We need wisdom, We need power,
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True love for each other.
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We have had so many
big, but empty words,
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So we come before Your
face asking for Your grace.
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Bring Your people to
a state of kingdom light
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restore Your church again.
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Touch Your people once again,
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with Your
precious holy hand we pray.
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Let Your kingdom
shine upon this earth,
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through a living
and glorious church.
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Not for temporary deeds,
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but to restore
authority and power.
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Let a mighty
rushing wind blow in,
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and touch Your
people once again.
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Lord, You see
Your tired servants,
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and Your broken
wounded soldiers,
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Oh how much we need
Your precious healing hand.
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We need the power of the
cross as the only source for us,
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when we stand
facing final battle's prize
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restore Your church again.
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Touch Your people once again,
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With Your
precious holy hand we pray,
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Let Your kingdom
shine upon this earth,
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through a living
and glorious church.
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Not for temporary deeds,
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but to restore
authority and power.
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Let a mighty
rushing wind blow in,
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touch Your people once again.
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Let that mighty rushing
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wind blow in...
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and touch Your
people once again.
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The message is
entitled: "FALSE ARMOR"
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What's the message
title? "FALSE ARMOR"
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If you have your Bibles today,
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go with me to the
book of Ephesians.
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Paul knows about false armor.
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Ephesians 6, and we're
going to consider verse 11.
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"Put on the whole armor of God
that you may be able to stand
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against the wiles of the devil."
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In 2006, January 7th, I
read a New York Times article.
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It was a pentagon
study linking the fatalities
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of many of the American
soldiers to the frailty of
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the body armor
that they were given
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when they were
in the Middle East.
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Listen to the article...
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It says, "A secret
Pentagon study has found
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that as many as 80% of the
Marines that had been killed
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in Iraq, from
wounds to the upper body,
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could have survived if
they had better body armor.
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Such armor had been available
to a strange part since 2003,
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but until recently,
the Pentagon had largely
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declined to
supply it to the troupes,
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despite calls from the
field for better protection,
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according to military officials.
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The vulnerability of
the military body armor
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has been known since
the start of the war."
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In other words, they
knew that before they sent
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their troops to the battlefield,
that there was a defect
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in their body armor.
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It was not up to par.
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It was not the best body armor,
but they sent them anyway.
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Eighty percent of the casualties
could have been prevented
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if they had better body armor...
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And the soldiers knew
it, and they begged for
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better body armor,
but the leaders prevented
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giving them this
better body armor.
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They say they had known
since the beginning of the war,
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and it is a part of
a series of problems
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that have surrounded the
protection of American troops.
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Now allow me today,
to use some exegeses.
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I'm suggesting to you
today that there would be
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less fatalities in
the Adventist Church
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if pastors were giving
their members better body armor.
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If you didn't hear
the article carefully,
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your ought to know
that Satan has known from
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the beginning of
the war, that anybody
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that's not covered
with the whole armor of God,
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is covered with false armor.
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If there's anything that
we need in these last days,
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is better body
armor. What do ya say?
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The armor was available,
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but the request for
protection was denied
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One of my prayers
today is that pastors
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would hear the
cry of their members.
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They would hear the
heart of their members.
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I have traveled far and wide
with my wife and I together,
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and so often, we have
left the fields of work,
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concerned about
what's going to happen
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to the membership after
we're gone because the members
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have been saying, "We
are hungry, we are starving."
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We have to send to
America and to different parts
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of the world to hear
good, solid, scriptural sermons.
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We want better body
armor, but our pastors,
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and our leaders
are just not listening.
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Brothers, God is
going to hold us accountable
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if we put our
members in the field,
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on the battlefield for the Lord
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without better body
armor. What do ya say?
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The weakness of the
armor must be a focal point
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of anyone called to be a
general in the army of God.
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Whether you know it or not,
the most intense war to face
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this planet is now
in the planning stages.
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If you think it's bad
now, it's going to get worse
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before Jesus comes.
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The battle that is
being put together by
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the forces of hell,
will erase the memory of
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all other battles
that have ever been fought.
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The final showdown
between heaven and earth
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is on the horizon.
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Listen how Ellen
White describes this
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in the book, "Our
Father Cares," p.246
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She says, "A
terrible contest is before us.
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We are nearing the battle of
the great day of God Almighty.
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That which has been held in
control, is to be let loose.
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The earth is to
be the battlefield,
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the scene of the final
contest and the final victory.
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This is the part of
the sentence I like...
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She says, "Here, where
for so long, Satan has led
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men against God, rebellion
will be forever suppressed."
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Come on, say, "Amen," somebody.
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God is going to win!
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As-a-matter-of-fact,
let me re-phrase that...
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"He has already won."
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The battle was won at the cross,
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but the devil knows
he has a short time.
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He's pulling every
stop out, hoping somehow,
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to keep us unprepared
for that final showdown
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between darkness and
light, truth and error.
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If ever there was a
time that we need to have
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the best armor, it
is today, and why not?
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If you go into the Word of
God, this is the best armor.
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Can somebody say, "Amen."
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What about a halleluiah?
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This is the best body armor!
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I remember a story of a
man that went into battle,
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and before he went into
battle, his wife gave him a
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small pocket Bible...
You may have heard the story.
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And while he was
on the battlefield,
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and the bullets were
flying, he sustained a thump
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to his chest, and in his
mind, he thought, "This is it,"
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only to regain his consciousness
to discover that the bullet
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had found the Bible
that his wife had given him,
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and it did not
penetrate the Bible.
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Come on somebody...
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I want to tell you
today, the devil got some
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sharp bullets, but they'll
never penetrate the Word of God.
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Carry the Bible in your heart.
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David, the psalmist,
said it wonderfully...
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"Thy Word have
I hid in my heart,
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that I might not
sin against thee."
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The only protection
today is having God's Word,
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not on your shelf, but in
your mind and in your heart,
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and practiced out in your life.
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When you look at the
writings of the Apostle Paul,
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He is so familiar...
You know he tells us that
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we are up against
the wiles of the devil,
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and when I looked at that
verse and I began to analyze it,
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I discovered what
he wasn't saying...
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He was not saying that
we are against a wild devil,
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he is saying we are up
against the wiles of the devil.
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Go to Revelation
12:17, notice this...
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Revelation 12:17... if you
can give me just a little more
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microphone, I'd
appreciate it, in the house.
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Just a little bit more.
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I'd appreciate that
very much - thank you.
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Revelation
12:17- Not a wild devil,
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but the wiles of the devil.
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The Bible says
in Revelation 12:17-
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And I'm reading this
from the King James Version.
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And I have various translations
throughout my sermon,
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but I like it best in
the King James Version
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for this particular text.
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The Bible says, "And the
dragon was wroth with the woman,
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and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed
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which keep the
commandments of God and have the
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testimony of Jesus."
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The wiles of the devil.
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Now let's define
the word "wiles."
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The word "wiles" is defined
as such: Trickery, a con,
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a hoax, a scam, a ploy, a
stunt, deception and subterfuge.
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In other words, the
devil uses whatever he can
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to refocus our attention away
from that which is the issue,
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to that which is not the issue.
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He does that in
church sometimes.
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He comes to church and...
Every time I get up to preach,
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I always see it
on Sabbath morning.
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All of a sudden, people
that have been wide awake
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before the sermon, all
of a sudden these benches
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become St. Mattress Cathedral.
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They just fall asleep,
and when the sermon is done,
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they're wide awake again.
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What a lot of people
don't know, and Ellen White
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talks about this... She
says, "During the sermon
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the angels - Satan's angels
are wafting their wings softly
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among the congregation,
trying to waft us to sleep,
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bring us to a place of
stupor that we miss the message
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that God intended just for us."
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So that's why Paul
says, and that's why Peter
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backs him up... "Be
sober, be vigilant because your
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adversary the devil
walks about like a roaring lion
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seeking whom he may devour."
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We've got to be urgent.
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We must be awake in
these times in which we live.
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Whether you know it or
not, Satan is using complex
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contraptions and
elaborate plans to pursue us.
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His intentions is to
get us to fall into a trap
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that would result
in our own destruction.
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Subterfuge, scams,
trickery, deception
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are aimed at the
commandment-keeping church,
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and many are becoming
casualties because they
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prefer false armor.
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In preparation for this
message, I read an article
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a young man had put together.
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An article about the
deficiencies that he finds in
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Christianity, and I'll share
some of those with you today.
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Very insightful,
very... it opened my eyes
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as a pastor that
liked to see new material.
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It gave me foundation
to present an old message
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with new
garments, and he pointed out
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how we are able to
detect false armor.
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As-a-matter-of-fact,
let me begin by saying,
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"One of the evidences
that your armor is false,
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is the claim not
to teach doctrine."
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Now follow this very carefully,
go with me to 1 Timothy 4:1
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The evidence that your
armor is false is to claim
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that you do not teach
doctrine. 1 Timothy 4:1
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False armor is described
or disguised under many
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false claims and the
first one is the claim
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not to teach doctrine.
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There are a lot of
churches like that nowadays.
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They say come to our church,
we don't teach doctrines.
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Well if you use the
Bible, the word "doctrines"
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is simply another
word for "teaching."
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The only way that
your church does not teach
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doctrines is if it has deleted
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the use of
God's Word altogether.
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But notice what Paul says,
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1 Timothy 4:1- The Bible says,
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"Now the Spirit
expressly says that in
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the latter times, some
will depart from the faith
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giving heed to seducing
spirits, and, what else church?
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... doctrines of devils
or doctrines of demons,"
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as the New King
James Version says.
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Satan introduces false
doctrines under the disguise
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of non-denominationalism.
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Now let's think
about that for a moment...
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If you go to the bank...
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I've got some money
- not giving it out.
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I've got a 5 and
a 1, I've got a 20,
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I don't have a 10...
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Maybe somebody can give
me a 10 after church today.
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Here's my concept...
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There is no such thing
as as non-denominationalism!
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You go to any bank
and you ask for money.
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They say, "In what denominations
would you like that?"
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And then you say, "I
don't want any denominations."
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They say, "Sir,
ma'am, you can only get money
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in a specific denomination."
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"But I don't want denominations,
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I do want money,
but no denomination."
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You can't get a $5 bill,
except in a $5 denomination.
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You cannot get a $1
bill, except a $1 denomination,
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and so on and so forth.
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So when a church says
that it's nondenominational,
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and it claims to have the Bible,
you better run for the hills.
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Come on, say "Amen."
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Because it is a
subterfuge, it is a sham,
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it is a hoax.
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You cannot be a
Christian church and claim
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to not be connected
to some denomination.
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About 20 or 25 years
ago when I was in the
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Heritage Singers, and we went
down to Southern California,
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some of you may
remember, Dr. Robert Schuller...
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A very well-known
man, the Crystal Cathedral
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in Southern California.
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I went to his church... we
went there not to listen to
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sermons, but we
had a concert there...
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And when I also went
there with Pacific Press
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to give my
testimony, I went to the foyer,
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and his church claimed
to be nondenominational...
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He said, "We don't
teach doctrines here."
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But I went to the foyer
and picked up one of their
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bulletins, the church bulletins,
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and I read the following...
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It says, "While we are a
nondenominational congregation,
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we teach the doctrines of
the holy Catholic Church."
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And I thought, "There it is,
you gotta read the fine print."
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Help me out somebody.
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It's hidden somewhere.
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There is no such thing
as non-denominationalism.
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As-a-matter-of-fact,
the evidence of that is
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in checking out the armor.
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Notice 1 Samuel
17:38-39, the Bible warns us
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not to handle anything
that has not been tested.
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Notice Saul and David in
this wonderful exchange...
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1 Samuel 17:38-39...
and I must move fast today
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because the
clock is not my friend.
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Verse 38 of 1 Samuel
17, And the Bible says,
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"So Saul clothed
David with his armor,
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and he put bronze
helmet on his head.
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He also clothed him
with a coat of mail.
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David fastened his sword to
his armor and tried to walk.
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He did what...
church? He tried to walk.
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I gotta make
application right there.
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If that armor is not for you,
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you ain't going to
be able to walk in it.
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And the reason he could
not walk, the Bible says,
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for he had not tested them.
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And David said to Saul... these
are powerful theological words.
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"I cannot walk in these armors.
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I cannot walk with these
for I have not tested them.
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So David took them off."
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Brothers and sisters, it's
time to take off some of this
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stuff that has not been tested
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by the Word of
God. What do you say?
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If the message does not
pass the test of the Scriptures,
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do not put it on!
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And nowadays, we're bringing
all kinds of things in here,
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but that's why
Paul, the Apostle says,
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"Test all things; hold
fast to that which is good."
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If it does not pass
the Scriptural test,
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don't put it on.
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As-a-matter-of-fact,
when one is afraid to test
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what he
believes, it's false armor.
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When the Bible does not
support what one believes,
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it is false armor.
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But he goes on to point
out false armor evidence #2
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This one really
caught my attention.
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The second way that you could
know that your armor is false
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is in accepting
the re-packaged lie.
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Write that down...
Accepting the re-packaged lie.
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This is powerful...
What re-packaged lie?
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Satan is not only
the father of lies,
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he also is the
author of confusion.
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And today,
neopaganism can be found in many
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so-called Christian movements.
00:19:47.49\00:19:49.00
Now somebody may say,
"What on earth is neopaganism?"
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Follow me carefully...
Neopaganism is the claim
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to be spiritual
while not being scriptural.
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Neopaganism - the
claim to be spiritual,
00:20:01.01\00:20:03.74
while not being scriptural.
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That's why Paul
says, "In the last days...
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giving the list of the signs,
he says, "In the last days
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there will be a
form of godliness,
00:20:11.41\00:20:14.33
but denying the power
thereof... and what does he say?
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From such what
should we do? Turn away."
00:20:16.83\00:20:20.99
If it's not
supported by God's Word,
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it is a re-packaged lie, but let
me even go further than that.
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The re-packaged lie teaches
that in spite of your choices,
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you will not surely
die, but the Bible teaches
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the wages of sin is what? Death
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The re-packaged lie...
no matter what you choose
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to do, you will not surely die.
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That's why I'm sick and tired...
every time somebody dies,
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every time somebody famous
dies, where are they? In heaven!
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Michael Jackson is in heaven.
00:20:49.16\00:20:51.15
And so is
Liberace... he's in heaven now.
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And Sammy Davis, Jr., and
Frank Sinatra - in heaven now.
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Elvis is... in
heaven with Michael Jackson.
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The re-packaged lie -
no matter what you do,
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everybody is
going to go to heaven.
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As-a-matter-of-fact,
years ago, there was a movie
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called, "All Dogs Go to Heaven."
00:21:08.91\00:21:13.05
On that note, let me
clear something up...
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You may not have thought
about this, but check it out...
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I've done my homework.
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I won't mention in public
had I not done my homework...
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People ask, "Will my
animals be in heaven?"
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Let me answer that question
scripturally.. No they won't be.
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They will be in the new earth...
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Because we answer these
questions often without even
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asking ourselves the question...
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"How will
animals get to heaven?"
00:21:33.34\00:21:36.13
Are they going in
the first resurrection?
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Or the second resurrection?
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They're not going in
the second resurrection,
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and Jesus is coming
back for the righteous
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who are living and dead.
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He's not coming back for
dogs and cats and horses. Amen
00:21:46.18\00:21:50.36
But in the new earth, it's not
unlike God that if you have a
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pet that died - it's
not unlike God to make sure
00:21:54.32\00:21:57.56
that your pet that you
love is in the new earth!
00:21:57.59\00:21:59.58
Come on somebody!
00:21:59.61\00:22:01.12
But I'm not going to heaven
because my doggie is going
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to be there, I'm going to heaven
00:22:03.21\00:22:04.93
because Jesus is
going to be there.
00:22:04.97\00:22:06.66
I know what it's like
sometimes the kids ask...
00:22:06.69\00:22:09.02
"Pastor, is my puppy
going to be in heaven?"
00:22:09.05\00:22:10.80
I said, "No, but he
might be in the new earth."
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Let me make it very
clear, whether he's in heaven,
00:22:13.44\00:22:15.76
or whether he is
in the new earth,
00:22:15.79\00:22:16.90
whether he's not in
either, I can guarantee you
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.58
that you'll be a whole lot
happier then, than you are now!
00:22:19.61\00:22:23.60
Another way that you
could know the package lie,
00:22:23.63\00:22:26.35
the lie has been re-packaged
is when you are taught
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that your beliefs and my
beliefs, though different,
00:22:29.92\00:22:33.05
result in
salvation for both of us.
00:22:33.08\00:22:35.84
That amazes me!
00:22:35.87\00:22:36.97
This is how the wall between
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denominations are
being broken down.
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You know, a lot of our
doctors in our church are
00:22:41.83\00:22:44.21
hobnobbing with
doctors of other denominations,
00:22:44.24\00:22:46.37
and they get so constipated
over their doctoral title,
00:22:46.40\00:22:50.19
that they forget their
scriptural responsibility.
00:22:50.22\00:22:53.39
I went to one of our
colleges once and I heard
00:22:53.42\00:22:56.43
"doctor" being
thrown around so much...
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"Hi doctor" so and
so and doctor so and so,
00:22:57.92\00:22:59.67
I got so sick,
I needed a doctor.
00:22:59.70\00:23:06.52
Your beliefs and my
beliefs must be the same...
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in harmony with God's Word
00:23:09.74\00:23:11.33
if they will result
in salvation for both.
00:23:11.36\00:23:13.76
Another way that you can
know that the lie has been
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.84
re-packaged is... when
you fall for the idea that
00:23:15.87\00:23:19.34
all that matters
is that we love Jesus.
00:23:19.37\00:23:22.49
Sounds just like the Beatles...
00:23:22.52\00:23:24.66
"All we need is love, love..."
00:23:24.69\00:23:29.03
Now brethren, it
begins with the love of God...
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You better love Jesus,
but you cannot love Jesus
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and not keep His commandments.
Come on somebody...
00:23:35.01\00:23:37.84
People say, "Well it
doesn't matter you believe
00:23:37.87\00:23:39.50
and what I believe as
long as we love the Lord."
00:23:39.53\00:23:42.44
Well the Bible says,
"Not everyone that says to me,
00:23:42.47\00:23:44.54
"Lord, Lord, will
enter the kingdom of heaven."
00:23:44.57\00:23:46.14
You cannot close your
eyes and ears to the direction
00:23:46.17\00:23:50.14
that God has given you and say,
00:23:50.17\00:23:51.45
"I'm going to end
up in heaven anyhow."
00:23:51.48\00:23:53.24
Go to Isaiah 4:1, quickly now...
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I'm going to read it
while you're going there.
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Isaiah 4:1- a very big
book, very easy to find.
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The Bible is speaking
of the last days says,
00:24:03.36\00:24:05.74
"And in that day, 7 women
shall take hold of one man
00:24:05.77\00:24:10.88
saying, "We will
eat our own bread...
00:24:10.91\00:24:14.71
I'm reading from the
King James Version now...
00:24:14.74\00:24:16.68
"We will eat our own
bread and wear our own apparel,
00:24:16.71\00:24:21.31
only let us be called by thy
name to take away our reproach."
00:24:21.34\00:24:26.88
Seven women - how
amazing that God uses the #7.
00:24:26.91\00:24:30.54
Seven churches, 7
women, 7 churches.
00:24:30.57\00:24:34.77
We will eat our own
bread, we have our own way of
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.79
feeding ourselves; we have our
own doctrines; our own bread.
00:24:37.82\00:24:40.48
We have our own apparel, our
own standards of righteousness.
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.88
All we want from You,
Lord, is the name "Christian."
00:24:43.91\00:24:46.65
If we can get the label,
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.45
the world won't
look at us with reproach.
00:24:48.48\00:24:51.14
Let me say something to you...
00:24:51.17\00:24:52.46
The world knows what
Christians ought to do.
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.91
My wife and I travel quite
often sometimes in South Africa
00:24:55.94\00:24:59.85
I remember meeting a
pastor down in South Africa
00:24:59.88\00:25:02.41
we were on our way to
Johannesburg, I think a
00:25:02.44\00:25:04.78
few years ago, and he
was on the same plane going
00:25:04.81\00:25:08.36
but he did not tell us
until we met him at the terminal
00:25:08.39\00:25:11.99
on the same plane coming back.
00:25:12.02\00:25:14.32
He said, "I saw you when
you were going to Johannesburg,
00:25:14.35\00:25:17.30
but I didn't want to
upset you or interrupt you
00:25:17.33\00:25:19.55
or bother you, but I
wanted to let you know
00:25:19.58\00:25:22.59
that even though we
meet in Johannesburg, I also
00:25:22.62\00:25:25.67
live in southern Illinois,
00:25:25.70\00:25:28.35
and I also watch 3ABN.
00:25:28.38\00:25:31.26
Now some people
don't think that where they
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.44
go in the world, that
God does not have a cloud
00:25:33.47\00:25:35.93
of witnesses
continually watching them.
00:25:35.96\00:25:38.73
That's why I take
my wife everywhere!
00:25:38.76\00:25:43.86
Because you know,
some people, you meet folk,
00:25:43.89\00:25:45.62
and they want to take pictures,
nothing wrong with that,
00:25:45.65\00:25:47.44
and they want to get
friendly and hug you.
00:25:47.47\00:25:48.87
I don't want any
rumors to begin in any country
00:25:48.90\00:25:51.39
that my wife and I
are on separate pages.
00:25:51.42\00:25:56.48
I think you know what I mean.
00:25:56.51\00:25:58.69
Anybody I'm hugging and kissing
00:25:58.72\00:26:01.81
would have been
married to me for 31 years.
00:26:01.84\00:26:07.33
The Bible says they want
their reproach to be taken away.
00:26:07.36\00:26:10.42
If you believe
that you love the Lord,
00:26:10.45\00:26:12.57
you gotta
follow His instruction.
00:26:12.60\00:26:14.40
As-a-matter-of-fact,
let me even give you a
00:26:14.43\00:26:15.63
practical way to remember this.
00:26:15.66\00:26:17.15
You may love to drive,
but if you don't follow the
00:26:17.18\00:26:19.80
turn-by-turn
directions, you will be lost.
00:26:19.83\00:26:23.34
You can drive and love to drive,
00:26:23.37\00:26:25.92
but you must
follow the instructions
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.11
that are being given to you.
00:26:28.14\00:26:29.61
My wife and I, we bought
a GPS a number of years ago,
00:26:29.64\00:26:32.86
and the voice that was in
the GPS, that was announcing
00:26:32.89\00:26:37.82
the turn-by-turn directions,
was an American voice.
00:26:37.85\00:26:40.56
And they chose a
horrible female American voice.
00:26:40.59\00:26:44.15
And it was just, you
know when we'd miss our turn
00:26:44.18\00:26:45.96
she'd say,
"Recalculate," and I thought,
00:26:45.99\00:26:50.05
"Man, she has an attitude, I'm
sick and tired of her saying,
00:26:50.08\00:26:52.31
I'm sick and tired of
her saying, "Recalculate."
00:26:52.34\00:26:55.92
So we went in and
chose different voice.
00:26:55.96\00:26:57.98
We chose a British voice
and she said, "Recalculating."
00:26:58.01\00:27:02.96
And I thought, "That
sounds a whole lot better."
00:27:02.99\00:27:05.27
You see brothers and sisters,
if we're going in the wrong
00:27:05.30\00:27:07.41
direction, you have to
have the right attitude to tell
00:27:07.44\00:27:10.20
people they're going
in the wrong direction.
00:27:10.23\00:27:12.28
Many of us know we're
going in the wrong direction...
00:27:12.31\00:27:14.71
I don't need to beat
you up to tell you that.
00:27:14.74\00:27:16.61
I just need to
say... "recalculating."
00:27:16.64\00:27:20.32
The good news is if you're
going in the wrong direction,
00:27:20.35\00:27:22.23
God allows
U-turns, what do you say...
00:27:22.26\00:27:24.06
You see, Isaiah 30:21 says,
00:27:24.09\00:27:26.49
"You shall hear
a word behind you."
00:27:26.52\00:27:29.26
God speaking through His word.
00:27:29.29\00:27:31.11
God's positioning system.
00:27:31.14\00:27:32.89
You will hear a
word behind you saying,
00:27:32.92\00:27:35.39
"This is the way, walk ye in it,
00:27:35.42\00:27:38.10
whenever you turn to the
right, or turn to the left."
00:27:38.13\00:27:42.20
God wants to make sure that
00:27:42.23\00:27:43.73
we make our final
destination, what do you say...
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.14
The third way that you can
00:27:46.17\00:27:47.75
know that you have
false armor is this...
00:27:47.78\00:27:49.76
This is powerful!
00:27:49.79\00:27:50.83
Blurred
distinctions, say that with me.
00:27:50.86\00:27:54.16
"Blurred distinctions."
00:27:54.19\00:27:56.24
Now I've seen some of
you guys with your wonderful
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.55
cameras and many of us
just have a good old phone,
00:27:58.58\00:28:02.35
iPhone or android
phone, and more and more
00:28:02.38\00:28:05.67
really good cameras are
being left in the store,
00:28:05.70\00:28:08.55
and many of us are
settling for our iPhones
00:28:08.58\00:28:10.91
and our android phones because
we can post to the Facebook
00:28:10.94\00:28:13.73
and Instagram right away.
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.01
But hear my point, I
think in this particular
00:28:16.04\00:28:18.26
instance, I have to use the
analogy of a professional camera
00:28:18.29\00:28:22.93
You see, in photography,
you can blur a sharp
00:28:22.96\00:28:27.07
picture, but you cannot
sharpen a blurred picture.
00:28:27.10\00:28:35.78
Now I'm coming at ya, ya ready?
00:28:35.81\00:28:38.43
It's getting blurry when
the messages and priorities
00:28:38.46\00:28:42.11
of the remnant
church are indistinguishable
00:28:42.14\00:28:45.18
from the message and
priorities of other churches,
00:28:45.21\00:28:47.81
it's getting blurry.
00:28:47.84\00:28:49.65
It's getting blurry
when the commandment-keeping
00:28:49.68\00:28:51.81
Christian starts dressing like
the world.. it's getting blurry.
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My wife was down in
Kenya with me last year,
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in Nairobi, Kenya and one
of the greatest compliments...
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My wife is not
an extreme person,
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she doesn't walk around like
she just ate a bag of garlic.
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You know, some folk
look so out of context.
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They look almost unpleasant.
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God does not want it.
Read about Ellen White.
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Ellen White talks about dress.
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She says, "We should not
be so out of step with the
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day in which we live that we
look repulsive to the gospel.
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But a young lady came to
my wife and another young lady
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joined her and she
said, "You know what,
00:29:26.01\00:29:27.25
we were concerned when we
heard that you were coming from
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America to our camp
meeting - because we know that
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American women dress a certain
way that we don't support
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done here in Nairobi, Kenya.
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We want to thank
you for being an example
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to us as young
ladies." Amen, somebody?
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You see Church, we gotta...
some of the young ladies
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have to keep in
mind that some of these
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young men want
to make heaven too.
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You may come to
church on Sabbath morning
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thinking about Jesus,
but if you mess his mind up
00:29:57.55\00:29:59.55
and he can't think about
Jesus the moment he sees you,
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something's wrong!
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Just recently on
Facebook there was a young lady
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who declared that she is
no longer going to wear those
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Lycra Spandex
tight, black, pants.
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Anybody know what
I'm talking about?
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And read this on
Facebook my wife will,
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you know, she'll - whatever
you call it, go to her page.
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She'll share it.
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I was amazed by the article.
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A young, beautiful
lady, 25 years old,
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she heard other women discussing
the discomfort that they
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received from comments of
other men when they saw them
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in these tight, stocking-like
pants that are being
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worn by so many women nowadays.
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So just to get her
bearing and her calibration,
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she said to her husband,
"Now honey, what do you think
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when you see a woman in these
00:30:51.08\00:30:52.99
black, tight,
leotard-type pants?"
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He said, "Honey, I
want to be honest with you.
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It's hard for me not to look,
but I don't look, he said."
00:30:58.04\00:31:03.53
Yeah - right... want to fix
that between he and his wife.
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He said, "It's
hard not to look."
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And you know what she said,
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She said that
made her get rid of
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all her tight-fitting,
black pants - the leotard type
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that you see in the
mall, and, unfortunately,
00:31:20.77\00:31:22.71
sometimes you see in the church.
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And people began to
attack this young lady
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for the decision she made.
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They called her "extreme."
00:31:30.84\00:31:32.54
They said she's
like a Muslim extremist.
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They began to attack her.
00:31:35.69\00:31:36.78
She said, "I'm not
telling you what to do.
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I just want my husband
to understand that when I
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leave the house, I want
to be respected by other men
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like my husband respects me
when I'm at home. Amen somebody.
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So ladies, you gotta
remember that God has created
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men to be
stimulated by what they see.
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In our class this week, I talked
to that about my young men.
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I said, you know, be careful
what you watch on television.
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Maybe the television
could be a temptation,
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but they should not
come to church being tempted
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when they try to
worship God. Amen somebody...
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It's getting blurry
when Sabbath morning messages
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sound like Sunday
morning messages... Amen lights
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It's getting blurry
when evolution is taught in
00:32:20.73\00:32:23.29
Christian institutions.
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It's getting blurry when
the emerging church is pushing
00:32:25.04\00:32:27.78
the abandonment of
denominational labels.
00:32:27.81\00:32:31.67
And calling themselves, not
a movement, but a conversation.
00:32:31.70\00:32:36.91
What you need to know is the
demolition of the Bible-based
00:32:36.94\00:32:39.67
Christian is gaining momentum.
00:32:39.70\00:32:41.78
Satan is seeking to demolish
the Bible-based churches.
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If you are Bible-based,
you almost are getting to the
00:32:45.82\00:32:48.43
place where you are irrelevant,
where you don't count,
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where you're out of
step, you're out of date.
00:32:51.75\00:32:55.05
It's getting blurry
when spiritual formation and
00:32:55.08\00:32:57.30
contemplative prayer suggests
that I look within myself
00:32:57.34\00:32:59.99
to find spiritual peace.
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When I look within myself,
I remember what Paul says...
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"In me that is in my
flesh, dwells no good thing."
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I need to find my peace
in Jesus - what about you?
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Don't look in yourself,
you'll get more disgusted
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the longer you look.
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It's getting blurry
when women's ordination
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is discussed with more
passion than evangelism.
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Come on help me out.
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All this time wasted
on women's ordination.
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You gotta just listen
to Charissa Fong preach!
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She ain't tripping
over women's ordination,
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but she can preach better
than many preachers I know.
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You know why?
Because God anointed her!
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You gotta pray
for the anointing,
00:33:38.27\00:33:40.12
and for the Holy Spirit.
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.50
You don't need a badge or a
certificate to be used by God.
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Come on somebody.
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Sometimes with all
these issues in the church,
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.97
sometimes I can almost
hear Jesus weeping saying,
00:33:50.00\00:33:52.52
"I want My church back."
00:33:52.55\00:33:57.31
If the message is not clear,
deception is not identifiable.
00:33:57.34\00:34:02.64
That's why Paul says, "For if
the trumpet makes an uncertain
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sound, who will prepare
for battle." 1 Corinthians 14:8
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It is too late to be blurry,
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.51
that is why I title my
Wednesday night Bible study,
00:34:13.54\00:34:17.02
that is seen all over the world,
I call it, "A Sharper Focus."
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We ought to get
sharper, right - my brother?
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We ought to get sharper...
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The closer we get to
the coming of Christ,
00:34:24.29\00:34:26.00
our messages need to get
sharper and sharper and sharper.
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There's a young lady
in Glen Burnie, Maryland,
00:34:29.28\00:34:32.24
who keeps in touch
with my wife every month,
00:34:32.27\00:34:34.94
and she sent us a letter
- she came to camp meeting
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finally down to 3ABN
this last camp meeting,
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and she said to me,
she said, "You know what,
00:34:40.49\00:34:42.30
she said, I cannot
tell you how much I owe you.
00:34:42.33\00:34:46.49
Because 2 years ago when
you began "A Sharper Focus"
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on Wednesday night, she
said, "I was not an Adventist,"
00:34:51.20\00:34:53.39
but I began to watch it and she
says "I owe it to you for being
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clear and straight and
loving about these doctrines
00:34:57.50\00:35:00.62
that I did not even understand.
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She says, "I am an Adventist
now because of your faithfulness
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to the preaching of God's Word."
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Brothers and sisters,
it's too late to be blurry.
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The Word of God is
quick and powerful and sharper
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than any 2-edged
sword. Remember this...
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A sharp sword will
eliminate a blurry message.
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Evidence #4 that
you have on false armor.
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And I'll just read it.
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"Christian leaders, he said,
and Christian organizations
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are more and more
likely, themselves,
00:35:33.08\00:35:36.11
to yoke themselves
with unbiblical pagan groups
00:35:36.14\00:35:40.99
and movements which
set the followers up for
00:35:41.02\00:35:44.58
synthesis,
synchronism and compromise of
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the doctrines and priorities.
00:35:49.05\00:35:50.61
In other words,
he ends by saying,
00:35:50.64\00:35:52.30
"So what fellowship does
light have with darkness?"
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And Paul, the apostle
says in 2 Corinthians 6:14,
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I'll break that down
even more clearly... He says,
00:35:58.79\00:36:01.13
"Do not be unequally yoked
together with unbelievers."
00:36:01.16\00:36:03.90
And he was not just
talking about marriage.
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"For what fellowship has
righteousness with lawlessness,
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and what communion
has light with darkness?
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You see brethren,
since God warns against being
00:36:11.62\00:36:14.63
unequally yoked, it
is Satan's plan to create
00:36:14.66\00:36:18.09
an unequally yoked
connection between those who
00:36:18.12\00:36:21.82
don't believe the message,
00:36:21.85\00:36:23.12
and those who do believe
the message, and you know what?
00:36:23.15\00:36:25.86
Whenever you get
together with somebody that
00:36:25.89\00:36:27.64
does not believe your
message, it never results in
00:36:27.67\00:36:30.07
them becoming converted,
unless you are so strong,
00:36:30.10\00:36:33.35
that they cannot
bend your convictions.
00:36:33.38\00:36:35.77
And most cases, when
there's a unity between
00:36:35.80\00:36:38.25
darkness and
light, darkness wins!
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That's the kind
of world we live in,
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but let me show you
how... Go to 1 Samuel 28:7-10
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This is a powerful
analogy of how this works,
00:36:46.56\00:36:49.24
and how Satan is
accomplishing it.
00:36:49.27\00:36:53.17
1 Samuel 28:7-10- You
remember the story of Saul
00:36:53.20\00:36:56.46
when he went down
to the witch of Endor?
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This is a powerful story!
00:36:58.45\00:36:59.72
I read this story
many, many, many times,
00:36:59.75\00:37:02.89
but when I was
working on this sermon,
00:37:02.92\00:37:04.29
God turned on a new
light and gave me a new angle
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on how this is now affecting
00:37:07.56\00:37:09.91
the church that
He loves so dearly.
00:37:09.94\00:37:13.94
Then Saul said in 1 Samuel 28:7,
"Then Saul said to his servants,
00:37:13.97\00:37:20.15
"Find me a woman
who is a medium."
00:37:20.18\00:37:23.41
Now those of you
that are theological,
00:37:23.44\00:37:25.16
you know that in prophecy,
a woman represents the church.
00:37:25.19\00:37:28.06
"Find me a woman that
is a medium that I may go
00:37:28.09\00:37:32.57
to her and inquire of her,
and his servant said to him,
00:37:32.60\00:37:36.44
"In fact, there is a
woman who is a medium at Endor."
00:37:36.47\00:37:40.32
So Saul disguised himself
and put on other garments.
00:37:40.35\00:37:47.24
And he went and
two men with him,
00:37:47.27\00:37:51.27
and they came to
the woman by night."
00:37:51.30\00:37:55.13
Oh, so much
spiritual significance here...
00:37:55.16\00:37:56.89
I could hear Charissa getting
a sermon ready for this one.
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"And he said, "Please
conduct a séance for me,
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and bring up for me the
one I shall name to you."
00:38:05.41\00:38:09.60
"Then the woman said to
him, "Look, you know what Saul
00:38:09.63\00:38:13.17
has done, how he has
cut off the mediums and the
00:38:13.20\00:38:15.96
spiritists from the land."
00:38:15.99\00:38:17.38
"Why then do you lay a snare
for my life to cause me to die?"
00:38:17.41\00:38:22.15
And this blew me away...
00:38:22.18\00:38:24.28
Saul, a man once chosen
by God, said to a witch,
00:38:24.31\00:38:28.53
"And Saul swore to
her by the Lord, saying,
00:38:28.56\00:38:32.10
"As the Lord lives,
no punishment shall come
00:38:32.13\00:38:35.56
upon you for this thing."
00:38:35.59\00:38:37.88
Now here are the 3 things
that we can extract from that...
00:38:37.91\00:38:40.14
Tell your neighbor to listen.
00:38:40.17\00:38:41.22
Say, "Listen,
Saul hid his identity.
00:38:41.25\00:38:47.07
He was a godly king,
but he hid his identity.
00:38:47.10\00:38:50.31
He did no longer
look like a godly king.
00:38:50.34\00:38:53.07
He hid his identity,
received demonic aid,
00:38:53.10\00:38:57.52
and then promised
divine protection to a
00:38:57.55\00:39:01.38
satanic representative.
00:39:01.41\00:39:03.41
That's
powerful... think about that!
00:39:03.44\00:39:05.19
A godly man
seeking... hiding his identity.
00:39:05.22\00:39:11.81
I cannot forget - I remember
one pastor was on an airplane
00:39:11.84\00:39:15.09
traveling and he was
sitting next to a lady that
00:39:15.12\00:39:17.53
he did not know would
end up where he was going.
00:39:17.56\00:39:19.79
And she turned to him and said,
00:39:19.82\00:39:21.16
"Now what do you
do for a living?"
00:39:21.19\00:39:22.32
He said, "I'm a
motivational speaker."
00:39:22.35\00:39:25.31
Now when somebody
asks me that on the plane,
00:39:25.34\00:39:27.50
you know what I say,
"I'm a pastor." Amen?
00:39:27.53\00:39:30.87
And they might just
get a good Bible study.
00:39:30.90\00:39:34.41
Don't be ashamed of
who you are in Christ.
00:39:34.44\00:39:38.70
He said, "I'm a
motivational speaker."
00:39:38.73\00:39:40.20
You know what, God rebuked
him because when he got to
00:39:40.23\00:39:42.41
camp meeting, he did
not know that that lady,
00:39:42.44\00:39:45.47
who was on that
plane, would be at that same
00:39:45.50\00:39:47.14
camp meeting where he was.
00:39:47.17\00:39:48.29
And she walked up and she
said, "Didn't you tell me you
00:39:48.32\00:39:49.95
was a motivational speaker?"
00:39:49.98\00:39:52.45
And he looked with a
stare that said it all.
00:39:52.48\00:39:55.77
He did not represent Christ.
00:39:55.80\00:39:59.57
He changed his identity,
then he received demonic aid
00:39:59.60\00:40:03.81
and then
promised divine protection
00:40:03.84\00:40:05.51
to a satanic representative.
Let me break it down...
00:40:05.54\00:40:08.67
Many preachers are just
like King Saul - they preach
00:40:08.70\00:40:12.05
messages received
from a satanic source.
00:40:12.08\00:40:15.79
Many churches are
the mediums for Satan.
00:40:15.82\00:40:18.19
The message is not
from above, but from beneath
00:40:18.22\00:40:21.84
and Satan uses the
Bible, but he excludes the key
00:40:21.87\00:40:25.78
verses in the Scripture.
00:40:25.81\00:40:27.35
Paul identifies it this
way in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
00:40:27.38\00:40:31.81
"For such are false apostles,
he says, deceitful workers
00:40:31.84\00:40:36.34
transforming themselves
into the apostles of Christ;
00:40:36.37\00:40:39.53
and no wonder or no
marvel for Satan himself,
00:40:39.56\00:40:42.81
transforms himself into an
angel of light," Paul says...
00:40:42.84\00:40:46.41
Therefore, 2 Corinthians 11:15,
"Therefore it is no great thing
00:40:46.44\00:40:52.04
if his ministers also transform
themselves into ministers
00:40:52.07\00:40:57.78
of righteousness whose end will
be according to their works."
00:40:57.81\00:41:01.62
Now you know what,
the devil is not dumb.
00:41:01.65\00:41:03.51
Some of us think
that he has a red cape,
00:41:03.54\00:41:06.22
that he only shows up
on jars of hot pepper;
00:41:06.25\00:41:10.21
he only comes out once a year
during Halloween... that's a lie
00:41:10.24\00:41:13.05
The devil, when he appeared
to Christ in the wilderness,
00:41:13.95\00:41:17.21
he appeared as a
beautiful prince.
00:41:17.24\00:41:20.36
He was a created being.
00:41:20.39\00:41:22.14
Although he lost
his former estate,
00:41:22.17\00:41:23.95
he has maintained some
of the great gifts that God
00:41:23.98\00:41:26.45
had given to him when
he was an obedient angel.
00:41:26.48\00:41:29.74
And the very tools
that he had in glory,
00:41:29.77\00:41:32.09
are the tools that he
uses to accomplish the dilution
00:41:32.12\00:41:36.60
and the breakdown of
Christianity of these last days.
00:41:36.63\00:41:40.39
What were Satan's
two greatest gifts?
00:41:40.42\00:41:42.87
Think about it...
Music and adornment.
00:41:42.90\00:41:47.23
I'll be right back...
00:41:47.26\00:41:49.82
Music and adornment.
00:41:49.85\00:41:52.90
He was corrupted because
of the beauty of his splendor.
00:41:52.93\00:41:57.58
All the precious
stones was his covering...
00:41:57.61\00:42:01.51
which will give me an open
door to the very next level.
00:42:01.54\00:42:05.01
You see, one of the
other ways that you can know
00:42:05.04\00:42:06.98
that you are unequally yoked
is if you fall for something
00:42:07.01\00:42:11.78
called the "Hegelian dialect"
or the Hegelian concept.
00:42:11.81\00:42:15.58
Let me teach you something new.
00:42:15.61\00:42:16.72
The Hegelian concept - this was
created by a man by the name of
00:42:16.75\00:42:21.03
"George William Frederick Hegel"
00:42:21.06\00:42:24.78
and what that simply is...
00:42:24.81\00:42:26.31
I'm not going to give
you the long definition.
00:42:26.34\00:42:27.64
What that simply is
is the merging of two
00:42:27.67\00:42:30.62
opposing views in order to
give birth to a third view.
00:42:30.65\00:42:38.95
When I show you how that
works, you'll say, "Amazing."
00:42:38.98\00:42:41.86
See that's what politicians do.
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.68
They'll go to a community
that does not like gun violence,
00:42:43.72\00:42:46.94
and they'll say, "I'm
against gun violence."
00:42:46.97\00:42:48.99
Or they'll go to
another community that likes
00:42:49.03\00:42:51.01
guns and say, "We support guns."
00:42:51.05\00:42:52.98
And then both of them
will vote for one man.
00:42:53.02\00:42:57.49
Did you see what I said?
00:42:57.52\00:42:59.20
They don't like
guns, they do like guns.
00:42:59.23\00:43:01.89
He'll change his
message to appeal to both groups
00:43:01.92\00:43:05.35
so that he can accomplish
his end result and that is to be
00:43:05.38\00:43:08.14
voted into the office...
a double-tongued message.
00:43:08.17\00:43:10.96
That's exactly how
the devil has done.
00:43:10.99\00:43:13.21
Listen to what he
does... He merges opposing views
00:43:13.24\00:43:16.63
to give birth to a third
one and here is how he does it.
00:43:16.66\00:43:20.51
He's very clever;
he uses Christian words
00:43:20.54\00:43:23.52
and rock music to create a
third genre - Christian rock.
00:43:23.55\00:43:27.69
Since when did
Christian music and rock music
00:43:33.22\00:43:39.54
share the same platform?
00:43:39.57\00:43:42.34
I went the iTunes to
check that out one day.
00:43:42.37\00:43:44.79
Do it yourself
- your own survey.
00:43:44.82\00:43:46.66
I went to iTunes
- don't do it now.
00:43:46.69\00:43:49.16
I went to iTunes one day
just to check out the concept.
00:43:49.19\00:43:52.90
And I put in Christian music,
and I found these categories:
00:43:52.93\00:43:57.62
Christian,
contemporary, Christian rock,
00:43:57.65\00:44:00.57
Christian jazz, Christian
acid, Christian R and V,
00:44:00.60\00:44:04.41
and Christian hip hop.
00:44:04.44\00:44:08.05
If you take off... if
you just stop at the word
00:44:08.08\00:44:09.84
"Christian," you're
safe, but the devil has used
00:44:09.87\00:44:12.67
this very same art
to merge things together
00:44:12.70\00:44:16.42
that in the eyes of God
are opposed to one another.
00:44:16.45\00:44:20.36
"Woe to those that call
good evil and evil good,
00:44:20.39\00:44:23.71
light darkness
and darkness light,"
00:44:23.74\00:44:25.59
and that's exactly what has
happened in the church today.
00:44:25.62\00:44:28.32
That's why, let
me just share this...
00:44:28.35\00:44:29.71
I told you
yesterday, I love music.
00:44:29.74\00:44:31.83
I've got a huge
library of music.
00:44:31.86\00:44:34.83
But I'm not going
to give up my music...
00:44:34.86\00:44:37.50
Sorry... I'm not
going to give up my MESSAGE
00:44:37.53\00:44:40.25
in favor of my music.
00:44:40.28\00:44:43.43
Let me even make it clearer.
00:44:43.46\00:44:45.33
The devil knew
that 15 or 20 years ago,
00:44:45.36\00:44:48.14
most Adventists would never
00:44:48.17\00:44:49.60
leave the Adventist
Church, you know why?
00:44:49.63\00:44:51.25
Because they value the Sabbath.
00:44:51.28\00:44:52.91
They valued our
doctrinal positions.
00:44:52.94\00:44:55.09
So he says, "Since they're not
going to leave for the message,
00:44:55.12\00:44:58.11
I'm going to get them to build
a bridge through the music."
00:44:58.14\00:45:01.52
And many people are
going to church today,
00:45:01.55\00:45:04.00
but they're going to
be at Hillsong tomorrow
00:45:04.03\00:45:06.09
to get their praise on.
00:45:06.12\00:45:10.24
Follow the Old Testament,
the kings of the Old Testament.
00:45:10.27\00:45:13.35
God gave them direction
not to build a false altar
00:45:13.38\00:45:17.24
next to God's altar and
those kings that were faithful
00:45:17.27\00:45:20.55
tore down the false altars
so that God's altar can stand.
00:45:20.58\00:45:24.48
Let me encourage you, church.
00:45:24.51\00:45:27.07
There's a lot of good
music in Christianity,
00:45:27.10\00:45:29.25
I'm not saying it's all bad,
but the only song I want to sing
00:45:29.28\00:45:32.30
is a song of Moses and of
the Lamb... what about you?
00:45:32.33\00:45:35.35
I want to be on that sea
of glass to sing that song,
00:45:35.38\00:45:37.88
and as my good
friend, Danny Shelton, says...
00:45:37.91\00:45:40.38
"The devil does not
care whether you fall out the
00:45:40.41\00:45:42.95
right side of the
boat or the left side,
00:45:42.98\00:45:44.98
as long as you fall out.
00:45:45.01\00:45:49.39
Which brings me to
my final evidence that
00:45:49.42\00:45:53.32
you can know you
have on false armor.
00:45:53.35\00:45:57.58
That's following
gurus, say that with me...
00:45:57.61\00:46:00.31
Following what? "gurus"
00:46:00.34\00:46:02.30
Now gurus used to be
found just among a certain
00:46:02.33\00:46:04.91
particular religious group, a
non-Christian religious group.
00:46:04.94\00:46:08.47
But let me just
make that even clearer.
00:46:08.50\00:46:10.20
He defined this so wonderfully.
00:46:10.23\00:46:11.64
He says, "We are much
more likely in these days
00:46:11.67\00:46:15.10
not to refer to our
Bible for our convictions."
00:46:15.13\00:46:18.60
Where do we fine that?
00:46:18.63\00:46:20.16
He says, "We find that
among Christian mass media;
00:46:20.20\00:46:22.34
favorite talk show
hosts, like Oprah Winfrey.
00:46:22.37\00:46:26.52
I never forget that
when Oprah Winfrey said...
00:46:26.55\00:46:28.48
She argued with a
Christian, young lady
00:46:28.51\00:46:30.79
I was so glad when I saw that.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.24
I was saying to that
Christian, young lady that
00:46:32.27\00:46:34.11
stood up against Oprah
Winfrey, because Oprah said,
00:46:34.14\00:46:36.46
"Jesus is not the
only way to heaven."
00:46:36.49\00:46:39.39
And a Christian, young
lady stood up on that show,
00:46:39.42\00:46:41.87
on national television and she
said, "Oprah, that is not true.
00:46:41.90\00:46:45.50
You may have said that
but because you said it,
00:46:45.53\00:46:47.86
doesn't mean it's
true." Come on somebody...
00:46:47.89\00:46:49.64
And there was a conversation
back and forth and she said,
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.92
"Ma'am, what do you mean
that Jesus is the only way?
00:46:51.95\00:46:54.94
How can you be
so narrow-minded?"
00:46:54.97\00:46:56.94
Well, the Bible says,
"The way that leads to
00:46:56.97\00:46:58.73
eternal life has a narrow path,"
00:46:58.76\00:47:00.44
and Jesus says, "I am the
way, the truth and the life."
00:47:00.47\00:47:03.23
And Paul the Apostle
says, "There is no other name
00:47:03.26\00:47:05.65
given among men
whereby we must be saved.."
00:47:05.68\00:47:08.29
... In the name of Jesus, Amen
00:47:08.38\00:47:10.78
So that young lady sat
down and all the audience
00:47:10.81\00:47:12.92
took Oprah's side, but I was on
00:47:12.95\00:47:14.59
that young lady's
side. What do you say...
00:47:14.62\00:47:16.50
You may not be
popular, but popularity
00:47:16.53\00:47:19.20
never won a
contest in God's eyesight.
00:47:19.23\00:47:21.36
There was only 8
people on the ark,
00:47:21.39\00:47:22.74
everybody else
was on the outside.
00:47:22.77\00:47:24.44
I'm going to tell you this time,
00:47:24.47\00:47:25.64
God has given us some hope.
00:47:25.67\00:47:26.81
There's going to be a lot
of people in heaven this time,
00:47:26.84\00:47:28.46
and we might as well be in
the crowd. What do you say...
00:47:28.49\00:47:31.09
That's what's
happening nowadays,
00:47:31.12\00:47:33.68
They go to their
favorite talk show host.
00:47:33.71\00:47:35.33
He also says they turn
to Christian mass media.
00:47:35.36\00:47:38.87
Christian mass media is becoming
Christian mass confusion.
00:47:38.90\00:47:42.62
Now if you watch 3ABN and Hope
Channel and Amazing Discoveries,
00:47:42.65\00:47:46.12
and Amazing Facts,
you got some good stuff.
00:47:46.15\00:47:48.80
But just because it's Christian,
00:47:48.83\00:47:50.46
doesn't mean
Christ has authorized it.
00:47:50.49\00:47:53.76
Then they also said -
they go to celebrity ministers.
00:47:53.79\00:47:58.34
Oooo, I gotta admit
Brother Joel Osteen can motivate
00:47:58.37\00:48:06.33
you to swim without an air tank.
00:48:06.36\00:48:09.75
He's a good
motivator! Come on somebody...
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.17
He's really good at
what he does, but God has
00:48:12.20\00:48:15.63
not given him our commission.
00:48:15.66\00:48:17.79
So we should not
accept his commission.
00:48:17.82\00:48:21.52
Don't try to be like T.
D. Jakes or Joel Osteen,
00:48:21.55\00:48:24.22
or Joyce Meyer and
the list goes on and on,
00:48:24.25\00:48:26.08
Creflo Dollar and
all those famous folk.
00:48:26.11\00:48:29.28
Stand firmly and be faithful
to what God has given to you.
00:48:29.31\00:48:33.73
He also pointed out that,
the other way, that we are
00:48:33.76\00:48:37.35
establishing our beliefs
as we turn to movie producers.
00:48:37.38\00:48:40.46
Have you seen what the
devil has been doing lately?
00:48:40.49\00:48:43.08
For those that
don't read their Bible,
00:48:43.11\00:48:44.88
the devil says, "Okay, I'll
go ahead and produce a movie
00:48:44.91\00:48:47.18
called, "Noah,"
and they come away
00:48:47.21\00:48:50.48
with the belief that
that's what Noah is all about.
00:48:50.51\00:48:52.84
... An angry man that
was fighting against God,
00:48:52.87\00:48:54.75
and hated people
to kill them all.
00:48:54.78\00:48:56.59
That's many
people's concept of Noah.
00:48:56.62\00:48:59.38
Now the movie
come out, "The Exodus."
00:48:59.41\00:49:01.15
I want to just put
this on the burner here...
00:49:01.18\00:49:03.42
I have not gone and I
will not go to see any of them.
00:49:03.45\00:49:06.51
I got the true version.
00:49:06.54\00:49:08.38
And then, this
ideology with this little boy,
00:49:08.41\00:49:12.27
in this movie now,
"Heaven is for Real."
00:49:12.30\00:49:14.63
Heaven is for real, but
you don't die and go to heaven.
00:49:14.66\00:49:18.04
And if you go,
you ain't coming back.
00:49:18.07\00:49:20.54
As-a-matter-of-fact,
if I go to heaven,
00:49:22.81\00:49:24.06
do you think I'll
want to come back?
00:49:24.09\00:49:25.35
That's why Lazarus
didn't go to heaven...
00:49:26.80\00:49:29.84
he's going to go
when Jesus comes.
00:49:29.87\00:49:32.16
And now, as though the devil
has not gotten enough mileage
00:49:32.19\00:49:36.68
off of Tim LaHaye and Jerry
Jenkins' books - "Left Behind,"
00:49:36.71\00:49:40.06
he has now taken
Nicholas Cage, a popular actor,
00:49:40.09\00:49:43.26
and re-introduced
to the movie theaters,
00:49:43.29\00:49:45.54
the new "Left Behind."
00:49:45.57\00:49:47.37
You know what's been left behind
in the "Left Behind" series?
00:49:47.40\00:49:50.32
The truth has been left behind,
that's what's left behind.
00:49:51.24\00:49:54.76
You want to know the truth?
00:49:54.80\00:49:56.24
Read God's Word, Amen?
00:49:56.27\00:49:58.06
If you are admiring any
popular religious leader,
00:49:58.09\00:50:01.08
politician or talk show
celebrity that leads you
00:50:01.11\00:50:03.53
away from following
Christ and His Word,
00:50:03.56\00:50:06.34
you are covered
with false armor.
00:50:06.37\00:50:09.52
So, as the clock is
beginning to wind down,
00:50:09.55\00:50:13.33
here are some counsels...
00:50:13.36\00:50:14.60
I'll cut it short, but
I'll give you the good stuff.
00:50:14.63\00:50:18.01
Don't abandon
scriptural integrity
00:50:18.04\00:50:20.48
for political correctness.
00:50:20.51\00:50:23.28
Don't abandon
Christ-centered preaching
00:50:23.31\00:50:26.33
for the prosperity gospel.
00:50:26.36\00:50:29.01
Don't abandon Godly
living for good-feeling.
00:50:29.04\00:50:32.03
Don't settle for publications
without inspiration.
00:50:32.06\00:50:36.37
That's deep, they
didn't get that yet.
00:50:36.40\00:50:40.33
Publications
without inspiration.
00:50:40.36\00:50:43.14
You want
inspiration, we have a more sure
00:50:43.17\00:50:46.04
word of prophecy.
00:50:46.07\00:50:48.10
Believe in the Lord, and
so shall you be established.
00:50:48.13\00:50:51.38
Believe in His prophets,
and so shall you prosper.
00:50:51.41\00:50:53.78
Some of you shaky
Adventists need to go back and
00:50:53.81\00:50:56.53
get those Ellen White
books out of the garbage
00:50:56.56\00:50:58.85
and put them back on your shelf,
and I'm not going to apologize.
00:50:58.88\00:51:05.64
It is not possible to
prepare for the final battle
00:51:05.67\00:51:08.91
when your leader is
orchestrating your destruction.
00:51:08.94\00:51:13.87
As pastors, we must be
faithful because one day
00:51:13.90\00:51:17.47
we will give an account
to the God that has hired us.
00:51:17.50\00:51:19.55
I may work for the
Illinois Conference and the
00:51:19.58\00:51:21.62
North American Division,
and so on and so forth,
00:51:21.65\00:51:23.93
but I've got to give an answer
to God... what do you say.
00:51:23.96\00:51:26.20
I ought to be able to make sure
00:51:26.23\00:51:27.73
that your blood
is not on my hand.
00:51:27.76\00:51:30.57
The battle is coming
to us that came to Jesus.
00:51:30.60\00:51:37.24
And so, let me
end with this point.
00:51:37.27\00:51:38.69
I've got 30 seconds,
but I think I can make it.
00:51:38.72\00:51:44.91
It's time to abandon
the false armor in favor
00:51:44.94\00:51:49.61
of the best armor.
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.36
Don't just sing it... live it!
00:51:51.39\00:51:53.72
Don't just talk it... walk it!
00:51:53.75\00:51:56.35
Don't wait for the
coming of the Lord,
00:51:56.38\00:51:58.46
work for the coming of the Lord!
00:51:58.49\00:52:00.60
Don't just be a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:52:00.63\00:52:02.72
be an Adventist every
day. Come on somebody...
00:52:02.75\00:52:05.12
Don't settle for
being in the congregation,
00:52:05.15\00:52:07.72
be in Christ.
00:52:07.75\00:52:09.23
That's the only way that
this church is going to make it.
00:52:09.26\00:52:11.66
And I tell you
what... the Lord is coming
00:52:11.69\00:52:14.21
to a planet near you...
just in case you forgot.
00:52:14.24\00:52:21.43
We ought to lift up the trumpet
and loud let it ring... what?
00:52:21.46\00:52:25.05
Jesus is coming again!
00:52:25.08\00:52:27.65
So that faithful man that knows
what it's like to be in jail
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.50
and being whipped,
and being tortured,
00:52:30.53\00:52:32.17
he says, and I repeat
the words of the immortal
00:52:32.20\00:52:34.92
Paul the Apostle, put
on the whole armor of God
00:52:34.95\00:52:38.74
that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
00:52:38.77\00:52:43.39
Today, can I take a minute
to give an appeal? Today, today.
00:52:43.42\00:52:48.35
Last Sabbath morning
of the Witness Conference,
00:52:48.38\00:52:51.12
if you really
want to be a witness,
00:52:51.15\00:52:52.68
my brothers and sisters,
you need the best armor.
00:52:52.71\00:52:55.18
Anybody here today
wants the best armor?
00:52:55.21\00:52:57.95
If you want the
best armor today,
00:52:57.98\00:52:59.38
I want you to stand with
me, I want to pray for you.
00:52:59.41\00:53:04.90
I wish I can come back
and do a series called,
00:53:04.93\00:53:07.09
"Golden Christians"
00:53:07.12\00:53:08.75
That's just a foretaste
of things that could come.
00:53:08.78\00:53:14.17
Heavenly Father,
Your people are standing
00:53:14.20\00:53:17.82
here today, but Your pulse,
and Your desire and Your passion
00:53:17.85\00:53:22.63
is not that they stand
on this Sabbath morning...
00:53:22.66\00:53:25.75
One day, You want every one of
us to stand on the sea of glass.
00:53:25.78\00:53:30.31
To stand in the New Jerusalem.
00:53:30.34\00:53:34.53
To stand converted, sealed
in the righteousness of Jesus.
00:53:34.56\00:53:39.64
Heavenly Father, this is just
a foretaste of glory divine,
00:53:39.67\00:53:44.41
and we know that the devil
has come down with great wrath
00:53:44.44\00:53:47.01
knowing he has a short time.
00:53:47.04\00:53:49.37
But Father, help us to
look away from the distractions.
00:53:49.40\00:53:52.83
Help us to look unto
Jesus, the Author and Finisher
00:53:52.86\00:53:55.49
of our faith.
00:53:55.52\00:53:56.76
And Lord, we know that
in this congregation today,
00:53:56.79\00:53:58.73
there is somebody struggling
barely being able to hold on.
00:53:58.76\00:54:02.68
Barely knowing whether or
not they are going to stay
00:54:02.71\00:54:05.06
in this church or
walk away from it.
00:54:05.09\00:54:07.18
Heavenly Lord, today go
to that heart, that person
00:54:07.21\00:54:10.62
that's struggling
and give them the words
00:54:10.65\00:54:12.49
of encouragement that
their names are written
00:54:12.52\00:54:15.84
on the Book of
Life and, please Lord,
00:54:15.87\00:54:18.41
convict them that
they will not allow
00:54:18.44\00:54:20.20
anyone to take away their crown.
00:54:20.23\00:54:21.94
Lord, may we be faithful,
from clergy to congregation.
00:54:21.97\00:54:26.96
May we be faithful
from church to conference.
00:54:27.00\00:54:29.68
May we be found
faithful when Jesus comes.
00:54:29.71\00:54:32.74
May we hear the
words, "Well done, thou good
00:54:32.77\00:54:36.06
and faithful servant."
00:54:36.09\00:54:37.82
And so, Lord, work on us,
break us if that's what it takes
00:54:37.85\00:54:43.57
But when You come Father,
and the names are called,
00:54:43.60\00:54:47.32
may everyone here today,
under the sound of my voice,
00:54:47.35\00:54:50.92
desire to hear the
sound of Your voice.
00:54:50.95\00:54:53.65
May none of us be lost.
00:54:53.68\00:54:55.84
May none of us just sing
songs, and read Scriptures,
00:54:55.87\00:55:00.26
and participate in programs.
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May our desire to
be in that Kingdom,
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in that Redeemed Host
accomplish that, we ask
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for Your name
and for Your glory,
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in Christ's name I pray... Amen
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