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Episode: “Intrusion”

Intermission episode from the “In The Footsteps of The Rabbi From Tarsus” series

Series: “In The Footsteps of The Rabbi From Tarsus (intermission)”

Intermission episodes from the In The Footsteps of The Rabbi From Tarsus series

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

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

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Production Code: 1648

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Play Time: 28:28

Year: 2008

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Host: Sandra Levitt, Jeff Seif

Air dates: 2008-Feb-17

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