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Series Code: 14SCM
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00:38 We've been having a tremendous blessed time here -
00:42 Amen - in West Frankfort, Illinois, at our Camp Meeting. 00:46 We have a tremendous attendance here 00:49 and everyone's having a wonderful time, Danny. 00:52 We are. And people are being fed physically - yeah - 00:55 because over here we've had free meals all week once again. 00:57 And so we figured then you get fed spiritually 01:01 why not physically too, right? Amen! Right! 01:03 So we're glad that each and every one of you are here. 01:05 And for those of you at home, thank you for joining us 01:08 as you do each and every day. Yes. And thank you for your love 01:10 and your prayers and financial support of 3ABN 01:14 as we endeavor to take this great gospel of the kingdom 01:16 into all the world. Amen. What a privilege to get together, 01:20 and here we've been here for several days. 01:22 We've got all day and all evening 01:24 and much of this is going out live all around the world. 01:27 Isn't that amazing? Amen! Thirty years ago 01:29 this November was just a dream. 01:31 The Lord impressed us to build a television station that would 01:34 reach the world with an undiluted three angels' messages 01:37 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 01:39 And today to say we're on nine satellites 01:42 that people can watch anywhere on planet earth 01:44 if they want to watch 3ABN. 01:46 Not only just our original 3ABN but all the other networks. 01:51 Dare to Dream Network, Latino Network. 01:54 We have our Proclaim! We have our Children's. 01:56 We have our International Network. 01:58 We praise God for that. We couldn't do it without you 02:01 with your love, prayers, and support so thank you so much. 02:04 It's so amazing now, y'all... that when we started this 02:08 Judy and I, we'll talk about it in a minute. We've been 02:10 working together 30-some years. Now we can on our telephones 02:14 anywhere in the world we can watch 3ABN if we want to. 02:17 Isn't that amazing? Amen! The technology 02:20 that has happened. And last events right before Jesus comes 02:23 knowledge shall be increased and what'll happen? Men run 02:26 to and fro. Folks, that's what's happening today. 02:29 Someone said: "Well you Christians are always saying 02:31 Jesus is coming again. You're always saying... 02:34 You've been saying that for 100 years, 200 years, 02:36 every generation. And knowledge has been increased 02:39 and, you know, so what is different about this? " 02:42 I said: "There's a big difference. " Think about this: 02:46 100 years ago how could you get the gospel to all the world? 02:49 That's right. Couldn't, could you? 02:52 Now think about this: when we... Right now we're speaking to you. 02:56 When we say: "Hello and welcome to 3ABN! " 02:58 this signal goes up 22,300 miles to space. 03:02 How much did I say? 03:04 22,300 miles, and it travels at the speed of light. 03:09 Anybody know what the speed of light is? 03:10 186,000... Fast somebody said. 03:13 186,200 miles per second. 03:16 Goes around planet earth in just about three seconds. 03:20 Now, if the Lord tarried 1,000 years, how much 03:23 can you improve on three seconds - right? - 03:25 getting the gospel to the world? Folks, we are there. 03:27 Now we are not waiting on Jesus. 03:30 He's waiting on His people to perfect His character 03:33 within our lives so that He can come back 03:36 for a victorious church, right? Amen! 03:38 Somebody say amen to that? Amen! We're excited today. 03:40 Thank the Lord for His blessings and for the opportunity 03:45 of being Christians in the clos- ing moments of earth's history. 03:48 Oh we really are. And during this Camp Meeting 03:51 one of the great things: the messages have been phenomenal - 03:54 Amen! - but the music has been so inspiring. 03:58 And Danny, you began working on a project 04:01 in the early part of this year on the second coming. 04:04 And some of the songs that are going to be presented today 04:08 are brand new. They were just written. 04:11 Tell us about how the Lord impressed you 04:13 with some of those songs. 04:15 Well we were talking about the second coming. 04:18 Many of you know the Pillars Project we've done. 04:20 The Pillars of our Faith; the Pillars Hymns. 04:22 We wanted to do something similar to that 04:26 that would be a really great production, 04:27 something that anybody would listen to. 04:30 So we said: "Our Camp Meeting's going to be centered around 04:34 the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. " 04:36 So I said: "Why don't we do a project on second 04:39 coming songs? But let's just don't do all originals. 04:42 Maybe we can get some new ones. " 04:44 So the Lord has blessed. We have several new songs. 04:47 And while I'm at it I might as well introduce Bro. Lari Goss. 04:50 Lari Goss has been in gospel music for many many years. 04:54 Jim says and Lari's told this: 04:57 with your family... you were so poor you literally lived on 04:59 dirt floors in Georgia - right? - when growing up. 05:02 So to see Lari go... what God has done with him 05:05 and his family. I think Ron Goss is out here, 05:07 his wife Carolyn. 05:09 To see what they have done because of their determination 05:12 to serve the Lord to put them in a position 05:14 that he's arranging music, writing music 05:17 that's affecting the world. Amen! 05:19 It's changing the world. So Lari, thank you for being a part 05:22 of this. Thank you. We called Lari Goss and said: 05:24 "Is there any way we can get you to do this? " 05:26 And he agreed to say: "Yes, I'll take this music. " 05:29 So I even had one song I wrote and I said: "I don't have any 05:32 music to it. " He said: "I'll write it for you. " 05:34 So the very first song that we're going to do 05:36 called the Sacrifice... I wrote the words 05:39 but Lari wrote the music to this. So we're so thankful. 05:42 He's arranged every note that you hear on all the orchestra, 05:45 the background vocals. I mean it's all in that mind. 05:48 And I don't know how you get it out, but you do beautifully 05:51 on it. Thank you, Lari - thank you - for what you have done. 05:54 I'm going to ask Reggie to come up. 05:56 And Reggie... Anybody know Reggie Smith? 05:58 Amen! I'm going to have... While we're started here 06:03 right before we sing I'm going to have Reggie 06:04 introduce our singers. We have some special guests 06:07 with us today. We do! We do! And Danny, over here... 06:11 Tell us a little bit about them. OK, a little bit about them. 06:13 On the very end is Gene McDonald. All right. 06:15 You might have... Can you stand, Gene? 06:17 Gene here on the end. I've got to tell you first of all 06:18 all these people that I introduce are just wonderful 06:20 friends of mine and Mel... of course, you, Danny. 06:23 Gene McDonald is the premier bass singer 06:26 with the Homecoming Bill Gaither and Gloria Gaither 06:29 Homecoming. You've seen him on many DVDs. All right. 06:31 Make him welcome. All right. Gene McDonald. 06:34 And next to Gene is Terry Blackwood. 06:36 Many of you know Terry Blackwood. He sang with the 06:38 wonderful Imperials group called The Imperials 06:41 that backed Elvis and sang many wonderful, wonderful... 06:44 Some guy named Elvis he used to sing with. Yeah. 06:46 I don't know. He's like saying: "No, we don't need that. " 06:48 This is Terry Blackwood, Danny. 06:52 All right, thank you. But Danny, you might want to say 06:53 Judy. Judy, why don't you stand up? 06:55 Judy and I have been friends for 30-some years. 06:58 In fact, in 1982 Melody's mother was 07:01 in an automobile accident and she lost her life in that. 07:05 And months after that Aaron Wilburn, a friend of ours, 07:08 wrote a song - he and Dave Layman - called Heart Mender. 07:11 So we went to Nashville. We met Bobby Bradley 07:13 who is the engineer. I said: "Bobby, we want to get 07:16 some... " He said: "I'll tell you the best singers 07:17 that I know and we'll get them here. " And Judy 07:20 in the Fall of 1982. So we figured that out 07:23 it's about 32 years. So every project you've ever heard me 07:26 sing on Judy's one of the singers behind it. 07:29 Incredible talent. Judy's also... Not only sings 07:33 back up, she herself writes... we use this term 07:37 lightly because as Christians we know there's only one star 07:41 but in the secular world she was a star herself. 07:44 She's had several songs in the top ten. 07:46 Girls Ride Horses, Too, I think is a #1 hit 07:48 back in the 90's or whatever. 07:51 But she is an incredibly talented person. 07:53 Loves the Lord. She's done jingles; 07:55 she's done it all. But to have Judy here 07:57 to be here working together in a live program like this 08:00 just means the world to me. Thank you for being here, 08:02 consenting to come, Judy. 08:05 So Danny, real quick, I think you all know and love... 08:08 You know this lady, don't you Danny? Melody Dawn. 08:10 Melody Dawn. She was 11 years old when we 08:13 started working with her, right Judy? Isn't it amazing 08:16 you and I haven't aged a bit? 08:18 And she obviously has aged, Melody has. Right? 08:22 She doesn't look like an 11-year-old any more. 08:24 But you look good, Melody. You look good 08:27 for a woman in your... She told me never to say... 08:31 She says: "Dad, I'm old enough now. Please don't tell my age. " 08:35 I said: "If I were your age I'd brag about it. " 08:38 She says: "Please don't tell my age. " 08:40 So I won't. I will not. I made her that promise. 08:42 Melody, I won't tell your age but I'll never forget that 08:45 beautiful sunny morning when I went to the hospital 08:49 in 1971 08:54 and... I didn't tell your age, honey. 08:59 I didn't. I'm sure they're not really thinking... 09:02 adding right now. I see calculators going on. 09:04 Let's see. Danny, it's 81... Not 71, 81. 09:06 Oh no. Nice try, Reggie. 09:08 All right. Why don't you introduce the lady next to... 09:11 OK. Well a lot of you know this lovely lady. 09:13 Her name is Ladye Love and this is my wife. 09:17 So... And we've been married 19 years this year 09:20 so you know her. And this lovely lady here 09:23 is Bonnie Keen, just a dear, dear friend of ours. 09:26 Bonnie has sung on almost every major record 09:29 in the last few years... thirty years. 09:33 No... 25 years. She's a dear friend. 09:36 I've got to tell you all these people, Danny, they first of all 09:40 every one of these people love the Lord with all their 09:42 heart, mind, and soul... every bit of them. 09:45 And they love people. They love you and they love everybody. 09:48 So they were really hand-picked with Danny for this particular 09:53 project. Bonnie Keen sang with a wonderful, award-winning group 09:57 called First Call. And Danny, the reason they were called 10:00 First Call was because in Nashville 10:02 she was a session singer. And truly, the three of them 10:05 were the first call for all the CDs and records. 10:09 What she said, she said "She's not dead yet. 10:12 She's still working... she's still singing. " 10:14 Bonnie Keen. 10:17 So all these folk from Nashville, Tennessee. 10:20 For all you Tennessee hillbillies they're going to 10:22 make you proud today - all right - that's with us. 10:25 Yvonne Lewis. Those of you... You can stand up, Yvonne, 10:28 for those who may not know you. 10:30 Those of you know Yvonne Lewis. She's had a very successful 10:33 career in music for many many years. 10:35 But she says: "You know, I've never been happier 10:37 than right now serving the Lord 10:40 and singing for Him. " And so people have heard about you 10:43 but she's the general manager of Dare to Dream, our 10:46 minority network. And so we're glad that you're here today also 10:50 as guest. Course the rest of our choir... I think you know 10:52 most everybody back here. 10:54 So wave to the folks, and they're 3ABN regulars. 10:57 You've seen them, so you're all welcome too. 11:00 But we just want to make sure that we get our guests here 11:03 from out of town and out of state. 11:05 Amen. Well we're really looking forward to the music. 11:09 So is it that time? Absolutely. 11:11 I'll tell you what: why don't you say a prayer - all right - 11:13 because we really believe this music was given for a purpose, 11:17 and it's to draw us closer to the Lord Jesus Christ 11:20 and it's to bring all attention... 11:22 We like to have fun. 11:23 I've always... I've traveled so much 11:25 I've had people say: "Don't you ever get down? " 11:28 And I said: "No, I've read the back of the book. 11:30 The back of the book says they overcame him by the blood 11:32 of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. " 11:34 But there's also a time to be quiet and come before the Lord 11:37 and listen. And these songs have been dedicated 11:41 and we've asked God to let these be world changers. 11:44 Let people's minds and hearts be drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ. 11:48 So before we enter in to the next several songs 11:50 I'm going to ask Jim Gilley to ask God's blessing. 11:53 Shall we bow our heads? 11:55 Father in heaven, we thank you for the blood of the Lamb: 11:58 the blood of Jesus Christ. 12:01 And by our testimony today 12:04 through music and through the spoken word 12:07 Father we tell the world about Him. 12:11 The Bible says we "overcame by the blood of the Lamb 12:16 and the word of their testimony" 12:17 and we will speak and talk about Jesus 12:22 as long as, Lord, You give us the breath to do so. 12:26 We look forward to the coming, the return of our Lord 12:30 and Savior. We look forward to spending eternity 12:33 with Him in Your house. 12:36 Thank you, Father. In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen. 12:41 OK, we want Reggie and Ladye and Yvonne. 12:44 You're going to do the trio. And E.T. Everett is 12:47 our choir director and absolutely a great asset 12:50 to all of us. Thank you, E.T., for being here. 12:53 And we love you and appreciate what you do. 17:14 Reggie and Ladye, why don't you just stay on up here? 17:17 I think you're going to do a song that many of you know 17:19 called We Shall Behold Him. 17:22 Did Dottie Rambo write this? And this song is an incredible 17:27 song, talking about... It paints the picture - 17:30 true picture - of what it will really be like. 17:33 And that's what all of these songs are. 17:35 We just want to paint a picture. The Bible says 17:37 "Now we see through a glass darkly 17:39 but then face to face. " 17:42 So it's in our minds. Ellen White actually says 17:45 we should spend an hour a day contemplating the goodness 17:48 of God. One of those things is: can you imagine a God 17:52 who is big enough to rule this mighty universe 17:54 yet He's small enough to live within our heart. 17:56 That He cared enough about us 17:59 that when literally there was no escape for man 18:03 He made that sacrifice. That He gave His own life 18:07 on the cross of Calvary. 18:09 This song is an incredible song. 18:11 I don't think anybody can do it in my opinion 18:14 'cause I love these folk - what a great talent 18:16 and friends they are and great love for the Lord - 18:19 but We Shall Behold Him. 24:09 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 24:13 Praise the Lord! 24:16 Thank you. Boy, there's an anointing in here today. 24:20 You feel it? I'm getting little goose bumps over here. 24:23 Little I don't know... They're not chill bumps; 24:25 they're goose bumps I think. 24:27 I think they're Holy Spirit bumps all over me here. 24:29 Wow! Incredible. Lari, thank you again so much. 24:33 What beautiful arrangements! These things are incredible. 24:36 And I talked to one of the most famous arrangers 24:39 in Nashville that does movie scores and a lot of movies. 24:43 Some of you might even recognize, and I said 24:45 something about I was meeting with this person 24:47 one day then I said I was in Nashville and I said 24:50 "I've got to meet with Lari Goss, another arranger. " 24:53 And this person who is so highly respected 24:55 said: "Lari Goss is not just an arranger. 24:59 Lari Goss is what we all would strive to be. " 25:02 She said: "His mind is amazing and the musical abilities 25:06 that this man has is like... " She said: "We're not in his 25:09 league. " So I say that not to uplift you, Lari, 25:12 but you've allowed God to use you. 25:14 Give Him all the glory. 25:17 Praise God for the glory. 25:18 And life's not been a bed of roses for this guy. 25:22 He struggled with health... You've had health problems. 25:24 Struggled with cancer and you had lots of problems. 25:27 Things weren't looking so good but last week you called me. 25:30 Went to the doctor. What'd the doctor tell you? 25:33 I had my last... I've been fighting cancer for 5 years. 25:36 Had a 5-year life span with a 15% chance of survival. 25:42 And so it's been 6 years now 25:46 and last Monday I went for my CAT scan 25:51 and not only is my cancer in remission. 25:55 There's no cancer there... just scar tissue. 25:59 Praise God! 26:03 Well, we all need doctors. I respect them 26:08 greatly but they have their limitations, right? 26:11 That 15% wasn't God's percentage. 26:14 God's percentage said 100%. He's going to be here. 26:17 going to continue. While he's doing this project 26:19 he has five other projects going too. 26:22 So God's not through with you by any means. 26:24 I think you know that now, right? 26:26 Well, you know what Danny? It's such a pleasure 26:28 to be here with you and you so gracefully have 26:31 put these songs together about the second coming... 26:34 And when you came to my home and spent several days with me 26:37 we went through these songs, and before I ever started 26:40 writing the music or the orchestration or the vocals 26:43 I sat down and read the lyrics to all of these songs 26:47 and was so appreciative of what you did 26:50 putting these songs together about the 2nd coming of the Lord 26:53 that it really enlightened me. It lifted my spirit 26:56 and gave me a Blessed Hope for tomorrow 27:00 that I've never had before. Thank you, Danny. 27:03 I appreciate you so much. All right. God bless you. 27:05 Well speaking of that, let's do a song. 27:07 This is a song that I tell you what: if you're not happy 27:10 after this you need to check your pulse, see if you're 27:12 even with us. You may be something wrong with you. 27:15 But this is a great song. Who can't get excited 27:18 about Jesus Is Coming Again? 27:20 Amen. We're going to do this just as a choir, right? 27:24 You sure, Jim Gilley? I wanted Jim to get up here 27:28 and sing this but he he says he'll just sing with the choir. 27:30 I think you ought to get up and sing it, but anyway... 27:33 we'll let him decide. 27:35 Jesus Is Coming Again. 31:00 All right! Amen! 31:08 I hope some of you were singing that with us. 31:10 I saw some of you. Isn't that a beautiful song? 31:13 And just think about Jesus Christ coming back 31:18 in the clouds of glory! Two or three years ago 31:21 I wrote a song. I was home just by myself 31:24 and the thought came to me about heaven 31:27 and I said: "What does heaven really mean to me? " 31:31 And then all of a sudden it hit me: heaven means home 31:34 to me. But the words that I started writing 31:39 probably wouldn't make sense to a lot of folk 31:41 'cause it said: "I'm longing for a place 31:45 I've never been yet it's a place I call home. " 31:48 Now what's wrong with somebody saying that? 31:50 If somebody said: "Man, I'm longing for this place 31:53 and I call it home. " You say: "Have you been there? " 31:55 "No. " "Well how can you possibly 31:58 be longing for a place, Lari, that you've never been? 32:01 I'll tell you how. Every human being... 32:03 Any of you old enough to know about the homing pigeons 32:06 that they use to fly back and forth? 32:08 Every... See, some of them are honest. They raised their 32:10 hands. Others: I know you're old enough to know. 32:13 You're just maybe bashful or your arm's not working 32:16 maybe. Whatever... 32:18 But every human being has a homing device 32:21 in us that God put here, and we're just strangers 32:24 here... sojourners on this earth. 32:26 Right? Because we're really never home till we go home 32:30 with Jesus Christ. Amen. So you can in a Christian sense 32:34 we can be longing for a place we've never been 32:37 yet it's a place that I call home. 32:40 Jim Gilley asked me to do this 32:42 on this project, and so I really wasn't going to sing at all. 32:46 We've got some incredible singers here, but Jim said: 32:48 "No, I want you to do this. Do this for me and Camille. " 32:51 So we're going to do it. I'm going to ask Reggie 32:53 and Ladye to help me and, of course, the whole choir. 32:55 But the song is Heaven Means Home To Me. 37:10 Amen! Beautiful! 37:15 Thank you. 37:19 This next song I just... it's blessed me so much. 37:24 And I say that in a way because I remove myself 37:27 and I say this honestly before God. 37:30 He knows my heart. It's the first song that 37:33 I have ever written that I cried while I wrote the words. 37:37 I literally cried tears while I wrote the words, 37:41 and it's because I felt like they weren't coming from me. 37:44 I felt like they were coming from the Lord. 37:46 And I said: "This is too deep for me. 37:48 You know, this is not something I would think about or write. " 37:52 But I got a picture of the second coming and what it would 37:55 be like right before Jesus comes. 37:57 While we're happy about the second coming 37:59 there's going to be a lot of things happening, right? 38:01 Famines, earthquakes. People will turn... It says 38:04 that the love of many will wax cold. 38:06 Brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers turning 38:09 against each other. It's going to be a terrible time 38:11 for planet earth. And that's what makes it so special 38:15 that we have a loving Savior who cared enough to redeem man 38:19 from his fallen nature. And man would self destruct. 38:23 Without God's intervention this earth would destruct. 38:27 And you know what? It wouldn't last very much longer. 38:30 Do you agree with that? All you've got to do as 38:32 we mentioned before: watch the news, watch television, 38:35 listen to the radio. Just talk to people in general 38:39 and it's amazing. Thirty years ago you could go to 38:42 somebody's house and knock on the door to talk to them. 38:45 They may say "Come in. Let's come in and have a drink 38:47 here. Let's sit down, let me give you something. " 38:49 Today they've got bars on there or they call the police. 38:52 And the worst part is you can't blame them. 38:54 Right? You go in the cities. There's no such thing 38:57 as going knocking on doors passing out literature. 39:00 Some of you tried to do that lately? 39:02 I wouldn't suggest you do it. 39:04 But praise God for television, radio, the printed page, 39:07 all of these things because we can get in behind those bars 39:10 and inside these homes that we can't do it. 39:13 This whole world is changed. People are changing 39:16 because we're taking our eyes off of the Lord Jesus Christ. 39:20 So what I was thinking about was: "Man, what's this earth 39:24 going to be like? " And then all of a sudden you're seeing 39:28 all these terrible things happen. And the devil's 39:32 talking to you. The devil lies. You know he's a big liar, 39:34 right? So the devil's talking to you 39:36 and he's saying: "You know what? Everything you've done 39:39 is in vain. Where is your God when you need Him? " 39:42 So you get sick, you get down and out. People say: "Where 39:44 is God when I need Him? "Where is your God? " 39:47 the demons cried. It came to me and all of a sudden 39:51 it says: "Your truth has failed; it's all been a lie. " 39:54 And then all of a sudden a voice from heaven 39:57 can now be heard. It came from God - the Living Word. 40:00 And just in time the Savior came. 40:04 Just in time He called my name. 40:07 Your name. It brought it so personal to me. 40:10 Here all of this calamities and disasters going on 40:13 around the world. Suddenly we look up 40:16 and there's this small cloud. And as it draws closer 40:18 and closer the earth begins to get brighter and brighter. 40:22 And all of a sudden for those who are ready 40:24 we're saying: "Lo this is our God whom we have waited for. 40:27 He's come to save us. " 40:28 And those of us that are not are running for the rocks 40:30 and mountains and trying to get away. 40:33 We know it's too late. 40:35 And with all of this going on the Creator of the universe 40:38 knows every one of your names. 40:40 Just In Time The Savior Came. 40:44 I was doing that and I said I check the stories 40:47 when I'm writing the song, so I read the Bible and then I said: 40:50 "I'm going to go to Great Controversy" 'cause I'd read it 40:52 before. I want to hear about page 641, 42, in that area 40:56 Ellen White's description of the second coming. 40:58 And it's like the Lord said: "Just put that in. 41:00 Just put that in this song. " 41:02 So we did it, and I'm so thankful that Sr. Yvonne Lewis 41:06 is going to sing this song and she's also going to do 41:09 the narration that came from the Great Controversy 41:13 entitled Just In Time. 43:45 Soon there appears in the East 43:46 a small black cloud 43:48 half the size of a man's hand. 43:51 It's the cloud which surrounds the Savior 43:54 and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. 43:58 The people of God know this to be the sign 44:01 of the Son of Man. In solemn silence 44:04 they gaze upon it as it draws nearer the earth 44:07 becoming lighter and more glorious 44:09 until it is a great white cloud: 44:12 it's base a glory like consuming fire 44:14 and above it the rainbow of the covenant. 44:17 Jesus rides forth as a mighty conqueror. 44:21 Not now a "Man of Sorrows" 44:23 to drink the bitter cup of shame and woe. 44:26 He comes victor in heaven and earth 44:29 to judge the living and the dead. 44:31 With anthems of celestial melody the holy angels, 44:35 a vast unnumbered throng, attend Him on His way. 44:39 The firmament seems filled with radiant forms 44:42 "ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands. " 44:48 No human pen can portray the scene; 44:51 no mortal mind is adequate to conceive its splendor. 44:54 "His glory covered the heavens 44:57 and the earth was full of His praise. 45:00 And His brightness was like the light. " 45:02 As the living cloud comes still nearer, every eye beholds 45:05 the Prince of life. No crown of thorns 45:08 now mars that sacred head 45:11 but a diadem of glory rests on His holy brow. 45:14 His countenance outshines the dazzling brightness of 45:17 the noonday sun. "And on His robe 45:20 and on His thigh a name written: King of kings 45:25 and Lord of lords. " 47:04 Wow! 47:09 Those bumps haven't gone away! 47:11 They're still on me, those little Holy Spirit goose bumps 47:14 are still on me here. We're about to have church. 47:16 Right? We're about to get noisy. 47:19 Somebody get upset? Well, you're in the wrong building today 47:21 if you don't want to get a little bit noisy 47:24 if you feel like it. But it's praise to God 47:26 not to anybody else - Amen! - right? 47:28 None of this... nothing that we have... 47:30 The Bible says if we could see it we're all as filthy rags 47:34 in the sight of God. 47:35 I mean really that's just nothing. 47:37 That's something terrible. But through God and His love 47:41 for fallen man He made a plan for us. 47:44 Amen! And when the devil is against you... 47:46 I tell... I've told people for years 47:48 I go places and I see so many Christians depressed. 47:52 They'll come up and say: "Well you don't know 47:54 what this person did to me. " 47:56 And some people say: "Oh I haven't been to church 47:58 in years. " I'll meet them on an airplane. 48:00 "Oh I haven't been to church in years. " 48:01 "How come? " "Too many hypocrites in church. " 48:04 They say: "Too many hypocrites in church. " 48:06 And I say: "What happened? " "Well one time when I was only 48:10 18 years old this person said this to me 48:12 and I got offended. " I said: "You got offended? 48:16 You left somebody offend you? Great peace have they which 48:19 love Thy law and nothing shall offend you" 48:21 is what the Bible tells us. 48:23 But being offended is a choice. 48:25 That's a choice. Nobody can offend you. 48:27 Why let somebody that you're not even into offend you, right? 48:30 Amen! Can I talk plainly with you for a minute? 48:32 Talk plainly? Why let somebody the last thing you want them 48:36 to do is offend you, so you don't have to. 48:39 You'll be offended a choice, so let's make a good choice. 48:42 You know what? It's just like this. 48:45 I tell people: "If you read you don't ever have to be 48:47 discouraged. " Let's say that you go into a book store. 48:50 A lot of people buy a book. 48:52 Maybe it's a novel... whatever. 48:54 And so what do you do? You turn to the back 48:56 and it says: "John and Mary rode off into the sunset 48:58 happily ever after. " 49:00 Right? Now, you start reading the book. 49:03 It's 200 pages. So you go 100 pages through the book 49:06 and all of a sudden John and Mary fell off... 49:09 They're hanging on a cliff. It's 2,000 feet below them 49:13 and, Terry, the limb is breaking. 49:15 And now do you go: "Oh no, John and Mary's going to die! " 49:19 What do you do? 49:21 You say: "How's the author going to get them out of this? " 49:23 Why? 'Cause you read the back of the book 49:25 and you know they didn't die. 49:27 So now it becomes exciting. 49:29 In our own personal lives, folks, we have to look 49:31 at it the same way. We've read Daniel; 49:34 we've read Revelation, the back of the book. 49:36 And as I mentioned earlier what does it say? 49:38 "And they overcame him... " the devil... 49:41 "by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. " 49:43 Right? So folks, we have nothing to be discouraged about. 49:48 No excuses for being depressed. 49:50 We ought to be the happiest, most excited people 49:53 on planet earth. Amen! 49:55 And it's all because of the old rugged cross. 49:59 And Lari Goss has just done a brand-new project - 50:01 solo project - no other instrument. 50:04 No other instrument... solo. And we asked him to do this. 50:07 "Lari, just do some old hymns. " 50:09 And he said: "I'll do it. " 50:11 I said: "Our people love old hymns. 50:13 Just do some hymns just you playing 50:15 the way that you play and do this. " 50:18 And all because of the old rugged cross. Lari Goss. 52:35 Amen! Reggie, Ladye, Yvonne. 52:38 Reggie, Ladye, and Yvonne. 52:41 Lari, why don't you get that in whatever key you want to 52:45 and let's let Reggie and Ladye and Yvonne lead us in a verse 52:48 of The Old Rugged Cross. And we want to hear from you 52:50 out here. You've been listening all this time. 52:52 Don't you feel like singing? Yes! 52:54 All right. We want to hear you. We want you to sing 52:56 so loud that we can hear you all around the world 52:59 because this is an incredible song. 53:01 The Old Rugged Cross. Praise God for the old rugged cross. 53:07 We do things impromptu here at 3ABN as you can see. 53:10 But I know these folks can do it, all right? 54:13 On a hall... sing it... 54:14 far away 54:17 stood an old rugged cross... 55:45 We're coming down to the end of this hour. 55:49 Jesus IS coming again. Amen! 55:54 We can have the assurance that we're ready to meet Him 55:58 by simply placing everything in His hands. 56:06 There's no way that we're good enough to be saved. 56:11 As Danny quoted a moment ago "All of our righteousness 56:16 is as filthy rags. " 56:18 Not our sins. We know how filthy those are. 56:21 But even our goodness... It's only by the blood of Jesus, 56:29 His cleansing power, being filled with His Holy Spirit 56:35 that we will be ready to meet Him when He comes. 56:40 I'm so thankful for the old rugged cross. 56:45 I'm thankful that Jesus died and He stayed on that cross 56:49 for you and for me. 56:53 Because He did, we'll be able to look up and say 56:57 "Lo, this is our God. 56:59 We prayed for this day. 57:04 We've longed for this day 57:07 and now He is coming. " 57:10 What a day... what a glorious day that will be. 57:16 Father in heaven, we thank you for that assurance. 57:22 We thank you that Jesus went to the cross 57:25 and died for each one of us. 57:28 Help us to claim it and receive it. In Jesus' name, 57:31 Amen. |
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