Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000091
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:11 >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO JOIN 00:13 A CHURCH, YOU MUST DO IT BASED UPON WHAT ARE THE DOCTRINES 00:17 OF THE CHURCH? WHAT DO THEY TEACH? 00:24 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:27 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:30 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR 00:32 BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK 00:37 AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:44 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:46 "THE MILLENNIUM OF PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES. 00:52 >> NOW, I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY THINKING; I'VE LET 00:54 THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG--I'M A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 00:57 AND YOU'RE THINKING, "OH, DOUG, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA TELL US 01:01 THAT YOU THINK YOUR CHURCH IS THE TRUE CHURCH. OF COURSE I DO. 01:06 OTHERWISE YOU'D BE WONDERING, "WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE OTHER 01:08 CHURCH, IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS IT," RIGHT? 01:11 BUT I WANT YOU TO MAKE YOUR DECISION THE SAME WAY I DID. 01:13 I VISITED AND STUDIED WITH MANY DIFFERENT CHRISTIANS, 01:16 AND I STILL PREACH AND STUDY IN MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 01:19 BUT IF I FIND A CHURCH SOMEWHERE THAT'S CLOSER TO THE 01:22 BIBLE, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. I HAVE NO DENOMINATIONAL 01:25 ALLEGIANCE TO A CREED. MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO JESUS CHRIST 01:30 AND HIS WORD. IT JUST SO HAPPENS, RIGHT NOW, I'VE NOT 01:33 FOUND A MOVEMENT THAT IS CLOSER TO THE BIBLE IN PROPHETIC 01:36 FULFILLMENT THAN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MOVEMENT. 01:39 I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO CALL US A CHURCH--WE'RE A MOVEMENT THAT 01:42 IS SWEEPING THE WORLD, FASTEST GROWING PROTESTANT CHURCH 01:44 IN THE WORLD TODAY. AND SO THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. 01:47 I THINK IT'S A FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY--WE'RE GETTING BACK 01:49 TO THE BIBLE. HOW DID JESUS SAY THAT WE 01:51 DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE FOR HIM? THE ANSWER--JOHN 14:15. 01:56 HE SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." 02:00 AND 1 JOHN 5:3, "FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD THAT WE KEEP 02:05 HIS COMMANDMENTS." AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS. 02:09 NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CHURCHES THAT KEEP SOME OF 02:12 THE COMMANDMENTS. MOST CHURCHES KEEP NINE, SOME 02:16 GET UP TO EIGHT--THEY'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH IDOLATRY. 02:20 BUT IS GOD LOOKING FOR A CHURCH TO KEEP SOME OF THEM SOME 02:23 OF THE TIME? YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN JAIL-- 02:26 NOT JUST TO VISIT. YOU HEARD MY TESTIMONY. 02:30 EVERYBODY I EVER MET IN JAIL KEEPS GOD'S COMMANDMENTS SOME 02:34 OF THE TIME, SOME OF THEM. IS THIS WHAT THE PROPHECY IS 02:36 TALKING ABOUT, THAT KIND OF INCONSISTENCY? 02:39 OR IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT A CONSISTENCY LIKE 02:41 DEUTERONOMY 5:29, "O THAT THERE WAS SUCH A HEART 02:44 IN THEM THAT THEY WOULD FEAR ME AND KEEP ALL OF MY 02:47 COMMANDMENTS ALWAYS THAT IT MIGHT BE WELL WITH THEM 02:50 AND THEIR CHILDREN FOREVER." THAT'S THE REASON--THAT IT 02:53 MIGHT BE WELL WITH YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN FOREVER. 02:56 ALL OF THEM ALWAYS A CONSISTENCY IN WANTING TO OBEY. 03:00 THAT DOESN'T MEAN CHRISTIANS IN THE TRUE CHURCH DON'T SIN, 03:03 BUT THEY WILL AT LEAST ADMIT THEIR GOAL IS TO KEEP ALL 03:07 OF GOD'S WORD AND TO OBEY HIM. AMEN? WHAT THREE ANGELIC 03:11 MESSAGES WILL GOD'S END-TIME CHURCH BE PREACHING? NOW, WHEN 03:14 YOU READ IN REVELATION 14, THESE THREE ANGELS FLY IN THE MIDST 03:18 OF HEAVEN WITH A LOUD VOICE, PROCLAIMING THESE PROMINENT 03:21 MESSAGES JUST BEFORE JESUS COMES. 03:25 AND IN REVELATION 14, AFTER THESE THREE MESSAGES ARE GIVEN, 03:28 IT SAYS HERE ON ONE HAND WE HAVE THOSE WHO KEEP 03:31 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS. 03:34 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT HERE, THOSE WHO HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 03:36 YOU KNOW WHY THIS MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT? 03:38 EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY WATCHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, 03:41 YOU ARE GOING TO BE MARRIED TO ONE OF THOSE TWO WOMEN. 03:44 YOU ARE GOING TO EITHER BE PART OF GOD'S BRIDE, 03:47 THE TRUE CHURCH, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE 03:49 PART OF BABYLON AND HER DAUGHTERS. 03:51 WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE. 03:53 THOSE WHO ARE IN THE WRONG ARMY WHEN CHRIST COMES WILL BE PUT 03:58 OUT OF SERVICE--THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE LOSING TEAM 04:00 AND IT'LL BE THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY OF THEIR LIVES. 04:03 SO IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU BELONG TO. 04:05 YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU BELONG TO. 04:09 REVELATION 14:7, THE FIRST MESSAGE IS A: "FEAR GOD 04:13 AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM, FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME." 04:18 NOW, IT SAYS THAT "THE HOUR OF THE JUDGMENT IS COME." 04:20 WE'VE LEARNED, WE ARE LIVING IN THE FINAL, THE FINAL DAYS 04:24 OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE JUDGMENT 04:27 THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS. 04:29 THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS TALKING ABOUT, "AND WORSHIP HIM 04:34 THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND SEA AND THE FOUNTAINS 04:38 OF WATERS." WE'VE LEARNED AS WE'VE STUDIED 04:39 REVELATION, THE ISSUE REVOLVES AROUND WHO YOU WORSHIP. 04:44 REMEMBER, CAIN AND ABEL CLAIMED TO WORSHIP THE SAME GOD. 04:47 ONE DID IT ACCORDING TO GOD'S DICTATES, 04:49 ACCORDING TO GOD'S COMMAND. ONE DID HIS OWN THING-- 04:51 ONE KILLED THE OTHER. THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 04:54 IN THE LAST DAYS--WE'RE GONNA EITHER GO BY THE WORD OF GOD 04:57 AND DO IT BIBLICALLY, OR WE'LL DO WHAT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT 05:00 BUT UNBIBLICAL, AND THE WICKED WILL PERSECUTE THE RIGHTEOUS. 05:04 IT SAYS, "WORSHIP HIM THAT MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH 05:07 AND THE SEA." IT'S CALLING US BACK 05:09 TO THE GOD WHO CREATED, AND EVERY SABBATH 05:11 DAY IS A MEMORIAL OF HIS CREATIVE REDEEMING POWER. 05:15 THAT'S WHY THAT COMMANDMENT DOES MATTER. 05:17 REVELATION 14:8, "AND THERE FOLLOWED ANOTHER ANGEL, 05:20 SAYING, BABYLON IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN THAT GREAT CITY, 05:26 BECAUSE SHE MADE ALL NATIONS DRINK THE WINE OF THE WRATH 05:29 OF HER FORNICATION." NOW, WHAT IS THAT WINE OF BABYLON? 05:33 YOU KNOW, CHRIST GAVE A CUP OF WINE, GRAPE JUICE, 05:35 UNFERMENTED, TO THE DISCIPLES TO SEAL THE NEW COVENANT. 05:39 IT DOESN'T SAY THEY GOT DRUNK. THE WINE THAT THIS WOMAN DRINKS 05:43 IS FERMENTED, IT IS PUTREFIED; IT IS INTOXICATING. 05:48 IT REPRESENTS THE APPEALING FALSE DOCTRINES OF DEVILS 05:51 THAT HAVE INTOXICATED MUCH OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. 05:55 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE END OF THE SEMINAR, 05:57 SO THERE'S NO SENSE HOLDING BACK AT THIS POINT, FRIENDS, 05:59 I NEED TO BE VERY PLAIN WITH YOU. 06:01 IF YOU'RE PART OF A CHURCH THAT TELLS YOU, YOU DON'T NEED 06:04 TO WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 06:06 THAT GOD DOESN'T CARE, YOU'RE IN BABYLON-- 06:08 THAT'S A DOCTRINE OF DEVILS. IF YOU'RE PART OF A CHURCH THAT 06:10 TELLS YOU THAT WHEN YOU DIE, YOU GO RIGHT TO HEAVEN OR HELL 06:13 BEFORE THE JUDGMENT DAY, BEFORE THE RESURRECTION-- 06:15 THAT'S PAGANISM, THAT'S THE WINE OF BABYLON. 06:18 IF YOU'RE PART OF A CHURCH THAT SAYS YOU CAN BAPTIZE BY POURING 06:22 OR SPRINKLING, RATHER THAN AS CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED, 06:24 IT'S A DOCTRINE OF DEVILS, IT'S SOME OF THE WINE. 06:26 THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 06:29 INTOXICATED BY THE FALSE TEACHINGS. THE ANSWER? 06:33 OH, NOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS PROPHECY ABOUT BABYLON HERE IS 06:37 SPEAKING THAT LITERAL BABYLON IS GOING TO BE REBUILT. 06:39 BUT WE'VE LEARNED ALREADY, OPENING NIGHT, ISAIAH 13 06:43 TELLS US, BABYLON, THE GLORY OF THE KINGDOMS, 06:46 THE BEAUTY OF THE CHALDEAN EXCELLENCY, 06:47 WILL BE AS WHEN GOD OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 06:50 IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED, NEITHER SHALL IT BE DWELT IN 06:54 FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. 06:56 NEITHER SHALL THE ARABIAN PITCH HIS TENT THERE. 06:58 NEITHER SHALL THE SHEPHERDS MAKE THEIR FOLD THERE, BUT WILD 07:01 BEASTS OF THE DESERT SHALL LIE THERE AND THEIR HOUSES WILL BE 07:04 FULL OF DOLEFUL CREATURES, AND OWLS SHALL DWELL THERE 07:07 AND SATYRS SHALL DANCE THERE. IT WILL NEVER BE REBUILT." 07:10 SO IN REVELATION WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON BEING FALLEN, 07:13 YOU KNOW, THERE'S CHURCHES THAT ARE WAITING 07:15 FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN TO REBUILD BABYLON. 07:16 THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT--BABYLON REPRESENTS 07:19 FALLEN CHRISTENDOM THAT PERSECUTED GOD'S PEOPLE. 07:22 THIRD ANGEL SAYS, "FOLLOW THEM SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF 07:26 ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, THE SAME SHALL DRINK 07:31 THE WINE OR RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD OR IN HIS HAND. 07:36 THE SAME WILL DRINK THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD THAT IS POURED 07:39 OUT WITHOUT MIXTURE INTO THE CUP OF HIS INDIGNATION." 07:42 THE MOST FEARFUL CURSE IN THE BIBLE IS PRONOUNCED ON THOSE 07:45 WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 07:48 THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE RIGHT FELLOWSHIP. 07:52 TO WHOM WILL GOD'S CHURCH PREACH THESE MESSAGES? 07:55 SOMETHING ELSE WE'LL LEARN ABOUT GOD'S CHURCH, "HAVING 07:57 THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TO PREACH TO THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH, 08:01 AND TO EVERY NATION AND KINDRED AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE." 08:07 NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD HAVE THE DOORS FOR 08:10 THE GOSPEL BEEN OPENED WIDER THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. 08:14 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT TO INDIA, PASTORS THERE WERE 08:17 RECOMMENDING WE RENT A HALL THAT MIGHT SEAT 300 08:19 OR 500 PEOPLE, AND "AMAZING FACTS" WENT IN 08:22 AND WE SAID, "LET'S GET SOMETHING THAT SEATS 08:24 AT LEAST 1,000." WE GOT A HALL THAT SEATS 1600. 08:28 AND YOU COULD SEE THAT IT WAS PACKED AND THEY WERE SITTING 08:30 IN THE AISLES. INDIA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 08:32 DIFFICULT PLACES IN THE WORLD TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. 08:34 ALL OF THE SUDDEN THEIR HEARTS ARE OPEN. 08:36 THEY'RE HUNGERING, THEY'RE TIRED OF THE EMPTINESS 08:39 OF SOME OF THEIR REINCARNATION RELIGIONS. 08:44 THEY WANT TO HAVE HOPE, WORSHIPPING MONKEYS AND RATS, 08:46 AND ANIMALS AND COWS, AND SOME OF THIS STUFF. 08:49 THEY WANT TO BE DELIVERED FROM THAT. 08:52 THIS OPENNESS IS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 08:55 AND NOW, WITH THE SATELLITES AND THE TELEVISION, 08:58 AND THE RADIO AND THE PRINTED PAGE AND CASSETTE TAPES, 09:01 THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM IS GOING TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 09:03 GOD'S CHURCH IS GOING TO BE A UNIVERSAL MOVEMENT. 09:07 IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST A LOCAL CONGREGATION--IT'S GOING TO BE 09:09 AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS GOING TO THE WORLD WITH STRUCTURE. 09:13 TO WHOM--I'M SORRY-- WHAT SPECIFICATIONS HAS GOD 09:17 GIVEN IN HIS WORD TO HELP US POSITIVELY IDENTIFY 09:20 HIS END-TIME CHURCH? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA 09:22 NARROW IT DOWN. WE USED SOME EVIDENCE WHEN WE 09:24 TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13. 09:28 NOW, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW DO YOU 09:31 IDENTIFY GOD'S CHURCH? 09:32 FIRST OF ALL, ANSWER A: IT APPEARS AND DOES ITS VISIBLE 09:36 WORK AFTER IT EMERGES FROM THE WILDERNESS. 09:39 THIS IS SPEAKING OF THE REMNANT CHURCH, THE LAST DAY CHURCH. 09:42 NOW, IN 1798 IS WHEN THE BEAST RECEIVED A DEADLY WOUND. 09:47 AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED IN 1776, BUT YOU MAY NOT 09:52 KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AS AN INDEPENDENT 09:54 NATION UNTIL 1798, BECAUSE WE HADN'T REALLY SHAKEN OFF 09:58 THE BRITISH; BATTLES WERE STILL RAGING. 10:00 BUT THEY BECAME INDEPENDENT, RECOGNIZED AS A SOVEREIGN 10:04 NATION IN 1798. SO THE CHURCH IS GOING 10:07 TO SPRING OUT OF NORTH AMERICA, THIS NEW LIFE. 10:11 YOU NOTICE IT SAYS THIS SECOND BEAST COMES UP 10:13 OUT OF THE EARTH. IT'S NOT A DENSELY 10:15 POPULATED AREA. OUR PILGRIM FATHERS 10:18 PRINCIPALLY CAME FLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION. 10:22 THEY WERE NOT TRAPPERS AND PIONEERS, AS WE LIKE TO 10:24 THINK--SOME OF THEM CAME LATER. THE FIRST ONES WHO LANDED ON 10:27 THE SHORE WERE DEVOUT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING 10:30 FOR A PLACE TO PRACTICE THE SCRIPTURES. 10:33 SECOND EVIDENCE, ANSWER B: THE CHURCH WILL TEACH THE SAME 10:38 TRUTHS THE APOSTLES TAUGHT, AND ALL OF ITS TEACHINGS 10:41 WILL AGREE WITH THE BIBLE. 10:43 WHEN CHRIST ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, HE HAD TRAINED HIS CHURCH 10:46 FOR 3 1/2 YEARS, HE HAD POURED OUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT, HE 10:48 HAD A UNITED BODY OF BELIEVERS THAT WERE BIBLICAL AND CLEAR. 10:53 WHEN HE COMES BACK AGAIN, HE WILL HAVE A SIMILAR BODY. 10:56 DO YOU THINK THE LORD IS COMING BACK? AND HE SAYS, 10:58 "WELL, YEAH, I REALIZE THAT YOU'RE ALL SCATTERED. 11:00 I SORT OF FAILED, DIDN'T I? I WANTED YOU TO BE ONE." 11:02 CHRIST'S PRAYER, REVELATION--I'M SORRY--JOHN 17 11:05 WAS THAT THE CHURCH WOULD BE ONE. HE SAID, "ALL MEN WILL KNOW 11:08 YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BY YOUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER." 11:10 AND THE UNITY, IS THE UNITY TO BE BASED ON JUST A MUSHY 11:13 FEELING, OR UNITY IN THE WORD, IN THE TRUTH, IN CHRIST? 11:17 WE'RE TO BE UNITED IN OUR FAITH, NOT JUST UNITED 11:19 IN HUGGING EACH OTHER. SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU, 11:21 "LET'S PUT ASIDE DOCTRINE AND JUST LOVE EACH OTHER." 11:24 YOU'RE NOT TO SACRIFICE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH, BECAUSE 11:26 JESUS IS THE TRUTH. AND WHEN YOU SACRIFICE 11:29 THE TRUTH, YOU INJURE HIM. THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE-- 11:32 IT LIBERATES US. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC-- 11:35 IT WILL KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, ALL TEN, 11:38 INCLUDING THE BIBLE SABBATH, ON THE SEVENTH DAY, AMEN? 11:42 SOME PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?" 11:44 FRIENDS, GOD HAS SHOWN US THAT HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS. 11:47 IF YOU START SAYING THAT YOU CAN CHANGE ONE OF 11:50 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THEN NOTHING IN THE BIBLE 11:52 WILL REMAIN. EVERYTHING BECOMES FLUID AT THAT POINT. 11:56 ANSWER D: IT WILL HAVE AND BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. 12:01 IT SAID THAT THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, REVELATION 19:10, 12:04 IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. THEY'LL NOT ONLY PREACH 12:06 AND BELIEVE THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS, THEY'LL 12:08 NOT ONLY HAVE ALL THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT--THEY'LL ALSO 12:11 HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY. NOW, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE LORD 12:14 DOES ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT, HE RAISES UP A PROPHET. 12:18 BEFORE THE FLOOD HE GOT A PROPHET TO WARN THE WORLD. 12:20 BEFORE THE EXODUS, BEFORE THE EXILE THERE WAS JEREMIAH. 12:24 BEFORE JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, JOHN THE BAPTIST. 12:27 GOD SPEAKS THROUGH PEOPLE. GOD'S REMNANT CHURCH WILL 12:29 ALSO HAVE THIS GIFT OF PROPHECY IN THEIR MIDST. 12:33 ANSWER E: IT WILL PROCLAIM GOD'S THREE END-TIME MESSAGES 12:38 WITH A LOUD VOICE TO THE WHOLE WORLD, AND AS JESUS SAID, 12:41 FRIENDS, THIS DAY IS THIS PROPHECY FULFILLED IN YOUR EARS. 12:45 RIGHT NOW, THE MESSAGE IS GOING TO THE WHOLE GLOBE THROUGH 12:48 SATELLITE AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 12:50 AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT'S DOING IT-- 12:52 THERE'S A LOT OF OTHERS THAT ARE PREACHING AND 12:54 PROCLAIMING THE MESSAGE. YOU WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE 12:55 TIDBIT THAT I JUST THINK IS GREAT? 12:57 YOU KNOW, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS A WEB SITE WHERE YOU CAN GET A LOT 13:00 OF BIBLE TRUTH IN OUR BOOKLETS ON OUR WEB SITE. 13:03 THEY'VE GOT THESE PROGRAMS WHERE YOU CAN SURF THE WEB SITE 13:06 FOR ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION. 13:08 THIS AVID FISHERMAN WAS WANTING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BETTER 13:13 BAIT, BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIS WORMS. 13:16 WHENEVER HE GOT THEM THEY WERE DEAD, THEY DIDN'T LAST. 13:18 SO HE TYPED IN "WORMS" IN THE INTERNET, "WORMS." 13:21 AND HE CAME TO A BOOK THAT "AMAZING FACTS" HAS, 13:24 WHERE BROTHER JOE CRUZ, ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, HE WROTE 13:27 "THE WORM THAT DOES NOT DIE." AND HE THOUGHT, "WELL, 13:30 THAT'S THE KIND OF WORMS I NEED FOR MY FISHING! 13:33 I NEED SOME WORMS--MY WORMS ALWAYS, THEY DIE RIGHT AWAY." 13:35 SO HE GOT AHOLD OF THIS BOOK AND THE BOOK IS TALKING ABOUT 13:37 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE AND THE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED. 13:40 AND THOUGHT, "THIS ISN'T WHAT I EXPECTED, BUT IT'S VERY 13:42 INTERESTING." 13:43 HE READ THROUGH THAT AND READ THROUGH A BUNCH OF THE OTHER 13:45 MATERIAL, WENT THROUGH SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND GOT BAPTIZED. 13:47 LOOKING FOR WORMS, HE GOT HOOKED BY THE LORD! 13:50 AMEN? THAT'S A GREAT STORY. 13:54 ANSWER F: IT'S GOING TO BE A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT. 13:58 NOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY 14:02 FELLOWSHIPS SPRINGING UP AND THEIR DOCTRINES ARE VERY 14:04 NEBULOUS AND VAGUE, YOU'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY 14:06 WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE. THEY'VE GOT SOME PRIMARY THINGS 14:08 AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS SORT OF OPEN, UP FOR GRABS. 14:11 GOD'S MOVEMENT WILL BE A WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION. 14:14 YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE I GO IN THE WORLD TODAY, I THINK THERE'S 14:16 ABOUT 230 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TODAY, THE SEVENTH DAY 14:21 ADVENTIST CHURCH IS NOW OPERATING IN ABOUT 220 OF THEM. 14:25 WE ARE VIRTUALLY IN EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY CORNER 14:28 OF THE WORLD. AND YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL 14:29 THING IS, NO MATTER WHERE I GO, THEY BELIEVE THE SAME THING-- 14:32 THERE'S A UNITY OF FAITH. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 14:36 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONVINCED ME ABOUT THE 14:37 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, I WAS UP IN THE CAVE VISITING 14:41 MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES ON SUNDAY, WHEN I BEGAN TO STUDY 14:43 THE THINGS I'M SHARING WITH YOU IN THIS SEMINAR. 14:45 I SAID, "LORD, I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME THE TRUTH. 14:47 I CAN'T TRUST PASTORS. THEY'RE GONNA ALL DO WHAT 14:49 I'M DOING--THEY'RE GONNA SAY, "JOIN MY CHURCH." 14:52 I SAID, "LORD, I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME THROUGH THE BIBLE." 14:54 AND THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER, THAT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION. 14:56 SO I WAS PRAYING AND I DISCOVERED THE SABBATH TRUTH 14:59 AND ALL OF THESE THINGS I'M SHARING WITH YOU, AND I FOUND 15:02 OUT WHAT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE. 15:04 ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AROUND, I NOW MOVED OUT OF THE CAVE, 15:07 I HAD A JOB SELLING SANDWICHES. AS I'M DRIVING FROM 15:11 PALM SPRINGS TO RIVERSIDE, THERE WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 15:14 GENTLEMAN WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, BLAZING HOT DESERT DAY, 15:17 HE'S GOT A BROWN PAPER BAG, AND I STOPPED AND PICKED HIM UP. 15:19 HE HOPPED IN AND HE GOES, "PRAISE THE LORD." 15:21 I SAID, "OH, ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?" 15:22 HE SAID, "YEAH." I SAID, "SO AM I." 15:23 HE SAID, "PRAISE THE LORD." AND SO WE DROVE ALONG, AND AS 15:27 WE PICKED UP STEAM, HE SAYS, "DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?" 15:29 I SAID, "YEAH." HE SAID, "WHAT DAY DO YOU GO?" 15:31 I THOUGHT, "THAT'S INTERESTING HE'S ASKING THAT." 15:34 I SAID, "WELL, I GO SUNDAY," BECAUSE I WAS AT THAT TIME, 15:36 EVEN THOUGH I LEARNED THE SABBATH TRUTH. 15:38 HE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY THE SABBATH IS?" 15:40 I SAID, "YEAH, SATURDAY." HE SAID, "PRAISE THE LORD!" 15:44 AND I SAID, I SAID, "YOU'RE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST?" 15:47 HE SAID, "A WHAT?" I SAID, "YOU KNOW, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST." 15:52 "NO, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF 'EM, SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU." 15:55 HE AND I BEGAN TO STUDY, AND WE GOT SO INVOLVED, HE WAS 15:59 BELIEVING EVERYTHING THAT I HAD BEEN PRESENTING AT THE SEMINAR 16:01 HERE THAT I WAS LETTING MY SANDWICHES DE-THAW OUT THERE 16:04 IN THE VAN. WE WENT AND SAT DOWN TOGETHER 16:06 AND JUST BEGAN TO STUDY TOGETHER. 16:07 I SAID, "WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THIS INFORMATION?" 16:09 HE SAID, "IT'S IN THE BIBLE." 16:12 THE LORD IMPRESSED ME WITH SOMETHING THAT DAY I NEVER 16:14 FORGOT--IS THAT IF YOU STUDY YOUR BIBLE, YOU'LL COME 16:17 TO THESE CONCLUSIONS. IT'S IN THE BIBLE, FRIENDS. 16:20 ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT. 16:23 ANSWER G: IT WILL TEACH THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL, 16:26 WHICH IS SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST ALONE. 16:28 WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. 16:30 WE ARE NOT SAVED BY KEEPING THE SABBATH OR ANY COMMANDMENT. 16:33 BUT WE KEEP THE SABBATH THE SAME REASON WE KEEP ANY OF 16:35 THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS, AMEN? 16:37 'CAUSE WE LOVE THE LORD, BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED. 16:40 JESUS GIVES YOU THESE SEVEN PROPHETIC IDENTIFYING POINTS 16:43 AND THEN SAYS, "GO AND FIND MY CHURCH." 16:44 WHAT DOES HE PROMISE REGARDING YOUR SEARCH? 16:47 THE PROMISE IS, "IF YOU SEEK, YOU WILL FIND." 16:52 FRIENDS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO SEARCH. 16:54 AND WHERE DO WE SEARCH? YOU SEARCH IN THE WORD OF GOD. 16:58 YOU CAN SEARCH THROUGH PRAYER. BUT GOD'S SPIRIT IS NEVER GONNA 17:02 LEAD YOU CONTRARY OR CONTRADICT GOD'S WORD. 17:06 HOW MANY CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD WILL FIT THESE 17:09 SEVEN POINTS THAT WE'VE COVERED? 17:11 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. 17:16 NOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THIS. 17:18 AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY ALL ALONG THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE 17:21 THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS IN MANY CHURCHES--HAVEN'T I 17:23 SAID THAT? I STILL BELIEVE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, FRIENDS? 17:26 BEFORE CHRIST COMES BACK I'VE ALSO TOLD YOU THERE'S GONNA BE 17:28 A SHAKING IN CHRISTENDOM, AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA POLARIZE 17:31 IN ONE OF TWO CAMPS. RIGHT NOW, GOD HAS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 17:35 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CHURCH YOU 17:37 BELONG TO; ALL RIVERS RUN TO THE OCEAN, ALL CHURCHES 17:40 ARE GONNA GET YOU TO HEAVEN. IT'S NOT TRUE. 17:44 I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING TO TEXAS FROM 17:46 CALIFORNIA LATE AT NIGHT, TRIED TO GO ALL NIGHT LONG. 17:50 PULLED OFF TO GET SOME GAS, PULLED BACK ON THE INTERSTATE, 17:53 WENT FOR SEVERAL MILES FEELING VERY SECURE, I WAS MAKING 17:56 PROGRESS, AND I NOTICED THAT THE SCENERY LOOKED FAMILIAR. 18:00 WENT A FEW MORE MILES AND I NOTICED IT SAID, 18:03 "INTERSTATE 10 WEST." WELL, TEXAS WAS EAST. 18:08 BUT I SAID TO MYSELF, "HEY, I'M SINCERE, I DON'T NEED 18:11 TO TURN AROUND." IS THAT WHAT I SAID? 18:15 NO, I'M NEVER GONNA GET TO TEXAS GOING WEST. 18:18 I HAD TO TURN AROUND. SINCERITY IS NOT GONNA GET YOU THERE. 18:22 I WAS SINCERE, BUT WHEN I LEARNED I WAS GOING THE WRONG 18:24 WAY, I TURNED AROUND, BECAUSE I WASN'T GETTING ANY CLOSER 18:26 TO MY DESTINATION, RIGHT? 18:28 AND SO MANY PEOPLE THINK AS LONG AS YOU JUST LOVE THE LORD, 18:30 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 18:31 IT DOES MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE, FRIENDS, BECAUSE YOU 18:34 BECOME LIKE WHO AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 18:36 YOU BECOME LIKE WHO YOU WORSHIP. 18:39 MANY DENOMINATIONS CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIAN. 18:42 DOES THAT MAKE GOD'S--DOES THAT MAKE THEM GOD'S TRUE CHURCH? 18:45 THERE'S A PROPHECY HERE IN ISAIAH 4 THAT WE WOULD DO 18:47 WELL TO CONSIDER. "AND THAT DAY," SPEAKING OF 18:50 THE LAST DAYS, "SEVEN WOMEN," WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT? 18:54 "SEVEN WOMEN WILL TAKE HOLD OF ONE MAN," WHO IS THAT 18:56 ONE SON OF MAN? THAT'S JESUS. 18:59 "SAYING, WE'LL EAT OUR OWN BREAD." 19:01 WHAT'S BREAD REPRESENT? WORD OF GOD. 19:04 "AND WE'LL WEAR OUR OWN APPAREL." 19:05 CLOTHING REPRESENTS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 19:08 "ONLY LET US BE CALLED BY THY NAME, TO TAKE AWAY 19:12 OUR REPROACH." WHAT A FITTING PICTURE. 19:15 WE'VE GOT ALL THESE CHURCHES IN THE LAST DAYS WHO SAY, "WE WANT 19:18 YOUR NAME, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER NAME GIVEN AMONG MEN 19:21 WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN 19:23 PRIVATE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR 19:26 OWN CONCEPT OF WHAT CONSTITUTES RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT WE'RE GONNA 19:28 CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIAN." BOY, IF EVER A PROPHECY HAD 19:31 COME TRUE, THAT PROPHECY IS TRUE TODAY, AMEN? 19:34 THERE ARE A PROLIFERATION OF CHURCHES THAT SAY THEY'RE 19:35 CHRISTIAN, BUT THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN THING. 19:38 GOD HAS A MOVEMENT WHERE HE'S CALLING PEOPLE BACK TO THE 19:40 FOUNDATION MADE ON THE ROCK, THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST. 19:44 AND SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE CLONE CHURCHES THAT 19:47 INCIDENTALLY YOU CAN ALL BE PART OF ONE CHURCH WITHOUT 19:50 BEING EXACTLY THE SAME, CAN'T WE? 19:53 DOES GOD GIVE US ROOM FOR DIVERSITY? 19:55 YES, YOU CAN BE YOURSELF. DID JESUS HAVE 12 APOSTLES 19:58 THAT FOLLOWED HIM? WERE THEY ALL THE SAME? 20:01 NO, THEY HAD GREAT DIVERSITY AND INDIVIDUALITY AMONG THEM. 20:05 ONCE A PERSON DISCOVERS GOD'S TRUE END-TIME CHURCH, IS IT 20:08 NECESSARY TO BECOME A MEMBER? I THINK SO. 20:13 THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY, 20:17 SUCH AS SHOULD BE SAVED." NOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE 20:20 CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND WE EACH ONE ARE MEMBERS 20:24 INDIVIDUALLY. NOW, TURN TO THE PERSON 20:26 NEXT TO YOU. GO AHEAD, TURN TO THE PERSON-- 20:28 YOU AT HOME, TURN IF THERE'S ANYONE NEAR--DO THEY 20:30 HAVE A NOSE? DOES THAT SCARE YOU? 20:34 IF I WERE TO POINT TO SOMEONE AND SAY, "OH, LOOK, A NOSE!" 20:38 THAT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU, DOES IT? 20:39 BUT WHAT IF I SAID, "LOOK, ON THE FLOOR, A NOSE!" 20:43 NOW, IF I SAID I SAW A NOSE OR A FINGER, AN ARM, ON THE FLOOR, 20:46 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD BE A LITTLE DISTRACTED BY THAT? 20:49 IF I SAID, "DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE NOSE THAT'S 20:51 SITTING ON THE FLOOR HERE, JUST WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON PREACHING," 20:54 YOU'D BE, "OH, OH, A NOSE ON THE FLOOR!" 20:57 YOU KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ON A FACE, RIGHT? 20:59 AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN BE PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST 21:02 AND BE AMPUTATED FROM THE CHURCH. NO, YOU DON'T LIVE LONG. 21:06 A FINGER, NOSE, ONE OF THESE EXTREMITIES, DOESN'T LIVE LONG 21:09 WHEN IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM THE LIFE. 21:11 IF YOU WANT TO BE ALIVE, YOU NEED TO BE PART OF GOD'S LIVING 21:13 CHURCH, THE LIVING BODY, AMEN? A BABY THAT'S BORN AND PLACED 21:18 OUT IN THE WOODS GETS EATEN BY THE WOLVES. 21:21 LITTLE LAMBS NEED TO BE IN THE FOLD; YOU NEED TO BE IN 21:23 A FAMILY, SO WE NEED TO BE PART OF A CHURCH. 21:26 HOW MANY WAYS OF ESCAPE WERE THERE BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH? 21:31 JESUS SAID, "AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO ALSO SHALL 21:34 IT BE IN THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN." IT SAYS, 21:37 "BY FAITH NOAH PREPARED 26 ARKS." IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS? 21:44 NO, IT SAYS, "PREPARED AN ARK," ONE, "TO THE SAVING OF HIS 21:47 HOUSE." YOU KNOW THE STORY OF NOAH? HE SAID, "THE END IS 21:51 COMING AND THERE'S ONE WAY OF ESCAPE, GOD HAS WARNED ME." 21:55 AND HE PLEAD WITH THE PEOPLE, BUT THEY MOCKED HIM. 21:57 THEY SAID, "ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE FROM THE BEGINNING. 22:00 THE END ISN'T COMING; WE HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT." 22:02 BUT GOD GAVE THEM ABUNDANT EVIDENCE THAT NOAH WAS TELLING 22:05 THE TRUTH. THE SKY TURNED DARK WITH CLOUDS OF BIRDS THAT 22:09 SUDDENLY CAME TO THE ARK, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS 22:10 A RUSTLING IN THE WOODS. AND ALL THESE GREAT BEASTS 22:13 AND SMALL CAME, AND BEGAN TO GO, LED BY ANGELS INTO THE ARK. 22:17 AND THEN FINALLY, AFTER THEY ALL GOT ONTO THE ARK, NOAH 22:19 PLEAD FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME INSIDE. 22:22 THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT RAINING YET." 22:25 THEY WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THEY SAW THE STORM. 22:27 BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD CALLED NOAH AND HIS FAMILY 22:30 INTO THE ARK, AND THEN HE SHUT THE DOOR. 22:33 AND LIFE WENT ON AS NORMAL FOR SEVEN MORE DAYS AFTER NOAH 22:37 AND HIS FAMILY WERE SAFE AND SECURE IN THE ARK. 22:39 THEN THE RAIN CAME, THEN THE FLOODS DESCENDED. 22:43 THEN THEY ALL BEGAN TO KNOCK ON THE ARK AND SAY, "NOAH, 22:46 WE'D LIKE TO TALK. THIS IS AVON, OPEN UP." 22:49 ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO TRY AND GET HIM TO OPEN THE DOOR. 22:51 BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, THE DOOR HAD BEEN SHUT THEN. 22:54 SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA WAIT UNTIL THEY SEE JESUS COMING 22:56 BEFORE THEY REPENT. 22:57 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SIGN OUT IN FRONT OF A BAPTIST CHURCH 22:59 THAT SAID, "REPENT NOW AND AVOID THE RUSH." 23:03 BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. 23:06 BUT BECAUSE NOAH BELIEVED, HE AND HIS FAMILY, THOSE THAT 23:09 LISTENED TO GOD AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS ARK 23:12 OF SAFETY, WERE SAVED. AND THEY HAD A NEW LIFE AS 23:16 A RESULT OF THAT, BECAUSE THEY TRUSTED THE LORD. 23:18 FRIENDS, GOD HAS AN ARK OF SAFETY AND IT'S HIS CHURCH. 23:21 IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE COME TOGETHER, WE LEARN HIS WORD, 23:23 WE LEARN TO LOVE EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE PREPARING TO BE 23:26 CAUGHT UP WHEN THE LORD COMES. AMEN? 23:28 I AM NOT SAYING MEMBERSHIP OF A CHURCH IS CRITERIA FOR 23:33 SALVATION--IN OTHER WORDS, I AM NOT SAYING, I DO THINK IT'S 23:35 IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF A CHURCH THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE 23:39 A MEMBER ON THE EARTH BELOW THAT YOUR NAME AUTOMATICALLY IS 23:43 WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. BUT IT CERTAINLY IS IMPORTANT 23:46 TO CAST YOUR VOTE ON CHRIST'S SIDE. 23:49 IF JESUS WALKED THE EARTH TODAY, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE 23:51 PART OF HIS FAMILY? SINCE THERE ARE MANY FAITHFUL 23:54 CHRISTIANS IN OTHER CHURCHES AND SINCE GOD ONLY HAS ONE TRUE 23:58 REMNANT CHURCH, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE SINCERE 24:01 CHRISTIANS IN OTHER FELLOWSHIPS? JOHN 10:16, 24:06 "OTHER SHEEP I HAVE WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD. 24:10 THEM ALSO I MUST BRING, AND THEY WILL HEAR MY VOICE--" 24:15 AND THERE SHALL BE 72, 530? NO, NO, NO, "ONE FOLD." 24:23 YOU SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN CHRIST COMES BACK, FRIENDS? 24:25 THERE'S GONNA BE ONE WOMAN, ONE TRUE FOLD, ONE SHEPHERD. 24:29 REVELATION 18:2 AND 4, "BABYLON THE GREAT IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN. 24:34 COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, THAT YOU BE NOT PARTAKERS OF 24:40 HER SINS AND THAT YOU RECEIVE NOT OF HER PLAGUES." 24:44 NOW, FRIENDS, IN THE LAST DAYS GOD IS CALLING US TO COME 24:48 TOGETHER BASED ON HIS WORD, NOT BASED ON A DENOMINATION 24:52 OR A CLUB, OR SOME SOCIAL STRUCTURE. 24:55 BUT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE WORD 24:57 OF GOD. HE IS CALLING YOU. 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