Hello and welcome
to 3ABN's Homecoming
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Fall Camp Meeting 2017.
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Who would have thought?
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I mean, really,
who would have thought?
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We thought 2000 was it, right?
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And here we are 17 years later.
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Well, I'm excited
about this next hour.
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I pray that you are, too.
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I pray that you're
praying for the Holy Spirit's
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power and this next
musical performance.
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You see, my
mother was a musician
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and she could play. I wish
I would just have inherited
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some of that. I love music!
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But I've always said
once I get to the kingdom
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I'm going to sing with the best
of them. Sing with those angels
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and the angel choir.
But this next performer is
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well known all around the
world: Brother Tim Parton.
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And isn't it neat
how now you can write him
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and request your
own favorite song?
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You know, last night when I
found out I was going to have
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the opportunity and the
blessing to introduce him
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I kept trying to think:
"Boy, I know you guys come
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for some juicy information.
" You always want to know
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behind the scenes, right?
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You know, I was thinking about
all those hours we spent on
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the plane, Bro. Tim. And,
you know, how you sat so quiet.
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You didn't bother anybody.
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In fact, he got his computer out
and started working on music.
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They were working on a
big program at that time.
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And he's just such a blessing.
In fact, all you have to do
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is look at his smile
and you know he loves Jesus.
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So back there I said:
"Tim, I've been trying to think
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of something. " And
he says: "Just tell them
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Timmy's gonna sing. "
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Amen. He's going to
sing to the King. Amen!
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Sing to the King
who is coming to reign.
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Glory to Jesus,
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the Lamb who was slain.
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Life and salvation
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His empire shall bring
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and joy to the nations
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when Jesus is King.
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So come, let us sing a song:
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a song declaring
we belong to Jesus.
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He is all we need.
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Sing... lift up
a heart of praise,
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sing out the
joyful praise to Jesus.
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Sing to the King.
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For His returning
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we watch and we pray.
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We will be ready
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the dawn of that day.
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We'll join in singing
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with all the redeemed!
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For Satan is vanquished
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and Jesus is King!
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So come, let us sing a song:
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a song declaring
we belong to Jesus.
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He is all we need.
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Lift up a heart of praise;
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sing now with
joyful voice to Jesus.
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Sing to the King.
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You are the everlasting God!
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The everlasting God!
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You do not faint...
You won't grow weary.
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You're the Defender of the weak;
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You comfort those in need.
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You lift us up on
wings like eagles!
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Sing if you know it.
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You are the everlasting God!
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The everlasting God!
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You do not faint...
You won't grow weary.
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You're the Defender of the weak;
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You comfort those in need.
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You lift us up
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on wings like eagles!
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So come, let us sing a song:
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a song declaring
we belong to Jesus.
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He is all we need.
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Lift up a heart of praise;
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sing now with
voices raised to Jesus.
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Sing to the King!
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Oh, He loves to hear us sing!
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Amen!
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Amen! Thank you, Brother Tim!
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You know, my mom always
said music touches the heart
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as nothing else can
many times. I like that!
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You know, I hear
somebody behind me.
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I haven't even introduced
him yet but here he is.
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I guess we'll just do
this a little backwards.
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Well I'm just used to
coming out with you, honey.
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I just didn't know. I
just follow wherever she goes.
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I just follow. It makes
it hard to talk about you
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when you're actually
here. Well, don't do it then.
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There's nothing to say.
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But they want to hear
all the behind the scenes.
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How am I supposed to do that?
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Well, do the best
you can is all I know.
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Well, Pastor Kenny of
Behold the Lamb Ministries
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is a warm and a
loving part of 3ABN.
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We love 3ABN! Amen!
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And he has been in
ministry over 33 years!
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In fact, he's doing to one
thing he said he would never do:
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be a preacher. Maybe I should
go back, right? Be a preacher!
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He said: "Absolutely not! I'm
not going to be a preacher. "
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But praise God!
I heard Pastor C.A.
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say: "Isn't it wonderful
that God never gives up on us. "
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He never gave up on you;
He hasn't given up on me.
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Yes. He hasn't
given up on any of us
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and that is such
a blessing. Amen!
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You know, as we continue
in our work for the Lord
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and we see the angels as they're
holding back the winds of strife
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that's becoming
looser and more loose
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as time continues forward.
And we see things happening
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in the world as never before.
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And it's time that we're raising
that standard high. Amen! Yes!
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And you know, as I
was thinking about you
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and all that you've
done... In fact, I will tell you
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a little tidbit...
Oh, honey! Pastor Kenny...
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Well, Behold the Lamb first
of all was one of the first
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programs to ever
be aired on 3ABN.
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And Pastor Kenny was
the first Adventist pastor
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to ever preach a Revelation and
Daniel seminar on satellite TV.
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That's awesome. And now,
you know, we're just flooded
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because knowledge is increasing
and we've gotta get the message
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out. But that's a neat tidbit.
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And over the years he has
helped... I said this before...
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he's helped to keep me balanced.
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And you know, we all shake and
we all stumble once in a while
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but I'll tell you one
thing about this guy next to me:
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Oh, honey, be careful...
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even when he's
preparing those sermons
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and they're
stepping all over his toes
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and they step all over my toes
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it brings me back to this
verse as we find in I Cor. 15:58
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where it reads:
"Be ye steadfast,
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unmovable, always abounding
in the work of the Lord
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for as much as ye
know that your labor
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is not in vain in the
Lord. " Hallelujah! Amen!
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It doesn't
matter how much it cuts
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because we're not to
change the Word to fit us.
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We're to pray that
the Lord will mold us
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to fit the Word. Let us
pray together, shall we?
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Most gracious heavenly Father,
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as we bow before You
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Father, I lift up
Pastor Kenny right now
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as a vessel of honor
unto You, God, as he brings us
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this next message of
Artificial Embellishment.
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Father, speak to our hearts.
Speak in and through him.
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And once again may
we no longer see him
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but may we hear the
voice of heaven. Amen!
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We ask for Your Spirit to come
and just fill him to the brim
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to overflowing. Even if
he goes away from his notes
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we just know that
it's You speaking to us.
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We need to hear Your
voice here this morning, Father.
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In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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Praise the Lord!
Good to fellowship!
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What a message we just heard!
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Praise God for
that... and many more to come.
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So we encourage those of
you at home: keep tuned in
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and we know more
people's going to be coming.
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We know we're praying more for
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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So it's always good to be
together to study the Word.
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And I love the Camp
Meeting; I love Homecoming.
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I love to get
together with God's people
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and especially
the subject matter.
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You know, sacrifice,
you know. Ours or His.
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And that could go a
lot of different directions
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so I'm sure you'll hear dif-
ferent messages on them today.
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Certainly glad to be
here and the opportunity...
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I know since I've
been a little bit sick
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that my brother always
calls and he motivates me.
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He starts scheduling me. I
know for the Spring Camp Meeting
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you know, just a few months
after surgery saying: "Oh boy! "
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"Well come on...
you know you can do... "
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And then for the Fall.
So it's good to be motivated
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and have things to do for
Jesus so I'm grateful for that.
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There's a story told of
a man named George Atley.
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He was an Englishman and
he had the heart of a hero.
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He went to Africa and he
was working at a mission there
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and he was attacked by natives.
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And it didn't look good for him;
it looked like it might be over
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and he would not
live through it, but
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as the small party was
getting ready to attack him
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he had what they
call a "Winchester. "
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You know, the repeating
rifle that had ten rounds in it.
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And so he thought: "Maybe I
can shoot my way out of this. "
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And then he got to
thinking. You know, he just...
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The party that attacked
him would be at his mercy
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if he began to open fire.
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But he was here at this mission,
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and I would say he
calmly and he quickly
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thought over the
options that he had
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and simply
concluded: "If I kill them,
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would it do the mission good
or would it hurt the mission? "
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And - notice this - so as a lamb
to the slaughter he was led.
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And when the next
day they found his body
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in the stream. And
there was his Winchester
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with all ten rounds in it.
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Very interesting thought.
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He allowed them to take his life
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because he was afraid it
would hurt the cause of Christ.
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That's one form
of sacrifice for man.
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Praise God that the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ
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our Lord and our Savior...
So I'm very grateful and
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thankful to be
able to talk about this.
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And maybe just an
interesting title as it were
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but still I think as we go
along hopefully it will fit
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for you and you'll be able
to understand it a little bit
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better as we go:
Artificial Embellishments.
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And so as we look, as we study
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in keeping with the
theme of this Camp Meeting,
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this Homecoming about sacrifice,
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I don't know about you but
many thoughts came into my mind.
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As I was praying about it and
as you study a lot of thoughts
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come into your mind. The
Holy Spirit brings to mind.
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And what would be just a
good definition of sacrifice?
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You know, what would really?
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And if I talk to 10 of you here
you may be 10 different things
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that you say: "Well this
is what it means to me. "
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That's all right, but I
was thinking about this.
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"It's simply, to
me, sacrifice is Jesus
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and Him crucified. "
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When you say sacrifice you've
said it all when you say Jesus.
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Jesus... and Him crucified.
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This is I Corinthians 1:23.
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You know, sacrifice from a
human standpoint of view...
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I don't know about you, but
sometimes when you talk about
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sacrifice people just
don't want to hear it.
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They don't want to deal with
it; they don't really want to
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talk about it. They don't want
to dwell on it let alone do it!
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But praise God
Jesus wasn't that way.
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And so, you know, a lot of times
it's good to go to Webster's
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and just kind of find
out what Webster says about
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the definition of sacrifice.
But notice how it fits
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spiritually with the
Word of God. It says:
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"Sacrifice is an
offering of the life of a person
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or an animal. "
Well, that makes sense.
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But notice: "To give up
for the sake of someone else. "
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That begins to fit
Jesus. To give up His life
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for the sake of
someone else. Sacrifice here...
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"Or selling something
for less than its value. "
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You know that's very hard to
do. If we have a car for sale
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or something else for
sale we like to put the high...
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high price on it and
then we can maybe come down
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a little bit. But
notice: selling something
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at less than value.
And immediately in my mind
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I thought of
thirty pieces of silver.
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Certainly a whole lot less
than the value of Jesus Christ.
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Absolutely...
when we think about it.
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I know that you understand
as well as I somewhat understand
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that the Word
of God is powerful.
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It's powerful... the Bible
says that 'It's sharper than any
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two-edged sword" the
Bible says in Hebrews 4:12.
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And I like the way that it cuts;
I like the way that it divides.
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And sometimes I believe
we need to take that sword
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and do a little more as it were.
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But you know, we cut
we do the wrong thing...
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but the Holy Spirit doesn't.
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Trims off what needs to be and
cuts off with the less amount
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of pain. Praise God for that.
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But this passage of scripture
I'm going to read here in just
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a moment I think it
simply tells a truth
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that we need to understand.
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I Corinthians 5:17
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just simply says
"Christ, our sacrifice. "
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This is where it comes...
this is what it boils down to.
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Christ our sacrifice...
because we need one.
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We're in a bad
way... we need Jesus.
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Explains why He
came... why He died.
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Why He's promised
to come back again.
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Hebrews 9:26... read
along with me if you will.
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"For then must He
often have suffered
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since the foundation of
the world. " Notice this.
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"But now once in the end
of the world hath He appeared
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to put away sin by the
sacrifice of Himself. "
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How wonderful! When
Jesus came, what did He say?
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"I'm going to
put an end to sin. "
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"Going to put an end to
the enemy. " Praise God!
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That's wonderful! To
me that was good news.
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But notice what this
verse really means to us.
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If Jesus' offering
had been temporary,
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He'd have had to do
it over and over and over
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as the high priest,
the earthly priest did.
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You know, we'd have
to have the incarnation;
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we'd have to have
His death over and over.
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But the Bible said
He's going to come once.
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He's just going to come once and
that's going to be sufficient.
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The blood that's shed
will be sufficient to cover
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the sin of the whole world.
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We just have to accept it.
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How awesome that is!
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He said: "I'll just come
once. I'll give My life. "
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How beautiful that is to know.
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The Acts of the Apostles... I
tell every time at Camp Meeting
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or Homecoming I
love Spirit of Prophecy.
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I'm not embarrassed and
I'm not ashamed about it
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and I'm going to read from
it. Some people say: "Well don't
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read from it. " No... I'm
going to read from it anyway.
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Is that all
right? Come on, somebody.
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We're at church; we're
going to talk about it.
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This is one of the identifying
marks of God's last-day church
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and we need to be reading
it more than we have been.
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Some of you have all the books
but you haven't cracked one
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in ten years. By God's grace
you'd better crack them open
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or you're going
to get cracked open.
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OK. I think we've
got that one already.
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Can I go on with this here?
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We need to get to the Word
of God and get down right now
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because the time is short.
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Acts of the
Apostles pages 246 and 247
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makes it plain
about the Redeemer.
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Makes it plain. Says:
"The One who through sacrifice
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of His own life
made an atonement for sin
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one for all. It was... "
Notice this: "was then... "
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Now what was He doing?
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"and then He's going
to take up His ministry
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in the heavenly sanctuary. "
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Think about it: He wasn't done
- like some say - on Calvary!
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You see, He was not done
when He was nailed to the cross.
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You see, when He came out
of that tomb as He went back to
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glory, right? He's
interceding for us right now.
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He's working in our behalf.
We'll talk more about that.
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I love that thought!
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He's ever
interceding as the song says.
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He's ever working
in my behalf. Why?
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Because I ever... I NEED it.
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I need it day in
and I need it day out.
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I don't know about you.
And in harmony with that
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the book of
Evangelism page 221 says this:
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"The correct understanding of
the ministration in the heavenly
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sanctuary... "
What does that mean?
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That means the work
that He's doing, doesn't it?
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The ministration -
"the work that He's doing
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in the sanctuary is the
foundation of our faith. "
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And I wonder if
maybe we've forgotten that.
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We've forgotten what
the sanctuary is all about.
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It's the foundation,
it says, of our faith.
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It's the supporting part of
the ministry, of this movement
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that God has
ordained in this world.
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See, we need to
be happy about that.
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We need to understand
God's called you and me
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out of darkness
into marvelous light.
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He reached down and He
tapped you on the shoulder,
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wherever you were at,
whatever's going on in life,
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and He gave you a call to
come and to give this message
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to the world. So it needs to
be a message that's going to get
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the attention of the world.
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Whether they like it or
whether they don't like it;
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whether they hear, right? or
they forbear, the Bible says.
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Think about it! Our
job is to give this last
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warning message to the
world and certainly here at 3ABN
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have that
opportunity to do that.
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I think about the sanctuary...
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let me just make three
quick points on the sanctuary
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because we need to
understand it's function and why
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this message of the
sanctuary is so important
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instead of a lot of people
saying: "We don't have to worry
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about it any more. "
Fussing and fighting and arguing
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over things that just
doesn't amount to anything.
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We need to get down to what
does the sanctuary do for us?
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To me, the sanctuary
keeps this movement steady.
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You know, you need
steady movement on that.
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You don't need
herky-jerky and running around
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at every wind of doctrine.
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So the sanctuary message
keeps this movement steady
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right down on the
road. This sanctuary message
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that God has given to
this church, to this movement,
00:20:04.07\00:20:07.40
keeps us in position.
00:20:07.60\00:20:09.97
It anchors us in...
this sanctuary message
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that God has
given to this church.
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Listen, church... think about
it... it proves our position.
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The sanctuary does what?
00:20:20.78\00:20:22.22
Proves! It proves our position:
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that God has ordained this
movement. That's why the devil
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hates it so much.
That's why a lot of times:
00:20:28.46\00:20:30.79
"Well, we shouldn't study.
We don't need to worry about. "
00:20:30.99\00:20:32.89
Yes... we need to
study. We need to spend time.
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We need to understand the
importance of this subject.
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Why? Christ is working
for His people right now.
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He's working for us
right now at the present time.
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Think about it. Where?
Why? Because the hour of God's
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judgment has come;
we're in the judgment hour.
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He's working for
us; He's calling us.
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He's giving us another shot!
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Amen! He's giving us another
opportunity to come to Him.
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And you know what?
We're talking... Present truth
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needs to be
presented to the world.
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Not some stale, day-old
message that we hear every day.
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You know, you can
hear it anywhere you go.
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These should be
startling to the ears.
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It should make the
ears tingle, Brother Lewis.
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It should make the ears
just tingle. Say: "Whoo! "
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"Glory! " I'm hearing this...
I may have heard it 30 times
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but it still
makes my ears tingle
00:21:22.04\00:21:23.81
when I hear it again
because I know that it's true.
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I know it's the foundation.
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I know this
movement HAS a foundation
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and I know we want to be
set right on that foundation.
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IMMOVEABLE in
the cause of Christ.
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Friend, this is
where we need to be today!
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The sanctuary... just read it,
you know, in Hebrews 8 and 9.
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Just the two
chapters. Many know that
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but we're talking a lot
of precious, wonderful people
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who've never heard
about the sanctuary.
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They don't know where
to find it in the Bible.
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So we're talking to you,
too. We love you, and we want
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you to understand
what's giving us peace and joy
00:21:53.17\00:21:56.21
and happiness and
stability in this movement
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when sometimes it seems
like it's about to fall.
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Somebody stay with me.
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I think we need present
truth. We need it powerfully.
00:22:04.99\00:22:10.03
We need to present it power-
fully and we need it clear!
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We need it
sometimes cutting... you know.
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The Lord has to get
my attention sometimes.
00:22:17.23\00:22:18.90
Some of us are a little
hard to get the attention.
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And sometimes the truth
has to be a little bit cutting
00:22:21.84\00:22:24.07
and there's demands on us...
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decisions that have to be made.
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And so therefore we do not need
any artificial embellishments
00:22:27.88\00:22:32.05
the way that many are
giving the message for today.
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I've often said: "If you
can't give the message right,
00:22:36.45\00:22:38.72
go get another job. "
00:22:38.92\00:22:40.26
Does that make sense?
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Oh, some people
just hate to hear that.
00:22:42.32\00:22:43.83
But you know
what? I love to say it.
00:22:44.03\00:22:45.36
If you're not
going to do it right,
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.26
right? go find
something else to do.
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Man, this
message is too important!
00:22:51.03\00:22:52.90
This is life and death to the
world... life and death issue.
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And we act like up here we're
going to get a little sugar
00:22:57.87\00:22:59.91
and a little spice
and everything nice.
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.71
Listen: we need this truth.
00:23:02.11\00:23:04.78
Powerful, clear, and cutting is
a good way to give the message
00:23:04.98\00:23:08.85
today. When I say "no
artificial" I'm talking about
00:23:09.05\00:23:11.92
nothing that's simulated.
00:23:12.12\00:23:13.89
Somebody give a simulated
message... oh, come on, now.
00:23:14.09\00:23:16.93
We don't need
anything that's made up.
00:23:17.43\00:23:19.39
Do we? No! We
don't need any trickery.
00:23:19.59\00:23:22.96
There's a lot of message
people give that tricks you.
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You know, this message God
has given this church is clear
00:23:27.20\00:23:31.07
as a bell. No, we don't
need to be any division.
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.78
We need to be together 100%.
00:23:33.98\00:23:35.88
We don't need anything fake.
00:23:36.08\00:23:37.71
We don't need
"half-truths" people call them.
00:23:37.91\00:23:41.42
This is no time may I
say for "tomfoolery. "
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.05
Anybody ever
heard that old saying?
00:23:44.42\00:23:46.05
It's no time for that
right now where we're at
00:23:47.12\00:23:49.76
in earth's history.
We need no embellishments
00:23:49.99\00:23:53.36
of this message.
God gave it clear.
00:23:53.56\00:23:56.43
We don't need to add anything;
we don't need any decorations.
00:23:56.83\00:24:00.24
We don't need any ornaments
placed on this message.
00:24:00.44\00:24:03.84
We don't need any
improvements to this message.
00:24:04.04\00:24:06.37
Even though there's men, places
that think they're smart enough
00:24:06.57\00:24:09.24
to improve the
message that God has given.
00:24:09.44\00:24:11.18
I have a word for them:
"You're not smarter than God! "
00:24:11.38\00:24:13.72
This is God's message. This
is straight from the throne room
00:24:16.32\00:24:20.06
which makes it...
Nothing! We don't need to add
00:24:20.26\00:24:22.39
details. Some
people like to add details.
00:24:22.59\00:24:24.66
We don't need that.
What we need is truth,
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.90
and the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
00:24:27.10\00:24:29.33
That's my opinion...
I pray that it's yours.
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.70
We're past way time...
You know what the truth
00:24:32.47\00:24:35.44
and the whole truth is?
Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
00:24:35.64\00:24:38.71
Amen! That's what we need to
know; this is where it starts.
00:24:38.91\00:24:42.04
And you might say: "Well
why? Why do we need this? "
00:24:42.44\00:24:46.48
Because, my brothers and
sisters, as you well know
00:24:46.68\00:24:49.12
and those of you at
home maybe you don't know
00:24:49.32\00:24:51.09
we are in the
great Day of Atonement.
00:24:51.29\00:24:54.36
Did we get it? We're what?
00:24:54.76\00:24:56.22
"Well, we're in... " You
know, some of us times have... "
00:24:56.42\00:24:58.69
"Well, we're in the Day of
Atonement. " Somebody wake up!
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.43
We're in the
great Day of Atonement!
00:25:01.63\00:25:04.30
Names are coming up for
the God of the universe.
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.44
Sentence is
going to be pronounced.
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.67
Oh brothers and
sisters, we need to be right
00:25:10.64\00:25:12.54
when our name comes up!
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.08
Great Day of
Atonement. Where is Jesus?
00:25:14.28\00:25:15.88
Jesus is standing before God.
00:25:16.08\00:25:18.41
He's pleading our cases.
00:25:18.81\00:25:20.15
Oh, I praise Him
for pleading my...
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.58
"Oh God, please...
Jesus, plead my case. "
00:25:21.75\00:25:24.29
How many of us are
really pleading with that?
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.69
This is no time to be putting
on a robe of self-righteousness.
00:25:26.89\00:25:31.26
A robe of selfishness.
00:25:31.46\00:25:33.16
This is time to put on
a robe of Jesus Christ...
00:25:34.00\00:25:36.33
the robe of self-denial.
00:25:37.37\00:25:39.87
We must be humble
at this point in time.
00:25:40.30\00:25:42.97
Willing to get on our knees;
willing to confess our sin.
00:25:43.17\00:25:46.44
Willing to say we are a
sinner in need of grace.
00:25:46.84\00:25:49.44
You know, this is it. There's
nothing wrong: I need a Savior.
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.75
I say that before the
world: "I need a Savior. "
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I am in a lost condition.
I am a lost individual
00:25:55.58\00:25:58.09
without Jesus.
There's no hope without Jesus.
00:25:58.29\00:26:01.16
We come to Him
confessing our sins,
00:26:01.36\00:26:04.09
you know, and make sure
that we're covered by the blood:
00:26:04.29\00:26:07.30
the blood over the doorpost.
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.53
We need that blood over
there my brothers and sisters.
00:26:09.73\00:26:12.47
Make sure by God's grace
that we are reflecting His
00:26:12.67\00:26:17.21
divine... His divine
image. We must by faith
00:26:17.41\00:26:22.14
enter the sanctuary
above. Notice what I said.
00:26:22.34\00:26:25.48
I say by faith do what?
Enter the sanctuary above.
00:26:25.68\00:26:29.32
If we do not... let
me throw this out...
00:26:29.52\00:26:32.42
you throw it
back if you want to.
00:26:32.62\00:26:34.06
I'll throw it right
back at you I guarantee...
00:26:34.72\00:26:37.63
till I can't do it any more.
00:26:38.13\00:26:39.69
If we do not by faith join with
Him in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:26:42.43\00:26:46.70
we will be weighed in the
balances and found wanting.
00:26:46.90\00:26:50.57
We WILL be
weighed in the balances...
00:26:51.07\00:26:53.17
and that's not a pretty
thing to even think about.
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.18
Oh... Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
00:26:56.38\00:27:00.25
Hebrews chapter 9 verse 28.
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Notice... I always l like to say
"Notice what the Bible says. "
00:27:02.58\00:27:05.39
Not what Kenny says. Not what
Pete and Fred and Janice says.
00:27:07.32\00:27:11.56
It's what Jesus
says, isn't that right?
00:27:11.76\00:27:13.73
The Bible says: "So
Christ... " Hebrews 9:28
00:27:13.93\00:27:18.13
"So Christ was once offered
to bear the sins of... " What?
00:27:18.33\00:27:21.50
"sins of many. " Notice
that. If you look up that word
00:27:21.90\00:27:25.34
in the Greek it
says equivalent to all.
00:27:25.64\00:27:31.58
Notice. I've read it for years
in there and it says, you know,
00:27:32.48\00:27:36.12
"sins of many. " I say: "Well
praise God. There's gonna... "
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.19
Whoo! It gives me
hope... "there's gonna be many
00:27:38.39\00:27:40.66
that's going to
be in the kingdom!
00:27:40.86\00:27:42.19
There's going to be many
that's going to be there. "
00:27:42.32\00:27:43.73
But really the way
that it really reads is
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.26
that many is equivalent to all!
00:27:46.46\00:27:48.90
All who come to Him;
all who confess their sin;
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.13
all who's willing to live in
obedience to His commandments.
00:27:52.33\00:27:54.94
There's none of this slipping
through the cracks business
00:27:55.77\00:27:57.91
or just come to Him
and talk about get saved
00:27:58.11\00:28:00.04
and then go live
the way you want to live
00:28:00.24\00:28:01.94
do what you want
to do. Have mercy!
00:28:02.14\00:28:03.68
That's against
Bible teaching is it not?
00:28:03.88\00:28:06.48
That's against Bible teaching.
00:28:07.35\00:28:09.08
Yeah, I want to be a little
difficult to those who are
00:28:09.48\00:28:12.65
having an issue with that.
00:28:12.85\00:28:14.72
I want them to think
just a little bit with me.
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.59
We love them. That's why we
want to bring these truths out.
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In fact, you can find a
little more in Romans 5:15.
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Just read about that.
00:28:23.57\00:28:24.90
"He bore the sins of many
and to them... " I love this!
00:28:25.00\00:28:27.27
"to them that look
for... " What? Well, see there's
00:28:27.47\00:28:31.67
nobody looking for Him.
Notice what the scripture said:
00:28:31.87\00:28:34.91
"unto them that look for
Him He came... " To do what?
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He's going to bear the sins of
many - notice - who are looking
00:28:39.21\00:28:43.32
for Him. If you're
not looking for Him
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.35
you're not going to find Him.
00:28:45.55\00:28:46.89
If you're not looking for Him
00:28:46.96\00:28:48.92
He can't bear
your sins as it were.
00:28:49.12\00:28:52.49
He can't work in
behalf of your life.
00:28:52.69\00:28:56.03
He just can't do it because
we're not looking for Him.
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Why wouldn't we as a church,
as a body, as an individual
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say: "I'm looking
for Jesus to come. "
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Oh, my friend, if
you're looking for Jesus...
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What is that, Titus
2:13? That is the Blessed Hope!
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That's what keeps me going when
the world is as dark as it is.
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It's a miserable world;
the devil is running rampant
00:29:15.08\00:29:17.72
in there in lives in this world.
00:29:17.92\00:29:20.19
And that gives me hope and
that gives me encouragement
00:29:20.59\00:29:22.86
because I'm looking
for that Blessed Hope.
00:29:23.06\00:29:24.79
I go to the simplicity of the
gospel. Not only am I looking
00:29:25.63\00:29:28.60
for the coming of Jesus
but He says in John 14:3
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as you well know, He
says: "I will come again. "
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I'm looking for Him because
He said: "I'm going to come
00:29:34.77\00:29:36.94
and I'm going to
come after you. "
00:29:37.14\00:29:38.67
Oh, take it personal
my brothers and sisters!
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.11
Take it personal. He said:
"I'm going to come after you.
00:29:41.31\00:29:43.75
If you're the only one, I'm
still going to come after you. "
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.25
You know these things
but we need to be revived
00:29:46.45\00:29:49.15
over and over. "I
would have gone to Calvary. "
00:29:49.35\00:29:51.62
"I would have sacrificed My life
00:29:51.82\00:29:53.46
if it had just
been for you only. "
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.92
That goes "choot" over my mind
00:29:56.16\00:29:58.36
but I know by
faith it's the truth.
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Amen! I know that it is.
That's the love that the Father
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has, that Jesus has, for us.
00:30:03.23\00:30:05.30
That's such an encouragement!
I'm looking for His appearing.
00:30:05.50\00:30:08.44
"I will come again. "
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.94
One of the other reasons
I'm looking for His appearing:
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I think I John 3:2 says...
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oooh! it says: "We
shall be like Him. "
00:30:15.78\00:30:19.65
I may be the only one excited
about it, but don't worry...
00:30:21.95\00:30:24.15
I'm going to go on with
it. To me, that's exciting
00:30:24.29\00:30:26.59
to think this old
miserable, pathetic body
00:30:26.82\00:30:29.66
as you get old, so on and
so forth, we can have the body
00:30:29.86\00:30:32.69
as it were of Jesus. We
can have the mind of Christ.
00:30:32.89\00:30:34.73
We're going to be like
Him; we're going to see Him
00:30:34.93\00:30:37.00
as He is. That's exciting to me!
00:30:37.20\00:30:39.37
Amen! No death,
sorrow. Oh... praise God!
00:30:39.57\00:30:42.60
Notice: he said: "We're
looking... " No is anybody here
00:30:43.00\00:30:44.97
looking for His appearing?
00:30:45.17\00:30:46.54
Whoo! Glory! I see one.
The rest of you are lost
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.94
I guess. Thank
you on the corner.
00:30:49.14\00:30:52.85
You're gonna go
two-hander, are you?
00:30:53.05\00:30:54.55
Bless your precious heart.
00:30:54.75\00:30:56.08
Now... is anybody
looking for the coming of Jesus?
00:30:56.12\00:30:58.69
Absolutely!
That's the way, church.
00:30:58.89\00:31:00.46
We've gotta get involved!
00:31:00.66\00:31:01.99
We are looking...
'cause it is our Blessed Hope.
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.66
Amen. Notice: "look
for Him He shall appear
00:31:04.86\00:31:08.63
the second time
without sin unto salvation. "
00:31:08.83\00:31:11.53
What a wonderful
thought: without sin.
00:31:11.93\00:31:14.30
Living in a world without sin.
00:31:14.50\00:31:16.04
Peace and tranquility
and being with Jesus.
00:31:16.44\00:31:19.04
You know, what does that mean?
00:31:19.44\00:31:21.14
He's going to come back
without sin unto salvation.
00:31:21.54\00:31:25.01
Before He comes back the
work that He came to do -
00:31:26.08\00:31:30.05
notice this my
brothers and sisters -
00:31:30.25\00:31:31.82
is all completed. When He comes
He brings His reward with Him.
00:31:32.02\00:31:35.42
Before He comes the second time
00:31:35.62\00:31:37.73
sin has been put to an end.
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.43
We realize that Calvary
was a wonderful wonderful thing
00:31:39.63\00:31:42.43
and we praise God for Calvary.
00:31:42.83\00:31:44.57
We praise God for that
blood that flowed so freely
00:31:44.77\00:31:47.37
for someone like
me. I thank God for it.
00:31:47.57\00:31:50.04
But I want to
encourage ministers and teachers
00:31:50.24\00:31:53.21
and leaders and laity
00:31:53.41\00:31:55.64
more... just get
involved more than we ever have.
00:31:55.84\00:31:59.05
More hearts could be touched;
more hearts could be revived.
00:31:59.45\00:32:03.79
More hearts can be changed
if we would dwell a little bit
00:32:03.99\00:32:07.69
more on practical godliness
rather than some of this...
00:32:07.89\00:32:12.16
a little bit less flair.
00:32:12.36\00:32:13.90
There's too much flair goin'
on. Somebody didn't get it.
00:32:14.36\00:32:16.73
There's too much flair going on.
00:32:16.93\00:32:18.30
There's too much worrying
about the looks of something.
00:32:18.50\00:32:20.40
We need to be focusing
on practical godliness!
00:32:20.60\00:32:23.67
Getting right with God that
we may one day be with Jesus,
00:32:23.87\00:32:27.68
be with the angels of heaven.
Isn't that what it's all about?
00:32:27.88\00:32:30.11
Amen! We need to understand.
00:32:30.31\00:32:32.81
God bless. We need more
of the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:32:33.01\00:32:37.25
We need more of the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:32:37.45\00:32:38.95
We need no
artificial embellishments.
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.22
We just don't need them.
00:32:41.42\00:32:42.76
I'm thankful for the
theme of this Camp Meeting
00:32:43.06\00:32:45.66
and sacrifice. I love
the thought of sacrifice.
00:32:45.86\00:32:49.73
And certainly we
realize it's not only Jesus
00:32:49.93\00:32:52.67
but there's sacrifices in
our own life that you've been
00:32:52.87\00:32:55.04
hearing about we understand
that need to take place.
00:32:55.24\00:32:57.44
Why? Why? Think
about why sacrifice.
00:32:57.91\00:33:01.01
Why? Because it
centers around Jesus Christ.
00:33:01.21\00:33:04.05
Think about the message.
00:33:04.45\00:33:05.81
Any message you give,
right? Anything that you read
00:33:06.01\00:33:08.35
it needs to center
around Jesus Christ.
00:33:08.55\00:33:10.52
There's our power;
there's our strength.
00:33:10.72\00:33:12.52
There's our
victory! Praise God for that.
00:33:12.72\00:33:15.02
I want a message that
centers around Christ.
00:33:15.22\00:33:18.59
I want something that
centers around Christ as it were
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.90
His sacrifice... nailed
to the cross for our sin.
00:33:21.06\00:33:24.63
It focuses on
Christ the risen Savior.
00:33:25.03\00:33:27.40
Isn't that wonderful?
We serve a risen Savior.
00:33:27.74\00:33:30.17
He's in the world
today, praise God.
00:33:30.57\00:33:32.37
I like to talk about it,
look up passages of scripture
00:33:33.38\00:33:36.58
about sacrifice because it talks
about Christ our righteousness.
00:33:36.81\00:33:40.95
Because we have none... "there's
none good... no not one. "
00:33:41.15\00:33:44.05
It's time to get
real in our Christian life
00:33:44.25\00:33:45.89
to look at... say:
"We are a lost cause. "
00:33:46.09\00:33:48.46
We're not good...
there's nothing good about us.
00:33:48.86\00:33:51.09
We're the dust of the
earth. Oh, we need a Savior!
00:33:51.29\00:33:53.86
Can sit around saying: "Well,
I'm good. I think I'm fine.
00:33:54.23\00:33:56.60
I think I'm gonna make
it. " You're in trouble!
00:33:56.80\00:33:58.60
We need to realize where
we are, where we're at in our
00:33:59.00\00:34:01.34
relationship with
Christ. But we can focus
00:34:01.54\00:34:04.31
on Christ our Intercessor.
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.41
We can even focus on
Christ's pre-existence
00:34:06.61\00:34:08.91
that many people have a hard
time with. I don't know why.
00:34:09.11\00:34:11.58
We can focus as we mentioned
about the second coming
00:34:11.78\00:34:13.95
of Jesus. We can
focus about His holy law.
00:34:14.15\00:34:17.09
It's honorable; it's good.
00:34:17.29\00:34:18.62
We can focus on
His victorious life.
00:34:18.65\00:34:21.66
Praise God for that.
00:34:21.86\00:34:23.19
There's power in
lifting up the name of Jesus.
00:34:23.22\00:34:26.03
If you don't have any power,
I guarantee you it's because
00:34:26.23\00:34:28.30
you're not lifting
up the name of Jesus.
00:34:28.50\00:34:30.03
Do you want power
in your life, church?
00:34:30.53\00:34:32.23
Amen! Yes we do!
Then we lift up who?
00:34:32.43\00:34:34.87
Jesus! Now stop
lifting up yourself.
00:34:35.07\00:34:37.57
Don't lift up...
talk about ourselves.
00:34:37.91\00:34:41.01
"Well, we did... they did... "
00:34:41.21\00:34:42.74
What did Jesus do?
00:34:42.94\00:34:44.38
This is where the power is
at my brothers and sisters.
00:34:44.58\00:34:47.08
We know we need to be
reading more and more.
00:34:47.28\00:34:50.55
Lift up the name of Jesus.
00:34:50.95\00:34:53.52
Jesus said that,
didn't He? In John 12:32.
00:34:53.92\00:34:56.79
He said: "I...
if I be... " What?
00:34:56.99\00:34:58.93
"be lifted up
will draw all men. "
00:34:59.13\00:35:02.16
That's... Ooh,
glory! That's a promise!
00:35:02.36\00:35:04.87
That's a promise. Notice
that word. It's so interesting.
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.94
"I will draw all men to Me. "
00:35:09.14\00:35:11.54
I thought: "Oh!
Oh, what a word! "
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.71
Deserves a little bit
of study and I looked on it
00:35:14.91\00:35:16.85
and He said, you
know: "If I be lifted up
00:35:17.05\00:35:18.85
I'm going to take... " Notice:
"I'm going to take for Myself
00:35:19.05\00:35:23.69
you and you and you and me. "
00:35:25.19\00:35:28.66
He's going to
take for Himself us.
00:35:28.86\00:35:31.49
That's what the drawing...
He's going to draw, certainly,
00:35:31.89\00:35:33.70
with His love,
absolutely. Grace and mercy.
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.00
But He's going to take us.
He's going to draw us to Himself
00:35:36.20\00:35:39.53
and going to take us.
How beautiful that is!
00:35:39.73\00:35:41.40
John 3:14 the Bible is clear:
00:35:41.80\00:35:44.41
"So must the Son of Man
be... " What? "lifted up. "
00:35:44.61\00:35:47.61
Son of Man has to be elevated.
00:35:48.51\00:35:50.81
The Son of Man
has to be celebrated.
00:35:51.18\00:35:53.68
The Son of Man we
realize needs to be exalted.
00:35:54.08\00:35:56.75
The Son of Man
needs to be worshiped.
00:35:56.95\00:35:58.79
The call in the three angels'
messages: "Go back and worship
00:35:59.25\00:36:02.12
the One who made
heaven and earth. "
00:36:02.32\00:36:03.66
Get on the right
side... worship the right God.
00:36:03.69\00:36:06.09
In the Bible: "In
the beginning was God! "
00:36:06.29\00:36:08.23
We've got to get
back to give glory to Him
00:36:08.63\00:36:11.07
and simply show the world
what His character is all about.
00:36:11.27\00:36:13.94
Are you a good representative
of the character of God?
00:36:14.27\00:36:16.81
Am I a representative
of the character of God?
00:36:17.01\00:36:18.94
God have mercy on my soul.
00:36:19.14\00:36:20.58
Why would He let people like us
00:36:24.25\00:36:26.92
come to the point, as it
were bottom line, to vindicate
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.75
His character? What a God!
00:36:31.95\00:36:34.52
I've often said I
don't trust myself.
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.33
I trust Him. Now you
say you trust yourself?
00:36:38.23\00:36:41.23
You're fooling yourself...
take heed lest you fall.
00:36:41.43\00:36:44.33
Yes. See... I know. Now
if that offended anybody here
00:36:44.53\00:36:47.40
we need to have a talk later
'cause we're gonna have to pray
00:36:47.60\00:36:49.97
because you need prayer.
00:36:50.17\00:36:51.51
Think about it.
This is an awesome time.
00:36:54.04\00:36:59.05
Lift up the Son of Man.
Not as the world has done.
00:36:59.45\00:37:04.32
That's different. We lift
Him up not as the world has done
00:37:04.69\00:37:08.16
because they put Him down.
They nailed Him to the cross.
00:37:08.36\00:37:12.09
Not only put Him
down... they shut Him down
00:37:12.49\00:37:14.36
and then they gunned Him down.
00:37:14.56\00:37:15.90
That's what the world has done.
00:37:16.97\00:37:18.53
And somehow, maybe,
we've helped to allow that.
00:37:19.77\00:37:22.67
God have mercy. We
pray not, but sometimes
00:37:22.87\00:37:24.64
by our silence.
It's pretty deadly.
00:37:24.84\00:37:28.41
We need to speak
up for what is truth.
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.88
I'm convinced of this: when
our precious Lord and Savior
00:37:33.52\00:37:36.25
came to this world, the
devil said: "I've got it made. "
00:37:36.45\00:37:39.09
Until Jesus comes, he
had it made. You know that?
00:37:40.06\00:37:42.59
He had the world
just like he wanted it.
00:37:42.99\00:37:46.33
You've read that many
times. He had the world...
00:37:47.50\00:37:49.43
When Jesus came to this world:
in the time it was darkest
00:37:49.63\00:37:53.60
in the history of the world
00:37:54.00\00:37:55.34
that Jesus came.
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.11
Something had to be done.
00:37:59.01\00:38:01.21
The devil was
saying: "I've got it made. "
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.71
"I've got all my victims. "
00:38:03.91\00:38:06.75
Well praise God Jesus
came! Isn't that right?
00:38:06.95\00:38:09.18
He was willing to
come and He wanted to what?
00:38:09.38\00:38:12.32
He wanted to win the
world back. Praise God!
00:38:12.52\00:38:15.52
Because the enemy took it.
And He wanted to put an end
00:38:15.72\00:38:19.79
to Satan. And you know what?
I say Hallelujah! Praise God!
00:38:20.03\00:38:22.93
To put an end to the old devil.
Don't anybody here just start
00:38:24.63\00:38:27.80
gettin' weepy and so on.
"Well, the devil's gonna... "
00:38:28.00\00:38:30.51
He had his opportunity.
Look what he has caused
00:38:30.71\00:38:33.14
in this world today.
I'm thankful Jesus said:
00:38:33.38\00:38:35.81
"I'm going to come and I'm going
to put an end to the old devil.
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.61
I'm going to
put an end to sin. "
00:38:38.81\00:38:40.15
Oh how wonderful! Thank
you, Lord, for doing that!
00:38:40.42\00:38:43.22
Praise God Christ
came to this world,
00:38:43.82\00:38:48.02
lived a perfect life.
Nailed to the cross of Calvary.
00:38:48.22\00:38:51.46
As He was nailed to the cross
of Calvary between earth and
00:38:51.86\00:38:54.63
heaven the Father
looked down and He saw His Son:
00:38:54.83\00:38:57.67
the suffering and the
death. And as Jesus died
00:38:57.87\00:39:01.90
on the cross He said: "That
is enough! That is enough! "
00:39:02.10\00:39:06.44
"Now the world can be
reconciled back to God again. "
00:39:06.64\00:39:10.28
We could never have
been reconciled back to God
00:39:10.68\00:39:12.55
if it were not for Jesus. Amen!
00:39:12.75\00:39:15.25
Wonderful, wasn't it?
when God said: "That's enough!
00:39:15.45\00:39:18.49
There doesn't have to
be anything else done.
00:39:18.89\00:39:20.79
The life of
Jesus is sufficient. "
00:39:21.16\00:39:23.12
Oh, praise God.
00:39:23.32\00:39:24.66
And I see the passage
more coming in Psalm 85:10.
00:39:24.83\00:39:29.43
You've heard it many
times: "Mercy and truth have
00:39:29.63\00:39:32.47
met together;
righteousness and peace
00:39:32.67\00:39:35.97
have kissed each other. "
00:39:36.17\00:39:37.91
Oh, we can see
that in Jesus Christ.
00:39:38.31\00:39:40.68
You know, I love the song
we talk about "In the Cross. "
00:39:41.21\00:39:44.48
"In the cross be my glory ever.
00:39:44.88\00:39:48.78
Till my raptured
soul... " Oh, I'm telling you:
00:39:49.72\00:39:52.29
you could just sing
those. You know, a lot of times
00:39:52.49\00:39:53.89
we don't sing
those songs any more.
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.42
We've got a lot of
those jumpy things going on.
00:39:55.62\00:39:58.29
You know what I'm talking about.
00:40:01.03\00:40:02.46
Tom-foolery. That's right.
00:40:03.26\00:40:05.03
A mess going on
in some churches.
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.30
There's nothing that touches
the heart when you talk about
00:40:08.80\00:40:11.47
in the cross... that's my glory.
00:40:11.67\00:40:14.41
Another one is: at
the cross, at the cross...
00:40:14.61\00:40:17.61
where I first saw the light.
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.51
I can guarantee you there's
no light if there's no cross.
00:40:19.71\00:40:21.95
Amen! First saw the light
and the burden of my heart
00:40:22.15\00:40:25.65
rolled away. It
was there by faith
00:40:25.85\00:40:27.96
I received my sight.
There I'm gonna be happy.
00:40:28.16\00:40:31.26
Isn't that right? Is
that the way it goes?
00:40:31.46\00:40:32.79
All the day. It's
at the cross where
00:40:32.86\00:40:35.80
you find happiness. At
the cross where you find
00:40:36.00\00:40:37.73
peace and contentment.
Let me ask you a question.
00:40:37.93\00:40:39.83
Oh, I have 16
minutes left... who's...
00:40:40.64\00:40:43.44
who's been
messing with the clock?
00:40:43.64\00:40:45.87
It's been fast for
me... I don't know about you.
00:40:47.11\00:40:49.71
Yes! Here's a
question... you think on it.
00:40:49.91\00:40:54.25
Where have we?
Where did Satan go wrong?
00:40:54.42\00:40:59.32
Where did he go wrong?
00:41:00.29\00:41:01.69
Both men and Satan
are sinners. Is that true?
00:41:01.89\00:41:07.40
Both men and
Satan... both sinners.
00:41:07.66\00:41:10.13
But let me
throw this out to you:
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.80
there's a difference.
00:41:13.00\00:41:14.44
What do you mean
there's a difference
00:41:15.40\00:41:16.77
because you thought that
I thought that sin is what?
00:41:16.91\00:41:20.24
Is still the
transgression. I John 3:4.
00:41:20.44\00:41:23.11
Is the
"transgression of God's law. "
00:41:23.31\00:41:24.91
So we say: "Well sin is sin. "
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.45
But I'm telling you there's a
difference in the sin of Satan
00:41:26.88\00:41:29.62
and the sin of man.
Let me try to explain that
00:41:29.82\00:41:32.32
just a little bit if
you haven't read it before.
00:41:32.52\00:41:34.46
As sinners, then, man
is in a different position
00:41:37.19\00:41:40.93
from Satan in that he
made the wrong choices.
00:41:41.10\00:41:44.97
But remember: he made
the wrong choices where?
00:41:45.80\00:41:49.17
In the full knowledge and
the full light of God's glory.
00:41:49.37\00:41:53.41
He was there!
00:41:53.61\00:41:55.14
No other being had that
light that the enemy - Lucifer -
00:41:55.88\00:42:00.42
had. He saw God in action.
00:42:00.62\00:42:02.98
He understood God.
00:42:03.18\00:42:04.95
He had the knowledge of
it... notice that. So we know
00:42:05.35\00:42:07.82
that knowledge is
not going to save you.
00:42:08.02\00:42:09.52
Are you still with me? But
he was in the full knowledge
00:42:09.72\00:42:12.16
of God's glory. He understood
God's love like no other.
00:42:12.36\00:42:16.77
He understood God's goodness
like no other created being.
00:42:16.97\00:42:21.74
But, you know, in
spite of this knowledge...
00:42:22.14\00:42:24.41
and we could relate
maybe even to today...
00:42:24.61\00:42:27.14
he chose to follow his
own will and his own ways.
00:42:27.34\00:42:31.08
Notice: once he did that...
00:42:31.48\00:42:33.82
once he did that there was
nothing more that God could do
00:42:34.58\00:42:38.99
for him. Somebody listening?
00:42:39.19\00:42:41.72
Think about it. Once he decided
00:42:42.79\00:42:45.93
because he was in
the full knowledge.
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.13
He had the understanding,
he was there, and once he made
00:42:48.33\00:42:51.17
that final decision - notice
that - there's nothing more
00:42:51.37\00:42:53.47
that God could do. So
what's the difference?
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.24
We have Satan that sinned...
we have man that sinned.
00:42:55.44\00:42:57.54
Quick look at
man: man was deceived.
00:42:57.74\00:43:02.11
Man did not have the
full knowledge and light
00:43:02.51\00:43:05.81
and love of God. He did
not know and understand God
00:43:06.01\00:43:10.79
as Lucifer understood God.
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.92
Man did not understand
the great love of God.
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.06
He was just maybe
beginning to get a glimpse of it
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.66
and then things really
"turned sour" we'd say.
00:43:18.86\00:43:21.30
For man, then, there was hope.
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.63
There was hope that
something could be done.
00:43:24.47\00:43:26.80
There was hope that by
beholding God's character -
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.91
notice that - or who He is
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.78
that changes could take place.
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.61
Moses said in Exodus 33:18,
00:43:35.81\00:43:38.61
he said: "Show me Thy glory. "
00:43:39.51\00:43:41.72
"Show me Thy glory. "
00:43:41.92\00:43:43.49
So for man there was what?
There was hope when sin came.
00:43:43.89\00:43:47.99
And God was saying:
"Oh, boy! There's hope. "
00:43:48.59\00:43:51.23
By beholding God's character
man might be drawn back
00:43:51.43\00:43:55.43
to Him. Notice... what?
We need to be drawn back.
00:43:55.63\00:43:58.63
We've sinned... we've
fallen short, you know.
00:43:58.83\00:44:01.34
And some of the things in
our life... they have scars.
00:44:01.54\00:44:04.71
Some of the sins and wrong
choices... they bear scars.
00:44:04.91\00:44:07.38
I have scars that
will last for eternity.
00:44:07.58\00:44:10.45
Wrong choices; wrong decisions.
00:44:11.41\00:44:13.55
Jesus' scars will
last for eternity, too...
00:44:14.45\00:44:18.02
and that's
certainly what counts.
00:44:18.22\00:44:19.89
By beholding His character
we might be drawn back to Him.
00:44:22.09\00:44:26.70
Read that in II
Corinthians 3:18...
00:44:26.90\00:44:28.50
certainly by beholding.
00:44:28.70\00:44:30.03
God was merciful to
man. Do you believe it?
00:44:30.13\00:44:33.07
Yes! God was what? He
was merciful to mankind...
00:44:33.30\00:44:36.40
He's merciful to
him and He sent His Son.
00:44:36.60\00:44:39.77
His Son was
willing to come and to die.
00:44:40.18\00:44:42.38
Now notice this: and
through the life of Jesus Christ
00:44:42.58\00:44:46.98
that He lived that the human
race could now see and know God.
00:44:47.18\00:44:52.49
Remember the importance
of seeing and knowing God...
00:44:52.89\00:44:55.06
knowing His
love. Now Jesus came.
00:44:55.26\00:44:57.66
Now we had the opportunity
to see and know and understand
00:44:58.06\00:45:01.86
who God really is. Yes.
Isn't that interesting how God
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.57
was so
involved... just like Jesus.
00:45:05.77\00:45:09.47
How wonderful! What
a God that we serve!
00:45:09.87\00:45:13.58
Jesus said in John 14:9... He
said: "If you have seen Me... "
00:45:13.78\00:45:17.68
What? "If you've seen
Me, you've seen the Father. "
00:45:17.88\00:45:21.05
That's pretty clear, isn't
it? He emptied Himself of self.
00:45:21.65\00:45:24.12
He was filled with the
Father. Who did He come to show?
00:45:24.32\00:45:26.76
He came to show us
the Father, not Himself.
00:45:26.96\00:45:28.89
We can know God
through Jesus Christ. Amen!
00:45:29.52\00:45:33.70
It's the only way the world
can be reconciled back together
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.63
that I'm going to have a
second chance and a third
00:45:36.83\00:45:38.57
and a millionth.
00:45:38.77\00:45:40.34
Isn't that wonderful
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.77
to know while the door
of probation still lingers
00:45:43.97\00:45:46.47
and still is open there's hope.
00:45:46.68\00:45:48.48
There's hope for us...
regardless of the life,
00:45:48.68\00:45:51.08
regardless of the activities,
regardless of where you've been.
00:45:51.28\00:45:53.78
It doesn't matter to
God... just come to Him.
00:45:53.98\00:45:56.65
Repent and forsake
your sin... come to Him.
00:45:56.85\00:45:59.42
He'll make a new creation
out of you and out of me
00:45:59.62\00:46:01.69
there's no doubt. We know the
wages of sin is death do we not?
00:46:01.89\00:46:05.73
Romans 6:23... we know that.
00:46:06.13\00:46:08.80
But man sinned;
man broke the law
00:46:09.00\00:46:12.23
and the law
could not be changed.
00:46:12.43\00:46:14.37
Interesting how
the world says it can.
00:46:14.57\00:46:16.44
But the law couldn't be changed
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.57
to meet man in
his fallen condition.
00:46:18.77\00:46:20.98
Just like God's character
cannot be changed. Is that true?
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.41
Malachi 3:6... unchangeable!
00:46:24.61\00:46:26.58
Notice: in this situation
God did not change the law
00:46:27.02\00:46:31.85
but He... listen...
but He sacrificed Himself.
00:46:32.05\00:46:34.82
Well you say: "Well
He sacrificed Jesus. "
00:46:35.02\00:46:36.66
God sacrificed Himself in Christ
00:46:36.86\00:46:41.00
Amen - to save mankind.
00:46:41.20\00:46:42.66
How wonderful that is! Boy,
you talk about working together.
00:46:42.86\00:46:46.07
You talk about unity, which
the church needs desperately
00:46:46.27\00:46:49.47
instead of going in different
directions or flaring out here
00:46:49.67\00:46:52.34
and flaring out there.
But notice how They did.
00:46:52.54\00:46:55.01
You can't change the law.
00:46:55.21\00:46:57.21
But God sacrificed
Himself through Jesus Christ
00:46:58.41\00:47:03.02
to save us. II Corinthians
5:19, you know it well.
00:47:03.22\00:47:06.55
"God was in Christ
reconciling... " What?
00:47:06.99\00:47:10.89
"the world unto Himself. "
00:47:11.09\00:47:13.19
Ooh! Notice: God was who?
00:47:13.43\00:47:15.13
Where was He? He was in Christ
00:47:15.33\00:47:16.70
reconciling...
bringing us back together again.
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.14
How wonderful! Oh... what
a Savior... what a Savior!
00:47:20.34\00:47:24.31
Thank God for His mercy.
00:47:24.51\00:47:25.97
Thank God He
extended it to mankind...
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.48
so undeserving as we are.
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.58
The law requires righteousness.
00:47:32.38\00:47:36.35
The law requires
perfect character.
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.46
To live right... to
do right... to be right
00:47:40.86\00:47:44.36
because it is right.
Simply put, the law requires
00:47:44.56\00:47:48.26
a righteous life...
but man doesn't have it.
00:47:48.46\00:47:52.87
Man has nothing
to give, does he?
00:47:53.17\00:47:54.80
He's in trouble. The law
requires it, does it not?
00:47:55.00\00:47:57.71
It requires it.
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.74
But we have
nothing which to give.
00:47:59.94\00:48:03.21
Man cannot meet the
claims of God's holy law.
00:48:03.71\00:48:08.15
Regardless of how hard he
tries or how much he gives
00:48:08.35\00:48:11.15
or how much he works or
how much is accomplished
00:48:11.35\00:48:14.09
he cannot do it...
but JESUS came as a man.
00:48:14.29\00:48:17.49
JESUS lived a victorious life.
00:48:17.69\00:48:20.16
He developed a perfect character
00:48:20.36\00:48:23.23
and this He offers to us.
00:48:23.47\00:48:25.17
My brothers and sisters:
He offers this free to us.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.97
We know this... we
need to be reminded.
00:48:28.17\00:48:29.60
He offers this a free gift!
00:48:29.80\00:48:32.04
When we buy something,
man, we like to get a good deal.
00:48:32.24\00:48:34.61
Don't we? "They
didn't give me a good deal
00:48:35.01\00:48:36.85
I'm not going to take it. "
HERE'S the deal of a lifetime!
00:48:37.05\00:48:39.71
Here it is right now.
You'll never get a better deal
00:48:39.91\00:48:42.05
than this: change an old
piece of dirt and rag and filth
00:48:42.25\00:48:45.39
for the righteous
robe of Jesus Christ!
00:48:45.59\00:48:47.79
You can have it
today! YES! Think about it:
00:48:47.99\00:48:50.46
He did all of it,
right? He took the beating.
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.89
He took the
nailing to the cross.
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.46
But He did it for you
because He wanted to put that
00:48:55.16\00:48:56.93
robe of righteousness
around you. Oh, praise God!
00:48:57.13\00:48:59.57
Christ came... developed
that perfect character.
00:49:00.07\00:49:03.44
He offers it to us. Why?
So that we could be shaped
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.64
into His divine character.
00:49:06.84\00:49:09.01
Here we can see - really we
can see - what most of the world
00:49:09.21\00:49:11.98
cannot see. We can see
what maybe most of the world
00:49:12.18\00:49:16.15
doesn't even want to
see... that they're rejecting.
00:49:16.35\00:49:19.25
Notice this: the
righteousness of the law
00:49:19.45\00:49:22.79
which is fulfilled in the
believer in and through what?
00:49:22.99\00:49:27.30
Christ. Romans 3:26
says: "God can be just
00:49:27.50\00:49:31.17
and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus. "
00:49:31.37\00:49:35.37
Can He do that?
Absolutely He can do that!
00:49:35.77\00:49:38.04
Praise God! The
sacrifice of Jesus
00:49:38.24\00:49:40.78
is so broad and so
deep I can't understand it.
00:49:41.78\00:49:45.65
Is it OK to say that?
00:49:46.45\00:49:47.95
When you're up there
preaching you ought to know.
00:49:48.42\00:49:49.98
I don't know...
it's too big for me.
00:49:50.19\00:49:51.55
It's so broad; it's
so wide; it's so deep!
00:49:53.22\00:49:57.03
That sacrifice! Even the
enemy could not understand it.
00:49:57.23\00:50:01.76
Stay with me, church.
This is going to hit somebody.
00:50:02.43\00:50:04.40
Maybe somebody needs to be hit.
00:50:05.07\00:50:06.63
I know I do.
00:50:07.97\00:50:10.17
My wife does it
every once in a while.
00:50:10.94\00:50:13.14
But it's good... she has
my best interests at heart.
00:50:14.98\00:50:17.25
She has to rein me in sometimes.
00:50:17.65\00:50:19.35
We sang that song. You
remember? Deep and Wide.
00:50:22.68\00:50:25.75
Deep and wide. There's fountain,
is it? flowing deep and wide.
00:50:26.52\00:50:31.69
I sang the song many
years and listened to it
00:50:33.06\00:50:36.50
but I never really understood.
00:50:36.70\00:50:39.03
I pray I'm
understanding it better.
00:50:39.23\00:50:40.80
How deep and how wide...
00:50:41.00\00:50:43.44
whoo! is that
fountain ever flowing.
00:50:43.64\00:50:46.81
Never running out.
Wanting to cover us and wash us
00:50:47.01\00:50:50.18
and bring us to repentance.
00:50:50.38\00:50:51.98
Deep and wide. Amen!
00:50:52.18\00:50:54.28
Desire of Ages says
this... listen carefully.
00:50:54.68\00:50:57.02
Six minutes... stay with
me. Please somebody, stay awake
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.19
six more minutes. Maybe
the wife has a gift for you
00:50:59.39\00:51:02.66
or something, I don't
know what it is, but...
00:51:02.86\00:51:05.26
See, sometimes we
forget how important...
00:51:06.03\00:51:08.73
Notice: "When God's
Word was written... "
00:51:09.13\00:51:14.10
Notice: "when it was given
Satan studied the prophecies
00:51:14.60\00:51:20.18
of the Savior's advent. "
00:51:20.38\00:51:21.98
When they were written by
the Holy Spirit... men of God...
00:51:23.11\00:51:26.55
Satan sat down and he
studied the prophecies
00:51:27.08\00:51:30.65
about the advent of Jesus.
00:51:30.85\00:51:32.19
He's doing a whole
lot more than we are!
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.52
He understood he needed
to study what was written
00:51:35.49\00:51:39.03
in the book.
Because you know what?
00:51:39.23\00:51:40.56
I think he even
believed that it was truth.
00:51:40.60\00:51:41.90
He believed, and he knew if
he studied he'd try to figure
00:51:41.93\00:51:44.23
it out because he had a plan
to try to get rid of the Savior,
00:51:44.43\00:51:46.23
didn't he. Think
about the enemy sitting down
00:51:46.43\00:51:49.67
and studying scripture!
00:51:49.87\00:51:51.54
He sits down and
studies you and he studies me.
00:51:52.31\00:51:54.51
He studies what
will take you down.
00:51:55.74\00:51:57.58
Oh! We need to
pray from day to day!
00:51:58.41\00:52:02.18
And so what did the enemy do
00:52:02.38\00:52:04.09
as he studied these prophecies
which we should be studying?
00:52:04.29\00:52:06.96
We are people of the Book;
we are students of prophecy!
00:52:07.16\00:52:10.36
We should be. The
church is built on prophecy!
00:52:10.56\00:52:13.03
Our mission is to give
prophetic utterance as it were
00:52:13.23\00:52:15.96
of the book of Revelation
and the book of Daniel together
00:52:16.16\00:52:18.63
to warn the people
that we're at the end.
00:52:18.83\00:52:20.90
We're in the toenails
of it... Jesus is coming!
00:52:21.10\00:52:23.30
The Rock is coming.
Yes! Are we ready for that?
00:52:23.51\00:52:26.14
If not, it will smash
you asunder and me, too.
00:52:26.34\00:52:28.98
That's right! We need
to be ready! Praise God!
00:52:29.18\00:52:31.45
But the devil said: "Oh, man!
I know what's going to happen
00:52:31.75\00:52:34.08
now... I've
studied the prophecies. "
00:52:34.28\00:52:35.65
In other words, He
studied the Bible a lot more
00:52:35.85\00:52:39.12
than many of us are
doing. God help us to study!
00:52:39.32\00:52:41.56
Be more faithful than the enemy.
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.69
This should help us to under-
stand the importance of studying
00:52:44.09\00:52:46.96
scripture. So from generation
to generation he worked
00:52:47.13\00:52:50.70
to blind mankind...
the people to prophecy...
00:52:50.90\00:52:53.87
that they would
reject Jesus when He came.
00:52:54.07\00:52:56.30
Did he... I want to
be careful with this
00:52:57.54\00:53:00.61
but you know what? He
did a pretty good job.
00:53:00.81\00:53:02.58
He blinded the leaders; he
blinded those in top positions.
00:53:04.88\00:53:09.15
He blinded those in lower
positions if you want to call it
00:53:10.02\00:53:12.72
that. "But the world knew
Him not" is what the Bible says.
00:53:12.92\00:53:17.03
Why? Because the
enemy knew He was coming
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and he had a plan.
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Oh, boy! Think
about this with me.
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Reading on... said: "The Son
of God should come to this earth
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as a Man filled... "
Notice this: "as a Man
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filled him - Satan - with amaze-
ment and with apprehension. "
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To think that Jesus -
King of Kings - because he knew
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who He was. He
knew His position.
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He knew what He was giving up.
"He was filled," notice this,
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"with amazement and ap-
prehension. He could not fathom
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the mystery of
the great sacrifice.
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His selfish soul... "
Notice: "could not understand
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such love for deceived man. "
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He couldn't understand why
He was willing to come down
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for the likes of
somebody like me.
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He just couldn't figure it out!
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Satan saw right then and
there that he must fight.
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He had to
conquer or be conquered
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and he was not
going to give up easily.
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Therefore the enemy knew
this and he put a plan together.
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And when Jesus was born
and He came to this earth
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all the demons of
hell fought against Christ.
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You will never be tempted...
you will never go through
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what Jesus went through!
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He carried the weight of
the world on His shoulders
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and He did it with
your name on His lips.
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He did it with
my name. Praise God!
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"God so loved the world... " You
know: "He gave His only Son. "
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Think about this. Please
think with me about this.
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Until Christ... Until Christ,
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no human being had ever
been born that escaped the power
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of the enemy. The whole
world! You see, he had it...
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Remember, we talked about
it? He had it like he wanted
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because no one until Jesus
Christ had escaped the enemy.
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Every person that had been
born up to Christ did what?
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They were deceived; they were
sinners in need of a Savior!
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Oh think about it my brothers
and sisters! I can say this
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because the Bible says
all have sinned and what?
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And there's been
none since Jesus Christ!
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Think about it: there's none!
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That's an awesome thought!
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You see why he kind
of thought he had it...
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he had it made?
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Because for 4,000
years there wasn't one person
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that lived a holy life.
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We know the Bible says...
but they confessed their sins
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and He's faithful
and just to forgive.
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But no one had
lived a perfect life.
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4,000 years... he had everybody.
Are you still with me, church?
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Everybody! We think
we're exception today.
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Don't you kid yourself.
No! NO! Lord have mercy on us!
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And no one since. We've all
sinned and we've come short.
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Oh, I say: "What a
Savior! What a sacrifice! "
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Calvary is so wonderful.
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I'll just close because our
time has run out with this...
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with this thought.
Desire of Ages 123:
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"He, Christ, was fitted
for conflict by the indwelling
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of the Holy Spirit. "
There's a conflict going on
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here. We need the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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Notice this:
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"Renouncing all self-
dependence... " This is for you
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and this is for
me... "We need to denounce
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all self-dependence. We may
look to the cross of Calvary
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and we may say...
" Mmm! "in my hand
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no price I bring.
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Simply to the cross I cling. "
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Amen! You know, that's my prayer
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for each one of you as well as
for my own self and my own life.
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I've gotta cling to the cross.
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I can't bring anything to Him.
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I can't earn
anything... I need Him!
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And I pray that you
feel today you need God.
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You need Him in your life.
I want to have prayer for you
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before we close. You
want to cling to the cross?
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Yes! Now where it's possible
if you want to you can kneel
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or just pray right
there. I'm going to kneel.
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Let's pray together.
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Our merciful heavenly
Father, we thank you for
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Your precious Word. We thank
you for the power of the cross.
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We're thankful that He
said: "I, if I be lifted up
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will draw all men unto Me. "
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Thank you for that
blood that flowed so freely.
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Thank you You've
given us another chance.
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Thank you You
showed us who God really is
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through looking at Jesus Christ.
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Thank you for
that victorious life.
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We thank you for loving us
today. We thank you for the
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promise for every precious
hand that was raised up,
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every precious person
that's home listening, watching.
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May there be
conversion and conviction
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and may there be some
repentance, and may we
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gather at the foot of the cross.
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And here one day we'll be able
to gather on the sea of glass.
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I thank you in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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