Walter Pearson is going to
be our speaker this morning
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and most of you realize
Walter has really battled back
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from a very severe stroke.
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And he is so loved
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by the viewers of 3ABN. Amen!
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When he was pastoring in Atlanta
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a church from
another denomination
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came and tried to hire
him to be their pastor.
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He said: "Don't you
know what I believe? "
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And they said: "Yes! "
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He said: "Well, I don't
think you could afford me. "
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Now you know our pastors don't
make a whole lot of money folks.
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And they said: "Well try us. "
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He said: "Well, I'd like
a few hundred thousand. "
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He named an amount of money.
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"And I want two Mercedes Benz. "
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'Cause he was just kind
of testing them, you know.
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"And I want an
education allowance.
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I want a house
allowance. " He named that...
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and a pretty big house.
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And when he got through
they looked at him and said:
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"Pastor, you don't
know what you're worth.
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We'd give you twice that. "
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And so he just said:
"You know I've got to preach
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the truth. I've got to
preach what I preach. "
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And he said: "Thank you, but
I will stay with my brethren. "
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And he's been given
honors, preaching at some great
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great seminaries
around the country.
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And we're going to
hear him in a moment
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and we will be blessed.
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I remember Danny
mentioned this girl when she was
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eleven years old. I remember
at least when she was 12
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and hearing her sing.
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And I said: "God has
blessed this young lady
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not only with a voice
but with a love for Jesus. "
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And this is
Melody Shelton Firestone
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and she's going to sing
for us He'll Find A Way.
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Thank you, Melody.
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At times the load is heavy,
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at times the road is long
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when circumstances come your way
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and you think you can't go on.
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When you're
feeling at your weakest
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Jesus will be strong...
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He'll provide an answer.
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When you've
found all hope is gone
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He'll find a way.
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Oh, I know that if
He can paint the sunset,
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put the stars in place...
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I know if He can
raise up mountains
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and calm the storm-tossed waves,
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and if He can
conquer death forever
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to open heaven's gates
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then I know for you
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I know for you
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He'll find a way.
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At times your heart is breaking
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with a pain that's so intense.
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All you hold are broken pieces
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to a life that makes no sense.
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He wants to lift
you up and hold you...
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mend each torn event.
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He'll pick up the pieces
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that you thought
had all been spent.
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He'll find a way.
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For I know that if
He can paint the sunset,
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put the stars in place,
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I know if He can
raise up mountains
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and calm the storm-tossed waves,
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and if He can
conquer death forever
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to open heaven's gates
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then I know for you
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I know for you
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He'll find a way.
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And if He can
conquer death forever
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to open heaven's gates
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then I know for you
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I know for you
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He'll find a way.
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He'll find
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a way. And if He
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can conquer death forever
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to open heaven's gates
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then I know for you
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He'll see you through...
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He'll find a way.
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He'll find
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a way.
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Amen.
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Let's pray. Father, I
didn't think I'd be back here
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and I thank you,
Father... I thank you.
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I thought it was all over
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but You gave me another chance
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and I appreciate it.
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So I thank you for Your
blessings in the name of Jesus,
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Amen. Amen.
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Folk, we have an amazingly-
difficult job ahead of us.
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I wish I could bring
you one of those happy,
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pat-you-on-the-back messages
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but it's too late.
Time is almost gone
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and we've got a job to do.
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Some of us act like
this is business as usual.
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It is not! The world has
changed in the last few years
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and it's changing as I speak.
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And it's not getting better...
it's getting harder and colder.
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The Bible says in
Matthew chapter 24...
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Matthew chapter
24 verse 12 says:
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"And because iniquity
shall abound the love of many
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shall wax cold. "
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That's what has happened
but our job has not changed.
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Situations have
changed but God expects us
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to tell people about His
love before it's too late.
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Amen.
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And I like the job, but it's
just getting more difficult.
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People don't want
to hear it anymore.
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Their minds are
on something else.
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In fact, they did a survey
not many years ago and found out
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that there's only one language
that works all around the globe,
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and that language is the
language of the hip-hop culture.
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Everybody knows that one.
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People don't understand
pastors or teachers any more.
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It's as though we're
speaking a foreign language.
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But I know a God who
on the Day of Pentecost
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gave a gift to His followers so
that everybody could hear them
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in their own language. Amen.
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I am one of those people
who believes that the miracle of
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Pentecost was not
a miracle of speaking
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but a miracle of hearing.
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God has been so good to me
that I want to tell everybody.
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And I do. I was at
my church one Sabbath
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and one of my left-over
problems from my stroke
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came to me and I actually
couldn't go on with my sermon.
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I had to stop.
Somebody in the church called
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the paramedics, and they
came to get me. And I said:
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"No, you can go ahead now. "
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And the guy said: "Well
no, I've got to take you. "
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I said: "Well
somebody beat you here
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and I'm doing fine. "
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He said...
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He said: "I understand
what you mean, pastor,
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but I've got to do my job. "
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My wife will tell you
that on the way to the hospital
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in the ambulance I
told them about my faith,
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what I believed, and
about the holy Sabbath
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and he got
interested in that short ride.
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He said: "I'm going to
come back to your church. "
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I said: "I'll make
you keep that promise. "
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I don't know whether he's been
back, but any Sabbath he comes
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I'm ready for him.
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Amen? Amen.
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So our job is difficult
but it's not impossible.
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People have gotten cold-hearted.
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There used to be a time
when they wanted to hear truth.
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Now they want to
hear anything but truth.
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However, you and
I have a promise.
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And the promise that God
has made to us lets me know
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that we're going to be able to
do the job that He left for us.
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Our job is described in
Matthew 24 and verse 14.
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"And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all
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the world for a
witness unto all nations
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and then shall the end come. "
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We can't go home until we've
told everybody about Jesus.
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But to me that doesn't
represent a challenge so much
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as a joy. I love to
talk about Jesus. Amen!
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He's the best thing that
ever happened to me. Amen!
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And so if you give me a few
minutes I'll start weaving Him
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into the conversation
'cause I love to talk about Him.
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And I believe, my friends, that
the only way in this difficult
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culture that we're going
to be able to keep that job
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is by calling for the
promise of the Holy Spirit.
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Ellen White says
that too often we don't
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pray for the Holy Spirit.
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But I want to say to my
friend Pastor Jim Gilley
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and to my friend Danny Shelton
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this Camp Meeting,
I believe, is history.
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It's a part of history. I
think we are at a change point.
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I've heard some sermons
here with such wonderful content
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that they are the
best I've ever heard.
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Amen!
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And I think this Camp Meeting
is going to make a difference
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in the culture of our church.
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In fact, I believe when we
look back on it in a few years
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we're going to say: "That was
the beginning. That's when we
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started changing. " And the one
thing that I believe will change
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is that we're going to
experience the outpouring
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of God's Holy Spirit
in the Latter Rain. Amen!
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We don't have the power
today to do what we need to do,
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but God is holding the power...
more willing to give it to us
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than a father is to give
a good gift to his child.
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All we've got to do is ask.
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And I think it's time for us
to start changing our prayers
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and asking for the
gift of the Latter Rain
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so that we can do what
we promised God we would.
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And I believe that this
Camp Meeting is a turning point
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in our church's history.
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I think that things will
change 'cause when you go home
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you're going to
pray for the Holy Spirit.
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I know you are. You couldn't
come here and stay this long
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and go home
unchanged. That's right!
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So I know that it is
challenging these days.
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There are some people
who are indifferent to God;
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some people who
are turned against God;
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some people who are
in rebellion against God.
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But when the Holy Spirit is
poured out in Latter Rain power
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we're going to be
able to reach all of them
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because the power of the
Holy Spirit can touch hearts
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and change them. Amen.
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I know that because God has
allowed me to preach the gospel
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around the world in
every inhabited continent
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and 69 countries and
island nations of the sea.
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I've been to some places I
never thought I'd even know.
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But I have preached the
gospel. In fact, I say often
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that I wish I could take
before and after pictures.
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Because I have met people...
I couldn't speak their language
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but I could look at their faces
and tell something about them.
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But when they got
through hearing the Word of God
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they didn't look the same.
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The Word of God will change you.
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So before you go out
and get your facelift
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get in the Word
of God real deep.
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Let Jesus do a job on you. Amen!
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And it won't cost you anything.
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The cost for your
facelift is already paid.
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And when you look
at Jesus' love again
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you'll look
better... I promise you.
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Amen! And you won't have to go
back again and get it adjusted
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'cause Jesus adjusts
it every day. Amen? Amen!
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That's what we've
got to be about, folks.
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We've got to be about
our Father's business -
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Amen - spreading this
word all over the world.
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And you know and I know
that 3ABN is a big part of that
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because what we have
experienced here at Camp Meeting
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has gone already
around the world.
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There are people who have
heard everything you've heard.
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Now my question is: what
are you going to do about it?
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There are some folk
who heard it the first time
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this week, and they're
going to do something about it.
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How about you? You look like
you're ready to do something.
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One of my friends who is a
pastor of another denomination
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said to me: "You know, Pearson,
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your people look so intelligent.
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They look like they're
really on top of things. "
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He said: "But sometimes I
found out that even though
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my people don't
look as intelligent
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they're ready to go to
work for Jesus right now.
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Your folks just kind of sit
there and look intelligent. "
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And the reason why I
hated that remark is because
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I found it to be true.
God has blessed us so much
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that we look like we could
do anything. And some of us just
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sit there and look
like we could do anything.
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It's time for us to stop
sitting looking like we could do
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anything and by the power
of the Holy Spirit do anything.
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Amen! Do everything.
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Because as soon as that's
over then the end will come
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and we'll go back home
to live with Jesus. Amen!
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The Bible says: "The
eye seeing seeth not,
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the ear hearing heareth
not what God has prepared
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for His children. " But if you
read that text real carefully
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it says: "But the
Spirit tells us a few things. "
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Every now and then I hear
God talking about what heaven
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is going to be like.
Well, I tell you what:
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there is a hint. If Jesus could
make earth in 6 literal days
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and it be so beautiful, what do
you think heaven's going to be
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like? He's been working
on it for 2,000 years. Amen!
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I want to be there. Amen!
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I've heard one interpretation
that we're going to have
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resting places...
mansions. That's OK with me.
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I think I could
deal with a mansion...
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especially one that
doesn't have a mortgage.
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Then another interpretation
says: "In My Father's house
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there are many rooms. " And I
like that one 'cause that means
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I'll be down
the hall from Jesus.
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Be down the hall
from you, too... probably.
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So if you don't love me
today you'd better adjust
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'cause you're going to
be down the hall from me.
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You'll run into me
just about all the time.
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We had better learn how to love
each other, what do you think?
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Amen! So we have a job to do.
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We don't have
the power to do it,
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but God has the
power holding for us.
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And it's time for us
to start praying sincerely
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that God will pour
out His Spirit on us
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because the Holy
Spirit can do anything.
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There is nothing that
the Holy Spirit can't do.
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And God is more
willing to give the Holy Spirit
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than we are to ask. And
let's stop our reluctance,
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let's get our power,
what do you say? Amen!
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I have done meetings
where I wished for power.
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Many times I go to a new city
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and the people have already
said: "Pastor, when you get here
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we're going to have
a big crowd for you. "
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And I go to a big auditorium
that holds about 20,000 people
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and sitting in front
of me about 20 people.
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Now I've learned
something. I don't get disturbed
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'cause I know what
the Holy Spirit can do.
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Amen! So I just
start praying about it.
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And God will take those
twenty and multiply them
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so that every night
instead of getting smaller
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that number gets larger.
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And God will eventually
through the power of His Spirit
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fill the place up.
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I've learned that, so
when I see an empty auditorium
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doing evangelism
I'm not disturbed...
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I'm just excited
about what I'm about to see
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'cause I know God in
His own way and His own time
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will fill the place up.
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There are times when I've come
to the end of an evangelistic
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meeting and didn't have enough
people who had already decided
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to be baptized and I'd
say: "Oh, no, we're in trouble.
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We're not going to
have enough people. "
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Then I remember who I work for.
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All I did was ask God:
"Turn the Holy Spirit loose
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in this place. " And instead
of having a small baptism
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overnight God
would change the terrain
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and we'd have a baptism
that was unbelievably large
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because the Holy
Spirit changes hearts. Amen!
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I have been in the place
where thousands of people
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have been
baptized, but I came to know
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I was never the one who
changed anybody's heart.
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No word of mine has
ever changed anybody
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to believe in Christ.
The only power that does that
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is the power of the Holy Spirit.
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But God is my father,
and God sends the Holy Spirit
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so all I've got to do
when I get in a jam is
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call "Daddy" -
tell Him what I need.
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And He dispenses the
power and it gets done.
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So I thank God that I've
started off in some small places
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with a small crowd...
but God makes the difference.
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And I know that if you and
I would start doing what God
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calls on us to do and asking
for the Holy Spirit's power
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we would do amazing things.
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That tiny little Bible study
that you start in your house
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will get so big that you
can't hold it in your house.
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And I can tell you
having been through this
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that the greatest
joy in the universe
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is to watch somebody's
eyes light up when they come to
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love Jesus Christ.
There is nothing else like it
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in the universe.
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No greater
thrill; no greater joy.
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In fact, when that has happened
you won't be impressed by much
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because when that light
comes on in their eyes...
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I started off not as a
pastor but a Bible worker.
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And I had some wonderful
experiences talking to people
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who started off saying:
"I've never heard of you folks
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before. " I'd tell them:
"You don't need to hear about
00:21:55.91\00:21:59.07
us... you need to
hear about Jesus. " Amen!
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And by the time we got
through studying the Word of God
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those eyes would change.
There's something that happens
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in their eyes that
they don't have to say.
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In fact, they can be saying:
"No, I don't want to be a part
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of this, " shaking
their heads this way.
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But I look in their eyes
and I see that light come on.
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Say: "You sure you're not
going to a part of this? "
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"No, I'm not going to do
it. " But the light says "yes! "
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You didn't know that, did you?
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It's something
interesting to see.
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But let me quit bugging with
you. I came here for a reason
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and the reason was to talk about
the power of the Holy Spirit
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to get our job done.
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The question is:
"Can we do this job? "
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The answer is: "By
ourselves? No, we can't do it. "
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But with the power of the
Holy Spirit "This gospel of the
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kingdom shall be
preached in all the world
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for a witness to all nations
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and then shall
the end come. " Amen!
00:22:59.94\00:23:03.75
Now I don't know how in love
you are with where you live.
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Some of you are
doing pretty well.
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I can look at you and tell.
00:23:09.49\00:23:10.93
I've learned to
study body language.
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You can't tell me you're
broke 'cause I can watch you
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and tell how you walk. I
know how poor people walk.
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And I know how people
walk who've got a little bit of
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something in the bank.
You folks are in good shape.
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Of course, I had a
hint in the parking lot...
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but you know who you are.
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And I'll tell you this: we're
going to get this job done.
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I am not pleased
with this world any more.
00:23:41.37\00:23:44.21
I've been to some very nice
places preaching the gospel.
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In fact, you wouldn't imagine
that I've been to such nice
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places just
preaching the Word of God.
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I've slept in a
bed made of pure gold.
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Didn't sleep well.
00:23:58.97\00:24:00.75
I was wondering would
anybody try to steal the bed.
00:24:03.58\00:24:06.55
I've seen some wonderful places,
been in some beautiful houses,
00:24:10.76\00:24:14.76
had some good food... but I
don't like the earth any more.
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It's not my home.
00:24:18.97\00:24:20.90
I'm losing my
fascination with it.
00:24:21.20\00:24:23.33
I'm ready to move
to my REAL home. Amen!
00:24:23.83\00:24:27.60
I'm ready to go to my
mansion or my room down the hall
00:24:27.84\00:24:31.02
from Jesus. Amen! And
if we get this work done,
00:24:31.12\00:24:34.72
we can go. I like you
and I'm glad to meet you here
00:24:34.92\00:24:39.20
but I'd rather meet you
down the hall from Jesus.
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Amen! So what do you
say? Let's get this work done.
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Amen! You can't
do it by yourself,
00:24:46.69\00:24:48.73
but ask for your
help. Call our father
00:24:48.93\00:24:52.38
and ask Him for
the power to help.
00:24:52.58\00:24:54.51
And when we do that, we're
going to get this job done.
00:24:54.91\00:24:57.54
You'll have a
great time doing it
00:24:57.95\00:25:00.12
and when it's over we can
go home to live with Jesus.
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Amen. And I want to
do it... how about you?
00:25:03.52\00:25:06.21
Amen! Praise God.
00:25:06.51\00:25:08.46
So then we know that
we don't have the power
00:25:08.96\00:25:12.72
but we know that
the power is available.
00:25:12.92\00:25:15.25
And God will... He'll be
happy to send the Holy Spirit
00:25:15.76\00:25:19.85
to give us all
the power that we need
00:25:20.15\00:25:22.77
so that you can see that
light come on in the eyes.
00:25:23.08\00:25:26.78
It's a beautiful sight.
00:25:27.08\00:25:28.83
And I've seen thousands of
people do it, and I never get
00:25:29.24\00:25:32.95
used to it. I get
excited every time!
00:25:33.05\00:25:35.66
And I hope to do it
quite a few more times
00:25:36.16\00:25:40.12
but I'm about ready to
get to the end of it now
00:25:40.42\00:25:42.52
'cause I'm ready
to go to my new home.
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Amen? Amen! And the
good news is that you and I
00:25:45.28\00:25:49.49
have another home. Amen! We're
just kind of hanging out here.
00:25:49.69\00:25:53.48
We're here to do a job,
but as soon as the job is done
00:25:53.98\00:25:57.11
we've got somewhere to go.
00:25:57.21\00:25:59.09
We've got places to
go and people to see.
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And I'm about ready for it,
and I believe this Camp Meeting
00:26:02.70\00:26:05.78
has brought us closer to
it and I'm excited about it.
00:26:05.98\00:26:09.06
I thank God for 3ABN
00:26:09.66\00:26:12.37
and the plans that God gave to
them and what it's done for us.
00:26:12.57\00:26:16.37
I am excited about doing the job
00:26:16.67\00:26:19.17
and going back home to live with
Jesus and I hope you are, too.
00:26:19.37\00:26:22.87
So today let's
make up in our minds
00:26:23.37\00:26:27.18
that we can't do
this job by ourselves
00:26:27.48\00:26:29.93
but we've got help
and it's about time for us
00:26:30.13\00:26:32.66
to call for help. Now I'm a
good guy to tell you about that
00:26:32.76\00:26:35.82
'cause I got introduced to
the Holy Spirit in a kind of
00:26:35.92\00:26:38.82
different way. I
preached my first sermon
00:26:38.95\00:26:41.91
when I was 13. I'm a
little older than that now.
00:26:42.21\00:26:46.66
The M.V. Society... You
remember that, don't you?
00:26:49.10\00:26:52.01
had some great plans. They were
thinking outside the envelope
00:26:52.94\00:26:56.22
and they said: "You
know what we ought to do?
00:26:56.62\00:26:58.59
We ought to go to the
prison with the prison band
00:26:58.79\00:27:01.77
and one of us ought to
speak to the prisoners. "
00:27:01.98\00:27:04.78
And I was listening and
wondering how that was going
00:27:05.28\00:27:07.86
to turn out. They talked
about it and talked about it.
00:27:07.96\00:27:10.35
Finally they said:
"Well, who will speak to them? "
00:27:10.65\00:27:12.87
So you know... "I think
Walter ought to be the one. "
00:27:13.37\00:27:17.11
But they had already said
this was not a regular prison.
00:27:22.78\00:27:25.69
I can't remember the
exact term, but they said either
00:27:26.09\00:27:28.98
a medium or a
maximum security prison.
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.99
And I thought that meant that
there were real criminals there
00:27:32.39\00:27:35.34
so I didn't want to be
the one to speak to them.
00:27:35.84\00:27:37.95
But they finally took
a vote and I was the one.
00:27:38.25\00:27:41.80
So I talked to my
father. I said: "Dad,
00:27:42.30\00:27:45.65
can you get me out of this? "
00:27:45.86\00:27:47.21
He said: "No, I'm not going
to get you out of this. I'm glad
00:27:47.41\00:27:49.80
that they chose you...
I'm glad they chose you. "
00:27:49.90\00:27:52.04
I said: "But Dad, these
folks... these are criminals!
00:27:52.54\00:27:55.08
I don't want to speak to
criminals. I'm afraid of them. "
00:27:55.48\00:27:58.32
He said: "Well you don't
have to be afraid of them. "
00:27:58.76\00:28:01.04
Well here's how it
went: we got in cars
00:28:01.44\00:28:04.50
and went out to the prison.
00:28:04.71\00:28:06.35
When we got there they were
finishing up a baseball game.
00:28:06.55\00:28:09.33
They were in the
bottom of the 9th
00:28:09.63\00:28:11.84
and they were all excited.
There were people all around
00:28:12.35\00:28:15.99
cheering. And the
warden came out and said
00:28:16.19\00:28:19.09
"We're going to stop the
game now. We've got a young man
00:28:19.29\00:28:23.19
who's going to preach to you. "
00:28:23.39\00:28:25.07
"Oh...
00:28:28.17\00:28:31.89
Tell him to go home. We
don't want to hear him. "
00:28:33.41\00:28:35.65
I said: "Dad, you hear
them? They're mad already. "
00:28:36.71\00:28:39.71
He said: "Son, you don't
have to worry about that.
00:28:41.32\00:28:43.48
You just do what
God told you to do. "
00:28:43.78\00:28:45.67
And I remember
going into that room.
00:28:46.17\00:28:48.45
Wasn't a beautiful
room; wasn't quite this big
00:28:48.65\00:28:51.02
but it was this full.
00:28:51.22\00:28:52.77
And I remember my knees
actually smiting each other.
00:28:53.27\00:28:57.26
You folk talk about it all
the time but you never had it
00:28:58.81\00:29:00.96
happen. I was so frightened my
knees actually hit each other.
00:29:01.06\00:29:05.74
And I stood up before
them and began my sermon.
00:29:06.93\00:29:10.11
At 13 it wasn't
much of a sermon.
00:29:10.41\00:29:13.38
In fact, I can't
remember what I said.
00:29:13.88\00:29:16.27
But while I was saying
it six criminals got up
00:29:18.33\00:29:23.47
and started walking towards me.
00:29:23.60\00:29:25.85
I turned around. My dad was
sitting on the podium behind me
00:29:26.35\00:29:30.35
and I went back to
him. I said: "Dad, look.
00:29:30.65\00:29:32.98
I told you. See, I told
you it's not going to be good.
00:29:33.18\00:29:36.64
Now look at them...
they're coming after me. "
00:29:39.26\00:29:41.69
He said: "Son, go ask any one
of them why they're coming. "
00:29:44.34\00:29:48.78
I said: "I don't
want to talk to them.
00:29:49.70\00:29:52.05
These guys could be murderers...
they could be anything. "
00:29:52.65\00:29:55.90
He said: "Just go
ask one of them. "
00:29:56.20\00:29:57.97
And I took all the nerve I had.
00:29:58.47\00:30:01.14
I went to one of the guys
who had gotten to the front
00:30:01.34\00:30:04.25
and I said: "Hey,
how you doin' man?
00:30:04.46\00:30:06.22
Why'd you come up here? "
00:30:06.62\00:30:08.93
He said: "I want you
to introduce me to Jesus
00:30:10.14\00:30:12.95
'cause I want my life changed. "
00:30:14.99\00:30:17.45
And I couldn't
understand why that happened
00:30:19.03\00:30:22.51
but I've discovered
since that it happened because
00:30:22.71\00:30:26.34
of the power of
the Holy Spirit. Amen!
00:30:26.54\00:30:29.88
And every evangelistic
meeting I've ever run
00:30:30.18\00:30:32.96
I've reminded myself of
what happened when I was 13.
00:30:33.16\00:30:36.62
'Cause I couldn't do it...
don't even know what I said.
00:30:37.03\00:30:39.89
But I do know that they
started coming down to the front
00:30:40.19\00:30:43.08
without being called. Because
I didn't have to call them
00:30:43.28\00:30:46.47
the Holy Spirit
had called them. Amen!
00:30:46.67\00:30:49.66
And it's been like that for
me for all these years that I've
00:30:49.96\00:30:53.02
been in the ministry.
Forty-four years in the ministry
00:30:53.12\00:30:56.02
and it's been over
and over and over again
00:30:56.22\00:30:58.71
I've seen the Holy
Spirit change hearts
00:30:58.91\00:31:01.51
and draw people to Jesus.
00:31:01.71\00:31:03.45
We don't have to worry
about anything in the future
00:31:03.75\00:31:06.35
because we know the
power of God's Holy Spirit.
00:31:06.55\00:31:09.95
So I guess I'm the right
one that they chose for today
00:31:10.45\00:31:13.26
'cause I know about the power.
00:31:13.56\00:31:15.57
I know what it is to be afraid.
00:31:15.87\00:31:17.94
I know what it is to think
you don't have enough power.
00:31:18.24\00:31:20.55
But I know what happens
when the Holy Spirit comes in
00:31:20.95\00:31:23.51
and everything is changed.
00:31:23.72\00:31:25.71
It's a changer when it happens.
00:31:26.02\00:31:28.26
I've been through the experience
and I know what it feels like
00:31:28.56\00:31:32.30
to have somebody who
you are afraid of say
00:31:33.53\00:31:36.11
"Introduce me to Jesus. "
00:31:36.41\00:31:38.55
And it's a great joy.
And you and I will experience
00:31:38.85\00:31:42.64
that great joy as we
come to the end of time.
00:31:42.74\00:31:46.19
And you and I
will also be agents
00:31:46.40\00:31:50.04
used by the Holy Spirit to
draw people to Jesus Christ.
00:31:50.24\00:31:54.07
And it's going to be a
wonderful experience to do that.
00:31:54.47\00:31:57.29
But oh what a joy it
will be when the end comes
00:31:57.59\00:32:01.19
when Jesus comes to save us.
00:32:01.69\00:32:05.42
When the sky
passes away with a roar
00:32:06.10\00:32:09.82
and we look up
and see clouds no more
00:32:10.22\00:32:13.10
but see Jesus coming in clouds.
00:32:13.60\00:32:16.83
He will not touch the earth
but He'll just suspend there
00:32:17.33\00:32:21.46
first calling the dead in Christ
00:32:21.76\00:32:25.44
to arise from their graves.
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.31
And they will meet with Jesus.
00:32:27.71\00:32:29.91
And you know, I've
heard some gospel songs
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.30
that say: "If you get
there before I do... "
00:32:32.51\00:32:35.02
That's good gospel
music but bad theology.
00:32:35.52\00:32:38.76
Nobody's going to
get there before you do.
00:32:40.67\00:32:43.12
We're going to all
meet Jesus on the cloud
00:32:44.16\00:32:47.50
and there we'll be with
Him and take that trip with Him
00:32:47.80\00:32:51.26
back to glory where Jesus
will swing that gate open wide
00:32:51.46\00:32:55.57
and we'll go in to be
with Him forever and ever
00:32:55.77\00:32:59.72
and ever. The song says: "When
we've been there 10,000 years
00:32:59.93\00:33:04.41
bright shining as the sun
00:33:04.61\00:33:06.85
we've no less
days to sing His praise
00:33:07.15\00:33:09.36
than when we first begun. "
00:33:09.56\00:33:11.41
No more getting old.
00:33:11.81\00:33:13.49
Amen? Amen! Now some
of you have been very kind
00:33:13.69\00:33:17.44
since I've been here.
You said: "Oh, Elder Pearson.
00:33:17.65\00:33:20.29
You look as young
as you did before. "
00:33:20.59\00:33:23.32
And I thank you
for that kindness,
00:33:23.62\00:33:26.35
but it turns out that
I have mirrors at home.
00:33:27.60\00:33:30.25
When you know Jesus,
all that stuff that happens
00:33:34.30\00:33:37.99
doesn't make you look
worse... makes you look better.
00:33:38.19\00:33:40.90
Amen! I met some dear
saints who were very old
00:33:41.20\00:33:46.41
but they didn't look
tired, they didn't look old.
00:33:46.61\00:33:49.63
They looked very gentrified...
00:33:49.83\00:33:54.24
they looked even wealthy
00:33:54.44\00:33:56.83
and they looked like
they were settled in Christ.
00:33:57.23\00:34:01.03
So I thank you
for being kind to me,
00:34:02.71\00:34:04.81
but I know what I look like
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.94
and I know both
sides of reality.
00:34:07.44\00:34:10.55
I do look older
but I do look better
00:34:10.85\00:34:14.53
'cause all these years
I've tried to follow Jesus.
00:34:15.97\00:34:18.54
And when you follow Him He
takes care of the wrinkles,
00:34:18.94\00:34:22.11
the gray hair, the
hair that falls out
00:34:22.31\00:34:25.24
and all of that. Amen? Amen!
00:34:25.55\00:34:27.69
So you can look in the
mirror and say: "Well...
00:34:28.19\00:34:30.78
for a guy my age I'm
doing all right... OK. "
00:34:30.98\00:34:36.03
But our job is simple
and we need to get to it.
00:34:38.29\00:34:42.18
We need to stop having quarrels.
00:34:43.30\00:34:47.92
People in God's church
ought not to be quarreling
00:34:48.32\00:34:52.66
with each other. Amen!
00:34:52.86\00:34:54.99
Not only do we not have the
time to quarrel with each other
00:34:55.29\00:34:57.79
but we don't have the resources
to quarrel with each other.
00:34:57.99\00:35:00.77
You ought to be using all
of that to talk about Jesus.
00:35:01.72\00:35:04.82
I remember one day I
went to get my car repaired.
00:35:06.86\00:35:10.58
And you know how it is:
you want to make them think
00:35:10.81\00:35:13.20
you know what they're doing.
So I went back into the bay
00:35:13.30\00:35:17.00
with the man who
was repairing my car
00:35:17.20\00:35:19.09
and I got under
the car with him.
00:35:19.19\00:35:20.72
And I was looking at him
like I knew what he was doing.
00:35:21.02\00:35:23.20
Didn't have a clue.
00:35:23.60\00:35:25.34
Then something awful happened.
00:35:27.54\00:35:29.64
He said: "Sir,
while you're back here
00:35:29.94\00:35:34.23
I was wondering:
do you know Jesus? "
00:35:34.43\00:35:37.49
I said: "Yes I do.
In fact, I'm a pastor. "
00:35:38.72\00:35:42.57
He said: "Well I was going to
tell you if you hadn't met Jesus
00:35:42.81\00:35:46.39
I know him and I was willing
to introduce you to Him. "
00:35:46.59\00:35:49.40
I said: "Oh, no...
00:35:49.80\00:35:52.18
how could he beat me to that?
00:35:52.21\00:35:54.35
I'm back here acting like
I understand what he's doing
00:35:56.14\00:35:58.52
with my car and
missed the opportunity. "
00:35:58.62\00:36:01.23
And he got me first.
He said: "It's wonderful.
00:36:01.53\00:36:04.99
I've known Jesus for a week now
00:36:05.19\00:36:07.02
and every day is
better than the last. "
00:36:07.22\00:36:09.66
I said: "Well man,
let me tell you something:
00:36:11.11\00:36:13.24
you just messed me up
because I should have been
00:36:13.54\00:36:16.50
telling you that 'cause
I've known Jesus for a long time
00:36:16.60\00:36:20.93
and I let you
beat me to the punch. "
00:36:21.23\00:36:23.20
He said: "Well,
you've got to be faster
00:36:23.70\00:36:26.02
'cause I'm excited. " And
if you're excited about Jesus
00:36:28.62\00:36:32.35
you are fast, aren't you?
00:36:32.55\00:36:34.80
You tell everybody about Jesus.
00:36:35.10\00:36:36.61
There are some people who
think this job can't be done.
00:36:37.11\00:36:41.22
They think we
ought to give up on it.
00:36:41.52\00:36:44.78
But friends of mine,
this job is already done.
00:36:45.18\00:36:49.20
The Lord has made it happen so.
00:36:50.45\00:36:54.30
There are people
who are just waiting.
00:36:54.70\00:36:56.91
Somebody in your
neighborhood is waiting on you
00:36:57.22\00:37:00.63
to come and talk to them
about learning who Jesus is.
00:37:00.83\00:37:04.66
Now you don't know who it is
00:37:04.96\00:37:06.66
or else I guess
you'd have been to them.
00:37:06.86\00:37:08.35
And you think
they don't know Jesus.
00:37:08.65\00:37:11.06
But people don't need
to put signs on their faces
00:37:11.36\00:37:14.06
or on their chests. There
are people in your neighborhood
00:37:14.27\00:37:17.07
who may not act like
they know Jesus but they do.
00:37:17.27\00:37:20.07
You let 'em get in a
pinch and see who they call.
00:37:20.48\00:37:23.95
You may think
that they're an atheist
00:37:25.17\00:37:27.62
but when they get in
trouble they call Jesus.
00:37:27.83\00:37:31.35
"Oh, Lord... " And
they're just waiting on you
00:37:31.65\00:37:36.82
to come and tell
them what you know.
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.42
In fact, I was
surprised when I read years ago
00:37:39.72\00:37:42.91
that when Jesus comes there
are going to be people who lived
00:37:43.14\00:37:46.77
not far from us who are
going to come to us and say
00:37:46.98\00:37:49.67
"You knew this all the time? "
00:37:49.97\00:37:51.96
"Did you know this? "
"You knew He was coming? "
00:37:52.16\00:37:54.98
"You knew that we were going
to have an opportunity to go
00:37:55.18\00:37:57.03
to heaven and
you didn't tell me?
00:37:57.14\00:37:59.24
What kind of neighbor are you? "
00:37:59.54\00:38:01.37
"How could you
keep this to yourself? "
00:38:01.77\00:38:04.27
And I wonder, too: how
can you keep this to yourself?
00:38:04.67\00:38:07.93
If you get a good deal on a
car, you tell all your friends.
00:38:08.34\00:38:12.14
If you get some good
groceries at a good price,
00:38:12.64\00:38:16.45
you tell all your friends.
00:38:16.65\00:38:17.84
How can you keep the knowledge
about Jesus to yourself?
00:38:18.15\00:38:21.40
It's the best thing
that's ever happened to you.
00:38:21.80\00:38:24.45
How can you keep it to yourself?
00:38:24.75\00:38:26.52
It's a job
that's wonderful to do.
00:38:26.82\00:38:29.03
I thank God for
letting us be a part of it.
00:38:29.33\00:38:31.34
And I thank God today
for being able to talk to you
00:38:31.84\00:38:35.48
about it because I never thought
I'd be on a stage like this
00:38:35.58\00:38:39.00
again... but here I am.
00:38:39.11\00:38:41.78
I'm not as young as I
was... I don't move as fast.
00:38:42.38\00:38:45.06
You remember I was the guy
who was all across the stage.
00:38:45.46\00:38:48.71
You remember
that, don't you? Amen!
00:38:49.92\00:38:52.34
Well while that
lasted it was OK.
00:38:53.07\00:38:56.57
But the power was never in
the moving across the stage.
00:38:57.07\00:39:01.19
The power was in
the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:39:01.59\00:39:04.62
And I have dedicated
myself back to the Lord
00:39:04.75\00:39:07.00
and I think that
God has put in my mouth
00:39:07.30\00:39:10.05
at least as much
power as I ever had
00:39:10.25\00:39:12.76
to tell the truth about Jesus.
00:39:13.06\00:39:14.85
I can't move
across the stage any more
00:39:15.15\00:39:17.22
but sitting right
here in this one spot
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.53
I can do pretty good with
the help of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:19.73\00:39:22.08
Amen! Every one of us can do
pretty good with what we have.
00:39:22.38\00:39:26.49
And it is my plea to
you today that you stop
00:39:27.42\00:39:31.53
doing business as usual.
00:39:31.73\00:39:34.13
That you let this Camp
Meeting be a change point.
00:39:34.33\00:39:37.74
I've heard some sermons here
that made me rethink everything
00:39:38.34\00:39:43.19
and I've decided
that when I get back home
00:39:44.35\00:39:46.54
I'm going to be different.
00:39:46.84\00:39:48.17
So I hope the members of
my church are still listening
00:39:48.67\00:39:51.07
'cause when I get back
you're going to think I'm
00:39:51.47\00:39:53.01
out of my mind.
00:39:53.11\00:39:54.55
I've got programs for
you that you won't believe
00:39:55.70\00:39:58.48
'cause we've got
work to do, folks.
00:39:59.48\00:40:01.21
The people in Annapolis,
MD, have got to know Jesus
00:40:01.71\00:40:05.11
and we are the ones
who need to tell them.
00:40:05.51\00:40:07.64
So we're going to do it,
and I'll get on your nerves
00:40:08.14\00:40:11.63
a little bit. But I'd
rather get on your nerves
00:40:11.73\00:40:14.06
than to be
outside of God's plan.
00:40:14.36\00:40:17.02
So be ready for me
to get on your nerves
00:40:17.42\00:40:20.33
and I hope you get over it.
00:40:20.63\00:40:21.82
But if you don't... ehh...
00:40:23.41\00:40:27.14
God says: "I've
got a power for you. "
00:40:31.41\00:40:35.31
And the power is like Jesus
described to lord Nicodemus.
00:40:35.51\00:40:39.02
There are people who
have studied the Bible
00:40:39.22\00:40:42.06
who believe that
Jesus told lord Nicodemus
00:40:42.46\00:40:46.32
more in that one
conversation that they had
00:40:46.52\00:40:48.86
by night than He
told anyone else.
00:40:49.27\00:40:52.69
And He told Nicodemus
about how the wind blows
00:40:53.09\00:40:56.58
where it wants to
blow. You can't see it
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.95
but you can see what it does.
00:41:00.25\00:41:02.19
You don't know
where it came from,
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.63
you don't know where it's going,
00:41:04.83\00:41:06.47
but you can tell what it did.
00:41:06.67\00:41:08.47
I was once in an
evangelistic meeting
00:41:08.97\00:41:12.89
in a little town
called Xenia, Ohio.
00:41:13.19\00:41:15.88
Xenia had had a tornado
00:41:16.38\00:41:19.34
and it tore the place apart.
00:41:19.64\00:41:23.01
I came a year
later and put up my tent
00:41:23.41\00:41:26.52
and I was wondering why
everybody was so nervous
00:41:26.93\00:41:29.30
standing outside. But
one of my workers said:
00:41:29.50\00:41:33.99
"Did you know, pastor,
when you chose this place
00:41:34.19\00:41:36.81
that they had a
tornado last year? " I said:
00:41:37.01\00:41:39.18
"I guess I did. " Said:
"Well I don't think they're
00:41:39.48\00:41:42.66
going to come in
here. " Well they did.
00:41:42.76\00:41:46.13
God's power is more
magnetic than the fear
00:41:46.73\00:41:50.66
of a tornado, so
eventually they did come in.
00:41:50.86\00:41:54.86
Then one night the wind
started blowing really hard
00:41:55.98\00:42:00.45
and this is going to
sound funny but it's not a joke,
00:42:00.95\00:42:05.73
trust me. I was
standing there and I said:
00:42:05.93\00:42:08.60
"Well I need to calm my folks
down. " So I got my best voice
00:42:08.80\00:42:13.36
up, sounding my
most authoritative
00:42:13.56\00:42:16.69
and I said: "Folk, you don't
have anything to worry about
00:42:16.89\00:42:19.09
because Jesus
can calm the wind. "
00:42:19.39\00:42:22.76
Amen. And some of
their eyes were still big
00:42:23.06\00:42:27.37
so I said: "Don't you
believe that He has the power? "
00:42:27.87\00:42:31.42
But they didn't change;
they were still looking afraid.
00:42:31.72\00:42:34.16
Just about that time the
back of my tent, the podium...
00:42:34.66\00:42:39.75
the back of the podium
hit me across my shoulders.
00:42:40.19\00:42:43.70
And they say the next
week the pastors in the area
00:42:44.20\00:42:47.81
had a wonderful time
talking about that guy
00:42:48.02\00:42:50.81
who thinks he knows Jesus
but his own tent beat him up.
00:42:51.01\00:42:54.90
Well, let me tell you
the rest of the story.
00:42:59.03\00:43:00.75
After that, everybody in
my tent ran except my wife
00:43:01.25\00:43:06.58
and my Bible counselor.
00:43:06.89\00:43:09.43
People ran out of the tent.
00:43:09.73\00:43:11.50
And I waited until they
came back, and when they did
00:43:12.00\00:43:14.59
they said: "Pastor,
let's take the tent down. "
00:43:14.79\00:43:18.13
I said: "No, we're not
taking the tent down. "
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.65
Said: "Well why
don't you take it down?
00:43:21.95\00:43:23.61
Nobody's going to come in here.
00:43:23.81\00:43:25.27
The tent hit you and if
it'll hit you they think
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.96
it'll hit them. " I said:
"Well, I tell you what let's do:
00:43:29.00\00:43:33.13
let's keep on with telling
the truth and let God handle
00:43:33.53\00:43:37.54
the weather. " So I said:
"Here's the rule we'll make:
00:43:37.64\00:43:43.31
any night that someone
comes to hear the truth
00:43:43.51\00:43:46.72
we'll have a meeting. If
nobody comes, we won't. "
00:43:46.92\00:43:50.28
Well some nights
only one inebriated man -
00:43:50.68\00:43:54.77
that's just a $20
word to mean drunk -
00:43:55.27\00:43:58.70
he'd come every night.
00:43:59.20\00:44:01.78
And folks said: "Pastor, he
doesn't understand what you're
00:44:02.28\00:44:05.76
saying... he's drunk. "
00:44:05.86\00:44:07.01
I said: "Yeah,
but we made a rule:
00:44:07.31\00:44:09.41
if anybody comes, we'll
keep on having the meetings. "
00:44:09.71\00:44:11.98
And that man came
almost every night
00:44:12.48\00:44:16.14
so we had to keep
on having meetings.
00:44:16.34\00:44:18.03
Sometimes he was the
only one in the tent.
00:44:18.33\00:44:20.48
And they'd say: "Pastor,
come on. We'll forgive you
00:44:20.78\00:44:23.97
if you stop
tonight. Let's go home.
00:44:24.18\00:44:25.74
We can go home and relax. "
00:44:26.04\00:44:27.79
I said: "No, I'm going to
keep my word to the Lord. "
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.31
And we ran in that meeting
sometimes week after week
00:44:30.81\00:44:35.41
with only 1 person in that tent.
00:44:35.61\00:44:38.35
But when we got to the end
something amazing happened.
00:44:38.85\00:44:41.87
I had run a meeting
just a few miles away
00:44:42.37\00:44:46.22
the year before in another city
00:44:46.42\00:44:49.21
and there were some
people who had heard the Word,
00:44:49.61\00:44:52.48
who had heard the gospel
but they were not baptized.
00:44:52.68\00:44:55.38
On the Sabbath that we
had designated for baptisms
00:44:56.64\00:45:00.14
when I was going
to call for decisions
00:45:00.44\00:45:03.49
my staff told me again:
"Pastor, you don't have to try
00:45:03.69\00:45:07.43
to impress us. We
know you're dedicated.
00:45:07.53\00:45:10.06
Let's just take
this tent down. "
00:45:10.36\00:45:12.43
I said: "No, let's
see what God can do. "
00:45:12.93\00:45:14.77
While I was preaching on
that day I saw some cars pull up
00:45:15.07\00:45:19.58
and people got out of
those cars who I recognized.
00:45:20.08\00:45:23.43
Almost every one
of them who got out
00:45:23.93\00:45:26.24
had been to the meeting
that I had held the year before.
00:45:26.44\00:45:28.81
They already knew the truth.
They just hadn't made up their
00:45:29.97\00:45:33.17
minds quickly
enough. And twenty-one people
00:45:33.27\00:45:37.02
came into that tent who
had already heard the message
00:45:37.42\00:45:41.10
who hadn't made up their minds.
00:45:41.30\00:45:43.54
And I made an
appeal to the one drunk man
00:45:44.04\00:45:47.52
and the 21 others who
already knew what I preached
00:45:47.73\00:45:51.24
and the 21 people
decided to be baptized.
00:45:51.55\00:45:54.71
So out of a meeting
with one drunk man coming
00:45:55.31\00:45:58.86
we baptized 21 people.
00:45:59.16\00:46:01.22
The most precious
21 I've ever baptized.
00:46:07.76\00:46:10.71
There have been meetings
when I baptized a whole lot
00:46:11.21\00:46:13.36
of other folks, but
none more precious than these
00:46:13.47\00:46:16.81
because they weren't
there but while I was preaching
00:46:17.11\00:46:20.44
in faith they came. I
don't know how they heard.
00:46:20.65\00:46:24.54
I don't know how they knew
I was running another meeting
00:46:24.84\00:46:27.14
but they came and they
decided to be baptized.
00:46:27.54\00:46:30.95
And God taught
me another lesson:
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.40
"If you just do what I
tell you, I'll make it right.
00:46:33.60\00:46:36.51
Let Me handle the results;
you just do what I say. "
00:46:36.81\00:46:40.71
Is there anybody in this
room who knows that works?
00:46:41.21\00:46:44.07
Amen. Praise God!
00:46:44.37\00:46:46.49
And I've learned
that over and over again.
00:46:46.99\00:46:50.04
But we have not seen
the greatest days yet.
00:46:50.44\00:46:53.97
I ran a meeting in a
little town called Tema, Ghana,
00:46:54.27\00:46:59.04
in West Africa.
00:46:59.34\00:47:00.44
And I got the best response that
I've ever gotten in one meeting.
00:47:00.74\00:47:05.32
Well, maybe not... I'll
tell you about the other one.
00:47:06.49\00:47:09.52
But 600 people
decided to be baptized.
00:47:10.02\00:47:14.59
Six hundred. Now the church that
I was having the meetings for
00:47:15.09\00:47:20.56
had, I think, 15 members.
00:47:20.86\00:47:24.18
And we were
about to baptize 600...
00:47:25.69\00:47:28.63
so figure that out.
00:47:29.87\00:47:32.09
How do you do the
right hand of fellowship
00:47:32.39\00:47:34.26
when you've got 15 members
of the church and you've got
00:47:34.46\00:47:36.76
600 joining? But
we went out to the sea
00:47:36.96\00:47:41.36
and we stretched our
pastors out and they baptized.
00:47:41.56\00:47:44.78
I would do the
declaration and lift up my hand
00:47:44.98\00:47:48.08
and 15 pastors
would baptize somebody.
00:47:48.38\00:47:51.63
We stayed there all afternoon
and baptized 600 people.
00:47:51.93\00:47:55.94
There were another 300
who were ready to be baptized
00:47:56.37\00:48:00.16
but their tribes
were afraid of the sea
00:48:00.36\00:48:03.67
so Saturday night we took
them to the small churches,
00:48:03.87\00:48:07.38
divided them up, and
baptized them in pools.
00:48:07.68\00:48:10.75
And the next day we had
almost a thousand new members
00:48:11.05\00:48:15.48
of the church. Amen! And
that was a wonderful day.
00:48:15.69\00:48:19.59
But that was not the best.
00:48:19.99\00:48:22.77
The best is yet to come. Amen!
00:48:23.07\00:48:26.32
I've been in
some great meetings.
00:48:26.42\00:48:28.18
In fact, the one that you know
most about is the one that we
00:48:28.28\00:48:32.58
called NET 2004.
00:48:32.68\00:48:34.75
Anybody remember
that? We put a name to it.
00:48:35.05\00:48:38.42
We called it
Experience the Power.
00:48:38.62\00:48:40.99
Folks, at the end of NET 2004
00:48:41.50\00:48:45.12
I have it on good authority
00:48:45.52\00:48:48.55
the people who were charged
with the responsibility of
00:48:48.75\00:48:52.46
counting who got baptized
00:48:52.66\00:48:55.76
on that Sabbath from NET 2004
00:48:56.06\00:48:59.90
we baptized over
5,000 people. Praise God!
00:49:00.20\00:49:04.41
In one church the
pastor had gone on vacation
00:49:04.99\00:49:09.01
and the people had
come to see me on television
00:49:09.21\00:49:12.76
but there was
nobody to make the appeal.
00:49:12.96\00:49:15.01
However, a local elder
who had been gone for years
00:49:15.41\00:49:20.16
came back on that day and
happened to be in the audience.
00:49:20.36\00:49:24.63
So when I said:
"Pastors, would you stand up now
00:49:25.13\00:49:29.00
and call for baptisms"
this elder came up to the front
00:49:29.20\00:49:32.00
of the church in Virginia
and said: 'The pastor's not here
00:49:32.10\00:49:35.34
but I'm happy to
take his place. "
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.64
And he made the call in
that church for NET 2004
00:49:37.84\00:49:42.52
and over 150 people
were baptized in that church
00:49:42.75\00:49:46.09
with a local elder who
just happened to be there
00:49:46.29\00:49:49.17
on that Sabbath. That's a
wonderful result, isn't it?
00:49:49.37\00:49:53.01
Amen. But that's not the best.
00:49:53.31\00:49:55.37
The best is yet to come. Amen!
00:49:55.67\00:49:58.02
We haven't seen the best.
00:49:58.15\00:49:59.32
I don't know what that
meeting is going to look like
00:49:59.52\00:50:01.58
after the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:50:01.88\00:50:03.84
After the Latter Rain has
started, we're going to have
00:50:04.14\00:50:07.22
some meetings that are
going to shock everybody.
00:50:07.32\00:50:09.27
In fact, I don't
know how we'll keep count.
00:50:09.67\00:50:12.04
I know that God can keep count,
00:50:12.44\00:50:14.52
and that's the
only One who counts.
00:50:14.82\00:50:16.35
But folk, we
haven't seen the best.
00:50:16.65\00:50:18.91
You've got some meeting
in the back of your mind
00:50:19.21\00:50:20.71
and you say: "That's
the best I've ever seen. "
00:50:20.91\00:50:23.09
Well I've got news for you:
the best is yet to come. Amen!
00:50:23.49\00:50:27.47
We haven't seen
anything close to the best.
00:50:27.61\00:50:29.29
God's going to
pour out His Holy Spirit
00:50:29.80\00:50:32.28
in Latter Rain force and
things are going to change
00:50:32.48\00:50:36.25
so drastically.
A small Bible study
00:50:36.45\00:50:41.05
that used to be
so depressing for you
00:50:41.25\00:50:43.41
is going to turn
into a shouting session
00:50:43.61\00:50:45.95
because people are going
to hear the Word in just a few
00:50:46.15\00:50:49.08
minutes and make a
decision to follow Jesus.
00:50:49.18\00:50:51.95
It's not going to be
your power. "Not by might,
00:50:53.40\00:50:56.98
not by power, but by
My Spirit says the Lord. "
00:50:57.18\00:51:01.17
And when the Latter Rain happens
00:51:01.41\00:51:03.85
we're going to see things that
we have never ever seen before.
00:51:04.05\00:51:08.04
And I want to be in
that so I'm going to hold on.
00:51:08.54\00:51:12.26
My brother-in-law is
a great fan of sports.
00:51:13.09\00:51:19.08
And one day I went to visit him
00:51:19.58\00:51:23.26
and he was
looking at a football game
00:51:23.66\00:51:28.85
that I had already seen.
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.51
And he would always brag
about his knowledge of football.
00:51:32.01\00:51:35.61
And it was way better than mine
00:51:36.11\00:51:38.21
but today I knew I
had him at a disadvantage.
00:51:38.41\00:51:41.51
I had already seen the game.
00:51:41.92\00:51:43.67
So we looked at it together.
00:51:44.27\00:51:46.90
We got all the way
down to the fourth quarter
00:51:47.10\00:51:49.41
and he said: "Walter,
let's go out and have some fun.
00:51:49.82\00:51:53.04
Let's go get something to eat
00:51:53.24\00:51:54.30
'cause we can see how this
game is going to turn out. "
00:51:54.60\00:51:56.98
I said: "Well... I don't know.
00:51:57.28\00:51:59.38
I've just got a funny
feeling about this game. "
00:51:59.88\00:52:02.97
He said: "What do you mean?
00:52:03.47\00:52:05.43
Your team has
lost and you know it. "
00:52:05.73\00:52:07.47
We heard the 2-minute
warning. He said: "Come on, man,
00:52:07.97\00:52:10.80
let's go eat. We know
that you lost this time. "
00:52:10.90\00:52:13.26
I said: "Well, let's just wait.
00:52:13.46\00:52:15.98
Just maybe
something will happen. "
00:52:16.28\00:52:18.26
'Cause I remembered
what happened in the game.
00:52:18.36\00:52:20.23
In the fourth quarter
after the 2-minute warning
00:52:20.73\00:52:23.56
the quarterback... you know
how they do when they try to be
00:52:23.76\00:52:27.38
poetic... and he
turned that ball loose
00:52:27.48\00:52:30.60
and it went through the
air straight... didn't wobble
00:52:30.80\00:52:33.63
like it was put on a wire.
00:52:34.03\00:52:36.47
And the receiver was
almost in the end zone
00:52:36.77\00:52:39.66
and he put up his hands
like he had radar in the back
00:52:39.69\00:52:42.64
of his head and caught the ball.
00:52:42.74\00:52:45.64
And in the fourth
quarter that team won.
00:52:45.84\00:52:48.87
So I told my brother-in-law,
I said: "Man, I've just got a
00:52:49.27\00:52:51.82
feeling. " He said: "Well Walt,
you don't know that much about
00:52:52.02\00:52:54.47
football. " I said:
"Yeah, I know I don't
00:52:54.57\00:52:56.68
but I've got a
feeling about this one
00:52:56.88\00:52:58.43
so humor me...
let's just watch it. "
00:53:00.31\00:53:04.47
And of course you
know what happened.
00:53:04.77\00:53:06.62
He said: "Man,
how did you know? "
00:53:07.12\00:53:08.94
I said: "Well, I don't
know, man. I just... there was
00:53:09.44\00:53:12.42
something about this game. "
00:53:12.62\00:53:14.11
So finally I told him the truth.
I said: "Man, I had seen that
00:53:14.72\00:53:18.30
game before. " He said:
"You dirty rascal, you! "
00:53:18.50\00:53:21.50
"So you already knew the
end? " I said: "Yeah, I did. "
00:53:22.96\00:53:25.23
But that's why I didn't change
sides... 'cause I knew the end.
00:53:25.53\00:53:29.93
Well you already figured
that one out, didn't you?
00:53:30.86\00:53:32.98
We are down at the end.
00:53:33.28\00:53:35.71
There are some folk
who don't know what the end
00:53:36.01\00:53:37.79
is going to be. But you
and I have looked in this book,
00:53:37.89\00:53:41.75
we have read about the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
00:53:41.95\00:53:44.86
and we know how this
game is going to end.
00:53:45.16\00:53:47.84
Amen! We know that this
church will go out in a blaze
00:53:48.14\00:53:52.08
of victory because
things are going to be changed
00:53:52.18\00:53:56.25
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:56.45\00:53:58.59
So what I want to say to you is
00:53:59.09\00:54:01.16
don't change sides now. Amen!
00:54:01.46\00:54:04.00
Stay on God's side.
00:54:04.21\00:54:06.03
It may seem like
we're not going to win
00:54:06.34\00:54:08.15
but we know the
end of the story.
00:54:08.45\00:54:10.47
We've already read it.
00:54:10.77\00:54:12.21
And I want to stay right
in this church where I belong
00:54:12.41\00:54:15.39
and hold my spot.
'Cause if I leave it
00:54:15.60\00:54:18.96
somebody else
might come and take it.
00:54:19.16\00:54:20.73
I'm going to stay right here.
00:54:21.13\00:54:23.39
And I don't just have a
feeling... I've got facts.
00:54:23.59\00:54:26.59
God has planned
for a victorious ending
00:54:26.99\00:54:30.69
to this story of the
great controversy. Amen!
00:54:30.72\00:54:34.37
This thing is
going to be glorious...
00:54:34.61\00:54:36.70
marvelous in our
eyes. But if you leave now
00:54:37.00\00:54:40.86
or change sides now
you'll never experience it.
00:54:41.17\00:54:44.53
I urge you not only to be
here but to be part of it.
00:54:45.13\00:54:49.61
We know we're going to win.
00:54:50.01\00:54:51.84
It may seem like we're
outnumbered all the time
00:54:52.98\00:54:56.21
but when the Holy Spirit
falls in the Latter Rain power
00:54:56.41\00:55:00.10
we're not going to be
in the minority any more
00:55:00.30\00:55:02.35
'cause the Holy Spirit
is a majority by Himself.
00:55:02.65\00:55:05.70
Amen! And all He
needs us to do is
00:55:06.00\00:55:08.29
to stay on His
side, stay on God's side,
00:55:08.49\00:55:11.15
and we'll be part of a victory
that nobody will ever forget.
00:55:11.45\00:55:16.13
And I'm going to stay
right here. I'm not as agile as
00:55:16.63\00:55:21.23
I used to be, my
voice isn't as strong,
00:55:21.43\00:55:24.17
but I'm going to
do whatever I can do
00:55:24.37\00:55:26.59
and stay in my
place and stay on my job
00:55:26.79\00:55:29.69
'cause I know
what's about to happen.
00:55:29.99\00:55:32.29
Don't you know? Haven't
you read the whole story?
00:55:32.59\00:55:35.14
Amen! Do you know what kind
of victory we're about to have?
00:55:35.45\00:55:38.15
We're about to have a victory
that nobody else could ever
00:55:38.65\00:55:41.88
imagine. And all we've got
to do is stay faithful to God
00:55:41.98\00:55:45.33
and pray for the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit in Latter Rain
00:55:45.54\00:55:49.06
power and we're going
to see an amazing victory.
00:55:49.26\00:55:52.10
Your neighbors who
thought you were crazy
00:55:52.50\00:55:54.98
because you went out on Saturday
morning instead of Sunday
00:55:55.38\00:55:58.24
they're not going to
laugh any more - Amen! -
00:55:58.44\00:56:02.34
because the Holy Spirit
is going to change the story.
00:56:03.40\00:56:06.15
And all of a sudden
your neighbors who thought
00:56:06.65\00:56:09.09
you were a little bit addle-
brained are going to figure out
00:56:09.19\00:56:12.80
that you knew
something that they didn't know.
00:56:13.00\00:56:14.98
You knew about a power
that they had never met.
00:56:15.28\00:56:18.69
But friends of mine,
when the Holy Spirit's power
00:56:19.19\00:56:22.46
is poured out upon this church
00:56:22.66\00:56:24.65
we're going to see
some amazing things happen.
00:56:24.85\00:56:26.95
We're going to see hundreds,
we're going to see thousands
00:56:27.15\00:56:30.19
of people brought to Christ.
00:56:30.40\00:56:32.40
And they're going to
learn about the holy Sabbath
00:56:32.90\00:56:35.64
and keep it with joy.
00:56:35.85\00:56:37.65
I remember the times we used
to be sitting around wondering
00:56:38.15\00:56:41.06
which big preacher
would join our church
00:56:41.26\00:56:43.71
and that would be the power.
00:56:44.01\00:56:45.74
And you know one name
that we always talk about.
00:56:46.24\00:56:49.51
"I heard he's
going to join the church,
00:56:49.81\00:56:51.84
and when he does, things
are going to change for us. "
00:56:52.14\00:56:54.99
Well I've got news for
you: no big-time preacher
00:56:55.29\00:56:58.55
needs to join this church 'cause
we've already got the power.
00:56:58.76\00:57:02.20
Amen! And it will not come
from some popular preacher.
00:57:02.51\00:57:07.74
It's going to come
from the Holy Spirit.
00:57:08.14\00:57:10.57
The Holy Spirit can do
this thing with His own power.
00:57:10.97\00:57:14.62
And He will! And
all He needs us to do
00:57:14.92\00:57:17.89
is to do our part. Amen? Amen!
00:57:18.09\00:57:21.15
How many of you will just
raise your hand today and say
00:57:21.65\00:57:23.55
and say: "I'm
willing to do my part. "
00:57:23.65\00:57:25.53
Amen. Praise God. I don't
see one hand that's not raised.
00:57:25.84\00:57:29.82