WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 Count your blessings, make them one by one. Count your many blessings, see what God has done. 00:11.000 --> 00:20.000 So amid the conflict, whether great or small, Do not be discouraged, God is over all. 00:20.000 --> 00:29.000 Count your many blessings, angels will attend. Help and comfort give you to your journeys end. 00:29.000 --> 00:38.000 Count your blessings, make them one by one. Count your blessings, see what God has done. 00:38.000 --> 00:52.000 Count your blessings, make them one by one. Count your many blessings, see what God has done. 00:53.000 --> 01:01.000 Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. 01:01.000 --> 01:09.000 Redeemed through His infinite mercy, He shall live forever I am. 01:09.000 --> 01:26.000 Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed through His infinite mercy, He shall live forever I am. 01:26.000 --> 01:43.000 Redeemed and so happy in Jesus' language my rapture can tell. I know that the light of His presence with me will continually dwell. 01:43.000 --> 02:00.000 Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed through His infinite mercy, He shall live forever I am. 02:00.000 --> 02:17.000 I think of my blessed Redeemer, I think of Him all the day long. I sing for I cannot be silent, His love is the theme of my song. 02:17.000 --> 02:35.000 Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed through His infinite mercy, He shall live forever I am. 02:35.000 --> 02:50.000 Moments of love that have tested my faith, Mountains have risen to stand in my way. 02:50.000 --> 03:07.000 But no matter the trial, when my path proves so hard, I have walked hand in hand with an Almighty God, with God. 03:07.000 --> 03:19.000 All things are possible for me, God is great, I can say, and I'm made to believe. 03:19.000 --> 03:41.000 And with the Lord on my side, His assurance is mine, though I walk through the fire and the flood. I will make it, for I walk with God. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 I'll sing the second verse now. 03:43.000 --> 03:57.000 Life holds its truth, valleys often appear, God His Word gives this promise that might not ever near. 03:57.000 --> 04:15.000 When my steps are uncertain and my strength almost gone, I can lift the impossible to an unfailing night, with God. 04:15.000 --> 04:26.000 All things are possible for me, God is great, I can say, and I'm made to believe. 04:26.000 --> 04:51.000 And with the Lord on my side, His assurance is mine, though I walk through the fire and the flood. I will make it, for I walk with God. 04:51.000 --> 05:01.000 I have found a friend in Jesus, he's everything to me, he's the fairest of ten thousands in my soul. 05:01.000 --> 05:10.000 The lily of the valley, in name of the Lord I sing, I need to cleanse and make me holy, holy. 05:10.000 --> 05:20.000 And sorrow, he's my comfort, in trouble he's my strength, he tells me every day, I need to go out of my way. 05:20.000 --> 05:29.000 He's the lily of the valley, the bright and glory star, he's the fairest of ten thousands in my soul. 05:29.000 --> 05:38.000 He, all my griefs has taken, and all my sorrows born, in temptation he's my strong in my time. 05:38.000 --> 05:48.000 I hope for him who's taken, all my eyes full, for my heart is filled with empty eyes. 05:48.000 --> 05:56.000 And sorrow, he's my comfort, in trouble he's my strength, he tells me every day, I need to go out of my way. 05:56.000 --> 06:05.000 He's the lily of the valley, the bright and glory star, he's the fairest of ten thousands in my soul. 06:05.000 --> 06:15.000 He will never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here, while I live my faith and do his blessed will. 06:15.000 --> 06:24.000 A wall of fire about me, I'm nothing out here, but if man I heed my heart's race, I'll show him that sweeping up the glory, 06:24.000 --> 06:37.000 sweeping up the glory of the deep, blessed place, I'll make him come, he's the lily of the valley, the bright and glory star, 06:37.000 --> 06:42.000 he's the fairest of ten thousands in my soul. 06:42.000 --> 07:01.000 God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, he's so good to me. 07:01.000 --> 07:18.000 He cares for me, he cares for me, he cares for me, he's so good to me. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 And now on that last verse. 07:20.000 --> 07:39.000 He's all I need, he's all I need, he's all I need, he's so good to me. 07:39.000 --> 07:57.000 I will sing of my Redeemer, in his wondrous love to me, on the cruel, cross-eating sufferer, from the mercy-saving tree. 07:57.000 --> 08:21.000 Sing, O sing, the time Redeemer, with his blood he purges me, on the cross, his sealed black cross, and in the dead he'll make me free. 08:21.000 --> 08:38.000 I will tell the wondrous story, how my heart wants this day to stay, in his boundless love and mercy, with the rent of freely gain. 08:38.000 --> 09:02.000 Sing, O sing, the time Redeemer, with his blood he purges me, on the cross, his sealed black cross, and in the dead he'll make me free. 09:02.000 --> 09:20.000 I will praise thy dear Redeemer, his crown with power I'll tell, how the victory he giveth, over sin and death and hell. 09:20.000 --> 09:44.000 Sing, O sing, the time Redeemer, with his blood he purges me, on the cross, his sealed black cross, and in the dead he'll make me free. 09:44.000 --> 09:53.000 I will sing of my Redeemer, in his heavenly love to me, in the dead he'll make me free. 09:53.000 --> 10:20.000 Sing, O sing, the time Redeemer, with his blood he purges me, on the cross, his sealed black cross, and in the dead he'll make me free. 10:23.000 --> 10:35.000 I was lost in sin, but Jesus was with me, and he was a wonderful Savior to me. 10:35.000 --> 10:45.000 I was lost in sin, but Jesus was with me, and he was a wonderful Savior to me. 10:45.000 --> 11:07.000 For he's a wonderful Savior to me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. I was lost in sin, but Jesus was with me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 11:07.000 --> 11:16.000 He's a friend so true, so patient, and so kind. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 11:16.000 --> 11:26.000 Everything I need, if I have his time, he's a wonderful Savior to me. 11:26.000 --> 11:48.000 All he needs is a wonderful Savior to me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. I was lost in sin, but Jesus was with me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 11:48.000 --> 12:07.000 He is always near to comfort and to cheer. He's a wonderful Savior to me. He forgives my sins and guides my every cheer. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 12:07.000 --> 12:30.000 For he's a wonderful Savior to me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. I was lost in sin, but Jesus was with me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 12:30.000 --> 12:50.000 Dearer grows the love of Jesus name I pay. He's a wonderful Savior to me. Sweeter is his praise from mercy come my way. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 12:50.000 --> 12:54.000 Glory! 12:54.000 --> 13:15.000 He's a wonderful Savior to me. He's a wonderful Savior to me. I was lost in sin, but Jesus took me in. He's a wonderful Savior to me. 13:15.000 --> 13:33.000 You ask me why I am at peace, so I'll just say why because my sins are gone. And when I meet the scoffers, you ask me where they are, I say my sins are gone. 13:33.000 --> 13:46.000 Good morning everyone and welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church. It's great to see everybody here. If we can go ahead and find our seats, we will get started with this morning's service. 13:46.000 --> 13:52.000 And once you find a seat, grab a hymnal and we'll go to song number 328 together. 13:52.000 --> 14:11.000 Song number 328. I want that mountain. Song number 328. Let's all sing that out together. 14:11.000 --> 14:31.000 I saw the giant of prayerlessness upon the mountain high. He laughed so hard at my unbending knee. No longer in the wilderness I'll stand so I cry. I want that mountain, it belongs to me. 14:31.000 --> 14:51.000 I want that mountain, I want that mountain. Where the fruit and honey grow, where the grapes of Eshpil grow. I want that mountain, I want that mountain. The mountain that my Lord has given me. 14:51.000 --> 15:11.000 There was a giant of laziness who said I wouldn't go and witness for the one who set me free. I'll come from out the wilderness, I'll witness now I know. I want that mountain, it belongs to me. 15:11.000 --> 15:31.000 I want that mountain, I want that mountain. Where the milk and honey grow, where the grapes of Eshpil grow. I want that mountain, I want that mountain. The mountain that my Lord has given me. 15:32.000 --> 15:52.000 One faithless shine upon the breast of Ebron's hawkly life has vowed that he's the one to make me flee. I'll climb from out the wilderness and trust Jehovah's mind. I want that mountain, it belongs to me. 15:52.000 --> 16:12.000 I want that mountain, I want that mountain. Where the grapes of Eshpil grow, where the grapes of Eshpil grow. I want that mountain, I want that mountain. The mountain that my Lord has given me. 16:12.000 --> 16:32.000 Let every giant of distress and unbelief and sin get ready now to make it for you see. I'll come from out the wilderness, I know I'm going to win. I want that mountain, it belongs to me. 16:32.000 --> 16:52.000 I want that mountain, I want that mountain. Where the milk and honey grow, where the grapes of Eshpil grow. I want that mountain, I want that mountain. The mountain that my Lord has given me. 17:02.000 --> 17:10.000 We love you, we serve you, we love you and we just ask you to fill this room with your spirit. Help us to be edified this morning and it's in Jesus name that we pray. Amen. 17:10.000 --> 17:18.000 Alright for our next song, let's go to song number 62. 17:18.000 --> 17:26.000 Song number 62. 17:26.000 --> 17:32.000 Let's all sing that out together. 17:32.000 --> 17:50.000 Someday the silver cord will break, and I no more as now shall sing. But oh the joy when I shall wait within the palace of the king. 17:50.000 --> 18:08.000 And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. 18:08.000 --> 18:26.000 Someday my earthly house will fall, I cannot tell how soon will be. But this I know, my all in all, that's now a place in heaven for me. 18:26.000 --> 18:44.000 And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. 18:44.000 --> 19:02.000 Someday when fades the golden sun, beneath the rosy tinted west, my blessed cord will say well done. And I shall enter into rest. 19:02.000 --> 19:20.000 And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. 19:20.000 --> 19:38.000 Someday till then I'll watch and wait, my lamp will trip and burn bright. And when my savior opens the gate, my soul to him will take its flight. 19:38.000 --> 19:58.000 And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. And I shall see him face to face, and tell the story saved by grace. 19:58.000 --> 20:05.000 Good singing. If you didn't already get a bulletin, you would like one. You can lift up your hand nice and high. One of our ushers can come by and get you guys a bulletin. 20:05.000 --> 20:12.000 We are now going to wrap up our visit to St. Vast Baptist Church. We have our grace week for our Bible memory passage, Romans 10. 20:12.000 --> 20:19.000 So we are getting really close to finishing this. Who already has completed Romans 10 as far as quoting the entire chapter? 20:19.000 --> 20:26.000 Alright, we got a lot of, who is going to still do it? Alright, we got a few, okay great. So the grace, see saved by grace, there you go. 20:26.000 --> 20:36.000 On the inside we have our service and soul winning times. And down below is church stats. Also we have on the right a list of expecting ladies. Please be in prayer for them. 20:36.000 --> 20:44.000 Some church reminders, just some housekeeping rules. Please don't allow your kids to go on our stage area before or after the services. 20:44.000 --> 20:50.000 Especially we don't want to make sure that the musicians instruments or anything like that get messed with or tampered with. 20:50.000 --> 20:57.000 Also in the kitchen or mother baby rooms they should be accompanied by their parents or adults so that way there's no accidents. 20:57.000 --> 21:06.000 Mother baby rooms are available but they are for the mothers and their children. It is supposed to be designated for children two and under. 21:06.000 --> 21:12.000 You can still take your other kids in there with you but they would need to be sitting next to their parents. 21:12.000 --> 21:17.000 That's just to try and keep it safe and for the roamers to keep roaming. 21:17.000 --> 21:26.000 Fathers can use a fellowship room if they need to. We would like to remind you just no running in the church. I know the single guys like to run around but okay. 21:26.000 --> 21:37.000 No running, okay guys. And then please also just even if you are an adult please don't mess with any of the music instruments or anything on the stage because they usually have it set exactly how they like it. 21:37.000 --> 21:46.000 And then on Sunday afternoons we have a quiet time from 2 to 4 and so if you like to stay behind or need to stay behind you can be in the sanctuary area. 21:46.000 --> 21:52.000 It's just no talking, it's just a quiet time for people to rest or however they would like to use that. 21:52.000 --> 21:57.000 If you'd like to talk or have a conversation you can do that in our fellowship area if you do stay behind. 21:57.000 --> 22:05.000 Upcoming events we have a Mother's Day brunch made 9th. If you haven't signed up there is a sign up sheet on our welcome table. 22:05.000 --> 22:15.000 Or you could contact my wife through the ladies group chat. We have a Red Hot Preaching Conference. There are several events that aren't even necessary here, they're just out in different other areas. 22:15.000 --> 22:22.000 There's an event out in Sacramento, California, Red Hot Preaching Conference. There's the Anti-Israel Conference that's going to be here May 20th through the 24th. 22:22.000 --> 22:29.000 If you haven't already please do just register so we have some idea. On the back there is QR codes where you can register for that event just so we have an idea. 22:29.000 --> 22:38.000 It's pretty simple. We have a Europe Soul Winning Conference going on in Germany in June. There's a Father's Day June 21st. 22:38.000 --> 22:48.000 And then we have Fiji Missions Trip. I know some people in our church are going on that. If you are interested please talk to the evangelists for about that. 22:48.000 --> 22:55.000 We have a Mesquite Soul Winning Marathon August 22nd. And then there's the Barbados Missions Trip September 7th through the 12th. 22:55.000 --> 23:05.000 And so we'll have a big push for that. If you are planning on going to Barbados Missions Trip, all you have to really do is just if you purchase your tickets you can just email your itinerary to the church. 23:05.000 --> 23:15.000 That way we can be aware of you planning that visit and we're really looking forward to going out there. On the back is a list of prayers requests that we have. 23:15.000 --> 23:20.000 If you have additional prayer requests please let us know or if you have updates we'd like to update our bulletin. 23:20.000 --> 23:29.000 On the inside we had our missionary letter from Evangelist Urbanic in the Philippines, Steadfast Baptist Church in the Philippines and how they're doing out there. 23:29.000 --> 23:37.000 So they had 415 salvations for the month of April. They've already reached over 6,000 people with the gospel this year. 23:37.000 --> 23:45.000 I know that was in part due to a lot of people from our church even. Another church is going out there and partnering with them, doing missions trips with them. 23:45.000 --> 23:56.000 We have another young man evangelist, he's not ordained but he's just doing the work of an evangelist. Brother Kenton Knowles is over there doing a lot of work, doing a lot of soul winning. 23:56.000 --> 24:05.000 And then also we also help sponsor Pastor Matthew Stuckey of Soul Winning Baptist Church. What a name for a church in the Philippines. 24:05.000 --> 24:13.000 He has several church plants. I know that he's even at a church plant in Poland and I believe this month he was ordaining that and sending that work out. 24:13.000 --> 24:23.000 But he's been doing a big work in the Philippines and so I highly recommend if you ever get an opportunity to go out to the Philippines, it's great to visit all of these churches. 24:23.000 --> 24:29.000 We're going to be doing a big push in February next year. I don't know that we have the exact dates lined up. 24:29.000 --> 24:35.000 We'll probably try to get that identified pretty soon and then that way we can promote that. 24:35.000 --> 24:40.000 But if you are interested, we're going to be making another big push in the month of February. 24:40.000 --> 24:49.000 We'll probably try to visit Pastor Stuckey, Evangelist's Urbanic, do a lot of soul winning in the greater Manila area. 24:49.000 --> 24:57.000 It's really a life changing experience to leave the United States and go soul winning in other places in the world. 24:57.000 --> 25:03.000 It's very difficult to describe. We've tried our best. We've had a lot of people come and give testimonials. 25:03.000 --> 25:08.000 But it really is something that you can't truly appreciate until you experience it for yourself. 25:08.000 --> 25:14.000 And it's a lot of fun to hang out with, you know, just the brethren going soul winning and seeing that zeal. 25:14.000 --> 25:18.000 And it just kind of really motivates people to be a lifelong soul winner, I believe. 25:18.000 --> 25:23.000 So if you ever can go on a missions trip, I highly encourage it. We try to make them really easy. 25:23.000 --> 25:29.000 We've got Mexico trips. We've got, so you don't even have to really get on a plane if you want to. 25:29.000 --> 25:33.000 And then of course, Caribbean. We've got across the world to the Philippines. 25:33.000 --> 25:38.000 So some of our friends do missions trips. There's even cruise missions trips if you want to. 25:38.000 --> 25:41.000 That's like the lazy man's missions trip. I mean, you don't even have to do anything. 25:41.000 --> 25:47.000 You just show up, eat a buffet all day long. And then if you can just roll off the ship for a little while, 25:47.000 --> 25:50.000 you can just get a few people's aid and then roll back on. 25:50.000 --> 25:55.000 So, you know, I mean, we're trying to make the mission field come to you, you know. 25:55.000 --> 26:00.000 And if that doesn't even work, just go soul winning with us this afternoon, right? 26:00.000 --> 26:04.000 We'll just go into the South Dallas, go into our local area. 26:04.000 --> 26:10.000 Of course, you know, a soul is a soul, and it doesn't matter where you find them, 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 just that you're going out there and evangelizing. 26:12.000 --> 26:15.000 We want to keep the first works as the priority of our church. 26:15.000 --> 26:20.000 So please be in prayer for our missionary in the Philippines and the pastors that we support 26:20.000 --> 26:24.000 and the people that we, you know, basically promote. 26:24.000 --> 26:27.000 That's pretty much all I have really as far as announcements. 26:27.000 --> 26:30.000 We're going to sing Psalm 11. So it's our Psalm of the Week. 26:30.000 --> 26:33.000 It's in our Psalm books, these nice Psalm books. 26:33.000 --> 26:37.000 Psalm 11, sing it out nice and loud. 26:45.000 --> 26:48.000 All right, that was Psalm 11. 26:48.000 --> 26:51.000 Psalm 11, let's all sing that out together. 27:15.000 --> 27:20.000 The Lord is in his holy temple. 27:20.000 --> 27:24.000 If the foundations be destroyed, 27:24.000 --> 27:27.000 What can the righteous do? 27:27.000 --> 27:31.000 The Lord is in his holy temple. 27:31.000 --> 27:34.000 The Lord's throne is in heaven. 27:34.000 --> 27:37.000 His eyes behold, 27:37.000 --> 27:40.000 His eyelids cry, 27:40.000 --> 27:44.000 The children of men. 27:44.000 --> 27:47.000 The Lord tried the righteous, 27:47.000 --> 27:50.000 But the wicked, 27:50.000 --> 27:53.000 And him that loved it violent, 27:53.000 --> 27:56.000 His soul hated, 27:56.000 --> 27:59.000 His soul hated, 27:59.000 --> 28:02.000 Upon the wicked, 28:02.000 --> 28:05.000 Each shall bring snitch, 28:05.000 --> 28:09.000 Fire and brims no man, 28:09.000 --> 28:12.000 And horrible tempests, 28:12.000 --> 28:15.000 This shall be 28:15.000 --> 28:18.000 The portion of their cup, 28:18.000 --> 28:21.000 For the righteous morn. 28:21.000 --> 28:24.000 Love and righteousness, 28:24.000 --> 28:27.000 His countenance, 28:27.000 --> 28:30.000 Nothing hold, 28:30.000 --> 28:33.000 Nothing hold me up high, 28:33.000 --> 28:38.000 And no more could I my trust. 28:38.000 --> 28:41.000 Great singing everybody. Now as the offering plates are being passed around, 28:41.000 --> 28:44.000 go ahead and open your Bibles to the book of Colossians, chapter number one. 28:44.000 --> 28:47.000 That's Colossians, chapter number one. 29:11.000 --> 29:14.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:14.000 --> 29:17.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:17.000 --> 29:20.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:20.000 --> 29:23.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:23.000 --> 29:26.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:26.000 --> 29:29.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:29.000 --> 29:32.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:32.000 --> 29:35.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:35.000 --> 29:38.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:38.000 --> 29:41.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:41.000 --> 29:44.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:44.000 --> 29:47.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:47.000 --> 29:50.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:50.000 --> 29:53.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:53.000 --> 29:56.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:56.000 --> 29:59.000 I'm going to be a good man. 29:59.000 --> 30:02.000 I'm going to be a good man. 30:02.000 --> 30:05.000 I'm going to be a good man. 30:05.000 --> 30:08.000 Colossians one, the Bible reads, 30:35.000 --> 30:38.000 The Bible reads, 31:05.000 --> 31:08.000 The Bible reads, 31:08.000 --> 31:11.000 The Bible reads, 31:11.000 --> 31:14.000 The Bible reads, 31:14.000 --> 31:17.000 The Bible reads, 31:17.000 --> 31:20.000 The Bible reads, 31:20.000 --> 31:23.000 The Bible reads, 31:23.000 --> 31:26.000 The Bible reads, 31:26.000 --> 31:29.000 The Bible reads, 31:29.000 --> 31:32.000 The Bible reads, 31:33.000 --> 31:36.000 In whom we have redemption 31:36.000 --> 31:39.000 Through His blood 31:43.000 --> 31:46.000 By Him where all things 31:49.000 --> 31:56.000 Imm ключ 31:56.000 --> 32:00.000 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 32:00.000 --> 32:05.500 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, 32:05.500 --> 32:08.200 that in all things he might have the preeminence. 32:08.200 --> 32:11.700 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell. 32:11.700 --> 32:17.500 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself, 32:17.500 --> 32:21.700 by him I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven, 32:21.900 --> 32:26.400 and you that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, 32:26.400 --> 32:30.400 yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, 32:30.400 --> 32:34.400 to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight. 32:34.400 --> 32:37.400 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, 32:37.400 --> 32:40.900 and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, 32:40.900 --> 32:44.400 and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, 32:44.400 --> 32:47.400 where Rev. Paul am made a minister, 32:47.400 --> 32:50.100 who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, 32:50.200 --> 32:55.000 and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, 32:55.000 --> 32:56.200 which is the church, 32:56.200 --> 33:01.200 rev, I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you 33:01.200 --> 33:03.400 to fulfill the word of God. 33:03.400 --> 33:07.600 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, 33:07.600 --> 33:11.600 but now is made manifest to his saints, 33:11.600 --> 33:17.100 to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, 33:17.200 --> 33:20.000 which is Christ in you the hope of glory, 33:20.000 --> 33:22.800 whom we preach warning every man, 33:22.800 --> 33:28.200 and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus, 33:28.200 --> 33:34.500 were unto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. 33:34.500 --> 33:37.800 That's by our heads for a word of prayer. 33:37.800 --> 33:40.100 Father, I pray that you bless the sermon this morning, 33:40.100 --> 33:42.000 and fill Pastor Shelley with your spirit, 33:42.000 --> 33:46.200 help us to derive as much wisdom as possible from the message, 33:46.300 --> 33:48.900 and help us to pay close attention to it. 33:48.900 --> 33:51.800 Lord, we love you and in Jesus name I pray, amen. 33:51.800 --> 33:53.000 Amen. 33:53.000 --> 33:56.100 I want to preach a sermon this morning titled Sola Scriptura, 33:56.100 --> 34:01.600 Sola Scriptura, which is a Latin phrase that comes out of the quote Protestant Reformation, 34:01.600 --> 34:06.900 and I don't really necessarily consider myself a Protestant or a former. 34:06.900 --> 34:08.700 I don't really use those labels, 34:08.700 --> 34:14.100 but at the end of the day, if someone does label me those things as far as being a Protestant or something, 34:14.100 --> 34:18.400 I don't necessarily get offended, and I understand where they're coming from. 34:18.400 --> 34:20.500 And from the Protestant Reformation, 34:20.500 --> 34:24.700 there was these five solas that came out to kind of define Protestant Reformation, 34:24.700 --> 34:30.400 and really the five solas just by the sheer wording sounds great. 34:30.400 --> 34:34.800 I mean, if you just kind of look it up or you hear what they have to say, 34:34.800 --> 34:40.500 they'll say it's by grace alone, through faith alone, and Christ alone, 34:40.500 --> 34:44.000 the Word of God alone, to God be the glory alone. 34:44.000 --> 34:46.300 It's like, well, how can you really argue with any of that? 34:46.300 --> 34:48.000 I mean, that just sounds great. 34:48.000 --> 34:51.900 But we understand that Protestants by and large still, 34:51.900 --> 34:55.600 many of them don't actually believe those monikers. 34:55.600 --> 34:58.000 They would believe in faith plus works. 34:58.000 --> 35:00.400 And I think that's just simply because, you know, 35:00.400 --> 35:06.500 we look at the world today, only seems like from my perspective around 5% of the world even get saved. 35:06.500 --> 35:10.200 So if 95% of people are not even getting saved, 35:10.300 --> 35:14.200 and then of that percentage, most of them still aren't even that faithful to the church 35:14.200 --> 35:16.300 or really involved in the Word of God. 35:16.300 --> 35:19.900 It seems like Christianity is just going to always have a lot of problems. 35:19.900 --> 35:23.800 And when you have huge groups of people, the vast majority are just not going to be saved. 35:23.800 --> 35:26.500 We really don't see in history, in the Bible, 35:26.500 --> 35:30.200 any period of time where you just have huge millions and millions 35:30.200 --> 35:33.100 or the vast majority of Christians being saved. 35:33.100 --> 35:35.200 It's usually a remnant anyways. 35:35.200 --> 35:37.700 So these particular solas could be good 35:37.700 --> 35:42.100 while the vast majority of their movement or groups still aren't saved 35:42.100 --> 35:46.100 and still don't actually get it, even though they may give lip service to it. 35:46.100 --> 35:49.600 But for the most part, if people were to say, hey, what do Protestants believe? 35:49.600 --> 35:51.900 They'll say, oh, they think salvation's faith alone. 35:51.900 --> 35:53.800 And I'm like, yeah, I do believe that. 35:53.800 --> 35:56.300 Or they'll say, oh, the scriptures, the final authority. 35:56.300 --> 35:58.000 And it's like, yeah, I do believe that. 35:58.000 --> 35:59.300 Or it's all about God. 35:59.300 --> 36:00.900 Yeah, I do believe that. Right. 36:00.900 --> 36:02.400 Or it's all about grace. 36:02.400 --> 36:06.200 And in fact, a lot of times the problem with, you know, 36:06.200 --> 36:11.900 Protestant style churches or evangelical churches is not what they say they believe. 36:11.900 --> 36:15.200 It's when they explain it because they'll get up and say salvation by faith. 36:15.200 --> 36:16.200 And then they explain works. 36:16.200 --> 36:18.400 And you're like, well, that wasn't really faith alone. 36:18.400 --> 36:21.000 Or they get up and explain good doctrines like, hey, 36:21.000 --> 36:23.900 we believe the Bible is the inspired word of God without error. 36:23.900 --> 36:25.300 And then you're like, OK, where is it? 36:25.300 --> 36:26.500 And they're like, well, we don't have it. 36:26.500 --> 36:28.600 And you're just like, no, no, no, I like that. 36:28.600 --> 36:31.800 But let's go ahead and be specific and really mean what we say. 36:31.800 --> 36:35.600 Right. So I just want to talk about one of them specifically this morning is 36:35.600 --> 36:41.800 sola scriptura, which just means scripture alone or basically the Bible alone. 36:42.100 --> 36:43.500 And what does that mean? 36:43.500 --> 36:48.500 Well, I think that we have to recognize why this happened. 36:49.000 --> 36:53.800 The Catholic Church for their period of time taught 36:54.200 --> 36:57.700 that essentially the church is infallible 36:58.000 --> 37:00.700 and that their pope can speak ex cathedra 37:00.900 --> 37:04.900 and that they've already established everything and everything they do is right. 37:05.100 --> 37:06.900 They can never be wrong. 37:06.900 --> 37:09.000 It's just pure 1984. 37:09.000 --> 37:10.800 The party is right. 37:10.800 --> 37:13.200 And there's no way that we've ever gotten anything wrong. 37:13.200 --> 37:14.600 We've never done anything wrong. 37:14.600 --> 37:16.800 And we have this perfect tradition. 37:16.800 --> 37:19.500 Well, why why would someone challenge that? 37:19.500 --> 37:22.100 Because they read the Bible and they're like, well, 37:22.100 --> 37:24.600 this is different than what the Bible is saying, though. 37:24.600 --> 37:26.500 And they would challenge that. And they would say, well, 37:26.500 --> 37:30.400 if the scripture is saying something, even if you believe you've done it forever, 37:30.700 --> 37:32.300 you're wrong. Your tradition is wrong. 37:32.300 --> 37:36.800 Just like Jesus Christ rebuked the Pharisees for their tradition, 37:37.000 --> 37:40.600 that they would reject the scripture in order to keep their own tradition. 37:40.800 --> 37:43.000 And that's exactly what the Catholic Church was like, 37:43.100 --> 37:46.500 where they put the authority with the church, not on scripture. 37:46.800 --> 37:49.000 But this is a major problem doctrinally, 37:49.200 --> 37:51.900 because the Bible tells us in Colossians chapter one, look at verse 18. 37:53.100 --> 37:55.600 It says, and he is the head of the body talking about Christ, 37:55.800 --> 37:58.800 the church who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, 37:58.900 --> 38:02.400 that in all things, he might have the preeminence. 38:02.400 --> 38:06.300 According to the Bible, the authority structure is Christ is over the church. 38:06.700 --> 38:08.600 Well, what does that mean, though? 38:08.600 --> 38:12.700 How can Christ practically be over the church? 38:13.000 --> 38:15.700 Well, it's because the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the word. 38:16.000 --> 38:19.100 In the beginning was the word, the word is with God and the word was God. 38:19.400 --> 38:22.800 So according to the Bible, since Jesus Christ is the word 38:22.900 --> 38:26.600 and the Bible doesn't make a distinction between the person and the scripture, 38:26.800 --> 38:31.000 therefore, we allow scripture to be the head of the church 38:31.000 --> 38:34.700 and we allow scripture to be our final authority. 38:34.700 --> 38:37.000 And we believe scripture is the only thing that is infallible. 38:37.600 --> 38:40.700 Man is fallible. Church can be fallible. 38:40.900 --> 38:42.900 Traditions can be fallible. 38:42.900 --> 38:46.200 Whereas scripture, we believe to be infallible. 38:46.300 --> 38:49.300 And it's only scripture that is infallible. 38:49.300 --> 38:53.300 And that is a very important point that we believe that the scripture alone 38:53.700 --> 38:55.400 is our final authority. 38:55.400 --> 39:00.100 Now, again, I'm not saying that people we should disregard everything 39:00.100 --> 39:02.800 that people believe and everything that church believes and everything 39:02.800 --> 39:04.000 that tradition teaches. 39:04.000 --> 39:09.400 No, we can accept those things as long as they are confirmed 39:09.400 --> 39:11.300 by the final authority, the word of God. 39:11.900 --> 39:15.500 Right. There's nothing wrong with using the Bible that was handed down to us 39:15.500 --> 39:17.100 from our parents and from other Christians. 39:17.100 --> 39:19.200 You know, I didn't translate the King James Bible. 39:19.400 --> 39:21.400 I didn't write it. I didn't bind it. 39:21.400 --> 39:23.100 You know, I simply bought it. 39:23.300 --> 39:26.100 I bought a King James Bible and where did I get it from? 39:26.100 --> 39:27.800 I got it from other Christians 39:28.100 --> 39:30.300 and they got it from other Christians 39:30.300 --> 39:31.600 and they got it from other Christians 39:31.600 --> 39:32.800 and they got it from other Christians. 39:32.900 --> 39:35.400 So there's a tradition of the King James Bible. 39:35.500 --> 39:38.700 There's an over 400 year tradition of the King James Bible. 39:39.100 --> 39:40.760 Does that mean that the tradition of the King James 39:40.800 --> 39:42.920 Bible is bad because its quote tradition? 39:43.000 --> 39:43.600 No. 39:44.000 --> 39:46.200 But why do we believe in the King James Bible 39:46.200 --> 39:48.800 because the scripture confirms the King James Bible 39:48.800 --> 39:53.280 and it confirms that tradition and it aligns with our doctrinal beliefs. 39:53.920 --> 39:59.120 Now, I'm not going to go there yet, but go to Psalm 119. 39:59.120 --> 40:01.440 I'll have you turn there for now. 40:01.440 --> 40:04.080 But, you know, the Bible also even says in the book of Revelation 40:04.080 --> 40:07.840 that when Jesus Christ returns, he's going to have a name written on his thigh, 40:07.840 --> 40:08.560 the word of God. 40:10.000 --> 40:13.600 So if you want Christ to be the head of your church, 40:14.320 --> 40:18.080 then you must believe that Scripture is the final authority. 40:18.080 --> 40:23.760 If God's infallible, his word's infallible, and if his word's infallible, 40:23.760 --> 40:25.520 then that's what we should trust. 40:25.520 --> 40:29.520 Nowhere in the Scripture does it teach that man could ever be infallible. 40:29.520 --> 40:32.800 There's not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not. 40:32.800 --> 40:38.080 And by adding more people to that equation, it still does not help you. 40:38.080 --> 40:39.840 It's like multiplying by zero. 40:40.800 --> 40:44.160 Okay, man is fallible, therefore he's multiplying by zero. 40:44.240 --> 40:48.480 You can have one million men times zero and it's still zero. 40:48.480 --> 40:49.520 It's still fallible. 40:49.520 --> 40:51.280 It'll never be perfect. 40:51.280 --> 40:54.000 And so, of course, the Catholic Church, Orthodox Churches, 40:54.000 --> 40:56.800 other churches will try to say we're, quote, infallible. 40:56.800 --> 40:59.920 From a Roman perspective, they believe the Pope, singular, 40:59.920 --> 41:01.840 speaking at his cathedral is infallible. 41:01.840 --> 41:05.440 From an Orthodox perspective, they believe if they get enough bishops together, 41:05.440 --> 41:08.560 they become spiritual Megatron and now they're infallible. 41:10.240 --> 41:11.600 That doesn't help the equation. 41:11.600 --> 41:14.320 It's still multiplying by zero because at the end of the day, 41:14.320 --> 41:18.560 man is fallible and man makes mistakes and man's never getting anything right. 41:18.560 --> 41:20.800 And they'll say, oh, no, no, our church is infallible. 41:20.800 --> 41:24.160 And I'm like, okay, show me an infallible church in the New Testament. 41:24.880 --> 41:28.320 And then it's like, well, that never exists in the New Testament. 41:28.320 --> 41:31.360 So, at the end of the day, I don't really believe it. 41:32.160 --> 41:37.280 Now, out of the Protestant Reformation, you get various beliefs. 41:37.280 --> 41:39.840 You still get a wide array of beliefs. 41:39.840 --> 41:44.480 And what a lot of people will do is they simply look to some of the worst 41:45.520 --> 41:48.320 things that came out of the Protestant Reformation and they're like, 41:48.320 --> 41:50.560 see, this is what happens with the Protestant Reformation. 41:50.560 --> 41:53.120 We have to understand what the Protestant Reformation really is doing. 41:54.160 --> 41:57.200 By my viewpoint, is it's just giving liberty and freedom. 41:58.320 --> 41:59.440 Liberty and freedom. 41:59.440 --> 42:01.920 Well, okay, when you give a whole bunch of people free will, 42:01.920 --> 42:04.560 don't some people abuse that and make bad decisions? 42:05.360 --> 42:09.520 But also, if you give people freedom and just basically the ability to do whatever they want, 42:10.160 --> 42:12.320 those of you also have some good things coming out of it. 42:12.320 --> 42:16.560 And really what happens is from that particular movement, you have some of the best and some 42:16.560 --> 42:18.320 of the worst things that ever happen. 42:18.320 --> 42:22.080 But you know, you don't have just an apostate Catholic church continuing to do bad. 42:22.640 --> 42:26.240 And you have to understand that free will has its consequences. 42:26.240 --> 42:27.360 Free will can be great. 42:27.360 --> 42:28.720 Free will can be awful. 42:28.720 --> 42:33.120 But at the end of the day, free will is still better than just locked into some kind of a 42:33.120 --> 42:35.920 state-run institution that just says we can never make a mistake. 42:36.480 --> 42:38.960 I mean, who wants to adhere to that? 42:38.960 --> 42:42.240 Do you really want the United States government to just basically say we've decided we've 42:42.240 --> 42:44.480 become the church and we can never make a mistake ever? 42:45.120 --> 42:47.760 Like that sounds like a good recipe, right? 42:47.760 --> 42:49.120 A recipe for disaster. 42:49.760 --> 42:53.600 A recipe for 1984 where you cannot question Big Brother and you cannot question the party 42:53.600 --> 42:55.920 and two plus two equals five if we say it does. 42:56.480 --> 43:01.680 But you know, if we really want something to say we're going to adhere to this no matter what, 43:01.680 --> 43:02.800 I want that to be Christ's word. 43:02.800 --> 43:07.280 I want that to be the scripture, the word of God as we believe that is the infallible word. 43:08.240 --> 43:13.440 Something that's pretty popular again is the Presbyterians and the Calvinists. 43:13.440 --> 43:17.840 They came out of this particular movement and they have a confessional statement that 43:17.840 --> 43:21.200 kind of just embodies some of the viewpoints of this particular era. 43:21.200 --> 43:22.720 Now again, I'm not a Calvinist. 43:22.720 --> 43:24.320 I'll be preaching against it later today. 43:24.320 --> 43:29.520 But you know, just hearing what they had to say about scripture kind of embodies what 43:29.520 --> 43:31.600 a lot of people were thinking at this particular time. 43:31.600 --> 43:36.080 So the West Minister Confession of Faith of 1647, this is what they say about scripture. 43:36.080 --> 43:37.440 And I'm just reading small excerpts. 43:37.440 --> 43:41.680 They said the authority of the Holy Scripture dependeth not upon the testimony of any man 43:41.680 --> 43:44.000 or church, but wholly upon God. 43:44.000 --> 43:48.160 And therefore it is to be received because it is the word of God. 43:48.160 --> 43:50.000 So they believe the scripture was the word of God. 43:50.000 --> 43:53.520 Second thing they said is the whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for 43:53.520 --> 44:00.160 his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life is either expressly set down in scripture 44:00.160 --> 44:03.680 or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from scripture 44:03.680 --> 44:06.160 unto which nothing at any time is to be added. 44:06.160 --> 44:09.360 So they said you don't need to know anything outside of scripture to get saved. 44:09.920 --> 44:13.840 Scripture alone is enough to explain to you how to get saved. 44:15.120 --> 44:20.800 And it's enough to give God all the glory that we can possibly give him in this life. 44:20.800 --> 44:26.400 So we don't need some kind of an outside source or outside information in order to worship 44:26.400 --> 44:33.120 God correctly, to get saved or any matter of faith, any practice that Christians need to do. 44:33.120 --> 44:38.560 We can find it in the Bible directly or as they say deduced, meaning that it's basically 44:39.360 --> 44:42.160 leading you to that particular interpretation or understanding. 44:42.160 --> 44:46.480 So that's again scripture alone that well in order to really worship God, 44:46.480 --> 44:52.960 you got to learn this secret esoteric hidden knowledge, you know, the temple knowledge. 44:52.960 --> 44:58.080 You got to go to the Mormon temple and behind the curtain, the man will tell you how to 44:58.080 --> 44:59.440 really worship God. 44:59.520 --> 45:03.600 You have to join this secret society, the Freemasons, where we have no windows on the 45:03.600 --> 45:06.880 building and we'll teach you how to really worship God. 45:07.360 --> 45:09.360 You know, that's that's Satanism. 45:09.360 --> 45:13.040 Satanism does things in the dark and it's not in the light. 45:13.040 --> 45:17.360 Scripture is in the light, it's out in the open, and we believe that everything is sufficient 45:17.360 --> 45:18.160 from the scripture. 45:18.160 --> 45:19.760 So I agree with this so far. 45:19.760 --> 45:24.240 They said the supreme judge can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the scripture. 45:24.880 --> 45:30.400 So they said the final authority has to be the Holy Spirit speaking through the scripture, 45:30.400 --> 45:31.680 not anything else. 45:31.680 --> 45:35.280 And then one other point that they made is as the book commonly called the Apocrypha, 45:36.000 --> 45:40.080 not being a divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of scripture. 45:40.080 --> 45:43.920 That's an important statement because the Catholic Church and the Orthodox 45:43.920 --> 45:48.000 believed that the Old Testament should include more books. 45:48.720 --> 45:55.040 They attach the Apocrypha to the Bible and believe that that's also legitimate scripture, 45:55.040 --> 45:57.680 that it's on par with scripture. 45:57.680 --> 46:01.920 So we have the 66 books of our King James Bible. 46:01.920 --> 46:05.680 We have 39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament. 46:05.680 --> 46:10.000 They attach more to the Old Testament, which is called the Apocrypha. 46:10.000 --> 46:12.320 Now the Apocrypha is a term called hidden. 46:12.320 --> 46:13.600 It's like hidden books. 46:14.160 --> 46:17.760 And this is primarily even coming from Jerome. 46:17.760 --> 46:22.160 He labeled it the Apocrypha way long time ago, fourth century, 46:22.160 --> 46:24.560 when he translated the Bible into Latin. 46:24.560 --> 46:27.040 But the Catholic Church believed this was scripture, 46:27.040 --> 46:28.960 even though they didn't really say anything about it. 46:28.960 --> 46:32.160 And then later after the Protestant Reformation, they had to have a council and say like, 46:32.160 --> 46:35.280 oh yeah, we believe the Apocrypha is legit scripture. 46:35.280 --> 46:36.880 And so we have 73 books. 46:37.440 --> 46:39.360 You guys have 66. 46:39.360 --> 46:41.200 Now that's an important distinction. 46:41.200 --> 46:44.080 Why is this important to say? 46:44.080 --> 46:45.520 Because at the end of the day, they're saying, 46:45.520 --> 46:48.800 you don't tell us what the Bible is, the Bible tells us what the Bible is. 46:49.840 --> 46:52.800 The scripture tells us what the scripture is, not the church. 46:52.800 --> 46:54.720 And they'll say, well, that's circular logic. 46:54.720 --> 46:55.520 That's circular reasoning. 46:56.400 --> 46:59.920 They have the same circular reasoning because how do they know that their church is right? 47:01.120 --> 47:02.400 Oh, the church told us what the Bible is. 47:02.400 --> 47:03.760 Well, how do you know the church is right? 47:03.760 --> 47:04.880 Because the church. 47:04.880 --> 47:08.800 It's like, okay, well, we believe the Bible is the Bible because of the Bible. 47:08.800 --> 47:10.480 You can't get away from circular reasoning. 47:10.480 --> 47:12.240 You have to ask yourself this question. 47:12.240 --> 47:14.160 Why do you even believe the Bible is the word of God? 47:15.280 --> 47:16.400 Which is an important question. 47:16.400 --> 47:19.920 Why do you believe that the church though is the church? 47:21.120 --> 47:24.400 I don't want to defend their church or their viewpoint or the Apocrypha, 47:24.400 --> 47:26.160 but you got to have to ask yourself this question. 47:26.160 --> 47:29.280 Why do we believe that the Bible is the Bible? 47:29.280 --> 47:32.320 Well, I'm going to give you several points, 47:32.320 --> 47:37.520 but the most important thing is because it has God's divine voice in the scripture. 47:38.080 --> 47:41.920 Okay, now I had you turn to Psalm 119, look at verse 89. 47:43.440 --> 47:47.840 Forever, oh Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 47:47.840 --> 47:51.200 So we believe that the word of God just exists. 47:51.920 --> 47:55.280 It's not like it came into existence or was created. 47:55.840 --> 47:58.480 The Bible teaches that it just always existed. 47:58.480 --> 48:01.680 In the beginning was the word, right? 48:01.680 --> 48:04.400 So we believe in the eternal existence of the word. 48:04.400 --> 48:09.360 Now the word was revealed to man in parts, right? 48:09.360 --> 48:14.880 We understand that scripture was revealed at different times here and there a little bit, 48:14.880 --> 48:17.440 but we believe that the word has always existed. 48:18.080 --> 48:22.480 Now, I want you to go if you went to John chapter 10, John chapter 10. 48:22.480 --> 48:25.440 Matthew 5 also tells us that one jot or one tittle 48:25.440 --> 48:27.840 shall in no wise pass from the law to all be fulfilled. 48:27.840 --> 48:30.960 The Bible says that all scripture is given by inspiration of God. 48:30.960 --> 48:33.840 So we understand that the scripture is God's word. 48:33.840 --> 48:35.520 It's always existed. 48:35.520 --> 48:40.560 And really there's no way to even distinguish it from Christ himself from the scripture. 48:40.560 --> 48:42.640 The scripture teaches that Christ is the word. 48:43.840 --> 48:46.320 The word became flesh and dwelt among us. 48:46.320 --> 48:51.680 So that's how the Bible describes Jesus Christ and uses that type of language. 48:51.680 --> 48:53.920 So point number one that I want to make this morning, 48:53.920 --> 48:56.880 and I only have four points is that scripture has the preeminence. 48:57.440 --> 48:59.360 If Christ is supposed to be the head of our church 49:00.000 --> 49:03.760 and Christ is the scripture, then scripture has the preeminence in our church. 49:03.760 --> 49:05.280 It's the final authority. 49:05.280 --> 49:07.840 We elevated above everything else. 49:07.840 --> 49:10.240 There's nothing that can go above scripture. 49:10.240 --> 49:14.560 If scripture says one thing, anything that contradicts it is wrong, 49:15.120 --> 49:20.080 whether that be a pastor, church, council, synod, tradition. 49:20.080 --> 49:21.440 I don't care what it is. 49:21.440 --> 49:25.120 It is wrong or science so-called wrong. 49:25.920 --> 49:27.360 Scripture is always right. 49:27.360 --> 49:29.120 History so-called wrong. 49:30.000 --> 49:32.960 Everything is subject to scripture. 49:32.960 --> 49:34.560 Scripture is always right. 49:35.120 --> 49:40.240 And it would be our just misunderstanding of something 49:40.240 --> 49:42.160 that would be the reason why there's a contradiction, 49:42.160 --> 49:44.000 not because there's actually a contradiction. 49:44.000 --> 49:46.560 The Bible is historically accurate. 49:46.560 --> 49:48.800 The Bible is scientifically accurate. 49:48.800 --> 49:52.400 The Bible is scripturally and spiritually accurate. 49:52.400 --> 49:54.000 There's nothing wrong with the Bible. 49:54.000 --> 49:59.680 It is in perfect unity with everything that we see, hear, feel, experience, 49:59.680 --> 50:02.000 and that the Holy Spirit enlightens us to understand. 50:03.920 --> 50:04.960 That's a great textbook. 50:06.080 --> 50:09.440 When it comes to other books and other religions, 50:09.440 --> 50:12.720 they have to be like, yeah, well, it doesn't really match history. 50:12.720 --> 50:14.240 Yeah, it doesn't really match reality. 50:14.240 --> 50:15.600 Yeah, that's not really true. 50:15.600 --> 50:17.520 But with the scripture, we can say, hey, everything's true. 50:18.720 --> 50:19.600 All of it's true. 50:19.600 --> 50:20.480 All of it is right. 50:21.040 --> 50:23.440 And why do I know that scripture is scripture? 50:23.440 --> 50:28.800 Well, I would say the number one point of this is that it has a divine voice. 50:30.160 --> 50:31.600 I mean, just think about this for a second. 50:33.280 --> 50:37.920 If I put two books in front of you, I put Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss, 50:38.480 --> 50:41.840 wouldn't you be able to tell me that one was different from the other? 50:42.960 --> 50:47.200 I mean, am I really supposed to believe that you could not tell a difference 50:47.200 --> 50:55.120 between Hop on Pop and Beowulf or something or something from Shakespeare? 50:55.120 --> 50:58.880 I mean, you're going to be able to tell the gigantic difference 50:58.880 --> 51:03.920 between just a children's book and some kind of a great literature. 51:03.920 --> 51:09.440 And I mean, Shakespeare is even argued as one of the greatest literary writers of all time. 51:10.160 --> 51:11.680 It's a very famous work. 51:11.680 --> 51:15.120 He's attributed to having one of the greatest vocabularies of all time. 51:15.120 --> 51:20.960 And he's in the same era even of the King James Bible around the same timeline. 51:20.960 --> 51:24.240 Some people will say, oh, the King James Bible sounds like Shakespeare. 51:24.240 --> 51:28.240 But if you've actually read Shakespeare and you read the King James, 51:28.240 --> 51:30.160 there's also a colossal difference between those two. 51:31.360 --> 51:35.680 And am I supposed to believe that the God of the universe that spake everything into existence, 51:35.680 --> 51:38.560 that's created man, that's created all the beasts of the field, 51:38.560 --> 51:42.560 that's created the heavens and the earth, that if he wrote a book, 51:43.520 --> 51:47.840 I would not be able to tell the difference between that and Dr. Seuss. 51:49.360 --> 51:50.960 How does that even logically make sense? 51:51.600 --> 51:56.800 If you actually believe God exists, you would realize that God's creation is unique 51:56.800 --> 52:01.840 to man's creation, that God's word would be different than man's word. 52:02.480 --> 52:07.680 And that there would be a special voice and authorship to the scripture itself. 52:07.680 --> 52:10.080 Now, what does Jesus say in John chapter 10 verse 3? 52:11.280 --> 52:11.600 It says, 52:26.800 --> 52:34.560 There's something cool that God has done. 52:34.560 --> 52:39.520 And what's really cool about God is how almost every single voice in the world is unique. 52:42.160 --> 52:47.840 The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 14 that the voice is not without signification. 52:49.280 --> 52:50.160 And isn't it interesting? 52:50.160 --> 52:52.560 I mean, you can, someone can call you on the phone 52:53.520 --> 52:58.160 and you have nothing to go on except for their voice and you can just be like, 52:58.160 --> 52:58.960 that's this person. 52:59.600 --> 53:01.920 You can just instantly tell your wife's voice. 53:01.920 --> 53:04.960 You can just instantly tell, you know, your child's voice. 53:04.960 --> 53:08.240 Now, when they're screaming, it kind of creates a symphony and they all sound the same. 53:08.240 --> 53:14.880 But there's just this interesting thing about voice that we almost all have a unique voice, 53:14.880 --> 53:16.000 a unique sound. 53:16.560 --> 53:18.480 Yes, there's people that sound similar. 53:18.480 --> 53:19.280 I get it. 53:19.280 --> 53:22.080 Yes, there's people that try to imitate one another. 53:22.800 --> 53:29.520 Many professional vocalists throughout history, what they do is they take somebody that's great 53:29.520 --> 53:34.080 at singing and they try to just sound exactly like them on purpose. 53:34.720 --> 53:39.120 They just say, I just want to try and sing as much as I humanly possibly can sound like this person. 53:39.760 --> 53:40.480 That's their goal. 53:41.360 --> 53:42.320 But they still don't. 53:43.360 --> 53:48.560 One example that I know of is like Michael Buble basically just tried as hard as to sound 53:48.560 --> 53:49.840 like Frank Sinatra. 53:49.840 --> 53:54.240 And if you just even ask, he's like, yeah, I'm just trying to basically just sound exactly 53:54.240 --> 53:59.920 like Frank Sinatra and just practicing exactly imitating his sound and his vocal. 53:59.920 --> 54:03.440 But when he sings, you can still tell there's a difference between the two. 54:03.440 --> 54:05.120 Yet there's a strong crossover. 54:05.920 --> 54:07.680 There's a strong crossover between these people. 54:07.680 --> 54:11.200 There's people, female singers that do the same thing where they try to emulate 54:11.200 --> 54:12.480 other famous singers. 54:12.480 --> 54:17.520 They'll try to emulate Celine Dion from the past or, you know, different Mariah Carey or 54:17.520 --> 54:19.440 somebody that has like a really iconic voice. 54:19.440 --> 54:24.160 They'll try to emulate their sound because they're just trying to get good at singing. 54:24.160 --> 54:26.240 This is no different than professional sports. 54:26.240 --> 54:27.680 You know, people watch Tiger Woods. 54:27.680 --> 54:29.520 They're trying to emulate Tiger Woods swing. 54:29.520 --> 54:32.400 They're trying to emulate Michael Jordan's jump shot. 54:32.400 --> 54:36.640 They're trying to incorporate someone's, you know, athletic prowess because they're trying 54:36.640 --> 54:37.040 to be good. 54:37.040 --> 54:40.080 They see this person's really good, so I'm going to copy them and mimic them. 54:40.080 --> 54:42.720 But they always seem to be unique still. 54:42.960 --> 54:50.160 And if every single person on this planet has a unique voice, why would I believe that 54:50.160 --> 54:51.920 God doesn't have a unique voice too? 54:51.920 --> 54:55.280 Obviously, God has a unique voice. 54:55.280 --> 54:59.840 You can hear it and it's different than all the other voices. 54:59.840 --> 55:06.560 And when you read the Bible, you hear a singular continuous voice of the shepherd. 55:06.560 --> 55:12.640 You hear God's divine voice on every single page, on every single verse, on every single 55:12.640 --> 55:13.440 word. 55:13.440 --> 55:16.640 That's why we know, hey, why is it the Bible? 55:16.640 --> 55:17.920 Because we can hear it. 55:17.920 --> 55:19.920 There's a sound quality to it. 55:19.920 --> 55:22.480 Just like, you know, it's getting better. 55:22.480 --> 55:26.000 But in times past, you can kind of tell the difference between real music and like AI 55:26.000 --> 55:26.640 music. 55:26.640 --> 55:30.160 Now, of course, AI is getting a lot better and maybe it'll get to a point where you 55:30.160 --> 55:31.200 can't tell as much. 55:31.200 --> 55:35.200 But things that aren't real, you usually can, you can hear it. 55:35.200 --> 55:36.480 There's a sound difference. 55:36.480 --> 55:38.480 There's a sound quality to it. 55:38.480 --> 55:42.000 And we understand that the scripture has God's voice. 55:42.880 --> 55:44.400 There's a divine voice here. 55:45.200 --> 55:49.360 Not only that, then it's received by God's people. 55:49.360 --> 55:51.040 Notice that this isn't a singular. 55:51.040 --> 55:53.680 This isn't like one sheep heard God's voice. 55:53.680 --> 55:55.120 Notice it's all the sheep. 55:55.120 --> 55:59.680 The sheep hear God's voice and they don't follow a stranger. 55:59.680 --> 56:00.400 Okay. 56:00.400 --> 56:01.600 Now, let's keep reading this passage. 56:01.600 --> 56:02.400 There's more verses on this. 56:02.400 --> 56:02.880 Verse 16. 56:02.880 --> 56:03.760 And all it says, 56:03.760 --> 56:07.280 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, 56:07.280 --> 56:11.360 and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. 56:11.360 --> 56:13.680 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, 56:13.680 --> 56:15.040 that I might take it again. 56:15.040 --> 56:18.240 No man take it from me, but I lay it down on myself. 56:18.240 --> 56:20.480 I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. 56:20.480 --> 56:22.400 This commandment I received of my Father. 56:22.400 --> 56:25.840 So we have here in verse 16 that they're going to hear my voice. 56:25.840 --> 56:26.800 Go to verse 27. 56:28.000 --> 56:32.240 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. 56:32.240 --> 56:36.000 So notice again, we have like multiple places in John chapter 10, 56:36.000 --> 56:38.400 just reiterating the fact that the sheep hear God's voice, 56:38.400 --> 56:40.960 the sheep hear God's voice, the sheep hear God's voice. 56:40.960 --> 56:43.920 I'm not going to contradict Jesus Christ if you say, 56:43.920 --> 56:45.520 how do you know the scripture is the scripture? 56:45.520 --> 56:47.600 Because the sheep hear God's voice. 56:47.600 --> 56:50.160 And think about when Jesus is speaking these words, 56:50.880 --> 56:55.520 Christians were expected at that moment to receive that as the word of God in the moment. 56:55.520 --> 56:59.440 They were expected to believe what Jesus was saying right then was God's voice 56:59.440 --> 57:00.800 and that God was speaking. 57:01.440 --> 57:06.000 Churches, the first few churches that we have recorded in the New Testament 57:06.000 --> 57:08.880 were expected to receive epistles written 57:08.880 --> 57:12.320 and they were supposed to expect it to be the word of God as soon as they got it. 57:12.880 --> 57:16.560 The book of Revelation written to the seven churches which are in Asia are told, 57:16.560 --> 57:18.560 hey, this is coming from the Lord. 57:18.560 --> 57:20.320 This is coming from the Lord Jesus Christ. 57:20.320 --> 57:22.720 And at the very end of that particular book, 57:22.720 --> 57:26.400 it's saying if you add anything to this, if you take anything away from this, 57:26.400 --> 57:29.120 I'm going to add into you all the plagues which are written in this book 57:29.120 --> 57:31.440 and I'm going to take your name out of the book of life. 57:31.440 --> 57:33.680 They were not, well, I don't know if this is the Bible or not. 57:33.680 --> 57:35.760 They were expected to receive it immediately. 57:36.400 --> 57:39.440 They were expected to just receive it as the word of God. 57:39.440 --> 57:41.440 It has the divine voice. 57:41.440 --> 57:43.360 My sheep hear my voice. 57:43.360 --> 57:45.120 They're not going to follow a stranger. 57:45.120 --> 57:49.440 So there's a special voice to the Bible and it's received by God's people. 57:49.440 --> 57:53.200 And if we understand these points, we would understand that the 66 books 57:53.200 --> 57:56.160 that I hold in my hand and think about this. 57:56.160 --> 57:57.520 This is what's interesting. 57:57.520 --> 58:00.800 The 66 books that I hold in my hand, whether you're Protestant, 58:01.680 --> 58:05.680 Catholic or Orthodox, all believe our scripture. 58:06.640 --> 58:10.880 I mean, so it's like where are saved people? 58:10.880 --> 58:13.920 No matter what you really believe in general, you'd have to believe 58:13.920 --> 58:18.720 they're somewhere under the umbrella of Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox, right? 58:18.720 --> 58:20.000 I mean, they're not Hindus. 58:20.640 --> 58:21.760 They're not Muslims. 58:21.760 --> 58:22.880 They're not atheists. 58:22.880 --> 58:27.840 So if we just said, we just were going extra conservative, extra safe, extra generous, 58:27.840 --> 58:32.000 and we said there was some saved people even mixed in the Catholics and Orthodox, 58:32.000 --> 58:35.280 which has got to be few, all right, even if that existed. 58:36.000 --> 58:39.920 They all agree that, hey, these 66 books are scripture. 58:39.920 --> 58:41.440 So where's the real disagreement? 58:42.720 --> 58:45.760 The Catholics and the Orthodox believe the Apocrypha is the Bible. 58:46.320 --> 58:49.280 And they also then put their church on par with the scripture. 58:49.280 --> 58:49.780 Okay. 58:50.240 --> 58:55.280 But as I'm going to give you a few more reasons here, we reject the Apocrypha. 58:55.280 --> 58:58.400 And I would say the saved reject the Apocrypha too, 58:58.400 --> 59:03.040 because within the Protestant tradition, we all reject the Apocrypha. 59:03.600 --> 59:08.480 So we can basically just say, even though there's a lot of unsaved people mixed in the crowd with us, 59:08.480 --> 59:13.360 all the saved people are using the same Bible, the same 66 in general. 59:13.360 --> 59:16.320 Obviously, there's a macro and a micro version of this, right? 59:16.320 --> 59:18.160 Macro, we all have the same Bible. 59:18.160 --> 59:19.440 We all have the 66 books. 59:19.440 --> 59:20.960 Micro, there's textual criticism. 59:20.960 --> 59:22.960 We use the King James specifically, okay? 59:22.960 --> 59:24.880 And I get that and we can talk about that later. 59:24.880 --> 59:27.600 But from a big picture, we all have the same 66 books. 59:27.600 --> 59:28.480 How did that happen? 59:30.000 --> 59:32.160 Well, it happens just like anything. 59:32.400 --> 59:34.160 Why do we still have cows today? 59:36.480 --> 59:38.240 Why are cows preserved? 59:38.240 --> 59:38.720 You know why? 59:38.720 --> 59:40.160 Because people like eating beef. 59:41.280 --> 59:42.720 Why are apples preserved? 59:42.720 --> 59:44.800 Because people like to eat apples. 59:44.800 --> 59:47.680 I mean, hey, man, as it goes, sow those seeds. 59:47.680 --> 59:49.040 People have to raise the cows. 59:49.040 --> 59:49.760 They saw value. 59:49.760 --> 59:51.600 There's intrinsic value into an apple. 59:51.600 --> 59:54.240 There's intrinsic value in a cow. 59:54.240 --> 59:54.960 And here's the thing. 59:54.960 --> 59:56.240 Why did this get preserved? 59:56.240 --> 59:58.160 Because people could see the value of this. 59:58.880 --> 01:00:02.080 Regardless if they were saved or not, they could just see the value of this. 01:00:02.080 --> 01:00:08.160 And of course, saved people were transcribing it, copying it down, passing it down. 01:00:08.160 --> 01:00:10.480 And of course, it's impossible to stop. 01:00:10.480 --> 01:00:11.600 It's spread everywhere. 01:00:11.600 --> 01:00:13.920 The King James Bible is the most popular book in human history. 01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:15.600 It's the most read book in human history. 01:00:16.240 --> 01:00:19.280 And of course, that's just one language. 01:00:19.280 --> 01:00:21.280 That's just one example. 01:00:21.280 --> 01:00:24.560 We have the Bible in multiple languages spread out all over the world. 01:00:24.560 --> 01:00:26.400 It's impossible to get rid of it at this point. 01:00:26.400 --> 01:00:31.280 It'd just be like any newspaper that is spread to millions and millions of people. 01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:33.840 Well, now you have that locked in. 01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:35.040 You're not going to be able to get rid of it. 01:00:36.160 --> 01:00:36.880 It's settled. 01:00:36.880 --> 01:00:38.640 You have apples everywhere. 01:00:38.640 --> 01:00:39.920 You have cows everywhere. 01:00:39.920 --> 01:00:42.640 It's only endangered when there's just a little bit. 01:00:42.640 --> 01:00:46.800 You know, an endangered species of animal is when you only have so few 01:00:46.800 --> 01:00:48.800 because if they all die out, it's gone. 01:00:48.800 --> 01:00:53.360 And so that's why you have certain people creating preservative habitats 01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:56.640 for endangered species because they don't want them to go extinct. 01:00:56.640 --> 01:00:58.560 We're not even close with the Bible, folks. 01:00:59.360 --> 01:01:01.840 I mean, this is the most preserved book ever. 01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:05.840 We have the most copies, the most of it spread out. 01:01:05.840 --> 01:01:09.440 And even if we lost every King James Bible in the world, 01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:10.880 we still have the Greek and the Hebrew. 01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:13.520 We could do it all over again if we had to, which we won't. 01:01:13.520 --> 01:01:16.720 But I'm just saying it's like the word of God is locked in. 01:01:16.720 --> 01:01:17.680 It's been preserved. 01:01:17.680 --> 01:01:19.040 It has the divine voice. 01:01:19.040 --> 01:01:20.320 God's people recognize it. 01:01:20.320 --> 01:01:24.640 And even the unsaved world can recognize the divine voice of Scripture, 01:01:24.640 --> 01:01:28.320 that it's unique to all other literature, that it surpasses Shakespeare. 01:01:28.320 --> 01:01:29.760 It surpasses Dr. Seuss. 01:01:29.760 --> 01:01:31.520 It surpasses all other literature. 01:01:31.520 --> 01:01:34.400 It stands alone as the greatest book of all time. 01:01:35.920 --> 01:01:38.960 Here's the third reason why we know the Scriptures of Scripture. 01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:42.320 The Holy Spirit has confirmed and guided Christians into this truth. 01:01:42.320 --> 01:01:44.880 So go if you would to 1 John chapter number two, 01:01:44.880 --> 01:01:46.320 go to 1 John chapter number two. 01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:50.080 Number one, the Bible has the divine voice. 01:01:50.080 --> 01:01:53.280 Number two, Christians hear that divine voice. 01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:57.120 Number three, the Holy Spirit guides us into all truth. 01:01:58.000 --> 01:02:01.520 The Bible teaches in 1 John chapter number two, look at verse number 20. 01:02:02.800 --> 01:02:07.520 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 01:02:07.520 --> 01:02:09.200 How do you know that the Scriptures of Scripture? 01:02:09.200 --> 01:02:10.560 Because the Holy Ghost told me. 01:02:11.120 --> 01:02:13.200 Now look even further in verse 27. 01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:16.560 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, 01:02:16.560 --> 01:02:19.760 and ye need not that any man teach you. 01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:24.480 But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, 01:02:24.480 --> 01:02:26.400 and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 01:02:26.400 --> 01:02:28.720 So what does the Bible teach about the Holy Ghost? 01:02:28.720 --> 01:02:32.160 That he teaches me everything, and is the truth, and is no lie, 01:02:32.160 --> 01:02:33.760 and I don't need any man to teach me. 01:02:34.720 --> 01:02:37.200 I don't need any man to teach me that the Bible is the Bible. 01:02:37.200 --> 01:02:39.360 The Holy Ghost can tell me that the Bible is the Bible. 01:02:40.240 --> 01:02:42.800 That's a great thing that empowers the believer. 01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:45.440 It empowers the Christian to know what the Scripture is, 01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:49.920 instead of saying you're subject to someone else to tell you what really is the Bible. 01:02:49.920 --> 01:02:54.000 And of course, how could Timothy, in a letter written to a singular person, 01:02:54.000 --> 01:02:55.680 how could he know that the Bible is the Bible? 01:02:55.680 --> 01:02:56.880 Timothy receives a letter. 01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:58.320 He's one person. 01:02:58.320 --> 01:03:00.720 How could this one person know that that's Scripture? 01:03:00.720 --> 01:03:02.160 How did he know to preserve that? 01:03:02.160 --> 01:03:05.600 How did he know to make copies of that or to share it with other people? 01:03:05.600 --> 01:03:08.240 How did he know that that wasn't just a personal letter? 01:03:08.240 --> 01:03:11.760 Because of the divine voice, because he heard God's voice, 01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:14.800 because the Holy Spirit enlightened him and showed him, 01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:17.120 hey, this isn't just a letter, this is the Word of God. 01:03:18.080 --> 01:03:20.960 Here's a fourth reason why we believe the Bible is the Bible. 01:03:21.840 --> 01:03:25.680 Go if you would to Isaiah 59, go to Isaiah 59, 01:03:25.680 --> 01:03:29.760 but that it's been preserved in the original languages. 01:03:30.560 --> 01:03:32.960 The Word of God has been preserved in the original languages. 01:03:32.960 --> 01:03:34.960 In Matthew chapter 5, Jesus Christ said, 01:03:34.960 --> 01:03:38.800 one jot or one tittle shall no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled. 01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:39.760 You know what that language is? 01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:40.560 It's called Hebrew. 01:03:41.360 --> 01:03:44.960 Jesus is saying the Hebrew is not going to go away, 01:03:44.960 --> 01:03:48.640 even one jot, not even one tittle, until all be fulfilled. 01:03:49.200 --> 01:03:52.000 Revelation chapter number 9 is an interesting, 01:03:52.000 --> 01:03:53.760 that in the book of Revelation, 01:03:53.760 --> 01:03:55.600 it'll give you the name of a particular angel 01:03:55.600 --> 01:03:57.040 and it gives it in Hebrew and in Greek. 01:03:58.400 --> 01:03:59.680 Why not in the other language? 01:03:59.680 --> 01:04:01.440 Why is it giving it in Hebrew and Greek? 01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:04.080 Because these are the two original languages of the Bible. 01:04:04.080 --> 01:04:05.440 We have the Hebrew for the Old Testament, 01:04:05.440 --> 01:04:07.200 we have the Greek for the New Testament, 01:04:07.200 --> 01:04:09.440 and of course that's what God has preserved his Word in. 01:04:09.440 --> 01:04:11.760 And of course we use an English translation 01:04:11.760 --> 01:04:16.080 that is coming from the Hebrew and coming from that Greek text. 01:04:16.080 --> 01:04:17.920 Now in the book of Isaiah, 01:04:17.920 --> 01:04:19.760 we have a promise about God's preservation 01:04:19.760 --> 01:04:22.640 and we can spend a lot of time on God's preservation scriptures. 01:04:22.640 --> 01:04:25.440 Obviously Psalm 12, 6, and 7 is a great verse on this. 01:04:26.720 --> 01:04:29.120 Forever thy word is settled in heaven, O Lord. 01:04:29.120 --> 01:04:30.640 We have all kinds of great passages. 01:04:30.640 --> 01:04:34.480 I like Isaiah 59 and it says in verse 21, 01:04:40.160 --> 01:04:42.160 As for me, this is my covenant with him, saith the Lord, 01:04:42.160 --> 01:04:43.360 my spirit that is upon thee, 01:04:43.360 --> 01:04:45.840 and my words which I have put in my mouth, 01:04:45.840 --> 01:04:49.200 shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed, 01:04:49.200 --> 01:04:51.360 nor out of the mouth of thy seed, seed saith the Lord, 01:04:51.360 --> 01:04:53.520 from henceforth and forever. 01:04:53.520 --> 01:04:56.080 So the Bible says the exact words that Isaiah had 01:04:56.080 --> 01:04:58.480 are not going to depart ever. 01:04:58.480 --> 01:05:00.080 That it's going to go from one generation 01:05:00.080 --> 01:05:02.320 to the next generation to the next generation 01:05:02.320 --> 01:05:04.160 and that we'll have the book of Isaiah, 01:05:04.160 --> 01:05:06.800 we'll have the words of Isaiah for every generation. 01:05:06.800 --> 01:05:10.240 And of course we understand that this applies to all scripture, 01:05:10.240 --> 01:05:13.840 that God has preserved his words for every generation 01:05:13.840 --> 01:05:14.880 and that we still have it today. 01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:17.920 And of course Christians all give lip service to this. 01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:19.120 Question is then where is it at? 01:05:19.120 --> 01:05:20.960 Well it's obviously in the King James Bible 01:05:20.960 --> 01:05:22.640 which has been preserved in the original languages. 01:05:23.600 --> 01:05:25.440 The modern Bibles fail this point. 01:05:26.160 --> 01:05:30.560 The modern Bibles do not use verses that were preserved 01:05:31.120 --> 01:05:32.320 in the original languages. 01:05:32.320 --> 01:05:34.640 In many cases they'll go to a Greek Septuagint 01:05:34.640 --> 01:05:36.880 for the Old Testament and not the Hebrew. 01:05:36.880 --> 01:05:38.720 So they don't believe the Hebrew has been preserved 01:05:38.720 --> 01:05:40.720 and they'll deviate from the Hebrew, 01:05:40.720 --> 01:05:43.680 deviate from the original preserved Hebrew 01:05:43.680 --> 01:05:45.040 and go to something else. 01:05:45.760 --> 01:05:47.280 Well I don't agree with that. 01:05:47.280 --> 01:05:48.880 I don't think that's doctrine only sound. 01:05:50.080 --> 01:05:50.800 Here's another point. 01:05:50.800 --> 01:05:53.920 Go to John chapter, go back to John chapter 10 01:05:54.560 --> 01:05:56.320 and I'm going to just quote for you. 01:05:56.320 --> 01:05:58.240 In 1 Corinthians chapter 2 the Bible tells us 01:05:58.240 --> 01:06:02.080 that we're supposed to be comparing spiritual with spiritual. 01:06:02.080 --> 01:06:04.000 So the Bible is internally consistent. 01:06:04.640 --> 01:06:06.400 The Bible is internally consistent. 01:06:06.400 --> 01:06:08.720 When you compare one scripture with another scripture 01:06:08.720 --> 01:06:10.080 it teaches the same doctrines. 01:06:10.080 --> 01:06:13.040 There's one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one church. 01:06:13.760 --> 01:06:17.520 The Bible is one voice, it's one message, one gospel. 01:06:19.920 --> 01:06:22.320 There's no inconsistency in scripture. 01:06:22.320 --> 01:06:25.040 Now of course atheists love to try to attack that point. 01:06:25.040 --> 01:06:27.040 They'll try to find some discrepancy 01:06:27.040 --> 01:06:29.600 of some historical meaning where they'll be like, 01:06:29.600 --> 01:06:31.280 oh over here it says this number 01:06:31.280 --> 01:06:32.560 and over there it's this number. 01:06:32.560 --> 01:06:35.440 Not realizing that of course people count things differently. 01:06:35.440 --> 01:06:36.560 There's different perspectives. 01:06:37.360 --> 01:06:38.880 While it can seem like on the surface 01:06:38.880 --> 01:06:41.440 there could be a few discrepancies in the Old Testament, 01:06:42.080 --> 01:06:44.000 it is really just there's no evidence 01:06:44.000 --> 01:06:45.760 that it's for sure a contradiction. 01:06:45.760 --> 01:06:47.040 And you know some people come to me 01:06:47.040 --> 01:06:50.000 with hard examples of this from time to time 01:06:50.000 --> 01:06:53.200 and I just say well here's a possibility 01:06:53.200 --> 01:06:54.560 of how that could be different. 01:06:54.560 --> 01:06:56.320 I don't know what the exact answer is 01:06:56.320 --> 01:06:58.160 but what I do know is the Bible teaches 01:06:58.160 --> 01:06:59.680 that there is no inconsistency 01:07:00.560 --> 01:07:02.640 that you compare spiritual with spiritual 01:07:02.640 --> 01:07:05.440 and I'm not going to attribute it to a scribal error. 01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:08.400 Many people are so quick to just say, oh scribal error. 01:07:08.400 --> 01:07:10.720 Not realizing there could be a total legit reason 01:07:10.720 --> 01:07:12.480 why these things are different 01:07:12.480 --> 01:07:13.920 or why they're not the exact same. 01:07:14.480 --> 01:07:18.000 You have in the Gospels four different kind of viewpoints 01:07:18.000 --> 01:07:19.520 of some of the same events 01:07:19.520 --> 01:07:22.480 and I've heard people try to make contradictions out of it. 01:07:23.120 --> 01:07:24.720 They'll be like, oh well there was this one guy 01:07:24.720 --> 01:07:26.720 that was demon possessed in this one Gospel 01:07:26.720 --> 01:07:28.240 and then there's two in the other. 01:07:28.240 --> 01:07:29.360 It's like yeah there was two 01:07:30.000 --> 01:07:32.000 and in one Gospel they only focus on the one guy 01:07:32.000 --> 01:07:33.360 because he got the Legion. 01:07:33.360 --> 01:07:35.040 You know like they were just kind of like more 01:07:35.600 --> 01:07:37.680 emphasizing that particular part of the story. 01:07:37.680 --> 01:07:38.800 But anybody that's actually 01:07:39.600 --> 01:07:42.400 investigated or talked to different witnesses 01:07:42.400 --> 01:07:44.880 they'll have different ways of explaining 01:07:44.880 --> 01:07:46.480 the exact same event. 01:07:46.480 --> 01:07:50.640 It doesn't mean that it's one's wrong, one's right. 01:07:50.640 --> 01:07:52.720 It's just that they're different perspectives 01:07:52.720 --> 01:07:54.960 and of course that is to help us understand 01:07:54.960 --> 01:07:56.560 the Bible really is legit. 01:07:56.560 --> 01:07:59.920 That it's not just repeating some rehearsed script. 01:08:00.720 --> 01:08:02.320 If you actually investigate 01:08:02.320 --> 01:08:05.040 and you have two people saying the exact same thing 01:08:05.040 --> 01:08:06.640 with all the exact same details 01:08:06.640 --> 01:08:08.320 you know that it's been rehearsed beforehand. 01:08:08.880 --> 01:08:10.080 Because people won't do that. 01:08:10.080 --> 01:08:12.080 People can't do that naturally. 01:08:12.800 --> 01:08:14.880 The coincidence on that is impossible. 01:08:14.880 --> 01:08:16.320 The only way for people to be repeating 01:08:16.320 --> 01:08:18.720 the exact same narrative over and over again 01:08:18.720 --> 01:08:21.520 is because it's a fake narrative that's been fed to them. 01:08:21.520 --> 01:08:24.720 Why is it that our news media is just in sync 01:08:24.720 --> 01:08:25.600 saying all the same things 01:08:25.600 --> 01:08:28.240 because it's a fake rehearsed talking point. 01:08:28.240 --> 01:08:29.520 They're not speaking naturally. 01:08:29.520 --> 01:08:31.200 They're not speaking of their own free will. 01:08:31.200 --> 01:08:32.800 They're not describing real events. 01:08:32.800 --> 01:08:34.160 They're just telling you 01:08:34.160 --> 01:08:36.960 yeah a 47 story skyscraper fell due to office fires. 01:08:36.960 --> 01:08:40.080 Okay that doesn't really pass the sniff test. 01:08:40.080 --> 01:08:41.040 It's not very internal. 01:08:41.040 --> 01:08:44.240 It's not internally consistent with other pieces of evidence. 01:08:44.240 --> 01:08:46.320 Now in John chapter 10 it says in verse 35. 01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:50.080 If you call them gods under whom the word of God came 01:08:50.080 --> 01:08:52.880 in the scripture cannot be broken. 01:08:52.880 --> 01:08:54.640 Notice that the Bible teaches about the scripture. 01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:56.240 It cannot be broken. 01:08:56.240 --> 01:08:56.880 Why? 01:08:56.880 --> 01:08:58.400 There's nothing wrong with the Bible. 01:08:59.120 --> 01:09:00.800 Nothing we have to overturn. 01:09:00.800 --> 01:09:04.160 We don't have to say like just joking ignore this chapter. 01:09:04.160 --> 01:09:05.840 Well that didn't really happen. 01:09:06.800 --> 01:09:10.480 No we kind of learned right afterwards. 01:09:10.480 --> 01:09:12.000 Now the scripture can't be broken. 01:09:12.000 --> 01:09:12.720 It's perfect. 01:09:12.720 --> 01:09:14.240 There's no inconsistencies. 01:09:14.240 --> 01:09:16.720 It's perfectly consistent one with another. 01:09:16.720 --> 01:09:18.080 Go to Deuteronomy chapter 18. 01:09:18.080 --> 01:09:18.960 Go to Deuteronomy chapter 18. 01:09:18.960 --> 01:09:21.520 So I'm just reminding you of why I know scripture is scripture. 01:09:21.520 --> 01:09:23.120 Number one has the divine voice. 01:09:23.120 --> 01:09:25.360 Number two it's been received by God's people. 01:09:25.360 --> 01:09:28.160 Number three the Holy Spirit has confirmed it to Christians 01:09:28.160 --> 01:09:29.520 and guided them into this truth. 01:09:29.520 --> 01:09:31.920 Number four it's been preserved in the original languages. 01:09:31.920 --> 01:09:34.320 Number five it's internally consistent. 01:09:34.320 --> 01:09:36.560 The 66 books are internally consistent. 01:09:36.560 --> 01:09:38.560 If they weren't you know what people do? 01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:40.400 They would just immediately show you where it wasn't. 01:09:41.280 --> 01:09:42.960 But even the atheists they can't do this. 01:09:42.960 --> 01:09:46.480 They'll have a website where they try to snow you 01:09:46.480 --> 01:09:49.360 and be like oh here's 500 contradictions 01:09:49.360 --> 01:09:52.960 and you're like show me one and they're like 500. 01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:53.760 Okay show me one. 01:09:54.400 --> 01:09:57.760 I had someone do this to me in an actual debate at a college campus. 01:09:57.760 --> 01:10:00.800 They were like oh the Bible has all these contradictions 500. 01:10:00.800 --> 01:10:02.000 I was like show me one. 01:10:02.000 --> 01:10:03.920 He just turned bright red and couldn't answer. 01:10:04.160 --> 01:10:05.520 He didn't even give me one. 01:10:05.520 --> 01:10:07.600 But see the thing if there was a really obvious one 01:10:08.320 --> 01:10:09.680 everyone would just point to it. 01:10:09.680 --> 01:10:12.560 That would be the talking point and the mantra of everyone. 01:10:12.560 --> 01:10:15.280 Just like you know when Christians are like what about Islam? 01:10:15.280 --> 01:10:16.160 It's like Aisha. 01:10:17.840 --> 01:10:18.640 Why do we bring that up? 01:10:18.640 --> 01:10:20.320 Why is that why we should immediately bring that up? 01:10:21.040 --> 01:10:22.720 Because it's an obvious problem. 01:10:23.360 --> 01:10:24.800 So we just all point to it. 01:10:24.800 --> 01:10:27.280 It's like what about Aisha being nine? 01:10:27.280 --> 01:10:31.040 And again it's like you get 50 different answers. 01:10:31.040 --> 01:10:33.040 You'll be like Aisha was nine. 01:10:33.040 --> 01:10:35.760 Some of them will be like well everybody's a pedophile. 01:10:35.760 --> 01:10:37.120 You're like wow okay. 01:10:38.320 --> 01:10:39.760 I've been like Aisha's nine. 01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:40.720 It's like 11. 01:10:42.480 --> 01:10:43.280 Still fail. 01:10:44.480 --> 01:10:47.360 I'm like Aisha's nine and they're like no no no no. 01:10:47.360 --> 01:10:52.880 Everyone believes it's 18 and you're like no like I asked this guy he said it was fine. 01:10:54.400 --> 01:10:57.600 It's like you get like 50 different answers on this particular point. 01:10:57.600 --> 01:10:59.680 Why don't they have a singular response? 01:10:59.680 --> 01:11:02.080 Because they know it's real and it's true 01:11:02.080 --> 01:11:05.760 and they just come up with excuses and lies and try to obfuscate 01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:08.800 and try to hide behind the reality of these type of things. 01:11:08.800 --> 01:11:13.440 Again the singular narrative would come out against the Bible if it was true. 01:11:13.440 --> 01:11:15.920 If there was really a contradiction. 01:11:16.640 --> 01:11:23.280 Every atheist, every Muslim, every Hindu would just constantly be like yeah but what about this verse? 01:11:23.280 --> 01:11:24.880 What about this one thing? 01:11:24.880 --> 01:11:26.160 And they would just always hammer it. 01:11:26.160 --> 01:11:28.400 They would always point it out and they would always bring it up. 01:11:28.400 --> 01:11:28.960 But you know what? 01:11:28.960 --> 01:11:34.640 Scripture is held consistent through the test of time and no one can overthrow it. 01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:36.960 There is no contradiction. 01:11:36.960 --> 01:11:40.240 When we look at the Apocrypha people always bring up the exact same examples 01:11:40.240 --> 01:11:45.360 because there's this clear obvious examples of how the Apocrypha is false and lying 01:11:45.360 --> 01:11:47.040 and just has crazy stuff in it. 01:11:47.040 --> 01:11:48.320 It's like the Book of Mormon. 01:11:48.320 --> 01:11:52.960 Okay what about Jacob 3 8 where it says you know that their skins were lighter than yours 01:11:52.960 --> 01:11:57.280 and basically just damns every black person as being more sinful than white people or something. 01:11:58.080 --> 01:12:00.480 It's like Book of Mormon just like instantly bring up that verse. 01:12:01.120 --> 01:12:01.760 Why? 01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:04.640 Because it's just here's an obvious example of why it's bad. 01:12:04.640 --> 01:12:06.880 Here's an obvious example of why it's false. 01:12:06.880 --> 01:12:10.800 If the Bible had that they would with one unison, one voice say 01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:12.480 here's that problem verse in the Bible. 01:12:12.480 --> 01:12:14.320 You know why they always have different ones? 01:12:14.320 --> 01:12:16.080 Because there's not a real one. 01:12:16.080 --> 01:12:18.160 You know why they snow you with 500? 01:12:18.160 --> 01:12:19.280 Because there's not even one. 01:12:19.840 --> 01:12:24.480 They just have to throw big numbers at you to try and confuse you and make you sound 01:12:24.480 --> 01:12:26.880 seem scared like there's 500. 01:12:26.880 --> 01:12:27.760 Oh man. 01:12:27.760 --> 01:12:30.480 How could you even answer that in 30 seconds? 01:12:31.520 --> 01:12:32.240 There's 500. 01:12:32.240 --> 01:12:36.640 Well I can't sit here and explain how all 500 are not a contradiction in 30 seconds. 01:12:36.640 --> 01:12:38.000 So it's just a way to end the argument. 01:12:38.800 --> 01:12:42.080 It's just like when people don't like your church and they're just like cult. 01:12:42.080 --> 01:12:44.800 Because how do you explain that away in 30 seconds? 01:12:44.800 --> 01:12:46.240 You can't really do anything with it. 01:12:46.240 --> 01:12:48.320 So it's just a conversation ender. 01:12:48.320 --> 01:12:50.160 It's a non sequitur. 01:12:50.160 --> 01:12:50.800 What does that mean? 01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:54.800 It's a non-starter meaning it doesn't actually accomplish anything. 01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:59.280 If you legitimately had a grievance against the Bible, you would never say 500. 01:12:59.280 --> 01:13:01.600 You would say here's the one clear example. 01:13:01.600 --> 01:13:03.200 You know why they don't say here's the one clear example? 01:13:03.200 --> 01:13:04.400 Because they don't have a clear example. 01:13:04.400 --> 01:13:05.920 So they just say 500. 01:13:05.920 --> 01:13:08.880 You know why they try to attack your church and call it a cult? 01:13:08.880 --> 01:13:11.280 Because they have nothing to actually point to that it's a cult. 01:13:11.280 --> 01:13:11.920 So they just say it. 01:13:12.480 --> 01:13:15.600 Because if we were a cult, they would just say well, I mean, 01:13:15.600 --> 01:13:18.560 aren't you all isolated in the back woods and no one can talk to you all? 01:13:21.520 --> 01:13:23.280 Don't you all wear this goofy outfit? 01:13:24.240 --> 01:13:24.560 Right? 01:13:24.560 --> 01:13:26.640 Don't you wear special underwear like the Mormons? 01:13:27.760 --> 01:13:29.200 Don't you get married in the temple? 01:13:30.000 --> 01:13:35.440 You know, isn't your pastor have like 15 wives and some of them are underage? 01:13:35.440 --> 01:13:36.240 That's what they would say. 01:13:36.240 --> 01:13:39.120 They would immediately bring up what the problem is. 01:13:39.120 --> 01:13:41.520 They would immediately point to what the issue is. 01:13:41.520 --> 01:13:44.160 The reason why they say cult is because they have nothing to say. 01:13:45.360 --> 01:13:47.760 Because if they had something to say, they would just point it out. 01:13:50.400 --> 01:13:51.440 That's how it works. 01:13:51.440 --> 01:13:53.120 That's how the real world works. 01:13:53.120 --> 01:13:56.160 So if there was actually problems with the Bible, they would just point to it. 01:13:56.880 --> 01:13:58.160 There is no problem with the Bible. 01:13:58.160 --> 01:14:00.320 The Bible is the Word of God without error. 01:14:00.320 --> 01:14:02.400 Deuteronomy chapter 18, look at verse 22. 01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:06.560 The Bible says when a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, 01:14:06.560 --> 01:14:09.440 if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, 01:14:10.400 --> 01:14:12.560 that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken. 01:14:12.560 --> 01:14:14.240 Here's another test for scripture. 01:14:14.240 --> 01:14:15.680 It matches reality. 01:14:16.720 --> 01:14:20.400 If your Bible does not match reality, it is not the Bible. 01:14:20.400 --> 01:14:22.080 It is not the Word of God. 01:14:22.080 --> 01:14:23.840 The Word of God is true. 01:14:23.840 --> 01:14:26.960 The Bible says thy word is true from the beginning, 01:14:26.960 --> 01:14:29.280 meaning that God already knew the end from the beginning 01:14:29.280 --> 01:14:31.520 and he already told us everything that was going to happen 01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:33.200 and everything he said was going to happen 01:14:33.200 --> 01:14:37.520 happened exactly like he said it was going to happen before it even happened. 01:14:37.520 --> 01:14:38.560 It's called prophecy. 01:14:39.360 --> 01:14:42.800 I mean, the divine prophecies of the Lord Jesus Christ being born 01:14:42.800 --> 01:14:47.920 and Bethlehem's major from a virgin, you can't get away from that reality. 01:14:47.920 --> 01:14:50.240 That's why so many people have had to say, wow, 01:14:50.240 --> 01:14:54.720 this is a divine book of a divine voice that understands things before time, 01:14:54.720 --> 01:14:55.760 before they even happen. 01:14:56.320 --> 01:14:58.400 There's something unique about the Word of God. 01:14:58.400 --> 01:15:00.400 He knows what's going to happen before it happens. 01:15:01.280 --> 01:15:05.600 That's why so many false prophets try to do this and try to emulate this 01:15:05.600 --> 01:15:09.760 because it seems legitimate to try and make them seem seem validated. 01:15:09.760 --> 01:15:13.040 They'll get up and be like, oh, God told me Trump's going to be elected in 2020. 01:15:13.600 --> 01:15:14.480 But then it didn't happen. 01:15:14.480 --> 01:15:15.440 That's a false prophet. 01:15:16.160 --> 01:15:20.240 And in the same way, if this book was making proclamations 01:15:20.240 --> 01:15:23.520 or future prophecies that never happened or didn't come to pass, 01:15:23.520 --> 01:15:24.560 then it's a false book. 01:15:25.600 --> 01:15:29.840 And of course, how do I know that other books and other literature is not the Word of God? 01:15:29.840 --> 01:15:34.880 It makes false prophecies and it does not match reality. 01:15:34.880 --> 01:15:35.680 It doesn't match it. 01:15:36.400 --> 01:15:37.680 Go to Luke chapter seven. 01:15:38.960 --> 01:15:40.400 So what have we learned so far? 01:15:40.400 --> 01:15:43.440 Number one, that the Word of God has a divine voice. 01:15:43.440 --> 01:15:46.560 Number two, that it's received historically by God's people. 01:15:46.560 --> 01:15:49.840 Number three, that the Holy Spirit confirmed and guided us into this truth. 01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:52.480 Number four, it's been preserved in the original languages. 01:15:52.480 --> 01:15:54.480 Number five, it's internally consistent. 01:15:54.480 --> 01:15:56.480 Number six, it matches reality. 01:15:56.480 --> 01:16:00.800 And number seven, one of the greatest arguments is that it produces the best fruit. 01:16:01.600 --> 01:16:04.400 God's Word produces the best fruit. 01:16:05.680 --> 01:16:10.800 Now in Luke chapter seven, I think this is an important point 01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:17.040 and sometimes it's easily dismissed, you know, what the point that Jesus Christ is making, 01:16:17.040 --> 01:16:18.640 but he's making a fruit argument. 01:16:19.600 --> 01:16:21.040 It's just using different language. 01:16:21.040 --> 01:16:22.960 But in Luke chapter seven, look at verse 35. 01:16:25.280 --> 01:16:32.640 But wisdom is justified of all her children, meaning if something is truly wise, 01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:36.800 something is truly right, if it's got good information, 01:16:37.440 --> 01:16:40.240 then it will be justified by applying that information. 01:16:41.120 --> 01:16:44.080 In many cases, wisdom is applying knowledge. 01:16:44.640 --> 01:16:46.080 It's applying knowledge. 01:16:46.080 --> 01:16:46.580 Okay? 01:16:47.040 --> 01:16:48.480 Knowledge is information. 01:16:49.360 --> 01:16:53.040 Understanding is comprehending that knowledge. 01:16:53.680 --> 01:16:56.720 Wisdom is applying that knowledge. 01:16:56.720 --> 01:16:58.720 So you could have the knowledge of salvation. 01:16:59.600 --> 01:17:02.560 The knowledge of salvation will not save you. 01:17:04.000 --> 01:17:06.960 Understanding salvation will not save you. 01:17:07.760 --> 01:17:10.400 Applying that knowledge will save you. 01:17:10.800 --> 01:17:16.480 And there's many people that want to turn salvation into ascent to knowledge. 01:17:17.440 --> 01:17:21.040 They take the word believe and they misunderstand the word believe 01:17:21.040 --> 01:17:24.960 into intellectually assenting to salvation. 01:17:24.960 --> 01:17:30.400 They'll say, as soon as you understand or you hear the information about the gospel, 01:17:31.200 --> 01:17:32.000 that you're saved. 01:17:32.640 --> 01:17:34.720 Saying that the gospel is true doesn't save you. 01:17:35.440 --> 01:17:37.200 Believing the gospel is what saves you. 01:17:37.840 --> 01:17:40.800 And the Bible describes how you go from intellectual ascent 01:17:41.360 --> 01:17:43.200 to putting your faith in something. 01:17:43.200 --> 01:17:45.120 It's called calling upon the name of the Lord in faith. 01:17:45.840 --> 01:17:46.880 That's the difference. 01:17:46.880 --> 01:17:50.720 Someone can intellectually ascent to the gospel and not be saved. 01:17:50.720 --> 01:17:51.680 It's called reprobates. 01:17:51.680 --> 01:17:54.320 There's many reprobates that could sit here and tell me, 01:17:54.320 --> 01:17:58.480 hey, the Bible teaches salvation is a free gift by faith through Christ, 01:17:58.480 --> 01:18:01.680 his blood, nothing added, no works whatsoever. 01:18:01.680 --> 01:18:04.480 And they'll even say this, as a kid, I believed that that was true. 01:18:05.200 --> 01:18:06.800 But here's the thing, they're not saved. 01:18:06.800 --> 01:18:10.320 Just because they intellectually ascended and recognized that that could be true, 01:18:10.320 --> 01:18:12.720 they still in their hearts never received it. 01:18:12.720 --> 01:18:14.320 They never believed in Christ. 01:18:14.320 --> 01:18:18.480 They never called on the name of the Lord in faith and put him in their heart 01:18:18.480 --> 01:18:22.320 and put their heart and faith into Christ and they're not saved. 01:18:23.600 --> 01:18:26.080 Recognizing the gospel is true doesn't save you. 01:18:26.080 --> 01:18:28.640 Believing the gospel is what actually saves you. 01:18:28.640 --> 01:18:30.880 And they want to sit here and say, oh, it's believing that saves you. 01:18:30.880 --> 01:18:31.600 Amen. 01:18:31.600 --> 01:18:33.280 Believing is what saves you. 01:18:33.280 --> 01:18:34.080 Nothing. 01:18:34.080 --> 01:18:35.600 But to say, how do you believe? 01:18:35.680 --> 01:18:37.760 It's by calling upon the name of the Lord in faith. 01:18:37.760 --> 01:18:39.440 It's by understanding your sinner. 01:18:39.440 --> 01:18:41.920 It's by recognizing you deserve hell without Christ. 01:18:41.920 --> 01:18:45.440 It's recognizing who Christ is and what Christ has done for you 01:18:45.440 --> 01:18:48.880 and recognizing that once you put your faith in him, you're eternally secure. 01:18:48.880 --> 01:18:51.040 And once you intellectually ascend to this, 01:18:51.040 --> 01:18:54.480 making the clear conscious decision to place your faith in Christ 01:18:54.480 --> 01:18:56.800 by calling upon the name of the Lord in faith. 01:18:56.800 --> 01:19:01.360 And that's why when I talk to somebody and they seem to be giving lip service to the gospel 01:19:01.920 --> 01:19:04.960 and they're not changing, but they don't want to pray. 01:19:04.960 --> 01:19:05.680 There's a problem. 01:19:06.480 --> 01:19:09.520 And often when I poke and I prod a little bit more, then they're like, 01:19:09.520 --> 01:19:11.840 well, but I still kind of think maybe works are necessary. 01:19:13.120 --> 01:19:14.400 That's why they don't want to pray. 01:19:14.400 --> 01:19:16.560 It's because they don't actually really believe it. 01:19:16.560 --> 01:19:18.240 They could, they could parrot it. 01:19:18.240 --> 01:19:20.000 They could intellectually ascend to it. 01:19:20.000 --> 01:19:22.320 But I'm telling you, there's something special that happens 01:19:22.320 --> 01:19:24.560 when someone calls upon the name of the Lord in faith. 01:19:24.560 --> 01:19:26.240 And that's what the Bible teaches everywhere. 01:19:27.920 --> 01:19:34.080 And the same way, you know, when it comes to knowledge, understanding and wisdom, 01:19:34.080 --> 01:19:37.360 there's a difference between knowing something, understanding something, 01:19:37.360 --> 01:19:39.360 and then applying something. 01:19:40.480 --> 01:19:41.760 You could, I mean, think about it. 01:19:41.760 --> 01:19:45.200 Couldn't there be someone that knows, you know, how to drive a car, 01:19:46.320 --> 01:19:50.720 understands how to drive a car, but then they don't actually drive the car that way 01:19:50.720 --> 01:19:52.960 and they fail and you'd be like, this person's not very wise. 01:19:55.600 --> 01:19:56.320 Why? 01:19:56.320 --> 01:19:57.680 It's not because they didn't know. 01:19:57.680 --> 01:19:58.800 It's not because they didn't understand. 01:19:58.800 --> 01:20:00.240 It's because they didn't do it. 01:20:00.240 --> 01:20:03.440 If you didn't do it, it's like, hey, I know the right thing 01:20:03.440 --> 01:20:07.600 is to be a virgin and I understand why it's important to be a virgin. 01:20:07.600 --> 01:20:09.600 But I committed rampant fornication. 01:20:09.600 --> 01:20:11.200 You would say this person's not wise. 01:20:11.920 --> 01:20:12.320 Why? 01:20:12.320 --> 01:20:16.400 Because they didn't actually apply the knowledge and understanding that they had. 01:20:17.200 --> 01:20:20.720 And so if you truly want to be wise, it's going to be through you actually applying 01:20:20.720 --> 01:20:22.880 the knowledge and understanding that you've acquired. 01:20:23.680 --> 01:20:24.080 Okay. 01:20:24.080 --> 01:20:26.000 You are not wise because you know stuff. 01:20:26.000 --> 01:20:27.680 You're not wise because you understand stuff. 01:20:27.680 --> 01:20:30.160 You're wise because you do what you understand. 01:20:30.160 --> 01:20:30.800 I mean, think about it. 01:20:30.800 --> 01:20:36.480 What if there's a pastor who knows all the Bible and understands all the Bible 01:20:36.480 --> 01:20:38.800 and then all he does is moral sin? 01:20:38.800 --> 01:20:40.720 Are you going to be like, this is a wise guy? 01:20:41.600 --> 01:20:42.080 No. 01:20:42.080 --> 01:20:44.400 Seems like you're going to say this guy's a fool. 01:20:44.400 --> 01:20:46.400 This guy's a fool because he knew what was right. 01:20:46.400 --> 01:20:48.960 He understood what was right and he chose not to do it. 01:20:48.960 --> 01:20:50.560 This is called willful sin. 01:20:51.280 --> 01:20:51.280 01:20:51.280 --> 01:20:52.480 And so we have to be wise. 01:20:52.480 --> 01:20:53.600 What are wise people? 01:20:54.480 --> 01:20:55.440 People that win souls. 01:20:57.040 --> 01:20:58.960 Not the people that understand the Bible. 01:20:59.120 --> 01:21:01.040 Not the people that understand the Gospel saves. 01:21:01.600 --> 01:21:04.080 The people that actually apply it and actually get people saved. 01:21:04.640 --> 01:21:06.400 That is the wise people. 01:21:06.400 --> 01:21:10.560 The Calvinist wants to sit here and pretend like he's so wise while he gets no one saved. 01:21:10.560 --> 01:21:12.080 You know who's actually wise? 01:21:12.080 --> 01:21:15.840 The guy that goes out there and actually preaches the Gospel and gets people saved 01:21:15.840 --> 01:21:18.080 and helps people call on the name of the Lord. 01:21:18.080 --> 01:21:19.120 You know who's wise? 01:21:19.120 --> 01:21:21.680 Someone that helps someone call on the name of the Lord in faith. 01:21:21.680 --> 01:21:23.200 You know someone's not wise? 01:21:23.200 --> 01:21:26.560 Someone that's telling someone not to call on the Lord and ask for salvation. 01:21:27.120 --> 01:21:28.320 That's an unwise person. 01:21:29.120 --> 01:21:31.200 I don't care how much they know of the Bible, they're a fool. 01:21:33.760 --> 01:21:39.680 And the Bible provides the greatest, greatest fruit because wisdom is justified over children. 01:21:39.680 --> 01:21:44.480 You say, well how do you know that you're right on this issue of calling on the name of the Lord? 01:21:44.480 --> 01:21:46.720 Because everybody I know has saved has done that. 01:21:48.480 --> 01:21:50.080 Let's just go down the room. 01:21:50.080 --> 01:21:50.960 It's like, did you do it? 01:21:50.960 --> 01:21:55.040 Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. 01:21:55.120 --> 01:21:57.600 99% of churches that believe salvation by faith, 01:21:57.600 --> 01:21:59.440 do you believe that calling on the name of the Lord is necessary? 01:21:59.440 --> 01:22:00.080 Yep. 01:22:00.080 --> 01:22:02.320 I guess wisdom must be justified over children. 01:22:02.320 --> 01:22:06.160 If it was such a bad doctrine, then why are all the great churches all believing it? 01:22:06.720 --> 01:22:08.480 Why are all the great preachers believing it? 01:22:08.480 --> 01:22:10.480 Why are all the great soul winners believing it? 01:22:10.480 --> 01:22:14.240 You know, show me the guy that doesn't believe it that's getting thousands of people saved. 01:22:14.240 --> 01:22:18.080 Show me the guy that left everything and went to the Philippines and is getting people saved 01:22:18.080 --> 01:22:19.680 that believes this nonsense. 01:22:19.680 --> 01:22:20.480 You know what I'll show you? 01:22:20.480 --> 01:22:23.840 I'll show you a prideful, arrogant guy that's flexing his muscles on YouTube. 01:22:23.840 --> 01:22:25.520 That's the guy that believes that. 01:22:25.520 --> 01:22:29.440 Oh, I guess wisdom is justified over children because pride brings forth pride 01:22:30.320 --> 01:22:35.920 and arrogance and an ego and puffing oneself up. 01:22:35.920 --> 01:22:39.760 Whereas actual Bible believing faith produces what? 01:22:39.760 --> 01:22:40.080 Faith. 01:22:40.640 --> 01:22:44.080 Faith begets faith and wisdom is justified over children. 01:22:44.080 --> 01:22:44.960 You know why I'm right? 01:22:44.960 --> 01:22:45.840 Because of the fruit. 01:22:45.840 --> 01:22:47.920 You know why I'm, I know that the King James Bible is right, 01:22:47.920 --> 01:22:49.120 the fruit of the King James Bible. 01:22:49.760 --> 01:22:53.680 Why is it that all the great churches are using a King James Bible exclusively? 01:22:53.680 --> 01:22:56.800 Why is it that when I go to the non-denominational church, 01:22:56.800 --> 01:22:59.440 their stupid NIV is producing garbage fruit? 01:23:00.320 --> 01:23:04.480 Their NLT, which removes every verse on sobriety, 01:23:05.120 --> 01:23:06.800 changes all the verses on alcohol. 01:23:06.800 --> 01:23:08.160 Why are they all drunks? 01:23:08.160 --> 01:23:14.000 It's because of the wisdom of the NLT, which removes the clear doctrines against drinking alcohol. 01:23:14.000 --> 01:23:14.560 And you know what? 01:23:14.560 --> 01:23:16.560 Wisdom again is justified over children. 01:23:16.560 --> 01:23:21.600 Why is it that the British Empire became one of the most powerful empires in the world? 01:23:21.600 --> 01:23:25.600 It's because when a nation produces a book like this and implements it as its laws, 01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.600 it's going to have great prosperity and success. 01:23:27.600 --> 01:23:31.440 And then of course, America took that knowledge and wisdom and understanding, 01:23:31.440 --> 01:23:33.200 came over here and did the same thing. 01:23:33.200 --> 01:23:36.240 You know, if we're all a bunch of heretics and schismatics, 01:23:36.240 --> 01:23:40.000 as the Catholic and Orthodox want to claim, why are we so successful? 01:23:40.000 --> 01:23:41.040 Why do you live in our country? 01:23:43.280 --> 01:23:44.960 Why do you like us so much? 01:23:44.960 --> 01:23:45.680 Why are you here? 01:23:46.880 --> 01:23:48.160 Why are you using our roads? 01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:50.080 Why are you using our Bible? 01:23:51.040 --> 01:23:53.120 Hey, Orthodox, what English Bible do you use? 01:23:54.320 --> 01:23:55.840 Oh, yeah, you're using our Bible. 01:23:55.840 --> 01:23:56.880 That's funny. 01:23:56.880 --> 01:24:01.040 That's funny that they want to say they gave us the Bible when they're using our Bible. 01:24:01.040 --> 01:24:03.360 Show me the Orthodox translation in English. 01:24:04.960 --> 01:24:06.000 Oh, yeah, it doesn't exist. 01:24:07.040 --> 01:24:10.800 And of course, the Catholics, they created one, the Douay Rheims, out of necessity, 01:24:10.800 --> 01:24:14.080 because it's like, well, we don't want to allow the Protestants to say like, 01:24:14.080 --> 01:24:15.360 how come you're using our Bible? 01:24:16.160 --> 01:24:16.640 Right? 01:24:16.640 --> 01:24:18.080 So they made the Douay Rheims. 01:24:18.080 --> 01:24:20.960 Who in the world has ever met someone that has a Douay Rheims? 01:24:23.600 --> 01:24:27.200 If the Douay Rheims is the word of God, then wouldn't it be justified? 01:24:28.080 --> 01:24:29.520 Wouldn't you see everybody using it? 01:24:29.520 --> 01:24:32.000 You say like, well, I guess wisdom is justified over children. 01:24:32.000 --> 01:24:34.080 You want to know why the King James Bible is the word of God? 01:24:34.080 --> 01:24:36.320 Because wisdom is justified over children. 01:24:36.320 --> 01:24:38.320 It's the most read book in the world. 01:24:38.320 --> 01:24:40.480 It created the most influential nation in the world. 01:24:40.480 --> 01:24:44.240 It's created the most missionaries, the best churches, the best revivals. 01:24:44.240 --> 01:24:44.880 And you know what? 01:24:44.880 --> 01:24:46.960 It produces the best fruit in people's lives today. 01:24:47.520 --> 01:24:51.520 You see people that were living worldly, you know, sinful lives, 01:24:51.520 --> 01:24:54.000 didn't care about Christ, and they started reading King James Bible, 01:24:54.000 --> 01:24:58.400 and they got cleaned up, got sent out of their lives, got into church, got zeal, 01:24:58.400 --> 01:25:01.440 learned how to be a soul winner, actually made a difference in this world. 01:25:01.440 --> 01:25:02.240 Because you know what? 01:25:02.240 --> 01:25:04.080 Wisdom is justified over children, folks. 01:25:04.800 --> 01:25:08.560 Good information, good doctrine will always come true. 01:25:08.560 --> 01:25:10.720 And of course, the King James Bible has the best fruit. 01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:12.640 Churches that are King James only have the best doctrine. 01:25:13.360 --> 01:25:14.960 They have the best missions. 01:25:14.960 --> 01:25:16.080 They have the best churches. 01:25:16.080 --> 01:25:17.040 They have the best practices. 01:25:17.040 --> 01:25:18.400 They have the best everything. 01:25:18.400 --> 01:25:19.200 Because you know what? 01:25:19.200 --> 01:25:20.800 Wisdom is justified over children. 01:25:20.800 --> 01:25:23.120 And you know, the Bible teaches, of course, Christ saying, 01:25:23.120 --> 01:25:24.880 by their fruits ye shall know them. 01:25:26.640 --> 01:25:28.720 And for some churches, it's real fruits. 01:25:28.720 --> 01:25:29.280 You know what I mean? 01:25:29.840 --> 01:25:32.800 Some fruity fruits in there, and you know them. 01:25:32.800 --> 01:25:35.040 It's like, how do you know the United Methodist Church isn't real? 01:25:35.040 --> 01:25:36.960 It's like they have the rainbow on the sign. 01:25:37.920 --> 01:25:39.600 I instantly know it's fake. 01:25:39.600 --> 01:25:42.560 I instantly know it's false, and I want nothing to do with them. 01:25:43.840 --> 01:25:45.280 Go over to 1 John chapter 2. 01:25:45.760 --> 01:25:48.640 I've made two points this morning, and the second point was the most important. 01:25:48.640 --> 01:25:50.960 I hope that you can get that deep in your heart. 01:25:50.960 --> 01:25:52.240 How do you know the Bible is the Bible? 01:25:52.880 --> 01:25:56.240 Look, I'm not just circular reasoning, circular logic. 01:25:56.240 --> 01:26:01.280 Look, if God is infallible, and his word is infallible, 01:26:01.280 --> 01:26:06.080 and everything else is fallible, then how in the world could I point to anything 01:26:06.800 --> 01:26:09.120 other than scripture to validate itself? 01:26:09.680 --> 01:26:12.560 Because the Bible says that when men swear, they swear to the greater. 01:26:13.360 --> 01:26:14.000 Right? 01:26:14.000 --> 01:26:16.560 They say like, oh, no, no, I promise my boss said this. 01:26:16.560 --> 01:26:17.360 They're swearing to the great. 01:26:17.360 --> 01:26:18.800 They're not going to say my employee said this. 01:26:19.760 --> 01:26:21.040 You know, I'd be like, how do you know this? 01:26:21.040 --> 01:26:22.080 My kid said it. 01:26:22.080 --> 01:26:23.120 Well, you're not going to appeal to your kids. 01:26:23.120 --> 01:26:24.080 You appeal to your dad. 01:26:24.080 --> 01:26:25.280 You appeal to your boss. 01:26:25.280 --> 01:26:26.400 You appeal to the government. 01:26:26.400 --> 01:26:28.000 You appeal to whatever is greater. 01:26:28.000 --> 01:26:30.880 And of course, scripture, what does it have to appeal to? 01:26:31.600 --> 01:26:32.880 It can't appeal to the inferior. 01:26:32.880 --> 01:26:34.800 It can't appeal to the fallible. 01:26:34.800 --> 01:26:37.200 It would only be able to appeal to itself. 01:26:37.200 --> 01:26:40.560 But of course, we have three witnesses, for there are three that bear record in heaven, 01:26:40.560 --> 01:26:42.960 the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. 01:26:42.960 --> 01:26:46.000 And of course, they all give witness and testimony to this. 01:26:46.000 --> 01:26:49.200 The Bible says out of the mouth of two witnesses shall every word be established. 01:26:49.200 --> 01:26:53.120 Jesus Christ quotes this as well and says, hey, by the testimony of two men, 01:26:53.120 --> 01:26:54.880 you know that something is true. 01:26:54.880 --> 01:26:57.760 And he's one that bears witness and the Father's one that bears witness. 01:26:57.760 --> 01:26:58.320 And you know what? 01:26:58.320 --> 01:26:59.280 Their witness agree. 01:27:00.160 --> 01:27:03.600 And so we have the Word of God in our hands today. 01:27:03.600 --> 01:27:04.720 This is a special book. 01:27:04.720 --> 01:27:05.840 Men died to give us this book. 01:27:05.840 --> 01:27:06.560 Here's another point. 01:27:06.560 --> 01:27:08.000 I didn't have it in my notes, but here's another point. 01:27:08.000 --> 01:27:09.760 The King James Bible is a book of martyrs. 01:27:10.080 --> 01:27:13.120 And when you look at these other books, they're a book of force. 01:27:13.120 --> 01:27:15.520 They're a book that are pushed on people. 01:27:15.520 --> 01:27:17.520 This is a book that people died for. 01:27:18.480 --> 01:27:20.080 They'll kill you to have the other one. 01:27:20.080 --> 01:27:22.080 You know, they'll have to kill you to get it. 01:27:22.080 --> 01:27:24.080 You'll be willing to die to keep this one. 01:27:24.960 --> 01:27:25.920 That's special. 01:27:25.920 --> 01:27:28.320 I mean, show me the book that people died for. 01:27:29.440 --> 01:27:33.360 So I mean, where was the last time an NIV translator was willing to be slit, 01:27:33.360 --> 01:27:35.680 his throat slit and burned in the fire for the NIV? 01:27:35.680 --> 01:27:38.560 I talked to a guy, the Preserved Bible. 01:27:38.560 --> 01:27:39.920 We did an interview with the guy. 01:27:39.920 --> 01:27:42.240 He was a translator for one of the modern versions. 01:27:42.880 --> 01:27:43.280 I can't remember. 01:27:43.280 --> 01:27:44.480 Do you remember which one it was? 01:27:44.480 --> 01:27:45.040 I don't remember. 01:27:45.040 --> 01:27:47.040 ESV or NLT or I don't remember. 01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:50.080 He was a translator for one of them. 01:27:50.880 --> 01:27:53.840 I kid you not, in the office, this is what he said to me. 01:27:53.840 --> 01:27:56.640 I've never even read it one time. 01:27:58.800 --> 01:28:02.080 He said, I've never ever read the Bible. 01:28:02.080 --> 01:28:04.080 I've never ever read the Bible. 01:28:04.160 --> 01:28:10.000 Never ever read what I actually translated one time in the actual copy that they produced. 01:28:11.280 --> 01:28:17.680 He said, I didn't want to get upset with how the stylist butchered what I had actually translated. 01:28:19.200 --> 01:28:22.000 So they literally gave this guy huge portions of the text. 01:28:22.000 --> 01:28:24.560 He translated them, hands them over. 01:28:24.560 --> 01:28:27.520 They have their stylist clean them up or whatever. 01:28:27.520 --> 01:28:30.000 He said he never read it because he doesn't want to read it. 01:28:30.000 --> 01:28:31.840 And they get mad at how they butchered it. 01:28:34.640 --> 01:28:38.640 That guy's not willing to die for the translation he's never even read. 01:28:40.720 --> 01:28:44.560 Yeah, William Tyndale, he was willing to die for his translation. 01:28:45.440 --> 01:28:49.600 He was willing to smuggle it against the law and try to get into people's hands. 01:28:49.600 --> 01:28:50.960 That's a huge difference, folks. 01:28:52.800 --> 01:28:56.560 Just like false religion is typically not willing to die for it, 01:28:56.560 --> 01:28:59.360 whereas true religion, there's greater martyrs. 01:28:59.360 --> 01:29:01.600 There's more people willing to lay down their life. 01:29:01.600 --> 01:29:06.800 And look, I'm not saying that there isn't kamikazes and jihadists and whatever weird nonsense 01:29:06.800 --> 01:29:10.640 that have been programmed by a false religion to do stupid things. 01:29:10.640 --> 01:29:13.760 But at the end of the day, they're doing it out of hatred anyways. 01:29:14.640 --> 01:29:16.640 Why is the jihadist going and blowing people up? 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:20.080 For virgins in heaven? 01:29:21.440 --> 01:29:22.400 Because he hates people? 01:29:23.040 --> 01:29:24.240 Why did William Tyndale die? 01:29:24.240 --> 01:29:27.040 Because he loved God and loved the word of God and wanted people to have it. 01:29:27.040 --> 01:29:28.480 That's a different motivation to even die. 01:29:28.480 --> 01:29:30.640 There's a difference, I think, between a martyr and a jihadist. 01:29:30.640 --> 01:29:35.040 Okay, jihadists are just basically trying to kill people because they just hate everyone. 01:29:35.920 --> 01:29:37.600 They just wanted to tear everyone down with them. 01:29:37.600 --> 01:29:38.320 It's like the devil. 01:29:38.320 --> 01:29:40.720 The devil wants to tear everyone down with them and rag them into hell. 01:29:41.520 --> 01:29:44.480 William Tyndale wanted people to be saved and he was willing to sacrifice himself. 01:29:44.480 --> 01:29:45.440 That's a picture of Christ. 01:29:45.440 --> 01:29:48.000 Christ died for others. 01:29:48.000 --> 01:29:49.280 He didn't die for selfish gain. 01:29:49.280 --> 01:29:51.440 Christ didn't die so he could get a bunch of virgins in heaven. 01:29:51.440 --> 01:29:52.000 That's weird. 01:29:52.000 --> 01:29:57.280 Okay, these jihadists, religions, these Muslims, they have a false religion. 01:29:57.280 --> 01:29:58.720 Muslims, they have a false religion. 01:29:59.440 --> 01:30:02.720 But yeah, I believe the word of God is the word of God because the divine voice 01:30:02.720 --> 01:30:05.360 has been received historically by God's people. 01:30:05.360 --> 01:30:07.360 It has the Holy Spirit confirming it to me. 01:30:07.360 --> 01:30:09.680 Number four, it's been preserved in the original languages. 01:30:09.680 --> 01:30:11.040 It's internally consistent. 01:30:11.040 --> 01:30:14.160 It matches all reality and it's produced the best fruit. 01:30:14.160 --> 01:30:17.680 Bonus point, it's a martyr Bible, whereas the other ones are not. 01:30:19.120 --> 01:30:21.760 Number three is scripture makes wise the simple though. 01:30:21.760 --> 01:30:23.680 Okay, so those are sub points. 01:30:23.680 --> 01:30:24.960 My big points this morning are this. 01:30:24.960 --> 01:30:26.080 Scripture is the preeminence. 01:30:26.080 --> 01:30:27.840 Number two, scripture has a divine voice. 01:30:27.840 --> 01:30:30.320 Number three, scripture makes wise the simple. 01:30:30.320 --> 01:30:33.440 We don't need a church to tell us what the Bible is. 01:30:34.320 --> 01:30:37.600 You don't even need an adult to tell you what the scripture is. 01:30:37.600 --> 01:30:43.200 The Bible says that you as a little child, you can understand God's word if you're saved. 01:30:43.200 --> 01:30:48.320 If you're saved, you also have the same Holy Ghost and you can understand the Bible. 01:30:48.320 --> 01:30:52.800 If you're not smart, if you're uneducated, if you are not well read, 01:30:52.800 --> 01:30:56.560 you can still understand the Bible as well as any other person. 01:30:56.560 --> 01:31:02.160 The Bible teaches that with God's word and the Holy Ghost, you can know everything. 01:31:02.880 --> 01:31:04.240 It's not about age. 01:31:04.240 --> 01:31:05.920 It's not about education. 01:31:05.920 --> 01:31:11.120 It's simply, hey, do you have the Bible and do you have the Holy Ghost? 01:31:11.680 --> 01:31:12.640 The sky's the limit. 01:31:13.440 --> 01:31:14.880 This is the mantra of William Tyndale. 01:31:14.880 --> 01:31:18.800 William Tyndale said to the pope, if God spare my life ere many years pass, 01:31:18.800 --> 01:31:24.800 I will cause a boy that drive at the plow so I know more of the scripture than thou dost. 01:31:24.800 --> 01:31:25.920 What is the meaning there? 01:31:25.920 --> 01:31:27.680 The meaning is he doesn't need a council. 01:31:27.680 --> 01:31:28.800 He doesn't need the church. 01:31:28.800 --> 01:31:30.720 He doesn't need some high education. 01:31:30.720 --> 01:31:36.400 A boy that has no education, that is simply just driving a plow in the field, 01:31:36.400 --> 01:31:39.520 he with the Holy Spirit and the scripture can know everything. 01:31:40.400 --> 01:31:42.080 And that's what William Tyndale wanted. 01:31:42.080 --> 01:31:42.560 And you know what? 01:31:42.560 --> 01:31:48.080 Praise God for men like that, that were willing to die for the poor plow boy out in the field 01:31:48.080 --> 01:31:51.600 so that he could know God, so that he could have God's word. 01:31:51.600 --> 01:31:54.640 You know, David was the poor shepherd boy out in the field. 01:31:54.640 --> 01:31:58.000 And you know, he had, he said, I have more understanding than all my teachers 01:31:58.000 --> 01:32:00.000 because thy testimonies are my meditation. 01:32:00.720 --> 01:32:04.240 He didn't say, well, I went to some council or some not or some university. 01:32:04.240 --> 01:32:08.640 Look, usually go to university to die spiritually, not to actually understand God's word. 01:32:11.440 --> 01:32:12.720 Did you go back to first John two? 01:32:14.880 --> 01:32:17.040 I mean, we'll just read it again, but it says in verse 27, 01:32:17.040 --> 01:32:22.000 How could it be any clearer? 01:32:22.000 --> 01:32:25.840 Go if you would to Psalm 19, go to Psalm 19. 01:32:25.840 --> 01:32:28.720 You know, the Bible says that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth 01:32:28.720 --> 01:32:30.560 and he will guide you into all truth. 01:32:31.760 --> 01:32:35.360 This is a simple point, but scripture makes wise the simple. 01:32:35.360 --> 01:32:38.960 The Bible doesn't say that it's limited to the educated, to the wise. 01:32:38.960 --> 01:32:42.560 In fact, it says the exact opposite in many cases, that the wise and the learned 01:32:42.560 --> 01:32:45.920 and the scholar to the noble and the mighty after the flesh, 01:32:46.000 --> 01:32:47.520 that they're not going to understand the Bible. 01:32:47.520 --> 01:32:50.160 The Bible says by wisdom, the world knew not God. 01:32:50.160 --> 01:32:52.640 It's not through high levels of education. 01:32:52.640 --> 01:32:56.640 It's not through all this study of other books. 01:32:56.640 --> 01:33:00.320 It is simply by meditating on God's word and having the Holy Spirit 01:33:00.320 --> 01:33:02.800 that will enlighten you and give you all the wisdom 01:33:02.800 --> 01:33:04.800 and all the knowledge you could ever possibly possess. 01:33:05.760 --> 01:33:07.600 The Bible says in Psalm 19, look at verse seven, 01:33:07.600 --> 01:33:10.240 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. 01:33:10.240 --> 01:33:13.920 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 01:33:13.920 --> 01:33:16.000 Notice so many points are being pointed out here. 01:33:16.000 --> 01:33:18.480 Number one, that the law of the Lord is perfect. 01:33:18.480 --> 01:33:19.760 There's no error in the word of God. 01:33:21.040 --> 01:33:22.560 Number two, converting the soul. 01:33:22.560 --> 01:33:24.480 All you need is God's word to get you saved. 01:33:25.440 --> 01:33:26.400 You don't need any other. 01:33:26.400 --> 01:33:29.360 When we show up and knock on someone's door, we don't need any other books. 01:33:29.920 --> 01:33:31.360 We don't need any other literature. 01:33:31.920 --> 01:33:34.000 We don't need anything but the word of God. 01:33:34.000 --> 01:33:36.720 And we preach this and this is what gets them saved. 01:33:36.720 --> 01:33:39.280 We quote this and this gets them saved. 01:33:39.280 --> 01:33:40.960 Well, I don't know. I'm not prepared. 01:33:40.960 --> 01:33:43.040 Look, as long as you're saved and you got a Bible in hand, 01:33:43.040 --> 01:33:44.880 you got everything you need to get someone saved. 01:33:45.600 --> 01:33:46.480 Everything that you need. 01:33:47.520 --> 01:33:49.440 It's the testimony of the Lord is sure. 01:33:49.440 --> 01:33:50.640 Hey, everything he says is right. 01:33:50.640 --> 01:33:51.600 It's always true. 01:33:51.600 --> 01:33:53.680 And then, of course, notice this making wise the who? 01:33:54.240 --> 01:33:54.800 The simple. 01:33:55.360 --> 01:33:57.120 So, oh, well, I'm simple. 01:33:57.120 --> 01:33:58.480 How can I understand the Bible? 01:33:59.200 --> 01:34:01.360 Hey, the Holy Ghost and the word of God is all you need. 01:34:02.000 --> 01:34:03.760 But again, the Catholic Church wants to tell you, 01:34:03.760 --> 01:34:05.440 you can't understand the Bible. 01:34:06.000 --> 01:34:07.920 There's all these different interpretations. 01:34:08.560 --> 01:34:13.440 Look, I don't need an interpretation for every part of the Bible. 01:34:13.440 --> 01:34:15.600 Yes, there are some difficult parts in the Bible. 01:34:15.600 --> 01:34:17.600 But when the Bible says the husband of one wife, 01:34:17.600 --> 01:34:18.960 I don't need an interpreter for that. 01:34:19.760 --> 01:34:22.320 You know, the Orthodox will say, well, what that means is 01:34:22.320 --> 01:34:24.160 that the bishop should be unmarried and have no children. 01:34:25.600 --> 01:34:26.640 Yeah, I would need an interpreter. 01:34:26.640 --> 01:34:28.160 How do you interpret that exactly? 01:34:29.440 --> 01:34:31.840 You know, when I go to work and my boss gives me instructions, 01:34:31.840 --> 01:34:33.680 I'm not like, I need an interpreter here. 01:34:33.680 --> 01:34:38.640 When someone comes up to me and wants to have a conversation with me, 01:34:38.640 --> 01:34:41.600 I'm not like, hey, can I, you know, brother Thomas interpret for me. 01:34:42.320 --> 01:34:44.800 OK, for the same, I don't know what this guy's saying. 01:34:44.800 --> 01:34:47.360 Now, if they were speaking in a foreign language, 01:34:47.360 --> 01:34:50.560 then I might be like, hey, can you come help interpret this for me? 01:34:50.560 --> 01:34:53.120 Or hey, can you come help explain to me what this guy is trying to say? 01:34:53.120 --> 01:34:53.920 But you know what? 01:34:53.920 --> 01:34:56.480 If you can't even understand simple English words, 01:34:56.480 --> 01:34:57.600 then what are you even doing? 01:34:58.720 --> 01:35:00.320 Go learn simple English words. 01:35:01.040 --> 01:35:03.200 But they want to sit here and hide behind this idea of like 01:35:03.200 --> 01:35:04.160 interpretation. 01:35:04.960 --> 01:35:08.720 Look, the Bible is written so that the simple could understand it. 01:35:08.720 --> 01:35:09.600 That was the whole point. 01:35:09.600 --> 01:35:11.120 That's what William Tyndale sang. 01:35:11.120 --> 01:35:15.680 The guy with no formal education, the plow boy is going to understand God's word 01:35:15.680 --> 01:35:17.760 because it's plain, it's clear. 01:35:17.760 --> 01:35:20.480 Now, look, is there some difficult parts of the Bible? 01:35:20.480 --> 01:35:21.040 Yes. 01:35:21.040 --> 01:35:23.680 Is it helpful to have pastors and teachers and churches? 01:35:23.680 --> 01:35:23.920 Yes. 01:35:23.920 --> 01:35:25.680 And the multitude of counselors, is there safety? 01:35:25.680 --> 01:35:25.920 Yes. 01:35:25.920 --> 01:35:29.520 But at the end of the day, you are capable of understanding the Bible on your own. 01:35:29.520 --> 01:35:30.000 And you know what? 01:35:30.000 --> 01:35:34.960 Good preaching and good teaching explains to you how you can see the exact same thing 01:35:34.960 --> 01:35:36.080 we're all saying. 01:35:36.080 --> 01:35:40.640 We all read it together and understand it together and we give the sense of the reading. 01:35:40.640 --> 01:35:44.320 But at the end of the day, so much of the Bible is just clear, plain and simple. 01:35:45.360 --> 01:35:46.880 Look at Psalm 119. 01:35:46.880 --> 01:35:48.320 Just flip forward again. 01:35:48.320 --> 01:35:50.000 Psalm 119, look at verse 130. 01:35:55.600 --> 01:35:57.520 Don't hide behind this interpretation stuff 01:35:58.080 --> 01:36:02.880 because if you're going to use that game, then, okay, how do I know that the church 01:36:02.880 --> 01:36:04.800 is doctrine is right? 01:36:04.800 --> 01:36:06.640 I need an interpreter for theirs. 01:36:06.640 --> 01:36:11.520 And frankly speaking, when you read some of these documents of these churches, 01:36:11.520 --> 01:36:13.520 you do need an interpreter because it's weird. 01:36:14.480 --> 01:36:18.160 You know, sometimes you want an interpreter because it's written in like legalism 01:36:18.160 --> 01:36:20.720 or legalistic terms that you read a legal contract. 01:36:20.720 --> 01:36:22.400 It's kind of like, can you just tell me what this means? 01:36:22.960 --> 01:36:24.720 You know, give me some plain English here. 01:36:25.280 --> 01:36:26.960 It's like pseudo intellectualism. 01:36:26.960 --> 01:36:30.080 It's like, why is the legal contract written like that? 01:36:31.040 --> 01:36:32.400 Not to make it clear. 01:36:33.600 --> 01:36:36.560 It's obscure what's actually being said in many cases. 01:36:36.560 --> 01:36:38.240 They don't want to make it simple and plain. 01:36:38.240 --> 01:36:42.720 And they want you to feel intimidated by vocabulary that you're not familiar with. 01:36:42.720 --> 01:36:43.760 But let me tell you something. 01:36:43.760 --> 01:36:45.920 Smart people use common words. 01:36:46.960 --> 01:36:51.520 Fake smart people use pseudo intellectual terms. 01:36:51.520 --> 01:36:56.400 They make up jargon and terminology and they want to try it and confuse you 01:36:56.400 --> 01:36:57.680 with difficult language. 01:36:58.240 --> 01:37:00.480 A smart person won't use the difficult language. 01:37:00.480 --> 01:37:02.720 A smart person will use a simple common language. 01:37:02.720 --> 01:37:05.760 The Bible says about Jesus, the common people heard him gladly. 01:37:06.480 --> 01:37:07.920 He doesn't say only the educated. 01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:10.320 In fact, the educated, they couldn't even figure it out. 01:37:11.200 --> 01:37:13.120 All the Pharisees and the scribes, they kept being like, 01:37:13.120 --> 01:37:14.880 I think he's talking about me, but I'm not sure. 01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:18.000 And all the civil people were like, yeah, he's definitely talking about you. 01:37:19.360 --> 01:37:22.960 And it was like really hard and really hard saying things like, 01:37:22.960 --> 01:37:24.720 hey, beware of the guy in a long robe. 01:37:24.720 --> 01:37:26.720 The guy in the long robes like, what does it mean? 01:37:26.720 --> 01:37:30.240 You know, it's like the guy at the Nazarene Church is just like, 01:37:30.240 --> 01:37:33.520 yeah, it says stone them with stones, you know, their blood should be upon them. 01:37:33.520 --> 01:37:34.560 But what does it mean? 01:37:35.920 --> 01:37:37.680 It's like, dude, it's not that hard. 01:37:37.680 --> 01:37:39.360 It's just the plain reading of the text. 01:37:40.400 --> 01:37:43.360 I mean, you really need someone to interpret, thou shall not kill. 01:37:44.400 --> 01:37:45.040 Thou shall not kill. 01:37:45.040 --> 01:37:45.840 What does it mean? 01:37:47.360 --> 01:37:50.960 People, when they start saying this kind of stuff, you know, there's no hope for them. 01:37:52.000 --> 01:37:52.880 It's like pilot. 01:37:52.880 --> 01:37:54.000 What does it mean? 01:37:54.480 --> 01:37:55.280 What is truth? 01:37:57.040 --> 01:37:58.960 How are you going to help a guy that says something like that? 01:37:58.960 --> 01:38:01.520 If I knock on a door and I'm like, hey, do you want to hear how to get saved? 01:38:01.520 --> 01:38:02.880 He's like, what is truth? 01:38:02.880 --> 01:38:03.520 Have a good day. 01:38:04.640 --> 01:38:05.040 Bye. 01:38:06.880 --> 01:38:09.520 I get an I mean, you're not going to get anywhere with these type of people. 01:38:10.160 --> 01:38:11.920 Or just like, well, I don't know. 01:38:11.920 --> 01:38:13.040 No one's ever been to hell. 01:38:13.040 --> 01:38:14.160 No one could know anything. 01:38:14.160 --> 01:38:14.960 No one could. 01:38:14.960 --> 01:38:17.600 It's just like, well, I guess you can't know anything. 01:38:17.600 --> 01:38:17.920 Bye. 01:38:18.560 --> 01:38:18.880 You know what? 01:38:18.880 --> 01:38:20.160 I do know you're here. 01:38:20.160 --> 01:38:21.760 If I punch you, it'll hurt. 01:38:21.760 --> 01:38:22.720 Pain exists. 01:38:22.720 --> 01:38:23.760 And let me tell you something. 01:38:23.760 --> 01:38:24.400 Hell is pain. 01:38:24.400 --> 01:38:25.280 Do you want more of that? 01:38:27.680 --> 01:38:29.760 I mean, you have no guarantee that there won't be more. 01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:32.880 In fact, the older you get, the more you realize pain is a part of life. 01:38:34.000 --> 01:38:37.760 You should be like more wanting to get saved because life just gets more painful. 01:38:38.640 --> 01:38:41.200 The older you get, the more pain you experience. 01:38:41.200 --> 01:38:47.520 The more emotional pain, just mental torment, just physical torment, just all of it. 01:38:47.520 --> 01:38:48.880 And then you get to go to heaven. 01:38:48.880 --> 01:38:49.760 You're like, finally. 01:38:50.720 --> 01:38:53.680 But for the unsaved, it just gets worse, worse, worse. 01:38:53.680 --> 01:38:54.320 And then it's hell. 01:38:55.840 --> 01:38:59.280 When do you want to realize like, hey, I don't want to have pain for the rest of my life. 01:39:00.560 --> 01:39:02.640 It's called getting saved and going to heaven. 01:39:02.640 --> 01:39:04.160 Psalm 119, verse 130. 01:39:04.160 --> 01:39:06.480 The entrance of thy words giveth light. 01:39:06.480 --> 01:39:07.440 It giveth understanding. 01:39:07.440 --> 01:39:09.040 Notice this, unto the simple. 01:39:10.720 --> 01:39:11.600 One verse four. 01:39:11.600 --> 01:39:14.640 To give subtly to the simple, to the young man knowledge of discretion. 01:39:14.640 --> 01:39:15.840 Second Timothy 315. 01:39:15.840 --> 01:39:19.280 And that from a child, thou hast known the holy scriptures, 01:39:19.280 --> 01:39:22.880 which are able to make thee wise and a salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 01:39:22.880 --> 01:39:26.640 He said to young Timothy, hey, even as a child, you understood the Bible. 01:39:26.640 --> 01:39:28.320 You didn't need a council or some church. 01:39:29.360 --> 01:39:34.880 My last point is this, is that scripture is what gives authority. 01:39:34.880 --> 01:39:35.440 Okay. 01:39:35.440 --> 01:39:36.960 So let's just think about what I said so far. 01:39:36.960 --> 01:39:38.320 Scripture as the preeminence. 01:39:39.120 --> 01:39:40.800 Number two, scripture as the divine voice. 01:39:40.800 --> 01:39:42.240 Number three, scripture makes wise and simple. 01:39:42.240 --> 01:39:44.480 And number four, scripture is what gives authority. 01:39:44.480 --> 01:39:48.800 I'm not going to go to all these verses for the sake of time, but let's just go to a couple of them. 01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:52.720 Go if you would to, let's go to Romans 2 actually, if you would. 01:39:53.440 --> 01:39:56.480 You know, the Bible says about the church that it's the pillar and ground of the truth. 01:39:56.480 --> 01:39:57.360 But let me tell you something. 01:39:57.360 --> 01:39:59.360 The church doesn't give authority to the scripture. 01:39:59.360 --> 01:40:02.000 The scripture gives authority to the Bible, to the word of God. 01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:04.480 The word of God gives authority to the church. 01:40:04.480 --> 01:40:05.360 I'm sorry. 01:40:05.360 --> 01:40:09.840 The church only has any authority because Christ gave it authority. 01:40:10.720 --> 01:40:13.120 And of course, that is coming from the scripture. 01:40:13.120 --> 01:40:17.200 But, you know, when we think about scripture, often sometimes we don't understand 01:40:17.840 --> 01:40:22.080 that scripture doesn't only give authority to spiritual institutions. 01:40:23.120 --> 01:40:26.240 Scripture gives authority to literally everything. 01:40:27.680 --> 01:40:32.720 Everything in this world derives its authority from scripture, period. 01:40:33.440 --> 01:40:33.920 Everything. 01:40:34.480 --> 01:40:35.760 There is nothing that has. 01:40:35.760 --> 01:40:39.600 The Bible teaches about God that he's the king of kings. 01:40:39.600 --> 01:40:41.600 He's the Lord of lords. 01:40:41.600 --> 01:40:46.320 There is no authority on this earth that God has not given the authority to. 01:40:46.320 --> 01:40:50.960 And the only legitimate authorities are the ones that the scripture gives authority to. 01:40:51.680 --> 01:40:53.920 Every other authority is inferior. 01:40:53.920 --> 01:40:55.840 We ought to obey God rather than man. 01:40:58.480 --> 01:40:59.440 Here's a case in point. 01:41:00.240 --> 01:41:07.840 Whenever John the Baptist rebuked Herod, he said it was not lawful for him to have his brother's wife. 01:41:08.560 --> 01:41:11.360 It was not lawful to have his brother Philip's wife. 01:41:12.320 --> 01:41:13.360 Herod was not a Jew. 01:41:13.920 --> 01:41:15.360 Herod wasn't even saved. 01:41:16.000 --> 01:41:18.320 Herod wasn't under the Jewish law in any way. 01:41:18.880 --> 01:41:21.200 So then how in the world is he held accountable? 01:41:21.200 --> 01:41:22.720 Because let me explain something to you. 01:41:22.720 --> 01:41:25.760 Everyone is held accountable to God's standard and God's word. 01:41:25.760 --> 01:41:30.320 And it's God's word that gives our authority to do anything and everything. 01:41:30.320 --> 01:41:32.720 We're all subject to God's word, period. 01:41:33.360 --> 01:41:38.800 Romans chapter 2 explains that even those that didn't have the law are still bound to the law. 01:41:38.800 --> 01:41:40.000 Romans 2 verse 13. 01:41:46.000 --> 01:41:48.480 Notice again, it's not the knowledge and understanding. 01:41:49.280 --> 01:41:50.880 It's the wisdom, isn't it? 01:41:50.880 --> 01:41:52.480 It's the ones that do it. 01:41:52.480 --> 01:41:53.520 It says in verse 14. 01:42:02.720 --> 01:42:14.880 So according to the Bible, you have to ask why are people obligated to do right and wrong 01:42:15.520 --> 01:42:16.800 because of God's word, period. 01:42:17.440 --> 01:42:21.600 Whether you have it or not, God inserted it into your heart. 01:42:21.600 --> 01:42:26.320 Day one, you were created with these instructions in your heart, whether you like it or not. 01:42:26.320 --> 01:42:27.360 And it's called a conscience. 01:42:28.240 --> 01:42:31.680 And that conscience is driving you to do what is right and what is 01:42:31.680 --> 01:42:35.120 and making you feel awkward when you do what is wrong. 01:42:35.120 --> 01:42:37.600 Why is it that we feel uncomfortable when we lie? 01:42:37.600 --> 01:42:39.760 Why is it that we feel uncomfortable when we steal? 01:42:39.760 --> 01:42:42.960 Why is it that we feel uncomfortable when you disobey your parents? 01:42:42.960 --> 01:42:45.520 Why do you feel awkward when you violate God's word? 01:42:45.520 --> 01:42:47.600 Because of the conscience that God gave you. 01:42:48.640 --> 01:42:52.240 And of course, some people, they just rebel so much 01:42:52.240 --> 01:42:56.080 that they can weaken that conscience to the point where they don't feel bad anymore 01:42:56.080 --> 01:42:59.200 or they can ignore it or they can quench the spirit. 01:42:59.200 --> 01:43:02.720 They can do all kinds of things to basically not feel as bad. 01:43:02.720 --> 01:43:05.840 But at the end of the day, that conscience was there from the beginning 01:43:05.840 --> 01:43:07.600 and they felt bad when they first did it. 01:43:08.800 --> 01:43:09.200 Why? 01:43:09.200 --> 01:43:14.000 Because the Bible is the final authority, not just for the church, for everyone, period. 01:43:14.960 --> 01:43:16.240 It is the final authority. 01:43:16.240 --> 01:43:18.000 It tells who's right and who's wrong. 01:43:18.720 --> 01:43:20.000 Go to Romans 13. 01:43:20.000 --> 01:43:24.000 Let's prove this with really clear scripture on this point. 01:43:24.000 --> 01:43:25.200 Romans chapter 13. 01:43:31.760 --> 01:43:37.680 Let every soul be subject under the higher powers, for there is no power but of God. 01:43:37.680 --> 01:43:41.760 The powers that be are ordained of God. 01:43:41.760 --> 01:43:46.320 Every authority structure in this world is God ordained 01:43:46.320 --> 01:43:49.200 or it's in violation of scripture and it's not legitimate. 01:43:50.160 --> 01:43:51.120 It's not legitimate. 01:43:52.080 --> 01:43:54.240 And so it's like, why? 01:43:54.240 --> 01:43:55.920 Why do I obey my boss at work? 01:43:56.800 --> 01:43:58.720 Because God told me to obey my boss at work. 01:43:59.440 --> 01:44:01.280 Why do I obey my parents? 01:44:01.280 --> 01:44:04.560 Because God said, children obey your parents and the Lord, for this is right. 01:44:05.120 --> 01:44:07.040 The Bible says, honor thy father, thy mother. 01:44:07.760 --> 01:44:09.920 That's why I obey my parents. 01:44:09.920 --> 01:44:11.520 That's why it's right. 01:44:11.520 --> 01:44:14.160 Why is it that the husband is the head of the wife? 01:44:14.160 --> 01:44:17.680 Because God's word says the husband is the head of the wife. 01:44:18.640 --> 01:44:23.920 And every single situation and every environment and every country, 01:44:23.920 --> 01:44:28.320 it is God's word that gives the authority to every power that exists. 01:44:29.200 --> 01:44:30.640 Why do we obey government? 01:44:30.640 --> 01:44:32.800 Because God said that we're supposed to obey the government. 01:44:34.240 --> 01:44:36.800 Everything you have to understand is it's about submission. 01:44:36.800 --> 01:44:40.080 And look, if Christ can submit in his life, how can we not submit? 01:44:41.120 --> 01:44:43.040 Christ submitted to his parents. 01:44:43.040 --> 01:44:43.680 So you know what? 01:44:43.680 --> 01:44:48.480 If Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, can do everything his parents say, 01:44:49.120 --> 01:44:50.160 then how come you can't? 01:44:51.840 --> 01:44:53.920 I mean, Jesus Christ is always right, 01:44:53.920 --> 01:44:55.920 but he still submitted himself unto his parents. 01:44:56.480 --> 01:45:01.040 Jesus Christ submitted himself, if you want to argue, to even his workplace environment, 01:45:01.040 --> 01:45:03.200 because God the Father gave him instructions. 01:45:03.200 --> 01:45:06.240 He said, I must be about my father's business. 01:45:06.240 --> 01:45:11.120 He did the work of his employer exactly like his employer wanted him to. 01:45:11.120 --> 01:45:13.200 Jesus Christ submitted to the government. 01:45:13.200 --> 01:45:15.840 He paid taxes to the Roman government. 01:45:15.840 --> 01:45:20.800 Jesus Christ submitted under the government further to realize his execution. 01:45:21.440 --> 01:45:23.920 Jesus Christ submitted to his earthly parents. 01:45:23.920 --> 01:45:27.040 Jesus Christ submitted to whatever employment God gave him. 01:45:27.040 --> 01:45:29.280 He submitted himself to the word of God. 01:45:29.280 --> 01:45:32.160 He submitted himself to the religious leaders at that time. 01:45:32.160 --> 01:45:34.000 He went to the Passover feast. 01:45:34.000 --> 01:45:35.280 He followed the rituals. 01:45:35.280 --> 01:45:36.640 He went through the ceremonies. 01:45:37.200 --> 01:45:39.120 Jesus Christ was submissive. 01:45:39.120 --> 01:45:41.440 And at the end of the day, in the Garden of Gethsemane, 01:45:41.520 --> 01:45:43.440 he said, it's not my will, but thine be done. 01:45:43.440 --> 01:45:45.200 The ultimate picture of submission. 01:45:45.200 --> 01:45:48.400 And if you want to understand how to be pleasing to God, it's through submission. 01:45:49.280 --> 01:45:51.360 It is through submitting unto your parents. 01:45:51.360 --> 01:45:53.280 It is through submitting unto your husband. 01:45:53.280 --> 01:45:55.120 It is through submitting to your employer. 01:45:55.120 --> 01:45:57.760 It is submitting to your government. 01:45:57.760 --> 01:45:59.200 It's submitting to your church. 01:45:59.200 --> 01:46:03.520 But at the end of the day, only when it's in line with this, 01:46:03.520 --> 01:46:07.600 because they don't have any legitimacy to tell you to do something that's not in line with this. 01:46:08.320 --> 01:46:10.320 And we ought to obey God rather than men. 01:46:10.960 --> 01:46:16.400 When is the only time you can be insubordinate to any earthly power or authority? 01:46:16.400 --> 01:46:18.480 Is when it's in clear violation of this. 01:46:19.600 --> 01:46:21.520 And that's why we believe in solo scripture. 01:46:21.520 --> 01:46:24.160 A scripture alone is the final authority. 01:46:24.160 --> 01:46:26.560 But it's like, why did I obey my parents in the first place? 01:46:26.560 --> 01:46:27.760 Because of this. 01:46:27.760 --> 01:46:29.840 Why did I obey my boss at work? 01:46:29.840 --> 01:46:30.880 Because of this. 01:46:30.880 --> 01:46:33.120 Why do wives obey their husbands? 01:46:33.120 --> 01:46:33.920 Because of this. 01:46:34.560 --> 01:46:36.880 You know, what is the picture of a godly wife? 01:46:36.880 --> 01:46:38.480 A submissive wife. 01:46:38.480 --> 01:46:40.640 What is the picture of an ungodly wife? 01:46:40.640 --> 01:46:41.520 She's loud. 01:46:42.160 --> 01:46:43.440 She's angry. 01:46:43.440 --> 01:46:44.640 And she's contentious. 01:46:46.160 --> 01:46:47.280 She's loud. 01:46:47.280 --> 01:46:48.240 And she's angry. 01:46:48.240 --> 01:46:49.360 And she's contentious. 01:46:49.360 --> 01:46:49.920 So you know what? 01:46:49.920 --> 01:46:51.760 What's the picture of an ungodly woman? 01:46:51.760 --> 01:46:58.640 She's constantly nagging and complaining and angry and unhappy and not submissive to her husband. 01:46:58.640 --> 01:46:59.600 That's ungodly. 01:46:59.600 --> 01:47:01.600 And look, let's apply this to anywhere. 01:47:01.600 --> 01:47:02.480 How about children? 01:47:03.360 --> 01:47:07.280 Children, if you're loud and obnoxious and arguing back with your parents, 01:47:07.280 --> 01:47:09.360 hey, when your parents tell you something, you're like, 01:47:12.000 --> 01:47:13.920 you know, that deserves a smack if you ask me. 01:47:15.360 --> 01:47:16.880 You just say, yes, sir. 01:47:16.880 --> 01:47:17.760 Yes, ma'am. 01:47:17.760 --> 01:47:18.480 And you do it. 01:47:20.000 --> 01:47:20.560 And you know what? 01:47:20.560 --> 01:47:24.240 At work, I mean, how far do you think I'm going to get in the business world? 01:47:24.240 --> 01:47:28.640 If I'm loud, angry, and unsubmissive to my boss. 01:47:29.360 --> 01:47:32.560 If my boss is like, hey, I need you to come to work at 8 a.m. 01:47:32.560 --> 01:47:33.520 I don't like that. 01:47:35.200 --> 01:47:35.680 Traffic. 01:47:36.640 --> 01:47:37.280 You're mean. 01:47:38.880 --> 01:47:40.400 Oh, you actually want me to come dressed? 01:47:40.400 --> 01:47:41.360 You want me to wear clothes? 01:47:42.400 --> 01:47:44.480 What if I'm just constantly complaining to him? 01:47:44.480 --> 01:47:46.480 Oh, you don't pay me enough. 01:47:46.480 --> 01:47:47.520 I need more money. 01:47:48.960 --> 01:47:50.960 I don't like the workplace environment. 01:47:50.960 --> 01:47:52.880 Oh, there's not enough coffee. 01:47:52.880 --> 01:47:55.760 Oh, you made me do this task and I didn't like it. 01:47:55.760 --> 01:47:57.520 Oh, I have to work again today. 01:47:57.520 --> 01:47:58.240 Oh, it's Monday. 01:47:58.240 --> 01:47:59.360 I have to work again today. 01:48:01.120 --> 01:48:02.720 Yeah, I'm going to get fired like that. 01:48:03.360 --> 01:48:07.840 You know, it's so funny that women act like they have it hard with their husband. 01:48:07.840 --> 01:48:12.400 I guarantee if you acted like that to your boss, you'd be fired in a second. 01:48:12.400 --> 01:48:16.160 Isn't that funny that the feminists, the actual liberals, 01:48:16.160 --> 01:48:19.600 are going to go to work on Monday morning and obey their boss 01:48:19.600 --> 01:48:21.680 better than Christian housewives? 01:48:23.760 --> 01:48:27.360 There will be a liberal feminist dyke lesbian. 01:48:27.360 --> 01:48:31.520 So you'll be at Chick-fil-A tomorrow and she'll say, it is my pleasure all day long. 01:48:33.520 --> 01:48:38.880 And then a Christian wife acts like it's just such a burden to be nice to her husband. 01:48:40.080 --> 01:48:43.040 I mean, look, our world's backwards in many cases. 01:48:43.040 --> 01:48:47.760 And you know, don't let the ungodly heathen treat their boss at work 01:48:47.760 --> 01:48:50.240 better than a wife treats her husband at the home. 01:48:52.240 --> 01:48:53.840 Don't let them treat their employers better. 01:48:53.840 --> 01:48:56.000 Hey, you kids better be the best kids. 01:48:56.000 --> 01:48:57.360 Say, yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. 01:48:57.360 --> 01:49:01.680 Do your chores. Do things that you know is right without even being told to do it. 01:49:02.880 --> 01:49:04.240 Do that in the job. 01:49:04.240 --> 01:49:06.400 Look, the instructions are the same for all of us. 01:49:07.200 --> 01:49:08.800 Kids, do this to your parents. 01:49:08.800 --> 01:49:10.240 Wives, do this to your husband. 01:49:10.240 --> 01:49:12.160 Husbands, do this to your employer. 01:49:12.160 --> 01:49:14.480 Hey, church members, how about you do that to the church? 01:49:16.160 --> 01:49:19.440 Oh, we painted the church black. 01:49:22.960 --> 01:49:24.160 Well, I like Brother Malton's attitude. 01:49:24.160 --> 01:49:26.400 He said, I finally get to go to the black church now. 01:49:26.400 --> 01:49:29.280 No. It's like what church you go to? 01:49:29.280 --> 01:49:30.240 The black church, you know? 01:49:31.120 --> 01:49:32.000 Like, praise God. 01:49:32.800 --> 01:49:33.280 Don't worry. 01:49:33.280 --> 01:49:35.520 No matter what color we painted, someone wouldn't like it. 01:49:36.720 --> 01:49:39.520 I'm just glad it's not the ugly sin color it was or whatever before. 01:49:39.520 --> 01:49:40.800 You know, sand color. 01:49:40.800 --> 01:49:42.240 You know, we're not in the Middle East here, all right? 01:49:43.600 --> 01:49:45.600 We just embraced our surrounding culture, okay? 01:49:49.760 --> 01:49:51.200 Look, does that even matter? 01:49:51.200 --> 01:49:55.520 Look, at the end of the day, it's just like having this negative attitude 01:49:55.520 --> 01:49:57.120 is just going to harm you and hurt you. 01:49:57.120 --> 01:49:57.920 Hey, you know what? 01:49:57.920 --> 01:50:01.200 We want to take this the solo script term, we want to apply it to our lives. 01:50:01.200 --> 01:50:04.560 If scripture really is our final authority, then let's apply it. 01:50:04.560 --> 01:50:07.120 Because you know, as wise people, it's not people that say, 01:50:07.120 --> 01:50:10.560 I understand that this is the final authority. 01:50:11.520 --> 01:50:12.000 No, no, no. 01:50:12.960 --> 01:50:14.240 I apply it. 01:50:14.240 --> 01:50:15.120 I do it. 01:50:15.120 --> 01:50:16.400 It is my final authority. 01:50:17.120 --> 01:50:20.800 And every decision that I'm going to make, I'm ultimately letting this drive it. 01:50:20.800 --> 01:50:24.240 I'm letting it tell me to be submissive and obedient to God's word. 01:50:24.240 --> 01:50:26.240 And you know what's one of the greatest things to do as a Christian? 01:50:26.240 --> 01:50:27.520 How about being a soul winner? 01:50:27.520 --> 01:50:29.200 If you're not a soul winner, let me tell you something. 01:50:29.840 --> 01:50:31.040 This isn't your final authority. 01:50:32.000 --> 01:50:32.560 Yeah. 01:50:32.560 --> 01:50:35.040 If this is your final authority, you're going to be a soul winner. 01:50:35.040 --> 01:50:36.480 And you're going to preach the gospel. 01:50:36.480 --> 01:50:40.320 And you know, a church that doesn't make soul winning its priority isn't even a church anymore. 01:50:40.320 --> 01:50:41.840 You know what makes a church a church? 01:50:41.840 --> 01:50:43.040 Because it's doing what this says. 01:50:43.760 --> 01:50:45.040 Not because they say they're a church. 01:50:45.600 --> 01:50:47.680 Hey, you want to tell me you're a legitimate church? 01:50:47.680 --> 01:50:51.360 Then show me you're a legitimate church by following God's word. 01:50:52.400 --> 01:50:53.760 You really scripture alone? 01:50:53.760 --> 01:50:54.480 Okay, prove it. 01:50:55.040 --> 01:50:57.520 I want you to have no doctrines that are in violation of this book. 01:50:58.160 --> 01:51:00.480 I want you to have no traditions that are in violation of this book. 01:51:00.480 --> 01:51:03.760 I want you to support no countries and nations that are in violation of this book. 01:51:04.960 --> 01:51:08.240 I want you to do evangelism like this book tells you to do evangelism. 01:51:09.040 --> 01:51:10.000 And let me tell you something. 01:51:10.000 --> 01:51:14.720 This doctrine is super important today because it's why we don't have a state run church called 01:51:14.720 --> 01:51:15.920 the Catholic Church. 01:51:15.920 --> 01:51:16.400 And you know what? 01:51:16.400 --> 01:51:21.040 Praise God for brave men that were willing to die to give us this book and to believe this book 01:51:21.040 --> 01:51:24.640 and to elevate this book and give it the preeminence because in all things, 01:51:24.640 --> 01:51:26.320 Christ must have the preeminence. 01:51:26.320 --> 01:51:28.400 And we must give Christ the preeminence in our lives, 01:51:29.120 --> 01:51:32.960 in our families, in our institutions, in our churches, in our governments, in our states. 01:51:32.960 --> 01:51:34.880 That will give us the ultimate success. 01:51:35.920 --> 01:51:37.280 Hey, I like this doctrine. 01:51:37.280 --> 01:51:38.400 I appreciate this doctrine. 01:51:38.400 --> 01:51:41.840 Thank you for the men that were willing to give us this kind of a doctrine. 01:51:41.840 --> 01:51:43.760 Let us not forget why we have this doctrine. 01:51:43.760 --> 01:51:49.680 Let us not crawl back to the mother whore Catholic Church and become another state run country 01:51:50.240 --> 01:51:52.800 because I do not want Catholicism to take over this nation. 01:51:53.360 --> 01:51:57.280 I don't want and we need to teach what the Bible teaches on these issues. 01:51:58.400 --> 01:52:00.160 We need to champion it from the housetops. 01:52:00.880 --> 01:52:01.840 And you know what? 01:52:01.840 --> 01:52:07.600 I love God's Word because of the divine voice of our bishop over our souls, Jesus Christ. 01:52:07.600 --> 01:52:08.320 Let's close in prayer. 01:52:09.120 --> 01:52:11.040 Thank you, Heavenly Father, so much for giving us your Word. 01:52:11.600 --> 01:52:14.560 I pray that we give it all the preeminence that we'd understand that 01:52:15.200 --> 01:52:17.200 we know we have the Bible because of your voice. 01:52:18.400 --> 01:52:21.200 I pray that we would appreciate the Scripture, how it makes wise and simple, 01:52:21.920 --> 01:52:25.760 and that we understand that all authority is driven from the Scripture, from the Word of God, 01:52:26.560 --> 01:52:30.640 not from man, not from some council, not from some group, not from government. 01:52:30.640 --> 01:52:32.560 Government doesn't tell us what the Bible is. 01:52:32.560 --> 01:52:35.200 The Bible gives authority to the government. 01:52:35.200 --> 01:52:37.840 I pray that we would submit unto God's Word in our lives. 01:52:37.840 --> 01:52:41.520 I pray that you would help us to submit to the authorities that you placed over us, 01:52:41.520 --> 01:52:44.160 that children would be obedient to their parents and would love their parents, 01:52:44.160 --> 01:52:47.040 that wives would be obedient and loving towards their husbands, 01:52:47.040 --> 01:52:49.600 that husbands would be obedient and work hard for their employers, 01:52:50.160 --> 01:52:53.920 that Christians would love their church and would submit unto the church, 01:52:53.920 --> 01:52:58.880 and that all of us would submit unto the Word of God, and that we could, through submission, 01:52:58.880 --> 01:53:03.600 see a great harvest of souls being saved, of many people being turned to righteousness, 01:53:03.600 --> 01:53:06.320 of people actually obeying God's Word. 01:53:06.320 --> 01:53:08.800 And I pray that you would help remind us of why we have these doctrines. 01:53:08.800 --> 01:53:10.640 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 01:53:14.320 --> 01:53:17.840 All right, for our last song, let's go to song number 397. 01:53:24.240 --> 01:53:27.760 Song number 397. 01:53:30.160 --> 01:53:33.600 Little is much when God is in it. 01:53:33.600 --> 01:53:35.920 Song number 397. 01:53:37.040 --> 01:53:37.920 Let's all sing that out. 01:53:53.920 --> 01:53:56.720 Song number 397. 01:54:23.920 --> 01:54:26.080 Song number 397. 01:54:53.920 --> 01:54:56.080 Song number 397. 01:55:23.920 --> 01:55:26.160 Song number 397. 01:55:54.800 --> 01:55:57.840 Position reversed position reversed position inverted 01:56:08.240 --> 01:56:21.760 Dancing 01:56:53.920 --> 01:56:55.980 you 01:57:23.920 --> 01:57:26.980 you