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Professing Christians know that
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Jesus gave His life for mankind,
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but what else do they know about
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Jesus and why He came to earth
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as a human being?
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On today's Tomorrow's World
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program, we'll expose five myths
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about the Jesus of the Bible.
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He is, as Bruce Barton wrote,
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"The Man Nobody Knows".
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How surprising that is, when the
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world's largest collective
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religious body claims
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to worship Him.
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I'll also be offering you a free
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resource that shows the depth to
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which the message of the
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Bible has been corrupted.
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John 3:16 is perhaps the most
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famous of all verses,
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yet one that says
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something very different from
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what people think.
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Our resource, John 3:16 - Hidden
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Truths of the Golden Verse
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explains how little, professing
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Christians know about Jesus
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Christ and the message He
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proclaimed, so be sure to take
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down our contact information to
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receive your free copy of our
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booklet on John 3:16.
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And stay with me as I will give
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five commonly held myths about
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Jesus--myths that you were
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likely taught by the very ones
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who should know better.
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Stay tuned.
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♪
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A warm welcome to all of you
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from those of us here at
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Tomorrow's World.
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Today we'll expose five
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widely held myths about the
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Jesus of the Bible.
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And be sure to take down our
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contact information to order
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your free copy of our resource
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John 3:16 - Hidden Truths
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of the Golden Verse.
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This easy-to-read booklet
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explains eight errors people
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have regarding this very
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important verse--straight from
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the pages of the Bible.
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As surprising as it may be,
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commonly held beliefs indicate
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much misunderstanding about the
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Savior of the world.
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The first myth is a major
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doctrine found among some
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Christian denominations.
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It's amazing what people accept
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as truth simply because that is
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what their priest tells them,
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without ever investigating
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it for themselves from the
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only authoritative book
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about the life of Jesus.
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So, myth #1:
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This myth has
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far-reaching implications.
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Scriptures mention Jesus having
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brothers and sisters, but some
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allege that these verses refer
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to either cousins or disciples.
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What are we to believe?
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Should we follow
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traditions handed down to us
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that conflict with
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easy-to-understand scripture?
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Or should we believe the Bible?
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You be the judge.
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The false narrative of Jesus'
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mother remaining a
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perpetual virgin and Jesus
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having no siblings is
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soundly contradicted in John 7,
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beginning in verse 3...
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So much for His brothers
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referring to disciples.
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This does not mean that He never
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referred to His followers as
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being brothers, only that
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He had "brothers" who
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were not disciples.
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Another scriptural example of
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His blood family is found in
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Matthew 12, verses 47-50,
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where there is a clear
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distinction between
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His physical family and
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His spiritual family...
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These references to brothers
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cannot be shrugged off easily.
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Let's notice another passage on
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this subject where sisters, that
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is, plural, are mentioned.
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In Matthew 13:54-56, it relates
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how citizens in the area where
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He grew up, were perplexed by
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the wisdom and miracles
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that He performed...
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Any objective reader who is not
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influenced by unfounded
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traditions, recognizes that
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Matthew 1:24-25 ought to lay
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the question to rest...
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[And notice this...]
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Although "firstborn son" does
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not necessarily mean that there
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were others, the inference
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is certainly there.
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But more importantly,
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any student of the Bible
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knows that the expression
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"did not know her" is a
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euphemism for sexual relations,
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as we see in Genesis 4.
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[And then in verse 17...]
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[And then in verse
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25 it says...]
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My friends, instead of blindly
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following Church traditions,
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read the Bible for what it says.
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But you may wonder, "Is it
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important to know that Mary did
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not remain a perpetual virgin
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and that Jesus had
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half-brothers and sisters?"
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I'll give you the answer to
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that question, the reasons why
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after a short break to tell you
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about today's free offer--John
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3:16 - Hidden Truths
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of the Golden Verse.
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This may sound shocking, but
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most professing Christians have
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little idea what this verse
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really says, much less
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understand the message Jesus
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proclaimed for three-and-a-half
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years prior to His crucifixion.
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How can they when they
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have never been taught.
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This resource exposes myths that
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people hold about Jesus and His
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message and it can be yours free
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for the asking, so pick up the
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Truths of the Golden Verse.
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And when I come back, I'll show
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you why it is so important
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to know that Jesus had
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brothers and sisters.
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On today's Tomorrow's World, I'm
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exposing five widely held myths
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about the Jesus of the Bible.
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Most are the result of pagan
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inspired traditions handed down
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by mainstream churches, but they
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fly in the face of clear-cut,
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easy to understand scriptures.
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In the previous section, I
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revealed myth #1, that:
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Why is this important?
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What relevance does
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it have for you?
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The answer is found in myth
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#2--the narrative that:
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Mary was the mother of Jesus
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and scripture indicates she
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was a righteous woman.
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But the role of Mary
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has been grossly
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and blasphemously corrupted.
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Nowhere do we find in the Bible
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anything about her
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"immaculate conception."
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Non-Catholics often
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misunderstand that the
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immaculate conception refers to
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Christ's conception, but this
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biblically unfounded doctrine
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refers instead to Mary.
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Here is what a
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Catholic source explains:
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Yet, where is the proof of this?
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Certainly not from the Bible.
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Where does it come from?
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What many do not realize is how
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deeply, and how early,
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Christianity was corrupted by
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pagan doctrines that long
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predate Christ.
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Many historical sources show
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that the worship of Mary came
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about as traditions about pagan
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goddesses were transferred to
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the mother of Jesus.
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This truth is well established.
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Here is merely one example from
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the highly respected Church
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historian Jesse Lyman Hurlbut.
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Writing about the origin of Mary
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worship, he says:
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Nowhere in the Bible do
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we read of Mary being
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immaculately conceived.
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Nowhere do we read of her
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remaining a perpetual virgin.
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We read just the
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opposite, in fact.
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And nowhere in the Bible do we
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read of Mary as intercessor
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between God and man.
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That role is reserved for
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Jesus Himself--not Mary,
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not human priests.
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He is the One through whom
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we approach the Father.
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He revealed that to us on the
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night in which He was betrayed.
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We find in John 14:6...
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Then in John 14, verses 13 and
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14, Jesus says if you ask in His
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name, He will do it.
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You don't have to go to His
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mother to appeal to Him,
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in other words...
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It's through the name of
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Jesus Christ, not Mary,
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that we come to God.
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There is not one shred of
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evidence in the Bible for the
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worship of Jesus' mother.
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Not a single verse indicates we
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should use the name of Mary to
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approach Jesus or His Father.
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The simple truth is, as many
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historical sources prove, the
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cultus of Diana, Ishtar, and
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other goddesses have been
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transferred to Mary.
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When she awakes in the
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resurrection, she will be
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astounded how the worship of
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pagan goddesses has been
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transferred to her.
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I'm going to take a 15 second
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break to remind you of today's
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free offer--John 3:16 - Hidden
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Truths of the Golden Verse.
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When I come back after
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this short break,
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I'll give you myth #3.
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Now doesn't it make sense that
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if you're going to follow
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someone that you know
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what He teaches?
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What was the message Jesus
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proclaimed in John 3:16?
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You need to know, so pick up the
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phone or go to our website and
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order your free copy of
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John 3:16 - Hidden Truths
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of the Golden Verse.
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And when I come back in 15
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seconds, I'll expose Myth #3.
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This clear and straight-forward
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resource will help you
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understand this vital truth--
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straight from the
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pages of the Bible.
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Call now!
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The true gospel of Jesus
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Christ has been suppressed,
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even though it is
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the greatest news ever
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proclaimed to mankind.
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As we are seeing on today's
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Tomorrow's World program, some
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commonly held Christian beliefs
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badly miss the mark.
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Such is the case with John 3:16.
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Often these myths and erroneous
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ideas come from pagan traditions
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and philosophies,
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rather than the Bible.
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So let us look at myth #3:
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Now please do not misunderstand.
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That certainly is good news, and
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good news is what the word
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gospel means, but what gospel
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did Jesus proclaim for
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three-and-a-half years prior to
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His crucifixion?
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Why is it that so few know and
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understand what that message is,
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when it's spelled out so clearly
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in scripture after scripture?
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Is not it strange that
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church-goers cannot tell you
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what the Bible reveals about
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Jesus' message to mankind?
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No, it wasn't only about His
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death, burial, and
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resurrection--though that is
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part of the good news.
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And no, it wasn't about
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going to heaven.
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It was about a
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world-ruling Kingdom of God to
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be set up on earth.
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Here is the beginning of His
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ministry as recorded in
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Mark 1:14-15...
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Do you realize that most of
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Jesus' many parables
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were about this kingdom?
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For example, in Mark 4:30...
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The expression "kingdom of God"
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is found 69 times in the
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New Testament of the New
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King James Version.
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Obviously, I don't have time to
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cover them all, but proclaiming
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this message was one reason
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Jesus said He was sent to earth.
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See Luke 4:43...
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And Luke 8, verse 1
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shows that He took this
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commission very seriously...
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But what exactly is this
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Kingdom that Jesus proclaimed?
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And what does that have
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to do with you?
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Contrary to the widely held
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doctrine of going to heaven, His
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message was about a divine
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family ruling on earth--a family
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that you can be born into.
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Why, when there is so much said
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about this in the Bible, do so
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few comprehend Jesus' message?
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And this brings us to:
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We've pointed this out many
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times on this Tomorrow's World
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program and in our other
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resources, but let me quickly
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review this with you from the
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pages of the Bible.
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In a prophecy of the future,
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Zechariah 14:9 tells us...
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But Jesus will not
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be alone in ruling.
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In Revelation 19:16, it tells us
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that Jesus will be King of kings
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and Lord of lords...
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Now who are these kings and
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lords that Jesus will be
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King and Lord over?
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Scripture reveals the answer.
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Speaking of the twelve tribes of
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Israel, the prophet Ezekiel,
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tells us...
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When Jesus' disciples asked,
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what was in it for them for
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following Him, He gave them
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this direct response in
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Matthew 19, verse 28...
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So we have Christ as King over
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all the earth, David as king
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over all Israel, and the twelve
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apostles--each ruling over one
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of the twelve tribes of Israel
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under David.
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That's what the Bible reveals,
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but what about you and me?
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What's in it for us?
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Was Jesus' message to live a
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good life, jam as much fun into
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it as you possibly can before
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you die, and then go to
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retirement in heaven?
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Not at all.
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The reward He offers is right
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here on earth to rule with Him
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and help solve the problems that
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exist here below--to bring
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peace, happiness, and prosperity
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to all men everywhere.
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In Jesus' parable of the minas,
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He describes Himself as a
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nobleman going into a far
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country to receive a kingdom.
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His servants are told to do His
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work while He is gone.
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And He demands an accounting
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upon His return,
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and gives rewards according
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to how each does.
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Here are the rewards as found in
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Luke the 19th chapter.
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We'll begin in verse 16...
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Now that doesn't sound like a
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boring retirement sitting on
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clouds with little to do, or
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staring into the face of God in
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a celestial trance forever--the
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so-called beatific vision.
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There is another commonly held
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myth that I want to expose about
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Jesus and it is probably the
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most shocking one of all.
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On today's program I'm exposing
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five commonly held myths about
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Jesus, but our resource,
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exposes eight more myths.
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No wonder Jesus chided the
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people of His day, and our day
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as well, by asking...
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5th myth commonly held
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Our last myth about Jesus is the
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most shocking of all.
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The narrative about our Savior,
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is that the One we know of as
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God the Father, was harsh and
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demanding, but Jesus came
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with a message of love.
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Now it's true that Jesus'
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message was a message of love,
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but so was the message of
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scripture prior to His coming.
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Remember how Jesus answered the
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lawyer who asked, "What is the
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great commandment in the law?"
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[That comes from
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Deuteronomy 6:5.]
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[That comes from
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Leviticus 19:18.]
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With this understanding, why is
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it that people believe this
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fifth commonly held myth
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about the Jesus Christ
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of the Bible, that:
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As shocking as this may sound,
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scripture reveals that
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Jesus was, get this,
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the God of the Old Testament.
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Now do not take my word for it.
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Prove it from your Bible.
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Note what the Apostle John
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revealed about the relationship
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between the Father and the One
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referred to as the Word.
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In John 1, beginning
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in verse 1...
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So who was the Word?
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The answer is found in
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verse 14...
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The member of the God family
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that is referred to as the Word,
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who made all things and without
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Him nothing was made that was
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made, is none other
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than Jesus Christ.
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Look it up in your own Bible
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and read from the
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first chapter of John.
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But that is far from the only
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proof that Jesus was the God
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of the Old Testament.
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Another powerful
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scripture is Ephesians 3,
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and verses 8 and 9...
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[Note this.]
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Need more proof?
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Consider Hebrews 1,
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and verses 1 and 2...
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[And get this...]
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Still not convinced?
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Who was it that
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created the angels?
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Who was it that created Adam and
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Eve, our first parents?
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Paul answers this in Colossians
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the first chapter,
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beginning in verse 15...
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[That is Jesus]
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But there's more.
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There is no stronger statement
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than that found in 1 Corinthians
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10, and the first four verses...
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No wonder Jesus claimed to be
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the Lord of the Sabbath.
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He was the one who created the
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Sabbath for mankind.
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Today we've exposed five
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commonly held myths about the
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Jesus of the Bible.
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Why are these myths promoted in
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our modern churches, when
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they're so easily debunked
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from the pages of the Bible?
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The answer will have to wait for
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another telecast.
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Jesus proclaimed in
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And be sure to come back next
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week when Richard Ames, Wallace
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Smith, Rod McNair, and I will
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continue to share with you the
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revelation of Jesus Christ,
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the good news of the
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coming Kingdom of God,
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and the exciting end-time
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prophecies and their meaning.
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