Caption transcript for In The Footsteps of The Rabbi From Tarsus (intermission): “Intrusion” (1/3)

• 00:03 WITH DR. JEFFERY SEIF AND SANDRA LEVITT
• 00:59 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:01 JEFFERY SEIF HERE WITH MY FRIEND SANDRA LEVITT.
• 01:04 SHALOM
• 01:05 AND WELCOME BACK TO
• 01:06 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RABBI FROM TARSUS.
• 01:08 WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PAUL'S MOVEMENT
• 01:12 AND WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE,
• 01:14 RIGHT BEFORE WE GET READY TO GO TO THE PARCHMENTS.
• 01:16 JEFF WE HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE.
• 01:18 WE'VE BEEN IN TURKEY, WE'VE BEEN IN GREECE, WE'VE BEEN IN ISRAEL,
• 01:20 WE'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE TRAVELING.
• 01:21 AS HAS PAUL, RIGHT IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PAUL.
• 01:24 IT'S BEEN GREAT.
• 01:25 YES AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TOO,
• 01:27 BECAUSE PAUL WAS THE PRINCIPAL INTERPRETER
• 01:29 OF THE JESUS MESSAGE IN THAT FIRST CENTURY WORLD, WASN'T HE? ABSOLUTELY.
• 01:32 AND ENCOURAGING AND I THINK FEISTY IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO CALL HIM?
• 01:37 YOU LIKE TO CALL HIM A FEISTY GUY.
• 01:38 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS FEISTY APOSTLE.
• 01:43 AND LET ME SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT A FEISTY ENGAGING MINISTER,
• 01:48 WHERE MANY MINISTERS ARE CONSTRUED AS BEST WHEN THEY'RE NICE AND SHEEPISH AND COMPLIANT.
• 01:54 WE'VE ALREADY SEEN PAUL AS SOMETHING OF A RABBLE ROUSER.
• 01:58 AND WHAT I WANNA DO, AS SANDRA HAD NOTED, IS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 3 PART SERIES,
• 02:03 I WANT US TO GET A NEW VIEW OF THIS ANCIENT JEW.
• 02:07 AND I WANNA SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS GUY WAS SOMETHING OF A TROUBLE MAKER,
• 02:13 HE WAS SOMETHING OF AN IN YOUR FACE, HE WAS SOMETHING OF AN INTRUSIVE PERSON,
• 02:18 WASN'T HE SANDRA?
• 02:19 I THINK SO TOO, BUT I ALSO THINK HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS PEOPLE.
• 02:25 I THINK HE GAVE US PEARLS OF WISDOM.
• 02:27 HOW TO LIVE.
• 02:29 HOW TO SERVE GOD.
• 02:30 HE GAVE US THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ALSO.
• 02:33 SO YOU SEE HIM MORE FEISTY, I SEE HIM AS MORE, NOT TAKING ANY PRISONERS IF YOU WANT.
• 02:39 BUT I SEE HIM AS ALSO GIVING US INSTRUCTIONS.
• 02:41 YEAH I DON'T LOOK AT IT AS CONTRADICTORY PERSONALLY.
• 02:43 FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU LOOK AT, WITH ME,
• 02:45 AND IF EVERYONE DOES PLEASE OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES.
• 02:47 SOUNDS LIKE CHURCH, EVERYONE OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES,
• 02:49 BUT OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES.
• 02:51 IN THE 19TH CHAPTER OF ACTS WE'RE TOLD THAT WHEN PAUL WAS AROUND IN VERSE 23,
• 03:02 YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION, "STIRRING IT UP"?
• 03:04 WELL HERE YOU HAVE IT, PAUL WAS A RIOT MAKER.
• 03:08 AND THE REASON WHY HE WAS A RIOT MAKER
• 03:10 WASN'T JUST BECAUSE HE WAS A GREAT TEACHER,
• 03:12 AND HE WAS A GREAT TEACHER EVIDENCED BY THE FACT
• 03:15 THAT THE LIONS SHARE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS CONCERNED WITH HIS TEACHINGS.
• 03:19 BUT HE WAS A STIR IT UP KIND OF GUY, AND WHY WAS THAT?
• 03:23 LOOK WITH ME PLEASE IN 2ND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13.
• 03:28 I WANNA LOOK AT THE NATURE OF THE PERSON.
• 03:30 AND I WANNA GIVE SOMETHING OF A PROPHETIC CHALLENGE HERE.
• 03:33 AGAIN YOU'VE HEARD ME TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT CHRISTIAN TEACHING
• 03:37 IS JUST WAY TOO NICE AND SHEEPISH.
• 03:40 WE NEED TO CONFRONT PEOPLE.
• 03:42 WE NEED TO CONFRONT ISSUES.
• 03:44 WE NEED DON'T NEED TO DUMB ANYTHING DOWN.
• 03:46 IF THEY THROW ME OUT OF A CHURCH AS A GUEST SPEAKER, THEY THROW ME OUT.
• 03:49 IF THEY THROW ME OFF OF TELEVISION, THEY THROW ME OUT.
• 03:52 BUT AS GOD AS MY WITNESS WE NEED TO BE FORTHRIGHT AND DIRECT
• 03:57 AND WE NEED TO BE A STIR IT UP KIND OF PERSON.
• 04:00 IF YOU'LL LOOK IN CHAPTER 13 PLEASE IN 2ND CORINTHIANS PAUL SAID IN VERSE 2:
• 04:11 WHERE'S WARNING IN THE CHURCH TODAY?
• 04:13 BILLY GRAHAM SAID, "IF THERE WAS MORE PREACHING ABOUT HELL IN THE PULPIT,
• 04:16 THERE'D BE LESS HELL IN THE PEW."
• 04:17 WELL YOU AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
• 04:19 THERE'S THIS MINISTRY OF FEEL GOOD
• 04:21 AND THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING
• 04:23 REALLY WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
• 04:25 THAT WE NEED TO BELIEVE,
• 04:26 WE NEED TO KNOW THERE IS ETERNAL DAMNATION,
• 04:29 IF YOU WILL.
• 04:31 WELL PAUL IS HERE WARNING PEOPLE, HE'S IN YOUR FACE, HE'S TELLING THEM.
• 04:33 NOT TO BE NECESSARILY DRACONIAN AND HARSH, BUT THE END OF THE DAY,
• 04:37 IF YOU'RE SITTING WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE LIVING IN SIN,
• 04:41 YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
• 04:44 AND IF OTHERS ARE AFRAID TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND TELL YOU, I DON'T WANNA BE GUILTY OF THAT.
• 04:50 AND IT IS LOVING YOU, TO CONFRONT YOU WITH THE REALITY OF YOUR BAD LIFE CHOICES.
• 04:56 YOU'RE RUINING YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE HURTING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
• 05:00 AND YOUR BAD LIVING NOT ONLY HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR LIFE,
• 05:04 IT'LL HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR AFTERLIFE.
• 05:06 PAUL WAS A WARNER IF YOU'LL LOOK IN VERSE 5, AND I WANNA SPEAK TO CHURCH FOLK,
• 05:12 NOT THE ALCOHOLIC THAT MIGHT BE TURNING ME ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HERE,
• 05:14 SAYING, "THAT'S RIGHT REVEREND, I KNOW I'M A SINNER."
• 05:16 IF YOU'LL LOOK IN CHAPTER 13, VERSE 5, HE TALKS TO PEOPLE
• 05:19 THAT MIGHT BE INCLINED TO THINK THEY'RE NOT, HE SAYS,
• 05:28 DO YOU PAST THE TEST?
• 05:31 I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD HAVE TROUBLE
• 05:33 NOT LIKELY A GUY LIKE THIS.
• 05:35 HE SAYS, LISTEN.
• 05:36 ARE YOU REALLY A CHRISTIAN?
• 05:37 ARE YOU THE REAL MCCOY?
• 05:39 TODAY I'D LIKE TO SEE THE AUTHENTIC ARTICLE IN A WORLD OF FRAUDS.
• 05:42 PAUL CONFRONTS PEOPLE TO EXAMINE, DOESN'T HE?
• 05:45 HE DOES, BUT DOESN'T HE CAUSE US TO THINK ABOUT IT?
• 05:48 WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE IT'S FOR ALL THE MARBLES.
• 05:53 IT'S FOR OUR ETERNAL LIFE,
• 05:55 BUT YET WE GET THE FRUIT THAT'S HERE.
• 05:58 WE GET THE PEACE, THE LOVE, THE KINDNESS, WE GET ALL OF THAT,
• 06:01 BUT WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A RIGHT,
• 06:05 THERE'S A WRONG, THERE IS A HEAVEN, THERE IS A HELL.
• 06:07 THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO WHAT WE DO.
• 06:10 THAT'S RIGHT.
• 06:11 AND THE LIFE WE LIVE IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT.
• 06:15 AND I THINK THAT'S... THAT FOR ME,
• 06:17 THAT'S WHAT'S ENCOURAGING WITH ALL.
• 06:18 I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
• 06:20 THE WORD "ENCOURAGING" BY THE WAY MEANS TO INFUSE COURAGE, TO BRING COURAGE IN.
• 06:24 PAUL WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HELP THEM TO LIVE RIGHT AND TO ACT RIGHT.
• 06:28 YOU KNOW IT SEEMS TO ME AS WE LOOK AT PAUL,
• 06:30 AND IN THIS SERIES WE HAVE.
• 06:32 AND BY THE WAY THERE'S A BOOK THAT YOU CAN GET THAT I'VE WRITTEN,
• 06:39 THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ON IT.
• 06:42 BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE BIBLE,
• 06:43 NEVER MIND JEFF'S REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE,
• 06:45 THERE'S A MAN ON A MISSION WHO'S CONFRONTING PEOPLE, TELLING PEOPLE TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
• 06:50 THIS IS THE RABBI FROM TARSUS.
• 06:52 IN VERSE 10 OF CHAPTER 13,
• 07:00 AND PUNISH WHEN I COME.
• 07:03 LISTEN, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, THAT SCOLDING AND PUNISHING
• 07:07 IS PART OF THE REPERTOIRE OF CHRISTIAN PREACHING AND TEACHING.
• 07:10 AND WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH OF IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
• 07:14 BECAUSE A LOT OF MINISTERS, THEY'RE SO INTERESTED IN GETTING SOMETHING FROM YOU,
• 07:18 THEY'RE AFRAID TO OFFEND YOU, BECAUSE THEY NEED YOUR MONEY AND YOUR PARTICIPATION.
• 07:22 LISTEN, I NEED PEOPLE TO WRITE US AND SUPPORT US AND HELP US TOO,
• 07:26 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT I NEED MORE THAN THAT IS TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE CALLING.
• 07:31 AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE APOSTLE PAUL, WHEN I LOOK AT THE RABBI FROM TARSUS,
• 07:36 HE GOT INTO THE TRENCHES AND CHALLENGED PEOPLE TO LIVE RIGHT AND ACT RIGHT.
• 07:41 AND ON THE HILLS OF THAT LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE TO DO LIKEWISE.
• 07:46 IF WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE YOU KNOW YOURSELF NOT TO BE LIVING RIGHT, FIX IT.
• 07:51 IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THE CHURCH, BUT YOU'RE PLAYING GAMES ABOUT IT, CHANGE IT.
• 07:55 I BELIEVE IN REPENTANCE, I BELIEVE THAT GOD LOVES YOU AND HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
• 08:02 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 08:05 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, "THE LEVITT LETTER."
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• 08:15 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, "THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES," INCLUDES:
• 08:19 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDs, AND MAIL IN TESTS.
• 08:23 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL AND PETRA,
• 08:26 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN, VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 08:29 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 08:34 THE GREEKS HAVE A SAYING, "FIVE SENSES TO A DOOR,
• 08:36 ONE COUNTRY TO EXPLORE."
• 08:39 JEFF WE'RE EXPLORING GREECE.
• 08:40 WE'RE STANDING HERE IN CORINTH,
• 08:41 IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL,
• 08:43 I WANT EVERYONE TO COME SEE IT.
• 08:44 WELL YOU HEARD WHAT THE LADY SAID.
• 08:46 COME TO CORINTH AND WALK IN PAUL'S FOOTSTEPS.
• 08:49 IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE, ISN'T IT?
• 08:50 IT WOULD BE OUR PLEASURE TO SHOW YOU GREECE.
• 08:52 ALL THE BIBLE SITES COME ALIVE WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN PERSON.
• 08:57 JEFF THEY COME ALIVE.
• 08:58 I'M SO EXCITED TO SHOW PEOPLE GREECE AND ISRAEL.
• 09:01 I'M SO EXCITED.
• 09:02 YES, YOU'LL LOVE IT.
• 09:03 IT'LL BE INFORMATIONAL, INSPIRATIONAL.
• 09:06 BE TRANSFORMED WITH THE TRANSATLANTIC TRIP HERE
• 09:09 AND WALK IN THE BIBLE LANDS.
• 09:14 GREECE IN ALL IT'S WONDERS.
• 09:18 ATHENS, THE ISLANDS, THE GROUPS, THE FOOD JEFF IS WONDERFUL, THE PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIC.
• 09:21 MAKES THE BIBLE COME ALIVE.
• 09:23 I LOVE GOING TO GREECE.
• 09:25 I LOVED SEEING WHERE PAUL WALKED, WHERE JOHN, WHERE THE DISCIPLES,
• 09:27 I LOVED SEEING ALL THAT.
• 09:28 ISN'T IT A JOY TO TAKE PEOPLE TO THE BIBLE'S WORLD
• 09:32 AND TO TAKE PEOPLE TO THE BIBLICAL WORD
• 09:35 AND TO BRING PERSPECTIVE ON IT?
• 09:37 PEOPLE, IT'S A TRIP OF A LIFETIME FOR PEOPLE, ISN'T IT?
• 09:39 IT REALLY IS AND YOU READ THE BIBLE AND YOU SEE EPHESUS
• 09:42 OR YOU SEE ATHENS, YOU SEE MARS HILL,
• 09:45 YOU ACTUALLY STAND ON MARS HILL WHERE PAUL SAID,
• 09:48 "I KNOW THE UNKOWN GOD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR,
• 09:51 I KNOW THAT GOD.
• 09:52 I THINK IT'S FASCINATING
• 09:54 THAT IT'S A JEW ON MARS HILL. THAT'S RIGHT.
• 09:57 IT'S AN ORTHODOX RABBI WHO CAME TO FAITH.
• 09:59 AND LISTEN, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING TO TERMS THE MORE SO
• 10:03 WITH A JEWISH READ ON THE BIBLICAL TEXT,
• 10:07 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONNECT WITH:
• 10:12 IF YOU WANNA TAKE A TOUR TO ISRAEL WITH US, FINE.
• 10:14 BUT IF YOU WANNA TAKE A TOUR OF THE BIBLE WITH US
• 10:16 THAT'S FINE TOO,
• 10:17 BECAUSE WE ENDEAVOR TO HELP YOU
• 10:20 TO SEE THE BIBLE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE JEW.
• 10:24 WE WANNA REFRACT IT THROUGH A JEWISH PRISM.
• 10:26 AND WE HAVE OUR MAGAZINE THAT WE SEND OUT MONTHLY,
• 10:29 THAT HAS BIBLICAL COMMENTARY AND WORLD EVENTS.
• 10:31 THERE ARE NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE LOOK TO CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS.
• 10:35 AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'LL JUST CALL 1-800-WONDERS
• 10:38 IF YOU MIGHT FIND WHOLE NEW VISTAS OF INSIGHT AVAILABLE TO YOU.
• 10:42 WELL WE CAN DO A WHOLE THING ON WONDERS, BUT ALSO THE LEVITT LETTER IS FREE.
• 10:46 WE DON'T CHARGE FOR IT.
• 10:47 WE WANT PEOPLE TO READ THE BIBLE.
• 10:50 WE WANT TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THEIR JEWISH ROOTS.
• 10:52 THE BIBLE IS WRITTEN BY JEWS.
• 10:54 THIS IS FOR US, IT'S FOR US TO UNDERSTAND OUR JEWISH ROOTS.
• 10:58 AND THIS IS THE MINISTRY.
• 11:00 IN FACT, THE MISSION STATEMENT IS ROMANS 10:01,
• 11:03 "BRETHREN MY HEARTS DESIRE IS FOR ISRAEL TO KNOW."
• 11:06 SO, WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
• 11:09 WE'RE TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
• 11:12 YES AND IT'S ALL MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE FRIENDS THINK IT'S WONDERFUL TOO.
• 11:16 WONDERFUL THERE WE GO.
• 11:18 YOU KNOW AS I UNDERSTAND IT WE WANNA HELP JEWISH PEOPLE COME TO KNOW JESUS.
• 11:21 WE WANNA HELP JESUS PEOPLE COME TO KNOW THE JEWS.
• 11:24 AND WE WANT ALL PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TODAY'S NEWS,
• 11:29 REFRACTED THROUGH THE GOOD NEWS,
• 11:32 TO BRING PROPHETIC INSIGHTS TO BEAR ON THORNY SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY.
• 11:39 AND WE SERVE THAT UP THROUGH TELEVISION AND THROUGH WRITING
• 11:43 AND SPEAKING IN CHURCHES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
• 11:44 WELL AND LOOK AT PAUL.
• 11:45 LOOK WHAT ALL HE DID.
• 11:46 LOOK HOW MUCH HE TRAVELED.
• 11:48 LOOK HOW MUCH HE WENT OUT AND SPREAD THE WORD,
• 11:50 MY GOODNESS COULD WE DO ANY LESS?
• 11:52 WELL LET'S LOOK.
• 11:53 IS THERE SOMETHING IN HIS TRAVELS, WE'VE NOTED PREVIOUSLY,
• 11:56 THAT PAUL WAS SOMETHING OF A FEISTY SORT?
• 11:59 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT RESONATES WITH YOU IN ALL OF THAT
• 12:02 AS YOU CONSIDER THE MAN? I LOVE PAUL
• 12:03 I LIKE HIS FEISTINESS,
• 12:05 IF YOU WANNA CALL IT FEISTINESS.
• 12:07 I LIKE HIS BOLDNESS AND FOR ME THAT'S THE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ME.
• 12:10 WE ALWAYS SAY, WE ARE SAVED.
• 12:13 WHAT ARE WE SAVED FROM?
• 12:14 WHAT ARE WE SAVED TOO?
• 12:16 WE HEAR SO MANY PREACHERS AND TEACHERS SAYING,
• 12:19 YOU'RE GOING TO HADES, YOU'RE GOTTA BE SAVED, YOU GOTTA BE SAVED.
• 12:23 WELL THAT'S GREAT.
• 12:24 WHAT ARE WE SAVED FOR?
• 12:26 AND WE ARE SAVED FOR GOD'S WORK, HIS SERVICE,
• 12:30 HIS WORSHIP, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• 12:32 WE'RE SAVED FOR SOMETHING AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
• 12:35 DO YOU THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED A JOB?
• 12:37 A JOB?
• 12:38 WHAT KIND OF JOB?
• 12:39 WELL, WHEN SOMEONE IS PHYSICALLY UNEMPLOYED
• 12:41 AND THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE MAKING MONEY.
• 12:42 AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMEONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE RIGHT NOW.
• 12:45 THAT CAN AFFECT THE HEAD.
• 12:46 PEOPLE GET DISORIENTED ON A PROTRACTED PERIOD OF TIME.
• 12:49 IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, IF THE LORD NOT ONLY SAVES US FROM SOMETHING, BUT FOR SOMETHING,
• 12:54 IF SOMEONE DOESN'T FIND SOME SPIRITUAL JOB,
• 12:56 A WAY TO CONNECT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT COMMISSION,
• 12:59 CAN PEOPLE BECOME DISEASED IN THE HEAD,
• 13:02 MUCH AS THEY CAN BECOME DISORIENTED IF THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED?
• 13:04 BUT I THINK GOD USES US EVERYWHERE.
• 13:06 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'VE GOT A SECULAR JOB
• 13:08 OR ONE WITH MINISTRY.
• 13:10 I THINK GOD USES THAT TO HIS GLORY
• 13:13 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO DO.
• 13:15 OH AND I DON'T MEAN, BY THE WAY, SOMEONE TO GET A JOB AS A PASTOR RIGHT.
• 13:18 OR A BIBLE COLLEGE PROFESSOR, RIGHT
• 13:20 BUT SHOULDN'T WE ALL FIND SOME WAY TO PLUG-IN?
• 13:22 ABSOLUTELY.
• 13:23 WE SHOULD START EVERYDAY READING THE BIBLE.
• 13:25 WE SHOULD START EVERYDAY PRAYING.
• 13:27 WE SHOULD PRAY EVERYDAY, ALL DAY LONG TO OUR SAVIOR.
• 13:30 MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I LOOK AT PAUL IS THAT IT'S NOT LIKE HE PRAYED THE SINNERS PRAYER,
• 13:34 AND THEN SAW AN AD IN THE PAPER,"WANTED, ADVOCATE,"
• 13:36 BUT HE JUST STARTED TO FOLLOW THE HEART.
• 13:39 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS HE WAS JUST LEAD BY THE LORD TO ENGAGE
• 13:44 AND INVEST IN ADVANCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
• 13:46 IF WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING TODAY,
• 13:49 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF TOMORROW.
• 13:50 WE DON'T LOOK BACK, WE DON'T LOOK FORWARD,
• 13:52 WE LOOK TODAY WHAT GOD WANTS IN OUR LIVES TODAY.
• 13:54 IT'S THE OLD ONE STEP AT A TIME.
• 13:56 AND AS WE FOLLOW IT IN THE FOOTSTEPS
• 13:59 OF THIS MAN WHO MADE STEPS THROUGH TIME,
• 14:01 WE ENCOUNTER A GUY THAT WAS WILLING TO ENGAGE AND CHALLENGE.
• 14:05 DO YOU THINK THERE COULD BE PEOPLE WITHIN THE SOUND OF OUR VOICE,
• 14:08 THAT THEY HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO'S LIVING IN SIN?
• 14:12 COULD THEY BE A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH
• 14:15 THAT PROPHETIC WORD IS DELIVERED TO THOSE PEOPLE?
• 14:17 I THINK SO.
• 14:19 I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS OR THEIR FAMILY,
• 14:21 "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU."
• 14:23 THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO WITNESS TO ANYONE IS TO SAY,
• 14:26 "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU."
• 14:27 THERE'S NOT A LIVING SOUL THAT WOULDN'T APPRECIATE SAYING,
• 14:30 DR. SEIF WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR ME?
• 14:33 I'M SICK OR MY FAMILY IS SICK OR I'M OUT OF A JOB
• 14:35 OR I REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS MESSIAH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
• 14:39 BUT WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?
• 14:41 AND THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO WITNESS.
• 14:43 RIGHT, THAT'S VERY GRACIOUS.
• 14:44 YESHUA, JESUS SAID, I'LL PAY FOR YOU.
• 14:47 AND BY THAT I MEAN, THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE A DEBT THAT YOU CAN'T REPAY.
• 14:51 AND WE CAN PRAY THAT YOU MIGHT COME TO TERMS WITH THAT,
• 14:54 BUT WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL.
• 14:59 AND I THINK A FRESH AND FORCEFUL CONFRONTATION WITH THE REALITY THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN SIN.
• 15:07 AND YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT RIGHT.
• 15:09 WELL, PAUL AGAIN IN ROMANS, I WAS READING IT THIS MORNING,
• 15:12 "THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
• 15:17 WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.
• 15:20 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IS IN JESUS CHRIST,
• 15:23 HAVE MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH."
• 15:26 REAL SIMPLE.
• 15:28 IF YOU DECLARE IT, REAL SIMPLE.
• 15:29 IT IS SIMPLE.
• 15:31 AND LET ME DECLARE IT SIMPLY TO YOU, AS SANDRA HAS READ FROM THE TEXT AND THAT IS,
• 15:36 THAT THERE'S AN OFFER ON THE TABLE IF YOU TAKE IT.
• 15:40 I'M NOT PAUL, MY NAME IS JEFFERY SEIF AND THIS IS SANDRA LEVITT,
• 15:44 BUT THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD HERE AND THAT WORD IS COMING TO YOU.
• 15:49 AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND I BELIEVE
• 15:52 THAT THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME HAS TO BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
• 15:57 AND IF YOU'RE AT A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH GOD
• 16:01 WHY NOT DO IT NOW?
• 16:03 YOU HEARD WHAT THE LADY READ, THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
• 16:07 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PICK YOURSELF UP AND GET YOURSELF IN CHRIST JESUS.
• 16:12 YOU PICK YOURSELF UP AND YOU GO TO YOUR KNEES.
• 16:14 AMEN.
• 16:16 WE MAKE IT SO HARD WHEN GOD JUST WANTS US WITH HIM AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW.
• 16:21 IT IS NOT HARD, YOU COME TO KNOW THE MESSIAH.
• 16:24 WE ARE GONNA LOOK SOME MORE AT THE TOUR, SOME MORE OF GREECE.
• 16:27 WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO SOME OF ZOLA'S MUSIC.
• 16:29 I THINK YOU'LL LIKE THIS.
• 16:42 ♪(MUSIC)♪
• 18:25 I LOVE LISTENING TO ZOLA'S MUSIC.
• 18:27 IT IS SO INSPIRATIONAL.
• 18:29 I LOVE SEEING THE CRUISES, I LOVE SEEING GREECE, IT'S JUST ALL WONDERFUL, JEFF.
• 18:33 I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT GREECE OR ISRAEL.
• 18:36 I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO COME WITH US.
• 18:38 OK WELL NEVER MIND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT I'M SAYING,
• 18:40 WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING FOR THE MOMENT?
• 18:42 LET'S LOOK AT SOME VIEWER MAIL.
• 18:43 INTERESTING.
• 18:44 WE DO GET LETTERS AND FOR THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL.
• 18:46 THANK YOU FOR WRITING US.
• 18:47 INTERESTING MAIL.
• 18:48 THIS IS, YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE.
• 19:04 MUST BE FROM TEXAS, YALL. MUST BE, YALL.
• 19:06 I MEAN AND SHE GOT YALL.
• 19:07 I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.
• 19:19 I LOVE IT.
• 19:21 IN FACT I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE OVER THE HOLIDAYS
• 19:23 AND THEY ASKED ME ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL, IN JERUSALEM.
• 19:27 HAR HOMA.
• 19:28 WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HAR HOMA?
• 19:29 SO I HAD TO TELL THEM THAT HAR HOMA
• 19:32 IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.
• 19:35 IT SHOULD NEVER BE A CONTENTION.
• 19:37 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE ARABS HAVE ALWAYS RAISED A FLAG ABOUT.
• 19:42 THEY THINK THAT THAT IS THEIR LAND, IT'S NOT AND ON WE GO, ON WE GO.
• 19:46 SO NOW, SPEAKING OF POLITICAL WINS,
• 19:50 NOW WE WANNA CARVE UP JERUSALEM LIKE A TURKEY.
• 19:53 SOMEHOW THERE'S PEACE IF WE GIVE AWAY PIECES OF JEWISH EARTH.
• 19:57 YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
• 19:58 I HAVE A REAL, YOU KNOW I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
• 20:01 WE'VE NOT SEEN PEACE.
• 20:03 HAVE WE SEEN PEACE AT ALL?
• 20:04 NO, WE HAVE NOT.
• 20:05 AND THEN I GET THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT JERUSALEM?
• 20:09 ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE AWAY JERUSALEM?
• 20:10 ARE THEY GONNA CARVE IT UP TOO?
• 20:11 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ISRAEL JUST KEEPS GETTING SMALLER
• 20:15 AND SMALLER AND SMALLER.
• 20:16 GOD GAVE ABRAHAM OVER 300,000 SQUARE MILES
• 20:19 AND THEY'VE GOT 9,000 SQUARE MILES NOW.
• 20:21 THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
• 20:23 IT REALLY IS A TRAGIC STORY. IT IS.
• 20:27 AND IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A SPIRIT AT WORK IN THE WORLD
• 20:30 THAT WANTS TO SHAVE THE JEWS, TO PRESS THE JEWS.
• 20:39 SOMEHOW THE JEWS ARE THE PROBLEM.
• 20:42 AND SOMEHOW PUTTING THOSE JEWS IN THE PLACE, THAT'S THE ANSWER.
• 20:48 I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT PERSONALLY.
• 20:50 I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THE JEWS.
• 20:52 I THINK THERE IS AN AGENDA OUT THERE OF A CERTAIN,
• 20:56 AND I WILL SAY A CERTAIN RELIGION,
• 20:58 THAT REALLY WANTS CONQUER THE WORLD.
• 21:00 AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING
• 21:01 THAT EVERLASTING BATTLE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
• 21:03 WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT SPIRITS.
• 21:05 THE BIBLE SAYS, "WE DON'T WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD."
• 21:08 AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT ISRAEL'S OUT THERE ALONE,
• 21:10 THE CHURCH LIKEWISE IS ASSAULTED.
• 21:13 THERE'S WAYS TO PUT CHRISTIANS IN THEIR PLACE,
• 21:16 TO KEEP CHRISTIAN PRAYER OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE,
• 21:18 TO KEEP CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VIRTUE OUT OF THE MARKETPLACE.
• 21:21 WE WANNA BE SECULAR AND NOT RELIGIOUS.
• 21:24 EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED FOR YEARS
• 21:27 AND IT SEEMS TO BE RETREATING TOO MUCH SHEEPISHLY.
• 21:30 WELL, NOT ONLY ASSAULTED, BUT MADE FUN OF.
• 21:32 SEE SO IF YOU LAUGH AT SOMETHING THEN PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY REALLY ARE KINDA CRAZY.
• 21:38 SEE YOU LAUGH ENOUGH AND MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE, THEN WE'RE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
• 21:42 AND IT REALLY DOES ANGER ME IN SOME WAYS.
• 21:45 OK SO JEWS ARE PRESSED BACK,
• 21:48 EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE PUSHED BACK.
• 21:51 WHAT'S ON THE RISE ON THE CURRENT SCHEME OF THINGS?
• 21:54 I THINK THERE'S TROUBLE COMING, I REALLY DO.
• 21:56 IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S AN ISLAMIC AGENDA I AGREE
• 21:59 THAT YOU FIND TROUBLING. AND THEY'VE STATED IT.
• 22:02 THEY'VE STATED IT.
• 22:03 THEY'RE NOT HIDING IT FORM ANYBODY.
• 22:05 THEY'RE AGENDA IS; BELIEVE, DIE, GET OUT OF OUR WAY.
• 22:10 IT'S A REAL EASY AGENDA.
• 22:11 YOU KNOW I READ AN ARTICLE HERE IN OUR MAGAZINE,
• 22:14 ACTUALLY IT'S AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE
• 22:17 ABOUT ISRAEL TO BE DESTROYED,
• 22:18 SAYS THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT.
• 22:20 IS IT POLITICAL JUST TO DOWN PLAY THE IRANIAN MENIS A THREAT?
• 22:25 I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER WRONG
• 22:28 TO DOWN PLAY ANYTHING THAT'S A THREAT.
• 22:30 I THINK WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
• 22:33 THIS GUY COULD BE WRONG, HE COULD BE RIGHT.
• 22:35 YOU CAN NOT BELIEVE THE LIES.
• 22:38 YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE EVIL YOU HEAR, YOU CAN'T.
• 22:41 YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS YOU.
• 22:43 YEAH AND THE PROBLEM IS I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE OUR OWN PRESS ANYMORE THESE DAYS.
• 22:47 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THINGS ARE JUST SO INFORMED.
• 22:50 IF YOU'RE CYNICAL LIKE ME AND YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR ISRAEL,
• 22:55 YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR JESUS.
• 22:58 AND YOU HAVE A LOVE FOR TRUTH TELLING,
• 23:01 IN A WORLD WHERE TRUTH IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND VERY SHORT SUPPLY.
• 23:04 AND YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT OUR HUMBLE LITTLE MINISTRY,
• 23:08 HOW WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARD YOUR UNDERSTANDING,
• 23:11 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU THAT WE DO HAVE A MAGAZINE THAT SANDRA HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
• 23:15 WE CALL IT THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 23:17 IT'S ALL ABOUT JEWS IN THE NEWS AND IF IT SPEAKS TO "YOUS" WE WANNA SEND IT TO YAH.
• 23:21 WE NEED DONATIONS, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS COME LATER.
• 23:24 IF YOU'RE JUST INTERESTED, IF YOU WOULD JUST GO TO THE PHONE:
• 23:29 YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AT:
• 23:34 WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOUR MONEY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR EAR.
• 23:38 WE BELIEVE IF YOU GIVE US YOUR EAR YOU'LL HEAR OUR MIND, IT'LL GET TO YOUR HEART,
• 23:43 AND YOU'LL HELP US AS THE LORD LEADS YOU.
• 23:44 BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED PERSONALLY ABOUT THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
• 23:50 AND WE'RE CONCERNED AREN'T WE THAT TOO MUCH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS,
• 23:53 NOT ENOUGH TRUTH.
• 23:54 I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS,
• 23:56 I THINK IT IS WAY TOO MUCH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
• 23:58 BUT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE LEVITT LETTER,
• 24:00 PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US FOR YEARS THAT WE SHOULD CHARGE FOR IT.
• 24:03 THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE TO IT, PAY MONEY FOR IT.
• 24:06 WE DON'T.
• 24:07 WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT THE WORD OF GOD,
• 24:09 THAT WHAT WE'RE TEACHING AND WHAT WE'RE PREACHING IS CORRECT.
• 24:12 WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE TRUTH
• 24:14 AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP AND SAY,
• 24:16 HEY, THERE IS AN AGENDA AND YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT,
• 24:19 YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.
• 24:20 WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE THAT WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE
• 24:22 THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS, THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE ONE GOD?
• 24:27 LISTEN AND PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THINGS.
• 24:29 NOW THIS'LL BE A LITTLE SHOCKING AND I'M SURE I'LL GET SOME BAD MAIL
• 24:32 OR GET YANKED OFF OF A TV STATION OR TWO.
• 24:34 BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POLITICAL RACE,
• 24:36 WE HAVE A CANDIDATE, HIS NAME IS OSAMA...?
• 24:40 NO, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
• 24:44 BARACK
• 24:45 HUSSEIN
• 24:46 HUSSEIN OBAMA
• 24:48 NOW YOU KNOW MIDDLE AMERICA WE'RE USE TO JOHN SMITH,
• 24:51 YOU KNOW, AND HARRY STONE.
• 24:54 GIVE ME THAT NAME AGAIN.
• 24:55 BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
• 24:58 I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE FROM THAT.
• 24:59 THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE ISLAMIC TO ME.
• 25:01 HE'S GOT SOME ISLAMIC BACKGROUND.
• 25:02 BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO SUGAR COAT IT,
• 25:05 SO THAT HE LOOK LIKE HE IS MIDSTREAM MIDDLE AMERICA.
• 25:08 YOU KNOW I'M NO PROPHET IN THIS REGARD.
• 25:11 AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO MUCH INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS,
• 25:14 BUT YOU KNOW AS THIS RACE GOES ON IT'S INTERESTING,
• 25:18 IF HUCKABEE TAKES, IF HE RISES IN THE RANKS,
• 25:21 HE'S A FORMER PREACHER AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM ISLAMIC ROOTS,
• 25:25 THAT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THERE ISN'T IT?
• 25:28 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT.
• 25:30 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT.
• 25:33 WOULD THEY TALK ABOUT POLITICS OR RELIGION?
• 25:35 HOW WOULD THEY SEE THE WORLD?
• 25:38 THAT'S WHAT I THINK WILL BE INTERESTING.
• 25:39 IS THERE GONNA BE SOMEONE THAT SAYS,
• 25:41 "WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?"
• 25:42 OR IS THERE GONNA BE SOMEBODY THAT SAYS,
• 25:44 "NO, ISRAEL REALLY IS OUR FRIEND,
• 25:45 WE'RE GONNA STAY WITH ISRAEL
• 25:47 AND WE'RE GONNA STOP TERRORISM AT OUR BORDERS?"
• 25:50 THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING,
• 25:52 IT'LL BE A NEXT INTERESTING COUPLE YEARS,
• 25:54 A YEAR AT LEAST.
• 25:55 THESE ARE FASCINATING TIMES.
• 25:56 I WONDER HOW PAUL WOULD WEIGH IN?
• 25:59 PAUL WOULD WANNA HAVE A BIBLE IN ONE HAND,
• 26:02 A NEWSPAPER IN THE OTHER.
• 26:03 AND HE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF THE DAY IN A FORTHRIGHT MANNER.
• 26:11 WELL THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
• 26:12 KING SOLOMON SAID IT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
• 26:15 THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
• 26:16 PAUL SAW WARS, HE SAW DESTRUCTION, HE SAW FAMINES,
• 26:21 HE SAW THE SAME THINGS.
• 26:23 EVERYDAY LIFE.
• 26:24 WE ARE IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
• 26:26 DID YOU EVER HEAR THE EXPRESSION, "TO LOOSE YOUR HEAD?"
• 26:28 I WANNA LOOSE MY HEAD.
• 26:30 YOU KNOW HOW PAUL DIED?
• 26:31 HE HAD HIS HEAD CUT OFF.
• 26:33 YOU KNOW IT'S, AND I THINK THE REASON WHY HE CUT HIS HEAD OFF
• 26:35 IS THEY DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
• 26:37 AND THE REASON WHY THEY DIDN'T LIKE HIM IS BECAUSE HE SPOKE THE TRUTH.
• 26:39 AND THE REASON WHY HE SPOKE THE TRUTH IS THAT HE BELIEVED
• 26:42 THAT THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WAS NEEDED IN A WORLD
• 26:44 WHERE TRUTH WAS IN HIGH DEMAND AND SHORT SUPPLY.
• 26:47 IN SHORT SUPPLY.
• 26:49 BUT WE HAVE THE TRUTH HERE AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS GOING.
• 26:52 STAND UP, PROCLAIM IT, LIVE IT, BE IT.
• 26:53 ONE MORE LETTER BY THE WAY.
• 26:55 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
• 27:03 THIS IS THE BAPTISMAL SIGHT IN THE JORDAN.
• 27:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
• 27:10 AND THEN SHE NOTED:
• 27:14 AND ASK THAT YOU MAIL IT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS.
• 27:16 LET ME JUST SAY AS WE'RE CYCLING OUT HERE,
• 27:19 THAT IF THERE ARE SOME THAT LIKEWISE
• 27:21 WOULD LIKE TO GET OUR NEWSLETTER,
• 27:24 IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
• 27:30 HERE'S A STORY: "THE ISLAMIC DELUSION."
• 27:33 THERE'S ANOTHER STORY: "MORE MIDDLE EAST MADNESS."
• 27:36 THESE ARE COVER STORIES.
• 27:37 "THE DOCTRINE OF DEMONS," BY JACK KINSELLA.
• 27:40 A GOOD FRIEND OF HAL LINDSEY.
• 27:41 IN OUR LITTLE ONCE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF BETHLEHEM.
• 27:44 USE TO BE BETHLEHEM WAS 85% CHRISTIAN,
• 27:47 NOW IT'S 12 AND DECLINING FAST.
• 27:48 STAY TUNED.
• 27:49 WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE LETTERS, MORE PAUL,
• 27:51 AND AS YOU GO
• 27:53 SHA 'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 27:54 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM