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Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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Call to Action: Study and Share God's Word 0:00 Hey. Congratulations. You guys have made it to the last chapter in our book, Well versed. We hope you've had a great time. The last chapter, we deal with the topic of a reason for hope and a call0:12 to action.0:14 You know why I'm excited? Because Jesus is Lord. Oh, I wrote a book, Well Versed Biblical Answers to Today's Tough Issues, and there's an audio version as well that's0:26 available for you. And here's what I wanna encourage you to do. Here's my call to action with you. I wanna encourage you to study this book. I wanna encourage you to equip yourself in understanding the biblical0:38 underpinnings to a the 30 plus different political and social topic. The word of God is so good. It speaks to these issues. God didn't just say, oh my goodness. I forgot about that0:50 government thing. Why didn't I write something about that? The Bible has a lot to say about the government. And I wanna encourage you to get a hold of my book, Well Versed Biblical Answers Today Stuff Issues. If1:02 you haven't read it and go all the way through it so you would know how to speak to these various issues. Study it. Study it carefully and and and be disciplined in that study. Then converse with other believers1:14 about it. And then the next step is to to converse with unbelievers about it. And in loving and tender ways, magnetic, compelling, winsome ways, talk to them about what the Bible says1:25 about these things. You don't have to always defend the Bible. In fact, really just proclaim it. It kinda defends itself. They say, well, I don't believe the Bible. Okay. Fine. Here's what the word of God has to say1:36 about this. Know that when you share the word of God, because the Holy Spirit working in them, you sort of automatically up have the upper hand. I don't mean psychologically. I mean I mean spiritually. Something's1:48 going on. And I wanna give you a reason for hope, a reason for a lot of hope, which encourages me in this busted up old world and this nation of ours. The first thing is that simply that2:00 Jesus is God. I wanna I wanna tell you about the Christophanies. Christophany is a strange word, Christ, means Christ, Ophany appearance. The appearances of Christ2:11 before Bethlehem. The pre Bethlehem, the pre baby Bethlehem appearances of Christ upon this earth. Jesus appeared, I believe, the second member of the trinity appeared several times. And 1 of those2:23 times, I believe, was in Joshua chapter 5. In Joshua chapter 5, Joshua said to him, he encountered this this this military figure and said, who are you? Whose side are he was going into battle. He says, whose side areReasons for Hope: Jesus is God 2:35 you on? You with them or with us? He says, I didn't come here to choose sides. I came here to take over. I'm not taking sides. I'm taking over this place. This was the second member of the trinity. I believe Jesus2:45 showing up. I'm captain of the host. I'm in charge here. That's that's the Jesus we serve. And then if I take you to Judges chapter 6, Judges 6, there's a case2:57 where Gideon encountered him. And and and this your scripture doesn't always know how to translate this because sometimes, like, angel of the Lord, but sometimes the word angel of the Lord can mean not generally angel3:08 like we picture, but, an appearance of God himself. In this case, the second member of the trinity. I believe these are preappearances of Jesus before his birth. And when Gideon3:20 Gideon ran into it, he was terrified. He went, woah. You're a very commanding figure. And then we go to Judges chapter 13. Judges 13, Manoah. Manoah and his wife were there. They went to3:31 offer sacrifices and poof, explosion. Fire shot up. He's, oh my goodness. We've seen God. We're gonna die. She says, no. If he God could have taken you out by now. These were some of the appearances that3:43 occurred before Jesus shows up on the scene. And then finally, he shows up as a baby in Bethlehem. He's there. And by age 12 by age 12, he only already has the insights that3:55 the the religious scholars, the PhDs of their days, they're baffled by what he knows. He said, how can he possibly know so much? And then he goes to call fishermen. And when he calls them, he4:07 calls he calls some pretty rough guys. In fact, they're called sons of thunder. Sons of thunder has a potential number of meaning, but maybe they had big tempers. Horrific tempers. They were these were rough guys.4:19 Simon Peter and his brother Andrew and James and John. These were rough guys. They were successful businessmen, fishermen, tough leather guy, and here comes a carpenter and says, hey,4:31 drop your nets, get rid of your boats, get rid of your whole fishing industry, and you follow me. What kind of a figure can walk by and people will leave their business, leave what they're4:43 doing, and follow him? And then come the miracles. My goodness. And the miracles, it's hard to understand those except to say, Jesus is so powerful. He took control over time. He took control4:55 over matter itself. He changed time. He changed matter. He rearranged things. And then on top of that, there comes the moment of the transfiguration. The transfiguration when he brought5:07 Moses back from the dead. Moses had been dead for 1400 years. Elijah had been dead for 700 years. He was able to move between kingdoms in such a way.5:18 He called back these characters and here they showed up. And Peter, James, and John, he said, they were absolutely babbling. Peter was babbling. They didn't know what to say. They were so stunned by this5:30 experience. This was this transfiguration event in the New Testament is a way of Jesus saying, I'm in charge around here. I want you to know that. And then there's the crucifixion. The crucifixion itself.5:43 And the crucifixion, Jesus says, you're not taking my life from me. Let me tell you what. I'm laying it down. If I wasn't laying down, you couldn't touch me. That's who I am. And5:55 then before the resurrection, after the crucifixion, the apostle's creed said he he is ascended into Hades or ascended into hell. Whatever that means, here's the way I picture it. He ascended6:06 into hell and he made a victory lap through there and says, let me tell you, there's no place in the cosmos. I don't say I'm in charge here. And he went right through there and saying, I am the resurrected6:18 lord. You won't take me down. Satan, you can't defeat me. Death cannot hold me. And then the physical resurrection, his body is now made new, and he's now appearing upon the planet.6:30 The explosive power of that moment of resurrection was so great that the most elite military guard of his time were thrown to the ground like dead men. They were so stunned by6:42 this. And if that's not enough, then he started appearing to people and then gave his ascension when he defied literally, defied the law of gravity. And then the rapture, when it'll help us6:53 all defy the law of gravity. If you don't believe in the rapture, I'll wave to you on my way up. And then came the book of Revelation. In the book of Revelation, I wanna read to you just a little bit if I can from 1Jesus' Ultimate Victory and Return 7:04 particular part of the book of Revelation and we're gonna look at pages well, in my book, if you'll pick it up and and you got in front of you, I'm gonna read to you from page 2 70. We're gonna read the count right there7:16 towards the very end when this incredible statement is made by here we go. Revelation and we're reading from chapter 19 verse 11 to 16. Get a load of this. I saw heaven7:28 standing open, and there before me was a white horse whose rider is called faithful and true. With justice, he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a blazing fire,7:40 and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no 1 knows but himself. He is dressed in a robe dripped in blood, and his name is the word of7:51 God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword8:03 with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God almighty. On his robe and on his thigh,8:15 he has his name written, king of kings and lord of lords. Wow. That is my Jesus. That is why I'm encouraged.8:27 Nations come and nations go. America's a great nation. I hope it's here a long time. I hope you and I get the privilege of seeing it return to its former glory and become all it can8:39 be under the lordship of Jesus Christ. But if it cannot, if America passes soon too, let me tell you, Jesus is is Lord. And 1 of these days,8:51 every knee is gonna bow before him and every tongue is gonna confess and say, Jesus is Lord.9:04 Jesus is Lord. Yes. Jesus is Jesus Lord. Is Lord. Amen. Jesus is Lord.In this video 0:00 Call to Action: Study and Share God's Word2:26 Reasons for Hope: Jesus is God7:01 Jesus' Ultimate Victory and Return
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