1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: From Charlotte, North Carolina. You're listening to the Bible answer 2 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:16,000 Man broadcast with Hank Hanagraph, president of the Christian Research Institute. 3 00:00:16,399 --> 00:00:18,679 The reason the Bible answer Man is on the air 4 00:00:18,839 --> 00:00:22,239 is to defend the Christian faith, proclaim the gospel of 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,960 our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and to teach discipleship 6 00:00:26,039 --> 00:00:30,559 to his followers, because life and truth matter. For more 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,560 information or to order equipping resources, call eight eight eight 8 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:39,719 seven thousand CRII, which translates to eight eight eight seven 9 00:00:39,799 --> 00:00:44,399 thousand two seven four, or go online to equip dot org. 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,159 That's equip dot org. The following program was pre recorded 11 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,679 and now here's your host, Hank Anagraph. 12 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: Thank very much, Randian. Before we go to our callers, 13 00:00:56,079 --> 00:00:59,079 I want to draw attention to a booklet that I 14 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:02,200 have put together that I want to send to you 15 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,239 when you support the ministry of the Christian Research Institute. 16 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,400 Of all the billions of people who have lived on 17 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:17,120 this planet, only Jesus Christ could emerge through the doorway 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,200 of Biblical prophecy. And that's why I've titled this booklet 19 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:26,040 Jesus the Superstar of Biblical Prophecy. And I've given you 20 00:01:26,079 --> 00:01:29,719 the prophecies in such a way that you can remember them. 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,079 All The detail is in the booklet, but you can 22 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:40,560 remember the prophecies because they're identified with the first seven 23 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:47,560 letters of the alphabet. His ancestry A was marked thousands 24 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:54,120 of years prior to his birth. His birthplace B, the 25 00:01:54,120 --> 00:02:00,200 birthplace in Bethlehem, was likewise foretold. The circumstance and its 26 00:02:00,319 --> 00:02:07,359 surrounding his death prophesied in minute detail before crucifixion was 27 00:02:07,519 --> 00:02:15,719 ever invented. The d date a visitation predicted within a 28 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:18,639 historically narrow timeframe. I want to come back to that 29 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,360 in just a moment, an extraordinary miracle worker the E 30 00:02:24,199 --> 00:02:28,280 who would f fulfill the law and the profits and 31 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:34,240 a light to the gentiles g so that salvation would 32 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,520 go out to the ends of the earth. The prophecies 33 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:43,360 concerning him are simply so precise that the probabilities is 34 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:50,520 someone fulfilling them by chance simply do not exist. As mentioned, 35 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,039 I want to focus for just a moment on this 36 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:59,879 date setting, because the Bible in fact does some date setting. 37 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:08,240 It sets the date of Christ coming onto the stage 38 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:18,080 of human history in relatively narrow date parameters. Today, however, 39 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:23,199 there are false date setters In fact, I would say 40 00:03:23,199 --> 00:03:27,719 that date setting is the bane of modern day controversialists. 41 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:32,199 In reality, no one knows the time of Christ's return, 42 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:36,400 no one knows the end of the world. For tend 43 00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:42,159 prophets continue to tell people what their itching ears want 44 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:46,960 to hear. But true prophets spoke as they were carried 45 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:51,840 along by the Holy Spirit. I think it's utterly ironic 46 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,800 that Camping cites Amos three p. Seven in vindication of 47 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,919 his claim. Amos could rightly say, the Lord God will 48 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,680 do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants 49 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:13,120 the prophets. Why because he was a true prophet of God, 50 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,079 and therefore he rightly told God's people what the future 51 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:23,519 held in store. Unlike date setters, who attempt through esoteric 52 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,720 numerology to calculate the exact date of the Rapture and 53 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:34,360 the precise date of Christ's first advent, the prophets provided 54 00:04:34,439 --> 00:04:40,800 date parameters which, in concert with ancestry, birthplace, crucifixion prophecies 55 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,879 and the like, pinpoint Jesus as the prophesied Messiah, and 56 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,079 rather than casting aspersions on the scriptures, they demonstrate that 57 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,199 God has indeed inspired the sacred text in the span 58 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:01,360 of human history. The time frame set by such prophecies 59 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,360 is narrow. Indeed, Christ would not come prior to the 60 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:11,560 last oracles spoken by the prophet Malachi, nor could he 61 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:14,560 be born after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. 62 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,160 His advent would not occur prior to the last prophecy 63 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:24,360 concerning his coming. He would be preceded by John, who 64 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:27,439 would come in the spirit and power of Elijah, and 65 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,040 it would come prior to the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. 66 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:38,000 The prophet Hagei made this equally plain in prophesying the 67 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,439 coming of Christ would cause the glory of the Second 68 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:46,160 Temple to surpass the glories of the First. I've written 69 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,120 about this and so much more in the book that 70 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,680 Jesus the Superstar of Biblical Prophecy. It is available for 71 00:05:51,759 --> 00:05:57,040 your gift to the ongoing ministry of the Christian Research Institute. 72 00:05:57,439 --> 00:06:01,160 So please send your gift today to touch the lives 73 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:04,399 of more men, women and children, just as your life 74 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:08,879 has been touched. And again, don't forget to request your 75 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,439 copy of Jesus the Superstar of Biblical Prophecy. Check it 76 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,839 out on the webit equipped dot org. You can write 77 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,399 me at bucks eighty five hundred, Charlotte, North Carolina, zip 78 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:25,240 code two eight two seven one, or as always, pick 79 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:29,879 up the phone talk to Resource Consultants triple eight seven thousand, CURI. 80 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:36,000 Let's go to the phone lines. Talk to Connie in Palmdale, California. Hi, Connie, Hey, Hey, 81 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:37,759 how are you. I'm well? Thank you. 82 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 3: Oh. You know, I've listened to you guys for probably 83 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:48,240 twenty five almost thirty years, and you're the only person 84 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,240 I could think to call because I know you tell 85 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:55,800 the absolute truth and I am having a real hard 86 00:06:55,879 --> 00:07:03,560 time finding a true Bible teaching, scripture, believing, honest church. 87 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:07,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, well what do I do? Yeah? And Connie, here's 88 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,920 the deal. You need to know what you're looking for. 89 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:16,040 He who aims at nothing invariably hits it. In other words, 90 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,720 the idea is not to shoot the arrow at the 91 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:21,680 wall and draw the bullseye around where it lands. It 92 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:25,040 is to determine where the bullseye is to begin with. 93 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:27,839 And I think in this case, what you want to 94 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:32,680 do is look for a church that is committed to 95 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,160 the true worship of God through prayer, praise, and the 96 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:39,720 proclamation of the Word. You want to look for a 97 00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:48,120 church that genuinely exemplifies the oneness of believers, as delineated 98 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:53,120 by the apostle Paul in Romans chapter twelve. And then thirdly, 99 00:07:53,279 --> 00:07:56,480 you want a church that's equipping you so that you 100 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,800 can be a witness to the world. So I think 101 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:03,319 those are the three basic ingredients that you want to 102 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:08,199 look for. Now. Churches do this differently. There are churches 103 00:08:09,439 --> 00:08:14,439 that have one kind of ecclesiology and churches that have another. 104 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,720 And what I mean by that is there are some 105 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:21,600 churches that don't have a pastor Lanite dichotomy. In other words, 106 00:08:21,759 --> 00:08:26,920 when the people get together, everybody's involved in prayer, praise, 107 00:08:27,079 --> 00:08:30,639 and the proclamation of the Word. So they prepare during 108 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,399 the week, and then they prophesy what they have prepared, 109 00:08:34,519 --> 00:08:37,879 not in the sense of foretelling the future, but rather 110 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,320 in the sense of forth telling the word that the 111 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,600 Spirit has given to them to edify the body. There 112 00:08:45,639 --> 00:08:51,360 are some churches who have a pastor who prepares during 113 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,679 the week to teach the Body of Christ. But the 114 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,879 real issue here becomes, we want to worship God in 115 00:09:00,159 --> 00:09:04,480 spirit and in truth, through prayer and through praise and 116 00:09:04,519 --> 00:09:07,120 through the proclamation of the Word, so that what is 117 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:12,960 communicated corresponds to the reality that God has encapsulated in 118 00:09:13,039 --> 00:09:16,240 his word. So again, you want to look for a 119 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,559 church that genuinely worships, that genuinely exemplifies oneness, and that 120 00:09:21,759 --> 00:09:27,679 equips the body for witness. You can remember that by wow, worship, 121 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,720 oneness and witness. That's really what you're aiming at. 122 00:09:32,159 --> 00:09:35,759 Speaker 3: This is what I'm running into. It seems, you know, 123 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:41,759 on the surface. Then you start hearing the undertow that 124 00:09:41,879 --> 00:09:44,679 isn't really biblic Oh, the scripture is being misquoted, is 125 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:49,000 being taken out of context. You know, I've literally walked 126 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,279 out of more churches than most people have walked into. 127 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,600 And you know there are maybe I'm too nitpicky. 128 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,279 Speaker 2: I don't know, and maybe you aren't actually. 129 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 3: With the Holy Spirit. And I've never spoken in tongues. 130 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, but here's a good point. That's a classic case 131 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:11,120 in point. That's an issue that you can debate vigorously, 132 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:13,799 but it's not an issue over which you have to 133 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:17,279 leave a church, which is to say that it's a 134 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,919 secondary issue. The essentials are the main in the plain things. 135 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:28,679 Trust me, I can't remember a church service in many 136 00:10:28,759 --> 00:10:33,360 years where I haven't had some small point of disagreement 137 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,480 after the pastor has spoken or after people have prophesied. 138 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:43,519 But that isn't a point of division because it's a 139 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:47,879 secondary issue. Where we have to stand shoulder to shoulder 140 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,480 is on essential Christian doctrines. Those are the doctrines for 141 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,159 which the martyrs shed their blood. So an essential unity, 142 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:02,240 non essentials, liberty and all things charity. That been very helpful, 143 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:06,120 very much, so well, Conny, appreciate you so much, and. 144 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 3: God bless you lads. You're still in the air. 145 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,919 Speaker 2: Thank you, Conny. We'll be right back. Please don't touch 146 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:12,480 that dial. 147 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: To find out more about the materials mentioned on the show, 148 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,600 call a CRII resource consultant toll free at eight eight 149 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:27,320 eight seven thousand cri that's eight eight eight seven thousand CRII. 150 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:32,120 Our website is also an excellent reference destination to help you. 151 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,919 Just go to equip dot org and find articles by 152 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,399 Hank books, CDs and DVDs. 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I listen to 201 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:24,279 your program a great deal and now I am fine. 202 00:15:24,759 --> 00:15:28,360 And what I want to ask in Matthew's Gospel in 203 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:33,960 the seventh chapter that Jesus makes this statement, Uh, do 204 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,679 not throw your throw the dogs? What is sacred? And 205 00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:43,080 do not cast your pearls among swine? What does that mean? 206 00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a really good question, Charlie. And one of 207 00:15:48,159 --> 00:15:51,399 the things you may want to refer to is what 208 00:15:51,679 --> 00:15:57,759 happened in Acts chapter eighteen when Silas and Timothy come 209 00:15:57,799 --> 00:16:05,000 from Macedonia and Paul devotes himself exclusively to preaching and 210 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:10,279 testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. But 211 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:15,320 when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook 212 00:16:15,399 --> 00:16:18,240 out his clothes in protest, and he said to them, 213 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,000 your blood be on your own heads. I am clear 214 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,399 of my responsibility. From now on I will go to 215 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:32,960 the gentiles. So, in essence, this is an example of 216 00:16:33,039 --> 00:16:35,559 what is meant when Jesus says, do not give dogs 217 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,000 what is sacred. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. 218 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:42,480 If you do, they may trample them under their feet 219 00:16:42,559 --> 00:16:46,919 and then turn and tear you to pieces. Now, unclean 220 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:54,360 animals pigs ate vile food. Dogs were scavengers. They would 221 00:16:54,399 --> 00:16:57,600 bite the hand that feeds them. And therefore this was 222 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:04,440 a metaphor unicating that you can't talk anyone into the kingdom. 223 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:08,880 Thus you should preach to those whose hearts are prepared 224 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,960 by the spirit of God. And what I mean by 225 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,079 that is you can't harvest green fruit. You can only 226 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,359 harvest what God prepares. That's why I always say I 227 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,960 don't do what I do by might or power, but 228 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,359 by God's spirit, because I can't do anything. Only the 229 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,759 Holy Spirit can change your heart. So I can harvest 230 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,119 what God prepares, but I can't do more than that. 231 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 4: All right, I say, in essence, what Jesus is saying 232 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:42,640 is if you tell the someone and they don't buy 233 00:17:42,759 --> 00:17:47,279 into the gospel and everything Black Paul and them does. 234 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:50,680 It's just in other words, just shake it off and 235 00:17:50,799 --> 00:17:53,839 just go home or just leave it to the Holy Spirit. 236 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,519 Speaker 2: Then yeah, absolutely, Charlie. And one thing you have just 237 00:17:57,559 --> 00:18:02,640 demonstrated is though you're physical eyes can't see, your spiritual 238 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,160 eyes certainly can see. So you're definitely cited from a 239 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,279 spiritual perspective. 240 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 4: All right. That gives me a lot of encouragement. Just 241 00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:14,920 what you said right than the last of it. And 242 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I want to say, God bless you and I hope 243 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,200 you have a golden, golden afternoon. 244 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,519 Speaker 2: Thank you, Charlie, you as well appreciate talking to you. 245 00:18:25,599 --> 00:18:27,880 It's a delight. Want to go back to the phone 246 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,920 lines now and talk to friends. Scene listening in Atlanta, Georgia. Hi, 247 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:32,559 friand Scene. 248 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,079 Speaker 5: Hey Hank, thanks for taking my call. 249 00:18:35,599 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 2: You got it. 250 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,759 Speaker 5: You know, I've been a Christian for a lot of 251 00:18:38,839 --> 00:18:42,680 years and when I sin, at the end of the day, 252 00:18:42,839 --> 00:18:48,279 when I pray, I profess my sins. Recently I heard 253 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:53,839 someone in a study say that once you're forgiven, you 254 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,279 are forgiven for all time and you do not have 255 00:18:56,319 --> 00:19:00,839 to confess your sin ever to God again. I have 256 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,039 not found a verse that supports that, and I was 257 00:19:05,079 --> 00:19:07,599 hoping if there is such a verse, you could provide 258 00:19:07,599 --> 00:19:11,079 that for me. But I don't line up with that thinking. 259 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,799 Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad you don't, because it's stinking thinking. I mean, 260 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,400 it's sort of like me saying to my wife, I 261 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:20,599 told you I loved you when I married you. Don't 262 00:19:20,599 --> 00:19:24,279 ask me to say it again, or you know what 263 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,759 I'm going to tell you one time, honey, and that 264 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,000 is I'm sorry for anything I might do wrong throughout 265 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,559 the duration of the decades of our marriage. But don't 266 00:19:35,599 --> 00:19:38,440 ever ask me to say it again. I mean, obviously 267 00:19:38,759 --> 00:19:41,680 that wouldn't fly very well. And I think from a 268 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,279 spiritual perspective, the same thing is true. We want to 269 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,799 keep short accounts with our Lord, and the Bible is 270 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,519 very clear. And first John, if we claim to be 271 00:19:51,599 --> 00:19:54,079 without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 272 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,519 in us. And then says John, but if we confess 273 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:04,839 our sins, he's faithful and just and will forgive us 274 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,960 our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. And if 275 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,720 we claim we have not sinned, we make about to 276 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,039 be a liar. And his word has no place in 277 00:20:16,079 --> 00:20:20,240 our lives. Now, the point here is, yes, it is 278 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,920 true that we are covered with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, 279 00:20:23,319 --> 00:20:26,319 but we are yet sinners, and therefore we have to 280 00:20:26,519 --> 00:20:32,440 actively daily confess our sins. Jesus taught us that very thing, 281 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:38,640 forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 282 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,759 Now I know what the rejoinder is. It is by 283 00:20:41,799 --> 00:20:45,720 people who teach the false teaching in this regard. They say, well, 284 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,000 you know, that's old covenant stuff that's gone away. So 285 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,319 when Jesus taught his disciples to pray the Lord's prayer, 286 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:55,599 that's the old covenant stuff. It no longer applies to 287 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,920 us today. And that is an insidious lie. Not only that, 288 00:21:00,039 --> 00:21:06,319 but James five sixteen says, therefore, confess your sins and confess. 289 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:12,480 There is a present active subjunctive, which means it's a 290 00:21:12,519 --> 00:21:21,279 grammatical construction which denotes continuing action, such as keep on confessing. 291 00:21:22,319 --> 00:21:24,720 So you have an epistle that I start out with 292 00:21:24,839 --> 00:21:30,960 that's specifically written to believers, and in essence is communicating 293 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,400 that while our sins cannot damage our relationship with God, 294 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,440 they can certainly destroy our fellowship with God. Or put 295 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,240 another way, our sin does not break our union with God, 296 00:21:43,559 --> 00:21:48,119 but our sins certainly can break our communion with God. 297 00:21:48,279 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: You know, you talked about the sin zone, where you 298 00:21:51,079 --> 00:21:53,839 take a verse and you take it out of context, 299 00:21:53,839 --> 00:21:56,759 and that's exactly what was done when I sat in 300 00:21:56,839 --> 00:22:01,240 on this study. And the primis there was, well, once 301 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,920 you're saved, and you do contest your sin, and that 302 00:22:04,079 --> 00:22:06,680 all those verses that you mentioned, even down to the 303 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,160 Lord's Prayer, was a command to you, if you will, 304 00:22:10,519 --> 00:22:13,200 to come clean before the Lord once and for all 305 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,000 and give your life to Christ, not that it's a 306 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:22,640 continuous daily exercise. And I feel that those verses dealing 307 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,279 with confessing sin in the Bible in this case were 308 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,319 used to support this concept that this person is trying 309 00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:33,000 to get awful on everyone. And it's like I said, 310 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:33,599 I don't. 311 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 2: Line up with that, so well, I'm glad you don't. 312 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,480 And this is where you have to test all things 313 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,400 and like a scripture and hold fast to that which 314 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,599 is good. When Jesus said to his disciples, this then 315 00:22:42,799 --> 00:22:45,880 is how you should pray. I think the idea that 316 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,000 you would have in clear common sense is that Jesus 317 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:54,240 is giving his disciples a pattern, a template for praying. 318 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,960 So every phrase is meaningful, and sometimes the meaning of 319 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,359 the phrase isn't self evident at first blush. But if 320 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,119 you look at it closely, and I wrote a book 321 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,079 about this, The Prayer of Jesus, you look at it closely, 322 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,759 every single precept of that prayer is powerful, it's poignant, 323 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,079 it has deep and abiding meaning. And you just can't say, well, 324 00:23:18,079 --> 00:23:20,759 that's old Covenant doesn't apply to us today, as though 325 00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:22,559 you can rip that out of your Bible, because that 326 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:26,160 applied to another epic of time has no meaning today. 327 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,079 In fact, what we should do is recognize that certainly 328 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,839 there are types and shadows in the Old Testament that 329 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:37,119 are abrogated in the New Testament, but this is not 330 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:39,640 one of them, and there's no indication that it could be. 331 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,880 First of all, it's not Old Testament, it's New Testament. 332 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:45,279 It's not Old Covenant, it's New Covenant. And there's not 333 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:49,400 a qualitative difference between the Old and the New Covenant, 334 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,720 except for the fact that the blood of Jesus Christ 335 00:23:54,839 --> 00:23:58,799 is better than the blood of bulls and goats, and 336 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,759 therefore there's no need to offer bulls and goats when 337 00:24:02,759 --> 00:24:05,960 the ultimate sacrificial Lamb has come, So temple, priest and 338 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:09,480 sacrifice are abrogated because the Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb has come. 339 00:24:09,759 --> 00:24:12,359 But that does not mean that the teachings of the 340 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,799 Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb are old covenant and need to be 341 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,440 abrogated as well. 342 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:22,519 Speaker 5: Well, thank you so much, and God bless you and 343 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:25,039 your ministry. And I joy listening to you every day 344 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:27,039 at this time while I'm driving home from work. 345 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: Well, thank you for insing. 346 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:31,839 Speaker 1: Have a good day you too. 347 00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:34,319 Speaker 2: Back to the phone lines, we'll talk next to Maria. 348 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,839 She's listening in Fort Mill, South Carolina. 349 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,599 Speaker 6: Hi, Maria, Hey, Henk cal you. We love your ministry. 350 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:46,119 My husband and I I have a question which has 351 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,440 to deal with free masonry in the church, especially in leadership. 352 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,599 I go to a Southern Baptist church and what kind 353 00:24:53,599 --> 00:24:55,960 of devastated that we've found out some of this information 354 00:24:56,839 --> 00:24:59,599 and upon going to speak to the leader about it, 355 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:02,880 we would that he does not have an issue with them. 356 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,160 What can we do because we don't want to sit 357 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,240 under that Number one and two? Are there any truth 358 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,960 teaching churches that you can recommend to us in the 359 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,240 Fort Mill wack Hill, Charlotte area. 360 00:25:14,799 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll be able to recommend a number of good 361 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,799 churches to you. You're never going to find a perfect church. 362 00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 6: But what you want to say now we know that, 363 00:25:21,799 --> 00:25:23,680 we just do not want to do with the deception 364 00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:25,119 of that in the leadership. 365 00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think that's an appropriate response on your part. 366 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:35,079 Freemasonry is not compatible with Christianity. One is a no. 367 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 3: It is. 368 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,839 Speaker 6: I've gone to your website, I've read it. I've done 369 00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:40,599 a lot of research in the last few days online 370 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:42,319 and as just appalled. 371 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. So I think with gentleness and with respect, you 372 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,200 need to let the leadership know that, know why you're leaving, 373 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,920 and then find a healthy, well balanced church. And if 374 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,559 you hang on, we'll be happy to help you in 375 00:25:54,559 --> 00:25:55,079 that regard. 376 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 6: That will be awesome. 377 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,599 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, you got it. 378 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,799 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your poll, Maria. Thank you 379 00:26:01,839 --> 00:26:03,720 so much for tuning in too today's edition of the 380 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,119 Bible answer Man broadcast. 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