Welcome back to the
3ABN Pillars Camp Meeting.
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This has been a
wonderful Camp Meeting.
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Some of y'all have
been here through almost all
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of the services. I
see your faces and I say:
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"Man, these folks
are sitting for hours! "
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But it's hard to
leave, isn't it? Amen.
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And because each time
each person comes and gives us
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something new - brand
new... something fresh...
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something to
encourage us in the Lord.
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I'm here with my
granddaughter Hayley Kaye.
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Hayley Kaye, how're you
doing, honey? I'm doing good.
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Good. Hayley's the one
I quoted this morning...
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little letter I found
where she was talking to Papa.
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And she's been back
here, and this girl...
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I've been seeing her.
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She's sitting
through hours of meetings.
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Yesterday I'd see her by
herself just sitting back.
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So I asked her just
now: "Hayley, what are you?
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What's something
that stuck in your mind
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that one of the
preachers said? "
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Well definitely yesterday
when Pastor Brooks was speaking:
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prayer. I
just... I don't know why
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it didn't really click just how
important it is that we pray.
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And how he was talking about
how the angels were surprised
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that we don't pray
as much as we should.
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Oh, wow! That
just stuck in my mind.
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Yeah, well that
stuck in mine, too.
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And that is so
important... the power of prayer
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is absolutely
amazing... it's incredible.
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We have a special guest -
somebody that you like a lot
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'cause I know you and her
went shopping the other day
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I heard. Oh, yeah! I even heard
she bought you a pair of shoes.
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She did. All right. So it's
good to have friends like that,
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isn't it? All right. And
we're going to be introducing
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Dr. Yvonne Lewis,
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and she's going to be singing
for us The Language of Canaan.
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Those of you from the Pillars I
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it's a song that was written
about Ellen White's vision
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when the Lord showed her heaven
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and when she came back
and her response from this.
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David Huntsinger
and Kris Wilkinson
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wrote this beautiful
song: The Language of Canaan.
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Thank you, Yvonne.
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The wonderful things
the Lord showed me of heaven
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I cannot describe.
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I saw there tables of
stone in which the names
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of a multitude of the
redeemed were engraved
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in letters of gold.
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After we beheld
the glory of the temple
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we went out. And Jesus
left us and went into the city.
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Soon we heard His
lovely voice again saying:
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"Come My people.
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You have come out
of great tribulation
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and done My
will... suffered for Me.
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Come into supper, for I
Myself will serve you. "
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We shouted "Hallelujah! Glory! "
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and entered into the city.
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And I saw there a
table of pure silver.
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It was many miles in length
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yet our eyes
could extend over it.
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I saw the fruit
of the Tree of Life,
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the manna, almonds, figs,
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pomegranates, grapes, and
many other kinds of fruit.
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And Jesus said:
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"You must go back to earth again
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and relate to others
what I have revealed to you. "
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Then an angel bore me
gently down to this dark world.
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Sometimes I think I
can stay here no longer.
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All things of
earth look so dreary.
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I feel very lonely here
for I have seen a better land.
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Amen. Amen. Thank you.
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I still find myself tearing
up every time I hear that song.
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It's such an incredible
song when you think about
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our heavenly home
that someday very soon
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we're going to
be there ourselves.
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We won't have to
just hear about it, right?
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Right now I'd like to
introduce my brother Kenny.
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And Kenny was with 3ABN when
we started for many many years.
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And he works in pastoral
ministry, and he has been
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in a supporting
ministry in the church
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for the last several years.
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And Kenny is a hard worker.
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And he's someone
that I love, I respect.
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I appreciate his love for
Jesus and his wife, Chris.
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They have such a
desire for soul winning.
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And so, Kenny, it's
my privilege to have you
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to come on out here.
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I know I was talking
while ago and I said to
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Brother C.D. Brooks, I
said: "Look at Kenny's suit. "
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I said... I said...
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Yvonne Lewis was
saying she heard him preach
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and she said: "I think
they need to check his DNA. "
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Because I
think... she said that...
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So when I looked at this suit
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and I said: "What do
you think about his suit? "
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Elder Brooks, and he's
such a nice guy, he said:
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"Yeah, Kenny could
teach you how to dress... "
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Or something
nice to that effect.
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I think... But now, he
said it in such a nice way
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you couldn't be offended.
But he did say something
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that I should maybe
look how you're dressed.
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But I don't know if... I've got
the little cowboy thing going on
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I guess. What was
our response, though?
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What was it? "It's
not what's on the outside
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but it's what's on
the inside that counts. "
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That's true. Well, we're
thankful that you're here today.
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Thank you. And you're going
to be preaching on... Communion.
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Communion. Yeah, all right.
Thank you... appreciate that.
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We've had several
moments of prayer, but you know,
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I always like to begin
again. And so if you'll allow me
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I'm going to kneel
right here and have prayer.
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And where some of you
can, that'd be beautiful.
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If you can't, that's all right
too. But I'm going to kneel
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before my Creator.
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Merciful God in heaven, we
thank You for the privilege
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that we have of prayer.
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Thank you that we can
call upon the name of Jesus
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and You promise to hear.
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Father, today we realize
that we are an earthen vessel.
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There's nothing good within us.
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We have nothing good within
ourself to offer Thy people,
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but we look to You: the Author
and Finisher of our faith.
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I ask for forgiveness
of any sin in my life that
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needs to be covered by the
blood right now in the name
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of Jesus because I
need to hear from heaven.
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Your people need to hear because
You have a message for them.
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And Lord as we
participate now at Your feet
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as the bread of
life is broken once again
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and all the beautiful
messages that have been taught
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and preached here,
we pray that Your people
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each one their hearts and
their lives will be turned
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closer to You. Especially
as we see the day approaching
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that Jesus is soon to come.
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Now covered by the
blood we sit at Your feet;
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we stand behind
the cross of Calvary.
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May You be seen.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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I think it's good to
be honest, don't you?
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Amen. So I'm going to
just really be honest.
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I like to lay it out,
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and I think it's
very, very important.
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So you know... And so honesty
starts with the beginning.
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And in the beginning it
was... I forget who it was...
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somebody called or they
sent an e-mail and they said
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"You know Brother Kenny, you're
going to speak on communion. "
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And I said... to myself...
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"Well, I'll have that
over in about 10 minutes...
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then what are we going to do? "
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But you know, that's
a lack of maybe wisdom
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on my part because,
boy, as I began to study
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about this communion service
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boy did it help to
change my heart and my life...
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even though I've been
participating in it for years.
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It touched a ch...
God knew what I needed.
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If anyone else here needs it
or not, God knew what I needed
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in my life and I
thank Him for it.
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So I really feel like -
and I feel selfish about it -
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I have the best
subject of the Camp Meeting.
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Is that all right
with you to feel that way?
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All right. Praise the Lord.
I hope you brought your sword
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with you. You
brought your sword.
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We're going to
be using the sword.
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I'll have to move,
you know, rather quickly
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as we watch our time and so on,
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because there's a
lot of information.
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And Jesus gives us
the... He starts with a question
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as we begin
communion. Now remember,
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it's more than doing
what? Washing the feet.
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It's more than just the
bread, and, you know, the wine.
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It's much more than that.
Jesus was teaching us a lesson.
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I want to
challenge you with this:
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there's a lot of Adventist
folk who should know better
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that never participate
in the communion service.
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First of all I'm going
to say "Shame on you. "
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Get mad at me if you want.
I'm still going to love you.
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It's all right.
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And there's excuses that
will be made, but we're going to
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eliminate them by the
Word today. What do you say?
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It's going to be a
new day for us. Amen.
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Jesus posed a question there
in John chapter 13 verse 12
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and I want to just say it
quickly. Here's what He said.
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He just simply said...
When He got done with communion
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what did He say? Washing
the feet, what did He say?
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He said: "Know ye
what I have done to you? "
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What a question!
And so I say today,
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you know, ask this in my
mind: "what is He saying? "
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"Know ye what I
have done to you? "
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There must be
something of importance here.
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And I'm talking about
this is not selective.
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This is not something you
say "Well, I'll attend sometime
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and sometime I won't. "
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Jesus made very clear
the message that He wanted us
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to learn and to do
and to participate in.
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"Know ye what I have done? "
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We get done today I'm
going to say to everybody
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by the power of the Holy
Spirit is going to be saying is
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"I know now, and if I've
faltered, if I've fallen short,
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God forgive me and
next communion service
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I'm going to be there.
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I'm not just going to be
there in person, I'm going to
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be there in the Spirit.
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I'm going to participate
the way God would have me
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to participate. " Because
boy, He has a load of power
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for you and for me.
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Here's what happens
sometimes in the celebration
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of communion service.
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Many times we
concentrate more on the service.
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Did you ever notice that?
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Sometimes we concentrate more
on the service. What do I mean?
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The things that we do.
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We get all these little things
together and all this stuff.
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We're concentrating
on all these things
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more than what the
service is really about.
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What is the
service really about?
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Friend, it's communion with
God and communion with what?
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Our fellow man.
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So it goes deeper than we think.
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Now many times what
happens if we just think along
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the things that we're doing
and we'll say the pots and the
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pans and the
water and the towels.
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We have so many
times a form of godliness
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but we deny the power that
God wants to give you and me
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in my life. Real power
that I'm talking about.
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Three reasons, quickly,
the devil hates communion.
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He hates the
potential that it has.
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Jesus knew this
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and He knew who
He was dealing with
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and He knows who He's dealing
with today with you and me.
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Three reasons that the devil
would have us to misunderstand
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communion and
what it's all about.
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And I found this in
the most beautiful book...
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one of the most
beautiful books ever written.
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It's Desire of Ages page
661 on the life of Christ.
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I'm going to get this
out of the way real quick.
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I'm a believer in
the Spirit of Prophecy.
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I'm going to use it
because I believe in it.
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I believe it's an identifying
mark of God's last day
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remnant church. God's
people need to be in it.
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And we need to be reading
it; we need to be studying it.
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And more than that we need to
be following every word. Amen.
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Friend, we live in an
hour and Jesus is soon to come
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and we've got to
quit playing church.
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The devil realizes these
three reasons, and notice
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what Desire of Ages
says so beautifully.
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It says here: "He who beholds
the Savior's matchless love. "
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Have you been beholding
the Savior's matchless love?
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Or have you been - we
talk about here - he who holds
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communion with God?
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Notice what happens. If you're
holding communion with God,
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three things happen.
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Our thoughts will be elevated.
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How many need your
thoughts elevated today?
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Let's just really be honest.
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We started... Well now
some of you are not going to be
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honest with me. I see
now what's taking place.
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Every one of us in here...
this... Do you think that you're
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already elevated up there I
want to see you when we get done
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here, all right?
Because I know in my own life
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every day I need to be elevated
more and more toward Jesus.
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Don't you? So I take
this as a love letter.
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Don't take it as a scolding.
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Some people are like:
"It's like you're scolding me. "
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Well it's because they
didn't want to hear the truth,
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that's why. Oh, I'm telling...
They said... They said...
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Our thoughts are going to
be elevated - and God help us
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we need that. The
heart will be purified.
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Oh, that's it? And no! Three:
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the character
will be transformed.
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This is when we what?
Hold communion with God.
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More than just a
communion service.
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The communion
service is communion with God
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and communion with
what? Our fellow man!
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And so we need that.
We need elevated thoughts
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and we need to
be purified in heart
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and we need to have a
transformed character.
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After all, that's all that's
going to go to heaven, isn't it?
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And for those who
are not familiar -
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I just want to move on fast -
those who are not familiar with
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this service, I'm going
to read a few passages here
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in just a moment.
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But there's some who are
not familiar with it, and
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there's many
denominations and people today
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who cut the
service kind of short.
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They're doing like half of it.
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Some of them are
not doing any of it
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'cause they say
things like "Well, you know,
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things have changed. "
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Hey, the Bible I
read God doesn't change.
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It says His Word doesn't
change. He's the same yesterday,
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today, and what?
Forever. And forever!
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Let no one tell you "Well
things have changed now. "
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No, we've changed - Amen! -
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and God's challenging us
to come back to the center.
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People are not... We need
to be following the counsel
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that God has given.
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Some people don't want
communion because they just...
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it just takes too much
time and they talk about why
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they don't want to wash their
feet. They don't want to...
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You know? But this is
what we're going to do.
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We're going to read
exactly what Jesus said
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and exactly what Jesus did.
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And then... And
then... if any portion
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of this service - we're
talking about communion here -
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can be eliminated...
listen carefully...
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and still have a part in the
kingdom of God you let me know.
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I'm talking life
and death issue here.
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Maybe you never looked at
communion as a life and death
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issue. If you can
eliminate any part of it
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and still have a part
in the kingdom of God,
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let me know about it
later when we get done.
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Turn with me in your
Bible to John chapter 13.
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This again for those who...
Still, there's always people
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who tune in... I'm sure,
bless your hearts, there at home
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you're interested in
learning what is truth.
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And maybe they've not...
they don't know about this
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so I'm going to
take time to read it.
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The rest of you
just bear with me.
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In John chapter 13.
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John chapter 13. Just a few
verses because there's so much
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to cover here. Just going
to read verses 4, 5, and 12
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in John chapter
13. Are you ready?
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The Bible says... let's
just give us the foundation.
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It says: "He
rises up from... " What?
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"from supper. He laid
aside... " What? "His garment
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and He took a towel
and He girded Himself. "
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Verse 5. After
that, what did He do?
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"He poured water into a basin;
He began to wash His disciples'
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feet; He began to
wipe them with a towel
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wherein He was girded. "
Verse 12... quickly notice:
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"So after He had washed
their feet... " Here we go...
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"and taken His garment and
was yet set down again... "
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Here's what... what did He say?
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"Know ye what I
have done to you? "
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Now if you'll just
flip over to I Corinthians.
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If you'll do that with
me. I Corinthians chapter 11.
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Again for all of you who have
been reading this, all of you,
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bless your heart, you bear with,
but there are some who have not.
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Maybe they've never read this.
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Starting in verse 23.
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Says: "For I have received
of the Lord that which I also
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delivered unto you
that the Lord Jesus
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the same night which He was
betrayed... " What did He do?
00:20:39.56\00:20:41.27
"He took bread and when
He had given thanks... "
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Telling exactly
what we should be doing.
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"He brake it. He said:
'Take, eat. This is my body
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which is broken for you. This
do in remembrance of Me. ' "
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Twenty-five: "After the same
manner He took the... " What?
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"Cup when He had supped saying:
'This cup is the... ' What?
00:20:56.07\00:20:59.72
'the New
Testament in My blood. ' "
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You know what He said?
"This is the new contract
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that I am making with you.
00:21:05.13\00:21:06.37
This is the new covenant
that I am making with you
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and I'm doing it in My blood.
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This do as often as you
drink it in remembrance of Me. "
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Last verse, 26, says:
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"For as often as you eat this
bread and you drink this cup
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you do show the
Lord's... " What?
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.37
"death till He come. "
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In manuscript 43 written in
1897 listen to this comment:
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The ordinance of feet washing
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for some of you who are
selective and some who don't
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believe it's
really important listen:
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"The ordinance of feet washing
is a lesson that the Lord
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would have all of us
learn and practice. "
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Did you get it?
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All of us to learn
and all of us to practice.
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After all, Jesus did it.
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What an example
for us, isn't it?
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And as God's remnant church
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may I say we need to
understand what the truth is
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and ask God to help
us follow that truth
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because we love Him with
all of our hearts and our souls
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and our minds. Oh friends,
if we learn and practice.
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Now let me... In the Bible there
was a lot of washing going on.
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Is anybody with me? There's
a lot of washing going on.
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You know, they washed their
hands; they washed their feet
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and they washed their face
and they washed the offerings.
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And in places it says they...
they washed feet and they
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they ate together.
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Well what does all of this
mean? What is the difference
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of the lesson that
Jesus was trying to teach us
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as His people when He
washed the disciples' feet?
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What maybe have we been missing?
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See the Lord's Supper - we're
talking communion service -
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represents a
very special occasion.
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I hope you sense it when you
have communion at your church.
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It's very special.
It's a public declaration -
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notice this - of two things:
our purposes and our intentions
00:22:50.36\00:22:56.35
to serve Christ.
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Notice the word "serve. "
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It tells what? Our purposes and
our intentions to serve Christ.
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In fact, in John
13:15 what did Jesus say?
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He said: "I have
given you... " What?
00:23:08.71\00:23:11.07
"I have given you... "
Oh, somebody help me now.
00:23:11.27\00:23:13.78
I have given you what?
Jesus said: "I have given you
00:23:13.98\00:23:16.66
an example that you
should do... " What?
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.93
"You should do as I
have done unto you. "
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That should be clear enough for
a Bible-believing individual.
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Shouldn't that be enough?
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It's clear cut, once
again, as you heard that today.
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When it's clear. Jesus said:
"I have given you an example
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that you should do. "
00:23:33.94\00:23:35.12
And then He goes on
with His words. He says:
00:23:35.43\00:23:37.70
"If you know
these things... " What?
00:23:37.90\00:23:39.96
"Happy are you if you do these
things. " And you know what?
00:23:41.27\00:23:44.36
Oh, boy. I took
these words to heart
00:23:44.46\00:23:47.14
and I said: "Well
OK, that makes sense. "
00:23:47.44\00:23:49.71
But you know, pastoring
for many years, I've come
00:23:49.91\00:23:51.77
to this conclusion: there's
a lot of unhappy Christians.
00:23:51.87\00:23:55.45
Somebody's not with me.
00:23:55.75\00:23:57.31
The Bible said "happy if
you do them, " so I'm coming to
00:23:57.61\00:24:01.16
the point there's a
lot of unhappy people
00:24:01.27\00:24:02.97
'cause there's a lot
of people who don't do it.
00:24:03.17\00:24:04.43
I think that's
fair enough, don't you?
00:24:06.55\00:24:08.36
Because on communion
day he's been pastoring
00:24:10.32\00:24:12.46
for many, many
years... You know, communion...
00:24:12.56\00:24:14.46
Some of you pastors
out there, you just...
00:24:14.70\00:24:16.25
I want to hear you
when I get done here.
00:24:16.28\00:24:18.15
You know and I know
that attendance is low
00:24:18.65\00:24:20.91
on communion day. Pastor C.A.
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.66
Well OK, he's not
going to really commit
00:24:24.06\00:24:26.54
but we're doing all
right. Before it's over
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you're going to commit,
my brother, I'm telling you.
00:24:28.13\00:24:30.43
It's strange but sometimes
there's a lack of people.
00:24:30.73\00:24:35.01
They just... They're not really,
they don't want to show up.
00:24:35.21\00:24:37.73
You know what their excuse is?
00:24:37.84\00:24:39.23
They say: "I'm not worthy. "
00:24:41.36\00:24:43.71
Oh friend, you realize
that, you know, within ourself
00:24:44.01\00:24:47.69
that we're not worthy.
We will never be worthy
00:24:47.89\00:24:49.61
but because of the
blood of Jesus Christ...
00:24:49.81\00:24:51.36
because of His love,
because of His sacrifice,
00:24:51.56\00:24:54.00
because of His merit,
and by faith, you see.
00:24:54.20\00:24:57.73
Oh friend, I hope
you're accepting that.
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.07
It makes us
worthy because of Jesus.
00:25:00.37\00:25:04.27
So no longer can
any of us in here say:
00:25:04.57\00:25:06.92
"Well I don't
participate because I'm unworthy
00:25:07.12\00:25:09.33
to do that. " You'll
always be unworthy by yourself.
00:25:09.53\00:25:11.58
Not with the blood of Jesus
Christ. You're going to be...
00:25:11.78\00:25:14.73
Cleanses you from what?
"From all sin" the Bible says.
00:25:14.83\00:25:17.99
Makes us whiter than snow.
00:25:18.19\00:25:19.26
Now I want you to
listen to this statement.
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Desire of Ages
once again, page 656.
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It says... Listen...
00:25:24.37\00:25:26.44
"It was because the disciples
00:25:26.64\00:25:31.21
were erring and faulty
that Jesus washed their feet. "
00:25:31.41\00:25:36.71
Is that clear enough?
00:25:37.01\00:25:38.11
Why did Jesus wash their feet?
00:25:38.41\00:25:40.94
Because they were
erring and faulty.
00:25:41.24\00:25:44.10
So we can't use the excuse
any more: "Well I'm having
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.59
some problems. " You know,
we're having problem sometimes
00:25:46.69\00:25:49.12
because we're
dibble-dabbling around in sin
00:25:49.22\00:25:51.62
and we know that we are.
00:25:51.65\00:25:52.86
OK, I'm going to get off of it.
Let's get on with this thing.
00:25:53.00\00:25:55.30
Come on, you know
what I'm talking about.
00:25:55.50\00:25:56.92
Jesus said they were
erring and they were faulty.
00:25:58.15\00:26:01.37
That's why He
wanted to wash their feet.
00:26:01.57\00:26:03.22
But there's much
more involved here.
00:26:03.32\00:26:05.49
But remember, before Jesus
washed the disciples' feet...
00:26:06.50\00:26:11.81
Oh, please listen to
this. Before Jesus washed
00:26:11.84\00:26:15.15
the disciples' feet,
not one of the disciples
00:26:15.36\00:26:19.48
was prepared to
spend eternity with Jesus.
00:26:19.68\00:26:22.37
Not one of those who
followed Jesus. And here He was
00:26:22.57\00:26:26.34
on the brink of giving His life.
00:26:26.54\00:26:28.49
And even at that
point they were not ready
00:26:28.89\00:26:32.44
to spend eternity with Jesus.
00:26:32.54\00:26:34.25
They needed to be born again.
00:26:34.45\00:26:36.21
Jesus knew this; He understood.
00:26:37.14\00:26:38.96
Not one of them
was able to as we said
00:26:39.06\00:26:44.56
"Hold communion
with the spotless Lamb. "
00:26:44.59\00:26:47.34
Not one of them could
be a soul winner for Jesus.
00:26:47.64\00:26:51.10
Oh how He knew that
00:26:51.30\00:26:53.07
and how He was
trying to get to the bottom
00:26:53.47\00:26:56.61
and how He was
reaching out one more time
00:26:56.81\00:26:58.84
like He is reaching
for you and me right now
00:26:59.04\00:27:00.61
in the last
minutes of earth's history.
00:27:00.81\00:27:02.71
The time of playing
church, thinking and pretending
00:27:02.91\00:27:05.68
we're Christians and
going through all the motions
00:27:05.88\00:27:08.11
and all the form has got to
go and it needs to go now. Amen.
00:27:08.31\00:27:12.19
Now is the time
to get real with God.
00:27:12.32\00:27:14.28
Pretense is gone; lay
yourself bare before God
00:27:14.48\00:27:17.64
and say: "God, I need
You to do... I need... "
00:27:17.84\00:27:20.33
More! It's more
than washing of the feet.
00:27:20.53\00:27:22.56
Jesus was
telling them something.
00:27:22.76\00:27:24.33
And oh as I read this
here: "The washing of the feet
00:27:24.63\00:27:27.50
symbolizes... "
Notice: symbolizes what?
00:27:27.70\00:27:30.32
Yes? The washing of what?
"The cleansing from sin. "
00:27:31.41\00:27:34.34
Didn't cleanse you from
sin. Only the blood of Jesus
00:27:34.54\00:27:37.44
can do that. But it symbolized
a cleansing from what?
00:27:37.64\00:27:41.14
From sin. And notice, it calls
for a dedication for service.
00:27:41.34\00:27:46.81
Communion is calling
for us to be in service
00:27:47.04\00:27:50.23
for Jesus Christ. Maybe that's
why some people don't show up!
00:27:50.43\00:27:52.83
They don't want to
do service for Jesus.
00:27:55.27\00:27:57.88
Oh, I think the workers
are going to be in the kingdom.
00:27:58.18\00:28:00.31
I'm a believer of that.
00:28:00.51\00:28:02.48
And notice this part
here we're talking about.
00:28:02.78\00:28:05.99
The washing of the
feet... it was preparatory
00:28:06.19\00:28:09.27
before the Lord's Supper because
the heart had to be what?
00:28:09.47\00:28:14.75
The heart had to be right
and the heart had to be prepared
00:28:15.06\00:28:18.40
before they could take
of the bread and the wine.
00:28:18.60\00:28:21.12
If they couldn't wash
their feet, they couldn't
00:28:21.53\00:28:23.83
partake of the bread and wine.
00:28:23.93\00:28:25.49
Jesus knew all of these things.
00:28:25.79\00:28:28.18
The word communion
just has so many... so many
00:28:28.39\00:28:32.43
connotations. And I
never realized, never thought
00:28:32.46\00:28:35.59
about it. The communion
is to be an intimate time
00:28:35.69\00:28:39.45
between me and God.
00:28:39.65\00:28:41.27
An intimate time
between my brothers.
00:28:41.47\00:28:44.44
Now the sisters
will have the sisters and
00:28:44.77\00:28:46.65
the brothers will have the
brothers. That's the way. Yeah.
00:28:46.85\00:28:49.06
And when we fellowship, you
know, it's a good thing to do
00:28:50.50\00:28:52.56
is you kneel down to
wash your brother's feet
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.66
down there and you take a
hold of that brother's hand
00:28:54.86\00:28:56.22
and you put it in your hand and
you thank God for that brother.
00:28:56.32\00:28:58.83
When you don't let your
feet out there for me to wash it
00:28:59.13\00:29:01.77
you know you're hurting me
because I need that experience.
00:29:01.97\00:29:05.97
Are you getting what
I'm talking about here?
00:29:06.17\00:29:07.28
Don't with... Started to
say: "don't withhold your feet
00:29:07.48\00:29:09.89
from me" but you know
what I'm talking about now.
00:29:10.00\00:29:11.94
Don't you? I need that!
00:29:12.24\00:29:14.37
Your brothers and
your sisters need that.
00:29:14.57\00:29:16.39
An intimate time... a special
time... a spiritual time.
00:29:18.47\00:29:22.14
Have you ever
thought about communion being
00:29:22.44\00:29:23.85
a spiritual time?
See, it's supposed to be.
00:29:23.95\00:29:26.90
But most people don't. They
grimace all the way through it.
00:29:27.00\00:29:29.53
It's like they're hurting
and like "Oh, oh, oh... "
00:29:29.83\00:29:33.12
Something's wrong. It
deals with relationships.
00:29:33.42\00:29:38.63
Oh, I call it
intimate... something personal.
00:29:41.16\00:29:43.75
Feelings and emotions connected
to something or someone
00:29:44.06\00:29:49.36
during communion.
00:29:49.66\00:29:51.17
And I read this in
Vol. 4 Testimonies 534
00:29:51.37\00:29:54.18
and, oh, I liked it.
00:29:54.28\00:29:55.87
It said: "Communion with
God imparts to the soul... "
00:29:56.07\00:29:59.88
What? "An intimate
knowledge of His will. "
00:30:00.08\00:30:03.59
Communion with God does what?
00:30:03.89\00:30:06.46
Now we're reaching out. We're
talking about the service here
00:30:06.56\00:30:08.34
but we're talking
about communion because it is
00:30:08.44\00:30:10.37
dealing with God
and dealing with man.
00:30:10.58\00:30:12.49
And so when we commune
with God, what does God do?
00:30:12.79\00:30:16.56
There becomes an
intimate knowledge of His will
00:30:16.76\00:30:20.34
and every one of us wants to
know God's will - don't we? -
00:30:20.54\00:30:22.96
for us in our lives?
00:30:23.16\00:30:24.38
Oh, I hear so many people
say: "Oh, if I just knew...
00:30:24.58\00:30:26.78
If I just knew God's will. "
00:30:26.92\00:30:27.96
You want to know
God's will? Get in His Word!
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.73
It's there. He'll
answer every question for you.
00:30:31.03\00:30:33.87
Stay in the Word.
00:30:34.07\00:30:35.73
Stay in there until you find
out what His will is for you.
00:30:35.93\00:30:38.89
He will reveal that to you.
00:30:39.12\00:30:40.75
Friend, we're not
spending enough time with God.
00:30:40.85\00:30:43.70
Friend, prayer is making...
Prayer is communion with God.
00:30:44.10\00:30:49.21
Communion with God.
We think about communion.
00:30:52.16\00:30:55.10
God is the
source of the Christian.
00:30:55.20\00:30:58.00
You know, it's a source
of power for the Christian.
00:30:58.20\00:31:01.22
Prayer... and
yet we forget that.
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.94
Communion with God
is power in our lives
00:31:05.03\00:31:07.64
that we so desperately need
in this world where the devil
00:31:07.84\00:31:11.18
is tearing everything and
everybody apart that he can.
00:31:11.28\00:31:13.83
Communion with God
is the richest blessing
00:31:16.16\00:31:19.73
that a Christian can have.
00:31:19.93\00:31:21.41
Oh friend, think
about it. And you know what?
00:31:21.71\00:31:23.89
Redemption provides the
door of that communication.
00:31:24.10\00:31:28.29
What? Redemption...
What? Because of His blood
00:31:28.59\00:31:31.72
He's opened it up to us.
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.84
How desperately we need that.
00:31:34.14\00:31:36.32
Communion should be a time...
a time when God and man...
00:31:36.62\00:31:42.44
A spiritual time...
relationship. Notice this:
00:31:42.68\00:31:46.19
here's something very simple.
00:31:46.29\00:31:47.33
Here's the result of
simple communion with God.
00:31:47.53\00:31:50.76
I like simple results, you know.
00:31:50.96\00:31:52.49
I like to get down to
it sometimes, don't you?
00:31:52.59\00:31:54.96
Too many people
fooling around today.
00:31:55.26\00:31:56.96
You know what I'm talking about?
00:31:57.06\00:31:58.26
Fooling around in the ministry;
fooling around in the work;
00:31:58.46\00:32:00.51
fooling. Well, we don't have
time to fool around any more
00:32:00.71\00:32:02.59
if you follow me.
00:32:02.80\00:32:03.88
Yeah, I'm talking about
getting serious with God.
00:32:04.38\00:32:07.22
Getting down to
what? To business with God.
00:32:07.42\00:32:09.55
We serve a God who
wants you to get down.
00:32:09.75\00:32:13.36
We serve a God, dear friend,
who's doing fantastic things
00:32:13.86\00:32:17.24
in the world
today for His people,
00:32:17.44\00:32:18.79
and we need to
be a part of that.
00:32:18.99\00:32:20.73
Simple communion with God
will do exactly what we need
00:32:21.98\00:32:25.54
in our lives to prepare
us for the coming of Jesus.
00:32:25.74\00:32:29.02
Listen to this.
Desire of Ages once again
00:32:29.22\00:32:31.09
page 668 says...
00:32:31.29\00:32:33.15
notice this: "Simple
communion with God... "
00:32:33.35\00:32:36.01
Here's what will take place.
00:32:36.11\00:32:37.20
"sin will
become hateful to us. "
00:32:37.40\00:32:41.71
What? By communing with God,
right? Spending time with God
00:32:42.01\00:32:45.90
in His Word,
praying... Sin will become what?
00:32:46.10\00:32:48.35
"Hateful. "
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.45
Some of you say
"It's a sin to hate. "
00:32:50.65\00:32:52.07
Listen! If you can't
get hateful right now
00:32:52.27\00:32:55.72
how about just say
something like this:
00:32:55.92\00:32:57.28
"Well, dislike... " You come
to dislike it to begin with.
00:32:57.49\00:33:00.62
What do you say? And
if that doesn't do it,
00:33:00.82\00:33:02.54
what do you say? "Well,
I'm going to develop a distaste
00:33:02.64\00:33:05.01
for it. " Or you might
say: "Well, I'm going to try
00:33:05.11\00:33:07.96
to avoid it. " But eventually
you will come to do what?
00:33:08.06\00:33:10.91
You'll come to hate it.
That's what the Word says.
00:33:11.11\00:33:13.56
As you commune with God
you'll begin to hate sin.
00:33:13.76\00:33:16.28
Oh, that's beautiful.
00:33:17.26\00:33:18.58
And when we're studying this,
00:33:19.66\00:33:20.79
you know, we talk
about the Pillars.
00:33:20.89\00:33:22.62
Pillars of our Faith.
00:33:22.83\00:33:24.53
Friend, don't let anybody
be tampering with the Pillars
00:33:24.73\00:33:27.46
of our Faith. Those pillars
are there; they're anchored in
00:33:27.56\00:33:31.20
and no man can move them.
00:33:31.40\00:33:32.86
No movement...
no army... no enemy
00:33:33.06\00:33:37.16
can move those
pillars. They are anchored
00:33:37.36\00:33:40.99
on the rock of Jesus
Christ. And you know what?
00:33:41.19\00:33:44.04
Communion service
as well as baptism
00:33:45.26\00:33:48.14
is a monumental pillar.
00:33:48.34\00:33:52.30
You say: "Well I
haven't read it before.
00:33:52.70\00:33:54.56
Why don't we do it? I
like the book Evangelism
00:33:54.76\00:33:56.56
and I encourage you who
haven't been reading Evangelism
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.92
to get in it.
00:33:59.02\00:34:00.59
I'm going to say it
again till I hear something.
00:34:00.80\00:34:03.31
Amen.
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.07
Evange... Listen, I'm going
to have to get down here because
00:34:06.55\00:34:10.20
evangelism is where it's
at, isn't it? Reaching people.
00:34:10.41\00:34:13.60
Read the book Evangelism
if you want to be soul winner.
00:34:13.80\00:34:16.93
The book Evangelism
page 273 says... notice:
00:34:17.23\00:34:21.09
"The ordinance of
baptism and the Lord's Supper
00:34:21.23\00:34:24.52
are two monumental pillars. "
00:34:24.72\00:34:28.03
Monumental pillars.
Something that's enduring.
00:34:28.33\00:34:31.71
Something that's massive...
something that's colossal.
00:34:31.91\00:34:34.99
Something that's lasting.
00:34:35.19\00:34:36.88
Monumental
pillars... notice this:
00:34:37.18\00:34:39.61
One within the
church - evangelism -
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.75
one without the church.
00:34:41.96\00:34:43.05
See one takes place
indoors and maybe one outside
00:34:43.25\00:34:44.95
in the creek. Is
somebody with me?
00:34:45.15\00:34:46.27
But on these ordinances,
00:34:46.57\00:34:49.86
hear me, on these
ordinances is inscribed the name
00:34:50.06\00:34:54.17
of the true God. Amen.
00:34:54.37\00:34:56.29
You serve the true God?
00:34:56.43\00:34:57.76
Well then you
have to participate.
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.10
We need to be participating
because the name of the true God
00:35:01.19\00:35:04.21
is written upon these
two: baptism and communion.
00:35:04.31\00:35:07.58
The monumental pillars.
00:35:07.78\00:35:10.05
Jesus simply said in Luke
22... He said: "Do this in... "
00:35:10.45\00:35:14.03
What? "in remembrance of Me. "
00:35:14.16\00:35:16.92
How could we not when He
says it so loving and so kind?
00:35:17.12\00:35:21.52
It just breaks your heart.
Knowing where He was headed
00:35:21.62\00:35:24.61
and He looked around
and He said: "Please do this
00:35:24.81\00:35:26.47
in remembrance of
Me till I come back. "
00:35:26.67\00:35:29.39
We can't turn that down,
can we? That act of love?
00:35:29.62\00:35:32.58
Now notice. In Adventism
we believe in testing truths,
00:35:33.85\00:35:38.57
don't we? We heard
today in the 11 o'clock hour
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.81
there's a test. The Sabbath
is a test... it's a sign.
00:35:41.91\00:35:45.76
And notice, communion also
gets a little heavy-duty here.
00:35:45.86\00:35:50.54
Notice what it says
here in Manuscript 8 in 1897.
00:35:50.84\00:35:55.16
It says "this ordinance of feet
washing was made a religious"
00:35:55.46\00:36:00.42
what? "Religious service.
00:36:00.52\00:36:02.26
It was given" - here's
2 words - "It was given
00:36:02.66\00:36:05.95
"to test and to prove
00:36:06.15\00:36:09.64
the loyalty of
the children of God. "
00:36:09.85\00:36:12.57
If that's a fact, some of
us... we flunked the test.
00:36:12.87\00:36:16.34
We haven't proved
ourself to be a child of God
00:36:16.64\00:36:19.35
because we've been neglecting it
00:36:19.55\00:36:20.92
because we don't
think it's important
00:36:21.12\00:36:22.92
and we don't go that day; we
don't participate in that day.
00:36:23.12\00:36:26.08
Friends, I'm
telling you: it's a test
00:36:26.28\00:36:28.46
of loyalty to
God... of who you serve.
00:36:28.76\00:36:31.11
You cannot afford
to be indifferent.
00:36:31.41\00:36:33.54
I cannot afford
to be indifferent.
00:36:33.74\00:36:35.16
I need it because God
says to me "it's more than
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.69
washing your feet. I
want to wash your heart.
00:36:37.79\00:36:40.05
I want to wash you all over and
cleanse you out from all sin. "
00:36:40.35\00:36:43.29
Amen.
00:36:43.49\00:36:44.66
Jesus made it very, very clear.
00:36:44.96\00:36:48.02
Washing of the feet did
not cleanse away the sin,
00:36:48.33\00:36:51.91
but listen... but tested
the cleansing of the heart.
00:36:52.12\00:36:56.11
They did what? It tested
the cleansing of the heart
00:36:56.41\00:37:00.92
and the disciples
needed to be what?
00:37:01.12\00:37:02.74
Their heart needed to be tested
00:37:02.95\00:37:04.58
because they were all just
following along the Master.
00:37:04.78\00:37:07.14
You know what I mean?
Wherever the Master would go
00:37:07.44\00:37:08.52
that's where they... OK.
00:37:08.62\00:37:10.78
You know what I'm talking
about. They were right there.
00:37:11.08\00:37:13.91
Wherever He went, they
wanted to be the closest,
00:37:14.11\00:37:15.64
isn't that right?
There were some changes
00:37:15.84\00:37:17.59
that needed to take place.
00:37:17.69\00:37:19.23
If the heart is
clean, if the heart is pure,
00:37:20.23\00:37:24.75
you know what? We'll
participate and we will love it
00:37:24.95\00:37:28.04
and we will look forward to it.
00:37:28.24\00:37:30.49
Many are concerned about...
Oh, time is running out.
00:37:30.80\00:37:32.71
Many are concerned
and they should be.
00:37:32.91\00:37:33.98
And I want to go... Oh
Lord, have mercy on us.
00:37:34.08\00:37:37.08
I Corinthians chapter
11. People are concerned
00:37:38.11\00:37:40.43
and they tell...
Pastors, you'll know this.
00:37:40.63\00:37:42.57
Many old people
will say: "You know,
00:37:43.75\00:37:45.54
I Corinthians
11:27-29. I'm not going to take
00:37:45.74\00:37:47.78
time to read it, but it simply
says: "Those who eat and drink
00:37:47.88\00:37:50.97
unworthily... " Do
you remember that one?
00:37:51.18\00:37:52.77
What happens. It says
if you do it unworthily
00:37:52.98\00:37:56.09
you drink damnation to yourself.
00:37:56.19\00:37:57.83
And I'm just going to say right
now if we're not participating
00:37:58.13\00:38:01.00
and we're not eating of His
flesh and drinking of His blood
00:38:01.03\00:38:04.28
we pronounce
damnation upon ourself.
00:38:04.48\00:38:06.62
May I be that bold?
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.95
Amen. It's the truth.
00:38:09.26\00:38:11.13
But "unworthily. " What
does that mean unworthily?
00:38:11.53\00:38:13.73
And people are afraid of this...
00:38:15.08\00:38:16.42
but there's a
reason why they're afraid.
00:38:16.52\00:38:18.44
Paul's saying in
view of all that was read
00:38:20.65\00:38:22.89
and take time to
read that whole chapter
00:38:23.09\00:38:24.49
the purpose of the Lord's
Supper. He says if we have no
00:38:24.69\00:38:28.39
reverence for it, if
we have no love for it...
00:38:28.49\00:38:31.67
no respect for what
the service represents...
00:38:31.77\00:38:34.58
It's simply what? The suffering
and the sacrifice of Jesus
00:38:34.78\00:38:37.87
Christ. Notice he says two
things that we need to think
00:38:37.97\00:38:41.62
about here. Two things.
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.86
If we say "Well we can't because
oh we're afraid of damnation"
00:38:43.96\00:38:46.84
there's something in your life.
00:38:47.18\00:38:50.26
You have unbecoming
conduct in your life.
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.22
You have sin in your
life and you know you have sin
00:38:53.42\00:38:55.41
in your life you know
you haven't taken care of.
00:38:55.51\00:38:57.88
That's why
you're not washing feet.
00:38:58.08\00:38:59.78
You know that you do.
00:39:00.18\00:39:02.39
Verse 21 will tell you
that in I Corinthians 11.
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.27
Just read it for yourself!
00:39:04.48\00:39:05.85
Or! This gets heavy.
00:39:06.15\00:39:08.89
Or... number 2.
You know we talk about
00:39:09.09\00:39:11.27
a lack... we lack
faith in His sacrifice.
00:39:11.47\00:39:14.03
We just don't believe.
00:39:14.43\00:39:17.10
And when we really don't
believe in that sacrifice
00:39:17.30\00:39:19.94
we have to consider that
we have rejected Jesus Christ.
00:39:20.14\00:39:24.00
Amen. None of us want
to reject Jesus Christ.
00:39:24.30\00:39:26.64
We're not going to
make it to heaven that way!
00:39:26.74\00:39:28.20
Rejection.
Therefore I won't do this.
00:39:30.65\00:39:33.03
We need to examine ourself.
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.28
Quit examining somebody else;
that's none of your business.
00:39:35.49\00:39:37.75
That's why some people's eyes
are like this at different times
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.74
you know? I mean...
00:39:46.94\00:39:48.48
You keep your eyes in your head.
00:39:48.88\00:39:51.69
If you want to know something,
you got to the mirror.
00:39:52.85\00:39:55.04
And you look in the mirror
and you see your own little face
00:39:55.24\00:39:57.10
right there. You know what?
That's what it's all about.
00:39:57.30\00:39:59.87
It's the truth,
friend. I'm serious with you.
00:40:00.18\00:40:03.36
This is the truth.
00:40:03.66\00:40:04.94
What kind of people
that God's having prepared
00:40:05.24\00:40:07.97
and He's calling is those who
are looking into that perfect
00:40:08.17\00:40:10.48
law, isn't that right?
They're looking in the face
00:40:10.59\00:40:12.31
of Jesus Christ and they're
seeing things in their own life
00:40:12.41\00:40:14.73
that need to be
changed for eternity.
00:40:14.83\00:40:16.64
And they're pleading and
begging with God right now
00:40:16.67\00:40:18.98
to make sure that all sin
is gone out of their life.
00:40:19.18\00:40:21.36
Whatever it takes that I can
be right and ready with Jesus
00:40:21.66\00:40:23.96
let it happen. I trust you, God.
00:40:24.06\00:40:25.81
See, this is what it's
about... we're talking about.
00:40:26.01\00:40:28.24
So when it comes to communion
you're using all these excuses,
00:40:28.44\00:40:31.28
consider these
four things, please.
00:40:31.58\00:40:33.78
Am I... number 1...
Am I reflecting the image
00:40:33.98\00:40:37.88
of Jesus fully?
00:40:37.98\00:40:39.36
Whew... Now I
heard somebody say "OK. "
00:40:39.86\00:40:42.44
Now look... all right.
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.15
And it's OK you
said it 'cause it's OK.
00:40:46.44\00:40:49.32
It's OK... like you
say "all right. " OK.
00:40:52.16\00:40:56.27
You see, it's all right
to do that but I'm saying
00:40:56.57\00:40:59.64
it's easy for us to
say "that's right. "
00:40:59.74\00:41:02.24
But what are we
willing to do about it?
00:41:02.44\00:41:04.31
OK, what are we
really? The talk is cheap!
00:41:04.61\00:41:07.04
The profession is cheap.
00:41:07.24\00:41:09.06
Am I reflecting the
image of Jesus fully?
00:41:09.36\00:41:13.24
And I look at it right
now and I need to fall down
00:41:13.64\00:41:16.12
on my knees and say:
"God help me; have mercy on me
00:41:16.32\00:41:18.88
a sinner. " I look
at my own life and say:
00:41:19.08\00:41:21.68
"God, I need so much help.
00:41:21.79\00:41:24.35
I'm in need of a
Savior every day of my life. "
00:41:24.55\00:41:28.17
I'm saying "Oh, God! " If
it wasn't for His promises,
00:41:28.47\00:41:30.35
His Word, I'd just go
back out in the north forty
00:41:30.55\00:41:32.89
and stay, I can tell you that.
00:41:33.09\00:41:34.43
There's no hope
without a Savior.
00:41:34.73\00:41:37.57
And you know the things that you
think, the things that you do.
00:41:37.87\00:41:40.55
The way that you
gossip and you back bite
00:41:40.75\00:41:42.57
and you talk
about your neighbor.
00:41:42.67\00:41:43.90
You're thinking ugly thoughts.
You're watching ugly things
00:41:44.10\00:41:46.73
that you shouldn't be watching.
00:41:46.93\00:41:48.15
And you think that's in
the image of Jesus Christ?
00:41:48.35\00:41:51.00
Oh, friend, it's not!
00:41:51.20\00:41:52.90
That will never
make it to the kingdom.
00:41:53.10\00:41:55.13
And it's not going to
change when Jesus comes;
00:41:55.33\00:41:57.63
it's going to
change before He comes...
00:41:57.83\00:41:59.65
when He comes to pick you up.
00:41:59.85\00:42:01.34
Friend, I'm telling you,
you've got to be reflecting.
00:42:01.64\00:42:03.93
Number 2: Am I
dying to sin daily?
00:42:04.14\00:42:06.74
Dying to sin
daily? Oh, God, help me.
00:42:07.04\00:42:09.93
Am I gaining
victories every day in my life?
00:42:11.76\00:42:15.30
Am I gaining victory over
sin or am I being defeated?
00:42:15.40\00:42:18.85
Day after day I'm
sinning and I'm praying
00:42:19.06\00:42:21.82
and I'm sinning and I'm praying
00:42:22.02\00:42:23.55
and I'm sinning and I'm
praying. That's not God's plan
00:42:23.85\00:42:27.70
even though it
happens in our lives.
00:42:28.00\00:42:30.25
He wants you to
commit yourself to Him
00:42:30.65\00:42:33.54
totally and
completely and to be His.
00:42:33.74\00:42:37.10
Gain the victory.
00:42:38.72\00:42:40.81
And here's one that
hits home... all of us.
00:42:41.21\00:42:44.58
What is my attitude?
00:42:44.79\00:42:48.13
Whooo!
00:42:48.91\00:42:50.42
I know one thing... oh, time.
00:42:50.72\00:42:54.43
Attitude! I know we had a
church school for 5 years.
00:42:58.29\00:43:02.80
The attitude of the children
wasn't what it should be
00:43:05.02\00:43:07.24
sometimes.
00:43:07.44\00:43:09.78
The teacher says to me: "I
need an attitude adjuster. "
00:43:12.10\00:43:15.86
Now that's just up my
alley because I can grab a 1x6
00:43:16.36\00:43:19.91
and I can cut out
a paddle really well.
00:43:20.11\00:43:21.66
I can drill some holes in it.
00:43:21.76\00:43:22.96
And boy I did that,
and I mean they shaped up.
00:43:23.16\00:43:25.75
And on it was
written "Attitude Adjuster. "
00:43:26.94\00:43:30.89
And I said: "The
teachers got tired? Call me.
00:43:32.70\00:43:35.07
It takes a while
to wear me out. "
00:43:35.27\00:43:36.60
So what is my
attitude toward others?
00:43:39.29\00:43:42.46
Listen: jealousy,
pride, evil speaking.
00:43:42.56\00:43:47.37
But I'll tell you, when all
of these things are made right
00:43:47.57\00:43:50.06
we will want to participate.
00:43:50.26\00:43:52.32
Desire of Ages simply
says: "All who neglect
00:43:52.52\00:43:55.33
these seasons of divine
privilege... " Listen...
00:43:55.53\00:43:58.26
"will suffer loss.
Them it may be said
00:43:58.46\00:44:03.71
what Jesus said. He said:
"Ye are not all... " What?
00:44:03.92\00:44:07.60
"you are not all clean. "
00:44:07.80\00:44:10.40
Just think about
what He's saying.
00:44:10.50\00:44:11.56
If we're not participating, He
said: "You're not all clean. "
00:44:11.76\00:44:15.32
And only the clean are
going to make it to heaven.
00:44:15.42\00:44:18.15
You get it? You
all end up clean.
00:44:18.36\00:44:20.49
But you know that the
enemy hates communion so much
00:44:20.69\00:44:22.99
they had to - you know,
the Lord's Supper - that He's
00:44:23.19\00:44:25.04
invented the counterfeit.
00:44:25.14\00:44:26.29
Now I say this for one
reason and one reason only:
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.73
because the devil has fooled
the majority of the world.
00:44:28.94\00:44:31.46
And I believe that this
station, what it represents,
00:44:32.80\00:44:36.46
is to present the
truth. It may be offensive.
00:44:36.66\00:44:39.17
It's not meant to be but
it is the truth of God's Word.
00:44:39.38\00:44:41.99
Amen.
00:44:42.19\00:44:43.33
And we find millions
today... So what do you think
00:44:43.63\00:44:45.25
the counterfeit of
communion is? It's mass.
00:44:45.45\00:44:48.93
Somebody with me?
00:44:49.23\00:44:50.76
According to Great Controversy
it says it's an idolatrous
00:44:51.06\00:44:54.40
sacrifice. Now it
either is or it isn't.
00:44:54.43\00:44:56.67
There's no need to sit
there and squirm in your seat
00:44:56.88\00:44:58.83
and say: "Oh, oh, oh, oh. "
00:44:59.04\00:45:00.55
Are you feelin' it?
00:45:04.48\00:45:06.56
Why? Because it's your job
and my job to present what?
00:45:07.06\00:45:10.79
The truth. Not be
selective about it
00:45:11.09\00:45:13.77
but it either is of God or it's
of man or it's of tradition.
00:45:13.97\00:45:17.55
Those things have to be
exposed. God requires it.
00:45:17.85\00:45:20.78
Not to try to hurt somebody.
00:45:21.08\00:45:22.58
But even you know Cardinal
Wiseman said, talking about the
00:45:22.88\00:45:27.18
priests and he talked about
the presence and the body of...
00:45:27.38\00:45:29.57
of, you know, Jesus
Christ in the Eucharist.
00:45:29.77\00:45:31.71
You know what he said? He
said the priests pretended.
00:45:31.91\00:45:34.86
They pretended to do what?
00:45:35.07\00:45:37.37
To what? Somebody
say it. To turn what?
00:45:39.85\00:45:42.87
To convert the simple
bread and the wine... What?
00:45:43.17\00:45:46.58
Into the actual body
and blood of Jesus Christ.
00:45:46.72\00:45:51.19
Friend, the Great Controversy
says: "With blasphemous
00:45:52.79\00:45:56.58
presumption they openly claim
the power of creating God. "
00:45:56.78\00:46:01.00
If there's somebody
trying to create God,
00:46:01.30\00:46:03.08
somebody needs to be exposed
00:46:03.28\00:46:05.23
by the Word of God, dear friend.
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.30
I've heard people say: "Well you
know you present the truth. "
00:46:07.50\00:46:09.50
But if sometimes you
don't come out and say:
00:46:09.71\00:46:11.28
"this is a counterfeit,
" some people don't get it.
00:46:11.48\00:46:13.76
And you've got to...
you've got to hit it.
00:46:15.08\00:46:17.64
Christians were required -
listen - at the pain of what?
00:46:17.94\00:46:21.68
of death. They
had to vow their faith
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.57
to this horrible,
heaven- insulting heresy
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.63
according to
Great Controversy 59.
00:46:27.83\00:46:29.58
Multitudes who
refused were given to what?
00:46:29.79\00:46:32.50
To the flames.
00:46:32.70\00:46:35.79
For the sake of time,
let's just go over quickly
00:46:35.99\00:46:37.33
a couple of things. We're
talking about the Passover.
00:46:37.53\00:46:39.35
You remember the Passover?
00:46:39.45\00:46:40.46
Oh, it was the commemoration
of what? Deliverance of Israel -
00:46:40.66\00:46:44.33
right? - from Egyptian
bondage. What an awesome thing.
00:46:44.53\00:46:47.40
Ordinance of the Lord's Supper
when we look at it right here.
00:46:47.70\00:46:50.54
A deliverance we're talking
about brought about as a result
00:46:50.74\00:46:53.67
of what? The death of Christ.
00:46:53.87\00:46:56.60
The ordinance is to be
celebrated until Christ comes.
00:46:56.70\00:46:59.87
Do you believe that? Amen.
00:47:00.07\00:47:01.49
Until Christ comes...
there's no doubt about it.
00:47:01.79\00:47:03.38
It's a memorial
to Christ's death.
00:47:03.58\00:47:05.67
Communion service is a witness
that believers accept Christ
00:47:06.07\00:47:09.89
as their personal Savior.
00:47:10.09\00:47:11.89
And really, when we have
communion service, we need to
00:47:12.19\00:47:14.45
confess our sins, get
things made right with God
00:47:14.55\00:47:16.64
before we come in the doors
and try to participate in it.
00:47:16.74\00:47:18.87
You know what? If you don't
you're bringing the devil in
00:47:18.97\00:47:20.74
and cause a mess in the church.
00:47:20.84\00:47:22.29
Get it right...
00:47:22.59\00:47:24.29
And here's one that will
just kind of blow your mind
00:47:24.79\00:47:27.23
a little bit if
you're in opposition.
00:47:27.33\00:47:28.54
If not, you're going to embrace
it and you're going to love it.
00:47:28.64\00:47:30.50
Desire of Ages page 656 says:
00:47:30.70\00:47:33.98
"Each member must
participate publicly. "
00:47:34.19\00:47:39.32
You know what
some of you will say?
00:47:43.35\00:47:46.04
"Oh, shhh... "
00:47:46.24\00:47:49.01
You will say: "Well I
would participate publicly
00:47:50.55\00:47:53.46
but my feet's ugly. "
00:47:53.66\00:47:55.06
No, I'm serious!
00:47:55.46\00:47:57.13
People have said
their feet is ugly.
00:47:57.43\00:47:58.98
You know, God didn't say
" 'cause your feets' ugly. "
00:47:59.18\00:48:00.87
He said "Take your socks off
and put your feet in the water
00:48:01.07\00:48:03.85
whether they're ugly
or whether they're not. "
00:48:04.05\00:48:05.63
You follow me?
People have said that.
00:48:05.73\00:48:07.33
That's not just to be
funny... it's the truth.
00:48:07.43\00:48:09.17
They make... try
to make an excuse.
00:48:09.27\00:48:10.95
Why? Because the
heart's not right.
00:48:11.15\00:48:12.91
Take the socks off;
get them in the water.
00:48:14.37\00:48:16.78
I need to wash your feet!
00:48:16.98\00:48:18.57
Somebody get about 1,000
bowls and let's get started.
00:48:18.87\00:48:21.59
There need to be some
changes going on right here.
00:48:21.69\00:48:23.65
There needs to be
some humbling before God.
00:48:25.26\00:48:27.96
There needs to be some
confessing of sin before God.
00:48:28.26\00:48:31.19
Unfermented wine - grape juice
- symbolized Christ's blood.
00:48:32.52\00:48:35.74
You know the
unleavened bread... His body.
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.77
These are things that
what? Represent the unblemished
00:48:38.87\00:48:42.34
sacrifice. And the Adventist
church holds open communion.
00:48:42.54\00:48:45.90
Anybody that professes the
name of Jesus - loves Jesus -
00:48:46.10\00:48:48.99
is... they can come
and fellowship with us.
00:48:49.20\00:48:51.86
The only thing that
excludes is open sin,
00:48:52.16\00:48:54.02
and when open sin is
there they need to be excluded.
00:48:54.05\00:48:56.96
And it's not how you look at it.
00:48:57.16\00:48:58.45
It's what we
understand is open sin.
00:48:58.65\00:49:01.12
Very obvious, everybody knows
it. Not how you think about it.
00:49:01.32\00:49:04.58
Or you think
somebody did something.
00:49:04.78\00:49:06.37
Somebody told you
somebody did something.
00:49:06.57\00:49:08.36
You just take care of your feet.
00:49:08.56\00:49:10.11
Amen. All right?
00:49:10.41\00:49:12.14
You know what I'm talking about.
00:49:12.44\00:49:13.72
It's time to get serious.
This is serious business.
00:49:15.29\00:49:17.89
This is life and death issue
and you never hardly hear it
00:49:18.09\00:49:20.47
talked like that.
It's kind of selective.
00:49:20.67\00:49:22.45
You can just... If you
feel like you want to do it...
00:49:22.65\00:49:24.49
Great change was
about to take place.
00:49:27.58\00:49:30.16
You know, habits
are hard to be broken.
00:49:30.66\00:49:34.93
Desire of Ages 652
tells us this. Says:
00:49:35.23\00:49:37.81
"The system of
types and ceremonies
00:49:38.01\00:49:40.65
that for 4,000 years
had pointed to His death" -
00:49:40.85\00:49:43.82
notice this - "as
He ate the Passover
00:49:44.02\00:49:46.17
with the disciples He instituted
in its place a service
00:49:46.37\00:49:49.84
that was" What? "A service
that was to be a memorial
00:49:50.04\00:49:53.76
of His great sacrifice.
00:49:53.96\00:49:55.78
The national festival -
Passover" - was to do what?
00:49:56.08\00:49:59.65
"was to pass away forever.
00:49:59.75\00:50:02.61
The service which Christ
established was to be observed
00:50:02.81\00:50:06.75
by" What? "all of His followers
in all lands through all ages.
00:50:06.95\00:50:10.42
Here the cross
was just before Him.
00:50:10.62\00:50:13.01
He was about to leave this
world. Pain grasped His heart. "
00:50:13.21\00:50:15.98
Oh, friend, grasp
the picture, please.
00:50:16.18\00:50:17.77
He knew He was going to be
left alone in His hour of trial.
00:50:19.05\00:50:23.22
He was going to be betrayed.
00:50:23.43\00:50:25.52
He understood what
death was all about
00:50:25.72\00:50:27.96
and He knew for many
that it would be in vain...
00:50:28.16\00:50:30.37
they wouldn't accept it.
00:50:30.57\00:50:32.19
He understood what
men... how brutal they can be
00:50:32.39\00:50:35.98
apart from Him.
00:50:36.08\00:50:37.31
He could have been
overwhelmed by His... right?
00:50:37.52\00:50:39.98
All what He was
getting ready to go through.
00:50:40.08\00:50:41.63
It could have been all
about Himself, but it wasn't.
00:50:41.83\00:50:44.09
As He began to look
quickly at the disciples faces,
00:50:44.29\00:50:46.39
what happened? He
began to look at their faces.
00:50:46.49\00:50:48.59
Oh, oh, how could He leave them?
00:50:48.69\00:50:50.40
Why? Because they
need to be changed
00:50:50.60\00:50:52.08
and so He was going to
talk to them. Jesus said:
00:50:52.28\00:50:54.03
"I have loved
My own" in John 13.
00:50:54.13\00:50:55.84
"Having loved His
own unto... " What?
00:50:56.05\00:50:57.92
"in this world. " And
He loved them till the end.
00:50:58.12\00:50:59.96
He loves you to the
end brothers and sisters.
00:51:00.06\00:51:02.85
His last evening with the
disciples He looked around
00:51:03.15\00:51:05.76
the room. You know
what He saw in the room?
00:51:05.86\00:51:07.22
You know what He
saw in their faces?
00:51:07.42\00:51:08.60
He saw jealously.
He saw contention.
00:51:08.80\00:51:11.63
He saw strife and controversy.
00:51:11.83\00:51:13.94
Just like you see sometimes
among your brothers and sisters
00:51:14.04\00:51:16.41
over who's going
to be the greatest.
00:51:17.59\00:51:19.67
Who's going to
occupy the highest position.
00:51:19.87\00:51:22.40
Who's going to stick close
to this person and that person.
00:51:22.60\00:51:25.11
Who's going to follow this
one around the room the closest.
00:51:25.41\00:51:27.52
I hope they
don't stop too quickly.
00:51:27.72\00:51:29.30
You know what I'm
talking about. It's the truth.
00:51:29.60\00:51:32.54
There's no
difference here, friends.
00:51:33.93\00:51:35.27
Jesus saw that in
His own disciples.
00:51:35.47\00:51:37.03
His heart ached inside.
00:51:37.13\00:51:38.64
Why? Each one said this
00:51:38.94\00:51:41.34
in their... Think of
it, in their own estimation
00:51:41.54\00:51:44.10
they were better
qualified to be close to Jesus.
00:51:44.30\00:51:47.52
They were better fit.
They were better educated.
00:51:47.83\00:51:51.25
They'd been around
a little bit longer.
00:51:51.45\00:51:54.04
They knew a little bit more
00:51:54.14\00:51:56.08
and so they should occupy
that position closer to Jesus.
00:51:56.18\00:52:00.05
But they really didn't
know themselves. And Jesus...
00:52:00.15\00:52:02.10
there was something... there was
a struggle that developed here.
00:52:02.30\00:52:04.52
There was going to be a test
that Jesus was going to give
00:52:04.72\00:52:07.24
them that would
reveal their character.
00:52:07.34\00:52:09.37
You have tests, and He
is revealing your character
00:52:09.57\00:52:11.30
and mine today.
00:52:11.40\00:52:12.78
At the feast - we realize
there's just 5 minutes or so
00:52:13.77\00:52:15.91
left - at the feast it was
customary for the servants what?
00:52:16.01\00:52:18.41
To wash their feet.
But there was no - right? -
00:52:18.51\00:52:20.51
no servant there.
So it became what?
00:52:20.66\00:52:22.61
The
responsibility of the disciples.
00:52:22.81\00:52:24.89
Isn't that interesting?
There's a big problem. Why?
00:52:25.10\00:52:27.38
Because none of the disciples
thought themselves a servant.
00:52:27.58\00:52:31.17
No. Even though Jesus
taught them in Galatians 5.
00:52:31.47\00:52:35.93
He said: "But by
love serve one another. "
00:52:36.14\00:52:39.88
Here came the "P" word.
00:52:40.18\00:52:43.22
Oh, boy.
00:52:43.42\00:52:45.47
"P" word: pride.
00:52:45.67\00:52:47.53
Proud.
00:52:47.83\00:52:50.49
They think they're prime.
00:52:50.79\00:52:52.22
Presumptuous many times.
00:52:52.53\00:52:55.32
Pretense...
profession... pretext.
00:52:55.62\00:52:58.64
Pretended.
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.10
And so they looked around -
the disciples. They pretended
00:53:01.30\00:53:03.84
not to know that
something needed to be done.
00:53:03.94\00:53:05.78
But they didn't feel
themselves a servant.
00:53:05.98\00:53:07.97
Many people do it. Does
that sound familiar to you?
00:53:08.17\00:53:10.15
You know, you call 4 or 5
guys up here to move the piano.
00:53:10.18\00:53:13.77
"Let's move the piano. " Right
quick I go get the piano bench.
00:53:14.07\00:53:16.89
I might as well go on here.
00:53:21.24\00:53:23.08
You know that in the church.
00:53:24.59\00:53:25.91
You know my
brothers say: "oh... "
00:53:26.12\00:53:28.68
Jesus said this
in Matthew 20:28.
00:53:28.88\00:53:31.45
He said "I didn't
come to be ministered unto
00:53:31.65\00:53:34.02
but I came to... " Do
what? "I came to minister. "
00:53:34.22\00:53:36.75
How could Jesus help
them to love and esteem others
00:53:37.05\00:53:39.68
more than themselves?
00:53:39.88\00:53:40.90
We have to realize that
a profession means nothing.
00:53:41.20\00:53:44.28
A signed paper, something that's
sealed, something with your name
00:53:44.48\00:53:46.87
on it, doesn't mean anything
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:53:46.97\00:53:49.37
Amen.
00:53:49.67\00:53:50.69
Oh dear friend. Here we
see the expression of love
00:53:50.99\00:53:55.51
as we wrap it up here.
The expression of love.
00:53:55.71\00:53:57.28
Oh, so much controversy.
He's giving them an example.
00:53:57.38\00:53:59.76
Jesus didn't get into
controversy because they
00:53:59.96\00:54:01.96
didn't get down and
start washing their feet.
00:54:02.06\00:54:03.89
Here comes the King.
00:54:04.10\00:54:05.51
Here comes the King
of Kings the Bible said.
00:54:05.71\00:54:08.27
Isn't that
right? In Hebrews 12:2.
00:54:08.47\00:54:11.39
Here comes "the author of
my salvation" the Bible says.
00:54:11.60\00:54:14.14
Here comes the
"captain of my salvation. "
00:54:14.34\00:54:16.48
Here comes the "desire of
the nations" in Haggai 2:7.
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Are you getting this?
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Here comes the
faithful witness on the scene.
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Here comes the
head of the church...
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He came on the scene.
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Here comes the
"heir of all things. "
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Here comes "the great I AM. "
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Here is the Lamb of God; here
comes the blood, dear friends.
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The great I AM and
the John chapter 1.
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The Lamb of God... He's
the bread, He's the life.
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Are you getting it? He's
the light; He's the lion.
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He's the
prince; He's the Savior.
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He's the Son of
Man; He's the Son of God.
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He's Jesus! Amen.
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He came on the
scene and He got down
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and He washed their feet.
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He stooped as low as necessary
to get ahold of you and me.
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Aren't you glad for salvation?
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He lays aside that heavenly
crown. He becomes a servant.
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One of His last acts on
this earth He became a servant
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for you and for me to serve us
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who is the
wonderful God in heaven.
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Oh friends, I'm
telling you I'm just...
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Whooh... give me another hour.
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I'm gettin' warmed up right now.
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I'm startin' to feel it
right now, I'm telling you.
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You know, when
we're talking about this
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it's really the King
of Kings. He's really God.
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But you know, our time is
running out and I want to pray.
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You know, a very important
part of my life is my wife,
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and I'm going
to ask her to pray.
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We do on our program.
She always prays with me
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and for me. We get in the closet
together and we pray together
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because I need
it. I need a helpmeet,
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and God has given
me a good helpmeet.
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Praise God. Yes.
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I don't know about the
rest of you, but I'm never
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going to look at
communion service the same.
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I think every year, every
time we have it, we're going to
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have to replay this message.
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God is calling a people... Yes.
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a people to be ready
and look at why He...
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look at what He's
doing just in that service!
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Just in the service. I
missed it for a lot of years,
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I can tell you. Sanctification.
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Reminding us... awesome.
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Did you hear what God
had to say to you today?
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Amen.
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Mercy. She's not on very long
and I said: "You've got a minute
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girl. " Come on.
Let's get down on our knees.
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Let's talk to
God about it. Amen.
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You're going to make a decision.
You've been fumbling around
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and not been doing it? What?
You're going to repent right now
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and say: "God change me...
I'm going to be involved. "
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Praise God.
Let's pray right now.
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Wash us all over. Let's
kneel together and pray.
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Oh mercy, Heavenly Father,
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Lord we thank you for Your Word.
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We thank you for that Spirit
of Prophecy: that precious gift
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that You have
given to Your people.
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Father, I pray that each and
every person in this sanctuary
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today has heard Your
voice speak to their heart.
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Father cleanse us.
Not wash our feet only
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but our whole body. Cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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Help us to realize that we need
to make ourselves right before
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You, Lord. We need to have
communion time each and every
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day. Taking of that
Word, drinking in that blood.
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Never start a day
without You Father.
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We need You so much.
Thank you for loving us.
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Thank you for speaking to us
today. In Jesus' name we pray...
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