I heard the voice
of the Lord saying,
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Whom shall I send,
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and who will go for us?
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Then I said, Here am I,
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send me!
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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and the South England Conference
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present London 2016.
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Pastor John Lomacang has
been speaking here each night.
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I don't know if any
of you have attended
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each night's meetings
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but can I just
see show off hands
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of those of you who
appreciated the messages
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that have been coming
through God's man servant,
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just raise your
hands to God be the glory.
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Pastor John Lomacang,
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just to say a few
more things about him,
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currently serves
as the Thompsonville
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Adventist Church pastor,
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which is located at
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the Three Angels Broadcasting
Network Centre in Illinois.
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He's in his 30th
year of pastoral ministry.
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So he obviously started young.
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Thirty three years
to his wife Angela.
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Angela, good to
have you with us again.
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Recently he has been appointed
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Director of World
Evangelism for 3ABN
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and we're honored that
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this is his first assignment
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under that
directorship, here in London.
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Pastor John Lomacang has been
a professional Christian singer
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for more than 30 years,
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and many of you
would have known him
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for his singing
before his preaching.
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But he sang with the
Heritage Singers for many years.
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He has sung for many of
the ministries included,
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including, It Is Written,
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Amazing Facts and
the Voice of Prophecy.
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Pastor Lomacang's life
story is an interesting one
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and I'm sure we
will hear more about that
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in the second
week of our meetings,
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but he is featured in a
Pacific Press book entitled,
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Abandoned but not Alone.
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Are we glad to know
that we serve a Savior
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who never abandons us?
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Who always draws near to us
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and seeks and
designs to save us.
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And so this morning we,
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we thank God for Pastor Lomacang
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for his ministry
here in Croydon Church
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and for his wife as
well together as a team.
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And we pray that God
will truly inspire him
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as he speaks to us on the topic,
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God's perfect law.
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Good morning church.
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Good morning.
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Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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Happy Sabbath.
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So glad to see that
you're here this morning.
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It's good to be a part of a...
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A place where
ministry is going forward
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where God is being praised,
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and this morning we
desire nothing more than
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to give God the
glory that He alone is due.
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This morning I want
to take and use the time
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that I have as
efficiently as I can
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so bow your heads with me.
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Loving Father, this
is Your opportunity,
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may You be praised
in Jesus' name, amen.
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The scripture
reading this morning,
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I'd like to encourage you
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to read it again
with me John 14:15,
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let's read that
together with some energy.
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Are you ready? Here we go,
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
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There was a war that began
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thousands of
years ago in heaven.
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A war that then
transferred to this earth,
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where every one of us
knows in a very real way
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that imperfection has reigned
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since the fall of man
in the Garden of Eden.
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The simple equation is
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our world is a
continual representation
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of what our world would be
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if Satan had the
unhindered opportunity
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to run a government.
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What we see in our world today,
the rise in incarceration,
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the fear of
terrorism, rampant theft,
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indefensible
murder, failing marriages,
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international conflict,
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perpetual war are all symptoms
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of the rejection
of God's perfect law.
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Isaiah 24:5,
reminds us this way.
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"The earth is also,"
what is the next word?
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Defiled under its
inhabitants," why?
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"Because they have done" what?
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Transgress the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
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and Broken the
everlasting covenant."
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God made an
agreement with every one of us
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that if we do
what He asks us to do,
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He can do what
He promises to do.
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The conditions
that we see in the world
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are a continual reminder
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that what Adam passed on to us
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continues to
exist until this day.
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But as we learned
earlier this week,
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the nature that Adam
transferred to us is a nature
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that can't do anything but sin.
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Let me say that again,
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because this
morning I'm gonna approach
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the commandments of God
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from a completely
different perspective.
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I'm coming around the back way.
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We know about the
commandments of God,
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we've seen
them, we've read them,
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we've heard about them,
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but what we know is
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we struggle every
day to live in harmony
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with the commandments of
God, the question is why?
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The question is why?
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Because Adam gave us a bad tree
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and bad trees produce bad fruit.
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So if you have a bad attitude,
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you're connected to a bad tree,
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come on somebody talk to me.
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If you have a bad relationship,
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it's because we're
connected to a bad tree.
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You see the sin
nature that we inherited
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can produce all kind of
sin whatever man can conceive,
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man can accomplish sinfully.
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To get a glimpse of
how dark sin can get,
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we need only look back
at an antediluvian society
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as Genesis 6:5 reminds us
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of the Noah generation that
had become indescribably evil
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like our world today.
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Genesis 6:5, the Bible tells us.
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"And the Lord saw
that" the what of man?
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"The wickedness of man."
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Is the world wicked today?
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"The wickedness
of man was" what?
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"Great in the earth."
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And this is why we
have all these devices
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that are
continually in our heads.
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This is what Satan is
seeking to accomplish,
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you can listen to the text.
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"And that every intent
of the thoughts of his heart
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were only" what?
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"Evil continually."
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Let me make a
very important point.
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If you put corrupt
music in your mind all day
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and watch corrupt movies
and corrupt entertainment
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and go to corrupt places,
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and have
company that is corrupt,
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you will be corrupt.
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But even deeper than that
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until we get rid of that
nature that Adam gave to us,
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we can't do
anything but be corrupt.
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So you can't even
blame your surroundings.
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You're bad tree until Jesus
changes our standing with Him.
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To add insult to injury,
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what happened in Noah's day
is being reproduced in our day.
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The Bible said
just before Jesus comes,
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our world is
going to be just like
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the world was in
the days of Noah.
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Luke 17:26,
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"And as it was
in the days of Noah,
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so it will be also in
the days of the" what?
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"Son of Man:"
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The fact is, hear me carefully,
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it is impossible.
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What word that I just used.
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It is together,
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impossible for sin
to exist without a law.
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It is impossible to go to jail
unless you've broken some law.
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It's impossible to be
pulled over for speeding
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unless there's a
law against speeding,
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I know that.
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It is impossible to go
against the courts of the land
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unless the courts of the
land are replete with laws.
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Now not all the
laws are in our favor,
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we know that men make
laws and men break laws,
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but when it comes to God's law,
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it is impossible for
sin to exist in the world
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unless God has a law.
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But let's go even
farther back than that.
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The Bible says in Romans 5:13,
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"Sin is not imputed
where there is no law."
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In other words, you cannot
be a sinner if there is no law.
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You cannot be
guilty of breaking any,
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violating any commandment
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except there is the
commandments of God.
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Adam could not have
sinned had there been no law.
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Satan could not have
begun a rebellion in heaven
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unless there was
a law he violated,
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because God's government
was a perfect government
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with a perfect law and Satan,
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called Lucifer at the
time rose up in rebellion,
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disagreed with
God's prerequisites
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and decided he was
gonna begin a rebellion
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but the good news is
today one third got kicked out,
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two thirds remained.
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They that be with us are more
than they that be with them.
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But before Adam sinned,
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Satan was a murderer
before Cain even killed Abel.
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John 8:44 tells
us this very clearly.
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"You are of your
father the devil,
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and the desires of
your father you want to do."
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That's what the nature
does, it makes us want to do it.
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"He was a
murderer from the" when?
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"Beginning, and does
not stand in the truth..."
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When people
don't want the truth,
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they've got
their father's nature,
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they got Satan's nature.
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And the Bible says,
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"Because there
is no truth in him.
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When he speaks of a lie,
he speaks from his" what?
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"Own resources,
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for he is
together a liar and" what?
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"The father of it."
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You see when God
warned Adam and Eve
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of the dangers of death.
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He was saying to
them that any departure
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from his law can
only result in death.
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I want you to get that
very carefully this morning.
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When God said to Adam and Eve,
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"You shall surely die."
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It is not possible that
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death could not have possibly
occurred unless there is a law.
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If there was no law
in the Garden of Eden,
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if there was no law,
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if God's government had no law,
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Adam and Eve could not
be in danger of death, why?
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Roman 6:23, look at,
look at what the Bible says,
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"For the wages of sin is" what?
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"Death."
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It doesn't stop there.
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Look at 1 John
3:4, "Sin is the" what?
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"Transgression of the law."
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So where there is no
law, there is no sin.
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It's not possible.
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If I was speeding
through Germany on the autobahn,
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I could smile
at a police officer
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as I blow past him,
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because there is no law
against speed on the autobahn,
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but there is a law
against speed in London,
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there is one in
Southern Illinois.
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I know that for a fact.
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I got stopped a number of times
by the local police officers
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but they said, you know,
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it's amazing how
God extends grace to us
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even though we are sinners,
come on somebody say, amen.
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Amen.
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God sees us in our sin
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and there are
moments that God says,
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"I know your foot was
heavier than your mind,"
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and so I've been
pulled over by police officers
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that have said to me, "What?
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What do you do?"
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And I said, "I'm a preacher."
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They said,
"Where are you going?"
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I said, "I'm
going to Thompsonville."
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"What do you do out there?"
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See my, my skin
complexion is not prevalent
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in Thompsonville.
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God's got a sense of humor
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where the Ku Klux Klan
used to reign supremely,
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I'm a pastor in
that kind of community,
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amen somebody.
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Amen.
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God's got a way of
changing things around.
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He fits the
impossible into the possible.
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He fits the
possible into the impossible.
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He allows His
presence to be manifested
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where men don't
want His presence to be,
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so the police
officer said to me,
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"I tell you what.
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Just keep it down
and have a good evening."
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Amen, somebody. Amen.
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I was on my way
to New York City,
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driving to go bury my dad,
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and I was passing
through a state called Indiana
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and that's before I bought a GPS
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to put on my dashboard
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so I was busy
looking down at my,
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at my dashboard and
I was turning a corner,
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and as I made it
around the corner
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there was a highway patrolman,
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he clocked me
going 87 miles an hour.
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He pulled me over and says,
00:13:31.27\00:13:32.61
"License and
registration please!"
00:13:32.64\00:13:34.84
I gave it to him and he
came back to me, he says,
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"Could you tell me
why you were speeding."
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You know there are times
you just have to tell the truth,
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I said, "Officer
being honest with you,
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I really wasn't
paying attention.
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I was speeding, I really was."
00:13:48.86\00:13:51.86
He said, "I'll tell you what?
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You slow it down and we
can call it the good evening,
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is that all right?"
00:13:56.26\00:13:57.60
He could have given me,
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he could have given
me a ticket over $300,
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he could have taken my license.
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When you go
beyond a certain limit,
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they've got the right to do
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whatever the law
requires them to do.
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In the same way when we go
beyond the limits of God's law,
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He has the right to do
what the law says He can do.
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It is only by God's grace
that we are saved through faith.
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Amen.
00:14:19.52\00:14:20.86
We are sinners.
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Without Jesus we
are hopelessly lost,
00:14:22.69\00:14:26.70
but that's not
the end of my sermon.
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You see since
the entrance of sin,
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every effort on
the part of humanity
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to live in
harmony with God's law
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has fallen short of
fulfilling God's ideal.
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Look at what Paul
says, Romans 3:23,
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the Bible says,
together, "For" What?
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"All have sinned and" what else?
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"Fall short of
the glory of God."
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But listen carefully,
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God's law is perfect but
human nature is imperfect.
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Perfect law, imperfect humanity.
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And the problem
is not God's law,
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the problem is man's nature.
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The nature that man gave,
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the man that we...
00:15:08.74\00:15:10.07
The nature that we
received from our father Adam,
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he passed on defective genetics.
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We've got the DNA
of sin all through us.
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Even on Sabbath morning.
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But Paul made it clear,
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the problem is not God's law,
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Romans 7:14, he says,
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"For we know
that the law is" what?
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"Spiritual, but I am" what?
00:15:32.36\00:15:34.66
"Carnal, sold under sin."
00:15:34.70\00:15:38.20
That's that slavery language
if you could look at yourself,
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if you could look at yourself
the way that God sees us
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when we are born.
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We are shackled to a nature
that refuses to let us alone
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until Jesus comes
and breaks the cord.
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Romans 7:12,
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Paul reiterates,
"Therefore the law is" what?
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"Holy, and the
commandment is" what?
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Together "holy"
and what else "just"
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and what else "good."
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This is the very same
chapter where this Paul,
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this newborn Paul said,
00:16:09.26\00:16:14.04
"What I want to
do, I can't do it.
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What I don't like to do,
that's what I keep doing.
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What I hate,
that's what I perform.
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What I want to
perform, I can't do it."
00:16:24.31\00:16:26.51
And then he says, "Oh,
wretched man that I am.
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Who will deliver me
from the body of this death?"
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He wanted deliverance
just like you need deliverance,
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come on say amen.
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Amen.
00:16:37.33\00:16:38.66
Just like we all
want deliverance,
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Paul thirsted
for this deliverance,
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and Romans 7 is not
before he was born again,
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Romans 7 was written
after he was born again.
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You see Paul,
before he became converted,
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he knew God's law was there
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but he had no desire to keep it.
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Then he, then he says,
00:16:59.35\00:17:00.68
"When the law revive when
I, when I looked at the law
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sin revived in me and I died."
00:17:04.75\00:17:07.36
In other words, when I saw
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how ugly I look in the morning.
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When I finally bought a mirror,
00:17:11.29\00:17:16.36
when I thought
my teeth were clean.
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Somebody said,
"Look in the mirror."
00:17:18.40\00:17:21.17
When I thought
my tie was straight,
00:17:21.20\00:17:22.77
somebody said, "Did you
look in the mirror lately."
00:17:22.80\00:17:25.41
When I thought my suit was
without wrinkle, they said,
00:17:25.44\00:17:27.78
"Look in the mirror,
before you go out there."
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You see the law
of God is a mirror.
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It is a what?
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It shows us our condition,
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but the law of God
cannot change our condition.
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It continually
reminds us of our condition.
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You see when
you got a bad heart,
00:17:44.83\00:17:46.90
when you have a tooth
ache, when you have arthritis,
00:17:46.93\00:17:49.66
whatever disease
you may struggle with,
00:17:49.70\00:17:51.53
you know, your condition
00:17:51.57\00:17:53.00
but you've got to find somebody
00:17:53.03\00:17:54.80
that can remedy that condition.
00:17:54.84\00:17:57.14
The law's the same way.
00:17:57.17\00:17:58.51
It shows us who we are.
00:17:58.54\00:17:59.87
It shows us how
much we need Jesus.
00:17:59.91\00:18:01.64
It says, "You are
a sinner in violation
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of all ten of
these commandments."
00:18:03.71\00:18:05.41
In other words, a sinful nature
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cannot live in
harmony with God's perfect law
00:18:09.75\00:18:12.49
and God's perfect
law, hear me carefully,
00:18:12.52\00:18:14.92
this is powerful,
00:18:14.96\00:18:16.29
God's perfect law is the product
00:18:16.32\00:18:18.86
of His divine nature.
00:18:18.89\00:18:22.00
What kind of nature did I say?
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His divine nature,
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so God's law is a divine law.
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But here's the question,
00:18:29.37\00:18:30.71
the scripture
reading troubles me.
00:18:30.74\00:18:32.37
He says, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
00:18:32.41\00:18:35.01
When Jesus said that,
00:18:35.04\00:18:36.44
was He requesting some
kind of divine impossibility?
00:18:36.48\00:18:42.18
Was this a divine hoax?
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments,
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but you can't do it."
00:18:47.32\00:18:50.26
That's troubling to me.
00:18:50.29\00:18:52.59
But you know, you
know we like to repeat that
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text to people that
don't keep the commandments.
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Folk that don't
honor the Sabbath,
00:18:57.10\00:18:58.47
we say, "If you love
me, keep my commandments."
00:18:58.50\00:19:00.14
Then you're lying
00:19:00.17\00:19:02.14
and you've
broken the other nine,
00:19:02.17\00:19:04.21
but I'm gonna give
you courage this morning.
00:19:04.24\00:19:06.01
If you may have forgotten
the purpose of this message
00:19:06.04\00:19:08.94
is to say to you
whether you're an Adventist
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or another Christian or
not even a Christian at all,
00:19:11.35\00:19:14.18
the Lord came
that each one of us
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might find the hope
00:19:16.02\00:19:17.49
that every one of us
could live by His grace
00:19:17.52\00:19:21.16
in harmony with His perfect law.
00:19:21.19\00:19:25.43
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments"
00:19:25.46\00:19:27.13
was his request,
some kind of divine hoax.
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I would say nay.
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You see Jesus knew
00:19:32.80\00:19:35.87
that in order my
brother to keep His law,
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to keep His law, we
had to have His nature.
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The seed of Adam
is a corrupt seed
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capable of producing
nothing but corrupt behavior.
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That's why when I see people
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that are involved in
whatever the sin may be.
00:19:55.76\00:19:58.59
Let me encourage
you this morning.
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It doesn't
matter what the sin is.
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It could be little,
00:20:03.30\00:20:04.83
it could be big
in the eyes of man
00:20:04.87\00:20:06.80
but whatever it is,
00:20:06.84\00:20:08.17
any sin at all
condemns us to death.
00:20:08.20\00:20:12.71
Some people say, "Oh, I didn't,
00:20:12.74\00:20:14.08
look at what he did,
look at what she did.
00:20:14.11\00:20:18.11
Doesn't matter
how big the sin is
00:20:18.15\00:20:20.15
or how small it is,
00:20:20.18\00:20:21.52
the wages of
sin period is death.
00:20:21.55\00:20:24.55
The seed of Adam
is a corrupt seeds
00:20:24.59\00:20:26.59
capable of producing
nothing but corrupt behavior.
00:20:26.62\00:20:29.82
In other words, Adam
seed could never empower
00:20:29.86\00:20:33.80
or enable us to
keep God's perfect law.
00:20:33.83\00:20:37.80
So here's the problem.
00:20:37.83\00:20:39.30
It's a problem here.
00:20:39.33\00:20:41.27
One of the problems
about finding about a God,
00:20:41.30\00:20:43.44
one of the problems
of finding out about
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God's perfect law is
having an imperfect nature.
00:20:46.14\00:20:50.85
I'm gonna milk
this for all I can.
00:20:50.88\00:20:53.85
We see a law, this perfect law
00:20:53.88\00:20:58.22
and here is the quandary.
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.06
We know that
Satan and his angels
00:21:00.09\00:21:02.46
got kicked out,
00:21:02.49\00:21:03.83
because they violated that law,
00:21:03.86\00:21:05.66
and let me make
a point very clear,
00:21:05.69\00:21:07.13
we ain't getting in,
in violation of God's law.
00:21:07.16\00:21:10.83
The angels as it were
are looking at us intently
00:21:10.87\00:21:14.17
and they are saying,
00:21:14.20\00:21:15.54
"Father, are you sure you
want them to come up here.
00:21:15.57\00:21:20.28
We had one, but if
you would allow these
00:21:20.31\00:21:23.21
millions of
sinners to come up here
00:21:23.24\00:21:26.75
what would happen if
Satan alone rebelled.
00:21:26.78\00:21:29.72
What would happen Father
00:21:29.75\00:21:31.62
if all of these
folks got up here?"
00:21:31.65\00:21:34.06
And you know what Jesus said,
"I ain't done with them yet."
00:21:34.09\00:21:36.86
It has not yet been
revealed what we shall be.
00:21:40.80\00:21:44.97
But we do know that
00:21:45.00\00:21:46.33
when He is
revealed, we shall be,
00:21:46.37\00:21:48.64
come on say it, "Like Him
for we shall see Him as He is."
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That's why my
favorite text has become
00:21:52.01\00:21:53.68
over the last year and a half,
00:21:53.71\00:21:55.04
"Behold what
manner of love the Father
00:21:55.08\00:21:57.68
has bestowed on us,
00:21:57.71\00:21:59.55
that we should be
called the children of God."
00:21:59.58\00:22:02.75
Beloved now are we
the children of God.
00:22:02.78\00:22:05.35
We're not gonna
become the children of God.
00:22:05.39\00:22:07.69
We are children of God now.
00:22:07.72\00:22:10.83
When you give your life to Jesus
00:22:10.86\00:22:12.43
and are born again,
00:22:12.46\00:22:13.90
young man you instantly
00:22:13.93\00:22:15.40
at that moment are no
longer the son of Adam,
00:22:15.43\00:22:18.00
you're the son of
God, can you say amen.
00:22:18.03\00:22:21.27
And Adam in that corrupt nature,
00:22:21.30\00:22:23.24
Satan stands back and says,
00:22:23.27\00:22:24.61
"Oh, another one got away."
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.21
We are told by inspiration that
00:22:33.35\00:22:34.82
whenever one is being
rescued from the jaws of sin,
00:22:34.85\00:22:37.59
the angels, the
evil angels double
00:22:37.62\00:22:39.85
and triple their efforts.
00:22:39.89\00:22:41.76
They make sure
that your phone rings
00:22:41.79\00:22:43.16
when you want to
have Bible studies
00:22:43.19\00:22:45.53
or your corrupt friends
00:22:45.56\00:22:46.90
come on and say
let's go out to a party,
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.26
but I just got baptized.
00:22:48.30\00:22:49.63
Ah, one more
partying ain't gonna hurt you.
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.40
I was there, when
I gave Jesus my life,
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.27
I had many, many months
00:22:54.30\00:22:55.80
where I still went
out and disc jockeyed
00:22:55.84\00:22:57.27
because I kept saying,
00:22:57.31\00:22:58.64
"Well, just one more
party or just one more time"
00:22:58.67\00:23:02.54
because I didn't understand that
00:23:02.58\00:23:04.08
in order to remain in that
perfect relationship with God,
00:23:04.11\00:23:07.58
I had to decide that
dying once is not enough,
00:23:07.62\00:23:12.19
I had to die every day.
00:23:12.22\00:23:14.42
Amen.
00:23:14.46\00:23:15.79
But now let's
fast forward to a text
00:23:19.19\00:23:20.80
that seems to present a twist,
00:23:20.83\00:23:23.03
Revelation 14:12.
00:23:23.06\00:23:24.93
If it were not for this text,
I would be very discouraged.
00:23:24.97\00:23:28.34
This text seems
to present a twist,
00:23:28.37\00:23:30.51
look at it together.
00:23:30.54\00:23:31.87
You know what?
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.24
Maybe let's read it
together, Revelation 14:12,
00:23:33.27\00:23:34.61
the Bible says, are you ready?
00:23:34.64\00:23:36.04
"Here is the
patience of the" what "Saints,
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.31
here are those who do" what?
00:23:39.35\00:23:41.78
"Keep the commandments
of God and the" what else?
00:23:41.82\00:23:45.25
"Faith of Jesus."
00:23:45.29\00:23:47.06
Whenever I meet people that say,
00:23:47.09\00:23:48.46
the commandments
of God can't be kept,
00:23:48.49\00:23:49.82
I said read, read this text
00:23:49.86\00:23:51.89
and tell me what it says.
00:23:51.93\00:23:53.70
Who keep, who do what?
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.76
Who keep,
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.70
but you notice
the text identifies
00:23:57.73\00:23:59.53
who they are.
00:23:59.57\00:24:00.90
It didn't say,
00:24:00.94\00:24:02.27
here is the
patience of the sinners.
00:24:02.30\00:24:04.14
It says here is the
patience of the what?
00:24:04.17\00:24:05.77
Saints.
00:24:05.81\00:24:07.14
Jesus by His righteousness
00:24:07.18\00:24:09.18
not only changes our
nature but changes our standing.
00:24:09.21\00:24:13.95
We're no longer
sinners in Jesus.
00:24:13.98\00:24:16.48
We're saints in Jesus,
and then He begins a process,
00:24:16.52\00:24:20.02
it's called sanctification.
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.62
He begins to
change us a room at a time
00:24:21.66\00:24:24.63
as long as we wake up
in the morning and say,
00:24:24.66\00:24:26.36
"Father, I still have
some housecleaning to do,
00:24:26.39\00:24:29.00
I'm gonna die again."
00:24:29.03\00:24:30.60
You see this daily death
is imperative to daily growth.
00:24:30.63\00:24:36.10
And some of you know it.
00:24:36.14\00:24:37.47
When you wake up in the morning
and fail to read your Bible.
00:24:37.51\00:24:40.08
Fail to pray,
00:24:40.11\00:24:41.48
fail to live with
the whole armor of God,
00:24:41.51\00:24:43.61
you go to work
and tell somebody off.
00:24:43.65\00:24:46.31
But let me encourage you,
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.88
the Lord knew you would do that.
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.39
The Lord didn't
say, you know what?
00:24:50.42\00:24:53.69
I can't...
00:24:53.72\00:24:55.06
You can't be my child.
00:24:55.09\00:24:56.59
The beauty of the
gospel of God is He says,
00:24:56.62\00:25:00.90
"If anyone sins,
00:25:00.93\00:25:04.57
he has an
advocate with the Father,
00:25:04.60\00:25:06.87
Jesus Christ, the what?
00:25:06.90\00:25:08.57
The righteous."
00:25:08.60\00:25:09.94
So He sees us, He
knows that in the process
00:25:09.97\00:25:13.48
we are still saints
in the body of a sinner.
00:25:13.51\00:25:20.18
This is deep,
00:25:20.22\00:25:22.65
because our nature
is going to be changed.
00:25:22.68\00:25:27.22
I'm kind of going
go ahead of myself
00:25:27.26\00:25:28.59
but I'm gonna give
you a text in a moment.
00:25:28.62\00:25:29.96
Our nature by Jesus'
righteousness gets changed.
00:25:29.99\00:25:34.46
Then we begin a
sanctified growth process
00:25:34.50\00:25:38.00
that says to the world,
00:25:41.67\00:25:45.54
it is possible to
have a defective body
00:25:45.57\00:25:50.85
but a righteous life.
00:25:50.88\00:25:54.78
Let's look at this.
00:25:54.82\00:25:56.92
You see in order to
eliminate that corrupt behavior.
00:25:56.95\00:26:00.66
We needed a seed
that is not corrupt.
00:26:00.69\00:26:05.83
That's where the new birth
became necessary 1 Peter 1:23,
00:26:05.86\00:26:10.73
notice how the
Bible describes this.
00:26:10.77\00:26:14.50
This is about the new
birth, "Having been born" how?
00:26:14.54\00:26:19.27
"Again, not of
corruptible seed..."
00:26:19.31\00:26:22.84
The seed that Adam gave us,
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.48
but what kind of seed?
00:26:24.51\00:26:25.85
"incorruptible,
through the word of God
00:26:25.88\00:26:28.85
which does" what?
"Lives and abides forever."
00:26:28.88\00:26:32.29
That's why when
you study your Bible,
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.42
Paul the Apostle says,
00:26:34.46\00:26:35.79
"The word of God effectively
works in those who believe."
00:26:35.82\00:26:40.70
This is a living,
the book that breeds
00:26:40.73\00:26:42.66
but it's more than that.
00:26:42.70\00:26:45.10
That's why whenever Satan
came to Jesus in the garden.
00:26:45.13\00:26:47.07
What did Jesus say, it is what?
00:26:47.10\00:26:48.94
It is what?
00:26:48.97\00:26:50.31
It is what?
00:26:50.34\00:26:51.67
Every time Jesus
didn't say to the devil,
00:26:51.71\00:26:54.31
do you know who I am?
00:26:54.34\00:26:57.51
Get out of my face.
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.71
He didn't say, He
said, "It's written,"
00:26:59.75\00:27:02.92
because He knew as a human.
00:27:02.95\00:27:06.22
He knew as a one who
had taken on our flesh.
00:27:06.25\00:27:11.59
Who had become sin for us.
00:27:11.63\00:27:13.70
He demonstrated to Satan exactly
00:27:13.73\00:27:17.30
what He wants us to do
in times of temptation.
00:27:17.33\00:27:21.07
The word of God,
00:27:21.10\00:27:22.87
the word of God is sharper
than any two-edged sword.
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.47
Only the word of God
00:27:26.51\00:27:28.11
can be your defense
in times of temptation.
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.55
That's why David said,
"Thy word have I done what?
00:27:30.58\00:27:33.05
Hide in my heart
that I might not what?
00:27:33.08\00:27:35.28
That I might not
sin against thee."
00:27:35.32\00:27:36.89
Don't think of the word of God
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.25
is just a good book
to have Bible studies.
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.16
It is a breeding
book, it is a living book.
00:27:40.19\00:27:42.52
It is spiritually nourishing,
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.39
and only the power found in it
00:27:44.43\00:27:47.43
can connect to the nature
that we accept from Christ,
00:27:47.46\00:27:51.13
and then the
process takes to get.
00:27:51.17\00:27:52.50
It's like, it's like
super charged vitamins.
00:27:52.53\00:27:56.44
You know here in London
00:27:56.47\00:27:57.81
you can buy vitamin B
00:27:57.84\00:27:59.57
that you could just
inject directly into your veins,
00:27:59.61\00:28:02.28
can't buy that in the States.
00:28:02.31\00:28:04.61
In Australia you
can buy vitamin B.
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.72
that you can just give
yourself a shot of vitamin B.
00:28:06.75\00:28:09.38
I always see people that
are just hyper never tired
00:28:09.42\00:28:12.95
and I said,
"What have you taken?"
00:28:12.99\00:28:14.86
They said, "I took
my shot of vitamin B."
00:28:14.89\00:28:17.39
I want to tell you
the righteousness of Jesus
00:28:17.43\00:28:19.09
is more powerful than vitamin B.
00:28:19.13\00:28:20.60
Somebody ought to say amen.
00:28:20.63\00:28:22.73
But let's continue.
00:28:22.76\00:28:24.30
So in this new birth,
00:28:24.33\00:28:25.67
we have a, what kind of seed?
00:28:25.70\00:28:27.17
An incorruptible, say that word,
00:28:27.20\00:28:29.54
an incorruptible seed.
00:28:29.57\00:28:30.91
So since the corruptible
seed has been replaced
00:28:30.94\00:28:33.71
with an incorruptible seed,
00:28:33.74\00:28:36.98
the corrupt
behavior has been replaced
00:28:37.01\00:28:41.02
with incorrupt behavior.
00:28:41.05\00:28:43.55
You see there are some
people that you see that
00:28:43.59\00:28:45.45
you've known for a while
00:28:45.49\00:28:46.82
and then you notice
the changes in their lives
00:28:46.86\00:28:49.89
and then you say,
00:28:49.92\00:28:51.99
"Under normal
circumstances brother
00:28:52.03\00:28:53.80
so and so would have
told me off already."
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.70
And there's some people
that are like wounded puppies,
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.54
they remember what happened
in their last confrontation
00:29:03.57\00:29:06.68
with sister so and so,
00:29:06.71\00:29:09.04
but all of a
sudden this time she says,
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.55
"It's all right,
don't worry about it."
00:29:11.58\00:29:14.18
And you walk away
almost like you're expecting
00:29:14.22\00:29:17.09
something to
happen because, you know,
00:29:17.12\00:29:18.52
now how is that
possible that sister
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.26
so and so could be so
nice when a few months ago,
00:29:21.29\00:29:24.06
boy, she almost took
my head off in church."
00:29:24.09\00:29:26.63
It's the
transforming indwelling power
00:29:26.66\00:29:28.96
of the Spirit of Christ.
00:29:29.00\00:29:31.03
There's a powerful text
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.40
that shows us how this happens.
00:29:32.43\00:29:33.77
This is amazing.
00:29:33.80\00:29:35.14
Look at 1 John
3:9, this text may...
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.01
This text might hit
you right between the eyes,
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.64
but I'm gonna break
it down in just a moment.
00:29:39.67\00:29:41.28
Are you ready? Here we go.
00:29:41.31\00:29:42.74
1 John 3:9, look at what happens
00:29:42.78\00:29:44.78
when that seed comes in.
00:29:44.81\00:29:46.72
This is amazing text.
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.45
The Bible says,
"Whoever has been" what?
00:29:48.48\00:29:51.72
"Born of God does not" what?"
00:29:51.75\00:29:53.96
"For his seed remains
in him, and he cannot sin,
00:29:59.09\00:30:03.16
because he has
been born of God."
00:30:03.20\00:30:04.90
I got to ask you
a serious question.
00:30:04.93\00:30:07.24
Is God a sinner?
00:30:07.27\00:30:08.77
No.
00:30:08.80\00:30:10.57
So if we have the
seed of God in us,
00:30:10.61\00:30:15.04
is it possible that
this verse can become
00:30:15.08\00:30:19.18
a reality in our lives.
00:30:19.21\00:30:22.82
We're gonna go
even deeper than that.
00:30:22.85\00:30:25.29
You see being born again is not
a modification of our behavior.
00:30:25.32\00:30:29.59
Being born again is
not a second chance.
00:30:29.62\00:30:31.66
You don't, you don't
overcome sin by saying,
00:30:31.69\00:30:33.96
"Okay, I will not tell a lie.
00:30:34.00\00:30:36.73
I will not tell a lie.
00:30:36.77\00:30:38.63
I will not tell a lie."
00:30:38.67\00:30:41.64
It's not positive thinking,
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.77
it is a transformation of that
00:30:43.81\00:30:45.77
old character
into a new character.
00:30:45.81\00:30:48.68
So when you go to a good
tree looking for bad fruit,
00:30:48.71\00:30:51.21
you look around and say
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.58
but I thought
this was a bad tree,
00:30:52.61\00:30:53.98
somebody say, "No, the
bad tree is over there.
00:30:54.02\00:30:56.45
This is the good tree."
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.82
Amen somebody?
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.19
You see a bad tree
cannot produce good fruit
00:30:59.22\00:31:01.49
and a good tree cannot
produce what kind of fruit?
00:31:01.52\00:31:04.59
Bad fruit.
00:31:04.63\00:31:05.96
Why?
00:31:05.99\00:31:07.33
Because the
difference is the seed.
00:31:07.36\00:31:10.17
So Jesus doesn't
just modify our behavior.
00:31:10.20\00:31:13.74
The new behavior is possible
only through the new seed.
00:31:13.77\00:31:17.54
Jesus removed the seed of
Adam and planted his seed in us.
00:31:17.57\00:31:21.98
Now ladies you
ought to understand this
00:31:22.01\00:31:23.75
if you have children.
00:31:23.78\00:31:26.72
Some of your children
coming out looking like
00:31:26.75\00:31:28.28
you all look like your husband.
00:31:28.32\00:31:30.69
And sometimes,
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.05
you could walk
in church and say,
00:31:32.09\00:31:33.42
"That's got to be
Brother Johnson's son.
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.96
Looks just like him."
00:31:35.99\00:31:38.99
You know you have
your mother's head.
00:31:39.03\00:31:43.03
I got my family's
ears, come on help me out.
00:31:43.06\00:31:46.30
Can't get rid of
them, inherited these ears.
00:31:46.33\00:31:49.27
I'm gonna have them
until I get a new head.
00:31:49.30\00:31:53.04
You might be able to recognize
me in heaven, there he is.
00:31:53.07\00:31:55.71
We take on a genetic property
of our mother or our father.
00:31:58.78\00:32:04.09
Got his father's eyes,
00:32:04.12\00:32:05.72
you look more like
your mother than your dad.
00:32:05.75\00:32:07.82
When we are born
of the seed of God,
00:32:07.86\00:32:10.66
when we are born
of the seed of Jesus,
00:32:10.69\00:32:12.89
we start
looking like our father,
00:32:12.93\00:32:15.36
talking like our father.
00:32:15.40\00:32:16.90
Come on,
forgiving like our father.
00:32:16.93\00:32:20.57
Being patient like our
father, because the Bible says,
00:32:20.60\00:32:23.51
"The fruit of
the spirit is what?
00:32:23.54\00:32:25.31
Love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness,
00:32:25.34\00:32:29.64
meekness, patience."
00:32:29.68\00:32:31.01
And why does God do that?
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.38
Because He wants
to save the world
00:32:32.41\00:32:33.98
but He's got to
give the world a sample
00:32:34.02\00:32:37.79
of what it means to
not be of the world.
00:32:37.82\00:32:41.49
Here's my point.
00:32:41.52\00:32:42.89
If the world looks just like you
00:32:42.92\00:32:46.29
and you look
just like the world,
00:32:46.33\00:32:48.00
they don't need what you have
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.03
''cause they ain't
doing nothing for you.
00:32:50.07\00:32:52.43
So often we preach doctrines.
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.94
The greatest
doctrine that you can preach
00:32:54.97\00:32:56.97
is the transforming
of a corrupt character
00:32:57.01\00:32:59.57
into a character like
the character of Jesus.
00:32:59.61\00:33:02.98
I love prophecy in Revelation.
00:33:03.01\00:33:05.75
I could spend my life on that
00:33:05.78\00:33:07.62
but I've discovered
lately as an evangelist,
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.58
I discovered Pastor John,
00:33:09.62\00:33:11.35
don't begin a
message with Daniel 2,
00:33:11.39\00:33:14.29
that's prophecy and
nobody could argue with that,
00:33:14.32\00:33:18.26
so you got all these people
00:33:18.29\00:33:19.63
that are prophetically informed
00:33:19.66\00:33:22.56
but spiritually corrupt.
00:33:22.60\00:33:25.07
We talk about
the coming of Jesus
00:33:25.10\00:33:26.43
but I'm not even ready for it.
00:33:26.47\00:33:29.00
So I said,
"Father, what should I do?"
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.94
He said, "Tell
them about Jesus."
00:33:30.97\00:33:33.58
Tell them about the one that
came to change their standing,
00:33:33.61\00:33:36.14
their nature, to empower them
00:33:36.18\00:33:37.88
to reflect their light.
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.25
Why would Jesus say, "I
am the light of the world."
00:33:39.28\00:33:41.45
And then He says,
"Let your light so shine.
00:33:41.48\00:33:44.75
If he's telling you go
borrow somebody else's light."
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.72
He says, "Ye are
the light of the world.
00:33:47.76\00:33:50.86
You follow me shall
not walk in darkness
00:33:50.89\00:33:52.99
but have the light of life."
00:33:53.03\00:33:55.80
What I love about
this sermon is this.
00:33:55.83\00:33:59.47
In the Garden of Eden,
00:33:59.50\00:34:01.44
when Adam and Eve fell into sin.
00:34:01.47\00:34:03.51
Jesus
predicted, He said to Adam,
00:34:03.54\00:34:07.78
you really messed up.
00:34:07.81\00:34:09.14
You really messed up.
00:34:09.18\00:34:10.95
Could I mess with you,
00:34:10.98\00:34:12.31
He said, Adam you
really, you are...
00:34:12.35\00:34:15.62
You shouldn't have done it.
00:34:15.65\00:34:16.99
You really messed up.
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.35
But I can't leave
you in this garden.
00:34:18.39\00:34:19.95
Now, by the way I'm
gonna change your address.
00:34:19.99\00:34:22.02
You are not going back
to live by the tree of life.
00:34:22.06\00:34:26.09
That's your choice.
00:34:26.13\00:34:28.56
And Eve, you gonna have
pain all the rest of your life,
00:34:28.60\00:34:32.60
and Adam you're going to sweat
00:34:32.63\00:34:33.97
as long as you
work in the garden
00:34:34.00\00:34:35.34
until the day you
return to the dust.
00:34:35.37\00:34:36.81
That was your choice,
00:34:36.84\00:34:38.41
but Adam I got to
give you some good news.
00:34:38.44\00:34:40.48
Here it is in Genesis 3:15,
00:34:40.51\00:34:42.31
I will tell you that
00:34:42.34\00:34:43.75
what you did I
am going to reverse.
00:34:43.78\00:34:46.78
Genesis 3:15, look
what the Bible says.
00:34:46.82\00:34:49.55
Jesus said in that garden
that fateful day, He said,
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.75
"I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
00:34:52.79\00:34:57.66
And between your seed..."
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.03
He's looking at the serpent.
00:34:59.06\00:35:00.40
He's looking at Satan saying,
00:35:00.43\00:35:01.76
"I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
00:35:01.80\00:35:05.37
between your seed and her Seed,
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.77
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel."
00:35:07.80\00:35:12.37
He's using the word seed.
00:35:12.41\00:35:14.61
See, now that the seed
has come into the world,
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.75
I've got to do
something about this seed.
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.28
The word enmity is discomfort.
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.05
That's why whenever we sin,
00:35:21.08\00:35:22.42
there's a
discomfort that comes with it.
00:35:22.45\00:35:25.02
There's a
discomfort that comes with it,
00:35:25.05\00:35:26.76
but the Lord didn't
just talk about discomfort.
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.76
He was talking
about the ultimate victory
00:35:28.79\00:35:31.23
over the seed of Adam,
00:35:31.26\00:35:33.43
which is through
the seed of Christ.
00:35:33.46\00:35:34.83
Somebody ought to say amen.
00:35:34.86\00:35:37.53
You see the new
birth produces in us
00:35:37.57\00:35:40.27
through the seed of Christ,
00:35:40.30\00:35:42.10
this new birth is transformed,
00:35:42.14\00:35:43.84
this is a
divine transaction now.
00:35:43.87\00:35:47.58
Jesus placed
within us a new seed,
00:35:47.61\00:35:50.41
a what, church?
00:35:50.45\00:35:52.21
That now
empowers us to accomplish
00:35:52.25\00:35:54.58
what we could
not have accomplished
00:35:54.62\00:35:56.69
with Adam's nature.
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.19
Look at the transaction.
00:35:58.22\00:36:00.22
2 Peter 1:4, 2 Peter 1:4,
00:36:00.26\00:36:05.13
well, how
beautiful this text is,
00:36:05.16\00:36:07.40
"By which have been given to us"
00:36:07.43\00:36:11.27
what's the next word?
00:36:11.30\00:36:12.93
"Exceedingly great
and precious promises,
00:36:12.97\00:36:16.40
that through these,
00:36:16.44\00:36:18.14
that is through these promises,
you may be partakers of..."
00:36:18.17\00:36:22.64
Here it is, are you ready.
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.01
Here it is, what is it?
00:36:24.05\00:36:25.68
"The divine nature,
having escaped to the" what?
00:36:25.71\00:36:30.72
"Corruption that is in
the world through lust."
00:36:30.75\00:36:34.26
The Lord says, this
corruption that Adam brought,
00:36:34.29\00:36:37.26
the only way
that you gonna escape
00:36:37.29\00:36:38.63
it is through a divine nature.
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.36
The only way out of that
00:36:40.40\00:36:41.73
messed up
situation is a divine nature.
00:36:41.76\00:36:45.97
And as long as we remain
in that corrupt situation
00:36:46.00\00:36:49.00
and without the divine nature,
00:36:49.04\00:36:50.37
there is no way that
00:36:50.41\00:36:51.74
we can reflect
the character of God.
00:36:51.77\00:36:53.68
There is no way
that we can reveal it.
00:36:53.71\00:36:55.04
There is no way that
00:36:55.08\00:36:56.41
we can overcome the
temptations that come our way.
00:36:56.44\00:36:58.41
There is no way
that we can do right
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.22
because there is
none that is good,
00:37:00.25\00:37:01.58
no, not one.
00:37:01.62\00:37:02.95
So this divine transaction...
00:37:02.98\00:37:04.59
Now, let me ask a question.
00:37:04.62\00:37:06.19
Can those who
partake of a divine nature
00:37:06.22\00:37:10.29
keep a divine law?
00:37:10.33\00:37:14.73
Don't be afraid,
it's not a trick question.
00:37:14.76\00:37:18.40
Okay, let me, let
me ask it another way.
00:37:18.43\00:37:20.44
Can God be in
harmony with His law?
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.41
Yes.
00:37:23.44\00:37:24.77
Why?
00:37:24.81\00:37:26.14
Because He's divine,
00:37:26.17\00:37:27.51
so He looks at us and says, now,
00:37:27.54\00:37:28.88
right now you
have Adam's nature,
00:37:28.91\00:37:30.48
but if you're born again,
00:37:30.51\00:37:31.85
I'm gonna give you
a different nature.
00:37:31.88\00:37:33.38
I'm going to let you
partake of my nature,
00:37:33.42\00:37:37.92
and when you
partake of my nature now
00:37:37.95\00:37:40.79
and only now can
you live in harmony
00:37:40.82\00:37:44.09
with a divine law.
00:37:44.13\00:37:46.19
So let me ask a question
again, not a trick question.
00:37:46.23\00:37:48.86
Can those who
partake of His divine nature
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.83
keep His divine law?
00:37:51.87\00:37:53.44
Yes.
00:37:53.47\00:37:54.87
Paul says it this way,
Philippians 4:13, you know,
00:37:54.90\00:37:56.91
are you ready.
00:37:56.94\00:37:58.27
"I can do" what?
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.64
"All things through
Christ who strengthens me."
00:37:59.67\00:38:02.91
Amen somebody?
00:38:02.94\00:38:04.28
Amen.
00:38:04.31\00:38:06.08
But in your mind
you're still troubled.
00:38:06.11\00:38:08.88
In your mind
you're still troubled,
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.69
because you're thinking,
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.05
you're
thinking, "Okay, you know,
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.42
I really messed up this week.
00:38:13.46\00:38:15.72
Ah, I blew it a
number of times."
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.59
So what's he talking about?
00:38:17.63\00:38:21.46
I hear you, I'm not done yet.
00:38:21.50\00:38:24.93
I did messed up a
whole lot this week.
00:38:24.97\00:38:27.07
What's he talking about.
00:38:27.10\00:38:28.90
I know this week
I lie, I stumbled,
00:38:28.94\00:38:32.87
I did this, I did that
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.64
so where is this divine
seed that's gonna help me out.
00:38:35.68\00:38:40.55
I said to you a
moment ago and I reiterate.
00:38:40.58\00:38:42.75
You did that,
you did what you did
00:38:42.78\00:38:45.62
because you remained alive.
00:38:45.65\00:38:48.86
Did you hear what I just said?
00:38:48.89\00:38:50.99
Paul says, "I die every day."
00:38:51.03\00:38:55.66
He knew that it is
not possible elder.
00:38:55.70\00:38:58.17
It's not possible to
wake up in the morning
00:38:58.20\00:39:00.64
and keep you alive
and live like Jesus.
00:39:00.67\00:39:03.51
Did you get what I said?
00:39:03.54\00:39:04.87
It's not
possible to keep you alive
00:39:04.91\00:39:07.21
and live like somebody else.
00:39:07.24\00:39:09.68
You will do what you do
00:39:09.71\00:39:11.45
because Jesus has not
been invited in again today.
00:39:11.48\00:39:15.78
Now, let me, let
me clear this up,
00:39:15.82\00:39:18.19
because somebody is saying well,
00:39:18.22\00:39:19.62
am I saved today and am I lost?
00:39:19.65\00:39:22.12
Am I lost
yesterday and saved tomorrow.
00:39:22.16\00:39:24.76
Do I go through a
save and lost relationship,
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.93
that's not what
the Bible teaches.
00:39:26.96\00:39:29.33
We are in a
sanctifying walk with Christ.
00:39:29.36\00:39:32.13
What kind of walk did I say?
00:39:32.17\00:39:34.30
And the sanctification
is a growth process,
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.14
but get this,
00:39:37.17\00:39:38.51
we grow in grace.
00:39:38.54\00:39:40.98
We grow in what? Grace.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.31
Why do you need grace?
00:39:43.35\00:39:44.95
Because you ain't perfect yet.
00:39:44.98\00:39:48.02
There's
something we still possess.
00:39:48.05\00:39:51.42
Pinch it.
00:39:51.45\00:39:52.79
You've been born again
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.39
but you've got something
that's still hanging around,
00:39:58.43\00:40:00.90
it's called the flesh.
00:40:00.93\00:40:02.26
Come on, what's it called?
00:40:02.30\00:40:03.63
Flesh.
00:40:03.67\00:40:05.00
Now I don't know about you,
00:40:05.03\00:40:06.37
but there are certain things
that are still in my mind.
00:40:06.40\00:40:09.10
See I still know how to dance.
00:40:09.14\00:40:10.54
I'm not gonna do
any demonstration.
00:40:10.57\00:40:11.91
Some of you
still know how to cuss.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.51
Don't look around.
00:40:20.02\00:40:22.35
Some of you got
wandering eyes still.
00:40:22.38\00:40:25.05
Rushing hands
and roaming fingers.
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.09
Some of you still are cheap,
00:40:28.12\00:40:29.66
don't know how to
pay an honest tithe.
00:40:29.69\00:40:31.96
I'm looking at
the lights by the way.
00:40:31.99\00:40:35.40
And we wonder why is that,
00:40:35.43\00:40:37.60
why do we go down that road?
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.23
Because we have
not allowed ourselves.
00:40:39.27\00:40:41.14
Here is where the
battle is every day.
00:40:41.17\00:40:42.90
There's a battle between,
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.27
there's something
we still have that
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.64
Adam gave us in
the very beginning.
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.24
You know what it is?
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.61
The sinful flesh.
00:40:48.64\00:40:51.18
You see we were saved
first from the penalty of sin,
00:40:51.21\00:40:54.22
from the watch, church?
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.58
The penalty of sin.
00:40:55.62\00:40:57.49
In other words, God
took us off of death row
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.42
and that's
through the new birth.
00:41:00.46\00:41:03.06
Every day when we
submit ourselves to Christ,
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.46
we are being
saved from the power.
00:41:06.49\00:41:09.50
Say that word
again, "The power of sin."
00:41:09.53\00:41:12.63
Therefore, that's why Paul says,
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.34
"Don't let sin
reign in your mortal body,
00:41:14.37\00:41:17.81
that you should obey
it in its lust thereof."
00:41:17.84\00:41:19.77
In other words, when
you wake up in the morning
00:41:19.81\00:41:21.14
and you don't put God's word
in your mind like David said,
00:41:21.18\00:41:24.05
the only
barrier, the only defense
00:41:24.08\00:41:26.11
we have on a day by day basis.
00:41:26.15\00:41:27.58
This is where
Bible study come in.
00:41:27.62\00:41:29.12
If you think that your
Bible is just something
00:41:29.15\00:41:30.49
you carry on Sabbath,
00:41:30.52\00:41:31.85
you are person that's
stumbling all week long.
00:41:31.89\00:41:34.46
David said, "Thy
word, have I hit my what?
00:41:34.49\00:41:37.16
Thy word have I hid in my what?
00:41:37.19\00:41:39.29
That I might not what? Sin.
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.63
He knows that unless
the word is in there,
00:41:41.66\00:41:43.57
you are going to sin.
00:41:43.60\00:41:46.94
Let me give another example.
00:41:46.97\00:41:48.30
You try to be strong and not...
00:41:48.34\00:41:49.87
Don't eat for four days
00:41:49.90\00:41:52.51
and try to be
strong within weekends.
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.81
There was a man in
Alaska that had dogs that
00:41:54.84\00:41:57.51
they would
fight on the weekends,
00:41:57.55\00:41:59.01
he had huskies
and German shepherds
00:41:59.05\00:42:01.05
and every weekend,
00:42:01.08\00:42:02.42
they would fight and
people would bet on these dogs.
00:42:02.45\00:42:06.12
And he would always
bet on the dog that won,
00:42:06.15\00:42:08.42
and somebody
once said, you know,
00:42:08.46\00:42:09.79
"Sir, I got to ask you.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.46
You have never lost.
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.36
Every time you bet you win.
00:42:13.40\00:42:14.86
How is that possible?"
00:42:14.90\00:42:17.37
He said, "It's simple,
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.03
in order for me to know
which dog is going to win,
00:42:19.07\00:42:21.10
I feed one all week long
00:42:21.14\00:42:23.51
and I starve
another one all week long."
00:42:23.54\00:42:25.87
And the one I
starve is gonna lose,
00:42:25.91\00:42:28.18
the one I feed is going to win."
00:42:28.21\00:42:31.41
If you don't feed yourself
on the word that breeds,
00:42:31.45\00:42:33.38
you're gonna lose.
00:42:33.42\00:42:34.75
Come on talk to me.
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.42
The only reason
why God has given us
00:42:36.45\00:42:38.39
the word that breeds,
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.42
the book that breeds.
00:42:40.46\00:42:42.46
It is not only a
book that breeds,
00:42:42.49\00:42:44.36
it is the
incorruptible word of God,
00:42:44.39\00:42:46.90
it is the bread of life,
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.26
"Man shall not
live by bread alone
00:42:48.30\00:42:51.47
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
00:42:51.50\00:42:58.04
You see, the
fact of the matter is,
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.21
through the indwelling word,
through the indwelling Christ,
00:43:00.24\00:43:03.85
through the power of
the indwelling Spirit,
00:43:03.88\00:43:06.45
we are able to live in
harmony with God's perfect law.
00:43:06.48\00:43:10.59
That's why the
devil is so upset.
00:43:10.62\00:43:13.82
Look at Revelation 12:17,
00:43:13.86\00:43:16.83
Revelation 12:17,
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.39
the Bible says,
"And the dragon was what.
00:43:19.43\00:43:21.90
Wroth with the woman,
00:43:21.93\00:43:23.26
and went to make
war with the" what?
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.43
Remnant of her
seed," and what did they do?
00:43:25.47\00:43:28.40
"Which keep the
commandments of God,
00:43:28.44\00:43:31.44
and have their" what?
00:43:31.47\00:43:32.81
"Testimony of Jesus."
00:43:32.84\00:43:34.21
The devil would not be angry
00:43:34.24\00:43:37.08
if he did not know
00:43:37.11\00:43:38.81
that the
commandments of God can be kept.
00:43:38.85\00:43:41.48
He wouldn't be angry,
00:43:41.52\00:43:43.18
but now here is,
let's get even deeper.
00:43:43.22\00:43:45.45
To say that we are the
commandment keepers of God,
00:43:45.49\00:43:48.72
are you ready, elder?
00:43:48.76\00:43:50.09
To say that we are the church
00:43:50.13\00:43:51.46
that keep the
commandments of God,
00:43:51.49\00:43:52.96
yet we have given
the world no evidence
00:43:52.99\00:43:55.03
that we live in harmony with it,
00:43:55.06\00:43:56.40
is to say we have no message.
00:43:56.43\00:43:57.77
We love to say to folk,
00:44:03.51\00:44:04.84
why don't you keep the Sabbath?
00:44:07.74\00:44:10.88
Because, see, we think
00:44:10.91\00:44:12.25
that the
commandments are just one.
00:44:12.28\00:44:13.62
Now, I don't have
the time to do it,
00:44:16.95\00:44:18.29
I'll do it in my
sermon this evening,
00:44:18.32\00:44:19.92
I'll walk you
through all Ten Commandments
00:44:19.95\00:44:21.76
for the purpose
of bringing out one
00:44:21.79\00:44:23.69
and exalt them all.
00:44:23.73\00:44:25.69
Every one of the commandments
of God is God's commands,
00:44:25.73\00:44:27.93
amen somebody?
00:44:27.96\00:44:29.30
Amen.
00:44:29.33\00:44:30.67
But we say to folk,
00:44:30.70\00:44:32.03
why don't you keep the Sabbath?
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.47
And what is God's day,
it's a sanctify day, you know.
00:44:34.50\00:44:38.21
The Lord said, "That's true"
00:44:38.24\00:44:39.67
but the world needs
a visual representation
00:44:39.71\00:44:43.85
of a sanctified Christian.
00:44:43.88\00:44:45.71
Amen.
00:44:45.75\00:44:47.08
You can't keep a sanctified
day with an unsanctified life.
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.39
And to keep a day
without a sanctified life
00:44:51.42\00:44:54.22
is just to keep the day
you have a vacation day.
00:44:54.26\00:44:57.49
But you don't have
anything to reflect to the world
00:44:57.53\00:44:59.39
about the character of Jesus,
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.33
and so the Lord comes along,
00:45:01.36\00:45:02.70
Jesus comes along.
00:45:02.73\00:45:04.07
Praise the Lord for
that, He comes along,
00:45:04.10\00:45:06.13
enters our lives through
the power of His Holy Spirit,
00:45:06.17\00:45:09.50
and then He says, okay, yes,
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.87
you'll not only live
in harmony with my law
00:45:11.91\00:45:14.14
but you reflect to the world
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.51
the sanctifying
influence and power
00:45:15.54\00:45:18.15
of what it means
to be a child of God
00:45:18.18\00:45:20.48
in a corrupt world.
00:45:20.52\00:45:23.28
So the devil says,
these folk really trouble me.
00:45:23.32\00:45:27.59
You see the best...
00:45:27.62\00:45:30.83
I've got to say
this the right way.
00:45:30.86\00:45:32.19
I can't say this...
00:45:35.40\00:45:36.73
like I don't want to
sound like I'm boasting.
00:45:36.77\00:45:40.60
But shouldn't it be true
00:45:40.64\00:45:41.97
that those who keep
the commandments of God
00:45:42.00\00:45:44.84
by His grace
00:45:44.87\00:45:46.88
have the best message about
the righteousness of Jesus,
00:45:46.91\00:45:53.45
because you can't
keep the commands of God
00:45:53.48\00:45:54.88
without the
righteousness of Jesus.
00:45:54.92\00:45:57.39
So if I'm gonna
preach, keep my commandments,
00:45:57.42\00:45:59.92
I should have the best
message about the righteousness
00:45:59.95\00:46:04.29
and sufficiency of the
power available only in Jesus
00:46:04.33\00:46:09.83
because I'm saying,
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.20
look what the
Lord has done for me.
00:46:11.23\00:46:13.00
I honor the commandments.
00:46:13.03\00:46:14.37
Somebody says, "No, you can't."
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.74
I said, "You're right, I can't."
00:46:15.77\00:46:17.11
When somebody says,
00:46:17.14\00:46:18.47
"Can you keep the commandments?"
00:46:18.51\00:46:19.84
Say, "No, I can't,
but in Jesus I can."
00:46:19.87\00:46:22.51
The Israelites made the problem.
00:46:22.54\00:46:23.95
They made a mistake when,
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.31
when Moses showed them the law,
00:46:25.35\00:46:26.68
they said, "Oh, that the
Lord has said we will do."
00:46:26.72\00:46:29.92
And they messed up royally.
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.35
When I wake up in the morning,
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.72
I say, Lord Jesus, you know,
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.09
if I start to go
out today to pastor,
00:46:35.12\00:46:36.96
or give Bible studies, or visit,
00:46:36.99\00:46:38.99
or whatever I do this
day without Your power,
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.06
I am going to mess up royally."
00:46:41.10\00:46:43.80
And you come
back in the evening.
00:46:43.83\00:46:45.17
Don't you think
that the father says,
00:46:45.20\00:46:46.70
"Okay son, okay daughter,
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.20
I know you asked me
to forgive you yesterday,
00:46:48.24\00:46:50.54
and the day
before, and the day before,
00:46:50.57\00:46:52.34
and you keep
repeating that same old sin.
00:46:52.37\00:46:54.44
Why don't you try
something different?
00:46:54.48\00:46:56.71
Why don't you
partake of my divine nature,
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.81
so you will discover that
I can keep you from falling
00:46:58.85\00:47:02.62
unto Him that is able
to keep you from, what?
00:47:02.65\00:47:06.15
Falling and to
present you faultless
00:47:06.19\00:47:08.62
before the presence of
His glory with exceeding joy.
00:47:08.66\00:47:12.13
The joy that
comes into our lives
00:47:12.16\00:47:14.00
is when we connect to
this undiluted powerful nature
00:47:14.03\00:47:17.23
called the
righteousness of Jesus.
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.20
And then through
that righteousness,
00:47:19.23\00:47:21.10
we step out in a corrupt world
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.10
and wherever we walk
there is a light beaming
00:47:23.14\00:47:25.47
from heaven through
our lives to a society
00:47:25.51\00:47:27.84
that needs to see
that Christ is the way out.
00:47:27.88\00:47:30.45
The only way out.
00:47:33.48\00:47:36.28
Go down to Psalms 19:7,
00:47:36.32\00:47:37.85
my sister just fast
forward to Psalms 19:7.
00:47:37.89\00:47:41.16
The commandments
of God are designed
00:47:45.16\00:47:47.06
to accomplish two things in us,
00:47:47.10\00:47:49.06
Psalms 19:7, look at the text.
00:47:49.10\00:47:51.57
The Bible says, "The
law of the Lord is? what?
00:47:51.60\00:47:54.47
"Perfect doing" what?
00:47:54.50\00:47:56.14
"Converting the soul,
00:47:56.17\00:47:58.04
The testimony of
the Lord is" what?
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.24
"Sure making wise the simple."
00:48:00.28\00:48:03.55
Since we have
partaken of a divine nature,
00:48:03.58\00:48:08.62
we don't have to keep
the commandments of God
00:48:08.65\00:48:10.52
through stumbling and
bumblings and mumblings.
00:48:10.55\00:48:13.86
We don't have to continue
to reflect on our weaknesses,
00:48:13.89\00:48:16.39
but don't make the
mistake and say to somebody
00:48:16.42\00:48:18.99
that the commandments of
God had become a burden to me.
00:48:19.03\00:48:23.30
There are some folk who'd say,
00:48:23.33\00:48:24.67
you're still bound
by the commandments,
00:48:24.70\00:48:27.10
you guys keep the commandments,
00:48:27.14\00:48:28.47
isn't that a burden?
00:48:28.50\00:48:30.11
Brother, if I'm
free, it can't be a burden.
00:48:30.14\00:48:33.81
If I'm free and
happy, if you, if you are,
00:48:33.84\00:48:37.25
if you are happy
when you see me coming.
00:48:37.28\00:48:39.31
If you say, "I love
working but brother so and so.
00:48:43.05\00:48:45.35
Oh, I love working
with sister so and so, why?
00:48:45.39\00:48:47.49
They remind me of Jesus.
00:48:47.52\00:48:50.53
It cannot be a burden.
00:48:50.56\00:48:51.96
1 John 5:3, the Bible says,
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.00
"For this is the love of God,
00:48:54.03\00:48:55.53
for this is what" church?
00:48:55.56\00:48:56.90
"The love of God that we" what?
00:48:56.93\00:48:58.80
"Keep His commandments
00:48:58.83\00:49:00.17
and His
commandments are not" what?
00:49:00.20\00:49:02.57
"They are not burdensome."
00:49:02.60\00:49:07.31
How many of you, I
need you to respond.
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How many of you
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don't have a
mirror in your house?
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Just checking,
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I know you do,
because you look good.
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But if you look into
the perfect law of liberty
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and continue there in,
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not being just a
hearer but a doer of the word.
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The law of
liberty, the law of what?
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Liberty.
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You see the
beauty of the message
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of salvation is this.
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One day and I'm
winding up brother,
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could you play that song
you were playing this morning,
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I must tell Jesus.
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You see the beauty
of the salvation that
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we find in Jesus is one day
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a whole lot of
used to be shaky folk
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are gonna walk through a
gate into the New Jerusalem.
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Somebody that used to lie
is gonna say wait a minute,
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I'll meet you on the inside
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because they gonna go through
the Simeon and Levi gate.
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People who like
to fight are gonna go
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through the
Simeon and Levi gate.
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These brothers are rough.
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Somebody that likes to eat
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is gonna go
through the Asher gate
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'cause God gave them
victory over appetite.
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Come on say amen somebody.
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Somebody that was cheap
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would hardly want to
pay God an honest tithe,
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they're gonna go
through the Zebulun gate.
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God is gonna loosen their purse.
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One day they're gonna
become liberal in Jesus,
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because they gonna
be a change individual.
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Somebody's gonna one day
go through the Joseph gate.
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Joseph always talked
about how nice he was dressed.
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You know, he had a
pretty coat you know
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Somebody's going to say, Joseph,
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that ain't about your
coat, it's about my coat,
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my righteousness.
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So a whole lot of dressed up
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folk are gonna go through
one day that Joseph gate.
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But there's one gate
that's not going to be there.
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It's called the Dan gate.
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You know why Dan
is not gonna be there?
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You see in the
original 49 tribes Dan
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and the original 12
tribes in Genesis 49.
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Dan was mentioned,
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but Dan was that person
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that focused on everybody
else's sin except his own.
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And God replaced
him with Manassa.
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Dan is not in
Revelation Chapter 7.
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He's not there.
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You see brothers and
sisters when the Lord says,
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
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You know what He's saying to us?
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Stop focus on
everybody else's issues
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and focus on your own.
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We are living in the late hour,
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the Lord is
saying examine yourself
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to see whether or
not you are in the faith.
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Try yourself and
accept Christ abides in you,
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you are disqualified,
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or as the King
James Version says,
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"We are reprobate, we
cannot reflect Jesus."
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So this morning,
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the reality of this message is,
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I want to be a saint that goes
through one of those 12 gates.
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What about you?
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I don't care what
gate I go through.
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I don't care if I'm
going first or going last
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as long as the
gate shuts behind me.
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But this morning
somebody wants to say to Jesus.
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I must tell you
all of my trials,
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I cannot bear
these burdens alone.
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This morning, if
there's somebody here
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that wants to go
through one of those gates,
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that want to say
this morning by standing,
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I want to let the world know
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that I am a
reflection of who Jesus is.
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If that's your
desire this morning
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that you want to reflect
that undiluted beautiful,
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loving, character of Jesus.
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If that's your
desire this morning,
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I want to you stand with me.
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Praise the Lord,
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somebody stood
without even being asked.
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The world needs to see it.
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The world needs to see
folk that not just sing songs,
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but live the life,
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not people that
just go to church.
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They're not in the church,
but the church is in them.
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They're not just
talking about Jesus,
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but they're reflecting Him.
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They're revealing Him.
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The Lord wants the
world to see young men
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they know how to keep
their hands to themselves.
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Young ladies that know
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how to wait
till they're married.
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Come on somebody talk to me.
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People that can look
at a bottle of alcohol
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and turn around and walk away.
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Only by the
indwelling power of Christ
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can that be accomplished.
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So this morning,
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the Lord is not
looking for commandment keeper,
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He's looking for people
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that want to accept
the righteousness of Jesus,
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the sin pardoning
savior, the empowering savior.
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That's who the Lord is
looking for this morning.
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Is there somebody here
this morning that says,
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"My Heavenly Father
knows I'm a sinner."
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But this morning
I want him to change
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my standing with heaven.
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So I'm gonna open
the doors of the church
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while we're gonna sing the song,
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I must tell Jesus.
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I'm gonna open the doors,
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and I'm gonna be very
specifically this morning.
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This is not just a general call
for everybody to run on down
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but there is
somebody here this morning
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that came here today that says,
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"Heavenly Father,
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I want to leave
here this morning
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knowing that when
I walk out of here,
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I walk out of here
with Jesus inside of me
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to begin a new walk, a new life.
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I want to walk
out of here today,
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knowing that if
anything occurs in my life,
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I will have the
assurance of salvation
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when Jesus comes."
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Is there somebody here today,
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regardless of your
category, your age,
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whether you're a visitor or not.
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Jesus came to die and save you.
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He wants your life today
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to be written down
in the book of life.
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He wants you to know
that you're forgiven,
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but He's come to
change the way you walk,
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to change the way you talk,
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to change the way you live.
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He's come to clean your record
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and say to the
world, this is my child.
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This is my son.
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This is my daughter.
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If there is somebody here today
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that wants that prayer,
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I want you to come
down here and join me.
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I don't want you to think
about anybody else but yourself.
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Anybody today wants
that righteousness of Jesus.
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Now, you might get this mixed up
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with church membership,
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I told you it ain't
about church membership.
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If you get this mixed
up with church membership,
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you're in the wrong camp.
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I'm talking about somebody
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who wants the
righteousness of Jesus.
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Praise the Lord,
sister, anybody else
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who wants the
righteousness of Jesus
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to be revealed
in his or her life.
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Praise the Lord, is
somebody else coming down.
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You want the
righteousness of Jesus
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to be revealed in your life.
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Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
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The ladies got good ears,
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I want to see if
there's young men
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that can hear me today.
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This is, is there a young man
or man at all that wants to be,
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wants to be the man
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that the world can see Jesus in.
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Somebody here today brave enough
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to come and stand for Jesus.
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Anybody here today.
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my trials
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Put the words if there.
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I cannot bear
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These burdens alone
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Look what He says.
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In my distress
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He kindly will help me
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Why?
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He ever loves
and cares for His own
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Let's sing that chorus,
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so what...
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell Jesus
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I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me
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Jesus alone
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As the musicians
play softly this morning,
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I'm opening the
doors of the church.
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You see somebody
needs to know that
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new life is available today.
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Today is the day of salvation.
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Today is the acceptable time,
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today is the moment
that you need to get things
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right between you and Jesus.
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