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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
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,
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
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
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,
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..."
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
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revealed for Him to do.
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(Derek) It just hit me from your post,
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"Who is Jesus?" that if we didn't have
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the Bible, we would just have to say,
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"Well, He's Someone that a lot of people
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talk about, I guess a famous teacher
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of some kind," but we wouldn't have any
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of the testimonies we're hearing today.
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The Bible is so important,
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and I know you're going to take us
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actually to the Bible
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before even the Incarnation, right?
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But even there Jesus said,
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"These are all about Me."
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So, I guess what I'm sensing
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in the answer to, "Who was Jesus?" is I
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really need the inspired Word of God
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to answer that question.
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(Stephanie) That's right. Zandile.
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(Zandile) I wanted to say that they
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show us that Jesus and the Father
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had a shared mission, and they had
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an intimate relationship together,
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which was Divine.
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So whenever He is saying the Father,
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it shows the divinity of Him.
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(Stephanie) And Jesus boldly claimed
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His relationship with God the Father.
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Let's look at John, chapter 10,
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looking at verses 37 and 38,
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and, Mighty, if you would be willing
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to read that for us,
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John, chapter 10, verses 37 and 38.
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We're looking at what that bold claim was
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of Jesus about His close relationship
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with God the Father.
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(Mighty) Sure, so John, chapter 10,
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verses 37 and 38, I'm reading
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the King James Version, it says:
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(Stephanie) What are you hearing there?
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Thank you, Mighty.
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What are you hearing?
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Go ahead, Scott.
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(Scott) One of the things
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that we've seen already
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in the Gospel of John
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is that Jesus' works are signs,
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and that's what He is saying here.
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You know, "Even if you have
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some questions, look at the works
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and see that the God the Father is in it."
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And if God the Father...if you see
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the evidence that He is in these works,
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then you should believe in Jesus.
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(Stephanie) And His bold claim is what?
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What is His bold claim?
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Well, we can go to John, chapter 14.
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Shall we go to John, chapter 14,
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and let's look at verses 7 through 13,
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and then also verse 23.
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And, Faith, if you would be willing
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to read that for us, John, chapter 14,
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and that's verses 7
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through 13, and verse 23.
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(Faith) Yes, I'm reading
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from the New King James Version, verse 7:
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And you said verse 20?
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(Stephanie) 23.
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(Faith) 23, okay. Verse 23:
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(Stephanie) What is the bold claim?
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Thank you, Faith.
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What is the bold claim? Jonathan.
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(Jonathan) Here you have this Man
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that is walking around, and the disciples
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are watching, other people
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are watching them, and slowly realizing
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that this living Person
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they can reach and touch is God Himself,
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is the Divine living...
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And He claims here He is in the Father,
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the Father is in Him, that, yeah,
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the Almighty has come to Earth.
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(Derek) Immanuel - God with us.
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(Stephanie) They are one.
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And in John, chapter 10, verse 30,
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Jesus is very clear; He says,
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"My Father and I are one," very clear.
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Scott and then we'll go to Geoffrey.
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(Scott) And just to make this explicit,
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Jesus is saying that He is God.
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(Stephanie) Geoffrey.
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(Geoffrey) When we were reading this,
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and the disciples were witnessing
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Jesus' deeds and things,
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it's not just majesty
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and power but character.
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It's like, "Let the children
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come unto Me."
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That's the thing, back then, God
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was dictator, authoritarian, like,
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"If you don't do what I say,
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you're going to be punished."
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And Jesus is like, "No, I'm trying
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to heal you; I'm trying to save you."
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And that's really what it is,
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"God is on your side; I'm on your side."
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(Stephanie) They both have
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the same mission, God and the Father.
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(Derek) And I think it's important,
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Stephanie, to reiterate that Jesus
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never says, "I am the Father."
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He says, "The Father and I are one.
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He says, "If you've seen Me,"
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to use the language Geoffrey was using,
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"you've seen a full revelation
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of the character of My Father."
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But He doesn't say, "I am the Father,"
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right, and He will later say,
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"I will send you another Comforter,
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the Holy Spirit."
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He doesn't ever say,
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"I am the Holy Spirit."
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So there is this mystery of the Godhead,
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and yet they are so close
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that they are one.
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(Stephanie) That's right, Divine,
Jesus is Divine.
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(Derek) We'll study that for eternity,
I think.
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(Stephanie) We will.
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How do these words
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that we've just read in John
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reveal to us, the beginning of John,
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his inspired declaration
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about whom Jesus was?
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Let's look at John, chapter 1,
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verses 1 and 2, and, Rodney, if you
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would be prepared to read that for us.
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And we're looking to see how the verses
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we just read confirm the declaration
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that was at the beginning of John.
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(Rodney) So I'm reading John,
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chapter 1, verses 1 and 2, and reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Stephanie) Did you want
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to comment on that, Rodney?
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(Rodney) It comes back to the question
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that you were asking earlier, Stephanie,
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about who is Jesus, and here it is
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clearly making the connection
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between the Word, which is
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representing Jesus in this context,
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to God Himself, God the Father.
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So, back to the point
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that Derek just mentioned,
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if you notice, you have the Father
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and you have Jesus,
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and they are interconnected.
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There is a popular belief out there
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that there is just one Entity,
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but what we are seeing here is
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that there is a clear depiction
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between [Jesus] and the Father,
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and you also see in different aspects
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in John where Jesus would actually go
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and get instructions
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from His Father essentially.
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Early in the morning, He would commune
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with His Father for direction
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for Himself that particular day.
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(Stephanie) Yes, thank you very much.
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Did we have another comment?
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Alright, we're moving on now to...
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Scott, did I see your hand?
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(Scott) Yeah, I was just noticing
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when it says, "The Word was with God,
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and the Word was God," if you
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read that in the original language,
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there's a little bit of emphasis
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on the word "God."
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Like, "The Word was God,
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like this is one of the major points
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that John wants us to get.
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And it's just right there
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in that first verse of John.
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(Stephanie) Right, and the Word, we know,
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became flesh and dwelt among us, right?
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So we understand that to be Jesus,
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just to clarify that.
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(Derek) And you know, Stephanie,
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anybody could make that claim,
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"Well, I'm the Word," or, "I am..."
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But, as we've heard earlier,
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it's the life and the works, the ministry.
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Again, we need the Bible.
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And as we see that, we see
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it's not just the rash claim
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of a madman claiming to be the Son of God,
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but it is speaking truth and is evidenced
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by how He lived and what He did.
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(Stephanie) That's right.
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In fact, Jesus...and we're
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going to move on.
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Now, we've established
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He is Divine; is that right?
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(Team) Yes.
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(Stephanie) And we're going to move on
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and look at how Jesus claimed
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that the Hebrew Scriptures
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pointed to Him as the Messiah, alright?
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So, we're going back to John,
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John, chapter 5 and looking
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at verses 39 and 40 and then 46.
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And, Joshua, would you read that for us?
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(Joshua) Sure, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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and the Bible says:
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And verse 46?
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(Stephanie) That's right.
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(Stephanie) What was Jesus' claim?
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(Joshua) That, "The One that you
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have learned about, the One
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that you have studied and understood
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from your ancestors and teachers,
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all of them were prophesying of Me,
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which you now see today."
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(Stephanie) So He was referring
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back to Moses and the prophets and saying
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that they testified of Him. Gladys.
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(Gladys) The Hebrew children would learn
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the first five books
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of the [Bible, the] Torah,
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and Moses was their biggest prophet.
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So for Him to claim right there,
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"You believe in Moses,
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but he was talking about Me."
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He was kind of referring them to,
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just like Joshua was saying,
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kind of saying, "All the things
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you have been studying, you
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should have been able to recognize Me."
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(Stephanie) Very good. Rodney.
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(Rodney) Stephanie, everyone
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knew back then, well, the Jews
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knew, back then, Moses
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as the deliverer of the Jews,
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again, back then.
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And they also associated the changing
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of the water to blood by Moses
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who was the deliverer,
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clearly Moses asked God
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for that power to be able to do so.
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But I believe that is why, when you
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go on over now to John,
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and John talks about the first miracle
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of Jesus, it was all about water,
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turning water into something else,
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water into wine in that particular case,
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not blood, but wine.
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So it should have triggered something
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in the minds of the Jews to say,
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"I've heard that story some time ago,
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which was water turning to something,
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which is blood; here it is
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water turning into wine.
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This must have been the Messiah
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that Moses was pointing to,
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the greater Prophet
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that Moses was pointing to."
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(Stephanie) What does that tell us
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about Jesus' conviction
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about the Scriptures, the validity
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of the Scriptures?
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(Puia) I try to imagine,
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what if there were no Scriptures?
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Jesus would show up on the scene
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and say, "Surprise, I'm here."
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But instead, Jesus said, "Well,
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Moses wrote about Me,
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and all the prophets wrote about Me."
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And Jesus was using the Scripture
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as a way to confirm, in a way, solidify
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their faith that He is truly the Messiah.
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(Stephanie) And, Puia, maybe you
00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.893
can take us there - Jesus
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also confirmed who He was when He
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referred back to the Old Testament,
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the Hebrew Scriptures,
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in Luke, chapter 24, verse 36,
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when He spoke to those two disciples
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after His resurrection
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on the road to Emmaus.
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Luke, chapter 24, verse 27.
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(Puia) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Luke 24, verse 27:
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(Stephanie) I just wish I was walking
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with Jesus that day, don't You?
00:28:02.988 --> 00:28:04.540
Where did He start?
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Maybe Genesis 3:15, "I'm going
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to put enmity...," I don't know.
00:28:09.576 --> 00:28:12.452
But He walked them through the Scriptures
00:28:12.452 --> 00:28:14.370
and made it clear,
00:28:14.370 --> 00:28:16.734
who the Hebrew Scriptures
00:28:16.734 --> 00:28:19.171
were pointing to was Him.
00:28:19.171 --> 00:28:21.867
He was the Messiah. Alright, Derek.
00:28:21.867 --> 00:28:23.210
(Derek) I love the testimony
00:28:23.210 --> 00:28:24.744
of those two disciples.
00:28:24.744 --> 00:28:27.073
Later they said, "Didn't our hearts
00:28:27.073 --> 00:28:29.093
burn within us?"
00:28:29.093 --> 00:28:31.177
So, Gladys talked about the Scriptures,
00:28:31.177 --> 00:28:35.639
but they saw this amazing revelation,
00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:37.946
again, not a random claim,
00:28:37.946 --> 00:28:40.849
but they saw all of these fulfilled
00:28:40.849 --> 00:28:43.494
in the Jesus they knew and followed.
00:28:43.494 --> 00:28:44.767
It must have been amazing.
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(Stephanie) It must have. Alright, Tendi?
00:28:47.668 --> 00:28:49.095
(Tendi) I just wanted to add
00:28:49.095 --> 00:28:51.148
that every time Jesus talks
00:28:51.148 --> 00:28:54.853
about the Scriptures validating who He is
00:28:54.853 --> 00:28:57.008
or testifying about Him,
00:28:57.008 --> 00:28:59.816
if you read the text, "Scriptures"
00:28:59.816 --> 00:29:01.650
and "Me," "Scriptures" and "Him"
00:29:01.650 --> 00:29:05.629
are always in capitals, which is emphasis.
00:29:05.629 --> 00:29:07.603
(Stephanie) Thank you. Jonathan.
00:29:07.603 --> 00:29:09.570
(Jonathan) I just think it's interesting
00:29:09.570 --> 00:29:10.776
how God didn't reveal
00:29:10.776 --> 00:29:12.935
everything all at once; He left
00:29:12.935 --> 00:29:14.778
little pictures throughout Scriptures.
00:29:14.778 --> 00:29:16.775
And so, as you go through the Scriptures,
00:29:16.775 --> 00:29:17.977
as you walk through them,
00:29:17.977 --> 00:29:21.276
and as the disciples looked afterwards,
00:29:21.276 --> 00:29:23.210
it's like, "Oh, wow, that revealed Him,"
00:29:23.210 --> 00:29:24.468
"Oh, that revealed Him."
00:29:24.468 --> 00:29:26.643
And so, I think that maybe that's how God
00:29:26.643 --> 00:29:28.127
works in our lives as well,
00:29:28.127 --> 00:29:30.662
bit by bit by bit.
00:29:30.662 --> 00:29:31.673
(Stephanie) Geoffrey.
00:29:31.673 --> 00:29:34.978
(Geoffrey) Yes, the God that we serve
00:29:34.978 --> 00:29:36.622
does not just make claims;
00:29:36.622 --> 00:29:38.847
He reveals evidence, and that's
00:29:38.847 --> 00:29:40.776
really what this whole great controversy
00:29:40.776 --> 00:29:42.449
is all about and when Jesus
00:29:42.449 --> 00:29:45.249
was on Earth, revealing the evidence
00:29:45.249 --> 00:29:47.149
bit by bit and making us
00:29:47.149 --> 00:29:50.594
fully convinced in our own minds.
00:29:50.594 --> 00:29:52.609
(Stephanie) Thank you. Zandile.
00:29:52.609 --> 00:29:53.843
(Zandile) So, I went back
00:29:53.843 --> 00:29:56.328
to the five books that Moses wrote
00:29:56.328 --> 00:29:57.525
to try to find out
00:29:57.525 --> 00:30:00.727
what really prefigured Jesus
00:30:00.727 --> 00:30:02.271
that He was referring to when He
00:30:02.271 --> 00:30:04.593
was saying "starting from Moses."
00:30:04.593 --> 00:30:07.010
And I found that in Genesis, Moses says
00:30:07.010 --> 00:30:09.343
He is the seed in Genesis 3:15.
00:30:09.343 --> 00:30:12.076
And in Leviticus, He is the Passover Lamb.
00:30:12.076 --> 00:30:16.266
No, in Exodus He is the Passover Lamb,
00:30:16.266 --> 00:30:17.519
and in Leviticus He is
00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.962
the sacrificial system,
00:30:18.962 --> 00:30:20.475
"You all sacrifice; you are
00:30:20.475 --> 00:30:21.615
familiar with this one,
00:30:21.615 --> 00:30:23.114
and this pointed to Me,
00:30:23.114 --> 00:30:24.644
dying on the cross for you."
00:30:24.644 --> 00:30:26.607
And in Numbers, He is the bronze serpent.
00:30:26.607 --> 00:30:30.546
He says to Nicodemus, "If the Son of Man
00:30:30.546 --> 00:30:32.830
shall be lifted up just like Moses when he
00:30:32.830 --> 00:30:34.047
lifted up the serpent
00:30:34.047 --> 00:30:35.729
in the desert, that was Me."
00:30:35.729 --> 00:30:38.452
And in Deuteronomy it says "I."
00:30:38.452 --> 00:30:40.868
Moses says, "God will raise up a prophet
00:30:40.868 --> 00:30:43.251
who is like unto me but who will be
00:30:43.251 --> 00:30:44.079
greater than Me."
00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.920
So when He is saying Moses,
00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.930
I was like, okay, I really need to see
00:30:47.930 --> 00:30:49.878
what Moses was saying about the manna,
00:30:49.878 --> 00:30:51.924
which is Jesus, the bread of life.
00:30:51.924 --> 00:30:52.644
(Team) Amen!
00:30:52.644 --> 00:30:54.440
(Stephanie) And as you pointed out...
00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.755
Thank you so much, Zandile.
00:30:55.755 --> 00:30:59.803
As you pointed out each Bible book
00:30:59.803 --> 00:31:03.631
that you found, it's prolific;
00:31:03.631 --> 00:31:06.830
it's throughout the whole Hebrew
Scriptures. Yes, Puia.
00:31:06.830 --> 00:31:08.793
(Puia) And to add to that,
00:31:08.793 --> 00:31:10.463
it's not just the books of Moses.
00:31:10.463 --> 00:31:12.921
If we go through every single book
00:31:12.921 --> 00:31:14.538
of the Old Testament,
00:31:14.538 --> 00:31:15.638
the Hebrew Scripture,
00:31:15.638 --> 00:31:18.337
throughout all the Old Testament time,
00:31:18.337 --> 00:31:20.063
they were all pointing
00:31:20.063 --> 00:31:22.203
forward to the coming Messiah.
00:31:22.203 --> 00:31:25.803
So this is all about Jesus.
00:31:25.803 --> 00:31:29.332
(Stephanie) Amen. And, of course, later
00:31:29.332 --> 00:31:30.697
He revealed Himself
00:31:30.697 --> 00:31:32.434
to the 11 disciples, right?
00:31:32.434 --> 00:31:35.072
And He repeated something very similar.
00:31:35.072 --> 00:31:37.949
And maybe we should just go there,
00:31:37.949 --> 00:31:42.339
Luke, chapter 24, looking at verse 36
00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:45.089
and then 44 and 45.
00:31:45.089 --> 00:31:47.752
And, Gladys, would you read that for us?
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(Gladys) Sure, I'm reading
00:31:49.388 --> 00:31:51.191
from the New International Version,
00:31:51.191 --> 00:31:53.959
Luke, chapter 27, verse 36
00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:55.785
and then 44 and 45:
00:32:05.845 --> 00:32:07.168
Verse 44:
00:32:25.956 --> 00:32:29.317
(Stephanie) Amen. Jesus recognized
00:32:29.317 --> 00:32:30.739
that the Hebrew Scriptures
00:32:30.739 --> 00:32:33.553
pointed to Him as the Messiah,
00:32:33.553 --> 00:32:35.047
but He's not the only one.
00:32:35.047 --> 00:32:36.522
His disciples did, too.
00:32:36.522 --> 00:32:39.652
Let's look at John, chapter 1, verse 45.
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Jonathan, would you read that for us?
00:32:58.233 --> 00:33:01.955
(Stephanie) What did Philip say?
He found who?
00:33:01.955 --> 00:33:03.040
(Team) The One.
00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:04.268
(Stephanie) The One
00:33:04.268 --> 00:33:06.774
who was prophesied, right?
00:33:06.774 --> 00:33:08.775
Alright, let's go to John, chapter 2
00:33:08.775 --> 00:33:13.114
and look at verses 17 and 22,
00:33:13.114 --> 00:33:15.579
and, Mighty, would you be able
00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.611
to read that for us?
00:33:16.611 --> 00:33:22.466
John, chapter 2, verses 17 and 22.
00:33:22.466 --> 00:33:23.609
(Mighty) I'll be reading
00:33:23.609 --> 00:33:27.615
from the King James Version, and it says:
00:33:35.516 --> 00:33:36.738
22:
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(Stephanie) What can we learn
00:33:52.726 --> 00:33:54.756
from the fact that both the disciples
00:33:54.756 --> 00:33:58.554
and Jesus had confidence
00:33:58.554 --> 00:34:00.571
in the Scriptures?
00:34:00.571 --> 00:34:01.389
What can we learn
00:34:01.389 --> 00:34:06.130
for ourselves today? Puia.
00:34:06.130 --> 00:34:08.271
(Puia) As we just looked at that verse 22
00:34:08.271 --> 00:34:11.677
from chapter 2, the disciples believed
00:34:11.677 --> 00:34:15.057
because they witnessed the fulfillment
00:34:15.057 --> 00:34:17.242
of what Jesus prophesied.
00:34:17.242 --> 00:34:19.930
And so, for me, when I read
00:34:19.930 --> 00:34:22.070
the Scripture and study these prophecies
00:34:22.070 --> 00:34:24.304
and see it in fulfillment
00:34:24.304 --> 00:34:26.646
in the history of this world,
00:34:26.646 --> 00:34:30.059
it brings a great deal of evidence,
00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:32.254
as Geoffrey pointed out, to believe
00:34:32.254 --> 00:34:34.587
that this is trustworthy
00:34:34.587 --> 00:34:36.462
because the predictions
00:34:36.462 --> 00:34:39.344
and the prophecies are fulfilled.
00:34:39.344 --> 00:34:40.591
(Stephanie) That's right.
00:34:40.591 --> 00:34:42.021
(Derek) I think you're making
00:34:42.021 --> 00:34:43.212
a really important point,
00:34:43.212 --> 00:34:46.734
because modern liberal scholars will say,
00:34:46.734 --> 00:34:49.255
"This just related to people back then.
00:34:49.255 --> 00:34:51.497
There's no one who can tell
00:34:51.497 --> 00:34:54.445
what's going to happen in the future,
not even God."
00:34:54.445 --> 00:34:56.182
Well, God does claim, "I know
00:34:56.182 --> 00:34:57.864
the end from the beginning," right,
00:34:57.864 --> 00:35:00.210
things that have not yet come to pass.
00:35:00.210 --> 00:35:02.645
But Jesus had confidence
00:35:02.645 --> 00:35:05.114
in the reliability of those prophecies
00:35:05.114 --> 00:35:06.830
testifying about Him.
00:35:06.830 --> 00:35:08.964
And I think, today,
00:35:08.964 --> 00:35:10.563
our Hope Sabbath School members
00:35:10.563 --> 00:35:12.631
around the world need to realize
00:35:12.631 --> 00:35:15.322
that we don't listen to the scoffers
00:35:15.322 --> 00:35:17.946
and the skeptics who say, "None
00:35:17.946 --> 00:35:19.906
of that has any significance;
00:35:19.906 --> 00:35:22.201
it's just something back then."
00:35:22.201 --> 00:35:25.088
But holy men of God were moved
00:35:25.088 --> 00:35:26.641
by the Holy Spirit,
00:35:26.641 --> 00:35:28.480
so it's actually very exciting,
00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.610
as Zandile was sharing, "I found this
00:35:30.610 --> 00:35:32.788
in Genesis; I found this in Exodus."
00:35:32.788 --> 00:35:35.035
It's an exciting discovery.
00:35:35.035 --> 00:35:36.480
I know you're going to lead us
00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.451
on some of it, but it's important to know
00:35:38.451 --> 00:35:40.770
it's not just opinion, that this is
00:35:40.770 --> 00:35:43.427
the reliable, inspired Word of God.
00:35:43.427 --> 00:35:46.342
(Stephanie) Indeed, and Derek was
00:35:46.342 --> 00:35:49.350
bringing out a verse, 2 Peter, chapter 1,
00:35:49.350 --> 00:35:50.951
verses 19 through 21.
00:35:50.951 --> 00:35:54.924
Let's read that, and before we read that,
00:35:54.924 --> 00:35:57.104
Rodney, I see you have a comment,
00:35:57.104 --> 00:36:03.034
and maybe you can read 2 Peter, chapter 1,
00:36:03.034 --> 00:36:06.272
verses 19 through 21, after your comment.
00:36:06.272 --> 00:36:07.862
(Rodney) What I wanted to comment
00:36:07.862 --> 00:36:09.621
before I read this text is,
00:36:09.621 --> 00:36:12.950
it is also interesting to note
00:36:12.950 --> 00:36:15.181
that it is possible for you to know
00:36:15.181 --> 00:36:19.094
the Scriptures but still [not] believe.
00:36:19.094 --> 00:36:22.127
So, those leaders back then
00:36:22.127 --> 00:36:23.506
knew the Scriptures.
00:36:23.506 --> 00:36:25.048
That's why Jesus made the point,
00:36:25.048 --> 00:36:27.055
"You know the Scriptures, and in them you
00:36:27.055 --> 00:36:28.455
think you have eternal life."
00:36:28.455 --> 00:36:30.644
And essentially He's saying, "Here I am,
00:36:30.644 --> 00:36:32.339
the fulfillment of what you
00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.590
have been reading, and you
00:36:33.590 --> 00:36:34.659
still don't believe."
00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:37.720
So there is the aspect of us,
00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:39.252
when we read the Scriptures,
00:36:39.252 --> 00:36:41.325
to open our hearts to the leading
00:36:41.325 --> 00:36:43.562
of the Holy Spirit so that He can lead us
00:36:43.562 --> 00:36:47.561
to understand who Jesus truly is.
00:36:47.561 --> 00:36:49.837
So, as we look at 2 Peter 1,
00:36:49.837 --> 00:36:54.114
verses 19 and 21, is that what you said,
Stephanie?
00:36:54.114 --> 00:36:55.512
(Stephanie) Yes.
00:36:55.512 --> 00:36:57.903
(Rodney) Alright, 19 and 21, and it says
00:36:57.903 --> 00:37:00.119
in the New King James Version:
00:37:16.083 --> 00:37:17.156
Verse 21:
00:37:29.112 --> 00:37:34.473
(Stephanie) So the Scripture was inspired.
00:37:34.473 --> 00:37:37.418
I saw a few comments here. Scott?
00:37:37.418 --> 00:37:40.320
(Scott) We skipped over verse 20 where it
00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:42.608
says that no prophecy of Scripture
00:37:42.608 --> 00:37:45.350
comes from someone's own interpretation,
00:37:45.350 --> 00:37:46.637
and this is the other side
00:37:46.637 --> 00:37:48.297
of what we talked about, how Jesus
00:37:48.297 --> 00:37:49.857
had confidence in the Scripture.
00:37:49.857 --> 00:37:51.790
And we talked about how some people say,
00:37:51.790 --> 00:37:53.383
"Well, Scripture doesn't matter."
00:37:53.383 --> 00:37:55.651
But there are other times when people get
00:37:55.651 --> 00:37:59.191
very much into their own kind
of esoteric understanding
00:37:59.191 --> 00:38:00.050
of the Scripture;
00:38:00.050 --> 00:38:01.934
it has a spiritual meaning.
00:38:01.934 --> 00:38:03.639
And this is also what we're saying,
00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:05.704
that, no, Scripture has a plain meaning.
00:38:05.704 --> 00:38:07.532
We read it, and when the plain meaning
00:38:07.532 --> 00:38:08.819
is apparent, that's what we
00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:10.467
should hold to.
00:38:10.467 --> 00:38:11.619
(Stephanie) We can trust
00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.716
the Word of God.
00:38:12.716 --> 00:38:13.883
Let's take a look...
00:38:13.883 --> 00:38:16.090
I'm sorry, our time limits us,
00:38:16.090 --> 00:38:18.459
so we have to move on to the next section,
00:38:18.459 --> 00:38:19.527
but let's take a look
00:38:19.527 --> 00:38:22.604
at some Old Testament prophecies
00:38:22.604 --> 00:38:24.384
and how we see those fulfilled
00:38:24.384 --> 00:38:26.033
in the life of Jesus.
00:38:26.033 --> 00:38:27.500
We'll start in Isaiah,
00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:30.579
chapter 40, verse 3, and then I'll
00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:34.280
let you be thinking,
as we're reading this,
00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.439
some of the other times
00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:37.697
where we see in the Old Testament
00:38:37.697 --> 00:38:40.480
those prophecies were fulfilled
00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.075
in the life of Jesus.
00:38:42.075 --> 00:38:44.834
Isaiah 40, verse 3, and, Geoffrey,
00:38:44.834 --> 00:38:46.299
if you would read that for us.
00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.884
(Geoffrey) Yes, I'll be reading
00:38:47.884 --> 00:38:50.760
from the New King James Version:
00:39:02.537 --> 00:39:03.883
(Stephanie) And where do we
00:39:03.883 --> 00:39:04.938
see that fulfilled?
00:39:04.938 --> 00:39:05.750
(Team) In John.
00:39:05.750 --> 00:39:08.210
(Stephanie) In John. Who fulfilled that?
00:39:08.210 --> 00:39:10.275
(Team, Stephanie) John the Baptist.
00:39:10.275 --> 00:39:12.085
(Stephanie) Let's take a look at that,
00:39:12.085 --> 00:39:16.624
John, chapter 1, verse 23.
00:39:16.624 --> 00:39:18.503
And, Scott, would you read that for us,
00:39:18.503 --> 00:39:21.033
John, chapter 1, verse 23.
00:39:21.033 --> 00:39:22.429
(Scott) Okay, and I'm reading
00:39:22.429 --> 00:39:24.304
from the English Standard Version,
00:39:24.304 --> 00:39:25.734
"He," that's John the Baptist:
00:39:34.776 --> 00:39:37.475
(Stephanie) So referring back to what?
Hebrew Scriptures.
00:39:37.475 --> 00:39:41.135
Alright, what are some other examples?
00:39:41.135 --> 00:39:42.271
Psalms? Go ahead.
00:39:42.271 --> 00:39:45.973
(Gladys) Yeah, Psalm 118, verse 26.
00:39:45.973 --> 00:39:49.350
(Stephanie) Psalm 118, verse 26?
00:39:49.350 --> 00:39:51.359
"Blessed is he who comes
00:39:51.359 --> 00:39:52.913
in the name of the Lord"?
00:39:52.913 --> 00:39:55.808
Yes, please read that for us.
00:39:55.808 --> 00:39:57.469
Psalm, chapter...
00:39:57.469 --> 00:40:02.640
(Gladys) 118, verse 26, and it says:
00:40:11.771 --> 00:40:13.141
(Stephanie) And where do we
00:40:13.141 --> 00:40:14.854
see that fulfilled?
00:40:14.854 --> 00:40:16.111
(Gladys) Triumphal Entry.
00:40:16.111 --> 00:40:17.814
(Stephanie) In the Triumphal Entry,
00:40:17.814 --> 00:40:20.356
John, chapter 12, right,
00:40:20.356 --> 00:40:22.556
John, chapter 12, verse 13,
00:40:22.556 --> 00:40:25.817
and, Rodney, would you be willing
00:40:25.817 --> 00:40:26.885
to read that for us?
00:40:26.885 --> 00:40:32.596
John, chapter 12, verse 13.
00:40:32.596 --> 00:40:33.745
(Rodney) And I'm reading
00:40:33.745 --> 00:40:35.321
from the New King James Version:
00:40:48.615 --> 00:40:49.714
(Stephanie) And we need
00:40:49.714 --> 00:40:51.502
to follow that one up with Zechariah,
00:40:51.502 --> 00:40:54.264
okay, Zechariah, chapter 9, verse 9,
00:40:54.264 --> 00:40:55.947
because they are closely connected.
00:40:55.947 --> 00:40:58.062
Tendi, would you read that for us?
00:40:58.062 --> 00:40:59.882
(Tendi) Thank you, Stephanie, and I'll
00:40:59.882 --> 00:41:01.568
be reading Zechariah 9:9
00:41:01.568 --> 00:41:03.744
from the New King James Version:
00:41:23.693 --> 00:41:25.453
(Stephanie) We'll see the fulfillment
00:41:25.453 --> 00:41:28.922
of this, John, chapter 2, verse 14.
00:41:28.922 --> 00:41:30.340
(Jonathan) 2 or 12?
00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.741
(Stephanie) I'm sorry, John,
00:41:31.741 --> 00:41:33.972
chapter 12, thank you,
00:41:33.972 --> 00:41:38.398
and we'll be looking at verse 14.
00:41:38.398 --> 00:41:40.671
Jonathan, would you read that for us?
00:41:40.671 --> 00:41:41.925
(Jonathan) I'll be reading
00:41:41.925 --> 00:41:43.569
from the English Standard Version:
00:41:48.633 --> 00:41:51.447
(Stephanie) Do you want to read
verse 15 as well?
00:41:51.447 --> 00:41:53.067
Please do, okay, so we're looking
00:41:53.067 --> 00:41:54.729
at John, chapter 12
00:41:54.729 --> 00:41:56.317
and now looking at verse 15.
00:41:56.317 --> 00:41:57.985
(Jonathan) Alright, and it says:
00:42:05.025 --> 00:42:06.706
(Stephanie) What was the importance
00:42:06.706 --> 00:42:09.270
of Him coming in that manner?
00:42:09.270 --> 00:42:13.303
Jesus had not wanted anyone
00:42:13.303 --> 00:42:16.923
to bring any light to Himself,
00:42:16.923 --> 00:42:20.603
but now He was riding, Triumphal Entry,
00:42:20.603 --> 00:42:25.025
riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.
00:42:25.025 --> 00:42:27.136
What is significant
00:42:27.136 --> 00:42:30.254
about Him doing that? Puia?
00:42:30.254 --> 00:42:32.024
(Puia) He was fulfilling the prophecy
00:42:32.024 --> 00:42:37.278
of Zechariah, and there was no excuse
00:42:37.278 --> 00:42:40.422
for anyone in Jerusalem
00:42:40.422 --> 00:42:42.631
who witnessed that scene to deny
00:42:42.631 --> 00:42:45.781
that Jesus was the Messiah.
00:42:45.781 --> 00:42:47.402
I mean, He was being welcomed in
00:42:47.402 --> 00:42:49.002
as the prophecy predicted.
00:42:49.002 --> 00:42:52.382
It was important for Jesus to do that.
00:42:52.382 --> 00:42:53.554
(Stephanie) And this was
00:42:53.554 --> 00:42:54.992
the first day of the week,
00:42:54.992 --> 00:42:56.164
right, leading up...?
00:42:56.164 --> 00:42:58.617
He knew, Jesus knew
00:42:58.617 --> 00:43:00.924
it would take Him to the cross.
00:43:00.924 --> 00:43:03.474
He knew that. Gladys.
00:43:03.474 --> 00:43:04.916
(Gladys) Whenever the kings
00:43:04.916 --> 00:43:07.655
and the army went out to war,
00:43:07.655 --> 00:43:09.112
whenever they were triumphant,
00:43:09.112 --> 00:43:12.429
they would come in, riding into the city,
00:43:12.429 --> 00:43:13.571
and the people would
00:43:13.571 --> 00:43:14.795
come out and celebrate.
00:43:14.795 --> 00:43:16.704
So Jesus was fulfilling...He got
00:43:16.704 --> 00:43:18.110
to the end of His mission,
00:43:18.110 --> 00:43:19.355
and He was coming.
00:43:19.355 --> 00:43:21.171
The kings would come on horses,
00:43:21.171 --> 00:43:23.468
but He chose a humble way to come in.
00:43:23.468 --> 00:43:24.236
(Stephanie) Yes!
00:43:24.236 --> 00:43:25.910
(Gladys) Not like you said before,
00:43:25.910 --> 00:43:27.177
to bring glory to Himself,
00:43:27.177 --> 00:43:29.404
but to point to the Scriptures,
00:43:29.404 --> 00:43:32.334
humbly on a colt.
00:43:32.334 --> 00:43:34.356
(Stephanie) Yes. Derek, you
have a comment?
00:43:34.356 --> 00:43:36.439
(Derek) She's right, no triumphal entry
00:43:36.439 --> 00:43:39.653
on a stallion, but exactly the way
00:43:39.653 --> 00:43:41.276
the prophet had foretold hundreds
00:43:41.276 --> 00:43:42.354
of years before.
00:43:42.354 --> 00:43:44.337
(Stephanie) Amen. Jonathan.
00:43:44.337 --> 00:43:45.936
(Jonathan) That I think goes
00:43:45.936 --> 00:43:46.827
with this picture.
00:43:46.827 --> 00:43:48.604
I mean, we have kings coming in,
00:43:48.604 --> 00:43:50.140
and here He is fulfilling that,
00:43:50.140 --> 00:43:51.390
but it's different.
00:43:51.390 --> 00:43:54.602
It's not coming in triumphantly like they
00:43:54.602 --> 00:43:56.370
wanted Him to, honestly.
00:43:56.370 --> 00:43:58.009
It was this picture, like, there's
00:43:58.009 --> 00:43:59.829
something different about this Messiah
00:43:59.829 --> 00:44:02.731
that's coming; He's humble,
He's lowly, He's...
00:44:02.731 --> 00:44:03.734
(Derek) Riding on...
00:44:03.734 --> 00:44:05.823
(Jonathan) Riding a donkey.
00:44:05.823 --> 00:44:07.699
(Stephanie) Where are some other places
00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:10.070
in the Old Testament Scripture
00:44:10.070 --> 00:44:12.420
that speak, that point to Jesus,
00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:14.419
as the Messiah and that were fulfilled
00:44:14.419 --> 00:44:16.453
in the New Testament
00:44:16.453 --> 00:44:18.663
in the life of Jesus? Puia.
00:44:18.663 --> 00:44:21.645
(Puia) There are a few, like,
00:44:21.645 --> 00:44:23.760
to try to summarize and say
00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:25.298
that the Bible predicted
00:44:25.298 --> 00:44:26.942
where He would be born,
00:44:26.942 --> 00:44:28.637
where He would be raised up,
00:44:28.637 --> 00:44:31.638
how He would be rejected,
00:44:31.638 --> 00:44:33.689
and how He would die.
00:44:33.689 --> 00:44:35.354
All those prophecies were written
00:44:35.354 --> 00:44:37.702
hundreds and hundreds of years
00:44:37.702 --> 00:44:40.799
before Jesus ever showed up on the scene.
00:44:40.799 --> 00:44:42.571
(Stephanie) Yes, nice summary.
00:44:42.571 --> 00:44:44.586
Thank you. Anyone else?
00:44:44.586 --> 00:44:46.079
(Gladys) Also it talks exactly
00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:47.886
about His crucifixion.
00:44:47.886 --> 00:44:49.275
You know, He will be pierced,
00:44:49.275 --> 00:44:51.321
He will be rejected, He will be mocked.
00:44:51.321 --> 00:44:53.145
So every single detail
00:44:53.145 --> 00:44:56.430
of His life was predicted.
00:44:56.430 --> 00:45:00.470
(Stephanie) Faith, I see your hand.
00:45:00.470 --> 00:45:03.303
(Faith) Yes, it also talks about how He
00:45:03.303 --> 00:45:05.205
would be born, how He would be born
00:45:05.205 --> 00:45:06.800
through a virgin, and that's
00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:08.787
exactly how He was born,
00:45:08.787 --> 00:45:11.321
conceived through the Holy Spirit
00:45:11.321 --> 00:45:13.185
and born of the virgin Mary.
00:45:13.185 --> 00:45:16.163
(Derek) Amen. That's important.
00:45:16.163 --> 00:45:17.569
(Stephanie) Jesus' timing,
00:45:17.569 --> 00:45:21.298
as we have read through John,
00:45:21.298 --> 00:45:22.831
we recognize that there were
00:45:22.831 --> 00:45:25.903
times before that they would have
00:45:25.903 --> 00:45:28.689
taken Him and killed Him.
00:45:28.689 --> 00:45:31.526
But the Bible records
00:45:31.526 --> 00:45:34.244
it was not His time.
00:45:34.244 --> 00:45:36.081
And I know this is not in our outline,
00:45:36.081 --> 00:45:38.053
but I'm just thinking of Galatians,
00:45:38.053 --> 00:45:42.124
Galatians, chapter 4, and I believe
00:45:42.124 --> 00:45:43.784
it's verses [4 and 5],
00:45:43.784 --> 00:45:50.217
Galatians, chapter 4 and verses [4 and 5].
00:45:50.217 --> 00:45:51.765
Go ahead, Zandile.
00:45:51.765 --> 00:45:53.431
(Zandile) Okay, and I'll be reading
00:45:53.431 --> 00:45:55.453
from the New King James Version, it says:
00:46:03.955 --> 00:46:05.478
(Stephanie) Alright, do you mind
00:46:05.478 --> 00:46:08.127
reading verse 5 as well?
00:46:08.127 --> 00:46:09.227
(Zandile) Verse 5:
00:46:16.045 --> 00:46:20.621
(Stephanie) Jesus was born on time.
00:46:20.621 --> 00:46:24.131
He went into ministry on time.
00:46:24.131 --> 00:46:26.521
He was crucified on time.
00:46:26.521 --> 00:46:28.971
He raised on time.
00:46:28.971 --> 00:46:30.760
It was all according to prophecy.
00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:32.687
If we look at Daniel, chapter 9,
00:46:32.687 --> 00:46:34.007
which we cannot surround
00:46:34.007 --> 00:46:37.797
in this study today, but Daniel,
00:46:37.797 --> 00:46:44.240
chapter 9, reveals that Jesus fulfilled
00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:49.394
the Old Testament prophecies,
00:46:49.394 --> 00:46:52.255
the prophecies of the Old Testament,
00:46:52.255 --> 00:46:55.301
to the T - amazing!
00:46:55.301 --> 00:46:58.570
Now, we could just go home and say,
00:46:58.570 --> 00:47:00.882
"Hey, we proved that that's Jesus," right,
00:47:00.882 --> 00:47:03.082
that Jesus is the Messiah.
00:47:03.082 --> 00:47:06.822
But my question is, does it
00:47:06.822 --> 00:47:12.325
make a difference who we believe Jesus is?
00:47:12.325 --> 00:47:16.150
Does it make a difference? Gladys.
00:47:16.150 --> 00:47:17.637
(Gladys) Well, John 17:3 says
00:47:17.637 --> 00:47:20.464
that, "This is eternal life,
00:47:20.464 --> 00:47:24.621
that they may know You, the only true God,
00:47:24.621 --> 00:47:27.003
and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
00:47:27.003 --> 00:47:29.938
So knowing God, in Him we find salvation.
00:47:29.938 --> 00:47:31.863
So, without knowing that He came,
00:47:31.863 --> 00:47:34.356
He saved, He died for us,
00:47:34.356 --> 00:47:36.024
there is no point to this life.
00:47:36.024 --> 00:47:38.608
(Stephanie) Yes. Geoffrey.
00:47:38.608 --> 00:47:40.083
(Geoffrey) It is very important
00:47:40.083 --> 00:47:42.012
because without such evidence
00:47:42.012 --> 00:47:43.857
how can we truly trust Him,
00:47:43.857 --> 00:47:45.142
and if we can't trust Him,
00:47:45.142 --> 00:47:47.121
how can He save us?
00:47:47.121 --> 00:47:49.568
He reaches out, but if we cannot grab
00:47:49.568 --> 00:47:53.294
His hand in full trust, what's the point?
00:47:53.294 --> 00:47:55.038
(Stephanie) Jonathan.
00:47:55.038 --> 00:47:58.504
(Jonathan) Many religions believe in God.
00:47:58.504 --> 00:48:02.235
And there was a common belief of a god
00:48:02.235 --> 00:48:04.058
that was similar to the Old Testament,
00:48:04.058 --> 00:48:05.884
but if that didn't actually come
00:48:05.884 --> 00:48:08.188
to the revelation of God's character
00:48:08.188 --> 00:48:10.571
in Christ and the actual fulfillment
00:48:10.571 --> 00:48:13.471
of the solving of the sin problem
00:48:13.471 --> 00:48:15.244
and Christ's sacrifice for sin,
00:48:15.244 --> 00:48:16.415
where would we be?
00:48:16.415 --> 00:48:20.171
We would be lost without the true hope.
00:48:20.171 --> 00:48:22.505
(Stephanie) Amen. Scott.
00:48:22.505 --> 00:48:25.355
(Scott) If we had
00:48:25.355 --> 00:48:27.884
just one Old Testament Scripture
00:48:27.884 --> 00:48:30.047
that spoke of Jesus, we might be able
00:48:30.047 --> 00:48:32.234
to look at it and say, "You know,
00:48:32.234 --> 00:48:33.509
you could see it that way,
00:48:33.509 --> 00:48:35.224
or you could see it this way,
00:48:35.224 --> 00:48:38.221
or maybe there's some coincidence there."
00:48:38.221 --> 00:48:39.902
But you start adding more
00:48:39.902 --> 00:48:41.074
and more and more,
00:48:41.074 --> 00:48:43.188
and it becomes abundantly clear
that there is
00:48:43.188 --> 00:48:45.570
only one possible interpretation.
00:48:45.570 --> 00:48:48.524
If you say, "Well, despite all of that,
00:48:48.524 --> 00:48:49.770
I don't believe that Jesus
00:48:49.770 --> 00:48:54.931
is God," basically, if we reject that,
00:48:54.931 --> 00:48:57.151
we are rejecting all of Scripture.
00:48:57.151 --> 00:48:59.521
We're rejecting the whole foundation.
00:48:59.521 --> 00:49:01.808
We have nothing left over
00:49:01.808 --> 00:49:04.221
but essentially secularism.
00:49:04.221 --> 00:49:07.167
Like, it all depends on this.
00:49:07.167 --> 00:49:11.491
You can't pick and choose and say,
00:49:11.491 --> 00:49:13.188
"I want this part, and I'm going
00:49:13.188 --> 00:49:14.857
to be skeptical about this,
00:49:14.857 --> 00:49:18.571
and I'm going to be skeptical about this."
00:49:18.571 --> 00:49:20.277
(Stephanie) Scott, what I'm hearing
00:49:20.277 --> 00:49:21.674
you say, and what I'm hearing
00:49:21.674 --> 00:49:22.598
all of us saying is
00:49:22.598 --> 00:49:24.567
that this is vitally important.
00:49:24.567 --> 00:49:27.478
This has eternal stakes.
00:49:27.478 --> 00:49:28.771
Whether or not we believe
00:49:28.771 --> 00:49:31.305
that Jesus is the Messiah,
00:49:31.305 --> 00:49:33.008
it has eternal results.
00:49:33.008 --> 00:49:34.686
Derek, did you want to add to that?
00:49:34.686 --> 00:49:36.195
(Derek) You know, someone said,
00:49:36.195 --> 00:49:37.779
"I'm not a statistician,"
00:49:37.779 --> 00:49:39.637
but someone said, "The chances
00:49:39.637 --> 00:49:41.426
of someone else fulfilling one
00:49:41.426 --> 00:49:43.732
of those prophecies is possible."
00:49:43.732 --> 00:49:45.090
Many other people were born
00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:46.777
in Bethlehem, right?
00:49:46.777 --> 00:49:52.042
But, again, the statistical likelihood
00:49:52.042 --> 00:49:54.065
of fulfilling two or three or four,
00:49:54.065 --> 00:49:55.691
and then you get up to scores
00:49:55.691 --> 00:49:58.365
of prophecies, I mean, it is
00:49:58.365 --> 00:50:01.201
absolutely impossible for that
00:50:01.201 --> 00:50:03.122
to happen by chance.
00:50:03.122 --> 00:50:05.198
You either have to, like Scott said,
00:50:05.198 --> 00:50:07.421
discard the whole Bible or say,
00:50:07.421 --> 00:50:08.945
"Well, it must have been written
00:50:08.945 --> 00:50:11.487
after it happened," or something.
00:50:11.487 --> 00:50:13.775
But if you read the Bible
00:50:13.775 --> 00:50:15.952
with the confidence that Jesus had
00:50:15.952 --> 00:50:18.089
in the Scriptures, you have
00:50:18.089 --> 00:50:20.164
to come to the conclusion
00:50:20.164 --> 00:50:22.468
that He is who He claimed to be.
00:50:22.468 --> 00:50:25.412
And more than that, as you pointed out,
00:50:25.412 --> 00:50:27.636
to realize that He wants us
00:50:27.636 --> 00:50:31.171
to have life through His name.
00:50:31.171 --> 00:50:33.041
(Stephanie) Amen. So here's
00:50:33.041 --> 00:50:34.162
my next question.
00:50:34.162 --> 00:50:35.482
Thank you, Derek.
00:50:35.482 --> 00:50:38.518
My next question is this: There is someone
00:50:38.518 --> 00:50:41.437
who may be watching us today
00:50:41.437 --> 00:50:46.804
who is saying, "You're just applying
00:50:46.804 --> 00:50:49.837
Scripture to Jesus."
00:50:49.837 --> 00:50:51.284
(Derek) Trying to make it fit.
00:50:51.284 --> 00:50:53.792
(Stephanie) Right, "Jesus
00:50:53.792 --> 00:50:56.167
really wasn't the Messiah."
00:50:56.167 --> 00:50:59.018
How would you respond to that person?
00:50:59.018 --> 00:51:02.485
Remember, eternal destiny at stake.
00:51:02.485 --> 00:51:06.271
How would you respond to that person?
Derek.
00:51:06.271 --> 00:51:07.365
(Derek) I will respond,
00:51:07.365 --> 00:51:09.737
since I raised the question, and say,
00:51:09.737 --> 00:51:11.391
slow down and realize
00:51:11.391 --> 00:51:13.394
our first responsibility is
00:51:13.394 --> 00:51:15.771
to love that person.
00:51:15.771 --> 00:51:18.054
And our second responsibility,
00:51:18.054 --> 00:51:19.172
which I think Jonathan
00:51:19.172 --> 00:51:20.468
has been emphasizing,
00:51:20.468 --> 00:51:22.627
is to, ourselves, be a revelation
00:51:22.627 --> 00:51:25.247
of the immeasurable, unfailing love
of God.
00:51:25.247 --> 00:51:27.252
If we just pounce on, "Well, look at this,
00:51:27.252 --> 00:51:29.281
and this and this," I don't think people
00:51:29.281 --> 00:51:32.448
are persuaded simply by information.
00:51:32.448 --> 00:51:35.507
(Stephanie) Amen. Thank you very much.
Joshua.
00:51:35.507 --> 00:51:36.807
(Joshua) I would also say
00:51:36.807 --> 00:51:39.428
to really confront the person and try
00:51:39.428 --> 00:51:40.938
to help them to acknowledge
00:51:40.938 --> 00:51:43.138
the deeper fears that they have.
00:51:43.138 --> 00:51:45.272
I believe that it takes a deep amount
00:51:45.272 --> 00:51:48.644
of humility and understanding
00:51:48.644 --> 00:51:53.787
to be able to reprogram or to acknowledge
00:51:53.787 --> 00:51:56.158
truth that is new to you,
00:51:56.158 --> 00:51:58.234
to accept new light into your life.
00:51:58.234 --> 00:52:00.198
I have a massive amount of respect
00:52:00.198 --> 00:52:03.733
for anyone out there who has converted
00:52:03.733 --> 00:52:06.648
from one faith to the Christian faith,
00:52:06.648 --> 00:52:10.537
because when you...listen, we could get
00:52:10.537 --> 00:52:12.314
people of every single faith
00:52:12.314 --> 00:52:14.327
into this room, the most scholarly
00:52:14.327 --> 00:52:16.114
of each and every religion,
00:52:16.114 --> 00:52:17.973
but the truth of the matter is,
00:52:17.973 --> 00:52:19.362
only one of them is
00:52:19.362 --> 00:52:21.609
honestly and truly right.
00:52:21.609 --> 00:52:22.766
So you may be passionate
00:52:22.766 --> 00:52:23.888
about what you believe,
00:52:23.888 --> 00:52:25.935
you may have believed it all of your life,
00:52:25.935 --> 00:52:27.513
it could have been your father's,
00:52:27.513 --> 00:52:29.520
grandfather's, great-grandfather's faith,
00:52:29.520 --> 00:52:32.815
but the reality is, there is one truth.
00:52:32.815 --> 00:52:35.052
And so we need to seek that truth,
00:52:35.052 --> 00:52:36.865
and if we're being real here, when it
00:52:36.865 --> 00:52:38.315
comes to Jesus, and you hinted
00:52:38.315 --> 00:52:40.458
at it, too, Derek, is that, are you
00:52:40.458 --> 00:52:42.536
honestly expecting someone else
00:52:42.536 --> 00:52:46.584
to come riding on a donkey in 2024?
00:52:46.584 --> 00:52:48.406
Are you expecting him to come
00:52:48.406 --> 00:52:50.526
riding on a donkey, to be crucified,
00:52:50.526 --> 00:52:52.239
to fulfill all of these prophecies.
00:52:52.239 --> 00:52:55.348
Are we being real here?
00:52:55.348 --> 00:52:59.197
So, if you can just acknowledge, "Hey,
00:52:59.197 --> 00:53:02.255
maybe I've been wrong all this time,
00:53:02.255 --> 00:53:05.104
and I should accept the truth today
00:53:05.104 --> 00:53:07.100
and turn away from what I've known
00:53:07.100 --> 00:53:08.756
so that I can have eternal life,
00:53:08.756 --> 00:53:10.469
so that I can put my family
00:53:10.469 --> 00:53:11.990
on the right path, so that I can
00:53:11.990 --> 00:53:14.946
look forward and live according
00:53:14.946 --> 00:53:18.364
to God's will, walking
00:53:18.364 --> 00:53:19.622
from this day forward."
00:53:19.622 --> 00:53:20.562
(Derek, Team) Amen.
00:53:20.562 --> 00:53:21.974
(Stephanie) We're going to go
00:53:21.974 --> 00:53:22.952
to one last comment.
00:53:22.952 --> 00:53:24.105
Mighty, I see your hand.
00:53:24.105 --> 00:53:27.354
And after you share your comment,
00:53:27.354 --> 00:53:28.377
we're going to look
00:53:28.377 --> 00:53:30.589
at 2 Corinthians 4, verse 4,
00:53:30.589 --> 00:53:34.233
as we bring it to a close.
00:53:34.233 --> 00:53:35.702
(Mighty) Joshua said something
00:53:35.702 --> 00:53:38.192
really resonated a chord in me,
00:53:38.192 --> 00:53:41.713
and that is, someone seeking the truth.
00:53:41.713 --> 00:53:43.053
And I think that's
00:53:43.053 --> 00:53:45.834
the most important factor.
00:53:45.834 --> 00:53:46.895
You don't need to have
00:53:46.895 --> 00:53:49.153
an extensive knowledge of the prophecies
00:53:49.153 --> 00:53:52.786
in the Bible in order to believe Christ.
00:53:52.786 --> 00:53:54.102
A story comes to mind
00:53:54.102 --> 00:53:57.462
of when the centurion came to Jesus,
00:53:57.462 --> 00:53:59.622
and he came with such great faith
00:53:59.622 --> 00:54:01.329
that [he said to] Jesus,
00:54:01.329 --> 00:54:03.809
"You just have to speak the word,
00:54:03.809 --> 00:54:06.206
and my child will be healed."
00:54:06.206 --> 00:54:07.595
And Jesus Himself commented,
00:54:07.595 --> 00:54:09.702
"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
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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
for Hope Sabbath School.
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What a journey!
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So much to learn,
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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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