WEBVTT - Hour 2: Your Holy Week Questions 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:12.840 Hello, friends. It's time for the second hour of Open 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:18.040 Line with Doctor Michael Ray Moody Radio's Bible Study Across America. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:22.520 We're talking about your questions about the Bible, God and 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.560 the spiritual life. My name is Michael Ray. I'm the 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.000 academic dean. I'm the a professor of Jewish studies and 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:33.440 Bible at Moody Bible Institute. We're live today. We're sitting 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.640 around the radio kitchen table taking your questions. Time to 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:48.800 give me a call right now. (877) 548-3675. That's (877) 548-3675. Remember, 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:51.199 if you can't call, you can always post your question. 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.160 What you do is go to open Line radio.org. Click 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:58.000 on the link that says Ask Michael a question. 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Welcome 0:03:14.090 --> 0:03:17.410 to Openline, Galen. How can I help you today? Or 0:03:17.410 --> 0:03:20.250 did he just hang up? I think he just went away. 0:03:21.130 --> 0:03:24.850 Just missed out. He couldn't. Wait another minute. There we go. Uh, 0:03:24.850 --> 0:03:27.730 we're going to talk to Paul in big water, Utah. 0:03:27.730 --> 0:03:32.450 What a great name. Listening on KP. Uh, welcome to 0:03:32.490 --> 0:03:34.170 Open Line. Paul. How can I help you? 0:03:34.850 --> 0:03:37.570 Well, thank you, David, for taking my call. Appreciate it. 0:03:37.770 --> 0:03:39.570 Well, David, who are we talking to? 0:03:41.010 --> 0:03:44.890 I'm sorry. Michael. Thank you, thank you. 0:03:45.130 --> 0:03:49.890 Okay, Fred. There we go. No. Paul. Paul. 0:03:49.890 --> 0:03:57.640 Paul. Okay. My question. Um, did any of the people 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:02.800 that came dwelt with after he killed Abel descend to 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:06.440 any of the 12 tribes of Israel? And where are 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:07.600 those people today? 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:14.400 Well, everyone died in the flood. You remember that, right? 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:21.240 There was a universal flood. So the way we ultimately 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.239 got the tribes of Israel is, if you look at 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:31.680 the genealogy, genealogy, however you say it of, uh, of 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:39.719 Seth in chapter five, uh, you see the genealogy of Seth, 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:44.640 and it comes down to verse, uh, 32. Noah was 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:49.320 500 years old, and he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:55.470 So everyone that lived after the flood descended from either Shem, 0:04:55.470 --> 0:05:01.630 Ham and Japheth, and, uh. And none of them, none 0:05:01.630 --> 0:05:08.150 of those three actually descended from Cain. They all came 0:05:08.150 --> 0:05:12.310 from the line of Seth, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And 0:05:12.310 --> 0:05:16.950 then if you keep reading that, you'll find that when 0:05:16.950 --> 0:05:26.150 you see the further genealogy, the the genealogy of Shem, uh, 0:05:26.630 --> 0:05:32.109 leads to it says in chapter ten, verse 21. And Shem, 0:05:32.110 --> 0:05:35.430 Japheth's older brother, also had son. Shem was the father 0:05:35.430 --> 0:05:41.790 of all the sons of Eber. Shem sons were Elam, Asher, Arpachshad, Lud, 0:05:41.790 --> 0:05:46.790 and Aram. And then it starts talking about them. And uh, 0:05:46.950 --> 0:05:53.210 ultimately when you go through all these, uh, in verse 25, 0:05:53.570 --> 0:05:56.969 it says, uh, Eber, that's one of the sons of 0:05:56.970 --> 0:06:00.250 Shem had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during 0:06:00.250 --> 0:06:03.330 his days the earth was divided. His brother was named Joktan. 0:06:03.650 --> 0:06:10.010 And it is from, uh, that line, uh, that we get, uh, 0:06:10.010 --> 0:06:14.010 shem's sons. And of course, out of Shem's sons comes Terah, 0:06:14.210 --> 0:06:17.450 which leads to Abraham, which leads to the 12 tribes. 0:06:18.050 --> 0:06:22.610 That's what you've got. So, uh, so that's. And you 0:06:22.610 --> 0:06:27.970 can see that in chapter. 11, verse 16. Eber lived 0:06:27.970 --> 0:06:32.210 34 years, fathered Peleg, and it gives his line all 0:06:32.210 --> 0:06:37.690 the way down to Abraham. Okay. So none of the 0:06:38.170 --> 0:06:41.289 the sons of Cain are not part of the people 0:06:41.290 --> 0:06:44.810 of Israel or anyone around them. 0:06:45.690 --> 0:06:46.410 Okay. 0:06:46.810 --> 0:06:49.650 Okay. Um, that's probably more detailed. I probably should have 0:06:49.650 --> 0:06:52.320 put a chart up with all the genealogies in the 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.040 Book of Genesis, but it's there in the Bible. We 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.600 should know it. Okay. 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.760 Well, thank you very much. Have a great day. 0:06:59.920 --> 0:07:05.560 Yep. Uh, we're going to talk with Dave, uh, in Holland, Michigan, 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.800 listening on WGN. Welcome to Open Line, Dave. How can 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:09.440 I help you? 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.400 Thank you very much, sir. I appreciate you taking my call. Sure. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.160 My question is, I have a friend of mine who's 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.720 recently become convinced that we should be following all the 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:25.840 food laws, all the feast laws of the Mosaic Law, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:31.760 and if not actually out of obligation, that at the 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.000 very least, it is going to be one of the things, 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.840 whether we follow or do not follow will be used 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:42.000 to consider what our level of reward would be in heaven. 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:46.320 I'm just curious about the whole relationship with the original law, 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:54.550 and obviously you're in a specific position to know all 0:07:54.550 --> 0:07:55.190 about that. 0:07:55.750 --> 0:07:59.790 Well, let me let me just say about, uh, that 0:07:59.790 --> 0:08:05.190 we're we're under a law. We're not without law. But 0:08:05.190 --> 0:08:09.270 the New Testament calls it the law of Messiah. It 0:08:09.270 --> 0:08:12.270 doesn't call it the Law of Moses any longer. It 0:08:12.270 --> 0:08:14.990 calls it the law of Messiah. If you go back 0:08:14.990 --> 0:08:18.150 to Judaism, Judaism even said when the Messiah came, he 0:08:18.150 --> 0:08:21.750 would establish a new law, not like the Mosaic law. 0:08:22.230 --> 0:08:24.910 I think that's important for us to remember that the 0:08:24.910 --> 0:08:30.590 idea would would come about like that. Uh, in fact, 0:08:30.630 --> 0:08:35.030 what the Hebrew Bible says in Jeremiah 31, I will 0:08:35.030 --> 0:08:37.630 give you a new covenant, not like the covenant I 0:08:37.630 --> 0:08:40.150 made when I brought you out of Egypt, the covenant 0:08:40.150 --> 0:08:43.750 I gave through the mosaic covenant. Not like the covenant 0:08:43.750 --> 0:08:46.350 I gave you when you came out of Egypt. Uh, 0:08:46.670 --> 0:08:49.420 but a new covenant. I'll place my law in your 0:08:49.460 --> 0:08:55.179 inward parts as well. So. It's pretty clear to me 0:08:55.179 --> 0:08:57.780 that we're under the New Covenant, not the Old covenant 0:08:57.780 --> 0:09:02.180 in the New Testament. Now, obviously the whole Bible is 0:09:02.179 --> 0:09:06.580 our authority, but we have to look at the the 0:09:06.620 --> 0:09:12.140 laws of the Torah as wisdom. Now, another thing is 0:09:12.460 --> 0:09:16.300 pretty clear from acts 15 and from earlier parts, that 0:09:16.300 --> 0:09:22.620 Jewish believers who want to can keep Torah. That's you know, 0:09:22.780 --> 0:09:26.100 you know, you see Paul in the book of acts, 0:09:26.140 --> 0:09:29.140 you know, I've done nothing against the customs of our fathers, 0:09:29.140 --> 0:09:34.260 he says. Uh, he he always identifies. First Corinthians nine. 0:09:34.260 --> 0:09:37.180 He says to the Jews, I became as a Jew, uh, 0:09:37.179 --> 0:09:40.220 to as those to those under the law. As when 0:09:40.220 --> 0:09:47.810 under the law. Right. So, so, um, you know, I 0:09:47.850 --> 0:09:51.410 think that would be true for anyone that out of liberty, 0:09:51.410 --> 0:09:54.530 out of significance, out of meaning, they can keep Torah, 0:09:54.530 --> 0:09:56.810 they can keep holidays, they can do all that, but 0:09:56.809 --> 0:10:01.089 they can't impose that on someone else. Uh, that's what 0:10:01.090 --> 0:10:05.090 it seems like to me. We have freedom, not mandate 0:10:05.290 --> 0:10:09.770 a mandate. It's significant, but it's not required. And I 0:10:09.770 --> 0:10:15.330 would say to anyone that tells you this, uh, to read, uh, 0:10:15.530 --> 0:10:20.010 Colossians 216, therefore, don't let anyone judge you in regard 0:10:20.010 --> 0:10:22.850 to food and drink or in the matter of a festival, 0:10:22.850 --> 0:10:25.770 or a new moon or a Sabbath day. These are 0:10:25.809 --> 0:10:29.970 a shadow of what was to come. The substance is 0:10:29.970 --> 0:10:34.410 the Messiah. So, uh, I would say that's that's the 0:10:34.450 --> 0:10:37.569 guideline I would give you. Okay, Dave. 0:10:37.809 --> 0:10:41.250 And would someone would someone be giving anything up in 0:10:41.250 --> 0:10:44.290 heaven as far as level of reward by not following 0:10:44.690 --> 0:10:45.330 the Torah? 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:54.040 Well. As I said, if you're following the New covenant now, 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:55.840 there are many things from the Torah that are in 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.680 the New Covenant. You know, if you go to the 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.800 the Torah, it says, don't commit adultery. So does the 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:06.560 New covenant. Right, right. Yeah. 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:07.680 I get it. 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:12.280 But, uh, what we're we're we're our standard is the 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.760 new covenant. So if you're not keeping kosher, I wouldn't worry, 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:21.199 especially if you're not Jewish. I mean, really? So. Yeah. Okay. 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:21.720 All right. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.599 Uh. Colossians two. Okay. Go there. Okay. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:26.880 Yep. Yep. 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:31.280 Thanks for your call, Dave. Appreciate it. Uh, well, uh, 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.640 I do want to tell you about our current resources 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.600 called The Story of the Bible. Now, a lot of 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.640 people wonder, how do we get our Bible? How did 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.600 we get the scriptures? Uh, how did it go from 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:47.709 the inspired text to being copied, transmitted and ultimately translated 0:11:47.710 --> 0:11:51.630 into the Bibles we're holding and reading. 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So glad that 0:13:35.100 --> 0:13:38.380 you're listening on this Saturday morning. My name is Michael Radonich, 0:13:38.540 --> 0:13:40.780 and I'm so glad to be with you every week 0:13:40.780 --> 0:13:43.410 to talk about the scriptures. This is our Bible study 0:13:43.410 --> 0:13:47.050 across America. If you have a question about the Bible, God, 0:13:47.050 --> 0:13:56.210 or the spiritual life. Just call (877) 548-3675. We're going to. 0:13:58.450 --> 0:14:01.850 Go right back to the phones and talk with Larry 0:14:02.130 --> 0:14:08.290 in North Augusta, South Carolina listening on. Welcome to Open Line, Larry. 0:14:08.330 --> 0:14:09.329 How can I help you? 0:14:10.970 --> 0:14:14.089 Thank you. I like your show a lot. I listen 0:14:14.090 --> 0:14:18.530 to it some a good many Saturdays. Uh, my question is, uh. 0:14:18.530 --> 0:14:24.010 Thank you. My question is, uh, King David's people that 0:14:24.010 --> 0:14:28.250 would be alive today. Do they do they know they 0:14:28.250 --> 0:14:30.890 were kin to him? And or is there a way 0:14:31.130 --> 0:14:32.050 that they could tell? 0:14:32.370 --> 0:14:34.050 Well, there there we can tell. 0:14:34.690 --> 0:14:40.640 We can tell who is Jewish through DNA studies. Uh, But, 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.960 you know, one of the things that there are two 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:48.760 categories of Jewish people. There's the Mizrahim or Sephardim, they 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:52.520 are the Jews that are from the East, from the 0:14:52.520 --> 0:15:00.440 Arab world. And they also they originated actually from Spain. Uh, 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.920 what happened is they they went to there were some 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.080 that were like in Babylon from ancient days, but then 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:14.440 there were some Jews that went to Spain. Spain is sepharad. And, uh, 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:18.760 they are known as Sephardim. So. And they're very they're 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.600 their DNA is really, really similar to the Jews in 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.280 the Arab world that went there because of the exile, 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:33.000 particularly to Babylon. Uh, in the exile. Uh, and then, uh, 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:38.040 there's also Jewish people who are called Ashkenazim. The word 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.190 Ashkenaz comes from the word for Germany, and they are 0:15:42.190 --> 0:15:45.870 the ones that were in Western, central and Eastern Europe, 0:15:45.870 --> 0:15:50.910 not southern Europe, but like by Spain, but other places. 0:15:50.950 --> 0:15:55.510 Today they've scattered through Eastern Europe, uh, Poland and Germany, 0:15:55.510 --> 0:16:00.430 and then of course Poland, Germany, Poland, Russia. Many perished 0:16:00.430 --> 0:16:05.270 in the Holocaust. Uh, that was predominantly, uh, the Jews 0:16:05.270 --> 0:16:10.870 that perished. And, uh, other interesting studies have shown with 0:16:10.870 --> 0:16:16.470 DNA that there's a common source for the Mizrahi or 0:16:16.510 --> 0:16:21.190 Sephardic Jews. Those Jewish people, along with the they have 0:16:21.190 --> 0:16:23.510 a common source. All of them have a common source. 0:16:23.510 --> 0:16:25.750 So all these things where people are saying, oh, the 0:16:25.750 --> 0:16:28.510 Jewish people aren't really the Jewish people of the Bible, 0:16:28.510 --> 0:16:32.870 they're all mistaken. They, they the DNA studies have confirmed 0:16:32.870 --> 0:16:36.070 that Jewish people are indeed the same people descended from 0:16:36.070 --> 0:16:38.940 the people who were in the land of Israel now? 0:16:39.100 --> 0:16:40.940 Do they know if they're from the tribe of Judah 0:16:40.940 --> 0:16:44.100 and related to David? That I don't think we've gotten 0:16:44.100 --> 0:16:48.100 down to that because we don't have, uh, David's DNA 0:16:48.140 --> 0:16:52.340 to compare it to that. But, uh, but we do 0:16:52.380 --> 0:16:54.980 know that we can trace the Jewish people back to 0:16:55.060 --> 0:16:58.100 biblical days with DNA. Okay. 0:16:58.860 --> 0:17:01.140 All right. Thank you. That's been on my mind. I 0:17:01.140 --> 0:17:02.140 appreciate you. I appreciate. 0:17:02.140 --> 0:17:02.620 It. Sure. 0:17:03.060 --> 0:17:04.060 Sure. I appreciate. 0:17:04.060 --> 0:17:04.540 The call. 0:17:05.500 --> 0:17:11.380 Uh, we're going to talk to Kathy in Georgia, listening 0:17:11.380 --> 0:17:13.659 on a smart speaker. Boy, it's really smart if it 0:17:13.660 --> 0:17:15.899 knows how to listen to this. That's great. Kathy, how 0:17:15.900 --> 0:17:16.900 can I help you today? 0:17:17.940 --> 0:17:22.540 Good morning, sir. You've taught us to pray in the 0:17:22.540 --> 0:17:26.100 name of the father, through the blood of Jesus and 0:17:26.100 --> 0:17:30.620 in the power of the spirit. Sometimes I need to 0:17:30.619 --> 0:17:36.560 just shoot up a prayer in the middle of Something 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:41.240 going on. And I wondered if I could just say, 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:45.480 Dear Jesus and just make it kind of a quick prayer. 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.440 But do I need to say all that or just 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.399 once a day say those things? 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:56.320 Well, I think when we're having our time of prayer, 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.840 I think we should pray in the name of to the. 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:00.920 We pray to God the Father in the name of 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:04.000 the son, by the power of the spirit. There's no 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.719 question that that's what the Bible teaches us. But I 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:12.360 think you're asking more about, uh, a Nehemiah prayer. I 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:18.440 call them, uh, in in Nehemiah it says, uh. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:21.359 That, uh. 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:29.840 That he, he was before the king. And, uh, the 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.280 king said, This is Nehemiah two. The king asked him, 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.830 why are you sad? and I was overwhelmed with fear 0:18:36.830 --> 0:18:38.669 and replied to the king because you should never be 0:18:38.670 --> 0:18:40.630 sad in front of the king. So he tells him 0:18:40.630 --> 0:18:43.790 why he's sad and the king asks me, what is 0:18:43.790 --> 0:18:46.830 your request? And then verse four in the middle it says, 0:18:47.150 --> 0:18:49.429 so I pray to the God of heaven and answered 0:18:49.430 --> 0:18:52.149 the king, so that prayer must have been just a 0:18:52.150 --> 0:18:54.750 momentary prayer. Don't you think. 0:18:55.790 --> 0:18:56.270 He prayed. 0:18:56.270 --> 0:18:59.150 To the God of heaven and answered, and I think 0:18:59.150 --> 0:19:01.470 that's what you're asking about. How do I do a 0:19:01.470 --> 0:19:06.750 Nehemiah prayer? Well, truth to tell, uh, I don't I 0:19:06.750 --> 0:19:08.709 think this is important for you to get a grasp 0:19:08.710 --> 0:19:13.270 of this. God isn't a legalist. He's not going to 0:19:13.310 --> 0:19:18.630 ignore you if you say, Lord Jesus and and and 0:19:18.630 --> 0:19:20.910 send up one of these Nehemiah prayers, he's not going 0:19:20.950 --> 0:19:22.990 to say, ah, that didn't follow the form that I 0:19:22.990 --> 0:19:26.830 taught in the Bible. So I'm not listening. He's not 0:19:26.830 --> 0:19:29.790 a legalist like that. He will listen, uh, when we 0:19:29.830 --> 0:19:34.100 cry out to him, that's the first thing. And then, uh, secondly, 0:19:34.500 --> 0:19:38.139 we have an example of someone who had one of 0:19:38.140 --> 0:19:43.420 those momentary prayers and prayed to the Lord Jesus. And 0:19:43.420 --> 0:19:47.100 that's Steven when he was dying in acts seven, uh, 0:19:47.140 --> 0:19:52.500 after his sermon, he said, Lord Jesus, until you, you know, 0:19:52.540 --> 0:19:55.340 into your hands I commit my spirit. So he prayed 0:19:55.340 --> 0:19:57.739 to the Lord Jesus as he died. That was one 0:19:57.740 --> 0:19:59.820 of those emergency prayers, don't you think? 0:20:00.180 --> 0:20:01.580 And and yes. 0:20:01.900 --> 0:20:07.340 The Lord received it and heard him and welcomed him home. So, uh, 0:20:07.460 --> 0:20:10.260 don't don't think I'm saying that God's a legalist and 0:20:10.260 --> 0:20:14.740 that this is it. But in the normal circumstances of life, 0:20:14.740 --> 0:20:17.100 when we sit down to pray, I really do believe 0:20:17.100 --> 0:20:20.740 we should pray to the father in the name of 0:20:20.740 --> 0:20:23.380 the son. We. That's why. That's why in Jesus name 0:20:23.380 --> 0:20:27.620 is not a just a rote saying that we say 0:20:27.619 --> 0:20:31.620 at the end of a prayer, uh, meaning. And now 0:20:31.619 --> 0:20:33.930 we're done. No, we pray in the name of Jesus 0:20:33.930 --> 0:20:37.889 because he's our representative. We don't deserve anything before the father, 0:20:37.890 --> 0:20:43.370 but he can represent us. He's our advocate. Uh, it 0:20:43.369 --> 0:20:46.370 says in first John two one and two. And so 0:20:48.170 --> 0:20:50.410 that's why we pray in Jesus name. He told us 0:20:50.410 --> 0:20:53.970 to ask anything in his name. And then when I say, 0:20:53.970 --> 0:20:55.729 by the power of the Holy Spirit, we allow the 0:20:55.730 --> 0:20:58.050 Holy Spirit to work in our hearts and allow us 0:20:58.850 --> 0:21:01.090 to consider what should we pray about? What is the 0:21:01.090 --> 0:21:04.330 Holy Spirit putting on our hearts to pray? And it 0:21:04.330 --> 0:21:07.050 doesn't have to be a big emotional thing. I think, Lord, 0:21:07.290 --> 0:21:11.290 let the spirit guide my prayer list and and he 0:21:11.290 --> 0:21:13.810 shows me what I should be praying. And that's what 0:21:13.810 --> 0:21:16.450 I mean by praying in the power of the spirit. Okay. 0:21:17.369 --> 0:21:19.890 Yes, sir. Thank you so much. 0:21:20.090 --> 0:21:23.690 Yeah. Thank you so much for your call. Appreciate it. Uh, 0:21:23.730 --> 0:21:27.010 we're going to talk. We're going to talk to Davis 0:21:27.050 --> 0:21:30.410 in South Carolina. Welcome to Open Line. Davis, how can 0:21:30.410 --> 0:21:31.360 I help you today? 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.280 Bless you. Doctor. Thank you so much. Yeah. I just 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:39.320 wanted to, um, to expound just a minute or two 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:49.240 on what Amy, um, question was concerning the Passover. And 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:52.159 that was good. That was good. I just want to 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:58.399 say that, um, Jesus had to come off the cross 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:05.240 on that Friday because according to God's word, from sun 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:08.680 up to sundown is a new day. Mhm. From sun 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:12.360 up to sundown is a new day. Friday was already in. 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:17.199 If the sun had went down on Jesus on that Friday, 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:22.000 it would have entered into Sabbath. So they were very. 0:22:22.040 --> 0:22:26.280 So the people were very concerned that we got to 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:28.120 get him off the cross. We can't leave him up 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:31.910 here or we're going to have problems in this city. 0:22:32.190 --> 0:22:34.950 So they took him down because. Because the Sabbath was 0:22:34.950 --> 0:22:37.550 coming in. And of course, we know the Bible says 0:22:37.550 --> 0:22:39.350 the Sabbath is made for man and not man for 0:22:39.350 --> 0:22:42.390 the Sabbath. Uh, so that's the reason why they took 0:22:42.390 --> 0:22:45.869 Jesus off the cross? Because the Sabbath was coming in? 0:22:46.070 --> 0:22:49.790 Yes. And and and the question was what day? It 0:22:49.790 --> 0:22:53.870 was clearly Friday, because it was the Sabbath coming. Right. 0:22:53.869 --> 0:22:55.350 That's what your point is, right? 0:22:55.710 --> 0:22:59.430 Yes. Yes yes, yes. Yeah. That that was my point. 0:22:59.470 --> 0:23:02.669 And I just wanted an amen. And others, you know, to, 0:23:02.710 --> 0:23:08.109 to at least, uh, understand that as well. You know, I, uh, I, 0:23:08.550 --> 0:23:12.790 I've taught Jewish study, uh, for quite some time and, uh, 0:23:12.910 --> 0:23:17.950 and I keep the Sabbath. I'm a Sabbath keeper. Okay. And, uh, so. Yes. But. 0:23:18.150 --> 0:23:20.990 Well, thank you for your call, Davis. I appreciate the input, 0:23:20.990 --> 0:23:24.110 I really do. Thank you. Okay. You have a great day. 0:23:24.150 --> 0:23:29.260 Bye bye. Uh, we're going to talk with Lewis in 0:23:29.260 --> 0:23:33.460 Deerfield Beach, Florida. Listening to welcome to Open Line. Lewis. 0:23:33.460 --> 0:23:34.700 How can I help you today? 0:23:35.220 --> 0:23:37.379 Hey, how are you? Doctor. How are you, man? 0:23:37.660 --> 0:23:38.980 I am well, thank you. 0:23:40.980 --> 0:23:46.139 This is my question. Um, I was reading that, um, the, um, uh, 0:23:46.180 --> 0:23:51.340 Mary's parents immaculate conception, that Mary's parents were without sin 0:23:51.380 --> 0:23:53.580 in order, in order to Christ to come through the. 0:23:53.619 --> 0:23:55.700 Through Mary. Uh, is that true? 0:23:56.740 --> 0:24:01.700 The. Was Mary without sin? No. The only the only Mary. 0:24:01.900 --> 0:24:03.700 Mary's parents that were born. 0:24:03.740 --> 0:24:07.300 Well, no, Mary wasn't without sin. That's what they're saying. 0:24:07.300 --> 0:24:11.100 That's what the Immaculate Conception is, that Mary was conceived 0:24:11.100 --> 0:24:14.340 and did not have sin in her. It's not talking 0:24:14.340 --> 0:24:17.260 about her parents when it talks about the Immaculate Conception, 0:24:17.500 --> 0:24:21.620 it's people, uh, believe that there are people who believe 0:24:21.859 --> 0:24:27.969 that that Mary was sinless. Now, according to scripture, the 0:24:27.970 --> 0:24:35.490 only one who never sinned was her son, the Lord Jesus. Absolutely. And, uh, 0:24:36.850 --> 0:24:43.369 not only that, in her Magnificat, her her prayer, uh, 0:24:44.090 --> 0:24:49.129 that that she offered when she heard about the that 0:24:49.130 --> 0:24:52.810 she was going to bear a son, uh, in the Magnificat, 0:24:53.050 --> 0:24:59.450 she calls God her Redeemer, her Savior. And and so 0:24:59.850 --> 0:25:05.610 it says, my spirit. In Luke chapter one, verse 47, 0:25:05.609 --> 0:25:10.729 my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, because he 0:25:10.730 --> 0:25:14.530 looked with favor on his, on the humble condition of 0:25:14.530 --> 0:25:19.290 his slave. Now how does she call God her Savior? 0:25:20.090 --> 0:25:23.570 If she was sinless, she wouldn't need a Savior. So 0:25:23.609 --> 0:25:26.879 for that reason, I think it's pretty clear that Mary 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:34.080 was a wonderful, godly woman. Clearly wonderful, godly woman. Very 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:37.760 much living according to the scriptures and faithful. But she 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:41.080 was not sinless. Well, we're going to come back with 0:25:41.080 --> 0:25:44.200 the Febc mailbag in just a moment, so stay with us. 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:47.800 This is Open Line with Michael Melnick. Thanks for listening. 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.160 We're going to be right back. So stay right there. 0:26:08.359 --> 0:26:11.959 Welcome back to Open Line. So grateful to be with you. 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:15.000 It's time for the Febc mailbag. You know, I am 0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:19.000 so grateful for Far Eastern Broadcasting Company for that great 0:26:19.000 --> 0:26:22.640 ministry that brings the good news to people through media, 0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:28.470 through personal, encounters with people as well. Febc is doing 0:26:28.470 --> 0:26:31.270 such a great job. 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Thank you so much 0:27:03.270 --> 0:27:04.070 for having me. 0:27:04.109 --> 0:27:05.590 You know where Trish is right now. 0:27:06.030 --> 0:27:06.909 Where is Tricia? 0:27:07.430 --> 0:27:11.070 She's with her kids, uh, at an Easter egg hunt. 0:27:11.070 --> 0:27:14.429 Because it's spring break, and that's why she's not here today. 0:27:14.590 --> 0:27:15.550 How fun. 0:27:15.790 --> 0:27:19.270 Yeah. Yep. Easter egg hunt. You know where the the. 0:27:19.310 --> 0:27:21.710 I think this is interesting. People think that the egg 0:27:21.980 --> 0:27:28.859 Came to Easter. This is kind of bizarro. Uh, they 0:27:28.859 --> 0:27:32.420 they when they kind of merged back in the fourth century, 0:27:32.420 --> 0:27:35.580 they adapted a date by Constantine at the Council of 0:27:35.580 --> 0:27:38.900 Nicaea to make it part of when the pagan festivals 0:27:38.900 --> 0:27:40.940 were in the spring. And of course, some people said 0:27:40.940 --> 0:27:44.060 they were fertility rites. And so the egg became prominent. 0:27:44.060 --> 0:27:46.820 And that's where it came from. Sort of a syncretism. 0:27:46.859 --> 0:27:51.300 Could be. I don't know. But, uh, part of the Seder, 0:27:52.260 --> 0:27:57.820 the Passover meal, was the egg that you eat in saltwater. 0:27:57.820 --> 0:27:59.860 And the reason the rabbi said we didn't egg in 0:27:59.859 --> 0:28:03.659 saltwater is that the egg represents the daily sacrifice, because 0:28:03.660 --> 0:28:09.020 every day the hen would lay an egg. And so 0:28:09.020 --> 0:28:12.659 every day there was a sacrifice. And then, uh, it 0:28:12.660 --> 0:28:15.379 was eaten in salt water because the temple was destroyed 0:28:16.140 --> 0:28:18.820 and because the temple was destroyed. We were sad. So 0:28:18.820 --> 0:28:20.940 we eat, we dip it or eat it with salt 0:28:21.050 --> 0:28:24.570 water to show our tears at the destruction of the temple. 0:28:25.130 --> 0:28:28.129 I eat an egg in salt water at my Seder, 0:28:28.130 --> 0:28:30.610 because I am sad that my people don't know that 0:28:30.609 --> 0:28:33.570 there is. There is a remaining sacrifice for them, a 0:28:33.570 --> 0:28:36.570 sacrifice for their sins, the Messiah. But here's the thing. 0:28:36.770 --> 0:28:39.210 It was Judaism that took the egg first, and it 0:28:39.210 --> 0:28:43.130 had nothing to do with paganism. And and I think 0:28:43.130 --> 0:28:45.130 that's where the church got the egg thing. 0:28:45.890 --> 0:28:46.810 Thank you for that. 0:28:47.130 --> 0:28:52.570 That that's kind of a different take on that. But anyway, uh, uh, 0:28:53.130 --> 0:28:57.210 I don't think they realized where it comes from. Nevertheless, uh, 0:28:58.130 --> 0:29:01.010 we've got the mailbag there. Thanks. 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Let's talk about 0:30:16.920 --> 0:30:18.160 these questions. 0:30:18.300 --> 0:30:22.220 Yes. The first one is from Sue in North Carolina. 0:30:22.220 --> 0:30:27.660 Listening through. My pastor says, if you believe in Christ, 0:30:27.700 --> 0:30:30.500 you are saved. If a person says they believe in 0:30:30.500 --> 0:30:33.260 God and Christ His son, and they believe that he 0:30:33.260 --> 0:30:35.860 died for our sins, but they don't go to church 0:30:35.860 --> 0:30:39.860 or read the Bible or talk about God. And, um, 0:30:39.900 --> 0:30:42.700 it's not by works. Are they truly saved? 0:30:43.220 --> 0:30:45.820 Well, the gospel is that a person has to believe 0:30:45.820 --> 0:30:48.300 that Jesus died for their sins and rose again, and 0:30:48.300 --> 0:30:53.260 that proves he's God. That's what it is. Now, there 0:30:53.260 --> 0:30:57.220 are people out there that seem to have no fruit 0:30:57.220 --> 0:31:01.219 in their lives. And we think, well, uh, they probably 0:31:01.220 --> 0:31:04.340 don't know the Lord, but they never deny their faith. 0:31:05.260 --> 0:31:09.660 They just say it's not affecting my life. They don't 0:31:09.660 --> 0:31:11.580 have Jesus in their life. They have Jesus in their 0:31:11.580 --> 0:31:15.220 future life. They say, now, this is a weird thing. 0:31:15.220 --> 0:31:17.610 What I would say is, I don't know their hearts. 0:31:17.930 --> 0:31:19.690 I don't know if there's a little bit of fruit 0:31:19.690 --> 0:31:22.370 that God can see that I can't. So I try 0:31:22.410 --> 0:31:26.210 never to judge a person depending on their profession. If 0:31:26.210 --> 0:31:31.930 they profess faith, I, I want to can agree with that. Now, 0:31:31.930 --> 0:31:35.450 I think it's interesting that in first Corinthians five when 0:31:35.490 --> 0:31:40.370 Paul is addressing, uh, a member of the body of 0:31:40.370 --> 0:31:45.170 in Corinth who is in sexual sin. Paul doesn't deny 0:31:45.170 --> 0:31:49.330 that he's a believer, even though that there's very little 0:31:49.330 --> 0:31:55.170 fruit in his life. But instead he says this so-called brother, 0:31:55.370 --> 0:31:56.530 that's how he describes him. 0:31:56.530 --> 0:31:56.970 Okay. 0:31:57.530 --> 0:32:00.410 So he says, well, he's claiming to be a brother. 0:32:00.410 --> 0:32:02.210 We're going to deal with him as such. But he's 0:32:02.210 --> 0:32:07.690 so called because I have my doubts about him. So, uh, 0:32:08.010 --> 0:32:11.210 but even then, Paul doesn't deny that he's a brother. 0:32:11.210 --> 0:32:13.930 He just calls him a so-called brother. So that's what 0:32:13.930 --> 0:32:17.160 I would say. I would encourage anyone that professes faith 0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:20.560 if you love me, you'll obey my commandments. Jesus said, 0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:24.640 anyone I talk to who loves Jesus and isn't in 0:32:24.640 --> 0:32:27.200 my sense walking with them, I would just encourage them, hey, 0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:29.880 you know your life will flourish. Your life will be 0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:33.920 better if you if we obey him. So that's that's 0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:34.720 where I would go. 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:38.360 Thank you for that answer, Michael. And that question, Sue. 0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:42.040 Our next question is from Mary in Illinois with WNBA. 0:32:43.160 --> 0:32:45.920 She said my niece is professor at a university, is 0:32:45.920 --> 0:32:50.760 saying that Israel should be held accountable for genocide. And 0:32:50.760 --> 0:32:52.280 what are your thoughts about that? 0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.920 Well, it sounds like it's a professor saying such things 0:32:55.920 --> 0:33:03.560 as our college campuses have been inundated with falsehoods about Israel. Uh, and, 0:33:03.760 --> 0:33:08.239 you know, it's it's part of, uh, Hamas's plan to 0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:11.160 do this. Let me just say straight out that, first 0:33:11.160 --> 0:33:14.990 of all, that this didn't start with the current Gaza war. 0:33:15.030 --> 0:33:19.910 It actually began years ago, like about 2005 is when 0:33:19.910 --> 0:33:22.110 all of a sudden, hey, let's call this genocide. I 0:33:22.150 --> 0:33:29.150 call that Holocaust inversion. The anti-Semites today don't want to, uh, 0:33:29.630 --> 0:33:32.710 say that Jewish people were subject to genocide. They were 0:33:32.710 --> 0:33:36.030 the objects of genocide. In fact, a Jewish person named 0:33:36.030 --> 0:33:38.710 Lemkin is the one that came up with the term 0:33:38.710 --> 0:33:44.990 for genocide to describe the Holocaust. And so, uh, I 0:33:44.990 --> 0:33:48.830 think it was Rudolph or Raphael, Raphael Lemkin that that 0:33:48.830 --> 0:33:53.310 came up with that name, that term, uh, and anti-Semites 0:33:53.310 --> 0:33:57.950 today want to absolve their own sense of guilt for 0:33:57.950 --> 0:34:00.390 what happened to the Jewish people by accusing the Jewish 0:34:00.390 --> 0:34:04.950 people of being guilty of genocide. And that's why they 0:34:04.950 --> 0:34:08.030 accused Israel of genocide. It is a lie on the 0:34:08.030 --> 0:34:11.390 face of it. In this current war, people are shouting genocide. Genocide! 0:34:11.390 --> 0:34:17.700 50,000 dead. claiming 70% of the dead are women and children. Well, 0:34:17.739 --> 0:34:22.500 just a few weeks ago, even Hamas took those names 0:34:22.500 --> 0:34:26.180 of women and children off their lists. They decided, oh, 0:34:26.219 --> 0:34:28.500 this isn't going to work. So even they backed off 0:34:28.500 --> 0:34:34.540 of that charge. They don't ever describe how many of 0:34:34.580 --> 0:34:41.140 the people who died in Gaza are, uh, are combatants, uh, 0:34:41.260 --> 0:34:44.940 with the the majority of them are combatants. And another 0:34:44.940 --> 0:34:49.660 thing that comes about, yes, there are tragic civilian, uh, 0:34:49.660 --> 0:34:55.380 collateral deaths. And it's tragic. It's horrible. Uh, Israel doesn't 0:34:55.380 --> 0:34:58.660 want to have collateral deaths. In fact, Israel is so careful, 0:34:58.660 --> 0:35:01.620 they announce where they're going. They they try to get 0:35:01.980 --> 0:35:06.980 civilians out of areas of fire so that they won't have, uh, 0:35:07.380 --> 0:35:12.610 civilian collateral death. And John Spencer from from West Point. 0:35:12.610 --> 0:35:18.009 The foremost expert on urban warfare says Israel has the 0:35:18.010 --> 0:35:23.210 lowest collateral civilian death of any war that has ever 0:35:23.210 --> 0:35:26.170 been fought in an urban area because Israel is so careful. 0:35:26.210 --> 0:35:28.610 Let me just put it this way. One last thing 0:35:29.010 --> 0:35:34.049 about this. There are about 500 to maybe 700,000 Palestinian 0:35:34.730 --> 0:35:39.490 refugees in 1948, people who fled what was then called 0:35:39.489 --> 0:35:43.410 Palestine as the state was partitioned and it was going 0:35:43.410 --> 0:35:45.410 to be a Jewish and Arab state, the Arab states 0:35:45.410 --> 0:35:54.810 rejected it. Many Palestinians fled, uh, and as a result, 0:35:54.810 --> 0:35:58.009 there were about 5 to 700,000. The numbers vary, but 0:35:58.010 --> 0:36:00.850 no more than 700,000. At the same time, there were 0:36:00.850 --> 0:36:04.810 750,000 Jewish refugees from the Arab world, and they just 0:36:04.810 --> 0:36:09.170 got incorporated into Israel. But what happened to the Palestinian refugees? 0:36:09.210 --> 0:36:11.600 Today there are 14 million plus. 0:36:12.440 --> 0:36:12.920 Okay. 0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:17.240 That's. That doesn't sound like a genocide to me. Uh, 0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:26.360 also in Israel itself or the West Bank, Gaza, uh, 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:30.160 areas like that, uh, there are about five and a 0:36:30.200 --> 0:36:36.280 half to 6 million Palestinians, descendants of those refugees. Listen, 0:36:36.280 --> 0:36:41.480 my parents were Holocaust survivors. We lost all our family. Uh, I, 0:36:41.920 --> 0:36:44.840 I have hardly any family members. When you think about it, 0:36:44.840 --> 0:36:50.120 there were 9 million Jewish people in, uh, in Europe. 0:36:50.120 --> 0:36:55.680 6 million were murdered. And it's only recently that the 0:36:55.680 --> 0:36:59.560 world Jewish population came up to what it was at 0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:03.440 the at the eve of World War two. Uh, this, uh, 0:37:03.440 --> 0:37:10.430 this is a wrong, anti-Semitic driven, spurious Lie against Israel, 0:37:10.430 --> 0:37:14.910 that they are somehow carrying out a genocide against the 0:37:14.910 --> 0:37:18.230 Palestinian people. And if you want to know, I'll tell 0:37:18.230 --> 0:37:21.110 you what I really think. That's what I think. Okay. 0:37:21.150 --> 0:37:23.790 Thank you. Michael, it is certainly a time for prayers, 0:37:23.790 --> 0:37:26.750 but thank you for that response. Do we have time 0:37:26.750 --> 0:37:27.350 for one more? 0:37:27.870 --> 0:37:28.430 Uh, yeah. 0:37:28.469 --> 0:37:32.229 Okay. We'll do Joe in Delaware. How is it that 0:37:32.230 --> 0:37:36.270 the yeast referred to in Matthew 1333 is often taught 0:37:36.270 --> 0:37:39.630 to be the gospel as a symbol of growth, when 0:37:39.670 --> 0:37:43.070 yeast is always a symbol of sin throughout the scriptures. 0:37:43.710 --> 0:37:47.469 It's that the answer is it's not always a symbol 0:37:47.469 --> 0:37:52.190 of sin. It's sometimes a symbol of sin. That's how 0:37:52.190 --> 0:37:55.910 it is with figures of speech. They're not always consistently 0:37:55.910 --> 0:37:59.390 used in the same way. The reason it's frequently used 0:37:59.390 --> 0:38:01.910 as a symbol of sin is because the way yeast 0:38:01.950 --> 0:38:05.950 grows and spreads. But it really is a symbol of 0:38:06.150 --> 0:38:09.980 growth And the kingdom of God is going to grow. 0:38:12.460 --> 0:38:17.340 That that's why it uses yeast of it for it. Uh, 0:38:17.340 --> 0:38:21.500 but because it grows, it's also considered a symbol of sin, 0:38:21.700 --> 0:38:26.939 the leaven of malice. In First Corinthians five, uh, and 0:38:26.940 --> 0:38:29.739 places where like. Beware, beware of the leaven of the 0:38:29.739 --> 0:38:33.339 Pharisees and the Sadducees, the leaven of the Pharisees being hypocrisy, 0:38:33.340 --> 0:38:37.460 the leaven of the Sadducees being unbelief. Those sins grow 0:38:37.460 --> 0:38:41.299 and spread. That's that's why it's used as leaven. But 0:38:41.300 --> 0:38:44.900 it's not 100% always something sinful. So. Okay. 0:38:44.940 --> 0:38:45.540 Thank you. 0:38:45.739 --> 0:38:48.900 Yeah. We're going to take a break here. And, uh, 0:38:49.580 --> 0:38:52.299 when we come back, we'll take more of your questions 0:38:52.300 --> 0:38:55.260 right here on Open Line. My name is Michael Ray Jelinek. 0:38:55.300 --> 0:38:58.900 That was Tara Haynes. Keep on listening. We're going to 0:38:58.900 --> 0:39:03.620 be back with more calls straight ahead, right here on 0:39:03.660 --> 0:39:25.489 Moody Radio's Open Line. Welcome back to Open Line. I 0:39:25.570 --> 0:39:29.370 am so glad to be with you today. A couple 0:39:29.370 --> 0:39:34.010 of things I need to mention. Uh, first of all, uh, 0:39:34.010 --> 0:39:38.570 I'd like you to check out, uh, Open Line radio.org 0:39:38.570 --> 0:39:41.250 and scroll down to where it says check out Michael's 0:39:41.570 --> 0:39:45.130 personal web page. It's got a couple of things coming up, uh, 0:39:46.330 --> 0:39:49.529 that are very exciting for me next fall. Uh, hope 0:39:49.530 --> 0:39:52.810 it'll be exciting for you, too. We're going back to 0:39:52.850 --> 0:39:55.090 Israel for the first time in a couple of years, 0:39:55.130 --> 0:39:58.930 and it's safe there now. And, uh, people are really 0:39:58.930 --> 0:40:00.969 wanting to show their solidarity. 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Thank you for what you do here with this 0:41:21.100 --> 0:41:25.260 radio program. It's always very helpful. Um, my question was, 0:41:25.260 --> 0:41:28.580 I have been praying for my daughter's salvation for 40 years. 0:41:28.620 --> 0:41:33.379 And every day that's in my prayer journal. And I 0:41:33.380 --> 0:41:36.020 was wondering if when I get to heaven, if I 0:41:36.020 --> 0:41:38.500 would be able to intercede at the throne of grace 0:41:38.500 --> 0:41:42.700 for her salvation. Is there prayer in heaven for those 0:41:42.700 --> 0:41:44.299 on earth? I guess is my question. 0:41:44.980 --> 0:41:48.140 Well, some people think, uh, for example, in revelation 12, 0:41:48.140 --> 0:41:50.580 where it talks about the incense being the prayer of 0:41:50.580 --> 0:41:53.940 the saints. But I think it's the prayers of the 0:41:53.980 --> 0:42:01.100 saints on earth, not not the saints in saints being believers. Um, uh, 0:42:01.100 --> 0:42:04.009 I don't know, the Bible doesn't say you won't be 0:42:04.010 --> 0:42:07.569 able to talk to the Lord about it, but I 0:42:07.570 --> 0:42:10.890 think the really important person is the person. You've been 0:42:10.890 --> 0:42:14.410 praying in his name all throughout this time. He will 0:42:14.410 --> 0:42:18.930 continue that there's only one mediator between God and humanity, 0:42:18.930 --> 0:42:23.930 and that is the Messiah, Jesus. So first Timothy two 0:42:23.969 --> 0:42:26.490 five should be a comfort, whether you can pray or not, 0:42:26.530 --> 0:42:31.690 I don't know. I know you can't watch on a 0:42:31.690 --> 0:42:38.170 lot of people think, oh, we're we're somehow granted omniscience. 0:42:38.170 --> 0:42:40.650 So we know what's going on on earth while we're 0:42:40.650 --> 0:42:44.330 in heaven. I don't believe that's true when it says 0:42:44.730 --> 0:42:47.969 in Romans, in Hebrews 12 that we have so great 0:42:48.010 --> 0:42:51.569 a cloud of witnesses. It's only referring to those in 0:42:51.610 --> 0:42:56.810 first Corinthians, in in Hebrews 11, where they exercise faith, 0:42:56.810 --> 0:43:00.490 all these Old Testament people and people in the Intertestamental period, 0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:04.640 They live by faith. And then Paul's whoever wrote Hebrews says, 0:43:05.600 --> 0:43:09.760 since we have so great a cloud of testifiers, people 0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:12.680 who testify to the value of faith, it's talking about 0:43:12.680 --> 0:43:16.000 the people in Hebrews 11. It's not talking about people 0:43:16.000 --> 0:43:19.799 in heaven watching us, but rather the people who are 0:43:19.800 --> 0:43:25.040 mentioned in Hebrews 11. They testify to the faithfulness of God, 0:43:25.520 --> 0:43:29.000 the value of faith themselves. And so I don't think 0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:31.800 we become omniscient. We won't be watching our our loved 0:43:31.800 --> 0:43:35.920 ones on earth. Uh, but God does. He knows. And 0:43:35.920 --> 0:43:38.359 the Lord Jesus is the mediator who will bring those 0:43:38.360 --> 0:43:41.560 prayers continually to the father. Okay. 0:43:42.800 --> 0:43:44.440 Okay. Thanks so much. God bless you. 0:43:44.600 --> 0:43:47.160 And by the way, I don't know that you can't 0:43:47.160 --> 0:43:51.400 pray when you're with the Lord. Uh, maybe you can. Uh, 0:43:52.120 --> 0:43:55.840 I don't there's nothing in Scripture that says yes or no. Okay. 0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:58.479 Right, right. Thanks so much. God bless. 0:43:58.520 --> 0:44:05.350 Sure. Okay. Bye bye. Uh, we're going to speak next with, uh, 0:44:05.590 --> 0:44:10.110 Dave in Chicago listening on WNBA. Welcome to Open Line, Dave. 0:44:10.270 --> 0:44:11.310 How can I help you? 0:44:11.670 --> 0:44:16.070 Thank you. My question is about John 2023. It appears 0:44:16.110 --> 0:44:19.830 Jesus is giving the disciples authority to forgive sins. It 0:44:19.830 --> 0:44:22.190 just seems rather odd to me. I thought only he 0:44:22.190 --> 0:44:23.469 could forgive sins. 0:44:24.390 --> 0:44:28.350 Uh, I think it's really not talking about them. By 0:44:28.350 --> 0:44:31.230 the way, I can forgive sins if you sinned against me, Dave, 0:44:31.230 --> 0:44:33.669 or I sin against you. We can forgive each other, 0:44:33.670 --> 0:44:34.430 can we not? 0:44:34.989 --> 0:44:38.270 Uh. That's true. Maybe I misunderstood the verse. 0:44:38.310 --> 0:44:42.350 No, no, no, you didn't. But, I mean, don't take away, uh, 0:44:42.350 --> 0:44:46.910 the expectation that we're supposed to forgive, uh, you know, 0:44:47.310 --> 0:44:50.510 but in verse 23, what it's saying, receive the Holy Spirit. 0:44:50.510 --> 0:44:53.390 It says in verse 22, that's a temporary infilling to 0:44:53.430 --> 0:44:58.140 get them from, uh, the resurrection here all the way 0:44:58.180 --> 0:45:01.900 to to Pentecost. And then it says, if you forgive 0:45:01.900 --> 0:45:04.299 the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you 0:45:04.300 --> 0:45:07.060 retain the sins of any, they are retained. That actually 0:45:07.060 --> 0:45:09.700 has to do with the proclamation of the apostles. The 0:45:09.700 --> 0:45:13.460 apostles are going to say. Uh, clearly an example would 0:45:13.460 --> 0:45:16.140 be Paul. Believe on the Lord Jesus and your sins 0:45:16.140 --> 0:45:21.660 will be forgiven. Right. Acts 16. Uh, that's what it's saying, 0:45:21.660 --> 0:45:25.540 is if I'm giving you the authority to proclaim forgiveness. 0:45:26.300 --> 0:45:28.780 And if someone says to you, but I believe in Jesus, 0:45:28.780 --> 0:45:31.259 you can say your sins are forgiven. If someone says, 0:45:31.260 --> 0:45:34.140 I refuse to believe in Jesus, you can say your 0:45:34.140 --> 0:45:37.580 sins are not forgiven. That's what it's saying. It's giving 0:45:37.580 --> 0:45:45.300 them the authority to proclaim, uh, the forgiveness of sins 0:45:45.300 --> 0:45:48.939 of people based on whether or not they believe in 0:45:48.940 --> 0:45:53.380 Jesus or not. I think this is crucial. In John 824, 0:45:53.620 --> 0:45:57.770 the Lord Jesus says, unless you believe that I am he? 0:45:58.050 --> 0:46:02.090 Literally I am. You're still in your sins. We must believe. 0:46:02.130 --> 0:46:05.009 We must proclaim that truth. But what good news we 0:46:05.010 --> 0:46:08.850 can proclaim? Your sins are forgiven because you've trusted in Jesus. 0:46:08.969 --> 0:46:12.250 I think that's what it's talking about there in John. Okay, Dave. 0:46:12.770 --> 0:46:13.370 Thank you. 0:46:13.690 --> 0:46:16.810 Yeah. Hey, thanks for listening, everyone. I can't believe the 0:46:16.810 --> 0:46:20.129 program is over for this week. We'll see you next week. 0:46:20.130 --> 0:46:25.930 Thanks for the Open Line team to hear. Omar. Lisa. Karen, 0:46:25.930 --> 0:46:27.969 thanks for all that you do. Remember, keep in touch 0:46:27.969 --> 0:46:30.970 with us by going to our website, Open Line radio.org. 0:46:31.130 --> 0:46:33.529 All the helpful links are current resource, how to become 0:46:33.530 --> 0:46:36.170 a kitchen table partner. Even a link to my personal 0:46:36.170 --> 0:46:39.290 web page. They're all there. Check that out. 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