AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, THE
CLOSER YOU COME TO THE LORD THE
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MORE IT EXPOSES THE THINGS IN
YOUR LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING -
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BUT YOU DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BY
THAT, YOU KEEP APPROACHING THE
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LORD AND THE LIGHT OF GOD BURNS
THOSE THINGS OUT OF OUR LIVES
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IF WE DON'T TURN AWAY.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS
>>THE MESSAGE TODAY IS DEALING
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WITH THE SUBJECT OF
ADJUSTING TO THE DARKNESS.
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AND A PART OF THE REASON THIS
CAME INTO MY MIND WAS BECAUSE,
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FLYING BACK FROM AUSTRALIA THEY
FEED EVERYBODY - IT'S A LONG
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FLIGHT - AND THEN THEY TURN OFF
THE LIGHTS HOPING THAT EVERYBODY
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WILL DRIFT OFF TO SLEEP.
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I HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING ON
PLANES AND I FELT BAD TURNING ON
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THE LITTLE NIGHT LIGHT FOR MY
CHAIR THAT I MIGHT DISTURB THE
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PEOPLE AROUND ME, BUT I NOTICED
THAT AFTER THEY TURNED OFF THE
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CABIN LIGHTS IT DOESN'T
TAKE LONG FOR YOUR EYES TO GET
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ADJUSTED TO THE DARK.
AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD
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THING WHEN YOU
ADJUST TO THE DARK.
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WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO
KNOW THAT HERE WE ARE LIVING IN
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A TIME WHEN NEVER HAS THERE BEEN
MORE MAN-MADE LIGHT THAN YOU
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HAVE IN THE WORLD TODAY
AND YET THERE'S GREAT DARKNESS.
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YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS
AMAZING SATELLITE PICTURE THAT
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HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SPACE.
THEY USE SOME SPECIAL FILTERS
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AND TIME DELAY BUT IT SHOWS THE
LIGHTS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED
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FROM THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE
GLOBE. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE
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WHOLE GLOBE - THEY'VE
GOT IT - THE PICTURES TAKEN.
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HOW MUCH POWER DO YOU
THINK IT TAKES TO LIGHT UP
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THE WORLD THAT WAY.
ISN'T THAT PHENOMENAL?
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NEVER HAS THERE BEEN MORE
MAN-MADE LIGHT AND, YET, WE'RE
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LIVING IN A TIME IN THE
WORLD WHERE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
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MORE DARKNESS. THAT
WAS OUR SCRIPTURE READING.
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ISAIAH 60 - ESPECIALLY YOU GO TO
VERSE 2. "FOR BEHOLD, DARKNESS
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SHALL COVER THE EARTH, AND
GROSS DARKNESS THE PEOPLE."
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NOW THE WORD GROSS IS
KIND OF A UNIQUE WORD.
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IT HAS A FEW
DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR US TODAY.
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SOME OF YOU USED TO BUY YOUR
THINGS BY THE GROSS - AND WHAT
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DID THAT MEAN? AS A DOZEN OF
SOMETHING. OR, THE WORD GROSS
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MIGHT MEAN DISGUSTING - I MEAN
YOU WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO
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SAY THAT THOSE ARE GROSS MASHED
POTATOES THAT YOU'VE MADE.
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GROSS ALSO MEANS CONCENTRATED.
SOMETHING THAT IS THICK.
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AND SO, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
THERE IS A 'GROSS DARKNESS THAT
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COVERS THE PEOPLE BUT IN SPITE
OF THAT THE LORD WILL ARISE ON
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THEE AND HIS GLORY
WILL BE SEEN ON THEE.'
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YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE TIME OF
THE GREATEST DARKNESS THAT THE
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LORD'S PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO SHINE THE BRIGHTEST.
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YOU READ IN REVELATION ABOUT THE
BRIDE OF CHRIST AND IT DESCRIBES
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WHAT SHE'S WEARING - 'CLOTHED
WITH THE SUN, STANDING ON THE
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MOON, A CROWN OF STARS' - WHY DO
YOU THINK THAT SHE - WHAT SHE'S
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WEARING STANDS OUT? BECAUSE
SHE IS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A
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DARKENED HEAVENS. AND
IT'S IN THE DARKNESS THAT
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GOD'S CHURCH IS
SUPPOSED TO SHINE.
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IT'S VERY DANGEROUS THOUGH,
IF WE GET TO THE PLACE IN THIS
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WORLD FILLED WITH GROSS DARKNESS
THAT YOU GET TO WHERE YOU'RE
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ADJUSTED TO IT
AND YOU'RE USED TO IT.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PART OF
A POEM BY ALEXANDER POPE AND IT
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SAYS, "VICE IS A MONSTER SO
FRIGHTFUL MEAN, AS TO BE HATED
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NEEDS BUT TO BE SEEN, YET TOO
OFT FAMILIAR WITH HER FACE, WE
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FIRST ENDURE, THEN
PITY, THEN EMBRACE."
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AND THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS WITH SIN OVER TIME.
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AT FIRST IT SEEMS
LIKE IT'S A BAD THING.
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AND THEN, LITTLE BY
LITTLE, THROUGH EXPOSURE, WE GET
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TO WHERE WHAT ONCE
REPULSED US NOW INTRIGUES US.
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WHAT ONCE WE THOUGHT WAS
SO BAD NOW SEEMS ATTRACTIVE.
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AND LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU
CAN GET TO WHERE YOU'RE ADJUSTED
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TO THE LIGHT. IT'S
LIKE THAT IRISH MAN WHO
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MOVED TO THE STATES AND HE
WORKED FOR A YEAR AND THEN HIS
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WIFE FINALLY WAS
ABLE TO COME AND JOIN HIM.
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AND SHE SAID TO HER
HUSBAND, 'THE PEOPLE HERE SURE
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TALK FUNNY.' HE SAID,
'WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE
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HEARD THEM A YEAR AGO.'
HE HAD GOTTEN USED TO IT.
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OH, BY THE WAY, I DISCOVERED
WHEN I'M IN AUSTRALIA I'VE GOT
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AN ACCENT - BECAUSE EVERYBODY
THERE TOLD ME I HAD ONE.
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I SAID, 'I NEVER HAD
IT UNTIL I CAME HERE.'
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AND I SUPPOSE IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS, WHEN I'M IN ENGLAND,
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I'LL HAVE AN ACCENT AGAIN.
BUT, YOU CAN GET USED TO JUST
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ABOUT ANYTHING AS TIME GOES
BY. THE DANGER IS IF WE GET USED
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TO THE DARKNESS. YOU
KNOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME
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SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT THIS.
2 PETER, CHAPTER 2 VERSE 17.
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SPEAKING OF THE LOST IT SAYS,
"THESE ARE WELLS WITHOUT WATER,
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CLOUDS CARRIED ABOUT BY A
TEMPEST," NOTICE THE WORDS OF
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PETER, "FOR WHOM IS RESERVED THE
BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS FOREVER."
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WE ALL HAVE TWO
DESTINIES: LIGHT OR DARK.
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THE BIBLE BEGINS DESCRIBING A
CONFLICT BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK.
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GOD SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT."
DARKNESS COVERED THE EARTH.
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GOD SEPARATED THE
LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS.
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IN THE WORLD TODAY
THERE IS THIS CONFLICT STILL.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE
LAST DAYS THERE IS GOING TO BE A
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DEEP DARKNESS IN THE WORLD.
ARE YOU CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT OR
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CHILDREN OF THE DARK? JUDE
SAYS IT THE EXACT SAME WAY.
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JUDE 1, VERSE 13, SPEAKING OF
THE LOST, "RAGING WAVES OF THE
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SEA, FOAMING UP THEIR OWN SHAME,
WANDERING STARS FOR WHOM IS
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RESERVED THE
BLACKNESS AND DARKNESS FOREVER."
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YOU KNOW, THE ANGELS, THAT
KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE ARE
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RESERVED IN
EVERLASTING CHAINS OF DARKNESS.
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BUT THESE ARE ABOUT THE MOST
INTENSE WORDS THE BIBLE USES TO
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DESCRIBE THIS GROSS DARKNESS.
THE BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS
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FOREVER. HOW IS
IT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
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BEEN WITH THE LORD AND
THEY WALK OUT INTO THE WORLD?
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YOU KNOW, DON'T
THEY SEE THE CONTRAST?
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IT'S A SHAME IF
THEIR EYES GET ADJUSTED.
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2 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSE 3 SAYS,
"IF OUR GOSPEL IS HIDDEN, IT'S
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HIDDEN TO THEM THAT ARE LOST.
IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS AGE HAS
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BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM THAT
BELIEVE NOT, LEST THE GLORIOUS
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GOSPEL LIGHT SHOULD SHINE UPON
THEM. FOR GOD, WHO COMMANDED
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THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT
OF DARKNESS," SPEAKING ABOUT
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GENESIS, "HAS SHOWN IN OUR
HEARTS," THAT SAME WORD THAT
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SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT'
BACK IN GENESIS, IT BRINGS LIGHT
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INTO OUR LIVES, INTO OUR DARK
HEARTS "TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF
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KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF
GOD AND THE FACE OF JESUS."
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YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT OUT THERE
IN SPACE THESE BLACK HOLES.
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AND EVIDENTLY, A BLACK HOLE
IS THE RESULT OF A SUN OR SOME
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GREAT LUMINARY BODY THAT
HAS COLLAPSED AND HAS A MAGNETIC
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FORCE, A GRAVITATIONAL
PULL, THAT IS SO POWERFUL THAT
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ANYTHING WITHIN
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES
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GETS SUCKED IN. I
ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
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DISTANCE IS, BUT THE SURROUNDING
VICINITY, ANYTHING GETS SUCKED
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INTO IT, EVEN LIGHT THAT TRAVELS
186,000 MILES PER SECOND.
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BLACK HOLES ARE SO POWERFUL THAT
THEY'LL EVEN SUCK IN THE LIGHT.
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THE DEVIL'S DARKNESS IS SO
INTENSE THAT HE, BASICALLY,
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GOBBLES UP ANY LIGHT
AROUND HIM. HE'S COMMITTED THE
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UNPARDONABLE SIN. AND,
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT
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HAVE GRIEVED AWAY THE SPIRIT,
THEY'RE LIKE BLACK HOLES.
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YOU TRY AND REACH
THEM, THEY JUST - THEY HAVE
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NO INTEREST AT ALL. THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT DEEP,
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DARK, EVERLASTING, GROSS
DARKNESS. LIKE A BLACK HOLE,
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IT JUST SOAKS IT UP.
NOTHING EVER SHOWS ON IT.
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WE UNDERSTAND WHEN A
CHILD IS AFRAID OF THE DARK.
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BUT IT'S SORT OF SAD IF A GROWN
PERSON IS AFRAID OF THE LIGHT.
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I HEARD ONE TIME ABOUT A
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT TRIED TO
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POUR HIMSELF SOME KOOL-AID AND
HE SPILLED SOME ON THE LINOLEUM
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ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND HE
WANTED TO HELP MOM MOP IT UP.
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WELL, IT WAS NIGHT. SO
HE RAN TO THE PORCH DOOR
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BECAUSE HE KNEW THE MOP WAS
OUTSIDE - THEY KEPT IT OUTSIDE
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ON THE PORCH, BUT IT WAS DARK.
AND HIS MOM SAW THAT HE WANTED
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TO DO THIS AND HE WENT OUT AND
HE HESITATED THERE AT THE DOOR
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BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF
DARK AND SCARY IN THE BACKYARD.
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AND HIS MOM SAID, 'SON
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID,
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JESUS IS EVERYWHERE,
EVEN IN THE DARKNESS.'
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SO HE STARED OUTSIDE THE
DOOR FOR A MINUTE, THEN HE SAID,
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'JESUS, CAN YOU
HAND ME THE MOP?'
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SO, YOU EXPECT SOMETIMES
CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF THE DARK,
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BUT WHAT'S REALLY SAD IS IF
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE LIGHT.
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THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THAT.
JESUS SAID, JOHN 3, VERSE 19.
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"THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT
LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD,
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AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS
RATHER THAN LIGHT," WHY?
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"BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL.
FOR EVERYONE THAT DOES EVIL
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HATES THE LIGHT."
WHY DID THEY KILL JESUS?
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BECAUSE OF HIS
DARKNESS OR HIS LIGHT?
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HIS LIGHT MADE
THEIR DARKNESS STAND OUT.
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"EVERYONE THAT DOES EVIL HATES
THE LIGHT AND NEITHER COMES TO
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THE LIGHT LEST HIS
DEEDS BE REPROVED OR EXPOSED.
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BUT HE THAT DOES TRUTH COMES TO
THE LIGHT THAT HIS DEEDS MAY BE
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MADE MANIFEST THAT
THEY ARE WROUGHT IN GOD."
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IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, THE
CLOSER YOU COME TO THE LORD,
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THE MORE IT EXPOSES THE THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING
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- BUT YOU DON'T GET
DISCOURAGED BY THAT, YOU KEEP
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APPROACHING THE LORD. AND
THE LIGHT OF GOD BURNS THOSE
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THINGS OUT OF OUR
LIVES IF WE DON'T TURN AWAY.
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LIGHT ACTUALLY
PURIFIES. LIGHT WILL STERILIZE
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AND CLEANSE US. YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US
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THAT GOD IS LIGHT. 1
JOHN 1, VERSES 5 AND 6.
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"THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU
HAVE HEARD FROM HIM AND THAT WE
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DECLARE UNTO YOU, THAT
GOD IS LIGHT AND IN HIM IS
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NO DARKNESS AT ALL. IF
WE SAY WE'VE GOT FELLOWSHIP
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WITH HIM AND WE WALK IN
DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT
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PRACTICE THE TRUTH."
SOMEONE SAID, 'CHARACTER IS WHO
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YOU ARE IN THE DARK.'
CHARACTER IS WHO YOU ARE WHEN
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YOU DON'T THINK
ANYONE'S WATCHING.
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MATTHEW 4:16, SPEAKING OF THE
TIME IN WHICH CHRIST CAME, "THE
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PEOPLE THAT SAT IN DARKNESS
HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT.
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AND TO THEM THAT SAT IN THE
REGION OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
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THE LIGHT HAS SPRUNG
UP." PSALM 89, VERSE 15.
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"BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE
THAT KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND!
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THEY'LL WALK, O LORD, IN
THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE."
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YOU KNOW, GOD IS LIGHT. AND
IF WE'VE GOT DARKNESS IN OUR
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HEARTS AND DARKNESS IN OUR
LIFE, THEN WE NEED TO INVITE
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THAT LIGHT - INTRODUCE
THAT LIGHT INTO OUR LIVES.
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WE ARE CALLED TO
BE LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14.
NOT ONLY IS JESUS THE LIGHT OF
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THE WORLD, HE SAID, "YOU
ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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A CITY THAT IS ON A HILL
CANNOT BE HID. NEITHER DO MEN
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LIGHT A CANDLE AND PUT IT UNDER
A BUSHEL, BUT ON A CANDLESTICK;
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AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO
ALL THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE."
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YOU KNOW WHAT A BLACKOUT IS -
WHEN THERE'S A POWER FAILURE AND
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PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES NATIONS
ARE PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS.
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SOMETIMES WE HAVE A BLACKOUT
IN THE CHURCH AND THERE'S
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A POWER FAILURE.
BECAUSE GOD'S PEOPLE,
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HIS CHILDREN, HIS CHURCH, ARE
FAILING TO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF
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GOD OR TO LET THAT LIGHT SHINE
IN THEIR LIVES. LIGHT DOESN'T DO
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ANYTHING UNLESS IT HITS
SOMETHING. YOU GET THE POINT?
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JESUS SENDS HIS LIGHT INTO THE
WORLD BUT THE WORLD'S NOT GOING
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TO SEE IT UNLESS IT
BOUNCES OFF SOMETHING.
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AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
REFLECTING OFF YOU AND I.
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YOU AND I ARE TO REFLECT HIS
LIGHT, JUST AS THE MOON REFLECTS
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THE LIGHT OF THE SUN.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE MOON UNLESS
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IT'S PICKING UP THE LIGHT OF THE
SUN. LUKE CHAPTER 1, VERSE 79.
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SPEAKING OF
CHRIST AND HIS MISSION.
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"HE CAME TO GIVE LIGHT TO THEM
THAT SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE
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SHADOW OF DEATH. TO GUIDE
THEIR FEET IN THE WAY OF PEACE."
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NOW, WE'RE TOLD IN
GOD'S WORD THAT WE ARE TO WALK
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IN THE LIGHT. DON'T GET ADJUSTED
TO THE DARK. WALK IN THE LIGHT.
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IT SEEMS LIKE AT ONE TIME THE
THINGS THAT SHOCKED AND AMAZED
00:13:24.80\00:13:27.84
US NOW ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE
US. JOHN 12, VERSES 35 AND 36.
00:13:27.87\00:13:35.01
"YET A LITTLE WHILE THE LIGHT
IS WITH YOU. WALK WHILE YOU HAVE
00:13:35.04\00:13:38.05
THE LIGHT LEST
DARKNESS COME UPON YOU."
00:13:38.08\00:13:40.78
CAN A PERSON'S LIGHT GO OUT?
00:13:40.82\00:13:44.55
IF GOD SENDS LIGHT INTO
YOUR LIFE, IT IS NEVER STAGNANT.
00:13:44.59\00:13:52.03
THAT LIGHT WILL ALWAYS GET
BRIGHTER OR IT WILL GET DIMMER.
00:13:52.06\00:13:57.10
YOU NEED TO BE EITHER FUELING
THAT LIGHT SO IT GROWS BRIGHTER
00:13:57.13\00:14:00.44
AND BRIGHTER UNTIL THE
DAY DAWN AND THE DAY STAR RISE
00:14:00.47\00:14:02.87
IN YOUR HEART. YOU
FIND THE LIGHT OF GOD IN THE
00:14:02.90\00:14:04.74
BIBLE DESCRIBED AS EITHER
GROWING BRIGHTER OR IT GETS
00:14:04.77\00:14:08.38
DIMMER. ALL OF
US ARE LIKE DIMMER
00:14:08.41\00:14:10.95
SWITCHES. WE'RE ACTIVE.
00:14:10.98\00:14:14.58
WHICH WAY ARE YOU
TURNING YOUR SWITCH?
00:14:14.62\00:14:17.59
IS THE LIGHT OF GOD IN
YOUR LIFE GETTING BRIGHTER?
00:14:17.62\00:14:19.99
ARE YOU STUDYING AND
WALKING IN THE LIGHT?
00:14:20.02\00:14:21.66
IF GOD GIVES YOU LIGHT, AND
YOU FOLLOW WHAT HE'S REVEALED TO
00:14:21.69\00:14:26.46
YOU, HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE LIGHT.
WELL, WHY DOES HE STOP GIVING
00:14:26.49\00:14:30.50
YOU LIGHT IF YOU
STOP WALKING IN THE LIGHT?
00:14:30.53\00:14:33.10
BECAUSE ANY LIGHT THAT GOD GIVES
YOU, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND
00:14:33.13\00:14:36.81
YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY.
GOD LOVES YOU TOO MUCH TO GIVE
00:14:36.84\00:14:41.48
YOU MORE LIGHT THAN YOU'RE GOING
TO WALK IN BECAUSE THEN YOU'D
00:14:41.51\00:14:43.88
JUST BECOME ACCOUNTABLE
FOR IT. DID YOU GET THAT?
00:14:43.91\00:14:48.52
IF GOD GIVES YOU INCREASED LIGHT
AND YOU DON'T WALK IN THE LIGHT,
00:14:48.55\00:14:53.62
THE MORE HE GIVES YOU -
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU WERE BLIND
00:14:53.66\00:14:56.26
AND YOU COULD NOT SEE, YOU WOULD
HAVE NO SIN, BUT NOW THAT YOU
00:14:56.29\00:14:58.66
SEE, YOUR SIN REMAINS.'
YOU CAN READ IN PETER THAT THE
00:14:58.69\00:15:02.03
LIGHT OF GOD IS PROGRESSIVE.
ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE AND TO
00:15:02.06\00:15:05.53
YOUR VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE AND
- IT'S LIKE JACOB'S LADDER -
00:15:05.57\00:15:09.20
AND SO, SOME OF US WANT TO
JUMP THE RUNGS IN THE LADDER.
00:15:09.24\00:15:13.27
IF GOD REVEALS SOMETHING
TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEEDS
00:15:13.31\00:15:16.38
ADDRESSING AND YOU ARE
NOW IN A HOLDING PATTERN
00:15:16.41\00:15:19.75
- YOU'RE TREADING WATER
AND WONDERING WHY YOU'RE NOT
00:15:19.78\00:15:21.72
GETTING ANYWHERE,
WALK IN THE LIGHT.
00:15:21.75\00:15:25.15
YOU CAN'T - YOU CAN ONLY BE
IN A HOLDING PATTERN SO LONG AND
00:15:25.19\00:15:27.86
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF
GAS AND DROP OUT OF THE SKY.
00:15:27.89\00:15:30.93
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO TRY TO
MAINTAIN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:15:30.96\00:15:34.30
JESUS WITHOUT GROWTH.
WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE STANDING
00:15:34.30\00:15:37.03
STILL AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE
ACTUALLY SLIDING BACKWARDS.
00:15:37.07\00:15:41.74
YOU'RE LOSING ALTITUDE
AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW IT.
00:15:41.77\00:15:44.71
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
MOVING FORWARD FRIENDS.
00:15:44.74\00:15:47.41
WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE
YOU'VE GOT THE LIGHT. JOB 29:3.
00:15:47.44\00:15:53.48
"WHEN HIS CANDLE SHINED ON
MY HEAD, AND WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I
00:15:53.52\00:15:57.32
WALKED THROUGH THE DARKNESS."
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
00:15:57.35\00:16:01.19
AND A LIGHT UNTO
MY PATH." 1 JOHN 1:7.
00:16:01.22\00:16:04.79
"BUT IF YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT,
AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE
00:16:04.83\00:16:08.26
FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND
THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS
00:16:08.30\00:16:11.53
SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL
SIN." WOO, DID YOU GET THAT?
00:16:11.57\00:16:14.74
HOW MANY WANT TO
BE CLEANSED FROM SIN?
00:16:14.77\00:16:17.14
THERE IS A
CONDITION FOR CLEANSING.
00:16:17.17\00:16:19.77
WHAT IS THAT CONDITION?
TURN YOUR BACK ON THE DARKNESS
00:16:19.81\00:16:24.05
AND WALK FORWARD IN THE
LIGHT. CONTINUE TO WALK IN THE
00:16:24.08\00:16:27.02
ADVANCING LIGHT
THAT GOD GIVES YOU.
00:16:27.05\00:16:29.85
IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO LIVE IN
THE LIGHT AND WALK IN THE LIGHT,
00:16:29.88\00:16:33.29
PRETTY SOON YOU
BECOME A DENOMINATION
00:16:33.32\00:16:34.99
- YOU BECOME AN ORGANIZATION
THAT'S A SOCIAL CLUB, AND YOU
00:16:35.02\00:16:38.13
JUST START DRIFTING
DOWN, BACK WITH THE WORLD.
00:16:38.16\00:16:41.46
AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR NAME.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR BUILDING.
00:16:41.50\00:16:46.10
WHAT HAPPENS TO DENOMINATIONS
HAPPENS TO INDIVIDUALS.
00:16:46.13\00:16:48.84
WHEN YOU TRACE THE
HISTORY OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN
00:16:48.87\00:16:51.84
REVELATION,
STARTING OUT WITH EPHESUS,
00:16:51.87\00:16:55.08
GOING FORTH
CONQUERING AND TO CONQUER.
00:16:55.11\00:16:58.31
YOU LOOK AT THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF THOSE SEVEN CHURCHES AND IT
00:16:58.35\00:17:02.98
BEGINS ON FIRE
WITH THAT FIRST LOVE.
00:17:03.02\00:17:05.52
IT EVENTUALLY LOSES THE LOVE
AND, AFTER GOING THROUGH A FEW
00:17:05.55\00:17:08.22
CYCLES, BY THE TIME YOU GET
TO THE END IT'S AT LAODICEA.
00:17:08.26\00:17:11.13
IT'S LUKEWARM. THEY
DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE
00:17:11.16\00:17:14.83
POOR AND WRETCHED AND
MISERABLE AND BLIND AND NAKED.
00:17:14.83\00:17:17.67
IT COMES ON GRADUALLY
UNTIL PRETTY SOON IT'S JUST AN
00:17:17.70\00:17:20.77
INSTITUTION. LAODICEA DESCRIBES
A LUKEWARM INSTITUTION.
00:17:20.80\00:17:26.57
THINK THEY'RE RICH AND INCREASED
WITH GOODS - YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.48
PROPERTY, YOU'VE GOT A
LOT OF INSTITUTIONS, A LOT OF
00:17:28.51\00:17:30.08
EDUCATIONAL THINGS AND HOSPITALS
AND THE PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE
00:17:30.11\00:17:34.62
RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS
AND IN THEIR LIVES THEY'RE NOT
00:17:34.65\00:17:37.02
WALKING IN THE
LIGHT, THEY'RE IN DARKNESS.
00:17:37.05\00:17:39.35
AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT.
AND THEN YOU END UP WITH
00:17:39.39\00:17:42.06
THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.
YOU KNOW, THE DEEPEST DARKNESS,
00:17:42.09\00:17:48.30
BIBLICALLY, COMES
BEFORE DELIVERANCE.
00:17:48.33\00:17:51.17
THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW 25,
VERSE 6, "AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE
00:17:51.20\00:17:56.17
WAS A CRY MADE, 'BEHOLD
THE BRIDEGROOM COMES; GO OUT TO
00:17:56.20\00:18:00.71
MEET HIM.' AND ALL THOSE
VIRGINS TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS."
00:18:00.74\00:18:04.38
THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING,
WHEN JESUS CAME, TO DISPEL THE
00:18:04.41\00:18:07.18
DARKNESS AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE
FIND THEIR WAY TO THE WEDDING.
00:18:07.22\00:18:10.22
IT'S DURING THE DARKEST TIME
OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY THAT THE
00:18:10.25\00:18:14.42
CHURCH IS NEEDED THE
MOST TO LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE.
00:18:14.46\00:18:19.73
YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME OUT OF
00:18:19.76\00:18:21.93
EGYPT, THERE WAS A
PLAGUE OF DARKNESS.
00:18:21.96\00:18:26.47
DARKNESS ON THE
HEADQUARTERS OF EGYPT.
00:18:26.50\00:18:30.54
JUST BEFORE THE LORD COMES,
ONE OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES
00:18:30.57\00:18:32.97
IS WHAT? DARKNESS ON
THE SEAT OF THE BEAST.
00:18:33.01\00:18:37.15
BY THE WAY, I WANT TO READ THIS
TO YOU FROM EXODUS 10, VERSE 21.
00:18:37.18\00:18:41.88
"THE LORD SAID TO MOSES,
'STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND TOWARDS
00:18:41.92\00:18:44.85
HEAVEN THAT THERE MIGHT BE
DARKNESS OVER THE LAND OF EGYPT,
00:18:44.89\00:18:47.56
EVEN DARKNESS
THAT MAY BE FELT.'"
00:18:47.59\00:18:50.79
THAT'S CALLED GROSS DARKNESS.
"AND MOSES STRETCHED OUT HIS
00:18:50.83\00:18:55.26
HAND TOWARD HEAVEN AND THERE WAS
A THICK DARKNESS IN ALL THE LAND
00:18:55.30\00:18:59.17
OF EGYPT FOR THREE DAYS.
THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER,
00:18:59.20\00:19:03.77
NEITHER ANY ROSE FROM
HIS PLACE FOR THREE DAYS.
00:19:03.81\00:19:06.94
BUT ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
HAD LIGHT IN THEIR DWELLINGS."
00:19:06.98\00:19:11.81
DOES GOD WANT US
TO BE IN DARKNESS?
00:19:11.85\00:19:15.18
DOESN'T THE BIBLE
SAY, 'BUT YOU ARE NOT
00:19:15.22\00:19:16.62
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.'
WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE DAY.
00:19:16.65\00:19:20.32
THE DAY OF THE LORD SHOULD
NOT OVERTAKE US AS A THIEF.
00:19:20.36\00:19:23.22
LET US NOT WALK IN
DARKNESS AS OTHERS DO.
00:19:23.26\00:19:28.33
1 THESSALONIANS
5, VERSES 4 AND 5.
00:19:28.36\00:19:31.20
"BUT YOU, BRETHREN, ARE NOT
IN DARKNESS, SO THAT DAY SHOULD
00:19:31.23\00:19:34.24
OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.
YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT
00:19:34.27\00:19:37.51
AND CHILDREN OF THE
DAY. WE ARE NOT OF NIGHT OR
00:19:37.54\00:19:40.11
DARKNESS." THE LIGHT OF GOD
OUGHT TO BE SEEN IN OUR LIVES.
00:19:40.14\00:19:45.41
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A
FEW OTHER VERSES I WANTED TO
00:19:45.45\00:19:48.55
SHARE WITH YOU. WHEN
JESUS DIED, IT WAS A TIME
00:19:48.58\00:19:53.92
WHEN THE WORLD REJECTED
ITS CREATOR AND THERE WAS A
00:19:53.96\00:19:57.16
SUPERNATURAL
DARKNESS. MATTHEW 27, VERSE 45.
00:19:57.19\00:20:02.23
"NOW FROM THE SIXTH HOUR THERE
WAS DARKNESS OVER ALL THE LAND
00:20:02.26\00:20:05.60
TO THE NINTH HOUR.
DURING THE PLAGUE OF MOSES THERE
00:20:05.63\00:20:08.74
WAS THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS.
DURING THE DEATH OF JESUS IT WAS
00:20:08.77\00:20:10.97
THREE HOURS OF
DARKNESS. SUPERNATURAL DARKNESS.
00:20:11.01\00:20:15.91
"AND THEN JESUS CRIED WITH
A LOUD VOICE, 'ELI, ELI, LAMA
00:20:15.94\00:20:19.71
SABACHTHANI - MY GOD, MY
GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?'"
00:20:19.75\00:20:22.85
AT THE TIME WHERE IT LOOKS
LIKE THE WORLD IS FORSAKEN BY
00:20:22.88\00:20:25.92
GOD, THERE'S GOING
TO BE GROSS DARKNESS.
00:20:25.95\00:20:30.43
COULD WE HAVE THE GROSSEST
DARKNESS IN AN AGE OF MAN
00:20:30.46\00:20:35.20
WHERE WE HAVE THE
MOST ARTIFICIAL LIGHT?
00:20:35.23\00:20:37.93
COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT ALL
OF THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT WE'RE
00:20:37.97\00:20:41.87
ABLE TO NOW CREATE
IS REALLY DECEIVING US?
00:20:41.90\00:20:47.31
WE THINK THAT THAT'S A
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL LIGHT.
00:20:47.34\00:20:50.65
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN THERE'S
GOING TO BE NO MORE DARK.
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.75
ROMANS 13:12. "THE NIGHT IS
FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND.
00:20:53.78\00:20:59.32
LET US THEREFORE CAST
OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS."
00:20:59.35\00:21:02.42
ARE YOU GETTING
ADJUSTED TO THE LIGHT?
00:21:02.46\00:21:04.93
ARE YOU CASTING OFF
THE WORKS OF DARKNESS?
00:21:04.96\00:21:08.06
"AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOR" -
IT DOESN'T SAY THE ARMOR OF GOD,
00:21:08.10\00:21:11.87
IT SAYS THE ARMOR OF
LIGHT. DO YOUR CLOTHES GLOW?
00:21:11.90\00:21:19.51
TALK ABOUT GOOD DETERGENT,
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WILL
00:21:19.54\00:21:21.28
MAKE YOUR CLOTHES
GLOW. BETTER THAN OXY CLEAN.
00:21:21.31\00:21:27.65
EPHESIANS 5:8. "FOR
YOU ONCE WERE DARKNESS, BUT
00:21:27.68\00:21:31.59
NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD.
WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT."
00:21:31.62\00:21:36.16
YOU ALL GLOW A LITTLE BIT RIGHT
NOW, WE JUST NEED TO GLOW MORE.
00:21:36.19\00:21:41.73
EPHESIANS 5:11. "AND
HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE
00:21:41.76\00:21:46.10
UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS,
BUT RATHER REPROVE THEM."
00:21:46.13\00:21:51.24
DON'T GET USED TO THE DARK.
WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO HELP US
00:21:51.27\00:21:56.38
RECOGNIZE THE DARKNESS OF
THIS WORLD AND REPROVE IT.
00:21:56.41\00:21:59.55
"FOR IT'S A SHAME TO EVEN SPEAK
OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DONE BY
00:21:59.58\00:22:01.95
THEM IN SECRET." 2
CORINTHIANS 4, VERSE 6.
00:22:01.98\00:22:05.92
"FOR GOD WHO HAS COMMANDED THE
LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS
00:22:05.95\00:22:08.89
HAS SHINED IN OUR HEARTS."
AND I MENTIONED THIS ONE BEFORE,
00:22:08.92\00:22:12.03
"TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN
00:22:12.06\00:22:16.10
THE FACE OF JESUS." SO
HOW DO WE - HOW DO WE LET
00:22:16.13\00:22:21.64
THESE LIGHTS SHINE IN A DARK
WORLD? WELL, SEVERAL WAYS. ONE
00:22:21.67\00:22:26.94
IS, VERY SIMPLY, THE WORD OF THE
GOD IS LIGHT. BUT YOU DON'T SEE
00:22:26.98\00:22:30.55
THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD
UNTIL IT HITS SOMETHING.
00:22:30.58\00:22:34.32
AS YOU READ THE WORD OF GOD AND
YOU ALLOW IT INTO YOUR LIVES AND
00:22:34.35\00:22:37.82
YOU SEEK TO LIVE IT OUT AND YOU
WALK IN THE LIGHT, PEOPLE ARE
00:22:37.85\00:22:41.16
GOING TO SEE THAT LIGHT IN
YOUR LIFE AND THEY'LL FOLLOW.
00:22:41.19\00:22:44.36
AND THEN SOME
GOOD NEWS, FRIENDS.
00:22:44.39\00:22:48.13
WE'RE GOING TO A PLACE
WHERE IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE
00:22:48.16\00:22:50.23
DARK AGAIN. I LIKE
THIS. REVELATION 21, VERSE 23.
00:22:50.27\00:22:56.67
"AND THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE
SUN AND NEITHER OF THE MOON TO
00:22:56.71\00:23:00.14
SHINE IN IT: FOR THE
GLORY OF GOD DID LIGHTEN IT,
00:23:00.18\00:23:03.65
AND THE LAMB IS
THE LIGHT THEREOF."
00:23:03.68\00:23:06.48
ISAIAH 30, VERSE 26, SPEAKING OF
HEAVEN, "MOREOVER THE LIGHT OF
00:23:06.51\00:23:10.85
THE MOON" IN THAT KINGDOM,
"WILL BE LIKE THE LIGHT OF THE
00:23:10.89\00:23:14.59
SUN, AND THE LIGHT OF
THE SUN WILL BE SEVEN-FOLD."
00:23:14.62\00:23:20.50
SO, PICTURE RIGHT NOW -
DON'T DO IT - BUT IF YOU WERE
00:23:20.53\00:23:23.16
TO GO OUTSIDE AND YOU WERE
TO LOOK AT THE SUN, IT WOULD
00:23:23.20\00:23:25.13
BURN YOUR EYES. CAN
YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN A
00:23:25.17\00:23:27.04
WORLD WHERE YOUR EYES ARE
ABLE TO ADJUST TO A MOON THAT IS
00:23:27.07\00:23:30.61
BRIGHTER THAN OUR SUN IS
NOW? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
00:23:30.64\00:23:35.38
OUR WHOLE WORLD
WAS DARKENED BY SIN.
00:23:35.41\00:23:39.65
AND THE SUN WILL BE SEVEN
TIMES BRIGHTER THAN IT IS NOW?
00:23:39.68\00:23:44.35
AND I'VE GOT A THEORY THAT
IN THAT KINGDOM, BECAUSE WE WILL
00:23:44.39\00:23:47.22
NOT HAVE EXODERMA PIGMATOSUM,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THE
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.89
SUN IN ITS STRENGTH
AND IT WON'T HURT OUR EYES.
00:23:51.93\00:23:59.00
BECAUSE GOD WILL BE
BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN THERE.
00:23:59.03\00:24:04.11
THE CITY IS NOT
ILLUMINATED BY THE NATURAL SUN,
00:24:04.14\00:24:07.21
IT'S ILLUMINATED BY GOD HIMSELF.
I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN THE DARK.
00:24:07.24\00:24:14.52
IN THIS DARK WORLD. GROSS
DARKNESS WILL COVER THE PEOPLE.
00:24:14.55\00:24:17.69
BUT AS WE WALK IN THE LIGHT
AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, HIS BLOOD
00:24:17.72\00:24:21.32
WILL CLEANSE US FROM ALL SIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMAND IS
00:24:21.36\00:24:24.63
TO US? IT'S IN OUR SCRIPTURE
READING. IT SAYS, 'ARISE
00:24:24.66\00:24:27.86
AND SHINE.' GOD IS CALLING
US TO ARISE AND TO SHINE.
00:24:27.93\00:24:33.37
"AND LET THE GLORY OF THE
LORD ARISE UPON THEE. HIS GLORY
00:24:33.40\00:24:38.07
WILL BE SEEN ON THEE." I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FRIENDS,
00:24:38.11\00:24:41.44
BUT BY HIS GRACE I WANT TO
BE A LIGHT IN THIS DARK WORLD.
00:24:41.48\00:24:44.85
AT MIDNIGHT JESUS IS COMING AND
THIS IS WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
00:24:44.88\00:24:47.58
TRIM OUR LAMPS AND KEEP THEM
BURNING SO PEOPLE WILL SEE THE
00:24:47.62\00:24:50.62
LIGHT OF GOD IN OUR
LIVES. VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE TODAY
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.39
ABOUT LIGHT AND
DARKNESS, BUT IT'S VERY REAL.
00:24:53.42\00:24:55.82
IT'S NOT ALL THEORY. WE
DO LIVE IN A DARK WORLD.
00:24:55.86\00:24:58.63
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE?
00:24:58.66\00:25:01.30
TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT OFF OF YOU?
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00:25:55.52\00:25:57.45
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MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
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THEY PREDICT DISASTERS, WORLD
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