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."
00:09:48.85\00:09:53.92
ARE YOU PREPARING YOUR
HEART TO SEEK GOD EVERY DAY?
00:09:53.96\00:09:56.66
IS THAT A PRIORITY WITH YOU?
00:09:56.69\00:09:58.09
IF IT'S NOT A PRIORITY,
00:09:58.13\00:09:59.23
IF YOU'RE NOT SEEKING AFTER GOD
00:09:59.26\00:10:01.16
IN YOUR LIFE ON A DAILY BASIS,
IF YOUR PRAYER ISN'T LORD,
00:10:01.20\00:10:03.77
GIVE ME THIS
DAY OUR DAILY BREAD,
00:10:03.80\00:10:06.30
THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING
TO BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES.
00:10:06.33\00:10:08.54
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE
IN GOD'S PRESENCE FOR ETERNITY
00:10:08.57\00:10:11.04
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT
00:10:11.07\00:10:12.14
FOR HALF AN HOUR IN THE MORNING?
00:10:12.17\00:10:14.81
IT'S GOT TO BEGIN BY
SEEKING HIS PRESENCE NOW.
00:10:14.84\00:10:18.11
ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU'VE GOT A GOOD KING
00:10:18.15\00:10:20.05
BY THE NAME OF JEHOSHAPHAT.
00:10:20.08\00:10:22.38
IT SAYS IN 2 CHRONICLES 19:3,
00:10:22.42\00:10:24.75
"NEVERTHELESS GOOD
THINGS ARE FOUND IN YOU,
00:10:24.79\00:10:27.02
IN THAT YOU HAVE
REMOVED THE WOODEN IMAGES"
00:10:27.06\00:10:28.96
YOU'VE OBEYED THE
LAND, YOU'VE OBEYED ME
00:10:28.99\00:10:31.59
"AND YOU PREPARED
YOUR HEART TO SEEK GOD."
00:10:31.63\00:10:34.40
SO YOU GOT DETERMINATION,
YOU HAVE PREPARATION.
00:10:34.46\00:10:39.67
NEXT, YOU HAVE ISOLATION.
00:10:39.70\00:10:42.24
EXODUS 34:3, GOD SAID TO MOSES,
00:10:42.27\00:10:46.04
"AND NO MAN
SHALL COME UP WITH YOU,
00:10:46.07\00:10:49.04
AND LET NO MAN BE SEEN
THROUGHOUT ALL THE MOUNTAIN..."
00:10:49.08\00:10:52.01
YOU NEED PERSONAL TIME WITH GOD.
00:10:52.05\00:10:54.82
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT COME TO CHURCH
00:10:54.85\00:10:57.95
AND THEY LIKE MAYBE
THE SOCIAL INTERACTION.
00:10:57.99\00:11:00.96
BUT THEY DON'T
HAVE THEIR PERSONAL TIME
00:11:00.99\00:11:03.16
WHERE JESUS IS
YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:11:03.19\00:11:05.29
I USED TO WONDER WHY
THESE PASTORS WOULD SAY,
00:11:05.33\00:11:06.96
"IS THE LORD JESUS,
YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR?"
00:11:07.00\00:11:11.03
ARE YOU JUST DOING IT
SORT OF AS A GROUP THING,
00:11:11.07\00:11:12.83
OR BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS WERE IN THE CHURCH,
00:11:12.87\00:11:14.84
OR DO YOU HAVE A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
00:11:14.87\00:11:18.11
YOU NOTICE GOD SAID
TO MOSES, "I KNOW YOU.
00:11:18.14\00:11:20.31
YOU'RE MY FRIEND."
00:11:20.34\00:11:21.54
HE TALKED TO HIM FACE TO FACE
AS A MAN TALKS TO HIS FRIEND
00:11:21.58\00:11:24.88
BECAUSE HE HAD A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
00:11:24.91\00:11:26.92
HOW DO YOU GET THAT?
00:11:26.95\00:11:28.02
BY SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH GOD.
00:11:28.05\00:11:30.45
IT CANNOT ALWAYS
BE GROUP THERAPY.
00:11:30.49\00:11:33.25
GATHERING TOGETHER
FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP
00:11:33.29\00:11:35.12
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:11:35.16\00:11:37.06
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE
BLESSED BY BEING HERE TODAY.
00:11:37.09\00:11:39.56
BUT DO YOU HAVE
PERSONAL TIME WITH GOD?
00:11:39.59\00:11:42.70
AND THERE'S A LOT OF
BIBLE EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
00:11:42.73\00:11:44.93
ABRAHAM WAS ALONE WITH GOD
00:11:44.97\00:11:47.04
WHEN GOD GAVE
HIS COVENANT TO HIM.
00:11:47.07\00:11:48.80
GIDEON WAS THRESHING
WHEAT ALONE WITH GOD.
00:11:48.84\00:11:51.44
AND WHEN YOU'RE
WORKING IN THE WORLD ALONE,
00:11:51.47\00:11:52.94
YOU'RE THRESHING WHEAT.
00:11:52.97\00:11:54.94
ELIJAH WAS ALONE
IN THE WILDERNESS,
00:11:54.98\00:11:57.31
GOD SPOKE TO HIM.
00:11:57.35\00:11:58.48
PAUL WAS ALONE IN
ARABIA AND IN JAIL.
00:11:58.51\00:12:01.98
JOHN WAS ALONE ON PATMOS.
00:12:02.02\00:12:04.52
JESUS WENT OUT A GREAT
00:12:04.55\00:12:06.22
WHILE BEFORE IT
WAS DAY TO PRAY ALONE.
00:12:06.25\00:12:10.19
NOW, IF THE LORD DOES IT,
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE
00:12:10.23\00:12:12.26
FOR YOU AND ME.
00:12:12.29\00:12:13.70
YOU WANT TO SEE THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD?
00:12:13.73\00:12:16.06
YOU NEED TO SEEK
AFTER HIM, FIND TIME.
00:12:16.10\00:12:19.70
SOMETIMES SOMEBODY SAID
THAT, THAT SPECIAL TIME WITH GOD
00:12:19.73\00:12:23.37
ISN'T FOUND, IT'S MADE.
00:12:23.41\00:12:24.54
IN OTHER WORDS,
00:12:24.57\00:12:25.64
DON'T HOPE THAT YOU
RUN INTO THAT PRIVATE TIME,
00:12:25.67\00:12:27.01
YOU NEED TO SET AN
APPOINTMENT WITH GOD.
00:12:27.04\00:12:29.01
IT'S SOMETHING YOU PREPARE FOR.
00:12:29.04\00:12:31.08
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN JUST
00:12:32.18\00:12:34.38
A MOMENT TO COMPLETE
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
00:12:34.42\00:12:36.32
HAVE YOU EVER HAD
FRIENDS ASK YOU IF GOD IS GOOD
00:12:36.35\00:12:38.75
AND IF HE'S LOVING
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00:12:38.79\00:12:41.02
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00:13:14.09\00:13:16.22
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FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:13:16.26\00:13:19.29
ALL RIGHT, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE PREPARATION,
00:13:20.70\00:13:23.13
DETERMINATION, THE
ISOLATION, NOW EXPECTATION.
00:13:23.16\00:13:28.07
WHEN YOU DO THIS,
00:13:28.10\00:13:29.54
EXPECT THAT GOD IS
GOING TO KEEP HIS WORD,
00:13:29.57\00:13:33.44
AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU.
00:13:33.48\00:13:35.61
SO WHEN GOD CALLS
MOSES BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN,
00:13:35.64\00:13:38.95
HE SAYS IN EXODUS 34,
00:13:38.98\00:13:40.35
"HE CUT TWO TABLETS OF
STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES.
00:13:40.38\00:13:44.59
AND MOSES ROSE
EARLY IN THE MORNING,
00:13:44.62\00:13:46.86
AND HE WENT UP MOUNT SINAI,
AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM,
00:13:46.89\00:13:50.93
AND HE TOOK IN HIS HAND
THE TWO TABLETS OF STONE."
00:13:50.96\00:13:55.43
SO YOU'RE
BRINGING ME UP SOMETHING,
00:13:55.46\00:13:57.10
YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR ME
TO WRITE THE WORD FOR YOU.
00:13:57.13\00:14:01.20
YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR ME
TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
00:14:01.24\00:14:03.84
YOU'RE EXPECTING
FOR ME TO MEET WITH YOU.
00:14:03.87\00:14:06.91
AND SO HE DID WHAT HE WAS TOLD.
00:14:06.94\00:14:08.94
HE ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
00:14:08.98\00:14:11.01
HE GOES UP THE MOUNTAIN,
HE'S GOT A PRAYER IN HIS HEART,
00:14:11.05\00:14:13.45
LORD, PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR GLORY.
00:14:13.48\00:14:16.08
NOW, WHAT DOES IT
MEAN WHEN HE CAME UP
00:14:16.12\00:14:18.32
AND GOD WAS GOING TO
WRITE SOMETHING FOR MOSES?
00:14:18.35\00:14:22.52
WHERE DO WE WANT GOD TO WRITE?
00:14:22.56\00:14:23.89
WHERE'S THE NEW COVENANT?
00:14:23.93\00:14:26.23
IT'S WRITTEN ON THE HEART.
00:14:26.26\00:14:27.30
SO WHEN YOU COME,
YOU EXPECT THE LORD
00:14:27.36\00:14:28.96
TO WRITE
SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART.
00:14:29.00\00:14:31.80
IT TELLS US THAT
"THIS IS THE COVENANT
00:14:31.83\00:14:33.54
I WILL MAKE WITH
THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS,
00:14:33.57\00:14:35.14
SAYS THE LORD: I'LL PUT
MY LAW INTO THEIR HEARTS,
00:14:35.17\00:14:38.64
AND IN THEIR MINDS
I WILL WRITE THEM."
00:14:38.67\00:14:41.01
SOMEONE SAID,
00:14:41.04\00:14:42.08
"DUSTY BIBLES
LEAD TO DIRTY LIVES."
00:14:42.11\00:14:44.81
WE NEED TO BE ASKING
GOD TO TAKE HIS WORDS.
00:14:44.85\00:14:47.58
WE BRING THESE
TABLETS AND WE SAY,
00:14:47.62\00:14:49.12
YOU KNOW, THE REASON
THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
00:14:49.15\00:14:51.25
WERE WRITTEN ON TWO STONES
00:14:51.29\00:14:52.35
THAT REALLY REPRESENTS
THE DUAL NATURE OF THE LAW.
00:14:52.39\00:14:55.22
IT'S A SWORD WITH TWO EDGES.
00:14:55.26\00:14:57.23
IT'S LIKE THE
LAW AND THE PROPHETS,
00:14:57.26\00:14:58.36
MOSES, ELIJAH, THE
NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:14:58.39\00:15:01.46
AND SO WE COME UP
WITH THE WORD OF GOD,
00:15:01.50\00:15:03.30
AND WE WANT GOD THEN
TO WRITE ON OUR HEARTS.
00:15:03.33\00:15:06.37
EZEKIEL 3:10,
"MOREOVER HE SAID TO ME:
00:15:06.40\00:15:08.50
'SON OF MAN,
RECEIVE IN YOUR HEART
00:15:08.54\00:15:10.71
ALL MY WORDS
THAT I SPEAK TO YOU,
00:15:10.74\00:15:13.01
AND HEAR WITH YOUR EARS."
00:15:13.04\00:15:15.94
BEING ABLE TO TAKE IT IN.
00:15:15.98\00:15:17.91
WE GOT TWO EARS,
LIKE THOSE TWO TABLETS.
00:15:17.95\00:15:20.02
WE WANT GOD TO WRITE
HIS WORD ON OUR HEART.
00:15:20.05\00:15:22.92
IF YOU COME TO
CHURCH TO PRAY FOR RAIN,
00:15:22.95\00:15:25.55
THEN BRING YOUR UMBRELLA.
00:15:25.59\00:15:27.66
THAT'S CALLED EXPECTATION.
00:15:27.69\00:15:30.06
ARE YOU EXPECTING SOMETHING?
00:15:30.09\00:15:32.46
AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH
00:15:32.49\00:15:34.13
AND THEY GOT THE
ATTITUDE, OH, I GOT TO GO.
00:15:34.20\00:15:36.20
I DON'T EVER
EXPECT TO GET ANYTHING.
00:15:36.23\00:15:37.63
WELL, YOU WON'T.
00:15:37.67\00:15:39.67
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID,
00:15:39.70\00:15:40.77
"BE IT UNTO YOU
ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH."
00:15:40.80\00:15:43.47
IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
OF SEEKING AFTER GOD,
00:15:43.51\00:15:46.57
SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH GOD,
00:15:46.61\00:15:49.01
PRAYING THAT HE'LL
REVEAL HIS GLORY TO YOU,
00:15:49.04\00:15:51.91
THEN BELIEVE HE WANTS TO.
00:15:51.95\00:15:54.65
EXPECT SOMETHING FROM GOD.
00:15:54.68\00:15:56.32
THAT'S PART OF THE
ANSWERED PRAYER IS BELIEVING.
00:15:56.35\00:15:59.25
AND SO YOU GOT EXPECTATION.
00:15:59.29\00:16:01.86
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT,
THEN YOU HAVE A REVELATION.
00:16:01.89\00:16:05.39
GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
00:16:05.43\00:16:07.13
EXODUS 33:21,
00:16:07.20\00:16:10.07
"AND THE LORD SAID TO
HIM, 'HERE IS A PLACE BY ME..."
00:16:10.10\00:16:13.10
THIS IS WHEN HE
COMES UP THE MOUNTAIN.
00:16:13.13\00:16:14.84
"AND YOU WILL STAND ON THE ROCK.
00:16:14.87\00:16:16.54
SO IT WILL BE,
WHILE MY GLORY PASSES BY,
00:16:16.57\00:16:19.47
THAT I WILL PUT YOU
IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK,
00:16:19.51\00:16:21.61
AND I'LL COVER YOU WITH
MY HAND WHILE I PASS BY.
00:16:21.64\00:16:24.35
AND I'LL TAKE AWAY MY
HAND, AND YOU SHALL SEE...
00:16:24.38\00:16:27.72
YOU'LL SEE MY BACK, MY
FACE WILL NOT BE SEEN."
00:16:27.75\00:16:30.85
IT SAYS IN EXODUS 34:5
WHEN GOD FINALLY DOES THIS.
00:16:30.89\00:16:35.59
"NOW THE LORD
DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD
00:16:35.62\00:16:37.73
AND HE STOOD WITH HIM THERE,
00:16:37.76\00:16:39.43
AND HE PROCLAIMED
THE NAME OF THE LORD."
00:16:39.46\00:16:41.56
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:41.60\00:16:43.00
DOING THIS IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:43.03\00:16:44.27
AND PRAYING IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD,
00:16:44.30\00:16:45.77
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN
THE NAME OF THE LORD?
00:16:45.80\00:16:48.20
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN
00:16:48.24\00:16:49.37
THE UTTERANCE OF A CERTAIN NAME.
00:16:49.40\00:16:52.57
YOU KNOW, THERE'S
KIND OF A WHOLE DIVERSION,
00:16:52.61\00:16:55.94
BUNCH OF PEOPLE
GETTING DISTRACTED
00:16:55.98\00:16:57.51
WITH HOW YOU
PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF GOD.
00:16:57.55\00:17:00.08
HAVE YOU RUN INTO THAT?
00:17:00.12\00:17:01.55
THEY'VE EVEN GOT
SEPARATE BIBLE TRANSLATIONS.
00:17:01.58\00:17:03.45
THEY SAY, "YOU
CAN'T SAY JESUS ANYMORE.
00:17:03.49\00:17:05.09
YOU GOT TO SAY YESHUA."
00:17:05.12\00:17:07.29
AND YOU DON'T SAY
THE LORD OR ELOHIM,
00:17:07.32\00:17:09.66
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY YAHWEH.
00:17:09.69\00:17:11.49
AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHETHER IT WAS JEHOVAH OR YAHWEH
00:17:11.53\00:17:13.90
BECAUSE IT'S STILL A MYSTERY
00:17:13.93\00:17:15.30
WITH HOW TO
PRONOUNCE THOSE SACRED WORDS.
00:17:15.33\00:17:18.27
BUT THE EMPHASIS
OF GOD IN THE BIBLE
00:17:18.30\00:17:20.30
IS NEVER ON THE PRONUNCIATION
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
00:17:20.34\00:17:22.97
THE NAME OF THE LORD.
00:17:23.00\00:17:24.04
IT MEANS THE SPIRIT
OF GOD AND WHO GOD IS,
00:17:24.07\00:17:27.94
KNOWING WHO HE IS.
00:17:27.98\00:17:29.94
WHAT IS ETERNAL LIFE?
00:17:29.98\00:17:31.38
JOHN 17.
00:17:31.41\00:17:33.75
"THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL,
THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE
00:17:33.78\00:17:36.79
AND THE ONLY TRUE
GOD, WHO HE HAS SENT.
00:17:36.82\00:17:40.29
KNOWING JESUS
CHRIST, KNOWING THE FATHER.
00:17:40.32\00:17:42.52
THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE.
00:17:42.56\00:17:43.73
WHAT WILL THE
LORD SAY TO THE LOST?
00:17:43.76\00:17:45.99
I DON'T KNOW YOU.
00:17:46.03\00:17:48.00
SO WE NEED TO
EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:17:48.03\00:17:51.27
IF WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HEAR HIM SAY,
00:17:51.30\00:17:52.77
I DON'T KNOW YOU, THEN
WE NEED TO KNOW HIM NOW.
00:17:52.80\00:17:54.97
AMEN?
00:17:55.00\00:17:56.04
THAT THEN LEADS TO
ADORATION AND WORSHIP.
00:17:56.07\00:17:58.97
AND YOU READ
HERE IN EXODUS 34:8.
00:17:59.01\00:18:02.11
"SO MOSES MADE HASTE
AND HE BOWED HIS HEAD
00:18:02.14\00:18:05.11
TOWARDS THE
EARTH, AND WORSHIPED."
00:18:05.15\00:18:07.88
YOU KNOW, WE
CAN'T REALLY WORSHIP GOD
00:18:07.92\00:18:09.25
UNLESS WE KNOW GOD.
00:18:09.28\00:18:10.89
WE CAN'T KNOW HIM UNLESS
WE TAKE TIME TO KNOW HIM.
00:18:10.92\00:18:14.12
MOSES PREPARED HIMSELF
WHEN HE WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN.
00:18:14.16\00:18:17.09
HAVE YOU NOTICED IN
THE BIBLE, HOW OFTEN
00:18:17.13\00:18:18.96
THE GREAT PROPHETS AND KINGS
00:18:18.99\00:18:20.93
WHEN THEY GOT A
GLIMPSE OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:18:20.96\00:18:23.40
IT INSPIRED
THEM TO REAL WORSHIP.
00:18:23.43\00:18:27.20
THEY UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING
ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF GOD.
00:18:27.24\00:18:30.71
SOME PEOPLE THINK
WE'RE OLD FASHIONED
00:18:30.74\00:18:32.21
BECAUSE WE STILL AT SOME POINT
DURING OUR WORSHIP SERVICE,
00:18:32.24\00:18:35.04
WE GET ON OUR
KNEES THOSE WHO ARE ABLE.
00:18:35.08\00:18:38.75
AND IT'S BECAUSE BY
OUR PHYSICAL POSTURE
00:18:38.78\00:18:41.52
WE ARE SAYING SOMETHING
ABOUT THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:18:41.55\00:18:45.45
AND IT'S IMPORTANT, IT
SAID, DANIEL KNELT ON HIS KNEES,
00:18:45.49\00:18:49.22
PAUL KNELT ON HIS
KNEES, JESUS KNELT,
00:18:49.26\00:18:51.13
SOLOMON GOT ON HIS KNEES.
00:18:51.16\00:18:53.19
WE'RE TALKING OF
THE KING OF KINGS
00:18:53.23\00:18:54.56
AND IT REPRESENTS
00:18:54.56\00:18:55.86
THAT YOU'RE
RECOGNIZING WHO HE IS,
00:18:55.90\00:18:59.07
AND WE HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE HIM.
00:18:59.10\00:19:00.87
MOSES FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP.
00:19:00.90\00:19:02.87
WHEN EZEKIEL SAW GOD.
00:19:02.90\00:19:04.31
YOU CAN READ THIS IN
EZEKIEL 1 AND EZEKIEL 3:23,
00:19:04.34\00:19:07.44
"BEHOLD, THE GLORY
OF THE LORD STOOD THERE,
00:19:08.44\00:19:11.08
LIKE THE GLORY THAT I
SAW BY THE RIVER CHEBAR,
00:19:11.11\00:19:13.45
AND I FELL ON MY
FACE BEFORE THAT GLORY."
00:19:13.48\00:19:17.45
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO DANIEL
WHEN HE SAW THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:19:17.49\00:19:19.85
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN.
00:19:19.89\00:19:21.62
YOU READ REVELATION 1:17,
00:19:21.66\00:19:23.09
"AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I
FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD."
00:19:23.12\00:19:27.10
THIS IS A HOLY
APOSTLE WHO WALKED WITH JESUS.
00:19:27.13\00:19:29.03
WHEN HE SAW THE UNVEILED GLORY
OF JESUS, HE COULDN'T BEAR IT.
00:19:29.06\00:19:33.64
HE FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM.
00:19:33.67\00:19:35.50
AND JESUS PUT OUT HIS
HAND AND TOUCHED HIM, HE SAID,
00:19:35.54\00:19:37.74
"DON'T BE AFRAID."
00:19:37.77\00:19:39.31
GOD IS A LOVING GOD,
BUT HE'S A POWERFUL GOD.
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YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING
I THINK WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH,
00:19:42.18\00:19:44.71
FINDING THE BALANCE
BETWEEN JESUS IS OUR FRIEND,
00:19:44.75\00:19:47.88
HE'S OUR SAVIOR.
00:19:47.92\00:19:49.45
BUT DON'T FORGET, HE'S A KING.
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HE IS A MIGHTY KING.
00:19:51.32\00:19:53.09
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING
00:19:53.12\00:19:55.02
THE LORD IN THIS
VERY BUDDY-BUDDY WAY.
00:19:55.06\00:19:56.66
AND I THINK YOU
GOT TO BE CAREFUL
00:19:56.69\00:19:58.69
BECAUSE WE CAN LOSE AN IDEA.
00:19:58.73\00:20:00.20
YOU LOSE A CONCEPT
OF THE MAJESTY OF GOD.
00:20:00.23\00:20:02.63
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES?
00:20:02.66\00:20:04.30
IT DIMINISHES YOUR CONCEPT
OF THE WICKEDNESS OF SIN.
00:20:04.33\00:20:08.30
UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING ABOUT
HIS HOLINESS AND HIS MAJESTY,
00:20:08.34\00:20:12.07
IT LEADS TO THAT, THAT WORSHIP.
00:20:12.11\00:20:14.98
AND THEN YOU GO
TO THE SEVENTH PART.
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AFTER HE'S SEEN THE
GLORY OF GOD REVEALED,
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HE WORSHIPS GOD,
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.42
AND THE NEXT THING AFTER YOU'VE
HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH GOD
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IS YOU THINK OF OTHERS,
00:20:26.69\00:20:29.62
AND THAT'S WHEN
YOU COME TO MEDIATION.
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MOSES WAS THE GREAT MEDIATOR.
00:20:32.26\00:20:35.60
IT'S VERY SIMPLE,
BUT SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
00:20:35.63\00:20:37.20
THE OLD GAS STOVES.
00:20:37.23\00:20:38.90
NOW THEY'RE VERY
COMPLEX AND COMPUTERIZED,
00:20:38.93\00:20:40.77
BUT I REMEMBER GRANDMA'S STOVE
00:20:40.80\00:20:42.50
THAT HAD THE KNOB AND
THESE ARE THREE WORDS,
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IT HAD LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH.
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MEDIUM GOES
BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH.
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WE'RE LOW, GOD IS HIGH.
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WE NEED A MEDIATOR
WHO'S IN THE MIDDLE.
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MOSES WAS A TYPE OF THAT.
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THE PEOPLE SAID WHEN
THEY SAW THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:21:03.63\00:21:05.59
THEY HEARD THEM, THE MOUNTAIN
WAS ON SMOKE AND SHAKING,
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AND THE THUNDERS, AND
THE LIGHTNINGS, THEY SAID,
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.43
"DON'T LET GOD
TALK TO US ANYMORE.
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YOU TALK TO HIM.
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YOU TELL US WHAT HE SAID.
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YOU BE OUR MEDIATOR."
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YOU AND I SHOULD
BE THANKFUL JESUS CAME
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BECAUSE HE IS THE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
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HE CAME, HE SAID,
"IF YOU'VE SEEN ME,
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YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
00:21:27.12\00:21:28.15
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN HANDLE,
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I'VE COME TO
SHOW YOU THE FATHER."
00:21:30.02\00:21:32.65
AND SO MOSES THEN
BEGINS TO MEDIATE.
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AS SOON AS HE WORSHIPS GOD,
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HE THEN BEGINS TO
THINK ABOUT OTHERS.
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AFTER YOU HAVE THE VERTICAL
RELATIONSHIP, LOVE FOR GOD,
00:21:38.43\00:21:41.63
AND GOD REVEALS HIS PRESENCE
TO YOU, WHAT'S THE NEXT THING?
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LOVE THE LORD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
00:21:45.83\00:21:47.00
WHAT'S THE NEXT COMMAND?
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YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:21:49.07\00:21:50.51
HE STARTS THINKING
ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
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HE SAYS, "I'VE
SEEN THE GLORY OF GOD."
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WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF GOD?
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READ EXODUS 34:9,
00:21:55.88\00:21:58.05
"THEN HE SAID, 'NOW IF I
HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT,
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O LORD, MY LORD,
I PRAY, GO AMONG US,
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EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE,
00:22:05.09\00:22:08.69
PARDON OUR
INIQUITY AND OUR SIN..."
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.56
HE BEGINS TO INTERCEDE.
00:22:10.59\00:22:12.96
YOU BECOME
INTERCESSORS, MEDIATORS.
00:22:12.99\00:22:16.70
DO YOU JUST PRAY FOR YOUR NEEDS
OR DO YOU PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF
00:22:16.73\00:22:19.07
OTHERS?
00:22:19.10\00:22:21.00
PHILIP YANCEY WROTE A BOOK
ON PRAYER AND HE TALKED ABOUT
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A SOLDIER IN IRAQ
00:22:22.94\00:22:24.77
WHO WAS
STATIONED THERE GET RELIEF.
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.54
HE HEARD FROM HIS WIFE THAT
SHE HAD A VERY SERIOUS STAGE
00:22:27.58\00:22:33.28
OF CERVICAL CANCER.
00:22:33.31\00:22:34.35
AND THEY HAD A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
00:22:34.38\00:22:36.69
AND THE PROGNOSIS
WASN'T GOOD WITHOUT SOME
00:22:36.72\00:22:40.32
MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION.
00:22:40.36\00:22:42.22
AND THAT
SOLDIER, HE SENT A NOTE,
00:22:42.26\00:22:44.39
AN EMAIL TO HIS
CHURCH AND HE SAID,
00:22:44.43\00:22:46.73
"PLEASE PRAY FOR CINDY.
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.40
AND THEN AFTER YOU PRAY FOR HER,
00:22:50.43\00:22:53.47
FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE
YOU KNOW TO PRAY FOR HER."
00:22:53.50\00:22:56.81
YOU EVER GOTTEN
AN EMAIL LIKE THAT?
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.37
AND HE WANTED
EVERYBODY TO INTERCEDE.
00:22:59.41\00:23:01.58
I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
00:23:01.61\00:23:04.08
THE BIBLE SAYS, "THE FERVENT,
00:23:04.11\00:23:05.48
EFFECTUAL PRAYER
OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:23:05.51\00:23:07.22
AVAILS MUCH."
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.55
IS GOD MORE LIKELY TO
ANSWER A PRAYER WHERE MANY PRAY?
00:23:09.58\00:23:14.92
ARE YOU AFRAID TO ANSWER THAT?
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.43
IS THERE ADDITIONAL
POWER IN CORPORATE PRAYER
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.63
AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE PRAYER?
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.20
I THINK SO.
00:23:22.23\00:23:23.47
IF THE EFFECTUAL PRAYER
OF A SINGLE RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.50
AVAILS MUCH, WHAT IF YOU
GET A WHOLE ROOM FULL OF THEM?
00:23:26.53\00:23:28.27
YEAH.
00:23:28.30\00:23:29.57
IF MY PEOPLE
00:23:29.60\00:23:31.27
WHICH ARE CALLED
BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE
00:23:31.31\00:23:33.21
THEMSELVES AND PRAY,
THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
00:23:33.24\00:23:36.28
SO I DO THINK
THERE'S ADDED WEIGHT
00:23:36.31\00:23:38.31
IN COLLECTIVE PRAYER.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.98
AND SO, AFTER YOU
PRAYED FOR YOUR FAMILY
00:23:41.02\00:23:43.62
AND YOUR RESPECTIVE NEEDS,
00:23:43.65\00:23:44.95
YOU SHOULD BE
INTERCEDING FOR OTHERS.
00:23:44.99\00:23:46.99
AMEN?
00:23:47.02\00:23:48.76
AND THEN AS A
RESULT OF ALL THIS,
00:23:48.79\00:23:50.49
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS.
00:23:50.53\00:23:52.66
MOSES SPENDS HIS
TIME ON THE MOUNTAIN.
00:23:52.69\00:23:54.83
YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH YOUR SEVEN STEPS.
00:23:54.86\00:23:57.20
HE'S EXPERIENCING
THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
00:23:57.23\00:23:59.10
HE SEES THE GLORY OF GOD,
00:23:59.13\00:24:00.54
AND THEN YOU GET
AN ADDED BENEFIT.
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.70
IT'S CALLED TRANSFORMATION.
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.07
IT SAYS IN EXODUS 34:29,
00:24:05.11\00:24:07.14
"NOW IT WAS SO, THAT WHEN MOSES
CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT SINAI,
00:24:07.18\00:24:11.15
AND THE TWO
TABLETS OF THE TESTIMONY
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.25
WERE IN HIS HAND,
00:24:13.28\00:24:15.02
HE CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN,
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.22
MOSES DID NOT KNOW THE
SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE."
00:24:16.25\00:24:19.92
LOOK AT PAUL REFERS TO THIS
EXPERIENCE IN 2 CORINTHIANS 3,
00:24:19.95\00:24:24.06
YOU COULD READ
THE WHOLE CHAPTER,
00:24:24.09\00:24:25.76
I WON'T DO THAT NOW.
00:24:25.79\00:24:27.60
BUT IF YOU READ
VERSES 7, HE SAID,
00:24:27.60\00:24:29.16
"BUT THE MINISTRY OF DEATH,
00:24:29.20\00:24:30.37
WRITTEN AND ENGRAVED ON STONES,"
00:24:30.40\00:24:32.13
MEANING THE OLD COVENANT,
00:24:32.17\00:24:33.47
"IF IT WAS GLORIOUS,
00:24:33.50\00:24:34.84
AND THAT GLORY WAS SO GREAT
THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:24:34.87\00:24:37.51
COULD NOT LOOK
DIRECTLY INTO THE FACE OF MOSES,
00:24:37.54\00:24:40.61
BECAUSE OF THE
GLORY OF HIS COUNTENANCE,
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.38
WHICH GLORY WAS PASSING AWAY..."
00:24:42.41\00:24:43.88
IT WOULD EVENTUALLY FADE.
00:24:43.91\00:24:45.91
"HOW MUCH MORE WILL
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
00:24:45.95\00:24:48.42
BE MORE GLORIOUS WHEN
WE HAVE THE REAL LAW OF GOD
00:24:48.45\00:24:50.92
WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS?
00:24:50.95\00:24:53.49
FOR IF WHAT WAS
PASSING AWAY WAS GLORIOUS,
00:24:53.52\00:24:55.56
WHAT REMAINS IS
MUCH MORE GLORIOUS."
00:24:55.59\00:24:58.23
AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE
LAST VERSE IN THAT CHAPTER.
00:24:58.26\00:25:01.23
2 CORINTHIANS 3:18,
00:25:01.26\00:25:04.23
"BUT WE ALL WITH
UNVEILED FACE BEHOLDING AS
00:25:04.27\00:25:07.34
IN A MIRROR THE
GLORY OF THE LORD,
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.30
ARE BEING TRANSFORMED
00:25:09.34\00:25:11.21
INTO THE SAME IMAGE
FROM GLORY TO GLORY,
00:25:11.24\00:25:14.61
JUST AS BY THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD."
00:25:14.64\00:25:17.08
A CHRISTIAN IS A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST,
00:25:17.11\00:25:19.05
IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO BE TRANSFORMED.
00:25:19.08\00:25:20.82
MOSES WAS GLOWING LIKE GOD
BECAUSE HE SPENT TIME WITH GOD.
00:25:20.85\00:25:24.05
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE
JESUS, SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.
00:25:24.09\00:25:28.02
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
LOOKING INTO HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE
00:25:28.06\00:25:30.89
AS THAT SONG SAID,
00:25:30.93\00:25:32.99
"TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS."
00:25:33.03\00:25:34.96
IT SAYS, "AS STARING,
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.37
BEHOLDING AS IN A
MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD,
00:25:37.40\00:25:40.50
WE ARE BEING TRANSFORMED."
00:25:40.54\00:25:42.37
YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION, CHANGE BY BEHOLDING.
00:25:42.40\00:25:46.71
OUR SOULS ARE SOMETHING
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE.
00:25:46.74\00:25:49.41
IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF IT'S THE OLD
00:25:49.44\00:25:51.45
FILM OR THE
MODERN DIGITAL CAMERA.
00:25:51.48\00:25:53.38
THEY BOTH USE
THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
00:25:53.42\00:25:55.45
LIGHT IS CAPTURED WHETHER IT'S
DONE BY THE CHIPS ON THE DISK
00:25:55.48\00:25:59.09
OR IT'S DONE BY THE
PLATE, LIGHT IS CAPTURED,
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.49
AND IMAGE IS
CAPTURED, AND IT'S RETAINED.
00:26:01.52\00:26:03.93
YOUR SOULS ARE TRANSFORMED
INTO WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:26:03.96\00:26:08.70
THAT'S WHY
IDOLATRY IS SO AWFUL TO GOD.
00:26:08.73\00:26:12.27
IT'S AN ABOMINATION
00:26:12.30\00:26:13.27
BECAUSE IT LOWERS
YOUR CONCEPT OF WHAT GOD IS
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.70
AND IT LOWERS YOU.
00:26:15.74\00:26:17.47
IF YOU SPEND TIME
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
00:26:17.51\00:26:20.21
IT CHANGES YOU
AND YOU ARE ELEVATED.
00:26:20.24\00:26:24.58
SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
00:26:24.61\00:26:27.02
WHAT ARE YOU BEHOLDING?
00:26:27.05\00:26:28.85
CHRIST SAID, "IF I AM LIFTED UP,
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