Hello and thank you
for joining us here at our
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Spring Camp
Meeting here at 3ABN.
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We have been blessed
beyond measure the last few days
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and we believe that we're
going to continue to be blessed
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till this Camp
Meeting's over. Right? Amen!
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And so we have a great crowd
here... people from numerous
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states all around the US
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and numbers of
countries are represented here.
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And so it's wonderful to see
so many brothers and sisters.
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This kind of reminds us
what heaven will be like
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'cause 19 sermons and
all the music and it's like
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we can worship the Lord forever.
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We're not going to
have a time schedule.
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We won't get tired and your
feet won't hurt and all of that.
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I went home last night
- it was after midnight -
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had on my shoes all day
long and my feet were hurting
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so bad I said: "I've got
to get out of these shoes! "
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Only to get up and put
them back on this morning.
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But praise the Lord I was
able to get up and put them on,
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right? Amen! That's the way it
is when you start gettin' my age
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and some of you are that
age and maybe a little older...
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A couple of you... I'm not
looking at anybody in general.
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None of the women.
But no... absolutely not.
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But you understand
what I'm talking about.
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Well when Jesus comes no
more sickness, no more pain,
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no more sorrow,
no more death, right?
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All things become new,
so we need to look to this.
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There's so much bad
news around the world...
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so much bad. Turn
on any network you want
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to - all of the major networks -
and what are you going to find?
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Bad news. Well you turn on 3ABN
you're going to get good news.
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Amen! So this is the
news... it's the truth.
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That's why we're here. Thank
you all of you around the world
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for your love and your
prayers and financial support,
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for allowing us to take
this gospel of the kingdom
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into all the world. Our speaker
today it's a great privilege
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to introduce my brother Kenny.
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My older brother. I
know he doesn't look like it
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but he is. I have
several brothers and a sister.
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But brother Kenny, he was -
growing up - the last thing that
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he ever wanted to
be was a preacher.
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Now how'd you know?
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The last thing, because
he did not want to get up
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in public. My mom would
almost... Sorry, this was back
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in... a lot of years ago
so don't anybody get offended.
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My mom would have to
threaten to "whup" him
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for him to sing in church.
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So: "Kenny, if you don't get
up there and sing I'm going to
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whip the tar out of you"
she'd say. "Now you get up there
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and sing. " I started
singing. I heard that, I said:
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"I'm singing...
I'm not going to... "
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Me and pain don't
get along very well.
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So I said: "I'll sing. "
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Kenny didn't like to sing. He
didn't want his picture taken.
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He didn't want any of that.
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Got a little older... became
talkative, but he still didn't.
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More in business...
didn't want to preach.
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But the Lord just
really reached down and said:
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"Kenny, I want you to preach. "
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And ever since that
day he's been preaching
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the last 26, 28 years.
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And I praise God for his
ministry, for what he's doing.
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He was here in the beginning
of 3ABN, but he's the founder
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and director - along with his
wife Chris - of Behold the Lamb
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Ministries. So we're
glad that he's here today.
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And for those of you that
aren't familiar with Kenny's
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preaching, I told the group here
already: "You'd better fasten
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your seat belts 'cause you've
got to stay with him 'cause he
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is not one to let
grass grow under his feet. "
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So right... We're going
to have Yvonne Lewis come out
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first, and right after Yvonne
the next voice you'll hear
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will be Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Sr. Lewis, what are you
going to sing for us today?
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Were It Not For
Grace. Were It Not For Grace.
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Beautiful song,
and I appreciate you
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and your ministry
and your love for Jesus.
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And Yvonne, of course, is
the manager of Dare to Dream
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Network which is an
incredible inner city network.
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So please... How many will
remember to pray for Sr. Yvonne
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Lewis and the Dare to
Dream team? There you go.
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Thank you.
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Time measured out my days.
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Life carried me along.
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In my soul I yearned
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to follow God
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but knew I'd never be so strong.
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I looked hard at this world
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to see how
heaven could be gained
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just to end where I began
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where human effort
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is all in vain.
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It's all in vain.
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Were it not for grace
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I can tell you
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where I'd be...
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wandering down
some pointless road
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to nowhere
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with my salvation
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up to me.
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I know how that would go...
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the battles I
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would face.
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Forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not for grace.
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So here is all my praise
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expressed with all my heart
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offered to the Friend
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who took my place
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and ran the
course I couldn't start.
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And when He saw in full
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just how much
His love would cost
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He still ran the final mile
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between earth and heaven
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so I would not be lost.
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Were it not
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for grace
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I can tell you where
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I'd be...
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I'd be wand'ring down
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some pointless road to nowhere
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with my salvation up to me.
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I know how that would go...
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the battles I would face:
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forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not
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for grace...
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Forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not
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for Your grace.
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Your grace...
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Jesus, Your grace.
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Amen!
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Praise the Lord! Good afternoon.
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Good afternoon!
Good to see everybody.
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Oh, wasn't that beautiful?
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Amen! Whoo... I could
listen to that again. Amen!
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You know... God's
grace. Isn't it wonderful?
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Thank God for that grace.
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You know, it's good to be in
the house of the Lord together
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isn't it? To be
able to study the Word.
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We're going to be
studying the Word.
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I pray that you've brought
your little swords with you.
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We're going to be studying. I
thank 3ABN for the opportunity
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and privilege to be able
to stand before God's people,
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the world, to be
able to lift up Jesus.
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And that's what we plan
on doing by the grace of God.
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And this subject matter is
just... I'm telling you, it's
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phenomenal, isn't it, to
talk about the coming of Jesus?
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Are you excited as I am?
Yes! Praise God! Wonderful!
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And you know, custom is
always that you have a lot of
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prayer back there
and here and everywhere.
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But I'd sure like to
go again if you don't mind
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and just ask God's blessing.
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You know, I think when
we look at the human flesh
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sometimes we realize
that we just have nothing
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which to offer God's people,
but through His Holy Spirit
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He's got a message for you
and certainly one for me today.
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I'm going to kneel up
here. You may do as you choose,
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but we want to pray
together. I'm going to kneel.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
we thank you for the privilege
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of prayer. We thank
you for this opportunity
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to be able to come
before Your people.
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Now Lord we ask for the
enlightening of the Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we need to leave all
these things that so easily
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beset us outside these walls.
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We need to spend this
time together in thoughtfulness
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and in prayer and asking for
the Holy Spirit to illuminate
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these beautiful
beautiful truths of Your coming
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and necessary...
what's necessary to be ready
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for that coming. Lord, I
ask that You would forgive me
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of anything in my
heart and life, any sin.
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I want them
covered by Your blood.
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I ask it in faith, believing.
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Thank you for
the cross of Calvary.
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And I pray that each of Your
children here today and around
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the world who are
in unity and harmony
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that we want to hear Your voice.
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May we see and hear Jesus is
my prayer in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen.
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I heard my brother when
he was... I guess I might've
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stopped my ears up a little
bit - I'm not sure - when he was
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talking about... You know
how brothers will do, right?
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
I think he probably gave
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a pretty good account.
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But he was talking about
the times in which we live.
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And... they're tough.
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It reminds me... You may
have heard just a little story
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several years ago
that a submarine had sunk.
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And several days men
were trying to get down
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and wondering would
there be any survivors?
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And the divers were
going down and going down
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and just said: "Oh, I
don't think there's anyone left.
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We'll go down
again... we'll try again.
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I don't know if there's
any hope but we'll try again. "
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And when they went down
for the last time they heard
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they heard a little bit of
clicking, ticking on the wall.
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There was
someone inside that sub
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and they were doing
a little Morse code.
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It was interesting what
they said and it pertains to us
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today. They said inside
that sub... almost ready to...
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you know, they're going to die.
And it's: "Is there any hope? "
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If you were in that sub
- and maybe you're not -
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but today is there any hope?
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And above everything
else we can say: "Yes! " What?
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"There is hope. "
Praise God... there is hope!
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Why? Because Jesus
came, He lived, He died.
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Lived a victorious life and
then He passes that on to us.
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He ascended into heaven...
sits on the right hand of God.
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And He said: "I
WILL come again. "
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That's encouraging to me.
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Talked a little bit today
about the time of His coming,
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and I got to thinking about
- you know - the timing... time
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of His coming. And I said:
"If you just had a few words
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to encourage somebody with
or maybe a warning that you
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might want to give to someone
I would say just a few very
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short words... maybe five:
"Set your house in order. "
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That's now near it is
to the coming of Jesus.
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"Set your house in order. "
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It's way past that time.
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I had a good friend I
went to school with, and
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hadn't seen him for many,
many years. But he remembered
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and I'd had his father's
funeral and so on and so forth.
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And he found out just a
few days actually - 30, 40 days
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before he passed
away - that he had cancer.
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This was just a
couple of months ago.
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And so he had his wife to call:
"I want Kenny Shelton to come
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and do my
funeral... he did my dad's. "
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And so I talked to him just
a little bit, and one of the
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things that he said is: "I
need to set my house in order. "
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I thought: "Boy, that's good. "
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But it's sad that we sometimes
come to the end of our rope
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and then we want to
set our house in order.
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But yet... these
were his thoughts.
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If we really want to know,
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really want to know the answer
about the time of the coming of
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Jesus, I encourage you to
be able to answer this question
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we must follow Christ
into the heavenly sanctuary.
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You know, that's the center
of the message of Adventism
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is the sanctuary, and
very seldom do we hear a lot of
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good sanctuary messages. But
we hear some, yes. Praise God!
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The heart of the message:
follow Him into the heavenly
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sanctuary where we mentioned
in prayer that He ministers at
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the right hand of God.
Hebrews 10:12 talks about that.
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And a great help to those
who maybe are still wondering
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if He's going to come... and
after all of these good messages
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about the second
coming of Christ.
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You know and I know a couple
of great books is the book of
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Daniel and Revelation. Isn't
that right? We go to those books
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and we begin to study them
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because they reveal the
time of the coming of Jesus.
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They really reveal
that time. These two books
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give us counsel...
they give us instruction.
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We need that instruction;
we need that counsel today.
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In fact, if you look at the book
of Daniel, chapter 2 and onward,
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it's kind of interesting... all
the way to the end of the book
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the prophecy deals with the
setting up of God's kingdom.
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Awesome! The coming
of Jesus, the judgment,
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and the
resurrection of the righteous.
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How wonderful that
is! How exciting that is!
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And if you go to the book of
Revelation almost every chapter
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deals with the
coming of the King.
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Almost every
chapter... coming of the King!
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And then it says: "Because...
" What? "the end of all things
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is here. " If you really believe
today and I really believe that
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the end of all
things is really here
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would we conduct ourself
a little differently today?
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It's easy to say:
"Oh, the end is here. "
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I hear people say that all
the time: "The end is here. "
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But you know, we go to
these books in the Old Testament
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and the New
Testament gives clear light
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in regard to the work
which must be accomplished.
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Listen carefully,
please: must be accomplished
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in the world and
accomplished in the church
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in the lives of all the
people before Jesus comes.
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I think it's been well estab-
lished and beautifully done.
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There's no question in
my mind today, and I don't
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know about you...
There's no question that Jesus
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is about to come. Amen!
There's no question about it.
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It's proven in scripture
over and over and brought forth
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beautifully in these messages.
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But we need to focus more
upon... We talk about: "Well
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this is the
time of His coming. "
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How about the preparation?
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What is the second
coming if no one's ready?
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And how to get ready.
"Oh... that's confrontational"
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some people say.
Well... I want to know
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what it's going to take -
right? - by the grace of God
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to spend eternity with Jesus.
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And so we talk about
heaven and wanting to be there,
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and you know what
some people will say?
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"You've got that right. "
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"You've got that right. "
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But then many continue on
just like they've been going on.
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No changes. I'm
convinced of this:
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I believe we live in
an hour that we have to
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talk it. We've got to taste
it. We've got to preach it.
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We've got to declare
it; we've got to print it.
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We've got to sing it; we've
got to live it, and we've got to
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hang on to it - Amen! - because
many are losing their grip on
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the beautiful message
that God has given this church.
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We're losing the grip
and I, by God's grace, refuse
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to lose the grip - right?
- in the hand of Jesus today.
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The message that He has given to
us as a people by God's grace.
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Hang in there... hang on to it!
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Please listen to this
quote taken from Testimonies
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to Ministers 118. Does
anybody here believe in
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the Spirit of
Prophecy besides me? Amen!
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Yeah, the rest of
you need to get with it.
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Are you still with me?
Yes. Yeah! Say: "Believe in the
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Spirit of Prophecy? " Every-
body should come to their feet
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and say: "Oh
praise God! Yes I do! "
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Whoa... what a blessing it is!
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I am not ashamed of the gospel;
neither am I ashamed of the
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Spirit of Prophecy. I'm not
ashamed of the truths in this
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book; I'm not ashamed to
keep the seventh-day Sabbath.
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Amen! And you're
not ashamed, right?
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I'm not ashamed of the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Amen! But then I become
concerned... I start to get
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concerned because I read
some things and you do, too.
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Testimonies to Ministers
says: "If our people... "
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Are you included in that? Amen!
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All right. That's more like it.
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Yeah. "If our people... "
Notice this: "were half awake. "
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It's interesting: some people
will get offended by that.
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Are you one of those
that's going to get offended?
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Naw, you're not going to.
But you know what? It bothers
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some people. Listen:
the Spirit of the Living God
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spoke through Ellen
White and said what?
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"If our people were half
awake" And I'm not too smart
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but I said that: "Then
they must be half asleep. "
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Half awake... half asleep.
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There's nothing more miserable
to deal with somebody that's
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half asleep. Now think
about that spiritually.
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"If our people were half awake,
if they realized the nearness of
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the coming of Jesus... "
The events that are portrayed
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in the book of
Revelation. Are you still there?
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Then it says "a reformation
would be wrought in our
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churches. Many more
would believe this message. "
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If we really believed
it and we really taught it,
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preached it, sang it, you know
as we are talking about here,
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then the churches would
catch on fire rather than
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humble and grumble and
mumble and carry on about
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everything else that doesn't
amount to a hill of beans.
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Isn't that right? We live
in an hour where God's people
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need to be... What? Being...
What is it going to take
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that I can spend
eternity with Jesus?
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What changes need to take place?
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I hear some people say:
"Well you don't have to make
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no changes. Just sit back,
it's all going to happen. "
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I say "No! " The
Bible doesn't teach that.
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It never did, it never will!
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Talking about some
striving. We'll talk about that
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in a moment. So I
believe this with all my heart
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that a great task - a great
task - has been committed to
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the people of
God. Do you believe it?
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See... some
people don't like a task.
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They don't like a job;
they don't want anything to do.
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We're lazy Christians sometimes.
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I'm not sure that a person
is a Christian if they're lazy
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spiritually. Is that OK to? All
right, the rest of you go on.
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Look... notice this. This
is a passage in Matthew 24:14
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that every speaker
probably has talked about so far
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and will probably yet.
And we should, so I'm not
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going to spend much time on
it, but you know how it reads.
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It says: "And this gospel
of... " What? "of the kingdom
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shall be preached to
all the world for... " What?
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"a witness
unto..." How many nations?
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"all... " And notice this:
"and then shall the end come. "
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I thought: "how interesting.
" The Bible says this gospel.
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We realize in the beginning
this gospel meant the good news,
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right? The good news
that the Messiah had come.
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And then a little later
we find out the good news
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that is the gospel
applied to Jesus Christ.
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And interesting we
find a little bit later on
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we find that what?
The gospel was put what?
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In this precious book. The
gospels preserved that we may
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read them and gain strength
and victory and guidance
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and counsel. The Bible says
that "this gospel of the kingdom
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shall be preached
to all the world. "
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Interesting. Acts of
the Apostles page 111
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makes this comment:
"Complete fulfillment of the
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prediction is
yet to be realized. "
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Wow! The gospel is going
to go to all the world, but
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prediction just...
God's going to and is doing
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great things right now. We
understand that. Praise God!
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And so I like to take the
Bible and - you know - read it,
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and then I like to
take the Spirit of Prophecy
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and I like to start
comparing back and forth
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so I can learn a
little bit more with it.
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And according to
this passage of scripture
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in 6 Testimonies 24 says this.
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And it's something you don't
want to hear and I don't either.
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It starts out there's a crisis.
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No one wants to
hear a crisis, right?
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We don't want to hear
things are going to get bad.
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We don't want to hear
things are going to get tough.
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But: "A crisis is right upon us.
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We must now by the Holy Spirit's
power proclaim the great truths
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for these last days. "
If there was ever a time
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to proclaim our
message it is now.
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Don't put
somethin' over the top of it.
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Don't shield it; let it out!
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See, let it go right
now. That's what God says.
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The Holy Spirit. You
proclaim it with what?
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It says "power
these last days. "
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And then the article goes on
and says that then if we do that
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it will not be long. Aha!
"It will not be long before
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everyone has heard the
warning. " Notice this:
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they've heard the warning and
then they've made a decision.
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Ahh! "THEN shall the end come. "
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Everyone will make a decision.
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You say then: "Well I've not
made a decision. " You just did!
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Are you still with me?
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No such thing as: "Well
I'll not make a decision... "
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No... you made one.
There's no neutrality
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in the cause of
Christ. We think so sometimes.
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Revelation chapter 22 verse 17
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the Bible says: "The
Spirit and the bride say come. "
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The invitation: the
Spirit and the bride say come.
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I said the
Spirit. The Holy Spirit.
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Did you get that? The
Holy Spirit that energizes us
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as Christians. Some
of you didn't get that.
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The Holy Spirit that does
what? Yeah, because you haven't
00:24:08.68\00:24:12.49
been energized maybe you don't
know what I'm talking about.
00:24:12.59\00:24:14.93
When the Holy Spirit gets a hold
of you, you will be energized.
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You'll be electrified! Amen!
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You'll do great things because
of the Spirit that lives inside
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of you because
the Bible says so.
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"The Spirit and the
bride say... " What? "come. "
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Praise God for that!
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Holy Spirit gives us strength
to gain victory in our lives.
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The Holy Spirit gives us the
victory we're gaining over the
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old devil, the old enemy.
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The Holy Spirit's going to
be with God's last-day people
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to see us through the time
of trouble. We need that Spirit.
00:24:41.52\00:24:44.30
"The Spirit and
the bride say come. "
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And interesting it says:
"Then let them that hears
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say what? "Come. "
Notice how in the context
00:24:51.01\00:24:55.47
of Revelation 22 you
see that it's talking about
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individual - not a
group, not even a church.
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You see? "Let
him... " Did you get it?
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"Let him come. And let
him that is athirst... "
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You say: "Well I'm thirsty! "
00:25:12.57\00:25:15.14
Are you thirsty for the things
of God? There's the difference.
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There's people who are
thirsty for things of the world
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but what are you thirsty for?
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If you're thirsty, come.
And then it really comes down
00:25:21.91\00:25:25.04
to the bottom
line: "Whosoever will. "
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Let everybody. Anybody that
wants to. It's a universal call
00:25:27.51\00:25:31.37
because He died for all. Amen!
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And He said: "I'm going to
come back. " The time is right.
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"I'm going to come again. "
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When I read this I get excited
because I see that there's a...
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the power of God's love and
His grace constrains me to come
00:25:42.63\00:25:46.86
When I read this I
can't just hardly hold back.
00:25:47.09\00:25:49.22
and I don't think I want to.
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And as I read it I realize
man's relationship to God
00:25:51.30\00:25:54.43
and His message
is a personal matter.
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Personal matter.
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4 Testimonies 580... I love it.
It says: "For the love of Christ
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reflected from the cross...
" Is somebody still there?
00:26:06.65\00:26:10.08
"is pleading in
behalf of the sinner. "
00:26:10.38\00:26:12.77
Now if you say today: "Well
I'm not a sinner. I have no need
00:26:13.07\00:26:14.89
of a Savior, " you're in
trouble. You're not going to see
00:26:14.99\00:26:16.63
that reflection. You're
not going to see Jesus Christ.
00:26:16.73\00:26:19.23
You're not going to understand
what I'm talking about.
00:26:19.43\00:26:21.37
"The love of Christ
reflected from the cross
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is pleading in
behalf of the sinner
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drawing him by
cords of infinite love
00:26:28.02\00:26:32.01
to peace and
happiness found only... " Where?
00:26:32.21\00:26:34.86
"in the Savior. " Very
little peace and happiness
00:26:34.89\00:26:38.84
in the world today. This is why:
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we're not seeing Jesus. Oh...
00:26:40.82\00:26:45.00
"Reflected from the cross. "
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Thoughtful hour each day.
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The time of His coming
is now... even at the door.
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We must realize, my
brothers and sisters,
00:26:57.32\00:26:59.48
that a world-wide
announcement is going forth now!
00:26:59.58\00:27:04.22
The means God is giving
now for the gospel to go
00:27:04.52\00:27:08.49
into all the
world. Jesus is coming!
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.58
This longed-for occasion..
longing for Jesus to come.
00:27:12.53\00:27:16.95
Behind me when it says in
Revelation 1:7: "Behold He
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cometh with clouds and
every eye shall see Him. "
00:27:21.15\00:27:25.65
He's coming back to take
His blood-bought children home!
00:27:26.05\00:27:30.14
Amen! Are you blood bought? Yes.
00:27:30.34\00:27:33.81
Yeah, we say: "Oh
yea, we're blood bought. "
00:27:34.11\00:27:35.96
Oh, dear friends, we shall see!
00:27:36.06\00:27:38.31
We walk by faith
believing we're blood bought.
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And then He says: "I'm coming
back, then I'm going to give you
00:27:42.64\00:27:45.71
the gift of God. "
What is the gift of God?
00:27:45.91\00:27:48.79
Somebody say
eternal life I'll get happy!
00:27:49.20\00:27:51.22
It's eternal life.
Romans 6:23... right?
00:27:51.52\00:27:53.66
Eternal life, and it's
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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I find several times in
scripture God's made a call
00:27:57.65\00:28:02.34
to prepare to meet the Savior.
00:28:02.85\00:28:05.49
Now regardless of
what many people might say
00:28:05.89\00:28:07.84
or what you might think and
you don't like the word prepare
00:28:07.94\00:28:10.89
Oh bless your hearts...
you're going to hear it today.
00:28:11.09\00:28:13.28
Is that all right? Yes! You
can throw things if you want.
00:28:13.58\00:28:16.93
I'm pretty tough... I
can stand... I can stand it.
00:28:17.13\00:28:19.56
Because every time...
Listen, with the coming of Jesus
00:28:19.96\00:28:24.05
the word prepare is
there. There's something there:
00:28:24.25\00:28:27.08
preparing to meet Jesus.
It's not just: "Well when He
00:28:27.28\00:28:29.90
gets here all's
going to be well. "
00:28:30.00\00:28:31.60
There's something
that needs to be done
00:28:31.70\00:28:33.05
and many times
we're leaving that out.
00:28:33.08\00:28:35.10
And we are not leave that out
by the grace and power of God.
00:28:35.41\00:28:38.23
You remember the message of
John the Baptist and Elijah.
00:28:38.63\00:28:41.82
Oh we realize in Malachi 4,
5, and 6. You remember that?
00:28:41.92\00:28:44.86
Says: "Behold I'll
send you... " What?
00:28:45.26\00:28:48.14
"Elijah the prophet before
the great and dreadful day
00:28:48.34\00:28:52.38
of the Lord. He's going to
turn the hearts of... " What?
00:28:52.58\00:28:55.74
"the fathers to the children,
the heart of the children
00:28:55.94\00:28:58.00
to their fathers lest I
come and smite the earth"
00:28:58.20\00:29:00.57
the Bible says "with a curse. "
00:29:00.78\00:29:02.18
See John came in the
spirit and the power of Elijah
00:29:02.58\00:29:06.54
to do the work that Elijah did.
00:29:06.84\00:29:08.73
What a work! Now notice:
which was and which is now
00:29:08.93\00:29:12.45
right now that we're
talking is repentance for sin
00:29:12.55\00:29:14.78
and making
straight the way of God.
00:29:15.18\00:29:17.74
See, some people don't
know how to make straight
00:29:18.14\00:29:20.23
the way of God. Remember in
olden times when the roads were
00:29:20.33\00:29:24.18
not very good and there
was some kind of a - you know -
00:29:24.28\00:29:27.55
king or somebody coming
to visit a town or a village.
00:29:27.75\00:29:29.90
Roads were horrible,
00:29:30.00\00:29:32.52
and so they'd send a crew
out to fill up the holes and the
00:29:32.82\00:29:35.66
cracks and the bumps. Straighten
out the road a little bit.
00:29:35.76\00:29:38.86
God's calling a people today
spiritually to straighten out
00:29:40.07\00:29:42.63
the road. Straighten out
these false doctrines, these
00:29:42.83\00:29:45.24
false teachings, these
things that are creeping
00:29:45.34\00:29:47.01
into the church.
Filling up the holes as it were.
00:29:47.11\00:29:50.76
God said He's going to
send a people that are going to
00:29:51.16\00:29:54.02
proclaim a message - we
need repentance for sin -
00:29:54.12\00:29:56.66
making straight
the way of the Lord.
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.73
"Prepare to meet thy God. "
00:29:58.93\00:30:00.78
See, Jesus makes it
clear that John was giving the
00:30:01.28\00:30:04.71
Elijah message.
And you know what?
00:30:04.81\00:30:07.52
It's made clear to me
that God's last-day people
00:30:07.72\00:30:09.93
will be giving that
same what? That same message.
00:30:10.13\00:30:13.76
A little article in a
magazine The Southern Watchman
00:30:15.32\00:30:18.95
March 21, 1905.
Notice these words.
00:30:19.05\00:30:22.42
Am I happy to read them?
No! But I'm going to read them.
00:30:24.05\00:30:26.71
Notice what it says:
"In the time of well-nigh
00:30:26.91\00:30:29.94
universal apostasy... " We
live in a world of apostasy.
00:30:30.14\00:30:34.02
It's on the right; it's on
the left. It's in front of us;
00:30:34.42\00:30:36.85
it's behind us... and
sometimes we're not sure.
00:30:36.95\00:30:39.32
We're being led
astray. We're not sure.
00:30:39.62\00:30:43.38
We're not going to the
world. We're not asking for the
00:30:43.48\00:30:45.11
Holy Spirit. We take somebody's
word because, you know, well
00:30:45.21\00:30:48.58
they're supposed to know.
I'm not taking any man's word
00:30:48.68\00:30:51.97
for it. I'm going to go
to the Word of God myself
00:30:52.08\00:30:54.44
because my eternal
destiny is going to be decided
00:30:54.64\00:30:57.03
by the decision that I
make. How 'bout you? Amen!
00:30:57.23\00:30:59.60
It's OK to have help;
it's OK to have counsel.
00:30:59.84\00:31:01.85
It's good to hear
the message is true.
00:31:02.05\00:31:03.70
But my salvation... Ah, I'm
going to be studying to show
00:31:03.90\00:31:07.45
myself approved unto
God. I know you do, too.
00:31:07.55\00:31:09.73
Universal...
almost universal apostasy.
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.88
"God calls upon His messengers
to proclaim... " Notice this:
00:31:13.08\00:31:17.45
"to proclaim His law. "
00:31:17.65\00:31:19.52
I hear people in Adventism
00:31:20.66\00:31:21.76
trying to say:
"Well we talk about
00:31:21.79\00:31:23.04
the commandments too much.
" Maybe you're in the wrong
00:31:23.11\00:31:24.86
church? I know, I
know, it's hard to swallow
00:31:24.96\00:31:29.25
and you don't want to hear it.
Somebody's liable to scold me
00:31:29.45\00:31:31.44
about it. But if you're
complaining about talking about
00:31:31.54\00:31:33.47
talking about the Ten
Commandments law of God
00:31:33.58\00:31:35.55
maybe you are. I
know that you're not,
00:31:35.65\00:31:38.16
but you see what... Never say...
God calls for His messengers
00:31:38.37\00:31:41.46
today to proclaim His
law and we're talking about
00:31:41.66\00:31:44.54
the full what? Ten
Commandments. Amen!
00:31:44.74\00:31:47.39
Wow! His law, and He
says: "When you present this
00:31:47.52\00:31:50.41
present it in the spirit
and the power of... " What?
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.28
"Elijah as John the
Baptist was preparing
00:31:53.48\00:31:56.83
a people. " Spirit and power!
00:31:57.03\00:32:00.85
Do you realize the power
of that word there? It means
00:32:01.05\00:32:03.06
miracle working. Miraculous
things are going to take place
00:32:03.27\00:32:06.30
for the people of God who so
give their life to Jesus Christ.
00:32:06.50\00:32:10.11
We don't see that in church.
We're almost afraid to pray for
00:32:10.34\00:32:12.74
the sick because we lack faith.
00:32:12.94\00:32:14.92
We're afraid to move out
in faith. We want to have
00:32:15.12\00:32:17.34
phones in hand
before we do anything.
00:32:17.54\00:32:19.44
You know what I'm talking about.
00:32:19.64\00:32:21.07
We want everything. God
says to move out right now
00:32:21.27\00:32:23.78
and He said: "I'm going to
do might things in the power
00:32:23.98\00:32:26.41
of Elijah. " The
abundance that God has for us.
00:32:26.51\00:32:28.89
As John the Baptist...
preparing a people to what?
00:32:30.89\00:32:35.46
See Jesus in
His first appearing.
00:32:35.76\00:32:38.23
And it's not... We
say: "Yeah, that's good. "
00:32:38.53\00:32:40.56
But remember, what he did...
He called the attention of the
00:32:40.86\00:32:43.71
people at the first
appearing of Jesus also to the
00:32:43.81\00:32:46.68
Ten Commandments of
God. Somebody stay with me.
00:32:46.78\00:32:49.23
And we are to give that
uncertain sound. You get it?
00:32:49.63\00:32:53.95
Uncertain sound. That message...
It's got to be right on target.
00:32:53.98\00:32:58.16
No uncertain sound today.
00:32:58.36\00:33:00.18
No out-of-tuners... and
I tell you there's a lot of
00:33:00.38\00:33:02.33
out-of-tuners.
Are you still with me?
00:33:02.43\00:33:04.94
You say that's not
a word? Who said that?
00:33:05.24\00:33:07.40
Some of us need to tune it
up. Isn't that right? Amen!
00:33:11.44\00:33:16.82
You hear us sing after while
you'll say: "Oh, I wish he'd
00:33:17.25\00:33:19.91
tune it up. " Power of Elijah as
John the Baptist. Notice that.
00:33:20.01\00:33:25.96
And then God said His
last-day people - notice this -
00:33:27.36\00:33:30.70
will give the
message of Revelation 14.
00:33:30.90\00:33:33.24
"Fear God and give
glory to Him... " What?
00:33:33.55\00:33:35.73
"for the hour of
His judgment is come. "
00:33:36.03\00:33:38.14
Think about
that: the hour is here!
00:33:38.64\00:33:41.38
But it says we are to give
this message, and it's so sad
00:33:42.33\00:33:44.83
that sometimes I feel like
we're not. And I'm just talking
00:33:45.03\00:33:47.22
about myself, too, and
I'm saying "God help me
00:33:47.32\00:33:49.19
to give it with
real earnestness. "
00:33:49.39\00:33:52.52
Really you mean it from the
bottom, the soles of your feet.
00:33:52.62\00:33:55.15
You know that it's right.
00:33:55.45\00:33:58.16
Said: "We need to give this
message with the earnestness
00:33:58.46\00:34:01.25
that characterized Elijah the
prophet and John the Baptist. "
00:34:01.45\00:34:04.96
"And we are to... " notice this
word... Oh, you don't like it?
00:34:05.56\00:34:08.90
"strive to prepare the way
for Christ's second advent. "
00:34:09.00\00:34:13.20
Remember... this is the
time for the coming of Jesus.
00:34:14.67\00:34:17.64
Luke 13. It says:
"Strive to enter. "
00:34:18.14\00:34:20.78
I can't erase that. You
might want to, but it says
00:34:20.98\00:34:23.22
"Strive to enter. " Put
up a fight. How about it?
00:34:23.42\00:34:26.04
By the grace of God, and
we do that best on our knees
00:34:27.00\00:34:29.21
you know that?
Luke chapter 1 verse 17
00:34:29.31\00:34:31.95
moving quickly here. It
says: "To make ready a people
00:34:32.15\00:34:34.99
prepared for the Lord.
" This is what the message
00:34:35.19\00:34:38.29
is about that God has
given this last-day church.
00:34:38.39\00:34:40.60
The three angels' messages
are to prepare a people to meet
00:34:40.81\00:34:43.59
Jesus when He comes.
Now remember... prepared.
00:34:43.79\00:34:47.27
Are we really prepared?
00:34:47.57\00:34:49.22
Or we just think
that maybe we're prepared?
00:34:49.52\00:34:51.57
Are you really working on it?
00:34:51.87\00:34:53.45
Kind of reminds me... Some
of you have probably heard this
00:34:54.05\00:34:56.99
but it's
interesting as I read it over.
00:34:57.19\00:34:59.55
Talk about really are we
really ready, prepared...
00:34:59.75\00:35:01.51
You know, maybe like
the rich man. You remember?
00:35:01.71\00:35:03.55
He went to sleep and he
dreamed he went to heaven.
00:35:03.85\00:35:06.22
And when he got there... You
know, the Bible says He prepared
00:35:09.05\00:35:11.26
mansions for us. Some of
you are doubtful, aren't you?
00:35:11.36\00:35:14.89
Oh I see... yeah.
Rich man... he died.
00:35:14.99\00:35:18.14
Hey, man, this is a
good guy. He went to heaven.
00:35:18.24\00:35:20.39
You know what I'm talking about
here. He dreamed he was there.
00:35:20.79\00:35:23.53
And when he got there his
house was a whole lot smaller
00:35:24.91\00:35:27.48
than he thought it should be
00:35:27.68\00:35:29.18
because the lady that
had been washing his shirts
00:35:31.07\00:35:33.73
her house was bigger than his!
00:35:33.93\00:35:35.73
He said: "Man, I want to tell
you while I can. " And so he's
00:35:36.87\00:35:39.04
talking to the angel and
he said: "Man, what is this?
00:35:39.14\00:35:41.51
I should have one of the
biggest houses up here. "
00:35:42.64\00:35:45.19
The angel said: "We can
only work with what you sent
00:35:45.59\00:35:48.58
up here. "
Somebody's not with me.
00:35:48.68\00:35:51.18
What are you sending up
there? You see what I'm saying?
00:35:52.32\00:35:54.51
What are you? "We
can only work with... "
00:35:54.61\00:35:56.15
The Bible says in Matthew 11:14:
"And if you receive it... "
00:36:00.07\00:36:03.97
That means the
message. This is Elijah
00:36:04.17\00:36:06.82
which was for to come.
00:36:07.03\00:36:08.55
If we could only
really realize why we're here
00:36:09.05\00:36:13.57
rather than you've got
a one-way ticket. Come on.
00:36:14.07\00:36:17.09
Don't worry about no blood
line here. Stop this business.
00:36:19.05\00:36:21.72
Or your name's written
over here, written over...
00:36:22.74\00:36:24.48
Stop this business.
00:36:24.69\00:36:26.09
Where's your name? Is it written
in the Lamb's Book of Life?
00:36:26.59\00:36:28.93
That's what the Bible
says. I believe this...
00:36:29.13\00:36:32.70
"Four thousand years the church
looked and waited for the advent
00:36:32.90\00:36:37.70
of our Lord. The
destiny of the world depended
00:36:37.90\00:36:43.06
upon His coming to this earth. "
00:36:43.26\00:36:45.30
Did you get that?
The destiny of the world
00:36:45.50\00:36:48.30
hung upon His willingness to
come down here and pay the price
00:36:48.50\00:36:51.89
for sin or the transgression of
the law. Are you still with me?
00:36:52.09\00:36:55.09
Over 2,000 years it's
been since He's been here.
00:36:56.50\00:37:00.21
Those prophecies
being fulfilled... the sure.
00:37:00.61\00:37:04.44
But our loving Savior said:
"Sacrifice, an offering Thou
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.66
wouldst not but a body
Thou has prepared for Me. "
00:37:08.76\00:37:11.81
Aren't you glad? The
church is called to prepare
00:37:11.95\00:37:15.42
to meet the Lord when
He returns the second time.
00:37:15.62\00:37:18.31
Amen! The church
is called to do what?
00:37:18.51\00:37:20.83
Prepare! And I'm
convinced that there's no event
00:37:21.03\00:37:25.44
that can equal the importance of
the personal appearing of Jesus.
00:37:26.39\00:37:31.65
But a work of
preparation is essential, vital!
00:37:32.39\00:37:37.28
When Jesus returns, listen
to it carefully my brothers
00:37:37.69\00:37:40.95
and my sisters, listen:
He's coming after a spotless,
00:37:41.05\00:37:44.36
faultless, sinless, sanctified,
wholly without wrinkle,
00:37:44.56\00:37:48.60
without blemish, pure in
heart people just like Himself.
00:37:48.80\00:37:53.21
OK... got a little beyond
you? Go through that again?
00:37:53.70\00:37:55.85
Think about it... think
about what He's coming after
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.65
and who's going to spend
eternity. And the devil says...
00:38:00.53\00:38:02.88
You know what? The devil's
trick up his sleeve? He has said
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.28
"Oh, it can't happen...
00:38:05.48\00:38:07.47
Man, nobody's
going to be like that. "
00:38:07.77\00:38:09.75
Man, you swallow
it and I swallow it.
00:38:10.06\00:38:12.39
Not by God's
grace let me tell you.
00:38:12.49\00:38:14.33
Remember, all that will
stand in the presence of God
00:38:15.74\00:38:19.67
are those who are pure and holy.
00:38:19.87\00:38:22.66
Because the Bible says
He is as a consuming fire.
00:38:23.06\00:38:26.82
Is that not right? Hebrews
chapter 12? Have you read that?
00:38:27.03\00:38:29.69
He's a consuming
fire to the sinful.
00:38:29.89\00:38:34.14
There I believe it's necessary
for a complete transformation
00:38:34.84\00:38:38.44
of character. Something
to take place in our lives.
00:38:38.64\00:38:42.19
And I grimace a little
bit sometimes when you quote
00:38:44.98\00:38:48.79
Christ Object Lessons
page 69. You know it well.
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.86
"The second coming will
occur... " Now notice this:
00:38:53.18\00:38:56.49
you say here: "Oh, we're talking
about the 2nd coming of Jesus.
00:38:56.69\00:39:00.12
When is it going to happen?
Is it time, perhaps? " Listen!
00:39:00.32\00:39:02.84
"The second coming of Jesus will
occur when Christ's character
00:39:02.87\00:39:07.36
is perfectly
reproduced in His people. "
00:39:07.57\00:39:09.89
Amen! Does that make sense?
Amen! That's when He will come.
00:39:10.09\00:39:13.28
He's waiting on
you... He's waiting on me.
00:39:13.48\00:39:15.81
Waiting on
character development.
00:39:16.11\00:39:18.80
Preparation!
00:39:19.87\00:39:22.23
The time of His coming: if it's
now, what is the preparation?
00:39:23.42\00:39:29.19
What is it? Remember, aren't we
talking about Him coming back?
00:39:29.49\00:39:32.79
Are we not? So we can
talk about all we want.
00:39:32.99\00:39:36.44
It's easy to agree but now this
gets a little more personal.
00:39:36.64\00:39:38.99
This starts touching... this
starts stepping on the toes.
00:39:39.19\00:39:41.90
But the Word of God is good.
He knows how to step on my toes
00:39:43.14\00:39:46.32
I'm thankful. You
don't know how to do it
00:39:46.42\00:39:48.04
but He does.
Amen! Are you with me?
00:39:48.24\00:39:50.86
But the counsel is given to us
and it's very, very clear today.
00:39:52.06\00:39:56.60
Nevertheless
let's examine quickly.
00:39:56.83\00:39:58.91
I'm going to read a passage.
Some of your ears will tingle
00:39:59.21\00:40:03.15
and so be it.
00:40:03.45\00:40:04.80
If they get a little red, I
can probably see it from here.
00:40:05.86\00:40:07.73
So be it...
00:40:07.93\00:40:09.35
because we refuse the
plain, straight Word of God.
00:40:09.65\00:40:14.80
And I'm going to read it
because I've heard people: "Oh,
00:40:15.00\00:40:17.75
Kenny, be calm. "
I've talked to myself here
00:40:17.95\00:40:20.81
because I've heard people
read this right here and make
00:40:20.91\00:40:22.60
all kinds of excuses.
They twist and they turn
00:40:22.70\00:40:25.71
and they mutilate this. Why?
Maybe because they're having
00:40:25.91\00:40:29.00
problems in their own
life. I don't know, but I read
00:40:29.11\00:40:31.34
the Bible, right? And by
faith I say: "God has said it. "
00:40:31.44\00:40:34.10
And there's not a problem with
Him... the problem's with me.
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.00
And you know which one it
is because I've heard excuse
00:40:37.60\00:40:40.69
after excuse. Matthew 5:48.
00:40:40.79\00:40:42.73
It's quoted.
Remember what it says?
00:40:43.03\00:40:44.60
"Be ye therefore perfect
even as the Father which is
00:40:44.80\00:40:47.35
in heaven is perfect. "
00:40:47.45\00:40:48.63
And all of a sudden
we get into big debates.
00:40:49.13\00:40:51.63
"Oh well, you know, it
really doesn't mean that. "
00:40:51.66\00:40:54.10
Yeah, what does it
mean if it doesn't?
00:40:56.59\00:40:58.49
So you know that. Praise
God for the Spirit of Prophecy
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.39
that we can get into and
help us to understand it.
00:41:01.49\00:41:04.02
Which goes along certainly
with the Bible when He said:
00:41:04.42\00:41:06.58
"I'm coming after a
church without spot or wrinkle
00:41:06.68\00:41:09.01
or any such thing. "
That's very, very clear when
00:41:09.21\00:41:11.89
we read. Again, we're
talking about the second coming
00:41:12.09\00:41:14.31
but there's got to be
people that are ready. Amen!
00:41:14.51\00:41:17.65
Is this? Listen, this very fact:
if anybody has a problem with
00:41:19.06\00:41:21.99
this just listen carefully.
Talking about Matthew 5
00:41:22.09\00:41:27.57
verse 48... I've
heard people butcher it.
00:41:27.67\00:41:29.59
Remember, perfect means complete
mental and moral character.
00:41:34.98\00:41:40.88
And so now I look up Desire
of Ages - you can do it, too -
00:41:42.03\00:41:45.37
pages 311 and 312
talking about Matthew 5:48.
00:41:45.57\00:41:50.44
So not only if we
don't go along with this
00:41:50.67\00:41:52.89
we'll tear the
page out of the Bible
00:41:53.09\00:41:54.56
but we can tear up the
Spirit of Prophecy too.
00:41:54.86\00:41:56.59
Are you still with
me? Here's what it says.
00:41:57.09\00:41:59.04
Just take it for what it says.
00:41:59.25\00:42:00.28
I say: "Oh God,
I need some help. "
00:42:00.46\00:42:01.79
I'm not going to deny it. I say:
"Oh Lord, I need some help. "
00:42:01.89\00:42:03.91
"I've got some character things
that need to be dealt with. "
00:42:04.21\00:42:06.71
Yeah. Only those who are
really striving for heaven
00:42:07.74\00:42:09.91
will say "Yeah, I do. "
00:42:10.01\00:42:11.99
Matthew 5:48 was
quoted in Spirit of Prophecy,
00:42:14.50\00:42:16.93
Desire of Ages and it
says... This statement is made:
00:42:17.03\00:42:19.25
"This command is a
promise. The plan of redemption
00:42:19.45\00:42:23.82
contemplates our
complete recovery from the power
00:42:24.02\00:42:28.20
of Satan. " How much? Complete.
00:42:28.30\00:42:31.63
Not just a little
dab. Not 80% will do.
00:42:31.83\00:42:34.74
Not 90% will do.
00:42:35.04\00:42:36.87
But complete recovery from
the enemy... power of Satan.
00:42:38.01\00:42:43.16
Notice: "He has made
provision... " Praise God!
00:42:43.47\00:42:46.82
Thank you, Lord. "He
has made provision that
00:42:47.02\00:42:49.28
that the Holy Spirit
will be imparted to every
00:42:49.48\00:42:53.22
repentant soul to
keep him from sinning. "
00:42:53.42\00:42:59.17
Hmmm... oooh. "As the
Son of Man was perfect
00:42:59.57\00:43:04.79
in His life, so His followers
00:43:04.99\00:43:07.84
are to be perfect
in their lives. " Amen!
00:43:07.94\00:43:10.78
You see, don't argue and
say "God, I need some help. "
00:43:11.02\00:43:13.62
This is preparing. Don't fight
it. "Oh, it's not possible. "
00:43:13.93\00:43:16.97
The Bible says it is; the
Spirit of Prophecy says it is.
00:43:17.07\00:43:20.24
We want to be ready
for His second coming.
00:43:20.45\00:43:22.33
This is what this is
all about - Amen - isn't it?
00:43:22.63\00:43:24.90
"Be ye perfect
as the Father... "
00:43:25.04\00:43:26.23
Perfect in this life! Amen!
00:43:26.33\00:43:28.70
And every time you look
to yourself you're a failure.
00:43:29.09\00:43:30.97
I understand. I look in the
mirror and say: "Oh Lord, I need
00:43:31.17\00:43:33.04
some help. " Amen. Is it
time for the Lord to come?
00:43:33.14\00:43:36.22
Let's get a little more personal
shall we? If you don't mind.
00:43:36.72\00:43:39.77
Desire of Ages 312
says: "Now by His divinity
00:43:40.63\00:43:43.80
He lays hold upon the throne
of heaven... " Aren't you glad?
00:43:44.00\00:43:47.58
Whoo! "while by His
humanity He reaches us. "
00:43:47.78\00:43:51.62
Ummm, a grip that never loosens.
Right? When He's gottcha.
00:43:51.92\00:43:56.30
As long as you want to remain
in His hand, no man can take you
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.73
out. Amen! This is the
beauty of the scripture.
00:43:58.83\00:44:02.46
This is the power
that's there for us today.
00:44:02.56\00:44:05.14
Notice that: "He
bids us by faith... "
00:44:06.69\00:44:09.62
Does anybody want to
live by faith? Oh yes.
00:44:09.83\00:44:11.50
"by faith in Him attain to the
glory of the character of God.
00:44:11.70\00:44:16.39
Therefore... " Oooh! " are we
to be perfect even as our Father
00:44:16.69\00:44:21.22
which is in heaven is perfect.
" That's heavy-duty language!
00:44:21.32\00:44:24.65
It might be foreign to some,
but that's good. I think we can
00:44:24.95\00:44:27.19
understand it.
Question: are you a laborer...
00:44:27.29\00:44:31.82
a co-laborer with
Jesus? If I ask the question
00:44:32.22\00:44:34.59
"Are you laboring with Christ?
Are you a co-laborer with Him? "
00:44:34.70\00:44:37.46
I wonder how
many would say "yes? "
00:44:37.66\00:44:39.42
Amen! Oh, no... no...
I could just see it now.
00:44:39.72\00:44:43.92
"Oh yes I am. " I'm not
trying to make sport of you
00:44:44.22\00:44:46.53
but I want you to know how
easy it is to say "Yes I am"
00:44:46.73\00:44:48.89
but now I'm going to
have you to prove it.
00:44:49.10\00:44:50.65
There's enough
of this cheap talk.
00:44:51.81\00:44:53.68
I understand it's easy to say,
but listen, here's what it says:
00:44:55.20\00:44:57.36
"Are you a laborer
with Him or a co-worker? "
00:44:58.59\00:45:01.91
And we say: "Yes! "
Desire of Ages page 313 says:
00:45:02.11\00:45:05.60
"And only those who
live the life of Christ
00:45:05.83\00:45:09.92
are His co-workers. " Amen!
00:45:10.13\00:45:13.07
Now, some of you
need to re-think it.
00:45:13.57\00:45:15.29
I might have to re-think it.
00:45:15.59\00:45:17.18
Only those who do what?
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.97
"live the life of
Christ are His co-workers. "
00:45:19.27\00:45:22.84
Now you say: "Well ah... ah.
" Listen: I'm not going to leave
00:45:23.04\00:45:25.55
you any wiggling room. You're
not going to get out of this.
00:45:25.65\00:45:28.44
I don't want to; I
know you don't either.
00:45:28.77\00:45:31.00
Listen to this. You
say: "Wait a minute. "
00:45:31.20\00:45:33.34
The article goes on
and says this: "If one sin
00:45:33.54\00:45:37.50
is cherished in the
soul, one wrong practice
00:45:37.81\00:45:43.30
retained in the life, the
whole being is contaminated
00:45:43.50\00:45:48.37
and the man becomes an
instrument of unrighteousness. "
00:45:48.57\00:45:51.93
Now that's pretty
heavy-duty, isn't it?
00:45:52.23\00:45:54.03
Yeah. No, we don't like it.
Somebody's shaking their head
00:45:54.33\00:45:56.20
over there. It's all
right... you shake all you want.
00:45:56.30\00:45:58.20
I've had to shake my head.
00:45:59.76\00:46:01.59
I've had to go back
and had to look at it here.
00:46:02.67\00:46:04.52
But you see it? The
Bible's pretty clear, isn't it?
00:46:04.62\00:46:07.05
Spirit of Prophecy's
real clear, isn't it?
00:46:07.25\00:46:09.03
One sin is cherished. In
other words, one that you won't
00:46:10.32\00:46:12.77
give up that
you know what it is.
00:46:12.87\00:46:14.77
Yeah, cherished sin.
One wrong practice retained.
00:46:15.97\00:46:20.71
We become contaminated. We
are not material for heaven.
00:46:22.05\00:46:25.99
So I say: "God help me! " Amen!
00:46:26.29\00:46:29.06
Desire of Ages 309 says:
"The Savior's life of obedience
00:46:30.70\00:46:34.10
maintains that
the claims of the law
00:46:34.40\00:46:37.56
it proved that the law
could be kept in humanity
00:46:37.76\00:46:41.38
showed the excellence
of character that obedience
00:46:41.58\00:46:44.96
would develop. " That's
why the world doesn't want to
00:46:45.06\00:46:47.31
hear about obedience:
develops the character
00:46:47.41\00:46:49.98
to be like Jesus. That's
how He developed His character.
00:46:50.28\00:46:52.21
That's how we develop
ours... by being obedient.
00:46:52.61\00:46:55.63
5 Testimonies 216: "Now
is the time to prepare. "
00:46:55.93\00:46:59.06
Now let's get personal.
00:46:59.46\00:47:01.25
I believe in the
seal of the Living God,
00:47:02.26\00:47:04.15
and God's going to
place a seal on us.
00:47:04.35\00:47:05.64
Listen: you won't go to
heaven without the seal of God.
00:47:05.84\00:47:08.35
And that means if you get
the seal He approves of you,
00:47:08.75\00:47:11.42
isn't that right? He's
going to say: "Come on up...
00:47:11.52\00:47:13.53
come on up. " If you don't have
that seal you're not going up.
00:47:13.73\00:47:17.26
No use to fool ourselves here.
00:47:18.50\00:47:20.14
This article says - 5T 216:
"Now is the time to prepare.
00:47:23.32\00:47:28.42
The seal of God
will never be placed
00:47:28.95\00:47:32.89
upon the forehead of
an impure man or woman. "
00:47:33.29\00:47:37.88
The seal of God won't be placed
upon an impure man or a woman.
00:47:39.80\00:47:42.69
Notice this:
00:47:42.89\00:47:44.07
"Will never be placed upon
the forehead of an ambitious,
00:47:44.27\00:47:48.09
world-loving man or woman.
00:47:48.29\00:47:50.26
It will never be placed upon
the forehead of a man or a woman
00:47:50.66\00:47:55.95
of false tongues
or a deceitful heart.
00:47:56.15\00:47:59.40
All who receive the seal
must be without spot before God
00:47:59.80\00:48:05.21
and candidates for heaven. "
00:48:05.41\00:48:07.07
This shouldn't
discourage us at all.
00:48:07.48\00:48:09.72
It should drive us to
the throne, right? "Oh God,
00:48:09.92\00:48:11.71
I need some more help
here. " Don't get discouraged.
00:48:11.91\00:48:14.24
Get happy about
it... Jesus is coming.
00:48:14.34\00:48:16.40
He's saying: "Now I am
telling... " You know what?
00:48:16.60\00:48:18.00
Reminding some of us - it
may be new, maybe it's not -
00:48:18.10\00:48:21.04
but still reminding us what
it's going to take to be there.
00:48:21.24\00:48:23.43
We know we must be growing
spiritually in order to be ready
00:48:23.93\00:48:26.47
for His coming, don't we?
00:48:26.57\00:48:27.77
Well, how much of this message
should we be willing to digest?
00:48:28.81\00:48:32.07
The Bible is clear.
Those who lived before us
00:48:32.57\00:48:35.21
had to accept the
message the Lord gave them.
00:48:35.41\00:48:38.00
Is that right? Amen. Their
salvation depended upon it here.
00:48:38.20\00:48:42.00
We must today believe and
we must act on the message
00:48:43.27\00:48:46.36
that God has given us.
00:48:46.56\00:48:48.37
Doing His will, right?
Always wanting to please God
00:48:48.67\00:48:51.92
more than please
ourself. Isn't that right?
00:48:52.12\00:48:53.86
So what's our work?
Somebody said to you:
00:48:54.16\00:48:55.84
"What is our work today? What
is our work? What is our work? "
00:48:56.04\00:48:58.90
It's very simple.
Everybody's going to go off here
00:48:58.93\00:49:00.51
and say: "Well my work
is... " What is our work today?
00:49:00.61\00:49:03.57
8 Testimonies page 9
says: "The same as that
00:49:03.87\00:49:06.16
given to John the Baptist. "
00:49:06.26\00:49:07.89
That's the work!
Again, don't miss it:
00:49:08.39\00:49:11.14
8 Testimonies 332
says: "In this age just prior
00:49:11.34\00:49:14.69
to the second coming of
Christ in the clouds of heaven
00:49:14.89\00:49:17.63
such a work as that
of John is to be done.
00:49:17.83\00:49:20.30
God calls for men who
will prepare a people to stand
00:49:21.29\00:49:23.95
in the great day of the Lord. "
00:49:24.15\00:49:25.96
Jude 24- you've read
it many times - says:
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.56
"Now unto Him that is... " What?
"able to keep you from falling
00:49:28.77\00:49:32.50
and to present you... "
How? "faultless... " How?
00:49:32.60\00:49:35.68
"faultless... " Praise God!
"before the presence of His... "
00:49:35.88\00:49:40.05
What? "exceedingly joy, " right?
00:49:40.25\00:49:43.11
Glory. Exceedingly... wow!
00:49:44.18\00:49:46.59
And so I sense the
message of Revelation 14:6-12.
00:49:46.79\00:49:52.40
Fourteen through
sixteen. They're vital messages.
00:49:52.63\00:49:55.99
Anyone agree today?
They're vital messages.
00:49:56.09\00:49:58.34
We can't overlook them.
00:49:59.44\00:50:01.40
Nothing is to occupy the
mind but the giving of the three
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.24
angels' messages.
Are you still there?
00:50:04.34\00:50:06.01
That's why this
station was raised.
00:50:06.21\00:50:07.55
Have we forgotten?
00:50:07.95\00:50:09.52
Well that's kind of...
Well bless your hearts.
00:50:10.63\00:50:13.52
Everybody has laryngitis?
00:50:13.92\00:50:16.04
That's why this station -
right? - was raised. Right?
00:50:16.44\00:50:19.66
Proclaim this message to the
world! They're vital messages.
00:50:19.96\00:50:22.93
They are designed to
prepare a people for the return
00:50:23.43\00:50:27.04
of Jesus Christ.
Is it time? Yes! Amen!
00:50:27.24\00:50:30.36
See, after the message is
proclaimed... The Bible says
00:50:30.56\00:50:33.71
after this the next thing
we will see, John says, is
00:50:33.91\00:50:36.99
the coming of Jesus. Wow!
00:50:37.09\00:50:40.13
There is but one
second coming of Christ
00:50:41.38\00:50:44.81
set forth in the scripture.
00:50:45.11\00:50:46.95
In many instances it's
referred to as His appearing.
00:50:48.36\00:50:51.63
I kind of get those
spiritual goosebumps, don't you?
00:50:51.83\00:50:54.11
Titus chapter 2. You
read that. His appearing.
00:50:55.20\00:50:57.72
John chapter 5 it's
referred to as His coming.
00:50:58.02\00:51:00.58
In Luke it's referred
to as He's going to return.
00:51:00.98\00:51:03.69
I Thessalonians it's
going to be His presence.
00:51:03.99\00:51:06.08
How wonderful that is!
Hebrews 9: it's going to be
00:51:06.18\00:51:08.82
the coming the
second time. Coming again!
00:51:08.92\00:51:11.65
The return of Jesus Christ:
this is our Blessed Hope.
00:51:11.68\00:51:14.54
Is somebody still here?
This is our Blessed Hope.
00:51:14.85\00:51:17.17
This is our encouragement today.
00:51:17.37\00:51:19.15
And I will say this
based upon the Word of God
00:51:19.35\00:51:21.49
when He comes it's going to
be... it's going to be personal
00:51:21.69\00:51:24.95
when He comes. It's going
to be visible when He comes.
00:51:25.05\00:51:27.45
It's going to be
audible when He comes.
00:51:27.65\00:51:29.11
It's going to be
bodily when He comes.
00:51:29.31\00:51:30.96
It's going to be
glorious when He comes!
00:51:31.16\00:51:32.88
It's going to be
pre-millennial when He comes
00:51:33.08\00:51:35.27
and He's going to make a
completion of His redemption.
00:51:35.57\00:51:38.96
It's eminent... it's eminent!
00:51:39.26\00:51:42.53
The coming of Jesus is
near... it's even at the door!
00:51:43.70\00:51:47.76
Great Controversy
page 297, 299 says this:
00:51:49.77\00:51:53.53
"One of the most solemn
and yet most glorious truths
00:51:53.66\00:51:58.47
revealed in the
Bible is... " What?
00:51:58.67\00:52:01.75
"the coming of Christ...
the second coming. " Amen!
00:52:02.05\00:52:05.15
Have we forgotten because we've
heard so many messages on it?
00:52:05.48\00:52:08.15
The coming of the Savior.
00:52:09.41\00:52:12.14
Coming back after people
He loves and He died for.
00:52:12.74\00:52:16.73
He can't wait to spend
eternity with you. Amen!
00:52:16.86\00:52:19.93
Let's not get occupied in
some things of this world.
00:52:20.06\00:52:22.92
Are you still there? Amen!
00:52:23.02\00:52:24.94
And so I say to
each one of us today:
00:52:25.24\00:52:28.61
"It's time. Just a
little bit longer... hold on! "
00:52:28.81\00:52:34.33
Amen! Hold on... don't give up.
00:52:34.63\00:52:37.78
Don't get discouraged. Don't
try to look for another message.
00:52:38.08\00:52:41.37
Don't try to go find
some other church to join
00:52:41.67\00:52:44.01
and we don't know what's
going on. Don't just say:
00:52:44.11\00:52:45.34
I'm giving up on it. "
This message is sure. Amen.
00:52:45.44\00:52:51.40
It's truthful. You
can hang onto it. Amen!
00:52:51.64\00:52:54.39
What a foundation.
00:52:54.63\00:52:56.28
I love that firm foundation
that God has given us.
00:52:57.63\00:53:00.17
It's settled, and yet there are
people out there messing with
00:53:01.67\00:53:04.94
the pegs and the pins
and they need to stop it.
00:53:05.04\00:53:07.18
Are you still with me?
Amen. Got their little crowbars
00:53:07.28\00:53:10.67
and their little
ratchets. You still with me?
00:53:10.88\00:53:13.01
Little axes. You know
what I'm talking about.
00:53:13.21\00:53:15.29
You can hack all you
want, beat all you want...
00:53:16.42\00:53:19.56
right? Explode it all you
want, dynamite all you want.
00:53:19.76\00:53:23.66
It's going to be
there when you're gone.
00:53:23.96\00:53:25.86
That's how sure that it is.
00:53:26.16\00:53:28.19
I say "Just a
little bit longer. "
00:53:28.39\00:53:30.79
Don't give up. A little bit
longer we shall see those angels
00:53:31.10\00:53:35.21
who excel in strength.
Amen! Just a little bit longer
00:53:35.41\00:53:38.75
you'll see that guardian
angel that's done so much.
00:53:38.85\00:53:41.80
That's been there
for you all the time.
00:53:42.03\00:53:44.13
Worked miracle after
miracle after miracle. Amen!
00:53:44.53\00:53:48.17
Just a little bit longer.
00:53:48.50\00:53:51.16
He's coming back to
raise the righteous dead. Amen!
00:53:51.66\00:53:55.28
Oh, what a time that will
be when my Jesus I shall see!
00:53:55.61\00:54:00.50
To be reunited
with our loved ones.
00:54:00.93\00:54:03.17
I know you've
heard it over and over.
00:54:03.27\00:54:04.55
It's exciting to
think about it! Amen!
00:54:04.85\00:54:08.00
Those loved ones you
haven't seen in a long time.
00:54:08.23\00:54:10.10
Oh, by the grace of
God we've got to be there.
00:54:10.20\00:54:12.87
The time of His coming is
now! In just a little while
00:54:13.27\00:54:19.03
He's going to change the living
saints from glory to glory!
00:54:19.26\00:54:24.03
Amen! Oh, what a
time that's going to be
00:54:24.06\00:54:26.51
when Jesus is comin' after me!
00:54:26.72\00:54:28.54
Amen! Just a little bit longer.
00:54:28.84\00:54:31.48
He will come to honor those
who by His grace and strength
00:54:32.85\00:54:38.20
have kept the
commandments of God.
00:54:38.30\00:54:40.85
And that includes them all
00:54:41.05\00:54:42.23
and that includes the
seventh-day Sabbath. Amen!
00:54:42.33\00:54:45.15
Amen! Well done thou
good and faithful servant.
00:54:46.34\00:54:49.99
He's coming back;
He's going to honor them.
00:54:52.05\00:54:54.19
You've kept His commandments
by His grace and strength
00:54:54.29\00:54:56.41
when others say it's impossible.
The devil says it's impossible
00:54:56.54\00:54:59.60
to keep the law of God.
Don't be a devil's helper.
00:55:00.92\00:55:03.77
You say God's not able?
You say Christ is not able?
00:55:05.16\00:55:07.49
The Holy Spirit's not able
to give you victory? Come on.
00:55:07.52\00:55:09.76
Just a little bit longer.
00:55:10.91\00:55:12.60
Yes! Families are
going to be reunited.
00:55:14.36\00:55:18.01
Ummm... just a
little bit longer.
00:55:18.22\00:55:21.65
He going to wipe away some
of those... all those old tears
00:55:22.94\00:55:25.60
from our eyes.
Been some real hurts.
00:55:25.70\00:55:30.39
You've been through an
awful lot. I understand.
00:55:30.60\00:55:32.36
But when we see Jesus we
won't remember that stuff
00:55:32.46\00:55:34.74
any more. Whooo!
Just a little bit longer.
00:55:34.94\00:55:38.71
He's going to present you fault-
less before the throne of God.
00:55:39.01\00:55:42.06
Isn't that wonderful?
Faultless before the throne!
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Just a little bit
longer. No more death and sorrow
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and all these diseases
and sickness. No more parting.
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Home at last! The older we
get the more we long for it
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I'm sure. Try to encourage
the young people. It's like
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you know: "Boom, it happens...
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we get older. "
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We need to be
ready for His coming.
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And I'm convinced of this:
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when He comes He's
not going to present
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the great work that He has
done to make sure we're there
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but He's going to say:
"Have you been faithful? "
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I want to pray with
you before we close -
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got a minute left -
because this is a work of
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preparation. Only the
Spirit of the Living God,
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only the willing heart.
Open your heart to Him right now
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as we pray. If there's any-
thing that you're holding back
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why not give it to Him
right now? Would you do that?
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By the grace of... We
MUST give it to Him right now!
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Today's the day. Victory
is yours, victory is mine
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through Jesus
Christ. I'm going to kneel.
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Let's pray, shall we? Together.
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Kind, loving heavenly Father,
thank you for the privilege of
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prayer. Thank you
for Your precious Word.
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Thank you for the power that's
presented. And we may understand
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and we may see that You are
more. You said to us we'll be
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more than conquerors
through Jesus Christ our Lord
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and our Savior.
Give us victory we pray.
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Those who are submitting
right now things that have been
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holding them back... that one
little thing that will prevent
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them from receiving
the seal of the Living God
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we ask now to be
covered in the blood of Jesus.
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We thank you for
His precious soul.
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Thank you for Your
work. Multiply it, Lord!
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We give it to You.
Take our hands off of it.
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Do as Thou dost see fit.
In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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Been good to spend
some time with you.
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God bless you, and I
know there's much much more
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to come and, you
know, more blessings.
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So be prepared for
those blessings and you know
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I hope to be able to see
you one day and spend eternity
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with you. God bless you!
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