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

• 00:02 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.
• 01:04 SHALOM AND WELCOME BACK TO
• 01:06 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RABBI FROM TARSUS.
• 01:09 WE'VE LOOKED AT PAUL BEING INTRUSIVE,
• 01:11 WE'VE LOOKED AT PAUL BEING INCLUSIVE, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT PAUL BEING?
• 01:16 INFUSIVE.
• 01:17 INFUSIVE.
• 01:17 INFUSION.
• 01:19 BRINGING IN LIFE.
• 01:20 THERE'S SO MUCH IN THE WORLD THAT SUCKS LIFE OUT OF PEOPLE. OH, YEAH.
• 01:25 YOU'VE BEEN AROUND,
• 01:26 YEAH YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE.
• 01:28 NO, BUT DON'T YOU HEAR YOU NEWS EVERYTHING IS BAD.
• 01:30 THE ECONOMY'S BAD, THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS BAD, THE MIDDLE EAST IS BAD.
• 01:35 EVERYTHING IS BAD. WHERE IS THE GOOD NEWS? THAT'S I WANT.
• 01:39 THERE'S REPRESSED, SUPPRESSED, OPPRESSED, WHAT CAN IMPRESS? YES, RIGHT.
• 01:42 PAUL WAS GOOD ABOUT THAT.
• 01:45 I WANT YOU TO OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES PLEASE TO 2ND CORINTHIANS.
• 01:48 AND I WANNA ASK A QUESTION,
• 01:50 AS WE'RE LOOKING IN THE 4TH CHAPTER, THE 8TH VERSE,
• 01:53 WHAT KIND OF PERSON CAN SPEAK LIKE THIS?
• 01:56 THE RABBI FROM TARSUS SAYS,
• 02:05 MOST PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO BEING PRESSED, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT BROKEN AMIDST IT ALL?
• 02:09 WE'RE PERPLEXED.
• 02:10 WE DON'T KNOW WHY THINGS HAPPEN AS THEY DO, BUT WE DON'T GIVE UP AND QUIT.
• 02:16 WAIT, MOST ARE PERPLEXED AND THEY DO EVENTUALLY WIND UP GIVING UP AND QUITTING.
• 02:25 PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THAT, THEY HAVE ENEMIES, BUT HE SAYS GOD NEVER ABANDONS,
• 02:29 WE GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT WE GET UP AGAIN AND KEEP GOING.
• 02:34 SANDRA DOES THIS MAN HAVE SOMETHING?
• 02:37 IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT OF TODAY'S POP PSYCHOLOGY BOOKS.
• 02:41 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY, EXACTLY AND YET HERE HE SAYS,
• 02:45 BUT WE DON'T FALL DOWN WE STAY UP BECAUSE OF WHY?
• 02:48 BECAUSE OF GOD.
• 02:49 YES, THIS PERSON IS, HE'S CAUGHT IN A WEB OF INTRIGUE
• 02:55 AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE FOREVER PRESSING AGAINST HIM.
• 02:59 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING CAME INTO THE RABBI FROM TARSUS
• 03:03 AND GAVE HIM A KIND OF LIFE
• 03:06 THAT HELPED HIM GET THE BETTER OF THE FORCES OF ANTILIFE.
• 03:10 WELL, THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH; THE SHIPWRECKS, THE BEATINGS,
• 03:13 THE HUMILIATION, THE BEING THROWN...
• 03:16 TALK ABOUT TROUBLES, THIS GUY HAD TROUBLES.
• 03:19 UNBELIEVABLE WHAT WE...
• 03:21 NONE, NOTHING COMPARES TO WHAT WE HAVE, NOTHING.
• 03:24 THAT'S RIGHT AND LATER ON IN THIS SAME BOOK,
• 03:26 2ND CORINTHIANS HE GETS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
• 03:28 AND HE UNDERSCORES HIS SHIPWRECKS
• 03:31 AND HIS MISERIES AND ABANDONMENTS.
• 03:34 IT REALLY MAKES ME, IT HUMBLES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING.
• 03:37 I THINK SO SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE WHAT I SAY, THIS GUY WAS BEATEN FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED.
• 03:44 BEATEN, SHIPWRECKED, HUMILIATED.
• 03:47 I MEAN I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, I REALLY DON'T.
• 03:50 WELL THE RABBI FROM TARSUS HAD A LIFE
• 03:54 THAT AT ONE LEVEL IS LESS THAN DESIRABLE,
• 03:58 ON THE OTHER HAND AMIDST THE TURBULENCE OF TRYING TIMES
• 04:03 HE SHOWED HIMSELF TO POSSESS SOMETHING.
• 04:05 SOMETHING THAT TODAY PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF.
• 04:10 AND THIS RABBI FROM TARSUS SAID THAT
• 04:13 THE SAME LORD IS LORD OF ALL.
• 04:15 AND THAT HE BESTOWS HIS RICHES UPON ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM.
• 04:21 AND THE REASON WHY I NOTE THAT IS,
• 04:24 IN AS MUCH AS THIS RABBI FROM TARSUS WAS PROLIFIC HIMSELF,
• 04:29 HIS WRITINGS, THE WAY THAT YOU READ HIM
• 04:32 AND ARE INTRODUCED TO LIFE THROUGH HIM.
• 04:35 ALL OF THIS COMES BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM.
• 04:39 AND THE SAME HAPPENING TO PAUL CAN HAPPEN TO ALL.
• 04:44 SANDRA, PEOPLE NEED THIS GOOD NEWS.
• 04:47 AND WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY?
• 04:49 FOR ME TO LIFE, I LIVE, FOR ME TO DIE IS GAIN.
• 04:51 HE KNEW EVERYTHING.
• 04:54 HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE WAS OK WITH HIS LIFE.
• 04:56 I'VE LEARN TO BE HAPPY IN WANT,
• 04:58 I'VE LEARNED TO BE HAPPY IN EVERYTHING.
• 05:00 HE HAD THE ANSWER THAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR.
• 05:04 HE HAD THE ANSWER.
• 05:05 YES AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHEN HE GOT THAT ANSWER.
• 05:10 BECAUSE LUKE REFERENCES IT 3 TIMES WHEN HE TELLS THE STORY OF PAUL'S JOURNEYS.
• 05:16 PAUL LITERALLY WAS KNOCKED OFF OF HIS HORSE.
• 05:21 PAUL HAD A RADICAL ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS AND HE CAME OUT OF IT A NEW MAN.
• 05:29 AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE STORY WAS PRECIPITATED BY THE WORDS,
• 05:33 PAUL, PAUL OR SAUL WHY DO YOU PERSECUTE ME?
• 05:37 JESUS WAS SPEAKING TO HIM AND IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT AREN'T LIVING RIGHT
• 05:44 AND RIGHT NOW YOU CAN HEAR THE LORD KNOCKING ON YOUR HEART SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
• 05:52 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ON THE OTHER END OF A PRAYER THERE'S A NEW LIFE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
• 05:58 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE LORD CAN INFUSE YOU WITH THE SAME THING THAT HE INFUSED PAUL WITH,
• 06:05 AND THAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 06:08 AND BY VIRTUE OF YOUR BEING IN POSSESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
• 06:12 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WINDS UP GETTING POSSESSION OF YOU.
• 06:16 YOUR SINS, YOUR FOIBLES BEGIN TO PEEL AWAY AS THE NEW PERSON WITHIN YOU GROWS,
• 06:23 AND PRESSES AGAINST THOSE HABITS THAT NEED TO GO.
• 06:27 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A NEW LIFE.
• 06:29 PAUL GOT IT,
• 06:30 SANDRA LEVITT GOT IT, JEFFERY SEIF GOT IT,
• 06:33 AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IF FOLK WOULD BUT ASK.
• 06:38 I AGREE.
• 06:39 AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TROUBLES,
• 06:41 IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS OR MISERY OR ANYTHING,
• 06:44 IT'S THAT I KNOW THERE IS A LIGHT
• 06:48 AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
• 06:49 I KNOW WHERE MY REDEMPTION IS,
• 06:50 I KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL.
• 06:53 RIGHT THERE'S A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,
• 06:55 BUT IT'S NOT A TRAIN COMING. OH, NO
• 06:57 AND FOR WHICH WE'RE GRATEFUL.
• 06:58 YES, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE GOD AS THE TRAIN COMING,
• 07:01 CAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT LIVING RIGHT,
• 07:02 BUT THEY THINK GOD'S GONNA COME AND JUST OVERRUN THEM.
• 07:05 THERE IS A POINT IN TIME WHEN HE'S GOING TO COME, NOT TO DEAL WITH SIN,
• 07:10 BUT TO SAVE THOSE WHO ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM.
• 07:14 BUT NOW IS THE TIME WHEN HE COMES TO YOU FORGIVING,
• 07:17 GRACIOUS AS THE GENTLE SHEPHERD AS THE SAVIOR WANTING TO LEAD YOU TO A NEW WORLD.
• 07:24 FRIENDS WHY DON'T YOU TAKE HIM UP ON THAT OFFER?
• 07:27 IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW AND YOU'D LIKE OUR HELP, YOU CAN CONTACT US VIA:
• 07:37 AT:
• 07:40 WE HAVE GOSPEL LITERATURE, WE'RE THRILLED TO GET IT TO YOU.
• 07:44 WE HAVE MAGAZINES WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU FOR THE ASKING.
• 07:48 WE HAVE BOOKS AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS,
• 07:51 BUT RIGHT NOW LET ME COMMEND TO YOU THE GREATEST BOOK OF ALL.
• 07:53 SANDRA AND I WILL BE EXPLORING IT AS WE CONTINUE.
• 07:57 AS WE COME BACK IN A MOMENT AND CONSIDER THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF THE RABBI FROM TARSUS.
• 08:05 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 08:09 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 08:11 WHEN YOU CALL, BE SURE TO ALSO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE WITH LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
• 08:18 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, "THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES" INCLUDES:
• 08:22 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDs, AND MAIL IN TESTS.
• 08:26 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL AND PETRA.
• 08:29 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN, VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 08:33 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 08:38 THE GREEKS HAVE A SAYING,
• 08:39 "FIVE SENSES TO ADORE, ONE COUNTRY TO EXPLORE."
• 08:44 JEFF WE'RE EXPLORING GREECE.
• 08:45 WE'RE STANDING HERE IN CORINTH,
• 08:46 IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL, I WANT EVERYONE TO COME SEE IT.
• 08:49 WELL YOU HEARD WHAT THE LADY SAID.
• 08:51 COME TO CORINTH AND WALK IN PAUL'S FOOTSTEPS.
• 08:54 IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE, ISN'T IT?
• 08:55 IT WOULD BE OUR PLEASURE TO SHOW YOU GREECE.
• 08:57 ALL THE BIBLE SIGHTS COME ALIVE
• 08:59 WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN PERSON.
• 09:02 JEFF THEY COME ALIVE.
• 09:03 I'M SO EXCITED TO SHOW PEOPLE
• 09:04 GREECE AND ISRAEL.
• 09:05 I'M SO EXCITED.
• 09:06 YES, YOU'LL LOVE IT.
• 09:08 IT'LL BE INFORMATIONAL, INSPIRATIONAL.
• 09:11 BE TRANSFORMED WITH THE TRANSATLANTIC TRIP HERE
• 09:14 AND WALK IN THE BIBLE LANDS.
• 09:19 WE'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU TO THE BIBLE LANDS.
• 09:23 BUT SANDRA REALIZES AND I REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN GO.
• 09:27 BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE BIBLE YOU'RE VISITING THE BIBLE WORLD,
• 09:34 WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, YOU'RE GOING BACK IN TIME 2000 YEARS.
• 09:37 YOU'RE LOOKING AT A STORY THAT TOOK PLACE IN ISRAEL AND GREECE IN DIFFERENT PARTS,
• 09:40 BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE CAN GO THERE PHYSICALLY,
• 09:43 YOU CAN STILL GO THERE THROUGH JOURNEYING IN THE LITERATURE.
• 09:47 AND IF YOU APPRECIATE OUR MINISTRY AND LIKE OUR HELP IN GOING THERE
• 09:53 AND BEING YOUR TOUR GUIDE, WHY DON'T YOU VISIT:
• 10:00 WHY DON'T YOU CALL:
• 10:03 ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
• 10:07 WHERE WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU.
• 10:09 WE'LL BE YOUR TOUR GUIDES TO THE BIBLICAL WORD
• 10:12 AND WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
• 10:19 AND I'M REMINDED OF HOW MUCH PAUL TRAVELED.
• 10:22 WE REALLY HAVE WALKED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.
• 10:24 I LOVED SEEING WHERE HE WAS.
• 10:26 IT'S BEEN GREAT.
• 10:27 YES IT IS GREAT AND IT'S A SHAME NOT EVERYONE CAN GO.
• 10:30 NO IT ISN'T, BUT I'M GLAD
• 10:32 THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM PAUL THROUGH THE WORD.
• 10:34 AND SPEAKING OF THE WORD,
• 10:36 IN ROMANS 8, VERSES 35-39, I LOVE PAUL'S ENCOURAGEMENT.
• 10:39 HE SAYS IN VERSE 35,
• 10:49 HE KNEW ALL THAT, HE KNEW ALL THAT.
• 10:52 AND HE GOES, DOWN IN VERSE 39, HE SAYS,
• 11:03 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT REALLY RESONATES WITH ME WHEN I SEE THIS. I LOVE IT.
• 11:07 PAUL EMPLOYS SELF- DISCLOSURE HERE.
• 11:12 HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS.
• 11:15 THIS GUY HAS SEEN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR. OH, ABSOLUTELY.
• 11:19 NOW HE TALKS ABOUT IT, HIS LIFE ISN'T ALL LIVING IN THE GLORY BARN
• 11:24 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL STARDUST
• 11:27 AND I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH PHONY, STARDUST PREACHING TODAY
• 11:32 WHERE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MINISTRY,
• 11:35 IT'S ABOUT GLITS AND GLAMOR AND PROSPERITY AND POWER.
• 11:38 THAT IS AN OVERLY SIMPLISTIC TELLING OF THE STORY.
• 11:42 WE LOVE PAUL BECAUSE WE CAN RELATE TO PAUL.
• 11:45 AND WE CAN RELATE TO PAUL
• 11:46 BECAUSE HIS LIFE ISN'T ALL UP THERE ROLLING IN THE MONEY,
• 11:50 HIS LIFE ROLLING AROUND IN THE DUST OF PAINFUL HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
• 11:54 WELL AND HE SAYS, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S THE PHYSICAL THAT'S GONNA SEPARATE US,
• 11:59 IT'S THE SPIRITUAL THAT SEPARATES US FROM GOD.
• 12:01 ETERNALLY SEPARATES US FROM GOD.
• 12:03 HE'S DONE THE PHYSICAL, BIG DEAL.
• 12:05 NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.
• 12:07 WELL HE KNOWS THAT HIS LIFE'S IN GOD'S HAND, ULTIMATELY,
• 12:12 AND THAT IS THE ONE FACTOR THAT'S NONNEGOTIABLE.
• 12:15 THAT INTRANSIGENCE, THAT BOLDNESS, THAT STICKING WITH GOD
• 12:19 AND LET ME TELL YOU, SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT,
• 12:23 IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE DON'T HAVE THAT STICK TO ANYTHING.
• 12:27 PEOPLE DON'T STICK TO MARRIAGE, PEOPLE DON'T STICK TO JOBS, THAT'S TRUE.
• 12:30 PEOPLE DON'T STICK TO GOD, GOING OH YES I NEED HELP IN LIFE
• 12:33 I'LL GO TO CHURCH JUST FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
• 12:36 IF NOTHING HAPPENS WELL I'M OUTTA HEAR.
• 12:37 PAUL HAS THAT LEANING IN ON IT AND NOT LETTING GO.
• 12:40 WHERE IS THAT TODAY?
• 12:41 I DON'T KNOW.
• 12:43 I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO,
• 12:46 IS THAT KNOWING THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THERE ARE HEARTACHES,
• 12:50 IF THERE'S TROUBLES, THAT THERE'S FINANCIAL WOES, THAT THERE'S JOB WOES.
• 12:53 THAT'S NOTHING.
• 12:55 WE HAVE SALVATION.
• 12:57 THAT'S NOT CONTINGENT ON OUR SALVATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS.
• 13:01 WHERE DOES IT SAY IN THE BIBLE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS?
• 13:04 NOWHERE.
• 13:05 WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT IF YOU GIVE ME A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY,
• 13:07 YOU'RE GONNA GET A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY BACK?
• 13:08 IN FACT, PAUL WAS TOLD, NOWHERE
• 13:10 OR IT WAS TOLD OF PAUL RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING
• 13:13 THAT THE LORD WAS GONNA SHOW HIM HOW MUCH HE HAD TO SUFFER. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
• 13:17 NOW I WANNA MAKE THIS POINT AND SPEAK DIRECT TO THE CAMERA ON IT,
• 13:21 BECAUSE WE'RE A CULTURE OF QUITTERS.
• 13:22 I LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE MARRY FOR AN IDEAL,
• 13:26 WE THINK WE GOT A RAW DEAL,
• 13:27 WE GO SEARCHING FOR A NEW DEAL.
• 13:29 PEOPLE ARE FOREVER SO DISAPPOINTED IN PEOPLE AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
• 13:32 WE LET GO WAY TOO SOON.
• 13:35 THAT'S THE BAD NEWS, THE GOOD NEWS AND WE NEED TO KNOW THIS,
• 13:40 AND I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO IT IN A MOMENT, SANDRA.
• 13:42 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD'S NOT A QUITTER.
• 13:44 HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON FOR US, HE BELIEVES IN US,
• 13:47 HE WANTS TO REBUILD US, HE WANTS TO FORGIVE US.
• 13:50 THOUGH PEOPLE ARE FAITHLESS, GOD IS FAITHFUL
• 13:54 AND WHAT GOOD NEWS.
• 13:56 IT SEEMS THAT PAUL WAS INFUSED WITH THAT,
• 13:58 THAT HE HAD NEW LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT UNDERSTANDING.
• 14:01 BUT YOU COULD SEE HIS NEW LIFE.
• 14:03 THAT WAS THE OTHER PART THAT I LIKE ABOUT PAUL
• 14:06 TALKING ABOUT, I AM A NEW CREATION.
• 14:08 HE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT LOOKED WELL,
• 14:11 WE KNOW HE DIDN'T LOOK WELL, HE HAD BEEN BEATEN.
• 14:12 HOW MANY TIMES HE'D BEEN BEATEN?
• 14:14 39, YEAH HUNDREDS. HUNDREDS.
• 14:16 SO HE COULDN'T HAVE LOOKED TOO GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE,
• 14:19 BUT ON THE INSIDE, SOMETHING MUST HAVE RADIATED FROM HIM
• 14:22 THAT SHOWED THE LOVE OF GOD.
• 14:24 AND THAT IS THE MOST ENCOURAGING THING FOR US.
• 14:27 YES AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT RADIATING THROUGH US.
• 14:32 SANDRA WOULD HOPE FOR THAT AND I DO AS WELL AND I SAY THAT HUMBLY.
• 14:36 AND NOT JUST US, BUT WE WANNA COMMEND TO YOU THAT THERE'S A NEW LIFE FOR YOU.
• 14:43 IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT LIFE WE HOPE YOU'LL CONTACT US
• 14:48 AND INQUIRE OF US HOW YOU MIGHT ACCESS THAT NEW LIFE.
• 14:52 AND I'LL TELL YOU FRANKLY, IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING, IT'S YOURS FOR PRAYING,
• 14:56 GETTING FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR SINS.
• 14:58 IF THE DISTANCE FROM TELEVISION PERSONALITIES IS A BIT MUCH AND I REALIZE THAT IT IS,
• 15:04 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO A BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCH.
• 15:08 BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY NEED SANDRA AND ME TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO GET A HOLD OF JESUS,
• 15:13 YOU CAN LEARN THAT A LOCAL CHURCH IN YOUR CITY.
• 15:15 WE'RE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR JOURNEYING ALONG THOUGH AREN'T WE?
• 15:19 IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, WE ARE...
• 15:21 IT IS FOR OUR ETERNAL SALVATION.
• 15:24 AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A TRITE THING TO SAY,
• 15:27 BUT I'D MUCH RATHER KNOW WHERE I'M GOING,
• 15:29 WHO I'M GONNA BE WITH,
• 15:31 THAN TO BE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE NOT KNOWING, NOT HAVING ANY HOPE.
• 15:35 THIS IS HOPE.
• 15:36 THERE IS NO HOPE WITHOUT THIS.
• 15:38 YEAH THE RABBI FROM TARSUS REALLY LANDED ON A HOPE, DIDN'T HE? HOPE.
• 15:42 AND TODAY HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT'S DIMINISHING
• 15:46 AS PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED BY THEY'RE ABYSMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
• 15:49 IF YOU FEEL HOPELESS, SANDRA WANTS YOU TO KNOW AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
• 15:55 AND PAUL WANTS YOU TO KNOW, THAT THERE'S HOPE FOR YOU.
• 15:58 I HOPE, BY THE WAY TO USE IT IN A LESSER SINCE,
• 16:02 THAT YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED BY OUR TREATMENT OF PAUL.
• 16:06 WE HAVE A 12 PART SERIES ON LOCATION.
• 16:10 THE 1ST 6 PROGRAMS LOOK AT PAUL AS HE MADE HIS WAY
• 16:16 PREACHING THIS HOPE ALL AROUND THE GRECO ROMAN WORLD.
• 16:19 IN THE 2ND PROGRAM, THE 2ND 6 PROGRAMS COMING UP BEGINNING NEXT WEEK,
• 16:25 WE LOOK AT PAUL'S WRITINGS.
• 16:27 AND YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THE HOPE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
• 16:31 IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT FROM US:
• 16:38 IS THE PLACE TO GO.
• 16:41 IS THE CALL TO MAKE.
• 16:43 AND IF YOU'LL LIKE TO CONTACT US WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
• 16:47 WE COVET THAT PERSONALLY, I WANNA SAY THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
• 16:50 THE WEBSITE IS WONDERFUL.
• 16:52 IT'S GOT ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
• 16:54 BIBLE VERSES, IT'S GOT MUSIC ON IT, IT'S A REALLY INSIGHTFUL WEBSITE.
• 16:59 WE'RE GONNA GO NOW AND LISTEN TO SOME OF ZOLA'S MUSC.
• 17:02 AND SEE SOME MORE GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS GREEK SCENERY.
• 17:05 BACK AFTER THIS.
• 17:18 ♪(MUSIC)♪
• 19:30 ZOLA'S MUSIC IS SO INSPIRATIONAL.
• 19:33 THE MUSIC AND THE SCENERY OF GREECE, PHILIPPI, PAUL'S PRISON, JUST WONDERFUL SCENERY.
• 19:39 WONDERFUL THINGS TO SEE.
• 19:40 BEAUTIFUL
• 19:41 BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO SEE IN GREECE.
• 19:43 ALRIGHT WE HAVE MORE LETTERS, YOU READY?
• 19:44 MAIL IS GOOD.
• 19:46 MAIL IS GOOD AND HERE'S ONE, I LIKE THIS ONE.
• 19:53 I CAN HELP YOU.
• 19:54 WE HAVE WONDERFUL MATERIAL.
• 19:56 WE EVEN HAVE A JEWISH HEBREW CALENDAR FOR ALL THE JEWISH MONTHS, IT'S GREAT.
• 19:59 IT HAS PICTURES OF JEWISH THINGS, MAYBE A MENORAH.
• 20:03 BUT IT HAS THE MONTHS AND ALSO IT HAS IT IN HEBREW, I LIKE IT.
• 20:06 SO THE MINISTRY HAS LITERATURE. YES.
• 20:09 HOW DO THEY GET A HOLD OF THAT?
• 20:12 CAN YOU GO AND SPEAK TO THIS ISSUES YOURSELF?
• 20:14 DO YOU TRAVEL OUT ON WEEKENDS AND SPEAK IN CONGREGATIONS? ABSOLUTELY.
• 20:16 AND SO AS DO YOU.
• 20:18 IT'S JUST GREAT TO GO OUT
• 20:19 AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT OUR JEWISH ROOTS.
• 20:20 SO I GUESS WE NEED A CHURCH OF WHAT 5, 10,000?
• 20:23 WHAT'S WORTH YOUR WHILE?
• 20:24 OH YEAH AS MANY AS I CAN GET.
• 20:25 NO, I WOULD GO AND TALK TO 2 PEOPLE, REALLY.
• 20:27 I LOVE TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL,
• 20:29 I LOVE TALKING ABOUT OUR JEWISH ROOTS.
• 20:31 SO WE'RE NOT ALL ABOUT JUST BIG CROWDS. NO.
• 20:34 YOU KNOW,I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS PERSON IS INQUIRING. YEAH.
• 20:37 THEY'RE SAYING IN AFFECT,
• 20:38 "WE REALLY LOVE THIS JEWISH ROOTS APPROACH, GIVE ME MORE."
• 20:41 ABSOLUTELY AND ONCE YOU, I THINK ONCE SOMEBODY GETS A HOLD OF THE JEWISHNESS OF THE BIBLE,
• 20:48 I THINK A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS IN HERE START TO MAKE SINCE TO THEM.
• 20:51 I REALLY DO.
• 20:52 AS PROOF THAT IT'S JUST NOT YOU THINKING IT
• 20:55 AND ME THINKING IT LET ME GO TO THE NEXT LETTER.
• 20:57 OK
• 20:59 IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO SAY.
• 21:01 SO THIS IS FROM AN EVANGELICAL SEMINARY, DENVER SEMINARY.
• 21:03 WRITES ME A LETTER, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO THEY WROTE IT:
• 21:19 AND THEY GO ON TO SAY,
• 21:21 "DR. SEIF CAN YOU COME AND HELP US BY TEACHING IN THIS PROGRAM,
• 21:23 YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO WEEK MODULARS?"
• 21:25 NOW LISTEN, DENVER SEMINARY IS NOT ALONE. RIGHT
• 21:29 TALBOT HAS A CAMPUS AND A MASTER DIVINITY IN JEWISH STUDIES.
• 21:34 CRISWELL COLLEGE IN DALLAS HAS A MASTER DIVINITY DEGREE.
• 21:38 IN FACT THE PROVOST AT SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
• 21:41 THE LARGEST PROTESTANT SEMINARY IN THE WORLD,
• 21:44 JUST RECENTLY HAS BEEN KICKING AROUND A JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM.
• 21:47 JACK HAYFORD ON THE WEST COAST, LIBERTY IN VIRGINIA, LIBERTY.
• 21:53 CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS INSTITUTE IN DALLAS.
• 21:55 SO THIS ISN'T JUST A ME AND YOU THING HERE,
• 21:58 WE ADVOCATE FOR THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE FAITH.
• 22:00 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PROFESSOR FOR 18 YEARS,
• 22:03 A PROFESSOR OF BIBLE JEWISH STUDIES,
• 22:05 YOU KNOW BIBLE COLLEGE SEMINARY,
• 22:06 BUT NOW THE CLASSROOM IS PLANET EARTH IN AFFECT.
• 22:10 YOU AND I GET TO GO TO MILLIONS THROUGH TELEVISION.
• 22:14 IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE WATCHING
• 22:18 IS CAUSE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A JEWISH READ
• 22:22 ON THE BIBLICAL STORY.
• 22:24 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THAT.
• 22:27 THAT THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE IN YOUR CHURCH THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
• 22:32 THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
• 22:34 THERE MIGHT BE PARTS OF YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
• 22:38 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST JOINING A THRONG OF OTHERS.
• 22:42 AT VARIOUS LEVELS, ACADEMIC AS WELL THAT ARE LOOKING TO EXPLORE
• 22:47 WHAT IT IS TO LOOK AT THE BIBLE FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
• 22:50 AND HERE IS JUST THE LATEST RIGHT HERE. I LOVE IT.
• 22:52 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
• 22:53 WELL I'M SITTING HERE THINKING DO YOU,
• 22:56 I REALIZE THAT IN THE LAST 2 DECADES,
• 22:57 THE LAST 20 YEARS, MORE JEWS HAVE COME TO KNOW MESSIAH.
• 23:00 SO THERE IS THIS RESURGENCE OF KNOWING WHO THE MESSIAH IS.
• 23:05 BOTH WITH JEWS AND WITH OTHER BELIEVERS, IT'S GREAT.
• 23:08 YES
• 23:09 MORE LETTERS?
• 23:10 MORE LETTERS.
• 23:11 OK
• 23:13 I'M GLAD THESE PEOPLE THINK I'M A THEOLOGIAN, OH, NO.
• 23:16 I'M LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE HERE.
• 23:24 PLEASE DON'T TELL THAT TO DENVER SEMINARY.
• 23:41 WHY?
• 23:42 WELL HERE HOLD ON.
• 23:49 HEY DON'T YOU WRITE IN THIS MAGAZINE AS WELL.
• 23:52 YES.
• 23:54 THIS PERSON SAID THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE. MY GOODNESS.
• 23:56 OK.
• 24:09 WELL GOD BLESS
• 24:27 AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT:
• 24:40 WHICH ADVOCATES FOR LOVE, PEACE, AND SO FORTH.
• 24:41 AND HE GOES ON TO TELL ME,
• 24:43 THAT I NEED TO REPENT AND THAT ALLAH WILL BE GRACIOUS.
• 24:49 HE SAYS:
• 24:55 SO, I'M NOT A THEOLOGIAN,
• 24:58 ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF PEACE, AND I JUST NEED TO REPENT. OH GOODNESS.
• 25:07 IS THAT WHY?
• 25:08 LET ME THINK IF I HAVE THIS CORRECTLY.
• 25:11 THERE ARE 20 SOME ODD WARS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AS WE SPEAK,
• 25:14 OF THOSE 20 SOME ODD 99% HAVE TO DO WITH ISLAM.
• 25:19 NOW IF THIS IS A RELIGION OF PEACE,
• 25:21 I'VE MISSED IT SOMEWHERE,
• 25:23 BECAUSE EVERYWHERE THEY GO IT'S NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTION.
• 25:26 AND I'M...
• 25:27 HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
• 25:28 IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE SAID, THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH?
• 25:30 IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE LEVITT LETTER WE'VE SAID THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH?
• 25:32 I THINK THERE'S GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE THAT ARE MUSLIMS, OK
• 25:36 BUT IT IS WORTH OBSERVING.
• 25:37 IF YOU LOOK AT THE WARS TODAY A LOT OF THIS IS STIMULATED BY,
• 25:41 BY INDIVIDUALS THAT HOLD THEIR ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS.
• 25:45 AND SO YEAH THE RELIGION OF PEACE,
• 25:48 I'LL HAVE A PIECE OF THIS LAND AND A PIECE OF THAT LAND
• 25:50 AND I'LL TAKE A PIECE OUT OF YOU.
• 25:51 IT'S A LITTLE OVERLY SIMPLISTIC.
• 25:53 NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU BRING THIS TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION
• 25:56 YOU'RE NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT,
• 25:58 SO WE'RE MARGINALIZED, WE'RE RACIST,
• 26:00 WE'RE NOT EXCEPTING OF OTHER RELIGIONS AND SO FORTH.
• 26:03 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT I'M GOING OUT OF MY WAY
• 26:07 TO TRY AND BELITTLE MUSLIMS.
• 26:09 YOU KNOW, IF MUSLIMS THAT WERE MODERATE,
• 26:12 THAT WERE PEACE LOVING WOULD STAND UP MORE FORCEFULLY,
• 26:16 AND OFFER A COUNTER BALANCE TO ALL OF THIS,
• 26:20 THEN I'D STEP BACK AND LET THE REAL EXPERTS IN ISLAM SPEAK OF ISLAM.
• 26:24 BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THE VOICES, IF THERE IS A MODERATE CENTER,
• 26:29 THE VOICERS ARE SO FAR AND FEW BETWEEN AND SO IMPOTENT.
• 26:32 AND IT SEEMS THEN THAT THE ISLAMIC CONVERSATION IS GIVEN OVER TO EXTREMISTS.
• 26:37 I'M NOT GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO KNOCK THE LEGS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH DECENT MUSLIM PEOPLE,
• 26:43 BUT I THINK THIS PERSON IS DEAD WRONG.
• 26:46 I REMEMBER THE SERIES WE'VE MADE, "BAD MOON RISING,"
• 26:48 IT REMINDS ME OF THE NAZIISM.
• 26:50 WHERE WERE THE MODERATES WHEN NAZIISM WAS TAKING OVER?
• 26:53 THEY WERE SILENT ALSO.
• 26:54 ONCE A PEOPLE BECOME SILENT
• 26:58 AGAINST THE WRONG DOCTRINE OF ANOTHER RELIGION,
• 27:02 IT'S ALL OVER.
• 27:03 THAT EXTREMISM TAKES OVER AND DROWNS EVERYBODY OUT.
• 27:06 RIGHT.
• 27:08 I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION.
• 27:10 AND IN AMERICA A MUSLIM IS FREE TO BE A MUSLIM
• 27:13 AND I WOULD FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BE A MUSLIM. ABSOLUTELY.
• 27:16 BECAUSE WE DON'T DICTATE CONSCIENCE HERE,
• 27:18 BUT IF ISLAMIC WAY HAD SWAY OVER PLANET EARTH,
• 27:23 THOSE OPTIONS WOULDN'T BE THERE.
• 27:25 THOSE THAT WERE NOT OF THE ISLAMIC PERSUASION WOULD BE MARGINALIZED,
• 27:29 FORCE INTO SERVITUDE.
• 27:30 THEY'D BE OPPRESSED AND THERE SEEMS EVIDENCE OF THAT
• 27:33 ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY.
• 27:35 WELL AND HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS HERE,
• 27:36 THIS IS NOT AN OPPRESSIVE RELIGION.
• 27:38 WHAT WE BELIEVE IS NOT OPPRESSIVE.
• 27:39 IT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
• 27:41 THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
• 27:42 WE DON'T CALL IT THE BAD NEWS OF SALVATION,
• 27:45 WE CALL IT THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
• 27:46 YES
• 27:47 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US.
• 27:48 THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR US.
• 27:49 THANK YOU FOR LOVING US AND HAVING US INTO YOUR HOMES.
• 27:52 AND AS YOU GO,
• 27:53 SHA 'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
• 27:55 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.