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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 <i>Themes in the Gospel of John,</i>

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today, <i>More Testimonies about Jesus.</i>

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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 <i>you're</i> 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.
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]
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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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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 <i>Trilogy Scripture Songs.</i>

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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 <i>Trilogy Scripture Songs</i>

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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
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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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(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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But we're going to discover

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<i>More Testimonies about Jesus,</i>

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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 <i>your</i> 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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<i>Themes in the Gospel of John,</i>

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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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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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"Behold! The Lamb of God,"

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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,
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
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

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with how to understand and listen

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to the voice of God.

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So, God, who had already sent him

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with the message of repentance

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for the coming of the Messiah

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that was about to come soon

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also helped him recognize that Jesus

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was the Messiah he was announcing.

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(Derek) So, I have a question for you.

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We study the Bible.

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It's Hope Sabbath School;

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we study the Bible.

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Why is divine revelation

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or supernatural revelation so important

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in order to arrive at truth

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with full confidence? Puia?

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(Puia) In our previous discussion,

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we talked about the chasm

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between God and man; it's just so vast

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that unless God reveals Himself to us,

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we cannot find out

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about who He is on our own.

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And Travis pointed out before that the god

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of this world, Satan, according to Paul,

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has blinded us, so we need

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that supernatural revelation

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so that the veil would be taken away.

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(Derek) Alright, Viara?

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(Viara) Eastern meditation is very popular

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today, but I feel that the problem of it

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is that it focuses inward.

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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.

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(Derek) Doesn't work.

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(Viara) It doesn't work.

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(Derek) So, what do we need?

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We need something

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from outside of ourselves.

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Now, Travis, and then I want to ask

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what is the clearest revelation

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that God gave so that we could know

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the truth about Him?

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(Travis) One of the things

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that sets our Creator God apart

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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

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in chapter 2, and in chapter 14 of John;

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it says, "I told you these things

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before they happen so when they do

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that you would believe."

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Prophecies, even small, short prophecies,

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maybe a few weeks, a few months,

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a few years, these are

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supernatural prophecies; nobody else

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but God knows this.

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And it just gives us confidence

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that He is God.

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(Derek) Now, can you think

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of a Bible verse that reinforces

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what we've been saying.

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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."
Yes, Jason.

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(Jason) I do have a verse,

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if we can read it.

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It's from 2 Timothy, chapter 3,

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verses 16 through 17.

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(Derek) Alright, now some people may think

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2 Timothy was written

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by Timothy, but it wasn't.

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There's a 1 Timothy and a 2 Timothy

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written <i>to</i> Timothy by...?

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(Derek, Team) The Apostle Paul.

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(Derek) And you're reading
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.

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Isn't there a psalm that says,
"Your Word is a..."?

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(Derek, Team) "...lamp to my feet

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and a light to my path."

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(Derek) Psalm 119, right, verse 105.

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So, the Bible is a revelation that can

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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?

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Verses 1 and 2, so it would be...

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(Derek) Alright, give us a moment

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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.

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Hebrews 1, verses 1 and 2?

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(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,

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you're saying, is Jesus,

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but now I have a difficult question:

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How much would we know about Jesus

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if the prophets hadn't

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written in the Bible?

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How much would we know?

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Why, God would have to give us a vision

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or have to give us a dream, right?

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So, are we thankful for the Bible today?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) We're thankful

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for the Bible today.

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Well, I'm going to ask Cory if you'd read

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for us this same prophet John,

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who boldly shared because he

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had received divine revelation,

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his testimony in John 3, verses 30 to 36,

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John 3:30-36, and I want you to listen

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and ask yourself the question:

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How can we ensure that we're

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always pointing people to Jesus

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rather than drawing attention

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to ourselves? Cory?

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(Cory) John 3:30-36, I'm reading

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from the New King James:

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(Derek) What impresses you

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about that testimony?

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Thank you, Cory, for reading that.

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I mean, this is startling.

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I know that John the Baptist

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didn't go to the school of Shammai

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or the school of Hillel.

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I know he didn't study under Gamaliel.

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He grew up with elderly parents,

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and then, at some point, went

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into the desert, right, to detach hmself

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from the corruption.

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Where did he find such profound wisdom

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in his testimony about Jesus as Messiah?

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Anybody, where did he find that? Travis?

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(Travis) It could only be

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from the Spirit of God, it could only be.

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(Derek) You know, I think of fishermen

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like Peter who end up speaking so boldly

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on the Day of Pentecost.

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It can only happen

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by the Spirit of God, right?

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John gives a testimony.

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Anything that impresses you, Puia,

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about his testimony about Jesus?

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(Puia) Right, the Gospel of John

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didn't include this part of the story,

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but Matthew included that later he was

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thrown in prison and then he

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at one point struggled to understand

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the mission of Jesus Himself.

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From the darkness of the prison,

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he sent his disciples to Jesus

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to ask if He was truly the Messiah.

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And yet through it all, he was faithful

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until he lost his life,

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and that is just so powerful.

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(Derek) Thank you for giving us

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that extra summary; that's why all

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of the Gospels are helpful, aren't they?

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We're focusing on John,
who doesn't mention

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any of those details, but you're right.

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Because John the Baptist rebuked

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Herod Antipas for living

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with his brother's wife, Herodias,

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she schemed to have him beheaded.

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A tragic ending, but he remained

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faithful, didn't he?

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(Team) Right. Amen.

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(Derek) The boldness, "He who believes

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in the Son of God has eternal life,"

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what do you think of that?

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What are your thoughts about that,
verse 36?

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Zandile, that sounds crystal clear to me,

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"He who believes in the Son of God

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has everlasting life."

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(Zandile) It reminded me of John 3:16

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where Jesus Himself says that He is

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the life, that, "Whosoever believes in Him

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should have eternal life."

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So John is kind of quoting

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from the words of Jesus Himself,

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yet it is the Spirit of God

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that inspired Him.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Amazing, could it be -

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you're watching Hope Sabbath School today,

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we're here - could it be that, filled

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with the Holy Spirit - because you
did talk

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about the Spirit guiding him, right -

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that filled with the Holy Spirit, we

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could speak with such clarity and boldness

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in our witness about Jesus?

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Is that possible?

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(Team) Yes.

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(Derek) It's possible, isn't it?

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Well, we're going to continue our study,

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and we're going to look

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at the feeding of the 5,000.

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You say, "Derek, we looked at that

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in this series," but we're going to see

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what happens afterwards.

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So could someone please summarize?

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Jesus goes to a secluded place.

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In fact, he encourages his disciples

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to come and rest a while, but everybody

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starts following Him around the lake.

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Some of you have been to Israel.

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You've been on the Sea of Galilee,

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and you know you can see

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to the other side; I mean,

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it's not like 500 miles across, right?

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It may be seven or eight miles,

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maybe less up toward the north part
of the lake.

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So, they're all running around.

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Jesus ends up teaching them all day,

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and then He provides a meal for them.

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Where did they get the food?

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Someone help us; where did they
get the food? Gladys.

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(Gladys) There was a little boy

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with a basket with five loaves

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of bread and two fish.

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(Derek) I kind of imagine that story,

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this little boy, he's given a lunch

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by his mother, right?

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He's going to listen to Jesus.

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As Jesus starts taking the bread

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and the fish, having prayed to God,

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right, the Father,

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I imagine the little boy kind of looking

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under the basket, you know, like,

541
00:24:44,509 --> 00:24:45,899
"Wow, my mama gave me

542
00:24:45,899 --> 00:24:48,470
a big lunch today," you know?

543
00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:49,692
And I imagine Jesus -

544
00:24:49,692 --> 00:24:51,937
I may be wrong - but I imagine Jesus

545
00:24:51,937 --> 00:24:53,974
just smiling at him, you know?

546
00:24:53,974 --> 00:24:56,269
He's just smiling, as He's taking the food

547
00:24:56,269 --> 00:24:57,682
and feeding the multitude;

548
00:24:57,682 --> 00:25:02,128
That's the story, 5,000 men

549
00:25:02,128 --> 00:25:04,309
plus women and children, right?

550
00:25:04,309 --> 00:25:05,939
But I want to pick up what happens

551
00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:09,459
the next day, because we're going to see

552
00:25:09,459 --> 00:25:12,543
another powerful testimony about Jesus.

553
00:25:12,543 --> 00:25:14,776
And it's a testimony from someone

554
00:25:14,776 --> 00:25:16,734
who could have given up.

555
00:25:16,734 --> 00:25:20,459
So, John, chapter 6, Viara, if you

556
00:25:20,459 --> 00:25:23,625
could read for us John, chapter 6,

557
00:25:23,625 --> 00:25:26,429
beginning with verse 22.

558
00:25:26,429 --> 00:25:28,363
Let's pick up the story and see

559
00:25:28,363 --> 00:25:31,630
how the crowd expects things

560
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:33,507
to happen the next day.

561
00:25:33,507 --> 00:25:34,440
(Viara) I'm reading

562
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,325
from the New Living Translation:

563
00:26:55,154 --> 00:26:57,320
(Derek) Thank you for reading the story

564
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,180
with such enthusiasm,

565
00:26:59,180 --> 00:27:01,961
because what are they wanting?

566
00:27:01,961 --> 00:27:03,731
(Team) Miracles. More bread.

567
00:27:03,731 --> 00:27:04,717
(Derek) More bread.

568
00:27:04,717 --> 00:27:05,854
Miracles is right,

569
00:27:05,854 --> 00:27:10,287
but specifically more fish sandwiches,
right?

570
00:27:10,287 --> 00:27:12,860
"If You could just keep performing

571
00:27:12,860 --> 00:27:15,052
those miracles for us..."

572
00:27:15,052 --> 00:27:18,461
But what is the most important work?

573
00:27:18,461 --> 00:27:19,912
By the way, they say, "Let us

574
00:27:19,912 --> 00:27:21,409
perform works," in other words,

575
00:27:21,409 --> 00:27:23,154
"Give us the ability to..."?

576
00:27:23,154 --> 00:27:24,289
(Jason) Make food.

577
00:27:24,289 --> 00:27:25,995
(Derek) "...perform miracles, too,"

578
00:27:25,995 --> 00:27:28,134
"...to make food, too," right?

579
00:27:28,134 --> 00:27:30,731
And what is the most important work,
Jesus says?

580
00:27:30,731 --> 00:27:31,863
(Team) Believe.

581
00:27:31,863 --> 00:27:33,801
(Derek) To believe in Him, right? Viara?

582
00:27:33,801 --> 00:27:35,171
(Viara) It's so interesting,

583
00:27:35,171 --> 00:27:37,160
why, as humans, if we have

584
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,888
to do something, we are right there;

585
00:27:38,888 --> 00:27:40,365
do we want to perform something

586
00:27:40,365 --> 00:27:41,673
to deserve our salvation?

587
00:27:41,673 --> 00:27:44,145
And what it takes is surrender,

588
00:27:44,145 --> 00:27:45,245
surrender and believe.

589
00:27:45,245 --> 00:27:46,551
Surrender your will to God,

590
00:27:46,551 --> 00:27:48,870
and it seems like this is more difficult

591
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:51,373
for us than to do something.

592
00:27:51,373 --> 00:27:52,261
(Derek) For sure.

593
00:27:52,261 --> 00:27:53,904
Tendi, can you continue the story.

594
00:27:53,904 --> 00:27:55,463
We could read the whole chapter,

595
00:27:55,463 --> 00:27:58,533
but I'd like to pick up in verse 48

596
00:27:58,533 --> 00:28:02,544
where Jesus expands

597
00:28:02,544 --> 00:28:04,410
on what He said earlier,

598
00:28:04,410 --> 00:28:07,440
that it's not about free fish sandwiches;

599
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,193
it's about bread that comes

600
00:28:09,193 --> 00:28:12,996
down from Heaven, that if they eat that,

601
00:28:12,996 --> 00:28:15,030
they will have life forever.

602
00:28:15,030 --> 00:28:18,927
Pick up for us, if you would, in verse 48

603
00:28:18,927 --> 00:28:21,852
and following to 66, and let's see

604
00:28:21,852 --> 00:28:24,915
how the crowd [reacts] that's come

605
00:28:24,915 --> 00:28:28,970
for more miracles and more food.

606
00:28:28,970 --> 00:28:30,269
(Tendi) And I'll be reading

607
00:28:30,269 --> 00:28:32,749
from the New King James Version,

608
00:28:32,749 --> 00:28:36,981
John 6:48-66, and it reads:

609
00:31:29,911 --> 00:31:30,913
(Derek) I don't know

610
00:31:30,913 --> 00:31:32,060
what the percentage was,

611
00:31:32,060 --> 00:31:35,960
but "many" is many.

612
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,957
We're going to discover even the twelve

613
00:31:38,957 --> 00:31:40,456
think about leaving.

614
00:31:40,456 --> 00:31:43,674
What message was so difficult

615
00:31:43,674 --> 00:31:45,582
for them to hear?

616
00:31:45,582 --> 00:31:48,406
What was so difficult for them

617
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:53,073
and maybe a little beyond their
comprehension? Sabina?

618
00:31:53,073 --> 00:31:54,747
(Sabina) So it seems like they were

619
00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:56,357
expecting something that they

620
00:31:56,357 --> 00:31:58,391
could immediately see, you know,

621
00:31:58,391 --> 00:32:00,580
as sustenance for them, for instance.

622
00:32:00,580 --> 00:32:02,958
And we know even the Jewish community

623
00:32:02,958 --> 00:32:05,407
was expecting a kingdom to be set up

624
00:32:05,407 --> 00:32:07,361
that would help that oppression

625
00:32:07,361 --> 00:32:09,790
they were suffering to be taken away.

626
00:32:09,790 --> 00:32:11,658
So it seems to me that it was hard

627
00:32:11,658 --> 00:32:14,174
for them, one, to understand it was a gift

628
00:32:14,174 --> 00:32:16,374
that was being extended to them,

629
00:32:16,374 --> 00:32:18,360
because even the question that they had,

630
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,188
how they would perform the same works,

631
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:22,217
et cetera, Jesus said, "Hey, you just need

632
00:32:22,217 --> 00:32:23,955
to receive what I have here for you;

633
00:32:23,955 --> 00:32:24,764
just believe it."

634
00:32:24,764 --> 00:32:26,425
But then further, it gets

635
00:32:26,425 --> 00:32:28,325
a bit more difficult, not only that it

636
00:32:28,325 --> 00:32:30,930
was a gift, but it seemingly it was

637
00:32:30,930 --> 00:32:33,288
not something they would immediately see

638
00:32:33,288 --> 00:32:35,357
in every avenue of their expectations

639
00:32:35,357 --> 00:32:39,203
of what an abundant life would look like.

640
00:32:39,203 --> 00:32:42,392
So, I think that's part of the reasons why

641
00:32:42,392 --> 00:32:44,880
some of them left because they
just wanted the...

642
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,715
(Derek) There are probably some people

643
00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:48,559
even today who say, "I have

644
00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:51,650
no idea what this means," right?

645
00:32:51,650 --> 00:32:54,654
What does it mean (Puia, I see your hand)

646
00:32:54,654 --> 00:32:58,606
to eat the flesh and drink the blood

647
00:32:58,606 --> 00:33:00,360
of the Son of God?

648
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,620
Jesus has come into humanity;

649
00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:04,153
what does that mean?

650
00:33:04,153 --> 00:33:05,417
(Puia) That's what I was

651
00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:06,650
going to point out.

652
00:33:06,650 --> 00:33:08,990
For people who would be hearing this

653
00:33:08,990 --> 00:33:10,664
for the first time when Jesus said,

654
00:33:10,664 --> 00:33:12,938
"Eat my flesh and drink my blood,"

655
00:33:12,938 --> 00:33:15,387
it's very raw, and they

656
00:33:15,387 --> 00:33:17,440
probably couldn't understand.

657
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,207
And moreover, I believe Jesus claiming

658
00:33:20,207 --> 00:33:21,892
that He came from Heaven

659
00:33:21,892 --> 00:33:25,300
and that He was talking about God

660
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,992
as if God was His Father,

661
00:33:27,992 --> 00:33:30,709
for them to hear this, you know,

662
00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,503
it just didn't make sense to them

663
00:33:32,503 --> 00:33:34,190
if they were not open.

664
00:33:34,190 --> 00:33:35,958
(Derek) Now, we have the advantage

665
00:33:35,958 --> 00:33:38,457
of some time passing, because when you

666
00:33:38,457 --> 00:33:41,674
think of, "This is My body broken for you;

667
00:33:41,674 --> 00:33:43,361
this is My blood," we

668
00:33:43,361 --> 00:33:45,870
immediately think of what service?

669
00:33:45,870 --> 00:33:47,202
(Derek, Team) The Communion.

670
00:33:47,202 --> 00:33:48,374
(Derek) The Last Supper

671
00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:51,540
where Jesus takes symbols...

672
00:33:51,540 --> 00:33:53,211
Now, that can't literally have been

673
00:33:53,211 --> 00:33:54,991
His body and blood shed and broken

674
00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:57,209
because this is before His death,

675
00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:59,396
but they symbolize, right?

676
00:33:59,396 --> 00:34:01,587
The bread from the Passover meal,

677
00:34:01,587 --> 00:34:05,089
the juice from the Passover meal,

678
00:34:05,089 --> 00:34:09,110
and when we take them inside of us

679
00:34:09,110 --> 00:34:10,070
what does that mean

680
00:34:10,070 --> 00:34:13,067
even in that service? Anybody?

681
00:34:13,067 --> 00:34:14,970
What does it mean when we accept

682
00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:17,708
those symbols of the broken body

683
00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,207
and shed blood of Jesus?

684
00:34:19,207 --> 00:34:21,038
(Gladys) We accept Jesus' sacrifice

685
00:34:21,038 --> 00:34:22,314
and redemption for us,

686
00:34:22,314 --> 00:34:25,445
but the key here is the belief.

687
00:34:25,445 --> 00:34:28,607
We said before that unless the Father

688
00:34:28,607 --> 00:34:30,780
reveals, gives a revelation,

689
00:34:30,780 --> 00:34:33,088
there's no way that you can understand.

690
00:34:33,088 --> 00:34:34,854
(Derek) I don't why He didn't say it

691
00:34:34,854 --> 00:34:35,865
a little more simply.

692
00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:37,091
Maybe He was just wanting

693
00:34:37,091 --> 00:34:38,961
to challenge them because He could have

694
00:34:38,961 --> 00:34:42,061
just said, "If you accept Me," right,

695
00:34:42,061 --> 00:34:43,801
"you will have...," but He said that

696
00:34:43,801 --> 00:34:44,985
earlier, didn't He?

697
00:34:44,985 --> 00:34:48,207
That's the work, to believe, right?

698
00:34:48,207 --> 00:34:53,177
But accepting Jesus is what He's

699
00:34:53,177 --> 00:34:55,171
calling us to do,

700
00:34:55,171 --> 00:34:58,027
rather than just accept free gifts.

701
00:34:58,027 --> 00:35:01,624
Well, this was difficult, many left.

702
00:35:01,624 --> 00:35:05,691
I want to go on and look in verse 67,

703
00:35:05,691 --> 00:35:07,210
and, Zandile, I know you've had

704
00:35:07,210 --> 00:35:09,540
your hand raised very patiently,

705
00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:10,671
so I'm going to ask you

706
00:35:10,671 --> 00:35:13,277
to make your comment, and then read for us

707
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:17,107
from John 6:[66]-69,

708
00:35:17,107 --> 00:35:19,404
how even the closest disciples

709
00:35:19,404 --> 00:35:20,804
of Jesus reacted.

710
00:35:20,804 --> 00:35:24,100
But feel free to make your comment first.

711
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:27,293
(Zandile) Okay, I wanted to say that they

712
00:35:27,293 --> 00:35:29,904
were blinded by the past.

713
00:35:29,904 --> 00:35:32,001
They were blinded by the manna,

714
00:35:32,001 --> 00:35:34,425
and they could not link together

715
00:35:34,425 --> 00:35:36,764
when Jesus was saying, "I am the bread."

716
00:35:36,764 --> 00:35:39,190
That was referring to that manna

717
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:41,112
that He fed to their fathers.

718
00:35:41,112 --> 00:35:43,371
But they failed to see the future,

719
00:35:43,371 --> 00:35:45,646
and they wanted a physical sign,

720
00:35:45,646 --> 00:35:48,696
which Christ did not give at that time.

721
00:35:48,696 --> 00:35:50,958
So, just like us today, sometimes

722
00:35:50,958 --> 00:35:53,187
we have things that are blinding us,

723
00:35:53,187 --> 00:35:55,370
we are holding onto things of the past,

724
00:35:55,370 --> 00:35:56,988
yet God is moving us

725
00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:58,972
in a certain direction.

726
00:35:58,972 --> 00:36:01,498
(Derek) Thank you for sharing.

727
00:36:01,498 --> 00:36:02,839
Read for us, if you would,

728
00:36:02,839 --> 00:36:07,460
from John 6:[66]-69.

729
00:36:07,460 --> 00:36:08,862
(Zandile) And I'll be reading

730
00:36:08,862 --> 00:36:12,382
from the New King James Version,
verse 66 says:

731
00:36:39,090 --> 00:36:40,307
(Derek) What do you think

732
00:36:40,307 --> 00:36:43,542
about Simon Peter's testimony? Cory?

733
00:36:43,542 --> 00:36:46,718
He doesn't say, "I'm not confused;

734
00:36:46,718 --> 00:36:50,309
they're all confused."

735
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:51,117
What do you think

736
00:36:51,117 --> 00:36:53,263
about his testimony, Cory?

737
00:36:53,263 --> 00:36:54,840
(Cory) It's beautiful and amazing

738
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,257
because he steps out in faith

739
00:36:56,257 --> 00:36:58,613
and just shows that, "You have

740
00:36:58,613 --> 00:36:59,914
the words of eternal life,"

741
00:36:59,914 --> 00:37:02,587
so he hasn't linked, fully, the bread

742
00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:05,957
and words together, but he sees

743
00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,900
that Christ is that bread.

744
00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:09,170
And that's an amazing step

745
00:37:09,170 --> 00:37:11,300
of faith on his part.

746
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:12,227
(Derek) Anyone want

747
00:37:12,227 --> 00:37:13,504
to add to that? Sabina?

748
00:37:13,504 --> 00:37:14,894
(Sabina) I think that is one

749
00:37:14,894 --> 00:37:16,474
of the most beautiful testimonies

750
00:37:16,474 --> 00:37:18,543
that we find in the New Testament

751
00:37:18,543 --> 00:37:21,497
about what Jesus has to offer,

752
00:37:21,497 --> 00:37:23,492
because Jesus offers abundant life.

753
00:37:23,492 --> 00:37:25,821
In so many ways, He blesses us,

754
00:37:25,821 --> 00:37:29,306
but if we forget the most important

755
00:37:29,306 --> 00:37:31,471
and fundamental truth that while He came

756
00:37:31,471 --> 00:37:34,497
primarily to give us eternal life,

757
00:37:34,497 --> 00:37:36,371
restore us from death to life

758
00:37:36,371 --> 00:37:37,786
and that we can have

759
00:37:37,786 --> 00:37:40,685
relationship with God forever,

760
00:37:40,685 --> 00:37:41,886
then all the other things

761
00:37:41,886 --> 00:37:44,626
[don't matter at all], right?

762
00:37:44,626 --> 00:37:47,014
I'm thinking of Paul also when he says

763
00:37:47,014 --> 00:37:51,529
that, "What do we profit if we don't have

764
00:37:51,529 --> 00:37:53,869
the truth of life eternal?"

765
00:37:53,869 --> 00:37:55,706
(Derek) I'm remembering, and then I'll

766
00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:56,962
come to many hands raised,

767
00:37:56,962 --> 00:37:58,598
the scientist who said to me...

768
00:37:58,598 --> 00:38:01,254
He studied with a lot of atheists,

769
00:38:01,254 --> 00:38:05,269
agnostics and evolutionists

770
00:38:05,269 --> 00:38:08,335
and studied advanced genetics.

771
00:38:08,335 --> 00:38:11,270
He said, "I have a lot of questions,

772
00:38:11,270 --> 00:38:13,750
but I'm going to ask them

773
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,192
when I see Jesus."

774
00:38:16,192 --> 00:38:18,269
In other words, he was saying,

775
00:38:18,269 --> 00:38:19,839
"I have come to believe and know

776
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:21,549
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son

777
00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:24,204
of the living God," listen now, "and I can

778
00:38:24,204 --> 00:38:27,162
live with some unanswered questions

779
00:38:27,162 --> 00:38:29,373
because I know the most important question

780
00:38:29,373 --> 00:38:30,314
has been answered."

781
00:38:30,314 --> 00:38:31,562
Are you with me?

782
00:38:31,562 --> 00:38:33,135
I don't think Peter understands,

783
00:38:33,135 --> 00:38:34,526
like Cory said, I don't think

784
00:38:34,526 --> 00:38:36,293
he understood it all, but he said,

785
00:38:36,293 --> 00:38:39,801
"Jesus, I know who You are.

786
00:38:39,801 --> 00:38:41,796
I'm going to trust in You." Gladys?

787
00:38:41,796 --> 00:38:43,762
(Gladys) That's what I was going to say,

788
00:38:43,762 --> 00:38:45,241
that he may not have understood

789
00:38:45,241 --> 00:38:47,589
everything, but he said, "Where can I go?

790
00:38:47,589 --> 00:38:49,017
You are the only One

791
00:38:49,017 --> 00:38:50,489
that I want to be close to.

792
00:38:50,489 --> 00:38:52,241
You are the Son of God."

793
00:38:52,241 --> 00:38:54,149
So he may not have understood everything

794
00:38:54,149 --> 00:38:55,584
that Jesus was trying to imply

795
00:38:55,584 --> 00:38:57,024
with His body and the blood,

796
00:38:57,024 --> 00:38:59,175
and drink this and that, but he knew

797
00:38:59,175 --> 00:39:02,066
that he wanted to be with Jesus.

798
00:39:02,066 --> 00:39:03,500
(Derek) There is so much more

799
00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:05,343
we could share; I'm going to let Puia

800
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:06,790
make a comment, but I want you

801
00:39:06,790 --> 00:39:08,198
to think about this question.

802
00:39:08,198 --> 00:39:09,393
I want you to think, was

803
00:39:09,393 --> 00:39:13,161
there ever a turbulent time in your life

804
00:39:13,161 --> 00:39:15,930
(a lot of people were leaving Jesus),

805
00:39:15,930 --> 00:39:17,788
and you just said, "I'm going

806
00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:19,954
to hold onto Jesus"?

807
00:39:19,954 --> 00:39:21,444
"Even though it may be that all

808
00:39:21,444 --> 00:39:23,000
of my questions aren't answered,

809
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,055
I'm going to hold on."

810
00:39:24,055 --> 00:39:25,629
I see, Cory, your hand raised.

811
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:26,780
Puia, make your comment,

812
00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:28,585
but maybe someone's watching,

813
00:39:28,585 --> 00:39:30,195
maybe you're watching and saying,

814
00:39:30,195 --> 00:39:32,113
"Derek, you have no idea.

815
00:39:32,113 --> 00:39:34,870
I have family members leaving Jesus.

816
00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:36,696
I have a spouse who says,

817
00:39:36,696 --> 00:39:41,125
'I don't believe anymore.'"

818
00:39:41,125 --> 00:39:43,740
How do we hold on

819
00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,695
during that difficult time? Puia?

820
00:39:45,695 --> 00:39:48,280
(Puia) I wanted to pick up on what Gladys

821
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,236
just commented on earlier.

822
00:39:50,236 --> 00:39:51,464
The part that touches me

823
00:39:51,464 --> 00:39:52,876
from Peter's words is, "Lord,

824
00:39:52,876 --> 00:39:53,910
to whom shall we go?"

825
00:39:53,910 --> 00:39:55,900
Like, "What other options do we have?"

826
00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:59,682
As you pointed out, Derek, no worldview

827
00:39:59,682 --> 00:40:04,082
or no system of belief closes all the gaps

828
00:40:04,082 --> 00:40:06,372
or answers all the possible questions

829
00:40:06,372 --> 00:40:08,131
that we may have in this world.

830
00:40:08,131 --> 00:40:10,100
Even when we follow Jesus, we will

831
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,829
still have questions that we can't answer

832
00:40:12,829 --> 00:40:14,112
at all on this end.

833
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:16,366
But the approach is, if we were

834
00:40:16,366 --> 00:40:17,770
to reject Jesus and choose

835
00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:19,440
a different worldview or choose

836
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,899
a different person to follow, is

837
00:40:21,899 --> 00:40:25,023
there any actual better option than Jesus?

838
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,509
I don't think so.

839
00:40:26,509 --> 00:40:27,400
(Derek) Thank you.

840
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,170
Cory, do you want to share with us?

841
00:40:31,170 --> 00:40:32,630
(Cory) Yeah, and you know part

842
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:33,657
of this story, Derek.

843
00:40:33,657 --> 00:40:35,114
A few years ago, I lost

844
00:40:35,114 --> 00:40:38,707
my father tragically, suddenly.

845
00:40:38,707 --> 00:40:40,165
I ended up doing CPR on him

846
00:40:40,165 --> 00:40:43,291
for quite a while, so I was pretty mad

847
00:40:43,291 --> 00:40:45,977
at God for a while

848
00:40:45,977 --> 00:40:48,370
and didn't understand why,

849
00:40:48,370 --> 00:40:49,998
much like Peter here doesn't

850
00:40:49,998 --> 00:40:52,175
understand all the why.

851
00:40:52,175 --> 00:40:53,711
But I had a habit of getting up

852
00:40:53,711 --> 00:40:56,653
every morning and reading my Bible.

853
00:40:56,653 --> 00:40:58,751
And in reading my Bible and continuing,

854
00:40:58,751 --> 00:41:00,660
I realized that He is the God of life,

855
00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:04,562
not of death, and it wasn't His plan,

856
00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:06,517
that it was Satan's plan.

857
00:41:06,517 --> 00:41:08,980
And I don't understand all the why,

858
00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:10,890
but I have Jesus,

859
00:41:10,890 --> 00:41:12,947
and that's all that matters.

860
00:41:12,947 --> 00:41:15,141
(Derek) Thanks for your testimony, Cory.

861
00:41:15,141 --> 00:41:16,564
Praise God. That's beautiful.

862
00:41:16,564 --> 00:41:17,660
We're going to move on.

863
00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:19,501
We've looked at the testimony

864
00:41:19,501 --> 00:41:21,597
of John briefly and the testimony

865
00:41:21,597 --> 00:41:23,664
of Peter here, but I want to go

866
00:41:23,664 --> 00:41:27,477
to the testimony of God the Father.

867
00:41:27,477 --> 00:41:29,194
Because if you remember, there were

868
00:41:29,194 --> 00:41:33,843
a few times in the ministry of Jesus

869
00:41:33,843 --> 00:41:36,026
when God the Father spoke.

870
00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:37,406
Zandile, I'm going to ask you

871
00:41:37,406 --> 00:41:40,111
to go to Matthew 3, verse 17.

872
00:41:40,111 --> 00:41:42,307
Do you know that John...

873
00:41:42,307 --> 00:41:44,697
No Gospel writer tells us everything

874
00:41:44,697 --> 00:41:46,008
about the life and ministry

875
00:41:46,008 --> 00:41:47,486
of Jesus, right?

876
00:41:47,486 --> 00:41:50,381
John doesn't mention the baptism.

877
00:41:50,381 --> 00:41:52,040
Now, we know Jesus was baptized,

878
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,090
so it's not like he didn't believe that,

879
00:41:55,090 --> 00:41:56,668
but Matthew, Mark and Luke

880
00:41:56,668 --> 00:41:59,423
give us a little more information.

881
00:41:59,423 --> 00:42:01,480
And, Zandile, could you read for us

882
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,227
how Matthew records the baptism

883
00:42:04,227 --> 00:42:08,714
of Jesus in Matthew 3 and verse 17?

884
00:42:08,714 --> 00:42:10,347
(Zandile) Yes, and I'll be reading

885
00:42:10,347 --> 00:42:12,110
from the New King James Version.

886
00:42:12,110 --> 00:42:14,451
Verse 17 of Matthew 3 says:

887
00:42:24,127 --> 00:42:25,772
(Derek) And you know Mark and Luke

888
00:42:25,772 --> 00:42:28,533
also record very similar words,

889
00:42:28,533 --> 00:42:29,890
"This is My beloved Son."

890
00:42:29,890 --> 00:42:32,120
Can you think of another time

891
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,187
when the Father spoke

892
00:42:34,187 --> 00:42:36,170
during the ministry of Jesus?

893
00:42:36,170 --> 00:42:39,434
(Derek, Team) On the Mount
of Transfiguration.

894
00:42:39,434 --> 00:42:41,220
(Derek) Let's look at that.

895
00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:42,559
Jason, could you read for us

896
00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:46,060
in Mark, chapter 9 and verse 7.

897
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:48,739
It's also in Matthew 17:5.

898
00:42:48,739 --> 00:42:50,263
On the Mount of Transfiguration,

899
00:42:50,263 --> 00:42:52,859
again John didn't record this,

900
00:42:52,859 --> 00:42:55,198
but these are testimonies of the Father.

901
00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:57,249
What do you read there in Mark 9, verse 7?

902
00:42:57,249 --> 00:42:58,553
(Jason) And I'll be reading

903
00:42:58,553 --> 00:43:00,107
from the New King James Version,

904
00:43:00,107 --> 00:43:01,350
and the Bible says:

905
00:43:09,908 --> 00:43:11,274
(Derek) Slightly different,

906
00:43:11,274 --> 00:43:13,155
"This is My beloved Son

907
00:43:13,155 --> 00:43:15,664
in whom I am well pleased,"

908
00:43:15,664 --> 00:43:19,108
but now, "This is My beloved Son..."?

909
00:43:19,108 --> 00:43:20,170
(Team) "Hear Him!"

910
00:43:20,170 --> 00:43:21,700
(Derek) "Listen to Him," right?

911
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:23,650
"Listen to Him."

912
00:43:23,650 --> 00:43:25,675
Now, John does speak

913
00:43:25,675 --> 00:43:27,558
about the testimony of the Father.

914
00:43:27,558 --> 00:43:29,404
I want to look at two verses with you,

915
00:43:29,404 --> 00:43:33,841
First, John 5, verses 36 to 38,

916
00:43:33,841 --> 00:43:36,063
and, Joshua, if you'd be willing to read

917
00:43:36,063 --> 00:43:43,042
for us John 5:36-38 and also John 12,

918
00:43:43,042 --> 00:43:45,105
which is actually one time the Father

919
00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:47,809
speaks that is only recorded by John.

920
00:43:47,809 --> 00:43:48,939
So I'm thankful for all

921
00:43:48,939 --> 00:43:50,208
of the Gospel accounts.

922
00:43:50,208 --> 00:43:52,291
But, Joshua, if you could read for us

923
00:43:52,291 --> 00:43:54,617
John 5, beginning with verse 36

924
00:43:54,617 --> 00:43:56,266
through verse 38?

925
00:43:56,266 --> 00:43:57,856
(Joshua) Alright, I'll be reading

926
00:43:57,856 --> 00:44:01,458
from the New King James Version,
John 5:36-38:

927
00:44:26,974 --> 00:44:28,428
(Derek) So even if the Father

928
00:44:28,428 --> 00:44:31,954
had never spoken audibly,

929
00:44:31,954 --> 00:44:35,150
the testimony of the Father is seen in...?

930
00:44:35,150 --> 00:44:36,307
(Team) The Son.

931
00:44:36,307 --> 00:44:37,968
(Derek) How?

932
00:44:37,968 --> 00:44:38,930
(Team) His life.

933
00:44:38,930 --> 00:44:40,670
(Derek) By the things He did, right?

934
00:44:40,670 --> 00:44:43,017
"No man can do these things,"

935
00:44:43,017 --> 00:44:45,272
Nicodemus said, "unless God

936
00:44:45,272 --> 00:44:46,969
is with Him," right,

937
00:44:46,969 --> 00:44:50,010
so just the testimony of His life.

938
00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:51,200
But there were times,

939
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,268
we mentioned the baptism, we mentioned

940
00:44:53,268 --> 00:44:54,980
the Mount of Transfiguration.

941
00:44:54,980 --> 00:44:57,385
Let's go to John, chapter 12.

942
00:44:57,385 --> 00:44:59,586
Gladys, could you read for us

943
00:44:59,586 --> 00:45:01,802
beginning in verse 27.

944
00:45:01,802 --> 00:45:04,138
We're getting very close

945
00:45:04,138 --> 00:45:05,834
to the arrest of Jesus now.

946
00:45:05,834 --> 00:45:08,676
This is right at the end of His ministry,

947
00:45:08,676 --> 00:45:10,760
and some people come.

948
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,306
Let's see what happens in John 12,

949
00:45:13,306 --> 00:45:15,538
verses 27 through 30.

950
00:45:15,538 --> 00:45:19,332
(Gladys) John 12, verses 27 to 30:

951
00:45:56,692 --> 00:45:57,979
(Derek) Why did some people

952
00:45:57,979 --> 00:46:00,390
hear it as thunder?

953
00:46:00,390 --> 00:46:01,868
I think there were some people

954
00:46:01,868 --> 00:46:03,992
at the baptism that didn't hear,

955
00:46:03,992 --> 00:46:06,194
"This is my beloved Son."

956
00:46:06,194 --> 00:46:08,396
What do you think, Travis?

957
00:46:08,396 --> 00:46:10,554
Why did they think it was thunder?

958
00:46:10,554 --> 00:46:11,648
Someone else says, "No,

959
00:46:11,648 --> 00:46:14,246
I think an angel was speaking."

960
00:46:14,246 --> 00:46:16,150
(Travis) So, I'm going back to something

961
00:46:16,150 --> 00:46:17,906
we talked about earlier, and that is

962
00:46:17,906 --> 00:46:19,860
in the Corinthians where it talked

963
00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:22,520
about him blinding the eyes of the mind.

964
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:26,490
(Derek) Satan, the ruler
of this world, right,

965
00:46:26,490 --> 00:46:27,508
blinding our eyes?

966
00:46:27,508 --> 00:46:28,215
(Travis) Yeah.

967
00:46:28,215 --> 00:46:29,675
(Derek) So, that could be why?

968
00:46:29,675 --> 00:46:31,214
(Travis) One place in Scripture,

969
00:46:31,214 --> 00:46:34,537
"Give me ears to hear, " you know, so...

970
00:46:34,537 --> 00:46:36,433
(Derek) "Spiritual things..."

971
00:46:36,433 --> 00:46:37,486
(Derek, Team) "...are

972
00:46:37,486 --> 00:46:38,612
spiritually discerned,"

973
00:46:38,612 --> 00:46:40,294
(Derek) The Apostle Paul says.

974
00:46:40,294 --> 00:46:42,719
So, the Father is speaking,

975
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,580
and the unreceptive heart

976
00:46:45,580 --> 00:46:47,956
or the deaf ears only hear...?

977
00:46:47,956 --> 00:46:48,893
(Team) Thunder.

978
00:46:48,893 --> 00:46:50,804
(Derek) Noise, right?

979
00:46:50,804 --> 00:46:54,586
I think when the Lord, risen Christ,

980
00:46:54,586 --> 00:46:58,218
spoke to Saul of Tarsus, "Saul,

981
00:46:58,218 --> 00:47:01,139
Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

982
00:47:01,139 --> 00:47:02,728
that some of his entourage,

983
00:47:02,728 --> 00:47:04,355
some of his bodyguards

984
00:47:04,355 --> 00:47:07,779
didn't hear that, right?

985
00:47:07,779 --> 00:47:10,200
They just saw the light.

986
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,226
So, again we come back to the need

987
00:47:12,226 --> 00:47:13,896
for a receptive heart.

988
00:47:13,896 --> 00:47:16,872
But why are these testimonies,

989
00:47:16,872 --> 00:47:20,642
baptism, transfiguration, right before...

990
00:47:20,642 --> 00:47:24,115
By the way, "I have glorified My name,

991
00:47:24,115 --> 00:47:25,677
and I will glorify it..."?

992
00:47:25,677 --> 00:47:27,580
(Team) "...again."

993
00:47:27,580 --> 00:47:28,882
(Derek) What's that?

994
00:47:28,882 --> 00:47:33,032
When has He already glorified His name?

995
00:47:33,032 --> 00:47:36,372
In the ministry of Jesus, right,

996
00:47:36,372 --> 00:47:37,593
life and ministry.

997
00:47:37,593 --> 00:47:39,310
And when will He glorify it again?

998
00:47:39,310 --> 00:47:40,410
(Travis) Resurrection.

999
00:47:40,410 --> 00:47:43,730
(Derek) On the cross and the resurrection

1000
00:47:43,730 --> 00:47:45,644
and the ascension, right,

1001
00:47:45,644 --> 00:47:47,910
and the exultation where Jesus

1002
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:49,355
is given a name...?

1003
00:47:49,355 --> 00:47:50,950
(Derek, Team) Above all names.

1004
00:47:50,950 --> 00:47:53,777
(Derek) Yes, so, "I've glorified it;

1005
00:47:53,777 --> 00:47:55,201
I will glorify it again."

1006
00:47:55,201 --> 00:48:00,808
Why do you think these overt testimonies

1007
00:48:00,808 --> 00:48:03,304
of God the Father are important?

1008
00:48:03,304 --> 00:48:06,520
Not only for Jesus, not only for those

1009
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,988
who heard with a receptive heart,

1010
00:48:08,988 --> 00:48:11,669
but also for us? Anybody?

1011
00:48:11,669 --> 00:48:12,868
What do you think? Jason?

1012
00:48:12,868 --> 00:48:14,218
(Jason) I think just as John

1013
00:48:14,218 --> 00:48:16,607
had confidence, that bold humility,

1014
00:48:16,607 --> 00:48:17,712
we, too, can have that

1015
00:48:17,712 --> 00:48:19,642
as we read the Scriptures and understand

1016
00:48:19,642 --> 00:48:21,106
how God had done a great work

1017
00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:22,622
in Jesus' life, and that we can

1018
00:48:22,622 --> 00:48:24,178
share in that same work as well.

1019
00:48:24,178 --> 00:48:26,543
(Derek) Okay, so that's written down.

1020
00:48:26,543 --> 00:48:29,559
We just read it because the Holy Spirit

1021
00:48:29,559 --> 00:48:32,544
inspired Matthew (we read from Matthew),

1022
00:48:32,544 --> 00:48:35,315
Mark (we read from Mark), John

1023
00:48:35,315 --> 00:48:37,612
to write those things down, right,

1024
00:48:37,612 --> 00:48:40,259
so we could hear it. Yes, Sabina.

1025
00:48:40,259 --> 00:48:42,143
(Sabina) And we just started our lesson

1026
00:48:42,143 --> 00:48:43,662
talking about the chasm that is

1027
00:48:43,662 --> 00:48:45,098
between God and us

1028
00:48:45,098 --> 00:48:46,767
in understanding God, that there is

1029
00:48:46,767 --> 00:48:49,246
a need for His self-revelation to us.

1030
00:48:49,246 --> 00:48:51,682
And I think that especially distinguishes,

1031
00:48:51,682 --> 00:48:54,499
like, recognizing that He was God.

1032
00:48:54,499 --> 00:48:57,134
No one else, apart from God the Father,

1033
00:48:57,134 --> 00:48:58,454
the Son and the Holy Spirit

1034
00:48:58,454 --> 00:49:00,591
can testify of that, right?

1035
00:49:00,591 --> 00:49:02,600
So that's why I think it's so important

1036
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,527
that not only people saw the works,

1037
00:49:04,527 --> 00:49:05,933
and they recognized there was

1038
00:49:05,933 --> 00:49:08,044
something special, but also God Himself

1039
00:49:08,044 --> 00:49:09,422
was able to communicate that

1040
00:49:09,422 --> 00:49:11,888
in that very special way.

1041
00:49:11,888 --> 00:49:15,521
(Derek) In this setting, Jesus says,

1042
00:49:15,521 --> 00:49:17,107
"The words were spoken not for Me

1043
00:49:17,107 --> 00:49:20,315
but for you," but I think at the baptism,

1044
00:49:20,315 --> 00:49:22,900
correct me if I'm wrong, help me, anybody,

1045
00:49:22,900 --> 00:49:27,212
Cory, Zandile, team members here,

1046
00:49:27,212 --> 00:49:30,401
that the voice spoken at His baptism

1047
00:49:30,401 --> 00:49:33,041
was also for His benefit

1048
00:49:33,041 --> 00:49:35,578
as well as others like John the Baptist.

1049
00:49:35,578 --> 00:49:38,628
The voice on the Mount of Transfiguration

1050
00:49:38,628 --> 00:49:41,890
was also for Him to encourage Him.

1051
00:49:41,890 --> 00:49:43,712
I don't know, Puia, what do you think?

1052
00:49:43,712 --> 00:49:45,962
(Puia) When I try to put myself

1053
00:49:45,962 --> 00:49:47,897
in the shoes of the people at that time,

1054
00:49:47,897 --> 00:49:50,009
they probably were not used to the idea

1055
00:49:50,009 --> 00:49:52,344
of God having a Son,

1056
00:49:52,344 --> 00:49:55,290
because they grew up being taught

1057
00:49:55,290 --> 00:49:58,820
that God is one, and there is only one.

1058
00:49:58,820 --> 00:50:02,236
And for God to have a Son, it was

1059
00:50:02,236 --> 00:50:05,529
a strange idea, so the Father testifying

1060
00:50:05,529 --> 00:50:07,604
that this was His Son, I believe,

1061
00:50:07,604 --> 00:50:11,729
would have broadened their understanding

1062
00:50:11,729 --> 00:50:13,329
of the nature of God.

1063
00:50:13,329 --> 00:50:14,905
(Derek) "This is My beloved Son."

1064
00:50:14,905 --> 00:50:16,338
Zandile, you want to add

1065
00:50:16,338 --> 00:50:18,827
to the discussion.

1066
00:50:18,827 --> 00:50:20,230
(Zandile) Yeah, I want to add

1067
00:50:20,230 --> 00:50:22,216
on what Puia just said.

1068
00:50:22,216 --> 00:50:23,894
Back in the Old Testament, He said

1069
00:50:23,894 --> 00:50:26,810
in the mouth of two witnesses or three,

1070
00:50:26,810 --> 00:50:29,761
it let whatever it was be established.

1071
00:50:29,761 --> 00:50:32,285
And now I see God going back to His Word

1072
00:50:32,285 --> 00:50:34,529
and establishing the fact that Jesus

1073
00:50:34,529 --> 00:50:37,395
was His Son because He testifies of Him

1074
00:50:37,395 --> 00:50:39,311
more than two times.

1075
00:50:39,311 --> 00:50:41,404
(Derek) Right, well, the testimony

1076
00:50:41,404 --> 00:50:43,112
is in the works Jesus is doing

1077
00:50:43,112 --> 00:50:45,149
and in the word the Father is speaking.

1078
00:50:45,149 --> 00:50:47,438
Well, let's look, the last testimony -

1079
00:50:47,438 --> 00:50:50,101
we're talking about <i>More Testimonies</i>

1080
00:50:50,101 --> 00:50:52,282
<i>about Jesus</i> - is the testimony

1081
00:50:52,282 --> 00:50:55,837
of Jesus Himself.

1082
00:50:55,837 --> 00:50:57,501
And we could look at many verses,

1083
00:50:57,501 --> 00:51:02,328
but I want to focus in on John 7.

1084
00:51:02,328 --> 00:51:04,663
In fact, we talked about this, didn't we,

1085
00:51:04,663 --> 00:51:05,505
on the last day,

1086
00:51:05,505 --> 00:51:07,764
the great day of the feast.

1087
00:51:07,764 --> 00:51:09,494
Cory, if you could read that for us

1088
00:51:09,494 --> 00:51:15,136
in John 7:37,38, and let's see

1089
00:51:15,136 --> 00:51:19,363
how Jesus testified about Himself.

1090
00:51:19,363 --> 00:51:21,272
(Cory) From the New King James Version:

1091
00:51:41,529 --> 00:51:43,336
(Derek) I think, Travis, when we were

1092
00:51:43,336 --> 00:51:44,626
talking about <i>The Testimony</i>

1093
00:51:44,626 --> 00:51:46,823
<i>of the Samaritans,</i> that living water

1094
00:51:46,823 --> 00:51:47,936
that Jesus spoke about.

1095
00:51:47,936 --> 00:51:49,789
But let's go down to verse 40 now,

1096
00:51:49,789 --> 00:51:51,915
Tendi, if you could read in John 7,

1097
00:51:51,915 --> 00:51:55,756
let's see how those present responded

1098
00:51:55,756 --> 00:51:57,234
to this bold testimony of Jesus

1099
00:51:57,234 --> 00:52:01,612
about Himself, verses 40 to 44 of John 7.

1100
00:52:01,612 --> 00:52:02,935
(Tendi) And I'll be reading

1101
00:52:02,935 --> 00:52:04,555
from the New King James:

1102
00:52:41,999 --> 00:52:45,614
(Derek) By the way, "take Him,"
take Him...?

1103
00:52:45,614 --> 00:52:46,612
(Travis) To kill Him.

1104
00:52:46,612 --> 00:52:47,955
(Derek) To kill Him, right,

1105
00:52:47,955 --> 00:52:50,670
take Him by force.

1106
00:52:50,670 --> 00:52:53,661
In fact, as we pick up in verse 45

1107
00:52:53,661 --> 00:52:56,100
down through 49, we'll see

1108
00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:59,060
that the chief priests had already sent

1109
00:52:59,060 --> 00:53:02,434
a detachment of soldiers to arrest Him.

1110
00:53:02,434 --> 00:53:05,217
And, Joshua, if you could read that for us

1111
00:53:05,217 --> 00:53:10,264
in John 7, verses 45 to 49,

1112
00:53:10,264 --> 00:53:13,138
they've gone; their mission

1113
00:53:13,138 --> 00:53:15,867
is to arrest Jesus, and let's see

1114
00:53:15,867 --> 00:53:17,914
their testimony about Jesus.

1115
00:53:17,914 --> 00:53:19,070
(Joshua) I'll be reading

1116
00:53:19,070 --> 00:53:20,610
from the New King James Version:

1117
00:53:44,947 --> 00:53:47,509
(Derek) Now, I don't know what happened.

1118
00:53:47,509 --> 00:53:49,195
I don't know, they were told, "Go

1119
00:53:49,195 --> 00:53:50,381
and arrest Jesus."

1120
00:53:50,381 --> 00:53:53,360
So I imagine the soldiers, the officers,

1121
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:55,870
the temple guard, they go.

1122
00:53:55,870 --> 00:53:58,111
And the crowd is there, and so as they

1123
00:53:58,111 --> 00:53:59,541
are kind of getting closer,

1124
00:53:59,541 --> 00:54:04,539
they start hearing Jesus speak.

1125
00:54:04,539 --> 00:54:05,785
And what's their reaction?

1126
00:54:05,785 --> 00:54:07,355
Well, we know later because they

1127
00:54:07,355 --> 00:54:08,419
tell the chief priest.

1128
00:54:08,419 --> 00:54:09,720
What's their reaction?

1129
00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:12,659
(Team) "No man spoke like this."

1130
00:54:12,659 --> 00:54:13,665
(Sabina) Surprise.

1131
00:54:13,665 --> 00:54:15,160
(Derek) "The people who sent us

1132
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,175
don't talk like this," right?

1133
00:54:17,175 --> 00:54:18,047
(Team) Right.

1134
00:54:18,047 --> 00:54:19,533
(Derek) Right? They don't speak

1135
00:54:19,533 --> 00:54:22,381
with authority from a living connection

1136
00:54:22,381 --> 00:54:24,779
with the heavenly Father.

1137
00:54:24,779 --> 00:54:26,290
So I don't know; you'll have

1138
00:54:26,290 --> 00:54:27,695
to help me on this.

1139
00:54:27,695 --> 00:54:30,512
I don't know if they were so impacted

1140
00:54:30,512 --> 00:54:32,479
by what they were hearing

1141
00:54:32,479 --> 00:54:35,394
that they forgot why they were there!

1142
00:54:35,394 --> 00:54:36,279
(Team) Possibly.

1143
00:54:36,279 --> 00:54:39,060
(Derek) Has that ever happened to you?

1144
00:54:39,060 --> 00:54:39,979
You went somewhere,

1145
00:54:39,979 --> 00:54:41,937
and you forgot why you went there?

1146
00:54:41,937 --> 00:54:44,068
And say, "I've got to go back."

1147
00:54:44,068 --> 00:54:45,960
I don't know whether they went back

1148
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:49,686
saying, "Okay, time for lunch."

1149
00:54:49,686 --> 00:54:51,548
I don't know, maybe they knew

1150
00:54:51,548 --> 00:54:55,740
exactly why, but they felt

1151
00:54:55,740 --> 00:55:00,177
incapacitated by the powerful words
of Jesus.

1152
00:55:00,177 --> 00:55:02,074
(Team) Amen.

1153
00:55:02,074 --> 00:55:04,190
(Derek) What can we learn from this story?

1154
00:55:04,190 --> 00:55:05,168
By the way, that was

1155
00:55:05,168 --> 00:55:06,489
their testimony, right?

1156
00:55:06,489 --> 00:55:09,108
What was their testimony about Jesus?

1157
00:55:09,108 --> 00:55:10,331
(Derek, Team) "Nobody..."

1158
00:55:10,331 --> 00:55:11,671
(Team) "...spoke like Him."

1159
00:55:11,671 --> 00:55:13,875
(Derek) "...spoke like this Man speaks."

1160
00:55:13,875 --> 00:55:16,488
We've got just a couple of minutes left.

1161
00:55:16,488 --> 00:55:18,291
Take a big look at the picture here.

1162
00:55:18,291 --> 00:55:20,523
What lessons can we learn, Viara?

1163
00:55:20,523 --> 00:55:21,880
What can we learn from this?

1164
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:23,864
(Viara) I have times when I go to church,

1165
00:55:23,864 --> 00:55:26,778
and I only hear, "Blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah..."

1166
00:55:26,778 --> 00:55:27,747
(Derek) I don't know

1167
00:55:27,747 --> 00:55:28,847
how to translate that.

1168
00:55:28,847 --> 00:55:30,836
(Viara) Or I open the Word of God,

1169
00:55:30,836 --> 00:55:32,955
and I only hear, like, "Blah..."

1170
00:55:32,955 --> 00:55:35,115
I don't get touched.

1171
00:55:35,115 --> 00:55:37,872
And then I pray to God,

1172
00:55:37,872 --> 00:55:39,666
and I'm like, "God, if You're real,

1173
00:55:39,666 --> 00:55:40,870
please talk to me."

1174
00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:44,275
And I have to say that the Holy Spirit

1175
00:55:44,275 --> 00:55:46,996
is so real and present, even today.

1176
00:55:46,996 --> 00:55:50,044
And when I say this prayer, my ears open,

1177
00:55:50,044 --> 00:55:52,161
my eyes open, and I hear something

1178
00:55:52,161 --> 00:55:53,714
that touches my heart, and I see

1179
00:55:53,714 --> 00:55:55,287
the reality and presence of God.

1180
00:55:55,287 --> 00:55:57,088
(Derek) Powerful. Now, I just had

1181
00:55:57,088 --> 00:56:00,679
an epiphany, an awareness.

1182
00:56:00,679 --> 00:56:02,934
I wonder if when Jesus saw

1183
00:56:02,934 --> 00:56:05,713
the temple guards coming to arrest Him,

1184
00:56:05,713 --> 00:56:12,281
He prayed, "Holy Father, open their ears!
Open their..."

1185
00:56:12,281 --> 00:56:14,400
(Derek, Team) "...eyes."

1186
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:15,890
(Derek) The religious leaders

1187
00:56:15,890 --> 00:56:19,912
are blind and deaf, but the temple guards

1188
00:56:19,912 --> 00:56:21,928
don't come for a revival meeting;

1189
00:56:21,928 --> 00:56:23,447
they come because they've been

1190
00:56:23,447 --> 00:56:24,896
asked to arrest Him.

1191
00:56:24,896 --> 00:56:26,091
Do you think Jesus prayed

1192
00:56:26,091 --> 00:56:27,855
even for the temple guards

1193
00:56:27,855 --> 00:56:29,306
that God would open their ears

1194
00:56:29,306 --> 00:56:30,265
and open their eyes?

1195
00:56:30,265 --> 00:56:33,024
Anybody else, closing lesson. Puia.

1196
00:56:33,024 --> 00:56:34,020
(Puia) Enough people

1197
00:56:34,020 --> 00:56:36,263
have testified about Jesus.

1198
00:56:36,263 --> 00:56:37,819
We only have to read the stories

1199
00:56:37,819 --> 00:56:40,483
and open our hearts for us to receive

1200
00:56:40,483 --> 00:56:42,423
that revelation of God, too.

1201
00:56:42,423 --> 00:56:43,329
(Team) Amen.

1202
00:56:43,329 --> 00:56:44,850
(Derek) I just want to challenge

1203
00:56:44,850 --> 00:56:46,647
you today, and we've heard,

1204
00:56:46,647 --> 00:56:49,358
read the story, but also pray

1205
00:56:49,358 --> 00:56:52,744
that the Holy Spirit would take away

1206
00:56:52,744 --> 00:56:54,347
that blinder the enemy

1207
00:56:54,347 --> 00:56:56,998
has put in front of us so that we can see

1208
00:56:56,998 --> 00:57:00,262
and we can hear the truth about Jesus,

1209
00:57:00,262 --> 00:57:02,840
about the immeasurable and unfailing love

1210
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:05,163
of God that He came to reveal

1211
00:57:05,163 --> 00:57:08,118
from our heavenly Father.

1212
00:57:08,118 --> 00:57:10,431
That is a miracle!

1213
00:57:10,431 --> 00:57:12,289
And it can happen for you and for me.

1214
00:57:12,289 --> 00:57:14,278
In fact, I think it needs to happen

1215
00:57:14,278 --> 00:57:17,266
day by day, because the distractions

1216
00:57:17,266 --> 00:57:19,694
of this world are all around us.

1217
00:57:19,694 --> 00:57:22,000
And, friend, when that happens,

1218
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:23,916
we've been learning from the testimonies

1219
00:57:23,916 --> 00:57:28,378
that have been given, we will be changed,

1220
00:57:28,378 --> 00:57:30,529
transformed, and become

1221
00:57:30,529 --> 00:57:32,663
living witnesses for Him.

1222
00:57:32,663 --> 00:57:35,000
Let's pray; Father in Heaven, we've heard

1223
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:36,710
some powerful testimonies today,

1224
00:57:36,710 --> 00:57:39,453
and I just thank You, that even when we

1225
00:57:39,453 --> 00:57:41,449
don't have all of the answers

1226
00:57:41,449 --> 00:57:44,120
that we can say, "I know who Jesus is,

1227
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,608
and I'm going to press close

1228
00:57:45,608 --> 00:57:47,514
to Jesus my Savior."

1229
00:57:47,514 --> 00:57:50,146
I pray that for each one,

1230
00:57:50,146 --> 00:57:51,880
and may lives around us be blessed.

1231
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,595
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

1232
00:57:54,595 --> 00:57:55,711
(Team) Amen.

1233
00:57:55,711 --> 00:57:58,276
(Derek) Thanks for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School.

1234
00:57:58,276 --> 00:57:59,856
We're not done with the journey,

1235
00:57:59,856 --> 00:58:01,254
<i>Themes in the Gospel of John,</i>

1236
00:58:01,254 --> 00:58:02,981
life-changing messages.

1237
00:58:02,981 --> 00:58:04,632
The key to that message:

1238
00:58:04,632 --> 00:58:06,446
Press close to Jesus.

1239
00:58:06,446 --> 00:58:08,020
And then go out and be a blessing

1240
00:58:08,020 --> 00:58:09,413
to those around you.

1241
00:58:09,413 --> 00:58:33,146
♪ music ♪