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What an exciting turn out to see
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Saturday morning to learn how to
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Now, here's a conviction behind 
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And I don't want to be too long 
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get straight to the material. 
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church, as a leadership, not 
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provide teachings, but to really
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able to understand that what you
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Sunday afternoon is achievable. 
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everybody may have the gift of 
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insights and the interpretations
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something that you can arrive to
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And that's a joyful thing, 
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Nobody has a monopoly on those 
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It's in fact supposed to be 
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And this is going to bring me to
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the subject of studying God's 
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incentives in Scripture. 
You have many ambitions behind 

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that goal, but for the sake of 
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present one thought and that is 
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Great Commission and let's read 
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We know these words very well. 
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By the way, I don't use slides. 
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I have my reasons why I believe 
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just preaching oratory delivery 
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But this isn't a teaching 
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This is a Bible study 
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So let's look at this. 
Go there for and make disciples 

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of all nations, baptizing them 
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the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 
teaching them to observe all 

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that I have commanded you, and 
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the end of the age. 
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discipleship is. 
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have been written. 
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discipleship, but if we just go 
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know exactly what the primary 
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Besides preaching the gospel, 
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come to faith in Christ, which 
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discipleship looks like, and 
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them to observe all that I have 
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It's not. 
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extra time with somebody to do 
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I heard that when I first came 
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like life on life. 
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It's not necessarily wrong, but 
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life about? 
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Going to hang out, going to the 
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restaurants? 
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somebody on a weekly basis to 
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struggle with sin and your, your
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integrity. 
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accountability. 
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transmission of truth. 
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practically. 
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being discipled by somebody, 
somebody who knows more than you

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is going to be teaching you 
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about Christ, about the gospel. 
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myself under somebody who knows 
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instruction and their guidance 
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and to provide and to share 
truths that I know that somebody

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else may not know. 
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Maranatha Bible Church or 
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you are being discipled if that 
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faithfully expounding the word 
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discipling your children if you 
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expound the word of God to them.
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it? 
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isn't this big, robust, 
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It's not about all these strange
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It's so pure, it's so simple, 
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called to it. 
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that Jesus's instructions are 
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Oh, by the way, this is a 
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So if you want to answer, just 
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because we have to move forward 
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that opportunity to go on 
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something, you know, but we have
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this Scripture, how do we know 
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apostles are not just to the 
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the end of the age implying 
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That this mission outlives the 
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to be continued through the 
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spiritual offspring of these men
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of Jesus Christ. 
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equipped for the Great 
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This is just one way of looking 
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But more than that, I want us to
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learning how to teach, we're 
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So this is not a session about 
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This is not about how to give a 
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study. 
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This is to set the foundation. 
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this verse very well. 
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the word of Christ dwell in you.
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speaks about living and abiding.
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home in your heart. 
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that, though teaching and 
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you richly. 
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How can you admonish anybody 
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have built a storehouse of truth
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The word of Christ's dwelling 
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fruitful teaching. 
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receiving the tools by God's 
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word of God dwelling richly in 
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Originally, if you saw the 
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for deeper study. 
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because of not enough time or 
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I, I condensed some things. 
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can you can expound on each of 
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this a A20 set tool belt, but 
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Here's the format for today. 
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few, the first set in the first 
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before we close. 
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questions, feel free to lift 
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I want to be of service to you 
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you. 
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accomplished today. 
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Lord, we thank you for this 
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Lord, at the end of the gospel, 
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minds of the disciples that they
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Apart from your enabling, we 
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say you. 
We cannot know what you want us 

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to know. 
We cannot know what you want us 

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to to obey. 
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this session, and may we sense 
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Jesus name, Amen. 
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come here to NBC, you probably 
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the pulpit as a side point or as
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There will be new things here, 
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that you've heard before and 
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or it will be able to just 
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it is important before we talk 
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studying or how to pick a part 
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this and preach this and stand 
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You need to read through the 
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You need to read through the 
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One verse that comes to mind is 
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Ephesians, when you read this, 
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the mystery of Christ. 
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context is not something you 
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only a select few Saints 
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is now unveiled. 
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speaks about the inclusion of 
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Commonwealth of Israel. 
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now creates a new man, that this
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through the cross and now there 
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I mean, we can miss this so 
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He says when you read this, you 
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The medium by which we 
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by which we discover mysteries 
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reading. 
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Christ, you couldn't pay me to 
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You couldn't. 
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English class. 
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it was just it took so much for 
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I was more of an athlete, not 
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this one didn't OK. 
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to me. 
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me was I want to know what God 
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You know, when I was working in 
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individual there who was part 
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freelancer, and I began to 
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to the conversation, but he, he 
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himself through a website? 
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Why didn't he provide? 
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cheeky and and sarcastic there 
and I didn't have all the 

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answers at the time and I'm not 
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But one thing I do know, 
according to the Bible, God has 

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always ruled and revealed 
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I mean that that goes back as 
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Deuteronomy. 
When you read this, you will 

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perceive my insight. 
Here's Jesus's own words in Mark

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1314 and speaking about the last
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But when you see the abomination
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ought not to be, and in 
parentheses it says, let the 

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reader understand, then let 
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the mountains. 
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to read, this is Jesus, the Lord
Jesus, He expects us to 

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understand what we're reading. 
You know, I did a little bit of 

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research into Islam a few years 
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I had some basic understanding, 
but I really want to delve 

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And one thing I discovered about
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no emphasis about understanding 
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The emphasis is on memorizing 
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And there's actually reward for 
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If you memorize the 99 names of 
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to heaven, all these different 
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And that's fascinating because 
I've met many Muslims when I 

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asked them about their book, 
many of them even know how to 

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recite it in Arabic. 
They don't know Arabic and they 

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don't even understand what the 
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some of the hadiths and some of 
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they accuse you of lying because
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there there isn't much value in 
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Just memorize it. 
Just have a surface level 

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understanding of it. 
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We're not like that as 
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He expects us to understand what
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Now I want to tell you that 
there are three ways that we can

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systematically. 
And what that means is read from

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the start to the finish of any 
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The Bible is indeed one book. 
It's a miraculous book, but it's

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a library. 
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And you and I are charged to 
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possible, at least to become 
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storylines, the characters, the 
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One example that came to mind 
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what Jude put together for the 
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And look at this. 
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chapters in this one verse. 
Consider something woe to them. 

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He's speaking about the false 
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way of Cain and abandoned 
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to Balaam's error and perished 
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In one verse you have 3 
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Testament characters. 
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and me? 
To know exactly what he's 

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talking about? 
To have a general understanding 

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of the profile of Cain? 
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What is Cora's rebellion? 
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the New Covenant, I have to know
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know something about Balaam, I 
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Cora. 
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how systematic reading is so 
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And This is why as a church, we 
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we take a book and we go through
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verse. 
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sermons where you look at a 
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throughout the Scriptures to see
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says about this one thing. 
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many holes in that approach. 
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going to miss. 
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you're going to cover 
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At least you're going to expose 
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I gave this example to a group 
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I I was on a flight and I I 
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to use that time to sleep or to 
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It was it was very long and I 
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person in front of me watching 
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he was watching, but how he was 
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So as I'm sitting there looking 
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movie, close it, go back to the 
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He stopped the movie, closed it,
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He did it like four or five 
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watch movies, but I know that's 
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not how you're supposed to do 
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And then it hit me, that's how 
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They start in John and then they
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let me go to Psalms and they 
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Let me go to Ephesians and they 
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Ephesians. 
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the first chapter. 
Like I'm stopping here, right? 

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And what you're doing there is, 
is essentially you're cheapening

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your experience because with 
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understand, with every book, 
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that the the author has, he has 
structure and he he's giving you

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clues in the beginning for you 
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And you rob yourself of those 
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of revelation when you treat it 
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day. 
And so the Bible is not meant to

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be plucked in such a manner 
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kind of tapestry of sayings or 
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It's grounded in context. 
It's grounded in the narrative. 

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It's grounded with other things 
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order for you to know the depth 
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So you have to read it 
systematically. 

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Now there are many reading 
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The one that I uphold, the one 
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since I first came to Christ is 
very simple Genesis to 

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Revelation. 
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just stay there. 
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can't pause in your daily 
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portion of Scripture and that 
doesn't mean other reading plans

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are wrong. 
I'm just telling you what has 

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helped me to read it 
systematically, but not just 

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read it systematically. 
I mean, here's more points to 

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consider. 
Look what Jesus says to the two 

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disciples on the road to Emmaus 
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And he said to them, all foolish
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believe all that the prophets 
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problem of these two? 
They were despondent. 

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They were discouraged because 
their hope and Messiah in Christ

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were dashed and Jesus rebukes 
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Why? 
Because he highlights the core 

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problem to their sadness. 
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the prophets have said. 
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the promises of the Son of David
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politician. 
So Jesus provides the remedy all

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that the prophets have spoken, 
and beginning with Moses and all

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the prophets, he entered into 
all, all the Scriptures, the 

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things concerning himself, All, 
all, all, all, all. 

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If you want to protect yourself 
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anxiety, fear, and doubt, one 
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of the Bible. 
Don't be selective, don't be 

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lazy #2 read it slowly. 
The Bible is not meant to be 

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glanced at, it's meant to be 
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What did Paul say to the 
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318? 
And we all with unveiled face, 

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beholding the glory of the Lord,
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same image from 1° of glory to 
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For this comes from the Lord, 
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Notice the word beholding there 
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to stare at, to investigate, to 
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should treat the glory of the 
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Scriptures. 
And how that looks practically 

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is it's not a race. 
People sometimes ask how many 

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And I tell them gladly, I don't 
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because what, what does that do 
for me to know how many times I 

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read the Bible? 
I knew somebody when I first got

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saved who entered into this 
program where they wanted their 

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students to know the Bible. 
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they had was you have to read 
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I think it was like 7-8 times in
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And when I asked them how he 
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looked at me and he went, oh, so
you can leave. 

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They're saying, I read the Bible
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What did you get out of it? 
How did it speak to you? 

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Did you understand it? 
As Jesus said, let the reader 

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understand. 
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Read it slowly. 
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Matthew, for example, and you're
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and things stand out to you, 
just if you feel like you're 

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gaining traction, stay there. 
It's not a race, it's not a 

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rush. 
If you feel like you're not 

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gaining traction in one 
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you feel like I have more time 
and I have, I have a hunger for 

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more chapters, read two or three
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So read it slowly. 
You're beholding, you're asking 

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out to open your eyes to see 
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And, and this can only come when
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understand that you've had this 
experience. 

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I'm sure you're reading 
something and then you're you, 

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you think yourself, what did I 
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And then you read it again and 
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And then I'll have to send this 
e-mail. 

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And so don't just check off the 
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Ensure that you at least are 
familiar with if somebody were 

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to ask you what you read, you 
can say I, I don't know what it 

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means, but this is what I read. 
Read it slowly, read it 

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meditatively. 
So reading think of it this way 

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gives the bite you open your 
mouth and you bite into you sink

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your teeth into something, but 
meditation does the chewing. 

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Now Eastern meditation pushes 
for emptying your mind, right? 

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Empty your mind, empty your 
mind. 

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That's not what the Bible says 
about meditation. 

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It's the opposite actually. 
It's fill your mind, fill your 

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mind. 
I love this command that Paul 

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gives to Timothy. 
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of what the Christian life is 
like. 

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He speaks about being like a 
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athlete, right? 
That's the context of of this 

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portion of Scripture. 
But he doesn't explain what 

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those analogies mean. 
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verse seven of Second Timothy 2.
Think over what I say, and 

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here's the promise for the Lord 
will give you understanding and 

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everything. 
When I first stumbled upon this 

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and studied it, I realized 
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Revelation from God does not 
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It comes to thinkers. 
Thinkers, So what does that mean

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for me that again, I'm not just 
reading something in the morning

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or at night and then once I 
finish, I close my Bible and I 

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go on with my day. 
There has to be an element of me

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meditating on what I read. 
And meditation looks like 

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different things. 
It looks like you musing over it

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in your thoughts. 
It can look like you talking 

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about it with somebody. 
It can look like you making it a

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subject of prayer. 
Lord, I need to understand this.

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I'm not sure how this applies. 
I'm not sure how this fits into 

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this portion of Scripture. 
Think over what I say and the 

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Lord will give you understanding
and everything. 

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Now notice Paul didn't promise 
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We want it to be revealed right 
away, right? 

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We're not told when, but we're 
just told it will happen 

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eventually, and God has many 
ways of revealing it. 

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Can He just illumine your mind? 
Absolutely. 

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I've experienced that. 
I'm sure you have as well. 

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Other times you're going to be 
coming to a Bible believing 

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church, Bible preaching church, 
and there's the pastor going 

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through a certain book and he's 
preaching on something. 

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That's exactly what you needed 
answers for. 

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It can come through a council 
with a friend. 

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You're going out for a cup of 
coffee and they bring out a 

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verse that for the longest time 
seemed to be veiled and then 

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they applied or they interpreted
in such a way. 

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We're like, I've never seen it 
that way and God is giving you 

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understanding. 
So read it meditatively, enjoy 

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it. 
As one pastor said it, take a 

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scripture and throw it in your 
mouth like a spiritual lozenge 

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and just let it sit there and 
let the juices flow, right. 

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Our reward is not just in 
reading and saying, I read it, 

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we want to be able to meditate 
on it. 

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And that's where true reward 
will come. 

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Nobody's in trouble. 
So my brother, he's a police 

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officer and he's been to a few 
departments now. 

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And when whenever he goes to a 
new department, he has to do 

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field training. 
And one of the things that stood

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out to me was part of his 
training as as you approach 

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actually patrolling and being 
sent off, you know, to the roads

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is that you need to get in your 
squad car at one point. 

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And you need to drive around a 
certain county or you need to 

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drive around a certain city. 
And you need to make a mental 

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map of the streets, of the major
intersections, of ways to get to

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a certain key regions faster. 
Why? 

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What's the practical reason? 
Because when 911 is called, you 

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don't have time to pull out 
Google Maps. 

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You can't afford to call 
somebody for directions. 

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There should be something in you
that instinctively knows this is

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where I'm supposed to be, or 
generally have an idea of a 

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reference of where I'm supposed 
to go and hear this. 

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You can't begin doing what 
you're called to do here 

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effectively unless you can pass 
this part, unless you can prove 

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that, yes, I have a general 
understanding of the area that 

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00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,920
I'm supposed to be patrolling. 
And that's what I want to say 

454
00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,360
about reading through the Bible.
You can't know any of these 

455
00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,560
other tools that we're about to 
explore unless you set this 

456
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foundation. 
Reading through the Bible is 

457
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what creates the mental map for 
you to be able to make the 

458
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necessary connections and for 
you to arrive at the right 

459
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points when necessary. 
So read through the Bible tool 

460
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:25,000
#2 Ask the task text questions. 
Now, for the first time, that 

461
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,040
clock is not working, so I got 
to keep my eye here with this 

462
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,480
Ask the text questions. 
NBC members and visitors, you've

463
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,080
heard me say this before. 
Allow me to say it one more 

464
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,720
time. 
If you want the Bible to speak 

465
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,160
to you, what do you have to do? 
You have to speak to the Bible. 

466
00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,120
You have to ask the Bible some 
questions. 

467
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:49,160
And here's some questions that I
ask. 

468
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,000
There are 8 of them. 
Number one, who wrote it? 

469
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,720
Who wrote it? 
Who received it? 

470
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,480
Why was it written? 
Now, some books are more clear 

471
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,320
than others with these 
objectives and these answers. 

472
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,640
But here's a general rule. 
And This is why it's important 

473
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,240
when it comes to scripture and 
interpreting, interpreting the 

474
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,960
scripture, there is always one 
interpretation, right? 

475
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,120
There's one intended meeting and
goal from the author. 

476
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,440
Though there can be many 
applications. 

477
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,840
People get this wrong. 
People have the idea that there 

478
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,640
are many interpretations, and 
though there are some areas that

479
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,720
are not clear, generally the 
rule is there's one 

480
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,560
interpretation and you can make 
many applications from it. 

481
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:37,120
And what will keep you grounded 
in the correct interpretation 

482
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,720
are those first questions. 
Who wrote it? 

483
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,040
Who received it? 
Why was it written? 

484
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,040
Sometimes the the author will 
tell you, This is why I'm 

485
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,920
writing to you, right? 
We see that in First John. 

486
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,280
We see that even with Jude, 
sometimes it's not so clear. 

487
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,400
And there are codes and there 
are clues that we have to 

488
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,200
discover and put together to 
understand what this author may 

489
00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:02,200
be reaching for #2 what was said
before or after the text I'm 

490
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,680
interpreting. 
This is massively important. 

491
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:09,800
This is huge. 
Where people get into so many 

492
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,680
errors is because of that lack 
of discipline, stumbling upon a 

493
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,760
verse and failing to understand 
the surrounding content that 

494
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,200
informs what that verse is 
trying to say. 

495
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,440
So I'm always asking the 
question, especially when it's a

496
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:29,120
complicated verse, what came 
before it, what came after, what

497
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,840
comes after it? 
And we'll look at some of these 

498
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,680
examples in a moment #3 what 
does this text reveal about God?

499
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,480
If you ask that question you can
get an answer in virtually any 

500
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,520
part of the Bible, even 
Leviticus. 

501
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,800
If you constantly ask what is 
this to reveal about God, it can

502
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,000
be simple answers. 
One of the first things I 

503
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000
learned about God through 
Leviticus when I first started 

504
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,600
reading it was God is very 
specific. 

505
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:58,920
God is very precise. 
God cares about the details and 

506
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,640
evidently he cares something 
much more about this system of 

507
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,000
worship than creation because 
there are multiple chapters on 

508
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,800
the the Tabernacle and like 2 on
creation of the universe. 

509
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,760
So he wants me to know something
about this and what does it say 

510
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:15,840
about him? 
He's specific. 

511
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,280
Another thing to learn about 
Leviticus just from a 

512
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:22,320
preliminary level is he cannot 
be approached lightly. 

513
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,120
There are protocols. 
He is holy, I'm not. 

514
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,840
And this is something that we 
can explore more later #4 what 

515
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,960
does this text reveal about man?
What does it reveal about me in 

516
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,200
Christ? 
What does it reveal about my 

517
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,560
fellow man outside of Christ? 
What does it reveal about 

518
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,200
sinners? 
What does it reveal about the 

519
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,720
righteous? 
You can also find many answers 

520
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,320
if you ask that question #5 what
biblical principles does this 

521
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:59,160
text inform or illustrate? 
Worship, sin, relationships, 

522
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,600
etcetera. 
So what this means essentially 

523
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,200
is there are patterns in the 
Bible principles. 

524
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,040
There are general instructions 
that you find from old to new, 

525
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,360
and what you want to ask is how 
does this part that I'm reading 

526
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,880
out inform that principle, or 
how does it illustrate that 

527
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,880
principle? 
So when you come to Genesis 22, 

528
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:25,680
for example, and it's the first 
time that you are encountering 

529
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,840
the word love, Genesis 22 has to
do with what Abraham sacrificing

530
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,640
his son. 
Maybe there's a connection there

531
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,960
between love and sacrifice. 
That's just an example. 

532
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,440
Number six, how can this be 
applied in light of the new 

533
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,600
covenant? 
We are new covenant people, and 

534
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,360
this is especially important 
when we go through the Hebrew 

535
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,160
Scriptures. 
The new covenant is your lens. 

536
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,920
The new covenant is is your 
protection, the guardrails that 

537
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,520
help you interpret and apply the
things that you see in the old. 

538
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,360
So we're always asking this, 
what New Testament truth can 

539
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,440
shed light on this? 
Number seven, what does this 

540
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,760
text point to? 
Or does this text rather point 

541
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:09,280
to Christ in any way? 
So in Matthew 1113, there's a 

542
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,480
fascinating statement that Jesus
makes as he is paying homage to 

543
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,040
John the Baptist. 
He says for the prophets and the

544
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:23,840
law have prophesied until John. 
Now I understand prophets 

545
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,160
prophesying, right? 
I didn't know the law 

546
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,000
prophesied, but Jesus said it 
does. 

547
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,600
So there's even something about 
the law that foreshadows 

548
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,080
something about the law that 
predicts something about the law

549
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,840
that's pointing. 
Jesus himself said that the law 

550
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,320
prophecies. 
So how does it point to Christ? 

551
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,200
And #8 is there another text 
that sheds light on this one? 

552
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,400
And we're going to expound on 
that in a moment. 

553
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,440
So let's, let's use some of 
these questions and, and explore

554
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,320
with some examples. 
Now I'm going to actually ask 

555
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,640
this. 
Luke 638 says give and it will 

556
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,040
be given to you. 
Good measure, pressed down, 

557
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,080
shaken together, running over 
what we put into your lap for 

558
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,120
the measure used. 
It'll be measured back to you. 

559
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,600
Luke 638. 
Here's the question as an 

560
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,640
example. 
What was said before or after 

561
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,680
this text that I'm interpreting?
Now, before we answer that, can 

562
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,240
I ask you how have you heard 
this text taught? 

563
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,720
Anybody have an idea? 
Yes, prosperity teaching, 

564
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,880
tithing. 
I've heard this text reference 

565
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,480
more at the offering time than 
anything else, right? 

566
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,320
If you give, it'll be given to 
you. 

567
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,720
Good measure. 
Press down, shake it together. 

568
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,160
Right. 
Are we all in agreement here? 

569
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,400
Does anybody know what comes 
before this verse? 

570
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,680
Judge not, and you will not be 
judged. 

571
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,800
Condemn not, and you will not be
condemned. 

572
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,800
Forgive and you'll be forgiven. 
Give and it will be given to 

573
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:55,880
you. 
Oh, so it's not about an 

574
00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,320
offering at the church? 
What is it about the judgement 

575
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:08,720
you give to people, how you 
criticize, how you assess, how 

576
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,120
you confront? 
So what is Jesus teaching here? 

577
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,720
The way you judge, the way you 
determine somebody's innocence, 

578
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,200
the way you determine somebody's
guilt. 

579
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,120
Listen, that standard will be 
used against you. 

580
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,920
You see, all I had to do was 
read before that. 

581
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,840
Here's another example. 
Oh, this is a good one. 

582
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,160
Jesus Christ is the same 
yesterday, today, and forever. 

583
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,560
What do you think this means? 
Again, I'm not trying to 

584
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,400
embarrass anybody or trick 
anybody genuinely. 

585
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,360
When you just read this verse in
isolation, what comes to mind? 

586
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,200
I'll tell you what comes to 
mind. 

587
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,320
The reliability of Christ or 
he's consistent. 

588
00:32:53,320 --> 00:33:01,120
Any other ideas? 
He's faithful is love will never

589
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,600
change. 
But what does it really mean? 

590
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:12,080
Let's consider what is said 
after Jesus Christ is the same 

591
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,760
yesterday and today and forever.
Do not be LED away by diverse 

592
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,880
and strange teachings, for it is
good for the heart to be 

593
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,880
strengthened by grace, not by 
foods which have not benefited 

594
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:27,480
those devoted to them. 
So Jesus being the same is 

595
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,560
included in the context of false
teaching. 

596
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,600
Christ doesn't change. 
So beware of these new ideas or 

597
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:43,320
extra revelation or teachings 
that are pulling you away from 

598
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,280
what you have known about 
Christ. 

599
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,200
What has been made known about 
him remains the faith delivered 

600
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,520
once and for all to the Saints. 
And so we understand that this 

601
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,800
primarily means that if anything
is being introduced to us that 

602
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,160
contradicts who Christ has made 
himself known to be, then we 

603
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:05,440
should be careful. 
This verse is really interesting

604
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,679
because what comes before it is 
when the author says, remember 

605
00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:10,679
your leaders, those who have 
taught you the word of God, 

606
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,080
imitate their faith, right? 
And so this is a transitional 

607
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,280
verse in some way, though you 
can't even say that verse 8 

608
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,239
inform something back in verse 
7. 

609
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:21,840
Remembering your leaders. 
What does that have to do with 

610
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,880
Jesus Christ is the same 
yesterday, today, and forever. 

611
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,159
At least one point you can 
consider is leaders come and go,

612
00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:30,760
but Christ remains. 
Even those pastors who've 

613
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,840
inspired you and bless you, Yes,
they may go on, but one thing 

614
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,600
remains true. 
Christ is still here. 

615
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,719
See how beautiful it is when you
consider what's before or after 

616
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:46,800
it? 
Matthew 18/19/20. 

617
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,920
This one is dangerous. 
Let's look at it again. 

618
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,120
I say to you, if 2 of you agree 
on earth about anything they 

619
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,400
ask, it will be done for them by
my Father in heaven. 

620
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,080
For where two or three are 
gathered in my name, there I am 

621
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,480
among them. 
When is verse 20 usually quoted 

622
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,000
prayer meetings? 
Because usually two or three 

623
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,920
only show up right where two or 
three are gathered to encourage 

624
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,600
us, and there is encouragement 
there. 

625
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,560
But is that what Jesus is really
conveying? 

626
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,440
What's the context here in 
Matthew 18? 

627
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,520
Who knows? 
Let's look at a couple of verses

628
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,760
back verse 15 and 16. 
If your brother sins against 

629
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,120
you, go and tell him his fault 
between you and him alone. 

630
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,360
If he listens to you, you have 
gained your brother. 

631
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,760
But if he does not listen, take 
one or two others along with 

632
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,120
you, that every charge may be 
established by the evidence of 

633
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:45,600
two or three witnesses. 
Church discipline. 

634
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,480
So when Jesus says in verse 20 
for where two or three are 

635
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,240
gathered in my name, there I am 
among them. 

636
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,000
He wants to let you know that 
when a church takes church 

637
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,000
discipline seriously, I'm there.
And when a church is going to 

638
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,520
make a decision upon someone's 
salvation, if it's genuine, if 

639
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,800
it's not based on their 
repentance, I am behind that 

640
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:11,120
decision. 
I'm authorizing it, I'm backing 

641
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,760
it up. 
And, and the same context speaks

642
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,920
about binding and losing. 
Have you heard of that? 

643
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,960
How do people apply that? 
Let's we're going to bind Satan.

644
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,240
That has nothing to do with 
Satan. 

645
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,720
We're going to loose this 
blessing on the earth. 

646
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,440
That's nothing. 
It's speaking about who is able 

647
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,440
to remain in the church and who 
has to go. 

648
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:31,640
That's binding and losing. 
So This is why I'm staying on 

649
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,720
this. 
I mean, this is just one of the 

650
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,520
eight questions. 
And the reason why I am I'm 

651
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,480
emphasizing is because it's it's
the most important one. 

652
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,200
Really. 
This is what's going to protect 

653
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,320
you and I when it comes to our 
understanding of the Scriptures.

654
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,040
But let's consider another 
question. 

655
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,520
What biblical principles does 
this text inform or illustrate? 

656
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,720
And this is something you can 
see in any book of the Bible. 

657
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,640
You can get answers from any 
passage of Scripture. 

658
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,680
This is one that comes to mind 
in Exodus 2113, giving 

659
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,680
instructions about what 1 is to 
do if they commit involuntary 

660
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:06,840
manslaughter or those who commit
intentional murder. 

661
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,680
We read here in verse 12, 
Whoever strikes of Exodus 21 a 

662
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,680
man so that he dies shall be put
to death. 

663
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,720
But if he did not lie and wait 
for him, but God let him fall 

664
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,960
into his hand, then I will point
for you a place to which he may 

665
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,960
flee. 
And I highlight the part that I 

666
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,920
think is so important. 
So I'm looking at this text. 

667
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,920
I'm looking at this list of 
rules for a covenant that is not

668
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,640
binding on me. 
But again, I'm asking the 

669
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,560
question, what does this text 
illustrate? 

670
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,720
What does it inform? 
And here's what I discovered. 

671
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:37,200
God let him fall into his hand. 
What does it say about God? 

672
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,160
Any ideas? 
Somebody's saying he's 

673
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:48,120
sovereign, that in the context 
of accidental death, we're 

674
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:54,600
reminded that God was aware of 
it, that God allowed it. 

675
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,840
He's sovereign. 
And see, see what's happening 

676
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,720
now I'm reading through Exodus 
and I'm, I'm, I'm stirred to 

677
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:06,200
worship like God Let him fall 
into his hand. 

678
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,480
So keep those questions in mind 
and the more you train yourself,

679
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,840
the more they'll be automatic 
and it will revolutionize your 

680
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:20,880
reading of the scripture. 
Let's come to tool #3 cross 

681
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referencing. 
This is commonly known as the 

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compatibility principle. 
And essentially what it says is 

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the Bible interprets the Bible. 
It is the best commentary for 

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itself. 
Now, the compatibility principle

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is based on this conviction that
God does not contradict Himself.

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God doesn't make errors. 
Therefore, you can expect for 

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there to be a consistent flow of
teaching from beginning to end. 

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And this encourages us to find 
more witnesses than the one that

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we are facing concerning any 
truth. 

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And I want to ask you this 
question, does the Bible itself 

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promote this principle? 
I gave you a hint. 

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Do we see anything in the Bible 
that shows us the practice of 

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using the Bible to interpret the
Bible? 

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Test his word? 
Yeah, sure, the Bible does tell 

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us to test the word to examine. 
But think to Jesus wilderness 

696
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,800
experience, when Satan tempted 
him, what does Satan do? 

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00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,240
Yeah, he he said it is written. 
It is written and he quotes 

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which passage, Psalm 91, to get 
Jesus to fling himself off the 

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temple so that he can prove that
there is divine protection on 

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his behalf. 
And what does Jesus do in 

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response to that? 
Again, it is written. 

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And then he quotes Deuteronomy 
in order to counter this 

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00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:58,960
misapplication of Psalm 91. 
So I bring this up to show that 

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the Bible itself uses this 
principle. 

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That we counter Scripture with 
Scripture. 

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That we look at the totality of 
God's Word and mine on a matter 

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before we arrive at a doctrine 
or conclusion. 

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Jesus himself did this. 
Now, there are a couple rules to

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keep in mind with the 
compatibility principle #1 clear

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passages must interpret unclear 
ones, and there are unclear 

711
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,760
passages at least at face value.
And if you're not careful, you 

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can make dangerous assumptions 
with those unclear passages. 

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And I gave one as an example. 
In first Corinthians 1529, Paul 

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is speaking about the 
resurrection. 

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You had the Corinthian believers
beginning to not believe in this

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thing called the resurrection. 
And at some point he he mentions

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this. 
Otherwise, what do people mean 

718
00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,760
by being baptized on behalf of 
the dead? 

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If the dead are not raised at 
all, why are people baptized on 

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their behalf? 
Baptized on behalf of the dead? 

721
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,160
So this is how this has caused 
many people to scratch their 

722
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,560
heads wondering what does Paul 
mean by this? 

723
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:12,840
You know what the Mormons did 
with this? 

724
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They actually baptized on behalf
of the dead. 

725
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,840
So if you had a relative that 
didn't profess faith and you can

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00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,400
stand in proxy and you can go 
through the ritual of baptism on

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their behalf so that they can be
saved. 

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And what do they quote to back 
up that practice? 

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First Corinthians 1529. 
Now what does the compatibility 

730
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,880
principle teach us? 
Well, when, when something seems

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unclear, zoom out and see what 
else Scripture has to say. 

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For example, with baptism, this 
is there any other place in the 

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Bible that suggests that you can
be baptized on somebody's 

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behalf? 
No, especially if they're dead, 

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even if they're alive. 
So one thing we know for 

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certain, Paul's not advocating 
for this kind of thing. 

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So then what is he saying? 
Just in case you're curious. 

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Well, look at his language very 
carefully. 

739
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Otherwise, what do people mean 
by being baptized on behalf of 

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the dead? 
He didn't say, what do we mean? 

741
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So he's looking at an outside 
practice, a Pagan one actually. 

742
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And what he's trying to convey 
to these stubborn Corinthians 

743
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is, hey, if you have such a hard
time believing in this concept 

744
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,440
of the resurrection of the dead,
don't you understand that there 

745
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are others out there who are 
being baptized on behalf of the 

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00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:38,120
dead? 
So if pagans have a have a grip 

747
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,960
on the resurrection, that there 
are things that take place after

748
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,880
we die, why do you have so much 
trouble believing it? 

749
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You see, what do people mean by 
being baptized on behalf of the 

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dead? 
And so clear passages always 

751
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,240
have to interpret and inform 
unclear ones. 

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00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:59,000
Rule #2 don't ignore parallel 
passages. 

753
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The amount of times this happens
and the reason why we don't do 

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this is not just so you know, we
miss out on clarification, but 

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also to complement a unique text
or an independent text. 

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So I want to use the example of 
Mary of Bethany breaking open 

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the alabaster flask. 
If you're reading it from John's

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perspective, notice what he 
highlights in verse 4 of John 

759
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,560
chapter 12. 
But Judas Iscariot, one of his 

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disciples, he who was about to 
betray him, said, why was this 

761
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,720
ointment not sold for 300 
denarii and given to the poor? 

762
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:35,440
Now here's the here's the 
temptation. 

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You go through Mark, you go 
through Matthew and you come to 

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the same account and you, I've 
read this before and you just 

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00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,840
glance over it. 
And what this principle says is,

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hold on. 
If this is mentioned elsewhere, 

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00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:55,480
believe every single time that 
it is there in order to 

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00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,320
complement what you are reading.
So then again, if we look at it 

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at math in Matthew, notice what 
Matthew says in Matthew 26, 

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eight and nine. 
And when the disciples saw it, 

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00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,920
they were indignant, saying why 
this waste? 

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For this could have been sold 
for a large sum and given to the

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poor. 
So wait, John said, now do you 

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00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,560
see now how my morning devotion 
is becoming exciting? 

775
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,000
I'm reading John. 
I'm thinking, I wonder what 

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00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,840
Matthew has to say about this. 
John says Judas, one of his 

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00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:29,760
disciples, he complained. 
Matthew says the disciples saw 

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00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,720
it and they were indignant, 
indignant, saying, I wonder what

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00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,880
Mark has to say. 
Mark 14 verse four. 

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There were some who said to 
themselves in Dingly, what was 

781
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,960
the ointment wasted like that? 
So now I'm collecting these 

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00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,120
things together. 
Judas said it, then the 

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disciples. 
And not only did they see it and

784
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,320
say it, but they said it to 
themselves. 

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00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:56,120
What truths stand out to you 
from this? 

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00:44:56,120 --> 00:45:01,320
What applications come to mind? 
Here's one started with Judas, 

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perhaps. 
Then the disciples agreed and 

788
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:06,960
they began to say it. 
One thing that comes to mind is 

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complaining is contagious, 
right? 

790
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:17,120
Started with one and the others 
caught the bug and they all 

791
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,760
began to voice their concerns, 
supposed righteous concern. 

792
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,600
But Mark adds another layer. 
They were saying it to 

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themselves and in Jesus and 
every time responds to this 

794
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,440
right. 
But the fact that they said it 

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00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,720
to themselves means that perhaps
it was internal to begin with. 

796
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And Mark highlights that it was 
more internal. 

797
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It was more confined and then it
became public. 

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00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:43,040
But if I'm going to go with 
that, the danger of murmuring 

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and complaining, well, Jesus 
know, even when I'm complaining 

800
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,280
to myself, even if nobody else 
hears it, even if it's in my 

801
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,120
heart, even if it's underneath 
my own breath, Christ is aware 

802
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,760
of it. 
Do you see how things begin to 

803
00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:00,720
now pop and light bulbs begin to
to go off? 

804
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:07,760
Don't ignore parallel passages. 
They were designed to give you a

805
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tapestry of 1 scene. 
So everything that we've covered

806
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up to this point is from the 
bird's eye view. 

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Now we're going to the worm's 
eye view. 

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00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:22,920
These are just general kind of 
structural ideas and 

809
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:27,960
observations, but as we come to 
tool #4, this is where it gets 

810
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really exciting. 
Pay attention to the details. 

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Pay attention to the details, 
and there are 4 details that I'm

812
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highlighting here. 
I'm sure there are many others, 

813
00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:45,360
but these cover most of them. 
Locations. 

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00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,840
Things such as cities, regions, 
physical landmarks like 

815
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:53,640
mountains. 
Time markers. 

816
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,000
Is there a year being presented 
in this text? 

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00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,000
Is there a month? 
Is there a feast? 

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00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:02,160
Remember, so much orbits around 
feasts in the Old Covenant. 

819
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What about even the time of the 
day? 

820
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,720
Is this in the morning? 
Is this in the afternoon? 

821
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,800
Is this at night? 
Time markers? 

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00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:15,880
Keep an eye out for those 
objects, items, clothing, 

823
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:22,440
materials like gold, silver, 
bronze #4 numbers, amount 

824
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,240
measurements, numerical 
patterns. 

825
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,480
So you want to be looking for 
these things, right? 

826
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Sometimes we want to go straight
to somebody's speech and what 

827
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they say, or we want to look at 
somebody's actions, which are 

828
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,280
wonderful, but there are other 
things included in there and the

829
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:45,120
Bible wastes no real estate. 
Whatever is included has a 

830
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,080
purpose. 
However, however, there's a 

831
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,840
warning and I'm going to read 
this. 

832
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,640
I put this up there. 
I know it's a lot of words for 

833
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,880
for a PowerPoint, but allow me 
to read this. 

834
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,720
This is so crucial. 
There are times these details 

835
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:00,280
are included simply to situate 
the account in the historical 

836
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:05,920
context without necessarily 
caring literary or theological 

837
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,240
implications. 
So you and I have to be cautious

838
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:10,080
with that, right? 
Because there are those who take

839
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,440
this principle and they think 
that there is a deep meaning 

840
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,360
behind every single detail 
that's found in the scriptures, 

841
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,720
and that's where you get into 
strange ideas and practices. 

842
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,920
Readers should be cautious not 
to over spiritualize the setting

843
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:27,640
or infer meanings that aren't 
clearly supported. 

844
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,160
Avoid attributing symbolic 
significance unless there's 

845
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:36,440
strong evidence that the author 
intended it so. 

846
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,120
This is especially prevalent 
with numbers. 

847
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,000
Are there clear numerical 
patterns? 

848
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,200
Absolutely. 
But there's some instances where

849
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:50,200
it's just showing you that the 
author was there or that this is

850
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,920
historically accurate. 
So one example that comes to 

851
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,600
mind is when Jesus appears on 
the shore of the sea of Tiberius

852
00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,920
and Peter and the other 
disciples are there with him 

853
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:02,280
fishing. 
And then we see that heart 

854
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,480
moment, warming moment where he 
tells him to cast the the net to

855
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:09,360
the other side and they catch 
this huge amount of fish. 

856
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,440
And then we read that Peter 
brings the net over, it's filled

857
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,400
with large fish. 
And then we're told the number 

858
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:20,960
of fish, 153. 
Now 153 is not a common number 

859
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,840
in the Bible, but that hasn't 
stopped some people of looking 

860
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:28,480
at some deep meaning behind it. 
And it, it, it just doesn't feel

861
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,040
right. 
And there's no ring to it. 

862
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,840
It's just forced. 
And it's it's imposed and it's 

863
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:40,360
personal and it's wild. 
And maybe you know something 

864
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,960
about the 153 number that I 
don't. 

865
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,680
But up to this point, what I 
know is John wants to tell us he

866
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,320
was there. 
We counted them. 

867
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,480
There was 153. 
Another thing to learn was Peter

868
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:56,200
was strong because Pete, it says
Peter hauled that net over. 

869
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,800
And that says something about 
Peter, I'm sure. 

870
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:00,560
And, and you can maybe expound 
on that, right? 

871
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:04,840
He was a strong man. 
So be careful, be very careful, 

872
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,840
be very cautious. 
Some people think they're deep, 

873
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,520
but they're really drowning and 
nonsense. 

874
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,400
So let's look at a couple of 
examples, shall we? 

875
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,640
Time markers. 
So this is a wonderful example 

876
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:27,040
to look at Genesis 28, verse 10 
to 11. 

877
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:32,960
Jacob left Beersheba and went 
toward Haran, and he came to a 

878
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:36,440
certain place and stayed there 
at night because the sun had 

879
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,760
set. 
Taking one of the stones of the 

880
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:42,920
place, he put it under his head 
and lay down in that place to 

881
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,000
sleep. 
Now example, this is an example 

882
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,880
of a time marker. 
So what time marker stands out 

883
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:53,600
from this passage? 
You got it because the sun had 

884
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,720
set right? 
Meaning what it's getting night 

885
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:59,240
time, it's getting dark. 
So he pauses and he finds a 

886
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:01,800
stone as a pillow to lay his 
weary head. 

887
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,480
Now Jacob is on his way to his 
uncle Laban's right. 

888
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:08,600
He was sent by his mom. 
Esau wanted to kill his brother 

889
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:14,880
for for robbing of his blessing 
and so he makes his way towards 

890
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,600
Laban. 
Does anybody know how long Jacob

891
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:28,800
was with his uncle for Genesis 
3138. 

892
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:34,600
These 20 years I've been with 
you, he's confronting his uncle.

893
00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:37,160
Laban was more of a trickster 
than Jacob was. 

894
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,720
Your yous and your female goats 
have not miscarried and I have 

895
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:42,600
not eaten the Rams of your 
flocks. 

896
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:44,800
Here's my question. 
How many times do you think over

897
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:46,520
20 years that the sunset and 
rise? 

898
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:50,280
I'm not asking for the actual 
number, I'm just trying to get 

899
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,800
you to think a lot, right? 
A lot. 

900
00:51:54,680 --> 00:52:00,520
And between 28 to 31. 
We see some mention of mornings 

901
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:07,440
and evenings, but the language 
of the sun setting only appears 

902
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,520
one other time in Jacob's 
narrative. 

903
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:18,390
Does anybody know when good. 
He's making his way back? 

904
00:52:18,390 --> 00:52:21,350
He hears that he's about to meet
Esau or Esau's about to meet 

905
00:52:21,350 --> 00:52:23,430
him. 
And in that wonderful account 

906
00:52:23,430 --> 00:52:26,590
where he wrestles with God. 
What do we read after that? 

907
00:52:26,590 --> 00:52:30,230
Genesis 32, verse 30 to 31. 
So Jacob called the name of the 

908
00:52:30,230 --> 00:52:33,630
place Peniel, saying, For I've 
seen God face to face, and yet 

909
00:52:33,630 --> 00:52:39,680
my life has been delivered. 
The sun rose upon him as he 

910
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,680
passed Pennue, limping because 
of his hip. 

911
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,360
So the action of the sun here is
only mentioned. 

912
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:51,000
And all of this account when he 
walks toward and makes his way 

913
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,760
towards Laban. 
Was that a fun period for 

914
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,720
Jacob's life? 
It's very difficult, wasn't it? 

915
00:52:58,080 --> 00:52:59,400
He got a taste of his own 
medicine. 

916
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:04,080
He was deceived, he was tricked,
he was being humbled. 

917
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:07,560
He was being LED into a dark 
season of his life. 

918
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:09,520
And it lasted a long time, 20 
years. 

919
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,120
And then he has an encounter 
with God. 

920
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:15,680
And when he has an encounter 
with God, he receives a new 

921
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:18,680
name. 
He has a chance to actually give

922
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:20,760
his true identity. 
When he was asked, what is your 

923
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,200
name and what happens? 
Look at the artistry of the 

924
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,640
Bible. 
The sun rose upon him. 

925
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,640
It's a new day for Jacob. 
It's a new day for a new man. 

926
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:34,600
Now, you could have made that 
conclusion just on the fact that

927
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,280
Jacob encounters God, but it 
goes deeper than that. 

928
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:44,720
The sun had set as he walked 
into a very unfortunate time 

929
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:48,600
where he would be disciplined 
and he would be chastised and he

930
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:52,200
would be, he would be humbled. 
But when he encounters God, oh, 

931
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:55,800
it's a new day for this man. 
And he has a different walk, 

932
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,040
doesn't he? 
He's limping too. 

933
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:00,960
When you encounter God, you're 
going to walk differently. 

934
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,240
Time markers. 
What about objects? 

935
00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:08,680
Here's an example from the New 
Testament. 

936
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:13,080
I mentioned John earlier, John 
1818. 

937
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:16,920
Now the servants and officers 
had made a charcoal fire because

938
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,480
it was cold and they were 
standing and warming themselves.

939
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:21,680
Peter also with them standing 
and warming himself. 

940
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,320
What's Peter about to do in the 
scene? 

941
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:29,880
The night Christ. 
Now if you had just read John 18

942
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,840
and you finished it and thought,
OK, I'm done with John, I'm 

943
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:39,640
going to go to Colossians, you 
might have missed the only other

944
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,280
place in the book of John where 
charcoal fire is mentioned. 

945
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:51,080
John 21, when Jesus encounters 
the disciples fishing again, and

946
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:52,960
not only that, he prepared 
breakfast. 

947
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,800
Can you imagine that? 
The Son of God preparing 

948
00:54:54,800 --> 00:55:03,240
breakfast barbecue and it says 
here in John 21/9 when they got 

949
00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:08,440
out on land they saw a charcoal 
fire in place with fish laid out

950
00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:10,760
on it and bread. 
Jesus said to them, bring some 

951
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,040
of the fish that you have just 
got. 

952
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:16,800
Only two times in all the book 
of John is a charcoal fire 

953
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:23,960
mentioned when Peter denied 
Christ severely and when Jesus 

954
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:29,120
was about to restore Peter. 
So what does that tell me? 

955
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,680
I mean, now I'm thinking there's
a symbol now with this charcoal 

956
00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:35,480
fire. 
This is more than just a detail 

957
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:38,240
for the scenery. 
There's something attached to 

958
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:40,040
this. 
There are two significant 

959
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:42,600
moments now that are married to 
the charcoal fire. 

960
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:44,520
And here's one thought that 
comes to mind. 

961
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:48,480
Christ is prepared to meet us at
the most egregious and 

962
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,400
embarrassing moment of our 
unfaithfulness in order to 

963
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:55,840
restore us. 
See, when we sin, Christ doesn't

964
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,920
want us to hide our sin. 
I wonder what the smell of the 

965
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:01,720
charcoal fire was like for Peter
at that time. 

966
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:08,320
I wonder what the crackling of 
those embers triggered in Peter.

967
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:12,280
But Jesus wants to talk about 
his failure. 

968
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:15,600
He wants to confront it, but 
look how gentle he is. 

969
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,480
He wants to have a meal around 
it. 

970
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,440
He's not going to take one of 
those coals and put it in his 

971
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:23,160
shirt. 
Even though he disrobed himself,

972
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,800
I guess when he jumped out of 
the boat, he didn't want to hurt

973
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:27,680
Peter. 
He didn't want to brand Peter. 

974
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:34,240
He want he wants to deal with 
it, but in gentleness, in 

975
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:40,040
meekness, in conversation. 
And this chocolate flower for 

976
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:44,000
Peter, I mean, this signifies 
the greatest failure of his 

977
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:45,200
life. 
He failed a lot. 

978
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:48,880
But the one thing you commit 
where Jesus said if you deny me 

979
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,720
before men, I will deny you 
before my Father and his angels.

980
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,880
Talk about regret. 
Talk about shame. 

981
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,080
Yeah. 
Jesus builds a charcoal fire and

982
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:04,080
he restores Peter around it. 
You see? 

983
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,280
I mean you. 
You see this everywhere. 

984
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:12,280
You see it with Jacob. 
If I can use Jacob again, what 

985
00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:15,200
animal did Jacob use to deceive 
his father to get Esau's 

986
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,280
blessing and birthright? 
A goat, Right? 

987
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:24,360
What kind of blood did Joseph's 
brothers use to convince Jacob 

988
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,160
that Joseph was mauled by an 
animal? 

989
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:32,240
Goat's blood. 
So Jacob deceived using a goat. 

990
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:34,080
Now he's being deceived through 
a goat. 

991
00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:39,160
Goats are not good. 
You look at Genesis 38 and 

992
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:43,720
another goat appears with Judah 
when he accidentally sleeps with

993
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:47,040
his daughter-in-law, Tamar, 
right? 

994
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:51,000
So you see this motif, you see 
this motif, you see this 

995
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:54,000
underlying principle, and it 
invites us to make these 

996
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,240
wonderful connections. 
So pay attention to the details.

997
00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:04,880
Tool #5 repetition, repetition, 
repetition. 

998
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:20,330
Yes, Rather, yeah, 
yes. 

999
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,760
Yeah, I would say so. 
Why those items? 

1000
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,080
The Scripture has anything else 
to say about them? 

1001
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:35,680
What's interesting is when you 
look at a prophecy in in Isaiah,

1002
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:41,600
you have gold and frankincense 
mentioned as what kings will 

1003
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:46,920
bring to Messiah. 
Right, But but myrrh is 

1004
00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:48,320
exempted. 
It's not mentioned, it's 

1005
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:51,440
omitted. 
So there's even undertones of 

1006
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:56,400
Jesus's baby boy being Messiah. 
But in Isaiah it speaks about 

1007
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,280
his millennial reign, what kings
will do when they come to 

1008
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:02,920
Jerusalem and bring these items.
Whereas what we see with the 

1009
00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:06,480
kings in Jesus day at his birth 
is that they added one thing. 

1010
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,440
And and if you look at what 
myrrh signifies, what does it 

1011
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,880
signify? 
Yes, it signifies death. 

1012
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,880
So there is this prophetic 
connection between the other 

1013
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,520
elements, right? 
The prophet spoke about some of 

1014
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:21,240
the things that they will bring 
to Messiah, but then why did 

1015
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:23,320
they add the myrrh in Jesus 
account? 

1016
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,680
Because in his first coming he 
was going to die. 

1017
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:29,320
But in Isaiah's prophecy speaks 
about his second coming, he's 

1018
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:33,760
not going to die anymore. 
Does that make sense a little 

1019
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:35,640
bit, maybe come see me 
afterwards. 

1020
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,320
Yeah, I would say look at those 
materials. 

1021
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:39,200
Why these gifts? 
Is there anything in the Old 

1022
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,480
Testament that would that would 
maybe shed light on why these, 

1023
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:46,640
these rulers of some sort, these
significant individuals are 

1024
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:48,720
approaching the Messiah in this 
way? 

1025
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,920
Great question. 
Repetition, repetition, 

1026
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:54,760
repetition. 
Just in case anybody didn't know

1027
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:58,640
what repetition meant, 
Repetition in the Bible takes a 

1028
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:02,120
takes place when the same word 
or phrase or sentence or picture

1029
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:06,080
or idea appears more than once 
within a defined context, right.

1030
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:09,360
A definite space. 
Here's the thing about 

1031
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,240
repetition. 
Modern readers perceive 

1032
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:14,880
repetition as poor authorship, 
right? 

1033
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:17,600
Get it? 
Expand your vocabulary. 

1034
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:21,800
Use synonyms. 
But ancient authors didn't see 

1035
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:24,920
repetition in that way. 
Repetition, the way I like to 

1036
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:27,240
describe it, is the Bible's 
internal highlighter. 

1037
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,960
So it seeks to get the attention
of the reader to recognize a 

1038
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:39,960
deeper message within within the
text or more than one 

1039
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:43,960
application in that text. 
So here's an example of how that

1040
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,880
looks in a single verse. 
Let's go to Revelation 22, verse

1041
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:48,880
17. 
Near the end of the entire 

1042
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:53,480
Bible, we read the Spirit and 
the Bride say come and let the 

1043
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:57,240
one who hears say come and let 
the one who is thirsty come. 

1044
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:00,720
Are the one who desires to take 
the water of life without price.

1045
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:04,480
What word is repeated there? 
Yeah. 

1046
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:08,120
What does that signify to you? 
Could any of just said it once? 

1047
01:01:09,640 --> 01:01:11,400
It's important. 
What else? 

1048
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:15,520
It's urgent if I say something 
more than once. 

1049
01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:18,960
I'm trying to get you to 
understand how important this 

1050
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:20,560
is. 
I'm trying to convince you. 

1051
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:23,120
I'm trying to persuade you. 
I'm, I'm trying to have you 

1052
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:25,640
understand just how imperative 
this decision is. 

1053
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:27,400
So come, come. 
Not just once. 

1054
01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:29,720
Come. 
What else? 

1055
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:34,080
It's responsive, right? 
So there's a there's something 

1056
01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:36,200
that you have to answer to with 
this invitation. 

1057
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:37,440
Sure. 
Somebody had their hand up. 

1058
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:43,280
Yes, yeah, sure. 
So we had the Verily, verily 

1059
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:45,840
concept where something is 
emphasized to repetition. 

1060
01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:48,040
It's saying, hey, what I'm about
to say is very important. 

1061
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,440
But within this one verse, is 
there anything that stands out? 

1062
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:55,680
Say that certain, Sure. 
But look at the tool, the 

1063
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:59,680
repetition tool. 
Let the one. 

1064
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:04,600
Did you notice that the spirit 
of the bride say come and let 

1065
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:08,720
the one who hears say come and 
let the one who is thirsty come.

1066
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:11,640
Let the One who desires to take 
the water of life without price,

1067
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:14,560
let the one, Couldn't he have 
said let all? 

1068
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:22,360
Why are you saying let the One? 
Yeah, OK, maybe very few will do

1069
01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:22,960
it. 
Sure. 

1070
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:29,720
Individualistic. 
The invitation is personal you 

1071
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:32,240
personal you I'm God is thinking
about you. 

1072
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:34,200
He's not thinking about humanity
just as a whole. 

1073
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:36,240
He's looking at you as an 
individual and he's saying, let 

1074
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:38,760
the one you if you hear the 
invitation of the spirit and the

1075
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:41,720
bride, come, come, come. 
I want to know you personally. 

1076
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,480
I'm inviting you personally. 
Do you see the beauty of this? 

1077
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:48,880
Do you see how the Bible repeats
as an internal highlighter? 

1078
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:51,800
Let's look at an entire chapter.
I mean, we went to Revelation. 

1079
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:57,320
Let's go to the opposite side. 
In Genesis, Genesis 1, three and

1080
01:02:57,320 --> 01:02:59,800
four, we read and God said, let 
there be light and there was 

1081
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:02,680
light, and God saw that the 
light was good. 

1082
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:05,440
And then you read on and what do
you discover? 

1083
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:09,400
Verse 10 And God saw that it was
good. 12 God saw that it was 

1084
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:12,920
good. 18 God saw that it was 
good. 21 God saw that it was 

1085
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:15,600
good. 25 God saw that it was 
good. 

1086
01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:18,560
So whatever God is seeing, it's 
good. 

1087
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:20,800
And the Holy Spirit wants us to 
know. 

1088
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:25,080
And these are comments for 
different days of creation. 

1089
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:29,360
And then it climaxes at this 
point, verse 31. 

1090
01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:33,520
And God saw everything that he 
made, he had made, and behold, 

1091
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:39,200
it was very good. 
So what does it tell you that 

1092
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:42,320
the Spirit of God in the very 
opening of Scripture wants to 

1093
01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:45,880
show us that when God was 
creating, He was over and over 

1094
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:52,400
celebrating what He was doing. 
Well, just that God doesn't just

1095
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,120
commend and rejoice when 
something is completed. 

1096
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:04,200
He rejoices over the progress. 
He celebrates as it unfolds, as 

1097
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:10,040
it develops, as it matures. 
So. 

1098
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:14,520
So God is a God who rejoices 
over the process. 

1099
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:20,760
And now I begin to think when 
God is working on my life and 

1100
01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:25,040
I'm not where I want to be, my 
sanctification is not complete. 

1101
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:29,520
I can be assured though, that 
he, he celebrates what the 

1102
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,960
Spirit of God has is doing in me
and, and how because of my, my 

1103
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,160
heart, I want to yield and be 
conformed to him. 

1104
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:38,120
I can be assured that he's not 
looking at me with crossed arms 

1105
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:42,320
and a frown. 
But when I'm introduced to God, 

1106
01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:44,200
I see that he celebrates the 
progress. 

1107
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:48,880
And that's, that's a word for 
many of us who are frustrated 

1108
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:52,120
with our progress. 
As long as we're making our way 

1109
01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:54,360
forward and even if we fall, we 
fall forward. 

1110
01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:57,360
We know that there's a God who 
smiles over us. 

1111
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:02,240
Did you notice something else? 
The word good appears 7 times 

1112
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:06,160
and then the 7th time being very
good. 

1113
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:12,120
So there is an element too of, 
of a rejoicing at completion. 

1114
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:16,480
You know, I read a quote the 
other day which I'm going to get

1115
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:18,040
to near the end of this whole 
session. 

1116
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:26,480
Someone made the observation 
that if God rejoices over one 

1117
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:29,720
man's repentance, the start of 
our journey, what will we be 

1118
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:32,920
like at the end when we meet him
face to face? 

1119
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:38,440
It's a wonderful thought, right?
So an entire chapter we find 

1120
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:40,720
repetition, repetition, 
repetition. 

1121
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:41,920
Now here's a note to keep in 
mind. 

1122
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:44,760
Sometimes when a scene or speech
is repeated, it's the 

1123
01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:48,560
differences that send a message.
So it's not the similarities, 

1124
01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:50,320
it's not the echoing 
necessarily. 

1125
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:53,040
It's what stands out. 
Now some of you may remember 

1126
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:57,280
this from the Book of First 
Kings when Rehoboam was seeking 

1127
01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:59,880
guidance and wisdom of how to 
deal with the request of the 

1128
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:03,280
people to be treated better than
how his father treated them. 

1129
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:08,600
Notice his wording to the older 
advisors in First Kings 12 verse

1130
01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:12,240
6. 
Then King Rehoboam took counsel 

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01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:15,600
with the old men who had stood 
before Solomon his father, while

1132
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:18,840
he was yet alive, saying, how do
you advise me to answer this 

1133
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:20,480
people? 
Now you read that plainly. 

1134
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:22,160
You think, OK, that's a 
legitimate question. 

1135
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,560
Does he take the advice of the 
old men? 

1136
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:29,160
No, he takes the advice of who? 
The young men who grew up with 

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01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:30,440
him. 
And I want you to notice how he 

1138
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:33,800
addresses them in First Kings 
12/9. 

1139
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:36,240
And he said to them, what do you
advise that? 

1140
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:39,000
Not you. 
We. 

1141
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:41,600
What do you advise that we 
answer this? 

1142
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:43,680
People who have said to me, 
lighten the yoke that your 

1143
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:47,400
father put on us. 
What does that show about 

1144
01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:50,520
Rehoboam? 
He already identified with the 

1145
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:53,080
younger man. 
Down deep inside, he wasn't 

1146
01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:55,400
really looking for fresh 
insight. 

1147
01:06:56,560 --> 01:06:58,200
He was looking for people that 
would agree with him. 

1148
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,080
And do we have the tendency of 
doing that? 

1149
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:05,520
When we see counsel, we may even
present ourselves as somebody 

1150
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:09,800
who's looking for genuine advice
or instruction, even though it 

1151
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:12,720
may not agree with us. 
But down deep inside, we're 

1152
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:16,280
fishing for yes men. 
We want somebody to agree with 

1153
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,520
us so we can we can have some 
kind of assurance or confidence 

1154
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,200
that this is the approach that 
we should take. 

1155
01:07:21,640 --> 01:07:25,120
So even if, I mean, he's asking 
a similar situation, a similar 

1156
01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:27,720
circumstance, a similar 
question, but it's worded 

1157
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:29,200
differently. 
And sometimes it's the 

1158
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:31,600
differences that send the 
message, not the similarities. 

1159
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,680
So repetition is so important. 
Are you guys ready to do some 

1160
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,320
homework right now? 
Ready or not? 

1161
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:43,640
How are we doing on time? 
Lunch is in 30 minutes. 

1162
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:48,160
Yes. 
Good. 

1163
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,680
I was hoping so. 
Here's what we're going to do in

1164
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:53,720
the next. 
Let's give it 10 minutes. 

1165
01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:57,760
Maybe by yourself, if you want 
to do with the people you came 

1166
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:59,080
with, maybe just one other 
person. 

1167
01:07:59,080 --> 01:08:02,440
You're going to open up Genesis 
chapter 18 and you're going to 

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01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:05,720
read the first 8 verses and 
you're going to apply whatever 

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01:08:05,720 --> 01:08:12,280
we learned thus far. 
Remember, we are looking for 

1170
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:15,520
repetition. 
We are looking for details. 

1171
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:20,359
Details like location, time 
markers, objects, numbers, cross

1172
01:08:20,520 --> 01:08:23,760
references might be hard at this
point, but we're looking for 

1173
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:29,359
questions to to be answered. 
Questions like what does this 

1174
01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:31,560
text reveal about God? 
What does it reveal about man? 

1175
01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:34,560
What kind of principle does an 
informer illustrate? 

1176
01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:37,040
How can this be applied in light
of the New Covenant? 

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01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:45,040
And though not every question 
applies with what you heard thus

1178
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:49,120
far, get with your group and I 
will signal to you when we're 

1179
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:53,160
going to reconvene together. 
Genesis 18 one to 8. 

1180
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:11,399
Do we need more time? 
We're OK. 

1181
01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:14,640
All right. 
Let's gather together again. 

1182
01:09:18,720 --> 01:09:22,040
How was it? 
Interesting. 

1183
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:24,439
Hopefully. 
That's a good Interesting. 

1184
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,560
All right. 
Whoever wants to contribute? 

1185
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,680
Any ideas, any observations, 
maybe even questions? 

1186
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:37,399
Yes, brother. 
Yeah. 

1187
01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:39,120
So the Lord appears to him after
that. 

1188
01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:41,160
So you're asking the question, 
what came before this? 

1189
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:45,520
Very good observation. 
And there are wonderful 

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01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:47,760
instructions from that point, 
Yes. 

1191
01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:49,399
Anything else? 
Yes, the Lord appears with him 

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01:09:49,399 --> 01:09:52,160
in three. 
Men. 

1193
01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:55,520
Yes, he. 
Recognized that it was the. 

1194
01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:59,240
Lord Yeah 3. 
Is symbolically the Trinity. 

1195
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:00,880
Yes. 
So some people do believe it's a

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01:10:00,880 --> 01:10:02,880
Trinity. 
The clarification, however, is 

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01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:07,760
when you come next in Genesis 19
where you have two angels who 

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01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:11,560
went to Lot in Sodom. 
So many who who do think it's a 

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01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:14,360
Trinity have to consider that it
seems to be that the Lord 

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01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:17,640
appears as one person, one 
individual, and the two others 

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01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:19,360
who accompany were actually 
angels. 

1202
01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:22,240
But you're not the only one 
who's made that initial 

1203
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:23,680
observation. 
I would just encourage to 

1204
01:10:23,680 --> 01:10:28,480
consider the next chapter to see
who those members are exactly. 

1205
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:38,640
For by doing so, some people 
that entertain angels. 

1206
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:42,400
Without beautiful brother, did 
you hear the cross reference to 

1207
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:45,720
a principle in Hebrews chapter 
13 about really hospitality? 

1208
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,040
Is there a lot to learn about 
hospitality in the verses we 

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01:10:48,040 --> 01:10:49,200
read? 
Yes. 

1210
01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:50,400
Good, great. 
Thank you brother. 

1211
01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:51,400
Did you have your hand up as 
well? 

1212
01:10:51,800 --> 01:11:01,790
Yeah, there is the oaks of 
memory. 

1213
01:11:01,790 --> 01:11:04,750
They appear more than once in 
Genesis, especially with 

1214
01:11:05,030 --> 01:11:08,040
Abraham, but I would say that's 
a great thing that you're 

1215
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,000
highlighting there. 
We don't have time to explore 

1216
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:12,880
what that means exactly, but you
are on to something very good. 

1217
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:15,400
Yes, yes, and because of. 
That his. 

1218
01:11:20,260 --> 01:11:25,860
Actions corresponds to. 
God, we're going to quickly. 

1219
01:11:25,980 --> 01:11:26,980
There's no. 
Delay. 

1220
01:11:26,980 --> 01:11:28,180
There's no hesitation. 
Yes, very good. 

1221
01:11:28,180 --> 01:11:32,020
Did you notice that that Abraham
recognizes and even identifies 

1222
01:11:32,020 --> 01:11:33,940
himself as a serpent? 
Now, let me ask you this. 

1223
01:11:34,620 --> 01:11:37,660
Learning about Abraham up to 
this point, did we already 

1224
01:11:37,660 --> 01:11:39,260
discover that he was a wealthy 
man? 

1225
01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:42,040
Not just wealthy, very wealthy, 
right? 

1226
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,920
Did he have servants? 
Could he have just asked his 

1227
01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:47,000
servants to prepare a meal for 
the Lord and the 2 angels? 

1228
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:51,320
Well, what does he do? 
He puts the apron on, right? 

1229
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:56,520
What's that? 
Yes, exactly. 

1230
01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:59,480
So he does. 
He does include others, but he 

1231
01:11:59,480 --> 01:12:01,760
is also waiting on them. 
And we'll get to that in a 

1232
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:02,280
moment. 
Yes, Jonah. 

1233
01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:02,960
I see. 
A image. 

1234
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:21,520
Oh now you're getting deep yes 
yes, yes we're going to have fun

1235
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:26,040
at lunch we did there is a 
deeper meaning here our brother 

1236
01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:28,240
Yona has it. 
I know it, yes, but those are a 

1237
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,280
great that's a great point. 
There is there is a consistency 

1238
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:32,640
here. 
There is a parallel that you can

1239
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:37,280
make between how Abraham treats 
the Lord under this tree and how

1240
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:40,120
there is another instance where 
idols are dealt with underneath 

1241
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:41,880
the tree. 
That's a great point too. 

1242
01:12:41,880 --> 01:12:43,320
That's that's very deep. 
Yes. 

1243
01:12:45,480 --> 01:12:47,200
Yeah. 
They they he wasn't expecting 

1244
01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:48,760
them when they arrived, right. 
He was, he seems to be 

1245
01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:58,090
surprised. 
Sure, yes, very good. 

1246
01:12:58,930 --> 01:13:02,250
He is. 
Do you see that he can move for 

1247
01:13:02,250 --> 01:13:06,290
a 99 year old, right. 
Because in verse 14, the Lord's 

1248
01:13:06,290 --> 01:13:09,840
going to tell them one year from
now Sarah's going to have a 

1249
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:11,640
child. 
So how old did he give? 

1250
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:13,520
What? 
How old was Abraham when he had 

1251
01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:15,000
Isaac? 
He was 100. 

1252
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:16,160
Meaning what? 
How old is he here? 

1253
01:13:16,840 --> 01:13:19,240
99? 
Yes, yes, right here, Brianna. 

1254
01:13:19,640 --> 01:13:34,800
We'll get to you, brother. 
That's a great point too. 

1255
01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:38,280
I mean, you have this, this man 
who inflicts pain upon himself 

1256
01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:42,760
in order to obey God, and yet 
his posture of service is so 

1257
01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:45,680
strong immediately after, 
contextually speaking, Yes. 

1258
01:13:46,000 --> 01:14:04,960
Yes, brother. 
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, 

1259
01:14:06,440 --> 01:14:08,160
absolutely. 
And a couple of people already 

1260
01:14:08,160 --> 01:14:09,120
made that point. 
It's true. 

1261
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:10,520
There's something about the 
timing. 

1262
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:11,640
There's something about the 
timing. 

1263
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:13,800
Abraham and his house will being
circumcised and the Lord making 

1264
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,200
himself known to Abraham. 
Yes, somebody had their hand up 

1265
01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:16,880
here. 
Yes, Grace. 

1266
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:28,560
The quality, Yeah. 
He, he brought a quality meat 

1267
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:29,960
before his guest. 
Sure. 

1268
01:14:30,160 --> 01:14:30,640
Yes. 
Right. 

1269
01:14:37,520 --> 01:14:39,320
Yeah, sure. 
I mean, there's this mirroring 

1270
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:41,920
picture of humbling yourself. 
And that's probably one of the 

1271
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:44,360
most humbling things you can do 
is to wash somebody else's feet 

1272
01:14:44,360 --> 01:14:45,440
at that time. 
Absolutely. 

1273
01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:54,840
Right. 
Yes. 

1274
01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:19,990
Yeah, 
yeah. 

1275
01:15:19,990 --> 01:15:24,910
So now you're sure. 
So now you're wondering and 

1276
01:15:24,910 --> 01:15:26,550
questioning and examining. 
This is good. 

1277
01:15:26,710 --> 01:15:28,270
Yes, over here and over here. 
And then we'll look at it 

1278
01:15:28,270 --> 01:15:28,910
together more. 
Very. 

1279
01:15:30,510 --> 01:15:31,750
Good. 
Did you notice? 

1280
01:15:31,750 --> 01:15:33,630
That outside, which means he was
in a very uncomfortable position

1281
01:15:33,630 --> 01:15:36,910
and. 
Sometimes. 

1282
01:15:39,240 --> 01:15:43,000
Hospitality can be very 
uncomfortable and costly, and he

1283
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:45,960
was just sitting out there in 
that heat in his elderly age, 

1284
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,000
waiting on God to bring that 
operation. 

1285
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,160
Excellent point. 
Did you notice the time marker? 

1286
01:15:50,440 --> 01:15:53,560
It was in the heat of the day. 
We're talking about Middle 

1287
01:15:53,560 --> 01:15:57,240
Eastern heat. 
This is hot, right? 

1288
01:15:57,560 --> 01:15:59,560
OK, we're going to go, I mean, 
somebody else here, then Joey. 

1289
01:15:59,560 --> 01:16:01,240
And then Joey, we're going to 
end with you before we move on. 

1290
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:05,080
Yes, So there's many repeated 
words here. 

1291
01:16:05,080 --> 01:16:06,280
Yes. 
And we're going to explore more 

1292
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:07,680
of those. 
Very good, Joey. 

1293
01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:12,440
I noticed that before he 
actually served, he was 

1294
01:16:12,440 --> 01:16:15,800
worshipped. 
Reminded me back to Mary and 

1295
01:16:15,840 --> 01:16:17,360
Mark when they were separated 
here. 

1296
01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:20,920
And Abraham did it. 
He worshipped and He provided. 

1297
01:16:21,160 --> 01:16:23,360
Hospital yes, so there's 
devotion in the heart and 

1298
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:26,640
practical service here. 
Absolutely you, you all did a 

1299
01:16:26,640 --> 01:16:28,560
wonderful job. 
Let's look at some of these 

1300
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:30,640
things you already mentioned 
some of them. 

1301
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:32,560
Verse one tells us that it was 
in the heat of the day. 

1302
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:34,320
He meant this is just surface 
level. 

1303
01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:37,720
We're not even getting deeper 
deeper here, just preliminary in

1304
01:16:37,720 --> 01:16:40,880
the 10-15 minutes we had. 
So there's the heat of the day. 

1305
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:43,960
So as our sister alluded to 
already mentioned that this was 

1306
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:45,800
probably very uncomfortable for 
Abraham, right? 

1307
01:16:46,160 --> 01:16:49,240
It was not a very convenient 
time, but it was in the heat of 

1308
01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:50,120
the day. 
That says something. 

1309
01:16:50,120 --> 01:16:53,240
He ran. 
Did you notice that twice we 

1310
01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:59,240
read that he ran the word quick 
appears three times quickly, 

1311
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:02,720
quick, quickly, quickly, right. 
So the Lord deserves immediate 

1312
01:17:02,720 --> 01:17:04,800
obedience. 
There shouldn't be hesitation 

1313
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:06,920
and obedience there should be, 
there shouldn't be hesitation in

1314
01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:10,280
our worship and our sacrifice. 
Did you notice this in verse 4? 

1315
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:12,480
What did He initially offer them
in verse four? 

1316
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:15,400
Look at it again, I'll read it. 
He says let a little water be 

1317
01:17:15,400 --> 01:17:17,760
brought. 
Notice little water, let a 

1318
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:20,400
little water be brought and wash
your feet and rest yourselves 

1319
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:24,200
under the tree while I bring a 
morsel of bread that you may 

1320
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:27,000
refresh yourselves and after 
that you may pass on since you 

1321
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:29,600
have come to your servants. 
So what does He offer them as a 

1322
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:32,600
meal? 
Just take a snack, a morsel of 

1323
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:34,240
bread, right? 
What does he offer them? 

1324
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:39,640
A cow. 
So what is what is that milk? 

1325
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:42,760
And it's a whole feast. 
So maybe you've experienced this

1326
01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,520
where somebody knows you're 
driving by town and they text or

1327
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:47,720
you texted me, say, come over, 
just come over for a cup of tea,

1328
01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:50,000
right? 
This is especially known among 

1329
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:53,840
Middle Easterners, right? 
It's not just going to be tea. 

1330
01:17:53,840 --> 01:17:57,040
You know, it's not leftovers. 
And there's going to be a whole.

1331
01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,320
It's going to be like 
Thanksgiving, right? 

1332
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:00,440
And you thought you were just 
coming for tea. 

1333
01:18:00,440 --> 01:18:02,240
So is Abraham lying here? 
No, it's not. 

1334
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:06,000
He's not lying, but it's showing
just he's willing to go above 

1335
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:10,080
and beyond for the Lord, right? 
And so he's trying to convince 

1336
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:11,760
them like, look, it seems like 
you're on your way. 

1337
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:14,400
Here's just a morsel of bread. 
But in reality, once you got him

1338
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,840
seated, he says get the best cow
we have, right? 

1339
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:19,280
And that really brings us to the
next point. 

1340
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:21,760
It was tender and good. 
He didn't look for a weekly 

1341
01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:24,440
sickly animal. 
He found the best that he can 

1342
01:18:24,440 --> 01:18:26,720
offer to the Lord. 
And brother, do you want to get 

1343
01:18:26,720 --> 01:18:31,920
something before we move on? 
Doing what was strange, I will 

1344
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:36,800
point out that 3 is a a a gimmel
which is a symbol of a camel and

1345
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:41,400
helping board a door in the 
Hebrew letter of the valid and 

1346
01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:45,840
there's a whole bunch of message
in a camel symbolically. 

1347
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:49,840
So I think the the scripture is 
pointing us to the meaning of a 

1348
01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:51,320
letter. 
OK, which is? 

1349
01:18:51,320 --> 01:18:54,200
The letter that is the #3. 
Yeah, see, this is where this is

1350
01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:57,120
beyond my expertise with Hebrew,
and this is something we'll talk

1351
01:18:57,120 --> 01:18:59,600
about after the lunch break. 
But this is something worthy of 

1352
01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:00,640
discussion. 
Absolutely. 

1353
01:19:00,640 --> 01:19:02,640
There's something to consider 
about some of these original 

1354
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,840
terms and symbols. 
Notice in verse 8, just because 

1355
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,560
of the sake of time, we read 
that at the end of the whole 

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scene, what's Abraham's posture?
Does he sit with them? 

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What is standing symbolize? 
Yeah, he's, I served you up to 

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01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:21,600
this point, but I'm ready. 
If you call me, I will do 

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anything else. 
I'm still in the active position

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01:19:24,360 --> 01:19:26,480
of serving. 
You know, some people, they 

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01:19:26,480 --> 01:19:30,000
serve, and then I want to take a
break from serving the Lord. 

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01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:32,200
You know, that's not Abraham. 
Abraham, I'm ready to serve 

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01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:34,120
again. 
And that's even more impressive 

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01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:38,160
when you consider his age. 
He's 99 at this point. 

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01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:40,800
And more than that, this is 
something that stood out to me. 

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01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:44,080
What about his attitude? 
He's 99. 

1367
01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:46,200
Sure. 
And what hasn't come yet? 

1368
01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:50,800
The promise he's going to find 
out after this that it's going 

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01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,520
to be a year from then that 
Isaac would be realized. 

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01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:56,560
But look at his attitude while 
he waits on God. 

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01:19:57,280 --> 01:20:00,000
Is he bitter? 
Does he drag his feet? 

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01:20:00,480 --> 01:20:02,240
Is he huff and puff? 
Oh, it's the Lord. 

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01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:05,120
The same one that promised me 25
years ago that I was going to 

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have his son, and that is that. 
Is that Abraham's attitude? 

1375
01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:12,080
No, while he waits on God, he is
serving with his whole heart. 

1376
01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:15,000
Are you doing the same? 
Am I doing the same? 

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01:20:16,120 --> 01:20:18,920
He's a model of faith according 
to the New Testament, not just 

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01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:21,600
in justifying faith, but in 
practical faith. 

1379
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:24,320
He's waiting on the Lord. 
And while he's waiting, he's 

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01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,840
giving everything he has to the 
Lord because he loves God, not 

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01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:32,320
just for the promise, but the 
promise, Sir, who he is, As we 

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01:20:32,320 --> 01:20:35,160
already mentioned, our brother 
mentioned that one New Testament

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01:20:35,160 --> 01:20:37,800
application, according to 
Hebrews 13, is we should, we 

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01:20:37,800 --> 01:20:41,040
should be as people of God, 
hospitable. 

1385
01:20:41,040 --> 01:20:43,160
And we have a wonderful model in
Abraham. 

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01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:44,320
Yes, brother, you had something 
else. 

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01:20:44,680 --> 01:20:48,360
While he was serving it at the 
end, he got provided the tree 

1388
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:51,480
for the coolness versus. 
The sun, Sure. 

1389
01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:54,040
Yes, yes. 
Otherwise it would have been 

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01:20:54,200 --> 01:20:55,720
really. 
Hot, it would have been exactly.

1391
01:20:55,720 --> 01:21:01,040
Yes, absolutely. 
This is just one sample of how 

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01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:05,360
when we do what we just learned,
when we ask these questions and 

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01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:09,920
when we we zoom in and we 
meditate, things begin to 

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01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:13,840
glisten in our Bibles. 
And this is just the surface. 

1395
01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:15,240
We haven't even really brought 
in it. 

1396
01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:18,680
We could have compared Abraham's
hospitality in Genesis 18 to 

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01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:21,600
Lot's hospitality in Genesis 19,
right? 

1398
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:24,600
There's so many other things 
that we can explore, but for 

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01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:28,400
now, we're going to eat. 
We're going to eat just like we 

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01:21:28,400 --> 01:21:30,000
learned here. 
We're going to have a meal. 

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01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:33,760
Allow me to pray for us and it 
will return at 1:30. 

1402
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:37,240
Lord, we do thank you for this 
first part. 

1403
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:43,920
We thank you for the tangible 
excitement and the contagious 

1404
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:47,840
spirit for the things of God and
the Word of God. 

1405
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:51,120
We pray now that as we feast 
together that the spirit of 

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01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:54,240
hospitality would be obvious. 
We thank you for the hospitality

1407
01:21:54,240 --> 01:21:57,840
team that throughout the week 
have been preparing for this 

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01:21:57,840 --> 01:22:00,440
time. 
We thank you for the the meal 

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01:22:00,440 --> 01:22:02,760
that we're we're going to enjoy.
May it only facilitate the 

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01:22:02,760 --> 01:22:04,920
fellowship that you call us to 
have. 

1411
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:08,560
And Lord, may the rest of this 
afternoon be to your glory. 

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01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:11,480
In Jesus name we pray, Amen and 
Amen. 

1413
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:13,120
We'll see you back in here at 
1:30. 

1414
01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:16,160
Just make your way downstairs. 
There's Chick-fil-A and other 

1415
01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:18,120
snacks waiting for you. 
God bless you. 

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01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:18,840
We'll see you soon.