"Jesus and the Apostles’ View of the Bible (Scripture)" - Lesson 3 - Pastors panel discussion

[Music] the time [Music] in that time my my noise our shelter in the time of storm [Music] no shelter in the time [Music] Hey [Music] shelter in that time [Music] we change good [Music] my shelter [Music] let's bow our heads for a word of Prayer your Father in heaven again we thank you that we're able to gather together and just open up your word and even though we see things happening in the world around us that causes alarm and concern even fear Lord you have promised a place of safety a place of peace and that is in Jesus father thank you for the great hope that we have thank you that we need not fear for Jesus is our Savior he is our Lord he is the rock that we can hide from Lord we asked your grace be with those who are listening we ask that you'd watch over each person each family protect them and Lord thank you for the opportunity we have to come and worship in Jesus name Amen amen and so with that we should probably get into our lesson you know one of the favorite things we do at Granite Bay every year we have a message or two that deals specifically with a subject of Scripture because we think it's it's a foundation of all that we teach and you know occurred to me if there wasn't a Bible I wanted I wouldn't have a life you know because my whole life revolves around reading the Bible writing about the Bible preaching about the Bible teaching about the Bible studying the Bible and it's like it's the axis on which my life turns and it should be for the church right it's the foundation jesus said he that hears these words of mine is the wise man who builds on the rock it's the it's a rock of the church and so every year we usually emphasize the Bible I'm thrilled we're taking a whole quarter to talk about the scriptures and the importance of the scriptures right now our lesson today is Jesus and the Apostles view of the Bible how did Christ and the Apostles feel about the Bible and we have a memory verse and I know that in your places around the world you're gonna say this with us and this is from Matthew 4:4 I think most people know this one by heart anyway Matthew 4:4 but he answered and said to them it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God and that comes up again a little later in our study and so uh I think it's important to remember that when we're reading the New Testament we're really asking how did the New Testament writers Jesus and the Apostles feel about the Old Testament and scripture well you know pastor Doug there are so many different opinions today about the Bible there are those who feel like the Bible is just a collection of historical myths stories question people question inspiration of the Bible some people say that science contradicts the Bible but what we're interested in knowing is how did Jesus relate to the Bible what was his attitude towards the stories that we have in Scripture the authority the inspiration of the Bible how did the Apostles feel about the Bible and that's really the focus of what our study is how does Jesus relate to the Bible it's a very important point I mean Jesus is God he didn't have to refer to Scripture after all he is the source of truth mhm and yet we find often Jesus in his life on earth quoted the scriptures matter of fact a memory text Jesus is quoting the Old Testament exactly you know the the Gospel of Mark and John begins really with the baptism of Jesus and it's got John the Baptist and so before before Christ even goes out teaching and before the temptation which we'll get to in a moment when John the Baptist is preaching the religious leaders come and they say who are you and what does John do he quotes from the Bible he says I am the voice I believe it's a prophecy in Isaiah I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness so right from the very beginning they understood that the whole message of the Messiah was going to be founded on the Old Testament scripture said he would be a fulfillment of these Old Testament prophecies absolutely and so when you're getting to the public ministry of Jesus you have the baptism that Pastor Doug alluded to and then you find Jesus being led by the Spirit up into the wilderness where he fasted and prayed for forty days and you know the story how that the devil came to tempt Jesus there in the wilderness Jesus did not fight against the devil or defame himself by quoting his position or authority but Jesus went back to the Bible and there are some lessons in that there's important lessons for us as Christians where do we find our defense against impatience yeah the reason the world is in trouble now is because Eve tried to argue with the devil using rationalization and the real answer is God has said and just stay with that and so sometimes if you try to rationalize and try and talk your way out of a temptation you can get in trouble but just say this is what the Word of God says and this is what Christ did so the first temptation that we read about Matthew chapter 4 verse 4 this is the response of Jesus and we read it in our scripture reading it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God and I think pastor Doug one of the things that to me is being emphasized by Jesus in this response to the devil's first temptation the trustworthiness of the Bible you need something that you can trust especially today so many different ideas and theories what do you trust jesus said we ought to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God that is the Word of God it also strikes me that when the temptation came to Jesus it says he's out in the wilderness he's been there 40 days I suspect he was not carrying a backpack full of scrolls that he had learned the Scriptures on his mother's and knee and so when temptation came he had it memorized and I think it's essential for Christians to know we need to be filling our minds now with the truth of God's Word especially now we did a little video oh I guess about a week ago talking about sort of a what's the word for it a little bit of a provocative title it said how to hoard food for the storm and I wanted people to watch it we're not telling people to be stripping the shelves in the market we said we need to be storing food for the coming storm here Jesus was going through a storm of temptation but he was prepared because he had hidden the word in his heart so that he could recite it and claim these promises when they came so that's the first temptation Jesus says man shall not live by bread alone but again the devil tempted in Matthew chapter 4 verse 7 you have Christ's response again and Jesus said it is written again you shall not tempt the Lord your God now I like the way it's worded Jesus says it is written again so he quoted it is written and then on the second temptation he says it is written again and to me that's Jesus affirming the authority of the scripture the final word is found in the scriptures the Word of God yeah he could have said well I mentioned the Bible last time I'm gonna use something else this time he just kept going back to the Bible yeah something else about this it tells us the devil took him into the holy city set him on the business of Matthew chapter 4 verse 5 set him on the pinnacle of the temple which was very high I understand from Josephus it was like over 200 feet high and said if you are the son of God throw yourself down for it is written so now the devil is quoting the Bible and he actually only quotes half of it so he takes it out of context it is written he'll give his angels charge over you and in their hands they will bear you up lest you dash your foot against a stone so the devil leaves out the part that says to keep you in all your ways and part of that means you do not tempt the Lord that's one of the ways so Jesus also uses the Bible correctly here where the diet the devil used the Bible he Mis quoted he used it incorrectly to try to manipulate now there's a lot of people in the world today that say I'm a Christian I believe the Bible and they're wolves in sheep's clothing so we got to remember the devil can quote the Bible and but we need to know the Bible well enough that we're gonna be able to spot if it's misquoted no it's not what it says somebody asks a question along those same lines they just text it in and they said how does one rationalize with the devil or what do you mean by rationalizing with the devil and how does one do this well I don't think you should engage the devil because the only you know the devil is so the Bible says man has made lower than the Angels the devil was the highest of the angels though he's incredibly evil he's incredibly brilliant and if you try to engage any an argument with him without the Holy Spirit and super and natural power trusting our own words and rationalization we'll be overcome so you don't want to parley with the devil absolutely the best thing to do when a temptation comes its way start quoting scripture and send up a prayer right away and run and don't yes flee temptation that's right Joseph ran from Potiphar's wife right the longer we stay around the forbidden tree you might say the more likely we are to fall hey good point somebody asked another question past the deck dealing with the Bible what would you suggest as being the best way to memorize Scripture well there's a lot of good ways missus bachelor was telling me that we ought to be mentioning there's a special Bible program called the fast program and you they probably have a website people can go to they've got cards and a little program it's not much they can purchase and you go through memorizing segments of scripture the most important promises that you're going to use later in fact I'll jump ahead we're not going to forget the third temptation but I want to jump ahead and just say Peter tells the second Peter chapter 1 verse 4 by which we have been given to us exceeding great and precious promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust through the Word of God the promises of God we quote these we memorize them and they they comfort our hearts and they give us ammunition against temptation so I start by getting a Bible promise book or get the Bible memorization program that has some of the best promises to help live the Christian life to bring comfort there in categories and then in a program like this you take a scripture and you try to commit it to memory during that day then you can have your alarm timer on your phone go off again and say alright repeat it again and two or three times during that day you repeat it the next day you add a scripture and then repeat the one you remember the day before you got to stay at it I had a neighbor he memorized the entire New Testament and it's just and I tested him on it too and he did so it can be done Wow all right well then that comes to Third Point here in the temptations of Christ and finally this is the temptation that the devil kind of put everything on the line hoping that he could get Christ and he said if you bow down and worship me I'll give you all the kingdoms of this world Jesus responded Matthew chapter 4 verse 10 and I like this jesus said to him again away with you Satan for it is written you shall worship the Lord God and him only you shall serve there is a demonstration of the power of the word you want to get the devil to go away quote the scripture the power of the word it reminds me of when in the book of Jude Michael comes to resurrect Moses and then the devil comes and he basically argues he said you can't have him he's sin mm-hmm you know he's mine and Michael would not partly wear the devil he simply said the Lord rebuke thee right which is essentially get thee behind me and and that's what happened so I want to remind our friends that may have joined us since we began this is our Sabbath school study hour you can ask questions and that website again if they want to send us questions about the lesson it's just the Facebook page Doug Batchelor Facebook page or the amazing facts Facebook page and thank you for the questions that you have sent in and I know many of them are related to the lesson so we appreciate that if you have any question about the Bible how to understand the Bible something relating to Christ and the Bible of the Apostles we'd love to hear from you well pastor Doug that brings us to our next section I just sorted to wrap that up I think the point that we just want to take away from that is that Jesus made it clear in his life that ultimate authority is in the scriptures and we can trust the Scriptures and that it's a power against the enemy yeah one more thing is in those three temptations that came to Jesus you know some people say well that's nice that he was able to use the scripture for that particular temptation but I've got this temptation you know Jesus never had to worry about tobacco in his day or whatever it is those three temptations really cover all categories of sin you can read in the first John chapter 2 verse 15 do not love the world or the things that are in the world if anyone loves the world the love of the father's not in him for all that is in the world and here's the three categories of sin the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but the world and the world is passing away in the lust of it but he that does the will of God will abide forever and so in these three temptations it's the same three areas where Adam and Eve fell Jesus overcame through Scripture whatever the temptation there's a scripture promise for you absolutely well that brings us to our Monday lesson if you follow along with your listen we are Monday now and the title for that is Jesus and the law how did Jesus relate to the law and firstly I think it's very clear that Jesus taught obedience to the law now some people get confused as to the ceremonial law what part of that do we need to keep if any but really the point that we emphasizing is the moral law that is the Ten Commandment law there's no question as to Christ's position about the law we actually have that verse pastor Doug in Matthew chapter 5 verse 17 where Jesus made it very clear he said do not think that I've come to destroy the law of the prophets I didn't come to destroy but to fulfill absolutely you know when when you look at the Bible and you take your Bible and you go to the New Testament alright I got it here just so you have a visual this is a unique Bible in that I have almost no notes in this Bible its own almost nothing but Scripture I did that so I could get the the font as big as possible here you've got the New Testament here we've got the Old Testament you can quickly see the New Testament is only about a quarter of the whole Bible three quarters of it is Old Testament and then in the Old Testament let me see here I'm gonna go to here you've got the books of Moses matter of fact a little more Deuteronomy here don't want to leave Moses out and then Moses wrote the book of Job so here you've got the foundation for the Bible in the five books of Moses this was often called the law and then you've got the history the books of Joshua judges for second Kings for second Samuel Chronicles this is the history then you got the Minor Prophets the major prophets but they call this the law and the prophets and even though it had books of poetry and it had the history in it as well this is the foundation in particular the teachings of Moses for every other profit for every other sum matter of fact they almost all quote Moses at some point the other minor prophets major prophets Psalms they reference Moses one of the Psalms is actually a song of Moses and so that was the foundation now some people say the reason I'm going through this whole point that some of the things Moses said you can't really trust their allegories their fables Adam and Eve is just an allegory you know we know evolution happened they say or no one the flood is an allegory about how God feels about evil and the Tower of Babel that's not how the nations separated and and they sort of even Christian pastors and scholars say they're very dismissive about the some of the law of Moses and his teachings but listen to what Jesus said john 546 for if you believed Moses you would believe me for he wrote about me but if you do not believe his writings how will you believe my words and so it's not an option for a Bible Christian to say I think I might or may not believe Moses literally Jesus quotes Moses as literal so you can't believe Jesus if you don't believe Moses that's like we have a question about that passage in Matthew chapter 5 verse 19 says whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these Commandments and teaches me to do so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven but we have a dozen teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven so the question is well does that mean that those who break one of the Lord's commandments will be in the kingdom of heaven they'll just have a a lower place in heaven yeah they got a lower rank no that's often misunderstood when it says those who break them and teach others to break them will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven doesn't say they're there it means those in the kingdom of heaven call that person the lowest person it's talking about those in heaven are calling them the least they're not there right so when you look at how heaven values the greatest in the least those who break the commandments and teach others to break even the least are called the lowest by the people in heaven absolutely won't be there yeah so there's no question as to how Jesus felt about the law he believed that it needed to be kept the law is a transcript of God's character Jesus kept the law his followers kept the commandments revelation talks about a group of people in the last days that keep his commandments and have the faith and the testimony of Jesus but the next point that's brought out in a lesson is the foundation of the law what is the law based on of course you got the Ten Commandments divided into two parts you've got the first four or the commandments dealing with our relationship with God you have the last six of the Ten Commandments dealing with our relationship to our fellow man but Jesus summarized the law with love and we have a story pass that again Matthew chapter 22 where a man came to Jesus and asked what is the greatest commandment in the law and here's his response jesus said to him you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart this is Matthew 22 verse 37 with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind this is the first and the great commandment and the second is like it you should love your neighbor as yourself on these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets absolutely and I've heard some say those two Commandments now have replaced the law and the prophets it's interesting that those two Commandments Jesus is quoting the Old Testament he's quoting from Deuteronomy chapter 6 and he's quoting from Leviticus 19:18 and so when Jesus says a new commandment I give to you how could he call it a new commandment when he's quoting Moses or maybe he was saying a new concept I have for the Pharisees in the scribe that the law of Moses is summarized in love if you love your neighbor you will not break the first your last six Commandments and if you love God you'll not break the first four Commandments love that's why Paul says love is filling a little it's the fulfilling of the law you know one other thing pastor Ross if you go through the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount people often say well Jesus was fulfilling and doing away with the Old Testament because he says stuff like Matthew 5:21 you have heard it said but I say to you mmm and he said you shall not murder but I say to you whoever murders us but I'm saying if you're angry with your brother without a cause you're guilty of murder you have heard it said by them of old you shall not commit adultery but I say to you if a man looks on a woman to lust he's committing adultery furthermore it has been said again he quotes the whoever divorces his wife let him give a certificate of divorce but I say to you and then you go to Matthew 533 again you have heard it said by them of old you shall not swear falsely but perform your oaths so Jesus keeps quoting the Old Testament look at the authority but he's not quoting it and saying but I say something different what Jesus did is he went deeper he showed that the law was not just an action the law was an attitude so I'm always a little stunned when I hear pastors say see Jesus he did away with the law as his teaching it fulfills it well Isaiah explains what Jesus did in Isaiah 42 verse 21 it's a prophecy about the Messiah it says the Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake he will exalt that were there is he will magnify the law and make it honorable the law had become dishonorable Christ he took a magnifying glass he didn't take an eraser to the law he took a magnifying glass to make it bigger and clearer and so the teachings of Jesus is founded on the teachings of the Bible he just expounded it and that's what a pastor is supposed to do and you take the word and you expound it magnify it make it clear you know somebody just sent in a question and they asking about the Book of Enoch and the question is since its quoted in the New Testament in Jude at the book of Jude what do we know about the Book of Enoch is is it a truth filled book you know this is a very it's a great question there is a book of Enoch the Book of Enoch was not a book that Enoch gave to Noah that somehow survived the flood made its way down to our day the Book of Enoch was an allegorical book that was written and parts of it were inspired during the Babylonian captivity it's like when we read the book pilgrims progress that is an inspirational book there are certain inspirational statements in history you can even read where you know Benjamin Franklin says something like early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy wealthy and wise will you find that teaching kind of in Proverbs he talks about slothfulness and so an inspired Bible writer might quote from another book an inspired quote in that book so Jude took an inspired quote from that book of Enoch but the whole Book of Enoch was not inspirational on the level of the Bible all right I think also there's some questions as to the authorship of the book we know Enoch didn't write this book it kind of got his name attached but we don't really know who actually wrote the book apparently it was around at the time of Christ but again not a billion who live during the time of the Babylonian captivity we don't know his name yeah so write some inspired you who is writing an inspired commentary but yeah the whole Book of Enoch has some things in it that are not inspired so that's why a person needs to be carried careful there's some things in there that they took some liberties with right this is a statement to be finding the book Christ object lessons and it talks about Christ's attitude towards the Bible I'd like to read it it sub Christ's object lessons page 39 and 40 it's a short quote it says he talking of Christ pointed to the scriptures as the unquestionable Authority and we should do the same the Bible is to be presented as the word of the infinite God and the end of all controversy the foundation of all faith amen it's like that parable that Jesus shares in Luke 16 where everyone knows the parable of the rich man and Lazarus and it only appears that one time in the Bible and people use it to argue the state of the dead and the parable really had nothing to do with the state of the dead they often say that you know the moral of the stories at the end are the punchlines at the end of the joke at the end of this parable about the the rich man talking to Abraham and the poor man and Abraham's bosom and he's in Hades and he said always someone rises from the dead then they'll believe and Jesus said if they do not believe Moses and the prophets then neither will they be persuaded the one should rise from the dead and that's Luke 16:31 again if you don't believe Moses you can't believe Jesus and so Christ he said that Moses and the prophets the Word of God and and this is you know I've just got to tell my friends you know we've got a small crew here in the studio doing online church for you in online Sabbath school do church in a minute but I realized there's thousands that are watching I'll tell you something that I is on my heart I visit other churches I know we have some friends that are watching from other denominations though this is a seventh-day Adventist congregation and I go into the churches and they provide Bibles mm-hmm and I'll pull the Bible out of the back of the Pew and it's just the New Testament and I'm thinking don't you provide the Bible that Jesus read the Bible the Apostles read and there is so much truth in the other three quarters of the Bible that it always amazes me they say we've got Bibles in your peers and they only talk about and teach the New Testament when the New Testament was written they were looking at the Old Testament as the primary scripture and so that's just something we can't forget it's all the Word of God but don't neglect the Old Testament where in fact that's an excellent segue to Tuesday's lesson which is entitled Jesus and all the scripture of course when you talk about Jesus and the scripture you talking about the Old Testament he didn't have the New Testament our one of my favorite stories I know it's one of yours pastor that cuz of it you preach sermons on it is Luke chapter 24 where Jesus had a rather interesting discussion with two of the disciples walking to Emmaus yeah the road to Emmaus experience this is the Sunday morning after the resurrection no it's actually Sunday afternoon at this point and two of the disciples are just brokenhearted you know they saw what they believed was the Messiah died they thought he was gonna conquer the Romans and they don't understand and they're walking from Jerusalem which means City of God down to Emmaus a town means hot water they're hot springs they're evidently and so they're going downhill they got their back to the New Jerusalem they're discouraged they're talking about everything that happened Jesus draws near and they don't recognize him he listens for a while and he says why are you so sad what is this communication you have with one another as you walk and her sad Christian should be happy should be positive good news and is it all haven't you heard about Jesus and what happened why are you stranger where have you been I'm paraphrasing and then Jesus said he finally couldn't take it anymore and he said Oh fools and slow of heart to believe that all the prophets have spoken and beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself there was no new Testament and he says all the Scriptures talk about Jesus and you know I so excited about that theme I wrote a book called shadows of light Christ in the Old Testament and I just see Jesus everywhere in the Old Testament you know the amazing thing about that story here is Jesus he rose from the dead he's the son of God but before he reveals himself to the disciples he wants to ground them in the prophetic word the authority of the prophetic word before even revealing himself he points them back to the scripture so in example of Jesus how did Jesus relate to the Bible he recognized the prophetic authority of the Scriptures the Old Testament of course you can extend that to the New Testament but we can trust the prophetic utterances that we find in the Bible that came true the Book of Daniel points out the different histories and stories we can trust what the Bible says yeah and that to me is what you would call a slam-dunk scripture mm-hmm he says all the scriptures and Jesus could have said I want you to believe I'm the Messiah cuz I'm telling you to he didn't he said I want you to believe I'm the Messiah because of what the scriptures say he's so the authority for Christ and the authority he gives the churches what does the Bible say well pastor like that brings in another question that somebody's asking that is how do we know that all of the books in the Bible that we have is indeed the scriptures and who chooses what book to be in the Bible and what book not to be in the Bible that's a great question and I invite you to help me in answering this all of the books that we have in our modern Bible of course the the Old Testament was complete before Jesus was bright so there's very little dispute about that there you know there are some who argue that the book of Maccabees should be between the Testaments but where you go from malachi backward and all of the rabbi's and christian scholars agree that those books are inspired so the big dispute comes in how did they organize which books would be included in the New Testament and there's several things that happened first of all those that wrote them were alive and witnesses of the life and teachings of Jesus now Paul wrote quite a bit but he did have a personal encounter with Christ and so that's why he's included the other thing is those Bible writers cross reference to each other you can hear where Peter references Jude Jude references Peter Peter references Paul Paul references Peter they cross pollinate each other to endorse one another's writings and then you find that the early church fathers they were using the books uh you know there's over time other mystery books have popped up you know the gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Judas and these things are what they call apocryphal they're books of doubtful origin they're usually forgeries that were kind of slipped in and some said hey guys look what I found in this old that's the old library because they had a point they wanted to teach but by a hundred and twenty AD and you know John died about a hundred the Apostle those Polycarp in the early church fathers they knew some of the Apostles and they had pretty much decided the books that we have now the organization of the books a lot of that came out of the Reformation it's very interesting like the letters of Paul are surprised to learn they're organized from the longest to the shortest it's not that complicated Romans is longer right then first Corinthians and second Corinthians Chris they're in bunches and then by the time you until you get to the revelation is a book of prophecy it's added at the end when you get to Judah it's a little bitty letter you know and so the writings of Paul were arranged in order of their length I think in order for one of those New Testament books to be part of the New Testament they needed to be no doubt as to the authorship of the book right of course the latest were copied by different churches there were a number of manuscripts around people weren't questioning whether or not Paul wrote a particular book they knew he wrote the book or Peter wrote the book John wrote revelation so knowing who wrote the book is very important yeah the authorship and we knew it says holy man wrote as they're inspired by the Holy Ghost these were spirit filled they received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost or from Christ himself like Paul and they were the authors now we spoke about Jesus emphasizing the authority of the prophetic word when he met with the two disciples in the way to Emmaus but Jesus also affirms the doctrinal accuracy or trustworthiness of the word when Jesus gives the Great Commission to his disciples that we finding Matthew chapter 28 I think we're all familiar with the Great Commission but the point I just a highlight here is verse 20 Matthew 28:20 Jesus said teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you well what are those things that Jesus commanded them if you look at what the disciples said they would quote the Old Testament so was very clear in their minds that the foundation of truth that Jesus told them was rooted in the Old Testament it was rooted in the Scriptures great point you know we are talking about the road to Emmaus before and I quoted Luke 24 25 so when they get to Emmaus he tells them all the scriptures mm-hmm right then he appears that same day in the Upper Room those disciples run back to the upper room he appears tall 12 well Jesus is gone he appears to 11 of them plus the other disciples that were there and he said these are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms right the Psalms a lot of powerful messianic Psalm Psalm 22 and 69 and others concerning me and then it says he opened their understanding that they might comprehend the scriptures what scriptures was he opening you'll turn the New Testament right then I mean he's just risen from the dead and so Jesus establishes at the very foundation of the church there in the upper room the scriptures every time Christ appeared after the resurrection he taught them the Bible he was opening the scriptures to them so yeah very important well that brings us to our study on Wednesday if you're following along with your lesson the point on Wednesday is entitled Jesus and the origin and the history of the Bible today there's a lot of questions about how much of the Old Testament is trustworthy from a scientific perspective was there really a worldwide flood did everybody come from a man and a woman Adam and Eve and yeah there's a lot of questions as to the trust openness and Noah yeah I can believe Jonah three days in the belly of the whale so how was Christ's attitude or how did Jesus feel about these these stories that we find Matthew chapter 19 verse four and five he answered and he said unto them have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female and said for this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined his wife and the two shall become one flesh no question in the mind of Jesus this is Christ speaking that the Genesis account of Adam and Eve is absolutely historic and trustworthy yeah he states it as a fact many almost reproves him he says have you not read I I heard a great sermon I didn't really hear it I I read it by Spurgeon on those words have you not read em have you not read and you've probably heard how he can take just a few words in yeah and he says you know we should be reading the Bible have you not read and Jesus is reproving them have you not read and so he's assuming that we should read and believe these things and he states it as fact I mentioned John a minute ago one reason we know the story of Jonah is true is not only is Jonah mentioned other books in the Bible as a prophet who lived during a specific time in history about 700 AD a BC sorry but Jesus said as Jonah mm-hmm you know was in the belly of the great fish Jesus states to this fact so you have to say you cannot believe the words of Jesus if you're not gonna believe the Old Testament stories like Jonah and Noah and the other miracles they look at the amazing plagues that saw in Egypt you get to Revelation you look at the plagues there it's all stated as fact and true question that somebody is st. in pass it out what is the difference between major prophets and the Minor Prophets I think it's the size of the books okay you know you Isaiah's got 66 chapters and you look at Daniel and Ezekiel and these are Jeremiah and I guess the lamentations is really an attachment to Jeremiah the minor prophets are usually they're smaller books is that yeah I think you're right also we have sort of the major prophets would be almost career prophets for example Isaiah he wrote a big book but the Lord used him time and time again over a long period of time and he was giving instruction of to Israel but then you have maybe some of the the minor prophets they have a shorter book or they have a brief message and we have no real record of their interaction after that so the major prophets Jeremiah we know a lot about him and the work that he did Isaiah we know a lot about the work that he did so I think that's part of the distinction Daniel from B begins life to the end he's a prophet yeah good point all right and any other questions just call them in we'll keep going though yes we'll get to that question in just a minute so not only do we find Jesus affirming the authority of the word the Old Testament passage I've mentioned the historical facts or history events of the Old Testament Jesus is very clear on this Matthew chapter 10 verse 6 Jesus said but from the beginning of creation Christ was not mixed up as to origins how do we get you he knew it was creation of course Jesus could have said I was there you know I made the earth but he doesn't say that he says the Bible from the beginning he quotes scripture so it's amazing to me that Hugh is the truth turns to the scripture as being the foundation that we need to put our trust in and that is so important there there are a number of cults that are out there today where they say yeah we know the Bible says this but we have new light now because our prophet says something different now I believe in the gift of prophecy and in the Adventist Church we often quote from Ellen White Ellen White said don't believe anything I say if it doesn't go along with the Bible and everything I say needs to either support or endorse scripture or discard it and so it's Jesus even used that same approach he said I'm not asking you to believe what I'm saying instead of what the scriptures say I'm pointing you back to the scriptures as the final foundation pastor Doug just may be a question we have you you mentioned the parable in Luke chapter 16 of the rich man and Lazarus and somebody's asking maybe they've heard never heard this before that that parable isn't really a parable that somehow it's the teaching of the state of the bid because a name is given this person's name is Lazarus and later on in the story you read about Abraham so some people say how do you know that that's a parable why don't think if the why didn't Jesus give the name of the rich man all right the reason we know it's a parable is first of all Lazarus is a very common name in Bible times but even beyond that the ending he the rich man says if Lazarus would go back from the dead then they would believe and jesus said they have Moses and the prophets oh no but if someone went to them from the dead then they'd believe jesus said if they don't believe Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded the one should rise from the dead the most amazing resurrection Jesus did right in Judea in Bethany he raised a man named Lazarus as evidence of his Messiahship and it says they were plotting to kill Lazarus even though they knew he had risen from the dead because he was such a living testimony and so I think that's why he used absolutely and the parable was told before Lazarus was resurrected just a fairly short period of time yeah so it's interesting that Jesus puts a name in Lazarus and then a few weeks later or months whatever it is Lazarus dies and is resurrected and then of course they plot the death of Lazarus and Jesus so I think Jesus making the point of course the rich man in the story would represent the Pharisees the religious leaders who rejected the needs of those who were seeking truth the Gentiles surrounding it is so clearly an allegory because who believes that everybody who dies is gonna somehow fit into Abraham's bosom right that's a figure of speech so Jesus in that story it's an incredible paradox he has the rich man a symbol of the Jewish nation he goes to the Greek place of torment Hades and he has the Gentiles or Lazarus is a symbol of they need to take the gospel to the Gentiles at their gate he's going to the Jewish place of reward that's why Jesus said do not think to say we are children of Abraham many will come from the east and the West and sit down and clean them and the children will be on the outside so that's the message of the parable it's not meant to teach the state of the dead I mean heaven forbid the people in heaven and hell can talk to each other that'd be awful a couple of historical events that Jesus pointed out as being trustworthy and true Jesus in Matthew 24 38 spoke about the flood and he says for as it was in the days before the flood no question in Christ's mind he believed in a worldwide flood that we have in Genesis and then some Bible characters in the Old Testament Jesus by name mentioned David and this is Matthew chapter 12 verse 3 but he said unto Him have you not read what David did now I've not done the math but I read somewhere that up to 10% of everything jesus said was either a quote or an allusion or reference to the Old Testament so that's phenomenal when you think about it but no question Jesus teachings were rooted in the Bible now we only got a moment left or five minutes to talk about the Apostles in the Bible so we probably ought to dive in there I in the lesson it mentions that one scholar compiled a list of 2688 specific references to the Old Testament found in the New Testament just as a sample 400 from Isaiah 370 from Psalms 220 from Exodus and so on and not only did Jesus do this but what about the apostles were they quoting the Old Testament as an authority absolutely matter of fact Paul who probably wrote most of the New Testament I'm wondering is it Luke that wrote more because he got the Gospel of Luke and then you have a few sweet acts I think Postell Paul's throne well and in Galatians chapter 3 verse 8 he says all the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand saying in you all nations shall be blessed well here we have Paul quoting the Old Testament is actually quoting Genesis chapter 12 verse 3 and that was the foundation of his argument so he's using the Old Testament to justify the gospel that he's preaching in the new and in Paul actually quotes Jesus as well so they recognize Jesus teachings as Scripture right you'd like Paul says and think it's first Corinthians it's better to give less to give and receive huh well you don't find that phrase anywhere in the four Gospels he's saying our Lord told us and because it's in it's in read in in Paul's writings but he's quoting the teachings of Jesus and then you have let me just look real quick here Acts chapter four verse 24 so when they heard that they raised their voices to God with one Accord and said Lord you are God who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them who that by the mouth of your servant David have said so the disciples are together and they're now quoting David why did the nation's rage and the people plot a vain thing I think that's Psalm 2 the kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ so even in their prayers they're saturating the prayer with promises and quotes from the Old Testament you go to Acts chapter 17 verse 1 now when they pass through Amphipolis onto a paulownia they came to Thessalonica and there was a synagogue of the Jews then Paul as his custom was so he does this all the time he went into them reasoned with them from the scriptures now what scriptures was he reasoning from everywhere they went they go and meet with the Jews of course the Jews believed the Bible he says I'm gonna prove to you from the Bible the Jesus wasn't Messiah that was his pattern wherever he went explaining and demonstrating that Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead this Jesus who I preached you is the Christ so the apostles were always referencing the Scriptures to make their points and they spoke with authority when they quoted the Old Testament I like this when he first Peter chapter 1 verse 16 Peter says because it is written of course that phrase we just read how that Jesus used that he said it is written be holy for I am holy and he's quoting from the Old Testament from Leviticus chapter 11 verse 44 so here we have Peter just clearly stating an Old Testament passage with great Authority so the Apostles looked at the scripture as the final authority on questions of doctrine yeah you also have got another one here from acts acts as a great example everywhere they went they went preaching quoting scripture and you can read and when he desired across to acacia the Brethren Road exhorting the disciples to receive him and when he arrived he greatly helped those who had believed through grace for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly showing from the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ and so he knew that Jesus believed the Scriptures but also that was their foundation I said they had a debate but the debate was what are the scriptures say mm-hmm once or twice I don't do it very often but I've gotten involved where I do debates with maybe ministers of other faiths on some different Bible doctrine and we set the ground rules before we start we say the only thing we're gonna use is the Bible we're not going to scholars of history we're not going to other extraneous books you show me from the Bible I'll show you from the Bible the Bible is gonna be our book well this is the approach that Paul did when he was debating with the Jews and some believed because of that they listened to the debate and they said hmm they followed him after he heard a debate like this and they said that made sense we want to know more about Jesus now of course we are looking at the 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