We are back and we wish you a
happy middle of the afternoon.
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We have to segment our days.
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Happy morning; happy worship
service; happy right after lunch
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and now happy a
little later after lunch.
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And Happy Sabbath, indeed.
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This couldn't happen if
it was not for the Sabbath.
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And we praise the
Lord for the Sabbath Day.
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When I was pastoring, my largest
church was 2,142 members.
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And we would leave the
house in the morning about 6 AM
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and not get back
home till about 11 PM.
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We spent the whole day
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either in meetings or
praising the Lord or worshiping.
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But I love listening
to sermons on Sabbath.
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It is almost the best
thing to do on Sabbath.
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Perhaps better
would be visiting the sick
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and giving somebody some cheer.
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But other than that,
listening to the Word of God
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is a wonderful thing to do.
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And the preacher of
the Word of God is one who
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is the pastor of this church.
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He is the general of
this particular pulpit
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and we are just
borrowing it from him.
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Our pastor, our friend
John Lomacang, who I have known
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41 years. Yeah, we were
little children together.
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But when I was
pastoring the Bethel church
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in Brooklyn he
and Angie were dating.
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And Angie kept him on
the straight and narrow then
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as she does now.
And I tease him 'cause
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he said: "I used to
sleep on your sermons. "
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I said: "Well I've got news
for you: I sleep on yours now. "
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But not really. We have
great respect for each other
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and great love for each other.
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And he is a preacher of
the Word and a fine singer.
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And he told me not
to take too much time
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in introduction
which he does not need
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because he needs the
time for his message.
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So I want to do that. Safe
to say that he is a man of God,
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a preacher of righteousness,
a good and dear friend,
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and one who takes every
opportunity to lift up the name
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of Jesus. His
sermon today is entitled
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Termites. Yeah... so do
with that what you will.
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But it is Termites.
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And the song he's going to
be singing is Had It Not Been
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For... Had It Not Been.
It's just Had It Not Been.
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And I said: "John, you
want me to sing for you? "
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He said: "No. "
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So we're going to pray and then
we'll turn the rest of the time
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over to our pastor and our
friend, Pastor John Lomacang.
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Shall we pray. Father God,
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we just praise you
and thank you so very much
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for the privilege
we have of serving You.
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We thank you for
the power of the Word.
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And we thank you for the
various talents that You have
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given Your servant. We
ask from You for Pastor John
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heaven's very best so that
he can be not only a shepherd
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of the flock but a
feeder of the sheep.
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And we pray, dear God,
heaven's very best for him.
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Bless us just now
as we wait upon You.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Just suppose God
searched through heaven
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and He couldn't find
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one willing to be
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the supreme
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sacrifice that was needed
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that would buy
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eternal life
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for you and me.
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Had it not been
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for a place
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called Mount Calvary.
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Had it not been
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for the old rugged cross.
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Had it not been
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for a man
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called Jesus...
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then forever
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my soul would be lost.
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I'm so glad
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He was willing
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to drink that bitter cup.
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Although He prayed
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"Father, let it
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pass from Me. "
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And I'm so glad
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He didn't call
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heaven's angels:
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"from these hands
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pull the nails
that torment me. "
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Had it not been
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for a place
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called Mount Calvary.
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Had it not been
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for that old rugged cross.
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And had it not been
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for a man
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called Jesus...
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then forever
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my soul would be lost...
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then forever
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my soul
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would be
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lost.
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Amen!
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Let us pray.
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Our heavenly Father, we begin
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by thanking you
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for not only the
hill called Mount Calvary
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but for the empty tomb.
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And Lord, now as
we open Your Word
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we pray that You
will open our hearts
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to hear what the Spirit is
going to say to the church.
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In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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If you have your Bible,
the scripture reading...
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I'm saying that like I'm
in church on Sabbath morning.
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'Cause we always say
"the scripture reading. "
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And then I often say: "If
you don't have your Bible,
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it's on the screen. " But
it's not on the screen today
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so I hope you have your Bible.
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What scripture reading
can you use for a sermon
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entitled Termites?
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I've done my best to find
one that I think is appropriate
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for the subject
of consideration.
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Very short:
Psalm 11 and verse 3.
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Psalm 11 and verse 3.
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Very short
scripture. "If the foundations
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be destroyed, what
can the righteous do? "
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"If the
foundations be destroyed,
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what can the righteous do? "
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It is quite out of the
ordinary for me to preach
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on a subject that I
know little to nothing about:
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termites.
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Prior to studying about termites
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my knowledge about
termites can be summarized
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in one simple statement:
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don't ignore termites.
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I had no idea
that there was so much
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information about
termites, David, until I began
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to research. And what I'm
going to share with you today
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are the 8 most
important things that I believe
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that I have
learned about termites.
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And I hope that you can
learn the very same lesson.
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Now it is not my
intention to give you
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logistical
information about termites,
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although that will happen.
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But as a preacher, we
can find spiritual parallels
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from almost anything.
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The scientists say -
fact #1 about termites.
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Termites are not all
the same the scientists say.
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And I quote: "Thus far
scientists have been able
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to describe more
than 3,000 different
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species of termites
with hundreds more waiting
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to be researched. "
That's just termites.
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They say... the
scientists say...
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"to mistake a termite for an ant
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will result in
total loss of property. "
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Summarizing, they say:
"Make sure that you know
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what you are dealing with. "
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Make sure that you
can tell the difference
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between a termite and an ant.
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What kind of spiritual
parallel can you get from that?
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Here's what the Lord gave to me.
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Because it looks like a
termite does not necessarily
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mean it is a termite. Come
on, say amen to that. Amen.
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Everything that looks like
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and everyone that looks
like a creature of righteousness
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is not necessarily a
creature of righteousness.
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As we get closer to the end
we've gotta keep in mind that
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Satan has been
preparing for his final push
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against the kingdom of
light. He has been working and
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experimenting for 6,000 years.
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And if ever there was a
time that he can duplicate and
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create somebody to look just
like a creature of righteousness
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I would suggest to you today
that Satan is at the height
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of his game. Ellen White says
in the book Darkness Before Dawn
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page 36 paragraph 1... she says:
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"Antichrist is to
perform his marvelous works
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in our sight. So closely
will the counterfeit resemble
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the true that it will almost
be impossible to distinguish
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between them except
by the holy scriptures. "
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In other words, if
you have not discovered
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or determined that that's
a termite and that's an ant
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and you go based
on the way you feel
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you can easily be deceived
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in this day and
in this generation.
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We just came back
from Washington, D.C.
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and we saw clergy
of every hue, of every
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conviction, of
every walk of life.
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And I want to say to
you: Satan has, and I'm not
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saying that any particular
preacher there was a deceptive
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one, but I can
almost guarantee you
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when the Bible says
"many false Christ's and many
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false prophets will arise"
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this is the day and age
where many false prophets
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and many false
Christ's have arisen.
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The scientists say
that they could not conclude
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that it is or isn't a
termite until they took the time
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to do the research.
One of the dangers we face
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in drawing conclusions today
about things that we haven't
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taken the time to
do the research on
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is that we are easily deceived
when we are taking the opinion
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of somebody else...
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especially when it comes
to the truth of God's Word.
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If ever there was a
time that the people of God
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need to be people that are
in their Bibles researching
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the Word of God for themselves,
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2015 is the hour.
What do you say? Amen!
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This is the day
and age where deception
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is at an all-time high.
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And it amazes me that we
have so many Bible translations.
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You can have a Bible
on the iPad, the android,
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the Samsung, the laptop.
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You can have many translations
that at the click of one button
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you can do 40 hours of research.
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How can there be
so much knowledge
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and so much
ignorance at the same time?
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Because a lot of people
are taking the word of somebody
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that said they did the research.
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We live in an ignorant society
because most people come to
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the conclusion
about what they believe
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based on someone else's
research and not their own.
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This is the hour to get
into the Bible for yourself.
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Do your own research.
Know what the Bible says
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for yourself. Be like those
in the New Testament church.
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They searched the scriptures
daily to see for themselves
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whether these things were so.
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This is the hour to get
into the Bible ourselves.
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We live in an
ignorant society...
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not because the
knowledge is not there
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but because people don't want
the knowledge that IS there.
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You do that exam.
When I was on the plane...
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I just was on fire this weekend.
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You know, I always
say either you are on fire
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for the Lord or you
will be on fire by the Lord.
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I choose to be on
fire FOR the Lord.
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And so when I get on
the plane my wife says:
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"Well, who you
sittin' next to? "
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She always asks me
when she's not going with me
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"Who are you sitting next to? "
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And I always tell her
that I witnessed to somebody
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that I sat next to.
Because I believe that if God
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allows somebody
to sit next to me
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they ought to know that I work
for somebody that's mightily
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important. Amen? Amen!
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My God does not
have an economic problem.
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My God is not concerned
about the Pope's next move.
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Not concerned about
the Pope's next visit.
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My God declares the
end from the beginning
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and from ancient times
things that are not yet done.
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Come on, say
amen somebody. Amen!
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So when I sit down next to...
I sat down next to a Baptist man
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just on this last trip,
and he said: "What do you do? "
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Lord... don't
ask me that question.
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"What do I do? " Let
me tell you what I did.
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So it's not what do I do
but what am I about to do
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is the real question.
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So I took him through...
I took him through Daniel 2,
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Daniel 7. I took him
through America's history
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from 1776
Declaration of Independence,
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1781 Bill of Rights,
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the fall of the
Roman Empire 1798,
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the rise of America
during the roaring 20's,
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the return of
Vatican City to Rome,
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not the return but the giving
or the gifting of Vatican City
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to Rome. And when I was
all done he began to ask
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questions. He said: "Now
I'm a Baptist, but I want to say
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you gave me a whole
lot to think about. "
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Amen? Amen. One
plants, another waters, but
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God gives the increase.
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God will never bless a
Bible study you never gave.
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We've got to get to the
place where we test everything
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that we accept for ourselves.
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When King Saul tried to get
David to accept his research
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about good armor
David's response was:
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"I cannot walk with these
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for I have not tested
them. " So David took them off.
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Anything that we have not
tested we've got to take it off!
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Any truth... We have a
lady in our Sabbath School
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and her husband. I don't
want to point out them by
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giving you their
names, but I'm always amazed
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at the end of our Sabbath School
class... and right now we're
00:17:21.77\00:17:23.51
studying the United
States in prophecy...
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Some folk go to church they
don't hear about that stuff.
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You come here you're
going to hear about it.
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The United States
in Bible prophecy,
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Rome in its final
movements, the antichrist.
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I said the antichrist.
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That subject is being voted out
even in some of our own pulpits
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but not in this one. Amen!
00:17:42.12\00:17:44.96
And every time we
get into our Bible study
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you know what she says
at the end of the class?
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She says: "Pastor,
every time I open my Bible
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I'm always erasing
what I used to believe
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and putting in
what I now believe. "
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The entrance of God's Word
brings light. What do you say?
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And Satan likes
ignorance? Do you know why?
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Many are going to be lost
not because the information
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is not available, but people
don't want the information.
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And there's a text in
Acts chapter 17 verse 30
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that says it this way: "The
times of ignorance God winked at
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but now commands all
men everywhere to repent. "
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These are not ignorant times
00:18:24.43\00:18:26.57
and I must say: "God
is no longer winking. "
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What do you say? Amen.
00:18:29.14\00:18:30.71
Information also, though,
does not necessarily mean
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that it translates to salvation.
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Because Paul says in the book of
Timothy, II Timothy 3 he said:
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"We live in a generation
that will ever be learning
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but never able to come to
the knowledge of the truth. "
00:18:43.79\00:18:46.22
Ever learning!
You can learn a lot
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but never be able to come
to the conclusion about truth.
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Brad Walker that I was
traveling with told me something
00:18:53.90\00:18:56.06
very interesting about
the Smithsonian Institute.
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The Smithsonian Museum.
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And he said he found out that
you can go to the Smithsonian
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Museum and if you spend
one second on each exhibit
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it'll take you 18 years
00:19:09.11\00:19:11.18
to see everything in
just that one museum.
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That's not counting
the Aerospace Museum.
00:19:14.98\00:19:17.25
That's not counting
the Library of Congress.
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We are
inundated with information
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but the information that
we need is from God's Word.
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What do you say? Amen!
This is the only information
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that is going to take us
from where we are to where
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God wants us to be.
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Listen to some statistics.
00:19:31.63\00:19:32.97
Every day 500 years worth of
videos are watched on YouTube.
00:19:33.00\00:19:37.24
And I can almost guarantee you
most of them are not religious.
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More than 7 million
songs are downloaded every day
00:19:41.51\00:19:45.58
on iTunes. I can almost
guarantee you most of them
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are not religious.
When I was growing up
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television used to
go off at midnight.
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Come on...
anybody remember that?
00:19:54.92\00:19:56.26
You young folk relax.
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Television used to go
off with the National Anthem.
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Remember that?
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Not any more...
the devil got wise.
00:20:04.40\00:20:06.70
Now it's 24/7 and
then add to that Twitter,
00:20:06.90\00:20:09.57
Facebook, Snapchat,
Instagram, on demand...
00:20:09.77\00:20:13.54
See we no longer use
technology. Technology uses us.
00:20:13.74\00:20:17.41
For that was Satan's plan.
Darkness Before Dawn page 36
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paragraph 2 Ellen White says:
00:20:25.45\00:20:27.12
"Satan employs
every possible device
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to prevent men from obtaining
a knowledge of the Bible
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for its plain utterances
reveal his deceptions. "
00:20:35.60\00:20:39.97
That's why it always
amazes me when I see young folk
00:20:40.37\00:20:42.30
in church on their
phones. They leave here just as
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ignorant as they came.
00:20:45.34\00:20:46.81
And they're not looking
up Bible texts in most cases.
00:20:47.74\00:20:49.78
But that's what
the devil's plan is.
00:20:51.21\00:20:53.08
Get them into the
mode where their devices
00:20:53.28\00:20:56.22
control them and not
they control their devices.
00:20:56.42\00:20:59.72
And if you don't know who's
in control of these devices
00:20:59.92\00:21:02.36
let me give you
an example: iTunes.
00:21:02.56\00:21:05.23
iPad, iMac, i... i... i.
00:21:05.53\00:21:11.43
Somebody's in charge of what's
going on behind the scenes.
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Listen further: we complain when
our cable box and our satellite
00:21:17.17\00:21:21.41
and our Internet stops working.
00:21:21.61\00:21:22.94
Don't you think God complains
when the church is not working?
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.58
Amen? What we have forgotten is
00:21:26.61\00:21:29.58
the Bible always works.
00:21:29.88\00:21:31.42
If you get connected to
the Bible, there'll never be
00:21:32.02\00:21:34.99
a power outage in your life.
00:21:35.19\00:21:36.93
That's right. Hallelujah!
00:21:37.53\00:21:39.36
We are so content
with our cell towers
00:21:39.96\00:21:43.50
we have forgotten
about our Strong Tower.
00:21:43.70\00:21:45.60
You ought to say amen
to that one. That's deep.
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.87
Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T
will break you financially
00:21:50.14\00:21:54.21
but we won't ever get a
bill from God for the minutes
00:21:54.38\00:21:58.41
we spend in our
Bible. Praise the Lord!
00:21:58.61\00:22:02.95
Isn't that nice? Young people,
it's time to stop sending texts
00:22:03.15\00:22:07.72
and start reading texts. Amen!
00:22:07.92\00:22:11.16
Do like the Thessalonians!
00:22:13.26\00:22:15.10
The Bible says the Word
of God effectively works
00:22:15.50\00:22:19.03
in you who believe. The
reason why you don't see
00:22:19.23\00:22:21.80
the Word of God
transforming lives
00:22:22.00\00:22:23.77
is because it's on the shelf.
00:22:23.97\00:22:25.54
It's not in the hearts and
lives of young people today.
00:22:25.94\00:22:28.78
Now some older people
fall in the same category
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.91
but I want to tell you:
the devil is not upset about
00:22:31.11\00:22:32.88
how many Bibles you have.
00:22:33.08\00:22:34.42
He's upset about how
many Bibles you READ!
00:22:34.45\00:22:36.75
I said this years ago
but it fits right here:
00:22:38.72\00:22:40.62
the devil... If your
Bible is falling apart,
00:22:40.82\00:22:43.69
chances are your life isn't.
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.29
But if you're walking around
with a brand new shiny Bible
00:22:45.49\00:22:48.06
the devil's not
upset with you at all.
00:22:48.26\00:22:50.23
Right? He doesn't care about
how many translations you have.
00:22:51.40\00:22:53.70
He's concerned
about YOUR translation.
00:22:53.90\00:22:56.57
People talk about all
the translations they have.
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Well what
difference is it making to you?
00:23:00.98\00:23:02.64
Once person once said...
He said: "It used to take me
00:23:02.84\00:23:05.38
two years to wear out a Bible. "
00:23:05.58\00:23:07.42
Somebody said: "Well that's
good, but how long does it take
00:23:07.82\00:23:10.09
for you to wear
out a Bible now? "
00:23:10.29\00:23:11.62
Some people have
never worn out their Bibles
00:23:11.75\00:23:13.66
'cause their pages
are still stuck together.
00:23:13.86\00:23:15.86
That's why scientists say...
Well, not the scientists but
00:23:17.26\00:23:21.63
until you get
connected to your Bible
00:23:21.83\00:23:24.47
you'll never know the
power that is in your Bible.
00:23:24.67\00:23:26.84
This is the hour
to unplug your devices
00:23:27.04\00:23:29.37
and plug in your Bible.
00:23:29.57\00:23:30.91
Found a very
interesting fact about termites.
00:23:31.14\00:23:33.17
Scientists say that termites
are the most successful group
00:23:33.38\00:23:36.91
of insects on earth... termites.
00:23:37.11\00:23:39.55
Listen to why they say that.
00:23:39.98\00:23:41.32
Termites operate in unity.
00:23:42.32\00:23:44.25
You think we could
learn something from termites?
00:23:44.75\00:23:47.42
The scientists say
termites don't work alone.
00:23:47.62\00:23:50.29
Although each
has the same ability,
00:23:50.59\00:23:52.83
they work most effectively
when they work in groups.
00:23:53.03\00:23:56.03
Do you wonder why the
devil likes to keep us
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.07
from being unified?
00:23:58.27\00:23:59.90
We are most effective
if we can work in unity.
00:24:00.17\00:24:03.61
They go on to say:
"Their colonies range in size
00:24:04.81\00:24:08.24
from a couple of hundred in-
dividuals to enormous societies
00:24:08.44\00:24:11.95
with several
million individuals. "
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.25
And this blew my mind.
They said: "The queen termite
00:24:14.45\00:24:18.62
has a lifespan as
long as 50 years. "
00:24:19.02\00:24:23.83
Don't worry about it...
you'll recover on Monday.
00:24:27.50\00:24:29.20
But here's my point: if
termites could operate in unity
00:24:31.07\00:24:33.80
why can't the people
of God operate in unity?
00:24:34.00\00:24:36.10
Do you know why? You know
why termites operate in unity?
00:24:36.54\00:24:38.71
Because they have a common goal.
00:24:38.91\00:24:40.34
They focus on
something other than themselves.
00:24:40.54\00:24:42.88
They don't eat each other
up! They focus on something else
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.71
to eat. If we can chew
more freshly on the Word of God,
00:24:45.91\00:24:51.09
we, too, will be a
more unified people.
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.96
That's why David the Psalmist
says: "How good and how pleasant
00:24:54.59\00:24:57.43
it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity. "
00:24:57.63\00:25:01.80
I want to say this: sometimes
I travel and people give me
00:25:02.20\00:25:04.60
pamphlets. And just this weekend
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.94
I saw somebody was giving
out a yellow booklet there in
00:25:07.14\00:25:10.21
Washington, D.C. and on
the front it had the title
00:25:10.41\00:25:13.11
Present Truth. Now
let me make a point.
00:25:13.31\00:25:15.51
Now matter how
present your truth is
00:25:15.71\00:25:17.35
a lack of unity will always
undermine your present truth.
00:25:18.48\00:25:22.08
'Cause people want to see
what the truth has done for you.
00:25:23.22\00:25:25.92
Not just what the truth says
00:25:26.12\00:25:27.59
but what the
truth has done for you.
00:25:27.99\00:25:30.13
If the truth has done nothing
for you, it's going to do
00:25:30.43\00:25:32.36
nothing for me. And
the only way I can know
00:25:32.56\00:25:34.73
how the truth has
impacted your life
00:25:34.93\00:25:36.56
if I see the
difference in your life.
00:25:36.77\00:25:39.13
Anybody can preach a sermon.
00:25:40.60\00:25:42.24
One old African American lady
told me... she said: "the devil
00:25:42.44\00:25:44.91
can preach a good message.
He just can't live it. "
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.94
And I said to her:
"Man! That's common sense. "
00:25:48.88\00:25:51.01
She said: "No, it's not
common sense. If it was common
00:25:51.21\00:25:53.18
everybody would have it. "
00:25:53.38\00:25:54.72
So it's not what we say
that's a threat to the devil
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.79
but it's how we live.
00:26:00.09\00:26:02.06
And some people say: "Now
what is the General Conference
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.96
going to do about the
lack of unity in the church? "
00:26:05.16\00:26:07.13
Well the Bible says unity
is not the concern of those
00:26:07.40\00:26:10.00
who are at the top.
Unity should be YOUR concern.
00:26:10.20\00:26:12.60
As far as it is possible with
YOU, be at peace with all men.
00:26:13.84\00:26:18.04
I don't need somebody to tell
me from the GC that I need to be
00:26:18.44\00:26:21.54
unified. If I get
on my knees every day -
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Amen somebody - and
study God's Word every day
00:26:24.05\00:26:26.72
and put my pride aside and
work on settling my difference
00:26:26.92\00:26:30.59
between... like they did
on the Day of Pentecost...
00:26:30.79\00:26:32.75
I believe in
preparation for the Latter Rain.
00:26:32.95\00:26:35.02
We've got to do what
they did for the Early Rain.
00:26:35.22\00:26:37.13
We've got to get together
and stop striving about who's
00:26:37.53\00:26:39.56
going to be in what position.
00:26:39.76\00:26:41.06
And the only position we all
need to be in is on our knees
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.43
saying: "Lord, if You're
going to get me in, do WHATEVER
00:26:43.83\00:26:47.10
You need to do to
make sure I get in. "
00:26:47.30\00:26:48.90
There's so much struggle
nowadays I don't even want to
00:26:50.87\00:26:54.44
mention it. Women's ordination:
I don't even want to mention it.
00:26:54.64\00:26:58.58
There's so much political
maneuvering post General
00:27:00.75\00:27:04.02
Conference to almost
guarantee that it gets
00:27:04.22\00:27:06.15
passed the next time.
00:27:06.35\00:27:07.69
God is going to
indict some of our brethren
00:27:07.96\00:27:10.06
for the hours they waste
and the monies that they put.
00:27:10.26\00:27:13.29
Instead of saving souls
and giving evangelistic series
00:27:13.53\00:27:16.90
we invest money to
fight against each other.
00:27:17.10\00:27:19.63
Lord have mercy!
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.40
Doesn't make any sense.
00:27:23.64\00:27:25.01
And I'm not throwing stones.
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.54
I'm a part of
the organized church.
00:27:26.57\00:27:27.91
I'm an ordained pastor
00:27:29.28\00:27:30.65
but I don't
always like what I see.
00:27:30.78\00:27:32.51
And I've been raised by
a mother that's very vocal
00:27:32.91\00:27:36.69
and a dad that's very vocal.
00:27:36.89\00:27:38.22
I was not raised
in a quiet family,
00:27:38.25\00:27:39.72
but I've taken that for the
Lord. I'm going to speak out
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.99
on behalf of those
things that are right
00:27:42.19\00:27:43.93
and those things that are true.
And we are not in a position
00:27:44.13\00:27:47.20
where we can close our mouths
when we see the sword coming.
00:27:47.40\00:27:49.83
As I said many years
ago and I say it again:
00:27:50.93\00:27:52.80
"Your blood is not
going to be on my hand. "
00:27:53.00\00:27:54.67
I'm going to tell
you what you need to hear
00:27:54.87\00:27:56.20
so when the time comes
the Lord said: "Did you say? "
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.74
And I said: "I DID say. "
00:27:58.94\00:28:00.34
But all the time we waste...
all the time we waste...
00:28:02.08\00:28:05.11
If termites can be together,
why can't the people of God
00:28:05.31\00:28:08.18
remain united? You
know what I've discovered?
00:28:08.38\00:28:11.02
When you look in the animal
kingdom... I've discovered this
00:28:11.19\00:28:14.19
about animals...
animals and insects
00:28:14.36\00:28:17.36
they get
together in their groups
00:28:19.79\00:28:21.93
and they all have a common goal.
00:28:22.13\00:28:23.57
They work
together... and they look alike.
00:28:23.77\00:28:26.97
All termites look
alike except for when the
00:28:27.27\00:28:30.64
scientists discover that there
are 3,000 different species.
00:28:30.84\00:28:33.14
They all look the
same to me, right?
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.18
A termite is a termite.
00:28:35.38\00:28:36.75
But I've discovered humans are
the only part of God's creation
00:28:36.85\00:28:40.62
that look alike but are
vastly different on the inside.
00:28:40.82\00:28:45.42
That's why being a Christian
is not a design, it's a choice.
00:28:49.82\00:28:53.06
We've got to
choose... we've got to choose
00:28:55.00\00:28:57.70
to be what God wants us to be.
00:28:57.90\00:29:00.70
The most
miserable person in the end
00:29:00.90\00:29:03.14
is going to be that
person that never really enjoyed
00:29:03.34\00:29:05.51
Christianity and never
really got to enjoy the world.
00:29:05.71\00:29:07.94
I want to enjoy this
thing called Christianity,
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.08
what do you say? Can I
talk to this group over here?
00:29:11.28\00:29:13.35
They think I'm ignoring them.
00:29:13.55\00:29:14.88
I want to enjoy this
thing called Christianity.
00:29:15.02\00:29:16.82
Can you say
"Amen" over here? Amen!
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.05
God wants us to enjoy. If He
came to give us abundant life,
00:29:19.45\00:29:25.03
why am I trying to find
abundant life outside of Christ?
00:29:25.23\00:29:28.80
You can't find it.
00:29:30.17\00:29:31.57
You're not going to
find outside of marriage
00:29:31.97\00:29:34.04
what God intends to
be only IN marriage.
00:29:34.24\00:29:36.10
And just in case you don't think
it's joyful to be a Christian
00:29:40.38\00:29:43.18
the Lord says: "At My right
hand are joys forever more. "
00:29:43.38\00:29:46.95
Amen! The third thing I
learned about termites is
00:29:47.15\00:29:49.58
termites attack living things.
00:29:49.78\00:29:52.09
Termites like to
attack living things.
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.72
The scientists say:
"Termites like healthy things.
00:29:54.92\00:29:59.59
If there's no
life present in it,
00:29:59.79\00:30:02.30
termites are not interested. "
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.07
Termites don't eat dead things.
00:30:04.27\00:30:07.10
Termites don't
like rotten things.
00:30:07.30\00:30:09.77
One of the reasons
why Jesus was attacked:
00:30:09.97\00:30:12.74
because Jesus
is the Living Word.
00:30:12.94\00:30:15.01
And here's my point: if you have
a living Christian experience,
00:30:15.21\00:30:18.98
you can guarantee that
you're going to be attacked
00:30:19.38\00:30:21.58
by Satan's evil angels.
00:30:21.78\00:30:24.39
Let me qualify that.
00:30:25.35\00:30:27.26
I'm concerned about Christians
that have never been attacked.
00:30:27.46\00:30:29.99
If you live in a world where
termites are and you're a piece
00:30:33.96\00:30:36.70
of wood, and you
walk around saying:
00:30:36.90\00:30:40.60
"I have never been
attacked by termites"
00:30:40.80\00:30:42.54
they don't think much of you!
00:30:42.84\00:30:44.57
Am I telling the truth?
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.41
You see, if you are
no threat to the devil's
00:30:46.71\00:30:48.51
kingdom he's not
going to attack you.
00:30:48.71\00:30:50.95
He's going to walk right by you.
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.95
That's why the
devil... That's why termites...
00:30:53.15\00:30:54.88
And the other thing about
termites: termites don't like
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.82
plastic. If you're plastic,
you'll never have to worry about
00:30:57.02\00:31:00.79
the devil ever attacking you.
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.39
People say: "I
never had a conflict. "
00:31:02.79\00:31:04.53
"I don't have any
problems at all. "
00:31:04.73\00:31:06.06
Well, my Bible says all those
that live godly in Christ Jesus
00:31:06.09\00:31:09.03
shall suffer persecution.
00:31:09.23\00:31:12.00
Jesus IS the Light of the World.
00:31:14.14\00:31:17.27
There are no "was
statements" about Jesus
00:31:17.47\00:31:19.64
except He was on earth
at one time and He will be
00:31:19.84\00:31:23.21
coming back to get
us. What do you say?
00:31:23.41\00:31:25.15
But everything
about Jesus is an IS.
00:31:25.35\00:31:27.22
He IS the Way, He IS
the Truth, He IS the Life.
00:31:27.78\00:31:29.95
He IS the Living Word.
00:31:30.15\00:31:31.52
Anything based on the light
of God's Word will be attacked.
00:31:32.52\00:31:36.79
Don't be surprised
if you believe the truth
00:31:37.19\00:31:41.03
and you get attacked.
00:31:41.23\00:31:42.80
Don't be shocked. Sons
and Daughters of God p. 280
00:31:43.20\00:31:46.30
paragraph 3 the
servant of the Lord says:
00:31:46.50\00:31:50.87
"Those who will not accept the
last solemn message of warning
00:31:51.87\00:31:55.58
sent to our world will
pervert the scriptures.
00:31:55.78\00:31:59.95
Then they will attack
the character and make false
00:32:00.98\00:32:05.19
statements in regard
to the faith and doctrines
00:32:05.39\00:32:09.49
of those who
advocate Bible truth. "
00:32:09.69\00:32:12.73
They're going to
attack your character.
00:32:13.13\00:32:14.76
I meet a lot of Christians,
but just bring up a topic
00:32:15.16\00:32:18.43
they don't agree on and see
how long they remain Christians.
00:32:18.63\00:32:20.84
Like Danny was talking
about: "You're under the law.
00:32:22.04\00:32:24.27
You're under that
burdensome thing. "
00:32:24.44\00:32:26.11
You know, either we
are law-abiding Christians
00:32:26.31\00:32:28.94
or we are breaking the law.
We are law-breaking Christians.
00:32:29.14\00:32:32.15
I'd rather be a
law-abiding citizen
00:32:32.35\00:32:34.08
than one that's
violating the law of God.
00:32:34.28\00:32:36.48
But just bring up those topics
and you will begin to see...
00:32:36.69\00:32:38.82
you'll begin to see how
genuine people really are
00:32:39.02\00:32:42.32
until you touch the thing that
seems to be darling to them.
00:32:42.52\00:32:47.13
And then you'll discover
how deep their Christianity
00:32:48.06\00:32:50.80
really goes. Fourth
thing I learned about termites:
00:32:50.97\00:32:53.67
termites look
for the vulnerable.
00:32:54.07\00:32:56.87
Termites are subterranean.
They start at the foundation
00:32:57.07\00:33:01.08
and work their way up.
00:33:01.28\00:33:03.01
Are you ready? They
begin at the foundation
00:33:03.21\00:33:06.82
and work their way up.
00:33:07.02\00:33:09.02
And I would suggest to
you that termites are running
00:33:09.22\00:33:11.92
loose in America.
00:33:12.12\00:33:13.56
They have been
eating away for decades
00:33:13.76\00:33:16.26
at the
foundation of our religion.
00:33:16.46\00:33:18.56
They have been eating away...
chewing up the foundation
00:33:18.96\00:33:22.03
of marriage. They are digesting
the foundation of our freedoms.
00:33:22.23\00:33:26.37
Termites never work to
strengthen. They always
00:33:26.70\00:33:29.67
work to weaken. And by the way,
00:33:29.87\00:33:32.21
when you're in your home
sleeping termites are busy
00:33:32.41\00:33:34.98
eating your house
while you are asleep.
00:33:35.18\00:33:37.95
That's why Peter
the apostle said:
00:33:38.15\00:33:40.38
"Now it is high time
to awake out of sleep
00:33:40.58\00:33:43.25
for now is our salvation nearer
than when we first believed. "
00:33:43.45\00:33:47.42
Termites are amazing creatures
00:33:48.36\00:33:50.23
and their chief purpose is to
weaken the structure gradually.
00:33:52.59\00:33:56.06
Let me say that again.
00:33:56.26\00:33:57.60
They don't weaken a
structure immediately.
00:33:57.63\00:33:59.43
On statistic says if
a termite starts to eat
00:33:59.63\00:34:03.51
a 2x4 that's 9 feet long
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.88
it'll take 50,000
termites eight to nine weeks
00:34:07.28\00:34:10.75
to finish that piece of wood.
00:34:10.95\00:34:12.38
They weaken it gradually.
00:34:13.65\00:34:16.05
They weaken it how? Gradually.
00:34:16.25\00:34:18.79
And silently they
work at the foundation.
00:34:18.99\00:34:21.69
In our church the devil
has caused some people to be
00:34:21.89\00:34:25.16
off track and off of God's
agenda and off of God's program.
00:34:25.36\00:34:29.96
And slowly but surely
those things that are truth,
00:34:30.17\00:34:34.34
the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.01
Satan has been working to
slowly but gradually weaken
00:34:37.41\00:34:41.54
the foundation. I got a
letter from a young man.
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.91
I still have the
envelope at home on my desk.
00:34:44.11\00:34:46.11
A young man sent me
a letter. He said...
00:34:46.31\00:34:48.62
He said: "I
used to be Adventist.
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.55
I no longer believe in
inspiration. I don't believe
00:34:50.85\00:34:54.16
we need to have... I don't
believe in the necessity of
00:34:54.36\00:34:56.32
the judgment. I don't
believe in the 2300 days. "
00:34:56.52\00:35:01.63
And so he said: "Please
send me your conclusions
00:35:01.83\00:35:05.80
about your position on the
2300 days - the judgment. "
00:35:06.00\00:35:08.77
And so I said to my wife:
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.91
"I am not putting anything in
writing and send to anybody. "
00:35:11.07\00:35:13.98
So with all this technology
I said: "Let's go on the
00:35:15.08\00:35:18.38
Internet and try to find
his phone number. " Sure enough,
00:35:18.58\00:35:20.62
the Lord allowed me to
find his name AND phone number.
00:35:22.02\00:35:25.22
And I called him
and he said to me:
00:35:25.62\00:35:27.46
"You know you're the
first pastor to respond.
00:35:27.66\00:35:29.19
I've sent letters to the
BRI and the GC and that pastor
00:35:29.39\00:35:32.93
and this president, and
nobody would talk to me. "
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.26
I said: "Well,
tell me your position. "
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.13
I said: "Are you Adventist?
" Said: "No, I used to be
00:35:37.43\00:35:39.33
deceived I'm no
longer deceived. "
00:35:39.53\00:35:40.97
I said to my wife: "This
is going to be a doozy! "
00:35:44.71\00:35:46.34
So I said: "Well tell me your
position. Why don't you think
00:35:48.24\00:35:50.15
there's going to be the
necessity of the judgment? "
00:35:50.35\00:35:52.31
He said: "Doesn't the Bible
say that when we are in Christ
00:35:52.51\00:35:55.18
we pass from death to life? "
00:35:55.38\00:35:57.05
I said: "Of
course it says that. "
00:35:57.25\00:35:58.59
"That means you get off of death
row and you get on life row. "
00:35:58.95\00:36:01.62
That doesn't mean you're
in heaven yet. Amen somebody.
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.96
You've got to
start walking a new life.
00:36:05.36\00:36:07.13
That's why you've got to
watch out for these translations
00:36:08.36\00:36:10.40
you read. In the NIV there's
Romans chapter 12 I believe...
00:36:10.60\00:36:14.50
Romans chapter 8 it
says: "There is therefore now
00:36:14.70\00:36:17.84
no condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus. "
00:36:18.04\00:36:20.71
You know what they took out?
They took out the second part
00:36:20.91\00:36:23.18
"who walk not
according to the flesh
00:36:23.38\00:36:25.05
but according to the Spirit. "
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.58
You've gotta walk differently
when you are in Christ.
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.75
So he said: "Now what
about? " He said... So he began.
00:36:29.25\00:36:32.02
I said: "Now OK, you
don't believe in the judgment. "
00:36:32.22\00:36:33.69
I said: "What about the
text: 'For the time has come
00:36:33.89\00:36:37.83
that judgment must
begin at the house of God? '
00:36:38.03\00:36:40.70
I Peter 4:17.
What about that one? "
00:36:40.90\00:36:42.60
"Well you know, that
doesn't apply to us. "
00:36:42.80\00:36:44.33
What about "We must all
appear before the judgment seat
00:36:44.53\00:36:47.30
of Christ? "
"Well, that does... "
00:36:47.50\00:36:49.17
What about: "God shall
bring every work into judgment
00:36:49.37\00:36:52.34
with every secret thing
whether it be good or evil? "
00:36:52.54\00:36:54.14
Now you know, after
about six texts he got angry.
00:36:54.31\00:36:56.48
I said: "No, the problem
is not that the Bible doesn't
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.25
teach the judgment. The
problem is you don't believe it.
00:37:00.45\00:37:02.48
And because you don't believe
it does not negate the truth
00:37:02.68\00:37:06.19
of God's Word. " And
you know what he said to me?
00:37:06.39\00:37:08.12
He said: "Do you
know what SDA means? "
00:37:08.32\00:37:10.06
SDA means sad, deceived, and ar-
rogant. That's what it means. "
00:37:10.26\00:37:13.26
I said: "No! That's
what it means to YOU.
00:37:13.46\00:37:15.93
SDA means I'm getting
ready for Jesus to come. "
00:37:16.33\00:37:19.20
And he got all arrogant
and loud. And I said: "Honey,
00:37:19.40\00:37:22.50
the Bible says "Avoid
foolish and unlearned questions
00:37:22.70\00:37:26.04
knowing that they
do gender strife. "
00:37:26.24\00:37:28.51
And I hung up the phone really
slowly so he wouldn't hear
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.85
the dial tone until eventually.
00:37:32.05\00:37:34.38
Sometimes you've gotta know when
to hold them, when to fold them,
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.09
know when to... Am
I telling the truth?
00:37:37.29\00:37:40.26
Don't argue with people
that don't want the truth!
00:37:41.12\00:37:43.36
Because they want to argue...
they don't want the truth.
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.80
My good pastor C.D. Brooks I
always make reference to this.
00:37:49.40\00:37:52.27
Look at my sermons for
that man. He's a man of wisdom.
00:37:52.47\00:37:54.20
He said: "Don't spend money
chasing the devil's rabbits. "
00:37:55.40\00:38:00.21
God wants us to use our
energies in these last days
00:38:01.54\00:38:04.78
to strengthen the foundation
not to weaken the foundation.
00:38:04.98\00:38:08.28
Satan will work as
gradually as he could
00:38:08.48\00:38:11.05
until the foundation is so
weak that it just falls apart
00:38:11.25\00:38:15.79
all by itself. And so
many that were among us
00:38:15.99\00:38:19.76
have gone out from us and
are attacking the foundation
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.80
of the Sabbath,
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:38:23.00\00:38:24.93
the state of the
dead, the 2300 days.
00:38:25.13\00:38:27.44
That's all right. If you
want to be lost, that's fine.
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.30
I'm going to hold on to
God's truth and I'm going to
00:38:29.50\00:38:31.54
make it by God's grace
into that eternal kingdom.
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.88
What do you say? Amen!
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.41
I don't care about who
"don't" want it. I WANT IT!
00:38:35.51\00:38:37.78
And truth is truth. Like my
good friend Chris Hudson said:
00:38:38.75\00:38:41.32
"Truth is the truth
whether you like it or not. "
00:38:41.52\00:38:43.89
Did you know that the Sabbath
00:38:46.86\00:38:50.13
has been under a weakening
process for nearly 6,000 years?
00:38:50.83\00:38:54.86
I listened carefully to
Pope Francis' heavy emphasis
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.87
on climate change and how
important it is for us to be
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.67
stewards of this earth.
And I heard something in that.
00:39:00.87\00:39:03.44
Let me tell you something:
when you read the Bible
00:39:03.74\00:39:06.11
and when you read the
writings of Ellen White -
00:39:06.61\00:39:09.24
Can I say that here? Yes!
00:39:09.44\00:39:10.78
When you read the Bible
and when you study the writings
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.95
of Ellen White... My
wife and I read every day
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.15
together Patriarchs and
Prophets. We're going now
00:39:16.45\00:39:19.62
through the Exodus. When
you read words of inspiration
00:39:19.82\00:39:25.43
your mind is so calibrated
00:39:25.83\00:39:28.90
that somebody may
hear climate change
00:39:29.10\00:39:32.07
and you hear
something altogether different.
00:39:32.27\00:39:34.07
When I heard climate change
because of the knowledge that
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.91
I have by studying
God's Word I said: "Uh-huh!
00:39:37.11\00:39:39.97
The impact on the climate
is another phrase that is the
00:39:40.38\00:39:44.15
entering wedge into the intro-
duction of Sunday legislation
00:39:44.31\00:39:48.05
in America. That may
sound like a stretch, but let me
00:39:48.25\00:39:50.82
qualify what I said.
00:39:51.02\00:39:52.35
Are there fires in California?
00:39:52.52\00:39:54.69
Are there fires and
floods all over the world?
00:39:55.09\00:39:57.33
Are there earthquakes?
Are there storms and tempests?
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.43
Are the seas and
the waves roaring?
00:40:00.83\00:40:03.37
Whether you believe
there's climate change or not
00:40:04.13\00:40:05.87
something's
melting in the north.
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.50
This entire
world is falling apart.
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.47
All of creation is
groaning. Even creation itself
00:40:10.67\00:40:13.94
needs to be rescued from the
sinful climate of this earth.
00:40:14.14\00:40:16.91
So when he begins to
call on the world saying that
00:40:18.25\00:40:21.38
we have a common goal,
we have a common cause that
00:40:21.58\00:40:24.15
every one of us must do our
part to preserve the earth...
00:40:24.32\00:40:28.19
Now I don't believe in
messing up... I don't believe in
00:40:28.39\00:40:30.53
mowing down grass
and burning up things.
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.39
I do believe that each one
of us has a right of stewardship
00:40:32.59\00:40:35.80
to the things that
God has gifted us with.
00:40:36.00\00:40:37.67
But the Lord is not
coming back to live down here!
00:40:38.47\00:40:41.24
He wants us to go and
live up there. Amen somebody.
00:40:42.14\00:40:45.04
Seems like we want to
get some nice green grass
00:40:45.24\00:40:47.68
for the Lord when He comes back.
He's not walkin' down here!
00:40:47.88\00:40:49.84
Almost made me talk
like a New York guy:
00:40:55.12\00:40:56.48
"He ain't walkin' down here. "
00:40:56.72\00:40:58.05
We're walking up
there. Amen somebody? Amen!
00:40:58.19\00:41:01.39
But I listened to what he said
and when I came home I said:
00:41:01.79\00:41:03.73
"I knew there was a quote. "
Listen to what Ellen White says.
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.09
Maranatha 176
paragraph 5. She says:
00:41:06.29\00:41:09.13
"THERE IS
calamity by land and sea.
00:41:09.33\00:41:11.70
Property and life are
destroyed by fire and flood. "
00:41:11.90\00:41:14.74
That's a fact. But she says:
"Satan puts his interpretation
00:41:14.94\00:41:18.94
upon these events
and they, leading men,
00:41:19.14\00:41:22.58
think as he would have them
00:41:22.78\00:41:25.21
that the
calamities which fill the land
00:41:25.41\00:41:27.98
are a result of Sunday breaking.
00:41:28.18\00:41:30.65
Thinking to
appease the wrath of God
00:41:31.05\00:41:33.52
these influential men make laws
enforcing Sunday observance.
00:41:33.72\00:41:38.93
They think that by
exalting this false rest day
00:41:40.06\00:41:43.20
higher and still higher
compelling obedience to the
00:41:43.40\00:41:46.67
Sunday law - the spurious
Sabbath - they believe that they
00:41:46.87\00:41:50.04
are doing God service. "
00:41:50.24\00:41:51.77
When in fact they are
doing Satan's service.
00:41:51.97\00:41:56.11
Can I be clear? Yes!
00:41:56.31\00:41:57.85
Gotta keep in mind all this
infatuation with Pope Francis...
00:41:59.28\00:42:03.12
God bless him.
He's a nice gentleman...
00:42:03.32\00:42:05.29
I'm not attacking
his "gentlemaness. "
00:42:05.49\00:42:07.39
I'm not attacking
his kindhearted...
00:42:07.59\00:42:09.02
He's probably got family
and people that love him.
00:42:09.22\00:42:11.66
I'm not attacking that at all.
00:42:11.86\00:42:13.19
But he represents an earthly
representation of a Satanic
00:42:13.33\00:42:16.93
power from beneath. That's
the system he stands upon.
00:42:17.13\00:42:20.50
That's a fact...
that's not speculation.
00:42:20.70\00:42:23.51
"The dragon gave him his power,
00:42:23.71\00:42:26.17
his seat, and his great
authority. " That's a fact.
00:42:26.37\00:42:28.44
We've got to let
Babylon be clearly seen.
00:42:28.64\00:42:31.65
If Babylon is not clearly
revealed, how can we call
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.68
people out of something that
we have not said anything about?
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.29
That's right.
00:42:37.49\00:42:39.12
We don't even talk about
that in the Adventist church
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.66
hardly any more. We have sermons
on Sabbath that sound like
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.96
T.D. Jakes wrote
it or Joel Osteen.
00:42:43.16\00:42:46.39
Sermons that massage the saints.
00:42:46.90\00:42:49.20
I don't want to massage
anybody. I want to wake you up.
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.63
Amen? Amen!
Jesus IS coming again.
00:42:52.03\00:42:55.50
We ought to preach the message
that has been entrusted to us.
00:42:55.70\00:43:00.11
We have to keep in mind clearly
that this very day that's being
00:43:01.08\00:43:03.75
pushed by Rome... they
didn't just begin pushing this.
00:43:03.95\00:43:06.28
They began
hundreds of years ago.
00:43:06.48\00:43:08.42
From pagan Rome to papal Rome
the transition there... read it
00:43:08.62\00:43:11.42
in history. You
know what I like?
00:43:11.62\00:43:12.95
I could get among men
that are highly intellectual
00:43:13.12\00:43:15.86
in the halls of Congress.
I was... God said: "John,
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.49
you belong here. " Now I
don't want to be a Congressman.
00:43:20.10\00:43:22.90
That's not what I mean.
But these men that are movers
00:43:23.10\00:43:26.23
and shakers and they are
hired to develop laws that
00:43:26.43\00:43:29.87
govern and direct our nation
00:43:30.07\00:43:31.41
they need to know
about what prophecy says.
00:43:31.44\00:43:33.34
So when I sat down in that cham-
ber there with that Congressman
00:43:35.18\00:43:37.61
I was not flinching in
the face of his authority.
00:43:37.78\00:43:40.28
As I said to the prime
minister there in St. Lucia...
00:43:41.08\00:43:44.79
My wife and I were invited
into his... He's the president
00:43:44.99\00:43:48.72
of the country of St.
Lucia. When I walked in he said:
00:43:48.92\00:43:50.79
"How come you're not afraid? "
00:43:50.96\00:43:52.29
I said: "Sir, I
must say with respect
00:43:52.63\00:43:54.83
I answer to an even
higher authority. " Amen!
00:43:55.03\00:43:58.40
And he looked at
me with a stern face
00:43:58.70\00:44:01.14
and then he broke out
and he said: "I like that. "
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.41
But you know why
he invited us there?
00:44:04.21\00:44:06.44
Because he said: "I
travel all over the world... "
00:44:06.68\00:44:08.84
This is when we
went down to St. Lucia...
00:44:09.14\00:44:10.85
He said: "I travel all over
the world, and when I come home
00:44:11.05\00:44:13.92
I want to have peace and quiet.
And when I turn on my television
00:44:14.12\00:44:17.85
I want to watch something that
makes sense, and I watch 3ABN. "
00:44:18.05\00:44:21.56
Amen? Amen!
00:44:22.39\00:44:24.96
The network that is not
just Christian programming
00:44:26.80\00:44:29.50
but we make sense. But a
lot of people don't know.
00:44:29.70\00:44:33.07
A lot of Roman
Catholics don't know.
00:44:33.30\00:44:34.64
And I talk about my family.
99% Catholic my family is.
00:44:34.67\00:44:37.31
But many of them don't
know that Rome openly admits
00:44:37.71\00:44:41.74
what Christian leaders
refuse to admit. Here it is:
00:44:41.94\00:44:46.15
the Catholic church admits
that Sunday is not based on
00:44:46.35\00:44:50.49
the Bible. Here's the fact,
just one of the quotations.
00:44:50.69\00:44:54.02
Rev. Steven Keenan,
The Doctrinal Catechism
00:44:54.22\00:44:56.89
page 174. Here's the quote:
00:44:57.09\00:44:58.53
"Have you any other way of
proving that the church... "
00:44:58.93\00:45:01.40
that's the Roman church... "has
power to institute festivals
00:45:01.60\00:45:04.80
of precepts? " And here's
what the Roman church says:
00:45:05.00\00:45:07.67
"Had she not such power
00:45:08.80\00:45:11.44
she could not have done that
which all modern religionists
00:45:11.64\00:45:16.11
agree with her. She
could not have substituted
00:45:16.31\00:45:19.88
the observance of Sunday,
the first day of the week,
00:45:20.12\00:45:23.32
for the observance of
Saturday, the 7th day. "
00:45:23.52\00:45:27.09
And get this: "A
change for which there is
00:45:27.29\00:45:30.16
no scriptural authority. "
00:45:30.36\00:45:32.63
Rome says that.
But Pentecostals say:
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.93
"I can find a verse. "
00:45:35.13\00:45:36.50
Rome says: "Keep
looking. It ain't in there. "
00:45:38.03\00:45:42.14
You want to hear
the rest of the story?
00:45:42.34\00:45:43.67
Turn into A Sharper
Focus on Wednesday night.
00:45:43.71\00:45:45.87
I'm dealing with that right now:
the first day texts in the NT.
00:45:46.07\00:45:49.01
Only 12 of them. Eight have
to do with the resurrection.
00:45:49.31\00:45:52.01
You only have 4 shots to
find a new day of worship
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.28
and it ain't in there.
It ain't in there. Amen?
00:45:54.45\00:45:57.62
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
00:45:57.82\00:45:59.19
So now with all this bad
news is there any good news?
00:45:59.39\00:46:01.56
Well, there are three
good things about termites,
00:46:01.76\00:46:03.32
and here they are: motor
homes don't have termites.
00:46:03.56\00:46:07.60
The scientists say that
termites go after things
00:46:11.73\00:46:15.14
that remain still.
Termites count on their targets
00:46:15.34\00:46:19.74
to remain unmoved.
00:46:19.94\00:46:21.78
Movement is the greatest weapon
against termite infestation.
00:46:22.61\00:46:27.02
Come on Adventist
movement, say Amen. Amen!
00:46:27.22\00:46:29.85
It's time for Seventh-day
Adventists to get rid of this
00:46:30.29\00:46:32.19
idea that we are a
church. We're not a church...
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.86
we are a movement. Amen?
00:46:34.06\00:46:36.32
Church: God never
intended for this to be static.
00:46:36.52\00:46:39.06
He wants us to be
alive... a living organism.
00:46:39.26\00:46:42.33
On earth this church
ought to be moving and shaking
00:46:42.53\00:46:45.40
and reverberating with
the truth of God's Word,
00:46:45.60\00:46:47.70
unashamedly echoing from
north, south, east, and west
00:46:47.90\00:46:51.47
the best message
to get the world ready
00:46:51.67\00:46:53.64
for the coming of the Lord:
the three angels' messages.
00:46:53.84\00:46:56.71
What do you say? Amen!
00:46:56.91\00:46:58.35
This is a movement.
Satan does not want us to move.
00:46:58.55\00:47:00.78
That's why he creates
so much internal conflict.
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.28
You know, you can only move
if you both agree in the same
00:47:03.52\00:47:06.45
direction. All these
issues that we are fighting with
00:47:06.65\00:47:09.19
are hindering our direction.
00:47:09.39\00:47:12.59
And if you don't believe
he's trying to do the same thing
00:47:13.29\00:47:15.40
to us that he did to
the children of Israel.
00:47:15.60\00:47:18.17
They were in the wilderness
forty unnecessary years.
00:47:18.37\00:47:21.94
But God's not going to let
that same thing happen to us.
00:47:26.01\00:47:28.11
Come on somebody, say Amen.
00:47:28.31\00:47:29.64
"He that shall come will
come and shall not tarry. "
00:47:29.71\00:47:32.41
That's why we have to get back
to what Paul the apostle said
00:47:32.61\00:47:35.95
"Brethren, I do not count
myself to have apprehended... "
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.72
Philippians 3:13-14...
00:47:38.92\00:47:40.36
"but one thing I do... "
You can hang around on that
00:47:40.76\00:47:43.26
issue and argue all you want...
00:47:43.46\00:47:45.09
"but one thing I do: forgetting
those things which are behind
00:47:45.29\00:47:48.40
reaching to those
things that are ahead
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.93
I am going to press toward
the goal for the prize of the
00:47:51.10\00:47:54.44
upward call of God in
Christ Jesus. " What do you say?
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.77
Amen! And let me make
it clear about the goal.
00:47:56.97\00:47:58.61
The goal is not
to make it to heaven.
00:47:58.81\00:48:00.24
The goal is to be
more like Jesus. Amen!
00:48:00.44\00:48:03.01
Some people just
want to get to heaven.
00:48:03.41\00:48:04.75
"Lord, hurry up and
come and take us to heaven. "
00:48:04.78\00:48:06.11
And they are as mean as
a bulldog with five heads.
00:48:06.18\00:48:09.22
You ain't goin' nowhere.
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.25
You gotta learn to
love each other down here.
00:48:13.32\00:48:14.66
Come on, say Amen. That's right.
00:48:14.79\00:48:16.32
God's not comin' back to
take people up into heaven
00:48:16.52\00:48:18.43
that haven't settled
their issues between themselves.
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.93
Some folk... some...
00:48:21.10\00:48:22.46
Some folks - I'm
trying to narrow this down
00:48:25.43\00:48:28.57
by being kind. I'm
just going to say it -
00:48:28.77\00:48:30.61
Some Adventist folk think that
because we have a clean colon
00:48:30.81\00:48:35.31
that our hearts are clean.
00:48:35.51\00:48:36.95
Amen!
00:48:46.32\00:48:48.62
You better be careful.
Vegetarians, I tell you...
00:48:50.46\00:48:52.43
when those vegetables
dry they go up real fast.
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.73
You better have more
than a diet, you better have
00:48:56.26\00:48:58.03
a clean heart.
Come on, say Amen. Amen!
00:48:58.23\00:48:59.57
David didn't pray about a diet.
00:48:59.87\00:49:01.40
He had the right diet, but
he asked the Lord. He said:
00:49:01.60\00:49:03.54
"Purge me with
hyssop and I shall be clean;
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.34
wash me and I shall
be whiter than snow. "
00:49:06.54\00:49:09.04
He said: "Create in
me a clean heart, O God,
00:49:09.24\00:49:12.18
and renew a right spirit... "
00:49:12.38\00:49:14.85
We need some folk
with right attitudes.
00:49:15.05\00:49:17.22
Stop bein' police at potlucks.
00:49:17.62\00:49:21.02
Some people... Visitors
come and they barely get to know
00:49:26.26\00:49:29.46
what the church teaches.
You ask: "Is there any butter
00:49:29.66\00:49:31.50
in that? " Ain't nobody
going to hell for butter.
00:49:31.70\00:49:37.11
Amen. Amen! But they're
going to hell without Jesus.
00:49:37.31\00:49:41.44
You'd better be
concerned about the Jesus in you
00:49:42.24\00:49:44.28
rather than the butter in that!
00:49:44.48\00:49:45.81
Amen! Get our
calibrations right.
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.55
And some folk are so
sour. Some Adventists need to go
00:49:48.75\00:49:52.42
some place where they
can learn how to be joyful.
00:49:52.62\00:49:54.52
David knew it. He
said: "Restore to me the joy
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.69
of Your salvation. "
If you've got the truth,
00:49:58.89\00:50:01.66
you ought to notify your face.
00:50:01.96\00:50:03.97
Let your life... Don't be
giddy, but you ought to be
00:50:04.37\00:50:06.90
excited about the
message God has given to you.
00:50:07.10\00:50:09.47
When you become a sentinel...
Ellen White uses that phrase
00:50:10.87\00:50:14.88
sentinel. She says the
Adventist church has been
00:50:15.08\00:50:17.51
put in the world as a sentinel.
You know what that means?
00:50:17.65\00:50:19.98
You guard the gates from
any intrusion of darkness.
00:50:20.38\00:50:24.15
We forget what
we've been called to do.
00:50:24.55\00:50:26.25
You guard the gate from
any compromise of the doctrine
00:50:26.45\00:50:29.42
that stands on
God's Word totally.
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.76
Watchmen. You've gotta be awake!
00:50:33.96\00:50:37.60
You can't come to
church with an attitude.
00:50:38.00\00:50:39.53
You've gotta come to
church with the right spirit.
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.27
PRAY for God to create
in you the right spirit.
00:50:41.47\00:50:44.87
But until you realize and
admit that you are defenseless
00:50:45.67\00:50:48.84
against Satan's termites
you'll never pray the prayer
00:50:49.04\00:50:51.71
that David prayed about
the need for a new heart
00:50:51.91\00:50:54.15
to be created. And by the way,
00:50:54.35\00:50:56.75
God does not want us
to recite the verses.
00:50:57.15\00:50:59.89
God wants us to allow
those verses to permeate
00:51:00.16\00:51:03.32
and find a living
spark of life in our hearts
00:51:03.53\00:51:06.06
that we may experience really
the transforming grace of God.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.46
What do you say?
Amen! Got one more.
00:51:09.66\00:51:12.10
Got two more actually.
00:51:12.30\00:51:13.64
Termites avoid trees that
have been scorched by fire.
00:51:13.80\00:51:17.11
Whoo! You didn't get it.
00:51:17.51\00:51:19.97
Scientists say that even
if a tree is slightly scorched
00:51:21.01\00:51:24.91
by fire the termites lose any
interest in attacking that tree.
00:51:25.11\00:51:29.52
A tree that has
been touched by fire
00:51:29.92\00:51:32.55
is the best defense
against a termite attack.
00:51:32.75\00:51:35.79
Do you think
that's why the Lord says
00:51:36.19\00:51:37.86
to the church in the last days:
"Buy of Me gold tried in the...
00:51:38.06\00:51:40.96
fire? " Do you think
that's why the Lord allowed
00:51:41.13\00:51:43.50
the cloven tongues as a
fire to fall on the church
00:51:43.70\00:51:47.37
in the early stage at the
inauguration of the church?
00:51:47.57\00:51:50.84
Let me tell you something
brethren: we are all...
00:51:51.04\00:51:53.04
we are all in need of
the transforming touch
00:51:53.24\00:51:56.44
of heaven's fire. Amen. We
need to pray for the Spirit
00:51:56.68\00:51:59.65
of God to come and
burn out all the old stuff
00:51:59.85\00:52:02.12
and make room for the new stuff.
00:52:02.42\00:52:03.89
Termites will look
at that scorched bark
00:52:04.42\00:52:09.76
on the base of a tree
and instantly lose any desire
00:52:09.96\00:52:14.10
to even be near to it.
00:52:14.30\00:52:15.83
If our lives are
filled by the Spirit of God,
00:52:16.23\00:52:18.73
there'll be transforming
experiences in our lives
00:52:18.93\00:52:22.17
and people will know that
we have been touched by the
00:52:22.37\00:52:24.54
consuming power and the presence
of the indwelling Christ.
00:52:24.74\00:52:28.68
You know, I tell you what:
a Christian that is on fire
00:52:28.88\00:52:32.51
for the Lord can't help but
allow his/her light to shine.
00:52:32.71\00:52:35.82
Amen! In Selected
Messages or Special Testimonies
00:52:36.02\00:52:40.62
book 3 page 265
paragraph 2 she says,
00:52:40.82\00:52:45.83
speaking about the Day of
Pentecost: "The appearance of
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.96
fire... " What does that mean?
"signifies the fervent zeal
00:52:49.16\00:52:52.77
with which they would labor
00:52:52.97\00:52:55.47
and the power which
would attend their work. "
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.64
The fire doesn't just mean to
get out the old. The fire means
00:52:58.84\00:53:02.01
God has not called us to
be waiting for His coming.
00:53:02.21\00:53:06.51
God has called us
to work for His coming.
00:53:06.82\00:53:09.25
He hasn't called us to wait.
That's why I'm so glad about
00:53:10.42\00:53:12.69
what Pastor C.A.
said. We are so giddy happy
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.69
at 3ABN about The
Blessing IS on the "GO! "
00:53:15.89\00:53:17.99
We are LOOKING for things to do
00:53:18.19\00:53:19.93
about how to
get this gospel out.
00:53:20.13\00:53:21.43
That's why when we appeal
to you about supporting...
00:53:21.46\00:53:23.43
We're talking about investing
in something that will not fail.
00:53:23.63\00:53:26.90
The gates of hell will not
prevail against the gospel.
00:53:28.30\00:53:31.07
You want to invest?
Invest where moth and rust
00:53:31.27\00:53:34.34
does not corrupt and thieves
cannot break in to steal.
00:53:34.54\00:53:38.55
We need the
cleansing fire of the Lord.
00:53:41.82\00:53:43.95
Can the church say Amen? Amen!
00:53:44.15\00:53:45.89
We need the
sanctifying fire of the Lord.
00:53:46.09\00:53:48.09
We need the fire
to proclaim the gospel
00:53:48.29\00:53:50.83
with such a conviction that
somebody would hear what you're
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.50
saying and say: "I've got
to have whatever you have. "
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.66
My wife and I went
to a car rental place.
00:53:55.86\00:53:58.13
I forgot... I don't even know
where it was a few months ago.
00:53:58.33\00:54:01.27
Wherever... You pick a place;
that's maybe where we were.
00:54:01.47\00:54:03.30
And I walked up to the
counter. The young lady said
00:54:04.31\00:54:07.28
"What brings you here? "
And there was some big religious
00:54:07.58\00:54:10.65
convention that was going to
happen in the town. She said:
00:54:10.85\00:54:12.88
"Oh, are you part of
Pastor So-and-So's convention? "
00:54:13.08\00:54:14.95
I said: "No. " I said: "I'm here
to preach at a different church.
00:54:15.15\00:54:18.12
I'm going to do a concert.
I'm speaking in the morning
00:54:18.32\00:54:20.19
and doing a concert in the
evening. I'd like to invite you
00:54:20.39\00:54:21.89
to come. " She said:
"What do you do? " I said:
00:54:22.09\00:54:23.43
"I'm a pastor" and I
gave her a Bible study.
00:54:23.46\00:54:25.33
And the young lady stood there.
Forgot all about even checking
00:54:25.53\00:54:27.96
me and she said:
00:54:28.13\00:54:29.46
My wife said: "What's wrong?
" She said: "I have not met
00:54:32.70\00:54:34.67
anybody in a long time
that is so on fire for Jesus
00:54:34.87\00:54:38.04
like your husband is. "
00:54:38.24\00:54:40.04
She said: "I know I've gotta
work but I just want to hear
00:54:40.44\00:54:42.71
MORE. I just want to
hear more. " Amen somebody?
00:54:42.91\00:54:45.35
Amen! The reason why
people don't want to talk to you
00:54:45.55\00:54:47.92
because you're not
saying the right thing.
00:54:48.12\00:54:49.72
Don't talk about
us... talk about Jesus.
00:54:50.15\00:54:51.79
If He is lifted up, He
will draw all men unto Himself.
00:54:51.99\00:54:54.66
That's what He said.
00:54:57.39\00:54:58.73
That's what He told me.
00:54:59.06\00:55:00.93
Amen. Praise the Lord, sister.
00:55:01.10\00:55:02.86
And the last thing I
learned about termites -
00:55:03.26\00:55:05.33
this is
powerful... this is powerful -
00:55:05.53\00:55:07.14
this is called
complete protection.
00:55:07.34\00:55:08.67
Say it together. It's called
what? Complete protection.
00:55:08.70\00:55:11.04
The scientists say if
a house has been infested
00:55:11.24\00:55:15.21
by termites the best remedy is
to completely cover that house
00:55:15.41\00:55:20.82
and fumigate it to
destroy every termite
00:55:21.02\00:55:23.92
on the inside. Now
you might think: now where
00:55:24.12\00:55:26.12
is he going with this
one? Yes, this is simple.
00:55:26.32\00:55:27.89
There's only one cover
that we need to fumigate the sin
00:55:28.29\00:55:31.66
in our lives. We
need to be covered
00:55:31.86\00:55:33.70
by the blood of
the Lamb. Amen? Amen!
00:55:33.90\00:55:37.47
There's a whole
lot of sin in your life
00:55:37.87\00:55:39.40
and in my life... in our
lives and in God's house.
00:55:39.60\00:55:42.20
But we are saying: "Lord,
we cannot do anything about
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.91
this sin infestation but
to be covered by the blood
00:55:45.11\00:55:48.48
of the Lamb. "
David the Psalmist says:
00:55:48.68\00:55:50.51
"Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
00:55:50.71\00:55:53.21
whose sin is covered. "
00:55:53.42\00:55:55.48
The church needs to be covered.
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We don't talk about
that. You hear some...
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First thing people talk
about: "Who's your covering? "
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Study the Bible. If
you're not covered by the Lord,
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you're working for yourself.
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Am I telling the truth?
You've gotta have coverage.
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You gotta have
heaven's coverage.
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Life insurance; fire insurance;
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and Holy Ghost
success insurance.
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God will cover us.
The song writer was well
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when he said:
"Covered with His life...
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whiter than snow.
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Fullness of His
love then shall I know.
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My life of scarlet,
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my sin and woe...
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covered with His
life... " We are what?
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"whiter than snow. "
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Oh there are termites, brothers
and sisters, in the world.
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And it's going to get
more rampant as we get closer
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to the coming of the Lord.
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But keep this in mind:
with all the 3,000 species
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of termites that there
are we only have to remember
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that there's only
one Lord that we need.
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One Lord, one
faith, one baptism.
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One God and one Father of all.
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We don't need to worry
about the 3,000 species.
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Just keep your mind fixed
on Jesus. What do you say?
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Amen! Just in case you think
I made a big deal about termites
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remember this last fact:
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termites are too small
not to be taken seriously.
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If you think the issues
in the church are too small,
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you need to wake up. If you
think conflict is too small,
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you need to wake up. If
you think all the things
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that keep you from
being a faithful Christian
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are too small,
you need to wake up.
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Jesus can get the termites out
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and the Holy Spirit in
if you simply allow Him to
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come in. God bless you.
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