Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: 13SCM
Program Code: 13SCM000007
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00:31 Hello friends and welcome to Spring 2013 Camp Meeting
00:36 here at 3ABN. Want you to know if you're 00:39 just tuning in the blessings have been immense. 00:41 Can all of God's people say "Amen" to that? 00:43 Amen! We have been preached to. 00:45 We have been singing together... sung to. 00:48 We have had some wonderful teachings 00:50 by Dr. Magna Parks on topics that you 00:54 really don't want to miss. And if you've missed any, 00:56 I encourage you to try to get in touch with 00:58 this information by purchasing the DVDs 01:01 later on after Camp Meeting. 01:02 But I am your speaker for this hour. 01:05 It kind of seems self- serving to introduce myself. 01:07 But hey, the reason I enjoy doing that 01:09 is because I can make my introduction very short 01:11 so I can have more time for my sermon. 01:13 My name is John Lomacang 01:15 and the message today is entitled "False Armor. " 01:19 We are living in some very challenging times 01:22 and the Lord wants us to have on the only armor 01:25 that will get us through the trials that are ahead: 01:27 the whole armor of God. 01:30 Before I have the opportunity also to sing a song 01:33 that I feel really lays a foundation for the message 01:36 entitled False Armor. 01:37 We can find the best armor in the Word of God. 01:41 And so this song that I'll sing right after we have an 01:43 opening word of prayer will remind us that in a world 01:46 where hearts are falling apart 01:48 where people have been disappointed in all 01:51 the directions that they have focused their attention 01:53 if we focus our eyes on the Word of God 01:56 and find Christ His Word will not fail us 01:59 and His promises will carry us through. 02:01 So let's invite the presence of the Lord 02:03 to continue with us. 02:05 Our heavenly Father, we thank you that this afternoon, 02:08 Lord, is a time to praise You, 02:10 a time to focus hearts in this challenging society. 02:13 In a world that is disintegrating around us 02:17 and very few things that we trust can be relied on 02:21 for any length of time 02:23 we thank you that You are the same yesterday, today, 02:25 and forever and we thank you that Your Word never fails us. 02:29 And so Lord today, help us to put on the whole armor 02:32 of God, look away from the false things that disappoint 02:35 and that bring temporary excitement 02:38 and help us to stand on the foundation that will never fail: 02:41 the Rock Christ Jesus. 02:43 So be with us, Lord, and bless us by Your presence 02:46 and through the power of Your Holy Spirit. 02:48 In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. 03:11 O soul, 03:14 are you weary and troubled? 03:21 No light in this darkness 03:25 you see? 03:29 There's light for a look at 03:34 the Savior, 03:38 and there's life more abundant 03:42 and free! 03:48 Turn your eyes 03:51 upon Jesus, 03:55 Look full in 03:58 His wonderful face; 04:03 And the things of earth 04:07 will grow strangely dim 04:13 In the light 04:16 of His glory 04:19 and grace. 04:36 His word 04:39 will not fail us 04:41 He's promised; 04:45 Believe it 04:46 and all will be well: 04:52 Then go to a world 04:56 that is dying 05:00 with His prefect salvation 05:04 to tell! 05:11 Turn your eyes 05:14 upon Jesus, 05:17 Look full in His 05:20 wonderful face; 05:25 And the things of earth 05:30 will grow strangely dim 05:37 In the light of His 05:41 glory 05:43 and grace... 05:48 In the light 05:51 of His glory 05:54 and grace... 06:03 In the light 06:06 of God's glory 06:09 and grace. 06:21 Amen. 06:28 If you have your Bibles I'd like you to go with me 06:30 to the book of Ephesians. 06:33 Ephesians chapter 6. 06:36 And the message is entitled False Armor. 06:40 Say that with me: False Armor. 06:44 The text I'd like you to focus on is Ephesians 6:11. 06:50 And I'd like us to read this together. 06:53 Now because I only have 50 minutes left 06:55 I'm going to preach like a New Yorker; 06:57 I want you to listen like a New Yorker. Is that OK? 07:00 And if you miss anything, get the DVD 07:03 and play it all over again. 07:05 I'm going to come at you fast and furious 07:08 and intense and solidly based on God's Word. 07:11 Is that all right? Let's begin at the proper place. 07:14 The Bible says: "Put on the whole armor of God 07:19 that you may be able to stand against the wiles 07:23 of the devil. " 07:25 The New York Times, January 7, 2006, 07:29 under an article entitled 07:30 The Pentagon Study links fatalities to body armor. 07:34 I discovered that in this article 07:37 a false sense of security in battle was revealed. 07:41 Just so I have not committed this to memory 07:44 I want to read the article so that you can get it exactly 07:47 how it was written in the New York Times. 07:52 It says as follows: "A secret Pentagon study 07:54 has found that as many as 80% of the Marines 07:59 who have been killed in Iraq 08:01 from wounds to the upper body 08:03 could have survived if they had extra body armor. " 08:09 But get this part: 08:11 "Such armor has been available since 2003. " 08:16 It was available 'cause this was written in 2006. 08:21 "But until recently the Pentagon has largely declined 08:24 to supply it to the troops despite repeated calls 08:29 from the field for additional protection 08:32 according to military officials. 08:35 The vulnerability of the military body armor has been 08:39 known since the start of the war. " 08:42 In other words, they sent soldiers into the field 08:45 with sub-standard body armor, knowing it since the war began, 08:50 and repeatedly refusing to send body armor... 08:53 even though they knew that their soldiers were in jeopardy. 08:58 It says: "The vulnerability of the military's body armor 09:01 has been known since the start of the war 09:03 and is part of a series of problems that has surrounded 09:08 the protection of American troops. " 09:11 And I'll repeat again the statistics: 09:13 80% of the fatalities that occurred in Iraq 09:16 could have been avoided if the troops had been covered 09:20 by the best armor. 09:23 Eighty percent. 09:25 That's a lot of fatalities that we could have avoided. Amen? 09:28 The armor was available 09:31 but the request for protection was denied. 09:34 The weakness of the armor was known since the war began. 09:38 Now when I read that article I immediately... with 09:41 my preacher's mind I saw that there was a spiritual 09:43 parallel there. Ever since the war began 09:46 on earth between good and evil 09:50 false armor has been given to those living on the earth. 09:55 Weak body armor. 09:57 And the reason why fatalities will increase in the end... 10:01 the reason why there will be so many that are lost 10:04 as the Bible says in Revelation "as the sands of the sea" 10:08 is because even Christians are settling for false armor. 10:14 Armor that is not sufficient enough to protect us 10:17 in this time of intensifying battle. 10:20 I believe as we get closer to the end 10:22 the battle between light and darkness, between truth 10:25 and error, between Christ and Satan, 10:27 between good and evil is going to intensify. 10:29 Do you believe that? It's going to get worse! 10:32 Thus it behooves us that we have the best armor. 10:37 That's why Ephesians says: "Put on the whole armor of God that 10:42 we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. " 10:45 Often times we read the phrase by the apostle Paul 10:48 "the wiles of the devil" 10:49 and fail to comprehend the deeper meaning. 10:51 Paul is not talking about a wild devil 10:54 because Satan is very organized. 10:56 Satan is very strategic; Satan is very patient. 10:59 He waits for the proper time. 11:01 He waits when his prey is least suspecting. 11:04 He is not a wild devil but a wily devil. 11:09 He looks at us... he studies us. 11:11 He has, I suggest to you today, a file on every one of our 11:14 strengths and every one of our weaknesses. 11:18 And he waits for the most opportune time 11:20 to come at us with his temptations. 11:23 He waits like the boxer in the ring 11:28 when his opponent is at his weakest 11:31 to hit him the hardest. 11:34 I decided to study that word "the wiles of the devil" 11:37 and in the dictionary I discovered these words 11:42 are synonymous to the word wiles: 11:45 Trickery, a con, a hoax, a scam, a ploy, 11:51 a stunt, deception, and subterfuge. 11:55 In other words, things that really don't appear the way 11:58 they really are, coming at you from an angle that you are not 12:01 suspecting of. Conning you when you are completely unaware 12:05 that you're falling for it. 12:07 And then my mind took me back to that 1949 cartoon 12:10 called The Road Runner. Anybody remember that? 12:14 Wile E. Coyote. 12:16 I said: "Wile E... " Then all of a sudden you know 12:19 I'm admitting I'm a little older than some of the young folk 12:21 that are around here. 12:24 But I remember watching that cartoon. It came out in 1949. 12:28 It was called Wile E. Coyote before they called it 12:31 The Road Runner. And it was put together by Looney Tunes. 12:35 Anything put together by something called Looney Tunes 12:37 you should question whether or not to watch it. 12:39 Looney Tunes. 12:41 But in each of the episodes Wile E. Coyote 12:44 used elaborate plans - listen carefully - 12:47 and complex devices 12:49 to pursue his enemies... to pursue his prey. 12:53 The intention was to get the Road Runner 12:57 to fall into a trap that would result in his own destruction. 13:02 I suggest to you today 13:04 that Satan is using elaborate devices 13:07 and complex contraptions. 13:10 He's using elaborate plans, 13:13 and his intent is to try to trap us into falling into 13:17 something that will result in our own destruction. 13:21 Thus, it's important that we put on the whole armor of God. 13:25 Peter said it well in I Peter 5 and verse 8. 13:28 You can turn there with me but I'm going to read it 13:29 as you're turning. He said: "Be sober. " 13:32 Say that word together with me. Sober. 13:34 "Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the devil 13:38 walketh about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may... 13:43 devour. " 13:45 Roaring lion. 13:46 I learned something years ago from Elder Brooks. 13:49 And every time I read that text I fail not to represent that, 13:52 to mention that. He said: "In the jungle the lion 13:55 that roars is the male lion. 13:57 The male lion roars and you hear the roar in that direction 14:01 and then which direction do you run? 14:03 In the opposite direction... 14:05 and the female is there to collect the groceries. " 14:08 She doesn't roar. He roars from the chest 14:12 in such a body-shaking roar 14:16 that you run as fast as you can. And the female lion is 14:20 waiting there with her basket to collect the groceries. 14:23 That's why when you hear the roar of a lion 14:26 you've got to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. 14:30 Don't always run. You've got to stand firm 14:33 in the promises of Christ. 14:35 Ellen White says in Great Controversy page 593- 14:38 this is an amazing quotation - she says: 14:41 "Satan employs every possible device 14:45 to prevent men from obtaining a knowledge 14:47 of the Bible, for it's plain utterances reveal 14:51 his deception. " Why would he want us to study our Bibles 14:55 if it reveals his deception? 14:57 "This is the best blueprint... 15:00 this is the best battle plan that we have: 15:03 to fortify our minds with the protection we need 15:06 against the wiles of the devil. " 15:08 She goes on to say: "None but those who have 15:12 fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible 15:15 will stand through the last great conflict. " 15:18 Do you know why? Because they've spent time not 15:21 with the devices that have... preventing them from obtaining 15:24 a knowledge of the Bible but they've spent their time 15:27 with the Bible. Amen somebody. Amen. 15:29 Bible study... something that's kind of getting old. 15:34 In a generation where they expect things to respond 15:36 in a nanosecond, in a millisecond, 15:39 we can click our devices... And I'm a gadgetarian 15:42 and I always say that... but I still love something 15:45 that has never lost its inspiration to me. 15:47 I still love studying the Bible by turnings its pages. 15:51 Amen? Amen. I mean, you cannot find that in any device. 15:54 I've got it on my iPad. I've got all the translations, 15:56 I've got all the commentaries, 15:58 I've got all of Ellen White's writings... 16:00 but nothing replaces feeling the Bible. 16:04 It's like sword fighting with an iPad. 16:07 You can see the sword there but you've seen an iPad. 16:09 You know, paper tigers are just that... paper tigers. 16:13 We need to be able to feel the armor. 16:15 And by the way, do you know that in the... 16:17 in the armor of God the only piece of the weapon 16:21 that is offensive is the Word of God: the sword of the Spirit. 16:25 Everything else is for protection. 16:27 If you don't know how to use your Bible, you have no weapon 16:30 to fight against the enemy in times of battle. 16:34 You will be defenseless. 16:36 That's why Wednesday night Bible study is so vitally 16:38 important. That's why every time the Word of God is studied 16:41 the people of God should be there. 16:43 Regardless of who the presenter is 16:46 if we're looking at the Word of God as Jesus speaking 16:49 to us directly we will always find that there is a blessing 16:53 available for us. 16:54 Some people say: "Who's giving the Bible study tonight? " 16:56 That should never be the question. Amen? 16:58 "Who's giving the study tonight? " 17:00 No, it should be: "Are they reading from the Word of God? " 17:03 If they're studying God's Word and we are connected 17:06 with God's Word, we will always find 17:08 that God always has a message to communicate to us 17:13 when we are studying His love letter 17:15 to the people that He loves. 17:18 In the final showdown between heaven and hell - 17:21 it's on the horizon right now - the most intense battle 17:24 to face this planet is now in its planning stages 17:27 and Satan is using subterfuge, scams, trickery, and deception. 17:33 And he's aiming it at the Christian churches 17:35 and many Christians are becoming casualties 17:38 because they are settling for false armor. 17:41 Go to I Timothy with me... I Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1. 17:45 I'm going to outline five things in just a brief moment 17:48 that you've got to remember 17:50 and I'm going to go through them quite rapidly. 17:52 But they're going to be on the screen so you won't miss it. 17:55 So get a pen and paper ready. I'm going to give you 5 points 17:58 that indicate whether or not you are being affected 18:00 by false armor. I Timothy 4 talks about 18:04 the conditions of the last days. He says in verse 1: 18:06 "Now the Spirit expressly says 18:10 that in the latter times some will depart from the faith 18:15 giving heed... " To what kind of spirits? 18:17 "seducing and deceiving spirits 18:20 and doctrines of demons. " 18:25 Now just think about that for a moment. 18:27 Doctrines of demons. 18:31 To go even further there are some churches 18:34 that claim not to teach doctrines at all. 18:40 And as you see on the screen, evidence #1 that you are 18:43 surrounded by false armor is this: 18:46 the claim not to teach doctrine 18:51 is false armor evidence #1. 18:59 Do you know the word doctrine what it means? 19:01 It simply means teachings. 19:04 Jesus repeatedly referred to the importance of doctrine. 19:07 Some people have taken that word "doctrine" 19:10 and made the word doctrine into a doctrine itself. 19:13 So they say: "We don't teach that doctrine 19:15 or we don't teach doctrine at all because doctrine 19:17 is divisive. " Doctrine is not divisive. 19:20 Doctrine does not divide... it reveals. 19:24 And so if a church claims not to teach doctrine... 19:27 not to teach doctrine at all, 19:29 that's a church that you should avoid. 19:32 I remember one of our members that came... 19:35 because a member here. I may have told this story. 19:37 I've told so many stories I can keep up with the ones 19:39 that I'm telling. But they're all true. Amen for that! 19:43 And he told the story about he was standing next to his 19:45 pastor's Bible and he saw his pastor's Bible highlighted 19:49 with yellow all over. And he was so excited 19:51 that his pastor was a very deep Bible student. 19:55 And he said to his pastor: 'I notice that you have your 19:58 very highlighted in yellow in so many different places. " 20:01 He said: "Have you studied all that? " 20:03 He said: "Oh no. When I went to seminary 20:05 those parts that are highlighted 20:07 I was told never to talk about. " 20:12 I won't tell you what denomination. 20:13 I want to be respectful. 20:15 And he and his wife showed up here on a Wednesday night 20:18 and he said: "That the reason why we're here. " Amen somebody? 20:21 Amen! See we teach doctrine but we keep it centered 20:23 on Christ. What do you say? Amen! 20:25 Doctrine without Christ is nothing but... is like... 20:29 is like truth without the Spirit. 20:30 As the Bible says, we must worship the Lord 20:33 "in Spirit and in truth. " Somebody once said: 20:35 "Too much Spirit... you blow up; 20:38 too much truth you dry up; 20:40 but when you put them both together you grow up. " 20:44 "In Spirit and in truth. " 20:47 But the Bible warns us how important it is 20:50 to not accept false armor. 20:53 Go with me to I Samuel chapter 17. 20:55 I know you know where that is. Turn there very quickly. 20:57 I Samuel 17:38-39. 21:00 Notice how the Bible talks about how important it is 21:03 for us to have armor that we have tried ourselves. 21:07 You know you can't win with somebody else's armor. 21:09 I think you know where I'm going. 21:10 Some of you are theologically sound. You know exactly where 21:13 I'm headed. If you haven't tested it for yourself, 21:16 don't put it on and don't accept it. 21:18 And it must be tested by the Word of God. 21:21 I Samuel 17:38 reads as follows: 21:24 "So Saul clothed David with his armor 21:28 and he put a bronze helmet on his head. " 21:32 That is, he put his bronze helmet on David's head. 21:35 "He also clothed him with a coat of mail. 21:40 David fastened his sword to his armor... " 21:42 That is he fastened Saul's sword and tried to walk. 21:46 "for he had not tested them. 21:49 And David said to Saul: 'I cannot walk with these 21:52 for I have not tested them. ' So David... " Did what, church? 21:57 He "took them off. " 21:59 If somebody tries to sell you something that has not been 22:02 tested, take it off. Come on... say "Amen" to that. 22:05 Don't even put it on! 22:07 Notice the context here. 22:09 Saul was trying to put his armor on David 22:13 and Paul says: "Put on the whole armor of God. " 22:17 You cannot put on your mother's armor. 22:19 You can't put on the deacon's armor. 22:21 You can't put on your husband or your wife's armor. 22:23 You've got to have your own armor 22:24 and that armor is furnished by nobody else 22:27 than the best armor maker I've ever known: Jesus Christ. 22:31 "Put on the whole armor of God. " 22:33 We are told to test all things and hold fast 22:37 to that which is good. 22:40 And so today, when you go to different churches 22:42 and different movements, I've discovered something 22:44 very important. When somebody is afraid 22:47 to test what he believes or she believes 22:50 that's evidence that the armor is false. 22:55 When the Bible does not support what someone believes 22:58 it's also an evidence that the armor is false. 23:04 You've got to have Bible support for what you believe. 23:07 Amen? Nowadays doctrines are coming from 23:11 all different directions and all different schools... 23:14 even schools of philosophy. 23:17 In an article... and I don't want to give you the person's 23:20 name because this person is a contemporary. 23:22 But if you look up the article it's called Four Ways 23:26 Christians Are Being Deceived. 23:28 The article was first published in 1990 23:31 and then published again in 2010. 23:33 And I found amazing the four points that were brought out 23:37 by this writer in the Four Ways 23:39 That Christians Are Being Deceived. 23:42 The first one he talked about was 23:44 our second evidence. 23:54 Let me follow this very carefully and make it very clear 23:57 to you: Accepting the repackaged lie. 24:00 Let's go back to the very beginning. 24:01 Did Satan tell Eve the truth or not? 24:04 Huh? 24:06 He lied to her! 24:07 The Bible says he is "the father of lies. " 24:10 And not only that, he is the author of confusion. 24:13 So he lied to Eve in the very beginning. 24:17 Get the context: Eve is a woman. The woman represents the church. 24:20 He is lying to the church even still today. 24:24 There is a particular practice that finds its home in many 24:28 Christian circles. It's called neo-paganism. 24:30 Say that with me... neo-paganism. 24:33 I know some of you had a really good lunch 24:35 but right now you've got to battle that lunch. 24:38 Let the lunch be digested... don't let you be digested! 24:41 Want you to catch what I'm saying. 24:43 Neo-paganism. And what neo-paganism... 24:46 Because we use these big phrases. When people go home 24:48 and for weeks later they are trying to figure out 24:50 what neo-paganism is. 24:51 Let me make it very clear. Neo-paganism in short is this: 24:55 the claim to be spiritual while not being scriptural. 25:02 The claim to be spiritual while not being scriptural. 25:08 There are many people that claim they have high levels of 25:10 spirituality, but the Bible says in the last days 25:14 the evidences of that happening to the world 25:17 and to the churches is simply this: 25:18 "having a form of godliness 25:23 but denying the power thereof. " 25:27 There are those individuals that "Oh man, my nature's real 25:30 spiritual. " You give people Bible studies 25:32 and they say they are very spiritual. 25:33 What always amazes me is how do people that are so 25:36 spiritual not want to study the Bible? 25:41 Have you noticed that? 25:43 And people will say... Well you show them what the 25:47 Word of God says and then they'll say: 25:49 "Well I'm going to wait for the Holy Spirit 25:51 to convince me of that. " 25:54 "I'm going to wait for God to reveal it to me. " 25:58 Kind of like the guy on his roof and it's flooding 26:00 and they send a helicopter and he says: "I'm waiting 26:03 for help. " 26:06 You know the story. I think I did it backwards. 26:09 First it was a canoe... 26:10 First it was somebody on the ground, and a canoe 26:13 and then the helicopter. And he says: "I'm praying 26:15 for God to deliver me. " 26:17 All the evidences are very clear. 26:18 Let me make it very clear. If it's from the Word of God, 26:21 it is imbued by the power and the direction 26:26 of God's Holy Spirit. 26:28 If it's in the Bible, it's there because all scripture is given 26:33 by inspiration of God. 26:35 So if somebody says to you: "You know, I know what it says. 26:39 I know what it teaches, but I'm waiting for the Holy Spirit. " 26:42 And then there's some people... And I'm always leery about 26:45 phrases like this. And this is part of the neo-paganistic 26:48 terminologies nowadays. 26:50 "You know, the Spirit just told me. " 26:52 And that's supposed to override what the Bible teaches. 26:55 There are lots of people on television. 26:58 "Oh, God just gave me a message for you. " 27:01 You'd better run north if they're hanging out 27:04 in the south. Amen? Be careful, because if it 27:07 doesn't measure up to the Word of God it's nothing more 27:10 than neo-paganism claiming to be spiritual 27:14 but not scriptural at all. 27:16 And then the ideology of neo-paganism is this: 27:19 your beliefs and my beliefs are no different... 27:22 result in the salvation of both of us. 27:25 So some people say: "I don't have to believe 27:26 what you believe but I'm saved too! " 27:28 And I'm only asking myself the question: 27:30 "Your driving directions are different than mine 27:33 and we're both going the same place? " 27:39 And for people that don't think it's important 27:42 to have the right directions 27:43 tell that to the pilot next time you take a flight. 27:48 "I just enjoy the flight... 27:49 I don't really care where you're going. " 27:51 And they always say when the door is closed: 27:54 "If your final destination is not Seattle, 27:57 this is a good time to get off. " 28:00 You see: if you don't care about your destination, 28:03 then just go to the airport and hang out! 28:05 But I do care about my destination. Anybody else? 28:09 I want to get to heaven. 28:10 I don't want to just hang out in Christianity 28:12 and end up being lost. 28:14 They also say in neo-paganistic circles 28:18 "We serve the same God... all that matters 28:22 is that we just love the Lord. " 28:26 And you say: "If you love Me, keep My commandments. " 28:28 "Well, that's your interpretation. " 28:31 And I ask myself: "How many ways can you read that text? " 28:36 But the Lord knew this was coming. Isaiah 4 verse 1 28:39 "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man 28:42 and this is what they'll say: 'We will eat our own bread. 28:46 We'll wear our own apparel. 28:49 Only let us be called by your name' - Christian label - 28:53 'to take away our reproach. ' " 28:55 Our own bread... our own doctrine. 28:57 Our own apparel... our own righteousness. 28:59 Our own level of... "I'm right; you're right. 29:02 I'm righteous; you're righteous. It doesn't really matter. " 29:06 That's why the people of God must remember that God has 29:09 called us for a special purpose and a special time. 29:13 I say this with respect to all Christians but I must say this: 29:17 "If God has revealed to you a clear message and you choose 29:22 not to communicate it, 29:25 and you choose not to give the trumpet a certain sound, 29:27 the people that should be warned are not warned 29:31 and their blood is required at your hand. " 29:33 Isn't that right? 29:35 God has given this church a message, and it's too late 29:38 for us to think that we could preach the same message 29:40 that every other church preaches 29:42 and still be faithful to the call of God on our lives. Amen? 29:46 That's very simple. There's lots of things we can share 29:49 but when you preach the Word of God 29:53 you've got to remember what they say when you stand in the 29:56 court 'cause one day we are all going to stand before the Judge. 29:58 What do they say? 30:00 "Do you solemnly swear to tell... " What? 30:02 "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. " 30:06 That's the call that God has placed on this church. 30:10 What do you say? Amen! 30:11 And by the way, that call is placed on all Christians. 30:14 Whether or not you accept that call 30:16 determines where you end up. 30:18 The whole truth and nothing but the truth. 30:22 Those that are claiming to be on another road 30:24 I like one of the programs I saw... I don't necessarily 30:27 like it but I like the response one of the viewers had 30:29 when they watched a very famous person on television. 30:32 I won't tell you what her name is. 30:34 But she once said to the audience: 30:38 "There are many ways to God. " 30:40 Neo-paganism. "There are many ways to God. " 30:44 And a Christian lady stood up in the audience 30:48 and said: "No, there are not many ways to God. 30:51 There's only one way to God and that's through Jesus. " 30:53 And then the talk show hostess said: "Well how can you say that 30:57 when so many people are finding God different ways? " 30:59 And she said: "I'm sorry. Just because you say 31:01 that that's not the way Jesus said: 'I am the Way; 31:04 I am the Truth; I am the Life 31:06 and no one comes to the Father except through Me. ' " 31:11 And so in respect of all of the smorgasbord of Christianity, 31:15 all of the different labels of religion 31:18 in all of its innumerable forms, 31:20 Jesus is still the only way to the Father. 31:26 Evidence #3... evidence #3: 31:37 Blurred distinctions. 31:41 Wednesday night you know we have a Bible study here. 31:44 Live every Wednesday night 7 o'clock Central Time on 3ABN. 31:47 That's not an advertisement. 7 o'clock Central Time 3ABN. 31:51 Live Bible study. 31:53 Now it's called A Sharper Focus. 31:56 This fits into my point right here. 31:59 Why is it called A Sharper Focus? 32:01 Because if a picture is out of focus you cannot 32:03 do anything with it once that picture's taken. 32:06 You cannot focus a blurry picture 32:09 no matter what tools you use on the Internet. 32:12 There are no tools that can focus a blurry picture. 32:19 You've got to make sure it's in focus before you take the shot. 32:23 In the very same way, Christians are accepting 32:27 teachings that are blurred at best. 32:30 Listen to what this individual included in the article. 32:33 Listen very carefully. 32:35 He pointed out that the message and the priorities of the church 32:40 are becoming indistinguishable from the world. 32:44 He said: "I can't tell whether that is being put on by the 32:47 world or being put on by the church. " 32:52 I went to a Christian concert once 32:54 and it was sponsored by Budweiser. 33:04 Now who was putting on? This is what I was shocked with, 33:09 this is way back in the 80's... 33:11 before I was a pastor so quiet down. 33:15 Now I asked myself the question: 33:17 "Did this Christian group invite Budweiser 33:21 to be at their concert? 33:22 Or did Budweiser put out the money to invite this 33:26 Christian group to be there so they could sell? " 33:30 Isn't that an oxy-moron? 33:32 A Christian group sponsored by Budweiser. 33:36 Blurred distinctions. You cannot tell 33:38 if the world is doing this or the church is doing it. 33:41 I've got to go fast enough because I've got more to cover. 33:43 But the blurred distinction... Listen carefully. 33:46 It says: "New Age, occult and fiction books are being sold 33:51 in Christian bookstores 33:52 blurring the distinctions of truth and error. " 33:55 You can't really tell anymore. 33:57 I went to a Christian bookstore one day and I saw an entire 33:59 section in the Christian bookstore, and this big old 34:01 broad sign above the top of it said FICTION. 34:05 And I went to the counter and I said: 34:06 "Why do you sell fiction in a Christian bookstore? " 34:09 And he said: "Well I just work here. " 34:13 It's a good response: "I just work here. " 34:17 And I said to myself: "Since when was fiction 34:20 acceptable in a Christian setting? " 34:24 And all the titles there. You know, all the many volumes 34:27 of Left Behind. As Steve Wohlberg said: 34:32 "The truth is the only thing that was left behind. " 34:35 Fiction. He goes on to say: 34:39 "These books teach that humans are evolving to godhood, 34:42 that we must become mystics and use Eastern meditation, 34:45 and they advocate a one-world government. " 34:48 But this is something else that really caught my attention. 34:51 "They also support the philosophy of the emerging 34:54 church. " Have you heard about that phrase 34:56 "the emerging church? " 34:58 I've studied it and I thought to myself: "That is amazing! " 35:01 The emerging church happens 35:04 in the context of something that is not called a movement 35:08 but is called "a conversation. " 35:11 In other words, the emerging church philosophy is this: 35:13 "You may be Baptist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, 35:15 Methodist, Lutheran, Anglican, or Adventist. 35:17 That's great. Let's drop all the labels, 35:20 forget what you believe, and let's have a conversation 35:23 and see what we can agree on. " 35:25 You know what the #1 is thing that they all agree on 35:28 in the emerging church movement? 35:30 Sorry... the emerging church conversation. 35:32 They all agree that the institutional 35:35 and the organized church must be disbanded. 35:45 And they all agree that it's better to be 35:49 community centered than Christ centered. 35:55 So let's do what we can do for our community... 35:58 let's not preach things that are going to divide us. 36:00 Let's get together in this ecumenical push 36:03 to all be one but not based on the Word of God. 36:06 Let's develop one mind. 36:08 As the Bible say in Revelation 17: "They will have 36:11 one mind and give their power to the beast. " 36:14 Then there's also spiritual formation. 36:16 I'd love to do an entire week on that alone. 36:18 Spiritual formation. Praying and asking for the Spirit to do 36:22 strange and unusual things to bring a feeling to let you 36:25 know that you are now in contact. You have actually 36:27 crossed over into the spiritual experience. 36:29 And then contemplative spirituality. 36:32 All these methods are part of the things that are causing 36:34 the church to have blurred distinction. 36:37 It's hard now to pick out the truth from the false. 36:40 But here's the point I want to make: 36:42 if you begin your examination 36:45 by measuring everything against the Word of God, 36:48 there'll never be a problem finding out what is true 36:50 and what is false 36:52 if the Word of God is the guide. Amen somebody? 36:55 Amen! Let the Word of God be the measuring guide. 36:57 Let the Word of God be the ruler 36:59 and there will be no blurred distinction. 37:01 Because when the picture of God's Word was developed 37:05 it was clear from the very beginning. 37:08 It's not blurred... it's clear. 37:12 You also find spiritualism, 37:14 the New Age, mysticism, occultism, 37:17 and Eastern meditations are all a part of this now 37:22 developing, emerging church environment. 37:25 And so we can have the gigachurch and the megachurch 37:28 and the large movements doing all these things... 37:31 and they do it all in the name of Christ. 37:33 But you know what Jesus said in Matthew 7 verse 21? 37:35 "Not everybody that says unto Me 'Lord, Lord' 37:38 shall... " Do what? "enter the kingdom of heaven 37:40 but only those who do the will of My Father 37:43 which is in heaven. ' " 37:44 Amen? Amen! 37:46 Boy, that pizza must have been really heavy. 37:50 I'm just trying... that's a reset. 37:53 The point of the matter is this: 37:55 if the message is not clear the enemy is not identifiable. 38:00 Don't forget that. If the trumpet is not given 38:03 the right sound... Can you imagine playing taps 38:06 during the time of a battle? 38:09 Here it is: the enemy is coming and you're playing 38:12 ta-da-da... ta-da-da... 38:16 If that's what you're playing, 38:17 you're talking about your own death not theirs! 38:20 Am I telling the truth? 38:22 The trumpet must give a certain sound 38:25 and as Paul says: "If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound 38:28 who will prepare for battle? " 38:30 Evidence #4. 38:38 This one was really interesting. 38:39 Now you guys are going to get home and look at this all over 38:41 again and say: "I've got it! " But until then, let me 38:44 read the text to you. II Corinthians 6:14. 38:47 Go there quickly with me. 38:48 Exercise is a good thing... get your body moving. 38:52 The Bible says in II Corinthians 6:14: 38:56 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, 39:02 for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness 39:06 and what communion has light with... " What? 39:10 "darkness? " 39:12 In the article this gentleman pointed out 39:15 that Christian leaders and Christian organizations 39:19 are more and more connecting themselves with 39:24 unbiblical pagan groups and movements 39:28 which set the followers up for a synthesis, syncretism, 39:34 and compromise of doctrine and priorities. 39:37 Now I just said a whole lot and you didn't even catch it. 39:40 But let's go to the first book of Samuel. 39:43 First book of Samuel... you'll get the picture right here. 39:45 I Samuel chapter 28. You've got to move fast. 39:49 Come on, let's get... There we go. 39:52 I hear the oil; I could hear the pages turning. 39:56 This is a text you've read before, but I'm going to 39:59 share with you in a different light. 40:01 Because when we talk about being unequally yoked together, 40:05 uniting ourselves with those that are in fact spiritists 40:08 to accomplish spiritual designs, 40:11 this is the most amazing passage. 40:13 And my wife... I told her about this when I was doing 40:16 the sermon. I had no intentions of using this text 40:19 but I knew the Lord inspired me 40:21 because this text says it so well. 40:23 Three points, very carefully. Are you ready? Here we go. 40:27 Verses 7 to 10. 40:29 "Then Saul said to his servants: 'Find me a woman 40:31 who is a medium... " When I read this... 40:33 think about it, church. 40:35 The woman represents the church. 40:36 'Find me a woman who is a medium 40:38 that I may go to her and inquire of her. ' 40:41 And his servant said to him: 'In fact, there is a woman 40:44 who is a medium at Endor. ' " 40:46 Thus we had... Bewitched... her mother was from Endor. 40:50 Endora. 40:51 "So Saul disguised himself... " 40:54 What did he do, church? He did what? 40:56 He disguised himself; he went to find a woman who was a medium. 40:59 "So he disguised himself, put on other clothes... " - 41:04 all spiritually significant - 41:06 "and he went and two men with him. 41:09 And they came to the woman by night. " 41:12 That's what happens when you're going away from God. 41:14 "And he said: 'Please conduct a séance for me 41:16 and bring up for me the one I shall name to you. ' 41:21 Then the woman said to him: 'Look, 41:23 you know what Saul has done. 41:24 How he has cut off the mediums 41:26 and the spiritists from the land. 41:27 Why then do you lay a snare for my life 41:30 to cause me to die? ' " 41:32 And get this: 41:34 "And Saul swore to her by the Lord 41:37 saying: 'As the Lord lives 41:41 no punishment shall come upon you for this thing. ' " 41:46 Now here are the three things he did 41:48 that's prevalent in Christianity today. 41:51 First, a man of God sought demonic aid. 41:57 Now that may sound hard, 42:00 but how do you think Babylon is going to get to the place 42:03 where it's the cage of every foul spirit 42:05 and unclean and hated bird? 42:07 How do you think we get to the place where Babylon 42:10 has to be destroyed? 42:11 Because to get to the place where those who are a part of 42:15 that institution are being affected by the institution 42:19 and that's why the Lord is going to say... 42:20 Because He loves His people He's going to say to them what? 42:23 "Come out of her, My people. " 42:28 And many churches today... Well let me just make the point 42:31 before I go to the next level. 42:32 First of all, a godly man sought demonic aid. 42:35 Secondly, he hid his identity. 42:40 In other words, his identity wasn't the same 42:44 as it was before. He covered himself in different clothing. 42:48 He clothed himself in a different garb. 42:50 And the third thing - what's most amazing to me - 42:53 is he guaranteed God's support 42:57 for demonic activity. 42:59 He said: "Nothing... No punishment shall come upon you 43:03 for this thing. " And nowadays... I did a series 43:06 entitled "Unclean Spirits. " 43:08 If you haven't seen that before, you should get a copy of it. 43:10 It's the most amazing thing. Talks about the occult 43:12 and the entertainment industry. 43:14 It shows you how churches are incorporating 43:18 in their very forms of worship 43:21 things that should never be included in a place 43:24 that is claiming to be led by God's Holy Spirit. 43:28 Am I telling the truth? 43:31 But the other thing is amazing like this text 43:33 they are saying that "Don't worry about it. 43:35 There'll be no punishment for us participating in 43:38 this kind of activity. " 43:41 According to the text that's what I got from it. 43:43 Saul said to the woman. 43:45 And the reality today is many churches are becoming 43:48 nothing more than a medium for Satan 43:52 to communicate a diabolical message. 43:55 They use the Bible but they exclude the key elements. 44:00 There are many preachers that are not interested in Bible 44:02 integrity at all. 44:04 I was sitting down having a Bible study with a pastor once 44:07 and he kept asking me questions. 44:09 And I kept answering him from the Bible 44:11 and you know, he broke.. He said: "Would you stop 44:12 telling me what the Bible says 44:14 and just tell me what you believe. " 44:17 I've told Bro. Dick that story a number of times 44:20 and I said to him... I said: 44:21 "Excuse me? " I said: "You know, in reality 44:24 my word has no weight... " Isn't that right? 44:27 "but I'm concerned about what the Bible says. 44:29 If the Bible says it it's safe. " 44:31 But he was more interested in what my opinion was 44:35 rather than the Bible. 44:37 There's a very popular television show and every now 44:40 and then I get a chance to peek at it. And there's 44:41 a whole panel of pastors. And they get together, 44:43 people ask questions and they try to... 44:46 You know, they all answer from their opinions. 44:49 And I tried to get on that Bible program once. 44:51 It was a different denomination. 44:53 And I was excited because I was invited to be on that 44:56 Bible program and I said: "Oh great! 44:59 I'll be able to sit on a Bible panel and finally be able to 45:02 answer questions from God's Word. " 45:04 And the person said: "I'll get you on there. " 45:07 And I said: "I'm looking forward to it. " 45:10 I met somebody last week and I said: "Whatever happened 45:13 to that invitation I got? 45:14 And they said: "Well they came up with some really strange 45:17 excuse why they couldn't include you. " 45:20 And I said: "I'll tell you what the #1 excuse it: 45:22 I use the Bible and they don't. " Come on somebody, 45:25 say "Amen. " Amen! 45:26 That's the problem with Christianity nowadays: 45:29 there are lots of people that don't use the Bible. 45:31 And the Lord says: "For such are false apostles, 45:34 deceitful workers transforming themselves 45:37 into the apostles of Christ. " II Corinthians 11:13. 45:41 That's what Satan does. 45:43 They are unequally yoking themselves together. 45:48 I'll tell you something else, and I'm going to spend a minute 45:50 on this because I don't have a whole lot of minutes left. 45:53 'Cause I've got to get to the last one. 45:56 There's something called Do Your Own Homework. 45:59 It's called Hegelian dialetics. 46:01 Let's try to say that without chewing up your tongue. 46:04 Are you ready? Here we go: Hegelian dialetics. 46:08 Let me just tell you the story quickly. 46:09 This is what Hegelian dialetics is. 46:11 When someone observes a conflict in society 46:13 the tendency is to try to figure out 46:16 which side is good and which side is bad. 46:20 And then we jump onboard the band wagon 46:23 of the good guys. 46:26 Because of how a professing Christian reacts against 46:29 the bad guys they yoke themselves up 46:32 with the good guys... not realizing that Satan 46:34 is controlling both sides. 46:36 That's the Hegelian concept. 46:38 That's why, my brothers and sisters, let me appeal to you. 46:41 We've got to get rid of this terminology in our church: 46:44 conservative and liberal. 46:46 I wish I had a big "Amen" on that. 46:48 Amen. 'Cause every time election comes the Adventist church 46:51 gets split down the center. 46:53 We become more enemies of each other 46:56 than enemies of Satan. 46:58 I'm telling the truth; I know that to be a fact. 47:01 I steer clear of that in the pulpit... keep politics out. 47:05 We've got these terms "conservative" and "liberal" - 47:07 the Hegelian concept. 47:08 Doesn't matter who's in the seat... 47:10 there's one agenda - Amen! - and it does not get lost. 47:15 Doesn't matter who the pope is, the aim of Rome is the same. 47:19 Doesn't matter who the leader- ship is, there's an overall plan 47:23 that never is off course. 47:25 And so they use a phrase like thesis, 47:27 antithesis, and synthesis. 47:28 In other words, a thesis gives rise to a reaction 47:31 somebody may say. Let me use an example. 47:33 Somebody may stand up and say: "I believe in marriage. " 47:35 And all the Christians say: "Amen; praise the Lord. " 47:38 And then they bring up an antithesis. They say: 47:40 "But I also believe that every- body should have the right. " 47:46 And the people that don't believe in traditional marriage 47:49 say "Amen" and then they bring up a synthesis. 47:52 And then they say: "Because I believe in marriage, 47:55 because I believe in people having individual rights, 47:57 I believe everybody should have the right to marry 47:59 whomever they want to. " 48:02 Synthesis. 48:05 Thesis: you agree. Antithesis: ohhhhhhhhhhhh, 48:10 contradicts what I said. 48:12 And then synthesis: two opposing sides merge. 48:16 How do you think gay marriages 48:19 are happening in Christian churches? 48:23 Marriage and gay opposing. How do they ever get synthesized? 48:29 Because somebody cleverly tests the Hegelian dialetics 48:32 used by many theologians today. 48:36 So be careful when people get you passionately connected 48:39 to an issue. Check it out by God's Word. 48:42 Forget your passion; let the passion come from God's Word. 48:45 What do you say? Amen! 48:47 That's how people are passing things in laws 48:49 'cause people get obsessed. I was listening to the news 48:52 when I was coming back from Minnesota oh, a number of... 48:54 I can't remember when we went. But I was in the airport 48:56 and because of the rising challenges with terrorism 49:00 the question was asked: "How many Americans are willing 49:04 to give up a certain level of freedom 49:08 to guarantee safety from terrorism? " 49:11 I was shocked. 73% of Americans are willing to give up something 49:15 of their Bill of Rights to guarantee... 49:20 to guarantee... How could you guarantee that you are free 49:23 from a terrorist when you don't even know who they are? 49:28 Don't give up your freedom. 49:31 Freedom is bought and paid for. Don't give it up. 49:35 Put your life in the hand of the Lord. What do you say? 49:37 Amen! And the last one: 49:39 Don't abandon spiritual correct- ness for political correctness. 49:42 Don't abandon Christ-centered gospel 49:44 for social-centered gospel. 49:47 Don't abandon godly living for good feeling. 49:51 All that is the Hegelian concept. 49:53 Let's do good things. 49:54 Let's become politically correct. 49:56 Let's support this agenda and that agenda. 49:59 And then whenever they pick two men to go head to head 50:02 in the political circles we all start fighting with each other. 50:06 We ought to all hold on to Jesus and forget 50:08 all the temporary leaders. Amen somebody? 50:10 Look unto Jesus: the Author and Finisher of our faith. 50:15 And then the fifth one. 50:16 I praise the Lord I'm able to get to this. 50:18 I had to edit my sermon down because I was held by the 50:21 constraints of the clock. 50:22 But the Lord says in the last days there will be a form of 50:24 godliness. But here is the fifth one: it's amazing. 50:32 Ooh, this is deep. Let me read it. 50:35 Here's what he says: "We are much more likely these days 50:39 not to refer to our Bible for our convictions and our world 50:43 view but instead to follow the opinions of leaders 50:48 we look up to. In these days of Christian mass media 50:54 celebrity ministers are likely to draw our attention 50:58 and our allegiance. " 51:00 Celebrity ministers. 51:03 "It is a dangerous thing to set up gurus within the body 51:08 of Christ who are beyond criticism. " 51:11 Isn't that powerful? 51:13 I don't want to mention the names, but you all see them. 51:16 'Cause I'm always fearful of allowing 51:21 these leaders and preachers and teachers of different 51:25 conflicting views to be standing where God's people should stand 51:29 and preach where God's people should be preaching. 51:31 Somebody say "Amen" to that. Amen! 51:33 And you say: "Well you know, remember what happened 51:35 in the Bible: the man of God, the prophet of God? " 51:38 Remember the story? The Bible just uses called the man of God, 51:42 the prophet of God. God told him: "Now when you go 51:45 don't stop and talk to anybody. 51:47 Don't eat with them. Don't go to their house. " 51:51 And he went and did God's bidding. Was on his way home 51:53 and he met somebody who said what? 51:56 "I'm a prophet also and God told me to have you 52:00 come over and have dinner with us. " 52:02 That very same phrase. 52:04 We are admiring prophets in this realm of criticism 52:08 and that realm of theology and people with doctorate degrees 52:12 get together and just massage each other. 52:14 And they worship the degree 52:17 rather than exalt the Word of God. 52:19 Come on somebody. I'm telling it like it is. Amen! 52:21 I don't care what your degree is. You could have a doctorate 52:23 degree in a lie. You could have a doctorate degree in deception. 52:28 I go not by the degree 52:31 but by a "thus saith the Lord. " Amen! 52:34 That's what my safety is. 52:35 And so I get together... Sometimes I get sick. 52:37 Sometimes I get in some of these circles where everybody but me 52:39 has a doctorate degree and I'm thinking: 52:41 I said... "Somebody give me a doctor! 52:44 I'm getting sick. " 52:47 Now there's nothing wrong with those degrees. 52:49 That's not what I'm saying. 52:51 But when we are more concerned of the label a man has 52:53 rather than what God's Word says 52:55 the danger seeks to find a way in. Amen. 53:00 "And I got my degree from this university and that... " 53:02 I don't have a doctorate I have a B.A.: born again. 53:04 Is that OK? Amen! 53:07 Don't settle for publication without inspiration. 53:11 If you are admiring any popular religious leader, 53:14 politician, or talk show celebrity 53:17 that leads you away from following Christ and His Word, 53:21 you are covered with false armor. 53:24 We have a "more sure word of prophecy 53:28 that we do well to take heed as a light that shineth 53:31 in darkness. " We've got the light. 53:35 Let me say it another way: the light has us. 53:37 We don't have the light, the light has us. Amen? 53:39 Amen! We don't have the Bible, the Bible has us. 53:43 And that's the day and age 53:44 truly the Word of God will continue to be our guide. 53:48 And the reason why this is so important to me: 53:49 it's not possible to prepare for the final battle 53:52 when your leader is orchestrating your destruction. 54:00 That's deep. 54:03 That made me even think about it. 54:05 Watch out who you read. We like to quote folk. 54:07 Quote the Bible. Amen! 54:10 You know Jesus didn't say: "Well you know Elder So-and-So 54:12 said. " Jesus said: "It is... " What? "It is written! " 54:16 The devil will mess with you like he did that person who 54:18 wanted to use the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. 54:20 He said: "Now Paul I know and Jesus I know 54:24 but who are you? " 54:27 He only shakes... he only shivers at the commandment 54:33 of God's Word: a "thus saith the Lord. " 54:38 Can't get that statistic out of my head. 54:40 Eighty percent of the fatalities that occurred in the war 54:43 could have been avoided if the troops had better armor. 54:47 And I suggest today, Christians, 54:49 it's time for us to get better armor. 54:51 My conclusion is this, my last sight is this: 55:04 The battle is coming to us 55:07 that already came to Jesus 55:09 and the best armor is the armor that He used: 55:14 a "thus saith the Lord. " 55:17 "It is written. " So here's my counsel: 55:20 Don't just sing it, live it. Amen? Amen. 55:23 Don't just talk it, walk it. 55:26 Don't just wait for the coming of Jesus, 55:28 WORK for His coming. 55:31 Don't just be a Seventh-day Adventist, 55:33 be an Adventist every day. Amen somebody? 55:36 Don't settle for being in the congregation, 55:39 but be in Christ. 55:42 And that will all happen 55:44 when we have on the whole armor of God. 55:47 Isn't that right? Amen! 55:49 I want to pray today. 55:51 I tried to end a little earlier today so I can pray. 55:53 I'm going to pray today that in this world of 55:55 so many authors coming at us 55:57 from so many different directions 55:59 that we not forget this one statement that Jesus made. 56:03 "Looking unto Me... 56:05 the Author and the Finisher of our faith. " 56:11 Father in heaven, we are in a world that 56:14 is swirling with doctrinal controversy 56:17 and so much armor that is being put on in Christian churches 56:20 and Christian movements is false armor. 56:24 The devil, the wily foe, is rubbing his hands as he 56:27 anticipates the loss of so many who are unaware 56:31 of his deceptions. 56:33 And so, heavenly Father, we pray for our church, 56:35 our leaders, our people. We pray for them, Lord, to 56:37 come to a knowledge and understanding of the truth 56:39 of Your Word that they not be pulled in... 56:42 that we not be preachers that settle for popularity 56:45 but we settle for nothing short of faithfulness. 56:49 We come not from the quotations of men that are frail and 56:53 fragile. We come from the understanding of the Word of God 56:56 that is the same as Jesus is: the foundation that never fails. 57:01 So heavenly Father, give us wisdom and understanding 57:04 to trust the Lord, to dedicate our lives to Him. 57:07 To stand firmly on the foundation that You have built 57:10 and to live by nothing other than a plain 57:13 "thus saith the Lord. " 57:15 This is our prayer and this is our desire. 57:18 In Jesus' name we pray. And all of God's people said: 57:20 "Amen. " Amen. My brother and my sisters, 57:23 may God bless you. May God guide you. 57:26 May God keep you safe as you trust in His armor. |
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