Welcome to 3ABN's
Spring Camp Meeting:
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Live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Welcome to Spring Camp Meeting!
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Have you had a blessed day?
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Amen! Boy, I know we have, too.
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We have another powerful
message, don't we, from the
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Word of God today.
We welcome you at home
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that have been viewing,
watching maybe through the
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television, Internet,
listening on the radio.
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It's a blessing, isn't
it? Spring Camp Meeting.
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I know that Jill
and I are always blessed
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being here,
participating with all of you,
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listening to the sermons,
Sabbath School, the music.
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It's always a blessing.
And who do we have with us
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today sharing the
message from the Word of God?
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We have Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And he is Danny's
brother and was instrumental
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in the beginning of 3ABN.
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And he is president of
Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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He and his wife
Chris are a precious couple
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who love the Lord
Jesus and love other people.
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And I'm excited about the
message that he's going to bring
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today entitled
Calvary Says Love.
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But before he comes we're
also blessed by special music.
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And who has our special music?
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Yes, Ladye Love Smith has
the special music for today.
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We always enjoy
her music, don't we?
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Amen! And Reggie. Yeah, she
and Reggie, that's for sure,
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are a real blessing. But
she's bringing the music today
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and the title of her
song is Calvary Says Love.
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The same as Pastor
Kenny's sermon. Isn't that neat?
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That's God ordained, isn't it?
But before we begin, let's pray.
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Father in heaven, we
thank you for this day.
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We thank you
for the Sabbath day.
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Father... a day that
You have set aside...
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a special blessing that we
can receive from honoring it
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and keeping it holy.
Father, we pray again
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that You would be
with Pastor Kenny Shelton
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as he brings Your message.
Lord, he is a vessel for You.
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And Father, I just pray that
You will bless him and be with
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Ladye Love as she
brings us the music.
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And In Jesus' name
we pray, Amen. Amen!
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In compassion and love
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He looked down to earth...
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then He sent His Son,
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born of a virgin birth.
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He knew from creation
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what was to be.
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With great love for man
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He planned Calvary.
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Calvary says love
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to me
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like words
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could never say.
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His blood
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He shed
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was love written in red...
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Calvary says love
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to me.
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Separated by sin
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was the whole human race,
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man was destined to die
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were it not for grace.
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A cross and three nails
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never held Him there.
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He willingly chose
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the cross to bear.
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Calvary says love
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to me
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like words
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could never say.
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The blood He shed
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was love written in red...
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Calvary says love
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to me.
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The blood He shed
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was love written in red...
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Calvary says love
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to me...
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The blood He shed
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was love written in red...
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Calvary says love
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to me...
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Calvary says love
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to me.
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Amen! Whoo! Glory hallelujah!
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Mercy, that
sounded good! Thank you!
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You know, it just fits so well
with the subject, doesn't it?
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Was anybody blessed
by that like I was? Amen!
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I was back there with
the spiritual goosebumps.
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She would probably be offended
but I was kind of humming along
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and two or three of
us were humming along.
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Don't know if it was
in the same key or not,
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but we sure liked it!
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Praise the Lord!
Happy Sabbath afternoon!
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That's good. I know that
each one here has been having
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a wonderful spiritual time.
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You know, we're not
just looking for a good time
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we're looking for a good
spiritual time that we've spent.
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And that's exactly
what Camp Meetings are for.
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That's why God did what?
He designed Camp Meetings,
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right? So He could pour
His Spirit out on His children.
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So if the Spirit is not poured
out, maybe we're just not ready
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to receive it. But I believe
that it's going to be poured out
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if you open your heart,
your mind, and you want it.
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Well you're going to get double.
You keep it up you're going to
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get a double portion. All right!
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I'll just be talking
to you all afternoon.
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That's right. Me and you can
talk about it if you want to.
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That's right. I'm
not afraid to talk.
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Whoo! Glory! You don't want to
get me too excited to start with
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here now... wow!
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Before we have prayer...
It's good; we're entitled.
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Calvary means,
it does, love to me.
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It's a wonderful beautiful sub-
ject, and that's what you have
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heard. This is a
Camp Meeting, isn't 'it?
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Christ and
Calvary and the Sanctuary.
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What a message... a
message I know that you
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have heard that's
blessed your heart.
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And we just pray this:
that it's not just going to...
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you hear and then you leave it.
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We want you to take
these messages with you
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in your heart. And if
you can't remember them
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that's why they sell
these things out there.
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I'll still mention it. You're
not buying them on the Sabbath.
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But I'll still mention it to
you 'cause you need to take them
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back to people who
did not... didn't come.
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OK? Bless your hearts... good.
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There's a man one time
before I have prayer...
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I always say if I
forget to have prayer
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we're always praying, but...
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It's always nice.
Everybody walks by
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they know I need help and they
say: "Man, can I pray for you? "
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"Yeah. " One got done
and another one "come" by.
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I said: "Yes. "
My brother "come" by
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and said: "I need to pray for
you. " I said: "That's right. "
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And he did. And I'm always
thankful and grateful for that.
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I love prayer and
I'm thankful for prayer.
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God answers prayer.
But you know, there's a man
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one time that... he
prayed: "You know, some day... "
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"Lord... " he said... "some day
I want to be able to have those
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scars that You carried. "
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"I want to be able just to
have those same kind of marks. "
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And so he prayed about
that. He said: "I want the marks
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that You had. I
want them in my hands
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and I want them in my feet.
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You know, I want them on my
head; I want them in my side. "
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And he thought about
it day in and day out
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and he prayed about it.
And one night he had a...
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kind of had this little
bitty dream. And as he had this
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dream he saw that... that
there was something that was
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revealed to him that
nobody was really talking about.
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Something that was
revealed about his Lord.
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There was something on marks
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that were on His shoulder.
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Interesting. You know,
we talk about the others
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but just think
with me for a moment.
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And he thought:
"This is something I hadn't
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realized before: there were
marks on my Savior's shoulder. "
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And then he began to
figure this out, and maybe
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you figured it out already.
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That you know before... The only
way that He could have these
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marks... the only way that He
could receive these other marks
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that He had upon
His shoulders, you see,
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is if He first did
what? What do you think?
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Hmmm? Pick up the
cross and follow Jesus. Amen!
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And I can't help but think
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He had a lot of
marks on His shoulder.
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That was such a heavy cross.
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And I think this,
too: we, too, must cry...
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cry as we carry
the cross of Jesus
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and then rejoice. And
when we carry that cross
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it's going to leave it's marks
in this world. Do you believe
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that? If you carry a cross
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in this life, there's
going to be some scars,
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there's going to be some marks.
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But I believe this:
there's no one that's going to
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be a crown-wearer in heaven
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UNLESS they're a
cross-bearer here.
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Amen! You have to be a what?
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A cross-bearer here.
That's why Jesus said
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you know, "You need
to take up the cross
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and follow Me. "
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"Whosoever... " notice
that... "does not bear the cross
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and come after Me...
" He said... "cannot be
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My disciple" in Luke 14:27.
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Let's pray, shall we?
I'm going to kneel up here.
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You feel free if you want to
or just bow your head as we pray
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together. Loving Lord in heaven,
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Father which art in heaven,
we thank you for Jesus today.
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We thank you for Calvary.
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Calvary does say love to me.
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And Lord, I'd be the first
to admit - and You know it -
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I don't understand all
there is to know about Calvary
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but I want to know more...
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to know more about Calvary
and what You went through,
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what You gave up, what You
endured for someone like me.
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It's just... it's too
much for my poor little mind,
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but I love it. I thank you.
It helps me to love You more.
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And I pray today as we
just go over some familiar
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things that Your people
here and around the world...
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They're wanting a closer con-
nection; they're wanting to know
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Jesus better. They're wanting
to sense that precious blood's
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going to be applied to
their heart and to their life
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and they're going to
be a new creature in You.
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May Your power now consume
each and every one of us.
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May our hearts
be in tune with You
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to where the Holy
Spirit of the Living God
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can walk up and
down these aisles.
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May we bring
honor and glory to You.
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May we not say anything
that would offend You, Lord.
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Man may be offended -
well, we'll get over that -
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but we don't
want to offend heaven.
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We thank you for hearing
and we thank you for answering
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prayer. We thank you for the
sweet Spirit now that's going to
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speak to us. May
we stand behind today
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the cross of Calvary
and may Jesus be seen.
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In His precious name we pray
and for His sake, Amen. Amen.
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Always keep your sword close by.
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We'll go through quite
a few things, and as we go
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through these we don't
have time to read everything.
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You'll jot them down,
right? That's kind of my MO.
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Move along quickly... a lot to
carry; you've got a lot to do.
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People say: "Oh, I
can't find enough material. "
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Maybe I'll find too
much I don't know, but
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there's a lot to go over.
The Bible says in the book of
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Matthew, so if you have your
Bible just quickly Matthew 27.
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Matthew chapter 27 verse 50.
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Now we need to get our minds
working together, don't we?
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Right? The right frame of
mind 'cause we're talking about
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something here...
we're talking about the cross
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and what Calvary means to us
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and the One that was
hanging on the cross.
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And you remember as
Jesus hung upon the cross
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in Matthew chapter 27 verse 50
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notice what the Bible
says. The Bible says: "And Jesus
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when He had
cried... " Did you notice?
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"again with a loud
voice... " What did He do?
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It said: "He yielded up the
ghost... " or life force, right?
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He cried with a loud voice
and He yielded up the ghost.
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He died. Wow!
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John records
this same passage here
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just a little bit different
in the book John 19:30.
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And he puts it this
way, In John 19:30 He said:
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"It is finished. " Do you
remember reading the Bible?
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When Jesus hung on the
cross and He died He said what?
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"It is finished. "
And you know and I know
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one of these days soon
He's going to stand up -
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right? - in the
heavenly sanctuary.
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He's our mediator. He's going
to take off those priestly robes
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and He's going to
say once again what?
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"It is finished. " And
then when He says finished
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He mans what? He means FINISHED!
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He that is
righteous will be what?
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Right, yeah. Righteous.
He says: "Holy, be holy;
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righteous
righteous; and filthy filthy. "
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So we realize once He stands
up and says it's over with
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it's over with, and
that time is I think quickly.
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I think it's
coming quickly. Amen!
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You know, what does
Calvary really say to you?
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What does it really
say? Love... what does it do
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when you just mention Calvary
or when you mention Jesus?
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Does it do something special to
you? I pray that it does today.
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John... 30: He said: "It
is finished" and He bowed
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His head and He gave
up the ghost or He died.
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He died... King of the universe!
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He died. Why did He die?
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Why did He have to die?
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We have no idea.
People think we have an idea.
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"Eye hasn't seen or
ear heard... " Right?
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We don't understand
even His position in heaven.
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All the glory and all the power!
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How angels adored Him
and they just couldn't wait
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for Him to send them
some place and do something.
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Chief Commander and yet He was
willing to lay all of that down.
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Willing to come...
'cause He saw you, didn't He?
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I love the song, right?
When He was on the cross -
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somebody help me - who?
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You can be selfish in
this instance if you want to.
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I was on His mind. Amen!
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And I'm thankful that I was
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and I'm thankful
that you were on His mind.
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When He bowed His
head - gave up the ghost -
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when He died,
notice what happened.
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As He died, something
happened. The Most Holy Place
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was opened up.
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The door had been
shut for centuries!
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The work was carried
on in the first apartment
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and when He died
and gave up the ghost
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that door was opened!
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He went into
the Most Holy Place.
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Why? Because God was
satisfied with the sacrifice.
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How wonderful that the Father
said: "I accept the sacrifice. "
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We have justice and we
have mercy blended together.
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And I like it in the book of
Psalms, I think it's chapter 85
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verse 10:
"Righteousness and peace
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have... " What? "have kissed. "
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He's just and He's good!
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He's wonderful!
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Justice and mercy blended
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now because of the sacrifice
of Jesus, because of Calvary...
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because it says love to me.
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Now God could do something.
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He could justify
sinners because of Jesus Christ.
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Sinners couldn't be
justified before Christ died,
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really. You get it? By
the blood, the new covenant.
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When He died, gave His life,
now God could say: "OK, now
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we can justify. It's been cover-
ed by the blood of the Lamb. "
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All who believe
on Jesus Christ...
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God now can give the
human race another chance.
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I love second
chances praise God.
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I don't know how many you've
had but I've had quite a few.
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Yeah, the rest of you are like
"I don't know what he's talking
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about. " I know you do know.
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See... that's what Calvary
says. It makes my heart glad
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because it's not you make a
mistake and then you're out.
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Maybe you make
another or you will, you still
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come to Him
confessing and forsaking.
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He says: "Come
on back, child... "
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and He restores you to
part of the family of God.
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I love that! Amen!
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The human race now
has another chance.
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It has another trial coming.
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My Bible says in
Romans chapter 3 verse 24:
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"We, being justified... " Notice
this: "freely by His grace. "
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Freely. We carry
too heavy of a load.
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Anybody here ever carried a load
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you didn't really want?
Things going on in the world
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and they're heavy. And
there's maybe the sin issue
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or a lot of other things we
carry that He doesn't want us
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to carry those weights around.
He said: "Why don't you put 'em
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on Me? I can do
it; you can't do it. "
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"You can't take
it... but I can! "
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"Let Me take them;
throw them at My feet. "
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A lot of time we throw them
at His feet then we scramble
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to pick them back up again.
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I want to by faith
throw them at His feet
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knowing my heavenly Father
will take care of those issues
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for me. I am
thankful that the redemption
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price was paid. Have you thought
about the redemption price?
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How much you're really worth?
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How much are you worth?
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I'm talking to you.
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See how speechless?
Oh... you're worth nothing?
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Are you worth something?
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You'd better believe you are.
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See, when we say
"What are you worth? "
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some say: "Well I'm
worthless... I'm no good. "
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If you're a child of God, you're
worth Jesus Christ's life!
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Amen! That's
right! You are valuable!
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But this pity party:
nobody cares, nobody loves...
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All of heaven - isn't
that right? was given for you
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so you can spend
eternity with Jesus.
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Calvary means something.
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A price was paid for
each and every one of us.
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And it's interesting. Just
kind of compare this passage
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just a little bit
and think and pray on it
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because I think when
Christ died on the cross,
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when He said: "It's finished!
" and He gave up the ghost
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it's kind of interesting.
In Luke chapter 10 verse 18
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I wonder if this can
fit somehow. It can be said
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that "Satan fell like
lightning from heaven. "
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Somebody still with me?
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Oh, I know... It
got really... yeah...
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Wow! Interesting! Beautiful!
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When Christ makes a pledge,
He keeps it to the letter.
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He keeps it to the
letter: the pledge He made.
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And I like the song that
the young people were singing
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because that just reminded
me here that in Christ's death,
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because of Calvary He
was more than a conqueror.
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And because He was we accept Him
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WE are more than
conquerors through Him!
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Isn't that what the Book says?
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Romans chapter 8 verse
37, can you think about it?
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"We are more than conquerors.
" I don't know... I just...
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Conqueror sounds
pretty good to me!
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But you're even more than
that. That simply means to me
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that I don't
understand the MORE.
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How much more that we're more
than a... somebody say more.
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Help me out here. MORE
than a conqueror through
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Jesus Christ. I like to
say: "Well, they won the victory
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here... conquerors.
" You're MORE than that
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because of Jesus Christ!
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Praise God for that!
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Christ became, I like
this, you know well: He became
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our substitute. I
needed somebody to substitute.
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My wife for years was a teacher
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and she substituted.
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Many times she'd substitute.
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That means that she
took somebody else's place.
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Does that make sense?
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In school I always liked
substitute teachers to come in.
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I thought I could pull the wool.
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Some of them were pretty sharp.
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They did that to my wife
'cause she kind of short,
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but as soon as she opened her
mouth they went to their seat
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and sat down and
closed their mouth.
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She let 'em know
who was boss you see.
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She took the place...
Christ took our place.
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He's our substitute... a
substitute. I thought: "how
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beautiful! " He's our substance.
He's our what? Our all in?
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All in all... is everything!
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When you say He's our
substitute He's my assurance!
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You can bank on... You
can't bank anything any more.
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Money in the bank.
You'd better be careful with
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money in the bank nowadays.
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I advise some of you to
get your money out of the bank
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and put it in 3ABN.
You'll win some souls. Amen!
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I hope no one heard that.
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You'll wake up one of
these days and you won't have it
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and you'll wish that you had
put it in the cause of Christ
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where something could be...
You know what I'm talking about.
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He's our surety...
you can count on Him!
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Lay your treasures up
He tells you right here.
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He's my surety...
Ooh! He's my bond!
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Wow! He's my bond!
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And you know what word really
means when it says You're my
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substitute? That means
He's liable for my debt.
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That's good news.
Somebody didn't shout.
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Oh, I love it. No...
He's liable for my debt!
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I'm in debt over my head!
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Some of you started to look
at your wallets right quick.
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Look... think about it
with me: we're in debt.
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Right? We're under a death
decree. You know, we've all
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sinned and come short
of the glory of God...
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the debt that I cannot repay.
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Can't earn it; you can't
buy it; you can't act smooth.
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I need a substitute.
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I have to have a surety.
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I have to have assurance; I
have to be certain about this.
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He's my bond.
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I can count on that.
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But you know what?
If... If, per chance,
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and I know none of you are
going to go this direction...
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but if per chance
we might slip and fall
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The Bible said:
"If we, then... "
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"we have an Advocate
with the Father. " Amen! Whoo!
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That's good news!
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"If per chance you're
overcome by the enemy... "
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Not that you should
be but just in case.
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It's probably those who
are watching; it's no one here
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I know. But look... if
we're overcome by the enemy,
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we have an Advocate with
the Father. " I John 2:1.
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Jot it down and look it up.
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Our Advocate is Jesus Christ.
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I figured this out a
long time ago, church.
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I don't know about you. But
Jesus wants me more in heaven
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than I can
even... I want myself.
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I think I really want
it more than anything.
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You can feel it? Are
me and you feeling this?
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OK, good. He said he wants
it more than anything in life.
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That's the way we have to
if it's going to be our home.
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But He wants you there more
than even you want to be there
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'cause we just
don't understand it.
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That's what Calvary says. That's
why we're to think about it
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and we're to pray about
it and we're to look at it
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and we're to study it
and have the assurance!
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The surety.
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See, the Son of
God was given to die
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before the foundation of
the world. This is interesting.
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Hebrews 9:26... just
look it up when you can.
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I'll go over it
just as quick as I can.
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"For then He must
have often suffered
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since the... " What? "the
foundation of the world. "
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Notice that.. oh! "But
now once in the end... "
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you've heard this read
before here in these messages...
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"hath He appeared to... "
Notice this: He's appeared
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for a reason and
what is the reason?
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Somebody say put away sin.
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I need some help here!
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Amen! You think it's
after dinner and you're a little
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sleepy? That's too bad.
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I've often said I see somebody
sleeping I will come out
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and get you.
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I need... Were you
adjusting my tie this morning?
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Who was that?
See... the tie came out.
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Don't you worry
about it... all right.
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Come on, keep our minds think-
ing. Come on, keep our minds...
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This is it: we have
to listen because what?
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Because God is speaking again
and He's going over some of
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these things that
you've been going over, and now
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it's being... it's a witness!
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Amen! A witness of His goodness!
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He's appeared! He came
down here because we are sinners
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in need of a Savior!
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BEFORE the
foundation of the world.
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Isn't that what I
Peter? What that says? 1:20?
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Revelation 13:8 says "the
Lamb slain from... " What?
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"the foundation of the world. "
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I don't know about this,
and some of you... I'm sure
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somebody'll say: "Well,
that's not the way I... "
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That's all right.
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I'll pose the question or this
little comment here. Listen:
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The existence - to me - of sin
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is unexplainable.
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Somebody dig a little deeper
'cause some of you are not even
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digging. You say:
"Well, whew... " And it's gone.
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No... no... it's unexplainable.
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How could? Are you?
How could it happen?
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Someone who'd been
in the presence of God
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for no telling how
long, isn't that right?
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Seeing Him in action, and
seeing the love and the goodness
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and the mercy.
How did it happen?
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It's like it's unexplainable.
And you say: "What? "
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So I kind of ask this and
just kind of listen to the words
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a little bit: You
know, you say: "What is God?
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What? What is God? What's God? "
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No one knows what God is!
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There's a little exception
going on here, so don't just
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get blind with me. No
one really knows what God is
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until what? He sees
himself in the light
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that's reflected from
Calvary and then he sees himself
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as a sinner in need of a Savior.
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Then he sees...
through the Savior we see God.
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As we see God, what do we see?
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We see a sin-
pardoning, right? Savior
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and God. We see
One that is gracious;
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we see One that is compassion-
ate; One that is longsuffering;
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One that is forgiving.
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Oh, isn't that wonderful? Amen!
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See, I wouldn't
understand what God is all about
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because I hear all
this stuff all the time...
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except I look at Jesus
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and then I know
exactly who God is.
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Isn't that right? At
least what man can comprehend.
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And so often we leave God out
and it's a little bit different
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picture. Christ had a purpose
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for coming to
this world, did He not?
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He had a purpose for
coming here. I Timothy 1:15
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quickly says Jesus Christ
came into this world for what?
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.62
Somebody say:
"to save somebody. "
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Save the righteous? Or save who?
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The sinners!
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He came to "seek and
save that which was lost. "
00:29:25.96\00:29:29.00
And that was? Me! Oh boy!
00:29:29.20\00:29:32.20
We've got three
lost ones in here.
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Well, I heard three voices.
I'm not trying to make fun of it
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but I'm saying... To
seek and to save what?
00:29:37.61\00:29:39.87
The lost. And that was? ME!
00:29:40.28\00:29:43.41
Way to go! That's
it... because we're all lost
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without Jesus, aren't
we? A sinner saved by...
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He came to seek and
to save a sinner like me.
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I'm thankful that
I have a Mediator,
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right? In the Most Holy Place.
00:29:55.42\00:29:57.23
I have a Savior
that's pleading my case.
00:29:57.43\00:29:59.53
When my name comes up old
Kenny doesn't have to be there.
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I just by faith accept
Jesus Christ, isn't that right?
00:30:03.63\00:30:05.80
Kenny Shelton next on the list.
00:30:06.20\00:30:08.07
Jesus stands up and
He says: "He's my boy! "
00:30:08.27\00:30:10.64
Yes! Some of you won't get that.
00:30:10.84\00:30:13.41
"He's my brother. " Is He
not our brother? Jesus Christ?
00:30:17.65\00:30:21.38
Amen! He's our elder brother.
00:30:21.58\00:30:23.49
Then He begins
to show those scars.
00:30:26.09\00:30:28.59
God doesn't have to
look at me I'm so thankful.
00:30:31.53\00:30:33.83
He looks at His Son
and He believes His Son.
00:30:34.03\00:30:36.93
Amen! When His Son
says and your name comes up
00:30:37.13\00:30:40.44
"He's My child. "
God says: "Whoo! Glory! "
00:30:40.74\00:30:43.74
"My blood, Father... My blood. "
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.01
Oh how wonderful! I
need that Mediator right now.
00:30:46.21\00:30:49.58
Do you understand the word?
We call Him a Mediator here.
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Mediator. He's' my...
somebody say Intercessor.
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Right? He's my Intercessor.
00:30:58.05\00:30:59.39
He's settling some differences!
00:30:59.45\00:31:02.42
I need somebody to
settle some differences.
00:31:02.82\00:31:05.09
I can't do it on my own.
00:31:06.16\00:31:08.10
He's making a difference
between sinful, right? and holy.
00:31:08.50\00:31:13.00
I need someone to
settle the big question...
00:31:13.50\00:31:16.94
to help me settle: is it
going to be heaven or hell?
00:31:17.14\00:31:19.57
What is it going to be? Amen!
00:31:19.77\00:31:21.68
You have to settle that
between you and your Savior.
00:31:22.18\00:31:24.15
If you want heaven to be
your home, nothing can stop it.
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.58
The devil... the demons
of hell... can't stop it!
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.99
All the million, billions,
trillions... whatever it is...
00:31:31.19\00:31:33.25
I don't care about
numbers because my God's bigger!
00:31:33.46\00:31:36.59
Amen! Whatever the
devil does God'll do double.
00:31:36.79\00:31:39.93
Do triple if He wanted...
He can do what He wants.
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.23
See I have confidence to believe
that because the Word says it.
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And that's how we live, isn't
it church? We live by what?
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We live by faith, by
every word that proceeds
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out of the mouth of God. So
when some Christian comes up
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supposedly and says: "Well I'm
not really worried about this
00:31:53.61\00:31:55.91
or about that. "
You'd better get worried!
00:31:56.11\00:31:57.45
I need to get worried because
every word that proceeds out
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of the mouth of
God is important.
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Don't think that it's not...
because the Bible said so.
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Not because I
did... the Bible said so.
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I need that Mediator!
00:32:08.52\00:32:11.03
I need somebody
to intervene for me!
00:32:11.83\00:32:15.26
He's the intervening
agency. Isn't that wonderful?
00:32:15.66\00:32:18.90
He's all these things to us!
00:32:19.50\00:32:21.27
The Bible says that
in I Timothy does it not?
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When you think about Calvary
says love, I want you to...
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I want you to think about this.
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In I Timothy 2:5-6 it
talks about there's one God.
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Help me church. "There's one
God... " and there's one what?
00:32:33.25\00:32:36.18
"Mediator between God and
man. " And who might that be?
00:32:36.58\00:32:40.66
"The Man Jesus
Christ" is what the Bible said
00:32:41.06\00:32:43.16
"who gave Himself
a ransom for all! "
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A ransom!
00:32:47.30\00:32:49.03
A Mediator! Praise
God for the Mediator!
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And then I looked and I said:
"The word ransom's in there! "
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Huh... Ransom means He...
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He redeemed the captives.
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You're a captive.
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The devil captured you and
we need somebody to free us.
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He's going to set the captives
free. You remember reading that?
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That's what it's
talking about here.
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A ransom... He came
to redeem the captives...
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take them out of
the grasp of the devil.
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And let me tell you:
that's not an easy task,
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I'll tell you that right now.
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You notice it's not
that God can't do it simple
00:33:25.63\00:33:27.54
but because you
and I won't let Him
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'cause we want to hang
on just a little bit longer
00:33:29.97\00:33:32.31
to things that we might like.
00:33:32.51\00:33:33.84
And there's a battle
royale that goes on sometimes
00:33:34.74\00:33:37.38
but it's us that's the
problem... it's not God.
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He came to set
the captives free!
00:33:40.02\00:33:42.18
He made a payment for me.
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.65
And I'm glad He didn't
say just a down payment
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.92
and He'd get back with me later.
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He made a FULL payment. Amen!
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Does that make sense?
That means it was complete...
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title signed over.
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And you know what? He
didn't mince around and say
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.90
"Well now will You
take less for him? "
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Some of you have done
that, you know you have
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.71
when you stop and think.
00:34:05.91\00:34:07.24
Jesus didn't do that for
you because you are valuable.
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Amen! Just think a little
bit with me. If the enemy says
00:34:10.31\00:34:14.52
"This is what it's going to
take" He said "I'll pay it. "
00:34:14.72\00:34:17.89
"I'll pay the full price
'cause they're worth it. " Amen!
00:34:18.29\00:34:20.86
"They're special
people; I'll pay it. "
00:34:21.56\00:34:23.86
Just exactly what it demanded
because the wages of sin is
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.50
what? It's
death... it demanded death.
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.73
He said: "I'll do it for them! "
00:34:29.93\00:34:31.40
"I'll pay it in full...
they won't have to do it.
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All they need to
do is just submit. "
00:34:36.17\00:34:38.64
"Let Me lead in their lives;
let Me guide in their lives;
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let Me help them. "
00:34:42.94\00:34:44.35
I think on this in
a theological sense.
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This is what this word
ransom we're talking about here
00:34:50.19\00:34:53.39
just simply to me
means set free from sin.
00:34:53.59\00:34:56.52
Set free from the
grasp of the dirty devil.
00:34:56.73\00:34:59.13
You say: "Well, I don't
want to call the devil dirty. "
00:35:01.43\00:35:03.57
I think you'd better. Amen.
00:35:03.77\00:35:05.87
The Bible says he's a thief
and a robber and he's dirty,
00:35:07.10\00:35:09.94
isn't that
right? It's OK... he is.
00:35:10.14\00:35:12.24
But how can... how can we
just be set free here from sin?
00:35:13.24\00:35:17.91
How? The Bible says in II
Corinthians and jot it down
00:35:18.11\00:35:21.75
5:21 notice that
Jesus, the Lamb of God,
00:35:21.95\00:35:25.59
what does Calvary mean to
me? It says here that He was
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.52
made what? He
made Him sin for us.
00:35:28.72\00:35:32.56
"For He hath made
Him sin for us... "
00:35:32.76\00:35:37.30
Oh! "who knew no sin. " Jesus,
right? He didn't know any sin.
00:35:37.70\00:35:41.80
"that we might be made the
righteousness of... " What?
00:35:42.70\00:35:45.67
"God in Him. "
That's just over our heads,
00:35:45.87\00:35:49.04
isn't it? A little
bit? Think with me.
00:35:49.24\00:35:50.75
"I'll take their sins. Didn't
know any sin, didn't do anything
00:35:51.91\00:35:56.18
that's wrong, but I'm
going to have to take them.
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.65
I'm going to have to bear them.
They can't do it on their own.
00:35:58.85\00:36:01.26
I'm willing to do
it... they're worth it. "
00:36:02.26\00:36:04.33
Calvary says loves me.
00:36:04.73\00:36:06.70
And so I guess today you
might say that somehow I get
00:36:07.20\00:36:09.76
overwhelmed at times
when I think of how much that
00:36:09.96\00:36:13.17
Jesus loves all of us.
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.24
In that little song
He loves "even me. "
00:36:15.44\00:36:17.77
Overwhelmed! And I
encourage you, church,
00:36:18.87\00:36:22.58
to sit down, be
quiet for a while.
00:36:23.18\00:36:25.61
Turn your phones off;
turn the computer off.
00:36:25.81\00:36:27.58
Turn the noise boxes off!
00:36:27.78\00:36:29.68
Spend that thoughtful
hour a day just you and Jesus.
00:36:29.88\00:36:32.75
Thank Him for what's
going on in the world.
00:36:33.15\00:36:35.52
You would not be here if it
was not for the protecting hand
00:36:35.72\00:36:38.76
of God. Amen! The
devil will put you out.
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.33
He's looking for that
opportunity every moment.
00:36:42.46\00:36:44.83
I mean this is
reality of the thing.
00:36:45.03\00:36:47.37
You're here by the grace
of God. You're here because
00:36:47.57\00:36:50.37
His hand is
protecting you. Amen!
00:36:50.57\00:36:52.34
I mean... that's beautiful.
Well, praise time at church.
00:36:52.54\00:36:55.34
Anybody have
any praises, church?
00:36:57.98\00:36:59.95
You get the face look and
everything else like "Man,
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.85
we're trying to pull
teeth or some... " You know?
00:37:05.05\00:37:06.55
Everybody ought to jump up
and start praising the Lord
00:37:07.32\00:37:10.49
and say: "Oh yeah, every
breath we take belongs to Him! "
00:37:10.69\00:37:13.40
"We live and we
move through Him... "
00:37:14.10\00:37:18.13
that's what the Bible says.
00:37:18.33\00:37:19.67
So even those who don't
even believe in Him, you'd best
00:37:19.80\00:37:22.90
believe Him. You're taking His
air, you're taking up His space.
00:37:23.17\00:37:25.91
You won't even
give Him thanks for it.
00:37:26.21\00:37:28.04
You're eating His
bread; you're eating His food!
00:37:28.24\00:37:30.35
Isn't that right?
You're taking His money.
00:37:30.75\00:37:32.91
Most of us put it in our pocket
and are a thief and robber
00:37:33.11\00:37:35.12
and He still... And
some of you need to realize:
00:37:35.32\00:37:38.25
all you thieves
and robbers in tithe.
00:37:38.45\00:37:40.19
There's no one here, I under-
stand. Some of you out here...
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.22
Maybe one? I don't see
anybody here right now, but
00:37:42.62\00:37:45.73
let me... You know,
you are being blessed -
00:37:45.93\00:37:48.76
the thieves and the
robbers and the liars out here -
00:37:48.96\00:37:51.27
because of the
true saints of God.
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.77
God blesses the unbeliever and
all the stuff that's going on
00:37:53.97\00:37:57.51
out there because there's
some good people in the world.
00:37:57.71\00:38:00.08
They're receiving blessings
because you're their neighbor.
00:38:00.54\00:38:03.24
Do you think that's
right? Absolutely it is!
00:38:04.45\00:38:07.12
Whoo! The Bible says it rains
"on the just and the unjust, "
00:38:07.52\00:38:11.02
isn't that right
now? God is good!
00:38:11.32\00:38:13.86
Think about it. Did He
really? Oh boy, time's going.
00:38:16.32\00:38:21.33
Did Jesus really know
what He was getting into
00:38:22.00\00:38:25.97
before He came down to
this mess? Yes! Oh, we say yes
00:38:26.17\00:38:29.17
but really think about it.
Did He really know everything
00:38:29.37\00:38:32.57
that was going to happen?
You know, when we get into
00:38:32.77\00:38:35.54
situations we'll say:
"Now what's all going to
00:38:35.74\00:38:38.38
happen here? "
Have you ever done that?
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.15
"What's all
going to happen here?
00:38:41.35\00:38:42.68
I'd like to know everything. "
00:38:42.88\00:38:44.49
Usually I'll say: "Honey, give
me the worst and the best. "
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.96
If I can live with
the worst... You can...
00:38:48.89\00:38:52.33
He knew, did He
not? He knew everything.
00:38:52.53\00:38:55.23
Remember, before
He took on humanity
00:38:55.43\00:38:59.23
while He was in heaven He
- step by step - every step
00:38:59.43\00:39:04.54
He took in this life in
this world He knew everything
00:39:04.74\00:39:07.98
that was going to happen
to Him. That's amazing to me.
00:39:08.18\00:39:10.71
He knew the road
that He had to travel
00:39:11.21\00:39:13.82
in order to save you and to
save me. How wonderful that is!
00:39:14.02\00:39:17.15
He saw every tear,
He saw every heartache.
00:39:18.55\00:39:22.79
He saw the days
you have depression
00:39:22.99\00:39:25.76
and you can't get out of bed.
00:39:25.96\00:39:27.43
He saw you, too.
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.37
He saw all of this mess
and how He would be treated...
00:39:34.77\00:39:37.84
how He would be talked
about and gossiped about.
00:39:38.04\00:39:41.08
He saw every insult... every
smack and fist in the face.
00:39:43.81\00:39:48.58
Everything He went
through at Calvary.
00:39:48.98\00:39:50.95
He understood rejection
because He was fully human.
00:39:51.95\00:39:56.86
He understood it.
00:39:57.69\00:39:59.36
You know how our little
feelings get hurt sometimes?
00:40:01.50\00:40:04.07
He knew... He knew how it
felt for people to say things
00:40:07.90\00:40:11.37
and do things. His own
family... His own brothers.
00:40:11.57\00:40:13.74
He knew all that... He saw it.
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.98
So before He came here
from the manger to Calvary
00:40:19.18\00:40:23.08
He saw everything -
Amen! and yet He came.
00:40:23.28\00:40:28.12
This sounds simple to
you but, man, weigh it out.
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.26
How many of us, if you just
looked at your own little life
00:40:33.36\00:40:36.40
and could see from the
beginning to the end everything
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.30
that happened I wonder how many
of us would want to live on.
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.47
And it won't have been a drop
in the bucket of what He saw.
00:40:45.17\00:40:49.24
But that love that He had!
Calvary... He knew it was there!
00:40:49.44\00:40:52.98
He saw... He knew everything.
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.58
Every breaking of
the heart because of sin.
00:40:56.79\00:41:00.92
He saw the separation from
His Father that broke His heart.
00:41:01.32\00:41:04.46
He saw it from eternity.
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.29
We don't have time to read it
but you say: "Well now how do? "
00:41:06.70\00:41:08.96
Just read Luke chapter 18.
00:41:09.36\00:41:11.57
Jesus, talking about the
disciples one time, verses 31-4.
00:41:11.97\00:41:15.44
Can't do it now 'cause
time's almost gone already.
00:41:15.64\00:41:17.07
Sixteen minutes
left... my, my, my.
00:41:17.27\00:41:19.04
He revealed... the scriptures
revealed everything that He
00:41:23.28\00:41:26.75
would have to go through.
He told the disciples...
00:41:26.95\00:41:28.75
I wish we had time to read
it and really talk about it for
00:41:28.95\00:41:30.82
about two hours.
He saw... He told the
00:41:31.02\00:41:36.66
disciples what would
happen. How He would be taken;
00:41:36.86\00:41:39.09
How He'd be nailed to
the cross; how He would die.
00:41:39.29\00:41:41.06
And the next scripture after
that in Luke is talking about
00:41:41.46\00:41:43.53
here it says they didn't
understand a word He said.
00:41:43.73\00:41:46.27
A little paraphrased
but it's exactly what...
00:41:48.17\00:41:50.44
They couldn't
understand a thing.
00:41:50.64\00:41:52.17
That's the way people
today. They read the Word of God
00:41:52.37\00:41:54.01
and yet they can't
understand a thing.
00:41:54.21\00:41:55.61
And I'm saying: "Why
couldn't they understand it? "
00:41:55.81\00:41:58.01
It was simple language.
00:41:58.21\00:41:59.85
They couldn't! You know why?
Because they didn't want to.
00:42:00.88\00:42:05.85
Somebody with me, church? Amen!
00:42:06.05\00:42:08.22
They didn't want to
understand it. They didn't want
00:42:08.42\00:42:10.66
to think that's
going to happen to Him.
00:42:10.86\00:42:12.49
They refused to accept it.
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.03
There's people in the
world today that won't accept
00:42:14.20\00:42:15.53
the truth of the message here
because they just don't want to.
00:42:15.70\00:42:17.93
They're not going to listen...
they just don't want to!
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.54
It's clear and simple.
00:42:20.94\00:42:22.80
I remember my step-dad...
After my father passed away
00:42:24.37\00:42:28.94
I had a step-dad come in.
Just... Oh I don't mind talking
00:42:29.14\00:42:32.08
about it. God has good people
everywhere. I think he was
00:42:32.28\00:42:33.98
Baptist. And... Now
somebody's chuckling on me.
00:42:34.18\00:42:39.12
And it's the truth! So
naturally you know Adventists
00:42:41.12\00:42:45.03
you get your Bible out
and start doing some studying.
00:42:45.23\00:42:47.16
Amen! Isn't that right?
00:42:47.36\00:42:49.00
Well you should. If you're
not doing it, you need to.
00:42:49.20\00:42:51.57
So my mother began to
study with him, and you know,
00:42:53.23\00:42:56.27
a year passed and
another year and another year
00:42:56.47\00:42:59.51
and another year. And I thought:
"Hey, now wait a minute here...
00:42:59.71\00:43:02.44
what's going on? " Pretty smart
man but it seemed like you know.
00:43:02.64\00:43:06.68
Finally he went to
his pastor with some...
00:43:07.08\00:43:10.45
He said: "I'm going to get your
mother this time. I'm going to
00:43:11.45\00:43:13.39
the pastor and I'll get
some Bible passages and boy
00:43:13.59\00:43:15.46
we'll just... I'll
shut your mom up. "
00:43:15.66\00:43:18.46
I really basically said: "If
you do, you'll be the first. "
00:43:19.26\00:43:21.86
And certainly that was with
scripture too. Mama was good!
00:43:25.17\00:43:27.67
So he went to his
pastor and his pastor said:
00:43:29.27\00:43:31.04
"You know, I don't have
anything to be honest. "
00:43:31.24\00:43:33.48
And you know what he said?
00:43:33.88\00:43:35.21
"Well good. I liked
your honesty. I won't see you
00:43:35.34\00:43:37.05
any more here. I'm going to go
join the Seventh-day Adventist
00:43:37.25\00:43:39.01
church. " That's right!
00:43:39.21\00:43:41.98
And so then I had the audacity
to go by. His name was Earl.
00:43:42.18\00:43:44.59
I said: "Dad... " I called
him Dad. I said: "Dad... "
00:43:44.79\00:43:47.29
You know, you have to be
blessed if you happen to have
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.12
a step-parent or whatever
and they're good to you.
00:43:49.32\00:43:51.26
Whatever. I feel like I had
the blessing of two good dads.
00:43:51.46\00:43:55.60
Nobody's trying any
competition with the other.
00:43:57.33\00:43:59.40
I had two good dads.
He took care of my mother.
00:43:59.60\00:44:01.30
He gave her things
that my dad could not do
00:44:01.70\00:44:04.21
and I was thankful for that.
00:44:04.41\00:44:05.94
He was a good
provider; he's a good man.
00:44:06.14\00:44:07.58
And finally I said: "Oh
Dad. " The man took seven years.
00:44:07.98\00:44:10.51
I said: "Dad, what
took you so long? "
00:44:10.71\00:44:13.52
I said: "I know you
had to see and understand
00:44:13.92\00:44:17.95
this. " He said: "Yeah,
I did a long time ago. "
00:44:18.15\00:44:23.19
I said: "What happened? " He
said "Well I'm one of those... "
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.00
What is it? Oh be
careful, I'll get in trouble...
00:44:27.20\00:44:29.26
He said: "I'm one of
those hard-shell Baptists. "
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.73
And then he said:
"No, I meant hard-headed. "
00:44:33.07\00:44:34.87
He was talking about
himself but you see what I mean.
00:44:36.50\00:44:38.67
He knew a long time ago,
but the point: he didn't want
00:44:38.87\00:44:42.24
to accept it.
He wasn't going to.
00:44:42.44\00:44:43.98
The proof was there. It was
no different from the first year
00:44:44.18\00:44:46.28
as it was the seventh year.
But what? He just did not want
00:44:46.48\00:44:48.75
it; he was not going to.
And finally he opened his heart
00:44:48.95\00:44:51.15
to God and he
said: "This is beautiful!
00:44:51.35\00:44:52.75
I wish I'd have
done it before. "
00:44:52.95\00:44:54.46
Oh, a happier home. Oh,
they could study together
00:44:54.66\00:44:57.19
in unity now. What a home!
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.03
Jesus knew it all, yet He
said "Lo I come" in the volume
00:44:59.43\00:45:02.86
of what? In this book
in the book of Psalms.
00:45:03.06\00:45:05.13
You notice? Seven and
eight. "It's written of Me... "
00:45:05.33\00:45:09.14
Notice: "I delight
to do Thy will, O God.
00:45:09.34\00:45:12.31
Yea, Thy law is
written in my heart. "
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.84
Do you delight to
do the will of God?
00:45:15.24\00:45:17.61
Or do you delight to
do the will of the enemy?
00:45:17.81\00:45:19.91
You're going to be
doing one or the other.
00:45:20.12\00:45:21.45
There's no middle ground here.
00:45:21.48\00:45:23.25
Once we get off of that
bed... You always say, you know,
00:45:23.45\00:45:25.62
"You straddle the fence
you're going to get splinters. "
00:45:25.82\00:45:27.16
So let's get off
of it... let's go!
00:45:27.36\00:45:28.69
You know, I know it's
impossible for us to understand
00:45:29.72\00:45:32.19
all about redemption.
00:45:32.39\00:45:34.13
But you know what? This
we KNOW from the Word of God.
00:45:34.33\00:45:37.47
This we know for sure:
by giving His life for men
00:45:38.60\00:45:43.27
He would win back
this world from the devil
00:45:43.47\00:45:47.98
and give it to the
rightful owner - which is God!
00:45:48.18\00:45:51.31
Jesus came to win the world
back and give it to His Father.
00:45:52.25\00:45:55.18
That's who it belonged
to. Now somebody stay with me.
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.59
Why? You know what?
The cross before the crown.
00:45:57.99\00:46:01.62
The cross before what?
The cross before the crown.
00:46:02.29\00:46:05.86
No one wants the cross,
but I'll tell you in every day
00:46:06.06\00:46:09.26
of your life you're
going to find a cross
00:46:09.46\00:46:10.97
in the middle of your
pathway. You're going to find
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.93
a challenge in your pathway.
00:46:13.13\00:46:14.90
And you can't side step
it and you can't hurdle it.
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.51
If you hurdle it, you know what?
You'll look up and it's there
00:46:17.71\00:46:19.87
again. And you run around it
He'll go ahead and put it back
00:46:20.08\00:46:22.51
again because you're
going to be tested on that issue
00:46:22.71\00:46:24.85
that you need
victory and I need victory
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.95
until we get that victory and
we finally say: "No, I'm done. "
00:46:27.15\00:46:29.95
Thank God for that:
that He loves you so much
00:46:32.85\00:46:34.56
He keeps putting it back there
'cause He knows you need it
00:46:34.76\00:46:37.16
and I need it.
00:46:37.36\00:46:38.69
And He saw it all
before it happened.
00:46:39.49\00:46:41.93
He saw it all!
00:46:42.13\00:46:43.87
But you know, in the
book of Hebrews He said:
00:46:44.97\00:46:46.47
"But for the joy... "
What do you mean for the joy?
00:46:46.67\00:46:50.84
He saw everything that
He would have to go through.
00:46:51.24\00:46:53.54
The Bible says: "For the
joy that was set before Him. "
00:46:53.74\00:46:55.91
Hebrews 12:2. What did He do?
00:46:56.21\00:46:58.21
"He endured the cross
despising" What? "the shame. "
00:46:58.51\00:47:02.82
And now He has sat down
on the right hand of what?
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.32
Of the Father. You know,
this is a powerful message
00:47:05.72\00:47:08.46
when you talk about Christ.
00:47:08.66\00:47:10.09
You lift Him up, dear
friends, things happen.
00:47:10.29\00:47:12.43
If He's walking up and down
through the Spirit, the Holy
00:47:12.63\00:47:15.13
Spirit, in the aisle today
things are going to happen.
00:47:15.33\00:47:17.63
Lives are going to be changed.
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.57
You may not jump up
and scream and carry on
00:47:19.77\00:47:21.47
but something's happening inside
because you're lifting up Jesus.
00:47:21.67\00:47:24.77
You want to know more
about that precious blood.
00:47:24.97\00:47:27.58
You're tired of carrying all of
that weight that you've carried
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.81
for so long. I said before
I'm a believer in the Spirit of
00:47:30.01\00:47:33.01
Prophecy and at this
point and by God's grace
00:47:33.21\00:47:35.35
you're not going to
discourage me. Nobody can.
00:47:35.55\00:47:37.55
You say: "Well let's
don't be so high here. "
00:47:39.49\00:47:41.42
I said "by God's grace
I'm a believer in it. "
00:47:41.62\00:47:44.96
I need it! Acts of the
Apostles 209 says this...
00:47:45.16\00:47:47.43
Notice... And I think this is
really some truth that we need,
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.40
especially when we talk about
ministries and people working
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.60
for Jesus. "If those
today who are teaching the Word
00:47:52.80\00:47:56.84
of God would uplift
the cross of Christ... "
00:47:57.04\00:48:00.94
Notice: "higher and still higher
00:48:01.14\00:48:04.15
their ministry would still
be more and more successful. "
00:48:04.35\00:48:07.78
We're not successful because
we're not lifting up the cross
00:48:08.95\00:48:11.09
of Calvary...
we're lifting up mankind.
00:48:11.29\00:48:12.95
You're looking for
defeat when you do that.
00:48:13.36\00:48:14.86
You are! You
lift up the cross...
00:48:15.69\00:48:19.26
There's nothing good happening
in any work or any ministry
00:48:19.46\00:48:22.83
but God does it. Amen!
00:48:23.03\00:48:24.70
The Spirit does it. You
and I can't do anything good.
00:48:24.90\00:48:27.90
It has to be Him inside of us.
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.70
I don't want you to see
me... I want you to see Jesus.
00:48:30.21\00:48:34.61
Isn't that right? You see
me you're not going to change
00:48:34.81\00:48:37.65
my brother. You see Jesus
in me you're going to change.
00:48:37.85\00:48:42.02
You may not even say anything,
you don't really have to do
00:48:42.22\00:48:44.02
anything but
somebody's going to see it.
00:48:44.22\00:48:46.25
There's going to be something
you walk down the street.
00:48:46.45\00:48:48.06
Jesus needs to be in
our minds and in our hearts
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.16
and on our face.
00:48:51.36\00:48:52.69
I'd tell you some experiences
that I have but you'd think I...
00:48:54.03\00:48:55.96
just say "Oh... "
I'm not going to do it.
00:48:56.16\00:48:57.70
Who said that?
00:49:00.47\00:49:01.94
No, people always say: "Oh well,
somebody's tooting their horn. "
00:49:09.94\00:49:13.18
I don't have a horn to toot.
00:49:13.85\00:49:16.05
You still with me?
00:49:16.65\00:49:17.99
I know... I know
who runs this world.
00:49:19.09\00:49:22.79
I know...but it's nice to know
that you're asking, inviting
00:49:23.96\00:49:28.26
the Spirit to come in
00:49:28.46\00:49:29.90
and somehow He comes out.
00:49:30.90\00:49:33.27
My wife and I have been in
airports and just walking along
00:49:33.90\00:49:36.67
quickly and people...
sometimes they walk by and look.
00:49:36.87\00:49:40.81
"Are you a preacher? "
00:49:44.71\00:49:46.72
Sitting down over there, maybe
not even reading the Bible,
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.75
but they say: "Are you a
preacher? You just" - check it -
00:49:49.95\00:49:53.09
"just look like one. "
There's nothing good...
00:49:53.29\00:49:56.19
ain't nothing good here.
They see this old ugly face
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.13
they ain't going to to
get excited about anything.
00:49:58.33\00:49:59.83
I'm telling you right now:
Jesus is what I'm trying to say.
00:50:00.03\00:50:02.83
Living inside.
He HAS TO come out!
00:50:03.03\00:50:04.93
If He's not coming out, I
guarantee you He's not in there.
00:50:05.13\00:50:07.54
Right? If He's in
there, He's coming out!
00:50:07.94\00:50:09.90
Amen! This is what it's
about. Let Him come in so
00:50:10.11\00:50:12.27
He can go out! Amen! That's
going to change the world.
00:50:12.47\00:50:15.74
This is what we need in the
work right now, the closing.
00:50:16.98\00:50:19.75
You know, Christ's death on
Calvary proves that great love.
00:50:20.98\00:50:23.45
I've heard it said...
Somebody said one time
00:50:23.85\00:50:25.49
"You remove the cross from
the Christian would be like
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.86
blotting out the
sun from the sky. "
00:50:29.06\00:50:30.96
I believe that
with my whole heart.
00:50:31.36\00:50:32.86
How do the people get
by who don't know Jesus?
00:50:33.96\00:50:37.13
How real was Jesus? We
have just a few minutes.
00:50:37.53\00:50:40.10
There's so many questions.
You know, how human was He?
00:50:40.50\00:50:45.07
When you think of
Calvary, how human was He?
00:50:46.11\00:50:48.51
What nature did He take?
00:50:48.71\00:50:50.38
Was He subject to
failure and defeat?
00:50:50.78\00:50:53.85
What does Calvary say to you?
00:50:54.45\00:50:55.78
Well, it
certainly says love to me!
00:50:55.98\00:50:57.62
How real was Jesus?
How human was Jesus?
00:50:57.82\00:51:00.92
The Bible says in Hebrews 2:14
00:51:01.42\00:51:03.69
"For as much then as children
are partakers of... " What?
00:51:03.99\00:51:06.96
"flesh and... He also Himself
likewise took part of the... "
00:51:07.16\00:51:12.33
How much? Somebody say "same. "
00:51:12.53\00:51:14.77
See, some of you will
say He took part of the same
00:51:14.97\00:51:16.94
but there was a little...
It doesn't read that way now.
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.88
You've gotta stop adding
little things here and there.
00:51:21.81\00:51:24.81
I mean every once in a while I
add a little something in there.
00:51:27.55\00:51:31.29
God says: "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel. "
00:51:32.72\00:51:34.62
I was preaching one
time, I said: "I read the Bible
00:51:34.82\00:51:37.23
and the Bible says go into all
the world and preach the gospel,
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.06
Kenny. " A man stood up
and said: "What kind of Bible
00:51:40.26\00:51:44.50
have you got there? "
00:51:44.70\00:51:46.10
Said: "I'm looking at my Bible
and Kenny's not in there! "
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.57
I said: "You've got the wrong
Bible 'cause you don't see your
00:51:50.71\00:51:52.97
name in there...
something's wrong! "
00:51:53.17\00:51:54.74
Are you still with me, church?
00:51:55.14\00:51:56.48
When you read that
your name should be there.
00:51:56.85\00:51:59.11
By faith you see it because
God's Spirit is speaking to you.
00:51:59.31\00:52:02.85
I believe that! I
see my name in there!
00:52:03.05\00:52:05.89
I read it! It's
love letters to me. Amen!
00:52:06.09\00:52:09.46
It has to be real.
00:52:09.86\00:52:11.63
He didn't take the nature?
00:52:12.79\00:52:16.16
Talk about that. People say:
"Oh... " Where's that brother
00:52:16.36\00:52:19.93
in here? I know there's
some brother in here that...
00:52:20.14\00:52:22.07
Can't help but love
him. We had a good talk, but
00:52:22.27\00:52:24.04
you know... Are you still here?
00:52:24.24\00:52:26.54
You know who you are.
I'm talking about the nature.
00:52:28.24\00:52:30.65
He said: "Well you know, Jesus
had a little different nature. "
00:52:30.85\00:52:34.92
He's trying to say that
Jesus... Then you said "No. "
00:52:35.12\00:52:37.15
You're here; you
hear me talking about you.
00:52:37.35\00:52:38.69
I know you'll jump me
later... it's all right.
00:52:38.72\00:52:40.16
The Bible is true.
00:52:40.56\00:52:44.33
He said: "He was made a
little lower than the...
00:52:45.79\00:52:49.16
angels. " You know, Hebrews 2.
00:52:49.36\00:52:50.77
He was made just a little lower
so therefore we're a whole lot
00:52:50.97\00:52:53.40
lower so that
means He had an edge.
00:52:53.60\00:52:55.30
Listen. Look at the
translations of that.
00:52:56.40\00:52:58.51
Look at the
original language of that.
00:52:58.71\00:53:00.24
It simply means
for a little while.
00:53:00.44\00:53:04.91
For a little while.
00:53:06.18\00:53:07.68
Remember, He always
maintained His divinity.
00:53:07.88\00:53:10.82
Amen! He kept it totally
separate from His humanity
00:53:11.02\00:53:15.09
because He could not be
my Savior. If He had an edge,
00:53:15.49\00:53:19.16
He couldn't do it. He said
He took the seed of Abraham!
00:53:19.36\00:53:21.50
And He will - this is awesome
to me - He will maintain that
00:53:22.86\00:53:26.63
humanity. You know this
but it should break your heart.
00:53:26.84\00:53:29.30
Through the eons of time
He will have flesh and bones.
00:53:29.70\00:53:33.61
He's not able to
be everywhere at once.
00:53:34.01\00:53:36.28
He gave that up! That's
why He said: "I want you
00:53:36.48\00:53:38.85
to have the Holy Spirit. "
And don't say that's Jesus'
00:53:39.05\00:53:41.08
Spirit or God's Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the third
00:53:41.28\00:53:42.85
person of the Godhead. Amen!
00:53:43.05\00:53:45.49
Don't you commit the
unpardonable sin and try to
00:53:46.59\00:53:49.06
refuse the Holy
Spirit of the Living God.
00:53:49.26\00:53:51.19
Amen! That's
rejection of the Spirit.
00:53:51.49\00:53:53.26
That's the unpardonable
sin. I realize things are going
00:53:53.46\00:53:55.26
around, stuff that... No
use to send me any stuff, now.
00:53:55.46\00:53:58.40
If any of you's out here...
I know somebody's going to
00:53:58.60\00:54:00.37
pull this stuff. Amen.
00:54:00.57\00:54:02.37
Don't you like when I get
onto everybody before they do it
00:54:02.57\00:54:04.27
because I know what they're
going to do? I've been around
00:54:04.47\00:54:05.81
a long time. Amen!
00:54:05.91\00:54:08.34
I'm convinced the Bible
said there's three! Yes!
00:54:08.54\00:54:12.48
I'm convinced! The Spirit of
Prophecy said there are three.
00:54:13.21\00:54:16.89
Somebody said they're
going to have a trio up here.
00:54:17.92\00:54:19.79
Don't get up here with 2 people.
I'm going to be looking for
00:54:19.99\00:54:21.66
that third one. Amen! I may be
old but I can still count to 3.
00:54:21.86\00:54:26.36
I don't know about you.
00:54:26.56\00:54:27.90
You put your head down:
can you still count to three?
00:54:29.13\00:54:31.50
I know... My point
is simple: a, b, c.
00:54:34.20\00:54:38.47
Don't let the devil
take it. I know some of you
00:54:39.34\00:54:41.64
have got your mouth hanging
open it's almost on the ground.
00:54:41.84\00:54:43.65
But it doesn't matter.
00:54:43.85\00:54:45.21
I'm really not trying to
be funny, but I'm telling you
00:54:45.71\00:54:47.72
right now: we're talking
about the unpardonable sin.
00:54:47.92\00:54:50.39
That's when you
reject the Spirit.
00:54:50.59\00:54:52.29
And you: "No,
no... He existed... " No!
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A separate entity.
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I wished I had time...
But we just came from Ohio
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and they requested that we
do three different services
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on the Holy Spirit. And
we were glad to go and do it.
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And we lived through
it and we'll do it again.
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You still love me,
right? Yes! All right.
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You know as brothers and sisters
in Christ we should be able to
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talk about anything.
Nobody needs to get tight. Amen!
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The other brother here I was
talking about: don't get tight.
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We had a real good
talk. That was a good brother.
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He loves Jesus
there's no doubt about it.
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And we kind of just said: "OK,
we'll just go our own way. "
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Food for thought.
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I don't throw anything out
because somebody said: "Well,
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this is a little different. "
I listen to it first and I said:
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"Whoo! Does that harmonize
with everything else now? "
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And if it doesn't, for that
point in time I just let it go.
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I'm going to read one more.
I've 1 minute and 37 seconds.
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I'll tell you what:
The Youth Instructor
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425, 1901, says this...
I'll just say it: "The enemy
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was overcome by
Christ in His human nature
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relying upon God
for His power. " Amen!
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Isn't that beautiful? Oh,
through the ceaseless ages!
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It took... I have to
talk about humanity... only
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humanity could reach humanity.
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He lived the life
of God in the flesh.
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How beautiful that is!
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He came as a helpless
babe bearing humanity.
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He met man as
Man is what I read.
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He didn't possess
anything that we cannot have.
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He's my perfect
example. Praise God for that!
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I'm going to pray for you
and I want you to pray for me
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while I'm praying for you.
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People say I need to be a little
more loving and a little more
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kind. There's no one
more loving than Jesus Christ
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and they nailed Him on a cross.
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We live in an hour when we
need to be ready for Jesus'
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coming. Calvary
means love to me.
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I pray it means love to you.
I'm going to kneel right here
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and have a quick prayer.
If you'll pray with me please?
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Merciful Father in
heaven, we thank you for Your
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precious Word. Lord, we just
thought about Calvary today.
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Oh, we think about
those precious drops of blood!
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I'm overwhelmed by the thought
that You would die for someone
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like me. I'm
thankful; I accept it by faith.
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And these, Your
people... they love You.
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They want that blood;
they want that experience.
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And may they right now
say: "I accept Jesus as my Lord
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and Savior. " In His
name we pray and for His sake,
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Amen. Thank you for joining us
there around the world and here!
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God bless you! You have the
rest of a good Camp Meeting.
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