Let's all join together
and sing our theme song,
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"Let His glory be seen".
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Please stand.
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Oh I saw a distant land
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And its glory was so grand
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I cried oh Lord
how I long to be there
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Then I heard His gentle voice
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"come my child
it is your choice"
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Oh such hope that
I'd never heard before
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Oh arise, let us run 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 and our home He has won
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Let His glory be
seen on you today
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Then the way grew dark with care
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My heart trembled in despair
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I turned my eyes to
my Lord with a 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 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 and our home 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Standing near but yet withdrawn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 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 and our home He has won
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Let His glory be
seen on you today
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Thank you so much for singing.
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You may be seated.
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Good morning.
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How many of you
guys had hot water today?
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Let me see your hands.
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How many of you had cold?
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Early bird gets the warmth.
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You must know.
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Good morning, GYC.
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I have the privilege,
the very distinct honor
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to introduce my
friend Jonathan Walter
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but before I do would
you take out your Bibles
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and turn with me to the
Book of 2 Corinthians 3.
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2 Corinthians 3, we are
going to be getting in verse 18
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for our scripture
reading this morning.
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When you are
there, you can say amen.
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If you are not there
just say, have mercy.
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Have mercy.
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2 Corinthians 3:18.
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Are we there?
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Amen.
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All right, the Bible says,
"But we all, with open face,
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beholding as in a
glass, the glory of the Lord,
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are changed into the same image
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from glory to glory,
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even as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
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Now turn with me to chapter 4
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verses 5, verses 6 and 7.
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The Bible says, "For
God who commanded the light
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to shine out of darkness,
has shined in our hearts
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to give the
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
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But we have this
treasure in earthen vessels
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that the Excellency of the power
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may be of God and not of us."
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Jonathan Walter,
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even though some people
believe that he is German,
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he would be offended
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because he is
Austrian and Norwegian,
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more Austrian than Norwegian.
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I asked Jonathan some questions
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before I inserted
my own personal input.
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Jonathan is the vice president
for programming here at GYC,
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and so you've been
blessed by the program
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and by the
preaching of the Word of God,
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then God has used Jonathan
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to organize a
godly experience for you.
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I asked Jonathan first,
what was his favorite quote?
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He said, "Christ in the heart,
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Christ in the life,
this is our safety."
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Ministry of Healing, page 511.
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I said,
"Jonathan, how did you know
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Amanda, your wife, was the one?"
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Jonathan said, "Well,
her love for God and others."
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That sounds cliche.
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"Her willingness to go
to the ends of the earth
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if that is where
the Lord would call."
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Okay, cliche.
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And then he told
us the real reason,
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"And her incredible pad time."
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I said, "Okay, now we are
getting to the real meat."
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And then I asked Jonathan,
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"What is your biggest dream?"
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Because you can't call
yourself young and not dream.
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And Jonathan said, "His biggest
dream is to be used by Jesus
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to win souls for His
kingdom in spite of myself
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and to see His
return in my lifetime."
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You know, I got to know Jonathan
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extremely well in
a hotel in Hungary.
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He came over and
we had a conversation
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till almost 2
o'clock in the morning
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despite the fact that we
had to preach the next day
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simply because
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we were two brothers in
Christ dreaming for God,
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complaining about
things in the church
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and thinking about
ways that could be better
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and what we could do
and we weren't just talking
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about complaints and concerns,
we were talking about action.
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And if anybody wants to
see action, it's Jonathan.
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And so this
morning, we are privileged
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to have God
choose a vessel for us
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who is not just about
talking about the things of God
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but living the things of God,
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and to be willing to
stand and to be counted.
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And so what is my
request of you that as Jonathan
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stands at this pulpit
to bring the Word of God
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that you would keep
him in your prayers,
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that God would
channel all the passion,
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all the pathos
that is in Jonathan
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directly into the message
to reach your heart for Christ.
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Can you do that?
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Well, if you would,
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kneel with me as
we pray together.
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Our Father, we are so grateful
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that we have the gift
and the privilege of life.
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Lord, the Bible says
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that your mercies
are new every morning
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and great is your faithfulness.
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Lord, we pause here a moment
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in Your presence,
thankful for Your audience
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and we come on behalf
of our brother Jonathan
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asking Lord that as
You promised to Moses,
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You would put Your words
in this young man's mouth.
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Asking Lord that
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You would be His
shield and His buckler
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that You would lift
up His head as Isaiah
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to see the glory of the Lord.
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And that you would
take that call off the altar
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and put it upon his lips
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that he may not be
a man of unclean lips
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but of lips that preach
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the eternal
truth of this gospel.
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Father, we pray that
You would speak through him
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and You would speak to him.
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May Jesus be
lifted up, may He be seen
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so that when we
leave this place,
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we will be revived again
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with a flame of passion
for our God and His Christ
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and for the message
that He has entrusted to us
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to move this work
forward for Your name.
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Father, we love
You and thank You
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for hearing and
answering this request
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and we offer this
prayer from our hearts,
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in Jesus' name,
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let all of
God's people say amen.
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You hear me when I call
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You are my morning song
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Though darkness fills the night
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It cannot hide the light
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Whom shall I fear?
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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The one who reigns forever
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He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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You crush the enemy
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Underneath my feet
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You are my sword and shield
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Though troubles linger still
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My strength is in your name
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For you alone can save
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You will deliver me
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Yours is the victory
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Whom shall I fear?
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Whom shall I fear?
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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The one who reigns forever
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He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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Nothing formed against me
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Shall stand
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You hold the whole
world in your hands
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I'm holding on to your promises
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You are faithful
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Faithful
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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The one who reigns forever
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He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel armies
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Is always by my side
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He is always by my side
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Amen.
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Good morning, friends.
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Have you spent time
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in the presence of
the Lord this morning?
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Amen.
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I want to tell you I
had a wonderful experience
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this morning in the prayer room.
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Amen.
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It was as if you were in heaven.
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Amen.
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One thousand young
people coming together to pray
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and to just seek God.
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It was wonderful
and I want to thank you
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for your prayers this morning.
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I know the Lord has
something for us in His Word,
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and it is my prayer that
He will speak this morning
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that He will be seen and
His glory will be revealed.
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It was nine years ago
that one morning I woke up
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and overnight God
had something incredible.
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He had put into
my heart a desire
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to leave my home
country of Austria.
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Previously I had no
intentions to leave,
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but I woke up that
morning and I knew I had to go.
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Where? I didn't know.
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Couple of days
later, it was a Sabbath day,
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I bumped into a
missionary at church.
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I knew he was a
missionary in Papua New Guinea
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and I asked him what could I do,
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are there
opportunities to serve?
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And he directed me
in the right direction.
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Long story short,
eight months later,
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I was, found
myself in a small boat
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filled to the max
with supplies and boxes
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on my way to a tiny
island called Wotje,
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in the middle of
the Pacific Ocean,
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part of the Marshall Islands.
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I was on my way to
this missionary post.
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I was surrounded by a
glorious, beautiful place.
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It was a glimpse
of the Garden of Eden.
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I remember well
when we were driving,
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or riding in the boats,
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we were on our way there
and I was looking in the water
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and it was crystal clear,
I thought I was in heaven.
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And so I was so drawn
into that glorious beauty,
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I just had to jump in
and as soon as I could,
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I did and just immersed myself
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in the beauty of God's creation.
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It was overwhelming.
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I will never
forget that first night
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on that island.
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At the end of the earth,
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surrounded by thousands of
miles of nothing but ocean,
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looking up into a sky
with zero light pollution.
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You have not
seen that many stars,
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I can guarantee you.
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When you see the
Milky Way clearly,
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my eyes filled with
tears and in my heart,
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I confirmed the words of
David in Psalm 19 where he says,
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"The heavens
declare the glory of God."
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Through creation, God showed
me a glimpse of His glory,
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a reflection of His
character that evening.
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And He revealed to me through
this experience His goodness
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and it had a very certain
sense of His peace in my heart
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and I knew His presence
was with me there, even there,
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so far away from civilization.
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God is glorious and,
friends, it is my prayer
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that through this
GYC and this morning
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that you will
experience the glory of God.
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Not just through pristine nature
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but through His Word,
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through a manifestation
of Jesus in your life,
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through prayer,
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through an
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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I pray that God will
reveal Himself to you and me
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this morning.
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Let us pray.
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Bow your heads with me.
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Father, please
use this man of dust.
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Please glorify
Yourself this morning
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through Your Word,
may only You be seen,
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we desire a
revelation of who You are,
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shine upon us,
Father, we pray in Your name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Open your Bibles to Isaiah 60.
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As you know our theme
is found in Isaiah 60:1-3.
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We are going to be reading
verses 1 and 2 this morning.
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My brother Chris
already expounded
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on some of these
thoughts yesterday
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and we want to go deeper
this morning in Isaiah 60
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as we ponder upon what it means
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to be in the glory of God.
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Isaiah 60:1-2,
the Bible says this,
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"Arise and shine,
for your light has come!
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And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
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For behold, darkness
shall cover the earth,
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and thick darkness the peoples,
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but the Lord will
arise upon you," hallelujah,
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"And His glory
will be seen upon you."
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Praise God for
this wonderful promise.
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As with large parts
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of the Old Testament
prophetic literature,
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this prophecy
was given by Isaiah
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to the people of
Israel to show them
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what could
become their experience.
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Sadly, they did not remain
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in the covenant
relationship with God.
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God had
wonderful plans for them.
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but they rejected this plan
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and with this plan they rejected
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the direct
fulfillment of these prophecies.
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But however, God's
desire to glorify Himself
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through frail human beings,
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this plan never got cancelled.
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Praise God, He wants to
fulfill this promise again
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in an adopted way
through spiritual Israel today.
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If you want to go
to chapter 59 verse 20,
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you will find
the group of people
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who this call to
arise is addressed to.
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Isaiah 59:20, it says,
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"And the Redeemer
will come to Zion,
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to those in Jacob who
turn from transgression,"
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declares the Lord.
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To whom is this command
given to arise and shine?
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To those in Jacob who
turn from transgression.
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What does it mean to
turn from transgression?
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It means to choose God
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to be the supreme ruler in life.
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It means to choose Him
as the sustainer of life
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and to choose to live
in harmony with His will.
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The promise of a redeemer
here is given to those in Jacob,
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a faithful remnant.
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This doesn't have so much to do
with denominational membership,
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but it has to do everything
with your heart before God.
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Where is your
heart this morning, GYC?
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Is your heart
right with the Lord
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or do you recognize a
need deep inside of you
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to turn away from
sin and transgression,
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and surrender your
sins and life to Jesus?
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Do not wait to turn away.
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Do not wait to choose God.
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Today is the day
of your salvation.
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You don't want to miss out
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on the promise
of the glory of God.
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Isaiah 60:1-2,
let's read it again.
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"Arise and shine,
for your light has come!
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And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you."
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What a sunrise that must be?
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"For behold, darkness
shall cover the earth,
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thick darkness the peoples,
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but the Lord
will arise upon you,
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and His glory
will be seen upon you."
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What is the light
and the glory of the Lord
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and what does it
mean that He will shine?
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What does it mean that
God's glory will arise upon us
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and will be seen upon us?
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This morning, I want to
study review the deeper meaning
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of the term, "The
glory of the Lord."
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Have you ever longed to see God?
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Have you ever wondered
what does He look like?
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I want to see Him.
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I want to see His glory.
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Sometimes when I read the Bible,
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I'm a bit
envious of the prophets
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and those individuals
who had the privilege
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to see God or at
least some kind of...
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They've been in His presence,
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they've seen Him from
behind or some parts of Him.
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I want to see God.
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And this morning, I
want to invite you to join me
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in an overwhelming experience
that one of these prophets had.
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Go to Exodus 24.
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Exodus 24:15, as we join Moses
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as he enters
into the glory of God.
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Exodus 24:15.
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Exodus 24:15,
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"Then Moses went
up on the mountain,
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and a cloud
covered the mountain."
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The glory of the
Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai
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and the cloud
covered it six days
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and on the seventh
day, he called Moses
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out of the midst of the cloud.
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Now the appearance
of the glory of the Lord
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was like a devouring fire
on the top of the mountain
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in the side of
the people of Israel.
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Moses entered the cloud
and went up on the mountain
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and Moses was on the
mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
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Here Moses is
called up on the mountain.
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First, he has to wait but
then he is asked to join God
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in the glorious
presence of His light.
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God and the people of Israel
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are establishing
their first covenant
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and He calls
Moses up to Himself.
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As Moses enters the
cloud, he is surrounded
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by the purifying
glory of the Lord.
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Imagine what an
incredible experience
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that must have been
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walking into the
glorious presence of God.
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I don't know, that
must have been amazing.
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You just walk into this fire
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and you are in the
presence of the Almighty.
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And he spent 40 days with God.
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What I would give for
just one minute of that?
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I believe the prayer room here
at GYC is a glimpse of that.
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Amen.
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Shortly
afterwards, in Exodus 33,
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turn there with me.
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Exodus 33, God
calls Moses once more
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into this glorious experience.
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And Moses makes
a daring request.
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Exodus 33, we're
going to be start reading
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here in verse 13 and 14.
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Moses is
speaking, "Now therefore,
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if I have found
favor in Your sight
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please show me now Your ways,
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that I may know You in order
to find favor in Your sight,
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consider too that this
nation is Your people."
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And He said, "God, my
presence will go with you,
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and I will give you rest."
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What a beautiful promise.
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Continue here down to verse 18.
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Moses said,
"Please, show me Your glory."
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God answers him in verse 19.
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And He said, "I will make
all My goodness pass before you,
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and will proclaim
before you My name."
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The Lord, Yahweh.
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Moses is looking for
reassurance from God,
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God's guidance, he
wants to know His will.
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And God promises him,
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"My presence will go with you."
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But this assurance
is not enough for Moses.
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He longs for more.
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And he makes this
daring request and says,
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"Lord, show me Your glory."
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He wants more of
God's presence in his life.
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He wants to experience
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the glory again
that he had previously.
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When you look at
God who is eternal,
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you will have an
eternal craving for more of Him.
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And this is what
Moses was experiencing here.
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You know, when my
wife and I were dating,
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she is Canadian,
I am from Austria,
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so we were in a long distance
relationship for three years.
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Amen?
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We were separated
by the Atlantic Ocean,
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by empty bank accounts,
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and six to eight time zones.
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It was a commitment, friends.
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But God is good.
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When you are in a
relationship like this,
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you just long to
be in the presence
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of that individual.
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You want to be with them,
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Skype and FaceTime and Whatsapp,
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that's all great,
but you want to be
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in the visible physical presence
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of that person that you love.
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Amen?
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Moses wanted to get more of God.
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He wanted to be
embraced in His glory.
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He wanted to just be
in the presence of God.
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'Cause he knew Him,
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and he saw Him,
and he loved Him.
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Brothers and sisters,
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have you tasted
the glory of God?
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Do you long like Moses for
a deeper experience with him?
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Is it your desire
to be fully immersed
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in His presence
today and every day?
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God grants the request of Moses
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even though it was a daring one
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and He calls him up on
the mountain once more.
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Jump down to chapter 34 verse 5,
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"The Lord descended in the cloud
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and stood with him there,
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and proclaimed
the name of the Lord.
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The Lord passed
before him and proclaimed,
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'The Lord, the Lord
God, merciful and gracious,
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slow to anger and abounding
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and steadfast
love and faithfulness.
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Keeping steadfast
love for thousands,
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forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin,
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but who will by no
means clear the guilty,
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visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children
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and the children's children
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to the third and
fourth generation.'"
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Friends, this is a
remarkable situation.
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This time God is
not showing primarily
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His visible glory,
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but He is proclaiming to Moses
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the content of His
glorious character.
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His grace, His patience,
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His love, His faithfulness,
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His
forgiveness, and His justice.
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This is according to
God Himself the definition
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of the glory of
God, His character.
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The glory of God is much more
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than just the magnificent
visible light of His presence.
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It is primarily the
content of His character.
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God is glorious outwardly
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but most importantly, inwardly.
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Don't miss this point.
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The glory of God is found
in a symmetric completeness
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of His presence and activity.
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The glory of God is the perfect
visible outward manifestation
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of his perfect inward character.
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Life, light, truth, love,
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holiness, purity, righteousness,
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it all springs forth
from God in endless glory.
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He is the fountain of eternity.
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He is the light of life,
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the never ending
spring of selflessness
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and self sacrificial love.
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Who God is inside
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is perfectly
manifested outwardly
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in all His words and actions.
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God's glory
consists both of character
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and character actualization,
character manifestation.
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His glory consists of
who He is and what He does.
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Who He is is what He does
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and what He does is who He is.
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God's glory is
not like the glory
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of this world, friends.
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A shiny façade but empty inside
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with no lasting
effects on your life,
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no lasting
positive effects that is.
00:29:09.48\00:29:11.38
No.
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His visible glory
that is the brightness
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of His presence
and all His works
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and actions and words,
this is the direct revelation
00:29:18.15\00:29:21.19
of His invisible glory,
of His beautiful, loving,
00:29:21.22\00:29:23.46
and righteous character.
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God's glory has been
revealed to us in Jesus Christ,
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in His incarnation,
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in His life of
absolute surrender,
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in His death on the cross,
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His resurrection, and
His ministry for you and me
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in the holy place
and the most holy place
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of the heavenly sanctuary.
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What a God we have?
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He is beautiful.
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I hope that God
is beautiful to you.
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Have you beheld Him?
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Have you comprehended His glory?
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I pray that you have.
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And if you haven't,
let today be the day
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of your encounter
with the glory of God.
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Pray with Moses this morning.
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Lord, show me Your glory.
00:30:05.90\00:30:10.67
"Arise and shine,
for your light has come!
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And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
00:30:13.04\00:30:17.95
For behold, darkness
shall cover the earth,
00:30:17.98\00:30:19.75
and thick darkness the peoples,
00:30:19.78\00:30:21.42
but the Lord
will arise upon you,
00:30:21.45\00:30:24.12
and His glory
will be seen upon you."
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Isaiah is
describing the people here
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who have turned away
from sin, who have chosen God
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and who have
beheld the glory of God.
00:30:32.29\00:30:37.43
And this glory has
transformed their lives
00:30:37.47\00:30:40.14
so that they
have become a channel
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of God's character being
manifested in this world.
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Friends, this morning,
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I want to look at three stories,
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three men in the
Bible who represent,
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I believe, three groups
of people and experiences
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here and with people
who are watching at home.
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I want to quickly go
through these stories.
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Are you ready for this?
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Amen.
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First story is
found in Genesis 28.
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Genesis 28.
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I hope you are
awake this morning.
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Genesis 28.
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Here we meet a man named Jacob.
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I know many of
you know his story.
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A man who fled
his home in shame,
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downtrodden by guilt,
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and on the run from his
brother Esau's deadly wrath.
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Rejected, haunted by
guilt, and overwhelmed
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by the darkness of this
world, the world around him
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and the thick
darkness in his heart.
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We are told he broke down
somewhere in the wilderness
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and cried for Lord for
help and then he fell asleep.
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Here's a man at the
darkest moment of his life.
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This morning you
might be feeling like Jacob.
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You are trapped in cycles of sin
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unable to
escape from your guilt,
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you are downtrodden by shame
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and you have distanced yourself
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from your
families and your friends.
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You feel alone and
rejected with little hope
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that anything could
ever change for your life.
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To you I say this
morning, take heart.
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Turn to God in simple
humility in the wilderness,
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in the darkness
that surrounds you,
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turn to Jesus, surrender
to Him and I promise you,
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the experience of
Jacob will be yours.
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What was his experience?
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Jacob went into prayer,
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turned to his last option God
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and, boy, was his prayer heard.
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Jacob surrounded
by darkness outside
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and within was about
to have his world lit up
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with the glory of the Lord.
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Genesis 28:12, "And
he dreamed, and behold,
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there was a ladder
set up on the earth,
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and the top of it
reached to heaven,
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and behold the
angels of God were ascending
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and descending on it.
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And behold, the
Lord stood above it
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and said: 'I am the Lord,
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the God of Abraham your
father and the God of Isaac,
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the land on which you
lie I will give to you
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and to your offspring.'"
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Jump down to verse 15,
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"Behold, I am with you
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and will keep
you wherever you go,
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and will bring
you back to this land,
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for I will not leave
you until I have done
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what I have promised you."
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Then Jacob awoke
from his sleep and says,
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"Surely the Lord
is in this place,
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and I didn't know it."
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And he was afraid and said,
"How awesome is this place!
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This is none other
than the house of God,
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and this is the gate of heaven!"
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Wow!
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What an incredible
experience Jacob had.
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This desperate
man's prayer was heard
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and revelation of
God's love was given to him,
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an assurance of forgiveness,
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the promise of
continual guidance,
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and not one
word of condemnation.
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At bethel, the house of God,
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Jacob had an
unexpected encounter
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with the glory of God.
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How awesome is this place?
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The Lord is here
and I didn't know it.
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Friend, God is
nearer than you think.
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An encounter with Him
can happen at any moment.
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When you don't expect it,
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it can happen right here at GYC.
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GYC could become
your bethel experience.
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Amen.
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What was Jacob's reaction
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to his encounter
with the glory of God?
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What will happen
when you see God's glory?
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Genesis 28:20,
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"Then Jacob made a vow,
saying, 'If God will be with me,
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and will keep me
in this way that I go,
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and will give me bread
to eat and clothing to wear,
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so that I come again to
my father's house in peace,
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then the Lord shall be my God.
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And this stone which I
have set up for a pillar
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shall be God's house,
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and all that You give me I
will give a full-tenth to You."
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Jacob made a
decision right there
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and then to make this
God of glory, His God.
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And he vowed to remain faithful
to Him from that day on.
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This is what a real experience
with God will do for you.
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It will change your life,
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it will radically transform you.
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It changed Jacob's
life from being a lying,
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stealing man of
guilt, worry and shame
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to become a humble
loyal hero of faith.
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The second he looked at Christ,
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his worry was
turned into God's glory.
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Have you beheld
God's glory today?
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Our second example
is found in Psalm 27.
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Pastor Chris last night already
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talked about
King David experience.
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Psalm 27, the
shepherd king and artist
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and Prophet David had a
remarkable life as you know.
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A man after God's
own heart we are told,
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he had his downfalls,
but he returned to the Lord.
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David had many
experiences with the Lord,
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but one look into
his personal writings
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will reveal to us
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that this was
not enough for him.
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Experiences with
God, incredible victories,
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it's one thing
but David wanted more.
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Psalm 27:1.
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Psalm 27:1, David
says, "The Lord is my" what?
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"Light and my
salvation, whom shall I fear?
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The Lord is the
stronghold of my life,
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of whom shall I be afraid?
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When evil doers
assail me to eat up my flesh,
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my adversaries and foes,
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it is they who stumble and fall,
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though an army
encamp against me,
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my heart shall not fear,
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though war arise against
me, yet, I will be confident."
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David's life was plastered
with miraculous adventures
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and victories in worse.
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A thousand fell
at his right side,
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ten thousand at his left
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and God kept him
safe through it all.
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Here's a man who
has experienced God
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in a personal
marvelous way and yet,
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what is his outermost desire?
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Go to verse 4,
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"One thing have
I asked of the Lord
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that I will seek after,
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that I may dwell in
the house of the Lord
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all the days of my life
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to gaze on the
beauty of the Lord
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and to inquire in His temple."
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Primarily, David isn't seeking
for more victories in battle,
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more miracles, more intervention
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in his fight for
Israel in the kingdom of God,
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but what is his
outermost desire?
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What trumps every good endeavor?
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To dwell in the house
of God, the sanctuary,
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to gaze in the beauty
and the glory of the Lord,
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not just on the Sabbath day,
but all the days of his life.
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To dwell in the house of
God, to have a deeper walk,
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a deeper
revelation, more of you Jesus.
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David is
craving for the presence
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of the glory of God forever.
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You might be a faithful
Seventh-day Adventist believer,
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actively engaged in
outreach and missionary work.
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You might be running
evangelistic campaigns,
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you might be preaching,
and teaching, and volunteering,
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running your own
ministry and don't get me wrong,
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all these things are
wonderful, and very important,
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and part of a prophetic calling,
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but how easy it is to
get so busy doing ministry
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that the focus shifts
primarily to what I am doing
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and all the tasks
that I need to accomplish
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instead of taking
time to gaze in the beauty
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of the Lord
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and to let that
shape your ministry.
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When was the last
time you spent time
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beholding the glory of
Jesus, His Word, His sacrifice,
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His character,
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and letting His glory penetrate
your entire being in existence
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and your entire ministry.
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When was the last
time you let Jesus,
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the Son of
righteousness rise upon you
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not superficially
but in full exposure
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and to let that
transform your life.
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David was a busy leader.
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He had a lot on his
plate, but he realized
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what he needed
first and foremost
00:39:42.31\00:39:45.01
was the continual
presence of the glory of God
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in his life
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through the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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He realized that it's only
in the presence of the Lord God
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that any success
will happen in ministry.
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For when you
dive into God's glory
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and you take it to
lighten His character,
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you'll realize His will
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and He will teach you
that you can rely on Him
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for true success
in your ministry.
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Is gazing upon God's
glory more important to you
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than striving to make
your ministry successful?
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Our third and last example
this morning is Brother Saul.
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Acts 9.
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Go to Acts 9 with me.
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Saul, an educated man...
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Acts 9.
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Saul, an educated
man rich in knowledge,
00:40:43.37\00:40:47.48
fervent in devotion...
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and zealous in defending
what he thinks is the truth.
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A rising star amongst
Jewish scholars and leaders
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but in one of his trips
00:41:04.26\00:41:06.43
to crush the latest
liberal apostate group of Jews
00:41:06.46\00:41:10.23
called "followers of the way",
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he had the
encounter of a lifetime.
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Acts 9:1,
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"But Saul, still
breathing threats and murder
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against the
disciples of the Lord
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went to the High Priest
and asked him for letters
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to the synagogues at Damascus,
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so that if he found
any belonging to the Way,
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men or women,
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he might bring
them bound to Jerusalem.
00:41:37.23\00:41:40.23
Now as he went on his
way, he approached Damascus
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and suddenly" a what?
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"A light from
heaven shone around him
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and falling to the ground,
he heard a voice saying to him
00:41:48.94\00:41:51.61
'Saul, Saul why are
you persecuting me?'
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And he said,
'Who are You, Lord?'
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And he said, 'I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting
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but arise and entered a city
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and you will be told
what you are to do.'"
00:42:08.46\00:42:12.59
Down to verse 8,
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"Saul arose from the ground
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and although his
eyes were opened,
00:42:16.03\00:42:17.93
he saw nothing."
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Here is a man, a
defender of ultra conservative
00:42:23.61\00:42:27.88
traditional beliefs and customs,
00:42:27.91\00:42:30.98
ready at any given moment
to fight perceive apostasy,
00:42:31.01\00:42:35.58
ready to openly
criticize and persecute.
00:42:35.62\00:42:38.65
A man so consumed with
his seal to uphold the ways
00:42:38.69\00:42:42.92
which he is
convinced of are righteous
00:42:42.96\00:42:45.06
and crucial for salvation
and the success of the church,
00:42:45.09\00:42:49.00
a man who thought
himself to be so close to God
00:42:49.03\00:42:52.73
and then he encounters the
light and glory of this God
00:42:52.77\00:42:57.44
he thought he served.
00:42:57.47\00:42:59.11
Unexpectedly, this God shows up
00:42:59.14\00:43:02.78
in the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
00:43:02.81\00:43:05.81
And the glory of God
blinds Saul physically
00:43:05.85\00:43:09.75
so that he can
learn to see spiritually.
00:43:09.78\00:43:13.76
Friends,
sometimes it seems to me
00:43:13.79\00:43:18.96
that we have more Sauls
in our midst than Pauls.
00:43:18.99\00:43:23.33
Maybe you are one of
them and let me be real.
00:43:23.37\00:43:26.23
I know I have
been a Saul many times.
00:43:26.27\00:43:29.60
Proud of your
conservative views,
00:43:29.64\00:43:32.77
zealous for right
doctrine and behavior,
00:43:32.81\00:43:36.38
ready to cut off
the sinner in his sin,
00:43:36.41\00:43:39.78
ready to flout
the Facebook status
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.68
of that liberal church
member or the comment section
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.69
under the latest church
00:43:44.72\00:43:46.05
criticizing
online magazine article
00:43:46.09\00:43:47.76
with rebuke someone high,
00:43:47.79\00:43:51.39
ready to bring judgment down
00:43:51.43\00:43:54.56
on that inappropriately
dressed teenage girl at church
00:43:54.60\00:43:57.60
and the cheese
eater in your midst,
00:43:57.63\00:44:00.37
ready to defend your stance
on every nuance in theology
00:44:00.40\00:44:04.54
to the bitter end so
occupied with judgment,
00:44:04.57\00:44:08.78
rebuke, and correction
that you've missed the obvious
00:44:08.81\00:44:12.45
Jesus Christ, whom
you've been persecuting.
00:44:12.48\00:44:17.19
But praise God.
00:44:17.22\00:44:18.82
what happened next to Saul
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.56
is the miracle that will
take place for all who encounter
00:44:20.59\00:44:24.33
and behold the
glory of the living God.
00:44:24.36\00:44:25.93
Verse 17.
00:44:25.96\00:44:28.46
"So Ananias departed
and entered the house
00:44:28.50\00:44:31.30
and laying his
hands on him he said,
00:44:31.33\00:44:32.90
'Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus,
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.64
who appeared to you on
the road by which you came,
00:44:35.67\00:44:38.31
has sent me so that
you may regain your sight
00:44:38.34\00:44:41.41
and be filled
with the Holy Spirit.'
00:44:41.44\00:44:43.21
And immediately something
like scales fell from his eyes
00:44:43.24\00:44:46.58
and he regained his sight.
00:44:46.61\00:44:48.58
Then he arose and was baptized
00:44:48.62\00:44:51.15
and taking food
he was strengthened.
00:44:51.19\00:44:52.99
For some days, he was with
the disciples at Damascus.'"
00:44:53.02\00:44:57.06
I love this.
00:44:57.09\00:44:58.43
"And immediately he proclaimed
Jesus in the synagogues."
00:44:58.46\00:45:04.37
Hallelujah.
00:45:04.40\00:45:05.73
Even for a misled
zealot, there is hope.
00:45:05.77\00:45:08.74
Saul's
encounter with God's glory
00:45:08.77\00:45:11.34
led to his repentance
which led to the manifestation
00:45:11.37\00:45:14.11
of the glory of
God in Paul's life,
00:45:14.14\00:45:17.18
from persecuting to loving,
00:45:17.21\00:45:19.28
from rebuking to
helping, from judgment to grace.
00:45:19.31\00:45:23.28
How?
00:45:23.32\00:45:24.65
By beholding Jesus, by being
filled with the Holy Spirit,
00:45:24.69\00:45:28.92
through letting Jesus Christ
00:45:28.96\00:45:30.29
bring His glorious
presence into Paul's heart.
00:45:30.33\00:45:33.46
Then suddenly, the
gospel was no longer
00:45:33.50\00:45:36.53
about righteousness by works,
00:45:36.56\00:45:38.20
but all about righteousness
by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Friends, in order
to arise and shine,
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.97
you and I need
an ongoing encounter
00:45:46.01\00:45:48.41
with the glory
of the living God.
00:45:48.44\00:45:50.55
When we experience
it, we will be changed.
00:45:50.58\00:45:55.02
As we continually behold
our glorious and lovely Jesus,
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.65
Jesus the Word made flesh,
00:45:58.69\00:46:00.39
Jesus the living
manifestation of God's glory,
00:46:00.42\00:46:02.22
Jesus the
character of God revealed,
00:46:02.26\00:46:05.79
we are continually
transformed into His likeness.
00:46:05.83\00:46:10.90
Listen to these powerful words
from the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:46:10.93\00:46:13.67
Testimonies for
Ministers, page 458.
00:46:13.70\00:46:16.50
"The world today is in crying
00:46:16.54\00:46:18.67
need of a
revelation of Christ Jesus
00:46:18.71\00:46:20.78
in the person of His saints.
00:46:20.81\00:46:22.84
The message of
truth that is to call men
00:46:22.88\00:46:24.88
out of darkness into
God's marvelous light
00:46:24.91\00:46:27.92
is given by the church.
00:46:27.95\00:46:29.68
The lives of its members
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.69
sanctified by the Spirit
of truth are to bear witness
00:46:31.72\00:46:35.32
to the verity of
the messages proclaimed.
00:46:35.36\00:46:39.19
In other words,
God's glory shining on
00:46:39.23\00:46:42.30
and through you and me
is His character proclaimed
00:46:42.33\00:46:45.43
in words of truth and manifested
00:46:45.47\00:46:49.14
in works and
actions of benevolence,
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.47
and love, and grace.
00:46:51.51\00:46:54.21
Our message of
truth, salvation, and hope
00:46:54.24\00:46:56.44
must be confirmed by
another centered life
00:46:56.48\00:46:59.78
full of these qualities.
00:46:59.81\00:47:01.85
Character content and
character manifestation
00:47:01.88\00:47:04.89
go hand in hand.
00:47:04.92\00:47:06.42
For what we do
reveals to the world
00:47:06.45\00:47:08.96
if we really believe in
the message that we preach.
00:47:08.99\00:47:13.33
Praise God.
00:47:13.36\00:47:14.86
Christ in us will
make this a reality.
00:47:14.90\00:47:18.27
Praise God.
00:47:18.30\00:47:19.63
He will live out
His life within us.
00:47:19.67\00:47:22.54
We can't do it on ourselves.
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Christ's Object
Lessons, page 420.
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Ellen White writes,
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
"The revelation of His own glory
00:47:28.38\00:47:30.25
in the form of
humanity will bring heaven
00:47:30.28\00:47:33.01
so near to men that the beauty
adorning the inner temple,
00:47:33.05\00:47:38.25
that's our
transformed character,
00:47:38.29\00:47:39.99
Jesus in us will
be seen in every soul
00:47:40.02\00:47:42.66
in whom the savior dwells."
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What would be the result?
00:47:45.69\00:47:47.03
She says, "Men
will be captivated
00:47:47.06\00:47:49.73
by the glory of
an abiding Christ,
00:47:49.76\00:47:52.67
and in currents of
praise and thanksgiving
00:47:52.70\00:47:54.84
from the many
souls thus won to God,
00:47:54.87\00:47:57.24
glory will flow
back to the great giver."
00:47:57.27\00:48:01.64
Christ looks upon His people
as the supplement of His glory.
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In other words,
when you behold God
00:48:06.95\00:48:10.32
and let the Lord arise upon you,
00:48:10.35\00:48:12.59
you will yourself
become part of the glory of God
00:48:12.62\00:48:16.49
and He will shine
through you unto others.
00:48:16.52\00:48:19.86
Isn't it beautiful?
00:48:19.89\00:48:21.76
Isn't it glorious?
00:48:21.80\00:48:24.27
God wants to do
this miracle for you.
00:48:24.30\00:48:28.00
God wants to shine
in and through you.
00:48:28.04\00:48:31.87
Do you believe this, GYC?
00:48:31.91\00:48:34.18
Do you believe this?
00:48:34.21\00:48:37.21
When you behold Him in His glory
00:48:37.25\00:48:39.58
and receive Him
through the Holy Spirit,
00:48:39.61\00:48:41.98
when you look at Jesus
in the light of the world,
00:48:42.02\00:48:44.49
when you trust
Him and study Him,
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.39
you'll learn from Him.
00:48:46.42\00:48:47.76
When you get to know
Him and listen to Him,
00:48:47.79\00:48:49.39
your character
will be transformed
00:48:49.42\00:48:51.83
to reflect His
glorious character,
00:48:51.86\00:48:54.16
and your life work will be
luminous with the love of God.
00:48:54.20\00:48:59.23
Christ will help you.
00:48:59.27\00:49:01.40
Christ will empower you to love,
00:49:01.44\00:49:03.97
to help others to lift them up.
00:49:04.01\00:49:06.54
Your words and actions
will be a glorious manifestation
00:49:06.57\00:49:09.98
of Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
00:49:10.01\00:49:13.52
Every eye is closed
and every head is bowed.
00:49:16.95\00:49:22.29
I believe God has
spoken to you this morning
00:49:22.32\00:49:24.56
through His Word
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.26
and there might be
some here this morning
00:49:27.30\00:49:29.40
who feel like Jacob, surrounded
by darkness outside and within.
00:49:29.43\00:49:35.64
Your sins have ruined your
life and your relationships.
00:49:35.67\00:49:40.11
Guilt and shame
have crushed your soul.
00:49:40.14\00:49:42.81
You are right now
in a very dark place.
00:49:42.84\00:49:46.48
But this morning, you've caught
a glimpse of the glory of God
00:49:46.51\00:49:50.85
and you want that.
00:49:50.89\00:49:52.45
You want a new revelation
of that gracious glory
00:49:52.49\00:49:55.09
in the light of God.
00:49:55.12\00:49:56.46
You want to behold Jesus.
00:49:56.49\00:49:57.83
You want to receive
forgiveness and transformation
00:49:57.86\00:50:01.33
and a new beginning.
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.06
If that is you this morning,
I want to invite you to come
00:50:03.10\00:50:05.63
to the front, just
slip out to the side
00:50:05.67\00:50:07.70
and come to the front.
00:50:07.74\00:50:09.07
You want a fresh
revelation of Jesus.
00:50:09.10\00:50:11.27
You want the darkness
in your heart to be filled
00:50:11.31\00:50:13.88
with the glory of God.
00:50:13.91\00:50:15.24
Praise God, just come.
00:50:15.28\00:50:16.61
Don't be afraid.
No one is judging.
00:50:16.64\00:50:17.98
No one's looking.
00:50:18.01\00:50:19.78
Like Jacob, you want
today, this GYC to be
00:50:19.81\00:50:22.12
your bethel experience with Him.
00:50:22.15\00:50:25.72
God is calling you this morning
to fill you with His light.
00:50:25.75\00:50:30.06
You want forgiveness.
00:50:30.09\00:50:31.99
Look at Jesus
and you will have it.
00:50:32.03\00:50:34.73
Just come.
00:50:34.76\00:50:36.90
You can continue to come
00:50:36.93\00:50:38.27
as I go to my
second appeal this morning
00:50:38.30\00:50:39.97
is for those of
you who have been...
00:50:40.00\00:50:42.27
never, maybe never
walked away from the Lord,
00:50:42.30\00:50:44.51
you feel like David.
00:50:44.54\00:50:45.87
You're busy in ministry.
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.24
You're actively
engaged in your mission
00:50:47.28\00:50:50.78
in the work of the
Lord in the church,
00:50:50.81\00:50:52.15
but you've neglected to gaze
00:50:52.18\00:50:53.68
upon the beauty of the Lord,
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.52
and this
morning you want to say,
00:50:55.55\00:50:56.89
"Lord, I need a renewed baptism
of the Holy Spirit right now.
00:50:56.92\00:51:01.56
I need my ministry to be
converted to be so filled
00:51:01.59\00:51:04.93
with the glory and
the character of God,
00:51:04.96\00:51:07.10
that it will be
luminous with the love of God.
00:51:07.13\00:51:10.00
I want to stop
looking at my perspective.
00:51:10.03\00:51:12.27
I want to stop trying to make
this ministry work in my way.
00:51:12.30\00:51:15.34
I want it all to be your way."
00:51:15.37\00:51:16.94
If you want a
converted ministry,
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.47
you want a converted
life, just come to the front
00:51:18.51\00:51:20.94
and ask the Lord to give you
00:51:20.98\00:51:22.31
an outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:22.34\00:51:24.21
Just come.
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.58
You feel like Jacob, you
feel like David, just come.
00:51:25.61\00:51:28.98
My third appeal.
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.72
It's for you who
realized this morning
00:51:31.75\00:51:34.16
that you need a
Saul to Paul conversion.
00:51:34.19\00:51:38.06
You realize that you have
focused so much on rebuke,
00:51:38.09\00:51:41.66
and judgment, and criticism,
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.73
and finding and
pointing out the sin in others
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.60
instead of reaching out
in grace, and love, and help.
00:51:46.63\00:51:49.64
Today, this Jesus whom
you've been persecuting
00:51:49.67\00:51:52.17
has revealed Himself to you.
00:51:52.21\00:51:53.88
This Jesus appeared in
His glory through His Word
00:51:53.91\00:51:56.68
and you desire more of Him.
00:51:56.71\00:51:58.41
You want Him to
convert your heart,
00:51:58.45\00:52:00.02
to give your heart of
love and grace for others.
00:52:00.05\00:52:03.02
You want His glory
to be seen upon you.
00:52:03.05\00:52:05.82
You want your life to become
00:52:05.85\00:52:07.19
a channel of His
goodness and love
00:52:07.22\00:52:08.99
and if necessary,
you want God to blind you
00:52:09.02\00:52:10.99
so you can learn
to see spiritually
00:52:11.03\00:52:13.40
and proclaim righteousness
by faith throughout your life.
00:52:13.43\00:52:16.43
God is calling you.
00:52:16.46\00:52:17.87
Is there anyone
else, you feel like Jacob,
00:52:17.90\00:52:19.83
darkness is inside and outside.
00:52:19.87\00:52:21.77
You want God to light
up your world right now.
00:52:21.80\00:52:23.54
Come to the front.
00:52:23.57\00:52:25.94
You feel like David, you
want more of the presence of God
00:52:25.97\00:52:28.84
and a converted
ministry, just come.
00:52:28.88\00:52:31.88
You feel like Saul, you
have been focusing too much
00:52:31.91\00:52:35.32
on rebuke and judgment
and you want grace and love
00:52:35.35\00:52:38.15
to be the
fulfillment in your life
00:52:38.19\00:52:40.19
and to be a
channel of God's life.
00:52:40.22\00:52:42.29
God is waiting, GYC,
for each and every one of us
00:52:42.32\00:52:45.69
to become channels of His glory.
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.53
Let's look at Jesus.
00:52:47.56\00:52:48.90
Let's behold Him in His
Word, His righteousness.
00:52:48.93\00:52:51.93
Let us ask the
Holy Spirit to fill us
00:52:51.97\00:52:54.20
with His presence to completely
shut out any darkness,
00:52:54.24\00:52:57.24
to be so full of His
light that only He is seen.
00:52:57.27\00:53:00.18
The one who spoke,
00:53:00.21\00:53:01.54
let there be
light and so it was,
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.05
will speak that
light and righteousness
00:53:04.08\00:53:05.98
into your life this
morning if you let Him.
00:53:06.01\00:53:08.92
Just come.
00:53:08.95\00:53:11.85
Is there anyone else?
00:53:11.89\00:53:13.22
God is good.
00:53:13.25\00:53:16.69
He's beautiful.
00:53:16.73\00:53:18.96
He's glorious.
00:53:18.99\00:53:20.36
Let us pray.
00:53:20.40\00:53:22.90
Father, this
morning we have seen
00:53:22.93\00:53:27.24
a glimpse of the
glory of God in Your Word.
00:53:27.27\00:53:29.97
Oh, Lord, we
thank you for Jesus.
00:53:30.01\00:53:33.11
We thank You for righteousness,
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.48
and purity, and
love, and holiness.
00:53:34.51\00:53:36.18
We thank You that
You are so wonderful.
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.38
All we desire
is what Moses said,
00:53:38.41\00:53:40.82
"Show us Your glory."
00:53:40.85\00:53:42.52
Shine on us this morning.
00:53:42.55\00:53:44.15
Lord, I claim the promise
00:53:44.19\00:53:45.99
that You will
give us the Holy Spirit
00:53:46.02\00:53:48.09
when we ask for it.
00:53:48.12\00:53:49.46
Right now, Lord, we
pray for the Holy Spirit.
00:53:49.49\00:53:52.09
We pray for forgiveness of sin
00:53:52.13\00:53:54.13
and cleansing of
all unrighteousness.
00:53:54.16\00:53:56.83
Lord, we'll pray that
You will convert our lives,
00:53:56.87\00:53:59.40
You will convert our ministries.
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.50
We want to be channels
of Your love and grace.
00:54:01.54\00:54:04.67
Lord, forgive us for judgment,
forgive us for criticism.
00:54:04.71\00:54:08.58
Bring us together, Lord.
00:54:08.61\00:54:10.28
Help us to see
and help each other.
00:54:10.31\00:54:13.62
Father, we desire Your
glory to be seen upon us.
00:54:13.65\00:54:17.42
Rise upon us.
00:54:17.45\00:54:19.02
May the
righteousness and love of Jesus
00:54:19.05\00:54:20.56
rise upon us this morning.
00:54:20.59\00:54:22.02
May we become a
channel of Your love and truth.
00:54:22.06\00:54:26.76