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

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