THIS PRESENTATION
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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SLEEPWALKING OR SOMNAMBULISM
IS A TROUBLING CONDITION
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WHERE PEOPLE ARISE IN A
STATE OF LOW CONSCIOUSNESS
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AND PERFORM ACTIVITIES
NORMALLY PERFORM WHILE AWAKE.
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THESE CAN BE AS HARMLESS
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AS WALK INTO THE
BATHROOM OR CLEANING,
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OR AS HAZARDOUS AS
DRIVING, STARTING FIRES,
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OR WALKING IN TRAFFIC.
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THE PERSON'S EYES CAN BE
OPEN, BUT HAVE A GLASSY LOOK
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RIGHT THROUGH YOU EXPRESSION.
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THESE SLEEPWALKING
EPISODES MIGHT LAST 30 SECONDS
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OR 30 MINUTES.
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IN 2005, A 34 YEAR-OLD- MAN
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WAS REPORTEDLY CAUGHT
SLEEPWALKING BY HIS WIFE.
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HE WAS MOWING THE
LAWN AT 2 AM NAKED.
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HIS WIFE DIDN'T WAKE HIM,
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BUT IN THE MORNING HE
DIDN'T BELIEVE HER STORY
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OF WHAT HE'D BEEN UP TO.
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IT WASN'T UNTIL HE
LOOKED AT THE SOLES OF HIS FEET
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THAT HE FINALLY BELIEVED HER.
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THEY WERE FILTHY.
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE
A SLEEPWALKING CHRISTIAN
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WALKING THROUGH LIFE IN A
LOW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD?
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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN
VIRGINS DIVIDES SLEEPING SAINTS
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IN THE CHURCH INTO TWO GROUPS.
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ONLY HALF ARE PREPARED
FOR THE BRIDEGROOM'S ARRIVAL.
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ARE YOU PREPARED
FOR JESUS' COMING?
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OUR MESSAGE TODAY IS TALKING
ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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IN PARTICULAR,
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU
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FROM A STORY IN THE BIBLE,
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SEVEN STEPS THAT YOU
CAN TAKE TO EXPERIENCE
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THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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MOST OF OUR TIME
TODAY IS GOING TO BE LOOKING
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AT A STORY YOU FIND IN
EXODUS CHAPTER 33 AND 34.
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SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES,
YOU MAY WANT TO TURN THERE.
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EXODUS 33, AND I PROBABLY OUGHT
TO SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT.
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MOST OF YOU KNOW THE
STORY IN EXODUS CHAPTER 32.
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GOD HAD GIVEN
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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TO THE PEOPLE IN, OF
COURSE, CHAPTER 20 OF EXODUS.
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MOSES GOES UP THE MOUNTAIN THEN,
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HE GETS THE WRITTEN COPY.
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GOD SPOKE THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS IN EXODUS 20.
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HE GOES UP THE MOUNTAIN
THEN TO GET THE WRITTEN COPY,
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BUT HE'S UP THERE
40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS,
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AND PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW
IT WAS GOING TO TAKE HIM
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SO LONG TO COME BACK.
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AND WHILE THEY
KNEW HE'D COME BACK,
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THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHEN AND IN WAITING,
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THEY LOST FAITH.
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NOW, DID JESUS TELL
US HE'S COMING BACK?
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BUT SOMETIMES IN THE
WAITING, WE LOSE FAITH.
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AND THEY SAID...
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WE DON'T KNOW 'CAUSE
MOSES IS GETTING KIND OF OLD
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AND WHO KNOWS WE
CAN'T GO UP THE MOUNTAIN
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BECAUSE THE GLORY
OF GOD'S UP THERE,
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HE MAY HAVE DIED,
LET'S PICK ANOTHER LEADER.
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LET'S GO BACK TO EGYPT.
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MADE A GOLDEN
CALF, HAD A WILD PARTY.
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IT SAYS THAT THEY
MADE THEMSELVES NAKED,
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SO IT GOT PRETTY WILD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT
AT THAT CRUCIAL MOMENT.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE
PARTY GOT SO RAMBUNCTIOUS SAID,
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JOSHUA SAID, "HURRY, MOSES,
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THERE'S THE SOUND
OF WAR IN THE CAMP."
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AND MOSES SHOOK
HIS HEAD AND HE SAID,
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"THAT BE OKAY IF
IT WAS WAR," HE SAID,
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"BUT THIS IS
NOT THE CRY OF THOSE
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WHO CRY FOR BEING OVERCOME,
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NEITHER ARE THEY
SHOUTING FOR VICTORY
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BUT IT'S THE VOICE
OF THOSE WHO PARTY,"
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IF I CAN
PARAPHRASE "THAT I HEAR."
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AND HE CAME DOWN,
HE SAW THE GOLDEN CALF
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AND THE PEOPLE
DANCING AND CARRYING ON,
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AND HE THREW
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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OUT OF HIS HAND.
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IT WAS A GREAT
SIN AGAINST THE LORD.
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THEY'VE BROKEN ALL
THEIR COMMANDMENTS,
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THEY JUST PROMISED TO KEEP.
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THEY HAD SAID,
"LORD, YOU'RE OUR GOD,
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WE WANT YOU WITH US."
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AND THEN THEY BROKE
ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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MOSES GOES BACK UP THE
MOUNTAIN, AND THE LORD...
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LORD IS READY TO WIPE THEM OUT.
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AND SO IT'S DURING
THIS TIME OF WAITING
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THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS.
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SO YOU TAKE UP THE
STORY NOW IN CHAPTER 34,
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AND YOU'RE ON CHAPTER 33, SORRY.
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EXODUS 33:1, "AND
THE LORD SAID TO MOSES,
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'DEPART AND GO UP FROM
HERE, YOU AND THE PEOPLE
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WHOM YOU HAVE BROUGHT
OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, "
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SAID YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE
GO, "WHICH I SWORE TO ABRAHAM,
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ISAAC, AND JACOB,
SAYING, 'TO YOUR DESCENDANTS,
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I WILL GIVE IT.'
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AND I WILL SEND
MY ANGEL BEFORE YOU,
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AND I WILL DRIVE
OUT THE CANAANITES,
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AND THE
AMORITES, AND THE HITTITES,
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AND THE
PERIZZITES, AND THE HIVITES,
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AND THE
JEBUSITES, AND THE TERMITES,
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AND ALL OF THEM.
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AND GO TO THE LAND
FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, "
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NOW CATCH THIS,
"FOR I WILL NOT GO UP
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IN YOUR MIDST LEST I
CONSUME YOU ON THE WAY,
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FOR YOU ARE A
STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE."
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THAT'S KIND OF A FRIGHTENING
THOUGHT THAT GOD WOULD SAY,
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ALL RIGHT, YOU
WANTED THE PROMISED LAND,
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I PROMISE TO GIVE
YOU THE PROMISED LAND.
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YOU DON'T SEEM TO WANT ME.
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GO, I'LL GIVE YOU, DELIVER,
SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAND
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BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO WITH YOU
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BECAUSE YOU ARE A
STUBBORN, AND A PROUD,
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AND A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE.
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YOU WANT TO DO
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
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YOU DON'T WANT TO OBEY ME.
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GO, MY PRESENCE
WILL NOT GO WITH YOU.
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NOW, WOULD THAT MAKE YOU
SHUDDER OR WOULD YOU SAY,
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"WELL, YOU KNOW, LORD, ACTUALLY,
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YOU DO MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE,
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BUT I DO WANT THE PROMISED LAND,
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BUT I DON'T WANT YOU.
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HEARD ABOUT A MAN
THAT WAS PUSHING HIS CART
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AROUND THE
SUPERMARKET, A YOUNG MAN.
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AND HE NOTICED PRETTY SOON
THAT THERE IS THIS OLD WOMAN
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THAT HAD HER CART FULL OF
STUFF AND SHE WAS FOLLOWING HIM.
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AND HE STOPPED, SHE
STOPPED, AND HE LOOKED
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AND SHE'D BE STARING AT HIM.
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HE'D GO UP THE AISLE,
SHE'D FOLLOW HIM UP THE AISLE.
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AND THIS WENT ON FOR A WHILE.
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AND FINALLY WHEN HE
GOT TO THE CHECKOUT STAND,
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THERE SHE WAS.
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AND SHE SAID, "I HOPE,
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I HAVEN'T MADE
YOU UNCOMFORTABLE."
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SHE SAID, "BUT YOU KNOW,
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YOU LOOK SO MUCH
LIKE MY LATE SON,
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AND I JUST COULDN'T
STOP STARING AT YOU,"
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AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW,
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I'M GOING TO TAKE MY
STUFF, I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT,
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BUT COULD YOU DO
SOMETHING FOR ME?
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IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH
TO ME AS I LEAVE THE STORE
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IF YOU COULD
JUST SAY GOODBYE MOM."
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AND SO HE SAID, "SURE."
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SO SHE GOT HER STUFF,
SHE GOING OUT THE DOOR.
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HE SAID, "GOODBYE, MOM."
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SHE SMILED AND WAVED BACK.
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AND HE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS SUCH A SIMPLE THING
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TO MAKE THAT LADY
HAPPY TO SAY GOODBYE MOM.
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SO AS HE'S CHECKING
OUT, THE BILL COMES TO $121.
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AND HE SAYS TO THE
CASHIER, HE SAID, "WHAT'S UP?
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I GOT FIVE THINGS HERE."
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HE SAID, "WELL,
YOUR MOTHER SAID,
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YOU WERE PAYING FOR HERS."
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AND SOMETIMES THE CHURCH
HAS DONE THAT TO THE LORD.
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WE WANT
EVERYTHING GOD CAN GIVE US,
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HE SAYS THIS IN THE
PROPHETS, BUT WE DON'T WANT HIM,
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BECAUSE HE MAKES
US UNCOMFORTABLE.
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WELL, IF YOU DO WANT
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
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I'M GOING TO
GIVE YOU SEVEN STEPS
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SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
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AND THESE ARE THE STEPS
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THAT WE SEE MOSES GOING THROUGH.
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HOW MUCH DO YOU
WANT THE PRESENCE OF GOD?
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IF YOU DON'T
WANT IT IN THIS LIFE,
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YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO WANT IT IN HEAVEN,
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YOU WON'T GET IT THEN.
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SO IF YOU HUNGER
AFTER GOD'S PRESENCE,
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SAY KNOWING THE LORD
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IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO YOU,
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YOU CAN.
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FIRST THING IS, YOU
NEED TO HAVE A DETERMINATION.
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SO GOD SAYS IN EXODUS
33:15 WHEN MOSES SAID,
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"WE ARE NOT
GOING UP WITHOUT YOU."
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HE TOLD THE LORD,
LORD SAID, YOU KNOW,
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"I'M NOT GOING, YOU GO."
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AND MOSES SAID,"
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IF YOUR PRESENCE DOES NOT
GO WITH US, DO NOT BRING US UP.
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WE ARE NOT GOING WITHOUT YOU."
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IT'S LIKE WHEN JACOB
WRESTLED WITH THE LORD THERE,
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AND HE SAID, "I
WILL NOT LET YOU GO,
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EXCEPT YOU BLESS ME."
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DO YOU WANT THE
BLESSING OF GOD'S PRESENCE?
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DO YOU WANT THE
BLESSING OF GOD'S SPIRIT?
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ONE, WHAT DO WE NEED?
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DETERMINATION.
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THERE NEEDS TO BE...
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YOU NEED TO HAVE
YOUR MIND SETTLED ON THAT
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NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO ME THAN GOD.
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HE SAID IN EXODUS
33:17, ALL RIGHT, MOSES,
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"I WILL DO THIS THING
THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN OF,
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FOR YOU HAVE
FOUND GRACE IN MY SIGHT,
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AND I KNOW YOU BY NAME."
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SO MOSES SAID, "LOOK, LORD,
WE ARE NOT GOING WITHOUT YOU."
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SO GOD SAID, "OKAY,
IF YOU WANT MY PRESENCE,
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HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO."
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AND HE GIVES HIM THESE STEPS,
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BUT IT STARTS OUT
WITH A DETERMINATION.
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SO NEXT THERE WAS PREPARATION.
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NOW, WE'RE JUMPING
TO EXODUS CHAPTER 34.
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AND IF YOU GO TO EXODUS 34,
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GOD GIVES SOME
INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES.
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AND HE SAID IN VERSE 2,
"BE READY IN THE MORNING..."
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DOESN'T SAY GET
READY, SAID BE READY.
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"AND COME UP IN THE
MORNING TO MOUNT SINAI,
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AND PRESENT YOURSELF TO
ME ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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HE SAID, "YOU NEED TO PREPARE.
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I'M TELLING YOU IN ADVANCE,
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I'M MAKING AN
APPOINTMENT WITH YOU.
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I'M WILLING TO MEET WITH YOU.
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ARE YOU GOING TO PUT
THAT ON YOUR DAY-TIMER?
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ARE YOU GOING TO MEET WITH ME?"
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DO YOU KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE
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NEVER EXPERIENCE
THE PRESENCE OF GOD
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BECAUSE THEY
MISSED THE OPPORTUNITIES
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WHEN GOD MEETS WITH HIS PEOPLE?
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HOW SAD IT WOULD BE
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IF PENTECOST HAPPENED
AND YOU STAYED HOME THAT DAY.
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AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE
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GATHER TOGETHER
THAT YOU'RE THERE.
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GOD SAYS, "IF THEY
MEET, I'M MEETING WITH THEM."
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ARE YOU AND I GOING TO
PREPARE TO BE WITH HIM?
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SO THERE'S A PREPARATION
THAT HAPPENS IN THE HEART
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BEFORE YOU MEET WITH THE KING.
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IF WE'RE IN THE
PRACTICE OF GETTING UP
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AND SEEKING AFTER GOD EVERY DAY,
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SOMETHING HAPPENS
TO US IN THE SEEKING.
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YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
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YOU KNOW, I PRAYED
AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
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I READ MY BIBLE, I
DIDN'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
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YOU DON'T REALIZE
YOU'RE BEING CHANGED
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IN THE WAYS YOU DON'T KNOW.
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SO PREPARE YOUR HEART
EVERY DAY TO SEEK AFTER GOD,
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YOU'RE BEING
TRANSFORMED IN THE PROCESS.
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NOW, THE BIBLE SAYS...
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I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE
OF EXAMPLES, THERE'S MANY.
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IT'S A BAD THING
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IF YOU DON'T SEEK
THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
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IF YOU DON'T PREPARE
YOUR HEART TO SEEK AFTER GOD.
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FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SON OF KING SOLOMON.
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YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME?
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REHOBOAM. REHOBOAM.
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HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO
THE WISE COUNSELORS.
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS
IN 2 CHRONICLES 12:14,
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"HE DID EVIL
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BECAUSE HE DID NOT PREPARE
HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD."
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ARE YOU PREPARING YOUR
HEART TO SEEK GOD EVERY DAY?
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IS THAT A PRIORITY WITH YOU?
00:09:57.26\00:09:58.66
IF IT'S NOT A PRIORITY,
00:09:58.69\00:09:59.79
IF YOU'RE NOT SEEKING AFTER GOD
00:09:59.83\00:10:01.73
IN YOUR LIFE ON A DAILY BASIS,
IF YOUR PRAYER ISN'T LORD,
00:10:01.76\00:10:04.40
GIVE ME THIS
DAY OUR DAILY BREAD,
00:10:04.43\00:10:06.94
THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING
TO BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES.
00:10:06.97\00:10:09.17
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE
IN GOD'S PRESENCE FOR ETERNITY
00:10:09.20\00:10:11.67
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT
00:10:11.71\00:10:12.77
FOR HALF AN HOUR IN THE MORNING?
00:10:12.81\00:10:15.44
IT'S GOT TO BEGIN BY
SEEKING HIS PRESENCE NOW.
00:10:15.48\00:10:18.75
ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU'VE GOT A GOOD KING
00:10:18.78\00:10:20.68
BY THE NAME OF JEHOSHAPHAT.
00:10:20.72\00:10:23.02
IT SAYS IN 2 CHRONICLES 19:3,
00:10:23.05\00:10:25.39
"NEVERTHELESS GOOD
THINGS ARE FOUND IN YOU,
00:10:25.42\00:10:27.66
IN THAT YOU HAVE
REMOVED THE WOODEN IMAGES"
00:10:27.69\00:10:29.59
YOU'VE OBEYED THE
LAND, YOU'VE OBEYED ME
00:10:29.62\00:10:32.23
"AND YOU PREPARED
YOUR HEART TO SEEK GOD."
00:10:32.26\00:10:35.03
SO YOU GOT DETERMINATION,
YOU HAVE PREPARATION.
00:10:35.06\00:10:40.30
NEXT, YOU HAVE ISOLATION.
00:10:40.34\00:10:42.87
EXODUS 34:3, GOD SAID TO MOSES,
00:10:42.90\00:10:46.68
"AND NO MAN
SHALL COME UP WITH YOU,
00:10:46.71\00:10:49.68
AND LET NO MAN BE SEEN
THROUGHOUT ALL THE MOUNTAIN..."
00:10:49.71\00:10:52.65
YOU NEED PERSONAL TIME WITH GOD.
00:10:52.68\00:10:55.45
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT COME TO CHURCH
00:10:55.48\00:10:58.59
AND THEY LIKE MAYBE
THE SOCIAL INTERACTION.
00:10:58.62\00:11:01.59
BUT THEY DON'T
HAVE THEIR PERSONAL TIME
00:11:01.62\00:11:03.86
WHERE JESUS IS
YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:11:03.89\00:11:05.99
I USED TO WONDER WHY
THESE PASTORS WOULD SAY,
00:11:06.03\00:11:07.66
"IS THE LORD JESUS,
YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR?"
00:11:07.66\00:11:11.73
ARE YOU JUST DOING IT
SORT OF AS A GROUP THING,
00:11:11.77\00:11:13.54
OR BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS WERE IN THE CHURCH,
00:11:13.57\00:11:15.54
OR DO YOU HAVE A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
00:11:15.57\00:11:18.81
YOU NOTICE GOD SAID
TO MOSES, "I KNOW YOU.
00:11:18.84\00:11:21.01
YOU'RE MY FRIEND."
00:11:21.04\00:11:22.21
HE TALKED TO HIM FACE TO FACE
AS A MAN TALKS TO HIS FRIEND
00:11:22.24\00:11:25.58
BECAUSE HE HAD A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
00:11:25.61\00:11:27.62
HOW DO YOU GET THAT?
00:11:27.65\00:11:28.72
BY SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH GOD.
00:11:28.75\00:11:31.15
IT CANNOT ALWAYS
BE GROUP THERAPY.
00:11:31.19\00:11:33.96
GATHERING TOGETHER
FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP
00:11:33.99\00:11:35.82
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:11:35.86\00:11:37.76
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE
BLESSED BY BEING HERE TODAY.
00:11:37.79\00:11:40.26
BUT DO YOU HAVE
PERSONAL TIME WITH GOD?
00:11:40.30\00:11:43.40
AND THERE'S A LOT OF
BIBLE EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
00:11:43.43\00:11:45.63
ABRAHAM WAS ALONE WITH GOD
00:11:45.67\00:11:47.74
WHEN GOD GAVE
HIS COVENANT TO HIM.
00:11:47.77\00:11:49.50
GIDEON WAS THRESHING
WHEAT ALONE WITH GOD.
00:11:49.54\00:11:52.14
AND WHEN YOU'RE
WORKING IN THE WORLD ALONE,
00:11:52.17\00:11:53.64
YOU'RE THRESHING WHEAT.
00:11:53.68\00:11:55.64
ELIJAH WAS ALONE
IN THE WILDERNESS,
00:11:55.68\00:11:58.01
GOD SPOKE TO HIM.
00:11:58.05\00:11:59.18
PAUL WAS ALONE IN
ARABIA AND IN JAIL.
00:11:59.21\00:12:02.75
JOHN WAS ALONE ON PATMOS.
00:12:02.78\00:12:05.29
JESUS WENT OUT A GREAT
00:12:05.32\00:12:06.99
WHILE BEFORE IT
WAS DAY TO PRAY ALONE.
00:12:07.02\00:12:10.96
NOW, IF THE LORD DOES IT,
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE
00:12:10.99\00:12:13.03
FOR YOU AND ME.
00:12:13.06\00:12:14.46
YOU WANT TO SEE THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD?
00:12:14.46\00:12:16.83
YOU NEED TO SEEK
AFTER HIM, FIND TIME.
00:12:16.87\00:12:20.47
SOMETIMES SOMEBODY SAID
THAT, THAT SPECIAL TIME WITH GOD
00:12:20.50\00:12:24.14
ISN'T FOUND, IT'S MADE.
00:12:24.17\00:12:25.31
IN OTHER WORDS,
00:12:25.34\00:12:26.34
DON'T HOPE THAT YOU
RUN INTO THAT PRIVATE TIME,
00:12:26.37\00:12:27.78
YOU NEED TO SET AN
APPOINTMENT WITH GOD.
00:12:27.81\00:12:29.78
IT'S SOMETHING YOU PREPARE FOR.
00:12:29.81\00:12:32.98
DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST
00:12:33.01\00:12:34.08
TODAY'S LIFE
CHANGING FREE RESOURCE.
00:12:34.12\00:12:36.38
TO GET YOUR COPY
OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT,
00:12:36.42\00:12:38.65
SIMPLY CALL US AND
ASK FOR THE OFFER NUMBER
00:12:38.69\00:12:41.22
SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.
00:12:41.26\00:12:42.66
IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER
00:12:42.69\00:12:44.29
FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S
WORD WITH AMAZING FACTS,
00:12:44.33\00:12:47.13
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT
00:12:47.20\00:12:49.10
AND MOST IMPORTANT,
TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
00:12:49.13\00:12:51.87
ALL RIGHT, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE PREPARATION,
00:12:53.80\00:12:56.27
DETERMINATION, THE
ISOLATION, NOW EXPECTATION.
00:12:56.30\00:13:01.28
WHEN YOU DO THIS,
00:13:01.31\00:13:02.81
EXPECT THAT GOD IS
GOING TO KEEP HIS WORD,
00:13:02.84\00:13:06.72
AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU.
00:13:06.75\00:13:08.88
SO WHEN GOD CALLS
MOSES BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN,
00:13:08.92\00:13:12.22
HE SAYS IN EXODUS 34,
00:13:12.25\00:13:13.62
"HE CUT TWO TABLETS OF
STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES.
00:13:13.66\00:13:17.86
AND MOSES ROSE
EARLY IN THE MORNING,
00:13:17.89\00:13:20.13
AND HE WENT UP MOUNT SINAI,
AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM,
00:13:20.16\00:13:24.17
AND HE TOOK IN HIS HAND
THE TWO TABLETS OF STONE."
00:13:24.20\00:13:28.70
SO YOU'RE
BRINGING ME UP SOMETHING,
00:13:28.74\00:13:30.37
YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR ME
TO WRITE THE WORD FOR YOU.
00:13:30.41\00:13:34.41
YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR ME
TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
00:13:34.44\00:13:37.05
YOU'RE EXPECTING
FOR ME TO MEET WITH YOU.
00:13:37.08\00:13:40.12
AND SO HE DID WHAT HE WAS TOLD.
00:13:40.15\00:13:42.15
HE ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
00:13:42.18\00:13:44.22
HE GOES UP THE MOUNTAIN,
HE'S GOT A PRAYER IN HIS HEART,
00:13:44.25\00:13:46.65
LORD, PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR GLORY.
00:13:46.69\00:13:49.29
NOW, WHAT DOES IT
MEAN WHEN HE CAME UP
00:13:49.32\00:13:51.53
AND GOD WAS GOING TO
WRITE SOMETHING FOR MOSES?
00:13:51.56\00:13:55.70
WHERE DO WE WANT GOD TO WRITE?
00:13:55.73\00:13:57.07
WHERE'S THE NEW COVENANT?
00:13:57.10\00:13:59.40
IT'S WRITTEN ON THE HEART.
00:13:59.43\00:14:00.57
SO WHEN YOU COME,
YOU EXPECT THE LORD
00:14:00.60\00:14:02.30
TO WRITE
SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART.
00:14:02.34\00:14:05.14
IT TELLS US THAT
"THIS IS THE COVENANT
00:14:05.17\00:14:06.88
I WILL MAKE WITH
THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS,
00:14:06.91\00:14:08.48
SAYS THE LORD: I'LL PUT
MY LAW INTO THEIR HEARTS,
00:14:08.51\00:14:11.98
AND IN THEIR MINDS
I WILL WRITE THEM."
00:14:12.01\00:14:14.35
SOMEONE SAID,
00:14:14.38\00:14:15.42
"DUSTY BIBLES
LEAD TO DIRTY LIVES."
00:14:15.45\00:14:18.15
WE NEED TO BE ASKING
GOD TO TAKE HIS WORDS.
00:14:18.19\00:14:20.92
WE BRING THESE
TABLETS AND WE SAY,
00:14:20.96\00:14:22.46
YOU KNOW, THE REASON
THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
00:14:22.49\00:14:24.59
WERE WRITTEN ON TWO STONES
00:14:24.63\00:14:25.66
THAT REALLY REPRESENTS
THE DUAL NATURE OF THE LAW.
00:14:25.69\00:14:28.53
IT'S A SWORD WITH TWO EDGES.
00:14:28.56\00:14:30.53
IT'S LIKE THE
LAW AND THE PROPHETS,
00:14:30.57\00:14:31.67
MOSES, ELIJAH, THE
NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:14:31.70\00:14:34.74
AND SO WE COME UP
WITH THE WORD OF GOD,
00:14:34.77\00:14:36.57
AND WE WANT GOD THEN
TO WRITE ON OUR HEARTS.
00:14:36.60\00:14:39.64
EZEKIEL 3:10,
"MOREOVER HE SAID TO ME:
00:14:39.67\00:14:41.78
'SON OF MAN,
RECEIVE IN YOUR HEART
00:14:41.81\00:14:43.98
ALL MY WORDS
THAT I SPEAK TO YOU,
00:14:44.01\00:14:46.28
AND HEAR WITH YOUR EARS."
00:14:46.31\00:14:49.22
BEING ABLE TO TAKE IT IN.
00:14:49.25\00:14:51.19
WE GOT TWO EARS,
LIKE THOSE TWO TABLETS.
00:14:51.22\00:14:53.29
WE WANT GOD TO WRITE
HIS WORD ON OUR HEART.
00:14:53.32\00:14:56.19
IF YOU COME TO
CHURCH TO PRAY FOR RAIN,
00:14:56.22\00:14:58.83
THEN BRING YOUR UMBRELLA.
00:14:58.86\00:15:00.96
THAT'S CALLED EXPECTATION.
00:15:01.00\00:15:03.43
ARE YOU EXPECTING SOMETHING?
00:15:03.47\00:15:05.83
AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH
00:15:05.87\00:15:07.54
AND THEY GOT THE
ATTITUDE, OH, I GOT TO GO.
00:15:07.57\00:15:09.60
I DON'T EVER
EXPECT TO GET ANYTHING.
00:15:09.64\00:15:11.04
WELL, YOU WON'T.
00:15:11.07\00:15:13.07
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID,
00:15:13.11\00:15:14.18
"BE IT UNTO YOU
ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH."
00:15:14.21\00:15:16.88
IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
OF SEEKING AFTER GOD,
00:15:16.91\00:15:19.98
SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH GOD,
00:15:20.02\00:15:22.42
PRAYING THAT HE'LL
REVEAL HIS GLORY TO YOU,
00:15:22.45\00:15:25.32
THEN BELIEVE HE WANTS TO.
00:15:25.35\00:15:28.06
EXPECT SOMETHING FROM GOD.
00:15:28.09\00:15:29.72
THAT'S PART OF THE
ANSWERED PRAYER IS BELIEVING.
00:15:29.76\00:15:32.66
AND SO YOU GOT EXPECTATION.
00:15:32.69\00:15:35.16
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT,
THEN YOU HAVE A REVELATION.
00:15:35.20\00:15:38.70
GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
00:15:38.73\00:15:40.47
EXODUS 33:21,
00:15:40.50\00:15:43.41
"AND THE LORD SAID TO
HIM, 'HERE IS A PLACE BY ME..."
00:15:43.44\00:15:46.44
THIS IS WHEN HE
COMES UP THE MOUNTAIN.
00:15:46.47\00:15:48.18
"AND YOU WILL STAND ON THE ROCK.
00:15:48.21\00:15:49.88
SO IT WILL BE,
WHILE MY GLORY PASSES BY,
00:15:49.91\00:15:52.81
THAT I WILL PUT YOU
IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK,
00:15:52.85\00:15:54.95
AND I'LL COVER YOU WITH
MY HAND WHILE I PASS BY.
00:15:54.98\00:15:57.69
AND I'LL TAKE AWAY MY
HAND, AND YOU SHALL SEE...
00:15:57.72\00:16:01.12
YOU'LL SEE MY BACK, MY
FACE WILL NOT BE SEEN."
00:16:01.16\00:16:04.33
IT SAYS IN EXODUS 34:5
WHEN GOD FINALLY DOES THIS.
00:16:04.36\00:16:09.03
"NOW THE LORD
DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD
00:16:09.06\00:16:11.17
AND HE STOOD WITH HIM THERE,
00:16:11.20\00:16:12.87
AND HE PROCLAIMED
THE NAME OF THE LORD."
00:16:12.90\00:16:15.04
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:15.07\00:16:16.47
DOING THIS IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:16.50\00:16:17.74
AND PRAYING IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:17.77\00:16:19.24
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD?
00:16:19.27\00:16:21.68
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN
00:16:21.71\00:16:22.84
THE UTTERANCE OF A CERTAIN NAME.
00:16:22.88\00:16:26.05
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
KIND OF A WHOLE DIVERSION,
00:16:26.08\00:16:29.42
BUNCH OF PEOPLE
GETTING DISTRACTED
00:16:29.45\00:16:30.99
WITH HOW YOU
PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF GOD.
00:16:31.02\00:16:33.49
HAVE YOU RUN INTO THAT?
00:16:33.52\00:16:34.96
THEY'VE EVEN GOT
SEPARATE BIBLE TRANSLATIONS.
00:16:34.99\00:16:36.86
THEY SAY, "YOU
CAN'T SAY JESUS ANYMORE.
00:16:36.89\00:16:38.49
YOU GOT TO SAY YESHUA."
00:16:38.53\00:16:40.70
AND YOU DON'T SAY
THE LORD OR ELOHIM,
00:16:40.73\00:16:43.03
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY YAHWEH.
00:16:43.06\00:16:44.87
AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHETHER IT WAS JEHOVAH OR YAHWEH
00:16:44.90\00:16:47.27
BECAUSE IT'S STILL A MYSTERY
00:16:47.30\00:16:48.70
WITH HOW TO
PRONOUNCE THOSE SACRED WORDS.
00:16:48.74\00:16:51.67
BUT THE EMPHASIS
OF GOD IN THE BIBLE
00:16:51.71\00:16:53.71
IS NEVER ON THE PRONUNCIATION
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
00:16:53.74\00:16:56.38
THE NAME OF THE LORD.
00:16:56.41\00:16:57.45
IT MEANS THE SPIRIT
OF GOD AND WHO GOD IS,
00:16:57.48\00:17:01.42
KNOWING WHO HE IS.
00:17:01.45\00:17:03.49
WHAT IS ETERNAL LIFE?
00:17:03.52\00:17:04.92
JOHN 17.
00:17:04.95\00:17:07.29
"THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL,
THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE
00:17:07.32\00:17:10.33
AND THE ONLY TRUE
GOD, WHO HE HAS SENT.
00:17:10.36\00:17:13.83
KNOWING JESUS
CHRIST, KNOWING THE FATHER.
00:17:13.86\00:17:16.03
THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE.
00:17:16.06\00:17:17.23
WHAT WILL THE
LORD SAY TO THE LOST?
00:17:17.27\00:17:19.50
I DON'T KNOW YOU.
00:17:19.53\00:17:21.54
SO WE NEED TO
EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:17:21.57\00:17:24.81
IF WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HEAR HIM SAY,
00:17:24.84\00:17:26.31
I DON'T KNOW YOU, THEN
WE NEED TO KNOW HIM NOW.
00:17:26.34\00:17:28.51
AMEN?
00:17:28.54\00:17:29.58
THAT THEN LEADS TO
ADORATION AND WORSHIP.
00:17:29.61\00:17:32.51
AND YOU READ
HERE IN EXODUS 34:8.
00:17:32.55\00:17:35.58
"SO MOSES MADE HASTE
AND HE BOWED HIS HEAD
00:17:35.62\00:17:38.59
TOWARDS THE
EARTH, AND WORSHIPED."
00:17:38.62\00:17:41.36
YOU KNOW, WE
CAN'T REALLY WORSHIP GOD
00:17:41.39\00:17:42.72
UNLESS WE KNOW GOD.
00:17:42.76\00:17:44.36
WE CAN'T KNOW HIM UNLESS
WE TAKE TIME TO KNOW HIM.
00:17:44.39\00:17:47.60
MOSES PREPARED HIMSELF
WHEN HE WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN.
00:17:47.60\00:17:50.53
HAVE YOU NOTICED IN
THE BIBLE, HOW OFTEN
00:17:50.57\00:17:52.40
THE GREAT PROPHETS AND KINGS
00:17:52.43\00:17:54.37
WHEN THEY GOT A
GLIMPSE OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:17:54.40\00:17:56.87
IT INSPIRED
THEM TO REAL WORSHIP.
00:17:56.91\00:18:00.74
THEY UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING
ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF GOD.
00:18:00.78\00:18:04.31
SOME PEOPLE THINK
WE'RE OLD FASHIONED
00:18:04.35\00:18:05.81
BECAUSE WE STILL AT SOME POINT
DURING OUR WORSHIP SERVICE,
00:18:05.85\00:18:08.65
WE GET ON OUR
KNEES THOSE WHO ARE ABLE.
00:18:08.68\00:18:12.35
AND IT'S BECAUSE BY
OUR PHYSICAL POSTURE
00:18:12.39\00:18:15.12
WE ARE SAYING SOMETHING
ABOUT THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:18:15.16\00:18:19.06
AND IT'S IMPORTANT, IT
SAID, DANIEL KNELT ON HIS KNEES,
00:18:19.09\00:18:22.80
PAUL KNELT ON HIS
KNEES, JESUS KNELT,
00:18:22.83\00:18:24.70
SOLOMON GOT ON HIS KNEES.
00:18:24.73\00:18:26.77
WE'RE TALKING OF
THE KING OF KINGS
00:18:26.80\00:18:28.14
AND IT REPRESENTS
00:18:28.17\00:18:29.47
THAT YOU'RE
RECOGNIZING WHO HE IS,
00:18:29.50\00:18:32.67
AND WE HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE HIM.
00:18:32.71\00:18:34.41
MOSES FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP.
00:18:34.44\00:18:36.41
WHEN EZEKIEL SAW GOD.
00:18:36.44\00:18:37.85
YOU CAN READ THIS IN
EZEKIEL 1 AND EZEKIEL 3:23,
00:18:37.88\00:18:41.95
"BEHOLD, THE GLORY
OF THE LORD STOOD THERE,
00:18:41.98\00:18:44.62
LIKE THE GLORY THAT I
SAW BY THE RIVER CHEBAR,
00:18:44.65\00:18:46.99
AND I FELL ON MY
FACE BEFORE THAT GLORY."
00:18:47.02\00:18:50.99
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO DANIEL
WHEN HE SAW THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:18:51.03\00:18:53.40
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN.
00:18:53.43\00:18:55.13
YOU READ REVELATION 1:17,
00:18:55.16\00:18:56.60
"AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I
FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD."
00:18:56.63\00:19:00.67
THIS IS A HOLY
APOSTLE WHO WALKED WITH JESUS.
00:19:00.70\00:19:02.64
WHEN HE SAW THE UNVEILED GLORY
OF JESUS, HE COULDN'T BEAR IT.
00:19:02.67\00:19:07.24
HE FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM.
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.11
AND JESUS PUT OUT HIS
HAND AND TOUCHED HIM, HE SAID,
00:19:09.14\00:19:11.35
"DON'T BE AFRAID."
00:19:11.38\00:19:12.91
GOD IS A LOVING GOD,
BUT HE'S A POWERFUL GOD.
00:19:12.95\00:19:15.75
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING
I THINK WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH,
00:19:15.78\00:19:18.32
FINDING THE BALANCE
BETWEEN JESUS IS OUR FRIEND,
00:19:18.35\00:19:21.49
HE'S OUR SAVIOR.
00:19:21.52\00:19:23.06
BUT DON'T FORGET, HE'S A KING.
00:19:23.09\00:19:24.89
HE IS A MIGHTY KING.
00:19:24.93\00:19:26.70
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING
00:19:26.73\00:19:28.60
THE LORD IN THIS
VERY BUDDY-BUDDY WAY.
00:19:28.63\00:19:30.23
AND I THINK YOU
GOT TO BE CAREFUL
00:19:30.27\00:19:32.27
BECAUSE WE CAN LOSE AN IDEA.
00:19:32.30\00:19:33.77
YOU LOSE A CONCEPT
OF THE MAJESTY OF GOD.
00:19:33.80\00:19:36.24
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES?
00:19:36.27\00:19:37.91
IT DIMINISHES YOUR CONCEPT
OF THE WICKEDNESS OF SIN.
00:19:37.94\00:19:41.91
UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING ABOUT
HIS HOLINESS AND HIS MAJESTY,
00:19:41.94\00:19:45.68
IT LEADS TO THAT, THAT WORSHIP.
00:19:45.71\00:19:48.58
AND THEN YOU GO
TO THE SEVENTH PART.
00:19:48.62\00:19:51.52
AFTER HE'S SEEN THE
GLORY OF GOD REVEALED,
00:19:51.55\00:19:55.29
HE WORSHIPS GOD,
00:19:55.32\00:19:57.03
AND THE NEXT THING AFTER YOU'VE
HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH GOD
00:19:57.06\00:20:00.26
IS YOU THINK OF OTHERS,
00:20:00.30\00:20:03.26
AND THAT'S WHEN
YOU COME TO MEDIATION.
00:20:03.30\00:20:05.87
MOSES WAS THE GREAT MEDIATOR.
00:20:05.90\00:20:09.27
IT'S VERY SIMPLE,
BUT SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
00:20:09.30\00:20:10.87
THE OLD GAS STOVES.
00:20:10.91\00:20:12.57
NOW THEY'RE VERY
COMPLEX AND COMPUTERIZED,
00:20:12.61\00:20:14.44
BUT I REMEMBER GRANDMA'S STOVE
00:20:14.48\00:20:16.18
THAT HAD THE KNOB AND
THESE ARE THREE WORDS,
00:20:16.21\00:20:19.11
IT HAD LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH.
00:20:19.15\00:20:24.19
MEDIUM GOES
BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH.
00:20:24.22\00:20:27.99
WE'RE LOW, GOD IS HIGH.
00:20:28.02\00:20:31.16
WE NEED A MEDIATOR
WHO'S IN THE MIDDLE.
00:20:31.19\00:20:35.50
MOSES WAS A TYPE OF THAT.
00:20:35.53\00:20:37.17
THE PEOPLE SAID WHEN
THEY SAW THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:20:37.20\00:20:39.17
THEY HEARD THEM, THE MOUNTAIN
WAS ON SMOKE AND SHAKING,
00:20:39.20\00:20:42.37
AND THE THUNDERS, AND
THE LIGHTNINGS, THEY SAID,
00:20:42.40\00:20:45.04
"DON'T LET GOD
TALK TO US ANYMORE.
00:20:45.07\00:20:47.88
YOU TALK TO HIM.
00:20:47.91\00:20:49.01
YOU TELL US WHAT HE SAID.
00:20:49.04\00:20:50.61
YOU BE OUR MEDIATOR."
00:20:50.65\00:20:52.68
YOU AND I SHOULD
BE THANKFUL JESUS CAME
00:20:52.71\00:20:56.12
BECAUSE HE IS THE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
00:20:56.15\00:20:59.22
HE CAME, HE SAID,
"IF YOU'VE SEEN ME,
00:20:59.25\00:21:00.79
YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
00:21:00.82\00:21:01.82
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN HANDLE,
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.73
I'VE COME TO
SHOW YOU THE FATHER."
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.39
AND SO MOSES THEN
BEGINS TO MEDIATE.
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.56
AS SOON AS HE WORSHIPS GOD,
00:21:08.60\00:21:10.47
HE THEN BEGINS TO
THINK ABOUT OTHERS.
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.10
AFTER YOU HAVE THE VERTICAL
RELATIONSHIP, LOVE FOR GOD,
00:21:12.13\00:21:15.37
AND GOD REVEALS HIS PRESENCE
TO YOU, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING?
00:21:15.40\00:21:19.54
LOVE THE LORD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
00:21:19.57\00:21:20.74
WHAT'S THE NEXT COMMAND?
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.78
YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:21:22.81\00:21:24.25
HE STARTS THINKING
ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.38
HE SAYS, "I'VE
SEEN THE GLORY OF GOD."
00:21:26.41\00:21:28.35
WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF GOD?
00:21:28.38\00:21:29.58
READ EXODUS 34:9,
00:21:29.62\00:21:31.79
"THEN HE SAID, 'NOW IF I
HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT,
00:21:31.82\00:21:34.62
O LORD, MY LORD,
I PRAY, GO AMONG US,
00:21:34.66\00:21:38.73
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE,
00:21:38.76\00:21:42.33
PARDON OUR
INIQUITY AND OUR SIN..."
00:21:42.36\00:21:44.20
HE BEGINS TO INTERCEDE.
00:21:44.23\00:21:46.60
YOU BECOME
INTERCESSORS, MEDIATORS.
00:21:46.63\00:21:50.37
DO YOU JUST PRAY FOR YOUR NEEDS
OR DO YOU PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.74
OTHERS?
00:21:52.77\00:21:54.68
PHILIP YANCEY WROTE A BOOK
ON PRAYER AND HE TALKED ABOUT
00:21:54.71\00:21:56.58
A SOLDIER IN IRAQ
00:21:56.61\00:21:58.45
WHO WAS
STATIONED THERE GET RELIEF.
00:21:58.48\00:22:01.28
HE HEARD FROM HIS WIFE THAT
SHE HAD A VERY SERIOUS STAGE
00:22:01.32\00:22:07.09
OF CERVICAL CANCER.
00:22:07.12\00:22:08.16
AND THEY HAD A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
00:22:08.19\00:22:10.49
AND THE PROGNOSIS
WASN'T GOOD WITHOUT SOME
00:22:10.53\00:22:14.10
MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION.
00:22:14.13\00:22:16.00
AND THAT
SOLDIER, HE SENT A NOTE,
00:22:16.03\00:22:18.17
AN EMAIL TO HIS
CHURCH AND HE SAID,
00:22:18.20\00:22:20.50
"PLEASE PRAY FOR CINDY.
00:22:20.54\00:22:24.21
AND THEN AFTER YOU PRAY FOR HER,
00:22:24.24\00:22:27.28
FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE
YOU KNOW TO PRAY FOR HER."
00:22:27.31\00:22:30.61
YOU EVER GOTTEN
AN EMAIL LIKE THAT?
00:22:30.65\00:22:33.18
AND HE WANTED
EVERYBODY TO INTERCEDE.
00:22:33.21\00:22:35.32
I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
00:22:35.35\00:22:37.82
THE BIBLE SAYS, "THE FERVENT,
00:22:37.85\00:22:39.22
EFFECTUAL PRAYER
OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:22:39.25\00:22:40.96
AVAILS MUCH."
00:22:40.99\00:22:43.29
IS GOD MORE LIKELY TO
ANSWER A PRAYER WHERE MANY PRAY?
00:22:43.32\00:22:48.63
ARE YOU AFRAID TO ANSWER THAT?
00:22:48.66\00:22:51.13
IS THERE ADDITIONAL
POWER IN CORPORATE PRAYER
00:22:51.17\00:22:54.34
AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE PRAYER?
00:22:54.37\00:22:55.94
I THINK SO.
00:22:55.97\00:22:57.21
IF THE EFFECTUAL PRAYER
OF A SINGLE RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:22:57.24\00:23:00.31
AVAILS MUCH, WHAT IF YOU
GET A WHOLE ROOM FULL OF THEM?
00:23:00.34\00:23:02.14
YEAH.
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.45
IF MY PEOPLE
00:23:03.48\00:23:05.15
WHICH ARE CALLED
BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE
00:23:05.18\00:23:07.08
THEMSELVES AND PRAY,
THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
00:23:07.12\00:23:10.15
SO I DO THINK
THERE'S ADDED WEIGHT
00:23:10.19\00:23:12.19
IN COLLECTIVE PRAYER.
00:23:12.22\00:23:14.86
AND SO, AFTER YOU
PRAYED FOR YOUR FAMILY
00:23:14.89\00:23:17.49
AND YOUR RESPECTIVE NEEDS,
00:23:17.53\00:23:18.83
YOU SHOULD BE
INTERCEDING FOR OTHERS.
00:23:18.86\00:23:20.86
AMEN?
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.60
AND THEN AS A
RESULT OF ALL THIS,
00:23:22.63\00:23:24.33
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS.
00:23:24.37\00:23:26.50
MOSES SPENDS HIS
TIME ON THE MOUNTAIN.
00:23:26.53\00:23:28.70
YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH YOUR SEVEN STEPS.
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.07
HE'S EXPERIENCING
THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
00:23:31.11\00:23:32.97
HE SEES THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:23:33.01\00:23:34.34
AND THEN YOU GET
AN ADDED BENEFIT.
00:23:34.38\00:23:36.51
IT'S CALLED TRANSFORMATION.
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.88
IT SAYS IN EXODUS 34:29,
00:23:38.91\00:23:40.95
"NOW IT WAS SO, THAT WHEN MOSES
CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT SINAI,
00:23:40.98\00:23:44.95
AND THE TWO
TABLETS OF THE TESTIMONY
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.06
WERE IN HIS HAND,
00:23:47.09\00:23:48.82
HE CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN,
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.03
MOSES DID NOT KNOW THE
SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE."
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.73
LOOK AT PAUL REFERS TO THIS
EXPERIENCE IN 2 CORINTHIANS 3,
00:23:53.76\00:23:57.83
YOU COULD READ
THE WHOLE CHAPTER,
00:23:57.87\00:23:59.53
I WON'T DO THAT NOW.
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.44
BUT IF YOU READ
VERSES 7, HE SAID,
00:24:01.47\00:24:03.10
"BUT THE MINISTRY OF DEATH,
00:24:03.14\00:24:04.31
WRITTEN AND ENGRAVED ON STONES,"
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.07
MEANING THE OLD COVENANT,
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.41
"IF IT WAS GLORIOUS,
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.78
AND THAT GLORY WAS SO GREAT
THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:24:08.81\00:24:11.45
COULD NOT LOOK
DIRECTLY INTO THE FACE OF MOSES,
00:24:11.48\00:24:14.55
BECAUSE OF THE
GLORY OF HIS COUNTENANCE,
00:24:14.58\00:24:16.32
WHICH GLORY WAS PASSING AWAY..."
00:24:16.35\00:24:17.82
IT WOULD EVENTUALLY FADE.
00:24:17.85\00:24:19.85
"HOW MUCH MORE WILL
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.36
BE MORE GLORIOUS WHEN
WE HAVE THE REAL LAW OF GOD
00:24:22.39\00:24:24.86
WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS?
00:24:24.89\00:24:27.40
FOR IF WHAT WAS
PASSING AWAY WAS GLORIOUS,
00:24:27.46\00:24:29.46
WHAT REMAINS IS
MUCH MORE GLORIOUS."
00:24:29.50\00:24:32.13
AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE
LAST VERSE IN THAT CHAPTER.
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.10
2 CORINTHIANS 3:18,
00:24:35.14\00:24:38.11
"BUT WE ALL WITH
UNVEILED FACE BEHOLDING AS
00:24:38.14\00:24:41.21
IN A MIRROR THE
GLORY OF THE LORD,
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.18
ARE BEING TRANSFORMED
00:24:43.21\00:24:45.08
INTO THE SAME IMAGE
FROM GLORY TO GLORY,
00:24:45.11\00:24:48.48
JUST AS BY THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD."
00:24:48.52\00:24:50.95
A CHRISTIAN IS A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST,
00:24:50.99\00:24:52.92
IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO BE TRANSFORMED.
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.69
MOSES WAS GLOWING LIKE GOD
BECAUSE HE SPENT TIME WITH GOD.
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.93
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE
JESUS, SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.
00:24:57.96\00:25:01.93
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
LOOKING INTO HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE
00:25:01.96\00:25:04.87
AS THAT SONG SAID,
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.97
"TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS."
00:25:07.00\00:25:08.97
IT SAYS, "AS STARING,
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.37
BEHOLDING AS IN A
MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD,
00:25:11.41\00:25:14.51
WE ARE BEING TRANSFORMED."
00:25:14.54\00:25:16.38
YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION, CHANGE BY BEHOLDING.
00:25:16.41\00:25:20.72
OUR SOULS ARE SOMETHING
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE.
00:25:20.75\00:25:23.42
IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF IT'S THE OLD
00:25:23.45\00:25:25.45
FILM OR THE
MODERN DIGITAL CAMERA.
00:25:25.49\00:25:27.39
THEY BOTH USE
THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
00:25:27.42\00:25:29.46
LIGHT IS CAPTURED WHETHER IT'S
DONE BY THE CHIPS ON THE DISK
00:25:29.49\00:25:33.09
OR IT'S DONE BY THE
PLATE, LIGHT IS CAPTURED,
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.40
AND IMAGE IS
CAPTURED, AND IT'S RETAINED.
00:25:35.43\00:25:37.83
YOUR SOULS ARE TRANSFORMED
INTO WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:25:37.87\00:25:42.64
THAT'S WHY
IDOLATRY IS SO AWFUL TO GOD.
00:25:42.67\00:25:46.24
IT'S AN ABOMINATION
00:25:46.27\00:25:47.21
BECAUSE IT LOWERS
YOUR CONCEPT OF WHAT GOD IS
00:25:47.24\00:25:49.64
AND IT LOWERS YOU.
00:25:49.68\00:25:51.41
IF YOU SPEND TIME
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
00:25:51.45\00:25:54.15
IT CHANGES YOU
AND YOU ARE ELEVATED.
00:25:54.18\00:25:58.52
SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
00:25:58.55\00:26:01.02
WHAT ARE YOU BEHOLDING?
00:26:01.06\00:26:02.92
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00:26:02.96\00:26:04.43
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