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And our desire. 
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lately, what's the goal? 
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For the church, for the ministry
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we're not looking to grow in 
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a bigger ministry. 
If we can, however, facilitate a

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greater space for more people to
come to receive instruction and 

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guidance and inspiration like 
what you're hearing today, 

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that's that's our dream that 
more people would hear the 

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unadulterated word of God being 
preached and shared and to 

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mobilize and equip more 
Christians. 

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And so that's been our prayer 
lately in this time, in this day

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and age, we want. 
To see a revival and a revival 

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that we're praying for is not a 
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sensationalism, but a revival of
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You know, the Bible being 
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you actually look at the Old 
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there's a significant 
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It always boils down to a 
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Word of God and, and, and 
appreciation and irreverence 

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toward it. 
So thank you so much again for 

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your prayers and for your 
giving. 

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We, we, we give glory to God for
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Why don't we pray before we 
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Lord, we acknowledge that there 
is such a tangible sense of love

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in this place. 
To be amongst people who have 

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the same desire and the same 
goal of knowing you through Your

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word is a is a treasure in 
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And as we approach these final 
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Spirit would be with us in a 
more real way and that we would 

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sense the the grace of God upon 
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We pray, Lord, that as we leave 
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would leave here with joy. 
We would leave here with the 

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same testimony as those two on 
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Did not our hearts burn within 
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opened up to us? 
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confusion. 
May there be nothing that would 

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interfere with the transmission 
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Now we ask these things in Jesus
name, Amen and Amen, Amen. 

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So we are now embarking on a 
Part 2 for these tools for 

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deeper study in the Word of God.
I want to say to begin that 

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everything that you have heard 
thus far and everything that you

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will hear. 
In this last hour are tools that

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I personally implement on a 
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I could have easily, we could 
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famous well known book or 
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Hermeneutic is just a kind of a 
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We could have grabbed this 
science book, this interpretive 

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kind of method and just put it 
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want to go beyond anything that 
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So everything that you hear on a
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what you're hearing here, which 
means that you may be aware of 

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more tools than what's presented
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And there are same not to say 
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say that there isn't room for 
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But what you're hearing today is
what I can think of as a regular

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kind of approach that I have 
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And so really. 
You're seeing my tool belt from 

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Monday to Thursday. 
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will inspire you. 
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we won't be looking at things 
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We won't be looking anything in 
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That's very important. 
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depth with Chiastic. 
Structures. 

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Have you heard of chiastic 
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Yeah, how certain texts are 
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have a kind of like a mirroring 
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You have a ABBCCNNX marks the 
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center is the main point of the 
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That's also valuable in some 
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Once again, what you're hearing 
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So we are now at tool number. 
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Types and shadows. 
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Have you heard people mentioning
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What does it mean? 
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You can even include their 
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foreshadow New Testament 
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the person of Jesus Christ and 
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Why say? 
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Spurgeon said, listen to this 
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The scriptures are like the 
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Clothes of the holy child Jesus,
unroll them and there you find 

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your Savior. 
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is Christ. 
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this. 
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reason, so that. 
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understand. 
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unique observation here. 
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advocated for. 
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work being the golden thread of 
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We see from Genesis all the way 
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And So what types and shadows 
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the Hebrew Scriptures and to see
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Where can I find gospel truths? 
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see things for our own worship, 
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our own personal application, 
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moment. 
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here where types and shadows 
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And what we're going to find is 
that it is not, again, something

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external imposed on the reality 
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So let's consider this. 
Look what Paul says in First 

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Corinthians 10/11. 
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happen to them as an example. 
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He's actually reflecting on the 
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of Israel, and he's applying it 
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Corinthians. 
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known. 
Now these things happen to them 

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as an example. 
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Written down for our instruction
on whom the end of the ages has 

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come. 
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is 2 posts. 
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here. 
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apologize, but it's where we get
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appears many times in the New 
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exemplary place to consider it. 
The word example there is a word

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type, so you can understand in 
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Now these things happen to them 
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pattern, as a picture, right? 
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Israelites in the wilderness. 
What about what he says to the 

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Colossians in Colossians 216? 
Therefore let no one pass 

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judgment on you in questions of 
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to a festival or a new moon or 
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These are a shadow of the things
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belongs to Christ. 
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of the author of Hebrews, where 
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were making their way back to 
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And the author of Hebrews is 
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saying here. 
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shadow. 
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Now, if I see a shadow, 
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positioned, a shadow in a sense 
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somebody or the arrival of 
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though there is rather practical
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texts. 
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greater. 
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more real and more substantial. 
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We have types and shadows. 
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want to be asking. 
About types and shadows, very 

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straightforward. 
Nothing profound about them, but

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something along the lines of #1 
Is there any part of the 

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character story? 
If I'm looking at a character in

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the Old Testament, a person in 
the Old Testament, is there any 

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component about their story, 
their experience that 

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illustrates a New Testament 
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Do we see Paul doing this in 
Romans? 

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We do. 
In Romans 514. 

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He compares Christ, or he 
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Adam, and he makes a different 
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One of the points is in the same
way that Adam's disobedience led

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to the fall of all man, Christ 
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redemption of all man. 
So you see this type and anti 

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type, right? 
In the same way that Adam was 

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like a federal head for 
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of his actions impacted his 
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In the same way Christ now 
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to perform righteousness and his
actions will then impact those 

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who are his lineage, his 
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And so we see this practice of 
is there something in the Old 

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Testament character story that 
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just the beginning, literally 
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And we have permission to look 
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forward with that same principle
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Another thing to consider number
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ceremonies in the Old Testament,
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that points to a new covenant 
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So Old Testament law is not 
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We know that, but that doesn't 
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something from them, even the 
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So one way to approach 
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example, is what's Leviticus 
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principle? 
It's about worship. 

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It's about worship. 
How to approach God in worship. 

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OK, these specific instructions 
no longer apply, but what themes

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or motifs or attitudes or 
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now make in light of the new 
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And there's a lot to learn about
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You have the the burnt offering 
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beast is to be placed on the 
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That says something about our 
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At least it should. 
And that's a very preliminary 

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kind of understanding of these 
things #3 is there any object or

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event that foreshadows a gospel 
truth? 

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Yes. 
We can even get down to objects 

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and events that seem unrelated 
to gospel realities but are in 

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fact very much related. 
So I put 2 references there. 

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One is Hebrews 1310, where the 
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an altar, right? 
He's talking to these Hebrew 

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Christians that want to go back 
to the temple and they want to 

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be brought back into that whole 
life of Judaism and they don't 

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want to be ostracized anymore. 
They don't want to be 

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persecuted. 
They don't want to betray their 

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ancestors. 
So what does the author do? 

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He goes, you want to go back to 
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Do you understand that? 
We have an altar, We have a 

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greater altar that they cannot 
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And the altar ultimately is the 
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It's the work of Jesus Christ. 
What about what the Lord said in

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John 314 when He points to an 
event and an object, the brazen 

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serpent that was lifted up, 
right? 

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And out of all the things that 
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the only thing that Christ 
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Nicodemus is in the same way 
that serpent was lifted up, so 

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the Son of Man will be lifted 
up, right? 

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Just the lifting up was a point 
of application, or at least a 

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type and a shadow concerning 
Christ. 

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Here's a very important rule. 
If it doesn't fit a strong and 

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clear New Testament paradigm, 
don't force it. 

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Don't force it. 
Do people force it? 

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All the time, all the time. 
And I don't want to sound too 

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subjective here, but in many 
ways there is a ring to it when,

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when somebody interprets a type 
or a shadow or points one out 

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and it's, it's true, it's 
consistent, it's spirit LED it, 

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it sounds right when it's 
forced, you can feel it as it's 

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being explained. 
Like you're going too far, 

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brother. 
You're, you're, you're, you're 

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looking too deep into this, 
right? 

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So people ask them, what's the 
rule for types and shadows? 

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Let the New Testament be your 
guide. 

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Is this a strong New Testament 
paradigm that you're trying to 

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apply this to? 
Is this something that is 

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amplified in the new covenant? 
Is it complemented well? 

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Does it fit? 
Does it make sense? 

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Or are you trying to just 
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reasons? 
So here's a bad example with 

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this. 
I'm going to pick on the Mormons

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a little bit today. 
OK, We heard about the Mormons 

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earlier. 
I'm going to bring them up again

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because why? 
Well, they, they, they appeal to

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the Bible. 
That's why. 

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So let me, let me. 
Before I go here, actually, I'll

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just keep it. 
So here I am. 

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When I used to live closer to 
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park where I used to live. 
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to live in. 
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especially in the spring or 
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'cause they had kind of like a, 
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not a official track, but just 
just a pathway to walk around 

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and jog. 
And, and so I would always go 

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there. 
I was so close and I would just 

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walk and I would just use that 
time to pray, just walk and pray

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and sit on the park bench 
sometimes and just meditate and 

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enjoy nature and just just walk 
with the Lord. 

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And I won this. 
On this particular day, I'm 

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walking and what catches my 
peripheral are two guys with 

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bright white dress. 
Shirts and bicycles, you know, 

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sound familiar? 
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realized that they're on the 
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they're sitting on the bench. 
So I thought, OK, I'm on my way 

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there. 
I'm going to, I'm going to rest 

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by the bench too, you know. 
And so I make my way there and I

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plot my side myself beside them.
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They were young, 1819 years old.
If you don't know anything about

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Mormon doctrine or Mormon 
practice, if you're a serious 

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Mormon, you will dedicate 2 
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That you will. 
You will. 

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Just give up the prime of your 
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different nation or state and 
just. 

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Wherever you go, you're going to
preach and you're going to knock

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on doors and you're going to 
bike around town and you're 

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going to try to evangelize 
people. 

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You're going to give up two 
years of your life just for that

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goal. 
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doing. 
And they they came to Chicago. 

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That's where they were sent by 
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And so I just asked some 
questions, what they're doing 

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around here, this and that. 
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To talk about the differences 
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Mormonism. 
And finally, one of these young 

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men very innocently said, well, 
do you understand that the the 

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Bible speaks about the Book of 
Mormon? 

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I said, really, tell me where I 
must have missed it. 

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And he goes, it's in Ezekiel 37.
I said, where in Ezekiel 37. 

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And he goes, well, when, when 
Ezekiel receives a vision about 

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two sticks, let me read it to 
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Ezekiel 37, verse 15, The word 
of the Lord came to me, Son of 

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man, take a stick and write on 
it for Judah and the people of 

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Israel associated with them. 
And take another stick and write

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on it for Joseph, the stick of 
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Israel associated with him. 
And I'm reading as I'm saying. 

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Tell me where the Book of Mormon
is in this. 

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He goes well, the sticks 
represent books, and the stick 

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for Judah symbolizes the Bible 
and the stick. 

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For Joseph symbolizes the Book 
of Mormon, and what you see in 

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this prophecy is that God wants 
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Book of Mormon to be 1 unit 
again. 

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And I said, did you keep reading
the prophecy or did you just 

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stop with verse 15? 
Did you honor rule #3? 

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He said rule #3 no joke, I 
didn't go there. 

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I said, did you look? 
At the before and after the 

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text, what is he talking about? 
He's talking about the 

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reunification of the nation of 
Israel. 

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It was divided Northern Kingdom,
southern Kingdom, and there's a 

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time coming, this prophecy is 
sharing that there's a time 

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coming where they'll become one 
Kingdom again. 

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Where did you get? 
Books from well, that's that's 

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the literal meaning, but there's
a spiritual meaning. 

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Really this is an example of if 
it doesn't fit strong and clear 

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New Testament paradigm. 
Don't force it. 

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And that's a really extreme 
example, right? 

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I mean, a whole cult started 
from this and that's what it can

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lead to. 
And so you have to be, you have 

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to be very understanding where 
in the new. 

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Testament. 
Do you find what you are trying 

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to explain or what you're trying
to prove? 

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So is there more evidence in the
New Testament that Jesus is the 

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Ark of the covenant? 
Or Mary might have stepped on 

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some toes there. 
Because what do our Catholic 

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friends want to say that Mary? 
Is the Ark of the Covenant. 

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So is there any hint in the New 
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Is the presence of God on earth,
or do we see in John one that 

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Jesus dwelt among men? 
In the original word for dwelt 

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there is tabernacled. 
Do we see in Hebrews? 

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How there are all these 
different facets of the 

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Tabernacle that point to a facet
of the ministry of Christ. 

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What one holds more weight, 
right? 

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So this is a bad example. 
But let's consider a good 

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example. 
Joseph. 

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That's not an actual picture of 
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Joseph is one of the most 
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shadows concerning Christ. 
Let's open it up here. 

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What elements of Joseph's story 
stand out to you to point to a 

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facet of the ministry or the 
person or the work or the 

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experience of our Lord Jesus? 
Any idea? 

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Let's let's share this time 
together. 

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Yes, he suffered. 
Yes. 

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Yes, he was rejected. 
Who was he rejected? 

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By? 
His own brothers? 

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Yes. 
Anything else? 

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Redemption. 
Yes, forgiveness. 

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Beautiful. 
He forgave those who rejected 

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him unjustly. 
Accused. 

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Sure. 
He marries A Gentile bride. 

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Is Jesus married? 
Gentile bride? 

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Yes. 
The church is a picture of 

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church, yes. 
Anything else? 

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Say that again. 
Right hand of power, yes. 

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No sin is mentioned of him. 
Yes, that's a good point. 

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Betrayed. 
Absolutely. 

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He's a saviour. 
Saviour of who? 

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The world, yeah. 
OK, there is something there for

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sure. 
Absolutely. 

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Anything else? 
He reveals himself to his 

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brothers. 
Very good. 

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He was loved greatly by his 
father. 

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So good. 
I mean, we're everybody here is 

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ready to do an Old Testament 
study. 

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It's it's on the life of Joseph.
This is excellent. 

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Yeah. 
Anything else? 

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Maybe a couple more. 
Yes that's a big one actually. 

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Very good. 
These are all great points. 

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You already mentioned most of 
them. 

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Like Joseph Jesus was persecuted
by his brothers. 

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Like Joseph, Jesus was rejected 
but sent to the Gentiles. 

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Like Joseph, Jesus rejection led
to the salvation of the world. 

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Like Joseph, Jesus's flesh and 
blood did not recognize him. 

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Like Joseph, this point really 
excites me. 

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Look at this in Genesis 45 verse
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Then Joseph cannot control 
himself before all those who 

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stood by him, those were his 
brothers. 

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He cried. 
Make everyone go out for me, so 

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no one stay with him. 
When Joseph made himself known 

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to his. 
Brothers, did the Jews recognize

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Jesus today? 
There's a remnant, but most of 

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them don't. 
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he's going to reveal himself, 
and his brothers will recognize 

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him, and they will mourn after 
him whom they have pierced 

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right? 
And they will believe on him, 

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and they will recognize that he 
was their Savior and the Ruler 

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all along. 
Doesn't that ring right? 

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Doesn't that feel right? 
Right. 

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This, this, this is a mess, 
right? 

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Two sticks means two books. 
Joseph, because of the word 

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Joseph means Joseph Smith, their
prophet. 

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Where are you getting that from 
#7 We talked about. 

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Types and shadows. 
This is close to it, but with 

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types and shadows, we're 
starting from the New Testament,

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looking to the Old. 
But we also have to understand 

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that from the Old Testament. 
We have to look into the new, 

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and that's where illusions come 
in. 

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Now here's something 
fascinating. 

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The New Testament contains 
hundreds of references to the 

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Hebrew Scriptures. 
Hundreds. 

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But what most people miss is 
that it also. 

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Includes thousands, and that's 
not an exaggeration. 

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Thousands of illusions. 
What's an illusion? 

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An indirect reference? 
An echo of some sort of subtle 

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passing reference. 
Why is that the case? 

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Because the New Testament 
doesn't want to spoon feed us. 

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It expects you and I to be 
acquainted with different 

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content and themes of the Old 
Testament. 

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And this is one of the rewards 
of tool. 

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Number one. 
What was tool #1? 

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Read through the Bible. 
Expose yourself to the verbiage,

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to some known sayings, to 
repeated prophetic dialogue and 

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contents, so that when you come 
to the new, you're somewhat 

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prepared, because not every New 
Testament author is going to 

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give you a reference to 
something that they're saying. 

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It can be a word, it can be a 
phrase. 

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And again, the Holy Spirit 
expects you and I to have been 

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studying the rest of the Bible, 
not just the right side of it. 

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And this is where so many people
miss out on the depths of the 

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New Testament because they're 
only just, they're just looking 

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for references, quotations, 
right? 

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Failing to. 
Realize that there are thousands

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of illusions. 
We can consider a couple. 

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Look at this one from Mark 113. 
This is in the beginning of the 

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Gospel of Mark says here. 
And he was in the wilderness 40 

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days being tempted by Satan, and
he was with the wild animals and

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the angels were ministering to 
him. 

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Anything stand out to you with 
this verse? 

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It's one verse. 
You can call it out 40 days. 

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Yeah. 
Is that a significant number? 

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Absolutely. 
What does it symbolize according

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to the Bible? 
A period of testing, right? 

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So yeah, there's that. 
But I'm not. 

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I'm looking beyond that, yes, 
yeah, sure. 

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So we're relating Jesus 
wilderness experience to the 

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Israelites 40 year wilderness 
experience. 

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Yeah, you can definitely derive 
that. 

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Anything else? 
There's one. 

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Specific thing, that's one too 
sure. 

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The angels are ministering to 
him. 

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We see that in more than one 
place. 

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Wild animals. 
Why do I need to know that Jesus

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was with the wild animals? 
Again, you're asking the test 

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text questions, but I'm doing 
more than that now. 

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I'm trying to put pieces 
together because the author is 

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brilliant, because the author is
led by the Holy Spirit. 

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So I see wild animals, but I see
other ingredients that might 

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lead me to something. 
I see temptation mentioned, I 

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see Satan mentioned, and now I 
see animals mentioned. 

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Is there any other scene in the 
Bible where I can find these 

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three ingredients? 
Temptation, Satan, animals, the 

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Garden of Eden, talking about 
the beginning of time, right? 

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But there's some differences as 
well. 

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So now things are starting to go
off here. 

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I see temptation, I see Satan, I
see animals. 

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Again, if the wild animals were 
not there, I may be just staying

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in the lane of 40 days, 40 
years. 

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Tempted, tempted. 
Christ succeeds where Israel 

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failed. 
And that is, that is true. 

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But there's a deeper thing being
applied here. 

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Temptation, Satan, animals. 
So I'm thinking the Garden of 

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Eden, I'm sure, and that's not 
wrong, but there's also some 

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differences. 
OK, so you have temptation and 

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you have Satan and you have 
animals in the Garden of Eden. 

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But was was the Garden of Eden 
in a wilderness? 

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No, it was a luscious, beautiful
place. 

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Were the animals wild in the 
Garden of Eden? 

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No, they were tamed, right? 
And I mean, Adam was able to 

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name them. 
So I see some differences now, 

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and I think now there's 
something being conveyed here. 

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Did Christ succeed in the 
setting? 

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Overcoming temptation? 
Did Adam succeed? 

461
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,240
So here's one potential lesson. 
The conditions. 

462
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Of Jesus tests were far less 
favorable than those of Adam in 

463
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the garden, yet he's still 
triumphed over temptation. 

464
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,200
Adam had a garden. 
Adam had animals that weren't 

465
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:35,120
wild, that weren't dangerous, 
and so he was in paradise. 

466
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,160
And he still. 
Fell. 

467
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:43,840
Jesus, he was in a desert. 
Jesus, he had looming danger all

468
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around him, including wild 
animals. 

469
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,760
And with all that discomfort and
all that ugliness and all more 

470
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reason. 
To perhaps disobey Christ 

471
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succeeds where Adam fails. 
It's potentially another lesson.

472
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The curse not only infected 
those made in God's image, 

473
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,120
right? 
But it also transformed glorious

474
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gardens and peaceful animals at 
the terrifying wastelands and 

475
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,880
wild beasts. 
But what do we find in the 

476
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,840
beginning of Mark that Christ is
reversing? 

477
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,040
He's beginning to reverse the 
curse of Adam's disobedience. 

478
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,880
Through his obedience. 
He's going to be restoring not 

479
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,280
just us. 
He's going to be restoring 

480
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,400
gardens that became wildernesses
and Beautiful Creatures that are

481
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now wild. 
And this is the beginning of 

482
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what's going to come into full 
effect. 

483
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,720
And now you can, you can put in 
Isaiah's prophecy where the wolf

484
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will lie down with the lamb, 
right? 

485
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,080
We're going to see a restoration
of what was lost. 

486
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,160
And not just the restoration. 
It's going to become more, more 

487
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glorious, more permanent. 
And we're getting a hint here of

488
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both the past and the future. 
The past is Christ is greater 

489
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,400
than Adam. 
And we're seeing a future here 

490
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,520
too, that Christ is restoring 
what was broken through Adam. 

491
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,520
He's entering into our failure, 
He's entering into the 

492
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,240
destruction that we caused, and 
he's beginning to restore it. 

493
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,240
And it's only through His 
obedience you see. 

494
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,000
But he's giving us hints here. 
He's giving you a picture. 

495
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We we find this even in the 
epistles when I'm speaking about

496
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,160
allusions. 
Look at this in Philippians 210 

497
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,440
very known passage, so that at 
the name of Jesus every knee 

498
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,320
should bow in heaven and on 
earth and under the earth, and 

499
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,240
every tongue confess that Jesus 
Christ is Lord to the glory of 

500
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,240
God the Father. 
Anything stands out to you from 

501
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:33,280
this one verse. 
Is it a powerful verse? 

502
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,880
Absolutely. 
It's amazing. 

503
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,960
But there's more to it because 
of illusions. 

504
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,040
Look at this. 
So that the name of Jesus every 

505
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,720
knee should bow in heaven, on 
earth, and under the earth, and 

506
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:56,360
every tongue confess. 
Is Paul making this up? 

507
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,400
Is Paul maybe? 
Better explained, saying 

508
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:02,880
something that's never been said
before. 

509
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,680
Is this something that he was 
writing by the inspiration of 

510
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,160
the Spirit for the first time, 
or is? 

511
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,240
Paul making reference to 
something that you and I should 

512
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,560
be familiar with in the Old 
Testament. 

513
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,920
You know the answer, right? 
Look what Yahweh says about 

514
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,160
himself in Isaiah 4523. 
By myself I have sworn from my 

515
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,400
mouth has gone out in 
righteousness a word that shall 

516
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,000
not return to me. 
Every knee shall bow, every 

517
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,880
tongue shall swear allegiance. 
You know the Septuagint, which 

518
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,600
is the Greek translation of the 
Hebrew Scriptures that actually 

519
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,600
reads to me. 
Every knee shall bow every. 

520
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,920
Tongue shall confess you are 
God. 

521
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,880
Is this coincidence? 
Or is Paul borrowing from 

522
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,800
Isaiah's prophecy A prophecy 
that is exclusive to God, and 

523
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,360
now he's applying it to you, to 
who in verse 10, so that at the 

524
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,760
name of Jesus? 
What does that say about Jesus? 

525
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:55,440
According to Isaiah 45, he's 
Yahweh, you see. 

526
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,720
Now the Paul hearsay. 
According to the prophet Isaiah,

527
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,400
every knee should bow and no, 
but he expects you to know it. 

528
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,320
What about this one? 
Second Thessalonians 28 And then

529
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,800
the lawless one will be 
revealed, whom the Lord Jesus 

530
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,840
will kill with the breath of his
mouth, and bring to nothing by 

531
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:20,800
the appearance of his coming. 
Breath of his mouth I mean, 

532
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,000
there are so many ways somebody 
can kill somebody else out of 

533
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,120
all the ways we read here that 
he will do it with the. 

534
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:32,040
Breath of his mouth again. 
Is this a new, fresh idea about 

535
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,560
Christ that Paul is presenting 
to us? 

536
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,800
Perhaps, and there are instances
of that in the new, but this is 

537
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,600
a case of Paul also making an 
illusion again in Isaiah. 

538
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,160
Listen to these words about the 
Messiah in Isaiah 11, one of 

539
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,920
the. 
Features of Messiah Isaiah 11, 

540
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,400
verse 4 but with righteousness 
he shall judge the poor, and 

541
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,000
decide with equity for the meek 
of the earth, and he shall. 

542
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,040
Strike the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath 

543
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,760
of his lips. 
He shall kill the wicked with 

544
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,720
the breath of his lips. 
So what's Paul doing here with 

545
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,880
this? 
Reference he is showing that 

546
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,640
Jesus is the is the Messiah in a
very unique way. 

547
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,880
I don't think I would 
automatically say can I prove to

548
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,920
you how Jesus is the Messiah 
according to the New Testament. 

549
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,360
This wouldn't be one of my go 
to. 

550
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,160
You know that Messiah will kill 
people with the breath of his 

551
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,120
mouth. 
Just the authority of His Word, 

552
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,480
but it just adds a layer to how 
Christ fulfills what the Old 

553
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,080
Testament expects. 
And then you have another layer.

554
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,080
I didn't highlight it, but right
before it says he shall strike 

555
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,200
the earth with the rod of his 
mouth. 

556
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,320
That's that's a reference to 
Revelation too. 

557
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,160
So now you're seeing the 
interconnectedness of the whole 

558
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,400
Bible. 
But the point I want to convey 

559
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,080
is that even this truth of 
illusion is not just found in 

560
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:44,560
narratives. 
It's not just found in Gospel 

561
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,320
accounts, but even in the 
epistles for those who come here

562
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,840
on Sundays with with our study 
in Revelation. 

563
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,400
You and I see this over and over
again that there are obvious 

564
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,200
references to the Old Testament.
There are many more illusions 

565
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,640
that John expects us to know in 
order to properly interpret his 

566
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:04,320
prophecy. 
So I believe now we're going to 

567
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,720
come to number 8 and this is our
last point. 

568
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,480
We're going to expound on each 
of these points. 

569
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,040
We can't have a discussion. 
About studying the Bible without

570
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,800
outside resources, and I want to
mention four of them to you. 

571
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:25,520
Commentaries, Concordance, 
quality books, emphasis on 

572
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:30,640
quality and community. 
So let's look at these things 

573
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,320
separately, shall we? 
Commentaries. 

574
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,480
Commentaries are not infallible.
So they must be evaluated and 

575
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,920
compared. 
And as I showed earlier, 

576
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,560
commentary should never do the 
thinking for you, and 

577
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,280
fortunately they do for many 
people. 

578
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,760
So sometimes people will ask, 
where do commentaries play? 

579
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,520
In my knowledge and my growth of
understanding of Scripture, 

580
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,160
commentaries are consultants. 
Paul told Timothy. 

581
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,760
Think over what I say in the 
Lord will give you understanding

582
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,720
and everything. 
What commentaries do is that 

583
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,800
after you've done the heavy 
lifting of thinking and trying 

584
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,280
to understand the text and doing
all that you can with your tool 

585
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,720
belt to then see, are there 
others who can shed light on 

586
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,080
this? 
Are there others who confirm 

587
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,600
what I am coming to? 
Are there others who can say 

588
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,400
yes, this is in fact what the 
Holy Spirit has shown? 

589
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,800
This author, this author, this 
theologian? 

590
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,160
So that's what you want to do 
you you don't want to run to 

591
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,520
commentaries right away because 
it robs you of the experience of

592
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,800
God giving you understanding, 
right? 

593
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,920
And and he promises to give us 
understanding we. 

594
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,120
Should approach the scriptures 
prayerfully depended on the Holy

595
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,040
Spirit and as much as we might, 
this might be like a quick fix. 

596
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,800
This might be something that 
gets us to answers quicker. 

597
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,040
It doesn't substitute the 
worship of the Word, of being 

598
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,080
able to engage with God through 
the written word and. 

599
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,920
Seeing him bring things to the 
surface. 

600
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,280
That being said, there are two 
extremes. 

601
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,800
There are some, and I remember 
when I first got saved, people 

602
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,280
around me were saying you should
never look at a commentary that 

603
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,120
the Holy Spirit should teach you
everything. 

604
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,480
And they're almost implying that
if you're really spiritual, it 

605
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,640
would just be you and your Bible
and nothing else. 

606
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,280
But then the Bible also shows us
that God has gifted us teachers.

607
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,800
The Bible has shown us that God 
has gifted certain men to be 

608
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,720
able to bring even greater 
clarity and instruction and 

609
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,600
insight into the Scriptures. 
And we should we should delight 

610
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,640
in seeing those expressions of 
gifts as God's. 

611
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,640
Grace to us, and so. 
Yes, there's the extreme of 

612
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,400
people only relying on outside 
sources and never doing the 

613
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,240
heavy lifting themselves. 
And then as I mentioned, there 

614
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,320
are those who think you should 
never do that and we need the 

615
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,800
proper balance. 
You engage with the scriptures 

616
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,840
first, and then you consult with
the wider community, namely the 

617
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,960
commentaries. 
Here are some free resources 

618
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,680
that I recommended that I use 
all the time and a couple 

619
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,080
examples of ones that if you're 
willing to pay for they're, 

620
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,480
they're worth having. 
studylight.org has any. 

621
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,280
Can you just lift? 
Your hand. 

622
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,200
If you've never heard of Study 
Light, that's most of us here. 

623
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,480
Study Light is a wonderful 
resource. 

624
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,800
You can write down the the 
domain here, but let me tell you

625
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,160
how to use it. 
You go to Google, for example, 

626
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,400
and you'll write study light. 
And this is the important 

627
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,960
keyword verse by verse, study 
light, verse by verse. 

628
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,440
And then you put any verse of 
the Bible beside that. 

629
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,440
And what it'll do is usually the
first option after the Google 

630
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,240
search is entered will be the 
one that you want to click on 

631
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,440
and when you click on it. 
It will give you a list of 

632
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:33,200
faithful, reliable integral 
commentators all on one page. 

633
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,800
Give me an explanation for that 
one verse. 

634
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,640
So it's it's. 
Really on a silver platter for 

635
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,520
you. 
And you can easily just compare 

636
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,680
the different thoughts about 
that one verse. 

637
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,160
And you have to understand some 
of these commentators have 

638
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,040
theological dispositions. 
They have a different 

639
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,000
theological backgrounds and 
framing, so they're going to 

640
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,240
interpret verses differently. 
This is where you have to 

641
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,760
evaluate and compare and be 
careful. 

642
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,400
But Study Light is a amazing 
resource that is freely 

643
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,240
accessible to anybody who has 
the Internet. 

644
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,640
David Guzik. 
Has anybody heard of David 

645
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,440
Guzik? 
Yeah, most people here based out

646
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,320
of Calvary Chapel, a wonderful 
teacher of God's Word. 

647
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,480
All you have to do is look up 
Guzik and put in any chapter of 

648
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,360
the Bible or any verse of the 
Bible and it will come up 

649
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,120
usually on Blue Letter Bible, 
which we'll talk. 

650
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,120
About in a moment. 
But David Guzik, I mean, I've 

651
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,560
just been blessed by him over 
the years and he's faithful and,

652
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,240
and God has used them to bless 
so many people and I can just, I

653
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,680
can truly recommend him. 
He he's just a, he's a wonderful

654
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,920
teacher of God's word. 
Who can forget about Matthew 

655
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,960
Henry? 
I think Matthew Henry is one of 

656
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,520
the. 
Greater greatest commentators 

657
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,200
and theologians of all time. 
And I'll tell you why, because 

658
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,200
he he merges the academic with a
devotional. 

659
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,960
He's more on the devotional side
actually. 

660
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,080
And that's that's what I prefer.
So Matthew Henry is just a 

661
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,520
remarkable man of God and. 
You want to look up his complete

662
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,240
commentary because if you don't 
include that, then you might get

663
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,760
his summary of his explanation 
of passage of scripture. 

664
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,600
But the complete commentary is 
where you you get the meat. 

665
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,720
And so look up Matthew Henry 
complete commentary and again, 

666
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,680
just refer to that as a 
reflection point after you've 

667
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,159
done your own research in the 
word. 

668
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,280
If you want to pay for 
commentaries or different sets, 

669
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,280
I mean there are many. 
I can recommend just a couple 

670
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,960
that come to mind, especially 
Warren Weirsby for those who are

671
00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:22,199
more inclined to benefit from 
the practical. 

672
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,320
Warren Weirsby. 
He was a pastor at Moody Church.

673
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,040
He he has much more to his 
resume than that, but. 

674
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,280
He has a complete set of both 
Old and New Testament 

675
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,080
commentaries. 
And again, Warren Weirsby does a

676
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,719
wonderful job and making his 
points devotional and practical.

677
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,199
And just look at different, you 
know, Christian publications. 

678
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,080
His sets go on sale. 
It fluctuates from time to time.

679
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,800
I recently got the physical copy
of his study. 

680
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,600
I was looking at it online on 
one of my software's for years. 

681
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,560
But this one is something that 
worth buying and adding to your 

682
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,280
library. 
And if you're if you're more 

683
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,840
inclined or you're more wanting 
to open up to the academic side 

684
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,640
of things, the New American. 
Commentary is a great set to 

685
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,440
have as well. 
And again, this is something 

686
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,760
that will really help you, it 
will really bless you, and it's 

687
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,440
worth investing money in, you 
know, So if your birthday's 

688
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:11,760
coming up. 
Somebody asks you what you want 

689
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,000
for your birthday. 
Maybe you I want a new American 

690
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,360
commentary on, you know, these 
books are the New Testament or 

691
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:17,520
these books on the Old 
Testament. 

692
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,880
If you want even more of your 
thing, I already have those you 

693
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,000
have any more Just come see me 
after these last slides and I 

694
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,680
would gladly recommend others to
you. 

695
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,960
So commentaries, any questions 
about commentaries before we go 

696
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,000
on to the next point? 
Yes, and. 

697
00:35:35,650 --> 00:35:38,810
You feel like there's somewhere 
else in the Bible where it 

698
00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:43,000
exists, but you don't know 
yourself, but you feel like, 

699
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,600
yeah, this has to be. 
Where do you normally go? 

700
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:47,680
Over. 
Did you have a look at my 

701
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,440
slides? 
Because that's the very next 

702
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,400
point. 
Concordance. 

703
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,480
Hopefully this will answer your 
question. 

704
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,120
Yes, One moment, brother. 
We're going to go through this 

705
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,920
and I'll and I'll. 
I won't forget you, I promise. 

706
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,640
With a concordance, it's exactly
that. 

707
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:06,720
A concordance is an index of 
biblical words and phrases where

708
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:12,600
you will find a survey of where 
that verse or that word or 

709
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,400
phrase is found throughout the 
entire Bible. 

710
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,320
Now, they're exhaustive 
concordances and they're concise

711
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,840
ones. 
Some translations have them in 

712
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,000
the back of the Bible, some 
don't. 

713
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,680
But if you have like an ESV, 
you'll have a concordance found 

714
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,000
back there. 
You've probably seen it before. 

715
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,720
Concordances and maps don't get 
as much attention as they 

716
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,760
deserve, but they're there and 
they're wonderful for, for our 

717
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,120
for our aid and our guide. 
So I'm looking at my Bible right

718
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,920
now. 
I'm looking at the word wisdom 

719
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,720
and it says here and God gave 
Solomon W Usually it will it 

720
00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,160
will just kind of add the 1st 
letter of that word and then it 

721
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,680
gives me the reference right 
beside it and it goes to 1st 

722
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,840
Kings 4. 
The next one in wisdom. 

723
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,120
You have made them all. 
It's a reference to Psalm one O 

724
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,840
4. 
So concordances are wonderful 

725
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,720
tool. 
The beauty of the age that we 

726
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,760
live in is that you can have one
on your phone. 

727
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,320
You don't have to buy physical 
copies. 

728
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,680
The one I strongly recommend is 
Blue letter Bible. 

729
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,360
It's an app that you can 
download. 

730
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,000
It's something that you can 
search on a Google engine, but 

731
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,640
what you want to do with Blue 
Letter Bible, if you do use the 

732
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,800
Google search bar, you put in 
BLB. 

733
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:12,880
I don't even write blue letter 
Bible. 

734
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,120
I just do BLB and it'll pick it 
up and then you write a verse 

735
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,720
and then the Blue letter Bible 
website will pop up with the 

736
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,880
verse in the link. 
You click on it and when you 

737
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,960
click on it again, if you, if 
you're really not taking you 

738
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,520
want to step by step, just see 
me after the session and I'll 

739
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,000
show you exactly. 
How it works and then there's 

740
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,760
there's a button where you click
in a linear and it'll take the 

741
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,720
verse and split it up in it. 
Let's say it's an Old Testament 

742
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:36,920
verse. 
It will split up every word and 

743
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,000
it'll have. 
The Hebrew Strong's Concordance.

744
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,040
That's the concordance you want 
Strong's Concordance and Blue 

745
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,240
Letter Bible applies it 
automatically. 

746
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,720
But in case you want to buy the 
physical copy, Strong's 

747
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,400
Concordance is the go to and 
it'll break it up and I'll have 

748
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,840
the reference and then when you.
Click. 

749
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,000
Let's say I'm looking for the 
word love in John 316. 

750
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,240
I click on the Greek concordance
reference there and then it will

751
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,200
give me all the references of 
that same Greek word love. 

752
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,280
From Old to New Testament. 
So that's great for topical 

753
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,480
studies, for word studies, and 
it's something that I think 

754
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,080
everybody should have in their 
toolbox. 

755
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,960
Concordances. 
This is a great thing that I 

756
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,560
think is not emphasized enough. 
Quality books. 

757
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,360
Quality books. 
And why do I promote books? 

758
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:22,200
Because books help us explore 
and expand our mind to how 

759
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,200
others have discovered, connect,
and explain and applied 

760
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,120
scripture. 
And I emphasize devotionally. 

761
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:32,240
Devotionally. 
And if you've been here for the 

762
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,600
past few months, you know that 
I've been more vocal about the 

763
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,480
Puritans than ever. 
Because as I've been growing in 

764
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,720
my understanding of the 
Puritans, I just can't hold it 

765
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:43,440
back. 
I can't keep it to myself. 

766
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,280
The Puritans, I won't get into 
their history too much, but they

767
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,280
were Christians and pastors in 
the 1500s, in the 1600s 

768
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:56,560
primarily. 
And they were Christians who 

769
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:01,520
were under the Anglican system 
and they thought that the 

770
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,520
Anglican Church needed reviving 
and they were persecuted by the 

771
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,800
Anglican Church. 
And so they had to find a way to

772
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,720
preach and teach God's word to 
those at a very high price. 

773
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,080
And they were around for a good 
solid 100 to 150 years. 

774
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:17,400
But their their writings and 
their sermons and their 

775
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,800
commentaries have been preserved
by God's grace. 

776
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,680
And why I recommend the Puritans
is because. 

777
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,880
They have a hold on scripture, a
grip on scripture. 

778
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,640
They have a way of putting a 
scriptures together that are 

779
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,520
unmatched and in my estimation 
and that's why I recommend them 

780
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,600
more than even modern authors 
though God is using many modern 

781
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,880
authors today. 
I think that there's something 

782
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,200
unique about this group of 
believers in history. 

783
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,320
For me personally, when I read 
the Puritans, they make me 

784
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,680
excited to read the Bible. 
That's why I want people to to 

785
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,680
feel that same joy as well 
other. 

786
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,320
Books. 
You may be drawn to the author, 

787
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,280
or their style, or their 
anecdotes. 

788
00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:00,280
What the Puritans do is they 
mine areas of the the Bible that

789
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,760
are rarely explored, and they 
bring them to your attention and

790
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,080
they make you. 
Convinced I shouldn't skip 

791
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,200
Obadiah because I didn't think 
that I can learn from Obadiah in

792
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,320
this way. 
I didn't think that Amos can 

793
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:13,840
can. 
Touch my heart with that one 

794
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,320
verse. 
It's amazing how they're able 

795
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,880
especially to take the Old 
Testament and apply it again to 

796
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:23,160
New Testament principles and not
just their their illusions and 

797
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,760
their references, just the way 
they talk about doctrine or they

798
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,480
talk about Christ. 
Kindle something in your heart. 

799
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,440
So what I thought to do is just 
give you a few quotes just to 

800
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,400
give you an idea of how they can
stir you as they have stirred 

801
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,000
me. 
So this is from John Flavel and 

802
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,320
his word, his work keeping the 
heart. 

803
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,680
Notice what he says your quote 
suppose. 

804
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,840
That by revenge you might 
destroy one enemy, yet by 

805
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:49,000
exercising the Christians temper
you might conquer 3. 

806
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,840
Your own lust, Satan's 
temptation, and your enemy's 

807
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,160
heart. 
Isn't that beautiful? 

808
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:02,440
So you can say you should 
forgive others and not take 

809
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,440
vengeance because vengeance is 
God's. 

810
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,480
Is that true? 
Sure, but look at the poetry. 

811
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,800
Look at the depth here. 
What's the temptation of taking 

812
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,120
revenge? 
That we want to destroy our 

813
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,440
enemy. 
We want to get back at him and 

814
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,560
he goes, OK, if you're so 
ambitious to destroy, let me 

815
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,280
give you 3 enemies you can. 
Destroy if you do it God's way. 

816
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,520
One, is your own lust, 2 is 
Satan's temptation, and three, 

817
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,000
your enemy's heart, right like 
burning coals on their head. 

818
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,520
When you show mercy and love and
kindness, though they don't 

819
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,640
deserve it, you can. 
Actually conquer them the way 

820
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:31,840
Christ would want to conquer 
them. 

821
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:37,400
Isn't that beautiful? 
George Swinnik from his work The

822
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,320
Fading of the Flesh and the 
Flourishing of Faith. 

823
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,680
This is him using an Old 
Testament character to make a 

824
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,280
point about discontentment. 
Haman from the Book of Esther. 

825
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:47,520
Notice what he says here. 
Quote Haman. 

826
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,240
Although he has the favor of the
king, the adoration of the 

827
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:56,960
people and the sway over 127 
provinces was discontent because

828
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:01,360
he wanted Mordecai's knee. 
You know the story with Heyman, 

829
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,160
right? 
I mean, he was so privileged. 

830
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,400
He was so honored by the king 
and by again, the provinces. 

831
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,880
But what made him boil inside? 
He wanted that one Jew to bow 

832
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,760
his knee, and he wouldn't. 
Everybody else was bowing before

833
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:15,840
him, but just that. 
One person wasn't, and we find 

834
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,600
George here using as an example 
as an illustration for how 

835
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,600
discontent is so powerful and 
how foolish. 

836
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:28,120
It is really. 
I'm sure you're getting the hint

837
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,400
right? 
How about Thomas Brooks? 

838
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,880
Notice how he talks about death?
Quote. 

839
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:39,280
A Christian knows that death 
shall be the funeral of all his 

840
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:45,960
sins, his sorrows, his 
afflictions, his temptations, 

841
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,960
his vexations, his oppressions, 
his persecutions. 

842
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,920
He knows that death shall be the
resurrection of all his hopes, 

843
00:42:55,360 --> 00:43:00,440
his joys, his delights, his 
comforts, his contentments. 

844
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:06,120
Isn't that beautiful? 
If you fear death, if that's a 

845
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:10,400
nagging thing, if that gives you
nightmares, if if you, you know,

846
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,360
are paralyzed to the thought of 
you leaving this world and 

847
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,360
leaving your family behind, I 
can't offer anything apart from 

848
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,680
the Bible. 
The Puritans talk about death 

849
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,680
like it's something to look 
forward to for the Christian, 

850
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:27,040
and this is just an idea of it. 
And that's why we gave you one 

851
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,720
of many. 
Puritan books just to give you a

852
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:34,440
sample and for you to expose 
yourself to to these men and how

853
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,320
they write about the truths of 
scripture. 

854
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,840
And if you don't know where to 
begin, the specific kind of 

855
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,880
publication we extended to you 
is a good place to start. 

856
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:47,080
The Puritan Treasures for today.
There is a set that was on sale 

857
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,720
this past Christmas, I believe. 
But what Reformation Heritage 

858
00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:54,360
did was. 
Sometimes the language of the 

859
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,040
Puritans is a little daunting 
and archaic, so they simplified 

860
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,600
it without stripping the meaning
away. 

861
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:03,200
And it's for anybody who wants 
to be introduced to this group 

862
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,600
of ministers. 
To really, really engage with in

863
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,320
a hopeful manner. 
And I, I wouldn't say to read 

864
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,120
the Puritans in a way you would 
read a normal book. 

865
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,520
I would say just like read a 
chapter a night or a chapter 

866
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:20,120
every week, maybe even to start 
out with because it's so dense, 

867
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,320
it's so meaty that you don't. 
Want to miss anything? 

868
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,080
And here's what I do, and I've 
mentioned this recently. 

869
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:30,520
I'll have my notepad open when I
read one of these books and I'll

870
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,160
put down quotes that just. 
Jump out of me and these are 

871
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:38,360
quotes from my phone. 
And if I stumble upon a teaching

872
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,360
and I think, you know, I'm going
to talk about discontentment 

873
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,720
from this text, I might return 
to my vault and find this quote 

874
00:44:43,720 --> 00:44:46,760
from George Swinnick and apply 
it to the message. 

875
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,000
Or if you want to offer 
something as a quote in a 

876
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,560
counseling session, you know. 
If you're afraid of death, I 

877
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,200
want you to hear what Thomas 
Brooks has to say and just read 

878
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:55,440
that. 
I mean, just hearing it is so 

879
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,120
powerful. 
And so these men are men that I 

880
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,720
recommend and I hope they they 
will bless you leaving this 

881
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:05,040
place. 
Lastly, community I heard a 

882
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,400
pastor say this and it's still 
ringing in my ears, but I want 

883
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,040
to flip it. 
Let me let me tell you the way 

884
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,840
he said it from the pulpit when 
he was addressing pastors. 

885
00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:14,720
He. 
He reminded pastors that over 

886
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,360
time, most people in your church
will read the Bible the way you 

887
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:22,120
preach it, that your mode of 
interpretation. 

888
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,200
That the way you dissect the 
text, that the way you apply it,

889
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,320
how you speak about Christ. 
How you speak about the things 

890
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:33,800
of God, how you are careful with
even if I'm not sure about an 

891
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,800
illusion. 
And I say, you know, this 

892
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,040
picture reminds me, not saying 
dogmatically. 

893
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,520
This is a prophetic picture of 
Christ, but this imagery has the

894
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,600
perfume of what we find here in 
the New Testament. 

895
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,800
All of that will be imparted to 
the people that you preach to 

896
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,400
overtime. 
And that was a sobering reminder

897
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,320
for for for me. 
But I want to flip it and ask 

898
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,400
you because you have a choice to
sit under whatever ministry you 

899
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,120
want to sit under. 
Who is shaping you? 

900
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,680
Who are you allowing to shape 
your thinking of the Scriptures?

901
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,120
Not every pastor has the same 
style. 

902
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,600
Not every pastor has the same 
depth or insight. 

903
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,080
Everybody's uniquely gifted. 
Some pastors are more effective,

904
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,240
effective preaching 30 minutes. 
Others are more effective 

905
00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:15,360
preaching 55 minutes. 
That's not the point. 

906
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,200
The point is, are they, are they
encouraging you to go back to 

907
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,040
the text? 
Are they showing you the beauty 

908
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:26,720
of the text? 
Because God designed His church 

909
00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:30,200
to be supplemental to your 
personal journey with the Bible.

910
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,360
And you have to ask yourself, 
why do I go to the ministry I go

911
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:37,840
to and who am I allowing to 
inform my family's thinking 

912
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,120
about? 
The word of God that is so 

913
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,920
crucial. 
And if you think that you're not

914
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,000
being affected by that, that's a
problem. 

915
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,040
You are, whether you realize it 
or not, over time. 

916
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,600
For example, I'm and. 
This is more innocent, but if I 

917
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,280
have the habit. 
Of going through books of the 

918
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,960
Bible and I cover 2 chapters 
every Sunday. 

919
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:58,720
And I do that with every book. 
Then you are being trained in 

920
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:01,320
your own reading unless you have
great discipline and and you 

921
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,480
have a robust personal 
devotional life. 

922
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:05,920
Generally though, for the people
who are who are just really 

923
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,760
learning and taking it all in. 
You're going to read the Bible 

924
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:12,680
and that kind of scale where 
you're looking at it more of an 

925
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,240
overview. 
But if you are sitting under a 

926
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,680
teaching that goes into the 
verse and you know can. 

927
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,240
Dissect it and bring it apart 
and connect it to other ports. 

928
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,400
You're going to train yourself 
to see it that way as well. 

929
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,200
So ask yourself, who am I being 
shaped by? 

930
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,200
Who am I listening to? 
Who am I submitting to 

931
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:31,880
ultimately? 
But I want to also say community

932
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:33,240
goes beyond what kind of church 
you go to. 

933
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:35,160
It speaks about your circle of 
friends as well. 

934
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,320
And I want to encourage every 
person here to incorporate the 

935
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,560
wonders and the mysteries of 
God's Word in your fellowship. 

936
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,280
That doesn't mean that 
everything you talk about is the

937
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:47,480
Bible when you get together with
your friends, but may I suggest 

938
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,240
that you include it if it's not 
there at all? 

939
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,160
Some of the greatest insights 
I've received, some of the most 

940
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,440
powerful balm for my soul that 
I've experienced, was being on 

941
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,440
the phone with people who are 
not even in ministry but have a 

942
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,920
love for God's Word. 
And they're able to apply 

943
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:08,960
Scripture to my situation in a 
way that does something deeper 

944
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,400
than just calm me down for the 
moment. 

945
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,120
And that can only go back to 
what we heard early from 

946
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,200
Colossians. 
Let the word of Christ dwell in 

947
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,440
you richly, teaching and 
admonishing. 

948
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,600
It has to dwell richly in you 
first. 

949
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,520
And so I've received so much 
from people. 

950
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,480
Who, who might have sent me 
something that they have 

951
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,960
written, or who might have 
called me and asked me what's 

952
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:31,440
going on. 
And then they're able to take 

953
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:36,360
even obscure things in the Bible
and relate it to my circumstance

954
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:40,040
and it, it keeps me going. 
There's a force behind it 

955
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,240
because it's God's word. 
So how can you do this? 

956
00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:45,240
Maybe you're like, I would love 
to have friends like that. 

957
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,360
I don't. 
In fact, maybe you have friends 

958
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,680
where it's like you bring up the
scriptures to them and they go 

959
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:54,440
on like screensaver mode, right.
You could talk about sports and 

960
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:55,600
they're like, yeah, oh, did you 
see that? 

961
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:57,760
You could talk about money or 
the business that never saw. 

962
00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,240
And then you bring up 
description. 

963
00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:00,640
They're like, yeah. 
Amen. 

964
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:01,640
God bless you. 
Yeah. 

965
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,360
Yeah. 
Have you seen that? 

966
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:05,960
Man? 
I've seen it so many times so 

967
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:07,680
maybe it's not just me. 
I think sounds like it's other 

968
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,160
people too experienced it, but 
there are some things to maybe 

969
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,480
prime that. 
And change that without being 

970
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:18,840
awkward or forceful. 
Maybe ask your friends after a 

971
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:22,640
sermon on Sunday what stood out 
to you from the message instead 

972
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:26,200
of talking about the weather 
immediately after, right? 

973
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:27,800
Maybe when you're downstairs 
with fellowship. 

974
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:28,720
Hey, what stood out to you, I 
mean? 

975
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:31,880
Yeah. 
You know, when when Pastor 

976
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,720
mentioned that point, I'd never 
saw the Scripture that way. 

977
00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:37,280
And it could be just that, you 
know, or like, I don't know that

978
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,120
I had a question about that. 
I have to explore it more. 

979
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,600
You can just start that way. 
Or hopefully you're reading your

980
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,800
Bible on a regular basis. 
Maybe when you're catching up 

981
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,640
with somebody that you talk to 
multiple times a week, you can 

982
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,520
incorporate, hey, I read, I read
Philippians. 

983
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:58,240
And what stood out to me is that
Paul is telling those outside of

984
00:49:58,240 --> 00:49:59,760
prison. 
He's in prison and he's telling 

985
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,720
them to rejoice. 
You would think that they would 

986
00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:04,760
say that to him in prison, but 
he's telling though, and I just 

987
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,600
ministered to me. 
Another person could just say 

988
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:08,880
that's beautiful and that's it. 
You go on. 

989
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:11,840
Just little seeds. 
Right. 

990
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,400
Or relate scriptural examples 
and observations to real life 

991
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,960
situations. 
When you do offer counsel, when 

992
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,320
you offer help to a friend. 
I mean, where can you go better 

993
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:26,240
than the Bible? 
I can assure you this. 

994
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:30,080
There is not one problem in life
that the Bible doesn't have an 

995
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:31,480
answer for. 
Not one. 

996
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:34,080
There is not one situation I'm 
telling you. 

997
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:36,200
I remember a. 
Conversation having with 

998
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,320
somebody, and I didn't plan 
this, but I remember they were 

999
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:42,200
describing A relational conflict
and the example that came to 

1000
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,400
mind. 
You know what it was when Saul 

1001
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,440
through his spear toward his son
Jonathan. 

1002
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:52,560
And you know what Jonathan's 
conclusion was, if he's willing 

1003
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,120
to kill me, surely he's willing 
to kill David because Jonathan 

1004
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,240
was testing to see if his dad 
actually want to kill David. 

1005
00:50:58,200 --> 00:50:59,400
And I remember this 
conversation. 

1006
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:02,880
We were going to that reference 
because we were speaking about 

1007
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,240
somebody else who was causing 
issues, and we're thinking, if 

1008
00:51:05,240 --> 00:51:08,120
that person was willing to do it
to that person so close to them,

1009
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,920
what makes you think he's not 
willing to do it to so and so do

1010
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:15,560
you See, you can apply these 
things in situations that you 

1011
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:19,080
can't even imagine. 
And it's so riveting when the 

1012
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:20,920
Holy Spirit brings these things 
to mind. 

1013
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,640
What's the fruit of this? 
Conversing over the scriptures, 

1014
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,440
speaking about the scriptures, 
mentioning the scriptures, it 

1015
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,440
becomes the word. 
The word becomes contagious. 

1016
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:33,720
The word becomes contagious. 
It just makes an impression on 

1017
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:37,440
you to think that's amazing how 
you came to that arrival, that 

1018
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:39,240
conclusion in the Scriptures. 
That's amazing how you're able 

1019
00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:41,600
to relate that to my life. 
And there's some people when 

1020
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,400
they talk about the Bible, I sit
there and I'm listening and I 

1021
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:48,760
go, I can't wait to go home and 
read my Bible, you know? 

1022
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,400
And it's natural. 
It's not forced. 

1023
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,120
And none of this, I hope, is 
forced. 

1024
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:54,280
Please don't force it because 
when you force it, it's 

1025
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,440
artificial. 
I'm saying let it be the 

1026
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,480
overflow of your own life. 
Let it be the overflow of what 

1027
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,360
you discovered. 
But I want to say that there's 

1028
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,960
something so valuable community 
speaking about the things of God

1029
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,000
that can bless you and bless 
others. 

1030
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:10,000
Here's a bonus thought and it 
will open up for Q&A. 

1031
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:14,280
Before we end here. 
Have you ever come to a point 

1032
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,960
where you even after this, it's 
possible that a week from now 

1033
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:21,160
you have 0 motivation to read 
your Bible and there's some days

1034
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:22,840
where you have more motivation 
than others. 

1035
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,440
I've discovered something that 
has never failed. 

1036
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,040
That's a big statement, isn't 
it? 

1037
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,360
And when I've offered it as 
advice to others, so. 

1038
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,880
Far. 
It's a perfect track record if 

1039
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,480
you ever lack motivation to read
for long periods of time. 

1040
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:39,480
I'm not talking about a day or 
two. 

1041
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:41,640
I'm talking about a week or two 
weeks, 3 weeks, maybe even a 

1042
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,480
month. 
Your Bible's collecting dust. 

1043
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,760
It's become your vacuum now. 
You don't know what to do with 

1044
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,440
it, so you're ignoring it. 
This may shock you, but I would 

1045
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,360
say. 
If you want to read again, don't

1046
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:56,560
read. 
Memorize. 

1047
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,360
Stop your reading and find a 
text to memorize. 

1048
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:03,320
Saying what? 
What does that have to do with 

1049
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:04,880
anything so? 
Let me give you an example. 

1050
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:07,640
If I'm going through Luke and I 
have, you know, I made it 

1051
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,240
through the 1st 6 chapters, but 
for whatever reason I can't get 

1052
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:12,840
past it. 
There is no compelling desire 

1053
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:15,320
for me to continue in it. 
I would tell somebody, stop 

1054
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,440
reading Luke for a second and 
look for a different passage of 

1055
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,160
scripture that you think would 
be valuable to memorize and give

1056
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:23,880
yourself to memorizing that 
text, that chapter for the next 

1057
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:26,000
two, 3-4 days, maybe even a week
or two. 

1058
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:27,880
And I want to see what's going 
to happen to your heart. 

1059
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,360
So I would I. 
Would even recommend just 

1060
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:35,240
memorize A Psalm, find a Psalm 
short enough for you to memorize

1061
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,800
and see what will happen. 
Even what I found when you 

1062
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,800
memorize the scripture, when you
when you really you take a 

1063
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,880
different approach where you're 
now compounding the word in your

1064
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,800
heart and you're you're 
incorporating all your faculties

1065
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,560
to that one discipline. 
It it revives something in you 

1066
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,160
and now you're saying it out 
loud and you're writing it down 

1067
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,920
and there you can't get that 
much word in you without it 

1068
00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:00,080
affecting you to some point. 
And then it kind of generates 

1069
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:01,600
the energy. 
For you to be able to return to 

1070
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:05,040
the scriptures, there's nothing 
in my experience, and this is 

1071
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:06,360
personal so you may disagree 
with me. 

1072
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:08,760
That's fine. 
But I can't think apart from 

1073
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:12,200
prayer. 
I can't think of something as 

1074
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,040
energizing to my walk with 
Christ, the memorizing 

1075
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:18,960
Scripture. 
And we find this principle in 

1076
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,800
the Scriptures. 
I've hidden thy word in my heart

1077
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,240
that I may not sin against thee,
right? 

1078
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:26,000
And we find that throughout 
where there is a call for us to 

1079
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:29,160
know it, not just because I have
a book in front of me, but 

1080
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,680
because I'm carrying it with me 
in my bosom. 

1081
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,200
And what that will do though, 
when you bring it to that? 

1082
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:40,280
Degree of of investment is that 
it kind of opens up wells. 

1083
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:44,880
That may have been clogged and 
it just burst forth and now 

1084
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,600
there's a drawn attraction to 
the Scriptures again. 

1085
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,960
I can't explain the mechanics of
it necessarily in detail. 

1086
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,160
All I know is that when you get 
to the point of looking at 

1087
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:56,960
verses and reciting them and 
saying them over and over again,

1088
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,880
it's empowering. 
And you quote it and you share 

1089
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:02,400
it. 
It does. 

1090
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,480
Something to you and then almost
revives just your engagement 

1091
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:09,400
with the scriptures overall. 
So I would say if there's one 

1092
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,960
emergency tool to use. 
In your reading of Scripture, 

1093
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:14,440
and you're saying the Scripture 
where you find yourself. 

1094
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:16,520
I'm in trouble. 
I went to a one day conference. 

1095
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:19,560
I got all these valuable 
thoughts, but why is my heart 

1096
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:20,680
stale? 
Pause. 

1097
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:23,080
Don't read anymore. 
Find a text to memorize. 

1098
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:28,280
Psalm 1, Psalm 23, Psalm 11, 
Psalm, whatever, any Psalm, it 

1099
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,160
can be a promise in the new, It 
can be a benediction. 

1100
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,120
It can be a doxology and go 
over. 

1101
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:33,920
Write it on a piece of paper. 
If you have a whiteboard, write 

1102
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:35,840
it on the whiteboard. 
And just see what will happen 

1103
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:37,560
and if it doesn't work for you, 
e-mail me. 

1104
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,480
You'll be the first. 
And if it doesn't, maybe you're 

1105
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:42,960
the first time I have to find a 
different strategy. 

1106
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,240
But thus far this is my go to. 
It's worked all these years. 

1107
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:50,000
Brothers and sisters. 
We've come to the end of our one

1108
00:55:50,000 --> 00:56:01,560
day Bible Study seminar. 
We have a little bit of time 

1109
00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:04,240
here, so I'd love to just answer
any questions that you might 

1110
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:07,800
have, any maybe even insights or
thoughts that you'd like to 

1111
00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:09,120
incorporate. 
I know there's some things I 

1112
00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:11,560
left out, but again, if there 
are things that you felt like 

1113
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:14,240
maybe, why didn't you touch on 
that all that I've showed you 

1114
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:16,440
here? 
Are things that I employ on a 

1115
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,320
weekly basis, and you may have 
additional tools that I'd love 

1116
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:20,680
to learn about as well. 
Yes, brother. 

1117
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,920
Something that has been 
perplexing to me in the last 

1118
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:27,440
couple of months is that reading
scripture, if you remember all 

1119
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:31,600
the Christ referencing salt, 
right and there is solutions 

1120
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,760
based on that New Testament, I 
believe just the Gospels makes 

1121
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,920
references, Psalms, Isaiah, 
etcetera. 

1122
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,560
When I go back in the cross 
reference and go to the salt 

1123
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:46,240
that that's for example salt 2, 
right, which is one of the 

1124
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:48,280
biggest like crisis running 
salts out there. 

1125
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:52,360
If you start to read the Psalm, 
it doesn't like a like a 

1126
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,120
messianic Psalm. 
What I've noticed that the Bible

1127
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:59,000
does is it takes the verse 
almost out of context. 

1128
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,960
That makes it a messianic verse.
And I want to know what your 

1129
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,840
thoughts about that is because 
sometimes I feel like I'm 

1130
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:06,520
reading that Psalm and it feels 
like I'm reading about something

1131
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:09,240
else. 
And I'm later told, oh by the 

1132
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:11,280
way, that's a. 
Messianic Psalm. 

1133
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:14,000
That's a good point. 
I would say that if you do 

1134
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:18,840
believe that the New Testament 
is indeed God's revelation, then

1135
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,120
if it does make a reference to a
Psalm to say that this is 

1136
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:23,920
messianic, then you have to 
trust that. 

1137
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:26,720
You'd be surprised, however, 
that if you look at rabbinic 

1138
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,160
literature, how many rabbis 
throughout history affirm the 

1139
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:33,040
same text that we would say are 
messianic to be messianic. 

1140
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:35,920
So there's a consensus even 
among those who don't believe 

1141
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,760
that Jesus Christ is the 
Messiah, that texts like Isaiah 

1142
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:43,240
53, Psalm chapter two different 
parts that may seem a little 

1143
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,840
ambiguous or veiled are in fact 
about Messiah. 

1144
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,880
So I would just say New 
Testament gives us permission. 

1145
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,640
Because these are not just men 
making assumptions. 

1146
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:56,160
These are men led by the Holy 
Spirit who are again clarifying 

1147
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:58,440
things that might have been 
mysterious according to Paul's 

1148
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,880
old language. 
So I would just say just trust 

1149
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,600
what the New Testament has to 
say about those texts if. 

1150
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:04,960
You see that there's a 
difference in wording. 

1151
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,760
It's just because the New 
Testament authors are making a 

1152
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,760
reference to the Septuagint, the
Greek translation of the Hebrew 

1153
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,200
Scriptures, which came about 2-3
hundred years before the time of

1154
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:14,800
Christ. 
So there might be a wording 

1155
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,160
difference, and I use that 
argument to actually. 

1156
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:21,080
Push up against the thought that
there's only one reliable 

1157
00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:22,800
translation of the Bible. 
You know the. 

1158
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:26,400
King James Version is the only 
Bible for us. 

1159
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:28,240
Any other translation is a 
perversion. 

1160
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:29,840
And I remind, do you realize 
that there's multiple 

1161
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:33,520
translations in the disciples 
days and they they went to the 

1162
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:37,160
Septuagint to quote scripture. 
So you can't really use that 

1163
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,520
argument for them because they 
weren't one translation only. 

1164
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:44,120
So I would just say rest on the 
the wonderful truth that God is 

1165
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,840
guiding the New Testament 
authors to bring illumination to

1166
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:49,800
the old. 
Any other thoughts? 

1167
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,360
Yes, Yona, it's. 
A tough one for. 

1168
00:58:54,640 --> 00:59:04,840
You it's OK. 
So I grew up in the Messiah. 

1169
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:10,760
That's putting it nicely. 
And I find him in my own 

1170
00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:15,480
scriptures. 
What do you think? 

1171
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:18,800
Would you have found Jesus that 
you couldn't have and didn't 

1172
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,640
open on New Testament? 
I love that question. 

1173
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:25,640
I, I, I don't think, I mean, 
it's a hard question, I'm sure 

1174
00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:28,200
maybe to some, but I think it's 
a very important question that 

1175
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,760
we have to address. 
When I was in Israel, I've 

1176
00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:32,600
shared the story before. 
When I was in Israel, we had 

1177
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:37,080
some free time in the Holy city 
and I saw a group of young men 

1178
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,720
just kind of, you know, hanging 
around by the street corner and 

1179
00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:41,520
one of them had a Toronto 
Raptors jersey on. 

1180
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:44,440
And I thought, interesting, a 
Canadian's here, maybe he's not 

1181
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:46,640
a Canadian, but I'm going to 
assume that he is. 

1182
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:48,480
And so people were doing their 
own thing. 

1183
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:51,360
And I approached them and I 
said, hey, are you Canadian? 

1184
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:53,640
He goes, yeah, I am. 
And all their friends turn 

1185
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:54,720
around. 
And they began to tell me how 

1186
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:57,720
they were in Israel for a year 
to learn a Tanakh, like an 

1187
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:00,480
intensive course for one year. 
And in this moment, I thought, 

1188
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:02,800
this is my chance. 
This is my chance, right? 

1189
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:06,560
I'm in Israel and I get to talk 
about the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1190
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:10,880
But then I realized they don't 
have the New Testament. 

1191
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:13,960
They have the Hebrew scriptures.
We have the Hebrew Scriptures, 

1192
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,280
the same Hebrew Scriptures. 
So right there and then, for the

1193
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:20,080
first time ever, I had to use 
the Hebrew Scriptures alone to 

1194
01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:23,480
prove Jesus Christ was Messiah. 
And it was one of the most 

1195
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,560
humbling and exciting 
experiences I've ever had in 

1196
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:28,840
evangelism. 
How am I going to talk about 

1197
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:30,080
resurrection? 
How am I going to talk about 

1198
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:31,440
atonement? 
How am I going to talk about 

1199
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,480
heaven and hell? 
Using the Hebrew Scriptures 

1200
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:35,840
alone and leading that 
conversation? 

1201
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,960
I believe the Lord used that in 
my life to impress it upon me to

1202
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:44,480
master the Old Testament and to 
see where I can find Christ in 

1203
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:47,000
the Hebrew Scriptures. 
We just had a couple of visiting

1204
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:50,880
our church last Friday and one 
of them was a Messianic Jew from

1205
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,800
New York and I asked him about 
his testimony of how he came to 

1206
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:56,120
Christ and he said, well, one of
the starting points that got me 

1207
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:59,440
thinking was when I used to go 
to synagogue, at one particular 

1208
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:02,160
point the the rabbi read Isaiah 
52. 

1209
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:08,000
He skipped Isaiah 53 and he went
to Isaiah chapter 54. 

1210
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,200
And then he went home. 
And he asked his dad, hey, why 

1211
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,400
did the rabbi skip over Isaiah 
53? 

1212
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,280
And this is what his dad said. 
Honestly, because it's too 

1213
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:19,560
similar to the description of 
Jesus Christ that the Christians

1214
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:23,080
believe in. 
It's true. 

1215
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:24,040
It's. 
True right, it's known as the 

1216
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:27,240
forbidden chapter. 
And so that began to spur him on

1217
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:29,480
to consider more than he came to
Christ in college. 

1218
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:34,040
So to answer your question, the 
the New Testament authors appeal

1219
01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:37,880
continually to the Scriptures to
prove their gospel truths. 

1220
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:39,480
And what scriptures did they 
have at the time? 

1221
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,280
Primarily the Old Testament. 
So if they can find, according 

1222
01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:45,360
to First Corinthians 15, the 
truth of the death, burial and 

1223
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:47,720
resurrection of Jesus according 
to the scriptures, as he tells 

1224
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:49,920
tells the Corinthians, then I 
should be able to find the 

1225
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:51,640
death, burial and resurrection 
of Christ in the Hebrew 

1226
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:55,080
Scriptures as well. 
I would say begins there even 

1227
01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:57,240
you need to go to the old. 
Testament because if you don't 

1228
01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:58,920
go to the Old Testament, then 
how do you understand the 

1229
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:02,440
concept of atonement and life 
being in the blood and and all 

1230
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,200
these different facets? 
So I would say it's totally 

1231
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:09,280
possible and I and I think it's 
the the job of the Gentile 

1232
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:14,360
believers to show our fellow 
Jewish brethren that we have the

1233
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:17,080
Christ of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Amen. 

1234
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:20,360
Yeah, we're going to have more 
conversations about that, I'm 

1235
01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:21,480
sure later. 
Yes, you've been. 

1236
01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:26,240
Raised in the church or you 
become familiar with the Bible 

1237
01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:30,520
for a long time, which is great.
I wonder if this is something 

1238
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:33,240
that you struggled and then 
sometimes you can just get your 

1239
01:02:33,240 --> 01:02:35,560
passages because you it's 
becomes a familiarity. 

1240
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:38,600
So how do you how do you 
challenge yourself and never 

1241
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:42,040
lose respect and wonder or never
lose the freshness of. 

1242
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:43,680
Scripture. 
That's a beautiful question. 

1243
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:48,920
It's by faith. 
Our justification is by faith 

1244
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,240
and our sanctification is by 
faith according to Galatians 

1245
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:55,000
Chapter 3. 
Every time I come to a new text.

1246
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:58,400
So I just finished Daniel. 
I'm going into Jose again. 

1247
01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:01,720
I've read Jose many times, but 
every time I'm about to enter 

1248
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:05,160
through the threshold of a new 
book, I prepare myself in 

1249
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,160
excitement to say I believe that
God is going to show me 

1250
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:10,440
something new. 
I believe it. 

1251
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,520
I tell myself that. 
I pray about that, and sometimes

1252
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:15,080
the new is just something I've 
forgotten about. 

1253
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:17,280
And he reminds. 
Me of sometimes it's something 

1254
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,120
maybe you've experienced this, 
especially if you underline your

1255
01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:20,560
Bible. 
You're there in a passage of 

1256
01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:23,520
Scripture and this part is blue.
Then you skip over some and then

1257
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:25,000
it's red or whatever colors you 
use. 

1258
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:27,320
And then this time around you're
reading it and you're like, why 

1259
01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:29,720
didn't I highlight that part? 
Right? 

1260
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:31,160
The Lord is illuminating things 
to you. 

1261
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:34,720
So I would just say. 
There is no bottom to the ocean 

1262
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:36,960
of the Bible. 
You have to believe that no 

1263
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:38,520
matter how many times you have 
visited it. 

1264
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,800
And I'll tell you this, even 
when I think personally that I, 

1265
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:45,560
I've got a firm grasp on a 
certain doctrine, God never 

1266
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:48,840
fails to remind me, no, there's,
there's a, there's a component 

1267
01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:51,800
of it that you totally missed. 
And then I hear and I go, how 

1268
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:55,600
did I miss that? 
And so the way you combat that 

1269
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:59,800
is you have faith that it's a 
never ending source of 

1270
01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:01,520
revelation. 
There is no bottom to that 

1271
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:03,480
treasure. 
Chest of the Bible, and as long 

1272
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:05,960
as you have that in your 
forefront of your mind, it'll 

1273
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:09,400
never be a dull moment. 
Maybe a couple more before we 

1274
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:12,040
send you off here. 
Any other thoughts, questions? 

1275
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:20,940
Yes, what? 
Was your advice be a brother to 

1276
01:04:20,980 --> 01:04:22,860
talk to, a sister in Christ to 
talk to? 

1277
01:04:22,860 --> 01:04:24,740
What would be your? 
Recommendation. 

1278
01:04:27,260 --> 01:04:30,540
Two ways to go about it. 
Maybe you can be the pioneer for

1279
01:04:30,540 --> 01:04:34,300
that, right? 
So maybe with your friend group,

1280
01:04:34,300 --> 01:04:38,340
you can introduce that kind of 
element to your relationships 

1281
01:04:38,580 --> 01:04:40,140
and hopefully it goes in that 
direction. 

1282
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:44,320
And if it doesn't, then pray and
ask the Lord for such friends. 

1283
01:04:44,800 --> 01:04:48,240
Lord, bring people in my life 
that feel this way about your 

1284
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,080
word that we can sharpen one 
another. 

1285
01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:52,720
And you'd be amazed to know how 
the Lord will put people in your

1286
01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:54,880
path. 
And I've seen it in my own life.

1287
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:58,400
So I would just say maybe, maybe
this is God challenging you to 

1288
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:02,800
be that person, to lead a group 
of friends or siblings to 

1289
01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:04,560
entertain those kind of 
conversations. 

1290
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:07,880
And if it doesn't go anywhere, 
then pray, say, Lord, I really 

1291
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:09,360
want this. 
And that's a gift that he's 

1292
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:11,080
willing to give. 
It's a great question, though. 

1293
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:20,980
Yes, Erica, you want? 
To apply everything yourself 

1294
01:05:21,140 --> 01:05:37,380
rather than 
the line on the overly studious.

1295
01:05:37,420 --> 01:05:42,100
But then you you may sway the 
other way or perhaps overly rely

1296
01:05:42,180 --> 01:05:47,060
on the Holy Spirit. 
So where do you? 

1297
01:05:48,580 --> 01:05:49,580
Find Yeah, it's a great 
question. 

1298
01:05:49,580 --> 01:05:52,100
And you brought this up earlier 
and I asked Erica to ask it 

1299
01:05:52,100 --> 01:05:54,140
publicly because I think it's a 
very important question. 

1300
01:05:54,460 --> 01:05:57,840
It is very possible for each of 
us to leave this place and to be

1301
01:05:57,840 --> 01:06:01,880
kind of over stimulated. 
And I'm telling you these tools 

1302
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,480
here are things that can be 
expounded on. 

1303
01:06:04,640 --> 01:06:06,920
You can imagine and we can add 
more things and that's why I 

1304
01:06:06,920 --> 01:06:10,320
kept it as concise as possible. 
You would do exceptionally well 

1305
01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:14,560
if you apply these things, but 
two things to keep in mind, one,

1306
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:18,280
be patient. 
Be patient with the process and 

1307
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:20,800
two there. 
Are going to be times where 

1308
01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:24,840
remember, here's the visual. 
It's a tool belt and for every 

1309
01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:26,400
project you don't need every 
single tool. 

1310
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:28,800
That would be sometimes 
unnecessary. 

1311
01:06:29,120 --> 01:06:31,720
So not everything that you heard
today has to be applied every 

1312
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:33,240
single time you come to the 
scriptures. 

1313
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:34,840
That would be overwhelming, and 
maybe even. 

1314
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:37,800
Discouraging. 
I would just say though from 

1315
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:40,800
time to time, pull those tools 
out to begin with and see where 

1316
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:43,320
it takes you. 
But at the same time, there's 

1317
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:45,480
also nothing wrong when it comes
to reading. 

1318
01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:48,600
If we go back to tool #1, 
reading through the scripture 

1319
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,800
doesn't mean you have to apply 
all the other following. 

1320
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:54,400
Tools in order to do it well. 
Sometimes reading the scripture 

1321
01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:58,280
just means that just read. 
Don't, don't pull out the 

1322
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,720
concordance. 
And log on to Blue Letter Bible.

1323
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:03,280
You know it's 7:00 in the 
morning whenever you wake up, 

1324
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:06,640
and sometimes it just looks like
you having that cup of coffee 

1325
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:09,160
with an open Bible. 
And just letting the word wash 

1326
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:12,760
over you, that's it. 
And there's power in that and 

1327
01:07:12,760 --> 01:07:15,880
there's, there's a, there's a, 
there's a joy in that as well. 

1328
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,360
And so one of the ways I do this
personally, and I mentioned this

1329
01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:22,520
to you earlier, is when I have, 
I mean, I prepare at least 2 

1330
01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:27,080
messages a week for Friday and 
for Sunday, and all the tools 

1331
01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:29,320
are coming out for those every 
single time. 

1332
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:34,000
But I determined early on in 
ministry that I will never 

1333
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,720
substitute my preparation for my
personal reading of God's Word. 

1334
01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:39,480
And So what that looks like is 
before I do anything else, I'm 

1335
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:43,040
opening this Bible and the tool 
belt is to the side and I'm just

1336
01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:46,280
going through the Word of God to
just let the Word minister to me

1337
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,800
directly. 
And sometimes things stand out 

1338
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:50,960
and sometimes that they don't. 
But here's the thing, I don't 

1339
01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:53,000
remember what I ate last week. 
All I know is that I ate. 

1340
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:54,880
Right. 
And I don't. 

1341
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:58,360
Remember everything I read, but 
I know I ate right. 

1342
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:01,480
And so for example, I'm going I 
was telling you I just entered 

1343
01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:03,240
into Hosea. 
I was reading Daniel earlier 

1344
01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:05,720
this week and one of the I mean.
Daniel, you want to talk about 

1345
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:07,120
you. 
You need tools for Daniel. 

1346
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:11,800
Beast horns, little horn, goat. 
There's the goat. 

1347
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:15,080
Again, but I don't think it 
applies RAM. 

1348
01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:18,840
But then what I found with 
Daniel is a simple point. 

1349
01:08:19,359 --> 01:08:22,920
Gabriel visits him. 
He's so overcome by the vision. 

1350
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:24,520
He's so overcome by the 
manifestation. 

1351
01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:28,840
More accurately, he faints. 
And all I read in that moment 

1352
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:31,960
was he was touched and 
strengthened. 

1353
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:34,560
And then he confessed that he 
needed to be strengthened again,

1354
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:35,680
that he couldn't even lift 
himself up. 

1355
01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:38,240
So he was touched again and he 
was brought to his feet. 

1356
01:08:38,479 --> 01:08:42,080
And we see this repetition where
Daniel admits his weakness and 

1357
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:43,479
there's this impartation of 
strength. 

1358
01:08:43,479 --> 01:08:46,960
And all I left with this was on 
Tuesday morning, and I'm still 

1359
01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:49,319
riding on that truth today, that
God. 

1360
01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:53,399
Is willing to provide more than 
one touch to strengthen us when 

1361
01:08:53,399 --> 01:08:55,560
we ask for it. 
He is not selfish in his 

1362
01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:58,279
empowering grace. 
I like Daniel can come to say 

1363
01:08:58,279 --> 01:08:59,479
Lord, I need more than one 
touch. 

1364
01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:01,760
Thank you for the touch. 
But I still feel weak in the 

1365
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:05,319
knees my soul is tired I'm over 
I'm just overwhelmed. 

1366
01:09:05,319 --> 01:09:06,840
Can you give me a fresh touch 
again? 

1367
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:09,560
And what you find in that small 
little description, this 

1368
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:12,720
interaction between Daniel and 
the Angel, is that the Angel, 

1369
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:15,600
being the conduit of God, is 
strengthening the servant every 

1370
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:16,960
time you requested it. 
Do you see that? 

1371
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:18,920
I didn't have to, you know, pull
out anything. 

1372
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,479
It just stood out to me, 
ministered to me, as tempting as

1373
01:09:21,479 --> 01:09:23,160
it was to look at. 
OK, now let's get into this 

1374
01:09:23,160 --> 01:09:25,960
vision. 
Sometimes God's Word just wants 

1375
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:29,240
to minister to your heart. 
Not so that you can teach it, 

1376
01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:32,319
just so you can find some fresh.
Strength. 

1377
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,520
Yeah, great question. 
Be patient with yourself. 

1378
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:39,920
This is, you know. 
You could present. 

1379
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:42,399
Something like this and expect 
everybody to just get it no, 

1380
01:09:42,399 --> 01:09:44,880
this is years and years and 
years of observations of 

1381
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:48,840
mistakes of learning and and I 
and I want you to enjoy this I 

1382
01:09:48,840 --> 01:09:53,960
don't want this to be this fresh
sense of duty OK one more maybe 

1383
01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:54,960
two more than we'll go yes so 
I've. 

1384
01:09:56,000 --> 01:10:34,610
Found it. 
Yeah. 

1385
01:10:50,450 --> 01:10:53,890
Yeah, yeah. 
So what it means to meditate, I 

1386
01:10:53,890 --> 01:10:56,850
think it looks like you taking 
one element of what you read and

1387
01:10:56,850 --> 01:11:00,410
to chew on it mentally, think 
over it, ask yourself questions 

1388
01:11:00,410 --> 01:11:03,090
like what, where, when, how, 
What does this mean? 

1389
01:11:03,090 --> 01:11:05,770
And if you don't arrive to a 
conclusion that that you're 

1390
01:11:05,770 --> 01:11:07,850
still meditating on it, I think 
it means talking about it with 

1391
01:11:07,850 --> 01:11:09,610
others. 
It's interesting, interesting. 

1392
01:11:09,610 --> 01:11:12,210
In Psalm one, the word for 
meditate actually means to 

1393
01:11:12,210 --> 01:11:15,440
murmur in the Hebrew to mutter 
something. 

1394
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:18,000
So it's not like even this 
internal thing someone speaks 

1395
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:20,240
about, like you're whispering 
the law. 

1396
01:11:20,240 --> 01:11:23,600
And I think that conveys the 
idea of communicating it out 

1397
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,920
loud and even to others. 
So I would say talk about it 

1398
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,120
with others. 
I would say maybe at some point 

1399
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:30,520
maybe explore what others have 
said about it, that you're just 

1400
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:32,280
doing more than just saying I 
read it and I'm done. 

1401
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:34,240
So engaging with it throughout 
the day. 

1402
01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:36,000
I mean, that doesn't mean that 
you can't think about anything 

1403
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:38,680
else, but maybe when your head 
space is is kind of out of 

1404
01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:40,560
default to revisit what you 
read. 

1405
01:11:41,680 --> 01:11:43,560
For me, sometimes what 
meditation looks like is I read 

1406
01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:45,600
a passage and maybe I was rushed
that morning so I'm going to 

1407
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:47,040
read. 
I'm going to listen to that 

1408
01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:49,800
chapter as I drive to my meeting
20 minutes from now. 

1409
01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:52,840
I'll just repeat it, listen to 
it over and over again. 

1410
01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:55,560
There are different ways of 
doing it and I would just say 

1411
01:11:56,120 --> 01:11:57,800
just engage with the text in 
different ways. 

1412
01:11:57,800 --> 01:11:59,640
That's what meditation is. 
It doesn't look like you sitting

1413
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,200
in a certain way and just 
thinking about nothing else. 

1414
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:04,760
It's much more practical and 
achievable than that. 

1415
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:06,440
One more brother. 
I know we're going to close. 

1416
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:16,240
Yes, Jonathan. 
Yeah. 

1417
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:23,160
I think that's what you were 
alluding to, David, right? 

1418
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:35,560
Like how it relates to Yes, yes.
Yeah, when things seem a little 

1419
01:12:35,560 --> 01:12:38,360
bit more ambiguous or 
irrelevant, I think we have to 

1420
01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:40,160
leave it to the new. 
Testament authors. 

1421
01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:44,360
To actually do that, I think we 
should refrain ourselves from 

1422
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:46,680
trying to make something seem 
like it's saying something about

1423
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:49,640
Christ when it's not there. 
So I would say, yeah, there are 

1424
01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:51,840
some portions of Scripture, like
if I read that on my own, I 

1425
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:53,560
would not have arrived to that 
conclusion. 

1426
01:12:53,840 --> 01:12:57,840
And when those things happen, to
just leave it to the authority 

1427
01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:01,600
of the apostles by the Spirit to
determine those conclusions. 

1428
01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:05,240
So yeah, I would say. 
You're you're you're doing. 

1429
01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:09,920
Yourself a better service erring
on the side of caution than on 

1430
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:15,600
exploration because again there 
are some things that just the 

1431
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:18,080
New Testament says and we have 
to trust in that alone. 

1432
01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:20,920
Although we can dissect that to 
see how that applies to Christ 

1433
01:13:20,920 --> 01:13:22,040
more. 
I would just say as a general 

1434
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:24,440
rule, be careful trying to force
something. 

1435
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:28,440
Oh Jesus was an that's a New 
Testament thing that clearly is 

1436
01:13:28,440 --> 01:13:31,160
conveyed. 
But stick with what's clear. 

1437
01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:33,520
Stick with patterns that are and
paradigms that are obvious in 

1438
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:37,120
the New Testament to identify 
what's in the old. 

1439
01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:41,960
We must be tired, Daniel. 
One more if you. 

1440
01:13:42,160 --> 01:13:43,840
Don't. 
Mind. 

1441
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:46,560
Yeah, here you go. 
To my own experience in reading 

1442
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:49,560
the scripture, that's in 
relation to your question. 

1443
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:56,200
What I do, I make an effort to 
read the scripture daily and 

1444
01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:59,080
once a year from cover to cover.
Why? 

1445
01:13:59,520 --> 01:14:01,880
I want first to know the 
scripture. 

1446
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:07,240
Well, I want to be familiar of 
every book of the scripture. 

1447
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:11,880
So yes, I go through the 
scripture once a year, every 

1448
01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:15,280
year from from Genesis to 
Revelation. 

1449
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:17,720
Now last year was an exception, 
by the way, I decided to read 

1450
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:21,320
the New Testament 4 times in 
Hebrew, in Arabic, twice in 

1451
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:23,320
English. 
So that was an exception. 

1452
01:14:23,320 --> 01:14:26,640
This year I'm going back to the 
whole scripture, but I do 

1453
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:29,800
something else. 
As I read the scripture, I 

1454
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:33,920
highlight and when there is 
something that I want to study 

1455
01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:37,200
more, I go back to it and study 
it. 

1456
01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:41,160
So I divide it into two reading 
the scripture and studying 

1457
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:45,720
deeper the scripture, where I 
find prompted by the Holy Spirit

1458
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:48,120
to dig deeper. 
I can do that when I have time 

1459
01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:52,160
during the day or in the 
weekends, but daily in the 

1460
01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:54,280
morning and then the first thing
in the morning I do. 

1461
01:14:54,720 --> 01:14:57,360
I have disciplined myself. 
I have taught myself that 

1462
01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:01,560
everything that every day in the
morning, the first thing is read

1463
01:15:01,560 --> 01:15:04,200
the scripture, cup of coffee and
the scripture. 

1464
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:10,440
So I do 3 chapters. 
If it's Psalms, could be 5, but 

1465
01:15:10,440 --> 01:15:13,080
make an effort to read the Holy 
Scripture once a year in 

1466
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:16,640
additional to my deep study of 
the scripture. 

1467
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:19,920
So this plus this. 
Last morning Pastor Mark 

1468
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:22,040
mentioned this and I promise you
I'll leave you after this. 

1469
01:15:22,040 --> 01:15:30,360
Be careful of AI ChatGPT is not 
the Holy Spirit and ChatGPT has 

1470
01:15:30,360 --> 01:15:34,520
quickly become a replacement for
pastors and preparing their 

1471
01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:37,920
sermons. 
You can ask that thing to do 

1472
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:42,720
amazing things and to many it 
would be undiscernible. 

1473
01:15:43,480 --> 01:15:46,320
But here's the thing I would say
why chat? 

1474
01:15:46,320 --> 01:15:49,480
As remarkable as this technology
is, I'm not against using AI, 

1475
01:15:49,960 --> 01:15:53,560
but what I would say is AI gets 
it wrong a lot. 

1476
01:15:54,480 --> 01:15:56,760
And I've caught it on many 
occasions. 

1477
01:15:56,760 --> 01:16:00,520
I've tested AI ChatGPT, Gronk. 
I don't know what the other ones

1478
01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:03,160
out there are, but I've asked 
the questions and sure enough, 

1479
01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:07,960
it's it makes it makes wrong 
references or wrong conclusions.

1480
01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:10,280
And then I would correct it and 
you've probably seen it goes, 

1481
01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:11,720
yes, you're right. 
Sorry, I didn't you know. 

1482
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:14,520
I thought, I thought this is 
dangerous. 

1483
01:16:14,520 --> 01:16:16,680
If you're, if you're this is 
good, even if you're not a 

1484
01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:18,640
pastor, if you're, if you're 
leading a Bible study, if you're

1485
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:21,880
in charge of a youth group, if 
you're taking all your 

1486
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:25,120
information from AI unchecked 
and you're going up there, then 

1487
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:27,760
saying things that AI is getting
wrong, you and I are going to be

1488
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:31,720
held responsible for that. 
And so I would say refrain from,

1489
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:34,800
I think it's there are things 
that it can offer, but it's not 

1490
01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:37,680
perfect. 
So to just take it for what it 

1491
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:41,840
gives you is malpractice. 
So be careful of that. 

1492
01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:44,160
OK, Yes, Jim, Sure. 
I. 

1493
01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:51,360
Would offer to my brother in my 
own personal life when it comes 

1494
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:58,400
to reading this. 
A little overwhelmed in life and

1495
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:05,520
I got to realize that my quality
of reading is sometimes more 

1496
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:07,400
important than my quantity. 
And. 

1497
01:17:07,960 --> 01:17:11,760
Then I keep my quantity in check
with my quality. 

1498
01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:14,640
Beautiful. 
And realize that the quantity 

1499
01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:16,720
will catch up in. 
Time. 

1500
01:17:16,720 --> 01:17:18,880
I can't think of a better way to
end everything with that 

1501
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:19,480
thought. 
Seriously. 

1502
01:17:19,480 --> 01:17:22,560
I think that's go aim for 
quality, not quantity. 

1503
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:25,760
Quality always Trump's over 
quantity. 

1504
01:17:26,440 --> 01:17:31,600
And I can't wait to see how 
God's going to use this time to 

1505
01:17:31,600 --> 01:17:33,840
bless every single one of you. 
And I want to pray that God will

1506
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:35,240
use it. 
Let's do that together before we

1507
01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:39,480
close. 
We do thank you, Father, for 

1508
01:17:39,480 --> 01:17:41,440
this morning and afternoon that 
you've gathered brothers and 

1509
01:17:41,440 --> 01:17:47,120
sisters from across the world to
be in this place. 

1510
01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:49,640
And Lord, there's so many other 
things that we could have 

1511
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:54,200
explored, but we believe that 
this session sufficed for today.

1512
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:58,160
In this moment of our journey 
with you, we pray for your great

1513
01:17:58,160 --> 01:18:00,640
blessing upon those who have 
made great sacrifices to be 

1514
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:05,720
here, that they would sense that
this was not in vain and that 

1515
01:18:05,720 --> 01:18:09,240
you have equipped them and that 
you have encouraged them. 

1516
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:12,200
Lord, we do help. 
We do ask for your help to 

1517
01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:14,920
fulfill the Great Commission, to
teach others what you have 

1518
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:18,160
taught us and that you would 
receive glory in all things. 

1519
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:19,680
Protect us from the knowledge 
that. 

1520
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,160
Puffs up. 
Oh Lord please, we don't want to

1521
01:18:22,160 --> 01:18:24,240
become arrogant. 
We don't want to become the go 

1522
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:26,880
to person that knows all these 
things though. 

1523
01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:30,080
We want to be humble servants 
who point people to. 

1524
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:33,680
Christ, who share the joint 
excitement that we've 

1525
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:37,240
experienced in you and take Glee
and other people experiencing 

1526
01:18:37,240 --> 01:18:39,720
and not just experiencing it, 
but excelling in it far beyond 

1527
01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:43,240
us. 
So we do pray in this place that

1528
01:18:43,240 --> 01:18:47,120
there will be wonderful, 
amazing, empowered teachers of 

1529
01:18:47,120 --> 01:18:52,680
God's Word, disciple makers, 
evangelist that would go beyond 

1530
01:18:52,680 --> 01:18:55,120
what any minister in this house 
has ever been able to do. 

1531
01:18:55,920 --> 01:19:00,480
And we asked, Lord, that what 
happened here would multiply in 

1532
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:03,600
our families, in our friends 
circles, in our churches. 

1533
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:06,720
And we do pray for what we 
mentioned earlier, Lord, 

1534
01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:10,440
sincerely, a revival of the 
Bible in our pulpits. 

1535
01:19:11,400 --> 01:19:14,960
Move the hearts of our pastors 
to stay faithful, those who are 

1536
01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:18,160
unfaithful, or to to sense your 
conviction to get back to the 

1537
01:19:18,160 --> 01:19:20,160
book. 
And to give the people of God 

1538
01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:24,000
what the word of God says. 
Lord, we pray that you would go 

1539
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,320
before us for the rest of this 
time and the rest of this 

1540
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:28,240
weekend. 
And as we gather here tomorrow, 

1541
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:30,040
or many of us will be here 
tomorrow, we pray that you would

1542
01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:33,920
speak loud and clear and that 
our amazement will only continue

1543
01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:35,840
as we hear your voice through 
your word. 

1544
01:19:36,120 --> 01:19:37,920
In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

1545
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:40,160
The Lord be with you. 
Yes, Amen.