When I gaze Into the night sky
00:00:29.67\00:00:35.96
And see the work Of Your fingers
00:00:35.97\00:00:42.46
The moon and
stars Suspended in space
00:00:42.47\00:00:50.84
But what is man What is man
00:00:50.85\00:00:55.73
That You are mindful of him?
00:00:55.74\00:01:02.99
You have given man A
crown of glory and honor
00:01:04.31\00:01:12.67
And have made him
00:01:12.68\00:01:14.83
A little lower than the angels
00:01:14.84\00:01:22.03
You have put him In
charge of all creation
00:01:22.04\00:01:28.31
The beasts of the
field The birds of the air
00:01:28.32\00:01:34.49
The fish of the
sea But what is man
00:01:34.50\00:01:42.42
Oh, what is man Oh, what is man
00:01:42.43\00:01:48.30
That You are mindful of him?
00:01:48.31\00:01:56.23
O Lord, our God
The majesty and glory
00:01:58.33\00:02:07.85
Of Your name
00:02:07.86\00:02:12.33
Transcends the earth
And fills the heavens
00:02:14.13\00:02:24.31
O Lord, our God
00:02:24.32\00:02:28.82
Little children
praise Him perfectly
00:02:28.83\00:02:35.42
And so would we And so would we
00:02:35.43\00:02:48.45
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:02:48.46\00:03:00.62
The majesty and
glory of Your name
00:03:00.63\00:03:11.74
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:03:11.75\00:03:23.99
The majesty and
glory Of Your name
00:03:24.00\00:03:34.49
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:03:34.50\00:03:45.84
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:03:45.85\00:03:59.49
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:04:04.76\00:04:17.93
Alleluia, Alleluia
00:04:17.94\00:04:34.56
How about God be
praised GYC? Amen.
00:04:41.80\00:04:45.49
God be praised for
that music we've just heard,
00:04:45.50\00:04:48.79
that was
absolutely heavenly guys.
00:04:48.80\00:04:53.26
Bless you. Thank
you for doing it.
00:04:53.27\00:04:54.91
Come to Andrews
University anytime.
00:04:54.92\00:04:57.31
We would be-- we
would be swept up
00:04:58.62\00:05:01.44
as we were just now to
the throne room of heaven.
00:05:01.45\00:05:05.28
Well, it is such an honor
00:05:06.36\00:05:07.72
and a privilege
to be here at GYC.
00:05:09.03\00:05:12.19
I'm gonna tell you,
this is my first time at GYC.
00:05:12.20\00:05:15.66
And I'm just
wondering, I'll bet you
00:05:16.74\00:05:18.14
there are few others who
are here for the first time.
00:05:18.15\00:05:21.81
Be proud that you
finally came to GYC
00:05:21.82\00:05:24.85
and put your
hand up with me, huh.
00:05:24.86\00:05:26.82
Look at that. Wow,
that's a lot of first timers.
00:05:26.83\00:05:30.40
Welcome to you as well.
00:05:30.41\00:05:32.18
Thank you Justin McNeilus,
00:05:32.19\00:05:33.56
for your invitation Sean Reed,
00:05:33.57\00:05:35.91
and the
leadership team here at GYC.
00:05:35.92\00:05:39.70
It's a treat to be here.
00:05:40.70\00:05:43.10
And I'll tell you
why I'm really stoked
00:05:43.11\00:05:46.79
about this kind of convocation.
00:05:46.80\00:05:48.95
I believe that
communities that have been built
00:05:50.80\00:05:57.31
like this of the
young are a fulfillment,
00:05:57.32\00:06:01.71
listen, are a fulfillment,
00:06:01.72\00:06:04.00
a direct
fulfillment of divine prophecy.
00:06:04.01\00:06:07.37
No, I have found a
prophecy in scripture.
00:06:08.34\00:06:12.80
I'm gonna share
with you right now.
00:06:12.81\00:06:13.84
This is not the teaching.
Don't start that clock yet.
00:06:13.85\00:06:16.56
This is before we
get to the teaching.
00:06:16.57\00:06:18.50
I want you to open
up your Bible right now.
00:06:19.73\00:06:22.08
I'm gonna show
you a divine word.
00:06:22.09\00:06:24.19
This is clearly a
Messianic Prophecy.
00:06:24.20\00:06:26.67
You're gonna
recognize it instantly
00:06:26.68\00:06:28.65
when you read the words.
00:06:28.66\00:06:30.30
May I show you what
is in the heart of this
00:06:30.31\00:06:32.83
Messiah coming Prophecy.
00:06:34.70\00:06:37.28
This should be Psalm 110.
00:06:37.29\00:06:38.91
All right, so open up
your Bible the Psalm 110.
00:06:38.92\00:06:43.26
The most quoted Psalm in
the New Testament in connection
00:06:43.27\00:06:47.04
with the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Messiah Himself.
00:06:47.05\00:06:50.50
So we know that Psalm
110 is a Messianic Psalm.
00:06:50.51\00:06:57.37
Now I'm gonna be reading here
in the New King James Version
00:06:57.38\00:07:01.88
whatever translation
you have, it's fine to me,
00:07:01.89\00:07:03.43
I've got the New King James.
00:07:03.44\00:07:05.47
And by the way I just
need to tell you this,
00:07:05.48\00:07:07.39
this is also the
Andrews Study Bible.
00:07:07.40\00:07:11.52
You probably
haven't heard about it yet.
00:07:12.73\00:07:14.51
And I don't know why
Justin McNeilus left the ad
00:07:15.65\00:07:18.23
out of the program
brochure when he's bringing down
00:07:18.24\00:07:20.48
the pastor from
Andrews University.
00:07:20.49\00:07:22.14
So let me just say a word,
00:07:22.15\00:07:23.33
let me just say a word
about Andrews Study Bible.
00:07:23.34\00:07:26.28
You got to have it.
00:07:27.75\00:07:28.78
You just have to have it.
00:07:30.29\00:07:32.28
This is--this is not
just the New King James.
00:07:32.29\00:07:36.74
This is not
just any Study Bible.
00:07:36.75\00:07:40.25
This is the only
Official Study Bible
00:07:40.26\00:07:43.49
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:07:43.50\00:07:44.90
with the
scholars of our community
00:07:44.91\00:07:47.70
of faith weighing in
and beneath the line.
00:07:47.71\00:07:51.54
Here is the line for Psalm 110.
00:07:51.55\00:07:53.46
Beneath the line, the small
print has been composed by,
00:07:53.47\00:07:57.80
as it turns out men and women
00:07:57.81\00:07:59.82
who are friends of mine.
00:07:59.83\00:08:01.89
Most of them are
at Andrews University.
00:08:01.90\00:08:04.09
The portions of
scripture that present
00:08:06.66\00:08:10.11
a conundrum to
your contagious witness
00:08:10.12\00:08:13.16
are beautifully dealt with here.
00:08:13.17\00:08:15.28
You'll get the--you'll
find the missing pieces,
00:08:16.47\00:08:18.99
good for you. You'll
find the connecting links.
00:08:19.00\00:08:22.59
So I hope before you leave,
do they have exhibits here
00:08:23.72\00:08:28.88
where they put up these booths?
00:08:28.89\00:08:30.08
I've not been to the exhibit.
Do they have? All right.
00:08:30.09\00:08:32.83
I'll just predict
that there is a booth
00:08:32.84\00:08:36.26
that has the
Andrews Study Bible in it.
00:08:36.27\00:08:39.91
If you can find that booth,
00:08:39.92\00:08:41.01
tonight after sundown.
00:08:42.87\00:08:44.85
I'm not talking about
buying books on the Sabbath.
00:08:44.86\00:08:46.64
But after sundown,
you'll find that booth.
00:08:46.65\00:08:50.40
You'll find the Andrews
Study Bible waiting for you.
00:08:50.41\00:08:52.97
And by the way, if
you're going to get one,
00:08:52.98\00:08:55.35
get the nice
premium fine leather.
00:08:55.36\00:08:57.80
You will never regret
the extra dollar or two.
00:08:58.82\00:09:01.74
That the Holy Spirit
will bring back to you
00:09:02.85\00:09:04.54
as you invest
in this study tool.
00:09:05.89\00:09:08.52
All right, so with
that little commercial
00:09:08.53\00:09:11.17
out of the way.
Psalm 110, let's go.
00:09:11.18\00:09:13.92
Clearly, this is Messianic
because look at verse 1,
00:09:15.22\00:09:17.12
"The Lord says to my lord."
00:09:17.15\00:09:18.45
Oh, I have read that many
times in the New Testament.
00:09:18.46\00:09:20.90
You absolutely have
00:09:20.91\00:09:23.02
because this is God
speaking to the Messiah.
00:09:23.03\00:09:26.97
The Lord says to
my lord writes David,
00:09:26.98\00:09:30.13
"Sit at my right
hand until I make
00:09:30.14\00:09:31.39
your enemies your footstool."
00:09:31.40\00:09:32.51
That text appears all
through the New Testament.
00:09:32.52\00:09:35.44
Drop down to verse 4
and The Lord has sworn
00:09:35.45\00:09:37.79
and will not relent
you Messiah are a priest
00:09:37.80\00:09:40.40
forever according to
the order of, what? "
00:09:40.41\00:09:42.21
according to the
order of Melchizedek.
00:09:43.27\00:09:44.89
So we know this is about
the Messiah now, but watch this.
00:09:46.54\00:09:50.99
It's verse 3,
right in the middle.
00:09:51.00\00:09:52.66
This is why I'm
so-- I'm so excited about
00:09:52.67\00:09:57.02
the raising up of an
organization like this one.
00:09:57.03\00:10:00.87
Look at verse 3,
speaking of the Messiah,
00:10:00.88\00:10:03.25
"Your people, Oh
Messiahs shall be volunteers
00:10:03.26\00:10:07.10
in the day of your power."
00:10:07.11\00:10:08.58
That can also be
translated by the way
00:10:09.86\00:10:11.45
as the NIV does in
the day of your battle.
00:10:12.49\00:10:15.01
Now I'm gonna tell you that
00:10:15.02\00:10:16.01
this is one of the most
difficult Hebrew passages
00:10:16.02\00:10:18.78
to translate in
the Old Testament.
00:10:18.79\00:10:21.30
This is a tough one.
00:10:21.31\00:10:22.43
"Your people will be volunteers
00:10:25.32\00:10:26.96
in the day of
your power or battle
00:10:26.97\00:10:29.91
in the beauties of holiness
from the womb of the morning,
00:10:29.92\00:10:33.86
you have the dew of your youth."
00:10:33.87\00:10:36.08
Now little more of the
fresher translations render it.
00:10:37.20\00:10:41.88
Here's one, "Your troops will be
00:10:41.89\00:10:45.21
willing on your day of battle.
00:10:45.22\00:10:47.50
Arrayed in holy splendor,
the young will come to you
00:10:47.51\00:10:52.03
oh, Messiah, like dew
from the morning's womb."
00:10:52.04\00:10:55.48
In other words, Messiah,
00:10:55.49\00:10:58.20
after you sit on
the throne beside me,
00:10:58.21\00:11:01.20
before the end game is finished,
00:11:01.21\00:11:03.73
the final battle, your
doors to your army will open
00:11:03.74\00:11:08.46
and the young will come to you.
00:11:08.47\00:11:11.52
Arrayed in holy
splendor, they will come to you.
00:11:12.92\00:11:16.62
They will compose
your end time army.
00:11:16.63\00:11:20.31
Ladies and
gentlemen of GYC, that means
00:11:22.09\00:11:25.45
that any movement of the
young at the end of time,
00:11:27.21\00:11:31.28
the young
passionate for the Messiah
00:11:31.29\00:11:33.56
and the soon coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:11:33.57\00:11:35.67
any movement of the young
for Christ at the end of time
00:11:35.68\00:11:39.37
is a direct
fulfillment of Psalm 110
00:11:39.38\00:11:43.98
and this Messianic Prophecy.
00:11:43.99\00:11:45.93
Now listen, for years as a
kid growing up in the church.
00:11:45.94\00:11:48.29
I'm the fifth
generation Adventist,
00:11:48.30\00:11:49.72
now fourth generation preacher.
00:11:49.73\00:11:51.14
So I've hung around
this church all my life
00:11:51.15\00:11:53.59
and I used to
hear that quotation
00:11:53.60\00:11:55.35
from the little book
"Education Ellen White."
00:11:55.36\00:11:58.46
What's that page number?
I've got to scribble here 271.
00:11:58.47\00:12:00.88
Do you remember that quotation?
00:12:00.89\00:12:02.07
"With such an army as our youth,
00:12:02.08\00:12:04.22
rightly trained, might furnish,
00:12:04.23\00:12:06.40
how soon the message
of a crucified, risen,
00:12:06.41\00:12:09.66
and soon-coming
Savior might go to the earth.
00:12:09.67\00:12:13.04
How soon the end
of suffering and sin!"
00:12:13.05\00:12:16.33
We've had that quotation
for a century and a half.
00:12:17.58\00:12:21.04
But now right here in
the heart of the Psalms
00:12:21.05\00:12:24.12
is a messianic
prediction at the end of time.
00:12:24.13\00:12:28.29
Jesus army will be
composed of the young.
00:12:28.30\00:12:32.61
Dominantly, dominantly the young
00:12:32.62\00:12:35.72
which is why
I'm so proud of you.
00:12:35.73\00:12:37.66
You know what
this is the holiday.
00:12:37.67\00:12:40.20
You could have been
anywhere in the United States
00:12:40.21\00:12:42.20
or anywhere in the
world, but here but you gave up
00:12:42.21\00:12:45.74
holiday time to
come to this place.
00:12:45.75\00:12:49.32
With like minded,
passionate hearts to focus
00:12:49.33\00:12:53.59
on the Lord Jesus
Christ and the outpouring
00:12:53.60\00:12:55.17
of the Holy Spirit
and I say good on you.
00:12:55.18\00:12:58.11
In fact I twitted, I twitted.
00:12:59.11\00:13:01.78
What's so funny about twitting?
00:13:03.24\00:13:04.45
My friend, Roy Gane
who is here by the way.
00:13:06.21\00:13:07.95
He is one of our professor.
00:13:07.96\00:13:09.04
Did some of the
notes in that Bible,
00:13:09.05\00:13:10.66
Roy Gane because I
just got into twitter
00:13:10.67\00:13:13.86
over the Thanksgiving
break and so I announcing
00:13:14.55\00:13:16.32
my congregation
in the next Sabbath
00:13:16.33\00:13:17.78
that you can now find
me at Dwight K. Nelson
00:13:17.79\00:13:21.60
and you can track
along in the journey
00:13:21.61\00:13:23.27
and Roy came up to me and said,
00:13:23.28\00:13:24.51
"Dwight, I'm glad to hear
that you're into twitter now,
00:13:24.52\00:13:27.73
so I suppose you
really love the song
00:13:27.74\00:13:29.33
"In the twit by and by."
00:13:29.34\00:13:30.80
Which I thought was really
00:13:31.80\00:13:33.04
a misapplication of
that gradient. But I twitted.
00:13:33.05\00:13:37.16
I twitted Thursday night,
00:13:37.17\00:13:38.46
it really does
sound weird, don't they?
00:13:38.47\00:13:40.67
And I have a direct
code, I scribbled it down here.
00:13:40.68\00:13:43.45
I send it to those
that are tracking that
00:13:43.46\00:13:45.81
particular twitter account
00:13:45.82\00:13:48.91
is the quote "My take on the GYC
00:13:50.30\00:13:52.43
thus far 5,000
young adults eager to seek
00:13:52.44\00:13:56.64
the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit,
00:13:56.65\00:13:58.63
undeniable passion for Christ,
00:13:58.64\00:14:00.93
thank God for them." Amen.
00:14:00.94\00:14:03.06
The bad thing about twitter
00:14:04.07\00:14:05.41
is you have to do in
140 characters or less.
00:14:05.42\00:14:08.82
It was not invented
for preachers, trust me.
00:14:08.83\00:14:10.72
But that's the word I sent out.
00:14:13.27\00:14:14.44
So it is an honor to be here.
00:14:14.45\00:14:16.29
And honor to me with
you, fellowship with you,
00:14:16.30\00:14:18.42
worship with you, and thank God
00:14:18.43\00:14:20.24
for these young preachers that
00:14:20.25\00:14:21.62
we've been having,
man, this is been good.
00:14:21.63\00:14:26.19
And I've been coming
early in the morning, I'm here.
00:14:26.20\00:14:29.87
Late in night I'm here
and I'm getting blessed
00:14:29.88\00:14:32.84
every single time. Amen.
00:14:32.85\00:14:34.54
And I'm thanking
God, you have got,
00:14:34.55\00:14:36.38
you are raising a
preachers right and left
00:14:36.39\00:14:39.77
among the young
for the Messiah's
00:14:39.78\00:14:41.81
strategic end game, hallelujah.
00:14:41.82\00:14:44.73
So I wanna pray with you.
00:14:44.74\00:14:45.75
The set is up for this teaching.
00:14:47.01\00:14:49.45
And I'll--I'm praying
that God will open our eyes.
00:14:49.46\00:14:53.86
Help our hearts to hear
00:14:53.87\00:14:55.74
what is tucked
way in the scriptures.
00:14:57.26\00:14:59.16
So let's pray.
00:14:59.17\00:15:00.17
Dear God, with an army,
00:15:00.18\00:15:03.92
with an army like this how soon
00:15:05.39\00:15:09.58
the end of suffering
and sin, thank you Father.
00:15:11.27\00:15:17.56
For these young adults
who've come from all over
00:15:17.57\00:15:21.34
the globe to share
this weekend in Houston.
00:15:21.35\00:15:25.47
We will never be the same
again for having been here
00:15:26.29\00:15:30.19
and we praise you.
00:15:30.23\00:15:32.68
You know what our theme is
God fill me our earnest plea
00:15:32.69\00:15:37.83
and we're gonna keep praying
00:15:37.84\00:15:39.03
that prayer until Jesus comes.
00:15:39.04\00:15:41.37
As we move now into the
Acts of the Holy Spirit,
00:15:43.50\00:15:46.25
open our ears to
hear Him speaking
00:15:48.26\00:15:51.65
through the book He inspired
00:15:51.66\00:15:52.90
in His--in Christ
name we pray, amen.
00:15:52.91\00:15:55.70
I'm gonna go back
to the Book of Acts.
00:15:56.58\00:15:57.71
We've been going
to the Book of Acts
00:15:57.72\00:15:58.71
again and again and again.
00:15:58.72\00:16:00.67
There's one story fortunately
nobody has dealt with yet.
00:16:00.68\00:16:03.92
So I get to go
to Acts Chapter 10.
00:16:05.50\00:16:07.88
Go to Acts
Chapter 10 and by the way
00:16:07.89\00:16:09.50
that really is a
name of the Holy Spirit.
00:16:09.51\00:16:11.27
It says at the top
of the Old King James,
00:16:11.28\00:16:13.14
Acts of the Apostles.
00:16:13.15\00:16:14.52
Now really the title
of the book should be
00:16:14.53\00:16:17.44
"The Acts of the Holy Spirit."
00:16:17.45\00:16:19.48
It is a
chronicle of the movement
00:16:19.49\00:16:21.08
of the third person of God.
00:16:21.09\00:16:22.28
In fact,
Pentecost, scholars believe,
00:16:22.29\00:16:24.46
a scholar suggests
you can call Pentecost,
00:16:24.47\00:16:26.35
the Bethlehem of the spirit.
00:16:26.36\00:16:28.89
That's when the
spirit incarnates himself
00:16:28.90\00:16:31.75
in a dramatic way
into the human race.
00:16:31.76\00:16:36.33
Of course, he was operative
00:16:36.36\00:16:37.43
in the Old
Testament, that's not the point.
00:16:37.44\00:16:39.29
And by the way did
you love that Act story
00:16:40.82\00:16:42.46
that came from on
the streets yesterday,
00:16:42.47\00:16:45.31
that bus driver
running up and saying
00:16:45.32\00:16:46.83
what I must do to be saved.
00:16:46.84\00:16:48.37
That's straight out of Acts.
00:16:48.38\00:16:49.58
So we're getting
Acts in the truth
00:16:51.10\00:16:52.62
on the waning moments of 2011.
00:16:52.63\00:16:57.42
A new year begins tonight.
00:16:57.43\00:16:59.74
One last time in
Acts before the New Year,
00:16:59.75\00:17:03.03
Acts Chapter 10.
You've already found it.
00:17:03.04\00:17:04.61
I was listening to
this Sabbath school,
00:17:06.47\00:17:07.71
you know, with
Sean and his friends
00:17:07.72\00:17:09.00
upfront here,
talking about prayer.
00:17:09.01\00:17:12.69
You are now gonna be immersed
00:17:12.70\00:17:15.18
into a prayer
saturated narrative.
00:17:15.19\00:17:18.33
I mean you're gonna
have to embellish this way.
00:17:19.33\00:17:21.18
We don't have to move
into fancy flight of English
00:17:21.19\00:17:23.54
on this way. This
is just straight stuff.
00:17:23.55\00:17:26.14
And the spirit is
ready to apply to our hearts.
00:17:28.42\00:17:30.08
So let's go, Acts
Chapter 10 verse 1,
00:17:30.09\00:17:31.70
Your remember the story.
00:17:31.71\00:17:34.19
"There was a certain man
in Caesarea called Cornelius,
00:17:34.20\00:17:38.40
a centurion in what was
called the Italian Regiment."
00:17:38.41\00:17:41.45
All right, and he
had a battalion of a 100.
00:17:42.46\00:17:46.77
Generally actually it was
80 under him as a centurion.
00:17:46.78\00:17:50.76
"He was a devout man, verse 2
00:17:50.77\00:17:52.55
and one who feared
God with all his household
00:17:52.56\00:17:54.97
who gave alms
generously to the people
00:17:54.98\00:17:57.53
and prayed to God always."
00:17:57.54\00:18:00.45
I love the way my
friend Mark Finley put it
00:18:00.46\00:18:02.31
last night when we skyped him
00:18:02.32\00:18:03.53
and that was sure
great to have him here.
00:18:03.54\00:18:05.55
And Mark would say,
"Hey, hey, guys don't forget
00:18:05.56\00:18:08.00
all over this
planet, there are men, women,
00:18:08.01\00:18:10.27
young adults, teenagers,
and children who are hungering
00:18:10.28\00:18:13.76
to somehow connect
with the living God.
00:18:13.77\00:18:16.18
They have no idea how
to make that connection.
00:18:16.19\00:18:18.14
But they long
for that connection."
00:18:18.15\00:18:20.82
I was flying down
here from Cleveland,
00:18:20.83\00:18:23.95
South Maine in Cleveland, Huston
00:18:23.96\00:18:26.22
and I am sitting on the plane,
00:18:26.23\00:18:27.53
as it turns out
by a farmer who owns
00:18:29.00\00:18:32.72
the largest farm in
Indiana, the largest farm.
00:18:32.73\00:18:37.04
So we get to talking
and he actually said,
00:18:38.05\00:18:40.12
I need to just
tell you that you know,
00:18:40.13\00:18:43.03
your churches telecast
there from Andrews University.
00:18:43.04\00:18:46.60
I watch it every night.
00:18:47.02\00:18:48.71
I said-- every Sunday night,
00:18:48.72\00:18:50.23
I'm sorry, every Sunday night.
00:18:50.24\00:18:51.26
I said Sunday
night, that's at midnight.
00:18:51.27\00:18:53.70
We telecast it
midnight, Sunday night.
00:18:53.71\00:18:55.35
What don't you
watch at Sunday noon?
00:18:55.36\00:18:56.39
Because he says, "I'm active
00:18:56.40\00:18:57.40
in my Lutheran
church, that's why.
00:18:57.41\00:18:58.72
But I stay up till
midnight to watch."
00:19:01.21\00:19:03.52
I'd a book with
me by N.T. Wright--
00:19:04.73\00:19:07.39
a New Testament scholar
00:19:07.40\00:19:08.53
and the title of the
book is Justification.
00:19:08.54\00:19:10.53
I brought it down to read."
00:19:10.54\00:19:11.55
And he says, "By the way,
00:19:11.56\00:19:12.57
Justification that's the
word as we know as Lutherans."
00:19:12.58\00:19:14.82
And we fell on the
conversation the whole way.
00:19:14.83\00:19:17.07
Getting off the plane,
00:19:18.06\00:19:19.23
I said, "Listen,
how's your wife doing?"
00:19:19.24\00:19:20.83
And tears, she dies
just three weeks ago.
00:19:20.84\00:19:23.52
Soon as we got off that plane,
00:19:25.06\00:19:26.18
we can pool into a
corner in the waiting launch.
00:19:26.19\00:19:28.89
I said, "I wanna pray with you."
00:19:28.90\00:19:30.03
Got his name, his address,
00:19:31.04\00:19:32.21
I'm gonna be in touch with him.
00:19:32.22\00:19:34.01
There are God fearers
all over this planet today.
00:19:34.02\00:19:38.01
God will find them and
He will lead you to them.
00:19:38.02\00:19:40.90
I believe that what
Mark explained last night.
00:19:40.91\00:19:43.16
So there's this Cornelius
00:19:43.17\00:19:45.13
who is by the way
praying to God always.
00:19:45.14\00:19:48.33
I told you this is a
prayer saturated narrative.
00:19:48.34\00:19:50.72
And about the
ninth hour of the day,
00:19:50.73\00:19:52.52
that would be 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
00:19:52.53\00:19:53.93
He saw clearly in a
vision an angel of God,
00:19:53.94\00:19:58.22
while he is in prayer,
00:20:00.33\00:20:01.45
there is this
being standing there.
00:20:01.46\00:20:04.16
An angel of God coming and
saying to him, "Cornelius."
00:20:04.17\00:20:07.93
And when he
observed him, he was afraid.
00:20:10.27\00:20:12.43
Wouldn't you be when you're
in prayer and all the sudden,
00:20:12.44\00:20:14.94
materialize as
your guardian angel.
00:20:14.95\00:20:17.32
And he was afraid and he
said, "What is it, Lord?"
00:20:17.33\00:20:19.91
So here the angel said
to Cornelius, "Your prayers
00:20:19.92\00:20:22.50
and your alms have come
up for a memorial before God.
00:20:22.51\00:20:25.68
Now send a man to Joppa
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.22
and send for Simon
whose surname is Peter.
00:20:27.23\00:20:29.45
He is lodging
with Simon the tanner,
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.06
and you find the
house by the sea."
00:20:31.07\00:20:33.40
Isn't it great to know that
God not only knows your name?
00:20:33.41\00:20:36.03
He knows your
address of the house.
00:20:36.04\00:20:37.70
He knows your email address,
00:20:37.71\00:20:39.30
and He can send you anywhere
on this planet, He needs to
00:20:39.31\00:20:41.83
or send anybody on this
planet to you to find you.
00:20:41.84\00:20:44.76
He says, by the way
there are two Simons here.
00:20:46.93\00:20:48.33
Don't get them mixed
up. One's the tanner.
00:20:48.34\00:20:50.42
The other one
that goes by Peter,
00:20:50.43\00:20:51.83
that's the one
I'm sending you to.
00:20:51.84\00:20:53.01
So Cornelius, when the
angel spoke to him in verse 7
00:20:55.52\00:20:59.01
and departed, Cornelius called
00:21:00.27\00:21:01.41
two of his household
servants and a devout soldier
00:21:01.42\00:21:04.27
from among those who
waited on him continually.
00:21:04.28\00:21:06.83
We are not talking about
00:21:06.84\00:21:08.46
a low ladder
social economic personage.
00:21:08.47\00:21:11.23
We're talking about
somebody up the ladder
00:21:11.24\00:21:13.69
who has multiple people
who wait on him continually.
00:21:13.70\00:21:17.47
It's well to do?
00:21:17.48\00:21:18.51
And God is gonna send
00:21:19.55\00:21:20.64
a peasant
fisherman to be the key.
00:21:20.65\00:21:25.16
Don't you ever be intimidated
00:21:25.17\00:21:27.06
by social economic class
that's higher than yours?
00:21:27.07\00:21:31.07
Don't you ever
suck it in and say,
00:21:31.08\00:21:32.94
"I'm not going, oh,
that house is way too big,
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.66
I won't go there."
00:21:35.67\00:21:36.77
You never have to be afraid
00:21:36.78\00:21:39.15
because the God who
has your name and address
00:21:39.16\00:21:41.10
will take care of the connection
00:21:42.10\00:21:44.49
with the upper
echelons of society.
00:21:44.50\00:21:48.43
So he calls them,
says hey, verse 8,
00:21:48.44\00:21:50.64
explain to them all these things
00:21:50.65\00:21:52.47
and they sent them to Joppa.
00:21:52.48\00:21:54.07
About 40 miles away
about day and half journey.
00:21:54.08\00:21:56.91
The next day,
okay, here's verse 9,
00:21:56.92\00:21:58.57
"The next day as
they went on their journey
00:21:58.58\00:22:00.32
and drew near the
city. Oh, here he comes now.
00:22:00.33\00:22:02.88
Peter went up on
the household to pray."
00:22:02.89\00:22:05.62
I told you its prayer saturated.
00:22:05.63\00:22:07.85
He went up on
the household to pray
00:22:07.86\00:22:09.43
about the sixth
hour that would be noon.
00:22:09.44\00:22:12.32
You know what, do you get hungry
00:22:13.54\00:22:14.60
around the certain--around
the same time everyday?
00:22:14.61\00:22:17.36
Just the juices begin
flowing and you just--you know,
00:22:17.37\00:22:20.41
when I come home
and Karen is there,
00:22:20.42\00:22:21.70
she often from
work, she's a nurse
00:22:21.71\00:22:23.15
and so she's
screwing around supper
00:22:23.16\00:22:25.06
and I just keep wanting
to hang around the kitchen.
00:22:25.07\00:22:27.41
Don't you just a little, oh,
00:22:27.42\00:22:29.66
one more time,
you don't get supper.
00:22:29.67\00:22:31.06
All right,
obviously Peter who is hungry
00:22:32.67\00:22:35.69
has been hanging
around the kitchen, say,
00:22:35.70\00:22:36.92
"Go to the roof. We will
call you when we're ready."
00:22:36.93\00:22:40.88
So Peter goes to the roof.
00:22:42.01\00:22:43.07
And then he wanting,
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.13
being very hungry
and wanted to eat.
00:22:46.14\00:22:48.08
But up on the rooftop,
while they are making ready,
00:22:48.09\00:22:53.51
lunch has been cooked
below. He fell into a trance.
00:22:53.52\00:22:57.20
And he saw heaven opened,
00:22:57.21\00:22:58.33
and an object like a great sheet
00:22:58.34\00:22:59.84
bounded the four corners.
00:22:59.85\00:23:01.12
Oh, how many
times have we read this?
00:23:01.13\00:23:02.43
Bounded in the four corners
the sheet descending to him
00:23:02.44\00:23:07.40
let down to earth and verse 12,
00:23:07.41\00:23:09.10
and there were all
kinds of four-footed animals
00:23:09.11\00:23:11.56
of the earth, wild
beasts, creeping things,
00:23:11.57\00:23:14.27
and birds of the air, yuck.
00:23:14.28\00:23:16.05
And a voice cries
out in that trance,
00:23:16.96\00:23:20.29
"Rise, Peter, kill, and eat."
00:23:20.30\00:23:23.76
But Peter said, "Not so, Lord,
00:23:23.77\00:23:25.76
I have never eaten
anything common or unclean."
00:23:25.77\00:23:28.28
And the voice spoke unto
him again the second time,
00:23:28.29\00:23:29.80
"What God has cleansed,
you must not call common."
00:23:29.81\00:23:33.95
And according to verse
16, this was done three times
00:23:33.96\00:23:36.80
and the object gone, disappears
00:23:36.81\00:23:39.84
and he comes out of this trance.
00:23:39.85\00:23:41.16
Where am I?
Oh,what was that about?
00:23:41.17\00:23:44.61
Verse 17, "Now while
Peter wondered within himself,
00:23:46.94\00:23:50.32
what this vision,
which he had seen, meant."
00:23:50.33\00:23:53.20
He's brooding over there
and saying what was that mercy?
00:23:54.70\00:23:58.65
Behold at that
same split second,
00:23:58.66\00:24:00.87
the men who had
been sent from Cornelius
00:24:00.88\00:24:02.63
had made enquiry
for Simon's house,
00:24:02.64\00:24:05.49
and stood before the gate.
00:24:05.50\00:24:06.88
Yo, is this the house of
the Simon beside the sea?
00:24:06.89\00:24:10.10
We see it beside the
sea. Are you the Simon? Yes.
00:24:10.11\00:24:12.38
Do you have somebody staying
with your name Simon as well?
00:24:12.39\00:24:15.36
Yes, we do. Can we come in?
00:24:15.37\00:24:17.18
And they called out
and asked whether Simon,
00:24:18.75\00:24:20.20
his surname was
Peter, was lodging there.
00:24:20.21\00:24:21.91
And while Peter was
thinking now, look at this.
00:24:21.92\00:24:24.69
He is thinking about the vision.
00:24:24.70\00:24:26.55
The spirit said to him,
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.84
"Behold, three
men are seeking you.
00:24:28.85\00:24:32.24
Arise therefore, go down,
00:24:32.25\00:24:34.72
and go with them,
doubting nothing."
00:24:34.73\00:24:37.74
Now you're going to
get thrown by this Peter.
00:24:39.41\00:24:41.74
You're going to
go down those stairs
00:24:41.75\00:24:43.20
and you're going to say this
00:24:43.21\00:24:44.79
just does not seem to
fit with my world view.
00:24:44.80\00:24:47.52
I need you to doubt nothing.
00:24:47.53\00:24:49.74
It will challenge
your preset positions.
00:24:51.82\00:24:54.51
It will cause you to rip--
00:24:54.52\00:24:59.19
can't read my own handwriting.
00:24:59.20\00:25:00.68
It will cause
you to re-evaluate.
00:25:00.69\00:25:08.47
It will cause you to
re-evaluate your traditions.
00:25:08.48\00:25:11.10
It will lead you
to break with history.
00:25:12.91\00:25:15.99
I'm having hard time
reading my handwriting because
00:25:17.56\00:25:20.84
I was putting this
sermon together late last night.
00:25:20.85\00:25:23.95
I brought another sermon,
also written for this moment.
00:25:25.43\00:25:28.11
But somebody
sent a message to me
00:25:32.85\00:25:34.08
and I need to
just thank that person.
00:25:34.09\00:25:35.57
I don't know who it is because
00:25:35.58\00:25:37.24
the person was
not identified to me,
00:25:37.25\00:25:39.30
but somebody sent a
message to me and said,
00:25:39.31\00:25:41.23
"You won't
preach on that subject,
00:25:41.24\00:25:42.98
whatever that subject that was."
00:25:42.99\00:25:44.69
So I said, "Wow."
00:25:46.21\00:25:48.38
So I am back to my
room, spent time in prayer.
00:25:48.39\00:25:51.73
And I'm saying,
"God, please, what do I do?
00:25:51.74\00:25:55.54
I wasn't gonna--I wasn't
going down that path anyway."
00:25:55.55\00:25:58.96
And after a long time in prayer,
00:26:00.55\00:26:03.42
late at night and
early in the morning,
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.40
I've scribbled a few notes down.
00:26:06.65\00:26:08.06
So pardon my penmanship
at that hour of the day.
00:26:08.07\00:26:11.39
So Peter, this is
spirit speaking to him,
00:26:15.81\00:26:17.94
"Hey, Peter there're
three men waiting for you,
00:26:17.95\00:26:21.47
arise therefore, go down
00:26:21.48\00:26:23.65
and go with them,
doubting nothing."
00:26:23.66\00:26:27.05
I'm gonna assure
you something boy.
00:26:27.06\00:26:28.96
It's gonna blow
you out of this water,
00:26:28.97\00:26:31.14
it's another world of
you, but you have got to see it
00:26:31.15\00:26:33.96
and heaven is ready for it now.
00:26:33.97\00:26:35.86
Doubt nothing, eyes
open, ears listening,
00:26:36.88\00:26:40.97
I'll be in touch,
adios, spirit is gone.
00:26:40.98\00:26:44.45
Now verse 21, when
Peter went down to the men
00:26:44.46\00:26:47.36
who'd been sent to him
from Cornelius, and he said,
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.80
"Yes, I am he whom you seek
00:26:49.81\00:26:51.51
for what reason have you come?"
00:26:51.52\00:26:52.94
They said to him verse 22
00:26:52.95\00:26:54.53
"Hey, Cornelius the
centurion, a just man,
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.17
one who fears God,
and has a good reputation
00:26:57.18\00:26:59.37
by the way among
the nation of the Jews,
00:26:59.38\00:27:01.24
was divinely
instructed by a holy angel."
00:27:01.25\00:27:04.00
Ellen White says,
that when we get to heaven,
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.32
we're gonna hear a voice.
00:27:07.33\00:27:08.70
We're gonna turn
around and that voice that
00:27:08.71\00:27:11.09
we recognize will be the
voice of our guardian angel.
00:27:11.10\00:27:13.69
You have been
hearing that guardian angel
00:27:14.80\00:27:16.39
every since you were
knee high to a grasshopper,
00:27:16.40\00:27:18.84
that angel has been
assigned to you 24/7
00:27:18.85\00:27:21.03
since you took
that first gasp of air.
00:27:21.04\00:27:24.06
And that angel has
been speaking to you,
00:27:25.10\00:27:26.48
but what is so
neat about that line
00:27:26.49\00:27:28.57
is that the
divine instructions--
00:27:28.58\00:27:31.18
the instructions
from the throne room
00:27:31.19\00:27:33.61
come from the guardian angel?
00:27:33.62\00:27:35.48
So be careful about saying
no to what the voice inside
00:27:37.13\00:27:40.52
of you is calling you to decide.
00:27:40.53\00:27:44.20
That's God Himself
through your angel.
00:27:44.21\00:27:46.46
This divine
instructed by the holy angel
00:27:47.89\00:27:50.16
to summon you to his
house, and hear words from you.
00:27:50.17\00:27:52.64
Then Peter invited them
and by the way, this is huge.
00:27:52.65\00:27:55.43
Peter invites him
in to spend the night.
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.51
Something already
is beginning to happen.
00:27:57.52\00:27:59.77
The world view is
beginning to crumble.
00:27:59.78\00:28:01.90
He would never,
he would never had
00:28:01.91\00:28:04.41
a bunch of Pagan Romans
come in and spend a night.
00:28:04.42\00:28:06.46
Listen there's a
motel six down the road.
00:28:06.47\00:28:08.14
I will see you in the morning.
00:28:08.15\00:28:09.18
He says, "Come in,
spend the night with us."
00:28:10.38\00:28:13.54
And the following day verse 24,
00:28:17.25\00:28:18.62
they entered Caesarea.
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.33
Now Cornelius, can you believe
00:28:20.34\00:28:22.13
the faith of this
Pagan Roman believer?
00:28:22.14\00:28:24.30
Now Cornelius
was waiting for them.
00:28:24.31\00:28:26.92
I've knew you would come.
00:28:26.93\00:28:28.56
I have everybody here already.
00:28:28.57\00:28:30.26
And he had called together
00:28:30.27\00:28:31.28
his relatives and close friends.
00:28:31.29\00:28:32.53
And as Peter was coming in,
Cornelius met him at the door
00:28:32.54\00:28:35.44
and fell down at his feet,
and started worshipping him.
00:28:35.45\00:28:38.39
And Peter was a big fisherman.
00:28:38.40\00:28:40.12
He has pulled a
massive nets before.
00:28:40.13\00:28:42.22
He reaches down and grab
that centurion by the collar,
00:28:42.23\00:28:45.75
don't you do that,
00:28:45.76\00:28:46.95
stand up I'm
just a man like you.
00:28:48.05\00:28:51.13
Now what's up? Why am I here?
00:28:51.14\00:28:53.19
Oh, my, and as he talked
verse 27, with Cornelius,
00:28:54.91\00:29:00.00
Peter goes into the living room.
00:29:00.01\00:29:01.36
And he found--he finds
many of them already together.
00:29:01.37\00:29:03.80
Then he says well
I might as well begin
00:29:03.81\00:29:05.46
my speech now
and he says to them,
00:29:05.47\00:29:07.26
"Hey, do you know how unlawful
00:29:07.27\00:29:09.02
it is for a Jewish
man to keep company with
00:29:09.03\00:29:11.53
or go to one of another nation?
00:29:11.54\00:29:13.93
Do you understand
how counter cultural--
00:29:13.94\00:29:16.77
counter societal this is for me
00:29:16.78\00:29:18.91
to even be standing
in your living room?
00:29:18.92\00:29:20.82
Do you understand that?
00:29:20.83\00:29:22.85
But God, I need
you to catch this line.
00:29:22.86\00:29:25.06
But God has shown me that
00:29:25.07\00:29:26.94
I should not call any
man common or unclean.
00:29:26.95\00:29:32.42
Because the vision
of Peter at lunch time
00:29:33.73\00:29:36.27
on top of that roof
was not about Peter's diet.
00:29:36.28\00:29:39.36
It was about Peter's deportment.
00:29:40.46\00:29:42.46
And we're gonna change you boy.
00:29:43.48\00:29:45.33
We're gonna
change your world view.
00:29:45.34\00:29:48.64
That's what the
whole dream was about.
00:29:50.02\00:29:51.18
That's what the
trance was, three times.
00:29:51.19\00:29:53.08
That's the trance.
00:29:53.09\00:29:54.97
So Cornelius, "Why am I here?"
00:29:54.98\00:29:57.92
Cornelius says, I
will tell you verse 30.
00:29:57.93\00:29:59.99
"Four days ago I was fasting,"
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.23
I told you this is
saturated with prayer,
00:30:01.24\00:30:02.92
"I was fasting
until this very hour,
00:30:02.93\00:30:05.22
and at the ninth hour"
3 o'clock, four days ago,
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.49
I prayed in my house,
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.22
and behold, a man stood
before me in bright clothing
00:30:10.23\00:30:11.92
and he said, "Cornelius,
your prayer has been heard
00:30:11.93\00:30:13.63
and your alms
have been remembered,
00:30:13.64\00:30:14.69
send to Joppa call
for Simon, and Simon,
00:30:14.70\00:30:17.38
and so I sent
immediately for you."
00:30:17.39\00:30:19.22
verse 33, "And by the way Peter
00:30:19.23\00:30:21.15
you have done well to come."
00:30:21.16\00:30:22.95
Sounds like a guy
who's used to giving orders.
00:30:22.96\00:30:24.78
You did very
well, glad you came.
00:30:24.79\00:30:27.32
Now therefore we're
all present before God
00:30:27.33\00:30:30.29
to hear all the
things commanded you by God.
00:30:30.30\00:30:35.42
You gonna have to tell
what God has commanded you?
00:30:35.43\00:30:38.13
Oh, I tell you what Charissa,
00:30:38.14\00:30:40.04
that was powerful this morning,
00:30:40.05\00:30:42.41
I've been blessed by all of them
00:30:42.42\00:30:43.58
but this morning as she talking
00:30:43.59\00:30:44.95
remember about
digging the ditches,
00:30:44.96\00:30:46.68
it doesn't make
sense to do this.
00:30:46.69\00:30:49.13
When you get the
command from God,
00:30:49.14\00:30:51.57
you're gonna have
to, you're gonna have to,
00:30:51.58\00:30:53.61
you're gonna have
to eat the resistance.
00:30:53.62\00:30:56.54
You're gonna
have to do it anyway
00:30:56.55\00:30:58.28
if He's commanded
you to say something,
00:30:58.29\00:31:00.44
you're gonna
have to say it whether
00:31:00.45\00:31:02.03
it's comfortable
to say it or not.
00:31:02.04\00:31:04.44
So thank you Charissa,
00:31:04.45\00:31:05.52
that really
ministered to me this morning.
00:31:05.53\00:31:11.33
Then Peter, verse 34,
00:31:11.34\00:31:13.27
"Opened his mouth
and he said in truth,
00:31:13.28\00:31:17.97
I perceive that
God shows no partiality
00:31:17.98\00:31:22.42
but in every
nation whoever fears Him
00:31:22.43\00:31:25.67
and works righteousness
is accepted by Him."
00:31:25.68\00:31:30.51
God is looking for an
excuse to save human beings.
00:31:30.52\00:31:35.58
And when he finds the
heart that beats for Him,
00:31:35.59\00:31:37.52
the heart that longs for Him,
00:31:37.53\00:31:38.94
boom, He moves into that heart.
00:31:38.95\00:31:41.36
They're all over this
planet, ladies and gentleman,
00:31:41.37\00:31:43.29
all over this planet right now,
00:31:43.30\00:31:48.76
but isn't that amazing.
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.53
Remember, Peter is
now post Pentecost,
00:31:50.54\00:31:53.61
he's post Pentecost.
00:31:53.62\00:31:54.84
You see the Holy Spirit
got poured out over here.
00:31:54.85\00:31:57.62
The Holy Spirit got
poured out super charge.
00:31:57.63\00:32:00.71
We just, we just read it a
moment ago in our scripture,
00:32:00.72\00:32:02.79
where he got poured
down into that upper room,
00:32:02.80\00:32:05.99
filled with the spirit of
the living God, tons of fire.
00:32:06.00\00:32:10.60
The Holy Spirit
has got him poured out
00:32:10.61\00:32:13.36
and apparently the
lesson needs to get through
00:32:13.37\00:32:16.43
to the church of
Christ in the Book of Acts.
00:32:16.44\00:32:19.88
Would you mind turning
back to Acts Chapter 2.
00:32:19.89\00:32:23.27
Peter dips into the
well of Old Testament,
00:32:23.28\00:32:27.39
ancient
prophecy and he pulls out
00:32:27.40\00:32:29.85
the prophecy of
Joel 2 verses 28 and 29,
00:32:29.86\00:32:33.25
only under the
inspiration of the Spirit,
00:32:33.26\00:32:35.23
he actually changes the wording.
00:32:35.24\00:32:37.98
And it shall come to
pass in the last days.
00:32:37.99\00:32:41.02
Do you know that,
those words in the last days
00:32:41.03\00:32:43.07
are not in the
ancient prophet Joel?
00:32:43.08\00:32:45.30
They are simply not there.
00:32:45.31\00:32:47.24
Peter, under the inspiration
of the spirit has inserted
00:32:47.25\00:32:50.73
that line and I'm
so glad he inserted it
00:32:50.74\00:32:53.37
because if he
hadn't we would think
00:32:53.38\00:32:55.78
that the Joel 2 Prophecy
was only about the beginning
00:32:55.79\00:32:59.92
of the infant Christian church.
00:32:59.93\00:33:02.71
But because under the
inspiration of the spirit,
00:33:02.72\00:33:04.55
he inserts the
phrase 'in the last days',
00:33:04.56\00:33:07.05
we now know that
it's gonna happen
00:33:07.06\00:33:09.02
all over again at the very
end of time, isn't that right?
00:33:09.03\00:33:13.04
Boy, thank you, Peter, for
being sensitive to the spirit
00:33:13.05\00:33:15.91
and inserting a phrase
00:33:15.92\00:33:16.91
that's not there
in the Old Testament.
00:33:16.92\00:33:20.33
"And it shall come to
pass in the last days,
00:33:20.34\00:33:22.24
says God that I will pour
out my Spirit on all flesh,"
00:33:22.25\00:33:27.79
children of the Father,
00:33:27.80\00:33:30.09
how much of the flesh
of this earth will receive
00:33:30.10\00:33:33.48
the Holy Spirit
according to this prediction?
00:33:33.49\00:33:35.69
How much? Just
say louder than that.
00:33:35.70\00:33:38.66
All. Say just a
little louder please.
00:33:38.67\00:33:40.89
All. All flesh!
00:33:40.90\00:33:43.44
God through Joel and Peter now
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.87
will carefully delineate
the categories of all flesh.
00:33:45.88\00:33:50.27
So I pour out my spirit
on all flesh, number one,
00:33:50.28\00:33:53.05
"Your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,"
00:33:53.06\00:33:56.73
that means that when
I pour out my Spirit,
00:33:56.74\00:33:59.41
I will pour out my
spirit on all genders.
00:33:59.42\00:34:02.69
Now look, there're
not a lot of genders,
00:34:02.70\00:34:03.82
they're only two but
that's what He means.
00:34:03.83\00:34:06.57
I will pour out my
spirit on all genders.
00:34:06.58\00:34:10.06
That wall is gone.
00:34:13.35\00:34:15.35
And by the way, He goes on,
00:34:15.36\00:34:17.43
"Your young men
will see visions,
00:34:17.44\00:34:19.11
and your old men
shall dream dreams."
00:34:19.12\00:34:21.15
God says it by the way
all flesh means all ages,
00:34:21.16\00:34:24.22
young, aged or in between age,
00:34:24.23\00:34:28.55
I'm no respecter of age.
00:34:28.56\00:34:30.50
That's why you're
here today by the way,
00:34:30.51\00:34:32.22
I don't have to wait
until someone reaches
00:34:32.23\00:34:36.30
a certain elderly age
before she or he can be used.
00:34:36.31\00:34:42.43
God says I will pour out
my spirit on all genders,
00:34:42.44\00:34:45.20
I will pour our
My Spirit on all ages
00:34:45.21\00:34:46.84
and watch this one
more category, verse 18,
00:34:46.85\00:34:49.39
"And I will pour out my spirit
00:34:49.40\00:34:50.60
on my men-servants
and on my maid-servants.
00:34:50.61\00:34:54.15
I will pour out my
spirit in those days
00:34:54.16\00:34:55.89
and they shall prophesy."
00:34:55.90\00:34:57.43
all ages, all
genders, all social classes,
00:34:57.44\00:35:02.56
all social
classes, no wall there.
00:35:02.57\00:35:07.18
Man, God is serious
about this all flesh business.
00:35:07.19\00:35:12.44
And if He's
serious about all flesh,
00:35:12.45\00:35:15.71
I guess you and I
following the same Holy Spirit
00:35:15.72\00:35:18.16
would be moved in the same way.
00:35:18.17\00:35:21.37
So Peter has just talked
this on the day of Pentecost
00:35:21.38\00:35:25.99
so when he launches
into his little homily,
00:35:26.00\00:35:28.85
his little sermon
here in Cornelius'
00:35:28.86\00:35:31.65
living room, that's why
Peter can say, verse 34,
00:35:31.66\00:35:34.56
Peter opened his mouth,
going back to the narrative,
00:35:34.57\00:35:36.55
"Peter opened his
mouth and said in truth,
00:35:36.56\00:35:38.55
I perceive that
God shows no partiality
00:35:38.56\00:35:41.08
but in every
nation whoever fears Him
00:35:41.09\00:35:42.91
and works righteousness
is accepted by Him."
00:35:42.92\00:35:45.22
Oh and Peter goes on,
00:35:45.23\00:35:46.42
"The word which God sent
to the children of Israel
00:35:46.43\00:35:49.73
preaching peace to
Jesus Christ, He is Lord."
00:35:49.74\00:35:53.99
that word you heard about,
00:35:54.00\00:35:55.97
Peter said hey,
hey, Cornelius, sir?
00:35:55.98\00:36:00.05
Did you hear about
this Jesus of Nazareth?
00:36:00.06\00:36:02.26
Oh yes, you have
heard, haven't you?
00:36:02.27\00:36:04.86
Did you hear about this Jesus
called the Christ the Messiah
00:36:04.87\00:36:08.05
who went through the
land preaching peace.
00:36:08.06\00:36:11.44
That's a, that's
a, that's a rather
00:36:11.45\00:36:12.48
strange phrase, preaching peace.
00:36:12.49\00:36:15.86
In some other place in
Acts where Jesus is described
00:36:15.87\00:36:18.53
as moving through
the land preaching peace.
00:36:18.54\00:36:21.88
Do you know when Paul
comes along because Luke
00:36:21.89\00:36:23.94
who wrote Acts was a
traveling companion of Paul
00:36:23.95\00:36:26.04
and could be on
one of their trips.
00:36:26.05\00:36:27.07
Luke said, Luke
said to Paul, listen!
00:36:27.08\00:36:29.21
You have to hear,
00:36:29.22\00:36:30.39
I have finally got
the transcript of the,
00:36:30.40\00:36:32.13
of what Peter said in the
home of the Centurion Cornelius.
00:36:32.14\00:36:35.73
Listen to this and so he may,
00:36:35.74\00:36:37.15
he may have rumble the
line past Paul, Paul uses it.
00:36:37.16\00:36:41.11
Watch this, keep your finger
00:36:41.12\00:36:42.11
right here, we'll be right back.
00:36:42.12\00:36:43.11
But Ephesians, take a
look at Ephesians for a moment.
00:36:43.12\00:36:46.67
Ephesians Chapter 2.
00:36:46.68\00:36:48.62
Oh, you probably
read these words before
00:36:48.63\00:36:50.70
but what a, what a
stirring depiction here.
00:36:50.71\00:36:54.30
Ephesians Chapter 2 verse 13,
00:36:54.31\00:36:57.12
"But now in Christ
Jesus you who're once far off
00:36:57.13\00:37:02.19
have been brought near
by the blood of Christ."
00:37:02.20\00:37:05.55
when Jesus stretched
out His arms on Calvary,
00:37:05.56\00:37:08.21
that embrace took
Him the entire planet
00:37:08.22\00:37:10.56
and through that
embrace by the blood of Christ,
00:37:10.57\00:37:12.89
you've been brought near.
00:37:12.90\00:37:13.97
Read verse 14, "For
He Himself is our peace,"
00:37:13.98\00:37:19.40
peace is not a
message, peace is a person.
00:37:19.41\00:37:21.26
"For He Himself is our peace,
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.31
who has made both
one and has broken down
00:37:23.32\00:37:26.62
the middle wall of separation."
00:37:26.63\00:37:29.38
You see whenever you proclaim
peace the walls come down.
00:37:29.39\00:37:32.47
So He has made both
one and He's broken down
00:37:32.48\00:37:36.02
the middle wall of separation
having abolished in His flesh
00:37:36.03\00:37:40.08
the enmity, that is the law,
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.44
the commandments
and the ordinances
00:37:41.45\00:37:43.74
that would be the Old Testament
law and its traditions.
00:37:43.75\00:37:45.96
Having abolished
that so, not that,
00:37:45.97\00:37:47.91
not that
Decalogue, you understand.
00:37:47.92\00:37:50.34
So having abolished
00:37:50.35\00:37:51.69
that He creates in
Himself one new humanity,
00:37:51.70\00:37:54.78
one new man from the
two, thus making peace.
00:37:54.79\00:37:58.02
Now He's moving to
His, to His summation.
00:37:58.03\00:38:00.61
"And that He Christ
might reconcile them
00:38:00.62\00:38:04.22
both to God in one
body through the cross."
00:38:04.23\00:38:08.26
The cross is God's great
plus sign, whenever God's put,
00:38:08.27\00:38:11.78
places jams the cross
as a stake into the earth,
00:38:11.79\00:38:16.03
that plus sign declares
that what was once separated
00:38:16.04\00:38:21.28
is now joined at Calvary.
00:38:21.29\00:38:23.81
What was once in enmity,
an alienation is now joined.
00:38:23.82\00:38:28.73
God's great
plus sign is Calvary,
00:38:28.74\00:38:31.61
brings the halves back together.
00:38:31.62\00:38:34.32
"So that He might
reconcile both to God
00:38:37.43\00:38:40.22
in one body through the cross,
00:38:40.23\00:38:41.39
thereby putting
to death the enmity"
00:38:41.40\00:38:43.12
now here comes, here's
the line that Peter used first
00:38:43.13\00:38:45.58
"And He, Christ,
came and preached peace
00:38:45.59\00:38:50.62
so that you who are far off
and to those who were near."
00:38:50.63\00:38:53.69
For through him
we both have access
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.75
by one spirit to the Father.
00:38:56.76\00:38:59.54
Oh, feel me, our earnest plea,
00:38:59.55\00:39:02.39
I wanna be filled
with that Holy Spirit,
00:39:02.40\00:39:04.55
that's been our theme,
00:39:04.56\00:39:05.62
all the hours
we've been together.
00:39:05.63\00:39:07.88
And what's the point,
when the spirit feels us,
00:39:07.89\00:39:11.79
God's great plus sign
pulls what has been desperate,
00:39:11.80\00:39:16.42
an alienated, pulls them
together and they become one.
00:39:16.43\00:39:22.19
The walls, that's what
Peter is saying to Cornelius,
00:39:22.20\00:39:25.54
the walls came down at Calvary.
00:39:25.55\00:39:29.89
All right, move to that,
move to the wrap of the story.
00:39:29.90\00:39:33.10
Back to Acts, Acts 10,
so Peter is preaching away.
00:39:33.11\00:39:39.20
And he declares in verse 36.
00:39:39.21\00:39:40.61
You heard about
the word that God
00:39:40.62\00:39:42.06
sent to the children of Israel
00:39:42.07\00:39:43.22
preaching peace
through Jesus Christ.
00:39:43.23\00:39:45.80
By the way when Jesus, just
it hit me early this morning
00:39:45.81\00:39:49.01
when Jesus died on the cross,
00:39:49.02\00:39:50.53
He was feeling, fulfilling
another Messianic Prophecy
00:39:50.54\00:39:54.21
that goes like this
and the chastisement
00:39:54.22\00:39:56.52
of our peace was upon Him.
00:39:56.53\00:40:00.30
The punishment of our peace,
00:40:00.31\00:40:02.65
He took it so that we
might have that peace.
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.87
God's great plus sign.
00:40:05.88\00:40:07.78
Oh, Cornelius,
you've heard this stories,
00:40:07.79\00:40:10.36
you've heard verse
38, how God anointed
00:40:10.37\00:40:11.76
Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power,
00:40:11.77\00:40:14.30
and he went about doing good
00:40:14.31\00:40:15.36
and healing all who
were pressed by the devil,
00:40:15.37\00:40:17.07
for God was with him.
00:40:17.08\00:40:18.23
Have you heard that story?
00:40:18.24\00:40:20.91
"And we, by the way,
00:40:20.92\00:40:21.94
are witnesses of all the things
00:40:21.95\00:40:23.12
He did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem,
00:40:23.13\00:40:25.48
whom they killed this
Christ by hanging on a tree."
00:40:25.49\00:40:29.40
Became the
curse of the covenant.
00:40:29.41\00:40:31.59
Deuteronomy 27-30, "He
became the ideal Israeli
00:40:31.60\00:40:34.64
who's cursed on behalf
of the entire family of God,
00:40:34.65\00:40:38.22
hanging on a tree
always speaks to that curse.
00:40:38.23\00:40:40.98
He was cursed,
Cornelius so we might,
00:40:40.99\00:40:45.03
so that we might
be brought together.
00:40:45.04\00:40:47.77
And verse 42, "He commanded
us to preach to the people
00:40:47.78\00:40:51.12
and to testify that it
is He who was ordain by God
00:40:51.13\00:40:53.87
to be judge of the
living and the dead.
00:40:53.88\00:40:55.95
To Him all the
prophets witness that,
00:40:55.96\00:40:57.72
through His name,
whoever believes in Him
00:40:57.73\00:40:59.89
will receive forgiveness,
00:40:59.90\00:41:00.99
will receive
remission of sense."
00:41:01.00\00:41:03.02
And Peter takes a breath
to go into his next point
00:41:03.03\00:41:05.90
in his homily
when in that instant,
00:41:05.91\00:41:10.27
all of the heaven explodes.
00:41:10.28\00:41:13.38
And what happens? Verse 44,
00:41:13.39\00:41:14.89
"And while Peter was
still speaking these words,"
00:41:14.90\00:41:19.39
the Holy Spirit had said to him,
00:41:19.40\00:41:20.48
hey, don't doubt
nothing, doubt nothing,
00:41:20.49\00:41:23.44
you're gonna see which
you haven't seen before.
00:41:23.45\00:41:26.81
While Peter was
speaking these words,
00:41:26.82\00:41:30.14
the Holy Spirit fell on those.
00:41:30.15\00:41:33.43
You heard the word and
those of the circumcision,
00:41:33.44\00:41:37.15
it's rather a strange phrase
00:41:37.16\00:41:38.45
for Dr. Luke to
insert right here
00:41:38.46\00:41:40.28
but that's what he's
calling those who are advocating
00:41:40.29\00:41:45.79
that little covenant
seal remain in force."
00:41:45.80\00:41:52.11
And those of the
circumcision party
00:41:52.12\00:41:53.96
who believed in
Jesus were astonished,
00:41:53.97\00:41:57.17
as many as came with Peter
00:41:57.18\00:41:58.63
because the gift
of the Holy Spirit
00:41:58.64\00:42:00.37
had been poured out
on the Gentiles also.
00:42:00.38\00:42:03.11
For they heard them speak
00:42:03.12\00:42:04.26
with tongues and magnify God."
00:42:04.27\00:42:06.75
The world just came down
between Gentiles and Jews.
00:42:06.76\00:42:10.86
Boom, it's gone.
00:42:10.87\00:42:12.80
And they're filled with the same
00:42:12.81\00:42:14.64
third person of
the God had mercy.
00:42:14.65\00:42:19.03
And Peter
dumfounded but the Spirit say,
00:42:19.04\00:42:21.68
hey, listen,
don't doubt anything,
00:42:21.69\00:42:23.91
you're gonna see what
you've never seen before.
00:42:23.92\00:42:26.55
And Peter answered, verse 47,
00:42:26.56\00:42:29.44
"Can anyone forbid water,
00:42:29.45\00:42:31.30
that these
should not be baptized
00:42:31.31\00:42:33.67
who have received the
Holy Spirit just as we have?"
00:42:33.68\00:42:38.00
If they've received the
same Holy Spirit as we have,
00:42:38.01\00:42:43.81
who's gonna say I
move that we not baptize.
00:42:43.82\00:42:48.92
Peter says, can anybody forbid,
00:42:48.93\00:42:51.75
of course as we talk
about question in verse 48,
00:42:51.76\00:42:54.94
"And he commanded
them to be baptized
00:42:54.95\00:42:56.82
in the name of the Lord."
00:42:56.83\00:42:58.45
Under the water goes
00:42:58.46\00:42:59.69
that Pagan Roman
believing Centurion,
00:42:59.70\00:43:02.37
he comes up, a son of God,
00:43:02.38\00:43:05.37
and a disciple of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
00:43:05.38\00:43:09.25
Just like that
the wall went down.
00:43:09.26\00:43:11.99
Wow, you know maybe GYC
00:43:12.00\00:43:17.34
strategic as it
is in the end game
00:43:17.35\00:43:21.50
is called to in
the same way as Peter,
00:43:21.51\00:43:26.33
be instrumental in
taking the walls down.
00:43:26.34\00:43:30.11
Wouldn't that be something? Wow.
00:43:30.12\00:43:35.66
You, God calling you like Peter?
00:43:35.67\00:43:42.19
Oh, come on guys,
we've been praying it now
00:43:42.20\00:43:43.85
since Wednesday night
fill me, our earnest plea.
00:43:43.86\00:43:48.46
Why pray the
prayer if you don't know
00:43:48.47\00:43:50.55
what will happen to you
when you pray the prayer.
00:43:50.56\00:43:54.00
What will happen to you
is, you suddenly are swept in
00:43:54.01\00:43:57.02
when you're
filled with the spirit.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.48
You suddenly are swept
in to the strategic plan
00:43:58.49\00:44:01.07
of the soon coming Messiah
00:44:01.08\00:44:02.50
and you become in the
name of the peacemaker,
00:44:02.51\00:44:06.00
you become a wall breaker.
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.65
In the name of peacemaker,
you become a wall breaker.
00:44:09.66\00:44:14.59
Don't let anybody tell you,
00:44:14.60\00:44:16.55
you can't be like
Peter, you're too young.
00:44:16.56\00:44:19.33
You're not too young,
00:44:19.34\00:44:20.92
God has positioned you right
now for such a time as this.
00:44:20.93\00:44:25.04
In the name of the peacemaker,
you become a wall breaker.
00:44:25.05\00:44:31.74
And I need to warn
you, I need to warn you,
00:44:31.75\00:44:34.34
because we're really big
on the Book of Acts at GYC
00:44:34.35\00:44:36.71
and I'm really glad we are.
00:44:36.72\00:44:38.39
I need to warn you
that if we stay faithful
00:44:38.40\00:44:40.33
to what we're reading here,
it may not go easy for you.
00:44:40.34\00:44:46.42
because the very next
event, the very next event
00:44:46.43\00:44:49.77
when Peter gets back and
reports what has happened,
00:44:49.78\00:44:52.99
hallelujah, the wall between
00:44:53.00\00:44:55.38
the Gentiles and
the Jews has come down.
00:44:55.39\00:44:58.81
Guess what? Verse 2,
00:44:58.82\00:45:00.16
"And when Peter
came up to Jerusalem.
00:45:00.17\00:45:01.98
Those of the circumcision,
those who are hanging off
00:45:01.99\00:45:07.45
to that ancient tradition
00:45:07.46\00:45:09.91
and not seeing it
released by Calvary,
00:45:09.92\00:45:12.41
those of the circumcision.
00:45:12.42\00:45:14.99
Oh, they were not
very happy at all.
00:45:18.38\00:45:24.93
"And when Peter
came up to Jerusalem,
00:45:24.94\00:45:26.46
those of the
circumcision contended with him,
00:45:26.47\00:45:29.13
saying, Yo, Pete, you
went to uncircumcised men,
00:45:29.14\00:45:33.06
yes, you did and
you ate with them."
00:45:33.07\00:45:34.62
And you are in a
heap of trouble now.
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.45
I'm telling you, in
the name of the peacemaker,
00:45:37.46\00:45:41.86
wall breakers can run
into major opposition.
00:45:41.87\00:45:47.36
But it happened to Peter.
00:45:47.37\00:45:49.43
You're not alone, it's okay.
00:45:49.44\00:45:53.50
And Peter says, hey, hey,
hey, guys, please time out,
00:45:53.51\00:45:56.24
time out, let me just
tell you what happened,
00:45:56.25\00:45:57.66
you're not gonna believe this
and he tells the whole story.
00:45:57.67\00:45:59.73
He says I went to-- I
had this little vision,
00:45:59.74\00:46:01.58
I couldn't figure out it
meant, God came and said,
00:46:01.59\00:46:03.35
don't you call
anything common or unclean
00:46:03.36\00:46:07.69
and then the street
guy show up at the door
00:46:07.70\00:46:09.58
and he say, come
to this centurion,
00:46:09.59\00:46:11.27
so we go to the centurion
00:46:11.28\00:46:12.73
and the house is
packed with all his friends
00:46:12.74\00:46:15.07
and neighbors and
family and while I'm--guys,
00:46:15.08\00:46:18.24
I'm telling you, while I
was preaching about Jesus,
00:46:18.25\00:46:22.17
the peacemaker,
the place exploded
00:46:22.18\00:46:25.84
and they started
speaking in tongues,
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.72
they're speaking in
languages other than their own,
00:46:27.73\00:46:30.47
they're filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:46:30.48\00:46:33.43
What am I supposed to do?
Why are you so hard on me?
00:46:33.44\00:46:40.79
Verse 15, "And
as I began to speak,
00:46:40.80\00:46:42.50
the Holy Spirit fell upon them,
00:46:42.51\00:46:44.10
as upon us by the way in
the upper room of Pentecost.
00:46:44.11\00:46:47.43
Then I remembered, wow,
00:46:47.44\00:46:48.72
I remembered the word
of the Lord how he said,
00:46:48.73\00:46:50.61
John indeed baptized with water,
00:46:50.62\00:46:52.58
but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.
00:46:52.59\00:46:54.82
I remember Jesus said,
there's gonna be a baptism
00:46:54.83\00:46:57.37
of the spirit
associated with the baptism
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.05
of water and then Peter,
00:46:59.06\00:47:00.73
this is the last line
of Peter in the story,
00:47:00.74\00:47:02.70
this is it verse 17.
00:47:02.71\00:47:05.25
If therefore, gentleman,
00:47:05.26\00:47:08.32
"If therefore God
gave them the same gift
00:47:08.33\00:47:13.14
as He gave us when we believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:47:13.15\00:47:17.39
who was I that I
could withstand God?"
00:47:17.40\00:47:21.30
What could I do?
00:47:25.42\00:47:27.66
The same gift I
have, I saw it in them.
00:47:27.67\00:47:31.22
The same gift you
have I saw it in them.
00:47:31.23\00:47:34.51
What am I gonna say, ah,
00:47:34.52\00:47:35.55
you, no, no, you,
no, no, no, you can't no.
00:47:35.56\00:47:40.49
"If therefore God gave to them
00:47:40.50\00:47:42.33
the same gift he gave us,
00:47:42.34\00:47:44.51
when we believed on
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:47:44.52\00:47:47.61
who was I, that I
could withstand God?"
00:47:47.62\00:47:52.74
I couldn't. I had to.
00:47:52.75\00:47:55.04
My world view collapsed
when the wall came down
00:47:55.05\00:47:59.49
and the spirit was poured out.
00:47:59.50\00:48:01.68
I had to do what I had to do,
00:48:01.69\00:48:04.04
guys, don't be so hard on me.
00:48:04.05\00:48:06.26
And listen to this,
their response, verse 18,
00:48:06.27\00:48:09.28
"When they heard these things,
00:48:09.29\00:48:12.14
they became silent."
00:48:12.15\00:48:17.47
What was there to say?
00:48:17.48\00:48:20.00
Clearly, the Holy
Spirit has gifted them
00:48:20.01\00:48:23.14
the same way the
Holy Spirit has gifted us.
00:48:23.15\00:48:27.60
So what can I say?
00:48:27.61\00:48:28.94
And then the silence
breaks out in the doxology
00:48:32.69\00:48:36.14
and they glorified God saying,
00:48:36.15\00:48:38.75
"Then God has surely granted
00:48:38.76\00:48:41.72
to the Gentiles
repentance to life." The end.
00:48:41.73\00:48:47.91
Now I got to
read this to you from,
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.35
this is from
Acts of the Apostles.
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.47
Right here I put these words
00:48:51.48\00:48:52.48
scribble them on
the top of my page.
00:48:52.49\00:48:53.97
This is Acts of the Apostles
page 142, listen to this.
00:48:53.98\00:48:56.60
The exclusiveness, this
is at the end of the story,
00:48:56.61\00:48:59.32
the exclusiveness established
by the custom of ages
00:48:59.33\00:49:03.27
was abandoned and the way
00:49:03.28\00:49:06.54
was open for the
Gospel to be proclaimed.
00:49:06.55\00:49:11.29
The exclusiveness that,
00:49:11.30\00:49:13.42
by the custom of
ages was abandoned
00:49:13.43\00:49:17.66
and the way was opened
to proclaim the Gospel,
00:49:17.67\00:49:23.36
because the wall came down.
00:49:23.37\00:49:25.39
I didn't know what else to do,
00:49:25.40\00:49:26.40
it just came
down when I was there.
00:49:26.41\00:49:28.21
So if we're in the Pioneer
Memorial church right now,
00:49:33.53\00:49:36.38
I would ask you to
grab your smartphones
00:49:36.39\00:49:38.42
because I know that they're
7,000 smartphones right here.
00:49:38.43\00:49:42.62
And we have a setup with
a Google voicemail number
00:49:42.63\00:49:45.08
that will flash on the screen
in the middle of the sermon.
00:49:45.09\00:49:47.45
As I want to hear
from you right now,
00:49:47.46\00:49:49.11
I need to hear
from you right now.
00:49:49.12\00:49:50.44
Dial that number on
the screen and tell me
00:49:50.45\00:49:52.89
what you believe
are some of the walls
00:49:52.90\00:49:56.08
that might be surrounding us
that a generation like yours,
00:49:56.09\00:50:02.64
maybe called by
God to take down.
00:50:02.65\00:50:05.29
And you go chu-chu-chu.
00:50:05.30\00:50:06.49
I've never seen
thumbs move as fast as yours.
00:50:06.50\00:50:09.49
Boom! And I got my iPad up here.
00:50:09.50\00:50:11.79
No, I'm sorry, I
have Karen's iPad,
00:50:11.80\00:50:13.60
it doesn't belong to me.
00:50:13.61\00:50:14.97
She reminds me that.
00:50:14.98\00:50:16.33
I have her iPad here and hello,
00:50:16.34\00:50:20.70
listen to this
and then I read it.
00:50:20.71\00:50:22.13
So we don't have
that, let's just do it.
00:50:22.14\00:50:24.62
What is some of the walls
00:50:24.63\00:50:25.94
as you move out into the world?
00:50:25.95\00:50:28.00
You leave this place and
you go into the New Year,
00:50:28.01\00:50:29.55
what are some of
the walls that God,
00:50:29.56\00:50:31.96
surely the
peacemaker, wants to take down?
00:50:31.97\00:50:34.43
Call out some of
those walls to me right now.
00:50:34.44\00:50:36.18
And I repeat if I can
hear. Racial division.
00:50:36.19\00:50:38.77
Racial division.
You go girl. Access.
00:50:38.78\00:50:42.88
I wanna hold on, I wanna hold
00:50:42.89\00:50:44.14
that right here
on racial division.
00:50:44.15\00:50:47.24
You know what
ladies and gentleman,
00:50:47.25\00:50:49.98
you know what, the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
00:50:49.99\00:50:53.82
we're having this
revival and reformation appeal.
00:50:53.83\00:50:56.26
And by the way, Ted Wilson
is a personal friend of mine,
00:50:56.27\00:50:58.44
we went to
grade school together.
00:50:58.45\00:51:00.25
We're having this--
we're having this appeal
00:51:00.26\00:51:02.36
for revival and reformation,
00:51:02.37\00:51:04.41
but listen to me
carefully as long as
00:51:04.42\00:51:07.45
we're divided between blacks
and whites in North America,
00:51:07.46\00:51:12.24
this church will
never be revived.
00:51:12.25\00:51:15.39
You can read it on
my lips right here,
00:51:15.40\00:51:17.67
as long as we in North America
00:51:17.68\00:51:20.62
are divided by the
blacks and the whites,
00:51:20.63\00:51:24.47
this church will
never be revived.
00:51:24.48\00:51:27.44
You can't revive a
church that has a wall up.
00:51:27.45\00:51:30.14
The wall has to come down,
00:51:30.15\00:51:31.74
then the church
is revived. Amen.
00:51:31.75\00:51:35.11
So thank you for
calling that out.
00:51:35.12\00:51:36.37
I receive that as from
the Holy Spirit Himself,
00:51:36.38\00:51:38.19
it says Dwight, I'm
gonna give you the first one
00:51:38.20\00:51:39.67
and it will be the racial wall.
00:51:39.68\00:51:42.29
Good for you. And
guess what you are in it.
00:51:42.30\00:51:47.63
My generation, we haven't known
00:51:47.64\00:51:50.18
what to do with the wall,
00:51:50.19\00:51:52.00
so I have a white
church on this side of Houston
00:51:52.01\00:51:54.29
and we have a, you know,
00:51:54.30\00:51:55.58
a Hispanic church over here
00:51:55.59\00:51:57.00
and we have a
black church over here.
00:51:57.01\00:51:58.41
We just haven't known
what to do with the wall.
00:51:58.42\00:52:02.50
But I'm praying for
generation of people
00:52:02.51\00:52:05.87
who don't know better
to come along and say,
00:52:05.88\00:52:08.73
you know what, there's
not a black Ford motor company
00:52:08.74\00:52:11.11
and a white Ford motor company.
00:52:11.12\00:52:12.76
There's not a
black IBM and white IBM,
00:52:12.77\00:52:15.30
why should there be a black
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:52:15.31\00:52:17.36
and a white
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:52:17.37\00:52:18.82
in the same city. Amen.
00:52:18.83\00:52:24.13
It's time for the
walls to come down.
00:52:24.14\00:52:26.46
The Holy Spirit
will not revive a church
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.56
that intentionally says
we can't deal with this,
00:52:28.57\00:52:30.28
this is too big for us.
00:52:30.29\00:52:31.68
Guess what?
That's why you're here,
00:52:31.69\00:52:33.93
God is raising up a
generation that is saying,
00:52:33.94\00:52:36.41
you know what,
time is up, time is up,
00:52:36.42\00:52:40.68
where a new world
view is now taking place.
00:52:40.69\00:52:45.19
When the Holy
Spirit is poured out
00:52:45.20\00:52:47.67
in the name of the peacemaker,
00:52:47.68\00:52:51.35
you'll become a wall breaker
00:52:51.36\00:52:54.08
just like
Peter, just like Peter.
00:52:54.09\00:52:57.16
Ah, you'll run into people say,
00:52:57.17\00:52:58.27
you can't do that
boy, you cannot do that.
00:52:58.28\00:53:00.70
We've been doing
this for years this way,
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.04
you cannot do
that girl, it's okay.
00:53:02.05\00:53:04.75
As they told
Peter, you can't do that?
00:53:04.76\00:53:06.93
He said, what else can I do?
00:53:06.94\00:53:08.71
The Spirit's been poured out.
00:53:08.72\00:53:11.31
The wall has to come down.
00:53:11.32\00:53:15.97
So what are some of the walls?
00:53:15.98\00:53:18.27
Unforgiveness.
Unforgiveness, very good.
00:53:18.28\00:53:22.14
Refusal to forgive, that
is the wall between me and you
00:53:22.15\00:53:24.82
until even if I'm
the innocent party,
00:53:24.83\00:53:27.35
Jesus says in
Matthew Chapter 18,
00:53:27.36\00:53:29.85
if your brother
has ought against you,
00:53:29.86\00:53:32.03
that would be
Matthew Chapter 6 actually,
00:53:32.04\00:53:33.89
if your brother
has ought against you,
00:53:33.90\00:53:35.41
you go to him,
you're the innocent party
00:53:35.42\00:53:38.08
but that wall cannot
stay up good for you,
00:53:38.09\00:53:40.02
that wall cannot stay up.
00:53:40.03\00:53:41.38
I heard somebody yell
out from the back, reverence.
00:53:41.39\00:53:47.00
Yep, you're
right. Irreverence, yeah.
00:53:47.01\00:53:52.44
Gossip. Gossip.
00:53:52.45\00:53:54.18
What a wall, I heard
someone, what was it over here?
00:53:54.19\00:53:59.74
Lack of love. Lack of
love. The lack of love.
00:53:59.75\00:54:06.28
In Sabbath school lesson today
00:54:06.29\00:54:07.28
we talked about Acts Chapter 2
00:54:07.29\00:54:09.70
and how when those
3,000 joined the church,
00:54:09.71\00:54:12.41
God broke down the walls
00:54:12.42\00:54:14.49
and this community became a
passionate community of love.
00:54:14.50\00:54:18.83
Did you have
bumps along the way.
00:54:18.84\00:54:20.52
Are you kidding? When
you go to Acts Chapter 6,
00:54:20.53\00:54:22.65
the, the Greek
Hellenist widows are saying,
00:54:22.66\00:54:25.26
Hey, it's no
fair, you've given all,
00:54:25.27\00:54:27.43
you've given to
the Jewish widows
00:54:27.44\00:54:29.16
more than you've given to us.
00:54:29.17\00:54:30.31
It's always messy
when the community of faith
00:54:30.32\00:54:32.68
is called to become a
community of radical love,
00:54:32.69\00:54:34.84
its tough stuff but
you have to deal with it.
00:54:34.85\00:54:37.99
And God through
the church found a way
00:54:38.00\00:54:40.57
to deal with those
inequities, that's very good.
00:54:40.58\00:54:45.13
Access. Access.
00:54:45.14\00:54:46.91
Now what did you--
I've heard access twice,
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.40
what is, what do
you mean by access?
00:54:48.41\00:54:50.32
Deaf access. What access?
00:54:50.33\00:54:52.67
Deaf access. Oh, deaf access.
00:54:52.68\00:54:55.37
You go, thank you,
absolutely. And captioning.
00:54:55.38\00:55:00.36
All right,
they're listening to you,
00:55:00.37\00:55:01.62
they're listening to
you at 3ABN and captioning.
00:55:01.63\00:55:05.36
But, what you know
she's making a point,
00:55:05.37\00:55:06.93
she's making a
point, the translator
00:55:06.94\00:55:08.30
there is making a point
00:55:08.31\00:55:09.43
and that is what's the
point of saying the Gospel
00:55:09.44\00:55:13.25
goes to the whole
world and the unhearing
00:55:13.26\00:55:17.67
never get to read the Gospel.
00:55:17.68\00:55:21.69
A church cannot
focus on just the hearing
00:55:21.70\00:55:24.42
and she's right on
access by the unhearing.
00:55:24.43\00:55:28.45
Those ears one day, Isaiah
declares will be unstopped.
00:55:28.46\00:55:32.83
As they hear the glories
of those celestial choirs.
00:55:32.84\00:55:35.54
Politics, music. Music.
00:55:35.55\00:55:38.95
Well what? Politics.
00:55:38.96\00:55:41.57
Terminally ill patients.
Terminally ill patients.
00:55:41.58\00:55:46.18
Hey, just use
your smartphones there,
00:55:46.19\00:55:47.64
forget this, I
can't, I can't just,
00:55:47.65\00:55:49.14
send me a note, send me a note.
00:55:49.15\00:55:53.67
Ladies and
gentleman, ladies and gentleman,
00:55:53.68\00:55:56.04
you get the
point, you get the point.
00:55:56.05\00:55:58.81
When in the name
of the peacemaker,
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.58
we move out into a fractured
00:56:00.59\00:56:02.67
and walled world, we
become wall breakers.
00:56:02.68\00:56:08.26
The world falls in
love with wall breakers.
00:56:08.27\00:56:11.57
The world cannot
tolerate another wall maker.
00:56:11.58\00:56:14.97
If God ever says Dwight,
which you would rather be?
00:56:14.98\00:56:16.91
Would you rather be a
wall maker or a wall breaker?
00:56:16.92\00:56:19.33
What would you answer him?
00:56:19.34\00:56:21.73
I would rather
be a wall breaker.
00:56:21.74\00:56:25.34
There isn't enough,
there isn't enough time left
00:56:25.35\00:56:28.05
to make sure the wall stay up,
00:56:28.06\00:56:30.31
the time has come for
the walls to come down. Amen.
00:56:30.32\00:56:34.61
You're friends of the peacemaker
00:56:34.62\00:56:37.76
and He will make
you a wall breaker
00:56:37.77\00:56:40.78
and that's the truth of
the, of the Book of Acts,
00:56:40.79\00:56:43.49
that's the story of Cornelius
in Acts Chapter 10 and 11.
00:56:43.50\00:56:50.40
I wanna read one more quotation.
00:56:50.41\00:56:54.01
Ellen White, Acts of the
Apostles pages 90 and 91,
00:56:54.02\00:57:00.56
"Only as they
were united with Christ
00:57:00.57\00:57:05.08
could the disciples
hope to have the accompanying
00:57:05.09\00:57:09.19
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:57:09.20\00:57:13.41
In another words read it,
00:57:13.42\00:57:15.73
"Only as they
took the walls down,
00:57:15.74\00:57:20.12
could they be entrusted?
00:57:20.13\00:57:22.38
With the million time outpouring
00:57:22.39\00:57:24.81
and revival of the Holy Spirit."
00:57:24.82\00:57:26.81
The walls have to come down
for the church to be revived.
00:57:26.82\00:57:34.00
That's the point.
00:57:34.01\00:57:36.03
"Only as they
were united with Christ
00:57:36.04\00:57:37.65
could the disciples
hope to have the accompanying
00:57:37.66\00:57:39.29
power of the Holy Spirit
00:57:39.30\00:57:40.53
and the co-operation
of angels of heaven.
00:57:40.54\00:57:43.04
With the help of
these divine agencies,
00:57:43.05\00:57:45.37
when the walls are
down, they would present
00:57:45.38\00:57:47.93
before the world a united
front and would be victorious
00:57:47.94\00:57:51.33
in the conflict they
were compelled to wage
00:57:51.34\00:57:54.45
unceasingly against the
powers of darkness." God wins.
00:57:54.46\00:58:01.14
When the walls come
down, He wins every time.
00:58:01.15\00:58:06.30
Who wants to keep the walls up?
00:58:06.31\00:58:09.59
The enemy of darkness.
00:58:09.60\00:58:12.41
Who wants to
take the walls down?
00:58:12.42\00:58:14.79
God's great
plus sign in Calvary.
00:58:14.80\00:58:18.15
When you follow the peacemaker,
00:58:18.16\00:58:21.04
you must become a wall breaker.
00:58:21.05\00:58:26.67
So here's a deal.
00:58:26.68\00:58:28.10
I wanna make an
appeal right now.
00:58:28.11\00:58:33.02
I need to know,
no, God needs to know.
00:58:33.03\00:58:39.27
If you're
willing to put your life
00:58:39.28\00:58:42.01
on the line for
taking down the walls.
00:58:42.02\00:58:47.86
When the spirit is poured out,
00:58:47.87\00:58:48.92
all genders are
part of that outpouring.
00:58:48.93\00:58:52.63
When the spirit is poured out,
00:58:52.64\00:58:53.86
all ages are part
of that outpouring.
00:58:53.87\00:58:56.64
When the spirit has poured out
00:58:56.65\00:58:57.86
all social classes are
part of that outpouring.
00:58:57.87\00:59:01.59
I need to know,
God wants to know
00:59:01.60\00:59:05.71
and on His
behalf I ask you this,
00:59:05.72\00:59:08.61
are you willing to
make yourself available
00:59:08.62\00:59:12.68
to be in the name
of the peacemaker,
00:59:12.69\00:59:16.88
a wall breaker in the church
00:59:16.89\00:59:20.83
or outside the
church, are you willing?
00:59:20.84\00:59:24.79