Thank you for joining us.
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We've been having
church, haven't we, folks? Amen!
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And never know
what's going to happen here,
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but we always pray that it's
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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We can have a little fun in
the Lord and have a good time
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and praise His name.
When I look at that little
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intro - you just saw it -
it kind of gives us a foretaste
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of what it's really going
to be like before too long
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when those eastern clouds
begin to come, begin to break
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and all of a sudden
we see Jesus coming back
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in the clouds of glory.
Anybody looking forward to that?
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Amen! I know you
are... that's why you're here
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at 3ABN's special
Spring Camp Meeting.
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Nineteen sermons or
more... nineteen at least...
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on the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I think we need
to be encouraged.
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If there's ever a time
that we need to be focusing on
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Jesus coming back it's right
now. Can you say amen to that?
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Amen! All right.
Well our special speaker
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in just a few moments
is Pastor Carlton Byrd.
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He's the senior pastor of
Oakwood University Church.
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He's the Speaker/Director
of Breath of Life
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television
broadcast. Now listen to this:
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he's a graduate of
Oakwood University.
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He has a Bachelor of
Arts degree in theology,
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a Bachelor of Science
degree in business management.
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He's a graduate of
Tennessee State University.
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He has a Masters of
Business Administration degree.
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He's a graduate
of Andrews University
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a Masters of Divinity and
a Doctor of Ministry degree.
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Now I look at him...
he looks like a young man
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so I say he must have been
going to school all of his life.
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But all of that aside, we don't
hold any of that against him
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'cause he's a great man
of God and a great speaker
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and a great preacher,
right? Amen! All right.
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No, we love him. Absolutely
been blessed by his ministry.
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He and his family. We're so
glad that he's here tonight.
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But before he comes it's
my privilege to introduce
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Sr. Yvonne Lewis.
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Yvonne, for many of those...
You know, one of my favorite
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singers in the world.
She's spent many many years
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in the world, and she
sang with the Whitney Houstons
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and Luther Vandross
and all of those things.
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But she says: "My
greatest appointment
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God has ever given me is
when I came back to Jesus
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and now I'm working
with Dare to Dream. "
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So she's 3ABN's
Dare to Dream Manager.
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Sr. Yvonne, what are you
going to sing for us tonight?
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That Name. That Name. All
right... thank you so much.
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There is a name
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that is so precious...
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a name so wonderful to me.
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A name that's worthy
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of our praises;
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because of Him
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I am made free.
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And that name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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His name speaks peace
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to all my storm clouds.
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His name speaks calm
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to all my fears.
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And when I think
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that no one loves me
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His loving presence
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is so near.
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And that name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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Oh praise
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that name...
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praise that holy name.
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Praise
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that name.
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Praise
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that name!
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Someday we'll leave
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this earthly dwelling.
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Through time and space
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we all will soar
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and finally see
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the face of Jesus
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and sing that name
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forever more!
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That name is Jesus...
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oh how I love Him!
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The One who gave
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His life for me.
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Because of love
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so unconditional
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I will have life
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eternally.
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Oh matchless
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is that name Jesus!
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All glorious
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is that name Jesus.
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How wonderful
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is that name Jesus.
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Oh
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praise
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that name!
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Amen!
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Come on. Give Sr.
Lewis another hearty amen!
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Amen! It's good to be here
tonight, good to be here this
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evening at 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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This is God's country, and
I'm just grateful to the Lord
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that myself, my wife,
and our three daughters
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could be here.
Last time we were here
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we had two
daughters. We have three now
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so God is blessing as we
are multiplying and building
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His kingdom. Come
on... say amen. Amen!
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But we are grateful to be here.
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We want to thank
Bro. Danny Shelton,
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Pastor Jim Gilley,
and the entire 3ABN family
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for the privilege that is ours
to be able to come and worship
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with you and praise the
name of Jesus with you tonight.
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I look out and I see
some of my church members
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from the Oakwood University
church in Huntsville, Alabama.
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I want to think that
they followed me here. Amen!
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But I'm grateful to see them
here and I know they are praying
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and I know that God is
going to use them as well as you
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and your prayers as I seek
to speak a word for Him tonight.
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Our theme this week has been on
the second coming and so tonight
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I have been charged with
the responsibility of sharing
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the manner of His coming.
Everybody say: the manner -
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the manner. Say the
manner - the manner - of
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His coming - of
His coming. Amen!
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And so we're going to
get now into the Word of God
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this evening. And so I would
invite you at this time to bow
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your heads with me as
before we talk with you
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we talk with God.
Our Father in heaven,
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this evening we are so grateful
for the privilege of life,
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of health, of strength.
We are encouraged to know
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tonight that truly Your name
is a precious most awesome name.
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And so God, as tonight we again
focus on Your second coming
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we pray that, Lord, Your
Holy Spirit would now come
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into this place. But not just in
this place. Also the airwaves.
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Those that are
watching that You are anointing.
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May be seen, it may be
felt, and it may be heard.
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God, hide me behind Your cross.
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And when all is said and
done we give You the praise,
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the honor, and every
single bit of the glory.
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It's in the name of
Jesus we pray. Let everyone say
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amen - amen - and amen.
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The manner of His coming.
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And so with that charge tonight
I want to charge you with
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the subject:
Here Comes Superman.
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Here Comes Superman.
Growing up as a little boy
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in a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian home -
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in a PK or
preacher's kids home -
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in the church there were
very few television programs
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that we could watch. My
parents were very guarded
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about what myself, my brother,
my sister... what we could watch
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on television because they
were concerned about the secular
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influences that could
potentially penetrate our
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thoughts, our
actions, or our behaviors.
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Over 40 years ago,
however, let me remind you
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that there was no 3ABN.
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There was no 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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There was no 3ABN Today.
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There was no Anchors of Truth,
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Tiny Tots or Kids' Time,
and good Christian programming
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like we have today. So
I must say this right now
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Praise God for 3ABN. Do I
have a witness in this place?
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Amen! But because our
friends and others would tell us
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about other shows, we would
plead. We would appeal to our
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parents and we said:
"Please mom, please dad:
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Can we watch this?
Can we watch that? "
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And with a resounding
voice they would say: "No! "
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And we would say: "Well why? "
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And they would say:
"Because we said so. "
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We would say "No, no"
and we would get upset.
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But then they would remind
us that as long as we lived
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in their house, as long
as they paid all the bills,
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as long as they cooked the food,
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and as long as they
were mommy and daddy
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we would only watch what they
told us we were going to watch.
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I'm looking at you all.
Some of you are saying amen
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because you say the
same thing to your children.
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I also laugh now and reminisce
about that because ironically
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the same thing
that my parents told me
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is the same thing that my
wife and I tell our daughters
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giving credence to
the Biblical admonition
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that there's
nothing new under the sun.
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When we got a little older,
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however, they began
easing up just a little bit
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and they began to let
us watch every now and then
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superhero shows.
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Batman and Robin.
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Spiderman.
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Wonder Woman.
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Captain America.
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They would all
come on television.
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But my number one -
number one, numero uno -
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all-time favorite superhero
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was Superman.
Superman was in my mind
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he was and
represented the best attributes
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of humanity and the
ultimate force for good.
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When someone was in trouble,
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when someone was in distress,
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when someone was facing death,
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there would be certain
theme music that would come on.
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And all of a sudden we
would hear the infamous words:
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"Faster than a speeding bullet,
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more powerful than a locomotive,
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able to leap tall
buildings in a single bound:
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look up in the sky
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it's a bird, it's a plane...
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no, it's Superman! "
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And as a child, these
words were etched in my mind.
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Every time I would eagerly
sit up and watch the adventures
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of Superman, eyes
glued to the television.
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I would watch how Superman
would fight crooked businessmen,
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fight
politicians, fight villains.
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I'd watch how Superman
would take on injustices
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and inequalities by fighting
and standing for social justice.
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I watched how Superman
would have x-ray vision
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and he would be able to
see through walls and buildings
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and doors and
cement block buildings.
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And it was always that
just in the nick of time
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Superman would always come
to the aid and to the rescue
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of men, women, boys, and girls
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who were being
tattered, torn, and troubled.
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Superman was my hero.
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Superman was
stronger than anybody.
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Superman was
smarter than anybody.
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Superman was
faster than anybody.
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Superman could do anything;
Superman could do no wrong
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because Superman was the man!
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But I learned
Superman was fictional.
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Superman was fake.
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Superman was good...
but Superman wasn't real.
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Superman was TV.
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Oh, but my Jesus...
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somebody knows
something about Jesus.
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Jesus - the REAL
Superman - was real!
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You see, as a little boy I also
learned that the real Superman,
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Jesus... He didn't
have to just be shown on TV
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because He was
everywhere. He knew everybody
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and He could do everything.
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I learned as a boy that
Jesus - the REAL Superman -
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was a member of the triune,
all-powerful, all-knowing,
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all-places God.
Genesis 1:1 says:
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
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And the earth was without
form and void and darkness
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was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God
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moved upon the face of
the waters. " And God said
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in verse number 3 of Genesis 1
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"Let there be
light... and there was light. "
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I discovered that God -
of which Jesus was a part
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of the triune God -
created light on day one.
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Vegetation on day two.
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He created firmament on day 2.
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Vegetation on day 3.
Sun, moon, and stars on day 4.
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Fish and fowl on day 5.
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And on day 6 He
created mammal and man.
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In fact, the Bible
says in Genesis 1:26
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"And God said:
'Let US make man. ' "
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Notice the text does not say:
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"And God said:
'Let Me make man' "
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pointing to the fact
that God is three in one.
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God said: "Let us
make man in our own image
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after our likeness. "
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We find that Jesus was
a part of the triune God.
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But not just in the Old
Testament but also in the
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New Testament. It was
John chapter 1 verse number 1
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where the Word of God
says "In the beginning
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was the Word. And
the Word was with God
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and the Word was God.
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The same was in
the beginning with God.
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All things were made by Him
and without Him was not anything
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made that was made. " But then
it goes on in verse 14 and says
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that the Word became flesh.
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Which means then: the
Word, Jesus, the real Superman,
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existed from the beginning.
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"In the beginning was the Word.
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The Word was with
God. The Word was God.
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The Word became flesh. "
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Jesus - Superman - is the
beginner then of the beginning.
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He is the beginner in
whom the beginning began.
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He is the beginning
before the beginning was begun.
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He is the beginning
who did not begin to be!
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He is not stopped
because He has no boundary line.
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He did not start because
He had nowhere to come from.
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He is older than time
yet He's younger than future
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because He is what He
was, He was what He is,
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and what He was and is
He will always be. Amen!
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Jesus was always
here, always has been here,
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always will be here,
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always was, always is.
For even before Abraham was
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He said: "I AM. " Amen!
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What do we have here tonight?
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Jesus - who was born
2,000 years after Abraham -
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then He says He
was before Abraham.
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Jesus - who was David's son -
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was also David's Lord.
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Jesus - who was Abraham's seed
- was also Abraham's Savior.
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Jesus - who created flesh -
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became flesh when God
reversed the beginning
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and He took a motherless woman
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from the body of a man in
creation but then turned around
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and took a fatherless
Man from the body of a woman
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in redemption.
Jesus... the God-Man.
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Two natures in one personality.
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He protected the interests
of heaven with His divinity
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but looked out for the interests
of earth with His humanity.
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In His divinity,
He is God's way to man
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but in His humanity He's
man's way back on up to God.
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He's the real Superman.
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I learned as a boy
that man - God's creation -
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had sinned. I learned
that man was in distress.
00:20:03.83\00:20:08.97
That man was
tattered; man was torn.
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man was troubled. Man had
sinned, so God had a dilemma.
00:20:13.17\00:20:19.11
Either God said
"I'm going to excuse sin
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or destroy and start all over. "
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But God's solution was: "Let
me send the real Superman. "
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Send Jesus, because He's
faster than a speeding bullet.
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More powerful than a locomotive.
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He's able to leap tall
buildings in a single bound.
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But more than that...
He saved my soul. Amen!
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John 3:16 says "For
God so loved the world
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that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth
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in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life. "
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Romans 6:23... "For the
wages of sin is death. "
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Which means then
we deserve death.
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That's what we deserve;
that's what we should get.
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"But the gift of
God is eternal life
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through Jesus Christ our Lord. "
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Jesus then - the real Superman
- came to our rescue. Amen!
00:21:09.96\00:21:16.14
"He was wounded
for our transgressions.
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Bruised for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace
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was upon Him, but by His
stripes... " praise God...
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"we are healed" today.
We understand that back in
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Old Testament times in order
for one to receive forgiveness
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from sin they had to
bring a sacrificial offering
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there to the earthly sanctuary.
They had to bring a lamb.
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They had to bring a goat.
They had to bring an offering
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that was without blemish,
that was without any impurity.
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And they would bring that
sin offering, and the sin bearer
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would symbolically place
his hand upon the head of the
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sin offering. The throat of
the sin offering would be slit.
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Blood would come streaming down
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because there cannot
be any forgiveness of sin
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without the shedding of blood.
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Jesus... "Behold the Lamb of God
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which takes away
the sins of the world. "
00:22:07.92\00:22:10.63
Jesus - the real Superman -
had to come at His first coming
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to save His people.
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Matthew 1:21... And she
shall bring forth a son.
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Thou shalt call His name Jesus
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.61
for He shall save His
people from their sins. "
00:22:23.74\00:22:29.38
Jesus came to seek and
to save that which was lost.
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That's why He
came the first time.
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But my Bible
tells me that my Jesus -
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the real Superman -
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is going to have to
come back a second time
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because His people are tattered,
00:22:45.79\00:22:49.56
torn, and troubled again.
00:22:49.80\00:22:53.10
But the second time
it's a little different.
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This time He's not
coming to save His people
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but this time He's
coming to get His people. Amen!
00:23:00.81\00:23:05.98
This time He's
coming to rescue His people.
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This time He's
coming to redeem His people.
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Last night we were reminded
of the promise of His coming.
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"Let not your
hearts be troubled.
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Ye believe in
God... believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go and prepare a place
for you, and if I go and prepare
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a place for you I will
come again and receive you unto
00:23:28.57\00:23:30.74
Myself, that where I am... " He
said... "there ye may be also. "
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The first time He
came to save His people.
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The second time He's
coming to get His people.
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The first time He came in
humiliation as a self-effacing
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servant but the second
time He's coming as a glorious
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conquering King. The
first time He came as a babe
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wrapped in swaddling
clothes lying in a manger
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but the second time
He's coming as King of kings,
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Lord of lords, accompanied
by a legion of angels.
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The first time He came in the
silent undertones of the night.
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The second time He's
coming to the majestic sound
00:24:06.41\00:24:11.15
of heavenly trumpets.
The first time He came to
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the audience of His parents,
some oxen, and some wise men.
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But the second time He's
coming and the Bible says
00:24:19.99\00:24:24.16
every living eye
is going to see Him.
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Biblical prophecy provides some
of the greatest encouragement
00:24:27.93\00:24:31.10
and hope available to us all.
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Just as the Old Testament is
saturated with the prophecies
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.80
concerning Jesus' first coming
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so both the Old
and the New Testaments
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are filled with references
to Jesus' second coming.
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It has been estimated that
there are some 1,845 references
00:24:46.25\00:24:51.75
to Jesus' second coming
in the Old Testament alone
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and 17 Old Testament
books give it prominence.
00:24:55.59\00:24:59.79
But then in the
260 total chapters
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of the
twenty-seven New Testament books
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there are 318 references
to the second coming of Jesus:
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an amazing 1 reference to
Jesus out of every 30 verses.
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Of the 27 New Testament books
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23 refer to this great event.
In fact, for every prophecy
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in the Bible
concerning Jesus' first coming
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there are 8 which look
forward to His second coming.
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So then this is what the
Christian life is all about:
00:25:32.69\00:25:37.67
looking forward to
Jesus' second coming.
00:25:38.10\00:25:43.10
The second coming of Jesus
should be the most talked about,
00:25:43.54\00:25:48.48
the most expected,
anticipated, projected event
00:25:48.81\00:25:53.88
in our lives. In fact,
it's even implied in our name
00:25:54.02\00:25:58.09
as Seventh-day Adventists.
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.72
We observe God's
seventh-day Sabbath
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and we are looking
forward to Jesus' second advent.
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Advent means coming...
00:26:07.73\00:26:10.40
which then means as
Seventh-day Adventist Christians
00:26:10.63\00:26:13.23
we observe God's seventh-day
Sabbath and worship on that day
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and we are looking
forward to Jesus' second coming.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.91
So we know about His
coming. We know He's coming,
00:26:20.91\00:26:23.95
but how will He come?
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What will be the
manner of His coming?
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Well the Bibles gives
us insight on the matter.
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Let's take our
Bibles if you have them.
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Go with me to the book of Acts.
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What book did I
say everybody? Acts.
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Let's go to the book of
Acts so let's go to chapter 1
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and we're going to
go to verse number 9.
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We know He's coming;
we're assured of that.
00:26:42.86\00:26:45.33
But let's go to Acts 1
and let's now talk about
00:26:45.67\00:26:48.64
the manner of His coming.
00:26:48.77\00:26:50.51
Acts chapter 1 verse number
9 the Word of God speaks to us.
00:26:50.54\00:26:54.11
It says... If you have
it, let me hear you say amen.
00:26:54.24\00:26:56.31
Amen. The Word of God says
in Acts chapter 1 verse number 9
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.48
"And when He had
spoken these things
00:26:59.61\00:27:02.02
while they beheld He
was taken up and a cloud
00:27:02.15\00:27:06.09
received Him out of
their... " What everybody?
00:27:06.22\00:27:09.36
Come on, out of their
what everybody? Sight.
00:27:09.59\00:27:11.73
"And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
00:27:11.76\00:27:14.36
as He went up... " How many men?
00:27:14.50\00:27:16.80
"two men stood by
them in white apparel
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.77
which also said
'Ye men of Galilee,
00:27:19.90\00:27:23.97
why stand ye
gazing up into heaven?
00:27:24.21\00:27:27.44
This same Jesus... ' "
Now I'm supposed to preach
00:27:27.68\00:27:31.58
on the manner of His coming but
I could preach a whole sermon
00:27:31.61\00:27:33.38
on this same Jesus. This same
Jesus who locked the lion's jaw.
00:27:33.42\00:27:37.32
This same Jesus who
provided air conditioning
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.65
in a fiery furnace.
00:27:39.69\00:27:41.29
This same Jesus who healed the
woman with the issue of blood.
00:27:41.42\00:27:45.03
This same Jesus who
raised Jairus' daughter.
00:27:45.26\00:27:49.10
This same Jesus who
woke you up this morning.
00:27:49.23\00:27:52.07
But I don't have time to
preach that. Let me preach
00:27:52.20\00:27:53.64
the manner of His coming.
00:27:53.67\00:27:54.74
"This same Jesus which is
taken up from you into heaven
00:27:54.87\00:27:58.24
shall so come in like manner
00:27:58.37\00:27:59.81
as you have seen
Him go into heaven. "
00:27:59.91\00:28:02.74
Which then means - point #1
on the manner of His coming -
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when Jesus Christ
comes back the second time
00:28:06.35\00:28:09.02
His feet will
not touch this earth.
00:28:09.15\00:28:11.45
Which means then because His
feet will not touch this earth
00:28:11.69\00:28:15.19
because of sin this
earth must be cleansed.
00:28:15.32\00:28:17.83
It must be purified
before Jesus touches this earth.
00:28:17.96\00:28:21.16
And there's only two
ways you can clean something.
00:28:21.30\00:28:23.40
Either you wash
it or you burn it,
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.23
The earth was
washed at the flood.
00:28:25.47\00:28:27.27
It will be burned at
Jesus' coming at the end...
00:28:27.40\00:28:30.04
end of the millennium.
00:28:30.17\00:28:31.27
We recognize that Jesus'
feet will not touch this earth.
00:28:31.61\00:28:35.31
So if someone were to tell
you the manner of Jesus' coming
00:28:35.54\00:28:38.75
would be that Jesus is going
to walk up and down this earth
00:28:38.88\00:28:42.08
you know that's a lie
from the pits of hell. Amen.
00:28:42.22\00:28:44.79
Because the Bible says
that He's going to come back
00:28:45.22\00:28:48.59
the same way He left.
00:28:48.72\00:28:50.56
He left in the clouds;
00:28:50.89\00:28:53.53
that means He's coming
back in the what everybody?
00:28:53.66\00:28:56.20
He's coming back in the clouds.
00:28:56.23\00:28:57.57
But not only that, the Bible
also lets us know that when He
00:28:57.70\00:29:01.24
returns the heavenly
angels will be coming with Him.
00:29:01.27\00:29:06.27
Go to Matthew. What book
did I say everybody? Matthew.
00:29:07.31\00:29:09.81
Matthew chapter 16.
00:29:09.84\00:29:11.75
And we're going to Matthew
16 and we're going to verse #27.
00:29:11.98\00:29:14.92
Again, point number 2 in
the manner of His coming.
00:29:15.05\00:29:18.19
He will come, and His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:29:18.42\00:29:21.39
But not only when Jesus comes
the Bible says that the heavenly
00:29:21.52\00:29:25.23
angels will be coming with Him.
00:29:25.26\00:29:26.96
Matthew chapter 16 and
we're going to verse #27.
00:29:27.20\00:29:30.77
The Word of God
says to us tonight:
00:29:31.10\00:29:33.00
"For the Son of Man shall
come in the glory of His Father,
00:29:33.13\00:29:37.67
with His angels,
and then He shall reward
00:29:37.81\00:29:42.38
every man
according to his works. "
00:29:42.51\00:29:46.18
When Jesus comes
back the second time
00:29:47.02\00:29:49.35
He's going to come. His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:29:49.48\00:29:52.89
But not only that, we
understand from the Word of God
00:29:53.12\00:29:56.49
that when He comes the
entire heavenly angelic host
00:29:56.52\00:30:00.06
is going to come with
Him. But let's get some more.
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.80
When He comes back, what will
be the manner of His coming?
00:30:02.96\00:30:05.87
Here comes
Superman... how will He come?
00:30:06.10\00:30:08.27
Go with me to the
book of Revelation,
00:30:08.50\00:30:09.84
and we're going to
Revelation chapter 1
00:30:10.17\00:30:12.31
and we're going
to verse number 7.
00:30:12.54\00:30:14.54
Revelation chapter 1 and
we're going to verse number 7.
00:30:14.78\00:30:19.11
When Jesus comes back
the Bible is clear that every
00:30:19.45\00:30:23.82
living eye is going to see Him.
00:30:23.85\00:30:26.09
Revelation chapter 1
verse number 7... I'm reading.
00:30:26.32\00:30:29.62
If you have it, let
me hear you say amen.
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.46
Amen. "Behold He cometh...
" With what, everybody?
00:30:31.59\00:30:34.46
"clouds, and every... " What?
00:30:34.66\00:30:36.83
Come on, every
what? "eye shall see Him
00:30:36.97\00:30:39.47
and they also which pierced Him.
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.10
And all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of Him.
00:30:41.24\00:30:44.54
Even so... amen. "
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.34
We discover... The
manner of His coming number 3
00:30:47.58\00:30:50.68
every living eye
is going to see Him.
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.35
Number one: when He comes His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:30:53.58\00:30:57.09
Number two: when He comes,
all the angelic host is coming
00:30:57.32\00:31:00.19
is coming with Him.
Number three: when He comes
00:31:00.22\00:31:03.32
every living eye will see Him...
00:31:03.46\00:31:06.13
which means His coming
will be visible to everyone.
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.80
His coming will not
be a secret rapture.
00:31:10.50\00:31:13.70
But His coming... every
living eye is going to see Him.
00:31:14.14\00:31:19.47
And not only are
we going to see Him
00:31:19.91\00:31:21.91
but we are going to all
see Him at the same time.
00:31:22.28\00:31:24.98
Which means those in Huntsville,
Alabama - where I live -
00:31:25.31\00:31:29.18
are going to see Him. Those
right here in Thompsonville, IL,
00:31:29.32\00:31:33.52
are going to see Him. Those
in Africa are going to see Him.
00:31:33.66\00:31:37.59
Those in Asia
are going to see Him.
00:31:37.83\00:31:40.56
Those in South
America are going to see Him.
00:31:40.80\00:31:43.67
Those in Australia
are going to see Him.
00:31:43.90\00:31:46.03
And we all will see Him
and see Him at the same time.
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.84
Amen somebody. Amen.
00:31:49.97\00:31:52.14
When He comes back, His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:31:52.37\00:31:55.51
The angelic host
will accompany Him.
00:31:55.74\00:31:58.15
Every living eye
is going to see Him,
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and we all are going to
see Him at the same time.
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But not only that, number four:
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go to I Thessalonians chapter 4
00:32:05.52\00:32:08.36
and we're going
to verse number 16.
00:32:08.59\00:32:11.59
I Thessalonians chapter 4 and
we're going to verse number 16.
00:32:12.03\00:32:18.03
I Thessalonians chapter 4 and
we're going to verse number 16.
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The Word of God says:
00:32:24.21\00:32:26.17
"For the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with a... "
00:32:26.31\00:32:30.61
What everybody?
Shout. "with a shout,
00:32:30.65\00:32:33.15
with the voice of the archangel
and with the trump of... "
00:32:33.38\00:32:36.52
Whom everybody? "God. "
Now I like this text because
00:32:36.65\00:32:39.35
it lets me know in terms
of the manner of His coming
00:32:39.39\00:32:41.72
His coming won't be silent.
00:32:41.86\00:32:43.46
Not only will everybody see Him
but everybody's going to hear
00:32:43.69\00:32:46.39
Him. Are you
hearing what I'm saying?
00:32:46.43\00:32:47.93
Everyone is going to hear Him
when Jesus - the real Superman -
00:32:48.23\00:32:52.67
comes back. It won't be
a silent coming but He will
00:32:52.83\00:32:56.27
descend from heaven with
a shout, the voice of the
00:32:56.30\00:32:59.77
archangel, and the trumpet
of God. Hallelujah somebody.
00:32:59.81\00:33:03.95
Well number one: His
feet will not touch the earth.
00:33:04.38\00:33:08.25
Number two: all of the
angelic host will accompany Him.
00:33:08.68\00:33:12.95
Number three: every
living eye is going to see Him.
00:33:13.39\00:33:17.36
Number four: the manner of
His coming says that it won't be
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.56
a silent coming but
everybody will hear Him.
00:33:20.60\00:33:23.93
But then number
five: when Jesus returns
00:33:24.27\00:33:28.00
there will be four
primary groups of people.
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It says there in your Bible
in I Thessalonians chapter 4
00:33:31.64\00:33:34.21
verse number 16 there will be
four primary groups of people.
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The Bible says:
"For the Lord Himself
00:33:38.81\00:33:41.05
shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.12
with the voice of the archangel
and the trump of God... "
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.99
and then the Bible says
that "the dead in Christ
00:33:46.12\00:33:48.42
shall rise... " what everybody?
00:33:48.56\00:33:50.29
Come on... the dead in
Christ shall rise what?
00:33:50.43\00:33:51.93
"first. " Which then
says to me group number one...
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.66
At Jesus' second coming
primary group number one
00:33:54.73\00:33:57.27
will be the dead in
Christ or the righteous dead
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.90
and the Bible says they
will rise what everybody? First.
00:33:59.93\00:34:03.24
They're gonna rise first.
Now look at verse number 17.
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.41
It says: "Then we
which are alive and remain
00:34:05.54\00:34:09.51
shall be caught up together
with them in the... " What?
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.71
"clouds to meet the
Lord... " In the what? "air. "
00:34:12.85\00:34:15.62
"So shall we ever be...
" With the what everybody?
00:34:15.75\00:34:17.89
"Lord. " All right, stop
there. Group number 2 then.
00:34:18.02\00:34:20.22
At Jesus' second coming
primary group number two
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.19
will be the righteous living.
00:34:23.22\00:34:24.49
The Bible says at Jesus'
second coming... when the real
00:34:24.73\00:34:27.73
Superman comes back...
at the manner of His coming
00:34:27.86\00:34:30.57
the Bible says group number
two, the righteous living,
00:34:30.70\00:34:33.27
will be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:33.40\00:34:36.04
So group number one - the
righteous dead - rise what?
00:34:36.47\00:34:39.17
First. Group number two
- the righteous living -
00:34:39.31\00:34:41.18
are caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
00:34:41.21\00:34:43.61
Group number three...
Go to II Thessalonians
00:34:43.75\00:34:46.41
chapter 2 and we're
going to verse number 8.
00:34:46.75\00:34:50.82
II Thessalonians chapter 2 and
we're going to verse number 8.
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The Word of God says to
us in II Thessalonians 2:8...
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The Word says: "And then
shall that wicked be revealed
00:35:02.06\00:35:05.17
whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of His mouth
00:35:05.30\00:35:09.97
and shall destroy with
the... " What everybody?
00:35:10.11\00:35:12.57
Come on, with
the what everybody?
00:35:12.71\00:35:14.11
"brightness of His coming,
00:35:14.24\00:35:16.01
even him whose coming is
after the working of Satan
00:35:16.24\00:35:19.15
with all power and
signs and lying wonders
00:35:19.28\00:35:21.78
and with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness
00:35:21.92\00:35:23.92
in them that perish because
they receive not the love of
00:35:24.05\00:35:26.35
the truth that they might
be saved. And for this cause
00:35:26.39\00:35:29.22
God shall send them
strong delusion that they should
00:35:29.36\00:35:31.86
believe a lie that they all
might be damned who believe not
00:35:31.89\00:35:36.00
the truth but have
pleasure in unrighteousness. "
00:35:36.03\00:35:38.70
The Word of God is clear.
00:35:38.93\00:35:40.50
Group number three: the
unrighteous or the wicked living
00:35:40.64\00:35:44.67
will die at the
brightness of His coming.
00:35:44.81\00:35:47.31
So then group number 1, the
righteous dead, will rise first.
00:35:47.54\00:35:50.71
Group number 2: they will
be caught up to meet the Lord
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.18
in the what? Air.
00:35:53.21\00:35:54.42
Group number 3, the
wicked living, will die at the
00:35:54.55\00:35:57.62
brightness of His what? Coming.
00:35:57.65\00:35:59.29
That's why when I'm
under these television lights
00:35:59.42\00:36:01.46
I take time to
look at the lights.
00:36:01.59\00:36:03.69
Because if I can't keep my
eye on the light it must mean
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.83
I'm in trouble, because
I don't want to be a part
00:36:06.86\00:36:08.90
of the unrighteous or wicked
living who die at the brightness
00:36:08.93\00:36:11.57
of His coming... so I
practice looking at lights.
00:36:11.60\00:36:14.94
Group number 1: the righteous
dead. They rise what? First.
00:36:17.31\00:36:21.48
Group number 2- the righteous
living - are caught up to meet
00:36:21.61\00:36:23.71
the Lord in the air. Group
number 3- the wicked living -
00:36:23.75\00:36:27.32
die at the brightness of His
what? Coming. Group number 4...
00:36:27.45\00:36:30.92
go to Revelation 20
00:36:31.19\00:36:33.82
and let's go to verse number 5.
00:36:34.06\00:36:35.99
Let's get some
Word in us tonight.
00:36:36.93\00:36:38.93
"Thy Word have I hid in
my heart that I might not sin
00:36:39.73\00:36:42.10
against Thee. " I
tell people all the time
00:36:42.13\00:36:43.93
"Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
00:36:44.07\00:36:45.87
and know where it's found. "
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.54
Revelation
chapter 20 verse number 5.
00:36:47.77\00:36:50.67
Group number 4...
The Word of God says:
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.54
"But the rest of
the... " What? "dead
00:36:53.68\00:36:56.58
lived not again until the
thousand years were... " What?
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.95
"finished. " Now stop
there. That means, then,
00:36:59.18\00:37:01.28
at Jesus' second coming
the wicked dead remain what?
00:37:01.42\00:37:06.22
Dead. "The rest of the
dead lived not again until the
00:37:06.35\00:37:09.96
thousand years
were... " What? "finished. "
00:37:09.99\00:37:11.49
Which means at Jesus'
second coming the wicked dead
00:37:11.63\00:37:13.60
remain dead. So then,
the manner of His coming:
00:37:13.63\00:37:16.70
His feet will
not touch the earth.
00:37:16.93\00:37:19.33
The angelic host
will accompany Him.
00:37:19.67\00:37:22.44
Every living eye
is going to see Him.
00:37:22.77\00:37:25.61
Everybody is going to hear
Him; His coming won't be silent.
00:37:25.94\00:37:29.44
And then the dead in
Christ are going to rise.
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.28
The righteous living are going
to be caught up to meet the Lord
00:37:32.51\00:37:34.75
in the air. The wicked
living are going to die
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.45
at the brightness of His coming.
00:37:37.49\00:37:38.79
The wicked dead
the Bible also says
00:37:39.02\00:37:41.29
will remain what? Dead.
00:37:41.42\00:37:43.49
I don't know about you
but out of those four groups
00:37:43.73\00:37:46.39
I've gotta be a part of
group 1 or 2. Come on say amen!
00:37:46.53\00:37:50.13
Amen. Let me tell you
something: when I see Jesus
00:37:50.17\00:37:53.17
I'm going to be so excited
I'm not going to look around
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.20
and say: "Who rose
and who didn't rise? "
00:37:55.24\00:37:57.37
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:37:57.51\00:37:58.61
I'm just going to be happy
I'm caught up to meet the Lord
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.88
in the air! Come
on say amen. Amen!
00:38:00.91\00:38:02.38
In fact, there are going
to be three groups of people
00:38:02.51\00:38:04.51
when you get to heaven.
00:38:04.55\00:38:05.55
Those you thought would
be there won't be there.
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.08
Those you thought
wouldn't be there will be there.
00:38:08.52\00:38:12.62
And if you're like me
you're just thanking the Lord
00:38:12.95\00:38:15.29
that you're there.
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:38:15.42\00:38:17.73
The Bible is very clear.
The apostle Paul says to us
00:38:17.86\00:38:20.40
in I Corinthians...
I Corinthians 15:51.
00:38:20.43\00:38:24.63
The Word of God says in
I Corinthians 15 verse 51
00:38:24.77\00:38:28.14
"Behold I show you a mystery
that we shall not all sleep
00:38:28.17\00:38:31.57
but we shall all be changed
00:38:31.61\00:38:33.48
in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye. "
00:38:33.61\00:38:35.88
How fast is that? I don't know!
00:38:35.91\00:38:37.45
I know I wink at my wife
and I wink at her real quick.
00:38:37.58\00:38:39.78
That's quick.
Come on... say amen.
00:38:39.91\00:38:41.28
"In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye at the last trump.
00:38:41.42\00:38:43.92
The trumpet shall
sound, the dead shall be raised
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.79
incorruptible.
We shall be changed.
00:38:45.82\00:38:47.26
But this corruptible
must put on incorruption
00:38:47.49\00:38:49.62
and this mortal
must put on immortality.
00:38:49.76\00:38:51.89
So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption
00:38:52.03\00:38:54.30
and this mortal shall
have put on immortality
00:38:54.46\00:38:56.43
it shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written
00:38:56.56\00:38:59.03
'Death... ' Hallelujah! 'is
swallowed up in victory. ' "
00:38:59.17\00:39:04.17
The sting of death is sin.
00:39:04.41\00:39:06.78
The strength of sin is the law.
00:39:07.11\00:39:10.15
But thanks be
to God! Hallelujah!
00:39:10.38\00:39:14.25
Thanks be to God who giveth
us the victory in our Lord
00:39:14.48\00:39:18.92
and Savior Jesus
Christ be ye steadfast,
00:39:18.95\00:39:22.22
unmovable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord.
00:39:22.46\00:39:27.86
for as much as you know that
your labors are not in vain.
00:39:28.00\00:39:32.77
Amen! Let me tell you
something: when He comes back
00:39:33.00\00:39:36.20
you'd better be a
part of group 1 or group 2:
00:39:36.34\00:39:39.01
the righteous
dead that arise first;
00:39:39.24\00:39:41.98
the righteous living that
are caught up to meet the Lord
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.21
in the what? Air.
00:39:44.25\00:39:45.35
The wicked living who die
at the brightness of His coming
00:39:45.48\00:39:47.72
you don't want to be
a part of that group.
00:39:47.75\00:39:49.02
The wicked dead that remain
dead... you don't want to be
00:39:49.15\00:39:51.29
a part of that
group. It's interesting...
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.29
I have a lot of conversations
with people about the Bible.
00:39:55.12\00:39:57.66
And a lot of times people feel,
people say, you've heard them
00:39:58.83\00:40:01.53
say it... some of
you may have said it.
00:40:01.56\00:40:03.50
People always say: "Well,
when my daddy, when my mama...
00:40:03.93\00:40:08.50
when they died they
went straight to heaven.
00:40:08.54\00:40:11.54
They're looking down on me. "
00:40:12.87\00:40:16.95
Well if we just studied
and read from the Word of God
00:40:18.31\00:40:21.18
relative to the
manner of His coming
00:40:21.32\00:40:23.35
that the dead in
Christ rise first
00:40:23.69\00:40:26.99
and the righteous living
are caught up to meet the Lord
00:40:27.32\00:40:30.33
in the air,
00:40:30.36\00:40:32.43
if everyone went to
heaven at their earthly death,
00:40:32.56\00:40:38.40
who would Jesus be
coming back to get?
00:40:38.83\00:40:42.84
If mama, who died in the
Lord, was already in heaven
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.91
if daddy who died in the
Lord was already in heaven,
00:40:51.01\00:40:53.28
if grandmamma, granddaddy
were in the heaven already
00:40:53.31\00:40:55.85
at their death, who would
Jesus be coming back to get?
00:40:55.88\00:40:59.52
There would be nobody for
Jesus to come back and get
00:40:59.75\00:41:02.59
because they would
already be in heaven.
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.49
But then that would make
the Bible out to be a lie.
00:41:04.63\00:41:07.50
And God is a God that
He should not lie. Amen!
00:41:07.86\00:41:12.07
The devil, however, is a liar.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:41:12.10\00:41:15.20
Sadly, though, when
Jesus comes the second time
00:41:15.34\00:41:18.61
despite the warnings
that have been given,
00:41:18.84\00:41:22.08
despite the signs
that have been foretold,
00:41:22.41\00:41:27.18
when Jesus comes, just
like the folk weren't prepared
00:41:27.52\00:41:32.09
for the first coming many
people are not going to be
00:41:32.12\00:41:35.39
prepared for the second coming.
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.63
But sadly, even if
they are not prepared
00:41:37.76\00:41:40.10
everyone's going to
receive their just reward.
00:41:40.23\00:41:42.43
Revelation 22:12 is
very clear and Jesus said
00:41:42.76\00:41:45.27
"Behold, I come quickly
and My reward is with Me
00:41:45.40\00:41:48.54
to give every man,
woman according as his work
00:41:48.57\00:41:51.14
shall be. " So you
know, I live in Alabama
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.78
and we are deeply rooted
in the Civil Rights Movement
00:41:54.04\00:41:57.95
and we sing a lot of Negro
spirituals down at Oakwood.
00:41:57.98\00:42:01.88
And I am reminded of a
Negro spiritual when I read this
00:42:02.12\00:42:04.95
verse, Revelation 22:12
00:42:05.09\00:42:06.96
and I say "You'd better mind.
00:42:07.09\00:42:09.89
You'd better mind...
Judgment Day is coming. "
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.76
You'd better mind. You'd better
mind who you're talking to
00:42:14.00\00:42:16.16
and you'd better mind
who you're talking about.
00:42:16.40\00:42:18.90
Judgment Day is coming.
00:42:19.03\00:42:21.37
You'd better mind.
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.07
But because I love Jesus,
00:42:25.51\00:42:27.64
because Jesus loves me,
00:42:27.78\00:42:30.31
my Superman is
coming back to get me. Amen.
00:42:31.28\00:42:36.32
Jesus is coming back for me.
00:42:36.65\00:42:40.99
Jesus died for me
00:42:41.42\00:42:44.73
and all He asks is
that I live for Him.
00:42:45.16\00:42:47.96
He's done too much for
me for me to miss out on
00:42:47.96\00:42:51.30
God's great heaven.
00:42:51.33\00:42:53.00
I've got a mansion
prepared just for me
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.60
with my name
written all over it.
00:42:56.74\00:43:00.41
Understand, I refuse
to live in an earthly hell
00:43:00.68\00:43:04.11
and then
eventually after 1,000 years
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.32
die and go to hell.
That's too much hell.
00:43:07.45\00:43:09.48
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.35
But I've got to see my Jesus.
00:43:12.82\00:43:14.99
My Bible tells me
there'll be no crying there.
00:43:15.42\00:43:19.29
There'll be no dying there.
00:43:20.23\00:43:22.46
There'll be no high
blood pressure there.
00:43:22.90\00:43:26.10
There'll be no walking
canes or wheelchairs there.
00:43:26.53\00:43:30.34
There'll be no cancer there.
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.77
There'll be no
heart disease there.
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.04
There'll be no arthritis there.
00:43:35.18\00:43:36.78
There will be no house
note there because my mansion's
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.18
gonna be paid for.
00:43:39.21\00:43:40.48
There'll be no car note there
and I won't even have to pay gas
00:43:40.72\00:43:43.52
'cause I'm going to take up
wings and fly from my mansion
00:43:43.69\00:43:46.19
to your mansion. No
bills there; no night there.
00:43:46.22\00:43:48.99
The former things are
going to be passed away. Amen!
00:43:49.12\00:43:52.13
And all things are
going to become new.
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.36
Can I tell you about heaven?
00:43:54.36\00:43:56.23
Before I take my seat can
I just tell you about heaven
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.07
the fact that the lion is
going to play with the lamb.
00:43:58.10\00:44:01.10
I grew up singing a little
song that one day I am going to
00:44:01.34\00:44:04.37
sit at the welcome table.
00:44:04.41\00:44:06.47
That I'm going to
feast on milk and honey.
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.64
That I'm going to
sing and never get tired.
00:44:09.88\00:44:13.42
That I'm going to
walk and talk with Jesus
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.75
and I'm even going
to eat grits with Jesus!
00:44:16.89\00:44:19.69
Then I'm going to
put on my long white robe
00:44:19.92\00:44:23.29
then I'm going
to shout hallelujah.
00:44:23.53\00:44:26.23
In fact, when we get to heaven
00:44:26.26\00:44:28.36
understand that when we get
into the very presence of God
00:44:28.50\00:44:31.97
we're going to sing
and we're going to shout
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.90
"Holy, holy, holy. " We
won't rest day nor night
00:44:33.94\00:44:37.47
because we'll continually
say "Holy, holy, holy,
00:44:37.61\00:44:40.38
Lord God Almighty
which was and is to come. "
00:44:40.51\00:44:44.25
'Cause when we all get to heaven
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.95
what a day of
rejoicing that's going to be.
00:44:47.18\00:44:51.12
When we all see Jesus
00:44:51.55\00:44:54.66
we're going to sing
and shout the victory!
00:44:54.89\00:44:59.33
So that's why on earth it's a
preparation place for paradise.
00:44:59.46\00:45:02.26
I shout every now and then
'cause I don't wait till the
00:45:02.40\00:45:04.70
battle's over. I shout now
recognizing what God has done,
00:45:04.73\00:45:08.20
is doing, and will do for me.
00:45:08.24\00:45:09.77
And I'm so glad tonight
that troubles don't last always.
00:45:09.80\00:45:13.88
I'm so glad tonight
that behind every dark cloud
00:45:14.31\00:45:17.35
there's a silver lining.
00:45:17.58\00:45:19.65
I'm so glad tonight that
weeping may endure for a night
00:45:19.98\00:45:23.59
but joy comes in
the morning time.
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.32
The grass
withers, the flower fades,
00:45:27.66\00:45:31.49
but the word of our God
is going to stand forever.
00:45:31.83\00:45:37.10
"For the Lord Himself
00:45:37.90\00:45:41.30
shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:45:41.44\00:45:45.37
with the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God,
00:45:45.61\00:45:48.48
are going to rise first.
00:45:48.61\00:45:51.68
Then we which are alive and
remain are going to be caught up
00:45:52.11\00:45:54.08
together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:45:54.12\00:45:56.05
And so shall we
ever be with the Lord. "
00:45:56.18\00:45:58.89
Jesus is coming back.
00:45:59.32\00:46:03.76
I said Jesus is coming back.
00:46:04.86\00:46:09.20
Superman is coming back...
00:46:09.33\00:46:13.17
here comes Superman.
00:46:13.20\00:46:16.34
One day we're going to hear
some loud sounds coming out of
00:46:17.37\00:46:21.84
the Orion constellation.
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.21
Look up in the sky...
00:46:25.21\00:46:29.18
it's a bird... it's a plane...
00:46:30.29\00:46:34.49
no, it's Jesus - Amen! -
00:46:35.69\00:46:40.60
the real Superman. Amen!
00:46:40.93\00:46:45.70
Christ returning.
00:46:45.93\00:46:48.80
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
00:46:50.17\00:46:54.81
Amen.
00:46:55.04\00:46:57.18
When I talk about
Jesus' coming I get excited.
00:46:58.41\00:47:02.08
Because my motivation in
getting to God's great heaven,
00:47:03.92\00:47:06.35
my motivation in seeing Jesus,
00:47:06.39\00:47:08.12
if I could just have time
to tell you how strong it is.
00:47:08.26\00:47:11.89
You see, 15 years
ago my life was changed
00:47:13.29\00:47:17.57
and I would never be the
same again. Yes, I grew up a PK.
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.87
Yes, I grew up in a
Seventh-day Adventist home.
00:47:20.90\00:47:23.10
Yes, I grew up in the
church. One would dare to say
00:47:23.34\00:47:25.84
I was even born in the church.
00:47:25.97\00:47:28.18
Fifteen years ago my wife and I
00:47:31.78\00:47:36.92
and our first-born
daughter, 4-1/2 months old,
00:47:37.05\00:47:39.22
set out from Nashville,
TN, to go to Tuscaloosa, AL,
00:47:39.55\00:47:42.92
to preach for a church
we had formerly pastored.
00:47:43.46\00:47:45.79
Their anniversary.
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.20
Fifteen years ago, 20
miles from our destination,
00:47:48.96\00:47:53.20
we got into a
terrible car accident.
00:47:53.54\00:47:56.37
I never will forget that day:
00:47:59.44\00:48:01.04
September 25, 1999.
00:48:01.48\00:48:04.58
We were in a SUV, and
that SUV began to flip
00:48:06.98\00:48:09.28
and it began to
flip and flip and flip.
00:48:09.42\00:48:11.12
We were in a
horrific car accident.
00:48:11.45\00:48:13.42
Woke up only to see my wife
unconscious in the median of the
00:48:13.76\00:48:16.89
interstate, our 4-1/2
month old baby girl motionless
00:48:16.93\00:48:21.36
in the median of the interstate.
00:48:21.50\00:48:23.37
Paramedics from Birmingham,
AL, came to get my wife
00:48:26.00\00:48:28.87
and I. They came
to get our daughter.
00:48:28.90\00:48:30.74
Took us to hospitals. My
wife, after she regained her
00:48:30.87\00:48:34.04
consciousness, she said: "Honey,
go to the other hospital -
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.28
the children's
hospital where our daughter is.
00:48:36.31\00:48:38.51
Be with her. I'll
be OK right here. "
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.32
I went over there September
the 25th. It was a Sabbath.
00:48:40.45\00:48:43.22
And there I
looked at my little girl,
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.49
4-1/2 months old,
hooked up to life support.
00:48:47.82\00:48:52.36
My parents came.
00:48:53.80\00:48:55.86
My wife's parents came.
00:48:56.30\00:48:58.17
They were both pastors.
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.27
My conference president came,
pastors came, everyone came.
00:49:00.60\00:49:03.27
Began to pray
for the power of God.
00:49:03.41\00:49:06.07
Friends, I prayed like
I've never prayed before.
00:49:06.98\00:49:09.11
Said: "Lord,
spare our baby girl. "
00:49:10.31\00:49:15.22
"God, raise her up. "
00:49:16.38\00:49:20.92
Next day, the 26th, my
wife left the other hospital and
00:49:21.16\00:49:23.79
came over to where we
were, and we were all together.
00:49:23.93\00:49:25.83
We called for the pastors
and we said: "Please anoint
00:49:26.06\00:49:28.36
our daughter. " And
we had to tell people...
00:49:28.40\00:49:31.03
Some people were coming
to visit and some people were
00:49:31.17\00:49:32.37
looking, they were nosy, trying
to figure what's going on.
00:49:32.40\00:49:34.44
I had to tell them: "Look, if
you don't believe in the power
00:49:34.57\00:49:36.27
of God, that we serve a
God that can raise her up,
00:49:36.30\00:49:38.21
I don't need you coming in
this room because we don't need
00:49:38.24\00:49:40.08
conflicting spirits
in this room. " Amen!
00:49:40.11\00:49:43.08
We anointed my
daughter. No change.
00:49:46.41\00:49:48.42
The 27th came.
00:49:49.68\00:49:51.75
Doctors came and they said:
"Listen, if there's no change
00:49:53.09\00:49:56.36
in your daughter's condition
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.09
on the 28th at noon we're going
to take her off life support. "
00:49:58.33\00:50:03.26
What could I say? I
told them: "OK, no problem. "
00:50:05.47\00:50:10.84
Because I had faith to believe
that God on the 28th at 12 noon
00:50:11.31\00:50:15.38
He was going to show up
and He was going to show out.
00:50:16.54\00:50:20.88
I believed that if God
could raise Jairus' daughter
00:50:21.22\00:50:24.62
surely God could
raise our daughter.
00:50:25.72\00:50:28.46
The 28th came. 11:55 AM
the doctors came to get us.
00:50:29.76\00:50:35.16
My wife and I went into
the Intensive Care Unit.
00:50:37.07\00:50:42.77
I asked the doctors, I
said: "Can I please hold
00:50:44.14\00:50:47.21
my little girl? "
00:50:47.44\00:50:49.54
The doctor said: "Sure, sir. "
00:50:50.75\00:50:52.21
There we were in
the Intensive Care Unit.
00:50:52.65\00:50:55.08
My wife and I... our
siblings, our parents.
00:50:55.42\00:50:58.59
Conference president
still there, other pastors...
00:50:59.02\00:51:01.69
all of us praying
for the move of God.
00:51:02.02\00:51:04.76
11:59 AM came.
00:51:06.03\00:51:08.36
I held my little girl.
00:51:09.56\00:51:11.17
I knew, friends, that
she was going to cough,
00:51:11.60\00:51:15.20
that she was going to
coo, that she was going to cry.
00:51:15.57\00:51:19.27
At 12 noon God was
going to wake her up.
00:51:19.41\00:51:21.64
Twelve o'clock came.
00:51:25.15\00:51:27.78
Too bad I have
no miraculous story.
00:51:29.12\00:51:32.29
Our first-born daughter...
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.59
she died in my arms.
00:51:40.03\00:51:42.26
I was mad at God.
00:51:43.93\00:51:46.87
"God, how could You
allow this to happen to me? "
00:51:48.97\00:51:50.64
"God, I've done
everything you told me to do.
00:51:50.97\00:51:52.57
I've gone to church school;
00:51:52.61\00:51:54.18
I've never drunk in my life;
I've never smoked in my life.
00:51:54.91\00:51:57.85
I eat more
Grillers than anybody.
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.85
God, how could You allow this? "
00:51:59.88\00:52:01.92
"God, I got married
then had children. "
00:52:06.52\00:52:11.39
I was mad.
00:52:13.06\00:52:14.60
Talk about being a
real... I was mad with the Lord.
00:52:16.10\00:52:18.97
People would come up to
me and say all kind of stuff.
00:52:22.80\00:52:25.11
"Oh, you're young. You
and your wife will have
00:52:26.14\00:52:29.68
children again. " I was
not interested in hearing that.
00:52:29.71\00:52:31.95
I didn't want another
child... I wanted THAT child.
00:52:32.28\00:52:35.35
Drove home from
Birmingham to Nashville.
00:52:38.95\00:52:41.69
The next week, two weeks,
three weeks I couldn't preach.
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.46
I didn't want to have anything
to do with God... the church.
00:52:47.96\00:52:51.83
One day I was
sitting in my home...
00:52:55.70\00:52:57.64
I was sitting in my
office in my study in my home
00:53:00.18\00:53:02.48
and I just happened
that day to pick up my Bible.
00:53:02.71\00:53:05.68
And I picked it up and
I just opened my Bible.
00:53:07.68\00:53:11.05
Have you ever been in a place
in your life where you just
00:53:11.19\00:53:13.52
open up your Bible and you
open it up to the very text
00:53:13.56\00:53:16.49
that you need? That God
will give you just what you need
00:53:16.62\00:53:19.83
just when you need it.
Anybody ever been like that?
00:53:19.96\00:53:22.03
I opened it up, and it went
straight to I Corinthians 10:13.
00:53:25.17\00:53:28.97
"There hath no temptation taken
you but such is common to man.
00:53:30.77\00:53:34.04
But God is faithful
00:53:34.38\00:53:36.98
who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able
00:53:37.21\00:53:39.78
but will with the
temptation make a way of escape
00:53:39.91\00:53:42.18
that ye may be
able to bear it. "
00:53:42.32\00:53:44.09
God let me know "I
spared your life. "
00:53:45.35\00:53:47.82
Either one...
'cause I wasn't ready to go
00:53:49.42\00:53:52.36
or two... He still yet
had a work for me to do
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.50
or three... all of the above.
00:53:55.93\00:53:59.73
I surmise that it
was all of the above.
00:54:00.07\00:54:03.71
Fifteen years later God
has blessed me, God has blessed
00:54:06.34\00:54:10.71
my wife, God has
blessed our family,
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.35
God has blessed our ministry.
00:54:12.38\00:54:14.38
I give Him all the
glory, I give Him all the honor,
00:54:14.92\00:54:17.09
I give Him all the praise.
00:54:17.12\00:54:18.39
He has blessed us with
three additional children.
00:54:18.62\00:54:20.42
Not that they take the
place of the one we lost
00:54:20.56\00:54:22.32
but I'm encouraged when I
go to Selected Messages book 2
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.43
and Ellen White says that just
before the coming of the Lord
00:54:25.56\00:54:29.60
that God's going to have
to lay little ones to rest.
00:54:31.00\00:54:33.40
But at the second coming,
the little ones He had to lay
00:54:35.14\00:54:39.51
to rest when the
dead in Christ rise
00:54:39.54\00:54:43.58
the angel Gabriel will take
those little ones and place them
00:54:44.71\00:54:47.48
in the arms of their mothers.
00:54:47.52\00:54:51.52
And so you have to understand
00:54:52.92\00:54:54.22
I get excited
about the second coming
00:54:54.26\00:54:56.62
because there will be a
reunion with my little girl.
00:54:57.86\00:55:01.53
For somebody here tonight
there's going to be a reunion
00:55:02.63\00:55:04.63
with your husband, a
reunion with your wife,
00:55:04.77\00:55:06.40
a reunion with your
mother, your father, your son,
00:55:06.53\00:55:08.07
your daughter.
There's going to be a reunion.
00:55:08.10\00:55:10.07
There will be a great Camp
Meeting in the Promised Land!
00:55:10.21\00:55:13.48
Amen!
00:55:13.51\00:55:14.68
But more than that
there will be a union
00:55:15.88\00:55:20.78
with Jesus Christ...
00:55:21.12\00:55:23.32
the real Superman...
00:55:25.69\00:55:27.96
who makes it all very possible.
00:55:28.89\00:55:32.46
Tonight I don't know what your
story is, because the reality is
00:55:34.00\00:55:36.73
everyone in here has a story.
00:55:36.97\00:55:39.57
But He's coming back.
00:55:42.40\00:55:44.24
His feet will
not touch the ground.
00:55:46.17\00:55:48.38
The angels will accompany Him.
00:55:49.81\00:55:51.75
Every eye will see Him;
every ear will hear Him.
00:55:53.01\00:55:56.25
The dead in Christ
are going to rise first.
00:55:57.35\00:55:59.09
We which are alive and remain
will be caught up to meet Him
00:55:59.22\00:56:01.16
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:56:03.16\00:56:09.20
Amen!
00:56:09.33\00:56:10.47
God, tonight we
surrender our all.
00:56:10.70\00:56:16.74
We surrender our
all to You tonight
00:56:17.17\00:56:19.71
because, Lord, we are looking
forward to Your second coming.
00:56:19.84\00:56:23.58
We are looking forward to the
real Superman -Jesus Christ -
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.95
coming back to get His
redeemed from this earth.
00:56:28.18\00:56:30.99
So Lord, You told us
in Your Word to occupy
00:56:32.75\00:56:34.86
till You come, so we've
got to pray a little more,
00:56:34.89\00:56:39.26
read a little more,
study a little more,
00:56:39.79\00:56:41.56
worship a little more.
00:56:41.70\00:56:43.43
But soon and very soon
we're going to see the King.
00:56:44.53\00:56:49.47
So I pray, God, that
everyone that's here tonight
00:56:49.90\00:56:52.81
at 3ABN Camp Meeting,
that everyone that is watching
00:56:52.84\00:56:55.18
tonight, that we be a
part of either group 1 or 2
00:56:55.31\00:56:58.78
where we rise first or
we're caught up to meet You
00:56:58.81\00:57:02.78
in the air. And so
shall we ever be with You.
00:57:02.92\00:57:07.92
In the name of the Father,
00:57:08.99\00:57:10.99
the name of the Son,
00:57:11.33\00:57:12.96
and the name of the Holy Spirit,
00:57:13.40\00:57:15.36
Amen.
00:57:17.03\00:57:18.60
Get ready... here
comes Superman. Amen!
00:57:19.03\00:57:25.07