Before the throne of God above
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I have a strong and perfect plea
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A great High
Priest whose name is love
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Who ever lives and pleads for me
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My name is graven on His hands
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My name is written on His heart
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I know that while
in heav'n He stands
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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When Satan tempts me to despair
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And tells me of the guilt within
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Upward I look and see Him there
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Who made an end to all my sin
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Because the sinless Savior died
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My sinful soul is counted free
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For God the just is satisfied
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To look on Him and pardon me
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To look on Him and pardon me
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Behold Him there, the risen Lamb
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My perfect,
spotless Righteousness
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The great unchangeable I AM
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The King of glory and of grace
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One with Himself, I cannot die
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My soul is
purchased by His blood
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My life is hid
with Christ on high
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With Christ, my
Savior and my God
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With Christ, my
Savior and my God
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Good morning, GYC.
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When I was 16 years old
there was a young couple
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that came to our church to
hold an evangelistic series.
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And you may all
be seated by the way.
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And over the next 11
weeks that we spent together
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their cheerfulness in
the face of opposition,
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their love for each individual,
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their sacrifice and the clarity
with which I saw Christ's life
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and love lived out through them
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had a really large
impact on my life then,
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and continues to have an impact
on my life in ministry today.
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Chad Kreuzer was
raised as a Calvinist
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and while attending
college was invited by a friend
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to a Bible prophecy seminar.
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This was a life
changing experience for him.
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Prior to this he had never
seen the Bible opened to him
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in such a dynamic way.
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Shortly after the meetings
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he began his
journey in the ministry
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and has been blessed to
share the everlasting gospel
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with so many for
the last 15 years.
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Today, Chad and his wife Fadia
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have a ministry
called Anchorpoint Films
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which produces documentary films
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to reach the secular mind.
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They travel
fulltime all over the world
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speaking on subjects about
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prophecy, health, the
gut, brain connection,
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and overcoming
habits and addictions
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as well as things
like scripture memory.
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This morning we have
the privilege of hearing him
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deliver our final
charge and before he speaks
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let's go to God in prayer
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and ask that Lord will
speak through him this morning.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
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for Your
faithfulness and the love
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that You have for us
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and the love that
we have seen bestowed
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in the way that the Holy
Spirit has been poured out
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during this conference.
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Lord, I want to ask
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for a double
measure of the Holy Spirit
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to be poured out
on Chad this morning
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that as he speaks
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that his words
will not be his own,
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but that they will be Yours
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and that he will be an
empty vessel poured out
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willing to be
filled and used by You.
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And I pray that You
will prepare our hearts
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to hear this message
that You have given him,
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may it stay with us
throughout the year,
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and continue to draw us
closer and closer to You
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as we desire Your soon return.
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We thank you so much
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we ask all these things
in the name of Jesus, amen.
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On another time
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On another time
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And here I mean to stand until
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God gives me more light
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have fixed my mind
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On another time
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On another time
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I have set my
course on the narrow way
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On the narrow way
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For I know the
time is close at hand
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For which I watch and pray
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have set my course
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On the narrow way
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On the narrow way
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Even so Lord come quickly
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This is my fervent prayer
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For I've caught
a glimpse of glory
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And I'm longing to be there
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When shall the Son of Man appear
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The trumpet sound its blast
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And Christ
descend in glorious fire
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With all the saints amassed
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We'll rise with those
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Who sleep no more
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To meet Him in the air
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When shall the Son
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Of Man appear
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The Son of Man appear
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And that is today, today
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Today until He comes
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I have fixed my mind
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On another time
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On another time
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Amen.
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Good morning, GYC. Amen.
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How is everybody
doing? Man, that was weak.
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You're all tired
that's why isn't it?
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Like, "Man, it's New Year's Day
and I just stayed up too late
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and got up too early."
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Well, I'm gonna share with you
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from the Word of God
this morning and I'll pray,
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but I wanna share
with you something
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before I start, you know,
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a number of years ago
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after giving my
life to the Lord.
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You know, when I was
younger, I believed in God,
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but I never thought about Him.
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I wouldn't seek Him
and when I believed Him...
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I really was not a
Christian although I...
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If you would have
asked, I would have said I was.
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And, you know,
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if I was on the street
and people were chasing me,
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I never thought,
"Oh, Lord, help me."
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I remember, you
know, getting in a fight
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and getting the tar
just beat out of me,
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and I never thought about
God, I just didn't look to God,
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and so I took that
right into my experience
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when I came into the church.
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So if something happened
I would think of myself,
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you know, when I
actually initially look to God
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and to years of
God to work in me,
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to change that and
what ended up happening
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was just one
experience by the way of,
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I mean, you have to
continually learn to draw closer
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to the Lord and
trust in Him and seek Him.
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But I was with
my wife now Fadia,
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we travel around
full time together,
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and we were traveling through
from Florida to New Mexico,
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and we chose to go camping
in the state of Mississippi.
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So we're backwoods
Mississippi, I mean, backwoods.
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And while we're there
we went for this long walk,
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we didn't intend
for it to be this long,
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but it was like 11 mile walk
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through
backwoods of Mississippi.
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And as we were
walking through Mississippi
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we got to this point, I
was carrying a walking stick,
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and these dogs were
kind of were in the line,
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we could tell we're
gonna walk into these dogs
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and they were already
barking, they seemed angry.
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And, you know, I'm not real good
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with like angry dogs.
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And I'm not real
comfortable and wife is like,
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you know, Fadia says,
"Well, let's just keep going."
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And I'm
thinking, "I don't want to,
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I don't wanna go."
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But, you know,
guess what I'm a man.
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And so what do you do
when a woman acts like
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you should do something
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that you shouldn't be afraid of,
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you go and so I
went, but I was annoyed,
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I actually didn't want to go.
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So as the dogs starting
coming at us, I got a stick.
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And remember when
troubles come by nature
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who I was to trust in
self, I don't look to God.
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And so I get the stick
and I'm yelling at the dog
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and get back
and whatever, right?
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Being the man with a stick.
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And what ended up happening was
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we kept going
finally the dogs backed away
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and on the way back,
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we had to go back by
the dogs, and I'm annoyed.
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I'm like, "Man,
we've got to go back
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by those dogs again, I
wish we would've done this."
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I'm kind of, you
know, annoyed with Fadia.
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And so as we start going back,
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I get this deep
impression throw down the stick.
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And I am like,
"No, I don't want to."
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Throw down the
stick, throw down the stick,
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you need to just trust in
me that I can take care of you.
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I didn't wanna
throw down the stick
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because I trusted in myself
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that I could
take care of myself.
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But as we're
getting closer and closer,
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this turmoil within me as
you just need to trust in me.
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And finally with this
turmoil and I can't even...
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It's not even logical,
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but it was just this
conviction in my heart
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throw down the stick.
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I finally decided, "All right,
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if the dogs
attacked me, they attack me,
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but I'm
throwing down the stick."
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I mean, talk
about a lack of faith,
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I mean, I threw it down
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so there's a little faith there,
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but I'm just still thinking
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the dogs are gonna
like ravage me or something.
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And my wife sees
and she has a stick too,
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you know, so like
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and she looks at
me and she's thinking
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it was hers was a
really nice walking stick
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she had found.
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And she's like she realized
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there was this
battle going on in me
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and so she threw her stick too.
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And later she
regretted it she was like,
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"Man, I wish I would
have kept that stick,
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it was such a good
walking stick, you know."
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But as we got closer to the dogs
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and they're coming
and my heart is racing,
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but I'm not
gonna trust in myself
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if they tear me
up, they tear me up,
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I mean, backwoods Mississippi.
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I don't remember
what kind of dog it was,
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but it wasn't a happy dog.
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And so as I'm walking
up to it, all of the sudden
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right before we get to
it as they're barking at us,
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right before this drunk
man comes out of the house
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and he is like, you know,
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and he stop the
dogs from attacking us.
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And it was just one of those
daily experiences, you know,
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I mean nothing
great, nothing grand
00:14:07.88\00:14:09.94
but it's even
when the Holy Spirit
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speaks to your heart,
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we need to learn
to live by faith.
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Let's begin with
the word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, great God
00:14:22.06\00:14:23.89
who loves us
with an eternal love
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we need You.
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I pray that Your
Spirit would rain down upon us
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and that You
would teach us faith,
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teach us to live
by a righteousness
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that comes from faith,
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fill us with Your
Spirit, give me clarity,
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and Your Word this morning
in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Now hear the
conclusion of the whole matter.
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Fear God and
keep His commandments,
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for this is the
whole duty of man.
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For God shall bring
every work into judgment
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with every secret thing
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whether it be good
or whether it be evil.
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Now this is interesting in
the context of Ecclesiastes.
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Solomon says,
listen, here it is,
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here's the end of it all,
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here's the most important thing.
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And then he says in
the context of the judgment
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that you are to do two
things they were to, what?
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Fear God and
keep His commandments.
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He said in the
context of the judgment,
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you need to fear God
and keep His commandments.
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Now what I find very interesting
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as you look into
the Book of Revelation
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in the context of
the last day message
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of the judgment and
the three angels' messages.
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You know, the first
angel's message begins
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and I saw in Revelation 14:6,
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and I saw another angel
fly in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting, what?
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Gospel to preach unto
them that dwell on the earth,
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to every
nation, kindred, tongue,
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and people saying
with a loud voice, what?
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Fear God.
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It's interesting it
says the first thing
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that comes out of
the angel's mouth.
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Now the message
that we are to give
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is the everlasting gospel,
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but the first thing
it says saying fear God.
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So the message
at the end of time
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in the context of
the judgment is fear God,
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and then you go through
the three angels' messages,
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you come to the last,
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the third of
the angels' messages
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and in verse 12 it says,
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"Here are they that
keep the commandments of God,
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and the faith of Jesus."
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They keep the
commandments by faith,
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but it's interesting
the three angels' messages
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begin with fear
God and they conclude
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with keep His commandments.
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The whole duty
of man for humanity
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in the times of
Solomon was fear God,
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keep His commandments.
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The whole duty of man at
the end of time is similar,
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fear God.
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So the three angels' messages
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are book ended with fear God,
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keep His commandments.
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So let's try to break
this down a little bit.
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We're gonna try to figure out
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what fearing God and
keeping His commandments
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by faith are somewhat about,
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what they're all about
that would be going too far,
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but we're gonna
try to figure out
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some things to make it practical
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that we by the grace of
God can live this message out.
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Now fearing God...
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Remember, it
says in Revelation 14,
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"Fear God and
give glory to Him."
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And when we
think of giving glory,
00:17:33.31\00:17:34.78
many times you think of,
00:17:34.82\00:17:36.15
you know, in
some of our meetings
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we say give glory.
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Well, 1 Corinthians 10:31 says,
00:17:39.12\00:17:40.99
"Whether therefore
you eat or you drink
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or whatsoever you do, do
all to the glory of God."
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That by your lifestyle including
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what the way that you
eat, the way that you drink,
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there are certain
things that you could drink
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that are not good for
you, they inebriate the brain.
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There are certain
things that you eat
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that may not be good for you,
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but there's also
things that are good for you
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that by your lifestyle
habits can give glory to God.
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But what's interesting,
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we're looking at
fearing God and giving glory.
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Now in the
context of fearing God,
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Proverbs 10:27 says,
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"The fear of the
Lord prolongs days."
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The fear of the
Lord prolongs days,
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but the years of the
wicked shall be shortened,
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so there's something
about the fear of God
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that has to do with longevity,
isn't that interesting?
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The Bible also
says in Proverbs 14:27,
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"The fear of the Lord
is a fountain of life,
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to depart from
the snares of death."
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So if you fear God
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it will actually
lengthen your days
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the Bible says,
this is interesting.
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So there's
something about health
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that's connected right
there in the fear of God.
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Now the Bible also says
in the context of fearing God
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and keeping His commandments.
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Now by the way fearing God, yes,
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it has to do with
honoring, respecting,
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giving reverence for
an almighty God realizing
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and recognizing I am but dust.
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But Deuteronomy
6, Moses tells us.
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Actually, yeah,
Deuteronomy 6:24,
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it says, "And the
Lord commanded us,
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to do all these statues."
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That means the Lord commanded us
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to keep His commandments,
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and the Lord commanded
us to do all these statutes
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to fear the Lord our God.
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So those are the two things
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to keep the commandments of God,
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and fear Him, fear God,
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keep His commandments
right there in Deuteronomy 6:24.
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And the Lord commanded us
to do all these statues to fear
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the Lord our God, why?
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It says for our good always
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that He might preserve
us alive as it is this day.
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So in the context of fearing God
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and keeping His commandments
it helps preserve life,
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but it says
this was given to us,
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God gave His commandments.
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He called us to fear
Him actually for our good.
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Meaning there's a benefit,
00:20:05.13\00:20:07.14
there is a
benefit from God to us
00:20:07.17\00:20:09.74
when we yield
to what He desires.
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His desires are not
just to keep us from pork.
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When I first heard about
pork that it was unhealthy,
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I was not happy.
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You know what I did?
00:20:20.28\00:20:21.62
I went and ate some
pork and I got sick,
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just a coincidence, you know.
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And you know what I did?
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I went and ate some more
pork another time, guess what?
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Got sick again.
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And I realized
maybe God is trying
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to show me something.
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See I'm a
hardheaded person, right?
00:20:35.40\00:20:36.73
You trust in yourself by nature
that was me, and I'm learning,
00:20:36.77\00:20:40.47
learning, I'm not
where I need to be,
00:20:40.50\00:20:41.84
but I wanna
continue growing in the Lord.
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And so God has given
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the health message for our good,
00:20:46.14\00:20:48.14
He's given us the commandments
in general for our good.
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And what's so
powerful is why would this be
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in the context of the last days,
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I mean, come on
who really cares about
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what you eat I thought.
00:20:56.62\00:20:59.92
And it's interesting,
00:20:59.95\00:21:02.99
Ellen White says
one of the reasons
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God gave us the
health message, do you know?
00:21:04.59\00:21:06.90
She said it is to make us happy.
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Did you know that?
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You're like, "No,
no, it makes me unhappy.
00:21:14.40\00:21:18.37
I wanna eat this or
that or whatever," right?
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.08
And she is saying,
00:21:20.11\00:21:21.44
"No, no, there's
actually science in it."
00:21:21.48\00:21:24.01
And right now you may know this,
00:21:24.05\00:21:25.38
you may not know,
00:21:25.41\00:21:26.75
my wife and I put on a seminar
about the gut brain connection
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that right now it is
cutting edge science.
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The fact that what you
eat can affect your brain.
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Amen.
00:21:36.66\00:21:37.99
Isn't that powerful? Amen.
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Right now scientists are looking
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at this all they think...
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The Bible is the first place
00:21:42.56\00:21:43.90
that I know of
that speaks about it.
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Daniel is the
first scientific study
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according to the Daniel 1,
00:21:47.14\00:21:48.70
according to the
National Institute of Health
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.37
is the first scientific study.
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This is what we're
telling in all recorded history
00:21:53.07\00:21:55.14
and it's a study of
the gut brain connection.
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What they ate
affected their intellect.
00:21:59.35\00:22:01.98
Modern studies are
showing the same thing
00:22:02.02\00:22:05.62
that the food you eat
can enhance your intellect
00:22:05.65\00:22:08.12
and actually make you happier.
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Amen.
00:22:10.19\00:22:11.53
God gave us a
message for our what?
00:22:11.56\00:22:16.06
For our good, right?
00:22:16.10\00:22:17.60
It's for our
good, for our health.
00:22:17.63\00:22:18.97
Yes, that also.
00:22:19.00\00:22:20.34
So let's think
about this for a moment.
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So God has given us this,
00:22:21.74\00:22:23.44
part of it is the health message
00:22:23.47\00:22:25.27
because if we are happier,
00:22:25.31\00:22:26.64
it's easier to
trust in God more.
00:22:26.68\00:22:28.58
Now we need to trust in God
00:22:28.61\00:22:29.94
even when we're
down and we're depressed.
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Each of us have
probably experienced some,
00:22:32.11\00:22:34.22
you know, maybe
not full on depression,
00:22:34.25\00:22:35.92
but some of us have
00:22:35.95\00:22:37.29
and even in that we
need to trust in God
00:22:37.32\00:22:38.79
with all of our hearts.
00:22:38.82\00:22:40.16
I've been there,
00:22:40.19\00:22:41.52
where you are so
down at your worst point
00:22:41.56\00:22:43.46
and at that
worst point of my life
00:22:43.49\00:22:45.16
I finally said to God,
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
"God, even if I
had to live this way
00:22:46.56\00:22:47.90
for the rest of my life,
00:22:47.93\00:22:49.26
I would accept it
00:22:49.30\00:22:50.63
because there's
nowhere else to go
00:22:50.67\00:22:52.00
because you have
the words of life."
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Amen.
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.14
This is what we
need, we need faith.
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.01
And we can look
back on those times,
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I look back on those times
when God brings you out of it,
00:22:58.57\00:23:00.58
and by the way it
was His health message
00:23:00.61\00:23:02.44
that helped bring me out of it,
00:23:02.48\00:23:03.81
and as I came out
of it having peace,
00:23:03.85\00:23:07.02
but I look back and
rejoice that God brought me
00:23:07.05\00:23:09.52
through those experiences.
00:23:09.55\00:23:12.09
God brought me through
00:23:12.12\00:23:13.46
and I praise His
holy name for that.
00:23:13.49\00:23:15.36
But we're looking at fearing God
00:23:15.39\00:23:16.73
and it's interesting
00:23:16.76\00:23:18.09
because part of fearing
God is to make you happy,
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.63
isn't that interesting?
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.00
You think fearing God
that sounds kind of scary,
00:23:22.03\00:23:23.37
but then you realize,
"No, no, no it's for your good.
00:23:23.40\00:23:25.40
It actually
helps you live longer."
00:23:25.43\00:23:26.97
Very interesting.
00:23:27.00\00:23:28.80
And looking a little
deeper in fearing God,
00:23:28.84\00:23:32.24
the Bible says in
Proverbs, I love this passage,
00:23:32.27\00:23:35.14
it's Proverbs 2
00:23:35.18\00:23:36.71
and we have this
message that says,
00:23:36.75\00:23:39.45
"My son, if thou
wilt receive my words,
00:23:39.48\00:23:42.85
and hide my
commandments with thee."
00:23:42.88\00:23:45.85
Now it's gonna get
to fear God in a moment,
00:23:45.89\00:23:47.92
but it begins in the
context of fearing God
00:23:47.96\00:23:50.36
or how to fear God.
00:23:50.39\00:23:51.73
Fearing God is more than
just a theological concept.
00:23:51.76\00:23:56.60
It is a living
experience that you can only,
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.33
you can't fully
understand until you do
00:23:59.37\00:24:02.04
what Proverbs 2:1-5 talk about.
00:24:02.07\00:24:04.77
And what it says is, "My son,
if thou wilt receive my words,
00:24:04.81\00:24:08.48
and hide my
commandments with thee."
00:24:08.51\00:24:12.11
So the first part is
receiving God's Word,
00:24:12.15\00:24:15.42
spending time in God's
Word, but even laying it up,
00:24:15.45\00:24:18.09
hiding it in your
heart and in your mind,
00:24:18.12\00:24:21.76
hiding it inside of you.
00:24:21.79\00:24:23.83
We are told in Last
Day Events, page 67,
00:24:23.86\00:24:28.13
"The time is coming
when many will be deprived
00:24:28.16\00:24:30.37
of the written word.
00:24:30.40\00:24:32.40
But if this Word is
printed in your memory,
00:24:32.43\00:24:36.07
no one can take it from you."
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.04
Isn't that interesting?
00:24:38.07\00:24:39.44
Meaning, it doesn't say
everybody's gonna be deprived
00:24:39.47\00:24:41.41
in the end, but
many of us will, right?
00:24:41.44\00:24:43.35
And by the way you
can't run to the mountains,
00:24:43.38\00:24:44.78
flee to the
hills with your iPhone,
00:24:44.81\00:24:47.05
it be a tracking device,
right, that's not gonna work.
00:24:47.08\00:24:50.25
And so, but
we're told that many,
00:24:50.29\00:24:53.02
many are gonna be
deprived of the written word,
00:24:53.05\00:24:54.69
but if that word is
printed in the memory,
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.33
no one can take it from us.
00:24:57.36\00:24:58.83
And in the
context of fearing God,
00:24:58.86\00:25:01.10
we're told if
you receive my word,
00:25:01.13\00:25:02.56
and hide my
commandments with thee.
00:25:02.60\00:25:05.03
So that thou incline
thine ear unto wisdom,
00:25:05.07\00:25:08.00
and apply thine
heart to understanding.
00:25:08.04\00:25:10.37
So you're seeking the
word and you're trying to hear
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.47
what it means, you're saying,
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.01
you're seeking with
your heart to discover
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.24
what it is saying
for your personal life.
00:25:16.28\00:25:21.58
And then it says, if
you criest after knowledge
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.82
and lift us up thy
voice for understanding.
00:25:24.85\00:25:27.26
So you're
saying, "God, help me."
00:25:27.29\00:25:29.06
I don't get it.
00:25:29.09\00:25:30.43
Listen, when I
became an Adventist,
00:25:30.46\00:25:31.79
I didn't know
what Adventist did.
00:25:31.83\00:25:33.63
I went to the Mission College,
you know, what happened?
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.50
I had a roommate who
had been there for a while,
00:25:35.53\00:25:37.53
and I didn't
know what Advents did
00:25:37.57\00:25:38.97
so I figured
I'll just kind of do
00:25:39.00\00:25:40.34
what they doing.
00:25:40.37\00:25:41.70
So at five in the
morning the guy next to me,
00:25:41.74\00:25:44.01
I mean, I had my own bed he had,
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.37
you know, he wasn't
like in the bed with me,
00:25:45.41\00:25:46.78
but the guy in the,
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.14
you know, the bed over
there at five in the morning
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.45
he turned the light on
and he rolled out of bed,
00:25:50.48\00:25:52.25
he didn't even
stand up or anything,
00:25:52.28\00:25:53.82
he just rolled out of
bed and start praying.
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18
And so I realized,
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.55
oh, that's what
Seventh-day Adventist do.
00:25:56.58\00:25:57.95
So I just rolled out of bed
00:25:57.99\00:25:59.32
and start praying too
just like he did, you know.
00:25:59.35\00:26:02.06
And then when he
was done praying,
00:26:02.09\00:26:03.43
he started reading his
Bible so you know what I did,
00:26:03.46\00:26:06.19
I did what
Seventh-day Adventist do.
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.76
I started reading my
Bible and so he read his Bible
00:26:07.80\00:26:09.66
for three hours
so what did I do?
00:26:09.70\00:26:11.63
I read my Bible for three hours
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.00
because that's what
Seventh-day Adventists do.
00:26:13.03\00:26:14.97
And so I did that every day,
00:26:15.00\00:26:16.87
and so day after
day I was doing this
00:26:16.91\00:26:20.28
and what a blessing it was,
00:26:20.31\00:26:21.64
I mean, I'm glad I ran
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.01
into that
Seventh-day Adventist, right?
00:26:23.04\00:26:25.35
Because I didn't know, I
mean, it could have been,
00:26:25.38\00:26:27.48
you know, somebody else.
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.12
Later on I moved to California
00:26:29.15\00:26:30.79
and I found out that
not everybody does that.
00:26:30.82\00:26:35.59
But I got way off subject,
00:26:35.62\00:26:37.36
I don't even know
I talked about that.
00:26:37.39\00:26:40.83
I guess it's good to
read the Word of God, yeah.
00:26:40.86\00:26:42.66
Oh, yeah, that's what
00:26:42.70\00:26:44.03
we're talking about
reading the Word of God.
00:26:44.07\00:26:45.40
Yeah, we're talking
about Proverbs, right?
00:26:45.43\00:26:46.77
Seeking the Word of
God with your whole heart
00:26:46.80\00:26:49.34
and you're seeking
to know what it means...
00:26:49.37\00:26:50.71
Oh, why I was gonna
say it was this was because
00:26:50.74\00:26:53.41
I remember Pastor
Louis Torres came up to me
00:26:53.44\00:26:56.68
and I just read my Bible
for three hours and he said,
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.55
"Hey what did you
read this morning?"
00:26:58.58\00:26:59.91
And you know what?
00:26:59.95\00:27:01.82
Nothing came to
mind after three hours.
00:27:01.85\00:27:06.32
And you may
think, "I read my Bible,
00:27:06.35\00:27:08.42
I get nothing out of it."
00:27:08.46\00:27:11.99
I thought I got
nothing out of it,
00:27:12.03\00:27:13.83
but God was doing
a work in my heart.
00:27:13.86\00:27:16.90
You spend that time
even if you feel nothing
00:27:16.93\00:27:20.27
it is not about some feeling.
00:27:20.30\00:27:21.64
Now praise the Lord if
the Lord gives the feeling,
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.10
that's nothing wrong
with that, that's a blessing.
00:27:23.14\00:27:25.64
And I have that
from time to time,
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.01
but it's not like everyday
00:27:27.04\00:27:28.38
it's like this
moment of ecstasy,
00:27:28.41\00:27:30.28
well, I'm reading God's Word,
00:27:30.31\00:27:32.05
but it's not an option
00:27:32.08\00:27:33.78
for a Seventh-day Adventist
to read the Word of God.
00:27:33.82\00:27:36.99
It said, "If we
criest after knowledge,
00:27:37.02\00:27:39.22
lift us up our
voice for understanding."
00:27:39.25\00:27:42.46
And then verse 4 says,
"If you seek her as silver,
00:27:42.49\00:27:46.19
and search for her
as for hid treasures."
00:27:46.23\00:27:51.60
God is calling us to seek
00:27:51.63\00:27:52.97
after His word
as for hid treasure.
00:27:53.00\00:27:55.44
And all of us know probably
00:27:55.47\00:27:56.81
what it's like to
seek for hid treasures.
00:27:56.84\00:27:59.14
For some of you
it's on Amazon.com
00:27:59.17\00:28:02.04
hour after hour reading,
00:28:02.08\00:28:04.75
you know, how many stars
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.11
does this
particular thing have, right?
00:28:06.15\00:28:08.15
This curling iron,
00:28:08.18\00:28:10.59
what is the best
curling iron, right?
00:28:10.62\00:28:13.25
And you seek for this
as for hid treasure, right?
00:28:13.29\00:28:17.49
For someone like,
00:28:17.53\00:28:18.86
"Oh, that's not me, I'm
not into that, you know."
00:28:18.89\00:28:20.23
But maybe for you it's Facebook,
00:28:20.26\00:28:21.60
you're just
scrolling, scrolling, scrolling,
00:28:21.63\00:28:23.13
scrolling looking
for hidden treasure,
00:28:23.16\00:28:24.67
something grand,
00:28:24.70\00:28:26.13
but it's just more of the same
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.64
somebody had a hamburger, right?
00:28:27.67\00:28:30.41
But we seek in, we seek
in, we seek, but God says,
00:28:30.44\00:28:34.14
"Listen, I want
you to seek my word
00:28:34.18\00:28:36.51
like you seek for
the things of the world."
00:28:36.54\00:28:39.71
This is what
God wants out of us.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.52
And not just to
like get you to sit
00:28:42.55\00:28:44.35
and read a book,
00:28:44.39\00:28:45.72
but there is something
about it that's for your good.
00:28:45.75\00:28:50.29
There's a blessing in it
00:28:50.33\00:28:51.66
that God wants
to bestow upon you,
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.40
your family, your friends,
00:28:54.43\00:28:56.46
your coworkers,
your schoolmates.
00:28:56.50\00:28:58.93
God has a plan for you,
00:28:58.97\00:29:00.94
but we have to be
in the Word of God,
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.30
we have to be there.
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.67
So how does this
connect to fear God?
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Verse 5 says this,
00:29:07.11\00:29:08.44
"After telling us
about hiding God's word
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.35
in our minds, and in our hearts,
00:29:10.38\00:29:11.71
memorizing the
Word of God, seeking it,
00:29:11.75\00:29:13.38
praying for guidance,
seeking with our whole heart,
00:29:13.42\00:29:16.05
looking for it
as gold or silver."
00:29:16.08\00:29:18.19
It finally says in verse 5,
00:29:18.22\00:29:19.62
"Then shalt thou
understand the fear of the Lord,
00:29:19.65\00:29:24.63
and find the knowledge of God."
00:29:24.66\00:29:27.40
Isn't that powerful?
00:29:27.43\00:29:28.76
So meaning it's not
just a theological idea,
00:29:28.80\00:29:31.63
it is an
experience you only experience
00:29:31.67\00:29:33.84
when you seek God's
Word as for your life.
00:29:33.87\00:29:39.17
You have to experience it.
00:29:39.21\00:29:40.54
I wanna challenge you,
00:29:40.58\00:29:41.91
I wasn't interested
in reading the Bible,
00:29:41.94\00:29:43.28
but once I started doing it,
00:29:43.31\00:29:44.81
it has changed
my life sure for...
00:29:44.85\00:29:46.28
Actual I'll tell you,
00:29:46.31\00:29:47.65
it seem like for years I
got very little out of it,
00:29:47.68\00:29:49.78
but overtime it
began to come together,
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.89
it began to make more sense,
00:29:52.92\00:29:54.26
and began to
come to life for me.
00:29:54.29\00:29:57.73
Friends, we got to
read the Word of God
00:29:57.76\00:30:00.00
for the blessing
that is contained therein.
00:30:00.03\00:30:04.03
You know, the Bible
says in Proverbs 8:13,
00:30:04.07\00:30:09.97
"The fear of the
Lord is to hate evil.
00:30:10.01\00:30:13.81
Pride,
arrogancy, and the evil way,
00:30:13.84\00:30:15.98
and the froward
mouth, do I hate."
00:30:16.01\00:30:18.05
The fear of the
Lord is to hate evil.
00:30:18.08\00:30:19.81
We're gonna make a
transition here in this message.
00:30:19.85\00:30:21.65
We talked about how
there's a health component
00:30:21.68\00:30:24.62
to the last days
00:30:24.65\00:30:25.99
that God's people are gonna seek
00:30:26.02\00:30:27.36
to live a healthier lifestyle
00:30:27.39\00:30:28.72
so that they can
give more glory to God,
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.79
they'll be happier,
they'll have clear minds
00:30:30.83\00:30:33.56
which is the most important
point of the health message.
00:30:33.60\00:30:36.63
There is a longevity aspect,
00:30:36.67\00:30:38.10
Ellen White talks
about and so does the Bible,
00:30:38.13\00:30:40.54
but what's interesting is
that the Bible also says...
00:30:40.57\00:30:44.57
You know, that
there is this fear of God
00:30:44.61\00:30:46.07
that we discover
when we study God's Word,
00:30:46.11\00:30:48.78
and then we read
that the fear of God
00:30:48.81\00:30:50.45
is to hate evil
or the fear of God
00:30:50.48\00:30:53.28
is to hate
unrighteousness as it were.
00:30:53.31\00:30:57.62
This brings us
back from fearing God
00:30:57.65\00:30:59.85
to keeping His commandments,
how does that connect?
00:30:59.89\00:31:03.32
How do these things connect?
This is a good question.
00:31:03.36\00:31:06.76
Looking at
righteousness by faith.
00:31:06.80\00:31:10.63
What is righteousness by faith?
00:31:10.67\00:31:12.00
Many times we use
terminology in church
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.84
and we have no
idea what it means.
00:31:14.87\00:31:16.84
How many of you
can attest to that?
00:31:16.87\00:31:18.54
You hear stuff in
church and you think like,
00:31:18.57\00:31:20.38
"I know what that is."
00:31:20.41\00:31:21.74
And if somebody asked you,
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.11
"Well, tell me, explain it to me
00:31:23.14\00:31:24.48
so that I can live it out."
00:31:24.51\00:31:25.85
Would you really be
able to do it, right?
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.62
But I want you to think
about righteousness by faith.
00:31:27.65\00:31:29.32
Let's look at it
because fear God keeping
00:31:29.35\00:31:31.52
His commandments by faith.
00:31:31.55\00:31:33.46
Remember, here are they
00:31:33.49\00:31:34.82
that keep the
commandments of God
00:31:34.86\00:31:36.19
and the faith of Jesus,
00:31:36.22\00:31:37.63
so they keep the
commandments by faith.
00:31:37.66\00:31:40.50
What is righteousness?
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.56
Now in order to understand
00:31:42.60\00:31:43.93
what righteousness
is maybe it will help us
00:31:43.97\00:31:46.03
if we understand
what unrighteousness is.
00:31:46.07\00:31:49.34
1 John 5:17 says, "All
unrighteousness is sin,
00:31:49.37\00:31:54.68
and there is a sin
that is not unto death."
00:31:54.71\00:31:57.21
So all unrighteousness
is what? It's sin.
00:31:57.25\00:32:01.15
Now what is sin?
00:32:01.18\00:32:02.52
You may know 1
John 3:4 says what?
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.59
It says, "Whosoever commit a sin
00:32:04.62\00:32:07.89
transgresses also the law,
00:32:07.92\00:32:09.26
for sin is the
transgression of the law."
00:32:09.29\00:32:12.43
To say it simple,
sin is breaking the law.
00:32:12.46\00:32:17.83
Now if unrighteousness is sin,
00:32:17.87\00:32:23.84
and sin is breaking the law,
00:32:23.87\00:32:27.91
that means
unrighteousness is what?
00:32:27.94\00:32:31.08
Breaking the
law. Breaking the law.
00:32:31.11\00:32:33.08
Do you see the connection there?
00:32:33.11\00:32:34.62
Did I make that confusing?
00:32:34.65\00:32:36.92
If unrighteousness is sin
and sin is breaking the law,
00:32:36.95\00:32:40.92
then breaking the
law is unrighteousness.
00:32:40.96\00:32:45.06
So unrighteousness
is breaking God's law.
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.06
Now righteousness would be
00:32:47.10\00:32:49.10
then the opposite
of unrighteousness,
00:32:49.13\00:32:53.34
yes or no?
00:32:53.37\00:32:54.70
Yeah, I mean, unrighteousness
is the lack of righteousness
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.51
and if unrighteousness
is breaking the law,
00:32:57.54\00:32:59.77
what would you to do
so would be righteousness?
00:32:59.81\00:33:05.75
Keeping the law, right? I
mean, it seems pretty simple.
00:33:05.78\00:33:07.92
So many people have sought out
00:33:07.95\00:33:09.48
then I just need to keep the law
00:33:09.52\00:33:11.05
and then I could
be righteous, right?
00:33:11.09\00:33:12.45
How many of you have tried that?
00:33:12.49\00:33:13.82
I have and then
you stumble terribly
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.79
because if
righteousness is in the law.
00:33:16.83\00:33:19.19
Isaiah 51:7, "Hearken unto
me, ye that know righteousness,
00:33:19.23\00:33:22.70
the people in
whose heart is my law."
00:33:22.73\00:33:25.73
So people who have
the law in the heart,
00:33:25.77\00:33:27.14
that's the new
covenant by the way,
00:33:27.17\00:33:28.87
they have righteousness.
00:33:28.90\00:33:31.57
So, but I'm gonna share
with you a group of people
00:33:31.61\00:33:34.58
who saw with all
their heart to be righteous
00:33:34.61\00:33:36.38
and thoroughly failed.
00:33:36.41\00:33:37.75
Turn with me to Romans 9,
00:33:37.78\00:33:43.92
"These are a group of people
who knew that righteousness,
00:33:43.95\00:33:46.45
the law was
righteous, holy, just and good,"
00:33:46.49\00:33:48.66
as Romans tells us.
00:33:48.69\00:33:50.86
And so these people
saw to keep the law,
00:33:50.89\00:33:55.40
but they failed miserably, why?
00:33:55.43\00:33:57.77
Romans 9, we're
gonna begin in verse 31.
00:33:57.80\00:34:02.17
And obviously we're
beginning right here
00:34:02.20\00:34:04.57
talking about
Israel, the people of Israel.
00:34:04.61\00:34:06.51
We're looking in Romans 9:31.
00:34:06.54\00:34:10.25
The Word of God reads,
00:34:10.28\00:34:12.58
"But Israel, which followed
after the law of righteousness,
00:34:12.61\00:34:16.75
hath not attained to
the law of righteousness.
00:34:16.79\00:34:20.09
Wherefore?"
00:34:20.12\00:34:21.46
Because they
sought it not by faith,
00:34:21.49\00:34:23.63
but as it were by
the works of the, what?
00:34:23.66\00:34:27.00
Law.
00:34:27.03\00:34:28.36
So here are the Israelites,
they knew the law was righteous
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.93
and they sought to keep
the law but they failed.
00:34:30.97\00:34:34.10
They knew that the law was
good, holy, just, righteous
00:34:34.14\00:34:37.84
and so they looked to
the law and tried to keep it
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.38
and they didn't do it
and it says wherefore, why?
00:34:40.41\00:34:43.38
Because they
didn't seek it by, what?
00:34:43.41\00:34:45.95
By faith. What does this mean?
00:34:45.98\00:34:47.65
Hopefully we can
grasp this in just a moment.
00:34:47.68\00:34:50.22
So what ends up happening,
it says, verse 32, "Wherefore?
00:34:50.25\00:34:54.32
Because they
sought it not by faith,
00:34:54.36\00:34:56.79
but as it were by
the works of the law.
00:34:56.83\00:34:59.26
For they stumbled
at that stumblingstone.
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.76
As it is written, behold, I
lay in sion a stumblingstone
00:35:01.80\00:35:04.30
and rock of offence, and
whosoever believeth in Him
00:35:04.33\00:35:06.53
should not be ashamed."
00:35:06.57\00:35:09.40
So what does it say?
00:35:09.44\00:35:10.91
Get the idea, so the
Israelites here on a path,
00:35:10.94\00:35:13.71
they're on a
pathway and their goal
00:35:13.74\00:35:15.64
is to keep the law,
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.01
so they're looking at
the law for righteousness.
00:35:17.05\00:35:18.78
It says they
actually seek to keep the law,
00:35:18.81\00:35:20.58
and as they're
seeking to keep the law,
00:35:20.62\00:35:22.52
it said, they stumbled, right?
00:35:22.55\00:35:24.12
There was
something in the pathway
00:35:24.15\00:35:25.62
and it says that they
stumbled over it, right?
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.19
Did you see that?
00:35:28.22\00:35:29.59
Now it says they
stumbled at the stumblingstone
00:35:29.62\00:35:33.36
as it is written behold
00:35:33.40\00:35:34.73
I lay in sion a stumbling
stone and a rock of offense.
00:35:34.76\00:35:38.77
Who would that
rock of offense be?
00:35:38.80\00:35:41.90
Who was the rock
of ages cleft for me?
00:35:41.94\00:35:45.71
It was Jesus.
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.08
So get the picture,
00:35:47.11\00:35:48.44
they're on their path
to try to be righteous,
00:35:48.48\00:35:50.21
so they know the
law is righteous,
00:35:50.25\00:35:51.81
so they're keeping
their eyes on the law,
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.52
but as they're
seeking to keep the law
00:35:53.55\00:35:55.08
something's in their way
00:35:55.12\00:35:56.85
and it's a rock and
that rock was Christ.
00:35:56.89\00:36:00.89
And as they go, if
their eyes are on the law,
00:36:00.92\00:36:04.39
they might miss,
00:36:04.43\00:36:05.76
not see the rock
and they stumble over
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.56
and they fall down,
00:36:07.60\00:36:08.93
and they're unsuccessful
at attaining righteousness.
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.67
You see that.
00:36:11.70\00:36:13.37
Because their eye was
focused in the wrong place.
00:36:13.40\00:36:17.04
The law, Romans 8:4 tells us
"Was weak through the flesh."
00:36:17.07\00:36:23.31
The law can not save you.
00:36:23.35\00:36:27.68
Yes or no? It can't.
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.25
And so they were
looking to the law
00:36:30.29\00:36:31.85
as it were for salvation,
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.32
but if they would
have turned their eyes,
00:36:33.36\00:36:34.82
their focus of their
eyes from the law to the rock,
00:36:34.86\00:36:39.06
to Jesus Christ would
they have tripped over Him?
00:36:39.09\00:36:42.36
No, they might have
kneeled down before that rock,
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.63
they would have then received
a righteousness from Him.
00:36:44.67\00:36:50.01
Now let's go back.
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.37
Notice this, jump back in
the same chapter to verse 30,
00:36:51.41\00:36:54.61
it says, "What
shall we say then?
00:36:54.64\00:36:58.71
That the Gentiles,
00:36:58.75\00:37:00.08
which followed not after
the law of righteousness,
00:37:00.12\00:37:03.75
have attained to the
law of righteousness,
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.55
even the righteousness
which is of," what?
00:37:06.59\00:37:09.79
"Faith." Do you see that?
00:37:09.82\00:37:11.93
So they received the
righteousness by faith,
00:37:11.96\00:37:15.53
meaning they
received a righteousness
00:37:15.56\00:37:17.30
greater than their own.
00:37:17.33\00:37:18.67
The Bible says in
Philippians 3:9, Paul said,
00:37:18.70\00:37:22.30
"And be found in Him,
00:37:22.34\00:37:23.91
not having mine
own righteousness."
00:37:23.94\00:37:26.24
See, if you try to
keep your own righteousness,
00:37:26.27\00:37:27.94
you try to keep the law,
you try to do the right thing,
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.74
you try to be better,
00:37:29.78\00:37:31.11
you try to be good
on your own, focusing...
00:37:31.15\00:37:33.25
And notice, I keep saying
you, you, you or me, me, me,
00:37:33.28\00:37:36.52
trusting self.
00:37:36.55\00:37:38.89
As you seek to trust yourself,
00:37:38.92\00:37:41.36
do you think that's gonna
help you be more like Christ?
00:37:41.39\00:37:44.63
No, it doesn't even make sense,
00:37:44.66\00:37:46.29
but we do it not
thinking it through.
00:37:46.33\00:37:47.96
And so the Israelites,
00:37:48.00\00:37:49.70
if they would have
looked to something else,
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.83
these ones, not the
gentiles now rather,
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.94
the gentiles
sought their righteousness
00:37:54.97\00:37:57.57
by faith in Jesus Christ.
00:37:57.61\00:38:01.01
And Paul said, "Be found in Him,
00:38:01.04\00:38:03.14
not having mine
own righteousness,
00:38:03.18\00:38:04.51
which is of the law,
00:38:04.55\00:38:05.88
but that which is
through the faith of Christ,
00:38:05.91\00:38:08.08
the
righteousness of God by faith."
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.89
Paul says, "We need a
righteousness from God
00:38:11.92\00:38:14.26
because my righteousness
00:38:14.29\00:38:15.62
will never be
good enough by myself."
00:38:15.66\00:38:18.96
Do you believe that?
00:38:18.99\00:38:20.33
And I heard Eugene Furr
use this illustration, he said,
00:38:20.36\00:38:22.86
"If you went
into a store yesterday
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.57
and stole a candy bar,
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.57
and then today you
don't steal a candy bar
00:38:28.60\00:38:30.81
does that make up
00:38:30.84\00:38:32.17
for you stealing a
candy bar yesterday?
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.31
No.
00:38:34.34\00:38:35.68
Meaning, what if
you stop sinning today
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.05
and never sinned
again till Jesus came,
00:38:37.08\00:38:39.28
would you deserve to
go to heaven, yes or no?
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.02
Why?
00:38:42.05\00:38:43.72
Because all of the sins of
the past you cannot atone for.
00:38:43.75\00:38:47.36
Do you follow?
00:38:47.39\00:38:48.72
You need a righteousness beyond
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.23
what you could ever self-create.
00:38:50.26\00:38:53.83
You need a perfect righteousness
00:38:53.86\00:38:55.70
so that when you go to
heaven, your record is perfect.
00:38:55.73\00:39:00.00
But the problem is
your record isn't perfect,
00:39:00.04\00:39:02.04
right?
00:39:02.07\00:39:03.44
You need the
righteousness of God,
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.71
you need Jesus
00:39:05.74\00:39:07.58
who died on the
cross for your sins,
00:39:07.61\00:39:09.68
and upon the cross how
many of your sins that He take?
00:39:09.71\00:39:13.11
Every single sin
you've ever done.
00:39:13.15\00:39:14.48
If He kept, if He
received all of the sins
00:39:14.52\00:39:17.75
you've ever done,
the Bible tells us
00:39:17.79\00:39:19.95
that He gives His
perfect righteousness
00:39:19.99\00:39:24.63
in exchange for
your filthy rags,
00:39:24.66\00:39:27.76
isn't that good news?
00:39:27.80\00:39:29.26
You see why righteousness
by faith is so beautiful,
00:39:29.30\00:39:33.17
but it actually goes
further than just covering you,
00:39:33.20\00:39:36.27
it fills you with righteousness
00:39:36.30\00:39:38.97
so that you can
have the strength
00:39:39.01\00:39:40.81
to walk in the law of God,
00:39:40.84\00:39:43.45
but I'm gonna share
with you that in a minute.
00:39:43.48\00:39:44.81
So let's look at
this. So this is the idea.
00:39:44.85\00:39:46.72
Now, turn with me to Romans 4,
00:39:46.75\00:39:48.68
I love this,
this is so powerful.
00:39:48.72\00:39:50.59
The person that is given
over and over in scripture
00:39:50.62\00:39:53.52
for this great man of faith
00:39:53.56\00:39:54.89
is a man by the name of Abraham.
00:39:54.92\00:39:56.52
And I think sometimes
maybe you're like I was,
00:39:56.56\00:39:58.66
and you're like, "Why Abraham?"
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.40
I mean, it's just
kind of a weird story.
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.40
You know, in
Genesis 15:5 it says,
00:40:02.43\00:40:04.90
"And he brought him
forth abroad, and said,
00:40:04.93\00:40:06.53
'Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars,
00:40:06.57\00:40:09.34
if you be able to number them,'
00:40:09.37\00:40:10.94
And he said, 'So
shall your seed be.'"
00:40:10.97\00:40:13.68
And then it says,
"And he believed the Lord,
00:40:13.71\00:40:16.24
and he counted it to
him for righteousness."
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.81
That's just kind
of weird like, huh.
00:40:18.85\00:40:20.82
You know, the guy
can't have a baby,
00:40:20.85\00:40:22.25
he's old, his wife's old,
00:40:22.28\00:40:23.69
it's impossible for
them to have a baby,
00:40:23.72\00:40:25.15
and God says,
"You're gonna have a baby."
00:40:25.19\00:40:26.76
And Abraham is like,
"Okay, all right, I believe it."
00:40:26.79\00:40:28.76
And God is like,
"Okay, you're righteous."
00:40:28.79\00:40:31.33
How does that work together?
00:40:31.36\00:40:33.26
Doesn't that
sound kind of strange?
00:40:33.29\00:40:35.06
And why is this
like the great proof of
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.83
what it's like to have
righteousness by faith?
00:40:37.87\00:40:40.10
Now, I want you to look at
it when we read in Romans 4,
00:40:40.14\00:40:43.51
we're going to
begin in verse 19,
00:40:43.54\00:40:46.81
this is powerful,
speaking of Abraham,
00:40:46.84\00:40:49.24
"And being not weak in," what?
00:40:49.28\00:40:52.15
"Faith."
00:40:52.18\00:40:53.52
See, Abraham could have
been weak in faith and thought,
00:40:53.55\00:40:55.15
"Man, I'm an old
man, this is impossible."
00:40:55.18\00:40:57.02
"And being not weak in faith,
00:40:57.05\00:40:58.82
he considered not
his own body now dead,
00:40:58.85\00:41:02.26
when he was about
an hundred years old,
00:41:02.29\00:41:03.93
neither yet the
deadness of Sara's womb."
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.43
Do you follow?
So here is Abraham.
00:41:06.46\00:41:10.67
His body is as good as dead,
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.03
meaning, the guy's up towards
100 years old at this point,
00:41:12.07\00:41:14.34
his wife is up
towards 90 and guess what?
00:41:14.37\00:41:16.74
Adventists are the longest
00:41:16.77\00:41:18.11
living people
in the world today,
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.67
not because any glory to us,
00:41:19.71\00:41:21.04
it's just because we went back
to what the Bible said, right?
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.21
You go back to the Bible.
00:41:23.24\00:41:24.58
It's interesting, creationists
are the longest living people
00:41:24.61\00:41:26.65
in the world today.
00:41:26.68\00:41:28.58
Yes or no?
00:41:28.62\00:41:29.95
Evolution has not enhanced
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.32
the length of life
like creation has, amen?
00:41:31.35\00:41:34.82
It's powerful.
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.19
And so, but even
though Adventists are living
00:41:36.22\00:41:38.43
as the longest living
group of people on the planet,
00:41:38.46\00:41:41.70
have you ever heard of
any 90-year old Adventist
00:41:41.73\00:41:43.70
getting pregnant recently?
00:41:43.73\00:41:46.33
No, right, and so
you wouldn't expect that.
00:41:46.37\00:41:48.50
So Abraham could have
said when God said this,
00:41:48.54\00:41:51.87
"This is impossible."
00:41:51.91\00:41:53.24
He could have
considered his own body
00:41:53.27\00:41:55.48
which was as good as dead
00:41:55.51\00:41:56.98
or the deadness of Sara's womb,
he said, "This is impossible."
00:41:57.01\00:42:00.75
But he didn't, he
said, "If God said it,
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.25
He must have
something miraculous in store."
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.39
Do you follow?
00:42:06.42\00:42:07.82
And within the
church and within society,
00:42:07.86\00:42:09.92
and within other
Christian groups,
00:42:09.96\00:42:11.99
there is this real
trouble of believing
00:42:12.03\00:42:13.60
that God can give victory.
00:42:13.63\00:42:15.93
Yes or no? Have
you ever heard that?
00:42:15.96\00:42:17.37
Why would you keep the Sabbath?
00:42:17.40\00:42:18.73
We sin all the time,
we can't stop sinning,
00:42:18.77\00:42:20.34
all we do is sin,
we are just sinners,
00:42:20.37\00:42:23.97
but the Bible says that you can
actually find victory, where?
00:42:24.01\00:42:27.18
I mean, Revelation
14:12 even prophesies it,
00:42:27.21\00:42:30.55
"Here are they that
keep the commandments of God,
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.21
and the faith of Jesus."
00:42:33.25\00:42:34.58
They have keep the
commandments by faith,
00:42:34.62\00:42:35.95
they have
righteousness by faith.
00:42:35.98\00:42:38.99
God said that's gonna happen.
00:42:39.02\00:42:40.56
And I could say,
"Listen, man, I've tried,
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.49
I really sought
to do the right thing
00:42:43.53\00:42:44.89
and I haven't really
succeeded many times,
00:42:44.93\00:42:47.40
and I wanna do the right
thing, and I wanna keep the law,
00:42:47.43\00:42:50.20
I wanna do what it
says, I wanna do what it says
00:42:50.23\00:42:51.70
and I stumble, right, I trip.
00:42:51.73\00:42:53.74
You follow?
00:42:53.77\00:42:55.10
And so then I could say,
00:42:55.14\00:42:56.50
I could consider
my own body now dead
00:42:56.54\00:43:00.14
and I could say, "God,
00:43:00.18\00:43:01.51
you can't
fulfill what You said."
00:43:01.54\00:43:03.45
I could do that, do you see.
00:43:03.48\00:43:05.51
I could not give glory to God,
00:43:05.55\00:43:07.28
says that Abraham
gave glory to God by faith.
00:43:07.32\00:43:10.89
He said, "If God said,
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.29
He must have
something miraculous in store."
00:43:12.32\00:43:14.16
He didn't consider his body.
00:43:14.19\00:43:16.32
You may have tried
1,000 times to overcome
00:43:16.36\00:43:19.59
and so you maybe even come
to the theological conclusion
00:43:19.63\00:43:22.66
it's impossible,
and you know what?
00:43:22.70\00:43:24.27
You're right, it
is impossible for you
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.27
to overcome sin by yourself.
00:43:26.30\00:43:29.84
But is it impossible for God
to bring light out of darkness?
00:43:29.87\00:43:35.41
Is it possible for a God
00:43:35.44\00:43:37.08
who says He's gonna make
a group of people overcome?
00:43:37.11\00:43:39.88
Is it possible for Him to
do what He says, yes or no?
00:43:39.91\00:43:42.75
Yes.
00:43:42.78\00:43:44.89
Do you see how this
is an important issue
00:43:44.92\00:43:47.46
in the area of
righteousness by faith?
00:43:47.49\00:43:50.03
It is not an issue of,
"Can I do it? No, I can't."
00:43:50.06\00:43:54.56
The question is,
can Christ in me do it?
00:43:54.60\00:43:58.70
Yes, He can.
00:43:58.73\00:44:00.44
And so Abraham did not
consider his own body now dead.
00:44:00.47\00:44:04.77
Now check this out.
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.14
Read it again verse 19,
"And being not weak in faith,
00:44:06.17\00:44:08.31
he considered not
his own body now dead,
00:44:08.34\00:44:10.11
when he was about
an hundred years old,
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.68
neither yet the
deadness of Sara's womb."
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.58
Check this out,
verse 20, "He staggered."
00:44:13.62\00:44:16.79
So check this
out, he is on his path
00:44:16.82\00:44:18.52
and he doesn't stagger, right?
00:44:18.55\00:44:20.59
He doesn't trip in his path
00:44:20.62\00:44:22.62
like the ancient Israelites did.
00:44:22.66\00:44:24.66
"He staggered not
at the promise of God
00:44:24.69\00:44:27.50
through unbelief,
but was strong in," what?
00:44:27.53\00:44:31.20
Faith, giving glory to God."
00:44:31.23\00:44:33.97
You see giving glory to God
00:44:34.00\00:44:35.50
is not only eating
right and drinking right,
00:44:35.54\00:44:37.54
but it is living by
righteousness by faith.
00:44:37.57\00:44:41.04
Do you see what
it said? It said...
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.81
I wanna read it again
just so you don't miss that,
00:44:43.85\00:44:45.41
that's a key point.
00:44:45.45\00:44:46.78
It says, "He staggered
not at the promise of God
00:44:46.82\00:44:48.65
through unbelief,
but was strong in faith,
00:44:48.68\00:44:51.59
giving glory to God.
00:44:51.62\00:44:53.05
Do you see how your
righteousness by faith
00:44:53.09\00:44:54.72
when you trust that,
"Hey, if God said it,
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.56
I really believe it
00:44:56.59\00:44:57.93
even though I struggle
with this 1,000 times."
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.29
Maybe you struggled
with pornography 1,000 times
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.33
and you wanted to quit.
00:45:01.36\00:45:02.70
You've struggled with anger.
00:45:02.73\00:45:04.07
You've struggled
with whatever it is
00:45:04.10\00:45:05.53
that you struggle with
lust or maybe your clothing
00:45:05.57\00:45:08.67
and you like to show
off your body quite a bit,
00:45:08.70\00:45:10.11
you know, whatever it is.
00:45:10.14\00:45:12.57
And God says, listen, I
can give you the victory,
00:45:12.61\00:45:15.71
even if you've done
it a thousand times,
00:45:15.74\00:45:17.41
do not consider your body.
00:45:17.45\00:45:20.62
Don't consider whether you
have the strength, consider God,
00:45:20.65\00:45:23.69
keep your eyes not on the
law, not on something else,
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.66
but keep your eyes on Christ.
00:45:27.69\00:45:31.03
And if our eyes
are upon Him trusting
00:45:31.06\00:45:32.69
that He can do what He said,
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.26
then He gives us
righteousness by faith
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.90
not only to cover us
00:45:36.93\00:45:38.50
but to
strengthen us to overcome.
00:45:38.53\00:45:41.70
And it says, verse 20,
00:45:41.74\00:45:43.07
"He staggered not
at the promise of God
00:45:43.10\00:45:45.34
through unbelief,
but was strong in faith,
00:45:45.37\00:45:46.84
giving glory to God, and
being fully persuaded that,
00:45:46.88\00:45:49.08
what he had promised, he
was able also to perform."
00:45:49.11\00:45:52.18
He trusted God could do it.
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.95
And therefore it was imputed,
00:45:54.98\00:45:57.09
it was put into
him for righteousness.
00:45:57.12\00:46:00.96
Not only was he covered but now,
00:46:00.99\00:46:02.76
he actually had to act
out this having a child,
00:46:02.79\00:46:05.73
so he had to go do
something with his wife.
00:46:05.76\00:46:08.70
God told him it was impossible,
his body was as good as dead,
00:46:08.73\00:46:10.97
but God made it as good as good,
00:46:11.00\00:46:12.50
right, as good as alive.
00:46:12.53\00:46:14.17
Our bodies, we are
dead in trespasses and sins.
00:46:14.20\00:46:17.37
We can't overcome,
00:46:17.41\00:46:18.74
but God can bring
life to that which is dead.
00:46:18.77\00:46:22.58
He calls that
which is not as though
00:46:22.61\00:46:25.08
it were as we read earlier
in this very same chapter.
00:46:25.11\00:46:28.92
He can call
life into you, if you
00:46:28.95\00:46:31.65
but trust in God to guide you
00:46:31.69\00:46:35.19
and place your
confidence is in Him.
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.86
You'll find Him
always there beside you.
00:46:38.89\00:46:44.17
We are promised this.
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.93
God has given us
His word, you know.
00:46:45.97\00:46:51.57
Could Jesus really give a
group of people the victory?
00:46:51.61\00:46:55.04
I would say it more like this.
00:46:55.08\00:46:58.81
It just happens
00:46:58.85\00:47:00.28
if we continually seek
God with all our heart.
00:47:00.32\00:47:04.02
It's not an issue of like,
00:47:04.05\00:47:05.39
I'm just going to do
better in 2017, right?
00:47:05.42\00:47:08.29
Pick up my bootstraps
00:47:08.32\00:47:09.66
and I'm gonna move along, right?
00:47:09.69\00:47:12.59
Once again you
start going back to,
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.96
I'll take care of myself.
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.43
I'll get a
little better this year.
00:47:15.46\00:47:18.17
But rather I'm going to
turn away from myself this year.
00:47:18.20\00:47:22.20
I want to think less
about Chad in 2017 than in 2016.
00:47:22.24\00:47:27.84
I want to end 2017
closer to Jesus Christ this year
00:47:27.88\00:47:31.11
than in any year in the past.
00:47:31.15\00:47:36.75
Wouldn't that be nice
to end this year changed?
00:47:36.79\00:47:42.49
To end this year living
out righteousness by faith,
00:47:42.52\00:47:44.89
so we don't have to
constantly fear are we saved.
00:47:44.93\00:47:49.16
We bring out one quotation
by Ellen White that says,
00:47:49.20\00:47:51.30
"No, sanctified tongue will
be found, saying, 'I am saved.'"
00:47:51.33\00:47:54.80
And we miss out all the
other text where she says,
00:47:54.84\00:47:56.81
you don't have to
question whether you're saved.
00:47:56.84\00:47:59.01
You can know if
you're right with God today,
00:47:59.04\00:48:01.28
you would be ready
if Jesus came today.
00:48:01.31\00:48:03.75
Amen.
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.11
There's a balance, meaning,
I won't go around saying,
00:48:05.15\00:48:07.12
I'm saved, I'm good to go, man.
00:48:07.15\00:48:08.65
Yeah, I'm a good man,
I'm a righteous man, right?
00:48:08.68\00:48:11.29
Nothing will happen,
I can never be lost. No.
00:48:11.32\00:48:13.82
There is this humility,
a reverence, a fear of God
00:48:13.86\00:48:17.06
that He is God but He
loves me with all His heart
00:48:17.09\00:48:19.69
that I am but dust and
ashes but He can save my soul
00:48:19.73\00:48:22.20
and I want to yield everything
in my life to Jesus Christ
00:48:22.23\00:48:25.00
right here, right now.
00:48:25.03\00:48:28.54
And I can trust that He
can forgive my sins today
00:48:28.57\00:48:30.94
and if my sins are given
00:48:30.97\00:48:32.31
and I'm not
holding on to them today,
00:48:32.34\00:48:34.18
I can know that I'd be ready
if Jesus Christ came today.
00:48:34.21\00:48:38.95
Is that good news? Amen.
00:48:38.98\00:48:41.52
You know what the gospel means?
00:48:41.55\00:48:44.79
Good news, it's for our good.
00:48:44.82\00:48:49.09
God has brought
these things together.
00:48:49.12\00:48:50.93
One thing that proves to me
the divinity of the Word of God
00:48:50.96\00:48:54.60
is the connections
all throughout scripture,
00:48:54.63\00:48:57.67
they're all there.
00:48:57.70\00:48:59.03
How could all these men,
35 to 40 men over 1,500 years
00:48:59.07\00:49:02.70
come up with stuff like this?
00:49:02.74\00:49:05.21
The prophecies that
have come true to our day.
00:49:05.24\00:49:06.94
God has established His word
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.61
and He wants to
establish it in your heart
00:49:08.64\00:49:11.18
if you'll receive it,
if you spend time in it.
00:49:11.21\00:49:13.62
I do believe Jesus is coming.
00:49:16.72\00:49:20.46
And Jesus wants more than
anything for you to be ready.
00:49:20.49\00:49:24.69
But He actually even
wants more than that.
00:49:24.73\00:49:26.19
He wants you to be
ready so that He can help you
00:49:26.23\00:49:28.96
get the people around you ready,
00:49:29.00\00:49:31.13
so that you can go home
00:49:31.17\00:49:32.50
and you can be a
witness outside of GYC
00:49:32.53\00:49:34.10
that you can take the experience
00:49:34.14\00:49:35.47
that you've
obtained at this conference
00:49:35.50\00:49:37.57
and you could
spread it around the world.
00:49:37.61\00:49:40.48
When you travel internationally,
00:49:40.51\00:49:41.91
when you're at work, it
doesn't matter what you do,
00:49:41.94\00:49:43.71
but you are an undercover
missionary giving glory to God
00:49:43.75\00:49:47.68
because you believe by faith
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.05
that Jesus is
going to work in you.
00:49:49.08\00:49:51.25
You're trusting in Him.
00:49:51.29\00:49:53.76
Friends, Jesus wants
to give us the victory.
00:49:53.79\00:49:57.69
We've talked about
three main things today,
00:49:57.73\00:49:59.26
it's kind of a just a
bunch of information here.
00:49:59.29\00:50:01.63
I wanted three main
things we looked at,
00:50:01.66\00:50:03.37
number one, something,
00:50:03.40\00:50:04.73
there's something
within fearing God
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about a health message,
00:50:06.13\00:50:08.34
there's something
within fearing God
00:50:08.37\00:50:10.01
about of our health
00:50:10.04\00:50:11.37
and this actually helps
us draw closer to Jesus.
00:50:11.41\00:50:14.18
It's not to be saved but
because we have been saved,
00:50:14.21\00:50:16.68
we try what He
says and when we try,
00:50:16.71\00:50:18.75
the science
shows, oh you're happier,
00:50:18.78\00:50:20.95
you're better able to
overcome lifestyle diseases.
00:50:20.98\00:50:24.62
Your mind becomes
clearer and it helps you better
00:50:24.65\00:50:28.16
overcome temptation through
the gut brain connection.
00:50:28.19\00:50:33.16
So one thing we looked at
is there's a health component.
00:50:33.19\00:50:35.16
Number two, we looked at
00:50:35.20\00:50:36.56
that there is a
component of fearing God
00:50:36.60\00:50:39.07
by seeking His word
with your whole heart.
00:50:39.10\00:50:43.20
And we give glory to Him
by righteousness by faith,
00:50:43.24\00:50:46.68
we keep His commandments
through righteousness by faith.
00:50:46.71\00:50:50.11
That is the third
thing we looked at.
00:50:50.15\00:50:52.58
And so I want to
make a challenge to you
00:50:52.61\00:50:54.25
to begin this year 2017.
00:50:54.28\00:50:57.15
God is calling us to a
higher level of spirituality.
00:51:00.39\00:51:02.69
Eating food is not,
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.06
it doesn't save you
in and of itself, right?
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.09
There's been plenty of
people who've eaten bad
00:51:06.13\00:51:07.63
but they'll still be safe,
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.00
but it makes it
easier to overcome
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.70
and we need all the help
we can get in these days,
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.63
wouldn't you say?
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.00
It's so hard to
overcome. I'll tell you this.
00:51:14.04\00:51:16.10
We know through the
gut brain connection,
00:51:16.14\00:51:17.71
you can see, you
know, we're told,
00:51:17.74\00:51:19.07
you know, spicy food
makes you more lustful
00:51:19.11\00:51:20.64
and there's no question it does.
00:51:20.68\00:51:22.84
So the issue isn't like,
00:51:22.88\00:51:24.21
oh, just get rid
of the way from that
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.58
and then you
get to go to heaven.
00:51:25.61\00:51:26.95
No, but it will
make it so much easier
00:51:26.98\00:51:28.32
not to look at pornography.
00:51:28.35\00:51:30.49
Getting back to
God's plant based diet,
00:51:30.52\00:51:32.35
you'll see your mind
starts getting clearer
00:51:32.39\00:51:34.66
when you get back to God's diet.
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.76
You don't get to go to heaven,
God's like, oh, good job,
00:51:36.79\00:51:38.46
you're a vegan for
four years way to go, right?
00:51:38.49\00:51:41.06
No, but God is saying,
listen, didn't make it easier,
00:51:41.10\00:51:43.63
wasn't it easier to
trust in God by faith?
00:51:43.67\00:51:47.30
So the first challenge I
want to make to you today.
00:51:47.34\00:51:50.61
How many of you
would like to say,
00:51:50.64\00:51:52.04
and maybe you don't even want
to that much for you're like,
00:51:52.07\00:51:53.68
hey, man, I got diabetes,
00:51:53.71\00:51:55.04
maybe I could
learn to overcome it,
00:51:55.08\00:51:56.41
or maybe I just want to overcome
00:51:56.44\00:51:57.78
but God is
saying, listen, in 2017,
00:51:57.81\00:51:59.78
let's choose to
literally be health reformers.
00:51:59.81\00:52:03.08
As a church, we can
encourage each other
00:52:03.12\00:52:05.02
and I'm not telling you
00:52:05.05\00:52:06.39
everybody needs to
turn to vegan tomorrow,
00:52:06.42\00:52:07.76
if you're a meat eater,
begin to eat more plant food,
00:52:07.79\00:52:10.09
slowly make a transition,
00:52:10.13\00:52:11.89
but in 2017
would you like to say,
00:52:11.93\00:52:14.10
whether it's
exercise, whether it's sunlight,
00:52:14.13\00:52:15.86
whether it's the
eight laws of health.
00:52:15.90\00:52:17.50
You say I want to try
this year to begin the year
00:52:17.53\00:52:20.50
on the right foot
living out God's health law
00:52:20.54\00:52:22.87
and giving glory to
Him through my health.
00:52:22.90\00:52:25.61
Is that's your desire?
00:52:25.64\00:52:26.98
I ask that you just
stand where you are,
00:52:27.01\00:52:28.34
this is the first
appeal, simple appeal.
00:52:28.38\00:52:30.51
You want in 2017, seek
to live a healthy lifestyle
00:52:30.55\00:52:33.58
to give glory to
God through that.
00:52:33.62\00:52:34.95
Number two, maybe you say,
00:52:34.98\00:52:37.19
I want to recommit my
life to God here to begin 2017.
00:52:37.22\00:52:42.96
I want to recommit my life.
00:52:42.99\00:52:45.83
I want to walk
with Him this year
00:52:45.86\00:52:48.63
in righteousness by faith.
00:52:48.66\00:52:50.07
I want to learn to trust Him
00:52:50.10\00:52:51.43
even when I struggle with doubt.
00:52:51.47\00:52:53.57
I want to just trust Him
even in the darkest time,
00:52:53.60\00:52:56.00
I want to have
righteousness by faith.
00:52:56.04\00:52:59.97
Is there anyone who by the
raising of their hands say,
00:53:00.01\00:53:01.54
you know, I want that
righteousness by faith,
00:53:01.58\00:53:03.55
I want it here today.
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.58
I want to know that I'm
in a saving relationship
00:53:05.61\00:53:07.78
and I want to
give my sin to Jesus.
00:53:07.82\00:53:10.75
Amen?
00:53:10.79\00:53:12.29
We want to know that,
we want peace in our hearts
00:53:12.32\00:53:13.99
to know that we
are walking with,
00:53:14.02\00:53:15.36
and we can have that,
Spirit of Prophecy, I mean,
00:53:15.39\00:53:16.79
you don't need the Spirit
of Prophecy to tell you that,
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.19
the Bible just says
it. 1 John 5:13 tells us
00:53:18.23\00:53:22.50
that he wrote the Book of 1 John
00:53:22.53\00:53:24.27
so that you could know
that you have eternal life,
00:53:24.30\00:53:26.17
you can know it,
the Bible says it
00:53:26.20\00:53:29.04
and the Spirit
of Prophecy says it.
00:53:29.07\00:53:30.41
And number three,
00:53:30.44\00:53:31.77
how many of you want
to commit that in 2017?
00:53:31.81\00:53:37.01
You want to fear God
and you can't, you're like,
00:53:37.05\00:53:39.41
I don't even know
if I want to do that,
00:53:39.45\00:53:40.78
but he says listen, the only way
00:53:40.82\00:53:42.15
you can even experience it
00:53:42.18\00:53:43.52
is by spending
time in the Word of God,
00:53:43.55\00:53:46.72
hiding in your
mind and in your heart.
00:53:46.76\00:53:49.16
Seeking God, asking, God,
00:53:49.19\00:53:51.09
please help me to
understand what it means.
00:53:51.13\00:53:52.93
Please, Lord,
give me the victory.
00:53:52.96\00:53:55.50
Help me to be
changed by Your Word
00:53:55.53\00:53:56.87
even if I feel like I
get nothing out of it,
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.23
Lord, be with me.
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.00
How many of you want to say,
00:54:00.04\00:54:01.37
I want to covenant this
year to spend every single day,
00:54:01.40\00:54:03.07
some time every
day with Jesus Christ.
00:54:03.10\00:54:06.47
Let us close with prayer.
00:54:06.51\00:54:07.91
Heavenly Father, we
need You, we cannot do this,
00:54:07.94\00:54:10.98
we're not looking to us to
be better ourselves this year.
00:54:11.01\00:54:13.31
We're looking for
righteousness by faith.
00:54:13.35\00:54:15.75
Give us the strength
00:54:15.78\00:54:17.12
because we don't
happen to spend time
00:54:17.15\00:54:18.49
every single day with You.
00:54:18.52\00:54:21.36
Help us live out
Your health message,
00:54:21.39\00:54:22.89
not to be a bunch of
legalistic hypocrites,
00:54:22.92\00:54:24.83
but rather to find victory,
00:54:24.86\00:54:26.56
the strength that You
give us in the name of Jesus.
00:54:26.59\00:54:30.77
Amen. Amen.
00:54:30.80\00:54:35.10
You may be seated.
00:54:35.14\00:54:39.07
Thank you. Thank you.
00:54:39.11\00:54:40.78
Amen. Have you
been blessed? Amen.
00:54:44.91\00:54:49.12
You know the
darker the days will be,
00:54:49.15\00:54:52.15
the brighter the
light will shine.
00:54:52.19\00:54:55.02
The brighter the light
of God's Word will shine
00:54:55.06\00:54:57.89
and God is gonna
do a mighty work,
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.69
so I'll invite you to
arise and shine with me arise
00:54:59.73\00:55:04.17
as we'll sing our closing song
00:55:04.20\00:55:08.37
and as we look
forward to see each other
00:55:08.40\00:55:10.41
in Phoenix, Arizona,
00:55:10.44\00:55:12.34
December 27 to
31st to arise and shine
00:55:12.37\00:55:16.81
and we will sing together,
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.21
"We have this hope".
00:55:18.25\00:55:21.92
We have this hope
00:55:30.03\00:55:33.33
That burns within our hearts
00:55:33.36\00:55:38.33
Hope in the coming of the Lord
00:55:38.37\00:55:46.01
We have this faith
00:55:46.04\00:55:49.08
That Christ alone imparts
00:55:49.11\00:55:53.98
Faith in the promise of His Word
00:55:54.02\00:56:01.82
We believe the time is here
00:56:01.86\00:56:05.79
When the nations far and near
00:56:05.83\00:56:09.56
Shall awake, and shout and sing
00:56:09.60\00:56:13.60
Hallelujah! Christ is King!
00:56:13.64\00:56:20.98
We have this hope
00:56:21.01\00:56:23.95
That burns within our hearts
00:56:23.98\00:56:28.95
Hope in the coming of the Lord
00:56:28.98\00:56:36.02
Amen. Let us pray together.
00:56:38.16\00:56:40.43
Dear heavenly Father,
00:56:40.46\00:56:41.80
this hope burns
within our hearts,
00:56:41.83\00:56:43.97
hope for the coming of the Lord,
00:56:44.00\00:56:46.03
may You keep us faithful,
00:56:46.07\00:56:48.07
faithful, faithful till the end,
00:56:48.10\00:56:51.17
in the name of
Jesus' we pray, amen.
00:56:51.21\00:56:54.28