Live from the
3ABN Worship Center
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welcome to the
Pillars of our Faith event.
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Well good evening, and
we welcome you to the 2011
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Pillars of our
Faith Camp Meeting
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right here in our Worship
Center in beautiful downtown
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Thompsonville.
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It's great to be here, isn't it?
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It is great to be here.
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I don't know about beautiful
downtown Thompsonville...
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but that's maybe a
little bit of a stretch, but...
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we do have a little
place called Thompsonville here
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and a little bigger one
called West Frankfort. But...
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I'm happy to be
anywhere the Lord's presence is,
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aren't you?
It's beautiful to us.
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We were away for a
few days and we came back
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and we said: "It's
wonderful to be back home. "
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We love it here!
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And about four years ago when
we talked to Jim and Camille
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about moving here he
said: "How's the weather? "
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And I said: "It's
perfect all the time. "
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You see,
today... OK, we've had two
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perfect days since I got here.
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Well the first time we had
a little bit of a snowstorm
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he called me and he said:
"I thought the weather was
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perfect. " I said: "This is
the first time I've ever seen
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such a thing. " And
then it rained for days.
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He said: "Well, it's
raining. " I said: "Well...
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that's just the first time
for everything, you know. "
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So I still try to convince
him the weather's always perfect
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here. Well, my dad said I
would complain if they were to
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hang me with a
new rope. Yeah? So...
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I guess... I guess I
would, you know, by the way!
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Mine said I would complain if
they buried me in a new casket.
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So... our dads must
have gone to the same school!
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I think they did. My father
never had any of those kind
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of sayings.
Didn't have any of that?
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Well, it's great to be here.
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We have a wonderful
time at camp meeting.
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We have a spiritual time;
we have fellowship together.
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We have... as I'm
looking at this Wednesday night
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attendance... We
usually have, I think,
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about half this
many on Wednesday night.
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This is a great attendance
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and by Sabbath this place is
really going to be packed out!
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But if you're planning
on coming, come on anyway
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because we will
find a place for you.
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One place or the other,
there will be a place for you.
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Well Danny,
it's great to be here
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and to be with you, and I
thank you for inviting Camille
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and me to be a part of the team.
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And I have gotten
better acquainted with
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C.A. Murray. I had known
him... met him in New York City
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a number of years
before I came here.
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But we've gotten
better acquainted and we've
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even become friends.
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He comes over and lets
me watch football on his TV
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giant television. OK.
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All right. I tell you,
we're just happy to be together
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and, you see, I was at
the North American Division
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and he was in New York
City and, well, I won't
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go into that. But there's...
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But it was really great
for us to be on the same team
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and to be here
together, it really is.
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Well you know
we've got someone else
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that is a part of that team.
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But we're going to
get to that in a minute.
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We've had some exciting
things happening at 3ABN.
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Tell us about it, Danny.
Well, we have one of them is
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that I'm extremely excited about
is the new Pillars of our Faith
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Hymns. And how many of you have
the Pillars of our Faith CD...
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the first one that came out? OK.
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Many of you if
not most of you do.
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We have a project this
year and I said: "How can we
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come up with
something that's as good
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as the Pillars of our
Faith, the incredible songs
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by David Huntsinger
and Kristin Wilkinson
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and Remember the Sabbath
and Language of Canaan and all
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those songs? And so what we
did... I think at maybe C.A.
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and Jim's suggestion...
they found a book written in
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about - or published in -
1849, I think, by James White.
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So that was before most
of us in this room were born,
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I'm sure, and
it's a long time ago.
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Yeah, 1849. And we
picked out a lot of those songs,
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and most of this new
project is those songs
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that the pioneers
were looking forward to.
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They're songs of hope
and encouragement and looking
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forward to the
second coming of the Lord.
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So we got Tim
Parton involved. And Tim
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is a great pianist -
nationally known pianist -
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that does a lot with
the Gaithers and plays with
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Legacy Five and
others. He came on board
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and between E.T. Everett
and then Kristin Wilkinson again
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made some great
arrangements. And these songs
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really, they're incredible.
So starting really Friday night
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we're going to do a
two-hour concert of all the new
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Pillars Hymns. In fact,
they just came out yesterday!
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I think they just
got here yesterday.
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And so it was put
together very quickly but
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it's just incredible
music that will encourage us
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and strengthen
our faith in the Lord.
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In fact, you can pick some
up at the end of the program
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tonight. I think
they'll be open out there,
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and you can hear
the new Pillars music.
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It is
beautiful; it is fantastic!
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And these are songs that
you have heard all your life
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like Lift up the
Trumpet and Loud Let It Ring...
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but you've never
heard it like this.
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It is beautiful. Well done...
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Uh, how would you
describe it, Danny?
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I think it was very,
very spiritual, yeah. Yeah.
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There is one song there
that we found that sounds like
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a classic hymn
but it is brand new
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but has been the #1
Christian song in the world
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for the past seven years
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written interestingly
enough by an Englishman
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and an Irishman: two
countries that have been at war
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for 100 years. But
they came together in Christ
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and wrote this beautiful
song called "In Christ Alone. "
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Wonderful song... #1
Christian song in the world
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since it came out in 2002.
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Right. Well, it's
really worth getting,
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I can promise you that. And
if you're watching by television
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you can contact 3ABN and
the Call Center will be able
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during non-Sabbath
hours and during...
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most of the time during the day
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you call and you'll
be able to order those.
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And I know you're going
to appreciate them as much as
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we have enjoyed
listening to this beautiful
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and inspiring music.
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Well, Danny, we have
had some other things happen
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and you were telling
me a little bit about
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some of the goals that
we've had in the past that
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how the Lord has reached out
and helped us fill those things.
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Share some of those
with the people, would you?
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Well, I was just talking
about... We had a board meeting
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today and we are
always looking at financing
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and finances. And so
especially this time of the year
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in the summer the
finances are really low.
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But you know, Ellen White
made a statement years ago
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and she said that we
need not fear the future
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because all we have
to do is look to the past
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and see how God has led us.
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And so today I was
encouraging the folk with
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some of the stories of
when it looked like 3ABN,
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there's just not
going to be enough money...
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whether it's the end of
the year whether it's summer.
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And we have lots of
assets but sometimes like now
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the cash flow is very low.
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And miracles that the
Lord would provide for us
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time and time
again. Over 26 years
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God has continued to
keep this ministry on its feet
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and going. And we want
to thank all of you here
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and those of you
watching by television,
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listening by radio and around
the world, because without you
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3ABN would be just a
dream... still just a dream.
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So because of you
we have dared to dream
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and the three angels'
messages is literally going
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by ten satellites
anywhere on planet earth.
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On every inhabited continent
if you really want to watch
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3ABN you can.
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So thank you so much
from the bottom of our hearts.
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Also here at the Camp
Meeting, if you have a love gift
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be sure and give it to one
of us if you're not going to
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be here Sabbath. We're going
to take up an offering Sabbath.
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We're not going to bother
every service and every day
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maybe taking up those
offerings, but at our 3ABN booth
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there'll be a place out here
that you can put love gifts.
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And so we do appreciate
your love and your prayers
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and your financial support.
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You know, I called a friend
of mine - Pastor Gary Grimes -
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who is one of our prayer
partners and I was sharing
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with him that we're
already into a long, hot summer
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and that it is a real shortage.
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A lot of it has to do
with the economy, I'm sure.
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And you know what
he said to me? He said:
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"Every ministry
that is on the go
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is always short of money. "
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He said: "It
tells you two things:
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when you're short of money
you're on the go - number 1-
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and number 2: the devil is angry
and doing everything he can
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to prevent those from giving. "
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And that, you know,
we had prayer together
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and what courage
came from those remarks.
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But he's right. You know,
if a ministry is doing nothing
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with the money that's
coming in then they can build up
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quite a stockpile. But
when you see the things that
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are happening and the
plans that are on the table
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not only for
television and radio
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but also for what
we call social media...
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getting more into
YouTube and Facebook
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and reaching out to
the younger generation
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through these means
where even now you can listen
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to 3ABN Radio on
your Smartphone...
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if your phone is smart enough.
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My... I have a phone
that's not quite that smart.
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I have to tell you,
though, I bought one of those
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and I took it back because
the phone is smarter than I am
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and we were not
compatible. So I took it back
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and got me a simple one.
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I have the same phone
you do and I enjoy mine, too.
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It's a... it's a
pretty simple phone.
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Well listen, it's just
so wonderful to be with you.
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And there was someone who really
wanted to be with us tonight
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but he was not able
to be here in person.
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But he is going to be
bringing us a greeting by video.
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And it's Pastor Ted
Wilson, who is the president
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of the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists.
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Pastor Wilson:
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Greetings from the
General Conference headquarters
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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The Pillars of our
Faith Camp Meeting is
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such a blessing to so many.
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The CDs resulting
from the last Camp Meeting
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and the 3ABN anniversary
celebration are very close
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to my heart as well as to
the heart of my wife, Nancy.
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We enjoy the music in our home
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and have shared it with friends.
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We look forward to
the new CD releases
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of Pillars of our Faith.
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It would be a wonderful
opportunity to greet all of you
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face to face and become
personally acquainted with you.
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But allow me to
take just a moment
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to share this
message of appreciation
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for the work that has
been continuing at 3ABN
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for over a quarter of a century.
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I commend and
congratulate the leadership,
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staff, and volunteers at Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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for spreading the good news
of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
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His three angels'
messages of Revelation 14,
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and pointing to
His soon second coming.
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You are
accomplishing an effective work
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in our Lord's harvest field.
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The Seventh-day
Adventist Church is grateful
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to 3ABN and like-minded
supporting institutions
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who work tirelessly to
reach lost and suffering souls
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who don't know our
Savior, Jesus Christ,
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and also to enhance the
spiritual walk of fellow
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Seventh-day
Adventists and Christians
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of other
denominations the world over.
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Our church is experiencing
unprecedented growth.
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I believe that it is in
part due to media outlets
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like 3ABN, Hope Channel,
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LLBN, and other
supporting networks
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which serve as evangelists
for the church on a 24-hour,
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seven day a week basis.
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As you know, the Seventh-day
Adventist church is seeking
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and praying for world-wide
revival and reformation
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through the power
of the Holy Spirit
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to accomplish God's
great evangelistic mission
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to this world. Uplifting the
pillars of our Christian faith
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is an important
part of that effort.
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My prayer is that
the Spirit of the Lord
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will move in a mighty
way during your encampment
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and that you will be
revived to have a closer walk
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with the Lord,
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changed more and more
into the likeness of Christ
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and energized to
work with increased zeal
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for the Lord... all
through the mighty power
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of our Redeemer,
Savior, and Best Friend
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Jesus Christ.
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Working together,
we can hasten the day
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when we shall see Christ
coming in the clouds of glory.
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Please know that our
prayers are with you.
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We also entreat
you to remember us
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as you boldly
approach God's throne of grace.
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Today - more than ever -
we need to pray for the power
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of the Holy Spirit
to work in our lives
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and to grant us heavenly wisdom.
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In a world filled with
uncertainty, may you cling
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to the pillars of our
faith that are all anchored
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in God's Word... the Bible.
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May your hearts
overflow with the blessed hope
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of Jesus Christ's soon coming.
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Amen. And all the
people said: "Amen. "
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I want to say thank you
so much to Elder Ted Wilson.
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What a blessing he's been
to 3ABN already since this past
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year he was elected
General Conference president.
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And he's a man with a vision and
I believe the type of leadership
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that can take us
where we want to go...
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and that's to the end
of the road of this earth
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and the beginning
of life everlasting.
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And I believe as we
work together as a church
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and a people that
this can happen very soon:
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yet in our lifetime.
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So it's my privilege
at this time to introduce
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to start off the Pillars
of our Faith Camp Meeting
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this year with
Pastor Jim Gilley.
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And Jim is a wonderful friend.
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He's like a brother. He and
Camille are wonderful people.
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We're actually neighbors now
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and I look forward to
being neighbors with them,
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as Elder Micheff -
Jim Micheff - used to say,
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on Glory Street.
And wonderful people.
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And Jim is a tremendous
example of a Christian.
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He's... God has appointed him
here for such an hour as this.
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Great business head; a
great person to work with,
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and I appreciate him so much.
And tonight he'll be bringing us
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our first message. But
before we do, he's asked me
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to sing a song: the song the
Lord gave me about a year ago
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entitled "All My Praise. "
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All my praise,
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I give You all my praise.
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That's all I have
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to offer You.
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I now build a sanctuary
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deep within my heart,
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and all my praise
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I offer up to You.
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I love You, Lord.
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Oh, how I love You, Lord.
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I bare my heart
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and soul to You.
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I'm an empty, broken vessel
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filled with
hurt and pain inside.
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Still I offer up
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all my praise to You.
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Fill me, Lord.
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Oh, please fill me, Lord,
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with Your Holy Spirit
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fill me now.
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For I long for Your anointing
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that I may work for You.
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Fill me, Lord,
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touch me, Lord, just now.
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All my praise.
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I give You all my praise.
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That's all I have
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to offer You.
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I now build a sanctuary
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so deep within my heart.
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Oh, and all my praise
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I offer up to You.
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And all my praise
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I offer up to You.
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Appreciate it.
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That song is fast
becoming one of my favorites.
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Amen. Really do enjoy
hearing Danny sing it.
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Um, I think a lot of
you are just like I am:
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you love to hear Danny sing.
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God has really
given him gifts...
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many, many gifts...
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and the gift of faith
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is the greatest gift
that God has given him.
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The faith to begin this ministry
with absolutely nothing.
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The faith to
continue this ministry
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with absolutely nothing!
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And I will tell you something:
I have never in my life
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seen any place
that is just sustained
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by God on a
day-by-day basis. Amen.
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And I will tell you
that anybody that works in
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the business office
will triple that Amen.
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I... they... they have never
seen anything like it either.
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And we know that
we just trust in God.
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We trust in Him,
and He does not...
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You know the text that "we walk
not by sight but by faith? "
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I may be saying it backwards
but it's the way it is.
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We walk by faith
and not by sight.
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Let us pray.
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Father, we pray for
Your Holy Spirit to come,
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to lead, to direct, to guide
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in all that's
said and done tonight.
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We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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If you have your Bibles,
turn with me to the 12th chapter
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of Romans and
beginning with verse 1.
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A verse familiar text
that sometimes is used
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only in one way.
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We often hear it used when
people are talking about health
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but it really
goes far beyond health.
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It includes health but
it goes far beyond health.
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The 12th chapter of
Romans beginning with verse 1:
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"I beseech you,
therefore, brethren,
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by the mercies of God
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that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable to God, which
is your reasonable service.
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And do not be
conformed to this world
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but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
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that you may prove what
is that good and acceptable
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and perfect will of God. "
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Transformed it says.
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Changed. Now I
had a teacher one time
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that said:
"Whenever you see therefore
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in a sentence, find
out what it's there for. "
00:22:03.22\00:22:06.99
And if you look at this: "I
beseech you therefore brethren"
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it is referring to
the first eleven chapters.
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We're now down to
the twelfth chapter.
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It's referring to the
first eleven chapters.
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And these first eleven chapters
are dealing with the doctrine
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of sin and of salvation.
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The Bible says in Romans
the third chapter verse 23
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that "all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. "
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All.
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That means everybody.
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And we've all
sinned the Bible says.
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Romans 6:23 says:
"The wages of sin is death
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but the gift of
God is eternal life. "
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The gift is eternal life.
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Sin? Death.
00:23:02.36\00:23:04.52
God gives life.
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That's the contrast
that Romans 1 through 11
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goes into all kinds of
detail telling us about.
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Sin... the ugliness of
sin, the awfulness of sin.
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How sin separates us from God.
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How there is
salvation only in Jesus...
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no place else.
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But it's so
clear and so fantastic.
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And then Romans the
10th chapter verse 13 says:
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"Who... " Verse 13 chapter 10:
00:23:38.36\00:23:43.08
"For whosoever calls
on the name of the Lord
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shall be saved. "
00:23:47.32\00:23:49.36
That's the way: calling
upon the name of the Lord.
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You know Jesus Christ was
designated from the very time
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of the fall of man
to be the sacrifice.
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He was to come to give His life.
00:24:04.75\00:24:07.86
To go to the cross;
die for you and for me.
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The sacrifice. But He
was also a living sacrifice.
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He lived a perfect life.
00:24:18.45\00:24:22.29
He demonstrated
what real sacrifice was:
00:24:22.69\00:24:26.91
giving up what He
wanted so that He would perform
00:24:27.11\00:24:30.89
the will of His heavenly Father.
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You know, that's
exactly what we must be.
00:24:36.41\00:24:41.47
Matthew the 10th
chapter verse 38 says:
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"He who does not take
his cross and follow after Me
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is not worthy of Me. "
00:24:48.93\00:24:51.58
Then He says in verse
39: "He who finds his life
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will lose it and he who
loses his life for My sake
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will find it. "
00:25:01.09\00:25:03.80
Galatians 2:20
the apostle Paul says:
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.83
"I am crucified with
Christ; nevertheless I live
00:25:08.03\00:25:11.78
yet not I but
Christ liveth in me.
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And the life which I
now live in the flesh
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I live by the
faith of the Son of God
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who loved me and
gave Himself for me. "
00:25:20.47\00:25:22.95
But he talks about
the going to the cross.
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"I am crucified with Christ. "
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Christ says to
take up His cross.
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He says that we must die daily.
00:25:33.59\00:25:36.27
He talks about dying. You know,
00:25:36.47\00:25:39.57
we've had a big
flood season this year
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all down through
the Mississippi here.
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We've seen so many
fields that were flooded.
00:25:44.77\00:25:48.37
And Camille and I have
made a number of trips south on
00:25:48.57\00:25:51.50
highway 57 down to
55 and then on down 55.
00:25:51.71\00:25:56.71
And there was one
part of 55 that for weeks
00:25:56.91\00:26:01.16
the water was just
a thin layer of water
00:26:01.39\00:26:03.85
came over the interstate.
00:26:04.05\00:26:05.38
They slowed you
down; you were OK.
00:26:05.58\00:26:08.00
But there was just
a little bit of water
00:26:08.20\00:26:09.64
coming over the
interstate down there.
00:26:09.75\00:26:11.45
They had sandbagged...
held back all they could...
00:26:11.65\00:26:15.46
water was actually
higher... You'd look at it;
00:26:15.49\00:26:17.81
it was higher than you were.
00:26:18.01\00:26:19.90
And I remember mentioning
to Harold Roddy, good man
00:26:20.80\00:26:26.44
and a great
agricultural genius...
00:26:26.64\00:26:30.74
And I said: "Harold, it
looks like we're going to lose
00:26:30.94\00:26:34.93
all these crops this year. "
00:26:35.04\00:26:37.03
He said: "Listen, we
can plant as late as July
00:26:37.23\00:26:41.21
and still get a good crop. "
00:26:41.41\00:26:44.13
And I thought: "Well
that's a praise the Lord. "
00:26:44.33\00:26:47.45
And on our way back up this week
00:26:47.65\00:26:50.96
we saw them planting.
00:26:51.17\00:26:52.96
Some of the areas that
were actually covered with water
00:26:54.67\00:26:58.40
already had dried out enough to
where they had already plowed it
00:26:58.60\00:27:01.44
and they were
planting those areas.
00:27:01.64\00:27:04.57
There were some areas
that still were flooded
00:27:04.77\00:27:07.52
not too far from it,
but they were... they were
00:27:07.72\00:27:10.34
planting those areas...
00:27:10.55\00:27:11.99
putting that seed in the ground.
00:27:12.19\00:27:14.64
Now when you look at a seed...
00:27:15.79\00:27:17.66
we could take a seed and
we could put it on a table
00:27:17.86\00:27:20.79
and we could lay
hands on the seed.
00:27:21.09\00:27:24.22
We could anoint the seed.
00:27:24.43\00:27:27.31
We could pray for the seed.
00:27:27.51\00:27:29.58
We could talk to the seed.
00:27:29.79\00:27:31.72
We could encourage the seed,
00:27:31.82\00:27:33.28
but until it goes in the ground
00:27:33.48\00:27:35.66
and it's buried
00:27:35.86\00:27:38.42
then... and it dies...
00:27:38.62\00:27:42.74
then it comes forth a plant.
00:27:42.94\00:27:46.11
My friend, until we die to self
00:27:46.31\00:27:51.87
we are not reborn to a
real true life in Christ.
00:27:52.07\00:27:57.95
He said that we
must be buried with Him.
00:27:58.91\00:28:02.37
The Bible talks about
being buried with baptism.
00:28:02.57\00:28:05.09
Being buried in baptism.
00:28:05.29\00:28:08.55
Coming forth to newness of life.
00:28:08.75\00:28:13.29
The Lord says: "I want you
to be a living sacrifice. "
00:28:13.49\00:28:19.08
"I want your life
to be not for self. "
00:28:19.91\00:28:23.34
You see, we've got
to... we have to get away from
00:28:23.44\00:28:26.37
looking at self,
worrying about self.
00:28:26.47\00:28:28.23
Being afraid that self isn't
going to have enough to eat.
00:28:28.43\00:28:31.27
Being afraid that self
is not going to have enough
00:28:31.48\00:28:33.92
to get by on. Because
once we get away from self
00:28:34.12\00:28:38.09
we start looking to God.
00:28:38.29\00:28:41.18
Trusting in Jesus.
00:28:41.39\00:28:43.65
Relying upon Him totally.
00:28:43.85\00:28:46.58
Becoming a living sacrifice.
00:28:46.88\00:28:50.10
Sacrificing self completely
00:28:51.39\00:28:55.47
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:28:55.68\00:28:58.77
You know, the
disciples had to learn this.
00:28:58.87\00:29:01.86
Peter had to learn it.
00:29:02.06\00:29:03.28
All the other
disciples had to learn it.
00:29:03.49\00:29:05.51
That they had to die to self.
00:29:05.71\00:29:07.78
They had to quit
trying to figure out
00:29:07.89\00:29:09.46
what was going to
be happening for self.
00:29:09.66\00:29:12.39
If you go over to
John the 21st chapter
00:29:12.59\00:29:17.06
you remember that
after the resurrection...
00:29:17.26\00:29:19.53
Now they had been with
Jesus... they had seen Jesus.
00:29:19.73\00:29:21.89
In fact, Jesus had even
made the statement to them
00:29:22.09\00:29:26.63
of where He was to
meet them on a mountain
00:29:26.83\00:29:29.75
after the resurrection.
00:29:29.95\00:29:32.44
But here we find
Peter being inpatient.
00:29:32.64\00:29:35.95
I don't know if
Peter went to the mountain,
00:29:36.18\00:29:38.31
waited around a little bit
and was impetuous and inpatient
00:29:38.41\00:29:41.60
and he finally said:
"Listen, I'm not waiting around
00:29:41.80\00:29:44.68
here any more. I'm just
not being here anymore. "
00:29:44.78\00:29:48.90
I don't know if that's
exactly what happened or not,
00:29:49.11\00:29:50.82
but I do know that Peter said...
00:29:51.02\00:29:55.07
Simon Peter,
Thomas called the twin,
00:29:55.27\00:29:57.66
Nathaniel of Cana of Galilee,
00:29:57.86\00:29:59.66
Sons of Zebedee -
that's James and John -
00:29:59.86\00:30:01.77
and two others of His
disciples were all together.
00:30:01.97\00:30:04.59
And Simon Peter said to
them: "I am going fishing. "
00:30:04.79\00:30:08.28
And they said to him:
"We're going with you. "
00:30:08.68\00:30:13.28
And they went out and
immediately got into the boat,
00:30:14.54\00:30:19.83
and that night
they caught nothing.
00:30:20.03\00:30:22.18
"I'm going fishing. "
Nothing wrong with going fishing
00:30:22.38\00:30:28.23
except if God
wants you somewhere else.
00:30:29.62\00:30:31.57
God didn't say "I'll
meet you at the boat. "
00:30:31.88\00:30:35.32
He said - Jesus said:
"I'll be on the mountain;
00:30:35.52\00:30:39.03
I'll meet you on the mountain. "
00:30:39.23\00:30:40.97
And they went fishing.
00:30:41.17\00:30:43.22
They had given up;
they had gone back.
00:30:43.62\00:30:48.21
They had been
called away from fishing
00:30:48.61\00:30:51.77
and now they were
back fishing again,
00:30:51.97\00:30:56.01
and they didn't catch a thing.
00:30:56.21\00:30:59.85
I want to tell you something:
there's a real lesson there.
00:31:00.05\00:31:02.66
A real lesson.
00:31:02.87\00:31:04.90
And he said
when the morning came
00:31:05.11\00:31:09.61
and Jesus stood on the shore
00:31:09.81\00:31:12.33
yet the disciples did
not know that it was Jesus.
00:31:12.54\00:31:14.86
You see, you can get
so far away from the Lord
00:31:15.16\00:31:18.40
even when His voice is
heard you won't recognize it.
00:31:18.50\00:31:22.07
They were not where
they were supposed to be
00:31:22.38\00:31:26.17
and they did not think
that He was going to be there.
00:31:26.37\00:31:29.16
But He was.
00:31:30.40\00:31:32.26
And then Jesus said to them
00:31:32.46\00:31:37.28
"Children, have you any food? "
00:31:37.48\00:31:39.90
And they answered Him: "No. "
00:31:41.34\00:31:43.13
And then He said to
them: "Cast the net on the
00:31:44.61\00:31:47.12
right side of the boat
and you'll find some. "
00:31:47.22\00:31:50.58
You'd think right then
they'd have known who it was,
00:31:50.78\00:31:52.75
wouldn't you? But they had
gotten so far out of fellowship
00:31:52.86\00:31:57.36
with Him that they
didn't recognize His voice.
00:31:57.46\00:32:00.98
They didn't even recognize that
this is what He had told them
00:32:02.29\00:32:06.94
3-1/2 years before
00:32:07.14\00:32:09.81
when He had told
them to cast the net
00:32:10.01\00:32:13.85
on the other side.
00:32:14.05\00:32:16.87
The Bible says: "So they
cast and now they were not able
00:32:17.07\00:32:21.04
to draw it in because
of the multitude of fish.
00:32:21.14\00:32:26.15
Therefore that
disciple whom Jesus loved
00:32:26.45\00:32:31.32
said to Peter:
'It is the Lord. ' "
00:32:31.52\00:32:35.18
That was John...
he finally caught on.
00:32:35.48\00:32:39.28
"It is the Lord! "
00:32:39.48\00:32:43.01
And now you see what Peter did.
00:32:43.21\00:32:44.62
"Now when Simon Peter
heard that it was the Lord
00:32:44.72\00:32:47.02
he put on his out
garment for he had removed it
00:32:47.22\00:32:49.98
and plunged into the sea... "
00:32:50.18\00:32:52.17
The other disciples
came in the little boat.
00:32:52.37\00:32:56.32
"for they were
not far from land...
00:32:56.52\00:32:59.71
but about 200 cubits"
- which is 100 yards -
00:32:59.91\00:33:02.97
"dragging the
net with the fish. "
00:33:03.17\00:33:06.50
Now Peter... You know,
sometimes people will say...
00:33:06.80\00:33:10.68
Peter, he... he was different.
00:33:10.88\00:33:15.02
He didn't just wait in
the boat until he got there...
00:33:16.48\00:33:19.85
he dove in
00:33:20.05\00:33:21.80
when he found
out it was the Lord.
00:33:22.00\00:33:24.03
You remember it was Peter who
said: "You're not going to wash
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.89
my feet. " Then he
said: "No, my feet, my head,
00:33:26.99\00:33:30.66
everything. " It
was Peter that said:
00:33:30.86\00:33:33.95
"Let me walk on the
water, " and he jumped in
00:33:34.05\00:33:36.39
and started
walking on the water.
00:33:36.49\00:33:38.05
It was Peter!
00:33:38.25\00:33:40.71
Now, Peter was
not the first pope.
00:33:40.91\00:33:43.97
Understand that?
00:33:44.17\00:33:46.68
He was not.
00:33:46.88\00:33:48.73
But don't think for a
moment that he was not
00:33:48.93\00:33:51.77
the leader of the
bunch... because he was.
00:33:51.87\00:33:54.99
He was.
00:33:55.19\00:33:57.26
We see that in so many ways.
00:33:57.46\00:34:00.97
In fact, if you look
at all the disciples...
00:34:01.17\00:34:04.07
You got real
quiet when I said that.
00:34:04.17\00:34:05.94
But when you look
at all the disciples
00:34:06.04\00:34:08.90
they are mentioned
all together 129 times.
00:34:09.20\00:34:13.85
When you get to the room
tonight if you can't go to sleep
00:34:14.05\00:34:16.96
you count those: 129 times.
00:34:17.16\00:34:21.66
Out of 129, 86 times
00:34:21.86\00:34:27.34
it mentions Peter.
00:34:27.54\00:34:30.93
43- or half the number -
00:34:31.24\00:34:34.40
all of the other
disciples together.
00:34:34.60\00:34:38.76
Forty-three times all
the other disciples together.
00:34:38.96\00:34:44.25
Peter is mentioned
twice for every time
00:34:44.45\00:34:48.53
any of the 11, other
11, are mentioned even once.
00:34:48.73\00:34:53.57
He was the leader.
00:34:53.77\00:34:56.65
Not a pope but
he was the leader.
00:34:56.68\00:35:00.93
You watch how many
times they list the disciples.
00:35:01.13\00:35:03.34
There'll be Peter,
Andrew, James, and John
00:35:03.44\00:35:05.14
and it'll go
down through the list.
00:35:05.34\00:35:06.77
But it almost
always mentions Peter first
00:35:06.97\00:35:10.88
because he was
there on the cutting edge.
00:35:11.56\00:35:17.20
Peter was an ambitious
man; he was a hard-working man.
00:35:17.40\00:35:20.20
So were James and John.
00:35:20.41\00:35:21.46
These fellows were fishing.
00:35:21.66\00:35:23.96
Now let me tell
you about this fishing.
00:35:24.17\00:35:26.33
This was not just out
there with a rod and reel.
00:35:26.53\00:35:29.37
Danny called me the other
day and he said: "Do you mind
00:35:29.57\00:35:32.89
if I fish over
there in your pond? "
00:35:32.99\00:35:34.98
I said: "No, please do. "
00:35:35.08\00:35:36.68
I have never
fished out there once.
00:35:36.78\00:35:38.67
I'm not going to go fishing
until the Lord just finally says
00:35:38.77\00:35:43.85
to me: "You're going fishing. "
00:35:43.95\00:35:45.11
All right?
00:35:45.31\00:35:46.96
But Danny was just wanting
to test the waters out there.
00:35:47.16\00:35:49.84
He catches them...
throws them back in.
00:35:50.04\00:35:52.43
And I have... I think the
same fish follows him around.
00:35:52.63\00:35:55.98
I think he likes the thrill
of coming up out of that water.
00:35:57.51\00:36:00.77
I think the fish gets a
bigger thrill than Danny does
00:36:00.97\00:36:03.94
because it seems
like he's a pet fish.
00:36:04.05\00:36:06.36
I saw him walk
around there one day
00:36:06.56\00:36:09.01
and catch 12 fish... but
they all looked exactly alike.
00:36:09.21\00:36:13.20
And he keeps throwing him back.
00:36:15.04\00:36:17.49
But these men were
commercial fishermen.
00:36:17.69\00:36:21.29
They made money doing this.
00:36:21.49\00:36:24.93
By the way, I love
the Sea of Galilee.
00:36:25.13\00:36:28.33
I'm going to take a limited
trip over there in November.
00:36:29.51\00:36:34.07
I'm only going to take
one busload and that's it.
00:36:34.27\00:36:37.54
I'm not going to take
four or five hundred people.
00:36:37.64\00:36:39.74
But one bus - about 50 people -
00:36:39.95\00:36:41.51
and we've still got a
few seats left. But...
00:36:41.71\00:36:44.06
if you want to go, let me know.
00:36:44.26\00:36:46.20
But I love the Sea of Galilee.
00:36:46.40\00:36:49.22
My favorite place
maybe in the whole world.
00:36:49.32\00:36:52.20
And they go to the place
- the traditional place -
00:36:52.40\00:36:55.92
where Jesus was
cooking those fish.
00:36:56.22\00:36:59.82
Wouldn't you love to do
a... have breakfast with Jesus
00:36:59.85\00:37:04.84
on the Sea of Galilee
in the earth made new?
00:37:05.04\00:37:08.81
I... I look forward to that.
00:37:10.02\00:37:12.47
Sometime during eternity
if He'll just schedule me
00:37:12.67\00:37:15.80
any time to be with
Him and have breakfast
00:37:16.00\00:37:19.70
on the Sea of Galilee with
Jesus like those disciples did.
00:37:19.80\00:37:23.02
I hope and pray that
I can do that someday.
00:37:24.59\00:37:30.58
But you know
something? These men...
00:37:30.71\00:37:32.98
this fishing was
very important to them.
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.23
The guy that I use
over there, Malcolm Cartier,
00:37:35.43\00:37:37.82
he is a genius in
this whole area of study.
00:37:38.02\00:37:42.44
And he has found information
that leads him to believe
00:37:42.64\00:37:47.77
that these men - Peter,
Andrew, James, and John -
00:37:47.98\00:37:52.06
were very successful fishermen.
00:37:52.26\00:37:55.73
They were good at it.
00:37:57.00\00:37:59.14
In fact, they
had devised a plan.
00:37:59.44\00:38:02.81
There's one species of
fish that's only found in
00:38:02.91\00:38:05.55
the Sea of Galilee.
00:38:05.66\00:38:06.90
And they were taking
that fish and somehow
00:38:07.10\00:38:12.53
putting it in a barrel of
salt, whatever, I don't know
00:38:12.73\00:38:15.84
what process, and
shipping those to Rome.
00:38:15.94\00:38:19.25
Because those people from
Rome, particularly the soldiers
00:38:19.45\00:38:23.62
that had done a
tour of duty there,
00:38:23.72\00:38:26.37
had developed a taste for
that fish and they wanted it.
00:38:26.47\00:38:30.74
And these
disciples were doing well.
00:38:30.95\00:38:33.42
They excavated Peter's
house a number of years ago,
00:38:33.62\00:38:36.64
and I believe
that house was built
00:38:36.74\00:38:37.99
before he went into preaching.
00:38:38.09\00:38:40.00
There's no money in
preaching, I can tell you that!
00:38:40.20\00:38:42.35
But I believe that
that house was developed
00:38:42.55\00:38:46.56
when he was still in
the fishing business.
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.59
It's large!
00:38:48.79\00:38:51.00
Harold Weiss, who was one
of my professors in college,
00:38:51.20\00:38:53.56
is one of the leading
archaeologists in the world
00:38:53.76\00:38:56.64
today. And he
was given the honor
00:38:56.74\00:39:00.02
of leading a group from a
number of several universities
00:39:00.23\00:39:03.83
but Notre Dame
being one of them.
00:39:04.03\00:39:05.44
And he went with that
group, he led the group
00:39:05.65\00:39:09.07
and they
excavated Peter's house.
00:39:09.27\00:39:11.53
And I read the article
that he had in BAR Magazine:
00:39:11.73\00:39:14.82
Biblical Archaeological Review.
00:39:15.03\00:39:17.24
I try to impress you that
I read some of these things.
00:39:17.54\00:39:20.80
But I read that
00:39:21.00\00:39:25.09
and it talks about how
exquisite the home was.
00:39:25.29\00:39:31.04
Beautiful, big.
00:39:31.24\00:39:32.57
I've been there, seen it,
00:39:32.78\00:39:34.44
and it looked big to me.
00:39:34.65\00:39:38.36
But this was Peter's home.
00:39:38.56\00:39:42.25
You see, these men...
They were not walking away
00:39:42.45\00:39:47.30
from a hobby. They were
walking away from a livelihood.
00:39:47.51\00:39:52.49
Zebedee. There are those
through the study of the Word
00:39:52.69\00:39:57.25
who have come to the
place that believe that Zebedee,
00:39:57.45\00:40:01.25
the father of James and
John, was a leading fishermen
00:40:01.35\00:40:05.91
there. That he supplied fish
00:40:05.94\00:40:09.25
to Caiaphas the high priest.
00:40:09.45\00:40:11.63
That this is how John and
some of the other disciples
00:40:11.83\00:40:16.03
gained entrance that night.
00:40:16.23\00:40:18.39
You know, when
you know the servants
00:40:18.60\00:40:20.46
and you're in on the
go, you can go to the door
00:40:20.66\00:40:23.72
and say: "Hey, this is John.
Let me in; I'm Zebedee's son. "
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.69
"Come on in; come on in. "
00:40:26.79\00:40:27.91
They didn't let
just anybody in there.
00:40:28.11\00:40:29.99
And he... they supplied...
00:40:31.59\00:40:34.46
They found some evidence that
indicates that that was true.
00:40:34.66\00:40:38.40
So these men were in business.
00:40:38.50\00:40:40.39
Now listen, there's nothing
wrong with being in business.
00:40:40.59\00:40:43.06
Nothing wrong with
being in the fishing business.
00:40:43.26\00:40:45.00
Nothing wrong
with being successful.
00:40:45.20\00:40:47.01
But if God wants
you somewhere else
00:40:47.21\00:40:50.49
then that's
where you've got to be.
00:40:50.69\00:40:52.91
Now we take the apostle Paul.
00:40:53.21\00:40:55.94
He was a tentmaker.
00:40:56.15\00:40:57.78
God never told him
to quit making tents.
00:40:59.26\00:41:01.84
And I've thought about that.
00:41:02.14\00:41:05.32
I've thought why is it that
the Lord called those disciples
00:41:05.52\00:41:09.71
to quit fishing - get
out of the fishing business -
00:41:09.91\00:41:13.55
and go hook, line, and sinker
into the soul-winning business.
00:41:13.76\00:41:18.66
Why?
00:41:19.06\00:41:21.54
And I think the Lord may
have given me a little vision
00:41:21.74\00:41:24.66
into that. You see,
Paul could move around
00:41:24.86\00:41:27.68
in the tent building business.
00:41:27.88\00:41:29.51
He could... wherever
he went they needed tents.
00:41:29.71\00:41:32.13
Wherever he went
they needed an awning.
00:41:32.43\00:41:35.33
Wherever he went he
could set up shop again
00:41:35.53\00:41:38.99
and be right back into business
and make his livelihood.
00:41:39.19\00:41:42.13
But these fishermen
couldn't take the Sea of Galilee
00:41:42.33\00:41:44.92
with them everywhere they went.
00:41:45.02\00:41:46.33
You see what I mean?
00:41:46.53\00:41:47.69
They were tied down to a locale.
00:41:47.89\00:41:50.48
They had one place;
they had one species of fish
00:41:50.88\00:41:54.98
they really specialized in.
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.62
They had one business where
they were shipping it to Rome.
00:41:56.82\00:41:59.53
They would have been tied
down right in that general area.
00:41:59.73\00:42:02.77
And so the Lord says: "No!
00:42:02.97\00:42:06.06
I want to send you
out... I want to send you out. "
00:42:06.26\00:42:09.90
And He did. When
you look at these men
00:42:10.00\00:42:13.40
and how completely they
gave themselves to the Lord
00:42:13.60\00:42:19.30
it is
unbelievable. If you go down
00:42:19.50\00:42:23.50
and fast-forward a little bit,
00:42:23.80\00:42:26.74
you will find
Paul as a tentmaker.
00:42:26.94\00:42:30.57
You find Peter as a preacher;
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.55
Paul a writer, preacher as well.
00:42:33.75\00:42:36.52
But you see, Peter had Pentecost
about three weeks or so
00:42:36.82\00:42:42.10
hence from that time.
00:42:42.30\00:42:44.54
He was there at
Pentecost preaching.
00:42:44.74\00:42:48.23
Preaching. Read Acts
2... read that sermon.
00:42:48.44\00:42:52.87
This man who had denied Christ,
00:42:53.07\00:42:55.23
this man who left
and went back to fishing,
00:42:55.43\00:42:58.62
Jesus went and got him.
00:42:58.82\00:43:00.66
He wasn't at the mountain
where he was supposed to be.
00:43:00.86\00:43:03.86
But Jesus went and
looked for him and found him
00:43:04.06\00:43:07.56
and brought him to Him.
00:43:07.76\00:43:11.98
A living sacrifice.
00:43:12.18\00:43:16.35
One hundred
percent sold out to Jesus.
00:43:16.55\00:43:20.31
Every part of them.
00:43:20.51\00:43:21.91
Their finances, their
life, their character...
00:43:22.37\00:43:28.33
everything.
00:43:28.53\00:43:30.43
As I was looking at this
process, sort of a sequence
00:43:30.63\00:43:34.14
that takes place here,
00:43:34.34\00:43:35.36
we see they got all
totally out of line.
00:43:35.56\00:43:38.15
The first thing that happens
is when we become self-reliant.
00:43:38.35\00:43:42.91
They had been relying
on the Lord for 3-1/2 years
00:43:43.11\00:43:46.19
to supply everything for them.
00:43:46.39\00:43:48.31
And finally Peter says:
"Hey, this isn't going to cut it
00:43:48.51\00:43:50.97
any more. This is...
We've got to get back to work
00:43:51.07\00:43:54.68
and I'm going fishing.
00:43:54.88\00:43:57.63
That's what I know and
that's where I'm heading. "
00:43:57.73\00:43:59.89
So what happens? When
we become self-reliant
00:44:00.09\00:44:03.28
that leads to disobedience.
00:44:03.48\00:44:06.08
He wasn't where he
was supposed to be.
00:44:07.34\00:44:09.57
He was somewhere else.
00:44:09.77\00:44:13.08
Disobedience leads to
failure, disappointment.
00:44:13.28\00:44:16.28
They fished all night;
they didn't catch a thing.
00:44:16.48\00:44:18.67
I believe if they'd have
stayed on that lake forever
00:44:18.87\00:44:21.17
they'd have never
caught anything else
00:44:21.27\00:44:22.64
because God wasn't
going to bless them.
00:44:22.84\00:44:25.06
It wasn't going to
be just that night.
00:44:25.26\00:44:28.18
They were not
going to be successful
00:44:28.48\00:44:32.05
in the fishing business any more
00:44:32.25\00:44:35.21
because He was not going to
bless them. And that, my friend,
00:44:35.41\00:44:41.31
leads to
failure, disappointment.
00:44:41.51\00:44:44.15
Leads to a loss of
intimate fellowship with Jesus.
00:44:44.35\00:44:49.35
They didn't even
recognize His voice.
00:44:49.56\00:44:51.86
They had lost that fellowship
00:44:52.16\00:44:54.99
and they didn't
even recognize Him.
00:44:55.19\00:44:57.86
You know, so many
times we can drift like this
00:44:58.06\00:45:02.76
by going our own way,
becoming self-reliant,
00:45:02.96\00:45:06.05
not relying upon Him.
00:45:06.15\00:45:07.36
You see, what He wants
for us is just the opposite.
00:45:07.56\00:45:10.20
He wants us to rely on Him.
00:45:10.40\00:45:13.69
And when we rely on Him, this
leads to a life of obedience
00:45:13.89\00:45:18.32
which leads to
success and happiness.
00:45:18.52\00:45:21.85
You will find it
all through God's Word.
00:45:21.88\00:45:25.66
Obedience has taken a bad rap.
00:45:25.86\00:45:28.31
A bad rap.
00:45:29.80\00:45:31.80
You know, I love
my grandchildren.
00:45:32.00\00:45:35.03
I love 'em.
00:45:35.33\00:45:37.08
I've got some of them with me.
00:45:37.28\00:45:38.89
Some of them are here.
00:45:39.09\00:45:40.45
Have I got any on the front row?
00:45:40.65\00:45:42.24
No? Yeah, I've got one.
00:45:42.44\00:45:44.46
That's right. I've got one.
00:45:44.66\00:45:46.82
And I've got some little ones.
00:45:47.02\00:45:49.37
And... But let me tell
you, I don't think one time
00:45:49.57\00:45:55.38
whenever they have obeyed me
00:45:55.58\00:45:57.67
that I've said:
"You little legalist. "
00:45:57.87\00:45:59.68
"What in the world are you
doing? Are you trying to win
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.95
my approval by obeying?
00:46:05.05\00:46:07.90
Is that what
you're trying to do?
00:46:08.10\00:46:09.72
Why you're
nothing but a legalist.
00:46:09.92\00:46:11.34
What are you trying to do...
work your way into my will?
00:46:11.54\00:46:14.97
Is that what you're trying? "
When we see obedience in a child
00:46:16.06\00:46:19.86
we are blessed by it.
00:46:20.06\00:46:22.66
When God sees a willing
and obedient heart in us
00:46:22.87\00:46:27.40
He is blessed by it. That
fellowship is growing in us.
00:46:27.60\00:46:31.78
Don't let people
00:46:31.98\00:46:34.34
turn you away from obedience.
00:46:34.55\00:46:39.23
Because it will bring success,
it will bring happiness,
00:46:39.43\00:46:42.75
it will bring an
intimate fellowship with Christ.
00:46:42.95\00:46:45.94
Doesn't bring salvation... no.
00:46:46.14\00:46:48.20
He brings salvation.
00:46:48.30\00:46:50.48
He brings it.
00:46:50.68\00:46:52.29
But it brings all the joy.
00:46:52.50\00:46:56.41
Now that doesn't mean that
they're not going to be problems
00:46:56.61\00:46:59.12
in the world. There will be.
00:46:59.32\00:47:01.19
There's always going to
be problems for Christians.
00:47:01.39\00:47:04.50
But when you enter
into a partnership with Him
00:47:04.70\00:47:07.45
something really happens.
00:47:07.65\00:47:10.92
And I want to tell
you something: I believe
00:47:11.12\00:47:13.89
with all my heart that everybody
who is a living sacrifice;
00:47:13.99\00:47:19.76
who has really
become born with Jesus;
00:47:19.96\00:47:23.77
who has died to self,
00:47:23.97\00:47:25.79
been resurrected to Him;
00:47:25.99\00:47:27.70
I think every one of them...
00:47:27.90\00:47:29.24
I don't care if they work
out here on the road crew.
00:47:29.34\00:47:31.73
The road crew's put
off their work on this road
00:47:31.93\00:47:34.57
just because of our Camp
Meeting. Isn't that wonderful?
00:47:34.77\00:47:36.83
Amen. It doesn't take
them much to put off work,
00:47:37.03\00:47:40.25
I guarantee you. But...
00:47:40.45\00:47:41.76
But I appreciate their doing it.
00:47:42.17\00:47:45.05
And they did, by the way.
They went to a lot of trouble
00:47:46.15\00:47:48.55
to do it. We had Ben
Birkhammer who works with us
00:47:48.75\00:47:53.20
got hold of the
Department of Transportation,
00:47:53.21\00:47:55.10
talked to the man in charge.
00:47:55.30\00:47:56.63
And he said: "We're going
to be having Camp Meeting. "
00:47:56.83\00:47:59.31
They were supposed
to start here Monday
00:47:59.51\00:48:01.87
tearing up this road.
00:48:02.07\00:48:03.33
And he said: "Is there any
way you can put that off? "
00:48:03.53\00:48:06.69
They said: "We have
another place we can work.
00:48:06.90\00:48:08.68
Thank you, Brother
Ben, for calling us
00:48:08.88\00:48:11.17
and we will go
work some place else
00:48:11.37\00:48:13.45
and we'll be
there next Monday. "
00:48:13.65\00:48:15.33
Isn't that? Praise the Lord!
00:48:15.53\00:48:17.63
Praise the Lord.
00:48:19.06\00:48:20.34
But you see, I believe
that everybody has a ministry.
00:48:21.24\00:48:26.52
I don't care if the
fellow's working on the road.
00:48:26.82\00:48:29.33
I don't care if he's a surgeon.
00:48:29.53\00:48:31.61
I don't care what he is. We
should also have a ministry.
00:48:31.81\00:48:37.13
And God blesses
those that do that.
00:48:37.33\00:48:41.96
I was visiting with a member
of the Fjarli family today.
00:48:43.20\00:48:48.01
He's on our
Board: Brother Bruce.
00:48:48.21\00:48:49.80
Talking about
his father, Meriin,
00:48:50.01\00:48:52.26
and something that
their family started.
00:48:52.46\00:48:55.60
And they saw a program on 3ABN
00:48:55.80\00:48:59.19
and it excited them
about the work in India.
00:48:59.39\00:49:03.35
And so they said: "We're going
to start trying to do something
00:49:04.57\00:49:07.54
over there. " In fact,
Brother Merlin called Danny
00:49:07.64\00:49:10.43
and he said: "We've been
giving a monthly contribution
00:49:10.63\00:49:13.53
to 3ABN. What would you
think if we turned around
00:49:13.73\00:49:17.79
and used that in India? "
00:49:17.89\00:49:20.38
I want to tell you, I've
never seen a selfish bone
00:49:21.69\00:49:24.01
in Danny Shelton. I never have.
00:49:24.11\00:49:27.10
He said: "If the Holy Spirit
is leading you to do that,
00:49:27.30\00:49:29.94
please do that. "
00:49:30.14\00:49:31.62
And that's what
we tell you every day
00:49:31.82\00:49:33.78
is "You go and give
where God leads you. "
00:49:33.98\00:49:37.50
Amen. Not where man leads
you but where God leads you.
00:49:37.70\00:49:40.82
The Holy Spirit. They
began a ministry there.
00:49:41.02\00:49:44.22
I don't know how
many orphanages they have.
00:49:44.42\00:49:47.92
They have a number of
orphanages over there.
00:49:48.12\00:49:51.31
But they have
started building churches.
00:49:51.51\00:49:53.97
And how many churches do
you think that family has built
00:49:54.17\00:49:57.64
in India? Over
900 churches. Amen!
00:49:57.84\00:50:03.51
Amen? Amen!
00:50:03.75\00:50:05.54
That's a family. They're
not in the preaching business.
00:50:05.74\00:50:08.74
They are in the
construction business
00:50:08.94\00:50:11.87
and development business.
00:50:12.07\00:50:13.83
But they are in the soul-winning
business at the same time!
00:50:14.03\00:50:17.61
You know how many baptisms
have been held in the crusades
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.67
they have held
and they have paid
00:50:20.87\00:50:22.92
to get lay people, other
people to hold over there?
00:50:23.02\00:50:26.52
You want to guess how
many have been baptized?
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.96
Would you guess 15,000?
00:50:29.16\00:50:31.85
Would you guess 50,000?
00:50:32.05\00:50:34.64
Would you guess 100,000?
00:50:34.94\00:50:37.05
Would you guess over 150,000
people baptized in India?
00:50:37.35\00:50:42.11
Amen. Amen?
00:50:42.31\00:50:45.50
You see, that, my
friend, is a living sacrifice.
00:50:46.71\00:50:50.55
That's what it's all about.
00:50:50.75\00:50:52.29
It's teaming up with God,
00:50:52.49\00:50:54.12
and that's what He wants us
to do is to team up with Him.
00:50:54.32\00:50:58.86
It says in Matthew 6:33:
00:50:59.06\00:51:01.10
"Seek ye first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness
00:51:01.30\00:51:04.25
and all these things
will be added to you. "
00:51:04.45\00:51:07.28
I'm going to tell you something:
00:51:07.48\00:51:08.71
the Fjarli's are
not in bread lines.
00:51:08.91\00:51:11.22
They're not.
00:51:12.77\00:51:14.28
God takes care
of that partnership.
00:51:14.48\00:51:17.60
He takes care of us
when we become partners.
00:51:18.10\00:51:21.59
And we all become
partners on different levels.
00:51:21.79\00:51:24.33
Different levels.
00:51:24.53\00:51:26.78
But He takes care
of that partnership.
00:51:26.98\00:51:30.48
Matthew 23:23:
00:51:30.68\00:51:32.54
He says... Jesus is
talking about the tithe:
00:51:32.74\00:51:35.68
Sometimes people say:
"Oh, there's no tithe in the
00:51:35.88\00:51:37.45
New Testament. " Let
me tell you something:
00:51:37.55\00:51:39.29
you really get down
to it you may be right.
00:51:39.39\00:51:41.82
God wants it all
in the New Testament.
00:51:42.02\00:51:44.72
Some of you want to go back
to the Old Testament right away,
00:51:46.28\00:51:49.00
don't you? So let
me get back to Malachi.
00:51:49.10\00:51:52.40
He only wants 10
per cent in Malachi.
00:51:52.60\00:51:55.75
But God wants a living sacrifice
00:51:56.72\00:52:00.97
when we team up with Him.
00:52:01.17\00:52:02.75
You remember the
rich young ruler?
00:52:02.95\00:52:05.04
What'd He say to him?
00:52:05.24\00:52:06.35
This fellow was...
this was a good man.
00:52:06.56\00:52:08.22
This is not a bad
man... it's a good man.
00:52:08.42\00:52:10.37
The Bible says Jesus loved him.
00:52:10.57\00:52:12.74
But Jesus saw that he loved
money more than anything else.
00:52:13.14\00:52:18.16
Now by the way,
the Great Physician
00:52:18.36\00:52:21.30
does not give one pill
for every illness to everybody
00:52:21.50\00:52:25.49
for the same thing.
00:52:25.69\00:52:27.06
He hasn't told you
to sell all you have
00:52:27.26\00:52:29.95
and give it to the
poor, but He told him to
00:52:30.15\00:52:32.50
because He knew that
that was what he needed.
00:52:32.71\00:52:37.93
But you know something?
I wish that man had done it
00:52:38.13\00:52:40.53
because I think the most
exciting thing would have
00:52:40.73\00:52:42.45
happened because
the more he gave away
00:52:42.55\00:52:44.60
the more God would
have given him back.
00:52:44.70\00:52:46.21
As he was shoveling it
out... As my good friend
00:52:46.41\00:52:48.75
Rex Callicut used to say:
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.18
"I shovel it out with a teaspoon
and the Lord puts it back
00:52:50.38\00:52:53.35
with a front-end loader. " Amen.
00:52:53.46\00:52:55.83
And that's the
way that He gives.
00:52:55.93\00:52:58.84
Malachi 3:8-11:
"Will a man rob God?
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.71
Yet ye have robbed Me.
But you say: 'In what way
00:53:01.81\00:53:04.45
have we robbed You? '
00:53:04.55\00:53:05.64
In tithes and offerings.
00:53:05.84\00:53:08.69
You are cursed with a
curse for you have robbed Me
00:53:08.89\00:53:11.38
even this whole nation. "
00:53:11.58\00:53:12.61
Wonder what the
problems are of our nation?
00:53:12.81\00:53:15.38
"Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse
00:53:15.58\00:53:17.58
that there may be food
in My house. And try Me now
00:53:17.78\00:53:19.91
in this says the Lord of Hosts
00:53:20.11\00:53:21.91
if I will not open for
you the windows of heaven
00:53:22.01\00:53:24.74
and pour out for
you such blessing
00:53:24.94\00:53:28.39
that there will not be
room enough to receive it. "
00:53:28.59\00:53:31.01
Amen! That's His promise!
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.80
"Give that it will be given
to you" Jesus said in Luke 6
00:53:34.00\00:53:38.24
the 38th verse: "good measure,
00:53:38.44\00:53:41.79
pressed down, shaken
together, running over
00:53:41.99\00:53:44.35
will He put into your bosom.
00:53:44.55\00:53:46.80
For with the same
measure that you use it
00:53:47.00\00:53:49.16
it will be
measured back to you. "
00:53:49.36\00:53:51.20
And then in II
Corinthians 9:6-7 Paul says:
00:53:51.40\00:53:55.25
"But this I say: He who sows
00:53:55.38\00:53:57.48
sparingly will
also reap sparingly,
00:53:57.58\00:54:00.19
he who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully. "
00:54:00.49\00:54:06.45
That, my friend, is the
message of commitment to Jesus.
00:54:06.75\00:54:12.66
You know
something? When He went back
00:54:12.86\00:54:16.77
to Peter, this time
He didn't call him Peter
00:54:17.07\00:54:23.04
the rock; He called him Simon.
00:54:23.24\00:54:27.56
And He said - because Peter
had gone back to being Simon -
00:54:27.76\00:54:31.56
he had gone back to fishing...
00:54:31.76\00:54:35.61
And Jesus told him,
00:54:35.81\00:54:39.44
He said: "Do you love Me? "
00:54:39.64\00:54:41.36
And he said: "Yes,
You know that I do. "
00:54:41.56\00:54:44.44
He asked him three times: "Do
you love Me more than these? "
00:54:44.64\00:54:48.48
When I first used to
read that I thought He was
00:54:49.85\00:54:51.49
talking about
the other disciples.
00:54:51.59\00:54:52.93
But as I've come to look
at it more in the original
00:54:53.14\00:54:56.28
I find that He was
talking about the fish.
00:54:56.48\00:54:59.45
The money. That's
what He was talking about.
00:55:00.81\00:55:04.86
"Do you love Me
more than this success? "
00:55:05.06\00:55:08.37
"Do you love Me more
than what this represents? "
00:55:08.57\00:55:12.16
"You're all
excited about 153 fish,
00:55:12.36\00:55:16.48
but do you love
Me more than that? "
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.40
That is the
question for you and for me.
00:55:18.61\00:55:23.64
Do we love Him
with all of our hearts?
00:55:23.84\00:55:28.94
Because He says: "I want
you to be a living sacrifice. "
00:55:29.83\00:55:35.71
He says: "If you
will give Me your heart,
00:55:36.01\00:55:40.25
I will give you life eternal. "
00:55:40.45\00:55:43.46
You know, God
is the great giver.
00:55:43.66\00:55:46.13
He knows how to give gifts.
00:55:46.23\00:55:47.80
God loves a cheerful
giver the Bible says.
00:55:48.00\00:55:51.20
The reason is that
God IS a cheerful giver.
00:55:51.40\00:55:53.77
"For God so loved
the world that He gave
00:55:53.97\00:55:56.75
His only begotten Son
00:55:56.95\00:55:58.95
that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish
00:55:59.16\00:56:03.18
but have everlasting life. "
00:56:03.38\00:56:05.82
The greatest gift of all
00:56:06.02\00:56:10.11
God gave when He gave His Son
00:56:10.31\00:56:15.00
for you and He gave Him for me.
00:56:15.20\00:56:20.59
You see, He knew Peter's heart.
00:56:20.80\00:56:24.22
Peter had cursed...
00:56:24.42\00:56:26.54
You cannot
imagine how Peter cursed
00:56:28.30\00:56:31.10
when he cursed
and denied the Lord.
00:56:31.30\00:56:34.82
You and I have denied the
Lord somewhere along the line.
00:56:36.80\00:56:40.26
And there are times we've
wondered will He forgive us.
00:56:40.46\00:56:44.87
Yeah, He does.
00:56:45.07\00:56:48.01
He restores.
00:56:48.21\00:56:50.01
He restores your
soul; He restores my soul.
00:56:50.21\00:56:56.20
He is our Lord, our
God, and our Savior.
00:56:56.41\00:57:00.51
Father in heaven, thank you
00:57:00.61\00:57:03.33
for life eternal. Thank
you for the commitment, Lord,
00:57:03.53\00:57:06.78
that You have given to us
00:57:06.98\00:57:08.63
that if we will
lay it all on the altar
00:57:08.84\00:57:12.61
that You will cover us with
the precious blood of Jesus.
00:57:13.43\00:57:19.02
Thank you, Father,
for that assurance.
00:57:20.20\00:57:22.39
In Jesus wonderful and
powerful and loving name, Amen.
00:57:22.49\00:57:28.13