We're going to
pick up where we stopped
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on our previous message.
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We were talking about
this mystery of godliness
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which is Christ in
us, the Hope of Glory.
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If that's the
mystery of godliness,
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then we have seen that
the mystery of iniquity
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is Satan and fallen angels
manifesting in people's lives.
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One of the questions
that has been presented
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in my heart and my mind,
as well as many others is,
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why pantheism?
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We've seen in the
previous three messages
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that the route of
spiritual formation
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is pantheism but why?
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The word pantheism
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literally means
God is in all things.
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He is in the chair, the
floor, the tree, the rock,
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the plant, the food you
eat, the water you drink,
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the air you breathe.
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And he's also in
every human being.
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I can remember when I
was in the martial arts,
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and I was training,
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especially as I was
working higher levels,
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you know, we were told to go out
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and we would
stand in front of a tree
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that was a very strong tree,
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like an
evergreen or an oak tree,
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or a hickory tree,
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but you wanted
one that was strong
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that didn't have decay.
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And you would stand there
for hours in a certain pose,
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and sometimes a pose
would look like this,
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and you would hold your hands up
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and you would just meditate
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and stay there in that
position picturing in your mind
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that you were
absorbing this energy
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from this tree and people go,
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I mean, how could you do that?
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That's foolish.
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Well, after you do
it, if you believe,
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you begin to feel something.
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Literally you would
start feeling energized.
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I mean you would feel
like tingling, and strength,
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and all this
vitality coming into you.
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But I did not
realize it was evil spirits
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that were
causing those feelings.
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It's not like
people are just crazy
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when they do that stuff.
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There are manifestations.
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But why pantheism?
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Pantheism, when you say
that God is in everything,
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that also means that
God is already inside
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of every human being.
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So now, instead
of looking upward
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for salvation,
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instead of looking to God's Word
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for the spirit and power,
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you're being
taught to look inward.
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If God's inside there,
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then why do I need to
go to a book to find Him?
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So we are...
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People are being
taught to look inward,
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and there's a reason for that
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because when people
are taught to look inward,
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they begin going
to those religions
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and those
practices that focus inward,
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which are all
the eastern practices
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that come along
with spiritual formation.
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I'm going to
show you some quotes
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and these are all from Buddhist,
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or Hindu, or Daoist,
or Shinto, martial artist
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or internal artists
like tai chi or qigong.
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This is a man
named Forest E. Morgan,
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he's a military.
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American military.
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He said, "A true budo aspirant
devotes himself to a system
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of physical, mental
and spiritual discipline
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through which he
attempts to elevate himself
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in search of perfection."
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We just read in
the last message,
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Isaiah Chapter 14.
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Satan said, "I
will exalt myself."
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He says the same thing.
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He said, this practice of Budo
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or Bushido martial arts,
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he said, it is an
attempt to elevate oneself
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in search of perfection.
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Satan is using
these eastern practices
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as a counterfeit of the true.
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He says, "Martial
arts are legendary
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for the seemingly
mystical powers they teach.
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You will learn what
forces warriors really command.
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More importantly,
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you'll learn how to
develop them yourself."
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This is something
that was startling.
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You remember the
very first message
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and the second
one, and the third one,
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we talked about making
a note of the word nature.
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We really emphasize that.
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Make a note of the word nature.
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Zen Buddhism,
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Zen is what it's
called in Japan, in Okinawa.
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In China, it's
called Chan Buddhism.
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Same thing, but that's
a different pronunciation.
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This is the actual definition
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from the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
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"Chan Buddhism or
Zen is a religious sect
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derived from the Hindu word
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meaning a process of meditation
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that is used to achieve
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an 'awakening' to
the Buddha nature.'"
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When people talk about Zen,
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that's what the
purpose of Zen is,
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to enlighten you and
awaken you to the Buddha nature.
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Do you understand now
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why those things
are being used by Satan
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and being brought into churches?
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Even in our own denomination,
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I cannot tell you
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how many people have
written to me and said,
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"We've got... They're
bringing tai chi classes
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into our
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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They're bringing karate classes,
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and taekwondo
classes, and qigong classes,
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and yoga classes into churches."
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And they don't
realize what it is doing.
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It's causing people to
lose faith in God's Word.
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It's opening the
door of the house of God
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to demonic power.
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This was another Japanese master
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in the 1500 and 1600s.
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He said, "Once you
have trained yourself well,
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your body and limbs
will move automatically
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without any conscious effort."
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That's scary.
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You're talking about possession.
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If your arms
and limbs are moving
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without you
having to tell them to,
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either there's
a physical problem
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like a disease, like epilepsy,
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or where you're
having a seizure,
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or you have possession.
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He said, "Your mind
will not be overwhelmed
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by your physical movements.
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You will employ
techniques unconsciously,
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without having to 'think.'"
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Would you want
your son and daughter
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or your husband
and wife to come home
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and do things without
having to think about them?
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I mean, what if
you just reacted.
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I mean, I can remember
when I was in the martial arts.
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I mean, somebody would
come up sometimes and touch you
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and you would
react without thinking.
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And you never want to do that.
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You never want to do that,
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because what if you
react to the wrong person?
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What if somebody came up
and they touch you on the back
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and you turn around and strike,
and you find out that your mom,
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or your dad, or
your wife, or your child?
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He said, "Once you
have achieved this state,
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not a single doubt or
hesitation will arise.
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Train yourself thoroughly,
and then forget about it,
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throw away your mind."
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That's his exact quote.
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What that means is,
it's your conscious,
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when you throw your mind away,
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that's called emptying the mind.
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That's right.
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That means,
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I step out of the
driver's seat of the car,
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and I let something else
begin to steer my life for me.
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"Throw away your mind.
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You will then
follow 'the way...'''
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And that's what Bushido is.
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They call it "the way."
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Do you remember what Jesus said?
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I'm the way, the
truth, and the life.
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He says, "Throw away your mind.
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You will then follow 'the
way' without being aware of it.
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This is the
mystery of Bushido.'"
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That's his words.
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That was in the 1500 and 1600s.
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And I guarantee you that man had
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probably never read the Bible.
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Thomas White, he's the 10th Dan,
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listen to what he said.
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"Karate is not
something that one does,
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it is something
that one becomes..."
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The word karate in
Okinawan or are in Japanese,
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it means empty hand.
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And I had a question
that came to my mind one day.
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Why did they
say, it's empty hand?
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And they say, was
because you're not
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using weapons.
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Well, then why did
they train with weapons?
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They used swords, and
staffs, and sais, and nunchucks,
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and all kinds of weapons.
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So it has to have
another meaning besides that.
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And then one day the
Lord revealed it to me.
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An empty hand means my
mind is not controlling
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the hand anymore.
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It means something else
is controlling the hand.
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My mind is not there.
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An empty hand means a hand
that is possessed by another.
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An empty mind is a mind
that is possessed by another.
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He says, "Although
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and though the
external mask of training
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might be readily
seen in the lighted arena,
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the essence..."
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Pay attention to that word.
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"The essence of
karate-do is ever,
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the veiled
'presence' of being.'"
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And that made me think,
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Christ veiled His
deity with humanity.
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He said, "The essence of karate
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is ever the veiled
'presence' of being.'"
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The question I had
was, of what being?
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The veil presence of what being?
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Who is it that is veiled
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behind the flesh of
those men and women that are,
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you know, participating in this?
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Listen to what the father
of modern day karate said.
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Gichin Funakoshi, "You
may train for a long time,
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but if you
merely move your hands
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and feet and jump up
and down like a puppet,
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then learning karate
is not very different
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from learning a dance.
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You will never have
reached the heart of the matter,
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you will have failed to grasp
the Quintessence of karate-do."
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That word Quintessence.
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I want to show
you what that means
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because we don't hear that
word very often in our modern,
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you know, age.
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This is what
Webster's dictionary says,
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Quintessence.
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"It is the 5th
and highest element
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in the ancient and
medieval philosophy,
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that is said to
permeate all nature,
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and it is the substance
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composing all
the celestial bodies.
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In physics,
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it is a hypothetical form
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of 'dark energy.'"
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That's Webster's dictionary.
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"The 5th fundamental
force, the 5th element.
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By the ancient
Greeks it was this force
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which was thought
to fill the universe
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and hold all things together."
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That's pantheism.
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That's exactly
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what we just heard from
Star Wars the other night
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when we were revealing this.
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They say, "May the
force be with you."
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And you look at Star Wars
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and the good guys, the
Jedi, they used the force
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and the bad guys, the
Sith, they used the force.
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So the same power
is used by one group
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for supposedly good things,
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and it's used by another group
for supposedly evil things.
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Now, some people say,
"I've never seen Star Wars."
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Well, let me go
back a few years.
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Have you ever
seen the Wizard of Oz?
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I guarantee almost
every American has seen it.
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Almost.
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Do you remember the
Wicked Witch from the West?
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She had a long
crooked nose, and green skin,
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and she was ugly,
and have black hair.
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And I mean, you know,
she was evil, obviously.
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And then you had the
Good Witch of the East.
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And she had a
beautiful pink gown on,
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and beautiful hair,
blonde hair, and nice makeup.
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But they were both witches.
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They both
depended on the same power
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to do what they did.
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They're both witches,
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just because one dresses
different than the other,
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it doesn't make one
better than the other.
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They're both using
witchcraft and sorcery.
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Listen to what this master said.
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He passed away just
a couple of years ago.
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He was a master in
Australia named Erle Montaigue.
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He said, "Some call
this the power of God,
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others call it Universal power,
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and many a genius has talked
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about the illusive
other 90% of the brain
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that we never use.
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But it is my
belief and experience
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that 'the power'
comes from other sources,
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from around the
body, but very close to it,
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and attached to it.
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In Traditional Chinese medicine,
00:15:20.65\00:15:23.25
this is called 'Shen or Spirit.'
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And it is this power
that we are able to tap into,
00:15:27.06\00:15:31.49
to change our
physical circumstances,
00:15:31.53\00:15:34.66
to stop others
from attacking us,
00:15:34.70\00:15:37.37
and to cause others to
do what you wish them to do,
00:15:37.40\00:15:42.00
just as long as it
is positive and good.'"
00:15:42.04\00:15:46.84
Well, who decides if
it's positive or good?
00:15:46.88\00:15:51.51
He's using this
power to cause other people
00:15:51.55\00:15:57.19
to do what he wants them to do.
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And in the martial
arts that was used heavily.
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In yoga, in
Traditional Chinese medicine,
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in acupuncture, and qigong.
00:16:06.49\00:16:09.16
All of those eastern arts
depend on this same power,
00:16:09.20\00:16:14.47
all of them.
00:16:14.50\00:16:16.54
They won't tell Little
Johnny and Susie's parents
00:16:16.57\00:16:19.07
that when they first
sign up at Taekwondo Plus.
00:16:19.11\00:16:22.98
But you talk to a man
00:16:23.01\00:16:24.35
that's a second or
third degree black belt,
00:16:24.38\00:16:27.62
or talk to one of the masters,
00:16:27.65\00:16:29.58
and they'll tell
you very clearly.
00:16:29.62\00:16:32.59
Listen to what Ellen White said.
00:16:37.76\00:16:40.20
"Our condition
through sin is unnatural,
00:16:40.23\00:16:43.80
and the power that restores
us must be supernatural,
00:16:43.83\00:16:48.90
else it has no value.
00:16:48.94\00:16:51.94
There is but One Power
that can break the hold of evil
00:16:51.97\00:16:56.78
from the hearts of men,
00:16:56.81\00:16:58.81
and that is the power of God
00:16:58.85\00:17:02.92
in Christ Jesus."
00:17:02.95\00:17:07.72
The power of God.
00:17:07.76\00:17:09.56
Look that word God
up when you get home.
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The Greek word is Theos.
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It means deity and divinity.
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It's the only two definitions.
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I'm not saying
God is not a being,
00:17:20.67\00:17:22.90
I don't want to
be misunderstood,
00:17:22.94\00:17:26.37
but it was the
power of God in Christ
00:17:26.41\00:17:31.81
that sets us free.
00:17:31.85\00:17:33.88
Jesus said that
in John Chapter 14,
00:17:33.92\00:17:37.12
when Philip came
to Him, and he said,
00:17:37.15\00:17:39.75
"Lord, show us the
Father and it sufficeth us."
00:17:39.79\00:17:44.09
And Jesus said, "Have I
been so long time with you,
00:17:44.13\00:17:46.76
and you have not
seen Me or known Me?"
00:17:46.80\00:17:50.63
And Philip, you know,
looked at Him and he was like,
00:17:50.67\00:17:53.17
I don't understand.
00:17:53.20\00:17:54.70
And then in verse 10 and
11, Jesus said something.
00:17:54.74\00:17:58.74
He said, "The words
that I'm speaking to you,
00:17:58.77\00:18:02.68
it's not Me speaking them,
00:18:02.71\00:18:04.35
it's My Father that
dwells inside of Me,
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He's doing the works."
00:18:08.32\00:18:11.49
Do you know that's all
through the Old Testament,
00:18:11.52\00:18:13.59
even in Isaiah 26:12,
I believe it's verse 12.
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God actually says,
00:18:18.39\00:18:19.73
"He has wrought all
of our works in us."
00:18:19.76\00:18:25.50
And there's something beautiful
that I want to show you all
00:18:25.53\00:18:29.14
at towards the
close of this series,
00:18:29.17\00:18:31.91
but we're going
to wait to get there.
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"Only through the
blood of the crucified one
00:18:35.74\00:18:39.55
is there cleansing from sin."
00:18:39.58\00:18:42.05
Have you ever
wondered how that's possible?
00:18:42.08\00:18:43.92
How does Jesus'
blood cleanse me from sin?
00:18:43.95\00:18:47.29
I mean like, literally,
00:18:47.32\00:18:49.89
literally,
00:18:49.92\00:18:52.19
how does His blood
cleanse me from all sin?
00:18:52.23\00:18:58.10
Leviticus tells
us in Leviticus 17,
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"We're not to eat blood because
the life is in the blood."
00:19:01.50\00:19:06.21
So when Jesus poured out
His blood for us on Calvary,
00:19:06.24\00:19:11.05
He was pouring out His life.
00:19:11.08\00:19:14.62
Romans 6:10 says,
00:19:14.65\00:19:17.75
"That when He died,
00:19:17.79\00:19:20.49
He died unto sin."
00:19:20.52\00:19:25.46
And the Bible says,
00:19:25.49\00:19:26.83
"That if we were in Him
00:19:26.86\00:19:30.03
when He died
rather than sinning,
00:19:30.07\00:19:34.20
you and I also died
rather than sinning."
00:19:34.24\00:19:39.94
And what He wants for us now
00:19:39.97\00:19:42.91
is to simply take hold
of that and say, "I'm His."
00:19:42.94\00:19:49.15
Ephesians 1:4 says,
00:19:49.18\00:19:51.72
"We were chosen in Him before
the foundation of the world,
00:19:51.75\00:19:57.26
so that we should be holy
00:19:57.29\00:19:59.46
and without blame
before Him in love."
00:19:59.49\00:20:02.26
And we're gonna have...
00:20:05.50\00:20:07.34
We're going to have more
quotes that we're going to show.
00:20:07.37\00:20:10.67
I'm not asking you to,
00:20:10.71\00:20:12.44
to just take this
and then believe it
00:20:12.47\00:20:14.44
because I'm saying it.
00:20:14.48\00:20:16.28
But I want you to start looking.
00:20:16.31\00:20:18.25
Read the first two chapters
of the Ephesians this week,
00:20:18.28\00:20:22.08
and highlight or mark
down on a piece of paper
00:20:22.12\00:20:25.49
every single time
you can find the phrase
00:20:25.52\00:20:28.42
in Christ, in Whom,
or in Him, or in Me.
00:20:28.46\00:20:34.56
It's all through the Bible.
00:20:34.60\00:20:35.93
Once you read the first
two chapters of Ephesians
00:20:35.96\00:20:38.03
and you mark it down,
you'll see it everywhere.
00:20:38.07\00:20:41.27
Isaiah 45:22-25,
00:20:41.30\00:20:45.21
Jesus speaking, He said,
00:20:45.24\00:20:47.18
"Look unto Me, and be ye
saved all the ends of the earth,
00:20:47.21\00:20:53.21
for I am God and
there is none else."
00:20:53.25\00:20:56.92
And in the gospels, He said,
00:20:56.95\00:20:58.59
"I and My Father
are one, we're one.
00:20:58.62\00:21:03.69
He is in Me, and I am in Him."
00:21:03.73\00:21:09.00
John 17, He said the same thing.
00:21:09.03\00:21:11.83
"Father, I pray that
they all might be one
00:21:11.87\00:21:15.37
as I am in You,
and as You are in Me,
00:21:15.40\00:21:19.27
that they also
might be one in us."
00:21:19.31\00:21:24.41
Only through the
blood of the crucified
00:21:24.45\00:21:26.95
one is there cleansing from sin.
00:21:26.98\00:21:29.58
His grace alone
00:21:29.62\00:21:31.59
can enable us to resist
and subdue the tendencies
00:21:31.62\00:21:35.92
of our fallen nature.
00:21:35.96\00:21:39.56
"The spiritualistic
theories concerning God
00:21:39.59\00:21:43.10
make His grace
00:21:43.13\00:21:44.53
His divine
influence of no effect.
00:21:44.57\00:21:48.60
For if God is an
essence pervading all nature,
00:21:48.64\00:21:53.41
then He dwells in all men,
00:21:53.44\00:21:56.54
and in order to attain holiness,
00:21:56.58\00:21:59.48
man has only to develop
the power within himself.
00:21:59.51\00:22:05.15
These theories, if followed
to their logical conclusion
00:22:05.19\00:22:09.79
do away with the
necessity for the atonement
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.50
and they make
man his own savior."
00:22:13.53\00:22:17.37
And I want you
to also look this up
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.67
at Ellen White's writings,
00:22:19.70\00:22:21.47
where she talks about atonement.
00:22:21.50\00:22:23.77
You will not
believe how many times
00:22:23.81\00:22:26.17
she talks about the fact
00:22:26.21\00:22:27.54
that the atonement
was made at Calvary.
00:22:27.58\00:22:31.81
Atonement,
00:22:31.85\00:22:33.18
at-one-ment,
was made at Calvary.
00:22:33.21\00:22:39.45
Christ united
humanity with God again.
00:22:39.49\00:22:45.69
Do you know the only thing
00:22:45.73\00:22:47.06
that ever separated us from God?
00:22:47.10\00:22:50.70
Sin, right?
00:22:50.73\00:22:54.14
When men would go into
the Old Testament sanctuary,
00:22:54.17\00:22:58.04
there was a veil
00:22:58.07\00:23:00.44
and the sin of the sinner was
placed upon an innocent lamb,
00:23:00.48\00:23:06.51
for example, there
were other offerings,
00:23:06.55\00:23:08.65
but we'll use the lamb for now.
00:23:08.68\00:23:10.75
And that lamb,
its throat was cut,
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.36
its blood was spilled,
which now contained the sin.
00:23:13.39\00:23:18.49
That blood was
taken into the sanctuary,
00:23:18.53\00:23:21.30
and it was sprinkled
on different articles
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.43
depending on the circumstances,
00:23:23.47\00:23:26.23
but then it was sprinkled
upon and before the veil.
00:23:26.27\00:23:31.44
Do you know that
Sister White said
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.04
that the veil was
torn down every single year
00:23:33.07\00:23:39.08
on the Day of Atonement?
00:23:39.11\00:23:41.65
And it had to be replaced.
00:23:41.68\00:23:43.59
Do you know why?
00:23:43.62\00:23:45.49
It smelled.
00:23:45.52\00:23:48.42
I mean, can you
imagine what it would be like
00:23:48.46\00:23:50.53
if you left a steak or something
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.56
sitting out raw in the
kitchen for three weeks?
00:23:53.60\00:23:59.07
It would, I mean,
it would be terrible.
00:23:59.10\00:24:03.10
That's why the
sanctuary had to be cleansed.
00:24:03.14\00:24:06.64
And on the Day of Atonement,
00:24:06.68\00:24:08.98
our Savior went through the veil
00:24:09.01\00:24:13.68
and He made
atonement for the Holy place.
00:24:13.72\00:24:19.49
In the Old Testament,
00:24:19.52\00:24:20.86
the holy place
also had another name,
00:24:20.89\00:24:22.92
it was called the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
00:24:22.96\00:24:26.46
That sanctuary
which Desire of Ages
00:24:26.49\00:24:29.00
talks about was a picture of us.
00:24:29.03\00:24:32.00
You had the Holy
place which was man,
00:24:32.03\00:24:34.80
and then you had
the most Holy place
00:24:34.84\00:24:36.40
which was God,
00:24:36.44\00:24:37.77
and you had a veil
that separated between us.
00:24:37.81\00:24:41.71
And then you read
Hebrews Chapter 10
00:24:41.74\00:24:44.68
and see what it says,
that veil was a symbol of.
00:24:44.71\00:24:49.28
It says it was Christ flesh.
00:24:49.32\00:24:52.35
It was His flesh.
00:24:52.39\00:24:53.89
Peter says in 1 Peter Chapter 2
00:24:53.92\00:24:57.09
that "He bore all of our sins
in His own body upon the tree."
00:24:57.13\00:25:04.10
That's what Colossians
talks about when it says,
00:25:04.13\00:25:06.67
"He nailed that
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.40
which was
against us to the tree."
00:25:08.44\00:25:12.01
Taking it out of the way.
00:25:12.04\00:25:14.78
He took away our sins
00:25:14.81\00:25:17.25
so that now we
could be united with God
00:25:17.28\00:25:21.25
and through the
importation of His Holy Spirit,
00:25:21.28\00:25:24.82
we can have victory.
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.89
Amen.
00:25:26.92\00:25:30.13
We will cover
more of that as we go,
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.63
because the devil is
doing everything he can
00:25:32.66\00:25:35.16
to hide this.
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.33
"These theories regarding
God make His word of no effect,
00:25:37.37\00:25:42.97
and those who accept them
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.77
are in great danger
of being finally led
00:25:44.81\00:25:48.24
to look upon the
whole Bible as a fiction.
00:25:48.28\00:25:52.61
They may regard virtue
as being better than vice,
00:25:52.65\00:25:57.12
but, having shut out God
00:25:57.15\00:25:59.19
from His rightful
position of Sovereignty,
00:25:59.22\00:26:03.63
they place their
dependence upon human power,
00:26:03.66\00:26:07.43
which, without
God, is worthless."
00:26:07.46\00:26:12.83
It says they shut out God
00:26:12.87\00:26:14.57
from His rightful
position of Sovereignty.
00:26:14.60\00:26:18.27
When we say the
phrase, the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:26:18.31\00:26:22.74
the word Lord in
the Old Testament,
00:26:22.78\00:26:25.38
if it was capital L
with a little o-r-d,
00:26:25.41\00:26:28.75
the word in Hebrew was Adhonay.
00:26:28.78\00:26:31.82
We're not saved
by pronunciation,
00:26:31.85\00:26:33.89
or knowing the
Hebrew language, okay?
00:26:33.92\00:26:37.93
But it's beautiful to
understand what a word means
00:26:37.96\00:26:40.83
because it helps give
us a better understanding
00:26:40.86\00:26:43.87
of what the
scripture is really telling us.
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.60
It's like going to a
friend of yours and then saying,
00:26:46.63\00:26:49.10
"Yeah, but it
says, hell right here."
00:26:49.14\00:26:50.47
And you go,
00:26:50.51\00:26:51.84
"Yeah, but that word
in Greek means the grave
00:26:51.87\00:26:54.91
or in Hebrew, it
means the grave."
00:26:54.94\00:26:57.58
By you understanding
what that word means,
00:26:57.61\00:26:59.85
it makes the
passage become clearer
00:26:59.88\00:27:03.02
by understanding that
the word Lord is Adhonay,
00:27:03.05\00:27:08.22
that word literally
means the Sovereign King.
00:27:08.26\00:27:14.26
The Lord Jesus Christ
means the King Jesus Christ.
00:27:14.30\00:27:20.10
That's why He looks
to each of us and says,
00:27:20.14\00:27:22.84
I know you want to save your...
00:27:22.87\00:27:24.37
But are you
willing to have a king?
00:27:24.41\00:27:28.08
A king saves people, a
king fights for people.
00:27:28.11\00:27:33.68
He delivers people.
00:27:33.72\00:27:35.68
He sets captives free.
00:27:35.72\00:27:38.59
That's why Jesus said,
00:27:38.62\00:27:39.95
"All power in heaven and
on earth is now given unto me.
00:27:39.99\00:27:44.33
Go proclaim the glad tidings.
00:27:44.36\00:27:48.43
All through the gospels
when you read, it says...
00:27:48.46\00:27:51.77
I remember the
first time I was reading
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.50
after I had
come back to the Lord
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.27
and He had set me
free and I was just like,
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.64
"Lord, I want to
just start in Matthew,
00:27:58.67\00:28:00.58
and I want to go
through the whole New Testament,
00:28:00.61\00:28:02.64
and then the whole Old."
00:28:02.68\00:28:04.01
And I started in
Matthew and Mark and I got,
00:28:04.05\00:28:06.45
I kept seeing this
phrase, John the Baptist said,
00:28:06.48\00:28:09.95
"Repent, the kingdom
of heaven is at hand."
00:28:09.98\00:28:13.49
And in my mind, I
thought, now wait a minute,
00:28:13.52\00:28:15.46
the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
00:28:15.49\00:28:17.36
That was 2,000 years ago.
00:28:17.39\00:28:18.99
In my mind,
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.36
I thought the kingdom of heaven
was Christ's second coming.
00:28:20.40\00:28:24.00
And I thought,
00:28:24.03\00:28:25.37
Well, John the Baptist
was the greatest of prophets.
00:28:25.40\00:28:27.40
Was he just...
00:28:27.44\00:28:28.77
Did he just not see clearly?
00:28:28.80\00:28:31.41
And then the
next chapter or two,
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.11
I read Jesus say the same thing.
00:28:33.14\00:28:36.31
After His baptism,
00:28:36.34\00:28:37.75
Jesus went
proclaiming the kingdom of God.
00:28:37.78\00:28:42.48
And I thought,
00:28:42.52\00:28:43.85
"Well, I know
Jesus wasn't mistaken."
00:28:43.89\00:28:47.09
And the Lord spoke to me
like He has done a few times.
00:28:47.12\00:28:49.42
He was like, Eric,
00:28:49.46\00:28:50.79
you've never even
looked the word kingdom up,
00:28:50.83\00:28:53.03
look it up.
00:28:53.06\00:28:54.40
And I looked it up, and you know
00:28:54.43\00:28:55.76
what the word kingdom means?
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.13
The Sovereign
King or reign of God.
00:28:57.17\00:29:03.91
The kingdom is at hand.
00:29:03.94\00:29:06.88
That's the glad
tidings that He wants for us
00:29:06.91\00:29:10.01
to go share with the world.
00:29:10.05\00:29:12.18
You don't have to
be in bondage to sin.
00:29:12.21\00:29:15.18
Sin does not have
dominion over you anymore.
00:29:15.22\00:29:18.39
If you will confess that
00:29:18.42\00:29:20.19
and give it to
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:29:20.22\00:29:22.59
He will take your sins and
give you His righteousness.
00:29:22.62\00:29:27.23
Sin will not have
dominion over you anymore.
00:29:27.26\00:29:31.73
Now, you have a new king
on the throne of your life.
00:29:31.77\00:29:36.91
Now, I want you to hear this.
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.51
This is from
Desire of Ages. page 311,
00:29:45.55\00:29:50.32
"God's ideal for
His children is higher
00:29:50.35\00:29:53.69
than the highest
human thought can reach,
00:29:53.72\00:29:57.56
for our Lord, our King has said,
00:29:57.59\00:30:02.26
'Be ye therefore perfect,
00:30:02.30\00:30:07.10
even as your Father
00:30:07.14\00:30:09.07
which is in heaven is perfect.'"
00:30:09.10\00:30:12.44
Now I want you to think
about that for a minute.
00:30:12.47\00:30:15.24
Look at that phrase.
00:30:15.28\00:30:18.05
Be ye.
00:30:18.08\00:30:20.32
He didn't say try to be.
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.65
He didn't say
strive with all your might.
00:30:22.68\00:30:27.26
And I've had people tell me,
00:30:27.29\00:30:28.86
"Well, it
doesn't really mean that.
00:30:28.89\00:30:31.43
It means,
00:30:31.46\00:30:32.89
He knows you're humans,
00:30:32.93\00:30:34.33
to do the best you
can as a human being,
00:30:34.36\00:30:37.37
like He does the
best He can as God."
00:30:37.40\00:30:40.87
That's foolishness.
00:30:40.90\00:30:44.37
Jesus said, "Be ye."
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.91
Who was it that
created everything in Genesis?
00:30:47.94\00:30:52.41
It was Christ.
00:30:52.45\00:30:53.78
It was God in
Christ and through Christ,
00:30:53.82\00:30:56.52
but it was Christ.
00:30:56.55\00:30:57.89
What was the first
statement of Genesis Chapter 1?
00:30:57.92\00:31:01.76
"Let there be
light and there was."
00:31:01.79\00:31:07.93
He didn't say,
let there be light
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.90
and a group of
angels get together
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.53
and say we need
to form a committee,
00:31:11.57\00:31:13.50
and we need to
have some drawings made,
00:31:13.54\00:31:16.30
and we need to get together
00:31:16.34\00:31:17.67
the equipment
to make this light,
00:31:17.71\00:31:19.51
and we need the raw materials
00:31:19.54\00:31:21.51
and okay, Lord,
00:31:21.54\00:31:22.88
it's going to take us five years
00:31:22.91\00:31:24.45
and we'll have light for You.
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.18
That's not what happened.
00:31:26.21\00:31:28.95
God spoke and it was.
00:31:28.98\00:31:34.22
And here Jesus
says the same thing.
00:31:34.26\00:31:37.66
"Be ye therefore perfect."
00:31:37.69\00:31:41.80
And listen to
what Ellen White says,
00:31:41.83\00:31:43.26
this is her words.
00:31:43.30\00:31:45.80
"This command is a promise."
00:31:45.83\00:31:49.60
That's what she
said in Education 126.
00:31:49.64\00:31:52.67
Every command is a promise.
00:31:52.71\00:31:55.44
"This command to be ye
therefore perfect is a promise.
00:31:55.48\00:32:00.32
For the plan of redemption
00:32:00.35\00:32:02.12
contemplates our
complete recovery
00:32:02.15\00:32:06.55
from the power of Satan.
00:32:06.59\00:32:09.59
Christ always separates
the contrite soul from sin.
00:32:09.62\00:32:15.96
He came to destroy
the works of the Devil
00:32:16.00\00:32:20.90
and He has made provision
00:32:20.94\00:32:23.41
so that the Holy
Spirit shall be imparted
00:32:23.44\00:32:27.24
to every repentant soul,
to keep you from sinning."
00:32:27.28\00:32:33.01
That's powerful.
00:32:33.05\00:32:35.95
We've not even gotten there yet.
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.15
We're only on the
second night and you wait,
00:32:38.19\00:32:40.29
I cannot. I want
to skip to the end.
00:32:40.32\00:32:43.49
If you all only
knew how hard this is.
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.93
Listen to this.
00:32:49.83\00:32:52.23
"Study the Scriptures,
00:32:52.27\00:32:55.14
'for the words I
speak unto you," Jesus said,
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.57
"they are Spirit,
and they are Life."
00:32:57.61\00:33:00.04
Study the Scriptures,
00:33:00.08\00:33:02.48
"Know that the only thing
in which we can safely glory
00:33:02.51\00:33:08.08
is that which will open to you
the gates of the city of God."
00:33:08.12\00:33:13.89
That's the
righteousness of Christ.
00:33:13.92\00:33:16.02
Now I'm going to
pause there for a moment
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.49
because I want
you to know something.
00:33:17.53\00:33:20.23
There's another statement
Ellen White said, she said,
00:33:20.26\00:33:22.53
"The
requirements for eternal life
00:33:22.56\00:33:25.40
under the new covenant
00:33:25.43\00:33:26.84
are the same as
they were under the old.
00:33:26.87\00:33:29.50
They've always been the same.
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.61
The
requirements for eternal life
00:33:31.64\00:33:34.68
are perfect obedience.
00:33:34.71\00:33:38.35
So you know what
I thought growing up
00:33:38.38\00:33:40.42
even over the last 10 years,
00:33:40.45\00:33:43.59
I've got to be perfect.
00:33:43.62\00:33:44.95
I've got to dot every
eye and cross every T.
00:33:44.99\00:33:48.86
And do you know
what God revealed to me?
00:33:48.89\00:33:53.19
Eric, If you never sin
again from this day forward,
00:33:53.23\00:33:56.67
you still don't
have perfect obedience
00:33:56.70\00:33:59.33
because if you
have ever fallen once,
00:33:59.37\00:34:03.74
you're out of the game.
00:34:03.77\00:34:07.64
Do you understand?
00:34:07.68\00:34:11.21
If you commit one,
you're guilty of all.
00:34:11.25\00:34:14.18
It's not three strikes,
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.72
you're out. It's one strike.
00:34:15.75\00:34:19.05
If I go to get a job
at UPS, and they say,
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.66
"Eric, have you ever
gotten a traffic ticket?"
00:34:22.69\00:34:25.69
And in my mind,
I go, "Man, I mean,
00:34:25.73\00:34:27.43
that was five years
and I paid dollars."
00:34:27.46\00:34:29.56
No, I don't have any record
of getting traffic tickets.
00:34:29.60\00:34:33.03
And they say, "Okay,
well, give us a few days
00:34:33.07\00:34:34.64
and we'll get back to you about
your, you know, your resume."
00:34:34.67\00:34:38.07
And they call me
back and they say,
00:34:38.11\00:34:39.71
"We need you to come in."
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.08
And I came in,
they say, "Listen,
00:34:41.11\00:34:42.44
everything else we
checked out was perfect,
00:34:42.48\00:34:44.91
but you lie to us."
00:34:44.95\00:34:46.58
I'm like, "You
know, well, I didn't."
00:34:46.61\00:34:48.25
They said, "You told us
00:34:48.28\00:34:49.62
you had never had
a traffic violation."
00:34:49.65\00:34:53.56
I said, "I've paid for them.
00:34:53.59\00:34:56.02
They've been paid for.
00:34:56.06\00:34:57.83
I don't owe any debt."
00:34:57.86\00:34:59.46
And they're like,
"That's not what we asked.
00:34:59.49\00:35:02.56
We asked if you
have ever been guilty."
00:35:02.60\00:35:08.07
And I'm like, "Yeah, but I think
00:35:08.10\00:35:09.44
that's what you meant."
00:35:09.47\00:35:12.94
The
requirements for eternal life
00:35:12.97\00:35:15.51
are perfect
obedience with no failure.
00:35:15.54\00:35:20.92
Do you understand
what happened in 1888,
00:35:20.95\00:35:23.82
while the majority of our church
00:35:23.85\00:35:26.09
rejected the message
of righteousness by faith.
00:35:26.12\00:35:30.76
They had in their
minds like many of us do,
00:35:30.79\00:35:34.00
I'm going to try really hard
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.90
and if I can get
everything done perfectly,
00:35:36.93\00:35:40.24
you know, somebody
comes along, they say,
00:35:40.27\00:35:41.87
you know, you need to be vegan.
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.24
You know, you need
00:35:43.27\00:35:44.61
to start
keeping Sabbath earlier.
00:35:44.64\00:35:46.57
You know, you forgot about this,
00:35:46.61\00:35:48.31
and we make this list of things,
00:35:48.34\00:35:50.91
and we're striving for something
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.68
that we will never attain
00:35:53.72\00:35:55.65
because if you've
already failed once, you're out.
00:35:55.68\00:36:01.19
The thief on the
cross understood that.
00:36:01.22\00:36:04.69
That's why he
cast himself on Christ.
00:36:04.73\00:36:09.60
All to you I bring,
00:36:09.63\00:36:12.93
simply to Your cross, I cling.
00:36:12.97\00:36:16.71
It's Christ and His
righteousness alone.
00:36:16.74\00:36:20.58
Now, I'm not saying
00:36:20.61\00:36:21.94
that does away with
us striving to obey.
00:36:21.98\00:36:24.08
I want to obey Him
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.65
because of what
He's done for me,
00:36:25.68\00:36:28.28
not in order to gain
Him doing something for me.
00:36:28.32\00:36:32.79
The Bible says
00:36:32.82\00:36:34.16
that when we were
yet without strength,
00:36:34.19\00:36:36.46
when we hated God,
00:36:36.49\00:36:38.49
Christ died for us then.
00:36:38.53\00:36:42.10
When we were at our very worst,
00:36:42.13\00:36:44.77
and then Paul
goes on and he says,
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.04
"If He did that for you,
when you were at your worst,
00:36:47.07\00:36:50.04
what you think
He would do less now
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.54
that you're striving to obey?"
00:36:52.57\00:36:57.15
"Learn from the Word of
God how to form characters
00:36:57.18\00:37:01.32
fitted for the
country you are seeking.
00:37:01.35\00:37:04.65
Know that Christ is to
be set forth among you..."
00:37:04.69\00:37:09.06
That means in your
midst, in your heart.
00:37:09.09\00:37:12.46
"And that all
that was lost in Adam
00:37:12.49\00:37:17.27
the cross of Christ
00:37:17.30\00:37:19.60
fully restores to
every believing soul."
00:37:19.63\00:37:24.87
I don't have this
quote up here, I wish I had.
00:37:24.91\00:37:27.58
Ellen White said the moment
00:37:27.61\00:37:29.44
the sinner lays
hold on Christ by faith,
00:37:29.48\00:37:32.85
that moment his sins
are no longer upon him.
00:37:32.88\00:37:37.22
He stands guiltless
before the law of God,
00:37:37.25\00:37:42.16
clothed in the
righteousness of Christ.
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.39
That moment, the moment you
believe what God's word said.
00:37:45.43\00:37:50.43
The blood of Jesus
cleanses me from all sin.
00:37:50.47\00:37:54.27
Not by works of righteousness,
which we have done,
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.37
but according to His mercy.
00:37:57.41\00:37:59.91
He saved us.
00:37:59.94\00:38:01.64
Past tense,
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.58
by the washing of regeneration
00:38:03.61\00:38:06.41
and the renewing
of His Holy Spirit.
00:38:06.45\00:38:11.15
"The life of Christ
that gives Life to the world
00:38:11.19\00:38:14.82
is in His Word.
00:38:14.86\00:38:17.26
It was by His Word
that Jesus healed disease
00:38:17.29\00:38:21.20
and cast out demons,
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.57
by His Word He stilled
the sea, and raised the dead,
00:38:23.60\00:38:28.24
and the people bore witness
that His Word was with power."
00:38:28.27\00:38:34.51
Do you remember that
man at the pool of Bethesda?
00:38:34.54\00:38:37.95
Read that story
in Desire of Ages.
00:38:37.98\00:38:40.88
Read it in the gospels
00:38:40.92\00:38:42.25
and then read it
in Desire of Ages.
00:38:42.28\00:38:44.69
She said that if
he had told the Lord,
00:38:44.72\00:38:48.16
if You'll heal me,
I'll get up and walk.
00:38:48.19\00:38:51.03
He would have
stayed there until he died.
00:38:51.06\00:38:54.30
He believed what Christ said.
00:38:54.33\00:38:57.10
He believed the
power in Christ word
00:38:57.13\00:39:00.87
and He willed to walk.
00:39:00.90\00:39:03.61
He made the
decision, I'm going to stand up
00:39:03.64\00:39:07.58
because Christ has told
me to and He cannot lie.
00:39:07.61\00:39:11.88
And because he believed
the power was given to Him.
00:39:11.91\00:39:18.12
"The whole Bible is a
manifestation of Christ,
00:39:18.15\00:39:21.76
and the Savior
00:39:21.79\00:39:23.12
desired to fix the faith
of His followers on the Word.
00:39:23.16\00:39:28.26
When His visible
Presence should be withdrawn,
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.60
the Word must be
their source of power...
00:39:31.63\00:39:36.24
Like their Master,
00:39:36.27\00:39:38.84
they were,
00:39:38.87\00:39:40.21
'we are to live
00:39:40.24\00:39:42.64
by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God.'"
00:39:42.68\00:39:46.92
What is justification by faith?
00:39:51.02\00:39:54.36
It is the work of God in laying
the glory of man in the dust.
00:39:54.39\00:40:01.03
Do you want to know what
all these eastern practices do?
00:40:01.06\00:40:04.63
They teach you to
glory in your power.
00:40:04.67\00:40:07.74
Look, what I can do.
00:40:07.77\00:40:09.30
Look, what I did.
00:40:09.34\00:40:10.71
That was the
problem with the Pharisees.
00:40:10.74\00:40:13.41
While I did this,
00:40:13.44\00:40:14.78
and, you know, it's
like, you know, okay,
00:40:14.81\00:40:16.14
I get victory over this one sin.
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.01
So I'm forcing that
victory on everybody else.
00:40:18.05\00:40:23.02
I remember one time I
had a lady that called me
00:40:23.05\00:40:25.39
and she had learned
some truth in the Bible.
00:40:25.42\00:40:27.89
And she was like, you know, wow.
00:40:27.92\00:40:30.86
And she went to share
it with a friend of hers.
00:40:30.89\00:40:33.43
And the gentleman
he couldn't see it.
00:40:33.46\00:40:36.73
And she called
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.10
and she was like, I
don't know what to do.
00:40:38.13\00:40:39.47
She said, I guess I just need
to do it what the Bible says
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.54
and shake the dust
off my feet and move on.
00:40:41.57\00:40:45.24
And I thought, and I
have done the same thing,
00:40:45.27\00:40:47.88
but I thought, "Oh, Lord,
00:40:47.91\00:40:50.11
what if Jesus
had done that to me?"
00:40:50.15\00:40:53.05
I'm shaking the
dust off my feet.
00:40:53.08\00:40:54.42
I'm done with Eric.
00:40:54.45\00:40:55.78
I mean, I've tried, you know,
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.15
this is 49 times this month.
00:40:57.19\00:40:59.59
I'm not...
00:40:59.62\00:41:00.96
There's no 50.
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.32
Jesus said, "If you'd only
understood what this meaneth,
00:41:05.09\00:41:08.26
I would have mercy
and not sacrifice."
00:41:08.30\00:41:12.07
You know what I told that lady?
00:41:12.10\00:41:13.67
I asked God.
00:41:13.70\00:41:15.04
I said, "Give me the
words to say to her."
00:41:15.07\00:41:16.50
I asked her a question,
00:41:16.54\00:41:17.87
I said, "How
long did it take you
00:41:17.91\00:41:21.41
to fully understand
and comprehend the truth
00:41:21.44\00:41:25.28
that you now have?"
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.48
And she said, "Oh,
probably 16, 18 years."
00:41:27.52\00:41:31.99
I said, "Then be willing
to give your brother in Christ
00:41:32.02\00:41:35.39
the same time to comprehend.
00:41:35.42\00:41:39.19
Be patient.
00:41:39.23\00:41:41.03
Pray instead of trying
to force someone to believe.
00:41:41.06\00:41:45.93
Pray.
00:41:45.97\00:41:47.34
Prayer availeth much."
00:41:47.37\00:41:51.07
"When men see
their own nothingness,
00:41:51.11\00:41:54.54
only then they are
prepared to be clothed
00:41:54.58\00:41:57.61
with the
righteousness of Christ.
00:41:57.65\00:42:00.38
When they begin to praise
and exalt God all the day long,
00:42:00.42\00:42:05.89
then by beholding
00:42:05.92\00:42:07.39
they are becoming
changed into the same image.
00:42:07.42\00:42:11.16
What is regeneration?
00:42:11.19\00:42:14.06
It is revealing to man,
00:42:14.10\00:42:16.20
what is his own real nature,
00:42:16.23\00:42:19.90
that in
himself, he is worthless.
00:42:19.93\00:42:25.14
"That's scary.
00:42:25.17\00:42:27.01
Do you understand?
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.38
This is what was
being proclaimed in 1888.
00:42:28.41\00:42:30.98
Men don't want to hear that.
00:42:31.01\00:42:34.38
Women don't want to hear that.
00:42:34.42\00:42:35.85
Nobody wants to hear that.
00:42:35.88\00:42:38.25
But Praise God,
00:42:38.29\00:42:39.62
I have never found more
freedom than in knowing that.
00:42:39.65\00:42:45.46
God, I am filthy, and
wretched, and poor, and blind.
00:42:45.49\00:42:49.36
You have got to cleanse me.
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.13
You have got to
live inside of me.
00:42:52.17\00:42:55.27
We have got to
fight, the fight of faith
00:42:55.30\00:42:57.77
and surrender every moment.
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.58
So that He can dwell
and live and work in us.
00:43:00.61\00:43:06.72
"Nothing less
than perfect obedience
00:43:06.75\00:43:09.58
can meet the
standard of God's requirement.
00:43:09.62\00:43:12.92
He has not left his
requirements indefinite...
00:43:12.95\00:43:16.62
The Savior took upon Himself
the infirmities of humanity
00:43:16.66\00:43:21.03
and He lived a sinless life,
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.80
so that men might have no fear
that because of the weakness
00:43:23.83\00:43:28.07
of human nature
they could not overcome.
00:43:28.10\00:43:33.14
Christ came to make us
00:43:33.17\00:43:36.54
'partakers of the divine nature'
00:43:36.58\00:43:40.02
and His life
declares that humanity,
00:43:40.05\00:43:45.95
combined with divinity,
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.76
does not commit sin.'"
00:43:48.79\00:43:52.93
That's John 1:3:9.
00:43:52.96\00:43:55.00
3:9.
00:43:58.07\00:44:00.70
That says the exact same thing.
00:44:00.74\00:44:03.71
It says, "He that is born of God
00:44:03.74\00:44:07.18
does not commit sin
00:44:07.21\00:44:09.24
because God's
seed remains in him."
00:44:09.28\00:44:15.48
Hallelujah.
00:44:15.52\00:44:16.85
I want to share
something with you.
00:44:21.36\00:44:26.59
I'm not telling you
these things because...
00:44:26.63\00:44:33.30
Because it's up here.
00:44:33.34\00:44:35.84
I'm telling you these things
because I was so far gone.
00:44:35.87\00:44:42.81
There was no rescuing me.
00:44:42.84\00:44:46.61
And I tried so hard
00:44:46.65\00:44:51.25
to make things right.
00:44:51.29\00:44:55.16
And the harder I tried,
00:44:55.19\00:44:58.39
the more, it
seemed like I got behind.
00:44:58.43\00:45:02.26
And I kept searching,
00:45:02.30\00:45:04.17
especially trying to comprehend
00:45:04.20\00:45:08.10
what
righteousness by faith meant?
00:45:08.14\00:45:12.34
And it was only
within the last few years
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.14
that the Lord in His mercy
helped to open my blind eyes.
00:45:15.18\00:45:21.58
God desires for each of us
00:45:21.62\00:45:25.75
to know who we
are in Christ Jesus.
00:45:25.79\00:45:31.69
We say it with our mouths,
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.06
but often we don't
believe it with our actions.
00:45:34.10\00:45:38.33
Often we don't
understand what that means
00:45:38.37\00:45:41.67
to be in Christ Jesus.
00:45:41.70\00:45:44.91
The Bible says,
"We are His body,
00:45:44.94\00:45:47.38
His flesh and His bones."
00:45:47.41\00:45:50.51
When He ascended on high,
00:45:50.55\00:45:52.81
He left us here as
His representatives,
00:45:52.85\00:45:57.09
not to strive and
to do in our own power,
00:45:57.12\00:46:02.32
but to surrender
00:46:02.36\00:46:03.69
and yield our
lives completely to Him
00:46:03.73\00:46:07.36
so that He can work in us,
00:46:07.40\00:46:10.93
just like His
Father worked in Him.
00:46:10.97\00:46:14.67
Every moment as we surrender
00:46:14.70\00:46:18.34
and by faith,
00:46:18.37\00:46:20.58
we say, "Your
righteousness is mine."
00:46:20.61\00:46:24.28
Not because I feel it,
00:46:24.31\00:46:27.92
but because you've spoken it.
00:46:27.95\00:46:30.55
You may not feel victorious.
00:46:30.59\00:46:35.06
But God's Word says,
00:46:35.09\00:46:36.42
"We're more than conquerors
through Him that loves us."
00:46:36.46\00:46:40.10
So do I believe
what I'm feeling,
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.83
or do I believe what
the Word of God says?
00:46:41.86\00:46:45.90
You may not feel healed
00:46:45.93\00:46:49.77
if you've got some
type of a physical,
00:46:49.80\00:46:52.24
you know, affliction.
00:46:52.27\00:46:54.58
But God's Word says,
00:46:54.61\00:46:56.11
"By My stripes,
I have healed you."
00:46:56.14\00:47:02.22
And a quick example
when I was 14 years old,
00:47:02.25\00:47:08.86
I remember I
woke up one morning,
00:47:08.89\00:47:12.76
I was supposed to be
getting ready for school,
00:47:12.79\00:47:14.53
and I felt like I
couldn't even move.
00:47:14.56\00:47:17.17
And I was burning up hot.
00:47:17.20\00:47:18.87
I mean, burning up,
00:47:18.90\00:47:20.60
and my mom
finally came in there.
00:47:20.64\00:47:22.27
She was like,
"Eric, what are you doing?"
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.41
I mean, "You got to leave.
00:47:24.44\00:47:25.87
I got to get you to school."
00:47:25.91\00:47:27.44
I said, "Mom,
something's wrong."
00:47:27.48\00:47:29.41
And she knew then
something really was
00:47:29.44\00:47:31.81
because I never
stayed home sick.
00:47:31.85\00:47:33.85
And she came over and felt it
00:47:33.88\00:47:36.79
and she said,
"You're burning up."
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.45
And she called... She's a nurse.
00:47:38.49\00:47:40.26
She called our
doctor and she said,
00:47:40.29\00:47:43.02
"I've got to get him in there."
00:47:43.06\00:47:44.39
And he said, "What's wrong?"
00:47:44.43\00:47:45.76
And she told him
00:47:45.79\00:47:47.13
and they rushed
me to emergency room.
00:47:47.16\00:47:49.80
While I was in
the emergency room,
00:47:49.83\00:47:52.97
they were
weighing me on the scale
00:47:53.00\00:47:55.64
and I passed out.
00:47:55.67\00:47:59.01
And while I was passed
out, one of the nurses there,
00:47:59.04\00:48:01.81
she had the wisdom
00:48:01.84\00:48:03.18
that God had
granted her and she said,
00:48:03.21\00:48:04.75
"Let's check his blood sugar."
00:48:04.78\00:48:06.41
It was 790.
00:48:06.45\00:48:09.22
It's supposed to be 92 to 102.
00:48:09.25\00:48:15.16
790.
00:48:15.19\00:48:17.03
And I hadn't said
anything to my mom.
00:48:17.06\00:48:18.76
Because I mean,
especially as a young man,
00:48:18.79\00:48:20.56
you kind of want to
just ignore problems and say,
00:48:20.60\00:48:22.93
they'll go away.
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.30
I mean, you know, it'll go away.
00:48:24.33\00:48:25.83
I don't know what's wrong.
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.54
But you know, I was
going to the restroom
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.20
every two or
three minutes at school,
00:48:29.24\00:48:31.81
my vision was
almost completely gone.
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.88
I couldn't even see the
chalkboard at 14 years old.
00:48:33.91\00:48:36.64
I keep having to move
closer to the front of the class
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.45
hoping nobody would ask
00:48:39.48\00:48:40.95
why I was trying to
get closer to the front.
00:48:40.98\00:48:45.19
And I got there to
the doctor's office
00:48:45.22\00:48:47.49
and when they woke me
up, they told me something
00:48:47.52\00:48:49.49
and I know they
were doing the best
00:48:49.52\00:48:51.09
that they knew how.
00:48:51.13\00:48:52.69
They said, "You're a diabetic
00:48:52.73\00:48:56.46
and it's juvenile
and there is no cure.
00:48:56.50\00:49:00.07
And you'll never get over it.
00:49:00.10\00:49:02.37
But if you take this insulin,
00:49:02.40\00:49:05.84
we can keep you alive."
00:49:05.87\00:49:09.54
Well, they didn't realize
00:49:09.58\00:49:10.91
they were
pronouncing a curse upon me.
00:49:10.95\00:49:16.15
There is no cure,
you'll never get better.
00:49:16.18\00:49:19.55
And all of those sayings
contradict the Word of God.
00:49:19.59\00:49:24.49
And so I lived under that
00:49:24.53\00:49:29.23
for a long,
long time, the curse.
00:49:29.26\00:49:34.47
And one day I was
speaking to a man,
00:49:34.50\00:49:36.77
and this was after the Lord
00:49:36.81\00:49:38.14
had brought me
out of the bondage.
00:49:38.17\00:49:39.67
I was in on these things.
00:49:39.71\00:49:42.04
And he told me something.
00:49:42.08\00:49:43.45
He said, Eric, he
said, "If you had cancer,
00:49:43.48\00:49:46.58
would it be okay if
I called you cancer?"
00:49:46.61\00:49:49.82
I was like, "No,
my name is Eric."
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.19
He said, "Well, why
couldn't I call you cancer?"
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.56
I said, "Because
it's just a disease.
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.32
It's something I
have. It's not who I am."
00:49:55.36\00:49:57.53
He said, "Then why would you
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.89
allow people to
call you a diabetic.
00:49:58.93\00:50:01.93
It's a disease.
It's what you have.
00:50:01.96\00:50:04.57
It's not who you are."
00:50:04.60\00:50:07.34
And I thought, "Oh, wow."
00:50:07.37\00:50:11.01
The Bible says,
00:50:11.04\00:50:12.37
"If we speak
life, we'll have life."
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.34
So we have the
power of life and death
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.68
in our tongue.
00:50:16.71\00:50:18.28
Ellen White says,
"If we speak faith,
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.28
we'll have faith."
00:50:20.32\00:50:21.65
And faith is the
substance of things hoped for.
00:50:21.68\00:50:25.65
And the word hope in
Greek does not mean, I hope so.
00:50:25.69\00:50:29.46
It means the things
that you have confidence in
00:50:29.49\00:50:32.36
and the things you have
been given assurance of.
00:50:32.39\00:50:35.86
Ellen White said,
"If you speak faith,
00:50:35.90\00:50:39.77
you'll have those
things that you have assurance
00:50:39.80\00:50:43.44
that you've been
given the assurance of."
00:50:43.47\00:50:47.64
The Bible says that
00:50:47.68\00:50:49.01
"Christ is the high
priest of our profession."
00:50:49.04\00:50:54.52
Profession means what you speak.
00:50:54.55\00:50:58.72
So what I speak, He
takes to the Father.
00:50:58.75\00:51:03.09
So if I'm on my knees
and I'm like telling God
00:51:03.12\00:51:06.29
about all the affliction I have,
00:51:06.33\00:51:07.93
and I'm telling God
about how bad I feel.
00:51:07.96\00:51:11.30
And Lord, I woke up this morning
00:51:11.33\00:51:12.87
and my blood sugar was high.
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.17
And Christ is up there
and He's going, "Oh, wow.
00:51:15.20\00:51:18.27
You know, if I could
just get him to speak faith,
00:51:18.31\00:51:23.58
I would have a
much better prayer
00:51:23.61\00:51:25.85
to offer to My Father."
00:51:25.88\00:51:28.05
Are you diabetic today?
00:51:28.08\00:51:31.19
So what I did was, I started,
00:51:31.22\00:51:34.79
I started reading
God's promises out loud.
00:51:34.82\00:51:40.10
Out loud.
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.53
And I went in to a new doctor,
00:51:42.56\00:51:44.80
not going to
get into that story,
00:51:44.83\00:51:46.33
but I went into a new doctor,
00:51:46.37\00:51:47.94
never seen her before,
00:51:47.97\00:51:49.30
she's brand new.
00:51:49.34\00:51:51.74
Anyway, she had
to run blood work,
00:51:51.77\00:51:53.34
do all these tests
00:51:53.38\00:51:54.71
and she called
me a few days later,
00:51:54.74\00:51:56.54
she said, "Eric, I
need you to come back down
00:51:56.58\00:51:58.51
to the clinic."
00:51:58.55\00:52:00.12
And I said, "What's wrong?"
00:52:00.15\00:52:01.75
And she said, "I just want
to run a couple of more tests."
00:52:01.78\00:52:04.35
And I thought, "Oh, no."
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.49
You know because here I'd had
this problem for over 35 years.
00:52:06.52\00:52:10.79
And I got there and
I said, "What's wrong?"
00:52:10.83\00:52:13.63
I said, "You
know, just tell me."
00:52:13.66\00:52:16.06
And she said,
"Well, Eric, she said,
00:52:16.10\00:52:17.60
all your paperwork says that
you've had juvenile diabetes
00:52:17.63\00:52:21.24
since you were 14 years old."
00:52:21.27\00:52:23.71
She said, "But the blood work
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.41
I got when you came
in here the other day,
00:52:25.44\00:52:27.61
I couldn't even say that
you're juvenile diabetes."
00:52:27.64\00:52:31.61
She said, "This looks more
00:52:31.65\00:52:32.98
like sort of on
the verge of diabetes."
00:52:33.01\00:52:36.28
She said, "Your hemoglobin A1C
00:52:36.32\00:52:39.25
is like 6.7, 6.8."
00:52:39.29\00:52:44.29
She said,
"Normally to be juvenile,
00:52:44.33\00:52:46.13
it would have to
be like a 7.1,7.2."
00:52:46.16\00:52:50.50
She said, "I want to
run some more tests."
00:52:50.53\00:52:53.07
She ran some tests, and
she came back and she said,
00:52:53.10\00:52:56.40
"Your pancreas is
producing insulin again."
00:52:56.44\00:52:59.47
She said, "This is impossible."
00:52:59.51\00:53:01.94
She said, "You've had
this for over 35 years.
00:53:01.98\00:53:05.18
I've never seen
anyone come in here
00:53:05.21\00:53:09.38
whose pancreas was producing
insulin after 35 years."
00:53:09.42\00:53:12.92
Amen. Praise God.
00:53:12.95\00:53:14.82
Now, before I stop on the story,
00:53:14.86\00:53:19.93
I still take insulin,
00:53:19.96\00:53:21.33
but I'm not taking
nearly what I was back then.
00:53:21.36\00:53:26.40
And what I have found is,
00:53:26.43\00:53:28.90
as I speak God's
promises out loud
00:53:28.94\00:53:32.97
every day that I do that,
00:53:33.01\00:53:34.61
my faith takes hold
on those promises more.
00:53:34.64\00:53:38.68
Because now when I
wake up in the morning,
00:53:38.71\00:53:41.32
and if I check
and my blood sugar's
00:53:41.35\00:53:42.88
a little bit high,
instead of me going...
00:53:42.92\00:53:45.32
And the devil whispers
00:53:45.35\00:53:46.69
and usually when he talks to us,
00:53:46.72\00:53:48.12
he talks in our voice
because if he came in,
00:53:48.16\00:53:51.26
he talked in his
voice, I'd be like what,
00:53:51.29\00:53:53.33
you know what was that?
00:53:53.36\00:53:54.96
And I'll go get on my
knees and start praying.
00:53:55.00\00:53:57.33
Normally, when the devil
00:53:57.37\00:53:58.70
or one of his
angels talks to you,
00:53:58.73\00:54:00.14
he'll talk to you
in your own voice.
00:54:00.17\00:54:02.17
Because if he can make
you think it's your thoughts,
00:54:02.20\00:54:04.47
you'll never fight him.
00:54:04.51\00:54:06.78
So if I wake up in the morning
00:54:06.81\00:54:08.64
and my blood
sugar's a little bit high,
00:54:08.68\00:54:11.11
I'll hear a voice
that sounds like mine say,
00:54:11.15\00:54:14.92
huh, not healed yet.
00:54:14.95\00:54:18.65
God's Word is not true.
00:54:18.69\00:54:21.16
And I'm like,
"Okay, well, he's a liar."
00:54:21.19\00:54:24.76
Right?
00:54:24.79\00:54:26.39
Jesus said that.
00:54:26.43\00:54:29.33
So what I do is,
I go to God's Word.
00:54:29.36\00:54:30.97
And I say, "Bless
the Lord, O my soul!"
00:54:31.00\00:54:34.04
And all that is within me,
bless and praise His holy name.
00:54:34.07\00:54:38.27
It is You who
forgives all my iniquities
00:54:38.31\00:54:41.48
and heals all of my diseases.
00:54:41.51\00:54:43.98
And then I claim
Isaiah 53, "By your stripes,
00:54:44.01\00:54:49.12
You said it not me.
00:54:49.15\00:54:51.19
You said it, I am healed."
00:54:51.22\00:54:54.12
And then I claim the
same thing in Matthew 8:17-19.
00:54:54.16\00:54:59.69
And then 1 Peter
says it three times
00:54:59.73\00:55:02.03
in the scripture
00:55:02.06\00:55:03.70
that out the mouth of
two or three witnesses,
00:55:03.73\00:55:05.63
every word will be established.
00:55:05.67\00:55:07.97
By His stripes I am healed.
00:55:08.00\00:55:11.27
You know, it's funny,
too, because the Bible says,
00:55:11.31\00:55:13.34
"The 1,44,000
00:55:13.38\00:55:14.84
will have their father's name
written in their foreheads."
00:55:14.88\00:55:18.25
What's our father's name?
00:55:18.28\00:55:20.18
I am.
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.95
I am.
00:55:22.98\00:55:25.85
I am delivered.
00:55:25.89\00:55:28.62
I am saved.
00:55:28.66\00:55:30.46
Not because I feel it,
00:55:30.49\00:55:31.96
but because You
said so in Your Word.
00:55:31.99\00:55:34.53
I am healed.
00:55:34.56\00:55:36.53
I am more than conqueror
through Him that loves me.
00:55:36.56\00:55:40.74
As we speak faith,
00:55:40.77\00:55:44.04
God will work what He
has promised in our lives.
00:55:44.07\00:55:48.54
And when we
look at our loved one
00:55:48.58\00:55:50.75
that looks like
they're so far gone,
00:55:50.78\00:55:53.95
that there's no
hope of recovering them.
00:55:53.98\00:55:57.05
I always remember
what my wife said about me
00:55:57.09\00:55:59.79
when I was so far gone.
00:55:59.82\00:56:02.09
And we have been
divorced for five years.
00:56:02.12\00:56:04.33
And I was living
in adultery with,
00:56:04.36\00:56:06.19
you know, somebody else.
00:56:06.23\00:56:08.30
My wife, the Lord
told her speak faith.
00:56:08.33\00:56:11.37
And she told my
children, "Daddy's coming home."
00:56:11.40\00:56:14.07
And people at church
said, "You can't tell them that.
00:56:14.10\00:56:17.31
They're going to
lose faith in God."
00:56:17.34\00:56:18.97
She said, "God's Word said so."
00:56:19.01\00:56:21.91
God spoke that
to me in His Word.
00:56:21.94\00:56:25.38
Speak faith, and
you'll have faith.
00:56:25.41\00:56:28.55
So when you look
at a lost loved one,
00:56:28.58\00:56:30.65
or you look at
someone you're praying for,
00:56:30.69\00:56:32.75
and it seems hopeless,
find the promise in His Word.
00:56:32.79\00:56:37.33
Find the promise in His Word.
00:56:37.36\00:56:39.86
Sometimes...
00:56:39.89\00:56:43.67
I struggled with my children,
my son and my daughter,
00:56:43.70\00:56:46.13
they're great,
they're great children.
00:56:46.17\00:56:47.94
I mean, great children.
00:56:47.97\00:56:50.34
But sometimes,
you know, as a parent,
00:56:50.37\00:56:52.07
what it's like when you see them
00:56:52.11\00:56:53.44
making mistakes that you go,
00:56:53.48\00:56:54.81
"Man, I've already done that.
00:56:54.84\00:56:56.18
Don't make that mistake."
00:56:56.21\00:56:57.55
So I would try to force
them to do the right thing.
00:56:57.58\00:57:00.78
And my wife would say,
00:57:00.82\00:57:02.15
"That's not going to
work. Just pray for them."
00:57:02.18\00:57:04.72
I was like, "Yeah, but
that's not going to work."
00:57:04.75\00:57:06.32
And she's like, "Really?"
00:57:06.35\00:57:08.92
I'm like, "Okay."
00:57:08.96\00:57:10.99
So I start claiming promises.
00:57:11.03\00:57:13.56
God, You promised
in Deuteronomy 30:6,
00:57:13.60\00:57:17.07
that You will
circumcise my heart
00:57:17.10\00:57:19.50
and the heart of my children
00:57:19.53\00:57:21.07
to love You with
all of our hearts,
00:57:21.10\00:57:23.00
our souls, our
minds, and our strength.
00:57:23.04\00:57:25.67
You promised, and I
will not let you go,
00:57:25.71\00:57:28.88
except you blessed me.
00:57:28.91\00:57:31.45
That's the only way
that we're ever going to win.
00:57:31.48\00:57:36.45
There is no other way.
00:57:36.48\00:57:39.85
Let's close with prayer.
00:57:39.89\00:57:41.22
Father in heaven,
00:57:44.83\00:57:46.96
we thank You so much
that You are not a man
00:57:47.00\00:57:49.73
that You should
lie, nor the Son of Man
00:57:49.76\00:57:51.87
that You should
change Your mind.
00:57:51.90\00:57:54.87
All of Your
promises in Christ Jesus
00:57:54.90\00:57:57.87
are yay and amen.
00:57:57.91\00:58:01.04
Father, help each of us
00:58:01.08\00:58:03.95
as we open Your Word this week
00:58:03.98\00:58:07.42
to find who we
are in Christ Jesus.
00:58:07.45\00:58:11.25