WEBVTT 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:06.459 Welcome to NECF's sermons. Each message here 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:09.900 is designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:14.140 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.160 the end for our rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:32.590 right in. and i trust that you are following 00:00:32.590 --> 00:00:37.969 me and god is giving us understanding amen so 00:00:37.969 --> 00:00:42.390 we we are going to investigate what the scripture 00:00:42.390 --> 00:00:47.509 is all right since the scripture is now very 00:00:47.509 --> 00:00:55.250 much a serious matter of conversation in our 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:59.310 attempt to do good works to do greater works 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.520 since the scripture you can write as a topic 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.640 if you're writing the scriptures since the scriptures 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:11.799 are the foundation and the context of the works 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.780 of jesus so when we're looking for the works 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:17.939 of jesus the context the background the inspiration 00:01:17.939 --> 00:01:22.180 of the works of jesus that he's calling the believers 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:27.140 to do we will go to the scriptures so since the 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.780 scriptures are the foundation and the context 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:36.900 of the works of jesus christ the scriptures are 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:40.659 also the foundation and the context of the works 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:42.819 of the apostles because they do the works of 00:01:42.819 --> 00:01:49.280 jesus and the ministry we are called to do today 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:56.859 as well find its context or their context and 00:01:56.859 --> 00:01:59.579 foundation from what is found in the scriptures 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:05.799 we must understand the scriptures correctly all 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:11.280 right it means that we are to know and understand 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:14.599 the scriptures correctly we have to know what 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.180 are the scriptures we have to understand what 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:18.219 when we say scriptures what are they or what 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:23.139 is the scripture what is the central purpose 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:27.039 okay what is the central purpose of the scriptures 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:31.000 because that is our manual for the greater works 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.199 we will do we must understand the central purpose 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:35.560 of the message or the message of the scriptures 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:44.280 what do the bible reveal about itself all right 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.460 what is our role message that is you know find 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:52.219 the different books we found or we'll find in 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:59.469 the scriptures to claim that we have the authority 00:02:59.469 --> 00:03:04.849 of scriptures to claim that we are you know doing 00:03:04.849 --> 00:03:12.789 a bible inspired ministry or a bible you know 00:03:12.789 --> 00:03:16.629 founded ministry we must first understand what 00:03:16.629 --> 00:03:24.699 the scripture is saying and we say the bible 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:27.060 says oh we are doing it according to the word 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:33.599 of god we should be able to interpret our beliefs 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.639 in the light of the whole council of scripture 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.759 not some isolated verses because that's what 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:44.680 we found ourselves doing nowadays you know it's 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:48.500 good to memorize verses it's good to cut verses 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:52.439 but what i've learned over my maybe short period 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:59.340 of life is that you know the intention of memorizing 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:02.740 you know good intention that we have of course 00:04:02.740 --> 00:04:05.159 to memorize we have to memorize we have to have 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.819 the word in dwelling in us but oftentimes we 00:04:08.819 --> 00:04:13.439 take away in context of scripture we take verses 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:18.279 or part of scriptures in isolation but all scriptures 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:22.399 must work together hallelujah either in what 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:26.500 we call the old testament or in the new testament 00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:29.779 there is a you know fine theme of the scripture 00:04:29.779 --> 00:04:34.879 okay so we have to understand this so later on 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.959 as i keep waiting our appetite as we go further 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.500 in this conference we'll have time to go into 00:04:42.500 --> 00:04:44.720 practice of interpretation which our pastor will 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:49.279 bring message to us but much more what is the 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.540 importance of proper scriptural interpretation 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:56.319 what is the importance of it in what we've been 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.199 called to do sound interpretation is essential 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:06.160 for understanding scripture so that we will faithfully 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.939 you know carry out greater works okay if we don't 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:15.639 understand scriptures if we don't interpret scriptures 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:20.459 correctly it is impossible for us to do these 00:05:20.459 --> 00:05:22.399 greater works that we have been called to do 00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:27.079 so interpretation matters because our doctrine 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:32.860 and practice are shaped by how we understand 00:05:32.860 --> 00:05:37.980 the scriptures all right our teachings and our 00:05:37.980 --> 00:05:42.399 practices the things we do the things we say 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:44.480 how we go about doing the things that we are 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:51.180 doing are shaped by our understanding of the 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:55.290 scriptures so interpretation is key in helping 00:05:55.290 --> 00:05:59.930 us to do what god is calling us to do so the 00:05:59.930 --> 00:06:04.589 goal of interpretation will be for us to discover 00:06:04.589 --> 00:06:09.389 the author's intended meaning all right because 00:06:09.389 --> 00:06:13.449 the bible has an intention the scriptures all 00:06:13.449 --> 00:06:17.910 right has an intention so we must be able to 00:06:17.910 --> 00:06:22.589 discern or to discover the authors intent is 00:06:22.589 --> 00:06:26.930 intended meaning before we can apply the text 00:06:26.930 --> 00:06:30.810 to our lives before we can even see you know 00:06:30.810 --> 00:06:33.569 the application of the text in the things we 00:06:33.569 --> 00:06:36.089 do and of course the ministry that we are called 00:06:36.089 --> 00:06:39.970 to do so we can just insert our own meaning into 00:06:39.970 --> 00:06:42.290 scriptures because that's what you know we can 00:06:42.290 --> 00:06:48.589 easily do without proper understanding we are 00:06:49.209 --> 00:06:52.370 forced to insert our own meanings into scripture 00:06:52.370 --> 00:06:56.350 thereby altering the author's intended purpose 00:06:56.350 --> 00:07:02.509 for that text so as far so we bring into us the 00:07:02.509 --> 00:07:04.810 help that will guide us in proper interpretation 00:07:04.810 --> 00:07:09.790 i hope there will be better equipped in order 00:07:09.790 --> 00:07:12.209 to interpret the scriptures well in jesus name 00:07:12.209 --> 00:07:15.670 but now let's just go in this context that we've 00:07:15.670 --> 00:07:20.240 started about let's look at an example in scripture 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:29.019 of Jesus's ministry Matthew 5 verse 17 Matthew 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:33.019 5 verse 17 let's read this text and see something 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:39.300 very important Matthew 5 verse 17 I'll be jumping 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:41.720 some verses I'll be jumping some so that it will 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.470 help us to be faster all right let me read verse 00:07:44.470 --> 00:07:47.529 17 then i'll jump to some verse some verses do 00:07:47.529 --> 00:07:50.410 not think jesus is speaking here do not think 00:07:50.410 --> 00:07:55.370 that i have come to destroy the law or the prophets 00:07:55.370 --> 00:07:59.670 that is he's not come that he might put away 00:07:59.670 --> 00:08:02.329 what was written in the laws what moses wrote 00:08:02.329 --> 00:08:06.389 the laws refers to the five or the books that 00:08:06.389 --> 00:08:08.629 are attributed to moses the first books five 00:08:08.629 --> 00:08:11.329 books attributed to moses i mean of course the 00:08:11.329 --> 00:08:14.439 prophets the writings of the prophets and invariably 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:18.360 it will include the Psalms okay from Genesis 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:20.399 to Malachi so Jesus here is saying that he has 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:25.819 not come to destroy or to put an end or to render 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:29.300 them useless no that's not what he has come to 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:34.500 do all right so the idea that you are a New Testament 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:39.480 believer is a questionable idea because you cannot 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:44.730 find that in even the New Testament itself so 00:08:44.730 --> 00:08:47.590 do not think that i have come to destroy the 00:08:47.590 --> 00:08:51.309 law or the prophets i did not come to destroy 00:08:51.309 --> 00:08:55.990 but to what to fulfill it hallelujah so jesus 00:08:55.990 --> 00:08:59.590 christ comes to do what to fulfill now let's 00:08:59.590 --> 00:09:03.009 look at verse 21 to verse 22 move to verse 21 00:09:03.009 --> 00:09:09.830 to verse 22 you have heard okay it was said to 00:09:09.830 --> 00:09:14.970 those of old not if the bible is yours maybe 00:09:14.970 --> 00:09:17.850 on the land you have heard or in the old kingdoms 00:09:17.850 --> 00:09:20.909 if you say ye have heard you have heard that 00:09:20.909 --> 00:09:25.909 it was said to those of old you shall not murder 00:09:25.909 --> 00:09:29.470 and whoever murders will be in danger of the 00:09:29.470 --> 00:09:34.549 judgment but i say to you that whosoever is angry 00:09:34.549 --> 00:09:38.470 with his brother without a curse shall be in 00:09:38.470 --> 00:09:42.490 danger of the judgment and whoever says to his 00:09:42.490 --> 00:09:46.090 brother raka shall be in danger of the council 00:09:46.090 --> 00:09:50.789 but whoever says you fool shall be in danger 00:09:50.789 --> 00:09:55.830 of hell fire i don't know how comes fire enter 00:09:55.830 --> 00:10:00.929 this place hallelujah but in danger of hell hallelujah 00:10:00.929 --> 00:10:04.830 now let's look at verse 27 and verse 28 verse 00:10:04.830 --> 00:10:10.029 27 and verse 28 you have heard another similar 00:10:10.029 --> 00:10:13.450 word phrase you have heard ye have heard you 00:10:13.450 --> 00:10:16.870 have heard that it was said to those of old you 00:10:16.870 --> 00:10:21.610 shall not commit adultery but i say to you that 00:10:21.610 --> 00:10:26.029 whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has 00:10:26.029 --> 00:10:30.529 already committed adultery with her in his heart 00:10:30.529 --> 00:10:36.649 now let's say it was 31 and was 32 right furthermore 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:39.899 it has been said so you see the phrase you have 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:43.960 heard you also see the phrase it has been said 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:47.799 whoever divorces his wife let him give her a 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:51.360 certificate of divorcement of divorce but i say 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:55.019 to you that whoever divorces his wife for any 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:59.080 reason except sexual immorality causes her to 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.919 commit adultery and whoever marries a woman who 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:09.820 is divorced commits adultery was 33 and was 34 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:15.360 again you have heard that it was said to those 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.299 of old you shall not swear falsely but shall 00:11:19.299 --> 00:11:23.139 perform your oath to the lord but i say to you 00:11:23.139 --> 00:11:27.679 do not even swear at all neither by heaven for 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:32.980 it is god's throne all right it is god's throne 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:43.879 was 43 and was no no no was 38 and was 39 was 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:47.419 38 and was 39 yes you have heard that it was 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:51.840 said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:56.580 but i tell you to i tell you not to resist an 00:11:56.580 --> 00:12:00.340 evil person whoever slaps you on the right cheek 00:12:00.340 --> 00:12:05.490 you but whosoever slaps you on the right cheek, 00:12:05.789 --> 00:12:10.730 turn the other to him also alright then of course 00:12:10.730 --> 00:12:16.970 verse 43 and verse 44 verse 43 and verse 44 verse 00:12:16.970 --> 00:12:22.409 43 and verse 44 you have heard it was said you 00:12:22.409 --> 00:12:28.669 shall love your neighbor and what and hate your 00:12:28.669 --> 00:12:34.509 enemy verse 44 but i say to you love your enemies, 00:12:35.309 --> 00:12:38.049 bless those who curse you, do good to those who 00:12:38.049 --> 00:12:40.929 hate you, and pray for those who spicefully use 00:12:40.929 --> 00:12:44.750 you and persecute you. All right? So oftentimes 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:49.250 when we read this, we are tempted to conclude 00:12:49.250 --> 00:12:53.330 that what Jesus was doing here was contradicting 00:12:53.330 --> 00:12:56.509 what was written in the 39 books of the Old Testament. 00:12:58.590 --> 00:13:02.700 We begin to infer that Jesus is is rewriting 00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:06.399 the old testament or jesus is putting an end 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:10.539 to the practices of the old testament no he was 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:15.759 rightly interpreting the scriptures in the in 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:20.019 the context by which they were inspired hallelujah 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:23.600 note there were many materials and sources in 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.159 the time of jesus christ there were many interpretations 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:30.419 in the time of jesus christ there were many schools 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:32.879 of thoughts because oftentimes you see the pharisees 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:36.220 will bring an issue to jesus and say it is written 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:39.240 what do you say about this now what is your own 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.159 claim about this portion of the law what is your 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:43.080 own interpretation of this part of the scriptures 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:49.360 so there are many materials many sources many 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.320 interpretations many commentaries and materials 00:13:53.320 --> 00:14:00.559 in a time of jesus's interpretation all right 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:07.840 so when you hear you have heard or it has been 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.899 said he wasn't referring to necessarily necessarily 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:14.019 he wasn't referred to referring to the 39 books 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:16.519 most of the things he said you have heard most 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.159 of them were not referring to even the altar 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:22.299 semantics even though they were involved in what 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:26.970 he was saying Jesus was referring to the prevailing 00:14:26.970 --> 00:14:29.690 interpretation of what was written in that text. 00:14:31.730 --> 00:14:35.330 We'll see an example. Let's see an example of 00:14:35.330 --> 00:14:37.649 his engagement with the Pharisees. Matthew chapter 00:14:37.649 --> 00:14:42.789 19 verse 1 to 9. They brought to him Deuteronomy 00:14:42.789 --> 00:14:46.649 chapter 24 verse 1 to 4. Matthew 19 verse 1 to 00:14:46.649 --> 00:14:50.990 9. Now it came to pass when Jesus had finished 00:14:50.990 --> 00:14:53.590 these sayings that he departed from Galilee. 00:14:53.690 --> 00:14:57.070 and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan 00:14:57.070 --> 00:15:00.570 and a great multitude followed him and he healed 00:15:00.570 --> 00:15:03.909 them there the Pharisees also came to him now 00:15:03.909 --> 00:15:08.789 the Pharisees came to test him saying saying 00:15:08.789 --> 00:15:12.649 to him is it lawful for a man to divorce his 00:15:12.649 --> 00:15:16.850 wife for just any reason you see for just any 00:15:16.850 --> 00:15:22.549 reason the father okay and he answered and said 00:15:22.549 --> 00:15:28.269 to them have you not read alright have you not 00:15:28.269 --> 00:15:35.950 read he who made them were at the beginning made 00:15:35.950 --> 00:15:42.149 them male and female and said for this reason 00:15:42.149 --> 00:15:48.110 a man shall leave his father and mother and be 00:15:48.110 --> 00:15:51.070 joined to his wife and the two shall become one 00:15:51.070 --> 00:15:56.509 flesh so then they were no longer two but one 00:15:56.509 --> 00:16:01.009 flesh therefore what god has joined together 00:16:01.009 --> 00:16:05.769 let no man separate they said to him then why 00:16:05.769 --> 00:16:09.409 did moses give command to give a certificate 00:16:09.409 --> 00:16:12.690 of divorce and to put her away now jesus has 00:16:12.690 --> 00:16:16.429 interpreted that text to them all right concerning 00:16:16.429 --> 00:16:19.769 the issue of marriage yes yes reveal goes wheel 00:16:19.769 --> 00:16:23.929 and purpose concerning marriage okay then they 00:16:23.929 --> 00:16:27.330 come and then they propped more by bringing in 00:16:27.330 --> 00:16:33.789 the conversation of moses moses because of the 00:16:33.789 --> 00:16:37.129 hardness of your hearts okay moses because of 00:16:37.129 --> 00:16:40.870 what the hardness of your heart permitted you 00:16:40.870 --> 00:16:45.690 to divorce your wives but from the beginning 00:16:45.690 --> 00:16:51.950 what it was not so in the beginning that is not 00:16:51.950 --> 00:16:55.669 or that was not the will of god all right and 00:16:55.669 --> 00:17:01.090 i say to you whoever divorces his wife except 00:17:01.090 --> 00:17:05.829 for sexual immorality and marries another commits 00:17:05.829 --> 00:17:09.710 adultery and whoever marries her who is divorced 00:17:09.710 --> 00:17:16.660 commits adultery so the first is as i said eron 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:18.759 they were trying they were interpreting detronomy 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.799 24 let's look at detronomy 24 verse 1 to 4 where 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.819 they were bringing in their argument for their 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:30.740 question detronomy 24 verse 1 yes when a man 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:33.519 takes a wife and marries her and it happens that 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.440 she finds no favor in his eyes because he has 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.420 found some uncleanness in her and he writes her 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:42.539 a certificate of divorce puts in her hand and 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:46.579 send her out of his house when she has departed 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:49.819 from his house and goes and becomes another man's 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:54.000 wife if the latter husband detests her and writes 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.740 her a certificate of divorce and puts in her 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:59.720 hand and sends her out of the house of his house 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.539 or if the latter husband dies and dies who took 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:07.220 her as his wife then the former husband who divorced 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:10.730 her must not take her back to be his wife after 00:18:10.730 --> 00:18:13.309 she has been defiled for that is an abomination 00:18:13.309 --> 00:18:16.369 before the lord and you shall not bring sin on 00:18:16.369 --> 00:18:19.230 the land which the lord your god is giving you 00:18:19.230 --> 00:18:22.690 as an inheritance so the broad of this takes 00:18:22.690 --> 00:18:27.230 try to query or question jesus christ but in 00:18:27.230 --> 00:18:30.170 martin 19 verse 4 particularly he said have you 00:18:30.170 --> 00:18:35.950 not read have you not read which means is like 00:18:35.950 --> 00:18:40.299 is like an insult to them these are men that 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:43.720 have been grounded in the laws of moses and he's 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:48.519 telling them have you not read have you not read 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.059 these are men who are schooled in the scriptures 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:56.539 and he's telling them have you not read the phrase 00:18:56.539 --> 00:19:05.619 from is from a greek word which refers to know 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:10.819 accurately so invariably jesus is saying how 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:18.640 don't you have an accurate knowledge okay to 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:23.299 know accurately to acknowledge to read properly 00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:31.319 or thoroughly all right to know accurately to 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:38.980 read properly or in another words to interpret 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:41.740 properly and come to that place of knowledge 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:44.680 the right knowledge we see they use in Matthew 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:47.160 12 verse 5 let's see how it was used in other 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:53.839 texts too Matthew 12 verse 5 oh have you not 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.359 read in the law that of the Sabbath the priest 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:01.440 in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:05.579 22 verse 31 Matthew 22 verse 31 another place 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:09.170 where it is what was used matthew 22 verse 31 00:20:09.170 --> 00:20:13.869 but concerning resurrection of it have you not 00:20:13.869 --> 00:20:20.470 read what was have you know read what was spoken 00:20:20.470 --> 00:20:24.670 to you by god saying okay so this means that 00:20:24.670 --> 00:20:28.769 the scriptures must be read accurately and interpreted 00:20:28.769 --> 00:20:33.430 properly all right to come to this place of proper 00:20:33.430 --> 00:20:37.180 and accurate knowledge they must be read properly 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:43.920 all right they must be read properly jesus referred 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:47.079 them toward to our to the foundation of interpretation 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:51.079 itself which they always negate all right they 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:54.700 try to interpret the tronomy without genesis 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:59.559 so we must read and interpret scriptures correctly 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:05.410 because biblical teaching it involves faithfully 00:21:05.410 --> 00:21:09.789 explaining its meaning so others can understand 00:21:09.789 --> 00:21:16.029 and apply it properly you see so the wrong knowledge 00:21:16.029 --> 00:21:19.109 notion that they have established their interpretation 00:21:19.109 --> 00:21:22.509 that they have established okay will result in 00:21:22.509 --> 00:21:25.529 their practice will result in the kind of life 00:21:25.529 --> 00:21:27.250 they will live and even the ministry they will 00:21:27.250 --> 00:21:32.930 do in luke 24 25 jesus modeled this expounding 00:21:33.109 --> 00:21:37.109 the scriptures to his disciples the word expounded 00:21:37.109 --> 00:21:43.789 he used a word expounded mark in luke 2427 meaning 00:21:43.789 --> 00:21:51.589 to explain thoroughly expounded luke 2427 and 00:21:51.589 --> 00:21:56.089 beginning at moses and all the prophets he expounded 00:21:56.089 --> 00:21:59.289 to them in all scriptures the things concerning 00:21:59.289 --> 00:22:01.970 himself so the Pharisees should have expanded 00:22:01.970 --> 00:22:04.849 from all the writings of the scripture because 00:22:04.849 --> 00:22:07.369 the scriptures cannot be interpreted individually 00:22:07.369 --> 00:22:11.930 we must explain the scriptures in his wholesome 00:22:11.930 --> 00:22:19.569 so jesus gave an example here by expounding by 00:22:19.569 --> 00:22:25.210 expounding the scriptures explaining thoroughly 00:22:25.210 --> 00:22:33.819 interprets by implication to translate the scriptures 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:39.619 he unfolded its true meaning and reveal how it 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:42.759 points out it is pointing to him from luke chapter 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:47.640 24 verse 27 all right now we're going to go back 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:50.980 to that later on and look at that issue of marriage 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:53.539 later much more properly now let's see another 00:22:53.539 --> 00:23:01.730 example in matthew 7 26 was 24 Matthew 7 verse 00:23:01.730 --> 00:23:08.450 28 rather to 29 what we are establishing is a 00:23:08.450 --> 00:23:12.769 need is a need for proper interpretation because 00:23:12.769 --> 00:23:16.369 there are varied assumptions about the meanings 00:23:16.369 --> 00:23:19.750 of scripture and we must know how to interpret 00:23:19.750 --> 00:23:22.730 scriptures properly Matthew 7 verse 28 and 29 00:23:28.650 --> 00:23:33.910 how was jesus's teaching for he taught them as 00:23:33.910 --> 00:23:39.130 one having authority not as the scribes what 00:23:39.130 --> 00:23:41.609 differentiated jesus's teaching from that of 00:23:41.609 --> 00:23:44.750 the scribes for he taught them as one having 00:23:44.750 --> 00:23:49.609 authority and not as the scribes okay jesus did 00:23:49.609 --> 00:23:52.309 not interpret the scriptures as the scribes and 00:23:52.309 --> 00:23:56.549 the Pharisees were doing they were astonished 00:23:56.549 --> 00:24:01.299 at his interpretation at his teaching they've 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:04.500 been hearing the scribes and the Pharisees they've 00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:07.740 been hearing the narratives but what jesus was 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:12.740 saying was counter conventional the same scriptures 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:17.559 okay but different from what was known at that 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:21.539 time because jesus explained and interpreted 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:25.619 the scriptures as pointing to him to himself 00:24:26.250 --> 00:24:29.029 so we can observe the source of jesus's doctrine 00:24:29.029 --> 00:24:32.509 is more of teaching or interpretation from the 00:24:32.509 --> 00:24:34.430 early verses in this matthew chapter 7 verse 00:24:34.430 --> 00:24:37.049 12 see verse 12 that's some text matthew chapter 00:24:37.049 --> 00:24:39.670 7 verse 12 we see where he was teaching actually 00:24:39.670 --> 00:24:42.849 in that context of matthew 7 that the bible says 00:24:42.849 --> 00:24:45.690 the way astonished by his way of teaching therefore 00:24:45.690 --> 00:24:51.750 okay yes therefore whatever you want men to do 00:24:51.750 --> 00:24:56.180 to you do also to them for this is the law and 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.039 the prophets which means that jesus was teaching 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.980 from what from the law and the prophets all right 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:04.220 but they were astonished to how he was explaining 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:08.019 the scriptures because his mode of communication 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:11.599 his kind of interpretation his kind of explanation 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.000 is not as the Pharisees and the scribes were 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:23.259 doing in that day so he mentioned the law and 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:25.940 the prophets which refers to the ultimate scriptures 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:28.319 are stated in the verses we read in Matthew 7 00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:35.140 verse 12 he explained from the scriptures so 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:40.180 the word doctrine in Matthew 7 28 implies that 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:44.940 the explanation explanation that implies that 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:47.779 the statement the people were astonished at his 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:52.559 doctrine is really referring to the mark of jesus's 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:57.369 explanation of the all testament scriptures so 00:25:57.369 --> 00:26:02.589 we can henceforth infer that there is a christ 00:26:02.589 --> 00:26:06.529 note of explanation of the all testament books 00:26:06.529 --> 00:26:10.730 okay there is a way in which jesus explained 00:26:10.730 --> 00:26:15.789 the all testament scriptures jesus taught from 00:26:15.789 --> 00:26:19.549 the scriptures giving an example of how the scriptures 00:26:19.549 --> 00:26:23.390 should be properly explained is disciples also 00:26:23.390 --> 00:26:29.069 stayed within this same interpretation this mode 00:26:29.069 --> 00:26:32.069 of explanation that jesus gave of the scriptures 00:26:32.069 --> 00:26:35.849 of the old testament books of the bible all right 00:26:35.849 --> 00:26:41.829 so we in the same light must investigate which 00:26:41.829 --> 00:26:44.309 we are going to go in the course of this this 00:26:44.309 --> 00:26:48.930 conference to see how the scriptures are to be 00:26:48.930 --> 00:26:52.470 interpreted especially the old testament scriptures 00:26:52.470 --> 00:26:58.529 hallelujah so what is the authority of the scriptures 00:26:58.529 --> 00:27:00.190 let's look at this we're still investigating 00:27:00.190 --> 00:27:02.490 the scriptures let's see the authority of the 00:27:02.490 --> 00:27:05.970 scripture jesus established the authority of 00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:08.329 the scripture look to the nine verse one and 00:27:08.329 --> 00:27:11.970 two we see how jesus in safe established the 00:27:11.970 --> 00:27:14.369 authority of the scriptures look to the nine 00:27:14.369 --> 00:27:17.690 verse one and two look to the nine verse one 00:27:17.690 --> 00:27:21.210 and two then he called his twelve disciples together 00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:25.970 and gave them power and authority now please 00:27:25.970 --> 00:27:30.490 look at this carefully he gave them power and 00:27:30.490 --> 00:27:34.890 authority over all demons and to cure diseases 00:27:34.890 --> 00:27:38.190 verse two he sent them to preach the kingdom 00:27:38.190 --> 00:27:42.470 of god and to heal the sick so deers have authority 00:27:42.470 --> 00:27:45.289 that he gave the apostles to go and preach and 00:27:45.289 --> 00:27:51.400 to heal and to cast out devils verse 28 Matthew 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:57.519 28 verse 18 to 20 Matthew 28 verse 18 to 20 we 00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:00.220 are seeing the authority Jesus has okay and Jesus 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:03.579 came and spoke to them saying all authority has 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:09.299 been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:13.579 and make disciples to all of all nations baptizing 00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:16.099 them in the name of the father of the son and 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:21.359 of the holy spirit them to observe all things 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:24.420 that I have commanded you and know I am with 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:31.420 you always to the end of the age okay mark 16 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:38.279 verse 15 to 20 mark 16 verse 15 to 20 we're going 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:40.660 to see how Jesus commissioned the apostles to 00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:45.890 preach and to make disciples and he said to them 00:28:45.890 --> 00:28:48.029 go into all the world and preach the gospel to 00:28:48.029 --> 00:28:55.390 every creature he who believes is baptized will 00:28:55.390 --> 00:28:57.490 be saved but he who does not believe will be 00:28:57.490 --> 00:29:01.009 condemned and this science will follow those 00:29:01.009 --> 00:29:04.009 who believe in my name by the authority that 00:29:04.009 --> 00:29:05.849 is in the name of jesus christ they will cast 00:29:05.849 --> 00:29:09.589 out demons they will speak with new tongues they 00:29:09.589 --> 00:29:12.750 will take up serpents and it will and they will 00:29:12.750 --> 00:29:16.029 drink and if they drink if they drink any deadly 00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:18.609 anything deadly it will by no means hurt them 00:29:18.609 --> 00:29:21.789 they will lay hands on the sick and they will 00:29:21.789 --> 00:29:27.069 recover all right yes so then after the lord 00:29:27.069 --> 00:29:29.670 has spoken to them he was received up into heavens 00:29:29.670 --> 00:29:32.849 and sat down at the right hand of god verse 20 00:29:32.849 --> 00:29:34.730 with short rows how they went about and they 00:29:34.730 --> 00:29:38.200 went out and preach everywhere the lord working 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.660 with them and confirming their words through 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:46.039 their company signs amen so we can add look to 00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:51.059 the 24 verse 44 we can act accept the one verse 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:55.640 eight we can also add x to two was two to eight 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.700 so we can see that apart from jesus commissioning 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:02.319 the apostles to go and preach and make disciples 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:06.799 giving them authority we can see that he gave 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:09.980 them also authority all right to teach to raise 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:15.460 his apples and he gave them the boundary of how 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:19.599 this authority will be used okay the authority 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:23.339 is through the scriptures all right the things 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:26.740 that he has taught them and what he has taught 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:30.319 them is from the scriptures so they are not inventing 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:33.519 a message but the authority he has given to them 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:38.500 is is is is guided by what by the scriptures 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:42.380 all right let's look at his life himself jesus 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:46.940 christ although jesus the all authority belonged 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:49.819 to him we've seen this in matthew 18 verse 28 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:55.559 verse 18 he himself consistently affirmed the 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.599 authority of the scriptures luke chapter 24 verse 00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:00.460 44 let's read that text again luke 24 verse 44 00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:06.170 then he said to them these are the words which 00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:09.450 i spoke to you while i was still with you that 00:31:09.450 --> 00:31:12.849 all things must be fulfilled which were written 00:31:12.849 --> 00:31:16.009 in the law of moses and the prophets and the 00:31:16.009 --> 00:31:17.609 psalms concerning me do you know the implication 00:31:17.609 --> 00:31:20.410 of this the implication is that jesus christ 00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:26.170 has all authority okay but while he was on earth 00:31:26.170 --> 00:31:30.170 he never did something that is outside the scriptures 00:31:30.170 --> 00:31:45.690 despite of him being god he inspired the writers 00:31:45.690 --> 00:32:01.589 of the text by the holy ghost you know what jesus 00:32:01.589 --> 00:32:06.450 is older than the scriptures all right jesus 00:32:06.450 --> 00:32:13.509 is a reason for the for the text jesus is what 00:32:13.509 --> 00:32:18.289 the text is aiming at explaining yet when he 00:32:18.289 --> 00:32:22.589 was on earth what did he do he confined himself 00:32:22.589 --> 00:32:28.089 within the authority of the scriptures let's 00:32:28.089 --> 00:32:31.940 take an example of his temptation Matthew 4 verse 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:34.700 1 to 11 Mark 1 verse to 13 which one will we 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:39.420 read let's read Luke Matthew 4 1 to 11 Luke 4 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:44.200 1 to 13 let's read Matthew 1 11 we'll see and 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.740 jesus was led up by the spirit into the wilderness 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:49.779 to be tempted by the devil and when he had fasted 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.079 40 days and 40 nights after what he was hungry 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.880 now when the tempter came to him he said if you 00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:58.680 are a son of god command these stones to become 00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:02.339 great but he answered and said to him it is written 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.660 where it is written it is written in the scriptures 00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:08.240 that mine shall not live by bread alone but by 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:11.240 every word that proceeds from the mouth of the 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.160 law of god then the devil took him up in a holy 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:16.859 city set him on the pinnacle of the temple and 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:19.660 said to him if you are the son of god throw yourself 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:23.059 down for it is written he shall give his angels 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:26.650 charge over you and in their hands they shall 00:33:26.650 --> 00:33:29.869 bear you up lest you dash your foot against a 00:33:29.869 --> 00:33:33.069 stone jesus said to him it is written except 00:33:33.069 --> 00:33:37.269 for him to just say i know who i am or use any 00:33:37.269 --> 00:33:39.769 word he can use he went back to the scriptures 00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:43.109 he confined himself within the scriptures giving 00:33:43.109 --> 00:33:46.190 authority to the scriptures he said it is written 00:33:46.190 --> 00:33:50.869 again you shall not tempt the lord your god and 00:33:50.869 --> 00:33:53.210 again the devil took him up on an exceeding high 00:33:53.210 --> 00:33:55.799 mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the 00:33:55.799 --> 00:34:00.319 world and their glory and he said to him all 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:03.519 these i will give you if you will fall down and 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:07.059 worship me jesus said to him again away with 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:12.679 you satan for it is what it is written you shall 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:17.079 worship the lord your god and him only you shall 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:20.699 what you shall serve all right so during his 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:24.389 temptation we see clearly repeatedly that he 00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:28.989 uses the word it is written it is written though 00:34:28.989 --> 00:34:32.809 he inspired the scriptures and existed before 00:34:32.809 --> 00:34:37.050 them he chose to submit to their authority that's 00:34:37.050 --> 00:34:40.170 what i want to portray from here all right jesus 00:34:40.170 --> 00:34:43.289 submitted himself to the authority of the scriptures 00:34:43.289 --> 00:34:47.750 isn't it amazing jesus never separated his ministry 00:34:47.750 --> 00:34:51.469 from the written word he never separated his 00:34:51.469 --> 00:34:56.789 life from the written word even though he precedes 00:34:56.789 --> 00:34:59.750 the written word he taught from the scriptures 00:34:59.750 --> 00:35:02.909 jesus public ministry was grounded in the written 00:35:02.909 --> 00:35:05.170 scripture look chapter four verse six to twenty 00:35:05.170 --> 00:35:06.989 one we can write this down we'll see that jesus's 00:35:06.989 --> 00:35:11.869 teaching were enshrined in the written word he 00:35:11.869 --> 00:35:14.070 taught the scriptures and give him a treat of 00:35:14.070 --> 00:35:16.309 the five verse seventeen imagine of the five 00:35:16.309 --> 00:35:18.929 or seventeen we'll see that he fulfilled the 00:35:18.929 --> 00:35:22.769 scriptures he came not to do what to destroy 00:35:22.769 --> 00:35:27.460 it but to what to fulfill the scriptures he taught 00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:31.480 from the scriptures he fulfilled the scriptures 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:35.360 his corrections were from the scriptures he correct 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:39.420 errors from the scriptures jesus corrects forms 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:41.980 doctrine by directing people back to the scriptures 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:47.420 matthew 22 verse 29 matthew 22 verse 29 we'll 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.219 see that his corrections were from the scriptures 00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:53.409 jesus answered and said to them you are mistaken 00:35:53.409 --> 00:35:56.469 not knowing the scripture nor the power of god 00:35:56.469 --> 00:35:58.309 because i think the context is about resurrection 00:35:58.309 --> 00:36:01.989 right not knowing the scripture nor the power 00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:04.510 of god so if you know the scripture you will 00:36:04.510 --> 00:36:08.869 not come with this interpretation hallelujah 00:36:08.869 --> 00:36:12.530 so he corrected errors through the scriptures 00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:16.630 he rebuke from the scriptures during his temptation 00:36:16.630 --> 00:36:19.809 we see as we read jesus rebuke satan by repeatedly 00:36:19.809 --> 00:36:21.829 quoting the scriptures demonstrating the authority 00:36:22.269 --> 00:36:27.730 and the sufficiency of God's word. He rebuked 00:36:27.730 --> 00:36:31.710 from the scriptures. He didn't wear into Aristotle 00:36:31.710 --> 00:36:36.449 and garner some wisdom from, which philosopher 00:36:36.449 --> 00:36:38.809 was one of the famous philosophers within his 00:36:38.809 --> 00:36:42.809 time? Socrates, right? Jesus did not pick up 00:36:42.809 --> 00:36:48.829 some Socratic wisdom to rebuke the enemy or the 00:36:48.829 --> 00:36:50.849 people of his day to correct them. he didn't 00:36:50.849 --> 00:37:01.769 go into which one will i call today into this 00:37:01.769 --> 00:37:06.170 famous english writer what's his name Shakespeare 00:37:06.170 --> 00:37:10.250 yes he didn't go into the Shakespearean wisdom 00:37:10.250 --> 00:37:14.289 to communicate to the even though Shakespeare 00:37:14.289 --> 00:37:17.730 lived long long long his contemporary hallelujah 00:37:17.730 --> 00:37:24.570 but jesus ministry alive was within the boundary 00:37:24.570 --> 00:37:28.369 of the written word was within the boundary of 00:37:28.369 --> 00:37:31.090 the scriptures was within the boundary of genesis 00:37:31.090 --> 00:37:37.829 to malachi hallelujah so he revealed those words 00:37:37.829 --> 00:37:40.730 through the scriptures okay we'll see again look 00:37:40.730 --> 00:37:44.449 24 25 and revealing those words Jesus did not 00:37:44.449 --> 00:37:46.710 bring any new revelation there's no revelation 00:37:46.710 --> 00:37:50.210 Jesus brought he revealed the will of God the 00:37:50.210 --> 00:37:53.309 purpose of god the word of god through the scriptures 00:37:53.309 --> 00:37:57.710 he revealed the redentive plan by explaining 00:37:57.710 --> 00:38:02.730 how all scriptures pointed to him okay there 00:38:02.730 --> 00:38:06.230 was no invention in what he came about the specific 00:38:06.230 --> 00:38:08.530 words even on the cross you see that the word 00:38:08.530 --> 00:38:12.170 he was saying were within the confines of the 00:38:12.170 --> 00:38:18.039 written word so our ministry must be hinged on 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:22.199 the authority of the scriptures the authority 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:25.960 and the effectiveness of our ministry are measured 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:32.179 by how faithfully by how faithfully we understand 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:36.239 all right the authority of a script of our ministry 00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:39.619 will be analyzed or will be seen by how much 00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:44.699 we understand how much we interpret and apply 00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:49.840 the scriptures not by how popular we are not 00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.579 by the amount of influence we command in society 00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:56.360 not even by our personal experiences because 00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:59.019 sometimes we are tempted to ignore our personal 00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:02.800 experiences our individual experiences that might 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:06.059 not necessarily be scriptures above the authority 00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:10.980 of God's word Jesus never even Paul himself even 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:13.739 in his speakings he quoted that he knows a man 00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:16.139 that was caught in the third heavens he didn't 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:18.340 tell us what happened in the third heavens anyway 00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:22.019 he said that he saw things that even works he 00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:25.159 doesn't have words to explain them suddenly in 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.639 our time today people have gone to heaven and 00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.820 they've returned and they are able to explain 00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:34.719 what they saw in heaven to ask scriptures i don't 00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.360 know maybe i'll be maybe i'll study it but i've 00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:39.500 not seen any man that goes to heaven and he came 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.840 back and he have plenty things to say almost 00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:45.199 everyone that went to heaven have an experience 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:49.699 when he comes and his mouth is shut because there 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:52.360 are things you know that when jesus came on earth 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:54.619 he never tell us how he was relating with the 00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:58.599 father how they were doing the things the way 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:02.079 he confined himself there is a lot he can say 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:06.760 all right but all his explanation all his interpretation 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:09.659 of the father all this interpretation of the 00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:14.050 you know in in john chapter 14 the scriptures 00:40:14.050 --> 00:40:16.730 were written the disciples were saying shows 00:40:16.730 --> 00:40:21.650 the father i will be okay they wanted something 00:40:21.650 --> 00:40:26.309 more to know the father and the father has only 00:40:26.309 --> 00:40:28.710 one way by which he will be known through the 00:40:28.710 --> 00:40:32.489 sword which is within the boundary of what of 00:40:32.489 --> 00:40:37.570 the expanded scriptures hallelujah so this is 00:40:37.570 --> 00:40:40.239 the reality of the kind of ministry that you 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:44.579 and I have been called to do we cannot go outside 00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:48.139 the authority that christ himself have given 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:52.719 to the scriptures the authority of our ministry 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:57.280 is how biblical we are or how politically correct 00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:01.119 we are you know in this generation everybody 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:05.340 wants to move in a line that he's he's not you 00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:07.570 know he's trying to balance there's nothing like 00:41:07.570 --> 00:41:09.349 the gospel is not balanced you can't balance 00:41:09.349 --> 00:41:12.070 the gospel the the gospel is already balanced 00:41:12.070 --> 00:41:16.989 by itself are we together so you cannot try to 00:41:16.989 --> 00:41:20.250 be politically correct in the bits to conform 00:41:20.250 --> 00:41:23.750 yourself to a certain category of people to a 00:41:23.750 --> 00:41:26.289 certain movement to a certain association of 00:41:26.289 --> 00:41:29.269 people that you will be accepted no the gospel 00:41:29.269 --> 00:41:34.349 itself rightly interpreted is balanced are we 00:41:34.349 --> 00:41:40.590 together so your authority in ministry is how 00:41:40.590 --> 00:41:44.510 biblical you are not by how many fellowships 00:41:44.510 --> 00:41:49.909 have endorsed you but how biblical you are how 00:41:49.909 --> 00:41:53.449 you know you remain within the authority of the 00:41:53.449 --> 00:41:57.949 scriptures as rightly explained as rightly interpreted 00:41:57.949 --> 00:42:03.070 so scripture is meant to guide us in exercising 00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:07.820 the authority god has given us the way jesus 00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:11.280 did he says all authority in heaven has been 00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:14.059 given on to me therefore you go and he didn't 00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:16.000 just tell him to go he gave them a context of 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:19.760 what they will teach and preach hallelujah he 00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:21.500 said all the things i've taught you what did 00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:24.480 he teach them he taught them within the scriptures 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:28.860 same thing teach others what you've received 00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:32.380 before me in the presence of many witnesses get 00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:35.960 some faithful people and give them hallelujah 00:42:36.269 --> 00:42:39.949 some of you will be leaving us very soon and 00:42:39.949 --> 00:42:41.210 you'll be going back on my trust in god that 00:42:41.210 --> 00:42:43.929 you go back to wherever you're going to do the 00:42:43.929 --> 00:42:47.909 work of god wherever god will take you to and 00:42:47.909 --> 00:42:50.849 i want you to know that there's no invention 00:42:50.849 --> 00:42:54.309 you're going to do outside what you've had hallelujah 00:42:54.309 --> 00:42:58.309 the context of what you would do is within the 00:42:58.309 --> 00:43:01.929 authority of the scriptures so the bible the 00:43:01.929 --> 00:43:07.699 scriptures has been given to us as the guide 00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:11.840 in exercising the authority that we have he who 00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:15.239 has authority before the scriptures that is jesus 00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:17.500 he has authority before the scriptures we are 00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:20.599 written he submits himself to read then we don't 00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:26.780 have any valid excuse to do ministry without 00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:31.800 the written word hallelujah jesus who is god 00:43:34.170 --> 00:43:46.570 submitted himself to the scriptures that he inspired 00:43:46.570 --> 00:43:51.949 through human authors okay i want to bring to 00:43:51.949 --> 00:43:53.969 you that is human beings that wrote the scriptures 00:43:53.969 --> 00:43:58.670 not god all right in the writing is men that 00:43:58.670 --> 00:44:02.369 wrote it inspired by the spirit of god in human 00:44:02.369 --> 00:44:06.000 language language that men can understand men 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:12.119 with flows like you and like me men like david 00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:15.920 a murderer men like moses the one that killed 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:22.340 someone in egypt and ran away men of light uh 00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:26.380 how do they explain elijah like passion as us 00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:30.699 all right ordinary men but god inspired through 00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:33.469 them to write the words of the holy scriptures 00:44:33.469 --> 00:44:37.389 to which god himself while coming to earth confined 00:44:37.389 --> 00:44:42.250 his authority within that scripture that is a 00:44:42.250 --> 00:44:45.789 humility of god i would say confirmed himself 00:44:45.789 --> 00:44:48.849 within the authority of what was written by men 00:44:48.849 --> 00:44:52.369 and in it in the inspiration of scriptures it 00:44:52.369 --> 00:44:54.809 the inspiration of scriptures did not take away 00:44:54.809 --> 00:44:58.889 human inefficiency all right the scripture was 00:44:58.889 --> 00:45:02.070 not inspired you know the scripture was not written 00:45:02.070 --> 00:45:06.429 by perfect men that's what i want to say sometimes 00:45:06.429 --> 00:45:08.789 the writings of scriptures it exposes the weakness 00:45:08.789 --> 00:45:13.789 of the characters and the scriptures all right 00:45:13.789 --> 00:45:19.869 it exposes their flows what was so secure that 00:45:19.869 --> 00:45:22.030 you could write even the flows of his prophet 00:45:22.030 --> 00:45:27.590 in the scriptures the scripture is honest about 00:45:27.590 --> 00:45:34.260 human feelings and feelings to read the songs 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:39.480 songs of solomon you know what is there you read 00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:42.960 lamentation you're wondering why the lamentation 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:47.300 all right so the bible is not the scriptures 00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:51.960 we're not ignorant of human emotions and feelings 00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:58.570 and feelings but they are sacred hallelujah they 00:45:58.570 --> 00:46:02.570 are sacred they are holy and jesus christ himself 00:46:02.570 --> 00:46:05.829 who is god came into flesh submitted himself 00:46:05.829 --> 00:46:08.429 to the authority of the world so the greater 00:46:08.429 --> 00:46:16.690 works we are called to do are define their context 00:46:16.690 --> 00:46:19.849 that's what i want to say the greater works we 00:46:19.849 --> 00:46:27.090 are called to do find its context pattern and 00:46:27.090 --> 00:46:33.389 the way of execution from the written word okay 00:46:33.389 --> 00:46:37.570 we are not inventing the wheel we are not reinventing 00:46:37.570 --> 00:46:41.989 the wheel all right so we have a pattern we have 00:46:41.989 --> 00:46:47.130 a message we have uh how to do it and it's given 00:46:47.130 --> 00:46:50.750 to us in the written word god has delegated to 00:46:50.750 --> 00:46:55.780 the written text how he must be known and how 00:46:55.780 --> 00:47:00.019 he must be followed all right so if you want 00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:03.599 to know god he has given to us in a written text 00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:07.260 how he must be known and how he must be followed 00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:10.579 so whatever revelation that you bring from whatever 00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:15.260 part heavens whatever portals that by grace or 00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:18.800 by your own doings might be open to see must 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:24.300 align itself if it does not align with the written 00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:27.739 word if it does not find its authority in the 00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:31.940 written word then it is not qualified to be an 00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:34.820 inspiration or a sense of direction for the believer 00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:40.239 because god has delegated to the written text 00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:45.059 how he must be known and how he must be followed 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:48.920 there's no biblical ministry without the written 00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:56.119 scriptures we keep emphasizing okay is no biblical 00:47:56.119 --> 00:48:01.840 ministry without the written word without the 00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:06.780 written scriptures so the greater works christ 00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:11.739 is calling us to do must be carried out according 00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:14.599 to the pattern that he has shown to us in scriptures 00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:20.300 and not creating a new message we are loyal to 00:48:20.300 --> 00:48:30.039 the written word so sound doctrine requires careful 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:35.360 study all right it requires careful study to 00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:40.199 know biblical doctrine teaching must be carefully 00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:44.260 developed through patience and accurate study 00:48:44.260 --> 00:48:48.239 study of the scriptures we don't become lazy 00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:53.280 we become patient that we might be accurate in 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.389 a delivery of the message that god has given 00:48:56.389 --> 00:49:02.150 us effective teaching of scripture effective 00:49:02.150 --> 00:49:04.449 teachers of scripture handle ghost world with 00:49:04.449 --> 00:49:09.550 diligence and precision that you may not add 00:49:09.550 --> 00:49:14.510 your own opinions as overall authority over scripture 00:49:14.510 --> 00:49:23.130 so we are called on to that kind of ministry 00:49:23.130 --> 00:49:28.139 and the ministry is within the authority of the 00:49:28.139 --> 00:49:35.260 scriptures that we have hallelujah now let's 00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:39.940 look at the scripture more acts of the 20 verse 00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:50.900 25 to 28 paul communicating to the church in 00:49:50.900 --> 00:50:00.380 ethesus and indeed now i knew that i know that 00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:07.460 you all and indeed now i know among whom i have 00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:09.320 gone preaching the kingdom of god will see my 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:15.539 face no more yes therefore i testify to you this 00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:21.380 day that i am innocent of the blood of all men 00:50:22.250 --> 00:50:27.789 for i have not shown to declare to you the whole 00:50:27.789 --> 00:50:33.369 council of god therefore take it to yourself 00:50:33.369 --> 00:50:37.130 and to the flock among which the holy spirit 00:50:37.130 --> 00:50:42.250 has made you overseers to shepherd the church 00:50:42.250 --> 00:50:46.889 of god which he has purchased with his own blood 00:50:46.889 --> 00:50:51.699 okay to appreciate Paul's statement in this text 00:50:51.699 --> 00:50:57.280 let's look at verse 27 he says for I have not 00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.539 shown to declare to you the whole council of 00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:06.900 God the whole council of God where will the whole 00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:09.780 council of God be found he has not shown he has 00:51:09.780 --> 00:51:13.199 not ceased from declaring to them the whole council 00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:16.460 of God now to understand and to appreciate that 00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:19.909 statement is important for us to flow to understand 00:51:19.909 --> 00:51:22.210 the flow of his farewell address to them in that 00:51:22.210 --> 00:51:27.849 particular text contextually here paul has spent 00:51:27.849 --> 00:51:31.369 about three years in ethesus okay teaching them 00:51:31.369 --> 00:51:34.489 daily preaching the gospel performing miracles 00:51:34.489 --> 00:51:38.250 and establishing the church during the time all 00:51:38.250 --> 00:51:41.170 the residents of asia had the word of the lord 00:51:41.170 --> 00:51:43.489 demonstrating the depth and the impact of his 00:51:43.489 --> 00:51:45.269 ministry you can see this in acts of the 19 was 00:51:45.269 --> 00:51:47.730 one to ten acts 19 was one to ten let's have 00:51:47.730 --> 00:51:50.260 a context to understand what he mean that he 00:51:50.260 --> 00:51:52.039 has not shown to declare to them the word council 00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:55.400 of god's word and it happened while apollos was 00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:57.780 occurring that paul having passed through the 00:51:57.780 --> 00:51:59.760 opera regions came to emphasis and finding some 00:51:59.760 --> 00:52:02.880 disciples he said to them did you receive this 00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:05.920 the holy spirit when you believe so they said 00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:09.940 to you we have not so much as heart whether there 00:52:09.940 --> 00:52:14.639 is a holy spirit as a shokah and they were disciples 00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:17.900 and he said to them into what then were you baptized 00:52:18.699 --> 00:52:22.539 so they said into john's baptism then paul said 00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:25.699 to them john and they baptized with the baptism 00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:28.159 of repentance saying the people that they should 00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:31.900 believe on him who will come after him that is 00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:34.219 on to christ so john was pointing on to someone 00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:38.260 that will come in the future so there's heightened 00:52:38.260 --> 00:52:41.480 they see that their message right their ministry 00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:44.260 was established on a messiah that is to come 00:52:46.230 --> 00:52:48.409 but because they've not had that there's a measure 00:52:48.409 --> 00:52:52.610 that has already come and he has died and he 00:52:52.610 --> 00:52:55.210 is raised again and the spirit has been given 00:52:55.210 --> 00:52:57.949 they were holding on to the all -time religion 00:52:57.949 --> 00:53:01.889 they were holding on to the ministry of John 00:53:01.889 --> 00:53:04.309 there's nothing wrong with the ministry of John 00:53:04.309 --> 00:53:07.050 there's nothing wrong with the ministry or the 00:53:07.050 --> 00:53:10.289 message of John but we must understand the context 00:53:10.289 --> 00:53:14.360 of the ministry of John when they had this they 00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:16.539 were baptized in the name of the lord jesus christ 00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:19.780 and when paul had laid hands on them the holy 00:53:19.780 --> 00:53:22.179 spirit came upon them and they spoke with tongues 00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:27.019 and prophesied now the men were about 12 in all 00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:29.820 and he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly 00:53:29.820 --> 00:53:33.420 for three months reasoning and persuading concerning 00:53:33.420 --> 00:53:36.860 the things of the kingdom of god but when some 00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:39.900 were hardened and did not believe but spoke evil 00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:43.269 of the way which way the way of the gospel the 00:53:43.269 --> 00:53:47.630 way of the kingdom of god all right but speaking 00:53:47.630 --> 00:53:50.170 of the way before the multitude he departed from 00:53:50.170 --> 00:53:53.829 there and with you with the disciples this young 00:53:53.829 --> 00:53:55.489 these people i will call them at this moment 00:53:55.489 --> 00:53:58.670 these young ministers reasoning daily in the 00:53:58.670 --> 00:54:01.250 school of what he was reasoning daily with them 00:54:01.250 --> 00:54:07.429 in a school called the school of tyranus and 00:54:07.429 --> 00:54:11.449 this continued for how many years for two years 00:54:11.869 --> 00:54:15.150 so that all who dwelled in asia had the word 00:54:15.150 --> 00:54:20.510 of the lord jesus both jews and non -jews all 00:54:20.510 --> 00:54:26.449 right then in chapter 20 verse 17 to 21 we'll 00:54:26.449 --> 00:54:31.789 see from mellitus all right paul summoned these 00:54:31.789 --> 00:54:35.190 men that have become elders the official elders 00:54:35.190 --> 00:54:39.630 and reminded them of how he had served with humility 00:54:40.529 --> 00:54:46.409 and faithful teaching he preached publicly and 00:54:46.409 --> 00:54:49.849 from house to house calling both the jews and 00:54:49.849 --> 00:54:53.190 the deltas who work to repentance and faith in 00:54:53.190 --> 00:55:00.150 christ jesus okay there was 20 to 24 and we'll 00:55:00.150 --> 00:55:05.650 see how paul declared that although imprisonment 00:55:05.650 --> 00:55:08.610 and suffering awaits him is highest priority 00:55:08.610 --> 00:55:11.650 was to finish the ministry of christ that has 00:55:11.650 --> 00:55:17.170 been entrusted to him so when we arrive at verse 00:55:17.170 --> 00:55:23.110 20 to 27 that we read we see that knowing this 00:55:23.110 --> 00:55:27.670 as a context will likely be the final meeting 00:55:27.670 --> 00:55:30.010 him knowing that this might be the final meeting 00:55:30.010 --> 00:55:33.130 that you have with them paul affirmed that he 00:55:33.130 --> 00:55:37.110 was innocent of being of their blood because 00:55:37.110 --> 00:55:41.250 he had what he had not shrunk in the old kingdom 00:55:41.250 --> 00:55:45.550 he says he has not shrunk from declaring the 00:55:45.550 --> 00:55:51.849 whole council of god he had taught god's complete 00:55:51.849 --> 00:55:58.150 message without compromise or omission all right 00:55:58.150 --> 00:56:03.190 he has taught god's complete message the entirety 00:56:03.190 --> 00:56:07.599 of the message of god with that word compromise 00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:12.320 or omission therefore in verse 28 to verse 31 00:56:12.320 --> 00:56:15.500 we see paul will charge the elders to shepherd 00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:18.659 ghost flock and he warned them that false teachers 00:56:18.659 --> 00:56:23.159 will arise even from among them their own leaders 00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:28.340 to distort the truth and lead believers astray 00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:30.960 is a warning he was giving them before he would 00:56:30.960 --> 00:56:36.400 depart from them okay then it was 32 and 35 we 00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:39.699 read and we see that he committed them to god 00:56:39.699 --> 00:56:41.940 and to that message that he has been teaching 00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:45.340 them they has been preaching to them emphasizing 00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:49.559 that god's word can build believers up and establish 00:56:49.559 --> 00:56:51.639 them in their inheritance that is their heritage 00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:55.800 indeed that is what builds them up and mold them 00:56:55.800 --> 00:56:59.380 and shape them into what god has you know brought 00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:03.559 them for then the concluding part in verse 36 00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:06.840 to 38 we see that the meeting ended with prayers 00:57:06.840 --> 00:57:10.219 tears and hard farewell and elders they were 00:57:10.219 --> 00:57:13.719 grieved you know that they will not see Paul 00:57:13.719 --> 00:57:18.320 again so many of the truth Paul's letter wrote 00:57:18.320 --> 00:57:21.380 in Ephesians reflects what he had already taught 00:57:21.380 --> 00:57:25.079 them impressive okay if we read the book of Ephesians 00:57:25.079 --> 00:57:27.380 we'll discover that this whole council of God 00:57:27.380 --> 00:57:29.960 is what he later reminded them in the book of 00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:33.860 Ephesians hallelujah for example now if you read 00:57:33.860 --> 00:57:36.420 efficiency of the one verse three to fourteen 00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:40.179 it speaks about god's eternal purpose in christ 00:57:40.179 --> 00:57:44.659 all right this is this is this is the world council 00:57:44.659 --> 00:57:47.039 of god efficiency of the one verse three to fourteen 00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:51.159 speaks about the eternal purpose of god in christ 00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:57.320 okay and then we'll see that expressed in the 00:57:57.320 --> 00:58:00.170 concept of salvation by grace we'll go to Ephesians 00:58:00.170 --> 00:58:04.269 2 verse 1 to 10 Ephesians 3 verse 1 to 7 we'll 00:58:04.269 --> 00:58:09.550 see the idea of salvation by grace this is him 00:58:09.550 --> 00:58:13.730 expounding the whole council of god all right 00:58:13.730 --> 00:58:15.909 we'll see him calling them to holy living in 00:58:15.909 --> 00:58:19.610 Ephesians 4 chapter 5 holy living how they can 00:58:19.610 --> 00:58:25.010 live as who they are in christ and then he talks 00:58:25.010 --> 00:58:28.349 about spiritual warfare chapter 6 and centrality 00:58:28.349 --> 00:58:31.550 of God's word in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 17 00:58:31.550 --> 00:58:36.989 specifically talks about God's word so all of 00:58:36.989 --> 00:58:42.250 these form the whole council of God that Paul 00:58:42.250 --> 00:58:46.530 has faithfully declared during his ministry in 00:58:46.530 --> 00:58:53.809 Ephesus hallelujah this involve all it encapsulate 00:58:53.809 --> 00:58:56.949 what Paul referred to as the whole council of 00:58:56.949 --> 00:59:01.449 god that paul faithfully declared during his 00:59:01.449 --> 00:59:05.230 ministry in ethesus so acts of the 20 verse 27 00:59:05.230 --> 00:59:08.550 is not merely a statement about preaching everything 00:59:08.550 --> 00:59:13.110 in general okay oh you know i've taught you about 00:59:13.110 --> 00:59:19.650 politics i've taught you about uh business i've 00:59:19.650 --> 00:59:23.289 taught you about about marriage i've taught you 00:59:23.289 --> 00:59:28.219 about anything but it's specific the council 00:59:28.219 --> 00:59:32.380 of god is specific hallelujah the council of 00:59:32.380 --> 00:59:35.980 god is specific and has context it's not just 00:59:35.980 --> 00:59:39.960 anything it's specific is that everything in 00:59:39.960 --> 00:59:42.659 general it reflects post commitment to teaching 00:59:42.659 --> 00:59:46.840 the full scope of god's redemptive plan revealed 00:59:46.840 --> 00:59:50.019 in the scriptures so that all council of god 00:59:50.019 --> 00:59:56.139 we see in in axe chapter 20 verse 27 is specific 00:59:56.139 --> 01:00:01.440 to what the whole scope of God's word of God's 01:00:01.440 --> 01:00:05.800 redemptive plan as revealed within the boundary 01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:08.500 of the scriptures and as we've emphasized from 01:00:08.500 --> 01:00:10.539 the beginning that when we say scriptures we 01:00:10.539 --> 01:00:15.940 have many words Genesis to Malachi so Ephesians 01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:18.920 will be Genesis will be Paul explaining Genesis 01:00:18.920 --> 01:00:24.849 to Malachi so the role of the spirit is in helping 01:00:24.849 --> 01:00:29.909 him understand the written word and then he wrote 01:00:29.909 --> 01:00:34.889 and he's able to interpret and wrote the epistles 01:00:34.889 --> 01:00:39.349 hallelujah so where did paul get the whole council 01:00:39.349 --> 01:00:42.809 of god that he declared onto them that he paul 01:00:42.809 --> 01:00:46.510 has spent about three years in effesus teaching 01:00:46.510 --> 01:00:50.630 daily preaching the gospel the authority to perform 01:00:50.630 --> 01:00:54.449 miracles and also establishing the church we've 01:00:54.449 --> 01:00:58.570 said it that this whole council of god that is 01:00:58.570 --> 01:01:01.449 commending them to in acts of the 20 verse 32 01:01:01.449 --> 01:01:06.090 that is the whole council of god that paul later 01:01:06.090 --> 01:01:09.409 wrote to them in a few in the epistles where 01:01:09.409 --> 01:01:14.969 you know from the scriptures from the all testament 01:01:14.969 --> 01:01:19.389 scriptures from the all testament scriptures 01:01:20.010 --> 01:01:22.329 now let's let's look at the word council what 01:01:22.329 --> 01:01:26.530 is the word council from that axe 2027 the word 01:01:26.530 --> 01:01:31.309 council that word council give me access council 01:01:31.309 --> 01:01:34.090 for i have not shown to declare to you the word 01:01:34.090 --> 01:01:38.769 council of god that word council is from the 01:01:38.769 --> 01:01:45.210 greek word bole b -o -u -l -e b -o -u -l -e and 01:01:45.210 --> 01:01:52.769 it means purpose okay it means purpose it means 01:01:52.769 --> 01:01:59.849 also a plan it means also intention or sometimes 01:01:59.849 --> 01:02:05.489 you know the wheel all right or a deliberate 01:02:05.489 --> 01:02:07.909 design you know you have a design for something 01:02:07.909 --> 01:02:11.489 so that's what council will be referring to the 01:02:11.489 --> 01:02:14.150 purpose of god will be referring to the plan 01:02:14.150 --> 01:02:16.929 of god will be referring to the wheel of god 01:02:17.050 --> 01:02:27.550 or god's deliberate design so it refers to carefully 01:02:27.550 --> 01:02:32.210 considered decision of predetermined purpose 01:02:32.210 --> 01:02:36.090 explaining that word council especially one that 01:02:36.090 --> 01:02:39.570 proceeds from god bringing it to context here 01:02:39.570 --> 01:02:42.590 in the scriptures that we just read all right 01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:45.420 so we can see some of his use in the new testament 01:02:45.420 --> 01:02:49.340 looked at the seven verse 30 all right looked 01:02:49.340 --> 01:02:51.739 at the seven verse 30 quickly to see where this 01:02:51.739 --> 01:02:54.739 word council was used to proper understand it 01:02:54.739 --> 01:02:56.840 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the 01:02:56.840 --> 01:02:59.639 will of god for themselves not having been baptized 01:02:59.639 --> 01:03:02.699 by him so here that word will is actually the 01:03:02.699 --> 01:03:05.340 word council so the Pharisees here and the lawyers 01:03:05.340 --> 01:03:08.639 rejected the purpose of god for themselves how 01:03:08.639 --> 01:03:14.039 how do you reject it by rejecting the message 01:03:14.039 --> 01:03:15.719 of jesus christ concerning salvation that's what 01:03:15.719 --> 01:03:18.800 they did here all right actually two verse 23 01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:24.639 the word here means god's sovereign predetermined 01:03:24.639 --> 01:03:28.280 plan of redemption him being delivered by the 01:03:28.280 --> 01:03:30.480 determined purpose that determined purpose here 01:03:30.480 --> 01:03:33.119 has to do with the word council okay is the same 01:03:33.119 --> 01:03:35.579 word in the greek the council and the for knowledge 01:03:35.579 --> 01:03:38.199 of what you have taken by lawless hands and have 01:03:38.199 --> 01:03:41.199 crucified and put to death so this is god's design 01:03:41.199 --> 01:03:45.380 okay been delivered by the design and the purpose 01:03:45.380 --> 01:03:49.440 of god so jesus was delivered by the design the 01:03:49.440 --> 01:03:51.000 determined design and the purpose of god that's 01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:55.980 the word council all right another way is axe 01:03:55.980 --> 01:04:09.320 of the 20 axe 428 axe 428 axe 428 to do whatever 01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:12.820 your hand and your purpose determined before 01:04:12.820 --> 01:04:16.719 to be done this is a prayer of the apostles so 01:04:16.719 --> 01:04:20.300 that word there they're speaking about jesus 01:04:20.300 --> 01:04:23.800 christ and what he has done and how they persecuted 01:04:23.800 --> 01:04:26.480 that they persecuted him and they're persecuting 01:04:26.480 --> 01:04:31.059 them so this is talking about god's eternal purpose 01:04:31.059 --> 01:04:35.739 efficiency of the one verse 11 referring to god's 01:04:35.739 --> 01:04:40.610 wise sovereign purpose governing all things if 01:04:40.610 --> 01:04:45.789 just one verse 11 in him also have we have obtained 01:04:45.789 --> 01:04:51.070 an inheritance been predestined according to 01:04:51.070 --> 01:04:55.150 the purpose of him who works all things according 01:04:55.150 --> 01:05:01.250 to the council of his will hebrew six verse 17 01:05:01.250 --> 01:05:04.829 that word is used for god's unchanging plan hebrew 01:05:04.829 --> 01:05:10.809 six verse 17 hebrew six verse 17 so god determined 01:05:10.809 --> 01:05:14.610 determined to show more abundantly to the hairs 01:05:14.610 --> 01:05:21.929 of promise the immutability please help me this 01:05:21.929 --> 01:05:29.590 word is a bit heavy let's break it give me nlt 01:05:29.590 --> 01:05:36.329 the immutability of god's council god also bound 01:05:36.329 --> 01:05:40.239 himself with an oath so that those who receive 01:05:40.239 --> 01:05:44.400 the promise could be perfectly sure that he will 01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:47.320 never change his mind all right that is what 01:05:47.320 --> 01:05:50.199 that immutability is going to explain the inability 01:05:50.199 --> 01:05:52.039 of god to change his position concerning the 01:05:52.039 --> 01:05:57.320 matter of salvation i read together yes in his 01:05:57.320 --> 01:06:00.019 desire to show to the hares of the promise the 01:06:00.019 --> 01:06:03.380 unchanged the unchangeable nature of his purpose 01:06:03.380 --> 01:06:06.320 god's purpose concerning salvation does not change 01:06:10.800 --> 01:06:14.780 so that was this talking about his plan that 01:06:14.780 --> 01:06:18.280 is unchanging is unchangeable so when paul says 01:06:18.280 --> 01:06:20.760 he declared the whole council of god now you 01:06:20.760 --> 01:06:23.500 understand what that council is he is referring 01:06:23.500 --> 01:06:27.860 to god's complete plan and purpose as revealed 01:06:27.860 --> 01:06:31.800 in the scriptures okay and that plan and purpose 01:06:31.800 --> 01:06:35.559 is revealed in genesis to malachi which form 01:06:35.559 --> 01:06:42.599 the basis of his preaching and teaching it means 01:06:42.599 --> 01:06:45.320 the scriptures or the scriptures we can call 01:06:45.320 --> 01:06:50.380 it is the book that reveals gos plan all right 01:06:50.380 --> 01:06:54.599 the scripture reveals gos plan gos purpose gos 01:06:54.599 --> 01:06:58.139 plan and gos purpose this means it is important 01:06:58.320 --> 01:07:02.099 to adequately interpret and understand the council 01:07:02.099 --> 01:07:06.119 of god as revealed in the scriptures because 01:07:06.119 --> 01:07:09.139 we cannot know the plan and the purpose of god 01:07:09.139 --> 01:07:12.539 outside the scriptures you can never know god's 01:07:12.539 --> 01:07:15.639 plan for you outside the scriptures you can never 01:07:15.639 --> 01:07:18.679 know god's plan for humanity outside the scriptures 01:07:18.679 --> 01:07:20.940 you cannot know the reason for the creation of 01:07:20.940 --> 01:07:24.820 the world outside the scriptures you cannot know 01:07:24.820 --> 01:07:27.380 the reason or how redemption or what the promise 01:07:27.380 --> 01:07:33.110 of redemption outside the scriptures hallelujah 01:07:33.110 --> 01:07:39.210 so let's see acts 20 verse 20 he says how i kept 01:07:39.210 --> 01:07:43.409 back nothing that was helpful this is what's 01:07:43.409 --> 01:07:46.630 familiar remember we're reading timothy timothy 01:07:46.630 --> 01:07:49.809 use the word timothy use the word profitable 01:07:49.809 --> 01:07:53.050 and when he said profitable what was he referring 01:07:53.050 --> 01:07:57.630 to the whole scriptures all scriptures right 01:07:57.639 --> 01:08:02.260 now paul is using the same conversation is speaking 01:08:02.260 --> 01:08:06.000 in the same pattern here how i came back nothing 01:08:06.000 --> 01:08:10.579 that was helpful but proclaimed to you and taught 01:08:10.579 --> 01:08:15.820 you how publicly and from house to house okay 01:08:15.820 --> 01:08:19.020 now that was helpful is translated from a greek 01:08:19.020 --> 01:08:23.000 word sin feral i may not pronounce it well but 01:08:23.000 --> 01:08:27.119 i will spell it and tell us the meaning s y m 01:08:29.429 --> 01:08:34.890 meaning to be profitable meaning beneficial it 01:08:34.890 --> 01:08:39.289 means advantageous to helpful or helpful rather 01:08:39.289 --> 01:08:43.350 to bring together for a useful purpose or to 01:08:43.350 --> 01:08:45.989 contribute to someone's good this is a valid 01:08:45.989 --> 01:08:48.789 expression or the uses of this word all right 01:08:48.789 --> 01:08:53.350 so what paul is saying that he held back nothing 01:08:53.350 --> 01:08:57.220 that is useful for them and how did he help back 01:08:57.220 --> 01:09:00.140 nothing by declaring to them the whole council 01:09:00.140 --> 01:09:02.579 of god's word and where is the council of god's 01:09:02.579 --> 01:09:06.399 word located is located within the scriptures 01:09:06.399 --> 01:09:11.180 so everything you need that is helpful that pertains 01:09:11.180 --> 01:09:15.500 to life and to godliness has been fully supplied 01:09:15.500 --> 01:09:20.260 in the scriptures so paul will say i held back 01:09:20.260 --> 01:09:26.090 nothing that was that was helpful to you but 01:09:26.090 --> 01:09:28.630 proclaim to you and talk to you publicly and 01:09:28.630 --> 01:09:32.930 from house to house and i can see him saying 01:09:32.930 --> 01:09:35.310 you know some of you came to me in the night 01:09:35.310 --> 01:09:37.329 on signing council some things that has happened 01:09:37.329 --> 01:09:39.350 i held back nothing from you that was helpful 01:09:39.350 --> 01:09:41.869 some of you were having issues with your husbands 01:09:41.869 --> 01:09:44.130 and your wives i held back nothing to you that 01:09:44.130 --> 01:09:48.270 was helpful some of you have issues even in your 01:09:48.270 --> 01:09:52.890 your civil life your natural life i held back 01:09:52.890 --> 01:09:54.979 nothing that was helpful for you which means 01:09:54.979 --> 01:09:57.800 that all the believer needs that is helpful for 01:09:57.800 --> 01:10:02.380 his life on earth is delivered in the whole council 01:10:02.380 --> 01:10:07.359 of god is helpful for his life for his stay within 01:10:07.359 --> 01:10:12.659 the earth hallelujah so paul is saying that he 01:10:12.659 --> 01:10:14.659 taught everything that was spiritually beneficial 01:10:14.659 --> 01:10:18.560 and every unnecessary for the believers growth 01:10:18.560 --> 01:10:21.619 withholding nothing that will help them know 01:10:21.619 --> 01:10:54.610 christ and mature in the faith បបបបបបប first 01:10:54.610 --> 01:10:57.189 Corinthians six verse. I want us to read this 01:10:57.189 --> 01:10:59.710 first Corinthians six verse 12. First Corinthians 01:10:59.710 --> 01:11:01.890 six verse 12. Give me that first Corinthians 01:11:01.890 --> 01:11:06.550 six verse 12. All things are lovable for me, 01:11:07.050 --> 01:11:10.289 but not all things are, but all things are not 01:11:10.289 --> 01:11:13.270 helpful. So this is the application or the usage 01:11:13.270 --> 01:11:15.949 of that word. And not all things are beneficial, 01:11:16.689 --> 01:11:25.489 right? First Corinthians 10 verse 23. all things 01:11:25.489 --> 01:11:28.689 yes yes same same same same same same he says 01:11:28.689 --> 01:11:31.529 all things are lovely for me but not all things 01:11:31.529 --> 01:11:33.170 are helpful all things are lovely for me but 01:11:33.170 --> 01:11:36.569 not all things are edify so he uses the word 01:11:36.569 --> 01:11:40.310 help the helpful day and is from that word sin 01:11:40.310 --> 01:11:43.510 ferro all right so in second timothy table three 01:11:43.510 --> 01:11:46.850 verse 16 we saw another word closely related 01:11:46.850 --> 01:12:21.029 to this and i said is the word profitable So 01:12:21.029 --> 01:12:23.090 what is the difference or what relates these 01:12:23.090 --> 01:12:32.310 two together? Sinfero from Acts 20 -20 is a verb, 01:12:32.470 --> 01:12:36.229 all right, which means to benefit. We've seen 01:12:36.229 --> 01:12:39.409 the, what do you call it? The definition. And 01:12:39.409 --> 01:12:45.989 ophilimus is an adjective, all right? Sinfero 01:12:45.989 --> 01:12:48.670 emphasizes what contribute to a person's good 01:12:48.670 --> 01:12:53.529 or advantage. it emphasizes what contributes 01:12:53.529 --> 01:12:59.510 to a person or advantage, to his person's advantage, 01:12:59.670 --> 01:13:02.810 whereas Ophilemos emphasizes the quality of being 01:13:02.810 --> 01:13:08.229 useful or profitable. Let me repeat it again. 01:13:08.289 --> 01:13:12.810 St. Pharaoh speaks about or emphasizes the contribution 01:13:12.810 --> 01:13:18.670 to a person's good or advantage, while Ophilemos 01:13:18.670 --> 01:13:23.979 in Timothy speaks or emphasizes the quality of 01:13:23.979 --> 01:13:25.880 being useful or profitable talking about the 01:13:25.880 --> 01:13:30.840 scriptures so the scriptures is it contributes 01:13:30.840 --> 01:13:34.159 to a person good or to a person's advantage and 01:13:34.159 --> 01:13:37.939 the scripture also has the quality of being useful 01:13:37.939 --> 01:13:42.920 or profitable in a person's life hallelujah so 01:13:42.920 --> 01:13:46.220 this is very important that we understand the 01:13:46.220 --> 01:13:51.119 usefulness of the scriptures as the basis to 01:13:51.119 --> 01:13:58.439 which we find the whole council of God all right 01:13:58.439 --> 01:14:07.659 so we've established that when Paul taught the 01:14:07.659 --> 01:14:11.720 Ephesians taught and wrote to the Ephesians and 01:14:11.720 --> 01:14:14.840 to Timothy both Ephesians and Timothy the book 01:14:14.840 --> 01:14:16.500 of Ephesians and the book of Timothy let me be 01:14:16.500 --> 01:14:27.479 very he wrote this around AD 63 and AD 67 the 01:14:27.479 --> 01:14:31.100 new testament had not yet been completed okay 01:14:31.100 --> 01:14:34.260 and the bible does not yet exist in the form 01:14:34.260 --> 01:14:38.260 that we have it today when paul wrote Ephesians 01:14:38.260 --> 01:14:43.619 and also wrote Timothy and especially his counselor 01:14:43.619 --> 01:14:46.619 we saw in the book of acts the new testament 01:14:46.619 --> 01:14:49.300 bible have not been collaborated that as we have 01:14:49.300 --> 01:14:57.640 it today paul's epistles came later ad okay his 01:14:57.640 --> 01:15:02.060 epistles were written between ad 48 and ad 67 01:15:02.060 --> 01:15:05.720 they are actually the earliest new testament 01:15:05.720 --> 01:15:08.880 writings paul's writings his epistles were actually 01:15:08.880 --> 01:15:12.720 new the earliest you know books were written 01:15:12.720 --> 01:15:17.729 that comprises the new testament the gospels 01:15:17.729 --> 01:15:20.430 were written later after the epistles were written 01:15:20.430 --> 01:15:25.630 later on in sometimes around AD 65 -67 we'll 01:15:25.630 --> 01:15:27.770 see that was when the book of Mark was written 01:15:27.770 --> 01:15:32.310 Matthew was written later on at AD am I too fast? 01:15:33.770 --> 01:15:38.090 okay the book of Mark was written around AD 65 01:15:38.090 --> 01:15:42.550 -70 the book of Matthew was written around AD 01:15:42.550 --> 01:15:47.449 70 -85 the book of luke was written around 80 01:15:47.449 --> 01:15:54.970 80 and 90 and lastly john was around 90 to 95 01:15:54.970 --> 01:16:00.010 ad okay so the new testament books we are having 01:16:00.010 --> 01:16:03.390 today all we have today we are recognized by 01:16:03.390 --> 01:16:09.729 the church in the fourth century ad that is about 01:16:09.729 --> 01:16:18.619 367 ad 367 and ad 397 approximately about 360 01:16:18.619 --> 01:16:23.260 years after the death of christ and his resurrection 01:16:23.260 --> 01:16:28.539 why am i listening this is to bring to our understanding 01:16:28.539 --> 01:16:31.560 that when paul said i did not shrink from declaring 01:16:31.560 --> 01:16:34.880 to you the whole council of god in acts of a 01:16:34.880 --> 01:16:38.779 20 verse 27 and later wrote that all scripture 01:16:38.779 --> 01:16:41.760 is god breath in second timothy was three to 01:16:41.760 --> 01:16:45.439 16 it was primarily referring to the Old Testament 01:16:45.439 --> 01:16:50.460 scriptures Genesis to Malachi from these scriptures 01:16:50.460 --> 01:16:54.420 Pope proclaimed the whole council of God God's 01:16:54.420 --> 01:16:58.479 completely redemptive purpose revealed through 01:16:58.479 --> 01:17:03.260 the Old Testament and fulfilled in Jesus Christ 01:17:03.260 --> 01:17:08.100 this is a same Christ -centered approach Jesus 01:17:08.100 --> 01:17:13.100 modeled when he began with Moses and all the 01:17:13.100 --> 01:17:17.359 prophets and then he interpreted across the scriptures 01:17:17.359 --> 01:17:19.939 the things concerning himself in luke chapter 01:17:19.939 --> 01:17:28.720 24 verse 27 and luke 24 verse 44 to 47 hallelujah 01:17:28.720 --> 01:17:33.239 so am i in any way saying that the new testament 01:17:33.239 --> 01:17:37.979 is not scripture i did not allude that all right 01:17:37.979 --> 01:17:41.460 am i in any way downgrading the authority of 01:17:41.460 --> 01:17:44.399 Matthew to Revelation I did not mention that 01:17:44.399 --> 01:17:47.279 so if you are hearing that then you are not hearing 01:17:47.279 --> 01:17:51.859 from what I'm saying but I'm building a case 01:17:51.859 --> 01:17:57.039 and the case I'm trying to build is that we must 01:17:57.039 --> 01:18:02.060 learn to appreciate the scriptures in its wholesomeness 01:18:02.060 --> 01:18:08.279 because we cannot be accurate in our practice 01:18:09.289 --> 01:18:14.350 in our ministry when we relegate Genesis to Malachi 01:18:14.350 --> 01:18:19.229 you cannot watch let me use something kind of 01:18:19.229 --> 01:18:21.949 to give us an understanding you cannot approach 01:18:21.949 --> 01:18:24.090 you cannot appreciate Welcome to America that 01:18:24.090 --> 01:18:27.489 was acted on a few years ago you know the movie 01:18:27.489 --> 01:18:30.869 you cannot you cannot appreciate the one that 01:18:30.869 --> 01:18:34.829 was acted most recently without watching the 01:18:34.829 --> 01:18:39.409 one that was acted was produced in the 90s you 01:18:39.409 --> 01:18:43.050 will not appreciate the movie but when you have 01:18:43.050 --> 01:18:46.649 watched the one that was before and lo and behold 01:18:46.649 --> 01:18:51.010 you watch a sequel of it today or for instance 01:18:51.010 --> 01:18:53.189 you watch wakanda that was done most recently 01:18:53.189 --> 01:18:56.029 and you have no idea of the one that was done 01:18:56.029 --> 01:18:58.869 before how will you appreciate what you have 01:18:58.869 --> 01:19:02.270 today and understand the storyline without going 01:19:02.270 --> 01:19:04.050 back to watch the previous it's impossible for 01:19:04.050 --> 01:19:07.670 you to comprehend the storyline and that is also 01:19:07.670 --> 01:19:11.439 with the scriptures is impossible for you to 01:19:11.439 --> 01:19:14.439 understand the plan and the purpose of god as 01:19:14.439 --> 01:19:17.659 expressed in the new testament scriptures what 01:19:17.659 --> 01:19:20.180 we call the new testament scriptures we dial 01:19:20.180 --> 01:19:25.800 a comprehensive appreciation that comes from 01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:29.760 proper interpretation proper explanation of the 01:19:29.760 --> 01:19:33.199 old testament scriptures and i'm hoping and i'm 01:19:33.199 --> 01:19:36.039 trusting god in my heart that before this conference 01:19:36.039 --> 01:19:39.100 will end we'll go into the old testament scriptures 01:19:39.529 --> 01:19:42.090 and we will try to know the word council of god 01:19:42.090 --> 01:19:46.069 from the old testament we will try to explain 01:19:46.069 --> 01:19:49.090 as much as we can i know that we cannot exhaust 01:19:49.090 --> 01:19:51.470 it in one meeting but we'll try to touch even 01:19:51.470 --> 01:19:53.569 if it's even even if it's a part of it to try 01:19:53.569 --> 01:19:57.609 to show to us that the new testament scriptures 01:19:57.609 --> 01:20:00.350 are they have no value without the old testament 01:20:00.350 --> 01:20:05.770 scriptures so in our ministry we must we must 01:20:05.770 --> 01:20:10.739 be willing to appreciate the whole council of 01:20:10.739 --> 01:20:14.960 God's word. The reason for the rascality we have 01:20:14.960 --> 01:20:17.939 in our Christianity today and the false doctrine 01:20:17.939 --> 01:20:20.720 we see parading in our society today, in our 01:20:20.720 --> 01:20:24.020 practice today, is because of our misunderstanding 01:20:24.020 --> 01:20:28.159 of God's intended plan from the beginning. Because 01:20:28.159 --> 01:20:30.359 when we don't understand God's intention from 01:20:30.359 --> 01:20:32.920 the beginning, there's no how we can communicate 01:20:32.920 --> 01:20:37.659 God's plan effectively. Hallelujah. so we must 01:20:37.659 --> 01:20:41.560 understand the context the background the the 01:20:41.560 --> 01:20:47.380 curriculum the the guide for what god has called 01:20:47.380 --> 01:20:53.979 us to do so what are the episodes for main four 01:20:53.979 --> 01:20:58.739 okay if i have so much from the beginning till 01:20:58.739 --> 01:21:03.159 now emphasize so much okay the importance of 01:21:03.159 --> 01:21:05.319 genesis to malachi which we're going to return 01:21:05.319 --> 01:21:07.920 back later then someone may be asking them what 01:21:07.920 --> 01:21:09.539 are they what is the essence of the epistles 01:21:09.539 --> 01:21:13.800 what are they meant for now the epistles are 01:21:13.800 --> 01:21:18.840 post -resurrection letters meant to highlight 01:21:18.840 --> 01:21:24.140 the importance of the resurrection in gos grand 01:21:24.140 --> 01:21:27.619 plan i just try to make it in a simple short 01:21:27.619 --> 01:21:34.500 word the importance of the epistles is to highlight 01:21:34.500 --> 01:21:39.380 okay the the the epistles are meant to highlight 01:21:39.380 --> 01:21:42.920 the importance of the resurrection who's the 01:21:42.920 --> 01:21:48.239 resurrection jesus is resurrection in god's grand 01:21:48.239 --> 01:21:52.680 plan are we together so in god's grand plan for 01:21:52.680 --> 01:21:56.819 humanity for creation for humanity the epistles 01:21:56.819 --> 01:21:59.819 helps us because by the help of the spirit the 01:21:59.819 --> 01:22:02.880 apostles were able to write from the background 01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:07.229 of what they know as a promise john will say 01:22:07.229 --> 01:22:10.470 we've seen him we've touched the word of life 01:22:10.470 --> 01:22:14.989 we've seen the promise of god as one that came 01:22:14.989 --> 01:22:21.470 from god he lived from we live within us and 01:22:21.470 --> 01:22:25.350 he is the eternal life so the new testament books 01:22:25.350 --> 01:22:28.329 are what we mostly establish or formulate our 01:22:28.329 --> 01:22:32.529 doctrines nowadays okay who will talk about tongues 01:22:32.529 --> 01:22:35.229 and interpretation of tongues somebody will say 01:22:35.229 --> 01:22:38.289 i don't follow paula i follow jesus but you speak 01:22:38.289 --> 01:22:40.930 in tongues so how many tongues did jesus speak 01:22:40.930 --> 01:22:45.949 you are a prophet and you don't follow you you 01:22:45.949 --> 01:22:48.649 only follow jesus what is the context of your 01:22:48.649 --> 01:22:54.510 prophetic ministry hallelujah so we must know 01:22:54.510 --> 01:22:57.149 what you are doing we're dealing with so that 01:22:57.149 --> 01:22:59.390 we can we will not go there and be shaming ourselves 01:22:59.390 --> 01:23:02.869 okay we'll not go there and be disgracing ourselves 01:23:03.979 --> 01:23:06.619 so our desire is that god will establish us in 01:23:06.619 --> 01:23:09.399 his word that we will be those men that know 01:23:09.399 --> 01:23:15.779 the plan of god from the beginning okay so as 01:23:15.779 --> 01:23:23.039 i said we establish our doctrines or most of 01:23:23.039 --> 01:23:25.159 the things we establish our doctrines nowadays 01:23:25.159 --> 01:23:27.319 are from the new testament scriptures but we 01:23:27.319 --> 01:23:30.439 must be cautious with that okay we must be careful 01:23:30.439 --> 01:23:33.390 with that i'm not saying it's wrong but i'm saying 01:23:33.390 --> 01:23:35.010 that we must be careful on the line the word 01:23:35.010 --> 01:23:39.350 careful with that do you know that early church 01:23:39.350 --> 01:23:43.390 do not even have them collected as we have today 01:23:43.390 --> 01:23:44.750 the new testament scriptures they don't even 01:23:44.750 --> 01:23:48.310 have them as collected today but yet they are 01:23:48.310 --> 01:23:52.710 the standard for us all right which means that 01:23:52.710 --> 01:23:57.470 the church okay the bible they use was genesis 01:23:57.470 --> 01:24:01.189 to malachi are we together then we see their 01:24:01.189 --> 01:24:04.850 writings and their holy spirit working with them 01:24:04.850 --> 01:24:06.890 we must not take away the role of the spirit 01:24:06.890 --> 01:24:09.829 in the early church and even in our church today 01:24:09.829 --> 01:24:13.609 hallelujah because if we limit our understanding 01:24:13.609 --> 01:24:17.430 of god to the epistles alone please if you are 01:24:17.430 --> 01:24:20.170 sleeping right if you are writing right alone 01:24:20.170 --> 01:24:22.329 so that you know go and say what i did not say 01:24:22.329 --> 01:24:28.390 if we limit our understanding of god to the epistles 01:24:28.390 --> 01:24:32.029 alone we will not be doing justice to the writers 01:24:32.029 --> 01:24:36.350 of the epistles you understand what i said we 01:24:36.350 --> 01:24:39.649 will not be kind to them because we are not fair 01:24:39.649 --> 01:24:41.630 to their writings their epistles because that 01:24:41.630 --> 01:24:43.930 was not even their intention in the beginning 01:24:43.930 --> 01:24:47.770 paul who taught from the old testament did not 01:24:47.770 --> 01:24:53.010 limit our understanding of god to his epistles 01:24:53.010 --> 01:24:57.649 all right he did not limit our understanding 01:24:57.649 --> 01:25:01.949 of god to his letters alone therefore we emphasize 01:25:01.949 --> 01:25:05.109 that the bible in its wholesomeness is a council 01:25:05.109 --> 01:25:12.550 of god okay you must be those kind of teachers 01:25:12.550 --> 01:25:17.970 that must teach the whole council of god so the 01:25:17.970 --> 01:25:20.630 scriptures communicates one coherent message 01:25:20.630 --> 01:25:25.350 with a clear focus that unites all their parts 01:25:25.350 --> 01:25:30.670 from genesis to where to revelation okay from 01:25:30.670 --> 01:25:34.250 genesis to a to revelation there's a coherent 01:25:34.250 --> 01:25:40.529 message with a clear focus each has a focus in 01:25:40.529 --> 01:25:44.329 all their parts they have a focus the the the 01:25:44.329 --> 01:25:48.789 the gospels focus on the humanity of jesus christ 01:25:48.789 --> 01:25:52.630 and what he did on the earth the epistles focus 01:25:52.630 --> 01:25:55.890 on what the resurrection and all that we have 01:25:55.890 --> 01:25:59.569 obtained by the spirit in the resurrection and 01:25:59.569 --> 01:26:03.470 all of them will all be connecting to a the genesis 01:26:03.470 --> 01:26:06.489 to malakai in order to establish and bring a 01:26:06.489 --> 01:26:09.329 picture for us of the entirety of the council 01:26:09.329 --> 01:26:11.149 and the plan and the purpose of god for our lives 01:26:11.149 --> 01:26:14.930 so we must read the bible properly together as 01:26:14.930 --> 01:26:18.949 a whole no part of the bible should be read alone 01:26:21.479 --> 01:26:24.039 we don't try to pick the passages that make sense 01:26:24.039 --> 01:26:31.760 to us and ignore all three others as lesser the 01:26:31.760 --> 01:26:38.340 whole bunch of scripture collected together must 01:26:38.340 --> 01:26:41.239 be read together you know the babu is not like 01:26:41.239 --> 01:26:43.800 going to a restaurant there's a restaurant in 01:26:43.800 --> 01:26:46.779 levkosha where when you enter you know they give 01:26:46.779 --> 01:26:49.359 you a plate and then you pick whatever you want 01:26:50.119 --> 01:26:52.359 and then you go and sit down and then you pay 01:26:52.359 --> 01:26:54.739 you don't come to the word of god like that you 01:26:54.739 --> 01:26:56.979 don't cherry pick what you want from the scriptures 01:26:56.979 --> 01:27:02.880 there is nothing like favorite scripture or favorite 01:27:02.880 --> 01:27:07.300 verse the entire scripture is your favorite and 01:27:07.300 --> 01:27:11.220 you you make it your favorite hallelujah the 01:27:11.220 --> 01:27:13.520 entirety of scripture is the whole council of 01:27:13.520 --> 01:27:22.920 god so we must understand this and We have a 01:27:22.920 --> 01:27:25.079 temptation to read the Bible in isolated themes 01:27:25.079 --> 01:27:29.399 or topics. It's good, but it's dangerous also. 01:27:30.119 --> 01:27:33.140 The Bible is God's story woven around men. So 01:27:33.140 --> 01:27:36.000 when we begin to focus on some specific topics, 01:27:37.699 --> 01:27:41.800 as good as character study, we'll end up emphasizing 01:27:41.800 --> 01:27:45.159 things that are not meant to be emphasized. I'm 01:27:45.159 --> 01:27:46.899 forgetting the entire council of God, the story 01:27:46.899 --> 01:27:49.359 of God, because the Bible is a story from Genesis 01:27:49.359 --> 01:27:52.659 to Revelation. Hallelujah. So you cannot pitch 01:27:52.659 --> 01:27:57.380 a tent in Malachi and establish a whole council 01:27:57.380 --> 01:28:00.180 of God in Malachi without knowing that Malachi 01:28:00.180 --> 01:28:02.939 started from Genesis and is headed towards the 01:28:02.939 --> 01:28:08.159 Revelation. Hallelujah. So as I said, the New 01:28:08.159 --> 01:28:11.720 Testament is a sequel of the Old Testament. And 01:28:11.720 --> 01:28:14.119 for us to understand the New Testament properly, 01:28:14.899 --> 01:28:19.500 we must understand the Old Testament. If we remove 01:28:19.500 --> 01:28:24.420 context from a story, what it means is I will 01:28:24.420 --> 01:28:28.119 be telling a different story. I remember a game 01:28:28.119 --> 01:28:32.800 where people would line up, all right, and then 01:28:32.800 --> 01:28:34.340 one person would tell something, something else, 01:28:34.479 --> 01:28:36.500 and the next person would tell the person. And 01:28:36.500 --> 01:28:39.840 before the story reached the last person, what 01:28:39.840 --> 01:28:44.699 the first person said have changed meaning because 01:28:44.699 --> 01:28:50.840 the story has lost you know the important ingredient 01:28:50.840 --> 01:28:54.560 that makes it the complete story so we can't 01:28:54.560 --> 01:29:00.119 remove a part of scripture and treat it more 01:29:00.119 --> 01:29:01.880 special than the other because the word of god 01:29:01.880 --> 01:29:07.840 is a complete story so the new testament writers 01:29:07.840 --> 01:29:11.409 always assume that their audience are familiar 01:29:11.409 --> 01:29:15.810 with the Old Testament scriptures all right the 01:29:15.810 --> 01:29:18.569 New Testament writers they have an assumption 01:29:18.569 --> 01:29:22.770 most times they have assumption they assume a 01:29:22.770 --> 01:29:26.029 position that their their hearers their audience 01:29:26.029 --> 01:29:29.350 have an understanding of the Old Testament the 01:29:29.350 --> 01:29:31.850 story in the Old Testament so you cannot just 01:29:31.850 --> 01:29:33.890 pick up the story in the New Testament without 01:29:33.890 --> 01:29:37.149 sitting at where they sat knowing what they knew 01:29:37.149 --> 01:29:38.890 so that you better understand what they wrote 01:29:39.180 --> 01:29:41.600 that you will come to a place of proper interpretation 01:29:41.600 --> 01:29:46.220 and even teaching hallelujah so we must give 01:29:46.220 --> 01:29:49.600 context to what we are studying that we will 01:29:49.600 --> 01:29:53.239 be able to be better ministers so i'm tempted 01:29:53.239 --> 01:29:56.420 to say something here do the new testament scriptures 01:29:56.420 --> 01:29:59.880 or writers ask and answer the questions we are 01:29:59.880 --> 01:30:06.659 asking today okay the serious matter when the 01:30:06.659 --> 01:30:10.739 new testament writers were writing We are confronted 01:30:10.739 --> 01:30:14.680 with the same issues we are confronted with today. 01:30:17.060 --> 01:30:20.359 I think it was when he was a brother before he 01:30:20.359 --> 01:30:23.300 became Pasota Kunda. One day he came to me and 01:30:23.300 --> 01:30:29.439 he asked me a question. Is it about transgender? 01:30:31.300 --> 01:30:34.760 And honestly I've never thought about it. I don't 01:30:34.760 --> 01:30:36.840 know how I answered him but I just let it go. 01:30:37.060 --> 01:30:39.510 I have to go and think about it. Say for example 01:30:39.510 --> 01:30:45.329 now, a man changed his sex and said he's a female 01:30:45.329 --> 01:30:49.430 and then he comes to you and says he's now born 01:30:49.430 --> 01:30:52.329 again. Is he a she or a he? I don't know, but 01:30:52.329 --> 01:30:55.609 let's assume there is a she now. And then you 01:30:55.609 --> 01:30:57.449 are the pastor of the church that belongs, that 01:30:57.449 --> 01:30:59.130 that person is a fellow shaman. Now this person 01:30:59.130 --> 01:31:04.670 has changed gender. He's now a she now. And this 01:31:04.670 --> 01:31:07.850 person is led to marry. and it came to you as 01:31:07.850 --> 01:31:10.449 a parcel of that trust for counselling. How will 01:31:10.449 --> 01:31:12.609 you deal with that circumstance? Show me any 01:31:12.609 --> 01:31:15.590 text in the New Testament that interprets that 01:31:15.590 --> 01:31:20.329 scenario. How will you address that matter? And 01:31:20.329 --> 01:31:24.630 I was, okay, let me think about it. How will 01:31:24.630 --> 01:31:28.010 you address that matter? Because you know what? 01:31:28.510 --> 01:31:30.449 When the writers of a New Testament were writing, 01:31:31.229 --> 01:31:33.430 they have no idea of what is called transgender. 01:31:36.010 --> 01:31:39.090 you understand but you know what as a man of 01:31:39.090 --> 01:31:41.369 god you must be equipped to give answer to that 01:31:41.369 --> 01:31:47.569 okay because you must explain you must guide 01:31:47.569 --> 01:31:50.489 you must teach how will you confront that kind 01:31:50.489 --> 01:31:53.390 of situation from the council of goals or how 01:31:53.390 --> 01:31:58.229 will you confront it so do the new testament 01:31:58.229 --> 01:32:02.649 writers attempt to write to confront the issues 01:32:02.649 --> 01:32:08.279 we are dealing with today one of the challenges 01:32:08.279 --> 01:32:11.520 we face today is trying to answer today's questions 01:32:11.520 --> 01:32:15.180 using the writings in the new testament we must 01:32:15.180 --> 01:32:19.300 also be careful to not move into error in application 01:32:19.300 --> 01:32:22.899 of their holy writings okay also will teach us 01:32:22.899 --> 01:32:25.140 about context i'm waiting i i don't know how 01:32:25.140 --> 01:32:29.520 much i'm waiting for a session hallelujah i love 01:32:29.520 --> 01:32:32.699 them i i want to i want to hear that context 01:32:32.699 --> 01:32:36.800 is king hallelujah One of the most important 01:32:36.800 --> 01:32:39.899 principles of Biblical interpretation is to allow 01:32:39.899 --> 01:32:42.600 the New Testament writers to answer the questions 01:32:42.600 --> 01:32:46.520 they were actually addressing themselves. Rather 01:32:46.520 --> 01:32:51.220 than forcing them to answer a question that arose 01:32:51.220 --> 01:32:56.100 in our time or in many centuries later. Every 01:32:56.100 --> 01:33:01.640 epistle was written to a real audience. Is there 01:33:01.640 --> 01:33:05.399 any epistle that's written to those people in 01:33:05.399 --> 01:33:08.300 left kosha in the year 2026 it's not a person 01:33:08.300 --> 01:33:10.840 like that it was written to a rip most of them 01:33:10.840 --> 01:33:13.800 you see timothy is a young man like us in his 01:33:13.800 --> 01:33:15.859 time and his season and the issues he was dealing 01:33:15.859 --> 01:33:18.380 with some of them could be familiar to our situation 01:33:18.380 --> 01:33:21.520 that we can apply but some of them are not really 01:33:21.520 --> 01:33:25.880 an issue right so a real audience in a specific 01:33:25.880 --> 01:33:29.699 historical context to address particular issues 01:33:29.699 --> 01:33:33.399 facing the early church so our responsibility 01:33:33.399 --> 01:33:37.199 is to first understand their question what are 01:33:37.199 --> 01:33:40.020 they trying to ask what are they trying to answer 01:33:40.020 --> 01:33:48.779 then we'll find a way to apply their answers 01:33:48.779 --> 01:33:52.420 in our world today for example now i said he 01:33:52.420 --> 01:33:56.279 has a we are not the corinthian church okay no 01:33:56.279 --> 01:33:58.920 we are the efficient or the roman the roman church 01:34:02.280 --> 01:34:06.600 Indeed, the thing is written, we are written 01:34:06.600 --> 01:34:11.500 for, they were written for us, they were written 01:34:11.500 --> 01:34:18.399 to us. Is it to us? Romans 15 verse 4. The things 01:34:18.399 --> 01:34:21.600 that were written were not written to us, but 01:34:21.600 --> 01:34:25.159 they were written for us. That is, we are not 01:34:25.159 --> 01:34:26.920 the ones that have been addressed, but we are 01:34:26.920 --> 01:34:28.939 written for our identification. For whatever 01:34:28.939 --> 01:34:31.560 things that were written before were written 01:34:31.560 --> 01:34:35.699 for our learning even them right in the time 01:34:35.699 --> 01:34:37.340 that we're writing the epistles they refer to 01:34:37.340 --> 01:34:39.800 the writings of the Old Testament they contextualize 01:34:39.800 --> 01:34:42.420 the Old Testament for whatever things were written 01:34:42.420 --> 01:34:45.140 before were written for our learning that we 01:34:45.140 --> 01:34:48.100 through patience and comfort of the scriptures 01:34:48.100 --> 01:34:52.279 might have hope so there's a sense of hope in 01:34:52.279 --> 01:34:55.399 the scriptures so the central concern of the 01:34:55.399 --> 01:34:59.619 New Testament is the New Testament is God's redentive 01:34:59.619 --> 01:35:04.539 plan in Christ. His humanity, his dead, his resurrection, 01:35:05.060 --> 01:35:07.920 his exaltation, and the implication of the gospel 01:35:07.920 --> 01:35:09.819 to the church. So these are the things that they 01:35:09.819 --> 01:35:13.460 were faced with. Okay? They were faced with the 01:35:13.460 --> 01:35:16.079 idea of the humanity of Christ. If you read what 01:35:16.079 --> 01:35:20.319 Paul read, give me Luke 1 verse 1, you see what 01:35:20.319 --> 01:35:23.020 Luke was telling Theophilus. Many people have 01:35:23.020 --> 01:35:25.760 written a record, right? But it seems good to 01:35:25.760 --> 01:35:29.920 me that I will also write my own. okay why is 01:35:29.920 --> 01:35:33.140 he writing in order to set it to set in order 01:35:33.140 --> 01:35:34.600 the narrative of those things which have been 01:35:34.600 --> 01:35:37.220 fulfilled among us you were not there when those 01:35:37.220 --> 01:35:43.800 things were fulfilled all right so verse two 01:35:43.800 --> 01:35:45.920 he says just as those who from the beginning 01:35:45.920 --> 01:35:48.359 ways eyewitnesses and minister of god deliver 01:35:48.359 --> 01:35:52.699 them to us so he was addressing specifically 01:35:52.699 --> 01:35:57.640 a man says okay it's simple to me also having 01:35:57.640 --> 01:35:59.779 perfect understand of all things from the very 01:35:59.779 --> 01:36:02.600 first to write you an orderly account most excellent 01:36:02.600 --> 01:36:06.239 yours was for that you may know the certainty 01:36:06.239 --> 01:36:08.439 of those things which you were instructed so 01:36:08.439 --> 01:36:12.359 this is to encourage a young man that he may 01:36:12.359 --> 01:36:14.000 have conviction in the things that he has been 01:36:14.000 --> 01:36:16.340 taught so there's a context to the writings of 01:36:16.340 --> 01:36:23.979 the new testament scriptures hallelujah so i 01:36:23.979 --> 01:36:27.210 said here i said for example now When the epistles 01:36:27.210 --> 01:36:38.770 were written, Paul was never writing with the 01:36:38.770 --> 01:36:44.829 intention of discussing women in ministry. Specifically 01:36:44.829 --> 01:36:46.829 about the issue of women in ministry. When he 01:36:46.829 --> 01:36:49.810 was writing the epistles, Paul did not write 01:36:49.810 --> 01:36:52.909 his letters to settle modern -day debate. What 01:36:52.909 --> 01:36:55.989 is modern -day debate? can women serve in ministry? 01:36:56.470 --> 01:36:58.189 That was all the question Paul was writing to 01:36:58.189 --> 01:37:01.609 address. So if you go to the epistle and try 01:37:01.609 --> 01:37:03.630 to answer the question of can women serve in 01:37:03.630 --> 01:37:06.510 ministry, you have to be very careful to interpret. 01:37:06.710 --> 01:37:08.409 In fact, you have to go back to Genesis to know 01:37:08.409 --> 01:37:11.170 whether women can serve in ministry or not, because 01:37:11.170 --> 01:37:13.770 Genesis gives us the entire plan for the purpose 01:37:13.770 --> 01:37:15.390 of God for the creation of the man and the woman. 01:37:16.609 --> 01:37:19.710 So if you go to the epistles, you can double 01:37:19.710 --> 01:37:23.079 into error in trying to answer a question that 01:37:23.079 --> 01:37:27.119 it was never intended to if paul was aware that 01:37:27.119 --> 01:37:28.899 today in our world today we'll be discussing 01:37:28.899 --> 01:37:31.340 can women be ministry maybe he could have write 01:37:31.340 --> 01:37:34.899 it boldly and clearly not to put us in an ambiguous 01:37:34.899 --> 01:37:38.100 position because that was his intention but we've 01:37:38.100 --> 01:37:40.319 tried to answer questions with what was written 01:37:40.319 --> 01:37:43.180 what he wrote and that was not his intention 01:37:43.180 --> 01:37:47.939 hallelujah another concept today is can salvation 01:37:47.939 --> 01:37:56.199 be lost the new testament writers address right 01:37:56.199 --> 01:38:00.300 the primary addresses assurance perseverance 01:38:00.300 --> 01:38:04.960 faithfulness and warning against apostasy rather 01:38:04.960 --> 01:38:07.899 than framing the discussion around later theological 01:38:07.899 --> 01:38:11.779 question can a truly regenerated believer lose 01:38:11.779 --> 01:38:15.060 his elevation their focus is the believer's life 01:38:15.060 --> 01:38:46.979 in christ and perseverance in faith not so in 01:38:46.979 --> 01:38:49.819 the entirety of the new testament if you read 01:38:49.819 --> 01:38:53.800 carefully you will discover that the idea of 01:38:53.800 --> 01:38:56.960 salvation in the minds of the writers of the 01:38:56.960 --> 01:38:59.760 epistles and even the gospel is that salvation 01:38:59.760 --> 01:39:01.859 is an eternal stuff there's nothing there they 01:39:01.859 --> 01:39:03.380 were not trying to answer whether salvation can 01:39:03.380 --> 01:39:09.140 be lost or not hallelujah so if we try to answer 01:39:09.140 --> 01:39:10.899 both the answer can salvation be lost what of 01:39:10.899 --> 01:39:13.079 these things what of this says baba go to the 01:39:13.079 --> 01:39:15.180 context and see from the beginning what is the 01:39:15.180 --> 01:39:17.220 intent of that writing was it meant to talk about 01:39:17.220 --> 01:39:20.460 that and then you begin to properly interpret 01:39:20.460 --> 01:39:22.119 this you discover that that is all what there's 01:39:22.119 --> 01:39:29.439 time to answer hallelujah there are issues we 01:39:29.439 --> 01:39:32.000 will address okay but i hope that we will have 01:39:32.000 --> 01:39:35.119 time to go after them one after the other i will 01:39:35.119 --> 01:39:37.979 see the pattern that jesus used in answering 01:39:37.979 --> 01:39:41.659 question remember when he was confronted with 01:39:41.659 --> 01:39:45.979 the issue of divorce where did it go to jesus 01:39:45.979 --> 01:39:49.970 went to the beginning all right he went to genesis 01:39:49.970 --> 01:39:55.989 all right so all the questions we are facing 01:39:55.989 --> 01:39:57.869 today we can answer them from the scriptures 01:39:57.869 --> 01:40:01.189 hallelujah there is no question that we confirm 01:40:01.189 --> 01:40:03.029 you are confronted today that cannot be answered 01:40:03.029 --> 01:40:05.529 from the scriptures that is when we read it in 01:40:05.529 --> 01:40:07.850 the entirety of his context the whole council 01:40:07.850 --> 01:40:14.170 of god but when we try to you know read it out 01:40:14.170 --> 01:40:16.729 of context or picture depict scriptures alone 01:40:17.130 --> 01:40:27.930 We appreciate you being here today. We hope you 01:40:27.930 --> 01:40:30.170 carried this word with you throughout your week. 01:40:30.869 --> 01:40:32.989 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 01:40:32.989 --> 01:40:35.770 insights. Stay connected with us through our 01:40:35.770 --> 01:40:39.630 website or follow us on social media. If you 01:40:39.630 --> 01:40:41.949 were encouraged, share this message with someone 01:40:41.949 --> 01:40:45.550 you care about. Until next time, stay blessed.