Doug Batchelor - Some Strange Thing (Bible Answers Live)

[Music] it is the best-selling book in history no volume ever written has been more loved and quoted and its words sometimes simple and sometimes mysterious should always be studied carefully it is the bible the word of god welcome to bible answers live providing accurate and practical answers to all your bible questions our phone lines are open if you have a bible related question give us a call now at 800 god says that's facts 800-463-7297 pastor doug batchelor hello friends would you like to hear an amazing fact the velvetia is one of the strangest plants in all of the world firstly because they're unusually ugly of course that might be a matter of opinion they've got two large strap-like leaves that continuously grow from a short woody unbranched stem along the ground over time the ends of the leaves die and dry forming a twisted and frayed bundle at the base of the plant like a big rat's nest they're also interesting because they live a very long time carbon 14 dating of the largest plants have shown that several individuals are at least 1 500 years old some are believed to be as much as 2 000 years old making them the oldest plants in the world even though they've got a shallow taproot these incredible plants survive and thrive in the deserts of namibia where temperatures can easily reach 130 degrees how do they do it during the night and morning they absorb any moisture in the air that's a good lesson for all of us to make the most of what little we have to get through fiery trials what do you think pastor ross is some things we can even learn from an ugly plant like that absolutely i mean when you look at the pictures you don't think well there's not much to look at but it's a fascinating plant for one it lives a very long time more than 1500 almost 2 000 years of course redwood trees are known to also live for a very long time but here is a plant almost just like a bush yeah like a plant something else interesting about the plant i was looking at it's it releases a red pigment when it's very hot in its leaves and the leaves actually turn reddish which helps to reflect the radiation of the sun and when it's cooler in the desert areas then it releases more chlorophyll and the leaves turn very bright or deep green which helps to absorb energy so uh and i'm guessing that they must taste awful or some camel would have eaten them that's what i'm thinking some animal would eat it but it must smell or taste terrible leave them alone so here we have a plant that's able to endure incredible hardships it patiently waits until the moisture comes and it's able to just thrive under these very difficult conditions it reminds me of some christians who are able to thrive even though they're going through some difficult trials yeah when i lived up in the mountains i lived in the desert mountains for several years and uh well about a year and a half they have barrel cactus up there and during the dry season they shrivel and they get skinny they got pleats in them and then if you have a rain in the desert there's you know a day or two or a few hours of rain you'll see them they soak up every drop of water and they literally they swell up and they slowly then use that water to uh survive so that's what a christian needs to do as long as we can we need to soak up the living water the word of god and store our minds with truth to get us through the times of trouble the reason that noah survived the flood is because he stored it with food and resources he couldn't drink the salt water to get him and the other animals through that storm and friends now is the time for us to be storing up the truth of god's word and the living water of god's spirit to get us through the the fiery trials that come there's a verse in the bible pastor ross it's in first peter chapter 4 verse 12 and 13. beloved do not think it's strange concerning the fiery trial that is to try you as though some strange thing has happened to you but rejoice to the extent that you partake of christ's sufferings that when his glory is revealed you may also be glad with exceeding joy god promises he can get us through those fiery trials and those trials actually shape and prepare us absolutely we have a book that gives encouragement some biblical principles of how we can endure trials and difficulties the bible tells us everyone who chooses to live a godly life will experience difficulties and trials so how we to react when these things happen the book is called when the brook dries up that's why do christians suffer and i think it'll be an encouragement for for anyone going through some difficulties i just call and ask we'll be happy to send this to anyone for free the number to call is 800 835 800-835-6747 and again just ask for the book it's called when the brook dried up and i think it's referring to the story they passed out of elijah when he was right or during the three and a half year drought in israel when god provided water and food at the brook but then the drug dried up yeah and yet god had another plan for where he was to go yep he he always if that happens he will uh supply another way and he did absolutely again we want to welcome those who are joining us on the various outlets those joining us on amazing facts tv we are live and we're welcoming your questions also those listening on radio both in various local stations and on satellite radio on facebook pastor doug batchelor facebook page as well as the amazing facts facebook page so again welcome thank you for being a part of the program if you're the duck bachelor now youtube page too oh and the youtube page that's right we're also on youtube if you have a bible related question the phone lines are now open so this is a good time to pick up your phone and give us a call the number is 800-463-7297 again the number is 800-463-7297 with your bible question if you don't get through right away stay on the phone and one of our phone operators will answer the call as soon as they can well pastor like before we go to the phone lines we always like to start with the word of prayer so let's do that dear father once again thank you for this opportunity that we have to be able to open up your word and study together and lord it's your book so we ask for the holy spirit to come and guide us lead us all into a clearer and a full understanding of bible truths found in the scriptures be with those who are listening wherever they might be and we ask this in jesus name amen amen we're going to go to our first caller this evening we have uh risen in uh los angeles california is a welcome to the program god bless praise jesus thank you pastor doug thank you pastor ross uh it's been a year or so since i uh spoke with you but i don't want to go around the bush i want to go direct to my question because i know you have a lot of people who want sure last question i have a question about jewelry i i heard your message about jewelry and you said the jewelry cost people to have pride i will jewelry pastor doug in did we did we lose you are you there all right go ahead so you wear jewelry are you wondering if it's wrong to wear jewelry i i wear jewelry in moderately okay and jewelry gold around my risk reminds me of heaven that i'm gonna be walking in the street of gold it doesn't give me pride at all well so are you one you do you want me to give you the bible reasons yeah do you want me to give you the bible reasons uh for what i said i'm not done with my question yet if you if you can finish me up okay uh in the bible there are references about jewelry like the prodigal son the father gave his son a ring when he came back to him and also in psalms uh we gave it it's full of jewelry there too so i don't know what's wrong with jewelry when it comes to moderation uh killer so go ahead pastor dog all right thank you yeah no i appreciate it and a matter of fact i could even add to your argument um it tells us in ezekiel about how god adorned his bride with jewelry and so i'm not denying that people in the bible wore jewelry and let me make it very clear in case anyone out there misunderstands there's gonna be a lot of people in heaven that wear jewelry so uh yeah i don't know i've answered that question many times so i don't know which answer you heard sometimes it focuses on a different aspect of it but i was saying that there are a number of scriptures in the bible that talk about jewelry being connected with pride and one of them is in isaiah chapter i think it's isaiah chapter three it says the daughters of jerusalem are proud and they go walking and mincing as they go and uh and it describes all their jewelry in detail um and then you can even read about lucifer it talks about all the precious stones that covered lucifer when the children of israel went out of egypt jewelry was money in bible times because they had no paper money and so they used to trade with jewelry when eliezer wanted to give a dowry to rebecca it says he gave her a bracelet it tells how much it weighed because it was it was money the children of israel ended up making a golden calf out of their jewelry and worshipping it and so many christians through history have believed that because of statements where paul says let the adorning not be the outward adorning the wearing of gold and putting on apparel and paul talks about not with gold or pearls or precious adornment but with modesty and so people they're wondering well if i just wear a little bit modestly how's that um i take the position that you know how much is too much so by the way i have a book written by the same title and you may have read that it's called jewelry how much is too much and the reason is that uh sometimes by your example some people they you know they're concerned about uh their appearance they have slow self-esteem and they you know they put on a lot of jewelry um and it can be a stumbling block for somebody so to avoid having anyone else stumble and let's face it a lot of people wear a lot of bling and they spend a lot of money so you know if something's going to make your brother stumble don't do it paul says you know if eating meat's going to make my brother stumble he's talking about eating meat off her to idols he said i won't eat it i don't want to do anything to make my brother stumble there will be people in heaven that drink alcohol i don't drink any alcohol because some people will get addicted and it's a bad witness i also think there's good health reasons so um i think the reason is you know for christian modesty a few years ago i'll say one more thing on that a few years ago a number of televangelists got into trouble uh they fell morally and it became very public and but the same televangelists they were always parading their their rolexes and talking about their bentley cars and their wives were always dressed in very flamboyant attire lots of jewels and and the world was making fun of them and they said you're begging for all the money from these poor people and look at how you're you're be decked so i've always taken the position that i think if a christian is going to make a mistake make a mistake on the side of modesty god is not going to say to me when i stand before him in the judgment doug i can't let you in why not lord you didn't wear enough jewelry so i know some people out there think well you're you're kind of radical but maybe well you know god knows the human heart better than we do yeah and if god asks us not to do something ultimately it's for our own good you know we find an example in the bible in exodus chapter 33 before the children of israel were to enter into the promised land one of the things that god told them to do is remove all of your jewelry and he knew that that would be a stumbling block for them and of course like you say we want to set a good example for those around us so a reason i'd encourage you to call and ask for that book it's called jury how much is too much and that's for anyone wanting to know what does the bible say about this topic the number to call is 800-835-6747 and again just ask for the book it's called jewelry how much is too much we've got mark listening in tokyo japan that's where the olympic games were mark welcome to the program yes hello uh pastor uh uh doug and uh pastor uh john yeah sean um i'm from i'm in uh actually mitaka tokyo uh we're right next to the park where the bike rack uh bike races began the olympics went off yeah all the way through around mount fuji to the uh kofu area and uh boy i don't i don't know how they didn't keel over in the heat but they made it so that's good that's good well we're glad you got a front row seat there uh actually my question is i think it's a very simple one but yet i get so much opposition in this question and uh in this in this particular bible verse and it's ecclesiastes 9 5. for the living know that people die but the dead know nothing and they have no more reward for the memory of them is forgotten and what i'm having so much opposition is the very last verse of for the memory of them is forgotten my version is the memory of the person that is deceased that is dead that is now sleeping their memory is wiped out and gone but i'm getting people saying it's the memory of people that are alive that knew them and i'm thinking well my parents died many years ago and i still remember them so i'm not somehow or other i need clarification on this particular which what is me what is it what is forgotten when it says the memory of them is forgotten you know i'm looking at the young's literal translation here and it words it for the living know they'll die but the dead no not anything and there is no more to them a reward for their remembrance has been forgotten and i think if you go by this solomon is saying it could be taken one of two ways solomon i think here is saying that you know over time people do forget about the living but i think it also could be said that that person's memories uh they're not thinking anything when they're dead so it doesn't mean they're not going to be resurrected to have any memories but it just means that they're not remembering anything when they're dead so there's kind of two ways you can look at that verse but either way fits with you know good theology and of course the memory of those are forgotten it's talking in general terms there are certain individuals i mean our family members are parents that we would remember but even if you think back you know four or five generations even in your own family do you remember unless you're in the history of books yeah your ancestry so i think he's talking in general terms the reality is that when a person dies their own memory ceases in death but over time their their contribution to this life uh is also forgotten unless it's interesting unless they played a role in helping to lead others to christ and then that gets perpetuated right so we can i have a memory and that is in sharing christ with others does that help mark yeah so so in what you're saying is really it it's kind of a dual answer it's really uh the dead the person that is now sleeping memory is now forgotten and then the people over time and forget about them and what they what their actions and what they've done on earth yeah solomon you look at the the uh what do you call it the context of everything he's saying in chapter nine he's saying the important thing is his life he says to all the living there is hope for a living dog is better than a dead lion uh you know and he says uh several times he talks about you know as a man dies so dies a beast he's saying you know if you're if you're making your treasure down here it's really a waste because this life is temporary that's what he's really saying he concludes the whole book by saying what's the conclusion fear god and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man for god will bring every work into judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or evil so he's basically saying don't live for this life alone think about the life that will last because you're going to die and this life will be over so but if you fear god and keep his commandments there is a judgment and obviously there's a judgment there's a reward so that's how he concludes the whole book all right well thank you for your call mark you know we do have a study guide it's called are the dead really dead and he talks about the subject of what happens when a person dies we'll be happy to send this to anyone in north america the number to call is 800-835-6747 and you can ask for the study guide it's called are the dead really dead we also have a website it's called deathtruth.com and of course you can access this website anywhere around the world and it's filled with all kinds of wonderful bible verses sermons study material so if you want to learn more about the subject take a look at deathtruth.com next quarter that we have is robert and he is listening from let's see robert is in washington uh robert welcome to the program yes hello thank you for taking my call sure okay yeah i have a question for um about isaiah 65 verse 23 yeah it's uh they shall not labor in vain or bring forth for trouble for they are the seed of the blessed of the lord and their offspring with them okay i had always understood this to be talking about the survivors of the seven year tribulation period and this is talking about the thousand-year kingdom and those are the children born without trouble what is your take on that all right great question um keep in mind isaiah is prophesying before the jews were attacked by the babylonians he lived quite a while before that but he's foretelling a time when they would go through a great trouble but there would be another period of peace when they would come back and their descendants would be blessed and that was during the time of ezra nehemiah god watched over them but it's really a bigger picture of talking about heaven and you can read here if you go back to oh verse 17 for behold i create a new heavens and a new earth and the formal will not be remembered nor come into mind and so he begins to talk about just there'll be no more weeping in jerusalem my people will be a joy you know it's like jesus said there's no more pain or suffering or sorrow in the in revelation 21 and 22 so it says i'll not plant and another eat they'll not build in another inhabit they used to plant their vineyards and then they like in the story of gideon the midianites came and took all their produce or they chased them out they'd move into their houses and he said you will long enjoy the fruit of your hands now i don't think it's saying there's going to be new births it says you and your offspring meaning you and your children will enjoy the the benefits of this eternal peaceful kingdom but i think that's after the millennium yeah if you look on a few more verses verse 25 says the wolf shall lay down with the lamb and they will feed together so that's clearly talking about uh the earth made new at the end of the 1000 years it's also interesting specifically pastor doug 23 it talks about um you shall not bring forth children for trouble and your descendants will be blessed to the lord your offspring with them so you know the family unit will still be intact in heaven that doesn't mean that you're going to be giving birth to children in heaven uh the children that you have here that perhaps will be alive when jesus comes or have died and are resurrected the children will grow up in heaven but the family unit will still be blessed and there won't be any fear for the future yeah and it's actually the it's the antithesis of what jesus said on the way to the cross he told the daughters of jerusalem don't weep for me but weep for you and your children because a great trial was coming here he says your children will be safe right it doesn't mean they'll be procreating it just means that you'll your children will be safe in the new kingdom they'll have peace all right well thank you cool robert hope that helps we got uh jose or joseon josie i think it is in washington jos josue welcome to the program hello hi welcome now how do you say your name um you say it josue josue okay thank you yeah my question is on first samuel 28 okay and my question is how would i explain to a new believer that because in that chapter um saul wanted to get to samuel but he wasn't alive and so how would i explain to a new believer that samuel wasn't alive but the bible says he was for example in verse 15 he said and samuel said to saul how would i explain to someone like that yeah well i think that for one thing the context is does a witch have the power to resurrect a believer does the devil have the power to resurrect a believer and i think the you know the un unspoken answer is well and that would really be bizarre i think it's saying this apparition that looked like samuel so for the means of telling the story they got to say what do you call this apparition you know it claims to be samuel uh and there's another place that pastor ross i think is going to right now in chronicles where it explains what saul did and it says saul actually died not just because of his pride and his rebellion but because he went to a medium and he was consulting evil spirits the bible says do not go to a necromancer somebody who speaks to the dead paul said that people when they worship idols they don't realize they're worshiping devils and the bible talks about satan and his devils that work miracles satan himself can be transformed into an angel of light you know satan can bring down fire from heaven and create illusions and so there's just a lot of scriptures that uh explain that there are evil spirits that can masquerade this way you have that pastor ross um i'm just looking for a pastor i found the one in first samuel which is what we're talking about let me see if i can pull it up here i i'm familiar with that verse so yeah i hit the wording just right yeah talks about how yeah here it is first chronicles chapter 10 verse 13. that's the one it says um it says so saul died for his transgression which he committed against the lord even against the word of the lord which he kept not and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit to inquire of it so there we it says it's not law it's a familiar spirit and that's what they use for demons and fallen angels does that help a little bit huswei yes it does all right thanks so much for your question we do have a lesson on the witch of indore and um it's in the historical series of the landmark uh series and it's called i think the witch of indore if you'd like to learn more about that i think in this case go to the amazing facts website you can actually read the lesson for free online and it's called the witch of endor it's part of the historical set of lessons of the landmarks that have lessons name both of those next quarter that we have is john and he's listening in florida john welcome to the program hi pastors how are you doing doing really well thank you well i'm calling on behalf of my wife we've been studying and uh we're i'm not as knowledgeable obviously as you guys and uh she's wondering why seventh-day adventists keep uh catholic holy days such as easter primarily but christmas and i guess these were based on pagan holidays and her from orthodox they follow different days obviously than they do here in america all right well let's jump in here first of all yeah the seventh-day adventist when you say keep them we don't we don't uh we don't have a special mass on christmas or easter uh we meet in other words there's if easter's on wednesday i don't know any churches that say let's get together on well easter's always on sunday isn't it i don't know any churches that get together on sunday yeah yeah christmas on on wednesday we don't all flock to the church and and uh have a mass or anything like that so we certainly don't and whether or not it's one denomination or another we want to know what the bible says right that's the main thing exactly so i don't know you want to jump in that's right yeah you know i think it's important for us to understand a little bit i mean we're quite open and honest we don't believe jesus was born december 20 what is it the 24th of december we don't believe jesus was born december 25 and i think there's some good biblical reasons for that we know the history a little bit about that and of course easter um to peg it to one particular uh weekend uh it still moves in the calendar so even east is not exactly the time i mean if uh you go by the days they'll move throughout the week and they pick a sunday and they say well this is yeah it may not land on the past doesn't always land on a sunday but you know i think there's nothing wrong in celebrating or remembering the resurrection of jesus that's an important event also remembering the death of jesus but to keep that day as a holy day as sama being a sacred day i think that's that's the issue that's the concern yeah there's no bible command to do that but it is a scriptural event so you know if if you want to remember the thursday when jesus had the last supper well i guess he can't no one else celebrates it but i think we ought to preach on everything jesus did and but um yeah there's no um there's no command that we're supposed to celebrate his birth on one of the things we're trying to do past today talking about that around easter time we try to do a communion service some are connected around that time of the year now of course we don't always get it on the day it doesn't have to be on the exact day but it's kind of neat when the rest of the world is talking about the death burial and resurrection of jesus for us to recognize that through the institution that christ himself established that's not a sin to give somebody a present on the 23rd of december yeah you know if people are giving presents in in remembrance of god's gift that's probably as good a time as any well you know we do have a book it's called uh what is it called feast days and sabbaths no wait there's another baptized paganism that's the one i'm thinking i was looking for here that actually deals with some of this and we'll be happy to send that out to anyone who calls and asks just ask the book called baptized paganism and the number for that is 800-835-6747 all right friends don't go far we're just taking our mid-term break and we'll be back in a few moments with more bible answers [Music] stay tuned bible answers live will return shortly what if you could know the future what would you do what would you change to see the future you must understand the past this intriguing documentary hosted by pastor doug batchelor explores the most striking bible prophecies that have been dramatically fulfilled throughout history kingdoms in time for more information visit kingdoms in 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often fail to do so i pray and enjoy studying his words and i desire to know him not as knowledge but with my heart i want to really know him but i know that i don't love with the love of jesus i don't endure with this endurance and i don't obey the way he did when i asked others i'm told that the fact that i want him to abide in me is exactly the proof that he does but i don't and and i don't want to doubt it if he does but i also don't want to assume and be confident about it or if in fact i don't let him yet so what do you think yeah great question um you are not alone there's a lot of people out there they they want to love jesus more you know if someone came to christ and they said lord what's the greatest commandment jesus said love the lord your god with all of your heart mind soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself loving god with all is a full-time job and so for the the christian you always want to be uh feasting on the word looking to jesus talking to jesus and it's it's an ongoing discipline because in this life you know we're weak the devil is constantly trying to distract us and derail us and god's very loving and patient so don't get discouraged but you want to grow as a christian and so you your devotional life the three most important things you can do to grow spiritually is read the word pray and share your faith do something to try to help others love the lord and love your neighbor so yeah go ahead you know we've got a book past today it's called three steps to heaven and i think it emphasizes those very three things that you're talking about the importance of prayer bible study sharing our faith and it's an ongoing experience the apostle paul this champion of faith and you just look at the things that he did he is a prophet inspired by the spirit and yet he said i have not obtained he said i die daily so it is an ongoing daily experience where we have to surrender ourselves to christ and uh we might not be where we want to be but we should by god's grace not be where we started out there should be spiritual growth christian life is paul says it's a fight it's a race it's a wrestling match and you know it it but it's still a lot better to be a christian than to be lost in the world and be a slave of the devil so you know there's some struggles but uh feast on the word and don't give up you know every every christian has those mountaintop experiences where you sense the presence of god and you're filled with joy and you know it's just wonderful but you also have those moments where you don't feel that close to god it's at those times that you need to exercise faith and believe his word that he said he'll never leave us nor forsake us and hold on to his promises absolutely so hope that helps a little bit ro get that book three steps to heaven it's free just request it we'll send it to you the number to call is 800 835-6747 you can ask for the booklets called three steps to heaven we'll be happy to send that to anyone who calls and asks we've got jill listening from new york jill welcome to the program hi good evening good evening and your questions hi um sean ross i remember talking to you off the air and doug basher i remember you praying for me off the air years ago too i'm also blind visually impaired so bear with me um in first john 2 15 it says love not the world nor anything in the world if anyone loves the world of love of the father's not in him now how do you balance that with john 3 16 for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life and then i have another verse in question with that all right well as far as loving not the world and uh then god says god so loved the world when the bible tells us you know you look at the context of how something's being used uh when the bible tells us to love not the world it's talking about worldliness and then is it james it says if any man loves the world the love of the father is not in him god wants us to love lost people that are in the world and god so loved the lost people in the world jesus came to seek him to save the lost it's not talking about the sin in the world because that world is going to pass away and the lust thereof so he's defining what about the world is going to pass away the sin and the lusts of the world will pass away but he that does the will of god will abide forever again that's john chapter first john 2 verse 15 through 17. and the famous verse john chapter 3 verse 16 for god so loved the world it's talking about the people in the world it's not talking about the rocks he loves people he came to save people yeah and we ought to have that same love for people but there's a difference between loving people and loving the evil things worldliness that's right which is different yeah there is a difference so you had the you had another second part of the question yeah um yeah matthew 5 44 kind of kind of maybe answers your question a little bit it says but i tell you love your enemies and pray for those that persecute you that you may be sons of your father in heaven but then in james 4 it says friendship with the world is enmity towards god yeah well yeah you caught it so we we kind of touched on that verse um the the lord wants us to love everybody for the purpose of saving them it doesn't mean we love evil and we certainly don't endorse bad behavior but matter of fact one place god said to was it king jehoshaphat why will you be friends of those who are enemies of me he was making the league and supporting ahab so we're not to love worldliness okay jesus died for all sinners uh we've got barrington listening from new york barrington welcome to the program good evening pastors evening uh my question my question is this um the baptismal the baptismal formula in matthew 28. why the disciples didn't follow that um baptismal formula when they were baptized in acts the book of acts yeah well you're correct that there's no record of the disciples saying we baptize you in the name of the father son and holy spirit i don't think that we should assume that they never did so in acts i believe it says three at least three different ways it says baptized in the name of the lord baptized in the name of the lord baptized in the name of jesus and so the exact wording is different in almost every case i think two of them are the same in acts so i wouldn't get hung up on the wording you know when christ said baptize in the name of the father son and holy spirit and then in peter it says to be baptized in the name of the lord and it says baptized in the name of uh jesus christ in acts chapter 2 verse 38. so uh are you thinking that it must be uttered a certain way or you're just wondering why there's different terms yeah because jesus says in in matthew 28 all authority is given to him in heaven and on earth so why why not baptize in his name well i think that the disciples did baptize in the name of jesus well in our church we try to cover all the bases we say i'm baptizing the name of the the father's son jesus christ and the holy spirit yeah but um yeah i also think in acts there's a clear distinction being made you're right we ought to baptize the name of the father son and holy spirit and i think that's very clear in matthew chapter 28 it's not saying that the disciples never prayed that way or baptized i should say that way but i think the point that obviously was in contention at the time of the early christian church was jesus and his position as the son of god as the savior of the world most of the jews accepted the fact that god is god the father is god but it was the jesus question that raised a lot of disputes so i think where we have it mentioned in acts chapter 10 verse 48 uh luke is just making it very clear that these were people being baptized into christianity into christ and that was the point that was being emphasized yeah i just looked it up real quick um it says baptized in acts 2 38 in the name of jesus christ acts 8 16 baptized in the name of the lord acts 10 48 the name of the lord acts 19 5 the name of the lord jesus so the wording is a little different but i think that they the idea is are you being baptized into the name of the the god of the bible and the messiah jesus as pastor ross was saying so um you know let me just give you an analogy real quick that's not something we should get hung up on because baptism is very much like marriage it's a public covenant that you're following jesus and pastor ross and i are pastors we're ordained we do weddings and when we do a wedding the important thing that wedding covenant is that the two individuals getting married know who they're making the covenant to some weddings i might say bill do you take sally it's a little informal other weddings i might say do you uh william from randolph hearst no not him but anyway you know mary mattina james or whatever you know just the whole name and it's very formal either way you do that wedding when they say i do and there are witnesses and they sign that document they're married so you know the the wording in the ceremony is never emphasized in the bible as that is supposed to be the important thing they all knew they were getting baptized in the name of jesus christ and father son and holy spirit the god of the bible you know we have a book called baptism is it really necessary i've actually pardoned me oh we have another i've got a book called the name of the lord there you go the name of the lord talks about baptism and what name do we get baptized in that might even be a better book i mean both are available you know you can ask the name of the lord or the book baptism is it really necessary for those who aren't baptized we want to encourage you to prayerfully consider this it's an important step and you might want to call and ask for that book and then also ask for the book it's called the name of god the number to call is 800-835-6747 and again just ask for those free books if you're outside of north america you can still read it by simply going to the amazing facts website just amazingfacts.org next quarter that we have is james listening from uh new orleans james welcome to the program are you maybe you're muted james you there good evening i'm here can you hear me uh you're popping in a little bit so yeah state your question and we'll do our best to answer it thank you sir uh my question is is there any opportunity to be saved the rapture is there an opportunity to be saved after that is going to be saved okay we're going to bring your volume down your your phone your cell is having a problem um if you look in 2 peter chapter 3 it talks about the day of the lord coming as a thief in the night in which the heavens pass away with a great noise and the elements melt with fervent heat the day of the lord is when jesus comes back you can read in a second i'm sorry first thessalonians chapter 4 the lord will descend from heaven with a shout the voice of the archangel the trump of god and the dead in christ will be caught up that's the rapture we get caught up what happens at that time thessalonians says the wicked are destroyed by the brightness of his coming and so no i don't believe there's any chance once the lord comes and people are caught up we're of the opinion that the tribulation happens before they're raptured up not after so you go through what we call the tribulation the bible speaks about the seven last place being poured out god's people are protected during that time just like the children of israel were protected when the ten plagues came upon egypt then they were delivered after the plagues so god's people are protected during those seven last plagues but then when jesus comes um the righteous are caught up to meet the lord in the air the wicked are destroyed at the brightness of his coming ii thessalonians tells us we also need to remember that just before jesus comes there is a universal death decree according to revelation chapter 13 passed against god's faithful people so jesus comes to the deliverance of his people and the wicked are then destroyed with the brightness of his yeah it's not just the jews yes some of my friends believe it's yes it's talking about any believers you know pastor i think this is important this is an important bible truth for people to understand i've actually heard people talking about this and he wasn't a believer but she was and his argument was well i'll wait until suddenly she disappears and then i'll know that what she says is real and i'll get my act together and i'll seek after god repent during the seven well it's gonna be too late right yeah i mean when jesus comes there's no second chance so it's a good point to bring up james something that i think we need to study out we do have a uh a book on the topic it's called anything but secret it's talking about the second coming of christ and we'll be happy to send that to anyone who calls and asks the number again is 800 800-835-6747 and you can ask for the book it's called anything but secret and of course you can read it outside of north america just by simply going to the website yeah of course if you're in north america you can read it too at the website we've got derek listening in minnesota derek welcome to the program oh hi thanks for taking my call i had a question and it's sort of like you know how the first angel message mirrors the sabbath commandment um i notice in genesis in the new king james version genesis 6 or 3 16 and then in genesis 4 7 like the 3 16 it talks about um like eve and the desire will be for the husband and he'll rule over you and then when you go to genesis 4 7 it says like send lights on the door and it'll be your desire and it'll rule over it or something like that it's weird how it's like the language is kind of mirrored in both of those verses and i didn't i didn't understand it like is there some like symbolism symbolism there you know that's a good point um of course uh you know one is a statement where god is talking about the um the real consequences of sin in genesis chapter three with cain he's saying that a sin wants to have the mastery of you but you should rule over you should subdue it don't resist it and he would not resist his pride and that sin he ultimately killed his brother but you know i is there a connection between those two uh i can't spot one right now sure i mean the verse the wording is similar but the wording is similar but i think the probably the idea in my understanding is when it says sin lies at the door and it's desirous for you but you shall rule over it it's kind of referencing that carnal nature that that sinful nature that we we've inherited shall not have a minion over you yeah we've inherited from from uh you know adam and eve and our parents all the way down but the bible tells us that by god's grace we are to rule over it in other words it's not to rule us right so it's not a sin to be tempted but by god's grace we are to resist that temptation we are to rule over that temptation and that's what we find in this verse yeah well thank you derek we've got a lot of calls lined up we're going to try and get a few more in we've got sherman uh sherwin i should say listening from canada sherwin welcome to the program hi good evening pastor ross and pastor doug evening hi my question is about the the sancti uh the justification and sanctification so i've always believed that justification sanctification sort of a linear process but now i'm thinking so every time i sin really i get justified if i ask for forgiveness um and then and then so on and so forth it's it's looking like it's more recursive or it's in a cycle rather than it's linear and then eventually glorification comes so my my confusion is is the justification and simplification process is linear or more of a recursive all right i think i understand what you're saying let me give you another way to look at it uh you know when jesus died he provided justification for all that believe and i'm looking at three verses in romans that talk about the romans 4 25 romans 5 16 romans 5 18 talks about resulting in justification of life think of justification as that through the blood of christ he filled an ocean that will wash away sin uh that he does that once we may need to jump in that ocean several times and have that justification renewed but you know he was justified once in another he provided this justification for those who will uh take advantage of his offer when he died on the cross and he died for the sins and he poured his blood out and it was adequate for the whole world at that point but you know you and i often have to renew our justifications why paul said i die daily dying daily is not just sanctification dying daily is asking for i want to be resurrected new life and and have a refreshed justification you know we have a book that you wrote past today it's called assurance justification made simple and deals with this very subject and i think uh anyone would be encouraged by reading this the number to call is 800-835-6747 and again you can ask for the book written by pastor dag it's called assurance justification and sure one in canada can read that online that's right we can send it to canada anyone in north america so yep you can read online or if you in north america we can send it to you we've got david listening in hawaii david welcome to the program hey pastor thanks for having me yeah um my question is in regards to the 2300 days in daniel chapter 8. um specifically how does it ties to the day of atonement um the context in daniel chapter 8 is that the sanctuary is being cleansed because the little horn has desecrated but the context of the day of atonement is that it is being cleansed because of the sins of the repentant also the word cleanse um is not the same hebrew word in daniel chapter 8 verse 14 as it is when it's referring to the day of atonement and lastly why is the day year principle applied when it says evenings and morning and we don't apply that to other prophecies like jesus's prophecy about being buried three evenings and mornings or in the creation account okay oh you got several questions there hopefully we can we'll try and cover some of it can i start with your last one though uh the last one you talking about why do we apply the the day for the year you you know either way you do it if in daniel chapter 8 it's talking about the ultimate cleansing of god's people which occurred on the day of atonement the day of atonement happened once a year so if you say that this is 2 300 years are days rather and you apply the day for the year principal well then it's 2 300 years if you say well it's 2 300 days of atonement and the day of atonement comes once a year it's still 2 300 years because you're talking 2 300 days of atonement they come once a year so i think it's real easy to support the that this is speaking of a year the other thing is jesus he did use the day in the year uh christ after john the baptist was arrested jesus told his friends i think this is luke chapter three let me see there's a luke chapter 13 i forget he said if you type in the word fox you'll find it jesus said go tell that fox that i teach and do cures and cast out devils today and tomorrow and the third day i'll be perfected that's luke 13 32. thank you yeah so it wasn't jesus did not teach three more this is six months into his ministry he did not teach three more days he taught three more years but he was making a prophecy so the only way daniel 8 works is if you do apply the day for the year and the context of it is the ultimate cleansing of god's people and of course we only apply the day for a year principle when it when we're talking about bible prophecy and clearly daniel is a prophetic book there's a lot of imagery that's used you wouldn't apply this prophecy talking about the six days of creation because that just wouldn't make sense so instead of talking about six days try and make it six thousand it doesn't work because for example you have vegetation created before you have the sun so i mean that's clearly six days and of course then the the seventh day got rested and he blessed and he set it apart can i make a suggestion i want to try and get one more call pastor ross david we have a magazine that we just came out with it's called divine design and it goes into daniel chapter 8 in great detail you've asked some great questions we need 25 minutes to answer your question they're more than that so please look at the magazine and i think it covers all of your questions and that'll let us take one more caller okay absolutely we've got let's see we've got jalen listening in atlanta georgia jalen welcome to the program hey how are you guys doing today good thanks for calling and your question tonight yes yes sir i'm gonna make it quick so it's on time um can you hear me well we all can beautiful beautiful so i've been doing a um i actually saw a video about um tithe and i heard you speaking uh miss passado about it and so i just did some research just on it um because there's a lot of controversy on it and when i did my research however i pinpoint tied to just mean produce grain livestock oil uh wine and um the only time i see tithes mentioned with money however is when i see it says in deuteronomy it says if the journey be too long you should fail your time you know coming from agriculture that they have right and you can use the money and go to wherever the lord that god put in you can buy wine strong drink but that's a whole nother subject but anywho you can that's the only connection i see with ties with money and it was for the levites you know they were increasing they were right so i want to wrap it up we're going to run out of time so i've got to oh yeah so my ques oh i'm sorry you got to just real quick yes sir yes sir my question was how does pastors receive tithes if they were for the levites and pastors don't come from the tribe of levi and whatnot and it was all right money let me let me answer that as quickly as i can you're right it was an agricultural society many of the people the way they would pay tithe on their increase and there's a lot of verses on that you can read malachite says bring all the tithe into my storehouse is they'd bring their grain and so forth clearly by the time of christ they were giving money you've got the widow that gave her two mites when she came to the temple and the priests would they'd cast their gold into the temple the levites you could pay money they had a temple shekel and even deuteronomy talks about that that people would pay uh it was the main idea was to support the priests so that they could continue to minister to the people through the year and so they would bring ties whether it was the grain or the sheep the agriculture or you could trade that in for money the thing was they were to be supported of the increase we've got a lesson on that called in god we trust we'll send you a free copy and the number to call for that is 800-835-6747 again you can ask for the study guide is called in god we trust it's a pretty exhaustive study on the subject of tithing and what is the responsibility for a christian so call and we'll be happy to send that to you amen well friends this is about the fastest hour in the week it seems like we just built up momentum and the hour is gone we are coming back in just a moment with another bonus bible question but we've got to sign off with our friends who are listening on satellite radio right now otherwise stay tuned we're coming back with some internet bible questions in just a moment thank you for listening to today's broadcast we hope you understand your bible even better than before bible answers live is produced by amazing facts international a faith-based ministry located in granite bay california [Music] hello friends welcome back for our bible answers live bonus question now again if you have a bible question and you'd like to send it to us you can email us by simply emailing your bible question to bal question amazingfacts.org and we'll try to take as many of those in this segment of the program here we go pastor first question for tonight are aliens real well angels could be accused of being aliens and so does god have life on another planet i believe yes how do angels visit our world yes and we know they're good angels evil angels have been cast down to earth according to revelation 12. i don't think ufos and e.t are coming but i need to let our studio know oh he's doing it okay i want to see how much time i had left on the clock um but no the people that says i had a ufo where i was captured by aliens and they did experiments on me i'm very dubious that that happened okay next question that we have we're going to try and get to many as we can do i have to go to church to be saved well there'll be i think there'll be people in heaven that didn't go to church because you know the thief on the cross was saved in the final hours of his life there are people who maybe are sick and they can't physically go to church or they're so far removed from a church they can't attend and that will not be an obstacle to their salvation but if a person loves the lord and if jesus said the church is his body and we learn to love the lord by loving each other and if the church is the medium through which god communicates the gospel of the world why would not a christian want to go to church and so i'd i'd wonder about if a person's committed to following the bible he said in especially after covet everyone's wondering do i have to go to church to be saved friends we need to start getting back into the habit as you know your local laws allow do not forsake the assembling of ourselves together and the sabbath was called a holy convocation there's something that happens jesus said when you come together in my name we need to come together in the name of the lord and you know we can even sense it in our in our congregation in our experience pastor that when folks have been separated from each other for an extended length of time even though they might be watching online you begin to i don't want to say grow cold but your your spiritual fervency can begin to diminish if you're not inspired by others who believe the same thing who want to worship god where you sing together we pray together it's it's needful for a christian we can't live by ourselves yeah we need the we need the accountability we need the encouragement and pray for one another and so yeah i think it's real important to come together friends we want to remind you this program exists entirely because people like you uh believe in what's happening here we are 100 supported by supporters and so thank you so much you can just go to amazingfacts.org and uh donate keep us on the line god bless we'll study next 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