We've had one beautiful
day today. We have... Amen!
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All the people
said: "Amen. " All right.
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Wasn't so beautiful
outside. I was a day late
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on my rain prediction. Again...
Yeah, but it's beautiful now.
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I saw a beautiful
golden sunset while ago.
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Oh, I was inside
so I missed that.
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But it has been a
beautiful day inside
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and we have enjoyed the
blessings of God all day long.
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It's just really been a feast...
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a little foretaste of heaven.
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And Elder Bradford just
led us to the throne again
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a few moments ago. He did! And
when we just went off the air
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if you're watching, Jim and I
and John and C.A. were out here
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and we think he was
still preaching out back.
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So he might even be
preaching... There he is.
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Now he's back here again. He
may get up and preach some more.
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That's right, that's
right. Praise the Lord.
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He did a great job. Now
we have Pastor Mark Finley.
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Yes. And he's assistant to
the president of the General
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Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists.
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And Mark is a
long-time friend and been in
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ministry for many, many years
and has held numerous positions
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within the church. And
we're just thankful that...
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In fact, we just had
meetings with him ourselves.
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Yes. Trying to work together
for a big... it's evangelistic
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crusade in New York
City this coming year.
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You'll hear a lot about it.
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But we need every
hand and every person.
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We need people praying,
people giving financially,
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people, you know,
actually volunteers. Right.
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It's going to be a huge
crusade and hundreds of meetings
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going on
throughout New York City.
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And 3ABN is going to be
part of many other ministries
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joining hands with the
church to make this happen.
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And the end result will
be souls for the kingdom.
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We appreciate Mark and
what he does and his tremendous
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commitment to the cause of God.
Not only the Adventist church
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but the cause of God and
what he's done world wide.
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Absolutely. I've
known him for many years.
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He's probably the hardest
working or one of the hardest...
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most hard working individuals
that I have ever known.
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And he really
works for the Lord.
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And the Lord has blessed his
evangelism all over the world.
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For many years the
speaker of It Is Written.
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But at the same time he wasn't
just in a studio preaching.
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He was out there
holding evangelistic meetings
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in some really difficult
places around the world.
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And so God has blessed
him. And we're going to ask him
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to come now and he is going to
introduce the music that we have
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for this particular program.
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Pastor Mark Finley. Thank
you, Jim; thank you, Danny.
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In a little
while we're going home.
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It was 31 AD. The
disciples believed
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with all their hearts
based on the prophecies
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of the Old Testament
that Jesus was going to come
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and set up His throne.
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They saw Jesus touch the
eyes of the blind and they were
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opened. They saw Jesus
touch the ears of the deaf
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and they were unstopped.
They believed that Christ
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could lead the disciples and the
armies of Israel against Rome.
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And even right up
to the crucifixion
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the disciples had no idea
that Jesus was not going to
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establish His earthly kingdom.
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In fact, for every
prophecy in the Old Testament
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that these disciples studied
on the first coming of Christ
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there are eight prophecies
on the second coming of Christ.
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So when Jesus was crucified
the disciples were bitterly
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disappointed. Out of
the disappointment of 31 AD
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they looked to the sanctuary
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and there received the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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And out of their disappointment,
they went out to preach
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the gospel to the world.
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Fast forward 2,000 years almost.
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In the early 1800's,
William Miller and others
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began to study the prophecies.
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And like these disciples
in Jesus' day, they too
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misunderstood the prophecies.
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Like these disciples in Jesus'
day, they thought Christ was
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going to come to earth in 1844.
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He was... They were
bitterly disappointed.
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Shortly after that
disappoint- ment, William Miller
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wrote a letter to his
friend Joshua V. Hines.
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And this is what Miller said.
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He said: "I fixed my
mind on another time.
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And here I mean to stand
until God gives me more light.
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And that other
time is today and today
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and today until He comes. "
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And I can almost
hear the old man saying:
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"And I shall see Him
for whom my soul yearns. "
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Tonight with you
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I look forward to
the coming of Christ
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and my soul
yearns for His coming.
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Listen as Reggie comes and sings
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an anthem of
William Miller's words:
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I Have Fixed My
Mind On Another Time.
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I have fixed my mind
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on another time,
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on another time.
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And here I mean
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to stand until
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God gives me more light.
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And that is today, today,
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today until He comes.
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I have fixed my mind
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on another time,
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on another
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time.
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I have set my course
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on the narrow way,
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on the narrow way.
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For I know the time
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is close at hand
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for which I watch and pray.
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And that is today,
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today,
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today until He comes.
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I have set my course
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on the narrow way,
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on the narrow
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way.
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Even so, Lord, come quickly.
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This is my fervent prayer.
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For I've caught a glimpse
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of glory
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and I'm longing to
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be there.
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When shall the Son of Man
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appear?
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The trumpet sound its blast?
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And Christ descend
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in glorious power
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with all the saints
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amassed?
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We'll rise with those
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who sleep no more
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to meet Him
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in the air!
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When shall the Son
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of Man appear?
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The Son of Man appear?
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Even so, Lord, come quickly.
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This is my fervent prayer.
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For I've caught a glimpse
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of glory
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and I'm longing to
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be there.
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For I've caught a glimpse
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of glory
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and I'm longing
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to
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be there!
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I have set my course
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on a narrow way,
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on another
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time.
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Amen!
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I have set my mind
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on another time.
And that is today,
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today, today. Let's pray.
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Father, as we open Your
Word tonight may the Spirit
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that inspired the Word
come and touch our hearts.
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May the Spirit that
spoke to prophets in ages old
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speak to our hearts.
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May the Spirit that
speaks to our hearts every day
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drawing us out to sense
that this world is not our home
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may that Spirit
heavily rest upon us tonight
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and touch us and change
us. In Christ's name, Amen.
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It was just at the
end of Sabbath School
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and the teacher was letting the
children: 7, 8, and 9 years old,
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go back into the main sanctuary.
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And she thought she ought
to give them a little caution
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so she said: "Children, when
you go back into the sanctuary
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walk very quietly
and don't say anything. "
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"Children, do you know
why you have to go back
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into the sanctuary so quietly? "
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One little girl seven years
old raised her hand and said:
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"Oh yes, teacher. Because
so many people are sleeping
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in there. "
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Take your Bible,
please, and turn to Revelation
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the third chapter.
My topic tonight is
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The Laodicean Message. Amen.
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Revelation chapter 3.
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If it wasn't so
tragic it would be funny.
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Revelation the 3rd chapter.
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We are looking at Revelation
chapter 3 and we are beginning
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with the 14th verse.
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Revelation
chapter 3 and verse 14.
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The Laodicean message
is the last in a series
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of messages that God
gave to seven churches.
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Now keep in mind that
these were seven literal
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geographical locations.
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There was Ephesus and
Smyrna and Pergamos and Thyatira
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and Sardis and
Philadelphia and Laodicea.
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The book of Revelation describes
the spiritual condition
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of seven literal
churches that existed
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in John's day.
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The reason why God chose
those particular 7 verses
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is because... or
those 7 churches rather...
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is because those 7 churches
would represent the church
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down through the stream of time
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in 7 specific epics of time.
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So the spiritual
condition of Ephesus,
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the spiritual
condition of Smyrna
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and Thyatira and Sardis
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and the spiritual condition
of Pergamos and Philadelphia
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and Laodicea
would all be represented
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in those 7 ages down
through the stream of time.
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In Revelation
chapter 3 we begin:
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"And to the angel of the
church of Laodiceans write... "
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Where was Laodicea?
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What can we learn from
the spiritual condition
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of that church in Laodicea
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that would apply
to the church today?
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Well the first thing we
notice is that Laodicea is
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the last in the
series of seven churches
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so it obviously would
speak to the last generation
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of Christians
living upon the earth.
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And particularly, if
Laodicea is a church,
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the message would speak
to God's last-day church
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from the context of the passage.
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The second thing that we
would notice about it is this:
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the meaning of
the word Laodicea.
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I often ask many audiences
what does the word Laodicea
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mean, and typically I do
not get the right response.
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But I know this is a
well-educated audience
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at 3ABN and I know the audience
watching on television is
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well-educated.
The word Laodicea:
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do you have any
idea? What does that mean?
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Oh, I... The
condition is lukewarm
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but the word does
not mean lukewarm.
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The word means "a
people adjudged. "
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A literal
translation of the word Laodicea
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is "a people adjudged. "
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So Laodicea is the last church.
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It is the church in the judgment
hour just before Jesus comes
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and its condition is lukewarm.
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Where was Laodicea?
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Laodicea was in
southwest Turkey.
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I've visited the site on
many, many, many occasions.
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When I first
began to visit Laodicea
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it was a very pure
virgin site. In other words,
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it wasn't excavated yet.
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And it was marvelous. We
would tramp up on the site
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and it's quite a large
site. Laodicea was a city
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that had a
population of about 150,000.
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Do you know how we
evaluate the population base
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of the ancient cities?
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If you take the
stadium in the city
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and we can excavate...
archaeologists have excavated
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the stadium... If
you take the stadium
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and you take the number of
people that could be seated
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in the stadium
and multiply it by ten
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that's approximately the
population size of the city.
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So that stadium in Laodicea
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might seat 10,000... 12,000.
You might be able to cram in
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more, but we estimate the
population between 120,000
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and 150,000 roughly in Laodicea.
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So this was no backwater
city, it was no backwater town.
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In fact, Laodicea
was a banking capitol.
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It was extremely wealthy.
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Gold coins were
distributed from Laodicea.
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It was a city that was
wealth... had a lot of wealth.
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Laodicea was
destroyed by an earthquake
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in 61 AD... AD 61.
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When Laodicea was destroyed
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the Roman government -
because Laodicea was a very...
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city that was loyal to Rome -
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the Roman government
said "We will help you rebuild
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your city. " And
the Laodiceans said:
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"Forget it. We've got
enough money to rebuild the city
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ourselves. " Tacitus, the
very famed Roman historian,
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writes about
Laodicea, and this what he says:
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"Laodicea arose from its
ruins by the strength of her own
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resources and
with no help from us. "
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See, that's Laodicea.
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It's wealthy; it's
proud; it's affluent.
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"We don't need
anybody to help us. "
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Second thing about Laodicea.
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Laodicea had a special
type of wool found only there
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in the world really.
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It was a very
unique kind of wool.
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They bred a black sheep
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and they had hundreds,
thousands of these black sheep.
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And if you shear them,
the wool was very glossy.
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And the women were
really attracted to these black
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garments. They produced at least
4 kinds of these black garments
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and they shipped them all over
the world, they exported them.
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So Laodicea was
this fashion center.
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If you wanted to buy
the latest in fashion,
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particularly these very finely-
woven beautiful black garments,
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you'd go to Laodicea.
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The third thing about Laodicea
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is that Laodicea
had a medical center.
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It was an
educational medical center.
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They developed the very
famous Phrygian eye salve.
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And the salve came
either in a powder form
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that you mixed liquid with
or it came in a tablet form.
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And it was
exported all over the world.
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Somebody has said: "Laodicea
was like the Bank of America,
00:18:44.64\00:18:49.31
Macy's, and...
" one other one...
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"Bank of America,
Macy's, and the Mayo Clinic
00:18:54.41\00:18:58.54
all rolled in
one. " That was it!
00:18:58.84\00:19:00.14
Bank of America,
Macy's, Mayo Clinic.
00:19:00.44\00:19:02.60
I mean, Laodicea was
just this fantastic city.
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It was a city of
pride and affluence.
00:19:06.23\00:19:08.86
A city that was self-sufficient.
00:19:09.06\00:19:11.50
A city that
believed that it needed
00:19:11.70\00:19:13.25
nothing else from nobody else.
00:19:13.28\00:19:15.76
God chose that city.
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Now what was the
church like in Laodicea?
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Do we have any
description in the New Testament
00:19:21.95\00:19:24.73
at all that helps us
know the spiritual condition
00:19:24.93\00:19:28.03
of the local congregation
in this secular, godless,
00:19:28.23\00:19:32.55
materialistic, educated culture?
00:19:32.76\00:19:35.31
Do we have any at all? We do!
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If you take your Bible,
please, and turn to the book of
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Colossians. Now
Colossae wasn't too far
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from Laodicea.
00:19:42.72\00:19:44.55
And Paul actually
wrote a letter to Colossae.
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And according to
the book of Colossians
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he also wrote a
letter to the Laodiceans
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which eventually was lost.
00:19:52.49\00:19:54.08
But we get a hint of
the spiritual condition
00:19:54.38\00:19:57.72
of the church at
both Colossae and Laodicea
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from Paul's writing. He writes
to Colossae and he says to the
00:20:01.33\00:20:04.44
church at Colossae - chapter 2-
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"Send my letter that I have
written to the Colossians...
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send that also to
the church at Laodicea. "
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So let them read it.
In Colossians 2 verse 1
00:20:14.63\00:20:17.86
Paul talks about
the trouble in his soul.
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Paul talks about
his spiritual anxiety.
00:20:21.79\00:20:25.02
Paul talks about the fact
that he is a spiritual father
00:20:25.22\00:20:28.38
and he's really worried
about the church at Laodicea.
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Colossians 2 verse 1:
00:20:31.59\00:20:33.55
"For I want you to know
what a great conflict I have
00:20:33.85\00:20:37.23
for you and those in Laodicea.
00:20:37.43\00:20:39.80
For as many as have not
seen my face in the flesh
00:20:40.00\00:20:43.35
and their hearts may be
encouraged being knit together
00:20:43.55\00:20:46.01
in love and attaining to all
the riches of the full assurance
00:20:46.12\00:20:49.27
of the understanding of the
knowledge and the mystery of God
00:20:49.47\00:20:51.83
both of the Father and of Christ
00:20:52.03\00:20:54.26
in whom are hidden all
the treasures of wisdom and
00:20:54.46\00:20:56.91
knowledge. " Now
don't miss the last part
00:20:57.12\00:20:58.95
of verse 1 chapter 2. He says:
00:20:59.15\00:21:01.13
"I have a conflict with
you. I am troubled in my soul
00:21:01.27\00:21:03.57
for you and for
those in Laodicea. "
00:21:03.77\00:21:06.20
In other words, he
looked at the church at Laodicea
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and he had gotten
reports about that church.
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.75
And he got reports that
the church at Laodicea was
00:21:12.95\00:21:15.47
rich, it was cultured,
it had a form of godliness.
00:21:15.68\00:21:18.59
It was apathetic; it was
sentimental spirituality.
00:21:18.79\00:21:22.92
They had not denied the gospel;
they had not denied Christ.
00:21:23.12\00:21:26.21
But this church at Laodicea
had the form of godliness.
00:21:26.41\00:21:30.75
They honored God with their lips
00:21:30.96\00:21:32.71
but their hearts
were far from Him.
00:21:32.92\00:21:34.83
That was the
literal church at Laodicea.
00:21:35.03\00:21:38.46
And so Jesus
addresses that church.
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Revelation chapter 3.
What an apt description
00:21:42.93\00:21:47.22
of the church living
at the judgment hour.
00:21:48.73\00:21:51.02
A church that is proud
of her accomplishments.
00:21:51.32\00:21:54.05
Many of them it should be.
00:21:54.35\00:21:56.49
A church that is
proud of its institutions.
00:21:56.69\00:21:59.66
A church that is proud of
its world-wide membership.
00:21:59.96\00:22:03.34
A people that are proud of
their doctrines that they're
00:22:03.54\00:22:06.95
doctrinally right.
00:22:07.05\00:22:09.07
But Jesus addresses a
special letter to them:
00:22:09.37\00:22:13.28
the letter to the Laodiceans.
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Let's read it. Revelation 3:
00:22:16.62\00:22:19.18
"And to the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write:
00:22:19.21\00:22:22.73
these things says the AMEN,
the faithful and true witness,
00:22:23.03\00:22:28.93
the beginning of
the creation of God. "
00:22:29.12\00:22:31.27
It is so easy to skip
over verses that are so fraught
00:22:31.47\00:22:36.73
with meaning. It is so easy
00:22:36.93\00:22:40.80
to skip over verses
that speak to our hearts.
00:22:41.00\00:22:43.76
Now let's look at these
four descriptions of Jesus.
00:22:44.06\00:22:49.05
He is the AMEN.
00:22:49.29\00:22:50.65
When do you
place Amen in a prayer?
00:22:50.95\00:22:54.49
At the end of the prayer.
00:22:54.89\00:22:56.51
So the church at
the judgment hour
00:22:56.81\00:22:59.55
is being addressed by the AMEN
at the end of human history.
00:22:59.75\00:23:03.60
This is the last church, because
after Laodicea there is an AMEN.
00:23:03.90\00:23:09.63
There is no such thing as
the remnant of the remnant.
00:23:09.93\00:23:13.63
Does somebody hear me tonight?
00:23:13.93\00:23:16.70
There is no
calling out of Laodicea
00:23:16.91\00:23:20.50
for another remnant to arise.
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.45
There is the message to Laodicea
00:23:23.65\00:23:26.46
that brings revival in Laodicea!
00:23:26.66\00:23:29.20
Amen.
00:23:29.50\00:23:30.63
"He that has ears, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the
00:23:30.94\00:23:33.43
churches. " If God
says "Amen" after Laodicea,
00:23:33.53\00:23:37.45
it's "Amen" at the
end of human history
00:23:39.00\00:23:42.94
and God will have a church.
00:23:43.24\00:23:44.63
The AMEN: the
faithful and true witness.
00:23:44.83\00:23:46.98
His witness is
faithful and it's true.
00:23:47.28\00:23:50.04
We may want to avoid it.
00:23:50.24\00:23:52.32
We may not want to accept it.
00:23:52.53\00:23:55.32
It may make us uncomfortable
and squirm in the pew...
00:23:55.53\00:23:59.95
but it's still true.
00:24:00.15\00:24:02.14
"Pastor Finley, I'm so
glad you're preaching the
00:24:02.44\00:24:05.51
Laodicean message.
Those brethren need it! "
00:24:05.71\00:24:09.16
"I'm so glad. I can't wait
to get this tape to show it
00:24:11.73\00:24:15.04
to my local church
because they're not 3ABN fans
00:24:15.24\00:24:18.34
and they really need this one. "
00:24:18.44\00:24:20.16
That attitude defines
what a Laodicean is all about.
00:24:21.66\00:24:25.92
Laodicea applies
the Laodicean message
00:24:27.50\00:24:31.31
to somebody else. That
everybody needs it except me.
00:24:31.51\00:24:35.20
The scriptures says
- Revelation chapter 3-
00:24:36.66\00:24:40.39
"These things says the
AMEN" - at the end of history -
00:24:40.69\00:24:43.35
"the faithful
and true witness. "
00:24:43.45\00:24:44.48
Jesus is witnessing
to my heart tonight.
00:24:44.79\00:24:48.08
Jesus is witnessing
to your heart tonight.
00:24:48.11\00:24:50.82
His witness is
faithful about me.
00:24:51.12\00:24:54.13
His witness is
faithful about you.
00:24:54.33\00:24:56.48
He is the faithful and
true witness. Now notice:
00:24:56.78\00:24:59.79
He's "the beginning
of the creation of God. "
00:24:59.99\00:25:02.93
Now that strange expression:
He's the "beginning of the
00:25:04.39\00:25:08.37
creation of God. "
What does that mean?
00:25:08.57\00:25:09.85
That God created
Jesus first? Not at all.
00:25:10.06\00:25:12.03
In the Greek language there
are... the word for beginning
00:25:12.23\00:25:16.20
here is the Greek word arche
00:25:16.30\00:25:17.98
and it means
beginner or first cause.
00:25:18.18\00:25:20.55
That Jesus started all creation.
00:25:20.85\00:25:23.42
Keep your finger in
Revelation chapter 3. Go back to
00:25:23.62\00:25:25.62
Ephesians 3 verse 9.
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.29
Ephesians 3 verse 9.
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.71
Who is the One that addresses
the church at Laodicea?
00:25:30.82\00:25:34.77
Ephesians 3 verse 9.
00:25:35.07\00:25:37.29
"And to make all people
see what is the fellowship
00:25:38.71\00:25:41.77
of the mystery which
from the beginning of the ages
00:25:41.97\00:25:44.41
has been hidden in
God who created all things
00:25:44.61\00:25:47.40
through Jesus Christ. "
00:25:47.61\00:25:48.96
Jesus is the
beginning of the creation of God
00:25:49.26\00:25:52.25
in the sense that He is the
beginner of the creation of God.
00:25:52.45\00:25:55.70
He is the One that
brought forth all creation.
00:25:56.11\00:25:59.22
He spoke and it was done.
00:25:59.53\00:26:01.14
"In the beginning was the
Word and the Word was with God
00:26:01.34\00:26:03.67
and the Word was God.
And all things are created
00:26:03.87\00:26:06.42
by Him and in Him, and by
Him all things are created
00:26:06.62\00:26:09.27
and exist. " So it
is the Almighty Creator
00:26:09.37\00:26:12.65
that brought
light out of darkness
00:26:12.85\00:26:15.64
that speaks to Laodicea.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.62
It is the Almighty Creator
that hung every star in space
00:26:17.82\00:26:21.60
and caused the planets
to revolve around the sun.
00:26:21.80\00:26:25.12
It's the Almighty
Creator that said to the tides
00:26:25.22\00:26:27.59
"you come hither
and go no further. "
00:26:27.79\00:26:29.81
And it's the Almighty Creator
00:26:30.01\00:26:32.13
that brought life on this
earth that speaks to Laodicea
00:26:32.33\00:26:35.75
and says: "I can
re-create your hearts. "
00:26:35.95\00:26:38.48
"I can bring light out of
the darkness of your mind. "
00:26:38.68\00:26:41.15
"I can turn the form of
godliness so that you'll have
00:26:41.35\00:26:44.21
a new beating spiritual heart. "
00:26:44.31\00:26:46.43
It is the Creator
that speaks to Laodicea.
00:26:46.63\00:26:49.53
So the Laodicean message
is full of encouragement.
00:26:49.73\00:26:52.54
It's full of hope because
Jesus, the Creator, says:
00:26:52.74\00:26:55.93
"I can re-create my
image in My people. "
00:26:56.13\00:26:59.80
Now listen here. The
Faith I Live By page 306:
00:27:00.10\00:27:02.78
"The counsel of the True
Witness... " the prophet to the
00:27:02.98\00:27:07.37
remnant says this: "The
counsel of the True Witness... "
00:27:07.47\00:27:09.75
What is that? The
counsel of the True Witness?
00:27:09.95\00:27:11.55
What's that? The
Laodicean message.
00:27:11.75\00:27:13.47
"is full of
encouragement and comfort.
00:27:13.67\00:27:17.19
The churches may yet
obtain the gold of true faith
00:27:17.49\00:27:21.28
and love and be
rich in the blessings
00:27:21.48\00:27:24.81
in the heavenly treasure. "
00:27:24.91\00:27:27.14
The message to the Laodiceans
is full of courage and comfort.
00:27:28.14\00:27:33.77
If you think tonight that the
Laodicean message is one that
00:27:33.98\00:27:37.10
God has given to whip
His people and beat them
00:27:37.30\00:27:40.24
till they feel so discouraged,
you've missed the whole point.
00:27:40.44\00:27:43.39
Tonight as we study
the Laodicean message
00:27:43.79\00:27:46.32
I want to show you how full
of encouragement it is for you.
00:27:46.42\00:27:49.30
There's somebody
watching tonight.
00:27:50.30\00:27:52.31
You just happened to tune in.
00:27:52.52\00:27:54.38
You've got a formal
religious experience.
00:27:54.58\00:27:57.65
Your prayers don't go
any higher than the ceiling.
00:27:58.87\00:28:01.40
You rarely study the Bible.
00:28:01.70\00:28:03.11
God's going to
speak to you tonight.
00:28:03.41\00:28:04.84
God's going to
touch you tonight.
00:28:05.05\00:28:06.43
Jesus is going to break through.
There's somebody here tonight...
00:28:06.73\00:28:09.58
God sent you to this
meeting for a purpose.
00:28:09.88\00:28:12.94
You may have come into
this meeting tonight knowing
00:28:13.24\00:28:15.97
that there are things in
your heart that are not right
00:28:16.17\00:28:18.00
with God. Sure, you're a
Sabbath-keeping, tithe-paying,
00:28:18.10\00:28:19.96
health-reforming Adventist
00:28:20.16\00:28:21.31
but you know in your heart
that you've lost something.
00:28:21.52\00:28:24.64
That you're missing something.
00:28:24.94\00:28:26.91
That there's a
void in your heart.
00:28:27.21\00:28:28.55
That the fire in your soul
that once burned was not there.
00:28:28.75\00:28:32.21
You know you have to force
yourself to get on your knees
00:28:32.52\00:28:34.71
to pray and then you're
on there for about 30 seconds
00:28:34.81\00:28:38.03
and your mind wanders.
00:28:38.24\00:28:39.67
And you have a very
superficial prayer life.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.85
You know that, oh sure, you love
to watch speakers on television
00:28:43.15\00:28:47.23
and get your
religious teaching second hand.
00:28:47.37\00:28:51.14
But as far as opening the Bible
yourself and listening to Jesus
00:28:51.34\00:28:54.38
speak to you and let
your heart be warmed, you know
00:28:54.58\00:28:57.31
that those were days past.
00:28:57.51\00:28:59.15
You know that your
religious experience with Jesus
00:28:59.45\00:29:01.63
has become quite
apathetic and quite superficial.
00:29:01.73\00:29:04.46
That you have a
form of godliness.
00:29:04.76\00:29:06.90
You believe the doctrines but
you're missing something inside.
00:29:07.10\00:29:09.57
Tonight Jesus is
going to speak to you.
00:29:09.77\00:29:11.88
Tonight Jesus is
going to touch you.
00:29:12.08\00:29:14.02
Tonight your heart is going
to be warmed in some amazing
00:29:14.22\00:29:16.93
new ways as God from the
text speaks to your heart.
00:29:17.03\00:29:20.66
Take your Bible, please.
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.12
The True Witness is speaking...
00:29:23.32\00:29:24.96
the One who can
re-create our hearts. He says:
00:29:25.16\00:29:26.66
"I know your works, that
you are neither cold nor hot.
00:29:26.70\00:29:29.71
I wish you were cold or
hot. So then because you are
00:29:29.91\00:29:32.89
lukewarm... "
Indifferent, apathetic...
00:29:32.99\00:29:36.02
"and neither cold nor hot I
will spew you out of My mouth. "
00:29:37.87\00:29:40.81
Notice Jesus says to Laodicea
00:29:41.01\00:29:43.72
"You've taken a
bath in lukewarm water. "
00:29:43.92\00:29:45.91
The water in
Laodicea was very lukewarm.
00:29:46.11\00:29:48.94
You go visit there today and
you look across the valley to
00:29:49.04\00:29:51.86
Hierapolis and you see
the hot springs coming up
00:29:51.97\00:29:54.58
out of Hierapolis, and
they come across about 6 miles.
00:29:54.78\00:29:57.75
You can still see the
ruins of the Roman aqueducts.
00:29:57.95\00:30:00.45
And the water was hot
when it came out of the springs
00:30:00.65\00:30:04.02
but by the time it got
to Laodicea it was lukewarm
00:30:04.22\00:30:07.66
and it was nauseating.
So the church at Laodicea
00:30:07.86\00:30:12.72
had taken a bath in
lukewarm water. It was not hot;
00:30:12.92\00:30:16.61
it was not on fire for God.
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.87
But it was not cold;
it had not rejected truth.
00:30:19.07\00:30:22.58
So Jesus says:
"Because you say: 'I am rich
00:30:23.01\00:30:26.58
and have become wealthy...
' You are doctrinally wealthy.
00:30:27.82\00:30:31.54
You are spiritually wealthy
from the sense of doctrine.
00:30:31.85\00:30:35.53
'that you have need of nothing'
00:30:35.73\00:30:38.19
but you don't know
that you're wretched,
00:30:38.39\00:30:40.58
you're miserable, you're poor,
00:30:40.68\00:30:42.35
you're blind, and
you're naked... ' "
00:30:42.45\00:30:43.95
Laodicea said: "I'm rich.
" Jesus said: "You're poor. "
00:30:44.95\00:30:47.18
Laodicea said:
"I'm a banking capitol"
00:30:47.38\00:30:49.11
and Jesus said: "You're poor. "
00:30:49.31\00:30:50.80
Laodicea said: "I am
clothed with the garments.
00:30:51.00\00:30:55.63
Look at our garments;
look at our fashion. "
00:30:55.83\00:30:57.49
Jesus said: "You're naked. "
00:30:57.69\00:30:58.82
Laodicea said: "I can see.
We produce this eye salve. "
00:30:59.12\00:31:03.10
Jesus said: "You're blind. "
00:31:03.30\00:31:05.73
And then Jesus makes this offer.
00:31:06.03\00:31:07.65
The heavenly Merchantman
comes and knocks on the door
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of Laodicea and knocks
on the door of your heart.
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He knocks on the
door of my heart tonight.
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What does Jesus offer
and what does it mean?
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Jesus says: "I counsel you... "
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The True Witness is
speaking. He is speaking to you;
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He's speaking to me.
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If you're here in this
3ABN audience, the True Witness
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is speaking to you.
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The heavenly
Merchantman is speaking to you.
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If you're
watching by television,
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Jesus is speaking to you.
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"I counsel you to buy of
Me gold tried in the fire. "
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We stop there.
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What is the gold tried in the
fire that Laodicea does not have
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that Christ
appeals to us to get?
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What is that? Let's
let the Bible tell us.
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First we go to Peter.
Take your Bible, please,
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and come to Peter with me.
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The first chapter of Peter.
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I Peter chapter 1 verse 7.
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I Peter chapter 1 verse 7.
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What is the gold
tried in the fire?
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The gold that Laodicea needs
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Laodicea needs more
than a form of godliness.
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Laodicea needs more than to
honor Christ with their lips.
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Laodicea needs more
than a doctrinal correctness.
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Laodicea needs more than
simply an external label.
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Laodicea needs the
gold tried in the fire.
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Gold is precious.
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I Peter chapter 1. We
look there... verse 7:
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"That the
genuineness of your faith
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being much more
precious than gold
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that perishes
though it is tested by fire
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may be found to
praise, honor, and glory
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at the revelation
of Jesus Christ. "
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So the gold is the
preciousness of your faith.
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What is faith?
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Faith is trusting God
as a friend well known.
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How do you develop faith?
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Romans chapter 10 verse 17
says: "Faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by the...
" What? "Word of God. "
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So when Jesus, the
heavenly Merchantman,
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invites us to take the gold,
He's inviting us to develop
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a faith that will
stand the crisis of time.
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He's inviting us to enter
into a study of His Word -
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personally, practically
- and let the Word of God
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transform our lives to develop
a deep relationship of faith
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with Him. Look
at what Peter says.
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After he talks about
this gold tried in the fire,
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this faith, he says...
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I Peter chapter 1 verse 23:
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"Having been born
again, not of corruptible seed
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but incorruptible,
through the Word of God
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which lives and
abides forever. "
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How is it that when we
drift into Laodicean complacency
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we can be born again? How
is it that as our experience
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with Jesus becomes apathetic
our hearts can be changed?
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That we can be moved
from being indifferent?
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Peter tells us.
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"Having been born
again, not of corruptible seed
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but incorruptible,
through the Word of God. "
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II Peter. What is it
that will bring revival
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to God's people? What
is it that will transform
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the Laodicean
spiritual experience?
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It is as men and
women on their knees
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open God's Word and
allow the precious promises
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of God's Word to
transform their life.
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There is nothing that
substitutes in the Christian
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life for taking time
with Jesus in His Word.
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You cannot be a
solid, vibrant, committed
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Christian unless the Word
of God transforms your life
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and changes your mind.
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"We are not conformed to this
world but we are transformed
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by the renewing of our
mind. " II Peter chapter 1.
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Notice he says...
II Peter chapter 1:
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"By which... " verse 4
"have been given to us exceeding
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great and precious... " What?
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"promises that through
these you may be partakers
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of the divine nature
having escaped the corruption
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of the world that
is through lust. "
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We escape the
corruption of the world
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and are partakers
of the divine nature
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as we fill our
mind with God's Word.
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Listen to what James
says. James chapter 1.
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There is a danger. The danger is
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that we substitute
listening to sermons
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on DVD to listening to
the voice of God in His Word.
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I thank God for
the media ministries.
00:36:00.55\00:36:02.79
I thank God for 3ABN.
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I thank God for Hope Channel.
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I thank God for every Adventist
ministry... all of them!
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Breath of Life...
praise God for it.
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It Is Written...
praise God for it.
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Amazing Facts...
praise God for it.
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But if you think that
you're going to develop a deep
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spiritual experience by
becoming a religious groupie
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and following your
favorite TV preacher
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be it Mark
Finley or anybody else,
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that will not provide the depth
that God wants you to have.
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The answer to Laodicea
is found in the Word of God.
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The book of James.
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There is no substitute
for opening God's Word.
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There is no substitute
for letting God speak to you
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through His book.
There is no substitute
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for the transformation
of character that comes.
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The gold tried in the fire
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is the development of faith
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through a mind immersed in
the Word of the Living God.
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James chapter 1.
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Verse... looking
there in the book of James
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chapter 1 verse 21.
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"Therefore lay aside all
filthiness and the overflow
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of wickedness and receive
with meekness the implanted Word
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which is able to
save your souls. "
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The implanted Word!
I love that expression.
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Has the Word of God
been implanted in your mind?
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Has the Word of God
saturated your consciousness?
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Has the Word of God
molded and shaped your thinking
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and transformed your life?
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Revival - genuine, authentic
revival - will not come to this
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church simply because there's
some music that makes you
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want to clap your hands.
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That may lead to false revival.
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A false revival's going to come.
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It's going to be based on
emotionalism and sentimentalism.
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And for a people that are
not used to disciplined study
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of God's Word and that
want a quick fix in religion,
00:38:21.13\00:38:24.94
that want a candy-coated,
sugar-coated gospel
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that makes them feel good,
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the devil will
provide a counterfeit.
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Shallow calls to shallow
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but deep calleth to deep.
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I do not call you tonight
to a shallow, superficial,
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easy-going,
crossless Christian experience.
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Tonight I call you to
the depths of God's Word.
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I call you to fill
your mind for it is written
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none but those who
have fortified their minds
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with the teaching of
scripture, and I quote:
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"will stand
through the final crisis. "
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Revival comes through saturating
our minds with the Word of God.
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This is what Jesus is
talking about to Laodicea:
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the faith, the gold,
the Christian experience
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that comes through God's Word.
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Psalm 119.
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What is the source of revival?
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What is the very
heart of revival?
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What is the very
essence of revival?
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Psalm 119.
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And we look there
in the 119th Psalm
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in the 107th verse...
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Let's look at
verses 105, 106, 107.
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Psalm 119 105, 106, and 107.
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"Your Word is a lamp unto
my feet and light unto my path.
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I have sworn and
confirmed that I will keep Your
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righteous
judgments. I am afflicted much.
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Revive me, O Lord, according
to Your... " What everybody?
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"Revive me, O Lord,
according to... " What?
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"Your Word. "
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What is the source
and the heart of revival?
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Revival comes as we
pray over God's Word.
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Do you see why the
Laodicean message is full of
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as the prophet of
God to the remnant says:
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"hope and encouragement? "
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Because as we fill
our minds with God's Word
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the same Holy Spirit
that inspired the Bible
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inspires our hearts.
00:40:26.90\00:40:28.16
The Creator God who
spoke and it was done,
00:40:28.36\00:40:31.33
who commanded and it stood fast,
00:40:31.53\00:40:33.57
the creative
energy and I quote again:
00:40:33.77\00:40:36.22
"the creative energy that
brought worlds into existence
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is in the Word of God. "
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The same Jesus who
spoke worlds into existence
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speaks to us through His Word
and our lives are transformed
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through the very Word of God.
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Back to Revelation chapter 3.
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What does the heavenly
Merchantman invite us to do?
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First, He comes knocking
on the door of your heart
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and He says: "Will
you give Me time? "
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"Will you give Me time? "
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In Revelation chapter 3:
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"Will you give Me time to
build within you a faith? "
00:41:05.91\00:41:10.61
"Will you give Me
time to build within you
00:41:10.81\00:41:14.57
a strength of character? "
00:41:14.77\00:41:17.57
"Will you spend time every day
00:41:17.77\00:41:20.86
allowing Me to speak
to you from My Word? "
00:41:21.06\00:41:24.91
Revelation 3.
00:41:25.21\00:41:27.23
"I counsel you to buy of
Me gold tried in the fire
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that you may be rich
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and white raiments
that you may be clothed. "
00:41:33.28\00:41:36.72
What are these white raiments?
00:41:37.02\00:41:40.93
Well, Revelation chapter 19.
00:41:41.14\00:41:43.47
Take your Bible
there: Revelation chapter 19.
00:41:43.67\00:41:46.44
And you're going to
look at Revelation chapter 19
00:41:46.64\00:41:49.79
and you're going
to look at verse 9.
00:41:49.99\00:41:52.24
Revelation chapter 19 verse 9.
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What is this white raiment?
00:41:55.76\00:41:58.08
Revelation chapter 19 verse 9
00:41:58.38\00:42:01.66
describes what
this white raiment is.
00:42:01.86\00:42:05.11
Revelation 19 verse 9.
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We'll start with verse 7.
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"Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him glory
00:42:12.47\00:42:15.32
for the marriage
of the Lamb has come
00:42:15.52\00:42:17.21
and His wife has
made herself ready.
00:42:17.41\00:42:19.52
And to her it was granted
to be arrayed in fine linen,
00:42:19.72\00:42:23.47
clean and white, for the
fine linen is the righteous acts
00:42:23.67\00:42:26.52
of the saints. " What
is this white raiment?
00:42:26.62\00:42:29.64
It is Jesus' righteousness
that transforms our lives.
00:42:29.94\00:42:35.57
What is Jesus saying
when He says: "Come to Me
00:42:35.77\00:42:38.76
and receive
this white raiment? "
00:42:38.96\00:42:40.63
He's saying: "Bathe your mind
00:42:40.83\00:42:43.92
in an understanding of My
grace and My righteousness.
00:42:44.13\00:42:47.07
You are frail
and weak and sinful
00:42:48.21\00:42:51.83
and all your
righteousness is as filthy rags.
00:42:52.23\00:42:55.23
Even your righteous acts
are tainted by selfish motives
00:42:55.53\00:42:59.70
but come to Me...
immerse yourself in Me. "
00:42:59.90\00:43:03.82
I love that old
hymn Not I, But Christ...
00:43:04.12\00:43:06.44
be honored, loved, exalted.
00:43:06.74\00:43:08.88
Not I, but Christ, be
seen, be known, be heard.
00:43:09.18\00:43:12.41
Not I, but Christ, in
every look and action.
00:43:12.71\00:43:15.17
Not I, but Christ,
in every deed and word.
00:43:15.37\00:43:17.74
Jesus says: "Come and
allow Me to fill your heart.
00:43:18.04\00:43:21.99
Come and allow me
to change your life.
00:43:22.19\00:43:24.04
Come and allow Me to
be your Savior, your Lord.
00:43:24.34\00:43:30.29
Come and allow Me to transform
you and make you over again.
00:43:30.59\00:43:35.78
Drink deeply of My grace
00:43:36.08\00:43:39.20
and My love and My salvation. "
00:43:39.40\00:43:42.13
Jesus says to you
and to me tonight:
00:43:42.53\00:43:45.39
"Spend time immersing
your mind in My grace,
00:43:45.59\00:43:50.80
My goodness, My righteousness. "
00:43:51.00\00:43:53.69
Dwight L. Moody once said
00:43:53.89\00:43:55.56
"The man the
world has yet to see:
00:43:55.77\00:43:59.05
that man, that woman who
is totally consecrated to God.
00:44:01.32\00:44:06.05
I will be that man. "
00:44:06.25\00:44:08.22
Do you hear the call
of God to your heart?
00:44:08.52\00:44:12.09
"I will be that
man... I will be that woman.
00:44:12.29\00:44:14.23
Lord, all I want is
to reflect Your love.
00:44:14.43\00:44:16.83
All I want is to
reflect Your grace.
00:44:17.13\00:44:18.93
All I want is Your
grace to flow out of me.
00:44:19.23\00:44:22.02
I want to reveal Jesus
00:44:22.12\00:44:24.41
in kindness and
compassion and gentleness.
00:44:24.71\00:44:27.29
I know, Lord,
there's no goodness in me.
00:44:27.39\00:44:29.05
I know that there is no
way that my righteousness can
00:44:29.25\00:44:33.79
save me. Nobody else has
to tell me how wicked I am
00:44:33.89\00:44:37.90
because I know this man's heart,
00:44:38.00\00:44:39.77
I know this man's mind. "
00:44:39.97\00:44:41.88
Nothing in my hand I bring,
00:44:43.16\00:44:47.34
only to His cross I cling.
00:44:47.54\00:44:51.55
Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it!
00:44:51.85\00:44:54.13
Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
00:44:54.44\00:44:57.02
Redeemed and so happy in Jesus!
00:44:57.32\00:45:00.49
Laodicea... an
appeal to the cross.
00:45:00.79\00:45:06.52
An appeal to kneel before Him
00:45:06.72\00:45:09.16
and praise Him for His
righteousness and His goodness
00:45:09.46\00:45:12.84
and His love.
00:45:13.04\00:45:14.24
What is the message to Laodicea
00:45:14.44\00:45:16.84
in Revelation chapter 3?
00:45:16.94\00:45:19.29
It is a message to develop
faith and strength of character
00:45:19.39\00:45:22.82
through His Word.
00:45:23.02\00:45:24.10
It is a message to
be immersed in His love
00:45:24.40\00:45:27.39
and allow His grace and
righteousness and goodness
00:45:27.59\00:45:31.16
to transform your life.
00:45:31.36\00:45:34.17
The last part of the verse says
00:45:35.57\00:45:37.51
"that you may be clothed. "
Verse... chapter 3 verse 18.
00:45:37.71\00:45:42.85
"That the shame of your naked-
ness may not be revealed. "
00:45:43.05\00:45:46.64
Without Jesus and His
righteousness clothing me
00:45:46.84\00:45:51.58
the x-ray of the
divine eyes of eternity
00:45:52.74\00:45:56.37
see through my
fig-leaf garments of works
00:45:56.57\00:46:00.15
and I'm seen as
naked before God.
00:46:02.61\00:46:05.39
But as I fall on my knees
and say: "Jesus, I'm a sinner
00:46:05.69\00:46:08.19
but You are
altogether righteous.
00:46:08.39\00:46:10.08
Clothe me with Your
righteousness, Lord...
00:46:10.28\00:46:12.91
clothe me with
Your righteousness.
00:46:13.11\00:46:15.63
Transform my life
through that righteousness. "
00:46:15.83\00:46:19.37
As a sinner I am
declared righteous through the
00:46:19.77\00:46:23.66
righteous life of Christ.
00:46:23.86\00:46:26.85
But as a sinner,
the faith that receives
00:46:27.45\00:46:32.83
His justifying grace is
the same faith that receives
00:46:33.03\00:46:37.08
His sanctifying power.
00:46:37.28\00:46:38.80
The same faith that
receives justification
00:46:40.27\00:46:43.56
for my past and present failures
00:46:43.86\00:46:47.17
receives His power and
sanctification to transform me.
00:46:47.37\00:46:50.99
Salvation comes as I spend
time with Jesus in His Word.
00:46:52.74\00:46:57.07
It comes as I cast my
helpless soul upon Him
00:46:57.37\00:47:01.92
and let Him clothe me with His
beautiful robe of righteousness.
00:47:02.42\00:47:06.66
And He declares me before
the universe as righteous.
00:47:06.86\00:47:09.58
And that which
He declares me to be
00:47:09.88\00:47:12.84
He promises to me that
He's not only the Author
00:47:13.04\00:47:16.46
but He is the
Finisher of our faith!
00:47:16.67\00:47:19.36
He promises me
that if I stay with Him
00:47:19.56\00:47:22.54
and don't drop out
of the school of Christ
00:47:22.74\00:47:26.57
that He will get me through.
00:47:26.77\00:47:28.65
Because "He which hath
begun a good work in you" -
00:47:28.95\00:47:31.47
Philippians 1 verse
6- "will finish it. "
00:47:31.67\00:47:34.19
I'm not all that I want to be
00:47:34.49\00:47:37.31
but I will be all I can be
00:47:37.51\00:47:41.62
through the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:47:41.82\00:47:44.57
He surrounds me and clothes
me with His righteousness
00:47:44.78\00:47:47.76
and works in me through His
grace and power to transform me.
00:47:47.96\00:47:52.20
So as John says:
"Behold... "Behold now are we
00:47:52.40\00:47:56.65
the sons of God.
00:47:56.85\00:47:58.81
But we do not yet
know what we shall be.
00:47:59.01\00:48:01.30
But we know this:
that we shall be like Him
00:48:01.50\00:48:05.82
because when He appears
we shall see Him as He is. "
00:48:06.02\00:48:09.05
Jesus is taking Laodicea,
whom He has clothed with His
00:48:09.35\00:48:12.64
righteousness, transforming
their hearts to make them
00:48:12.74\00:48:17.14
a loving, kind people to
be a witness to the world.
00:48:17.34\00:48:20.54
This is the message of Laodicea.
00:48:20.75\00:48:22.99
Let Jesus do a
deep work in your heart.
00:48:23.19\00:48:25.58
Let Jesus finish the work
in your heart that He began.
00:48:25.88\00:48:28.78
Let Jesus be not only
the Author but the Finisher
00:48:28.88\00:48:31.45
of your faith.
Revelation chapter 3 last part
00:48:31.65\00:48:33.76
of verse 18.
00:48:33.96\00:48:36.89
"And anoint your eyes with
eye salve that you may see. "
00:48:38.24\00:48:41.69
What is the eye salve?
00:48:41.79\00:48:42.88
It is the Holy Spirit bringing
us conviction of who we are.
00:48:43.18\00:48:46.81
It's the Holy Spirit showing
us our need of Jesus Christ.
00:48:46.91\00:48:50.47
Oh Jesus, I don't want to be
so rushed, even in my ministry,
00:48:51.89\00:48:56.58
that I miss receiving the gold
00:48:57.84\00:48:59.81
and that the faith and strength
of character is not developed
00:49:00.11\00:49:03.56
in me to stand
in the final crisis.
00:49:03.76\00:49:06.68
I don't want to be so clothed
in the accomplishments of my
00:49:08.11\00:49:12.36
works that I
don't kneel before You
00:49:12.46\00:49:15.24
and receive Your grace.
00:49:15.44\00:49:18.01
Lord, I don't
want to be so blind
00:49:18.22\00:49:21.56
that I don't see my
nature that drives me to Jesus.
00:49:21.87\00:49:26.74
And Jesus says
Revelation chapter 3 verse 20:
00:49:26.94\00:49:28.65
"Behold I stand at
the door and knock.
00:49:28.75\00:49:29.92
If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will
00:49:31.23\00:49:34.44
come in to him and sup
with him and he with Me. "
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.51
In the Eastern world, supper
00:49:36.71\00:49:39.36
was a meal that you
sat down in fellowship.
00:49:39.57\00:49:41.94
You don't run by.
00:49:42.04\00:49:43.32
Jesus says: "I'm
standing at the door knocking.
00:49:43.52\00:49:45.63
Can I come in? Can I come in?
00:49:45.83\00:49:48.45
I'm standing there at
that door and knocking.
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.85
Will you make a
total complete surrender
00:49:52.15\00:49:54.94
of your life to Me? "
00:49:55.04\00:49:57.07
"Will you allow Me to fill
that aching void in your soul? "
00:49:57.27\00:50:02.02
You're an Adventist.
You're a tithe-paying, Sabbath-
00:50:02.22\00:50:06.15
keeping,
health-reforming Adventist
00:50:06.25\00:50:07.97
but you're running through
life. And deep down in your soul
00:50:08.17\00:50:13.19
there is an aching for
a genuine spirituality.
00:50:13.39\00:50:16.65
You are saying: "God,
there must be something more! "
00:50:16.85\00:50:20.48
And Jesus says to you:
"Come. Come. Open your heart.
00:50:20.78\00:50:26.64
Let Me change your life. "
00:50:26.84\00:50:29.83
I want to read you
a remarkable letter.
00:50:30.13\00:50:33.12
This letter was written
00:50:33.82\00:50:36.24
about 40 years ago.
00:50:37.56\00:50:41.00
It was written,
in fact, 1968-1970.
00:50:41.30\00:50:45.83
A group of Communist
infiltrators came to America.
00:50:46.13\00:50:51.20
They began working
on college campuses.
00:50:53.01\00:50:56.01
And a Communist I
will say "evangelist"
00:50:56.31\00:50:59.60
converted to Communism a
number of American young people.
00:50:59.81\00:51:03.46
One of the young men
that accepted Communism
00:51:04.87\00:51:08.93
in the late 60's when
Communism was in its hey-day
00:51:09.03\00:51:12.91
he believed in the
ideology of Communism.
00:51:13.11\00:51:16.04
That the classless
society that Marx had offered
00:51:16.34\00:51:21.20
was the way
forward for all the world.
00:51:21.40\00:51:23.98
This young man who had been
a Christian left Christianity.
00:51:24.28\00:51:27.80
And he had been dating
a Christian girl, and he
00:51:28.00\00:51:31.33
broke up with
her. I want to read you
00:51:31.43\00:51:34.44
a copy of the
letter that he wrote
00:51:34.64\00:51:39.45
to his Christian girlfriend
00:51:39.65\00:51:41.22
and why, as a
Communist, he had to break up
00:51:41.42\00:51:44.23
with a Christian...
why they couldn't date.
00:51:44.33\00:51:45.86
"My dear, I am writing
this letter to inform you
00:51:46.97\00:51:51.06
that I can no longer
continue our relationship.
00:51:51.36\00:51:54.83
I have become a Communist
00:51:55.13\00:51:57.33
and must sacrifice everything
for my commitment to the cause.
00:51:57.63\00:52:01.48
We Communists don't
have time for fine cars
00:52:01.78\00:52:05.37
and luxurious houses and movies
00:52:05.58\00:52:08.29
and T-bone
steaks or fancy clothes.
00:52:08.49\00:52:11.10
We are all consumed by
the cause of Communism.
00:52:11.40\00:52:15.05
Communism is my love.
00:52:15.35\00:52:17.56
It is my mistress;
it is my sweetheart.
00:52:17.76\00:52:20.85
It consumes my time
and absorbs my thoughts.
00:52:21.15\00:52:24.21
Its hold on me grows
stronger not weaker every day.
00:52:24.52\00:52:28.34
I give back to
the cause every penny
00:52:28.64\00:52:31.70
except for my living expenses.
00:52:31.90\00:52:34.11
And I'm willing to give up my
life for the cause of Communism.
00:52:34.41\00:52:38.02
Therefore I can have no
relationship that is contrary
00:52:38.22\00:52:42.68
to the cause and
we must break up. "
00:52:42.88\00:52:45.18
When I read that
I said: "Oh, Jesus,
00:52:46.51\00:52:49.69
oh Jesus, how pathetic
00:52:49.89\00:52:53.94
my commitment
to You is at times.
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.60
How superficial!
00:52:57.80\00:53:00.39
Jesus, You are
the great Creator.
00:53:02.20\00:53:06.39
Come and re-create my heart.
00:53:07.60\00:53:09.94
Come and transform my life.
00:53:10.24\00:53:12.82
Come and make me like You. "
00:53:13.12\00:53:16.78
Do you hear God
speaking to you tonight?
00:53:17.08\00:53:19.43
Is God speaking to your heart?
00:53:19.73\00:53:21.99
Is there the call
to something deeper?
00:53:22.29\00:53:24.96
Is it a call to spend
time with Him in prayer?
00:53:25.26\00:53:27.77
Is there the call to
spend time in His book?
00:53:28.07\00:53:30.73
Is there the call to your heart
to a deeper surrender tonight?
00:53:31.03\00:53:36.56
Would you like to bow
your heads with me as we pray?
00:53:36.76\00:53:38.58
Is there somebody here
that you know God is calling you
00:53:40.22\00:53:44.55
to make a change in your life?
00:53:44.75\00:53:47.29
I don't know what that change
is, but you hear His voice
00:53:48.33\00:53:50.72
speaking to you tonight.
00:53:50.75\00:53:52.46
Somebody watching by television:
00:53:52.66\00:53:54.95
God is calling you
tonight to make that change.
00:53:55.15\00:53:57.97
Would you just
raise your hand right now?
00:53:58.11\00:54:00.04
"Lord, I need a
change. Lord, I need a change.
00:54:00.34\00:54:03.05
Lord, I need to be
anchored in Your Word.
00:54:03.25\00:54:04.98
Lord, I want to be
ready when You come. "
00:54:05.18\00:54:06.91
Jesus, thank you for
being the great Creator that'll
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.34
change our hearts.
00:54:09.44\00:54:10.51
Oh my Father, thank you that
the message to the Laodiceans
00:54:10.71\00:54:14.54
is so full of
hope and encouragement.
00:54:14.74\00:54:16.63
You have not spewed
us out of Your mouth.
00:54:16.83\00:54:18.99
You will create a
mighty revival, and the winds
00:54:19.29\00:54:22.15
of revival are
blowing. Oh Jesus, tonight
00:54:22.25\00:54:25.12
we open our hearts to You.
00:54:25.32\00:54:27.43
Come and fill them with
Your power, Your strength,
00:54:27.64\00:54:30.47
Your goodness,
Your righteousness
00:54:30.67\00:54:32.13
and use us in Your closing work.
00:54:33.49\00:54:36.21
In Jesus' name, Amen and Amen.
00:54:36.41\00:54:40.07
Go tonight
knowing... Go tonight knowing
00:54:40.47\00:54:45.27
that you are
Christ's and He is yours.
00:54:45.47\00:54:48.80
Amen. Thank you, Mark.
00:54:49.10\00:54:51.34
And all the people
said once again: "Amen! "
00:54:51.64\00:54:55.76
Wow! We've had a wonderful time.
We want to thank all of you
00:54:56.06\00:54:59.48
for coming... those of you
at home for staying with us
00:54:59.68\00:55:03.18
at Camp Meeting.
Many of you are watching
00:55:03.28\00:55:04.74
from around the world.
00:55:04.94\00:55:06.24
And this is a spiritual time.
00:55:06.44\00:55:08.54
It's for revival and reformation
00:55:08.65\00:55:10.74
and it's good for all of us.
00:55:11.04\00:55:12.75
And though we're in
the business of ministry
00:55:12.95\00:55:14.74
we need to be in the business
of coming to Jesus every day,
00:55:14.94\00:55:17.78
right? That's right.
Coming to the foot of the cross.
00:55:17.88\00:55:19.83
And sometimes a lot
of us are out speaking,
00:55:19.93\00:55:22.33
and it's great to sit
down and be fed by other folks.
00:55:22.53\00:55:25.51
Amen. You know, we will
have another Camp Meeting
00:55:25.71\00:55:28.64
in the spring. And those
dates are: May 30-31, June 1-2.
00:55:28.84\00:55:34.76
And so we're
looking forward to that.
00:55:35.06\00:55:37.46
Put it on your
calendar and plan to be with us.
00:55:37.66\00:55:40.27
You know the amazing thing,
Danny? There are more people
00:55:40.47\00:55:42.91
here at the end of this message
00:55:43.11\00:55:44.94
than there were
at the beginning.
00:55:45.14\00:55:46.46
And they just
kept coming back in.
00:55:46.76\00:55:49.68
And... I always say when I
go to churches on weekends...
00:55:49.89\00:55:52.54
I say: "Most Adventists
will miss the second coming
00:55:52.64\00:55:55.43
by about 20 minutes. " Yeah.
00:55:55.53\00:55:57.44
'Cause that's about how
late... Church starts at 7.
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.96
By 7: 15 there's
quite a few there
00:55:59.99\00:56:02.76
and by 7:30 most everybody
that's coming comes, you know.
00:56:02.96\00:56:06.56
That's right. But
however late you came
00:56:06.66\00:56:09.22
we're glad that you
came and... for sure.
00:56:09.43\00:56:11.93
Well... and what we want to
do is leave you with a blessing
00:56:12.13\00:56:17.53
because how many of
you have to travel now?
00:56:17.83\00:56:20.91
Got quite a distance to travel.
00:56:21.21\00:56:22.99
We want to pray
traveling mercies over you.
00:56:23.19\00:56:25.50
And our prayer, too, is
this word that has gone forth
00:56:25.70\00:56:29.00
not just for you here but
all of you across the nation
00:56:29.20\00:56:33.49
and throughout the
world that have had this word
00:56:33.70\00:56:37.00
that have received so
beautifully from Bro. Bradford,
00:56:37.20\00:56:39.63
have we not? And
from Pastor Finley.
00:56:39.73\00:56:42.40
That this word that has
been planted in your heart
00:56:42.60\00:56:45.17
that it will be sealed there
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:45.37\00:56:48.62
That the enemy can't come
and steal... not any of that
00:56:48.82\00:56:51.60
word out of your heart but
that that word will be planted
00:56:51.80\00:56:54.65
deeply within your
heart and it will produce
00:56:54.85\00:56:57.37
not 30-fold, not 60-fold,
but how many of you want
00:56:57.57\00:57:00.55
100-fold return on this
word that's gone into our heart
00:57:00.65\00:57:04.07
today? So that's
our prayer tonight
00:57:04.17\00:57:06.16
for everyone that's here...
for everyone around the world.
00:57:06.36\00:57:09.19
That the power of
the Word will be planted
00:57:09.39\00:57:11.70
deeply within your heart
00:57:11.90\00:57:13.55
and that it will have a mighty
return for the kingdom of God.
00:57:13.75\00:57:16.63
Amen. Jesus is
coming soon. Amen.
00:57:16.83\00:57:20.83
Good night. God bless you.
00:57:20.93\00:57:22.71