings of all the Bible? 56:50 Yeah. Right? 56:52 That's right. 56:53 Not just the New Testament, 56:54 let's enjoy all of the Bible again, 56:56 2 Timothy 3:16-17. 57:00 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 57:02 That's right. Amen. 57:04 Praise the Lord. 57:05 Pastor, you said something early on in this lesson 57:07 so great. 57:08 Speaking of Jesus and the apostles' view, 57:09 He said, what was Jesus' view? 57:11 He was very clear. 57:13 And, you know, maybe not so much 57:15 for the apostles at one time. 57:16 But, you know, it's so powerful to think, 57:18 as the apostles had a daily encounter with Jesus, 57:22 their spiritual vision got clearer, and clearer, 57:24 and clearer, so that, you know, 57:26 even after Christ was gone, 57:27 they had that daily relationship with Christ. 57:29 They were in the word, their view of the Bible, 57:32 the view of the scripture became clearer, 57:34 and clearer, and clearer. 57:36 And I pray that that's the case for me as well. 57:37 Amen? Amen. 57:38 Praise the Lord. 57:40 Hey, we hope that you join us next week again. 57:41 We've come to the end of this study, 57:42 but we're going to continue on next week for another study, 57:45 lesson four, which is entitled 57:47 "The Bible, the Authoritative source of our Theology." 57:52 We thank you as always for joining us here 57:54 at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel, 57:56 and we hope to see you right here as always, 57:59 next week. 58:00 God bless. Have a good day. 58:02 Amen. |
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