Song 184, Jesus Paid It All.
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God is amazing, isn't He? Amen?
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He paid it all for
us, He gave it all.
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And He risked
everything, all for us.
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He covers us
with His righteousness
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so that we can come boldly
before the throne of grace.
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Please stand with us as
we sing our opening song
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and our theme
song, Before The Throne.
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Good morning.
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You can have a seat.
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How many of you
brought your Bible's today?
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Amen?
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Are you ready for
the message today?
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Amen?
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Okay, we're going to open
our Bibles and we'll go to
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Psalm chapter 100.
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And when you have it,
please stand up again.
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Psalm 100
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And the Bible says,
"Make a joyful noise
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unto the LORD, all ye lands.
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Serve the LORD with gladness:
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come before his
presence with singing.
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Know ye that the LORD he is God:
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it is he that hath made
us, and not we ourselves;
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we are his people, and
the sheep of his pasture.
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Enter into his
gates with thanksgiving,
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and into his courts with praise:
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be thankful unto
him, and bless his name.
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For the LORD is good;
his mercy is everlasting;
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and his truth
endureth to all generations."
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Amen.
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Let us bow our heads
and we're going to pray.
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Our Father in heaven, I
still wonder why the mighty God,
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the King of kings, the One
who rules the worlds, galaxies,
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is willing to spend
time with us sinners.
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Lord, we ask in a special way
that You will touch our hearts,
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You will show our needs.
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But also, Lord, that
You will supply our needs.
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We are nothing without You.
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This convention center is big,
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but Lord, it's
not enough for You.
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My Father, this is
just showing me Your love
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that is carrying us so far.
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So I plead in a
special way for the messenger
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that You have for us today.
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But I also pray for the message.
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Please speak to us this morning.
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Break our hearts, but change us.
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We ask this, not because
we deserve anything, Lord,
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but because Jesus
died on the cross.
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And we can claim
His blood for ourselves.
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Please bless us today.
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In Jesus' name we ask, amen.
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Storms may rise on seas unknown
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while we journey
towards our home;
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Surely we'll
learn what grace is for
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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Send us
strength, oh Pilgrim Guide;
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sin would drown us in its tide.
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Be close at hand and go before
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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Holy Spirit, lead us on;
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Give us courage, bring the song.
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Lord, we trust
Your Father's care
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will convey us safely there.
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Open or seal off every door
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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Straighten our
course with every prayer,
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let heaven's
breezes speed us there.
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And grant us mercy evermore
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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Draw us near, oh finest Friend,
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from dawn's
light to evening's end.
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Each passing
day we love You more
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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Straighten our
course with every prayer,
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let heaven's
breezes speed us there.
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And grant us mercy evermore
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as we sail to heaven's shore.
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"I will lift up
mine eyes unto the hills,
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from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh from the LORD,
which made heaven and earth.
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He will not suffer
thy foot to be moved:
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he that keepeth
thee will not slumber.
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Behold, he that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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The LORD is thy keeper:
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the LORD is thy
shade upon thy right hand.
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The sun shall not smite thee
by day, nor the moon by night.
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The LORD shall
preserve thee from all evil:
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he shall preserve thy soul.
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The LORD shall preserve
thy going out and thy coming in
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from this time forth,
and even for evermore."
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- God is good ~ all the time.
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- And all the
time ~ God is good.
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- Say it again. God
is good ~ all the time.
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- And all the
time ~ God is good.
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Yes, Psalm 100:5,
"For the LORD is good."
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When God blesses, He is good.
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When God punishes, He is good.
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When God answers
your prayer, He is good.
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When God does not
answer your prayer...
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Finish it for me.
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~ He is good. - He is good.
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And so I say again...
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- God is good ~ all the time.
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- And all the
time ~ God is good.
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Without exception.
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What conclusion may we draw?
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It is impossible for
God to do anything mean.
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Mm-hmm.
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So those of us
who've had a beef with God,
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we need to apologize to God.
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Let God be
truth... Finish it for me.
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...and every man a liar.
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God is good.
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- Good morning,
everyone. ~ Good morning.
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You look nice this morning.
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Did you sleep well?
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In the book, Our High
Calling, page 116 paragraph 2,
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Ellen White
writes, listen carefully,
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"Your last thought at night,
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your first
thought in the morning,
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should be of Him
in whom is centered
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your hope of eternal life."
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The servant of the Lord
counsels us, fall asleep
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with Jesus on your mind.
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Wake up with Jesus on your mind.
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I'm happy to see you.
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I need your
permission to rebuke you.
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All those in favor say, "Aye."
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~ Aye.
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And those opposed, stay quiet.
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I'm quite serious.
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Let me tell you
what I have observed.
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And I realize people are
coming in, so my initial remarks
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do not apply to them.
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There is a lack of discipline.
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I was listening to
the speaker last night,
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and Wednesday night,
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and there was a
constant procession of people
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getting up, walking
out, getting up, walking out,
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getting up.
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And I said, "Lord,
do all these people
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have medical emergencies?"
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I told you yesterday morning,
imagine you're in the presence
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of an earthly judge.
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What is it you cannot do?
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And as you made a
list of what you cannot do,
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I told you apply that
even more intensely to God.
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Listen to Malachi chapter
1. Don't go, just listen.
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Or you may go if you like.
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"The burden of the word of
the LORD to Israel by Malachi."
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Chapter 1 from verse 1.
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"'I have loved
you,' saith the LORD.
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Yet ye say,
'Wherein hast thou loved us?'
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'Was not Esau Jacob's
brother?' saith the LORD:
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'Yet I loved Jacob...'"
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Verse 3, "'...and I hated
Esau, and laid his mountains
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and his heritage waste for
the dragons of the wilderness.'
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Whereas Edom
saith, '...we will return
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and build the desolate places.'
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Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, 'They shall build,
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but I will throw down;
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and they shall be called,
The border of wickedness,
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and, The people
against whom the LORD
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hath indignation for ever.'"
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God is saying, "When
I'm through with you,
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people will regard
you as those with whom
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I have been angry all the time."
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He's referring to His people.
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Verse 5, "And your eyes
shall see, and ye shall say,
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'The LORD will be magnified
from the border of Israel.'"
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Now listen to verse 6.
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Listen carefully.
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I'm pleading for
reverence for God.
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"A son honoureth his father,
and a servant his master."
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Now I told you yesterday,
think of how you'd behave
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in front of a judge and think of
how you behave in front of God.
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That approach is biblical.
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God is saying, "If a
son honoureth his father,
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and the servant,"
Malachi 1:6, "'his master:
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if then I be a
father, where is mine honour?
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and if I be a master, where
is my fear?' saith the LORD of
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hosts unto you, 'O
priests, that despise my name.
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But ye say, 'Wherein
have we despised thy name?'"
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God says, "You disrespect Me."
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The people said, "How?"
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By getting up and walking
back and forth during the
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preaching of the Word of God.
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By getting up and
walking back and forth
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in the presence of a holy God.
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"Ye offer polluted
bread upon mine altar;
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and ye say, 'Wherein
have we polluted thee?'
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In that ye say, 'The table
of the LORD is contemptible.'"
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Verse 8, listen to
God. Listen carefully.
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"And if ye offer the blind
for sacrifice, is it not evil?"
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A sacrifice was
suppose to be without blemish.
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They brought blind animals,
lame animals, sick animals.
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And God said, "And
if ye offer the blind
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for sacrifice, is it not evil?
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And if ye offer the lame
and the sick, is it not evil?"
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"Why are you
bringing these animals to Me?"
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Now listen to what He says.
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"'Offer it now
unto thy governor;
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will he be pleased with
thee, or regard thy person?'
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saith the LORD of hosts."
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God is saying, "If
your governor, your mayor,
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your counsel person,
will not accept your behavior,
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why are you bringing it to Me?"
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Listen to me carefully.
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Please don't regret
that I was asked to speak.
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Respect... This is a church.
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I heard two and a
half amens. Any more?
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~ Amen.
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This is a church. Why?
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Because of the
purpose that brings us here.
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God is present.
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Remove thy shoes
from off thy feet;
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for the place where on thy
stand, this is holy ground.
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We are in a church.
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I remember...
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You know, I wonder
what's happening to us.
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And I'll take all
my time. Don't panic.
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I remember when
you saw a ponytail,
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you knew that was a woman.
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Are you with me?
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Now you see a ponytail,
you've got to walk around
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and look the
person in the face...
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...to determine, is
this a man or a woman.
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You know, ladies put a
bun right up here, a bun.
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Hot cross bun.
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Now men do that.
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Remember, you know,
ladies put something across
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here to keep the hair in place.
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You know, that
thing that comes here?
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You know what I'm talking about?
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It has little
teeth to stay in place.
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Men do that.
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Those of you who are West
Indian and African Americans,
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remember years ago
ladies would braid their hair
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just to keep it in place until
they had time to really fix it.
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Are you with me?
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Now men braid their
hair and come to church.
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As far as I can see,
the Bible tells ladies,
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cover your hair in church.
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The ladies don't; the men
say, "Okay, we'll cover ours."
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So men come into
church with caps and hats.
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By the way, if you're
a man, take your hat off.
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I am pleading for God.
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It's safe if a preacher does
it, because if God starts to
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defend Himself
directly, people die.
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Do you love me a little bit?
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But you're
listening to a frustrated man.
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You know, I travel a lot, by
God's grace, and I'm often in
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Islamic countries;
Malaysia, Indonesia.
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Kenya has a large
Islamic population.
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Tanzania, India, Bangladesh.
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Not particularly
India, but Bangladesh.
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And I go by Mosques.
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And when they're worshiping,
no one walks up and down.
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Each man is focused on Allah.
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You walk by a
Jehovah Witness church:
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everyone in the building, no
one in the parking lot chatting.
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Everyone in the building
discussing the doctrines;
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whatever you may
think of the doctrines.
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You come to an
Adventist gathering,
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and it's like a farmers market.
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I look for avocados, then
I look plums, look for pears.
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I get up; like
everyone has a medical emergency
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or needs to go to Dairy Queen.
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We've got to get up and walk.
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Stay where you are,
please, for the next 30 minutes.
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The Holy Spirit
is very sensitive.
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You know what Jesus said?
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"Whosoever speaketh a
word against the Son of Man,
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it shall be forgiven him."
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Are you with me?
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Matthew 12
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"But whosoever speaketh a
word against the Holy Ghost,
00:22:14.36\00:22:17.40
it shall not be forgiven
him, neither in this world,
00:22:18.07\00:22:21.30
neither in the world to come."
00:22:21.34\00:22:22.94
That leads me to conclude of the
Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost,
00:22:22.97\00:22:27.08
the most sensitive, the
most thin skinned member
00:22:27.11\00:22:32.18
of the Godhead
is the Holy Ghost.
00:22:32.21\00:22:34.35
So when you're disrespectful
to God, and the Holy Ghost
00:22:35.28\00:22:38.35
backs up, I suffer.
00:22:38.39\00:22:40.09
Remember Aiken?
00:22:43.86\00:22:45.19
He stole a Babylonian's garment.
00:22:46.29\00:22:48.06
What happened to
the Israelite army?
00:22:48.10\00:22:49.53
They lost a battle.
00:22:49.56\00:22:50.90
The nation suffered because
one man was disrespectful.
00:22:50.93\00:22:54.34
Let me say it again.
00:22:54.37\00:22:55.70
When there's disrespect for God,
and the Holy Ghost backs up,
00:22:55.74\00:22:59.37
I suffer.
00:22:59.41\00:23:00.74
Now this may sound
harsh, let me say it.
00:23:04.78\00:23:06.92
Who has to get up and
walk out for any reason,
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.85
do it now.
00:23:09.88\00:23:11.22
Okay.
00:23:20.23\00:23:21.56
Let's pray. Oh no, not pray yet.
00:23:23.23\00:23:25.00
I shall have to
bother you a little longer.
00:23:27.27\00:23:28.94
- What's this? ~ iPhone.
00:23:30.07\00:23:32.07
- What's that? ~ Bible.
00:23:32.54\00:23:34.21
This morning as I was
walking to this place,
00:23:34.24\00:23:36.88
I was walking with my Bible,
and this man came up behind me.
00:23:36.91\00:23:40.88
He actually came
into the building.
00:23:41.15\00:23:42.48
I don't know if he left, but.
00:23:42.52\00:23:43.85
And he saw the Bible in my hand.
00:23:44.32\00:23:46.22
So he asked me, he said...
00:23:47.19\00:23:48.69
I don't recall
exactly what he said,
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.19
but, "a good
book," or something.
00:23:50.23\00:23:51.79
He looked at the
Bible and then he asked me
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.73
where am I
going, what am I doing.
00:23:54.03\00:23:55.36
I said, "I'm
going to a conference."
00:23:55.40\00:23:56.73
He said, "What
kind of conference?"
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.10
I said, "A youth conference."
00:23:58.13\00:23:59.47
"What kind of youth conference?"
00:23:59.50\00:24:00.84
"A Bible conference."
00:24:00.87\00:24:02.20
He said, "What's that?"
00:24:02.40\00:24:03.74
I said, "Well, we come
together, workshops, seminars."
00:24:03.77\00:24:06.07
He actually came in.
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.58
I'm not sure, is he here?
00:24:08.01\00:24:09.38
Where?
00:24:11.65\00:24:12.98
Ah. Give me your name again.
00:24:13.01\00:24:15.72
What's the name?
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.62
~ Sam. - Sam.
00:24:20.66\00:24:21.99
Yeah. Sam, God bless you.
00:24:22.02\00:24:23.36
He came in.
00:24:24.16\00:24:25.49
I said, "Look." He
said, "I don't have a badge."
00:24:26.09\00:24:28.70
I said, "You don't need
a badge. You're with me."
00:24:29.36\00:24:31.27
Are you with me?
00:24:32.23\00:24:33.57
And so I came to the door
and I told one of the ladies,
00:24:33.60\00:24:35.60
"He is with me."
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.31
And she did not call the
police. She let us through.
00:24:38.01\00:24:40.18
But he saw a Bible.
00:24:41.41\00:24:44.01
Now if Sam had seen a phone,
he would not have asked me,
00:24:44.35\00:24:47.38
"What are you
doing with a phone?"
00:24:47.42\00:24:48.75
But he saw a Bible.
00:24:49.95\00:24:52.22
Somebody say amen for the Bible.
00:24:52.25\00:24:55.22
~ Amen.
00:24:55.26\00:24:56.59
Walk with a Bible.
00:24:56.62\00:24:58.33
Let someone see.
00:24:58.36\00:24:59.76
Don't hide behind a phone.
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.56
God knows your heart.
00:25:01.60\00:25:02.93
You're trying to hide
that you're a Christian.
00:25:02.96\00:25:04.80
That's what you're doing.
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.17
Okay, you don't like
me anymore. I understand.
00:25:08.67\00:25:11.01
Turn this off.
00:25:11.31\00:25:12.71
Turn your Bible on.
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.18
Favor number two, while
I'm speaking, pray for me
00:25:15.84\00:25:18.48
and say what?
00:25:18.51\00:25:19.85
Lord, put Your
words in that man's mouth.
00:25:19.88\00:25:22.32
Favor number three, what's that?
00:25:22.72\00:25:24.29
Think. Let's pray.
00:25:25.29\00:25:26.62
Father in heaven, if I have
been too hard on Your people,
00:25:26.72\00:25:28.86
forgive me, dear God.
00:25:28.89\00:25:30.26
But I did it out of love
for them and respect for You.
00:25:31.39\00:25:35.13
Now, Father, grant me
a measure of Your Spirit
00:25:35.73\00:25:39.17
that I may deliver
this message for Your glory
00:25:39.60\00:25:42.34
and for their
blessing, dear God.
00:25:42.37\00:25:44.17
You love these young
people gathered before You.
00:25:44.51\00:25:46.94
And so do I.
00:25:46.98\00:25:48.31
I ask in the name of
Jesus, bless them, dear God.
00:25:48.58\00:25:51.41
Give them a
consciousness of Your presence.
00:25:52.01\00:25:55.05
And if the angels who
come into Your presence
00:25:55.35\00:25:57.92
veil their faces, how
much more should we come
00:25:57.95\00:26:01.22
with reverence before
the God of heaven and earth?
00:26:01.26\00:26:04.36
Put Your words in my mouth.
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.19
Bless our brother
Sam, I pray, who came in.
00:26:07.23\00:26:09.53
Speak to his life.
00:26:09.93\00:26:11.30
Provide his needs.
00:26:11.33\00:26:12.67
Bless his family, dear God.
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.37
And let this day mark a
turning point in his life.
00:26:14.40\00:26:17.61
Here this humble
prayer, dear God.
00:26:17.87\00:26:19.54
I offer it in Jesus' name.
00:26:19.57\00:26:21.18
Let God's people
say, amen and amen.
00:26:21.21\00:26:25.05
Stay where you are. Don't move.
00:26:25.08\00:26:26.65
Let's go to Genesis
2, we'll read verse 7.
00:26:28.38\00:26:31.22
Quickly.
00:26:32.65\00:26:33.99
You actually should know
this verse without looking.
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.36
Say it with me.
00:26:36.39\00:26:37.73
"And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:26:37.76\00:26:40.96
breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.77
and man became a living soul."
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.23
Let's look at that verse.
00:26:46.27\00:26:47.60
This time we shall
read it microscopically.
00:26:47.64\00:26:51.31
Listen again.
00:26:51.34\00:26:52.67
"And the Lord God..." Stop.
00:26:52.71\00:26:54.38
Who is that?
00:26:54.41\00:26:55.74
Yes, the Lord God.
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.15
Who is that? Don't say
God. You're right, but...
00:26:58.18\00:27:00.08
Jesus Christ.
00:27:00.38\00:27:02.18
Now He wasn't
called Jesus Christ then,
00:27:04.55\00:27:07.16
but it is the same
person who died on Calvary.
00:27:07.19\00:27:09.82
The Lord God, Jesus Christ...
00:27:09.86\00:27:13.36
So that's God.
00:27:13.40\00:27:14.73
That's the person.
00:27:15.63\00:27:16.97
Here comes the
action. "...formed man..."
00:27:17.00\00:27:20.30
Here comes the material.
00:27:22.10\00:27:23.44
"...the dust of the ground..."
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.74
Stop.
00:27:26.61\00:27:27.94
In that verse we
have two discrete actions.
00:27:28.58\00:27:32.98
Our subject this
morning, The Value of Dirt.
00:27:33.28\00:27:36.05
- What did I say?
~ The Value of Dirt.
00:27:36.08\00:27:38.35
What was our subject yesterday?
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.06
~ Laughing Out
Loud. - Laughing Out Loud.
00:27:40.09\00:27:41.59
"The LORD God..."
00:27:41.62\00:27:42.96
What's His name?
00:27:43.32\00:27:44.66
~ Jesus.
00:27:44.69\00:27:46.03
"...formed man of the
dust of the ground..."
00:27:46.06\00:27:48.83
Stop. That's one action.
00:27:48.86\00:27:50.83
What do we have?
00:27:51.23\00:27:52.57
Something lying on the
ground beautifully formed,
00:27:52.60\00:27:55.60
but lifeless.
00:27:55.64\00:27:57.37
Second action, "...and
breathed into his nostrils
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.55
the breath of life; and
man became a living soul."
00:28:04.58\00:28:07.92
What gave vitality,
what gave meaning and purpose
00:28:07.95\00:28:12.25
to that thing so
beautifully made?
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.99
It was what God
breathed into Him.
00:28:15.02\00:28:18.23
What was he made from?
00:28:20.56\00:28:21.90
The dust of the ground.
00:28:22.06\00:28:24.57
Stay in Genesis 2,
let's read verse 9.
00:28:25.33\00:28:28.27
The Bible says, "And out of
the ground made the LORD God
00:28:29.97\00:28:33.27
to grow every tree that
is pleasant to the sight,
00:28:33.31\00:28:35.88
and good for food;
00:28:35.91\00:28:37.25
the tree of life also
in the midst of the garden,
00:28:37.35\00:28:39.88
and the tree of
knowledge of good and evil."
00:28:39.91\00:28:42.02
We have the ground again.
00:28:42.05\00:28:43.95
The ground produced Adam,
now the ground produces trees.
00:28:43.99\00:28:48.39
Question for you.
00:28:49.42\00:28:50.76
Are trees a
life form, yes or no?
00:28:50.79\00:28:54.06
~ Yes. - Yes, they live.
00:28:54.10\00:28:55.76
Now it's not the
same life in a man.
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.43
Trees are a form of
life produced by the ground.
00:28:58.53\00:29:03.61
Adam from the ground;
00:29:04.11\00:29:05.97
God breathed the
breath of life into him.
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.14
Stay in Genesis 2,
let's go to verse 19.
00:29:08.18\00:29:11.18
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:29:11.21\00:29:13.82
Verse 19, the Bible
says, "And out of the ground
00:29:14.75\00:29:17.62
LORD God formed
every beast of the earth,
00:29:17.65\00:29:20.06
and every fowl of the
air; and brought them unto Adam
00:29:20.09\00:29:22.92
to see what he would call them:
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.69
and whatsoever Adam
called every living creature,
00:29:24.73\00:29:28.06
that was the name thereof."
00:29:28.10\00:29:30.33
So we have the
ground in Genesis 2:7,
00:29:30.37\00:29:33.74
we have the
ground in Genesis 2:9,
00:29:33.77\00:29:36.47
we have the
ground in Genesis 2:19.
00:29:36.50\00:29:39.64
Man came from
the ground, verse 7;
00:29:41.34\00:29:44.31
plants and trees
from the ground, verse 9;
00:29:44.41\00:29:47.52
animals from the
ground, verse 19.
00:29:47.55\00:29:50.19
What is the difference?
00:29:50.22\00:29:52.72
You say, the breath of life.
00:29:56.66\00:29:58.16
But trees have life.
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.10
Ah.
00:30:02.36\00:30:03.97
Sister, you're right.
00:30:05.70\00:30:07.07
Nice attractive vegetarian.
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.90
Listen to what the
Bible says in Genesis 1:26.
00:30:10.34\00:30:13.01
"And God said..."
Say it without looking.
00:30:13.34\00:30:15.74
Don't look into your Bible.
00:30:15.78\00:30:17.15
Say this verse.
00:30:17.48\00:30:18.81
Genesis 1:26. What does it say?
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.25
"And God said, 'Let
us make man in our image,
00:30:21.28\00:30:25.82
after our likeness.'"
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.72
Stop.
00:30:27.76\00:30:29.09
Man was made from the ground.
00:30:29.39\00:30:31.43
Trees came from the ground.
00:30:31.96\00:30:33.83
Animals came from the dirt.
00:30:34.23\00:30:36.30
But only man was
made in the image of God.
00:30:37.10\00:30:40.70
- Can you say amen? ~ Amen.
00:30:40.74\00:30:42.87
What's our subject?
00:30:42.97\00:30:44.31
The Value of Dirt.
00:30:45.04\00:30:46.37
Let's take a
closer look at dirt.
00:30:46.78\00:30:48.48
Let's go to Genesis 3.
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.78
We'll read from verse 17.
00:30:51.31\00:30:52.91
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:30:52.95\00:30:54.68
Adam has sinned, Eve has sinned.
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.95
And God has come down
to dish out His judgment.
00:30:56.99\00:31:00.26
There's judgment for
every action, my friends.
00:31:01.66\00:31:03.96
It may take a long time.
00:31:04.39\00:31:05.93
In the parable of the talents,
the Bible says in Matthew 25:19,
00:31:06.16\00:31:11.00
"After a long time the
lord of those servants cometh,
00:31:11.03\00:31:14.40
and reckoneth with them."
00:31:14.44\00:31:15.77
"After a long time," meaning,
you can run, but you can't hide.
00:31:15.80\00:31:21.08
Genesis 3:17, the Bible
says, "And unto Adam he said,
00:31:21.94\00:31:26.11
'Because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice of thy wife,
00:31:26.31\00:31:29.08
and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commanded thee, saying,
00:31:29.18\00:31:32.52
"Thou shalt not eat of it:"
00:31:32.55\00:31:34.16
cursed is the
ground for thy sake;
00:31:34.19\00:31:36.39
in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life.
00:31:36.62\00:31:40.43
Thorns also and thistles
shall it bring forth unto thee;
00:31:40.60\00:31:44.10
and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field.'"
00:31:44.13\00:31:46.87
Verse 19, "In the sweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread,
00:31:46.90\00:31:50.91
till thou
return unto the ground;
00:31:50.94\00:31:54.14
for out of it wast thou taken."
00:31:54.18\00:31:56.38
Now pick up the verse with me,
00:31:56.41\00:31:58.01
if you have the
King James Version.
00:31:58.05\00:31:59.55
"...for..." What?
00:31:59.58\00:32:00.98
"...dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return."
00:32:01.18\00:32:05.09
God looks at a man who is alive,
and what does God call him
00:32:05.12\00:32:09.72
in his sinful condition?
00:32:09.76\00:32:11.33
Dirt.
00:32:11.36\00:32:12.69
Now why do I say,
his sinful condition?
00:32:14.86\00:32:17.03
Because Adam was not
redeemed until Genesis 3:21.
00:32:17.07\00:32:20.44
"Unto Adam also and to
his wife did the LORD God
00:32:20.47\00:32:23.24
make coats of skins;"
00:32:23.27\00:32:24.61
representing the
righteousness of Christ.
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.37
In his fallen condition,
God looked Adam in the eye
00:32:26.41\00:32:30.58
and said, "You are dirt."
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.58
Not breath.
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.02
Let's go to Genesis 18.
00:32:38.25\00:32:39.85
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:32:40.42\00:32:42.02
Thank you for not
getting up and moving around.
00:32:42.96\00:32:44.79
I appreciate it so
much. God bless you.
00:32:44.83\00:32:46.83
In every church there
are rebellious people whose
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.20
chief talent is to let you know,
"I am not doing what you say."
00:32:49.23\00:32:52.73
Christ dealt with that.
00:32:54.90\00:32:56.24
John 6:70, "Have I
not chosen you twelve,
00:32:56.27\00:32:58.67
and one of you is a devil?"
00:32:58.71\00:33:00.04
In every gathering there
are people who specialize
00:33:01.84\00:33:05.15
in rebellion.
00:33:05.18\00:33:06.51
But thank you for
staying where you are.
00:33:06.55\00:33:09.02
Because when you took the
SAT, you didn't walk around.
00:33:09.05\00:33:11.39
Am I right?
00:33:13.89\00:33:15.22
When you took the ACT,
you didn't move around.
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.99
When you took the
LSAT for law school,
00:33:18.66\00:33:20.70
you didn't move around.
00:33:20.73\00:33:22.06
When you took whatever
you took, you stayed put.
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.73
- What book did
I say? ~ Genesis.
00:33:27.14\00:33:29.50
- What chapter? ~ Eighteen.
00:33:29.60\00:33:31.61
Reading from verse 23.
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.14
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:33:33.17\00:33:34.54
"And Abraham
drew near, and said,
00:33:35.54\00:33:37.65
'Wilt thou also destroy
the righteous with the wicked?
00:33:37.68\00:33:40.28
Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city:
00:33:40.85\00:33:43.69
wilt thou also destroy
and not spare the place
00:33:43.72\00:33:47.12
for the fifty
righteous that are therein?
00:33:47.16\00:33:49.19
That be far from thee
to do after this manner,
00:33:49.22\00:33:52.09
to slay the
righteous with the wicked:
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.00
and that the righteous
should be as the wicked,
00:33:54.03\00:33:56.26
that be far from thee.
00:33:56.30\00:33:58.13
Shall not the Judge of
all the earth do right?'"
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.07
Verse 26, "And the LORD
said, 'If I find in Sodom
00:34:01.87\00:34:07.24
fifty righteous within
the city, then I will spare
00:34:07.88\00:34:11.81
all the place for their sakes.'"
00:34:11.85\00:34:14.15
Listen to verse 27.
00:34:14.58\00:34:15.92
"And Abraham
answered and said..."
00:34:15.95\00:34:18.92
Read it with me now.
00:34:18.95\00:34:20.29
"Behold now, I have taken upon
me to speak unto the Lord..."
00:34:20.32\00:34:24.16
Keep reading.
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.53
"...which am
but dust and ashes."
00:34:25.56\00:34:27.40
Abraham said, "How can
someone who is just dirt
00:34:27.43\00:34:31.73
speak to God that way?"
00:34:33.47\00:34:34.80
Dirt.
00:34:37.31\00:34:38.64
There's a point behind this.
00:34:39.41\00:34:40.74
Stay with me.
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.11
Go to Psalm 103.
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.55
Our subject is what?
00:34:45.11\00:34:47.22
The Value of Dirt.
00:34:47.68\00:34:49.02
Psalm 103:13-14
00:34:49.28\00:34:51.82
Do you have that?
00:34:56.99\00:34:58.33
Well somebody answer
me. Do you have that?
00:34:59.13\00:35:01.10
~ Yes.
00:35:01.13\00:35:02.46
"Like as a father
pitieth his children,
00:35:02.50\00:35:05.97
so the LORD pitieth
them that fear him."
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.24
Read verse 14.
00:35:08.27\00:35:09.60
"For he knoweth our
frame," keep reading,
00:35:09.64\00:35:13.01
"he remembereth
that we are dust."
00:35:13.04\00:35:16.24
When God considers our
weaknesses, our tendencies
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.75
to evil, all
these things, He says,
00:35:19.78\00:35:22.35
"Look, that's
because you are dust.
00:35:22.38\00:35:25.42
You're weak.
00:35:26.22\00:35:27.56
You're dirt.
00:35:27.59\00:35:28.92
Not breath; dust."
00:35:29.32\00:35:30.83
Having said that, listen again.
00:35:33.76\00:35:36.56
"And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:35:37.33\00:35:41.34
breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
00:35:42.87\00:35:45.44
and man became a living soul."
00:35:46.04\00:35:48.11
When God made the
angels, He did not use dirt.
00:35:48.14\00:35:51.01
He didn't use anything.
00:35:52.08\00:35:53.42
Listen to how angels were made.
00:35:54.25\00:35:55.85
Psalm 148:1-2, 5
00:35:56.99\00:35:59.79
Psalm 148:1-2, 5
00:36:00.76\00:36:03.26
Listen to how
the Bible describes
00:36:03.63\00:36:05.56
the creation of angels.
00:36:05.59\00:36:07.60
When you've found it, say amen.
00:36:14.20\00:36:15.67
~ Amen.
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.04
"Praise ye the LORD.
00:36:17.07\00:36:18.41
Praise ye the
LORD from the heavens:
00:36:18.77\00:36:20.54
praise him in the heights.
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.28
Praise ye him, all his angels:
00:36:22.48\00:36:24.31
praise ye him, all his hosts."
00:36:24.41\00:36:26.31
Verse 5, "Let them
praise the name of the LORD..."
00:36:26.51\00:36:29.38
Read with me now.
00:36:29.42\00:36:30.75
"...for he commanded,
and they were created."
00:36:30.79\00:36:34.32
God made the
angels out of thin air.
00:36:34.36\00:36:37.29
He just called
them and they came.
00:36:37.39\00:36:39.49
Let me say it again.
00:36:44.53\00:36:45.87
You missed it,
and it's my fault.
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.47
God did not use dirt.
00:36:47.94\00:36:49.87
There's no dirt in
heaven, as far as we know.
00:36:50.71\00:36:52.71
God just said, "Angels, come."
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.68
And the angels appeared.
00:36:58.31\00:37:00.65
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 38, paragraph 3,
00:37:02.48\00:37:05.65
"Christ was the Son of God;
00:37:06.62\00:37:08.16
He was one with
Him before the angels
00:37:08.82\00:37:11.46
were called into existence."
00:37:11.49\00:37:13.26
No dirt.
00:37:16.16\00:37:17.50
Listen to the
creation of Lucifer.
00:37:18.60\00:37:20.90
Ezekiel 28,
reading from verse 13.
00:37:22.30\00:37:25.17
His creation was
slightly different.
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.01
Or the way he
looked after he was made.
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.81
Different from any other angel.
00:37:31.05\00:37:33.38
Ezekiel 28,
reading from verse 13.
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.65
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:37:36.69\00:37:38.52
Thank you for your reverence.
00:37:40.46\00:37:41.79
I really mean
that from my heart.
00:37:43.06\00:37:44.69
Please extend it
to all other speakers,
00:37:45.29\00:37:46.96
whether in this
format or in seminars.
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.43
When you go into a
seminar, decide to stay.
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.20
Don't go to
sample, then walk out.
00:37:52.40\00:37:54.34
You disrupt people.
00:37:54.37\00:37:55.70
Make up your mind to stay.
00:37:55.74\00:37:57.81
Read the description outside
the door, go in, sit down.
00:37:57.84\00:38:01.94
Alright.
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.25
We're looking at
the creation of whom?
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.85
Lucifer.
00:38:08.05\00:38:09.38
Verse 13, Ezekiel 28.
00:38:09.42\00:38:11.35
"Thou hast been in
Eden the garden of God.
00:38:12.09\00:38:15.02
Every precious
stone was thy covering:
00:38:15.19\00:38:17.49
the sardius, topaz,
and the diamond, the beryl,
00:38:17.53\00:38:20.80
the onyx, and the jasper..."
00:38:20.83\00:38:24.77
What's that third stone?
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.13
"...the sapphire, the emerald,
the carbuncle, and gold."
00:38:26.90\00:38:29.37
Now God says, that's how
the Bible describes Lucifer.
00:38:29.40\00:38:33.51
The beryl, the onyx,
and the jasper. Sorry.
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.91
Sapphire, emerald,
carbuncle, and gold.
00:38:36.01\00:38:39.55
That's Lucifer.
00:38:39.65\00:38:40.98
Covered with these things.
00:38:41.02\00:38:42.55
They were part of him.
00:38:43.25\00:38:44.59
When God came to make man,
00:38:46.69\00:38:49.89
God only used dirt.
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.60
Now let me introduce you
to something you already know,
00:38:56.63\00:38:58.93
but did not notice.
00:38:58.97\00:39:00.30
Go to Genesis 2.
00:39:00.34\00:39:01.67
Genesis 2, we'll
read from verse 10.
00:39:02.94\00:39:05.01
Our subject, The Value of Dirt.
00:39:05.31\00:39:08.91
When you find that, say amen.
00:39:09.64\00:39:11.08
~ Amen.
00:39:11.11\00:39:12.45
The Bible says, "And
a river went out of Eden
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.25
to water the garden;
00:39:15.28\00:39:16.62
and from thence it was parted,
and became into four heads.
00:39:17.12\00:39:21.29
The name of the first is Pison:
00:39:21.89\00:39:24.33
that is it which compasseth
the whole land of Havilah,
00:39:24.53\00:39:28.16
where there is gold.
00:39:28.26\00:39:29.60
And the gold of
that land is good:
00:39:29.63\00:39:31.53
there is bdellium
and the onyx stone."
00:39:31.57\00:39:33.80
Pause. Let's
re-read microscopically.
00:39:33.84\00:39:37.34
"And a river went out of
Eden to water the garden;
00:39:41.48\00:39:45.25
and from thence it was
parted, and became into..."
00:39:46.15\00:39:48.68
How many heads? Four.
00:39:48.72\00:39:50.49
"The name of
the first is Pison."
00:39:50.85\00:39:52.89
Now listen.
00:39:52.92\00:39:54.26
"That is it which
compasseth..." Where?
00:39:54.29\00:39:56.09
"...the whole land of
Havilah," keep reading,
00:39:56.12\00:39:59.33
"where there is gold.
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.80
The gold of that land is good."
00:40:02.00\00:40:04.53
So we have gold.
00:40:04.57\00:40:05.90
"There is bdellium
and the onyx stone."
00:40:05.93\00:40:09.24
The onyx is a family with
several other precious stones
00:40:09.27\00:40:12.97
that come under onyx.
00:40:13.01\00:40:14.51
Follow me closely.
00:40:15.94\00:40:17.28
When was the solid earth
made, before or after Adam?
00:40:18.11\00:40:20.98
Before.
00:40:22.55\00:40:23.89
Genesis 1:9
00:40:24.62\00:40:26.05
"And God said, 'Let
the waters under the heaven
00:40:26.59\00:40:28.82
be gathered
together unto one place,
00:40:28.86\00:40:30.23
and let the dry land appear.'
00:40:30.26\00:40:31.79
And it was so.
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.16
And God called
the dry land Earth;
00:40:33.19\00:40:34.60
and the gathering together
of the waters called he Seas."
00:40:34.63\00:40:36.56
So the dry land, it
was there on day three
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.70
before Adam was made on day six.
00:40:40.20\00:40:42.90
Now, the gold was
there before Adam was made.
00:40:43.54\00:40:48.38
I get the impression
you're not following me.
00:40:52.61\00:40:54.45
The precious stones were on
the earth before Adam was made.
00:40:57.25\00:41:00.56
As a matter of fact, in
Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:41:00.59\00:41:02.76
Ellen White says the
gold and the precious stones
00:41:02.79\00:41:05.59
lay on the surface of the earth.
00:41:05.63\00:41:08.70
They were only
buried after the flood.
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.40
What am I trying to say?
00:41:14.24\00:41:15.64
When God came to make Adam,
God had available to Him, what?
00:41:15.67\00:41:20.81
Gold.
00:41:20.91\00:41:22.24
He could have used gold.
00:41:25.58\00:41:27.32
Or onyx.
00:41:29.55\00:41:30.89
Thank you, assistant preacher.
00:41:30.95\00:41:32.42
He could have used bdellium.
00:41:33.76\00:41:35.09
Now the Bible scholars
say bdellium could mean
00:41:35.12\00:41:37.03
a resin from the bark of
a tree or a precious stone.
00:41:37.06\00:41:39.93
Since it appears
with gold and onyx stone,
00:41:40.03\00:41:42.26
we may assume its application
there is a precious stone.
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.80
God could have chosen
onyx, chalcedony, the agate,
00:41:45.83\00:41:51.24
gold, bdellium to make Adam.
00:41:51.44\00:41:54.41
Gold has always been valuable.
00:41:58.65\00:42:01.95
No economy has
ever been based on dirt.
00:42:04.02\00:42:06.39
Fort Knox is not heavily guarded
because it contains dirt.
00:42:09.92\00:42:13.53
It is the most
heavily guarded building
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.33
because it contains, I
believe, the gold deposits
00:42:19.37\00:42:22.80
of the United States, which
is the largest of all countries.
00:42:22.84\00:42:25.54
I think Germany is second.
00:42:25.57\00:42:26.91
The International
Monetary Fund is third.
00:42:27.68\00:42:29.64
Gold.
00:42:30.25\00:42:31.58
In times of crisis, in
times of war, in times of chaos,
00:42:31.61\00:42:36.15
the most reliable standard
of measuring value is gold.
00:42:36.18\00:42:40.72
And so during the
Holocaust the Nazis took gold
00:42:44.83\00:42:47.20
from the teeth of the Jews.
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.60
Gold.
00:42:50.23\00:42:51.57
I've never heard of a dirt rush.
00:42:52.87\00:42:54.94
"We discovered
dirt in California.
00:42:59.07\00:43:00.91
Get on your wagon."
00:43:00.94\00:43:02.28
"We have found
one nugget of gold."
00:43:04.01\00:43:05.81
Everybody moves.
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.42
Gold is valuable.
00:43:07.62\00:43:10.45
Here comes Jesus
Christ, the Creator,
00:43:11.45\00:43:13.36
to make your father.
00:43:14.32\00:43:15.66
He bypasses gold,
He bypasses bdellium,
00:43:17.63\00:43:22.26
He bypasses onyx, He bypasses
all the precious material
00:43:23.16\00:43:27.80
that He Himself placed
on the surface of the earth
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.97
readily available to Him.
00:43:31.01\00:43:32.64
He just had to scoop
up gold and make a...
00:43:32.67\00:43:35.58
No, no, no, no, no.
00:43:35.61\00:43:36.95
The Creator said, "I
will make him out of dirt.
00:43:36.98\00:43:40.68
And I will put
My image in dirt."
00:43:42.98\00:43:46.65
You see, you make
something out of gold,
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.56
even before its
made it has value.
00:43:52.59\00:43:54.66
Are you with me?
00:43:55.93\00:43:57.27
Just because it's made of gold.
00:43:57.30\00:43:59.30
Before it's made it has value.
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.60
The raw material has value.
00:44:01.64\00:44:03.27
Dirt...
00:44:03.30\00:44:04.64
To produce a divine character
in gold would be spectacular,
00:44:08.81\00:44:12.78
but not as spectacular
as producing a divine image
00:44:12.81\00:44:17.42
in dirt.
00:44:17.45\00:44:18.82
You see, the reproduction
of the image of God in us,
00:44:19.95\00:44:24.93
its ultimate aim
is the glory of God.
00:44:25.63\00:44:29.00
I said that clumsily.
00:44:30.57\00:44:31.90
Forgive me. Let me try again.
00:44:31.93\00:44:33.74
When Jesus saw Nathaniel, what
did Nathaniel say about Jesus
00:44:37.41\00:44:43.48
when he was told about Christ?
00:44:43.51\00:44:44.85
"Can any good thing
come out of..." Where?
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.78
Nazareth.
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.15
Now you'd expect a good thing
to come out of a monastery.
00:44:50.75\00:44:53.46
A nunnery.
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.46
A graduate school.
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.03
Not Nazareth.
00:45:01.70\00:45:03.03
That's dirt.
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.10
But out of Nazareth came Jesus.
00:45:06.40\00:45:10.71
Out of dirt came Adam.
00:45:13.31\00:45:16.78
Out of the ghetto can come me.
00:45:18.41\00:45:21.45
Out of the burial can come you.
00:45:23.22\00:45:25.75
Off the reservation can come
someone in the image of God.
00:45:26.99\00:45:31.53
Angels...
00:45:36.87\00:45:38.43
There are
magicians who get on stage
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.60
and they take a handkerchief.
00:45:42.07\00:45:45.47
Out comes a dove.
00:45:46.27\00:45:47.61
I'm not telling you go
watch magic, but it happens.
00:45:49.68\00:45:52.68
He takes a
handkerchief and... A dove.
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.95
Then he does that... Two doves.
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.55
Takes off his hat... A rabbit.
00:45:58.72\00:46:00.69
Now God didn't make
man by using His hands.
00:46:02.62\00:46:06.46
I've preached that
sermon, if you've heard it.
00:46:06.49\00:46:08.26
Hands-Free Operation.
00:46:08.53\00:46:09.86
But I can't get into that now.
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.23
But let's assume He took
His hands, which He didn't.
00:46:11.27\00:46:13.20
The angels are watching
God with a handful of dirt.
00:46:13.74\00:46:16.60
"What will He
do with this dirt?"
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.81
And they're watching.
00:46:20.28\00:46:21.61
And God...
00:46:22.58\00:46:23.91
And they're watching.
00:46:25.38\00:46:26.72
And out of the dirt
comes a divine character.
00:46:27.35\00:46:31.35
And the angels say,
"How did He do that?
00:46:33.09\00:46:34.86
How did He do that?
00:46:36.56\00:46:38.03
A handful of dirt, and He
produces the divine character.
00:46:38.96\00:46:44.17
How did He do that?"
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.87
Now this is what
must happen in your life.
00:46:45.90\00:46:49.17
The angels must marvel.
00:46:52.24\00:46:54.04
"That guy was a crack dealer.
00:46:55.01\00:46:56.71
Dirt.
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.08
She was a prostitute. Dirt.
00:46:59.15\00:47:01.15
How did God produce
His character in that man?
00:47:02.02\00:47:05.45
In that woman?"
00:47:05.49\00:47:06.82
This is the
wonder of the gospel:
00:47:06.86\00:47:09.46
to produce divinity in dirt.
00:47:09.49\00:47:11.96
Now to bring divinity out of
gold is not that spectacular.
00:47:13.60\00:47:16.60
But out of dirt...
00:47:16.63\00:47:18.53
So your father was a pimp.
00:47:22.14\00:47:23.61
Your mother was a hooker.
00:47:25.04\00:47:26.37
And God produces you.
00:47:27.34\00:47:29.04
Or you're the man, the pimp.
00:47:30.91\00:47:33.15
God take him and
makes him the apostle Paul.
00:47:33.18\00:47:36.15
And the angels wonder how?
00:47:36.85\00:47:39.35
That's the power of the gospel.
00:47:39.39\00:47:42.09
There is a movie that
came out last year called,
00:47:44.49\00:47:46.66
Straight Outta Compton.
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.03
The brothers know
what I'm talking about.
00:47:49.53\00:47:51.13
Straight Outta Compton.
00:47:52.97\00:47:54.30
Ice Cube, Dr. Dre,
Eazy-E; those fellows.
00:47:54.34\00:47:56.81
Out of... You know Compton?
00:47:58.51\00:47:59.97
Read about Compton.
00:48:00.21\00:48:01.54
The crime, the
Bloods and the Crips.
00:48:02.18\00:48:04.31
You know, the violence.
00:48:04.35\00:48:05.68
Read about Compton.
South of Los Angeles.
00:48:05.71\00:48:07.78
Straight out of Compton.
00:48:08.45\00:48:10.09
Straight out of dirt.
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.45
Yeah. Uh-huh.
00:48:13.76\00:48:15.09
Straight out of
dirt come divinity.
00:48:15.12\00:48:17.23
Somebody say amen.
00:48:17.26\00:48:18.63
~ Amen.
00:48:18.66\00:48:20.00
That's the power of the gospel.
00:48:20.03\00:48:23.20
God produces His
character in dirt.
00:48:23.80\00:48:27.80
So your value has
nothing to do with you.
00:48:31.41\00:48:35.08
It has to do with what
God desires to do in you.
00:48:36.08\00:48:41.25
You're sitting there
saying, "Nobody loves me."
00:48:41.68\00:48:44.09
You have no self-esteem.
00:48:44.19\00:48:45.99
You're dirt.
00:48:46.35\00:48:47.69
And God whispers to you
now, He says, "My daughter,
00:48:47.82\00:48:50.79
My son, I know you're dirt.
00:48:51.16\00:48:53.09
I made you dirt.
00:48:53.13\00:48:54.46
Now you come to Me, and
from this dirt I will produce
00:48:54.50\00:48:59.93
the divine character."
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.34
You and I must remember...
00:49:04.31\00:49:06.17
Let me give you this quotation.
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.41
It expresses this
better than I could.
00:49:08.44\00:49:09.88
Signs of the
Times, September 24, 1894,
00:49:10.21\00:49:15.12
paragraph four.
00:49:15.15\00:49:16.48
Let me tell you the
secret of me when I preach.
00:49:18.45\00:49:20.19
Don't tell anyone.
00:49:20.22\00:49:21.56
I've only told this
to one other person;
00:49:21.59\00:49:22.92
I'm telling it to you.
00:49:22.96\00:49:24.29
I've only told this
to one other person.
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
You know, I preach from my head.
00:49:25.99\00:49:27.63
And the way God
disciplines me to slow down,
00:49:28.23\00:49:30.37
He blocks my memory.
00:49:30.40\00:49:31.83
Mm-hmm
00:49:33.17\00:49:34.50
Just to slow me down, He does.
00:49:34.80\00:49:36.54
Don't tell anyone.
00:49:37.61\00:49:38.94
He just blocks it.
00:49:39.57\00:49:40.91
And that's His way of
saying, "My son, slow down."
00:49:41.28\00:49:44.68
Because I have this
bad habit of running along
00:49:44.78\00:49:47.65
like a freight train.
00:49:47.68\00:49:49.02
Bad habit.
00:49:49.05\00:49:50.39
Anyway...
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God can take dirt and
produce the divine image.
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That's the majesty, that
is the power of the gospel.
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Now let's go back to
Ellen White's quotation.
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Signs of the
Times, September 24, 1894,
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paragraph 4.
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Listen carefully after you
have recorded the reference.
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What did I say?
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Signs of the
Times, September 24, 1894,
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paragraph 4; listen carefully.
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"It is the prerogative of
God alone to prescribe the duty
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of men and angels.
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The will of God
is a perfect will,
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and must be obeyed as it
is set forth in His holy law,
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because every
requirement is just..."
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From commandment
one to commandment ten.
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"...every requirement
is just and is set forth
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by infinite wisdom.
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The law of God should be
obeyed even though there were
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no authority to enforce it, and
no rewards for its obedience."
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Keep listening.
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"The highest
interests of men and angels
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are conserved in obeying
the law" or the will, "of God.
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God's will as expressed in
his law is the supreme will..."
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Let me say it differently.
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The Ten Commandments
represent the highest
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expression of the will of God.
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"God's will expressed in
His law is the supreme will,
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and no invention, no device
of men can take its place."
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Keep listening.
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"Obedience to the
commandments of men..."
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Keeping Sunday for the Sabbath.
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"...instead of to
the commandments of God
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will be as
abomination in the sight of God;
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because what God
requires is essential to the
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highest good of his subjects,
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and is therefore
essential to the glory of God."
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Let me say that again.
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The conclusion of that
statement, what God requires
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of you; obedience
to His commandments,
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is connected to God's glory.
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So as you obey, by
the power of Christ,
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and the character of God
is reproduced in your life,
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God is glorified.
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Out of dirt comes divinity.
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Why? That God may get the glory.
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That the angelic
hosts and unfallen worlds
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may marvel, "How could God
produce His character in dirt?
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I can understand
from gold, but dirt?"
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That's what God can do for you.
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When I say God, I mean Christ.
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The one who made Adam from
dirt can produce His character
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in the dirt of your life.
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Listen to me, my
brothers and sisters.
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The dirt of my life.
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God wants that opportunity
to bring glory to Himself
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by reproducing His
character in your life.
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You just came out of
prison, God says, "Come to Me."
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You didn't have to
come out of prison,
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you could have
come to Him in prison.
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"You're in that
rehab; come to Me.
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You're in an abusive
relationship; come to Me.
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Can't find a job; come to Me.
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The cocaine is in
your veins; come to Me.
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The stuff is in your
nostrils; come to Me," says God,
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"and I will take
this life and make of it
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something that
marvels the entire universe."
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Not something similar
to the life of Christ.
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The precise life
Christ lived on this earth
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is the life you must
live, through the power of God.
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And so the Bible says, "He
hath made Him to be sin for us,
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who knew no sin, that we
might be made the righteousness
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of God in Him."
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Philippians 2:5,
"Let this mind be in you,
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which was also in Christ Jesus."
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The same mind by
which Christ lived
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is the mind by
which we might live,
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that in this dirt might be
produced, by the power of God,
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the very character of God.
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My brothers and
sisters, the value of dirt
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is what God does in our lives.
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God wants to make of
your life something of wonder.
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Something that
causes people to turn around
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and take a second look.
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As we say, to do a double take.
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This morning I ask you
quite simply, as time expires,
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do you want God to change
your life, transform your life,
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and put you on a pedestal
of hope and bright expectation?
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How many of you want
God to change your life?
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Let me see your hand.
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To give value to your life?
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Stand up with me.
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The value of dirt is
what God does with it.
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It's all of God.
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And the more
valueless the material,
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the greater the marvel of
what God can do with the life.
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Listen to me again.
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God can change your
life from dirt to divinity.
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Heads bowed, eyes closed.
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Dear God of heaven and earth,
we thank You for Your power.
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We thank You, dear God,
that as we walk in the light of
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Your law, by the
power of Your Spirit,
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the character produced
brings glory to Your name.
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It amazes the
universe, dear God.
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We thank You that You
can produce divinity in dirt.
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We thank You that
You chose dirt, not gold,
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to make us and to
make of us Your character.
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I ask today, God, in the name
of Jesus who took this same dirt
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and lived a flawless life
and reproduced Your character
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in the dirt He took,
in His name, dear God,
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work in our lives.
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Enter the mind of that
young man, that young woman,
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who thinks nothing of himself.
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Enter the life of that person
who has no sense of value.
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Enter that person's life,
dear God, and let him know,
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let her know, "I, the
Creator, can produce divinity
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in the dirt of your life."
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Hear this humble prayer.
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And Father, take all the glory
as we reflect Your character.
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Save us when You come, dear
God, so that we might occupy
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a position that even
unfallen angels will not enjoy.
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Hear this humble prayer.
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Bless Your people, I pray.
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In Jesus' name and for His sake.
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Let God's people
say, amen and amen.
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God bless you.
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