We're pilgrims on the journey
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Of the narrow road
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And those who've gone
before us line the way
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Cheering on the faithful
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Encouraging the weary
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Their lives a stirring testament
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To God's sustaining grace
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Surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses
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Let us run the race
not only for the prize
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But as those
who've gone before us
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Let us leave to those behind us
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The heritage of faithfulness
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Passed on through Godly lives
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Oh, may all who come
behind us find us faithful
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May the fire of our
devotion light their way
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May the footprints that we leave
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Lead them to believe
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And the lives we
live inspire them to obey
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Oh, may all who come
behind us find us faithful
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Amen.
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After all our hopes and dreams
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Have come and gone
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And the children sift
through all we've left behind
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May the clues that they discover
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And the memories they uncover
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Become the light that leads them
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To the road we each must find
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Oh, may all who come
behind us find us faithful
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May the fire of our
devotion light their way
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May the footprints that we leave
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Lead them to believe
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And the lives we
live inspire them to obey
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Oh, may all who come
behind us find us faithful
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May the fire of our
devotion light their way
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May the footprints that we leave
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Lead them to believe
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And the lives we
live inspire them to obey
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Oh, may all who come behind us
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Find us faithful
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Oh, may all who come behind us
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Find us
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Faithful
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Faithful
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Amen.
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Thank you for that music.
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Thank you for coming to ASI.
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Thank you for
preparing your hearts
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to receive a spiritual blessing.
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I would like to invite you
to turn with me to Colossians,
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that's the book of Colossians
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we are going to
turn to chapter 3.
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Several weeks ago
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the program chair
called me up at home
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and said that it was urgent,
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they need to have a
title for the keynote address
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what I'm doing this
evening and a description of it.
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In my heart I
thought it was fairly hard
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to describe
something that didn't exist
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much less give it
a title, but I had to
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because they
were under pressure,
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they need to be ready,
the program needs to be ready
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and I should have
been ready by then.
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I was being
influenced that the time
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by what I was reading
in the Spirit of Prophecy
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and I was reading a vision
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and a dream in the
little book Early Writings
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and so because I had
these thoughts in my head,
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because these things
were running around in there
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I gave them a
title right off the spot
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and right off hand
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and it was "Look
a Little Higher."
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Now that's a good title
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and actually it's
even good counsel.
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We need to look
higher, we need to look up.
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I had you turn with me
to Colossians Chapter 3,
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Colossians Chapter 3, we're
gonna look right with verse 1,
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"If ye then be
risen with Christ,"
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now in the book of
Romans it talks about baptism,
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it talks about
being buried with Christ,
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it talks in Galatians 2:20
it talks about being crucified
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with Christ and dying in Him.
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Nevertheless we are alive
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because He is alive through us,
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tremendous blessing.
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And when He died we died in Him
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and when He was
buried in Him we were buried
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and when He was resurrected
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we also resurrected
with Him to newness of life.
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This is what this
is talking about here.
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"If ye then be
risen with Christ,
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to newness of life."
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If you had a change of heart.
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If you been born again.
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If you have new desires
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and new
directions and new hopes,
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if you want to be like Jesus
I know how you can get there.
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This is what
this is saying here.
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"By beholding
we become changed."
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Do you know that
there is not many other ways
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to become like Jesus?
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By beholding we become changed.
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And I would like
to suggest you tonight
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that we need to do a lot
more beholding than we do.
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And sometimes we
behold a lot of other things
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that corrupt what
happens in our hearts.
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We are still there in verse 1,
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"If ye then be
risen with Christ,
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seek those
things which are above,
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where Christ sits on
the right hand of God.
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Set your
affection on things above,
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not on things of this earth."
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What a
wonderful counsel that is.
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Thinking of that little
vision that I was seeing,
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that I was reading about
at the time a few months ago,
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a young lady by the
name of Ellen Harmon
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had her very first vision
and in her very first vision
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she says she was
lifted up far above the earth.
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This is what it says.
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So you got to
get that in your mind
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and the emphasis
in my mind is that
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she was far above
the earth, she went up.
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But when she was up
there she decided to look
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for the advent people,
that's what she called them.
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These are God's
true people in the earth.
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So she's scanning the earth
and she can't find God's people
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and she is wondering
why in the world is that
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except that the
angel said to her,
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"Listen, you want to look
up, look a little higher."
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That's what he said.
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And when she looked
higher she saw a path,
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the way to salvation.
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She saw a path from
the city of destruction
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to the celestial city.
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And at the beginning of the path
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there was bright light
called the Midnight Cry
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that shone all
the way up the path,
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all the way to
the celestial city
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and the people were not to deny
that bright light behind them.
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And you know I don't
have time this evening to it--
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this evening to explain
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what that bright light
was all about except to say
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that the Midnight
Cry shone its light,
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it magnified, it
emphasized the moving of Jesus
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from the holy
place of the sanctuary
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into the most holy
place of the sanctuary.
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And God said, we must
never lose sight of that fact
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because if we do
we'll fall off the path
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to the dark world below.
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And she was also
instructed for the people sake
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that they needed to
keep their eyes on Jesus.
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Now the people
were high above her.
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So here she is
far above this world
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and God's people
are higher up still
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and so there is symbolism here
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and I think the
symbolism is fairly clear,
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God's people are
meant to be different.
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God's people are
meant to be peculiar.
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God's people have
been meant the high
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to have higher standards.
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God's people
have a higher calling.
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If you remember
Pilgrims Progress
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and I don't know
if I can tell you
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exactly where it is,
but this pilgrim Christian
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is making his way
through all these adventures,
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through all these experiences.
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He comes to somebody's house
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I forgot the name of the
person whose house it was
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and this house had many rooms
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and when he looked into one room
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he saw a man with a muck-rake
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and the man was
occupied with this muck-rake
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drawing to himself
dust and sticks and straw
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and all the while there
is hovering above the man
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an angel preferring to
him the gift of eternal life
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but he is so focused on
the dust and on the sticks
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and on the straws of
this world that he is missing
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what God is
offering him from above.
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He is not looking
up, he is looking down
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and that's the
symbolism of that.
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When I continued
to read this vision
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the vision went on to show
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that all this was
about the 144,000.
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Now you can read all about
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the 144,000 in
Revelation Chapter 14,
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they have the father's
name written on their foreheads.
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They have the character
of God in their frontal lobe.
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They are people that are pure.
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They are not defiled with women
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and the symbolism of
women in the scriptures
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especially when it is
symbol represents a church
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and being that they are
not defiled with these women
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then obviously these
women are corrupt somehow
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or these churches are corrupt
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and these people are not
corrupted by these things.
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Besides that
they sing a new song,
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a song that was never
sung by anyone in this world
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but will be sung by these people
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in the last days the 144,000.
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I would like to learn
that song, wouldn't you?
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Oh, yes. Yes.
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They follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth,
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not only will
they follow the lamb
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but they follow Him now.
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And Jesus would lead us
to the bedside of the sick.
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Jesus will lead us
to the prison houses.
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Jesus will lead us to
where people have real needs
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so that through us
He can begin to meet
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the needs of those
who have those needs.
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Do you know that
Desire of Ages says
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"From the soul
that feels his need,
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nothing is withheld."
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And there must
be people out there
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who feel their need
who are appealing to God
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and we are God's
hands, aren't we?
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Yes, we are.
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And this is what the
144,000 are going to be like.
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They are going to
be in God's hands,
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they are going to
be used by heaven.
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They are going to go forward
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and they are going to
be through God meeting
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the needs of the
people around them.
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Get ready, do it now
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there are lot of
people who have needs.
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In point number five, of
course talking about the 144,000
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it says they have no
guile in their mouth.
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No deception.
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Out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaks
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and when their mouths are open
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everything that
comes out is pure,
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it's coming from
the throne of heaven.
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These folks are simple,
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they have an eye
singled to the glory of God.
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Their hearts
burst with gratitude
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for what Jesus
has done for them.
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Their hearts are on
fire for the truth of God
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and for Jesus Christ
and for helping other people
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for doing evangelism
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and what comes out of
their mouth is all pure.
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Well, friends, if this
is so we got to make sure
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what goes into our
hearts, don't you think?
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Oh, yes.
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Oh, yes, because if we
allow corruption in there
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what you think
is gonna come out?
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Yeah, it's an amazing
calling really, isn't it?
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It's an amazing
thought that God would have us
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to focus so
purely on pure things,
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so much on Jesus
alone that we receive
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none of the
nonsense that this world
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would like to
fill our hearts with,
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that the enemy would
like to fill our hearts with.
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When all this is all
over then the last verse
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in Revelation Chapter 14,
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the last verse
describing the 144,000.
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It says that
they stand faultless
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before the throne of God.
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That's amazing,
that's what I want.
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Friends, I hope
that you and I can--
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as the Spirit of Prophecy says,
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"Striving with all the
power that God has given us
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to be among the 144,000."
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And I think the emphasis there
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is on all the power
that God has given on to us.
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I think there is a lot of people
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who have been
wanting to be part of 144,000
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who focus on all the law,
who focus on all the standards,
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who focus on all the--
all the do's and don'ts
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that we have to do.
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And friends, I wouldn't
knock that down for anything.
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No, I want to be like Jesus
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and my whole
life ought to reflect
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what He was like
and what He would do.
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But listen we are not going
to do it in our own strength
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and this has been our problem.
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We are to strive
with all the power
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that God has given us
to be among the 144,000.
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And I'm trying
to remember a verse,
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Jesus spoke, He says,
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"He that dwells within
me, he doeth the works."
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He was talking about His father.
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Well, it should be
the same thing for us.
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He that dwells in
us he will do the work.
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He is promised to do it for us.
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And so my thought for
today is, hey, look up.
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Set your
affections on things above
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and not on the
things of this world
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and look a little higher.
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We have a right to
because we have a need to.
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If you will turn with
me to Luke Chapter 21,
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you will recognized
that Luke Chapter 21
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is a prophetic
chapter, it's same as Mark,
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excuse me, Matthew
24 this great chapter
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where Jesus outlines for
us to Signs of the Times.
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This is the very same chapter
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it just happens to be in
Luke and it's in Luke 21,
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and we're going to
look together at verse 26.
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This is talking about
the day in which we live.
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Now I assume you have a sense
of the day in which we live.
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I don't know anyone
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in the Seventh-day
Adventist church that
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doesn't know that we are
living in the last times.
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We are living in the
last time and we can see it
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and there are so many
things happening out there.
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I didn't write
any of these down,
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I mean, we don't have to.
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When we look at the economy
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we know that it is
held up artificially.
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If somebody would
let this thing fall apart
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the whole world would collapse.
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Can you imagine what the world
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would be like if
the whole world--
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the whole financial
world would collapse?
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It would be terrible
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if the whole moral
world would collapse,
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if the whole religious
world would become a mess.
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Babylon as it
says in the scriptures
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there is going to be
terrible scenes before us,
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now it's amazing to me
what it says here in verse 26
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but we are not the only
ones that are recognizing
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what is happening
in the world today.
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"Men's hearts failing
them for fear," what for?
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"For looking after those things
which are coming on the earth
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for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken."
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And so people are
seeing some things.
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Are you? Yes, you are.
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There is no doubt in my mind
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that you are seeing
what's coming, okay.
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And there's got to
be a solution to this--
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does your heart burn with fear
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for seeing those
things that are coming?
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Well, if you
look two verses down
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it says there that
yours and mine heart
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may well recognize what
is happening in the world,
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can see how dangerous it is
but our hearts are not fearful.
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Look at verse 28,
"And when these things
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begin to come to pass," do what?
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"Look up, lift up your heads
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for your redemption draw nigh."
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We may recognize
all that is happening
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and it's a funny thing.
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I don't know about you
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but I get a lot
of email messages,
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lot of conspiracy
theories coming my way.
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Is there
anybody, am I the only one
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that's getting all this stuff?
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It's coming from a lot of places
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and it's constant
and it's constant,
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and it's constant
conspiracy theories.
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Well, listen, all
of it is not a lie.
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Much of it, I suppose
much of it will be the truth
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but I would like to
ask you a question here.
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Are you ever heard
of conspiracy theory
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that was positive?
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Have you ever
heard a conspiracy theory
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that will end up, that
will end up blessing somebody?
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No, all the
conspiracy theories are negative
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and they seemed to be
geared to make people afraid.
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Isn't that right?
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Now is this the kind
of people that God wants,
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a fearful people?
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And if you
spend all of your time
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reading conspiracy theories
and passing conspiracy theories
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and studying conspiracy theories
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what you suppose
will happen in your heart?
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Is this what
we've been looking at?
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Is this what we
would call looking up?
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I don't think
so. I don't think so.
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And what's amazing
to me thinking in terms
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of God's
unfolding of the future,
00:19:04.11\00:19:07.11
God's prophetic word
it always ends up positive
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when it's talking
about His own people.
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Now does that tell us anything?
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Well, friends, it
tells me something.
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Yeah, just what we are
speaking about this evening.
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Put this
conspiracy theories aside.
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They are mostly speculation,
half of it won't happen.
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Even if it does so
what, don't you know
00:19:32.33\00:19:36.11
that we have a God in heaven?
00:19:36.14\00:19:39.02
Don't you know
that He is more powerful
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than all that
men can think to do?
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How long as the
Illuminati been in this world?
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So we know where they want
to go with their objectives.
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We know what they
are charged to do.
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We know what they are up to
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and if they haven't
been able to accomplish that
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in 500 and 600 years
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so why are we
afraid of it today?
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Do you know that there is
a God who measures all that
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and He allows
nothing to get past Him?
00:20:07.66\00:20:10.36
And when you look
at His prophecies,
00:20:10.39\00:20:13.05
all of these things end up
00:20:13.08\00:20:15.43
on the positive
side for God's people.
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Now don't get me wrong,
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I know that there is a
time of trouble coming.
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And you might think
that that's a terrible time,
00:20:24.05\00:20:27.15
it's going to be terrible
than anything we understand.
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There is no doubt about that,
00:20:30.06\00:20:31.61
I know that morally
the world is sinking,
00:20:31.64\00:20:33.85
financially the
world is sinking,
00:20:33.88\00:20:35.54
politically and religiously
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but friends, will God's people
00:20:37.26\00:20:39.25
be swept away with that current?
00:20:39.28\00:20:42.78
No. No.
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Not if we keep
our eyes on Jesus.
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Not if we abide in Him.
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In Psalms 91 it's talking
about the seven last plagues.
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Yeah, it says,
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"No evil shall
come nigh thy dwelling."
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No evil, why?
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Because we inhabit
the Lord Jesus Christ
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that's why, that's all.
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And so who cares what
this conspiracies tell us.
00:21:12.51\00:21:17.37
Who cares?
00:21:17.40\00:21:18.59
Look up, set your affections
00:21:18.62\00:21:20.34
on things above,
rehearse God's promises.
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And friends, do you
believe God's promises?
00:21:23.28\00:21:27.27
How much do you
believe God's promise?
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Can I test whether you really
believe God's promises or not?
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Yeah, let's turn
together to Matthew Chapter 5,
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Matthew Chapter 5,
it's a common story.
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This is the
centurion-- Matthew--excuse me,
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I think it's Matthew
Chapter 8 I got that wrong.
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Matthew Chapter 8, it's verse 5,
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"When Jesus was
entered into Capernaum,
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there came unto him a
centurion, beseeching him."
00:21:57.12\00:22:00.58
Now what's a centurion?
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Well, it's a soldier.
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And in that day it
was a Roman soldier
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and the Roman soldier in
that day had a pagan background.
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This man was not
anything like a pagan
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but this was his background.
00:22:13.89\00:22:16.04
So here comes a man
whose background is pagan,
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he is a centurion,
he is a solider over,
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what, 100 men.
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Is he is a pussy cat?
00:22:24.29\00:22:25.90
No way, he is not a pussy cat.
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This is a hard man, a strong man
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and he comes to Jesus
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and he makes a request of Jesus.
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And friends, listen
if this man is hurt,
00:22:34.07\00:22:36.50
watch verse 6,
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"Saying, Lord, my
servant lies at home
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sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented.
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And Jesus said unto him,
I will come and heal him."
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How much time he lapses
00:22:46.38\00:22:48.51
between the time that the
men soldier makes a request
00:22:48.54\00:22:51.07
and Jesus
responds to the request.
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There is no
time, it's immediate.
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And if Jesus would
respond to a centurion that way,
00:22:55.38\00:22:59.42
if Jesus would be immediate,
as soon as He senses a need,
00:22:59.45\00:23:03.61
as soon as He finds
the man who feels His need
00:23:03.64\00:23:06.62
from the soul
that feels His need,
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.11
nothing is
withheld, God is right there.
00:23:08.14\00:23:10.29
Come to Me, tell Me your need,
00:23:10.32\00:23:12.04
I will meet your need.
00:23:12.07\00:23:13.10
That's what this guy did.
00:23:13.13\00:23:14.17
He came to Jesus a Roman soldier
00:23:14.20\00:23:17.67
and Jesus says
I'm coming right now.
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Right now, I'm coming.
00:23:19.71\00:23:21.79
Don't you suppose He
would do the same for you?
00:23:21.82\00:23:24.57
Whatever is
happening in this world,
00:23:24.60\00:23:26.70
Oh, friends, God is so gracious.
00:23:26.73\00:23:29.18
I would just hope
that we would have faith.
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More faith than we
ever experienced before
00:23:31.88\00:23:34.16
as much faith as
this man demonstrates.
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He says in verse 8
after Jesus says I'm coming.
00:23:37.45\00:23:41.69
He says, "Lord, I am not worthy
00:23:41.72\00:23:45.31
that you should
come under my roof,
00:23:45.34\00:23:47.13
but speak the word only,
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.29
and my servant shall be healed."
00:23:48.32\00:23:50.18
Now what's interesting
here in Luke Chapter 7,
00:23:50.21\00:23:52.85
we have the same
story and the Pharisees
00:23:52.88\00:23:55.78
were there in Luke Chapter 7
00:23:55.81\00:23:57.54
they are there here too
but they are just not mention.
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And the Pharisees hearing
00:23:59.94\00:24:01.54
what this intention of
this man was runs ahead
00:24:01.57\00:24:05.22
of the centurion comes to Jesus
00:24:05.25\00:24:07.14
and they say to
Jesus this man is worthy
00:24:07.17\00:24:10.88
because he has
built us a synagogue.
00:24:10.91\00:24:13.55
Now the man turns
around, he gets to Jesus
00:24:13.58\00:24:16.05
and Jesus says, "I'm coming"
00:24:16.08\00:24:17.21
and the man
says, "I'm not worthy."
00:24:17.24\00:24:20.25
Well, there is dichotomy here,
00:24:20.28\00:24:22.14
is he worthy or
is he not worthy.
00:24:22.17\00:24:24.79
Well, friends,
listen nobody is worthy.
00:24:24.82\00:24:27.43
All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
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And what blows my mind
00:24:30.33\00:24:31.63
is that the
Pharisees were seminarians.
00:24:31.66\00:24:34.42
The Pharisees had
been to rabbinical schools.
00:24:34.45\00:24:37.43
The Pharisees had been to
the schools of the prophets.
00:24:37.46\00:24:39.96
They were students of the Bible,
00:24:39.99\00:24:41.75
they were
theologians in their day
00:24:41.78\00:24:44.69
and they missed
the most basic fact
00:24:44.72\00:24:48.95
in theology that
humanity are sinners
00:24:48.98\00:24:53.77
by nature unworthy of anything.
00:24:53.80\00:24:56.41
We are here in this world
00:24:56.44\00:24:57.47
because of the cross of Calvary.
00:24:57.50\00:24:59.37
Jesus paid the
price, we have life today
00:24:59.40\00:25:02.02
because He paid that price.
00:25:02.05\00:25:04.52
Now the theologians of
today don't understand it.
00:25:04.55\00:25:07.99
Its amazing, isn't it?
00:25:08.02\00:25:09.92
And a pagan Roman
soldier comes along
00:25:09.95\00:25:12.64
and says no, I understand this,
00:25:12.67\00:25:15.15
I understand this.
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.66
I been close enough to Jesus,
00:25:16.69\00:25:18.50
the closer you come
to Jesus the more faulty
00:25:18.53\00:25:20.80
you will appear in your
own eyes that's what it says.
00:25:20.83\00:25:23.44
So somehow this
man has been coming
00:25:23.47\00:25:25.43
closer and
closer and closer to God
00:25:25.46\00:25:27.95
and he begins to see
the contrast between himself
00:25:27.98\00:25:30.95
and his God and
he feels unworthy.
00:25:30.98\00:25:34.68
But it's something more
beautiful to look at here.
00:25:34.71\00:25:36.93
In spite of the fact
that he feels unworthy
00:25:36.96\00:25:39.30
did it stop him from coming?
00:25:39.33\00:25:41.55
No, because he
understood grace also.
00:25:41.58\00:25:46.44
What is grace?
00:25:46.47\00:25:49.11
Unmerited favor
that's what it is
00:25:49.14\00:25:51.71
to the utterly undeserving.
00:25:51.74\00:25:53.47
In spite of the
fact that this man felt
00:25:53.50\00:25:55.87
utterly undeserving it
didn't stop him from coming
00:25:55.90\00:25:59.10
because for whatever
reason he knew who Jesus was
00:25:59.13\00:26:03.94
and the proof of the fact
that he knew that Jesus was God
00:26:03.97\00:26:06.82
which is another amazing fact
00:26:06.85\00:26:08.58
coming from a Roman
soldier is that he said to Jesus
00:26:08.61\00:26:14.19
all You have to do is
speak and the thing will happen.
00:26:14.22\00:26:18.32
Yeah, then he
illustrates it in verse 9,
00:26:18.35\00:26:21.09
"For I am a man under authority,
00:26:21.12\00:26:23.10
having soldiers under me,
00:26:23.13\00:26:24.38
I say to this
man, Go and he goes
00:26:24.41\00:26:25.82
and to another,
come, and he comes
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.18
and to my servant, do
this, and he does it."
00:26:27.21\00:26:30.45
He had power in his word
00:26:30.48\00:26:32.60
and as a captain in the
army all he had to do is say,
00:26:32.63\00:26:35.54
jump and the man jump.
00:26:35.57\00:26:36.97
It's something like
all of you mothers in here
00:26:37.00\00:26:39.12
when you speak to your children
00:26:39.15\00:26:40.31
and you say do
this, they do it, right.
00:26:40.34\00:26:46.85
Well, they ought to do it.
00:26:46.88\00:26:48.98
They ought to be
power in your word.
00:26:49.01\00:26:51.64
Well, I understand we are
not as powerful in our word
00:26:51.67\00:26:55.33
as we think we are ought to be.
00:26:55.36\00:26:57.95
We are not as powerful
as a captain in the army
00:26:57.98\00:27:00.32
because they have
methods that make men move.
00:27:00.35\00:27:03.83
Yeah, but the
illustration is true.
00:27:03.86\00:27:08.64
The man
understood who Jesus was.
00:27:08.67\00:27:13.38
And do you know
that Jesus was surprised?
00:27:13.41\00:27:16.84
Jesus was surprised.
00:27:16.87\00:27:18.18
Now, you can't catch
Jesus by surprise, can you?
00:27:18.21\00:27:22.27
But look at verse 10
"When Jesus heard it,
00:27:22.30\00:27:27.36
he marveled," he marveled, yeah.
00:27:27.39\00:27:32.70
"And he said to
them that followed,
00:27:32.73\00:27:34.39
verily I say to
you, I have not found
00:27:34.42\00:27:38.99
so great faith,
no, not in Israel."
00:27:39.02\00:27:43.11
Who is Israel? Sure.
00:27:43.14\00:27:47.14
In that day was
God's chosen people.
00:27:47.17\00:27:50.18
It was God's own church,
00:27:50.21\00:27:51.70
it was the true
church of the days
00:27:51.73\00:27:53.42
so Jesus comes down from heaven,
00:27:53.45\00:27:55.13
He is God, He
comes down to this world.
00:27:55.16\00:27:57.31
He comes to His own people,
00:27:57.34\00:27:58.88
to His church and
he looks for faith
00:27:58.91\00:28:03.14
and He can't find it.
00:28:03.17\00:28:04.42
He finds it in a
Roman soldier way back there
00:28:04.45\00:28:09.13
and Jesus is scratching His head
00:28:09.16\00:28:11.18
and He marveled
how does this happen?
00:28:11.21\00:28:15.58
Really how does this happen?
00:28:15.61\00:28:18.06
Yeah, if Jesus
should come down today
00:28:18.09\00:28:21.01
and come to your church
would He find a kind of faith
00:28:21.04\00:28:25.23
that he found in
this Roman soldier,
00:28:25.26\00:28:27.58
do you think?
00:28:27.61\00:28:30.25
Yeah, I'm looking at a
couple of new Adventist
00:28:30.28\00:28:35.36
and they are saying, yes.
00:28:35.39\00:28:36.95
I'm looking at the old Adventist
00:28:36.98\00:28:38.59
and they are going
like, I don't know.
00:28:38.62\00:28:43.14
I love the
faith of new converts.
00:28:43.17\00:28:46.83
Yeah.
00:28:46.86\00:28:48.45
Everything is positive
and it ought to be positive
00:28:48.48\00:28:50.69
and if everyone was positive
the thing we were positive
00:28:50.72\00:28:53.46
about would turn
out to be positive
00:28:53.49\00:28:55.35
because God
could bless this thing.
00:28:55.38\00:28:57.32
God could bless us, yeah, yeah.
00:28:57.35\00:29:00.50
Well, we're not
gonna pick on our churches.
00:29:00.53\00:29:04.11
What about this
auditorium today?
00:29:04.14\00:29:06.21
How much faith
is represented here?
00:29:06.24\00:29:08.67
Do you believe
like this man believed
00:29:08.70\00:29:11.61
that every word that God
has spoken will come to pass?
00:29:11.64\00:29:16.94
If you believe it and by the way
00:29:16.97\00:29:18.98
that is the
condition here we can see that
00:29:19.01\00:29:21.95
in verse 11, "I say unto you,
00:29:21.98\00:29:24.40
that many shall come
from the east and west,
00:29:24.43\00:29:27.06
and shall sit down with Abraham,
00:29:27.09\00:29:28.63
and Isaac, and Jacob,
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:29:28.66\00:29:30.67
But the children of the kingdom"
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.52
the church members
00:29:32.55\00:29:34.55
"shall be cast out
into outer darkness,
00:29:34.58\00:29:37.06
there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth."
00:29:37.09\00:29:39.50
Isn't that sad?
00:29:39.53\00:29:41.13
"Then Jesus said
to the centurion,
00:29:41.16\00:29:42.86
Go your way and
as you have believed,
00:29:42.89\00:29:46.50
"proportionate to
the faith invested
00:29:46.53\00:29:49.37
in the word of God
and promises of God
00:29:49.40\00:29:51.61
"so be it done unto thee.
00:29:51.64\00:29:53.22
And obviously his
servant was healed
00:29:53.25\00:29:55.31
from the selfsame hour."
00:29:55.34\00:29:56.79
Because he believed.
Because he trusted Jesus.
00:29:56.82\00:30:01.51
Because he knew who Jesus was
00:30:01.54\00:30:03.65
and when Jesus made a promise
the thing was cash right there
00:30:03.68\00:30:07.56
he knew he could count on it
00:30:07.59\00:30:08.92
and he knew he could bank on it.
00:30:08.95\00:30:10.60
Now friends, I would wish,
00:30:10.63\00:30:12.42
I would desire,
I would like to see
00:30:12.45\00:30:14.55
that in our individual hearts
we had that kind of faith.
00:30:14.58\00:30:19.22
So that every
promise in the book
00:30:19.25\00:30:20.92
it's been lately,
it's been bugging me.
00:30:20.95\00:30:22.86
I've been going
through the scriptures,
00:30:22.89\00:30:24.07
I go through the
scriptures a lot,
00:30:24.10\00:30:26.02
my own personal
devotion or because I'm having
00:30:26.05\00:30:28.45
to prepare sermons all the time,
00:30:28.48\00:30:30.27
I go through the scriptures
00:30:30.30\00:30:31.42
and some time,
sometimes I like upon a promise
00:30:31.45\00:30:35.10
that makes no
sense that is bigger than
00:30:35.13\00:30:38.78
we are used to in this
world and we don't credit it.
00:30:38.81\00:30:43.12
I don't credit it, maybe
I should say it that way.
00:30:43.15\00:30:47.40
Very simple verses,
00:30:47.43\00:30:48.96
"God so loved the
world that He gave His Son."
00:30:48.99\00:30:52.82
Now is this the
Adventist world that He loved?
00:30:52.85\00:30:56.39
Is this the
Christian world that He loved?
00:30:56.42\00:30:59.19
It's everyone in
the world that He loved.
00:30:59.22\00:31:01.36
And He do to
everyone in the world?
00:31:01.39\00:31:03.69
He gave His son to
everyone in the world.
00:31:03.72\00:31:07.00
He did it.
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.52
He did it before we were born.
00:31:08.55\00:31:10.26
He did it before
we were born again.
00:31:10.29\00:31:12.65
He did it while
we were yet enemies,
00:31:12.68\00:31:14.53
while we were
yet without strength.
00:31:14.56\00:31:16.45
While we were yet
ungodly He did it.
00:31:16.48\00:31:18.69
He gave His son to
everyone in the world.
00:31:18.72\00:31:21.62
And do you know that
in Romans 8:32 it says,
00:31:21.65\00:31:25.06
"And with His son He
has freely given us--"
00:31:25.09\00:31:27.74
What? "All things."
00:31:27.77\00:31:29.69
Do you have all things tonight?
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.64
You have all things tonight.
00:31:31.67\00:31:33.16
Do you believe it?
00:31:33.19\00:31:34.59
That's it. That's it.
00:31:34.62\00:31:39.13
Was telling someone yesterday,
00:31:39.16\00:31:40.35
I telling a group
of someone's yesterday
00:31:40.38\00:31:43.38
that there was a
time when I had wished
00:31:43.41\00:31:44.94
that I could be wealthy
like some people are wealthy
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.49
until I woke up to
the fact that I'm wealthy
00:31:47.52\00:31:50.07
just because God has put
money in people's pockets
00:31:50.10\00:31:52.76
and put money in
trust to this people
00:31:52.79\00:31:54.61
doesn't mean I don't have it.
00:31:54.64\00:31:56.25
Because my God will supply what?
00:31:56.28\00:31:59.28
All my needs if I
believe that my God
00:31:59.31\00:32:02.56
would supply all my need
00:32:02.59\00:32:04.63
what would I
ever, ever worry about.
00:32:04.66\00:32:07.65
I could not worry because my God
00:32:07.68\00:32:10.00
will supply all
my needs, He said so.
00:32:10.03\00:32:12.41
It's a promise.
00:32:12.44\00:32:13.61
Can't you hear the promise?
00:32:13.64\00:32:15.23
Do you ever worry?
00:32:15.26\00:32:16.52
Is there anyone in
here that never worries?
00:32:16.55\00:32:18.81
Don't raise your hands,
00:32:18.84\00:32:20.24
well, you probably won't.
00:32:20.27\00:32:23.78
There is no reason
to, can you see it?
00:32:23.81\00:32:27.23
Can you see that
you have all things?
00:32:27.26\00:32:28.98
Can you see what it
means to be a Christian?
00:32:29.01\00:32:31.43
Can you see what Jesus
did at the cross of Calvary?
00:32:31.46\00:32:35.13
He paid the price, turns around
gives us His righteousness
00:32:35.16\00:32:38.83
and in his
righteousness His righteousness
00:32:38.86\00:32:41.74
is invested with all things.
00:32:41.77\00:32:45.15
And you can call upon all things
00:32:45.18\00:32:47.29
and it is true from the--
00:32:47.32\00:32:50.05
to the soul
that feels His needs.
00:32:50.08\00:32:52.21
Nothing is
withheld that's for sure.
00:32:52.24\00:32:55.85
Well, if we
believed that promise
00:32:55.88\00:32:58.82
we would have all things.
00:32:58.85\00:33:01.55
In Luke 6:38, I'm
not going to turn there,
00:33:01.58\00:33:06.42
I don't know if I
have a lot of time
00:33:06.45\00:33:07.60
or if I don't have a lot of time
00:33:07.63\00:33:08.88
but I'm going to
finish before I'm over.
00:33:08.91\00:33:11.55
Luke 6:38 it says,
00:33:11.58\00:33:17.26
"Give, and it
shall be given to you,
00:33:17.29\00:33:20.77
shaken together,
pressed down, heaped up."
00:33:20.80\00:33:24.26
With what measure you mete it
00:33:24.29\00:33:25.65
shall be measured to you again?
00:33:25.68\00:33:26.96
That's pretty well a paraphrase
00:33:26.99\00:33:28.62
but you read the verse
before and that's what it says.
00:33:28.65\00:33:31.21
Proportionate to your fate,
00:33:31.24\00:33:32.90
proportionate to your
giving it shall be given to you
00:33:32.93\00:33:36.11
if you really
believe this promise.
00:33:36.14\00:33:39.31
If you really believe
that you cannot argue God,
00:33:39.34\00:33:42.60
if you really believe that
00:33:42.63\00:33:43.74
you will gain
more by giving more.
00:33:43.77\00:33:46.81
I just preached a sermon
that the title of which was
00:33:46.84\00:33:50.45
"He Gains Most Who Gives Most."
00:33:50.48\00:33:53.51
Now if we really
believe this promise
00:33:53.54\00:33:55.90
given it shall be given
to you more than you've given
00:33:55.93\00:33:58.79
than how much would you
give if you really believed it?
00:33:58.82\00:34:03.96
All, yeah. That's right.
00:34:03.99\00:34:09.01
Can you begin to see
that perhaps our faith
00:34:09.04\00:34:12.54
is not as strong
as we think it is?
00:34:12.57\00:34:15.67
Oh, we would like to
say that we are Christians.
00:34:15.70\00:34:18.44
We would like to say that
we believe every word that
00:34:18.47\00:34:20.78
proceeds out of the mouth of God
00:34:20.81\00:34:25.23
but we act not
exactly like the promise,
00:34:25.26\00:34:29.13
the promises give us
the promise, you understand.
00:34:29.16\00:34:32.95
Yeah.
00:34:32.98\00:34:34.24
Philippians 4:13,
00:34:34.27\00:34:37.03
"I can do all
things through Christ
00:34:37.06\00:34:39.40
that strengthens me."
00:34:39.43\00:34:41.14
Yeah, yeah.
00:34:41.17\00:34:42.74
Jesus said the
Father that dwells in me
00:34:42.77\00:34:45.18
He shall do the--
He doeth the works.
00:34:45.21\00:34:47.73
Than He says,
verily, verily I say unto you
00:34:47.76\00:34:50.79
He that believes on me, he
that exercises faith in me,
00:34:50.82\00:34:57.20
greater works
than these shall he do
00:34:57.23\00:35:00.11
because I go to my Father.
00:35:00.14\00:35:03.36
Is it true?
00:35:03.39\00:35:06.00
So if you really
believe that what would you do?
00:35:06.03\00:35:10.86
Would you say no
when the call comes?
00:35:10.89\00:35:14.56
How many people have
been called of God to serve?
00:35:14.59\00:35:17.79
You know that Mark 13:34 says,
00:35:17.82\00:35:21.20
to every man, to every woman,
00:35:21.23\00:35:23.37
to every
Christian is given His work
00:35:23.40\00:35:27.38
and it would be
interesting to know
00:35:27.41\00:35:28.80
how many excuses have been made
00:35:28.83\00:35:30.75
as to why we can't do that work.
00:35:30.78\00:35:35.02
I'm too old. I'm too young.
00:35:35.05\00:35:37.58
I'm too fat. I'm too tall.
00:35:37.61\00:35:39.21
I'm too skinny.
00:35:39.24\00:35:40.52
I'm too-- I'm not educated.
00:35:40.55\00:35:43.06
I have too many children.
I don't have any children.
00:35:43.09\00:35:45.37
You know, we can come up
00:35:45.40\00:35:46.78
with all the excuses
that are in the book.
00:35:46.81\00:35:52.30
And the real reason is,
00:35:52.33\00:35:53.59
first of all, maybe first of all
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.60
we are afraid
that we can't do it.
00:35:56.63\00:36:00.57
While the promise
is I can do all things
00:36:00.60\00:36:05.15
though Christ
that strengthens me.
00:36:05.18\00:36:06.72
Is it true?
00:36:06.75\00:36:08.10
Matthew 7:20, says,
00:36:08.13\00:36:11.27
nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
00:36:11.30\00:36:15.00
What amazing promises that is?
00:36:15.03\00:36:17.22
If you knew you couldn't
fail what would you attempt.
00:36:17.25\00:36:21.37
Well, friends, I
wouldn't want you attempting
00:36:21.40\00:36:22.96
just anything,
that wouldn't be right
00:36:22.99\00:36:25.85
but God has a
purpose for you and life.
00:36:25.88\00:36:28.48
God can determine
what He want's from you?
00:36:28.51\00:36:31.16
God will ask
something that is bigger of you,
00:36:31.19\00:36:33.97
than you think you are.
00:36:34.00\00:36:35.80
And he does that
00:36:35.83\00:36:36.89
because He wants
to reveal Himself.
00:36:36.92\00:36:39.06
It is through weakness
that he shows strength.
00:36:39.09\00:36:41.79
When I'm weak then am I strong.
00:36:41.82\00:36:46.42
And if I didn't believe that one
00:36:46.45\00:36:48.39
I wouldn't be
standing here tonight.
00:36:48.42\00:36:51.05
And there's a lot
of people in this room
00:36:51.08\00:36:52.55
who wouldn't be
standing here at all ever
00:36:52.58\00:36:56.28
because it be scared
to death of standing here.
00:36:56.31\00:37:00.09
But if God would call
you to it don't back off
00:37:00.12\00:37:04.76
because you can do all things.
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.09
Nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
00:37:06.12\00:37:10.78
And all that it means,
is believing every word
00:37:10.81\00:37:14.67
that proceeds out
of the mouth of God.
00:37:14.70\00:37:17.71
All things for we
know, it says, for "we know
00:37:17.74\00:37:21.65
that all things work together
00:37:21.68\00:37:23.92
for good to them
that love the Lord."
00:37:23.95\00:37:26.23
Everybody knows that promise.
00:37:26.26\00:37:28.89
Everyone, almost everyone
has this promise memorized,
00:37:28.92\00:37:32.91
the problem with this promise
00:37:32.94\00:37:34.49
of course is we
don't believe it.
00:37:34.52\00:37:36.99
I had a friend
came to us in Zambia.
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.17
He was an ophthalmologist,
00:37:39.20\00:37:40.39
he came to do
some cataract surgery.
00:37:40.42\00:37:42.45
He was 82-years-old,
00:37:42.48\00:37:43.70
he hadn't done cataract
surgery in quite some times,
00:37:43.73\00:37:46.59
he was quite nervous
about doing cataract surgery
00:37:46.62\00:37:49.70
but when he did do it
he did a fantastic job,
00:37:49.73\00:37:52.20
this was wonderful.
00:37:52.23\00:37:53.46
But one day he heard me
preaching on Romans 8:28,
00:37:53.49\00:37:57.51
"All things work
together for good to them
00:37:57.54\00:37:59.35
that love the Lord."
00:37:59.38\00:38:00.41
And he was angry.
00:38:00.44\00:38:01.51
We had lunch
together and he was stewing
00:38:01.54\00:38:04.21
and finally he just exploded
00:38:04.24\00:38:06.46
because he said there
is one verse in the Bible
00:38:06.49\00:38:08.61
that isn't true
and I can prove it.
00:38:08.64\00:38:11.76
Now how many of
you would like to be--
00:38:11.79\00:38:13.31
would be able to say I
know one verse in the Bible
00:38:13.34\00:38:15.62
that isn't true
and I can prove it?
00:38:15.65\00:38:17.69
Well, wouldn't
stretch ourselves that far
00:38:17.72\00:38:20.13
but he was sure
that he could prove it.
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.77
You see, he had been
in a concentration camp
00:38:21.80\00:38:24.56
in Japan for four years
00:38:24.59\00:38:26.79
and he said nothing
good ever came off this.
00:38:26.82\00:38:31.24
Well, friends, he didn't realize
00:38:31.27\00:38:34.49
that if you
don't believe a promise
00:38:34.52\00:38:36.12
you negate the promise
that you don't believe,
00:38:36.15\00:38:38.19
it's just that simple.
00:38:38.22\00:38:39.62
Obviously
nothing good came of it
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.51
because he couldn't
trust God to draw out that
00:38:41.54\00:38:44.56
which was good
in that situation.
00:38:44.59\00:38:48.92
Not very long ago
00:38:48.95\00:38:51.15
and I don't know if
my daughter is watching
00:38:51.18\00:38:54.04
I'm going to
tell the story on her.
00:38:54.07\00:38:56.48
She called me some
three, four years ago.
00:38:56.51\00:38:58.88
I was at a gas pump
in Loveland, Colorado
00:38:58.91\00:39:02.92
and my phone rings
and it's my daughter
00:39:02.95\00:39:05.29
and she is crying.
00:39:05.32\00:39:06.99
She is crying, God
doesn't love me anymore.
00:39:07.02\00:39:10.20
He doesn't hear
my prayers anymore.
00:39:10.23\00:39:12.55
I mean, I don't know
what to believe anymore
00:39:12.58\00:39:14.96
and on and on she had
been trying to buy a house,
00:39:14.99\00:39:17.73
this was house number
three or four or whatever it was
00:39:17.76\00:39:20.71
and every deal
had fallen through
00:39:20.74\00:39:23.14
and she was so discouraged
00:39:23.17\00:39:24.71
because she just, just
couldn't get to buy a house
00:39:24.74\00:39:28.45
she wanted one passionately.
00:39:28.48\00:39:30.80
So I said to her,
00:39:30.83\00:39:32.06
well, Julie, don't you know
that all things work together
00:39:32.09\00:39:36.14
for good to them
that love the Lord.
00:39:36.17\00:39:37.92
Yes, I know that's what it
says but it's not true for me.
00:39:37.95\00:39:42.72
I said, well, that's true.
00:39:42.75\00:39:43.78
It's not true for you
because you don't believe it.
00:39:43.81\00:39:47.36
So I went home being a dad
and doing what a dad should do.
00:39:47.39\00:39:51.96
I went home and wrote an email,
00:39:51.99\00:39:53.45
actually it was a sermon
in an email on Romans 8:28
00:39:53.48\00:39:59.09
and I sent it to her.
00:39:59.12\00:40:00.65
She called me back
two or three days later
00:40:00.68\00:40:02.97
and I answered the
phone and she said, "Dad."
00:40:03.00\00:40:06.48
I said, "Yeah."
00:40:06.51\00:40:08.39
She said, "I repent."
00:40:08.42\00:40:14.60
Little while after that
the Lord gave her the house
00:40:14.63\00:40:17.32
that she wanted
and she is gonna live
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.53
happily ever after maybe.
00:40:19.56\00:40:23.68
Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:23.71\00:40:26.39
Hard to believe
God's promises, right.
00:40:26.42\00:40:30.46
In Luke 19:10 it says,
00:40:30.49\00:40:33.52
"Nothing shall by
any means hurt you."
00:40:33.55\00:40:37.65
Nothing?
00:40:37.68\00:40:39.16
It doesn't make
any sense at all.
00:40:39.19\00:40:41.18
Oh, friends, it doesn't make
00:40:41.21\00:40:42.28
any sense at all
unless you believe it.
00:40:42.31\00:40:45.64
Do you know that God
can override anything?
00:40:45.67\00:40:49.31
You know that God
means exactly what he says.
00:40:49.34\00:40:52.10
In Luke 10:19
00:40:52.13\00:40:54.86
Jesus is speaking
directly to His disciples.
00:40:54.89\00:40:58.01
And when He is speaking
directly to His disciples
00:40:58.04\00:41:00.73
He is speaking directly to you,
He is speaking directly to me.
00:41:00.76\00:41:04.12
If you claim to be a
disciple of Jesus Christ
00:41:04.15\00:41:07.01
and His word to you and I is
00:41:07.04\00:41:09.20
"Nothing shall by
any means hurt you."
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.35
Do you know what nothing means?
00:41:12.38\00:41:16.99
Now I suppose
you stubbed your toe,
00:41:17.02\00:41:18.78
I supposed you
hammered your nail,
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.41
I suppose you bit
your lip or your tongue
00:41:20.44\00:41:22.78
and it hurts, right.
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.02
This isn't what
Jesus is talking about.
00:41:24.05\00:41:26.39
Jesus is looking
at the big picture
00:41:26.42\00:41:28.51
and He says I don't care
what the devil throws at you.
00:41:28.54\00:41:31.37
By the time its
over, big picture,
00:41:31.40\00:41:34.05
nothing shall by
any means hurt you
00:41:34.08\00:41:36.65
because I will take
what the devil throws at you,
00:41:36.68\00:41:39.30
I will turn it
to your advantage.
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.29
Can you believe it?
00:41:41.32\00:41:43.92
Oh, friends,
it's true, it's true.
00:41:43.95\00:41:47.19
It's been true in my life.
00:41:47.22\00:41:49.33
You know, a lot of
people I guess would like to say
00:41:49.36\00:41:51.85
yeah, yeah, it's
true for a little while
00:41:51.88\00:41:54.02
but wait someday
something is going to happen
00:41:54.05\00:41:56.75
and you're gonna question
whether this is true or not.
00:41:56.78\00:41:59.00
Well, I don't know.
00:41:59.03\00:42:00.22
I had been a Seventh-day
Adventist for 39 years
00:42:00.25\00:42:03.66
and it's been true for 39 years.
00:42:03.69\00:42:06.13
Yeah, yeah, but
you are getting older
00:42:06.16\00:42:09.26
and wait until you
hit 70, 75, 80, 85.
00:42:09.29\00:42:13.55
I don't know if
I'll get that far
00:42:13.58\00:42:14.80
but if I should hit that,
00:42:14.83\00:42:16.05
you know, after
that nothing works
00:42:16.08\00:42:17.74
together for good,
nothing works at all.
00:42:17.77\00:42:21.17
Well, that means just for some.
00:42:21.20\00:42:24.81
Yeah. I don't know really.
00:42:24.84\00:42:29.01
Yeah, now it's still true.
00:42:29.04\00:42:33.16
God has a good thing
going, He really does.
00:42:33.19\00:42:36.04
Do you know that He
brings us into this world
00:42:36.07\00:42:39.33
young and vibrant
and healthy and strong
00:42:39.36\00:42:44.04
and the older we
go the more we weaken?
00:42:44.07\00:42:47.09
The temptation
when we are strong
00:42:47.12\00:42:49.23
is to trust in our strength.
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.23
Does that make sense?
00:42:51.26\00:42:52.29
Of course, and He
has given us talent
00:42:52.32\00:42:54.33
and when we are
young, we are good looking
00:42:54.36\00:42:56.73
and when we are
young we are powerful
00:42:56.76\00:42:58.71
and when we are young
we are on top of the world
00:42:58.74\00:43:01.04
and everything is wonderful
00:43:01.07\00:43:02.97
and its hard to believe
or its hard to be dependent
00:43:03.00\00:43:06.50
on someone outside of yourself
00:43:06.53\00:43:08.19
when you have everything
inside of yourself, you see.
00:43:08.22\00:43:11.12
But God says, I've got a plan,
00:43:11.15\00:43:13.82
I've got a plan.
00:43:13.85\00:43:15.99
You know, what's gonna happen?
00:43:16.02\00:43:17.11
You're gonna grow old.
00:43:17.14\00:43:20.21
And year by year this strength
00:43:20.24\00:43:22.35
and this beauty
and this intelligence
00:43:22.38\00:43:24.71
and everything else
00:43:24.74\00:43:25.77
that you are banking
on today will decline.
00:43:25.80\00:43:28.78
It will decline.
00:43:28.81\00:43:32.25
And the older we
get the more dependent
00:43:32.28\00:43:34.88
we are on people around us
00:43:34.91\00:43:36.75
and the more we
begin to feel our weakness
00:43:36.78\00:43:39.10
and the Bible says
00:43:39.13\00:43:40.29
"When I'm weak
then am in strong."
00:43:40.32\00:43:44.39
Do you see how
God has organized it
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.24
so He can save us?
00:43:46.27\00:43:47.60
Yeah.
00:43:47.63\00:43:49.70
What is justification
by faith the question that
00:43:49.73\00:43:52.04
Ellen White ask and she answers?
00:43:52.07\00:43:55.47
She says it is the
work of God, two things.
00:43:55.50\00:43:59.18
I'm gonna tell you the
second thing is to do for man
00:43:59.21\00:44:02.14
what the man
cannot do for himself.
00:44:02.17\00:44:04.35
I would like for God
to do everything for me
00:44:04.38\00:44:06.57
that I cannot do for myself.
00:44:06.60\00:44:08.32
But He can't do it
unless He does that first thing.
00:44:08.35\00:44:11.71
And do you know what it is?
00:44:11.74\00:44:13.39
To lay the glory
of man in the dust.
00:44:13.42\00:44:17.67
He has to do that for
every soul in the world.
00:44:17.70\00:44:19.94
It's a promise.
00:44:19.97\00:44:21.37
It's a promise
and He will do it.
00:44:21.40\00:44:24.10
In Heavenly
Places, page 265, it says,
00:44:24.13\00:44:30.45
"He is the orderer
of all our experiences."
00:44:30.48\00:44:34.05
How many?
00:44:34.08\00:44:35.44
All.
00:44:35.47\00:44:36.57
Does that make any sense?
00:44:36.60\00:44:38.44
Ministry of Healing, 417,
00:44:38.47\00:44:40.82
and He only orders that
which His providence is best.
00:44:40.85\00:44:44.64
Nothing happens
to you by chance.
00:44:44.67\00:44:48.37
Mount of Blessing,
71, I don't have it here,
00:44:48.40\00:44:51.09
I'm having to
depend on my poor brain.
00:44:51.12\00:44:53.50
But in-- I'm
going to paraphrase it.
00:44:53.53\00:44:56.84
In Mount of Blessing, 71,
00:44:56.87\00:44:58.98
Ellen White pictures
God's people abiding in Jesus
00:44:59.01\00:45:03.20
and when we are abiding in
Him we are surrounded by Him
00:45:03.23\00:45:06.69
and everything that comes to us,
00:45:06.72\00:45:08.23
has come to us through Him.
00:45:08.26\00:45:10.22
And nothing gets to
us but by His permission.
00:45:10.25\00:45:14.61
And what He
permits will work together
00:45:14.64\00:45:18.12
for good to them that love Him,
00:45:18.15\00:45:20.25
to them that abide in Him.
00:45:20.28\00:45:22.26
What amazing promises
00:45:22.29\00:45:24.88
and how
positive, how optimistic,
00:45:24.91\00:45:28.66
how full of faith,
how full of confidence,
00:45:28.69\00:45:31.91
how full of joy
should God's people be.
00:45:31.94\00:45:34.84
Shouldn't we?
00:45:34.87\00:45:36.17
Yes, because we have a
God who has made promises
00:45:36.20\00:45:39.81
that are out of this
world, that blow me away.
00:45:39.84\00:45:42.39
If they don't blow
you, they blow me away.
00:45:42.42\00:45:44.73
In Desire of Ages, 224, it says,
00:45:44.76\00:45:47.10
if we could see the
end from the beginning
00:45:47.13\00:45:49.38
we would chose no
other way to be led
00:45:49.41\00:45:53.23
than the way in
which we have been led.
00:45:53.26\00:45:55.33
Now I got to bring a
balance to this for sure,
00:45:55.36\00:45:58.28
not everything
works together for good,
00:45:58.31\00:46:00.25
did you know that?
00:46:00.28\00:46:02.08
Now it says everything
00:46:02.11\00:46:03.82
but it's everything
outside of you that comes at you
00:46:03.85\00:46:06.47
that works together for good.
00:46:06.50\00:46:08.50
You what comes from inside
of you can destroy yourself.
00:46:08.53\00:46:13.53
You can me decisions,
00:46:13.56\00:46:15.42
you can tell God to
go jump in the lake.
00:46:15.45\00:46:17.53
You can tell Him you
don't want Him in your life.
00:46:17.56\00:46:19.55
You can turn your back on God.
00:46:19.58\00:46:21.55
You can devote your life to sin.
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.86
You can, and if you do you
will suffer the consequences,
00:46:23.89\00:46:28.90
this will not
work together for good.
00:46:28.93\00:46:30.81
I say that but
I've seen in my own life
00:46:30.84\00:46:33.56
when I've made mistakes
00:46:33.59\00:46:34.76
that God has taken
them to my advantage.
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.70
So there are some things we do,
00:46:36.73\00:46:38.41
some decisions we make
00:46:38.44\00:46:40.03
that do work together for good
00:46:40.06\00:46:43.19
but you can't kill yourself.
00:46:43.22\00:46:44.90
You can't
destroy yourself, yeah.
00:46:44.93\00:46:47.84
If we could see the
end from the beginning
00:46:47.87\00:46:51.46
we would chose no
other way to be led.
00:46:51.49\00:46:54.54
When we get to heaven
00:46:54.57\00:46:56.17
and we decide we're
gonna look back at our lives,
00:46:56.20\00:46:58.44
do you think at any time that
00:46:58.47\00:47:00.38
we are going to point at
some place in our experience
00:47:00.41\00:47:03.80
where God made a
mistake, do you think?
00:47:03.83\00:47:06.99
Now we may be able
to point to many places
00:47:07.02\00:47:09.28
where you and I
have made mistakes
00:47:09.31\00:47:11.55
and we have made
plenty of mistakes
00:47:11.58\00:47:13.35
but you will have
a hard time finding
00:47:13.38\00:47:15.22
for God has made a
mistake in your case.
00:47:15.25\00:47:18.09
There is no doubt about that.
00:47:18.12\00:47:21.89
Can you point, you expect
00:47:21.92\00:47:26.10
anything negative
in your future, don't.
00:47:26.13\00:47:31.04
Go with me to--
00:47:31.07\00:47:32.26
and we are done, just 3 minutes,
00:47:32.29\00:47:34.97
Jeremiah 29 you
know the verse very well.
00:47:35.00\00:47:39.10
Jeremiah 29, I wish I
had a different translation,
00:47:39.13\00:47:43.22
this is the King
James, Jeremiah 29:11.
00:47:43.25\00:47:48.69
God speaking He says,
"I know the thoughts,"
00:47:48.72\00:47:51.98
I know that plans,
00:47:52.01\00:47:54.03
"that I think
toward you, saith the Lord,
00:47:54.06\00:47:56.43
thoughts of
peace, and not of evil,
00:47:56.46\00:47:58.60
to give you an expected end."
00:47:58.63\00:48:00.75
To give you a wonderful future.
00:48:00.78\00:48:03.99
This is God's
plan for your life.
00:48:04.02\00:48:07.52
Is it true?
00:48:07.55\00:48:11.21
Even today is it true,
00:48:11.24\00:48:13.79
when we watch the
world where we see
00:48:13.82\00:48:15.41
what's happening in
the world is it still true?
00:48:15.44\00:48:18.16
Will it be true in
the time of the trouble?
00:48:18.19\00:48:20.94
Will it be true during
the battle of Armageddon?
00:48:20.97\00:48:23.63
Oh, friends, listen,
God's promises are true.
00:48:23.66\00:48:29.29
They are true to
God's people all the time.
00:48:29.32\00:48:32.96
I'm not saying that we
are not gonna have a hard time
00:48:32.99\00:48:34.99
during the time of trouble.
00:48:35.02\00:48:36.05
It will be the worst
time, it will be the worst time
00:48:36.08\00:48:39.19
that we ever experienced, ever.
00:48:39.22\00:48:42.98
But if you have focused
on Jesus during your lifetime
00:48:43.01\00:48:47.34
before the time of trouble,
if you have made Him your God,
00:48:47.37\00:48:52.78
if you have
believed His promises,
00:48:52.81\00:48:55.50
if He means everything to you
00:48:55.53\00:48:57.88
and you do mean
everything to Him by the way.
00:48:57.91\00:49:01.59
Then whether we go
through a time of trouble
00:49:01.62\00:49:03.34
or the battle of Armageddon
or a little time of trouble
00:49:03.37\00:49:05.68
or the national Sunday
law, or we get thrown in jail
00:49:05.71\00:49:08.33
or we get exiled on an
island it won't matter a hoot
00:49:08.36\00:49:12.88
because God will be there.
00:49:12.91\00:49:16.39
Lift up your heads
is what the Bible says.
00:49:16.42\00:49:19.38
Look up, look a little higher
and keep your gaze up there.
00:49:19.41\00:49:24.16
Don't be grappling in
the things down here below.
00:49:24.19\00:49:26.91
Set your
affections on things above
00:49:26.94\00:49:29.52
and not on the
things of this world.
00:49:29.55\00:49:31.95
And friends, the Lord
will carry us through.
00:49:31.98\00:49:35.44
How many people are
negative and pessimistic
00:49:35.47\00:49:40.55
and discouraged and depressed?
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.69
Now I understand
there's chemical depression
00:49:43.72\00:49:45.59
has nothing to do with
faith or lack of faith.
00:49:45.62\00:49:48.00
I understand there
is lot of variables
00:49:48.03\00:49:50.32
still in all, still in all.
00:49:50.35\00:49:52.91
Is God not there and
His word is it not true?
00:49:52.94\00:49:59.06
What do you think?
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.84
Oh, yes.
00:50:00.87\00:50:02.59
I would like to invite
you to just bow with me
00:50:02.62\00:50:06.91
and we're gonna talk
to the Lord about this.
00:50:06.94\00:50:10.04
Heavenly Father,
Lord, its a blessing
00:50:10.07\00:50:13.64
to look at Your promises.
00:50:13.67\00:50:16.10
To see how big they are.
00:50:16.13\00:50:19.49
To see what they mean.
00:50:19.52\00:50:23.35
To see what they would do for us
00:50:23.38\00:50:24.91
if we actually believe them.
00:50:24.94\00:50:27.46
If we actually made
decisions in harmony
00:50:27.49\00:50:30.35
with the will
of God the promises
00:50:30.38\00:50:32.26
will all be fulfilled
to us and we thank You
00:50:32.29\00:50:34.96
and we thank You
and we thank You.
00:50:34.99\00:50:36.75
We know that You are
God. We know that You love us.
00:50:36.78\00:50:40.51
We know that You
gone to the cross.
00:50:40.54\00:50:42.28
We know that You
paid the penalty.
00:50:42.31\00:50:44.06
We know that You offer
us Your own righteousness.
00:50:44.09\00:50:46.89
Oh, Lord, my assurance
is in what You have done
00:50:46.92\00:50:50.71
and in nothing that I've done
00:50:50.74\00:50:52.62
I depend on your
merits, You are God.
00:50:52.65\00:50:56.81
Thank You for
being my God and our God
00:50:56.84\00:51:00.04
and bless us this
weekend heavenly Father,
00:51:00.07\00:51:03.60
bless with thy Holy Spirit.
00:51:03.63\00:51:06.32
Everyone that is going
to speak here in this pulpit
00:51:06.35\00:51:09.46
and in the seminars and
may we go home with power.
00:51:09.49\00:51:13.90
We thank You in
Jesus name, amen.
00:51:13.93\00:51:16.56
God bless you.
00:51:19.52\00:51:21.87
My heart is
filled with thankfulness
00:51:39.99\00:51:47.43
To Him who bore my pain
00:51:47.46\00:51:53.54
Who plumbed the
depths of my disgrace
00:51:53.57\00:52:01.49
And gave me life again
00:52:01.52\00:52:08.08
Who crushed my
curse of sinfulness
00:52:08.11\00:52:15.54
And clothed me in His light
00:52:15.57\00:52:21.82
And wrote His
law of righteousness
00:52:21.85\00:52:29.08
With pow'r upon my heart
00:52:29.11\00:52:35.28
My heart is
filled with thankfulness
00:52:47.99\00:52:55.44
To Him who walks beside
00:52:55.47\00:53:01.73
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace
00:53:01.76\00:53:09.20
Whose ev'ry thought is love
00:53:09.23\00:53:15.18
For ev'ry day I have on earth
00:53:15.21\00:53:21.80
Is given by the King
00:53:21.83\00:53:27.86
So I will give my life, my all
00:53:27.89\00:53:35.85
To love and follow Him
00:53:35.88\00:53:42.18
My light is
filled with thankfulness
00:53:55.79\00:54:02.23
To Him who walks beside
00:54:02.26\00:54:07.45
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace
00:54:07.48\00:54:14.17
Whose ev'ry thought is love
00:54:14.20\00:54:19.55
For ev'ry day I have on earth
00:54:19.58\00:54:26.03
Is given by the King
00:54:26.06\00:54:31.75
So I will give my life, my all
00:54:31.78\00:54:39.56
To love and follow Him
00:54:39.59\00:54:45.48
To love
00:54:51.28\00:54:53.65
And follow Him
00:54:53.68\00:55:01.13
When you prayed
beneath the trees
00:55:28.25\00:55:32.05
It was for me, O Lord
00:55:32.08\00:55:36.34
When you cried upon your knees
00:55:36.37\00:55:40.05
How could it be, O Lord?
00:55:40.08\00:55:44.58
When in blood
and sweat and tears
00:55:44.61\00:55:48.57
You dismissed your final fears
00:55:48.60\00:55:52.81
When you faced
the soldiers' spears
00:55:52.84\00:55:56.65
You stood for me
00:55:56.68\00:56:01.40
O Lord
00:56:01.43\00:56:05.83
When their
triumph looked complete
00:56:09.87\00:56:14.04
It was for me, O Lord
00:56:14.07\00:56:18.16
When it seemed like Your defeat
00:56:18.19\00:56:21.74
They could not see
00:56:21.77\00:56:24.09
O Lord!
00:56:24.12\00:56:26.43
When You faced the mob alone
00:56:26.46\00:56:30.42
You were silent as a stone
00:56:30.45\00:56:34.52
And a tree became Your throne
00:56:34.55\00:56:38.14
You came for me
00:56:38.17\00:56:42.73
O Lord
00:56:42.76\00:56:47.20
When you stumbled up the road
00:56:59.56\00:57:03.44
You walked for me
00:57:03.47\00:57:05.93
O Lord
00:57:05.96\00:57:08.24
When you took your deadly load
00:57:08.27\00:57:12.21
That heavy tree
00:57:12.24\00:57:14.72
O Lord
00:57:14.75\00:57:16.91
When they lifted you on high
00:57:16.94\00:57:21.51
And they nailed you up to die
00:57:21.54\00:57:26.14
And when darkness filled the sky
00:57:26.17\00:57:30.62
It was for me
00:57:30.65\00:57:33.86
For me,
00:57:33.89\00:57:37.60
O Lord
00:57:37.63\00:57:42.31