Well this is the time
we've been waiting for.
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And last night
we had an afterglow
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after we went off the air.
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And I've had people tell me
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that they enjoyed the afterglow
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more than anything
that's happened at Camp Meeting
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and the experiences
that were discussed...
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some of the
miracles that God has done,
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especially in the
former Soviet Union.
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And I mentioned last
night to the group that was here
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that these two men -
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John Carter and Danny Shelton -
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became partners shortly after
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3ABN became a network
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and that God has
blessed that partnership
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so tremendously. We
have seen it in so many ways.
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Souls that have been won.
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I've had people tell me:
"We wouldn't even know who
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John Carter was if
it weren't for 3ABN. "
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And then we've had people
tell us that they love 3ABN
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because John
Carter's a part of it.
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So they both
have worked together
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in spreading the gospel.
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It's been beautiful,
and I appreciate it so much.
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Two humble men of faith.
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And this morning
Danny's going to come.
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Before he does I
want to just say this:
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my first trip here as president
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we went into the worship
room and they began to sing
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Holy Ground. And
I had on loafers.
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I didn't say anything to anybody
but I slipped out of them
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because I felt like Moses
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standing on holy ground.
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And then after Danny sings
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Pastor John Carter with
God's message for today.
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As I walked through the door
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I sensed His presence.
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And I knew
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this was the place
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where love abounds.
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For this is the temple
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Jehovah God abides in.
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We are standing
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in His presence
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on holy ground.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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And I know
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that there are angels
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all around.
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Let us praise
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let us praise
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Jesus now.
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We are standing
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in His presence
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on holy ground.
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In His presence
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there is joy beyond measure.
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And at His feet
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peace of mind
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can still be found.
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If you have a need
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my God has the answer.
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Reach out and claim it
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for child you are standing
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on holy ground.
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Wherever you are
with Jesus is holy ground.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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And I know
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that there are angels
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all around.
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Let us praise
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let us praise
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Jesus now.
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We are standing
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in His presence
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on holy ground. Stand
with me and sing this.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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And I know
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that there are angels all around
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all around. I feel it today.
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Let us praise - let us praise -
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our Jesus now.
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We... sing it...
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in His
presence... What are we doing?
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We're standing. We are standing
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in His presence...
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We are standing
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in His presence
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on holy
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ground.
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Holy ground.
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You can be seated.
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Were you blessed
by that today? Amen.
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Danny has been blessed by
God with a gift, hasn't he?
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And it's just a great
privilege to be here at 3ABN.
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I believe that
God raised up 3ABN
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for such an hour as this.
Can you say "Amen" to that?
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Amen. Amen to that.
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My topic today is
Going Forward In Faith.
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What is it?
Going Forward In Faith.
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John Wesley was a firebrand
in the hand of Almighty God.
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He preached wherever
God called him to preach.
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And on one occasion the
great preacher was called
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before the Anglican bishop
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who loved to pontificate.
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Sometimes religious
leaders instead of obeying God
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they play God. And
this bishop was not obeying
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but he was playing God.
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And he said: "Mr. Wesley,
you are preaching outside
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of your parish. Go
back to your own parish
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Mr. Wesley. "
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And John Wesley
said: "My lord archbishop,
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my parish is the world. "
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He believed that God
had given him a message
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that was so
great and so powerful
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and so needed that
he could not be confined
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to any one place.
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I believe that God has
given to us as a people
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a message that is so
great and so powerful
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that it cannot be
confined to one town
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or one city or one nation...
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it is a message for the world.
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And thus we say: "My
parish is the world. "
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He was a man.
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As I told you
last night in Australia
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they say there are three sexes:
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men, women, and clergymen.
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Hmmm. Because today
a clergyman is usually
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somebody who likes sipping
tea with the little old ladies.
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But this man was a man of God
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who went out into the blizzards.
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On one occasion he
walked for 10 or 15 miles
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in a howling blizzard.
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He had to walk beside the horse
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because the horse
kept falling down.
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He was a man of God.
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I say as Ellen White
said: "Give us men... "
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Give us today men and women...
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One of his
associates was George Whitfield
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who was a tremendous man of God.
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He came over
here to the Americas.
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On one occasion
up in New England
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there was a farmer who knew
that he was going to come past
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on the road down in the valley.
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And all of a sudden he saw
what appeared to be a tremendous
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dust storm. And he
ran and got his wife
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and got their horse. And
he put his wife on the horse
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and ran down and
joined a tremendous procession
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of horses and
carriages and people.
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This was in America.
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Come to hear the young boy
preacher: George Whitfield.
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And when they got
to this little town
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there was a table
that had been set up,
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and standing on the
table was a slender youth.
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And when he started to preach
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the power of God came down
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and we have never forgotten
in this part of the world
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the Wesleys or George Whitfield.
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Whitfield would say:
"My parish is the world. "
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I want to say a
few words right now -
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I think it's appropriate - I
want to say to young ministers
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who are watching the telecast:
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the greatest calling, young
minister, is to be a preacher
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of the everlasting gospel
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and not to sit in an office.
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Now you say: "That's rather
a bold statement to say. "
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Yes... but it
was said before me.
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I Corinthians
chapter 12. Take your Bibles.
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I Corinthians chapter 12
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and verse 28 and onwards.
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And let me tell you
folks something else
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because ordination is being
discussed today in our church.
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But I want to tell
you: the greatest ordination
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that every person
ought to have... every man
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and every woman...
I want to say this:
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every man and every
woman who believes in Christ
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is ordained by the Holy
Spirit to preach the gospel.
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It was said of George
Whitfield in later years
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"Christ, the Son
of God, hath sent me
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all the widespread lands.
Mine the mighty ordination
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of the nail-pierced hands. "
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And that is an
ordination every woman can have
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and every man can have
because it doesn't come
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through the church, it
comes through the Holy Spirit.
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Now I Corinthians
chapter 12 and verse 27.
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This is to young pastors.
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"Now you are the body of
Christ and each one of you
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is a part of it. And in
the church God has appointed
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first of all apostles... "
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This can be
translated missionaries.
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The most important work in the
church is the work of an apostle
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or a missionary. And
a missionary is a man
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or a woman with a mission
from God to preach and teach
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the gospel. Now this
is the Word of the Lord.
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Some say: "Uh, we don't hear
this preached a great deal. "
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Well we need to get
back to the Word of the Lord.
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The Bible says:
"first of all apostles,
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second prophets...
" That means a person
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who expounds the Word of God.
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"third teachers,
then workers of miracles,
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also those
having gifts of healing,
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those able to help others,
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those with the
gift of administration,
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and those speaking in
different kinds of tongues. "
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Let nobody
denigrate administration...
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even though it is only
number seven in importance.
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But God has placed
administrators into the church
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to care for the church
and to hold it all together.
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But I want to say
to every young preacher
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watching or every young
minister, you may not be
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a preacher yet... Because
some of you have come to me
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and you've said
this: "My greatest prayer
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is that I might become
a conference president. "
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You do not understand
scripture my young friend.
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Your greatest prayer is
that you might be an apostle -
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number one - sent forth by God
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to proclaim the holy Word
of God. And can I hear an Amen?
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Amen. So young men...
get to understand the truth.
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Jesus said: "I
give unto you the keys
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of the kingdom. "
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Our Catholic friends
quote this. We quote it too.
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"I give unto you the
keys of the kingdom. "
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The ability to open
the doors to paradise.
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Is there, I ask you, a
greater honor than the privilege
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of having the
keys of the kingdom?
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You know what the keys are?
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The preaching of the gospel.
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Last night when I
preached on the gospel
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I was using the
keys of the kingdom.
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And the greatest desire should
be in every young pastor's heart
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to be an apostle for Christ
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and to open the doors of
paradise to a dying world.
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Thus saith the Lord.
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In a very special
way God has given to us
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a message that is
bigger than any denomination.
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Bigger than any parish.
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Bigger than any committee.
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Bigger than any
earthly organization.
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And because of the message
that God has entrusted to us
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out of our hearts
burning with fire we cry
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"My parish is the world. "
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Now I want you to
notice the message of God.
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Would you please come
to Revelation chapter 14
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and verses 14 to 16?
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And I have a sense today
that the Spirit of the Lord
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is in this place.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 14 to 16.
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Would you please notice
this in the holy Word of God.
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And when you come to
church bring a Bible.
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Don't bring just an iPad
or an iPhone... bring a Bible.
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I've got those other things
too, and I don't know whether
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they're good or
whether they're bad.
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Revelation chapter 14...
I know they can be helpful
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but I believe in
preaching from a Bible.
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Revelation chapter 14...
But then, of course, I'm just
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an old-fashioned
Bible preacher you know.
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Revelation 14
verses... let me see...
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come down to verse 14. "I
looked and there before me
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was a white cloud
and seated on the cloud
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was one like the Son of Man
with a crown of gold on His head
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and a sharp
sickle in His hand. "
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This is our blessed Lord.
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"Then another angel
came out of the temple
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and called in a loud voice to
Him who was sitting on the cloud
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'Take Your sickle and reap
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because the
time to reap has come
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for the harvest of
the earth is ripe. '
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So He who was
seated on the cloud
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took His sickle... " Yes,
"He who was seated on the cloud
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swung His sickle over the earth
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and the earth was harvested. "
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Now please understand this.
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This is a picture
of our Lord's return.
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When Jesus comes
again He doesn't come
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to make an atonement
for the sins of the world.
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He did that on the cross.
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But when He comes again He
comes as the Lord of the harvest
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and He comes to
separate the good from the bad,
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the wheat from the tares.
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But before our
blessed Lord returns
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in power and great glory
as the Lord of the harvest
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He sends to this world
the greatest message of truth
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that you can imagine.
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I want you to come now
to Revelation chapter 14
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and verses 6 down to 12.
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Revelation chapter 14
and verse 6 and onwards.
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"Then I saw another angel
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flying in the midst
of heaven in mid air... "
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it says here in the NIV.
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"And he had the
eternal gospel to proclaim
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to those who live on the earth
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to every nation, tribe,
language, and people... "
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He said in a soft voice...
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He said in a voice that
was a whispering hope...
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No! "He said in a LOUD voice
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'Fear God and give Him glory
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because the hour of
His judgment has come.
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Worship Him who made
the heavens, the earth,
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the sea, and the
springs of water. ' "
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The first angel's message.
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"The second angel
followed and said:
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'Fallen, fallen
is Babylon the great
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which made all the
nations drink the maddening wine
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of her adultery. '
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A third angel followed
and said in a LOUD voice:
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'If anyone worships
the beast and his image
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and receives his mark on
the forehead or on the hand
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he too will drink of
the wine of God's fury
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which has been poured
full strength into the cup
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of His wrath. He will be
tormented with burning sulphur
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in the presence of the
holy angels and of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their
torment rises forever and ever.
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There is no rest day or night
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for those who worship
the beast and his image
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or for anyone who
receives the mark of his name.
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This calls for patient endurance
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on the part of the saints
who obey God's commandments
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and remain
faithful to Jesus. ' "
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I want you to notice this.
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I want to say this
to every young pastor
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who is watching
the telecast today.
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Just listen and listen good
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because your salvation,
young pastor, may depend upon
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you getting this message today.
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I say it in the name
of Jesus... listen to me.
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Before Jesus comes
God sends to the world
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a great message
symbolized by three angels
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flying in the midst of heaven.
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Therefore I want to say to you
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"We are not just
another church. " Amen!
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I love the Baptists.
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Some of my best
friends are Baptists.
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But we are not
the Baptist church.
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I come from an
Anglican church background.
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My mother belonged to
the great mother church
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of the Protestant faith.
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But this message, my
friend, is not something that my
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Anglican friends
believe in preaching.
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And we don't say that
at all in a critical way
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because God loves those people.
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And some of the greatest
saints of God are in those great
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churches... not excluding
the great Roman Catholic church.
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But I want you to know today
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that God has given to us
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a distinct message that needs
to go to the whole wide world.
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Now I want you to
notice, young pastor
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and beloved church
member, the Bible says
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the angels are flying
in the midst of heaven.
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It says that in the KJV
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and in the NIV
that I'm using today
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it says the angels
are "flying in mid air. "
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And I'm going to tell
you something that many, many
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Adventists Christians do
not comprehend or understand.
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The angels are not
down among the cabbages.
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The angels are not
down among the cabbages...
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the angels are
up with the eagles.
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This is a
world-wide proclamation
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and it becomes... As
the preachers of God receive
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the Holy Spirit it becomes
the most dynamic proclamation
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on the face of the
earth in the midst of heaven.
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It is not
preaching to the choir.
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So much preaching today
is preaching to the choir.
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Psychology sermons.
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Pastoral counseling.
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All of those things are just
fine because there are so many
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mixed up people in
the world but this message
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is far more than
preaching to church members.
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This is preaching to the world.
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I want you to know that.
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It is not
convincing a church committee.
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And some of these committees
today seem to want to stand
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in the way of the work of God.
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But it is testifying
to the guilty inhabitants
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of planet earth. It is
a great proclamation...
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not just small groups.
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Now I believe in small groups,
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but I want you to know I
also believe in big groups.
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And this is a message that
is not a small group ministry.
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This is a world-wide
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powerful proclamation!
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It is a world-wide,
earth-shaking proclamation.
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Now what is the message?
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Let me say this to
my friend Danny Shelton
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whom I love very much
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and my friend Jim
Gilley whom I love very much:
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God has blessed 3ABN
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because they've
had a world-wide vision
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and because they
believe in the preaching
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publicly of the
three angels' messages.
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But if that day should ever
come when they stop doing that
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God will take the Spirit
of God out of this ministry.
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I want you to
notice this message.
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The first part of this message
and I would think the most
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important part is the gospel.
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"Having the
everlasting gospel... "
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This message does not start
with the mark of the beast.
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It starts with the Lamb of God.
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What is the gospel?
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The word gospel you
all know means good news.
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It doesn't mean - in spite
of a million sermons to the
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contrary - it's not good advice.
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Most sermons today are do,
do, do... cock-a-doodle do.
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They will tell you
what you ought to do.
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The gospel doesn't tell
you what you ought to do...
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it tells you what God
has already done. Amen!
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And did you know
my beloved friend
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the gospel is not about you.
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The gospel is about God.
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It's the good news of God.
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It is the good
news that God loves us
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even though we
don't deserve Him.
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Never forget it: God loves YOU
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with an everlasting love.
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Somebody may say here today
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"I don't feel
that anybody loves... "
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God loves you, and He loves
you with an everlasting love.
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And then the Bible goes on
to say, the 1st angel's message:
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"Worship Him who made
the heavens and the earth,
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the sea, and the
fountains of waters. "
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This is telling us to
look up to the Creator.
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The God who made
in our universe alone
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200 billion galaxies.
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We know that it's maybe 400.
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Four hundred billion galaxies.
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And each galaxy has on
an average 200 billion suns.
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And the Bible says, this is
the most incomprehensible truth,
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that the Almighty
God who made the universe
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out of nothing,
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the Almighty God who
spoke and it was done,
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the God who
made the vast cosmos,
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this God in the
person of Jesus became a man.
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Would you come over
here to John chapter 1?
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
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The truth of the incarnation.
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John chapter 1 and verse 1.
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Please turn in the Bible.
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"In the beginning was the Word
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and the Word was with God
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and the Word - Christ - was God.
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He was with God
in the beginning.
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Through Him all
things were made. Without Him
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nothing was made
that has been made. "
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And verse 10:
"He was in the world
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and though the
world was made through Him
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the world did
not recognize Him. "
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And then you
come down to verse 14:
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"The Word become flesh and
made His dwelling among us.
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We have seen His glory...
the glory of the one and only
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who came from the Father
full of grace and truth. "
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Can you comprehend this?
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That the Almighty God
who made the universe...
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and astronomers tell
us that the universe...
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we're not talking about
the earth so get this plain
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in your mind...
but the cosmos itself
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every astronomer - whether
he's a Christian or an atheist -
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believes that the universe was
made over 13 billion years ago.
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And it was made out of nothing.
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That is the consensus
today of the scientific world.
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And the Almighty
God... Now some people say:
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"No God wasn't back
there. He's not that old. "
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God is much bigger
than we can comprehend.
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And this Almighty
God who made the universe
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out of nothing He
came down to this earth
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in the person of
Christ to redeem us
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for our sins.
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In America the voltage is 120.
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In Australia it's 240.
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Double the power.
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Now when I got back to Australia
which I do once a year or so
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I take my American
gadgets like a shaver.
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If I plug it in to
the Australian power
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it is immediately destroyed
because the power is too much
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for the little device
that I hold in my hand.
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And therefore I need
a step-down transformer.
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And the transformer takes
the power of Australia - 240-
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and it converts it
to a lower power of 110
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that we can use.
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Jesus is God's
step-down transformer.
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He is the God
with infinite power,
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infinite,
infinite, infinite might,
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and this Almighty God... if He
had come down with all His glory
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and all of His might we
all would have been destroyed
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because of His glory,
because of His greatness.
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But He became a man
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so we could handle the power.
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The first part of God's
message is that God became a man
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and He is the transformer.
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He's been transforming
lives for thousands of years.
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He was born of a peasant girl.
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Could you believe it? So
much for our love of money.
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He showed us what God is like.
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When the woman was
caught in adultery He said:
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"Neither do I condemn
you. Go and sin no more. "
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He was not like an
ordinary religious person.
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Thank God!
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There are two great
truths that we must learn
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and we're slow to learn them.
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Number one: man is far worse
than he ever feared to think.
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You and I are far worse
than we ever feared to think
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because of our sins.
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And the second truth is
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God is far better than
man ever dared to hope.
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So we're worse than
we ever feared to think;
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but God is far better
than we ever dared to hope.
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On one occasion He
said: "Go tell My disciples
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and Peter" because He cares
for people and He loves people.
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He was totally righteous.
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At the end of His life He
was handed over by the religious
00:32:38.11\00:32:42.19
leaders to the
Romans and crucified.
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We talked about it last night.
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"He bore the sin of
the world" the Bible says.
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What sort of God is this?
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Would you please come
over here to Isaiah chapter 53?
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Isaiah chapter 53.
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Young preacher, pray that God
will give you the gift of the
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Holy Spirit and try
to stay out of an office.
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Isaiah 53 verses 4 to 6.
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When you go into an
office you go to #7,
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so take the first place
that God would give you:
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the preaching of the gospel.
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And don't argue with me.
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Go to the Bible and
see what the Bible says.
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Isaiah 53 verses 4 and onwards.
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"Surely He took
up our infirmities
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and carried our sorrows
00:33:28.99\00:33:30.49
yet we considered
Him stricken by God,
00:33:30.79\00:33:32.97
smitten by Him and afflicted.
00:33:33.18\00:33:34.74
But He was pierced
for our transgressions.
00:33:34.94\00:33:38.28
He was crushed
for our iniquities.
00:33:38.48\00:33:40.42
The punishment that
brought us peace was upon Him
00:33:40.62\00:33:42.94
and by His wounds we are healed.
00:33:43.25\00:33:46.08
We all like
sheep have gone astray.
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Each of us has
turned to his own way
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and the Lord has laid on
Him the iniquity of us all. "
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I want you to think about this:
the God who made the cosmos,
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the God who made the universe,
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came down in the person of
His Son with flesh and bones.
00:34:02.04\00:34:07.82
And the Bible says
He went to the cross -
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the worst of all deaths,
the worst of all horrors,
00:34:11.26\00:34:14.69
the worst of all afflictions,
the worst of all tortures,
00:34:14.89\00:34:19.20
and He went there and
He bore your sin and mine.
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As the great Roman
Catholic theologian
00:34:23.60\00:34:27.10
and television personality
Bishop Fulton Sheen said:
00:34:27.20\00:34:31.40
"For one brief moment in time
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He was unfurled on the
cross like a wounded eagle. "
00:34:35.74\00:34:39.73
And he was unfurled on
the cross to bear your sins
00:34:40.97\00:34:44.67
and to bear mine.
00:34:44.87\00:34:46.33
And if I believe
with a penitent heart
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I am not condemned.
00:34:49.34\00:34:52.00
John 3:16... we
spoke about it last night.
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"For God so loved the world
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that He gave His only Son
so that whoever believes in Him
00:34:58.49\00:35:02.05
shall not perish but
have everlasting life. "
00:35:02.25\00:35:05.24
The moment I truly
believe with a penitent heart
00:35:05.44\00:35:09.26
and come to Christ I
am declared not guilty
00:35:09.46\00:35:12.91
and I pass from death to life.
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This is the
first angel's message
00:35:16.51\00:35:20.30
that goes to the
world with a loud voice:
00:35:20.50\00:35:24.30
that He is alive
and He is coming back.
00:35:24.70\00:35:28.35
The gospel is God's message
of hope, grace, forgiveness,
00:35:28.75\00:35:34.13
and everlasting life.
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.38
Everything we
hunger for is ours...
00:35:36.58\00:35:40.67
and it's free.
00:35:41.78\00:35:43.21
And now the Bible says
00:35:43.41\00:35:47.97
"Fear God... give glory to Him
00:35:48.17\00:35:51.83
for the hour of
His judgment is come.
00:35:52.03\00:35:55.32
Worship Him that made
the heavens and the earth. "
00:35:55.62\00:35:58.41
"Fear God... "
Why? Because He is holy.
00:35:58.61\00:36:01.92
Because it is the
time of the judgment hour.
00:36:03.20\00:36:06.31
There are three
questions we must answer.
00:36:06.62\00:36:09.32
Where did I come from?
00:36:09.52\00:36:11.06
Why am I here?
00:36:11.26\00:36:12.63
Where am I going?
00:36:12.66\00:36:14.51
Because I came from
the hand of God, one day
00:36:15.85\00:36:19.24
I must meet God in judgment.
00:36:19.44\00:36:21.91
Either at the cross
where He was judged for me
00:36:22.11\00:36:25.93
or before the great white
throne without a mediator.
00:36:26.13\00:36:29.75
And so the great
message goes to the world
00:36:30.89\00:36:33.81
that every one of us
Christians and unbelievers
00:36:34.01\00:36:37.03
we are all judgment bound.
00:36:37.23\00:36:39.90
The Bible says:
"Worship the Creator. "
00:36:40.30\00:36:44.37
I would tell the
people - the atheists, the KGB
00:36:46.15\00:36:50.16
by the millions in Russia...
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.24
And I have had the
privilege of going to Russia
00:36:52.54\00:36:55.36
now 42 times.
00:36:55.46\00:36:57.77
I love those people and
God called me to go there.
00:36:58.17\00:37:01.31
I would say to them: "You
are not what the Communists
00:37:01.51\00:37:03.97
said you were.
You are not an animal.
00:37:04.17\00:37:06.68
You are not a machine.
00:37:06.71\00:37:08.69
You are a child of God. " Amen.
00:37:08.89\00:37:11.18
I say this to you today
here at the 3ABN Center:
00:37:11.28\00:37:14.45
you are not an animal.
00:37:14.75\00:37:16.86
You are not the
product of evolution.
00:37:17.06\00:37:19.41
You are not an animal.
00:37:20.62\00:37:22.48
You are not a machine. You did
not come down from the trees.
00:37:22.58\00:37:26.62
You came down
from the hand of God.
00:37:26.82\00:37:28.52
Amen!
00:37:28.72\00:37:30.09
That is the message that goes
to the world in the last days:
00:37:30.12\00:37:32.84
worship the Creator.
00:37:33.14\00:37:35.11
Then it says:
"Babylon is fallen. "
00:37:36.33\00:37:38.76
That is a religious system
based on the teachings of men
00:37:39.73\00:37:42.98
that uses not love but force.
00:37:43.19\00:37:45.33
And then it
talks about the beast,
00:37:46.24\00:37:48.62
the image of the beast,
and the mark of the beast.
00:37:48.92\00:37:52.83
I know only too well today
00:37:53.13\00:37:58.22
that now I am a
minority in my own church.
00:37:58.52\00:38:03.17
I have been told
over and over again
00:38:04.41\00:38:09.79
"We will not use you if
you preach that message. "
00:38:09.99\00:38:14.50
I want you to know
00:38:15.56\00:38:17.30
I would rather serve
God than serve man. Amen!
00:38:17.50\00:38:22.91
Here is a
message... Now you say to me:
00:38:23.31\00:38:26.79
"Should we preach it? "
God tells you to preach it.
00:38:27.09\00:38:30.13
Amen... that's right.
00:38:30.33\00:38:31.70
You don't have a choice if
you're going to follow God...
00:38:31.86\00:38:34.77
God tells you to preach it.
00:38:34.97\00:38:36.70
And if you don't preach
it, preacher, it is because
00:38:39.04\00:38:43.62
you are not called by God.
00:38:43.82\00:38:46.46
Here is a warning
against the beast,
00:38:48.12\00:38:51.57
the image, and
the mark of the beast.
00:38:52.07\00:38:55.71
The beast is the antichrist
who is described in Daniel 7,
00:38:56.01\00:38:59.59
Revelation 12 and 13.
00:38:59.79\00:39:02.41
The beast is the great
union of church and state
00:39:02.61\00:39:06.16
that has
survived to our own day.
00:39:06.46\00:39:08.69
It is a system of
power, prestige, and deception.
00:39:08.89\00:39:13.99
It is built on
lies and corruption.
00:39:14.29\00:39:18.27
It has perverted
the one true gospel.
00:39:18.67\00:39:21.75
It has set up a
counterfeit priesthood
00:39:21.95\00:39:24.82
and changed the law of God...
especially the holy Sabbath.
00:39:25.02\00:39:30.41
It influences the faith
of nations and persecutes
00:39:31.37\00:39:36.53
whenever it can. It
has more human influence
00:39:36.73\00:39:40.68
than any other power on earth.
00:39:40.88\00:39:44.45
And the Bible says... the
third angel's message says
00:39:44.75\00:39:49.14
"with a loud voice. "
00:39:49.34\00:39:52.88
I want to tell you
00:39:56.95\00:39:58.53
we are not to
court popular opinion.
00:39:59.56\00:40:03.01
We are to be the servants of God
00:40:03.21\00:40:05.79
and to do the will of God
00:40:06.00\00:40:08.18
and to go ahead in
faith like H.M.S. Richards.
00:40:08.38\00:40:12.95
"In a loud
voice... " Listen to this:
00:40:13.73\00:40:15.87
not a timid, quiet, soft,
00:40:16.28\00:40:21.28
babyish utterance.
00:40:23.07\00:40:26.58
Not a whispering hope.
00:40:26.78\00:40:29.82
If you preach, preach with love
00:40:32.82\00:40:36.68
proclaiming that God has
got His people in every nation,
00:40:37.53\00:40:40.73
every church.
00:40:41.03\00:40:42.62
It is the system
that God opposes...
00:40:42.82\00:40:45.73
not the poor deceived people.
00:40:45.83\00:40:47.59
God says: "Come
out of her My people. "
00:40:47.79\00:40:50.78
You say: "Do you preach
it? " By the grace of God YES!
00:40:50.98\00:40:53.36
There are times when I've
gone out to preach this message
00:40:53.66\00:40:57.67
and Beverley has said to me
"Well maybe tonight's the night
00:40:57.87\00:41:00.66
when you're going to get shot. "
00:41:00.86\00:41:02.25
You're concerned about that?
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.85
Don't you know our
lives are in the hands of God?
00:41:08.16\00:41:11.54
Do I have fear when I walk
out before a vast audience?
00:41:11.84\00:41:15.93
I have no fear at all
because God is with me.
00:41:15.96\00:41:20.21
Amen.
00:41:20.51\00:41:21.88
Now I preached that off in PNG.
00:41:22.96\00:41:25.73
I don't preach it
in an orthodox way.
00:41:25.93\00:41:28.94
I don't rail against people.
00:41:29.34\00:41:31.52
When I preached that I
had besides say 30,000 members
00:41:32.02\00:41:37.61
of our own church I had 100,000
people who were not members
00:41:37.71\00:41:43.28
of our church.
00:41:43.48\00:41:45.28
And when I preached that
message I am here to testify
00:41:45.68\00:41:49.34
that the Holy Spirit came
down and souls were born again
00:41:49.54\00:41:55.18
and souls were
delivered from deception.
00:41:55.48\00:41:59.15
You know verse 12? "Here is
the patience of the saints. "
00:42:00.35\00:42:05.33
God has a remnant church.
00:42:05.73\00:42:07.61
God has got a last-day movement
00:42:08.57\00:42:10.18
and you can distinguish
that true last-day movement
00:42:10.38\00:42:14.99
by the fact that it
preaches this message
00:42:15.19\00:42:19.16
not in a little
whispering hope I'm sorry
00:42:19.36\00:42:21.99
BUT IN A LOUD VOICE!
00:42:23.51\00:42:25.27
And I want to say to my
beloved brethren Danny and Jim
00:42:25.67\00:42:29.62
whom I love because
they share my convictions:
00:42:29.92\00:42:34.97
God has blessed 3ABN
00:42:35.27\00:42:37.68
because it is the only
television station - religious
00:42:37.79\00:42:42.45
television station I know
in the world... the only one -
00:42:42.65\00:42:46.93
that allows the
preaching of this message.
00:42:47.13\00:42:49.09
You say: "No, no,
no... you've got it... " NO!
00:42:50.58\00:42:53.31
I haven't got
it wrong... I know.
00:42:53.61\00:42:56.80
This is the only clear voice
that is preaching on television
00:42:57.10\00:43:02.75
the three angels' messages.
00:43:03.05\00:43:04.57
It is more than
a whispering hope.
00:43:06.16\00:43:09.33
This message when proclaimed
in the power of the Holy Spirit
00:43:09.63\00:43:15.30
has the power of God to
attract and move the masses.
00:43:15.50\00:43:20.48
I say this to the
glory of God: I'm here today
00:43:20.78\00:43:24.77
to give my testimony.
00:43:24.97\00:43:26.90
I've been approached
on many occasions and told
00:43:28.12\00:43:31.60
"Don't do it. "
00:43:31.80\00:43:33.17
I won't tell you who. I'll
leave that to your imagination.
00:43:33.90\00:43:37.52
I've been told "Don't do it.
00:43:37.72\00:43:40.29
You'll make us
unpopular. We depend upon them
00:43:40.49\00:43:44.24
to support us. "
00:43:44.54\00:43:45.91
But I made up my mind
that I would follow my Christ
00:43:47.81\00:43:52.03
and that I would
be true to the Bible
00:43:52.34\00:43:54.86
and I would seek to
please God and not to seek men.
00:43:55.06\00:43:59.78
And God has blessed me with the
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:00.08\00:44:05.34
Amen.
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.01
I've had the privilege I believe
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.45
of speaking to
more secular people
00:44:10.85\00:44:14.14
of the things of the gospel
00:44:14.55\00:44:17.93
than any other person alive.
00:44:18.23\00:44:21.22
You say: "No,
that can't be so. "
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.66
Yes it is so...
00:44:24.66\00:44:26.18
because by and
large, by and whole,
00:44:26.48\00:44:30.29
people who come to
our meetings are people
00:44:30.49\00:44:33.28
who are secular unbelievers.
00:44:33.48\00:44:36.09
We are not
preaching to the choir.
00:44:36.49\00:44:39.50
We will preach to the
choir when it is necessary
00:44:39.70\00:44:42.78
like I'm doing today
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.35
because we need a choir.
00:44:44.75\00:44:46.84
But God has blessed me
00:44:48.31\00:44:50.32
because I have set
my faith as a flint.
00:44:50.52\00:44:54.67
Lord Jesus, help
me to be true to God
00:44:54.97\00:44:59.67
and to preach His Word.
00:44:59.97\00:45:02.29
And I have people - very
inexperienced - they say:
00:45:02.49\00:45:05.94
"No, you'll offend people. "
00:45:06.14\00:45:07.75
No... we baptize them.
00:45:07.95\00:45:09.59
They say: "You
can't preach these things.
00:45:09.89\00:45:12.37
You'll turn them away. "
00:45:12.57\00:45:13.94
No, the more I preach
it the bigger the crowd.
00:45:13.97\00:45:16.14
In Papua, New Guinea,
probably the biggest crowds
00:45:16.64\00:45:20.44
in the history of our church
00:45:20.74\00:45:23.52
in 160 years
made up of unbelievers
00:45:23.72\00:45:28.74
who came to hear the
three angels' messages.
00:45:28.94\00:45:31.97
And they had only
one complaint. They said:
00:45:32.07\00:45:35.12
"Preach on and preach on. "
00:45:35.32\00:45:37.20
We started 6 at
night with music.
00:45:37.60\00:45:40.09
I'd be preaching
at around 7 o'clock.
00:45:40.39\00:45:42.64
I finished
preaching at 8 o'clock
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.93
then usually I'd
have an altar call
00:45:45.13\00:45:47.10
and the people... the
people protested. They said:
00:45:47.30\00:45:51.00
"More. Don't go.
00:45:51.21\00:45:54.44
Don't go back to Australia.
Don't go back to America.
00:45:54.74\00:45:57.13
Preach on! "
And these are people
00:45:57.33\00:45:59.89
who do not believe... who
had not believed like you and I.
00:46:00.09\00:46:03.38
Oh you say:
"That's only PNG. " NO!
00:46:05.56\00:46:07.41
I've seen it in South Africa.
00:46:07.61\00:46:10.07
I've seen it in Zimbabwe.
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.53
I've seen it in India.
00:46:12.83\00:46:15.01
I've seen it around the world.
00:46:15.31\00:46:17.33
I have seen it in Russia.
00:46:17.63\00:46:19.37
I've seen it in Ukraine.
00:46:19.67\00:46:21.38
I've seen it where the
doors have been broken down
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.58
week after week. I have seen it
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.32
because there is
power in the Word of God.
00:46:27.52\00:46:30.87
I want you to know there's
power in the Word of God.
00:46:31.17\00:46:34.62
Now I have here today 3 people
00:46:35.55\00:46:39.67
who are
eyewitnesses of His glory.
00:46:39.87\00:46:43.45
I want to say this
to every person today:
00:46:44.61\00:46:47.13
whenever we start to get
proud and think we're doing it
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.44
God's going to take
the wheels off the chariot.
00:46:52.74\00:46:55.25
Did you hear this?
00:46:56.27\00:46:57.64
You know, too many
people are in it because
00:46:57.84\00:47:00.59
they want to make a
big name for themselves.
00:47:00.79\00:47:02.75
I want to tell you folks
00:47:03.05\00:47:05.21
we need to give glory to God.
00:47:05.41\00:47:08.09
And I want to tell you
everything that happened in PNG
00:47:08.39\00:47:11.41
was not because of
this old evangelist
00:47:11.62\00:47:16.38
who's been at it
now for 50 years.
00:47:16.68\00:47:19.79
It wasn't because
of this preacher...
00:47:19.99\00:47:22.80
it was because
of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:23.00\00:47:25.90
I'm going to ask
Beverley to come out please.
00:47:26.99\00:47:29.56
Beverley was there and
Beverley is an eyewitness.
00:47:29.96\00:47:35.37
She was there.
00:47:35.78\00:47:38.20
She saw it. We're not
telling you folks tall stories.
00:47:38.50\00:47:43.46
We have seen His
glory. Good morning.
00:47:43.86\00:47:48.51
Good morning. How
are you this morning?
00:47:48.81\00:47:50.98
I'm very well. Happy Sabbath.
00:47:51.18\00:47:53.00
Tell us, what did you see there?
00:47:53.30\00:47:56.05
How did it impress you?
00:47:56.35\00:47:58.58
Tell it to these
beautiful people on 3ABN.
00:47:58.88\00:48:02.09
We want the world to
know that Jesus is alive.
00:48:02.29\00:48:05.77
We want young
preachers to get a vision.
00:48:05.97\00:48:08.05
OK? So tell it from your soul.
00:48:08.35\00:48:11.33
Well, as stage manager I
had the advantage of watching
00:48:11.63\00:48:15.54
the crowd come
in night by night...
00:48:15.64\00:48:17.71
thousands and thousands of them.
00:48:18.01\00:48:20.08
And on the third night
one of our missionaries said:
00:48:20.38\00:48:22.91
"Would you like to
walk up through the crowd? "
00:48:23.11\00:48:24.63
And of course I said "Yes. "
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.10
So after the lights had been
lowered so the folk could see
00:48:26.13\00:48:28.62
the pictures on the screen
he took me - accompanied by
00:48:28.72\00:48:31.51
a policeman - up
through the crowd.
00:48:31.61\00:48:33.62
Now the bleachers
around the stadium were packed
00:48:33.72\00:48:36.60
and so thousands were seated
on the ground on the arena.
00:48:36.80\00:48:40.39
And you know, they sat there
for 2 and 3 hours some of them.
00:48:40.69\00:48:44.57
And I don't know how
many of us would do that
00:48:44.78\00:48:47.46
but they did it.
And so we tracked up
00:48:47.66\00:48:50.73
through the crowd. We
had to be so careful because
00:48:50.84\00:48:53.39
people were seated
so tightly together.
00:48:53.59\00:48:56.15
So we picked our way up...
trying to be careful not to
00:48:56.25\00:48:59.32
step on someone or
to trip over someone.
00:48:59.42\00:49:01.90
Now when we got to the back
we thought: "OK, we'll walk down
00:49:02.11\00:49:05.02
the other side of the arena.
" But we couldn't because it
00:49:05.12\00:49:07.57
was packed even tighter.
00:49:07.67\00:49:09.41
So we had to backtrack down
the way that we had gone up.
00:49:09.61\00:49:12.96
Now I was so
impressed by two things.
00:49:13.26\00:49:15.80
Number one: they were sitting
so quietly and there were many
00:49:16.00\00:49:18.86
children, many babies,
thousands of young people.
00:49:18.96\00:49:22.09
But on the whole they
were very, very quiet.
00:49:22.30\00:49:24.66
And I was also impressed by
the hunger for the Word of God.
00:49:24.86\00:49:28.76
Now that was confirmed by
the fact that many of these -
00:49:29.06\00:49:31.71
thousands of them - had
come not only from Port Moresby
00:49:31.81\00:49:34.86
itself but from other places.
00:49:34.96\00:49:36.98
The middle of New
Guinea is very mountainous.
00:49:37.18\00:49:39.45
It's a jungle so
there aren't many roads.
00:49:39.65\00:49:42.10
So most of the folk came
by boat or they flew there.
00:49:42.40\00:49:46.35
Thousands came from other
islands and it was just amazing.
00:49:46.38\00:49:49.82
And that's just
the power of God.
00:49:49.95\00:49:51.58
You know, I was
impressed by so many things
00:49:51.79\00:49:54.19
but once again I was impressed
by the power and the work
00:49:54.39\00:49:57.26
of the Holy Spirit - yes
- and also the fulfillment
00:49:57.46\00:49:59.89
of God's Word where
Jesus said: "If I be lifted up
00:50:00.09\00:50:03.03
I will draw all men unto Me. "
00:50:03.13\00:50:04.80
And I also love
the verse in Hebrews 4
00:50:05.10\00:50:07.32
which says that
"God's Word is LIVING. "
00:50:07.52\00:50:10.78
And it has the power to change
the lives of men and women
00:50:10.98\00:50:15.40
and we saw that once
more. And I thank Him
00:50:15.60\00:50:18.16
and I praise His holy name.
00:50:18.36\00:50:19.88
Hallelujah! Praise God.
00:50:20.18\00:50:21.91
Thank you, Beverley.
Another two members of my team
00:50:22.11\00:50:25.48
are Susie and Javier Piraino.
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.31
Would you like to
come out dear folks?
00:50:28.42\00:50:29.97
Where's Javier? Is he coming?
00:50:30.37\00:50:32.51
He's not being
obedient to you today.
00:50:32.91\00:50:35.11
Not coming quickly. OK.
00:50:35.31\00:50:37.06
Now Javier is my chef.
00:50:37.26\00:50:39.80
He goes with me so he can
keep my body still working,
00:50:40.00\00:50:43.78
you see, and he cooks for me.
00:50:43.88\00:50:45.60
Susie has been working for
me now for about 17 or 18 years.
00:50:45.80\00:50:50.44
She says it seems
like a hundred years.
00:50:50.64\00:50:52.21
But Susie is the
communications director.
00:50:52.61\00:50:56.00
Beverley is the vice
president of our organization
00:50:56.20\00:50:58.44
but Susie is the
director of communications.
00:50:58.74\00:51:00.93
Now Susie, from your
heart tell the people
00:51:01.13\00:51:04.79
what you saw. It was
just overwhelming for me.
00:51:05.10\00:51:09.98
You know, I've been with
you on the past 17, 18 years
00:51:10.18\00:51:13.40
witnessing campaigns every year
00:51:13.60\00:51:15.10
and this one for me
was the most powerful
00:51:15.40\00:51:17.84
in many, many ways
00:51:17.94\00:51:19.38
because one of the jobs that
I had was to take photographs.
00:51:19.68\00:51:23.86
Therefore I would climb up
on the towers and I'd get to see
00:51:24.06\00:51:26.58
the people that were there
as they were coming in nightly.
00:51:26.68\00:51:29.13
And I saw the
enthusiasm, I saw the faces.
00:51:29.33\00:51:31.55
I saw the way the Holy
Spirit was drawing them
00:51:31.75\00:51:35.30
into the arena every night.
00:51:35.50\00:51:37.38
And it just reminded
me of my journey because
00:51:37.58\00:51:40.60
I came back into the
church through the gospel
00:51:40.80\00:51:43.02
through one of your crusades.
And when I saw these people
00:51:43.22\00:51:46.52
it just reminded me of
what I was seeing, what I felt,
00:51:46.72\00:51:49.91
what I remember coming
to the Shrine Auditorium.
00:51:50.11\00:51:52.98
And I thought: "The Holy
Spirit is alive and is well
00:51:53.18\00:51:56.16
and these lives are
going to be transformed. "
00:51:56.37\00:51:58.42
And you know,
every night they came.
00:51:58.45\00:52:00.87
And they came
and they wanted more.
00:52:01.17\00:52:02.73
And they would
leave... it was late.
00:52:02.93\00:52:04.34
They'd fill the
trucks. Some of them had to
00:52:04.54\00:52:07.02
travel for hours.
Once they got dropped off
00:52:07.13\00:52:09.64
in their villages then
they had to walk for hours.
00:52:09.74\00:52:12.09
And some of them didn't
get home till 2 in the morning.
00:52:12.29\00:52:14.48
And so I just thought to myself:
00:52:14.78\00:52:16.73
"Wow! And they just keep coming
and they keep wanting more. "
00:52:16.93\00:52:19.19
So I was an
eyewitness to the mighty power
00:52:19.50\00:52:22.53
of seeing you preach
and how the Holy Spirit
00:52:22.73\00:52:24.94
filled you every single night
00:52:25.14\00:52:26.61
and these people were just
drawn. There was a power there
00:52:26.81\00:52:29.76
that you could feel.
And I just give glory to God
00:52:29.96\00:52:32.26
to have a small part in
this wonderful ministry.
00:52:32.46\00:52:34.73
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord.
00:52:34.93\00:52:36.36
And let me tell everybody:
this is why 3ABN exists.
00:52:36.56\00:52:39.78
Those of you who are watching
on your television screens:
00:52:40.08\00:52:43.14
support 3ABN.
00:52:43.34\00:52:45.30
They're the only great
television network today
00:52:45.50\00:52:49.40
that is preaching the whole
of the three angels' messages.
00:52:49.53\00:52:53.04
Javier, you came.
Tell us your impression.
00:52:53.34\00:52:56.33
Don't talk about
the food, Javier.
00:52:56.53\00:52:58.41
Just tell me your
impressions of the meetings.
00:52:58.71\00:53:01.84
Well Pastor Carter,
every day we started
00:53:02.24\00:53:04.76
we get to the field around 5:30.
00:53:04.96\00:53:08.05
At that time I was impressed
because there were about
00:53:08.45\00:53:11.72
45,000 people
already sitting down
00:53:11.83\00:53:13.95
actually waiting for us.
00:53:14.25\00:53:15.92
And we saw the faces of people.
00:53:16.22\00:53:18.59
And for example one
night I went to walk around.
00:53:18.79\00:53:21.23
And I went in the
back and there was a truck.
00:53:21.53\00:53:23.90
They had the
different sizes of chairs
00:53:24.00\00:53:25.81
so they had like
their own bleachers made up
00:53:26.01\00:53:29.46
in their own truck...
smaller to the larger ones.
00:53:29.56\00:53:32.09
And there were families sitting
down and listening attentively
00:53:32.29\00:53:36.44
to your lectures.
To me it was the best
00:53:36.64\00:53:40.50
experience of my
life this campaign.
00:53:40.70\00:53:42.97
And I think, you know, God
blessed us in many, many ways
00:53:43.27\00:53:48.90
and, you know,
there is a lot more to do.
00:53:49.20\00:53:52.79
God bless you
folks. Love you both.
00:53:53.84\00:53:56.11
Appreciate
everything you've done.
00:53:56.41\00:53:58.09
Now listen folks: we're not
talking theory here today...
00:53:58.12\00:54:02.30
we're talking the power of God.
00:54:02.60\00:54:05.43
This campaign
changed the whole nation;
00:54:05.73\00:54:09.03
it had such a
tremendous influence.
00:54:09.13\00:54:12.67
Thousands were baptized.
00:54:12.87\00:54:14.95
One drawback is the churches
are so completely overwhelmed
00:54:15.25\00:54:18.93
they can't handle
the influx of people.
00:54:19.13\00:54:21.34
Thousands baptized in the ocean.
00:54:21.64\00:54:24.75
Then the next Sabbath
they said: "We've never had
00:54:25.05\00:54:27.78
a Sabbath like it.
" I want to say this
00:54:27.88\00:54:29.78
to every person here today.
00:54:29.88\00:54:31.47
We are living in
the time of God's power.
00:54:31.67\00:54:35.57
We are living in the
time when God is pouring out
00:54:35.77\00:54:39.26
the Holy Spirit.
00:54:39.36\00:54:40.73
I want to say this
to you from my soul:
00:54:40.82\00:54:43.17
I'm an
eyewitness of God's glory.
00:54:44.27\00:54:46.90
I have seen Pentecost.
00:54:47.30\00:54:49.71
I have felt, I've
seen, I've experienced
00:54:50.97\00:54:55.11
the power of God. So have
all these people who've come.
00:54:55.31\00:54:58.08
We must go forward in faith.
00:54:59.25\00:55:02.13
We must not draw back.
00:55:02.44\00:55:04.49
God has called us
for such a time as this.
00:55:04.79\00:55:09.70
The power is available.
00:55:10.00\00:55:12.15
I want to say to
the people of 3ABN:
00:55:12.55\00:55:15.39
God has called you;
God is blessing you.
00:55:15.59\00:55:17.76
Go forward in faith.
00:55:17.96\00:55:20.09
Do not slacken.
00:55:20.39\00:55:22.22
Do not tone down the
message but lift up the Bible
00:55:22.42\00:55:25.80
and lift up the
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:55:26.00\00:55:29.46
Now we're going to do
something in the last minute.
00:55:29.76\00:55:32.34
I've done this around the world.
00:55:32.64\00:55:35.58
I'm going to do it now
on a much smaller scale.
00:55:35.89\00:55:40.18
All of those today who will say
00:55:40.48\00:55:43.28
"Christ, I believe in
You; I will follow You.
00:55:43.48\00:55:46.77
I want to be covered today by
the precious blood of Jesus. "
00:55:46.97\00:55:49.96
I don't need any music for this.
00:55:50.16\00:55:51.84
I want you to stand up.
00:55:52.04\00:55:53.41
If you say today: "I
want Christ in my life.
00:55:53.67\00:55:57.21
I want to follow Him. "
00:55:57.42\00:55:58.80
And then I'm going
to say something else.
00:55:59.00\00:56:00.98
And in PNG when we did
this in one night we had 50,000
00:56:01.98\00:56:06.50
people come down the front...
00:56:06.70\00:56:08.15
If you've got a
special need today
00:56:08.45\00:56:11.56
and you want to
come as a penitent...
00:56:11.86\00:56:14.80
not as a holy person but
come as a penitent... saying
00:56:15.10\00:56:19.85
"Lord, I
believe. Help my unbelief.
00:56:20.05\00:56:22.49
Cover me today
with the blood of Jesus
00:56:22.70\00:56:24.85
and fill me with
the Holy Spirit, "
00:56:25.05\00:56:27.36
I want you to come
down the front for prayer.
00:56:27.66\00:56:30.30
Want you to come as the
Spirit of God moves you to come.
00:56:31.40\00:56:35.52
We don't need any music.
We just want the Spirit of God
00:56:35.82\00:56:39.88
to come into this meeting
00:56:40.09\00:56:42.67
and we want Him
to bless you today.
00:56:42.87\00:56:46.55