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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We are in the middle of an amazing series
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on Themes in the Gospel of John,
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today, More Testimonies about Jesus.
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And it's my prayer that you'd be blessed,
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not only personally, but be blessed
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to go out and be a blessing
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to those around you.
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So welcome to Hope Sabbath School
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and welcome to the team.
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Take a look at each other and wave.
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We're here, and God's in our midst,
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and we're glad we can be
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part of the program.
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We've got some great remote team members
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with us again today.
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Zandile, great to have you
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with us remotely, and, Cory, great
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to have you back with us
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as we continue our study.
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And we're glad you're with us.
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You know, we've got
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Hope Sabbath School members
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across the planet, and we're glad;
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wherever you're watching,
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we'd love to hear from you.
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Why don't you write to us.
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Take a note down, sshope@hopetv.org.
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You say, "Derek, I already know
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the email address," then write to us,
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tell us the country where you live
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and how God's blessing you
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through a study of His Word.
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Here are just a few emails we've received.
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One from Jacob in Malawi, Jacob writes
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and says...now, Travis, I notice
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you've been to Malawi
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quite a few times, haven't you?
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God's blessed your work there.
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Jacob writes, "Your commitment
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to a deep, interactive study
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of the Word of God is truly inspiring.
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It's through this dedicated exploration
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that we uncover the profound blessings
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woven within the Scriptures."
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This is a profound thinker here.
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"Each session unveils layers of wisdom
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guiding us closer to understanding
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the divine purpose for our lives."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Thank you for your dedication.
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Together may we continue to grow
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in wisdom and understanding as we journey
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deeper into the Word of God. Blessings."
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We say "Blessings" back to you, Jacob.
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I hope you're teaching the Word of God.
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Here's an individual
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who is a deep thinker.
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We hope you will take the outline,
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download it from our website
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and start an interactive class.
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You may write back and say, "Derek,
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we're already doing that," praise God.
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Here's a note from Sitali in Zambia.
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We have a lot
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of Hope Sabbath School members
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in Zambia, don't we?
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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) "I greet you in the name
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of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I watch Hope Sabbath School every week,
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and I download your outline
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for use in my Bible class.
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I share it on the church WhatsApp group
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and many are using the outline to teach!"
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "You're wonderful people.[br]I feel like shouting..."?
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(Team) "Hallelujah!"
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(Derek) How did you know?
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"May you keep inspiring us
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with this good work.
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God bless you indeed.
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Let us meet in Heaven."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Sitali, thank you for writing
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to us from Zambia.
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Actually, he's writing here
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from a boarding secondary school,
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so could be that he's blessing
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a lot of people there, young people.
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I'd love to hear from you, Sitali.
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Write to me and tell me more
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about how God's using you.
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Here's a handwritten note from a donor
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in the state of New York.
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Now, folks who don't live
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in the United States may think New York
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is just a city, and it is,
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a very big city, but there's
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also the state of New York,
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and this person lives
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in the state of New York and writes
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and says, "I trust that this small drop
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helps to fill a bucket
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for some thirsty soul."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) You like that?
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(Team) Yes!
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(Derek) By the way, that reminds us,
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viewer, that people say, "Well, Derek,
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I could only help with a little,"
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but a little added to others [with whom][br]we partner
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can fill the bucket.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Hope Sabbath School has
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always been a source of comfort to me,
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and the testimonies of the team inspire me
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to keep holding on.
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I'm the only Christian
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I have in my family.
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Please help me to pray that God will bring
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my family to know Him
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while there is still time."
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Is that a prayer to pray?
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(Team) Yes.
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(Derek) And a contribution of 75 dollars.
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God bless you there
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actually in the city of Brooklyn,
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state of New York, thank you
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for being part of this great miracle.
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And thank you to each one of you.
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We're at that time of the year
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you're saying, "Is there something
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God wants me to do
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coming to the close of the year?"
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The answer is yes, lay up some treasure
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in Heaven; help the gospel
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go to the world; Jesus is coming soon.
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You can go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Donate button.
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We smile. Why?
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Because we're part
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of a great miracle of God.
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One last note, from Bismark.
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Now Birmark is watching from Brazil.
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Sabina, that's your home country, right,
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Brazil, but he's from Ghana,
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so Bismark's a long way from home.
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But he writes, "I really want to thank
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the Hope Sabbath School team
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for their great interactive discussions
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of the Word of God.
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I've been watching for many years,
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and it has contributed to my life."
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(Team) Praise God.
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"God bless you all."
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Well, thank you, Bismark, for writing.
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I don't know if you're still in Brazil
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or back home on Ghana,
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but we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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And we'd like to hear from you, too.
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Write to us at sshope@hopetv.org,
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or when you watch us
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on the YouTube channel
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(our YouTube channel is
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growing every week),
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you can leave a comment there,
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but don't forget to tell us
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the country where you're watching.
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We're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Before we sing our theme song, though,
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I want to remind you
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about the special gift we have for you
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during this series.
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I want to thank my wife, Bodil,
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for making available a collection
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of Trilogy Scripture Songs.
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We sing a theme song, you know,
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each series, but we've got a collection
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of six songs from the words of Jesus,
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four from the Gospel of John,
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two from the book of Revelation.
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Hide God's Word in your heart.
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Hide the words of Jesus in your heart.
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All you have to do to get
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this special gift from Hope Sabbath School
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is to go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess.
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I guess you could even just Google
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Hope Sabbath School.
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You find it, click on the Free Gift [tab],
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and you can download a collection
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of six Trilogy Scripture Songs
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from the words of Jesus.
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Share them with your family.
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Hide God's Word in your heart.
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Right now, we need you to help us sing.
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This is also a Scripture song
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from the Gospel of John,
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but it's not the word of Jesus;
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it's the word of a prophet
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named John the Baptist.
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"Behold!" He says, "The Lamb of God[br]who," does what?
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He "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) You know, I was thinking
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as we were singing, and of course,
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we're not like some famous choir, right?
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But we're giving our testimony
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even when we say, "I have seen,
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and I testify that Jesus
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is the Son of God." Amen?
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And also, "The Lamb of God
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who takes away the sin of the world,
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that's my sin, too."
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No wonder we're happy, right?
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That's my sin, too, He's taken away.
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What a powerful testimony.
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I don't think John the Baptist,
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when he cried out when Jesus came there
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to the Jordan, knew how many lives
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would be impacted by his testimony.
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But we're going to discover
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in our study today,
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More Testimonies about Jesus,
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that even today on Hope Sabbath School
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lives will be impacted
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by your testimonies,
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whether you're here in the studio,
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or Cory and Zandile joining us remotely,
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and even you may be impressed
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to write to us with your testimony,
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sshope@hopetv.org, and let God
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use your testimony to impact lives.
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
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we're praying in the name of Jesus
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as we continue this wonderful series,
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Themes in the Gospel of John,
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that Your Holy Spirit would energize us,
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energize our minds, give boldness
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to our speech and give us hearing hearts
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as we interact together,
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that lives would be blessed,
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not only here but around the world.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) One of the key witnesses
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about Jesus as Messiah, as you know,
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was John the Baptist,
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fulfillment of prophecies,
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of two prophets at least.
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Name them for me, the prophet?
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Isaiah and the prophet Malachi
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speak about this one,
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a voice crying in the wilderness, right?
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One who makes straight the path
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of the Lord to come.
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And I want to begin by reviewing something
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we studied in a previous study,
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and, Sabina, if you could begin our study
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in John 1, we could read, starting in 29,
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"Behold! The Lamb of God,"
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but I'm going to pick up in verse 32
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to 34, and I want you to notice
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that he has been guided supernaturally
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in his testimony.
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(Sabina) Okay, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) Now, if it was just verse 32,
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Tendi, where he says, "I saw the Spirit
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descending from heaven like a dove,"
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that would be a testimony, right?
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And that's not unimportant.
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We give our testimony.
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But what did you see in verse 33
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that says there was something supernatural
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there that gave him a boldness in verse 34
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to say, "I testify that this is
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the Son of God." Tendi?
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(Tendi) There was the Spirit
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descending upon Him?
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(Derek) Right, we saw that,
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but then verse 33, Gladys?
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(Gladys) It says that he did not know Him
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himself, but that he received
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a revelation of what to look for,
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"The One who sent me to baptize with water
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told me, "The One whom the Spirit[br]comes down on and remains.'"
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(Derek) He received
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a supernatural revelation, and that's
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what gave him boldness
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in his declaration. Sabina?
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(Sabina) Yeah, so we see from Scripture
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that John was a prophet, John the Baptist,
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so he seemingly was acquainted
0:14:04.303,0:14:06.369
with how to understand and listen
0:14:06.369,0:14:08.050
to the voice of God.
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So, God, who had already sent him
0:14:09.982,0:14:12.150
with the message of repentance
0:14:12.150,0:14:13.678
for the coming of the Messiah
0:14:13.678,0:14:15.422
that was about to come soon
0:14:15.422,0:14:17.671
also helped him recognize that Jesus
0:14:17.671,0:14:20.270
was the Messiah he was announcing.
0:14:20.270,0:14:22.101
(Derek) So, I have a question for you.
0:14:22.101,0:14:23.469
We study the Bible.
0:14:23.469,0:14:24.673
It's Hope Sabbath School;
0:14:24.673,0:14:25.580
we study the Bible.
0:14:25.580,0:14:28.590
Why is divine revelation
0:14:28.590,0:14:32.454
or supernatural revelation so important
0:14:32.454,0:14:34.800
in order to arrive at truth
0:14:34.800,0:14:38.193
with full confidence? Puia?
0:14:38.193,0:14:40.080
(Puia) In our previous discussion,
0:14:40.080,0:14:42.259
we talked about the chasm
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between God and man; it's just so vast
0:14:45.146,0:14:48.592
that unless God reveals Himself to us,
0:14:48.592,0:14:50.336
we cannot find out
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about who He is on our own.
0:14:52.395,0:14:55.187
And Travis pointed out before that the god
0:14:55.187,0:14:58.283
of this world, Satan, according to Paul,
0:14:58.283,0:15:00.770
has blinded us, so we need
0:15:00.770,0:15:02.872
that supernatural revelation
0:15:02.872,0:15:05.170
so that the veil would be taken away.
0:15:05.170,0:15:06.686
(Derek) Alright, Viara?
0:15:06.686,0:15:08.723
(Viara) Eastern meditation is very popular
0:15:08.723,0:15:11.104
today, but I feel that the problem of it
0:15:11.104,0:15:13.446
is that it focuses inward.
0:15:13.446,0:15:15.943
We look for the answers within ourselves.
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But for me, this is like I'm drowning,
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and I'm trying to get myself
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out of the water by pulling myself out.
0:15:21.840,0:15:22.847
(Derek) Doesn't work.
0:15:22.847,0:15:24.010
(Viara) It doesn't work.
0:15:24.010,0:15:25.377
(Derek) So, what do we need?
0:15:25.377,0:15:26.260
We need something
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from outside of ourselves.
0:15:27.803,0:15:30.775
Now, Travis, and then I want to ask
0:15:30.775,0:15:34.771
what is the clearest revelation
0:15:34.771,0:15:37.166
that God gave so that we could know
0:15:37.166,0:15:38.496
the truth about Him?
0:15:38.496,0:15:39.770
(Travis) One of the things
0:15:39.770,0:15:41.904
that sets our Creator God apart
0:15:41.904,0:15:43.630
from any other gods is that He knows
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the end from the beginning.
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And I remember Daniel alluding to that
0:15:48.289,0:15:52.866
in chapter 2, and in chapter 14 of John;
0:15:52.866,0:15:54.434
it says, "I told you these things
0:15:54.434,0:15:56.525
before they happen so when they do
0:15:56.525,0:15:58.425
that you would believe."
0:15:58.425,0:16:00.981
Prophecies, even small, short prophecies,
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maybe a few weeks, a few months,
0:16:02.655,0:16:04.769
a few years, these are
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supernatural prophecies; nobody else
0:16:07.130,0:16:08.774
but God knows this.
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And it just gives us confidence
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that He is God.
0:16:12.845,0:16:14.081
(Derek) Now, can you think
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of a Bible verse that reinforces
0:16:16.332,0:16:17.486
what we've been saying.
0:16:17.486,0:16:19.140
What Viara said, "I need something
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outside of myself that can help me
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to get clarity regarding the truth
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that God wants to reveal to me."[br]Yes, Jason.
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(Jason) I do have a verse,
0:16:29.975,0:16:30.845
if we can read it.
0:16:30.845,0:16:34.293
It's from 2 Timothy, chapter 3,
0:16:34.293,0:16:37.031
verses 16 through 17.
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(Derek) Alright, now some people may think
0:16:39.087,0:16:40.357
2 Timothy was written
0:16:40.357,0:16:42.098
by Timothy, but it wasn't.
0:16:42.098,0:16:44.687
There's a 1 Timothy and a 2 Timothy
0:16:44.687,0:16:47.524
written to Timothy by...?
0:16:47.524,0:16:49.436
(Derek, Team) The Apostle Paul.
0:16:49.436,0:16:53.474
(Derek) And you're reading[br]2 Timothy 3:16,17?
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(Jason) Correct, and it is written:
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And verse 17 says:
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(Derek) So, the Bible.
0:17:15.154,0:17:18.274
Isn't there a psalm that says,[br]"Your Word is a..."?
0:17:18.274,0:17:19.991
(Derek, Team) "...lamp to my feet
0:17:19.991,0:17:22.124
and a light to my path."
0:17:22.124,0:17:25.245
(Derek) Psalm 119, right, verse 105.
0:17:25.245,0:17:30.673
So, the Bible is a revelation that can
0:17:30.673,0:17:33.659
help us, with confidence, to know truth.
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But, Sabina, I saw your hand raised.
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(Sabina) Also, if I may share a verse
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from Hebrews, chapter 1?
0:17:41.993,0:17:44.524
Verses 1 and 2, so it would be...
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(Derek) Alright, give us a moment
0:17:46.115,0:17:49.241
to find Hebrews, chapter 1.
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(Sabina) Verses 1...
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(Derek) I think you're going to tell us
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where the brightest revelation came from.
0:17:55.585,0:17:57.824
Hebrews 1, verses 1 and 2?
0:17:57.824,0:18:00.507
(Sabina) That's right, so I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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and Hebrews 1, verses 1 and 2 say:
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(Derek) So the clearest revelation,
0:18:27.745,0:18:30.733
you're saying, is Jesus,
0:18:30.733,0:18:34.017
but now I have a difficult question:
0:18:34.017,0:18:36.608
How much would we know about Jesus
0:18:36.608,0:18:37.824
if the prophets hadn't
0:18:37.824,0:18:40.050
written in the Bible?
0:18:40.050,0:18:42.447
How much would we know?
0:18:42.447,0:18:45.460
Why, God would have to give us a vision
0:18:45.460,0:18:49.047
or have to give us a dream, right?
0:18:49.047,0:18:51.297
So, are we thankful for the Bible today?
0:18:51.297,0:18:52.540
(Team) Amen.
0:18:52.540,0:18:53.640
(Derek) We're thankful
0:18:53.640,0:18:54.593
for the Bible today.
0:18:54.593,0:18:56.814
Well, I'm going to ask Cory if you'd read
0:18:56.814,0:18:59.996
for us this same prophet John,
0:18:59.996,0:19:02.252
who boldly shared because he
0:19:02.252,0:19:04.592
had received divine revelation,
0:19:04.592,0:19:09.800
his testimony in John 3, verses 30 to 36,
0:19:09.800,0:19:14.707
John 3:30-36, and I want you to listen
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and ask yourself the question:
0:19:17.633,0:19:19.375
How can we ensure that we're
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always pointing people to Jesus
0:19:21.818,0:19:23.334
rather than drawing attention
0:19:23.334,0:19:25.835
to ourselves? Cory?
0:19:25.835,0:19:28.400
(Cory) John 3:30-36, I'm reading
0:19:28.400,0:19:30.418
from the New King James:
0:20:29.121,0:20:30.374
(Derek) What impresses you
0:20:30.374,0:20:31.430
about that testimony?
0:20:31.430,0:20:33.100
Thank you, Cory, for reading that.
0:20:33.100,0:20:34.937
I mean, this is startling.
0:20:34.937,0:20:37.387
I know that John the Baptist
0:20:37.387,0:20:39.850
didn't go to the school of Shammai
0:20:39.850,0:20:41.520
or the school of Hillel.
0:20:41.520,0:20:44.499
I know he didn't study under Gamaliel.
0:20:44.499,0:20:46.281
He grew up with elderly parents,
0:20:46.281,0:20:47.986
and then, at some point, went
0:20:47.986,0:20:52.122
into the desert, right, to detach hmself
0:20:52.122,0:20:53.625
from the corruption.
0:20:53.625,0:20:58.805
Where did he find such profound wisdom
0:20:58.805,0:21:02.460
in his testimony about Jesus as Messiah?
0:21:02.460,0:21:04.772
Anybody, where did he find that? Travis?
0:21:04.772,0:21:05.989
(Travis) It could only be
0:21:05.989,0:21:08.996
from the Spirit of God, it could only be.
0:21:08.996,0:21:11.503
(Derek) You know, I think of fishermen
0:21:11.503,0:21:15.393
like Peter who end up speaking so boldly
0:21:15.393,0:21:17.137
on the Day of Pentecost.
0:21:17.137,0:21:18.126
It can only happen
0:21:18.126,0:21:20.663
by the Spirit of God, right?
0:21:20.663,0:21:22.257
John gives a testimony.
0:21:22.257,0:21:24.104
Anything that impresses you, Puia,
0:21:24.104,0:21:26.555
about his testimony about Jesus?
0:21:26.555,0:21:28.671
(Puia) Right, the Gospel of John
0:21:28.671,0:21:31.670
didn't include this part of the story,
0:21:31.670,0:21:33.906
but Matthew included that later he was
0:21:33.906,0:21:36.170
thrown in prison and then he
0:21:36.170,0:21:39.304
at one point struggled to understand
0:21:39.304,0:21:40.926
the mission of Jesus Himself.
0:21:40.926,0:21:42.580
From the darkness of the prison,
0:21:42.580,0:21:44.750
he sent his disciples to Jesus
0:21:44.750,0:21:48.214
to ask if He was truly the Messiah.
0:21:48.214,0:21:52.420
And yet through it all, he was faithful
0:21:52.420,0:21:54.258
until he lost his life,
0:21:54.258,0:21:57.157
and that is just so powerful.
0:21:57.157,0:21:59.040
(Derek) Thank you for giving us
0:21:59.040,0:22:01.765
that extra summary; that's why all
0:22:01.765,0:22:03.717
of the Gospels are helpful, aren't they?
0:22:03.717,0:22:06.213
We're focusing on John,[br]who doesn't mention
0:22:06.213,0:22:08.425
any of those details, but you're right.
0:22:08.425,0:22:10.622
Because John the Baptist rebuked
0:22:10.622,0:22:13.188
Herod Antipas for living
0:22:13.188,0:22:16.527
with his brother's wife, Herodias,
0:22:16.527,0:22:20.420
she schemed to have him beheaded.
0:22:20.420,0:22:22.770
A tragic ending, but he remained
0:22:22.770,0:22:23.727
faithful, didn't he?
0:22:23.727,0:22:25.564
(Team) Right. Amen.
0:22:25.564,0:22:27.587
(Derek) The boldness, "He who believes
0:22:27.587,0:22:29.898
in the Son of God has eternal life,"
0:22:29.898,0:22:31.637
what do you think of that?
0:22:31.637,0:22:34.660
What are your thoughts about that,[br]verse 36?
0:22:34.660,0:22:39.122
Zandile, that sounds crystal clear to me,
0:22:39.122,0:22:41.822
"He who believes in the Son of God
0:22:41.822,0:22:44.837
has everlasting life."
0:22:44.837,0:22:47.387
(Zandile) It reminded me of John 3:16
0:22:47.387,0:22:51.060
where Jesus Himself says that He is
0:22:51.060,0:22:53.422
the life, that, "Whosoever believes in Him
0:22:53.422,0:22:55.670
should have eternal life."
0:22:55.670,0:22:58.766
So John is kind of quoting
0:22:58.766,0:23:00.713
from the words of Jesus Himself,
0:23:00.713,0:23:02.417
yet it is the Spirit of God
0:23:02.417,0:23:03.746
that inspired Him.
0:23:03.746,0:23:05.140
(Team) Amen.
0:23:05.140,0:23:07.573
(Derek) Amazing, could it be -
0:23:07.573,0:23:09.592
you're watching Hope Sabbath School today,
0:23:09.592,0:23:11.820
we're here - could it be that, filled
0:23:11.820,0:23:14.060
with the Holy Spirit - because you[br]did talk
0:23:14.060,0:23:16.321
about the Spirit guiding him, right -
0:23:16.321,0:23:18.187
that filled with the Holy Spirit, we
0:23:18.187,0:23:21.824
could speak with such clarity and boldness
0:23:21.824,0:23:24.101
in our witness about Jesus?
0:23:24.101,0:23:25.288
Is that possible?
0:23:25.288,0:23:26.039
(Team) Yes.
0:23:26.039,0:23:27.560
(Derek) It's possible, isn't it?
0:23:27.560,0:23:30.189
Well, we're going to continue our study,
0:23:30.189,0:23:32.010
and we're going to look
0:23:32.010,0:23:33.740
at the feeding of the 5,000.
0:23:33.740,0:23:35.370
You say, "Derek, we looked at that
0:23:35.370,0:23:37.284
in this series," but we're going to see
0:23:37.284,0:23:38.457
what happens afterwards.
0:23:38.457,0:23:40.124
So could someone please summarize?
0:23:40.124,0:23:43.320
Jesus goes to a secluded place.
0:23:43.320,0:23:45.504
In fact, he encourages his disciples
0:23:45.504,0:23:47.836
to come and rest a while, but everybody
0:23:47.836,0:23:50.223
starts following Him around the lake.
0:23:50.223,0:23:52.214
Some of you have been to Israel.
0:23:52.214,0:23:54.305
You've been on the Sea of Galilee,
0:23:54.305,0:23:55.473
and you know you can see
0:23:55.473,0:23:56.750
to the other side; I mean,
0:23:56.750,0:24:00.428
it's not like 500 miles across, right?
0:24:00.428,0:24:03.042
It may be seven or eight miles,
0:24:03.042,0:24:05.955
maybe less up toward the north part[br]of the lake.
0:24:05.955,0:24:07.707
So, they're all running around.
0:24:07.707,0:24:11.410
Jesus ends up teaching them all day,
0:24:11.410,0:24:15.689
and then He provides a meal for them.
0:24:15.689,0:24:17.051
Where did they get the food?
0:24:17.051,0:24:19.593
Someone help us; where did they[br]get the food? Gladys.
0:24:19.593,0:24:21.130
(Gladys) There was a little boy
0:24:21.130,0:24:22.602
with a basket with five loaves
0:24:22.602,0:24:25.670
of bread and two fish.
0:24:25.670,0:24:27.970
(Derek) I kind of imagine that story,
0:24:27.970,0:24:29.654
this little boy, he's given a lunch
0:24:29.654,0:24:31.143
by his mother, right?
0:24:31.143,0:24:33.422
He's going to listen to Jesus.
0:24:33.422,0:24:35.939
As Jesus starts taking the bread
0:24:35.939,0:24:37.740
and the fish, having prayed to God,
0:24:37.740,0:24:38.939
right, the Father,
0:24:38.939,0:24:41.325
I imagine the little boy kind of looking
0:24:41.325,0:24:44.509
under the basket, you know, like,
0:24:44.509,0:24:45.899
"Wow, my mama gave me
0:24:45.899,0:24:48.470
a big lunch today," you know?
0:24:48.470,0:24:49.692
And I imagine Jesus -
0:24:49.692,0:24:51.937
I may be wrong - but I imagine Jesus
0:24:51.937,0:24:53.974
just smiling at him, you know?
0:24:53.974,0:24:56.269
He's just smiling, as He's taking the food
0:24:56.269,0:24:57.682
and feeding the multitude;
0:24:57.682,0:25:02.128
That's the story, 5,000 men
0:25:02.128,0:25:04.309
plus women and children, right?
0:25:04.309,0:25:05.939
But I want to pick up what happens
0:25:05.939,0:25:09.459
the next day, because we're going to see
0:25:09.459,0:25:12.543
another powerful testimony about Jesus.
0:25:12.543,0:25:14.776
And it's a testimony from someone
0:25:14.776,0:25:16.734
who could have given up.
0:25:16.734,0:25:20.459
So, John, chapter 6, Viara, if you
0:25:20.459,0:25:23.625
could read for us John, chapter 6,
0:25:23.625,0:25:26.429
beginning with verse 22.
0:25:26.429,0:25:28.363
Let's pick up the story and see
0:25:28.363,0:25:31.630
how the crowd expects things
0:25:31.630,0:25:33.507
to happen the next day.
0:25:33.507,0:25:34.440
(Viara) I'm reading
0:25:34.440,0:25:36.325
from the New Living Translation:
0:26:55.154,0:26:57.320
(Derek) Thank you for reading the story
0:26:57.320,0:26:59.180
with such enthusiasm,
0:26:59.180,0:27:01.961
because what are they wanting?
0:27:01.961,0:27:03.731
(Team) Miracles. More bread.
0:27:03.731,0:27:04.717
(Derek) More bread.
0:27:04.717,0:27:05.854
Miracles is right,
0:27:05.854,0:27:10.287
but specifically more fish sandwiches,[br]right?
0:27:10.287,0:27:12.860
"If You could just keep performing
0:27:12.860,0:27:15.052
those miracles for us..."
0:27:15.052,0:27:18.461
But what is the most important work?
0:27:18.461,0:27:19.912
By the way, they say, "Let us
0:27:19.912,0:27:21.409
perform works," in other words,
0:27:21.409,0:27:23.154
"Give us the ability to..."?
0:27:23.154,0:27:24.289
(Jason) Make food.
0:27:24.289,0:27:25.995
(Derek) "...perform miracles, too,"
0:27:25.995,0:27:28.134
"...to make food, too," right?
0:27:28.134,0:27:30.731
And what is the most important work,[br]Jesus says?
0:27:30.731,0:27:31.863
(Team) Believe.
0:27:31.863,0:27:33.801
(Derek) To believe in Him, right? Viara?
0:27:33.801,0:27:35.171
(Viara) It's so interesting,
0:27:35.171,0:27:37.160
why, as humans, if we have
0:27:37.160,0:27:38.888
to do something, we are right there;
0:27:38.888,0:27:40.365
do we want to perform something
0:27:40.365,0:27:41.673
to deserve our salvation?
0:27:41.673,0:27:44.145
And what it takes is surrender,
0:27:44.145,0:27:45.245
surrender and believe.
0:27:45.245,0:27:46.551
Surrender your will to God,
0:27:46.551,0:27:48.870
and it seems like this is more difficult
0:27:48.870,0:27:51.373
for us than to do something.
0:27:51.373,0:27:52.261
(Derek) For sure.
0:27:52.261,0:27:53.904
Tendi, can you continue the story.
0:27:53.904,0:27:55.463
We could read the whole chapter,
0:27:55.463,0:27:58.533
but I'd like to pick up in verse 48
0:27:58.533,0:28:02.544
where Jesus expands
0:28:02.544,0:28:04.410
on what He said earlier,
0:28:04.410,0:28:07.440
that it's not about free fish sandwiches;
0:28:07.440,0:28:09.193
it's about bread that comes
0:28:09.193,0:28:12.996
down from Heaven, that if they eat that,
0:28:12.996,0:28:15.030
they will have life forever.
0:28:15.030,0:28:18.927
Pick up for us, if you would, in verse 48
0:28:18.927,0:28:21.852
and following to 66, and let's see
0:28:21.852,0:28:24.915
how the crowd [reacts] that's come
0:28:24.915,0:28:28.970
for more miracles and more food.
0:28:28.970,0:28:30.269
(Tendi) And I'll be reading
0:28:30.269,0:28:32.749
from the New King James Version,
0:28:32.749,0:28:36.981
John 6:48-66, and it reads:
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(Derek) I don't know
0:31:30.913,0:31:32.060
what the percentage was,
0:31:32.060,0:31:35.960
but "many" is many.
0:31:35.960,0:31:38.957
We're going to discover even the twelve
0:31:38.957,0:31:40.456
think about leaving.
0:31:40.456,0:31:43.674
What message was so difficult
0:31:43.674,0:31:45.582
for them to hear?
0:31:45.582,0:31:48.406
What was so difficult for them
0:31:48.406,0:31:53.073
and maybe a little beyond their[br]comprehension? Sabina?
0:31:53.073,0:31:54.747
(Sabina) So it seems like they were
0:31:54.747,0:31:56.357
expecting something that they
0:31:56.357,0:31:58.391
could immediately see, you know,
0:31:58.391,0:32:00.580
as sustenance for them, for instance.
0:32:00.580,0:32:02.958
And we know even the Jewish community
0:32:02.958,0:32:05.407
was expecting a kingdom to be set up
0:32:05.407,0:32:07.361
that would help that oppression
0:32:07.361,0:32:09.790
they were suffering to be taken away.
0:32:09.790,0:32:11.658
So it seems to me that it was hard
0:32:11.658,0:32:14.174
for them, one, to understand it was a gift
0:32:14.174,0:32:16.374
that was being extended to them,
0:32:16.374,0:32:18.360
because even the question that they had,
0:32:18.360,0:32:20.188
how they would perform the same works,
0:32:20.188,0:32:22.217
et cetera, Jesus said, "Hey, you just need
0:32:22.217,0:32:23.955
to receive what I have here for you;
0:32:23.955,0:32:24.764
just believe it."
0:32:24.764,0:32:26.425
But then further, it gets
0:32:26.425,0:32:28.325
a bit more difficult, not only that it
0:32:28.325,0:32:30.930
was a gift, but it seemingly it was
0:32:30.930,0:32:33.288
not something they would immediately see
0:32:33.288,0:32:35.357
in every avenue of their expectations
0:32:35.357,0:32:39.203
of what an abundant life would look like.
0:32:39.203,0:32:42.392
So, I think that's part of the reasons why
0:32:42.392,0:32:44.880
some of them left because they[br]just wanted the...
0:32:44.880,0:32:46.715
(Derek) There are probably some people
0:32:46.715,0:32:48.559
even today who say, "I have
0:32:48.559,0:32:51.650
no idea what this means," right?
0:32:51.650,0:32:54.654
What does it mean (Puia, I see your hand)
0:32:54.654,0:32:58.606
to eat the flesh and drink the blood
0:32:58.606,0:33:00.360
of the Son of God?
0:33:00.360,0:33:02.620
Jesus has come into humanity;
0:33:02.620,0:33:04.153
what does that mean?
0:33:04.153,0:33:05.417
(Puia) That's what I was
0:33:05.417,0:33:06.650
going to point out.
0:33:06.650,0:33:08.990
For people who would be hearing this
0:33:08.990,0:33:10.664
for the first time when Jesus said,
0:33:10.664,0:33:12.938
"Eat my flesh and drink my blood,"
0:33:12.938,0:33:15.387
it's very raw, and they
0:33:15.387,0:33:17.440
probably couldn't understand.
0:33:17.440,0:33:20.207
And moreover, I believe Jesus claiming
0:33:20.207,0:33:21.892
that He came from Heaven
0:33:21.892,0:33:25.300
and that He was talking about God
0:33:25.300,0:33:27.992
as if God was His Father,
0:33:27.992,0:33:30.709
for them to hear this, you know,
0:33:30.709,0:33:32.503
it just didn't make sense to them
0:33:32.503,0:33:34.190
if they were not open.
0:33:34.190,0:33:35.958
(Derek) Now, we have the advantage
0:33:35.958,0:33:38.457
of some time passing, because when you
0:33:38.457,0:33:41.674
think of, "This is My body broken for you;
0:33:41.674,0:33:43.361
this is My blood," we
0:33:43.361,0:33:45.870
immediately think of what service?
0:33:45.870,0:33:47.202
(Derek, Team) The Communion.
0:33:47.202,0:33:48.374
(Derek) The Last Supper
0:33:48.374,0:33:51.540
where Jesus takes symbols...
0:33:51.540,0:33:53.211
Now, that can't literally have been
0:33:53.211,0:33:54.991
His body and blood shed and broken
0:33:54.991,0:33:57.209
because this is before His death,
0:33:57.209,0:33:59.396
but they symbolize, right?
0:33:59.396,0:34:01.587
The bread from the Passover meal,
0:34:01.587,0:34:05.089
the juice from the Passover meal,
0:34:05.089,0:34:09.110
and when we take them inside of us
0:34:09.110,0:34:10.070
what does that mean
0:34:10.070,0:34:13.067
even in that service? Anybody?
0:34:13.067,0:34:14.970
What does it mean when we accept
0:34:14.970,0:34:17.708
those symbols of the broken body
0:34:17.708,0:34:19.207
and shed blood of Jesus?
0:34:19.207,0:34:21.038
(Gladys) We accept Jesus' sacrifice
0:34:21.038,0:34:22.314
and redemption for us,
0:34:22.314,0:34:25.445
but the key here is the belief.
0:34:25.445,0:34:28.607
We said before that unless the Father
0:34:28.607,0:34:30.780
reveals, gives a revelation,
0:34:30.780,0:34:33.088
there's no way that you can understand.
0:34:33.088,0:34:34.854
(Derek) I don't why He didn't say it
0:34:34.854,0:34:35.865
a little more simply.
0:34:35.865,0:34:37.091
Maybe He was just wanting
0:34:37.091,0:34:38.961
to challenge them because He could have
0:34:38.961,0:34:42.061
just said, "If you accept Me," right,
0:34:42.061,0:34:43.801
"you will have...," but He said that
0:34:43.801,0:34:44.985
earlier, didn't He?
0:34:44.985,0:34:48.207
That's the work, to believe, right?
0:34:48.207,0:34:53.177
But accepting Jesus is what He's
0:34:53.177,0:34:55.171
calling us to do,
0:34:55.171,0:34:58.027
rather than just accept free gifts.
0:34:58.027,0:35:01.624
Well, this was difficult, many left.
0:35:01.624,0:35:05.691
I want to go on and look in verse 67,
0:35:05.691,0:35:07.210
and, Zandile, I know you've had
0:35:07.210,0:35:09.540
your hand raised very patiently,
0:35:09.540,0:35:10.671
so I'm going to ask you
0:35:10.671,0:35:13.277
to make your comment, and then read for us
0:35:13.277,0:35:17.107
from John 6:[66]-69,
0:35:17.107,0:35:19.404
how even the closest disciples
0:35:19.404,0:35:20.804
of Jesus reacted.
0:35:20.804,0:35:24.100
But feel free to make your comment first.
0:35:24.100,0:35:27.293
(Zandile) Okay, I wanted to say that they
0:35:27.293,0:35:29.904
were blinded by the past.
0:35:29.904,0:35:32.001
They were blinded by the manna,
0:35:32.001,0:35:34.425
and they could not link together
0:35:34.425,0:35:36.764
when Jesus was saying, "I am the bread."
0:35:36.764,0:35:39.190
That was referring to that manna
0:35:39.190,0:35:41.112
that He fed to their fathers.
0:35:41.112,0:35:43.371
But they failed to see the future,
0:35:43.371,0:35:45.646
and they wanted a physical sign,
0:35:45.646,0:35:48.696
which Christ did not give at that time.
0:35:48.696,0:35:50.958
So, just like us today, sometimes
0:35:50.958,0:35:53.187
we have things that are blinding us,
0:35:53.187,0:35:55.370
we are holding onto things of the past,
0:35:55.370,0:35:56.988
yet God is moving us
0:35:56.988,0:35:58.972
in a certain direction.
0:35:58.972,0:36:01.498
(Derek) Thank you for sharing.
0:36:01.498,0:36:02.839
Read for us, if you would,
0:36:02.839,0:36:07.460
from John 6:[66]-69.
0:36:07.460,0:36:08.862
(Zandile) And I'll be reading
0:36:08.862,0:36:12.382
from the New King James Version,[br]verse 66 says:
0:36:39.090,0:36:40.307
(Derek) What do you think
0:36:40.307,0:36:43.542
about Simon Peter's testimony? Cory?
0:36:43.542,0:36:46.718
He doesn't say, "I'm not confused;
0:36:46.718,0:36:50.309
they're all confused."
0:36:50.309,0:36:51.117
What do you think
0:36:51.117,0:36:53.263
about his testimony, Cory?
0:36:53.263,0:36:54.840
(Cory) It's beautiful and amazing
0:36:54.840,0:36:56.257
because he steps out in faith
0:36:56.257,0:36:58.613
and just shows that, "You have
0:36:58.613,0:36:59.914
the words of eternal life,"
0:36:59.914,0:37:02.587
so he hasn't linked, fully, the bread
0:37:02.587,0:37:05.957
and words together, but he sees
0:37:05.957,0:37:07.900
that Christ is that bread.
0:37:07.900,0:37:09.170
And that's an amazing step
0:37:09.170,0:37:11.300
of faith on his part.
0:37:11.300,0:37:12.227
(Derek) Anyone want
0:37:12.227,0:37:13.504
to add to that? Sabina?
0:37:13.504,0:37:14.894
(Sabina) I think that is one
0:37:14.894,0:37:16.474
of the most beautiful testimonies
0:37:16.474,0:37:18.543
that we find in the New Testament
0:37:18.543,0:37:21.497
about what Jesus has to offer,
0:37:21.497,0:37:23.492
because Jesus offers abundant life.
0:37:23.492,0:37:25.821
In so many ways, He blesses us,
0:37:25.821,0:37:29.306
but if we forget the most important
0:37:29.306,0:37:31.471
and fundamental truth that while He came
0:37:31.471,0:37:34.497
primarily to give us eternal life,
0:37:34.497,0:37:36.371
restore us from death to life
0:37:36.371,0:37:37.786
and that we can have
0:37:37.786,0:37:40.685
relationship with God forever,
0:37:40.685,0:37:41.886
then all the other things
0:37:41.886,0:37:44.626
[don't matter at all], right?
0:37:44.626,0:37:47.014
I'm thinking of Paul also when he says
0:37:47.014,0:37:51.529
that, "What do we profit if we don't have
0:37:51.529,0:37:53.869
the truth of life eternal?"
0:37:53.869,0:37:55.706
(Derek) I'm remembering, and then I'll
0:37:55.706,0:37:56.962
come to many hands raised,
0:37:56.962,0:37:58.598
the scientist who said to me...
0:37:58.598,0:38:01.254
He studied with a lot of atheists,
0:38:01.254,0:38:05.269
agnostics and evolutionists
0:38:05.269,0:38:08.335
and studied advanced genetics.
0:38:08.335,0:38:11.270
He said, "I have a lot of questions,
0:38:11.270,0:38:13.750
but I'm going to ask them
0:38:13.750,0:38:16.192
when I see Jesus."
0:38:16.192,0:38:18.269
In other words, he was saying,
0:38:18.269,0:38:19.839
"I have come to believe and know
0:38:19.839,0:38:21.549
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
0:38:21.549,0:38:24.204
of the living God," listen now, "and I can
0:38:24.204,0:38:27.162
live with some unanswered questions
0:38:27.162,0:38:29.373
because I know the most important question
0:38:29.373,0:38:30.314
has been answered."
0:38:30.314,0:38:31.562
Are you with me?
0:38:31.562,0:38:33.135
I don't think Peter understands,
0:38:33.135,0:38:34.526
like Cory said, I don't think
0:38:34.526,0:38:36.293
he understood it all, but he said,
0:38:36.293,0:38:39.801
"Jesus, I know who You are.
0:38:39.801,0:38:41.796
I'm going to trust in You." Gladys?
0:38:41.796,0:38:43.762
(Gladys) That's what I was going to say,
0:38:43.762,0:38:45.241
that he may not have understood
0:38:45.241,0:38:47.589
everything, but he said, "Where can I go?
0:38:47.589,0:38:49.017
You are the only One
0:38:49.017,0:38:50.489
that I want to be close to.
0:38:50.489,0:38:52.241
You are the Son of God."
0:38:52.241,0:38:54.149
So he may not have understood everything
0:38:54.149,0:38:55.584
that Jesus was trying to imply
0:38:55.584,0:38:57.024
with His body and the blood,
0:38:57.024,0:38:59.175
and drink this and that, but he knew
0:38:59.175,0:39:02.066
that he wanted to be with Jesus.
0:39:02.066,0:39:03.500
(Derek) There is so much more
0:39:03.500,0:39:05.343
we could share; I'm going to let Puia
0:39:05.343,0:39:06.790
make a comment, but I want you
0:39:06.790,0:39:08.198
to think about this question.
0:39:08.198,0:39:09.393
I want you to think, was
0:39:09.393,0:39:13.161
there ever a turbulent time in your life
0:39:13.161,0:39:15.930
(a lot of people were leaving Jesus),
0:39:15.930,0:39:17.788
and you just said, "I'm going
0:39:17.788,0:39:19.954
to hold onto Jesus"?
0:39:19.954,0:39:21.444
"Even though it may be that all
0:39:21.444,0:39:23.000
of my questions aren't answered,
0:39:23.000,0:39:24.055
I'm going to hold on."
0:39:24.055,0:39:25.629
I see, Cory, your hand raised.
0:39:25.629,0:39:26.780
Puia, make your comment,
0:39:26.780,0:39:28.585
but maybe someone's watching,
0:39:28.585,0:39:30.195
maybe you're watching and saying,
0:39:30.195,0:39:32.113
"Derek, you have no idea.
0:39:32.113,0:39:34.870
I have family members leaving Jesus.
0:39:34.870,0:39:36.696
I have a spouse who says,
0:39:36.696,0:39:41.125
'I don't believe anymore.'"
0:39:41.125,0:39:43.740
How do we hold on
0:39:43.740,0:39:45.695
during that difficult time? Puia?
0:39:45.695,0:39:48.280
(Puia) I wanted to pick up on what Gladys
0:39:48.280,0:39:50.236
just commented on earlier.
0:39:50.236,0:39:51.464
The part that touches me
0:39:51.464,0:39:52.876
from Peter's words is, "Lord,
0:39:52.876,0:39:53.910
to whom shall we go?"
0:39:53.910,0:39:55.900
Like, "What other options do we have?"
0:39:55.900,0:39:59.682
As you pointed out, Derek, no worldview
0:39:59.682,0:40:04.082
or no system of belief closes all the gaps
0:40:04.082,0:40:06.372
or answers all the possible questions
0:40:06.372,0:40:08.131
that we may have in this world.
0:40:08.131,0:40:10.100
Even when we follow Jesus, we will
0:40:10.100,0:40:12.829
still have questions that we can't answer
0:40:12.829,0:40:14.112
at all on this end.
0:40:14.112,0:40:16.366
But the approach is, if we were
0:40:16.366,0:40:17.770
to reject Jesus and choose
0:40:17.770,0:40:19.440
a different worldview or choose
0:40:19.440,0:40:21.899
a different person to follow, is
0:40:21.899,0:40:25.023
there any actual better option than Jesus?
0:40:25.023,0:40:26.509
I don't think so.
0:40:26.509,0:40:27.400
(Derek) Thank you.
0:40:27.400,0:40:31.170
Cory, do you want to share with us?
0:40:31.170,0:40:32.630
(Cory) Yeah, and you know part
0:40:32.630,0:40:33.657
of this story, Derek.
0:40:33.657,0:40:35.114
A few years ago, I lost
0:40:35.114,0:40:38.707
my father tragically, suddenly.
0:40:38.707,0:40:40.165
I ended up doing CPR on him
0:40:40.165,0:40:43.291
for quite a while, so I was pretty mad
0:40:43.291,0:40:45.977
at God for a while
0:40:45.977,0:40:48.370
and didn't understand why,
0:40:48.370,0:40:49.998
much like Peter here doesn't
0:40:49.998,0:40:52.175
understand all the why.
0:40:52.175,0:40:53.711
But I had a habit of getting up
0:40:53.711,0:40:56.653
every morning and reading my Bible.
0:40:56.653,0:40:58.751
And in reading my Bible and continuing,
0:40:58.751,0:41:00.660
I realized that He is the God of life,
0:41:00.660,0:41:04.562
not of death, and it wasn't His plan,
0:41:04.562,0:41:06.517
that it was Satan's plan.
0:41:06.517,0:41:08.980
And I don't understand all the why,
0:41:08.980,0:41:10.890
but I have Jesus,
0:41:10.890,0:41:12.947
and that's all that matters.
0:41:12.947,0:41:15.141
(Derek) Thanks for your testimony, Cory.
0:41:15.141,0:41:16.564
Praise God. That's beautiful.
0:41:16.564,0:41:17.660
We're going to move on.
0:41:17.660,0:41:19.501
We've looked at the testimony
0:41:19.501,0:41:21.597
of John briefly and the testimony
0:41:21.597,0:41:23.664
of Peter here, but I want to go
0:41:23.664,0:41:27.477
to the testimony of God the Father.
0:41:27.477,0:41:29.194
Because if you remember, there were
0:41:29.194,0:41:33.843
a few times in the ministry of Jesus
0:41:33.843,0:41:36.026
when God the Father spoke.
0:41:36.026,0:41:37.406
Zandile, I'm going to ask you
0:41:37.406,0:41:40.111
to go to Matthew 3, verse 17.
0:41:40.111,0:41:42.307
Do you know that John...
0:41:42.307,0:41:44.697
No Gospel writer tells us everything
0:41:44.697,0:41:46.008
about the life and ministry
0:41:46.008,0:41:47.486
of Jesus, right?
0:41:47.486,0:41:50.381
John doesn't mention the baptism.
0:41:50.381,0:41:52.040
Now, we know Jesus was baptized,
0:41:52.040,0:41:55.090
so it's not like he didn't believe that,
0:41:55.090,0:41:56.668
but Matthew, Mark and Luke
0:41:56.668,0:41:59.423
give us a little more information.
0:41:59.423,0:42:01.480
And, Zandile, could you read for us
0:42:01.480,0:42:04.227
how Matthew records the baptism
0:42:04.227,0:42:08.714
of Jesus in Matthew 3 and verse 17?
0:42:08.714,0:42:10.347
(Zandile) Yes, and I'll be reading
0:42:10.347,0:42:12.110
from the New King James Version.
0:42:12.110,0:42:14.451
Verse 17 of Matthew 3 says:
0:42:24.127,0:42:25.772
(Derek) And you know Mark and Luke
0:42:25.772,0:42:28.533
also record very similar words,
0:42:28.533,0:42:29.890
"This is My beloved Son."
0:42:29.890,0:42:32.120
Can you think of another time
0:42:32.120,0:42:34.187
when the Father spoke
0:42:34.187,0:42:36.170
during the ministry of Jesus?
0:42:36.170,0:42:39.434
(Derek, Team) On the Mount[br]of Transfiguration.
0:42:39.434,0:42:41.220
(Derek) Let's look at that.
0:42:41.220,0:42:42.559
Jason, could you read for us
0:42:42.559,0:42:46.060
in Mark, chapter 9 and verse 7.
0:42:46.060,0:42:48.739
It's also in Matthew 17:5.
0:42:48.739,0:42:50.263
On the Mount of Transfiguration,
0:42:50.263,0:42:52.859
again John didn't record this,
0:42:52.859,0:42:55.198
but these are testimonies of the Father.
0:42:55.198,0:42:57.249
What do you read there in Mark 9, verse 7?
0:42:57.249,0:42:58.553
(Jason) And I'll be reading
0:42:58.553,0:43:00.107
from the New King James Version,
0:43:00.107,0:43:01.350
and the Bible says:
0:43:09.908,0:43:11.274
(Derek) Slightly different,
0:43:11.274,0:43:13.155
"This is My beloved Son
0:43:13.155,0:43:15.664
in whom I am well pleased,"
0:43:15.664,0:43:19.108
but now, "This is My beloved Son..."?
0:43:19.108,0:43:20.170
(Team) "Hear Him!"
0:43:20.170,0:43:21.700
(Derek) "Listen to Him," right?
0:43:21.700,0:43:23.650
"Listen to Him."
0:43:23.650,0:43:25.675
Now, John does speak
0:43:25.675,0:43:27.558
about the testimony of the Father.
0:43:27.558,0:43:29.404
I want to look at two verses with you,
0:43:29.404,0:43:33.841
First, John 5, verses 36 to 38,
0:43:33.841,0:43:36.063
and, Joshua, if you'd be willing to read
0:43:36.063,0:43:43.042
for us John 5:36-38 and also John 12,
0:43:43.042,0:43:45.105
which is actually one time the Father
0:43:45.105,0:43:47.809
speaks that is only recorded by John.
0:43:47.809,0:43:48.939
So I'm thankful for all
0:43:48.939,0:43:50.208
of the Gospel accounts.
0:43:50.208,0:43:52.291
But, Joshua, if you could read for us
0:43:52.291,0:43:54.617
John 5, beginning with verse 36
0:43:54.617,0:43:56.266
through verse 38?
0:43:56.266,0:43:57.856
(Joshua) Alright, I'll be reading
0:43:57.856,0:44:01.458
from the New King James Version,[br]John 5:36-38:
0:44:26.974,0:44:28.428
(Derek) So even if the Father
0:44:28.428,0:44:31.954
had never spoken audibly,
0:44:31.954,0:44:35.150
the testimony of the Father is seen in...?
0:44:35.150,0:44:36.307
(Team) The Son.
0:44:36.307,0:44:37.968
(Derek) How?
0:44:37.968,0:44:38.930
(Team) His life.
0:44:38.930,0:44:40.670
(Derek) By the things He did, right?
0:44:40.670,0:44:43.017
"No man can do these things,"
0:44:43.017,0:44:45.272
Nicodemus said, "unless God
0:44:45.272,0:44:46.969
is with Him," right,
0:44:46.969,0:44:50.010
so just the testimony of His life.
0:44:50.010,0:44:51.200
But there were times,
0:44:51.200,0:44:53.268
we mentioned the baptism, we mentioned
0:44:53.268,0:44:54.980
the Mount of Transfiguration.
0:44:54.980,0:44:57.385
Let's go to John, chapter 12.
0:44:57.385,0:44:59.586
Gladys, could you read for us
0:44:59.586,0:45:01.802
beginning in verse 27.
0:45:01.802,0:45:04.138
We're getting very close
0:45:04.138,0:45:05.834
to the arrest of Jesus now.
0:45:05.834,0:45:08.676
This is right at the end of His ministry,
0:45:08.676,0:45:10.760
and some people come.
0:45:10.760,0:45:13.306
Let's see what happens in John 12,
0:45:13.306,0:45:15.538
verses 27 through 30.
0:45:15.538,0:45:19.332
(Gladys) John 12, verses 27 to 30:
0:45:56.692,0:45:57.979
(Derek) Why did some people
0:45:57.979,0:46:00.390
hear it as thunder?
0:46:00.390,0:46:01.868
I think there were some people
0:46:01.868,0:46:03.992
at the baptism that didn't hear,
0:46:03.992,0:46:06.194
"This is my beloved Son."
0:46:06.194,0:46:08.396
What do you think, Travis?
0:46:08.396,0:46:10.554
Why did they think it was thunder?
0:46:10.554,0:46:11.648
Someone else says, "No,
0:46:11.648,0:46:14.246
I think an angel was speaking."
0:46:14.246,0:46:16.150
(Travis) So, I'm going back to something
0:46:16.150,0:46:17.906
we talked about earlier, and that is
0:46:17.906,0:46:19.860
in the Corinthians where it talked
0:46:19.860,0:46:22.520
about him blinding the eyes of the mind.
0:46:22.520,0:46:26.490
(Derek) Satan, the ruler[br]of this world, right,
0:46:26.490,0:46:27.508
blinding our eyes?
0:46:27.508,0:46:28.215
(Travis) Yeah.
0:46:28.215,0:46:29.675
(Derek) So, that could be why?
0:46:29.675,0:46:31.214
(Travis) One place in Scripture,
0:46:31.214,0:46:34.537
"Give me ears to hear, " you know, so...
0:46:34.537,0:46:36.433
(Derek) "Spiritual things..."
0:46:36.433,0:46:37.486
(Derek, Team) "...are
0:46:37.486,0:46:38.612
spiritually discerned,"
0:46:38.612,0:46:40.294
(Derek) The Apostle Paul says.
0:46:40.294,0:46:42.719
So, the Father is speaking,
0:46:42.719,0:46:45.580
and the unreceptive heart
0:46:45.580,0:46:47.956
or the deaf ears only hear...?
0:46:47.956,0:46:48.893
(Team) Thunder.
0:46:48.893,0:46:50.804
(Derek) Noise, right?
0:46:50.804,0:46:54.586
I think when the Lord, risen Christ,
0:46:54.586,0:46:58.218
spoke to Saul of Tarsus, "Saul,
0:46:58.218,0:47:01.139
Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
0:47:01.139,0:47:02.728
that some of his entourage,
0:47:02.728,0:47:04.355
some of his bodyguards
0:47:04.355,0:47:07.779
didn't hear that, right?
0:47:07.779,0:47:10.200
They just saw the light.
0:47:10.200,0:47:12.226
So, again we come back to the need
0:47:12.226,0:47:13.896
for a receptive heart.
0:47:13.896,0:47:16.872
But why are these testimonies,
0:47:16.872,0:47:20.642
baptism, transfiguration, right before...
0:47:20.642,0:47:24.115
By the way, "I have glorified My name,
0:47:24.115,0:47:25.677
and I will glorify it..."?
0:47:25.677,0:47:27.580
(Team) "...again."
0:47:27.580,0:47:28.882
(Derek) What's that?
0:47:28.882,0:47:33.032
When has He already glorified His name?
0:47:33.032,0:47:36.372
In the ministry of Jesus, right,
0:47:36.372,0:47:37.593
life and ministry.
0:47:37.593,0:47:39.310
And when will He glorify it again?
0:47:39.310,0:47:40.410
(Travis) Resurrection.
0:47:40.410,0:47:43.730
(Derek) On the cross and the resurrection
0:47:43.730,0:47:45.644
and the ascension, right,
0:47:45.644,0:47:47.910
and the exultation where Jesus
0:47:47.910,0:47:49.355
is given a name...?
0:47:49.355,0:47:50.950
(Derek, Team) Above all names.
0:47:50.950,0:47:53.777
(Derek) Yes, so, "I've glorified it;
0:47:53.777,0:47:55.201
I will glorify it again."
0:47:55.201,0:48:00.808
Why do you think these overt testimonies
0:48:00.808,0:48:03.304
of God the Father are important?
0:48:03.304,0:48:06.520
Not only for Jesus, not only for those
0:48:06.520,0:48:08.988
who heard with a receptive heart,
0:48:08.988,0:48:11.669
but also for us? Anybody?
0:48:11.669,0:48:12.868
What do you think? Jason?
0:48:12.868,0:48:14.218
(Jason) I think just as John
0:48:14.218,0:48:16.607
had confidence, that bold humility,
0:48:16.607,0:48:17.712
we, too, can have that
0:48:17.712,0:48:19.642
as we read the Scriptures and understand
0:48:19.642,0:48:21.106
how God had done a great work
0:48:21.106,0:48:22.622
in Jesus' life, and that we can
0:48:22.622,0:48:24.178
share in that same work as well.
0:48:24.178,0:48:26.543
(Derek) Okay, so that's written down.
0:48:26.543,0:48:29.559
We just read it because the Holy Spirit
0:48:29.559,0:48:32.544
inspired Matthew (we read from Matthew),
0:48:32.544,0:48:35.315
Mark (we read from Mark), John
0:48:35.315,0:48:37.612
to write those things down, right,
0:48:37.612,0:48:40.259
so we could hear it. Yes, Sabina.
0:48:40.259,0:48:42.143
(Sabina) And we just started our lesson
0:48:42.143,0:48:43.662
talking about the chasm that is
0:48:43.662,0:48:45.098
between God and us
0:48:45.098,0:48:46.767
in understanding God, that there is
0:48:46.767,0:48:49.246
a need for His self-revelation to us.
0:48:49.246,0:48:51.682
And I think that especially distinguishes,
0:48:51.682,0:48:54.499
like, recognizing that He was God.
0:48:54.499,0:48:57.134
No one else, apart from God the Father,
0:48:57.134,0:48:58.454
the Son and the Holy Spirit
0:48:58.454,0:49:00.591
can testify of that, right?
0:49:00.591,0:49:02.600
So that's why I think it's so important
0:49:02.600,0:49:04.527
that not only people saw the works,
0:49:04.527,0:49:05.933
and they recognized there was
0:49:05.933,0:49:08.044
something special, but also God Himself
0:49:08.044,0:49:09.422
was able to communicate that
0:49:09.422,0:49:11.888
in that very special way.
0:49:11.888,0:49:15.521
(Derek) In this setting, Jesus says,
0:49:15.521,0:49:17.107
"The words were spoken not for Me
0:49:17.107,0:49:20.315
but for you," but I think at the baptism,
0:49:20.315,0:49:22.900
correct me if I'm wrong, help me, anybody,
0:49:22.900,0:49:27.212
Cory, Zandile, team members here,
0:49:27.212,0:49:30.401
that the voice spoken at His baptism
0:49:30.401,0:49:33.041
was also for His benefit
0:49:33.041,0:49:35.578
as well as others like John the Baptist.
0:49:35.578,0:49:38.628
The voice on the Mount of Transfiguration
0:49:38.628,0:49:41.890
was also for Him to encourage Him.
0:49:41.890,0:49:43.712
I don't know, Puia, what do you think?
0:49:43.712,0:49:45.962
(Puia) When I try to put myself
0:49:45.962,0:49:47.897
in the shoes of the people at that time,
0:49:47.897,0:49:50.009
they probably were not used to the idea
0:49:50.009,0:49:52.344
of God having a Son,
0:49:52.344,0:49:55.290
because they grew up being taught
0:49:55.290,0:49:58.820
that God is one, and there is only one.
0:49:58.820,0:50:02.236
And for God to have a Son, it was
0:50:02.236,0:50:05.529
a strange idea, so the Father testifying
0:50:05.529,0:50:07.604
that this was His Son, I believe,
0:50:07.604,0:50:11.729
would have broadened their understanding
0:50:11.729,0:50:13.329
of the nature of God.
0:50:13.329,0:50:14.905
(Derek) "This is My beloved Son."
0:50:14.905,0:50:16.338
Zandile, you want to add
0:50:16.338,0:50:18.827
to the discussion.
0:50:18.827,0:50:20.230
(Zandile) Yeah, I want to add
0:50:20.230,0:50:22.216
on what Puia just said.
0:50:22.216,0:50:23.894
Back in the Old Testament, He said
0:50:23.894,0:50:26.810
in the mouth of two witnesses or three,
0:50:26.810,0:50:29.761
it let whatever it was be established.
0:50:29.761,0:50:32.285
And now I see God going back to His Word
0:50:32.285,0:50:34.529
and establishing the fact that Jesus
0:50:34.529,0:50:37.395
was His Son because He testifies of Him
0:50:37.395,0:50:39.311
more than two times.
0:50:39.311,0:50:41.404
(Derek) Right, well, the testimony
0:50:41.404,0:50:43.112
is in the works Jesus is doing
0:50:43.112,0:50:45.149
and in the word the Father is speaking.
0:50:45.149,0:50:47.438
Well, let's look, the last testimony -
0:50:47.438,0:50:50.101
we're talking about More Testimonies
0:50:50.101,0:50:52.282
about Jesus - is the testimony
0:50:52.282,0:50:55.837
of Jesus Himself.
0:50:55.837,0:50:57.501
And we could look at many verses,
0:50:57.501,0:51:02.328
but I want to focus in on John 7.
0:51:02.328,0:51:04.663
In fact, we talked about this, didn't we,
0:51:04.663,0:51:05.505
on the last day,
0:51:05.505,0:51:07.764
the great day of the feast.
0:51:07.764,0:51:09.494
Cory, if you could read that for us
0:51:09.494,0:51:15.136
in John 7:37,38, and let's see
0:51:15.136,0:51:19.363
how Jesus testified about Himself.
0:51:19.363,0:51:21.272
(Cory) From the New King James Version:
0:51:41.529,0:51:43.336
(Derek) I think, Travis, when we were
0:51:43.336,0:51:44.626
talking about The Testimony
0:51:44.626,0:51:46.823
of the Samaritans, that living water
0:51:46.823,0:51:47.936
that Jesus spoke about.
0:51:47.936,0:51:49.789
But let's go down to verse 40 now,
0:51:49.789,0:51:51.915
Tendi, if you could read in John 7,
0:51:51.915,0:51:55.756
let's see how those present responded
0:51:55.756,0:51:57.234
to this bold testimony of Jesus
0:51:57.234,0:52:01.612
about Himself, verses 40 to 44 of John 7.
0:52:01.612,0:52:02.935
(Tendi) And I'll be reading
0:52:02.935,0:52:04.555
from the New King James:
0:52:41.999,0:52:45.614
(Derek) By the way, "take Him,"[br]take Him...?
0:52:45.614,0:52:46.612
(Travis) To kill Him.
0:52:46.612,0:52:47.955
(Derek) To kill Him, right,
0:52:47.955,0:52:50.670
take Him by force.
0:52:50.670,0:52:53.661
In fact, as we pick up in verse 45
0:52:53.661,0:52:56.100
down through 49, we'll see
0:52:56.100,0:52:59.060
that the chief priests had already sent
0:52:59.060,0:53:02.434
a detachment of soldiers to arrest Him.
0:53:02.434,0:53:05.217
And, Joshua, if you could read that for us
0:53:05.217,0:53:10.264
in John 7, verses 45 to 49,
0:53:10.264,0:53:13.138
they've gone; their mission
0:53:13.138,0:53:15.867
is to arrest Jesus, and let's see
0:53:15.867,0:53:17.914
their testimony about Jesus.
0:53:17.914,0:53:19.070
(Joshua) I'll be reading
0:53:19.070,0:53:20.610
from the New King James Version:
0:53:44.947,0:53:47.509
(Derek) Now, I don't know what happened.
0:53:47.509,0:53:49.195
I don't know, they were told, "Go
0:53:49.195,0:53:50.381
and arrest Jesus."
0:53:50.381,0:53:53.360
So I imagine the soldiers, the officers,
0:53:53.360,0:53:55.870
the temple guard, they go.
0:53:55.870,0:53:58.111
And the crowd is there, and so as they
0:53:58.111,0:53:59.541
are kind of getting closer,
0:53:59.541,0:54:04.539
they start hearing Jesus speak.
0:54:04.539,0:54:05.785
And what's their reaction?
0:54:05.785,0:54:07.355
Well, we know later because they
0:54:07.355,0:54:08.419
tell the chief priest.
0:54:08.419,0:54:09.720
What's their reaction?
0:54:09.720,0:54:12.659
(Team) "No man spoke like this."
0:54:12.659,0:54:13.665
(Sabina) Surprise.
0:54:13.665,0:54:15.160
(Derek) "The people who sent us
0:54:15.160,0:54:17.175
don't talk like this," right?
0:54:17.175,0:54:18.047
(Team) Right.
0:54:18.047,0:54:19.533
(Derek) Right? They don't speak
0:54:19.533,0:54:22.381
with authority from a living connection
0:54:22.381,0:54:24.779
with the heavenly Father.
0:54:24.779,0:54:26.290
So I don't know; you'll have
0:54:26.290,0:54:27.695
to help me on this.
0:54:27.695,0:54:30.512
I don't know if they were so impacted
0:54:30.512,0:54:32.479
by what they were hearing
0:54:32.479,0:54:35.394
that they forgot why they were there!
0:54:35.394,0:54:36.279
(Team) Possibly.
0:54:36.279,0:54:39.060
(Derek) Has that ever happened to you?
0:54:39.060,0:54:39.979
You went somewhere,
0:54:39.979,0:54:41.937
and you forgot why you went there?
0:54:41.937,0:54:44.068
And say, "I've got to go back."
0:54:44.068,0:54:45.960
I don't know whether they went back
0:54:45.960,0:54:49.686
saying, "Okay, time for lunch."
0:54:49.686,0:54:51.548
I don't know, maybe they knew
0:54:51.548,0:54:55.740
exactly why, but they felt
0:54:55.740,0:55:00.177
incapacitated by the powerful words[br]of Jesus.
0:55:00.177,0:55:02.074
(Team) Amen.
0:55:02.074,0:55:04.190
(Derek) What can we learn from this story?
0:55:04.190,0:55:05.168
By the way, that was
0:55:05.168,0:55:06.489
their testimony, right?
0:55:06.489,0:55:09.108
What was their testimony about Jesus?
0:55:09.108,0:55:10.331
(Derek, Team) "Nobody..."
0:55:10.331,0:55:11.671
(Team) "...spoke like Him."
0:55:11.671,0:55:13.875
(Derek) "...spoke like this Man speaks."
0:55:13.875,0:55:16.488
We've got just a couple of minutes left.
0:55:16.488,0:55:18.291
Take a big look at the picture here.
0:55:18.291,0:55:20.523
What lessons can we learn, Viara?
0:55:20.523,0:55:21.880
What can we learn from this?
0:55:21.880,0:55:23.864
(Viara) I have times when I go to church,
0:55:23.864,0:55:26.778
and I only hear, "Blah, blah, blah,[br]blah, blah, blah, blah..."
0:55:26.778,0:55:27.747
(Derek) I don't know
0:55:27.747,0:55:28.847
how to translate that.
0:55:28.847,0:55:30.836
(Viara) Or I open the Word of God,
0:55:30.836,0:55:32.955
and I only hear, like, "Blah..."
0:55:32.955,0:55:35.115
I don't get touched.
0:55:35.115,0:55:37.872
And then I pray to God,
0:55:37.872,0:55:39.666
and I'm like, "God, if You're real,
0:55:39.666,0:55:40.870
please talk to me."
0:55:40.870,0:55:44.275
And I have to say that the Holy Spirit
0:55:44.275,0:55:46.996
is so real and present, even today.
0:55:46.996,0:55:50.044
And when I say this prayer, my ears open,
0:55:50.044,0:55:52.161
my eyes open, and I hear something
0:55:52.161,0:55:53.714
that touches my heart, and I see
0:55:53.714,0:55:55.287
the reality and presence of God.
0:55:55.287,0:55:57.088
(Derek) Powerful. Now, I just had
0:55:57.088,0:56:00.679
an epiphany, an awareness.
0:56:00.679,0:56:02.934
I wonder if when Jesus saw
0:56:02.934,0:56:05.713
the temple guards coming to arrest Him,
0:56:05.713,0:56:12.281
He prayed, "Holy Father, open their ears![br]Open their..."
0:56:12.281,0:56:14.400
(Derek, Team) "...eyes."
0:56:14.400,0:56:15.890
(Derek) The religious leaders
0:56:15.890,0:56:19.912
are blind and deaf, but the temple guards
0:56:19.912,0:56:21.928
don't come for a revival meeting;
0:56:21.928,0:56:23.447
they come because they've been
0:56:23.447,0:56:24.896
asked to arrest Him.
0:56:24.896,0:56:26.091
Do you think Jesus prayed
0:56:26.091,0:56:27.855
even for the temple guards
0:56:27.855,0:56:29.306
that God would open their ears
0:56:29.306,0:56:30.265
and open their eyes?
0:56:30.265,0:56:33.024
Anybody else, closing lesson. Puia.
0:56:33.024,0:56:34.020
(Puia) Enough people
0:56:34.020,0:56:36.263
have testified about Jesus.
0:56:36.263,0:56:37.819
We only have to read the stories
0:56:37.819,0:56:40.483
and open our hearts for us to receive
0:56:40.483,0:56:42.423
that revelation of God, too.
0:56:42.423,0:56:43.329
(Team) Amen.
0:56:43.329,0:56:44.850
(Derek) I just want to challenge
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you today, and we've heard,
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read the story, but also pray
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that the Holy Spirit would take away
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that blinder the enemy
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has put in front of us so that we can see
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and we can hear the truth about Jesus,
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about the immeasurable and unfailing love
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of God that He came to reveal
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from our heavenly Father.
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That is a miracle!
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And it can happen for you and for me.
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In fact, I think it needs to happen
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day by day, because the distractions
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of this world are all around us.
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And, friend, when that happens,
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we've been learning from the testimonies
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that have been given, we will be changed,
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transformed, and become
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living witnesses for Him.
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Let's pray; Father in Heaven, we've heard
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some powerful testimonies today,
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and I just thank You, that even when we
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don't have all of the answers
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that we can say, "I know who Jesus is,
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and I'm going to press close
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to Jesus my Savior."
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I pray that for each one,
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and may lives around us be blessed.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Thanks for joining us[br]for Hope Sabbath School.
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We're not done with the journey,
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Themes in the Gospel of John,
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life-changing messages.
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The key to that message:
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Press close to Jesus.
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And then go out and be a blessing
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to those around you.
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