Hello and welcome once
again to 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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This is 2013.
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And we've been having a
wonderful time, and this is
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actually the last
sermon for the whole week.
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What are you all thinking?
It's good and bad, right?
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We're kind of tired but
wow! We just keep being fed
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all the time so we
keep coming back to the till
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and getting filled up.
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And praise the Lord for the
folk that... The music we've
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been having, for
Bro. Dwight, Steven Bohr.
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In just a little
bit Pastor John Lomacang
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will be here and we
praise the Lord for him.
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And I just want to
thank you again, all of you,
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for your love and your prayers
and financial support of 3ABN
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as we continue to take
this gospel of the kingdom
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into all the world. E.
T. Everett was down... David
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and E. T. went down to the
funeral of Ladye Love Smith...
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her father passed away and
she texted me just a little bit
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ago and said: "Thank the
Lord for great technology.
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I'm in the car on my iPad
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watching 3ABN Spring Camp
Meeting. Isn't that amazing? "
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So if you're in certain areas
where they have the Internet
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you can be driving
down the road. Eventually
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that'll be happening with
broadband all across the nation.
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So praise the
Lord for technology
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in the time that we
have to continue to be a part
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of the Lord's work. So
what we're going to do now:
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we're going to ask Sr.
Yvonne Lewis to come out.
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For those of you
that don't know Yvonne
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she's the manager of
Dare to Dream Network
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and you hopefully
heard her testimony today
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that God has brought
her from the world of music.
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Raised a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
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Left the church
for a number of years.
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Sang with Whitney Houston,
Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross.
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She was a jingle singer
that did a lot of commercials
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you've heard on the radio.
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Pepsi and Diet Coke,
Pizza Hut, Meow Meow Cat Chow...
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you name it, she's done it all.
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Folger's Coffee... and
did a lot of those things.
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But sang in the world and
then a number of years ago
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somehow she walked
into C.A. Murray's church
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or met C.A. Murray.
Through that relationship
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she gave her heart to
the Lord, was baptized,
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and has been living
for Jesus ever since.
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And we feel
blessed that you are here
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and you have taken this position
of Dare to Dream Manager.
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And we appreciate your music.
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What are you
singing for us tonight?
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Just Once More. Right
after Dr. Yvonne Lewis
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sings the next voice you
will hear is our own pastor.
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And I don't want to say
this with any kind of pride
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but with love: our
own pastor John Lomacang.
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Here I am again.
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I'm on my knees again.
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But these are different tears
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from a brand new set of scars.
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Now they may look the same
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but these are not the same.
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These are dirty tears
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so I can't see where You are.
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But I pray You'll understand
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and I pray You'll take my hand
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and I pray there's still a place
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in the shelter of Your grace.
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I know I don't
deserve another chance...
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But I'm sorry.
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I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before...
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but I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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Oh, I need You to forgive me.
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Now I made promises,
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lots of promises
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tied with ropes of sand
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for they never last for long.
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And I'm ashamed to ask
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but I've just gotta ask:
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"Oh Lord, may I start again?
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Will You carry me back home?
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Will You look beyond the sin
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to the helpless fool within?
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Can You take what I've abused
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and make from it a
vessel You can use?
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I admit I don't deserve
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another chance. "
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Oh, but I'm sorry.
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I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before
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but I need you to forgive me
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just once more.
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Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
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Can You look beyond the sin
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to this helpless fool within?
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Can You take what I've abused
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and make from it a
vessel You can use?
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I agree I don't deserve
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another chance.
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Oh, but I'm sorry.
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I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before
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but I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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I said I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo...
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Lord, I need You to forgive me
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just once
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more.
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Ooo-ooo
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ooo.
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Amen!
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Isn't that a
wonderful song? Amen!
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Rather than just
being a wonderful song
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I hope you heard the message:
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forgive me just once more.
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Thank you, Yvonne. We're
kind of like brother and sister.
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My wife and Yvonne are
really very fond of each other.
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We go back a ways. Her
father was my principal.
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He whipped me a few
times when I was a young man.
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And one day I saw him
when we visited with him
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years later, and
he said: "Lomacang,
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I own some of that success. "
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But it's so good to
know that whenever God calls
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on His people like
He has called on Yvonne
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and as He's
calling on every one of us
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one day
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the final
invitation to accept Jesus
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will be extended.
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One day the final baptism
will have been performed.
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One day the doors of the ark of
safety are going to be closed.
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So God has given us
this time that we now have
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for Him to
forgive us just once more.
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Thank you again,
Yvonne, for that song.
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The message tonight
is entitled Get Ready.
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I'd like you to
say that with me.
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Get Ready. Get Ready.
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Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father, this
opportunity has been given
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by You for Your glory.
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Send Your Holy Spirit
now to speak through me.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Revelation 19
verse 7 is where we find
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our text of consideration
tonight. Revelation 19:7.
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The Bible says: "Let
us be glad and rejoice
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and give Him glory for the
marriage of the Lamb has come
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and His wife has
made herself ready. "
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One of the blessings
of being the last speaker
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is that people
remember you for what you said
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but one of the challenges is
you get the least amount of time
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to preach. And so
since I'm from New York
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I want you to
listen like a New Yorker
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'cause I'm going to
preach like a New Yorker.
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That means if you
miss anything I've said
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get the DVD and slow it down.
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You know, the word
"get ready" is hardly
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words that could be
qualified as a sentence.
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Yet those words have
been used time and time again
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in response to one
scenario or another.
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When I was growing up in
New York City we used to go
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to Camp Meeting at
Victory Lake Camp Meeting
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upstate New York in
Poughkeepsie, New York,
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I remember on Sabbath morning
my mother would come to our
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bed and say: "Wake
up and get ready. "
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And we knew
exactly what she meant
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because following "get ready"
she would say: "If you're not
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ready I'm leaving. "
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And we looked
forward to Camp Meeting.
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But there's something else
that we need to look forward to
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more than Camp Meeting, and
that is the coming of the Lord.
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What do you say? Amen!
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"Get ready" are
also valuable words.
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One would hardly think
that these two words could make
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such an impact as Michael
Buffer thought they could.
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He included these two words
- "get ready" - at the heart
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of his announcement:
"Let's get ready to... "
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And you've heard
that phrase before.
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And to this day he
has grossed more than
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four hundred million dollars
just saying "Get ready. "
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An amazing accomplishment.
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When storms are
coming meteorologists tell us
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how to get ready.
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When Christmas is
coming advertisers remind us
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to get ready.
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And if you've come from the
world that I used to live in -
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I was a disc
jockey in New York City,
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I had all kinds of records -
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if you came from that kind
of world you might remember
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that when the train is
approaching the station
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you can almost hear the
song playing in your mind
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"People get ready...
there's a train a comin'. "
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Get ready also brings
with it a change of attitude.
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Consider the following:
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People that get ready for
vacation have a happy attitude.
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People that get ready to
fight display a mean attitude.
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When people get ready to lie
they have a shifty and restless
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attitude. When hungry people
get ready to eat, the eyes
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widen, the tongue salivates,
and the stomach begins to say
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"I'm ready. " Isn't that right?
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When women get ready to shop
for clothes and shoes that they
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like they get a new attitude.
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When men get ready to shop
at their favorite gadget store
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and the wife is not with
them they get a relaxed attitude
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and a sense of "I'm
free... finally I'm free. "
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But no matter what you get
ready to do or what you get
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ready for, you attitude will
adjust to match that scenario.
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Thus the wise man says:
"For as he thinks in his heart
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so is he. "
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Some have asked their children
the following questions:
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"How are you going to get
ready for church with that kind
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of attitude? "
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"You can't get ready for
college with those grades. "
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"How are you going to get ready
for marriage without a job? "
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Getting ready requires a change.
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Two words of urgency: "Get
ready: there's a storm coming. "
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To get ready means that
consideration of the event
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will determine how we get ready.
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Follow me carefully.
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In the consideration of the
event there are three responses
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that will manifest themselves.
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How many responses did I say?
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Three. And here they are.
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There will be an
emotional component.
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When we are getting ready
our feelings about the event
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will be manifested.
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When we are getting ready there
will be a cognitive component:
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the thoughts and the
beliefs about the event
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will be manifested.
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And finally, there
will be a belief component:
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how the event
influences our behavior.
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When I was sitting down
today putting the final touches
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on my sermon I
thought to myself...
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I said: "With all the
knowledge that God has given us
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about end-time events
we should be the most alert
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Christian movement
on the planet. " Amen!
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Amen? Amen! I mean, we could
actually not in a boastful way
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but in a very
accurate way we can begin to
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predict events that are going
to transpire on this planet.
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In politics, in religion,
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in the Vatican, in
the world, in morality...
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with all that God has
told us we ought to be the most
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alert Christian
movement on the planet.
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Among all the other movements
we ought to be the people
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that are ready. What do you say?
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When Paul speaks of
that sudden destruction
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that will take the
world by storm he says to us
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in I Thessalonians
chapter 5 and verse 6...
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You can turn
there but I'll read it.
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"Therefore let us not
sleep as others do but let us
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watch and be sober. "
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In other words he
says in that statement
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"Let's get ready. "
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In Testimonies
volume 8 Ellen White says...
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I thank God for the
inspiration that He's given us
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through Ellen
White. What do you say?
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Amen. I mean, you
can read her writings
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and find out what the newspapers
are going to write two years
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from now. Am I right?
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Testimonies volume 8 page
27 and 28 she writes about the
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condition of the world today.
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She says: "Transgression
has almost reached its limit.
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Confusion fills the world
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and a great terror is soon
to break upon human beings.
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The end is near. "
And listen to this:
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"We who know the truth
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should be preparing for what
is soon to break upon the world
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as an overwhelming surprise. "
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In other words, she's saying
that we ought to be ready.
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We ought to get
ready. As a matter of fact,
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we should have been ready a
long time ago. Amen for that?
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Every time a Camp Meeting
ends we go back home and say
00:17:09.34\00:17:12.33
"We ought to get
ready. " And I'm asking myself
00:17:12.43\00:17:14.20
the question: "At what point
if we're continuing to just
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get ready, at what
point will we BE ready? "
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Whenever my wife
and I go on vacation
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we get ready but there's
a point that we ARE ready.
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When we celebrate our
anniversary we get ready -
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we've been waiting
30 years for this one -
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and we hardly had any plans.
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We just decided all
that we needed to do
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for our 30th anniversary
was just spend time together.
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Amen somebody.
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We had done it all.
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We took two suits
down with us to Nashville
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and I took a nice suit and
my wife took a nice outfit.
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And we planned on
dressing up together.
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And when we got to
our destination she said:
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"Now why are we
dressing? For what?
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I'm not... To impress
you? For you to impress me?
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We know we can dress.
Let's just have fun together. "
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Amen? We had waited 30 years
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and made absolutely no plans
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but just spend
some time together.
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And we had a good time.
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Every time I write on a CD or
a book I always put this text.
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Paul the apostle
taps us on the shoulder
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in Romans chapter 13 and
verse 11 and he says to us:
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"And that knowing the time
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that now it is high time
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to awake out of
sleep for now our salvation
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is nearer than
when we believed. "
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The New King James
version says: "Nearer than when
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we FIRST believed. "
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I go back and
think of the many years -
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26 years now as a
pastor, 30 years as a husband -
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and I'd like to think that
we are closer to the coming of
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Jesus now than we were 26
years ago. What do you say?
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Amen! I look at the
world events around us...
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This new pope that has just
been inaugurated - if I can use
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that phrase. I sat in
my living room stunned by
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the phrase habemus
papam: "We have a pope. "
00:19:05.81\00:19:09.80
The first openly Jesuit
pope to enter that seat.
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Knowing and understanding
what the Jesuits stand for
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I said to myself
"Lord have mercy.
00:19:16.95\00:19:18.66
The people of God ought to
be awake now more than ever
00:19:18.86\00:19:21.57
before. " Amen!
00:19:21.68\00:19:22.80
I still believe in preaching
prophecy. What do you say?
00:19:23.03\00:19:25.48
I still believe in talking about
the movements that are coming.
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Whether it's in the Vatican;
whether it's in apostate
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Protestantism; whether it's
in the world, the people of God
00:19:31.42\00:19:34.30
have been given a message
that we've got to be faithful
00:19:34.50\00:19:37.44
and continue to preach. Amen!
00:19:37.54\00:19:39.23
Knowing the time...
that now "it is HIGH time
00:19:39.43\00:19:42.96
to awake out of sleep
for now is our salvation
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nearer than when
we first believed. "
00:19:46.65\00:19:48.81
Ellen White says that
Satan is intensely working
00:19:48.91\00:19:51.79
to create an
indifference among the remnant.
00:19:51.99\00:19:54.63
He wants the people of
God to know the message
00:19:55.66\00:19:58.34
to ignore the message
00:19:58.54\00:20:00.32
and believe that their
safety is in knowing the message
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rather than getting ready for
what the message prognosticates
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is on the horizon.
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I read this quotation
and I thought to myself:
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"Should I read that? Maybe
I should? Maybe I shouldn't. "
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And the Lord impressed me:
"Put it in there just in case
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you want to read it. "
So I'm going to read it.
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Are you ready? Amen. And the
reason I'm going to read this
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is because it uses a word
that we don't normally hear
00:20:21.69\00:20:24.60
used in the pulpit. But
Ellen White puts this in
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the context I believe
that really has an urgency.
00:20:27.25\00:20:29.60
She says... Early
Writings page 118.
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She says: "I saw that the
remnant were not preparing
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for what is
coming upon the earth. "
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And then she says:
"Stupidity like lethargy
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seems to hang upon the minds
of most of those who profess
00:20:45.82\00:20:51.74
to believe that we are
having the last message. "
00:20:51.95\00:20:56.07
And then she says:
"My accompanying angel
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cried out with an
awful solemnity: 'Get ready,
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get ready, get ready, for
the fierce anger of the Lord
00:21:02.38\00:21:06.19
is soon to come. ' "
00:21:06.39\00:21:08.05
I believe this last
message. What about you? Amen!
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If you believe it, there ought
to be a cognitive response,
00:21:10.93\00:21:14.92
an emotional
response, a behavioral response.
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We ought to not just believe it
00:21:19.65\00:21:22.54
or have a feeling about
it, it ought to change the way
00:21:22.74\00:21:25.88
we live as
Seventh-day Adventists.
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Not just internal but external.
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And if you have more interest
for temporal things than for
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eternal things you are
suffering from lethargy.
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I always wonder how
people come to church
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and want to rush home
before the sermon ends
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and expect to be in heaven
and have Jesus on a timeclock.
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If some of them were allowed
to go to heaven, you'll hear
00:21:55.70\00:21:57.76
all these 12
o'clock rings going off
00:21:57.86\00:22:00.67
right in the
midst of Jesus' sermon.
00:22:01.07\00:22:03.64
If you can't spend a thoughtful
day in the presence of your
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brothers and sisters in fellow-
ship when the Sabbath comes,
00:22:08.94\00:22:12.64
then you are
suffering from lethargy.
00:22:12.94\00:22:15.50
If you cannot fathom the thought
00:22:15.90\00:22:19.70
of somebody possibly
preaching for two hours,
00:22:19.90\00:22:23.60
a good sermon...
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And by the way,
what qualifies it as good
00:22:28.80\00:22:32.56
is that it comes from
the Word of God. Amen!
00:22:32.76\00:22:35.53
If C.D. Brooks preached for
two hours... I'll be right here!
00:22:36.50\00:22:38.84
There'll be people that
just get up in the midst of
00:22:39.24\00:22:41.34
Elder Brooks' sermon and
say: I've got to go home;
00:22:41.44\00:22:42.98
I'm tired. " I
always say to people:
00:22:43.08\00:22:45.52
"Tell that to your
employer on Monday morning.
00:22:45.72\00:22:47.29
'I'm not coming in.
' Why? 'I'm tired. ' "
00:22:47.49\00:22:50.02
If spiritual things are on
the lower end of your scale,
00:22:52.77\00:22:56.69
then you are
suffering from lethargy.
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I remember growing up
my father would make us -
00:22:58.89\00:23:01.23
and I say make us -
write out the multiplication
00:23:01.43\00:23:03.70
tables from 1 to 12.
My sister hated that.
00:23:03.80\00:23:06.35
Every time she had to
write it down she'd throw it
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.88
behind the subway steps.
00:23:08.98\00:23:10.12
That means they're
the basement steps.
00:23:10.32\00:23:12.01
She'd ball it up and throw
it behind the basement step.
00:23:12.21\00:23:14.41
And my dad didn't know that
until one day he had to go clean
00:23:14.51\00:23:17.14
down in the basement.
There were balls and balls
00:23:17.24\00:23:19.58
of white paper.
All my sister's papers.
00:23:19.68\00:23:22.59
She balled up the
multiplication tables
00:23:22.79\00:23:24.37
and then threw
them behind the steps.
00:23:24.57\00:23:26.17
But he kept on pushing
at us and today I can recite
00:23:26.27\00:23:29.87
the multiplication
tables back and front.
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My point is this: if you
don't have interest in spiritual
00:23:33.17\00:23:36.43
things, you've got to be
determined to make spiritual
00:23:36.54\00:23:39.44
things your focus
until your mind develops
00:23:39.54\00:23:42.93
an interest for
spiritual things.
00:23:43.13\00:23:46.25
You've got to pray the
prayer that David prayed:
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"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:23:49.45\00:23:52.04
and renew a right
spirit within me. "
00:23:52.24\00:23:56.50
Another reason that we ought
to get ready is that it's later
00:23:56.70\00:23:59.78
than it's ever been before
00:23:59.88\00:24:00.93
and God is not going to
allow sin to go on indefinitely.
00:24:01.03\00:24:05.51
I was just really troubled and
I'm going to keep talking about
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.27
this until they pass a
law and then I'm going to keep
00:24:09.47\00:24:12.02
talking about it.
00:24:12.12\00:24:13.38
Every time I hear that another
state introduces gay marriage
00:24:14.45\00:24:18.08
it lets me know that we are
coming to the end of time. Amen!
00:24:18.28\00:24:21.59
Am I telling the truth? Yes!
00:24:21.89\00:24:23.38
In some parts of the
world I'd of been just arrested.
00:24:23.48\00:24:25.85
That's all right. Maybe
there's somebody in jail
00:24:26.05\00:24:28.43
that needs to hear
that message. Amen!
00:24:28.53\00:24:30.43
But the people of God
ought not fear what men can do
00:24:30.59\00:24:33.72
to them but ought to
take upon their shoulders
00:24:33.82\00:24:36.33
the responsibility
of preaching the truth,
00:24:36.53\00:24:39.11
the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth.
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.84
Every time I hear... And it's
almost like there's a parade
00:24:41.94\00:24:44.84
or there are people applauding
every time. "Hey France
00:24:45.04\00:24:48.34
just passed. "
"Ohio just passed. "
00:24:48.54\00:24:51.18
"Washington, D.C.
just had their first. "
00:24:51.37\00:24:53.48
And people say: "Oh, great,
we're becoming open-minded. "
00:24:53.68\00:24:56.88
Well, when it comes to gay
marriage my mind is closed.
00:24:57.18\00:24:59.30
Amen? When it comes to
the Sabbath my mind is closed.
00:25:00.62\00:25:04.01
When it comes to the truth
about the 2nd coming of Christ
00:25:04.87\00:25:07.94
my mind is closed.
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.34
As Elder Brooks says:
"There are some people that say
00:25:09.54\00:25:11.92
why don't you be open-minded
00:25:12.02\00:25:13.06
when it comes to the truth?
" And I have been convinced
00:25:13.16\00:25:15.58
by God's truth...
my mind is closed.
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.48
That means the
truth is locked in.
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.26
Ellen White says: "In just
a little time Christ will come
00:25:21.27\00:25:24.23
in power and great glory.
00:25:24.43\00:25:26.52
What a terrible thing it would
be if we should not be ready. "
00:25:26.72\00:25:30.47
She says: "Let us
get ready AT ONCE! "
00:25:30.67\00:25:33.57
And that's in In
Heavenly Places page 195.
00:25:33.87\00:25:36.46
We have to be like Israel.
00:25:37.59\00:25:39.20
I read that text in
Matthew chapter 24, and it says
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.84
when the day
came for destruction
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.57
when the world was
inundated by a flood
00:25:44.67\00:25:46.96
it says they were
"eating and drinking. "
00:25:47.16\00:25:49.51
And I stopped and thought
about what's wrong with eating
00:25:49.71\00:25:51.92
and drinking? And then
the Lord sent me back to
00:25:52.03\00:25:54.72
Egypt. You see, the night before
God delivered the Israelites
00:25:54.92\00:25:58.34
they also were eating and
drinking. But the difference was
00:25:58.54\00:26:01.79
those in the world were eating
and drinking as though they had
00:26:02.83\00:26:06.36
no urgency. They
were sitting down.
00:26:06.46\00:26:08.56
But when God told
the Israelites to eat
00:26:09.34\00:26:11.49
He said "do it standing up. "
00:26:11.69\00:26:13.26
"Standing up with your
waist and your belt tightened,
00:26:14.29\00:26:18.23
your sandals on. " They
ate their last meal standing.
00:26:18.43\00:26:23.23
You see, the people of God
00:26:23.47\00:26:24.68
should not
become like the world.
00:26:24.89\00:26:26.75
"Be not overcharged with
surfeiting and drunkenness
00:26:27.82\00:26:32.18
and the cares of
this life" we are told
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.33
"so that that day would
overtake you unawares. "
00:26:34.43\00:26:37.66
It's good to eat. Amen...
00:26:37.96\00:26:41.00
For hungry folk
it's good to eat.
00:26:42.14\00:26:43.63
People like to eat.
00:26:44.39\00:26:46.28
But never allow appetite
to prevent us from an urgency
00:26:46.58\00:26:51.64
of getting ready for
the coming of our Lord.
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.05
In the book
Maranatha she says on page 255
00:26:54.45\00:26:57.23
"Now we ought to get
ready for the time of trial.
00:26:58.00\00:27:00.58
Now we ought to know
whether our feet are planted
00:27:00.79\00:27:04.01
on the Eternal Rock. We must
have an individual experience
00:27:04.11\00:27:07.88
and not depend upon
others for our light. "
00:27:08.08\00:27:11.61
In other words, my
mama can't save me.
00:27:11.91\00:27:14.01
My dad can't save me.
00:27:14.41\00:27:16.32
My wife can't save me.
00:27:16.63\00:27:18.93
Your husband can't save you.
00:27:19.13\00:27:20.99
Notice how I
said "your husband. "
00:27:21.09\00:27:22.74
'Cause I only have a wife.
00:27:23.15\00:27:25.07
Just want to make that clear.
00:27:25.37\00:27:26.73
Need no faux
pas and no slip ups.
00:27:29.81\00:27:31.89
We've got to get ready.
00:27:32.78\00:27:34.25
Pastor Kenny, we've got to get
ready by checking our foundation
00:27:34.76\00:27:38.25
for leaks. You see, if
we are not built on the rock
00:27:38.35\00:27:42.18
when the flood of compromise
comes it will wash us away.
00:27:42.38\00:27:46.34
We've got to check
our foundation for leaks.
00:27:46.54\00:27:49.85
We've also got
to check our fruit.
00:27:50.88\00:27:53.11
We've got to
inspect our own fruit.
00:27:53.21\00:27:55.43
You know, we like to
inspect everybody else's fruit.
00:27:55.63\00:27:57.49
We are quick to say:
"That's not a loving Christian.
00:27:57.69\00:27:59.62
Oh, I can't stand
her... she is so impatient. "
00:27:59.82\00:28:01.78
God is saying to you: "Check
out your own fruit. " Amen!
00:28:01.98\00:28:05.03
Love and joy and peace and
longsuffering and gentleness
00:28:05.62\00:28:09.46
and meekness and
patience. And I'm convinced
00:28:09.57\00:28:11.39
it's too late to be a
cantankerous Christian.
00:28:11.59\00:28:14.69
Can you say "Amen" to that?
00:28:14.79\00:28:16.15
I don't even know how
those words go together.
00:28:16.45\00:28:18.60
Sometimes we dismiss the
behavior of people that are
00:28:19.85\00:28:21.95
church members. They've
been members a long time
00:28:22.05\00:28:23.85
and they'll pull a young
person aside and offend them.
00:28:23.95\00:28:26.30
And we say: "Well that's
just how Bro. So-and-So is. "
00:28:26.40\00:28:28.30
And we dismiss it.
00:28:28.50\00:28:29.53
But that's not the kind of
behavior that will be carried on
00:28:30.72\00:28:33.99
in the kingdom of God. If
you're cantankerous down here,
00:28:34.09\00:28:36.91
you've got to give that to
Jesus because there'll be no
00:28:37.01\00:28:39.16
cantankerous
Christians in the kingdom. Amen!
00:28:39.26\00:28:41.68
There'll be no offensive
Christians in the kingdom.
00:28:42.05\00:28:44.56
There'll be no profane
Christians in the kingdom.
00:28:44.76\00:28:47.09
There'll be no lying
and deceiving and conniving.
00:28:47.29\00:28:50.43
There'll be no lust-driven
Christians in the kingdom.
00:28:50.53\00:28:54.26
We've got to give all of
that to the Lord down here.
00:28:54.56\00:28:56.73
We've got to get ready
now. Say "Get ready now. "
00:28:56.93\00:28:59.10
Get ready now. This is the
hour that we must get ready.
00:28:59.13\00:29:02.50
Ellen White also says to us
00:29:02.63\00:29:04.44
that we have to get ready by
telling our neighbors and our
00:29:04.64\00:29:06.46
friends that the
world is coming to an end.
00:29:06.57\00:29:08.95
We must work like it's
five minutes before midnight
00:29:09.15\00:29:12.62
and at midnight
the doors are shut.
00:29:14.40\00:29:17.89
In Maranatha page 312 she says:
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.03
"The burden of my
message to you is get ready.
00:29:21.33\00:29:23.99
Get ready to meet the Lord.
00:29:24.19\00:29:25.92
There is a world to be
warned of the near approach
00:29:26.12\00:29:29.24
of the end of all things. "
00:29:29.44\00:29:30.57
I've got to tell you something
about the title of my sermon
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.62
because when Shelley
Quinn called me, I think it was
00:29:32.82\00:29:35.46
last week or maybe the week
before last, I don't remember
00:29:35.56\00:29:37.46
when, so many things happen
in my life at such a rapid pace,
00:29:37.56\00:29:40.86
I was busy writing a
book about - you know -
00:29:41.06\00:29:43.55
Sunday Mask and doing all
the things that my wife gave me
00:29:43.85\00:29:46.57
to do... My wife
worked me hard this week.
00:29:46.67\00:29:49.83
I cut the grass. I
cleaned out the garage.
00:29:51.04\00:29:53.42
I cleaned her truck, my truck.
00:29:53.53\00:29:54.87
I cleaned everything
that could be cleaned.
00:29:54.97\00:29:57.03
And she rewarded me
today with a good dinner. Amen!
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.89
But Shelley Quinn called
me and she said: "Pastor John,
00:30:02.84\00:30:05.51
we need a sermon title. "
00:30:05.71\00:30:06.77
I said: "Shelley, I don't
even know what I'm preaching on
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.25
Saturday night. " She said:
"Well we need a sermon title. "
00:30:09.35\00:30:12.21
I said: "Shelley, even if I
give you a title I'm going to
00:30:12.41\00:30:14.64
change it because I don't know
what I'm going to be saying. "
00:30:14.74\00:30:16.64
She said:
"John... sermon title. "
00:30:16.84\00:30:18.85
I said: "OK, just
put Get Ready... "
00:30:20.48\00:30:22.36
having no idea,
Karen, that when I got home
00:30:23.46\00:30:26.15
and I put those two words
in the writings of Ellen White
00:30:26.35\00:30:29.85
I discovered over and
over and over and over and over
00:30:30.05\00:30:33.63
God's servant - in every age
and in almost every situation -
00:30:33.83\00:30:37.45
she beckoned, she
trumpeted that clarion call.
00:30:37.48\00:30:41.36
In every situation:
"Get ready to meet the Lord;
00:30:41.46\00:30:43.71
get ready, the end is near. "
00:30:43.91\00:30:45.33
"Get ready to carry the
gospel; get ready, get ready,
00:30:45.53\00:30:47.98
get ready. " And I said: "Lord,
thank you. That's YOUR title. "
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.71
We've got to get ready for a
universal government takeover
00:30:51.96\00:30:56.89
for my Bible tells me that
soon the kingdoms of this world
00:30:58.86\00:31:02.01
will become the kingdoms
of our Lord and of our Christ
00:31:02.11\00:31:04.98
and He shall
reign forever and ever.
00:31:05.18\00:31:06.81
Can you say "Amen" to that?
00:31:06.91\00:31:08.26
A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER.
00:31:08.36\00:31:09.73
I'm going to be in that
kingdom. What about you?
00:31:10.03\00:31:11.84
Amen. We ought to get ready for
a universal healthcare reform
00:31:12.14\00:31:16.01
bill. God's going to
shut down all the hospitals.
00:31:16.21\00:31:19.35
"The inhabitants shall
not say 'I am sick. ' "
00:31:19.75\00:31:22.21
What do you say? God is
going to put the optometrists
00:31:22.31\00:31:25.35
out of business. Every eye
will see Him when He comes.
00:31:25.45\00:31:28.02
The production of crutches
and wheelchairs and canes
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.93
and walkers will
come to a screeching halt
00:31:31.03\00:31:33.16
because the Bible says
"the lame man shall leap
00:31:33.36\00:31:36.05
like a hart. "
Universal healthcare reform...
00:31:36.15\00:31:39.72
the kind that God can
put in effect that costs us
00:31:39.82\00:31:42.60
absolutely zero dollars.
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.68
Usain Bolt, that Jamaican
Olympian ain't going to have
00:31:44.98\00:31:48.72
anything on the saints because
we will "run and not be weary;
00:31:48.82\00:31:52.00
we will walk and not faint.
" Can you say "Amen" to that?
00:31:52.20\00:31:54.50
We've got to get ready for that.
00:31:54.80\00:31:56.46
Got has got us getting ready.
00:31:56.77\00:31:59.24
And the reason why
we are going to run?
00:31:59.54\00:32:01.27
You see David, the Psalmist,
gave context to the running.
00:32:01.47\00:32:04.07
Christians run.
I've heard of people
00:32:04.27\00:32:05.76
they say they
"run on in Jesus. "
00:32:05.86\00:32:07.17
I don't even
know what that means.
00:32:07.27\00:32:08.43
I've been in churches where
people are running up and down
00:32:11.48\00:32:13.76
the aisles and they're
all exhausted and sweaty
00:32:13.90\00:32:16.72
and everything. And I
said: "Now what just happened? "
00:32:16.82\00:32:18.47
They said: "They were
running on in Jesus. "
00:32:18.57\00:32:20.12
But I read the Bible, and
this is the kind of running
00:32:22.64\00:32:24.73
I want to do. David the Psalmist
in Psalm 119 verse 32, he says:
00:32:24.83\00:32:28.49
"I will run the course
of Your commandments. "
00:32:28.69\00:32:31.47
Come on, say
"Amen" church. Amen!
00:32:31.57\00:32:33.04
If that's where God's
commandments are going to
00:32:33.24\00:32:34.69
lead me, I'm going to run
the course of His commandments.
00:32:34.79\00:32:37.42
Because the race is not to
the swift nor the battle to the
00:32:37.72\00:32:40.18
strong, but as Matthew says
00:32:40.28\00:32:42.27
"But he that shall
endure unto the end
00:32:42.47\00:32:44.68
the same shall be saved. "
00:32:44.88\00:32:46.16
I'm going to run until I
end up in the kingdom of heaven.
00:32:46.56\00:32:49.80
What about you?
00:32:49.90\00:32:50.94
Get ready for the
concert of the ages.
00:32:51.25\00:32:53.73
Get ready for the choir.
Some of you sit down there
00:32:54.03\00:32:56.89
and listen to us sing. One
day we're going to sit down
00:32:56.99\00:32:59.03
and listen to you sing.
What do you say about that?
00:32:59.13\00:33:01.37
I met a lady
that's well up in years.
00:33:01.67\00:33:04.54
She's in her 80's and she
was telling me her experience.
00:33:04.74\00:33:07.73
How she had been
suffering from throat cancer
00:33:08.13\00:33:11.24
and how she received
treatment and how the doctors
00:33:11.54\00:33:15.26
had done a wonderful miracle
and they had taken out this
00:33:15.46\00:33:18.48
large tumor in her throat.
But every time she inhaled
00:33:18.58\00:33:21.93
I heard her and I thought
"Then what is the problem? "
00:33:22.03\00:33:26.28
She said: "You know, you
wouldn't believe it but I used
00:33:26.38\00:33:27.86
to be able to sing very
well. " And I said to her:
00:33:27.96\00:33:30.16
"Don't worry about it. One day
you're going to sing again. "
00:33:30.36\00:33:31.89
Amen? There's some people
that said they can't sing.
00:33:32.09\00:33:36.67
My wife sings
on a hill far away.
00:33:36.87\00:33:41.28
But... See, I wouldn't say
that unless we had a great love
00:33:44.40\00:33:47.60
relationship. 'Cause some of you
will say that and your wife will
00:33:47.70\00:33:50.60
leave you right
here in Thompsonville
00:33:50.70\00:33:52.20
and go back to Texas without
you. Am I telling the truth?
00:33:52.40\00:33:54.92
Don't put your hand up.
00:33:55.12\00:33:56.27
But one day my wife is going to
sing in the sweet bye and bye.
00:33:57.37\00:34:01.29
Amen? We've got to get ready...
00:34:01.69\00:34:04.76
get ready for the
concert of the ages.
00:34:04.86\00:34:06.49
The Bible says "the
tongue of the dumb will sing
00:34:06.69\00:34:08.96
and they will sing a new song! "
00:34:09.16\00:34:11.59
Oh, how we're going to sing.
00:34:12.59\00:34:14.21
Nobody's going to sing...
Like Doug Batchelor, my friend,
00:34:14.41\00:34:17.35
he said "When we get to heaven"
he said "John, it's going to be
00:34:17.56\00:34:19.77
easy to find me. I'm going to be
the one singing the loudest. "
00:34:19.87\00:34:22.23
'Cause Doug
could do about anything
00:34:23.23\00:34:24.89
but he can't sing.
00:34:25.09\00:34:26.98
Don't tell him I said that.
00:34:27.39\00:34:28.44
If you're watching the program,
Doug, I'm just admitting
00:34:28.64\00:34:30.46
that you do a lot of good
things. If I had a nickel...
00:34:30.56\00:34:33.55
Like Bobby Davis said...
If he had a nickel for every
00:34:33.65\00:34:36.19
for every time somebody
told him their story about
00:34:36.29\00:34:40.53
their conversion... He said "If
I had a nickel for every time
00:34:40.73\00:34:43.19
they mention Doug Batchelor's
name I'd be wealthy today. "
00:34:43.39\00:34:46.04
He's a wonderful preacher
00:34:47.19\00:34:48.55
but in heaven
we'll hear him sing.
00:34:48.85\00:34:51.68
The tongue of
the dumb will sing.
00:34:53.90\00:34:56.97
And I'm not
applying that to Doug.
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.31
He's my good friend. I wouldn't
say that about a good friend.
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.94
Get ready for the
earthquake of the ages.
00:35:08.22\00:35:10.71
I have an app on my iPad
that I had to just de-activate
00:35:11.21\00:35:15.03
a moment ago
because it always pops up
00:35:15.13\00:35:17.47
when there's a 5.0 or greater.
It pops up in the middle
00:35:17.57\00:35:20.79
of whatever I'm doing and
let's me know where in the world
00:35:20.99\00:35:22.87
that there's an earthquake...
00:35:23.27\00:35:24.75
where that
earthquake just occurred.
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.65
But I tell you what, when
the final earthquake happens
00:35:27.75\00:35:30.45
it's not going to be
popping up on anybody's iPad.
00:35:30.55\00:35:32.49
Because even the building
that houses the Richter scale
00:35:33.82\00:35:38.66
is going to be coming
down. What do you say?
00:35:38.96\00:35:40.87
Amen!
00:35:41.08\00:35:42.25
The Lord says: "I
will shake the heavens
00:35:42.35\00:35:44.43
and the earth will be
moved out of her place. "
00:35:44.73\00:35:47.55
And then the reason for the
earthquake is going to be this:
00:35:47.75\00:35:50.37
the earth is going to
quake and cast out the dead.
00:35:50.68\00:35:54.61
And oh I am looking forward
to the day when the dead will be
00:35:54.71\00:35:58.26
cast out of their graves.
00:35:58.36\00:35:59.90
I've got a mother in New
York; I've got a mother in the
00:36:00.11\00:36:02.35
Virgin Islands. And I told
you before a couple of years ago
00:36:02.45\00:36:04.55
I don't know
where I'm going to be.
00:36:04.75\00:36:05.89
I want to be in New York to
see Momma Haynes who gave me
00:36:06.19\00:36:08.86
the way of life...
who led me into the path
00:36:09.07\00:36:11.76
that I now stand in. I
want to be in the Virgin Islands
00:36:11.96\00:36:14.69
to see my mother come
forth from her dusty grave.
00:36:14.90\00:36:17.18
God gave me the
privilege of baptizing my mother
00:36:17.38\00:36:20.00
after we were abandoned
and separated from 3 mos. old
00:36:20.20\00:36:24.38
to almost 26 years old... I
didn't even know who she was.
00:36:24.58\00:36:27.00
And God gave me the
privilege of baptizing her.
00:36:28.13\00:36:30.30
And sometimes I say: "I
want to be in the Virgin Islands
00:36:30.50\00:36:32.32
to see her come
forth from the grave. "
00:36:32.52\00:36:34.03
So some days New York;
other days the Virgin Islands.
00:36:34.33\00:36:36.67
But God's got this thing
figured out because He says
00:36:36.87\00:36:38.66
"Why don't you just
meet them in the air? "
00:36:38.86\00:36:40.96
Amen? Amen!
00:36:42.15\00:36:44.15
Get ready for the
reunion of the ages.
00:36:44.39\00:36:46.35
Families separated by death will
again embrace their loved ones.
00:36:46.45\00:36:50.39
Oh how wonderful
that's going to be
00:36:50.59\00:36:52.64
to see those that
we've laid to rest!
00:36:52.84\00:36:54.55
Every year people are being
laid to rest. As we sit here
00:36:54.85\00:36:57.74
people are dying all around us.
00:36:57.94\00:36:59.62
Tragedies... buildings falling.
00:36:59.82\00:37:01.65
I saw the video of an airplane -
a 747, a cargo jet - taking off
00:37:01.85\00:37:05.95
in Afghanistan.
Seven Americans on board
00:37:06.08\00:37:08.63
perished because the cargo
shifted and before they could
00:37:08.83\00:37:12.01
even get to 1,000
ft. I watched in horror
00:37:12.11\00:37:14.90
as the video was put on YouTube.
00:37:15.10\00:37:17.26
I looked at that. My
wife told me about it.
00:37:17.46\00:37:19.05
I watched this 747
fully loaded with fuel
00:37:19.25\00:37:22.88
as it fought its way.
They said what had happened
00:37:23.08\00:37:25.47
is one of the cargo bays had
slipped and began to imbalance
00:37:25.57\00:37:29.22
the plane. And as that
plane struggled to get altitude
00:37:29.32\00:37:31.79
it just teetered and tipped
and then just came crashing
00:37:31.99\00:37:35.15
to the ground in a
fiery ball of destruction.
00:37:35.25\00:37:38.61
And I thought to myself
right there... then and there...
00:37:39.68\00:37:42.36
seven records for
eternity just shut.
00:37:42.56\00:37:46.04
And I cannot imagine the
sadness that the families
00:37:47.35\00:37:50.07
have to follow on with. The
families that have to pick up
00:37:50.27\00:37:53.73
the broken pieces. But if
you love the Lord, one day
00:37:53.83\00:37:56.25
there's going to be an earth-
quake and even your husbands
00:37:56.45\00:37:59.53
and those who perished in
whatever the disaster may be
00:37:59.63\00:38:01.86
will come forth from
their graves. Praise God for the
00:38:02.06\00:38:04.14
resurrection! Amen! Friends
that I lost in high school.
00:38:04.24\00:38:08.61
Friends that I
lost in church school.
00:38:08.81\00:38:10.99
Family members. God
is going to break up
00:38:11.39\00:38:14.01
every place where there is
going to be a saint in a grave.
00:38:14.11\00:38:18.27
I said a number of
years ago: "Be careful...
00:38:18.47\00:38:20.77
don't be in Wal-Mart
when the earthquake happens
00:38:20.97\00:38:22.83
because there are going to
be some saints that come through
00:38:23.03\00:38:24.97
the floors of Wal-Mart. "
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.24
I mean, you don't
know... you don't know that.
00:38:27.72\00:38:29.72
Two hundred years ago it could
have been a burial ground...
00:38:30.61\00:38:32.47
now it's a Wal-Mart.
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.50
Just a thought.
00:38:38.91\00:38:40.28
But what a reunion
that's going to be!
00:38:42.37\00:38:45.24
Parents reunited
with their children.
00:38:45.44\00:38:48.54
Children reunited
with their parents.
00:38:48.84\00:38:50.97
And not just reunited
but as the songwriter says
00:38:51.17\00:38:53.86
"reunited... and
you look so good! "
00:38:53.96\00:38:56.13
Amen?
00:38:56.73\00:38:58.12
We're not going to
see old parents come forth
00:38:58.42\00:39:00.64
from the grave. We're not going
to see parents with eye problems
00:39:00.74\00:39:03.72
and parents with hearing aids.
00:39:03.92\00:39:05.99
They're going to come forth from
the grave looking so pristine
00:39:06.19\00:39:08.43
and so perfect in the
righteousness and the remake
00:39:08.53\00:39:13.63
of Jesus... a
complete extreme makeover.
00:39:13.73\00:39:19.47
Amen! I see saints
that come to church
00:39:19.67\00:39:25.05
and some of them struggle.
We have a saint in church
00:39:25.25\00:39:27.28
that always tells me
what the next thing is.
00:39:27.48\00:39:30.06
You know, she had so
many issues and so many things
00:39:30.26\00:39:33.64
that had been broken in
her body throughout her life.
00:39:33.74\00:39:36.15
Every now and then
she'd give her testimony.
00:39:36.35\00:39:38.24
She said: "This week
the Lord fixed this part
00:39:38.44\00:39:40.57
and last month the
Lord fixed that part.
00:39:40.67\00:39:43.02
A year ago He fixed that part. "
00:39:43.22\00:39:45.43
And I said: "Sister,
tell the doctors to quit it
00:39:45.53\00:39:48.23
because when the Lord comes
back He won't have anything
00:39:48.34\00:39:50.12
to fix! "
00:39:50.23\00:39:51.65
But oh how beautiful it's
going to be when Jesus comes.
00:39:54.87\00:39:57.20
Can you say
"Amen" to that? Amen!
00:39:57.40\00:39:59.10
No more
separation; no more death.
00:39:59.24\00:40:01.23
No more sorrow; no more crying.
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.57
NO MORE FUNERALS! Amen!
00:40:03.77\00:40:06.54
My sister called me the
other day and she said...
00:40:06.77\00:40:08.45
She just came back from a
funeral. She was down at the
00:40:08.65\00:40:10.50
World Trade Center
when September 11th occurred
00:40:10.60\00:40:12.59
just about 12 years ago. Can
you imagine? Twelve years ago.
00:40:12.79\00:40:15.46
And she had gone through
so many funerals. She said:
00:40:16.46\00:40:18.80
"John, you know I could
quit just out of being in shock.
00:40:18.93\00:40:22.01
I have put so many
friends in the grave.
00:40:22.22\00:40:24.35
I could quit the
force and get full pay
00:40:24.55\00:40:26.80
just from the sheer shock
of going to so many funerals. "
00:40:27.00\00:40:29.67
And to this day she is
struggling with dialysis.
00:40:30.28\00:40:32.49
She'd go to work and
work maybe a double shift
00:40:32.79\00:40:35.30
and then go to
dialysis and then go home.
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.26
Or some mornings she gets
up early... goes to dialysis
00:40:37.46\00:40:39.52
and then goes to work
for eight hours. And I said:
00:40:39.62\00:40:41.32
"How do you do it? " She
said: "Just pray for me. "
00:40:41.42\00:40:43.50
I keep praying for my sister
because when the Lord comes
00:40:45.73\00:40:48.04
I want my sister to
be in the ascension.
00:40:48.25\00:40:51.99
Left the church at 16 years old
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.99
and I'm praying
for her to come back.
00:40:56.19\00:40:58.17
My wife and I pray
for her all the time.
00:40:58.47\00:40:59.93
There are two people that
we pray for every single day:
00:41:00.13\00:41:02.57
my wife's mother and my sister.
00:41:02.98\00:41:05.24
Every single day.
00:41:05.44\00:41:06.88
And then we add to that
list as the priorities of church
00:41:07.08\00:41:09.41
members and people that we know
00:41:09.52\00:41:11.00
and people
struggling with illnesses.
00:41:11.20\00:41:12.79
We add to that list
but one thing we do know:
00:41:12.99\00:41:15.62
every prayer that we pray in
behalf of those that God loves
00:41:15.82\00:41:19.93
those prayers will be answered.
00:41:20.03\00:41:22.20
There's going to be a
day that's going to be better
00:41:22.50\00:41:26.06
than any day we
have every experienced.
00:41:26.16\00:41:28.03
And you think about
that for a brief moment
00:41:28.23\00:41:29.79
because that goes
over our heads sometimes.
00:41:29.99\00:41:31.61
Think about the most
fun you have ever had.
00:41:31.81\00:41:34.25
Think about the greatest
joy you have ever experienced.
00:41:35.34\00:41:38.32
Think about the day
that you had more endorphins
00:41:39.43\00:41:43.09
popping in your head from
excitement than you've ever
00:41:43.29\00:41:45.13
experienced. And when the Lord
comes, you will exponentially
00:41:45.23\00:41:48.72
be filled with joy.
00:41:48.92\00:41:50.23
And by the way...
this joy won't end.
00:41:50.53\00:41:52.46
This is going to be joy
forevermore. What do you say?
00:41:52.76\00:41:54.49
Amen! Not giddy... not silly...
00:41:54.80\00:41:57.06
but joy!
00:41:57.16\00:41:59.19
Not PlayStation joy.
00:42:00.49\00:42:02.93
Not cable TV joy.
00:42:03.43\00:42:05.65
Not basketball championship joy.
00:42:07.62\00:42:09.96
Not eating joy.
00:42:12.27\00:42:13.98
Not getting married joy...
00:42:14.49\00:42:16.85
but eternal life joy.
00:42:17.15\00:42:19.21
I look forward to the
day when Jesus can come
00:42:20.37\00:42:23.83
and take us to the place
that we have long talked about,
00:42:24.03\00:42:28.82
preached about,
00:42:29.22\00:42:30.95
prayed about,
00:42:31.45\00:42:32.97
and sung about.
00:42:34.54\00:42:36.36
What a day of
rejoicing that will be
00:42:36.87\00:42:39.63
when we all get a
chance to see Jesus!
00:42:40.13\00:42:44.32
You know, you've got to
really pray hard because
00:42:44.52\00:42:46.03
some of us have been in this
thing so long that to us it's
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.76
now just a habit.
00:42:48.86\00:42:50.25
Don't ever allow your
Christianity to become a habit.
00:42:50.55\00:42:53.06
Amen!
00:42:53.36\00:42:54.40
It's got to be something
that is awakened every day.
00:42:55.30\00:42:58.71
You're got to spend
time in the Word of God.
00:42:58.91\00:43:00.67
There's bread in the Word
of God every day that's fresh.
00:43:00.87\00:43:03.12
Never allow your
Christianity to become stale.
00:43:03.25\00:43:06.46
Never allow your Christianity
to become traditional.
00:43:06.96\00:43:10.22
And don't allow the world to
crowd you so away from Christ
00:43:10.52\00:43:14.67
that the things of the world
become a priority in your life.
00:43:14.97\00:43:18.91
We've got to put worldliness
down. Come on somebody. Amen!
00:43:19.79\00:43:22.44
We've got to dress like
we're getting ready for heaven.
00:43:22.55\00:43:24.85
We've got to talk like
we're getting ready for heaven.
00:43:25.15\00:43:27.62
We've got to eat like
we're getting ready for heaven.
00:43:28.02\00:43:31.29
We've got to be willing to put
health reform and dress reform -
00:43:31.59\00:43:36.16
not health deform
but health reform.
00:43:36.36\00:43:39.83
I was reading in the
writings of Ellen White
00:43:40.13\00:43:41.87
when she talked about
the difference between health
00:43:41.97\00:43:43.52
reform and health deform.
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.31
She said: "When we make a test
where God has never made a test
00:43:45.51\00:43:48.96
health reform
becomes health deform. "
00:43:49.16\00:43:51.53
We've got to eat like
those that are getting ready for
00:43:52.57\00:43:55.24
a heavenly diet,
what do you say? Amen!
00:43:55.34\00:43:57.69
That means you can't
always have it your way.
00:43:58.00\00:44:00.40
Amen! Praise the Lord!
00:44:00.64\00:44:03.63
Forget about the golden arches
and think about the golden
00:44:04.20\00:44:06.84
streets. Amen? Amen!
00:44:06.94\00:44:10.42
That's right. This
body... you only get one.
00:44:10.63\00:44:12.49
It's hard to believe I'm
only 35, isn't' that right?
00:44:12.79\00:44:15.13
I met somebody yesterday
we hadn't seen in a long time
00:44:17.17\00:44:19.42
and she said: "You
guys just don't age. "
00:44:19.62\00:44:20.97
I said: "I love you even more. "
00:44:21.07\00:44:22.80
But if you think my wife
is pretty now, you wait till
00:44:24.95\00:44:27.62
we get to heaven. That's
why I'm holding on to her.
00:44:27.72\00:44:30.82
See, some of you think
that your wife is getting older
00:44:31.12\00:44:33.43
and all that.
Uh-uh... she's getting better!
00:44:33.63\00:44:36.29
That's right. 'Cause I'm
going to finally look like
00:44:36.59\00:44:39.05
I'm supposed to look
when I get to heaven.
00:44:39.15\00:44:40.78
Amen somebody... Amen!
00:44:42.02\00:44:44.21
Don't be trading them in.
00:44:44.51\00:44:45.73
Don't be trying
to get a newer model.
00:44:46.23\00:44:48.08
Amen.
00:44:49.61\00:44:51.64
'Cause when you get to heaven...
00:44:51.94\00:44:53.56
When I get to heaven my wife
is going to be the best model
00:44:53.86\00:44:56.63
in heaven. Amen! I look
forward to eternity with her.
00:44:56.73\00:45:01.57
I look forward to
spending eternity with her.
00:45:02.07\00:45:04.47
And if she can cook
that down here, just imagine
00:45:04.97\00:45:07.28
how good she's
going to cook in heaven.
00:45:07.38\00:45:08.94
Love you, honey.
00:45:09.97\00:45:11.40
And then one day my wife and I
00:45:12.65\00:45:15.56
are going to get to
take the best trip together.
00:45:15.66\00:45:17.23
We have flown
together to 51 countries.
00:45:17.33\00:45:19.58
We are now frequent
flyers with American Airlines.
00:45:19.88\00:45:22.48
But Jesus has other plans
because He's purchased for us
00:45:22.68\00:45:26.23
by His blood a seat on the
New Jerusalem Airlines. Amen!
00:45:26.33\00:45:31.75
And I just can't wait!
00:45:32.08\00:45:34.03
You know, you stand at
the terminal gate and you wait
00:45:34.53\00:45:37.34
till your names are called.
We are Platinum customers
00:45:37.44\00:45:40.58
and it always feels good
that they said... You know,
00:45:40.68\00:45:43.68
they always start with the
guys that are way ahead of us.
00:45:43.88\00:45:45.75
You know, Executive
Platinum... and we think: "OK,
00:45:45.95\00:45:47.87
they think they're something. "
00:45:48.07\00:45:49.18
And then they get down
to - you know - Emerald and
00:45:50.33\00:45:52.95
whatever and they
finally get down to Platinum
00:45:53.06\00:45:54.79
and we get up like
we're really important.
00:45:54.89\00:45:56.61
And we walk in.
00:45:59.19\00:46:00.93
But I tell you, when Jesus
comes we're going to all not be
00:46:01.13\00:46:03.59
Gold or Platinum, we're
all going to be covered by the
00:46:03.79\00:46:05.84
blood of the Lamb.
What do you say? Amen!
00:46:05.94\00:46:07.73
Doesn't matter if I
go in first or go in last
00:46:07.84\00:46:10.35
as long as the door shuts
behind us. What do you say?
00:46:10.55\00:46:12.81
Amen!
00:46:12.91\00:46:13.94
Get ready for the
journey of the ages.
00:46:14.33\00:46:16.39
The longest single flight we've
taken together is 16-1/2 hours
00:46:16.89\00:46:20.39
from Atlanta to
Johannesburg, So. Africa.
00:46:20.69\00:46:23.19
Can you imagine two day's work
just sitting in an airplane?
00:46:23.59\00:46:26.21
But if you don't like
that, don't get nervous because
00:46:28.55\00:46:31.14
the flight we're going to
take to heaven is going to be
00:46:31.34\00:46:32.65
seven days long. Amen? Amen!
00:46:32.75\00:46:35.61
And while we're in
flight we're going to be singing
00:46:35.71\00:46:37.30
some songs. All the
way my Savior leads me.
00:46:37.40\00:46:40.09
Oh the fullness of His joy!
00:46:40.39\00:46:42.42
Perfect rest to me is promised
00:46:42.72\00:46:44.72
in my Father's house above.
00:46:45.03\00:46:47.22
When I wake to life immortal,
00:46:47.52\00:46:48.88
wing my flight to realms of day,
00:46:49.08\00:46:51.42
this my song through
endless ages... Come on now:
00:46:51.62\00:46:54.12
Jesus led me all the way.
00:46:54.32\00:46:57.12
We're going to see
things we've never seen before.
00:46:57.42\00:46:59.25
We're going to pass
constellations we've never
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.86
passed before. We're going
to see what God can really do.
00:47:01.96\00:47:04.47
I'm looking forward to seeing
how God really made this thing.
00:47:04.77\00:47:07.44
I'm looking forward to being
there the day that He re-makes
00:47:08.69\00:47:11.02
this thing. When He
puts death to death.
00:47:11.12\00:47:15.07
When He puts sin to death.
00:47:15.48\00:47:17.40
Never accept or believe the idea
that sin will ever have a chance
00:47:17.60\00:47:21.10
of coming back a second time.
Amen! Because I believe today
00:47:21.31\00:47:24.50
and I hold onto the sufficiency
of the blood of Christ,
00:47:24.60\00:47:26.60
if Jesus defeated sin at
the cross, it's defeated.
00:47:26.90\00:47:29.61
Can you say
"Amen" to that? Amen!
00:47:29.81\00:47:31.55
His blood is sufficient.
00:47:32.05\00:47:34.23
The devil nor sin is going to
survive the coming of the Lord.
00:47:34.63\00:47:37.14
Now for those of you that
like potluck, get ready for the
00:47:38.04\00:47:40.71
banquet of the ages.
00:47:40.82\00:47:42.45
Oh, I should have gotten
more "Amen's " than that.
00:47:43.48\00:47:45.56
Bet you're still
digesting your lunch.
00:47:45.96\00:47:48.65
Get ready for the
banquet of the ages
00:47:48.95\00:47:51.31
when the promise that Jesus made
to His disciples 2,000 years ago
00:47:51.51\00:47:56.23
will be fulfilled in our sight.
00:47:56.43\00:47:58.61
He said to them in Matthew 26:29
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.37
"But I say unto you I
will not drink henceforth
00:48:01.57\00:48:04.16
of the fruit of this vine
until the day when I drink it
00:48:04.36\00:48:07.72
new with you in My
Father's kingdom. "
00:48:07.82\00:48:10.44
I plan on being there for
that dinner. What do you say?
00:48:10.64\00:48:13.56
Amen!. Oh yeah... it
doesn't matter where you sit.
00:48:13.76\00:48:16.62
Ellen White says that the table
is going to appear as though
00:48:16.82\00:48:19.08
it's miles long and
no matter where you sit
00:48:19.18\00:48:23.54
you're going to feel like you're
at the right hand of the Father.
00:48:23.74\00:48:25.65
Amen? Amen!
00:48:25.75\00:48:26.94
I mean, what a
table it's going to be.
00:48:27.04\00:48:28.13
We've got pictures. We
try to create in our own minds
00:48:28.33\00:48:31.75
what heaven is going to be.
But brethren, the best drawing
00:48:31.85\00:48:34.31
you've ever seen, the best
artist's conception that you've
00:48:34.41\00:48:37.19
ever been able to create
falls far short... far short
00:48:37.29\00:48:43.13
of anything that
God has in store for us.
00:48:43.33\00:48:46.14
That's another
reason why I want to go.
00:48:46.34\00:48:47.66
I've seen a whole lot.
00:48:47.76\00:48:48.80
I can't wait to see what
God has in store for us. Amen!
00:48:48.90\00:48:51.75
Anybody else like that?
00:48:51.99\00:48:53.32
You know, all these science
fiction movies and all these
00:48:53.62\00:48:56.09
creators of all these special
effects... you know, they can
00:48:56.29\00:48:59.20
really make you dizzy with
these special effects nowadays.
00:48:59.30\00:49:02.02
You think 3-D is something?
Wait till God finishes creating.
00:49:02.22\00:49:06.04
Amen. He's probably
going to show us 4-D.
00:49:06.24\00:49:08.38
Because we're not
going to see it all around us
00:49:09.52\00:49:10.93
we're going to be right in the
middle of it. What do you say?
00:49:11.03\00:49:12.70
Traveling for seven days
on the power of divinity.
00:49:13.00\00:49:18.40
Passing stars and
constellations far beyond Orion.
00:49:18.73\00:49:23.76
Entering through a
portal that scientists say
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.45
if we ever even get near to
it it will crush anything that
00:49:26.65\00:49:29.51
gets within its proximity.
00:49:29.71\00:49:31.28
One day we're going to see
Jesus. One day we're going to be
00:49:31.48\00:49:33.65
able to touch His hands.
One day we're going to be able
00:49:33.75\00:49:35.85
to see His face. Come
on somebody... say "Amen. "
00:49:35.95\00:49:38.15
One day we're going to sit down
with Jesus and say: "Father,
00:49:38.46\00:49:40.87
tell me about all the times You
spared me when I drove my car. "
00:49:41.07\00:49:44.22
Amen! "Tell me what it was
like when You helped me make it
00:49:44.32\00:49:48.43
from one week to the next. "
00:49:48.53\00:49:49.70
"Tell me, Lord, how
You saved my children. "
00:49:49.90\00:49:52.19
"Tell me, Lord, how You
answered my prayer for those
00:49:52.39\00:49:54.74
that were going astray
and You laid me to rest until
00:49:54.94\00:49:58.29
You still saved them. "
I want to tell you this:
00:49:58.43\00:50:01.02
I left the church
when my mother died
00:50:01.22\00:50:03.69
and I went out into the world.
00:50:03.89\00:50:05.50
But she prayed
for me before she died
00:50:05.70\00:50:07.82
and God answered that
prayer. What do you say?
00:50:08.02\00:50:10.13
You see my brothers, my sisters:
don't stop praying because God
00:50:10.53\00:50:13.71
is gonna answer the
prayers. Keep on praying.
00:50:13.81\00:50:16.33
The final movements
are going to be rapid.
00:50:16.43\00:50:18.19
No more night; no more pain;
00:50:18.39\00:50:20.71
no more tears...
never crying again.
00:50:20.91\00:50:23.08
Praises to the great I Am
and we will live in the light
00:50:23.28\00:50:26.91
of the risen Lamb. I'm
looking forward to that day.
00:50:27.11\00:50:29.79
So what do you do
when Camp Meeting is over?
00:50:30.09\00:50:31.91
Do you go back
home and just sit down?
00:50:32.01\00:50:33.93
What do you do, church?
Tell me somebody in two words
00:50:34.04\00:50:35.97
what do you do when you go home?
00:50:36.17\00:50:37.25
Get ready!
00:50:37.35\00:50:38.67
You get your family ready.
00:50:39.31\00:50:40.76
You get your life ready.
00:50:41.06\00:50:42.52
You get your prayer life ready.
00:50:42.82\00:50:44.26
You get your
spiritual life ready.
00:50:44.56\00:50:46.26
You begin to pray like
folk that are looking forward to
00:50:46.46\00:50:48.68
Jesus' coming. You begin to live
like Jesus is coming tomorrow.
00:50:48.78\00:50:52.33
You begin to love
like Jesus is on His way.
00:50:52.63\00:50:55.79
I like the way
that H.M.S. Sr. said...
00:50:56.09\00:50:58.26
You know, all of his life he
would say and end his programs,
00:50:58.46\00:51:01.23
he would say:
"Jesus is coming soon"
00:51:01.44\00:51:03.21
and somebody at his bedside...
was sitting there with him
00:51:03.31\00:51:06.16
and he said: "Elder Richards,
you're about to be laid to rest.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.45
What do you say now?
Jesus hasn't come yet. "
00:51:09.65\00:51:11.72
And he said with a fainting
voice: "He's on His way. "
00:51:12.02\00:51:15.20
Come on somebody: He's on
His way... He's on His way.
00:51:15.60\00:51:20.47
They say that heaven is
10 zillion light years away
00:51:21.52\00:51:23.96
but He's on His way. The
final movements will be rapid.
00:51:24.17\00:51:28.12
The people of God
have to get ready.
00:51:28.32\00:51:31.01
Jesus is soon to come.
00:51:31.31\00:51:34.20
We've got to live
like we want to go.
00:51:34.50\00:51:37.88
We've got to love
like we want to go.
00:51:38.18\00:51:41.23
And so my brothers and my
sisters wherever you may be from
00:51:41.53\00:51:44.34
let's not become
enamored by where we're from
00:51:44.74\00:51:47.91
but let's begin to get
enamored by where we're headed.
00:51:48.22\00:51:50.77
No matter what country
you come from, no matter
00:51:50.87\00:51:53.35
what your nationality may be,
00:51:53.45\00:51:54.92
no matter what you believe
and what you don't believe,
00:51:55.12\00:51:57.08
it's time to get ready.
Because where I come from
00:51:57.28\00:51:59.86
is nothing in
comparison to where I'm going.
00:52:00.06\00:52:01.93
So by God's grace, let's
get ready. What do you say?
00:52:02.23\00:52:05.01
Amen! Amen!
00:52:05.21\00:52:07.05
All right, we'd like to get all
the folk who've been singing.
00:52:07.45\00:52:10.15
Some of you are out
here. If you've been singing
00:52:10.36\00:52:12.39
or preaching we
want you to come up.
00:52:12.49\00:52:15.20
Bro. Dwight come up.
00:52:15.40\00:52:17.25
And we want to... How many
have had a great time this week?
00:52:17.55\00:52:21.18
All right... in the
Lord? Praise the Lord for that.
00:52:21.38\00:52:23.84
And you know we have a
Fall Camp Meeting also, right?
00:52:24.34\00:52:27.76
I'm not sure what the dates are
00:52:28.06\00:52:29.54
but I can tell you it's
in the Fall. How's that?
00:52:29.64\00:52:31.33
So that's all we
can do right now.
00:52:31.64\00:52:33.55
But I want to just say a special
thank you for all of you.
00:52:33.95\00:52:37.57
Dwight, especially for
you. It's a long time away
00:52:37.77\00:52:40.19
from your family and your
church and all these folk.
00:52:40.29\00:52:43.06
But you know it's like
we hope you're looking at it
00:52:43.26\00:52:45.47
like you just came
and got a piece of heaven.
00:52:45.57\00:52:47.24
So Berrien Springs is
OK... you can go back there.
00:52:47.54\00:52:50.21
But you can tell them
you've been to a better place.
00:52:50.41\00:52:52.14
Now he's got a little sample
of what it's' going to get like.
00:52:54.83\00:52:58.43
Berrien Springs. I
spent four years up there, but
00:52:58.57\00:53:01.34
that's before you were
pastor. I didn't go to school;
00:53:01.54\00:53:04.05
I managed a lumber yard
and got in people's way.
00:53:04.15\00:53:06.00
But I had a good time in Berrien
Springs... a great place to be.
00:53:06.21\00:53:09.89
Thank you so much for
what you have done. All of you.
00:53:10.09\00:53:12.70
Coming all the way from
Australia. And where's Julia?
00:53:12.90\00:53:16.35
She's... Julia, you
should be up here too.
00:53:16.55\00:53:19.57
All right. Julia...
John, you should be up here.
00:53:19.77\00:53:22.21
So we've got
Australians; we've got Russians.
00:53:22.51\00:53:25.04
Philippines. Oh,
Texas. Shelley says "Texas. "
00:53:25.24\00:53:28.85
Oregon... we've
got them back here.
00:53:29.15\00:53:30.96
Georgia. OK, from all over
00:53:31.26\00:53:33.26
and even a few of us
from southern Illinois.
00:53:33.37\00:53:35.51
And Pastor Gilley, we
have just a few moments left.
00:53:35.82\00:53:40.19
And we just want to
praise the Lord. We do.
00:53:40.50\00:53:43.36
This has been a real blessing
and we've heard some wonderful
00:53:43.56\00:53:47.46
messages. We heard about
Elijah and the Elijah message
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.41
from Steve Bohr. And
we heard about the cross
00:53:50.61\00:53:54.35
and God's new
thing from Pastor Dwight.
00:53:54.55\00:53:57.89
The music has
just been heavenly.
00:53:58.19\00:54:01.31
We appreciate all the
good music... we really do.
00:54:01.34\00:54:04.64
And I've been blessed.
00:54:04.94\00:54:09.38
This Camp
Meeting has blessed me.
00:54:09.58\00:54:11.68
It has made me determined
to have a closer relationship
00:54:11.88\00:54:16.07
with the Lord Jesus
Christ... to know Him better.
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And that's what
Camp Meeting is all about
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is it should inspire
us to go to our knees,
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to go to the Word,
and to re-commit ourselves
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to Jesus Christ. That's
what we want to do here tonight.
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And I'm hoping that we can sing
together but I'm also hoping
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that as a congregation
we can re-commit ourselves
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to Jesus. To the task of
putting forth this message.
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To the unity with all
of those who work together
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in putting the gospel out.
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And we want that kind of
spirit in our hearts. We do.
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Pastor Dwight, would you come up
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and just give us a closing
prayer? And then maybe we'll
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sing a little
chorus together also.
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But there are viewers
watching from around the world
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and you have touched many
many lives including those of us
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up here and
behind you, so thank you.
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Father, what Pastor Jim
just said is the longing
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of our hearts. Jesus'
prayer on the eve of His death
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"that they, Father,
may be one as We are One. "
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Do whatever it takes.
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Create this Christ-borne unity.
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Pour out the Spirit upon us
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and finish Your
work in this generation.
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We live for the
return of our Savior,
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but we will not go home alone.
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We will take every
man, woman, and child we can
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to the Savior. So
we go our separate ways
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to all points on the
compass, but You go with us.
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Keep Your arms around
us till one day we will be
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as Pastor John just preached
at the nail-scarred feet
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of our Savior. In
Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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Showers of blessing...
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showers of blessing we need.
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Mercy drops
round us are falling...
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but for the showers we plead.
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Now we're going to change keys.
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"There shall be
showers of blessing, "
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this is the promise of love.
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There shall be
seasons refreshing
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sent from the Savior above.
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Showers of blessing...
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showers of blessing we need.
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Mercy drops
round us are falling...
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but for the showers we plead.
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The chorus again:
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Showers of blessing...
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showers of blessing we need.
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Mercy drops
round us are falling...
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but for the showers we plead.
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