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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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I'm so excited as we continue this series
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on Themes in the Gospel of John,
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such a blessing.
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Today, Fulfilling Old Testament[br]Prophecies.
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Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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and again I'm excited because one
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of our team is going to be teaching.
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Stephanie, great to have you with us today
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and great to have our team here.
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Give everybody a wave.
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We're glad you're here.
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We've got some remote team members
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with us we want to welcome today.
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Faith, great to have you with us today,
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glad you're here.
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Mighty, good to have you with us today.
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And I think Rodney's with us,
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good to see you, Rodney.
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And we're also happy that you're here,
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because you're part of our global family.
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Just received an email from someone
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who said, "I raise my hand
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when you ask a question
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whenever someone's teaching,"
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because that's what we call interactive,[br]right?
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And we're also happy when you write to us
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from wherever you are in the world
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as part of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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So, Muyonzo, thank you for writing to us
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from the country of Uganda.
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Muyonzo writes and says, "I appreciate
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your in-depth understanding
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of the Word of God.
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I am blessed."
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Well, I think we would say
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we learn, too, don't we, Puia,
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as we study the Word together.
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"May the Good Lord and Father of us all
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fill you with plenty
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of His blessings. Amen."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We say Amen, too.
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Thank you, Muyonzo, for writing to us
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from the country of Uganda.
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Here's a note from Linda
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on our Facebook page.
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I think we have about 180,000 subscribers
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on our Facebook.
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You say, "Derek, I'm one of them."
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Well, Linda writes and says, "I am
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so very happy to see
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Hope Sabbath School on Facebook.
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As an avid listener
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to Hope Sabbath School,
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I encourage everyone who really loves
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the Lord and wants to know more about Him
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and His everlasting love to watch
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Hope Sabbath School!"
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) Excellent. "Learning
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more about Jesus through His Word,
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the Bible, I guarantee you will be
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inspired and blessed.
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If there's a desire to love the Lord,
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to walk in His footsteps, and to one day
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be with Him in that beautiful home
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He's gone to prepare for us,
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accepting Jesus as our Savior and Lord,
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He promises He will never leave us[br]nor forsake us."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Wow, that was a sermon.
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That was a sermon, thank you, Linda.
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"I encourage everyone who wants
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to have a closer walk with Jesus
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to watch Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Be inspired and be blessed."
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Well, thank you, Linda, for writing,
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and you are an evangelist, sharing
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the good news, and we're so happy you're
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part of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Here is a little hand-written note
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from the state of Alabama, here
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in the United States of America,
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and the donor writes,
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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) Got the wave.
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"You have really been a blessing
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to me and my family.
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I can't see that well, but I can
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really hear the Word of God."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Isn't that a reason
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why we want to speak clearly
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so that people get the message.
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"May God continue to bless you all.
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In Jesus' name," and a donation
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of 100 dollars to bless
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Hope Sabbath School.
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Thank you, Donor; you know who you are.
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Thank you for sharing with us
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in the mission.
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And thanks to each one of you.
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We're at a time of the year
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when some are saying, "What could I do?"
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"Where can I lay up some treasure[br]in Heaven?"
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I want to encourage you
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to partner with us.
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Just go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Donate button.
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Or get an address there at our website
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and send us a note.
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Let us know how you're blessed
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and how you want to extend
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that blessing to others.
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One last note, from Ernest,
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a Liberian in Norway.
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That's a long way
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from home, Joshua, right?
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"I'm Ernest, originally from Liberia
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in West Africa, living in Norway.
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I've been watching Hope Sabbath School
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for over a decade now.
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When I moved to Norway,
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there was no church in my area,
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so I decided to do my Bible study online.
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I did that for some time, but I wanted
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an interactive class."
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You know what's happening, don't you?
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Alright, "I wanted an interactive class
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where we could see and hear
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different perspectives.
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In my search to get such a study,[br]I came across..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...Hope Sabbath School."
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(Derek) "And I've been
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glued to it since then.
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I love the testimonies,
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the Scripture songs, and the..."[br]what do you think?
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"...diversity," take a look at each other.
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We don't all look the same.
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People say, "Hope Sabbath School,
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I like it; we look like the world," right?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "I like the testimonies,
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Scripture songs, and diversity.
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I want to thank Bodil Morris
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for composing the Scripture songs
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and making the Bible easier to memorize.
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I also enjoy the inspiration
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when you give class members
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the opportunity to teach."
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Well, today, Ernest, is the day.
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Here is Stephanie; she is
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one of our team teachers, "Great idea.
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Thank you for everything you do."
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And this person is a monthly donor."
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(Team) Praise the Lord.
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(Derek) Yeah, so you never know
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where you are, if you're in Norway
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or Liberia or Botswana, or South Africa,
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you can be part of the mission."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, I just want to remind you
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before we sing our song that we have
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a special gift for you during this series.
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And it's a collection of Scripture songs
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from the words of Jesus.
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My wife has put some of the words
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of Jesus to music.
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And I just want to encourage you,
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one of my favorites is in this collection
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of six Scripture songs
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from the words of Jesus.
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It's in Revelation (four of them
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from John, two are in Revelation),
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it says, "Do not be afraid;
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I am the First and the Last,"
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you know that text?
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" I am He who lives, and was dead,
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and behold, I am alive forevermore."
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If you downloaded the six songs
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just to get that one,
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you'll be incredibly blessed.
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So go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess, click
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on the Free Gift tab, and you'll get
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directions to download that collection
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of six Trilogy Scripture Songs
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from the words of Jesus.
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We're going to sing our theme song now.
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It's about Jesus
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but not the words of Jesus.
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It's the words of the great prophet
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John the Baptist when he said,
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"Behold! The Lamb of God
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who takes away the sin of the world."
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) And that's what we want to do
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in our study today,
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Fulfilling Old Testament Prophecies,
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is behold the Lamb of God, predicted
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hundreds of years before He came.
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Thanks for leading our study, Stephanie.
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(Stephanie) Alright, let's
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bow our heads for prayer.
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Dear heavenly Father,
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thank You for Your Word.
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Thank You that we can trust it.
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We ask for Your Holy Spirit to guide us
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into Your Word and Your truth today.
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In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Stephanie) I have a question for us
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as we begin our study today,
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and that question is, who is Jesus?
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Who is Jesus? Rodney?
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(Rodney) Let me read a text
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just to answer your question.
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It is taken from Matthew 1 and verse 16.
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(Stephanie) Matthew 1 and verse 16,
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would you like us to go there?
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(Rodney) Yes, please.
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(Stephanie) Alright, Matthew,
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chapter 1 and verse 16.
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(Rodney) And I'm reading
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from the New King James Version, it says:
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So Jesus is the Christ,
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He's the Son of God,
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and He was the Messiah.
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(Stephanie) Amen. Puia.
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(Puia) For me, I would say Jesus Christ
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is the Creator and the Savior.
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(Stephanie) Creator and Savior. Tendi.
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(Tendi) He is the Lamb of God,
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the light of the world,
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the way, the truth and the life.
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(Stephanie) Jonathan.
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(Jonathan) He's the image of God,
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the perfect revelation of His character.
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(Stephanie) The perfect revelation
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of His character. Geoffrey.
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(Geoffrey) Physician, Healer.
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(Stephanie) Very good.
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Well, I put it out on social media.
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I asked the question on social media,
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and here are some of the responses
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I received: "The Word made flesh,"
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"a Preacher and Religious Leader,"
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"Messiah," "Divine," "Son of God."
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Let's see what the Bible says.
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We'll start our study in the book of John,
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John, chapter 5, verses 17, 20 and 36,
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and, Zandile, do you have that?
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Would you start our study today?
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(Zandile) Sure.
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(Stephanie) John, chapter 5,
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verses 17, 20 and 36.
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(Zandile) Okay, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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John, chapter 5, verse 17:
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Verse 20:
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Verse 36:
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(Stephanie) Alright, and let's also read
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John, chapter 10, verse 25.
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And, Geoffrey, if you would read that
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for us, John, chapter 10 and verse 25.
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And I want to ask a question
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as we're reading these texts:
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What do these words of Jesus
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reveal about His close collaboration
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with the Father in Heaven?
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Go ahead, Geoffrey.
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(Geoffrey) Alright, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Stephanie) Alright, how do these words
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of Jesus show His close collaboration
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with God the Father? Jonathan.
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(Jonathan) People kept asking Jesus,
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like, "Who are You?"
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And, "How do You do such things?"
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or, "How do You claim such things?"
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And He repeatedly points
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back to these works that He was doing
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that obviously no one else can do.
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And so He's saying, "The works
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that I am doing show
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My relationship to the Father,
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so pay attention to them."
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(Stephanie) Gladys.
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(Gladys) Jesus said many times,
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"I don't do anything of My own.
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Everything I do is what the Father
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tells Me to do."
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So these verses just reveal that They
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were working in close connection.
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He was only doing what the Father
0:14:35.176,0:14:37.808
revealed for Him to do.
0:14:37.808,0:14:39.638
(Derek) It just hit me from your post,
0:14:39.638,0:14:41.900
"Who is Jesus?" that if we didn't have
0:14:41.900,0:14:43.899
the Bible, we would just have to say,
0:14:43.899,0:14:45.939
"Well, He's Someone that a lot of people
0:14:45.939,0:14:47.887
talk about, I guess a famous teacher
0:14:47.887,0:14:50.459
of some kind," but we wouldn't have any
0:14:50.459,0:14:53.264
of the testimonies we're hearing today.
0:14:53.264,0:14:55.551
The Bible is so important,
0:14:55.551,0:14:57.192
and I know you're going to take us
0:14:57.192,0:14:58.502
actually to the Bible
0:14:58.502,0:15:02.026
before even the Incarnation, right?
0:15:02.026,0:15:05.231
But even there Jesus said,
0:15:05.231,0:15:06.567
"These are all about Me."
0:15:06.567,0:15:08.677
So, I guess what I'm sensing
0:15:08.677,0:15:10.876
in the answer to, "Who was Jesus?" is I
0:15:10.876,0:15:13.345
really need the inspired Word of God
0:15:13.345,0:15:14.619
to answer that question.
0:15:14.619,0:15:17.743
(Stephanie) That's right. Zandile.
0:15:17.743,0:15:19.806
(Zandile) I wanted to say that they
0:15:19.806,0:15:21.998
show us that Jesus and the Father
0:15:21.998,0:15:24.450
had a shared mission, and they had
0:15:24.450,0:15:27.611
an intimate relationship together,
0:15:27.611,0:15:28.824
which was Divine.
0:15:28.824,0:15:30.810
So whenever He is saying the Father,
0:15:30.810,0:15:33.125
it shows the divinity of Him.
0:15:33.125,0:15:35.196
(Stephanie) And Jesus boldly claimed
0:15:35.196,0:15:37.628
His relationship with God the Father.
0:15:37.628,0:15:40.426
Let's look at John, chapter 10,
0:15:40.426,0:15:43.227
looking at verses 37 and 38,
0:15:43.227,0:15:44.953
and, Mighty, if you would be willing
0:15:44.953,0:15:46.592
to read that for us,
0:15:46.592,0:15:50.076
John, chapter 10, verses 37 and 38.
0:15:50.076,0:15:52.591
We're looking at what that bold claim was
0:15:52.591,0:15:56.060
of Jesus about His close relationship
0:15:56.060,0:15:59.342
with God the Father.
0:15:59.342,0:16:01.466
(Mighty) Sure, so John, chapter 10,
0:16:01.466,0:16:03.646
verses 37 and 38, I'm reading
0:16:03.646,0:16:07.262
the King James Version, it says:
0:16:26.264,0:16:28.119
(Stephanie) What are you hearing there?
0:16:28.119,0:16:29.013
Thank you, Mighty.
0:16:29.013,0:16:30.710
What are you hearing?
0:16:30.710,0:16:32.860
Go ahead, Scott.
0:16:32.860,0:16:34.074
(Scott) One of the things
0:16:34.074,0:16:35.190
that we've seen already
0:16:35.190,0:16:36.187
in the Gospel of John
0:16:36.187,0:16:38.058
is that Jesus' works are signs,
0:16:38.058,0:16:39.742
and that's what He is saying here.
0:16:39.742,0:16:41.517
You know, "Even if you have
0:16:41.517,0:16:43.355
some questions, look at the works
0:16:43.355,0:16:45.381
and see that the God the Father is in it."
0:16:45.381,0:16:47.007
And if God the Father...if you see
0:16:47.007,0:16:48.861
the evidence that He is in these works,
0:16:48.861,0:16:51.363
then you should believe in Jesus.
0:16:51.363,0:16:54.590
(Stephanie) And His bold claim is what?
0:16:54.590,0:16:56.562
What is His bold claim?
0:16:56.562,0:16:58.984
Well, we can go to John, chapter 14.
0:16:58.984,0:17:00.799
Shall we go to John, chapter 14,
0:17:00.799,0:17:04.118
and let's look at verses 7 through 13,
0:17:04.118,0:17:07.514
and then also verse 23.
0:17:07.514,0:17:09.219
And, Faith, if you would be willing
0:17:09.219,0:17:12.998
to read that for us, John, chapter 14,
0:17:12.998,0:17:16.143
and that's verses 7
0:17:16.143,0:17:19.694
through 13, and verse 23.
0:17:19.694,0:17:21.686
(Faith) Yes, I'm reading
0:17:21.686,0:17:25.741
from the New King James Version, verse 7:
0:18:34.492,0:18:36.069
And you said verse 20?
0:18:36.069,0:18:37.869
(Stephanie) 23.
0:18:37.869,0:18:41.337
(Faith) 23, okay. Verse 23:
0:18:52.803,0:18:54.469
(Stephanie) What is the bold claim?
0:18:54.469,0:18:55.517
Thank you, Faith.
0:18:55.517,0:18:58.993
What is the bold claim? Jonathan.
0:18:58.993,0:19:01.509
(Jonathan) Here you have this Man
0:19:01.509,0:19:04.110
that is walking around, and the disciples
0:19:04.110,0:19:05.371
are watching, other people
0:19:05.371,0:19:07.467
are watching them, and slowly realizing
0:19:07.467,0:19:09.033
that this living Person
0:19:09.033,0:19:12.800
they can reach and touch is God Himself,
0:19:12.800,0:19:14.478
is the Divine living...
0:19:14.478,0:19:18.247
And He claims here He is in the Father,
0:19:18.247,0:19:22.683
the Father is in Him, that, yeah,
0:19:22.683,0:19:24.170
the Almighty has come to Earth.
0:19:24.170,0:19:26.663
(Derek) Immanuel - God with us.
0:19:26.663,0:19:28.025
(Stephanie) They are one.
0:19:28.025,0:19:30.259
And in John, chapter 10, verse 30,
0:19:30.259,0:19:32.774
Jesus is very clear; He says,
0:19:32.774,0:19:36.245
"My Father and I are one," very clear.
0:19:36.245,0:19:38.208
Scott and then we'll go to Geoffrey.
0:19:38.208,0:19:40.083
(Scott) And just to make this explicit,
0:19:40.083,0:19:44.419
Jesus is saying that He is God.
0:19:44.419,0:19:45.464
(Stephanie) Geoffrey.
0:19:45.464,0:19:48.034
(Geoffrey) When we were reading this,
0:19:48.034,0:19:51.767
and the disciples were witnessing
0:19:51.767,0:19:54.307
Jesus' deeds and things,
0:19:54.307,0:19:56.145
it's not just majesty
0:19:56.145,0:19:58.667
and power but character.
0:19:58.667,0:20:01.339
It's like, "Let the children
0:20:01.339,0:20:03.191
come unto Me."
0:20:03.191,0:20:06.416
That's the thing, back then, God
0:20:06.416,0:20:09.536
was dictator, authoritarian, like,
0:20:09.536,0:20:11.456
"If you don't do what I say,
0:20:11.456,0:20:12.859
you're going to be punished."
0:20:12.859,0:20:14.830
And Jesus is like, "No, I'm trying
0:20:14.830,0:20:17.654
to heal you; I'm trying to save you."
0:20:17.654,0:20:19.113
And that's really what it is,
0:20:19.113,0:20:21.984
"God is on your side; I'm on your side."
0:20:21.984,0:20:23.232
(Stephanie) They both have
0:20:23.232,0:20:25.010
the same mission, God and the Father.
0:20:25.010,0:20:26.696
(Derek) And I think it's important,
0:20:26.696,0:20:29.161
Stephanie, to reiterate that Jesus
0:20:29.161,0:20:33.372
never says, "I am the Father."
0:20:33.372,0:20:35.419
He says, "The Father and I are one.
0:20:35.419,0:20:37.274
He says, "If you've seen Me,"
0:20:37.274,0:20:39.460
to use the language Geoffrey was using,
0:20:39.460,0:20:41.221
"you've seen a full revelation
0:20:41.221,0:20:43.307
of the character of My Father."
0:20:43.307,0:20:46.409
But He doesn't say, "I am the Father,"
0:20:46.409,0:20:47.790
right, and He will later say,
0:20:47.790,0:20:49.456
"I will send you another Comforter,
0:20:49.456,0:20:50.762
the Holy Spirit."
0:20:50.762,0:20:51.719
He doesn't ever say,
0:20:51.719,0:20:53.606
"I am the Holy Spirit."
0:20:53.606,0:20:57.448
So there is this mystery of the Godhead,
0:20:57.448,0:21:00.493
and yet they are so close
0:21:00.493,0:21:01.716
that they are one.
0:21:01.716,0:21:04.263
(Stephanie) That's right, Divine,[br]Jesus is Divine.
0:21:04.263,0:21:06.455
(Derek) We'll study that for eternity,[br]I think.
0:21:06.455,0:21:07.418
(Stephanie) We will.
0:21:07.418,0:21:08.280
How do these words
0:21:08.280,0:21:10.975
that we've just read in John
0:21:10.975,0:21:14.872
reveal to us, the beginning of John,
0:21:14.872,0:21:17.347
his inspired declaration
0:21:17.347,0:21:20.943
about whom Jesus was?
0:21:20.943,0:21:22.501
Let's look at John, chapter 1,
0:21:22.501,0:21:25.612
verses 1 and 2, and, Rodney, if you
0:21:25.612,0:21:27.822
would be prepared to read that for us.
0:21:27.822,0:21:30.014
And we're looking to see how the verses
0:21:30.014,0:21:34.375
we just read confirm the declaration
0:21:34.375,0:21:39.029
that was at the beginning of John.
0:21:39.029,0:21:40.449
(Rodney) So I'm reading John,
0:21:40.449,0:21:42.438
chapter 1, verses 1 and 2, and reading
0:21:42.438,0:21:44.488
from the New King James Version:
0:21:58.651,0:21:59.837
(Stephanie) Did you want
0:21:59.837,0:22:01.221
to comment on that, Rodney?
0:22:01.221,0:22:03.060
(Rodney) It comes back to the question
0:22:03.060,0:22:04.991
that you were asking earlier, Stephanie,
0:22:04.991,0:22:07.670
about who is Jesus, and here it is
0:22:07.670,0:22:09.698
clearly making the connection
0:22:09.698,0:22:11.074
between the Word, which is
0:22:11.074,0:22:12.868
representing Jesus in this context,
0:22:12.868,0:22:15.238
to God Himself, God the Father.
0:22:15.238,0:22:18.050
So, back to the point
0:22:18.050,0:22:20.268
that Derek just mentioned,
0:22:20.268,0:22:22.835
if you notice, you have the Father
0:22:22.835,0:22:24.027
and you have Jesus,
0:22:24.027,0:22:25.680
and they are interconnected.
0:22:25.680,0:22:27.635
There is a popular belief out there
0:22:27.635,0:22:29.788
that there is just one Entity,
0:22:29.788,0:22:31.225
but what we are seeing here is
0:22:31.225,0:22:32.702
that there is a clear depiction
0:22:32.702,0:22:34.411
between [Jesus] and the Father,
0:22:34.411,0:22:36.744
and you also see in different aspects
0:22:36.744,0:22:40.216
in John where Jesus would actually go
0:22:40.216,0:22:41.541
and get instructions
0:22:41.541,0:22:42.891
from His Father essentially.
0:22:42.891,0:22:44.708
Early in the morning, He would commune
0:22:44.708,0:22:46.418
with His Father for direction
0:22:46.418,0:22:47.946
for Himself that particular day.
0:22:47.946,0:22:51.935
(Stephanie) Yes, thank you very much.
0:22:51.935,0:22:54.020
Did we have another comment?
0:22:54.020,0:22:56.234
Alright, we're moving on now to...
0:22:56.234,0:22:58.184
Scott, did I see your hand?
0:22:58.184,0:22:59.768
(Scott) Yeah, I was just noticing
0:22:59.768,0:23:01.547
when it says, "The Word was with God,
0:23:01.547,0:23:03.460
and the Word was God," if you
0:23:03.460,0:23:05.380
read that in the original language,
0:23:05.380,0:23:06.926
there's a little bit of emphasis
0:23:06.926,0:23:07.783
on the word "God."
0:23:07.783,0:23:09.249
Like, "The Word was God,
0:23:09.249,0:23:12.852
like this is one of the major points
0:23:12.852,0:23:14.103
that John wants us to get.
0:23:14.103,0:23:15.355
And it's just right there
0:23:15.355,0:23:17.183
in that first verse of John.
0:23:17.183,0:23:19.208
(Stephanie) Right, and the Word, we know,
0:23:19.208,0:23:21.072
became flesh and dwelt among us, right?
0:23:21.072,0:23:22.712
So we understand that to be Jesus,
0:23:22.712,0:23:24.128
just to clarify that.
0:23:24.128,0:23:25.736
(Derek) And you know, Stephanie,
0:23:25.736,0:23:27.203
anybody could make that claim,
0:23:27.203,0:23:28.882
"Well, I'm the Word," or, "I am..."
0:23:28.882,0:23:30.432
But, as we've heard earlier,
0:23:30.432,0:23:34.467
it's the life and the works, the ministry.
0:23:34.467,0:23:36.342
Again, we need the Bible.
0:23:36.342,0:23:38.401
And as we see that, we see
0:23:38.401,0:23:41.282
it's not just the rash claim
0:23:41.282,0:23:46.255
of a madman claiming to be the Son of God,
0:23:46.255,0:23:49.189
but it is speaking truth and is evidenced
0:23:49.189,0:23:52.243
by how He lived and what He did.
0:23:52.243,0:23:53.483
(Stephanie) That's right.
0:23:53.483,0:23:54.725
In fact, Jesus...and we're
0:23:54.725,0:23:55.556
going to move on.
0:23:55.556,0:23:56.608
Now, we've established
0:23:56.608,0:23:58.527
He is Divine; is that right?
0:23:58.527,0:23:59.364
(Team) Yes.
0:23:59.364,0:24:01.245
(Stephanie) And we're going to move on
0:24:01.245,0:24:05.457
and look at how Jesus claimed
0:24:05.457,0:24:06.987
that the Hebrew Scriptures
0:24:06.987,0:24:09.817
pointed to Him as the Messiah, alright?
0:24:09.817,0:24:11.206
So, we're going back to John,
0:24:11.206,0:24:13.686
John, chapter 5 and looking
0:24:13.686,0:24:19.235
at verses 39 and 40 and then 46.
0:24:19.235,0:24:21.858
And, Joshua, would you read that for us?
0:24:21.858,0:24:23.493
(Joshua) Sure, and I'll be reading
0:24:23.493,0:24:25.633
from the New King James Version,
0:24:25.633,0:24:26.938
and the Bible says:
0:24:42.872,0:24:43.975
And verse 46?
0:24:43.975,0:24:45.195
(Stephanie) That's right.
0:24:51.560,0:24:54.372
(Stephanie) What was Jesus' claim?
0:24:54.372,0:24:55.910
(Joshua) That, "The One that you
0:24:55.910,0:24:57.257
have learned about, the One
0:24:57.257,0:25:00.094
that you have studied and understood
0:25:00.094,0:25:03.431
from your ancestors and teachers,
0:25:03.431,0:25:06.735
all of them were prophesying of Me,
0:25:06.735,0:25:08.760
which you now see today."
0:25:08.760,0:25:10.256
(Stephanie) So He was referring
0:25:10.256,0:25:14.247
back to Moses and the prophets and saying
0:25:14.247,0:25:18.334
that they testified of Him. Gladys.
0:25:18.334,0:25:21.752
(Gladys) The Hebrew children would learn
0:25:21.752,0:25:23.034
the first five books
0:25:23.034,0:25:24.281
of the [Bible, the] Torah,
0:25:24.281,0:25:26.575
and Moses was their biggest prophet.
0:25:26.575,0:25:29.482
So for Him to claim right there,
0:25:29.482,0:25:31.974
"You believe in Moses,
0:25:31.974,0:25:34.152
but he was talking about Me."
0:25:34.152,0:25:35.752
He was kind of referring them to,
0:25:35.752,0:25:37.111
just like Joshua was saying,
0:25:37.111,0:25:38.610
kind of saying, "All the things
0:25:38.610,0:25:39.897
you have been studying, you
0:25:39.897,0:25:42.369
should have been able to recognize Me."
0:25:42.369,0:25:45.471
(Stephanie) Very good. Rodney.
0:25:45.471,0:25:47.000
(Rodney) Stephanie, everyone
0:25:47.000,0:25:48.920
knew back then, well, the Jews
0:25:48.920,0:25:50.734
knew, back then, Moses
0:25:50.734,0:25:53.289
as the deliverer of the Jews,
0:25:53.289,0:25:55.908
again, back then.
0:25:55.908,0:25:58.981
And they also associated the changing
0:25:58.981,0:26:02.461
of the water to blood by Moses
0:26:02.461,0:26:04.298
who was the deliverer,
0:26:04.298,0:26:06.826
clearly Moses asked God
0:26:06.826,0:26:10.296
for that power to be able to do so.
0:26:10.296,0:26:12.019
But I believe that is why, when you
0:26:12.019,0:26:13.805
go on over now to John,
0:26:13.805,0:26:16.138
and John talks about the first miracle
0:26:16.138,0:26:19.014
of Jesus, it was all about water,
0:26:19.014,0:26:20.939
turning water into something else,
0:26:20.939,0:26:22.842
water into wine in that particular case,
0:26:22.842,0:26:23.800
not blood, but wine.
0:26:23.800,0:26:25.989
So it should have triggered something
0:26:25.989,0:26:27.768
in the minds of the Jews to say,
0:26:27.768,0:26:30.159
"I've heard that story some time ago,
0:26:30.159,0:26:31.972
which was water turning to something,
0:26:31.972,0:26:33.220
which is blood; here it is
0:26:33.220,0:26:34.889
water turning into wine.
0:26:34.889,0:26:38.434
This must have been the Messiah
0:26:38.434,0:26:39.828
that Moses was pointing to,
0:26:39.828,0:26:40.794
the greater Prophet
0:26:40.794,0:26:44.086
that Moses was pointing to."
0:26:44.086,0:26:45.768
(Stephanie) What does that tell us
0:26:45.768,0:26:48.336
about Jesus' conviction
0:26:48.336,0:26:50.424
about the Scriptures, the validity
0:26:50.424,0:26:51.978
of the Scriptures?
0:26:51.978,0:26:53.122
(Puia) I try to imagine,
0:26:53.122,0:26:54.839
what if there were no Scriptures?
0:26:54.839,0:26:56.488
Jesus would show up on the scene
0:26:56.488,0:26:58.654
and say, "Surprise, I'm here."
0:26:58.654,0:27:01.114
But instead, Jesus said, "Well,
0:27:01.114,0:27:02.853
Moses wrote about Me,
0:27:02.853,0:27:05.074
and all the prophets wrote about Me."
0:27:05.074,0:27:07.751
And Jesus was using the Scripture
0:27:07.751,0:27:12.419
as a way to confirm, in a way, solidify
0:27:12.419,0:27:15.711
their faith that He is truly the Messiah.
0:27:15.711,0:27:17.240
(Stephanie) And, Puia, maybe you
0:27:17.240,0:27:18.893
can take us there - Jesus
0:27:18.893,0:27:21.715
also confirmed who He was when He
0:27:21.715,0:27:23.969
referred back to the Old Testament,
0:27:23.969,0:27:25.452
the Hebrew Scriptures,
0:27:25.452,0:27:29.476
in Luke, chapter 24, verse 36,
0:27:29.476,0:27:33.119
when He spoke to those two disciples
0:27:33.119,0:27:35.014
after His resurrection
0:27:35.014,0:27:38.305
on the road to Emmaus.
0:27:38.305,0:27:42.608
Luke, chapter 24, verse 27.
0:27:42.608,0:27:43.853
(Puia) And I'll be reading
0:27:43.853,0:27:45.399
from the New King James Version,
0:27:45.399,0:27:47.101
Luke 24, verse 27:
0:27:58.492,0:28:00.272
(Stephanie) I just wish I was walking
0:28:00.272,0:28:02.988
with Jesus that day, don't You?
0:28:02.988,0:28:04.540
Where did He start?
0:28:04.540,0:28:07.093
Maybe Genesis 3:15, "I'm going
0:28:07.093,0:28:09.576
to put enmity...," I don't know.
0:28:09.576,0:28:12.452
But He walked them through the Scriptures
0:28:12.452,0:28:14.370
and made it clear,
0:28:14.370,0:28:16.734
who the Hebrew Scriptures
0:28:16.734,0:28:19.171
were pointing to was Him.
0:28:19.171,0:28:21.867
He was the Messiah. Alright, Derek.
0:28:21.867,0:28:23.210
(Derek) I love the testimony
0:28:23.210,0:28:24.744
of those two disciples.
0:28:24.744,0:28:27.073
Later they said, "Didn't our hearts
0:28:27.073,0:28:29.093
burn within us?"
0:28:29.093,0:28:31.177
So, Gladys talked about the Scriptures,
0:28:31.177,0:28:35.639
but they saw this amazing revelation,
0:28:35.639,0:28:37.946
again, not a random claim,
0:28:37.946,0:28:40.849
but they saw all of these fulfilled
0:28:40.849,0:28:43.494
in the Jesus they knew and followed.
0:28:43.494,0:28:44.767
It must have been amazing.
0:28:44.767,0:28:47.668
(Stephanie) It must have. Alright, Tendi?
0:28:47.668,0:28:49.095
(Tendi) I just wanted to add
0:28:49.095,0:28:51.148
that every time Jesus talks
0:28:51.148,0:28:54.853
about the Scriptures validating who He is
0:28:54.853,0:28:57.008
or testifying about Him,
0:28:57.008,0:28:59.816
if you read the text, "Scriptures"
0:28:59.816,0:29:01.650
and "Me," "Scriptures" and "Him"
0:29:01.650,0:29:05.629
are always in capitals, which is emphasis.
0:29:05.629,0:29:07.603
(Stephanie) Thank you. Jonathan.
0:29:07.603,0:29:09.570
(Jonathan) I just think it's interesting
0:29:09.570,0:29:10.776
how God didn't reveal
0:29:10.776,0:29:12.935
everything all at once; He left
0:29:12.935,0:29:14.778
little pictures throughout Scriptures.
0:29:14.778,0:29:16.775
And so, as you go through the Scriptures,
0:29:16.775,0:29:17.977
as you walk through them,
0:29:17.977,0:29:21.276
and as the disciples looked afterwards,
0:29:21.276,0:29:23.210
it's like, "Oh, wow, that revealed Him,"
0:29:23.210,0:29:24.468
"Oh, that revealed Him."
0:29:24.468,0:29:26.643
And so, I think that maybe that's how God
0:29:26.643,0:29:28.127
works in our lives as well,
0:29:28.127,0:29:30.662
bit by bit by bit.
0:29:30.662,0:29:31.673
(Stephanie) Geoffrey.
0:29:31.673,0:29:34.978
(Geoffrey) Yes, the God that we serve
0:29:34.978,0:29:36.622
does not just make claims;
0:29:36.622,0:29:38.847
He reveals evidence, and that's
0:29:38.847,0:29:40.776
really what this whole great controversy
0:29:40.776,0:29:42.449
is all about and when Jesus
0:29:42.449,0:29:45.249
was on Earth, revealing the evidence
0:29:45.249,0:29:47.149
bit by bit and making us
0:29:47.149,0:29:50.594
fully convinced in our own minds.
0:29:50.594,0:29:52.609
(Stephanie) Thank you. Zandile.
0:29:52.609,0:29:53.843
(Zandile) So, I went back
0:29:53.843,0:29:56.328
to the five books that Moses wrote
0:29:56.328,0:29:57.525
to try to find out
0:29:57.525,0:30:00.727
what really prefigured Jesus
0:30:00.727,0:30:02.271
that He was referring to when He
0:30:02.271,0:30:04.593
was saying "starting from Moses."
0:30:04.593,0:30:07.010
And I found that in Genesis, Moses says
0:30:07.010,0:30:09.343
He is the seed in Genesis 3:15.
0:30:09.343,0:30:12.076
And in Leviticus, He is the Passover Lamb.
0:30:12.076,0:30:16.266
No, in Exodus He is the Passover Lamb,
0:30:16.266,0:30:17.519
and in Leviticus He is
0:30:17.519,0:30:18.962
the sacrificial system,
0:30:18.962,0:30:20.475
"You all sacrifice; you are
0:30:20.475,0:30:21.615
familiar with this one,
0:30:21.615,0:30:23.114
and this pointed to Me,
0:30:23.114,0:30:24.644
dying on the cross for you."
0:30:24.644,0:30:26.607
And in Numbers, He is the bronze serpent.
0:30:26.607,0:30:30.546
He says to Nicodemus, "If the Son of Man
0:30:30.546,0:30:32.830
shall be lifted up just like Moses when he
0:30:32.830,0:30:34.047
lifted up the serpent
0:30:34.047,0:30:35.729
in the desert, that was Me."
0:30:35.729,0:30:38.452
And in Deuteronomy it says "I."
0:30:38.452,0:30:40.868
Moses says, "God will raise up a prophet
0:30:40.868,0:30:43.251
who is like unto me but who will be
0:30:43.251,0:30:44.079
greater than Me."
0:30:44.079,0:30:45.920
So when He is saying Moses,
0:30:45.920,0:30:47.930
I was like, okay, I really need to see
0:30:47.930,0:30:49.878
what Moses was saying about the manna,
0:30:49.878,0:30:51.924
which is Jesus, the bread of life.
0:30:51.924,0:30:52.644
(Team) Amen!
0:30:52.644,0:30:54.440
(Stephanie) And as you pointed out...
0:30:54.440,0:30:55.755
Thank you so much, Zandile.
0:30:55.755,0:30:59.803
As you pointed out each Bible book
0:30:59.803,0:31:03.631
that you found, it's prolific;
0:31:03.631,0:31:06.830
it's throughout the whole Hebrew[br]Scriptures. Yes, Puia.
0:31:06.830,0:31:08.793
(Puia) And to add to that,
0:31:08.793,0:31:10.463
it's not just the books of Moses.
0:31:10.463,0:31:12.921
If we go through every single book
0:31:12.921,0:31:14.538
of the Old Testament,
0:31:14.538,0:31:15.638
the Hebrew Scripture,
0:31:15.638,0:31:18.337
throughout all the Old Testament time,
0:31:18.337,0:31:20.063
they were all pointing
0:31:20.063,0:31:22.203
forward to the coming Messiah.
0:31:22.203,0:31:25.803
So this is all about Jesus.
0:31:25.803,0:31:29.332
(Stephanie) Amen. And, of course, later
0:31:29.332,0:31:30.697
He revealed Himself
0:31:30.697,0:31:32.434
to the 11 disciples, right?
0:31:32.434,0:31:35.072
And He repeated something very similar.
0:31:35.072,0:31:37.949
And maybe we should just go there,
0:31:37.949,0:31:42.339
Luke, chapter 24, looking at verse 36
0:31:42.339,0:31:45.089
and then 44 and 45.
0:31:45.089,0:31:47.752
And, Gladys, would you read that for us?
0:31:47.752,0:31:49.388
(Gladys) Sure, I'm reading
0:31:49.388,0:31:51.191
from the New International Version,
0:31:51.191,0:31:53.959
Luke, chapter 27, verse 36
0:31:53.959,0:31:55.785
and then 44 and 45:
0:32:05.845,0:32:07.168
Verse 44:
0:32:25.956,0:32:29.317
(Stephanie) Amen. Jesus recognized
0:32:29.317,0:32:30.739
that the Hebrew Scriptures
0:32:30.739,0:32:33.553
pointed to Him as the Messiah,
0:32:33.553,0:32:35.047
but He's not the only one.
0:32:35.047,0:32:36.522
His disciples did, too.
0:32:36.522,0:32:39.652
Let's look at John, chapter 1, verse 45.
0:32:39.652,0:32:41.850
Jonathan, would you read that for us?
0:32:58.233,0:33:01.955
(Stephanie) What did Philip say?[br]He found who?
0:33:01.955,0:33:03.040
(Team) The One.
0:33:03.040,0:33:04.268
(Stephanie) The One
0:33:04.268,0:33:06.774
who was prophesied, right?
0:33:06.774,0:33:08.775
Alright, let's go to John, chapter 2
0:33:08.775,0:33:13.114
and look at verses 17 and 22,
0:33:13.114,0:33:15.579
and, Mighty, would you be able
0:33:15.579,0:33:16.611
to read that for us?
0:33:16.611,0:33:22.466
John, chapter 2, verses 17 and 22.
0:33:22.466,0:33:23.609
(Mighty) I'll be reading
0:33:23.609,0:33:27.615
from the King James Version, and it says:
0:33:35.516,0:33:36.738
22:
0:33:51.314,0:33:52.726
(Stephanie) What can we learn
0:33:52.726,0:33:54.756
from the fact that both the disciples
0:33:54.756,0:33:58.554
and Jesus had confidence
0:33:58.554,0:34:00.571
in the Scriptures?
0:34:00.571,0:34:01.389
What can we learn
0:34:01.389,0:34:06.130
for ourselves today? Puia.
0:34:06.130,0:34:08.271
(Puia) As we just looked at that verse 22
0:34:08.271,0:34:11.677
from chapter 2, the disciples believed
0:34:11.677,0:34:15.057
because they witnessed the fulfillment
0:34:15.057,0:34:17.242
of what Jesus prophesied.
0:34:17.242,0:34:19.930
And so, for me, when I read
0:34:19.930,0:34:22.070
the Scripture and study these prophecies
0:34:22.070,0:34:24.304
and see it in fulfillment
0:34:24.304,0:34:26.646
in the history of this world,
0:34:26.646,0:34:30.059
it brings a great deal of evidence,
0:34:30.059,0:34:32.254
as Geoffrey pointed out, to believe
0:34:32.254,0:34:34.587
that this is trustworthy
0:34:34.587,0:34:36.462
because the predictions
0:34:36.462,0:34:39.344
and the prophecies are fulfilled.
0:34:39.344,0:34:40.591
(Stephanie) That's right.
0:34:40.591,0:34:42.021
(Derek) I think you're making
0:34:42.021,0:34:43.212
a really important point,
0:34:43.212,0:34:46.734
because modern liberal scholars will say,
0:34:46.734,0:34:49.255
"This just related to people back then.
0:34:49.255,0:34:51.497
There's no one who can tell
0:34:51.497,0:34:54.445
what's going to happen in the future,[br]not even God."
0:34:54.445,0:34:56.182
Well, God does claim, "I know
0:34:56.182,0:34:57.864
the end from the beginning," right,
0:34:57.864,0:35:00.210
things that have not yet come to pass.
0:35:00.210,0:35:02.645
But Jesus had confidence
0:35:02.645,0:35:05.114
in the reliability of those prophecies
0:35:05.114,0:35:06.830
testifying about Him.
0:35:06.830,0:35:08.964
And I think, today,
0:35:08.964,0:35:10.563
our Hope Sabbath School members
0:35:10.563,0:35:12.631
around the world need to realize
0:35:12.631,0:35:15.322
that we don't listen to the scoffers
0:35:15.322,0:35:17.946
and the skeptics who say, "None
0:35:17.946,0:35:19.906
of that has any significance;
0:35:19.906,0:35:22.201
it's just something back then."
0:35:22.201,0:35:25.088
But holy men of God were moved
0:35:25.088,0:35:26.641
by the Holy Spirit,
0:35:26.641,0:35:28.480
so it's actually very exciting,
0:35:28.480,0:35:30.610
as Zandile was sharing, "I found this
0:35:30.610,0:35:32.788
in Genesis; I found this in Exodus."
0:35:32.788,0:35:35.035
It's an exciting discovery.
0:35:35.035,0:35:36.480
I know you're going to lead us
0:35:36.480,0:35:38.451
on some of it, but it's important to know
0:35:38.451,0:35:40.770
it's not just opinion, that this is
0:35:40.770,0:35:43.427
the reliable, inspired Word of God.
0:35:43.427,0:35:46.342
(Stephanie) Indeed, and Derek was
0:35:46.342,0:35:49.350
bringing out a verse, 2 Peter, chapter 1,
0:35:49.350,0:35:50.951
verses 19 through 21.
0:35:50.951,0:35:54.924
Let's read that, and before we read that,
0:35:54.924,0:35:57.104
Rodney, I see you have a comment,
0:35:57.104,0:36:03.034
and maybe you can read 2 Peter, chapter 1,
0:36:03.034,0:36:06.272
verses 19 through 21, after your comment.
0:36:06.272,0:36:07.862
(Rodney) What I wanted to comment
0:36:07.862,0:36:09.621
before I read this text is,
0:36:09.621,0:36:12.950
it is also interesting to note
0:36:12.950,0:36:15.181
that it is possible for you to know
0:36:15.181,0:36:19.094
the Scriptures but still [not] believe.
0:36:19.094,0:36:22.127
So, those leaders back then
0:36:22.127,0:36:23.506
knew the Scriptures.
0:36:23.506,0:36:25.048
That's why Jesus made the point,
0:36:25.048,0:36:27.055
"You know the Scriptures, and in them you
0:36:27.055,0:36:28.455
think you have eternal life."
0:36:28.455,0:36:30.644
And essentially He's saying, "Here I am,
0:36:30.644,0:36:32.339
the fulfillment of what you
0:36:32.339,0:36:33.590
have been reading, and you
0:36:33.590,0:36:34.659
still don't believe."
0:36:34.659,0:36:37.720
So there is the aspect of us,
0:36:37.720,0:36:39.252
when we read the Scriptures,
0:36:39.252,0:36:41.325
to open our hearts to the leading
0:36:41.325,0:36:43.562
of the Holy Spirit so that He can lead us
0:36:43.562,0:36:47.561
to understand who Jesus truly is.
0:36:47.561,0:36:49.837
So, as we look at 2 Peter 1,
0:36:49.837,0:36:54.114
verses 19 and 21, is that what you said,[br]Stephanie?
0:36:54.114,0:36:55.512
(Stephanie) Yes.
0:36:55.512,0:36:57.903
(Rodney) Alright, 19 and 21, and it says
0:36:57.903,0:37:00.119
in the New King James Version:
0:37:16.083,0:37:17.156
Verse 21:
0:37:29.112,0:37:34.473
(Stephanie) So the Scripture was inspired.
0:37:34.473,0:37:37.418
I saw a few comments here. Scott?
0:37:37.418,0:37:40.320
(Scott) We skipped over verse 20 where it
0:37:40.320,0:37:42.608
says that no prophecy of Scripture
0:37:42.608,0:37:45.350
comes from someone's own interpretation,
0:37:45.350,0:37:46.637
and this is the other side
0:37:46.637,0:37:48.297
of what we talked about, how Jesus
0:37:48.297,0:37:49.857
had confidence in the Scripture.
0:37:49.857,0:37:51.790
And we talked about how some people say,
0:37:51.790,0:37:53.383
"Well, Scripture doesn't matter."
0:37:53.383,0:37:55.651
But there are other times when people get
0:37:55.651,0:37:59.191
very much into their own kind[br]of esoteric understanding
0:37:59.191,0:38:00.050
of the Scripture;
0:38:00.050,0:38:01.934
it has a spiritual meaning.
0:38:01.934,0:38:03.639
And this is also what we're saying,
0:38:03.639,0:38:05.704
that, no, Scripture has a plain meaning.
0:38:05.704,0:38:07.532
We read it, and when the plain meaning
0:38:07.532,0:38:08.819
is apparent, that's what we
0:38:08.819,0:38:10.467
should hold to.
0:38:10.467,0:38:11.619
(Stephanie) We can trust
0:38:11.619,0:38:12.716
the Word of God.
0:38:12.716,0:38:13.883
Let's take a look...
0:38:13.883,0:38:16.090
I'm sorry, our time limits us,
0:38:16.090,0:38:18.459
so we have to move on to the next section,
0:38:18.459,0:38:19.527
but let's take a look
0:38:19.527,0:38:22.604
at some Old Testament prophecies
0:38:22.604,0:38:24.384
and how we see those fulfilled
0:38:24.384,0:38:26.033
in the life of Jesus.
0:38:26.033,0:38:27.500
We'll start in Isaiah,
0:38:27.500,0:38:30.579
chapter 40, verse 3, and then I'll
0:38:30.579,0:38:34.280
let you be thinking,[br]as we're reading this,
0:38:34.280,0:38:35.439
some of the other times
0:38:35.439,0:38:37.697
where we see in the Old Testament
0:38:37.697,0:38:40.480
those prophecies were fulfilled
0:38:40.480,0:38:42.075
in the life of Jesus.
0:38:42.075,0:38:44.834
Isaiah 40, verse 3, and, Geoffrey,
0:38:44.834,0:38:46.299
if you would read that for us.
0:38:46.299,0:38:47.884
(Geoffrey) Yes, I'll be reading
0:38:47.884,0:38:50.760
from the New King James Version:
0:39:02.537,0:39:03.883
(Stephanie) And where do we
0:39:03.883,0:39:04.938
see that fulfilled?
0:39:04.938,0:39:05.750
(Team) In John.
0:39:05.750,0:39:08.210
(Stephanie) In John. Who fulfilled that?
0:39:08.210,0:39:10.275
(Team, Stephanie) John the Baptist.
0:39:10.275,0:39:12.085
(Stephanie) Let's take a look at that,
0:39:12.085,0:39:16.624
John, chapter 1, verse 23.
0:39:16.624,0:39:18.503
And, Scott, would you read that for us,
0:39:18.503,0:39:21.033
John, chapter 1, verse 23.
0:39:21.033,0:39:22.429
(Scott) Okay, and I'm reading
0:39:22.429,0:39:24.304
from the English Standard Version,
0:39:24.304,0:39:25.734
"He," that's John the Baptist:
0:39:34.776,0:39:37.475
(Stephanie) So referring back to what?[br]Hebrew Scriptures.
0:39:37.475,0:39:41.135
Alright, what are some other examples?
0:39:41.135,0:39:42.271
Psalms? Go ahead.
0:39:42.271,0:39:45.973
(Gladys) Yeah, Psalm 118, verse 26.
0:39:45.973,0:39:49.350
(Stephanie) Psalm 118, verse 26?
0:39:49.350,0:39:51.359
"Blessed is he who comes
0:39:51.359,0:39:52.913
in the name of the Lord"?
0:39:52.913,0:39:55.808
Yes, please read that for us.
0:39:55.808,0:39:57.469
Psalm, chapter...
0:39:57.469,0:40:02.640
(Gladys) 118, verse 26, and it says:
0:40:11.771,0:40:13.141
(Stephanie) And where do we
0:40:13.141,0:40:14.854
see that fulfilled?
0:40:14.854,0:40:16.111
(Gladys) Triumphal Entry.
0:40:16.111,0:40:17.814
(Stephanie) In the Triumphal Entry,
0:40:17.814,0:40:20.356
John, chapter 12, right,
0:40:20.356,0:40:22.556
John, chapter 12, verse 13,
0:40:22.556,0:40:25.817
and, Rodney, would you be willing
0:40:25.817,0:40:26.885
to read that for us?
0:40:26.885,0:40:32.596
John, chapter 12, verse 13.
0:40:32.596,0:40:33.745
(Rodney) And I'm reading
0:40:33.745,0:40:35.321
from the New King James Version:
0:40:48.615,0:40:49.714
(Stephanie) And we need
0:40:49.714,0:40:51.502
to follow that one up with Zechariah,
0:40:51.502,0:40:54.264
okay, Zechariah, chapter 9, verse 9,
0:40:54.264,0:40:55.947
because they are closely connected.
0:40:55.947,0:40:58.062
Tendi, would you read that for us?
0:40:58.062,0:40:59.882
(Tendi) Thank you, Stephanie, and I'll
0:40:59.882,0:41:01.568
be reading Zechariah 9:9
0:41:01.568,0:41:03.744
from the New King James Version:
0:41:23.693,0:41:25.453
(Stephanie) We'll see the fulfillment
0:41:25.453,0:41:28.922
of this, John, chapter 2, verse 14.
0:41:28.922,0:41:30.340
(Jonathan) 2 or 12?
0:41:30.340,0:41:31.741
(Stephanie) I'm sorry, John,
0:41:31.741,0:41:33.972
chapter 12, thank you,
0:41:33.972,0:41:38.398
and we'll be looking at verse 14.
0:41:38.398,0:41:40.671
Jonathan, would you read that for us?
0:41:40.671,0:41:41.925
(Jonathan) I'll be reading
0:41:41.925,0:41:43.569
from the English Standard Version:
0:41:48.633,0:41:51.447
(Stephanie) Do you want to read[br]verse 15 as well?
0:41:51.447,0:41:53.067
Please do, okay, so we're looking
0:41:53.067,0:41:54.729
at John, chapter 12
0:41:54.729,0:41:56.317
and now looking at verse 15.
0:41:56.317,0:41:57.985
(Jonathan) Alright, and it says:
0:42:05.025,0:42:06.706
(Stephanie) What was the importance
0:42:06.706,0:42:09.270
of Him coming in that manner?
0:42:09.270,0:42:13.303
Jesus had not wanted anyone
0:42:13.303,0:42:16.923
to bring any light to Himself,
0:42:16.923,0:42:20.603
but now He was riding, Triumphal Entry,
0:42:20.603,0:42:25.025
riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.
0:42:25.025,0:42:27.136
What is significant
0:42:27.136,0:42:30.254
about Him doing that? Puia?
0:42:30.254,0:42:32.024
(Puia) He was fulfilling the prophecy
0:42:32.024,0:42:37.278
of Zechariah, and there was no excuse
0:42:37.278,0:42:40.422
for anyone in Jerusalem
0:42:40.422,0:42:42.631
who witnessed that scene to deny
0:42:42.631,0:42:45.781
that Jesus was the Messiah.
0:42:45.781,0:42:47.402
I mean, He was being welcomed in
0:42:47.402,0:42:49.002
as the prophecy predicted.
0:42:49.002,0:42:52.382
It was important for Jesus to do that.
0:42:52.382,0:42:53.554
(Stephanie) And this was
0:42:53.554,0:42:54.992
the first day of the week,
0:42:54.992,0:42:56.164
right, leading up...?
0:42:56.164,0:42:58.617
He knew, Jesus knew
0:42:58.617,0:43:00.924
it would take Him to the cross.
0:43:00.924,0:43:03.474
He knew that. Gladys.
0:43:03.474,0:43:04.916
(Gladys) Whenever the kings
0:43:04.916,0:43:07.655
and the army went out to war,
0:43:07.655,0:43:09.112
whenever they were triumphant,
0:43:09.112,0:43:12.429
they would come in, riding into the city,
0:43:12.429,0:43:13.571
and the people would
0:43:13.571,0:43:14.795
come out and celebrate.
0:43:14.795,0:43:16.704
So Jesus was fulfilling...He got
0:43:16.704,0:43:18.110
to the end of His mission,
0:43:18.110,0:43:19.355
and He was coming.
0:43:19.355,0:43:21.171
The kings would come on horses,
0:43:21.171,0:43:23.468
but He chose a humble way to come in.
0:43:23.468,0:43:24.236
(Stephanie) Yes!
0:43:24.236,0:43:25.910
(Gladys) Not like you said before,
0:43:25.910,0:43:27.177
to bring glory to Himself,
0:43:27.177,0:43:29.404
but to point to the Scriptures,
0:43:29.404,0:43:32.334
humbly on a colt.
0:43:32.334,0:43:34.356
(Stephanie) Yes. Derek, you[br]have a comment?
0:43:34.356,0:43:36.439
(Derek) She's right, no triumphal entry
0:43:36.439,0:43:39.653
on a stallion, but exactly the way
0:43:39.653,0:43:41.276
the prophet had foretold hundreds
0:43:41.276,0:43:42.354
of years before.
0:43:42.354,0:43:44.337
(Stephanie) Amen. Jonathan.
0:43:44.337,0:43:45.936
(Jonathan) That I think goes
0:43:45.936,0:43:46.827
with this picture.
0:43:46.827,0:43:48.604
I mean, we have kings coming in,
0:43:48.604,0:43:50.140
and here He is fulfilling that,
0:43:50.140,0:43:51.390
but it's different.
0:43:51.390,0:43:54.602
It's not coming in triumphantly like they
0:43:54.602,0:43:56.370
wanted Him to, honestly.
0:43:56.370,0:43:58.009
It was this picture, like, there's
0:43:58.009,0:43:59.829
something different about this Messiah
0:43:59.829,0:44:02.731
that's coming; He's humble,[br]He's lowly, He's...
0:44:02.731,0:44:03.734
(Derek) Riding on...
0:44:03.734,0:44:05.823
(Jonathan) Riding a donkey.
0:44:05.823,0:44:07.699
(Stephanie) Where are some other places
0:44:07.699,0:44:10.070
in the Old Testament Scripture
0:44:10.070,0:44:12.420
that speak, that point to Jesus,
0:44:12.420,0:44:14.419
as the Messiah and that were fulfilled
0:44:14.419,0:44:16.453
in the New Testament
0:44:16.453,0:44:18.663
in the life of Jesus? Puia.
0:44:18.663,0:44:21.645
(Puia) There are a few, like,
0:44:21.645,0:44:23.760
to try to summarize and say
0:44:23.760,0:44:25.298
that the Bible predicted
0:44:25.298,0:44:26.942
where He would be born,
0:44:26.942,0:44:28.637
where He would be raised up,
0:44:28.637,0:44:31.638
how He would be rejected,
0:44:31.638,0:44:33.689
and how He would die.
0:44:33.689,0:44:35.354
All those prophecies were written
0:44:35.354,0:44:37.702
hundreds and hundreds of years
0:44:37.702,0:44:40.799
before Jesus ever showed up on the scene.
0:44:40.799,0:44:42.571
(Stephanie) Yes, nice summary.
0:44:42.571,0:44:44.586
Thank you. Anyone else?
0:44:44.586,0:44:46.079
(Gladys) Also it talks exactly
0:44:46.079,0:44:47.886
about His crucifixion.
0:44:47.886,0:44:49.275
You know, He will be pierced,
0:44:49.275,0:44:51.321
He will be rejected, He will be mocked.
0:44:51.321,0:44:53.145
So every single detail
0:44:53.145,0:44:56.430
of His life was predicted.
0:44:56.430,0:45:00.470
(Stephanie) Faith, I see your hand.
0:45:00.470,0:45:03.303
(Faith) Yes, it also talks about how He
0:45:03.303,0:45:05.205
would be born, how He would be born
0:45:05.205,0:45:06.800
through a virgin, and that's
0:45:06.800,0:45:08.787
exactly how He was born,
0:45:08.787,0:45:11.321
conceived through the Holy Spirit
0:45:11.321,0:45:13.185
and born of the virgin Mary.
0:45:13.185,0:45:16.163
(Derek) Amen. That's important.
0:45:16.163,0:45:17.569
(Stephanie) Jesus' timing,
0:45:17.569,0:45:21.298
as we have read through John,
0:45:21.298,0:45:22.831
we recognize that there were
0:45:22.831,0:45:25.903
times before that they would have
0:45:25.903,0:45:28.689
taken Him and killed Him.
0:45:28.689,0:45:31.526
But the Bible records
0:45:31.526,0:45:34.244
it was not His time.
0:45:34.244,0:45:36.081
And I know this is not in our outline,
0:45:36.081,0:45:38.053
but I'm just thinking of Galatians,
0:45:38.053,0:45:42.124
Galatians, chapter 4, and I believe
0:45:42.124,0:45:43.784
it's verses [4 and 5],
0:45:43.784,0:45:50.217
Galatians, chapter 4 and verses [4 and 5].
0:45:50.217,0:45:51.765
Go ahead, Zandile.
0:45:51.765,0:45:53.431
(Zandile) Okay, and I'll be reading
0:45:53.431,0:45:55.453
from the New King James Version, it says:
0:46:03.955,0:46:05.478
(Stephanie) Alright, do you mind
0:46:05.478,0:46:08.127
reading verse 5 as well?
0:46:08.127,0:46:09.227
(Zandile) Verse 5:
0:46:16.045,0:46:20.621
(Stephanie) Jesus was born on time.
0:46:20.621,0:46:24.131
He went into ministry on time.
0:46:24.131,0:46:26.521
He was crucified on time.
0:46:26.521,0:46:28.971
He raised on time.
0:46:28.971,0:46:30.760
It was all according to prophecy.
0:46:30.760,0:46:32.687
If we look at Daniel, chapter 9,
0:46:32.687,0:46:34.007
which we cannot surround
0:46:34.007,0:46:37.797
in this study today, but Daniel,
0:46:37.797,0:46:44.240
chapter 9, reveals that Jesus fulfilled
0:46:44.240,0:46:49.394
the Old Testament prophecies,
0:46:49.394,0:46:52.255
the prophecies of the Old Testament,
0:46:52.255,0:46:55.301
to the T - amazing!
0:46:55.301,0:46:58.570
Now, we could just go home and say,
0:46:58.570,0:47:00.882
"Hey, we proved that that's Jesus," right,
0:47:00.882,0:47:03.082
that Jesus is the Messiah.
0:47:03.082,0:47:06.822
But my question is, does it
0:47:06.822,0:47:12.325
make a difference who we believe Jesus is?
0:47:12.325,0:47:16.150
Does it make a difference? Gladys.
0:47:16.150,0:47:17.637
(Gladys) Well, John 17:3 says
0:47:17.637,0:47:20.464
that, "This is eternal life,
0:47:20.464,0:47:24.621
that they may know You, the only true God,
0:47:24.621,0:47:27.003
and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
0:47:27.003,0:47:29.938
So knowing God, in Him we find salvation.
0:47:29.938,0:47:31.863
So, without knowing that He came,
0:47:31.863,0:47:34.356
He saved, He died for us,
0:47:34.356,0:47:36.024
there is no point to this life.
0:47:36.024,0:47:38.608
(Stephanie) Yes. Geoffrey.
0:47:38.608,0:47:40.083
(Geoffrey) It is very important
0:47:40.083,0:47:42.012
because without such evidence
0:47:42.012,0:47:43.857
how can we truly trust Him,
0:47:43.857,0:47:45.142
and if we can't trust Him,
0:47:45.142,0:47:47.121
how can He save us?
0:47:47.121,0:47:49.568
He reaches out, but if we cannot grab
0:47:49.568,0:47:53.294
His hand in full trust, what's the point?
0:47:53.294,0:47:55.038
(Stephanie) Jonathan.
0:47:55.038,0:47:58.504
(Jonathan) Many religions believe in God.
0:47:58.504,0:48:02.235
And there was a common belief of a god
0:48:02.235,0:48:04.058
that was similar to the Old Testament,
0:48:04.058,0:48:05.884
but if that didn't actually come
0:48:05.884,0:48:08.188
to the revelation of God's character
0:48:08.188,0:48:10.571
in Christ and the actual fulfillment
0:48:10.571,0:48:13.471
of the solving of the sin problem
0:48:13.471,0:48:15.244
and Christ's sacrifice for sin,
0:48:15.244,0:48:16.415
where would we be?
0:48:16.415,0:48:20.171
We would be lost without the true hope.
0:48:20.171,0:48:22.505
(Stephanie) Amen. Scott.
0:48:22.505,0:48:25.355
(Scott) If we had
0:48:25.355,0:48:27.884
just one Old Testament Scripture
0:48:27.884,0:48:30.047
that spoke of Jesus, we might be able
0:48:30.047,0:48:32.234
to look at it and say, "You know,
0:48:32.234,0:48:33.509
you could see it that way,
0:48:33.509,0:48:35.224
or you could see it this way,
0:48:35.224,0:48:38.221
or maybe there's some coincidence there."
0:48:38.221,0:48:39.902
But you start adding more
0:48:39.902,0:48:41.074
and more and more,
0:48:41.074,0:48:43.188
and it becomes abundantly clear[br]that there is
0:48:43.188,0:48:45.570
only one possible interpretation.
0:48:45.570,0:48:48.524
If you say, "Well, despite all of that,
0:48:48.524,0:48:49.770
I don't believe that Jesus
0:48:49.770,0:48:54.931
is God," basically, if we reject that,
0:48:54.931,0:48:57.151
we are rejecting all of Scripture.
0:48:57.151,0:48:59.521
We're rejecting the whole foundation.
0:48:59.521,0:49:01.808
We have nothing left over
0:49:01.808,0:49:04.221
but essentially secularism.
0:49:04.221,0:49:07.167
Like, it all depends on this.
0:49:07.167,0:49:11.491
You can't pick and choose and say,
0:49:11.491,0:49:13.188
"I want this part, and I'm going
0:49:13.188,0:49:14.857
to be skeptical about this,
0:49:14.857,0:49:18.571
and I'm going to be skeptical about this."
0:49:18.571,0:49:20.277
(Stephanie) Scott, what I'm hearing
0:49:20.277,0:49:21.674
you say, and what I'm hearing
0:49:21.674,0:49:22.598
all of us saying is
0:49:22.598,0:49:24.567
that this is vitally important.
0:49:24.567,0:49:27.478
This has eternal stakes.
0:49:27.478,0:49:28.771
Whether or not we believe
0:49:28.771,0:49:31.305
that Jesus is the Messiah,
0:49:31.305,0:49:33.008
it has eternal results.
0:49:33.008,0:49:34.686
Derek, did you want to add to that?
0:49:34.686,0:49:36.195
(Derek) You know, someone said,
0:49:36.195,0:49:37.779
"I'm not a statistician,"
0:49:37.779,0:49:39.637
but someone said, "The chances
0:49:39.637,0:49:41.426
of someone else fulfilling one
0:49:41.426,0:49:43.732
of those prophecies is possible."
0:49:43.732,0:49:45.090
Many other people were born
0:49:45.090,0:49:46.777
in Bethlehem, right?
0:49:46.777,0:49:52.042
But, again, the statistical likelihood
0:49:52.042,0:49:54.065
of fulfilling two or three or four,
0:49:54.065,0:49:55.691
and then you get up to scores
0:49:55.691,0:49:58.365
of prophecies, I mean, it is
0:49:58.365,0:50:01.201
absolutely impossible for that
0:50:01.201,0:50:03.122
to happen by chance.
0:50:03.122,0:50:05.198
You either have to, like Scott said,
0:50:05.198,0:50:07.421
discard the whole Bible or say,
0:50:07.421,0:50:08.945
"Well, it must have been written
0:50:08.945,0:50:11.487
after it happened," or something.
0:50:11.487,0:50:13.775
But if you read the Bible
0:50:13.775,0:50:15.952
with the confidence that Jesus had
0:50:15.952,0:50:18.089
in the Scriptures, you have
0:50:18.089,0:50:20.164
to come to the conclusion
0:50:20.164,0:50:22.468
that He is who He claimed to be.
0:50:22.468,0:50:25.412
And more than that, as you pointed out,
0:50:25.412,0:50:27.636
to realize that He wants us
0:50:27.636,0:50:31.171
to have life through His name.
0:50:31.171,0:50:33.041
(Stephanie) Amen. So here's
0:50:33.041,0:50:34.162
my next question.
0:50:34.162,0:50:35.482
Thank you, Derek.
0:50:35.482,0:50:38.518
My next question is this: There is someone
0:50:38.518,0:50:41.437
who may be watching us today
0:50:41.437,0:50:46.804
who is saying, "You're just applying
0:50:46.804,0:50:49.837
Scripture to Jesus."
0:50:49.837,0:50:51.284
(Derek) Trying to make it fit.
0:50:51.284,0:50:53.792
(Stephanie) Right, "Jesus
0:50:53.792,0:50:56.167
really wasn't the Messiah."
0:50:56.167,0:50:59.018
How would you respond to that person?
0:50:59.018,0:51:02.485
Remember, eternal destiny at stake.
0:51:02.485,0:51:06.271
How would you respond to that person?[br]Derek.
0:51:06.271,0:51:07.365
(Derek) I will respond,
0:51:07.365,0:51:09.737
since I raised the question, and say,
0:51:09.737,0:51:11.391
slow down and realize
0:51:11.391,0:51:13.394
our first responsibility is
0:51:13.394,0:51:15.771
to love that person.
0:51:15.771,0:51:18.054
And our second responsibility,
0:51:18.054,0:51:19.172
which I think Jonathan
0:51:19.172,0:51:20.468
has been emphasizing,
0:51:20.468,0:51:22.627
is to, ourselves, be a revelation
0:51:22.627,0:51:25.247
of the immeasurable, unfailing love[br]of God.
0:51:25.247,0:51:27.252
If we just pounce on, "Well, look at this,
0:51:27.252,0:51:29.281
and this and this," I don't think people
0:51:29.281,0:51:32.448
are persuaded simply by information.
0:51:32.448,0:51:35.507
(Stephanie) Amen. Thank you very much.[br]Joshua.
0:51:35.507,0:51:36.807
(Joshua) I would also say
0:51:36.807,0:51:39.428
to really confront the person and try
0:51:39.428,0:51:40.938
to help them to acknowledge
0:51:40.938,0:51:43.138
the deeper fears that they have.
0:51:43.138,0:51:45.272
I believe that it takes a deep amount
0:51:45.272,0:51:48.644
of humility and understanding
0:51:48.644,0:51:53.787
to be able to reprogram or to acknowledge
0:51:53.787,0:51:56.158
truth that is new to you,
0:51:56.158,0:51:58.234
to accept new light into your life.
0:51:58.234,0:52:00.198
I have a massive amount of respect
0:52:00.198,0:52:03.733
for anyone out there who has converted
0:52:03.733,0:52:06.648
from one faith to the Christian faith,
0:52:06.648,0:52:10.537
because when you...listen, we could get
0:52:10.537,0:52:12.314
people of every single faith
0:52:12.314,0:52:14.327
into this room, the most scholarly
0:52:14.327,0:52:16.114
of each and every religion,
0:52:16.114,0:52:17.973
but the truth of the matter is,
0:52:17.973,0:52:19.362
only one of them is
0:52:19.362,0:52:21.609
honestly and truly right.
0:52:21.609,0:52:22.766
So you may be passionate
0:52:22.766,0:52:23.888
about what you believe,
0:52:23.888,0:52:25.935
you may have believed it all of your life,
0:52:25.935,0:52:27.513
it could have been your father's,
0:52:27.513,0:52:29.520
grandfather's, great-grandfather's faith,
0:52:29.520,0:52:32.815
but the reality is, there is one truth.
0:52:32.815,0:52:35.052
And so we need to seek that truth,
0:52:35.052,0:52:36.865
and if we're being real here, when it
0:52:36.865,0:52:38.315
comes to Jesus, and you hinted
0:52:38.315,0:52:40.458
at it, too, Derek, is that, are you
0:52:40.458,0:52:42.536
honestly expecting someone else
0:52:42.536,0:52:46.584
to come riding on a donkey in 2024?
0:52:46.584,0:52:48.406
Are you expecting him to come
0:52:48.406,0:52:50.526
riding on a donkey, to be crucified,
0:52:50.526,0:52:52.239
to fulfill all of these prophecies.
0:52:52.239,0:52:55.348
Are we being real here?
0:52:55.348,0:52:59.197
So, if you can just acknowledge, "Hey,
0:52:59.197,0:53:02.255
maybe I've been wrong all this time,
0:53:02.255,0:53:05.104
and I should accept the truth today
0:53:05.104,0:53:07.100
and turn away from what I've known
0:53:07.100,0:53:08.756
so that I can have eternal life,
0:53:08.756,0:53:10.469
so that I can put my family
0:53:10.469,0:53:11.990
on the right path, so that I can
0:53:11.990,0:53:14.946
look forward and live according
0:53:14.946,0:53:18.364
to God's will, walking
0:53:18.364,0:53:19.622
from this day forward."
0:53:19.622,0:53:20.562
(Derek, Team) Amen.
0:53:20.562,0:53:21.974
(Stephanie) We're going to go
0:53:21.974,0:53:22.952
to one last comment.
0:53:22.952,0:53:24.105
Mighty, I see your hand.
0:53:24.105,0:53:27.354
And after you share your comment,
0:53:27.354,0:53:28.377
we're going to look
0:53:28.377,0:53:30.589
at 2 Corinthians 4, verse 4,
0:53:30.589,0:53:34.233
as we bring it to a close.
0:53:34.233,0:53:35.702
(Mighty) Joshua said something
0:53:35.702,0:53:38.192
really resonated a chord in me,
0:53:38.192,0:53:41.713
and that is, someone seeking the truth.
0:53:41.713,0:53:43.053
And I think that's
0:53:43.053,0:53:45.834
the most important factor.
0:53:45.834,0:53:46.895
You don't need to have
0:53:46.895,0:53:49.153
an extensive knowledge of the prophecies
0:53:49.153,0:53:52.786
in the Bible in order to believe Christ.
0:53:52.786,0:53:54.102
A story comes to mind
0:53:54.102,0:53:57.462
of when the centurion came to Jesus,
0:53:57.462,0:53:59.622
and he came with such great faith
0:53:59.622,0:54:01.329
that [he said to] Jesus,
0:54:01.329,0:54:03.809
"You just have to speak the word,
0:54:03.809,0:54:06.206
and my child will be healed."
0:54:06.206,0:54:07.595
And Jesus Himself commented,
0:54:07.595,0:54:09.702
"I have not seen such great faith."
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What was different about this person?
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He was a Gentile who didn't
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know the Scripture.
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He heard of Christ, and he believed.
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He had a love of the truth.
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I think that's what's very important.
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And there's a verse I want to read
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in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2.
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(Stephanie) Chapter 2,
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2 Thessalonians, chapter 2,
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and which verses or verse
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did you want to read, Mighty?
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(Mighty) I want to look
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at verses 10 to 12.
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(Stephanie) Alright. As we close,
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we'll close on these few verses, alright?
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(Mighty) I'm reading
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the King James Version:
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So I think this is really important,
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that we have that love of the truth
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no matter how inconvenient it may be
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or how it goes against things
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that we love on this earth.
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And if we have the love of truth,
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we'll be able to believe the Word
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that comes to us plainly.
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Stephanie) Thank you very much.
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Thank you, Mighty.
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It reminds us of how relevant
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this is for us today.
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May God help us not only to be a witness
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but to also stay connected to Him
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so that we can be confident in His Word.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Thank you, Stephanie.
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What a reminder today,
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wherever you are watching
0:55:59.972,0:56:01.611
as our Hope Sabbath School family.
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It's not enough to know the truth.
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We need to love the truth.
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And by the way, the truth
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is not just information.
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The truth is Jesus.
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We need to love Him
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and know Him personally,
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whom to know is life eternal.
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Let's pray; Lord God, we've seen
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much evidence today
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from the Hebrew Scriptures,
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inspiration of God provided
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through the prophets to give us
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evidence that Jesus is the Christ,
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the fulfillment of all of the prophecies,
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all of the hopes of Your people
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through the ages.
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We choose to believe and to love the truth
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as it is in Jesus.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Thanks for joining us[br]for Hope Sabbath School.
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What a journey!
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So much to learn,
0:56:45.166,0:56:47.348
pointing us to Jesus our Savior.
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Go out now, be a blessing
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to those around you.
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