Sometimes people hear Illinois
and they think of Chicago.
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We sometimes have people
that think they're coming
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here and they'll
buy a ticket to Chicago
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and get off the plane in Chicago
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and realize that they are 300+
miles north of where we are.
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We are in the far
southern part of Illinois.
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We're just about
equal with northern Alabama
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if you look at it.
Not quite, but that's...
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that's kind of a
joke around here.
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But we... It's
a beautiful place.
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Wonderful place... particularly
in the summer and the spring
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and the fall. And
if you love winter,
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you'll love it here
in the winter as well.
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And... And we're getting...
You know, I'm getting to where
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I kind of like winter.
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Some of those warm days
this year I was actually wanting
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to wear a sweater 'cause
it was so warm it seemed like.
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But we just welcome
you. We're glad you're here.
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We've had such a
wonderful time this weekend
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with those that
were able to attend.
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And we're hearing from some
of you that have been watching
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around the country,
and you have been blessed
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by the music, by the
messages of Dr. Jack Blanco.
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And this is a man who
God has greatly blessed.
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And when I think of
the discipline it took
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for him to do the translation
of the Clear Word Bible
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from Genesis all the
way through to Revelation...
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You know, you think
of that - translating it,
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not just reading it
but translating it -
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that's quite a job.
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A job not done by
very many individuals
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in the history of the world.
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So I really am
impressed. Tonight his subject
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is going to be
The Listening Ones.
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But before he
comes, we're going to have
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Dr. Yvonne Lewis sing for us
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I'm Amazed.
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I'm amazed
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each time I think
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that You could love me
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and You made Yourself a willing
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such a willing sacrifice.
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Yes.
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When all I've ever done
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is cause You pain
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and so much sorrow...
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When I think of what You've done
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well, I'm amazed.
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Oo-oo-oo, I'm amazed
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to know that soon
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my Jesus is coming back for me
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with a robe of light
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and a life that never, never,
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never, never, never ends...
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will never end.
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'Cause all I've ever
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done is go astray
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when You said "follow. "
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When I think of what's to come
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yes, yes, yes
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I'm amazed.
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Now I've often asked
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"What kind of love is this? "
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'cause I just...
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I just don't understand
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why my Savior left
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His glory
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to die for sinful man.
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When all...
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all I've ever done
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is go astray, oh,
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when You said "follow. "
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When I think of what You've done
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well, I'm amazed.
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When I think of what's to come
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yes, I'm amazed.
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I'm so amazed...
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How could You?
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How could You show us
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such love?
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Well, I'm amazed.
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I'm so amazed.
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Oh my, my my...
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my, my, my...
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I'm so amazed.
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After that
special, what do we say?
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Amen. Amen;
praise the Lord, right?
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I can't believe that, you
know, this is the last meeting
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of Camp Meeting. I
mean, where did it go?
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I mean, just...
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After the meeting this
morning there were some people
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that asked me a
couple of questions,
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so let me give a quick response
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and then we'll have prayer
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and go into the
subject for this evening.
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By the way, do you know?
Do you know how many people?
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We talked about the
working of the Holy Spirit,
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quietly in the
hearts, right, of others
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and also through evangelism?
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Do you know how many
people are being baptized
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into this church every day?
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Three thousand a day.
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That sounds like
what? Pentecost, right?
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Quiet Pentecost, yes,
before it gets even bigger.
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But anyway, the two
questions. Yeah. Someone said:
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"Are you sure that the
Holy Spirit is a person? "
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And I said: "Well, I
mean, we talked about
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you know, what
Jesus said: 'When He comes
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He will do this and
He will do that... ' "
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I said: "Well, if
you want another example
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it's Acts the 5th
chapter verses 1 to 5. "
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You know that story
of Ananias and Sapphira.
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The church needed money, right?
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And they said: "OK, Lord.
Yes, we'll sell this piece of
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property. " And they got a
good price for the property.
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And then they talked
about it and said: "You know,
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nobody will really know.
Why don't we keep a little bit
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for ourselves and
just tell the apostles
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that that's how
much we sold it for? "
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And so that's what
happened. They came to Peter.
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"How much did you sell
the property for? " and so on.
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That little discussion going on.
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And then Peter said:
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"How come you
held some of it back? "
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"How come you lied
to the Holy Spirit? "
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Now if the Holy Spirit is not
a person and just an influence
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how can you "lie"
to an "influence? "
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The Holy Spirit's a person.
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And as you go to
Ecclesiastes chapter 5
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those few verses
there in the beginning
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it says: "If you
make a vow to God
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be sure to keep it. "
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Don't say to Him: "Well, I
think it was a mistake, Lord. "
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The Lord has no
pleasure in fools.
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In other words,
what is that telling us?
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Take the Holy Spirit seriously.
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Don't play games
with the Holy Spirit.
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If you have to think
about a decision, fine.
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But once you make a
decision, yes, try to keep it.
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Now that doesn't mean the
Holy Spirit doesn't forgive.
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He does, right?
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He doesn't like us
to, you know, play around.
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He wants us to
take Him seriously.
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The other
question that was asked
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is about feeling.
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'Cause I said something
about, you know, we can't depend
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on feeling.
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And so they said:
"What do you mean? "
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And so I explained it this way:
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In Luke the 24th chapter
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and you are
acquainted with that experience.
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Luke the 24th chapter
beginning with verse 13.
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You have two disciples going
on the road to Emmaus, right?
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Remember that?
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And they were concerned as,
of course, the promised Messiah
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had been put to
death... crucified.
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And all of a sudden a
third person joined them
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and caught up with them.
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And He said: "What
were you talking about?
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How come you're so serious? "
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"Well haven't you
heard? Where have you been? "
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"Haven't you heard
what happened in Jerusalem?
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There was another
crucifixion... three of them...
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and one of them was the
promised Messiah who we thought
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was the Messiah.
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And then to make it worse, the
ladies went to the sepulcher,
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went to the tomb and
found the tomb empty.
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We don't even know
where His body is. "
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And how did Jesus respond?
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Why didn't Jesus say:
"Well fellows, here I am! "
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No. He said... He started with
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scripture and pointed out
to them all the prophecies
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that pointed to the Messiah
and what we going to happen,
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right?
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And then they walked
along and He, you know,
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acted like He was going
to go ahead. And they said:
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"No, you know,
it's getting dark.
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No, it's not a good
idea for you to go ahead.
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Why don't you come
and stay with us? "
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And so He agreed.
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And as they sat down to
eat they asked Him to offer
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the blessing. And as He
offered the blessing what?
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They recognized Him, right?
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And He disappeared.
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They ran back to Jerusalem
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about seven miles
that night stumbling along.
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The Lord sure is risen.
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Now the point I was
trying to make with the person
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who asked me that
question was this:
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The Lord knew that their faith
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ought to rest in
scripture and not in feeling.
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He could have
revealed Himself to them
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and they would have been happy
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and they would have had an
experience and it's wonderful
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and it's great and oh, yes...
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But He started with scripture
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and we're told
in Desire of Ages -
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the book Desire of
Ages - He did so because
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He knew they would be
facing troubles and persecutions
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soon and their faith would
have to be based on scripture
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and not on feeling.
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Now there's
nothing wrong with feeling.
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But that is not THE measure.
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Unfortunately, today
the culture in which we live
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is talking about feeling.
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Follow? No we
have this experience.
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This feeling. Well how can you
counter someone's "experience
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and feeling? "
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What do you do?
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I don't know if some of you
have read Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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and some of the experiences
there of the early Christians?
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You know, taken to the arena
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and then let the lions out.
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How do you think they felt?
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They had a wonderful
little feeling, didn't they?
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Their faith was
rooted in scripture.
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Father in heaven,
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we want to say that
we love You very much.
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Thank you for 3ABN.
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Thank you for our church.
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Thank you for the outreach
and evangelism everywhere:
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whether it is
evangelistic meetings,
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quiet witnessing, whatever.
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Lord, we know that
You are eager to come.
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You want to come quickly.
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And we give ourselves to You
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to use us as You see
fit to hasten Your coming.
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We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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My subject tonight
is The Listening Ones.
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We talked about the Father.
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How much He loves us.
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We talked about the
Son of God who died for us.
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We talked about the
Holy Spirit who guides us.
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I should add a footnote here.
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When you and I
pray to the Holy Spirit
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to help us to
understand scripture
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which we should do, right?
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Shouldn't we pray
before we study scripture?
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There's a statement that I
have in the margin of my Bible
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which opened my eyes
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and it goes something like this:
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Those who bring to
the study of the Word
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a spirit that
it does not approve
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will take away from the study
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a spirit that it
has not imparted.
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So when we pray for
the Holy Spirit to help us
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understand the Bible,
that is not the main point.
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That is the point that follows.
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The main point
is: Dear Holy Spirit,
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give me the right attitude
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as I study the Bible -
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Hmmm? - so I can
take away from my study
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the right attitude.
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It's not knowledge only.
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When you and I study the Bible
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unless we have
the right attitude
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Satan can come
along and make suggestions
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of interpretations
that are not correct.
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So the Holy
Spirit guides us, yes.
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The Father loves us;
the Son of God died for us.
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The Holy Spirit guides us.
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But there's one
other thing that we miss.
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You know, we think about
the gospel as we said Thursday
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evening and think about
it in relationship to us
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and don't think
about it in relationship...
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the gospel in relationship
to the Father, to the Son,
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to the Holy
Spirit... three persons.
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But there's another
area that we tend to forget,
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and so I'm going to ask you
the question. Are you listening?
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I want you to listen.
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What else does the
Bible say about you
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and the Father and the
Son and the Holy Spirit?
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We were missionaries in Africa,
and from Africa we went to
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the Philippines.
And while we were there,
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uh, my wife came
down with cancer.
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They had to fly us to
Loma Linda for treatments.
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And while she was
going through her treatments
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I had the privilege of sitting
in on some of the classes
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taught at the School of Health.
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Dr. Baldwin, who is now at
Wildwood, was teaching there
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at that time. And
he taught a course in
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physiological psychology.
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In other words, how
the mind affects the body
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and the relationship.
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And we got, of course,
on the subject of drugs:
00:19:43.86\00:19:47.23
what that does to the
mind, to the body, and so on.
00:19:47.43\00:19:50.00
And I still remember. One
young woman raised her hand.
00:19:51.33\00:19:55.63
She was
probably in her late 30's
00:19:55.83\00:19:58.93
and she raised her hand
and Dr. Baldwin called on her.
00:19:59.13\00:20:03.23
and he says: "Yes? " She
says: I never had any problem
00:20:03.46\00:20:08.10
with drugs. " "OK. "
00:20:08.30\00:20:12.36
She says: "Let me
tell you my story.
00:20:12.90\00:20:16.53
I was raised by my grandmother
00:20:18.16\00:20:20.96
and even before I had started
school... lived with her.
00:20:23.70\00:20:29.63
And she would
pray with me every day.
00:20:29.93\00:20:32.50
And she would say
something like this:
00:20:32.90\00:20:35.73
'Now child, I
want you to remember
00:20:36.03\00:20:40.73
who your Father is. ' "
00:20:42.50\00:20:45.20
Prayed with the little girl.
00:20:49.13\00:20:51.53
"Another time:
'Child, I want you to remember
00:20:51.83\00:20:56.66
that you are a little princess
00:20:58.13\00:21:02.66
because you are the
daughter of the King. ' "
00:21:02.96\00:21:08.16
Prayed with her.
00:21:10.40\00:21:12.30
"Child remember... " Yes!
00:21:15.33\00:21:20.50
"who you belong to.
When you go to school today
00:21:20.80\00:21:26.30
you will find a lot of children
not acting like they should,
00:21:26.90\00:21:32.83
but remember who you are. "
00:21:33.13\00:21:36.73
"Child, you are royalty. "
00:21:37.03\00:21:41.93
Prayed with the little girl.
00:21:46.80\00:21:48.80
She said: "Yes, that
kept me from drugs because
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I knew who I was. "
00:21:55.20\00:21:59.16
Brothers and
sisters, we need to be careful
00:22:05.70\00:22:08.53
that we don't forget who we are.
00:22:08.53\00:22:11.93
We need to conduct
ourselves accordingly.
00:22:13.76\00:22:17.20
Your Father
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.70
is up in heaven.
00:22:24.93\00:22:27.20
God is your Father.
Do you understand that?
00:22:27.70\00:22:32.30
Are you listening to me?
00:22:32.50\00:22:34.76
I never had a father.
00:22:37.86\00:22:40.20
Before the wedding, all of a
sudden my father disappeared.
00:22:41.86\00:22:45.60
I never knew him.
00:22:45.80\00:22:46.86
When I gave my
heart to Jesus Christ
00:22:47.16\00:22:49.46
I had a Brother and a Father.
00:22:50.80\00:22:53.36
There was a song
years ago that was written
00:22:56.90\00:23:00.06
"He has His Father's eyes. "
00:23:00.40\00:23:04.23
Talking about Jesus.
00:23:04.53\00:23:08.00
We are sons and
daughters of the King.
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We are royalty.
00:23:15.93\00:23:18.46
In Revelation the 1st chapter -
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Revelation, first chapter - John
has a vision of Jesus Christ.
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The first chapter and verse 6.
00:23:27.50\00:23:33.03
And of course
there from Jesus Christ
00:23:35.10\00:23:37.96
who is the faithful witness,
the first begotten of the dead.
00:23:37.96\00:23:40.76
"Unto Him who
loved us and washed us
00:23:40.96\00:23:42.80
from our sins in His own blood
00:23:43.00\00:23:44.76
and hath made us kings
00:23:44.96\00:23:48.63
and priests unto God the Father.
00:23:48.83\00:23:53.03
To Him be glory, dominion,
00:23:53.33\00:23:56.06
power, forever and ever. Amen. "
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.86
He made us what? Kings.
00:23:59.16\00:24:02.53
Royalty.
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Princes; princesses.
00:24:04.83\00:24:09.03
Let us never
undervalue ourselves.
00:24:11.36\00:24:15.63
Are you with me?
00:24:15.86\00:24:17.03
Well that doesn't mean we don't
make mistakes, we don't sin.
00:24:17.53\00:24:20.40
We come to Christ; we
confess. God forgives us, right?
00:24:20.70\00:24:26.30
He doesn't reject us
because we make mistakes.
00:24:26.60\00:24:30.50
The Father is
displeased and hurt
00:24:35.13\00:24:39.13
when we undervalue ourselves.
00:24:39.53\00:24:43.53
Are you listening?
00:24:43.83\00:24:46.83
Then you come to
Revelation the third chapter
00:24:53.76\00:24:56.53
and all the seven churches.
And at the end of each church
00:24:56.53\00:24:59.63
it says what?
"He that hath an ear
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let him hear
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.50
what the Spirit is saying. "
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.23
And you come to
the Laodicean church...
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the last church.
00:25:12.56\00:25:14.46
And at the end of
that Laodicean church
00:25:14.86\00:25:18.03
which thinks it's rich
and increased with goods, OK?
00:25:18.33\00:25:23.00
And it says: "Behold, I
stand at the door and knock.
00:25:24.73\00:25:28.10
To he that opens the door I
will come in and sup with him
00:25:28.40\00:25:31.63
and he with Me. "
00:25:31.93\00:25:34.06
And then it says:
"To him that overcometh
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.83
will I grant to sit
with Me on My throne. "
00:25:37.03\00:25:41.86
Talking to what church?
00:25:46.26\00:25:48.53
Let's not so focus on Laodicea
that we forget the promise!
00:25:51.16\00:25:56.23
The promise to the Laodiceans.
00:25:58.60\00:26:00.90
Yes. "I will have you
sit with Me on My throne
00:26:01.20\00:26:05.56
even as I overcame and sat
on My throne with the Father. "
00:26:05.76\00:26:09.50
"He that hath an ear let
him hear what the Spirit says. "
00:26:09.70\00:26:12.86
Jesus Christ Himself
will put crowns on our heads.
00:26:16.56\00:26:20.73
And I can give you
scripture and scripture, right?
00:26:20.93\00:26:23.46
The Father is hurt when
we undervalue ourselves.
00:26:29.86\00:26:34.56
And then we think, of course,
what Jesus has done for us.
00:26:37.10\00:26:41.23
And what I want
to share with you
00:26:41.73\00:26:44.50
is a story from Africa.
00:26:44.70\00:26:47.20
Now, of course, I was the head
of the Bible Department there
00:26:47.70\00:26:52.53
and my job was to train these
students for city evangelism.
00:26:52.80\00:26:58.76
They came in from the villages.
00:26:58.96\00:27:00.60
And some were older
and some were younger.
00:27:00.90\00:27:03.06
Some had been in "the
work, " you know, already.
00:27:03.36\00:27:08.53
Now they were coming to
college to get a degree.
00:27:08.83\00:27:12.20
Learn how to work in the cities.
00:27:12.20\00:27:14.80
And so I would hold
evangelistic meetings
00:27:15.20\00:27:18.43
and usually held the
meetings for six weeks.
00:27:19.33\00:27:25.26
Three weeks
preaching every night
00:27:26.76\00:27:29.50
and then three weeks
of Bible marking follow-up
00:27:29.70\00:27:33.83
on the same subjects.
00:27:34.03\00:27:35.63
Because Ellen White in
the book Evangelism says:
00:27:35.93\00:27:39.03
"It's not enough for them
to hear it the first time.
00:27:39.23\00:27:41.73
They have to hear
it a second time. "
00:27:41.93\00:27:43.83
And so I was preaching on
the righteousness of Christ.
00:27:47.76\00:27:53.40
Because the first three weeks
we focus in, you know, on...
00:27:55.30\00:27:58.73
on Christ, the
second coming of Christ,
00:27:58.93\00:28:01.86
salvation, the second
coming, keeping the commandments
00:28:02.06\00:28:04.43
and then we got
into more details later.
00:28:04.63\00:28:06.76
And somehow I was not
connecting with the group.
00:28:08.43\00:28:12.86
People had come in, you know,
from the villages and so on
00:28:13.16\00:28:16.43
and we had been out there
visiting and they had come.
00:28:16.43\00:28:19.60
And the students were the ushers
00:28:21.66\00:28:25.30
and the people would
come in, they would seat them.
00:28:27.13\00:28:31.06
And so they had the
girls sitting over on this side
00:28:33.00\00:28:36.63
then the women
here then the men here
00:28:36.83\00:28:39.73
and then the boys there.
00:28:39.93\00:28:41.46
That's the custom, all right.
00:28:42.26\00:28:45.36
And I was preaching
on righteousness by faith
00:28:46.70\00:28:48.73
and I just was not getting
through. And as I visited
00:28:48.93\00:28:51.36
around, you know,
one young lady said:
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.93
"Righteousness? Is
that something you eat? "
00:28:55.13\00:28:59.30
I thought: "Oh boy,
am I missing the boat! "
00:29:01.03\00:29:04.16
How in the world am I
going to make it clear?
00:29:06.20\00:29:09.10
And so I prayed: "Lord,
somehow let me make this clear.
00:29:09.30\00:29:13.70
If I can't preach
righteousness by faith,
00:29:13.90\00:29:16.00
then where do I go from here? "
00:29:16.20\00:29:18.00
So I got the idea that, yes,
00:29:19.90\00:29:23.66
go and buy a
nice clean white shirt
00:29:24.06\00:29:29.46
to offer one of the young lads
00:29:29.76\00:29:32.96
but don't tell anybody about
it, not even your interpreter.
00:29:33.26\00:29:37.96
OK?
00:29:39.93\00:29:42.06
So I went and
bought a white shirt
00:29:42.06\00:29:43.40
and hid it behind the pulpit.
00:29:43.40\00:29:45.20
When the time my sermon
came I came to the point,
00:29:45.20\00:29:48.03
you know, of what
righteousness means
00:29:48.23\00:29:51.83
I looked over at
the boys and I said:
00:29:52.23\00:29:54.90
"If one of you come
up here on the rostrum -
00:29:55.10\00:29:58.53
on the platform - and
give me your dirty shirt,
00:29:58.83\00:30:04.43
I will give you a
clean white shirt. "
00:30:04.73\00:30:09.93
And I paused and
looked at the boys.
00:30:10.23\00:30:13.70
No response.
00:30:17.26\00:30:19.20
So I made appeal again, right?
00:30:19.50\00:30:23.30
"Come up. Give me your
shirt. I will... I promise
00:30:23.53\00:30:27.03
I will give you a white shirt. "
00:30:27.03\00:30:28.30
No response. I said: "Oh
Lord, where do I go from here? "
00:30:30.83\00:30:34.36
Made a third appeal and
finally a young lad stood up,
00:30:36.13\00:30:41.40
pressed through the
seats, and started coming up.
00:30:41.60\00:30:46.36
And all his buddies snickered.
00:30:46.66\00:30:48.90
"Ha, ha, ha. You're going
to be fooled. Ha, ha, ha, ha. "
00:30:49.20\00:30:52.73
He came up, stood there.
00:30:53.03\00:30:55.96
And I said: "Well,
let me have your shirt
00:30:57.10\00:30:59.40
and I'll give you the
shirt I have for you. "
00:30:59.60\00:31:01.63
And so my interpreter went over
there and started unbuttoning
00:31:02.96\00:31:05.46
the boy's
shirt. And I said: "No!
00:31:05.66\00:31:07.86
I want him to take it
off and give it to me. "
00:31:08.16\00:31:12.50
So the young man took his
shirt off and I have that shirt.
00:31:15.80\00:31:18.60
I've had it for 45 years.
00:31:24.03\00:31:26.06
This is exactly how
it came off his back.
00:31:34.73\00:31:37.86
See this?
00:31:38.20\00:31:39.90
Holes everywhere.
00:31:49.16\00:31:50.66
Hole in the back.
00:31:53.76\00:31:56.03
Took the shirt
off and gave it to me.
00:31:59.90\00:32:02.46
And of course, he didn't see...
00:32:05.43\00:32:08.03
he didn't see the
clean white shirt.
00:32:08.23\00:32:10.46
It's only after
he gave me this shirt
00:32:10.66\00:32:13.73
I said: "Thank you, " and
I reached under the pulpit
00:32:13.93\00:32:17.70
and pulled out
this clean white shirt.
00:32:17.90\00:32:22.53
And I said: "This
shirt is now yours. "
00:32:26.40\00:32:28.76
You should have seen his eyes!
00:32:29.06\00:32:31.60
Then I said: "Here, let
me help you put it on. "
00:32:35.16\00:32:38.90
And I put it on him.
00:32:39.30\00:32:42.43
And after he realized,
you know, that it was on
00:32:42.83\00:32:46.80
and then, you know, he turned
and looked at his buddies...
00:32:48.16\00:32:52.43
and their eyes went like this.
00:32:57.73\00:33:01.63
And then you know what happened?
00:33:05.10\00:33:07.10
He started to
take the shirt off.
00:33:08.60\00:33:11.60
Well he said: "No.
This is YOUR shirt.
00:33:14.46\00:33:16.50
This is MY shirt. "
00:33:18.93\00:33:22.06
I said: "No! This is YOUR shirt.
00:33:24.30\00:33:29.76
THIS is my shirt. "
00:33:30.06\00:33:33.70
Ah, yes.
00:33:40.60\00:33:43.10
Zechariah the
third chapter, right?
00:33:44.73\00:33:46.93
Raiment. Remove the raiment
and put a new raiment on him,
00:33:47.23\00:33:53.00
right? Yes.
00:33:53.00\00:33:55.66
Praise the Lord. OK?
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.70
What a gift!
00:33:58.20\00:34:00.60
What a gift...
what an expensive gift.
00:34:00.90\00:34:05.76
You can't afford
to buy this shirt.
00:34:08.26\00:34:11.63
That little boy could
not afford to buy that shirt.
00:34:11.93\00:34:15.80
And so finally, of
course, he went back
00:34:16.10\00:34:18.70
to his buddies and they
were all looking, right?
00:34:18.90\00:34:22.00
'Cause all the other boys
were wearing this kind of shirt,
00:34:22.20\00:34:24.63
right? And he's coming now in
white. He has a different shirt.
00:34:24.83\00:34:27.86
And as he
pressed back to his seat
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.23
and as he passed his friends
00:34:30.43\00:34:32.40
they all wanted
to feel that shirt.
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.40
Is this real? Is it real?
00:34:35.93\00:34:38.13
Yeah. Wow!
00:34:38.43\00:34:40.30
Are you listening,
brothers and sisters?
00:34:42.76\00:34:45.13
The Lord has given us His shirt.
00:34:49.06\00:34:52.93
We can be humble and grateful
for what the Lord has done.
00:35:00.10\00:35:04.43
Are you listening?
00:35:06.93\00:35:09.23
Let's not depreciate ourselves.
00:35:10.66\00:35:13.93
We are royalty.
00:35:14.33\00:35:17.10
The Father is offended
when we undervalue ourselves.
00:35:17.40\00:35:21.16
Jesus Christ is offended
when we continually talk
00:35:23.43\00:35:28.50
about ourselves as sinners.
00:35:28.70\00:35:31.30
As I tell my students:
"You need to take a quick look
00:35:32.93\00:35:36.80
at sin and a long, long, long,
00:35:37.00\00:35:40.80
long, long look at Jesus Christ.
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.30
That's how we need to do it.
00:35:46.10\00:35:48.60
Then we will go about
our business with joy.
00:35:49.60\00:35:53.10
And then we come
to the Holy Spirit.
00:35:59.40\00:36:01.53
The Holy Spirit,
yes, also has given us
00:36:01.83\00:36:06.90
precious gifts.
Matthew the 25th chapter.
00:36:07.30\00:36:11.36
You know that chapter very well.
00:36:11.56\00:36:13.23
And the Lord says, yes:
"And then the kingdom of heaven
00:36:13.43\00:36:16.56
shall be likened unto 10
virgins which took their lamps
00:36:16.76\00:36:19.86
and went forth to
meet the bridegroom. "
00:36:20.06\00:36:22.60
And the wise... the
wise and the foolish.
00:36:26.00\00:36:30.43
"But the foolish took their
lamps and no oil with them...
00:36:33.70\00:36:37.70
no extra oil...
00:36:38.00\00:36:40.83
But the wise took
oil in their vessels. "
00:36:41.13\00:36:43.80
Now listen.
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.06
"The wise took
oil in their vessels
00:36:45.56\00:36:49.86
with their lamps. " Oh.
00:36:50.06\00:36:54.00
Vessels and lamps.
00:36:54.40\00:36:57.60
What does the lamp represent?
00:36:57.90\00:36:59.26
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
00:37:00.50\00:37:04.00
and a light unto
my path. " Right?
00:37:04.20\00:37:05.96
The lamp represents?
The Bible and scripture.
00:37:06.46\00:37:09.70
How about the oil?
00:37:09.90\00:37:11.33
The Holy Spirit. You
read that in Zechariah.
00:37:12.46\00:37:15.20
Yes.
00:37:15.50\00:37:17.10
Zechariah 3 and 4...
the olive oil that goes from
00:37:17.40\00:37:22.83
the olive trees, right?
00:37:23.03\00:37:25.33
into golden pipes
and brings the oil.
00:37:25.53\00:37:29.36
No? Zechariah the 4th chapter
00:37:29.66\00:37:35.53
particularly verses 11 and 12.
00:37:35.83\00:37:37.43
I have here a genuine
00:37:46.03\00:37:51.10
archaeological lamp.
00:37:51.30\00:37:54.80
And, of course,
there's oil inside.
00:38:04.76\00:38:07.60
And then, of
course, you light the wick.
00:38:10.00\00:38:13.96
And all the virgins had
00:38:30.90\00:38:33.23
lamps and oil in the lamp.
00:38:34.63\00:38:38.36
But the wise had a vessel
00:38:45.00\00:38:50.93
and this vessel came from the
time of David that was undug.
00:38:51.43\00:38:56.30
And the wise had a
vessel with the lamp.
00:39:02.20\00:39:07.93
Extra oil.
00:39:08.23\00:39:12.63
The Holy Spirit has given us
extra oil, brothers and sisters.
00:39:14.40\00:39:19.10
If the lamps represent scripture
00:39:22.20\00:39:24.66
then the extra vessel
represents also a container
00:39:28.60\00:39:33.20
of the Holy
Spirit. Are you with me?
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.60
And that is what?
00:39:37.00\00:39:38.70
The Spirit of Prophecy.
00:39:40.06\00:39:43.13
God the Holy
Spirit has given us, yes,
00:39:44.46\00:39:48.36
a lesser light -
Ephesians the 4th chapter -
00:39:48.56\00:39:52.26
to lead us to the greater light
00:39:52.46\00:39:54.30
to give us the extra
oil. Are you with me?
00:39:54.50\00:39:57.66
You can't buy this
extra oil, this extra vessel.
00:40:03.33\00:40:09.26
Oh, Father dear.
00:40:12.36\00:40:15.30
thank you for
making us Your children.
00:40:17.90\00:40:22.66
Royalty to the family.
00:40:22.96\00:40:26.23
Boy.
00:40:29.33\00:40:30.93
Dear Jesus, thank you for
giving us Your righteousness...
00:40:32.86\00:40:38.03
that expensive shirt
that we could never afford.
00:40:38.33\00:40:42.20
And dear Holy Spirit,
thank you for the extra oil
00:40:43.80\00:40:49.23
that we need in these last days.
00:40:49.43\00:40:53.83
And that's why in
Revelation the 19th chapter
00:40:55.90\00:41:01.80
you have the Hallelujah Chorus.
00:41:02.10\00:41:04.96
"And after these things I heard
a great voice of much people
00:41:05.36\00:41:08.90
in heaven saying: 'Hallelujah!
00:41:08.90\00:41:10.96
Salvation and
glory and honor and power
00:41:11.46\00:41:15.03
unto the Lord our God. ' "
00:41:15.33\00:41:17.00
"And again they
said: 'Hallelujah!
00:41:20.70\00:41:23.60
True and righteous
are His judgments. ' "
00:41:23.90\00:41:26.96
"And again they
said: 'Hallelujah!
00:41:31.36\00:41:33.20
Amen! ' And the voice
came out of the throne
00:41:35.20\00:41:39.86
saying: 'Praise our
God all ye His servants
00:41:40.06\00:41:43.50
and ye that fear Him
both small and great. ' "
00:41:43.70\00:41:47.33
"And I heard as it were
the voice of a great multitude
00:41:47.63\00:41:50.26
and as the voice of many waters
00:41:50.56\00:41:52.40
and the voice of
mighty thunderings
00:41:52.70\00:41:55.43
saying: 'Hallelujah
00:41:57.16\00:41:59.13
for the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth! ' "
00:41:59.33\00:42:03.33
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
00:42:03.33\00:42:07.06
Hallelujah! Right?
00:42:07.06\00:42:08.83
Too bad I can't sing!
00:42:09.13\00:42:11.26
And I would sing that
Hallelujah Chorus, right?
00:42:11.56\00:42:14.36
Hallelujah to our God
forever and ever. Amen!
00:42:14.56\00:42:19.43
Father in heaven, we want to
tell you we love You very much.
00:42:19.73\00:42:25.20
Help us, Lord, not
to undervalue ourselves.
00:42:25.50\00:42:30.66
Help us, Lord, not to
focus on the dirty shirt.
00:42:32.56\00:42:36.70
We've given it away.
00:42:36.90\00:42:38.80
Help us to focus
on the clean shirt
00:42:39.20\00:42:44.23
that is ours.
00:42:44.73\00:42:47.53
Lord, we are
not a perfect people
00:42:49.40\00:42:54.80
but we are a righteous
people because of Your grace.
00:42:55.10\00:43:00.66
Thank you, dear Holy
Spirit, for the extra oil
00:43:05.73\00:43:08.43
which we need in these
last days so we be not tossed
00:43:08.83\00:43:13.96
to and fro with
every wind of doctrine.
00:43:14.16\00:43:18.13
Now unto Him who is
able to keep you from falling
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.00
and to present you faultless
00:43:25.30\00:43:28.56
before the throne of His majesty
00:43:28.86\00:43:32.03
to Him be glory
and honor and power
00:43:32.33\00:43:36.93
forever and ever. Amen.
00:43:37.13\00:43:39.80
Amen. Thank you.
00:44:03.03\00:44:04.80
God bless you. We want
to thank you so much for...
00:44:05.10\00:44:08.16
Elder Jack, for what you're
doing for the cause of God.
00:44:08.36\00:44:10.46
Thank you and God bless you.
00:44:10.76\00:44:12.30
We're going to have
some of the crew come out.
00:44:12.50\00:44:13.96
And we've got a little bit
of time, and we just wanted to
00:44:14.16\00:44:18.00
come out. And I think...
Mollie Sue out here yet?
00:44:18.00\00:44:22.36
Here Mollie Sue. You were
telling me some things while ago
00:44:22.66\00:44:26.00
and while the rest
of them are coming out
00:44:26.00\00:44:27.93
you met some folk, and
tell me some of the things
00:44:28.13\00:44:30.80
that you're hearing. Well,
one little lady came up to me -
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.43
a very shy little lady - and she
didn't want me to acknowledge
00:44:33.63\00:44:36.43
who she was. But she said last
Camp Meeting when she was here
00:44:36.63\00:44:39.56
she had liver cancer. And
she had our Pastoral Department
00:44:39.76\00:44:45.23
anoint her and pray for
her. And I want you to know
00:44:45.46\00:44:47.70
this Camp Meeting she is
totally cancer free. Amen!
00:44:47.90\00:44:52.06
Isn't that something? The
miracles that we hear about
00:44:56.76\00:45:01.06
are just
astounding, isn't that right?
00:45:01.26\00:45:03.53
They really are.
Yeah. God is blessing.
00:45:03.83\00:45:06.30
Several people - several
of you, maybe you want to
00:45:06.50\00:45:09.10
raise your hand - told
me you came into the church
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.23
through watching 3ABN. Do
we see any folk out here now?
00:45:11.43\00:45:14.50
Amen. All right.
Yeah, sure. Praise the Lord!
00:45:14.80\00:45:18.00
And so I had some people
while ago come and they were
00:45:18.30\00:45:21.20
telling me about groups
of people meeting - yes -
00:45:21.40\00:45:23.76
from watching 3ABN. And
I mean it's really amazing
00:45:23.76\00:45:26.40
what is happening.
00:45:26.70\00:45:28.30
And so we want to thank
each and every one of you
00:45:28.60\00:45:31.23
for your love and your
prayers and financial support
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.63
of this ministry.
And we wanted to come out
00:45:33.63\00:45:36.30
and ask the group here...
And afterwards we're going to be
00:45:36.50\00:45:39.83
in the foyer. A lot
of these folk have CD's.
00:45:40.03\00:45:43.63
They don't ask for anything.
Anybody that's here singing
00:45:43.83\00:45:46.26
haven't asked us to pay
them. We call and they come.
00:45:46.46\00:45:50.03
Some of them have
to fly from wherever.
00:45:50.33\00:45:52.20
Others drive here
and they give their time.
00:45:52.40\00:45:54.63
So you can help
them and help us, too,
00:45:54.83\00:45:57.70
with products they have:
CDs or books or what have you.
00:45:57.90\00:46:00.80
You can get it, baby. CDs
or books or what have you.
00:46:01.10\00:46:04.13
She had this thing full
of about 6 kinds of grapes
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.70
and has eaten all of them.
00:46:06.90\00:46:08.40
So... helping the folks. So
afterwards after this meeting
00:46:08.60\00:46:11.70
if you would go... And the
books and there's lots of things
00:46:11.90\00:46:14.80
out here that
you want to look at.
00:46:15.00\00:46:16.06
3ABN has our product
line. Basically, all the stuff
00:46:16.06\00:46:19.73
that we have. Information,
things that you might want.
00:46:19.93\00:46:22.06
And the ABC has their van here.
00:46:22.36\00:46:26.36
I understand they have
about a dozen of the books
00:46:26.66\00:46:30.30
"Jack. " They brought every
one they could find in the U.S.
00:46:30.50\00:46:33.86
They are backordered right now.
00:46:33.86\00:46:35.70
And they have about a dozen,
so about the first 12 people
00:46:36.00\00:46:38.73
there'll get 'em. And
don't leave yet, though.
00:46:38.73\00:46:41.86
OK.
00:46:42.16\00:46:44.10
Well, the other thing
we wanted to do is maybe...
00:46:45.73\00:46:49.03
And we just want to sing a
song, and I think maybe you all
00:46:49.23\00:46:52.40
if you want to sing this with us
00:46:52.40\00:46:54.33
because I have
felt God's Holy Spirit.
00:46:54.63\00:46:56.63
I felt the anointing of His
Holy Spirit upon these meetings.
00:46:56.83\00:47:00.63
And I feel like that I've been
touched by the hand of Jesus.
00:47:00.93\00:47:04.63
And so we'd like for you
to sing with all of us up here
00:47:04.93\00:47:07.73
He Touched Me. We'll
just do the choruses, OK?
00:47:08.03\00:47:10.30
Lisa and Jim... Jim
over there. OK, here we go.
00:47:11.66\00:47:14.46
He touched me.
00:47:14.76\00:47:17.70
O, He touched me.
00:47:18.00\00:47:22.86
And oh the joy
00:47:23.36\00:47:27.43
that floods my soul.
00:47:27.73\00:47:32.93
Something happened
00:47:33.63\00:47:37.93
and now I know
00:47:38.23\00:47:42.96
He touched me
00:47:43.16\00:47:45.30
and made me whole.
00:47:45.50\00:47:51.23
Well, since I met this
00:47:51.73\00:47:54.16
blessed Savior.
00:47:54.36\00:47:59.76
You can be seated for a
few minutes if you want.
00:49:04.66\00:49:06.70
3ABN has been a ministry
of faith from the beginning.
00:49:07.00\00:49:11.66
You talked about it
a little bit earlier.
00:49:11.96\00:49:13.60
But it is a faith ministry,
00:49:13.90\00:49:15.70
and I never cease to
marvel at the miracles
00:49:16.00\00:49:20.23
that God performs when
we're willing to go forward.
00:49:20.43\00:49:23.60
Jesus says: "Go... Go
ye into all the world. "
00:49:23.80\00:49:25.60
And so when we go
forward God always honors that
00:49:25.90\00:49:28.86
and He blesses that.
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.36
And I've seen
things time and time again.
00:49:30.56\00:49:32.30
And I may have told this story
and I don't even know if it was
00:49:32.50\00:49:34.50
last Spring Camp Meeting,
but I want to tell it again
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.33
because there's such an
amazing thing that happened.
00:49:37.53\00:49:40.03
There was a lady
from Puerto Rico who
00:49:40.33\00:49:42.10
felt like that she
wanted to work with 3ABN Latino
00:49:42.30\00:49:46.60
with Johnny Dinzey.
She wanted to meet Johnny
00:49:46.80\00:49:50.80
and talk to him.
So finally she said -
00:49:51.00\00:49:53.26
'cause she said "I
can't do much on my own
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.10
but maybe if 3ABN
would work with me... "
00:49:55.10\00:49:56.96
And it was about the Spirit
of Prophecy and teaching it
00:49:57.16\00:49:59.56
to our young people.
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.03
"If I can reach Johnny
Dinzey then, you know, I'll know
00:50:02.23\00:50:05.93
that it's God's will.
" Now here's the problem.
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.60
She chose to call
3ABN on Friday morning
00:50:08.60\00:50:11.50
and what happens Friday morning?
00:50:11.70\00:50:13.00
We're closed now because
they do 10 hours 4 days a week.
00:50:13.40\00:50:17.10
So she said: 'Lord,
if this is Your will,
00:50:17.40\00:50:19.26
then You put me in
touch with Johnny Dinzey
00:50:19.46\00:50:22.16
this morning. " But she
called and didn't get an answer.
00:50:22.36\00:50:24.53
So she says: "OK, I
don't know what to do. "
00:50:24.83\00:50:28.53
Then she said: "I
think I know Irma Murray. "
00:50:28.83\00:50:31.00
Is Irma? There's Irma.
00:50:31.20\00:50:32.50
Says: "I know Irma Murray
00:50:32.70\00:50:34.36
and I think I have
her phone number. "
00:50:34.36\00:50:36.50
So she dialed the 618, then she
dialed the first three prefixes
00:50:36.80\00:50:41.30
of Irma's number - 218-
00:50:41.50\00:50:43.63
but she confused that number
and looked back at the 3ABN
00:50:43.83\00:50:47.83
number 4651 or
whatever number it was.
00:50:48.03\00:50:50.90
Dialed that in. OK, so
now who should she get?
00:50:51.10\00:50:54.76
Nobody, right?
00:50:55.06\00:50:57.56
I mean, you've got to... If
you want to talk to somebody
00:50:57.86\00:50:59.33
you've got to call
their number, right?
00:50:59.53\00:51:00.83
But she didn't
call Irma's number.
00:51:01.13\00:51:03.13
And so 3ABN... she hadn't
realized she got the numbers
00:51:03.43\00:51:06.73
confused. So someone answered
and she said: "Is this Irma? "
00:51:06.93\00:51:10.33
"No, this is not Irma. "
00:51:10.63\00:51:12.10
'Cause the lady's saying:
"You know, if it's the Lord's...
00:51:12.30\00:51:14.36
Your will for me to
come and talk to Johnny, then
00:51:14.56\00:51:17.10
You've got to work out
where I can talk to Johnny. "
00:51:17.30\00:51:19.36
She thought well
maybe Irma would know.
00:51:19.66\00:51:21.40
So she said: "Is this Irma? "
She said: "No, this is not Irma.
00:51:21.60\00:51:23.80
I'm Kim. " And she said: "Oh,
Kim, well I was trying to call
00:51:24.00\00:51:28.50
Irma. " "Well Irma who? "
00:51:28.50\00:51:29.86
"Well Irma Murray. " Kim
said: "I used to work at 3ABN. "
00:51:30.16\00:51:33.26
And she said: "Oh, " she
said "well that's wonderful. "
00:51:33.46\00:51:37.00
She said: "But who I'm
really trying to get ahold of
00:51:37.20\00:51:40.53
is Johnny Dinzey. "
Now here's a lady...
00:51:40.73\00:51:43.00
she has no idea she
dialed the wrong number.
00:51:43.20\00:51:45.36
Right? You all with me so far?
00:51:45.56\00:51:46.90
Wrong number. So she
says: "Oh, if Johnny... "
00:51:47.20\00:51:50.36
So she says: "Lady, I really
want to talk to Johnny Dinzey. "
00:51:50.56\00:51:53.03
She says: "Oh, if it's
Johnny you want to talk to
00:51:53.33\00:51:55.83
just a second, I'll
hand him the phone. "
00:51:56.13\00:51:58.00
Now. All right. Now
think about that one.
00:52:00.16\00:52:04.00
All right. She's
looking for Johnny Dinzey.
00:52:04.30\00:52:06.63
Calls; gets her
numbers confused.
00:52:06.83\00:52:08.83
Johnny Dinzey. A second
later Johnny says: "Hello,
00:52:09.13\00:52:12.30
this is Johnny
Dinzey. Can I help you? "
00:52:12.30\00:52:13.90
So they get
together. I found out the story
00:52:14.20\00:52:16.56
'cause I was driving
through our campground
00:52:16.76\00:52:18.60
apparently a week or two later,
and the lady and her husband
00:52:18.80\00:52:21.73
and family were over
here in a little camper
00:52:21.93\00:52:24.23
and so they told me this story.
00:52:24.43\00:52:26.26
Well, John and Idalia
had already gone to San Juan,
00:52:26.46\00:52:29.00
Puerto Rico, and I was
supposed to meet them there
00:52:29.20\00:52:31.20
for services. So I
went down and I told Johnny.
00:52:31.40\00:52:35.30
I said: "Man, this
is an amazing story. "
00:52:35.50\00:52:37.10
And he said: "Did you
hear the rest of the story? "
00:52:37.30\00:52:39.10
I said: "Well no. "
00:52:39.40\00:52:40.46
I did have in mind what were
you doing and where were you
00:52:40.66\00:52:43.93
doing, you know? "Where
were you at some lady's house
00:52:43.93\00:52:46.70
at 9 o'clock in the morning?
00:52:46.70\00:52:47.80
Nothing bad. Don't
let your minds wander.
00:52:47.80\00:52:49.40
But how would you be
where somebody called a number
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.10
that shouldn't even be a right
number you happen to be there? "
00:52:53.10\00:52:56.03
And he said: "I'll
tell you the story. "
00:52:56.23\00:52:57.36
Kim lives only about a
mile or two down the road.
00:52:57.66\00:53:00.20
Now she could have
called anybody 618 area code
00:53:00.20\00:53:02.43
probably it's 100 mile radius...
00:53:02.63\00:53:03.96
but about a mile down the
road. Two weeks before this
00:53:04.16\00:53:07.60
the postman had
delivered mail for Kim.
00:53:07.60\00:53:10.43
And every morning I
keep thinking "I need to take
00:53:10.63\00:53:12.76
that mail down to Kim. "
00:53:12.96\00:53:14.50
But he said: "I never did
it 'cause I'm always trying
00:53:14.80\00:53:18.33
to get to work and I'm
afraid I'll be late... "
00:53:18.56\00:53:20.16
So he says: "I
haven't done it. "
00:53:20.36\00:53:21.50
But this Friday
morning we weren't working.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.40
I said: "Oh, that's Kim's
mail. I think I'll take it
00:53:23.60\00:53:25.93
to her. " So he said: "I
got into my car, drove down
00:53:25.93\00:53:28.66
to Kim's house.
Knocked on the door.
00:53:28.86\00:53:30.33
As I knocked on the
door she opened the door
00:53:30.53\00:53:32.76
and said: "Johnny,
here... the phone's for you. "
00:53:32.96\00:53:34.83
Now, is that coincidence
or is that divine providence?
00:53:38.70\00:53:42.43
You see, we serve a God
that is a God of details.
00:53:43.03\00:53:46.30
There is nothing so big
- problems that we have -
00:53:46.70\00:53:49.93
that God can't solve it.
00:53:49.93\00:53:50.96
There's nothing so small
that He doesn't care about it.
00:53:51.16\00:53:53.06
So it encourages
us that day after day,
00:53:53.36\00:53:56.20
week after week,
month after month
00:53:56.40\00:53:57.86
that Jim and Mollie
especially can tell you that
00:53:58.06\00:54:00.40
and Brian on the financial end.
00:54:00.60\00:54:02.13
It seems like that
we've looked at payroll
00:54:02.13\00:54:04.83
in the last several
weeks. Jim's saying:
00:54:05.03\00:54:06.76
"You know, it's going to take
a miracle even to do payroll. "
00:54:06.76\00:54:09.70
But everybody's
gotten paid so far, right?
00:54:10.00\00:54:11.66
That's right. And so
we've all gotten paid.
00:54:11.86\00:54:14.70
Somehow God continues to bless.
00:54:14.90\00:54:17.30
But that's... we want to
encourage each and every one
00:54:17.30\00:54:19.56
of you. Whatever
God is calling you to do
00:54:19.76\00:54:21.56
go forward by
faith. God will honor it.
00:54:21.76\00:54:24.06
We see miracles
like this constantly
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.30
that let us know that
the blessing is on the "Go. "
00:54:26.50\00:54:29.13
Jesus said: "Go ye
into all the world. "
00:54:29.33\00:54:30.93
So when you step
forward, God will honor that.
00:54:30.93\00:54:33.20
Amen. He does, and we see it.
00:54:33.50\00:54:35.43
Danny just testified
that these last few weeks
00:54:35.83\00:54:39.70
have been one
miracle after another.
00:54:39.90\00:54:43.06
And Brian... You
know, he and I were talking
00:54:43.36\00:54:46.30
and Brian said to me:
00:54:46.50\00:54:48.20
"I'm just
wanting to wait and see
00:54:48.40\00:54:51.60
how God's going to answer
each one of these miracles. "
00:54:51.80\00:54:55.33
And Mollie, the other day
somebody came into your office
00:54:55.63\00:54:59.06
and this was an extremely
critical time for 3ABN.
00:54:59.26\00:55:04.86
Brian had already left
and he was on his way to
00:55:05.16\00:55:09.00
an appointment. And a
gentleman came in the office
00:55:09.00\00:55:12.46
and would you share that.
00:55:12.66\00:55:14.13
"Well, the gentleman has come
by the office every year now.
00:55:14.43\00:55:19.10
This is the fourth year.
00:55:19.30\00:55:21.03
And each year that he
comes by he comes to bless 3ABN.
00:55:21.33\00:55:25.16
And it was no
different this time.
00:55:25.46\00:55:27.83
And he always has me
to fill out the check
00:55:28.13\00:55:31.80
which I am honored to do that.
00:55:32.00\00:55:34.83
And when he told me the amount
I almost fell out of my chair.
00:55:35.03\00:55:38.03
And I told him:
"Only in eternity
00:55:38.33\00:55:41.80
will you know what a blessing
you have been to this ministry
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.73
today. " And once again...
00:55:44.93\00:55:47.30
You know, we were
looking - Jim, Brian, and myself
00:55:47.50\00:55:50.70
and Danny - looking. You know,
how is God going to provide
00:55:50.90\00:55:55.30
this time? And He had a
gentleman walk in off the street
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and bless the
ministry. God is our source
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and He is our
supplier. Once again, Danny,
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it became so real to me
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that if we could
look into the spirit realm
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we would be amazed at what
God is doing behind the scenes.
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Amen. Our little finite minds
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can't figure out our
great and mighty God.
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But God
supplies all of our needs
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and we just
praise Him here today.
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