Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Jim Gilley (Host), John Lomacang
Series Code: 13HC
Program Code: 13HC000013
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00:44 I want to welcome all of you
00:47 to this final service of our Fall Homecoming Camp Meeting. 00:50 Have you been blessed so far? 00:52 Amen! Praise God. And I want to just welcome all of you 00:55 from around the world that are with us as well. 00:58 We know that God, by the power of His Holy Spirit, is 01:01 touching every one of our hearts 01:02 and drawing us closer to the Lord. 01:04 And Danny, isn't that what Camp Meeting's about? 01:06 Oh absolutely. And we have Pastor John Lomacang 01:10 then right after that Brother David Asscherick. 01:13 After that we'll have some good fellowship time here. 01:15 So it's been a great, great time together. 01:19 I have felt an anointing of the Holy Spirit. 01:21 Shelley said while ago she's never been so inspired 01:23 in a long time. Right, Shelley? 01:25 You got a microphone back there? I do have one. 01:27 I could just bobble my head I guess. 01:29 But you know, I was thinking as I was listening 01:33 not just to the sermons but to the reports 01:35 of what is going to happen in Russia. You know, going forward 01:40 by faith. And that's what inspires me is when it's not 01:44 what man does, but when God tells us to go, we go! 01:48 And there's so many wonderful things going on. 01:51 It's... I've just got Goosebumps this weekend 01:55 and I'm ready to go. 01:56 As the Bible says: we walk by faith and not by sight. 02:00 Because we can't see the way but God says "go anyway. " 02:04 Well if we tried to reason this thing out 02:07 we could never reason it out. But when we put our faith 02:09 and confidence in God He's never failed us. Right. 02:12 And Sr. White has a quote, and I've never have quite got it 02:15 down right but it goes something like this: 02:18 "Lest we forget what God has done for us in the past 02:24 we have nothing to fear for what's ahead. " 02:27 And so that is just what we do. 02:29 We look at what God has done in the past and know He's 02:31 the same yesterday, today, and forever. 02:35 And you know, we have such tremendous loyal supporters 02:39 of 3ABN. And two of those individuals 02:43 are today... they are celebrating their 50th 02:48 wedding anniversary. George and Tina Bame. 02:52 Often they're right here at Camp Meeting. 02:55 They're the little people that have big hearts 02:58 and have been big support to this ministry. 03:02 And George and Tina, we just want to wish you 03:05 a happy golden anniversary and pray that 03:10 you have many many more years to come. 03:14 Absolutely. And also Pat and Gene McClintock 03:16 have gone to Russia. My cousin Pat and her husband Gene 03:19 have done many series over there. It's their 50th 03:22 anniversary also. So we want to say happy anniversary 03:25 to you. Amen. All of this is happening because He lives, 03:27 right? So we want to hear you all join us in singing 03:30 Because He lives I can face tomorrow. 05:10 Amen. 05:13 Father, we just want to thank you so much, Lord. 05:15 Yes indeed, You do live. 05:18 Oh, what a wonderful wonderful gift! 05:21 Father, we thank you for this Sabbath day. 05:24 In my mind, Lord, this is a High Sabbath 05:28 because, Lord, of how You're touching all the hearts. 05:31 All the reports that we're getting, Lord, 05:34 we just thank you. Father, as we prepare for 05:36 this evening's service I just ask, Lord, 05:40 that each one of us be totally emptied of self 05:42 so that we can be filled with You. 05:44 Father, we love you; we thank you; 05:47 we give You praise and glory. 05:49 Thank you, Lord, for being in our hearts. 05:52 We thank you, thank you, thank you. Amen. 05:56 Amen. 05:57 J.D. Quinn, and he is 06:03 the head of our Pastoral Department. 06:06 He and I both have a mutual friend 06:08 who I almost said his name. 06:10 And it's just great to work with this group. 06:14 One of those that we enjoy working with the most is 06:17 Pastor C.D. Murray. 06:25 And Pastor C.A. is going to sing for us. 06:30 He's going to... Pastor C.D. Brooks: 06:34 you were on my mind. 06:38 Pastor C.D.Brooks is one of our great, great supporters. 06:42 And C.A. Murray's going to sing for us in lieu of Elder Brooks 06:47 not being here. Always good to play second fiddle, C.A. 06:54 And he's going to sing He Has Forgiven Me. 06:58 And after that, our pastor John Lomacang 07:02 will be bringing us the Word of God. 07:31 I know what it's like 07:35 to think of things I've done 07:40 and want to run and hide 07:44 my head in shame. 07:50 I know what it's like 07:54 to really hurt someone 07:59 and feel no sense of sorrow 08:04 at their pain. 08:09 Oh, but I know what it's like 08:13 to have enough of my disgrace 08:18 to find, because of Jesus' blood, 08:23 my sin can be erased. 08:30 He has 08:34 forgiven me 08:39 My sin has been washed 08:44 from His memory. 08:49 by the blood of the Lamb 08:54 of Calvary 09:00 He has 09:06 forgiven me. 09:13 Do you know what it's like 09:17 for God to be your friend? 09:23 To talk to Him 09:25 with nothing in between? 09:32 Do you know what it's like 09:36 when your day comes to an end 09:42 to sleep in peace 09:44 all because your heart is clean? 09:51 Do you know what it's like 09:55 when the accuser comes your way 10:00 to look him squarely in the eye 10:05 with confidence 10:07 and say: 10:15 "He has 10:20 forgiven me. 10:25 My sin has been washed 10:30 from His memory 10:35 by the blood of the Lamb 10:40 of Calvary 10:45 He has 10:49 forgiven me. " 10:54 He has 10:59 forgiven me. 11:03 My sin has been washed 11:08 from His memory 11:14 by the blood of the Lamb 11:18 of Calvary 11:23 He has 11:27 forgiven me. 11:35 By the blood of the Lamb 11:40 of Calvary 11:47 He has 11:52 forgiven 11:56 me. 12:11 Amen. 12:15 Thank you, Pastor C.A. 12:17 Good evening everyone! Good evening. 12:20 Now we know the sun is setting somewhere. 12:22 I think here is one of those places where the sun is 12:25 about to go down, but I'm going to beseech the Lord 12:28 for His glory that He would keep it warm 12:31 just a little longer. 12:33 Now I've got 44 minutes and 50-something seconds 12:37 and I'm not known to preach that short. 12:39 They've forced me into a labor camp that I'm not going to 12:44 spend a lot of time on, so you just bow your heads 12:47 with me as we go to the Lord in prayer. 12:50 Heavenly Father, thank you for this opportunity; 12:52 may Your name be glorified through it. 12:55 In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen. 13:00 The message is a message entitled 13:04 I Ain't Goin' Nowhere. 13:07 It's a title that makes English teachers screech 13:11 and stay up late wondering what on earth 13:14 does this preacher of 26 years do with a title that is 13:20 grammatically incorrect. 13:21 It was never intended to be grammatically correct. 13:24 It was intended to be my declaration. 13:26 No matter how bad it gets, 13:29 no matter how rough the road becomes, 13:32 no matter what Congress does or the President does, 13:36 no matter the storms of life 13:39 or the difficulties that will come our way, 13:41 I've made up my mind after 30 years of marriage 13:44 and 26 years of preaching I ain't goin' nowhere. 13:48 I don't care if the sky falls tomorrow or the ocean 13:51 overflows, the rains never cease until Jesus comes, 13:54 all the battles God has delivered me from 13:57 have given me resolve to say "I ain't goin' nowhere. " 14:02 You know, we are living at a time when Christians are 14:04 walking away from Christ for various reasons. 14:07 They all profess to know the Lord. 14:09 At one of the most pivotal times in the ministry of Jesus 14:14 when He had a tremendous crew of disciples to work with 14:17 for the reaching of souls, for the converting of lives, 14:22 at a pivotal moment when Jesus needed people 14:26 to preach the gospel, these words are recorded in the book 14:30 of John. It's in a book that sounds quite ominous 14:33 if you turn to it: John chapter 6 verse 66. 14:38 John 6:66. 14:43 What an appropriate passage 14:45 for such a disappointing message. 14:50 "From that time many of His disciples went back 14:53 and walked with Him no more" the Bible says. 14:56 "Then Jesus said to the twelve... " 14:58 He turned to the twelve. 15:00 He turned to His closest associates and He said to them: 15:03 "Do you also want to go away? " 15:07 "Simon answered Him: 'Lord, to whom shall we go? 15:11 You have the words of eternal life. ' " 15:16 October 22, 2012, 15:20 gave birth to a storm that became a great disappointment 15:24 to the state of New Jersey. 15:27 Hurricane Sandy became one of the most deadly storms 15:31 in United States history 15:33 second only to Hurricane Katrina. 15:37 It was a storm that racked up over 60 billion dollars 15:42 in damage. When you read the record 15:45 the newspaper said its force was felt from the sandy shores 15:48 of Florida to the tree-laden hills of Maine. 15:52 This Caribbean-born storm affected - they say - the entire 15:56 East Coast. But someone said "How could a tropical storm 16:00 named Sandy be such a threat? " 16:03 That's what the residents of Breezy Point in New York said. 16:08 "How could something with the name Sandy be so horrific? " 16:13 But 65 billion dollars later the stories began to roll in. 16:17 Sandy quickly lost the stage to a governor that 16:22 most politicians thought they knew until the hurricane came. 16:27 That's usually how it is. 16:30 People think they know who you are 16:32 until the storms of life come. Isn't that right? 16:36 Seaside Heights Boardwalk, a landmark that defined New Jersey 16:40 for decades, was almost completely ravaged. 16:44 But, in the midst of a political storm 16:48 wondering who the next president was going to be, 16:51 this pivotal man, 16:54 quite unusual to the likings of many, 16:58 quite not a presidential candidate as some people 17:01 looked at him and said - but I take my hat off 17:04 even to this day for the courage he had 17:07 at a time when it was needed - 17:08 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped up to the 17:12 plate, rolled up his sleeves, and revealed who he is. 17:17 Political. com jumped on the story 17:20 because they felt that at a moment so necessary 17:23 for the political front lines, at a moment so necessary 17:27 when Republicans needed all the support they could - 17:30 especially from this man - it seemed as though he abandoned 17:33 his stage and began to reach across the aisle 17:37 at a time when they thought they needed him the most. 17:41 It became a hotbed story, but this is what Governor Christie 17:45 said... and I just want to tell you, I cleaned it up for TV. 17:50 He says: "I've got a job to do here in New Jersey 17:52 that's much bigger than presidential politics 17:56 and I could care less about all that stuff. 17:58 I've got 2.4 million people out of power. 18:01 I've got a devastated shore. I've got floods on the north 18:05 part of my state, and if you think right now 18:07 that I care about presidential politics 18:09 then you don't know me. " 18:12 That's what he said. 18:13 Unfortunately that was not the last headline 18:16 for the New Jersey governor, Governor Chris Christie, 18:21 for recently just a few weeks ago another disaster 18:25 hit the very same area. 18:29 The shores of New Jersey experienced - in the midst of 18:32 recovering from Hurricane Sandy - 18:35 another devastating report made the breaking news 18:40 as the stores that were being rebuilt - 50 of them - 18:43 in the very same location were completely devastated 18:47 by a fire... of which they thought the origin was 18:50 quite strange. But once again, Governor Christie held the 18:54 reins. He said: "I can see that you all are tired now. 18:57 I'm tired too... but my last choice is surrender. 19:01 And we're not going to surrender because you're not alone. " 19:05 He says: "We've been through blizzards. 19:07 We've been through nor'easters, hurricanes, and now a fire 19:10 and I've had enough with that. " 19:12 He continued: "Now we're going to make sure that the people 19:16 here get the help that they need and we are going to rebuild. " 19:20 And speaking about the fire he said: 19:22 "All that Thursday night did to me was to seal my commitment 19:27 to taking a stand. " 19:29 Governor Christie was no longer defined by his politics. 19:32 He was defined by his response in time of crisis. 19:37 And so I've got to ask the question... I mean 19:39 it begs to be answered, it begs an answer from Christians who 19:43 are living on the midst of a stage that's replete with one 19:47 crisis after the other: "How do you respond 19:50 in the hour of crisis? " 19:53 My brothers and my sisters, those of you that are tuning in, 19:55 we are living on the stage of the storms of the last days. 20:00 As Governor Christie said we've been through storms 20:02 and it's going to get worse before it gets better. 20:06 We've had health storms and family storms, 20:09 financial storms, faith storms, relationship storms, 20:12 marriage storms, and spiritual storms... but as last-day 20:17 Christians - I've got to borrow what Governor Christie says: 20:20 "We've got to seal our commit- ment to keep on standing. " 20:24 What do you say? Amen! 20:26 And what you need to know is if we commit it, God can keep it. 20:29 Say it: "If we commit it, God can keep it. " 20:32 Come on, say that: "If we commit it, God can keep it. " 20:35 Paul the apostle told a fledgling minister, that 20:38 young man Timothy... he said: 20:40 "I am persuaded that He is able 20:42 to keep that which I've committed unto Him 20:44 until that day. " We've got to be committed today. 20:48 We've got a message. We've got just a few more steps 20:52 to make before we make it into the Promised Land. 20:55 And as I said in the beginning: "I ain't goin' nowhere. " 20:57 Come on somebody... say "Amen" to that. Amen! 20:59 You see, you can't control the wind but you can control 21:02 your sails. Don't tell God how big your mountains are. 21:05 Tell your mountains how big your God is. 21:07 Come on, what do you say? If God brings us to it, 21:11 God can bring us through it. 21:13 And stop seeing storms in every opportunity. 21:16 We need to begin to see opportunities in every storm. 21:20 I've learned over the years... We've had a lot of storms. 21:23 You know, if you've been married 30 years you've had some 21:25 storms. Come on, old people... say "Amen. " 21:27 Let's encourage the young folk. 21:29 If you've been married more than 20 years, you've had storms. 21:34 My wife and I can count our storms, 21:37 but one thing we have learned from God and the reason why 21:40 God has allowed storms to come is because character is not 21:44 developed in the storm, character is revealed 21:47 during times of storm. 21:49 The reason why that's so vitally important is because 21:52 most of the time you don't really know who people are 21:54 until they get their storms. Come on, isn't that right? 21:56 I mean, sometimes you see people walking through the 21:58 church. "How is everything going? " "Oh pastor, 22:01 it's such a wonderful Sabbath" and all of a sudden 22:03 the storms hit and you don't see them for weeks 22:05 and months at a time because they have not trusted God... 22:09 Let me rephrase that: until we trust God 22:13 before the storms it's going to be difficult 22:16 to trust God when the storms come. 22:20 You don't really know people until storms come, 22:23 which brings me to my first point. I only have four tonight. 22:26 Sometimes I have seven; I only have time for four. 22:29 The first point is very important: 22:31 the certainty of storms. 22:33 Storms will come, isn't that right? 22:36 Paul the apostle when he was a prisoner 22:39 when he was on his way to Rome in shackles 22:42 in handcuffs, he appealed to Caesar, knowing that he was 22:46 not only Jewish but he was also a Roman citizen. 22:49 And Acts chapter 27 verses 13 and 14 22:52 gives us a glimpse as to why people are continuing to live 22:56 as though there will be no more storms on the horizon. 22:59 Listen to what the Bible says. Acts chapter 27 23:01 and verse 13. And the Bible says in the midst of this 23:05 journey on Paul's way to Rome the Bible says in verse 13: 23:10 "When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had 23:16 obtained their desire, putting out to sea they sailed 23:20 close to Crete. " In other words when the winds began to blow 23:25 softly they thought that things were going to be just fine. 23:28 But what the Bible didn't tell you... see in the story 23:30 if you read that entire story... which I preached a sermon 23:33 many years ago entitled "I Believe God. " 23:37 Paul warned them that even though the winds were blowing 23:41 softly the storm was on the way. 23:45 You see, the harbinger of a storm 23:48 on the horizon is the soft blowing wind. 23:51 It's a sure indication that... Here's the fact: 23:54 when a storm is in the forecast 23:57 don't ignore the winds just because they're blowing softly. 24:02 When you look at the video footage of Breezy Point in 24:05 New York City you remember that those who stood on the shore... 24:08 They've got the footage of residents standing at the 24:11 oceanfront when the emergency system was broadcasting 24:16 "Leave your homes. There's a storm coming... devastating 24:20 in its impact. " And they stood there and they said: 24:22 "We've never had storms before. 24:24 We have survived every hurricane that's come our way. " 24:29 And they thought that because they'd never had a devastating 24:31 storm that they were exempt from devastating storms. 24:36 Until the next morning... and you've seen the video footage. 24:39 You've seen the homes burning all through the night. 24:41 More than 100 or 150 homes devastated not just by the winds 24:46 and by the water but by the fire. 24:48 You see, we've got to pay attention. 24:50 It may be blowing softly now but I want to tell the church 24:53 today: there's a storm on the horizon 24:55 intense in its fury. 24:58 When the morning came it revealed their sense of security 25:02 had proved to be a false sense of security. 25:06 Just a few weeks ago my wife and I rejoiced. 25:09 We don't have a lot of money in stocks. We don't play the 25:11 stock market. Just to make it very clear, the conference 25:14 puts away money for our retirement. And we go so excited 25:17 when they said that the stocks hit an all-time high. 25:20 Anybody else? 25:22 Come on... somebody say "Amen. " 25:24 Amen. Some of you guys have got money out there. 25:26 You don't want to admit it on air. 25:29 But we got so excited that the stocks had topped 15,000 25:33 points for the first time in I don't remember how long they 25:36 said. And we said: "Oh, beautiful! " 25:42 But they said it may be a different story next week. 25:47 People rejoiced when the stock market went up, 25:50 but I want to tell you once again: when things are going 25:53 good, the soft winds are a harbinger that the storms 25:56 are on the way. And right now we're facing the fact 25:59 that the stock market may make a drop worse than it has ever done 26:02 in history because of what's going to happen on Monday 26:06 or what might happen on Monday. 26:10 For those of you who don't watch television, there's a 26:12 threat of a government shutdown on Monday. 26:14 But I want to tell you today, I don't care if the government 26:16 shuts down... I'm in God's hands. What do you say? 26:18 We put too much power in the hands of political men and women 26:23 because somehow we think that they've got the answer. 26:26 I've said this before but it fits right here: 26:28 my mind is not on the White House it's on the right house. 26:30 What do you say? And God's still on THAT throne. 26:33 Nobody has beat Him in any election. What do you say? 26:37 The devil made a campaign pitch and he got kicked out. 26:42 But I also learned that storms don't care about your plans. 26:46 Storms don't care about your financial strength. 26:49 Storms don't care about our possessions and storms don't 26:51 care about who we think we are. 26:53 Isaiah the prophet said in Isaiah 24 verses 2 and 3- 26:56 you write this down because we don't have time to wait for you 26:58 to turn there - talking about the storms: 27:01 "And it shall be as with the people so with the priest, 27:04 as with the servant so with the master, 27:06 as with the maid so with her mistress, 27:09 as with the buyer so with the seller, 27:11 as with the lender so with the borrower, 27:13 as with the creditor so with the debtor, 27:15 the land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered 27:19 for the Lord has spoken it. " When troubled times 27:23 finally hit this world, the way that God sees it 27:25 nobody is going to escape except those that are standing 27:29 in the secret place of the Most High. 27:32 They shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 27:38 "Then they will be able to say: 'I will say of the Lord 27:41 He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Him will I trust. ' " 27:46 Every time I get discouraged I go to Psalm 91. 27:49 It has become a favorite verse in our family. 27:52 My wife's family enjoys that and I early adopted that 27:55 because there is a place that God can keep any storm of life 28:00 from touching His children. Can you say "Amen" to that? 28:03 In Evangelism Ellen White says - page 199 she says: 28:07 "The storm is coming relentless in its fury. " 28:10 And she asks the question: "Are we ready to meet it? " 28:14 A few years ago my wife and I decided to get a very 28:17 inexpensive air fare. Now if you go down to the Virgin Islands 28:20 the inexpensive air fares are often during hurricane season. 28:25 Just a tap on the shoulder. 28:28 We went down there because we had been to the Virgin Islands. 28:30 We've been there every year since the late 90's 28:33 and we said "It's always been wonderful. " 28:35 So we decided we're going to go ahead. "I know it's hurricane 28:37 season - just getting started - but we've never had that 28:39 experience before. " We got down there and as sure as 28:42 we said we'd never had that ex- perience we had that experience. 28:45 We got some video footage standing on the balcony of our 28:50 room where we stayed and videotaping the storm. 28:54 And we looked at each other and said: "That's what we get 28:57 for coming to St. Thomas during the hurricane season. " 29:00 Which means... my second point... 29:03 my brothers and sisters storms are a part of this life. 29:10 Don't think of storms as strange. 29:14 Storms are not unusual. 29:16 Storms and sin were born at the same time. 29:20 They've got the same birthdate. 29:23 Trials, heartaches, pain, 29:27 death: they were all born together. 29:31 That's why Peter says in I Peter chapter 4 and verse 12 29:33 "Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery 29:38 trial which is to try you as though some strange thing 29:44 happened to you. " 29:46 The reason why this point is important to me is because 29:48 there are some Christians that have embraced some teaching 29:50 somewhere that when you become a Christian then all of a sudden 29:53 storms are taken out of your backpack. 29:57 I don't know if it's the prosperity gospel. 29:59 I don't know where that idea came from, but somehow 30:02 Christians are beginning to embrace this idea 30:05 that now that I'm a Christian storms are no longer a part 30:08 of my experience. Can I just make it very clear: 30:11 that's a lie. Am I telling the truth? Yes! 30:14 As a matter of fact, let me make it even clearer. 30:17 You see, before you gave your life to the Lord you were 30:19 sitting up in the bleachers somewhere. 30:22 But once you get out of those bleachers and get on the field 30:25 and you're in the football game you've got to put your helmet 30:27 on. Come on, somebody, tell me: 30:28 you've got to put your helmet on. Amen. 30:29 You've got to get you some reliable shoulder pads, 30:33 and you've got to make up your mind that somebody's going to 30:35 hit you and they're going to hit you hard. 30:36 And I'll tell you exactly who that is: that's the devil 30:38 and his angels. If you've been around long enough, 30:41 you know the devil can hit hard. Am I telling the truth? 30:43 He knows how to hit hard. 30:45 He knows how to hit hard. 30:48 And nobody knows that better than me that lives down here in 30:51 southern Illinois playing basketball with guys that 30:54 bale hay for a living. 30:59 I've been walking around today with my little finger in the 31:03 center of my chest. Man, I'll tell you: I'm learning 31:05 the hard way. I love basketball, but man, 31:07 I need to go back to New York 31:09 where people keep their hands off of you. 31:12 They keep hitting me down here. 31:14 I moved down to southern Illinois; I got hit in the head 31:17 one night so hard Danny ran to the house with me 31:19 and said: "Angie, we're taking him to emergency. 31:21 He's hearing a bell in his head. " 31:24 They took me to the hospital and they just said: 31:26 "Well answer the phone! " 31:30 Next time I was playing basketball down at Marion 31:33 at this big old Baptist church. A guy 270 pounds 31:35 fell on my leg and for the whole year I was in a cast. 31:39 Said: "How did you get that? " "Playing basketball 31:40 in southern Illinois. " If that was not bad enough, 31:44 now it's been almost four years now - yes - 31:47 September 29th of this year will be four years 31:50 that I got hit in my throat, almost lost my voice 31:52 right over there in that gymnasium. 31:54 You ought to tell Danny get some different people 31:55 to play with us. 31:58 And just Tuesday now I got hit in the center of my chest. 32:00 The guy is so built he didn't even know he hit me. 32:02 I told him after the game... I said: "You hit me. " 32:04 I had to stop the game. I couldn't even lift my arms. 32:07 Last night I told my wife: "Honey, I want to roll over 32:09 and hug you. " But I couldn't even roll over. 32:13 I know the devil knows how to hit. 32:15 That's why when I was in high school and I was on the football 32:17 team... look at me and say: "Lord have mercy. " 32:20 I was on the football team. 32:22 I remember I played my second game. I got hit by a guy that 32:26 was twice my weight. You know what I did after that 32:29 play was done, Bro. Dick? I took my helmet, 32:31 went over to the bench, took it off, 32:34 and said to Coach Caruso who was an Italian who was not 32:39 a Christian... I won't tell you what he said. 32:43 But I said: "Coach, I'm out of here. " 32:45 And he said with a very strong football accent - 32:49 whatever that means... 32:51 He said: "Where are you going? " I said: "When I leave 32:53 high school I'm leaving high school with 32:55 all my brains intact. " 32:57 And I decided to play basketball instead. 32:59 And I want to tell you today: I've had more injuries in 33:00 basketball than in football. 33:03 I know that the devil knows how to hit. 33:04 That's why in the book of Revelation the Lord says to 33:07 one of His churches, in Revelation chapter 2 and 33:09 verse 10 He says: "Do not fear any of those things 33:13 that you are about to suffer. " 33:15 Why is that Christians feel that suffering is something 33:19 that they should never experience. 33:20 What they have to keep in mind: if Jesus suffered, what makes us 33:24 think that we are exempt from suffering if the King of Kings 33:27 and the Lord of Lords - our Lord - suffered, what 33:30 makes us think that we're different? 33:34 People come to church and somebody look at them 33:36 and they leave. I tell you what: you go to a football game. 33:38 People that pay to get into those football games 33:40 they could care less how anybody looks at them. 33:42 Am I telling the truth? 33:44 Have you noticed that Christians will leave church for things 33:46 that people that go to football games wouldn't leave church for? 33:50 Wouldn't leave the stadium for. 33:52 You know what I meant. 33:55 We would come to church and somebody would just give us 33:58 a look and we go home. 33:59 What happened to so and so? "Oh, Elder so and so gave him 34:01 a bad look. " Now you know people who go to football games: 34:06 They could care less how you look at them. They're not going 34:07 anywhere. Am I telling the truth? 34:09 I read a story just the other day about a couple. 34:11 I wish Christians had half the tenacity of the people 34:14 in the world... half of the stick-to-it-iveness. 34:16 That's what my boss used to say to me. He said: 34:18 "John, what I like about you is you have stick-to-it-iveness. " 34:21 I didn't even know what that meant and I said: 34:22 "What do you mean by that? " He said: "Well you just hang 34:24 on in there. No matter what you just hang on in there. " 34:25 Amen, somebody. We've got to hang on in there. 34:28 He said: "You've got stick-to-it-iveness. " 34:30 I read a story about a couple that they were getting ready 34:32 for Black Friday. Do you know what Black Friday is? 34:35 That's the day after Thanksgiving. 34:37 But you know what happened? They were at Best Buy 34:40 twelve days early. 34:45 I won't give you their names. 34:46 They may be watching the program. 34:48 They put their tent up in front of Best Buy 34:51 twelve days early. 34:54 They were camping at the door of Best Buy... 34:57 and you know what they were camping for? A television, 35:00 a computer, some kind of gadget, some kind of gizmo. 35:03 Oh I wish Christians would camp at the church 35:05 on Sabbath morning and say: "I can't wait 35:07 till the doors open. " Come on somebody: tell me, 35:09 talk to me. Why don't we do that? 35:12 What has happened to the tenacity of Christians? 35:15 Why is it that we satisfy ourselves with a name 35:19 but we are missing the dedication of the world? 35:22 That's why Jesus said: "I have not seen such great 35:26 faith in Israel. " A heathen said: "Just speak the word - 35:30 all You've got to do is just say the word. " 35:32 But the Christians said: "Give us a sign. " 35:36 "Show us something that will make us want to trust You 35:38 and believe that You are the Son of God. " 35:41 Today's tests... if you hang in there, brethren, 35:43 if the trial comes, today's test will become tomorrow's 35:48 testimony. Isn't that right? Amen! 35:49 But you've got to hang on in there! 35:51 You've got to make sure. That's why when Jesus said 35:53 to us: "You're going to have tribulation" He also says 35:55 in John 16 verse 32, listen very carefully. He said: 35:58 "These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may 36:02 have peace. " Now get this. 36:03 He didn't say: "In your situation you're going 36:05 to have peace. " He didn't say: "In your family you're 36:07 going to have peace. " He said: 36:09 "In Me you're going to have peace. " 36:11 And didn't the prophet Isaiah say that 36:13 "He will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on 36:16 Thee. " The problem with us 36:19 in the moments of trial and difficulty 36:23 is that we look at anything and anybody but Jesus. 36:28 I wanted to put our business out there, but I'm not going 36:31 to do that because very time... Somebody once told me, said: 36:33 "Pastor John, you reveal so much about you and your wife 36:36 in sermons. " So I won't do that. 36:38 But my wife and I have had trials. We have had trials... 36:41 We've had trials that last nine days. 36:45 I could tell you the three biggest trials we've had in the 36:47 30 years of our marriage. The first one came 36:49 in the beginning of our ministry. Lasted nine days. 36:52 That's when the devil tried to torpedo us out of the ministry. 36:55 By God's grace we hung in there and we're still here today. 36:58 What do you say? Amen. 37:00 Lasted nine days. 37:02 So the devil left us for a season. 37:04 Came back and said: "Well let me try this again. " 37:07 Second one lasted for 7 months. 37:11 You're talking about a pastor who didn't even want to come 37:14 to church. There was one... I remember one Camp Meeting 37:16 began and I was... some of you may remember this... 37:18 I stood in front of the church at the beginning of a 37:20 Camp Meeting. We didn't have the set yet. 37:22 I was standing right down front here one evening 37:24 as I was doing prayer meeting on the heels of Camp Meeting 37:28 starting, and I said to the audience: "Have you ever felt 37:31 that while you are driving to the church you just want to 37:34 keep on going and never look back? " 37:37 And they surrounded me and prayed for me 37:38 as I wept standing right here. 37:41 In the midst of a 7-month trial, but God brought me through 37:44 that, too. God brought us through that too. 37:47 Come on, say "Amen. " 37:48 And I'm not talking about marital problems. 37:50 See, the problem with my wife and I is we love each other 37:52 too much. People keep attacking us. 37:58 We get mad at each other. Oh yeah, we do... 38:00 every now and then 'cause my wife is not a weakling 38:02 by any means. She's a loving... 38:04 I praise God that she's the kind of wife she is. 38:07 But every now and then she digs her heels in 38:09 and I've gotta undig my heels. 38:12 We've got to get that thing fixed before the sunrise... 38:14 and we do. Amen. Sometimes you've got to 38:17 swallow your pride. That's why you have to keep in mind 38:19 the Lord says: "In this world you will have tribulation 38:21 but in Me you will have peace. " Whenever my pride starts to 38:24 get in my way I hear the voice in my head 38:27 "Pastor... " Not my wife, but the Lord. 38:30 "Pastor... pastor. What are you supposed to do? 38:34 Remember what you preached? Tell her you're sorry. " 38:38 Not yet. 38:42 "Tell her you're sorry else I'm not going to let you sleep. " 38:48 "Honey... HONEY... 38:52 I'm sorry. " 38:55 "Why'd you wake me up? " 39:00 "I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry. " 39:03 And do you know what I love about that? The next day 39:05 on the phone I hear her saying to her sister: 39:07 "It wasn't that easy yesterday but he apologized to me. 39:12 But you know, I felt so good when he apologized to me. " 39:17 You know my brothers, let me tell some of you strong men 39:19 with all these muscles and no heart: 39:22 it takes a strong man to say "sorry" when he knows 39:26 he's wrong. That wasn't in the sermon notes. 39:31 Trials will come, but if you live your life in Christ 39:36 those trial will become to you like water off of the back 39:39 of a duck. I'm not minimizing trials in the least. 39:43 I do not say: "When is my next trial coming? " 39:46 Come on. Am I telling the truth? 39:48 We don't look on them as: "Next trial... 39:49 when can I expect it? " Nobody does that. 39:52 That's unnecessary. That's not sane to look for another trial. 39:56 But if it does come, I want to make sure that 39:58 that trial finds me planted on the solid rock called Christ 40:02 Jesus. What do you say? Amen. 40:04 "You will have tribulation, but in Me you will have peace. " 40:07 Which brings me to my third point: 40:09 who do you become in the midst of the storm? 40:12 See, storms will come. Storms are not strange, 40:14 but who do you become in the midst of the storm? 40:17 Four years ago when I got hit in my throat, I remember 40:19 preaching that sermon about Job. And I said: "On any given day 40:22 without any prior notice and for no apparent reason 40:24 you'll be faced with the trial of your life. " 40:26 That was on Saturday night. On Tuesday night I got hit 40:28 in the throat. Doctor said I would have lost my voice 40:31 had it been just about 1/2" higher... 40:32 I'd never sing again. And I'm coming back by God's grace. 40:35 But it's a journey of faith. To make it even more difficult 40:39 than that was right after I got hit - this was in September 40:41 of 2009. In November Danny and 3ABN had already 40:44 bought tickets for me to go to Australia with Danny. 40:47 Guess what to do? To sing. 40:50 I only had five songs I could sing 40:53 and they were all baritone and bass. 40:55 And I went out there and said: "Lord, why am I even on this 40:58 plane? You know I don't even have a voice. " 41:00 And then I learned a very valuable valuable lesson. 41:04 God don't need your voice. 41:07 God just needs your heart. Come on and say "Amen. " 41:09 Amen. God says: "If there be a willing heart. " 41:12 A man is accepted according to what he has 41:16 not according to what he does not have. 41:19 God doesn't need your voice; God needs your heart. 41:23 Sometimes we think we don't have what God needs. 41:25 God can take anything you give. Ask that little boy with 41:27 the five loaves and two fish. 41:30 That was a happy meal for everybody else. 41:33 Amen? They were glad he brought it. 41:36 You give what God has given to you, and God will 41:40 pull you through. You know, I've discovered something 41:42 very important about that Job situation. 41:44 The reason why some Christians haven't gone through a severe 41:47 trial - this is profound, are you ready for it? - 41:50 is because God can't trust them to glorify Him 41:55 in their trials. Unpackage that for a brief moment. 41:58 Some people say: "I've never had a trial. " 42:01 Well, it doesn't measure with what the Bible says. 42:03 "All that live godly in Christ Jesus 42:04 shall suffer persecution. " Could it be that you ain't 42:07 livin' godly enough to be a threat to the devil? 42:10 There was a young lady having choir practice when we lived 42:12 in Sacramento, California. A Christmas program at 42:14 Pastor Bachelor's church and she came in late. 42:18 This 200-voice choir. She came in late, and we said: 42:20 "Are you OK? " She said: "Oh, the devil attacked me 42:23 but I'm here to rejoice. " 42:24 Everybody looked at her: "Are you all right? " 42:26 She said: "If I'm doing anything to get the devil's notice, 42:29 I must be doing something right. " 42:31 Amen? He's not going to attack somebody that's not a threat 42:35 to his kingdom. He'll make you think that life is hunky-dory 42:38 So when Christians say: "Everything is going just fine" 42:40 you'd better check yourself out 42:42 'cause if it's goin' just fine you may not be a threat 42:45 to the enemy. But Peter said... 42:49 When trials come our way he says... Now this is a 42:53 novel idea. But he said: "But rejoice to the extent 42:57 that you partake of Christ's suffering. That when His glory 43:00 is revealed you may also be glad with exceeding joy. " 43:03 In other words, he's saying "If the devil thinks of you 43:06 enough to make you suffer like Christ suffered, 43:09 then you're going to reign like Christ reigns. " Come on, 43:11 say "Amen. " If he lets you go through trials 43:14 like Jesus went through trials, don't forget the 23rd Psalm. 43:17 You see, right after the valley of the shadow of death 43:20 where David say: "I will fear no evil for Thou art with me. 43:23 Thy rod and Thy staff... they comfort me. " 43:25 You've got to go through the valley of the shadow of death 43:27 in the poem of David before you end up in the house 43:32 of the Lord forever. So here's my point: 43:33 you will not get to the house of the Lord forever 43:35 unless you have a valley of the shadow of death experience. 43:40 Put that in your pocket: if you haven't had it yet, 43:43 it's going to come. And if you don't believe it's going to 43:45 come, if you don't get ready for it because it is coming, 43:48 it will shake your faith and you will end up walking away 43:51 like those 70 that walked away from Christ 43:54 and walked with Him no more. 43:56 There's a whole lot of Adventists doing that nowadays: 43:59 walkin' away from God. 44:01 Amazing to me. Now we've got Christians 44:04 that are angry with God. 44:06 You know, I can't wrap my head around that. 44:11 If you as a Christian are angry with God, 44:15 does that mean that you are friends with the devil? 44:18 I mean, think about that for a moment. 44:20 Doesn't that make sense? If you are angry with the only 44:23 person that can help you, who's helping you? 44:25 Like an atheist. I don't want to be an atheist 44:27 because in times of trouble who do you pray to? 44:30 The worst thing to be is an atheist on a plane that's going 44:33 down. As a matter of fact, I hasten to say there may be 44:36 no atheists. That's how you cure atheism: 44:38 shake that plane up. Isn't that right? 44:42 But when Christians say... There are people now, they say: 44:44 "I'm angry with God. " 44:46 About what? 44:48 And I say the reason why people are angry with God 44:51 is because they don't know God and they don't know the devil. 44:54 I like the way Billy Graham said it. He said: 44:56 "Some people are more concerned about not offending people 44:59 than they are about offending God. " 45:05 Since you don't know God, let me introduce God to you again. 45:08 And I'm going to do this in a time frame that is going to set 45:10 a record. Let me tell you about God: James 1:17. 45:14 This is who God is: "Every good and every perfect gift... " 45:18 What did I say? Every good and every what? 45:21 "perfect gift is from above. " It doesn't come from down there. 45:25 It comes down from the Father of life with whom there is no 45:28 variation or shadow of turning. 45:30 Here's the point: the Bible says if a good gift is 45:33 coming your way, God sent it. 45:35 The devil does not send divine gifts. 45:38 If a gift comes your way that causes you to walk away 45:42 from God, then God didn't send it. 45:44 If you pray for a job and it comes on the Sabbath, 45:47 God didn't send it. Come on say "Amen" somebody. 45:50 Amen. Some people said: "I got a job on Sabbath. 45:52 I've been praying and got a job on the Sabbath. " 45:54 Well you better check that out because you must not know God 45:57 'cause God's not going to give you a job at the post office 45:59 on Sabbath. 46:04 People don't know God. Numbers 23 verse 19 46:07 write it down: "God is not a man that He should lie. " 46:09 I thank God for that. 46:11 He don't lie. When God say "I will bless you" 46:13 I will bless you. When God says: "I've got your 46:15 back" He's got your back. 46:17 When God said: "I will deliver you from trial" 46:19 He will deliver you from trial. But the problem is 46:23 some people want trials to end before God wants them to end. 46:28 But let me just tell you this and remember this: 46:30 every time you wash your clothes 46:31 God knows when to take the clothes out of the 46:33 washing machine. You'll get that tomorrow morning. 46:38 God knows when to take the clothes out of the 46:42 washing machine. They're going to be in there as long as 46:45 they're dirty. Let me tell you one of 46:46 the reasons why some of you have been going through trials 46:48 so long: 'cause you've got so much dirt in your life... 46:52 Can I be straight? 46:54 Some of you've got so much dirt in your life that God's got 46:57 to put you in another trial 'cause they ain't learned yet. 47:02 God knows when to take the clothes 47:06 out of the washing machine. 47:10 But don't forget, David the Psalmist who knows about trials 47:14 says: "The righteous cry out and the Lord hears 47:16 and delivers them out of all of their troubles. " 47:21 Psalm 34:17. 47:25 "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord 47:27 delivers him out of them all. " Psalm 34:19. 47:34 Some people think that trials should end when they say 47:38 the trial should end. But only God knows 47:41 when the trial should end. And to take that a step further 47:45 sometimes God knows that you need more than a washing cycle. 47:48 Sometimes God knows that you need to be dried out. 47:51 Am I telling the truth? 47:53 I mean, think about that illustration. A shirt 47:55 thrown into the washing machine 47:56 wondering what on earth he has done to deserve this. 48:02 Am I talking to Christians? 48:04 You've been in the wash cycle before? 48:06 Your life has been turned upside down before? 48:07 You're in the washing machine. Somebody dumps the detergent 48:10 to clean you up and you're wondering: "What have I done 48:12 to deserve this? " And finally the ride ends 48:14 and you say: "Oh good, thank God for deliverance! " 48:16 only to be taken out and plunged into a dryer. 48:21 Sometimes God's got to wash you out. And when that's done, 48:23 as you're spinning endlessly around and around, 48:27 finally it stops and you say: "Oh boy, that was hot! " 48:33 Only to be plunged under a hot iron. 48:36 And you know why you go through that? 48:38 Because God's coming back for a church without spot 48:41 or wrinkle or any such thing. Amen! 48:43 What do you say? God knows what you need. 48:48 I know I've been through some trials that I created myself. 48:51 I like God. He'll forgive you but you gonna pay. 48:55 Am I telling the truth? Some people say: "Ah man, 48:58 I didn't mean that. " You didn't mean that; 49:02 God will forgive you... God will forgive you. 49:04 I remember once - I shouldn't tell you this... 49:09 Now you want me to tell it to you. 49:11 Don't even ask me. 49:13 I remember I heard a mother once say 49:15 to a kid that had been so disobedient... 49:18 SO disobedient... 49:20 and the kid knew that he was going to get whipped 49:24 and he said: "Mom, please forgive me. 49:27 I've given my heart to God. " 49:30 She said: "Your heart belongs to God but your behind 49:33 belongs to me. " 49:36 God forgives us, but sometimes - follow me carefully, there's 49:40 a point to that; that's not just a joke - 49:42 He says: "Despise not the chastening of the Father. " 49:45 He deals with you as a faithful Father would deal with his son. 49:49 Am I right? So sometimes God's got to whip us to get us 49:51 back in line. But it's not because He doesn't love us. 49:54 You see, parents always say that. I didn't understand 49:56 that till I got older. They always say: 49:58 "I'm only doing this 'cause I love you. " 50:01 I know now God only allows us to go through trials - 50:04 come on - because He what? He loves us. 50:07 You've got to keep in mind everybody's going to have 50:09 a trial. And the point of the matter with trials is 50:11 no trial is going to end before God wants it to. 50:18 So get to know Him before it comes. 50:20 "For no temptation has over- taken you but such as is common 50:22 to man, but God is faithful... " Come on, say that. 50:24 But God is what? "faithful who will not suffer 50:27 you to be tempted beyond what you are able 50:29 but with the temptation make a way of escape 50:31 that you may be able to bear it. " 50:34 God is good. God measures trials. 50:37 God does not let the devil just hit us. Isn't that right? 50:40 Aren't you glad for that? 'Cause if the devil could hit us 50:42 how he wants to hit us we'd all be dead on our way 50:45 to Camp Meeting. So God said: "No, don't hit him like that. 50:48 You can do anything but take his life. " 50:50 That's why Job is still the example today of a God... 50:52 a God-fearing man who hung in there. 50:56 We need more people with that kind of faith. 50:58 People that don't invite it but they have such a close 51:01 relationship with God that when the trial comes 51:03 they say: "I know God has nothing to do with this 51:06 so I'm just going to trust Him through it. " 51:07 As Maya Angelou told Oprah Winfrey one day... 51:10 She said: "Maya, what do you do when trial comes? " 51:12 She said: "You know what, Oprah? I know that whatever's on the 51:14 other side of this trial is better than what I have 51:17 right now. " Amen. Amen? 51:20 That's how it always is. 51:21 That's why Ellen White says in Testimonies volume 5... 51:24 Get this - she talks about trials being a blessing. 51:26 She said: "These trials are not the smallest blessing 51:30 in our experience. They are designed 51:34 to nerve us to determination to succeed. We are to use them" 51:38 that is, trials... "as God's means 51:41 to gain decided victories over self 51:46 instead of allowing them" - that is, trials - 51:48 "to hinder, oppress, and destroy us. " 51:51 What we don't understand is trials refine us. 51:55 And get this point that may come to you on your way home: 51:57 there will be no dirty gold in heaven. 52:02 Pastor C.A. you ought to understand that. 52:04 There'll be no dirty gold in heaven. 52:06 The Lord said: "Buy of Me gold tried in the... " What? 52:09 You see, when gold is first pulled out of the ground 52:12 it's got a whole lot of extra stuff with it that don't need 52:15 to be there. You don't sell dirt with gold. 52:17 Am I telling the truth? You've got to smelt that thing down, 52:20 melt it down until it's pure gold, and then its value 52:24 increases. What we don't understand 52:26 is when God pulled us out of the world there was a whole lot of 52:28 dirt with us. Am I telling the truth? 52:30 And until we are smelted down and melted down and purified 52:33 we are not fit to walk on pure gold streets. 52:36 There's going to be no dirty gold in heaven. 52:38 Come on and hang on in there while God is smelting us. 52:41 Isn't that right? Amen! Getting us ready for the pure 52:44 streets of gold. That's what trials do. 52:47 And keep this in mind: trials are shorter than blessings. 52:50 Trials... always shorter than blessings. 52:54 "For our light affliction which is but for a moment 52:57 is working for us far more exceeding and eternal 52:59 weight of glory. " So here are two things you need to do. 53:03 John 10:10. Here's what you need to do: 53:05 start blaming the devil. 53:09 Start blaming the devil for your trials 53:13 and stop blaming God. 53:16 "The thief comes not except to steal, to kill, 53:21 and destroy. " Give God the praise... 53:23 "but I have come that you might have life and have it... " 53:25 How, my friend? "more abundantly. " 53:28 So, here's my point as I wind up... 53:31 Man, my church wishes I could preach this short on Sabbath. 53:34 You give me a clock and I could do it. 53:37 The next time your trial comes, change your approach. 53:41 What'd I say? 53:44 James 1:2-3: 'My brethren, count it all joy. " 53:48 Come on, say it again. Count it all what? Joy. 53:51 "When you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing 53:55 of your faith produces patience. " 53:59 So I've got to end with something. 54:01 God gave me this last night. I was sitting down. I said 54:03 "Lord... " Sitting down in the back as David was 54:07 "cooking" this pulpit. Almost melted the thing last night 54:11 and today again... God was giving me this. 54:14 My sermon title came first then God gave me this. 54:18 It's entitled I Ain't Goin' Nowhere. 54:20 Are you ready? I've been through trials 54:23 for so long, they made me sing a different song. 54:26 But now that I know where I belong, I ain't goin' nowhere. 54:30 So when you think that life ain't fair to you 54:33 and people do what people do. Even when they walk out on you 54:35 I ain't goin' nowhere. 54:37 When there's no money for the bills to pay 54:39 and kids mess up no matter how you pray 54:41 and your spouse still leaves 'cause he wants to play, 54:44 I ain't goin' nowhere. 54:46 When men start hooking up with men 54:48 and women change from Jane to Ken 54:50 and you ain't seen love since you know when, 54:52 I ain't goin' nowhere. 54:55 When truth is kicked out of the pew 54:57 and preachers don't preach what preachers supposed to, 55:00 when money is all they want from you, 55:02 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:05 For the love of Christ I can clearly see 55:07 how He gave His life on Calvary. 55:10 To turn from Him... oh no, not me! 55:12 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:14 'Cause one day no death, no sin, no pain, 55:16 and hell on earth no more will reign. 55:18 And when The Glory Song is my refrain: 55:22 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:23 It's dark out there so don't you stray 55:26 for the world is calling us away. 55:28 But soon night will give way to day. That's why 55:31 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:32 Hold on, my friend, it won't be long 55:34 Christ is soon to leave His throne 55:37 and all the saints will soon be goin' home. That's why 55:40 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:42 When He comes He'll split the eastern sky 55:45 and we'll finally look Him in the eye 55:47 and bid this cruel world good-bye. That's why 55:50 I ain't goin' nowhere. 55:52 So hang on in there my brother. Come on, say this 55:53 somebody. Hang on in there, my sister. 55:56 Hang on in there! 55:58 Make up your mind that no matter how bad it gets 56:01 you ain't goin' nowhere. 56:03 Who can say that? Now watch this. 56:06 Don't raise your hand 'cause the devil said: "You ain't 56:09 seen my best yet. " Am I right? 56:12 So let me end with this: "I am persuaded 56:14 that neither death nor life 56:17 nor angels nor principalities nor powers 56:22 nor things present nor things to come 56:24 nor height nor depth nor any other created thing 56:28 shall be able to separate ME" I ain't speakin' for you... 56:34 "from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. " 56:37 It's going to get tough. It's going to get hard. 56:40 It's going to get bloody. It's going to get nasty. 56:43 It's going to get difficult. 56:45 You may not have food and clothing. 56:47 You may even have to give up your job 56:49 and walk away from your family. 56:51 Somebody may let you down and drop you down 56:54 and turn their backs on you and crucify you 56:57 and say things that don't even apply to your character. 57:00 You may have people that hate you 57:01 and despise you and talk about you 57:04 and abuse you and use you. 57:07 And crucify you and unjustly accuse you. 57:10 People will say things that don't matter and do things 57:14 that will never exalt your character. 57:16 People will do things that God will never ever allow 57:19 to happen in the kingdom, but I want to tell you, 57:21 my friends, no matter what happens and how it happens 57:24 I ain't goin' nowhere. |
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