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Mailbag. I hope you have

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your Bibles open and a second cup

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of coffee, because we're

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getting ready to talk about the scriptures. We're

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going to speak with Rhonda

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in Fairmont, Minnesota, listening

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on KFC. Welcome to Open Line.

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Rhonda. How can I help you?

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Thank you. Go ahead.

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Yeah. Go ahead with your question.

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Oh, yeah. Galatians six.

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Um, caught in. Um, if you catch someone

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in a sin, you should restore that

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person gently. But,

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um, also, if I have a if I'm

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also a sinner, how can I tell that person

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they're a sinner when

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I'm also a sinner? It's me. It

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seems like it's a little confusing. Galatians

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two.

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Okay. Uh, here's what

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it says. Brothers, if someone is caught

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in any wrongdoing now,

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I don't think that's saying if anyone is caught

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sinning because a lot of people sin,

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I sin, you sin. Uh,

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everyone sins. But what

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it's saying here in Galatians six

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one, if someone is caught, not

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caught by you, but caught, caught

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up in sin, struggling

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with a particular sin, uh,

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uh, compulsively. Do

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you understand what I mean by cut, Ensign?

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So what you're saying is that

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I know someone.

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No, no. No,

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dear. Listen, what I'm asking

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is it means to be caught.

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In a sin court.

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Bias in.

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Uh, okay.

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They think about it like someone is running

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away from sin. But sin

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captures. Catches up to him.

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Takes him, holds him.

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Okay. Okay, so

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it's not just. Oh, I

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caught this person in a sin. What

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it's saying is someone is really caught

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up in sin. Okay. And

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then it says here you

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who are spiritual.

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The word spiritual doesn't mean

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someone who's got like the Pi, you know,

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his, his, his head in the heavenlies

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or something like that. Spiritual

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is used in First Corinthians two

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to refer to someone who

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is a mature follower

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of Jesus. Spiritual

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means a mature

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believer. So it's

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saying is just anyone ought not

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to address him if he's caught

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up by sin. But

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rather a mature believer

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should go. Now.

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What should he do? He shouldn't go and

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condemn him. Such one should restore

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a person. So

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the purpose. Of

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any address to a person caught up by

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sin. Or

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in sin is restorative.

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That's the first. It must be restorative.

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Secondly, it must

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be done gently. It says do it with

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a gentle spirit. And

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then thirdly, watch out for yourself so you won't

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be tempted as well. With a spirit

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of humility, of recognising we all sin.

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We all struggle with sin. But,

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uh, I'm coming to you to help you.

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So it's redemptive. It's,

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uh, to be done. It's by a mature

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person who is acting redemptive only

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gently and also

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with humility. Does that help

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at all? Excellent. Yeah.

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Okay. Thank you so much for your

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call, Rhonda. Uh, thanks

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for that call. We're going to speak with Evelyn

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in Hartford, Michigan, listening

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on WGN. B uh,

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that's the Grand Rapids stations, is it

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not, Evelyn.

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Yes, yes, yes it is. Okay.

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That's good. Uh, how can I

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help you today?

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Well, I called in and

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gave the lady the question. Um,

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I've heard it mentioned this past

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year quite a few times, but it doesn't explain

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it in the Bible says you are made

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in the image of God. And I like a little more

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explanation doesn't explain it at all in

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the Bible.

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Well, the first thing that the Bible

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seems to say is that

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it's not anything else in creation.

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No animal has the image of God, only humanity.

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So it is unique, whatever

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the image of God is. Uh,

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it's after the the,

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the parade of animals, and there's

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none to be a partner. And so God

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makes Eve, uh, out

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of out of, uh, Adam.

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And, uh, and

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then they are once again declared to be

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in the image of God also

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at the end. Of

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Genesis one when

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he makes humanity, let us make man

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in our image, according to our likeness.

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They will rule the fish of the sea,

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the birds of the sky, the livestock, and all the

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earth and the creatures that crawl

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on the earth. So

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God created man in his own image. He

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created them in the image of God. He

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created them male and

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female. Okay, I'm going to tell you what I

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from reading this passage. Uh,

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Genesis one and two, I get

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three aspects of what the image

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of God is, okay?

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One is. Uh,

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that, uh. Only

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humanity has it. So it's referring to

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the spiritual capacity of humanity.

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Animals are

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are not made to enter

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into a relationship with God, but

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human beings are because

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we're in his image. That's the first because

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it's a uniqueness. Animals don't get it,

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we get it. So it's

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referring to that spiritual capacity

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to enter into a relationship with God.

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That's number one. Number

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two, when God says he makes

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the man and the woman in his image,

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it says that they will

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have dominion. Rulership.

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God made us in his image, just

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as God is the ruler of the universe,

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so he created humanity to rule

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the earth. He gave dominion, dominion

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to humanity to to

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rule over the earth. That's the second aspect

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of the divine image. Dominion.

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And the third aspect is

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where it says that he created man

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in his own image. And

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then it says he created

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them male and female.

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So what you have is

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this. We have one God, right?

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But as the scriptures reveal, because

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it says it right there, let us make man

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in our image. Us.

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Our there's a plurality

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somehow, as part

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of the one God. The there's only one

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God where monotheists but there's

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a plurality. Some aspect

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of it, uh, of

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the divine essence,

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uh, is found. We know later, as

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we keep reading scripture, that there are three

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persons in the Godhead father, son, Holy Spirit.

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But there's only one God, so it's indicating

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a plurality in the oneness

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of God. And,

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you know, because this is our image, our likeness.

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And then he creates humanity in his

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image. There's only one essence

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of what is humanity. We all

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share it, but there's a plurality within

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it, male and female.

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So I would say. The

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three aspects are first

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of all, capacity for a spiritual relationship.

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Secondly, dominion over the earth.

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And thirdly, a

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plurality. Within our oneness

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we have male and female within humanity,

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just as God does. Does

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that help you at all?

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I don't like it. Okay.

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Evelyn, thanks so much for your call.

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Uh, we're going to we're going to move

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on. Thanks so much. I really appreciate you calling.

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Uh, we're going to speak next with Robert

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in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, listening

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on R'n'B. How

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can I help you today, Robert? Hi.

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Hi. Go ahead with your question.

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Okay. My question is,

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is I see that about Jairus

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daughter. I'm reading the Rory Study

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Bible, New American Standard. Matthew

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18 states.

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Matthew 918 states.

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Um, while he was saying these

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things to them, behold, there came

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a synagogue official and bowed down

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before him, saying, my daughter has

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just died. Now

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in Mark chapter

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five verse

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23, it says, he entreated him

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earnestly, saying, my daughter

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is at the point of death. Please

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come lay your hands on her, that she might,

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uh, may get well and live, and,

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uh. Get well

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and live. So obviously Matthew

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says dead and she's not dead. And

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Mark, uh, to,

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uh, somebody wants to scoff at the Bible.

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That's, uh, ammo. Oh, it kind

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of jokes itself. What what do you say, sir?

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Do you think it's a contradiction?

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I, I don't think it's a contradiction, but

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I don't know how to face the scoffer on that,

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too. Um, okay.

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Uh, to be, uh, victorious.

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Well, it just seems to me that what you have

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is someone who is coming to Jesus when his daughter

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was on the point of death. And by the time

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Jesus got to the house, she was already dead.

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And so, uh, uh, Mark

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is emphasizing what he said when he came to Jesus.

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And Matthew is emphasizing

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what Jesus found when he entered in.

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Okay.

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It's a simple harmonization. Okay.

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All right. Great. Okay. Great.

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Thanks for your call. Appreciate it.

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Okay. Bye bye. You know, that's one of the keys

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for when you read the gospels.

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There are these different perspectives.

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That's why we can trust them. Because

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each author writes from their own perspective,

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but they're easily harmonized. It's

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not like they're contradicting each other.

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Uh, we're going to speak next with

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William in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Uh, welcome to Open Line. William.

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How can I help you today?

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How are you doing today?

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I'm doing great. Thank you.

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Yeah, yeah. I always get kind of confused,

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like, you know, during the tribulation

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and the thousand year

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millennial reign as

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Christians going to be here. Well,

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what are Christians going to go through during the tribulation?

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Uh, that the seven years

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I remember the seven year thing.

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Uh, can you explain that or. Sure.

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Like a brief detail of, uh.

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What's going on? Okay. Go ahead. Let me. Let

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me go ahead and answer. William. Okay. Uh,

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the tribulation period is called

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the 70. The Daniel

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70th week. Daniel has a prophecy in Daniel

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nine, about 70 weeks.

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There are weeks of years, and

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the 70th week is the tribulation

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period. Uh,

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a little clue that we get. Is

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that it's not for the church,

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but for Israel. In

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Jeremiah 30. It's

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called the time of

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Jacob's trouble. Uh.

12:37

That's what it's it's it's

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the time. It

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says how awful that day will be.

12:44

There will be none like it. It

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will be a time of trouble

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for Jacob. Jacob referring to Israel.

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But he will be delivered out of it.

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The point being is that this

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is not a time of trouble for the church. It's a time

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of trouble for Israel. It says

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in first Thessalonians four. Uh

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one let me start with first Thessalonians one,

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that we are not destined

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for the wrath of God. It's a time when

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the wrath of God falls on the

13:13

earth and our destiny

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is not wrath. Uh,

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that's what the Bible says. Uh,

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it says in verse ten, uh,

13:24

verse nine and ten, here's what it says.

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Uh, first Thessalonians one, first

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Thessalonians one uh.

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Uh. Verse ten. We wait

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for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the

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dead. Jesus who delivers

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us from the wrath, the coming wrath.

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That's the tribulation period. He delivers us

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out of it. Uh, why? Because first

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Thessalonians five nine goes

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on to say. God

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did not appoint us to

13:53

wrath. So when the

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wrath of the tribulation period comes,

13:57

it is not for us. Uh,

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we will be delivered out of it. That's what first

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Thessalonians 413 is talking

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about through 18. When it talks

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about the rapture. We won't be

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there. We'll return at the end of the tribulation

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with the Lord Jesus. According to revelation 19,

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the church will descend with him, deliver Israel,

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and then, uh,

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we will together be part of that thousand

14:21

year reign on earth. I

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hope that clarifies things for you, William. I

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appreciate your call. We're going to take a break here.

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Uh, when we come back, we'll take more

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So welcome to Open Line. What's it

17:18

like in South Dakota these days. Is it cold

17:21

Beth.

17:22

Well that's cold can can

17:25

be different to different people. Uh,

17:27

it's in the 20s right now. A lot

17:29

better than the subzero that you probably

17:32

experienced, too.

17:33

Yeah, it was ten below in Chicago. Then

17:35

I went to Florida.

17:37

Uh, yeah. Right now, this

17:39

weekend. Yeah,

17:41

yeah, we're at 32 right now with lots of

17:43

snow on the ground.

17:45

Oh, nice. Nice. Well, uh,

17:47

how can I help you today, Beth?

17:50

Okay, I just have a question about women's

17:52

role in ministry. Understanding

17:55

what Paul says about deacons and pastors.

17:57

But, um, I have a question

17:59

concerning women teaching adults.

18:03

Um, we're allowed to teach children,

18:05

which I think is a very important ministry.

18:08

But some people do not agree with

18:10

women teaching adult

18:12

men. I'm just wanting

18:14

to know what how you,

18:16

uh, explain that, you know,

18:18

through the Bible and what I might be

18:20

missing.

18:22

Okay, well, let me just say, first of all,

18:24

the verse you're thinking about is in first

18:27

Timothy chapter

18:29

two, where Paul says in verse

18:31

12. Uh.

18:35

I do not allow a woman to teach or to

18:37

have authority over a man. Instead,

18:39

she is to be silent. Now, I think it's really important

18:41

that we distinguish between

18:44

the teaching that

18:46

we link, what kind of teaching he's

18:48

talking about. It's the authoritative

18:51

teaching of the word that

18:53

elders did. He's really saying, I don't allow a woman

18:55

to be an elder, because in the early church,

18:57

the only people that taught the word

18:59

in the congregation were the elders.

19:02

So when he says, I don't allow a woman to teach

19:04

or exercise authority, he's limiting

19:07

eldership. Now, that doesn't mean everyone

19:09

could teach. It just means, uh, that

19:12

only men could serve as elders

19:14

in that context. And

19:16

it's not talking about every category of

19:19

teaching as best as I understand it.

19:22

It's talking about teaching

19:25

in the local congregation,

19:27

the the worship when they gather

19:29

together, the authoritative preaching

19:31

of the word, when the community

19:34

gathered. That's what I believe he was talking

19:36

about. So what does it mean?

19:38

Can a woman teach in a Bible school like at

19:40

Moody Bible Institute? Well, this

19:42

passage is very clear. Uh,

19:45

in first Timothy three. It

19:48

says that Paul is

19:50

talking about not. Bible

19:53

schools. He's talking about, uh, that

19:56

first Timothy is talking about how do we get it along

19:58

in the local church? He.

20:00

He says, I want to come to see you soon,

20:02

Timothy. But. Till

20:05

then, let me tell you this. I'm

20:07

paraphrasing here. First

20:09

Timothy chapter three. He says,

20:13

I write these things to you, hoping to come to

20:15

you soon. But if I should be delayed,

20:17

I've written so that you know how people

20:19

ought to act in God's household, which

20:21

is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation

20:24

of the truth. So can a woman teach

20:26

the Bible at Moody Bible in suit. Although

20:28

we are sort of an expression of the

20:31

the universal church, we're

20:33

not the local church where a school.

20:35

So can a woman teach 19 year olds

20:38

men? I believe so,

20:40

yes. And so that's

20:43

an example of it's not the

20:45

authoritative proclamation of the word and the local

20:47

church. Rather, it's teaching in a Bible

20:49

school. Yes. Uh, women could

20:51

teach in that context. Uh,

20:53

then also. Uh,

20:56

what about a Sunday school class or a home

20:58

group? That's not the authoritative

21:00

proclamation of the word in,

21:03

uh, the public gathering of the

21:05

local congregation. It's sort of a smaller

21:07

group, and it's not the authoritative

21:09

proclamation of the word by an elder. It's just

21:12

a facilitator of a class.

21:14

I think that's acceptable, too.

21:16

Now, all that said, Beth,

21:18

a lot of people disagree with me.

21:21

You know, I this is how I understand

21:23

it, how I apply it. But,

21:26

uh, there are people who would disagree

21:28

with me and say, a woman should never teach a man,

21:31

ever. Uh, every

21:33

day in my life, though, I learned from

21:35

my wife, uh, she

21:37

teaches me all the time. We studied the word together

21:39

every day. She's my favorite Bible

21:41

teacher. Uh, I can't say

21:43

that, but that's. It's acceptable to me

21:46

because that it's

21:48

not the authoritative proclamation of the word

21:50

in the local congregation. That's

21:52

what I think. First Timothy 212 is limiting.

21:55

Okay, Beth.

21:57

Yeah. Thank you very much.

21:59

Okay, good. And again, remember, there

22:01

are people who disagree with me. Don't get mad at them,

22:03

okay? Or don't get mad at me for disagreeing

22:05

with you. There's a lot of different opinions on that.

22:07

It's really how to apply that verse. It's

22:10

okay if you get mad. I won't I

22:12

won't get mad at you if you disagree with me. Okay.

22:14

How's that? Okay.

22:18

Thank you so much for your call, Beth. Uh,

22:21

we're going to talk with Roger

22:24

in northern Minnesota listening

22:26

on KBW. Welcome

22:29

to Open Line. Roger. How can I help you?

22:32

Thank you. Thank you for taking my call. Um,

22:34

in Hebrews six one through eight,

22:37

Paul is, um, warning

22:39

the Hebrews, the

22:41

Christians, about, um, you

22:43

know, falling away from Christ. And

22:46

I don't believe that you can lose your salvation.

22:48

But, um, when he talks about

22:51

tasting the Holy Spirit and things

22:53

like that, um, um,

22:55

what would you, uh,

22:58

go over that, please? And,

23:00

uh, is that backsliding

23:02

or what would that be?

23:04

Well, let me just say.

23:07

Uh. That.

23:11

If you want an extended discussion

23:13

of this, go to

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our archives. Whether with a podcast

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23:23

If you go online to the Moody

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Org there's passed programs go

23:31

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23:34

We rebroadcast a program

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in the second hour. Mike Vanlandingham,

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Cisco Cotto and Eva and

23:41

I did a an

23:43

extended discussion of Hebrews

23:46

six. So December

23:48

30th and that was

23:50

second hour. Now,

23:53

uh. I think it's

23:55

crucial to understand that the writer of Hebrews

23:58

has made it plain that there are some that

24:01

that he's writing to Jewish believers, and he he's

24:03

aware that some of those

24:05

believers are thinking

24:08

about abandoning the faith. They're

24:11

thinking about that. There's too much pressure.

24:14

They're going to go back to traditional Temple

24:16

Judaism, wait for

24:18

those, uh, the persecution

24:21

to go away, and then maybe they'll come back. And

24:23

what Paul is saying in

24:25

Hebrews three six and nine, uh,

24:28

chapter three, verses six, verse nine,

24:30

is that the mark? Of

24:33

election. The fact that we really know the

24:35

Lord is endurance,

24:37

that only that if a person

24:40

abandons an apostasy rises,

24:42

that's proof that they don't

24:44

know the Lord. So what's

24:46

he saying in Hebrews six

24:48

when he talks about, uh, their

24:51

experience as believers? I

24:53

think he is saying, you've come close,

24:55

but you're not there. You

24:57

need to go all the way to make a profession

25:00

of faith. Uh, and really put your

25:02

trust in Jesus. So when it talks

25:04

about, uh, pulling

25:06

up the verse in Hebrews six. Now, uh.

25:10

What it's talking about when it

25:12

says, uh, they

25:15

tasted. The

25:17

good work. They became companions of the Holy

25:19

Spirit in the sense that they were in

25:21

the local congregation and the

25:23

Holy Spirit was working there. They tasted

25:25

the good word and the powers

25:28

of the coming age. They heard the Word of

25:30

God taught, and they saw it. They were in

25:32

that congregation. Although

25:34

they tasted the heavenly gift, they they had a

25:36

little glimpse of what

25:38

the Holy Spirit's power was in that local

25:40

congregation. They were there, but they didn't

25:43

go all the way to a personal faith in Jesus.

25:45

That's what he's talking about. They need

25:47

to trust in Jesus. I

25:49

hope that helps. Uh, Roger,

25:51

we'll be right back with more of your questions

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Yeah.

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Have brought them. I should have, I absolutely

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you and I couldn't have done it, I think apart.

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No, the Lord was good to

30:24

us, so. Okay, well, let's go to the mailbag.

30:26

All right. Debbie in Vermillion, Ohio,

30:29

um, says that she took a stewardship class

30:31

at her church. By

30:34

given by a deacon in the church, and he

30:36

stated something that she didn't know

30:38

that there is no mention of 10%

30:41

tithing in the Bible. Is

30:43

this true and what should we be

30:45

giving?

30:46

Uh, well there is. I

30:48

don't want to disagree with someone who's teaching a class

30:50

because they're obviously always right. But,

30:53

uh, there is mention of

30:56

a tithe. Uh,

30:58

but not only a tithe,

31:01

so to speak. Uh,

31:04

what we have, for example.

31:08

Uh, there's a tithe

31:10

that's given for the priests.

31:13

There's a tithe for the

31:15

temple. That's the 10%.

31:18

And there's also a tithe for the poor.

31:21

Over three years, 10% given

31:23

over three years. So as I calculate

31:25

it, uh, Israel was giving

31:27

23 and a third percent

31:30

according to the law of Moses, because

31:32

they're the, the the poor

31:34

tithe was over three years, so

31:37

23 and a third percent per year. So,

31:39

uh, you know, tithe means

31:41

10% based on it being 23

31:44

and a third, we can say you're given a quarter

31:46

of income, but that I

31:48

always that's under the law of Moses.

31:50

And the way it was done

31:52

in the law of Moses was sort

31:54

of the taxation system for

31:57

the Constitution of Israel, for the people of Israel. That's

31:59

what the point was. It wasn't,

32:02

uh, uh, just

32:04

the. It

32:07

wasn't just to support the the local

32:09

congregation. And then of course, there were extra

32:11

gifts that people gave additional gifts

32:14

in addition to the 23 and a third

32:16

percent that God required of them in

32:18

the law of Moses. What I love in Second Corinthians

32:21

eight nine it says that we give sacrificially,

32:24

generously. Uh,

32:26

even beyond what we're, uh, what we

32:28

think would we're really able to. So

32:31

for some person, that might be 5%,

32:33

because they make so little for another person,

32:35

it should be more than 10%,

32:38

uh, because they

32:40

make so much money. So generosity

32:42

is the key. And sacrifice.

32:45

Uh, I always tell people God wants the lesson

32:48

from the Old Testament is regular

32:50

percentage giving. Not necessarily

32:53

10%. But the other lesson

32:55

that I would give is that it should be

32:58

generous and sacrificial.

33:00

Is there a spot where it is

33:02

not being a good steward? Um.

33:05

Meaning? Um,

33:08

you know, your church is having a special

33:11

fundraiser to do

33:14

a new building project thing. Um,

33:16

and so, you, you

33:18

know, and often they will say, pray about how much

33:20

you could give over the course of three

33:22

years, five years, ten years, whatever. And

33:25

and let's say you. You're

33:28

like, well, we could we could easily

33:30

do. X,

33:32

you know, $100. But

33:34

we want to push ourselves. And so let's do

33:37

500 or something like that.

33:39

Where there where that might,

33:41

based on your income,

33:44

might not be a wise choice.

33:47

I'm not sure if I'm asking this.

33:48

Well, like, I understand what you mean.

33:50

Trusting God and giving sacrificially

33:52

and making a poor decision

33:55

financially.

33:56

The the example I would give is a

33:58

friend of mine who said to I was talking

34:01

with him. He said, I just can't afford to give. At

34:04

all because I have to be

34:06

responsible and pay my bills. And

34:08

I said to him, do you have cable TV?

34:12

And he said, well, yeah, we got bad reception where I

34:14

live. It was, it was before the era

34:16

of, you know.

34:19

The internet.

34:19

Internet and all that. And

34:21

I said, well, you think

34:24

getting good reception is

34:26

more important than giving to God? And

34:29

so he I he

34:31

said, what are you proposing? I said, well, maybe you

34:33

need to sacrifice good reception. Sacrifice

34:36

cable and use it. And that's what I would say about this.

34:38

It's not necessarily saying. I'm

34:41

going to just believe God will give me more money for this.

34:44

It's it's saying, here's something I can

34:46

take out of my lifestyle that

34:48

I can then add in additional

34:51

giving to God. That's what's the sacrificial

34:53

aspect is, which I do think

34:55

it's interesting that that man realized

34:58

he was being not real faithful about giving

35:00

and began to give, reorganized his

35:02

budget, but didn't get rid of cable TV.

35:05

Hmhm found something else, huh? Interesting.

35:08

Okay, well, thank you for that question, Debbie.

35:11

Um, next question is from Bonnie in Illinois.

35:14

Listens to when? When

35:16

is fear sinful?

35:21

Are. Well,

35:25

I think the verses that say do not fear.

35:27

It's not like God is saying do not. It's

35:29

sort of like the verses that people take when

35:31

they say, don't worry. Jesus

35:33

said, don't worry in Matthew six three times.

35:37

They say if you're worried, you're sinning.

35:41

I don't think Jesus was saying, do not worry.

35:43

As a means of of

35:45

pointing out sinning, what

35:48

he was saying is as an encouragement. It's sort of like

35:50

when my kid was taking the S.A.T. and he was

35:52

concerned and studying, and

35:54

I said, don't worry, you got

35:56

this. I wasn't saying if

35:58

you disobey me, you're disobeying your dad,

36:01

and and you're going to be in big trouble. Now,

36:03

I was saying it to encourage him. I think

36:05

that most of the commands do not fear,

36:08

are designed to give us hope

36:10

and encouragement, not designed

36:12

to make us feel even more guilty

36:14

now that we're fearful about something.

36:17

But being fearful, uh,

36:20

you know, being disobeying that,

36:22

that. That urge

36:25

to be fearful, to going ahead and being

36:27

courageous. As I talked to

36:29

someone last week, there was someone that we

36:31

interviewed on the radio at, uh,

36:34

at our conference. And

36:36

she said she doesn't like speaking in front of people. She's afraid

36:39

in front of people. Then she did a great job.

36:42

Uh, and was was wonderful.

36:45

And I said to her that

36:48

courage isn't the absence

36:50

of of, uh. Uh,

36:54

what is it? Uh, in the stomach.

36:56

Uh, what's that expression? Uh.

36:59

The butterfly. I've got

37:01

butterflies in your stomach, right? Uh,

37:03

it's not the absence of butterflies. It's making

37:05

them fly in formation. And so

37:08

she was always fearful the whole time,

37:10

but did great because she was determined

37:12

to do what she thought she should

37:14

do. And that's the same thing. So often

37:16

those verses where we say, do not

37:18

fear. Uh, I think they

37:20

become problematic if we don't do

37:22

what we feel God is leading us to do out

37:25

of fear. It's it's not the

37:27

fear that's the sin, but

37:29

it's the disobedience to God's leading.

37:31

That could be sin. So

37:34

being fearful isn't the problem. We still

37:36

have to make those butterflies in our stomach fly

37:38

in formation, okay? And do what's right.

37:40

All right.

37:40

Thank you.

37:41

Um.

37:42

I think we're gonna take a break.

37:44

Yeah, yeah.

37:44

Yeah, yeah. Hey. Had a great time talking with you,

37:46

Tricia. And, uh, we're going

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39:39

Good morning doctor. How are you doing?

39:41

Great. Thank you.

39:42

Good morning doctor. Hey thank you for taking

39:44

my call. But look here. How long was Egypt?

39:47

I mean, how long was Israel in Egyptian

39:49

captivity? I mean, does the scriptures

39:51

say how many years they stayed down there in in

39:53

our captivity?

39:55

It says that they were in

39:57

around 400 years. That's what God

39:59

told Abraham. They would go down for

40:01

400 years. Paul writes that it was 430

40:04

years. I believe that's what it is. Uh,

40:06

but that was not fully captivity.

40:09

Uh, what what this

40:11

is, uh, there's

40:14

actually there's nothing

40:16

stated in Scripture. About.

40:21

Uh, how long they were enslaved.

40:23

Uh, the the best estimate

40:26

we can make. Is

40:28

that the Hyksos dynasty.

40:33

Uh, was a West

40:35

Semitic, uh, dynasty.

40:39

And, uh,

40:42

some people believe that when the Hyksos

40:45

ceased to reign

40:48

over Egypt in

40:50

the early 16th century

40:53

or, I'm sorry, late 16th century about,

40:55

uh, it was almost, uh, like

40:57

1520 something BC, uh,

41:01

that that's when a pharaoh arose

41:03

who didn't remember Joseph. Uh,

41:05

because the Jewish people were a Semitic people.

41:08

And so a non Semitic dynasty arose,

41:10

didn't remember Joseph, who had

41:12

been the leader. And so some people would say

41:15

since since the, uh,

41:17

exodus was about

41:20

1400 BC, that

41:22

the Jewish people were in captivity about

41:24

120 years. Okay.

41:27

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So you have a great

41:29

day.

41:30

Sure. Uh, great talking with you. But

41:32

that was. There's Louis. I just want to say there's a lot

41:34

of conjecture in there, so we don't know. Okay.

41:37

Okay, sir.

41:37

Thank you. Yeah. Uh huh. Great.

41:40

Uh, we're going to talk to Joy in Monroeville,

41:42

Alabama. Alabama. Lucille w

41:45

MFT, welcome to Open Line. How can I

41:47

help you today?

41:49

I have a.

41:50

Question about numbers 25.

41:52

To 8.

41:53

The meaning of cube

41:55

A. Um,

41:58

which, according to Elliot's commentary,

42:00

occurs only in this verse, and

42:02

I found it translated as tent,

42:04

alcove, brothel, house

42:07

and chamber.

42:11

And, uh.

42:12

So what? What's what's the best

42:14

translation for it?

42:17

Well, uh. Of.

42:23

It means tent or inner room

42:25

is what it means. And,

42:28

uh, uh, I think it makes perfect

42:31

sense in,

42:33

uh. Of.

42:37

In that sense that that that's

42:40

that's what it means. But

42:42

it's, you know, any time you have a.

42:45

Already. Here's a big word. Ready? HyperX

42:48

logo.

42:48

Okay.

42:50

Oh. That means. How's that a big

42:52

word, huh? Anytime you have a hypoxic

42:54

ligament. What it's saying

42:56

is, uh, we we're not

42:58

sure what it means, but in the. Do

43:01

you ever have, uh, your kid ask you a

43:03

question or someone ask you a question?

43:05

What does this word mean? You say, read me the sentence

43:08

you're reading and I'll put it in context.

43:10

Mhm mhm mhm.

43:13

And that's how you get the meaning. So he

43:15

went after the man into the room

43:18

tent. That's what it means in context.

43:21

So that's clearly what it means.

43:23

It's how the Septuagint, the Greek translation,

43:25

translated it. And so that's

43:27

what it means. Okay.

43:30

Okay. So would that be his tent?

43:34

Uh, doesn't say, but it

43:36

would probably be the tent that

43:38

he was in. I don't know if belong to him.

43:40

Okay. Okay.

43:42

Okay. Uh, it says he followed

43:45

the Israelite man into the tent. Uh,

43:47

I'm glad to be back. Thanks. Does that help you?

43:50

What? What? Why were you.

43:51

Wondering about the meaning of that? Word of all things.

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Well, we just we're

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doing a Bible study, and we had questions

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about where he took

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this woman, and we

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just weren't sure. I wasn't yeah, I.

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I like I think that the.

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Man.

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Uh.

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The man took the woman. Uh,

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let's see here, uh, you know

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what happened here in the context there was,

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uh, right. An Israelite, he

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took a midianite woman in the sight of Moses,

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and the whole congregation said, we're going to defy God.

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We're going to defy Moses, and

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brought them into the tent and basically was

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sleeping with her. And

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Phineas went after the man.

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And apparently went into the tent

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where he brought the woman, and they were engaged

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in illicit relations.

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And he pierced them through, which is pretty

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serious, uh, event.

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But it.

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Was.

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Uh, very different time, very different circumstance.

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And, uh, that's what he did there.

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Uh, and the plague on the Sons of Israel

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was checked because of that. So.

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Uh.

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That that's what that was about.

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Uh, thanks for your call, Joe. I'm going to take this last call

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here. Uh,

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thanks, Jeanette, for your call. And Eden

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Prairie, Minnesota. Uh, go

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ahead with your question. Just ask your question as

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fast as you can.

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Okay, I'd like a definition

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of the glory of God.

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We are. We sing about glorifying

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God. And Jesus says, um,

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that that my disciples may see

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my glory. What?

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How would you define that?

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I think God's glory as I look

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at it, when you see God's glory, his

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great majesty, purity, righteousness,

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it just emanates from him.

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When we glorify him, we

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give him praise for who he

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is and his nature. So

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when we talk about the the

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Shekinah glory of God the Great, uh,

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the righteousness and holiness,

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the, the, the magnificence

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of God just radiates off of

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him. And then in,

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in response, uh, we

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give him praise. We glorify

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him for that. I hope that

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helps a little bit. It's very quick answer, but

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I hope it helps. We're gonna have

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to say that's the program for the week. Uh,

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