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

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