And our opening
song will be Stand up!
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stand up for Jesus,
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if we can all rise
for our opening song.
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Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
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Ye soldiers of the cross
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Lift high His royal banner
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It must not suffer loss
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From victory unto victory
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His army shall He lead
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Till every foe is vanquished
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And Christ is Lord indeed
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Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
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Stand in His strength alone
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The arm of flesh will fail you
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Ye dare not trust your own
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Put on the gospel armor
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And, watching unto prayer
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Where duty calls, or danger
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Be never wanting there
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Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
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The strife will not be long
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This day the noise of battle
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The next the victor's song
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To him that overcometh
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A crown of life shall be
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He with the King of glory
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Shall reign eternally
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You may all be seated.
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Romans 8.
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We're going to
read verses 14-18.
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And the Bible says,
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"For as many as are
lead by the Spirit of God,
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they are the sons of God.
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For ye have not
received a spirit of bondage
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again to fear,
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but ye have received
the spirit of adoption,
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whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit,
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that we are the children of God.
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And if children,
then heirs, heirs of God,
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and joint-heirs with Christ,
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if so be that
we suffer with him,
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that we may be
also glorified together.
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For I reckon that the sufferings
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of this present time
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are not worthy to be
compared with the glory
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which shall be revealed in us."
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Please bow with me in prayer.
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Holy Father, we ask
You to be present with us
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to send the Holy
Spirit to be among us,
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to give us wisdom,
discernment and comfort.
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Father, we give
this New Year to you
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and place it in Your
hands and pray to You, God,
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that our greatest gift and joy
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will be the companionship
of Jesus Christ Himself.
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Please be with
Randy Skeete this morning
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and I pray to You, God,
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that You will place
Your words in his mouth.
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Make us swift to
hear and quick to discern.
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And, Father, I pray that
You will give us the grace
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and the power to go
forward from this place
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as a new creation.
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Thank You for
adopting us into Your family.
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Thank You for
preparing a home for us.
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And dear, Father,
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I pray that when
all has been heard
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that we will be faithful,
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waiting and ready
to be home with you,
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in Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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When I survey
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The wondrous cross
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On which the Prince
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Of glory died
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My richest gain
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I count but loss
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And pour contempt
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On all my pride
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Forbid it, Lord,
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That I should boast
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Save in the death
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Of Christ my God
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All the vain things
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That charm me most
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I sacrifice them
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To His blood
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See from His head
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His hands, His feet
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Sorrow and love
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Flow mingled down!
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Did e'er such love
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And sorrow meet
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Or thorns compose
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So rich a crown?
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Were the whole realm
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Of nature mine
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That were a present far
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Too small Love so amazing
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So divine
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Demands my soul
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My life
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My all
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This love demands
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My soul
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My life, my all
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I will bless the
Lord at all times
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His praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
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My soul shall make
her boast in the Lord.
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The humble shall hear
their off and be glad.
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Oh, praise the Lord with me
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and let us exalt
His name together.
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God is good?
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All the time. And all the time.
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God is good.
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Good morning, everyone.
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Good morning.
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How was your night?
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God bless you. Nice to see you.
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I did so much talking yesterday,
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you can probably hear
the effects in my voice
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but it was all good I believe
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talking to God's
people is a privilege,
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it's an honor, it's a blessing.
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So remember to pray
that the Lord will sustain me
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through this brief presentation
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why do I say brief
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because I have to rush
from the pulpit to a car
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to the airport
to catch my flight.
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So I will hurry
without being too rushed.
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Let me pause and
express my gratitude
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to the GYC
Sanhedrin for inviting me
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to be a part of
this blessed experience.
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I really have
been highly honored,
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I mean that from my heart
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and God knows I'm
telling the truth.
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I really thank you
and I pray and I hope
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that something I said
smoothly or not so smoothly
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was a blessing to you somehow.
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Amen.
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I thank you for loving God.
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I thank you for
loving God's word.
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And I thank you for
loving God's people.
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I also am very grateful
for the quality of music,
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particularly the music
that preceded my coming
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to this desk.
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Very few people know
is that the special music
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that precedes my sermons
have a profound effect on me.
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So I'm always
nervous who is singing?
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How will the person be dressed?
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And how will the person behave?
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Will the person sing as
though he or she is worshipping?
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Or as though he
or she is performing?
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So I'm grateful for those
who sang prior to my coming
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and for those who played.
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May God bless you.
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And may you always
commit your talents to His glory
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and to the
blessing of your fellow man
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and your fellow woman.
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For those of you
who have been with us
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who are not
Seventh-day Adventists,
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thank you so much for
blessing our presence,
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for our gathering
with your presence.
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We are highly
honored to have you
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and we hope that you will
continue to fellowship with us
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wherever you
find us in your town,
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your city or your village.
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I thank God for life.
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I thank Him for the honor
He gives me to speak for Him.
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While I have this platform,
let me say in God's defense,
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God has never done me
anything wrong, never.
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All my blessings
have come from God.
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All my problems I
have brought on myself.
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Let me say it again.
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All my blessings
have come from God.
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All my headaches,
hardships and hernia
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I have brought on myself.
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Are you with me?
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So God is innocent in my life.
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And I wanted to make
that public statement.
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I love God.
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Uh, that amen is lifeless.
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I love God.
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Amen. I love Jesus.
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Amen. I love the Holy Ghost.
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Amen. I love the angels.
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Amen. And I love you.
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Amen.
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I love you I said.
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Amen.
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Don't make me change my mind.
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Our subject for this morning,
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Esau was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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What did I say?
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Esau was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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For the final time.
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What is this?
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Mobile phone.
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What is this? Bible.
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What do I want
you to do with this?
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How many of you
have been rebelling,
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let me see your hand.
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Sister, don't rebel
against God's servant,
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you will not get a husband.
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Please cooperate.
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Turn the phone off.
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Now an
announcement, not announcement,
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a sign came up earlier,
put your phones on silence.
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No, no, no, no.
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Turn them off
until they're dead,
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somebody say amen.
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All right.
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Favor number two, while
I'm speaking pray for me
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and say, Lord, put your
words in that man's mouth.
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I told you yesterday
I'll repeat it today,
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it is an urgent request
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when Peter stood on the
day of Pentecost Acts 2,
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the Bible says and
Peter standing up with the 11.
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That's very meaningful to me.
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There were 12 disciples.
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Peter stood the
Bible says with the 12.
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Now it was only the
voice of Peter that was heard.
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But somehow those
listening understood
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that the other 11 men
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were one with
Peter in that sermon.
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And so in verse
37 the Bible says,
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"Now when they heard this,
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they were
pricked in their heart.
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And said unto Peter
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and to the rest of the apostles,
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"Men and
Brethren, what shall we do?"
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So while Peter physically spoke,
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the other 11 were one with him.
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When I speak this morning,
I want to stand with the 11.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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And so I ask you as a favor,
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ask God to put His words where?
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In my mouth.
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That's based on Jeremiah 1:9,
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"Then the Lord put forth
his hand and touch my mouth,
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and the Lord said unto me
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'Behold I have put
my words in thy mouth.'"
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It's also based
on 2 Samuel 23:2.
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"The Spirit of
the Lord speak by me
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and His word was in my tongue."
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And favor number three.
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What is that?
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I want you to think.
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I have often
said, I'll say it now,
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if people would think
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we would not do
the things we do.
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If we would think
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we would not drink
the things we drink.
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If we would think
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we would not eat
the things we eat.
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If we would think
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we would not date
the people we date.
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If we would
think, we would not...
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Let me change the pronouns,
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if some people would think
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they would not attend
the churches they attend.
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Think, it is a divine quality.
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You serve a God who thinks.
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Here is what He says to
you, "Come now, let us do what?
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Reason together."
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Think, let's pray.
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We read for those
coming in to take their seats
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before we pray
so all is reverent.
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While I ask all men
to take your hats off.
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Heads bowed, eyes closed.
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Our Father in heaven,
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in the name of Jesus Christ,
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Father, when I say
the name of Jesus Christ,
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I mean, in the name of
the one who is fully God.
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The one who said
let there be light.
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The one who said in
His earthly sojourn,
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the prince of this world
cometh and have nothing in me.
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Father, when I say
in the name of Jesus,
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I mean in the name of the one
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who stood outside
the empty tomb and said,
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"O death where is thy sting?
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O grave where is thy victory?
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In the name of Jesus dear God,
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bless us with Your spirit
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that He may
enlighten our understanding.
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Grant to me that
God simple words,
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I humble myself
before You Father.
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My desire is Your glory
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and the blessing of Your people.
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For the sake of Your
glory use me there God please.
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And for those
listening by television,
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even when they listen
to this recorded version,
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bless them dear God
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with the
revelation of saving truth.
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Thank You dear God
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for the high honor
of speaking for You.
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It is an honor
angels would love,
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but you have given it
to a sinner such as I.
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I thank You dear God,
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I may always
represent You all right
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in and out of the sacred desk.
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Now surround us with
angels that excel in strength
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as we worship You in spirit
and in truth bless everyone,
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bless every family represented.
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Bless Your
remnant people dear God.
00:18:01.48\00:18:04.18
Bless the
leaders of this country.
00:18:04.21\00:18:06.48
Daniel 2:21.
00:18:06.51\00:18:08.68
"He changeth the
times and the seasons:
00:18:08.72\00:18:11.25
He removeth kings,
and setteth up kings."
00:18:11.29\00:18:16.02
Not only our leaders,
bless the leaders of the world,
00:18:16.06\00:18:18.13
dear Father.
00:18:18.16\00:18:19.49
Let them make
decisions that are advantages
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.83
to be advancement of the gospel.
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I offer this
prayer from my heart
00:18:25.90\00:18:27.40
along with the request
that you bless the sick.
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In Jesus' name and for His sake,
00:18:30.54\00:18:32.64
let God's people
say amen and amen.
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What's our subject?
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Esau was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Genesis 25
reading from verse 29.
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Genesis 25
reading from verse 29.
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I'm reading from the King
James Version of the Bible.
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The Bible says,
"And Jacob sod pottage.
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And Esau came from the
field and he was faint.
00:19:06.21\00:19:10.85
And Esau said to Jacob
00:19:10.88\00:19:13.85
'Feed me I pray thee
with that same red pottage
00:19:13.88\00:19:16.89
for I am faint therefore
was his name called Edom.'
00:19:16.92\00:19:21.92
And Jacob said,
00:19:21.96\00:19:23.66
'Sell me this
day thy birthright.'"
00:19:23.69\00:19:27.56
Verse 32.
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"And Esau said, 'Behold,
I am at the point to die:
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and what profit shall
this birthright do to me.'"
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Let's reread verse 32.
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"And Esau said..."
00:19:45.15\00:19:46.92
Listen to Esau's
words, listen microscopically.
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"Behold, I am at
the point to die."
00:19:51.32\00:19:55.49
That's physical.
00:19:55.52\00:19:57.93
That's temporal.
00:19:57.96\00:20:00.40
That's visible.
00:20:00.43\00:20:03.80
What profit
shall this birthright,
00:20:03.83\00:20:06.77
that's eternal,
00:20:06.80\00:20:08.80
that's
invisible, that's spiritual.
00:20:08.84\00:20:15.54
What is the profit
of something eternal,
00:20:15.58\00:20:20.12
invisible and spiritual to
me in a moment of physical need?
00:20:20.15\00:20:24.85
Esau was so consumed by
meeting his physical needs,
00:20:27.82\00:20:34.43
his visible needs,
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.60
his temporal needs all
of which are legitimate.
00:20:36.63\00:20:42.20
But they so
dominated his thinking
00:20:42.24\00:20:44.54
that he lost sight
of the value of that
00:20:44.57\00:20:48.34
which benefits us now
and in the life to come.
00:20:48.38\00:20:54.92
What profit shall
this birthright do to me?
00:20:54.95\00:21:00.56
Verse 33.
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"And Jacob said,
Swear to me this day,
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and he sware unto him:
00:21:05.86\00:21:07.90
and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob."
00:21:07.93\00:21:12.10
One of the saddest verses
in the Bible, Genesis 25:34,
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"Then Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentils
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and he did eat, and drink,
00:21:21.78\00:21:24.55
and rose up,
and went his way..."
00:21:24.58\00:21:27.12
Finish the verse for me...
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"Thus Esau did what?
00:21:29.15\00:21:31.42
Despised his birthright."
00:21:31.45\00:21:34.89
Some translations
accounted it of little value,
00:21:34.92\00:21:38.16
belittled,
treated with contempt.
00:21:38.19\00:21:42.00
Esau despised the
most precious gift.
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A Hebrew boy.
00:21:48.64\00:21:50.61
A descendant of Abraham.
00:21:50.64\00:21:52.57
A male descendant could
look forward to the birthright.
00:21:52.61\00:21:57.35
A double portion of
the father's wealth.
00:21:57.38\00:22:00.92
Headship of the family.
00:22:00.95\00:22:03.35
The priest of the home.
00:22:03.39\00:22:06.92
All of these and
perhaps other blessings
00:22:06.96\00:22:09.56
came with the birthright.
00:22:09.59\00:22:11.69
Jacob understood the
value of the birthright,
00:22:11.73\00:22:15.50
Esau did not.
00:22:15.53\00:22:19.20
And so Esau
despised his birthright.
00:22:19.23\00:22:23.10
I feel compelled
to reread verse 32.
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"And Esau said, 'Behold
I am at the point to die.'"
00:22:26.61\00:22:33.01
That is called an
extremity, an extreme situation.
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There are other
extreme situations
00:22:37.59\00:22:40.06
in which we find ourselves.
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Behold I am 36
and I have no man.
00:22:42.22\00:22:45.53
What profit is thou shalt
not commit adultery do to me?
00:22:49.20\00:22:53.27
Behold, I have five children.
00:22:57.94\00:23:03.88
Divorced.
00:23:03.91\00:23:06.31
My paycheck is small.
00:23:06.35\00:23:10.89
What profit shall bring
you all the tithe do to me?
00:23:10.92\00:23:14.89
We value God's things
in the light of our needs.
00:23:21.66\00:23:25.53
Let me say that differently.
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We value God's blessings
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.74
when by looking
through a secular lens
00:23:29.77\00:23:35.48
and we see no value.
00:23:35.51\00:23:36.95
Let me offer a possible example.
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How many of you went
on a 5K this morning?
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5K, glad you survived.
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I don't see the
point for running 5K.
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But go ahead, God
bless you, or 10K.
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How many of you were late
00:24:02.60\00:24:03.94
because of the
5K to this service.
00:24:03.97\00:24:05.47
Can I see your hands?
00:24:05.51\00:24:06.98
All right. Okay. Okay.
00:24:07.01\00:24:10.78
Which one did you
value more highly?
00:24:10.81\00:24:12.35
Don't raise your hands.
00:24:12.38\00:24:13.72
The 5K or the Word Worship
that can change your life?
00:24:16.82\00:24:22.06
You're in the
final year of your PhD.
00:24:25.56\00:24:31.30
One exam to take
00:24:31.33\00:24:32.67
to move into your
gathering of research materials,
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.91
that exam is
placed on the Sabbath.
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.51
You are in Esau's predicament.
00:24:43.01\00:24:46.61
What profit will
the Sabbath be to me
00:24:46.65\00:24:50.45
when I am staring down
00:24:50.49\00:24:51.99
the loss of thousands of dollars
00:24:52.02\00:24:54.76
invested in an education
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.79
which I regard as the
security for my future life?
00:24:56.83\00:25:00.53
Do you see the profit in
being a Seventh-day Adventist?
00:25:05.77\00:25:11.24
Do you see the
profit in serving God?
00:25:11.27\00:25:16.75
Job 21 reading from verse 7.
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Our subject, Esau was
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:25:20.12\00:25:25.62
What was our
subject yesterday morning?
00:25:25.65\00:25:27.26
What?
00:25:30.49\00:25:32.33
The morning before that.
00:25:32.36\00:25:35.20
The morning before that.
00:25:35.23\00:25:37.17
What book did I say?
00:25:37.20\00:25:39.10
What chapter?
00:25:39.13\00:25:40.47
Reading for what verse?
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Seven.
00:25:41.87\00:25:43.20
What verse?
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.57
Seven.
00:25:44.61\00:25:45.94
"Wherefore do the wicked live,
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.78
become old, yea,
are mighty in power!
00:25:47.81\00:25:52.28
Their seed is established
in their sight with them,
00:25:52.31\00:25:55.62
and their
offspring before their eyes."
00:25:55.65\00:25:58.52
Their houses are safe from fear,
00:25:58.55\00:26:00.96
neither is the
rod of God upon them.
00:26:00.99\00:26:04.59
Their bull
gendereth, and faileth not,
00:26:04.63\00:26:08.16
their cow calveth,
and casteth not her calf.
00:26:08.20\00:26:12.57
They send forth their
little ones like a flock,
00:26:12.60\00:26:15.60
and their children dance.
00:26:15.64\00:26:17.61
They take the timbrel and harp,
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.08
and rejoice at the
sound of the organ."
00:26:20.11\00:26:23.18
Verse 13.
00:26:23.21\00:26:24.55
"They spend
their days in wealth,
00:26:24.58\00:26:27.88
and in a moment
go down to the grave.
00:26:27.92\00:26:30.69
Therefore they say
unto God, 'Depart from us,
00:26:30.72\00:26:34.46
for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways."'
00:26:34.49\00:26:38.06
Read verse 15
with me nice and loud
00:26:38.09\00:26:40.33
if you have the
King James Version,
00:26:40.36\00:26:41.80
read with me.
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.16
"What is the Almighty
that we should serve him?
00:26:43.20\00:26:47.67
And what profit, go one,
00:26:47.70\00:26:50.01
should we have if
we pray unto him?"
00:26:50.04\00:26:53.58
There are Christians today,
they go to church physically,
00:26:56.61\00:27:01.58
but they do not see
the profit in serving God.
00:27:01.62\00:27:04.45
Anyone in that condition
requires only the slight nudge
00:27:10.33\00:27:14.93
to fall over and to leave God.
00:27:14.96\00:27:20.60
A person of that description
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.20
can never survive
the time of trouble.
00:27:22.24\00:27:25.51
My young
friends, I ask you again,
00:27:25.54\00:27:28.98
do you see the
profit in serving God?
00:27:29.01\00:27:33.48
Do you see the value of living
a biblically upright life?
00:27:33.52\00:27:39.72
Or are you so
dazzled by the world
00:27:39.75\00:27:42.29
that you are almost at
the point of Esau to say,
00:27:42.32\00:27:45.99
what profit is
Seventh-day Adventism to me?
00:27:46.03\00:27:52.37
And if it is of
no profit to you,
00:27:52.40\00:27:54.17
you will engage
in no evangelism.
00:27:54.20\00:27:56.57
We have a health message.
00:28:02.88\00:28:07.68
Somebody say amen.
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.05
Amen.
00:28:09.08\00:28:10.42
Listen to these words in
Medical Ministry, page 49,
00:28:10.45\00:28:13.96
paragraph 2.
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.46
"They are divinely
instituted laws or rules
00:28:16.49\00:28:20.50
which if followed
will keep human beings
00:28:20.53\00:28:24.43
from disease and
premature death."
00:28:24.47\00:28:30.01
That's two amens,
three, four, five.
00:28:30.04\00:28:33.51
Listen again.
00:28:33.54\00:28:35.28
"They are
divinely appointed rules.
00:28:35.31\00:28:39.48
What does she mean
by divinely appointed?
00:28:39.51\00:28:41.25
What's the source?
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.72
God.
00:28:42.75\00:28:44.62
Can God go wrong?
00:28:44.65\00:28:45.99
No.
00:28:46.02\00:28:47.52
"They are
divinely appointed rules
00:28:47.56\00:28:50.16
which if followed..."
00:28:50.19\00:28:52.56
What does if mean?
00:28:52.59\00:28:54.63
Condition.
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.26
"Will keep human beings
00:28:56.30\00:28:58.73
from disease and
premature death."
00:28:58.77\00:29:02.44
We have a health message
00:29:02.47\00:29:04.71
that other people
use for their benefit.
00:29:04.74\00:29:07.64
You see, when you
do things God's way,
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.94
even if you're an
atheist you're blessed.
00:29:09.98\00:29:14.42
I'm talking to myself.
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.15
You're sleeping
how, with your eyes open.
00:29:17.19\00:29:19.52
Listen again.
00:29:19.55\00:29:20.89
"If an atheist
returns the tithe,
00:29:20.92\00:29:23.02
he receives the tithe blessing.
00:29:23.06\00:29:24.86
Amen.
00:29:24.89\00:29:26.29
Because God is not a
man that He should lie.
00:29:26.33\00:29:29.76
We have a health message.
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.54
We despise it.
00:29:35.57\00:29:39.37
The way Esau
despised his birthright.
00:29:39.41\00:29:42.38
We have a message that
would keep us out of hospitals.
00:29:42.41\00:29:48.45
Keep our money in our pockets.
00:29:48.48\00:29:52.49
Allow us to be fit to
serve in foreign lands.
00:29:52.52\00:29:57.46
Because the healthier you are,
00:29:57.49\00:29:59.06
the more effective
you can be for God.
00:29:59.09\00:30:03.47
God bless all sick
people, don't misunderstand me.
00:30:03.50\00:30:06.87
There's a
strength coach who says,
00:30:06.90\00:30:08.97
"Strong people are
harder to kill than weak people
00:30:09.00\00:30:11.27
and are generally more useful."
00:30:11.31\00:30:12.91
Do you know how many
billions of dollars are lost
00:30:16.38\00:30:18.95
because of sick
days in this country?
00:30:18.98\00:30:23.89
I say again, in the
hearing of heaven and earth,
00:30:23.92\00:30:26.69
we have a health message.
00:30:26.72\00:30:31.23
But when that message
is brought, it is despised.
00:30:31.26\00:30:36.80
Get rid of those
missionaries telling me
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.77
that there is not to eat
this, and not to eat that,
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.20
and when to
drink, and when to sleep,
00:30:41.24\00:30:42.87
and get rid of them,
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.34
they are
disrupting our lifestyle.
00:30:44.37\00:30:49.74
Don't tell me to give up meat.
00:30:49.78\00:30:53.08
God is not so narrow-minded
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.98
as to care if I eat
beef or pork or crocodiles,
00:30:56.02\00:30:59.55
He is not that narrow-minded.
00:30:59.59\00:31:03.19
Yes, He is.
00:31:03.22\00:31:05.86
God is very narrow-minded.
00:31:05.89\00:31:08.66
The soul that sinneth...
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.47
It shall die.
00:31:10.50\00:31:11.83
We have a
complimentary source of wisdom.
00:31:15.94\00:31:22.21
The writings of whom?
00:31:22.24\00:31:25.85
Ellen White.
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.25
God in heaven
knows I speak the truth
00:31:27.28\00:31:28.88
when I say how often I thank God
00:31:28.92\00:31:32.79
for the ministry of Ellen White.
00:31:32.82\00:31:34.92
Amen.
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.62
Let me say it again on my knees,
00:31:36.66\00:31:39.66
I say it in the hearing
of a God who hates lies,
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.26
I thank God for what
He did through that woman.
00:31:42.30\00:31:47.67
And the legacy of light,
00:31:47.70\00:31:50.27
the inheritance of truth
that has come down to us.
00:31:50.31\00:31:53.88
We despise it.
00:31:53.91\00:31:59.11
Studies have shown
that one of the factors
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.78
that contribute
to spiritual growth
00:32:01.82\00:32:03.72
among Adventists is reading
the writings of Ellen White.
00:32:03.75\00:32:09.42
Let me talk to the young people.
00:32:09.46\00:32:12.59
The older ones, it's
harder to get through them
00:32:12.63\00:32:16.23
because we have more
layers of sin you see.
00:32:16.26\00:32:18.53
You being young,
00:32:18.57\00:32:19.90
God has just a little
work to scrape away the sin
00:32:19.93\00:32:21.67
but for us He
needs a pneumatic drill.
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.37
Read the
writings of Ellen White.
00:32:27.68\00:32:30.95
Cherish that wisdom.
00:32:30.98\00:32:34.65
You've got your
eyes on the girlfriend,
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.82
read messages to young people,
read letters to young lovers.
00:32:36.85\00:32:42.76
Read Adventist Home,
you're thinking of having,
00:32:42.79\00:32:45.16
of getting married,
read Adventist Home.
00:32:45.19\00:32:48.03
You want to bring a
child into the world,
00:32:48.06\00:32:49.83
read Child Guidance.
00:32:49.86\00:32:53.97
Not Joyce Meyer,
00:32:54.00\00:32:59.31
and T.D. Jakes, and Benny Hinn,
00:32:59.34\00:33:05.61
and the others.
00:33:05.65\00:33:08.45
You smile and
you smile beautifully
00:33:11.49\00:33:12.85
but do you
understand the insult to God.
00:33:12.89\00:33:16.62
Here is a source
of inspired wisdom.
00:33:16.66\00:33:22.70
And we despise it and
seek carnal knowledge.
00:33:22.73\00:33:28.27
No wonder nobody
knows who Adventists are.
00:33:28.30\00:33:31.54
As I was telling
some people yesterday,
00:33:31.57\00:33:33.17
oh, the whole
world knows who is ISIS?
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.91
Very few people
know who Adventists are?
00:33:36.95\00:33:40.25
We have a complimentary.
00:33:40.28\00:33:42.78
Why do I say complimentary?
00:33:42.82\00:33:44.45
Because it supports, it
helps us to understand it
00:33:44.49\00:33:47.89
in no way conflicts
with biblical truth.
00:33:47.92\00:33:52.19
We despise it.
00:33:52.23\00:33:55.10
I was in a certain
country on the face of the earth
00:33:55.13\00:33:59.03
preaching a few years ago.
00:33:59.07\00:34:01.37
A weekend revival, I
stayed in the home of a minister
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.81
who invited me.
00:34:03.84\00:34:05.77
I won't identify the
country for fear of reprisals.
00:34:05.81\00:34:10.88
He told me, the
minister in his conference
00:34:10.91\00:34:16.12
a letter was
circulated among preachers
00:34:16.15\00:34:18.89
which they had to sign,
00:34:18.92\00:34:20.26
"I will not quote the
writings of Ellen White
00:34:20.29\00:34:23.26
from the pulpit."
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.63
He didn't sign it.
00:34:28.33\00:34:31.93
And God bless him.
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.77
The conference called him in.
00:34:34.80\00:34:37.14
Why haven't you
signed this document?
00:34:37.17\00:34:39.47
He wanted to know why.
00:34:39.51\00:34:42.51
Because one of the
conference officials
00:34:42.54\00:34:45.15
was a member of the
local association of witches.
00:34:45.18\00:34:47.78
Listen to a Bible verse.
00:34:54.66\00:34:56.79
Don't go there, just listen.
00:34:56.83\00:35:00.60
Believe in the Lord your God,
so shall you be established.
00:35:00.63\00:35:07.14
Who can finish that?
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.04
Believe what?
00:35:09.07\00:35:10.74
His prophets so
shall ye prosper.
00:35:10.77\00:35:16.91
Now let's reread
that microscopically,
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.68
it says, believe
in the Lord your God,
00:35:19.71\00:35:23.32
so shall you be established.
00:35:23.35\00:35:24.79
It does not say
believe in the prophets,
00:35:24.82\00:35:27.12
it says believe them
00:35:27.16\00:35:28.49
which means
believe what they say,
00:35:28.52\00:35:29.96
but you believe in God.
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.33
Are you following me?
00:35:31.36\00:35:32.69
There's a difference,
Ellen White is not a god.
00:35:32.73\00:35:34.93
You missed it, it's my fault.
00:35:34.96\00:35:38.63
Believe in the Lord your God,
00:35:38.67\00:35:42.40
so shall you be established.
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.11
Believe His
prophets, so shall you prosper.
00:35:44.14\00:35:49.54
This church officially
regards Ellen Gould White
00:35:49.58\00:35:54.92
as having exercise the
biblical prophetic gift.
00:35:54.95\00:35:59.82
As verily as Isaiah or Jeremiah,
00:35:59.85\00:36:03.06
even though her writings
00:36:03.09\00:36:04.53
are not part of
the biblical canon,
00:36:04.56\00:36:06.43
the source is the same.
00:36:06.46\00:36:08.50
Amen.
00:36:08.53\00:36:10.57
And when you neglect her light,
00:36:10.60\00:36:13.64
you develop a
disregard for this.
00:36:13.67\00:36:17.77
And so I appeal to
my handsome brothers,
00:36:17.81\00:36:20.34
my attractive young
sisters, listen to me,
00:36:20.38\00:36:22.78
do yourself a
favor, build on solid rock,
00:36:22.81\00:36:26.88
read the
writings of the prophet.
00:36:26.92\00:36:30.49
Buy her books.
00:36:30.52\00:36:33.39
Every youth
should have education.
00:36:33.42\00:36:36.49
Every youth should have
messages to young people.
00:36:36.52\00:36:41.66
Every youth
should have principles
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.73
of Christian education.
00:36:44.77\00:36:47.20
Every young person
should familiarize himself
00:36:47.24\00:36:49.97
or herself with the
Conflict of the Ages series.
00:36:50.01\00:36:52.97
What are the books
00:36:53.01\00:36:54.34
in the Conflict
of the Ages series?
00:36:54.38\00:36:55.71
Book number one, this row?
00:36:55.74\00:36:57.31
Too slow, that row?
00:36:57.35\00:36:59.81
That row?
00:36:59.85\00:37:01.35
I want them in order. This row?
00:37:01.38\00:37:04.29
No, no. That row?
00:37:04.32\00:37:06.35
Let's start again,
this is embarrassing,
00:37:06.39\00:37:07.99
the whole universe is watching.
00:37:08.02\00:37:09.46
The books of the
Conflict of the Ages,
00:37:09.49\00:37:11.73
book number one in
chronological order.
00:37:11.76\00:37:13.76
That row?
00:37:13.80\00:37:15.53
This row?
00:37:15.56\00:37:17.13
That row?
00:37:17.17\00:37:18.97
This row?
00:37:19.00\00:37:20.40
All together,
00:37:20.44\00:37:21.77
The Great
Controversy, somebody say amen.
00:37:21.80\00:37:23.14
Amen.
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.51
You read those five books
and you'll educate yourselves
00:37:24.54\00:37:29.94
in the essentials of
what we call present truth.
00:37:29.98\00:37:36.92
But like Esau we
despise our birthright.
00:37:36.95\00:37:43.46
We despise the health message.
00:37:43.49\00:37:46.33
We despise Ellen White.
00:37:46.36\00:37:49.90
We despise the Sabbath.
00:37:49.93\00:37:51.90
I'm glad you didn't say amen.
00:37:57.71\00:37:59.04
Listen to me.
00:37:59.07\00:38:00.41
We despise the Holy Ghost.
00:38:00.44\00:38:03.58
We despise the
divinity of Christ.
00:38:03.61\00:38:09.02
I was in
California several years ago,
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.69
one of my favorite places.
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.75
And I had just spoken
and some man came to me,
00:38:12.79\00:38:15.26
can I speak to you Randy,
00:38:15.29\00:38:17.03
virtually cornered me in a room.
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.79
Trying to
convince me the Holy Ghost
00:38:19.83\00:38:21.20
is not an
intelligent personality.
00:38:21.23\00:38:26.23
And I was, when he
left, I said, Lord,
00:38:26.27\00:38:28.94
why did I waste my time
00:38:28.97\00:38:32.17
listening to that man.
00:38:32.21\00:38:36.85
We despise the Trinity.
00:38:36.88\00:38:40.68
We despise the
concept of the remnant.
00:38:40.72\00:38:46.45
We despise the
concept of the teaching
00:38:46.49\00:38:49.06
of victory over sin.
00:38:49.09\00:38:50.99
We despise the true face
ministry of Jesus Christ.
00:38:51.03\00:38:57.10
We despise the
investigative judgment.
00:38:57.13\00:39:02.84
Esau despised his birthright.
00:39:02.87\00:39:08.21
And so in my estimation,
00:39:08.24\00:39:10.35
Esau, if he were alive today
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.85
would make a very
excellent Seventh-day Adventist,
00:39:12.88\00:39:18.29
because that which
God has given to us
00:39:18.32\00:39:22.16
for our benefit.
00:39:22.19\00:39:23.79
Now when I say we despise,
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.16
it is not an
organizational despising,
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.86
it is not a vote
taken a majority vote,
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.33
less despise, no, no,
00:39:30.37\00:39:31.70
it is just
widespread in the church.
00:39:31.73\00:39:34.14
In 2 Corinthians 4:18.
00:39:38.77\00:39:41.88
Paul says while we look
not at the things that are seen
00:39:41.91\00:39:46.35
but at the things
which are not seen.
00:39:46.38\00:39:48.55
For the things
which are seen are what?
00:39:48.58\00:39:51.89
Temporal.
00:39:51.92\00:39:53.25
But the things which
are not seen are eternal.
00:39:53.29\00:39:56.02
Listen to me carefully.
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.63
While you pursue your degrees...
00:39:58.66\00:40:01.06
Oh, let me go to
something else we despise.
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.80
We despise our
educational system.
00:40:03.83\00:40:07.80
Well, let me not
say educational system.
00:40:07.84\00:40:10.44
We despise our
truth about education,
00:40:10.47\00:40:13.61
because the system is
often not what it should be.
00:40:13.64\00:40:19.21
Education, page 13, paragraph 1,
00:40:19.25\00:40:21.62
the servant of the Lord writes,
00:40:21.65\00:40:24.29
"Our ideas of
education take too narrow
00:40:24.32\00:40:28.02
and too low a range.
00:40:28.06\00:40:29.82
There is need
of a broader scope,
00:40:29.86\00:40:32.36
a higher aim.
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.10
True education means
more than the pursual
00:40:34.13\00:40:37.43
of a certain course of study."
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.07
It means more than
a degree from Harvard.
00:40:39.10\00:40:43.91
"It means more
than a preparation
00:40:43.94\00:40:45.54
for the life that now is.
00:40:45.57\00:40:47.48
It has to do
with the whole being,
00:40:47.51\00:40:50.51
and with the whole period
of existence possible to man."
00:40:50.55\00:40:55.18
That is now and eternity.
00:40:55.22\00:40:57.25
The Adventist idea of education
00:40:57.29\00:41:00.29
is a preparation for eternity.
00:41:00.32\00:41:04.39
Not to get a job at Walmart.
00:41:04.43\00:41:06.53
It is the harmonious development
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.43
of the physical, the mental,
and the spiritual powers.
00:41:12.47\00:41:16.74
It prepares the
student for the joy of service
00:41:16.77\00:41:19.94
in this life
and for a higher joy
00:41:19.97\00:41:22.51
of why the service
in the life to come.
00:41:22.54\00:41:24.88
Listen to the final
statements microscopically,
00:41:24.91\00:41:28.22
it prepares the
student for the joy.
00:41:28.25\00:41:31.52
Keep that word in mind
of service in this world.
00:41:31.55\00:41:35.92
And for the higher
joy of wider service now.
00:41:35.96\00:41:40.70
If you have joy and service,
00:41:40.73\00:41:43.43
then higher joy
and wider service,
00:41:43.47\00:41:46.00
where should your emphasis be?
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.70
On higher joy and wider service?
00:41:47.74\00:41:50.11
All intelligent people say amen.
00:41:50.14\00:41:51.84
Most of us, we pursue
an education to get a job.
00:41:58.61\00:42:03.08
This deafening
silence confirms the accuracy
00:42:08.86\00:42:11.46
of what I just said.
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.76
Most young people Adventists
00:42:13.80\00:42:17.07
pursue an education
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.27
to get a job in this life.
00:42:19.30\00:42:24.91
Is there any sin in the job? No.
00:42:24.94\00:42:27.44
Who created work?
00:42:27.48\00:42:28.81
God.
00:42:28.84\00:42:30.51
Does work
contribute to character?
00:42:30.55\00:42:32.61
Yes.
00:42:32.65\00:42:35.15
But listen to
what they were doing
00:42:35.18\00:42:36.85
when the flood came,
00:42:36.89\00:42:38.39
likewise not a flood,
00:42:38.42\00:42:39.75
the destruction of
Sodem also the flood,
00:42:39.79\00:42:41.92
likewise also Luke 17:28,
00:42:41.96\00:42:44.49
as it was in the
days of Lot, they did eat,
00:42:44.53\00:42:48.46
they drank, they bought,
00:42:48.50\00:42:50.87
they sold, they
planted, they built it.
00:42:50.90\00:42:54.00
Murder is not included.
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.68
I'm sure it happened.
00:43:01.71\00:43:04.38
Carjacking is not written.
00:43:04.41\00:43:06.95
Burglary is not mentioned.
00:43:06.98\00:43:10.49
Adultery not mentioned.
00:43:10.52\00:43:13.82
Corruption not mentioned.
00:43:13.86\00:43:17.36
Eat, God invented that.
00:43:17.39\00:43:20.00
Drink, God invented that.
00:43:20.03\00:43:22.70
Built, buy, sell, plant.
00:43:22.73\00:43:28.64
You know what that is?
00:43:28.67\00:43:30.34
Life as usual.
00:43:30.37\00:43:35.81
How can someone be lost
for living life as usual?
00:43:35.84\00:43:40.12
Now let me tell you quickly.
00:43:43.92\00:43:45.25
Am I telling you
don't go to school?
00:43:45.29\00:43:46.62
No, no, no.
00:43:46.65\00:43:49.02
Christ Object
Lessons, page 316, paragraph 2,
00:43:49.06\00:43:51.99
"Every act is
judged by the motive."
00:43:52.03\00:43:56.16
I love to ask young
people what you're studying.
00:43:56.20\00:43:59.53
I'm studying astrophysics.
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.50
Why? Oh, I like math.
00:44:01.54\00:44:03.51
Good.
00:44:03.54\00:44:04.87
What are you studying?
00:44:04.91\00:44:06.24
Chemistry. Why?
00:44:06.27\00:44:07.61
I like studying
the periodic table.
00:44:07.64\00:44:08.98
Okay.
00:44:09.01\00:44:12.51
What are you studying? History.
00:44:12.55\00:44:13.88
Why?
00:44:13.92\00:44:15.25
I love to study the
flaws in human nature.
00:44:15.28\00:44:17.39
Okay.
00:44:17.42\00:44:18.75
What are you studying?
00:44:18.79\00:44:22.49
Anatomy. Why?
00:44:22.52\00:44:24.56
I love the architectural
design of the human body.
00:44:24.59\00:44:28.06
Points of insertion, origin,
actions and whatever else.
00:44:28.10\00:44:31.30
Okay.
00:44:31.33\00:44:32.67
But what I'm listening for is
00:44:32.70\00:44:34.20
I am studying this or
that because I see clearly
00:44:34.24\00:44:39.11
how I can use it
for the cause of God.
00:44:39.14\00:44:41.28
I never hear that.
00:44:41.31\00:44:42.64
Let me be extreme.
00:44:48.02\00:44:50.59
As I continue the close of Esau
was a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:44:50.62\00:44:56.49
Listen to a verse
you know very well.
00:44:56.52\00:44:58.89
Whether therefore ye eat...
00:44:58.93\00:45:01.86
Come on, or drink, come
on or whatsoever you do...
00:45:01.90\00:45:06.87
Let's look at that
how microscopically.
00:45:06.90\00:45:11.01
Whether therefore
ye eat or drink...
00:45:11.04\00:45:13.11
When is the word
whatsoever exclude?
00:45:13.14\00:45:16.24
Nothing.
00:45:16.28\00:45:20.15
That verse is not in Revelation.
00:45:20.18\00:45:24.09
It's not symbolic.
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.45
You know Ellen
White councils us,
00:45:31.79\00:45:33.40
take the Bible how?
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.73
As it reads unless of course,
it is obviously symbolic.
00:45:35.76\00:45:39.63
Now, let's speak
1 Corinthians 10:31
00:45:39.67\00:45:42.27
as it reads
whether therefore ye eat,
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.77
or drink,
00:45:44.81\00:45:46.14
or whatsoever you do, do all.
00:45:46.17\00:45:52.45
Question for you.
00:45:52.48\00:45:54.35
When you chose Harvard,
00:45:54.38\00:45:56.72
were you thinking
of the glory of God?
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.09
Don't answer me.
00:45:58.12\00:45:59.45
When you entered
into that relationship
00:46:03.59\00:46:04.99
with that young
man, young woman,
00:46:05.03\00:46:06.53
were you motivated
by the glory of God?
00:46:06.56\00:46:10.57
Don't answer me.
00:46:10.60\00:46:13.20
The fundamental motivation
00:46:13.23\00:46:16.14
for the Christian
is the glory of God.
00:46:16.17\00:46:19.24
There's a quotation from
Ellen White that I just love.
00:46:22.78\00:46:24.91
It is the most powerful
thing outside of the Bible.
00:46:24.95\00:46:29.45
When I talk about the
only motivation is God's glory,
00:46:29.48\00:46:32.49
Desire of Ages,
page 20, paragraph 2.
00:46:32.52\00:46:36.36
"There is nothing, save
the selfish heart of man,
00:46:36.39\00:46:40.50
that lives unto itself.
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.30
No bird that cleaves the air,
00:46:43.33\00:46:45.63
no animal that
moves upon the ground,
00:46:45.67\00:46:48.20
but ministers
to some other life.
00:46:48.24\00:46:50.84
There is no leaf of the
forest, or lowly blade of grass,
00:46:50.87\00:46:55.08
but has its ministry.
00:46:55.11\00:46:56.95
Every tree and shrub and leaf
00:46:56.98\00:46:59.51
pours forth that element of life
00:46:59.55\00:47:01.88
without which neither
man nor animal could live,
00:47:01.92\00:47:05.32
and man and animal, in turn,
minister to the life of tree
00:47:05.35\00:47:09.32
and shrub and leaf.
00:47:09.36\00:47:11.56
The flowers breathe fragrance
00:47:11.59\00:47:14.40
and unfold their beauty
in blessing to the world.
00:47:14.43\00:47:17.90
The sun sheds its light
to gladden a thousand worlds.
00:47:17.93\00:47:22.27
The ocean, itself the source
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.64
of all our
springs and fountains,
00:47:24.67\00:47:27.08
receives the
streams from every land,
00:47:27.11\00:47:30.61
but takes to give.
00:47:30.65\00:47:32.95
The mists
ascending from its bosom
00:47:32.98\00:47:35.42
fall in showers
to water the earth,
00:47:35.45\00:47:38.49
that it may
bring forth and bud."
00:47:38.52\00:47:42.69
The Desire of Ages,
page 20, paragraph 2.
00:47:42.72\00:47:48.60
"Everything God created
00:47:48.63\00:47:51.43
was created to
serve something else.
00:47:51.47\00:47:57.77
Extend that to us,
00:47:57.81\00:47:59.64
let us make man
how, in our image.
00:47:59.67\00:48:02.54
Therefore, you and I exist
00:48:02.58\00:48:04.95
for the overriding
purpose of the glory of God
00:48:04.98\00:48:09.12
in everything we do."
00:48:09.15\00:48:11.25
Let's not despise
00:48:16.09\00:48:18.29
what God has given
to us, my young people.
00:48:18.33\00:48:23.77
Let us not despise
the church God raised up,
00:48:23.80\00:48:27.80
not Ellen
White, nor James White.
00:48:27.84\00:48:32.44
God bless them.
00:48:32.47\00:48:34.34
And I love, I thank God
00:48:34.38\00:48:35.71
for the ministry of Ellen White
I said and of the pioneers.
00:48:35.74\00:48:39.11
They did not
raise up this church.
00:48:39.15\00:48:41.72
Abraham didn't call himself.
00:48:41.75\00:48:44.19
God called him.
00:48:44.22\00:48:45.55
Ellen White writes,
00:48:45.59\00:48:46.92
"God has called
His church in this day,
00:48:46.96\00:48:48.89
as he called ancient Israel."
00:48:48.92\00:48:50.73
And so as He called Abraham,
00:48:50.76\00:48:52.46
He called this
church in the 1800s,
00:48:52.49\00:48:55.56
God, Jesus Christ.
00:48:55.60\00:48:58.30
Don't despise a privilege
00:48:58.33\00:49:01.37
that God has
given to no other people
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.81
on the face of the earth.
00:49:03.84\00:49:05.77
And that is to
be the depositories
00:49:05.81\00:49:07.74
of present truth.
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.38
Don't despise
the health message.
00:49:12.61\00:49:16.15
Follow it.
00:49:16.18\00:49:18.12
Don't despise the
educational system.
00:49:18.15\00:49:22.49
Encourage it.
00:49:22.52\00:49:25.26
I'm not saying none of our youth
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
should go to those schools?
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.00
Yes, they go but they go
00:49:28.03\00:49:30.57
for the primary
purpose of the glory of God.
00:49:30.60\00:49:35.54
And trust God to make of
any deficits that may create
00:49:35.57\00:49:39.77
if any.
00:49:39.81\00:49:42.84
And so today,
00:49:42.88\00:49:45.51
I call upon you in
the name of Jesus Christ.
00:49:45.55\00:49:50.62
Regard the Word of God
00:49:50.65\00:49:53.36
as your most
precious possession.
00:49:53.39\00:49:58.29
Revelation 19:13.
00:49:58.33\00:50:00.76
"And he was clothed in
a vesture dipped in blood:
00:50:00.80\00:50:03.50
and his name is
called The Word of God."
00:50:03.53\00:50:06.87
To treasure the word
is to treasure Christ.
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It is the word
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that's the
foundation of our health system.
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It is the word
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that's the foundation
of our educational system.
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It is the word...
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I heard a story of
an Adventist minister
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or a couple of ministers
went to a Sunday preacher
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to ask him how he
managed to build his church
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to those staggering proportions.
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I'm told I wasn't
present but I'm told.
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The Sunday preacher
reached into his shelf
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and pulled out Evangelism,
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and gave it to the
Adventist preachers.
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They should have
dropped dead from embarrassment.
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I have heard that's
the man who went to a man
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who ran a school to find out
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how do you run your
school so effectively.
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He reached on to his
shelf and pulled out what book?
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Education.
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We must stop
going to the Philistines
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to sharpen our axes.
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Amen.
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I've heard some preachers say,
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"Why won't you invite
these Sunday preachers
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to your pulpit?"
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Because the Bible says,
"Come out of her my people."
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Are you following me?
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God said, "Come out."
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Now, the Lord loves everybody.
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Come on, say amen. Amen.
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Does you want
Benny Hinn saved? Yes.
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Would you like to save the pope?
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Yes.
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Would you like to save
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the prime
minister of the Illuminati?
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Yes.
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Would I have them in my pulpit?
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God bless T.D. Jakes.
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But if his life depended on it,
he would not enter this pulpit.
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God bless Creflo Dollar.
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But even if his
life depended upon it,
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he couldn't
preach from my pulpit.
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God bless all
Adventist preachers
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but there are some I know
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that couldn't
preach in my pulpit.
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Amen.
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Let me be nice.
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You look so depressed.
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How many of you love
Jesus, raise your hands.
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Do you mean that? Yes.
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Stand up.
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Now, when I ask you to
make a commitment to Christ...
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How many of you will say,
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"Father, as I
stand where I stand,
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I recommit myself to
my Savior Jesus Christ."
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Raise your right hand.
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Hands down.
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How many of you will say,
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"Father, I recommit
myself to present truth
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which no other church on
the face of the earth has."
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Can I see your right hand?
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Hands down.
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Young men, young women,
how many of you will say,
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"As I make my choices in life,
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let me think first
of the glory of God."
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Can I see your hand?
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God is delighted, hands down.
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How many of you
will say with me,
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"As Paul lost his life.
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Peter lost his life.
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James lost his life.
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John the Baptist lost
his life for the truth.
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I am willing to die for truth."
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Can I see your right hand?
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Keep your hand up as I pray.
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Father in heaven,
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in the name of
Jesus Christ who said,
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greater love
hath no man than this,
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that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
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He could say that
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because He laid
down his life for us.
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Give us the
spiritual decency, dear God,
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to be willing to lay
down our lives for our Lord.
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But before we get to the
point of laying down our lives,
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let us live our lives to support
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the educational
system of this church.
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Let us live our lives
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to promote the health
message of this church.
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Let us live our lives
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to popularize the
writings of Ellen White.
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Father in heaven, give us a love
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for what you've given to us.
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Let us stop
despising our birthright.
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In the name of Jesus dear
God, in the name of Jesus,
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ignite in us a
love for the mission
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He has given to this church
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which is to prepare the world
for the second coming of Christ
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as verily as the Jews
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were supposed to
prepare the world
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for the first
coming and they did not.
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Let us not repeat that mistake.
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Father, bless everyone
under the sound of my voice
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but in a particular way
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bless the young men and
the young women, dear God.
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Let them go
forth from this place
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as Bible based
Seventh-day Adventists.
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Amen.
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With holy pride in
what God has given them,
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and then let the influence
bring their friends to Jesus,
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let not the
opposite occur, dear God.
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Bless all the parents
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who sacrificed so much
for these young people.
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God bless all of us, I pray.
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When you come into your kingdom,
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loving God, save
us without losing one.
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Before that time
comes, God, keep us faithful.
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