Participants: Jim Gilley (Host), Jack Blanco
Series Code: 10HC
Program Code: 10HC000010
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00:24 Welcome to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting Homecoming 2010.
00:32 Featuring inspired messages from your 3ABN family, 00:35 and special guest speaker Jack Blanco 00:39 along with uplifting Christian music. 00:41 All to prepare your hearts for the coming of the Lord. 00:45 We've been so thrilled with the messages here 00:48 that Dr. Jack Blanco, Professor Emeritus from 00:52 Southern Adventist University has 00:55 been bringing to a spirit filled. 00:58 You can hear a pin drop here in this auditorium. 01:01 For each of those messages; the first 01:04 one was the loving one and the second was 01:07 the humble one and today is the obedient one. 01:12 You know the devil has done a great job of 01:16 making people misunderstand obedience. 01:20 He has made people think that obedience is legalism. 01:25 And how wrong that could be when you look at our 01:28 Father in heaven as obedient and his 01:32 Son Jesus obedient. Not because they 01:35 have to but because it is their character 01:39 and the right thing to do. We're gonna listen 01:42 this morning as Dr. Jack Blanco brings us the 01:47 message entitled "The Obedient One" 01:50 but before he comes we're gonna be 01:52 privileged again by Dr. Yvonne Lewis and 01:55 she is going to sing for us "Were It Not For Grace." 02:22 Time measure out my days Life carried me along 02:37 In my soul I yearned to follow God 02:45 But knew I'd never be so strong 02:50 I looked hard at this world 02:54 To see how heaven could be gained 03:03 Just to end where I began 03:08 Where human effort is all in vain. It's all in vain 03:19 Were it not for grace I can tell you where I'd be 03:34 Wandering down some pointless road to nowhere 03:41 With my salvation up to me 03:47 I know how that would go 03:54 The battles I would face 04:01 Forever running but losing the race 04:08 Were it not for grace 04:18 So here is all my praise 04:25 Expressed with all my heart 04:32 Offered to the friend who took my place 04:40 And ran a course I could not start 04:46 And when He saw in full 04:51 Just how much His love would cost 04:59 He still went the final mile 05:04 between earth and heaven 05:07 So I would not be lost Were it not for grace 05:24 I can tell you where I'd be 05:31 Wandering down some pointless road to nowhere 05:38 With my salvation up to me 05:44 I know how that would go 05:51 The battles I would face 05:58 Forever running but losing the race 06:05 Were it not for grace 06:12 Forever running but losing the race 06:21 Were it not for your grace, 06:29 Your grace, Jesus your grace. 06:51 You say amen for that. Amen. 06:53 Praise the Lord right. Well, the last couple 06:59 of meetings, sermons, yeah, we dealt about the, 07:03 talked about the Father, didn't we? 07:06 His compassion, His forgiveness and kindness, 07:13 His gentleness, pain that He suffered over 07:21 His younger Son, the gentleness with 07:24 His older one. We talked about Jesus the humble one, 07:30 the empty one. The devil comes and finds 07:35 nothing in me, total submission, yes. 07:40 And we looked at the amazing control of the 07:46 Father when He saw His son being crucified 07:55 and endured all that pain for you and for me. 08:00 We saw the control of the son, controlling 08:06 divinity and not turning the stones into bread. 08:11 If you can control divinity you can 08:14 control anything. So that's why it says 08:18 He was tempted in all points like as we are. 08:23 And then of course we talked about his Lordship 08:26 and Jesus said; I am the Lord of the Sabbath. 08:32 He connected Lordship with Sabbath. 08:39 And that's what the Sabbath is all about, 08:42 about his Lordship. Not about his resurrection, 08:47 not about this or that, but his Lordship and 08:51 Kingship. Lord of the Sabbath. 08:57 Someone asked me last night after message, 09:01 what about the signs, the scares in his hand 09:05 and feet and head? In Zechariah the 13th 09:11 chapter verse 6, there will be some there; 09:13 who have not heard of the complete gospel. 09:18 They will say what are these wounds in thine 09:22 hands? Oh, these are the wounds where with 09:26 I was wounded in the house of my friends. 09:35 What friends? So these signs are a reminder of 09:45 redemption, the cost of redemption. 09:51 These signs are, these scares are also reminders 09:56 of submission. He will be known as the humble one. 10:03 You look at his scares and he will know and be 10:07 reminded that this is the humble one, 10:10 in contrast to Satan the proud one. 10:19 And that's why in First Corinthians 15:28 10:22 it says, And after he has put down all power 10:26 and all authority then he himself will be subject 10:30 to God. This is after it's all over then he 10:35 himself will be subject to God that God maybe 10:40 all in all, a sign of submission, and all of 10:46 us who will be there, those who will be there 10:49 will be people who have submitted, 10:52 will be submissive people and humble people. 10:58 Let's bow our heads for prayer. 11:00 Father in Heaven, as we talk today and study 11:04 today and look at the Holy Spirit, we ask for 11:10 your presence in a very special way, 11:15 in Jesus name, amen. My text this morning 11:20 is taken from John the 16th chapter, 11:23 John 16 beginning with verse 13 and 14. 11:29 Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit and 11:33 he refers to the Holy Spirit with the pronoun He, 11:39 eight times. When he, the Spirit of truth is come, 11:44 he shall speak; he shall glorify me and so on. 11:50 The personal pronoun he, the Holy Spirit is 11:55 a person, amen, and has a personality like 12:01 the father and the son, and so this morning 12:04 I want you to think of him as a person. 12:11 And Paul, when he talks about giving gifts 12:15 the Holy Spirit. Also refers to the Holy Spirit 12:19 as he, he will give gifts as he chooses. 12:27 And by the way I should add a footnote, 12:30 you know, God doesn't look at what we do 12:34 as much as at the spirit in which we do it. 12:40 It doesn't to him in one sense, to him it doesn't 12:43 matter whether we are teachers or preachers 12:47 or doctors or mechanics or floor sweepers, 12:52 it doesn't make any difference. 12:55 He looks at the spirit in which we do it. 13:03 Didn't Jesus take care of the goats? 13:05 Milk the goats or clean the barn or whatever, 13:09 right, work at the carpenter's bench. 13:17 And so the Holy Spirit gives gifts as he wills, 13:20 yes, but I want you to follow me and look 13:23 closely at the verses 13 and 14 in John 16. 13:30 Jesus is saying when he, the Spirit of truth, 13:34 is come, yes, he will guide you into all truth. 13:39 But notice the next part. 13:42 He will not speak about himself. 13:51 Anybody that speaks a lot about the Holy Spirit, 13:54 do you have the Holy Spirit, do you have the 13:56 Holy Spirit and Holy Spirit and Holy Spirit, 13:58 it's not the Holy Spirit. Now that doesn't mean 14:05 we don't speak about the Holy Spirit at all. 14:07 If that's all you hear is about the Holy Spirit, 14:11 it's not the Holy Spirit. He shall not speak of 14:16 himself or about himself but whatsoever 14:20 he hears he will speak: Oh, he is listening 14:28 and so that's why I entitled this message, 14:31 the obedient one. He says what he hears, 14:37 he says what he is told to say, 14:40 he does what he is asked to do. 14:49 And what he shall hear, that shall he speak: 14:52 and he will show you things to come. 14:53 He will glorify me Jesus says, not himself. 14:58 He will glorify me for he will receive of mine and 15:07 he will show it to you. They shall look back; 15:12 lets go to eternity past. In Zechariah the 6th 15:17 chapter, we are not going to, I have a number 15:19 of texts so we can't look all of them up. 15:24 Zechariah the chapter 6 verse 13, it talks about 15:27 the counsel of peace. After the world was 15:33 created and after sin came in, okay, 15:36 now how are we gonna solve this problem and 15:39 there was a counsel of peace among the Father, 15:42 the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit 15:45 was there also in that discussion, 15:52 making decisions. Then we go from there 15:59 to creation. What does it say in Genesis? 16:03 In the beginning God created the heavens 16:05 and the earth, right, and the spirit was there 16:07 and what? Hovered over the waters. 16:14 The Holy Spirit was there at creation, yes. 16:18 And in Genesis it also says, yes, that to come, 16:23 let us God says, let us make man in our image 16:28 and after our likeness. And that includes 16:36 being created in order to reflect the Holy Spirit. 16:43 Wasn't just let us create meaning father, son. 16:48 Let us create plural father, son, Holy Spirit 16:54 and the Holy Spirit was there, yes. 16:56 It's all exactly how the part that each one had, 17:03 yes, Jesus created all things by Him. 17:07 What role did the Holy Spirit play? 17:10 We are not told, but I'm wondering sometimes 17:14 whether after Jesus molded Adam whether 17:21 the Holy Spirit did breathe into His nostrils 17:27 and then Jesus said, yes, Adam, wake up, 17:33 you are body, mind and spirit. 17:39 Because in the book of Job, Job says, 17:42 yes, the spirit is in my nostrils. 17:50 Then I am of course we come to John the 3rd 17:52 chapter jumping ahead. Jesus talks to Nicodemus 17:58 and what did He tell him? you must be born 18:01 of water and the spirit, yes, because when Adam 18:06 sinned his spiritual nature died. 18:11 We are dead, it had to be a new creation 18:16 as Paul says, that all we are a new what? 18:19 Creation, oh, yes, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 18:31 Then we come down quickly through our 18:35 scripture and we come to Noah and the flood. 18:43 You know Jesus said, He that blasphemes 18:46 the Holy Spirit that sin cannot be forgiven, 18:50 right. Well, that word blasphemy is a broad 18:55 term because, yes, you read that in Mark 3:29 18:59 but you go to Acts 13:45 and it talks 19:03 about contradicting the spirit. 19:07 Oh, turning against the spirit. 19:13 Contradicting him, working against him, 19:17 all of that is included and that cannot 19:21 be forgiven. When you go to the time of the 19:25 flood what did they do? They ignored the 19:30 Holy Spirit, they turned against the Holy Spirit 19:34 and they didn't listen to the Holy Spirit. 19:36 And the Holy Spirit longsuffering as he is, 19:40 waited a 120 years and finally what happened? 19:45 It grieved God including the Holy Spirit. 19:51 If the Holy Spirit is a person and as a 19:54 personality and he is like the father 19:57 and the son then he has emotional feelings also, 20:02 right, yes. Emotional pain and the Holy Spirit 20:09 was grieved and that's why we are told grieve 20:13 not the Holy Spirit. It hurt the Holy Spirit. 20:18 After 120 years mercy came to its end. 20:24 There is an end to mercy. It has its limits and the 20:29 Holy Spirit was hurt and grieved and was sorry 20:34 that he was involved in the creation of mankind. 20:41 And he said; fine, I'm withdrawing. 20:47 Right of course Noah was found faithful and 20:51 so on you know the story. You go down to the time 20:55 of Moses and Egypt. And in Nehemiah the 20:59 9th chapter it says, yes, they were led out 21:02 by a cloud, a pillar of cloud by day, pillar of 21:05 fire by night and the Holy Spirit guided them. 21:12 He was there. Then of course you come down 21:19 to the time of David. David says, in Psalm 139, 21:24 where shall I go from you presence? 21:26 Where shall I flee? If I go to the utter most 21:29 parts of the sea even there you are there. 21:35 Brother and sisters, I know that from experience 21:39 which when I was in the military in Korean war 21:42 in the South Pacific. The Holy Spirit touched 21:45 my heart and I gave my heart to the Lord 21:47 Jesus Christ. I know, I know He was there. 22:00 Then of course you come down to the time 22:01 of Jesus, yes. The Holy Spirit was there at its 22:07 birth dedicated by the priest. 22:13 There at his baptism, man this scripture says 22:20 in Romans 8:11; not only did the Father called 22:25 Jesus forth from the grave, you know like the 22:28 angel said Son of God thy Father calleth thee. 22:34 Father raised Jesus from the dead but also the 22:37 Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, 22:41 in a sense he was there too. 22:51 And here we come the Pentecost. 22:54 Pentecost Acts first chapter, Lord says, 22:58 pray and I will pray and I will baptize you with 23:00 the Holy Spirit not long from now. 23:03 And 10 days later they were praying and 23:06 the Holy Spirit came upon them and got little 23:10 flames of fire on their heads right? Yeah. 23:15 Now let me use a common expression, yeah, 23:18 sometimes when the Holy Spirit comes, 23:20 the Holy Spirit can fire you up but that doesn't 23:27 always happen. Was there a flame of fire over 23:33 Paul's head when he went out to preach? 23:49 About the flame of fire and some of the others. 23:55 So sometimes the Holy Spirit you know 23:59 speaks quietly. No man controls the Holy Spirit 24:03 and can say, okay, because there is so much 24:06 power it is the Holy Spirit, not necessarily. 24:12 Sometimes the Holy Spirit works very quietly. 24:16 I'm gonna share a story or two with you 24:18 in a minute. We don't control the Holy Spirit, 24:23 yeah, and then of course when he come to 24:26 Act the 8th chapter and the Holy Spirit says 24:30 to Philip okay, I want you to go down and 24:33 there is this Ethiopian treasurer I need, 24:36 he is reading the Bible and he doesn't understand 24:38 it and so I wants you to help him understand 24:40 you know the story, yeah. He went down there 24:46 and of course the Eunuch was reading from Isaiah. 24:50 Who is Isaiah talking about? Okay, Philip 24:55 helped him. He was baptized. 24:59 Then it says, the spirit caught Philip up, yes, 25:04 and took him to another city, right, and he 25:09 preached all up the coast, all the way up 25:12 to Caesarea. Now some of you already know 25:16 that during world war II, I was caught in the 25:19 concentration camp or labor camp. 25:21 Concentration camps, labor camps, 25:23 the end result is the same. 25:26 Somebody says they were in a concentration camp, 25:28 yeah, they will have a number tattooed 25:30 on their arm. And it was usually the gas chamber. 25:35 But with labor camp the end result as they say 25:39 is the same, okay, they work you to death. 25:46 And I was up in labor camp, first of all up in 25:51 near Konigs Wusterhausen near Berlin, 25:53 which was a sub camp and then transferred 25:57 to Leipzig, okay. And what happened there 26:06 I will never know for sure in a certain way. 26:13 When we got to Leipzig suddenly I found myself 26:18 outside the gates, outside the enclosure 26:25 and nobody around. Now in the book it say yes, 26:29 I escaped and yeah, in general sense that's true. 26:36 But the specifics which I'm sharing with you 26:39 I suddenly found myself outside the enclosure 26:44 and nobody around. After I became a Christian 26:54 and studied the Bible I said, you know I wondered 26:56 whether that was the Holy Spirit. 26:58 Just picking me up and putting me outside. 27:09 And looking back, yes, I know. 27:13 Sometimes the Holy Spirit works very quietly. 27:24 And after I, after I found myself outside 27:26 I took off and made my way to my grandfather's 27:30 farm where I had lived until the war kicked in. 27:38 My grandfather had opposed Hitler coming 27:41 to power. He had been in Jail. 27:46 And when he saw me and he was just thrilled 27:50 and oh was it good to get a good meal, 27:54 good farm meal, let me tell you and then 27:58 he turned to me he called me son, he said son; 28:01 you have to turn yourself in, 28:06 because if they find out that I'm harboring you, 28:10 I'm gone. You know what that's like? 28:17 Son, you have to turn yourself in, and I did. 28:24 And I was shipped down to Buchenbach near 28:26 Nuremberg and we worked in an ammunitions 28:30 factory 12 hours a day. For breakfast a cup 28:35 of black coffee and one slice of bread, that's it. 28:39 At noon time a bowl of watery soup, 28:43 literally watery soup, two slices of bread, 28:47 in the evening a cup of black coffee and a slice 28:50 of bread and that was it. I saw many faint 28:55 and they carried them out and I never saw 28:58 them again. And then I came back to this country. 29:06 I was only, I was 17 years old, only 5 foot tall, 29:12 weighed only about 85 or 90 pounds. 29:17 Got home, when that troop transport and some 29:23 of us who were rescued came back and that troop 29:29 transport came into New York harbor and I saw 29:32 that statue of liberty standing there with that 29:35 torch held high. I had chills from the top of my 29:39 head to the bottom of my feet, okay, I was 29:43 ready to kiss the ground, home free, home free, 29:49 home free. Amen. You never know what freedom 29:53 is until you don't have it. Brothers and sisters, 29:57 Jesus Christ has set us free. Amen. 30:09 And the Holy Spirit, we can go on down and talk 30:11 about the fruits of the Holy Spirit. 30:14 Galatians the 5th chapter as you know, 30:20 fruits of the spirit what, love, joy, peace, 30:25 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 30:29 right, yes. As I said in a minute ago Paul even 30:35 though he preached strongly there was no fire 30:38 on the top of his head. How about Cornelius? 30:44 He did kind deeds quietly done and he 30:49 received what? The Holy Spirit. 30:53 You see the qualities that it talks about, 30:57 the fruit that it talks about that the Holy 31:00 Spirit wants to give you his qualities. 31:09 How can he give you something he doesn't 31:11 have? The Holy Spirit is a God of joy, 31:17 the God of peace and longsuffering, 31:21 the God of gentleness, the God of goodness. 31:24 The Holy Spirit is your friend. Jesus is your 31:29 older brother. He has the same nature you do. 31:36 But the Holy Spirit, yes, is your friend and guide 31:42 and leads you, yes. Then of course we come on 31:47 down and we look at the end time. 31:51 And he says, yes, in the end of the Holy Spirit 31:55 will pour out where the Lord will pour out his 31:57 Holy Spirit upon you. Your old men shall 32:01 dream dreams or young men shall see visions, 32:03 right, yes. Pour out your Holy Spirit. 32:07 Let me share a story with you. 32:09 We were missionaries in Africa. 32:11 I went down and I held the meetings in the 32:15 city Gaborone, which is right on the outskirts 32:19 of the Kalahari desert. There was a man there 32:25 called Sikuba. The people who are living in the 32:29 Kalahari desert are not what you would 32:32 call little people I don't know, medium people, 32:36 about 4 feet at the most right. 32:43 And go out hunting, looking for stray animals. 32:53 They know where to find ostrich eggs and 32:58 they take, put a little hole, make a little hole, 33:04 take something and make a little hole there okay. 33:08 And then they gave a little straw whatever 33:13 they can find, go in there and suck out the 33:16 ingredients of the egg. And then they can take 33:22 that straw or whatever they find and put it right 33:28 down in the ground and they know where to find 33:31 a little bit of water that drop at the time and 33:35 they fill that egg and they cover it up. 33:39 There is a little pitcher whatever from a little 33:42 tree and they burry that egg in the sand 33:47 and they can find that egg. 33:52 The wind may blow over it but they know exactly 33:55 where that egg is. And Sikuba was out and he 33:59 was yes forging and tried to get some food 34:02 for the family. And toward evening he was 34:08 tired and sat down under a little bush, 34:13 looked up at the stars and he was wondering 34:19 you know how did those stars come? 34:22 Where did they come from? 34:24 And he fell asleep and he had a dream and 34:30 in the dream an angel appeared to him and 34:33 said Sikuba, you want to know where the stars 34:36 came from? Yes. All these lights in the sky, 34:41 yes, let me tell you; when he told him about 34:46 the God, the great creator. There is God, 34:55 the creator who made them all. 34:57 All this he has made, yes. 34:59 Then he told about God had a son. 35:05 And how man was created. Oh, but then 35:11 men sinned and turned against the God who 35:15 made him. You know you put somebody's things 35:20 in simple language, it really hits doesn't it? 35:23 The man turned against the God who made him. 35:29 Oh, no, he couldn't believe this. 35:35 A little story of the crucifixion, no, well, 35:44 after that dream I can't tell you the whole story, 35:47 yes, Sikuba went back home. Eventually he was 35:51 led to the Seventh-day Adventist mission, yes, 35:54 he was baptized. Again his family became one 35:58 of the, started the church became elder 36:02 there in one of the churches. 36:04 God has His people, doesn't He? 36:07 God has His people and the Holy Spirit 36:09 works quietly. Let me share another story 36:12 with you, a recent one. Carol Fatibom is the wife 36:18 of one of our history teacher at Southern. 36:21 She had just recently came down with colon cancer, 36:26 had surgery, needs more treatments and she was 36:33 scheduled with her husband to go on a 36:36 trip to the Middle East last May. 36:42 And she prayed to the Lord, that Lord please 36:44 have these symptoms go away. 36:46 I sure would like go to Jerusalem. 36:49 The Lord lessened the symptoms so she was 36:54 able to go. After the trip the symptoms came 37:00 back fully and she has to have treatments. 37:03 But when she shared with me as I prayed with her, 37:06 she shared with me her experience. 37:09 She said, Lord please help me because there 37:11 were forty, forty of our people there from 37:15 Collegedale who went. Please help me to sit 37:20 next to someone that I can witness to. 37:23 On the way over she sat next her Catholic lady. 37:27 And they got to talking about conditions 37:30 in the world. In the end time and this lady 37:34 asked her what she thought about the antichrist. 37:38 Now as a Catholic lady, now how do you answer 37:41 that question right. And so as she said, 37:47 well the antichrist is someone who goes 37:50 against what the Bible teaches. 37:55 Oh, and so they talked what does the Bible teach. 37:59 She didn't share with me the entire conversation. 38:05 They had some more witnesses, experiences 38:08 over there in Palestine and then on the way back 38:12 she said, again prayed Lord put me next to a lady. 38:15 And I can witness too and she was sitting next 38:21 to a lady she didn't know who she was. 38:23 And then of course when meal time came 38:27 and they were serving the trays you know 38:29 that they stewardesses had to go around, 38:31 ask you know, which, are you the vegetarian 38:35 and you know, and you got to have 40 vegetarians 38:37 and the steward was a little you know I mean 38:40 really busy and plus tried to find out and so yes, 38:45 I see Carol is a, yes, on the vegetarian. 38:47 And you know this lady next to her she said, 38:51 oh, you are vegetarian, yes. 38:54 Are you don't happen to be a Seventh-day 38:56 Adventist? Well, yes, oh, she said, I keep the 39:02 Sabbath too. Oh, well, she said that someone 39:07 handed me a card and it had the Ten Commandments 39:12 on it and I read them and I came to the fourth one. 39:18 And I thought now wait a minute. 39:20 This is this lady talking now, wait a minute. 39:23 How come we go to church on the first day? 39:28 And she said, so I went on the Internet, right. 39:33 Now this lady is not a Seventh-day Baptist, 39:36 general Baptist and went on the Internet 39:40 and found out, okay, more about the Sabbath 39:42 and of course you know how it was changed 39:45 from Saturday to Sunday and so on, so forth. 39:48 And she shared with her husband. 39:49 Her husband said, now wait a minute. 39:52 I mean this, you know, I mean the church 39:54 has been around a long time, the church knows 39:58 what it's doing. But she persisted, found out 40:04 more information persisted. 40:06 So finally the husband said, okay, well, I want 40:11 to read it for myself. So he took a quick short 40:14 course in reading Hebrew. Then he went and read 40:20 Hebrew and he went through his wife and he said, 40:22 yeah, you know that's true, the Sabbath and so 40:27 he start keeping the Sabbath and you know 40:30 how they keep it. And she was sharing this 40:34 with Carol and she said that, so Carol said, 40:38 well, how many of you are there? 40:39 You and your husband oh, no we share it 40:40 with others. Well, how many others are there? 40:43 You know, ten, twelve, oh, no more than that. 40:46 You know Facebook and Internet knowledge, 40:50 how many of you are there? Oh, well, fifty! 40:55 Oh, no more. Ah, hundred! Oh, no more than that. 41:00 Maybe five hundred, oh, no more than that. 41:06 A thousand oh, no, more than that. How many? 41:11 Ten thousand. Brother and sisters, the Holy 41:17 Spirit is quietly working whether we work with 41:23 him or not. The Holy Spirit is working and the 41:29 Holy Spirit is eager to finish the work and come 41:33 whether powerfully show or quietly show. 41:38 Then of course as we look at the end time yes, 41:41 the spirit of course has been poured out. 41:44 In Ephesians 4 says, you know, 41:48 the Lord has also given us the gift of prophecy 41:50 that we be not more what? No more tossed 41:54 to and fro by every wind of doctrine, yes. 42:01 Moved by the Holy Spirit, yes, and so we have 42:05 the spirit of prophecy, the gift of prophecy 42:08 amongst us. In Revelation 12:17, right 19:10, 42:13 here are they that keep the commandments of God, 42:15 and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 42:18 And in Revelation 19:10 the testimony of Jesus 42:21 Christ is what? The spirit of prophecy. 42:24 But when you go to Zachariah 7 verse 12, 42:28 it says, when they didn't listen to the prophets 42:33 and didn't listen to the Holy Spirit, okay, 42:36 that the Lord was not pleased with them. 42:45 It's a question of the Holy Spirit; are we 42:48 listening, are we paying attention? Yes, 42:53 and in the last days, Jude 17:19, Samuel 42:58 come who do not have the spirit, yes. 43:02 Oh you go through the seven churches in 43:04 Revelation what does it say? He that have an ear, 43:07 let them hear to what the spirits says, okay. 43:16 And that includes the gift of the spirit 43:20 of prophecy. Amen. Then First John 4:1 43:27 it says, test the spirit. How do we 43:29 test the spirit? We test it by, by the word of God, 43:35 okay. The spirit of prophecy is tested 43:39 by the word. The spirits are tested by the word, 43:43 yes. Then Zachariah not by might nor by power 43:47 but by my spirits says the Lord. But let's not 43:52 focus on power because we are also told that 43:58 the Holy Spirit could be quietly falling on 44:03 the person next to you sitting in the same pew 44:06 in church and you won't even know it. 44:14 And that's why we have the invitation so that 44:18 the Holy Spirit will be poured out to every 44:22 one grass in the field it says in Zachariah. 44:27 How, how is grass watered? Gently by 44:34 dew right, also by rain but also gently by dew, 44:39 every one grass in the field. Then we have the 44:43 appeal of the Holy Spirit, of course, 44:46 in Revelation 22, right. And the spirit and the 44:50 bride say what? Come, yes. 44:53 And he who hears let him, he who hears let 44:59 him come and whosoever is thirsty let him come 45:06 and drink of the water of life freely. 45:14 You know, when you look at Father and the Son 45:18 in the Holy Spirit, three person with feelings, 45:25 with emotions, and let's be careful, we don't 45:32 think that when we feel the presence of the 45:36 Holy Spirit that the Holy Spirit is 45:40 actually there. Today in our culture there 45:45 is so much emphasis on feeling. 45:49 If I feel this, if I have this experience 45:55 and I feel this then I know brothers and sisters, 46:00 that is a great deception. 46:02 The Holy Spirit's presence will never leave you 46:08 or forsake you. He is always by your side 46:13 unless you turn against Him, right. 46:16 You may feel good or not feel good. 46:24 You may feel His presence or not feel His presence 46:29 but His presence is there, He will never leave you 46:34 nor forsake you. That's hard to 46:39 remember sometimes, isn't it? When we get to 46:47 heaven we will meet our Father who will hug us, 46:56 welcome us home like Father welcomed the 47:01 prodigal right. Remember what we said 47:04 Thursday day night. The Father fell on his neck; 47:11 what does that mean? He hugged him and 47:14 He kissed him and there were tears of 47:17 joy in his eye. And the Bible says you're gonna 47:24 meet your Father face to face. 47:28 He is gonna put His arm around you and say 47:31 welcome home son, welcome home daughter. 47:35 Can you imagine feeling not just being welcome 47:41 but feeling a hug, getting a hug from God 47:46 and being kissed on the cheek and tears 47:52 streaming down, tears of joy, welcome home, 47:55 welcome home. And how about Jesus when 48:04 He welcomes us? Oh, yes, it says, He will 48:08 put crowns on our head, right. 48:09 Smile at us, welcome. Do you think He is gonna 48:13 not give us a hug. Well, I can't imagine, 48:17 now may take a long time but we've got 48:20 lots of time. Amen. Well, I don't care whether 48:24 I am one thousands in line. It doesn't make 48:27 any difference. So we get our hug from our 48:32 Heavenly Father, from our Father. 48:34 We get a hug from our older brother and 48:37 you will get a hug from your friend. Amen. 48:42 The Holy Spirit is a person and as a personality 48:46 you think he is just gonna standby and watch. 48:53 He is also going to reach out and give you a hug. 48:55 Welcome home, praise the Lord. 49:02 I mean what a wonderful family we belong to, 49:06 a royal family. I'm gonna talk about that 49:08 this evening, a royal family that we belong to. 49:13 Father in heaven, our hearts are quiet with 49:20 quiet joy and quiet peace. 49:24 And even though the road is rough sometimes, 49:28 dear Holy Spirit we know that you there 49:31 because you love us. You've touched 49:35 our hearts, you've recreated us in spirit. 49:41 Giving us a spiritual existence again, 49:46 and we know that you will welcome us. 49:50 We just want to say Father and Jesus our savior, 49:56 and dear Holy Spirit, we love you. 49:59 Please help us to keep loving you in Jesus name, 50:04 amen. Amen. Amen, thank you. 50:19 Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. 50:29 I can feel His mighty power and His grace. 50:39 I can hear the brush of angels wings. 50:44 I see glory on each face. 50:49 Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. 51:03 In the midst of His children 51:07 the Lord said He would be. 51:12 It doesn't take very many, 51:17 it can be just two or three. 51:22 And then I feel that same sweet 51:26 spirit that I felt often times before. 51:33 Surely I can say I've been with my Lord. 51:44 Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. 51:54 I can feel His mighty power and His grace. 52:03 I can hear the brush of angels wings. 52:09 I see glory on each face. 52:14 Surely the presence of our Lord is in this place. 52:28 There's a holy hush around us 52:32 as God's glory fills this place. 52:38 I've touched the hem of His garment, 52:43 I can almost see His face. 52:47 And my heart is overflowing 52:52 with the fullness of His joy. 52:57 Thank you Lord. For I know without a doubt 53:02 that I've been with my Lord. Sing with me now. 53:08 Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. 53:18 I can feel His mighty power and His grace. 53:27 I can hear the brush of angels wings. 53:32 I see glory on each face. 53:37 Surely the presence of the Lord 53:42 is in this place, is in this place. 53:49 Yes, surely the presence 53:55 of the Lord is in this place. 54:06 Lord, we thank you that we have sensed 54:09 and felt your Holy Spirit through music today, 54:13 through spoken word. We're thankful that 54:16 we literally can sense the brush of angels wings 54:20 that we do believe that we are standing 54:22 on holy ground. Thank you Father, 54:24 that you have given us as people a message, 54:27 present truth, the gift to a lost and dying world. 54:30 Thank you so much for the folk around the world 54:34 who supporting this ministry of 3ABN that 54:37 we can continue to take an undiluted three angels 54:40 messages one would counteract the counterfeit 54:43 into all the world. Today Father, we know that 54:46 there are people that are hurting all around 54:49 this world and we just pray right now that they 54:52 can look to you to the cross of Calvary and 54:55 realize you are the only hope for this world's 54:58 problems today. Thank you Father, for hearing 55:01 and for answering prayers, 55:02 in Jesus name I pray, amen. |
Revised 2014-12-17