Good morning and
happy Preparation Day.
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This is the day
before the Sabbath
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and the second day of our
Fall Homecoming Camp Meeting
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here at Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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And if you were with us
on last evening, I think you
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can agree that we had a
very fine time in the Lord,
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did we not? Good
music! Good preaching!
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Good questions and answers.
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And it was really a very, very
quick three hours that we spent
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together. And now we get to
spend the whole day together.
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Praise the Lord!
Some forty years ago
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I was the pastor of
the Bethel SDA Church
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in Brooklyn, New
York. Youth pastor.
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I'd like to say that I
pastored from the cradle,
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but I cannot. But
I met 40 years ago
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a young man who was
running the streets of Brooklyn
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by the name of John Lomacang.
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He was painfully thin
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and on the edges of the church,
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but he had good parenting
and he also had a very loyal
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girlfriend by the
name of Angela Marr...
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who made sure that even
though he was out Friday night
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doing what he was
not supposed to do
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Sabbath morning he
was in church next to her.
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And she kept him close until
the Lord got a hold of him.
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And several years later
he is now the pastor of the
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Thompsonville SDA church
and our pastor. I tease him.
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I say he used to
sleep on my sermons
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40 years ago
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and now I am not allowed to
sleep on his 40 years later.
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He is a good
preacher, a good author,
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a gifted singer,
and a man of God.
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He told me not to take
too long in this introduction
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and I will not do so
because he has much to say.
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He is writing a new book
that I am very, very anxious
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to have him finish
because we all want to read it.
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He and I are both
writing at this time.
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I don't know who's
going to finish first.
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Perhaps he will... but maybe
he'll talk just a little bit
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about that because
it is a very timely book
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and something that
the church needs to have.
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John is going to be
speaking on the subject
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Sand of the Sea.
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I affectionately call him rabbi.
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He calls me bishop.
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When you've known somebody
40 years you can kind of play
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with names like that a little
bit. But he is a good friend...
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he and Angela.
We love them dearly.
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And he is a
talented servant of the Lord.
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Before he speaks Celestine Berry
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and her husband Mike are
going to bring special music.
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They have ambled down
from Chicago to be part of
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the 3ABN family, and we
love them so very, very much.
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And they just fit right
in. She is the secretary
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of the church and he is a gifted
musician and pianist also.
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Many stories we could
tell about Mike and Celestine
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but we don't have
time to do that now.
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I am asking from you
for our pastor, our friend,
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your undivided and
prayerful attention.
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We know that God has
given him a message for us
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and we ask that you
hear the message of the Lord
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and be blessed. Shall we pray?
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Father God, we do praise You
and thank you so very, very much
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for the privilege
we have of serving You.
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For the call that brought
us out of darkness into the
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marvelous light of
Your Word and Your truth.
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We ask just now, dear
Father, that You would be with
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the speaker. Be with
our friend and our pastor.
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Give him words that will
be meat in due season for us.
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And then help us to hear
and to do... because it is in
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the doing that we are
made like Christ Jesus.
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We thank you and praise
You in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Mike and Celestine
Berry followed by our pastor,
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our friend John Lomacang.
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Lead me, Lord...
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lead me by the hand
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and make me face the rising sun.
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Comfort me through all
the pain that life may bring.
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There's no other hope
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that I can lean upon.
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Lead me, Lord...
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lead me all my life.
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Walk by me...
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walk by me
across the lonely road
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that I may face.
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Take my arms, and let
Your hand show me God's way.
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Show the way to
live inside Your love
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all my days...
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all my life.
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You are my light;
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You're the lamp upon my feet.
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All the time, my
Lord, I need You there.
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You are my light
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I cannot live alone.
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Let me stay by Your guiding love
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all through my life
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lead me, Lord.
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Lead me Lord...
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even though at
times I'd rather go
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alone my way.
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Help me take the
right direction...
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take Your road.
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Lead me, Lord, to never leave
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Thy side all my days...
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all my life.
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You are my light
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You're the lamp upon my feet.
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All the time, my
Lord, I need You there.
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You are my light
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I cannot live alone.
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Let me stay by
Your guiding love.
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All through my life.
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You are my light;
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You're the lamp upon my feet.
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All the time, my
Lord, I need You there.
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And You are my light
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I cannot live alone.
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Let me stay by Your guiding love
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all through my life...
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all through my days...
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Lead me, Lord,
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all my
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life.
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Thank you Mike
and Celestine. Amen?
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Amen! News that we
need to know this morning
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is that in our lives, in
our trials, in our difficulties,
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God is there. Amen.
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I know that
"bishop" already prayed
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but I want to ask the Lord
to lead again this morning.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father, take
this opportunity, Lord,
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to pour into Your manservant.
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I yield myself to
Your Spirit's impression
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and leading in
Jesus' name. Amen.
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It's amazing what can
come out of Bible study.
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My wife and I have
opportunity to read our Bibles
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on a daily occasion. And
sometimes we would take that
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to the next level and
read Patriarchs and Prophets
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together which
we're doing right now.
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Sometimes I would read
a devotion from Maranatha
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or one of Ellen White's
books and we would always
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in that moment be
prepared for what's coming next.
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And we have been filled
with no short amazement to see
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how God takes our time of study
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to prepare us
for what we will face
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either during that day
or even during that week.
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The topic of the
sand of the sea came up
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and I was immediately pointed
to Revelation chapter 20:7-8
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which I will
read in just a moment.
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But it tapped me on the back
to let me know that there is
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a topic today in Christianity
that has for some reason
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been overlooked, been
deleted and has been somewhat
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ignored in place of the
more common and acceptable
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kinds of sermons and messages
that are coming to the forefront
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today, and that is the sermon
about the destruction of the
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wicked, the end of sin, the
coming of our Lord and Savior.
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And I am excited
this morning that one day
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sin will be no more.
What do you say? Amen!
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That there is coming a day
when every impact that sin has
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brought to this planet
will not even be in our memory.
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And sin is now today synonymous
to something that the world
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is not concerned about.
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Just recently my wife
and I went to Nairobi, Kenya.
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And upon mentioning our
plans to go the word "Ebola"
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came to the forefront.
Those that work here at 3ABN...
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her boss, our friends,
individuals that have come
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in contact with
us... said: "Be careful
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because we know that you
are going to a region where the
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possibility of contracting
Ebola is maybe at a higher risk
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than it would be here
in the United States. "
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But I did my homework and
assured them that Ebola was
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3,363 miles away from us.
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But still deep in the heart
they said: "But there's still
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a possibility. " And I've
come to discover that Ebola
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at the mention of its name
the neighbors of western Africa
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are filled with fear.
First discovered in 1976
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the name Ebola -
as I did my homework -
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come from a river
in close proximity
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to the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
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According to the New York Times
scientists now believe that
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bats are the
natural source for the virus
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and that humans and apes
catch it from eating food
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that bats have
drooled or defecated on
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according to the article
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or by coming in
contact with surfaces covered
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in infected bat droppings
and then touching the eyes
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or the mouth. I wondered
how the virus was spread.
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I was encouraged when
they told me it was not spread
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by sneezing or just by casually
passing in the same region.
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However on Tuesday, just
this week, September 23, 2014,
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the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said
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that in a worst-case scenario
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Ebola could infect 1.4
million by January 2015.
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The World Health Organization
agrees with those estimates.
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Collectively they say
that if no cure is found
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Ebola can potentially become
a modern-day bubonic plague
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that wiped out 1/3 of Europe.
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Because the U.N. members know
its potential as a global threat
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steps are now being
taken to contain and resolve
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the Ebola crisis. And
today when you turn the news on
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and when you listen carefully
there is hardly a place on earth
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that has not expressed some
concern for the Ebola virus.
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But now this morning
allow me to introduce to you
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a pandemic that has a
far- greater reaching impact
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than the Ebola
virus will ever have.
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This pandemic has
only three letters: SIN.
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And I believe because
of its far-reaching impact
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that has been proven, we
should invest a deeper interest
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in avoiding the long-term
effects of the sin pandemic.
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Because if you look at the
statistics, everybody agrees
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with this: that sin
boasts a mortality rate of 100%.
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Everyone born is affected by it.
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You don't have to be in
the region... you're just born
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affected by it. That's
why Romans says in Romans 3:23
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"For all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God. "
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When I read that verse
and included it in this sermon
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I praise God that there are
more verses in the Bible about
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sin, what do you say?
It's not the final result.
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That's not the final analogy;
that is not the final prognosis.
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And so this morning I
have good news and bad news.
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Let's begin with the bad news.
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The day is quickly approaching
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when the sin problem
will forever be resolved.
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Soon sin will
forever be destroyed
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in the fires of hell.
What do you say, church?
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You might ask the question:
"What is the bad news? "
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The bad news is
those that refuse the cure
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will also eventually
be destroyed with it.
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That's the bad news.
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And I look at the world around
me... I look at the things that
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God is offering and I
compare that on the scales
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of what the world has been
offering to man over the course
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of human history and I
ask myself the question:
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"How can you refuse
what God is offering
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in place of what
Satan is offering? "
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How can you settle for
that which is temporary
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in light of that
which is eternal?
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How can you settle for that
which by involving one's self
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degrades and
debilitates and destroys
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in comparison to what
God offers that elevates
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and ennobles and
renews and gives eternal life?
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How can you make that
comparison and find there is
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any equity or any comparison
in the two categories.
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That's why when I
think about the effect of sin
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the teaching that God
has an eternally-burning hell
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to endlessly
punish sinners is absurd.
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The Word of God says: "I
find no pleasure in the death
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of those who die, says the
Lord. Therefore turn and live. "
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Ezekiel 18 and verse 32.
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God finds no pleasure
in the death of the wicked
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but one day sin and
sinners will be no more.
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The other bad news is:
preachers are no longer warning
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sinners to avoid the
approaching judgment on sin.
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You think about it today.
Just turn your television on
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on any given day of the week.
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I thank God that 3ABN is com-
mitted to that. What do you say?
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That we are committed to
calling sin by its right name.
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And while we call sin by its
right name, we don't leave out
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the solution to
sin... and His name is Jesus!
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But this is the hour, my
brothers and sisters, that we
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must calibrate
our spiritual compass
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and check our religious
pulse and examine our spiritual
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dedication. So this
morning accept my invitation.
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Come along with me on
an archaeological excursion
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to unearth long-forgotten
scriptural themes.
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Join me as we stroll the halls
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of the Museum of
Unpopular Biblical Themes
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and climb on board as we embark
on an unforgettable journey
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to an island
called Irrelevant Sermons.
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I believe somebody's got
to preach what God's Word
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wants us to
preach. What do you say?
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As your tour guide
the purpose of my trip is
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to resurrect the fragments
of out-of-date preaching,
00:18:10.02\00:18:12.57
to open the sealed containers
labeled Don't Preach That
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Any More, and to dust off
the pulpit where urgent messages
00:18:15.52\00:18:19.58
were once preached.
This is the hour that we've
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got to get away from meandering
in the maze of mediocrity
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and pondering at
the pool of popularity
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and get back to proclaiming
with a voice of urgency
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the call that one day sin
and sinners will be no more.
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The apostle
Timothy records the words
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of an urgent preacher.
He says: "Preach the Word. "
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Preach the what,
church? "Preach the Word. "
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Be instant in
season... and this is a season
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the days of diluted messages
have come to the forefront.
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Be instant in season,
out of season. That means
00:18:54.66\00:18:58.76
when it's popular and
when it's not popular be ready.
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Reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering
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and doctrine: that word
that people seek to avoid today.
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For the time will
come... Can I modify that?
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"For the time has come when they
will not endure sound doctrine"
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the Bible says, "but
after their own lusts
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they shall heap for themselves
teachers having itching ears.
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They shall turn away
their ears from the truth
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and shall be
turned unto fables. "
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It's been a long journey
but we have finally arrived
00:19:32.59\00:19:34.78
at the time where
popular preaching is preferred
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above solemn sermons.
This is the day and age
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when preachers tell you
about financial stability
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and how to
launch social programs.
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That's all well and good
but you cannot leave out Jesus
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in the social setting
for He is as social as
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He is divine. Can
you say amen to that?
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But I find it repulsive somehow
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that when you turn on television
men that have been called
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by God to proclaim
an undiluted message
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are selling out
for material wealth.
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I was turned off by one
of the preachers that said
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as he continues to raise
millions and millions of dollars
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to fund his lavish lifestyle.
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And let me make a point
right here: God is not upset
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with those that have wealth.
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Many men in the
Bible were very wealthy.
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God is not upset with wealth,
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but it's the love of money
that is the root of all evil.
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And when a preacher stands in
the pulpit and gives this reason
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for his
indulgence in materialism
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when he says: "When I get
to heaven I'm not going to go
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to heaven poor" I
find that an offense.
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Because I want to tell you:
Today, no matter what you buy
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and what you possess, the only
thing we're taking to heaven
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is our character. There ain't
going to be any trailer trucks
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in heaven. Nobody's going
to have any delivery trucks
00:20:52.03\00:20:55.99
coming to heaven. "This is
Preacher So-and-So's stuff. "
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It's all going to go
up in flames one day.
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So that's why the Bible says:
"Do not invest in those things
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that rust and moths will decay
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and thieves will
break in and steal. "
00:21:09.43\00:21:11.23
And so today - nowadays -
these prosperity preachers are
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amassing wealth. And all you
have to do is look at the news
00:21:15.04\00:21:18.81
and see that there are
no shortage of preachers
00:21:19.21\00:21:22.89
that want to be wealthy.
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Well I don't want to be wealthy.
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I don't mind having a
little bit more money.
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But I want to tell you
that the greatest wealth to have
00:21:30.09\00:21:32.26
is Jesus... Amen!
00:21:32.36\00:21:34.06
for My Father owns the
cattle on a thousand hills.
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I serve One who doesn't
count cattle by the head;
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He counts His
cattle by the hill.
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Like the little boy said to
the young man who was boasting
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about his
father's boat in the ocean,
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about his
father's plane in the sky,
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and about his father's
mansion on the hillside.
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This little poor boy had no
comeback until God impressed
00:21:56.65\00:21:59.73
his humble little
heart and he said:
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"Well you see that
boat that your father has?
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Your boat is on the
water that my Father owns. "
00:22:04.30\00:22:07.50
Amen somebody?
00:22:08.01\00:22:09.85
"You see that plane
that your father flies?
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Your father flies his plane
in the air that my Daddy owns. "
00:22:13.29\00:22:16.29
"You see that hill on
which your father's house sits?
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Your father's house sits
on land that my Daddy owns. "
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I tell you friends, it's going
to get rough before it gets
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better. But I
never forgot the story:
00:22:26.42\00:22:27.87
As one plane was filled with
passengers that were gripped
00:22:27.98\00:22:30.90
by fear as turbulence all
but brought that plane down.
00:22:31.00\00:22:34.50
But they couldn't help
but notice a little girl.
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Couldn't be more than
seven or eight years old.
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She just continued
coloring in her book
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while all the passengers
were gripped with fear.
00:22:41.31\00:22:43.42
And somebody could not hesitate
to ask her when the plane landed
00:22:43.62\00:22:46.27
safely: "Why
were you not afraid? "
00:22:46.37\00:22:49.15
She said: "Well
my daddy's the pilot.
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He was just taking me home. "
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Amen church? It's going to
get rough before it gets better.
00:22:53.10\00:22:56.82
But we've got to know
that our "Daddy" is the pilot.
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We're going to get home.
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That's why in this day and
age messages intended by God
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to wake up a slumbering
society have been substituted
00:23:04.57\00:23:08.11
by messages that increase
our desire for material gain
00:23:08.31\00:23:12.24
and then at same time decrease
our desire for eternity.
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I want to be in the
kingdom. What about you? Amen!
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In the midst of covetous
ministries, political pulpits,
00:23:17.77\00:23:20.94
and Christians that have
their minds set on occupying
00:23:21.14\00:23:24.62
the White House, I can
almost hear heaven calling us
00:23:24.83\00:23:27.95
to return to
scriptural integrity.
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And the reason is clear.
00:23:30.86\00:23:32.06
The destruction of the days
of Noah are about to be repeated
00:23:32.36\00:23:37.65
again on a grand scale. Amen.
00:23:37.85\00:23:40.72
As it was in his day... I don't
hear preachers talking about
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that... about the
coming destruction.
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They talk about attitudes
that your family members have.
00:23:48.18\00:23:50.22
And you know, we've got to find
a way to deal with that, too.
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But while you talk about
the temporal, don't leave out
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the eternal. A converted
preacher by the name of Peter
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wrote these words in II
Peter chapter 3 verses 3-7.
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And he says: "Knowing this
first: that scoffers will come
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in the last days... " Are
there scoffers in the last days?
00:24:07.72\00:24:11.61
There is no
shortage of scoffers.
00:24:12.11\00:24:13.89
"Walking according
to their own lusts.
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And they will be saying: 'Where
is the promise of His coming?
00:24:16.85\00:24:19.50
For since the fathers
fell asleep... ' they say...
00:24:19.80\00:24:22.47
'all things continue as
they were from the beginning
00:24:22.67\00:24:26.16
of creation. ' " Let
me insert something here:
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.25
things are not the same as they
were when I was a young man!
00:24:28.55\00:24:31.69
Come on... help
me out, somebody.
00:24:32.09\00:24:33.63
Times have changed. I was raised
in quite a different world...
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and I'm not that old.
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I didn't mean to use the word
old, but I'm not that young.
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Fits me in a category.
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But it's quite different
than it was in the 70's and 80's
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and the 90's. Can I
get an amen on that?
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So things have not
continued the way they were
00:24:50.87\00:24:52.86
from the beginning of creation.
00:24:52.96\00:24:54.18
But the reason is clear:
"For this they willingly forget"
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Peter said, "that
the Word of God...
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that by the Word of
God the heavens were of old
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and the earth standing
out of water and in the water
00:25:03.22\00:25:05.57
by which the world
that then existed perished
00:25:05.77\00:25:09.88
being flooded with water. "
00:25:10.08\00:25:11.97
You can look at the evidences.
00:25:13.15\00:25:14.56
Although there are many
contending in the school of
00:25:14.76\00:25:17.35
intellectuality, it is
clear that when you find fossils
00:25:17.45\00:25:20.94
at the top of Mt. Everest
people did not take the time
00:25:21.04\00:25:24.15
to carry them there.
00:25:24.35\00:25:26.05
He goes on to say: "But the
heavens and the earth which are
00:25:28.15\00:25:31.08
now preserved by the same Word
00:25:31.18\00:25:33.56
are reserved for fire
until the day of judgment
00:25:33.76\00:25:37.12
and perdition of ungodly men. "
00:25:37.22\00:25:39.20
We've got to be like Noah
in this diluted generation.
00:25:39.60\00:25:43.41
We've got to be like
faithful men of God of the past.
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God is calling for faithful men.
00:25:46.57\00:25:48.44
God is not
calling for famous men.
00:25:48.64\00:25:50.83
God is calling for faithful men.
00:25:50.93\00:25:53.00
Noah preached and Noah
built, and he directed the ark
00:25:53.41\00:25:56.36
and the building of the
ark. By faith he built a boat.
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And for 120 years God's
Spirit pleaded with mankind
00:25:59.41\00:26:04.28
that became convinced that
what God had to offer was not
00:26:04.58\00:26:07.91
worth notice. "And in
the year that Methuselah died
00:26:08.12\00:26:12.17
the flood came. " And by
the way, Methuselah means
00:26:12.37\00:26:15.02
when he dies the water comes.
00:26:15.22\00:26:17.16
How'd you like to
have that kind of name?
00:26:17.66\00:26:18.96
"How's Methuselah doing today?
00:26:19.06\00:26:20.79
I just heard he
died... the water's coming. "
00:26:21.09\00:26:24.16
We live in a world
just like Noah's world.
00:26:24.87\00:26:27.45
Luke 17 verse 26:
00:26:27.55\00:26:29.55
"As it was in
the days of Noah... "
00:26:29.95\00:26:31.84
the Lord says... "so it will be
in the days of the Son of Man.
00:26:32.04\00:26:36.22
They ate, they
drank, they married wives
00:26:36.53\00:26:39.03
and they were given in marriage
00:26:39.13\00:26:40.27
until the day that
Noah entered the ark
00:26:40.47\00:26:43.09
and the flood came
and destroyed them all. "
00:26:43.19\00:26:44.71
There's another flood coming.
This time it's not water...
00:26:44.91\00:26:46.97
it's going to be fire this time.
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The prosperity gospel has
overshadowed the preparation
00:26:50.14\00:26:52.81
gospel. Let me encourage you
today: when you go home and you
00:26:52.92\00:26:55.58
think about what to do
with your money, stop spending
00:26:55.68\00:26:57.87
your money to support
marshmallow ministries that
00:26:57.97\00:27:00.50
avoid telling the truth. Amen!
00:27:00.60\00:27:02.80
Spend it where God will
get a clear proclamation.
00:27:03.04\00:27:06.90
Just in case you
don't know where that is,
00:27:07.20\00:27:09.25
allow me to give you a hint.
00:27:11.44\00:27:13.42
It's only got
four letters: 3ABN.
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Amen somebody? Amen!
00:27:17.14\00:27:19.18
We've got to get away from
all this diluted sermonizing
00:27:19.48\00:27:22.63
and get back to the
urgency of the hour.
00:27:22.83\00:27:24.84
It doesn't matter how many
people you cram into a building.
00:27:25.24\00:27:27.35
What really matters is how
many people are going to be
00:27:27.55\00:27:29.02
in the ark when Jesus comes.
00:27:29.12\00:27:30.66
So people boast about the
great numbers in a building.
00:27:31.06\00:27:33.57
I want to boast when I
get on the inside of the ark.
00:27:33.77\00:27:35.53
Somebody once said the
ark was an awful place to be
00:27:35.63\00:27:38.05
with all those stink animals.
I'd rather be in a stink place
00:27:38.15\00:27:41.32
of safety than a sweet-
smelling place of insecurity.
00:27:41.42\00:27:44.97
What do you say? But
today the Bible says:
00:27:45.07\00:27:47.98
"Watch out for how they preach
for when they shall say 'peace
00:27:48.18\00:27:50.92
and safety' then sudden
destruction comes upon them.
00:27:51.02\00:27:53.87
As labor pains upon a pregnant
woman they will not escape. "
00:27:54.07\00:27:57.59
I Thessalonians 5 and verse 3.
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God is calling on faithful
preachers to warn the world
00:28:00.49\00:28:03.53
of the coming destruction.
00:28:03.73\00:28:05.33
Don't believe the feel-good Lazy
Boy recliner sermons any more.
00:28:05.53\00:28:10.85
Too many of those. Every
time I go to a book stand
00:28:12.07\00:28:15.09
"The Seven Habits Of A
Highly-Effective Christian"
00:28:15.39\00:28:18.24
and you can't find
sin in the entire book.
00:28:18.44\00:28:20.55
And then they say it's the
number one best seller on the
00:28:21.72\00:28:23.77
New York Times Best Seller List.
00:28:23.87\00:28:25.96
Well there's a lot of books
that fall into that category
00:28:26.26\00:28:28.05
but I'm not concerned about the
New York Times Best Sellers List
00:28:28.25\00:28:31.33
because the Bible is
still on the top of that list.
00:28:31.43\00:28:33.32
What do you
say? Amen! It's still
00:28:33.42\00:28:34.83
the number one
selling book of all time.
00:28:34.93\00:28:37.50
Nobody's saying that on
the horizon a storm of judgment
00:28:39.33\00:28:42.58
is brewing like none that
humanity has ever witnessed
00:28:42.68\00:28:46.84
before. And so if you know
where the book of Zephaniah is
00:28:47.04\00:28:50.24
turn there with me
to Zephaniah chapter 1.
00:28:50.44\00:28:52.24
Let's begin to resurrect
scriptures that have lost their
00:28:52.54\00:28:55.37
impact in modern society.
00:28:55.47\00:28:57.04
Let's begin to use verses that
you don't hear on television...
00:28:57.34\00:29:00.35
at least not on that television.
00:29:00.85\00:29:03.01
Zephaniah chapter
1:14-18. You won't hear this
00:29:03.31\00:29:06.82
in that 30,000-seat stadium.
00:29:07.23\00:29:10.48
Zephaniah chapter
1 verses 14 to 18.
00:29:10.98\00:29:14.01
Here is the word of the day from
the God who has prognosticated
00:29:14.51\00:29:19.77
the coming destruction.
He says in His Word:
00:29:19.87\00:29:22.51
"The great day
of the Lord is near.
00:29:24.05\00:29:27.67
It is near and hastens quickly.
00:29:28.17\00:29:31.12
The noise of the day
of the Lord is bitter.
00:29:31.72\00:29:34.05
There the mighty
men shall cry out.
00:29:34.45\00:29:37.92
The day is a day of wrath...
a day of trouble and distress.
00:29:38.33\00:29:42.21
A day of
devastation and desolation.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.62
A day of
darkness and gloominess.
00:29:44.82\00:29:47.62
A day of clouds
and thick darkness. "
00:29:47.82\00:29:50.41
God continues: "A day of
trumpet and alarm against the
00:29:50.71\00:29:54.30
fortified cities,
against the high towers. "
00:29:54.40\00:29:56.97
And then He proclaims: "I
will bring distress upon men"
00:29:57.27\00:30:00.71
the Lord says, "and
they shall walk like
00:30:00.92\00:30:03.64
blind men because they
have sinned against the Lord.
00:30:03.84\00:30:06.75
Their blood shall
be poured out like dust
00:30:07.97\00:30:10.57
and their flesh like refuse.
00:30:10.77\00:30:12.64
Neither their silver
nor their gold shall be able
00:30:13.04\00:30:16.47
to deliver them in the
day of the Lord's wrath.
00:30:16.67\00:30:19.90
But the whole land
shall be devoured by the fire
00:30:20.30\00:30:23.24
of His jealousy. For He
will make speedy riddance
00:30:23.44\00:30:26.80
of all those who
dwell in the land. "
00:30:27.01\00:30:30.02
This is not a La-Z-Boy
recliner text. Come on somebody,
00:30:30.22\00:30:33.45
say amen. These are the
verses that have somehow been
00:30:33.48\00:30:36.59
highlighted and deleted
in the pulpits of our world.
00:30:36.69\00:30:40.35
But they are there
for God to give it to us
00:30:40.85\00:30:43.79
and let this text of urgency
resonate throughout the world
00:30:45.30\00:30:48.44
today... for this day is coming.
00:30:48.54\00:30:50.62
You know, you can ignore a sign,
00:30:51.02\00:30:52.80
but the impact of
the sign does not change.
00:30:53.30\00:30:55.94
You can ignore the high-voltage
warnings, but the fence remains
00:30:56.24\00:31:00.79
electrified just the same.
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.50
You cannot ignore... And some
must believe that missing heaven
00:31:03.42\00:31:07.76
means going to
clubs and parties forever.
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.97
That's not what the Bible says.
00:31:10.07\00:31:11.53
Others must think that hell
is somehow a place where they
00:31:11.83\00:31:15.23
have eternal alcohol,
drugs, and eternal immorality.
00:31:15.34\00:31:18.17
That's not what the Bible says.
00:31:18.47\00:31:19.98
I cannot wrap my head around
the idea that when sermons are
00:31:20.58\00:31:24.72
preached and people are pleading
to give your life to Jesus
00:31:24.82\00:31:29.11
when sermons are proclaimed
and the preacher stands and says
00:31:29.31\00:31:32.86
"Come into the ark of safety"
I cannot fathom the idea that
00:31:33.07\00:31:38.00
somebody would miss eternity
for another drink of alcohol
00:31:38.13\00:31:42.62
or for another hit of drugs
00:31:43.98\00:31:46.84
or for another
moment of immorality.
00:31:47.04\00:31:48.94
I cannot fathom that.
00:31:49.14\00:31:50.38
But as it was in Noah's day
so also will it be in the day
00:31:51.16\00:31:54.52
of the coming of the Son of Man.
00:31:54.63\00:31:56.50
The good news is there will
be no alcohol, there will be no
00:31:56.80\00:31:59.31
drugs, there will be no party-
ing, there will be no clubbing,
00:31:59.41\00:32:01.95
and there will be no immorality
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:32:02.15\00:32:04.68
What do you say? Amen! Nothing
could be further from the truth.
00:32:04.88\00:32:07.82
Listen to the faithful prophet:
Malachi chapter 4 verse 1.
00:32:08.22\00:32:10.84
What is God going to do
to resolve this sin epidemic?
00:32:11.14\00:32:14.69
"For behold the day is
coming, " the Lord says,
00:32:15.66\00:32:18.13
"burning like an oven.
00:32:18.53\00:32:20.74
And all the proud,
yes, all who do wickedly"
00:32:21.14\00:32:25.20
the prophet says
"will be stubble.
00:32:25.40\00:32:27.54
And the day which is
coming shall burn them up
00:32:27.84\00:32:31.84
says the Lord of Hosts
that will leave them neither
00:32:32.04\00:32:35.33
root nor
branch. " Amen somebody.
00:32:35.53\00:32:38.22
That's why last night
I mentioned that fact.
00:32:38.62\00:32:40.07
How are sinners
going to be around forever
00:32:40.37\00:32:43.27
when there are no roots?
00:32:43.47\00:32:44.93
If the devil himself
is going to be destroyed,
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.91
how can you appoint
sinners eternal existence
00:32:48.01\00:32:53.14
when the one who markets their
indulgence is no longer around?
00:32:53.56\00:32:59.52
How can you have
drugs in your community
00:32:59.82\00:33:02.22
when there are no drug dealers?
00:33:02.42\00:33:04.17
How can you have immorality
when all the smut shops are
00:33:04.67\00:33:07.50
closed up? Amazing how
America is so conflicted.
00:33:07.60\00:33:12.83
On one hand we talk about
avoiding immorality in this
00:33:13.23\00:33:16.46
avenue but we market
and we push immorality
00:33:16.56\00:33:20.02
in another camp. We
concern ourselves about
00:33:20.05\00:33:23.14
the legalization of marijuana
while we're selling alcohol
00:33:23.34\00:33:26.27
and cigarettes by
the billions of dollars?
00:33:26.47\00:33:28.89
There's going to be no alcohol
and cigarettes in heaven.
00:33:30.79\00:33:33.31
Nobody's going to be
blowing smoke in our face.
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.99
Come on, say
amen somebody. Amen!
00:33:35.09\00:33:36.89
The only smoke that's going
to be up there is "holy smoke. "
00:33:37.19\00:33:39.65
When we stand in the presence
of a God who is a consuming fire
00:33:40.15\00:33:43.47
what do you say?
That's the good smoke!
00:33:43.57\00:33:45.97
That's why we're
going to need immortality!
00:33:47.28\00:33:51.03
Do you know the
only difference between
00:33:51.33\00:33:52.47
immorality and
immorality is the "T? "
00:33:52.57\00:33:54.92
The cross? Come on, say amen.
00:33:55.23\00:33:57.03
Take out the "T"
it becomes immorality.
00:33:57.43\00:33:59.23
Put the "T" in, it
becomes immortality.
00:33:59.43\00:34:01.54
Whatever we treasure
and embrace more than God
00:34:05.06\00:34:08.21
it's going to be consumed.
00:34:08.41\00:34:10.48
II Peter 3 and verse 10...
another very unpopular text...
00:34:10.79\00:34:14.34
"But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night
00:34:14.65\00:34:17.46
in which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise
00:34:17.86\00:34:20.54
and the elements will
melt with fervent heat. "
00:34:20.74\00:34:24.44
There will be no ISIS in the
kingdom. Come on, help me out
00:34:26.39\00:34:28.81
somebody. There'll be
no terrorism in the kingdom
00:34:28.91\00:34:31.93
because the root of terrorism
will be destroyed in the fires
00:34:32.33\00:34:34.73
of hell. There
will be no kidnapping;
00:34:34.83\00:34:37.09
there'll be no bloodshed,
no crime, no violence.
00:34:37.40\00:34:40.41
No pain, no suffering:
no crime, no funerals.
00:34:40.61\00:34:43.08
There'll be none of that in
heaven because the Bible says
00:34:43.38\00:34:46.48
"both the earth and
the works that are therein
00:34:46.78\00:34:50.20
shall be burned up. "
00:34:50.40\00:34:52.08
It's amazing how the scriptures
about destruction are so hardly
00:34:55.12\00:34:59.46
mentioned that you
may come to the conclusion
00:34:59.56\00:35:01.63
that somehow they have
been deleted from the Bible.
00:35:01.93\00:35:04.78
I can't forget the story
that one of my members told me
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.52
one day. We had a new
member that came to our church.
00:35:09.62\00:35:12.64
Came out of a church he
had been in for 35 to 40 years.
00:35:13.97\00:35:16.93
And he asked me the
question: "How old is too old
00:35:17.03\00:35:19.74
to be baptized? " I
said: "If you're breathing,
00:35:19.94\00:35:22.70
you can be baptized. " Amen!
00:35:22.90\00:35:24.78
And he told me a story
as to one of the reasons
00:35:25.38\00:35:27.99
why he decided to exit where
he was and to come into God's
00:35:28.09\00:35:30.48
remnant church. I make
no apologies about that.
00:35:30.58\00:35:35.14
But he said he looked at
his preacher's Bible one day
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.22
and he saw highlighting
everywhere in his Bible.
00:35:38.32\00:35:40.69
I think this is one of
the reasons why these texts
00:35:41.00\00:35:42.85
are not being used today.
00:35:42.95\00:35:44.67
And he said to his preacher:
"You really do study your
00:35:44.97\00:35:46.89
Bible. " He said:
What do you mean? "
00:35:46.99\00:35:48.34
He said: "I'm looking at
all those yellow highlights
00:35:48.54\00:35:50.82
throughout your Bible.
I'm impressed by that. "
00:35:50.92\00:35:53.87
And he said: "Well you know
actually when I was in Bible
00:35:54.17\00:35:56.81
college those scriptures
that are highlighted in yellow
00:35:56.91\00:35:59.97
are the verses that
they told us in Bible college
00:36:00.18\00:36:02.68
not to talk about. " What?
00:36:02.88\00:36:05.88
As they say: "If
there is a fog in the pews,
00:36:06.18\00:36:10.66
there is a mist in the pulpit. "
00:36:10.96\00:36:13.17
The reason why these scriptures
are not talked about any more...
00:36:14.59\00:36:17.62
I listened to a
commentator once say:
00:36:17.82\00:36:19.79
"Why preach about
things that bring fear?
00:36:19.99\00:36:22.24
Why preach about things that
don't advance social causes? "
00:36:22.44\00:36:25.74
There's only one social
cause and Jesus mentioned that
00:36:26.24\00:36:29.59
when He came: "Call His
name Jesus for He will save His
00:36:29.79\00:36:33.07
people from their sins. "
00:36:33.17\00:36:34.70
That's the
social cause of the age.
00:36:35.00\00:36:36.73
"The Son of Man is
come to seek and to save
00:36:37.23\00:36:39.00
that which is lost. " THAT
is the social cause of the age.
00:36:39.10\00:36:42.92
You can give me bread, and I can
still die in the fires of hell.
00:36:43.32\00:36:46.58
You can give me a
nice home to live in
00:36:46.98\00:36:49.91
but I would miss out
on my eternal mansion.
00:36:50.11\00:36:52.56
While we address social
causes, let's not forget
00:36:53.06\00:36:55.81
that there are eternal causes
that demand our attention.
00:36:56.02\00:36:59.12
And Jeremiah the
prophet makes it clear why
00:36:59.42\00:37:01.63
we must address those eternal
issues: Jeremiah chapter 25.
00:37:01.83\00:37:05.90
Look with me to
verse 32 and verse 33.
00:37:06.10\00:37:09.39
We cannot ignore
the eternal causes
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.79
in place of the temporary ones.
00:37:13.39\00:37:15.89
He speaks of disaster
that's coming. He says
00:37:16.09\00:37:18.12
again, and this morning I
say with an emphatic heart
00:37:18.15\00:37:22.43
filled with concern and love
for those that don't know Jesus:
00:37:22.63\00:37:25.90
"There's something coming
00:37:26.10\00:37:27.71
that we've got
to get ready for! "
00:37:28.01\00:37:30.18
There's a disaster coming
that we've got to get ready for.
00:37:30.58\00:37:33.58
Before I read the text -
you're turning to Jeremiah 25-
00:37:33.98\00:37:36.50
but as you turn
there think about this:
00:37:36.60\00:37:37.95
if the news anchormen
and the prognosticators
00:37:38.25\00:37:43.94
and the meteorologists' knew
that an earthquake of magnitude
00:37:44.14\00:37:48.67
proportion was coming
would they not warn us?
00:37:48.77\00:37:51.09
Can you imagine getting an
email: "Tomorrow at 2 o'clock
00:37:51.59\00:37:54.59
there's going to be an
11.0 earthquake. Leave! "
00:37:54.69\00:37:57.21
Would you leave?
Would you get out?
00:37:57.61\00:38:00.15
If they said to you: "There's
a tornado of apocalyptic
00:38:02.18\00:38:06.77
proportions heading
your way, " would you move?
00:38:06.97\00:38:09.47
The problem why people
are settled in their sin today
00:38:09.97\00:38:13.31
is nobody is saying
00:38:13.71\00:38:16.98
that this world is
about to be destroyed.
00:38:17.28\00:38:21.36
And this whole ideology
that Jesus is coming back
00:38:21.96\00:38:24.65
to spend 1,000
years down here...
00:38:24.85\00:38:26.53
He's already been down here.
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.07
As a matter of fact, I
even hear people say: "You know
00:38:28.27\00:38:30.13
there are aliens out there. "
If there were aliens out there,
00:38:30.33\00:38:33.80
why would they want to
come down here and get robbed?
00:38:33.90\00:38:35.96
Help me out somebody.
00:38:36.36\00:38:37.77
Why would people from other
worlds want to come down here
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.91
and get beat up?
There ain't no aliens...
00:38:41.02\00:38:44.32
that's the devil playing
games with peoples' minds.
00:38:44.42\00:38:46.78
And this whole idea
about the rapture...
00:38:47.08\00:38:48.83
this second-chance
theology: that's a lie.
00:38:48.93\00:38:51.18
The devil is continuing to find
ways to keep people inoculated
00:38:51.59\00:38:57.00
from getting ready. As if the
Left Behind series hasn't done
00:38:57.20\00:39:01.59
enough damage already
now they have Nicholas Cage
00:39:01.79\00:39:04.28
coming out with this
movie again... Left Behind.
00:39:04.48\00:39:06.80
Let me tell you something:
don't even go to see it.
00:39:07.20\00:39:09.31
Don't go to see
Noah... that's a lie. Amen!
00:39:09.61\00:39:12.44
At least the way that
the movie producers...
00:39:12.58\00:39:14.30
Did you not know that the
guy that produced that movie
00:39:14.60\00:39:16.67
is a
self-proclaimed atheist? What?
00:39:16.70\00:39:19.59
That produced the movie Noah.
00:39:19.92\00:39:22.05
And folk are paying
money to go see Noah.
00:39:22.55\00:39:24.89
You want to see Noah?
Read your Bible! Amen!
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.91
That's where the truth is told.
00:39:28.14\00:39:29.52
Now they have shows on tele-
vision like The Resurrection.
00:39:29.83\00:39:31.74
I remember preaching a number
of years ago... and I think
00:39:32.14\00:39:33.61
the devil heard me. I said:
"You know what? People are not
00:39:33.71\00:39:35.98
talking about the resurrection
any more. They're talking about
00:39:36.08\00:39:38.46
dying and going
directly to heaven. "
00:39:38.56\00:39:39.99
And all of a sudden a show
comes on ABC: The Resurrection.
00:39:40.19\00:39:42.87
I ain't seen it yet
and I ain't gonna watch it.
00:39:43.17\00:39:44.92
What about you? Come on...
folks showing up knocking on
00:39:45.12\00:39:48.30
your house door, ringing
the bell after forty years?
00:39:48.50\00:39:50.62
If somebody rings your
bell that's been dead 40 years,
00:39:51.89\00:39:54.02
you better fall on your knees
- Amen! - and call on Jesus.
00:39:54.22\00:39:57.38
'Cause the Bible says:
"They will enter into rest
00:39:57.68\00:40:01.08
and they will not know
their houses any more. "
00:40:01.28\00:40:03.89
Amen! But the devil has
now cut loose. He's trying to
00:40:03.92\00:40:06.89
get people to formulate
their doctrinal beliefs based on
00:40:06.99\00:40:10.41
what movie producers
produce. That's right.
00:40:10.61\00:40:13.53
And he's in charge of
their minds. That's right.
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.99
We've got to go to the Word
of God where God is in charge
00:40:16.13\00:40:19.65
of their mind. Jeremiah
the prophet says in Jeremiah 25
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.74
verses 32 and
33... he warns us again.
00:40:23.94\00:40:26.90
You see the theme of des-
truction is clear in scripture,
00:40:27.20\00:40:29.84
as clear as the
theme of salvation.
00:40:30.14\00:40:32.66
"Thus says the
Lord... " verse 32...
00:40:33.17\00:40:36.07
"Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
00:40:37.06\00:40:39.31
'Behold, disaster shall go
forth from nation to nation
00:40:39.61\00:40:42.75
and a great whirlwind shall
be raised up from the farthest
00:40:42.96\00:40:46.63
part of the earth. And at
that day the slain of the Lord
00:40:46.83\00:40:50.46
shall be from one end of
the earth even to the other
00:40:50.66\00:40:54.01
end of the earth.
They shall not be lamented
00:40:54.21\00:40:57.47
or gathered or buried.
They shall become refuse on the
00:40:57.67\00:41:02.36
ground. ' " There will be no
funeral directors rubbing their
00:41:02.56\00:41:06.93
hands together for inordinate
financial gain when this time
00:41:07.03\00:41:11.05
comes, because either the
funeral director will be in
00:41:11.15\00:41:14.00
the kingdom or he will be
in the refuse himself. Amen!
00:41:14.10\00:41:18.18
But at the end of that
awful time there's another event
00:41:20.10\00:41:23.86
that's going to take
place. Go quickly to Revelation
00:41:24.06\00:41:25.72
chapter 20 verses 7 to 9:
00:41:25.82\00:41:28.05
the source of the inspiration
for the title of this message.
00:41:28.15\00:41:31.30
Revelation chapter
20 verse 7 to verse 9:
00:41:31.80\00:41:35.29
the source of inspiration
for the title of this message.
00:41:35.59\00:41:39.60
The setting is: the
saints are in the kingdom.
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.24
Oh praise God! One day
the saints are going to be
00:41:44.54\00:41:46.48
in the kingdom. You
know, every now and then
00:41:46.58\00:41:49.05
I sit down and think about
that. I have a sermon title that
00:41:49.15\00:41:52.41
I have not preached yet, but
it's called Living For The City.
00:41:52.51\00:41:55.36
Years ago when I was in the
world, Stevie Wonder had a song
00:41:55.66\00:41:58.74
called Living For The City.
00:41:58.84\00:42:00.24
But I'm living for the
city. I'm from New York,
00:42:00.54\00:42:03.11
but I'm on my
way to New Jerusalem.
00:42:03.31\00:42:04.50
Come on, help me out somebody.
00:42:04.60\00:42:05.63
I'm living for The
City. You've got to think...
00:42:05.92\00:42:07.86
you've got to see yourself
there. You have to envision
00:42:07.96\00:42:10.79
yourself walking
the streets of gold.
00:42:10.89\00:42:13.64
Sitting down and
talking with Abraham and Isaac
00:42:13.94\00:42:16.67
and Jacob. You've got
to see yourself there.
00:42:16.87\00:42:20.17
The setting is: the
saints are in the kingdom.
00:42:21.23\00:42:23.54
And finally that long-awaited
period for the eradication -
00:42:24.04\00:42:27.58
the eternal eradication of sin -
00:42:27.78\00:42:29.99
arrives and thus
the text unfolds:
00:42:30.19\00:42:33.20
Revelation 20:7-9:
00:42:33.50\00:42:35.69
"Now when the thousand years
have expired, Satan will be
00:42:35.99\00:42:39.41
released from his prison and
go out to deceive the nations
00:42:39.51\00:42:43.73
which are in the four
corners of the earth. "
00:42:43.93\00:42:46.07
How does he deceive
them? Because there's a second
00:42:46.47\00:42:50.52
resurrection. "Gog and Magog...
to gather them together to
00:42:50.92\00:42:54.22
battle whose number is
as the... " together...
00:42:54.52\00:42:57.56
"sand of the sea.
00:42:57.86\00:43:00.84
And they went up on
the breadth of the earth
00:43:01.14\00:43:02.96
and surrounded
the camp of the saints
00:43:03.17\00:43:04.77
and the Beloved City.
And fire came down from God
00:43:04.97\00:43:09.87
out of heaven
and devoured them. "
00:43:10.07\00:43:13.45
You know, the irony of
that verse is it doesn't have to
00:43:16.29\00:43:18.83
be that way. It
doesn't have to be that way.
00:43:18.93\00:43:23.52
God never intended
for destruction to apply
00:43:24.98\00:43:28.20
to His children.
God never intended
00:43:28.41\00:43:32.30
for humanity to be included
in the destruction at the end.
00:43:32.50\00:43:36.44
As a matter of fact,
Matthew 25:41 teaches that
00:43:36.94\00:43:39.24
the fires of hell are
only prepared for the devil
00:43:39.45\00:43:42.61
and his angels.
00:43:42.81\00:43:44.78
But God - in His
eternal love for His children -
00:43:46.11\00:43:49.20
I need to answer the question
that is included in this Ebola
00:43:49.40\00:43:53.59
virus and the bubonic plague
and all the other pandemics
00:43:53.69\00:43:57.66
that have gripped our planet...
I need to include this statement
00:43:57.76\00:44:00.29
here. One of the reasons I'm
looking forward to the kingdom
00:44:00.49\00:44:03.09
is because the Bible says
there's going to be no disease
00:44:03.19\00:44:06.84
in heaven. I
remember a number of years ago
00:44:07.04\00:44:10.66
when I heard the thought...
I heard somebody preach
00:44:10.76\00:44:14.70
the idea that there's a
possibility that sin will
00:44:14.90\00:44:17.63
rise up a second time.
That angered me so that the
00:44:17.73\00:44:20.57
hairs of my neck stood
up and I thought to myself:
00:44:20.67\00:44:23.03
"You mean to tell me that Jesus
00:44:23.23\00:44:25.32
who gave His
life to eradicate sin,
00:44:25.52\00:44:28.68
to save sinners,
to defeat the devil,
00:44:28.88\00:44:30.92
do you mean to tell me
that the sacrifice of Jesus
00:44:31.02\00:44:34.16
is not sufficient enough
to eternally eradicate sin?
00:44:34.36\00:44:38.28
Who could preach
such? I can't find the word.
00:44:38.68\00:44:42.97
Why could preach such heresy
00:44:45.44\00:44:48.02
that there's a possibility that
the sin problem will rise up
00:44:48.32\00:44:51.13
again? When the Bible
says: "Affliction shall not rise
00:44:51.24\00:44:56.19
a second time. "
00:44:56.39\00:44:57.79
My Word says... God's
Word says: Revelation 21:27:
00:44:59.90\00:45:03.91
"But there shall by no means -
00:45:04.31\00:45:07.32
speaking of the kingdom -
"enter it anything that defiles
00:45:07.72\00:45:11.66
or causes an
abomination or a lie
00:45:11.96\00:45:16.16
but only... " say only...
00:45:16.56\00:45:19.43
"but only those who are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life. "
00:45:19.83\00:45:25.22
Amen somebody? Amen.
00:45:25.53\00:45:26.82
I don't know that
people understand what happens
00:45:27.12\00:45:29.17
when we are transformed.
When we are finally in the image
00:45:29.37\00:45:32.52
of the Son of God,
the Man without sin
00:45:32.72\00:45:34.98
who proclaimed that even
when Satan came to tempt Him
00:45:35.08\00:45:38.02
He said: "The prince of
this world has come and he has
00:45:38.12\00:45:40.84
nothing in Me. " If Satan
did not have anything in Jesus
00:45:40.94\00:45:45.13
and we get covered by
the righteousness of Jesus
00:45:45.33\00:45:47.77
and Jesus is perfect,
would we not be finally perfect?
00:45:48.08\00:45:52.20
So to suggest that in
the perfection of Jesus
00:45:53.74\00:45:57.95
we can fall into sin is to
suggest that Jesus' perfection
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.78
is not really perfection.
00:46:01.98\00:46:03.70
Heresy... and
another nugget from hell.
00:46:07.99\00:46:12.75
I say today: the
righteousness of Jesus
00:46:13.96\00:46:16.79
is sufficient to
completely eradicate sin.
00:46:17.09\00:46:19.51
Come on, get an
amen from the back. Amen!
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.67
So as I wind down, I have
to ask you some questions.
00:46:24.02\00:46:26.15
Why insist on attending an event
prepared for the devil and his
00:46:27.23\00:46:30.63
angels? Why insist
on breaking into a party
00:46:30.73\00:46:34.69
that wasn't established for you?
00:46:34.89\00:46:37.03
Why insist on being in a
furnace that has no lasting
00:46:37.53\00:46:43.40
good end result?
Why be determined
00:46:43.60\00:46:47.62
to make it into the
flames of eternal destruction?
00:46:48.02\00:46:52.46
Why insist on attending an event
00:46:53.87\00:46:57.03
to which you
were not even invited?
00:46:57.23\00:47:00.13
But I have to ask
the other questions.
00:47:03.74\00:47:05.71
Why miss out on an event
to which you are invited?
00:47:06.21\00:47:09.90
Oh today we are
invited... Come on, somebody
00:47:10.40\00:47:13.62
say hallelujah! We are invited!
00:47:13.82\00:47:16.37
I remember the ABC News
story about a couple that
00:47:16.57\00:47:18.95
attended the White House
dinner and their names were not
00:47:19.15\00:47:21.50
on the guest list. I
want to tell you today
00:47:21.60\00:47:24.02
there's nobody going to get into
the heavenly kingdom without
00:47:24.12\00:47:26.20
their names being on the
guest list. What do you say?
00:47:26.40\00:47:28.16
When that trumpet sounds the
Bible says in Revelation 19:9
00:47:28.46\00:47:32.18
"Then he said to me: 'Write!
Blessed are those who are called
00:47:32.48\00:47:37.09
to the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb. '
00:47:37.29\00:47:38.95
And he said to me: 'These
are the true sayings of God. ' "
00:47:39.16\00:47:42.34
The question today is:
is your name written there
00:47:42.74\00:47:45.61
on that page white and fair?
00:47:45.81\00:47:48.60
In the book of God's kingdom,
is your name written there?
00:47:48.80\00:47:51.88
Praise God! Make sure
your name is written there.
00:47:52.18\00:47:53.76
What do you say?
Make sure that your name
00:47:53.86\00:47:55.83
is in the right book. Not
the checkbook... but God's book.
00:47:55.93\00:47:59.51
What do you say?
The Book of Life.
00:47:59.71\00:48:01.47
The only book that
ever really matters.
00:48:01.77\00:48:03.38
I once preached a sermon called
The Best Book Ever Written.
00:48:03.68\00:48:06.55
The best book ever
written is not the Bible.
00:48:06.95\00:48:09.24
The best book ever
written is the Book of Life!
00:48:09.84\00:48:12.58
'Cause we won't
need a Bible in heaven.
00:48:13.76\00:48:15.61
But in the Book of Life
when the pages are being turned
00:48:16.01\00:48:20.45
and my name... Oh, I tell you,
I'm going to be standing there
00:48:20.66\00:48:23.98
antsy waiting
till I hear my name.
00:48:24.28\00:48:26.07
Come on, help me out somebody.
00:48:26.27\00:48:27.36
"He's in the L's
now... He's getting close. "
00:48:27.76\00:48:30.72
"He's at La... I'm coming up! "
00:48:31.02\00:48:34.91
And when He says: John Lomacang
come and get your crown, "
00:48:35.21\00:48:38.14
am I going to be happy?
00:48:38.24\00:48:39.60
Some of you conservative
Adventists are going to finally
00:48:39.80\00:48:41.62
learn how to shout.
00:48:41.72\00:48:42.93
Some of you people that
talk about "It's too loud... "
00:48:43.33\00:48:45.29
If it's too loud for you
down here, you don't want to
00:48:45.49\00:48:48.34
be up there because there's
going to be a hallelujah chorus
00:48:48.44\00:48:51.22
that outlasts all
hallelujah choruses on earth.
00:48:51.52\00:48:54.75
What do you say? There's
going to be a celebration!
00:48:54.95\00:48:57.95
And they're not going to
be saying: "I'm glad we made
00:49:00.35\00:49:02.47
the kingdom. "
00:49:02.58\00:49:03.89
That's right, no
whispering hope. Praise God!
00:49:06.06\00:49:08.66
No whispering hope.
00:49:08.76\00:49:09.81
We are going to be echoing
throughout the ceaseless ages
00:49:09.95\00:49:12.86
of eternity, and I think I am
going to say: "I am so glad that
00:49:13.06\00:49:17.37
my carcass has been saved. "
Come on somebody, help me out.
00:49:17.50\00:49:20.96
I want to tell you, you're not
going to get into that dinner.
00:49:21.20\00:49:23.41
There's a better dinner coming,
and we can have our names
00:49:23.51\00:49:27.86
on that guest list. And the
dinner's not at the White House.
00:49:28.06\00:49:31.08
THIS dinner is
at the right house.
00:49:31.28\00:49:32.97
Come on, help me out somebody.
00:49:33.07\00:49:34.23
"Blessed are those that are
called to the Marriage Supper of
00:49:34.73\00:49:37.99
the Lamb. " I had bad news but
I've got to end on good news...
00:49:38.09\00:49:40.78
is that all right? Even
though many will be lost
00:49:40.98\00:49:44.19
multitudes will be saved.
00:49:44.40\00:49:46.89
And since many will be saved
I might as well be on that list.
00:49:47.29\00:49:49.91
Come on, help me out. I
might as well be in that number.
00:49:50.11\00:49:53.12
We sing the song.
Don't just settle there.
00:49:53.42\00:49:55.64
Oh Lord, I want to be in that
number. Let's change the words:
00:49:55.84\00:49:58.48
Oh Lord, I'm glad
I am in that number.
00:49:58.68\00:50:00.24
Help me out somebody.
Amen! The day is coming!
00:50:00.44\00:50:02.89
Let us not give up
that seat for anything else.
00:50:03.19\00:50:05.61
I've said it a thousand
times but it fits right here:
00:50:05.91\00:50:07.81
there are only two seats
at the end of this journey:
00:50:08.01\00:50:10.07
smoking and non-smoking.
00:50:10.38\00:50:11.59
I'm going to get a non-smoking
one... what about you?
00:50:11.69\00:50:13.69
Amen? And I'm still
employed by the Lord...
00:50:13.99\00:50:17.39
I'm still selling fire
insurance. Help me out somebody.
00:50:17.59\00:50:20.35
And life insurance and they tell
me that God's retirement plan
00:50:20.65\00:50:24.06
is "out of this world.
" Oh, one day it's coming.
00:50:24.26\00:50:28.18
It's coming. "And He will send
His angels with the great sound
00:50:28.48\00:50:31.68
of a trumpet, and they will
gather together His elect from
00:50:31.78\00:50:35.68
the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other. "
00:50:35.89\00:50:38.39
I'm going to be in
that number, what about you?
00:50:38.59\00:50:39.90
Amen! I'm going to be in
that number. By God's grace,
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.44
I'm going to be there. I'm
not yet perfect, but God's still
00:50:42.64\00:50:45.59
chiseling. Hallelujah!
He's still working. Praise!
00:50:45.79\00:50:50.11
"He's still working on me"
the kids sing. We ought to sing
00:50:50.31\00:50:52.33
that song: He's
still working on us!
00:50:52.53\00:50:54.23
Amen! And there's enough room
in the kingdom for all of us.
00:50:54.53\00:50:57.54
Luke says, that faithful
doctor, he writes in Luke 13:29
00:50:57.94\00:51:01.57
"They will come from
the east and the west,
00:51:01.97\00:51:04.47
from the north and south,
and sit down in the kingdom
00:51:04.67\00:51:08.73
of God. " Oh, I don't
know where I'm going to stand
00:51:08.83\00:51:11.08
because they've got four walls.
Somebody said that heaven is not
00:51:11.29\00:51:13.95
big enough.
That's not my concern.
00:51:14.05\00:51:15.77
I think God is a good
architect. What do you think?
00:51:15.97\00:51:17.90
And I think He's made room.
And whether there are mansions
00:51:18.30\00:51:21.89
or not, I'll be
happy with a sleeping bag.
00:51:21.99\00:51:25.05
Amen. Amen! "All
the rooms are filled. "
00:51:25.35\00:51:28.77
"Well just give
me a sleeping bag. "
00:51:28.97\00:51:30.70
I'll be all right no matter
where I get as my good preacher
00:51:31.00\00:51:33.85
Dr. Henry Wright says: "I
don't care if I go in first
00:51:33.95\00:51:36.45
or go in last as long as
the door shuts behind me. "
00:51:36.55\00:51:38.70
What about you? Oh
my brothers and sisters,
00:51:38.73\00:51:41.86
we can't run from Jesus so
we might as well run to Jesus.
00:51:42.16\00:51:46.39
We can't hide from Jesus so
we might as well hide in Jesus.
00:51:46.89\00:51:50.45
We can't defy Jesus, and it
makes no sense to deny Jesus.
00:51:50.85\00:51:54.52
On one side there will
be the sands of destruction.
00:51:55.12\00:51:58.07
But I plan on being on the
other side: the jewels in the
00:51:58.37\00:52:00.69
kingdom of God. Oh, I
thank God for that faithful man
00:52:00.79\00:52:03.55
by the name of
Malachi, when he wrote
00:52:03.75\00:52:06.29
in Malachi 3 and verse 17:
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.37
"The Lord says
'they shall be Mine'
00:52:09.87\00:52:13.32
says the Lord of Hosts.
" "They shall be Mine. "
00:52:13.62\00:52:16.89
Oh I tell you: one day we
are going to be in the kingdom.
00:52:17.19\00:52:19.45
Think about it.
No more blemishes.
00:52:19.85\00:52:21.89
No more need for glasses.
00:52:22.09\00:52:23.46
No dual-strength contact
lenses. Help me out somebody.
00:52:23.66\00:52:26.59
No need for canes and walkers;
00:52:26.89\00:52:28.93
no more forgetting
to take your medication.
00:52:29.13\00:52:30.77
We will be whole in Jesus.
00:52:30.97\00:52:32.75
No more gates. We just
came back from Nairobi, Kenya.
00:52:33.25\00:52:36.19
Lord have mercy. They've got
more gates in Nairobi, Kenya,
00:52:36.40\00:52:38.98
than they've got in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:52:39.08\00:52:40.64
Gates everywhere... high gates.
00:52:41.49\00:52:44.03
Electrified
fences... barbed wire.
00:52:44.34\00:52:46.27
There will be no need
for barbed wire in heaven.
00:52:47.54\00:52:50.45
As a matter of fact,
sin will be so absent
00:52:50.95\00:52:53.82
that there will be no need
to even close the gates of the
00:52:54.03\00:52:56.41
New Jerusalem.
Some of you need to move
00:52:56.51\00:52:59.75
down here to Thompsonville to
know what we're talking about.
00:52:59.85\00:53:01.90
Some of you people live in the
city... scared of your shadow.
00:53:03.41\00:53:06.17
You've got to come down where
the only noise you hear at night
00:53:07.21\00:53:09.64
as I said to one of our
guests: "If you hear any noise,
00:53:09.74\00:53:11.79
it's probably a raccoon
trying to find some food
00:53:11.99\00:53:14.09
or a possum trying to
find something to eat. "
00:53:14.40\00:53:17.19
"If you hear any noise in
the morning, that's the birds
00:53:17.59\00:53:20.03
reminding you to
wake up and feed them. "
00:53:20.13\00:53:22.05
Oh, one day we're
going to hear good noise.
00:53:22.35\00:53:24.95
Holy noise. Noise that
says to us sin has forever been
00:53:25.25\00:53:29.52
eradicated. What
do you say? Amen!
00:53:29.72\00:53:32.04
So my question is: how
could anyone choose Satan
00:53:32.14\00:53:35.06
who hates us with
a hell-born hatred?
00:53:35.16\00:53:37.90
But how could anyone refuse
Jesus who loves us with an
00:53:39.09\00:53:41.56
everlasting love?
Ebola? I'm not concerned about
00:53:41.66\00:53:44.90
the name Ebola. Jesus!
Just the mention of His name
00:53:45.10\00:53:49.11
brings hope. Jesus:
the name above all names.
00:53:49.31\00:53:52.95
Jesus: the One that never fails!
00:53:53.25\00:53:57.09
Jesus: the lion, the Lamb,
and the coming King of kings.
00:53:57.49\00:54:01.39
What do you say
today? Amen! And I tell you
00:54:01.49\00:54:04.27
there's a lot of books I
read. One of my favorite books
00:54:04.47\00:54:07.60
that I go to as I
close this message.
00:54:07.70\00:54:09.92
You see, brothers and
sisters, it makes no sense...
00:54:10.12\00:54:12.29
Those of you that are watching
or maybe listening on the radio
00:54:12.59\00:54:14.82
it makes no sense to
miss out on this great eternal
00:54:15.02\00:54:18.63
celebration. It makes no sense
for your crown that is being
00:54:18.73\00:54:24.07
prepared for you to be left
in a heap of unclaimed treasure.
00:54:24.17\00:54:28.89
It makes no sense
00:54:28.99\00:54:31.34
where there's more room in
the Book of Life for your name
00:54:31.74\00:54:34.54
not to be entered
there. It makes no sense
00:54:34.74\00:54:37.85
for the blood of
Jesus not to cover your sin.
00:54:38.05\00:54:40.96
It makes no sense
to turn down a ticket
00:54:41.26\00:54:45.76
whose ride ends in the
gates of the New Jerusalem.
00:54:46.46\00:54:51.06
It makes no sense to miss
out on hearing your name called.
00:54:51.26\00:54:54.99
It makes no sense to not
tell your story about how God
00:54:55.13\00:54:58.65
redeemed you. There are unfallen
worlds that need to hear
00:54:58.75\00:55:01.86
how God has redeemed
us. And I want to tell you
00:55:01.96\00:55:03.70
my good friend Pastor Batchelor,
he said this to me a number
00:55:03.90\00:55:06.05
of years ago. And you know,
we always... Whenever we get
00:55:06.15\00:55:09.25
together, he never
sings... he always preaches
00:55:09.35\00:55:11.67
and I always sing.
00:55:12.17\00:55:14.30
And he said to me:
"John, don't worry about it.
00:55:14.80\00:55:17.38
I'm going to sing
like you one day. "
00:55:17.58\00:55:19.91
He said: "When I get to heaven
it'll be easy to find me because
00:55:20.41\00:55:23.63
I'll be the only one
singing throughout eternity. "
00:55:23.73\00:55:25.69
He does sing;
he's a good song writer
00:55:25.99\00:55:28.05
but he knows in which his
strength lies. Amen somebody?
00:55:28.45\00:55:31.22
Doesn't make any sense
to miss out on the kingdom.
00:55:32.70\00:55:34.91
Why be a grain of
sand in the fires of hell
00:55:35.22\00:55:38.29
when you can be a
jewel in the kingdom of God?
00:55:38.49\00:55:40.60
Amen! I thank God for the
paragraph I'm going to end with
00:55:40.90\00:55:45.19
this morning: Great
Controversy page 678.
00:55:45.39\00:55:48.56
This faithful messenger of
God has taken our mind down to a
00:55:49.06\00:55:54.45
time when all the issues of
sin are finally laid to rest
00:55:54.48\00:56:00.04
and everyone is finally home.
00:56:00.99\00:56:02.75
When we're in; when we
can rest; when we can relax;
00:56:03.06\00:56:05.72
when we can breathe. She
says: "The great controversy
00:56:06.02\00:56:08.29
is ended. Sin and
sinners are no more. "
00:56:08.49\00:56:12.83
Amen! The day is coming
when the entire universe
00:56:13.33\00:56:16.41
will be clean. "One pulse
of harmony and gladness beats
00:56:16.61\00:56:20.54
through the vast creation.
From Him who created all
00:56:20.84\00:56:25.58
flow life and light and gladness
throughout the realms of
00:56:25.78\00:56:29.66
illimitable space... "
Those billions of galaxies
00:56:29.86\00:56:33.51
that astronomers say are there?
We're going to be traveling
00:56:33.71\00:56:36.36
to those. Come on...
help me out somebody.
00:56:36.56\00:56:38.11
"From the minutest
atom to the greatest world
00:56:39.12\00:56:41.49
all things animate and inanimate
00:56:41.69\00:56:45.72
in their unshadowed
beauty and perfect joy
00:56:45.92\00:56:49.87
declare that
God is love. " Amen!
00:56:50.08\00:56:54.67
Why be a grain of sand
on the shore of destruction
00:56:55.11\00:56:59.37
when you can be a
jewel on the streets of gold?
00:56:59.77\00:57:02.75
Why be in a flame
that's going to burn out
00:57:03.25\00:57:07.06
when you can be a
light that shines eternally?
00:57:07.57\00:57:10.54
For those who are meandering
in the maze of sin, today
00:57:11.86\00:57:14.33
I am calling on you to
consider the end of your journey
00:57:14.53\00:57:17.81
and make up your mind
that when this plane lands
00:57:18.21\00:57:22.11
you're getting on it.
And when it finally arrives
00:57:22.32\00:57:24.77
you'll be in it.
May God bless you
00:57:24.97\00:57:26.55
as you trust Him and
serve Him faithfully.
00:57:26.75\00:57:29.78
Let's pray.
00:57:29.98\00:57:31.42