Good morning and Happy Sabbath!
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Happy Sabbath! I've been
waiting to say that all week.
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As a Seventh-day
Adventist minister of many years
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when you see a group
of handsome and beautiful
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well-heeled people with
ties and shirts and dresses
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and pockets and
purses sitting before you
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there are 2 things you
want to do almost automatically:
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one... wish them Happy Sabbath
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and the other is
to lift an offering.
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So we've taken care of
the Happy Sabbath part.
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The offering part I
think is still to come.
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We don't want to disappoint
you in that, but we do
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welcome you to
Spring Camp Meeting 2014
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as we take a closer look at
the second coming of our Lord
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and Savior Jesus Christ.
That is the reason we are here.
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That is the reason we have
been called out of darkness
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into light: to prepare a people
for the coming of the Lord.
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Is that not so? Amen... amen.
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And so we welcome you to
this first service of a long
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and exciting Sabbath
that we have planned for you.
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God is good, is He not? Amen!
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I didn't say God
is good all the time.
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I can prove to you that
God is not good all the time,
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but we won't do that just now.
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Our speaker for the morning is
the president of this ministry,
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my friend and colleague in
ministry: Pastor Jim Gilley.
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He came here I believe
about the middle or end of 2007
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and has been
doing a wonderful job.
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He is a tireless worker, and he
is a person who likes to create.
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You can see his eyes
light up when he is creating and
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innovating and doing new things.
And I think that's why God
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called him here because he
has one of those facile minds
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that likes to create. He
is the husband of one wife:
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the lovely lady Camille who
we've all come to know and love.
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Now I've got to get
this right with the kids.
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I'm doing this from
memory. So we've got Mary Anne
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and Kurt. Amen. We've
got Jim Jr. who just had
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Jim 3 graduate from academy.
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We have John and Jerica.
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We have Amy and Ethan,
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and their little son
is my forever friend Levi.
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Levi came into my office - I
think he was about 6 yrs. old -
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and gave me 10 minutes
of stimulating conversation.
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And then he said: "Would you
like to be my forever friend? "
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I said: "Yes I would! "
Just the most articulate little
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six-year-old. He
said: "OK, I've got ten days
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to be here... ten... so I will
come and see you tomorrow. "
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I said: "Well we're closed
tomorrow. " He said: "OK, I'll
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come and see you the next day.
" I said: "That's Sabbath. "
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He said: "OK,
I've got ten days...
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I've got ten... and you've
got to figure out a day for me
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because we have to talk
and seal our friendship. "
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Just the most
wonderful little guy!
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He is going to own a
company or a corporation
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or be the greatest evangelist
in the history of the church
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because he's just a person
that has never met an enemy.
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But Jim Gilley and
Camille have endeared themselves
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to the 3ABN
community. They are much loved!
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He was a former
North American Division
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vice president... also a former
conference president of the
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Arkansas-Louisiana Conference.
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We yanked him out of
Texas. He was pastoring the
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First SDA Church in Dallas
when he was called to come to
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3ABN, and I think he
feels that was a call of God
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as he is doing a
very, very fine job.
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We anticipate from him for
you a message from the Lord
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as we start this
Sabbath Day journey together.
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We ask you to give him
your prayerful and undivided
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attention. But before
he does present his word
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Tammy Chance is here to
give us the message in song.
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And she is going to be
singing Healing In This House.
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But ere Ms. Chance sings -
thank you - we will have prayer.
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Shall we bow our
heads? Gracious Father,
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we do praise You and
thank you so very much
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for the Sabbath Day.
For this day where we can
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turn off the cares of the world
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and turn our minds and
our hearts towards Jesus.
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Father, now as we sit in
this place, in this house
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would You please
be the honored guest?
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Would You accept our
prayers and our praise
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and our songs? And
in exchange for these
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would You give us Your
presence and Your power?
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Teach us, Lord, those things
that You would have us to know
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and then give us
the strength to do them
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because it is in the doing that
we are made like Christ Jesus.
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Bless the man of
God who shall preach.
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Bless this woman
of God who shall sing.
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May we sit even for a
little while in heavenly places.
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And we praise You and
thank you in Jesus' name, Amen
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and amen.
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When I walked into the room
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my heart was heavy.
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I had struggled just
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to make it through the day.
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Suddenly I felt
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an awesome reverence
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and the pain inside
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began to slip away.
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Right away I knew
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that something happened.
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Was reflected in
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expressions on each face.
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Taken by surprise
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I felt His presence
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and I knew that this would be
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a holy place.
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There is healing in this house,
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there is healing in this house!
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Manifested peace to calm
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your troubled
hearts with healing balm...
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there is healing in this house.
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Restoration in this place...
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there is mercy, there is grace.
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All ye heavy laden, come.
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Bring your burdens one by one.
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Leave them here
where they belong.
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There is healing in this house.
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If you're heavy laden,
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there is peace
for troubled minds.
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Oh...
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there is
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healing in this house,
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there is healing in this house!
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Manifested peace to calm
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your troubled heart
with healing balm...
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there is healing in this house.
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Restoration in this place...
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there is mercy, there is grace.
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All ye heavy laden, come.
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Bring your burdens one by one.
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Leave them here
where they belong.
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There is healing in this house.
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There is healing
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in
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this house.
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Thank you, Jesus. Amen!
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Amen! Thank you, Tammy.
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I always love
to hear Tammy sing.
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And she is one of those that
I always ask if she will sing
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before I preach
because she has a song
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that focuses always
people towards the Lord.
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Amen! And God has
given her a voice.
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And she grew up with
an older brother, Danny,
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and if you can survive
that I think you have to...
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She knows I'm...
everybody knows I'm teasing.
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They talk about my coming
here. I will tell you this:
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Danny Shelton is the
easiest person to work with
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that I've ever worked
with in all my many years.
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Where you work is
not nearly as important
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as who you work with.
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Remember that... because
a lot of times people say:
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"Oh, I want to live in Oregon
or I want to live in California
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or I want to
live here or there. "
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You'd be surprised the good
people we've invited to come
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to us that: "No, I don't
want to leave California. "
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You know, when that place falls
off... No... I'm just... sorry.
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But I just want to tell you that
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who you work with and the
ministry you're involved with...
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They mentioned all the different
things I've been involved with,
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and C.A. didn't have enough time
to tell you all of the things
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over the many years.
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And as I look back I
see that God was leading
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giving experience to
train me and prepare me
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to just be here. Amen!
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And that is so
humbling and so sobering.
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But I believe
with all of my heart
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that this is one of the
primary spots and places
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that God is going to use
in the finishing of the work.
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I really do believe it. Amen!
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And boy, I'm just
thrilled, honored and humbled.
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And I get up some mornings
and say: "Lord, no. Why me?
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Why in the world
have You got me here? "
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And He says: "One
more day, one more day. "
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He gives us the grace,
the energy for that day.
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Let's pray
together. Father in heaven,
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as we open Your Word open
our hearts, open our minds.
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Focus us on Jesus.
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May nothing else be seen
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but Him.
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May nothing be
heard but His voice
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speaking to our hearts, Lord.
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Get me out of the way
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and get the message forward we
pray in Jesus' name, Amen. Amen!
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I've heard this text
a lot during the week.
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Every time I've
heard somebody read it
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I've said:
"They're on my sermon! "
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But you know something:
there's no way that you can
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talk about the second coming -
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virtually every subject - with-
out mentioning what Jesus said
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when the disciples said to
Him: "What will be the sign of
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the end of the world
and of Your coming? "
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And He begins it by saying:
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"But of that day and hour
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no one knows... not
even the angels of heaven...
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but My Father only. "
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And you know something?
People will do everything in the
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world to get
around that one phrase.
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You do not know how
many people I have sat with
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who have said:
"Well, but He didn't say
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we couldn't know
the day or the week.
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He said: 'The day or
the hour. " I said: "Look,
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He could have said:
"The minute, the second. "
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He could have backed it up
to... all the way back. He just
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gave you day and hour.
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That just means you
don't know when He's coming.
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And then lately they've said:
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"It says that no man,
but maybe a woman knows
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when He's coming. "
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And no... it just
says we don't know
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when He's coming.
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"But as the days of Noah
were so also will be the coming
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of the Son of Man be. For
in the days before the flood
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they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage
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until the day that
Noah entered the ark
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and did not know
until the flood came
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and took them all
away. So also will the coming
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of the Son of Man be. "
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So we learn something from this.
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He says: "Just like it
was in the days of Noah
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this is how it's going to be
when Christ comes back. " Amen!
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Let's take a
look at Noah a minute.
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He... very interesting man.
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He was the great
grandson of Enoch.
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Boy, you have a
heritage like that.
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He had great
parents and grandparents.
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He was the
grandson of Methuselah.
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Methuselah lived 969 years.
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And then Noah lived
for 500 years before he had
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Shem, Ham, and Japheth...
before they were born.
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Now I don't know a
thing about that 500 years.
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I've thought about
that; I've looked at that.
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There's no record. We have
nothing that tells us about
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500 years. Was Noah
married several times?
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Maybe lost that
family? I don't know.
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Maybe he saw the world was so
bad he was afraid to have kids!
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Waited 500 years.
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I've known people who wish
they'd waited longer than that.
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But I will tell you.. And by
the way, I'm not one of them.
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Our kids have been the
greatest joy in the world to us
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and our grandchildren. You
heard Levi being talked about.
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I've got tremendous
hope. His name is Levi James.
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And I hate to tell you
this, but I named Levi.
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We found out he
was going to be a boy
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and I told... We
were praying for the boy
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and I told my wife: "We
have to pray for a name. "
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So we started
praying for Levi James.
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They hadn't named him yet.
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And I talked to my
daughter and I said:
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"We're praying for
your baby to be born
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and I'm praying for him and
I'm calling him Levi James. "
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She said: "That's a good name! "
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Then - being an idiot -
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I messed it up. I said:
"It's kind of like Levi jeans. "
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She said: "That
does it... it's out. "
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So I thought: "Oh,
I really blew it. "
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You know, here I'm trying
to be funny and I blew it.
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And so I was shocked
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when they did
name him Levi James.
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And I tell you...
he is quite a kid.
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He is number...
Well, he's along the line.
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We've got 10 and
number 11 is on the way.
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So keep number 11 in
your prayers and our son John
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and his wife... Oh, by the way
I wasn't supposed to tell that
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so you folks don't tell
everybody about it, all right?
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I just got a frown from
the other section over here.
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But I am looking forward to
that. So Noah had great lineage.
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He had a great family.
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And God saw, the Bible
says, that there was wickedness.
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Now man lived a long
time: 800, 900 years.
00:18:06.73\00:18:10.21
And one of the things God says
is: "They can get into too much
00:18:11.34\00:18:14.74
trouble in that length of time.
00:18:14.84\00:18:16.77
They can cause too many
problems. I'm going to reduce
00:18:17.07\00:18:21.10
the length of the time
that man lives to 120 years
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or less. " And
that's what He did.
00:18:26.48\00:18:30.26
And then the Bible
says: "Then the Lord... "
00:18:31.41\00:18:34.33
in Genesis the
6th chapter verse 5...
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"Then the Lord saw that
the wickedness of man was great
00:18:37.48\00:18:40.22
in the earth and that every
intent of the thoughts of his
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heart was only evil continually.
00:18:43.44\00:18:45.68
And the Lord was sorry that
He had made man on the earth
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and He was grieved in His heart.
00:18:50.87\00:18:53.82
And so the Lord
said 'I will destroy man
00:18:54.12\00:18:58.48
whom I have created
from the face of the earth.
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Both man and beast, creeping
thing and birds of the air
00:19:01.62\00:19:06.73
for I am sorry
that I have made them. '
00:19:06.93\00:19:09.99
But Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord. "
00:19:11.44\00:19:16.65
Aren't we glad he did? Amen!
00:19:17.81\00:19:20.12
You know, people say:
"Well, we're related back
00:19:20.82\00:19:22.83
through Adam. " Well
we are... but it really
00:19:22.93\00:19:25.04
kind of goes back
to Noah, doesn't it?
00:19:25.14\00:19:26.95
Aren't we happy that there
was one person who was sincere?
00:19:28.17\00:19:32.94
Now I understand
they've made a movie about Noah.
00:19:33.04\00:19:35.18
I haven't seen
it... not gonna see it.
00:19:35.58\00:19:38.05
But I want to tell you, they
tell me that they make him out
00:19:39.17\00:19:42.01
to be quite a rounder.
00:19:42.11\00:19:45.15
You know, we've got record
here that he got intoxicated.
00:19:45.55\00:19:50.27
And you know
that... you know that story.
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Isn't it amazing how you save...
God uses you to save the world.
00:19:54.35\00:19:59.70
You make a mistake,
and all people can remember
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.51
is that you made a mistake.
00:20:03.71\00:20:05.26
Isn't that how we are?
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.41
Somebody can work all their
life... they can mess it up
00:20:08.50\00:20:11.51
in two minutes and from then on
00:20:11.72\00:20:15.12
I don't care how good
they do, how hard they work,
00:20:15.43\00:20:19.17
how dedicated they
are, how repentant they are
00:20:19.47\00:20:23.48
somebody's going to
remember that two minutes.
00:20:23.89\00:20:26.68
And Noah let his grape juice
00:20:27.68\00:20:31.24
get a little bit too
sour or something another
00:20:31.45\00:20:35.11
and drank it just a
little bit too much.
00:20:35.31\00:20:38.00
And that's what people remember
00:20:38.30\00:20:40.97
and try to make it out
that he was just a drunk
00:20:41.17\00:20:43.30
that was preaching. And I
don't believe that for a minute.
00:20:43.50\00:20:49.49
I believe Noah was
a man of God. Amen!
00:20:49.69\00:20:52.77
I believe he was like Enoch
and I believe he walked with God
00:20:52.91\00:20:56.88
and God used him in
this mighty, mighty way.
00:20:56.98\00:21:02.09
Told him to build an ark
00:21:02.29\00:21:03.83
450 feet long, 75 feet wide.
00:21:04.03\00:21:08.53
A six-story building. Do you
know that until the 20th century
00:21:09.68\00:21:14.91
man had not built
another structure that big
00:21:15.01\00:21:18.73
because until they started using
steel structure to build ships
00:21:18.93\00:21:23.15
nothing that big had
ever been built before
00:21:23.35\00:21:26.29
that was
floating... or built since.
00:21:26.49\00:21:28.99
I don't believe that God
00:21:30.58\00:21:34.13
was wanting to
destroy the earth.
00:21:35.10\00:21:37.36
Ellen White says that... in
Patriarchs and Prophets page 64
00:21:37.56\00:21:41.80
"Had the antediluvians
believed the warning
00:21:42.00\00:21:43.95
and repented of their evil deeds
00:21:44.05\00:21:45.95
the Lord would have
turned aside His wrath
00:21:46.15\00:21:49.28
as He afterward
did from Nineveh. "
00:21:49.58\00:21:53.51
And I believe it.
There's another thing I believe.
00:21:53.92\00:21:56.94
This pattern that He had for
the ark... there could have been
00:21:57.14\00:22:00.67
thousands of arks built
and there could have been
00:22:00.77\00:22:03.20
thousands of people
saved but they did not believe!
00:22:03.30\00:22:06.89
Noah believed.
Hebrews 11:7 says:
00:22:07.93\00:22:12.86
"By faith Noah, being divinely
warned of things not yet seen
00:22:13.06\00:22:17.48
moved with godly fear
prepared an ark for the saving
00:22:17.68\00:22:21.45
of his household by
which he condemned the world
00:22:21.55\00:22:24.52
and became heir of
the righteousness which is
00:22:24.72\00:22:27.92
according to
faith. " Hebrews 11:7.
00:22:28.12\00:22:31.96
By faith he believed God.
00:22:32.99\00:22:37.36
Those other people
did not believe God.
00:22:37.66\00:22:40.38
You know, one of these
days... one of these days
00:22:40.78\00:22:44.43
another Hebrews 11
group is going to be listed.
00:22:44.64\00:22:48.68
Your name can be there.
00:22:48.98\00:22:50.77
By faith... fill in the blank...
00:22:51.67\00:22:55.33
believing God, trusting in Jesus
00:22:55.73\00:23:00.64
for life eternal.
00:23:00.85\00:23:03.19
By faith
00:23:03.49\00:23:05.17
accepting that person was saved.
00:23:05.57\00:23:10.76
Put your name there.
00:23:10.96\00:23:13.53
You have every bit as much
right to be a part of Hebrews 11
00:23:13.83\00:23:18.46
as all of these
very ordinary people
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.96
who were extraordinary
because they believed - Amen! -
00:23:23.26\00:23:27.31
in Jesus and God
and in His promises.
00:23:27.51\00:23:33.11
Now when we look at the ark and
it says: "As it was in the days
00:23:33.55\00:23:36.91
of Noah... " I want to
look at several comparisons
00:23:37.01\00:23:41.70
of Noah's day and the
day in which we live now.
00:23:42.20\00:23:46.91
And I think that one of the
biggest ones is the wickedness
00:23:47.11\00:23:50.02
because it says that: "The Lord
saw that the wickedness of man
00:23:50.22\00:23:55.12
was great in the earth and that
every intent of the thoughts
00:23:55.22\00:23:59.31
of his heart was
only evil continually. "
00:23:59.41\00:24:02.22
Could the Lord
look at the earth now
00:24:02.52\00:24:04.84
and not see wickedness?
00:24:05.04\00:24:06.67
One of the things
that we have seen here
00:24:06.97\00:24:10.00
and has been so pointed
out by several of our speakers
00:24:10.20\00:24:13.60
is that God is preparing a
people. I believe with all of
00:24:13.81\00:24:17.64
my heart that the best
people that have ever lived
00:24:17.74\00:24:20.49
on this earth are
living on this earth right now.
00:24:20.60\00:24:23.82
The ones that are closest
to resembling the Creator;
00:24:24.12\00:24:28.50
closest to resembling
Jesus Christ and His character.
00:24:28.70\00:24:32.24
But at the same time, those
who most resemble the devil
00:24:32.54\00:24:37.97
are also living on this earth.
00:24:38.17\00:24:40.59
The two extremes. And
you know something, folks?
00:24:40.89\00:24:43.19
It won't be long... there
won't be any land in between.
00:24:43.33\00:24:46.80
We're either on one
side or we're on the other.
00:24:47.66\00:24:50.03
I know that some
times some of us worry
00:24:51.28\00:24:53.70
"Am I really
committed? Am I really? "
00:24:53.90\00:24:55.89
And there's nothing
wrong with worrying about that.
00:24:55.99\00:24:57.98
we need to
check ourselves often.
00:24:58.18\00:25:00.08
"Am I still holding on to Jesus?
Am I still believing in Him?
00:25:00.28\00:25:04.56
Am I still trusting in Him? "
00:25:04.59\00:25:07.05
That we must always
be checking ourselves.
00:25:07.55\00:25:12.69
Amen.
00:25:12.89\00:25:14.08
But then we've got to
believe and rely and accept Him
00:25:14.28\00:25:18.39
for what He is. The
wickedness of the world...
00:25:18.69\00:25:21.32
Listen: this is a wicked world.
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.67
I opened up a
magazine. This is it right here.
00:25:23.97\00:25:27.07
It's the USA Today.
00:25:27.27\00:25:29.68
May the 22nd. I was on
a plane and here this was.
00:25:29.98\00:25:33.47
And it says here...
00:25:33.87\00:25:36.32
it's talking about a
child pornography bust
00:25:36.62\00:25:41.18
that they did.
00:25:41.49\00:25:42.63
Only investigated a few days.
Did they come up with sleazy
00:25:42.93\00:25:47.91
guys hanging around a
candy store waiting for kids?
00:25:48.11\00:25:52.01
No. Here's a police
chief, here's a paramedic,
00:25:52.41\00:25:57.61
here's a rabbi. There's some
ministers involved in this, too.
00:25:57.81\00:26:03.29
There is a Boy Scout den
leader, Little League coach,
00:26:03.60\00:26:08.02
police officer.
00:26:08.32\00:26:10.57
People who are
mainstays of the community!
00:26:10.77\00:26:15.41
Some of them selling the por-
nography of their own children.
00:26:15.71\00:26:21.34
I tell you: this is the world
that we're living in, folks,
00:26:23.51\00:26:26.87
that is just like Christ
said this world would be.
00:26:27.91\00:26:33.84
He said that they were
"evil only continually. "
00:26:34.24\00:26:39.70
There's enough
evil going around today.
00:26:40.20\00:26:43.94
Then it says that they
were "marrying and giving
00:26:44.14\00:26:46.69
in marriage. " Pastor Murray was
just out in Manila and he had
00:26:46.79\00:26:51.99
a couple coming to his meeting.
He was telling me about this.
00:26:52.09\00:26:54.76
Had a couple coming to
his meeting. They wanted to be
00:26:55.06\00:26:58.33
members of the church
but they were living together
00:26:58.43\00:27:01.08
but they were not married.
00:27:01.28\00:27:02.70
And he said: "Well,
you have to get married. "
00:27:03.96\00:27:07.79
And they said: "Well, there's
a little problem with that. "
00:27:09.14\00:27:12.03
"What is the problem? "
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.34
"Well, he's still
married to somebody else. "
00:27:14.54\00:27:17.11
Marrying and giving in marriage.
00:27:19.62\00:27:21.48
But the amazing thing is
that they would honestly believe
00:27:21.68\00:27:27.36
that they should be
church members, see?
00:27:27.39\00:27:30.53
And come and ask for that.
00:27:30.93\00:27:34.73
Amazing thing that we run
into people living together
00:27:35.03\00:27:38.18
all the time that
don't want to get married.
00:27:38.28\00:27:40.51
And then we run into same-sex
people who want to get married!
00:27:42.29\00:27:46.29
Those who ought to want
to get married don't want to
00:27:47.92\00:27:50.08
get married; those who
should not be getting married
00:27:50.18\00:27:54.21
want to get married.
00:27:54.61\00:27:56.43
Fifteen states it's now
legal the last count I had
00:27:57.41\00:28:03.39
for same-sex marriage.
00:28:04.29\00:28:05.77
And the way the whole public
thing has gone against this.
00:28:05.97\00:28:09.88
A few years ago 70% of
the people in our nation
00:28:10.28\00:28:15.12
were against same-sex marriage.
00:28:15.42\00:28:18.26
Thirty per cent were for it.
00:28:18.56\00:28:20.06
Now that has
switched in just a few years?
00:28:22.65\00:28:25.50
Only 30% are for it...
00:28:25.80\00:28:27.56
70% are... Sorry, only 30%
00:28:27.86\00:28:32.66
are against it; 70% for it.
00:28:32.86\00:28:36.75
It's... When they get
down to the very specifics
00:28:38.08\00:28:41.96
it's something like 58%.
But when you look at the general
00:28:42.16\00:28:45.18
situation involving the entire
union thing it's 70% approve!
00:28:45.38\00:28:51.05
I tell you... what's
going on in our world?
00:28:52.89\00:28:55.74
It's changed.
00:28:56.57\00:28:58.40
There is very much a resemblance
00:28:58.70\00:29:03.85
of the world of Noah's day.
00:29:04.15\00:29:09.24
It's sad. You know, the
amazing thing is the thing
00:29:10.17\00:29:13.11
that concerns me
more than anything else
00:29:13.21\00:29:14.95
is that people are
starting to talk about
00:29:15.35\00:29:20.95
homosexuals being
part of the church.
00:29:21.15\00:29:23.52
Now let me read
some texts to you.
00:29:24.83\00:29:27.77
Leviticus the
18th chapter verse 22:
00:29:28.51\00:29:30.93
"You shall not lie
with a male as with a woman.
00:29:31.14\00:29:34.20
It is an abomination. "
00:29:34.40\00:29:35.62
Romans 1:26-27:
00:29:35.92\00:29:39.40
"For this reason God
gave them up to vile passions
00:29:39.63\00:29:42.50
for even their women
exchanged the natural use
00:29:42.70\00:29:46.21
for what is against nature.
00:29:46.41\00:29:47.97
Likewise also the men
leaving the natural use
00:29:48.17\00:29:51.64
of the woman burned in
their lust for one another. "
00:29:51.84\00:29:56.21
And then as it says in Jude 1
00:29:58.08\00:30:00.24
"As Sodom and Gomorrah and the
cities around them in a similar
00:30:00.54\00:30:03.53
manner to these, having
given themselves over to sexual
00:30:03.63\00:30:06.95
immorality are
gone after strange flesh
00:30:07.15\00:30:11.06
are set forth as an
example suffering the vengeance
00:30:11.26\00:30:15.45
of eternal fire. "
00:30:15.65\00:30:17.58
Now listen: none
of us are perfect.
00:30:18.99\00:30:23.51
You understand that.
00:30:23.91\00:30:25.43
We all are sinners.
00:30:26.66\00:30:28.50
The Bible tells us
here in I Corinthians 6:9-10
00:30:28.80\00:30:32.86
it lists a group of people
who are not going to be part
00:30:33.10\00:30:36.73
of the kingdom. "Do you
not know that the unrighteous
00:30:36.84\00:30:40.61
will not inherit
the kingdom of God?
00:30:40.81\00:30:43.89
Do not be
deceived. " Now this is Paul.
00:30:44.29\00:30:46.80
This is the preacher
of righteousness by faith.
00:30:47.20\00:30:50.06
This is not a legalist. This
is not someone just making up
00:30:50.99\00:30:55.14
a list to keep
people out of the kingdom.
00:30:55.24\00:30:57.12
He says: "Do not be
deceived. Neither fornicators
00:30:57.52\00:31:01.16
nor idolaters nor adulterers
00:31:01.47\00:31:05.76
nor homosexuals nor Sodomites
00:31:06.06\00:31:10.02
nor thieves nor covetous
00:31:10.22\00:31:12.94
nor drunkards nor revilers... "
00:31:12.97\00:31:15.56
What is a reviler?
00:31:15.76\00:31:17.08
Isn't that a guy that
just causes a lot of trouble?
00:31:17.38\00:31:19.66
We've got some of
those around, too.
00:31:19.96\00:31:21.75
"nor extortioners will
inherit the kingdom of God. "
00:31:22.61\00:31:26.85
I'm a little confused because
00:31:28.92\00:31:33.17
not long ago a church
conference was convened
00:31:33.27\00:31:37.50
in South Africa. Leaders
brought from around the world.
00:31:37.60\00:31:41.32
And they discussed...
the subject was Alternative
00:31:42.59\00:31:47.08
Sexualities.
00:31:47.28\00:31:48.89
Help me out with this.
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.06
They did not say anything
about alternative covetousness.
00:31:54.19\00:32:00.11
You know, covetousness
is a sin. By the way,
00:32:01.41\00:32:03.63
that's the one some of
us have really got to watch.
00:32:03.83\00:32:06.98
It didn't say anything
about alternative thievery.
00:32:07.58\00:32:11.31
Maybe you can steal this
way but maybe you can't steal
00:32:13.69\00:32:16.92
that way. Alternative drunkards.
00:32:17.22\00:32:21.74
Alternative extortioners.
00:32:23.25\00:32:25.72
Didn't say that.
00:32:26.86\00:32:28.66
But alternative sexualities?
00:32:28.96\00:32:32.40
The Bible says
that any sexual activity
00:32:32.90\00:32:37.25
outside of marriage is sin.
00:32:37.45\00:32:40.55
Now, somebody
comes along and says
00:32:42.40\00:32:45.11
"We all make mistakes. "
Yes, but that doesn't mean we
00:32:45.31\00:32:48.12
call our mistake OK.
00:32:48.22\00:32:50.40
You see, somebody
comes to my church
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.93
and he says: "I want
to join your church. "
00:32:53.14\00:32:55.02
"OK, fine, we want you.
We hope that you'll join. "
00:32:55.32\00:32:58.67
"That's just great but
I've got something I've got to
00:32:58.97\00:33:03.14
share with you. "
"Well what's that? "
00:33:03.24\00:33:04.71
And so he reaches in
his pocket and he brings out
00:33:04.91\00:33:07.80
a little idol. He says:
"Now I want to be a part
00:33:08.00\00:33:12.23
of your church but I
also bow down to this idol. "
00:33:12.34\00:33:14.80
We say: "Well that's
OK; that's all right. "
00:33:17.13\00:33:20.51
Can... would we say that?
00:33:20.71\00:33:22.74
Not in my church.
00:33:23.15\00:33:24.57
That's not all right.
00:33:25.72\00:33:28.98
Somebody comes else to me
and he says: "Look, I want to
00:33:30.27\00:33:32.79
belong to your church.
" "I'd love to have you. "
00:33:32.89\00:33:35.74
"But let me tell you
something. " "What's that? "
00:33:35.94\00:33:37.89
"I steal chickens. "
00:33:38.19\00:33:39.65
"Well you can give that up. "
00:33:43.13\00:33:44.74
"No, I'm going to
keep stealing chickens.
00:33:44.84\00:33:47.16
I'm just going to keep it up.
00:33:48.20\00:33:50.03
I've been stealing them
all my life and I want you
00:33:50.34\00:33:53.40
to accept chicken
stealing as OK in your church. "
00:33:53.54\00:33:58.86
You going to accept that? No.
00:34:00.08\00:34:03.19
"No, " I said:
"you've got to give that up.
00:34:03.59\00:34:05.98
You might slip and fall
and actually find a chicken
00:34:06.38\00:34:08.88
in your car someday that
you just accidentally picked up
00:34:08.98\00:34:13.05
a chicken
somewhere, but you've got to...
00:34:13.15\00:34:15.84
We're not going to accept
that as being right. " Amen!
00:34:16.14\00:34:19.92
We're not going to approve that.
00:34:20.16\00:34:21.83
We're not going to have
alternative chicken thiefing.
00:34:22.13\00:34:24.85
You can't do it, folks.
00:34:26.15\00:34:29.15
You know, sin is sin.
00:34:32.02\00:34:34.38
I had a guy used
to come to church
00:34:34.78\00:34:37.78
one of the places where
I was. I won't identify it.
00:34:37.98\00:34:40.25
He identified himself
as a male Mary Magdalene.
00:34:42.45\00:34:47.44
I said: "What in
the world is that? "
00:34:48.85\00:34:50.80
He said: "I
cannot resist women. "
00:34:53.09\00:34:55.85
He was a nice fellow... He
was a doctor and a nice fellow
00:34:56.35\00:35:01.36
but he had the
problem of chasing women.
00:35:01.49\00:35:04.56
It had already messed up
a couple of his marriages.
00:35:04.76\00:35:07.93
It has a way of
doing that, you know.
00:35:08.23\00:35:10.40
But he just wanted
us to accept the fact
00:35:12.82\00:35:17.77
that he was chasing...
00:35:17.97\00:35:19.39
he would have a
different woman every week.
00:35:19.49\00:35:21.56
You know, you can pray
with a person like that.
00:35:22.84\00:35:25.78
You can love a person
like that; you can... you can
00:35:25.98\00:35:30.60
have lunch with
a person like that.
00:35:30.81\00:35:33.08
I didn't go to him as
a doctor but you know...
00:35:33.38\00:35:36.81
But I will tell you
this: you cannot approve.
00:35:39.06\00:35:43.03
You can't, folks.
00:35:43.54\00:35:46.03
Let's face it. I've always
been very clear about the fact
00:35:50.02\00:35:53.04
that I've got a quick reaction.
00:35:53.24\00:35:55.65
It's called a temper.
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.07
I call it a quick reaction.
00:35:58.37\00:36:00.50
And I fight with that all
my life since I was a kid.
00:36:03.10\00:36:06.89
You grow up in the
family I grew up with
00:36:07.29\00:36:09.11
you'd better be
quick or your were dead.
00:36:09.21\00:36:11.68
I mean... cause I
had an older brother.
00:36:11.98\00:36:13.98
I told you the other night, he
was sincerely trying to kill me
00:36:14.18\00:36:18.78
the day I was born. He
was six years older than I was
00:36:18.98\00:36:21.68
and... at least that
was my understanding of it.
00:36:22.70\00:36:26.57
We're best...
We're so close now.
00:36:27.74\00:36:29.65
I hope he's watching
today 'cause we're so close.
00:36:29.76\00:36:32.41
I love him so much. He's
the only brother I've got left.
00:36:32.51\00:36:35.12
And there were five of us kids
00:36:36.32\00:36:40.87
and, anyway, he's
the only one left.
00:36:41.07\00:36:44.44
But let me tell you: this world
00:36:45.71\00:36:50.62
I will not excuse by action.
00:36:50.92\00:36:55.59
I remember one time when I
was a kid my pastor got mad.
00:36:55.89\00:36:58.74
He got mad as he could be.
00:36:58.85\00:37:00.43
And I looked at him
and I said: "You're mad. "
00:37:00.83\00:37:03.19
And he said: "No...
it's righteous indignation. "
00:37:03.29\00:37:05.67
I said: "All right, so it's
righteous indignation when you
00:37:06.93\00:37:09.76
get mad and it's temper
when I get mad. Is that right? "
00:37:09.86\00:37:13.19
Temper's
wrong... it's not right.
00:37:14.32\00:37:18.01
When I'm driving down the
road and... We always use that
00:37:18.41\00:37:21.42
as the illustration. You
know, somebody cutting you off
00:37:21.52\00:37:23.57
in traffic. And
that does, really...
00:37:23.67\00:37:25.25
Things like that in
traffic do sometimes bother you.
00:37:26.54\00:37:29.43
I had a good friend
who's a conference president,
00:37:30.42\00:37:32.41
and he got so upset
when somebody cut him off
00:37:32.61\00:37:35.10
he ran in front of them
and then he lost control
00:37:35.20\00:37:37.27
of the car. Turned his car over;
wrecked his wife. Broke her arm.
00:37:37.47\00:37:40.95
Bless his heart. She
wouldn't ride with him any more.
00:37:42.31\00:37:44.31
He's a good guy, too. He just
had one of those bad moments,
00:37:48.41\00:37:51.65
you know. But he's not
going to call it right.
00:37:51.85\00:37:55.12
Why are we even considering
alternative sexualities?
00:37:56.23\00:38:01.68
Amen! Why?
00:38:01.98\00:38:04.04
I'm sorry, folks. When
I was at another church
00:38:04.34\00:38:09.23
I had a group of
alternative sexualities
00:38:09.43\00:38:14.53
who came and
wanted to become members.
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.76
And they wrote me a long letter.
I wish I had that letter -
00:38:21.68\00:38:25.21
it got away from me somewhere -
00:38:25.41\00:38:27.02
in which they went
through the whole Bible.
00:38:28.01\00:38:29.91
And they had everybody in
the Bible as an alternative.
00:38:30.12\00:38:34.57
They did! I mean, David and
Jonathan weren't just buddies,
00:38:35.38\00:38:39.19
they weren't just friends,
they weren't just loyal.
00:38:39.39\00:38:41.54
They made
something else out of it.
00:38:42.68\00:38:45.06
And on and on. I even think
they had Paul and Barnabas...
00:38:45.90\00:38:50.09
I mean, I'm not kidding
you. It was unbelievable stuff.
00:38:50.29\00:38:54.55
And they wanted me to
accept them in the church.
00:38:55.39\00:38:59.64
I said: "Look, you can
come every week and be here
00:39:00.14\00:39:03.06
but unless you renounce
that. " And there are plenty of
00:39:03.66\00:39:08.09
homosexuals that have renounced
it, turned away from it.
00:39:08.19\00:39:12.09
I've had them tell me... I
ask them: "Are you practicing? "
00:39:12.29\00:39:16.47
If they say "no" and they've
given their heart to Jesus
00:39:16.57\00:39:19.24
Christ and they're looking for
victory day by day in their life
00:39:19.34\00:39:22.92
I would bring them in the
church just like I would the
00:39:23.12\00:39:25.39
doctor who was a
male Mary Magdalene.
00:39:25.49\00:39:29.30
I would... In other
words, you see what I'm saying?
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.86
We all have
struggles and battles.
00:39:32.26\00:39:34.68
Mine may be temper.
00:39:35.18\00:39:36.91
Somebody else's
may be something else.
00:39:37.31\00:39:39.80
But whatever it is, we
don't just say: "OK, it's right,
00:39:41.29\00:39:46.14
it's right. " We don't do that.
00:39:47.29\00:39:49.70
We continue to come
to the foot of the cross
00:39:50.31\00:39:54.28
and seek victory. And that
was the world in which we lived.
00:39:54.68\00:40:00.25
You see, sympathy
is a dangerous emotion.
00:40:00.46\00:40:04.61
You have to be very
careful with sympathy.
00:40:04.92\00:40:07.12
I can be
sympathetic with somebody
00:40:07.42\00:40:09.94
but I have to be careful that
I don't take sympathy beyond
00:40:10.24\00:40:14.77
where it should be
and take it to acceptance.
00:40:15.07\00:40:18.89
Somebody wrote
something once. They said that
00:40:19.29\00:40:22.45
with life and sin and so
forth, at first we are bored,
00:40:22.75\00:40:27.44
then we endure it,
and then we embrace it.
00:40:27.64\00:40:31.07
And I'm afraid, my dear friend,
that that is what is happening
00:40:31.27\00:40:36.18
on this situation.
00:40:36.39\00:40:38.64
Secondly I believe that
in the time of Noah they had
00:40:39.04\00:40:42.08
the values turned upside down.
00:40:42.18\00:40:45.49
Upside down.
00:40:46.81\00:40:48.41
I love to go to Florida.
00:40:48.71\00:40:50.01
My wife was born in
Florida and she loves Florida.
00:40:50.21\00:40:52.74
She loves
Tennessee; she loves Florida.
00:40:53.15\00:40:55.26
We lived in
Texas. I loved Texas.
00:40:55.46\00:40:58.71
My wife loves
Tennessee; she loves Florida.
00:40:58.92\00:41:02.15
I didn't say
anything about Texas, but...
00:41:02.35\00:41:06.31
But I will emphasize that
she loves Tennessee and Florida,
00:41:07.73\00:41:12.16
all right? But she lived in
Texas for a lot of years for me
00:41:12.26\00:41:17.27
and I appreciated
that. I'm a Texan.
00:41:17.37\00:41:19.90
I don't believe that's the
only place in the world to live,
00:41:20.31\00:41:23.31
I really don't... but
I think it's the best!
00:41:23.41\00:41:25.77
When we go to Florida, I
love to go down on the beach.
00:41:28.17\00:41:33.05
And there's a sign on the beach:
00:41:33.78\00:41:36.35
You disturb these turtle eggs
00:41:37.57\00:41:40.75
and there's a $15,000 fine.
00:41:41.05\00:41:45.00
Now I heard about people
wanting to eat turtle eggs.
00:41:48.23\00:41:50.70
They were going to have to
pay $15,000 apiece if they did.
00:41:50.90\00:41:54.02
Can you imagine
that? $15,000 fine.
00:41:55.24\00:41:58.37
I just recently read
about a man that's in trouble.
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.85
He's a photographer, and
he has been taking pictures
00:42:01.95\00:42:05.55
of a bird down there. And this
is a bird called the Snail Kite.
00:42:05.85\00:42:11.83
It's like a hawk.
Beautiful, beautiful bird.
00:42:12.13\00:42:15.17
There are only 400
pairs of them in Florida
00:42:15.37\00:42:17.95
although they're all over
Inter America and South America
00:42:17.98\00:42:21.86
and all there. But
there are only 400 pairs.
00:42:21.96\00:42:24.64
I don't know who counted
them, but there are 400 pairs
00:42:24.74\00:42:27.81
they say in
Florida... so they're protected.
00:42:28.01\00:42:31.47
You cannot come with 500
ft. of one of their nests.
00:42:31.81\00:42:37.54
He came closer than 500 ft.
00:42:37.98\00:42:40.97
not to shoot them,
not to get their eggs,
00:42:41.27\00:42:45.57
not to disturb their nests -
00:42:45.78\00:42:48.00
though they
accused him of that -
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.01
but to take a picture.
00:42:50.21\00:42:51.74
He is facing the potential fine
00:42:53.17\00:42:56.72
of $100,000
00:42:56.92\00:43:00.24
and one year minimum in jail.
00:43:01.55\00:43:04.79
They said that he could
get a suspended sentence
00:43:05.55\00:43:08.84
for taking the
picture of a bird.
00:43:09.44\00:43:13.60
Let me... Did you
know you can abort a child
00:43:16.48\00:43:20.62
and it's not only not against
the law... they'll pay for it?
00:43:21.97\00:43:27.96
Folks, does that
make sense to you? No!
00:43:28.56\00:43:34.29
Are we all messed up? Amen!
00:43:34.62\00:43:37.30
Are we thinking right? No!
00:43:37.60\00:43:39.50
What in the world is
wrong with this world
00:43:39.60\00:43:42.09
that we have come to the place
where we'll protect a turtle egg
00:43:42.29\00:43:46.31
but we will not
protect a human egg?
00:43:46.51\00:43:48.89
What's wrong with us?
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.50
How can we reach a world
with the message of Jesus
00:43:52.58\00:43:58.13
that's worried
about turtle eggs -
00:43:59.34\00:44:01.90
I'm serious... and not
worried about human eggs?
00:44:03.01\00:44:07.51
If there's anybody that should
be standing up against abortion
00:44:08.60\00:44:12.39
it should be a
Seventh-day Adventist. Amen!
00:44:12.69\00:44:15.92
We should stand up against
it because it's wrong, folks.
00:44:16.32\00:44:19.81
People say: "Oh,
what about this? "
00:44:20.01\00:44:21.61
Don't give me all
of those situations.
00:44:21.71\00:44:23.84
You can worry
about those later on.
00:44:24.14\00:44:26.03
Let's just face it,
folks, that hardly ever happens.
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.38
That's not the reason
that there have been 43 million
00:44:29.58\00:44:32.50
abortions since 1973
when Roe vs. Wade was passed.
00:44:32.60\00:44:38.13
Forty-three million in
the United States alone!
00:44:38.37\00:44:42.01
Can you imagine?
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.62
And you think all of those
were to save mothers' lives?
00:44:45.12\00:44:48.39
No... you know
that. Very, very few.
00:44:48.42\00:44:51.06
Do you think all of those were?
00:44:51.26\00:44:52.56
Most of those were
because people just didn't want
00:44:52.96\00:44:55.55
the child. My
momma didn't want me!
00:44:55.75\00:45:00.35
And I know what some
of you are thinking, too.
00:45:03.67\00:45:05.96
She had her family.
00:45:09.45\00:45:11.32
She had 3 children.
Six years afterwards
00:45:11.92\00:45:15.38
all of a sudden
I'm the surprise.
00:45:15.58\00:45:19.54
People tore her up.
This was during World War II
00:45:20.04\00:45:24.26
and just at the beginning.
00:45:24.77\00:45:25.99
And they said: "You
bringing a child into the world
00:45:26.19\00:45:27.87
at a time like this? "
00:45:27.97\00:45:29.68
And I think she probably
kept saying: "I didn't mean to!
00:45:30.53\00:45:32.90
I didn't mean to! "
00:45:33.00\00:45:34.64
And then my little
brother three years later.
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.40
And we were like
a separate family.
00:45:39.74\00:45:43.44
People said: "You don't act like
00:45:43.85\00:45:46.76
the fourth child in a
family. Your personality is like
00:45:47.16\00:45:51.80
a first born. " I was the
first born of the third family
00:45:52.00\00:45:56.18
that mother had you might say.
00:45:56.38\00:45:58.10
My oldest
brother was like a dad.
00:45:59.15\00:46:02.79
He was 13 years
older than I was.
00:46:04.04\00:46:06.69
My sister 12 years older.
Another brother 6 years older.
00:46:07.19\00:46:10.81
So they all did their own thing.
00:46:11.22\00:46:14.56
We had this little
two family down there
00:46:15.06\00:46:19.58
my brother and me. Paul.
00:46:19.78\00:46:21.59
I miss Paul. Died a
little over a year ago
00:46:21.99\00:46:26.52
and I miss him so very much.
00:46:26.83\00:46:30.15
But you see, things
are turned upside down.
00:46:31.39\00:46:37.33
You know, people are
looking at different things.
00:46:39.05\00:46:42.45
In fact, I was reading a
study just this past week
00:46:42.65\00:46:46.10
by a psychiatrist and
his name is Petronovich.
00:46:46.30\00:46:51.37
If I messed that up, I don't
do too good with Murray so...
00:46:51.57\00:46:56.14
You can tell I didn't
do very well last night
00:46:57.18\00:46:59.71
with Light Bearers, so...
00:46:59.91\00:47:02.62
And another one.
Now he did what's called
00:47:05.32\00:47:07.47
The Trolley Problem. A
trolley is coming down a hill
00:47:07.57\00:47:12.10
and there's a child and a dog
there. Which one do you grab?
00:47:12.30\00:47:17.69
You'd be surprised how
many people grab the dog.
00:47:19.45\00:47:22.52
If it's their
dog, high percentage.
00:47:24.14\00:47:27.18
If it's just any dog, a higher
percentage than it should be.
00:47:27.99\00:47:32.80
Then another psychiatrist
by the name of Topolski,
00:47:33.41\00:47:36.39
he did The Runaway Bus.
00:47:36.59\00:47:38.56
Basically the same thing.
00:47:39.61\00:47:41.51
Read the graph. It
makes a difference -
00:47:41.81\00:47:44.49
he did - like on the relation-
ship, whether it was your child
00:47:44.69\00:47:49.73
or another
child, a neighbor child.
00:47:49.93\00:47:52.80
Some neighbor children
didn't do too good at all.
00:47:53.00\00:47:55.01
I mean, you know, they
must have really been a problem.
00:47:55.11\00:47:57.90
But then this was
a very serious study.
00:47:58.30\00:48:04.18
How people react; what they will
do; the choice they will make.
00:48:04.78\00:48:09.86
Your dog is
drowning, a child is drowning,
00:48:11.32\00:48:14.13
which one do you save?
00:48:14.43\00:48:15.98
And again, that's another study.
00:48:16.38\00:48:18.15
And it's amazing how
many times people will
00:48:18.35\00:48:22.67
let the child go and
take care of their dog.
00:48:22.87\00:48:26.72
Now I love dogs.
00:48:29.18\00:48:31.33
But folks, we have to put
human life in a little different
00:48:31.84\00:48:36.92
strata than even
animals that we love.
00:48:37.12\00:48:40.70
We have to do it.
00:48:41.10\00:48:44.03
We've lost our
spiritual equilibrium.
00:48:44.23\00:48:46.43
We reward laziness
and we call it welfare.
00:48:46.63\00:48:50.11
We kill our unborn
and we call it choice.
00:48:50.52\00:48:53.28
We neglect disciplining our kids
00:48:53.58\00:48:55.68
and we call it
building self esteem.
00:48:55.78\00:48:58.22
We abuse power...
we call it politics.
00:48:58.45\00:49:00.73
We covet... we call it ambition.
00:49:01.42\00:49:03.52
We use profanity and pornography
00:49:03.82\00:49:05.78
and we call it
freedom of expression.
00:49:05.98\00:49:07.74
We ridicule God's Word
and we call it enlightenment.
00:49:08.05\00:49:10.79
And as a nation it seems that
our politicians are shameless.
00:49:11.09\00:49:14.58
Our
relationships are meaningless.
00:49:14.88\00:49:17.21
Our attitudes are careless.
00:49:17.51\00:49:19.46
Our babies are fatherless;
our feelings are heartless;
00:49:19.76\00:49:22.75
our education valueless;
our children mannerless;
00:49:22.78\00:49:26.36
our churches truthless;
our religious leaders gutless;
00:49:26.66\00:49:30.05
our country Godless, and
unless we repent, my friend,
00:49:30.35\00:49:34.91
we're hopeless. Amen!
00:49:35.21\00:49:37.40
We must come.
Christ said: "If My people
00:49:37.70\00:49:41.07
who are called by My name
00:49:41.37\00:49:44.02
will humble themselves
00:49:44.32\00:49:46.82
then I will come. "
00:49:47.12\00:49:49.52
And then we find - number
3- that a lot of people are
00:49:49.82\00:49:53.30
obsessed with good things.
00:49:53.40\00:49:55.16
Good things. We can
become so busy with good things.
00:49:55.56\00:49:58.73
It says in Luke's
account of Christ's words
00:49:59.23\00:50:03.87
"As it was in the days
of Noah... " He continues,
00:50:04.07\00:50:06.17
verse 28, "Likewise as it
was also in the days of Lot:
00:50:06.37\00:50:10.28
they ate; they drank;
they bought; they sold;
00:50:10.48\00:50:15.06
they planted; they built...
but on the day that Lot went out
00:50:15.26\00:50:19.56
of Sodom it rained fire
and brimstone from heaven
00:50:19.67\00:50:22.25
and destroyed them
all. Even so will it be
00:50:22.45\00:50:26.13
in the day when the
Son of Man is revealed. "
00:50:26.43\00:50:29.00
Now, you see, we're
made in the image of God.
00:50:29.40\00:50:32.93
I believe God loves energy.
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.63
He loves for us to
have passion about things.
00:50:36.93\00:50:39.02
He loves for us to
be involved in things.
00:50:39.32\00:50:42.30
He loves to see us build.
He loves to see us organize
00:50:42.51\00:50:47.40
and to plant.
When I go down the road
00:50:47.60\00:50:51.73
and I see these great,
massive farms. First of all, I
00:50:51.93\00:50:55.03
thank you farmers
for being farmers.
00:50:55.23\00:50:58.85
I thank you; I envy you
00:50:59.15\00:51:01.89
because I just think
it's a tremendous thing.
00:51:02.19\00:51:05.21
And when I look at all of
the crops and all of the people
00:51:05.61\00:51:08.93
that are being fed by all of
that, thank you for planting.
00:51:09.03\00:51:13.61
I look at people that are
building, and I appreciate that.
00:51:13.91\00:51:17.11
Building...
nothing wrong with that.
00:51:17.41\00:51:19.43
But you see, what the Lord is
saying: "You get so wrapped up
00:51:19.73\00:51:23.02
in these things - good things -
00:51:23.32\00:51:26.07
that you forget
spiritual things... "
00:51:26.28\00:51:28.94
I've had two good friends
00:51:29.09\00:51:32.35
who become so wrapped
up in their ministries
00:51:32.55\00:51:36.53
that they lost their souls.
00:51:36.73\00:51:38.66
I mean that, and I
say "lost their souls... "
00:51:40.31\00:51:42.88
I honestly believe
that they eventually did.
00:51:43.08\00:51:47.14
But they became so
wrapped up in evangelism...
00:51:47.34\00:51:51.38
in ministry itself. You see,
we can get so into the mechanics
00:51:51.48\00:51:56.79
of all of this. And we
have to remind ourselves
00:51:56.89\00:52:00.08
constantly: "Listen, we are
here only to present a message.
00:52:00.28\00:52:04.90
Not to be in television
but to present the message
00:52:05.01\00:52:08.76
of Jesus Christ to a
world using this as a medium. "
00:52:08.96\00:52:12.40
Amen! It's the
way we reach the world
00:52:12.70\00:52:15.00
and that is so important.
00:52:16.18\00:52:18.90
I've seen mothers get so busy
working for everybody else's
00:52:19.60\00:52:23.10
child that they lost their own.
00:52:23.30\00:52:25.21
I've seen people get
so busy in church work
00:52:26.78\00:52:29.91
that they lost their family.
00:52:30.21\00:52:32.62
You can get too
busy in good things,
00:52:33.81\00:52:36.30
and I think that
that is very true.
00:52:36.60\00:52:39.84
By the way, when Nominating
Committee comes around
00:52:40.34\00:52:42.84
accept one office.
Don't take a bunch of offices.
00:52:43.15\00:52:46.31
Don't let them talk you into it.
00:52:46.82\00:52:48.27
They're just looking for
somebody that'll say "yes. "
00:52:48.47\00:52:50.38
You know that. I've
been chairman of many
00:52:50.58\00:52:53.99
Nominating Committees
and I used to warn the people
00:52:54.09\00:52:58.92
"Just don't
offer them too much. "
00:52:59.12\00:53:01.38
Because some people
can't say "no" and they'll say:
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.21
"Oh, I'm so busy but... "
And the next thing you know
00:53:04.31\00:53:07.91
they don't have enough
time with their spiritual life.
00:53:08.11\00:53:10.96
They don't have enough
time with their family.
00:53:11.16\00:53:13.43
We've got to keep our
spiritual lives in balance
00:53:13.73\00:53:17.20
and we must...
Balance is so important.
00:53:17.51\00:53:20.53
So they were building...
they were doing good things
00:53:20.73\00:53:24.62
but they were
doing them to an extreme
00:53:25.84\00:53:30.49
and that is going to cost us.
00:53:30.79\00:53:35.11
Now... haven't left
enough time for my last part.
00:53:35.21\00:53:38.77
Number four: they
ignored present truth.
00:53:39.07\00:53:42.62
You see, the present
truth at that moment was
00:53:42.93\00:53:45.40
that there was a flood
coming. If Noah was here today,
00:53:45.60\00:53:49.21
he would not be preaching
that there is a flood coming.
00:53:49.42\00:53:52.08
If John the
Baptist was here today,
00:53:52.48\00:53:54.44
he would not be preaching
that the Messiah is coming
00:53:54.54\00:53:56.57
for the first time.
We have present truth.
00:53:56.67\00:54:00.54
You know from the
studies we've had here
00:54:00.74\00:54:03.19
day after day
and night after night
00:54:03.39\00:54:05.39
that we are living
right down in the end of time.
00:54:05.59\00:54:08.99
Amen! We have a
message to give, folks.
00:54:09.09\00:54:11.88
"The hour of His judgment
is come. " When you go to
00:54:12.18\00:54:14.20
Revelation the 14th chapter
and you find "The hour of His
00:54:14.30\00:54:17.93
judgment is come... " Babylon
- the confusion of Babylon -
00:54:18.03\00:54:21.97
people go to churches they
don't even know what the church
00:54:22.17\00:54:25.66
teaches. I'm
serious. I asked a man,
00:54:25.76\00:54:28.85
I said: "What do you believe? "
00:54:29.05\00:54:31.13
He said: "I believe
what my church believes. "
00:54:31.33\00:54:33.21
I said: "Well, what
does your church believe? "
00:54:33.51\00:54:35.03
"My church
believes what I believe. "
00:54:35.23\00:54:37.17
"Well what do you and
your church believe? "
00:54:38.43\00:54:40.16
"We believe the same thing. "
00:54:40.36\00:54:42.16
But he doesn't
know what he believes.
00:54:43.26\00:54:46.00
You see, they don't realize it.
00:54:47.18\00:54:49.16
They go there
because of the building.
00:54:49.36\00:54:51.10
They go there because of
the pastor or the worst reason
00:54:51.30\00:54:53.63
you can go to a church.
00:54:53.73\00:54:55.11
They go there because
of some type of choir or...
00:54:55.51\00:55:00.57
I was talking to somebody
the other day. They said:
00:55:00.81\00:55:02.54
"The most wonderful
people go to that church. "
00:55:02.64\00:55:05.29
Well, I've had people tell me
that there were wonderful people
00:55:07.58\00:55:10.42
down at the corner bar.
00:55:10.52\00:55:12.46
They said: "They're the
friendliest bunch in town.
00:55:12.86\00:55:15.50
And I go to the Adventist church
and nobody'll even speak to me
00:55:16.62\00:55:19.68
but I go down to the bar
and they all speak to me! "
00:55:19.88\00:55:21.90
I had a man tell me that.
00:55:22.40\00:55:24.23
We ought to make
sure we're friendly,
00:55:25.58\00:55:27.77
but we can laugh our way
all the way into the fires
00:55:28.85\00:55:32.42
of hell, too. You know that.
00:55:32.52\00:55:34.47
So let me tell you:
00:55:35.51\00:55:37.16
as a person it is
so important to respond
00:55:37.56\00:55:42.58
to present truth.
00:55:42.89\00:55:44.57
To accept present truth.
00:55:44.87\00:55:47.85
We're seeing some
things happen right now.
00:55:48.15\00:55:50.16
"This miracle of unity has
begun. " Bishop Tony Palmer
00:55:50.36\00:55:54.72
and Pope Francis
posted the serious business.
00:55:54.92\00:55:58.19
Former Prime
Minister of Britain Tony Blair
00:55:58.49\00:56:02.23
who was an Anglican
minister has now become
00:56:02.53\00:56:05.59
a Catholic priest.
00:56:05.79\00:56:08.65
And what's happening folks:
there is exactly what we are
00:56:08.95\00:56:14.47
told in Great
Controversy page 588
00:56:14.57\00:56:18.46
that Protestants will reach
over the abyss to clasp hands
00:56:18.66\00:56:23.07
with the Roman
power. It's happening.
00:56:23.28\00:56:26.68
As it was in the days of Noah
00:56:27.12\00:56:32.30
it's going to be soon
that Jesus Christ is coming.
00:56:32.60\00:56:38.43
We see all of the signs.
00:56:38.93\00:56:42.46
They are so clear.
00:56:42.86\00:56:44.53
He's coming soon.
It's going to be quick.
00:56:44.93\00:56:48.43
It's going to happen.
00:56:48.83\00:56:51.31
I want to be ready. Amen! I
want each of us to be ready.
00:56:51.61\00:56:55.76
And more than that
Jesus wants us to be ready
00:56:56.72\00:57:01.45
to meet Him when He
comes. Father in heaven,
00:57:01.85\00:57:03.89
I pray, Lord, that
You will be with us.
00:57:04.19\00:57:07.78
That You will fill us
with Your Holy Spirit, Lord.
00:57:08.08\00:57:11.85
That You will cover us with
the precious blood of Jesus.
00:57:12.69\00:57:16.06
That we will have the
assurance of salvation
00:57:16.36\00:57:20.03
not because we are good
because we are so human, Lord,
00:57:20.23\00:57:23.60
so human, but because
Jesus is a great Savior.
00:57:23.80\00:57:29.16
Thank you. Amen. Amen.
00:57:29.46\00:57:32.30