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. . . If you would stand. Sing song 204. Oh then sing when the birds sing or the storm clouds are low for the Saints can rejoice while God his blessings bestow. So I'll sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing for I'm happy in Jesus there's a song in my soul. There are days of sadness there may come times of need but the Savior is with me he's my shepherd indeed. For he bears all my burdens and he comforts my heart he is here when I need him he will never depart. So I'll sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing for I'm happy in Jesus there's a song in my soul. The light songs of the worldlings do not last through the night and the joy of the sinners often changes to fright. But the heart ease of Eden and the soul of God's own is the gift of our Savior with his presence made known. So I'll sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing for I'm happy in Jesus there's a song in my soul. I have a spirit of comfort and to teach and to guide. I have a Father to hear me ever be tied. And my high priest forever takes my part at the throne. So I'll sing on my journey for I'm never alone. So I'll sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing for I'm happy in Jesus there's a song in my soul. All right let's pray. Haven't we followed over? We just want to thank you God for just today and the souls that were saved out so evening the morning service. God I pray Lord that now you receive all the honor and praise and glory out of everything that's said and done. For it's in Jesus name I ask all of it. Amen. You may be seated. All right. If you would turn in your song books to song 202. Song 202 will sing a familiar song this time. My Redeemer. Song 202. I will sing of my Redeemer and his wondrous love to me on the cruel cross he suffered from the curse to set me free. Sing O sing of my Redeemer with his blood he purchased me on the cross he sealed my pardon paid the debt and made me free. I will tell the wondrous story how my lost estate to save in his boundless love and mercy he the ransom freely gave. Sing O sing of my Redeemer with his blood he purchased me on the cross he sealed my pardon paid the debt and made me free. I will praise my dear Redeemer his triumphant power I'll tell how the victory he giveth over sin and death and hell. Sing O sing of my Redeemer with his blood he purchased me on the cross he sealed my pardon paid the debt and made me free. I will sing of my Redeemer and his heavenly love to me he from death to life had brought me son of God with him to be. Sing O sing of my Redeemer with his blood he purchased me on the cross he sealed my pardon paid the debt and made me free. I'll give that a break for a second. Welcome back to Mountain Baptist Church on this Wednesday afternoon. And I just want to get some announcements here but first of all I want to get the soul winning numbers in. I like that song. Songs in the mountains. We're trying to learn all the mountain songs for our record. Yeah that makes sense. I like that song. I think it's a cool song. I think it's pretty good. We should definitely do that because once you go through a couple verses on that you start getting it. So I don't think it's going to be a hard one to get down so definitely want to keep doing that one. Not just because mountains are in it but that's part of it. So let's see here. What's today? The fourth. I know brother Richie you guys had two say this past week. Was there any other this past week? And then today brother Richie you guys had two. We had one. Was there any others? Brother Jim? Throughout June? I'll put that on for June. What was the other one? You had one? I think that's six. Who are you with? Okay yeah. So don't have to change the board. It's the same this week. But good job Al Solening. Just remember to mark off where you went. So we were on Mulberry Street and we started going down the road and there was like first of all we saw some of our invites on the door and then one lady was like you were here last week. So that's what happens sometimes when we don't mark it. But we still got a young man to the Lord on that street so it worked out. But try to remember to mark off after the service. You don't have to get up right now if you haven't done that today. But just so that we don't end up going to the same street again in the next two weeks or like two weeks in a row. So big event today is Claire is getting baptized. So we had a whole bunch of baptisms and Claire was wanting to get baptized. Which we had been talking about salvation for a while or she's basically always talking to me about it as far as believing and getting saved and me talking to my neighbors and making me feel guilty for not talking to my neighbors. Like does he believe? Is he saved? She'll ask me these questions. So obviously Claire is still, she's almost six, so I believe that around five to six they can understand. So if anybody out there that has kids and they haven't been baptized yet, you just want to make sure they understand. So don't rush baptism if you feel like they still need to make sure and everything like that. I mean obviously they can get baptized again if they come to realize oh maybe I didn't believe that before. But you want to try to make it an important event to where hey they understand it. And so you just want to make sure they understand and that they're getting it. But Claire and I have talked about it for a while. We prayed and everything a few weeks back just to make sure she understood it and all that. But excited about that. So we'll be doing that after the service. So stick around and we'll have a baptism there. And then upcoming events. We have prayer meetings that are just on the list here. But I do want to just be in prayer for those that are going to be going on the Belize mission trip. And so just be in prayer for those that will be leaving. And obviously for a fruitful time. But also just a safe trip. All that fun stuff. And I am excited about that. We have our church anniversary will be coming up soon. So that's in September. And we're going to do September 12th. So it's hard because you know 17th is like in the middle. It's like in between. So we'll just do September 12th for our anniversary service. And so the 11th we're going to do a soul winning marathon. So we always do a soul winning marathon the Saturday before. And then we'll do like a celebration like meal and all that stuff between the services on the 12th. So September 11th we're talking about going up to Moundsville. So we usually do like a one that's local as far as our soul winning marathon. But we're kind of wanting to do the Dan the Bear Sheba. Make sure that we get Charleston and Wheeling in our midst of going out and reaching the law. So we're going to go to the Moundsville area. Which we planned on doing before. But we found there's like these little towns above Moundsville. So we're actually going to go into Moundsville this time. But just be in prayer for that and just to kind of get it on your schedule too. So that'll be Saturday, September 11th. We'll be planning on doing a soul winning marathon. And we'll be meeting up in the Cabela's drive area because that's where all the restaurants are at. So we'll be meeting up at the Panera I'm sure. And then figure out what we're going to do for lunch. And then go to Cabela's you know because that's the real reason why we're going up there. We just want to go to Cabela's. Listen ladies, there's a Michael's up there too. So you have your options. But yeah, so that's coming up. So just put that on your calendar. I know it's September. It doesn't seem like, but it's already July. So it'll be September before you know it. And then we have our bottom memory, Galatians 3. Started up this month. Like I said, if you haven't done Galatians 1 or 2, memorize Galatians 3. Because Galatians 3 is packed with good verses, especially for soul winning. And like I said, out of all the chapters or things that I've memorized, Galatians was the one where I'm like, I'm glad I did that one. And specifically Galatians 3. So for what that's worth, that's my opinion to you. If I was going to tell you what chapter to memorize, I would say Galatians 3. Galatians 4.6, let your speech be all the way with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. That's our memory verse for the week. And Brother Dave can give me a receipt for that. But actually we do have candy up there. So if you can memorize these verses for the week, you can get a piece of candy. And soul winning times, the regional times are on here. Just be on the WhatsApp though because those times sometimes can move. So Monday sometimes they'll do it on Wednesday just depending on work schedules. And then Brother Charles leads up to Tuesday soul winning time at 6 p.m. there. So just be on the WhatsApp because you'll always know where you're going to be meeting and all that for that. Besides that, all the service times are as usual on here. Be in prayer for all the ladies on the pregnancy list there. And so keep that a constant prayer there for all the ladies, all the babies, all that. Besides that, I think that's all I've got for announcements. Brother Shane's going to be reading 1 Peter chapter 3 for us. But before that, Brother Dave's going to come and lead us into another song. And then we'll get started. All right. Take your song books and turn to song 205. Song 205 will sing, He Keeps Me Singing. Song 205, He Keeps Me Singing. There's within my heart a melody Jesus whispers sweet and low Fear that I am with thee, peace be still In all love's life ebb and flow Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go All my life was wrecked by sin and strife Discord filled my heart with pain Jesus swept across the broken strings, stirred the stumbling chords again Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go Feasting on the riches of His grace, resting neath the sheltering wing Always looking on His smiling face, that is why I shout and sing Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go Though sometimes He leads through waters deep, trials fall across the way Though sometimes the path seems rough and steep, see His footprints all the way Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go Soon He's coming back to welcome me far beyond the starry sky I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown, I shall reign with Him on high Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go All right, take your Bibles and turn to 1 Peter 3. 1 Peter 3, we'll have Brother Shane read that for us. 1 Peter 3, if you found your place, say amen. Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear, whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting of the hair, of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, but let it be the hidden man of the heart, and that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner, in the old time, the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands, even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous, not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak no guile. Let him eschew evil, and do good, and let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers, but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But, and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye, and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled, but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Having a good conscience, that whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. For it is better if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evildoing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. By which also he went, and preached unto the spirits in prison, which sometime were disobedient. But when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a-preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water, the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us. Not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, angels and authorities, and powers being made subject unto him. Let us pray. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you to be gathered in your house tonight. We just pray that you be with Pastor Robinson tonight. Fill him with your Spirit. Help us to learn something. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. If you're there in 1 Peter 3, and the verse I want you to look at there is in verse 15. It says, But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. And we're continuing our study, if you will, and going through these 101 contradictions, so-called. And this was a list that you find online where it was some Islamic site where they're basically trying to debunk the Bible. And we already went through the first 12, and so we're going to go through some more of these. And I want this to be a study, you know, obviously we know that the Bible doesn't contradict, and we believe it's accurate. But I want this study to be a way to give you some tools of how you study and how you look at certain passages that may look like they contradict. Because, you know what, the Bible is a very complex book. And when it comes to, like, whoever made this list, in a lot of cases you're going to be dealing with something that's going to be very contentious. They're not going to want to hear what you have to say anyway. But there have been many times where someone had a legitimate question about something they thought was contradictory in the Bible. Or they said, you know, this doesn't make sense to me, or whatever the case may be. And if you can answer that one thing for them, then sometimes they'll be like, okay, you know, then let's talk. And if that's the case, then, you know what, it's good to have some knowledge when it comes to, you know, some of these issues and some of these things where people may have problems. So obviously you don't want to waste your time with someone that just doesn't want to listen. You know, they just want to talk through you and talk over you and basically tell you that you're wrong. But if someone is legitimately asking you a question, the Bible says that we need to sanctify the Lord God in our hearts and be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us. And as ready as you can be. None of us are perfect and there's going to be times where you're not going to have an answer right off the cuff. But, you know, this whole idea of these sermons is to give you those tools. And again, I'm not perfect. But in the case when we're going through some of these, just know this, that in a lot of these cases there's more than one possibility. That doesn't mean that all the possibilities are right. What it comes down to is that if there's a so-called contradiction and then there's like multiple possibilities of how it would fit, that just shows you that, hey, it's not a contradiction. If you can find more than one, that's fine. Not all of them are going to be right because that wouldn't make sense. But at the same time, all you're really looking for is what is an answer that would make these things fit. So we went through the first twelve. Number thirteen, go to First Kings chapter fifteen. First Kings chapter fifteen. So a lot of these were dealing with numbers and just kind of the idea of numbers not matching up. And again, last week what we saw is, did you see a pattern? You go from First Kings, then you go to First Chronicles. You go from Second Kings, then you go to Second Chronicles. And the thing that doesn't match up is usually never in the same passage. It's always like when you're comparing the Kings to the Chronicles. And like I said, there should be more information in those books. Or why else would you have First and Second Chronicles? The same thing when you're dealing with the Gospels. If Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were saying the exact same thing, why would you even have Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Why not just have one Gospel that says exactly the same thing? That doesn't mean, I'm not saying that that means that he can contradict. What I'm saying is that there's going to be different information. There's going to be new information that's given in these different accounts. The same thing applies when you're dealing with the Kings compared to the Chronicles. So you shouldn't be surprised when you see information that's different when you're going to the Chronicles. But this one has to do with Baasha's reign. Go to 1 Kings 15, verse 33. So Baasha is the king over Israel. Notice what it says in verse 33. In the third year of Asa, king of Judah, began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. And he did that which was evil on the side of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel the sin. So go to chapter 16, so you're in 1 Kings 15, go to chapter 16 and verse 8. 1 Kings 16, verse 8. It says, In the twenty and sixth year of Asa, king of Judah, began Elah the son of Ahijah to reign over Israel in Tirzah two years. So you're saying, well what's the issue? Well, go to 2 Chronicles chapter 16. So this is what they'll say is a contradiction, is when you go to 2 Chronicles. 2 Chronicles 16, verse 1. 2 Chronicles 16, verse 1. So some of these are just really boring, but I want to make a point to go through all of these. Just to show that some of these are really boring and they're just trying to pick these things out and all that stuff. But I think this is going to help because you're going to maybe look at these and say, well how does that fit? In verse 1 here, 2 Chronicles 16, verse 1, it says, In the sixth and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. You say, well what's the problem? In 1 Kings, it's stating that Baasha started reigning in the third year of Asa and he reigned for 24 years. So if you took that to the T, that would be like the 27th year of Asa is when he reigned to. And then it says that in Asa's 26th year is when Elah began to reign. In 2 Chronicles 16, verse 1, it says, In the sixth and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, you see Baasha king of Israel. So you're like 36, you're 10 years removed from there. Now, there may be other explanations that people have come up with. I honestly didn't even look up what other people try to say. So I'm not sure what Gil has to say or what Matthew Henry has to say. I'm sure there's other explanations that people may have for this. But this is what I believe is going on here. And we see this, go to 2 Kings 8, we see a co-regency that happens a lot with the kings. Where you have a father that's reigning and then a son is crowned king. And then there's basically this time where they're both technically king. And what I believe, and I'm just going to tell you straight up what I believe. I believe that Baasha reigned for 24 years without a co-regency, without his son reigning with him. And then Elah started reigning and he was still king, Baasha was still king during that time. And there was a 10 year time where basically they were both reigning together. And then Elah reigned for two years by himself. So basically Baasha died and then when it says Elah reigned for two years in Tirzah, that's after Baasha, his father died. That's my explanation for it. It's basically telling you that this is how long Baasha reigned by himself, this is how long Elah reigned by himself. And then there's this overlap where they were both reigning. But I want to show you where this is clearly stated that this happens with Jehoshaphat and Joram. Let's go to 2 Kings 8 and verse 16. 2 Kings 8 and verse 16. It says, In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. So it says Jehoshaphat being the king of Judah, Jehoram his son, began to reign. So there was two kings at the time. This happens with King David and King Solomon. Solomon was crowned king while David was still alive. And sometimes they'll kind of re-coronate the king after the father dies. Just a ceremonial thing. But in a lot of these cases, and what I believe is happening here with Baasha and Elah, his son, is the fact that basically there's a time where they're both reigning. And it doesn't say, I'll say what it doesn't say. It doesn't say Baasha died, did it? Did it say that he died and then Elah began to reign? It doesn't say that in the passage. So sometimes we assume that when Elah, when the next king starts reigning, that the person died. Or they reign to this point and then they die. There's actually other places in the Bible with other kings, which I don't think that this list brings up at all, where you see the king has a disease in his feet and then he's in this several house. You think of Uzziah, right? Uzziah the king became leprous. If you remember the story, he was trying to do the priest's office and his hand became leprous, right? And basically he became a leper. And they had to put him into his own several house or like separate house. And so there's a case where he's still alive but he wasn't really in charge, like his son is the one that took over. And, you know, that's what I believe is going on here. Now there could be another explanation out there, a legitimate explanation that would just blow mine out of the water, you know. But I'll say this, I believe it's a legitimate explanation because you don't see where it's stating like, no, he died. In his 20-some reign, he died, you know. And it was in this reign of Asa, in this year. So, again, you're dealing with co-regencies, you're dealing with when did the reign, when did they start counting the reign? Did they start counting his reign when the person's father was still alive but he was crowned king? Or did they start it when the father died and he was reigning by himself? And a lot of times that's what you'll see. Like Jehoiachin. Jehoiachin was 8 years old or was he 18 years old when he began to reign? Again, he was crowned king when he was 8, he was 18 when his father died, and he reigned for 3 months by himself. You know, that's what's going on in these cases, okay. So, again, I don't want to belabor that because I've kind of already hit that point with this co-regency stuff and how this stuff overlaps. And it depends on when they're counting the reign from. And when you're in kings compared to chronicles, they can be counting it differently as far as when they're starting it or when they're ending it. Are they ending Baash's reign when his son is crowned or are they ending it when he died? You know, and that's the thing where you'll see numbers that maybe don't match up. Now, go to 2 Chronicles chapter 2. 2 Chronicles chapter 2. Again, we made that chart, that king's chart over here. And brother Anthony and I were like going through this list and we were trying to make something very simple. But as you can tell, like when you're dealing with some of these, like when you're going from first king, second kings, and then you go into the chronicles, how it depends and you don't really know exactly when that cutoff point is because you have these co-regencies that are in there. So, when you look at this map, know this is that there's maybe some wiggle room as far as when that starts and stops of those kings, okay. Because a lot of them would, you know, be co-reigning with their father or their son and, you know, there's a little bit of difference in there. But, again, I believe nothing in the Bible is incidental, coincidental, or accidental. I believe the numbers they give in Chronicles, there's a reason why those numbers are given that way. And there's a reason why they're given in the kings the other way. It's different perspectives for different reasons. And you may say, well, what's the reason for that? Well, later on you may know. Maybe later on you'll see that there's some reason, some picture, some allegory, some reason why God has it in there in that way and in that perspective that you don't see right now. There's been many times where I'm like, why is that in there? Why is this in here? And then later on I'm like, thank the Lord that's in there because that really proves a point. You know, it really proves something, you know, solidifies a doctrine, if you will. 2 Chronicles 2, this has to do with how many, okay, now this is what they said, this is their question. How many overseers did Solomon appoint? Okay, so he's building the temple, right, you know the story. Solomon's building the temple. He gets Hyrum and all this stuff to build this temple, you know, to get all the wood and all these different things. All the people that are good and cunning and work and gold and all this stuff. In 2 Chronicles 2 and verse 1 it says, And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out three score and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and four score thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. Okay, so in 2 Chronicles we see that there's three thousand, six hundred to oversee. Okay, so 3,600 overseers, if you will, go to 1 Kings chapter 5, 1 Kings chapter 5. Now as I go through these, you've got to know that what they're going to say here is that there's a different number here. When I go through this and you read this, I want you to try, as we go through this, to pick out what they're missing. Okay, because in a lot of these cases, in most of these cases where you have these different numbers, they're missing a piece to the puzzle of the grammar or what's being said in the passage. Notice what it says here in 1 Kings 5, verse 15, And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bear burdens, and four score thousand hewers in the mountains, beside the chief of Solomon's officers, which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. Do you see what it is? And I think a lot of you can probably see that. So you see three thousand six hundred in 2 Chronicles, three thousand three hundred in 1 Kings. You say, well, where's the other three hundred? Read verse 16 in 1 Kings carefully. Because what did it say in 2 Chronicles? It says that three thousand six hundred to oversee them. So three thousand six hundred to oversee them. Verse 16, beside the chief of Solomon's officers, which were over the work, three thousand three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. See something very, there's three hundred of Solomon's chief officers. So he's basically giving this number that's beside that. Meaning he's like, you kind of think, five thousand, how many people did Jesus feed? You know, with the bread, you know, there's two cases. There's five thousand, then there's four thousand. But it says besides women and children. What does that mean? It means that there's five thousand men. That doesn't include the women and children. So when it says beside the chief of Solomon's officers, he's saying, I'm not including that. That means it's giving you a number that his chief officers were three hundred. Total overseers was three thousand six hundred, but three hundred of those were his chief officers. So I personally like that it gives this information. I personally like that it has a different number because it gives you more information. It tells you, okay, he's got three hundred chief captains. And in one case, it just wasn't trying to get that across. It's just like, hey, he has three thousand six hundred overseers. That's all you need to know, right? The perspective, right? The detail that some books give and some don't. Because they're trying to emphasize something different, okay? If you're trying to emphasize something specifically over here. Let's say you're talking about a certain subject and you're wanting to emphasize this. Are you going to just try to hit on every little detail of what's around it? Or are you going to try to focus in on that? It's like if I'm going to teach on a certain subject and I'm reading a verse. Yeah, I could preach that verse in this manner, in that manner, in this manner. But I'm going to focus in and try to stay this way and not go off on all these tangents. Because if I do, you're going to be like, uh, what were we talking about again? You know? You're like, what's the subject that we're talking about? No, the whole point is that you're supposed to stay on this subject and this is the modus operandi, if you will, that you're trying to get across. So I hope you see that one very clear. Go to 1 Kings chapter seven. 1 Kings chapter seven. So that one, they're just missing the fact that he's excluding the chief captains in that number. That wasn't even hard. I think I had to go to a different verse. That was in the verse. So, this one has to do with the baths that Solomon had. The baths. So, in 1 Kings chapter seven, verse twenty-six, it says this. 1 Kings seven, verse twenty-six, it says, And it was an handbreath thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies. It contained two thousand baths. So, in 1 Kings it says it contained two thousand baths. Go to 2 Chronicles chapter four and verse five. So keep your finger in 1 Kings there so that you can compare these sentences. And whenever you see the so-called contradictions, the first thing you should look at is, is the verse exactly the same? Does it say the exact same thing? Is it using the exact same words? Because if it's not, there might be something in there that's being said differently. So, in 2 Chronicles four and verse five, it says, And the thickest of it was an handbreath, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies. And it received and held three thousand baths. So, it is different, what it says. The one says it contained two thousand baths, the other one says it received and held three thousand baths. So which one is it? Is it two thousand or three thousand? It's saying that it contained, meaning that that's what they would put in there is three thousand baths, but it can hold up to three thousand. It's able to hold three thousand baths, but it contained two thousand baths, meaning that that's what they had in it was two thousand baths. So, it's just telling you that, what's the max capacity? What can it receive? What can it hold? It could be this, that there's three thousand baths, but they only filled two thousand of them. And it's talking about the baths as far as the actual bath part of it, the water or whatever they're putting in there. So it had three thousand baths, but it contained two thousand baths, as far as actually using it and all that. So, see the language is different there. Contained is different than received and held. And it's just stating that, you know what, you can actually have three thousand in there. So, going on from the list here, go to Ezra chapter two. So, what they're going to do here, and you kind of saw where we were going from the Kings to the Chronicles, Kings, Chronicles, Kings, Chronicles. Now they're going to go from Ezra to Nehemiah, Ezra to Nehemiah, Ezra to Nehemiah. And you see a pattern here, like when there's a different account of something, then they're going to try to pick it apart. Just like the Gospels, they're going to do the same thing. They're going to try to pick apart, this is what it says in the Gospel of Matthew, this is what it says in the Gospel of Luke. And which one's right? These are contradictory statements. First thing I want you to realize, before we get into the verses here, you're in Ezra too. Ezra happens before Nehemiah. Now, I'm not saying Nehemiah and Ezra didn't know each other and weren't around each other. But know this, the temple of God was built before the city and the wall were built. The temple was given by decree of Cyrus the Great, Cyrus the Persian. That decree went forth to rebuild the temple. Now if you believe what the Jews said in John 2, that took 40 and 6 years. I'd say it's close to that, I'm not saying that they're completely right, but I'm not going to hold that as a hard number and say it's definitely 46 years because the Jews said it when Jesus was talking to them. But let's say it was probably around 40 to 50 years it took them to build the thing, right? In that time that they're building the temple, or when they get the temple pretty much built, that's when Nehemiah comes on the scene and he's basically sad because basically there's no walls, all the walls are broken down, and the whole city is basically demolished. And Haggai hits on the fact that the temple was built when there's going to be no walls, right? So we know all this to be true. The reason I state that is because in Ezra 2 you're going to see this list of people that were brought back from the captivity, and then in Nehemiah 7 you're going to see this list of people that were brought back from the captivity. But it's not happening at the same time, meaning that what I'm going to say here is that Ezra is the one that's reading off this list, or basically this list of this registry if you will, and Nehemiah is doing this at a different time. Now, Ezra, chapter 2 and verse 1, it says, Now these are the children, and the first one is, and I'm going to get to this, is that there's different, basically they're going to go down every list of like the children of such and such, they're going to say these numbers are different. I'm going to spare you going through every single one of these that they say is different. I'll tell you the names of the persons, but the whole point I'm going to show you here, it's going to be irrelevant that they're different. In Ezra chapter 2 and verse 1 it says, Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those which had been carried away from Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto a city which came with Zerubbabel, And then it goes on to say in verse 6 there, Well when you go to Nehemiah chapter 7, go to Nehemiah chapter 7, when it's talking about the same person, Nehemiah chapter 7 verse 11, Nehemiah chapter 7 verse 11 it says, The children of Payeth Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. So one says two thousand eight hundred and twelve, one says two thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Well look back up at verse 5 of Nehemiah, and like I said, Ezra 2, that's when they're coming back in, they're given this registry because they're building the temple, all this stuff's going on. In Nehemiah, the temple's already built, and they're building the wall, they're building the city, and everything that's attached to that. I want to get to chapter 7 here, because the verse 1 there, I wanted to read verse 1 there, I didn't have it on my notes. It says in verse 1, Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed. So what's the timeline here? The walls have been built, and they're like putting the gates together, all this stuff that's going on. In Ezra chapter 2, what's going on? They're getting ready to build the foundation of the temple. So you're dealing with two different times that this is being read off. But the thing I want you to notice is in verse 5 there, it says, And my God put in my heart to gather together the nobles and the rulers and the people that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first and found written therein. And then it goes through the same list as far as the people and all the stuff that were coming out. But the difference is that in Ezra, you don't see him saying, I found this registry. This register of the genealogy. He just says, this is who came out. So I believe that Nehemiah is reading from a different registry than Ezra is reading from. And that's why you have different numbers. And you say, well, are both true? I believe both are true, but here's the thing. When you take a registry, and this is going to answer another social contradiction, it's only the men that he's taking registry from. Let's say Brother Dave was to take a registry of the people in our church, and I was to take a registry of the people in our church. We may have different numbers based off who we believe is an adult and who's a kid. If you're talking about men, now in the Bible a lot of times men, usually they'd be talking about 20 years old and older. They'd be talking about who's going forth to war. But other people, you may say, well, I think it's 18. I think it's from 18 and up. Because that's legally what people are saying as an adult here. So meaning this is that if you're talking about a registry of men that came out, you may have two different numbers based off who are you taking the number. Who's being taken into this number? Because if you look at both Ezra and Nehemiah, it says the men of the people of Israel. This isn't everybody. It's not saying this is everybody that came out, every single person, man, woman, child. So when you think of Ezra and Nehemiah, what you're dealing with is you're dealing with two different numbers based off two different registries. There was more than one registry. And those registries had to do, I believe, with maybe the age of the person that you're looking at and who's coming in. Now, like I said, you have different numbers. So I was on number 16 on the contradictions. Number 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 is just different people which have different numbers. So you have Zatu, Asgad, Aden, Hashim, Bethel, and Ai. And so they'll basically say, well, see, all these contradict. But if you understand that, hey, well, Nehemiah talks about he found a register of the genealogy. Ezra just says these are the people that came out. Now, I'll say this. It's possible that Nehemiah is wrong because he picked up a registry and just read it off. Because the Bible records things that people do that are wrong. Does that make sense? Ezra, it's the narrator speaking saying this is the people that came out. Whereas you have Nehemiah saying I found this register of the genealogy and this is what it is. That's a possibility as well. I personally don't take that realm. I think that's a possibility that that's the case that he's reading off a different registry. Ezra was right. His has got some, you know, it's not as accurate or whatever. I more so take the count that it's talking about the same and here's why. Their next so-called contradiction, contradiction number 22, is that in both Ezra and Nehemiah, the whole congregation, that number is both the same. So, if you look at Ezra chapter 2 in verse 64, it says the whole congregation together was 42,303 score. And Nehemiah chapter 7 verse 66, the whole congregation together was 42,303 score. So they both have, as a whole, the amount of people that came back the same. The difference is that the men that came back, they had different numbers. Okay, you got it? Now, this could be because the men that came back weren't men in the first registry, right? You got a certain amount of time that's going on there and maybe they were boys when Ezra was talking about it and now they're men. But what they'll say is they'll say, well, okay, this is their so-called contradiction. Ezra, when you count up all those numbers, you come to like 29,818. And Nehemiah is 31,089. And none of them match up with 42,360. Simple answer, he's talking about men, he's not talking about the women and the children and everybody that's in the congregation, okay? And to prove that point, look at Ezra chapter 2 and verse 65. Ezra chapter 2 and verse 65, it says, well, verse 64, just to get context there, it says, the whole congregation together was 42,303 score, besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were 7,337, and there were among them 200 singing men and singing women. So what about the women and children that weren't singing and that weren't maidservants and manservants? That's in that number, that 42,360. So it's actually not that big of a deal when you understand how numbers work and how even counting works and how you count something. We talked about this when we were dealing with the military. How many people are in the military? Well, that really depends on what you're talking about. Are you talking about people that are actually at war or actually, you know, boots on the ground? Are you talking holistically just that are signed up for the military? Are you talking about clerks? Are you talking about people that are actually trained with a weapon? Like, are you talking about valument? You know, so it really depends on what number you want, okay, and what number you're trying to talk about. And so that's why it's silly when you see these numbers and they're, like, counting certain numbers and you got different numbers to just be like, oh, well, that's a contradiction. Now, in the same token in Ezra, it says in Ezra 2 and verse 65, this is number 23 contradiction, it says that there were 200 singers, 200 singing men and singing women, and in Ezra, it says there's 240 and 5 singing men and singing women, okay. Well, maybe there's 45 different people. You know, from Ezra to Nehemiah, there's more people that started singing, first of all, but second of all, let's say that didn't happen. Let's say, you know, you're just talking about when they came in, right, or whatever the case may be. How about this? If I said that there were five people at Mountain Baptist Church today, am I wrong? No. Now, if I said there was only five people at Mountain Baptist Church today, I would be wrong, but if I mention a number that's within a number of the actual number, of the total number, that's not wrong. He didn't say the total number, the total number of singers. He said that there were 200 singing men and singing women. Another place said 245 singing men and women, and again, it depends on what you're talking about as far as what type of singing men and women. Maybe there's 245 just people that's men and women that sing, but then you have 200 of like the elite singers, you know. There's so many different possibilities of why there's two different numbers and what those numbers represent, okay. So again, I don't want you to say, well, what you're saying is definitely right. It could be. I'm just saying that there's a bunch of possibilities of why there's different numbers there, and again, it doesn't say only. It doesn't say there's only 200 singing men and women, and that's it, period, you know. So again, a lot of these are silly, obviously. Go to 2 Chronicles chapter 13, 2 Chronicles chapter 13. I'm going to give you a bonus one that they didn't have in here. No, this one isn't in here, but there's another point that I want to make here. Basically, they say what was the name of King Abijah's mother, okay. So Abiah, in another case it will say Abiah, so we're talking about Rehoboam's son. So Solomon had Rehoboam, which had Abiah, go down the line, okay. But in verse 1 here, so 2 Chronicles 13, verse 1, it says, Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Go to 2 Chronicles chapter 11, 2 Chronicles chapter 11, 2 Chronicles chapter 11. Now this one actually happens within the Chronicles. I've given that one, you know, it's not just between the kings and the Chronicles this time. But, so it says that his mother's name, Abijah's mother's name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. In 2 Chronicles 11, verse 18, it says, And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of Jermoth, the son of Abbahel, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse, which bare him children, Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham, and after he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, which bare him Abijah. So, and you can go through that whole list there. In verse 22, it says, And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maacah the chief, and to be ruler among his brethren, for he thought to make him king, which he did. Okay, so Abijah ends up becoming king. But it says here that his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. Now what they're saying, and here's the thing, people have different names, okay, so that's first of all the case. You think of Matthew and Levi, right, in the New Testament. Matthew the publican, Levi the publican. Which one is it? Both. It's just that Matthew has a name Levi, and a lot of people have multiple names or even surnames. So, but that being said, you know, different names here, but what they'll say, okay, this is what their so-called contradiction is, is that Absalom only had one daughter. Okay, and go to 2 Samuel chapter 14. 2 Samuel chapter 14. They'll say, well, he only had one daughter and it wasn't, it was Tamar. It wasn't Maacah or Maacah or, you know, either one of those forms of the word there. First of all, it doesn't say that it's Absalom the son of David's daughter. Okay, does that make sense? Like, did you know that there's more than one like Jonah, there's more than one like Levi, there's more than one of the same name. So one answer is the fact that you're not even dealing with Absalom the son of David. Okay, you're dealing with another Absalom out there that had a daughter. Okay, we can close our Bibles and go home with that one, but let's just say it's Absalom. Okay, it's Absalom the son of David, let's just give it to them. And their argument is that, well, Absalom only had one daughter. Well, in verse 23, so in 2 Samuel 14 verse 23, it says, So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. And the king said, Let him turn to his own house and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house and saw not the king's face. And you know this story, he kills his brother because his brother, you know, raped his sister, you know, and that whole story that's going there. So you can't really like be that, feel that bad for, I mean you feel kind of bad for Absalom a little bit, but all that to say is that he's in exile and then he brings him back, but David says, I don't want to see his face. Okay, then Absalom burns down Joab's field and you know that whole story there. So, but notice verse 27, he comes back, David's like, I don't want to see his face. And he's in Jerusalem and it says in verse 27, And unto Absalom there were born three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of a fair countenance. Does it say that that's all the children he had? No, it says there, when he was there. That's when he bare three sons and one daughter and his daughter's name was Tamar. So it doesn't say that he only had one daughter, it's just saying that when he was there, he had a daughter named Tamar. He had three sons. And so, see how silly that is because they're trying to, they're trying to basically make it say something it's not. It doesn't say that he only had one daughter. And that's what they're trying to say. He only had one daughter and it wasn't, and it was Tamar, it wasn't Maacah. Oh, maybe he had more than one daughter and it was just at a different place, right? He wasn't there because he didn't stay there where he was at. He burned down Joab's field and then eventually he, you know, well he ended up trying to take over the kingdom and then he dies, right? But there's things that happened in between that as far as Absalom and he could have had other children besides that. Now here's my bonus one. This one wasn't on the list. I'm surprised it's not on, actually I'm not that surprised. Because sometimes I feel like we could find better contradictions than these people that don't believe the Bible and don't read the Bible all the time, right? But if you're reading the Bible all the time, there's going to be certain things that are going to be like trying to figure out how it fits or what's going on. Go to 2 Samuel chapter 18. So you saw that Absalom had three sons and one daughter when he was there, right? When he was there, when he came back from Ezekiel. And in 2 Samuel chapter 18, in verse 18, notice what it says. This is when Absalom dies, right? His head gets caught up in the oak, right? And remember Joab comes and thrusts him through and he dies and all this stuff that goes on with that. But notice in verse 18. So 2 Samuel chapter 18 verse 18. Now Absalom, in his lifetime, had taken and reared up for himself a pillar which is in the Kingsdale. For he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own name and it is called unto this day Absalom's place. Now what I've heard, which wasn't on this list, but what I've heard people say with this is they'll say, well, the Bible says that he has three sons and over here it's saying he doesn't have any son. Is that what it said? Did it say that he never had a son? Or did it say I have no son to keep my name in remembrance? You know what? Well, just tragically you know that this can happen where you can have children and they die before they have children themselves. And what I believe happened was Absalom had sons but they didn't have any progenitors. Basically his name ended with them. And so it shows you maybe a little tragedy with Absalom that maybe he lost those sons at a young age or at a age before they would maybe marry and have children and basically he didn't have any progenitors. He didn't have any grandchildren that were carrying on his name. But it doesn't say that he didn't have any son. It just says he has no son to carry on his name. That doesn't mean he didn't have sons before that that maybe tragically passed away. And so that's a bonus one that wasn't on the list. So put it as 102 contradictions that we're debunking. But going on from that, go to Joshua chapter 10. And I know we're going through different subjects and all this stuff. But I want to give you different ways on how you answer this stuff. And this is definitely a Bible study. And maybe it's a little deep in some cases because in a lot of these cases I think if you really know the story, it's going to really click a lot more than if maybe you're not familiar with the story that's going on when you're looking at it. But also I don't want to spend like 100 sermons on this topic. I'm going to get bored with it. So I'm going to try to pack in as much as I can. We're going to get through hopefully 27 of these. We're on 20. This is 25. And so I want to try to get through these. And some are going to be more interesting than others. Some are going to be boring. But the point is I said I was going to go through it and I want to be a man of my word and we're going to go through them all. So you're coming with me because that's what I said I was doing. So in Joshua chapter 10 and verse 23, this is the assertion. The assertion is did Joshua capture Jerusalem or not? Did he destroy it or not? Or did he capture it or not? Or did he overtake it or not? And this one is kind of ridiculous because it just doesn't say anything like what they're trying to say. They're basically saying in one place it says that he completely annihilated everything that breathed and in another place that the Jebusites remain unto this day and they couldn't drive them all out. That's essentially what they're saying. So in Joshua chapter 10 and verse 23 here, Joshua 10 and verse 23 it says, And they did so and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. Verse 26, And afterward Joshua smote them and slew them and hanged them on five trees, and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. So after Ai, you remember that there was the league that the Gibeonites came and they tricked Joshua into thinking they were from a long, far country and they made a league with them. Well, basically these kings got in league with each other and said, You know what? We're going to go after Gibeah for doing this, for making this league with them. And then Joshua comes in, this is the story where the sun stands still for the whole day, all that. And basically he destroys all these kings. This is the battle of the five kings, he destroys them all in the end. So in verse, well go to chapter 15 first. Chapter 15 and verse 63, because this is where they're saying that there's a contradiction. In Joshua 15 verse 63, it says, As for the Jebusites and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. Okay, so when you're reading chapter 15, you see, okay, well not everybody is driven out of Jerusalem. And if you remember, Jerusalem was called Jebus before that, and that's where you get Jebusite. Okay, so that's where the Jebusites come in, why they were dwelling there, because it used to be called Jebus, and then they renamed Jerusalem. Go back to Joshua chapter 10, and look at verse, I guess I'm going to have to read this out of context so that you can see what their point is, because if I read these two verses, you're going to say, What's the confrontation? Okay, so I'm going to try to read this as if I'm like this Muslim guy trying to say the Bible is incorrect. Okay, verse 39, And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein, he left none remaining. Alright, don't read anything before or after that, okay? Now that's not even like a whole sentence, but that's what they're saying. They're saying this is Jerusalem, and that this is, that the fact that, well over here it says he destroyed everything that breathed, and none was remaining, and then over in chapter 15, there were still inhabitants that the Jebusites were staying there. Alright, now step back and actually read it. Verse 38, And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Deber. What in the world? Deber. And fought against it, and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein, he left none remaining as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Deber, and to the king thereof, as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. Like, I'm looking at it as like, what? We're not even talking about the same place. So, he's saying in Deber, and if you look at context here, you're talking about like the hills, and in verse 40, it says, So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and of all their kings. He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. Nowhere is that mentioning Jerusalem at all. You're talking about Deber. It was very clear to say that that was Deber. And you say, well, talk about Heshbon, you know, or, I'm sorry, Hebron. If you don't know that Hebron and Jerusalem are two different places, okay, then you're not going to understand why they're making a distinction between David's reign. Okay, David reigned seven years in Hebron, and 33 years in Jerusalem, and if that's the same place, that would be really superfluous to say that. Like, why are you saying there's a difference? It's the same place. So Hebron and Jerusalem are clearly different places. Deber and Hebron are clearly different places. And Deber and Jerusalem are clearly different places. So, yeah, not a contradiction. But you see how context matters? You know, and that's what a lot of people do. We went through that atheist list. You remember that they would have ellipsis? Boom, here's what they're trying to say, ellipsis. It's like, where are we at? Like, who are you talking about? What are you talking about? So context is always the first thing you should be looking for with these. And then I'm going to do two of these, and then we'll wrap it up. Two more of these. So go to Matthew chapter 1, Matthew chapter 1. So there's going to be this whole list, I think down to 33 or 35 or something like that, that deal with the fact that they don't realize that Matthew 1 and Luke 3 are two different genealogies. Okay? This is a very common one that people that don't believe the Bible or people that are trying to discredit the Bible, they'll say, well, the genealogy in Matthew and Luke are given different names, all this stuff. It's like, yeah, it's two different genealogies. Now, look what it says in Matthew chapter 1. So we're talking about the genealogy of Jesus, okay? Matthew 1, verse 16, it says, And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Now, if you start at the very beginning, it's Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and it goes all the way down to Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Okay? Now go to Luke chapter 3, Luke chapter 3 and verse 23. Luke chapter 3 and verse 23. Actually, how I explain this is perfect because I have my father-in-law here today. So I actually have my dad and my father-in-law here to explain exactly how this works. Okay? In Luke 3 and verse 23, it says, And then it goes through this whole genealogy all the way back to Adam. Okay? Now, these are two different genealogies, with one is dealing with Joseph and one is dealing with Mary. Now, that's why you'll see all these different names. He's like, well, who is Joseph's father? Heli or Jacob? And I'm not going to say, well, they just have the same name and they have different names. No, this is clearly a different genealogy. Now, which one is Joseph's actual genealogy? Well, it has to be Matthew 1 because it's talking about Jacob begat Joseph. In Luke, you don't see that it says Heli begat Joseph, does it? It says that he was the son of Heli. So, my dad's here and my father-in-law's here. My dad begat me. I was begotten of Joe Robinson. I was not begotten of Barry Kerr. But, I am the son of Barry Kerr. Why? Because I married his daughter and he's my father-in-law, right? So, when you look at Luke 3, 23, I love this because, first of all, it says, being as was supposed the son of Joseph. So, it's basically saying, they thought he was the son of Joseph, but he wasn't the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli. That's not wrong to say. Because he was married to Mary and Mary's father was Heli, but technically, by law, by law, Heli was the father of Joseph. I'm not the type of person to call Brother Barry dad. I just can't do that. I know there's people that do that, where they'll just call their in-laws, like mom and dad. I know. I can't do it. I love Barry and I love Michelle. I usually call them brother and all that because we're all brothers in Christ. Obviously, I have respect for my father-in-law, but I just can't say that. But, technically, on writing, in paper, on law, he's my father-in-law, right? And then my dad is obviously my father because he begat me. So, when you're looking at this list, what you're seeing is Mary's genealogy. Now, think about this. We could say, well, why doesn't it just say Mary, the daughter of Heli? Well, think about how you'd have to do that. Let's say you said Mary, the daughter of Heli. How would you go to the next father? Think about how you progress back, right? It's the son of, the son of, the son of, the son of, the son of. How do you go from Mary, the daughter of Heli, to the son of so-and-so, right? Do you see how the idea is that it's supposed to be the daughter that goes back, you know? So, the son, like, basically Joseph is begotten by Jacob. Well, you can trace that all the way back to Abraham begat Joseph, essentially. All the way down the line, you go through all these begats. But, just on how you would do a genealogy, you don't do it. You don't switch between daughter and son, daughter and son, daughter and son. You know, you go through that line by that way, okay? And so, that is one that is commonly used. And this one has, like, through this, through that misunderstanding of the fact that you're dealing with Mary's genealogy and not Joseph's genealogy. Because notice how careful it is in Matthew to say that Jacob begat Joseph, who was the husband of Mary, who had given, I'm going to misquote it now, in verse, of whom was born Jesus. So, Mary is of whom Jesus was born, right? But it doesn't say that Joseph begat Jesus, did it? It's very careful. And in Luke, it's very careful to say that Jesus was as it was supposed, right? The son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli. So, now if it would have gone, Heli begat Joseph, then I would, and you went through this whole begat from Adam, then that would be hard. I'd be like, because the big things you run into is which son of David, and the last one I'm going to show you here, go to Matthew 1 and verse 6, is which son of David did Jesus come from? And notice what it says in verse 6. So, Matthew 1 and verse 6 says, And Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah. And it goes down the line, and it's going through this kingly line. Luke chapter 3 and verse 31, it says, Nathan was the son of David. If you look up all the sons of David, Nathan was one of those sons. Nathan is mentioned here, not Solomon. You see a clear, when you go back from Nathan, all that's the same. Like you go back from Nathan to David, to obviously Jesse, to Obed, Boaz, that all goes back from there. But where you see the deviation is in Nathan. Because in Matthew 1, you're going from Solomon and going down, and in Luke, you're basically going from Nathan all the way down. And they're saying that's a contradiction, but not if you understand that Mary, this genealogy is Mary. Now, why is this important? Because Matthew 1 is the genealogy of Joseph, but none of that blood is running through Jesus' veins, right? Because Joseph was not a physical parent of Jesus. The blood that was running through Jesus' veins is from the line that's mentioned in Luke, which is Mary's lineage. There's going to be another reason for why that's important when you get to another so-called contradiction. It's actually important that you understand that Luke 3 is where Jesus gets his lineage from. But here's the thing. Did it ever say that Jesus needed to be the son of Solomon? Show me where it says that Jesus, or the Christ, would be the son of Solomon. Actually, didn't Jesus bring up a point? Why do they call him the son of David? The son of David, the son of David, the son of David. It's always about David, and in both genealogies, don't you see he's the son of David? Okay? So, it's not like it messes up anything when it comes to that, because Jesus is the son of David. Okay? Physically, and even if you were to look at it, like, stepfather-wise, right? That by law, you know, through Joseph, he's the son of David and through the kingly line. So, I'm going to stop at that. I have some other ones on here, but I don't want to go too far with that. But, yeah, so, some of these, you know, they basically stick in one spot, and they just kind of harp on all these so-called contradictions, and it's all based off of a false assumption. But, again, why do we want to go through this, or why do I want to go through this? One, I want to show that there is no contradiction in the Bible. Okay? With the atheist so-called contradiction list, and with this 101 so-called contradiction list with the Muslims, listen, there is no contradiction in the Bible. Every word of God is pure. It all fits together, and it's not like we're just, you know, like, we have this book that has all these holes in it. No, it's perfect. And, you know, the study that showed thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. When someone brings up a question like this, wouldn't you rather have an answer to it than maybe say, I don't know how to answer that, and feel maybe a little ashamed that you don't have an answer. Okay? And my goal is that I always have an answer. I don't always have an answer, but that's my goal. Okay? So, let's end with a word of prayer, and don't forget we're going to have baptism afterwards. So, you can move around and stuff like that, obviously, but then we're going to get the baptistry ready and all that. So, let's end with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today. Thank you for your word, and thank you for a perfect word of God that we have that we can trust. And, Lord, just help us to understand any hard passages where things may look like they don't match up. And, Lord, help us to understand it. And, ultimately, Lord, that we will use it for your glory, and that we use it to see more people saved, and to obviously be a great witness for you. And, Lord, we love you, and pray also in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. So, Brother Dave will come and sing one more song, and then, again, you can move around and everything. And, if you have to leave, you can, but we're going to have baptism shortly after. All right, song 206 in your songbook. Song 206. We'll sing, Oh, Say But I'm Glad. And, if you would stand, we'll sing song 206. There is a song in my heart today Something I've never had Jesus has taken my sins away Oh, say but I'm glad Oh, say but I'm glad I'm glad Oh, say but I'm glad Jesus is coming My cup's over on Oh, say but I'm glad