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Heavenly Father, we just want to thank you, God, for today. Thank you, God, for the souls that were saved. Thank you, God, for Mountain Baptist Church and just that it stands on your word and does not waver. I pray, Lord, that you would just fill our paths with your power and spirit. Be with them tonight. In Jesus' name we ask all of it. Amen. You may be seated and turn in your song books to a song that I know. Song 146. We'll sing A Shelter in the Time of Storm. Song 146. The Lords are rock and hem we hide A shelter in the time of storm Secure whatever ill be tied A shelter in the time of storm Oh, Jesus is a rock in the weary land A weary land, a weary land Oh, Jesus is the rock in the weary land A shelter in the time of storm A shade by day, defense by night A shelter in the time of storm No fears alarm, no foes affright A shelter in the time of storm Jesus is a rock in a weary land A weary land, a weary land Oh, Jesus is the rock in a weary land A shelter in the time of storm The raging storms may round us feet A shelter in the time of storm We'll never leave our safe retreat A shelter in the time of storm Oh, Jesus is the rock in a weary land A weary land, a weary land Oh, Jesus is the rock in a weary land A shelter in the time of storm Oh, rock divine, oh refuge dear A shelter in the time of storm Be thou our helper ever near A shelter in the time of storm Oh, Jesus is the rock in a weary land A weary land, a weary land Oh, Jesus is the rock in a weary land A shelter in the time of storm Amen. Welcome back to Mount Baptist Church on this Sunday afternoon. And just some announcements, but I also want to get the soul winning numbers in for the week. So, I think today we had four total. You guys had two, we had one. Brother Shane, Anthony had one. We had four, and then this week, do we have any this week? One this week? Okay. Are there any others? One on Tuesday? So five, or six. Six total? Does that sound right? Alright, so, um, good job with soul winning. And, let me get this written down. I can't multitask. And, we're not going to have a baptism, well, unless someone else needs to baptize, but the gentleman I got saved last week sent a message that not to give hope, he wants to come, and all that stuff, but couldn't make it today. So, um, so yeah, just be in prayer for that. You know, obviously with soul winning that, you know, we can get him in and get him baptized and all that stuff too. But, keep up the good work with the soul winning, and general church announcements. Everything is the same as this morning. All church times are the same. So, we're going through the book of Galatians. We'll be in chapter five this week on Wednesday. And, our Bible memory for the month is Galatians chapter four. Our verse memory for the week is 2 Corinthians 12, 10. Remember, if you memorize any of these verses of the week, you get a piece of candy for that. And then, upcoming events, we have the men's prayer meeting at the end of the month. We have the Lord's Supper for that Sunday. So, August 29th there, after the afternoon service. And, then we have the soul winning marathon in Moundsville, September 11th, our anniversary on September 12th, and the retreat at the end of September. So, and then, I think we've got all the birthdays and everything, anniversaries, and then pregnancies, just being prayer for all the ladies on the pregnancy list. Besides that, I think we need to find a different place for that foosball table, because it is just not a good place for that. So, we've got to find some place to put it. But, I'll say this, any time that there's no, like parents need to be around when, if any kids are on that, because those things that come out and they're bouncing all over the place, we don't want to have like some toddler, some child that's like right at that eye height, that you get whacked by one of those things. So, we need to definitely be monitoring that. Obviously, I wasn't here when anybody was playing it, but I just imagine that there could be injuries there. So, besides that, I think that's about all I got for announcements. Just being prayer for the church building situation, that meeting with a realtor tomorrow to look at the space that's over here. I don't know how that's going to work out, because it's just not, I don't know if it's going to be enough space, but we're going to look at it, feel it out, but then just get with them, and hopefully they can find us a space that will work, if that one doesn't work. Big thing is we need bathrooms. We need more than two bathrooms. So, even if this space works out space-wise for the auditorium, we've got to have the ability to put in another bathroom, at least one more, but I'd like to have, well here's what I'd like to have. I'd like to have two bathrooms that have multiple stalls, and two bathrooms that are single stall. So, to make it easier and all that, so we don't have lines. But being prayer for that, obviously we just want to have a place that we can meet and have enough space and all that. So, that's that. That's all I got for announcements. Is anybody reading tonight? Alright, I'll be reading Matthew 28, and Brother Dave's going to sing one more song, and then we'll get into the sermon. Alright, take your song books and turn to song 147. Song 147, we'll sing Leaning on the Everlasting Arm, song 147. What a fellowship, what a joy divine Leaning on the everlasting arms What a blessedness, what a peace is mine Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way Leaning on the everlasting arms Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms What have I to dread, what have I to fear Leaning on the everlasting arms I have blessed peace with my Lord so near Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms Alright, take your Bibles and turn to Matthew, chapter number 28, Matthew chapter number 28, and we'll have our pastor read that for us. Alright, find your places in Matthew chapter 28, if you find your places say amen, and I'll read the whole chapter here. Starting there in verse 1, it says, In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow, and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became his dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye see Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen. As he said, Come see the place where the Lord lay, and go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead, and behold he goeth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him, lo I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold Jesus met them, saying, All hail! And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid, go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and secure you. So they took the money, and did as they were taught, and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted, and Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Let's open with a word of prayer today. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today, and just pray that you be with me as I preach this message. And Lord, just pray that you be with those that are listening to hear and to understand. And Lord, just pray that you fill me with your spirit in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. So you're there in Matthew chapter 28, and the reason I picked this chapter, because we're going through the kind of the tail end of these supposed contradictions of the Bible, is that a lot of these ones that are supposed contradictions are dealing with the resurrection story and what was going on at that time. And so a lot of these are really silly, and a lot of these are just, you know, just trying to find contradictions really in it. But we're on number 84, and we're going to get to 92, and then so hopefully I'll have just one more sermon after this. And we'll be done with the 101. But you know what I said I was going to do it? I'm going to do it. So I said I'd go through every single one, and I'm going to go through every single one, whether it's painful or not. But the idea is that obviously none of these are contradictions. It's just a misunderstanding of what's being said, or just false assumptions that are being made. So number 84, it says, what was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb? And this is, I'm just reading what they're saying the contradiction is. It says to anoint Jesus' body with spices, B, to see the tomb. Nothing about spices here. I'm just reading to you what they say. And then C, for no specific reason, in this gospel the wrapping with spices had been done before the Sabbath. So it's basically saying in Mark and Luke, it was to anoint the body of Jesus. Matthew 28 doesn't mention anything about spices, therefore it must not have happened. Do you get what I'm getting here? Just because it doesn't mention it in Matthew 28 doesn't mean that they didn't actually anoint his body with spices. The whole point of having different gospels is to show you different things that were going on at the same exact time. But you know what? It could be the fact that, well, you could put them all together and say, well, they came to the tomb to see Jesus, or to see the tomb, and to anoint his body, and in other places it just doesn't mention it. So this is silly to say that, but go to Mark chapter 16, or the year of Matthew 28, look at verse 1 there. It says, in the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. Well, case in point, shut my mouth, they didn't have spices with them. Did it say they came without spices, or they came not to anoint his body? And that it's already been done, so therefore they don't need to do it anymore? Now in John, if you remember, John 20, it says that, you know, basically they came with the spices that they had prepared. And then it talks about in chapter 19 that Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea anointed his body and wrapped it, right? But then the women came later, you know, on the first day of the week to anoint his body and all that. And so that's why it's just so ridiculous to say that these are contradictory. So basically, if you go to, like, Mark 16 and Luke 24, it's just basically, you know, stating that they anointed his body, you know, they came to anoint his body. So in Mark 16, verse 1, it says, and when the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him. And Luke 24, 1, it says, now upon the first day of the week, very literally in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared and certain others with them. So, yeah, Matthew 28 and Luke 20, you know, doesn't mention the spices, but it doesn't mean it's not there. And so that's a supposed contradiction. It's because one gospel just doesn't mention that they brought spices or that they came to anoint the body. It's because each gospel has a specific thing it's trying to get across, and obviously, dealing with Matthew 28, it's not trying to get across that they came there to anoint his body with spices. Okay, it's just that's not what the point that they're trying to get across in the story. And so, yeah, that doesn't, that's not a contradiction. It's just information that's told, more information is told in some of the gospels than others. Okay, so number 85, it says, a large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the stone when the women arrived? So what they're going to try to say here is that in Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20, when they got there, the stone was already rolled away. Okay, what they're going to say is that in Matthew 28, it wasn't rolled away until they got there. Okay, well let's read this, and I want you to read it carefully, because I want you to, I want to see if that's actually what it says. Now, I'll say this, I didn't check the other versions, so maybe in the other versions it does say something like that, because as I've seen, like some of these contradictions, they're not really contradictions in the King James at all. It's just because another version says something differently, like the rising of the sun, it says that the sun had already risen, that's not what the King James Bible says. But in Matthew 28, verse 1, it says, in the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, to the sepulcher. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. Now, does it say that they saw this angel of the Lord that descended? Did they say that they saw the stone rolled away? It's just stating facts, that they came to see the sepulcher. It didn't say that they were at the sepulcher. Does that make sense? It says they came, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, to see the sepulcher. So they're coming to see the sepulcher, but obviously as they were going, there was this earthquake that happened, and by the time they got there to the sepulcher, it was already rolled away. So nowhere does it say that they saw the stone rolled away, or they even saw the angel of the Lord descending and saw the stone rolled away by that. So it just goes on to say His countenance was like lightning, and His raiment white as snow, and obviously they're telling them that Jesus isn't there. But it doesn't say that they saw this happen. So the other accounts are true, this is just stating how it got rolled away. And it's just stating the fact that this is how the stone was rolled away. The angel of the Lord descended, with a great earthquake, rolled the stone away. And the other gospels are telling you that, hey, this happened before they got there. Before they got there, this is when all this took place. So I'm glad that's in there, that it's stating that, because it tells you how it happened. How did it roll away? Now, number 86. So I might be breezing through these, to be honest with you. You may get out of here really early, because a lot of these are dealing with this story of the resurrection. And I've heard these same type of so-called contradictions. Basically what they're doing is they're taking the four gospels, they're seeing something that's said differently, or there's more information than other ones, and they're like, see, contradiction. So if it doesn't say exactly the way it says in another gospel, then it's a contradiction. Like I said, why not just have one gospel then at that point? What's the point of four gospels if you're just going to say the exact same thing? That wouldn't make any sense at all. I mean, with that logic, you'd have to say, well, you know what, the story of the good Samaritans only in Luke, therefore it didn't happen. It's a contradiction because John doesn't mention it, Matthew doesn't mention it, and Mark doesn't mention it. Therefore it never happened. Or it's a contradiction. Did it happen or didn't it happen? I mean, that's the logic they're using, isn't it? So yeah, there are some stories that are mentioned throughout, like the feeding of the 5,000. That's in every gospel, by the way. But the feeding of the 4,000 isn't. Contradiction. Did he feed the 4,000 or didn't he feed the 4,000? So it's silly because just because you don't put certain information in a gospel doesn't mean it didn't happen or negates the other gospels where it says it did happen. Now, number 86 here, it says, did anyone tell the women what happened to Jesus' body? So they say yes, a young man in a white robe, two men, they say in dazzling apparel. They're definitely using the King James Version there, right? And it says, later described as angels, and it says angel, the one who rolled back the stone. So in Mark 16 and Luke 24, in each case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead. And then they say here, no, Mary met no one and returned saying, they have taken away the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid him. So what they're going to say here is that there's a story here, and what you have to understand about this, just to give you a brief on this, they're going back and forth to this sepulcher more than once. There's not just one going to the sepulcher coming back and giving information. There's like a lot of back and forth, where they're running back telling their disciples, then they come back, and then they come back, and there's a lot of back and forth that's going on, and so this is where they're trying to find a contradiction, because you don't know which going back and forth you're at. Are you at the very beginning when they first came to the sepulcher, or are you at the end when they came back and forth to the sepulcher? So what they're going to say here is that, well, Mary, Magdalene that is, comes back and says that, you know, in one place it says Mary comes back and says that we don't know where the Lord lay, you know, someone's taken the Lord, we don't know where he's at. In another place, it'll say, you know, the Lord has risen and they're telling the disciples that. Well, let's look at these two passages. Okay, look at John chapter 20 and verse 1. John chapter 20 and verse 1. Okay, so in verse 1 it says, The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher. And she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. Okay, so who does she say this to? To all the disciples, or just the two? So we see that she says it to Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, we're talking about John. So we're talking about Peter and John that she says this to. Okay, verse 3 it says, Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. So they, it says, they ran both together, and the other disciple, and you have the whole story about them running to the sepulcher. Okay, go to Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter 24, let's see if it's the same, okay? It says in Luke 24 and verse 8, it says, And they remembered his words, and returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. Now, is this just Mary Magdalene? Or is this other women? Well let's see, verse 10, It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles, and their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulcher, and you have the whole story there. So what's going on here is that John is showing us more about Mary Magdalene, and if you know John 20, it's really a lot about Mary Magdalene. And I'm going to show you that the Bible is going to explicitly say that Mary Magdalene is the first that sees Jesus. Okay, the first one to see Jesus risen from the dead is Mary Magdalene. And the thing is that what happens here is that she comes back, tells John and Peter, we don't know where they've laid him, they've taken him away, and then as a group, the ladies with Mary Magdalene are telling everybody, this is what we heard, this is what the angel said, that he's risen from the dead. So is it possible that out of a group of women, there's some that are doubting? And I believe Mary Magdalene was doubting whether he actually rose from the dead, meaning that it doesn't mean that she didn't hear what was said, and didn't hear them say that he's risen from the dead. But you know what, even if you think about the other ones that heard that he was risen from the dead, they're on the road to Emmaus, they're like, yes, the third day since these things have happened, and then Jesus had to basically rebuke them saying, don't you know the scriptures, that this should be the case? And so I believe what we see here is that when the women saw these angels saying to them, hey, he's risen from the dead, Mary Magdalene was not convinced. Mary Magdalene went back and told two of the disciples, two of the top disciples, John and Peter, that they've taken away our Lord and we don't know where he's at. Later on, she's going to go back with them when they run back there, and then she's going to say the same thing to Jesus himself, because she doesn't realize it's him, thinks it's the gardener, and says, if you know where they put my Lord, I'll take him away. So she's still thinking someone had to have taken him. And so Mary Magdalene, obviously, out of that group of women, and here's the thing, if you say that a group of women came up and told the 11 this, it's not necessarily all of them speaking at once and saying that, it's just as a whole, this group is saying, hey, this is what was said, he's risen from the dead, and all that. So you obviously have two different groups of people that are talking. Mary Magdalene spoke to them directly, to the two disciples directly, and as a group, she was in that group that said to them that he's risen from the dead, but you kind of see from John that, hey, she wasn't saying that she believed that. Obviously, she was doubting in it and thinking that someone may have taken him away and that he wasn't actually risen from the dead. So number 87 here, it says, when did Mary Magdalene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how did she react? So you'll say, well, Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from their first and only visit to the tomb. Again, that's an assumption, isn't it? Does it say that they only went back once and that the women were only there once? It never says that. So here's the problem with contradictions. People that try to put contradictions, they put in their own assumptions that are not validated by what the Bible says. So it doesn't say that was their first and only visit to the tomb. That's ridiculous. The thing is that Mary clearly went back to the tomb because in John 20, she comes back when Peter and John are running back to the sepulcher, and that's when she sees Jesus in the garden. Now, basically what it's going to say here is that, well, did she see him when it was with the other women or was it when she saw him in the garden, thinking he was the gardener in the garden? Well, first of all, go to Mark 16 and verse 9. I want to show this very clearly that Mary Magdalene is the first person to see Jesus resurrected, or the first person that he appeared to. This is important because it's going to show you a timeline. It's going to tell you whether John 20 happens before Matthew 28. The thing is that Matthew 28 is a very short chapter. It's only 20 verses. There's a lot of things that happen between verse 1 and verse 20 that are in Luke and the road to Emmaus, all these different things that are going on that aren't mentioned that are also in other gospels. So the wrong thing to think is that this all just happened in short order and all this stuff is going down. But Mark 16 and verse 9 says, Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast seven devils. Out of whom he had cast seven devils. So it's very clear the Bible is stating that Mary Magdalene is the first person in which Jesus appeared to. Now keep that in mind when you understand, well, when did Jesus appear first? Well, the Bible says he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. Singular, Mary Magdalene. But here's why. Because you say, well, okay, it says he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, but there could have been other people there with her. Obviously that would still be true. But here's why I believe it's first. Go to John chapter 20. John chapter 20, this is very important details. I preached on this when I was talking about the blood of sprinkling and talking about that the blood saves and just the element of the blood of Christ in our salvation. And how we're saved by the blood and how he sprinkled it on the mercy seat. And this is a very important point about this. Notice in John 20 and verse 16, this is after the whole running back and forth with Peter and John. In verse 16 it says, Jesus saith unto her, Mary, she turned herself and saith unto him, Roboni, which is the same master. So she thought it was the gardener. Do you know where they've taken my Lord? And then he just says her name and she recognizes his voice. And then in verse 17, Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But I go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and to your Father and to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had spoken these things unto her. Now what's very important about this and how you know this is definitely the first time is because he says don't touch me. Now I preached a whole sermon on this and why that would be the case because the high priest could not be touched with any dead body when he would take the blood and pass the veil and sprinkle it on the mercy seat. Jesus is the high priest forever after he went to Melchizedek and he took his own blood into the temple made without hands and that he might obtain eternal redemption for us all. And the idea there is that he had not gone up to the Father yet. At this point he had risen from the dead but he had not gone into the holiest of holies or the holiest of all and basically taken his blood and sprinkled it on the mercy seat. Then go to Matthew chapter 28. So do you see here? She wasn't allowed to touch him. It says, Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. Matthew chapter 28 and verse 9, it says, And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail! And they came and held him by the feet and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid, go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. So which one happened first? Clearly Mark 16 is right when it says that he appeared to Mary Magdalene first because Mary saw him before he had ascended up to the Father. The rest are seeing him after that because now he can be touched. So that shows you that, hey, there's a period of time where he went up to the Father, sprinkled his blood on the mercy seat, came back down, and then when Mary Magdalene was with the other ladies, she sees him again with the other ladies. And I preached on that because I preached on a sermon on the road to Emmaus and kind of how some of these things are happening kind of like simultaneously and that's why there's other Gospels, meaning that this would be kind of hard to be like, all right, now at the same time that story happened right there, Jesus appeared over here and he was doing this. Because they're all coming together saying Simon saw them, the women saw them, and then these two men coming back from Emmaus are like, we saw them too and they're like all talking about this and different Gospels are picking up those stories. So it's very clear Mary Magdalene saw him first when she was in the garden. He had not ascended yet. Then, guess what? There must have been another time that the women came back to the sepulcher, okay, than the first time. And that's what Matthew 8, 9 is talking about. Now, I know that those happened very close to the first time they went, okay. But again, you know what? There's a lot of gap between a lot of information there. So, I mean, think about it. They're already in Galilee and he's preaching to them. They went to the mountain on Galilee that was appointed unto them. By the time you get to the verse like 18 and 19 and 20, you know, there had to have been some time that took place there. So that being said, you know, there's no contradiction. It's just the fact that they're trying to just try to take all these stories that are showing a lot of information that are going on around the same time and people are going back and forth and they're basically looking at this where they've been going back and forth and trying to say, well, that's over here. That's over here at the beginning. No, it doesn't say it was at the beginning and all that. So it's fun, honestly, to look at these stories and see how it does happen chronologically, you know what I mean? I'm not saying like that. I think that's a fun thing to do. And I kind of did that and I forget. It had to do with the timeline of the resurrection or something like that. You know the one thing I hate about losing the YouTube channel is I can't go back and see what I've already preached. So sometimes I'm like, I need to preach on this. Did I already preach on that? I'll type in the words on my YouTube channel and be like, yes, I've already preached on that. How long ago was that? Four years ago. All right, we can do that again. It's like, last week. All right, can't do that now. So that being said, I'm pretty sure that I tried to go through the whole timeline from the resurrection down through the line and I kind of hit this at nauseum. I would say to look it up, but it's not up there right now. So eventually maybe we'll get it back up. It may be on SoundCloud, though, because I was putting stuff up as MP3s. But that being said, I kind of go at nauseum through this and try to put everything in its order as far as the way it should go. Now, number 89 here, it says, when did the disciples return to Galilee? So again, we're going to have some false assumptions. It says immediately because when they saw Jesus in Galilee, some doubted. Well, shut my mouth. I mean, that's why they came there immediately because there were people there that doubted? How about they doubted even way after that? How about John 21 is all about them not really having a lot of faith in what they should be doing because they're going fishing when they should be doing the work of God. But let's see if that's the case. Let's see if there's any indication that it tells you a timeline when they went to Galilee. In Matthew 28 and verse 16, it says this. It says, then the 11 disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them, and when they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. Does it say anything about they did this immediately that day? The day that he rose from the dead, they went into Galilee. It doesn't say anything like that. He's assuming that because there were people that doubted, it had to have been immediately because later on, all those doubts were taken away when he appeared to Thomas and all that stuff. And remember that he doubted, and he's telling them to thrust his hand through his side and all that stuff. Listen, people doubted even after that. So this idea of just because it says some doubted means that that had to have been early on or very early from everything else that's going on isn't the case. Because they'll say, well, after at least 40 days, because the disciples were still in Jerusalem in Luke 24, 3, Jesus appeared unto them and all that, 40 days, that's when they were in Jerusalem. It says, go into Jerusalem. When he's in Galilee, he's like, remain in Jerusalem until you're a dude with power from on high. And so I don't get what they're really saying here that they didn't go into Galilee until 40 days later because they're supposed to still remain in Jerusalem. So you're telling me that they couldn't have gone to Galilee before that and then come back to Jerusalem? Now, once they're in Jerusalem, they can't leave Jerusalem. They were in Galilee when he said to stay in Jerusalem. Anyway, they were in Jerusalem. He says, stay here until you're a dude with power. And obviously, that was like 10 days later that that happened. So, well, day of Pentecost, 50 days, that's why. So, like I said, a lot of these are dumb. Now they jump to, so it's funny because a lot of these, they stay in order and then all of a sudden we're talking about Joseph being sold to the Midianites. So, number 90, to whom did the Midianites sell Joseph? So go to Genesis chapter 37. Genesis chapter 37. Genesis chapter 37. So there's actually a couple here dealing with Joseph. So, in Genesis 37 verse 25 it says, And they sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh, and his brethren were content. Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph into Egypt. And then in verse 36 it says, And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of pharaohs and captain of the guard. So their question here is who sold him? It says to whom did the Midianites sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites or to Potiphar? So here's the thing though. Here's what they're missing. In verse 28 it's making a statement. So get the story. So basically Joseph's been put into a pit and they're saying instead of killing them, let's just sell them. And they're going to sell them to these Ishmaelites that are merchantmen. Obviously they're merchantmen because they have spicery, balm, myrrh, and they're going down into Egypt. Then in verse 28 it says, And then it's basically stating, Now who lifted up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph? His brothers did this. And it says that they're the ones selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver and they brought Joseph into Egypt. What they're missing here is that the Ishmaelites are the Midianites' merchantmen. So what you have is that you have these merchantmen that are Ishmaelites, but they're basically, if you'd imagine, like you have a boss that's your Midianites and they're using Ishmaelites to be their merchantmen. So when he sells them to Potiphar, it'll say that the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar. But they did indirectly. Because indirectly, it'd be kind of like if I told my employee to go do something and go to the store and buy this and here's the money, go buy it. And then I said, I bought this. Wouldn't that be true? There's a middleman involved, and the middleman here is the Ishmaelites. Does that make sense? The middleman is the Ishmaelites. So if you said the Ishmaelites sold them to Potiphar, technically you'd be right because they're the ones physically doing it, but it'd be like an employee saying he did that. But at the same time, it's really the person that's got the money, the person that's running it. The Midianites are running the merchantmen. The merchantmen are Ishmaelites, and those are the ones that are basically taking Joseph and handing off the money, doing a transaction, and dealing with that. It's kind of like if you thought of a banker and then tellers. The tellers are the ones physically dealing with the money, but they're not the bankers. They're just the ones that are handing the money out and taking the money in. It'd be kind of like if the bankers were the Midianites and the tellers were the Ishmaelites. Hopefully that makes sense on some level. But that being said, that's what they're doing here is they're saying, well, in one place it says that he sold. What they're trying to say is that the Midianites just came by and just stole Joseph out of the pit. What this person's trying to say is the Midianites came by, took Joseph out of the pit in front of his brothers, and then sold him off to the Ishmaelites. Then the Ishmaelites took him down and sold him into Egypt. Does that make sense? That's what they're trying to say. Here's what happened. His brothers sold him to the Ishmaelites that happened to be working for the Midianites, and then the Midianites are basically being shown that they're the ones that are selling him into Egypt. Then you go on to the fact of, okay, this is the next so-called contradiction, number 91, is who brought Joseph to Egypt? Because it'll say in verse 36 that the Midianites sold him. Verse 28, it says the Ishmaelites brought him to Egypt. Again, you're just dealing with, are we dealing with the banker or the teller? They're both right. Both statements would be right. It's not anything, it's just telling you that these are the two groups of people that are working on this whole transaction with dealing with Joseph. But the Midianites didn't just steal Joseph out of the pit and then sell him to the Ishmaelites. That's who the merchant men are. That was even clarified earlier in the statement. It says that there's these Ishmaelites, they have spicery, they have balm, they're merchant men, but they're Midianites' merchant men. That's where the Midianites come in. So there's no contradiction here. And here's the thing. This gets into what's going on here is indirect buying and selling with the Midianites. Does that make sense? There's an indirect buying and selling that's going on here where they're not the ones that are actually physically doing the work, buying, bringing, or whatever. Go to, well, first of all, in Genesis 45, go to Genesis 45, Joseph says that they sold him into Egypt, that his brother sold him into Egypt. So in Genesis 45, verse 4, this is their so-called contradiction, saying, well, who sold him into Egypt? Was it the Ishmaelites, was it the Midianites, or was it Joseph? I mean, was it his brothers, I mean. And it says, and Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you, and they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. So let me ask you a question. Would that make sense if the Midianites just stole them out of the pit underneath their noses? No. Their brothers sold them to the Ishmaelites, who happened to be the merchant men of the Midianites, and then the Ishmaelites took them down to Egypt, sold them into Egypt, who happened to be employees of the Midianites, and that's why it would be right to say the Midianites sold them into Egypt, but who really sold him into Egypt? Who started this whole transaction? His brothers. His brothers are the ones that sold him in the first place, and you know what, that's why he ended up being sold into Egypt. Even though his brothers didn't go down to Egypt and sell them to Potiphar, that's what Joseph's accusing him of. Now, here's a great example of being indirectly guilty of a crime that you didn't have your hand in. Go to 2 Samuel chapter 12. We're in 2 Samuel 12 a lot today. Only got one more after this. We'll be done early. I should just try to get, I don't really condone that amen in the back there. You know what, for that, someone go into my office. I got the whole rest of the list there. We're just going to wing it. I'm going rogue. Careful what you wish for back there. So in 2 Samuel chapter 12 verse 9, it says, Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in His sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. So this is where Nathan the prophet, remember, comes to David after he has Uriah killed, after he'd already committed adultery with Bathsheba, and he says, Thou art the man. He tells that story about the little lamb that was the guy's pet, and then the guy came in and just took his lamb and just killed it and they ate it and everything. And David's like, That person should die, you know, for that. And he says, Thou art the man, because, you know what, David had multiple wives, but yet he went and took Uriah's only wife and had him killed. And he's stating here that thou hast killed Uriah. Now did David literally go down there and slay him with the sword? No, but he killed him because he gave the commandment to Joab, that in the hottest, the heat of the battle, to pull back all the armies except for Uriah. Don't tell Uriah so that he'll die. So, guess what, that's an indirect murder. And he's guilty of murder for something that he didn't physically do. You know what this means? Guess what, President of the United States, when you give a commandment to go drone strike innocent people in other countries, that blood is on your hands. You didn't actually physically do it, did you? But, you know what, it's on your hands. Guess what, those people that are out there doing drone strikes and all that stuff, and they're playing it like a video game and they're killing people, guess what, you're the one that's killing those people. So, in this whole supposed contradiction of 90 and 91 with Joseph and Potiphar and his brothers and the Midianites and Ishmaelites, it all has to do with indirect buying and selling that's going on there. Meaning that the Midianites are like the employer, the Ishmaelites are the employees, they're the ones that are physically doing the transactions, so both would be true if you said that the Ishmaelites brought them down or the Midianites brought them down. And it's true that his brothers actually sold them into Egypt because indirectly they did, because they're the ones that sold them to the Midianites or the Ishmaelites, and that's why he ended up in Egypt. So, they're being blamed for that. Now, let's see, last one here, maybe. So, number 92, you don't think I'll go rogue, I will, is does God change his mind? This has to do with repenting. So, this is actually just a fun one to do, just dealing with doctrine, to be honest with you. So, they had this whole long list, but I'm just going to just tell you that the Bible talks about God repenting more than man. So, you think about the first time in Genesis 6 where it repented the Lord that he had made man. But then, for example, in 1 Samuel 15, go to 1 Samuel 15, because this is where they're going to say there's a contradiction. They're like, does he change his mind or doesn't he change his mind? So, in 1 Samuel 15, verse 10, it says, Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments, and agreed to Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all night. So, here it says, you know, God is saying it repenteth me. Now, this isn't something, I mean, this happens all the time in the Bible. Remember, in Jonah 3, 10, God saw their works that they turned from their evil way, and the Lord repented of the evil that he said he would do unto them. So, this happens a lot where the Lord repents. Now, notice in verse 29, verse 29 of 1 Samuel 15, And also the strength of Israel will not lie, nor repent, for he is not a man that he should repent. So, if you just said, okay, God never repents, that would be a problem, okay, because he repents all the time. What's the context? It says, And also the strength of Israel will not lie, nor repent. Now, this is a great one to know, okay, meaning this is that there are things that God cannot and will not repent on. Meaning that there are things that you can change his mind about, but the promises, if he makes a promise, he can't go back on it. And especially if he makes a vow or an oath, he can't go back on it. And that's what it's talking about, is the fact that he makes a promise, it will come to pass. But a lot of times, what you have is ultimatums. God gives ultimatums. If you do this, this is the outcome. If you do this, this is the outcome. So, in the cases where he repented, he's like, if you keep my commandments and you do this and you come back to me, or even if you pray unto me and you turn from your sins, turn from your iniquities, turn from your evil ways, then I will hear from you and then I will come back. See, there's a conditional statement that's based on that, but there are basically conditions that are being made there in the statement. Does that make sense? But then there's things like salvation. How about this, in Titus 1-2, we use this out solely all the time, in hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before the world began. Guess what? God can't repent. If you have eternal life, he can't repent. He can't lie, that's why. Because if God says, this will be done, it will be done. Now, sometimes in the Bible, you'll see the fact that in 40 days, Nineveh will be destroyed, but it's based off of if they don't get it right. There's basically a condition, and if you read Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, there's a lot of things where it says, if you do this, then this will happen, but if you do this, this will happen. And throughout Jeremiah and all these other prophets, he's stating this to other nations as well. It's not just Israel, that if you're in wickedness, if you turn from that wickedness and you do righteousness, then you'll live. That's where Nineveh comes into play. But then there's cases where he says Babylon is fallen. Guess what? He's not turning from that. There's no condition being made there. It's going to fall. When he states it like that, if he would have said Nineveh is fallen, because he's speaking that those things would be not as though they were, then you're not going to change his mind on that. You have the case where Moses and God are going back and forth as far as God should destroy this whole nation, and just bring up a nation out of Moses, and obviously Moses is like, no, what will they say? And they go back and forth, and you know what? God's mind can be changed to go a different route depending on what you do. We're not Calvinists here where we believe that God is sovereign to the point where you can't basically come to him and change his mind. Listen, you have not because you ask not. So if you don't ask, he may not give it to you. But it's your free will choice whether to ask or not. Go to Romans chapter 11 and verse 29. So when it's talking about he will not repent, you've got to look at context. What is that talking about? It's talking about lying. There's other places where it says this. Where it says he's not a man, the Lord is not a man that he should lie, nor the Son of Man that he should repent. And in both cases, I think it's maybe another place where it says the same phrase or whatever, when it's saying that the Lord will not repent, it's talking about telling a lie. So when he didn't destroy Nineveh, he didn't lie to Nineveh. And when he would be gracious and be merciful unto a nation, it's not like he lied to them because the conditions were known. If you turn, you'll be okay. If you don't, I mean, here's the thing. Why did he even send Jonah to preach if he knew he was already going to destroy it and he wasn't going to change his mind? The whole reason he sent Jonah was to give them a chance to change, so that he could change his mind or change what he's going to do to them. When Jonah's preaching to him, he's basically saying, you're going to be destroyed. You're doing what you're doing, you're going to be destroyed. Guess what? They didn't keep doing what they were doing. They turned from it, therefore God was gracious unto them and he changed what he was going to do. Now, the Lord doesn't change. There's a difference between changing his mind and him changing what he's going to do based off what you choose to do. And there's a difference between that and changing who he is. I'm the Lord, I change not. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. The Lord doesn't change. But in Romans 11, verse 29, dealing with salvation, notice what it says. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. And here's the thing, you know what that means is that he's not going to change his mind on it. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He's not going to take them back. And you say, well, I think that means, you know, I think repentance means turn from your sins. Well then, the gifts and calling of God are without returning from your sins. Okay? That's obviously not what it means. But I remember there was a preacher that would try to say that repentance meant turn from your sins. And I told him, well, the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. I'm like, I don't care what you put in there. You know what I mean? Like, I don't care what you define repentance at, it's not by it. It's without it. But what this is stating, and I'm going to show you what exactly this is talking about. Go to Hosea chapter 13 and verse 14. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance, meaning that God's not going to change his mind on his gifts and his callings. They will happen. But how did he purchase the gift of salvation? By his death, burial, and resurrection, right? By being made sin for us. Notice what it says here in verse 14. There's certain things that God will not repent. And if he says that in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began, if he promises before the world began that we'd have eternal life through faith in his name, then that has to happen. That means that Jesus was not going to fail. He was going to accomplish that. There was nothing that's going to stop that because he's God and he doesn't lie and he's not a man that he should repent. He's not a man that he's going to lie about that. He will do it. He will perform it. Hosea chapter 13 and verse 14, it says, I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plagues. O grave, I will be thy destruction. Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. He's not even seeing it in his sights. Repentance is hid from his eyes. Why? Because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Why? Because in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. Go to Hebrews chapter 6. Hebrews chapter 6. How about this? It's impossible for God to lie. So things have to be taken into context, right? If I told you, you know, I will not eat at Burger King and repentance is hid from mine eyes. If you just took repentance is hid from mine eyes, just holistically in my life, I would just never change my mind about anything ever. You've got to take context. I'm talking about Burger King. I'm talking about Taco Bell. I'm talking about, you know, so obviously there's certain things that I'm saying, I'm not going to change my mind on that. But holistically, you can't just take it across the board and be like, God never repents. No, he's talking about lying. He's not going to lie. And that means, if I told you, I promise you I will do this, then I don't do it, what did I do? I lied. And what did I do? I changed my mind about what I was going to do. I repented of what I was going to do. And that's the context of what it's saying about the Lord, is that he's not going to promise you something and then lie about it and repent of what he said he was going to do unto you. Does that make sense? You know, this is a great blessing to know with salvation that the Lord will not repent. You know, it's kind of like what he says to Jesus. Thou art a priest forever. You know, the Lord swear and will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after you order a Melchizedek. What does that mean? He's not going to lie. Context, though, right? He's swear and will not repent. So, what's the opposite of keeping your oath is not keeping your oath, which would be to lie. Now, in Hebrews 6, and I'm taking my time on this because someone said Amen about being done early. No, I'm just kidding. That was my last point. Now, but I do think this is important to know that, you know, God can change his mind, but it's based off what parameters is he changing his mind in, okay? You can't just holistically say God can always change his mind. No. There are times where God can change his mind, but there are certain things he cannot change his mind on, okay? Or change what he said he would do, but there has to be that parameter that's set up. Now, in verse 13 here, it says in Hebrews 6, verse 13, Now, I had to get anchor in here because we sang so many songs about the anchor of our soul and everything earlier today. No, I'm just kidding. That has nothing to do with it. But at the same time here, why is it two immutable things? Right, he confirmed it by an oath, and there's no greater than God, so he had to swear by himself, okay? Normally, people would swear by the Lord or they swear by something that's higher up than them. Well, God, there's nothing greater than God, okay? So, he swore by himself. So, it's two immutable things because the reason why it's two immutable things, obviously, an oath is immutable, right, meaning that you're swearing by an oath, you know, and it says that the oath for confirmation is to them and end of all strife. Why it's two is because God can't lie, so even if he didn't swear by an oath, it was immutable because God cannot lie. That's why it's two immutable things. Why? Because he's not a man that he should lie or the son of man that he should repent. So, even if he never swore by an oath, guess what, it was going to happen. But he wanted to give a strong consolation that not only did he say he was going to do it and promise that he was going to do it, he swore by an oath that he was going to do it, okay? So, context matters, and you know what? God will not lie, and that is a true statement, okay? So, he's not going to repent on something he swore or that he promised to do, but there are times where you can change it, that he has changed his mind to do something based off the parameters in which he said he would not do something or do something, okay? So, that's 92. Lord willing, we'll get through the rest of them next week. And what I may be doing, I may go through Revelation on the afternoon. I may go chapter by chapter through Revelation. I love Revelation and all that stuff, and the funny part is I did Daniel before I did Revelation. What was I thinking? But, I don't know, I'm just feeling, you know, like you have those times where you're just like, I'm done with it in time for a little while, I'm feeling it come back. I want to talk about it, but I haven't decided wholeheartedly on that, but I may do that after we get done with these so-called contradictions. But, one more, and spoiler alert, there's no actual contradictions, but we are going to go through the rest of them just for sake of, I told you I was going to do it, and I'm not going to repent. I'm going to do it. So, let's end it with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you today. Thank you for your word. Thank you for the souls that were saved today and throughout the week, and Lord, we pray that you be with us throughout the rest of this week. We pray that you give us safety in our travels and safety with work, and just pray that you would help us to be a great witness for you. And Lord, just knowing that your Bible is perfect, I pray that you would give us the desire to read it, to memorize it, to meditate on it, and to use it, Lord. And Lord, we love you. We pray all this in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. It's a great day to come, sing one more song, and none will be dismissed. All right, take your song books and turn to song 150. Song 150. We will sing My Faith Has Found a Resting Place. If you would stand, we'll sing song 150. My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed. I trust the ever-living one, his wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument, I need no other plea. It is enough that Jesus died and that he died for me. Enough for me that Jesus saves, this ends my fear and doubt. A sinful soul, I come to him, he'll never cast me out. I need no other argument.