WEBVTT 00:00:02.060 --> 00:00:07.580 Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share 00:00:07.580 --> 00:00:10.699 today's message with you. Don't go anywhere. 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:14.500 Stay with us till the end for some valuable resources 00:00:14.500 --> 00:00:18.339 to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon. 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:29.309 Now, we've been trying to... Go through a series 00:00:29.309 --> 00:00:33.270 for some time on the matter or the topic issues 00:00:33.270 --> 00:00:37.810 about or around women's liberty. So if you are 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:42.670 coming newly or you have not been following us, 00:00:42.729 --> 00:00:44.929 it will be good to find the teachings online. 00:00:45.109 --> 00:00:47.350 Whether you're a man or a woman, this teaching 00:00:47.350 --> 00:00:53.310 is for you because ministry is not done in isolation. 00:00:54.469 --> 00:00:57.990 It's a collective responsibility, which means 00:00:57.990 --> 00:01:01.670 that you will need to always work with other 00:01:01.670 --> 00:01:03.829 people to accomplish God's purpose on earth. 00:01:04.069 --> 00:01:09.870 So if there is a problem with part of the church 00:01:09.870 --> 00:01:13.450 where you're supposed to collaborate, where you're 00:01:13.450 --> 00:01:17.450 supposed to cooperate together, and you despise 00:01:17.450 --> 00:01:19.890 the gift of God, you're not going to be blessed 00:01:19.890 --> 00:01:22.969 by it. Are we together? So if you're a man... 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:27.780 And you despise it. And it happens between, oftentimes, 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:31.120 sometimes between husband and wife. When the 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:33.400 husband always think, and that's where we try 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:35.019 to correlate with the few teachings, I think 00:01:35.019 --> 00:01:40.560 the past few, two teachings, to understand that 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.280 when it comes to the grace of life, that you 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.760 are equal partners in Christ, there is no male 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:51.939 or female. Scripture says, Peter was discussing. 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:58.120 1 Peter 3, 7. Husband, likewise, dwell with them 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.180 according to knowledge. Are we together? It's 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:05.180 a giving honor. You can't give honor to your 00:02:05.180 --> 00:02:10.139 wife when you have no understanding that you 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:13.020 are equal partners of the grace of life. And 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:15.520 that's why, you see, sometimes husbands will 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:19.500 be... struggling on some certain things, and 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:22.340 the solution is there in their house. You know, 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:26.259 I was telling some of our sisters, they said 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:29.560 one of our sisters was sick, and I said, what 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.460 did you do? She said she's not going to be able 00:02:32.460 --> 00:02:36.419 to come to cell meeting. And I said, what did 00:02:36.419 --> 00:02:40.120 you do? And then I tried to encourage them to 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.800 know that they have the grace to heal. why didn't 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.099 you lay hands on her? I said, when you go back, 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.340 and I will ask them, when you go back, go and 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:52.000 lay hands on her. And I told them that sometimes 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.120 my body is doing me because I listen to my body. 00:02:55.139 --> 00:02:58.539 When I begin to feel something small, my wife 00:02:58.539 --> 00:03:00.900 will lay hands on me. Did you understand what 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:03.219 I'm trying to say? If you're a coward of a husband, 00:03:03.539 --> 00:03:11.219 you will neglect the gift of God. Did you understand 00:03:11.219 --> 00:03:14.250 what I'm trying to say? You will neglect. Recently, 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:16.669 we were talking with Pastor Chidi. I told him, 00:03:16.710 --> 00:03:18.710 Pastor Chidi, since you know this thing, I'm 00:03:18.710 --> 00:03:20.669 not going to read about it. I'm not going to 00:03:20.669 --> 00:03:23.110 do anything. I'm coming to you. Just tell me 00:03:23.110 --> 00:03:26.509 this. Just tell. How can I see a gift closer 00:03:26.509 --> 00:03:29.129 and then I'll be going to suffer somewhere? You 00:03:29.129 --> 00:03:32.969 remember what Pastor Ima told us? In the sun. 00:03:33.189 --> 00:03:36.330 So to partake from the gift of God, from the 00:03:36.330 --> 00:03:38.469 blessings around you, you have to acknowledge 00:03:38.469 --> 00:03:42.830 the greatest thing that destroy or that that 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:45.770 makes you not to partake of the grace and the 00:03:45.770 --> 00:03:49.729 blessings around you is dishonor. Are we together? 00:03:50.469 --> 00:03:55.110 So this teaching is so that just because we say 00:03:55.110 --> 00:03:57.270 women's liberty, you say, it's not for me, it's 00:03:57.270 --> 00:03:58.870 not for me. You are joking. Are we together? 00:03:59.830 --> 00:04:01.490 And if you have been following, you know that 00:04:01.490 --> 00:04:04.650 it's for you also. So we have discussed a number 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:06.830 of things, whether it's scriptural for a woman 00:04:06.830 --> 00:04:10.680 to speak. or to keep quiet because there are 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.180 scriptures that appear to look as if they say 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:16.800 women should keep quiet in church. You know, 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.540 one thing you don't ask, and they use those texts, 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:23.120 and you have not asked, why is it that you, you 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:24.379 are a lady, you are still talking in church? 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:27.019 Even the church that they say they shouldn't 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:28.779 talk, they are still talking. I mean, there are 00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:31.959 scriptures that you know that, even if you don't 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:33.600 know scripture, you know that that interpretation 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.160 is wrong. because it's not practicable that every 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.040 of these ladies should come here and keep quiet. 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.439 They never talk again. Even if you say, bless 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:45.759 your sister. Hallelujah. And then we looked at 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.620 that way. We looked at true scriptures and we 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:52.160 checked also, is it permitted? One of the biggest 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.100 problem, is it permitted for a woman to lead 00:04:55.100 --> 00:04:58.120 a church? You understand? To lead a church or 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.029 to pastor a church? You understand? Or to teach 00:05:01.029 --> 00:05:04.370 men? And we looked at that and we gave the answer 00:05:04.370 --> 00:05:08.610 through scripture. And then we are in the next 00:05:08.610 --> 00:05:11.430 thing which we have been on it for a long time. 00:05:12.430 --> 00:05:18.610 What is God's original plan or intention in creating 00:05:18.610 --> 00:05:23.810 a woman? What's God's intention? And then we 00:05:23.810 --> 00:05:27.250 move and start looking. And there are other issues 00:05:27.250 --> 00:05:30.589 we need to talk about. But we're still on this, 00:05:30.709 --> 00:05:33.209 and there are a number of things that I want 00:05:33.209 --> 00:05:35.829 us to address. First, let's look at that scripture 00:05:35.829 --> 00:05:40.089 I call 2 Corinthians 5, verse 16. It says, Therefore, 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:46.170 from now on, we regard no one. Please, let's 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:48.670 read together. It's here. Okay, one, two, three, 00:05:48.709 --> 00:05:57.939 go. Therefore, no one. Even though we ourselves 00:05:57.939 --> 00:06:01.459 have known Christ according to the flesh, yet 00:06:01.459 --> 00:06:09.160 now, hallelujah, we say we know no one, both 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:14.399 male, female, according to the flesh. Even Christ 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.540 before, this is Paul saying, we used to look 00:06:17.540 --> 00:06:21.379 at him, meaning from the natural standpoint. 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:27.519 That means you cannot know anyone. from what 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.759 you see, from the natural. Some versions will 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:34.120 say from the worldly point of view. Meaning that 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.199 if you want to know Jesus, you cannot know him 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:41.279 through his ethnicity. And say he's a Jew, you 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.339 understand? He came from Israel. Are we together? 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.100 And on and on. You cannot know Christ through 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:51.199 that way. You know, we did a teaching in the 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.339 cell and we noted that even his brother, like 00:06:54.339 --> 00:06:58.939 James, When he was writing his epistle, he wrote 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:02.139 nothing about the life of Christ. His physical 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:05.860 life. Nothing. They knew him. They grew in the 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:08.220 same place. They ate together. They slept together. 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.639 He knew his childhood. You understand? Although 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:14.339 he was his younger brother. You understand? According 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:17.379 to the flesh. Are we together? Yet when he was 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:21.600 writing, he wrote nothing. Remember? They were 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:23.779 the ones who were telling him, go and show yourself 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:26.740 now. If you are the Christ before. But when the 00:07:26.740 --> 00:07:31.220 reality came on them, when their eyes opened 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:34.660 and they knew him, they knew he's not this one. 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.600 Are we together? That I've been sleeping with. 00:07:37.779 --> 00:07:43.220 He's my savior. Hallelujah. Amen. The same way 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:48.339 in this regard, you cannot know a woman in the 00:07:48.339 --> 00:07:54.079 sun after the flesh. We have to see her as God 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:58.199 sees her. From the supernatural standpoint. From 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:02.240 who she is. Matthew chapter 19. We are our brother 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:08.360 red. Matthew chapter 19. Now, if you look at 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.639 it, go to verse 4. Now, we have studied this 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:15.500 passage before. And we said, the Pharisee came 00:08:15.500 --> 00:08:21.279 with a question about divorce. In responding 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:25.480 to them, Jesus pointed them back to Genesis. 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:31.259 He quoted two scriptures there, one from Genesis 00:08:31.259 --> 00:08:39.059 1 .27 and another from Genesis 2 .24. And we 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:43.659 studied that part to see how Jesus responded 00:08:43.659 --> 00:08:49.659 to them. The first response was, In Genesis chapter 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:54.100 1. Look at verse 4. And he answered and said 00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:59.679 to them. Have you not read? He who made them. 00:08:59.779 --> 00:09:05.259 Where? At the what? At the beginning. Made them 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:09.000 male and female. So in the past couples of teachings. 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:13.639 We have explored. The second one. Which is verse 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:19.769 5. And said. For this reason. A man shall leave 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:23.850 his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 00:09:23.889 --> 00:09:29.029 and the two shall become one flesh. The two shall 00:09:29.029 --> 00:09:31.809 be one flesh. And we studied the idea of one 00:09:31.809 --> 00:09:35.149 flesh, bones of my bones, and we got to understand 00:09:35.149 --> 00:09:40.789 that this scripture is not actually about marriage, 00:09:40.850 --> 00:09:45.629 but about a realization, you understand, that 00:09:45.629 --> 00:09:49.490 you... And the one you are uniting with, that 00:09:49.490 --> 00:09:52.830 you are of the same stock. You understand? You 00:09:52.830 --> 00:09:57.389 are of the same stock. And we studied Ephesians 00:09:57.389 --> 00:10:00.529 chapter 5. We saw that when you stay in the context, 00:10:00.830 --> 00:10:03.470 you understand, you don't lift any scripture 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:06.750 out. You will understand that what Paul is discussing 00:10:06.750 --> 00:10:11.990 is about making the believers understand they 00:10:11.990 --> 00:10:14.710 are of the same family. Are we together? The 00:10:14.710 --> 00:10:16.769 same way we are of the same family with Christ. 00:10:17.049 --> 00:10:21.110 That's why he said, we are his body, the bones 00:10:21.110 --> 00:10:25.129 of his bones, and the what? The flesh of his 00:10:25.129 --> 00:10:29.090 flesh. Hallelujah. And Peter, where I also quoted 00:10:29.090 --> 00:10:33.990 1 Peter 3, verse 7, is admonishing husbands to 00:10:33.990 --> 00:10:36.389 come to their reality, what Paul was discussing. 00:10:37.370 --> 00:10:41.129 He said, giving honor unto her. You understand? 00:10:41.450 --> 00:10:45.620 As unto a weaker vessel, he said, and also heirs 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:49.759 of the grace of life. Meaning that you are equal, 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:52.220 you are of the same family. What she has, you 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:57.019 have. That the husband ought to, that scripture 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:59.399 is not talking about marriage, but is admonishing 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:04.419 husband to come to a realization that their wives 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:08.500 are equal partners in the grace of life. And 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:11.980 it is by that you give honor unto her. is that 00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:16.559 by that you give honor unto her. So, today we 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.639 will actually dwell, we will start to dwell on 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:24.139 the first response. We didn't deal with it much, 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:26.980 you understand, because we focused on the second 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:29.399 response, which is verse 5, the one you quoted. 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.340 No, no, I mean second scripture you quoted from 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:39.500 Genesis, not response. So, we will start to deal 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:43.700 with... The first part of the scripture he quoted, 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:46.399 which is verse 4. And he answered and said to 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:51.519 them, have you not read? He who met them at what? 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.419 The beginning. Who met them at the beginning? 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.679 Who met them at the beginning? Now, I want to 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:04.120 note something very fast before we continue what 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:06.940 we noted earlier. And I don't want you to miss 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:11.679 that. I don't want you to miss that. is look 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:15.899 at the response of the Pharisee. I mean the questions, 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:18.679 rather. He said, the Pharisee also, verse 3, 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:23.559 came to him testing him and saying to him, is 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:26.480 it lawful for a man to divorce his wife just 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.299 for any reason? To divorce. Some other versions 00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:33.740 say to put away. Look at how they are thinking. 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:37.779 To do what? To put away. To put away. I want 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:42.399 you to note something. See. See what's. Genesis 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:46.539 chapter 3. See what Adam said. When God brought 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:50.419 the woman to Adam. Adam knew why God brought 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:53.320 the woman. Look at. We have studied that in chapter 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.039 2. But I want to add something. In chapter 3. 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:59.539 Verse 12. Look at verse 12. He said. Then the 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:03.620 man said. The woman whom you gave to be with. 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:08.539 Oh, talk with me. To put her away. He said the 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:13.279 woman, which he do what? To be with. But then 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.960 why is the Pharisee, he says, to put her away? 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:20.139 So this is not just only about marriage, but 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:23.639 their idea about how they see a woman. The idea 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:26.259 of how they see a woman, not as equal partner, 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:29.700 as one, just like an object, you know, somewhere 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:32.919 you can just put it away because you have not 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:37.809 recognized. her part in the agenda of God. Because 00:13:37.809 --> 00:13:39.929 if you have understood her part in the agenda 00:13:39.929 --> 00:13:41.710 of God, you will not be thinking of putting her 00:13:41.710 --> 00:13:44.610 away. Are we together? You will not be thinking 00:13:44.610 --> 00:13:49.730 of putting her away. Never. So Jesus answered 00:13:49.730 --> 00:13:53.389 and told them that no, she's not for putting 00:13:53.389 --> 00:13:56.269 away. Never. She's not for putting away. Hallelujah. 00:13:56.370 --> 00:13:59.309 And he pointed them that you have not been reading. 00:14:00.070 --> 00:14:02.789 There's something wrong with your way you read. 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:08.000 We talk about that word, read, anagnosko. That 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.340 is how you pay attention to details. You are 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:14.820 scholars. You know these days, scholars. Whereby 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:16.659 you pass in here, you pick this one, pick this 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:19.299 one, pick that. Those of us who have been, especially 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:23.799 PhD student and master's student, yes, must have 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:26.740 understood this. Where you just pass here, pass 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:29.240 here, you carry somebody's thought, you put here, 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:32.039 carry this one, put here. You don't even care. 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.179 I know some students have been doing that. You 00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:36.919 give them an assignment, they will go to Wikipedia 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.720 and copy it and paste. Then bring anything and 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.620 put here. You understand? They don't know that 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:44.840 anywhere you pick, we can find the place. So, 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:48.899 and I gave, recently I gave one of my PhD students 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:54.320 an assignment. And he did something. He went 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:58.500 and just did anything. When I sat down to read 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:01.879 the first line, I mean, the first paragraph, 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:06.559 I knew he used AI. You understand? I don't have 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.539 a problem with using AI. I told him already. 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:12.639 We can guide you how to use it ethically. And 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.799 I taught him how to use it. I don't have a problem. 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:19.259 But I see a man who has become lazy. You know, 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:22.379 every field has a resistance. Meaning there are 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:27.440 words that you use that are only applicable to 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:31.059 certain fields. But you see, Chad GPT, I mean, 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:37.080 you see, because you want to make your professors 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:39.539 see that you didn't use the AI to generate it. 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:46.120 So you use humanized AI to humanize it. But you 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.559 see, the humanized AI does not understand registers. 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:52.200 Do you understand what I'm saying? So the word 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.279 that Chad GPT have tried have brought a lot of 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.500 technical word that has to do with that. By the 00:15:58.500 --> 00:16:00.759 time you are humanizing it, humanized AI will 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.399 use English. You understand? To humanize it. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:08.059 But because you did not read it, you are lazy. 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:12.919 So you pick whatever the humanized AI gave you 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:17.539 and then bring it. Like in biochemistry, you 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:22.000 cannot say that the authors theorize or the theory. 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:25.379 No, we don't use those words as theory. You understand 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:28.230 what I'm saying? You go to physics, that's okay. 00:16:28.889 --> 00:16:32.070 We cannot use him by chemistry theory. You can 00:16:32.070 --> 00:16:36.389 use hypothesis. You can use propose. Do you understand 00:16:36.389 --> 00:16:38.269 what I'm saying? So there are words that once 00:16:38.269 --> 00:16:40.710 I start reading, I already catch you. Do you 00:16:40.710 --> 00:16:43.769 understand what I'm trying to say? So I guess 00:16:43.769 --> 00:16:46.490 the Pharisees are in that category. They will 00:16:46.490 --> 00:16:49.590 just go over without actually paying attention. 00:16:50.409 --> 00:16:52.649 Do you understand what I'm trying to say? So 00:16:52.649 --> 00:16:56.830 Jesus told them, have you not read? They say 00:16:56.830 --> 00:17:00.129 they are the teachers of the law, but they have 00:17:00.129 --> 00:17:03.610 skipped details. They have not been thorough. 00:17:03.909 --> 00:17:06.369 Today, we have a lot of this type of professionals. 00:17:06.450 --> 00:17:08.269 Some of you, unfortunately, you are becoming 00:17:08.269 --> 00:17:11.809 that. We don't like it. I've told pastors, I've 00:17:11.809 --> 00:17:14.349 seen some people who go online. If you check 00:17:14.349 --> 00:17:17.910 their LinkedIn profile, you wonder, this is a 00:17:17.910 --> 00:17:20.410 professional. This is a professional. And you 00:17:20.410 --> 00:17:23.430 are lying. We know you, you don't know it. You 00:17:23.430 --> 00:17:26.099 don't know it. You understand? You'll be speaking 00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:28.039 BB grammar. In fact, if you know, you know that 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:31.160 this is... I said, I'll just shake my head. And 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.099 some people who are far away, they didn't know. 00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:36.160 I saw one professional from US. Even shared the 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.640 thought of one of... I will not say the name. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:40.440 He said, that is how. I think I'm encouraged 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:44.000 when I see this. I say, hey, hey, hey. Don't 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.960 do that because you'll be implicating yourself. 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.539 You understand? When you go to look for work, 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:51.720 now they can go through your linking profile. 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.180 And then when they are asking you questions, 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.920 they don't see what is matching their heart with 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.359 this one. Be sincere. If you have no reason, 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:01.480 don't say it. You understand? Hallelujah. Let's 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:05.160 return back to the Pharisees. What I'm trying 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:10.420 to say is that he said, Have you not read? Have 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:13.420 you not been thorough? Checking the details that 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:17.539 in the beginning. In the beginning. He pointed 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:21.720 to the beginning. Look at Matthew 22. The reason 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:26.140 why there's a problem was that there is no knowledge 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:28.480 of scripture. And you can't know scripture without 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:31.880 paying attention to details. 22 verse 29. This 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:34.000 time around, you meet another sect. They are 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.599 called the Sadducees. And look at what he told 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.140 them. When they asked you a question, he said, 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:42.259 you are in error. You are in error. And he told 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:45.339 them why they are in error. 29. He said, Jesus 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:48.140 answered and said to them, you are mistaken. 00:18:48.890 --> 00:18:53.650 Not knowing the scripture, nor the power of God. 00:18:54.509 --> 00:18:57.970 Not knowing. That is, you see, that word mistaken 00:18:57.970 --> 00:19:01.029 means you are deceived. It's not just like a 00:19:01.029 --> 00:19:04.690 mistake like that, that happened like an accident. 00:19:04.750 --> 00:19:09.150 No. It's that you are let into the error. That 00:19:09.150 --> 00:19:12.349 is, this thing you are saying, actually you are 00:19:12.349 --> 00:19:16.460 being deceived. I've said it often times. You 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.180 refuse to grow and know the scripture, you will 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:21.599 be a candidate of deception. It's not a prophecy. 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:25.480 It's that it's a reality. Are we together? He 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:28.380 said, you are mistaken, meaning you are deceived. 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:31.440 If we check the original word, it's that you 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:36.720 are deceived. You err. Why? You did not know 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.680 the scripture. You did not know the scripture. 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:42.529 So Jesus exposed their idea. That their idea 00:19:42.529 --> 00:19:47.410 came from sin. Go back to that Matthew 19. Look 00:19:47.410 --> 00:19:52.690 at verse 8. Hallelujah. Look at verse 7. He said, 00:19:52.750 --> 00:19:55.990 they said to him, why then did Moses command 00:19:55.990 --> 00:20:02.049 to give a certificate of divorce and to put her 00:20:02.049 --> 00:20:05.109 away? Because when Jesus said, no, no, no, no, 00:20:05.109 --> 00:20:08.109 no, no, that's not it. They said, okay, but Moses, 00:20:08.329 --> 00:20:11.480 this is what Moses. Look at what Jesus said in 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.500 verse 8. And he said to them, Moses, because 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:19.019 of the hardness of your heart, they are still 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:23.519 naked people. They are hardened people. They 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:27.059 are unbelievers. They refuse to believe. He said, 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:30.579 Moses, the reason, he said, he permitted you 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:35.619 to divorce your wife. Why? The reason of divorce 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:40.059 is not Moses. The reason of divorce is the hardness 00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:42.779 of your heart. Is the hardness of your heart. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:48.940 He said, but from the beginning it was not so. 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:52.799 He again referred them back to the plan of God. 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:55.859 It was not so in the beginning. Now let's go 00:20:55.859 --> 00:21:00.799 back to that beginning. Hallelujah. Genesis chapter 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:04.839 1. In the beginning it was not so. You haven't 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:08.690 read what you are saying. It is your sin, your 00:21:08.690 --> 00:21:12.369 unbelief. That means the hardness of heart. That 00:21:12.369 --> 00:21:18.150 hardness is refusing to believe in the plan of 00:21:18.150 --> 00:21:24.130 God. Refusing to agree to be part of the plan 00:21:24.130 --> 00:21:27.549 of God. Moses have written already this thing 00:21:27.549 --> 00:21:30.049 before the issue of divorce. Moses has written 00:21:30.049 --> 00:21:32.289 to them. He has preached to them. They refuse 00:21:32.289 --> 00:21:34.390 to believe. He said, in the beginning, it was 00:21:34.390 --> 00:21:37.289 not so. Hallelujah. Verse 27, he says, so God 00:21:37.289 --> 00:21:40.289 created man. Let's start from verse 26. Then 00:21:40.289 --> 00:21:45.589 God said, let us make man in our image. According 00:21:45.589 --> 00:21:48.450 to our likeness, let them have dominion over 00:21:48.450 --> 00:21:51.589 the fish of the sea, over the breath of the air, 00:21:51.710 --> 00:21:55.150 and over the cattle, over all the earth, and 00:21:55.150 --> 00:21:58.799 every... And over every creeping thing that creeps 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:05.920 on the earth. Verse 27. So God created man in 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:09.200 his own image. In the image of God, he created 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:16.440 him. Male and what? And female. He created them. 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:22.480 Male and female. He created them. Now, if you 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:27.789 are distracted, wake up. Hallelujah. Wake up. 00:22:27.990 --> 00:22:32.650 Now, I want to, there are some things earlier 00:22:32.650 --> 00:22:36.210 on about this text. Now, the first, some interpretation 00:22:36.210 --> 00:22:39.309 I want to news to you before we go. Remember, 00:22:39.450 --> 00:22:44.390 this text, Jesus quoted, was in the response 00:22:44.390 --> 00:22:49.329 to Pharisees' question, you understand? Pointing 00:22:49.329 --> 00:22:52.150 them that in the beginning, you understand, it 00:22:52.150 --> 00:22:55.509 was not so. What is was not so? Putting away 00:22:55.509 --> 00:23:01.390 is not in God's agenda. That God brings a woman 00:23:01.390 --> 00:23:06.029 and a man together and his plan is that they 00:23:06.029 --> 00:23:10.130 will be part of his new humanity. Are we together? 00:23:10.589 --> 00:23:16.750 There are parts to be his house. Are we together? 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:23.000 When a man does not recognize that or a woman 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.819 does not recognize that, she will abuse the relationships. 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:28.299 Do you understand what I'm trying to say? So 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:32.680 he pointed them back to this. And I want you 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:36.680 to pay attention to this. The first interpretation 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:41.240 which I was growing, I got, the first one, was 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.339 that Adam, that this scripture is talking about 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:49.319 Adam. That God made Adam in the image of God. 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:52.380 Now, don't worry. Whatever that image is, we're 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.880 going to explore it. That's the reason why we're 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:56.720 studying it. Because when we understand the image, 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:58.960 we will understand why Jesus has to point to 00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.400 this scripture. Do you understand what I'm trying 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.279 to say? So, Adam is made in the image of God. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:08.220 And when he ate the tree of good, I mean, the 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:12.500 knowledge of good and evil, or he disobeyed God. 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:16.160 Are we together? That. He lost the image. Follow 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:18.920 me. That was what we were taught earlier on when 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:24.039 I was growing. So Adam lost the image and then 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:28.880 got the image of sin by his disobedience. And 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:31.720 then they use this verse. Come to me, chapter 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:37.579 5. Chapter 5, verse 3. And Adam lived 130 years 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:45.049 and begot a son in his own image. After his what? 00:24:45.210 --> 00:24:48.250 His what? Are we together? And he named him who? 00:24:49.230 --> 00:24:55.210 Seth. He named him Seth. They said Adam was in 00:24:55.210 --> 00:25:00.170 the image of God. And then Adam sinned and he 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:04.430 lost the image. That's why he gave birth to a 00:25:04.430 --> 00:25:09.670 son. in his image, that that image that he gave 00:25:09.670 --> 00:25:13.809 birth to Seth from, that is the image of sin. 00:25:15.089 --> 00:25:17.869 And then that is a genesis of how people begin 00:25:17.869 --> 00:25:20.509 to think, are we together, of what we call the 00:25:20.509 --> 00:25:24.430 original sin, the concept of what is called the 00:25:24.430 --> 00:25:28.849 original sin. That when Christ came, was to restore 00:25:28.849 --> 00:25:32.069 us back from what Adam lost. Do you understand 00:25:32.069 --> 00:25:35.410 the concept? So they call it the original sin. 00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:42.859 which refers that the inherent state of all humanity 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:45.680 to be at a state of sin, that is everybody on 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.819 earth is born in sin. You understand? You've 00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.619 not done anything. They just get back to you 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:53.420 and you're in sin. All humans share an inherited 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:56.720 from Adam and Eve. You understand? Due to their 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.380 fall. Now, let me tell you the problem with this 00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:02.440 interpretation, which later, as we grow, we found 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:05.869 out. Now the problem with this explanation is 00:26:05.869 --> 00:26:10.009 that it makes sin, which is a spiritual problem, 00:26:10.190 --> 00:26:13.609 are we together? Like a genetic disease. Did 00:26:13.609 --> 00:26:14.970 you understand what I'm saying? Like a what? 00:26:15.910 --> 00:26:19.650 Genetic disease. Because sin is a spiritual problem. 00:26:19.809 --> 00:26:24.329 So sin is unbelief in the gospel. Because you 00:26:24.329 --> 00:26:29.150 believe in the gospel. It's an action of what 00:26:29.150 --> 00:26:33.200 somebody will do for him to be in sin. or to 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:37.059 be in righteousness. Because how do you become 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:40.700 a believer? By believing. Are we together? So 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:45.119 you cannot become righteous because your parents 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.660 are righteous. Are we together? The same way 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:50.819 you cannot become a sinner, you understand, because 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.619 your parents are sinners. Oh, are we together? 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:55.059 So because it's a spiritual problem. So it has 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:57.740 to be by the action of every individual. Hallelujah. 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:01.910 So sin is an unbelief in the gospel. It is not 00:27:01.910 --> 00:27:04.390 like a genetic disease that can be transmitted 00:27:04.390 --> 00:27:07.990 from parent to children. And I want to note you 00:27:07.990 --> 00:27:12.809 that if you, because Genesis from Genesis was 00:27:12.809 --> 00:27:16.130 read that way, that was not the teachings of 00:27:16.130 --> 00:27:20.289 Moses. Who wrote Genesis? Moses. It was not the, 00:27:20.390 --> 00:27:23.109 that means you have moved away from the teaching 00:27:23.109 --> 00:27:28.509 of Moses. Moses never said that sin can be transmitted 00:27:28.509 --> 00:27:31.779 from parent to children. Are we together? 2 Chronicles, 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:36.240 look at that. 2 Chronicles chapter 25. 2 Chronicles 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:40.980 chapter what? 25. I will read from verse 1. He 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:45.559 said, Amaziah was 25 years old when he became 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.200 king, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:53.319 mother's name was Jehodan of Jerusalem, and he 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:55.720 did what was right in the sight of the Lord, 00:27:55.839 --> 00:28:02.359 but not with a loyal heart. Verse 3, now it happened 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:05.980 as soon as a kingdom was established for him 00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:10.099 that he executed his servant who had murdered 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:13.599 his father, the king. If you have been following 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:16.759 the canonical, the Bible through, you must have 00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:20.220 read this place. Are we together? Verse 4, however, 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:23.680 he did not do what? Oh, talk with me. Let's read 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:28.200 4 together. 1, 2, 3. However, he did not execute 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:34.220 children. but did as it is written by what? Oh, 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:36.519 wait, wait, wait first there. So there's something 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:40.920 that the law of Moses wrote that he did as. What 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:44.900 did he do? Let's continue. Where the Lord commanded 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:51.259 saying, fathers shall not be put to death for 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:54.259 their children, nor shall the children be put 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:58.119 to death for their fathers, but a person. shall 00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:01.839 die for his own word. Oh, read that last line. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:06.819 But a person shall die for his word, for his 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:09.319 own sin. That was the teaching of Moses, that 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:13.559 you cannot transmit sin, that everybody will 00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:18.819 die for his own sin. Hallelujah. Now, look at 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:23.859 it. Where did Amaziah quoted? Go to Deuteronomy. 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.519 Just move to Deuteronomy quickly. Deuteronomy 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.079 24. So Moses have taught, so you cannot pick 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:32.779 from Genesis what is not in Genesis. Are we together? 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:37.500 Look at what Moses said in Deuteronomy 24, 16. 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:41.339 Genesis, Deuteronomy 24, 16. I want us to read 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:45.000 together. One, two, three, go. Fathers shall 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:49.069 not be put to death for their children. No children 00:29:49.069 --> 00:29:53.210 be put to death for their fathers. A person shall 00:29:53.210 --> 00:29:57.069 be put to death for his own what? For his own 00:29:57.069 --> 00:30:01.529 sin. For his own sin. For his own sin. And it 00:30:01.529 --> 00:30:05.309 is from Moses. That was why when Jesus said in 00:30:05.309 --> 00:30:09.210 Luke 24, O foolish ones, low of heart to believe 00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:13.799 all that the prophets have spoken. Right? Ought 00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:16.059 not Christ to have suffered these things and 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:19.039 to enter into his glory? Verse 27 says, and beginning 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:23.859 at what? Beginning at what? Moses and all the 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:28.640 prophets. Now, the theology of scriptures starts 00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:33.740 from Moses. Other prophets, you know that's the 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:36.019 way we used to say, the prophets didn't know 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:38.880 themselves. You understand? At all. And they 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:42.630 were able to write something the same. Sir. They 00:30:42.630 --> 00:30:44.569 know themselves. Some of them, yes, they are 00:30:44.569 --> 00:30:46.289 not contemporary, but they read from each other. 00:30:46.349 --> 00:30:50.410 Every of these ones read from the other. See, 00:30:50.490 --> 00:30:53.069 all the prophets that came after Moses, it was 00:30:53.069 --> 00:30:56.329 Moses' theology they used to communicate to the 00:30:56.329 --> 00:30:57.609 rest. Did you understand what I'm trying to say? 00:30:58.950 --> 00:31:01.490 Jesus, when he came to teach about himself, he 00:31:01.490 --> 00:31:05.130 started from Moses. So Moses never... So you 00:31:05.130 --> 00:31:08.750 can only read Genesis and say Adam was in the 00:31:08.750 --> 00:31:11.970 image of God. He lost it. And then... Everybody 00:31:11.970 --> 00:31:14.690 is born in sin. You understand? And then, no, 00:31:14.730 --> 00:31:16.230 no, no, no, no, no. That's nothing like original 00:31:16.230 --> 00:31:18.789 sin. That was not the message of Moses. Last, 00:31:18.869 --> 00:31:22.069 let me just read some few verse about some other 00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:24.569 prophet. You understand? Ezekiel. Come to Ezekiel. 00:31:24.630 --> 00:31:27.630 Quickly. Ezekiel chapter 18. Hallelujah. I'm 00:31:27.630 --> 00:31:32.269 trying to move as steady as possible by the grace 00:31:32.269 --> 00:31:35.289 of God. Because I don't want you to come back 00:31:35.289 --> 00:31:38.670 to these ideas again. Are we together? You have 00:31:38.670 --> 00:31:43.400 sufficient... You know, study of scripture is 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:47.400 what? Evidence. He said, for what? For reproof. 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:51.720 That's evidence. For reproof. Evidence. What 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.079 did I say? Ezekiel 18, right? Look at verse 1. 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:56.720 Ezekiel 18, verse 1. The word of the Lord came 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:01.279 to me again saying, what do you mean when you 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:04.579 use this proverb concerning the land of Israel? 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:09.549 The fathers have eaten soil grapes. And the children's 00:32:09.549 --> 00:32:14.369 deeds are set on what? So where did you think 00:32:14.369 --> 00:32:19.589 the concept of children can inherit the problems 00:32:19.589 --> 00:32:23.289 of their fathers came from? It was a what? It 00:32:23.289 --> 00:32:26.690 was a what? It was a proverb in Israel. Proverb 00:32:26.690 --> 00:32:30.450 from God? Not at all. So these people were circulating 00:32:30.450 --> 00:32:32.809 proverb. You understand? That's what they believe. 00:32:33.349 --> 00:32:37.359 This is how they pick that. So don't walk with 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:41.839 the proverb of men. Go back to Genesis, the true 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:45.099 history. Look at verse 3. He said, As I live, 00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:49.460 says the Lord God, you shall no longer use this 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:53.799 word, this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:57.819 are mine and the souls of the Father and as well 00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:03.599 as the souls of the Son is mine. The soul... 00:33:04.170 --> 00:33:07.650 Whose sins shall do what? Shall die. Go to verse 00:33:07.650 --> 00:33:13.730 20. Verse 20. Then the soul whose sins shall 00:33:13.730 --> 00:33:20.289 do what? Oh, talk to me. Shall die. The son shall 00:33:20.289 --> 00:33:24.789 not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father 00:33:24.789 --> 00:33:28.069 bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness 00:33:28.069 --> 00:33:32.410 of the righteous shall be upon himself. And the 00:33:32.410 --> 00:33:36.039 wickedness. of the wicked shall be upon himself. 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:40.940 Jeremiah repeated that, Jeremiah 31, 29. Jeremiah 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:45.559 31, 29. I'm trying to tell you that these men 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:50.980 are actually preaching the words of Moses. Jeremiah 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:57.759 31, 29. In those days, they shall say no more. 00:33:58.140 --> 00:34:02.359 The fathers have eaten sour grapes. Did you see 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:05.599 that? and the children's teeth are set on it. 00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:10.739 That means this idea was not from God. This idea 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:14.320 that children inherit the sin and the problem, 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:18.599 that is, you take a sour... Who have taken a 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.719 sour something here? That you couldn't understand 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.739 your teeth again. How can you take something 00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.219 and then you are expecting that your children 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:26.320 should face it? But now, even though they are 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:28.500 doing that in our nations, our leaders mark our 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.980 money and they are suffering. Are we together? 00:34:30.570 --> 00:34:33.190 But that's not good. That's not the idea of God. 00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:36.690 Look at what's starting. He said, but everyone 00:34:36.690 --> 00:34:41.269 shall die for his own word. Iniquity. Every man 00:34:41.269 --> 00:34:44.710 who eats the sour grape, his teeth shall set 00:34:44.710 --> 00:34:48.190 on the word. So don't think that you use Dabaru 00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:50.650 your life. You know, I was telling one of our 00:34:50.650 --> 00:34:54.070 sisters. I said, Dabaru is a Greek word of scattering. 00:34:54.590 --> 00:35:00.139 You know, you scatter it like. Hallelujah. Amen. 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:02.199 You understand Greek word? This is a Greek word 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:04.880 from Northern Nigeria. You see, when you dabaru 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.800 your life, don't dabaru your life and think somebody 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.440 will suffer for it. Are we together? Hallelujah. 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:13.380 So what are we trying to say? We are trying to 00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:18.940 say that if you read Genesis, that there is original 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:22.940 sin, that every human being on earth is born 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:25.639 into sin. That is not Moses' message. You pick 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:29.309 it from the rumors around. from a proverb that 00:35:29.309 --> 00:35:32.010 has been going on since in those times. That 00:35:32.010 --> 00:35:33.889 was not the word of God because that's a wrong 00:35:33.889 --> 00:35:37.750 thing. So you cannot interpret that text like 00:35:37.750 --> 00:35:40.409 that. Are we together? When Jesus came himself, 00:35:40.530 --> 00:35:42.849 let me read Jesus' words before we move away 00:35:42.849 --> 00:35:46.610 from here. When Jesus came, what did Jesus do? 00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:49.469 Look at John chapter 3. So it was never the message 00:35:49.469 --> 00:35:52.349 of Moses, neither the message of the prophet, 00:35:52.489 --> 00:35:55.090 nor the message of Jesus or the apostles. John 00:35:55.090 --> 00:35:59.199 chapter 3 verse 18. He said, he who believes 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:04.159 in him is what? Is not condemned. But he who 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:06.980 does not believe is what? Condemned already. 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.539 Because what? He has not believed in the name 00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:16.079 of the only begotten son of God. That means everybody 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:18.679 will have to take decision of himself to either 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:22.639 become insane or become a sinner or be righteous 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:26.869 to be in righteousness. Are we together? So salvation 00:36:26.869 --> 00:36:32.530 or sin is not a genetic disease. I mean, it's 00:36:32.530 --> 00:36:34.909 not by genetic transmission. Are we together? 00:36:35.289 --> 00:36:38.730 So the first one is not correct. Hallelujah. 00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:43.010 Are we together? Amen. Now, the second part, 00:36:43.090 --> 00:36:46.150 which I will introduce, because I have just few 00:36:46.150 --> 00:36:49.929 time, I mean, just limited time. The second interpretation, 00:36:50.190 --> 00:36:53.989 which of course we need to examine it also closely, 00:36:54.110 --> 00:36:56.420 which we have preached. I have preached that 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:59.519 also. But then there are some texts that we have 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:04.239 not also included in the interpretation. Remember, 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:06.800 if you have been in this church, you will understand 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:10.119 that each preaching we preach is in itself how 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:12.099 to interpret scripture. Did you understand what 00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:14.960 I'm trying to say? Yes, it helps you to know 00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:18.659 how to interpret scripture. Now, let's go back 00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:22.159 to that Genesis. Genesis 1. Genesis 1, 26 and 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.190 20. So the first one, I mean, the second one 00:37:25.190 --> 00:37:28.769 is that, the second interpretation of this Genesis 00:37:28.769 --> 00:37:35.349 1, 26 is that, that this Genesis 1, 26 and 27, 00:37:35.570 --> 00:37:40.050 that is talking about the man in Christ. You 00:37:40.050 --> 00:37:42.929 understand? That is talking about the man in 00:37:42.929 --> 00:37:49.150 Christ. That is the image of God is the man in 00:37:49.150 --> 00:37:53.440 Christ. Or the image of God is Christ. So if 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:56.360 he said he made man in the image of God, that 00:37:56.360 --> 00:38:01.179 means he's talking about the man in Christ. Well, 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:06.239 that is true, but not fully. Because there is 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:08.780 a part that we need to include. And that's why 00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:11.480 I want you to pay attention with this. Please, 00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:13.900 I beg you to pay attention. I want us to think 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:16.320 through together. So in this interpretation, 00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:20.230 it means that... Adam was not in the image of 00:38:20.230 --> 00:38:22.750 God. In this interpretation, because Adam was 00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:25.610 not in the image of God. So to be in the image 00:38:25.610 --> 00:38:29.550 of God, he has to believe in the gospel. But 00:38:29.550 --> 00:38:32.250 unfortunately, Adam disobeyed. Are we together? 00:38:32.369 --> 00:38:34.869 He disobeyed. So Adam is not in the image of 00:38:34.869 --> 00:38:38.989 God. Now, there are two. The problem now with 00:38:38.989 --> 00:38:42.710 this interpretation is that it fails to take 00:38:42.710 --> 00:38:46.409 into consideration at least two other scriptures. 00:38:47.530 --> 00:38:51.369 In Genesis. Genesis first and foremost. Because 00:38:51.369 --> 00:38:52.750 we have other scripture that talks about the 00:38:52.750 --> 00:38:57.250 image. Remember Moses. We have to follow Moses 00:38:57.250 --> 00:39:00.630 to know what he communicated. Are we together? 00:39:01.269 --> 00:39:04.909 And also understand from the audience. What did 00:39:04.909 --> 00:39:08.190 they hear? Are we together? What did they hear? 00:39:08.849 --> 00:39:11.269 Now let me just read before I conclude. Read 00:39:11.269 --> 00:39:15.070 these two texts. That normally when we interpret. 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:20.460 Genesis 1, 26 and 27, we don't normally include 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:24.039 them, you understand? It's chapter 5, you understand? 00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:28.179 Verse 3, chapter 5, verse 3. This is a book of 00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:31.960 the genealogy, verse 1, of Adam in the day that 00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:36.219 God created man. He made him in the likeness 00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:40.289 of God. He created them, male and female. Verse 00:39:40.289 --> 00:39:43.170 1 and verse 2 is just repeating Genesis chapter 00:39:43.170 --> 00:39:47.449 1, you understand? Verse 26 and 27. Right? Look 00:39:47.449 --> 00:39:50.789 at verse... He blessed them and called them what? 00:39:51.809 --> 00:39:55.710 Mankind. In the day they were created. That is 00:39:55.710 --> 00:39:59.869 male and female. Look at verse 3. And Adam lived 00:39:59.869 --> 00:40:04.969 130 years and begot a son in his own likeness, 00:40:04.969 --> 00:40:09.610 after his own image, and named him what? So, 00:40:09.889 --> 00:40:15.230 if Adam was not in the image of God, and we have 00:40:15.230 --> 00:40:18.010 noted already from chapter 3 that he failed, 00:40:18.210 --> 00:40:22.170 you understand, to be, I mean, or he disobeyed. 00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:26.269 So, normally we would now regard that he is not 00:40:26.269 --> 00:40:28.909 in the image of God. The question is that, which 00:40:28.909 --> 00:40:33.150 image did he pass to Seth? Which image did he 00:40:33.150 --> 00:40:36.800 pass to Seth? His son. Is it the image of sin? 00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:39.239 Remember, we have already clarified that you 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:42.099 cannot transmit sin. Did you understand what 00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:45.000 I'm trying to say? So it cannot be that the image 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:50.480 of sin that Adam passed to his son. So what image 00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:55.559 did set God from who? From Adam. So you see, 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:58.679 this is another thing we haven't explained. Go 00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.119 to Genesis chapter 9. That's the last one I'll 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:04.250 say before now. When we come next, I will start 00:41:04.250 --> 00:41:07.750 from there and continue. Genesis chapter 9. This 00:41:07.750 --> 00:41:10.130 is the second scripture in Genesis that talks 00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:13.130 about the image. Hallelujah. Let me just read 00:41:13.130 --> 00:41:16.230 verse 9, I mean verse 6 alone, because I'm going 00:41:16.230 --> 00:41:18.269 to come back to study, we'll study this text 00:41:18.269 --> 00:41:22.369 also. He said, Whosoever shed man's blood, by 00:41:22.369 --> 00:41:27.230 man his blood shall be what? Shall be shed. For 00:41:27.230 --> 00:41:32.119 in the image of God he made what? He made man. 00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:34.820 So what he's trying to say is that, now look 00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:38.300 at it. If we hold that according to the interpretation 00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:41.360 we give, that Adam was not in the image of God, 00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:44.639 or that to say man is not in the image of God. 00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:49.420 Now if we hold that, that the image of God talked 00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:52.820 about in Genesis chapter 1, 26 and 27, is talking 00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:56.300 about the man in Christ. The question now is, 00:41:56.579 --> 00:42:01.480 is this text, talking about not shedding the 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:04.679 blood of those in Christ alone? Is this text 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:08.119 saying that, because he said, whosoever shed 00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:10.960 a man's blood, that means his only believers, 00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:14.139 because his only believers will be man's blood. 00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:19.099 So are we saying that, that shedding the blood 00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:23.260 of those not in Christ is acceptable? Because 00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:27.820 if you say, The image of God is only those in 00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:30.820 Christ. Are you saying that those not in Christ, 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:32.239 of course, they don't have the image of God. 00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:34.340 So that means if you shed their blood, no problem. 00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:38.320 Did you understand what I'm trying to say? Hallelujah. 00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:43.559 So that's where our problem lies. This is where 00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:48.199 the problem lies. So that means already we know 00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:51.039 throughout scripture. I don't want to take some 00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:53.360 because we are already aware of it. Murder is 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.389 murder. Whether it's a person that is a believer 00:42:56.389 --> 00:42:57.949 or not a person that is a believer. Do you understand 00:42:57.949 --> 00:42:59.809 what I'm trying to say? We don't need to go through 00:42:59.809 --> 00:43:02.690 that. So it's a sin to kill another man. Hallelujah. 00:43:03.429 --> 00:43:06.530 So we're going to start from there. This means 00:43:06.530 --> 00:43:12.869 that we need to now interpret what is the image 00:43:12.869 --> 00:43:16.730 of God in the reality that includes these two 00:43:16.730 --> 00:43:21.190 texts. You understand? Genesis 5 verse 3 and 00:43:21.190 --> 00:43:27.079 Genesis 9. verse 6 to make sure that our interpretation 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:30.780 is consistent throughout scripture. Are we together? 00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:33.239 I think we taught that during cataclysmos. We 00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:36.219 said that when you interpret a place and you 00:43:36.219 --> 00:43:40.000 discover that it contradicts other areas of scripture, 00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:42.420 that means you need to read it again. Are we 00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:44.500 together? So I want you to think through me and 00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:47.480 you can go back again to sit down on this text 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.659 shortly before we come. We're coming on Wednesday 00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:52.230 to continue from there. Are we together? Can 00:43:52.230 --> 00:43:53.989 you just thank the Lord and appreciate him and 00:43:53.989 --> 00:43:54.769 say, Lord, thank you?