I heard the voice
of the Lord, saying,
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"Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us?"
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Then I said,
"Here am I; send me. "
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Music...
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More music...
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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and the South England Conference
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presents: London 2016.
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Good evening everyone,
it's my privilege this evening
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to introduce to
you Danny Shelton...
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who is the
Co-Founder and President and CEO
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of the Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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We're really happy to
have you with us, Danny,
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we know that you've
just arrived this morning
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and you're ready to
go this evening as well.
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Just to my way of introduction,
Danny travels extensively
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throughout the United
States and around the world
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sharing the gospel and
the miracle stories of 3ABN,
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he has eight
great-grandchildren...
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Danny: Eight grandchildren.
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Pastor: Eight grandchildren
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and in his spare time
he enjoys writing books
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song writing...
raising horses...
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and good old country living,
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Danny, welcome to Croydon Church
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your team has been
working affront of you...
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in the midst of
your presence here today,
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they're with you as well
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but we just want to give God
thanks for your presence here
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so just say a few
words of greeting.
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Danny: Thank you
Pastor, hello... welcome...
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and thanks for coming out.
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How many of you
have ever had a dream
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and then been able
to see it come true?
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You ever... well
a vision... right?
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"Where there's no
vision, the people perish... "
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so hopefully,
you all have visions
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that God is leading you.
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About a year ago, I
was minding my own business
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in the country...
in Southern Illinois...
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where I'm from... sleeping...
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and I wake up in the
morning... very early
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and this thought hit
me... "You need to go to London
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and hold a campaign
throughout the city of London. "
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Now, I've been to
London a couple of times
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but never had any ideas of
doing an Evangelistic Series
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in London but
you know what I said?
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"This must be of the
Lord... " you know why?
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I said, "Why London?"
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But the Bible says in
Psalms, I think it's 2:8...
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"Ask of me, and I'll give you
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the heathen for
thine inheritance,
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and the uttermost
parts of the earth
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for thy possession. "
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And so, anywhere
on Planet Earth...
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is a great place to tell
people about Jesus, right?
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Whether it be
London, whether it be Russia,
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whether it be South America
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or right in the
United States of America
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so we're so thankful for
working with the Conference here
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and Brother de
Lisser and the whole team
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and working
together... when we came over
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and presented with
Pastor Lomacang and C.A. Murray
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they said, "Let's do
this... let's hold it... "
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we first talked about getting a
big auditorium, then they said,
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"No, why don't we divide
up in nine or ten churches
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and we'll just have
revival and reformation...
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and we'll bring people in...
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we'll just let the Lord
do what He wants to do... "
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and I'm so excited
from my standpoint...
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I've been watching from
home, from Southern Illinois...
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out in the Country
as the Pastor said,
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watching...
turning in the evening...
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watching the
programs and then also,
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watching the Eyesight
programs ahead of time
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I don't know if any of you
here are getting to watch those,
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but they're
really neat to watch,
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but from this perspective,
saying, "You know what?
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Isn't it
wonderful that we have a God
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who loves us so
much, He died for us,
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He made a plan
of salvation for us
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and He's coming back very
soon in the clouds of glory"
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it is our
responsibility and our privilege
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to tell the world about
Jesus Christ and Him crucified,
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can somebody say, "Amen?"
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Danny: Now, based on
that, I'm going to stop here
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in just a moment
I'll introduce our guest
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but if you read my
pin, this pin says,
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"I'm on vocal
rest and cannot speak"
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all right, I hope my
doctor in Nashville, Ladye Love,
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is not watching right
now, I'm supposed to...
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they operated on me
two-and-a-half months' ago,
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he said, "I want you to
take at least four months... "
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first he said
three... four months...
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"You can't go to
London... " he said,
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"and do this
series" so I'm not...
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I'm just
visiting... and I'm not speaking
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or singing very much,
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but just wanted
to be here tonight
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to say "hello" to all of you
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and those
watching around the world
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thank you for your
love and your prayers
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and your support of 3ABN.
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Continue to pray because we're
looking for great and mighty
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and marvelous things to happen
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because we're all
here in the name of Jesus.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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We have some
special music tonight too,
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and Reggie and Ladye Love Smith
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and tonight we've got
Yvonne Lewis... Dr. Yvonne Lewis
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if you all want to come on
up and get ready in a moment
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and what a privilege it is
to know these folk Pastor...
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Pastor: Absolutely,
yes, they've been blessing us
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throughout the week
with their wonderful singing.
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Danny: I know Reggie
and Ladye have been here,
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Yvonne just came today with me
so I don't know how she is awake
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we actually got in
this afternoon, I think,
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about 2:30 after
an all-night flight
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but she looks
awake and spry and so,
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how many of you
know Dr. Yvonne Lewis?
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Have you seen her
on 3ABN? Audience: Yes.
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And she is a professional
singer for many years,
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she used to sing with
people like Whitney Houston
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and Luther Vandross
and some of the names...
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some of you older
folk might remember, right,
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and some... some
of the other folk
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and of course your
friend Yolanda is here,
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you all used to sing jingles...
she sings commercials...
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and... so the last one was
the iPhone6 commercial you did
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and then it went
around the world...
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Yvonne: And Yolanda too.
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And so, what was the name
of that, which tune did she do?
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Ladye and Reggie:
"Just the two of us... "
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Okay, they
remember... that was her...
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when you heard that
singing... that was Yvonne...
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Yvonne: And Yolanda too.
Danny: And Yolanda too...
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so we're glad that you're
here tonight and joining...
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and you're going to be
singing, "Holy, Holy, Holy. "
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Walking off the stage...
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Music...
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More music...
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Glory be to the
Father and to the Son
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and to the Holy Ghost...
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as it was in the beginning
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is now and ever shall be...
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world without end...
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Amen... Amen...
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Music...
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More music...
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Some more music...
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Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty!
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Early in the morning
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our soul shall rise to Thee;
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Holy, holy, holy,
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merciful and mighty!
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God in three Persons,
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blessed Trinity!
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Music...
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Holy, holy, holy!
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though the darkness hide Thee,
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Though the eye of sinful man
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Thy glory may not
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see...
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Only Thou art holy,
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there is none beside Thee.
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Perfect in power,
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in love and purity.
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Music...
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More music...
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As it was in the beginning,
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is now and ever shall be,
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world without
end, amen... amen...
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amen...
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Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
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All Thy works
shall praise Thy Name
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in earth and sky and sea,
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thousands and ten thousands
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bowing down before Thee,
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You are...
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you are
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and evermore...
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shall be.
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Music...
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Amen...
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Audience: Amen...
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Pastor Lomacang:
Can we say amen again...
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Audience: "Amen. "
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So glad to see you here tonight
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glad to have Yvonne and Danny
here... part of our 3ABN team.
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So glad they had a safe arrival
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and it's always good.
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One of the things that Pastor
left out on Danny's resume...
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is Danny also
likes to play basketball
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and don't let... don't
let his looks fool you...
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because he is a man that
believes in the health message
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and when you believe
in the health message,
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regardless of
your chronological age,
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you are still new in Jesus,
somebody ought to say, "Amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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And so, thank you for
coming from night to night
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and thank you for being here,
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now, I don't know how
much time I have left,
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but I'm just going to go
ahead and use whatever I have
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to give the Lord the
glory that I need to give Him.
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Tonight, bow your heads with me
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as we go to the
Word of God in prayer.
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"Father in heaven, bless this
message in Jesus' name. Amen. "
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The message is
entitled, "Out with the Old. "
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What is the title?
"Out with the Old... "
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which means...
"In with the New. "
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We begin by going to
Matthew 9 verse 16 to 17,
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the Bible says,
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"No one puts a piece of unshrunk
cloth on an old garment;
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for the patch pulls
away from the garment,
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and the tear is made worse. "
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Verse 17...
"Nor do they put... "
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what kind of
wine? "new wine... "
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in what kind of wineskins?
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"old wineskins,
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or else the wineskins... "
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let's say
together... "break... "
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the wine is spilled,
the wineskins are ruined...
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but they put new wine into...
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what kind of wineskins?
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"new wineskins, and
then both are... " what?
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"are preserved. "
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My wife... and I
believe hands down
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makes the best vegetarian
meatloaf I've ever had.
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Audience: "Amen. "
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I've got an "amen
section" to my left
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over here, they've been there,
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they know that for a fact,
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but I remember trying to
eat the same vegetarian meatloaf
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five days in a row,
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it was delicious the
first time she baked it,
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it was acceptable
when she reheated it,
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it was tolerable
when she microwaved it,
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the fourth day I ate
it, simply out of respect,
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not out of delight,
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when the fifth day arrived,
out of mercy, thank God,
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out of mercy, she
did not give me any,
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come one, say "amen"
somebody. Audience: "Amen. "
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And I believe the reason is,
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she looked at my face
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and my entire
expression was saying,
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"Please, out with the
old... in with the new. "
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The reality is, no
matter how good a thing is,
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unless it remains new and fresh,
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it loses its appeal,
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no matter how long you've
lived the life that you enjoy,
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unless it is made new in Christ,
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as time goes on, it
will lose its appeal.
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No matter how
exciting it was at the time
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of its first presentation,
nobody likes stale food.
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No one remains
interested in a meal
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whose best days are
long gone, but don't forget,
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and old recipe is not
the same as old food...
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and old recipe means that
the bugs have been worked out
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and old food means that
nothing but bugs remain.
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Old time
religion... and stale religion
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is not the same thing.
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When Jesus came,
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He came and brought
that tested religion
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that religion that had
all the bugs worked out,
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that religion that
was tried and tested
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through trial and tribulation
and hardship and endurance.
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When Jesus came,
He brought religion
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that the
prophets filed it down...
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that many prophets gave
their lives to preserve it.
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When Jesus came, He
came to capstone the gospel,
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He came to add His
approval to something
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that existed for a long time,
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that's why in these last
days, Revelation calls it,
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"The everlasting
gospel" what does it call it?
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Audience: An everlasting gospel.
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In other words... from
the Garden of Eden to today,
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the gospel has been good news,
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so, don't ever call the
old gospel, "the stale gospel,"
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it just means that
you have not been exposed
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to something that has worked
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in the lives of the
apostles and prophets,
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in the lives of men and
women that have followed Jesus,
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thousands have
given their lives...
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millions... because when this
new gospel gets into your life,
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it will do a new thing.
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The same thing is true
about the Christian experience
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no matter how good
your life was before Jesus,
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unless it is made
new it loses its appeal
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and Jesus came to
get rid of the old
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and to give us the new.
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Look at Isaiah 43
verses 18 and 19...
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He came to get
rid of the old life
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and give us the new life.
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He says in His
Word, "Do not... "
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what are the first two
words? Audience: "Do not... "
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"Do not remember... " the what?
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"the former things,
nor consider... " the what?
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"the things of
old. Behold, I will... "
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let's say
together... "do a new thing,
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Now it shall spring forth;
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Now it shall spring
forth; shall you not know it?
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It will even make a
road in the wilderness
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and rivers in the desert. "
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"Road in the wilderness...
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and rivers in the desert. "
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The fact of the matter is
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nothing changed by the
time Jesus began His ministry,
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absolutely nothing changed
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but every
attempt that Jesus made,
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to redirect the
Pharisees to a living experience
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was often met with
suspicion and rejection
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the fact of the matter is,
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truth became the
prisoner of tradition,
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joy was handcuffed by rituals,
and piety replaced humility,
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the Pharisees had become so
accustomed to the way they lived
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that when Jesus came,
they could not embrace the fact
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that He was the new man,
He was not the first Adam,
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He was the last Adam,
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He was not the man
that had lost His appeal,
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He was the man that had the
only "appeal" worth accepting.
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Jesus came to a church that
had become steeped in tradition,
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now let me say something,
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and I want you
to listen carefully.
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No matter how long
you've done something,
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if Jesus is not in
it, it's tradition.
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It's old... Jesus
came to Sabbath keepers
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that kept the Sabbath,
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they didn't share the
Sabbath, they kept the Sabbath.
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Jesus came to people
that had the right diet
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but the wrong attitude,
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they would tell you what to do
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but they
wouldn't do it themselves.
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The Bible says...
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the Pharisees placed
burdens on the people
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that they
themselves would not live by
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and so, when you
get caught in tradition
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and forget to get
caught up in Jesus,
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you might do the right
thing but for the wrong reasons.
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Jesus came to give
us a new way of life
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and give us the right
reason to do the right things
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but He was always
confronted by a nation
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that accepted the message
but rejected the Messiah,
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they had the right message
but they had the wrong motive
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which brings me to a
very important point,
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it is not
possible to get new results
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out of old behavior.
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Let's look at that again,
Matthew 9 verses 16 and 17,
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let's look at it
again, the same passage.
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"No one puts a
piece of unshrunk cloth
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on an old garment... "
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have you tried
that before, I did once,
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I had an old pair
of jeans that had torn
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and I loved them so much
that I cut a pair of old...
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I cut a pair of new
denim off of a new jeans
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to patch my old jeans
that I had fallen in love with,
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when I washed it, the new cloth
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pulled that area that I
sewed together so tightly
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that when I wore it,
00:19:52.89\00:19:54.22
it looked like I
had a bubble in my knee.
00:19:54.26\00:19:55.69
because it hadn't shrunk yet
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so you don't put un-shrunk
cloth on an old garment
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for it pulls away the
patch from the garment
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and a tear is made
even worse than before.
00:20:04.53\00:20:06.84
"Nor do you put... " verse 17...
00:20:06.87\00:20:09.37
"new wine in old wineskins,
or else the wineskins break
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the wine is spilled, and
the wineskins are ruined.
00:20:14.34\00:20:17.98
But they put new wine
into new wineskins... "
00:20:18.01\00:20:20.78
and let's say
together... "and both are... "
00:20:20.82\00:20:23.65
let's say
together, "preserved. "
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Now, let me break this
new wineskin and old wineskin
00:20:25.55\00:20:30.03
and "new wine"
and "old wine" down
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because this is
vitally important
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for the
proliferation of this topic,
00:20:34.50\00:20:36.50
for the understanding
of this topic tonight.
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It's not about old
wine in new wineskins,
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it's about new
wine in old wineskins.
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I did my
homework on the new wine
00:20:46.64\00:20:50.08
and the old wine skins...
follow me very carefully...
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I am not scientific so bear with
me if I try to sound that way,
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new wine freshly pressed...
put on your spiritual ears...
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new wine freshly pressed is in
a state of active fermentation,
00:21:04.33\00:21:11.43
in other words, the
moment it leaves the fruit,
00:21:11.47\00:21:14.14
the moment it's
pressed into juice,
00:21:14.17\00:21:16.27
it begins a
process of fermentation,
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some of you know that,
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when you come to Thanksgiving
00:21:19.77\00:21:21.21
which we have, in
the United States,
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we have in the United States
something called Thanksgiving.
00:21:22.61\00:21:24.91
You don't have it here
because the Pilgrims from here
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discovered the United
States, amen, somebody...
00:21:27.62\00:21:30.59
when they got there,
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.29
the Indians were already there
but they "discovered" it...
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so every year we celebrate
something called: Thanksgiving
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where we get together and people
like homemade apple cider,
00:21:38.63\00:21:42.76
but if you've ever
had homemade apple cider,
00:21:42.80\00:21:45.80
you know, you'd better
drink that homemade apple cider
00:21:45.83\00:21:49.10
on the first day...
because when it stays overnight,
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it starts to what...? Ferment...
00:21:52.37\00:21:55.08
and it's even worse
when you leave it out
00:21:55.11\00:21:57.08
because you open
the cap the next day
00:21:57.11\00:21:58.98
and you hear, "Pish... "
and some of you Adventists,
00:21:59.01\00:22:03.25
take note of the
sound and drink it anyway.
00:22:03.28\00:22:05.62
Ah ha ha...
00:22:05.65\00:22:08.16
and you wonder why
on Sabbath morning,
00:22:08.19\00:22:11.59
you can't listen to the sermon
00:22:11.63\00:22:12.96
because you're putting
fermented things in your mind
00:22:12.99\00:22:15.40
come one now, somebody...
00:22:15.43\00:22:16.77
let me continue
sounding scientific.
00:22:16.80\00:22:19.53
The new wine remains fresh
only... this is powerful...
00:22:19.57\00:22:24.04
only for a
particular length of time,
00:22:24.07\00:22:27.08
in other words,
when it becomes new,
00:22:27.11\00:22:30.05
it can only stay new for
a particular period of time,
00:22:30.11\00:22:33.62
something has to happen for
the new wine to be preserved.
00:22:33.65\00:22:37.09
The new wineskins
are now introduced
00:22:37.12\00:22:40.42
and these new wineskins
have not yet been exposed
00:22:40.46\00:22:44.53
to any wine...
they're brand new,
00:22:44.56\00:22:47.23
you buy 'em... and
they are pliable...
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they are soft...
and they are flexible...
00:22:50.97\00:22:54.34
the new wineskins...
and here's the reason why...
00:22:54.37\00:22:57.34
they have not absorbed wine yet,
so they are pliable... and soft,
00:22:57.37\00:23:03.35
like people that hear
the gospel for the first time
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.58
and their hearts are
opened and receptive to it,
00:23:06.61\00:23:09.78
they are soft... and flexible...
00:23:09.82\00:23:12.02
and they are looking for
this new walk with Christ
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.36
and so when the
new wine is introduced,
00:23:14.39\00:23:16.49
and their hearts are soft
and their minds are flexible,
00:23:16.52\00:23:19.79
it's easy to put a new idea
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.60
in a heart that's willing to
listen to the Word of Jesus...
00:23:22.63\00:23:26.20
soft and flexible.
00:23:26.23\00:23:28.70
The next process is the new wine
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.87
the walls are
not yet contaminated,
00:23:31.94\00:23:35.04
this is a very interesting
process because what happens is
00:23:35.08\00:23:37.85
when wine is continually
put in the same wineskin
00:23:37.88\00:23:41.22
over and over and
over and over again,
00:23:41.25\00:23:44.12
they tell me, scientifically,
that the walls of the wineskin
00:23:44.15\00:23:48.09
begin to absorb the old wine
00:23:48.12\00:23:50.69
until the point where
the walls become brittle
00:23:50.73\00:23:53.90
and it loses its
ability to continue to absorb,
00:23:53.96\00:23:57.10
so what happens
now is if you put...
00:23:57.17\00:23:59.80
this is powerful... if you
put new wine in old wineskins
00:23:59.83\00:24:05.01
that have already absorbed
wine over and over again,
00:24:05.04\00:24:10.21
the new wine... are you ready?
00:24:10.25\00:24:13.98
The new wine starts
to spoil immediately.
00:24:14.02\00:24:18.45
That's powerful... let me
tell you what I'm talking about,
00:24:18.49\00:24:21.96
when your mind is
not made new in Christ,
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.86
and you're comfortable
with the old things in your life
00:24:24.89\00:24:28.63
and something new comes
in, your mind's attitude...
00:24:28.66\00:24:32.33
your life's
condition makes the new things
00:24:32.40\00:24:35.04
seem like it's
spoiled, when in fact it's new.
00:24:35.07\00:24:39.61
but because your mind
has absorbed so much junk
00:24:39.64\00:24:44.11
that it cannot absorb and
make room for the new wine,
00:24:44.15\00:24:47.85
so the sediment that's
there, what word did I just say?
00:24:47.88\00:24:51.55
The sediment that's
built up in your life
00:24:51.59\00:24:55.06
does not allow the
new wine to be absorbed.
00:24:55.09\00:24:58.29
You see, the topic tonight is:
00:24:58.36\00:25:00.26
Out with the Old
and in with the... what?
00:25:00.30\00:25:02.23
Audience: And in with the new.
00:25:02.26\00:25:03.67
So here's the point,
until we are made new in Jesus,
00:25:03.73\00:25:07.70
until we are made new in Jesus,
00:25:07.74\00:25:12.04
until our minds are made
new and our lives are made new,
00:25:12.07\00:25:16.34
I can preach the
new gospel all year long
00:25:16.38\00:25:20.42
but it won't
even impact your life
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.12
because it's barred by
the sediment of your old life,
00:25:22.15\00:25:26.65
it's barred by the sediment
of your old ways of living,
00:25:26.69\00:25:31.13
it's barred by the
sediment of your tradition,
00:25:31.16\00:25:34.26
by the sediment of
the way you enjoyed eating
00:25:34.30\00:25:37.07
and the way you
enjoyed your entertainment,
00:25:37.10\00:25:39.50
come on somebody...
00:25:39.53\00:25:40.87
it's barred by the
things that you've allowed
00:25:40.90\00:25:43.34
to be absorbed in your
life for years to come,
00:25:43.37\00:25:45.94
the fact of the matter
is, we can't live a new life
00:25:45.97\00:25:49.91
with old practices,
00:25:49.94\00:25:51.78
the old life cannot absorb
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.72
the new life...
00:25:54.75\00:25:56.08
that's why Jesus
said to Nicodemus,
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.02
notice John 3 and
verse 7, here's what He said,
00:25:58.05\00:26:01.79
Nicodemus had sediment
of all kinds in his life,
00:26:01.82\00:26:05.49
that's why Jesus
said to Nicodemus,
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.50
notice what He said,
00:26:07.53\00:26:08.86
He said, "Do not
marvel that I say to you... "
00:26:08.90\00:26:11.33
let's say together church...
00:26:11.37\00:26:12.70
"you must be born again"
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.37
all this stuff
we've been talking about
00:26:15.40\00:26:17.64
for the past ten nights,
it means absolutely nothing
00:26:17.67\00:26:20.51
to your old mind
unless you're born again.
00:26:20.58\00:26:23.08
We talked about the
new health plan last night,
00:26:23.11\00:26:26.78
God's best health care plan...
00:26:26.82\00:26:29.38
I looked out in the audience,
I saw some people angry,
00:26:29.45\00:26:32.22
I had suggested, "You
got to give up your pork"
00:26:32.25\00:26:34.92
they looked like, "I
ain't giving up nothing"
00:26:34.96\00:26:37.83
got to eat right, got
to get rid of your alcohol
00:26:37.86\00:26:40.70
even if you sip
it once in a while,
00:26:40.73\00:26:42.96
and their minds
were so fermented
00:26:43.00\00:26:45.13
and so sedimentary...
so sedimentary blocked
00:26:45.17\00:26:49.24
but they could not
absorb this message.
00:26:49.27\00:26:51.57
I heard people
grumbling, "myum... myum... "
00:26:51.61\00:26:57.08
you were excited
about the financial plan
00:26:57.11\00:27:00.98
because everybody likes
money, "amen" somebody...
00:27:01.02\00:27:03.45
the financial plan...
everybody was excited...
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.85
Jesus will provide all
my needs, He provides needs,
00:27:05.89\00:27:10.03
He's a new God,
He provides our needs
00:27:10.09\00:27:13.43
but, what we have
to also include...
00:27:13.46\00:27:16.80
He provides our needs
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.63
but He wants our
lives to be made new in Him.
00:27:18.67\00:27:22.34
Nicodemus challenged
the theology of Jesus.
00:27:22.40\00:27:26.04
Look at verse 4
of John chapter 3,
00:27:26.07\00:27:28.54
look at what he said,
this is kind of how we are,
00:27:28.58\00:27:32.01
I've had people that
challenged what I preach
00:27:32.05\00:27:35.45
they send me e-mails, they say,
00:27:35.48\00:27:37.29
"I don't like what
you said on 3ABN... "
00:27:37.32\00:27:38.99
and I said,
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.99
"Was it what I said or
was it how you received it?"
00:27:41.02\00:27:43.12
It's often how you receive it,
my dearly departed friend now,
00:27:43.16\00:27:47.23
Elder Brooks
who's resting in Jesus,
00:27:47.26\00:27:48.60
he said, "Sun could melt
butter but hardened clay... "
00:27:48.63\00:27:53.97
there's nothing
wrong with the sun
00:27:54.00\00:27:55.94
but it's the
condition of the human mind
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.17
that determines how
something is absorbed.
00:27:58.21\00:28:00.38
Somebody would say at
the end of the sermon,
00:28:00.41\00:28:02.54
"Pastor, I love that sermon... "
00:28:02.58\00:28:04.38
somebody else will say,
"I ain't coming back... "
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.95
it's not the message,
it's the condition of the mind.
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.52
Nicodemus challenged
the theology of Jesus,
00:28:09.55\00:28:13.02
notice what he said, in
verse 4 of John chapter 3,
00:28:13.05\00:28:16.12
Nicodemus said to Him,
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.49
this was a man that was
well trained theologically,
00:28:17.53\00:28:20.13
he was a Pharisee,
he had been around,
00:28:20.16\00:28:22.33
he had many degrees and he said,
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.17
"How can a man be
born when he is... " what?
00:28:24.20\00:28:27.87
When he is old, "Can
he enter a second time
00:28:27.90\00:28:31.54
into his mother's
womb and be born?"
00:28:31.57\00:28:34.88
Now, you know,
Jesus could have said,
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.15
"Now, Nicodemus, that's foolish,
00:28:38.18\00:28:39.65
you are highly educated
in the school of the prophets
00:28:39.68\00:28:44.09
and you talk foolishly,
00:28:44.12\00:28:45.85
you know about biology,
this is not a biological process
00:28:45.89\00:28:49.36
I introduced to you,
00:28:49.39\00:28:50.73
this is about a
spiritual process... "
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.63
Nicodemus was in
essence saying...
00:28:52.66\00:28:55.26
let me break this
attitude of Nicodemus down,
00:28:55.30\00:28:58.00
Nicodemus was in
essence saying to Jesus,
00:28:58.03\00:29:00.70
"Do you know how
long it's taken me
00:29:00.74\00:29:03.37
to get to where I am?"
00:29:03.41\00:29:04.74
Some of you've been
living the same way for so long,
00:29:04.77\00:29:08.88
you've got the
"Nicodemus Syndrome"
00:29:08.91\00:29:11.28
"How am I going to change,
00:29:11.31\00:29:13.35
look... do you
know how old I am?"
00:29:13.38\00:29:15.18
I've had some people come
up to me and call me, "Sonny"
00:29:15.22\00:29:17.59
they say, "Sonny, you
just came on the scene
00:29:17.62\00:29:20.19
and you're trying to
tell me how to live?"
00:29:20.22\00:29:22.76
I ain't trying to
tell you anything,
00:29:22.79\00:29:25.36
I'm preaching to you the
Word of God, amen... somebody...
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.46
Nicodemus was in essence saying,
00:29:27.50\00:29:29.76
"I've been living
like this for so long
00:29:29.80\00:29:31.77
and all of a sudden
you come along and say
00:29:31.83\00:29:33.77
that I've got to change now?
00:29:33.80\00:29:35.34
I've been eating like
this... and dressing like this
00:29:35.40\00:29:38.71
and I've been
attending the same synagogue
00:29:38.74\00:29:41.11
and you come and tell
me I've got to change now?"
00:29:41.14\00:29:44.15
He said, "Jesus, I'm
comfortable with my life,
00:29:44.18\00:29:50.19
and unless you haven't noticed
00:29:50.22\00:29:53.29
I'm too old to change... "
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.16
Jesus was confronted
with ritualistic religion
00:29:55.19\00:30:02.70
and old paradigms,
00:30:02.73\00:30:05.17
you see,
whenever we get together
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.34
and have an evangelistic series,
00:30:07.40\00:30:09.44
we talked about the
statistics of witches in London,
00:30:09.50\00:30:12.84
we said there were about 80,000
registered witches in London...
00:30:12.87\00:30:16.28
pause...
00:30:16.31\00:30:18.15
now, I don't know
if any of the witches
00:30:18.18\00:30:20.82
came to our meetings,
00:30:20.85\00:30:22.18
but I recommend that a
lot of you are Christians,
00:30:22.22\00:30:24.39
somebody ought
to say, "Amen... "
00:30:24.42\00:30:25.75
Audience: "Amen. "
00:30:25.79\00:30:27.12
I'm less
concerned about the witches
00:30:27.16\00:30:29.59
who know they worship the devil
00:30:29.62\00:30:32.09
than Christians that
don't know how to worship Jesus
00:30:32.13\00:30:36.20
because sometimes we figure...
00:30:36.23\00:30:40.30
we figure we got
this thing so worked out
00:30:40.34\00:30:42.50
based on our tradition,
00:30:42.54\00:30:43.87
we've got some second- and
third-generation Christians here
00:30:43.91\00:30:46.57
some people have been
Methodists all their lives,
00:30:46.61\00:30:48.71
some people have been
Baptists all their lives
00:30:48.74\00:30:50.41
some people say,
00:30:50.45\00:30:51.78
"I'm a
fourth-generation Adventist... "
00:30:51.81\00:30:53.15
what does that mean?
00:30:53.18\00:30:54.52
"No matter what
generation you are,
00:30:54.55\00:30:57.32
Nicodemus, you
must be born again"
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.39
because you cannot
be saved by osmosis,
00:31:00.42\00:31:04.26
you don't get on a
family conveyor belt
00:31:04.29\00:31:08.06
and go in just because
your mother was righteous.
00:31:08.10\00:31:10.37
Though Daniel, Job and
Noah were in it, the Bible says,
00:31:10.43\00:31:14.14
"they will neither save their
son nor their daughter... "
00:31:14.17\00:31:17.81
as one of my good
friends, Walter Pierson said,
00:31:17.84\00:31:20.14
"You could be born on
the front pew of the church
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.41
on Sabbath morning... you
still have to be born again. "
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.45
When Jesus preached, there was
nothing wrong with His message
00:31:24.51\00:31:30.25
but the Pharisees
were old wineskins
00:31:30.29\00:31:33.52
with inflexible walls,
00:31:33.56\00:31:35.42
everything that
Jesus taught was corrupted
00:31:35.49\00:31:38.03
by their fermented traditions,
00:31:38.06\00:31:40.30
they could not
absorb the gospel because
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.20
their walls... hear me
carefully were hardened,
00:31:42.23\00:31:45.33
by formal
religion and tradition.
00:31:45.37\00:31:48.17
Matter of fact, one
more scientific fact,
00:31:48.20\00:31:50.14
hear me carefully,
00:31:50.21\00:31:51.54
the walls were
coated with sediment called,
00:31:51.57\00:31:54.58
"albuminoidal matter"
don't ask me to say that again,
00:31:54.64\00:31:58.98
which means, if
new wine was introduced
00:31:59.01\00:32:03.59
into old wineskins, it
will ferment immediately,
00:32:03.62\00:32:08.62
stuff that was caked upon
the wall was always there.
00:32:08.66\00:32:12.96
Let me use an illustration.
00:32:12.99\00:32:14.33
Imagine somebody
invites you to their home
00:32:14.36\00:32:17.47
and they give you
something to drink
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.70
and you taste it and you say,
00:32:19.73\00:32:23.54
"Why does it taste like this?"
00:32:23.57\00:32:27.31
And they say, "I don't
know, I just opened the can"
00:32:27.34\00:32:30.68
and they show you
the brand-new can...
00:32:30.71\00:32:32.95
they prove their point,
00:32:32.98\00:32:34.32
they show you the
brand-new opened can of juice,
00:32:34.35\00:32:36.32
and they say,
"taste it again... "
00:32:36.35\00:32:39.12
and you taste it again
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.02
and based on what
it should taste like,
00:32:41.06\00:32:42.86
based on the name
on the can... grape...
00:32:42.89\00:32:45.09
it doesn't taste
anything like grape juice,
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.43
so they say, "Well,
let me bring you some more,
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.63
so they pour it
again... out of the same jug...
00:32:49.66\00:32:52.23
try it this time, and
it tastes the same way
00:32:52.27\00:32:54.77
and then you say,
00:32:54.80\00:32:56.14
"Could you give me
something else to drink?"
00:32:56.17\00:32:58.24
And you come to... you go home
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.91
you buy the same
thing on the way home
00:33:00.98\00:33:03.01
from the same store...
the same manufacturer...
00:33:03.04\00:33:06.21
the same flavor and
you put it in your jug
00:33:06.25\00:33:09.62
and it tastes new
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.02
and then you go back
to Brother Smith's house
00:33:11.05\00:33:14.26
only to find out
that Brother Smith
00:33:14.32\00:33:16.69
hasn't washed that
jug for four years.
00:33:16.73\00:33:19.09
Audience: Laughing...
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.06
It tastes like it should
have tasted four years ago
00:33:22.10\00:33:26.50
but because of
the film in the jug...
00:33:26.53\00:33:29.00
I've been to
some people's houses,
00:33:29.07\00:33:31.54
I wouldn't drink
anything from them
00:33:31.57\00:33:33.78
no disrespect but I'm
never thirsty when I'm there,
00:33:33.81\00:33:38.81
I see that glass...
"No... um... not that glass"
00:33:38.85\00:33:43.79
I see the cat on the
stove, not that stove,
00:33:43.82\00:33:47.52
I see the dog
licking out of the same plate
00:33:47.56\00:33:49.92
that looked like
the one on the plate...
00:33:49.99\00:33:52.33
"I ain't hungry... "
00:33:52.36\00:33:53.80
Audience: Laughing...
00:33:53.83\00:33:55.16
You know what I'm talking about?
00:33:55.23\00:33:56.93
So what happens? Many of us...
00:33:56.97\00:33:58.63
many of us have
sediment... have what friends?
00:33:58.67\00:34:01.94
Sediment in our lives
00:34:01.97\00:34:03.87
that had been
built up for so long...
00:34:03.91\00:34:05.77
see tonight's
message is powerful...
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.61
you've got to get the
insert for tonight's message
00:34:07.64\00:34:11.15
and you got to go
home and study it,
00:34:11.18\00:34:12.55
it is so concentrated
that you got to pray
00:34:12.58\00:34:15.98
for the Lord to
give you some new eyes
00:34:16.02\00:34:19.35
when you pick it up
because it ain't planned...
00:34:19.39\00:34:21.99
when I put that
together, I said,
00:34:22.02\00:34:24.56
"Lord, you sure you want me
to talk about this in London?"
00:34:24.59\00:34:27.23
And He said, "You
don't worry about it,
00:34:27.26\00:34:29.43
Jeremiah, you go
and write it down
00:34:29.46\00:34:31.67
and I'll send my Holy
Spirit to give them new eyes
00:34:31.70\00:34:35.00
and a new attitude to
accept this message. "
00:34:35.04\00:34:37.14
"Amen... "
somebody... Audience: "Amen... "
00:34:37.21\00:34:39.27
But you know what happens?
00:34:39.31\00:34:40.64
Some of us have the
same "Nicodemus Syndrome"
00:34:40.68\00:34:43.58
and we say with the old cliché,
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.45
"You can't teach an
old dog... new tricks. "
00:34:45.48\00:34:48.38
Now that's true if you're a dog,
00:34:48.42\00:34:50.75
amen somebody...
but I ain't a dog...
00:34:50.79\00:34:54.26
I ain't a dog
and I ain't a dawg...
00:34:54.29\00:34:57.66
come on somebody...
got this new attitude
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.36
now-a-days people
say, "Hey dawg... "
00:34:59.39\00:35:01.73
now, you don't
talk that way in England
00:35:01.76\00:35:03.83
I'm so glad to be in
England for a chance,
00:35:03.87\00:35:05.90
no matter how...
00:35:05.93\00:35:07.27
I mean, I've seen
people that look like bums
00:35:07.30\00:35:08.94
but they have the
most beautiful accent.
00:35:08.97\00:35:10.81
You can look bad but
still sound good in England.
00:35:10.84\00:35:14.74
"Good morning... how are you?"
00:35:14.81\00:35:18.31
"Be-you-ful... "
00:35:18.35\00:35:20.28
guy looks like he
just drank five beers,
00:35:20.32\00:35:23.39
"Be-you-ful... "
00:35:23.42\00:35:25.29
He sounds nice...
00:35:25.32\00:35:27.16
we've got to train people how
to talk like that in America.
00:35:27.19\00:35:29.46
The fact of the matter is
Jesus is not a dog trainer,
00:35:29.52\00:35:34.40
hear me carefully,
Jesus is not a "dog trainer"
00:35:34.43\00:35:37.27
he is a "life transformer,"
somebody ought to say amen.
00:35:37.30\00:35:40.27
Look at 2nd
Corinthians 5 and verse 17,
00:35:40.34\00:35:42.97
the Bible says it very clearly,
00:35:43.00\00:35:44.34
this man, Jesus... came to
do something new in our lives,
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.74
He says, "Therefore
if anyone" if anyone...
00:35:47.78\00:35:51.01
if how many of us?
00:35:51.05\00:35:52.41
"If anyone is in
Christ, he is a... " what?
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.25
new creation...
00:35:55.28\00:35:56.92
look at the new
wine and the old wine
00:35:56.95\00:35:59.49
"old things have...
" what? "passed... "
00:35:59.52\00:36:01.69
another word for
"passed away" is buried...
00:36:01.72\00:36:03.89
"behold... " how many things?
00:36:03.93\00:36:06.80
"all things have become new"
00:36:06.83\00:36:09.63
some of you got to bury
some stuff in your house
00:36:09.66\00:36:13.27
so that Jesus can come in.
00:36:13.30\00:36:15.70
I went to the home of a family
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.74
that had all
kinds of apparitions
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.71
going on in their house,
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.08
not even a member of our church,
00:36:21.11\00:36:23.81
but somebody told them,
"Invite Pastor Lomacang"
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.82
and I went in and I said,
00:36:26.85\00:36:29.18
"Well, tell me
what the problem is"
00:36:29.22\00:36:30.55
they said, "Well,
when we're eating dinner,
00:36:30.59\00:36:31.92
we see people walk
through our kitchen
00:36:31.95\00:36:34.56
and then they disappear
as they get to our stove. "
00:36:34.59\00:36:36.99
"And what else?"
00:36:37.03\00:36:39.69
"And when we're
watching television,
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.36
sometimes they
walk right behind us
00:36:41.40\00:36:43.33
and just
disappear into thin air. "
00:36:43.37\00:36:45.27
Now some of you West Indians
00:36:45.30\00:36:49.47
would have moved out the
first time you'd seen that...
00:36:49.50\00:36:51.31
"I gone... you know... "
00:36:51.34\00:36:55.91
So I said, so I
asked them, I said,
00:36:55.94\00:37:01.85
"So, so... are you Christians?"
00:37:01.88\00:37:04.15
"Oh, yes we are, we attend... "
00:37:04.19\00:37:05.72
they mentioned the local church
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.26
it wasn't our church...
00:37:07.29\00:37:08.62
"Well, do you
pray?" "Yeah, we pray... "
00:37:08.66\00:37:10.26
And I asked them the question,
00:37:10.29\00:37:11.83
"What kind of entertainment
do you have in this house?"
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.30
"Oh we love scary movies... "
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.97
and they opened their library...
00:37:17.00\00:37:19.53
and to my surprise,
00:37:19.57\00:37:20.97
from the ceiling to the
floor... from left to right...
00:37:21.00\00:37:23.71
every scary, demonic
movie you can find...
00:37:23.74\00:37:27.91
they said, "We
love scary movies. "
00:37:27.94\00:37:30.71
I said, "How many...
how much money have you... "
00:37:30.75\00:37:34.08
and I looked at that
library... and I felt bad
00:37:34.12\00:37:36.12
but you know what I
told them... the father?
00:37:36.15\00:37:38.35
I said, "I know it's
going to sound awful,
00:37:38.39\00:37:41.32
but until you get
rid of all those movies,
00:37:41.39\00:37:44.33
you're going to have visitors...
00:37:44.36\00:37:45.69
the kind of visitors you
don't want in your house. "
00:37:45.73\00:37:51.40
Some people have
stuff in their houses
00:37:51.43\00:37:54.27
that are connected
to their old wineskins,
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.04
and we preach,
"Start studying your Bible"
00:37:57.07\00:37:59.77
and they still
study their Bible...
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.98
you can't study your
Bible and watch that stuff.
00:38:02.01\00:38:04.15
You've got to
choose who to serve.
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.38
So when we talk
about the old wine...
00:38:06.41\00:38:08.32
"Out with the
old, in with the new"
00:38:08.35\00:38:10.22
you got to make decisions.
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.62
If you want to really
get ready for Jesus to come,
00:38:11.65\00:38:14.59
you ought to
start looking at stuff
00:38:14.62\00:38:16.06
that would get your mind ready,
00:38:16.12\00:38:17.59
listen to music that
will get your heart ready,
00:38:17.63\00:38:20.80
some people...
on Sabbath morning
00:38:20.83\00:38:22.46
are boogying in the pulpit,
00:38:22.50\00:38:23.83
while the song is
completely different
00:38:23.87\00:38:25.63
because on their way to church
00:38:25.67\00:38:28.10
they were
listening to "old wine... "
00:38:28.14\00:38:30.01
and they're
"wine... ing" in church now,
00:38:30.04\00:38:31.84
Audience: Laugher...
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.21
Can I tell it like it is?
00:38:33.24\00:38:36.38
Audience: "Amen... amen... "
00:38:36.41\00:38:39.55
So when you get stuck in
a rut... that's one thing...
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.55
but when you get
comfortable in your rut,
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.12
that's something
altogether different,
00:38:43.15\00:38:44.59
many of you are comfortable in
the rut of traditional religion
00:38:44.62\00:38:48.49
now you ought to
get rid of that idea
00:38:48.52\00:38:50.73
because some people say,
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.09
"Well, it was good
enough for my mother,
00:38:52.13\00:38:54.36
it was good enough
for my grandmother,
00:38:54.43\00:38:56.06
and so it must be
good enough for me. "
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.67
So get rid of your car
and go get a horse and buggy
00:38:57.73\00:39:01.04
like your grandmamma had...
00:39:01.07\00:39:02.90
it was good enough for her,
00:39:02.94\00:39:04.67
see how quickly you
get to work with that
00:39:04.74\00:39:06.37
horse and buggy mentality.
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.74
Some people are comfortable
in the rut of cultural eating,
00:39:07.78\00:39:11.68
people are dying
from bad health practices
00:39:11.71\00:39:14.48
that they refuse to change
00:39:14.55\00:39:16.82
and every
night, praise the Lord,
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.35
Dr. Chitty does
such a wonderful job...
00:39:18.39\00:39:20.66
but some people look
at that stuff and say,
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.92
"Hmmm... I ain't
changing nothing...
00:39:22.96\00:39:26.13
ain't no way. "
00:39:26.16\00:39:28.86
Story of a young
lady that was converted
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.93
from the preaching
of one of our pastors
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.97
in the United States in Alabama
00:39:35.00\00:39:36.44
as a matter of fact, it
was Little Richard's sister,
00:39:36.47\00:39:39.31
old well-known Little Richard...
"Good Golly Miss Molly"
00:39:39.34\00:39:42.18
his Little Richard...
00:39:42.21\00:39:43.55
his sister got
baptized and came home
00:39:43.58\00:39:45.08
and the mother who was
Baptist at the time said,
00:39:45.11\00:39:47.35
"How can you get
baptized in the Adventist church
00:39:47.38\00:39:49.48
without telling me first?"
00:39:49.52\00:39:50.85
She said, "My relationship
with Jesus is my business"
00:39:50.89\00:39:53.86
and she said,
00:39:53.89\00:39:55.89
"Mama, we ain't
eating no pork anymore"
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.53
she went in this fridge
and starts throwing out...
00:39:57.56\00:39:59.23
her mother's pork...
00:39:59.26\00:40:00.60
She said, "Girl, you'd
better close that fridge... "
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.33
she said, "When I close it,
00:40:02.36\00:40:03.70
the pork will be gone"
00:40:03.73\00:40:05.07
she started clearing it out.
00:40:05.10\00:40:07.10
You got to get rid of the
old and make room for the new,
00:40:07.14\00:40:09.77
amen...
somebody... Audience: Amen...
00:40:09.80\00:40:11.14
because there ain't going
to be no pork chops in heaven.
00:40:11.17\00:40:13.01
Ain't going to be
no "time of trouble"
00:40:13.04\00:40:16.28
for the turkeys, amen.
00:40:16.34\00:40:19.55
No cows are going
to be running from us,
00:40:19.61\00:40:22.02
"here come those Adventists... "
00:40:22.05\00:40:23.52
because see, we still...
we got to work our way out,
00:40:23.59\00:40:28.66
it's okay to be
clean but brethren,
00:40:28.72\00:40:31.19
get ready for Jesus to come,
somebody ought to say, "amen. "
00:40:31.26\00:40:33.90
Somebody is comfortable in
the rut of worldly fashion,
00:40:33.93\00:40:37.50
I went to a
church in Miami, Florida,
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talking to a group of men,
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they had a hard time thinking
about Jesus on Sabbath morning,
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they said, "Pastor,
we don't want any women
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in our Seminar on
Sunday, we want just men
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because we got to
talk about 'men issues. '"
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And I said,
"Well, what's wrong?"
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One young man stood up,
he was about this high...
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maybe the height of Zacchaeus...
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I don't know how
tall Zacchaeus was,
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but he was a
little guy and he said,
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"Pastor... " he said,
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.16
"it's so hard when I go
to church on Sabbath morning
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to focus on Jesus"
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And I said, "Well why?"
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And he said,
"Well, this is Miami
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and it's hot all year long...
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and some of the
sisters come to church
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like it's hot all year long,
with the dresses really high
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and the tops really low
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and they don't try to hide
anything... " and he said...
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I said, "Brother, you
know what you need to do,
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you need to lift up
your eyes unto the hills
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from whence comes your help... "
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He said, "Pastor, I'm so short
that when I lift up my eyes,
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I'm chest-high
with the sisters... "
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I said, "Well, you
ought to pray that the sisters
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that are righteous
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help the sisters that are on
their way to being righteous. "
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But let me make a point,
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there are some folk that will
come to church dressed that way,
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don't think that they are
more of a sinner than you are
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because some people come
to church trying to find Jesus
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and they come
presenting the best they have
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so don't think
that external realities
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measure up to
internal realities.
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Sometimes you see
what you think you see
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when the fact is,
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that's Mary
Magdalene looking for Jesus
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to wash His feet,
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Audience: "Amen. "
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That's why in my church,
I've got a simple process,
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no standards for fellowship,
"Come as you are... "
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if you can
stumble into the church
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after you finished
a beer come on in...
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I was sitting in
the Pastor's office
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and I smelled smoke
coming through the window
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and I said, "Praise the Lord,
there's ministry going on here,
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folk that can come here
that smoke and take drugs
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or strung out on something,
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they can come and find
comfort in Jesus right here... "
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amen, Croydon...
Audience: "Amen... "
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Don't stop them
from coming, no...
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"come as you are"
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but when you
become a Christian...
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when you become a
part of the fellowship,
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there are
standards for membership
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and high
standards for leadership
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you got to reflect
Christ but let Jesus...
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see our jobs are
to catch the fish...
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it's Jesus' job
to clean the fish.
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Audience: "Amen... amen... "
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Don't forget that,
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some folks try
to clean up people
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after they've just
joined the church one week...
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"You got an
butter in that thing,
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any oil in that
thing... are you a vegan?"
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"No, I just became a
Christian... what's a vegan?"
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Give the Lord time to get
folk ready for the kingdom,
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amen, somebody...
Audience: "Amen. "
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There are some
people comfortable
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in the rut of worldly fashion,
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that young man... I tell you,
it was a difficult thing for him
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there are some
people that are comfortable
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in the rut of
corrupt entertainment,
00:43:34.88\00:43:36.91
they're polluting
their minds with the old
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trying to get ready for the new,
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but I'll tell you
what, there's no such thing
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as living the old life,
getting ready for the new life,
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it's impossible
to desire new things
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if you keep
feeding on the old things.
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Look at Luke 5 and
verse 39 Luke 5 and verse 39,
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pause...
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the Bible says,
this is powerful...
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let me give you the
point that I'm leading...
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it is not
possible to desire the new
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if we keep feeding on the old.
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Here's what Luke says,
"And no one... " how many?
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Audience: "No one... "
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"No one having
drunk the old... "
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this is... this is powerful...
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no one having drunk the
old immediately desires the new
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for he says,
"oooh... the old is better"
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pause...
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when all you're
drinking is the old
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you conclude that
the old is better,
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that's what it is,
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some folk come
into these meetings,
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they've heard about
the commandments of God,
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but they say,
"Well, in my church
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we really don't have to
keep the commandments...
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the old is better... "
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we're talking about the
Sabbath that Jesus blessed
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at the end of Creation week,
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that the Old
Testament followers kept...
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that Jesus kept...
that the disciples kept...
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that the apostles kept,
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that the church that's getting
ready for eternity keeps,
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that will be kept in heaven
and they hear about the Sabbath
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and they say,
"the old is better. "
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They hear what the Bible says
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but they say,
"My pastor says... "
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let me make a point, "if
your pastor says anything
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that's different from the
Bible, follow the Bible...
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the blind leading the blind...
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both of you all are
going to have accidents"
00:45:23.52\00:45:25.12
Stevie Wonder and Jose Feliciano
driving together are in trouble
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uh... huh...
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don't think about that too long.
00:45:32.29\00:45:35.00
The great
barrier to the new life
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is a constant dying of the old
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but when we are
made new in Christ,
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our eyes will be
opened to see what Jesus sees
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.87
and to think like Jesus thinks
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and to live like Jesus lived.
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Even your faith will be changed,
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even your...
what will be changed?
00:45:51.18\00:45:53.15
Your faith will be changed,
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.08
you see, man says, "I
believe it... when I see it"
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Jesus says, "You'll
see it when you believe it"
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think about that for a moment,
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"you'll see it
when you believe it"
00:46:03.12\00:46:05.36
we walk by faith
and not by sight,
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"without faith it is
impossible to please Him... "
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if you believe
God's Word, you'll see it
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but if you want to see
it before you believe it,
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.87
it will never happen,
that's why He said to Thomas,
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"Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet... " what?
00:46:21.41\00:46:23.45
"and yet believed... "
so the first step is this
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how can I
change when I am old...
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here's how you do it,
Colossians 1 verse 27,
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the first step is
invite Jesus to come in...
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let's say that together, what?
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.69
"Invite Jesus... "
to do what? "to come in"
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here it is, "Which
is Christ in you... "
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the what? "the hope of glory. "
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Everything I've said thus far,
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.30
everything you've heard
for the last ten nights,
00:46:47.34\00:46:49.57
in the last ten messages
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mean absolutely nothing
if Jesus is not in first.
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It doesn't matter, it
doesn't make a difference,
00:46:54.31\00:46:57.65
you can have a clean diet...
00:46:57.68\00:46:59.85
without the
transforming touch of Jesus,
00:46:59.88\00:47:02.32
it doesn't mean anything
00:47:02.35\00:47:04.15
but let me even give
you some more encouragement,
00:47:04.19\00:47:06.12
when you invite Jesus in,
00:47:06.15\00:47:07.69
the transformation from
the old to the new begins
00:47:07.72\00:47:10.46
because it's not you
that's making the change,
00:47:10.49\00:47:13.26
it's Christ in you
that is the hope of glory
00:47:13.29\00:47:16.03
when Jesus comes in, hear me...
00:47:16.06\00:47:18.10
and I know this
personally, when Jesus comes in,
00:47:18.13\00:47:21.14
He starts making the change
but even going a step further,
00:47:21.17\00:47:24.77
He even awakens your desire
00:47:24.84\00:47:27.14
and then He does it
by your willingness,
00:47:27.18\00:47:29.28
look at the next steps,
00:47:29.31\00:47:30.65
Philippians
chapter 2 and verse 13,
00:47:30.68\00:47:33.45
the Bible says clearly,
00:47:33.52\00:47:35.02
"For it is God... "
for who... is it church?
00:47:35.05\00:47:37.22
"it is God which worketh
in you both to... " what?
00:47:37.29\00:47:40.92
"to will and to... " what else?
00:47:40.96\00:47:43.02
"do of his good pleasure"
00:47:43.09\00:47:45.16
this is
powerful... when He comes in...
00:47:45.19\00:47:47.13
He gives you the will...
00:47:47.20\00:47:50.97
and then He does it as
long as you're willing,
00:47:51.00\00:47:54.90
I showed you the
glove the other night,
00:47:54.94\00:47:57.31
that beautiful leather glove...
00:47:57.34\00:47:58.77
until I put my hand
in that beautiful glove,
00:47:58.81\00:48:02.11
it just had a good exterior,
without Christ on the inside,
00:48:02.14\00:48:05.51
we could look
good on the outside
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.55
but we have no ability
00:48:07.58\00:48:09.52
to live in harmony with
anything said in God's Word,
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.59
Jesus comes in...
the second thing...
00:48:12.65\00:48:16.12
"how can you be born
again when you are old... "
00:48:16.16\00:48:19.39
the second thing is,
"study God's Word daily"
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together say that,
"study God's Word daily... "
00:48:22.60\00:48:25.63
now, the Bible is more
than just a book of prophecy
00:48:25.70\00:48:27.84
and poems and
good stories and drama
00:48:27.87\00:48:29.57
and all that other good stuff...
00:48:29.60\00:48:31.14
the Bible is a
book that breathes...
00:48:31.17\00:48:33.58
what is it? It's a
book that breathes,
00:48:33.61\00:48:35.88
remember the
second presentation,
00:48:35.94\00:48:37.45
but not only that... it's food,
00:48:37.48\00:48:39.55
what is it? It's good food...
00:48:39.58\00:48:41.58
you know how I know that?
Because novels are junk food.
00:48:41.65\00:48:46.02
Pause...
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Tabloids... junk food...
00:48:48.59\00:48:52.79
Bible... good food...
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that's why Jesus said,
00:48:55.66\00:48:58.43
"We live by every word...
that proceeds from His mouth"
00:48:58.47\00:49:02.70
here it is,
study God's Word daily,
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.77
look at what the
Thessalonians did,
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.74
1st Thessalonians
chapter 2 and verse 13,
00:49:06.78\00:49:10.35
let's look at that
together, the Bible says,
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.92
"For this
reason... " Paul is saying,
00:49:13.95\00:49:15.28
"For this reason we also
thank God without... " what?
00:49:15.32\00:49:18.72
"without ceasing,
because when you received
00:49:18.75\00:49:21.36
the word of God
which you heard from us,
00:49:21.39\00:49:23.93
you welcomed it not as
the word of the preacher...
00:49:23.96\00:49:28.00
not as the word of men but
as it is in truth... " what?
00:49:28.03\00:49:32.40
"The word of
God... " but get this...
00:49:32.43\00:49:34.50
"which also effectively
works in you who believe. "
00:49:34.54\00:49:38.31
Let me use a
contemporary illustration
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.98
you can have the best
vitamin cabinet in the earth,
00:49:41.01\00:49:44.28
but if you don't
take the vitamins,
00:49:44.31\00:49:45.68
they ain't going
to do you nothing,
00:49:45.71\00:49:47.15
you can have the
best allergy medication
00:49:47.18\00:49:50.52
but unless you take it
you will have allergies,
00:49:50.55\00:49:52.49
it's not what's in your cabinet,
00:49:52.52\00:49:54.82
it's what's in your life,
00:49:54.86\00:49:56.19
it's not... the
Bible that's on your desk,
00:49:56.22\00:49:59.16
does nothing for you,
00:49:59.19\00:50:01.56
the Bible that's in your life
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.33
can do everything for you.
00:50:03.37\00:50:05.63
David said, "Thy word
have I hid... " where?
00:50:05.67\00:50:08.17
"in my heart that I
might not sin against thee"
00:50:08.20\00:50:10.87
Acts chapter 17 verse
11, look what they did...
00:50:10.91\00:50:13.44
"These were more fair-minded
than those in Thessalonica... "
00:50:13.48\00:50:17.55
see, the
Thessalonians received it but
00:50:17.58\00:50:19.45
now look...
somebody took another step,
00:50:19.48\00:50:21.32
"These were more fair-minded
than those in Thessalonica,
00:50:21.35\00:50:24.39
in that they received the
word of God with... " what?
00:50:24.42\00:50:27.42
"with all
readiness... " in other words,
00:50:27.46\00:50:29.22
when the Word was
preached, they said,
00:50:29.26\00:50:30.99
"We're ready... preach... "
00:50:31.03\00:50:32.43
ready on Wednesday
night for Bible Study,
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.60
we're ready on Sabbath afternoon
for Bible... they were ready...
00:50:35.63\00:50:39.73
"they received it
with all readiness... "
00:50:39.77\00:50:41.97
and then they
did something else,
00:50:42.00\00:50:43.64
"and they searched the
Scriptures... " monthly?
00:50:43.67\00:50:46.37
weekly? Friday night?
00:50:46.41\00:50:50.01
Sabbath morning just
before Sabbath School...?
00:50:50.05\00:50:53.28
they searched it how often?
00:50:53.31\00:50:54.95
Daily... do you eat every day?
00:50:54.98\00:50:56.55
You ought to search
the Word of God every day,
00:50:56.58\00:50:59.52
it is more
powerful and more potent
00:50:59.55\00:51:01.62
than the food on your table.
00:51:01.66\00:51:02.99
"They did that to find out
whether these things were so"
00:51:03.02\00:51:06.19
you see, when
you study God's Word,
00:51:06.23\00:51:08.10
you begin to discover
00:51:08.13\00:51:11.70
that what you
read might show you
00:51:11.73\00:51:15.24
that your life is out of
harmony with what you read,
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.67
you'll never know if your life
is in harmony with God's will
00:51:18.71\00:51:22.64
and God's Word
unless you read this
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.58
and then examine you,
it's like a manual, okay,
00:51:24.61\00:51:27.42
"Am I changing the
oil every three months?"
00:51:27.45\00:51:30.19
No...
00:51:30.22\00:51:31.55
"Am I living in
harmony?" "No... "
00:51:31.59\00:51:33.46
"Am I following
the manual?" "No... "
00:51:33.49\00:51:35.32
until you study God's
Word, you'll never understand
00:51:35.39\00:51:38.39
whether or not...
00:51:38.43\00:51:39.76
your life is in
harmony with God's will.
00:51:39.79\00:51:42.83
Two young ladies
approached me in Florida
00:51:42.86\00:51:45.93
when we were down there
for the winder Camp Meeting
00:51:45.97\00:51:47.70
and they were so excited
about the message and the music,
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.51
they said,
"Pastor, what can we do
00:51:50.54\00:51:52.71
to live the kind of life
that's acceptable to Jesus?"
00:51:52.74\00:51:55.31
And I said, "Here's
what you need to do,
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.45
just stop listening
to that kind of music
00:51:57.48\00:51:59.55
that you listen to for one week"
00:51:59.61\00:52:00.95
they looked at me like
I was trying to tell them
00:52:00.98\00:52:03.89
to take their
lives, they went...
00:52:03.92\00:52:06.55
you know how young ladies do...
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.16
I said, "Well, you
asked my opinion... "
00:52:09.19\00:52:12.89
They said, "What should we do
00:52:12.93\00:52:14.86
to live the kind of life
that the Lord wants us to live?"
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.80
I said, "Stop
listening to that kind of...
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just turn off your... just
stop listening for one week
00:52:18.70\00:52:21.74
stop texting for one week and
study God's Word instead... "
00:52:21.77\00:52:25.61
they looked at
me and walked away.
00:52:25.64\00:52:26.98
You will never be what
God intends for you to be
00:52:27.01\00:52:31.05
until you live by the
principles that God intends
00:52:31.08\00:52:35.22
for us to live by.
00:52:35.25\00:52:36.85
Third point, step three...
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"Get rid of the old stuff"
Acts chapter 27 verse 18 and 19,
00:52:39.89\00:52:44.09
Acts chapter 27 verse 18 and 19,
00:52:44.13\00:52:47.03
listen to God's Word...
00:52:47.06\00:52:48.90
when Paul the Apostle was a
prisoner on his way to Rome,
00:52:48.96\00:52:52.33
he gave instructions to
the captain and to the mariners
00:52:52.37\00:52:55.74
and those on board
and notice what he said
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.87
which applies in a very
spiritual way to every one of us
00:52:57.91\00:53:00.98
he said, "And because we were
exceedingly tempest-tossed... "
00:53:01.01\00:53:05.08
in other words, when
your life is out of control,
00:53:05.11\00:53:07.28
the next day...
what did they do?
00:53:07.32\00:53:09.78
They did... what?
"They lightened the... "
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.85
they started throwing
things out of the ship...
00:53:11.89\00:53:14.46
Because they knew that
their lives depended on a ship
00:53:14.49\00:53:16.93
that could handle the storm,
00:53:16.99\00:53:18.49
all the stuff
that's in your life,
00:53:18.53\00:53:20.63
in order for your
life to be able to handle
00:53:20.66\00:53:22.16
the storms that come your way,
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.57
you got to throw some
stuff out of your life,
00:53:23.60\00:53:25.60
but there are things that
God doesn't always do for you,
00:53:25.63\00:53:28.90
you got to do yourself...
look at the next verse...
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"On the third day we threw
the ship's tackle overboard
00:53:32.14\00:53:35.24
with... " what?
"Our own hands. "
00:53:35.28\00:53:38.58
God will reveal it
00:53:38.61\00:53:40.92
but He is going to wait
for you to get rid of it,
00:53:40.95\00:53:44.12
when I... when I
was a Disc jockey,
00:53:44.15\00:53:45.55
I had about 400 albums,
I gave my life to the Lord
00:53:45.59\00:53:49.36
but He said, "Now,
John, the next thing is
00:53:49.42\00:53:51.36
you got to get rid
of those albums... "
00:53:51.39\00:53:53.29
I want to tell you, my heart
was so connected to those albums
00:53:53.33\00:53:56.06
there were many months I said,
00:53:56.10\00:53:57.43
"Okay, one more month
Lord," okay, the next month...
00:53:57.47\00:53:59.63
and when I almost
lost my life on a Sunday
00:53:59.67\00:54:01.77
on the way to a party,
00:54:01.80\00:54:03.30
I got back home and got
the... I put a list together
00:54:03.34\00:54:05.71
wrote down all the... see,
I was still not yet converted,
00:54:05.74\00:54:08.31
I put a whole list
together of all the song titles
00:54:08.34\00:54:11.41
and I sold them...
should have burned them...
00:54:11.45\00:54:14.68
I spread my sin around the bank
00:54:14.75\00:54:17.35
and I finally, by God's grace,
00:54:17.39\00:54:19.92
got rid of all of them
and God has a sense of humor,
00:54:19.95\00:54:23.26
the very first
Christian album I got
00:54:23.29\00:54:24.99
was from the Heritage Singers of
which I became one years later.
00:54:25.03\00:54:28.60
God's got a way of
giving you a glimpse
00:54:28.66\00:54:31.00
when your heart becomes pliable,
00:54:31.03\00:54:32.37
they threw the
tackle overboard, you see,
00:54:32.40\00:54:34.80
the only way that
we'll survive the storm
00:54:34.84\00:54:37.21
my brothers and sisters is
if we throw things overboard,
00:54:37.24\00:54:40.01
look at 1st John
3:3, 1st John 3:3...
00:54:40.08\00:54:44.51
the Bible says, "And
every one who has this hope
00:54:44.55\00:54:47.55
in himself does... " what?
00:54:47.62\00:54:48.95
"purifies himself
just as he is pure... "
00:54:48.98\00:54:53.66
that's why when God
led the children of Israel
00:54:53.69\00:54:57.36
out of Egypt...
very powerful story...
00:54:57.39\00:54:59.26
it's in the
outline, it's in detail...
00:54:59.29\00:55:01.10
you'll follow it and you'll
learn some very powerful things
00:55:01.16\00:55:03.40
but let me just
share one point tonight,
00:55:03.43\00:55:04.77
when God led the
children of Israel out of Egypt,
00:55:04.80\00:55:07.90
He changed everything
about the way they lived
00:55:07.94\00:55:10.91
when they were in Egypt,
00:55:10.94\00:55:12.27
first thing He did
was, He changed their diet,
00:55:12.31\00:55:14.94
what did He change?
00:55:14.98\00:55:16.44
He changed their diet,
00:55:16.48\00:55:17.88
then He restored
the day of worship,
00:55:17.91\00:55:20.38
then he
restored the commandments
00:55:20.42\00:55:22.82
He tested them on the Sabbath
before they got to Sinai,
00:55:22.85\00:55:25.65
where He wrote the
Commandments on tables of stone,
00:55:25.69\00:55:28.39
and then later when
they began their rebellion,
00:55:28.42\00:55:31.09
He tested them by
changing the way they dressed,
00:55:31.13\00:55:33.76
look at Exodus 35 and verse 22,
00:55:33.80\00:55:38.07
and everybody that was willing
that made the adjustments
00:55:38.10\00:55:42.27
as God revealed
the truth to them,
00:55:42.30\00:55:44.37
they made it into Canaan
00:55:44.41\00:55:45.81
but those that
refused, died in the wilderness.
00:55:45.84\00:55:49.38
You'll find the
detail in the Lesson Outline,
00:55:49.41\00:55:52.88
look at Exodus 35 verse
22, when the call was made
00:55:52.91\00:55:55.78
"Come, stand before the Lord
and give your life to Him... "
00:55:55.82\00:55:58.22
notice what they did,
"They came... " the Bible says,
00:55:58.25\00:56:01.19
let's read this
together, "both... " what?
00:56:01.22\00:56:03.22
"men and women,
as many as had a... "
00:56:03.26\00:56:06.59
what kind of heart?
00:56:06.63\00:56:07.96
"willing heart... "
and what did they do?
00:56:08.00\00:56:09.96
"they brought earrings"
by the way, men and women...
00:56:10.00\00:56:13.27
just like today...
they brought... what?
00:56:13.30\00:56:15.84
"Earrings... " and what else?
00:56:15.87\00:56:18.24
"nose rings,
rings and necklaces,
00:56:18.27\00:56:20.84
all jewelry of gold, that is...
00:56:20.88\00:56:23.41
every man who made an
offering of gold to the Lord. "
00:56:23.45\00:56:27.35
The Lord said, "Hey,
we're on our way to heaven
00:56:27.42\00:56:29.85
where the streets
are made of gold... "
00:56:29.88\00:56:31.55
amen...
00:56:31.59\00:56:33.12
"and the gates are made of pearl
00:56:33.15\00:56:35.12
and the foundations are
made of 12 precious stones... "
00:56:35.16\00:56:38.19
He said, "You ain't
going to go to heaven
00:56:38.23\00:56:40.50
chiseling the
gates... " come on somebody...
00:56:40.53\00:56:42.76
so we've got to make a decision
00:56:42.80\00:56:45.33
to either walk on it or wear it
00:56:45.37\00:56:47.40
and the reason
why they wore it...
00:56:47.44\00:56:49.37
the reason why the
Egyptians wore it...
00:56:49.40\00:56:51.61
is because they
connected their ornaments
00:56:51.64\00:56:54.44
to god's that had
continued to exist
00:56:54.48\00:56:57.25
in the land of
Egypt long after they died
00:56:57.28\00:57:00.35
so they wore this as some kind
of protection from evil spirits,
00:57:00.42\00:57:04.29
tonight, friends, our
protection is in Jesus,
00:57:04.32\00:57:07.26
what do you say?
Audience: "Amen. "
00:57:07.29\00:57:08.72
When Jesus comes in,
00:57:08.79\00:57:10.49
He'll replace the old
birth with the new birth,
00:57:10.53\00:57:12.53
the old life with the new life,
00:57:12.56\00:57:14.43
the dead thoughts
with the living thoughts
00:57:14.46\00:57:16.20
and He'll change us
from our journey out of Egypt
00:57:16.23\00:57:19.53
on the way to the New Jerusalem.
00:57:19.57\00:57:22.70
Anybody want that
tonight, can you say "Amen?"
00:57:22.74\00:57:24.41
Audience: "Amen... "
00:57:24.44\00:57:25.77
The Lord is here tonight
to give you that opportunity
00:57:25.81\00:57:27.41
let us pray together.
00:57:27.44\00:57:28.78
"Our Heavenly Father,
our Heavenly Father...
00:57:28.81\00:57:33.58
Lord Jesus... tonight
our hearts are at a crossroad
00:57:33.62\00:57:39.82
you're saying to
us, 'I place before you
00:57:39.85\00:57:43.69
two roads...
life and blessings...
00:57:43.73\00:57:45.93
death and cursings... and
I called you to choose life,
00:57:45.96\00:57:49.80
I call heaven and earth
today as a witness against you'
00:57:49.83\00:57:53.47
Lord, Jesus tonight as the
Spirit speaks to our hearts,
00:57:53.50\00:57:57.17
as the Spirit says to us,
'tonight is a night of decision'
00:57:57.21\00:58:00.84
tonight is the night
that the Father in heaven
00:58:00.88\00:58:04.71
calls us to make eternal choices
00:58:04.75\00:58:07.55
Lord Jesus, tonight, I
pray that your Holy Spirit
00:58:07.58\00:58:12.69
will speak to the hearts of
your children and say to them,
00:58:12.72\00:58:17.23
'before you lies
the Promised Land,
00:58:17.26\00:58:19.69
behind you...
the land of bondage,
00:58:19.73\00:58:22.03
before you
opportunities and blessing
00:58:22.06\00:58:24.37
and I'm the God that
will supply all of your needs,
00:58:24.40\00:58:28.17
I will give you a new heart,
I will give you new spirit
00:58:28.20\00:58:31.91
and in your life, I
will do a new thing,
00:58:31.94\00:58:35.01
I'm only asking for
your heart to be willing'
00:58:35.04\00:58:38.05
I pray that Lord, your Spirit...
00:58:38.08\00:58:40.98
each of these meetings would
have spoken and planted seeds
00:58:41.02\00:58:44.32
in the lives of
those who have come
00:58:44.35\00:58:45.92
tonight I want
to make a decision
00:58:45.95\00:58:47.49
to give my life to you,
I want to invite you in,
00:58:47.52\00:58:52.56
to give you a new opportunity...
00:58:52.59\00:58:55.10
I want you to
take away my wineskins
00:58:55.13\00:58:57.57
that are filled with
sediment of my past... "
00:58:57.60\00:58:59.47