Participants: Pr. Richard Daly (Host), Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: 16LON
Program Code: 16LON000011A
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00:10 I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,
00:12 "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" 00:16 Then I said, "Here am I; send me. " 00:20 Music... 00:24 More music... 00:34 Three Angels Broadcasting Network 00:36 and the South England Conference 00:38 presents: London 2016. 00:40 Good evening everyone, it's my privilege this evening 00:48 to introduce to you Danny Shelton... 00:49 who is the Co-Founder and President and CEO 00:52 of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 00:55 We're really happy to have you with us, Danny, 00:58 we know that you've just arrived this morning 01:01 and you're ready to go this evening as well. 01:04 Just to my way of introduction, Danny travels extensively 01:09 throughout the United States and around the world 01:12 sharing the gospel and the miracle stories of 3ABN, 01:16 he has eight great-grandchildren... 01:20 Danny: Eight grandchildren. 01:21 Pastor: Eight grandchildren 01:23 and in his spare time he enjoys writing books 01:26 song writing... raising horses... 01:30 and good old country living, 01:32 Danny, welcome to Croydon Church 01:35 your team has been working affront of you... 01:39 in the midst of your presence here today, 01:42 they're with you as well 01:43 but we just want to give God thanks for your presence here 01:46 so just say a few words of greeting. 01:48 Danny: Thank you Pastor, hello... welcome... 01:51 and thanks for coming out. 01:53 How many of you have ever had a dream 01:55 and then been able to see it come true? 01:57 You ever... well a vision... right? 02:00 "Where there's no vision, the people perish... " 02:02 so hopefully, you all have visions 02:04 that God is leading you. 02:05 About a year ago, I was minding my own business 02:09 in the country... in Southern Illinois... 02:11 where I'm from... sleeping... 02:14 and I wake up in the morning... very early 02:17 and this thought hit me... "You need to go to London 02:20 and hold a campaign throughout the city of London. " 02:22 Now, I've been to London a couple of times 02:25 but never had any ideas of doing an Evangelistic Series 02:30 in London but you know what I said? 02:32 "This must be of the Lord... " you know why? 02:34 I said, "Why London?" 02:36 But the Bible says in Psalms, I think it's 2:8... 02:38 "Ask of me, and I'll give you 02:40 the heathen for thine inheritance, 02:41 and the uttermost parts of the earth 02:43 for thy possession. " 02:45 And so, anywhere on Planet Earth... 02:47 is a great place to tell people about Jesus, right? 02:50 Whether it be London, whether it be Russia, 02:52 whether it be South America 02:54 or right in the United States of America 02:56 so we're so thankful for working with the Conference here 03:00 and Brother de Lisser and the whole team 03:02 and working together... when we came over 03:04 and presented with Pastor Lomacang and C.A. Murray 03:07 they said, "Let's do this... let's hold it... " 03:10 we first talked about getting a big auditorium, then they said, 03:13 "No, why don't we divide up in nine or ten churches 03:16 and we'll just have revival and reformation... 03:18 and we'll bring people in... 03:19 we'll just let the Lord do what He wants to do... " 03:22 and I'm so excited from my standpoint... 03:24 I've been watching from home, from Southern Illinois... 03:28 out in the Country as the Pastor said, 03:31 watching... turning in the evening... 03:33 watching the programs and then also, 03:35 watching the Eyesight programs ahead of time 03:38 I don't know if any of you here are getting to watch those, 03:41 but they're really neat to watch, 03:42 but from this perspective, saying, "You know what? 03:44 Isn't it wonderful that we have a God 03:47 who loves us so much, He died for us, 03:49 He made a plan of salvation for us 03:52 and He's coming back very soon in the clouds of glory" 03:55 it is our responsibility and our privilege 03:58 to tell the world about Jesus Christ and Him crucified, 04:02 can somebody say, "Amen?" 04:03 Audience: "Amen... " 04:04 Danny: Now, based on that, I'm going to stop here 04:06 in just a moment I'll introduce our guest 04:09 but if you read my pin, this pin says, 04:11 "I'm on vocal rest and cannot speak" 04:13 all right, I hope my doctor in Nashville, Ladye Love, 04:17 is not watching right now, I'm supposed to... 04:20 they operated on me two-and-a-half months' ago, 04:22 he said, "I want you to take at least four months... " 04:25 first he said three... four months... 04:27 "You can't go to London... " he said, 04:29 "and do this series" so I'm not... 04:30 I'm just visiting... and I'm not speaking 04:33 or singing very much, 04:35 but just wanted to be here tonight 04:36 to say "hello" to all of you 04:38 and those watching around the world 04:40 thank you for your love and your prayers 04:41 and your support of 3ABN. 04:44 Continue to pray because we're looking for great and mighty 04:47 and marvelous things to happen 04:48 because we're all here in the name of Jesus. 04:51 Audience: "Amen... " 04:53 We have some special music tonight too, 04:55 and Reggie and Ladye Love Smith 04:58 and tonight we've got Yvonne Lewis... Dr. Yvonne Lewis 05:02 if you all want to come on up and get ready in a moment 05:06 and what a privilege it is to know these folk Pastor... 05:10 Pastor: Absolutely, yes, they've been blessing us 05:12 throughout the week with their wonderful singing. 05:14 Danny: I know Reggie and Ladye have been here, 05:17 Yvonne just came today with me so I don't know how she is awake 05:20 we actually got in this afternoon, I think, 05:23 about 2:30 after an all-night flight 05:27 but she looks awake and spry and so, 05:28 how many of you know Dr. Yvonne Lewis? 05:30 Have you seen her on 3ABN? Audience: Yes. 05:33 And she is a professional singer for many years, 05:36 she used to sing with people like Whitney Houston 05:39 and Luther Vandross and some of the names... 05:41 some of you older folk might remember, right, 05:44 and some... some of the other folk 05:46 and of course your friend Yolanda is here, 05:47 you all used to sing jingles... she sings commercials... 05:51 and... so the last one was the iPhone6 commercial you did 05:55 and then it went around the world... 05:56 Yvonne: And Yolanda too. 05:57 And so, what was the name of that, which tune did she do? 05:59 Ladye and Reggie: "Just the two of us... " 06:01 Okay, they remember... that was her... 06:03 when you heard that singing... that was Yvonne... 06:05 Yvonne: And Yolanda too. Danny: And Yolanda too... 06:08 so we're glad that you're here tonight and joining... 06:10 and you're going to be singing, "Holy, Holy, Holy. " 06:13 Walking off the stage... 06:18 Music... 06:23 More music... 06:29 Glory be to the Father and to the Son 06:38 and to the Holy Ghost... 06:44 as it was in the beginning 06:50 is now and ever shall be... 06:56 world without end... 07:03 Amen... Amen... 07:09 Music... 07:15 More music... 07:23 Some more music... 07:32 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! 07:42 Early in the morning 07:49 our soul shall rise to Thee; 07:56 Holy, holy, holy, 08:03 merciful and mighty! 08:08 God in three Persons, 08:13 blessed Trinity! 08:19 Music... 08:27 Holy, holy, holy! 08:36 though the darkness hide Thee, 08:41 Though the eye of sinful man 08:47 Thy glory may not 08:51 see... 08:56 Only Thou art holy, 09:02 there is none beside Thee. 09:08 Perfect in power, 09:15 in love and purity. 09:21 Music... 09:29 More music... 09:32 As it was in the beginning, 09:38 is now and ever shall be, 09:43 world without end, amen... amen... 09:53 amen... 09:56 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, 10:04 All Thy works shall praise Thy Name 10:11 in earth and sky and sea, 10:17 thousands and ten thousands 10:23 bowing down before Thee, 10:28 You are... 10:32 you are 10:35 and evermore... 10:38 shall be. 10:45 Music... 10:52 Amen... 10:58 Audience: Amen... 11:01 Pastor Lomacang: Can we say amen again... 11:07 Audience: "Amen. " 11:09 So glad to see you here tonight 11:11 glad to have Yvonne and Danny here... part of our 3ABN team. 11:16 So glad they had a safe arrival 11:18 and it's always good. 11:21 One of the things that Pastor left out on Danny's resume... 11:25 is Danny also likes to play basketball 11:27 and don't let... don't let his looks fool you... 11:34 because he is a man that believes in the health message 11:41 and when you believe in the health message, 11:44 regardless of your chronological age, 11:48 you are still new in Jesus, somebody ought to say, "Amen. " 11:50 Audience: Amen. 11:52 And so, thank you for coming from night to night 11:53 and thank you for being here, 11:56 now, I don't know how much time I have left, 11:59 but I'm just going to go ahead and use whatever I have 12:03 to give the Lord the glory that I need to give Him. 12:07 Tonight, bow your heads with me 12:10 as we go to the Word of God in prayer. 12:13 "Father in heaven, bless this message in Jesus' name. Amen. " 12:18 The message is entitled, "Out with the Old. " 12:22 What is the title? "Out with the Old... " 12:25 which means... "In with the New. " 12:27 We begin by going to Matthew 9 verse 16 to 17, 12:31 the Bible says, 12:33 "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; 12:39 for the patch pulls away from the garment, 12:43 and the tear is made worse. " 12:45 Verse 17... "Nor do they put... " 12:49 what kind of wine? "new wine... " 12:52 in what kind of wineskins? 12:54 "old wineskins, 12:56 or else the wineskins... " 12:58 let's say together... "break... " 13:00 the wine is spilled, the wineskins are ruined... 13:04 but they put new wine into... 13:08 what kind of wineskins? 13:09 "new wineskins, and then both are... " what? 13:13 "are preserved. " 13:15 My wife... and I believe hands down 13:18 makes the best vegetarian meatloaf I've ever had. 13:22 Audience: "Amen. " 13:23 I've got an "amen section" to my left 13:25 over here, they've been there, 13:26 they know that for a fact, 13:28 but I remember trying to eat the same vegetarian meatloaf 13:34 five days in a row, 13:35 it was delicious the first time she baked it, 13:42 it was acceptable when she reheated it, 13:46 it was tolerable when she microwaved it, 13:51 the fourth day I ate it, simply out of respect, 13:56 not out of delight, 13:58 when the fifth day arrived, out of mercy, thank God, 14:03 out of mercy, she did not give me any, 14:06 come one, say "amen" somebody. Audience: "Amen. " 14:08 And I believe the reason is, 14:09 she looked at my face 14:10 and my entire expression was saying, 14:12 "Please, out with the old... in with the new. " 14:16 The reality is, no matter how good a thing is, 14:19 unless it remains new and fresh, 14:22 it loses its appeal, 14:25 no matter how long you've lived the life that you enjoy, 14:28 unless it is made new in Christ, 14:31 as time goes on, it will lose its appeal. 14:34 No matter how exciting it was at the time 14:38 of its first presentation, nobody likes stale food. 14:42 No one remains interested in a meal 14:46 whose best days are long gone, but don't forget, 14:52 and old recipe is not the same as old food... 14:55 and old recipe means that the bugs have been worked out 14:58 and old food means that nothing but bugs remain. 15:03 Old time religion... and stale religion 15:08 is not the same thing. 15:10 When Jesus came, 15:13 He came and brought that tested religion 15:15 that religion that had all the bugs worked out, 15:19 that religion that was tried and tested 15:21 through trial and tribulation and hardship and endurance. 15:25 When Jesus came, He brought religion 15:28 that the prophets filed it down... 15:30 that many prophets gave their lives to preserve it. 15:34 When Jesus came, He came to capstone the gospel, 15:37 He came to add His approval to something 15:40 that existed for a long time, 15:42 that's why in these last days, Revelation calls it, 15:45 "The everlasting gospel" what does it call it? 15:48 Audience: An everlasting gospel. 15:50 In other words... from the Garden of Eden to today, 15:52 the gospel has been good news, 15:54 so, don't ever call the old gospel, "the stale gospel," 15:58 it just means that you have not been exposed 16:01 to something that has worked 16:03 in the lives of the apostles and prophets, 16:05 in the lives of men and women that have followed Jesus, 16:08 thousands have given their lives... 16:10 millions... because when this new gospel gets into your life, 16:14 it will do a new thing. 16:16 The same thing is true about the Christian experience 16:19 no matter how good your life was before Jesus, 16:23 unless it is made new it loses its appeal 16:26 and Jesus came to get rid of the old 16:29 and to give us the new. 16:31 Look at Isaiah 43 verses 18 and 19... 16:33 He came to get rid of the old life 16:36 and give us the new life. 16:38 He says in His Word, "Do not... " 16:42 what are the first two words? Audience: "Do not... " 16:44 "Do not remember... " the what? 16:46 "the former things, nor consider... " the what? 16:50 "the things of old. Behold, I will... " 16:52 let's say together... "do a new thing, 16:55 Now it shall spring forth; 16:58 Now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? 17:05 It will even make a road in the wilderness 17:09 and rivers in the desert. " 17:13 "Road in the wilderness... 17:16 and rivers in the desert. " 17:18 The fact of the matter is 17:20 nothing changed by the time Jesus began His ministry, 17:24 absolutely nothing changed 17:25 but every attempt that Jesus made, 17:27 to redirect the Pharisees to a living experience 17:30 was often met with suspicion and rejection 17:34 the fact of the matter is, 17:35 truth became the prisoner of tradition, 17:38 joy was handcuffed by rituals, and piety replaced humility, 17:43 the Pharisees had become so accustomed to the way they lived 17:48 that when Jesus came, they could not embrace the fact 17:52 that He was the new man, He was not the first Adam, 17:55 He was the last Adam, 17:57 He was not the man that had lost His appeal, 17:59 He was the man that had the only "appeal" worth accepting. 18:03 Jesus came to a church that had become steeped in tradition, 18:07 now let me say something, 18:09 and I want you to listen carefully. 18:10 No matter how long you've done something, 18:13 if Jesus is not in it, it's tradition. 18:17 It's old... Jesus came to Sabbath keepers 18:22 that kept the Sabbath, 18:24 they didn't share the Sabbath, they kept the Sabbath. 18:27 Jesus came to people that had the right diet 18:31 but the wrong attitude, 18:32 they would tell you what to do 18:35 but they wouldn't do it themselves. 18:37 The Bible says... 18:38 the Pharisees placed burdens on the people 18:40 that they themselves would not live by 18:43 and so, when you get caught in tradition 18:45 and forget to get caught up in Jesus, 18:48 you might do the right thing but for the wrong reasons. 18:50 Jesus came to give us a new way of life 18:53 and give us the right reason to do the right things 18:57 but He was always confronted by a nation 19:00 that accepted the message but rejected the Messiah, 19:04 they had the right message but they had the wrong motive 19:06 which brings me to a very important point, 19:09 it is not possible to get new results 19:12 out of old behavior. 19:14 Let's look at that again, Matthew 9 verses 16 and 17, 19:18 let's look at it again, the same passage. 19:22 "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth 19:25 on an old garment... " 19:27 have you tried that before, I did once, 19:30 I had an old pair of jeans that had torn 19:32 and I loved them so much that I cut a pair of old... 19:36 I cut a pair of new denim off of a new jeans 19:40 to patch my old jeans that I had fallen in love with, 19:43 when I washed it, the new cloth 19:48 pulled that area that I sewed together so tightly 19:52 that when I wore it, 19:54 it looked like I had a bubble in my knee. 19:55 because it hadn't shrunk yet 19:58 so you don't put un-shrunk cloth on an old garment 20:02 for it pulls away the patch from the garment 20:04 and a tear is made even worse than before. 20:06 "Nor do you put... " verse 17... 20:09 "new wine in old wineskins, or else the wineskins break 20:14 the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. 20:18 But they put new wine into new wineskins... " 20:20 and let's say together... "and both are... " 20:23 let's say together, "preserved. " 20:25 Now, let me break this new wineskin and old wineskin 20:30 and "new wine" and "old wine" down 20:32 because this is vitally important 20:34 for the proliferation of this topic, 20:36 for the understanding of this topic tonight. 20:39 It's not about old wine in new wineskins, 20:43 it's about new wine in old wineskins. 20:46 I did my homework on the new wine 20:50 and the old wine skins... follow me very carefully... 20:52 I am not scientific so bear with me if I try to sound that way, 20:56 new wine freshly pressed... put on your spiritual ears... 21:04 new wine freshly pressed is in a state of active fermentation, 21:11 in other words, the moment it leaves the fruit, 21:14 the moment it's pressed into juice, 21:16 it begins a process of fermentation, 21:18 some of you know that, 21:19 when you come to Thanksgiving 21:21 which we have, in the United States, 21:22 we have in the United States something called Thanksgiving. 21:24 You don't have it here because the Pilgrims from here 21:27 discovered the United States, amen, somebody... 21:30 when they got there, 21:32 the Indians were already there but they "discovered" it... 21:35 so every year we celebrate something called: Thanksgiving 21:38 where we get together and people like homemade apple cider, 21:42 but if you've ever had homemade apple cider, 21:45 you know, you'd better drink that homemade apple cider 21:49 on the first day... because when it stays overnight, 21:52 it starts to what...? Ferment... 21:55 and it's even worse when you leave it out 21:57 because you open the cap the next day 21:59 and you hear, "Pish... " and some of you Adventists, 22:03 take note of the sound and drink it anyway. 22:05 Ah ha ha... 22:08 and you wonder why on Sabbath morning, 22:11 you can't listen to the sermon 22:12 because you're putting fermented things in your mind 22:15 come one now, somebody... 22:16 let me continue sounding scientific. 22:19 The new wine remains fresh only... this is powerful... 22:24 only for a particular length of time, 22:27 in other words, when it becomes new, 22:30 it can only stay new for a particular period of time, 22:33 something has to happen for the new wine to be preserved. 22:37 The new wineskins are now introduced 22:40 and these new wineskins have not yet been exposed 22:44 to any wine... they're brand new, 22:47 you buy 'em... and they are pliable... 22:50 they are soft... and they are flexible... 22:54 the new wineskins... and here's the reason why... 22:57 they have not absorbed wine yet, so they are pliable... and soft, 23:03 like people that hear the gospel for the first time 23:06 and their hearts are opened and receptive to it, 23:09 they are soft... and flexible... 23:12 and they are looking for this new walk with Christ 23:14 and so when the new wine is introduced, 23:16 and their hearts are soft and their minds are flexible, 23:19 it's easy to put a new idea 23:22 in a heart that's willing to listen to the Word of Jesus... 23:26 soft and flexible. 23:28 The next process is the new wine 23:31 the walls are not yet contaminated, 23:35 this is a very interesting process because what happens is 23:37 when wine is continually put in the same wineskin 23:41 over and over and over and over again, 23:44 they tell me, scientifically, that the walls of the wineskin 23:48 begin to absorb the old wine 23:50 until the point where the walls become brittle 23:53 and it loses its ability to continue to absorb, 23:57 so what happens now is if you put... 23:59 this is powerful... if you put new wine in old wineskins 24:05 that have already absorbed wine over and over again, 24:10 the new wine... are you ready? 24:14 The new wine starts to spoil immediately. 24:18 That's powerful... let me tell you what I'm talking about, 24:21 when your mind is not made new in Christ, 24:24 and you're comfortable with the old things in your life 24:28 and something new comes in, your mind's attitude... 24:32 your life's condition makes the new things 24:35 seem like it's spoiled, when in fact it's new. 24:39 but because your mind has absorbed so much junk 24:44 that it cannot absorb and make room for the new wine, 24:47 so the sediment that's there, what word did I just say? 24:51 The sediment that's built up in your life 24:55 does not allow the new wine to be absorbed. 24:58 You see, the topic tonight is: 25:00 Out with the Old and in with the... what? 25:02 Audience: And in with the new. 25:03 So here's the point, until we are made new in Jesus, 25:07 until we are made new in Jesus, 25:12 until our minds are made new and our lives are made new, 25:16 I can preach the new gospel all year long 25:20 but it won't even impact your life 25:22 because it's barred by the sediment of your old life, 25:26 it's barred by the sediment of your old ways of living, 25:31 it's barred by the sediment of your tradition, 25:34 by the sediment of the way you enjoyed eating 25:37 and the way you enjoyed your entertainment, 25:39 come on somebody... 25:40 it's barred by the things that you've allowed 25:43 to be absorbed in your life for years to come, 25:45 the fact of the matter is, we can't live a new life 25:49 with old practices, 25:51 the old life cannot absorb 25:54 the new life... 25:56 that's why Jesus said to Nicodemus, 25:58 notice John 3 and verse 7, here's what He said, 26:01 Nicodemus had sediment of all kinds in his life, 26:05 that's why Jesus said to Nicodemus, 26:07 notice what He said, 26:08 He said, "Do not marvel that I say to you... " 26:11 let's say together church... 26:12 "you must be born again" 26:15 all this stuff we've been talking about 26:17 for the past ten nights, it means absolutely nothing 26:20 to your old mind unless you're born again. 26:23 We talked about the new health plan last night, 26:26 God's best health care plan... 26:29 I looked out in the audience, I saw some people angry, 26:32 I had suggested, "You got to give up your pork" 26:34 they looked like, "I ain't giving up nothing" 26:37 got to eat right, got to get rid of your alcohol 26:40 even if you sip it once in a while, 26:43 and their minds were so fermented 26:45 and so sedimentary... so sedimentary blocked 26:49 but they could not absorb this message. 26:51 I heard people grumbling, "myum... myum... " 26:57 you were excited about the financial plan 27:01 because everybody likes money, "amen" somebody... 27:03 the financial plan... everybody was excited... 27:05 Jesus will provide all my needs, He provides needs, 27:10 He's a new God, He provides our needs 27:13 but, what we have to also include... 27:16 He provides our needs 27:18 but He wants our lives to be made new in Him. 27:22 Nicodemus challenged the theology of Jesus. 27:26 Look at verse 4 of John chapter 3, 27:28 look at what he said, this is kind of how we are, 27:32 I've had people that challenged what I preach 27:35 they send me e-mails, they say, 27:37 "I don't like what you said on 3ABN... " 27:39 and I said, 27:41 "Was it what I said or was it how you received it?" 27:43 It's often how you receive it, my dearly departed friend now, 27:47 Elder Brooks who's resting in Jesus, 27:48 he said, "Sun could melt butter but hardened clay... " 27:54 there's nothing wrong with the sun 27:56 but it's the condition of the human mind 27:58 that determines how something is absorbed. 28:00 Somebody would say at the end of the sermon, 28:02 "Pastor, I love that sermon... " 28:04 somebody else will say, "I ain't coming back... " 28:07 it's not the message, it's the condition of the mind. 28:09 Nicodemus challenged the theology of Jesus, 28:13 notice what he said, in verse 4 of John chapter 3, 28:16 Nicodemus said to Him, 28:17 this was a man that was well trained theologically, 28:20 he was a Pharisee, he had been around, 28:22 he had many degrees and he said, 28:24 "How can a man be born when he is... " what? 28:27 When he is old, "Can he enter a second time 28:31 into his mother's womb and be born?" 28:34 Now, you know, Jesus could have said, 28:38 "Now, Nicodemus, that's foolish, 28:39 you are highly educated in the school of the prophets 28:44 and you talk foolishly, 28:45 you know about biology, this is not a biological process 28:49 I introduced to you, 28:50 this is about a spiritual process... " 28:52 Nicodemus was in essence saying... 28:55 let me break this attitude of Nicodemus down, 28:58 Nicodemus was in essence saying to Jesus, 29:00 "Do you know how long it's taken me 29:03 to get to where I am?" 29:04 Some of you've been living the same way for so long, 29:08 you've got the "Nicodemus Syndrome" 29:11 "How am I going to change, 29:13 look... do you know how old I am?" 29:15 I've had some people come up to me and call me, "Sonny" 29:17 they say, "Sonny, you just came on the scene 29:20 and you're trying to tell me how to live?" 29:22 I ain't trying to tell you anything, 29:25 I'm preaching to you the Word of God, amen... somebody... 29:27 Nicodemus was in essence saying, 29:29 "I've been living like this for so long 29:31 and all of a sudden you come along and say 29:33 that I've got to change now? 29:35 I've been eating like this... and dressing like this 29:38 and I've been attending the same synagogue 29:41 and you come and tell me I've got to change now?" 29:44 He said, "Jesus, I'm comfortable with my life, 29:50 and unless you haven't noticed 29:53 I'm too old to change... " 29:55 Jesus was confronted with ritualistic religion 30:02 and old paradigms, 30:05 you see, whenever we get together 30:07 and have an evangelistic series, 30:09 we talked about the statistics of witches in London, 30:12 we said there were about 80,000 registered witches in London... 30:16 pause... 30:18 now, I don't know if any of the witches 30:20 came to our meetings, 30:22 but I recommend that a lot of you are Christians, 30:24 somebody ought to say, "Amen... " 30:25 Audience: "Amen. " 30:27 I'm less concerned about the witches 30:29 who know they worship the devil 30:32 than Christians that don't know how to worship Jesus 30:36 because sometimes we figure... 30:40 we figure we got this thing so worked out 30:42 based on our tradition, 30:43 we've got some second- and third-generation Christians here 30:46 some people have been Methodists all their lives, 30:48 some people have been Baptists all their lives 30:50 some people say, 30:51 "I'm a fourth-generation Adventist... " 30:53 what does that mean? 30:54 "No matter what generation you are, 30:57 Nicodemus, you must be born again" 31:00 because you cannot be saved by osmosis, 31:04 you don't get on a family conveyor belt 31:08 and go in just because your mother was righteous. 31:10 Though Daniel, Job and Noah were in it, the Bible says, 31:14 "they will neither save their son nor their daughter... " 31:17 as one of my good friends, Walter Pierson said, 31:20 "You could be born on the front pew of the church 31:22 on Sabbath morning... you still have to be born again. " 31:24 When Jesus preached, there was nothing wrong with His message 31:30 but the Pharisees were old wineskins 31:33 with inflexible walls, 31:35 everything that Jesus taught was corrupted 31:38 by their fermented traditions, 31:40 they could not absorb the gospel because 31:42 their walls... hear me carefully were hardened, 31:45 by formal religion and tradition. 31:48 Matter of fact, one more scientific fact, 31:50 hear me carefully, 31:51 the walls were coated with sediment called, 31:54 "albuminoidal matter" don't ask me to say that again, 31:59 which means, if new wine was introduced 32:03 into old wineskins, it will ferment immediately, 32:08 stuff that was caked upon the wall was always there. 32:12 Let me use an illustration. 32:14 Imagine somebody invites you to their home 32:17 and they give you something to drink 32:19 and you taste it and you say, 32:23 "Why does it taste like this?" 32:27 And they say, "I don't know, I just opened the can" 32:30 and they show you the brand-new can... 32:32 they prove their point, 32:34 they show you the brand-new opened can of juice, 32:36 and they say, "taste it again... " 32:39 and you taste it again 32:41 and based on what it should taste like, 32:42 based on the name on the can... grape... 32:45 it doesn't taste anything like grape juice, 32:47 so they say, "Well, let me bring you some more, 32:49 so they pour it again... out of the same jug... 32:52 try it this time, and it tastes the same way 32:54 and then you say, 32:56 "Could you give me something else to drink?" 32:58 And you come to... you go home 33:00 you buy the same thing on the way home 33:03 from the same store... the same manufacturer... 33:06 the same flavor and you put it in your jug 33:09 and it tastes new 33:11 and then you go back to Brother Smith's house 33:14 only to find out that Brother Smith 33:16 hasn't washed that jug for four years. 33:19 Audience: Laughing... 33:22 It tastes like it should have tasted four years ago 33:26 but because of the film in the jug... 33:29 I've been to some people's houses, 33:31 I wouldn't drink anything from them 33:33 no disrespect but I'm never thirsty when I'm there, 33:38 I see that glass... "No... um... not that glass" 33:43 I see the cat on the stove, not that stove, 33:47 I see the dog licking out of the same plate 33:49 that looked like the one on the plate... 33:52 "I ain't hungry... " 33:53 Audience: Laughing... 33:55 You know what I'm talking about? 33:56 So what happens? Many of us... 33:58 many of us have sediment... have what friends? 34:01 Sediment in our lives 34:03 that had been built up for so long... 34:05 see tonight's message is powerful... 34:07 you've got to get the insert for tonight's message 34:11 and you got to go home and study it, 34:12 it is so concentrated that you got to pray 34:16 for the Lord to give you some new eyes 34:19 when you pick it up because it ain't planned... 34:22 when I put that together, I said, 34:24 "Lord, you sure you want me to talk about this in London?" 34:27 And He said, "You don't worry about it, 34:29 Jeremiah, you go and write it down 34:31 and I'll send my Holy Spirit to give them new eyes 34:35 and a new attitude to accept this message. " 34:37 "Amen... " somebody... Audience: "Amen... " 34:39 But you know what happens? 34:40 Some of us have the same "Nicodemus Syndrome" 34:43 and we say with the old cliché, 34:45 "You can't teach an old dog... new tricks. " 34:48 Now that's true if you're a dog, 34:50 amen somebody... but I ain't a dog... 34:54 I ain't a dog and I ain't a dawg... 34:57 come on somebody... got this new attitude 34:59 now-a-days people say, "Hey dawg... " 35:01 now, you don't talk that way in England 35:03 I'm so glad to be in England for a chance, 35:05 no matter how... 35:07 I mean, I've seen people that look like bums 35:08 but they have the most beautiful accent. 35:10 You can look bad but still sound good in England. 35:14 "Good morning... how are you?" 35:18 "Be-you-ful... " 35:20 guy looks like he just drank five beers, 35:23 "Be-you-ful... " 35:25 He sounds nice... 35:27 we've got to train people how to talk like that in America. 35:29 The fact of the matter is Jesus is not a dog trainer, 35:34 hear me carefully, Jesus is not a "dog trainer" 35:37 he is a "life transformer," somebody ought to say amen. 35:40 Look at 2nd Corinthians 5 and verse 17, 35:43 the Bible says it very clearly, 35:44 this man, Jesus... came to do something new in our lives, 35:47 He says, "Therefore if anyone" if anyone... 35:51 if how many of us? 35:52 "If anyone is in Christ, he is a... " what? 35:55 new creation... 35:56 look at the new wine and the old wine 35:59 "old things have... " what? "passed... " 36:01 another word for "passed away" is buried... 36:03 "behold... " how many things? 36:06 "all things have become new" 36:09 some of you got to bury some stuff in your house 36:13 so that Jesus can come in. 36:15 I went to the home of a family 36:17 that had all kinds of apparitions 36:19 going on in their house, 36:21 not even a member of our church, 36:23 but somebody told them, "Invite Pastor Lomacang" 36:26 and I went in and I said, 36:29 "Well, tell me what the problem is" 36:30 they said, "Well, when we're eating dinner, 36:31 we see people walk through our kitchen 36:34 and then they disappear as they get to our stove. " 36:37 "And what else?" 36:39 "And when we're watching television, 36:41 sometimes they walk right behind us 36:43 and just disappear into thin air. " 36:45 Now some of you West Indians 36:49 would have moved out the first time you'd seen that... 36:51 "I gone... you know... " 36:55 So I said, so I asked them, I said, 37:01 "So, so... are you Christians?" 37:04 "Oh, yes we are, we attend... " 37:05 they mentioned the local church 37:07 it wasn't our church... 37:08 "Well, do you pray?" "Yeah, we pray... " 37:10 And I asked them the question, 37:11 "What kind of entertainment do you have in this house?" 37:14 "Oh we love scary movies... " 37:17 and they opened their library... 37:19 and to my surprise, 37:21 from the ceiling to the floor... from left to right... 37:23 every scary, demonic movie you can find... 37:27 they said, "We love scary movies. " 37:30 I said, "How many... how much money have you... " 37:34 and I looked at that library... and I felt bad 37:36 but you know what I told them... the father? 37:38 I said, "I know it's going to sound awful, 37:41 but until you get rid of all those movies, 37:44 you're going to have visitors... 37:45 the kind of visitors you don't want in your house. " 37:51 Some people have stuff in their houses 37:54 that are connected to their old wineskins, 37:57 and we preach, "Start studying your Bible" 37:59 and they still study their Bible... 38:02 you can't study your Bible and watch that stuff. 38:04 You've got to choose who to serve. 38:06 So when we talk about the old wine... 38:08 "Out with the old, in with the new" 38:10 you got to make decisions. 38:11 If you want to really get ready for Jesus to come, 38:14 you ought to start looking at stuff 38:16 that would get your mind ready, 38:17 listen to music that will get your heart ready, 38:20 some people... on Sabbath morning 38:22 are boogying in the pulpit, 38:23 while the song is completely different 38:25 because on their way to church 38:28 they were listening to "old wine... " 38:30 and they're "wine... ing" in church now, 38:31 Audience: Laugher... 38:33 Can I tell it like it is? 38:36 Audience: "Amen... amen... " 38:39 So when you get stuck in a rut... that's one thing... 38:41 but when you get comfortable in your rut, 38:43 that's something altogether different, 38:44 many of you are comfortable in the rut of traditional religion 38:48 now you ought to get rid of that idea 38:50 because some people say, 38:52 "Well, it was good enough for my mother, 38:54 it was good enough for my grandmother, 38:56 and so it must be good enough for me. " 38:57 So get rid of your car and go get a horse and buggy 39:01 like your grandmamma had... 39:02 it was good enough for her, 39:04 see how quickly you get to work with that 39:06 horse and buggy mentality. 39:07 Some people are comfortable in the rut of cultural eating, 39:11 people are dying from bad health practices 39:14 that they refuse to change 39:16 and every night, praise the Lord, 39:18 Dr. Chitty does such a wonderful job... 39:20 but some people look at that stuff and say, 39:22 "Hmmm... I ain't changing nothing... 39:26 ain't no way. " 39:28 Story of a young lady that was converted 39:31 from the preaching of one of our pastors 39:35 in the United States in Alabama 39:36 as a matter of fact, it was Little Richard's sister, 39:39 old well-known Little Richard... "Good Golly Miss Molly" 39:42 his Little Richard... 39:43 his sister got baptized and came home 39:45 and the mother who was Baptist at the time said, 39:47 "How can you get baptized in the Adventist church 39:49 without telling me first?" 39:50 She said, "My relationship with Jesus is my business" 39:53 and she said, 39:55 "Mama, we ain't eating no pork anymore" 39:57 she went in this fridge and starts throwing out... 39:59 her mother's pork... 40:00 She said, "Girl, you'd better close that fridge... " 40:02 she said, "When I close it, 40:03 the pork will be gone" 40:05 she started clearing it out. 40:07 You got to get rid of the old and make room for the new, 40:09 amen... somebody... Audience: Amen... 40:11 because there ain't going to be no pork chops in heaven. 40:13 Ain't going to be no "time of trouble" 40:16 for the turkeys, amen. 40:19 No cows are going to be running from us, 40:22 "here come those Adventists... " 40:23 because see, we still... we got to work our way out, 40:28 it's okay to be clean but brethren, 40:31 get ready for Jesus to come, somebody ought to say, "amen. " 40:33 Somebody is comfortable in the rut of worldly fashion, 40:37 I went to a church in Miami, Florida, 40:39 talking to a group of men, 40:41 they had a hard time thinking about Jesus on Sabbath morning, 40:44 they said, "Pastor, we don't want any women 40:47 in our Seminar on Sunday, we want just men 40:49 because we got to talk about 'men issues. '" 40:51 And I said, "Well, what's wrong?" 40:53 One young man stood up, he was about this high... 40:56 maybe the height of Zacchaeus... 40:58 I don't know how tall Zacchaeus was, 41:00 but he was a little guy and he said, 41:02 "Pastor... " he said, 41:04 "it's so hard when I go to church on Sabbath morning 41:06 to focus on Jesus" 41:08 And I said, "Well why?" 41:09 And he said, "Well, this is Miami 41:11 and it's hot all year long... 41:12 and some of the sisters come to church 41:14 like it's hot all year long, with the dresses really high 41:18 and the tops really low 41:20 and they don't try to hide anything... " and he said... 41:23 I said, "Brother, you know what you need to do, 41:25 you need to lift up your eyes unto the hills 41:26 from whence comes your help... " 41:29 He said, "Pastor, I'm so short that when I lift up my eyes, 41:33 I'm chest-high with the sisters... " 41:34 I said, "Well, you ought to pray that the sisters 41:39 that are righteous 41:40 help the sisters that are on their way to being righteous. " 41:42 But let me make a point, 41:44 there are some folk that will come to church dressed that way, 41:46 don't think that they are more of a sinner than you are 41:49 because some people come to church trying to find Jesus 41:52 and they come presenting the best they have 41:54 so don't think that external realities 41:59 measure up to internal realities. 42:02 Sometimes you see what you think you see 42:05 when the fact is, 42:06 that's Mary Magdalene looking for Jesus 42:08 to wash His feet, 42:10 Audience: "Amen. " 42:11 That's why in my church, I've got a simple process, 42:16 no standards for fellowship, "Come as you are... " 42:21 if you can stumble into the church 42:24 after you finished a beer come on in... 42:26 I was sitting in the Pastor's office 42:28 and I smelled smoke coming through the window 42:29 and I said, "Praise the Lord, there's ministry going on here, 42:32 folk that can come here that smoke and take drugs 42:38 or strung out on something, 42:39 they can come and find comfort in Jesus right here... " 42:42 amen, Croydon... Audience: "Amen... " 42:43 Don't stop them from coming, no... 42:45 "come as you are" 42:47 but when you become a Christian... 42:49 when you become a part of the fellowship, 42:52 there are standards for membership 42:54 and high standards for leadership 42:56 you got to reflect Christ but let Jesus... 43:00 see our jobs are to catch the fish... 43:02 it's Jesus' job to clean the fish. 43:05 Audience: "Amen... amen... " 43:07 Don't forget that, 43:09 some folks try to clean up people 43:11 after they've just joined the church one week... 43:13 "You got an butter in that thing, 43:15 any oil in that thing... are you a vegan?" 43:18 "No, I just became a Christian... what's a vegan?" 43:22 Give the Lord time to get folk ready for the kingdom, 43:26 amen, somebody... Audience: "Amen. " 43:28 There are some people comfortable 43:29 in the rut of worldly fashion, 43:31 that young man... I tell you, it was a difficult thing for him 43:33 there are some people that are comfortable 43:34 in the rut of corrupt entertainment, 43:36 they're polluting their minds with the old 43:39 trying to get ready for the new, 43:41 but I'll tell you what, there's no such thing 43:43 as living the old life, getting ready for the new life, 43:47 it's impossible to desire new things 43:50 if you keep feeding on the old things. 43:53 Look at Luke 5 and verse 39 Luke 5 and verse 39, 43:57 pause... 44:01 the Bible says, this is powerful... 44:04 let me give you the point that I'm leading... 44:06 it is not possible to desire the new 44:08 if we keep feeding on the old. 44:10 Here's what Luke says, "And no one... " how many? 44:13 Audience: "No one... " 44:15 "No one having drunk the old... " 44:18 this is... this is powerful... 44:20 no one having drunk the old immediately desires the new 44:26 for he says, "oooh... the old is better" 44:30 pause... 44:35 when all you're drinking is the old 44:38 you conclude that the old is better, 44:41 that's what it is, 44:42 some folk come into these meetings, 44:43 they've heard about the commandments of God, 44:45 but they say, "Well, in my church 44:47 we really don't have to keep the commandments... 44:48 the old is better... " 44:50 we're talking about the Sabbath that Jesus blessed 44:53 at the end of Creation week, 44:54 that the Old Testament followers kept... 44:57 that Jesus kept... that the disciples kept... 44:59 that the apostles kept, 45:01 that the church that's getting ready for eternity keeps, 45:04 that will be kept in heaven and they hear about the Sabbath 45:07 and they say, "the old is better. " 45:09 They hear what the Bible says 45:13 but they say, "My pastor says... " 45:14 let me make a point, "if your pastor says anything 45:17 that's different from the Bible, follow the Bible... 45:20 the blind leading the blind... 45:23 both of you all are going to have accidents" 45:25 Stevie Wonder and Jose Feliciano driving together are in trouble 45:29 uh... huh... 45:32 don't think about that too long. 45:35 The great barrier to the new life 45:37 is a constant dying of the old 45:39 but when we are made new in Christ, 45:41 our eyes will be opened to see what Jesus sees 45:44 and to think like Jesus thinks 45:46 and to live like Jesus lived. 45:49 Even your faith will be changed, 45:51 even your... what will be changed? 45:53 Your faith will be changed, 45:55 you see, man says, "I believe it... when I see it" 45:58 Jesus says, "You'll see it when you believe it" 46:01 think about that for a moment, 46:03 "you'll see it when you believe it" 46:05 we walk by faith and not by sight, 46:07 "without faith it is impossible to please Him... " 46:13 if you believe God's Word, you'll see it 46:16 but if you want to see it before you believe it, 46:18 it will never happen, that's why He said to Thomas, 46:21 "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet... " what? 46:23 "and yet believed... " so the first step is this 46:26 how can I change when I am old... 46:28 here's how you do it, Colossians 1 verse 27, 46:31 the first step is invite Jesus to come in... 46:34 let's say that together, what? 46:35 "Invite Jesus... " to do what? "to come in" 46:39 here it is, "Which is Christ in you... " 46:43 the what? "the hope of glory. " 46:45 Everything I've said thus far, 46:47 everything you've heard for the last ten nights, 46:49 in the last ten messages 46:50 mean absolutely nothing if Jesus is not in first. 46:54 It doesn't matter, it doesn't make a difference, 46:57 you can have a clean diet... 46:59 without the transforming touch of Jesus, 47:02 it doesn't mean anything 47:04 but let me even give you some more encouragement, 47:06 when you invite Jesus in, 47:07 the transformation from the old to the new begins 47:10 because it's not you that's making the change, 47:13 it's Christ in you that is the hope of glory 47:16 when Jesus comes in, hear me... 47:18 and I know this personally, when Jesus comes in, 47:21 He starts making the change but even going a step further, 47:24 He even awakens your desire 47:27 and then He does it by your willingness, 47:29 look at the next steps, 47:30 Philippians chapter 2 and verse 13, 47:33 the Bible says clearly, 47:35 "For it is God... " for who... is it church? 47:37 "it is God which worketh in you both to... " what? 47:40 "to will and to... " what else? 47:43 "do of his good pleasure" 47:45 this is powerful... when He comes in... 47:47 He gives you the will... 47:51 and then He does it as long as you're willing, 47:54 I showed you the glove the other night, 47:57 that beautiful leather glove... 47:58 until I put my hand in that beautiful glove, 48:02 it just had a good exterior, without Christ on the inside, 48:05 we could look good on the outside 48:07 but we have no ability 48:09 to live in harmony with anything said in God's Word, 48:12 Jesus comes in... the second thing... 48:16 "how can you be born again when you are old... " 48:19 the second thing is, "study God's Word daily" 48:22 together say that, "study God's Word daily... " 48:25 now, the Bible is more than just a book of prophecy 48:27 and poems and good stories and drama 48:29 and all that other good stuff... 48:31 the Bible is a book that breathes... 48:33 what is it? It's a book that breathes, 48:35 remember the second presentation, 48:37 but not only that... it's food, 48:39 what is it? It's good food... 48:41 you know how I know that? Because novels are junk food. 48:46 Pause... 48:48 Tabloids... junk food... 48:52 Bible... good food... 48:55 that's why Jesus said, 48:58 "We live by every word... that proceeds from His mouth" 49:02 here it is, study God's Word daily, 49:04 look at what the Thessalonians did, 49:06 1st Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 13, 49:10 let's look at that together, the Bible says, 49:13 "For this reason... " Paul is saying, 49:15 "For this reason we also thank God without... " what? 49:18 "without ceasing, because when you received 49:21 the word of God which you heard from us, 49:23 you welcomed it not as the word of the preacher... 49:28 not as the word of men but as it is in truth... " what? 49:32 "The word of God... " but get this... 49:34 "which also effectively works in you who believe. " 49:38 Let me use a contemporary illustration 49:41 you can have the best vitamin cabinet in the earth, 49:44 but if you don't take the vitamins, 49:45 they ain't going to do you nothing, 49:47 you can have the best allergy medication 49:50 but unless you take it you will have allergies, 49:52 it's not what's in your cabinet, 49:54 it's what's in your life, 49:56 it's not... the Bible that's on your desk, 49:59 does nothing for you, 50:01 the Bible that's in your life 50:03 can do everything for you. 50:05 David said, "Thy word have I hid... " where? 50:08 "in my heart that I might not sin against thee" 50:10 Acts chapter 17 verse 11, look what they did... 50:13 "These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica... " 50:17 see, the Thessalonians received it but 50:19 now look... somebody took another step, 50:21 "These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, 50:24 in that they received the word of God with... " what? 50:27 "with all readiness... " in other words, 50:29 when the Word was preached, they said, 50:31 "We're ready... preach... " 50:32 ready on Wednesday night for Bible Study, 50:35 we're ready on Sabbath afternoon for Bible... they were ready... 50:39 "they received it with all readiness... " 50:42 and then they did something else, 50:43 "and they searched the Scriptures... " monthly? 50:46 weekly? Friday night? 50:50 Sabbath morning just before Sabbath School...? 50:53 they searched it how often? 50:54 Daily... do you eat every day? 50:56 You ought to search the Word of God every day, 50:59 it is more powerful and more potent 51:01 than the food on your table. 51:03 "They did that to find out whether these things were so" 51:06 you see, when you study God's Word, 51:08 you begin to discover 51:11 that what you read might show you 51:15 that your life is out of harmony with what you read, 51:18 you'll never know if your life is in harmony with God's will 51:22 and God's Word unless you read this 51:24 and then examine you, it's like a manual, okay, 51:27 "Am I changing the oil every three months?" 51:30 No... 51:31 "Am I living in harmony?" "No... " 51:33 "Am I following the manual?" "No... " 51:35 until you study God's Word, you'll never understand 51:38 whether or not... 51:39 your life is in harmony with God's will. 51:42 Two young ladies approached me in Florida 51:45 when we were down there for the winder Camp Meeting 51:47 and they were so excited about the message and the music, 51:50 they said, "Pastor, what can we do 51:52 to live the kind of life that's acceptable to Jesus?" 51:55 And I said, "Here's what you need to do, 51:57 just stop listening to that kind of music 51:59 that you listen to for one week" 52:00 they looked at me like I was trying to tell them 52:03 to take their lives, they went... 52:06 you know how young ladies do... 52:09 I said, "Well, you asked my opinion... " 52:12 They said, "What should we do 52:14 to live the kind of life that the Lord wants us to live?" 52:16 I said, "Stop listening to that kind of... 52:18 just turn off your... just stop listening for one week 52:21 stop texting for one week and study God's Word instead... " 52:25 they looked at me and walked away. 52:27 You will never be what God intends for you to be 52:31 until you live by the principles that God intends 52:35 for us to live by. 52:36 Third point, step three... 52:39 "Get rid of the old stuff" Acts chapter 27 verse 18 and 19, 52:44 Acts chapter 27 verse 18 and 19, 52:47 listen to God's Word... 52:48 when Paul the Apostle was a prisoner on his way to Rome, 52:52 he gave instructions to the captain and to the mariners 52:55 and those on board and notice what he said 52:57 which applies in a very spiritual way to every one of us 53:01 he said, "And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed... " 53:05 in other words, when your life is out of control, 53:07 the next day... what did they do? 53:09 They did... what? "They lightened the... " 53:11 they started throwing things out of the ship... 53:14 Because they knew that their lives depended on a ship 53:16 that could handle the storm, 53:18 all the stuff that's in your life, 53:20 in order for your life to be able to handle 53:22 the storms that come your way, 53:23 you got to throw some stuff out of your life, 53:25 but there are things that God doesn't always do for you, 53:28 you got to do yourself... look at the next verse... 53:32 "On the third day we threw the ship's tackle overboard 53:35 with... " what? "Our own hands. " 53:38 God will reveal it 53:40 but He is going to wait for you to get rid of it, 53:44 when I... when I was a Disc jockey, 53:45 I had about 400 albums, I gave my life to the Lord 53:49 but He said, "Now, John, the next thing is 53:51 you got to get rid of those albums... " 53:53 I want to tell you, my heart was so connected to those albums 53:56 there were many months I said, 53:57 "Okay, one more month Lord," okay, the next month... 53:59 and when I almost lost my life on a Sunday 54:01 on the way to a party, 54:03 I got back home and got the... I put a list together 54:05 wrote down all the... see, I was still not yet converted, 54:08 I put a whole list together of all the song titles 54:11 and I sold them... should have burned them... 54:14 I spread my sin around the bank 54:17 and I finally, by God's grace, 54:19 got rid of all of them and God has a sense of humor, 54:23 the very first Christian album I got 54:25 was from the Heritage Singers of which I became one years later. 54:28 God's got a way of giving you a glimpse 54:31 when your heart becomes pliable, 54:32 they threw the tackle overboard, you see, 54:34 the only way that we'll survive the storm 54:37 my brothers and sisters is if we throw things overboard, 54:40 look at 1st John 3:3, 1st John 3:3... 54:44 the Bible says, "And every one who has this hope 54:47 in himself does... " what? 54:48 "purifies himself just as he is pure... " 54:53 that's why when God led the children of Israel 54:57 out of Egypt... very powerful story... 54:59 it's in the outline, it's in detail... 55:01 you'll follow it and you'll learn some very powerful things 55:03 but let me just share one point tonight, 55:04 when God led the children of Israel out of Egypt, 55:07 He changed everything about the way they lived 55:10 when they were in Egypt, 55:12 first thing He did was, He changed their diet, 55:14 what did He change? 55:16 He changed their diet, 55:17 then He restored the day of worship, 55:20 then he restored the commandments 55:22 He tested them on the Sabbath before they got to Sinai, 55:25 where He wrote the Commandments on tables of stone, 55:28 and then later when they began their rebellion, 55:31 He tested them by changing the way they dressed, 55:33 look at Exodus 35 and verse 22, 55:38 and everybody that was willing that made the adjustments 55:42 as God revealed the truth to them, 55:44 they made it into Canaan 55:45 but those that refused, died in the wilderness. 55:49 You'll find the detail in the Lesson Outline, 55:52 look at Exodus 35 verse 22, when the call was made 55:55 "Come, stand before the Lord and give your life to Him... " 55:58 notice what they did, "They came... " the Bible says, 56:01 let's read this together, "both... " what? 56:03 "men and women, as many as had a... " 56:06 what kind of heart? 56:08 "willing heart... " and what did they do? 56:10 "they brought earrings" by the way, men and women... 56:13 just like today... they brought... what? 56:15 "Earrings... " and what else? 56:18 "nose rings, rings and necklaces, 56:20 all jewelry of gold, that is... 56:23 every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord. " 56:27 The Lord said, "Hey, we're on our way to heaven 56:29 where the streets are made of gold... " 56:31 amen... 56:33 "and the gates are made of pearl 56:35 and the foundations are made of 12 precious stones... " 56:38 He said, "You ain't going to go to heaven 56:40 chiseling the gates... " come on somebody... 56:42 so we've got to make a decision 56:45 to either walk on it or wear it 56:47 and the reason why they wore it... 56:49 the reason why the Egyptians wore it... 56:51 is because they connected their ornaments 56:54 to god's that had continued to exist 56:57 in the land of Egypt long after they died 57:00 so they wore this as some kind of protection from evil spirits, 57:04 tonight, friends, our protection is in Jesus, 57:07 what do you say? Audience: "Amen. " 57:08 When Jesus comes in, 57:10 He'll replace the old birth with the new birth, 57:12 the old life with the new life, 57:14 the dead thoughts with the living thoughts 57:16 and He'll change us from our journey out of Egypt 57:19 on the way to the New Jerusalem. 57:22 Anybody want that tonight, can you say "Amen?" 57:24 Audience: "Amen... " 57:25 The Lord is here tonight to give you that opportunity 57:27 let us pray together. 57:28 "Our Heavenly Father, our Heavenly Father... 57:33 Lord Jesus... tonight our hearts are at a crossroad 57:39 you're saying to us, 'I place before you 57:43 two roads... life and blessings... 57:45 death and cursings... and I called you to choose life, 57:49 I call heaven and earth today as a witness against you' 57:53 Lord, Jesus tonight as the Spirit speaks to our hearts, 57:57 as the Spirit says to us, 'tonight is a night of decision' 58:00 tonight is the night that the Father in heaven 58:04 calls us to make eternal choices 58:07 Lord Jesus, tonight, I pray that your Holy Spirit 58:12 will speak to the hearts of your children and say to them, 58:17 'before you lies the Promised Land, 58:19 behind you... the land of bondage, 58:22 before you opportunities and blessing 58:24 and I'm the God that will supply all of your needs, 58:28 I will give you a new heart, I will give you new spirit 58:31 and in your life, I will do a new thing, 58:35 I'm only asking for your heart to be willing' 58:38 I pray that Lord, your Spirit... 58:41 each of these meetings would have spoken and planted seeds 58:44 in the lives of those who have come 58:45 tonight I want to make a decision 58:47 to give my life to you, I want to invite you in, 58:52 to give you a new opportunity... 58:55 I want you to take away my wineskins 58:57 that are filled with sediment of my past... 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