1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Jack Graham here. You know, we live in a time 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: when it is extraordinarily rare for anyone to stay focused 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: on anything for forty years. Your forty years of focus 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: is something that we can all admire. We're so grateful 5 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: that you've invited so many of us to have the 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: opportunity to impact the future of our country and of 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: the world because you've shared friendship with us. You are 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: a connector. 9 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: God's word is your answer. I'm so excited you've joined 10 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: me today as we've been getting back into the Word 11 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,279 Speaker 2: of God, and I want you to get your pens, paper, 12 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: or phone, whatever it is, because we are continuing our 13 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: deep dive into the pillars of faith. And just before 14 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: we get back into the subject, remember at any time, 15 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: please feel free to call the prayer line or go 16 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 2: to the website and send me a personal prayer request. 17 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 2: I promise we pray over every single person. Also, we 18 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: have a brand new time Tuesday, six point thirty pm 19 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: on the day Star Network spread the word, let people know, 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: and I want to read a praise report. You cannot 21 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 2: only send me your prayer request, but also your praise reports, 22 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: Agatha writes and says Pastor Paula I'm excited to share 23 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: with you the exciting good news. I sent my prayer 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: request to this group about the fruit of the womb, 25 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: and God did it for me. I will have a 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: bouncing baby this year in January. Praise the Lord. Look 27 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: how good our God is. He is so so faithful. 28 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 2: I want to give God praise for Agatha and then 29 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: watch this one. Mister Ruhan says, thank you Pastor Paula 30 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: for all your prayers, and thank you Lord Jesus that 31 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: you have blessed me greatly and erase my debt of 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 2: eleven thousand and seven hundred dollars. Praise the Lord, and 33 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: thank you again, Pastor Paula white Kine for your prayers, 34 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: for your faithfulness. And this is good good ground that 35 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 2: you sow into. I'm excited about what God is doing 36 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: because we are overcomers by the blood of the Lamb 37 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: and the word of our testimony. Now, as we get 38 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: into the Word, I want you to know it's time 39 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: to go beyond having a little bit of an idea 40 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: of what God's word says and actually knowing or comprehending 41 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: and being able to apply that to our daily lives. 42 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 2: What does his word say? Well? Two Timothy, Chapter three 43 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: is we study the importance of the Word today. In 44 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: verse sixteen and seventeen says all scripture is God breathed, 45 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: and it's useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, 46 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped 47 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: for every good work. The Book of the Gospel of John, 48 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: in chapter one, verse one through four, reminds us that 49 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: in the very beginning there was the Word. The Word 50 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: was with God, and the Word was God, and everything 51 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: that was made came into being through him. In him 52 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 2: was life, and that life was the light for all humanity. 53 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: Whenever God created something, he did it by speaking the word. 54 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 2: And you have that same power, that same ability available 55 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: to you. Whenever you receive God's word, you believe God's word, 56 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: and you speak God's word and you apply it to 57 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: your life, supernatural things begin to happen. That's where you 58 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: have a renewed mind. That's where change, in transformation begins 59 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: to happen. Now this is not name it, claim it, 60 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: just speak it, grab it. It's not like that at all. 61 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: That's nonsense. It's received the word. Let the Word work 62 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 2: in you, work on you. You believe the word. It's 63 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: a heart issue. You speak the word out of the heart, 64 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 2: the abundance of the mouth speak it. So whatever is 65 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: in my heart, I begin to speak, and then I 66 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 2: begin to apply it. I put action. Faith without works 67 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: is dead, and that's where your life begins to transform. 68 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: See Isaiah chapter fifty five eleven states so shall my 69 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: word be that goes forth from my mouth, It shall 70 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: not return to me void, but it will accomplish that 71 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: which I please, and it will prosper in the thing 72 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: for which I scent it. Void means empty or ineffective. 73 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 2: So it says to accomplish means to achieve successfully, and 74 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 2: to prosper it means to become strong and to flourish. 75 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: So God's work will cause you to flourish. To be successful. 76 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: Success is not a new house, a new car, a 77 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: new degree, and a new code a fashion. He says, 78 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: success is that you have fulfilled your supreme reason for being. 79 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: You are a spirit having a human experience. You are 80 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: sent into this world. You have an assignment by God. 81 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 2: And as you get into the Word that becomes more 82 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: clear with clarity and understanding. And when you are a 83 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 2: person of purpose, your life has meaning you know that 84 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: you're here with God on your side and with you 85 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: on God's side. So I want you to think that, 86 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: speak it, believe it, act it, and watch it bring 87 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: life into your world. When you open the Bible, you'll 88 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 2: find that it's divided in two main parts, the Old 89 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: Testament and the New Testament. Think of the Old Testament 90 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: as the foundation, covering everything from creation of the world 91 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 2: to the history and the laws of the Israelite people. 92 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 2: It's filled with stories of heroes like Moses and David, 93 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: and the prophets who spoke God's words as people the 94 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: important of Israel. It also includes book of wisdom and 95 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: poetry like Psalms and Proverbs, prophetic books that look forward 96 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: to coming Savior. There's minor and major prophets. That's where 97 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: you start really getting into theology, understanding how do I 98 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: interpret this, What does it mean? Who was it written to? 99 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 2: There's a literal, there's a historical, there is a prophetic meaning. 100 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 2: Then you have the New Testament, which is all about 101 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: the fulfillment of those promises from God. It starts with 102 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: the Gospels. The Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 103 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 2: The New Testament also includes letters from the apostles like Paul, Peter, 104 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: and John, offering guidance and encouragement to early Christian communities. 105 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: And it wraps up with Revelation, a book of prophecy 106 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: about the end times and the ultimate victory of God. 107 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: And I really want you to understand we have a 108 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 2: Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and 109 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: Jesus soon coming king. There is a second return of 110 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: our Messiah. And I am so excited because when you 111 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 2: read the end of the book, you know we win. 112 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: Don't be discouraged. You get to be a part of 113 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: the great army of God as a child of God. 114 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: So the Old Testament sets the stage showing God's plan 115 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: and promises, while the New Testament brings those promises to 116 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 2: life through Christ, Jesus and the birth of the Church. 117 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: And you understand that the only legal entity in the 118 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: earth that has the ability to bring forth change is 119 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: the blood bought Church of Jesus Christ. You and me 120 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: together they form one powerful, cohesive story of God's love 121 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: and redemption for humanity. Have you ever heard someone ask 122 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 2: how do we know we can trust the Bible? Well, 123 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to give you several reasons and I want 124 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: you to write this down and go into a deeper dive. 125 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: Get the book. I want you to really understand this 126 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: Number one theological reasons. First, there's divine inspiration two Timothy three, sixteen, 127 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 2: and seventeen. All scriptures God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, 128 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 2: and training in righteousness. It means the Bible equips you 129 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: for every good work. As you read it, ask the 130 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to show you, to enlighten you, to remove 131 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: every veil so you can see. Ask your spirit to 132 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: come alive and to connect with the Holy Spirit and 133 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: reading the Word of God. The next thing, the authority 134 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: of Jesus, comes into play. Jesus himself affirmed the authority 135 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 2: of scripture. He often quoted Old Testament in his teachings 136 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: Matthew five, verse seventeen and eighteen. Luke Chapter twenty four, 137 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 2: verse forty four. If Jesus, the author and finisher of 138 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: our faith, viewed the scriptures as authoritative, shouldn't we? The 139 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 2: next thing is historical reasons. The historical reliability of the 140 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 2: Bible is another factor. Many notable scholars argue it accounts 141 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: are supported by archaeological discoveries and historical research. In fact, 142 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: the more advance we get, the more science shows the 143 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 2: reality and the truth of the Word of God. It's 144 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 2: so exciting. What a time to live in because this 145 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 2: lends credibility to the major events and to the figures 146 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 2: that it describes. The sacred genuine tradition also matters. Early 147 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 2: church leaders rigulously evaluating which books were recognized as authoritative, 148 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: considering factors like apostolic authorship and consistency of message. This 149 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: rigorous process strengthens the Bible's authority. And that's important because 150 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 2: there were a lot more books outside of the sixty 151 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 2: six books in the Bible, and you go, how did 152 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 2: they become part of this? I want you to have 153 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 2: that foundation. And that's why it's so important to understand 154 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 2: the pillars of faith, the literary reasons. Despite being written 155 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: over entries by different authors, the Bible shows remarkable coherence 156 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: and consistency in its message. This unity could only happen 157 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: by divine inspiration plus the Bible's influential texts. They've shaped literature, culture, philosophy, 158 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: impacting the Western civilization and beyond. They have such meaning 159 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: and such profound impact. You see America as founded on 160 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 2: Judeo Christian roots the Bible. Go to the capitol and 161 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: look through the buildings and see all the scripture, and 162 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 2: see how our founders founded this nation. The next thing 163 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: is practical reasons. The Bible's transformational impact on individuals and 164 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 2: societies cannot be ignored. Its teachings have influenced laws, social 165 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: justice movements, personal lives. It's so profound when England, when 166 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: we broke away from England, there was a person that 167 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: was sent over to study why is America becoming so successful. 168 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 2: He went and looked at all the different things, the farmers, 169 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: the politics, the universities, and he went back and reported 170 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 2: to the English government it is because of those fiery 171 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 2: preachers in the pulpit teaching God's word. You see, its 172 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 2: spiritual guidance, provides answers to life's big questions, offers comfort, hope, 173 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 2: and it guides our moral decision making. When you know 174 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: that you're offending God by doing something and you clearly 175 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: read it, you can't do that without conviction, and that 176 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: conviction brings repentance. There's no way to have a moral 177 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: compass without the word of God. There's no way to 178 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: have a moral compass without the Holy Spirit teaching you 179 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 2: the Word of God, personal reasons. When you read the Bible, 180 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: it's more than just mere words on a page. You're 181 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: reading the eternal word of God. It's alive, it's quick, 182 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: it's powerful. Remember, it cuts through the soul and the 183 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: mind and the spirit. What am I saying here? The 184 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 2: Word of God is so sharp that when it says, 185 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 2: it cuts through the soul, which is your mind, will 186 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: and emotions to the quick the spirit. There's stuff so 187 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 2: deep embedded in our unconscious, embedded in our soul. When 188 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 2: the Word of God gets a hold of you, it 189 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: brings a deliverance, It brings a transformation. Often I've gotten 190 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: the Word of God. I'm just sat there and wept. 191 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 2: I've just sat there and when you mean this is 192 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: for me, I mean I've taken it at just as 193 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: it says, and that brings true transformation. It brings deliverance, 194 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 2: it brings freedom. I've seen the Word of God work 195 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 2: in so many ways in life life that it's short 196 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: of nothing but miraculous, delivering me as a young girl 197 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 2: that had just got saved from bolimia and bondage, delivering 198 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 2: me from abandonment over my father's suicide. I could go 199 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 2: on and on and on. When I pray the Word, 200 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: I feel a divine connection. It brings peace, It brings clarity, 201 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 2: It gives me direction, it gives me purpose. And I 202 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 2: know that many watching right now feel the exact same. 203 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 2: When you decree the word, you see mountains move, doors 204 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: open that no one can shut. Obeying the Word is transformational. 205 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 2: When you are obedient, it changes your life. It has 206 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 2: guided me through valleys, It's led me to victories. And 207 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 2: this personal transformation is undeniable proof that the Bible is 208 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 2: God's eternal Word, is a living force. And God wants 209 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: his word to change your circumstance, renew your mind, bring 210 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 2: about his promise, change your life. Why because we're made 211 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 2: overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and the Word 212 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 2: of our testimony. So trust in it, speak it, let 213 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: it work wonders in your life as you read the word. 214 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 2: First thing that I believe is that you're going to 215 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: get to know God better. God the Father, God, the Son, God, 216 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. And you need to know that God 217 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: is the creator of everything, from all the heavens to 218 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: the tiniest detail on earth, that little tiny bug that 219 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: bothers you. He's eternal, meaning he has no beginning or end. 220 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: He's all powerful. Nothing is too hard for him. He 221 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 2: is holy, set apart, perfect in every way. There's no flaw, 222 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 2: there's no fault in God. He's a loving father, full 223 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 2: of mercy, full of grace, always ready to forgive, always 224 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: ready to embrace you. And the problem is if we've 225 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 2: had authoritative parents or role models or people in our 226 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 2: life that point out what's wrong and think about how 227 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 2: you did in school? They mark big exes on the wrong. 228 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 2: Why didn't they do ninety seven check marks? Why three exes? 229 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 2: Because society points out your failure. You did wrong, you 230 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 2: messed up. We lost the game because of you. And 231 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 2: we easily fall into the trap of self acceptance by 232 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 2: being perfect. No one's perfect, only God, and so we 233 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 2: think that we advance or accepted if we're this picture 234 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 2: or this person of perfection, which is impossible. God loves 235 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 2: you as you are. He's just, he's righteous, He always 236 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 2: does what is right, what is fair. You can count 237 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: on him to be faithful. He will keep covenant promises 238 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 2: every single thing he's made. The Bible says his promises 239 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: are yea and Amen, which means yes, and amen. He 240 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: has no variance in him, which means God doesn't change 241 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: his mind. He doesn't divorce you, he doesn't walk out 242 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 2: on you, he doesn't leave you. He desires a close 243 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 2: relationship with you, acts as a loving father, a guiding shepherd, 244 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 2: and more than anything, I know that, I know that. 245 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: I know He's my redeemer through Jesus Christ. I was alone, 246 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: I was lost. I know that very well about myself, 247 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: and He redeemed me. He brought me back and paid 248 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: the price of that redemption through his son, Jesus Christ. 249 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 2: The Bible says I wasn't purchased with silver or gold. 250 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 2: In other words, the world's goods could not buy me, 251 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 2: but I was purchased by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. 252 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: The wisdom of God is beyond our understanding. His sovereignty 253 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: means that he reigns over all creation. Whether creation recognizes 254 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 2: or not, he still reigns. When you know these things 255 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 2: about God, it gives you a strong foundation of trust. 256 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: In other words, I know God has my best interests, 257 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 2: So when I read the word, I trust what he's 258 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 2: saying is for me and it's true. It gives me 259 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: a foundation of comfort hope, and the Bible says that 260 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 2: without hope, the heart is made sick. So a merried 261 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 2: heart doeth good like a medicine. I know that God 262 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 2: is powerful and intimately involved in my life more than anything. 263 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: If I only have a few moments left with you, 264 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: I want you to know that God is love. Now 265 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 2: hear that not God does love. God is love. Do 266 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 2: you know how much God loves you? His love is 267 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 2: beyond anything you could ever imagine. It's not just a feeling, 268 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 2: it's an action, it's a promise, it's a daily reality. 269 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 2: He loves you so much that he sent his only son, 270 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: Jesus Is, to die for you while you were still lost, 271 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 2: when you were in sin. And the Bible is filled 272 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 2: with examples and teachings that show us just how deeply 273 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 2: God loves us. In John three sixteen, one of the 274 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 2: most famous scriptures, it says, for God so loved the 275 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 2: world that he gave his only begun son. It's a 276 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 2: sacrificial love. In Romans chapter five, verse eight, it's an 277 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 2: unconditional love. In Jeremiah chapter thirty one, verse three, it's 278 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: an everlasting love. In First John three to one. It's 279 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: a parental love. In Psalm one oh three, Verse thirteen 280 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 2: and fourteen, it's a compassionate love. In Lamentations, Chapter three, 281 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 2: verse twenty two through twenty three, it's a faithful love, 282 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 2: and I love Psalm ninety one. It's a protective love. 283 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: I could go all throughout the Word of God and 284 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 2: show you that. But the examples reveal a God who 285 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: deeply cares for you. He's committed your well being. And 286 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 2: the Bible says, if you, who are like earthly fleshly 287 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 2: know how to give good gifts to your children, how 288 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 2: much more will God the Father give you the Holy 289 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: Spirit give you good gifts. He's not out to get you. 290 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: If he was out to get you, he would have 291 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: already got you. You're cherished, you're valued. There's a lot 292 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 2: written about the sacredness of God's love for you. And 293 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 2: if Satan could ever deceive us to go I'm really 294 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 2: not valuable. I'm not worthy. That you don't believe that. 295 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: How damaging that it is one of the worst things 296 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 2: that can happen to us, because it really doesn't matter. 297 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: It doesn't. It doesn't who left you, who walked out 298 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 2: on you, who hates you, who liked you? When you 299 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 2: know God's love. It gives you the confidence, the wholeness, 300 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: the security that you're taken care of, that you're loved. 301 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: You see, Satan did this to Eve in the garden 302 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 2: to bring forth out in confusion. And remember God is 303 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 2: not the author of confusion. First Corinthians, Chapter fourteen, verse 304 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 2: thirty three. It's why your identity must be rooted and 305 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 2: grounded in God's word and God's character. That's why it's 306 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: imperative that you shift your thinking from doubt, confusion, uncertainty 307 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: to the eternal truth that, as a born again believer, 308 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 2: you are God's child, his beloved, and his bride. Throw 309 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 2: away everything that comes against your identity, your purpose, every 310 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: false label, every lie, every trigger, everything that comes at 311 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 2: you and attacks your worth, your value. It's critical to 312 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 2: know who you are and whose you are. How do 313 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 2: I do that? Well? Few ways. You get in the word, 314 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 2: you read it, you take the word, you digest it. 315 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 2: When you read something, you're like, you're the apple of 316 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: my eye. Put your name on there. Paula is the 317 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: apple of God's eye. When it says he loves you 318 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: with an everlasting love, put your name in there. He 319 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 2: loves Paula with an everlasting love. I want you to 320 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 2: personalize it. Once you can personalize it, then you can 321 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 2: get to that place of maturity. Because there's milk and 322 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 2: there's meat, and he says, I don't want you to 323 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 2: be on milk forever. There's meat that says, I got it. God, 324 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 2: You've got my back. Send me into that lions. Then 325 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 2: I know that you're going to show up. I'm not 326 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 2: going to eat the king's food. I'm not going to 327 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 2: bow to the devil. I'm not going to go to 328 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 2: the world's ways. I can stand for you because I 329 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: know You've got me. And I can only know that 330 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,239 Speaker 2: through the realization and revelation of God's Word working in 331 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 2: my life. So I want to encourage you. Why should 332 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: you get in the word? Because it won't return void, 333 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 2: It won't return empty, but it will fulfill. It will 334 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 2: succeed in prospering, making sure that you advance, making sure 335 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 2: that it works in you. Why should I get in 336 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 2: the word? It delivers me from those thought constellations and 337 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 2: changes me from those generational curses and those bad habits, 338 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: and that immorality, those transgressions, iniquities of sin. Why should 339 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 2: I get in the word? It shows me the truth 340 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: of who I am. Mama wasn't honest with me. Daddy 341 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 2: confused me, first grade teacher messed me up, boyfriend told 342 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: me wrong. But God's word never's lied to me. There's 343 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 2: not one thing I've read that confused me, tormented me, 344 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: told me a lie. It only advanced me closer to him, 345 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: closer to his promise. His purpose doesn't mean every day's good. 346 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 2: Doesn't mean everything goes right. Remember, it rebukes, it corrects, 347 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 2: it changes, it chastises. But it means that everything leads 348 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 2: me right. He's a good God. He loves me, he 349 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 2: has my best interest. He's got my back, just like 350 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 2: he's got yours. Get in his word self rejection, and 351 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: believe that you are the beloved of God. This is 352 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 2: one small portion from my book, The Pillars of Faith, 353 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 2: But there is so much more that I need to 354 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 2: teach you, And that's why I trust you will want 355 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: to get this book. Hebrews Chapter four, verse twelve tells 356 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: us for the Word of God is alive and powerful. 357 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 2: It is sharper than the sharpest two edged sword, cutting 358 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 2: between soul and spirit, between joint and moorrow. It exposes 359 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 2: our innermost thoughts and desires. Through his word, God reveals 360 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 2: his love, his will, and his character. It is in 361 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 2: his word that we find the strength, the guidance and 362 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 2: assurance that we need to navigate the complexities of life. 363 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: Today we discuss God's Word is your answer, understanding the Bible, 364 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 2: how we know we can trust the Bible, and what 365 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 2: does this word do for us? And in this new book, 366 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 2: I teach in detail about God the Father, God the Son, Jesus, 367 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: and God the Holy Spirit. I teach about faith, the 368 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 2: fall of Adam, baptism, prayer, worship, spiritual warfare, and so 369 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 2: much more. I want you to get up right now. 370 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 2: Call the toll free number. This is the best investment 371 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 2: you're going to make in yourself. It's the foundations, the 372 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 2: fundamentals to building a successful life in Jesus, Christ and God. 373 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 2: Call that toll free number, write the po box or 374 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 2: go online right now and request the brand new life 375 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 2: changing book Pillars of Faith. I wrote this for you 376 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 2: and I will send it to you for your ministry 377 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: gift of just twenty five dollars or more, and your 378 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 2: support of PAULA White Ministry helps make an impact every 379 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 2: single day, transforming lives, healing hearts, and winning souls all 380 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 2: around the world. Remember that God is for you. He's 381 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 2: not against you. He is on your side. So call 382 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 2: the number, go to the website and get Pillars of 383 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 2: Faith today. I love you and remember God's Word is 384 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 2: your answer. 385 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 3: It's time to go beyond having just an idea of 386 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 3: what God's word says and actually know, comprehend, and apply 387 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 3: what God's word says. The Enemy has attacked the foundations 388 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 3: of our faith, our souls, and our churches, and if 389 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 3: Christians continue to do nothing, it will affect the faith 390 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 3: of future generations. It's time to be the change. We've 391 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 3: got to rebuild our foundation of faith and Pastor Paula 392 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 3: as a brand new book, Pillars of Faith. This book 393 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 3: guides you through the pillars of our Christian faith, exploring 394 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 3: the timeless truths that have anchor believers throughout the ages. 395 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 2: I wrote this book from my heart to help you 396 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: get a foundation for who God is, to understand the 397 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 2: importance and be able to study God's word. 398 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 3: Pillars of Faith will equip you with a deeper understanding 399 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 3: of the foundations of our faith, a renewed passion for 400 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 3: the Bible at a hunger to experience God in every 401 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 3: area of your life. Call the toll free number right 402 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 3: the po boxer, go online right now and request this 403 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 3: brand new life changing book, Pillars of Faith. We will 404 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 3: rush his signed copy to you right now for your 405 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 3: ministry gift of just twenty five dollars or more. For 406 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 3: your generous ministry gift of fifty dollars or more, we 407 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 3: will also send you the three DVD said Pillars of Faith, 408 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 3: and your support of PWM helps make an impact every 409 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 3: single day, transforming lives, healing hearts, and winning souls around 410 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 3: the world. Call the number and get Pillars of Faith 411 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 3: today and remember God's Word is your answer. 412 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: I love the Word because it revealed to me that 413 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 2: I needed to be saved. But with God working with me, 414 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit leading and guiding me, giving me his 415 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 2: mind his wisdom, my life has transformed. I was able 416 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 2: through the power of the basis of the Blood of 417 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ break generational curses. My son and his children 418 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 2: will not go through all the hardships that I went through, 419 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: and neither do yours. How, Paula, how do I have 420 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: eternal life? How do I make sure Heaven is my home? 421 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: And how do I live life fully? Abundantly here on earth. 422 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 2: Receive Jesus Christ. And if you've never done that, pray 423 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: this prayer with me right now, say, Father God, I 424 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 2: come to you in the name of Jesus, forgive me 425 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 2: for all my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my 426 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 2: personal Lord and Savior. If you prayed that prayer, welcome 427 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 2: to the Family of God. Is it really that easy. Well, 428 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 2: it's the first step, but it's not the last step. 429 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 2: Go to the website at Paulawhite dot org. Send me 430 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 2: your prayer request and your praise. Report that you just 431 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,239 Speaker 2: received Jesus Christ. I want to do life with you, 432 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 2: and while you're there, get your free digital download. No gimmick, 433 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: nothing to it, just I want to bless you. I 434 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 2: want to give you the building blocks to faith. What 435 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: is salvation? I love you, I'd love to be your pastor. 436 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 2: Let's do life together and God bless you. 437 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 3: The preceding program has been made possible through the faithful 438 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 3: prayers and generous support of our partners and friends in 439 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 3: this viewing area.