Here you go. Wow!
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We're live now.
Glad you could show up!
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Thank you; glad to make it!
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Did you hear
C.A. sing while ago?
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I did. It was beautiful but he
sings beautifully all the time.
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But it had a little
more meaning this time.
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It really did...
it just really did.
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And there was a line in there
about not feeling like singing.
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But he sang that
like he meant it.
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C.A. has... He's
gone through so much.
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Eight hours of
surgery... eight hours.
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And it's taken...
How long's it been?
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Six weeks. But look at him now.
I mean, you see where he was
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and where he is
AND thirty pounds less.
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I need to lose
ten or fifteen pounds
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but I prefer not to
do it that way for sure.
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There are easier ways to do this
weight thing. Yeah! I'm good.
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Well it is exciting to see
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that with prayer and medical
science that such a big change
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can take place in
somebody's health.
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'Cause you were preaching out
in the West and all of a sudden
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you realized
something was wrong.
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Yeah, was out in
Christmas Valley, Oregon.
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About the size of
this stage the town there.
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And had finished preaching
and just, the room began to spin
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this way. Then when it
started spinning back this way
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I knew something was wrong.
You knew something was wrong.
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Yeah. Then they called
the ambulance - right -
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and went to the hospital.
They said: "You've got issues. "
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OK... hmmm... wow.
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Well, we're just happy
that you are looking good
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and we're excited
about you being back.
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You came back to work part
time early part of this week.
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Um-hmm. Probably a little soon.
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But he was so excited
about some of the things that
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are happening...
He was texting...
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Listen, they say
confession is good for the soul
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yet hard on the reputation
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so I won't confess about myself.
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No... I'm going
to confess about Jim.
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I'm going to confess about
Jim then that way I won't feel
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guilty about anything I've done.
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OK. Don't think on that too
long. It'll take you a while.
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But C.A. was in the hospital
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and I don't know if he
was there seven or eight days
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and we were doing a program.
And Jim said: "We really need
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C.A. " Well I went in
there and he had machines
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and he had tubes going
in and out of everywhere.
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I mean, this guy was
just... And Jim's like:
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"I wonder if he could maybe just
Skype with us a little while
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and do something on Skype? "
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Well, you know... But C.A.
was in a... I don't even know
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if he was out of the
hospital 'cause he'd text.
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He's not only with
Proclaim! but you know, manager,
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and so he's got
all of these ideas.
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And he was texting every day
just like nothing had happened.
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And I mean this guy is a worker.
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He just doesn't quit and
his mind goes all the time.
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He's very creative.
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But I couldn't believe
he wouldn't take the time
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to even rest in the hospital.
Soon as he could he was
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texting us... and it was
things that he wanted us to do,
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of course. We have to do
what he says. Right. So...
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I didn't want the station
to fall apart in my absence,
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you know. Well that's
true. A lot of the programming
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that you see comes
from that brain right there.
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Right... that's right. And
sometimes when he would text me
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I would look at it and
I'd say: "Are you kidding?
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I'm not going to do that!
" But he really got excited
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while he was away
and creative. Yeah!
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But a lot of those things
are things that we're looking
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forward to for next year.
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And next year is
going to be exciting.
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We talked a little bit about
this Fall we're going to have...
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On November 15 we will have
our 30th anniversary program
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here. 13th,
14th, and 15th I think.
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Right: 13th, 14th, and
15th. And then a week later
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on the 22nd of November
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we'll be doing a live
program out of Jerusalem
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and that'll be our
next part of the 30 year.
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Then we get down to
the beginning of the year.
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And right around the first of
the year, GYC will be out in AZ.
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Then a week after that
we do an Anchors Away -
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yeah - and we do that...
We're going to... Anchors Away?
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I thought it was Anchors?
Well, but when we're away
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we call it
Anchors Away. Thank you.
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And... OK... what do I know?
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And this one will be in
Sunshine, Arizona. Amen!
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Pastor Murrell Tull
has given us an invitation
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to come to Sunshine, Arizona,
which is just out of Phoenix
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right next door. And we're
bringing our Jewish brethren
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again together
to start the year.
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And we will have the
Jewish Advisory for No. America.
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Ralph Ringer is the chairman.
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And we'll have
people like Sasha Bolotnikov
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and Jeff Zeremsky and
others that are going to make
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presentations like
they did last year.
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We had so many
great comments about that.
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So then we've got
some other things coming on
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that we're praying about.
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Possibly Jamaica. And then we'll
have our Winter Camp Meeting
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which will be
February 26, 27, and 28.
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And that will be in Florida.
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And so we're off to a
big start for the year.
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And then in April we're
going to be down, hopefully,
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at the Alamo Dome for
the special ASI program
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where they'll be
taking care of sick people,
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Danny. Even doing surgery -
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some of the minor surgeries -
right there. Doing eye glasses
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for people.
Dental work and so forth
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for those who cannot
afford to have that done.
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And then we'll be
back down there in June
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for an evangelistic
series with Elder Ted Wilson
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and Mark Finley... and
then General Conference.
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And then after that
we've got a lot of other things
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are going to be happening,
but we've run out of time
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to talk about it. I
love how the Lord uses C.A.
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to plan the schedule in
the winter. Did you notice?
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Jamaica; Arizona - yeah
- Florida... all of that.
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And on my name I
saw Minnesota, Canada,
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and Russia. So C.A.
pray for me, too, would ya?
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I could fit in this
other schedule with you all.
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By the way, we did have a
request to go to Minnesota
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in February with Shawn Boonstra.
And I looked at him and said:
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"Are you kidding? " But we
actually would love to have gone
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but we just didn't
have the equipment.
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If we had more equipment,
we could have a crew there
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and a crew in some of the
other places we are going to be.
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I love Minnesota in the
summer. Yeah, it's a great place
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in the summer. But even...
evangelism is evangelism.
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And by the way,
Minnesota for evangelism
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in the winter is very good.
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In the summer nobody
wants to go into a meeting
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but in the
wintertime they'll come out.
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We'll be praying for Shawn
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and if there's some way we
can carry that meeting we will
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I guarantee you. All right.
C.A., the singer that we have
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getting ready to
sing... How do you word it?
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That you've done what? You've?
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I baptized Yvonne
at the Ephesus church
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about 30 years ago, so I
tease her and tell I've been
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dragging her
around for 30 years.
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Well I tell you: the Lord
has really used her ministry.
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Amen. And He's
certainly used yours.
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And He's used John.
Isn't it amazing? We look at
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John. What Angie and the
Lord can do with a pool shark...
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I mean, that is
really amazing, isn't it?
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And the Lord, of
course, did the big part.
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But John calls himself
that and tells the story
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about how Angie...
The Lord just called her
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to bring him to Jesus -
absolutely - and she did.
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And we love them
both... we really do!
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All right. All right.
What is Yvonne going to sing?
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He Is Able. All right!
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Like peering through a window
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blurred with rain
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emotions run together
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in the flood of doubt
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and pain.
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We've prayed as best we can...
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now we must
leave it in His hands.
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Yet I know
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when my eyes fail to see
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He is able.
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And even though
it seems impossible
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to me
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He is able.
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Oh...
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Now if He chooses not to move
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in the way we prayed He would
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confident He's working
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all together for my good.
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I will stand behind His Word
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for He is able.
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Questions seem to haunt us
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night and day:
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"How could my God allow my heart
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to be torn this way? "
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"Does He listen when I call? "
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"Or is He even there at all? "
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Yet I know
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when my eyes fail to see
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He is able.
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Even though
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it seems impossible to me
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my God is able.
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Now if He chooses not to move
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in the way we prayed He would
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confident He's
working all together
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for my good.
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I will stand
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behind His Word
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for He is
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able...
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He is
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able...
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And as the night
gives way to dawning
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and evaporates away
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I'll stand
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to face another day.
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I will stand
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behind His Word
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for He is able.
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He is able...
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He's able!
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Amen!
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I think there are certain
pastors, ministers, that God
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gives very specific gifts to.
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I think it is pretty
much universally agreed that
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one of Doug Batchelor's
greatest gifts is the ability to
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take the gospel
and make it plain.
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To make it very simple
so that it is understood
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by all of his hearers.
And perhaps that is why
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God has given him such
great success over the years
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as we count success.
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God has used him to
touch hundreds of thousands
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of lives, and we get reports
almost daily of those who have
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watched and heard
and understood the gospel
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in a new and clearer
light through the ministry of
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Doug Batchelor. He is,
of course, speaker/director
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of Amazing Facts and
the recently-installed
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Senior Pastor at
the Granite Bay church
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which is a church plant that
grew out of Sacramento Central.
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But he has transferred
his ministry to that church
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and of course is
doing a very, very fine job.
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Doug is clear... even
when he tries to confuse you.
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I recall some years ago he
did an evangelistic crusade
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where he wore a suit that
was half white and half black.
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You may recall that.
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And sometimes he was on
the devil's side and sometimes
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he was on the Lord's side.
Or on the antagonistic pastor's
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side and on the Lord's side.
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And it was quite an innovative
meeting that we enjoyed
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broadcasting here on 3ABN.
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Which says that he will
do anything to get someone
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into the kingdom. And we
praise the Lord for that.
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We are happy yet sad to come
down to the last presentation
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by our friend
Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Yet we know God will
use him in a mighty way.
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I ask now from you for him
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your prayerful and
undivided attention.
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God bless you.
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It's good to see
Bro. C.A. looking so good.
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Amen! And I sure appreciated
Sr. Yvonne's song that was
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inspiring. C.A. was just talking
about when I did that meeting:
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Doctrines That Divide.
Did any of you see that
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where we had a
suit... It was very well done.
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A tailor locally free. You know,
she took... We had two suits.
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Got 'em cheap at Sears.
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And they split it right down
the seam: half white and half
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black. And I took both
sides of certain issues to show
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the various
arguments. I did a wedding
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a few weeks ago, and so I sur-
prised the bride and the groom.
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Bride was wearing white, of
course; the groom was wearing
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black. And so I showed
up... I wanted to make them both
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happy and I wanted to illustrate
how you can become one.
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So if you go to my Facebook
page, I actually posted it
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last night. The
photographer sent me a copy.
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You'll see that I've got
this picture where I'm standing
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between the bride
and the groom wearing...
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we call it "The
Pastor Barney Suit"
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'cause I went back and
forth between being myself and
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this imaginary Pastor
Barney that I was debating.
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Well it's a joy to be here with
you. I can't believe it's...
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it's coming to a conclusion.
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I always enjoy our time
here at 3ABN and we've got just
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many years of
memories working together.
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I think one reason the
Lord has blessed this station
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the way He has is not
only the vision of the leaders
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that He chose but also
their willingness to not only
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get the message out
but to support other people
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getting the message out.
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They have been just
very good to Amazing Facts.
00:17:01.38\00:17:04.72
We sure appreciate
that. And again, we appreciate
00:17:04.92\00:17:08.12
working with them in the
evangelistic program that's
00:17:08.42\00:17:11.33
going to be coming up next
month. I know I've said that
00:17:11.43\00:17:13.66
a lot because I want to win
souls... so I'm going to say it
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again. If you have no plans on
doing any soul winning this Fall
00:17:16.06\00:17:20.97
plan on participating. And
the truck may put the graphic up
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for you: the Landmarks of
Prophecy evangelistic program.
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It'll be all over the world
through the Internet, 3ABN.
00:17:28.34\00:17:32.48
And if you want to know more
about it just go to the website
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Everything. Lessons and
the flyers. Whatever you need
00:17:38.69\00:17:40.56
to know will be there. And
pray, because I think again
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that's the important thing.
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Well tonight we're
going to conclude this series
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talking about storms.
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And I think
there's a number of storms
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that are still ahead of us.
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You already know
because Jesus told us
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there's going to be
wars and rumors of wars.
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And we see that today.
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Engaged in bombing campaigns
over in the Middle East.
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And you know, we could
play this tape 10 years from now
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and it'll say the same thing.
The headlines will be the same,
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won't they? And
there's natural disasters.
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Saw online today a
volcano went off in Japan.
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And as I flew out here...
You know we're having a terrible
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drought in California...
and as I flew out I looked
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out of the passenger
window and just above Sacramento
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we've got this tremendous forest
fire that's raging right now.
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Happens to be the week
our church went on a campout.
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We're hoping that
they didn't take up smoking
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for the week. They were
praying the wind would shift.
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And we're rationing
our water at our house.
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Actually have water gestapo
in Sacramento. They go around.
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If you over-water your
lawn, they write you like a $500
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ticket. And so I
mean it's serious.
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But these things...
these things will happen.
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As I said, some of
the things that I think
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help us recognize that
we're nearing the great test
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are things happening
in the religious world
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both within and
without of the church.
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Within the church I think
there's a greater need for
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revival than we've ever seen.
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I'll talk about
that in just a moment.
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Things that are happening in
the religious world with the...
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Islam is becoming
more of a prominent threat
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to Christianity. And I'm not
talking about peaceful people
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that want to practice
the freedom of religion.
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I'm talking about folks
that are not so peaceful
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about their beliefs.
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And we've known as
Protestants that study prophecy
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that as we near the end
of time there's going to be
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a confederacy of religions.
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I mean, everyone
knows if you know your Bible
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Revelation 13: "He causeth all,
small and great, rich and poor,
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free and bond, to
receive a mark in the right hand
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or in their forehead. And who-
ever doesn't worship the beast
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or the image of the
beast should be killed. "
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There'll be two groups soon.
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A lot of different people
and different religious groups.
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But before Jesus comes the
world is going to go through
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a shaking time, and
everybody's going to be forced
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to polarize into
one of two groups.
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One will have the
mark of the beast;
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the other will
have the seal of God.
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And I think the work that's
happening with this ministry
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is going to play a
prominent role in that.
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But I've never been more
fascinated with how active
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in my life the Pope has been
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in accelerating some of
what I see as last-day events.
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Helping create the culture
for where the final events
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will transpire. I've got a list.
It's actually a dynamic list,
00:21:02.32\00:21:05.93
it's growing. It seems
to grow with the headlines
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every day. I've got
eight or nine points here
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that I think are worthy of note.
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I won't read all of this to you
or it will gobble up our time,
00:21:14.34\00:21:17.01
but let me just
highlight a few things.
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I think Pope Francis is someone
that we should really watch
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what's happening. Looks like
the nicest guy in the world.
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He looks like my grandfather.
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And... but...
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if you were going to operate
through a Pope in the last days
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you'd want him to be
loving and winsome and kind
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and disarming. But you have
to say: "What is happening? "
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First of all: first Jesuit Pope.
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Now if you don't know about
that, you need to just read
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what are the Jesuits all about?
At least in their foundational
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history they were established
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to basically war
against Protestantism.
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And if you read the book Great
Controversy - that masterpiece
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on Christian history - page 235
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speaking of the Jesuits it says:
"There was no crime too great
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for them to commit, no deception
too base for them to practice.
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No disguise too
difficult for them to assume.
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Vowed to perpetual poverty
and humility, it was their
00:22:18.83\00:22:21.90
studied aim to
secure wealth and power... "
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Vow of poverty? Studied
aim to secure wealth and power?
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"to be devoted to the
overthrow of Protestantism. "
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It's interesting that Jesuits
are bound by an oath not to
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seek any higher office in
the Roman Catholic church.
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And now one of them has been
elected to the highest office:
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Pontifex Maximus.
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Just a few weeks ago
USA Today, August 18,
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the Pope endorsed military
action to stop the Islamic
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militants from
attacking religious minorities
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in a rare pronouncement
that goes against the Vactican's
00:22:55.87\00:22:59.21
usual guidance
against the use of force.
00:22:59.41\00:23:02.31
Now I can understand
it. Actually I support that
00:23:03.45\00:23:05.98
there's times when you need
to use force to protect people
00:23:06.18\00:23:08.48
or rescue people. But
this could also pave the way
00:23:08.58\00:23:11.99
for that policy to
be used another way.
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He is very clearly an
outspoken advocate for Sunday
00:23:17.93\00:23:20.30
enforcement. I am quoting
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and this is from
Associated Press, July 5:
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"Pope Francis lamented the
abandoning of the traditional
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Christian practice of
not working on Sundays
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saying it has a negative impact
on families and friendships.
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He says that spending
Sunday with families and friends
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is an ethical choice... "
In other words, not doing it
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is unethical? "for both
faithful and non-believers. "
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The unfaithful; the secular.
In other words, everybody
00:23:48.72\00:23:51.69
needs to do it.
00:23:51.89\00:23:53.23
Adding "Maybe it's time to ask
ourselves if working on Sunday
00:23:54.06\00:23:57.23
is really freedom. "
Translate that: maybe you're not
00:23:57.33\00:24:00.97
really free to
not... TO work on Sundays.
00:24:01.17\00:24:04.31
And then soon after he
made a separate statement.
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.38
By the way, this is spelling
out the Catholic church's agenda
00:24:07.58\00:24:09.84
for a synod happening in October
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.38
where they're gathering
all the church leaders together
00:24:12.58\00:24:14.28
to talk about
rescuing the family.
00:24:14.38\00:24:16.12
I've got my own
theory... this is my own theory:
00:24:16.52\00:24:19.15
that don't be surprised if
the subject of same-sex marriage
00:24:19.55\00:24:23.06
comes up at that
synod on the family.
00:24:23.26\00:24:27.46
I don't think
they're going to support it.
00:24:27.76\00:24:29.10
I think it's going to
be addressed, and don't be
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.77
surprised if the adopt a policy
that allows priests to marry
00:24:31.87\00:24:35.77
because they are grappling
with just awful scandals
00:24:36.77\00:24:39.57
because of
problems with the priests.
00:24:39.77\00:24:42.21
And that's going to be one
way to attract more Protestant
00:24:43.24\00:24:46.95
clergy because you know
that's been an obvious obstacle.
00:24:47.15\00:24:51.49
So I wouldn't be
surprised if that happens.
00:24:51.69\00:24:53.42
Pope Francis also did something
that was unheard of before:
00:24:53.92\00:24:57.23
he cannonized
two popes in one day.
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Now when you cannonize a
pope that basically means
00:25:02.36\00:25:04.87
that they're
qualified to be prayed to
00:25:04.97\00:25:07.44
which almost makes
them divine in some way.
00:25:07.90\00:25:11.21
And in order for you to have
the power to make someone else
00:25:11.71\00:25:14.51
divine... to declare
somebody else to be divine...
00:25:14.71\00:25:16.95
you'd have to be
superior to do that.
00:25:17.05\00:25:18.78
Isn't that right?
00:25:19.28\00:25:20.62
There was a very subtle state-
ment that was made in doing that
00:25:20.92\00:25:23.65
that really exalted the office.
00:25:23.95\00:25:26.19
He is boldly
seeking evangelical unity
00:25:27.46\00:25:30.06
and alliance with Protestants.
00:25:30.26\00:25:31.59
I don't know if any of you
saw the YouTube that we did
00:25:31.89\00:25:34.33
at Amazing Facts. How
many of you saw that YouTube
00:25:34.43\00:25:37.00
with Tony Palmer? Yeah.
00:25:37.20\00:25:38.83
I figured there was a
bunch of you here because
00:25:39.03\00:25:40.94
you combine all the
postings online and there's over
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.27
a million people viewed that.
And it kind of surprised us
00:25:43.37\00:25:47.41
'cause I saw it.
I was in Nashville.
00:25:47.61\00:25:48.94
Someone e-mailed it to
me. I said: "Wow! " I got back
00:25:49.24\00:25:51.78
in the office the next
day and said: "Can you heat up
00:25:51.98\00:25:53.52
the camera? We're going
to try and teach something. "
00:25:53.62\00:25:55.12
With just almost no prepa-
ration we did that and poof!
00:25:55.32\00:25:58.52
I said: "Nobody's going to
watch this; it's 42 min. long. "
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.79
YouTube's supposed
to be short, you know.
00:26:01.89\00:26:03.99
And wow, the Holy Spirit did
something because He wants that
00:26:04.39\00:26:07.20
message to get out. Amen!
00:26:07.40\00:26:09.23
You know, it's just very strange
the way that all unfolded.
00:26:09.53\00:26:12.93
Tony Palmer, who is something
of a liaison from the Pope
00:26:13.34\00:26:16.64
to charismatic
leaders in North America
00:26:16.84\00:26:19.11
actually also arranged a
meeting where they flew to Rome
00:26:19.31\00:26:22.71
met with the
Pope... had lunch with him.
00:26:23.11\00:26:25.91
And at that meeting
Tony Palmer gave the Pope
00:26:26.21\00:26:29.48
a declaration of faith and unity
00:26:29.88\00:26:33.49
for mission between the
evangelicals and Catholics
00:26:33.69\00:26:36.62
that they want
to be signed in 2017
00:26:37.03\00:26:42.73
at the 500th
anniversary of the Reformation.
00:26:42.93\00:26:45.40
And so they were moving... And
very strange that Tony Palmer
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.90
then died a few weeks
later in a motorcycle accident.
00:26:50.11\00:26:53.17
And since then subsequently the
Pope has appointed someone else
00:26:54.18\00:26:57.31
to be the official
liaison to other Christians.
00:26:57.51\00:27:00.58
He attended a gathering
of over 50,000 Charismatics
00:27:01.72\00:27:05.39
which no Pope
had ever done before.
00:27:05.59\00:27:07.66
Joel Ostein went to visit him...
00:27:08.16\00:27:10.03
the leader of the, you
know, the Lakewood church?
00:27:10.23\00:27:14.96
Lakeside. I forget.
00:27:15.26\00:27:17.07
And James Roberson,
Kenneth Copeland, and others met
00:27:17.37\00:27:22.60
and he's been reaching out to
Protestants more than any other
00:27:22.80\00:27:26.07
Pope in history. That's just
a fact. I'm just telling you
00:27:26.17\00:27:28.88
the things I'm observing.
00:27:28.98\00:27:30.31
He's positioning himself to
be the global family counselor.
00:27:30.65\00:27:34.32
I think it was a couple weeks
ago, maybe even just last week,
00:27:34.62\00:27:36.69
he performed 20
weddings for forty people.
00:27:36.89\00:27:40.62
That's good news. California
could have been 44 people
00:27:41.52\00:27:44.59
or 43 people. That's
what's really strange.
00:27:44.79\00:27:46.90
You think about that.
00:27:47.80\00:27:49.76
But it was unusual because there
were people involved in this
00:27:51.57\00:27:56.74
wedding that had been
divorced and re-married
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.77
or that were living
together outside of marriage
00:27:59.97\00:28:01.88
or had children out of
wedlock which the church used to
00:28:02.08\00:28:04.71
forbid. And again, they're
having that special program
00:28:04.81\00:28:09.48
on the family. Not to mention
he's positioning himself as the
00:28:09.58\00:28:14.16
world's moral leader for peace.
00:28:14.26\00:28:17.06
Not only has he met with
the president, who flew to the
00:28:17.49\00:28:20.23
Vatican to meet with
him and met with the leaders
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.26
when there were problems in
the Middle East: the presidents
00:28:23.47\00:28:25.33
of Israel, the
president of the Palestinians,
00:28:25.53\00:28:29.70
and world leaders from all over.
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.37
Then he invited them to come to
the Vatican to pray for peace.
00:28:31.57\00:28:34.58
That was very
strange because Islamic imams
00:28:34.88\00:28:39.25
came and read from the
Koran and prayed Muslim prayers
00:28:39.45\00:28:44.02
in the Vatican. That had
never been allowed before.
00:28:44.22\00:28:46.02
If you know your
history about the church,
00:28:46.32\00:28:47.92
the Crusades and all that,
they were great, deep rifts.
00:28:48.22\00:28:52.53
That was unprecedented.
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.46
He's supposed to come to
the United States and address
00:28:55.86\00:28:58.50
2015 a joint
session of Congress.
00:28:58.70\00:29:02.00
Our Congressmen and our
Senators. He's been invited to
00:29:02.50\00:29:05.17
speak at the United
Nations. He's not given a date,
00:29:05.27\00:29:07.58
but it's expected
that he will accept.
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.74
You know, if you go
back I think 50 years ago
00:29:10.15\00:29:14.42
there were no Catholic
judges on the Supreme Court.
00:29:14.62\00:29:18.05
And I'm not trying to be biased
against people with religious
00:29:19.05\00:29:22.66
beliefs. I'm just
saying what the history was.
00:29:22.76\00:29:24.73
Because America was founded
as a Protestant nation where
00:29:24.83\00:29:27.83
people could practice
their religion in freedom.
00:29:28.03\00:29:30.80
But prophecy says that the
beast that comes up, that second
00:29:31.10\00:29:34.60
beast, causes the world
and those that dwell therein
00:29:34.70\00:29:37.24
to worship the first
beast who had the deadly wound
00:29:37.44\00:29:39.27
that heals. Protestants in
North America will be foremost
00:29:39.37\00:29:42.51
in reaching their
hand across the gulf
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.91
to clasp the
hand of Spiritualism
00:29:45.11\00:29:48.18
and then together with to
clasp the hands with Romanism.
00:29:48.58\00:29:52.12
That's exactly what's hap-
pening between what's going on
00:29:52.22\00:29:55.72
with the Christians and the
Protestants and the Charismatics
00:29:55.92\00:29:58.79
and the Catholics all
building this confederacy
00:29:58.89\00:30:01.26
of evangelical Christianity,
Protestantism, Catholicism.
00:30:01.46\00:30:05.17
And there'll be
some crisis in my opinion
00:30:05.63\00:30:07.54
I believe that's going
to trigger a desperation
00:30:08.14\00:30:11.84
where people are going
to run to God out of fear.
00:30:12.04\00:30:13.98
I never saw anything like it.
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.85
Right after 9/11... I
was actually on a plane,
00:30:17.05\00:30:19.38
an American Airlines
plane, on September 10th.
00:30:19.58\00:30:22.45
And the next morning
I saw what we all saw.
00:30:23.32\00:30:26.19
That Sabbath we had our
largest attendance up until
00:30:26.69\00:30:29.66
that date. After 9/11
boy, folks just came out.
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.59
I don't know
where these folks were.
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.13
We were ready to drop
them from the books. We thought
00:30:34.40\00:30:36.06
they were dead, and they
all suddenly showed up at church
00:30:36.16\00:30:39.17
because they saw those
apocalyptic images of the
00:30:39.47\00:30:41.44
buildings imploding.
They thought: "Is this the end
00:30:41.54\00:30:43.20
of the world? " When people
are afraid they turn to God.
00:30:43.30\00:30:46.47
Not necessarily 'cause they love
God; because they're afraid!
00:30:46.68\00:30:49.01
Amen! And something could
happen that could very quickly
00:30:49.21\00:30:53.75
trigger things, and where do you
think everybody's going to turn?
00:30:53.95\00:30:58.05
Oh by the way, even before...
00:30:58.99\00:31:00.46
This is another point I didn't
get to. I've got a few other
00:31:00.56\00:31:02.26
points. This is a
work in progress, so...
00:31:02.36\00:31:04.16
I might publish something later.
00:31:04.36\00:31:05.99
But Pope Benedict XVI,
00:31:06.39\00:31:10.30
before he stepped down
he issued an encyclical that
00:31:10.43\00:31:14.14
talked about
financial/moral responsibility
00:31:14.34\00:31:17.01
that Pope
Francis has bought into.
00:31:17.31\00:31:19.77
So they're also
positioning themselves saying
00:31:19.97\00:31:22.28
"With the economic challenges
in the world today, we need
00:31:22.61\00:31:24.91
a moral power to
govern the economy. "
00:31:24.95\00:31:28.32
I wonder who they
might be thinking of?
00:31:28.62\00:31:30.65
So this is just a little
bit of some of the reason that I
00:31:32.52\00:31:36.19
think that
there's a storm coming.
00:31:36.39\00:31:37.99
I see things lining up where
it wouldn't take much right now.
00:31:38.66\00:31:42.83
I can think of several
scenarios. You know, before
00:31:43.23\00:31:45.67
it's over, Satan himself
is going to impersonate Christ
00:31:45.87\00:31:48.07
and that's going
to shake things up.
00:31:49.47\00:31:51.11
Now I don't know when these
things are going to happen,
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.64
but I think there's a storm
coming. I think there's a storm
00:31:54.34\00:31:58.18
we ought to be praying about.
00:31:58.38\00:31:59.75
I think there'a a storm
we ought to be praying for.
00:32:00.05\00:32:02.08
In your Bibles in
Zechariah 10 verse 1...
00:32:03.85\00:32:07.99
Zechariah 10:1:
"Ask ye of the Lord rain
00:32:09.92\00:32:13.93
in the time of the Latter Rain.
00:32:14.23\00:32:16.83
So the Lord will make
bright clouds... " That means
00:32:17.13\00:32:20.37
flashing clouds... You've
seen lightning flashing inside
00:32:20.47\00:32:23.10
the clouds? "and
give them showers of rain,
00:32:23.20\00:32:26.17
to everyone
grass in the field. "
00:32:26.37\00:32:28.51
I think we ought to
be praying for a storm.
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.61
The Latter Rain
is not a sprinkle.
00:32:32.01\00:32:35.02
By the way, I talked to
Karen last night and she said
00:32:35.42\00:32:39.35
it's supposed to rain
in California this weekend.
00:32:39.55\00:32:41.62
Our poor campers from
our church. They went out...
00:32:42.76\00:32:44.49
they got fire AND rain!
00:32:44.73\00:32:46.19
I can't wait to hear how that
went. I called but she can't...
00:32:47.56\00:32:49.96
There's no cell service where
they're at, so I don't know
00:32:50.17\00:32:51.80
how that turned out. But
they don't need a drizzle.
00:32:51.90\00:32:55.50
Our drought isn't over.
00:32:55.70\00:32:57.04
We need what we used
to call a "gully washer. "
00:32:57.17\00:32:59.84
You know what that means?
00:33:00.04\00:33:01.51
Where you just have heavy rains.
00:33:01.81\00:33:04.45
What we need is a
storm of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:04.65\00:33:08.25
I told you I was going to
talk about what's happening
00:33:09.42\00:33:11.25
in the world a little bit.
00:33:11.45\00:33:12.79
Gonna be honest and tell you
I'm really worried about what's
00:33:13.72\00:33:15.89
happening in the church. Amen!
00:33:15.99\00:33:18.56
Not only just the
prevalent "wordliness"
00:33:18.86\00:33:22.83
that you see on every
hand. I mean, the things that
00:33:22.93\00:33:25.40
the average Christian
watches on television today
00:33:25.50\00:33:27.74
would have made
Christians blush 50 years ago.
00:33:28.04\00:33:32.51
Amen! But now we're just...
I mean, even the commercials.
00:33:32.81\00:33:36.28
Yeah, but now it's
just... You can get where you're
00:33:36.51\00:33:38.98
used to almost
anything after a while.
00:33:39.18\00:33:40.85
You become jaded; you get
a callous on your conscience.
00:33:41.15\00:33:43.89
And I'm afraid that's
what's happening to the church.
00:33:44.29\00:33:46.35
And there's
compromise taking place.
00:33:48.12\00:33:50.29
Things that we used to know
without any question. You know,
00:33:50.59\00:33:53.40
when God's Word says that
He made the world in 6 days
00:33:53.50\00:33:56.30
we said: "I believe it! "
How can you be a Seventh-day
00:33:56.50\00:33:59.13
Adventist and believe that
they are not literal days? Amen!
00:33:59.23\00:34:03.47
And yet in some universities
they're not just teaching about
00:34:03.71\00:34:07.71
what the theory of
evolution is as a theory
00:34:07.91\00:34:10.28
tbey're teaching it as
the "preferred truth. "
00:34:10.58\00:34:13.42
And that all
dessimates the faith of anybody
00:34:15.65\00:34:19.02
if you just play that out.
00:34:19.22\00:34:20.56
We've got all kinds of
challenges when it comes to
00:34:22.62\00:34:25.09
theology. People are finding
new ways to read the Bible.
00:34:25.19\00:34:28.56
By putting on
these special glasses
00:34:28.66\00:34:30.23
you read it through culture.
00:34:30.53\00:34:32.30
And you can make the
Bible say whatever you want
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.04
if you put those glasses on.
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.60
Hermeneutics means
you allow the Bible -
00:34:37.11\00:34:39.71
it's the science of how
you interpret scripture -
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.94
you must allow the
Bible to interpret itself.
00:34:42.04\00:34:44.51
We wouldn't be coming up with
so many of the zany doctrines
00:34:44.71\00:34:47.28
that I'm running into out
there if we would read the Bible
00:34:47.38\00:34:51.72
the way that it's supposed to be
read where you allow scripture
00:34:52.02\00:34:55.52
to interpret scripture. Amen!
00:34:55.72\00:34:58.09
A lot of
compromise is happening.
00:34:58.19\00:34:59.89
People becoming very
sloppy about even things like
00:35:00.10\00:35:03.57
how do you keep the Sabbath.
00:35:03.67\00:35:05.00
You go back 80 years ago
00:35:05.37\00:35:08.40
and the typical
Sunday-keeper kept Sunday better
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.54
than the average Sabbath-keeper
keeps Sabbath today.
00:35:11.74\00:35:13.88
Amen! It's not a
holiday... it's a HOLY day.
00:35:14.18\00:35:18.11
That's right.
00:35:18.41\00:35:19.75
And you know, I
think I can say that
00:35:19.91\00:35:22.88
I believe that one of
the... If you were to say:
00:35:24.85\00:35:27.86
"Where? What's happening?
00:35:27.96\00:35:29.29
Where is the distinguishing
line? What's causing this
00:35:29.46\00:35:33.46
meltdown of values? "
00:35:33.76\00:35:37.00
And it's almost like a deterior-
ation of the church. Amen!
00:35:38.03\00:35:43.94
In my mind I believe
that you could almost
00:35:44.07\00:35:47.71
say that those who are
choosing to question or doubt
00:35:47.91\00:35:51.31
the inspiration of
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:35:51.51\00:35:53.78
are going to begin to
slide into typical evangelical
00:35:54.08\00:35:59.79
"mush. " Amen! I think
the Lord gave our church
00:36:00.09\00:36:04.69
a unique message that is
inspired and supernatural.
00:36:05.03\00:36:08.53
And I'm not ashamed to tell you.
00:36:08.73\00:36:10.07
I mean, if you know
me... I preach from the Bible.
00:36:10.10\00:36:11.90
Amen! I mean I can
defend anything I believe as a
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.97
Seventh-day
Adventist from the Bible.
00:36:15.07\00:36:16.71
But I believe God
gave us a unique message
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.41
in the gift of the
Spirit of Prophecy. Amen!
00:36:21.61\00:36:24.65
And that as soon as we become
intimidated by others in the
00:36:24.91\00:36:28.12
church into thinking
that: "Well you know, a cult.
00:36:28.22\00:36:32.25
don't sound cultish. "
And you'll find websites that
00:36:32.45\00:36:35.92
are very critical. Amazing
Facts developed a website called
00:36:36.02\00:36:39.06
ellengwhitetruth, and we dealt
with every one of the spurious
00:36:39.26\00:36:42.63
arguments that come up on
some of these other websites.
00:36:42.73\00:36:45.50
I don't think you should
be afraid to be questioned.
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.64
But all of this is
nibbling at the foundation
00:36:48.70\00:36:53.01
of who we are as a people,
00:36:53.21\00:36:54.88
and what we need
is a revival. Amen!
00:36:55.28\00:36:58.21
And that's not going
to happen without prayer.
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.42
So I'd like to talk to you
about that storm in our time
00:37:01.48\00:37:03.89
that remains. You know,
when Jesus said: "If you then
00:37:03.99\00:37:07.36
being evil... " Luke 11:9...
00:37:07.56\00:37:08.96
"If you then being evil
know how to give good gifts
00:37:10.69\00:37:13.19
to your children,
how much more will your
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.00
Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.73
to those that ask. "
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.24
"Ask ye of the Lord rain in
the time of the Latter Rain. "
00:37:22.54\00:37:25.24
Now I remember when I
first started coming to church
00:37:25.44\00:37:27.68
and heard people talking about
the Former and Latter Rain.
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.05
I thought: "What in the
world are they talking about? "
00:37:30.25\00:37:31.65
The former rain? That
means it rained yesterday?
00:37:33.55\00:37:35.72
What is the Latter Rain?
It means it rained last week?
00:37:36.85\00:37:39.05
I didn't know what that meant.
00:37:39.25\00:37:40.59
And then I needed
someone to explain to me that
00:37:41.22\00:37:43.69
in an agricultural
community such as Israel was
00:37:43.93\00:37:46.83
they had this rain that
came that would sprout the seed.
00:37:47.03\00:37:50.77
It would grow through the
growing season, and before
00:37:51.00\00:37:53.00
the harvest there was
another good rain that would
00:37:53.10\00:37:55.80
ripen and plump the crop
preparing it for harvest.
00:37:56.00\00:37:59.11
And Jesus when He
came He sowed the seed.
00:37:59.41\00:38:01.74
And at Pentecost the
Former Rain fell upon the church
00:38:01.94\00:38:05.21
and there was this
great growth that took place.
00:38:05.51\00:38:07.88
Prior to the harvest
when Jesus comes there will be
00:38:08.18\00:38:10.42
a Latter Rain of His Spirit.
00:38:10.52\00:38:11.95
God is going to pour out
His Spirit again on the church
00:38:12.35\00:38:14.59
in Pentecostal proportions,
and the signs and wonders
00:38:14.79\00:38:18.66
that you saw in the Bible
I think you're going to see
00:38:18.86\00:38:20.63
those things reproduced. Amen!
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.86
I always am surprised
when I read the book of Judges
00:38:23.16\00:38:25.80
and Gideon has an
angel appear to him.
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.74
Keep in mind
Gideon lives in Judges.
00:38:27.94\00:38:29.47
That's before David;
that's way back there
00:38:29.57\00:38:31.81
in the Old Testament,
and Gideon says to the angel:
00:38:32.01\00:38:36.04
"Whatever happened to all
the miracles we used to hear
00:38:36.44\00:38:38.85
about? Did those miracles ever
really happen? Are they real? "
00:38:38.95\00:38:42.95
When you study Bible
history - Christian history -
00:38:44.22\00:38:46.72
you see that miracles come
in waves before things happen.
00:38:47.12\00:38:50.53
Yeah, we probably haven't
seen some of the same power
00:38:51.59\00:38:54.66
in miracles that
they saw in Bible times
00:38:54.76\00:38:57.27
but you will
again before it's over.
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.60
And Satan is going to counter-
feit a lot of those miracles
00:38:59.83\00:39:03.51
in advance to throw people.
00:39:03.71\00:39:05.57
But I think... Jesus said:
"These signs and things that
00:39:06.78\00:39:09.54
I've done, greater
things than these will you do
00:39:09.64\00:39:11.71
because I go to the Father. "
00:39:11.91\00:39:13.25
I believe all the
miracles of the Bible.
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.62
I believe in all
the gifts of the Spirit.
00:39:14.82\00:39:16.18
I believe God's power
is going to come again
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.25
but it's going to come
by our preparing our hearts
00:39:18.65\00:39:23.09
by asking. Let me
read you a quote from...
00:39:23.29\00:39:28.86
since I just talked abou
the Spirit of Prophecy...
00:39:29.26\00:39:31.70
I Selected Messages
page 121. Great book.
00:39:31.93\00:39:35.30
"A revival of true godliness
among us is the greatest
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.74
and most urgent of
all of our needs. "
00:39:39.84\00:39:42.58
I believe that.
00:39:42.88\00:39:44.25
"To seek this
should be our first work. "
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.25
Greatest urgent
first work... a priority.
00:39:47.48\00:39:50.59
"There must be earnest effort
to obtain the blessing... "
00:39:51.52\00:39:54.32
There's an effort. "of
the Lord. Not because God
00:39:54.42\00:39:57.19
is not willing to
bestow His blessing upon us
00:39:57.29\00:39:59.26
but because we are
unprepared to receive it.
00:39:59.46\00:40:02.46
Our heavenly Father is more
willing to give His Holy Spirit
00:40:02.96\00:40:06.33
to them that ask Him
than our earthly parents
00:40:06.53\00:40:08.74
to give good
gifts to their children.
00:40:08.84\00:40:10.41
But it's our work. By
confession, by humiliation,
00:40:10.61\00:40:14.34
repentance, and
earnest prayer... "
00:40:14.54\00:40:16.01
Repentance means like
turning from your sin.
00:40:16.24\00:40:18.01
Sorrow for it
and turning from it.
00:40:18.21\00:40:20.12
"earnest prayer to fulfill the
conditions upon which God has
00:40:20.52\00:40:23.79
promised to
grant us His blessing.
00:40:23.99\00:40:25.45
A revival need be expected
only in answer to prayer. "
00:40:25.75\00:40:29.49
If we're really going to
have a revival in the church,
00:40:30.66\00:40:32.96
then we really
need to want it. Amen!
00:40:33.16\00:40:35.36
And we're going to need to
pray for it as though our lives
00:40:35.46\00:40:38.57
depend on it...
and they do! Amen!
00:40:38.67\00:40:42.10
You know, I think
about the story in I Kings
00:40:43.57\00:40:49.11
chapter 18 with Elijah.
00:40:49.21\00:40:50.95
There was a famine. The
Bible tells us in Amos chapter 8
00:40:51.45\00:40:55.35
that the days are coming,
says the Lord, when there'll be
00:40:55.55\00:40:58.75
a famine in the land.
Not a thirst for water
00:40:58.85\00:41:01.82
or hunger for bread but of
hearing the words of the Lord.
00:41:02.02\00:41:04.39
And people will
wander from north to south
00:41:04.79\00:41:07.26
and east to west
seeking the word of the Lord
00:41:07.36\00:41:09.00
and not find it. And
I always wonder: is it
00:41:09.10\00:41:12.27
possible to have a
famine for the Word of God
00:41:12.47\00:41:14.74
in families where you
have five Bibles as an average?
00:41:14.94\00:41:18.01
Owning a Bible is not a
substitute to having the Word
00:41:19.31\00:41:22.41
hidden in your heart. Amen!
00:41:22.61\00:41:24.41
Owning a Bible is not a substi-
tute for having a relationship
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.98
with the Lord. Having
churches on every corner
00:41:28.18\00:41:32.45
does not make us a
religious people. Amen!
00:41:33.36\00:41:36.59
It's really having a
relationship with the Lord.
00:41:36.73\00:41:39.09
And you know, what we're going
through now is nothing new.
00:41:39.29\00:41:41.86
This is the history
of Israel all over again.
00:41:42.36\00:41:44.43
Back in the days of Elijah
because of the apostasy in the
00:41:45.43\00:41:50.37
land he prayed. Tells
us in the book of James
00:41:50.47\00:41:53.21
that Elijah was a man
subject to like passions
00:41:53.41\00:41:55.51
as we are, but he
prayed and it did not rain.
00:41:55.61\00:41:58.81
Notice that? He went
before Ahab and he said:
00:41:59.01\00:42:02.45
"Thus says the Lord: there
will not be either dew or rain
00:42:02.58\00:42:06.12
these years except at my
word. " And then he disappeared.
00:42:06.22\00:42:09.02
He had been praying
that it would not rain
00:42:09.39\00:42:12.16
because the people were
giving credit for the rain
00:42:12.36\00:42:15.23
to other sources.
They were worshiping Baal.
00:42:15.43\00:42:18.17
Some people have
made science into a Baal
00:42:19.93\00:42:24.24
and they're putting science
falsely - so called - ahead of
00:42:26.27\00:42:29.51
the Word of God. And
they think that makes them
00:42:29.61\00:42:32.48
sophisticated. God can do
whatever He wants with science.
00:42:32.58\00:42:37.39
And so there are
3-1/2 years of no rain.
00:42:38.72\00:42:41.12
Let me just get you
to think about something
00:42:44.03\00:42:45.83
why this is important.
The whole story of Elijah.
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.30
During the time of
Elijah for 1,260 days,
00:42:49.53\00:42:53.07
3-1/2 years, 42 months -
00:42:53.27\00:42:56.40
Do those time periods
sound familiar? Amen! -
00:42:56.60\00:42:58.87
there was no rain.
00:42:59.04\00:43:01.11
And there was a
wicked queen named Jezebel
00:43:02.68\00:43:05.98
who was pagan but she married
a Jewish king named Ahab.
00:43:06.18\00:43:10.25
And she was manipulating him.
It says she: "stirred him up"
00:43:10.79\00:43:14.82
to persecute
the prophets of God.
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.06
They had to flee
into the wilderness...
00:43:18.36\00:43:20.70
get fed by birds
and widows and things,
00:43:20.73\00:43:23.20
hide in caves. Then
you read in Revelation
00:43:23.50\00:43:27.27
it tells us that there's
this woman in Revelation 17
00:43:27.37\00:43:30.24
who is a harlot who commits
fornication with the kings
00:43:30.44\00:43:34.74
of the earth...
manipulates the kings.
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.18
That persecutes
the prophets of God.
00:43:37.48\00:43:39.58
And the time periods that
you run into in Revelation 12
00:43:39.88\00:43:42.75
and in the other
passages: 42 months, 1,260 days,
00:43:42.95\00:43:48.26
3-1/2 years or time and
times and a dividing of time.
00:43:48.46\00:43:51.26
And how long did Jesus
preach? Three and a half years.
00:43:54.13\00:43:58.20
At the end of Jesus
preaching 3-1/2 years
00:43:59.03\00:44:01.70
was there rain?
It's called Pentecost.
00:44:01.90\00:44:04.77
At the end of Elijah's
3-1/2 years was there rain?
00:44:05.94\00:44:08.61
What brought about the rain?
00:44:10.08\00:44:11.85
Let's read it. Verse
21. I'm in I Kings 18.
00:44:12.05\00:44:16.58
"And Elijah came
to all the people... "
00:44:17.75\00:44:19.55
Remember he told Abab:
"Gather all Israel together. "
00:44:19.75\00:44:21.66
He had the boldness to
tell Ahab: "It's you and your
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.89
father's sins that
have brought this drought. "
00:44:23.99\00:44:26.13
Said: "Gather all the people.
" And Ahab obeys the prophet.
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.63
And Elijah sees all of Israel
gathered there that next morning
00:44:31.40\00:44:34.14
at Mt. Carmel and he asks
them: "How long will you falter
00:44:34.34\00:44:38.47
between two opinions?
00:44:38.61\00:44:40.04
If the Lord is God, follow Him.
00:44:40.34\00:44:42.74
But if Baal, then follow him.
00:44:43.04\00:44:45.35
But the people
answered him not a word. "
00:44:46.41\00:44:48.18
Isn't that sad
that among God's people
00:44:48.38\00:44:50.12
nobody had the
courage to stand up and say:
00:44:50.32\00:44:52.39
"What a silly question.
Of course the Lord is God. "
00:44:52.59\00:44:54.86
But everybody looked around
and thought: "Well it's probably
00:44:55.59\00:44:57.23
not politically correct
in this environment. I mean
00:44:57.33\00:44:59.13
Jezebel is on the throne. Look
at all the prophets of Baal.
00:44:59.63\00:45:01.86
If I were to speak up right now
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.40
I'll never get
elected to office. "
00:45:03.50\00:45:05.20
And for whatever
reason not one of God's people
00:45:06.70\00:45:09.90
even though there were knees
that had not bowed to Baal -
00:45:10.11\00:45:12.34
that's what the Bible says -
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.21
nobody spoke up that
day... except Elijah.
00:45:14.61\00:45:18.08
How long do you falter,
do you limp, do you halt
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.15
between two opinions?
"Then Elijah said to the people:
00:45:22.35\00:45:25.32
'I alone am left a
prophet of the Lord.
00:45:25.52\00:45:27.49
Baal's prophets are 450 men.
00:45:27.79\00:45:29.99
Therefore, here is my proposal:
00:45:30.39\00:45:32.49
let them give us two bulls.
00:45:32.69\00:45:34.43
Let them choose
one for themselves.
00:45:34.46\00:45:36.23
Cut it in pieces,
lay it on the wood, but
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.30
put no fire under it, and
I'll prepare the other bull
00:45:38.50\00:45:41.74
and lay it on the wood
but put no fire under it.
00:45:41.94\00:45:44.34
And you call on
the name of your gods
00:45:44.74\00:45:46.81
and I'll call on
the name of the Lord.
00:45:47.01\00:45:48.44
And the God who
answers by fire: He is God! '
00:45:48.64\00:45:51.35
So all the people said:
'Sounds good; well spoken. '
00:45:51.65\00:45:57.09
And Elijah said to
the prophets of Baal:
00:45:58.05\00:46:00.02
'Choose one bull for yourself
and you prepare it first
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.76
for you are many. Call
on the name of your god.
00:46:02.96\00:46:05.33
Put no fire under
it... ' " No hanky panky...
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.86
So they took the bull and
they sacrificed it and they
00:46:09.16\00:46:11.23
put it on their altar
and they had the wood there
00:46:11.43\00:46:13.23
and everything. "And they
called on the name of Baal
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.87
from morning until noon
saying: 'Oh Baal, hear us;
00:46:16.07\00:46:21.68
Oh Baal, hear us. ' "
00:46:21.91\00:46:23.98
They're praying in vain repe-
tition over and over and over
00:46:24.28\00:46:27.02
again. They probably
had their musicians there
00:46:27.12\00:46:30.65
drumming away: "Oh Baal,
hear us; Oh Baal, hear us. "
00:46:30.95\00:46:35.52
That just put
everybody into a trance.
00:46:36.19\00:46:38.36
Thought they could
just hypnotize them all
00:46:42.16\00:46:43.63
and find a pack of
matches or something.
00:46:43.73\00:46:45.50
But there was no
voice; no one answered,
00:46:46.30\00:46:49.30
and when they realized
they were losing the audience
00:46:49.50\00:46:51.94
they got carried away.
00:46:52.14\00:46:53.58
"They leaped about the
altar which they had made.
00:46:53.88\00:46:56.18
And so it was at noon
that Elijah mocked them. "
00:46:57.38\00:47:00.12
This is one example of
sarcasm and humor in the Bible.
00:47:00.32\00:47:02.88
"And he said: 'Cry
aloud for he's a god.
00:47:03.62\00:47:06.09
Maybe he's meditating or
he's busy or he's on a journey.
00:47:06.39\00:47:11.19
Perhaps he's sleeping
and needs to be awakened. ' "
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.13
Wow! What holy
audacity Elijah had!
00:47:14.43\00:47:18.17
I mean, here he's got
these 400 guys. They could
00:47:18.53\00:47:21.14
quickly outnumber him.
And he's standing alone
00:47:21.34\00:47:24.57
against the king; he's
standing against the religion;
00:47:24.77\00:47:26.94
and he's standing against
the government for God. Amen!
00:47:27.14\00:47:29.98
Is the Lord going to need people
like that in the last days
00:47:30.11\00:47:32.31
that are going to say
things that are not going to be
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.15
politically acceptable? Amen.
00:47:34.25\00:47:38.29
And he was really putting
his... sticking his neck out
00:47:38.49\00:47:40.86
you might say. So they got
really... That worked them into
00:47:40.96\00:47:44.13
a frenzy and they got
upset. They cried aloud and now
00:47:44.23\00:47:46.16
"pulled out knives and they
cut themselves as their custom
00:47:46.26\00:47:50.40
was with their knives and
their lances. And their blood
00:47:50.50\00:47:52.93
gushed out on them. " It's
like we said about the time
00:47:53.03\00:47:56.10
of Noah:
"violence filled the land. "
00:47:56.24\00:47:58.17
"And it was so
when mid-day was past
00:47:59.24\00:48:01.54
that they prophesied till
the time of the offering of the
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.88
evening sacrifice. " They began
to mutter and they went into a
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.91
trance and probably
speaking in tongues.
00:48:06.01\00:48:08.48
"And there was no
voice or no one answered.
00:48:09.48\00:48:11.52
No one paid any attention. "
00:48:11.72\00:48:13.32
All they saw was flies beginning
to gather around the sacrifice
00:48:13.82\00:48:16.96
and buzzards were
circling overhead.
00:48:17.16\00:48:18.73
"Then Elijah said
to all the people:
00:48:20.40\00:48:22.13
'Come near to me. ' " Isn't
that what Jesus says to us?
00:48:22.43\00:48:25.40
"Come unto Me; draw near. "
00:48:25.80\00:48:27.94
The Bible tells us if we draw
near to Him He will draw near
00:48:28.94\00:48:31.24
to you. "And he repaired
the altar of the Lord that was
00:48:31.34\00:48:36.75
broken down. " How tragic.
00:48:36.85\00:48:38.45
"And Elijah took 12 stones
according to the number of
00:48:39.68\00:48:42.25
the tribes of the sons of Jacob
to whom the word of the Lord had
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.99
come saying: 'Israel
shall be your name. '
00:48:45.09\00:48:47.02
And with the stones he built the
altar in the name of the Lord.
00:48:47.42\00:48:50.26
And he made a
trench around the altar
00:48:50.46\00:48:52.19
large enough to
hold two seahs of seed.
00:48:52.49\00:48:55.50
And he put the wood in
order on the bull in pieces
00:48:55.80\00:48:59.20
and laid it on top of the wood.
00:48:59.40\00:49:00.74
And he said: 'Fill four
water pots with water. '
00:49:02.00\00:49:04.27
And he poured it
on the burnt sacrifice
00:49:04.37\00:49:06.78
and on the wood. Said:
'Do it a second time. '
00:49:06.98\00:49:09.81
They did it a second time.
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.85
Said: 'Do it a third time. ' "
00:49:12.15\00:49:13.72
"Peter, do you love Me? Do
you love Me? Do you love Me? "
00:49:15.18\00:49:17.99
He wanted to just show
them that there was no question.
00:49:18.39\00:49:20.69
God sometimes does things
3 times just to emphasize it.
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.43
Like on the third
day... " 'Do it a third time. '
00:49:23.63\00:49:26.39
They did it a third time. "
00:49:26.59\00:49:28.03
So water... it just
totally saturated the sacrifice.
00:49:28.43\00:49:31.40
"It ran all around the
altar. He also filled the trench
00:49:31.60\00:49:34.57
with water. " The
thing's just dripping.
00:49:34.67\00:49:38.07
"And it came to pass at
the time of the offering of the
00:49:38.27\00:49:41.54
evening sacrifice... "
God observes certain times,
00:49:41.64\00:49:45.18
doesn't He? "that Elijah the
prophet came near and said... "
00:49:45.28\00:49:49.48
Now this is amazing to me...
00:49:49.78\00:49:52.52
You know Jesus said the
hypocrites love to pray,
00:49:52.72\00:49:55.16
stand and pray long prayers.
00:49:56.19\00:49:58.33
God's gettin' ready to
do something extraordinary
00:49:59.63\00:50:02.13
and it doesn't take
a long prayer. Amen!
00:50:02.33\00:50:05.70
But Elijah knows if
this prayer isn't answered
00:50:05.93\00:50:07.94
he's in hot water
in more ways than one.
00:50:08.04\00:50:11.14
At the time of the evening
sacrifice he kneels down and
00:50:15.44\00:50:18.28
he prays. I think it's
like sixty words in his prayer.
00:50:18.38\00:50:22.45
And he says: "Lord God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel
00:50:25.52\00:50:28.19
let it be known
this day that You are God
00:50:28.39\00:50:30.63
in Israel and
that I am Your servant
00:50:30.73\00:50:32.99
and I have done all
these things at Your word. "
00:50:33.19\00:50:35.40
Not doing it for my
sake; I'm doing it because it's
00:50:35.60\00:50:37.63
Your word. "Hear me, O Lord.
00:50:37.73\00:50:40.70
Hear me that this
people might know that You are
00:50:40.90\00:50:44.21
the Lord... You are Jehovah. "
00:50:44.37\00:50:46.41
By the way, you know
what Elijah's name is?
00:50:46.61\00:50:48.34
Elijah means God is Jehovah.
00:50:49.28\00:50:51.65
And so when Elijah stands
before Israel and he said:
00:50:52.15\00:50:54.58
"How long do you
halt between two opinions?
00:50:54.78\00:50:56.58
If the Lord is
Jehovah, then serve Him
00:50:56.89\00:50:59.82
and if Baal, then serve him. "
00:51:00.02\00:51:01.36
He was saying his name.
00:51:01.49\00:51:02.82
His very name
says my God is Jehovah!
00:51:02.86\00:51:05.39
There's a little... a
whole story in Hebrew.
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.03
It's a play on words.
00:51:08.23\00:51:09.96
"That You are the Lord God...
" And notice the last words
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.37
of his prayer: "and that
You have turned their hearts
00:51:14.47\00:51:17.57
back to You again. "
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.08
And God couldn't
take it any longer.
00:51:20.18\00:51:22.18
Soon as He heard: "turn
their hearts back to You"
00:51:22.38\00:51:24.51
out of a cloudless sky
like a gigantic arc welder
00:51:24.91\00:51:29.82
this bolt of fire
came flashing down on top.
00:51:30.02\00:51:33.89
"Then the fire of the Lord fell
00:51:34.09\00:51:36.02
and it consumed the
burnt sacrifice, the wood,
00:51:36.42\00:51:39.96
the stones, the dust,
and it licked up the water
00:51:40.16\00:51:43.60
that was in the trench. "
00:51:43.70\00:51:46.27
They just saw sparks.
Ashes were flying everywhere.
00:51:46.57\00:51:50.64
Vapor from the steam.
00:51:50.74\00:51:52.77
All the prophets of Baal
and everybody went running
00:51:53.61\00:51:55.88
for their lives.
00:51:56.08\00:51:57.91
And then they looked and
they collected themselves
00:51:59.91\00:52:02.48
and there was nothing
but a smoldering crater
00:52:02.68\00:52:05.02
where that sacrifice had been.
00:52:05.32\00:52:08.06
"But now when all the people
saw it, they fell on their faces
00:52:08.26\00:52:11.96
and said: 'The
Lord... He is God;
00:52:12.16\00:52:13.93
the Lord... He is God. ' "
00:52:14.13\00:52:15.46
Had they really
had a revival yet?
00:52:16.23\00:52:18.03
Not yet. Before
they could have a revival
00:52:18.53\00:52:21.80
Elijah said: "Seize the
prophets of Baal. Do not let
00:52:22.00\00:52:26.01
one of them escape. "
00:52:26.21\00:52:28.38
You know, one of the keys to
having a revival is repentance?
00:52:28.88\00:52:32.28
Amen! The Holy Spirit
begins to work in the lives of
00:52:32.51\00:52:35.82
those who are
willing to obey. Amen!
00:52:36.05\00:52:38.45
Let me give you a
couple of verses on that.
00:52:38.89\00:52:40.79
Ezekiel 36:27.
00:52:41.19\00:52:43.39
"I will put My Spirit within
you and cause you to walk in
00:52:44.29\00:52:47.46
My statutes. And you will
keep My judgments and do them. "
00:52:47.66\00:52:50.90
Peter says - Acts 5:32:
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.90
"We are His
witnesses to these things
00:52:54.20\00:52:56.30
and so also is the Holy Spirit
whom God has given to those that
00:52:56.50\00:53:00.04
obey Him. "
00:53:00.24\00:53:02.01
Do you want the Holy Spirit?
00:53:02.71\00:53:04.28
John 14:15: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
00:53:04.68\00:53:08.12
How's the rest of that verse go?
00:53:08.32\00:53:09.65
"And I will pray the Father and
He will give you another helper
00:53:09.85\00:53:13.56
that He might abide with you
forever: the Spirit of Truth. "
00:53:13.76\00:53:16.56
And the book
Great Controversy, 478:
00:53:17.69\00:53:19.89
"It is only as the law of
God is restored to its rightful
00:53:20.30\00:53:23.97
position that there can be
a revival of primitive faith
00:53:24.17\00:53:27.10
and godliness among His
professed people. " Amen!
00:53:27.20\00:53:30.17
Jeremiah 6:16:
00:53:31.07\00:53:32.84
"Thus says the Lord:
'stand in the ways and see
00:53:33.04\00:53:36.41
and ask for the old
paths where the good way is
00:53:36.64\00:53:40.75
and walk in it. ' "
That's what we need.
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.82
Everybody's talking
about this new theology.
00:53:43.15\00:53:45.39
We need to get back where
the hearts of the children
00:53:45.59\00:53:47.99
are restored to the
fathers. We need to find
00:53:48.09\00:53:50.13
the old way where the
good paths were. Amen!
00:53:50.33\00:53:53.33
I Thessalonians 4:4:
I've got lots of scriptures
00:53:54.43\00:53:57.03
on this. "That every one of
you should know how to possess
00:53:57.13\00:53:59.73
his vessel in
sanctification and honor. "
00:53:59.93\00:54:02.04
The Holy Spirit...
praying for the Holy Spirit...
00:54:03.07\00:54:05.57
This may sound confusing.
00:54:05.87\00:54:07.61
Does God give you the
Holy Spirit after you decide
00:54:07.81\00:54:10.98
to obey Him? You can't obey
Him without the Holy Spirit.
00:54:11.08\00:54:13.85
But as God sends the
Spirit in conviction of our sin
00:54:14.78\00:54:17.59
and we repent of our
sin and we turn to Him
00:54:17.69\00:54:19.95
He pours out the Holy
Spirit on us then to fill us.
00:54:20.26\00:54:24.33
So it's the Holy Spirit
that leads us to conviction
00:54:24.56\00:54:26.86
but then it's the Holy
Spirit that enables us to obey.
00:54:27.16\00:54:30.33
Amen! And then the Holy Spirit
will fill us when we pray.
00:54:30.63\00:54:34.80
And that's what we need: we need
the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
00:54:35.07\00:54:38.41
the outpouring of the Spirit.
00:54:38.61\00:54:39.94
So you know the story.
00:54:40.11\00:54:41.54
He said: "Take the prophets
of Baal. " They brought them
00:54:42.38\00:54:44.25
down to the brook
Kidron. They were all executed.
00:54:44.31\00:54:46.88
I mean, what good is the
revival if the next day they're
00:54:47.12\00:54:49.38
going to wake up
and offer to Baal again?
00:54:49.48\00:54:51.15
If you want to see a revival,
then we need to have repentance
00:54:52.22\00:54:55.19
and reform. Amen! They
needed to make a change.
00:54:55.42\00:54:58.13
And so he... In one fell
swoop he kind of eradicated
00:54:59.06\00:55:02.83
all of Jezebel's
prophets in one day.
00:55:03.03\00:55:05.10
And then he told Ahab, he
said: "You'd better get to your
00:55:05.50\00:55:08.54
chariot and you'd
better head for Jezreel
00:55:08.64\00:55:12.34
because there's the sound
of an abundance of rain. "
00:55:12.64\00:55:15.08
Elijah went up on
the mountain before.
00:55:16.31\00:55:18.11
He knelt down and
he prayed seven times.
00:55:18.31\00:55:20.55
Every time he prayed he
sent his assistant. He said:
00:55:20.85\00:55:22.95
"You see anything coming
from the Mediterranean? "
00:55:23.05\00:55:24.95
Says: "Nothing. It
hasn't rained in years.
00:55:25.25\00:55:27.36
What do you mean? "
Knelt... he prayed again.
00:55:27.46\00:55:29.79
"Anything yet? " "No. "
00:55:30.09\00:55:32.43
Seven times. Seventh time
the boy comes back and says:
00:55:32.73\00:55:36.36
"You know, I saw the
strangest thing: a little cloud,
00:55:36.60\00:55:39.67
little poof of vapor
coming up out of the ocean
00:55:39.90\00:55:42.04
just as big as a man's hand. "
00:55:42.24\00:55:43.81
That's all that Elijah needed.
00:55:44.01\00:55:45.81
If you've got faith like
a grain of mustard seed...
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.74
He knew that that little
cloud was going to grow into
00:55:48.04\00:55:51.81
a mighty thunderhead.
Supercell as they say.
00:55:52.01\00:55:55.68
And it grew and it developed
and it turned into a great...
00:55:56.18\00:55:59.59
The Bible says "the
heavens grew black. "
00:55:59.89\00:56:02.32
And the rain poured and Elijah
did something really strange.
00:56:02.52\00:56:07.73
In that storm where
the lightning is flashing
00:56:07.93\00:56:10.17
and the wind is howling
and the rain is pounding
00:56:10.27\00:56:12.43
from the skies, he goes
out and he runs ahead of Ahab's
00:56:12.73\00:56:16.71
chariot. There he's a
type of John the Baptist
00:56:16.91\00:56:21.51
where he's going before the king
00:56:21.81\00:56:24.01
'cause John the Baptist
prepared the way for the King.
00:56:24.31\00:56:27.05
He's showing respect. He
says: "You're the king now.
00:56:27.35\00:56:29.52
As bad as you are, you're the
king and I'm going to honor you
00:56:29.72\00:56:32.52
but you need to keep
this revival going. "
00:56:32.75\00:56:34.66
Our King is coming, and the
Lord is looking for some people
00:56:36.42\00:56:40.63
who are willing
to go out before Him
00:56:40.83\00:56:42.50
and to prepare the way
00:56:42.80\00:56:44.43
and to give the
message a certain sound.
00:56:45.33\00:56:48.34
We need a storm.
00:56:49.30\00:56:51.37
We need the
outpouring of God's Spirit.
00:56:51.67\00:56:53.17
And we need not expect it
except in answer to prayer.
00:56:54.18\00:56:57.75
It is the greatest of
all of our needs, friends.
00:56:58.81\00:57:01.08
You can't do anything
without the Holy Spirit.
00:57:01.98\00:57:03.99
You know, in II
Chronicles 7:14 is that verse:
00:57:04.39\00:57:07.19
"If My people, who
are called by My name,
00:57:07.49\00:57:10.73
will humble themselves and pray
00:57:11.13\00:57:13.36
and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways
00:57:13.56\00:57:18.33
then I will hear from heaven.
00:57:18.57\00:57:20.20
I will forgive their sin
and I will heal their land. "
00:57:20.50\00:57:22.94
If we will humble
ourselves and pray and repent
00:57:23.97\00:57:26.41
and turn from our wicked
ways, God is more willing
00:57:26.61\00:57:28.91
to answer our
prayers than we are to ask.
00:57:29.11\00:57:30.98
We must do our part
by emptying ourselves
00:57:31.38\00:57:34.95
so He can fill us.
This is our greatest need.
00:57:35.08\00:57:37.62
Amen! And I just think
it would be appropriate
00:57:37.72\00:57:41.49
after this Camp Meeting
that has been a spiritual feast
00:57:41.69\00:57:44.19
through this weekend
to do something tangible
00:57:44.29\00:57:48.63
and to just really ask
God for His Spirit right now.
00:57:48.83\00:57:52.20
And you know, the relation-
ships and the social part of
00:57:52.63\00:57:55.94
Camp Meeting is wonderful.
And those who've been watching
00:57:56.04\00:57:58.01
we trust you've been blessed.
00:57:58.21\00:57:59.54
But if we don't do anything
real with what we've heard
00:57:59.71\00:58:02.98
then it's like looking
at our faces in a glass
00:58:03.38\00:58:05.71
going away and being the
same kind of person we were
00:58:05.91\00:58:07.75
when we came. Amen! I'd
like to ask for those that
00:58:07.85\00:58:11.39
are able if as we close
00:58:11.49\00:58:15.09
if you'd be willing to
kneel with me and pray.
00:58:15.29\00:58:18.06
And I know that it
may be difficult for some.
00:58:19.43\00:58:21.50
Getting more
difficult for me all the time.
00:58:21.70\00:58:23.23
But I just think there's
a time to do what Elijah did
00:58:23.53\00:58:26.37
and kneel and to pray and
say: "Lord, make a difference
00:58:26.57\00:58:29.64
in our lives and
send the Holy Spirit
00:58:29.84\00:58:31.74
and let there be a
revival among Your people. "
00:58:32.14\00:58:34.54
Loving Father, Lord,
You've made a promise
00:58:40.22\00:58:43.45
that if we seek Your face,
00:58:43.95\00:58:46.42
if we humble ourselves,
00:58:46.62\00:58:48.62
that You will hear from
heaven and forgive our sins
00:58:48.82\00:58:51.93
and heal our land.
00:58:52.13\00:58:53.46
Lord, we desperately
need revival. We need it in
00:58:53.63\00:58:55.90
our lives individually;
we need it in our church;
00:58:56.10\00:58:59.43
we need it as a country.
00:58:59.63\00:59:01.67
And it may mean
that there needs to be
00:59:02.87\00:59:05.14
trouble first... even as
Elijah prayed for a drought
00:59:05.34\00:59:09.48
before he could send the rain.
00:59:09.68\00:59:11.01
And I pray, Lord, that You
will forgive us for our sins.
00:59:12.05\00:59:15.55
We'd like to repent not
only of our sins as individuals
00:59:16.52\00:59:19.65
but Isaiah said: "As
I was confessing my sin
00:59:20.79\00:59:24.46
and the sin of my
people... " Or Daniel said.
00:59:24.66\00:59:26.66
And Isaiah said: "I am a man
of unclean lips and I dwell in
00:59:27.06\00:59:30.37
the midst of a people
of unclean lips. " Lord,
00:59:30.47\00:59:32.30
corporately we repent.
00:59:32.50\00:59:34.27
We pray that You'll forgive us.
00:59:34.77\00:59:36.57
And Lord, we ask that You do
for us what we could never do
00:59:38.04\00:59:41.34
for ourselves: You give us
the power to follow through.
00:59:41.41\00:59:44.68
Let there be real changes.
00:59:45.08\00:59:47.05
I've been visiting with
brothers and sisters this week
00:59:47.35\00:59:49.98
and I know there's a
lot of struggles, temptation
00:59:50.19\00:59:52.35
we all grapple with.
00:59:52.55\00:59:53.89
Help us to live
lives where we demonstrate
00:59:54.06\00:59:55.82
what a real Christian is. Amen!
00:59:55.92\00:59:57.89
Help us to be holy. I
pray, Lord, Your blessing
00:59:58.09\01:00:02.16
on every person and we're
asking for traveling mercies
01:00:02.36\01:00:06.27
as we go to our different
homes. And I pray that we bring
01:00:06.47\01:00:10.94
the spirit of revival with us.
01:00:11.14\01:00:13.17
Lord, You said
You'd pour out the Spirit
01:00:14.21\01:00:16.41
as You did in the
days of the apostles.
01:00:16.61\01:00:18.58
They were in one place
and they were in one accord.
01:00:18.88\01:00:21.38
Lord, some of us may
need to forgive others
01:00:22.38\01:00:24.72
for hurts that we received. Help
us to do that from our hearts.
01:00:24.92\01:00:27.92
Some of us might need
to ask for forgiveness.
01:00:28.42\01:00:30.69
I pray that we'll have
the courage and the spirit to
01:00:30.99\01:00:33.26
approach people and to
apologize if we need that.
01:00:33.46\01:00:36.70
Anything that would prevent
the flowing of Your Spirit,
01:00:37.70\01:00:40.24
Lord, reveal that.
01:00:40.44\01:00:41.77
We're getting
too close to the end
01:00:42.07\01:00:43.54
and we just pray that we
can experience real revival.
01:00:43.74\01:00:46.47
Thank you for the work
and the ministry of 3ABN.
01:00:46.88\01:00:50.65
I pray You'll continue to
just set a hedge of angels
01:00:50.88\01:00:53.01
about the ministry
and all that work here
01:00:53.21\01:00:55.05
and the wonderful work
they're doing and bless them.
01:00:55.35\01:00:57.92
And Lord, just bring
revival to Your church. Amen!
01:00:58.22\01:01:01.76
We thank you, Lord,
because we believe Your Spirit
01:01:01.89\01:01:03.96
is present now. We believe that
You're beginning to do something
01:01:04.06\01:01:07.53
and there will be
a marked difference.
01:01:07.73\01:01:09.60
Prepare us for Jesus' coming
and help us prepare others.
01:01:09.90\01:01:13.17
We thank you and pray in
Christ's name, Amen. Amen.
01:01:13.37\01:01:17.54
Thank you Doug.
01:01:25.71\01:01:27.88
All right. It's hard to believe
Camp Meeting's just about over,
01:01:30.32\01:01:33.46
huh? Ya'll been
blessed? You glad you came?
01:01:33.66\01:01:36.66
Amen! Wow! I felt
tremendous blessings.
01:01:36.86\01:01:40.16
We're doing what we call just
a little bit of an afterglow.
01:01:40.36\01:01:43.30
Kenny and Chris:
come on up if you would.
01:01:43.50\01:01:45.33
We're doing a little
afterglow we want to call this.
01:01:46.23\01:01:48.40
Jim is good at that, but we
wanted to just take a couple
01:01:48.60\01:01:50.81
moments to talk to
you from the heart.
01:01:51.01\01:01:52.87
Jim Gilley. And we wanted
to let all of you know how much
01:01:53.07\01:01:56.31
we love and appreciate you
01:01:56.51\01:01:57.95
and all of your
support for 3ABN.
01:01:58.25\01:02:00.42
For Amazing
Facts... Doug, that's here.
01:02:00.62\01:02:02.58
And for all that you
do for the cause of God.
01:02:02.78\01:02:05.75
But we want to spend
just a few moments together
01:02:06.09\01:02:08.19
before we leave, and we're
staying on the air this time.
01:02:08.39\01:02:11.13
We decided: you know, sometimes
some of the best things happen
01:02:11.33\01:02:14.30
right after we go off the air.
So Jim said: "Let's just stay on
01:02:14.50\01:02:17.73
the air for a little bit. " And
that's what we're going to do.
01:02:17.83\01:02:20.54
And we prayed and
asked the Lord to bless here.
01:02:20.74\01:02:22.60
Amen. And you know,
the Lord has been blessing
01:02:22.90\01:02:25.24
and you have been
blessing 3ABN and NAPS.
01:02:25.44\01:02:29.81
You remember we
had the gift of a
01:02:30.21\01:02:34.08
truck/bus/van - $25,000.
01:02:34.28\01:02:38.95
And we took up an
offering from you.
01:02:39.35\01:02:42.79
$8,000 has been raised
from this group so far for that.
01:02:43.19\01:02:47.26
Amen? Amen! See,
that's where we are right now.
01:02:47.46\01:02:50.57
And we believe
the rest is coming in.
01:02:54.07\01:02:56.54
Danny, we've told them
"Order the van, " all right?
01:02:56.64\01:02:59.24
That's right. "By
faith order the van. "
01:02:59.54\01:03:01.74
Absolutely. So that has...
01:03:02.04\01:03:05.65
But don't leave
us holding the bag
01:03:05.85\01:03:08.32
'cause I don't want C.A. to have
to make this whole thing up.
01:03:08.52\01:03:12.22
Yeah, we don't want to have
to take it out of his check.
01:03:12.62\01:03:14.72
You know, that'd be terrible.
His hand went up down there.
01:03:15.02\01:03:18.83
Some kind of... Well I
asked him about it. He said
01:03:19.03\01:03:21.26
he was just praising the
Lord. Oh, I see. Not really.
01:03:21.36\01:03:24.50
Well listen... And then
today we took our offering
01:03:24.90\01:03:28.67
for moving towards our
million dollar offering
01:03:28.87\01:03:32.61
and $41,000 came in from you.
01:03:32.91\01:03:37.05
We haven't heard from
those by television yet.
01:03:37.25\01:03:40.08
And then we had a challenge
gift from some folks here.
01:03:41.28\01:03:46.35
They said they will do $200,000
01:03:46.86\01:03:50.39
if that would be matched.
01:03:50.69\01:03:53.03
So we're praying about
somebody matching that $200,000.
01:03:53.23\01:03:58.23
And I tell you... And
Danny, that... that's not
01:03:58.73\01:04:03.54
for some rich people.
That's from people that
01:04:03.64\01:04:06.41
just are committed and
love the Lord and want to
01:04:06.61\01:04:09.31
see the work finished.
They want us to go home.
01:04:09.51\01:04:13.05
And they know we need to
finish off this high-def and be
01:04:13.45\01:04:18.62
able to get going in
order to get the message out.
01:04:18.82\01:04:21.52
So we praise God
for what He's doing
01:04:21.92\01:04:25.09
and for your
commitment to the Lord.
01:04:25.29\01:04:27.23
Well, the needs are
great but God is greater.
01:04:27.53\01:04:29.50
Amen! And you know, He
works through His people:
01:04:29.80\01:04:32.33
and that's each
and every one of you.
01:04:32.63\01:04:34.00
And that's each one of us.
And we talk to our own people
01:04:34.10\01:04:38.34
here and to ourselves even.
01:04:38.54\01:04:40.41
I thought about it myself.
You know, a lot of times we
01:04:40.61\01:04:42.14
think because we work for
the Lord all during the week
01:04:42.34\01:04:45.31
that we really don't
have to do anything else.
01:04:45.41\01:04:47.22
But you know, most
of us who are here:
01:04:47.42\01:04:49.65
we get paid to do our job
so we're not getting any marks
01:04:49.85\01:04:53.22
in heaven for what we do, right?
01:04:53.42\01:04:54.76
It's our relationship
with Jesus, where our heart is,
01:04:54.82\01:04:58.79
and what we do when
we're not during work hours
01:04:58.99\01:05:01.76
or what have you.
So that's for all of us
01:05:01.96\01:05:03.97
and maybe many of
you who work in ministry.
01:05:04.17\01:05:06.37
And so you say:
"Well, I work in ministry,
01:05:06.70\01:05:08.74
you know, 40 hours a
week. " Or "I'm whatever... "
01:05:08.94\01:05:11.21
Well that has
nothing to do with anything.
01:05:11.41\01:05:13.17
You know, but it's a
relationship with Jesus.
01:05:13.48\01:05:15.34
And we're living close enough
I believe to earth's history,
01:05:15.54\01:05:18.81
the closing
moments of earth's history,
01:05:19.01\01:05:20.48
that God is allowing us to
see how wicked this world is.
01:05:20.78\01:05:24.55
Did you ever think
even two years ago,
01:05:24.85\01:05:27.36
maybe 6 months ago, that
there'd be groups of people
01:05:27.56\01:05:30.33
that literally on video
would behead other people?
01:05:30.53\01:05:33.90
Literally violence
that's going on all around.
01:05:34.20\01:05:37.27
The wars and rumors of wars.
01:05:37.47\01:05:38.87
Did you ever think you'd live
in the United States of America
01:05:39.07\01:05:41.64
and see that foreign terrorists
01:05:41.84\01:05:45.74
literally can come
in through the media.
01:05:45.94\01:05:47.61
See, the media... God
intended for us to use it
01:05:47.81\01:05:49.91
but they're coming in
through the media and literally
01:05:50.11\01:05:52.81
successfully recruiting
young American men to go
01:05:52.91\01:05:56.38
overseas to the Middle East
to learn how to be professional
01:05:56.58\01:05:59.92
killers to come
back and kill and destroy
01:06:00.12\01:06:02.39
in the United
States... their own country.
01:06:02.59\01:06:04.63
Could we have thought
that even a few years ago?
01:06:04.66\01:06:07.06
We never thought
that would happen.
01:06:07.56\01:06:09.40
But today I think
God is allowing this.
01:06:09.60\01:06:11.57
There's always been evil, but
it says it's going to get more
01:06:11.67\01:06:14.34
and more evil
continually... thank you...
01:06:14.44\01:06:17.34
till Jesus comes. And so
that's exactly what's happening.
01:06:17.54\01:06:20.78
But through media
we're able to see it
01:06:20.98\01:06:23.18
and it should be a wake-up call.
01:06:23.28\01:06:25.21
Should be a wake-up
call. When Doug talked about...
01:06:25.41\01:06:28.18
We saw the same thing,
Doug. At 9/11 our offerings went
01:06:28.38\01:06:31.15
way up. People were... You know,
more people coming to church.
01:06:31.35\01:06:35.72
More people giving, and suddenly
there was this awakening.
01:06:35.92\01:06:39.83
But once things
leveled out it goes back again.
01:06:40.03\01:06:43.26
You see that yourself.
You've mentioned it already.
01:06:43.67\01:06:46.03
You need to have something that
will sustain your enthusiasm
01:06:46.23\01:06:49.30
besides a crisis. Amen! That's
right! A daily relationship.
01:06:49.50\01:06:52.71
You just said...
it's a relationship.
01:06:53.01\01:06:55.41
How do we do that? I
mean, there's folks that say
01:06:55.61\01:06:57.65
"I really want to do what's good
but I just have a hard time. "
01:06:57.85\01:07:01.15
If you know
God, you'll love Him.
01:07:01.55\01:07:04.09
If you love Him,
you'll serve Him.
01:07:04.29\01:07:06.05
The effort we need to
make is in getting to know Him.
01:07:06.25\01:07:08.52
You fall in love with
someone because you communicate
01:07:08.82\01:07:11.46
with them. And as we talk
with the Lord through prayer
01:07:11.66\01:07:14.36
as He speaks to us through
His word, through sermons,
01:07:14.66\01:07:17.43
through providence,
you get to know Him.
01:07:17.63\01:07:20.07
And if you know Him, you'll
love Him. If you love Him,
01:07:20.37\01:07:21.74
you'll serve Him. Yes.
So we need to do all we can.
01:07:21.84\01:07:24.24
Like events like this...
you're coming closer to the Lord
01:07:24.44\01:07:26.98
I hope. You get to know
Him better; you seek after God.
01:07:27.08\01:07:29.64
You know Him; you'll love Him.
You love Him; you'll serve Him.
01:07:29.94\01:07:32.68
Lisa over here, can you
hit an E flat on the piano?
01:07:33.18\01:07:36.15
He touched me...
sing, everybody...
01:07:38.79\01:07:41.79
oh, He touched me.
01:07:41.99\01:07:47.73
And oh, the joy
01:07:48.23\01:07:52.77
that floods my soul.
01:07:52.97\01:07:57.61
Something happened...
01:07:58.57\01:08:02.88
Jesus said: "Behold... "
01:08:18.53\01:08:22.26
Isn't that a fabulous word?
01:08:22.66\01:08:24.60
Behold... look... study.
01:08:25.10\01:08:28.87
"Behold I come quickly. "
01:08:29.17\01:08:32.27
I saw a picture some
years ago of an old 1937 Ford
01:08:32.71\01:08:37.08
with a sign on it that
said: "Jesus is coming soon. "
01:08:37.28\01:08:40.25
And now here we are in 2014.
01:08:41.28\01:08:44.95
But Jesus is
still coming soon. Amen!
01:08:45.85\01:08:48.52
I believe it
with all of my heart.
01:08:48.72\01:08:50.69
How sad it would
be... How sad it would be
01:08:50.99\01:08:53.73
to feel what we felt
these last several days
01:08:54.13\01:08:57.30
to hear the music that we've
heard these last several days,
01:08:57.70\01:09:01.10
to listen to this preaching that
we've heard these last several
01:09:01.30\01:09:03.81
days, these wonderful sermons,
and to feel what you feel
01:09:03.91\01:09:06.64
bubbling in your heart right now
01:09:06.74\01:09:08.81
and then get
down to Judgment Day
01:09:08.91\01:09:11.61
and have Jesus
say: "Depart from Me...
01:09:11.81\01:09:14.12
I never knew you.
01:09:14.42\01:09:16.32
You were in
church and you gave money
01:09:16.82\01:09:19.85
and you sat and
listened to thousands of sermons
01:09:20.16\01:09:23.26
but you never
ever really knew Me. "
01:09:23.56\01:09:29.30
Wouldn't that be sad?
01:09:29.60\01:09:32.53
Think, think, think of
all the money you've given
01:09:33.03\01:09:36.81
to the cause of Christ
since you've joined the church.
01:09:36.94\01:09:40.61
Think of all the
sermons you've heard.
01:09:41.14\01:09:43.24
Think of all the
prayers you've prayed.
01:09:43.45\01:09:45.01
Think of all the Sabbath
School lessons that you've read
01:09:45.41\01:09:48.05
and thrown away.
01:09:48.25\01:09:50.32
Think of all the literature.
01:09:50.72\01:09:52.35
Think of all the times in
your life when somebody said
01:09:52.95\01:09:56.36
something to you
that was really stupid
01:09:56.56\01:09:59.89
and you wanted to
say something to them.
01:10:00.30\01:10:03.10
Well you didn't
do it... not you...
01:10:03.60\01:10:05.97
because you're
trying to be a Christian.
01:10:06.17\01:10:08.14
You're trying to serve the
Lord so you bit your tongue
01:10:08.54\01:10:11.74
and you said nothing.
01:10:12.04\01:10:13.94
Think of all the times you
knew people were saying things
01:10:14.44\01:10:17.05
about you... knew they
were plotting against you.
01:10:17.25\01:10:19.08
But you didn't retaliate...
no, not you... because
01:10:19.28\01:10:21.38
you're trying to be a Christian,
you're trying to serve the Lord.
01:10:21.48\01:10:24.85
Think of all the times you
picked the pepperoni off your
01:10:25.09\01:10:27.29
pizza
01:10:27.39\01:10:28.99
because you're
trying to serve the Lord.
01:10:35.46\01:10:37.30
All of the sacrifices
01:10:40.40\01:10:43.04
and then get
down to Judgment Day
01:10:43.44\01:10:46.24
and have Jesus
say: "Depart from Me.
01:10:46.74\01:10:49.88
I just don't know you
01:10:50.38\01:10:53.72
and you don't really know Me. "
01:10:54.22\01:10:56.38
How apocalyptically
sad that will be.
01:10:57.45\01:11:02.12
This is not play! Amen!
01:11:03.02\01:11:06.03
This is real stuff. Amen!
01:11:06.56\01:11:09.46
This is serious business.
01:11:09.63\01:11:12.10
This is as Doug
said: "life and death
01:11:12.40\01:11:16.34
in the balances. "
We've got nothing else to do
01:11:16.74\01:11:24.11
but serve Jesus - Amen! -
and serve Him till the day
01:11:24.61\01:11:29.12
we draw our last breath
01:11:29.32\01:11:31.35
or we see Him face
to blessed face. Amen!
01:11:31.75\01:11:36.99
Oh, how I love Jesus.
01:11:37.29\01:11:40.60
I'm thankful tonight to
be part of the family of God.
01:11:45.53\01:11:48.04
Amen! Thankful for His
grace, thankful for His mercy,
01:11:48.24\01:11:51.57
His longsuffering. Thankful
for the music and messages.
01:11:51.67\01:11:55.31
All of it just hits home
01:11:55.44\01:11:58.88
how close we are to
the coming of Jesus.
01:11:59.18\01:12:01.52
My heart just
thrills to think about it.
01:12:01.82\01:12:03.65
I was talking with
someone this afternoon. I said:
01:12:03.85\01:12:05.59
"You know I've
lived long enough finally
01:12:05.79\01:12:07.72
in this world to where... "
I said: "there's nothing here
01:12:08.02\01:12:11.23
to keep me here. There's
nothing here that I'm really
01:12:11.43\01:12:15.16
interested in any more. "
01:12:15.36\01:12:18.20
And that theme song that
we always sing, you know,
01:12:18.50\01:12:20.84
this world is not my home;
I'm just a passin' through.
01:12:21.00\01:12:24.67
It's beginning to ring
true and louder than ever before
01:12:24.91\01:12:28.68
in my own heart, in my own life.
01:12:28.78\01:12:30.65
And the people that I talk to
are saying there's nothing here.
01:12:30.85\01:12:33.92
I want to go home. And
Pastor Doug brought out
01:12:34.05\01:12:36.85
beautifully the
time of preparation.
01:12:37.05\01:12:39.39
That the winds are blowing;
they're going to become more
01:12:39.69\01:12:42.69
severe... and everything
that's not anchored down -
01:12:42.79\01:12:46.29
fastened down -
will be blown away.
01:12:46.49\01:12:48.20
And I want to be fastened.
01:12:48.30\01:12:49.86
As Bro. C.A. was talking about
here, just my heart went to...
01:12:50.07\01:12:53.70
Jesus said: "If I be lifted up,
01:12:53.80\01:12:55.87
I will draw all men unto Me. "
01:12:56.17\01:12:58.14
And so we need to
lift up the name of Jesus.
01:12:58.34\01:13:00.94
It's all about
Him... it's not about us.
01:13:01.44\01:13:03.91
It's not about what
I'm doing, what He's doing.
01:13:04.21\01:13:06.21
It's Jesus. Where is He
at? In the Most Holy Place.
01:13:06.51\01:13:09.12
What is He doing?
He's interceding for me!
01:13:09.32\01:13:10.85
Why? Because I need Him.
01:13:11.15\01:13:13.02
There's no way that heaven
can be my home without Him.
01:13:13.32\01:13:15.59
And I'm claiming
His mercy, His grace.
01:13:16.86\01:13:18.76
I'm claiming the
cross of Calvary.
01:13:18.96\01:13:20.30
And so I'm thankful tonight
once again to be part of the
01:13:20.70\01:13:23.06
family of God... to
be part of a ministry
01:13:23.16\01:13:26.40
that's going into all the world
to reach those who are lost
01:13:26.60\01:13:30.31
and dying. And I think
about every day that goes by
01:13:30.41\01:13:33.21
I wonder... That old
song... we sing: "I wonder
01:13:33.41\01:13:35.18
have I done my best for Jesus? "
01:13:35.28\01:13:36.95
You know what? I
ring up a lot of zeroes
01:13:37.15\01:13:39.21
and I'm not happy about that.
01:13:39.41\01:13:40.75
I'm thinking... And
it's not about works
01:13:41.08\01:13:42.95
but it's about the longing
of the heart to see Jesus.
01:13:43.15\01:13:46.29
About others to be
saved in the kingdom.
01:13:46.69\01:13:48.52
And so it's such a privilege
to be part of the family.
01:13:49.02\01:13:52.99
I'm thankful to get to
know each one better here
01:13:53.19\01:13:55.00
and be part... a little
closer knit with 3ABN family.
01:13:55.20\01:13:57.90
I will say: what
you see is what you get.
01:13:58.10\01:14:00.80
I'm thankful for that.
01:14:01.00\01:14:02.34
I am really thankful for that...
for the privilege to reach
01:14:02.47\01:14:04.57
the world with the
message that Jesus is coming.
01:14:04.77\01:14:07.44
I want to be
ready when Jesus comes.
01:14:07.74\01:14:10.28
I really do. And I know
each one of you do, too.
01:14:10.58\01:14:12.41
Pledge that. You made that
commitment tonight, didn't you.
01:14:12.71\01:14:15.65
When Jesus comes you
don't want to miss it
01:14:16.15\01:14:19.35
because I'll tell you
this: you missed your reason
01:14:19.45\01:14:21.36
for being here.
If we miss heaven,
01:14:21.46\01:14:23.26
you've missed your calling,
you've missed your purpose.
01:14:23.49\01:14:25.06
We're here to
re-populate heaven.
01:14:25.56\01:14:27.30
Make sure we do
that by the grace of God:
01:14:27.50\01:14:29.16
His grace and His strength.
God bless each one. Thank you.
01:14:29.36\01:14:31.73
Lisa, about E flat I
think. Kenny said it twice,
01:14:31.93\01:14:35.24
two or three
times: Family of God.
01:14:35.44\01:14:37.37
I think we'd better sing
it. John, lead us in this.
01:14:37.47\01:14:39.61
I'm so glad I'm a part
01:14:39.91\01:14:44.78
of the family of God.
01:14:44.98\01:14:49.38
I've been
washed in the fountain,
01:14:49.68\01:14:54.36
cleansed by His blood.
01:14:54.66\01:14:58.89
Joint heirs with Jesus
01:14:59.19\01:15:02.76
as we travel this sod...
01:15:02.96\01:15:07.20
for I'm part of the family...
01:15:07.50\01:15:11.97
the family of God.
01:15:12.27\01:15:16.24
OK Shelley Quinn: you've
got something on your heart
01:15:16.44\01:15:17.78
I can see. I don't
know how you knew that, but
01:15:17.81\01:15:21.48
Doug was mentioning
tonight about a gully washer.
01:15:21.68\01:15:25.59
Zechariah and the
storm that's coming.
01:15:25.89\01:15:28.02
We lived in Texas
when we were first married.
01:15:28.42\01:15:31.86
We moved to the farm, and
it had been a 5-year drought
01:15:32.06\01:15:35.30
there and I prayed
for a gully washer.
01:15:35.50\01:15:38.03
Oh, every night I'd go to bed
and I prayed: "Lord, let there
01:15:38.33\01:15:40.67
be a gully washer. " 'Cause the
ground had huge cracks in it.
01:15:40.77\01:15:45.21
It was so hard and so dry that
you could just break an ankle
01:15:45.41\01:15:49.28
walking along.
And one night it came!
01:15:49.48\01:15:52.81
Just out of the clear blue sky
storm clouds started coming up
01:15:53.01\01:15:57.55
and then came a gully washer
just beatin' down on that tin
01:15:57.85\01:16:01.72
roof, and it was
wonderful to hear.
01:16:01.82\01:16:03.83
The next day I
couldn't wait to get up
01:16:04.03\01:16:06.43
and to go out and
see what had happened.
01:16:06.73\01:16:10.47
The ground was
just as dry and hard
01:16:10.87\01:16:14.77
as it had ever been, because
the ground was so dry and hard
01:16:15.07\01:16:20.01
that when the rain came down
that fast it wouldn't penetrate.
01:16:20.31\01:16:25.21
It just ran off.
01:16:25.51\01:16:27.85
And the Lord spoke
to me and said this:
01:16:28.15\01:16:31.15
"That if our hearts are
like that hardened ground
01:16:31.45\01:16:36.09
if you think that you're going
to wait till the last minute
01:16:36.29\01:16:39.53
and receive the
baptism of the Holy Spirit... "
01:16:39.73\01:16:42.03
No, no, no, no.
01:16:42.33\01:16:43.67
It has to be the
ground that is already moist,
01:16:43.90\01:16:49.34
the ground that is already soft,
01:16:49.54\01:16:52.87
is what can receive the rain.
01:16:53.07\01:16:55.24
So if we don't have
the Holy Spirit now...
01:16:55.44\01:16:59.21
Every day you should be praying.
01:16:59.31\01:17:00.98
Every morning when you wake up:
01:17:01.02\01:17:03.72
"Oh Lord, fill me with
Your Spirit afresh. " Amen!
01:17:03.92\01:17:07.76
Because the Latter
Rain will run off your back
01:17:07.89\01:17:12.26
like water off of a duck's back
01:17:12.46\01:17:14.56
if your heart is not
already prepared. Amen!
01:17:14.76\01:17:19.57
I was hiding in the back
'cause I didn't want Danny
01:17:27.48\01:17:29.54
to look at me. He's
already dressing like me
01:17:29.64\01:17:34.08
but I didn't want
him looking like me.
01:17:34.22\01:17:35.75
You're my hero!
01:17:39.89\01:17:41.49
Pastor Doug tonight
talked about in his story
01:17:45.16\01:17:49.26
of Elijah up on the mountain
01:17:49.36\01:17:51.10
450 of his friends
were standing around there.
01:17:52.83\01:17:56.37
And he stood there and listened
to their cheers and their jeers
01:17:57.07\01:18:01.11
and chiding them. And he
knew nothing was going to happen
01:18:01.31\01:18:05.41
because he
believed in the Creator God.
01:18:05.61\01:18:08.85
So he waited until his turn.
He poured the water on there
01:18:10.92\01:18:13.72
and then he poured
the water on again.
01:18:13.92\01:18:15.59
And he was bold.
01:18:17.13\01:18:19.39
I want to be that
kind of guy for Jesus.
01:18:19.89\01:18:22.63
Amen! I want to be bold for Him.
01:18:22.83\01:18:25.73
Amen! Fear not!
Don't live in fear.
01:18:25.93\01:18:29.70
Fear is from Satan.
01:18:31.14\01:18:32.97
Fear for your health,
fear for your finances.
01:18:34.18\01:18:36.95
Fear for relationship...
fear, fear, fear, fear, fear.
01:18:37.18\01:18:40.28
Let's go to Jesus - all
right - and not fear. Amen!
01:18:40.78\01:18:45.45
Listen to your thoughts.
Are you thinking in fear?
01:18:46.19\01:18:50.23
Or are you listening
to the Spirit of God?
01:18:51.56\01:18:54.40
The fruits of the
Spirit are what? Love, joy,
01:18:54.90\01:18:58.10
peace, kindness,
tenderness, gentleness,
01:18:58.30\01:18:59.97
self control. That's the
stuff we want to be hearing.
01:19:00.17\01:19:03.71
Amen! Put fear out of your
life. Let's be bold like Elijah.
01:19:04.01\01:19:08.41
Stand up for Jesus.
01:19:08.71\01:19:11.08
Stand up for Him.
01:19:11.48\01:19:13.58
Get up and spend time with Him.
01:19:14.18\01:19:16.05
We all... Pastor Doug... I've
been hearing that all my life.
01:19:16.25\01:19:19.09
But that's what we
have to do all day long.
01:19:19.49\01:19:22.56
Don't listen to the
junk stations on TV.
01:19:22.96\01:19:25.26
Don't listen to the news. You
can look at the news headlines
01:19:25.36\01:19:28.86
in 5 minutes in the morning and
you'll know what it's gonna...
01:19:28.96\01:19:31.43
It's the same! What's
the Bible got to say to you?
01:19:31.67\01:19:35.84
You're troubled
about the stock market.
01:19:36.34\01:19:38.37
You're troubled about this,
you're troubled about that.
01:19:38.57\01:19:40.24
You read the
Bible... are you troubled?
01:19:41.78\01:19:43.81
You might be if you're
hanging on to some secret sin.
01:19:45.01\01:19:47.65
That's a sure sign
you need to let go of it.
01:19:48.05\01:19:50.75
Ask the Lord what
He wants you to dump.
01:19:51.79\01:19:54.79
He'll tell you.
You know already.
01:19:55.09\01:19:56.93
Soon as I said that
everybody knew what they were
01:19:57.43\01:19:59.63
hanging on to 'cause the
Spirit's already told us.
01:19:59.73\01:20:03.80
So pay attention.
Let's get the gospel out;
01:20:05.03\01:20:07.60
let's let go of our finances.
Give to Jesus and get it done.
01:20:07.80\01:20:12.27
We don't need it. If
you can't buy or sell,
01:20:12.51\01:20:14.08
what good is it going to do you?
01:20:14.18\01:20:15.51
It's going to be a millstone
around your neck, isn't it?
01:20:15.84\01:20:18.15
Yeah, yeah. Praise Jesus!
01:20:18.55\01:20:21.52
I'm so glad I'm a part
01:20:21.72\01:20:25.65
of the family of God.
01:20:25.85\01:20:29.99
I've been
washed in the fountain;
01:20:30.19\01:20:35.06
cleansed by His blood.
01:20:35.36\01:20:39.43
Joint heirs with Jesus
01:20:39.83\01:20:43.30
as we travel this sod
01:20:43.51\01:20:47.78
for I'm part of the family...
01:20:48.18\01:20:52.58
the family of God.
01:20:52.88\01:20:58.62
Sometimes I sit and
recall where I've come from.
01:20:59.12\01:21:02.26
And I'm always
amazed that God could take
01:21:04.36\01:21:08.63
clay and mold it for His glory.
01:21:09.76\01:21:13.07
Amen! I was watching ABC news...
01:21:13.37\01:21:16.27
Usually in the morning
when I'm getting ready I watch
01:21:17.47\01:21:19.27
Good Morning America.
01:21:19.37\01:21:20.78
And there was a group of young
people... only for 5 minutes...
01:21:21.14\01:21:24.35
five minutes.
01:21:24.55\01:21:26.95
I always turn to
3ABN when Today comes on.
01:21:27.25\01:21:30.35
Thank you. But there
was a group of young people
01:21:30.55\01:21:33.56
that had come from
disadvantaged backgrounds
01:21:33.76\01:21:36.09
and they had
gathered on the program
01:21:36.69\01:21:39.69
to be recognized world over.
01:21:40.00\01:21:43.33
And the host said: "We
have a surprise for you. "
01:21:44.80\01:21:47.80
And while they were looking
in this direction the curtain
01:21:48.10\01:21:51.57
opened and a young man by the
name of Josh Groban walked out.
01:21:51.67\01:21:54.78
And the young ladies
just immediately began to cry.
01:21:55.08\01:21:59.95
"I cannot believe
I'm meeting him! "
01:22:00.15\01:22:03.18
And I sat on the
edge of my bed and I said:
01:22:04.49\01:22:07.02
"They have no clue. I'm looking
forward to the day when I meet
01:22:08.69\01:22:12.73
Jesus! " All right.
01:22:12.83\01:22:14.70
Josh Groban... famous people.
01:22:15.00\01:22:17.70
It really doesn't even
merge in my heart any longer.
01:22:17.90\01:22:21.67
I've lived long
enough as Kenny has said
01:22:21.97\01:22:24.37
that my aim is not to
meet an earthly famous person -
01:22:24.77\01:22:28.68
Amen! - but to meet
my Lord and my Savior.
01:22:28.88\01:22:31.81
Amen! And so tonight as you
think about all the high points
01:22:32.11\01:22:35.18
in your life, about the
places that you've been,
01:22:35.28\01:22:37.19
about the things
that you've experienced...
01:22:37.39\01:22:38.75
As we travel around the
world my wife and I have come to
01:22:39.55\01:22:42.06
the conclusion again
that there's no place on earth
01:22:42.16\01:22:44.16
that we would rather
trade for the kingdom.
01:22:44.26\01:22:46.93
That's what makes... As
my wife and I have noticed
01:22:47.13\01:22:49.83
and sat down, that is
what has given passion to me
01:22:50.03\01:22:54.60
standing up and
proclaiming a message
01:22:54.70\01:22:57.54
because I want to
be in that kingdom.
01:22:57.84\01:23:00.58
And tonight, Danny, by faith
01:23:00.88\01:23:03.88
I claim that I am
going to be in that kingdom.
01:23:04.08\01:23:06.11
I am no longer living my life
wondering if I'm going to be
01:23:06.51\01:23:11.05
there. OK. My favorite
text has become I John 3:1-2.
01:23:11.15\01:23:15.66
"Behold what manner of love"
- OK - "the Father has bestowed
01:23:16.62\01:23:21.26
upon us that we should be called
the children of God. " Amen!
01:23:21.46\01:23:25.47
That's right! "Beloved, NOW
are we the children of God. "
01:23:25.57\01:23:28.87
Not we're going to be; not
in five years; but when? "NOW
01:23:28.97\01:23:32.74
we are the
children of God. " Amen!
01:23:33.24\01:23:36.04
But it doesn't stop there
because whenever I look at
01:23:36.28\01:23:38.65
the imperfections that God is
still working on, the chiseling
01:23:38.85\01:23:41.28
that's still
taking place in my life,
01:23:41.38\01:23:43.08
I say: "God, keep on chiseling.
Do whatever You need to do
01:23:43.49\01:23:46.65
to get me to fit
into the kingdom. " Amen!
01:23:46.86\01:23:48.79
Then it finishes
the verse by saying:
01:23:49.02\01:23:51.49
"Beloved, it has
not yet been revealed
01:23:51.89\01:23:55.93
what we shall be
but we do know... "
01:23:56.13\01:23:59.47
That's a
statement of confidence.
01:23:59.67\01:24:01.10
"But we do know...
" That's an assurance.
01:24:01.50\01:24:04.51
"that when He is
revealed we shall be like Him
01:24:04.71\01:24:08.24
for we shall see Him as He is. "
01:24:08.44\01:24:11.18
So I don't want to
be like Josh Groban.
01:24:11.38\01:24:13.55
I don't want to be like any
famous person on the planet.
01:24:13.75\01:24:15.68
I want to be like
Jesus. What do you say? Amen!
01:24:15.78\01:24:18.02
And so whenever I
read Revelation...
01:24:18.22\01:24:20.46
whenever I read
Revelation I get to the book
01:24:20.66\01:24:22.56
of Revelation and I
see my name all through it:
01:24:22.86\01:24:25.06
"and I John saw... " OK.
01:24:25.26\01:24:27.43
it gets awfully personal.
01:24:30.27\01:24:33.27
So I'm looking forward to the
day when I can see as John saw:
01:24:33.57\01:24:36.81
the saints standing
on the sea of glass.
01:24:37.31\01:24:39.61
I see myself there.
01:24:39.81\01:24:41.18
And I pray that that
is the vision you grasp:
01:24:41.38\01:24:43.98
see yourself there. That
sounds like a great book;
01:24:44.21\01:24:46.98
When I get
through reading Daniel
01:24:47.08\01:24:48.58
I'll come back and read John.
01:24:48.78\01:24:51.42
OK... all right. Somebody
got it. The rest of you didn't.
01:24:51.72\01:24:54.72
It went whishh,
right over your head.
01:24:54.86\01:24:56.79
Come up here Terry
Gene. This is Terry Gene.
01:24:56.99\01:24:59.09
I'm so glad... I'm glad for
all the paid church employees
01:24:59.19\01:25:02.73
around the world church
and all the administrators
01:25:02.93\01:25:05.00
but I'm especially
thankful for all the laymen.
01:25:05.33\01:25:07.54
The work cannot be finished
we're told by the pen of
01:25:07.84\01:25:10.37
inspiration
without the laymen, right?
01:25:10.47\01:25:13.17
So Terry Gene...
this is Terry Shelton,
01:25:13.48\01:25:15.94
my brother Ronnie's boy.
01:25:16.24\01:25:17.91
Man I mean... this is
my brother Ronnie's man.
01:25:18.11\01:25:20.42
He looks like a man to
me... doesn't it to you all?
01:25:20.72\01:25:22.72
So Terry Gene
when 3ABN first started
01:25:23.02\01:25:25.72
we didn't have anybody who
knew anything about television
01:25:26.02\01:25:29.26
except Clarence
Larson when he came to us.
01:25:29.46\01:25:31.89
So I said: "Clarence,
what are we going to do? "
01:25:32.19\01:25:34.83
So we called Terry... my
"neph" Terry Gene Shelton.
01:25:35.13\01:25:39.03
We called Rick
Shelton; we got Rodney Laney.
01:25:39.13\01:25:41.80
We got Brad Walker.
Some of these guys...
01:25:42.20\01:25:44.67
we had a bunch about
17 years old I think.
01:25:44.87\01:25:47.04
And that really
started the first trainees.
01:25:47.44\01:25:51.18
Tina, you were only like
20 when you came, weren't you?
01:25:51.38\01:25:54.02
Not very old;
she was very young:
01:25:54.32\01:25:56.89
20-something...
early 20's somewhere.
01:25:57.09\01:25:58.92
And so we got all these
kids when they were young.
01:25:59.22\01:26:02.22
But Terry... I never figured
Terry would ever be a preacher.
01:26:02.52\01:26:05.76
I never thought Kenny would.
He would not get up front.
01:26:05.79\01:26:08.00
He would rather take a whipping
than to even go Ingathering
01:26:08.10\01:26:11.00
because he didn't like
to knock on anybody's door.
01:26:11.20\01:26:13.17
So my dad would say:
"OK, you want a whipping
01:26:13.47\01:26:15.50
or you gonna go Ingathering?
" He'd say: "I'll just take the
01:26:15.70\01:26:17.31
beating. " 'Cause he
knew... at that point...
01:26:17.41\01:26:19.97
at that point it became a
beating. Once you didn't do
01:26:20.18\01:26:22.94
what my dad said now
you got a good thrashing.
01:26:23.04\01:26:25.15
So don't anybody get upset
about it. We're glad that our
01:26:25.35\01:26:27.82
parents cared enough
about us to not spare the rod.
01:26:27.92\01:26:31.15
And we needed it. But
then my brother Ronnie
01:26:31.45\01:26:35.02
my mother used to say: "He's
like that E.F. Hutton deal...
01:26:35.32\01:26:38.23
he hardly ever speaks.
People listen sometimes
01:26:38.53\01:26:41.33
but he doesn't talk at all. "
01:26:41.53\01:26:42.86
Then in his middle to
late 50's he started talking.
01:26:42.90\01:26:45.63
He waitd all tha
time and he's like Melody.
01:26:45.83\01:26:48.40
Somebody said: "Well
we didn't know you talk. "
01:26:48.64\01:26:50.11
He said: "I'm a
Shelton. I never got a chance.
01:26:50.31\01:26:51.87
All the rest of them...
All the rest of them would talk
01:26:52.07\01:26:54.68
so much I didn't get a chance. "
01:26:54.88\01:26:56.44
Terry Gene was one of
those behind-the-scene guys.
01:26:56.75\01:26:59.31
And Terry, you... what do
you do for the Frankfort...
01:26:59.71\01:27:02.42
for many years... the
Frankfort school system?
01:27:02.62\01:27:04.75
I manage the computer
network for 14 years now
01:27:05.05\01:27:07.92
in a little public
school system in West Frankfort.
01:27:08.12\01:27:09.96
Well what happened to
you? You're a man of few words.
01:27:10.26\01:27:12.29
You get some of that
from your dad, of course.
01:27:12.49\01:27:14.20
Maybe you didn't learn to
talk 'cause he didn't talk
01:27:14.40\01:27:16.50
growing up? Did you
guys do hand signals
01:27:16.60\01:27:18.57
or what? Probably a couple
little hand signals: yeah, nay.
01:27:18.67\01:27:21.74
What have you. But all of a
sudden something has changed
01:27:22.14\01:27:24.54
in your life. Tell us
what you're doing right now.
01:27:24.64\01:27:27.11
Right now I am serving as
the lay pastor of the little
01:27:27.61\01:27:32.35
church in West Frankfort
just down the road from here.
01:27:32.45\01:27:34.88
And that has been
for about 9 or 10 months.
01:27:35.28\01:27:38.35
And praise the Lord we
just had our first baptism
01:27:38.65\01:27:42.16
this past Sabbath.
We had four... four...
01:27:42.36\01:27:45.63
four precious souls
for the kingdom of God.
01:27:45.83\01:27:47.90
And my wife and I... it is
our privilege and our honor
01:27:48.40\01:27:52.83
to serve in the ministry. And
like I said, it's a lay pastor
01:27:53.13\01:27:56.94
position. It's a new program
in the Illinois Conference.
01:27:57.04\01:27:59.14
And I guess I'm the first
one in the Illinois Conference
01:27:59.54\01:28:03.08
to actually have
been given a church.
01:28:03.31\01:28:05.38
But in the last few weeks
God has been bringing people
01:28:05.58\01:28:09.62
across our path. It's
just amazing what God has done.
01:28:09.72\01:28:14.09
I'm looking at
my wife down here.
01:28:14.32\01:28:16.32
And these people that are
hurting and that are suffering
01:28:16.52\01:28:21.13
and their lives are
completely in shambles.
01:28:21.33\01:28:24.83
And you know, some of us...
we don't know what that's like.
01:28:25.13\01:28:27.80
You know, 'cause our lives
are pretty good really. Right?
01:28:28.20\01:28:31.51
You know, some of us.
But others of us have really
01:28:31.71\01:28:34.74
been through
some really bad stuff.
01:28:34.94\01:28:38.01
And I always think about
the story that Mrs. White wrote
01:28:38.61\01:28:42.48
about the man who was
going through the blizzard.
01:28:42.58\01:28:45.29
You know what I'm talking about?
And he was just about to give up
01:28:45.59\01:28:48.46
hope and it was cold.
And he said: "Oh, I'm not
01:28:48.66\01:28:52.96
going to make this!"
Until he heard... I guess
01:28:53.06\01:28:55.76
I don't know if it was a
parable or what, but he heard
01:28:55.86\01:28:57.67
in the distance someone else
that was caught in the blizzard.
01:28:57.77\01:29:02.27
And did he say: "Oh,
I can't do anything? "
01:29:02.67\01:29:04.87
No! He went over and
he got that person and he
01:29:05.07\01:29:07.84
put him over his shoulders
and he began to walk through.
01:29:07.94\01:29:10.55
As they began to trudge
together through the snow
01:29:10.65\01:29:14.85
they realized that
the blood was pumping
01:29:15.05\01:29:17.39
and his body was heating
up and he was saving himself
01:29:17.69\01:29:21.06
because he was
saving someone else. Amen!
01:29:21.16\01:29:23.86
And I tell you what:
being in the ministry
01:29:24.16\01:29:27.83
in that little
church just down the road
01:29:28.13\01:29:30.53
and having people call
and say: "We need some help.
01:29:30.73\01:29:33.94
We need some encouragement.
Can you talk to us about God?
01:29:34.14\01:29:37.64
Can you show us that He
really is a God of love? "
01:29:37.84\01:29:39.97
It has done so much for us.
01:29:40.28\01:29:42.48
And I'm telling you
what... what did Jesus say?
01:29:42.68\01:29:45.78
"I was hungry and you fed Me.
01:29:45.98\01:29:48.28
I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink. "
01:29:48.58\01:29:50.59
If your spiritual
life has gone stagnant,
01:29:50.99\01:29:54.82
I invite you to get
involved and help someone.
01:29:55.02\01:29:57.73
To get out of our
seats and DO SOMETHING
01:29:58.03\01:30:00.90
for the cause of Christ.
01:30:01.20\01:30:02.96
Because as Danny said,
it's going to take the church
01:30:03.16\01:30:05.97
officials AND the
laity. That's not just me.
01:30:06.07\01:30:09.04
That's you and you and you.
01:30:09.24\01:30:11.21
Every one of us. Get
involved and do something
01:30:11.41\01:30:14.14
and help someone. You say:
"I can't give a Bible study. "
01:30:14.34\01:30:18.41
You say: "I
can't go to Africa. "
01:30:18.71\01:30:20.92
"I can't do any... "
You know what? Then maybe
01:30:21.22\01:30:22.98
you can get some DVDs from 3ABN
01:30:23.08\01:30:25.42
and you can share them
with people that you know.
01:30:25.45\01:30:27.92
"Hey, I've got this great
program. Why don't you come over
01:30:28.22\01:30:29.72
tonight and let's
watch it together? "
01:30:29.82\01:30:31.93
You can do that.
ANYBODY can do that!
01:30:32.23\01:30:34.40
And I invite you,
please before the time...
01:30:34.80\01:30:38.03
Work for the night is coming
because there's going to come
01:30:38.23\01:30:40.60
a time when no man can work.
01:30:40.70\01:30:42.67
Let's all work together to
further the cause of Christ.
01:30:42.97\01:30:45.47
Amen? Amen! All right.
01:30:45.77\01:30:47.38
Wow! Whoo!
Terry Gene! All right.
01:30:47.68\01:30:52.88
Wow! I knew right away
that preacher thing was going on
01:30:53.11\01:30:56.25
right there. That's
great, Terry. Praise the Lord.
01:30:56.35\01:30:59.19
You have no idea what that
does to an old uncle's heart.
01:30:59.49\01:31:02.32
Right Kenny? See
that. Praise the Lord.
01:31:02.62\01:31:05.09
You know Danny, I was telling
the folks today that when I came
01:31:05.49\01:31:09.33
here we found a family.
01:31:09.43\01:31:13.84
We love the 3ABN family.
01:31:14.40\01:31:18.17
We love working with this group.
01:31:18.37\01:31:21.11
We... so much...
Every single person here
01:31:21.31\01:31:24.31
and all the folks we've met.
01:31:24.51\01:31:26.98
And that first meeting
where we sang "Holy Ground"
01:31:27.78\01:31:33.76
I shared with them that
I slipped out of my loafers
01:31:34.16\01:31:39.03
and stood flat-footed
on that concrete floor
01:31:39.33\01:31:44.73
because I really do
feel this IS holy ground.
01:31:45.03\01:31:48.77
This is God's place to
send a message around the world.
01:31:49.27\01:31:53.98
Could we sing that
song together in closing?
01:31:54.21\01:31:56.54
Can you hit a C, maybe, Lisa?
01:31:56.75\01:31:58.31
Would you lead us?
Would you stand together?
01:31:58.51\01:32:00.48
We are standing
01:32:00.58\01:32:05.15
on holy ground
01:32:05.35\01:32:11.26
and I know that there
01:32:12.29\01:32:16.83
are angels
01:32:17.03\01:32:19.43
all around.
01:32:19.63\01:32:24.54
Let us praise - let us praise -
01:32:25.14\01:32:31.08
Jesus now.
01:32:31.51\01:32:37.45
We are standing
01:32:37.65\01:32:41.16
in His presence
01:32:41.36\01:32:44.16
on holy ground.
01:32:44.46\01:32:47.10
One more time. Let's
sing it now like we mean it.
01:32:47.20\01:32:49.10
We are standing
01:32:49.86\01:32:55.50
on holy ground
01:32:56.20\01:33:02.21
and I know
01:33:03.18\01:33:05.81
that there are angels
01:33:06.05\01:33:09.58
all around.
01:33:10.02\01:33:15.29
Let us praise -
01:33:15.69\01:33:19.39
let us praise -
01:33:19.59\01:33:22.20
Jesus now.
01:33:22.50\01:33:28.24
We are standing
01:33:28.90\01:33:32.34
in His presence
01:33:32.54\01:33:35.21
on holy ground.
Thank you, Jesus.
01:33:35.41\01:33:40.68
Loving Father, we
do see and recognize
01:33:42.62\01:33:46.05
Your presence here right now.
01:33:46.25\01:33:47.89
And where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is peace.
01:33:49.02\01:33:52.39
Amen! Lord,
we're so thankful for
01:33:52.69\01:33:55.53
the speaking of the
Spirit to our hearts.
01:33:55.73\01:33:58.57
We're thankful for
the promises of the Word
01:33:59.50\01:34:01.54
that You will never
leave us or forsake us.
01:34:01.84\01:34:04.71
We know that
You're here right now.
01:34:05.11\01:34:06.44
You promise when we gather in
Your name that You are with us.
01:34:06.68\01:34:09.64
We know that
compounds that promise right now
01:34:10.11\01:34:13.82
in this place. And we
just commit ourselves to You
01:34:13.95\01:34:16.05
afresh, Lord. We ask that You
will take charge of our hearts
01:34:16.25\01:34:19.59
and our minds. Work a
miracle of transformation
01:34:19.79\01:34:23.63
in every person who is
here, those who are watching
01:34:23.86\01:34:26.03
or listening, so that
we might be new creatures
01:34:26.23\01:34:29.26
and really be like
our Lord and Savior Jesus.
01:34:29.36\01:34:31.97
Lord, we love You; we
thank you for Your goodness.
01:34:32.37\01:34:34.90
And we just pray for Your
blessing to be in our lives.
01:34:35.20\01:34:37.84
Prepare us for Your soon return.
01:34:38.14\01:34:40.34
And we pray all this
in Christ's name, Amen.
01:34:40.74\01:34:44.58
Good night; God bless you.
Those here: please be seated.
01:34:44.98\01:34:49.05
We thank you. If you've
been watching by television
01:34:49.35\01:34:52.35
we'll be going off the air
at this time. And we have some
01:34:52.55\01:34:57.33
announcements to
make to the locals. Yeah.
01:34:57.53\01:34:59.89
All right?
01:35:00.20\01:35:01.90