I turned my eyes to
my Lord with the prayer
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Through the dimness of the dawn
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Deeper truth then I was drawn
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Oh such hope even
brighter than before!
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Oh arise, let us run
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For the morning light has come
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And the darkness of
the night flies away!
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He has risen, He has come
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And our home
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He has won
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Let His glory be
seen on you today
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There a lonely soul I saw
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Standing near but yet withdrawn
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I bade him come to
the land bright and fair
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With hope's glimmer in his eye
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To the darkness said goodbye
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Then we sang a
note higher than before!
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Oh arise, let us run
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For the morning light has come
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And the darkness of
the night flies away!
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He has risen, He has come
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And our home He has won
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Let His glory be
seen on you today
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Good morning and
buenos dias. Buenos dias!
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I believe you may be seated.
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In the Book of Isaiah 59,
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if you want to turn
there with me you may,
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I'll be reading shortly
so you have to make it quick.
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Isaiah 59:20, 21
rather, the Bible says,
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"As for Me says the Lord,
this is My covenant with them,
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My Spirit who is upon you
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and My words which I
have put in your mouth
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shall not
depart from your mouth,
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nor from the mouth
of your descendants,
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nor from the mouth
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of your descendants'
descendants says the Lord,
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from this time
and forever more."
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The woman that
you'll be hearing from next,
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I played tennis with her,
and she knows me very well.
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I played tennis with her,
and we were having a good game,
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and I happen to have
the upper hand on this game,
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and I turned around, and
I decided inside of myself,
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I'm gonna kind of slow
down so it can be a little fair.
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And as soon as
that thought began
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to cross my mind,
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I heard the words
from this young lady,
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she said, "Don't
even think about it."
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And I said, "Think about what?"
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She says, "Don't
act like you don't know
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what I'm talking about."
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She knows me very well
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and she knows
her people very well.
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She loves them
to a point to where
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she can
basically read their mind
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and it's a blessing
to her and her ministry."
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Also, this woman
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when she just
started looking for churches
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after she had gone
away from the Lord,
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she invited me to go with her.
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At the time I
was addicted to drugs
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and alcohol and she said,
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"Joey, please, just
come with me to church.
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Come with me."
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And I said, "The only way
I'm going is if I'm high."
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She said, "That's
fine, just come with me."
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Months later, as a
result of her influence
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she actually
brought me into the church.
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She would go by my bedside
night after night and pray
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that I wouldn't
get a good night sleep
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until I came to know the Lord.
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And she'd asked me in
the mornings all joyfully,
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"Did you sleep well?"
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And I said, "No,
why are you asking?"
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She said, "Oh, I just...
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I don't know."
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And inside she's rejoicing
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because the Lord is
answering her prayers.
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If she only has
one star on her crown
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when she gets to
heaven, it'll be me.
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But I know she'll
have more than that
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because she loves the Lord,
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she's dedicated to
Him, and she serves Him,
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and not only that, but
she has just been blessed
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with someone else to
help her in ministry.
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She's a newlywed,
somebody say amen.
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Not even a month into marriage
and she serves the Lord,
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she loves Him.
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So when you hear from her,
you're hearing from someone
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who has a heart
for the Lord, amen.
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Why don't we pray
with her? Pray for her.
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Father in heaven,
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Lord, I know that You have used
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my dear sister Lisa
in mighty ways, Lord.
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I'm the result of her influence
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and I know that
there are so many
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if not in this crowd
watching it at their homes
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that can say
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that they've been
brought closer to You
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as a result of her efforts.
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My prayer is that
You would bless her,
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Lord, that You would fill her,
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that You would
touch her lips, Lord.
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I know that You will,
we look forward to it,
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and we ask all these
things in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Take my life
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And let it be
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Consecrated Lord, to Thee
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Take my moments and my days
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Let them flow
in ceaseless praise
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Take my hands, and let them move
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At the impulse of Thy love
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Take my feet and let them be
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Swift and beautiful for Thee
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Take my voice, and let it sing
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Always, only, for my King
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Take my lips, and let them be
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Filled with messages from Thee
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Take my silver and my gold
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Not a mite would I withhold
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Take my intellect, and use
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Every power as Thou shalt choose
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Take my will, and make it Thine
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It shall be no longer mine
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Take my heart, it is Thine own
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It shall be
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Thy royal throne
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Take my love, my Lord, I pour
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At Thy feet its treasure-store
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Take myself, and I will be
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Ever, only, all for
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Thee
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Good morning.
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In fact couldn't
have been a better song
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for this
morning's time together.
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My brother is right.
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He is definitely
an answer to prayer
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and thankfully
got to introduce me.
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And he's right again,
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I've been married
for all of 18 days.
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Amen?
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That is a sweet blessing.
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I am happy to be able to share
with all of you morning people.
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How many morning
people are in here?
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Raise your hand.
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I cannot raise my hand with you.
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I am not a morning person,
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but the Lord woke me
up early this morning
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because I believe He
has a message to share,
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and I'm excited to be with you.
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This morning I'm going to be
preaching from the Bible, okay,
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and I'm going to
be reading a lot of it
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so I want you to stay with me,
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flip as fast as you can,
help your friend next to you,
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don't be embarrassed
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if you need help
finding a place in the Bible.
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Know that I
often rehearse the song
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whenever I have to go to a place
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in the Bible, right?
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Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, so you're with me?
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Mahatma Gandhi once said,
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"You Christians look
after a document containing
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enough dynamite to blow
all civilization to pieces,
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to turn the world upside down,
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bring peace to a
battle torn planet,
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but you treat it
as though it's nothing
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more than a
piece of literature."
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The title of this
morning's devotional
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is not choosing as a choice.
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Let us pray.
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This morning,
Lord, we come to You
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asking that Your Holy
Spirit will be our only teacher.
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I pray that that, that
song that was sung right
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before this message would
be the prayer of my heart.
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Take my mind, take my mouth,
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let it be used
for You right now.
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Lord of myself I have
nothing to offer these people,
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but You offered them
Yourself on the cross.
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So I pray we get a
picture of who You are
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like we've all
never seen before.
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We love You, we miss You,
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and we cannot wait
to see You face to face,
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in the name of Christ, amen.
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It wasn't far from here
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that I was driving on a freeway,
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don't ask me
what freeway it was,
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I was driving on a freeway
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from Phoenix to
Flagstaff through Camp Verde,
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and at the time,
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this was 2010
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I was in a
relationship with a man
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that I shouldn't have
been in a relationship with.
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And as I was
driving on this freeway,
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I had a moment in my
life that would forever change
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the direction of
where I was headed.
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I had heard and learned
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about the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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the year before in 2009,
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but I just couldn't choose
to give my heart fully to God.
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I knew that God
was talking to my heart
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and I was living
the life I shouldn't be.
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It was on this drive
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that I heard a
still small voice,
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it wasn't anything dramatic,
it wasn't a firework show,
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it wasn't a neon
sign that flashed,
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it was just a quiet thought
that entered into my mind
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as I was
driving on this freeway.
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Now I know it
was the Holy Spirit
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speaking to me, amen.
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The Holy Spirit
speaks. Yes, he does.
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And the thought that
came into my mind was,
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"Lisa, you can go on
to be a veterinarian.
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Go to vet school.
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You can marry the
man you're living with."
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No, it's not the man
I'm currently married to,
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hallelujah, He leads our lives.
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"And you can live
the life you think
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that would be best for yourself,
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or you can give your
heart entirely to me."
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Still quiet in my
car, no one's with me.
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And the next thought
that came into my mind was,
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"But no matter
what you choose, Lisa,
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I'm going to love you the same."
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But what kind of choice is that?
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It actually
made me kind of angry
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because here I
am sitting in my car
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and thinking I can
choose to live the life the way
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I have envisioned it,
how many of you are planners,
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are thinking 50
years in advance?
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Newsflash, friends,
you only have today,
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but I'm with you,
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and I could picture and dream up
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these fantasies of how my
life was supposed to look.
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And then God's like,
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"Or you can give
your life entirely to Me."
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Friends, I wouldn't
be standing here today
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if I didn't choose
to give my life to God.
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What kind of choice was that?
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Yet I knew deep
down I had to choose.
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Shortly after
that moment in the car,
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I broke off an
engagement to a man
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I was supposed to marry,
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one of the hardest things
I ever had to do in my life.
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Shortly after
that moment in the car,
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I contacted a lady
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from the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I very first went to
in Clovis, California.
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I contacted her
on Facebook. Amen?
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The Lord used Facebook.
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And I messaged her one question,
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and do you know
what my one question was?
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"How on earth does
someone choose to live for God
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and not just
choose to live for Him,
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but live for Him for 50 years?"
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She kind of chuckled,
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ha-ha on Facebook.
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And her reply, do
you know what it was?
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I'll tell you at
the end of the message
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because it's the key insight
the key to staying faithful.
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Go with me in your
Bibles to 1 Samuel 8
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as we continue the message
not choosing is a choice.
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1 Samuel 8,
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are you ready to read the Bible?
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You can look at me
and smile if you're there.
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Are you happy to be
with the Lord today?
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You're in the right place.
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1 Samuel 8:1 says,
00:14:30.57\00:14:32.10
"Now it came to
pass when Samuel was old
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that he made his
sons judges over Israel.
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The name of his
firstborn was Joel,
00:14:37.01\00:14:38.64
and the name of
his second, Abijah.
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They were judges in Beersheba.
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But his sons did
not walk in his ways.
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They turned aside
after dishonest gain,
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took bribes, and
perverted justice."
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Were these good sons of Samuel?
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They were not
following the Lord.
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"Then all the
elders," in verse 4,
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"of Israel gathered together
00:14:54.86\00:14:56.22
and came to Samuel at
Ramah, and said to him,
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'Look, you are old,
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and your sons do
not walk in your ways.
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Now make us a king to
judge us like all the nations.'"
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Verse 6, "But the
thing displeased Samuel
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when they said, 'Give
us a king to judge us.'
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So Samuel prayed to the Lord."
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What comes after
this verse 6 is verse 7
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and perhaps in my opinion
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one of the saddest
verses in the Bible.
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"The Lord said to Samuel,
00:15:24.42\00:15:26.05
'Heed the voice
of the people in all
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that they say to you for
they have not rejected you,
00:15:28.42\00:15:31.79
but they have rejected Me,
00:15:31.83\00:15:34.13
that I should
not reign over them.
00:15:34.16\00:15:35.66
According to all the works
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which they have
done since the day
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that I brought
them up out of Egypt,
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even to this day
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which they have forsaken
Me and served other gods,
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so they are doing to you also.
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Now therefore, heed their voice.
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However, you shall
solemnly forewarn them,
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and show them the
behavior of the king
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who will reign over them.'"
00:15:53.92\00:15:55.25
I want you,
guys, to see in verse 9
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the beauty of
the character of God.
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Amen.
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In the very act
of being rejected,
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He's beginning
to show them what?
00:16:03.12\00:16:06.19
A warning of mercy,
He's forewarning them exactly
00:16:06.23\00:16:10.63
what kind of king is
going to serve over them.
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You see, God's knowing the
future was not God's doing.
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Amen.
00:16:17.91\00:16:19.24
Many people are
blaming God today,
00:16:19.27\00:16:20.91
but God knowing about
the future is not, what?
00:16:20.94\00:16:25.21
It's not God's doing.
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Verse 10, "So Samuel
told all the words of the Lord
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to the people
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who asked him for a
king and he said to them,
00:16:31.95\00:16:34.76
'This will be the
behavior of the king
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who will reign over you...'"
00:16:37.16\00:16:38.99
Are you ready for this?
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"'He will take your
sons and appoint them
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for his own
chariots to be his horsemen,
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and some will run
before his chariots.'"
00:16:45.13\00:16:46.74
Verse 12, "'He
will appoint captains
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over his thousands,
captains over his fifties,
00:16:48.34\00:16:51.07
he will set some
to plow his ground
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and reap his harvest,
00:16:52.84\00:16:54.34
and some to make
his weapons of war
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and equipment for his chariots.
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He will take your daughters
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to be perfumers,
cooks, and bakers.
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He will take the
best of your fields,
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your vineyards,
your olive groves,
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and give them to his servants.
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He will take a tenth of
your grain and your vintage
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and give it to his
officers and servants.
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He will take your male servants,
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your female servants,
your finest young men,
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your donkeys, and
put them to his work.
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He will take a
tenth of your sheep.
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And you will be his servants.
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You will cry out in that day
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because of your
king whom you have" what?
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"Chosen for yourselves,
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and the Lord will not
hear you in that day.''
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Friends, if you are
the children of Israel
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in the hearing of the Lord,
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what would your
natural instinct be to say?
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Just kidding, we
don't want at king anymore
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because he's about ready
to take everything you own.
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Friends, don't get it mistaken,
00:17:48.90\00:17:50.23
the devil wants
everything you have
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and he will stop at nothing.
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Verse 19, "Nevertheless
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the people refused to
obey the voice of Samuel
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and they said,
00:18:06.51\00:18:07.85
'No, but we will
have a king over us,
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that we may be like.'" who?
00:18:12.89\00:18:15.86
''All the nations and
that our king may judge us
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and go before us
and fight our battles.'
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Samuel heard all
the words of the people.
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He repeated them in
the hearing of the Lord.
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So the Lord said to Samuel,
00:18:28.90\00:18:30.54
'Heed their
voice, make them a king.'
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And Samuel said
to the men of Israel,
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'Every man go to his city.'"
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Friends, we just
read all of 1 Samuel 8.
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Who was their
king before King Saul,
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the very first king?
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God was their king.
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He brought them up
out of the land of Egypt,
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He provided for the manna,
He provided for them shelter,
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He would split
the Red Sea, folks.
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But no, no, no, we
want a king over us.
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The next history of
the children of Israel
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is so incredulous.
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It gets worse, and worse,
and worse, and 16 kings later,
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guess who is king over Judah?
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Who knows the 16th king? I
didn't know, I had to count.
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It was Hezekiah.
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Hezekiah, was he
good or a bad king?
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He was a fairly good king.
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He made some poor decisions,
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but he wanted to
uphold the law of God.
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Friends, this morning
and we've read this chapter
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to have a context
for the theme verses
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of this year's GYC.
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I want to take you
to where we'll land
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for the majority of the
rest of our time in Isaiah 59.
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Take your Bible
please, go to Isaiah 59.
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The Book of Isaiah is
largely a Messianic book.
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Amen.
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And the first part is
more a book of judgment.
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Chapters 1-39, chapters 40-66,
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more book of comfort
where God lets them know
00:20:02.40\00:20:05.97
that you're going
to go into captivity,
00:20:06.00\00:20:08.40
but I'm going to
show you the redemption
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you'll get out of that.
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Literally, friends,
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He lets them know
through the prophet Isaiah
00:20:13.48\00:20:16.14
over 200 years
00:20:16.18\00:20:17.51
before they went in
to Babylonian captivity
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that not only are you
going to become captive,
00:20:19.68\00:20:22.92
but I'm gonna
show you the redemption
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that I'm going to give you.
00:20:25.62\00:20:28.56
Isaiah 59 though
shows us the condition
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that the decision
to make themselves
00:20:33.83\00:20:35.96
their own king had led them to.
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Isaiah 59, "Behold..."
00:20:38.63\00:20:41.34
Verse 1, "The Lord's
hand is not shortened
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that it cannot save,
00:20:42.97\00:20:44.31
nor his ear heavy
that it cannot hear."
00:20:44.34\00:20:46.84
Jump to verse 4, "But
no one calls for justice,
00:20:46.88\00:20:50.45
nor does any plead for truth.
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.68
They trust in empty
words and speak lies.
00:20:52.71\00:20:55.85
They conceive evil
and bring forth iniquity.
00:20:55.88\00:20:58.95
They hatch vipers' eggs
and weave the spider's web,
00:20:58.99\00:21:02.36
he who eats of their eggs dies.
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And from that which is
crushed a viper breaks out.
00:21:05.49\00:21:08.83
Their webs will
not become garments
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nor will they cover
themselves with their works.
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Their works are works of" what?
00:21:12.80\00:21:14.77
"Iniquity and
the act of violence
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is in their hand.
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Their feet run to evil
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and they make haste
to shed innocent blood.
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Their thoughts are
thoughts of iniquity wasting
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and destruction
are in their paths.
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The way of the
peace they have not known
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and there is no
justice, fairness in their ways,
00:21:30.12\00:21:34.42
they have made for
themselves crooked paths.
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Whoever takes this
shall not know peace."
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What is the
condition of the world?
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Sounds a lot like
the days of Noah, right?
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Verse 9, "Therefore
justice is far from us,
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nor does
righteousness overtake us.
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We look for light,
00:21:50.37\00:21:51.71
but there is
darkness for brightness,
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.07
but we walk in blackness!
00:21:53.11\00:21:54.44
We grope for the
wall like the blind,
00:21:54.48\00:21:56.28
we grope as if we had no eyes.
00:21:56.31\00:21:57.71
We stumble at
noonday as at twilight.
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We are as dead men
in desolate places.
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We all growl like bears
and moan sadly like doves.
00:22:03.05\00:22:06.96
We look for justice,
00:22:06.99\00:22:08.32
but there is
none for salvation..."
00:22:08.36\00:22:10.36
But what?
00:22:10.39\00:22:11.96
Do you remember
the point in 1 Samuel 8
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where he said,
00:22:14.66\00:22:16.00
"You'll cry out to
me, but guess what?
00:22:16.03\00:22:19.60
You made a choice."
00:22:19.63\00:22:24.24
God's knowing
is not God's doing.
00:22:24.27\00:22:28.38
Verse 14, jump to 14.
"Justice is turned back.
00:22:28.41\00:22:32.41
Righteousness stands afar off,
00:22:32.45\00:22:34.22
for truth is
fallen in the streets.
00:22:34.25\00:22:36.69
And equity or
fairness cannot enter.
00:22:36.72\00:22:40.66
So truth fails
00:22:40.69\00:22:42.06
and he who departs from
evil makes himself" what?
00:22:42.09\00:22:45.49
So basically at this
point you don't have an option
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.66
unless you choose evil
or else you become a prey.
00:22:48.70\00:22:54.27
"The Lord saw it,
00:22:54.30\00:22:55.90
and it displeased Him
that there was no justice."
00:22:55.94\00:22:59.21
Friends, even
after knowingly rejecting
00:22:59.24\00:23:04.71
God as their King,
the Lord still saw them.
00:23:04.75\00:23:09.45
And it displeased Him
that there is no intercessory.
00:23:09.48\00:23:12.62
It displeased Him
that there is no justice.
00:23:12.65\00:23:15.56
And verse 16 says, He
saw that there was no man.
00:23:15.59\00:23:19.06
He wondered that
there was no intercessor.
00:23:19.09\00:23:21.46
"Therefore His own arm
brought salvation to Him
00:23:21.50\00:23:25.20
and His own
righteousness, it sustained Him.
00:23:25.23\00:23:28.80
For He put on
righteousness as a breastplate
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.37
and a helmet of
salvation on His head,
00:23:31.41\00:23:33.81
He put on the garment
of vengeance for clothing,
00:23:33.84\00:23:36.14
and was clad with
the zeal as a cloak.
00:23:36.18\00:23:39.05
According to their deeds,
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.52
accordingly He will
repay fury to His adversaries,
00:23:40.55\00:23:43.85
recompense to His enemies.
00:23:43.89\00:23:45.22
The coastlands
He will fully repay.
00:23:45.25\00:23:47.76
So they shall fear
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.12
the name of the
Lord from the west,
00:23:49.16\00:23:50.83
and His glory from
the rising of the sun
00:23:50.86\00:23:52.69
when the enemy
comes in like a flood,
00:23:52.73\00:23:55.26
the Spirit of the Lord
00:23:55.30\00:23:56.63
will raise a
standard against him."
00:23:56.67\00:24:00.04
Friends, I don't know about you,
00:24:00.07\00:24:02.94
but when I read chapter 59,
00:24:02.97\00:24:05.41
I see this horrible people.
00:24:05.44\00:24:09.61
And I'm so
thankful 'I'm not God,
00:24:09.64\00:24:12.45
because these people don't
00:24:12.48\00:24:13.88
even know right
from wrong anymore.
00:24:13.92\00:24:17.05
They think that the crooked path
00:24:17.09\00:24:18.89
is a normal path.
00:24:18.92\00:24:21.22
And the only hope
this people had is what?
00:24:21.26\00:24:25.13
"That His own arm
brought salvation in."
00:24:25.16\00:24:28.90
Friends, nothing in us...
00:24:28.93\00:24:30.87
Chapter 59 is one of
the clearest pictures
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.54
of the actual
disposition of you and I.
00:24:33.57\00:24:37.61
That nothing in us can
conjure up righteousness,
00:24:37.64\00:24:40.74
nothing in us can
find a straight path,
00:24:40.78\00:24:46.35
not wearing the right clothes,
00:24:46.38\00:24:48.68
eating the right
things make you righteous,
00:24:48.72\00:24:53.62
they're fruits of it.
00:24:53.66\00:24:57.59
But God said, "I can't
leave these people alone."
00:24:57.63\00:25:03.20
Look at verse 20.
00:25:03.23\00:25:05.93
"The Redeemer
will come to Zion..."
00:25:05.97\00:25:08.37
Amen.
00:25:08.40\00:25:09.97
"And to those
who turn from" what?
00:25:10.01\00:25:13.27
"Transgression in
Jacob' says the Lord.'"
00:25:13.31\00:25:17.38
You see, God made a choice here,
00:25:17.41\00:25:21.32
but before the beginning
of the creation of the world,
00:25:21.35\00:25:24.32
God had made His choice.
00:25:24.35\00:25:27.99
You see the history
of Israel's choosing
00:25:28.02\00:25:31.43
and right here you see
the picture of the choice
00:25:31.46\00:25:35.16
that God had made
from the beginning
00:25:35.20\00:25:36.90
of the foundations of the earth.
00:25:36.93\00:25:38.77
Go with me to Ephesians,
hold here in 59 and 60,
00:25:38.80\00:25:41.84
we are going to come back.
00:25:41.87\00:25:43.20
Go with me to the Book
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.57
of Ephesians 1:3.
00:25:44.61\00:25:49.78
Chapter 1 verse 3.
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.45
It reads,
00:25:57.59\00:26:00.09
"Blessed be the God and Father
00:26:00.12\00:26:02.02
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
00:26:02.06\00:26:04.46
who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.30
in the heavenly places in Christ
00:26:07.33\00:26:10.53
just as he" what?
00:26:10.57\00:26:13.30
"Chose us in Him
00:26:13.34\00:26:16.20
before the
foundation of the world,
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.01
that we should be holy
00:26:18.04\00:26:19.81
and without blame
before Him in love,
00:26:19.84\00:26:22.24
having
predestined us to adoption
00:26:22.28\00:26:24.41
as sons by Jesus
Christ to Himself,
00:26:24.45\00:26:26.75
according to the
pleasure of His will,
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.45
to the praise of
the glory of His grace,
00:26:29.48\00:26:32.39
by which He made us
accepted in the Beloved.
00:26:32.42\00:26:35.09
Friends, when
did God choose you?
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.99
He covenanted with you
00:26:39.03\00:26:40.70
before the
foundations of the world.
00:26:40.73\00:26:43.70
He made a choice that no matter
00:26:43.73\00:26:45.50
what you choose, I'm
going to still love you.
00:26:45.53\00:26:50.27
No matter how
much you reject Me,
00:26:50.31\00:26:53.78
My heart will still yearn
for you and seek after you.
00:26:53.81\00:26:57.85
He said, "Why will you
die, O, house of Israel.
00:26:57.88\00:27:02.28
I can't let you go.
00:27:02.32\00:27:04.09
How can I
forget you, O, Israel."
00:27:04.12\00:27:07.86
Friends,
00:27:07.89\00:27:09.39
this God of the
universe has chosen you.
00:27:09.42\00:27:15.30
We saw the choice of Israel.
00:27:15.33\00:27:19.63
We saw the decision
they made to not have a king
00:27:19.67\00:27:24.07
and now we see
the choice of Christ.
00:27:24.11\00:27:27.44
We see that He chose to hang on
a rough wood splintered cross,
00:27:27.48\00:27:31.31
don't picture it
as some shiny wooded
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.58
cross that He was on.
00:27:34.62\00:27:37.19
He chose to have
seven inch nails driven
00:27:37.22\00:27:40.12
through the worst part possible
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.89
of His wrist.
00:27:42.92\00:27:44.26
He chose to not just
have a crown of thorns
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.66
that we see often depicted,
00:27:46.70\00:27:48.03
but a helmet of thorns
encasing His entire head.
00:27:48.06\00:27:51.80
He chose within a few minutes
00:27:51.83\00:27:53.64
of being on the
cross to have thick ropes
00:27:53.67\00:27:56.57
on either wrist stretched so far
00:27:56.60\00:27:58.97
that His arms were
actually dislocated
00:27:59.01\00:28:01.04
to be nine, not
just nine centimeters,
00:28:01.08\00:28:06.98
but nine inches longer
than normal on each side.
00:28:07.02\00:28:10.59
He chose that.
00:28:10.62\00:28:12.85
He chose the position
He was in would cause Him
00:28:12.89\00:28:16.59
to slouch on the
cross and His lungs
00:28:16.62\00:28:18.69
would actually eventually
most crucified victims
00:28:18.73\00:28:21.73
didn't die right away,
00:28:21.76\00:28:23.77
it was generally
close to three days,
00:28:23.80\00:28:26.00
and their lungs
would finally collapse
00:28:26.03\00:28:27.80
from the position they were in
00:28:27.84\00:28:29.17
because they
couldn't breathe anymore,
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.84
they could no
longer hoist themselves up
00:28:31.87\00:28:33.84
to take a breath.
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.58
He chose
00:28:36.61\00:28:40.62
one of the most painful tortures
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.25
ever invented in crucifixion.
00:28:42.28\00:28:45.45
You know, we get
the word excruciating
00:28:45.49\00:28:48.22
from that.
00:28:48.26\00:28:51.66
Hebrews 6:6 says,
"Every time we sin,
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.23
we crucify the Son of God afresh
00:28:54.26\00:28:57.03
and put Him to an open chain."
00:28:57.07\00:29:00.04
He chose to take our cross
00:29:00.07\00:29:04.24
and our crown of
thorns with full understanding
00:29:04.27\00:29:09.28
that many of you in this room
00:29:09.31\00:29:11.48
will never choose Him.
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
That's a covenant.
That's a commitment.
00:29:16.38\00:29:19.39
And, friends,
each one of you in here
00:29:19.42\00:29:20.99
this morning has a God
who is so committed to you.
00:29:21.02\00:29:26.83
You don't get
it. I don't get it.
00:29:26.86\00:29:29.66
When He says He
will never leave you
00:29:29.70\00:29:31.03
or forsake you,
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.40
don't let that
verse be so simple.
00:29:32.43\00:29:35.00
Isaiah 59:21 our
scripture reading,
00:29:40.78\00:29:45.78
"As for Me,' says the Lord,
00:29:45.81\00:29:48.08
'This is My covenant with them,
00:29:48.12\00:29:51.92
My Spirit who is
upon you, and My words
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.22
which I have put in your mouth
00:29:54.26\00:29:55.59
shall not
depart from your mouth,
00:29:55.62\00:29:56.96
nor from the mouth
of your descendants,
00:29:56.99\00:29:59.96
nor from the mouth
of your descendants'
00:30:00.00\00:30:02.66
descendants,' says the Lord,
00:30:02.70\00:30:04.53
'from this time
and forevermore.'"
00:30:04.57\00:30:09.14
But what was the condition
00:30:09.17\00:30:11.07
as far as seeing
all of this take place?
00:30:11.11\00:30:15.24
You see in chapter 60,
00:30:15.28\00:30:17.35
the whole chapter, we
actually get a picture
00:30:17.38\00:30:20.12
of what the redemption
of Israel will look like.
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.05
When you look at the context
of Isaiah 59 and Isaiah 60,
00:30:23.08\00:30:27.59
you're actually seeing
a prophecy of captivity
00:30:27.62\00:30:31.13
to redemption.
00:30:31.16\00:30:32.96
They're being told
exactly what's going to happen.
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.86
Can you imagine if
someone came to you
00:30:35.90\00:30:37.23
and told you,
00:30:37.27\00:30:38.60
"This is exactly what's
going to happen to you."
00:30:38.63\00:30:41.54
You'd be like, "I don't know.
00:30:41.57\00:30:44.21
I don't know if I believe them."
00:30:44.24\00:30:47.14
But here God is
literally telling
00:30:47.18\00:30:49.38
the children of Israel,
00:30:49.41\00:30:50.75
"This is exactly
what's going to take place.
00:30:50.78\00:30:54.08
A Messiah then is going to come
and redeem you and rescue you."
00:30:54.12\00:30:58.65
But Isaiah 59:20,
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.49
"The Redeemer will come to Zion
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.66
and to those who" what?
00:31:03.69\00:31:07.40
"Who turn from
transgression in Jacob."
00:31:07.43\00:31:10.70
So He's coming to
Zion, Jesus is coming.
00:31:10.73\00:31:13.64
Amen.
00:31:13.67\00:31:16.00
But especially for
those who choose to turn
00:31:16.04\00:31:19.47
from transgression in Jacob.
00:31:19.51\00:31:21.21
We often talk about
as a church the freedom
00:31:27.42\00:31:31.05
to decide right free will...
00:31:31.09\00:31:32.85
But, friends,
00:31:36.02\00:31:37.36
the clearest
definition of choice is the way
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.79
we see it in Christ.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.26
It's not so much the
commitment I need to make,
00:31:42.30\00:31:46.23
but rather look
00:31:46.27\00:31:47.60
at the commitment
Christ has made to me.
00:31:47.64\00:31:51.74
Instead of saying,
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.44
"Oh, I've got to
give my heart to Christ."
00:31:53.48\00:31:55.54
Look at the heart that
God and Christ gave to me.
00:31:55.58\00:32:01.22
Instead of saying, "I
got to have devotions."
00:32:01.25\00:32:03.99
I can say, "Look at the
God who is so devoted to me."
00:32:04.02\00:32:09.06
You know the results
of those who pick Christ,
00:32:14.46\00:32:18.30
Isaiah 60:1,"
00:32:18.33\00:32:20.54
Arise and shine,
for your light has come!
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.04
And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
00:32:24.07\00:32:28.38
For behold, darkness
shall cover the earth,
00:32:28.41\00:32:30.81
and deep darkness the
people, but the Lord will" what?
00:32:30.85\00:32:34.98
"Arise over you and His
glory will be seen upon you.
00:32:35.02\00:32:39.62
The Gentiles
shall come to your light
00:32:39.65\00:32:42.06
and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
00:32:42.09\00:32:44.89
Do you know the rest of verses,
00:32:44.93\00:32:48.16
4 all the way
through 22 in that chapter,
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.83
God literally tells them
00:32:50.87\00:32:52.43
what their life can be
like if they give it to Him.
00:32:52.47\00:32:56.50
He tells them,
they will have peace,
00:32:56.54\00:32:57.91
prosperity, and hope.
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.54
He tells them, I'm
actually going to die
00:32:59.57\00:33:01.74
so you will have
peace, prosperity, and hope.
00:33:01.78\00:33:06.08
So I look at the
children of Israel and I'm like,
00:33:06.11\00:33:09.68
"Surely they're
going to pick Him."
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.49
Surely they're
going to pick God, right?
00:33:12.52\00:33:15.32
I mean He set it
up, it's full proof.
00:33:15.36\00:33:18.93
But what did 'the
children of Israel do?
00:33:18.96\00:33:20.83
They definitely didn't pick God
00:33:26.77\00:33:31.04
even after He showed them,
00:33:31.07\00:33:32.94
they still didn't pick God.
00:33:32.97\00:33:36.38
I was reading through this
and as I had been studying,
00:33:36.41\00:33:39.28
I was shaking my
head in disgust thinking,
00:33:39.31\00:33:42.68
"How could you not choose Him?"
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.59
Is anyone with me?
00:33:44.62\00:33:46.55
"How could you
not pick this God,
00:33:46.59\00:33:47.92
He gave you everything?"
00:33:47.96\00:33:49.39
But then again,
00:33:53.60\00:33:55.96
what in the world
are you choosing today?
00:33:56.00\00:33:59.77
You've seen Christ on a cross,
00:33:59.80\00:34:03.84
you hold a piece of literature
00:34:03.87\00:34:07.54
that can turn the world
upside down Gandhi said,
00:34:07.58\00:34:10.28
bring peace to a
battle torn planet,
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.81
and you look at it
as though it was nothing
00:34:12.85\00:34:14.72
more than a piece of literature.
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.29
Friends, you have
a stick of dynamite
00:34:17.32\00:34:19.05
in your hands.
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.29
Do you believe it?
00:34:22.32\00:34:23.66
The only way our theme
verses for GYC this year,
00:34:30.27\00:34:33.80
Isaiah 60:1-3,
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.94
can never be a
reality in our life
00:34:35.97\00:34:38.44
is because of Isaiah 59:20-21,
00:34:38.47\00:34:42.41
"The Redeemer came."
00:34:42.44\00:34:45.71
And not only has He
come, friends, He's here.
00:34:45.75\00:34:49.72
He's available to you today.
00:34:49.75\00:34:53.25
There's a story of a little girl
00:34:53.29\00:34:55.92
who they found
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.89
in an abandoned
wilderness in India.
00:34:57.93\00:35:03.00
Apparently her
parents had left her
00:35:03.03\00:35:06.77
and threw her to the animals.
00:35:06.80\00:35:10.41
And when they
found this little girl,
00:35:10.44\00:35:13.01
they took her to the hospital,
00:35:13.04\00:35:14.38
begin to give her
administer first aid,
00:35:14.41\00:35:17.05
making sure she was okay,
00:35:17.08\00:35:18.88
but this little girl
acted just like an animal.
00:35:18.91\00:35:24.55
She refused to lay on a bed,
00:35:24.59\00:35:27.92
she refused to eat from
a table or out of a bowl,
00:35:27.96\00:35:32.49
she wanted to eat
off the floor like a dog,
00:35:32.53\00:35:36.26
and she would do nothing
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.63
but scream, and
scratch, and kick, and hit.
00:35:37.67\00:35:42.84
We look at that and we're
like, "That's not normal."
00:35:42.87\00:35:48.54
But to this
little girl, guess what?
00:35:48.58\00:35:51.31
That's all she knew is normal.
00:35:51.35\00:35:55.48
Friends, the
life you're living now
00:35:55.52\00:35:58.45
is not normal.
00:35:58.49\00:36:00.92
It is not the way that
God had wanted life to be,
00:36:00.96\00:36:06.63
but before the foundation
of the world He chose you.
00:36:06.66\00:36:10.47
He chose to give you a way out.
00:36:10.50\00:36:14.34
So I'm guilty
00:36:14.37\00:36:16.44
because I shake
my head in disgust
00:36:16.47\00:36:18.84
at the children of Israel,
00:36:18.87\00:36:20.21
but do you know what
happens in Revelation
00:36:20.24\00:36:22.48
21 and 22?
00:36:22.51\00:36:26.11
He actually tells us,
not only does He come again,
00:36:26.15\00:36:30.09
but what it's gonna
be like when He comes.
00:36:30.12\00:36:33.76
So the very prophecy
that we see in Isaiah 60
00:36:33.79\00:36:36.89
and through the rest of
the Book of Isaiah, friends,
00:36:36.93\00:36:39.53
you have your revelation
00:36:39.56\00:36:42.40
of what it's going to be like
00:36:42.43\00:36:47.14
or is this world just too good.
00:36:47.17\00:36:49.94
One of the most precious,
yet heartbreaking quotes
00:36:57.25\00:37:00.68
you'll ever read is found
in Christ's Object Lessons.
00:37:00.72\00:37:06.22
It reads in page 318,
00:37:06.25\00:37:09.19
"In heaven it is said
by the ministering angels:
00:37:09.22\00:37:12.36
The ministry which we
have been commissioned
00:37:12.39\00:37:14.46
to perform we have done.
00:37:14.50\00:37:17.13
We pressed back the
army of evil angels.
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.27
We sent brightness and
light into the souls of men,
00:37:20.30\00:37:23.10
quickening their
memory of the love of God
00:37:23.14\00:37:25.37
expressed in Jesus.
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.08
We attracted their
eyes to the cross of Christ.
00:37:27.11\00:37:29.81
Their hearts were deeply
moved by a sense of the sin
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.95
that crucified the Son of God.
00:37:32.98\00:37:35.32
They were convicted.
00:37:35.35\00:37:37.02
They saw the steps to
be taken in conversion.
00:37:37.05\00:37:40.49
They felt the
power of the gospel.
00:37:40.52\00:37:43.19
Their hearts were
made tender as they saw
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.09
the sweetness
of the love of God.
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.66
They beheld the beauty
of the character of Christ.
00:37:47.70\00:37:51.37
But with many
it was all in vain.
00:37:51.40\00:37:54.24
They would not surrender
their own habits and character.
00:37:54.27\00:37:57.64
They would not put off
the garments of the earth
00:37:57.67\00:38:00.21
in order to be clothed
with the robe of heaven.
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.35
Their hearts were
given to covetousness.
00:38:03.38\00:38:06.15
They loved the
associations of the world
00:38:06.18\00:38:08.98
more than they loved their God."
00:38:09.02\00:38:12.25
Who do you choose this morning?
00:38:12.29\00:38:15.12
Who have you
chosen this past week?
00:38:15.16\00:38:18.63
I don't know, I
can't read your heart,
00:38:18.66\00:38:21.93
but there's a God
who has chosen you,
00:38:21.96\00:38:25.97
and He chooses you
time and time again.
00:38:26.00\00:38:30.74
He's made a covenant with you.
00:38:30.77\00:38:32.21
He's made His choice.
Will you make yours today?
00:38:32.24\00:38:36.68
Because many, in
the book Education,
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.65
it says, "Think of
the result of hastening
00:38:38.68\00:38:41.52
or hindering the gospel
and when they think of it,
00:38:41.55\00:38:44.82
they think of it in
relation to themselves
00:38:44.85\00:38:47.22
into the world."
00:38:47.26\00:38:49.02
Few think of
its relation to God.
00:38:49.06\00:38:51.89
So what we are hearing here
00:38:51.93\00:38:54.06
is that when most
people think of the gospel,
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.66
they think Jesus died for me.
00:38:55.70\00:38:58.40
I'm the part of
that group, right?
00:38:58.43\00:39:00.70
And He did.
00:39:00.74\00:39:02.07
And the gospel must go
forward and God must use me.
00:39:02.10\00:39:07.84
But few stop
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.34
and think of
its relation to God.
00:39:09.38\00:39:12.58
Few give
thought to the suffering
00:39:12.61\00:39:14.95
that sin has caused our Creator,
00:39:14.98\00:39:17.59
all have been
suffered in Christ's agony,
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.65
but that suffering did not begin
00:39:19.69\00:39:21.29
or end with His
manifestation in humanity.
00:39:21.32\00:39:25.03
The cross is a
revelation to our dole senses
00:39:25.06\00:39:28.53
that the pain from
its very inception sin
00:39:28.56\00:39:32.33
brought to the heart of God.
00:39:32.37\00:39:34.64
Do you guys, I'm
going to read that again,
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.00
don't miss this point.
00:39:36.04\00:39:37.97
All have been
suffered in Christ's agony,
00:39:38.01\00:39:40.04
but that suffering did not begin
00:39:40.08\00:39:41.68
or end with His
manifestation in humanity.
00:39:41.71\00:39:44.95
The cross is a revelation
to our dole senses of the pain
00:39:44.98\00:39:48.25
that from its very inception sin
00:39:48.28\00:39:50.99
has brought to the heart of God.
00:39:51.02\00:39:52.72
Every departure from the
right, every deed of cruelty,
00:39:52.75\00:39:55.42
every failure of
humanity to reach His ideal
00:39:55.46\00:39:58.83
brings grief to Him.
00:39:58.86\00:40:01.76
But He still chose you
00:40:01.80\00:40:04.07
from the beginning of
the foundation of the world.
00:40:04.10\00:40:07.40
He still chose you
00:40:07.44\00:40:08.87
as He died upon a cross
00:40:08.90\00:40:12.67
believing that some of you,
00:40:12.71\00:40:15.91
hopefully all of you
would choose Him back.
00:40:15.94\00:40:22.15
So do you want to
know what the lady told me?
00:40:22.18\00:40:27.49
She said, "Oh, Lisa,
00:40:27.52\00:40:31.53
I didn't choose to
serve God for 50 years."
00:40:31.56\00:40:35.76
She said, "I chose
to serve Him today."
00:40:35.80\00:40:38.43
And she said, "I
wake up every morning
00:40:41.50\00:40:44.21
and I say one simple thing,
00:40:44.24\00:40:46.64
today I choose you for my God."
00:40:46.68\00:40:50.28
He's already picked you.
Guess what He's waiting on?
00:40:50.31\00:40:54.22
You need to pick Him.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.38
Choose this day
who you will serve."
00:40:56.42\00:41:00.09
Because not
choosing, friends, is a choice.
00:41:00.12\00:41:05.53
He's made His covenant,
He's made His commitment.
00:41:05.56\00:41:10.17
What are you doing?
00:41:10.20\00:41:11.53
Where do you stand
in relation to God today
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.84
'cause you know
00:41:14.87\00:41:16.50
where He stands
in relation to you?
00:41:16.54\00:41:18.74
There is a little boy
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.11
who too of mine and
my husband's mentor,
00:41:25.15\00:41:29.65
foster parented,
00:41:29.68\00:41:32.02
and if anyone has
been a foster parent,
00:41:32.05\00:41:34.82
you know, that can
be a difficult thing
00:41:34.86\00:41:37.29
because you hear
00:41:37.33\00:41:38.66
some of the most
heartbreaking stories.
00:41:38.69\00:41:42.20
The wife, the mother of
these young foster children
00:41:42.23\00:41:46.33
told me a story one day.
00:41:46.37\00:41:47.70
She said, "You know,
Lisa, the funniest thing..."
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.90
Kind of sad
happen, but kind of funny.
00:41:49.94\00:41:52.37
She goes, "Every
Sabbath before we go to church,
00:41:52.41\00:41:56.14
I take my two young
foster children to the church
00:41:56.18\00:41:59.85
and right before we go
in the sanctuary we pray,
00:41:59.88\00:42:02.52
because we don't
want things to go crazy."
00:42:02.55\00:42:04.85
She's like, "So I'm going
to hold their little hands
00:42:04.89\00:42:08.82
and as I go to grab their hands,
00:42:08.86\00:42:12.06
the little boy
refuses to give her his hand."
00:42:12.09\00:42:16.73
He has it balled up in a fist.
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.53
And she's like closing her eyes,
00:42:18.57\00:42:19.90
but trying to grab his hand,
00:42:19.93\00:42:21.27
and she finally
just grabs his fist,
00:42:21.30\00:42:23.07
and she prays, okay.
00:42:23.10\00:42:24.44
So they're praying,
00:42:24.47\00:42:25.81
"God help us not to be
crazy during the sermon.
00:42:25.84\00:42:27.68
Help us not to fall
asleep, help us to..."
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.54
You know, hear from the Lord,
00:42:29.58\00:42:31.81
and she's
holding his little hand,
00:42:31.85\00:42:33.88
and when they get done,
00:42:33.92\00:42:35.25
she's like, "Why is your
hand balled up in a little fist?
00:42:35.28\00:42:38.92
And he's like
not letting her see.
00:42:38.95\00:42:43.12
And the elder sister's like,
00:42:43.16\00:42:44.66
"Let us see
what's in your hand."
00:42:44.69\00:42:47.50
So finger by finger they open up
00:42:47.53\00:42:51.33
this little boy's hand
00:42:51.37\00:42:53.00
and do you know what
was inside of his hand?
00:42:53.03\00:42:56.17
Dog food.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.17
Dog food was inside of his hand.
00:42:58.21\00:43:00.84
They all had a
moment, they started laughing
00:43:00.88\00:43:03.18
and then my friend
looked at him and said,
00:43:03.21\00:43:07.68
"Why do you have
dog food in your hand?
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.75
And he said, "In
case I got hungry
00:43:10.79\00:43:13.05
during the sermon."
00:43:13.09\00:43:16.06
They all started laughing
00:43:16.09\00:43:17.99
and then she
looks at him and goes,
00:43:18.03\00:43:20.96
"Dog food isn't a normal snack.
00:43:21.00\00:43:23.73
I can give you a snack."
00:43:23.77\00:43:26.50
And the elder sister happened
00:43:26.53\00:43:28.04
at that moment
to cut in and said,
00:43:28.07\00:43:30.31
"But that's the snack
00:43:30.34\00:43:31.67
our grandparents
used to give us."
00:43:31.71\00:43:35.48
Friend, are you
eating dog food this morning?
00:43:35.51\00:43:41.12
Do you think this is normal
00:43:41.15\00:43:44.09
because he thought dog
food was a normal snack?
00:43:44.12\00:43:48.42
I say this with as
much love and sincerity,
00:43:48.46\00:43:51.86
but if you have not
decidedly chosen Christ today,
00:43:51.89\00:43:54.56
you are eating dog food
00:43:54.60\00:43:57.60
because what He has
is whole much better.
00:43:57.63\00:44:01.24
The life He gives is a life,
John 10:10, "more abundant."
00:44:01.27\00:44:07.04
He came to give life
and life more abundant.
00:44:07.08\00:44:10.71
Arise my, friends,
00:44:10.75\00:44:12.61
get out of the
dirt and choose God.
00:44:12.65\00:44:16.89
If you haven't
made a decided decision
00:44:16.92\00:44:19.02
to follow Christ,
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.59
I assure you, friend,
you've chosen dog food.
00:44:21.62\00:44:26.09
But today this morning
you have an opportunity
00:44:26.13\00:44:30.13
to pick between
Him or the devil.
00:44:30.17\00:44:35.40
To pick between the Christ
who died on the cross for you
00:44:35.44\00:44:39.21
or all that the world
says it has to offer you.
00:44:39.24\00:44:44.75
There's no in between, friends,
to not choose is a choice.
00:44:44.78\00:44:50.59
Friends, if there is a stirring
of any kind in your heart,
00:44:50.62\00:44:54.46
it's like the quote we read,
00:44:54.49\00:44:56.56
"The angels are
drawing near and saying to you,
00:44:56.59\00:44:59.69
'Will you pick Him today?'"
00:44:59.73\00:45:04.80
If there's any
stirring in your heart,
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.57
it's because He's
asking you to respond
00:45:06.60\00:45:08.67
to the covenant He's
already made with you.
00:45:08.70\00:45:11.64
He wants you, do you want Him?
00:45:11.67\00:45:14.74
This call right
now isn't for everyone.
00:45:14.78\00:45:18.41
It's for those who
hear this morning say,
00:45:18.45\00:45:20.45
I actually have never
publicly picked Christ
00:45:20.48\00:45:24.75
for whatever reason like you,
00:45:24.79\00:45:27.12
Lisa in 2009 you
couldn't fully choose
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.89
to give God your heart,
00:45:29.92\00:45:32.79
but today
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.50
you have that option to pick
00:45:34.53\00:45:39.50
'cause, friends,
the Bible tells us
00:45:39.53\00:45:41.90
there's a time where
you can pick no more,
00:45:41.94\00:45:45.07
not choosing is a choice,
00:45:45.11\00:45:47.28
and your choice will
be decided against Him.
00:45:47.31\00:45:50.45
But this morning the
opportunity is fresh,
00:45:50.48\00:45:54.65
the blood that Christ shed
on the cross is free for you
00:45:54.68\00:45:58.32
and for me.
00:45:58.35\00:46:01.72
If you've never picked
Christ, it's a bold thing to do.
00:46:01.76\00:46:06.80
If you want to say, I
want to give you a chance,
00:46:06.83\00:46:10.57
"I don't know what
I'm getting myself into.
00:46:10.60\00:46:12.50
I'm here at this GYC Convention,
00:46:12.53\00:46:14.44
never been here before."
00:46:14.47\00:46:17.57
But I want to see what
you have for me, friends,
00:46:17.61\00:46:20.44
challenge the Lord.
00:46:20.48\00:46:22.98
He's got you.
00:46:23.01\00:46:25.48
If you've never publicly
made a decision for Jesus
00:46:25.51\00:46:29.72
and you want to make
that decision this morning,
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.79
I'm gonna ask you to
stand where you're at.
00:46:31.82\00:46:37.16
Stand and recognize that
Jesus gave it all for you.
00:46:37.19\00:46:42.50
The Lord sees you
sister and it's so precious.
00:46:42.53\00:46:45.47
Amen, brother,
the Lord wants you,
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.94
and it's not a simple
00:46:52.97\00:46:56.14
wanting.
00:46:56.18\00:46:58.98
It's a want that
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.35
even if you were
to pick my, friends,
00:47:00.38\00:47:02.32
to no longer choose Him,
He would still choose you.
00:47:02.35\00:47:06.62
But maybe you're
like the Israelites
00:47:06.65\00:47:09.46
and you're back and
forth, and back and forth,
00:47:09.49\00:47:13.16
and you're tired
of it this morning,
00:47:13.19\00:47:16.26
and you want to
choose Him today,
00:47:16.30\00:47:18.73
and say, "I am done!
00:47:18.77\00:47:21.97
I am so done
going back and forth."
00:47:22.00\00:47:25.01
I want to ask you to stand now
00:47:25.04\00:47:27.54
and say I'm going to
make a public decision that,
00:47:27.58\00:47:30.41
"I am tired of
going back and forth."
00:47:30.45\00:47:32.01
This isn't for everyone.
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.38
It's for those who are saying,
00:47:33.42\00:47:34.75
"Today this morning at GYC,
00:47:34.78\00:47:36.22
I am sick of playing the fence.
00:47:36.25\00:47:41.02
I want to give
Him my whole heart."
00:47:41.06\00:47:42.76
The Lord sees you, friends.
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.96
This is a decision
between you and Christ.
00:47:45.99\00:47:49.96
And guess what?
00:47:50.00\00:47:51.90
Angels in heaven are rejoicing
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.00
at your decision.
00:47:54.04\00:47:57.97
Christ is looking down
at His people right now
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.41
and saying, "But for these ones,
00:48:00.44\00:48:02.94
it wasn't in vain."
00:48:02.98\00:48:04.78
If you're still
sitting and you're feeling
00:48:04.81\00:48:07.88
the Holy Spirit
say, "Stand, stand."
00:48:07.92\00:48:09.85
Friends, don't let
His sacrifice be in vain
00:48:09.88\00:48:13.49
for you this morning.
00:48:13.52\00:48:14.86
He died to give you a new start.
00:48:20.26\00:48:22.43
For those who have stood,
00:48:27.14\00:48:31.41
it's no light decision,
00:48:31.44\00:48:34.11
but you're running
into the arms of a God
00:48:34.14\00:48:36.18
who picked you first.
00:48:36.21\00:48:38.11
So you're going to be okay.
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.55
You don't have to
work up righteousness
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.35
on your own.
00:48:42.38\00:48:44.02
He's made you
righteous through His blood.
00:48:44.05\00:48:47.02
At this time,
I'm going to ask you
00:48:47.06\00:48:49.39
to come forward so
we can have a prayer.
00:48:49.42\00:48:52.63
Don't be shy.
00:48:52.66\00:48:55.40
Everyone who is sitting
has obviously chosen Christ.
00:48:55.43\00:48:58.50
Amen?
00:48:58.53\00:48:59.87
And they want to support you
in your decision to choose Him.
00:48:59.90\00:49:02.60
Come to the front. Come close.
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.51
Hover in as a family of
God. No more back and forth.
00:49:04.54\00:49:08.71
Amen.
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.25
No more hot and then cold,
00:49:10.28\00:49:13.01
okay, I'll just
be lukewarm, right?
00:49:13.05\00:49:16.28
We are making a
decision to follow Christ.
00:49:16.32\00:49:20.92
Friends, I'm gonna ask
us to sing a song a capella.
00:49:20.96\00:49:25.56
I have decided, amen,
00:49:25.59\00:49:27.90
and then we're going
to have a closing prayer
00:49:27.93\00:49:30.00
where I ask you in the quietness
00:49:30.03\00:49:31.37
of your heart to just
repeat after me, saying,
00:49:31.40\00:49:33.70
I'm going to give
Jesus my life today.
00:49:33.74\00:49:36.94
No turning back.
00:49:36.97\00:49:39.27
I have decided
00:49:39.31\00:49:43.28
To follow Jesus
00:49:43.31\00:49:47.38
I have decided
00:49:47.42\00:49:51.69
To follow Jesus
00:49:51.72\00:49:55.82
I have decided
00:49:55.86\00:49:59.86
To follow Jesus
00:49:59.89\00:50:04.00
No turning back
00:50:04.03\00:50:05.37
You can still come
forward and pick the Lord.
00:50:05.40\00:50:08.00
No turning back
00:50:08.04\00:50:10.87
Though no one join me...
00:50:10.91\00:50:12.34
Though no one join me
00:50:12.37\00:50:16.41
Still I will follow
00:50:16.44\00:50:20.55
Though no one join me
00:50:20.58\00:50:24.75
Still I will follow
00:50:24.79\00:50:28.86
Though no one join me
00:50:28.89\00:50:32.99
Still I will follow
00:50:33.03\00:50:37.17
No turning back
00:50:37.20\00:50:41.14
Will you decide now...
00:50:41.17\00:50:45.04
Will you decide now
00:50:45.07\00:50:49.28
To follow Jesus?
00:50:49.31\00:50:50.91
Friends, start GYC
off picking Christ.
00:50:50.95\00:50:55.42
Some are still coming
forward and you can still come.
00:50:55.45\00:51:01.52
Will you decide now
00:51:01.56\00:51:05.59
To follow Jesus?
00:51:05.63\00:51:09.60
No turning back
00:51:09.63\00:51:13.67
No turning back
00:51:13.70\00:51:17.67
At this time,
I'm going to ask you
00:51:17.71\00:51:19.04
to bow your heads
and close your eyes.
00:51:19.07\00:51:22.14
In the quietness of your heart,
00:51:22.18\00:51:24.25
I'm going to lead
you in a sinner's prayer
00:51:24.28\00:51:27.18
where you ask God
back into your life.
00:51:27.22\00:51:30.22
And remember, friends,
00:51:30.25\00:51:31.79
you're just
choosing to serve Him today.
00:51:31.82\00:51:33.82
Amen.
00:51:33.86\00:51:35.19
You're gonna wake up
in the morning and say,
00:51:35.22\00:51:36.59
"Today, I
choose you for my God."
00:51:36.62\00:51:40.70
Father in heaven,
00:51:40.73\00:51:43.90
Lord, I know I
have most of my life
00:51:43.93\00:51:46.53
not chosen You,
00:51:46.57\00:51:49.14
but this morning I'm
standing up here asking
00:51:49.17\00:51:54.91
that You would
forgive me of my sins,
00:51:54.94\00:51:58.08
that You would cover me
00:51:58.11\00:51:59.78
and Your righteousness
cleanse me in Your blood.
00:51:59.81\00:52:03.59
Please forgive me
00:52:03.62\00:52:05.79
for looking at Your
sacrifice so lightly.
00:52:05.82\00:52:09.12
Forgive me for being
like the children of Israel
00:52:09.16\00:52:11.69
in choosing
another king over my life.
00:52:11.73\00:52:15.80
This morning that changes,
God, between me and you.
00:52:15.83\00:52:21.00
This morning I give
you my heart afresh.
00:52:21.04\00:52:24.84
Today I choose you for
my God, no turning back.
00:52:24.87\00:52:31.45
Thank You for the blood
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.18
that You shed on
the cross for my sins.
00:52:33.21\00:52:35.78
Thank You for giving me life
and life much more abundantly.
00:52:35.82\00:52:41.06
Please abide in
my heart forever,
00:52:41.09\00:52:45.09
in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
00:52:45.13\00:52:49.73
You all may be seated.
00:52:49.76\00:52:51.73
Remember,
friends, every day, today
00:52:51.77\00:52:55.40
choose I you for my God.
00:52:55.44\00:52:57.87
What a powerful message. Amen?
00:53:05.41\00:53:09.02
Well, isn't it wonderful to know
00:53:09.05\00:53:10.42
that even before the
foundation of the earth
00:53:10.45\00:53:12.55
was created, God
made a choice to love us
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.52
and He has been
faithful to that?
00:53:15.56\00:53:18.29
Amen.
00:53:18.33\00:53:19.66
We're gonna close
off with hymn number 100,
00:53:19.69\00:53:22.60
Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
00:53:22.63\00:53:23.97
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:53:34.54\00:53:39.25
O God my Father
00:53:39.28\00:53:43.69
There is no shadow
00:53:43.72\00:53:47.32
Of turning with Thee
00:53:47.36\00:53:52.36
Thou changest not
00:53:52.39\00:53:55.73
Thy compassions, they fail not
00:53:55.76\00:54:01.44
As Thou hast been
00:54:01.47\00:54:04.91
Thou forever wilt be
00:54:04.94\00:54:10.81
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:54:10.85\00:54:15.38
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:54:15.42\00:54:20.02
Morning by morning new mercies
00:54:20.06\00:54:26.23
I see
00:54:26.26\00:54:29.06
All I have needed
00:54:29.10\00:54:33.03
Thy hand hath provided
00:54:33.07\00:54:38.47
Great is Thy faithfulness
00:54:38.51\00:54:43.35
Lord unto me!
00:54:43.38\00:54:48.28
Summer and winter
00:54:48.32\00:54:52.62
And springtime and harvest
00:54:52.65\00:54:57.93
Sun, moon and stars
00:54:57.96\00:55:01.50
In their courses above
00:55:01.53\00:55:07.04
Join with all nature
00:55:07.07\00:55:10.97
In manifold witness
00:55:11.01\00:55:15.98
To Thy great faithfulness
00:55:16.01\00:55:20.78
Mercy, and love
00:55:20.82\00:55:25.39
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:55:25.42\00:55:30.13
Great is Thy faithfulness!
00:55:30.16\00:55:34.60
Morning by morning new mercies
00:55:34.63\00:55:40.74
I see
00:55:40.77\00:55:43.64
All I have needed...
00:55:43.67\00:55:47.18