In today's troubled
world people are wondering
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where we are headed?"
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Revelation Today
presents the answers.
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Bible prophecy reveals
what the future holds in store.
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Revelation Today.
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In 1985, the J. Paul Getty
Museum in Malibu, California
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spent $7 million on a kouros.
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This is a Greek statue of
a young Greek male, a kouros.
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Seven million
dollars, and word today
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is that it's a $7 dollar fake.
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That's right.
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Seven million dollars was
something that wasn't genuine.
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In the art world this
sort of thing persists.
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How can you really
know that ancient thing
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is from Babylon or
Syria or wherever it might be?
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May be it's phony in
the archaeological world
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in the art world.
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Phonies and fakes and
frauds are everywhere.
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What about in
the religious world?
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Jesus said, on this rock
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I will build My church
down here in the end of time
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how can you know
whether you found
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the real thing rather
than just an expensive phony.
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Tonight's subject
is gonna help you know.
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Our title is,
"Revelation Remnant Church"
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and the presenter
for Revelation Today
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tonight is Ron Halvorsen.
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Well, good to see you tonight.
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Let's bow our heads
in the word of prayer
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as we begin our subject tonight.
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Gracious Father, I pray that
You'll give us understanding
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that You'll
lead us and direct us
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and as we look at
the pillars of faith,
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the church of Jesus Christ.
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I pray God, that You will
give us not only knowledge
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Father, not only
knowing that's not enough,
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Satan knows, he
believes that we pray Father,
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we might act upon that belief.
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And teach us thy will today
in Christ name, amen and amen.
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Tonight,
"Revelation's Remnant Church."
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I want you to
notice the Bible says
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"There is one
body, there is one Spirit
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even as ye are called in
one hope of your calling,
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one Lord, one
faith and one baptism."
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Christ's last opportunity
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is to call His
people out of Babylon,
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to call His
people out of darkness
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and bring them into
the marvelous light.
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In the last days it'll
be more and more confusion
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that's what the scripture says,
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there'll be more and more
people turning from the light,
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turning from the light
as it is in Jesus Christ.
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And there is a call of God,
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a three angels'
message call of Revelation
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to call men and
women out of that darkness
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to walk in the light as
God gives them the light.
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Tonight, I want to
talk about this church,
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the church of Jesus Christ.
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I want you to see
the pillars of faith
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and the true
faith in stand for that.
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You see the church of God
is always had a true church,
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from the beginning you
see the church in Eden,
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God in a perfection, a
family that worshipped God
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for the Sabbath
was given to them
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before the fall, before the law
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was written on the
tables of stone upon a mountain,
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they were
worshipping God and Spirit,
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they were
worshipping God and truth
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and they are in
the Garden of Eden
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there was the
church and Adam and Eve
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then the children and
they worshipped together
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and they kept
the Sabbath together
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and then they served God
together fully in their heart.
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It was the church,
the church before the fall
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and that was God's
intension, the church.
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Then there was
the church in a boat
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floating on a treacherous sea.
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And there was again a family
and that was the family of God,
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the whole world
rejected, in Genesis 6 God said,
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how I can't put up
with this any longer,
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I can't go on this way
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and the world was
destroyed with flood.
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But a 120 years
Noah perched to them,
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a 120 years Noah
unfolded the message
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that God had for the world,
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a 120 years and still
only one family enter the Ark.
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There was a church,
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the church in the
house of Pharaoh's palace
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when one child drawn
in the river called Moses
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and the church was
there at Pharaoh's palace.
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He grew up in
the palace of Pharaoh
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and there he called Pharaoh
to let the people of God go
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and you'll remember
he wanted compromise.
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He said, well,
why don't you just go
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little ways away
and yet remain here?
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You see, that's
the first compromise.
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Well, you don't have
to go really go that far.
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I mean, you really
don't have to take that step.
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I mean, you really
don't have to just not so far,
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the compromise was there
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and then he said, remember,
he said well, you can go
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but leave your funds
and your money in Egypt.
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Another compromise.
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And then he
said, finally he said,
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well, you leave
your children in Egypt?
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You leave your children in Egypt
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and the tragedy was
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if they had left
their children in Egypt
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they would have
been slaves forever.
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But Moses said, no, he
would not accept the compromises
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and so there was the church
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at the house of Pharaoh's palace
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and the church that was
led out into the wilderness.
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The church was
there in the wilderness
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and there was the temple
and there was the sanctuary
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and there are at
the foot of Mount Sinai,
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there was the church of
believers, the 12 tribes
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and they were faithful to God
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and they brought their
offering in the morning
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and brought the
offering in the evening
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and there was always a
lamp on the altar burning
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always the lamp
from morning till night
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the lamp was guiding
the children of Israel
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that was the church
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that was the
church in the wilderness
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following the command of God
going for their Promised Land
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hoping that God
would deliver them
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bring them through and
bring them to that place
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that was the church,
the church was there,
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the church was
there in the fiery furnace
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when three Hebrew worthies
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would not bow down
to the great golden,
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remember the great golden
image he said, bow down to it.
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Now they could have faked it.
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They could have just
knelt and prayed to Jehovah
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but they would
not compromise that,
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they would not compromise it
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and so they were
thrown to the fiery furnace
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and there the
church was in the fire
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and when the
church was in the fire
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Jesus came and appeared,
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the fourth person
like unto the Son of Man
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that's Jesus,
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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There was the church, I mean,
the church in the fiery furnace
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three Hebrew
worthies, always the church
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it was not the biggest,
it was not the most popular
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but the church
clinging to the true faith
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of Jesus Christ,
the true faith of God.
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The church at
Bethlehem swaddling clothes
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the church with that little baby
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laid in a manger listen to me,
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He came to a crib
wrapped in swaddling clothes
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He came to a
cross wrapped in blood
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and He will come in
the clouds of heaven
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wrapped in a cloud
in glory, Jesus Christ.
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And there was the church,
in the eyes of that little baby
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in the cry of that little baby,
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He would become
the Savior of the world
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and it was there,
that was the church
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the church was there at
Bethlehem swaddling clothes
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and Calvary shameful nakedness,
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always the church,
the church was there.
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And that's why Ephesians says,
"Husbands, love your wives,
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even as Christ loved the
church and gave himself for it."
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The church was
in the upper room.
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The church was in
the missionary journeys,
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always the church,
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through the seven churches
of Revelation in Asia Minor.
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The missionaries went forth,
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they went forth to every nation,
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kindred, tongue, and people.
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God is at the
church in the Dark Ages.
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Huss and Jerome and
Lutheran and Wycliffe
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and those who are faithful,
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those wonderful
catholic monks and priests
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that would not bow
down to the hierarchy
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that was teaching era
and went to the Word of God
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and printed the Word of
God and shared the Word of God
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with the
multitudes, that was the church.
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The church was
there in the Dark Ages.
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The church
always, for the purpose
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of leading men and women to God.
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Christ loved the church
and it was hated by the world.
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He was persecuted at times,
He was imprisoned at times,
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they worshipped God
in prison and in captive.
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That one of the great moments
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I spent in my
life, I went to Rome
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and I went to where
Paul was imprisoned in Rome
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and I remember my wife and I,
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we-- they have stairs there now,
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where they didn't have,
they had a hole in the roof
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and they would cast
the prisoner down in there
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and they would
lower him in a rope
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and they would
chain him to the wall
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and then they would pull
themselves up out with the rope
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and there was no way out.
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And it was Paul there
and I stood in that place
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I was-- my wife and
I, we are alone there,
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the tourists
had kind of gone out
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and we were there alone
and I prayed for the faith
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of that man's
soul, that man, Paul.
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And I prayed, God, help me
to be faithful like this man.
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There was a church in prison.
And Paul was faithful to God.
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I'm amazed that how
many excuses we have
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and we're not
imprisoned for this faith,
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we're not thrown in
jail for this faith,
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we're not burned at
the stake for this faith,
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it's harder to live for Christ
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than it is to die
for Christ, perhaps.
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There was the
church, always the faithful,
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always there is a calling.
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If God had been
particular in past history
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surely He will be today.
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Let me share an
eternal principle with you.
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That God calls out His people
in His name, "Called-Out Ones,"
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that's what the Bible says,
they are, ''Called-Out Ones."
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Everywhere,
everywhere is the church.
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Listen to me, Acts Chapter 15,
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Recorded the
first church council.
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Acts 15:2, 4,
these ''Called-Out Ones,"
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But you see you don't go to
the church to find the truth.
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You go to the
truth to find the church.
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That's the principle. Amen.
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You go to the
truth to find the church
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not the church
to find the truth.
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That's principle.
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You see, the New
Testament is church, I mean,
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one woman came
to me and she said
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I don't believe
in organized church.
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Well, you read the Book of Acts,
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see how organized they were.
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They had the church leader,
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the church president by the way,
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it wasn't St. Peter
as some of told you,
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it was James read
it in the Book of Acts,
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that's Acts 15:30.
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There was a
church, Acts 15:23, 24,
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authority to
send out missionaries.
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You see, when you
become a Christian
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when you are born of the
water or when you are baptized
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some of you are being
baptized this coming weekend
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this is your
greatest moment of testimony,
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you're gonna be
able to testify the God
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and testify to the whole world
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you are standing for the
truth for the heaven's fall.
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You're going to
be faithful to God
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that's what the testimony is,
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and so your
baptism is that testimony
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and that's the way
it was with the church.
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The church was
organized sent out missionaries,
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"go ye into all the world."
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When you're baptized you
become a disciple of Christ,
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you'll become a
ministry in the full of sense
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because you are to minister
to others, the Word of God.
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I want you to get
deep into the Word of God.
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I want to come to
you as your friend,
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as your pastor in a way.
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Not only read the
Word but share the Word.
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Share the Word,
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apply the Word for
those who come in contact with
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and be a
disciple of Jesus Christ.
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Notice, Acts 14:23, the
church had local elders.
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1 Corinthians 18:15-17
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the church received
tithes and offerings.
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Now you go on, Matthew 18
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it solved problems in the church
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and every church
through history has problems.
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Woman said to me,
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I won't join a church
until find the perfect church.
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I said, don't join
it because when you do
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it won't be perfect any longer.
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What makes you think you're
gonna find the perfect one?
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The moment you are in it,
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I'm in it it's not
perfect any longer.
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The only thing that makes
the church perfect is Christ
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who is the church on
this rock not on the pebble,
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Peter, Petros,
pebble rolling stone,
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but upon the rock Christ
Jesus the church is built.
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Peter can't build a church,
Christ builds the church.
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And it's on that rock
that He builds His church.
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And so we find it everywhere,
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the churches solves
problems and it was everywhere,
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the seven
churches around Asia Minor
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and they would go,
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the missionaries
would go to the churches
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and then the churches
would spun on churches
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and they would grow up
churches and by the way
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they didn't spun
on another church
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because they didn't agree with
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what was
happening in the church.
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A lot of people said,
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well, I think I
like to start a church
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it's not a missionary
church if you start it
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because you're having a problem
with those in the church,
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that's not a missionary church
and you are not a missionary.
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They were missionaries,
they started the church
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because the area was
dark it needed the light
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and so they planted the light
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and the light shone in
the hearts of the people.
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And they planted
churches all over Asia Minor.
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Soon the gospel was
spreading with such power,
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the gospel was
spreading in such a way
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that the whole world,
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two-thirds of the
world's population
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came to know
Christ in a Roman world.
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Some pastor's come
to me and say, brother,
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there was very difficulties
were in a post-modern,
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Post-Christian era.
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Well, they were in
a Pre-Christian era.
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At least the Post-Christian
era knows something about Christ
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the Pre-Christian era
knew nothing about Christ
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until they were
confronted by Christ
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through the disciples of Jesus.
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And so there was
the church always,
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people say there is no church,
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there is God
always he had a church.
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God is the same yesterday,
God is the same today,
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and God is the
same for how long?
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Forever, friend.
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By the way, it's a
fact you can't change it.
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The Bible is
the way back to God.
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The Bible is the foundation
for the building of the church
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and Christ is the
candle that will glows
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and is lit by the
glory of His Father.
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And so the call is to
men and women everywhere
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to come out of
Babylon, come to His church.
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This is the call of
God in the last days.
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Don't you think if
He did the first century
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He would the last?
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Don't you think
if He had His church
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then He will
have His church now?
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And don't you
think it'll be based
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on the same
principles of the first century,
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the same doctrine
of the first century,
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the same doctrine of
the Bible of first century?
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Don't you think it
would be carried on
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to the last generation?
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Of course.
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Notice, "And after these things
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I saw another angel
come down from heaven,
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having great power
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and the earth was
lightened with His glory.
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And He cried mightily
and with a strong voice,
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saying, Babylon the
great has fallen, is fallen,
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and become the
habitations of devils,
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and the hold of
every foul spirit,"
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I mean, this is the church,
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it's Babylon now,
it's full of the devils,
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it's full of every foul spirit "
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and a cage of every
unclean, hateful birds.
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All nations have drunk of
the wine of her fornication,
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and the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her,
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and the merchants of
the earth are waxed rich
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through the
abundance of her delicacies."
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Listen, Jesus had no robe
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but one robe
wet in His own blood
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and here we see the
church with golden phylacteries
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and golden
crowns and golden rings
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to be kissed by the believers.
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Jesus was humble, humility,
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He was the son of God.
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"Be not partakers of her sin,
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and that ye receive
not of her plagues."
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That's Revelation 18.
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Listen, "And I
saw another angel fly
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in the midst of
heaven," here comes the angels,
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"the everlasting
gospel," by the way,
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that's good news that
salvation is good news.
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Notice, he says,
"To preach unto them
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that dwell on the
earth, to every nation,
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kindred, tongue, and
people," and notice saying,
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he says, "saying with
a loud voice, Fear God,"
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that's awesome respect
for God, "Give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment is come,
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worship Him that
made heaven and earth,
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that Sabbath, worship Him,
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and the sea and the
fountains of waters."
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My principle, "You do not
go to church to find the truth,
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you go to the
Bible to find the truth.
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And when you find the truth,
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you look for church
that teaches that truth."
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That's the way you do it
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following the foot
steps of Jesus Christ.
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2 Timothy, 2 Timothy tells us,
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"And that from a child thou
hast known the holy scriptures,
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which are wise to make
the wise unto salvation
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through faith which
is in Christ Jesus."
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First of all, you got to
find a Bible believing church.
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Everybody keeps a
Bible in the church,
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I mean the Bible
believe in church,
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I mean, the Bible believe
in church, that doesn't say,
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well, this part
of Bible is inspired,
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this part really is important,
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that this
commandment is important
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but that
commandment isn't important.
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I mean, not judging the Bible
but letting the Bible judge us.
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And so you're gonna
search for the first pillar
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which is the Bible is
the inspired Word of God.
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"All scriptures given
by inspiration of God,
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it's profitable for doctrine,
reproof, for correction,
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instruction in righteousness."
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By the way, some of you
here have been corrected.
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Come on, now.
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Some of you have been reproved
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but now it's
time to take that step
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and let God instruct you.
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And let God instruct
you in righteousness.
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And that's the work of God,
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signification of
whole work of the lifetime.
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But we find here
all scripture is given,
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it should be
biblically centered.
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"Thy word is a lamp unto
my feet," and it is what?
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"It is light unto my path."
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I went to the scriptures
and found this saying.
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This is the Word of God, listen.
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"For the prophecy came not
in old time by the will of man,
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but holy men of God
spake as they" what?
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"Moved by the Holy Ghost."
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This book the Bible is
the infallible Word of God.
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Did you hear me?
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It is the infallible Word of God
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and stays fast forever and ever.
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I mean if they stray from this
book, there is no light in it.
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I don't care how nice
he is my pastor is so nice,
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of course he is
nice he should be.
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I'm nice too
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but that doesn't
make me infallible.
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Jesus is not only
nice, He is infallible.
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The word isn't only
nice it's infallible
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and the Remnant Church will
have that great pillar of faith
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in first of all the
Bible has the Word of God
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and that's a wonderful thing,
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but it's also it would
have a worldwide mission.
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The church, the
truth Church of Revelation
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will have a worldwide mission.
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Not just some little mission
that you hold one big church
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they are super church that
has a mission out there in Kenya
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but no where else.
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This church will
have a worldwide mission
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to every nation,
kindred, tongue, people.
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It will be a people
of all nationalities.
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It will be a
people of all colors.
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It will be a-- you see,
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God when He
planted a beautiful garden
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He put many different
colors into that garden.
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I hate just one
color in the garden.
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Amen. Amen.
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And the church,
the church will be
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people of all
nations, kindred, tongue
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and be the Church of
Jesus through the ages.
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All right, it's a
Bible base church,
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it's a missionary
church going into the world
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but it thirdly
it's a gospel church.
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It preaches the gospel.
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It teaches you Revelation 14
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"I saw another angle
fly in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel."
00:20:41.42\00:20:42.75
Within these
three or four verses
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you have the whole truth
of God for the latter day.
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"An angel flies in
the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting
gospel to preacher unto them
00:20:50.73\00:20:52.79
that dwell the
earth, and to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and people."
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There it is a missionary
church preaching the gospel.
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What is the gospel? The
gospel is the good news.
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By the way if you're
sourpuss and all you are--
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listen, you are not
preaching the good news.
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You need to apply the
good news to your life.
00:21:06.04\00:21:08.73
Good news makes a person happy.
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.88
The gospel makes me happy.
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And by the way I'm not for
morning till night worrying
00:21:14.37\00:21:17.11
if I am doing enough
to get to the heaven.
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I know secure that Jesus Christ
00:21:19.32\00:21:21.90
has done enough
to get me to heaven
00:21:21.93\00:21:23.97
and I'm just enjoying
the ride, enjoying the ride.
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Some people so up
tight whether they're doing
00:21:28.96\00:21:31.84
what they should be doing.
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Do what God leads you to do,
00:21:33.37\00:21:35.25
when you fail let God
help you learn to do it.
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But don't you ever,
don't you ever think
00:21:38.38\00:21:41.72
that you're
going to go to heaven
00:21:41.75\00:21:43.33
based up on what you are doing?
00:21:43.36\00:21:44.95
It's what been done for you
00:21:44.98\00:21:46.47
and that Church
will preach grace.
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Grace is the
unmerited favor of God.
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It's that which is bestowed
up on you, you don't deserve it.
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There's nothing you've done,
00:21:54.53\00:21:55.73
nothing you could do
to deserve salvation.
00:21:55.76\00:21:58.66
It is a free gift. Amen.
00:21:58.69\00:22:01.15
And by the way if
you try to pay for it
00:22:01.18\00:22:03.11
you don't know the gospel.
00:22:03.14\00:22:05.64
If you invited me to
your house for dinner
00:22:05.67\00:22:08.68
and I came to eat.
00:22:08.71\00:22:10.94
And we had a wonderful
time together we ate together
00:22:10.97\00:22:14.34
and after I got
done eating, we sat there
00:22:14.37\00:22:17.48
and we had a good time visiting.
00:22:17.51\00:22:18.89
I can't wait to
be get to the heaven.
00:22:18.92\00:22:20.38
So many you people
I just known by face
00:22:20.41\00:22:22.55
I can't wait to
know you personally,
00:22:22.58\00:22:23.93
I can't wait to sit
down and spend good time,
00:22:23.96\00:22:26.51
quality time with you, amen.
00:22:26.54\00:22:28.27
We have an appointment
in heaven, all right,
00:22:28.30\00:22:30.19
so I can spend
quality time with them.
00:22:30.22\00:22:32.44
But if I were eat at your
house and when we got done
00:22:32.47\00:22:35.27
I stood up and I
reach for my billfold
00:22:35.30\00:22:37.89
and I said, how
much do I owe you?
00:22:37.92\00:22:41.60
You would be
insulted, wouldn't you?
00:22:41.63\00:22:44.10
Then why do you think
that you can pay God for a meal
00:22:44.13\00:22:47.36
He is already given you.
00:22:47.39\00:22:49.75
And so, the true
church will preach the gospel.
00:22:54.58\00:22:57.16
The good news that we're
justified by faith in Christ
00:22:57.19\00:23:00.50
just as if we've never sinned,
we are sanctified by faith.
00:23:00.53\00:23:05.54
Listen to me, we
are made holy by faith.
00:23:05.57\00:23:08.31
We are glorified by faith.
00:23:08.34\00:23:10.51
Lift it up to heaven
by faith for it's by faith
00:23:10.54\00:23:14.26
that we have
sight, we have sight.
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.43
And so the church will teach
00:23:17.46\00:23:18.79
righteousness by faith in Christ
00:23:18.82\00:23:20.72
then we're gonna by faith in Him
00:23:20.75\00:23:22.62
we're going to go to heaven.
00:23:22.65\00:23:23.89
I have faith in
Him, listen to me.
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The Bible says,
"Believe on Lord Jesus Christ,
00:23:26.86\00:23:28.73
and thou shalt be saved."
00:23:28.76\00:23:30.48
The Bible says,
"Call in the name of Jesus,
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call in the name of
Jesus and you will be saved."
00:23:33.15\00:23:36.05
I like that name Jesus.
I like the name of Christ.
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.01
I went to the alphabet
to try to find His name
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you know, He was
every where Jesus.
00:23:41.04\00:23:42.74
He is the Alpha and
the Adam and the advocate
00:23:42.77\00:23:45.62
and He is the anointed
and the author of faith,
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.91
Amen of salvation
and ancient of days.
00:23:47.94\00:23:50.61
I went to the
alphabet to find His name
00:23:50.64\00:23:52.30
and He is the
beginning, begotten
00:23:52.33\00:23:53.77
and the beloved and the branch
00:23:53.80\00:23:54.84
and the bridegroom and
the brighter morning star.
00:23:54.87\00:23:57.92
I went to the alphabet to find
00:23:57.95\00:23:59.47
His name Jesus
He is every where.
00:23:59.50\00:24:01.87
He is the Creator, the
counselor, the comforter.
00:24:01.90\00:24:05.34
He is the child,
He is the Christ.
00:24:05.37\00:24:08.46
I went to the
alphabet to find His name
00:24:08.49\00:24:10.09
because Jesus
Christ is every where.
00:24:10.12\00:24:12.16
He is the deliverer,
the day star, the door,
00:24:12.19\00:24:14.93
the desired
nations, divine Son of God.
00:24:14.96\00:24:18.24
I went to the-- Come
on, say amen in His place.
00:24:18.27\00:24:21.38
Amen. Amen.
00:24:21.41\00:24:24.12
I went to the alphabet to
find His name He is every where,
00:24:24.15\00:24:27.03
He is the eternal
one and the Emanuel,
00:24:27.06\00:24:29.59
He is the eternal
one, Emanuel of the elect,
00:24:29.62\00:24:31.98
the eternal,
the everlasting one.
00:24:32.01\00:24:33.93
He is the
faithful and the father
00:24:33.96\00:24:35.60
and the friend and
the faithful witness.
00:24:35.63\00:24:38.33
I went to the
alphabet to find the name Jesus
00:24:38.36\00:24:40.61
He is everywhere, He
is the good Shepherd,
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.70
and the governor, and the guide,
00:24:42.73\00:24:44.60
and glorious Lord.
00:24:44.63\00:24:48.92
I went to the alphabet to
find His name He is everywhere,
00:24:48.95\00:24:52.07
He is everywhere,
He is the husband,
00:24:52.10\00:24:54.90
and the help, and the holy one
00:24:54.93\00:24:56.98
and the honest
salvation, He is edible things
00:24:57.01\00:25:00.04
and He is the
high heavenly priest.
00:25:00.07\00:25:03.61
I went to the
alphabet to find His name Jesus
00:25:03.64\00:25:05.85
He is every where, Christ.
00:25:05.88\00:25:08.33
He is the immortal one,
00:25:08.36\00:25:11.78
the invincible
one, the invincible one.
00:25:11.81\00:25:15.15
I mean, He is the
judge, and the just,
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.66
and the Jesus and the Jehovah.
00:25:16.69\00:25:18.43
He is King of
glory and King of Israel
00:25:18.46\00:25:20.95
and King of kings.
00:25:20.98\00:25:22.66
I went to the
alphabet to find His name Jesus
00:25:22.69\00:25:25.39
He is the light, and
the life, and the Lion,
00:25:25.42\00:25:27.47
and the Lamb, and the law giver.
00:25:27.50\00:25:29.38
He is the mediator, the
master, and the mighty God.
00:25:29.41\00:25:33.50
I went to the
alphabet to find the name
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.15
He is every where, Jesus.
00:25:35.18\00:25:37.05
He is the only begotten,
00:25:37.08\00:25:40.20
He is the
offering and the offerer,
00:25:40.23\00:25:43.23
He is the
Passover, and the potentate,
00:25:43.26\00:25:45.15
and the profit,
and the propitiation.
00:25:45.18\00:25:47.44
He is-- I could go on.
00:25:47.47\00:25:49.09
He is the priest,
and the physician.
00:25:49.12\00:25:51.37
He is to all
people all things, Jesus
00:25:51.40\00:25:55.44
and He is the
centre of the church.
00:25:55.47\00:25:58.73
He is a Rabbi, and
the ransom, and the rest,
00:25:58.76\00:26:03.42
and the root of Jesse,
and the Rose of Sharon,
00:26:03.45\00:26:07.76
and the
resurrection in the life,
00:26:07.79\00:26:09.49
and the ruler redeemer
and He is rock of ages.
00:26:09.52\00:26:13.41
I went to the alphabet to
find His name He is every where,
00:26:13.44\00:26:15.71
Jesus listen to me,
He is every where Jesus
00:26:15.74\00:26:18.96
He is the stone,
and the shepherd,
00:26:18.99\00:26:20.40
and the Son of God,
and He is the Savior,
00:26:20.43\00:26:22.75
He is truth and
tabernacle, and testator,
00:26:22.78\00:26:25.56
He is the witness
in the Word of God.
00:26:25.59\00:26:27.81
And He is the wisdom of
God, and He is wonderful.
00:26:27.84\00:26:30.43
He is Yahweh forever.
00:26:30.46\00:26:36.28
Yahweh forever.
And we serve Jesus.
00:26:36.31\00:26:42.42
That's why we
come out of Babylon.
00:26:42.45\00:26:44.62
That's why we walk
away to come to God's truth.
00:26:44.65\00:26:47.21
Not because of building, we come
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.27
because He is our foundation.
00:26:50.30\00:26:52.30
He is our tabernacle
and we tabernacle with Him.
00:26:52.33\00:26:58.49
I could go on,
but I don't have time.
00:26:58.52\00:27:01.90
They put a clock on me.
00:27:01.93\00:27:04.18
When I get to
heaven I'm gonna preach
00:27:04.21\00:27:05.53
there will be no clock on me.
00:27:05.56\00:27:07.34
I want the Church that teaches
the gospel in its fullness.
00:27:13.17\00:27:16.69
Not a cheap grace.
00:27:16.72\00:27:18.70
We're not
antinomian never can do enough.
00:27:18.73\00:27:23.36
When we
understand the good news,
00:27:23.39\00:27:24.72
we want to repent and confess
and give God glory and obey.
00:27:24.75\00:27:28.90
That leads us to re-birth.
00:27:28.93\00:27:31.07
The great-- Christ
true church is rebirth.
00:27:31.10\00:27:34.48
The remnant
church, the true church
00:27:34.51\00:27:36.13
we born of the water
and born of the spirit.
00:27:36.16\00:27:39.27
Rebirth comes
about through baptism.
00:27:39.30\00:27:42.05
You cannot go to
the Kingdom of God
00:27:42.08\00:27:43.68
unless you go
through the water, why?
00:27:43.71\00:27:45.80
Because that's rebirth
into the Kingdom of God
00:27:45.83\00:27:48.29
there is no other way
into the Kingdom of God.
00:27:48.32\00:27:50.51
You can't just
stand up in fellowship
00:27:50.54\00:27:52.27
and say I believe.
00:27:52.30\00:27:53.53
No, you got to follow
Jesus with your belief,
00:27:53.56\00:27:56.17
go down into water, be
buried with Jesus come up
00:27:56.20\00:27:59.53
resurrected into new
life, turn into new direction
00:27:59.56\00:28:02.72
and head in that direction
to the glory of Christ.
00:28:02.75\00:28:06.01
Ye must be born again,
He told Nicodemus that.
00:28:06.04\00:28:09.56
Nicodemus try to philosophy.
00:28:09.59\00:28:11.40
Well, how could a man
be born when he is old?
00:28:11.43\00:28:16.24
Some of the old
people need to be born again
00:28:16.27\00:28:19.93
and some of you young
people need to be born again
00:28:19.96\00:28:23.12
and some of you
children need to be born again
00:28:23.15\00:28:25.59
and your parents
can't be born again for you.
00:28:25.62\00:28:27.99
They've got to be born
again to see the Kingdom of God.
00:28:28.02\00:28:33.13
The gift that God
gives is eternal life
00:28:33.16\00:28:35.76
and that gift is a free
gift of God never forget it.
00:28:35.79\00:28:40.02
You'll have people
come out you in the church
00:28:40.05\00:28:42.40
and they'll have
all kinds of rules.
00:28:42.43\00:28:45.09
You know they'll have a list.
00:28:45.12\00:28:46.70
The Lord gave Ten
Commandments by the time
00:28:46.73\00:28:48.88
the Jewish came
to the New Testament
00:28:48.91\00:28:50.67
they had 250 commandments
00:28:50.70\00:28:53.10
and they where no
better than when they had ten.
00:28:53.13\00:28:57.22
So, let God write His Ten
Commandments on your heart.
00:28:57.25\00:29:00.79
You know, the church is
gonna be a Trinitarian Church.
00:29:00.82\00:29:04.11
Plurality of
God, let us make man
00:29:04.14\00:29:06.14
in our image after our likeness
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.99
and the Lord said unto His
Lord sitting on the right hand
00:29:09.02\00:29:11.48
you can't sit on
your own right hand
00:29:11.51\00:29:15.11
unless that's another person.
00:29:15.14\00:29:17.63
And there was a
father, this is my beloved son
00:29:17.70\00:29:19.71
and whom I'm well--
I mean, it's all there
00:29:19.74\00:29:21.82
in the scripture
everywhere you turn
00:29:21.85\00:29:24.37
justified through faith.
00:29:24.40\00:29:25.83
Sanctified made holy by faith.
00:29:25.86\00:29:27.82
Glorified by faith.
00:29:27.85\00:29:29.44
Do you need anymore proof?
00:29:29.47\00:29:30.84
"Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.31
the evidence of
things not seen."
00:29:33.34\00:29:35.27
That is faith, belief.
00:29:35.30\00:29:38.10
Quit trying to figure it out,
00:29:38.13\00:29:41.18
just simply open
your heart to belief.
00:29:41.21\00:29:45.77
Sometimes I wonder
if, it wouldn't be better
00:29:45.80\00:29:48.71
for we would
just our young people,
00:29:48.74\00:29:50.40
young children again
or young teenager again.
00:29:50.43\00:29:53.61
We get so educated,
00:29:53.64\00:29:54.67
we educate ourselves away
from the simple things of God.
00:29:54.70\00:29:58.58
We get so educated we know
everything we know nothing.
00:29:58.61\00:30:02.16
We have to simply
turn our heart to Jesus.
00:30:02.19\00:30:04.80
I've met some of the
greatest Christians in the world
00:30:04.83\00:30:06.61
who couldn't read and write.
00:30:06.64\00:30:09.15
By the way if we're
just reading and writing
00:30:09.18\00:30:10.56
God will only save the educated.
00:30:10.59\00:30:13.77
If I find it's very
hard to get the educated save
00:30:13.80\00:30:16.36
because they know so much.
00:30:16.39\00:30:19.15
They know too much or at
least they think they do.
00:30:19.18\00:30:23.55
When I heard
the pillars of faith
00:30:23.58\00:30:24.94
I followed Jesus and
I believe the church,
00:30:24.97\00:30:28.76
church that teaches these things
00:30:28.79\00:30:31.05
the Remnant Church of God.
00:30:31.08\00:30:32.78
I became the follower
00:30:32.81\00:30:33.84
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:30:33.87\00:30:35.16
not because I grew up in
it, not because I knew about it.
00:30:35.19\00:30:37.92
I didn't know anything about it.
00:30:37.95\00:30:39.39
But I was studying my
Bible I came to some conclusion
00:30:39.42\00:30:41.60
that I found the
truth and let me tell you
00:30:41.63\00:30:43.65
it's been
settled in my heart since
00:30:43.68\00:30:45.60
and I stood up
and walk with God.
00:30:45.63\00:30:47.37
I had a tradition that goes back
00:30:47.40\00:30:48.91
thousands of years
to Lutheran's Church.
00:30:48.94\00:30:51.76
Norwegian's are
naturally born Lutheran.
00:30:51.79\00:30:56.42
But now I am a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.38
because the Bible
teaches and I want to follow
00:30:58.41\00:31:00.67
what the Bible teaches
and we see the Bible teaches
00:31:00.70\00:31:03.50
the inspiration the
pillars of Christian faith.
00:31:03.53\00:31:06.77
"Know ye not, that as many of us
00:31:06.80\00:31:07.89
were baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into His death?
00:31:07.92\00:31:10.81
Therefore we are buried
with Him by baptism into death."
00:31:10.84\00:31:13.73
You see, this is the
message of God baptizo,
00:31:13.76\00:31:16.63
to immerse, to
bury, to put down under.
00:31:16.66\00:31:18.87
You see it's says
"Jacob begat Joseph
00:31:18.90\00:31:21.04
the husband of Mary, of whom
was born Jesus, called Christ.
00:31:21.07\00:31:23.59
So, all generations
from Abraham to David
00:31:23.62\00:31:25.61
was fourteen generations
00:31:25.64\00:31:27.05
and David until the
carrying away into Babylon."
00:31:27.08\00:31:29.14
It tells us that birth
of Jesus it's prophesied.
00:31:29.17\00:31:32.27
We have Jesus as the
centre of our Church.
00:31:32.30\00:31:35.91
And when Jesus was baptized
00:31:35.94\00:31:37.22
there was the
dove the Holy Spirit,
00:31:37.25\00:31:38.54
there was the Father
this is my beloved Son.
00:31:38.57\00:31:40.87
And so, I look for the church
00:31:40.90\00:31:42.12
that teaches and
preaches the trinity.
00:31:42.15\00:31:44.94
I want a church that has Father,
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.01
the word Jesus
and the Holy Spirit
00:31:47.04\00:31:48.83
and these three are one.
00:31:48.86\00:31:50.27
I believe that Jesus
Christ is the creator of man.
00:31:50.30\00:31:54.25
I believe it was Jesus
Christ who created the world.
00:31:54.28\00:31:57.26
I want to find a
church that teaches that.
00:31:57.29\00:31:59.45
I want to find a
church in the world,
00:31:59.48\00:32:01.44
the whole world that teaches
00:32:01.47\00:32:03.14
those doctrines
those great truths
00:32:03.17\00:32:05.34
and of the
pillars of their faith
00:32:05.37\00:32:06.95
and I found it, I
went in search of it.
00:32:06.98\00:32:09.75
"And the worship Him that made
heaven and earth, and the sea,
00:32:09.78\00:32:12.00
and the fountains of
water," Revelation 14:7.
00:32:12.03\00:32:14.88
Listen to me that
was a promise of God
00:32:14.91\00:32:17.28
there in Revelation
and He teaches us in John.
00:32:17.31\00:32:20.09
"In the beginning was the Word,
00:32:20.12\00:32:21.16
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
00:32:21.19\00:32:22.44
That's Jesus.
00:32:22.47\00:32:23.50
"The same was in
the beginning with God.
00:32:23.53\00:32:24.98
All things were made by Him,
00:32:25.01\00:32:26.75
without Him was
not anything made."
00:32:26.78\00:32:30.23
Jesus is your
Creator and your re-Creator.
00:32:30.26\00:32:34.97
He made you and He bought you.
00:32:35.00\00:32:36.87
Amen. Amen, amen.
00:32:36.90\00:32:40.30
I mean, I'm happy tonight,
to know that I have a Savior
00:32:40.33\00:32:44.96
who made me, and who bought me.
00:32:44.99\00:32:49.51
Wow, Colossians tells us in
1:16 "For by Him," who Jesus
00:32:49.54\00:32:54.71
"All things were
created, that are in heaven,
00:32:54.74\00:32:56.56
that are" I want to
find the Church that teaches
00:32:56.59\00:32:58.23
Jesus is not only my
Savior but Jesus is my Creator.
00:32:58.26\00:33:02.01
And all things were created
by Him "visible and invincible,
00:33:02.04\00:33:05.22
whether there would be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities
00:33:05.25\00:33:07.64
or powers, all things
were created by Him" and what?
00:33:07.67\00:33:10.26
"For Him."
00:33:10.29\00:33:11.33
You've been
created for Jesus Christ,
00:33:11.36\00:33:13.98
there is
nothing else you can do.
00:33:14.01\00:33:16.50
You've been
created for Jesus Christ.
00:33:16.53\00:33:20.08
The dragon was
angry with the woman.
00:33:20.11\00:33:22.39
He hates us.
00:33:22.42\00:33:23.67
The woman the
church, the pure woman.
00:33:23.70\00:33:25.52
By the way, listen to
me, you look at both women
00:33:25.55\00:33:27.90
in Revelation
one is all dressed up
00:33:27.93\00:33:30.80
and jeweled up and
feeling pretty proud
00:33:30.83\00:33:34.40
and then comes the humble church
00:33:34.43\00:33:37.05
with the righteous
robe of Jesus Christ
00:33:37.08\00:33:39.86
and to them that
makes them beautiful.
00:33:39.89\00:33:44.03
Come on now, that's
a Church of Revelation.
00:33:44.06\00:33:48.05
He "went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
00:33:48.08\00:33:49.81
what that keep to
commandments of God."
00:33:49.84\00:33:51.55
I looked for the
Church that believe
00:33:51.58\00:33:52.95
that the Commandments of
God is binding on the believer
00:33:52.98\00:33:55.98
that we do not keep the
commandments to get saved
00:33:56.01\00:33:58.30
we keep the commandments
because we've been saved.
00:33:58.33\00:34:00.94
I was a thief
before I knew Jesus
00:34:00.97\00:34:02.76
He saved me, I'm
no longer a thief.
00:34:02.79\00:34:05.28
You can leave your
door open in my neighborhood
00:34:05.31\00:34:07.84
and I wouldn't come in.
00:34:07.87\00:34:11.25
Every believer
should be that honest.
00:34:11.28\00:34:15.11
And what was it that mean--
00:34:15.14\00:34:16.35
was it my
honesty that brought me?
00:34:16.38\00:34:18.42
No, I came
wretched and God saved me.
00:34:18.45\00:34:24.15
That the Lord of God is binding.
00:34:24.18\00:34:25.45
Don't you believe those people
00:34:25.48\00:34:26.70
that try to do away
with the law of God?
00:34:26.73\00:34:28.98
Don't you believe when they
say well the Lord is legalism?
00:34:29.01\00:34:32.10
The Lord is not legalism.
00:34:32.13\00:34:33.51
The Lord isn't
expression of my love for God.
00:34:33.54\00:34:35.89
My love for my wife
is written up on my heart
00:34:35.92\00:34:39.38
therefore, I obey her.
00:34:39.41\00:34:42.38
Now she still
needs a lot of grace
00:34:47.84\00:34:49.76
but I will obey her.
00:34:49.79\00:34:54.16
I obey her.
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.70
Listen to Word of God,
00:34:55.73\00:34:56.76
the Ten
Commandments were written,
00:34:56.79\00:34:57.97
listen, by the finger of God.
00:34:58.00\00:35:00.05
I mean, there is
nothing been better,
00:35:00.08\00:35:02.90
they have not improved
up on the Ten Commandments.
00:35:02.93\00:35:06.01
This nation with all of its laws
00:35:06.04\00:35:08.24
and all of its-- hasn't
improve on the Ten Commandments.
00:35:08.27\00:35:12.31
In fact, they are afraid to look
00:35:12.34\00:35:14.61
at the Ten Commandments
because it will reveal
00:35:14.64\00:35:17.33
how terrible and rotten they are
00:35:17.36\00:35:19.73
because they
turned away from God.
00:35:19.76\00:35:23.11
We uphold the law.
00:35:23.14\00:35:25.41
We're not saved by the
law but we uphold the law.
00:35:25.44\00:35:28.39
And because we've been saved
the law is written on my heart.
00:35:28.42\00:35:31.42
I want to be an honest
man, I want to be a pure man.
00:35:31.45\00:35:35.02
I want to be a son
that, so beat into his parents
00:35:35.05\00:35:38.60
but I want my parents
to be obedient to God.
00:35:38.63\00:35:41.16
And by the way, don't
you dare tell your children
00:35:41.19\00:35:44.15
honor your father and mother
00:35:44.18\00:35:45.51
until you are honorable
because Paul told you that.
00:35:45.54\00:35:49.82
"If you keep my commandments,
ye shall abide in my love,
00:35:49.85\00:35:52.43
even as I kept my
Father's commandment and" what?
00:35:52.46\00:35:54.66
"Abide in his love."
00:35:54.69\00:35:56.17
I could go on and on, I
mean I've got ten-- "Think not
00:35:56.20\00:35:58.99
that I have come to
destroy the law or prophets,
00:35:59.02\00:36:00.57
I am not come to
destroy, but" what?
00:36:00.60\00:36:01.95
"To fulfill." Do
you need more proof?
00:36:01.98\00:36:04.56
If the commandments are binding
00:36:04.59\00:36:05.96
and the Sabbath
commandments is binding
00:36:05.99\00:36:07.96
and why would he say remember
if you can do whatever you want
00:36:07.99\00:36:10.87
and you don't have to remember?
00:36:10.90\00:36:12.00
Why would He save you remember?
00:36:12.03\00:36:14.82
What God says
remember, you better remember.
00:36:14.85\00:36:21.34
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:36:21.37\00:36:24.18
By the way, one of the
most beautiful experiences
00:36:24.21\00:36:25.74
in the world is
keeping the Sabbath.
00:36:25.77\00:36:28.33
It's not legalism,
it's not treachery.
00:36:28.36\00:36:30.88
By the way, it's
most beautiful thing
00:36:30.91\00:36:32.07
it can happen to a person.
00:36:32.10\00:36:34.25
When I first
discovered the Sabbath
00:36:34.28\00:36:35.64
and I came into that
Sabbath we run six days,
00:36:35.67\00:36:38.41
we run seven days a
week we're wore out.
00:36:38.44\00:36:40.73
I mean, we run
all week long working
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.32
then we come to
weekend and we try with leisure
00:36:42.35\00:36:44.89
we tried to run,
run, run all weekend
00:36:44.92\00:36:47.09
and the clock
runs down and runs down
00:36:47.12\00:36:49.19
and we wonder why
we have heart attacks
00:36:49.22\00:36:50.66
we wonder why we have
nervous breakdowns we wonder--
00:36:50.69\00:36:52.67
because we haven't
followed the rule of God.
00:36:52.70\00:36:54.75
God said there's one day
that you keep apart for Me.
00:36:54.78\00:36:57.75
Lay down, rest up.
00:36:57.78\00:36:58.94
He said worship
with Me on the Sabbath
00:36:58.97\00:37:01.43
and I wanted to find a
church that kept the Sabbath.
00:37:01.46\00:37:05.83
I wanted to find a
church that was obedient to God.
00:37:05.86\00:37:10.40
"I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day,"
00:37:10.43\00:37:11.89
by the way, the
Lord's day is not Sunday.
00:37:11.92\00:37:14.53
The Sabbath is the seventh day.
00:37:14.56\00:37:16.29
It was the seventh
day in the time of Jesus.
00:37:16.32\00:37:18.58
It was the seventh day
in the time of Abraham.
00:37:18.61\00:37:20.61
It was the seventh day
in the time of Adam and Eve.
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.74
The days have not changed.
00:37:22.77\00:37:24.05
You can change your calendar
00:37:24.08\00:37:25.20
but you cannot
change the cycle of seven.
00:37:25.23\00:37:27.31
Amen. Amen.
00:37:27.34\00:37:30.47
Well, don't use that excuse.
00:37:30.50\00:37:32.96
Why don't you just say
you don't want to do it?
00:37:32.99\00:37:36.27
All right, fine. But
don't say God changed it.
00:37:36.30\00:37:42.05
I also was looking for a church
with a Threefold Judgment.
00:37:42.08\00:37:44.57
I've gone over this stuff
with you night after night.
00:37:44.60\00:37:46.86
You know threefold, that
is the investigative judgment.
00:37:46.89\00:37:49.96
When Jesus Christ
comes the second time,
00:37:49.99\00:37:51.68
the Bible says He will
know the weak and tares.
00:37:51.71\00:37:54.48
He will know who the sheep are,
00:37:54.51\00:37:55.98
come on, He knows
who the goats are, right.
00:37:56.01\00:37:58.15
He separates
sheep and goats, when?
00:37:58.18\00:37:59.52
At His coming.
00:37:59.55\00:38:00.58
So there must have
been a prejudgment.
00:38:00.61\00:38:03.48
And by the way,
that's when the angels judge.
00:38:03.51\00:38:05.64
Then in millennial
judgment, the second judgment,
00:38:05.67\00:38:08.67
the millennial
judgment, you sit and judge me.
00:38:08.70\00:38:12.71
So if I don't get to
heaven that's not gonna happen
00:38:12.74\00:38:15.83
but what do you say
and you say, Ron Halvorsen,
00:38:15.86\00:38:18.45
why that nice fellow and
then you look the books are open
00:38:18.48\00:38:22.47
and you sit and judge me
and see the justice of God.
00:38:22.50\00:38:25.54
You see the whole
question is the Justice of God.
00:38:25.57\00:38:28.71
Is God really just, and that
that is millennium judgment.
00:38:28.74\00:38:32.74
We won't get into the 2,300 days
00:38:32.77\00:38:34.65
we were ready talked
about it night after night.
00:38:34.68\00:38:37.81
"Once to die, but
after this the judgment."
00:38:37.84\00:38:40.05
I mean Hebrews 9:27.
00:38:40.08\00:38:42.41
We have the state of death
00:38:42.44\00:38:43.89
but there is no such
thing as immortal soul
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.79
not until Jesus
Christ comes back
00:38:45.82\00:38:47.44
and gives you an immortal soul.
00:38:47.47\00:38:48.94
You see this corruptible
shall put on in corruption.
00:38:48.97\00:38:51.33
When? At the coming of Christ.
00:38:51.36\00:38:52.92
The mortal shall
put on immorality.
00:38:52.95\00:38:54.53
When? At the coming of Christ.
00:38:54.56\00:38:56.17
Listen to me, God's
way has always been best.
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.54
He lays you to rest there's
no passage of time in the grave.
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.22
The next thing you know,
it could be a thousand years,
00:39:01.25\00:39:03.50
the next moment
you open your eyes
00:39:03.53\00:39:05.30
Jesus is here, not only that
00:39:05.33\00:39:06.96
but your family is here with you
00:39:06.99\00:39:08.54
and you rise to heaven
and go to heaven together.
00:39:08.57\00:39:10.78
Amen, that's the
plan of God for your life.
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.08
And so I search for the Church
00:39:14.11\00:39:15.70
I could hardly
find it and then I found
00:39:15.73\00:39:17.96
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.12
and there it was one
of its great pillars.
00:39:19.15\00:39:21.23
The sleep, soul sleep
until the resurrection
00:39:21.26\00:39:25.26
and I love that
because I know that--
00:39:25.29\00:39:29.47
I want to be
Brooklyn when He comes.
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.58
Well, if not, I'm
gonna fly over there
00:39:31.61\00:39:34.92
and rise up together with my mom
00:39:34.95\00:39:36.76
and my dad and my grandma's.
00:39:36.79\00:39:39.90
Listen to me, what a
great day that will be.
00:39:39.93\00:39:42.40
And if time last and I
go to rest in Jesus Christ,
00:39:42.43\00:39:46.69
listen to me, I'll
be caught up together.
00:39:46.72\00:39:50.71
I have brothers
and I have a sister
00:39:50.74\00:39:53.33
will be caught up together.
00:39:53.36\00:39:55.79
Nothing can shake my faith.
Nothing can turn me around.
00:39:55.82\00:40:02.49
You can't beat
me away from Christ
00:40:02.52\00:40:05.76
because He is the way
the truth and the life.
00:40:05.79\00:40:08.92
Sleep of death,
that's the Bible.
00:40:08.95\00:40:10.83
There is life, there is
death, there is resurrection.
00:40:10.86\00:40:13.78
By the way, Uncle John
don't fled off when he dies.
00:40:13.81\00:40:17.05
What it would be like
if Uncle John looked down
00:40:17.08\00:40:18.99
upon this world and
saw would you would--
00:40:19.02\00:40:20.98
what was your mother
looking down upon you
00:40:21.01\00:40:23.49
and some of you are
suffering terrible things lot,
00:40:23.52\00:40:26.14
some way your are
going through the worst time
00:40:26.17\00:40:28.61
in your life and that's heaven.
00:40:28.64\00:40:32.06
Jesus way has
always been better.
00:40:32.09\00:40:33.97
He lays you to rest then comes
00:40:34.00\00:40:36.42
to the great glorious
day of the coming Christ
00:40:36.45\00:40:38.60
He lifts you up and He
takes to the kingdom of heaven
00:40:38.63\00:40:40.97
life, death, resurrection.
00:40:41.00\00:40:43.21
I look for a church
00:40:43.24\00:40:44.27
that normally
taught spiritual fact
00:40:44.30\00:40:45.80
but also taught healthy living.
00:40:45.83\00:40:46.86
Why?
00:40:46.89\00:40:47.92
Because I
discovered reading the Bible
00:40:47.95\00:40:49.33
that my body is
temple of the Holy Ghost.
00:40:49.36\00:40:52.42
Now there was a time
00:40:52.45\00:40:53.48
when I taught
this 20, 30 years ago
00:40:53.51\00:40:55.72
people would say, oh,
that don't sound right.
00:40:55.75\00:40:58.96
I mean, you know,
what goes in the body
00:40:58.99\00:41:00.98
doesn't defile the man but--
00:41:01.01\00:41:03.93
listen to me, pork
chops no good for Jew
00:41:03.96\00:41:08.05
is no good for a Norwegian.
00:41:08.08\00:41:12.88
Doesn't take a rocket scientist.
00:41:12.91\00:41:16.23
Cholesterol for a
Jew's heart is no good
00:41:16.26\00:41:21.30
and is no good
for Norwegian heart.
00:41:21.33\00:41:22.81
That's logic, isn't it?
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.26
And so God told
this what we could eat
00:41:24.29\00:41:25.89
and what we couldn't eat.
00:41:25.92\00:41:27.10
And by the way, in
our class we teach that.
00:41:27.13\00:41:29.32
We try to teach you
clean, unclean foods.
00:41:29.35\00:41:31.44
I hope that later on as you go
00:41:31.47\00:41:32.96
they're gonna have beautiful
cooking schools in the church
00:41:32.99\00:41:36.18
and you go and learn and
continuously grow in grace.
00:41:36.21\00:41:39.38
But know we're not
talking about heaven and hell
00:41:39.41\00:41:42.03
we're taking about
how to live good on earth.
00:41:42.06\00:41:46.02
In fact, they've even done
00:41:46.05\00:41:47.15
a survey among
Seventh-day Adventist
00:41:47.18\00:41:48.91
and they discovered that
they live seven years longer
00:41:48.94\00:41:52.97
than people of other faith.
00:41:53.00\00:41:55.41
Do you hear that?
00:41:55.44\00:41:56.47
So now you not only
joining in the church
00:41:56.50\00:41:57.90
you're joining
seven years longer.
00:41:57.93\00:42:00.94
Come on now, but I
want to talk to those
00:42:00.97\00:42:04.71
who I want to
live seven years longer
00:42:04.74\00:42:06.24
and still be miserable.
00:42:06.27\00:42:09.09
It isn't worthy.
00:42:09.12\00:42:12.69
If you are miserable and trying
to live seven years longer
00:42:12.72\00:42:15.38
get on your
knees, prayer to God,
00:42:15.41\00:42:16.52
let Him soften
you up sweet you up
00:42:16.55\00:42:18.25
and then you will be
best of both ways, okay.
00:42:18.28\00:42:21.31
Our body is the
temple of Holy Ghost.
00:42:21.34\00:42:23.18
And by the way, we
don't have to build
00:42:23.21\00:42:24.36
a temple in
Jerusalem we are the temple.
00:42:24.39\00:42:27.79
So send in people over
there to build the temple.
00:42:27.82\00:42:30.70
Listen, we don't
have to build the temple
00:42:30.73\00:42:32.54
Jesus has built the temple.
00:42:32.57\00:42:34.13
He came to me, wrecked me
down so He could rebuild me
00:42:34.16\00:42:38.59
and I've spent many
wonderful years with God
00:42:38.62\00:42:41.22
76 years, I'm still
preaching the Word of God.
00:42:41.25\00:42:44.70
Come on, that's
because of this message
00:42:44.73\00:42:47.26
that God has given
to him to the church
00:42:47.29\00:42:49.66
to the church of Jesus Christ.
00:42:49.69\00:42:51.21
"What?
00:42:51.24\00:42:52.27
Know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost
00:42:52.30\00:42:53.61
which is in you,
which ye have of God,
00:42:53.64\00:42:55.78
and ye are not your own?"
00:42:55.81\00:42:58.10
You're bought with a price.
00:42:58.13\00:43:00.13
So, glorify God in
your body and thank God
00:43:00.16\00:43:04.04
He caught you
smoking tobacco, alcohol.
00:43:04.07\00:43:06.87
I don't have to
talk to you about that,
00:43:06.90\00:43:08.64
science has
proven it 30 years ago
00:43:08.67\00:43:10.92
when I talked about it
well, they would tied about it
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.61
but you shouldn't
be up tied about it
00:43:13.64\00:43:15.01
you know, what
it's doing to your body.
00:43:15.04\00:43:19.11
Well, God bless you,
you come we will anoint you
00:43:19.14\00:43:22.80
and we will ask
God to take it from you
00:43:22.83\00:43:24.43
and set you free
and clean your body up.
00:43:24.46\00:43:26.73
I look for a church that taught
00:43:26.76\00:43:28.56
that body is a
temple of the Holy Ghost.
00:43:28.59\00:43:30.30
I found it the Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Church.
00:43:30.33\00:43:33.02
I found it there.
00:43:33.05\00:43:34.48
I searched all the
others, I followed that formula
00:43:34.51\00:43:39.36
I followed that
formula where God was teaching
00:43:39.39\00:43:43.86
that my body was a
temple of the Holy Ghost.
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.46
"For ye bought with a price
00:43:46.49\00:43:47.52
glorify God in your
body, and in you spirit.
00:43:47.55\00:43:50.14
If any man defile the temple
of God, him shall God" what?
00:43:50.17\00:43:54.37
That's how important it
is for your body cleaned up.
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.10
You here me?
00:43:57.13\00:43:58.19
That's how important it
is and you have no reason
00:43:58.22\00:44:00.64
why not God can do it,
00:44:00.67\00:44:01.87
He is able you just
got to be submissive,
00:44:01.90\00:44:05.26
submit to His
Spirit and God is able.
00:44:05.29\00:44:07.96
And remember the Garden of Eden
00:44:07.99\00:44:09.84
and you're gonna
have good classes for you
00:44:09.87\00:44:12.38
I hope you get in those
classes cleaned, unclean food.
00:44:12.41\00:44:15.70
Read Leviticus 11
and Deuteronomy 14
00:44:15.73\00:44:18.38
tells you
exactly what you can eat,
00:44:18.41\00:44:19.79
what you can't eat.
00:44:19.82\00:44:21.01
So well, that's
the Jew no other Jew--
00:44:21.04\00:44:22.59
Jew has a heart
and you have a heart.
00:44:22.62\00:44:25.63
High cholesterol in Jewish heart
00:44:25.66\00:44:27.21
does the same thing it
does to a Norwegian heart.
00:44:27.24\00:44:30.27
So that's what God is trying
to teach us the principal,
00:44:30.30\00:44:33.48
live by the
principal scriptures, okay.
00:44:33.51\00:44:36.31
And by the way
people throw things at you
00:44:36.34\00:44:38.70
don't you let God leads you,
00:44:38.73\00:44:42.16
you takes one step at a
time and don't worry about them
00:44:42.19\00:44:45.36
who have been 50 years
trying to get to heaven.
00:44:45.39\00:44:49.75
And just follow
and God will lead you
00:44:49.78\00:44:51.48
and God will help you to
know what's good for your body.
00:44:51.51\00:44:54.16
I could go on
there are so many things
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.11
but the Bible is the center.
00:44:56.14\00:44:57.95
I can't keep saying
that the Bible is the center.
00:44:57.98\00:45:00.48
We come to church go there
on the Sabbath listen to me,
00:45:00.51\00:45:03.59
don't be a
tourist, go every Sabbath,
00:45:03.62\00:45:06.85
go there and worship God
and I have to feel the spirit
00:45:06.88\00:45:11.45
and then it makes
the whole day beautiful.
00:45:11.48\00:45:13.75
I look, I mean I go to
the little tiny church,
00:45:13.78\00:45:16.38
Seventh-day Adventist
Church out there in Florida.
00:45:16.41\00:45:18.69
I mean it's
hundred's some of members
00:45:18.72\00:45:21.30
and I hear, I hear
some preaching lay people
00:45:21.33\00:45:24.45
and I mean, I have to sit
through some of those sermons
00:45:24.48\00:45:28.30
but let me tell you I
always learn, I am open,
00:45:28.33\00:45:31.50
I am always open
to the Spirit of God
00:45:31.53\00:45:33.58
and I get a
blessing, right, amen.
00:45:33.61\00:45:35.47
I get the blessing.
00:45:35.50\00:45:36.53
So don't say oh, I know that
00:45:36.56\00:45:37.84
and they can't
teach me anything.
00:45:37.87\00:45:39.74
You can learn if
you open your heart
00:45:39.77\00:45:41.32
to the Holy Spirit, all right?
00:45:41.35\00:45:42.85
So don't you be
looking for the big preacher
00:45:42.88\00:45:45.32
and the big this
and the big that,
00:45:45.35\00:45:47.15
listen to the humble
spirit and you will be humble
00:45:47.18\00:45:49.75
and the humble spirit will
prove in the end will be true.
00:45:49.78\00:45:53.56
Okay, some people say what about
00:45:53.59\00:45:54.87
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, little church,
00:45:54.90\00:45:56.37
well, I am gonna
tell you something
00:45:56.40\00:45:57.71
about the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:45:57.74\00:45:59.56
Here's statistics 2010,
Churches 2011, 71,048 churches
00:45:59.59\00:46:06.15
we have in the world.
00:46:06.18\00:46:07.62
65, 553 companies
or little churches
00:46:07.65\00:46:11.91
that are growing
into big churches
00:46:11.94\00:46:13.73
that's the companies.
00:46:13.76\00:46:15.13
Church membership is 17,214,683.
00:46:15.16\00:46:19.92
The fastest
growing church in America,
00:46:19.95\00:46:22.10
the fastest
growing church in the world
00:46:22.13\00:46:23.99
is the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:46:24.02\00:46:25.28
Did you know that? No.
00:46:25.31\00:46:28.29
They said oh,
that's a little cult,
00:46:28.32\00:46:30.70
that's a little cult.
00:46:30.73\00:46:32.21
What's a cult?
00:46:32.24\00:46:33.59
We serve Jesus
Christ, is that a cult?
00:46:33.62\00:46:36.71
We follow the commands
of God's, is that a cult?
00:46:36.74\00:46:40.22
This is the
church, the church of Jesus
00:46:40.25\00:46:42.47
and you Adventist
be both proud of it.
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.96
Not too proud because you heard
00:46:45.99\00:46:48.47
what pride did to anyway--
Here it is listen to Baptisms,
00:46:48.50\00:46:53.97
One year total
accessions 1,050,783.
00:46:54.00\00:46:58.20
Baptisms, 1,023,800.
00:46:58.23\00:47:02.86
Professions of Faith, 26,903
00:47:02.89\00:47:05.13
if you've been
baptized by immersion
00:47:05.16\00:47:06.37
it take you about
Professional of Faith.
00:47:06.40\00:47:08.32
Ordained Ministries, 17,000.
00:47:08.35\00:47:10.64
Seventh-day Adventist
Church educational program,
00:47:10.67\00:47:13.04
we are second largest Christian
00:47:13.07\00:47:14.59
educational system in the world.
00:47:14.62\00:47:16.49
Amen.
00:47:16.52\00:47:18.31
Seven thousand
eight hundred and six
00:47:18.34\00:47:20.55
over two million are
enrolled in our schools.
00:47:20.58\00:47:23.38
We have two of the
most beautiful schools
00:47:23.41\00:47:25.11
right here in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
00:47:25.14\00:47:28.01
Mulberry School
we spent time there
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.82
I love those
little kids, they love me.
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.50
They come jump.
00:47:33.53\00:47:34.56
They love this pastor
00:47:34.59\00:47:35.81
he has been working
ministering for the kids.
00:47:35.84\00:47:37.75
We're gonna have a beautiful
baptism on Friday night.
00:47:37.78\00:47:39.93
We're gonna have at least what,
00:47:39.96\00:47:41.47
eight or ten from this
week-- 12 young people here.
00:47:41.50\00:47:45.98
And you're
gonna see the children
00:47:46.01\00:47:47.13
what God does in
a Christina school.
00:47:47.16\00:47:50.21
We are nothing to be ashamed of.
00:47:50.24\00:47:52.71
Two million in the world.
00:47:52.74\00:47:54.13
Seventh-day Adventist,
Hospitals and Sanitariums 173.
00:47:54.16\00:47:57.16
Nursing and
Retirement Homes 132.
00:47:57.19\00:47:59.35
Clinics and
Dispensaries 216. Orphanages 36.
00:47:59.38\00:48:03.28
Airplanes and
Medical Launches 10.
00:48:03.31\00:48:05.91
Outpatient 15,705,827.
00:48:05.94\00:48:10.92
We have mission
hospitals in Africa and Asia
00:48:10.95\00:48:14.72
I've been there.
00:48:14.75\00:48:17.60
And we are not standing there
looking for their Blue Cross
00:48:17.63\00:48:19.91
and their Blue Shield,
00:48:19.94\00:48:24.87
or their Obama Care, come on.
00:48:24.90\00:48:28.16
We have heavens
care, amen. Amen.
00:48:28.19\00:48:31.36
And our missionary
doctors go to the entire world
00:48:31.39\00:48:34.35
to preach the gospel of
Jesus and to heal men and women.
00:48:34.38\00:48:38.02
We-- I mean, I'm getting
to I don't want to be proud
00:48:38.05\00:48:40.83
I just, I just
want to show you facts.
00:48:40.86\00:48:44.28
Do you realize
countries and areas of the world
00:48:44.31\00:48:46.10
as recognized by
the United Nations 232.
00:48:46.13\00:48:48.65
We are in 209 of those
countries sharing the gospel
00:48:48.68\00:48:52.53
and building
churches to the glory of God.
00:48:52.56\00:48:55.83
And will go on doing it.
00:48:55.86\00:48:57.69
We will not retreat
but we will go on doing it
00:48:57.72\00:49:01.63
because the
Remnant is a movement
00:49:01.66\00:49:05.71
and a movement moves,
00:49:05.74\00:49:10.25
it moves, it moves.
00:49:10.28\00:49:14.51
I'm the way the
truth and the life.
00:49:14.54\00:49:16.73
Listen to me, my
brother and sister,
00:49:16.76\00:49:18.36
Jesus is the way
the truth and the life.
00:49:18.39\00:49:20.11
When He shows the way, take it.
00:49:20.14\00:49:22.58
I think a broken stone mission.
00:49:22.61\00:49:25.11
A missionary
went out to this place
00:49:25.14\00:49:27.40
and preached the gospel
and they heard the message.
00:49:27.43\00:49:30.12
And then he had to go.
00:49:30.15\00:49:31.87
And they said
well, how we'll know
00:49:31.90\00:49:33.01
when true
missionary comes again?
00:49:33.04\00:49:35.58
He said well,
here he broke a stone
00:49:35.61\00:49:38.61
and he gave it to the chief.
00:49:38.64\00:49:40.14
And he says, you keep this stone
00:49:40.17\00:49:41.92
and when the
true missionary comes
00:49:41.95\00:49:43.74
he'll bring the
other part of that stone.
00:49:43.77\00:49:46.49
And then when he
comes, you check on him
00:49:46.52\00:49:49.15
and you put the stone together.
00:49:49.18\00:49:54.22
And if the stone
fits you know what,
00:49:54.25\00:49:58.69
that he is the true missionary.
00:49:58.72\00:50:01.26
God took the pillar of
faith and the pillar of faith
00:50:01.29\00:50:07.71
and the pillar of
faith and the pillar of faith
00:50:07.74\00:50:11.10
and He was building His temple.
00:50:11.13\00:50:13.06
He was building
the Kingdom of God.
00:50:13.09\00:50:15.53
And they are those great pillars
00:50:15.56\00:50:16.80
hold up the Temple of God.
00:50:16.83\00:50:19.48
If there was one
missing, two missing collapse
00:50:19.51\00:50:23.78
but they are there.
00:50:23.81\00:50:24.99
Friend, I'm the way
the truth and the life
00:50:25.02\00:50:27.13
Jesus Christ is calling you.
00:50:27.16\00:50:28.95
Jesus Christ is
revealing to you.
00:50:28.98\00:50:31.01
I mean, I don't know
how anybody could refuse
00:50:31.04\00:50:34.58
the voice of
Jesus to their heart.
00:50:34.61\00:50:36.47
I don't know anybody could say,
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.40
well, you know I really
don't have enough knowledge.
00:50:38.43\00:50:43.06
You've learned
more in this month
00:50:43.09\00:50:46.72
than you've
learned, come on now.
00:50:46.75\00:50:49.98
Amen.
00:50:50.01\00:50:52.96
What more do you need to learn?
00:50:52.99\00:50:55.76
You know that
Jesus Christ loves you
00:50:55.79\00:51:00.32
and that's the point.
00:51:00.35\00:51:02.24
And when you come to the truth
00:51:02.27\00:51:03.54
you'll see the pillars the
Bible inspired Word of God.
00:51:03.57\00:51:07.77
Creator, no evolution
we don't believe a tadpole
00:51:07.80\00:51:12.61
was beginning to begin a
frog with his tail tucked in
00:51:12.64\00:51:18.67
and a monkey in a banyan
tree and a doctor with a PhD.
00:51:18.70\00:51:25.45
We believe we
created in the image of God
00:51:25.48\00:51:29.30
and God is
unique in His creation.
00:51:29.33\00:51:31.31
We believe the Sabbath is
binding on every believer.
00:51:31.34\00:51:34.33
But the Lord of God is
now written in our hearts
00:51:34.36\00:51:36.09
not on tables of
stone that we'll be loving,
00:51:36.12\00:51:38.99
caring, beautiful people.
00:51:39.02\00:51:41.45
Now you're not gonna find them
00:51:41.48\00:51:42.52
all lovely and
caring and beautiful.
00:51:42.55\00:51:46.20
Yes, some of those
old saints who come at you
00:51:46.23\00:51:49.41
we don't do that in this church.
00:51:49.44\00:51:51.87
They've been in a way 40 years
while expecting a new baby.
00:51:51.90\00:51:57.25
Come on now,
straighten up church
00:51:57.28\00:51:59.24
I'll come back and get you.
00:51:59.27\00:52:01.96
All right, be good. Be good.
00:52:01.99\00:52:05.90
I am the way the
truth and the life.
00:52:05.93\00:52:09.98
And I am a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian
00:52:10.01\00:52:12.54
not because my
mom or my grandmother
00:52:12.57\00:52:14.05
or my great, great grandmother
I am because I studied
00:52:14.08\00:52:16.95
and I discovered
pillars for faith and I said,
00:52:16.98\00:52:19.68
all to Jesus I surrender,
all to Him I free to give.
00:52:19.71\00:52:24.76
And that moment
there in Washington Avenue
00:52:24.79\00:52:26.71
Seventh-day Adventist
Church in Brooklyn, New York
00:52:26.74\00:52:29.27
took a two hour trip on
the subway to get there.
00:52:29.30\00:52:32.03
There was all alone.
00:52:32.06\00:52:33.88
My family wasn't with me
at that time I was all alone.
00:52:33.91\00:52:37.03
And I was baptized
into the Kingdom of God
00:52:37.06\00:52:39.22
and listen to me I've
been happy ever since.
00:52:39.25\00:52:42.23
And you have to admit it
that I'm a happy Christian.
00:52:42.26\00:52:45.37
Come on now,
remember God loves you.
00:52:45.40\00:52:48.28
Be faithful to
God always, always.
00:52:48.31\00:52:52.81
In Matthew 4:4
the Word of God says,
00:53:14.37\00:53:17.03
"It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread alone,
00:53:17.06\00:53:20.09
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.'
00:53:20.12\00:53:23.88
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Good evening, everyone.
00:54:03.97\00:54:05.06
What a blessing it is to be
able to answer Bible questions
00:54:05.09\00:54:08.72
during this
Revelation Today series.
00:54:08.75\00:54:11.32
And I thank you for
asking Bible questions
00:54:11.35\00:54:13.82
and I'm glad you've
been coming each night
00:54:13.85\00:54:15.67
willing to learn,
open up your Bible, study
00:54:15.70\00:54:18.85
and respond to the
invitation of the Holy Spirit.
00:54:18.88\00:54:21.92
Now here's a
Bible question and it is
00:54:21.95\00:54:25.22
"what's wrong with
me staying in my church
00:54:25.25\00:54:27.55
as long as I follow
what the Bible teaches?
00:54:27.58\00:54:29.71
I love the people in my church."
00:54:29.74\00:54:32.09
Well, I'm glad you
do but do you love them
00:54:32.12\00:54:35.23
more than you love Jesus?
00:54:35.26\00:54:36.92
You know, Jesus met
some fishermen one day,
00:54:36.95\00:54:39.14
they were down
there mending their nets
00:54:39.17\00:54:40.63
and Jesus said follow
Me, and they said oh, no.
00:54:40.66\00:54:43.76
How could I
leave my fishing nets?
00:54:43.79\00:54:45.68
No, man, I can't
follow You, I love my job.
00:54:45.71\00:54:51.24
If that had happened
history would have been
00:54:51.27\00:54:53.10
altogether different at least
for certain key individuals.
00:54:53.13\00:54:57.10
How about that
time Peter asked Jesus
00:54:57.13\00:54:59.27
a question in John Chapter 21
00:54:59.30\00:55:00.64
he said, now what about this guy
00:55:00.67\00:55:02.97
and Jesus essentially said
00:55:03.00\00:55:04.13
don't you worry about
that guy you follow Me.
00:55:04.16\00:55:09.33
Its important that we
follow Jesus fully completely.
00:55:09.36\00:55:12.76
You know, what happens
00:55:12.79\00:55:14.21
when we decide
we're gonna follow Jesus
00:55:14.24\00:55:15.67
we said, this is
great but at some stage
00:55:15.70\00:55:19.15
we figure out that
there is a cost involved.
00:55:19.18\00:55:21.14
Now I don't mean a real cost,
you never have to pay anything
00:55:21.17\00:55:24.50
or doesn't cost you
anything to follow Jesus
00:55:24.53\00:55:26.38
but for some of us we say,
00:55:26.41\00:55:27.46
well, if I'm gonna
be a follower of Jesus
00:55:27.49\00:55:30.35
I got to ditch
some of my boyfriends
00:55:30.38\00:55:31.78
or girlfriends, you know.
00:55:31.81\00:55:33.43
If go to be a follower of Jesus
00:55:33.46\00:55:34.83
maybe I need to chose
to speak better words.
00:55:34.86\00:55:37.38
Now, those not
costs, those are benefits.
00:55:37.41\00:55:40.40
But for some of us
we look at it we go
00:55:40.43\00:55:42.36
well, if I'm
gonna follow the Bible
00:55:42.39\00:55:44.29
I might even
need to be at a church
00:55:44.32\00:55:46.03
where people are
following the Bible.
00:55:46.06\00:55:48.20
Now we said, that
will cost me something
00:55:48.23\00:55:49.71
because I got relationships here
00:55:49.74\00:55:51.25
and I've got history here.
00:55:51.28\00:55:52.89
Well, when you get to heaven
what you think would be best,
00:55:52.92\00:55:56.61
having made the
change and follow Jesus faith
00:55:56.64\00:56:01.42
or actually not
getting to heaven
00:56:01.45\00:56:03.46
and eternity looks
all together different?
00:56:03.49\00:56:06.85
Here it is, Jesus
when He has your heart
00:56:06.88\00:56:09.55
He leads you in
truth and He convicts you
00:56:09.58\00:56:11.45
and He says, follow Me
00:56:11.48\00:56:12.85
just like He
said to the fishermen
00:56:12.88\00:56:14.35
and you say to
Jesus yes, I will.
00:56:14.38\00:56:16.67
It's true though
that growing in Jesus
00:56:16.70\00:56:19.35
sometimes the
road takes some bends
00:56:19.38\00:56:21.51
that you didn't
expected to take.
00:56:21.54\00:56:23.80
But if you will surrender
to Jesus at every step.
00:56:23.83\00:56:26.47
He will have your
heart at every step
00:56:26.50\00:56:28.08
and you will
know just what to do.
00:56:28.11\00:56:31.02
Jesus, I only
want to please You,
00:56:31.05\00:56:33.75
I always want to follow
You now He's got you, see.
00:56:33.78\00:56:37.96
So don't worry
about looking at people
00:56:37.99\00:56:39.52
and worrying about churches
and people at church and--
00:56:39.55\00:56:43.04
if you look at
those sorts of things
00:56:43.07\00:56:44.34
they may paralyze you.
00:56:44.37\00:56:46.14
No, keep your eyes
focused on Jesus Christ
00:56:46.17\00:56:49.34
that's the best
thing to do, follow Him.
00:56:49.37\00:56:52.17
Jesus said, "If you
continue in my word,"
00:56:52.20\00:56:54.46
John 8:31, 32 "then
are ye my disciples indeed,
00:56:54.49\00:56:59.24
and you shall know the truth,
00:56:59.27\00:57:01.58
and the truth
will make you free."
00:57:01.61\00:57:04.57
You follow
Jesus, surrender to Him,
00:57:04.60\00:57:06.09
that's the best thing to do.
00:57:06.12\00:57:07.51
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00:57:14.97\00:57:16.59
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