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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. the issue of historical and cultural

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contexts. We said that God utilizes history and

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culture to communicate His Word. Are we together?

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So when you want to understand the background,

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the historical background, of that text, and

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which whatever I'm going to do here, the next

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step we're going to do especially is to take

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each some of the problems that has been perpetuated

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in the world through using the Bible, and what

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we will do is that we will apply all these contexts

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we have been talking about. Are we together?

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And then, So we're going to do a lot of interpretation

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together. The idea is for us to understand how

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we can go about applying all this. But you can

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ask some few questions to be able to know the

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cultural or the historical context of a text.

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When was this written is very important because

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when you ask when it will tell you the time.

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That is a historical fact. So it helps you to

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travel back in the sun. You're not trying to

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do and Moses cross a river. And then you say,

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I pray that you will cross a river. You understand

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what I'm saying? Because where you are staying,

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there's no river here. So that's not how to go

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about it. So you want to ask when was this written?

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Because it helps you to travel back in history

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to understand the times, what was happening at

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that moment. You want to also ask the question,

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who were the original or who was the original

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audience? Who was the originality? Man of God

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was teaching us. You make some very sensitive

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statement that you have to truly travel back

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in history to understand it. When he was talking

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about that God using Israel, in the sun to reveal,

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so we have to understand them. Even though you

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can say Israel, Israel, all of us, it was with

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Abraham, but Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,

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Deuteronomy, the one you are saying before them,

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it was written to them. Did you understand what

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I'm trying to say? So that means to understand,

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in fact, when he was talking, my mind just moved

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to Romans chapter 3, Romans chapter 9, that talks

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about that they are the custodians of the revelations

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of God. Are we together? To them is the Christ,

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to them is the oracles of God, to them is the

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law, to them is salvation. Are we together? Yes.

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Glory to Jesus. So, and what is the political

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climate? You know, sometimes we don't like to

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talk politics, but you see, it is in a real world.

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When those people existed, some people were on

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the throne. Was he a monarchy? Was he kings?

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What is whatever? Georgies? Whatever. I mean,

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what are actually the things that are happening

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then? It will help us now go back to see who

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was on the throne. Was he during peacetime? Was

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he during war? Was he during whatever? And all

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those kind of information are important. Don't

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be in a haste. You see, there is no award in

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just quoting scriptures anyhow. in the sun. It's

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not a competition. Do you understand what I'm

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saying? You are in God. This is your dwelling

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place. You are not going anywhere. Are we together?

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So you are not competing with anyone. You can

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stay in one scripture for one year, no problem.

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Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes. You just

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go here, ensure you are studying. Amen. Are we

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together? Amen. So this is very important. And

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then we looked at, we picked an example of Romans

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chapter 12. We saw how the application, how power

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will pull from history, you understand, from

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culture to communicate revelation. So if you

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don't understand the meaning of that, expression

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or that thing that he was communicating, you

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will miss the wheel. You will go out of context.

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Are we together? You will go out of context.

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So together we're just trying to say that when

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we saw when Paul used that issue of burning coal,

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so it was a visible sign of public remorse for

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somebody to show, you understand, that I am sorry.

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I regret what I just did. So it will carry coal,

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understand, on a clay pot and just be moving

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around the street. When you see him, you know

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the ha -ha -ha, you understand? That's the communication.

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Are we together? Yes. So that was what he was

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saying. So Paul was speaking and saying that

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when you respond to evil with a radical unexpected

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kindness because somebody that would do something

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to you will do evil to you is expecting you to

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do evil to the person. Do you want something?

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If you look at what Paul is saying here is what

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exactly Jesus was saying in Matthew chapter 5.

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Read from verse 38 to 44. You see that's exactly

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what Jesus is saying. How do you treat your enemies?

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You understand? He said love them, pray for them.

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You understand? so that you imitate your father

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in heaven that's exactly so but paul is using

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a culture here you understand to communicate

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that and he said that when you because your enemy

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will not expect that you expect you to react

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then you you give him the opposite definitely

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to be an unexpected kindness what you are doing

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you are not crossing the enemy in the sun what

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you are doing you are breaking the defenses of

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the enemy And what you are doing is that once

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you are breaking his defenses, you are inducing

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a psychological warmth of conviction that will

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melt the hardened heart into a deep remorseful

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self -reflection and repentance. So what is a

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historical and cultural fact is that the burning

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cause are not literal punishment. That's a historical

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fact. The historical fact and the cultural fact

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there is that the burning coals are not literal

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punishment. They represent a fiery warmth of

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conviction that melts the enemies hadn't had

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into repentance and peace. So this indicates

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that God speaks through real history and culture.

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Let me repeat again. God speaks through history

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and culture. God speaks through history and culture.

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Please note that. God speaks through history

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and culture. Very important. So the Bible is

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properly interpreted when we take time to understand

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the culture of the ancient world in which the

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Bible was written. So understanding contains

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what sounds like a crude punishment. To tell

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somebody just carry coal or fire, it sounds at

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the beginning, to us in the modern time, that

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car, that is a crude thing to do. Imagine when

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I ask you to carry fire, do you understand? But

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you see, you can now turn that thing that seems

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to, if you look at it beautifully in its context,

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that it is a beautiful, in fact I'll call it

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a master class on Christ -like peacemaking. Do

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you understand what I'm saying? Yes, that's how

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to make peace. Don't begin to say, if I'm not

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a Christian. Now, stop those life, you know.

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Why? You have left that life and you are cherishing

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the life again, that life you have left. See,

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if I'm not a Christian, you would have seen my

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other face. Brother, you don't have any face.

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At least you're not two -faced. Hallelujah. So

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on the cross, we see this, Jesus actually doing

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that. I mean, we've seen it in Jesus to his executioners.

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What did he say? Father forgive what? Forgive

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them. You gotta imagine this is kind of the thing.

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Imagine you are innocent. And people who label

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something upon you, and they want to punish you.

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Go, you know, in our generation, we say, go and

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punish your generation upon generation. Do you

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understand what I'm saying? But now you say,

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Father, forgive them. They do not know what they

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are doing. Are we together? You see, remember

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there are many people that were standing there.

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There were his disciples that were standing close

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by. There were centurions. They were Roman soldiers

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who were part of it. Look at it. The Bible recorded

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one man in the Sabbath. Give me Mark 15. The

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Bible recorded a centurion who was standing by.

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When Jesus was saying all those things on the

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cross, Father forgive them. And then he said

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those words of the Psalmist. Because he said

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a lot of things on the cross When the centurion

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saw that look at his response Who crucified you

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as a Romans were there because crucification

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is a Roman punishment They are the only people

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who have the legal rights to do so Are we together

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so? But we can say part of his own those who

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came to execute him when they saw the things

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what he was saying on the cross Look at what

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it I Say 15 verse 39 15 39 So when the Centurion

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who stood opposite him Saw that he cried out

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like this and break his last. What did he say?

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What did he see truly this man? was a son of

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God. Will your response make somebody to see

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the revelation of God? Because that's what Paul

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is saying. That when your enemy is thirsty, give

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him a drink. When he's hungry, feed him. It might

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not be literal but that's figurative he's saying.

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But in doing so what will you do? He said you

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will heap up. What he's saying that what you

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are doing is that you will melt, you will break

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the defenses of the enemy. And in doing so you

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will reveal something. Are we together? Are we

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together? It's the same thing Peter was saying

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also to the woman whose husband have not obeyed

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the word. In 1st Peter 3, he said when he sees

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your chest and your conduct, what will he do?

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He will be convicted by it. Hallelujah. This

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is God's pattern. How many scriptures have I

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quoted? I quoted from Peter. I quoted from Jesus.

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We Jesus demonstrated it by himself. Are we together?

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That is the way to treat your enemies This is

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the way of light We're coming to it because some

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of the scripture that have been used to torment

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people in life so far not the which to live We're

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coming to it in a son. These are the scripture

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because when you pull a text out of context You

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become like the devil You partake from his ministry

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You understand No, I don't want to be part of

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the ministry of Satan The ministry of people

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who twist the world whether knowingly or knowingly

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I Want to be part of those I don't want to be

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part of the ministry of the Pharisee I Want to

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be part of the ministry of Jesus because I am

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in him we have a ministry the ministry is hinged

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upon the right interpretation because in the

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accurate interpretation is the will of God revealed

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the will of God is revealed in right interpretation

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hallelujah we saw that in Stephen as well Stephen

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demonstrated exactly what Jesus did the same

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thing father forgive them And the hardened criminal,

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the one who later on, who writes, plus his companions,

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who write almost the majority of the New Testament,

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was there standing, seeing what was happening.

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He was supporting them, grabbing their clothes.

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He said, kill him. In fact, he himself later

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admitted, I was there. I was consenting to what

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was happening. Later he started moving, killing

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them, killing believers, moving here and there.

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You understand? Jesus would meet him and say,

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it is hard to kick against the God. You know

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God is a piercing this, you know what it means,

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is a piercing object like that, a structure.

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You know when you kick something that has sharp

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things, will it feel good? What he's trying to

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say is that what Paul was doing, by attacking

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believers was already against his conscience.

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Are you with me? Because that means something

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has happened although he was consenting to Stephen

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killing already. Do you know what the Bible says

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that they saw? You understand? The reason why

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they even killed Stephen was because Stephen

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now raised his head and now saw something and

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heavens was open. You understand? And he told

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them what he saw. They were angry. Did you understand

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see they now stood him all their soul of tussles

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was there He was saying what type of a people

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is this He couldn't understand but he was still

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going to attack them yet something is happening

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within him Until he was struck on the way Have

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you ever imagined why will they say? You know

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the question he asked, who are you Lord? I mean

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imagine somebody who has no idea I mean no definitely

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you know that this man have an idea the person.

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Who are you Lord? That's not the first time he

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has his conscience has been hitting him. So what

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you are doing is that you are you are evangelism

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also. You understand? is a totality. We preach

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fundamentally, but our attitude must also align

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to what we preach. Are we together? Yes. It has

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to align what we preach. Now the next one, the

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next context, next context is geographic or geographical

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context. How many have we discussed now? Canonical?

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immediate context literally right historical

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and cultural context non geographical context

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geographical context understanding geographical

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context of the Bible is an essential key to unlocking

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true meaning of text so we're trying to say that

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You have to pay attention to where things are

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happening Pastor if I started touching us or

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Helping us to understand the importance of why

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Jesus would tell his disciples go to Jerusalem

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and wait Did you want to something why do you

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say go to Samaria? He was particular go to Jerusalem

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We learn that so geography is important Things

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don't just happen Jesus don't just go anywhere

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The first thing you understand about geography

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is that that it proves the Bible is rooted in

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history It proves that the Bible is rooted in

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history, meaning that it's not a fairy tale.

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It's not abstract. You can verify all these things.

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They are not names of celestial bodies. They

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are not aeons and geographical location on the

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space. They are real places. That happened. Are

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we together? They are real places, no? I had

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the privilege to go to some of these places.

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Even though I don't like the way some people

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were doing with the tin, because they idolize

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those places, they understand. But it's good

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when you have the opportunity to visit some of

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those places. Tango, we are in a place also.

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Let's open to actor tin. We're in Cyprus, actor

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tin. Glory to Jesus. Want you to look at verse,

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verse 3, then having fasted and prayed and laid

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hands on them, they sent them away. So being

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sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to

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what? Seleucia. And from there they sailed to

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where? They were a Cyprus, a name of a celestial

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body. Eh? It's a geographical location. We know

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it. Today we are in it. We are here. Huh? And

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when, verse five, and when they arrive in where?

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Salamis. Many of us have gone to Salamis several

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times. Is that correct? Yes. We saw the theater.

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We saw where Paul was preaching. We saw all those

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things. Are we together? Salamis. They preached

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the word of God in synagogue of the Jewish. They

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also had John as their assistant. What's six?

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Now, when they had gone through the island of

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Patmot, Patmot is just close here. Here. Did

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you understand what I'm trying to say? Yes. It's

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not, that's why when you read Bible, you see,

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you know, you will see, you will see, you feel

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it. These are real places. Even if you have not

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traveled to those places, at least Tango, you

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are here. Please don't leave this place. Go to

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Salamis and see the place. It will not do to

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you anything spiritual, but it will do something

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to you in understanding. It means you are reading

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something real. It's not a deception. This is

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why sometimes I laugh. How can somebody come

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after Jesus lived 700 years ago? I mean after

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Jesus lived 700 and he said Jesus didn't die.

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And that an angel told him. And then you have

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eyewitness in history. The Romans wrote about

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it. The Jews wrote about it. His own disciples

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were more than 500 which he appeared to them.

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I don't mean far away those who were with him.

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Who do you believe? Somebody who came 700 years

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later and said angel told him. Or someone who

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were with him. I mean, there are some things

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very easy to disprove. Did you understand what

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I'm saying? Are we together? So, what are we

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saying? I am saying that because this Bible is

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real, it's an evidence that God is interested

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in humanity. He's working among men. They are

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places we know. They are not abstract. So pay

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attention. So in many instances, those geography

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are in themselves a message. It's not just only

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that we know that they prove that our faith can

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be traced accurately, but themselves, the geographies

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became a message too. Now notice only that you

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know that God speaks through culture. God also

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speaks through geography. Oh Are you with me?

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Are you with me? So if you misunderstand this

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on geography, you'll miss a lot. The valleys,

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the mountains. Man of God was reading to us Malachi

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4, right? along specific rivers. Things you can

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touch, but they can communicate things. We have

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actual mountains. Mount Sinai, River Jordan,

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the Red Sea. All of them mean something. The

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Sea of Galilee. So geographic context? Prove

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the gospel is not a made -up story. You understand?

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As I told you, you cannot be able to say Jesus

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is from India. How? His name, his family, his

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everything does not speak that he has any connection

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there. Are you with me? Are you with me? Yes.

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It shows our faith is tied to read facts, not

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feebles. It supports eyewitness accounts. And

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it clarifies the intent of the original author.

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This is the reason why we are studying this geographical

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context. Because our major thought is that we

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want to understand the intent of the author.

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So in studying and reading and understanding

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geographical context, it helps you to also comprehend

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the intent of the author. The writers, with understanding

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of their original readers. They do not stop to

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explain why the journey was dangerous. But it

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also can communicate. Sometimes when you are

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reading the Bible, you don't need to be told

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that this journey is dangerous. By just observing

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the geography, it's already communicating to

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you that. Are we together? Look at this look.

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Look. This story of a Samaritan, right? Luke

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chapter 10 verse 25 Luke 10 25 He said, And behold,

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a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying,

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Teacher What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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He said to him what is written in the law? What

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is your reading of it? So he answered and said

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you shall love the Lord and Then your God with

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all your heart with all your soul with all your

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mind and with all your what? Your strength. Let

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me just go to 30 then Jesus answered and said,

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a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.

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Note that word. He went where? Down. Did he say

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up or down? Down. A certain man went down. You

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see that word down? You have to pay attention

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to certain things now. You see that word down?

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It's very important. Because by the time you

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look at the geographical location, because he

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said went down from where Jerusalem to where

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to Jericho and fell among thieves that word down

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is a description of geography it already by the

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time you you look at it in in real time i mean

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in in maybe maps you will now understand jesus

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you see the reason why he didn't mention a there

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were coughs here there were stones here there

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were these because he was not communicating to

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:40.309
you Did you understand what I'm trying to say?

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He's communicating to people who are familiar

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with the terrain. So by just using the word down,

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they already understood what he was saying. But

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us today, we will need to investigate what is

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down. Was Jerusalem up? Because you have never

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gone to Jerusalem. So you can go in and say,

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okay, let me see the horizon. Was Jerusalem up

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and this and that? Or what does it mean down?

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Now you will now understand that truly the wrote

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from Jerusalem to Jericho is a horrific journey.

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In fact, I did some study and I discovered Jerusalem

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was about 700 meters, that's about 2 ,500 feet

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above sea level. And Jericho lies below, you

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understand, about 258 meters below sea level,

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which means that What is saying to say that Jerusalem

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there is more than twice you understand the height

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that's one You get what I'm trying to see yes

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So when the person is coming down and it's a

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rocky environment It's not really like a like

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a straight path You have to be dodging like this

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But you are coming down That is why robbers can

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can lock in upon some particular place so that

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when you are coming you will not see them because

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it's not a direct route mountains you have to

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you have to navigate rocks and mountains so robbers

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can thieves can block can hide somewhere and

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wait for you and they will ambush you they understood

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at the time when he said down but you and me

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by the time we go and look at it and say oh so

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that's how it is you will appreciate reading

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that text So the terrain will tell you how vulnerable

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to the man that was hit by thieves was So today

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it is important to pay attention and there are

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so many things Help me there John chapter 1 verse

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5 The Bible say Jesus went up Hmm John there's

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a one sorry five verse one five verse one he

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said after this there was a feast of the Jews

00:32:24.549 --> 00:32:30.049
and Jesus went up to what to Jerusalem so you

00:32:30.049 --> 00:32:33.549
already understand I've already given you Jerusalem

00:32:33.549 --> 00:32:39.089
is about 2500 feet above sea level that's about

00:32:39.089 --> 00:32:42.279
700 and something or something like 60 there

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:48.920
about meters above syllable. Go back to John

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1 verse 28. John 1, 28. These things were done

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in what? In Betebrah. Beyond the what? The Jordan,

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where John was baptized. That's a description

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:15.640
of geography. He said in Betebrah, right, or

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.960
Bethany. Some Bible verse will say Bethany. He

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:23.359
said it is across or beyond the Jordan. And that's

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:26.240
actually the description. It's a real geography.

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If you go, you will see it that exactly. Where

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:39.579
John was baptized, Psalms 125 verse 2. Psalms

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125 verse 2. As the mountains surround Jerusalem.

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Do mountains surround Jerusalem? Yes. Did you

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:01.819
get what I'm trying to say? Yeah? Are we together?

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:08.650
That's exactly. mountain surrounds Jerusalem.

00:34:11.670 --> 00:34:13.750
You know I was laughing when I was listening

00:34:13.750 --> 00:34:17.809
to one debate so if you were trying to claim

00:34:17.809 --> 00:34:25.809
it's one Muslim guy you want to claim that that

00:34:25.809 --> 00:34:29.349
is it Pharaoh I mean the mix of Pharaoh as the

00:34:29.349 --> 00:34:35.210
time of Jesus and Did you understand what I'm

00:34:35.210 --> 00:34:36.849
trying to say? Sometimes you laugh, you know

00:34:36.849 --> 00:34:40.230
why? Because you don't need the Bible to disprove

00:34:40.230 --> 00:34:42.050
this. You know why? Because this is just pure

00:34:42.050 --> 00:34:44.110
history. Did you understand what I'm trying to

00:34:44.110 --> 00:34:52.010
say? Yes, this is why the Bible is clear. It's

00:34:52.010 --> 00:34:58.489
real. It's not made up stories. You can verify

00:34:58.489 --> 00:35:08.119
it. You understand? You can verify it. So I've

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:10.880
said in it that God speaks through geography

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:15.980
and so this geography could also Not just only

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:18.219
that can give us light to understand what was

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:21.920
happening, but you can also you go to use it

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:29.619
to speak spiritual realities Egypt, Canaan, Galilee,

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:33.579
Mount Zion, Mount Sinai, Red Sea, River Jordan

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:38.570
among others are used by God to paint a picture

00:35:38.570 --> 00:35:43.789
of spiritual realities. Let me give you some

00:35:43.789 --> 00:35:50.510
few examples. 1 Corinthians 10. Look at 1 Corinthians

00:35:50.510 --> 00:36:01.429
10. Look at verse 1. Moreover, brethren, I do

00:36:01.429 --> 00:36:06.619
not want you to be unaware that all our fathers

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:10.119
were under the cloud, all passed through the

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:17.059
sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:23.340
cloud and in the sea. All ate the same spiritual

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:27.699
food, all drank the same spiritual drink, for

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:34.369
the drank of that spiritual rock. That followed

00:36:34.369 --> 00:36:39.730
them and the rock was Christ's verse 5 said but

00:36:39.730 --> 00:36:46.090
with most of them God was not pleased For their

00:36:46.090 --> 00:36:50.190
bodies were scattered in the wilderness Are we

00:36:50.190 --> 00:36:54.389
together? God was not pleased why because of

00:36:54.389 --> 00:36:57.590
what Moses have preached what that means is that

00:36:57.590 --> 00:37:01.829
the Red Sea represents Moses immersing Israel

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:06.079
in the teachings, in his teachings. That's what

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.500
it means. When he said they were baptized into

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:14.420
Moses in the cloud and in the sea. The Red Sea,

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:22.659
you know what I'm saying, is a speaking, a communication

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:27.619
of Moses immersing these people in the teachings.

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:34.889
Are we together? Unfortunately, they refused

00:37:34.889 --> 00:37:39.710
to believe. That's why he said, but with most

00:37:39.710 --> 00:37:44.190
of them God was not what? Was not pleased. It

00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:47.829
is impossible to please God without what? Without

00:37:47.829 --> 00:37:55.050
faith. Hebrews 11 6. So they didn't please God

00:37:55.050 --> 00:38:02.019
because they didn't exercise faith. and what

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:06.139
Moses has amassed them. Man of God was communicating.

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:10.079
He told them. Understand? The last part he was

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.739
saying. He told them. You see, that agreement

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:17.559
they agree. As if they heard Moses. No. It's

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:19.960
those are there too where they are finding things

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:24.619
difficult in Egypt. So their believing is they

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:26.860
are believing of their deliverance out of that

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:30.889
place. You understand? but not that they believe

00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:35.010
Moses in the reality he was communicating they

00:38:35.010 --> 00:38:37.449
just believe him in that yes we know God sent

00:38:37.449 --> 00:38:40.429
you give us our physical deliverance let's get

00:38:40.429 --> 00:38:46.550
out of here but they did not believe the real

00:38:46.550 --> 00:38:50.050
thing the big picture of what God was communicating

00:38:50.050 --> 00:38:55.030
and that's why God was not pleased with them

00:38:55.030 --> 00:38:59.019
so you can see Red Sea The crossing of the Ressi

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:02.739
is a crossing of baptism and that baptism is

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:05.800
a mansion in the teachings of Moses The gospel

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.739
he preached them. He said the same gospel that

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:11.880
was preached to us was also preached to them

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:17.539
Hebrews chapter 4, right verse 2 But it did not

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:21.420
profit them Not being mixed with faith in them

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:24.980
that heard it That means they heard it. They

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:33.659
refused to believe it Hebrews chapter 12. Go

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:43.159
to Hebrews chapter 12. Look at verse 22. I'm

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:46.619
trying to show us that geography can be used

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:52.260
by God to speak spiritual realities. It can speak

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:57.019
revelation. So be careful as you study. Don't

00:39:57.019 --> 00:40:02.539
neglect things. Are we together? Hallelujah.

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:10.000
Amen. Look at 22. He says, that but you have

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:18.239
come to Mount Zion. Are we together? You see,

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.239
before in the Old Testament he said, he said,

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:24.380
upon Mount Zion there shall be deliverance. Did

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:26.679
you hear me? You know, don't think that he's

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:30.119
talking about a physical place. is using a physical

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:34.699
mountain to speak about spiritual reality. That's

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:37.340
why a man that believe has come to Mount Zion.

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:42.679
It is in Mount Zion there is deliverance. So

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.699
God is using a physical mountain with a spiritual

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:51.199
communication. That Mount Zion is a church. That

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:54.480
Mount Zion is God's presence. That's what it

00:40:54.480 --> 00:41:01.880
represents. Mount Zion and then he continued

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:04.460
the city of the living God in case you are in

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:08.820
doubt what he's saying the heavenly Jerusalem

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:13.159
what about Sinai just go some verses ahead verse

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:17.900
18 he said for you have not come to the mountain

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:22.599
that may be touched that burn with fire and with

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:25.639
blackness and darkness and tempest and the sound

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:32.119
of a trumpet and the voice of words so that you

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:36.800
who heard it bet that the word should not be

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:42.659
spoken to them anymore for they could not endure

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:49.889
what was commanded and if so as much as the beast

00:41:49.889 --> 00:41:53.550
touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot

00:41:53.550 --> 00:41:58.309
with an arrow." And so terrified that even Moses

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himself, he said, I was exceedingly afraid and

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tremble. Even the man who enlisted the angels,

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when they started displaying their things in

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the sun. And that's why The writer of Hebrew

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was contrasting that. He said, believe us, we

00:42:20.690 --> 00:42:24.969
have not come to that mountain, but you have

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come to the mountain, which is Mount Zion. We

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have not come to Mount Sinai. Are we together?

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But we have come to what? Mount Zion. Amen. Are

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we together? So Mount Sinai was a picture of

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bondage, law and sin. Mount Zion is a picture

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of what? Freedom picture of deliverance picture

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of the church Geography with spiritual meaning

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Look at Galatians chapter 4 Paul again made it

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clear here. He made it clear more clearer here

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Are we together Galatians chapter 4 verse 24

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He said, which things are symbolic? Did you see

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that? So they are used as expressions. For these

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are the two covenants. He said, one from where?

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Mount Sinai. Which is what? Which give birth

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to what? Who are you with me? Are you with me?

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Which give birth to bondage? Which is haga. For

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this hugger is Mount Sinai in Arabia and correspond

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.900
to Jerusalem which is and is in bondage with

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:56.860
her children So he said that Jerusalem in the

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Sun is the place of freedom He's saying that

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the place of bondage is Mount Sinai Are you with

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:12.539
me are you with me amen So you can see how God

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uses geography to communicate also revelation.

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That's why it's good for us to pay attention

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to geography. Look at Hebrews chapter 3. Hebrews

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chapter 3. Go back to that Hebrews verse 16.

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I want to show you again another one. Canon.

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Are we together? Or let's start with Egypt. I

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think we should start with Egypt before we go

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to Canaan. Amen? Amen? Exodus chapter 13 verse

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3. Exodus 13 verse 3. He said, and Moses said

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to the people, remember this day in which you

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went out of where? Out of where? The house of

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:25.579
what? Bondage. So Egypt is described as a picture

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or a figure of bondage. He repeated that. Look

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at chapter 20, verse 2, chapter 20. verse 2 I

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am the Lord your God who brought you out of the

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land of Egypt out of the house of bondage again

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Egypt as a house of bondage Deuteronomy chapter

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5 verse 6 Deuteronomy 5 verse 6 He said I am

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the Lord your God who brought you out of the

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land of Egypt out of the house of bondage out

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of the house of bondage Look at how even a the

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:23.820
Bible describe it here in Hebrews chapter 11

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When he was talking concerning Moses 11 24 Hebrews

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:36.719
11 verse 24 He said, by faith Moses, when he

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.460
became of age, refused to be called the sons

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:42.000
of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:46.219
affliction with the people of God than to enjoy

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:49.960
the passing pleasure of sin, esteeming the reproach

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.639
of Christ greater riches than the treasure in

00:46:54.639 --> 00:47:00.960
Egypt. Look at it, esteeming Christ. than the

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:03.860
pleasure in Egypt. This is not a physical thing

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:08.780
so that you don't say in Egypt. It's a spiritual

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:14.320
reality. You understand? For He what? Looked

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:21.719
to the reward. So Egypt is depicted as a place

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:28.159
of sin. A place of bondage. What about Canaan?

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Hebrews chapter 3. Look at Hebrews chapter 3

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verse 16 The promise was for them to move to

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:47.320
freedom Hebrews chapter 3 verse 16 for Who having

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heard believed indeed was it not all who came

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:54.840
out of Egypt that is they came out of the house

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of bondage led by Moses Now, with whom was he

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:07.619
angry forty years? He said, Was he not with those

00:48:07.619 --> 00:48:13.079
who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

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And to whom did he swear that they will not enter

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:26.260
his rest, but to those who did not obey? we see

00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:31.860
that they could not enter rest in because of

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:34.940
unbelief. We said they died in the wilderness.

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:41.340
So he was using a communication, you know, although

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:45.000
they were moving from Egypt's bondage, their

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.940
destination is the promised land, Canaan, but

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:51.039
they couldn't enter because of unbelief. So Canaan

00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:55.230
is a picture of rest. When you are removed from

00:48:55.230 --> 00:49:00.969
bondage, but they die in the wilderness Are we

00:49:00.969 --> 00:49:04.489
together they die in the wilderness, of course,

00:49:04.489 --> 00:49:07.630
there are other scriptures you can write it Numbers

00:49:07.630 --> 00:49:16.530
chapter 14 verse 27 Numbers 14 27 to 34 Deuteronomy

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chapter 6 verse 23 Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse

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23 Let me just say this one lastly here Galilee

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You see Galilee also has a spiritual meaning

00:49:31.860 --> 00:49:40.960
Galilee Isaiah chapter Well, let me read Matthew

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because Matthew quoted Isaiah chapter 1 And sorry

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:48.519
chapter 9 verse 1 and 2. Let me read Matthew

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:52.820
chapter 4 So that we can read the two texts together

00:49:53.039 --> 00:50:01.019
Matthew chapter 4 verse 15. Matthew chapter 4

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verse 15 to 16. He said the land of Zebulun and

00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:12.099
the land of Naphtali by the way of the sea beyond

00:50:12.099 --> 00:50:17.380
the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. He said

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the people who sat in darkness have seen a great

00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:27.909
light. and upon those who sat in the region and

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shadow of the light as what? As dawn. Do you

00:50:33.250 --> 00:50:37.570
know why when Jesus is eaten it's necessary that

00:50:37.570 --> 00:50:41.070
Jesus will have to start his ministry in Galilee?

00:50:42.090 --> 00:50:44.349
When he finished his resurrection he told his

00:50:44.349 --> 00:50:47.090
disciples, tell them to go meet me in where?

00:50:47.829 --> 00:50:52.860
In Galilee. Listen, it's a communication. something.

00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:55.920
What Jesus is saying that, what man of God is

00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:58.599
teaching us, is setting the stage for greater

00:50:58.599 --> 00:51:03.000
works. Now no more among Israel you are to go

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:06.940
to the wall. Galilee is a doorway to the nations.

00:51:07.139 --> 00:51:10.719
It's called Galilee of the Gentiles. What Jesus

00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:15.199
is communicating is that now I am releasing you

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:22.849
to the wall. And that's why he demonstrated By

00:51:22.849 --> 00:51:25.389
going to a physical place. It's not a mistake.

00:51:25.389 --> 00:51:30.130
It is already a prophecy It's not just for going

00:51:30.130 --> 00:51:35.650
sick when you read glory to God You you have

00:51:35.650 --> 00:51:40.590
to be very careful some words In the Sun when

00:51:40.590 --> 00:51:42.710
the when Jesus was to pass through, you know,

00:51:42.789 --> 00:51:45.650
normally when you are moving when you are going

00:51:45.650 --> 00:51:51.010
to a Jerusalem you have to pass through Samaria

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:53.619
Many don't want to pass through that because

00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:58.500
of the discrimination. But the Bible says, but

00:51:58.500 --> 00:52:04.920
Jesus hurt. Meaning that it became necessary

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:11.659
that you will have to pass through Samaria. The

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:15.639
reason is because there is an appointment. in

00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:18.639
the Sun spiritually because Jesus Christ is doing

00:52:18.639 --> 00:52:21.719
things deliberately to break certain things so

00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:24.599
every movement you move it might look geographical

00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:30.539
but it's not it's communicating something so

00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:34.739
if you miss this reading as you go you think

00:52:34.739 --> 00:52:37.440
you have to see thou says the Lord thou says

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:39.360
the Lord you're going to miss a lot of things

00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:50.920
that's why you have to pay attention Are we together?

00:52:52.059 --> 00:52:57.480
So geography will turn what sometimes may be

00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:08.139
spiritual, that is locked up to be unveiled.

00:53:09.800 --> 00:53:13.659
You will see that from what we have already studied.

00:53:13.900 --> 00:53:17.900
You see, geography is explaining spiritual concept.

00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:22.360
Unbelief, salvation, deliverance. Are we together?

00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:25.159
Did you see that? That once you mention a place,

00:53:25.280 --> 00:53:27.940
it already communicates something. Are we together?

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:37.579
That is exactly. So, bringing map into your Bible

00:53:37.579 --> 00:53:44.679
study changes words. from just flat black ink

00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:49.860
on white pages into vibrant three -dimensional

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:53.639
world where God's voice speaks with clarity.

00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:58.639
So I want to encourage you, don't neglect geography

00:53:58.639 --> 00:54:02.880
in your Bible study. Are we together? Don't do

00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:06.360
what? Don't neglect geography. When you are reading,

00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:08.739
you find a place, just say something, something,

00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:11.579
something. Don't just pass anyhow. can you pull

00:54:11.579 --> 00:54:15.300
a map and just try to because what you are doing

00:54:15.300 --> 00:54:19.559
is that you are trying to travel back and sit

00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:21.880
where the audience sat because you are not there

00:54:21.880 --> 00:54:24.880
so sometimes you will have to pull the map because

00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:27.360
when Jesus or when the apostles were communicating

00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:29.940
they were communicating to audience who already

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:34.599
are familiar with the terrain so when they speak

00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:37.280
small things like for example down they already

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:39.400
know what they are saying but you we don't know

00:54:39.559 --> 00:54:42.500
because when you say down down how so you have

00:54:42.500 --> 00:54:45.320
to pull them up and begin to look at it then

00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:52.380
you now understand are we together amen hallelujah

00:54:52.380 --> 00:54:56.619
okay let me give one more supernatural context

00:54:56.619 --> 00:54:59.900
i'm going to discuss this maybe probably in a

00:54:59.900 --> 00:55:01.739
separate video but let me give an introduction

00:55:01.739 --> 00:55:06.190
the bible also have supernatural context Not

00:55:06.190 --> 00:55:08.150
just only on the material. You see that's the

00:55:08.150 --> 00:55:10.989
reason why we have to communicate in this way.

00:55:12.010 --> 00:55:17.269
It has supernatural context. Understanding the

00:55:17.269 --> 00:55:20.210
Bible also requires grasping the supernatural

00:55:20.210 --> 00:55:25.210
context. A worldview. So supernatural context

00:55:25.210 --> 00:55:29.170
means a worldview where the physical and the

00:55:29.170 --> 00:55:33.349
spiritual realm are constantly interacting. Meaning

00:55:33.349 --> 00:55:38.010
that The writer's worldview in those days is

00:55:38.010 --> 00:55:43.050
not the same with our worldview today. Even though

00:55:43.050 --> 00:55:47.889
we need to improve. Because the world has not

00:55:47.889 --> 00:55:50.210
changed. Do you understand what I'm saying? The

00:55:50.210 --> 00:55:55.090
world has not what? Has not changed. No, I think

00:55:55.090 --> 00:55:59.409
Pasukosi used to emphasize that in the sun. Don't

00:55:59.409 --> 00:56:04.989
think that everything is normal. Yeah, when you

00:56:04.989 --> 00:56:07.670
watch what is happening around the world in the

00:56:07.670 --> 00:56:11.570
sun, don't be too naive To think that is just

00:56:11.570 --> 00:56:16.250
normal Hmm that men just do it that they that

00:56:16.250 --> 00:56:19.730
way Monogathe just read a scripture Ephesians

00:56:19.730 --> 00:56:23.309
chapter 2 the spirit who is at work in where

00:56:23.309 --> 00:56:28.230
in the children of disobedient So don't see a

00:56:28.230 --> 00:56:30.710
man hiding in his ways and think it's a normal

00:56:30.710 --> 00:56:35.329
thing Did you get what I'm trying to say? Yes.

00:56:38.210 --> 00:56:44.869
Hallelujah. So without this framework of understanding

00:56:44.869 --> 00:56:51.469
the supernatural context, strictly literal or

00:56:51.469 --> 00:56:57.969
modern scientific reading can miss the intended

00:56:57.969 --> 00:57:03.769
spiritual and doctrinal meaning. When we read

00:57:03.769 --> 00:57:08.989
the Bible like a cast -iron Literal strictly

00:57:08.989 --> 00:57:15.090
scientific When I see day I Think as day today.

00:57:15.550 --> 00:57:19.230
You are going to miss a lot of if I see moon

00:57:19.230 --> 00:57:22.929
I'd always think as we think today. You're going

00:57:22.929 --> 00:57:27.469
to miss something Meaning that is that's why

00:57:27.469 --> 00:57:30.570
we said when you come to the Bible is not a free

00:57:30.570 --> 00:57:35.519
flat thing You can read moon and star, literal,

00:57:35.639 --> 00:57:39.300
in other places. That one is a tool. But you

00:57:39.300 --> 00:57:42.719
cannot take how you read Genesis. That's how

00:57:42.719 --> 00:57:45.739
you read First Kings and Second Kings. That's

00:57:45.739 --> 00:57:48.780
how you read Ecclesiastes. That's how you go

00:57:48.780 --> 00:57:51.460
to read the Epistos. How about now? The same

00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:56.519
way. Just flat. You're going to miss a lot. Because

00:57:56.519 --> 00:58:00.559
today we have believers who wants to always have

00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:03.460
a short cut you know we like uh sharp sharp things

00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:06.199
now you understand indo me you know i've been

00:58:06.199 --> 00:58:08.739
trying to stop some people staying indo me understand

00:58:08.739 --> 00:58:11.619
but the point is that because we like sharp sharp

00:58:11.619 --> 00:58:17.099
things something that we just get is sharp fast

00:58:17.099 --> 00:58:22.860
food fast fast fast things are we together but

00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:32.550
please calm down this bible the implication of

00:58:32.550 --> 00:58:36.949
taking it out of context is too high. Understand?

00:58:37.309 --> 00:58:40.889
And that's why you have to calm down. Please,

00:58:41.230 --> 00:58:52.130
be patient. Be patient. Don't be in a rush. Don't

00:58:52.130 --> 00:58:57.300
be in a rush. Calm down. We live in a modern

00:58:57.300 --> 00:59:02.079
world. Today is a material world. It's a scientific

00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:05.119
world. Where we see universe through microscope,

00:59:06.119 --> 00:59:09.619
through telescope, through law of physics. That's

00:59:09.619 --> 00:59:16.099
how we see the world mostly. But when you come

00:59:16.099 --> 00:59:19.219
to the Bible, the writers live in a different

00:59:19.219 --> 00:59:23.239
world than ours. In a worldview, we are the physical

00:59:23.239 --> 00:59:30.099
and the spiritual. Remember that's why we take

00:59:30.099 --> 00:59:31.860
time for some of us who have been here when I

00:59:31.860 --> 00:59:34.500
was dealing with the issue of the law in our

00:59:34.500 --> 00:59:36.800
series about the issues about women liberty.

00:59:37.280 --> 00:59:39.480
You must have seen that we discuss how these

00:59:39.480 --> 00:59:42.559
people their view about angels. Did you understand

00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:44.860
what I'm trying to say? Their view about spirit

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:50.239
beings. That's the issue. And this is important.

00:59:50.840 --> 00:59:53.699
To them they see the unseen world, not just us.

00:59:53.869 --> 00:59:57.429
as something different. They see the unseen world

00:59:57.429 --> 01:00:06.210
as real as the seen. Are we together? Look at

01:00:06.210 --> 01:00:15.789
Revelation 9. Revelation what? 9 verse 1. Revelation

01:00:15.789 --> 01:00:26.739
9. Then the fifth angels sounded and I saw a

01:00:26.739 --> 01:00:32.300
star falling from heaven to the earth. To him

01:00:32.300 --> 01:00:37.980
was given the key to the bottomless pit. That

01:00:37.980 --> 01:00:47.340
is the star was given a key. Are we together?

01:00:48.579 --> 01:00:52.369
I mean if you just read in the adults with scientific

01:00:52.369 --> 01:00:55.230
means you will likely see like this is a star

01:00:55.230 --> 01:00:59.449
falling I mean to the earth maybe one of these

01:00:59.449 --> 01:01:05.570
meteorites and maybe ah please let's be careful

01:01:05.570 --> 01:01:09.869
before it will cause ecological disaster but

01:01:09.869 --> 01:01:13.769
no that's not what he's saying John immediate

01:01:13.769 --> 01:01:20.079
use of him he said I saw a star From heaven to

01:01:20.079 --> 01:01:23.760
the earth in case you don't want to confuse it.

01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:30.500
He said to him Hmm you see that he said to him

01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:34.679
Was given and then he said he was giving a key

01:01:34.679 --> 01:01:38.480
him was giving a key is to tell you that that

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:45.940
star Is a personality Is not the star at the

01:01:45.940 --> 01:01:53.570
top defined by gases Are we together? No. This

01:01:53.570 --> 01:01:57.809
star has an action. This star has an intelligence.

01:01:59.170 --> 01:02:01.369
Did you understand what I'm saying? It's not

01:02:01.369 --> 01:02:05.789
defined by nature that the star has an intelligence.

01:02:06.489 --> 01:02:10.130
The star has an assignment. It's given a key.

01:02:11.769 --> 01:02:19.320
It's a hymn. In ancient... apocalyptic writings

01:02:19.320 --> 01:02:24.159
or context, a falling star most time is seen

01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:29.639
as a falling angel or angelic entity. In fact,

01:02:29.639 --> 01:02:32.980
just move a little bit to chapter 12. Look at

01:02:32.980 --> 01:02:40.860
chapter 12, verse 3, Revelation 12 verse 3, and

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:43.639
another sign appeared in the heaven, behold a

01:02:43.639 --> 01:02:49.050
great fiery dragon. having seven heads and ten

01:02:49.050 --> 01:02:56.230
horns and seven dead ends on his head his tail

01:02:56.230 --> 01:03:01.929
drew a thought of stars from heaven and threw

01:03:01.929 --> 01:03:05.690
them on the earth and the dragon stood before

01:03:05.690 --> 01:03:11.610
the woman who was ready to give birth to to devour

01:03:11.610 --> 01:03:14.210
her child as soon as it was born. When you read

01:03:14.210 --> 01:03:18.280
that you say ah ah Stars who the dragon wipe

01:03:18.280 --> 01:03:24.079
is a what you call in the sun But when you read

01:03:24.079 --> 01:03:30.900
more you now understand was Was six or let me

01:03:30.900 --> 01:03:35.360
read verse 7 is there and war broke out in heaven

01:03:35.360 --> 01:03:42.360
Michael and his angels fought with the dragon

01:03:42.800 --> 01:03:47.760
and the dragon and his angel fought but they

01:03:47.760 --> 01:03:51.460
did not prevail nor was a place found for them

01:03:51.460 --> 01:03:56.760
in the heaven any longer so the dragon was cast

01:03:56.760 --> 01:04:06.199
out and the serpent of old called the devil and

01:04:06.199 --> 01:04:10.440
satan who deceived the world he was cast out

01:04:11.690 --> 01:04:15.510
He was cast to the earth and his angels were

01:04:15.510 --> 01:04:22.789
cast out with him. Do you see that? So the dragon

01:04:22.789 --> 01:04:30.849
is Satan. The stars were the fully angels that

01:04:30.849 --> 01:04:37.210
came with him, his angels. That is the stars

01:04:39.340 --> 01:04:43.460
Isn't just some cosmic event or some things are

01:04:43.460 --> 01:04:48.139
threatening the solar system He's talking about

01:04:48.139 --> 01:04:53.159
spiritual rebellion here The fully angelic beings

01:04:53.159 --> 01:04:56.920
who sided with the enemy who sided with Satan

01:04:56.920 --> 01:05:01.360
Therefore reading the Bible with a scientific

01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:04.440
lens will strip you of the reading of the scriptural

01:05:04.440 --> 01:05:10.800
text the way it's original audience wrote it

01:05:10.800 --> 01:05:16.159
you know I read one book sometimes they will

01:05:16.159 --> 01:05:19.460
read Matthew chapter 25 about the parable of

01:05:19.460 --> 01:05:21.280
the talent and then they will be given counsel

01:05:21.280 --> 01:05:24.199
of how to make money using that I mean please

01:05:24.199 --> 01:05:30.139
now you know the issue is that is that the intern

01:05:30.139 --> 01:05:34.579
when Jesus was writing that was he giving business

01:05:34.579 --> 01:05:39.300
advice there You see, you are misusing the intent

01:05:39.300 --> 01:05:49.179
of the author. You are misusing. After all, if

01:05:49.179 --> 01:05:51.940
you want business ideas, that's nowhere to go.

01:05:57.199 --> 01:05:59.239
The same thing we say, stop ideating with these

01:05:59.239 --> 01:06:01.559
people who want to defend. The world is also

01:06:01.559 --> 01:06:04.059
a number of years. Leave them. Science has to

01:06:04.059 --> 01:06:05.900
know how to correct themselves. I tell you the

01:06:05.900 --> 01:06:07.860
truth. Science knows how to correct. They have

01:06:07.860 --> 01:06:10.119
corrected many things. If you have been in science,

01:06:10.119 --> 01:06:12.900
you understand. All the Dalton's atomic theory

01:06:12.900 --> 01:06:14.860
and all those things, you understand? Atom is

01:06:14.860 --> 01:06:16.559
an indivisible part of it. I mean, all those

01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:19.179
things. Is it divisible now? I mean, who changes

01:06:19.179 --> 01:06:21.179
it? Who changes it? You are not the one now.

01:06:21.260 --> 01:06:23.280
Allow them. They will change it. Do you understand

01:06:23.280 --> 01:06:24.940
what I'm trying to say? You don't need to fight.

01:06:25.579 --> 01:06:30.760
They will change. Leave them. You understand?

01:06:31.159 --> 01:06:33.159
They are already fighting and changing already

01:06:33.159 --> 01:06:38.920
the law about evolution. So don't worry. Calm

01:06:38.920 --> 01:06:41.659
down. Just preach the word in season and out

01:06:41.659 --> 01:06:43.500
of season. Do you understand what I'm saying?

01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:51.039
So leave them. So, you see, you will miss it.

01:06:51.420 --> 01:06:56.300
Because even though Moses was using the creation

01:06:56.300 --> 01:07:00.119
story, his intent was not to give how the world

01:07:00.119 --> 01:07:02.300
was created and this and that and that. I mean,

01:07:02.420 --> 01:07:06.659
that's it. You will miss it. Because by the time

01:07:06.659 --> 01:07:12.500
you read the entire Genesis 1, by the time you

01:07:12.500 --> 01:07:17.360
come to Genesis chapter 2, and God rested, and

01:07:17.360 --> 01:07:20.380
then you read the epistles, you come to where

01:07:20.380 --> 01:07:24.719
we read Hebrews chapter 4. When you read down,

01:07:24.940 --> 01:07:31.909
it made reference to Genesis chapter 2. Moses

01:07:31.909 --> 01:07:38.150
was writing that he was not talking about those

01:07:38.150 --> 01:07:41.829
things. His focus is to communicate the gospel.

01:07:43.469 --> 01:07:46.829
And that is why the rest of God is salvation.

01:07:48.389 --> 01:07:51.309
The creation story about him is a description

01:07:51.309 --> 01:07:55.530
of the redemptive work of Christ. And after he

01:07:55.530 --> 01:07:58.329
has finished the work, he rests. What is rest?

01:07:58.789 --> 01:08:02.210
It doesn't mean just to stay idle. It means to

01:08:02.210 --> 01:08:05.309
enter into the position of authority, to enter

01:08:05.309 --> 01:08:07.670
into a position of glory. That's mean by rest.

01:08:09.449 --> 01:08:13.230
His indwelling, His ascension is called rest.

01:08:15.989 --> 01:08:20.210
That means Christ now is resting in you. It means

01:08:20.210 --> 01:08:25.109
He's living in you. That's what it means. Are

01:08:25.109 --> 01:08:27.789
we together? So, and that's why we must trust

01:08:27.789 --> 01:08:31.949
God to read the Bible. in the author's intent.

01:08:34.149 --> 01:08:42.710
Amen. Amen. If you understand this way, you will

01:08:42.710 --> 01:08:46.989
now not be struggling. You will not be struggling

01:08:46.989 --> 01:08:50.529
when you see some certain discussion, even in

01:08:50.529 --> 01:08:54.470
the Epistles. He now said, though we walk in

01:08:54.470 --> 01:08:58.689
the flesh, we do not wage war after the flesh.

01:08:59.310 --> 01:09:02.489
For the weapon of our warfare. They are not cannot

01:09:02.489 --> 01:09:09.869
did you want something? Are we together? He will

01:09:09.869 --> 01:09:14.229
say again and then tell you how we watched which

01:09:14.229 --> 01:09:21.050
the war He said we we wage the war against principalities

01:09:21.050 --> 01:09:27.680
and powers Against rulers of the darkness So

01:09:27.680 --> 01:09:30.060
don't be sitting here and think everything is

01:09:30.060 --> 01:09:33.479
physical. It's not. These people that wrote it,

01:09:33.680 --> 01:09:36.500
they have an understanding that though we are

01:09:36.500 --> 01:09:40.140
on earth in the material world, what influences

01:09:40.140 --> 01:09:42.880
this material world is not just only in the material.

01:09:45.279 --> 01:09:50.840
If you understand, you will be conscious of the

01:09:50.840 --> 01:10:01.399
spirit world. Are we together? that is what a

01:10:01.399 --> 01:10:04.220
Supernatural context of the Bible. We're going

01:10:04.220 --> 01:10:09.399
to explore that more hopefully subsequently Now

01:10:09.399 --> 01:10:14.060
let me introduce something before tomorrow understand

01:10:14.060 --> 01:10:21.119
The contextualization of the scripture and the

01:10:21.119 --> 01:10:26.069
consequence abuses the contour from the word

01:10:26.069 --> 01:10:34.689
context, decontextualization of scriptures and

01:10:34.689 --> 01:10:40.310
the consequent abuses. Now, what I intend to

01:10:40.310 --> 01:10:44.909
do here is to handle, because we don't want to,

01:10:44.909 --> 01:10:47.149
we're living in a real world. Tango Pasofre started

01:10:47.149 --> 01:10:51.810
talking about the issue of transgender and so

01:10:51.810 --> 01:10:59.079
many of this. We will both, as God help us, Through,

01:10:59.119 --> 01:11:04.039
along the air, as the air moves, we will have

01:11:04.039 --> 01:11:08.140
to both review what has happened in the past

01:11:08.140 --> 01:11:11.359
in the horrible history of the church, because

01:11:11.359 --> 01:11:15.340
we want us to know how some things have been,

01:11:16.020 --> 01:11:19.819
how the Bible has been used as a weapon in the

01:11:19.819 --> 01:11:24.970
sun. Because the problem that was facing some

01:11:24.970 --> 01:11:26.890
of them some of them we still have them today

01:11:26.890 --> 01:11:30.989
in the Sun and Then to see how we can also help

01:11:30.989 --> 01:11:34.829
to know how to explain certain things in scriptures

01:11:34.829 --> 01:11:40.869
even our problems of today Are we together? Amen?

01:11:41.829 --> 01:11:47.029
Now I want you to understand that The most dangerous

01:11:47.029 --> 01:11:52.289
lies Please I beg in the name of God to be sensitive

01:11:52.380 --> 01:11:57.479
with this listen the most dangerous lies that

01:11:57.479 --> 01:12:03.779
has been spread perpetuated in history were not

01:12:03.779 --> 01:12:12.399
told by atheists they were not told by who by

01:12:12.399 --> 01:12:20.939
atheists they were spoken by people holding a

01:12:20.939 --> 01:12:30.880
bible very hard to accept. The most clear treatment

01:12:30.880 --> 01:12:36.199
of humanity we have seen, some of it were held

01:12:36.199 --> 01:12:42.159
perpetuated by people holding the Bible. I am

01:12:42.159 --> 01:12:46.180
not saying unbelievers, I am saying believers,

01:12:48.380 --> 01:12:56.899
leaders of churches. So what we are trying to

01:12:56.899 --> 01:13:00.140
say that from all that we have said when you

01:13:00.140 --> 01:13:04.239
ripped when you remove when you caught a way

01:13:04.239 --> 01:13:08.619
a verse out of its setting out of its context

01:13:08.619 --> 01:13:16.100
You are weaponizing it to perpetuate evil What

01:13:16.100 --> 01:13:23.380
we call it is the methodology of Satan Meaning

01:13:23.630 --> 01:13:29.569
You take the word and remove it out of its context.

01:13:30.550 --> 01:13:34.130
You will do harm with it. Remember that the scripture

01:13:34.130 --> 01:13:37.489
is profitable, but once you remove it out of

01:13:37.489 --> 01:13:42.590
its context, it becomes injurious. It becomes

01:13:42.590 --> 01:13:48.529
harmful. Are you with me? Are you with me? Are

01:13:48.529 --> 01:13:55.229
you with me? That's why Paul says it is a spirit

01:13:55.229 --> 01:14:00.670
in a son that give it life He said that the letters

01:14:00.670 --> 01:14:05.449
kill it But the spirit do what? Gives life. Are

01:14:05.449 --> 01:14:08.909
you with me? Let me repeat again. He says the

01:14:08.909 --> 01:14:14.329
letters kill it But the spirit gives what life?

01:14:14.890 --> 01:14:24.630
Mean that this same Bible interpreted accurately,

01:14:25.050 --> 01:14:31.270
it gives life. This Bible also, once removed

01:14:31.270 --> 01:14:41.229
out of context, it results to death. And so I

01:14:41.229 --> 01:14:47.350
want you to pay attention. Second Corinthians

01:14:47.350 --> 01:14:52.149
chapter 3, that's what Paul say there. In fact,

01:14:52.489 --> 01:14:57.729
we also saw in Romans, he said the commandment

01:14:57.729 --> 01:15:01.210
which was intended to give life now has been

01:15:01.210 --> 01:15:06.590
found to give death. All this I'm trying to tell

01:15:06.590 --> 01:15:12.130
you the implication of removing what it takes

01:15:12.130 --> 01:15:18.470
out of context. So many of the major abuses and

01:15:18.470 --> 01:15:23.079
tyrannies in history were perpetuated by the

01:15:23.079 --> 01:15:26.720
violation of the intent of the author of scriptures.

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Let me give you some examples and start with

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that. Slavery in America. Write number one, slavery

01:15:37.359 --> 01:15:57.319
in America. Slavery in America. Now, at that

01:15:57.319 --> 01:16:00.359
time, there is some people we call them the pro

01:16:00.359 --> 01:16:06.180
-slavery theologians. We call them the pro -slavery

01:16:06.180 --> 01:16:12.079
theologians in the American South. They build

01:16:12.079 --> 01:16:16.420
the theology to defend slavery so that it should

01:16:16.420 --> 01:16:21.310
be perpetuated. Let me just give you some of

01:16:21.310 --> 01:16:23.250
these people before we start to discuss some

01:16:23.250 --> 01:16:25.630
of the how did they use the Bible to defend?

01:16:26.390 --> 01:16:30.789
the perpetuation of slavery Number one James,

01:16:31.569 --> 01:16:33.649
maybe you are you might have time to I mean you

01:16:33.649 --> 01:16:35.989
can go and just read about them That's why I'm

01:16:35.989 --> 01:16:44.710
giving you in the Sun James Henley Turnwell James

01:16:44.710 --> 01:17:08.149
Henley that is T H O R N W E double L James Henley

01:17:08.149 --> 01:17:17.579
Torwell was a South Carolina Oh Pastor, he's

01:17:17.579 --> 01:17:21.300
a Presbyterian pastor and theologian. In fact,

01:17:21.439 --> 01:17:24.859
he's a professor of theology at Colombian Theological

01:17:24.859 --> 01:17:30.300
Seminary. So I'm not talking about some sumo

01:17:30.300 --> 01:17:33.619
sumo built Brazil. I'm talking about professors

01:17:33.619 --> 01:17:37.579
who were pastors who later become professors,

01:17:37.819 --> 01:17:43.050
you understand? He argued that the relationship

01:17:43.050 --> 01:17:47.670
between master and slave is divinely ordained

01:17:47.670 --> 01:17:51.050
and consistent with God's word. Don't worry.

01:17:51.149 --> 01:17:53.029
Let me just mention their name. I'm coming back

01:17:53.029 --> 01:17:59.130
to give you their arguments. The next one is

01:17:59.130 --> 01:18:06.909
Benjamin Morgan. Benjamin Morgan. Palmer. This

01:18:06.909 --> 01:18:12.260
one is also a pastor. in the sun. He's a Presbyterian

01:18:12.260 --> 01:18:18.579
pastor. Benjamin Morgan Palmer, Morgan Palmer,

01:18:18.800 --> 01:18:29.140
P -A -L -M -E -R, in the sun. In fact, this one

01:18:29.140 --> 01:18:32.840
is, this one is even a very severe thing, you

01:18:32.840 --> 01:18:35.279
know, sun. You know, he preached one message.

01:18:35.319 --> 01:18:37.979
He calls it Thanksgiving. He called it the Thanksgiving

01:18:37.979 --> 01:18:45.189
Salmon. In the 1960s, where he supported the

01:18:45.189 --> 01:18:48.289
southern part of the United States, which is

01:18:48.289 --> 01:18:50.449
then they were, you know, in the United States

01:18:50.449 --> 01:18:56.529
then, they had all these states, that's why they

01:18:56.529 --> 01:18:58.989
are called the United States of America. So then

01:18:58.989 --> 01:19:01.010
they have the southern and they have the northern

01:19:01.010 --> 01:19:04.869
part, understand? And then the southern part,

01:19:05.010 --> 01:19:07.529
there are 11 states then in the northern part.

01:19:07.840 --> 01:19:12.039
He called it the confederates. And these people,

01:19:12.560 --> 01:19:13.779
they are the ones, they are the major people

01:19:13.779 --> 01:19:16.039
who want slavery. They still want to continue

01:19:16.039 --> 01:19:21.300
with that. So, the, a someone that he preached,

01:19:21.539 --> 01:19:26.619
he calls it, let me see, the someone, yes, this

01:19:26.619 --> 01:19:28.699
is the name of the someone, the title. You can

01:19:28.699 --> 01:19:31.840
find these online. He said the slavery, he called

01:19:31.840 --> 01:19:37.569
it slavery, a divine trust. duty of the South

01:19:37.569 --> 01:19:42.130
to preserve and perpetuate it. That's the title

01:19:42.130 --> 01:19:44.050
of the Psalm. You can imagine somebody, one person

01:19:44.050 --> 01:19:49.350
come to this, he said, he calls it slavery a

01:19:49.350 --> 01:19:57.050
divine trust. Column, duty of the South to preserve

01:19:57.050 --> 01:20:04.109
and perpetuate it. Then we have Baptist pastors.

01:20:09.840 --> 01:20:18.420
One of them is Ton Ton. That is T -H -O -R -N

01:20:18.420 --> 01:20:26.020
-T -O -N. That is Ton Ton. String fellow. Ton

01:20:26.020 --> 01:20:29.220
Ton String fellow. String fellow just from string

01:20:29.220 --> 01:20:32.659
and fellow. Understand? It's a Baptist pastor.

01:20:34.089 --> 01:20:36.449
In fact, these people were the one who caused

01:20:36.449 --> 01:20:39.430
the division to break the Baptist Church into

01:20:39.430 --> 01:20:42.609
the South, Southern Convention in the sun. They

01:20:42.609 --> 01:20:45.890
break it because the Northern part don't want

01:20:45.890 --> 01:20:48.810
to agree with it, so they broke the sun, caused

01:20:48.810 --> 01:20:52.869
division. In the 1960, he also published a book

01:20:52.869 --> 01:20:58.090
called Scriptural and Statistic View in Favor

01:20:58.090 --> 01:21:00.890
of Slavery. You cannot imagine monogod. He even

01:21:00.890 --> 01:21:05.819
said with statistics. Hmm? That's the title of

01:21:05.819 --> 01:21:13.439
the book. Scriptural and statistical views in

01:21:13.439 --> 01:21:19.279
favor of slavery. In favor of slavery. Then another

01:21:19.279 --> 01:21:25.920
Baptist pastor, Richard Fuller. Richard Fuller

01:21:25.920 --> 01:21:30.699
is also a Baptist pastor. He's a pro -slavery

01:21:30.699 --> 01:21:35.380
theologian. He's part of those people who also

01:21:35.380 --> 01:21:38.560
helped the establishment of the Southern Baptists

01:21:38.560 --> 01:21:41.899
Convention, where they broke away from the North.

01:21:43.659 --> 01:21:50.020
In fact, there is a book in which the Richard

01:21:50.020 --> 01:21:54.920
Fuller, in 1947, Fuller and Brown University

01:21:54.920 --> 01:22:00.020
President Francis Wayland. There's another guy,

01:22:00.279 --> 01:22:06.479
he's a Brown University President Francis Wayland

01:22:06.479 --> 01:22:10.699
because Wayland is against Fuller's position

01:22:10.699 --> 01:22:16.079
of pro -slavery. So what they did was they now

01:22:16.079 --> 01:22:21.859
publish a book, Fuller giving pro points and

01:22:21.859 --> 01:22:25.739
then Francis Wayland giving against slavery.

01:22:26.920 --> 01:22:32.039
The book again is called Domestic Slavery Considered

01:22:32.039 --> 01:22:36.699
as scriptural institution. So more or less, the

01:22:36.699 --> 01:22:39.000
book is like a debate between the two of them.

01:22:39.079 --> 01:22:41.460
You understand? Let me say it again. The book

01:22:41.460 --> 01:22:49.359
is titled, Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural

01:22:49.359 --> 01:23:00.939
Institution. So let me give more, just two more.

01:23:01.239 --> 01:23:03.840
Because there are many. To tell you that is an

01:23:03.840 --> 01:23:11.300
arsenal of men supporting that. We have George

01:23:11.300 --> 01:23:18.380
Doot Armstrong. This one is a Presbyterian. George

01:23:18.380 --> 01:23:24.800
Doot D -O -D -D Armstrong. From the word arm

01:23:24.800 --> 01:23:33.470
and strong. George Doot Armstrong. This one is

01:23:33.470 --> 01:23:43.630
also he argued so much that God created different

01:23:43.630 --> 01:23:46.630
stations in life that this is arguing that God

01:23:46.630 --> 01:23:54.329
is the one responsible for social hierarchy Social

01:23:54.329 --> 01:24:00.609
hierarchy That the social hierarchy helped to

01:24:00.609 --> 01:24:06.310
emancipate the enslaved people. You can imagine

01:24:06.310 --> 01:24:10.350
that. You are arguing that the slavery is helping

01:24:10.350 --> 01:24:17.229
the slave people. You know, he also authored

01:24:17.229 --> 01:24:20.069
a book. You know these people, they are formed

01:24:20.069 --> 01:24:24.550
a very, it's a cartel. He also authored a book

01:24:24.550 --> 01:24:29.590
called The Christian Doctrine of Slavery. The

01:24:29.590 --> 01:24:34.289
Christian Doctrine of Slavery. the Christian

01:24:34.289 --> 01:24:37.630
doctrine of slavery. That's the title of the

01:24:37.630 --> 01:24:41.970
book. Then the last person I will mention is

01:24:41.970 --> 01:24:50.310
Charles Colcock Jones. Charles Colcock. C -O

01:24:50.310 --> 01:25:00.449
-L -C -O -C -K. Colcock. Jones. Jones. In fact,

01:25:00.590 --> 01:25:03.550
this person his own is not like the other one

01:25:03.550 --> 01:25:11.170
you understand this person the jones let me tell

01:25:11.170 --> 01:25:14.449
you jones one is a little bit interesting they

01:25:14.449 --> 01:25:19.649
call him apostle of the slave to slaves now his

01:25:19.649 --> 01:25:22.850
own is not just only that he is using the bible

01:25:22.850 --> 01:25:25.989
to keep slave but that he wants to preach christ

01:25:25.989 --> 01:25:30.899
for slaves to be born again Do you understand

01:25:30.899 --> 01:25:32.899
what I'm trying to say? So he wants to preach

01:25:32.899 --> 01:25:35.760
to the slaves to be born again and his intent

01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:38.119
is not just because he wants them into the kingdom

01:25:38.119 --> 01:25:44.199
of God Yeah, his intent is that by converting

01:25:44.199 --> 01:25:47.800
them to Christianity to become easier to brainwash

01:25:47.800 --> 01:25:54.779
them with the scriptures of those swans So that's

01:25:54.779 --> 01:25:57.380
why you're calling him an apostle. So he believed

01:25:57.380 --> 01:26:01.939
in evangelism and the evangelism will make enslaved

01:26:01.939 --> 01:26:05.579
people more obedient and make the plantation

01:26:05.579 --> 01:26:09.340
system more stable. Because if you have people,

01:26:09.560 --> 01:26:12.699
although you can use Bible to support the people

01:26:12.699 --> 01:26:15.039
at the society level, those who are holding up

01:26:15.039 --> 01:26:17.380
to big powers and like the politician and the

01:26:17.380 --> 01:26:20.220
rest, you can use Bible to defend it, you understand?

01:26:20.579 --> 01:26:25.720
But then if you want to make the slavery more

01:26:25.720 --> 01:26:28.909
systemized, then that means you have to just

01:26:28.909 --> 01:26:32.930
not just only convince the aristocrats you understand

01:26:32.930 --> 01:26:37.270
you have to come down and also preach Jesus to

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these people because by doing so you will you

01:26:40.010 --> 01:26:47.810
will ensure they become more obedient so his

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work focus on converting slaves to Christianity

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while ultimately reinforcing the established

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racial and social hierarchy of that time. Hallelujah.

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Are we together? Now, before we close, what is

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the theological argument? What are the things

01:27:08.720 --> 01:27:14.060
they were holding and promoting that supports

01:27:14.060 --> 01:27:19.529
slavery? Now number one using the Old Testament

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so they use the Old Testament very well They

01:27:24.430 --> 01:27:29.590
use the Old Testament patriarch they argue that

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this patriarch owns slaves and the Levitican

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laws permitted the purchase of burnt people they

01:27:42.029 --> 01:27:47.890
permit people to purchase servants They say the

01:27:47.890 --> 01:27:50.710
Old Patriarch, the Old Testament Patriarch, like

01:27:50.710 --> 01:27:57.010
Abraham and the rest, they own slaves. And also

01:27:57.010 --> 01:28:00.890
the Levitican laws permit to purchase a person.

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Let me give you some scriptures. Genesis chapter

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12 verse 5. Genesis 12, 5. Genesis 14, 14. Genesis

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16 verse 1 to 3 Genesis 26 verse 14 Genesis 31

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verse 41 Job chapter 1 verse 1 to 3 Leviticus

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chapter 25 verse 44 to 46 Exodus 21 verse 2.

01:28:44.180 --> 01:28:48.840
Let me come again. Genesis 12 verse 5. Genesis

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14 verse 14. Genesis 16 verse 1 to 3. Genesis

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26 verse 14. Genesis 31 verse 41. Job chapter

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1 verse 1 to 3. Leviticus chapter 25 verse 44

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to 46. Exodus chapter 21. Verse 2. These are

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the texts they normally use. We're going to explore

01:29:18.840 --> 01:29:22.000
some of them. Then they use the New Testament

01:29:22.000 --> 01:29:27.159
also. New Testament. They argue that Paul and

01:29:27.159 --> 01:29:35.300
Jesus, or Jesus and Paul, never explicitly condemned

01:29:35.300 --> 01:29:40.260
slavery. Because Jesus, according to them, never

01:29:40.260 --> 01:29:42.619
condemned slavery. Paul never condemned slavery.

01:29:42.800 --> 01:29:48.539
Therefore, it carries an implication of divine

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approval. It carries an implication of divine

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approval. John chapter 8 verse 35. John chapter

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8 verse 35. Ephesians chapter 6 verse 5 to 9.

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Colossians chapter 3 verse 22. to chapter 4 verse

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1. Again, John chapter 8 verse 35, Ephesians

01:30:17.029 --> 01:30:22.390
chapter 6 verse 5 to 9, Colossians chapter 3

01:30:22.390 --> 01:30:30.789
verse 22 to chapter 4 verse 1. So using all these,

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plus there's something they call divine hierarchy.

01:30:34.750 --> 01:30:37.869
They carve out some theological terms like divine

01:30:37.869 --> 01:30:41.430
hierarchy. that is a claim God ordained patriarchal

01:30:41.430 --> 01:30:44.770
society you know when you read the bible this

01:30:44.770 --> 01:30:47.710
is why i was trying to say historical facts you

01:30:47.710 --> 01:30:49.949
understand you see that there are certain things

01:30:49.949 --> 01:30:52.010
of course did the old testament has a patriarchal

01:30:52.010 --> 01:30:55.229
society yes you understand even during the time

01:30:55.229 --> 01:30:58.649
of jesus a patriarchal society right but that

01:30:58.649 --> 01:31:03.010
doesn't mean that god approved the order so they

01:31:03.010 --> 01:31:07.350
claim that god ordained patriarchal society order

01:31:07.689 --> 01:31:12.670
We are women and children and enslave people,

01:31:12.770 --> 01:31:19.050
all submission to male heads. In a sense, that's

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what they argue. Then they have another term

01:31:21.489 --> 01:31:27.789
which they call the paternalistic idea, paternalistic.

01:31:29.350 --> 01:31:33.630
Paternalistic ideals and idea, ideals and idea.

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They frame that the plantation Was an extended

01:31:39.350 --> 01:31:45.489
Christian family Was an extended Christian so

01:31:45.489 --> 01:31:47.829
you see that this terminology one divine hierarchy

01:31:47.829 --> 01:31:51.569
They believe that the that the society that is

01:31:51.569 --> 01:31:55.869
a divine Order that God have said that the society

01:31:55.869 --> 01:31:58.930
become patriarchal That everywhere including

01:31:58.930 --> 01:32:01.069
the child supposed to be patriarchal and women

01:32:01.069 --> 01:32:05.510
and children and slave submits to the male You

01:32:05.510 --> 01:32:09.479
know son And then the paternalistic ideal or

01:32:09.479 --> 01:32:13.720
idea, they framed that the plantation was an

01:32:13.720 --> 01:32:18.180
extended Christian family. We are masters, provide

01:32:18.180 --> 01:32:21.359
physical care and spiritual salvation. It's like

01:32:21.359 --> 01:32:23.819
you are the master of the house, so you are providing

01:32:23.819 --> 01:32:27.060
protection for your extended family. And in your

01:32:27.060 --> 01:32:29.060
family, we have different people with different

01:32:29.060 --> 01:32:31.340
hierarchy. You have women, you have children,

01:32:31.880 --> 01:32:34.319
then all of them are, the male are always at

01:32:34.319 --> 01:32:38.439
the top of the order, at the order, yes. And

01:32:38.439 --> 01:32:41.399
then also including servants. Just the same way

01:32:41.399 --> 01:32:45.880
like you see in the pattern of Abraham. Abraham's

01:32:45.880 --> 01:32:49.739
servant, 318, right? Servant in his house, like

01:32:49.739 --> 01:32:52.659
he has them with him. Of course he has his family,

01:32:53.000 --> 01:32:55.319
he has that, you understand. So they are trying

01:32:55.319 --> 01:32:59.310
to argue on those things. Amen. Now lastly, let

01:32:59.310 --> 01:33:00.909
me give you another thing they did. Remember

01:33:00.909 --> 01:33:07.130
I told you that this preacher, the last preacher

01:33:07.130 --> 01:33:10.430
which is Jones, Charles Colcord Jones, which

01:33:10.430 --> 01:33:15.430
is called an apostle of slaves, the focus was

01:33:15.430 --> 01:33:18.949
to convert as many slaves as possible because

01:33:18.949 --> 01:33:22.569
it would be easier to make them obedient using

01:33:22.569 --> 01:33:24.829
the scriptures, you understand, than somebody

01:33:24.829 --> 01:33:27.210
who is not reading anything. There's something

01:33:27.210 --> 01:33:29.989
they call the slave Bible. What they did was

01:33:29.989 --> 01:33:33.630
to mutilate the Bible. They call it the slave

01:33:33.630 --> 01:33:36.489
Bible. I need to give you this before we go.

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The slave Bible. It was published by the English

01:33:41.350 --> 01:33:45.010
missionaries. I mean this before, it looks as

01:33:45.010 --> 01:33:49.550
if they are missionaries but they are not. The

01:33:49.550 --> 01:33:53.229
English missionary in the 1804. And you know

01:33:53.229 --> 01:33:56.449
what they did? They completely removed any text

01:33:56.449 --> 01:34:01.789
that talks about liberation, equality, Exodus.

01:34:01.850 --> 01:34:07.310
In fact, because the Exodus story depicts a people

01:34:07.310 --> 01:34:11.270
who are coming out of bondage. They removed the

01:34:11.270 --> 01:34:13.789
entire Exodus and removed most of these texts

01:34:13.789 --> 01:34:17.069
from the Bible. In fact, in the slave Bible,

01:34:17.149 --> 01:34:21.250
it was said that 90 % of the Old Testament has

01:34:21.250 --> 01:34:25.859
been removed. and 50 % of the New Testament.

01:34:26.380 --> 01:34:28.539
If you look at the Bible entirely, the Bible

01:34:28.539 --> 01:34:35.399
has about 1 ,100, about 1 ,200, 1 ,189, they're

01:34:35.399 --> 01:34:40.439
about chapters of the Bible. But in the slave

01:34:40.439 --> 01:34:46.760
Bible, we only have 232 chapters. That means

01:34:46.760 --> 01:34:48.859
you have a slave Bible that's supposed to be

01:34:48.859 --> 01:34:52.619
1 ,000, about 1 ,200 chapters. And then you are

01:34:52.619 --> 01:34:55.100
having only the chapters of your Bible. It's

01:34:55.100 --> 01:35:00.560
only 232 chapters. They remove everything that

01:35:00.560 --> 01:35:04.520
talks about liberation, equality, exodus, whatever.

01:35:06.220 --> 01:35:09.859
And the major mission is to remove all those

01:35:09.859 --> 01:35:12.479
things. All these texts like Galatians chapter

01:35:12.479 --> 01:35:14.949
3. that talks about there is neither Jew nor

01:35:14.949 --> 01:35:18.090
Gentile no slave no free they remove it anyone

01:35:18.090 --> 01:35:20.630
that shows that you are you are a free person

01:35:20.630 --> 01:35:23.369
they remove it and then they publish so they

01:35:23.369 --> 01:35:25.050
preach to you you believe God then they will

01:35:25.050 --> 01:35:26.430
be teaching you with that Bible they will be

01:35:26.430 --> 01:35:29.149
giving you those of it you don't know whether

01:35:29.149 --> 01:35:30.869
any Bible have existed but at least you have

01:35:30.869 --> 01:35:33.470
one that will be making you obedient so all the

01:35:33.470 --> 01:35:36.409
texts that appear to say in a sign you should

01:35:36.409 --> 01:35:38.789
submit your master in all things in that that

01:35:38.789 --> 01:35:42.430
that's the one they left what a crooked generation

01:35:43.710 --> 01:35:47.289
Now, it's not just only to talk about some of

01:35:47.289 --> 01:35:50.170
the things that they have done. That is our responsibility

01:35:50.170 --> 01:35:53.810
to as well look at those things, because we have

01:35:53.810 --> 01:35:55.710
some of these problems today. Do you know that

01:35:55.710 --> 01:35:59.569
even including the words of Paul, like for example,

01:35:59.850 --> 01:36:05.590
in 2 Timothy chapter 2, we're coming to it where

01:36:05.590 --> 01:36:08.260
he talks about I do not permit a woman to teach

01:36:08.260 --> 01:36:11.840
a man. They use it as part of the things that

01:36:11.840 --> 01:36:14.159
both the church and the society is a patriarchal

01:36:14.159 --> 01:36:18.000
society. And therefore, women are supposed to

01:36:18.000 --> 01:36:21.079
have total submission. They have no any other

01:36:21.079 --> 01:36:24.619
rights in the sun than actually to submit. And

01:36:24.619 --> 01:36:27.500
they use it both. So we're going to look at submitting.

01:36:27.579 --> 01:36:32.359
We're just starting with the issue of the slavery

01:36:32.359 --> 01:36:36.789
in the sun. And I wanted to see how the Bible

01:36:36.789 --> 01:36:41.130
has been misused, you understand, mutilated just

01:36:41.130 --> 01:36:44.229
for the sake of it. So don't be afraid. Let me

01:36:44.229 --> 01:36:46.050
tell you, some of the people you are going to

01:36:46.050 --> 01:36:49.310
face and fight with so much on the issue of doctrine

01:36:49.310 --> 01:36:52.569
are not unbelievers. They are going to be church

01:36:52.569 --> 01:36:56.729
people who are rooted in tradition. And let me

01:36:56.729 --> 01:36:59.890
tell you, all these pastors that I mentioned,

01:37:00.289 --> 01:37:03.689
their own slaves, you understand? They also have

01:37:03.689 --> 01:37:07.090
their position at the top of the society. You

01:37:07.090 --> 01:37:09.569
know what I'm saying? They enjoy lots of benefits.

01:37:10.310 --> 01:37:12.409
I remember we used to talk, just like our most,

01:37:13.689 --> 01:37:16.109
apology to most of our Nigerian lecturers, you

01:37:16.109 --> 01:37:17.609
know what I'm saying? But I have to complain

01:37:17.609 --> 01:37:20.390
that many of our lecturers, especially the old,

01:37:20.609 --> 01:37:22.550
old professors, you know what I'm saying, enjoy

01:37:22.550 --> 01:37:25.710
Nigeria. When they went to school at that time,

01:37:25.750 --> 01:37:28.369
because my uncle, my dad used to tell us a story,

01:37:28.729 --> 01:37:30.500
you know what I'm saying? They are the one that

01:37:30.500 --> 01:37:32.859
enjoy government. Sir, in ABU, one of my uncle

01:37:32.859 --> 01:37:35.060
used to tell us what is happening in ABU. You

01:37:35.060 --> 01:37:39.399
go to cafeteria, free food. The tea, thick one,

01:37:39.920 --> 01:37:42.220
is coming from the tea. You just own and fetch

01:37:42.220 --> 01:37:45.640
the much you have. You'll see big, big chicken

01:37:45.640 --> 01:37:48.500
and all that. They're not paying it. Government,

01:37:49.159 --> 01:37:52.180
during their time. But these people, now that

01:37:52.180 --> 01:37:54.060
they have become professors, oh, they are the

01:37:54.060 --> 01:37:57.489
one that do the hell out of to them. Many of

01:37:57.489 --> 01:37:59.810
the lecturers also come abroad, enjoy that they

01:37:59.810 --> 01:38:02.569
were not treated that way. But when they go back,

01:38:02.750 --> 01:38:06.670
they demand hell out of students. That is the

01:38:06.670 --> 01:38:10.350
same thing. And then we complain about the system.

01:38:11.130 --> 01:38:13.890
That's the same thing we have pastors. Now, because

01:38:13.890 --> 01:38:16.869
they enjoy the benefit of it. You understand?

01:38:17.250 --> 01:38:20.550
May we not be like that. That because of the

01:38:20.550 --> 01:38:27.279
mundane things we enjoy, that we put aside. the

01:38:27.279 --> 01:38:34.880
revelation of God and abuse people and mutilate

01:38:34.880 --> 01:38:39.079
people. But we will stand and fight. So we have

01:38:39.079 --> 01:38:41.920
a lot of fight. That's a fight of the good fight

01:38:41.920 --> 01:38:48.479
of faith. To insist on the revelation and the

01:38:48.479 --> 01:38:51.279
intent of the autumn. Are we together? Can we

01:38:51.279 --> 01:38:55.560
just pray? I want you to pray this prayer before

01:38:55.560 --> 01:38:58.840
we go. Whether you are online listening to us,

01:39:00.380 --> 01:39:03.899
can we pray for courage? That's what Paul prays.

01:39:04.420 --> 01:39:07.539
We appreciate you being here today. We hope you

01:39:07.539 --> 01:39:09.659
carried this word with you throughout your week.

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