Welcome to
3ABN's Fall Camp Meeting
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'Homecoming 2009'.
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Featuring inspired
messages from your 3ABN Family,
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along with
uplifting Christian music
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all to you prepare your hunt
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for the coming of the Lord.
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Well, hello and
welcome back again to the 2009
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Fall Camp Meeting for 3ABN.
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We call this Homecoming because
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it's like coming home,
but we gotta a whole bunch
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of people here today
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that are here
for the first time,
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and we're so glad
that you could join us.
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And we want to welcome
everyone who's watching
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from home or on the Internet,
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or even listening on
the radio around the world.
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You know what, 3ABN,
25 years of ministering
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to the broken
people of the world,
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the lost and the suffering
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and preaching
the undiluted truth.
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Praise the Lord; it's
just so exciting, isn't it?
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And someone who was
here at the beginning
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is Pastor Kenny Shelton,
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and you know I think
that Goldie and Danny,
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your mom and dad
did such a great job
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in rearing
these children because
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most of these
Sheltons, I think all of them
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just about have
ended up in this ministry.
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And Kenny's been
ministering since 3ABN
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and for the last
25 years as a Pastor
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and an Evangelist
and he is currently
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the Pastor of the Herrin,
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a church in Herrin
called Behold the Lamb.
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And we're just so
thankful that he is here.
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He is going to be
giving us a message,
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this one thing I know,
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you only need to know one thing
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and that is God
loved you so much,
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that he sent his son to die
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for you while
you're still a sinner.
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Amen. Glory to God.
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But before Kenny
comes about to to share this
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beautiful message with
us, we have Pam Rhodes,
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and Pam is the other
half of Pam and Jimmy Rhodes,
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they're from
Cleveland, Tennessee,
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and she says I sang.
Is that how you say it.
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Do what. You
sang. I sang. She sings.
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We sang and we
play. She sangs he plays.
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There you go. Okay
she is going to be singing
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I'm Almost Home'. Thank you.
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Sometimes life gets so heavy,
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and I get so weary.
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Of fighting the
good fight of faith
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and the world seems
to glitter with it's fake
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gold and silver,
tempting me to give up the rays.
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Close the door Lord
behind me on these things
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that find me and
then remind me again
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that I am so away from stranger
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in search of the
world without end.
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I'm almost home
where Jesus is waiting,
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where Angels are singing,
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and where I'll never grow old.
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Hallelujah I'm almost home.
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All the sickness and dying
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with the sadness and crying,
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Will all be a thing of the past,
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this world and it's
sorrow makes me long for
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tomorrow where all
things will be new at last.
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No more heartaches or
grieving, for soon I will be
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leaving for a land
where I'll never grow old.
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I have sweet
music playing in sooth,
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I'll be singing up
along in that city of God.
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I'm almost home
where Jesus is waiting,
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where Angels are singing
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and where I will never grow old.
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Hallelujah. I'm almost home
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I'm almost home,
where Jesus is waiting,
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where Angels are singing
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and where I will never grow old.
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Hallelujah. I'm almost home
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Praise God. I'm almost home
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Hallelujah. I'm
almost home. Amen.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Praise the Lord.
Amen. Hello. Hello
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Good to see each one.
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I'm glad you're
here with us today.
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I'm glad to be
part of the homecoming
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by the way of 3ABN.
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And I like to thank, I
like the term camp meeting.
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I like the term Homecoming too.
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That's good to
be part number one
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of the family of
God, isn't it? Amen.
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So we're glad
that everyone's here.
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We pray that you are prayed up.
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Ready to hear the word
that God has in store for us.
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Have you been
blessed so far? Amen.
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Praise the Lord. I'm
glad that you've been blessed,
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and more blessings to come
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and I want to encourage each one
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to be in the
attitude of prayer as God
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does special
things at camp meetings
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and homecomings just like this.
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I want to just bring
couple of points here
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before we begin our message;
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the message has been a
real encouragement to me
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because God always
speaks to my heart.
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He teaches me and then you know
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as it comes forward
we pray the Holy Spirit
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will take and
give you what you need.
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I want to bring
an interesting book
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I like it's called
'The Great Controversy.
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And there was something
in there that I jotted down
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and if you'll just
let me read it to you
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before we begin
because our subject
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is this one thing I know,
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this one thing I know.
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And then there's like
little dots after that,
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and so we are going
to fill in the blanks
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by the grace of God.
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But The Great
Controversy page 488 says this.
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Now remember the
battle is for the mind,
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the devil wants your mind,
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of course Christ wants our mind.
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And this is what it says,
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and I want you
to listen carefully.
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It says Satan,
he invents a number
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of schemes to occupy the minds,
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that they may not
dwell upon the work
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in which they
ought to be acquainted.
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So what does the
devil do, what does he want?
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He invents, alright,
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all kinds of
things to occupy our minds
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so that we can't have
them stayed on Jesus Christ.
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He doesn't want
the name of Jesus
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mentioned by the way.
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It goes on, it says
the old arch deceiver;
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he hates the great
truths that bring in to view
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the atoning sacrifice
and an all powerful mediator.
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So the devil does not
want to hear the name of Jesus,
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does he? Doesn't want to talk,
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doesn't want to
talk about the power
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in the name of Jesus.
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But you know today
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we're just going
to make the devil mad,
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if that's
alright with you. Amen.
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Your relationship
with Christ is all right.
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We're just going to
make him mad because at times
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like this we need
to talk about Jesus.
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We need to talk about
that atoning sacrifice.
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We need to talk
about that powerful blood,
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and for those who view
and listen around the world,
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praise God, I want
them to stay tuned in. Amen.
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Because God's going to
do something very special.
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He is going to revive his people
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here in these last days.
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So we're going to talk about
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Jesus point number two.
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Another favorite book
and now if say favorite book
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all the time you
just bear with me alright
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because every time I
read it's my favorite.
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Every time up here
that I hear the song,
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I say oh that's my favorite,
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and at the time I
guess it really is. Amen.
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But Desire of Ages
is a beautiful book
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on the life of Jesus Christ.
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Page 152, it says 'We should
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never give to the
world the false impression
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that Christians are a gloomy,
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and unhappy people.
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So today oh the devil
is going to be mad because
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we're going to talk about Jesus
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and when we do
we're going to have a
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smile on our face, right. Yes.
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And I see a lot of smiles;
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I know you're happy in Jesus.
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And I just want to
encourage by the way
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there's many
people I know who view
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in the local areas here,
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and we need,
they're probably sitting
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at home right now
and they're tuned in
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and they're listening, watching
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whatever it might be,
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and they're saying I
like the courage to go.
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I want to
encourage that when you be
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praying those people come out.
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Amen. Anybody within driving
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distance ought to be here,
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and I still encourage
even the pastors who may hear
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or congregations
that's local around here
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Sabbath Day is close
your doors and come here.
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Amen. I hear a few amen,
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but we're going to
get a little more violent
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as we go aren't we
isn't that right? Yeah,
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we're going to close
those doors, and we need to come
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where the
blessings are falling. Amen.
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This is a point of time by God,
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and God is going
to do great things.
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Now that means that
the people going Saturday
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will be closing
their doors hopefully
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and they will be coming here to
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fellowship
together as a, in unity.
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And by the way
those who go on Sunday,
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you don't have to
close anything down
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on Saturday just come on.
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Amen. Alright,
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come on in because
they've been watching
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and they've been
listening for years
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and they don't have the
courage to take that step,
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and we are going to
pray they take that step
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before it's too late. Amen.
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So I am happy to be a part of
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the family of God
today, happy to be here.
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We're going to
talk about this one
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thing I know and it's,
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we had a hand out by the way,
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you have these hand outs,
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and so you just don't really
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let them occupy you right now
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because if I see you reading,
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and I'll say
hey stop reading it.
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But you can take them
home with you can't you,
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take them home and
you can study on in to see
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whether these
things be so or not because
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the word of God
we want to be truth.
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And so as you're
turning in your Bible's to Titus
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chapter 2 verse 13,
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that is going to be
our foundation pillar right
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and our scripture that
we're going to use today
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that will help us,
and I pray that would give
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you
encouragement, it's very simple,
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but it's one of my,
one of my favorites.
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Titus 2 verse 13, the Bible says
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'Looking for that
blessed, blessed what? Hope.
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Blessed hope and
glorious appearing
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of the Great God
and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Oh friends, think about that
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with me for a moment today.
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This passage should be
the hope of every Christian.
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Amen. This is what keeps us
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going during the hours right,
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it seemed to be so dark.
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And the world you know
the condition that's in today,
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as I read this it
gives me encouragement.
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Jesus said that
he is coming back
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and so I am looking
for that blessed hope.
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I'm looking for the
soon coming of Jesus.
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It instills
encouragement and strength.
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It is that hope,
that encouragement
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that makes me think
today about going home,
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and then we can turn it around
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and say it makes me
think about homecoming,
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and what's happening right here,
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a little fore
taste of what maybe
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heaven is going to be like.
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This is the
things that should be
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occupying our mind.
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It's long expected
the coming of Jesus,
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and every time I
hear the name of Jesus,
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there's something inside of me
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that begins to come forward.
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And it, always the urgency
is that it won't be long,
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and I am going
to be there. Amen.
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And it always comes
back to me, are you ready?
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Are you ready to meet
Jesus when he comes in
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the clouds of glory? Amen.
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And when I think of homecoming,
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I think of making
my own home, right,
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the home you're growing up in,
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maybe the home that
you live in right now,
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but home is a place of surety.
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Home is a place of
rest, home is peace,
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you know a place of peace.
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We can find comfort
when there is nothing else
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you know in the world.
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But I challenge you right now
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while we're waiting
on that blessed hope,
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then why not today,
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why not today right
here at 3ABN right here,
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right now, let this be
a little piece of heaven.
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Amen. Why not
breathe the air of heaven,
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why not get closer to
heaven through Jesus Christ,
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a little part of
heaven. I desire to taste it,
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I desire to see
it. In fact Hebrews
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11 talks about 16 and 17,
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that if you hear me today
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you're thinking I
desire a better country,
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you remember
reading that in the book of
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Hebrews chapter
11, the faith chapter.
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I'm desiring
what? A better country.
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Are you desiring a
better country today? Amen.
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See there are some
out there they don't know
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about this other country.
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They're occupied
right here, right now,
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and it's soon to pass away,
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but the things of
God will be forever.
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And by the way he
says there in Hebrews 11,
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he says, I've gone to
prepare a city for them,
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he is gone to
prepare a place for us.
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I want to occupy
that, how about you? Amen.
00:15:02.73\00:15:05.53
This one thing I know
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we have to be positive
in our Christian experience.
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I'm sure of this as
I've been studying scripture
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that if the
curtains could be rolled back
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and that we could see
the battles that's going on,
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the battle between Christ,
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the Great
Controversy and the Enemy.
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It might just change our life;
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it might change our
thinking to realize that
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there is somebody
fighting our battles for us.
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How encouraging that would be,
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how thankful we would be?
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As we see the
battle that's going on,
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maybe it would
bring us to the point
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that we would strive to
be on the side of right.
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Strive to be on the side of God.
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We will be willing
be to put on the whole
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armor of God by
his grace and strength.
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The battle rages
friends' by the way
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three important areas.
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I'll bring these
home to you very quickly.
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And by the way those
who are viewing, listening,
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sometimes it's
good to jot things down
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so that we don't forget.
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I always say I will remember it
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and then I forget.
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So we jot things
down because we must study
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to see whether
these things be so or not.
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But the battle rages,
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think about that
curtain that's rolled back
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and God reveals
what's going on every day,
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the battle that the
devil says I want that person.
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I'm out to get that person.
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The devil's been
up all night long
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setting plans for you,
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to trip you up for the day,
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and God is
there fighting for us.
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God is fighting for us;
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he's fighting in
behalf of the saints. Amen.
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Now you can put
yourself in any class
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that you want to, I
prefer by the grace of God
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to be in the
class of the saints,
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how about you? Amen.
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And so the battle
is being fought now
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in behalf of the
saints. Number two,
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the battle is being
fought for thousands,
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literally millions of people
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who don't even
sense their danger.
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That's right. Amen.
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There are people in
the world today by the way,
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around the world
they have no idea
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of the coming of Jesus Christ,
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they may have heard it,
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but it doesn't make
sense to them. Amen.
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And so this battle is
still being fought for those
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who don't even
recognize they're in danger.
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And the third group,
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the battle is being fought
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for those who are unconscious
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of their indifference.
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Friend, there maybe
nothing worse in this world,
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to call our self a
Christian and to be indifferent
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to the things that are going on.
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God help us not
to be indifferent,
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God help us to get involved,
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God help us to see
the things that are going
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in the world that
we want to raise our
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voice like a trumpet.
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Give it a certain sound.
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Friend, if we really believed
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that heaven is
fighting in our behalf,
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what we would be doing?
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If we really know this today,
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I think we will be
shouting from the mountain tops,
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don't you? We
wouldn't be withdrawn,
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we wouldn't be quiet about it,
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we are going to shout thank God
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he is fighting our battle. Amen.
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And here at 3ABN, right here,
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right now prayers
have been raised up,
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that the power
of the Holy Spirit
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would be failed here,
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that would be sensed,
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that hearts and lives
would be changed. Amen.
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I am thankful for those prayers.
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And as we think about prayer,
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I want you to just
bow your head right now
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as we get in and
begin to talk more and more.
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The second and third the prayers
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that we have already
had that God would bless,
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that God would help,
would you just close your eyes.
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Father in heaven
blessed with thy Holy Spirit,
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pour out your spirit upon us,
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open our hearts and our minds
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that we may see Jesus today.
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In your word, may become alive.
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May we have a
change of heart in life;
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I thank you in Jesus name. Amen.
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This one thing I
know, I know he's alive,
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and I know that he's well today,
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I know he sits on the throne,
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and because of prayer
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because of intercessory prayer,
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because of the power of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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I can say this one
thing I know for sure that one
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greater is here
today then Moses.
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Can you say that? Amen.
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There is one greater
here by the way then Abraham.
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There's one present with us
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that's greater than Jacob,
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Isaac, and John. Amen.
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Because my Bible tells me,
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as you read your
Bible First John 4 verse 4,
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the Bible is very
clear by the way it says,
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greater is he that
is in me than he what,
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that is in the world.
Do you believe that today?
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Amen. What does
the Bible say, greater.
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We have nothing to fear friend,
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we fear we forget you
know where we've come from.
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What's happened in our life,
00:19:48.43\00:19:49.90
the experiences of our life?
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Greater is he,
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I wonder today
if we really realize
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the great
preparation that's taking place
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right now in heaven,
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and on earth for the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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This is our
blessed hope isn't it,
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and so we talk about
the blessed hope somebody
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.60
needs to smile
just a little bit,
00:20:06.60\00:20:08.16
somebody is going
to get happy about it,
00:20:08.16\00:20:09.96
because someone is
fighting our battle,
00:20:09.96\00:20:11.83
someone has paid
the price for us,
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Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:20:13.40\00:20:15.16
We need that confidence,
we need that assurance.
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Preparation, Jesus is just about
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to split the eastern sky. Amen.
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His coming is very imminent,
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and yet there is a tremendous
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amount of work to do
and I'm thankful that it's
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under the control of
God, and that God is looking,
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looking around and he is picking
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and he is choosing
men, he is calling everybody
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.13
to be the part
of the final work.
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Friends, if you
think for one moment
00:20:41.76\00:20:42.93
that in Adventism
that this is just a run
00:20:42.93\00:20:44.96
of the mill gospel
that we have to preach you,
00:20:44.96\00:20:47.40
you need to think again. Amen.
00:20:47.40\00:20:48.73
This is a specific message,
00:20:48.73\00:20:50.33
this is a testing message,
00:20:50.90\00:20:52.26
this is a message
for the hour. Amen.
00:20:52.76\00:20:55.06
It's a message that will
give us victory in our life.
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It's a testing truth
that we'll be required
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as we are going
to learn this truth
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is to take a
stand for what is right.
00:21:01.43\00:21:03.13
We're not going to go
ahead and worry what mom
00:21:03.60\00:21:05.80
and dad's saying,
we are not going to
00:21:05.80\00:21:06.90
worry about what the husband
00:21:06.90\00:21:07.90
and wife maybe
saying if it comes to
00:21:07.90\00:21:09.36
that if you follow my
thinking, hello. Amen.
00:21:09.36\00:21:11.40
That we are
going to take our stand
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for Jesus
Christ, regardless. Amen.
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.90
What a message that God
has entrusted us with today.
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This is something that I know,
00:21:23.50\00:21:25.43
this is something
that we have to know,
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this is life and death issue.
00:21:29.76\00:21:31.70
Have you ever thought about,
00:21:34.26\00:21:35.56
let me just ask you a question,
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have you ever thought about
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what is the
greatest work in the world.
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Everybody will have
their own little thought,
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.03
but I want you
to just really think
00:21:44.03\00:21:45.56
what is the
greatest work in the world
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and if who or what, what
would be the theme of it.
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If there would be
theme of the greatest
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work in the
world, what would it be,
00:21:54.13\00:21:55.30
who would it be?
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Friends, it's very simple,
00:21:58.33\00:21:59.63
the New Testament in
the book of John chapter 12,
00:22:00.13\00:22:02.50
Bible says verse 32
Jesus said and I, right,
00:22:03.10\00:22:08.76
if I be lifted up from
what will draw all men where?
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This is it, isn't that
it, this is the key to it,
00:22:12.83\00:22:15.56
to lift up the name of Jesus,
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isn't that right from the earth?
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Our theme then
must be Jesus Christ
00:22:21.23\00:22:23.80
and him crucified.
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Friend, I want you to think,
00:22:27.56\00:22:28.56
our theme too
must be Jesus Christ
00:22:28.56\00:22:30.63
and him crucified.
Our theme is not our self,
00:22:30.63\00:22:33.06
our theme is not
about the ministry,
00:22:33.06\00:22:34.76
the theme is Jesus
Christ and him crucified.
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The devil can't stand
to hear this by the way,
00:22:38.03\00:22:40.23
you know that.
00:22:40.23\00:22:41.20
And so I don't know about you
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.10
but I am challenged daily,
00:22:44.10\00:22:45.43
have to pray daily. Amen.
00:22:46.86\00:22:48.60
Paul said it so beautifully
00:22:50.06\00:22:51.50
in the First
Corinthians 2 verse 2,
00:22:51.50\00:22:54.00
he said, for I'm
determined not to know what,
00:22:54.60\00:22:57.30
any thing right
among you say, Jesus Christ
00:22:57.93\00:23:01.20
and him crucified.
When we come to that point,
00:23:01.20\00:23:03.50
how different our lives will be.
00:23:03.50\00:23:05.20
When we come to that
point in our Christian
00:23:05.76\00:23:07.70
experience to say
I am determined not
00:23:07.70\00:23:09.63
to know anything right,
00:23:09.63\00:23:11.16
that's going on in the world,
00:23:11.70\00:23:13.06
it's nice to have
a little information,
00:23:13.06\00:23:14.23
but I am set my mind
and heart upon heaven,
00:23:14.23\00:23:17.10
upon eternal things.
00:23:17.80\00:23:19.03
How desperately we
need to hear good news
00:23:20.10\00:23:22.53
in this world in the
time in which we live.
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.63
I need to hear it,
how about you? Amen.
00:23:24.63\00:23:26.63
Why should our theme be
00:23:26.90\00:23:28.50
Jesus Christ and him crucified,
00:23:28.50\00:23:30.10
why should that be our theme,
00:23:30.83\00:23:32.10
why should that be our goal,
00:23:32.10\00:23:33.80
why should that be our mission
00:23:33.80\00:23:35.33
to lift up the name of Jesus.
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What will it do if
we lift up his name?
00:23:36.76\00:23:39.63
Will it change your life,
will it change your heart.
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Bible says in Second
Corinthians 3 verse 18
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notice it quickly
you have all these down,
00:23:46.43\00:23:48.40
you can study
them when you get home
00:23:48.40\00:23:49.76
but the Bible simply
says beholding as in a glass,
00:23:49.76\00:23:52.60
somebody help with it,
the glory of whom, the Lord.
00:23:52.60\00:23:56.83
Are we changed into
what? The same image.
00:23:57.63\00:24:00.93
Oh hallelujah, when
you think about this,
00:24:02.46\00:24:05.56
as we behold him, we become,
00:24:06.90\00:24:08.56
become changed what?
00:24:08.56\00:24:09.80
Like him in his image you know
00:24:10.43\00:24:12.43
that after all in
the very beginning right,
00:24:12.43\00:24:14.30
where we created a
what? In his image,
00:24:14.30\00:24:16.80
sin came in and it did what?
00:24:16.80\00:24:18.33
It marred that imaged
and he's going to come
00:24:18.33\00:24:20.40
and he is going to
restore that image,
00:24:20.40\00:24:22.10
it makes sense.
00:24:22.10\00:24:23.40
Amen. It makes sense.
00:24:23.40\00:24:25.40
Now we know this too, right.
00:24:25.40\00:24:27.06
When his right, what is it?
00:24:27.06\00:24:28.70
When his image is
fully reproduced what,
00:24:28.70\00:24:31.93
come on somebody help me.
00:24:32.60\00:24:34.13
When his image is fully
00:24:34.90\00:24:36.53
reproduced in us he will come.
00:24:36.53\00:24:38.43
There are many Adventists,
and many Bible people
00:24:39.10\00:24:41.26
is studying the
word, they'll say,
00:24:41.26\00:24:42.63
well this is going to happen
00:24:42.63\00:24:43.60
and this is going to happen,
00:24:43.60\00:24:44.60
and it may come to pass.
00:24:45.20\00:24:46.43
God's word is true. Amen.
00:24:47.26\00:24:49.06
But what God is waiting on,
00:24:50.66\00:24:52.13
dear friends is
what? When his character
00:24:52.13\00:24:53.90
is fully
reproduced in us he will come,
00:24:53.90\00:24:55.76
that's the only thing
that's stopping him. Amen.
00:24:55.76\00:24:58.56
When we catch a
view of Jesus Christ,
00:24:59.23\00:25:01.63
now the question
we will say oh okay
00:25:01.63\00:25:03.20
we understand
that, oh we know that.
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.03
How can this be done.
Lets do it simply today.
00:25:06.83\00:25:09.50
You can spend hours
studying if you want to,
00:25:09.50\00:25:11.53
but let's do it really simply
00:25:11.53\00:25:12.70
I found this in
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:25:12.70\00:25:14.63
one of the books there.
00:25:14.63\00:25:15.60
Actually it was
a letter that was
00:25:16.06\00:25:17.16
written on 1/08 in 1899,
00:25:17.16\00:25:20.83
and it says when Christ
is loved more than self.
00:25:21.46\00:25:24.46
Simple answer did you get it.
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When Christ is what,
00:25:28.03\00:25:29.20
when Christ is loved
more than self then his what,
00:25:29.80\00:25:32.90
character will be
fully reproduced in us,
00:25:32.90\00:25:34.80
self is the big
issue then isn't it?
00:25:34.80\00:25:36.80
It is for everybody,
it's the root of all sin,
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.13
it's the bottom of everything,
00:25:39.13\00:25:40.56
and that's all he is waiting on.
00:25:42.70\00:25:44.10
So we've got a
lot of people right
00:25:45.20\00:25:46.50
with self evidently still left,
00:25:46.50\00:25:48.00
it needs to be crucified,
00:25:48.00\00:25:49.16
then only God can
help us to do that.
00:25:49.76\00:25:51.50
Now what will be
holding Jesus do for us?
00:25:51.50\00:25:55.13
It will change us won't it,
00:25:56.00\00:25:57.53
it will change us,
we set into his image,
00:25:57.53\00:25:59.16
but what will you do
when you really behold Jesus
00:25:59.73\00:26:01.63
it will lead us
from sin to obedience,
00:26:01.63\00:26:04.40
and from
obedience to holiness. Amen.
00:26:04.80\00:26:07.70
Which Hebrews
says without holiness
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.66
no man is going
to see God. Amen.
00:26:09.66\00:26:11.86
We have to have
that holiness don't we,
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.93
coming from him. This
is what it's all about,
00:26:14.53\00:26:16.90
that's when we behold him,
00:26:16.90\00:26:18.10
we're talking
about true holiness,
00:26:18.10\00:26:20.00
that can only
come from the power
00:26:20.66\00:26:21.90
of the Holy Spirit
working inside of us through us.
00:26:21.90\00:26:25.43
Men, may I say
today this is our message,
00:26:26.06\00:26:28.96
this is our
doctrine, this is our teaching,
00:26:29.60\00:26:33.06
this is our encouragement,
00:26:33.60\00:26:35.00
this is our hope today. Amen.
00:26:35.00\00:26:37.63
And friend we need that hope,
00:26:37.63\00:26:39.40
this one thing I know.
00:26:40.00\00:26:41.56
My Bible tells me today
00:26:45.20\00:26:46.70
and I know
you've been reading it.
00:26:46.70\00:26:48.23
And the principle is there,
00:26:50.53\00:26:51.66
I serve a risen savior. Amen.
00:26:51.66\00:26:54.43
How many here today by the way
00:26:54.43\00:26:55.76
those that maybe
around you can raise your hand
00:26:55.76\00:26:57.16
and while your home,
or listening on the radio,
00:26:57.16\00:26:58.83
how many today really believe
00:26:58.83\00:27:00.10
that you serve a risen savior.
00:27:00.10\00:27:01.70
May I see your hands,
okay maybe so the rest
00:27:01.70\00:27:03.86
of you will find
out when it's over.
00:27:03.86\00:27:05.26
See sometime we're
afraid to even make a
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.53
commitment and
whoever knows that.
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.03
We're afraid somebody is going
00:27:12.56\00:27:13.53
to give us a trick question,
00:27:13.53\00:27:15.60
they're going to throw us off,
00:27:16.23\00:27:17.20
we are going to
say the wrong thing.
00:27:17.20\00:27:18.46
But it's very, very simple
00:27:19.70\00:27:21.36
do you serve a savior or not.
00:27:21.36\00:27:23.20
I serve a risen savior,
00:27:23.86\00:27:25.13
the song says he's in
the world today. Amen.
00:27:25.13\00:27:27.63
As we serve that risen
savior today dear friends,
00:27:27.63\00:27:30.40
we serve one
who is all powerful.
00:27:30.40\00:27:32.10
We serve a God
today that does not sleep,
00:27:32.10\00:27:34.63
and a God that cares for us.
00:27:35.73\00:27:37.90
We serve a God that's never
00:27:38.60\00:27:40.33
lost a battle by the way. Amen.
00:27:40.33\00:27:42.60
And I need somebody to be
00:27:43.20\00:27:44.43
fighting in my defense. Amen.
00:27:44.43\00:27:46.40
But I am going
to have to stand up
00:27:46.40\00:27:47.66
and claim him as
my Lord and Savior.
00:27:47.66\00:27:49.30
He can't fight
for you unless you say
00:27:49.30\00:27:50.93
I want you in my life.
00:27:50.93\00:27:52.03
He can't fight unless you say,
00:27:52.60\00:27:53.60
Lord I want you
to forgive my sins.
00:27:53.60\00:27:54.93
He is wanting to fight for you,
00:27:56.36\00:27:57.86
he never loses a battle.
00:27:57.86\00:27:59.53
I am so thankful
today that I serve this
00:28:00.63\00:28:02.43
living savior dear
friend because he is my savior,
00:28:02.43\00:28:05.23
he is my provider,
he is my all in all,
00:28:05.23\00:28:07.86
how about you
today, yes. Yes. Amen.
00:28:07.86\00:28:09.86
And I serve a savior today
and I know that you do too.
00:28:11.03\00:28:13.50
His blood is so powerful
00:28:13.50\00:28:14.80
that cleansed my sins. Amen.
00:28:14.80\00:28:17.80
First John 1:9,
isn't that right. Amen.
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.93
We confess and
he can cleanse us.
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.56
And I know there are
people who will listen,
00:28:24.66\00:28:26.43
they're watching
us, they'll say oh yeah
00:28:26.43\00:28:27.46
but I am too vile. I've
done too many bad things,
00:28:27.46\00:28:30.96
and I know the
Lord cannot forgive me.
00:28:30.96\00:28:32.53
Dear friends there is
not a place low enough
00:28:32.53\00:28:34.43
or deep enough that
God can't reach you today.
00:28:34.43\00:28:36.56
Amen. Is
somebody listening? Amen.
00:28:36.56\00:28:38.90
This is hope, this
should be encouragement to us.
00:28:40.10\00:28:43.20
Psalms says when
heaven came down,
00:28:45.53\00:28:47.70
glory filled my soul. Amen.
00:28:47.70\00:28:50.30
There needs to be
more glory in the church.
00:28:50.30\00:28:52.36
Amen. There needs to be
00:28:52.36\00:28:55.33
some more excitement
in the church because
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.30
he came down and
he came down to get me
00:28:57.30\00:29:00.20
and he came down
to get you. Amen.
00:29:00.20\00:29:02.13
And he was determined not
to leave until he got you,
00:29:02.66\00:29:05.36
but you're
gonna have to say Lord
00:29:05.36\00:29:06.50
I need some help. Yes.
00:29:06.50\00:29:08.90
Peter would have
been down for the count,
00:29:09.56\00:29:11.50
if he hadn't said Lord save me,
00:29:11.50\00:29:13.43
isn't that right. He
was going down that was it,
00:29:13.43\00:29:15.90
no life, we wouldn't have seen
00:29:15.90\00:29:17.13
or heard from him again.
00:29:17.13\00:29:18.10
But he got smart when
he was going down he said
00:29:19.90\00:29:21.90
Lord Help me.
And let me tell you
00:29:21.90\00:29:24.13
there has never been a time
00:29:24.13\00:29:25.23
in the history of
this world of mankind,
00:29:25.23\00:29:27.33
that when a honest
heart cries out Lord help me,
00:29:27.33\00:29:30.00
Lord save me,
00:29:30.00\00:29:31.13
that he doesn't
reach down immediately
00:29:31.13\00:29:32.86
and drag you out
of that mess. Amen.
00:29:32.86\00:29:35.13
He cleans you up and he sets
00:29:35.13\00:29:36.40
you on fire for him. Amen.
00:29:36.40\00:29:38.36
This place ought
to be so hot out here,
00:29:39.20\00:29:40.83
they call the fire department,
00:29:40.83\00:29:42.00
something ought to
be going on out here.
00:29:42.00\00:29:43.80
People need to
know that you have
00:29:43.80\00:29:45.06
something in your heart,
00:29:45.06\00:29:46.03
they need to know that you have
00:29:46.50\00:29:47.46
something in your life. Amen.
00:29:47.46\00:29:49.60
This is what it's all about.
00:29:49.60\00:29:51.00
It's just difficult
to mention the name of
00:29:51.76\00:29:53.76
esus without a smile. Amen.
00:29:53.76\00:29:56.16
Isn't it difficult
to talk about the hope,
00:29:56.53\00:29:58.46
it might sound,
well this is my hope.
00:29:58.46\00:30:00.50
Well friend,
that's not going to work.
00:30:00.50\00:30:02.30
When there is hope, you
say there is hope. Amen.
00:30:05.13\00:30:07.80
When you can't
pay the house payment,
00:30:08.46\00:30:10.60
the roof is falling
00:30:10.60\00:30:11.86
and you think oh
this is such a mess,
00:30:11.86\00:30:13.26
and all of a
sudden a miracle is done,
00:30:13.26\00:30:15.00
yes praise God, this is good.
00:30:15.00\00:30:17.93
God is in the business,
God wants to reach you,
00:30:19.53\00:30:23.50
he wants to touch us today.
00:30:23.50\00:30:24.60
Friend, why do we
stay the same that we are,
00:30:24.60\00:30:27.13
why aren't we
growing more in grace
00:30:27.13\00:30:28.83
in the love of Jesus Christ,
00:30:28.83\00:30:30.16
in his power
and in his strength,
00:30:30.16\00:30:32.43
are we not beholding him.
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.40
Oh friend, this
one thing I know,
00:30:35.16\00:30:38.20
I serve a risen
savior today. Amen.
00:30:40.40\00:30:43.13
And I'm thankful
that he was willing to
00:30:44.50\00:30:45.86
reach down and to touch me.
00:30:45.86\00:30:47.16
There was no
place, there is no place
00:30:47.80\00:30:49.86
was lower then I haven't been,
00:30:49.86\00:30:51.60
but when I cried
out God was there. Amen.
00:30:53.83\00:30:56.26
He was merciful in
his long suffering.
00:30:57.13\00:30:59.23
I'm thankful for that
blood, this is one thing
00:31:01.13\00:31:03.60
that I know from scripture,
00:31:03.60\00:31:05.03
and that's why I can
say today praise God.
00:31:05.76\00:31:08.23
I'm looking for
that blessed hope
00:31:09.36\00:31:10.76
and the soon coming of Jesus.
00:31:10.76\00:31:12.06
One of the greatest miracles,
00:31:14.83\00:31:17.90
you have your Bible,
you may want to just turn
00:31:18.70\00:31:20.13
there quickly if you
like in John chapter 9,
00:31:20.13\00:31:23.70
we are not going
to read all the verses
00:31:23.70\00:31:24.90
because of our time.
00:31:24.90\00:31:26.73
But oh I love this,
00:31:28.16\00:31:30.30
and I want you to
think through the power
00:31:31.30\00:31:34.33
of thy sweet
Holy Spirit right now.
00:31:34.33\00:31:36.46
Remember spiritual things
are spiritually discerned.
00:31:36.46\00:31:39.33
And we do not bring anything in
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.53
here in the presence of God
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.46
that's going to
destroy that peace
00:31:44.46\00:31:46.30
and hearing from heaven,
00:31:46.86\00:31:48.16
do you believe that. Amen.
00:31:48.16\00:31:49.73
How desperately we
need to hear from heaven.
00:31:49.73\00:31:51.93
This is why, this
is so valuable here,
00:31:52.53\00:31:55.76
this institution, 3ABN
going into all the world.
00:31:55.76\00:31:59.26
Alright people, I
read something here today
00:31:59.26\00:32:00.83
they said we've got a plan,
00:32:00.83\00:32:02.13
I am not trying to
criticize, condemn anybody.
00:32:02.13\00:32:03.70
I am just saying, I
am thinking about it.
00:32:04.36\00:32:05.83
If we do this and this
and this and this and this,
00:32:06.36\00:32:09.13
somebody stay with
me, and this and this.
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.40
In the next five
years we'll reach the world,
00:32:12.10\00:32:14.13
you can do it right now;
00:32:14.13\00:32:15.36
you're doing it right
now within a second. Amen.
00:32:15.36\00:32:17.93
This was in the letter.
00:32:21.03\00:32:22.10
We do this,
this, this, and this.
00:32:23.56\00:32:25.03
Five years we
will reach the world,
00:32:25.03\00:32:26.60
you're doing it
now. What a blessing,
00:32:26.60\00:32:30.60
why not getting
involved, why not get on board,
00:32:30.60\00:32:33.56
if you don't you're
going to be left out.
00:32:34.33\00:32:35.80
John chapter 9,
you remember the story
00:32:37.90\00:32:40.90
very well about the blind man.
00:32:40.90\00:32:42.30
I'm not going to
go into all the detail
00:32:42.30\00:32:43.93
but if those who by
the way maybe have never
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.46
heard it sometime
you have to go back
00:32:46.46\00:32:48.00
and just fill in
the blanks a little bit,
00:32:48.00\00:32:49.43
so you suffer along
okay, if you know it well,
00:32:49.43\00:32:52.26
if I know better than
I do. But John Chapter 9
00:32:52.26\00:32:54.80
talks about the blind man,
00:32:54.80\00:32:55.83
you know the story
he said that Jesus made
00:32:56.50\00:32:58.43
some clay, you know what he did,
00:32:58.43\00:32:59.60
he made some clay, he
put it on the man's eyes
00:32:59.60\00:33:01.63
and then he told him to
do what? He said go wash.
00:33:01.63\00:33:05.60
Interesting? And when he
went washed what happened.
00:33:06.63\00:33:09.40
He could see. He could see.
00:33:10.50\00:33:11.56
Can you imagine,
remember Jesus touched this man,
00:33:11.56\00:33:15.53
and his life was never the same.
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.30
When he touches you, your
life will never be the same,
00:33:19.06\00:33:21.80
if it's the same old,
same old all the time,
00:33:21.80\00:33:23.73
it's because he
has not touched you.
00:33:23.73\00:33:25.56
His manna, his
word is fresh everyday.
00:33:26.40\00:33:28.90
We're getting the day old stuff
00:33:29.26\00:33:30.86
when we should be
getting the fresh goodies,
00:33:30.86\00:33:32.40
are you still with me? Amen.
00:33:32.40\00:33:33.80
Don't settle for it,
00:33:34.56\00:33:35.80
he said I want to
give you fresh manna. Amen.
00:33:35.80\00:33:38.23
And so he had
been touched by Jesus,
00:33:41.30\00:33:42.90
oh his life had
been turned around.
00:33:42.90\00:33:45.73
What a story that is.
00:33:47.06\00:33:48.50
Everything that could be said,
00:33:49.10\00:33:50.60
everything that could be done
00:33:50.60\00:33:52.26
was to just credit Jesus,
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.53
do you remember. Remember,
00:33:53.53\00:33:55.40
a lot of times when
you're doing the work
00:33:55.40\00:33:56.66
of Jesus Christ
somebody stay with me,
00:33:56.66\00:33:58.36
when you're doing
the work of Jesus Christ
00:33:58.36\00:33:59.90
everybody does their
very best to discredit you.
00:33:59.90\00:34:02.30
They want to talk about you,
00:34:03.06\00:34:04.16
they want to criticize you,
00:34:04.16\00:34:05.30
they want to condemn you. Amen.
00:34:05.30\00:34:07.30
When you're on the front line,
00:34:09.00\00:34:10.00
they like to take shots
at you as you will know,
00:34:10.00\00:34:12.03
many of you.
This is not the work
00:34:12.03\00:34:15.46
of the Holy Spirit;
00:34:15.46\00:34:17.00
this is not the
work of God's people,
00:34:17.23\00:34:19.26
but the work of the enemy.
00:34:19.26\00:34:20.46
We should be praying
for and supporting those
00:34:21.20\00:34:24.00
who are on the front line.
00:34:24.00\00:34:24.96
They're giving their life
00:34:24.96\00:34:26.43
for the cause of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:34:26.43\00:34:28.40
This is the time that we
need to shoulder together,
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.53
we need to pray together,
we need to work together
00:34:30.53\00:34:33.00
while there is still time. Amen.
00:34:33.00\00:34:34.96
Here this man was
blind he couldn't see,
00:34:35.56\00:34:37.13
Jesus came and just a
few short thing done bump,
00:34:37.13\00:34:39.46
bump, bump; go wash
and then he could see
00:34:39.46\00:34:41.33
the people were mad,
the leadership was mad,
00:34:41.33\00:34:44.30
oh who did this
thing, we want to find out
00:34:44.30\00:34:46.70
who did this. Wow!
00:34:46.70\00:34:48.70
And it came even
to the very point
00:34:50.83\00:34:53.43
that when someone of the leaders
00:34:54.00\00:34:55.43
came to mom and
dad or the blind man.
00:34:55.43\00:34:58.06
You remember
what mom and dad do?
00:34:58.06\00:34:59.93
Hey, don't ask me, ask him,
00:35:02.80\00:35:05.40
you like the way you put
off to blame somebody else.
00:35:05.76\00:35:08.03
They were afraid they
were going to get in trouble,
00:35:08.03\00:35:09.66
mom and dad turned on their son.
00:35:09.66\00:35:11.20
And it says there,
oh he is blind he sees,
00:35:11.83\00:35:13.80
go ask him, he is of age.
00:35:13.80\00:35:16.70
And so they went to
the man that once was blind
00:35:22.70\00:35:25.10
and they said who
did this thing to you,
00:35:25.10\00:35:26.90
who did this.
00:35:27.70\00:35:29.16
And the poor blind
man says I don't know,
00:35:30.50\00:35:32.33
I need somebody to stay with me.
00:35:33.03\00:35:34.60
This man, he had been
touched by Jesus Christ
00:35:36.96\00:35:39.43
and they say well,
who did this thing.
00:35:41.36\00:35:43.53
He said I don't know,
00:35:43.53\00:35:44.80
and I can't help but
thank somebody who said,
00:35:45.60\00:35:47.43
what did he look
like? I don't know,
00:35:47.43\00:35:51.26
I don't know that either.
00:35:51.26\00:35:52.50
I don't know what he looks like,
00:35:53.43\00:35:54.90
what do you mean you don't know,
00:35:54.90\00:35:55.86
I wouldn't know if
he was in a line up.
00:35:55.86\00:35:57.43
I would not know
because he told me to go wash
00:35:58.26\00:36:00.96
and when I washed, he is gone,
00:36:00.96\00:36:02.40
I don't know.
00:36:03.10\00:36:05.20
But boy the
statement that he made,
00:36:06.76\00:36:09.20
that the subject, what
did this man say, I didn't,
00:36:09.20\00:36:13.36
I didn't see him.
He just put something
00:36:13.36\00:36:16.00
on my eyes and he
said go wash, and see,
00:36:16.00\00:36:18.56
I don't know, he said
that this is one thing
00:36:18.56\00:36:20.80
I do know what
a testimony. Amen.
00:36:20.80\00:36:23.16
What a testimony,
this one thing I know,
00:36:23.16\00:36:25.50
when I was blind
he said now I what?
00:36:26.13\00:36:28.50
now I see.
00:36:28.80\00:36:30.43
Friend, you've been in
that predicament spiritually,
00:36:31.56\00:36:36.56
then I was blind
now I see, you say well,
00:36:38.30\00:36:42.00
I don't know about what
Jesus says about baptism,
00:36:42.56\00:36:45.73
I can't explain the 2300 days,
00:36:45.73\00:36:47.80
I don't know about
the three angel's message.
00:36:47.80\00:36:49.33
When Jesus
touches you dear friends
00:36:49.33\00:36:51.26
something happens inside,
00:36:51.26\00:36:52.80
and you gave a testimony why?
00:36:53.40\00:36:54.73
Because those who
were once on drugs,
00:36:54.73\00:36:56.46
now they're free from
it because he touched them,
00:36:56.46\00:36:58.66
they'll say my, I don't know,
00:36:58.66\00:37:00.26
although there is one
thing I know I was on drugs,
00:37:00.26\00:37:03.23
I'm not now,
somebody has touched me. Amen.
00:37:03.23\00:37:06.23
And when he
touches you things happen,
00:37:06.23\00:37:07.63
things change, when you're
on the alcohol and tobacco,
00:37:08.20\00:37:11.56
and you're you know
before he's touched you.
00:37:12.96\00:37:15.26
You put, your eyes
have been beholding
00:37:15.96\00:37:17.23
those things that
they shouldn't beholding.
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.93
Your ears had
been listening those
00:37:19.23\00:37:20.60
things you shouldn't,
00:37:20.60\00:37:21.63
some people have
been sneaking around,
00:37:21.63\00:37:23.10
they think somebody don't know,
00:37:23.10\00:37:24.16
God knows. Amen.
00:37:24.16\00:37:25.46
He maybe sneaking around right
00:37:26.73\00:37:28.46
in the dark but God knows.
00:37:28.46\00:37:29.83
And when he touches you,
00:37:34.03\00:37:35.23
you can have this same response.
00:37:35.23\00:37:37.90
I really don't
know and I might like
00:37:39.40\00:37:41.20
to know him in fact my face,
00:37:41.20\00:37:43.53
I haven't even seen him,
00:37:43.53\00:37:44.76
but this one thing I know
00:37:45.13\00:37:46.93
I was blind and now I see. Amen.
00:37:46.93\00:37:50.13
What a witness friend.
00:37:50.46\00:37:51.86
Jesus told us something like
00:37:52.76\00:37:54.26
that about for all of us.
00:37:54.26\00:37:55.33
You remember the
passage of scripture
00:37:56.40\00:37:58.30
in First Peter, 2 verse 9,
00:37:58.30\00:38:01.50
he says he has called us out of?
00:38:01.50\00:38:03.66
Darkness. Come on,
00:38:04.33\00:38:05.30
he has called us
out of what? Darkness.
00:38:05.30\00:38:06.73
He has called us out of darkness
00:38:06.73\00:38:07.90
into that marvelous life.
00:38:07.90\00:38:09.30
He's called us
out of that spiritual;
00:38:09.30\00:38:11.20
the blindness
and he's given light.
00:38:11.20\00:38:13.13
How wonderful that
is, we've all been there,
00:38:14.03\00:38:17.26
we witness one
time we were child of
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.50
darkness isn't it right,
00:38:19.50\00:38:20.53
now we're a child
of the light. Amen.
00:38:20.53\00:38:22.83
Why? I don't
know all the reasons,
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.03
you maybe a new
Christian and say I don't know,
00:38:25.76\00:38:27.63
I don't know what
happened, but I know this,
00:38:27.63\00:38:29.96
I'm not the same
person as I used to be. Amen.
00:38:29.96\00:38:32.96
Praise God for
that. This is exciting,
00:38:32.96\00:38:34.73
this is the Gospel,
00:38:35.73\00:38:37.00
this is what the
world needs to hear,
00:38:38.40\00:38:40.10
because the
majority are out there,
00:38:40.30\00:38:41.76
the devil has them, and
they need to hear that God
00:38:41.76\00:38:44.66
can relieve those
things in their life.
00:38:44.66\00:38:46.53
God is the
answer to those things,
00:38:46.53\00:38:48.40
if we will cling to him
and not to our self. Amen.
00:38:48.40\00:38:50.93
That's one thing that I know.
00:38:52.00\00:38:53.20
My hope and the Bible
talks about it in Psalms 39:7,
00:38:55.96\00:39:00.76
my hope today
is in Jesus Christ,
00:39:01.26\00:39:03.96
how about you? Amen
00:39:03.96\00:39:05.26
He is my, that's
the only hope I have,
00:39:05.26\00:39:07.10
there is no other way
out of this life for me.
00:39:09.20\00:39:11.80
I've sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
00:39:12.60\00:39:14.76
I needed that
atoning blood, how about you?
00:39:14.76\00:39:17.30
I needed to be
cleansed from sin.
00:39:17.30\00:39:19.03
I needed a new start, and
00:39:19.80\00:39:21.23
he said I will give you that,
00:39:21.23\00:39:22.70
praise God. Amen.
00:39:22.70\00:39:24.30
To me people in the
world say well I used to know
00:39:25.23\00:39:27.36
you, you used to,
forget the used to business.
00:39:27.36\00:39:29.83
When you're touched
I can say this right,
00:39:30.66\00:39:33.10
all I know is I was
blind, but now I see.
00:39:33.10\00:39:35.70
Let them talk if they want to,
00:39:36.40\00:39:38.00
let them go and do the work of
00:39:38.23\00:39:40.06
the devil if they want to,
00:39:40.06\00:39:41.06
but you know that
he's touched you today.
00:39:41.06\00:39:42.90
You need to be
positive about it.
00:39:42.90\00:39:44.70
When he touches
you, you know it,
00:39:45.36\00:39:47.23
so may Adventists, many and
00:39:47.23\00:39:48.76
Christians around the world,
00:39:48.76\00:39:50.00
I don't, I don't know if I
am in a saving relationship.
00:39:50.00\00:39:53.13
We've come to the
point we're so timid
00:39:54.33\00:39:56.03
we have to be very careful,
00:39:56.03\00:39:57.40
you don't say,
well I've been saved.
00:39:57.40\00:39:58.86
You have about twenty people
00:39:59.63\00:40:00.80
that mob you
afterwards, and now you remember
00:40:00.80\00:40:02.26
being saved and in
saving relationship, yes.
00:40:02.26\00:40:05.40
We're almost afraid to
give God the glory. Amen.
00:40:10.20\00:40:13.23
To be in a saving relationship
00:40:13.96\00:40:15.90
with him is awesome. Amen.
00:40:15.90\00:40:18.40
To have him Lord of
your lives is awesome. Amen.
00:40:18.40\00:40:21.36
The God of this universe.
00:40:23.20\00:40:25.00
This one thing I know I
was blind but now I see.
00:40:28.20\00:40:31.73
He has called me out of darkness
00:40:31.73\00:40:33.40
into that marvelous light.
00:40:33.40\00:40:34.70
My hope is in Jesus Christ,
00:40:34.70\00:40:36.60
and the Bible says this
that I must be Roman 12:12,
00:40:37.20\00:40:41.43
I need to be
rejoicing in this hope.
00:40:41.43\00:40:44.30
How many are
rejoicing today? Amen.
00:40:45.20\00:40:47.60
Okay praise God, rest
of you need to wake up
00:40:47.60\00:40:49.90
and start rejoicing, shall we,
00:40:49.90\00:40:51.20
are we ready to go now?
Yes. Hey, it's all good,
00:40:51.20\00:40:53.86
isn't that right, it's
all good, that's our saying,
00:40:53.86\00:40:56.16
it doesn't matter
happens, if it's really bad,
00:40:56.16\00:40:58.03
we are going to say it's
all good, because of what?
00:40:58.03\00:41:00.16
We are a part of
the family of God.
00:41:00.90\00:41:02.30
He's promised to take care of us
00:41:02.30\00:41:03.63
and to meet our needs and God
00:41:03.63\00:41:04.80
is going to keep his word.
00:41:04.80\00:41:06.03
It's all good. Amen.
00:41:06.03\00:41:08.46
I am going to rejoice today
00:41:08.46\00:41:09.96
in the hope of my salvation,
00:41:09.96\00:41:11.23
we can set by and we
smile our face all cracks
00:41:11.23\00:41:13.93
and falls apart if you want to.
00:41:13.93\00:41:15.33
I think we need to
smile and be happy why?
00:41:15.33\00:41:17.66
Because of our salvation.
00:41:17.66\00:41:19.03
He's promised a
better place for you.
00:41:19.03\00:41:21.10
You want to continue in
this mess that you're in,
00:41:21.10\00:41:23.23
you want to
continue in this mess
00:41:23.23\00:41:24.56
that you're in
like the way that it is.
00:41:24.56\00:41:26.36
Even as a
Christian, I want to improve
00:41:26.86\00:41:28.10
every day don't you. Amen.
00:41:28.10\00:41:30.06
I want my relationship
with him to improve,
00:41:30.06\00:41:31.93
but the only
way that can improve
00:41:31.93\00:41:33.66
if I spend some time with him,
00:41:33.66\00:41:35.20
some real valuable time.
00:41:35.90\00:41:37.60
So, I am going to
humble and I am going to hope
00:41:38.33\00:41:40.53
in my salvation.
First Thessalonians 5:8,
00:41:40.53\00:41:43.10
read those things
when you can't by the way.
00:41:43.10\00:41:44.73
But you know why
I am going to say
00:41:44.73\00:41:45.73
this one thing I know,
00:41:45.73\00:41:47.00
is I serve a risen
savior today by the way. Amen.
00:41:51.10\00:41:54.10
He is a miracle worker. Amen.
00:41:55.90\00:41:57.63
See I am a thorough believer
00:41:59.43\00:42:00.80
in when you have reunions,
00:42:00.80\00:42:02.63
and you have camp meeting,
00:42:02.63\00:42:03.83
it's a time that
we need to rededicate,
00:42:03.83\00:42:07.03
it's a time that
we need to have our
00:42:07.93\00:42:09.73
spiritual batteries charged up.
00:42:09.73\00:42:11.73
The world has been draining us,
00:42:12.40\00:42:14.16
and some of us
are short circuiting,
00:42:14.16\00:42:16.50
and God doesn't want that,
00:42:17.26\00:42:18.70
and we must plug
into the source of power,
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.86
and that is Jesus Christ.
00:42:21.86\00:42:23.20
And this is what this is about,
00:42:23.20\00:42:24.93
this just didn't happen.
00:42:24.93\00:42:26.30
There is a lot of planning,
00:42:26.30\00:42:27.43
a lot of
expense, a lot of workers,
00:42:27.43\00:42:29.33
a lot goes into
this, you come, I come,
00:42:29.33\00:42:31.46
we just sit and enjoy
and praise God. Dear friends,
00:42:31.46\00:42:34.00
I'm telling you we
need to get more involved.
00:42:34.00\00:42:35.76
Amen. There
needs to be more things
00:42:35.76\00:42:37.53
just like this
where we can come,
00:42:37.53\00:42:39.10
that we can gain strength
00:42:39.10\00:42:40.46
and then we can take that
to other parts of the world,
00:42:41.13\00:42:43.46
in our own
neighborhood, our own backyard.
00:42:43.46\00:42:45.96
When you're encouraged,
00:42:47.73\00:42:48.96
so much easier
to go out, isn't it?
00:42:49.36\00:42:51.03
And the word of God is always an
00:42:51.70\00:42:53.30
encouragement to me.
00:42:53.30\00:42:54.36
Oh I serve a risen
savior today. Amen.
00:42:54.36\00:42:57.60
I serve a God by the way,
00:42:59.03\00:43:00.53
that he spoke worlds
into existence. Amen.
00:43:03.03\00:43:05.73
He just spoke the world,
00:43:06.63\00:43:08.70
and then he spoke to them,
00:43:09.53\00:43:13.76
they said he put the stars up
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.26
there and the Bible said
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.26
he calls them all by name,
00:43:16.26\00:43:17.26
wow. And so as you throw these
00:43:18.00\00:43:22.26
things out into the universe
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.80
and he speaks to them
and he says stand fast,
00:43:23.80\00:43:26.20
and you know
what? They stand fast.
00:43:27.93\00:43:30.53
Exactly where he put
them and the way he created,
00:43:31.40\00:43:33.96
the way he made, you
say that's the kind of
00:43:33.96\00:43:35.66
power that God has.
00:43:35.66\00:43:37.13
And then we
wonder can he really do
00:43:38.56\00:43:40.40
the work that needs
to be done in my life.
00:43:40.40\00:43:42.40
My friend, let me say
00:43:43.20\00:43:44.20
you and I are the
only ones in God's way,
00:43:44.20\00:43:46.20
did you know that.
00:43:46.20\00:43:47.16
We're the only ones
right preventing from his
00:43:47.80\00:43:50.00
coming back right now because
00:43:50.00\00:43:51.16
we need that image
right, fully reproduce.
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.96
Why because there is
too much selfishness in it,
00:43:53.23\00:43:55.46
and among God's people
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.16
there is too much backbiting,
00:43:57.16\00:43:58.23
and too much gossiping
and too much worldliness,
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.46
we brought it into the church
00:44:00.46\00:44:02.03
instead of the
church throwing it out.
00:44:02.03\00:44:03.60
There's a time,
this is the time.
00:44:03.60\00:44:08.90
Friend, if it's not the
time when is it going to be.
00:44:08.90\00:44:10.70
Why not now? Amen.
00:44:11.50\00:44:14.73
These are things
that go through your mind,
00:44:16.20\00:44:17.70
I know as well as mine night
00:44:17.70\00:44:18.90
and day and I wake up tonight
00:44:18.90\00:44:19.93
and the Lord say I am coming.
00:44:19.93\00:44:20.90
And there is so
much worldliness inside
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.26
and among us and we are rounded,
00:44:24.26\00:44:25.46
and surrounded by
day in and day out.
00:44:25.46\00:44:27.56
It's taking my people,
00:44:27.56\00:44:28.70
and the devil
is doing something,
00:44:30.36\00:44:31.66
he is trying to what
we read first occupy what,
00:44:31.66\00:44:34.10
the mind, even if
it's on maybe good
00:44:34.10\00:44:37.03
things within themselves,
00:44:37.03\00:44:38.03
but we can't contemplate what,
00:44:38.03\00:44:39.80
it talked about the
power of the blood of Jesus.
00:44:39.80\00:44:42.23
Where there is
victory in the name of Jesus,
00:44:44.90\00:44:47.06
in the blood. Oh how I'd like
00:44:47.06\00:44:50.10
to have been there when Jesus
00:44:50.10\00:44:51.63
turned the water into wine.
00:44:51.63\00:44:52.96
I don't know about you.
00:44:52.96\00:44:54.56
Some of you be
careful with that.
00:44:57.20\00:44:58.70
What a miracle
worker. See this one thing
00:45:05.36\00:45:08.86
I know when he
speaks it happens.
00:45:08.86\00:45:10.83
Jesus told the
disciple, you know
00:45:14.93\00:45:17.16
he told the fishermen, he said
00:45:17.16\00:45:18.40
cast your net, you
remember that. Yes.
00:45:18.40\00:45:20.56
Oh, I love that he
said cast your net,
00:45:20.56\00:45:22.63
but you know what he
said, he launch out into the,
00:45:22.63\00:45:24.90
launch out in the deep.
00:45:25.53\00:45:26.90
Oh, don't be faithless
church, don't be faithless.
00:45:27.90\00:45:31.30
When God says launch out,
00:45:32.13\00:45:33.60
some of us are, okay we
are going to do it Lord,
00:45:33.60\00:45:35.63
we take our little sock off
00:45:35.63\00:45:37.26
and we will get
our little toes covered
00:45:37.26\00:45:39.13
and we say, we're launched.
00:45:39.13\00:45:40.23
Oh look at this, man I'm
really out there. God said,
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.66
get out into the
deep, did you get it?
00:45:44.66\00:45:47.03
He didn't said knee high,
00:45:47.03\00:45:48.26
he didn't say up to the chest,
00:45:48.26\00:45:49.40
he said go out into the deep.
00:45:49.40\00:45:50.90
And it will only
be when you're feet
00:45:52.26\00:45:54.93
you see no longer
touch the bottom of the water
00:45:54.93\00:45:57.33
and you're out there
right giving it this,
00:45:57.33\00:45:59.23
right by faith,
right, faith keeping you up,
00:45:59.23\00:46:01.66
and then God said some
deep things will happened,
00:46:02.96\00:46:04.90
when they'll
launched, when they obey
00:46:04.90\00:46:06.40
the voice of the master,
00:46:06.40\00:46:07.46
the Bible said
they, I almost thought
00:46:07.46\00:46:09.16
they got selfish one time,
00:46:09.16\00:46:10.30
I had to be
careful with that thought,
00:46:10.30\00:46:11.60
because they got their nets were
00:46:11.60\00:46:12.83
so full that it began to what?
00:46:12.83\00:46:14.36
Break. It began to break,
00:46:15.33\00:46:16.33
but they just
kept pulling them in
00:46:16.33\00:46:17.96
and pretty soon
what did they say?
00:46:17.96\00:46:19.13
Hey, you guys over there
00:46:20.70\00:46:22.13
that's not catching anything?
00:46:22.13\00:46:23.26
Probably too shallow,
are you still with me?
00:46:25.90\00:46:27.60
Come on over here and
the more of they were casting
00:46:28.10\00:46:31.46
their nest and the deep the more
00:46:31.46\00:46:32.53
and all of a sudden they
said both boats almost sank,
00:46:32.53\00:46:34.76
and that's where I got
that selfishness thing,
00:46:35.13\00:46:36.80
I would if it just
get out of my mind.
00:46:36.80\00:46:38.20
You know when you're
pulling in something good,
00:46:39.80\00:46:41.40
you don't want to stop sometime,
00:46:41.40\00:46:42.80
is somebody with me.
00:46:42.80\00:46:43.86
When you're reading the
word of God and it's good,
00:46:43.86\00:46:45.10
you don't want to
stop, do you? Amen.
00:46:45.10\00:46:47.10
And when the
homecoming here ends
00:46:48.73\00:46:50.96
and camp meeting ends,
you won't want to go home,
00:46:50.96\00:46:52.70
you gonna wanna stay
because it's so good.
00:46:52.70\00:46:55.50
They said the boat almost sank,
00:46:56.46\00:46:58.06
that's the kind
of God that we serve.
00:46:58.06\00:46:59.90
Amen. And in the Bible we read
00:46:59.90\00:47:02.96
where the ten lepers came,
00:47:02.96\00:47:04.43
then Jesus spoke to
them and he touched him
00:47:05.73\00:47:07.26
and he healed them,
that's the one thing I know,
00:47:07.26\00:47:09.86
that he healed
and he touched them.
00:47:10.70\00:47:12.13
He raised people from the dead,
00:47:14.23\00:47:16.10
he took that withered
hand, do you remember?
00:47:16.60\00:47:18.56
And he touched that
hand, it was like brand new.
00:47:19.03\00:47:21.36
This is one thing that
I know, he can touch you,
00:47:22.30\00:47:25.66
he can change you
physically, mentally,
00:47:25.66\00:47:28.23
spiritually. Amen.
00:47:28.23\00:47:29.60
And it's time as God's last day
00:47:29.60\00:47:31.36
people that we quit blaming,
00:47:31.36\00:47:32.90
I was born this way,
lets stop it right now,
00:47:33.66\00:47:35.96
lets stop it. Amen.
00:47:35.96\00:47:37.76
I couldn't help it, stop it.
00:47:39.00\00:47:41.56
Are you still there? Amen.
00:47:43.16\00:47:44.93
He made me do it, stop it.
00:47:46.36\00:47:48.40
Hope you're following
along, those are excuses.
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.66
You cannot give, what
are you going to do stand
00:47:52.56\00:47:54.86
before the
creator of this universe
00:47:54.86\00:47:56.36
and giving excuses,
well he made me do it.
00:47:56.36\00:47:58.33
No, when he says,
he is going to what,
00:47:59.16\00:48:02.93
he'd emptied
heaven if he needed to.
00:48:02.93\00:48:05.50
All of heaven
would come to your aid
00:48:05.50\00:48:08.23
to keep you from falling
00:48:08.23\00:48:09.30
and when you and I began
to view sin as it really is,
00:48:09.30\00:48:11.83
we become to hate sin enough
00:48:11.83\00:48:13.80
that we would rather
die than willfully sin,
00:48:13.80\00:48:16.30
we've come to a point
where Jesus says well done
00:48:16.30\00:48:19.00
and good and
faithful servant. Amen.
00:48:19.00\00:48:21.43
Come to that point in our life
00:48:22.46\00:48:23.73
if not God will help us,
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.06
pray for it. Amen.
00:48:26.56\00:48:28.26
Church on fire,
what work they can do
00:48:30.30\00:48:32.30
with the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:48:32.30\00:48:33.63
This one thing I
know is when Jesus came in
00:48:34.63\00:48:37.30
contact with
the demons from hell
00:48:37.30\00:48:39.10
they had to leave,
00:48:39.10\00:48:40.30
they couldn't stay,
he cast out the demons
00:48:42.70\00:48:45.50
and Lazarus was dead, right?
00:48:46.33\00:48:48.30
Body was stinking. I
love that gospel song
00:48:49.83\00:48:54.03
and I only know a
line or two, maybe a word
00:48:54.03\00:48:55.53
or two of it, it doesn't matter,
00:48:55.53\00:48:57.56
this one thing I know.
00:48:57.80\00:48:58.86
I don't have to explain it all,
00:49:00.36\00:49:01.50
I have to sing at all.
00:49:01.50\00:49:02.46
This one thing I know,
00:49:04.33\00:49:05.86
even if he's four days
late he's still on time,
00:49:07.10\00:49:10.10
are you still with me? Amen.
00:49:10.10\00:49:11.20
Even when we think he is
late, he's still on time,
00:49:11.20\00:49:14.53
he never misses a beat,
00:49:14.53\00:49:16.06
he never said oops or
oh oh, I forgot never.
00:49:17.76\00:49:22.23
Because you're
foremost on his mind.
00:49:23.33\00:49:25.43
I love that song also
it says you know when,
00:49:27.43\00:49:29.56
when he was on the
cross I was on his mind,
00:49:29.83\00:49:34.23
oh thank God for that. Amen.
00:49:34.23\00:49:35.90
And he loved you so much
00:49:37.83\00:49:38.96
he wasn't gonna
come off of that cross.
00:49:38.96\00:49:40.96
He wouldn't do it, he
loved you if it be one,
00:49:43.20\00:49:45.86
I can't fathom all of that.
00:49:45.86\00:49:47.60
How I would, how I
want to dig deeper,
00:49:49.23\00:49:53.20
to understand that kind of love,
00:49:53.73\00:49:55.43
because I read from
one of Ellen White's book
00:49:56.26\00:49:58.56
sometime it said that
we're going to have to
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.73
have the love that
Jesus had for our fellow man
00:50:00.73\00:50:04.50
if Heaven's
going to be our home.
00:50:04.50\00:50:06.03
That just blew me away,
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.96
we have to have the
same kind of love that Jesus
00:50:08.53\00:50:11.13
had for us if heaven
is going to be our home,
00:50:11.13\00:50:13.36
I said God I need some changes.
00:50:13.36\00:50:14.96
We have to love our fellow man.
00:50:20.70\00:50:22.00
I love serving a savior that
00:50:24.00\00:50:26.93
can speak to the water
00:50:26.93\00:50:28.20
and the water obeys,
00:50:28.20\00:50:29.50
he can speak to
animals and they obey,
00:50:30.30\00:50:32.23
he speak to
universe and it obeys,
00:50:32.23\00:50:34.93
the only ones who
disobey is some human beings
00:50:34.93\00:50:36.96
here on this
planet, we're the problem,
00:50:36.96\00:50:39.10
he is soon to correct
that by the way. Amen.
00:50:39.33\00:50:41.73
I want to go home
how about you? Amen.
00:50:42.00\00:50:43.86
I want to spend
eternity with Jesus,
00:50:44.53\00:50:46.20
so I believe with
all my heart today,
00:50:46.86\00:50:48.90
the few moments
that we have left,
00:50:48.90\00:50:50.26
I want you to think with me.
00:50:50.26\00:50:51.36
I believe that
Jesus is looking for,
00:50:52.16\00:50:54.50
listen to the word,
a "Sound Christian,"
00:50:54.50\00:50:57.03
we have too many
wharfing Christians,
00:50:58.40\00:51:00.66
you know the back and forth,
00:51:00.66\00:51:01.66
every wind of doctrine,
00:51:01.66\00:51:02.76
they're staying
over here and over there,
00:51:03.53\00:51:04.50
it's time we get
serious with God,
00:51:04.50\00:51:06.30
serious about what is truth.
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.30
God either means what
he says or he doesn't.
00:51:08.30\00:51:10.43
When we gave the
Three Angels message,
00:51:10.43\00:51:12.03
you give all three messages
00:51:12.03\00:51:13.63
you don't stop
short with two. Amen.
00:51:13.63\00:51:15.66
Because you are
called for this work,
00:51:17.20\00:51:19.46
you've been
chosen for this work,
00:51:19.46\00:51:21.13
and yes some people
will get angry with you,
00:51:21.33\00:51:23.86
yes the world will
get angry with you,
00:51:23.86\00:51:25.63
they got angry with Jesus Christ
00:51:25.63\00:51:27.23
did they're not. Amen.
00:51:27.23\00:51:28.30
But they continued on
00:51:29.40\00:51:30.73
and we must
continue on with our calling.
00:51:31.00\00:51:33.33
Amen. Make sure dear friends.
00:51:33.33\00:51:36.43
God is looking today
for "Sound Christians,"
00:51:37.10\00:51:39.26
in fact in the book of
Acts chapter 3:16 it says
00:51:39.50\00:51:42.66
he is looking for
a, listen to this word,
00:51:42.66\00:51:43.93
he is looking for
a perfect soundness,
00:51:43.93\00:51:46.76
see as Christians we
need to start again serious
00:51:49.20\00:51:51.56
about our church
attendance. Amen.
00:51:51.56\00:51:53.30
We need to get, we
need to get real serious
00:51:56.60\00:51:58.73
about our
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:51:58.73\00:52:00.66
We need to get real serious and
00:52:03.26\00:52:04.80
make those decisions right now
00:52:04.80\00:52:06.60
if we think that
we can be you know
00:52:06.80\00:52:09.13
half the world
and half of Heaven
00:52:09.13\00:52:11.43
we need to think again.
00:52:11.43\00:52:12.60
Jesus said, he who is
not with me he is against me,
00:52:14.43\00:52:17.40
and so you have to
make decisions for eternity
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.83
and we need to
be making them right
00:52:20.93\00:52:22.33
where probation's
door is still open.
00:52:22.33\00:52:24.66
I've been
impressed over and over
00:52:24.66\00:52:26.06
that probation's door
just barely cracked right now
00:52:26.06\00:52:28.40
if somebody is still
with me, it's barely crack,
00:52:28.40\00:52:30.73
once it goes like that that's it
00:52:30.73\00:52:32.70
not another
person will come to Jesus
00:52:32.70\00:52:34.36
and some of you been
fooling around too long,
00:52:34.63\00:52:36.73
maybe no one here,
00:52:36.73\00:52:38.03
but many have sound
the voice that were hear,
00:52:38.03\00:52:39.73
watch whatever it might be.
00:52:39.73\00:52:40.73
They've been
fooling around calling
00:52:41.40\00:52:42.76
themselves a Christian and
00:52:42.76\00:52:43.76
they're not even half converted,
00:52:43.76\00:52:44.93
a half
converted person is a good
00:52:45.20\00:52:47.10
tool in the hand of the Devil,
00:52:47.10\00:52:48.20
did you know
that. Lukewarm Christian
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.46
is the best right
tool that the devil has,
00:52:50.46\00:52:52.16
so no lukewarmness
here, isn't that right on fire
00:52:52.70\00:52:55.10
for Jesus. Amen.
00:52:55.10\00:52:56.43
We don't want to be
spewed out of his mouth,
00:52:56.80\00:52:58.40
but he is looking for
somebody that's going to be
00:52:58.40\00:52:59.66
sound by the way and
I want our prayer to be.
00:52:59.66\00:53:02.93
In the book of Psalms 119:80,
00:53:03.70\00:53:05.93
he says it like this,
00:53:05.93\00:53:06.90
"Lord let my
Heart be sound." Amen.
00:53:06.90\00:53:10.83
That's awesome
simple, but awesome. Lord,
00:53:11.16\00:53:13.80
let my, come on help me what?
00:53:13.80\00:53:15.20
Let my heart be
what? Sound. Let be sound,
00:53:15.20\00:53:18.23
because he says I'm
looking for perfect soundness,
00:53:18.23\00:53:20.83
I'm looking for a
people that will not be moved.
00:53:21.96\00:53:24.10
Amen. He said I'm the rock,
00:53:24.10\00:53:27.83
you are the light of
the world, isn't that right.
00:53:28.96\00:53:30.70
I'm looking for people
that will not be moved,
00:53:30.70\00:53:32.50
though all of demons
of hell come against us.
00:53:32.50\00:53:35.56
I'm greater he
says, I have more power.
00:53:36.53\00:53:38.73
God's looking for
people, in the last days
00:53:42.03\00:53:43.90
that have a
sound doctrine. Amen.
00:53:43.90\00:53:45.80
Many people are
distorting the beautiful
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.80
truths of God's word.
00:53:50.80\00:53:52.10
They're going
out in North forty,
00:53:52.30\00:53:53.86
they're varying
off from what is truth,
00:53:54.83\00:53:56.56
they're confusing
the minds and friend,
00:53:56.56\00:53:58.13
we don't need to
be confused right now.
00:53:58.13\00:53:59.93
We may not
understand all of the teachings,
00:54:00.50\00:54:02.50
all of the
doctrine, but dear friends
00:54:02.50\00:54:03.86
I was blind but now I see. Amen.
00:54:03.86\00:54:06.60
That's the
change we have to have.
00:54:06.60\00:54:08.36
I'm a changed individual
because of Jesus Christ,
00:54:09.13\00:54:11.70
he's changing me everyday,
00:54:11.70\00:54:12.73
praise God for that.
00:54:12.73\00:54:14.10
I'm praying
everyday that God gives sound
00:54:16.46\00:54:18.83
words found in the
book of Second Timothy 1:13,
00:54:18.83\00:54:21.40
Lord, I need to
have sound words,
00:54:21.40\00:54:22.70
not critical words,
00:54:23.70\00:54:24.70
not tearing other people apart,
00:54:25.10\00:54:26.46
tearing people down,
criticizing or condemning,
00:54:26.46\00:54:28.60
but building up
the calls of Christ.
00:54:28.60\00:54:30.43
I need to be a
positive in this cause.
00:54:31.00\00:54:33.23
We have to have
the love of Jesus.
00:54:35.93\00:54:37.43
Sound doctrine,
sound minds, oh friend,
00:54:39.73\00:54:42.20
how we need sound minds?
00:54:42.20\00:54:43.93
The devil's
throwing everything at us,
00:54:44.70\00:54:46.70
he can throw,
would you believe it? No.
00:54:46.70\00:54:48.80
God expects this
movement to be successful,
00:54:52.60\00:54:55.13
it's gonna to be gloriously
successful by the way,
00:54:55.73\00:54:58.93
you can be involved
or not dear friends.
00:54:58.93\00:55:01.06
God's people need to
be wide awake right now
00:55:01.93\00:55:04.00
in a few moments
that we have left
00:55:04.00\00:55:05.56
I want you to think with me,
00:55:05.56\00:55:06.66
we've got to get
serious with God,
00:55:06.66\00:55:07.93
he wants us to be
wide awake right now.
00:55:07.93\00:55:09.46
Heaven right now
is waiting to bestow
00:55:11.00\00:55:12.70
what needs to be
bestowed upon us. Amen.
00:55:12.70\00:55:14.76
A work for us to
do that you never
00:55:15.73\00:55:17.00
dreamed maybe about,
00:55:17.00\00:55:17.96
but make
yourself available to God.
00:55:17.96\00:55:19.46
Wide awake, why, because
00:55:21.06\00:55:22.46
we're gonna home. Amen.
00:55:22.46\00:55:24.06
There maybe some here
today that you say you know
00:55:24.56\00:55:26.73
I've not been serious
as I need to be with God
00:55:26.73\00:55:28.86
and I want to invite
those who are listening,
00:55:30.16\00:55:31.66
those who are
viewing, whatever it might be
00:55:31.66\00:55:32.90
around the world
today, those who are here.
00:55:32.90\00:55:34.56
Some time we're
never challenged the way
00:55:37.96\00:55:39.40
we ought to be challenged.
00:55:39.40\00:55:40.40
Today I'm gonna to
challenge you by God's word,
00:55:40.40\00:55:44.30
there maybe some
changes, you know some of you
00:55:45.03\00:55:46.73
been procrastinating,
you've been just talking
00:55:46.73\00:55:48.53
about really getting in
there and following Jesus,
00:55:48.53\00:55:50.90
but maybe you haven't done that,
00:55:53.03\00:55:54.23
but you want to do it today.
00:55:54.23\00:55:55.30
Why not do it now
in closing minute or so
00:55:55.30\00:55:56.83
we have left that
you're gonna to say
00:55:56.83\00:55:57.93
you know what I need
to get serious with God.
00:55:57.93\00:55:59.50
Probation is
closing, Jesus is coming
00:55:59.50\00:56:02.50
and oh how I want to be a part.
00:56:02.50\00:56:03.66
I don't want to miss, I
have that hope of eternal life.
00:56:03.66\00:56:06.30
If I've missed it,
I've missed everything,
00:56:07.03\00:56:08.70
there is only one
purpose for any of us
00:56:08.70\00:56:10.23
being here is to
repopulate heaven,
00:56:10.23\00:56:12.23
do you agree?
00:56:12.23\00:56:13.20
That's the only
reason for us to be here,
00:56:13.20\00:56:14.60
I don't want to miss that,
00:56:14.60\00:56:15.80
there is somebody here today say
00:56:17.10\00:56:18.26
I need to be get more serious
00:56:18.26\00:56:19.26
than I've even been with God,
00:56:19.26\00:56:20.23
just don't sit where you're at,
00:56:20.80\00:56:22.86
why don't you just
come right on up here,
00:56:22.86\00:56:24.13
surely we have a minute or two
00:56:24.13\00:56:25.13
that we can do that in between.
00:56:25.13\00:56:26.13
Come on, just,
come come come quickly,
00:56:26.13\00:56:28.10
lets not hesitate,
because see time is running out.
00:56:28.10\00:56:31.00
Don't come up
because somebody else is,
00:56:32.10\00:56:33.70
don't come up because well,
00:56:33.70\00:56:34.66
don't worry what the
husband is going to say,
00:56:34.66\00:56:36.46
what the wife is going to say,
00:56:36.46\00:56:37.86
what mom and dad might say,
00:56:37.86\00:56:39.20
it doesn't make any difference,
00:56:39.20\00:56:40.40
you're gonna to
get serious with God,
00:56:40.40\00:56:41.73
you're gonna to do it right now.
00:56:41.73\00:56:42.70
This is what
home coming is about,
00:56:42.70\00:56:43.96
this is what camp
meeting is about yeah,
00:56:43.96\00:56:45.90
it's recommitting
our life to Jesus Christ
00:56:45.90\00:56:48.20
to say I'm gonna to
get serious with God,
00:56:48.20\00:56:50.26
like never before I
want God to use me like
00:56:50.26\00:56:52.30
he's never used me before.
00:56:52.30\00:56:53.70
Oh how I need him in my life,
00:56:53.70\00:56:55.53
how I need that power. Amen.
00:56:55.53\00:56:57.66
That he can help us to witness
00:56:59.00\00:57:00.20
in such a special way.
00:57:00.20\00:57:01.30
Don't hesitate
or maybe you can't,
00:57:03.03\00:57:04.63
there's not enough room
00:57:04.63\00:57:05.60
you're gonna to
stand where you are,
00:57:05.60\00:57:06.66
there is no one in here,
by the way I'm gonna be frank,
00:57:06.96\00:57:09.30
I'm gonna be
really honest with you,
00:57:09.30\00:57:10.40
alright with you friends.
00:57:10.40\00:57:11.36
Everybody should be standing,
00:57:11.36\00:57:12.73
there is nobody in here.
00:57:12.73\00:57:13.73
You want to go to heaven,
00:57:13.73\00:57:14.83
you're gonna have to take
your stand for Jesus Christ.
00:57:14.83\00:57:16.06
Amen. As we're
closing out right now,
00:57:16.06\00:57:17.76
we're gonna to have
prayer together right.
00:57:17.76\00:57:19.30
We're gonna to have prayer.
00:57:19.30\00:57:20.26