Good morning
GYC. It is my pleasure
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tonight to
introduce our speaker for the
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evening meeting
at GYC this year.
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Dr. Eric Walsh, I've
had the privilege of living
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in the same neck of
the woods as Dr. Walsh
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for the past
several years down in
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Southern
California and so have been
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able to hear him preach
often on over the years.
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And I can tell you he
preaches with passion.
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He preaches from his
heart and he preaches
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about real life
things that are going
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on in our lives.
Dr. Walsh is a physician
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living in the
Southern California area
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and along with
hearing him preach
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over the years,
I've seen him in action
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as a doctor. I
took a trip into the
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Urgent Care while
back with a bee sting
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that was swelling
at my arm and Dr. Walsh
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just happen to be the
doctor on call in house
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and I can tell you
from personal experience
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he takes very good
care of his patients
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and he is a wise
and caring doctor.
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He is currently
the Director of the
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Health Department
in Pasadena, California
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and he is on the faculty at the
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Loma Linda
University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Walsh has a
family. He is married
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to his wife
Annette and they have
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three children. We are grateful
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and excited to have
Dr. Walsh here with us
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at GYC for
these next three days,
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and I know that we
are all in for a treat
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and a tremendous blessing.
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See there by the
road, there's a man
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about to give up,
thinking it's too hard
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we can't keep
going on like this.
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Then hears a
voice inside him saying,
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my child I know that
it's hard. But I've gone
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this way before
you, there's no time
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for turning around.
There's no turning back,
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no man that puts
his hand to the plow
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and looks back is fit
for the kingdom of God.
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There's no turning
back, though all hell should
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try to shake us, keep
pressing on till we see
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our savior's
face. No turning back.
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Though tempted to
turn back we will find
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we can keep up, if we
truly seek to give God,
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or love ourselves,
we will find a strength
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in him that
will never let us go.
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He will take us by the hand
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and gently lead us
home. There's no turning back,
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no man that puts
his hand to the plow
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and looks back is fit
for the kingdom of God.
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There's no turning
back, though all hell
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should try to shake
us, keep pressing on till
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we see our savior's
face. No turning back.
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There's no turning
back, no man that puts
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his hand to the plow
and looks back is fit
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for the kingdom of God.
There's no turning back,
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though all hell
should try to shake us,
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keep pressing on till
we see our savior's face.
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No turning
back. No turning back.
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No turning
back. No turning back.
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No turning back. Amen.
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Good evening GYC. Good evening.
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Let me just say
that it is a privilege
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and an honor to be
here with you tonight
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and I can tell you
that to see an army
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of young people come
together to be trained
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and to be
educated, to lift one another
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for the cause of
Jesus Christ really thrills
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my heart, in fact I'm
humble even to be here,
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because there are a
lot of places young people
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could be this weekend amen.
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There are a lot
of people trying to
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figure out where
they're gonna party
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this weekend, but I
praise God that we could
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fill a room so large
that I really can't see
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the back of it. And I praise God
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that God's church
still has young people
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who are very
serious about finishing
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the work. So let's
just say amen. Amen.
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And let's give the
Lord a hand praise.
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Let's just tell
God that we love Him,
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because God is
good. Let me tell you
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something we could, we could go
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all night about this,
but I work in the field
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of public health
and I see young people
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all the time who
are in dire states.
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And I've prayed with
many of them many times
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and asked them to you
know make wise decision
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or to encourage
them to do good things.
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So I'm glad to
know that I can go back
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and say look I've seen what God
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can do for young
people. And I saw it at GYC,
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somebody ought
to say amen. Amen.
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If you don't mind
turn with me in your Bibles
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to the book of 2nd Timothy.
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The second chapter,
2nd Timothy chapter 2
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starting at verse
one. 2nd Timothy chapter 2
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starting at verse
one. And I'm gonna read
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the first four verses
from the second chapter
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of the book of 2nd Timothy.
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2nd Timothy
chapter 2 verses 2 to 4.
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The scripture says,
Thou therefore, my son,
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be strong in the grace
that is in Christ Jesus.
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And the things that
thou hast heard of me
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among many
witnesses, the same commit thou
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to faithful men,
who shall be able to
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teach others
also. Verse three says,
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Thou therefore endure hardness,
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as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
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No man that
warreth entangleth himself
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with the affairs of this life;
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that he may please
him who hath chosen him
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to be a soldier. Our
message this evening is
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entitled the good soldier,
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the good soldier. Let us pray.
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Father God, we
thank you Lord for this
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opportunity to
go into your word.
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I ask Father God
right now that you make me
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just a rusty old,
sorry old nail Lord.
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But Lord I ask
that you hammer that
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nail into a wall
and then upon that nail
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I ask Lord Jesus
that you would hang a
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portrait of yourself,
so that tonight Eric Walsh
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is not seen or
heard. But Father God
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I ask that we
would hear a message
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from the throne room of grace.
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This is our
prayer in Jesus' name,
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let the church say amen. Amen.
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The city of Rome was on fire,
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in fact three
fourths of the city
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wound up burning. It
started in July of AD 64
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on the night between
the 18th and the 19th.
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It was said to
have started at the
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south-eastern end
of the Circus Maximus
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where flammable
goods were being sold.
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And once the fire
caught in the Ancient Rome
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it was difficult
to stop the fire,
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because the way
that the city was built.
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The homes were
connected. But not only
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were the homes
connected, they were
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connected and the walls
of those connected homes
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were flammable. So
once the city began to burn.
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The city of over
two million people,
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the city began to
burn in rapid succession.
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The fire burned
for six days in Rome.
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Six long
difficult days to die down
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and then burn again
for three more days.
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Three great ancient
historians Cassius Dio,
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Suetonius and
Tacitus all state that it was
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Nero who started the
fire. These historians
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also state that
he played the lyre
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and he sang
from the palace walls
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as the city
burned. There are those who
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argue that in fact
what Nero really wanted
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was an opportunity
to clear out sections
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of the city, so
that he could build
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a larger palace. Something that
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he ultimately does
after the fire is quenched
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by the battalions of
firemen building a large
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palace and over a 130 foot,
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30 meter high
statue of himself in gold.
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Nero was a sick
man and history records
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that not only is
he guilty of killing
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his mother and of
killing his second wife.
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But Nero was the
first of the Pagan emperors
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to begin to
torture the Christians.
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And when the fire was burning,
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one of the things
that happened is that
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the citizens of
Rome began to believe
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that somehow Nero
was guilty of the fire.
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Nero was so
upset at, at the idea
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that he was being
indicted that he decided
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to turn his
attention and the attentions
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of the citizens of
Rome off of himself
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and on to
another group of people.
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In fact he arrested and tortured
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a few Christians
and those Christians
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implicated other Christians
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and so on until the
young Christian religion
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newer to Rome than
most other religions
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which was a religion
popular along the poor
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and the destitute, that religion
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if you belong to
it people were being
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gathered up and
collected and torture.
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In fact Tacitus
and Tacitus is a very
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important ancient historian.
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There was a time
when it was argued that
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there was no
evidence of Jesus Christ
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outside of the
scripture. But Tacitus
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writes and I
want you to hear this.
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Tacitus writes,
therefore speaking of,
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of Nero is therefore
to stop the rumor that
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he had set Rome on
fire, he the emperor Nero
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falsely charged
with guilt and punished
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with the most fearful tortures,
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the persons
commonly called Christians
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who are generally
hated for their enormities.
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Christus, the
founder of that name.
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The founder of
the Christian religion
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they say. He
says was put to death
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as a criminal by Pontius Pilate,
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procurator of Judea
in the reign of Tiberius,
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but the pernicious
superstition repressed
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for a time broke out
yet again not only through
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Judea where the
mischief originated,
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but through the
city of Rome also,
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where all horrible and
disgraceful things flow.
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Tacitus makes it
clear in his writings.
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He was a boy
when the city burned
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and he speaks
negatively of Christianity
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of course because
to speak positively of
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Christianity would have
meant that he might have
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found himself being tortured.
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But Tacitus anchors a
few things in history.
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He anchors in history
the fact that not only
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did Jesus exist, but
Jesus was put to death
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by Pontius Pilate,
and I submit to you
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that the other ancient historian
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that does this
Josephus are both important,
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because even
Josephus says that Jesus
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was the Messiah,
being that he was a
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Jewish historian.
So I submit to you that
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out of this, this fire
comes the torture of the
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Christians, but it
also cements Christianity
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in Pagan Rome as a
religion. How horrific
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was the torture of
the Christians as this,
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after the city
burned. It was so horrific,
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because they
would take Christians
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and they would
put them up on stakes.
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They would take
animals skins freshly ripped
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from off of the
bodies of animals,
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and wrap the Christians
up in the animal skins
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and then release up
the Christians hungry dogs.
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So terrible was Nero
who wanted desperately
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to be a great
charioteer, that Nero
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would take the
Christians and sometimes
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he would put them
on poles and he would
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light them on fire.
And at night Nero would
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practice his
chariot racing as he bobbed
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and weaved in
between the human torches
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that were
Christians. But no matter
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what they did, GYC.
No matter how tortured
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the Christians were.
One of the powerful things
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that happens is
the Christian church
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only gains
strength. In fact Tacitus says
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something profound. He
says that as the average
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citizens see what's happening,
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many of them begin to feel sorry
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for the Christians. And
as Christians sing hymns
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even as they are set
ablaze. The last sound
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uttered out of
their parched mouths
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are songs of praise
to God. Can you imagine
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being an spectator and
watching as one of these
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Christian dies and
no matter how fierce
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the power of the
Roman Empire is upon
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the group, no matter how pointed
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and directed the
attack, no matter how hateful
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and slanderous the
words, yet this group of
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Christians only
continue to praise
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the living God.
Amen. Nero realized
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that he was going to
do away with Christianity
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he had to do away
with it's leadership.
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So for the second time he goes
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and he arrests a
very small feeble
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older gentleman
by the name of Paul.
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And Paul is
dragged in and thrown
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into a dungeon. And
left there to suffer.
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Nero trying to
make an example of him,
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trying to squash
out this religion,
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who after a while
they no longer said that
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their crime was, was
burning down the city,
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but eventually the
crime leaves being simply
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burning down the
city and Tacitus puts
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it like this he says,
eventually their crime
00:17:40.70\00:17:43.56
is the hating of the human race.
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Let me warn you
young people that
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if you're going
to be a Christian.
00:17:49.20\00:17:50.50
The enemy is
gonna tell lies on you.
00:17:51.63\00:17:54.03
The enemy is going
to try to galvanize
00:17:55.70\00:17:58.83
the world against
us. You're gonna be seen
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as barbaric,
antiquated, out of touch,
00:18:02.70\00:18:07.86
out of date, you're
slow, you're not that
00:18:07.86\00:18:11.70
smart actually. In
fact these pernicious lies
00:18:11.70\00:18:15.96
have began and a
very sophisticated trap
00:18:15.96\00:18:18.90
has already been
sprung on the Christian world,
00:18:18.90\00:18:21.40
and in fact much of Christendom
00:18:21.40\00:18:23.16
doesn't realize this
trap has been sprung.
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When I look at individuals like
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Sarah Palin or the
lady here in Delaware,
00:18:28.63\00:18:34.50
just close by recently
ran for the Senate seat
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in the United
States. The lady who said
00:18:37.33\00:18:40.60
she wasn't a
witch. You notice that
00:18:40.60\00:18:44.20
what they do is
when Sarah Palin is asked
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and O'Donnell are
asked if they believe
00:18:46.53\00:18:50.06
in evolution or creationism.
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When these
questions are posed to them
00:18:52.86\00:18:55.50
there are
commentators and pundits that
00:18:55.50\00:18:57.60
now say listen
I remember hearing
00:18:57.60\00:18:59.80
Arianna Huffington
say about Sarah Palin,
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.00
she is not qualified to be the
00:19:03.00\00:19:05.33
President of the United States,
00:19:05.33\00:19:06.60
because she believes
in a six day creation.
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Now many would
argue there are a lot of
00:19:12.73\00:19:14.46
reason Sarah Palin may
not have been qualified
00:19:14.46\00:19:17.93
to be the President
of the United States.
00:19:17.93\00:19:20.36
But I hope you get
the trap that's being set.
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If you can combine
certain elements with
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Christianity and
make anyone who is a Bible
00:19:30.36\00:19:33.80
believing Christian
seem as if they are at odds
00:19:33.80\00:19:37.30
with science and
progress. Do you see
00:19:37.30\00:19:41.70
that the trap is being set.
00:19:41.70\00:19:43.23
Paul is arrested
for the second time.
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While he's in the
dungeon he is asked
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what it is that he would want?
00:19:58.66\00:20:00.90
At the end of the
book of 2nd Timothy he says
00:20:02.70\00:20:04.90
he wants his
cloak, he wants his,
00:20:04.90\00:20:07.20
he would want
something to write with
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and Paul begins to
write the book of 2nd Timothy.
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Let me give you an
overview of the next
00:20:13.60\00:20:15.46
three nights.
We're gonna go through
00:20:15.46\00:20:17.60
the book of 2nd
Timothy in three parts.
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We're gonna look
at the major players
00:20:20.73\00:20:22.33
out of the book of 2nd Timothy.
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One of course the
Apostle Paul himself,
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second of course
we're gonna look at Timothy,
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.70
the third we will also
look at Nero the Emperor
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and the Roman
Empire. We'll look at Paul
00:20:33.33\00:20:36.26
from a different
angle tomorrow night,
00:20:36.26\00:20:38.10
we'll look at Paul as a Prophet.
00:20:38.10\00:20:39.60
We look at the comparison that
00:20:41.30\00:20:43.40
Ellen White and many
great historians draw
00:20:43.40\00:20:45.73
between Nero himself
and Paul the Apostle.
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Over the next three
nights we'll go deep
00:20:49.93\00:20:52.20
into this book,
looking not only at what
00:20:52.20\00:20:54.56
is in scripture,
but trying to build
00:20:54.56\00:20:56.30
the historical
context, because I believe
00:20:56.30\00:20:58.56
this book was
written for three separate
00:20:58.56\00:21:00.80
groups of people. One,
the book was written for
00:21:00.80\00:21:04.43
Timothy himself
obviously. Paul wanted
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to make sure that
he left with Timothy
00:21:07.90\00:21:10.10
final words of
importance. So that
00:21:10.10\00:21:13.33
Timothy would be
armed to deal with
00:21:13.33\00:21:16.00
what he was gonna
have to face as Timothy
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advanced to becoming a bishop.
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Secondly of course this
book was written for us,
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in fact if I
could name the message
00:21:24.73\00:21:28.00
something else I
would name it a letter
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to the last generation.
Paul is truly warning
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those of us who would be alive
00:21:36.13\00:21:37.76
at the end of
time, He is warning us,
00:21:37.76\00:21:41.33
preparing us and instructing us
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.03
in how to survive
the difficult days
00:21:44.03\00:21:46.83
that the Christians will have to
00:21:46.83\00:21:48.56
once again survive.
Who better to write that
00:21:48.56\00:21:52.56
world map for
the end of the world
00:21:52.56\00:21:54.43
then the Apostle
who bore the brunt of
00:21:54.43\00:21:59.16
Pagan Rome's
torture. But finally and maybe
00:21:59.16\00:22:06.06
most interestingly in some ways,
00:22:06.06\00:22:07.80
this letter was
also written to the
00:22:07.80\00:22:11.76
Roman Empire itself
in fact on Saturday night
00:22:11.76\00:22:15.56
I'll show you that I
believe that Paul hoped
00:22:15.56\00:22:18.36
that Nero himself
would read this letter.
00:22:18.36\00:22:21.50
But first let's
deal with Timothy.
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2nd Timothy chapter 1
starting at verse one.
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2nd Timothy chapter 1
starting at verse one.
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The scripture
says, Paul, an apostle of
00:22:35.76\00:22:38.06
Jesus Christ, by the
will of God, according
00:22:38.06\00:22:40.53
to the promise
of life which is in
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Christ Jesus. To
Timothy, my dearly
00:22:42.76\00:22:46.53
beloved son: Grace,
mercy and peace from God
00:22:46.53\00:22:50.26
the Father and
Christ Jesus our Lord.
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In the third
verse of the book Paul
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is an dungeon,
he's probably hungry,
00:22:56.33\00:22:58.73
he is probably
been beaten, but look at
00:22:58.73\00:23:01.03
how just three
verses and Paul says I thank
00:23:01.03\00:23:04.50
God whom I serve.
Let me submit to you
00:23:04.50\00:23:08.66
that torture didn't
sway Paul's allegiance
00:23:08.66\00:23:12.76
to God. His being
hungry, his being alone,
00:23:12.76\00:23:16.63
his being
destitute. Paul knew that
00:23:16.63\00:23:19.50
even in the worst of
situations he must thank
00:23:19.50\00:23:23.46
the living God.
We'll tell you something
00:23:23.46\00:23:27.30
some of us are
fair weather Christians.
00:23:27.30\00:23:30.13
We're happy to
serve God when everything
00:23:31.73\00:23:33.60
is going well, but
when we're faced with
00:23:33.60\00:23:36.70
adversity there
are a lot of Christians
00:23:36.70\00:23:38.66
who quickly began to back track
00:23:38.66\00:23:40.26
and question God. Oh if we had
00:23:40.26\00:23:44.43
the faith of Paul.
Instead of questioning
00:23:44.43\00:23:47.60
God we would view
every difficult situation
00:23:47.60\00:23:50.96
we find ourselves
in as an opportunity,
00:23:50.96\00:23:54.86
as an opportunity
to lift up the name of
00:23:56.43\00:23:59.90
Jesus Christ. Paul
says, I thank God whom I serve
00:23:59.90\00:24:07.60
from my forefathers
with pure conscience
00:24:07.60\00:24:11.26
that without
ceasing I have remembrance
00:24:11.26\00:24:13.40
of thee in my
prayers night and day.
00:24:13.40\00:24:16.90
In fact he says
something profound in
00:24:18.20\00:24:19.96
verse 5 as he introduces
this young man Timothy
00:24:19.96\00:24:23.40
he says, when I
call to remembrance
00:24:23.40\00:24:25.66
the unfeigned faith
that is in thee which dwelt
00:24:25.66\00:24:28.90
first in thy
grandmother Lois and thy mother
00:24:28.90\00:24:31.80
Eunice, and I am
persuaded that is
00:24:31.80\00:24:34.50
in thee also. You
see Timothy was an
00:24:34.50\00:24:38.26
interesting young man.
His father was a Greek.
00:24:38.26\00:24:42.30
His mother Eunice is
mentioned in chapter 5
00:24:43.16\00:24:45.93
was probably a
Jewish. It's clear from the
00:24:45.93\00:24:50.53
book of 2nd Timothy
that Timothy was well
00:24:50.53\00:24:53.13
trained in the
scripture. In fact
00:24:53.13\00:24:56.53
one of the things I
like to tell young people
00:24:56.53\00:24:58.36
based on that verse
of scripture is that
00:24:58.36\00:25:01.03
many of us who have been raised
00:25:01.03\00:25:02.86
in the church like
Timothy who was raised
00:25:02.86\00:25:05.83
to know God,
have been raised with
00:25:05.83\00:25:08.26
a legacy of
faith. We've been raised
00:25:08.26\00:25:11.80
with a legacy of
faith and probably
00:25:11.80\00:25:14.10
one of the most
disheartening things
00:25:14.10\00:25:15.66
that I see in the
church is when young people
00:25:15.66\00:25:18.23
take that legacy of
faith and just throw
00:25:18.23\00:25:21.93
it away. All of
the advantages of being
00:25:21.93\00:25:25.50
sent to Christian
Adventist schools,
00:25:25.50\00:25:28.33
growing up in
homes where alcohol
00:25:28.33\00:25:30.80
wasn't allowed.
Hearing the word of God
00:25:30.80\00:25:33.76
preach from week
to week in churches
00:25:33.76\00:25:36.03
and when they come
of age, had friends
00:25:36.03\00:25:40.50
like that growing
up who would every week
00:25:40.50\00:25:43.00
at church at 13
and 14 years of age
00:25:43.00\00:25:46.23
would remind us, man
when I turn 18 brother
00:25:46.23\00:25:49.70
I'm out of here.
I'm escaping this place.
00:25:50.60\00:25:54.36
They thought of
the church as a jail
00:25:55.30\00:25:57.73
and I praise God that
I've lived long enough
00:25:58.70\00:26:01.10
to see many of them
that ran out of the church
00:26:01.10\00:26:03.26
come running back in.
They've found out that
00:26:03.26\00:26:07.53
real freedom isn't in the world,
00:26:07.53\00:26:09.83
isn't in drugs and
illicit sexual affairs,
00:26:09.83\00:26:13.86
it's not in chasing
the all mighty Taliban
00:26:13.86\00:26:16.93
but real freedom
comes when you can turnover
00:26:16.93\00:26:19.73
your life to
Jesus Christ somebody
00:26:19.73\00:26:21.50
ought to say amen.
But some of us have been
00:26:21.50\00:26:25.96
given this legacy of
faith and I challenge
00:26:25.96\00:26:28.50
those of you who are
parents or who will be
00:26:28.50\00:26:30.96
parents that we
parent in such a way
00:26:30.96\00:26:34.43
that if Paul was
writing about our child.
00:26:35.40\00:26:37.63
He can write this
verse about our child.
00:26:38.50\00:26:40.53
The unframed faith
that was in Eric Walsh.
00:26:41.40\00:26:45.46
That has now been
passed on to his child.
00:26:47.03\00:26:49.46
A legacy of faith has given.
00:26:53.83\00:26:55.60
The Paul goes on and he looks,
00:26:56.53\00:26:58.73
look at verse six. He says that,
00:26:58.73\00:27:01.76
wherefore I put
thee in remembrance that
00:27:01.76\00:27:03.80
I will stir up the
gift of God which is in thee
00:27:03.80\00:27:06.70
by the putting on my hands.
00:27:06.70\00:27:08.70
For God has not given
us the spirit of fear.
00:27:09.50\00:27:13.00
But of power and of
love and of a sound mind.
00:27:14.63\00:27:20.63
If you are going to survive
00:27:21.30\00:27:22.96
in the last days,
you will not be able to
00:27:22.96\00:27:26.56
survive the last days living
00:27:26.56\00:27:29.20
your life out of
fear. Fear is a very poor
00:27:29.20\00:27:35.36
motivator, studies are
pretty well documented,
00:27:35.36\00:27:40.16
they're just
scaring people with tar
00:27:40.16\00:27:43.23
blackened lungs
from cigarettes are
00:27:43.23\00:27:44.93
not enough to help people to be
00:27:44.93\00:27:46.56
motivated to quit smoking.
00:27:46.56\00:27:47.93
Fear only lasts for a
little while and in fact
00:27:49.30\00:27:51.43
when you really read
the scriptures carefully
00:27:51.43\00:27:53.43
fear is actually
the opposite of love,
00:27:53.43\00:27:55.73
because perfect love does what?
00:27:55.73\00:27:57.43
It casts out all
fear. The Christian not
00:27:59.00\00:28:03.90
operate out of
fear, if you are a
00:28:03.90\00:28:05.93
Sunday Adventist
Christian and your
00:28:05.93\00:28:07.80
relationship you
live one afraid that
00:28:07.80\00:28:10.36
everyday when you
wake up you're gonna
00:28:10.36\00:28:12.06
wake up and mess
up and make mistake.
00:28:12.06\00:28:14.10
If you're operating
out of fear something is
00:28:14.10\00:28:16.26
wrong with your
relationship with
00:28:16.26\00:28:17.63
Jesus Christ.
Because God has not given you
00:28:17.63\00:28:22.06
a spirit of fear.
The devil wants you
00:28:22.06\00:28:24.00
to be afraid. The
devil wants you to be afraid
00:28:24.00\00:28:27.60
that you won't
make it. Roger Morneau's
00:28:27.60\00:28:32.03
last book. I'm a big
fan of Roger Morneau.
00:28:32.03\00:28:34.20
When I read A Trip
Into The Supernatural
00:28:36.13\00:28:37.70
I've to admit it,
it was a little hard to
00:28:37.70\00:28:40.43
go to sleep that
night, but I'm just being
00:28:40.43\00:28:43.86
honest some of
you won't admit that.
00:28:43.86\00:28:45.46
I'll just admit it for
you. But I read his book
00:28:45.46\00:28:49.00
Beware of Angels. And
there's a powerful part
00:28:49.00\00:28:52.76
in the book where
one of the woman who have
00:28:52.76\00:28:54.70
comeback to God and
this woman had been dealing
00:28:54.70\00:28:58.03
with demons. I
won't get into the story,
00:28:58.03\00:28:59.76
I don't have time,
but they've been dealing
00:28:59.76\00:29:01.63
with some demon
issues and one of the woman
00:29:01.63\00:29:04.20
who would comeback
to God says you know
00:29:04.20\00:29:05.90
Roger Morneau he
is interviewing her
00:29:05.90\00:29:07.96
in prison. You know
the only time the demons
00:29:07.96\00:29:12.00
comeback is when I
question watch this.
00:29:12.00\00:29:14.70
When I question
whether or not God has actually
00:29:14.70\00:29:19.30
forgiven me for what I've done.
00:29:19.30\00:29:20.60
Steps to Christ
Ellen White warns against
00:29:22.23\00:29:24.73
this idea that
when you've, when you've
00:29:24.73\00:29:27.10
repented and turned
your sins over it is,
00:29:27.10\00:29:30.40
it is the spirit of
fear to go back and wonder
00:29:30.40\00:29:35.40
if God has forgiven
you, because now you begin
00:29:35.40\00:29:38.10
to question the
power of the blood
00:29:38.10\00:29:40.90
of Jesus Christ and it
is, it actually infuses
00:29:40.90\00:29:46.13
power into the
enemy against you.
00:29:46.13\00:29:48.66
Let me tell you
something. Most of you
00:29:49.66\00:29:53.70
put bleach in a washing machine,
00:29:53.70\00:29:55.43
add a little bit
of Tide detergent.
00:29:55.43\00:29:56.90
You don't go back and
check half way through
00:29:57.66\00:29:59.70
cycle if the clothes
is actually getting clean.
00:29:59.70\00:30:01.70
You've got more faith in Clorox
00:30:03.66\00:30:05.50
and Tide then you
do in the blood of
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.10
Jesus Christ.
Let me warn you that
00:30:07.10\00:30:12.80
you will live a
trapped weekend life
00:30:12.80\00:30:16.10
if you leave your
spiritual experience
00:30:16.10\00:30:18.50
afraid of God. We
always read John 3:16
00:30:18.50\00:30:25.63
and I love John
3:16, but John 3:17 says,
00:30:25.63\00:30:28.10
For God send not
his Son into the world
00:30:28.10\00:30:31.16
to condemn the
world, but that the world
00:30:31.16\00:30:34.13
to his Son might be
what? Let me tell you
00:30:34.13\00:30:36.56
something I don't
doubt because I have
00:30:36.56\00:30:38.73
a stronger belief
in Christ's ability
00:30:38.73\00:30:41.50
to save me. Then
in the devil's ability
00:30:41.50\00:30:45.86
to take me.
Amen. And it manifest,
00:30:45.86\00:30:50.90
look at the
verse, loot at the verse,
00:30:50.90\00:30:52.30
God has not given
us the spirit of fear,
00:30:52.30\00:30:54.76
but of power
Christians ought to function
00:30:54.76\00:30:57.70
out of power.
Not pride, but power.
00:30:57.70\00:31:02.66
Let me tell you
something, I'm gonna
00:31:04.86\00:31:06.50
get into this tomorrow
night a little bit more,
00:31:06.50\00:31:08.20
but I'm on national
committees, and I went
00:31:08.20\00:31:10.96
to a recent
meeting, a national meeting
00:31:10.96\00:31:12.70
and they had. They
brought a high ranking
00:31:12.70\00:31:15.43
Catholic Priest to
represent the bishops
00:31:15.43\00:31:17.66
and they brought in people from,
00:31:17.66\00:31:19.36
they worked for
focus on a family
00:31:19.36\00:31:21.10
and all these
different kind of right wing
00:31:21.10\00:31:24.70
etiologic areas
even though I found out
00:31:24.70\00:31:27.43
the Catholic priest
ironically were so far
00:31:27.43\00:31:30.00
left I couldn't find
them. And as I'm sitting
00:31:30.00\00:31:36.53
there and I'm hearing what the
00:31:36.53\00:31:38.10
U.S. government.
I will get into it
00:31:38.10\00:31:40.20
a little more tomorrow night.
00:31:40.20\00:31:41.20
It is planning to do
in the area of education
00:31:41.20\00:31:44.90
around sex and
sexuality I begin to pray
00:31:44.90\00:31:47.66
and ask God not that
I be afraid to speak up,
00:31:47.66\00:31:50.56
because I'm in
the presence of people
00:31:50.56\00:31:52.23
who are, who are of influence,
00:31:52.23\00:31:54.36
of dignitaries who run
divisions at the centers
00:31:54.36\00:31:57.56
for disease
control, but I say Lord
00:31:57.56\00:31:59.36
like Daniel
now. Like Joseph now.
00:31:59.36\00:32:03.90
Let me speak for
the people of America
00:32:04.80\00:32:07.83
who don't know
that demonic forces
00:32:07.83\00:32:10.36
are at work to
change the policies
00:32:10.36\00:32:12.56
of this great
nation. Christian doesn't
00:32:12.56\00:32:16.30
function out of
timidity and fear.
00:32:16.30\00:32:18.86
It's time when you
got to stand up and say
00:32:19.86\00:32:22.33
right is right and
wrong is wrong. Amen.
00:32:22.33\00:32:26.23
There's way too many
chickens in the church.
00:32:26.23\00:32:28.66
Too many namby pamby,
yellow bellied cowards
00:32:30.96\00:32:34.80
running around in the church.
00:32:34.80\00:32:36.20
Anything, we don't
wanna offend anybody.
00:32:37.16\00:32:39.40
You think you can
go to a Muslim school
00:32:43.50\00:32:45.40
and do some of the
stuff we allow to happen
00:32:45.40\00:32:46.86
in our schools. We're
afraid of everybody now.
00:32:46.86\00:32:52.43
And you know what happens when
00:32:53.23\00:32:54.20
you're afraid
of everybody nobody
00:32:54.20\00:32:55.53
respects you. I'm
getting ahead of myself,
00:32:55.53\00:33:00.43
we'll wait
tomorrow night for that.
00:33:00.43\00:33:02.03
But the scripture
said, he's given us power
00:33:05.30\00:33:07.50
and love, the
church ought to function
00:33:07.50\00:33:10.10
out of love. I was talking to a
00:33:10.10\00:33:12.40
group of
Pastors. We meet together,
00:33:12.40\00:33:14.26
we played basketball
in Southern California.
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.53
We were talking
and I said you know
00:33:16.53\00:33:18.03
we want to do community service
00:33:18.03\00:33:20.20
and we should do
community service,
00:33:20.20\00:33:21.53
but I tell you
what. We ought to do
00:33:21.53\00:33:23.33
community service
simply because we love
00:33:23.33\00:33:25.50
the community. There
ought to be no strings
00:33:25.50\00:33:29.43
attached. We're ought
not do community service
00:33:29.43\00:33:31.33
and expect by
default people are gonna be
00:33:31.33\00:33:34.66
baptized into the
church. In other words
00:33:34.66\00:33:37.43
we ought to feed
people who are hungry in our
00:33:37.43\00:33:39.13
communities simply
because they're hungry
00:33:39.13\00:33:41.23
and we love them.
Amen. Because we maybe
00:33:41.23\00:33:44.26
planting a seed
that doesn't generate
00:33:44.26\00:33:46.00
or germinate for 10 or 15 years,
00:33:46.00\00:33:49.30
but we've to
function out of love
00:33:50.10\00:33:52.26
for the people around
us. Paul is warning us,
00:33:52.26\00:33:55.66
as he is warning
Timothy that fear isn't how
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.26
you function, love
is how you function.
00:33:58.26\00:34:00.43
But the last thing
he says in verse seven
00:34:02.23\00:34:04.20
is powerful. The
last thing he says
00:34:04.20\00:34:07.13
is powerful. He
says, God has not given us
00:34:07.13\00:34:09.80
the spirit of fear.
He says but of power of
00:34:09.80\00:34:13.23
love and of a sound
mind. As a physician
00:34:13.23\00:34:17.30
one of the things I
found interesting is
00:34:17.30\00:34:18.86
how many people
would come to me.
00:34:18.86\00:34:20.46
When I used to
work in Urgent Care
00:34:20.46\00:34:22.46
I don't work
there anymore I miss it.
00:34:22.46\00:34:23.80
Still on, still
on faculty there,
00:34:23.80\00:34:25.80
but and people would come in
00:34:25.80\00:34:27.93
and their only
complaint would be
00:34:28.90\00:34:33.66
they're anxious, they're afraid.
00:34:33.66\00:34:36.46
I mean you would
see people come in
00:34:36.46\00:34:38.20
and they were
afraid of both options.
00:34:38.20\00:34:40.40
Now let me explain
that. Young ladies would
00:34:40.40\00:34:43.63
come in and they would want me
00:34:43.63\00:34:44.80
to medicate them,
because they were afraid
00:34:44.80\00:34:48.40
to get married.
But they were also
00:34:48.40\00:34:51.83
afraid to stay single.
There are people who are
00:34:51.83\00:34:57.96
afraid to take the
job and afraid to stay
00:34:57.96\00:35:01.03
unemployed. We live
in a society of fear,
00:35:01.03\00:35:05.73
anxiety
disorders have taken over
00:35:06.66\00:35:08.76
and people come in
and they ask for SSRIs
00:35:08.76\00:35:11.70
Serotonin Selective
Reuptake Inhibitors,
00:35:11.70\00:35:14.86
the most famous
of which is Prozac
00:35:14.86\00:35:16.63
and they figure
if you write them
00:35:16.63\00:35:18.10
a prescription
for the magic pill.
00:35:18.10\00:35:19.96
All of their
problems will go away
00:35:22.36\00:35:24.60
and you know what I used to do.
00:35:25.76\00:35:26.80
I still love doing
this, that's why I love
00:35:26.80\00:35:27.96
working at Loma
Linda, because I get my
00:35:27.96\00:35:30.00
prescription pad.
I'd get a copy of book
00:35:30.00\00:35:32.13
Steps to Christ.
And I would write on the
00:35:32.13\00:35:36.13
prescription pad. I
said I will write you
00:35:36.13\00:35:38.26
a better medicine than Prozac.
00:35:38.26\00:35:40.86
And I would write
2nd Timothy chapter one
00:35:41.60\00:35:45.40
and verse seven. Amen.
I want you to take this
00:35:46.13\00:35:49.23
TID which means
three times a day.
00:35:49.23\00:35:52.80
And, and, and you
don't have to take it
00:35:52.80\00:35:55.60
with food in fact
you're better off fasting
00:35:55.60\00:35:58.43
when you take
this medicine. Amen.
00:35:58.43\00:36:01.80
A sound mind is what
we need, but yet we live
00:36:04.73\00:36:07.36
in a time when
people are so addicted to
00:36:07.36\00:36:09.86
substances and
media and pornography
00:36:09.86\00:36:13.30
and everything
else and I do studies
00:36:13.30\00:36:15.70
where I talk about
and I got the idea from
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.73
one of our
great preaching leader
00:36:17.73\00:36:19.40
Doug Batchelor about the body
00:36:19.40\00:36:21.56
as, as, as the temple
in and when I went into it
00:36:21.56\00:36:24.00
as a physician I
looked at the frontal lobe
00:36:24.00\00:36:26.03
of the brain and
the human brain is
00:36:26.03\00:36:27.96
33 percent frontal
lobe. And when I looked at it.
00:36:27.96\00:36:33.00
If you line up a
sanctuary, you imagine
00:36:34.60\00:36:37.26
up to the body,
the frontal lobe,
00:36:37.26\00:36:38.90
the reasoning part
of your brain, right
00:36:38.90\00:36:40.23
here behind your forehead boom.
00:36:40.23\00:36:42.06
It's like the most Holy place.
00:36:43.76\00:36:45.66
This is where all of
the most complex reasoning
00:36:45.66\00:36:49.16
where GABA,
Dopamine, Acetylcholine,
00:36:49.16\00:36:52.06
adrenaline were all
of these known chemicals
00:36:52.06\00:36:54.40
are released in your
brain. These are what
00:36:54.40\00:36:56.13
make you have your
being, your sensibility,
00:36:56.13\00:36:58.50
make you think.
It's the frontal lobe
00:36:58.50\00:37:01.00
of your brain
where cocaine and alcohol
00:37:01.00\00:37:03.13
and caffeine and
nicotine all have
00:37:03.13\00:37:05.46
their affect. Oh
I don't miss this.
00:37:05.46\00:37:08.43
If this is where all
of them have their affect.
00:37:08.43\00:37:11.23
In fact what you do
when people become addicts
00:37:12.16\00:37:16.43
and get on these
substances as mild as
00:37:16.43\00:37:18.90
caffeine is
considered to be or as harsh as
00:37:18.90\00:37:21.40
cocaine is considered to be.
00:37:21.40\00:37:22.73
What you
actually you do is block
00:37:22.73\00:37:24.80
what the most
holy place is made for,
00:37:24.80\00:37:27.50
which is, for the
kind of glory of God
00:37:27.50\00:37:29.63
to fall on. The
reason the devil wants
00:37:29.63\00:37:35.16
the world addicted to substances
00:37:35.16\00:37:37.30
and pornographic
and movies and music
00:37:37.30\00:37:39.80
and all the rest of
the addicted behaviors,
00:37:39.80\00:37:42.43
gambling is because
if your mind is occupied,
00:37:42.43\00:37:46.26
the part of your
brain where the Holy Spirit
00:37:48.90\00:37:52.06
is supposed to plug in
and what the Bible says
00:37:52.06\00:37:55.96
the love of
Christ can strain at us,
00:37:55.96\00:37:58.06
because GABA is
one of those chemicals
00:37:58.06\00:37:59.90
in your brain that
when it is working right
00:37:59.90\00:38:01.90
it literally helps
you to behave properly.
00:38:01.90\00:38:04.50
It is a constraining element,
00:38:06.26\00:38:08.46
but alcohol and
marijuana both block
00:38:09.33\00:38:11.70
the release of
GABA, so the frontal lobe,
00:38:11.70\00:38:14.16
the sanctuary
model being used like
00:38:14.16\00:38:17.13
the holy place in
the, the most holy place
00:38:17.13\00:38:19.53
in the sanctuary.
If you're on that stuff
00:38:19.53\00:38:21.83
you block out.
The affects of the
00:38:21.83\00:38:26.43
living God in your life
hence the scripture says
00:38:26.43\00:38:30.23
the drunk will not inherit the
00:38:30.23\00:38:33.56
kingdom of God.
Because you can't
00:38:33.56\00:38:38.96
have a sound mind.
Yet our young people,
00:38:38.96\00:38:45.90
more and more of
them are getting caught up
00:38:47.80\00:38:49.70
and you know the devil's slick.
00:38:49.70\00:38:51.46
He couldn't get some
of us with marijuana,
00:38:52.26\00:38:54.83
he couldn't get
some of us with alcohol,
00:38:55.66\00:38:57.33
but he created these lattes
00:38:57.33\00:39:01.36
and caffeine-filled
beverages and you know
00:39:01.36\00:39:05.63
you start studying
you need to stay awake
00:39:05.63\00:39:07.80
at night, so you
break out some Mountain Dew.
00:39:07.80\00:39:10.30
So of you are
laughing, with a guilty
00:39:11.96\00:39:13.60
looking laugh. And I understand,
00:39:13.60\00:39:19.16
I've been a
student. I understand
00:39:19.16\00:39:20.56
the stress is,
but understand that
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.00
the devil just wants
an end. A sound mind,
00:39:23.00\00:39:28.63
everyone of our
churches should have a way
00:39:28.63\00:39:32.06
for people who are
addicted to receive
00:39:32.06\00:39:34.83
the counseling
and the help they need
00:39:34.83\00:39:37.06
to get off of whatever substance
00:39:37.06\00:39:39.30
or behavior is addicting them.
00:39:39.30\00:39:40.86
Our churches are
incomplete in their
00:39:41.73\00:39:44.33
ministry if we don't have that.
00:39:44.33\00:39:46.20
Because if you
bring people in with
00:39:46.20\00:39:48.40
their addiction,
the chemical addictions
00:39:48.40\00:39:50.46
will leave a door
open for the devil
00:39:50.46\00:39:53.10
to continually get to them.
00:39:53.10\00:39:55.00
Paul says in verse
8. Be not thou therefore
00:39:58.73\00:40:03.90
ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord.
00:40:03.90\00:40:07.60
Nor of me his
prisoner. Let me tell you that
00:40:08.43\00:40:13.03
Paul was not
afraid. He was okay with
00:40:14.63\00:40:18.73
being a prisoner. He understood
00:40:18.73\00:40:21.26
the importance of
suffering for God.
00:40:21.26\00:40:23.96
In fact when you
jump to chapter 2
00:40:25.33\00:40:27.26
and I've gonna
jump down to verse three
00:40:29.76\00:40:31.36
of chapter 2 for time sake.
00:40:31.36\00:40:32.93
Chapter 2 and
verse 3 of 2nd Timothy
00:40:33.76\00:40:36.16
Paul as he's in
his dungeon writing
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.03
this letter to
Timothy. He says in verse 3
00:40:38.03\00:40:41.30
of chapter 2. He
says, Thou therefore endure
00:40:41.30\00:40:44.16
hardness as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
00:40:44.16\00:40:48.16
He said to me you got
to be able to take some
00:40:49.13\00:40:50.73
licks if you're
gonna be a soldier.
00:40:50.73\00:40:52.03
No man that
warreth entangleth himself
00:40:53.26\00:40:56.46
with the affairs of this life.
00:40:56.46\00:40:58.76
That he may please
him who have chosen him
00:40:58.76\00:41:02.00
to be a soldier. Let
me tell you something
00:41:02.00\00:41:04.50
when you joined
the church. Now let me,
00:41:04.50\00:41:07.30
let me couch this just right.
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.10
I think it's
important that the church has
00:41:09.10\00:41:11.00
social aspects to it.
I think it's important
00:41:11.00\00:41:14.03
that we have
potlucks and fellowships
00:41:14.03\00:41:15.93
and, and, and
other things like that.
00:41:15.93\00:41:18.10
I think that's
critical. Because it's important
00:41:18.10\00:41:20.53
that we don't need,
we can kind what we need
00:41:20.53\00:41:22.80
in the church and
wouldn't have to go out
00:41:22.80\00:41:24.16
in the world looking for it.
00:41:24.16\00:41:25.23
So I think those
things are important,
00:41:25.23\00:41:27.36
the things like
GYC. When we have,
00:41:27.36\00:41:29.33
we have a free
time and walking us
00:41:29.33\00:41:31.50
you guys sitting on
tables and talking as
00:41:31.50\00:41:33.00
important. But understand you
00:41:33.00\00:41:34.93
didn't joined a
potluck club when you
00:41:34.93\00:41:36.83
joined a church. I
know some folk they live for
00:41:36.83\00:41:40.30
the potluck. I know folk that.
00:41:40.30\00:41:42.23
In California there
are so many wonderful,
00:41:42.23\00:41:44.66
beautiful different
ethnicities you can,
00:41:44.66\00:41:47.40
you can just do a
rotation. Korean church
00:41:47.40\00:41:49.83
this week, Korean
potluck. Filipino church
00:41:49.83\00:41:52.93
next week, Filipino
potluck. Spanish church
00:41:52.93\00:41:55.60
the next week, Spanish potluck,
00:41:55.60\00:41:57.73
but you didn't
join a potluck club.
00:41:57.73\00:42:00.06
You've joined an
army. You've joined the army
00:42:00.06\00:42:04.26
of the living God.
Amen. And it's important
00:42:04.26\00:42:09.60
as soldiers in the
army of the living God,
00:42:09.60\00:42:12.50
that we
understand that this earth
00:42:13.36\00:42:16.20
is not our home. I had
a friend who was in Iraq.
00:42:16.20\00:42:22.26
And he was in
Saddam Hussein's palace
00:42:23.16\00:42:25.46
emailing me few years
back. He was telling me
00:42:25.46\00:42:29.53
how the toilets
were gold encrusted
00:42:29.53\00:42:31.76
and all of the fancy things
00:42:31.76\00:42:33.53
that were in there. Thank you.
00:42:33.53\00:42:34.90
And he said one of
the things that he learned
00:42:34.90\00:42:38.63
in combat. Well he
is not active combat.
00:42:38.63\00:42:43.93
Is that when you're
out there they are actually
00:42:44.43\00:42:46.03
fighting I mean your
fighting it's a terrible
00:42:46.03\00:42:49.90
thing to think about home while
00:42:49.90\00:42:52.30
you're fighting.
While you're fighting
00:42:52.30\00:42:55.03
your mind has to be
only be on the fight.
00:42:55.03\00:42:56.80
Paul says to
Timothy look be careful that
00:42:58.46\00:43:01.73
you don't make
the earth your home.
00:43:01.73\00:43:03.16
Be careful that your
thoughts aren't here,
00:43:03.90\00:43:06.06
you are not more
concerned with moving up
00:43:06.06\00:43:08.06
the corporate ladder.
More concerned with how
00:43:08.06\00:43:11.60
good looking
your spouse, somebody
00:43:11.60\00:43:13.43
ought to say amen?
Amen. Because some of us
00:43:13.43\00:43:17.53
we're doing the
genetic surveys of individuals
00:43:17.53\00:43:19.76
to figure out how
good looking our children
00:43:19.76\00:43:22.16
are gonna be. When
you're a soldier in the
00:43:22.16\00:43:28.43
army of God the earth
is not what captures you.
00:43:28.43\00:43:33.96
Let me tell you
something, after burying
00:43:34.83\00:43:36.90
relatives the last
four, five years in a row
00:43:36.90\00:43:39.56
I can tell you at
every funeral was the casket
00:43:39.56\00:43:43.30
is dropped into the
hole is that Lord God
00:43:43.30\00:43:46.13
remind me on a daily
bases. There is nothing
00:43:46.13\00:43:50.26
in this earth that
can be afforded to me.
00:43:50.26\00:43:52.63
That replaces what
God has in store for me.
00:43:52.63\00:43:56.43
Because you
won't be a good soldier
00:43:57.40\00:43:59.40
if this is your home.
We jump down to verse 15
00:43:59.40\00:44:06.56
of chapter 2 where Paul says,
00:44:07.96\00:44:11.43
Study to show
yourself approved unto God,
00:44:11.43\00:44:13.90
a workman that
needs not to be ashamed,
00:44:14.60\00:44:17.20
rightly dividing
the word of truth.
00:44:17.20\00:44:20.56
He says but shun
profane and vain babbling,
00:44:21.40\00:44:25.93
for they will
increase unto more ungodliness.
00:44:26.56\00:44:30.06
It sounds like Paul
knew what the top 40 would
00:44:30.86\00:44:35.26
look like in 2010
at the end of the year.
00:44:35.26\00:44:37.93
The music of this
world today literally is
00:44:39.40\00:44:42.20
almost described here.
It is literally profane
00:44:42.20\00:44:47.26
and vain
everybody bragging about
00:44:47.96\00:44:51.23
what they had and
what they can get.
00:44:51.23\00:44:53.06
Who they are and how much of a
00:44:53.06\00:44:55.16
rock star they are. But
Paul says don't do that,
00:44:55.16\00:44:59.30
study to show
yourself approved unto God.
00:44:59.30\00:45:03.83
Rightly dividing
the word of truth,
00:45:05.93\00:45:07.86
everything you do your studying,
00:45:07.86\00:45:09.56
did you know that.
Every television program
00:45:09.56\00:45:12.60
you watch, every
movie, every book you read,
00:45:12.60\00:45:14.50
everything you
do you're constantly
00:45:14.50\00:45:16.16
and always
studying, the human brain
00:45:16.16\00:45:18.23
is so complex that
everything we taken
00:45:18.23\00:45:20.60
in is
permanently filed and stored.
00:45:20.60\00:45:22.86
As people will
ask, well why I can't
00:45:23.66\00:45:24.93
get it back when
I wanna take a test.
00:45:24.93\00:45:26.50
Well usually the
reason people can't retrieve
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information for
tests they store too much
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of the junk in
front of the stuff
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they need to get to.
So it's not enough to
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coming to church once
a week and be filled up.
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And then go back can be
filled up with the world
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you have a six and
half days of the week.
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You won't ever be
able to get the stuff
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you need to get to
when you need to get to it.
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He says study to
show yourself approved
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not to men, but to
God. He says in verse 20
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in a great house
there are not only
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vessels of gold and of silver,
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but also wood and
a worth some to honor
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and some to dishonor
for men therefore perch
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himself from these
he shall be a vessel
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unto honor
sanctified and meet for the
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master's use and prepared on to
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every good work. The Great House
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is the church. And I
warn people sometimes
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when you come to
church you expect that
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everybody in church
gonna kind and loving
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and very Christian.
Paul is warning Timothy
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and he is
warning us that in church
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there are people
how are made out of
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golden silver spiritually.
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But in church there are also be
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who are made of
wood and clay in fact
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there are people who
are made out of Tupperware
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and Styrofoam in some churches.
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And what happens is
those people will say
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one wrong word
to you and you know
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what happens people
run away from church.
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Don't be so
gullible. Understand that
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the devil is going
to send his people to
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church as well, but I
like what Paul does here
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for Timothy,
because Paul even says
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even the people
who are in church
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for the wrong
reason can be saved.
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Watch this, he says in verse 24,
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And the servant of
the Lord must not strive;
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but be gentle unto all men,
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apt to teach, patient.
In meekness instructing
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those that oppose themselves;
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if God peradventure
will give them repentance
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to the
acknowledging of the truth.
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Watch verse 26, its powerful,
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And that they may
recover themselves
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out of the snare of the devil,
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who are taken
captive by him at his will.
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The good soldier is a specialist
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in reconnaissance.
Amen. The good soldier
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specializes in
finding those that have
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drafted away from
God. How have given upon
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God, the good soldier
goes on Reconnaissance
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missions and gets back for God
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what's been lost.
You see some of us
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we've been so
insolated. We don't want to go
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out and I mean in
sometimes you have
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to stay awake, if
it's your old past
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and a place you used to
be maybe ought not to be
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the one that goes
back. But don't be afraid
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there's somebody
else to go, somebody else
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to go get your
cousins. Don't be afraid
00:48:24.06\00:48:26.90
there's somebody else
to go get your old friends
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from high school.
Don't be afraid to go back.
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We are in a reconnaissance
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state of mind. We
are looking for people
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who can be
redeemed, why? Because we have
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been redeemed. And
guess what if God can
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redeem a wretch like
me. I have full confidence
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that there is
nothing on this planet,
00:48:47.40\00:48:49.60
no one on this planet
that cannot be redeemed.
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The good soldier is on
a Reconnaissance mission.
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And a good soldier
loves to see when the devil
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had someone. And God
is able to bring them
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back to him. The story
is told of an earthquake
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that happened in
Armenia. A father was
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taking his son
to school one day.
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And as the father is taking
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his son to school.
He drops the young boy
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at the front of
the elementary school.
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The father normally
cannot get back in time
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to pick up his son,
so this particular day
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the young boy
says, daddy promise me,
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promise me that you
will be back to get me today
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at the school. The
young boy's name was Armon.
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The father says
Armon, I promise,
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I will be back to
get you. And the father
00:49:56.00\00:50:00.56
arrives at his
factory and begins to work,
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.10
the ground begins to
sway, and the building
00:50:04.20\00:50:07.63
begins to sway.
The factor is damaged
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the father runs
outside. He looks around
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and most of his
co-workers are okay,
00:50:15.30\00:50:17.00
but as he begins to
look around the city
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as the earthquake
begins to settle down
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he sees that there
is seriously damage
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to much of the buildings around.
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Father decides
that he needs to go back
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to the school and
look for his son to see
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what happened. He
begins to run back across town
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over the rubble to the school.
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When he gets to the
school, parents have
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already began to
gather around the building
00:50:44.36\00:50:46.63
where it once stood,
now a pile of rubble.
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Parents are weeping, crying.
00:50:49.30\00:50:52.90
This father steps
back and looks around for
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landmarks whatever
is left and figures out
00:50:58.36\00:51:00.76
where his son's classroom would
00:51:00.76\00:51:02.06
have been and climbs up
to the top of the rubble
00:51:02.06\00:51:04.70
gets to the top
and begins to take
00:51:04.70\00:51:06.76
one piece of rubble a
time and throw it aside.
00:51:06.76\00:51:10.36
The parents say what
are you doing up there?
00:51:14.93\00:51:17.13
Are you crazy
they're all dead, come down.
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The father
doesn't pay them any mind
00:51:23.50\00:51:25.16
and he just
continues tossing it aside.
00:51:25.16\00:51:28.60
Firemen and police
come, fireman says,
00:51:29.43\00:51:33.80
it's not safe get
down. He ignores them
00:51:33.80\00:51:36.80
and just keeps
tossing the rubble aside.
00:51:36.80\00:51:40.46
Twelve hours
later he's still there,
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16 hours later
he is still there,
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24 hours later he's still there.
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Hands now bloody
from the twisted metal
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and the sharp
rubble, but he keep
00:51:56.83\00:51:58.90
throwing it aside.
Thirty six hours later
00:51:58.90\00:52:04.36
the father is there
spent, hungry, thirsty,
00:52:05.23\00:52:10.60
working to remove the rubble.
00:52:10.60\00:52:13.03
In the 36th hour
when all hope would seem
00:52:13.80\00:52:17.23
to have been lost
he picks up a piece of
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.20
rubble and tosses into the side
00:52:19.20\00:52:21.23
and sees a dark
cavern. Raises his head back
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and puts his
mouth, hand to his mouth
00:52:28.30\00:52:30.96
and he shouts down
into the hole Armon, Armon.
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A small voice from
inside the dark pit
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cries back out yes
daddy. His father says,
00:52:41.30\00:52:47.40
Armon are you okay?
Armon says, yes daddy.
00:52:47.40\00:52:52.13
We're hungry, some of
us have been injured daddy,
00:52:53.13\00:52:56.06
but we're here
and we're alright,
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the room fell around us daddy.
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His father says give
me your hand son let me
00:53:02.73\00:53:04.80
pull you out. He says no daddy,
00:53:04.80\00:53:06.26
I'm gonna help my
friends get out first,
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some of them are
hurt, because I told
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my friends don't
worry, my daddy is coming back
00:53:11.20\00:53:15.30
to get me. Let me
tell you young people,
00:53:15.30\00:53:20.23
your daddy is
coming back to get you.
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I know this world is
all messed up and I know
00:53:25.56\00:53:28.76
it seems like there
is no hope sometimes,
00:53:28.76\00:53:30.86
but I promise you
our daddy is coming back
00:53:30.86\00:53:34.06
to get us. We
just draw near to Him,
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He will draw near to
us. As the appeal song
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is sung, you
wanna comedown front
00:53:42.46\00:53:46.06
and give your
life to Jesus Christ.
00:53:46.06\00:53:47.60
We dedicate your life.
Just join me down front.
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For your nearness Lord I hunger
00:54:12.10\00:54:17.56
For your nearness Lord I wait
00:54:17.56\00:54:22.63
Hold me ever closer Father
00:54:22.63\00:54:27.90
Such a love I can't escape
00:54:27.90\00:54:33.33
For your nearness I am hoping
00:54:35.10\00:54:40.00
For your nearness Lord I long
00:54:40.00\00:54:45.13
Have no need of any other
00:54:45.13\00:54:50.50
I have found where I belong
00:54:50.50\00:54:55.66
Yes, I have found where I belong
00:54:55.66\00:55:00.50
So draw me nearer
Lord Never let me go
00:55:00.50\00:55:11.60
Closer to your
heart Draw me nearer Lord
00:55:11.60\00:55:22.30
Draw me nearer my Lord
00:55:22.30\00:55:30.03
In your
nearness there is healing
00:55:36.53\00:55:41.90
What was broken now made whole
00:55:41.90\00:55:46.83
Restoration in its fullness
00:55:46.83\00:55:51.90
Lasting hope for all who come
00:55:51.90\00:55:57.10
In your nearness I take shelter
00:55:57.10\00:56:02.26
Where you are is where I'm home
00:56:02.26\00:56:07.43
I have need of only one thing
00:56:07.43\00:56:12.66
To be here before your throne
00:56:12.66\00:56:18.13
To be here before you throne
00:56:18.13\00:56:23.40
So draw me nearer
Lord Never let me go
00:56:23.40\00:56:34.03
Closer to your
heart Draw me nearer Lord
00:56:34.03\00:56:45.63
So draw me nearer
Lord Never let me go
00:56:45.63\00:56:55.80
Closer to your
heart Draw me nearer Lord
00:56:55.80\00:57:07.40
Draw me nearer
Lord And keep me here,
00:57:07.40\00:57:17.73
keep me here There's
nowhere else I rather be
00:57:17.73\00:57:24.00
So keep me here, keep me here
00:57:24.00\00:57:29.86
There's nowhere else I rather be
00:57:29.86\00:57:34.66
There's nowhere else I rather be
00:57:34.66\00:57:40.80
So draw me nearer
Lord Never let me go
00:57:43.40\00:57:54.86
Closer to your
heart Draw me nearer Lord
00:57:54.86\00:58:05.86
Draw me nearer Lord
Draw me nearer my Lord.
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