Participants: Randy Skeete
Series Code: 16GYC
Program Code: 16GYC000016A
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00:34 And our opening song will be Stand up!
00:36 stand up for Jesus, 00:37 if we can all rise for our opening song. 00:49 Stand up! stand up for Jesus! 00:54 Ye soldiers of the cross 00:58 Lift high His royal banner 01:02 It must not suffer loss 01:06 From victory unto victory 01:10 His army shall He lead 01:14 Till every foe is vanquished 01:18 And Christ is Lord indeed 01:23 Stand up! stand up for Jesus! 01:27 Stand in His strength alone 01:31 The arm of flesh will fail you 01:34 Ye dare not trust your own 01:38 Put on the gospel armor 01:42 And, watching unto prayer 01:46 Where duty calls, or danger 01:50 Be never wanting there 01:55 Stand up! stand up for Jesus! 01:59 The strife will not be long 02:03 This day the noise of battle 02:07 The next the victor's song 02:11 To him that overcometh 02:15 A crown of life shall be 02:19 He with the King of glory 02:23 Shall reign eternally 02:30 You may all be seated. 02:37 Romans 8. 02:39 We're going to read verses 14-18. 02:46 And the Bible says, 02:48 "For as many as are lead by the Spirit of God, 02:50 they are the sons of God. 02:53 For ye have not received a spirit of bondage 02:55 again to fear, 02:57 but ye have received the spirit of adoption, 03:01 whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 03:05 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 03:09 that we are the children of God. 03:11 And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, 03:16 and joint-heirs with Christ, 03:19 if so be that we suffer with him, 03:21 that we may be also glorified together. 03:25 For I reckon that the sufferings 03:27 of this present time 03:28 are not worthy to be compared with the glory 03:31 which shall be revealed in us." 03:37 Please bow with me in prayer. 03:42 Holy Father, we ask You to be present with us 03:48 to send the Holy Spirit to be among us, 03:51 to give us wisdom, discernment and comfort. 03:57 Father, we give this New Year to you 03:59 and place it in Your hands and pray to You, God, 04:04 that our greatest gift and joy 04:06 will be the companionship of Jesus Christ Himself. 04:12 Please be with Randy Skeete this morning 04:14 and I pray to You, God, 04:16 that You will place Your words in his mouth. 04:19 Make us swift to hear and quick to discern. 04:25 And, Father, I pray that You will give us the grace 04:27 and the power to go forward from this place 04:31 as a new creation. 04:35 Thank You for adopting us into Your family. 04:38 Thank You for preparing a home for us. 04:41 And dear, Father, 04:42 I pray that when all has been heard 04:44 that we will be faithful, 04:46 waiting and ready to be home with you, 04:49 in Jesus' name I pray, amen. 04:54 When I survey 05:00 The wondrous cross 05:08 On which the Prince 05:15 Of glory died 05:22 My richest gain 05:29 I count but loss 05:36 And pour contempt 05:43 On all my pride 05:49 Forbid it, Lord, 05:55 That I should boast 06:00 Save in the death 06:06 Of Christ my God 06:12 All the vain things 06:17 That charm me most 06:23 I sacrifice them 06:29 To His blood 06:33 See from His head 06:39 His hands, His feet 06:44 Sorrow and love 06:49 Flow mingled down! 06:54 Did e'er such love 06:59 And sorrow meet 07:05 Or thorns compose 07:10 So rich a crown? 07:20 Were the whole realm 07:25 Of nature mine 07:29 That were a present far 07:35 Too small Love so amazing 07:43 So divine 07:48 Demands my soul 07:53 My life 07:54 My all 08:01 This love demands 08:04 My soul 08:10 My life, my all 08:37 I will bless the Lord at all times 08:39 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 08:43 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord. 08:46 The humble shall hear their off and be glad. 08:50 Oh, praise the Lord with me 08:52 and let us exalt His name together. 08:55 God is good? 08:56 All the time. And all the time. 08:58 God is good. 09:00 Good morning, everyone. 09:01 Good morning. 09:03 How was your night? 09:05 God bless you. Nice to see you. 09:08 I did so much talking yesterday, 09:11 you can probably hear the effects in my voice 09:14 but it was all good I believe 09:15 talking to God's people is a privilege, 09:18 it's an honor, it's a blessing. 09:20 So remember to pray that the Lord will sustain me 09:22 through this brief presentation 09:24 why do I say brief 09:26 because I have to rush from the pulpit to a car 09:29 to the airport to catch my flight. 09:32 So I will hurry without being too rushed. 09:37 Let me pause and express my gratitude 09:40 to the GYC Sanhedrin for inviting me 09:45 to be a part of this blessed experience. 09:50 I really have been highly honored, 09:51 I mean that from my heart 09:53 and God knows I'm telling the truth. 09:55 I really thank you and I pray and I hope 09:58 that something I said smoothly or not so smoothly 10:04 was a blessing to you somehow. 10:06 Amen. 10:07 I thank you for loving God. 10:10 I thank you for loving God's word. 10:13 And I thank you for loving God's people. 10:15 I also am very grateful for the quality of music, 10:19 particularly the music that preceded my coming 10:21 to this desk. 10:23 Very few people know is that the special music 10:26 that precedes my sermons have a profound effect on me. 10:29 So I'm always nervous who is singing? 10:32 How will the person be dressed? 10:34 And how will the person behave? 10:36 Will the person sing as though he or she is worshipping? 10:40 Or as though he or she is performing? 10:42 So I'm grateful for those who sang prior to my coming 10:46 and for those who played. 10:47 May God bless you. 10:49 And may you always commit your talents to His glory 10:53 and to the blessing of your fellow man 10:55 and your fellow woman. 10:57 For those of you who have been with us 10:58 who are not Seventh-day Adventists, 11:00 thank you so much for blessing our presence, 11:03 for our gathering with your presence. 11:06 We are highly honored to have you 11:08 and we hope that you will continue to fellowship with us 11:11 wherever you find us in your town, 11:13 your city or your village. 11:16 I thank God for life. 11:18 I thank Him for the honor He gives me to speak for Him. 11:22 While I have this platform, let me say in God's defense, 11:27 God has never done me anything wrong, never. 11:31 All my blessings have come from God. 11:34 All my problems I have brought on myself. 11:38 Let me say it again. 11:39 All my blessings have come from God. 11:44 All my headaches, hardships and hernia 11:48 I have brought on myself. 11:50 Are you with me? 11:51 So God is innocent in my life. 11:54 And I wanted to make that public statement. 11:57 I love God. 12:00 Uh, that amen is lifeless. 12:01 I love God. 12:03 Amen. I love Jesus. 12:06 Amen. I love the Holy Ghost. 12:08 Amen. I love the angels. 12:11 Amen. And I love you. 12:13 Amen. 12:15 I love you I said. 12:16 Amen. 12:17 Don't make me change my mind. 12:20 Our subject for this morning, 12:22 Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist. 12:25 What did I say? 12:27 Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist. 12:29 For the final time. 12:32 What is this? 12:34 Mobile phone. 12:35 What is this? Bible. 12:36 What do I want you to do with this? 12:40 How many of you have been rebelling, 12:41 let me see your hand. 12:45 Sister, don't rebel against God's servant, 12:49 you will not get a husband. 12:50 Please cooperate. 12:53 Turn the phone off. 12:57 Now an announcement, not announcement, 12:59 a sign came up earlier, put your phones on silence. 13:02 No, no, no, no. 13:04 Turn them off until they're dead, 13:07 somebody say amen. 13:08 All right. 13:10 Favor number two, while I'm speaking pray for me 13:13 and say, Lord, put your words in that man's mouth. 13:17 I told you yesterday I'll repeat it today, 13:20 it is an urgent request 13:22 when Peter stood on the day of Pentecost Acts 2, 13:27 the Bible says and Peter standing up with the 11. 13:33 That's very meaningful to me. 13:36 There were 12 disciples. 13:38 Peter stood the Bible says with the 12. 13:42 Now it was only the voice of Peter that was heard. 13:45 But somehow those listening understood 13:49 that the other 11 men 13:50 were one with Peter in that sermon. 13:54 And so in verse 37 the Bible says, 13:56 "Now when they heard this, 13:58 they were pricked in their heart. 13:59 And said unto Peter 14:01 and to the rest of the apostles, 14:03 "Men and Brethren, what shall we do?" 14:06 So while Peter physically spoke, 14:09 the other 11 were one with him. 14:11 When I speak this morning, I want to stand with the 11. 14:16 Can you say amen? Amen. 14:17 And so I ask you as a favor, 14:20 ask God to put His words where? 14:25 In my mouth. 14:27 That's based on Jeremiah 1:9, 14:30 "Then the Lord put forth his hand and touch my mouth, 14:34 and the Lord said unto me 14:35 'Behold I have put my words in thy mouth.'" 14:39 It's also based on 2 Samuel 23:2. 14:43 "The Spirit of the Lord speak by me 14:45 and His word was in my tongue." 14:50 And favor number three. 14:51 What is that? 14:54 I want you to think. 14:56 I have often said, I'll say it now, 14:58 if people would think 15:02 we would not do the things we do. 15:05 If we would think 15:08 we would not drink the things we drink. 15:11 If we would think 15:14 we would not eat the things we eat. 15:17 If we would think 15:20 we would not date the people we date. 15:24 If we would think, we would not... 15:27 Let me change the pronouns, 15:29 if some people would think 15:33 they would not attend the churches they attend. 15:37 Think, it is a divine quality. 15:42 You serve a God who thinks. 15:43 Here is what He says to you, "Come now, let us do what? 15:47 Reason together." 15:50 Think, let's pray. 15:54 We read for those coming in to take their seats 15:56 before we pray so all is reverent. 16:00 While I ask all men to take your hats off. 16:08 Heads bowed, eyes closed. 16:14 Our Father in heaven, 16:16 in the name of Jesus Christ, 16:19 Father, when I say the name of Jesus Christ, 16:22 I mean, in the name of the one who is fully God. 16:26 The one who said let there be light. 16:29 The one who said in His earthly sojourn, 16:32 the prince of this world cometh and have nothing in me. 16:36 Father, when I say in the name of Jesus, 16:40 I mean in the name of the one 16:41 who stood outside the empty tomb and said, 16:44 "O death where is thy sting? 16:47 O grave where is thy victory? 16:50 In the name of Jesus dear God, 16:54 bless us with Your spirit 16:56 that He may enlighten our understanding. 17:00 Grant to me that God simple words, 17:05 I humble myself before You Father. 17:08 My desire is Your glory 17:11 and the blessing of Your people. 17:13 For the sake of Your glory use me there God please. 17:19 And for those listening by television, 17:22 even when they listen to this recorded version, 17:25 bless them dear God 17:27 with the revelation of saving truth. 17:30 Thank You dear God 17:32 for the high honor of speaking for You. 17:34 It is an honor angels would love, 17:37 but you have given it to a sinner such as I. 17:40 I thank You dear God, 17:42 I may always represent You all right 17:44 in and out of the sacred desk. 17:48 Now surround us with angels that excel in strength 17:52 as we worship You in spirit and in truth bless everyone, 17:59 bless every family represented. 18:01 Bless Your remnant people dear God. 18:04 Bless the leaders of this country. 18:06 Daniel 2:21. 18:08 "He changeth the times and the seasons: 18:11 He removeth kings, and setteth up kings." 18:16 Not only our leaders, bless the leaders of the world, 18:18 dear Father. 18:19 Let them make decisions that are advantages 18:22 to be advancement of the gospel. 18:25 I offer this prayer from my heart 18:27 along with the request that you bless the sick. 18:30 In Jesus' name and for His sake, 18:32 let God's people say amen and amen. 18:37 What's our subject? 18:39 Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist. 18:42 Genesis 25 reading from verse 29. 18:52 Genesis 25 reading from verse 29. 18:57 I'm reading from the King James Version of the Bible. 19:02 The Bible says, "And Jacob sod pottage. 19:06 And Esau came from the field and he was faint. 19:10 And Esau said to Jacob 19:13 'Feed me I pray thee with that same red pottage 19:16 for I am faint therefore was his name called Edom.' 19:21 And Jacob said, 19:23 'Sell me this day thy birthright.'" 19:27 Verse 32. 19:29 "And Esau said, 'Behold, I am at the point to die: 19:35 and what profit shall this birthright do to me.'" 19:41 Let's reread verse 32. 19:45 "And Esau said..." 19:46 Listen to Esau's words, listen microscopically. 19:51 "Behold, I am at the point to die." 19:55 That's physical. 19:57 That's temporal. 20:00 That's visible. 20:03 What profit shall this birthright, 20:06 that's eternal, 20:08 that's invisible, that's spiritual. 20:15 What is the profit of something eternal, 20:20 invisible and spiritual to me in a moment of physical need? 20:27 Esau was so consumed by meeting his physical needs, 20:34 his visible needs, 20:36 his temporal needs all of which are legitimate. 20:42 But they so dominated his thinking 20:44 that he lost sight of the value of that 20:48 which benefits us now and in the life to come. 20:54 What profit shall this birthright do to me? 21:00 Verse 33. 21:02 "And Jacob said, Swear to me this day, 21:05 and he sware unto him: 21:07 and he sold his birthright unto Jacob." 21:12 One of the saddest verses in the Bible, Genesis 25:34, 21:17 "Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils 21:21 and he did eat, and drink, 21:24 and rose up, and went his way..." 21:27 Finish the verse for me... 21:29 "Thus Esau did what? 21:31 Despised his birthright." 21:34 Some translations accounted it of little value, 21:38 belittled, treated with contempt. 21:42 Esau despised the most precious gift. 21:48 A Hebrew boy. 21:50 A descendant of Abraham. 21:52 A male descendant could look forward to the birthright. 21:57 A double portion of the father's wealth. 22:00 Headship of the family. 22:03 The priest of the home. 22:06 All of these and perhaps other blessings 22:09 came with the birthright. 22:11 Jacob understood the value of the birthright, 22:15 Esau did not. 22:19 And so Esau despised his birthright. 22:23 I feel compelled to reread verse 32. 22:26 "And Esau said, 'Behold I am at the point to die.'" 22:33 That is called an extremity, an extreme situation. 22:37 There are other extreme situations 22:40 in which we find ourselves. 22:42 Behold I am 36 and I have no man. 22:49 What profit is thou shalt not commit adultery do to me? 22:57 Behold, I have five children. 23:03 Divorced. 23:06 My paycheck is small. 23:10 What profit shall bring you all the tithe do to me? 23:21 We value God's things in the light of our needs. 23:25 Let me say that differently. 23:26 We value God's blessings 23:29 when by looking through a secular lens 23:35 and we see no value. 23:42 Let me offer a possible example. 23:47 How many of you went on a 5K this morning? 23:52 5K, glad you survived. 23:56 I don't see the point for running 5K. 23:57 But go ahead, God bless you, or 10K. 24:02 How many of you were late 24:03 because of the 5K to this service. 24:05 Can I see your hands? 24:07 All right. Okay. Okay. 24:10 Which one did you value more highly? 24:12 Don't raise your hands. 24:16 The 5K or the Word Worship that can change your life? 24:25 You're in the final year of your PhD. 24:31 One exam to take 24:32 to move into your gathering of research materials, 24:36 that exam is placed on the Sabbath. 24:43 You are in Esau's predicament. 24:46 What profit will the Sabbath be to me 24:50 when I am staring down 24:52 the loss of thousands of dollars 24:54 invested in an education 24:56 which I regard as the security for my future life? 25:05 Do you see the profit in being a Seventh-day Adventist? 25:11 Do you see the profit in serving God? 25:16 Job 21 reading from verse 7. 25:20 Our subject, Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist. 25:25 What was our subject yesterday morning? 25:30 What? 25:32 The morning before that. 25:35 The morning before that. 25:37 What book did I say? 25:39 What chapter? 25:40 Reading for what verse? 25:41 Seven. 25:43 What verse? 25:44 Seven. 25:45 "Wherefore do the wicked live, 25:47 become old, yea, are mighty in power! 25:52 Their seed is established in their sight with them, 25:55 and their offspring before their eyes." 25:58 Their houses are safe from fear, 26:00 neither is the rod of God upon them. 26:04 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not, 26:08 their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 26:12 They send forth their little ones like a flock, 26:15 and their children dance. 26:17 They take the timbrel and harp, 26:20 and rejoice at the sound of the organ." 26:23 Verse 13. 26:24 "They spend their days in wealth, 26:27 and in a moment go down to the grave. 26:30 Therefore they say unto God, 'Depart from us, 26:34 for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways."' 26:38 Read verse 15 with me nice and loud 26:40 if you have the King James Version, 26:41 read with me. 26:43 "What is the Almighty that we should serve him? 26:47 And what profit, go one, 26:50 should we have if we pray unto him?" 26:56 There are Christians today, they go to church physically, 27:01 but they do not see the profit in serving God. 27:10 Anyone in that condition requires only the slight nudge 27:14 to fall over and to leave God. 27:20 A person of that description 27:22 can never survive the time of trouble. 27:25 My young friends, I ask you again, 27:29 do you see the profit in serving God? 27:33 Do you see the value of living a biblically upright life? 27:39 Or are you so dazzled by the world 27:42 that you are almost at the point of Esau to say, 27:46 what profit is Seventh-day Adventism to me? 27:52 And if it is of no profit to you, 27:54 you will engage in no evangelism. 28:02 We have a health message. 28:07 Somebody say amen. 28:09 Amen. 28:10 Listen to these words in Medical Ministry, page 49, 28:13 paragraph 2. 28:16 "They are divinely instituted laws or rules 28:20 which if followed will keep human beings 28:24 from disease and premature death." 28:30 That's two amens, three, four, five. 28:33 Listen again. 28:35 "They are divinely appointed rules. 28:39 What does she mean by divinely appointed? 28:41 What's the source? 28:42 God. 28:44 Can God go wrong? 28:46 No. 28:47 "They are divinely appointed rules 28:50 which if followed..." 28:52 What does if mean? 28:54 Condition. 28:56 "Will keep human beings 28:58 from disease and premature death." 29:02 We have a health message 29:04 that other people use for their benefit. 29:07 You see, when you do things God's way, 29:09 even if you're an atheist you're blessed. 29:14 I'm talking to myself. 29:17 You're sleeping how, with your eyes open. 29:19 Listen again. 29:20 "If an atheist returns the tithe, 29:23 he receives the tithe blessing. 29:24 Amen. 29:26 Because God is not a man that He should lie. 29:32 We have a health message. 29:35 We despise it. 29:39 The way Esau despised his birthright. 29:42 We have a message that would keep us out of hospitals. 29:48 Keep our money in our pockets. 29:52 Allow us to be fit to serve in foreign lands. 29:57 Because the healthier you are, 29:59 the more effective you can be for God. 30:03 God bless all sick people, don't misunderstand me. 30:06 There's a strength coach who says, 30:09 "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people 30:11 and are generally more useful." 30:16 Do you know how many billions of dollars are lost 30:18 because of sick days in this country? 30:23 I say again, in the hearing of heaven and earth, 30:26 we have a health message. 30:31 But when that message is brought, it is despised. 30:36 Get rid of those missionaries telling me 30:38 that there is not to eat this, and not to eat that, 30:41 and when to drink, and when to sleep, 30:42 and get rid of them, 30:44 they are disrupting our lifestyle. 30:49 Don't tell me to give up meat. 30:53 God is not so narrow-minded 30:56 as to care if I eat beef or pork or crocodiles, 30:59 He is not that narrow-minded. 31:03 Yes, He is. 31:05 God is very narrow-minded. 31:08 The soul that sinneth... 31:10 It shall die. 31:15 We have a complimentary source of wisdom. 31:22 The writings of whom? 31:25 Ellen White. 31:27 God in heaven knows I speak the truth 31:28 when I say how often I thank God 31:32 for the ministry of Ellen White. 31:34 Amen. 31:36 Let me say it again on my knees, 31:39 I say it in the hearing of a God who hates lies, 31:42 I thank God for what He did through that woman. 31:47 And the legacy of light, 31:50 the inheritance of truth that has come down to us. 31:53 We despise it. 31:59 Studies have shown that one of the factors 32:01 that contribute to spiritual growth 32:03 among Adventists is reading the writings of Ellen White. 32:09 Let me talk to the young people. 32:12 The older ones, it's harder to get through them 32:16 because we have more layers of sin you see. 32:18 You being young, 32:19 God has just a little work to scrape away the sin 32:21 but for us He needs a pneumatic drill. 32:27 Read the writings of Ellen White. 32:30 Cherish that wisdom. 32:34 You've got your eyes on the girlfriend, 32:36 read messages to young people, read letters to young lovers. 32:42 Read Adventist Home, you're thinking of having, 32:45 of getting married, read Adventist Home. 32:48 You want to bring a child into the world, 32:49 read Child Guidance. 32:54 Not Joyce Meyer, 32:59 and T.D. Jakes, and Benny Hinn, 33:05 and the others. 33:11 You smile and you smile beautifully 33:12 but do you understand the insult to God. 33:16 Here is a source of inspired wisdom. 33:22 And we despise it and seek carnal knowledge. 33:28 No wonder nobody knows who Adventists are. 33:31 As I was telling some people yesterday, 33:33 oh, the whole world knows who is ISIS? 33:36 Very few people know who Adventists are? 33:40 We have a complimentary. 33:42 Why do I say complimentary? 33:44 Because it supports, it helps us to understand it 33:47 in no way conflicts with biblical truth. 33:52 We despise it. 33:55 I was in a certain country on the face of the earth 33:59 preaching a few years ago. 34:01 A weekend revival, I stayed in the home of a minister 34:03 who invited me. 34:05 I won't identify the country for fear of reprisals. 34:10 He told me, the minister in his conference 34:16 a letter was circulated among preachers 34:18 which they had to sign, 34:20 "I will not quote the writings of Ellen White 34:23 from the pulpit." 34:28 He didn't sign it. 34:31 And God bless him. 34:34 The conference called him in. 34:37 Why haven't you signed this document? 34:39 He wanted to know why. 34:42 Because one of the conference officials 34:45 was a member of the local association of witches. 34:54 Listen to a Bible verse. 34:56 Don't go there, just listen. 35:00 Believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established. 35:07 Who can finish that? 35:09 Believe what? 35:10 His prophets so shall ye prosper. 35:16 Now let's reread that microscopically, 35:19 it says, believe in the Lord your God, 35:23 so shall you be established. 35:24 It does not say believe in the prophets, 35:27 it says believe them 35:28 which means believe what they say, 35:29 but you believe in God. 35:31 Are you following me? 35:32 There's a difference, Ellen White is not a god. 35:34 You missed it, it's my fault. 35:38 Believe in the Lord your God, 35:42 so shall you be established. 35:44 Believe His prophets, so shall you prosper. 35:49 This church officially regards Ellen Gould White 35:54 as having exercise the biblical prophetic gift. 35:59 As verily as Isaiah or Jeremiah, 36:03 even though her writings 36:04 are not part of the biblical canon, 36:06 the source is the same. 36:08 Amen. 36:10 And when you neglect her light, 36:13 you develop a disregard for this. 36:17 And so I appeal to my handsome brothers, 36:20 my attractive young sisters, listen to me, 36:22 do yourself a favor, build on solid rock, 36:26 read the writings of the prophet. 36:30 Buy her books. 36:33 Every youth should have education. 36:36 Every youth should have messages to young people. 36:41 Every youth should have principles 36:44 of Christian education. 36:47 Every young person should familiarize himself 36:50 or herself with the Conflict of the Ages series. 36:53 What are the books 36:54 in the Conflict of the Ages series? 36:55 Book number one, this row? 36:57 Too slow, that row? 36:59 That row? 37:01 I want them in order. This row? 37:04 No, no. That row? 37:06 Let's start again, this is embarrassing, 37:08 the whole universe is watching. 37:09 The books of the Conflict of the Ages, 37:11 book number one in chronological order. 37:13 That row? 37:15 This row? 37:17 That row? 37:19 This row? 37:20 All together, 37:21 The Great Controversy, somebody say amen. 37:23 Amen. 37:24 You read those five books and you'll educate yourselves 37:29 in the essentials of what we call present truth. 37:36 But like Esau we despise our birthright. 37:43 We despise the health message. 37:46 We despise Ellen White. 37:49 We despise the Sabbath. 37:57 I'm glad you didn't say amen. 37:59 Listen to me. 38:00 We despise the Holy Ghost. 38:03 We despise the divinity of Christ. 38:09 I was in California several years ago, 38:10 one of my favorite places. 38:12 And I had just spoken and some man came to me, 38:15 can I speak to you Randy, 38:17 virtually cornered me in a room. 38:19 Trying to convince me the Holy Ghost 38:21 is not an intelligent personality. 38:26 And I was, when he left, I said, Lord, 38:28 why did I waste my time 38:32 listening to that man. 38:36 We despise the Trinity. 38:40 We despise the concept of the remnant. 38:46 We despise the concept of the teaching 38:49 of victory over sin. 38:51 We despise the true face ministry of Jesus Christ. 38:57 We despise the investigative judgment. 39:02 Esau despised his birthright. 39:08 And so in my estimation, 39:10 Esau, if he were alive today 39:12 would make a very excellent Seventh-day Adventist, 39:18 because that which God has given to us 39:22 for our benefit. 39:23 Now when I say we despise, 39:25 it is not an organizational despising, 39:27 it is not a vote taken a majority vote, 39:30 less despise, no, no, 39:31 it is just widespread in the church. 39:38 In 2 Corinthians 4:18. 39:41 Paul says while we look not at the things that are seen 39:46 but at the things which are not seen. 39:48 For the things which are seen are what? 39:51 Temporal. 39:53 But the things which are not seen are eternal. 39:56 Listen to me carefully. 39:58 While you pursue your degrees... 40:01 Oh, let me go to something else we despise. 40:03 We despise our educational system. 40:07 Well, let me not say educational system. 40:10 We despise our truth about education, 40:13 because the system is often not what it should be. 40:19 Education, page 13, paragraph 1, 40:21 the servant of the Lord writes, 40:24 "Our ideas of education take too narrow 40:28 and too low a range. 40:29 There is need of a broader scope, 40:32 a higher aim. 40:34 True education means more than the pursual 40:37 of a certain course of study." 40:39 It means more than a degree from Harvard. 40:43 "It means more than a preparation 40:45 for the life that now is. 40:47 It has to do with the whole being, 40:50 and with the whole period of existence possible to man." 40:55 That is now and eternity. 40:57 The Adventist idea of education 41:00 is a preparation for eternity. 41:04 Not to get a job at Walmart. 41:10 It is the harmonious development 41:12 of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. 41:16 It prepares the student for the joy of service 41:19 in this life and for a higher joy 41:22 of why the service in the life to come. 41:24 Listen to the final statements microscopically, 41:28 it prepares the student for the joy. 41:31 Keep that word in mind of service in this world. 41:35 And for the higher joy of wider service now. 41:40 If you have joy and service, 41:43 then higher joy and wider service, 41:46 where should your emphasis be? 41:47 On higher joy and wider service? 41:50 All intelligent people say amen. 41:58 Most of us, we pursue an education to get a job. 42:08 This deafening silence confirms the accuracy 42:11 of what I just said. 42:13 Most young people Adventists 42:17 pursue an education 42:19 to get a job in this life. 42:24 Is there any sin in the job? No. 42:27 Who created work? 42:28 God. 42:30 Does work contribute to character? 42:32 Yes. 42:35 But listen to what they were doing 42:36 when the flood came, 42:38 likewise not a flood, 42:39 the destruction of Sodem also the flood, 42:41 likewise also Luke 17:28, 42:44 as it was in the days of Lot, they did eat, 42:48 they drank, they bought, 42:50 they sold, they planted, they built it. 43:00 Murder is not included. 43:01 I'm sure it happened. 43:04 Carjacking is not written. 43:06 Burglary is not mentioned. 43:10 Adultery not mentioned. 43:13 Corruption not mentioned. 43:17 Eat, God invented that. 43:20 Drink, God invented that. 43:22 Built, buy, sell, plant. 43:28 You know what that is? 43:30 Life as usual. 43:35 How can someone be lost for living life as usual? 43:43 Now let me tell you quickly. 43:45 Am I telling you don't go to school? 43:46 No, no, no. 43:49 Christ Object Lessons, page 316, paragraph 2, 43:52 "Every act is judged by the motive." 43:56 I love to ask young people what you're studying. 43:59 I'm studying astrophysics. 44:01 Why? Oh, I like math. 44:03 Good. 44:04 What are you studying? 44:06 Chemistry. Why? 44:07 I like studying the periodic table. 44:09 Okay. 44:12 What are you studying? History. 44:13 Why? 44:15 I love to study the flaws in human nature. 44:17 Okay. 44:18 What are you studying? 44:22 Anatomy. Why? 44:24 I love the architectural design of the human body. 44:28 Points of insertion, origin, actions and whatever else. 44:31 Okay. 44:32 But what I'm listening for is 44:34 I am studying this or that because I see clearly 44:39 how I can use it for the cause of God. 44:41 I never hear that. 44:48 Let me be extreme. 44:50 As I continue the close of Esau was a Seventh-day Adventist. 44:56 Listen to a verse you know very well. 44:58 Whether therefore ye eat... 45:01 Come on, or drink, come on or whatsoever you do... 45:06 Let's look at that how microscopically. 45:11 Whether therefore ye eat or drink... 45:13 When is the word whatsoever exclude? 45:16 Nothing. 45:20 That verse is not in Revelation. 45:24 It's not symbolic. 45:31 You know Ellen White councils us, 45:33 take the Bible how? 45:35 As it reads unless of course, it is obviously symbolic. 45:39 Now, let's speak 1 Corinthians 10:31 45:42 as it reads whether therefore ye eat, 45:44 or drink, 45:46 or whatsoever you do, do all. 45:52 Question for you. 45:54 When you chose Harvard, 45:56 were you thinking of the glory of God? 45:58 Don't answer me. 46:03 When you entered into that relationship 46:05 with that young man, young woman, 46:06 were you motivated by the glory of God? 46:10 Don't answer me. 46:13 The fundamental motivation 46:16 for the Christian is the glory of God. 46:22 There's a quotation from Ellen White that I just love. 46:24 It is the most powerful thing outside of the Bible. 46:29 When I talk about the only motivation is God's glory, 46:32 Desire of Ages, page 20, paragraph 2. 46:36 "There is nothing, save the selfish heart of man, 46:40 that lives unto itself. 46:43 No bird that cleaves the air, 46:45 no animal that moves upon the ground, 46:48 but ministers to some other life. 46:50 There is no leaf of the forest, or lowly blade of grass, 46:55 but has its ministry. 46:56 Every tree and shrub and leaf 46:59 pours forth that element of life 47:01 without which neither man nor animal could live, 47:05 and man and animal, in turn, minister to the life of tree 47:09 and shrub and leaf. 47:11 The flowers breathe fragrance 47:14 and unfold their beauty in blessing to the world. 47:17 The sun sheds its light to gladden a thousand worlds. 47:22 The ocean, itself the source 47:24 of all our springs and fountains, 47:27 receives the streams from every land, 47:30 but takes to give. 47:32 The mists ascending from its bosom 47:35 fall in showers to water the earth, 47:38 that it may bring forth and bud." 47:42 The Desire of Ages, page 20, paragraph 2. 47:48 "Everything God created 47:51 was created to serve something else. 47:57 Extend that to us, 47:59 let us make man how, in our image. 48:02 Therefore, you and I exist 48:04 for the overriding purpose of the glory of God 48:09 in everything we do." 48:16 Let's not despise 48:18 what God has given to us, my young people. 48:23 Let us not despise the church God raised up, 48:27 not Ellen White, nor James White. 48:32 God bless them. 48:34 And I love, I thank God 48:35 for the ministry of Ellen White I said and of the pioneers. 48:39 They did not raise up this church. 48:41 Abraham didn't call himself. 48:44 God called him. 48:45 Ellen White writes, 48:46 "God has called His church in this day, 48:48 as he called ancient Israel." 48:50 And so as He called Abraham, 48:52 He called this church in the 1800s, 48:55 God, Jesus Christ. 48:58 Don't despise a privilege 49:01 that God has given to no other people 49:03 on the face of the earth. 49:05 And that is to be the depositories 49:07 of present truth. 49:12 Don't despise the health message. 49:16 Follow it. 49:18 Don't despise the educational system. 49:22 Encourage it. 49:25 I'm not saying none of our youth 49:26 should go to those schools? 49:28 Yes, they go but they go 49:30 for the primary purpose of the glory of God. 49:35 And trust God to make of any deficits that may create 49:39 if any. 49:42 And so today, 49:45 I call upon you in the name of Jesus Christ. 49:50 Regard the Word of God 49:53 as your most precious possession. 49:58 Revelation 19:13. 50:00 "And he was clothed in a vesture dipped in blood: 50:03 and his name is called The Word of God." 50:06 To treasure the word is to treasure Christ. 50:11 It is the word 50:12 that's the foundation of our health system. 50:14 It is the word 50:16 that's the foundation of our educational system. 50:18 It is the word... 50:23 I heard a story of an Adventist minister 50:27 or a couple of ministers went to a Sunday preacher 50:31 to ask him how he managed to build his church 50:33 to those staggering proportions. 50:37 I'm told I wasn't present but I'm told. 50:41 The Sunday preacher reached into his shelf 50:44 and pulled out Evangelism, 50:49 and gave it to the Adventist preachers. 50:52 They should have dropped dead from embarrassment. 50:56 I have heard that's the man who went to a man 50:58 who ran a school to find out 51:00 how do you run your school so effectively. 51:03 He reached on to his shelf and pulled out what book? 51:06 Education. 51:10 We must stop going to the Philistines 51:12 to sharpen our axes. 51:15 Amen. 51:23 I've heard some preachers say, 51:26 "Why won't you invite these Sunday preachers 51:27 to your pulpit?" 51:30 Because the Bible says, "Come out of her my people." 51:34 Are you following me? 51:36 God said, "Come out." 51:40 Now, the Lord loves everybody. 51:42 Come on, say amen. Amen. 51:43 Does you want Benny Hinn saved? Yes. 51:46 Would you like to save the pope? 51:47 Yes. 51:48 Would you like to save 51:50 the prime minister of the Illuminati? 51:51 Yes. 51:55 Would I have them in my pulpit? 52:03 God bless T.D. Jakes. 52:06 But if his life depended on it, he would not enter this pulpit. 52:12 God bless Creflo Dollar. 52:14 But even if his life depended upon it, 52:16 he couldn't preach from my pulpit. 52:21 God bless all Adventist preachers 52:22 but there are some I know 52:23 that couldn't preach in my pulpit. 52:25 Amen. 52:29 Let me be nice. 52:33 You look so depressed. 52:36 How many of you love Jesus, raise your hands. 52:39 Do you mean that? Yes. 52:40 Stand up. 52:45 Now, when I ask you to make a commitment to Christ... 52:52 How many of you will say, 52:53 "Father, as I stand where I stand, 52:56 I recommit myself to my Savior Jesus Christ." 53:00 Raise your right hand. 53:02 Hands down. 53:04 How many of you will say, 53:05 "Father, I recommit myself to present truth 53:11 which no other church on the face of the earth has." 53:14 Can I see your right hand? 53:16 Hands down. 53:17 Young men, young women, how many of you will say, 53:19 "As I make my choices in life, 53:21 let me think first of the glory of God." 53:24 Can I see your hand? 53:27 God is delighted, hands down. 53:32 How many of you will say with me, 53:35 "As Paul lost his life. 53:38 Peter lost his life. 53:40 James lost his life. 53:43 John the Baptist lost his life for the truth. 53:47 I am willing to die for truth." 53:49 Can I see your right hand? 53:51 Keep your hand up as I pray. 53:53 Father in heaven, 53:55 in the name of Jesus Christ who said, 53:59 greater love hath no man than this, 54:01 that a man lay down his life for his friends. 54:05 He could say that 54:06 because He laid down his life for us. 54:09 Give us the spiritual decency, dear God, 54:13 to be willing to lay down our lives for our Lord. 54:18 But before we get to the point of laying down our lives, 54:21 let us live our lives to support 54:23 the educational system of this church. 54:25 Let us live our lives 54:27 to promote the health message of this church. 54:29 Let us live our lives 54:31 to popularize the writings of Ellen White. 54:36 Father in heaven, give us a love 54:39 for what you've given to us. 54:40 Let us stop despising our birthright. 54:45 In the name of Jesus dear God, in the name of Jesus, 54:50 ignite in us a love for the mission 54:54 He has given to this church 54:56 which is to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ 55:00 as verily as the Jews 55:02 were supposed to prepare the world 55:04 for the first coming and they did not. 55:07 Let us not repeat that mistake. 55:10 Father, bless everyone under the sound of my voice 55:13 but in a particular way 55:15 bless the young men and the young women, dear God. 55:18 Let them go forth from this place 55:20 as Bible based Seventh-day Adventists. 55:24 Amen. 55:25 With holy pride in what God has given them, 55:28 and then let the influence bring their friends to Jesus, 55:32 let not the opposite occur, dear God. 55:35 Bless all the parents 55:36 who sacrificed so much for these young people. 55:41 God bless all of us, I pray. 55:43 When you come into your kingdom, 55:45 loving God, save us without losing one. 55:51 Before that time comes, God, keep us faithful. |
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