We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angels' messages.>>
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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we are living
in an unusual hour,
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the last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shut.
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Tonight's message I've entitled
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"Your Seventh-Hour Miracle!"
Your Seventh-Hour Miracle!
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Take your Bible and turn with me
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to Revelation Chapter 14.
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What book of the Bible?
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Revelation Chapter 14,
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it's the centerpiece
of the Book of Revelation.
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Four hundred four verses,
22 chapters all inspired,
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all relevant for the
last hours of earth's history.
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Revelation 14,
looking there at verse 12.
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It is a pivotal passage
and it sets the pace and tone
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for tonight's topic,
"Your Seventh-Hour Miracle!"
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Revelation 14:12,
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can we thunder
this out together?
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Let's do it. Here we go.
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"Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus."
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Now there is
three elements there
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and they are all
intimately connected.
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They are really inseparable.
Notice these three elements.
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Number one, here is
the what of the saints?
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The patience.
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The word patience there
could be properly rendered>>
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perseverance or
perseverance or endurance.
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Everybody say
endurance, you know.
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How many have ever
watched the marathon?
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You know, I don't
really track with sports.
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I don't really
watch sports that much.
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Number one, I'm too busy.
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Number two, if you
are for a particular team
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I've learned
from hard, you know,
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hard experiences in the past
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that if you root for
say the Chicago Bears
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like I used to years
and years and years ago,
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one day up and one day down.
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So I just said, forget
it. I just don't like that.
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So let me tell you something,
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we are living
in the last moments
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of earth's history
and this is no game.
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This is the real deal. We
need to be ready for heaven.
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We need to be
ready when Jesus comes
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in all His glory and
there is only one thing
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we take to
heaven, it's our character
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and we must develop a
character by overcoming.
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And an element we
need there is endurance.
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So I don't really
follow sports that much
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but when it comes to endurance
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immediately my
attention is riveted upon the--
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that the illustration
of a marathon or runner,
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a person that does a sprint,
or a quarter mile or a mile.
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I admire those who
have endurance to run
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and some that can
run long distances.
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I have a friend, Leo
Schreven who just walked across
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the United States
of America in 100 days.
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Only a handful of other people
have ever done that in 100 days
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and he landed on
his 50th birthday
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and now my son
and I and my wife,
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not so much
Jordan kind of thinking,
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hmm, do we want to do this?
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But I'm a little over
50 but anyway, endurance,
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we need endurance
and the illustration
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of physical
endurance is an illustration
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of how we need to
have spiritual endurance.
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And even Paul talked about
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a spiritual race that we are in.
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I want you to go there with me
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and then we are gonna go
back to Revelation 14:12.
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We are going now to
the Book of Hebrews,
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the Book of
Hebrews, Hebrews Chapter 12.
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Are we in a race to
the close? That's right.
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And the Book of Revelation
showcases a group of people
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in the last days
that have developed
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an element of their
character of perseverance.
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In other words, they-- >>
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Character is who you are
and God is gonna have a people
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who in their very
innermost soul are people
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who say, "I will never
give up because I have Jesus.
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I'm gonna
persevere, I'm gonna press on,
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I'm gonna make it, I'm
gonna be an overcomer."
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And so look here at
Hebrews. Hebrews, all right?>>
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Hebrews Chapter 12.
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We are gonna be looking at
a lot of scriptures tonight.
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Hebrews Chapter 12 and
notice the illustration
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that Paul uses in the
context of perseverance.
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Does the Book of Revelation say
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that God will have a
people that must persevere,
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the patience of the saints?
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The endurance of the saints?
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Notice here Hebrews Chapter 12,
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"Therefore we also,
since we are surrounded
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by so great a
cloud of witnesses,
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let us lay aside every weight,
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and the sin which
so easily ensnares us,
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and let us" what?
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"Run with" what?
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"Endurance" come on,
yell it out, endurance.
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"Endurance the race
that is set before us."
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So Paul says, you are in a
race and you got to endure,
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you got to make
it to the finish.
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How? How are we gonna make it?
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How are we going to persevere?
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Let me just throw it
out immediately to you.
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We are going
through the tribulation.
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We are gonna go through
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the final crucible of
trial before Jesus comes.
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We need to develop
the muscle of faith.
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We need to have a character
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that is unshakable
with the help of Jesus.
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How many agree,
I can do all things
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through Christ
who strengthens me,
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Philippians 4:13.
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Now look at this,
"looking unto Jesus,
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the author" that
is the originator
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"and the finisher", the
finisher or the perfector,
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the developer, he
finishes what He starts.
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Paul said, you
can have confidence
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that He who has
begun a good work in you
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will finish it.
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That's Philippians 1:6.
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Are we living in the
last days? Yes, we are.
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So would you agree
whatever He is doing
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with the saints He is
doing finishing touches?
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Amen? How many agree?
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Whatever He is
doing to our character,
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this is it, this is it.
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Whatever He is
doing with our character,
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He is doing a very quick work.
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And so the Bible says
here, "Looking unto Jesus,"
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this is how we persevere.
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"The author and
finisher of our faith."
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So what is going to be perfected
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before we finish the race?
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Our faith.
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Does this make sense?
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Our faith must be perfected
before we finish the race.
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But some are teaching you
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and false prophets
and false preachers,
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Jesus said they
would abound, that, no.
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Just-- Jesus will just
come and snatch you away,>>
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you don't have to
endure tribulation
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but the tribulation is
preparation for translation.
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Because we must
develop a character
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that is prepared to go
through the tribulation
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which is the
preparation for the graduation.
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You know, we all
want the graduation.
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Lord, just take me home.
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Some do pass away
before that tribulation.
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I don't know about you,
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I want to be
alive when Jesus comes.
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Amen?
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Now if the Lord
should see that--
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see fit that I
would be laid to rest
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before the tribulation
begins, but let me tell you,
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it's around the
corner but that's His,
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whatever His will is, so be it.
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But I want you to notice this,
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"endurance the race
that is set before us."
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How?
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Look to Jesus, He is
perfecting your faith.
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Did we read about, first
element was perseverance,
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second element was they
keep the Commandments of God
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and the third
element, can you remember that?
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Faith of Jesus, that's
right. The faith of Jesus.
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So do you see the
faith of Jesus and endurance
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in the context
here of Hebrews 12?
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Yes.
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So there is a
parallel, enduring faith.
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A faith that says,
"I'm not giving up.
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It's not in my vocabulary."
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How many agree,
the devil knows that
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in the back of your
mind, you have a reservation
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that says, okay, if
certain things happen,
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if a certain scenario is
developed, that's when I say,
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"That's enough. I can't handle
this anymore. I'm giving up."
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How many agree, the devil knows
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that you have that, a
button that he can push?
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He knows that in
the back of your mind,
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he can create
certain circumstances
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in which you would say,
forget it, I throw in the towel.
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But God wants to
develop a people that say,
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"You know what, I
don't care how dark it gets,
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I'm gonna learn just to
have a song in the night."
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It says that in
Psalms 32, I believe it is,
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and anyway you can check
it out in the scriptures.
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I want you to notice
here, "Looking unto Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith,
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who for the joy that was set
before Him endured the cross."
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Will God's people have
to go through the cross?
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There is a parallel between
the final days of Christ's life
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and the final
days of His remnant,
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His people in the last days.
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There is a striking parallel.
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Jesus was persecuted,
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God's people will be persecuted.
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Jesus went
through an unfair trial
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before a corrupt government.
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What do you think?
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You think the
government in the last days
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is gonna be nice and pure and...
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And so let me
tell you something.
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A corrupt
government gave in to pressure
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from a corrupt church, right?
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These were corrupt religious
leaders putting pressure
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on corrupt political leaders
and they persecuted Jesus.
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Will that scenario
have a dreadful déjà vu
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or repeat performance, it will.
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It will.
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So in other
words, we need to have,
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what does the Bible say?
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The faith of Jesus
because what He went through
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we are gonna go through.
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But He said, "In the world
you are gonna have tribulation,
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but be of good
cheer, I have overcome."
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John 16:33.
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So what is He
saying? I went through it.
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Jesus said in John 15, I
think it's around verse 12,
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He says, if they hated
you or if they hated Me,
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you know, they
are gonna hate you.
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If they persecuted me,
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you know, they are
gonna persecute you.
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Everyone who wants to live
a godly life in Christ Jesus
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shall suffer
persecution, 2 Timothy 3:12.
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You say, Mark, I was fine
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until I
stumbled in here tonight.
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I'm going through
daily tribulations,
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you are telling me about
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another
tribulation coming my way.
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But listen, you
know how you can endure
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your daily tribulations?
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Is when you see the big
picture and you realize,
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ultimately, He is gonna
pull you through it all.
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You are gonna stand on the
sea of glass being an overcomer.
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Would you like to see that?
Would you like to see that?
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Anyway "despising the shame,
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and has sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God."
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Let's just keep reading.
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For consider-- in other words,
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look to Jesus at
His throne, He made it.
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Everybody say that
with me, He made it.
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Come on, shout it out.
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He made it,
therefore you can make it.
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He made it, you can make it
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because the same
spirit of Jesus dwells in us.
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Amen?
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He is an
overcomer, we are an overcomer
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because His spirit dwells in us.
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And so I want
you to notice here,
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Hebrews 12:3.
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"For consider Him who
endured", there it is.
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Jesus endured, you can endure.
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"For consider Him who endured
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such hostility from
sinners against Himself,
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lest you become weary and
discouraged in your souls."
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Do you know why the
disciples kept falling asleep?
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The Bible tells us.
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Does anybody know?
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Why? It says
they were sorrowful.
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When you get
discouraged and depressed,
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you really don't
feel like praying
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but that's the time to
pray or be an easy prey.
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And so I want
you to notice here,
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it says here, don't give
up, don't be discouraged.
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"You have not yet
resisted to bloodshed,
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striving against sin."
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So what is he saying?
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Paul is saying here, if
you feel like giving up,
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look at what Jesus went through.
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Come on, you haven't
sweat blood, Paul says.
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In other words what's the idea?
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Endure.
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What's a theme,
an overarching theme,
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a theme that is woven
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throughout the
golden pages of Revelation?
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The theme is this,
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you must overcome
to be saved at last.
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Overcoming sin, self and
Satan through the scriptures,
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through the Word of God.
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This is how Jesus overcame.
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Now take your
Bible and turn with me
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to Revelation Chapter 15.
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I know, you know, we are
going somewhere with this.
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The Holy Spirit is
here tonight, amen,
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and look at
Revelation Chapter 15.
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"Then I saw
another sign in heaven,
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great and
marvelous, seven angels
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having the seven last plagues,
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for in them the
wrath of God is complete.
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And I saw something like a
sea of glass mingled with fire,
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and those who
have gotten" the what?
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"Victory over the beast,
over his image, over his mark,
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and over the number of his name,
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standing on the sea of glass."
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You know, there
is the sea of glass
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and there is a lake of fire,
we are all going to something,
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either the sea of
glass or the lake of fire.
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The Book of Revelation
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is a series of
stark, sharp contrasts.
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You got Babylon
and you got Jerusalem.
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You got the mark of the
beast, you got the seal of God.
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You got the
dragon, you got the lamb.
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You got the harlot
woman, you got the pure woman.
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You got 666, you got 7s.
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I mean, on and on and
on there is a list there.
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Why?
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Because there
is only two groups.
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There are those who are
saved and those who are lost
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and we must make a choice.
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And so notice here, it says here
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they are gonna get the victory.
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So how can you
stand on the sea of glass?
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Well, you got to have victory.
You got to have victory.
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Now, I'm so
glad that if we fail,
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what does the
Bible say 1 John 2:1?
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"Beloved, I write to
you, that you may not sin."
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But if we sin
we have an advocate
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with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.
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Does that give
you some good news?
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Don't sin but if
you do make a mistake
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ask Him for
forgiveness and move on.
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Can you say amen?
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That's 1 John 1
and-- 1 John 2:1.
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Now listen, what book are
we focusing in on right now?
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The Book of Revelation.
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Does the Book of Revelation say,
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in order to make
it to the sea of glass
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you got to have victory.
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In other words you are gonna
go through the tribulation.
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So the Bible makes it
very clear there is tribulation
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and that is
purification and preparation
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for the
graduation, the glorification
00:15:48.48\00:15:51.88
when we get a brand
new body in translation.
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All right, is that enough?
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Can I make it simple?
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Prepare for the tribulation
because the tribulation
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is preparation for
the coming of Christ.
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And I keep repeating myself
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because repetition
is the key to retention.
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I want this to be so simple
a child can understand it.
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A major theme in
the scriptures is,
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you got to be an overcomer,
so you need an overcoming,
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enduring, persevering faith
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and that needs to
be come who you are.
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Here is the patience of
the saints, here they are.
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They got that character.
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Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Listen, here are they
that have the faith of Jesus.
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Jesus overcame.
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I want you to
notice here, Revelation--
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So notice here, do we have
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to overcome the beast
and his image and his mark
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and his number, do we
need to be an overcomer?
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Absolutely. How?
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Through Jesus Christ
alone because Jesus said
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without Me you can
do nothing, John 15:5.
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So I want you to notice here,
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I want you to notice
we must be an overcomer.
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Can I give you a positive proof
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that we are going
through the tribulation?
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Look at Revelation 16:15
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in the context
of the sixth plague.
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"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
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Blessed is he who
watches, and keeps his garments,
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lest he walk naked
and they see his shame."
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What is this saying?
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It's saying Jesus is
saying, I'm coming as a thief.
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Wait, it's in the
context of the sixth plague.
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So what is He saying?
I'm coming after the plagues.
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I'm coming
after the tribulation.
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I'm coming after I've
purified your character.
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No wonder it says in 1 John 3:3
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that everyone who has a hope
in the coming of Jesus Christ
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purifies himself
even as He is pure
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because the
confidence we have is that
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when Jesus
comes, we are like Him.
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Now He can do it. He
is the alpha and omega.
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How many agree? He can do it.
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Nothing is impossible with God.
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He can perfect your character,
so don't be discouraged.
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If you fail, you
ask for forgiveness
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and you forget the
things that are behind
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and you press on,
Philippians 3:13, 14.
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To the prize of the
high calling of Jesus Christ.
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What is that high calling?
Everybody say high calling.
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What is the high calling?
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It's spotlighted there
in the Book of Revelation.
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To develop a character,
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to put on the
robe of Christ's life.
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Our goal, saints,
is to be like Jesus
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and we must have an overcoming
faith to be like Jesus.
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Now I'm gonna make
this more practical
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as we proceed, very practical.
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You'll notice in this
seminar we combine two things
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in our preaching and teaching
and Bible study investigation.
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Number one, prophetic.
Number two, practical.
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Because if you
don't get the practical,
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the prophetic will
scare you to death.
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Amen?
00:18:53.23\00:18:54.83
But remember it's a
revelation of Jesus Christ
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and the lamb wins and
those who follow the lamb
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wherever he goes, Revelation
14, they prevail with Him.
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They go through the tribulation.
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Notice here, it
says here, Jesus says
00:19:07.94\00:19:10.98
that He is coming as a
thief after the tribulation,
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after the
plagues are poured out.
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So He says there, hold on,
00:19:15.55\00:19:17.35
don't give up your
trust in My righteousness.
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Keep your garments on.
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Well, how many agree
in ourself we are naked
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but we put on
Christ's righteousness how?
00:19:25.09\00:19:27.30
By faith.
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So what He is saying
there, don't give up your faith.
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Hold on because the
devil will try to use
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the tribulation
to shake our faith
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.60
but instead it will
strengthen our faith.
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How many agree?
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The more the devil
throws stuff at you,
00:19:40.51\00:19:42.24
the more you get strong in Jesus
00:19:42.28\00:19:45.21
because you cry out
to Jesus and you say,
00:19:45.25\00:19:47.82
"Lord, I can't deal
with this infuriated foe,
00:19:47.85\00:19:50.52
protect me, put on
the whole armor of God."
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If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:19:54.72\00:19:57.63
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:19:57.66\00:19:59.89
if you are suffering
from a health problem,
00:19:59.93\00:20:02.10
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:20:02.13\00:20:04.60
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:20:04.63\00:20:06.84
whatever you need
may be, give us a call
00:20:06.87\00:20:09.00
and we will pray with you.
00:20:09.04\00:20:10.37
For your prayer requests
call us at 1-855-336-Free.
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"If the Son sets you free,
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you are free indeed," John 8:36.
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Let's look at
Revelation Chapter 3,
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are we going
through the tribulation?
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That's clear
evidence, positive proof.
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Revelation 3:10,
"Because you have kept
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My command to persevere,"
to persevere, don't give up
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"I also will keep you
from the hour of trial
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which shall come
upon the whole world,
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to test" test what?
00:20:41.90\00:20:43.34
Their faith.
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Their faith, the faith
that leads to obedience.
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Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are those who
keep the Commandments of God
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and the faith of
Jesus, Revelation 14:12.
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Now watch this.
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It says here "to test
those who dwell on the earth."
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The global
showdown test is coming.
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We are racing
towards that final exam
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before our graduation.
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Is this making sense?
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Now I want you to--
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want to show you something else.
00:21:11.13\00:21:12.83
We must overcome, we
must be an overcomer.
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Amen?
00:21:15.87\00:21:17.21
Look at Revelation
Chapter 7. Revelation 7:14,
00:21:17.24\00:21:22.74
"And I said to
him, 'Sir, you know.'
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So he said to me,
'These are the ones
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who have come
out of great'" what?
00:21:28.32\00:21:31.19
"Tribulation, and
washed their robes."
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What's the robes?
That's their character.
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"And made them white
in the blood of the Lamb."
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Before Adam and Eve sinned,
they had a robe of light,
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but when they sinned
that robe of light was gone
00:21:47.70\00:21:52.14
and they felt nothing but what?
00:21:52.17\00:21:54.04
Naked.
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Did they feel naked before that?
00:21:55.44\00:21:56.78
No.
00:21:56.81\00:21:58.15
In other words
they were clothed.
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Not literally
but they were clothed
00:21:59.88\00:22:01.82
with that spiritual
light, that connection with God.
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.95
So when it talks about,
00:22:05.99\00:22:07.76
you know, being
clothed, would you agree
00:22:07.79\00:22:09.62
that is we are
connected with God.
00:22:09.66\00:22:11.89
We trust in
Jesus, our righteousness.
00:22:11.93\00:22:14.93
In other words we are
not looking to our self.
00:22:14.96\00:22:16.67
We know we are naked
so we are looking to Jesus
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.27
and we are taking
hold of His righteousness.
00:22:19.30\00:22:21.40
We are saying,
Jesus, You are worthy.
00:22:21.44\00:22:24.41
I worship You. I look to You.
00:22:24.44\00:22:26.44
I trust in You. I
want to live for You.
00:22:26.47\00:22:28.88
I want to look like
You. I want to talk like You.
00:22:28.91\00:22:31.51
I want to act like You.
00:22:31.55\00:22:33.05
I want to be one
with You, follow You.
00:22:33.08\00:22:36.22
Amen? It's all about Jesus.
00:22:36.25\00:22:38.79
The Book of
Revelation has scary beasts,
00:22:38.82\00:22:43.22
ominous numbers,
harlot women, lake of fire,
00:22:43.26\00:22:48.33
terrible seven last
plagues and then there is Jesus
00:22:48.36\00:22:51.93
all throughout the
Book of Revelation.
00:22:51.97\00:22:53.74
The term Lamb, for
example, is used about 29 times
00:22:53.77\00:22:58.91
in the Book of Revelation.
00:22:58.94\00:23:00.64
What is that telling us?
00:23:00.68\00:23:02.11
It's telling us that
Jesus is the star of Revelation.
00:23:02.14\00:23:05.85
Amen?
00:23:05.88\00:23:07.22
And He is the star
that never goes out.
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.42
And He is called
the morning star.
00:23:09.45\00:23:11.05
And so I want you to
notice here, Revelation 12:17.
00:23:11.09\00:23:16.26
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
00:23:16.29\00:23:19.46
and he went to make war
00:23:19.49\00:23:20.96
with the rest of her
offspring," the remnant
00:23:21.00\00:23:23.00
"who keep the
commandments of God
00:23:23.03\00:23:25.17
and they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:23:25.20\00:23:27.24
And the devil is
angry. He is enraged.
00:23:27.27\00:23:30.31
He makes war
against these people.
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.17
Why?
00:23:32.21\00:23:33.54
Because they are uplifting
the Commandments of God.
00:23:33.58\00:23:34.91
Now watch this.
00:23:34.94\00:23:36.28
It will soon be against
the law to keep God's law.
00:23:36.31\00:23:42.35
See I'm talking about
the nature of tribulation.
00:23:42.38\00:23:44.62
I'm talking about
preparation for the tribulation
00:23:44.65\00:23:47.29
which is purification
00:23:47.32\00:23:48.82
for the second coming of Christ.
00:23:48.86\00:23:51.19
So watch this, you must know
00:23:51.23\00:23:53.83
that there is a war
launched against us.
00:23:53.86\00:23:57.27
We are on the
devil's target list.
00:23:57.30\00:24:00.50
But guess what?
00:24:00.54\00:24:01.87
Greater is He that is in us
than he that is in the world.
00:24:01.90\00:24:05.37
Now that's
overcoming language, 1 John 4:4.
00:24:05.41\00:24:09.08
"This is the victory
that overcometh the world,
00:24:09.11\00:24:11.88
even our faith," 1 John 5:4.
00:24:11.91\00:24:15.08
"We walk by faith
and not by sight,"
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.59
2 Corinthians 5:7.
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.09
In other words, in the last days
00:24:19.12\00:24:20.46
when the very fabric
of our faith is tested,
00:24:20.49\00:24:23.36
it's tested to see
do you have a faith
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.59
that's in the Word of
God or are you putting faith
00:24:26.63\00:24:29.56
in your feelings
and your circumstances
00:24:29.60\00:24:32.23
and things that you can see?
00:24:32.27\00:24:33.60
Because the Bible
makes it very clear
00:24:33.64\00:24:35.70
before Jesus comes, you
won't be able to buy or sell
00:24:35.74\00:24:39.57
if you refuse the
mark of the beast.
00:24:39.61\00:24:40.94
Would you agree?
00:24:40.98\00:24:42.31
That sounds like
tribulation stuff.
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.48
There will be a swift,
harsh death decree issued
00:24:44.51\00:24:48.72
against those who
say to the government,
00:24:48.75\00:24:51.19
I'm not going along
with this mark of the beast.
00:24:51.22\00:24:53.15
They will say, okay,
we are gonna kill you.
00:24:53.19\00:24:54.89
That sounds like
tribulation stuff.
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.63
The Bible says,
"He will never leave us
00:24:57.66\00:25:00.53
nor forsake
us," Hebrews 13:5, 6.
00:25:00.56\00:25:04.97
"Lo, I am with you always,
00:25:05.00\00:25:06.80
even to the end of
the world," Matthew 28:20.
00:25:06.84\00:25:10.61
Now watch this, watch this.
00:25:10.64\00:25:12.31
I want you to
notice, the devil launches
00:25:12.34\00:25:15.44
a war against the
faithful, against God's people.
00:25:15.51\00:25:19.75
He makes a war. What
is the nature of that war?
00:25:19.78\00:25:22.75
It is expanded
in the next verses.
00:25:22.78\00:25:26.32
Revelation 12:17 introduces
00:25:26.35\00:25:29.89
the prophetic
scenario of two beasts
00:25:29.92\00:25:33.19
that the dragon uses to assault,
00:25:33.23\00:25:36.16
attack and harass and oppress
00:25:36.20\00:25:39.20
and make war
against God's people.
00:25:39.23\00:25:41.20
And these two beasts,
00:25:41.24\00:25:42.57
the first beast
is the papal power.
00:25:42.60\00:25:45.14
Now we've had a
couple presentations
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.34
in which we have
exposed the sinister antichrist
00:25:47.38\00:25:50.48
and the Protestant
reformers were right.
00:25:50.51\00:25:53.92
They pointed using
scripture unerringly
00:25:53.95\00:25:58.12
to the antichrist being,
00:25:58.15\00:26:02.96
categorically affirming
this, the Roman papal system.
00:26:02.99\00:26:08.03
Now this may be new
00:26:08.06\00:26:09.40
but the apostate
religious system,
00:26:09.43\00:26:11.67
there is
apostate Christian church
00:26:11.70\00:26:14.54
that has many wonderful people
that have been impacted by it.
00:26:14.57\00:26:18.14
This is, as the
protestant reformers
00:26:18.17\00:26:20.24
and even King James himself,
00:26:20.28\00:26:22.01
this is none
other than antichrist.
00:26:22.04\00:26:24.61
And the Bible says you
must overcome the antichrist
00:26:24.65\00:26:27.42
and Paul said in 2
Thessalonians 2:3,4
00:26:27.45\00:26:31.75
he said, before we
are gathered together
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.76
to go be with the Lord
we are going to have to be
00:26:33.79\00:26:37.49
confronted with and
overcome the man of sin.
00:26:37.53\00:26:41.46
The antichrist, 2
Thessalonians 2:3,4.
00:26:41.50\00:26:45.03
So sequence is very important.
00:26:45.07\00:26:48.77
We need to get the
prophetic timetable
00:26:48.80\00:26:51.81
and sequence of events
very clear in our mind.
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.11
Wrap our mind around it.
00:26:54.14\00:26:55.48
Number one, we are living
when so many signs of the times
00:26:55.51\00:26:59.31
are happening
unfolding before our mind
00:26:59.35\00:27:01.38
and political
world, social world,
00:27:01.42\00:27:02.92
environmental
world, economic world,
00:27:02.95\00:27:04.65
religious world, social world.
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.25
I'm gonna agree
it's just wild, amen?
00:27:06.29\00:27:08.96
It's kind of like the weather,
00:27:08.99\00:27:10.59
wacky and wild
and unpredictable.
00:27:10.63\00:27:12.59
That's the way our
world is. How many agree?
00:27:12.63\00:27:14.46
You got to be
tonight, you don't know
00:27:14.50\00:27:15.83
what you are gonna
wake up to tomorrow
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.43
and some game
changers, some paradigm shifts,
00:27:17.47\00:27:21.20
you know, you just don't know.
00:27:21.24\00:27:23.64
And so listen, my Bible tells me
00:27:23.67\00:27:26.88
the devil has
launched an all out assault
00:27:26.91\00:27:30.55
because in Revelation
12:12 it says, the devil knows
00:27:30.58\00:27:33.85
his days are numbered and
he's come down to the earth
00:27:33.88\00:27:36.58
with great wrath
knowing that his time is short.
00:27:36.62\00:27:42.82
And Jesus said the night comes
00:27:42.86\00:27:44.33
when no man
could work, John 9:4.
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.26
So how many agree we
got to get the gospel out
00:27:47.30\00:27:49.33
because people are
becoming more gospel hardened.
00:27:49.36\00:27:52.70
I'm gonna agree people
are becoming like Pharaoh.
00:27:52.73\00:27:55.77
And because Pharaoh
00:27:55.80\00:27:57.14
was so
hard-hearted, the plagues fell.
00:27:57.17\00:27:59.37
That's gonna be repeated.
00:27:59.41\00:28:00.74
When people become like Pharaoh,
00:28:00.78\00:28:02.38
they get the mark of the
beast and they get the plagues.
00:28:02.41\00:28:06.21
But God's people are
gonna become more like Jesus
00:28:06.25\00:28:08.85
and they are
gonna shine for Jesus
00:28:08.88\00:28:10.72
and they are going to
glorify Jesus and preach Jesus
00:28:10.75\00:28:14.22
and they don't care
about what man says.
00:28:14.26\00:28:15.79
They say, well, we
are gonna kill you.
00:28:15.82\00:28:17.16
Go ahead, I'm
gonna go with Jesus.
00:28:17.19\00:28:19.86
You won't be
able to buy or sell.
00:28:19.89\00:28:22.53
I'm gonna follow Jesus.
00:28:22.56\00:28:24.63
I want you to notice
here in Revelation 13,
00:28:24.67\00:28:27.67
the second beast,
we'll identify that
00:28:27.70\00:28:30.21
in a subsequent presentation,
00:28:30.24\00:28:32.01
but I'll blurt it out, it's
the United States of America.
00:28:32.04\00:28:35.04
Now I'll back it up
in a future presentation
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.41
but the United
States and the Vatican
00:28:37.45\00:28:39.18
are gonna work together
00:28:39.21\00:28:40.55
to enforce the
mark of the beast,
00:28:40.58\00:28:42.75
that's coming
up, that's coming up.
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.69
Revelation 13:16,
17, "He causes all,
00:28:44.72\00:28:49.12
both small and
great, rich and poor,
00:28:49.16\00:28:50.83
free and slave,
to receive a mark
00:28:50.86\00:28:52.69
on their right hand
or on their foreheads,
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.63
and that no one may buy or sell"
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.70
economic boycott, except those--
00:28:56.73\00:28:59.07
"except one who has the
mark or the name of the beast,
00:28:59.10\00:29:01.50
or the number of his name."
00:29:01.54\00:29:02.87
So in other words
what it's saying there,
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.44
if you are not
politically correct
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.34
you are gonna be oppressed.
00:29:07.38\00:29:08.81
There will be an oppressive
law with some teeth in it
00:29:08.84\00:29:14.38
that says you
cannot worship the Creator
00:29:14.42\00:29:19.45
and keep His commandments,
you must worship the beast
00:29:19.49\00:29:22.96
and keep the
changed commandments.
00:29:22.99\00:29:25.16
You see, in the
last days the issue is
00:29:25.19\00:29:27.76
who really loves Jesus?
00:29:27.80\00:29:30.70
How many agree there is a whole
00:29:30.73\00:29:32.43
lot of Christians today
that profess to love Jesus?
00:29:32.47\00:29:36.04
Can you imagine if every person
00:29:36.07\00:29:37.81
in the United States of America
00:29:37.84\00:29:39.17
that professed to love
Jesus really did love Jesus?
00:29:39.21\00:29:42.31
I'm here to tell
you, we'd feel like
00:29:42.34\00:29:44.91
we had a little heaven on earth.
00:29:44.95\00:29:47.82
But instead, we have a
little bit of hell on earth.
00:29:47.85\00:29:51.45
Because the Bible
says in the last days
00:29:51.49\00:29:53.89
2 Corinthians 3:5
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.12
that people would have a
form of godliness but no power.
00:29:56.16\00:30:00.40
You can read it
there 2 Corinthians--
00:30:00.43\00:30:02.20
2 Timothy 3:5.
00:30:02.23\00:30:04.50
And that's why the Bible
says "Perilous days will come."
00:30:04.53\00:30:07.67
It's right
there 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
00:30:07.70\00:30:10.94
Now look at verse
15, "He was granted power
00:30:10.97\00:30:13.94
to give breath to
the image of the beast,
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.31
that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause
00:30:15.34\00:30:17.61
as many as would not worship
00:30:17.65\00:30:19.11
the image of the
beast to be killed."
00:30:19.15\00:30:21.38
Now let me ask you this,
00:30:21.42\00:30:24.29
do we need to have
00:30:24.32\00:30:25.65
a persevering
faith in the last days?
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.62
Yes or no, to persevere?
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.92
Who can you think of
00:30:29.96\00:30:33.43
that was translated after
going through a tribulation
00:30:33.46\00:30:39.57
and having a strong
prayer life of faith
00:30:39.60\00:30:43.57
and he was
translated without seeing death
00:30:43.61\00:30:46.21
and he is a type of
the church at the close
00:30:46.24\00:30:48.64
and we need to
have that kind of faith.
00:30:48.68\00:30:50.58
His name is Elijah.
00:30:50.61\00:30:52.61
Elijah is a type of the church.
00:30:52.65\00:30:55.22
I got a whole
another presentation
00:30:55.25\00:30:56.89
dealing with the
return of Elijah.
00:30:56.92\00:30:58.79
What does that mean?
00:30:58.82\00:31:00.16
But I will tell you this,
the Bible makes it very clear
00:31:00.19\00:31:02.82
that God will
have modern Elijahs
00:31:02.86\00:31:06.36
that like Elijah go
through the tribulation,
00:31:06.39\00:31:09.86
have the state government
and the apostate church
00:31:09.90\00:31:13.70
going against
them, Ahab and Jezebel,
00:31:13.74\00:31:16.20
what a conspiracy,
what a marriage made in hell
00:31:16.24\00:31:20.14
and there they are,
Ahab and Jezebel said
00:31:20.18\00:31:24.68
we are gonna kill Elijah
and Elijah was on the run.
00:31:24.71\00:31:28.38
He went through a tribulation
00:31:28.42\00:31:30.82
but he delivered the
last message of mercy.
00:31:30.85\00:31:33.42
He delivered a
very strong rebuke.
00:31:33.46\00:31:36.52
His message was a
message of judgment
00:31:36.56\00:31:38.53
for the government
and for the church.
00:31:38.56\00:31:41.03
He was unabashed.
00:31:41.06\00:31:43.06
His message was
very straight and clear,
00:31:43.10\00:31:46.77
get back to
God, get back to God.
00:31:46.80\00:31:50.41
And you remember,
00:31:50.44\00:31:53.44
you remember that
Elijah was persecuted.
00:31:53.48\00:31:57.05
Now you remember he was
known to be a man of prayer.
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.62
Take your Bible and
turn with me to James,
00:32:00.65\00:32:03.18
James Chapter 5.
00:32:03.22\00:32:08.39
Do we need to have
faith in the last days,
00:32:08.42\00:32:10.49
brothers and sisters?
00:32:10.53\00:32:11.93
We need to have a faith,
the faith of Jesus, amen,
00:32:11.96\00:32:15.60
and the faith of Elijah,
00:32:15.63\00:32:17.23
the faith of the
patriarchs and prophets.
00:32:17.27\00:32:19.53
That's why you
read Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:32:19.57\00:32:21.70
it's known as the hall of faith.
00:32:21.74\00:32:23.91
Amen? We got to have faith.
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.64
You know, you see
these advertisements
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.44
that say, "Got milk?"
00:32:28.48\00:32:29.81
And they have a milky moustache.
00:32:29.84\00:32:31.71
Hey, how about got faith? Amen.
00:32:31.75\00:32:35.88
James Chapter 5, look here now
00:32:35.92\00:32:39.09
at verse number 16.
00:32:39.12\00:32:44.23
"Confess your
trespasses to one another,
00:32:44.26\00:32:48.16
and pray for one
another, that you may be healed.
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.93
The effective, fervent
prayer of a righteous man"
00:32:50.97\00:32:53.67
like Elijah "avails much.
00:32:53.70\00:32:55.14
Elijah was a man
with a nature like ours,
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.47
and he prayed
earnestly that it would not rain
00:32:57.51\00:32:59.57
and it did not rain on the land
00:32:59.61\00:33:00.94
for three years and six months."
00:33:00.98\00:33:02.81
Now notice the next part.
00:33:02.84\00:33:04.88
"And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain,
00:33:04.91\00:33:07.95
and the earth
produced its fruit."
00:33:07.98\00:33:09.78
Do we need that kind
of faith in the last days
00:33:09.82\00:33:13.12
in order to be
translated with a character
00:33:13.15\00:33:16.56
that is ready for heaven?
00:33:16.59\00:33:18.03
How many agree Elijah's
character was ready for heaven.
00:33:18.06\00:33:22.76
Otherwise he would not
have been taken to heaven.
00:33:22.80\00:33:25.13
How many agree?
God got him ready.
00:33:25.17\00:33:29.37
He didn't do that on his own.
00:33:29.40\00:33:30.74
As a matter of fact
at one point he said,
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.14
I don't even want to live.
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.04
God said, well, too
bad, you are gonna live.
00:33:34.08\00:33:37.05
I got work for you to do.
00:33:37.08\00:33:38.41
By the way, you want
an antidote to depression?
00:33:38.45\00:33:42.08
Get to work.
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.95
That's what Elijah
was basically told.
00:33:44.99\00:33:47.62
Elijah said, "I don't
feel like living, God,
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.46
just take my life."
00:33:49.49\00:33:51.69
And God said, "I've
called you, let's get to work."
00:33:51.73\00:33:55.03
Isn't God wise? All-wise?
00:33:55.06\00:33:58.27
He knows exactly what to do
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.44
with being in a
cave of darkness.
00:34:00.47\00:34:03.20
You don't stay there.
00:34:03.24\00:34:04.57
You got to get out and you got
to get your mind off yourself
00:34:04.61\00:34:07.14
and you got to work.
00:34:07.18\00:34:08.51
You want it and let
me tell you something,
00:34:08.54\00:34:09.91
talk about a
comeback, would you agree,
00:34:09.94\00:34:11.61
he didn't even want to live.
00:34:11.65\00:34:12.98
He was depressed, right?
00:34:13.01\00:34:15.58
Now he is in heaven.
00:34:17.82\00:34:19.65
I say that's an amazing comeback
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.72
to go from depression,
not even wanting to live
00:34:21.76\00:34:24.23
and now he is in heaven.
00:34:24.26\00:34:26.53
Good thing he
didn't take his life.
00:34:26.56\00:34:27.90
Can you say amen?
00:34:27.93\00:34:29.96
It's never too late
while you are breathing.
00:34:30.00\00:34:32.73
I want you to notice here
00:34:32.77\00:34:35.14
that Elijah
developed a character of faith
00:34:35.17\00:34:39.61
and it was
revealed in his prayer life.
00:34:39.64\00:34:42.31
Show me your prayer life
00:34:42.34\00:34:43.68
and I will show you
whether you got faith or not.
00:34:43.71\00:34:45.05
So this is the neat
thing and by the way,
00:34:45.08\00:34:47.05
when you pray
earnestly, it helps your faith.
00:34:47.08\00:34:51.59
So it really goes together.
00:34:51.62\00:34:52.95
Okay, I want to turn
to a story real quick
00:34:52.99\00:34:54.96
in 1 Kings Chapter
18, 1 Kings Chapter 18,
00:34:54.99\00:35:00.70
all right, verse 41.
00:35:00.73\00:35:04.33
This is after the
false prophets had been
00:35:04.37\00:35:07.57
killed on Mount Carmel,
00:35:07.60\00:35:09.04
after the Lord
had answered by fire
00:35:09.07\00:35:11.04
you remember He said,
let's have a showdown.
00:35:11.07\00:35:12.87
The God who answers by
fire that is the true God.
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.88
And God answered by
fire and the people said
00:35:15.91\00:35:19.08
we want to follow God now.
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.08
And so since there
was some repentance,
00:35:21.12\00:35:23.89
then Elijah now prayed after
three and half years of drought.
00:35:23.92\00:35:27.96
Now Elijah was gonna
go and pray for rain.
00:35:27.99\00:35:31.66
There was
preparation now for the rain.
00:35:31.69\00:35:35.16
Now it was time to get the rain
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.73
and that is symbolic of the fact
00:35:37.77\00:35:39.50
that we need to
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:35:39.53\00:35:42.87
And so I want
you to notice here--
00:35:42.90\00:35:44.24
and by the way,
Elijah prayed for his people
00:35:44.27\00:35:47.48
and for his land
that it wouldn't rain.
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.31
I think we need to
know how Elijah prayed
00:35:50.35\00:35:52.88
and how would
Elijah pray for our nation.
00:35:52.91\00:35:55.68
Would he pray, Lord,
just shower the blessings
00:35:55.72\00:35:58.39
or would he pray,
Lord, if it requires for You
00:35:58.42\00:36:01.36
to take away the
blessings here in America
00:36:01.39\00:36:03.83
in order for America to
turn back to You, then so be it.
00:36:03.86\00:36:08.46
And let me just tell you this,
00:36:08.50\00:36:09.83
don't expect government
to give you salvation.
00:36:09.86\00:36:13.20
Only Jesus can.
00:36:13.23\00:36:14.94
Let's look at 1 Kings 18:41,
00:36:14.97\00:36:18.64
"Then Elijah said to
Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink,
00:36:18.67\00:36:22.51
for there is the
sound of abundance of rain.'
00:36:22.54\00:36:27.25
So Ahab went up
to eat and drink.
00:36:27.28\00:36:29.28
And Elijah went up
to the top of Carmel,
00:36:29.32\00:36:31.85
then he bowed
down on the ground,
00:36:31.89\00:36:36.83
and put his face
between his knees,
00:36:36.86\00:36:38.59
and said to his servant,
00:36:38.63\00:36:39.96
'Go up now,
look toward the sea.'
00:36:40.00\00:36:41.86
So he went up
and looked, and said,
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.57
'There is nothing.'
00:36:43.60\00:36:45.10
And seven times
he said, 'Go again.'"
00:36:45.13\00:36:49.50
Your seven-hour miracle.
Now watch this, watch this.
00:36:49.54\00:36:53.04
How many want to
go where Elijah went?
00:36:53.07\00:36:56.24
Did he go through the
tribulation, yes or no?
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.95
Did he have a
persevering faith, yes or no?
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.15
But did he have a
point in his faith
00:37:02.18\00:37:03.92
where it bottomed out
00:37:03.95\00:37:06.35
and that God
bottomed back up again?
00:37:06.39\00:37:09.42
You have faith now? All right.
00:37:09.46\00:37:11.39
Now watch this, watch this.
00:37:11.43\00:37:15.36
Then Elijah said
to Ahab, King Ahab,
00:37:15.40\00:37:17.80
vacillating, spineless,
wishy-washy, backslidden Ahab
00:37:17.83\00:37:22.20
who married the
wrong woman Jezebel.
00:37:22.24\00:37:24.94
How many of you have
named your daughter Jezebel?
00:37:24.97\00:37:27.41
Anybody here?
00:37:27.44\00:37:28.78
How many know anybody
that is named Jezebel?
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.61
That's a real name.
00:37:30.65\00:37:34.08
"Then Elijah said to
Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink,
00:37:34.12\00:37:36.85
for there is the sound
of abundance of rain.'"
00:37:36.89\00:37:39.52
Elijah did he
actually hear this, yes or no?
00:37:39.55\00:37:44.29
Did he actually
hear the rain? No.
00:37:44.33\00:37:47.56
Was it beginning to
rain when he said this?
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.46
No.
00:37:49.50\00:37:50.83
How did he hear
that sound? By faith.
00:37:50.87\00:37:54.97
This is powerful.
00:37:55.00\00:37:56.34
Elijah declared
something that he didn't hear,
00:37:56.37\00:38:01.44
but he heard it by
faith and he declared it,
00:38:01.48\00:38:05.15
by faith he declared
it before it happened
00:38:05.18\00:38:08.78
because he knew it would happen
00:38:08.82\00:38:10.89
but then he prepared
that it might happen.
00:38:10.92\00:38:14.06
Now watch this.
I'm going somewhere.
00:38:14.09\00:38:16.49
Didn't I tell you
we are gonna make it
00:38:16.52\00:38:17.96
not just
prophetic but practical?
00:38:17.99\00:38:20.36
I'm gonna show you here
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.46
with the help
of the Holy Spirit.
00:38:22.50\00:38:24.83
You need to have a faith
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.64
that
circumstances cannot diminish.
00:38:28.67\00:38:36.48
Elijah did not
see or hear anything
00:38:36.51\00:38:42.38
but by faith he knew he had done
00:38:42.42\00:38:45.85
what he needed to do.
00:38:45.89\00:38:47.22
Now he knew he was gonna go pray
so he said, Ahab, I hear rain.
00:38:47.26\00:38:52.43
I hear the sound--
what does he say here?
00:38:52.46\00:38:55.26
Of abundance of
rain. He says, I hear it.
00:38:55.30\00:38:59.03
It's coming. It's coming.
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.77
It's as good as here.
00:39:00.80\00:39:02.37
I love how it says in Romans
4 that God declares those things
00:39:02.40\00:39:07.28
that shall be as
though they already were.
00:39:07.31\00:39:11.11
Hallelujah,
that's when, you know,
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.38
God showed me my wife
after two miscarriages
00:39:13.42\00:39:16.35
was gonna have another baby.
00:39:16.38\00:39:18.95
And my Jordan is
here as a testimony
00:39:18.99\00:39:22.62
of declaring something in faith.
00:39:22.66\00:39:25.26
I declared to relatives
00:39:25.29\00:39:26.93
who were telling
me, Mark, wake up.
00:39:26.96\00:39:29.76
You are gonna have to adopt.
00:39:29.80\00:39:31.87
Your wife is up there in age,
up there, you've already tried.
00:39:31.90\00:39:36.64
You know, you, you
know, it's not gonna work.
00:39:36.67\00:39:41.58
Give it up. You're
gonna have to adopt.
00:39:41.61\00:39:43.35
Nothing wrong with adopting
00:39:43.38\00:39:44.71
but God put it in
my heart and spirit
00:39:44.75\00:39:46.68
that we were
gonna have another baby.
00:39:46.72\00:39:49.52
And I declared it
and it looked silly,
00:39:49.55\00:39:51.29
it looked crazy.
00:39:51.32\00:39:52.79
Oh, yeah, this
is Mark, you know,
00:39:52.82\00:39:54.56
it's-- he will come around.
00:39:54.59\00:39:58.06
He will come around.
00:39:58.09\00:40:00.03
Let me tell you
something, what came around is
00:40:00.06\00:40:01.76
when my wife
came around and said,
00:40:01.80\00:40:03.16
I'm pregnant.
00:40:03.20\00:40:05.33
Ah, but wait a minute.
00:40:05.37\00:40:06.84
Then we needed to pray,
00:40:06.87\00:40:08.74
Lord, let this be the real deal
that this baby will come out
00:40:08.77\00:40:14.68
because even if
had another miscarriage
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.81
I would wait--
I'm here to tell you
00:40:16.85\00:40:18.81
the Lord promised me
we were gonna have a baby
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.48
and I declared it
and I declared it.
00:40:21.52\00:40:23.69
And when Jordan came forth,
let me tell you something,
00:40:23.72\00:40:27.62
it has boosted our faith.
00:40:27.66\00:40:29.29
Caleb was a miracle child
and Jordan is a miracle child.
00:40:29.32\00:40:32.96
And I will tell you this,
00:40:32.99\00:40:35.06
you need to learn
how to declare a thing.
00:40:35.10\00:40:39.13
In the Book of Job
Chapter 22 it says,
00:40:39.17\00:40:41.57
if you pray to God in
faith you can declare a thing.
00:40:41.60\00:40:45.31
What does it mean
to declare a thing?
00:40:45.34\00:40:46.71
It means you
declare something that God
00:40:46.74\00:40:49.64
has put within your heart
that He said is gonna happen
00:40:49.68\00:40:52.91
and you speak it
before it happens.
00:40:52.95\00:40:56.52
Anybody can say, all right,
I believe this pulpit is here.
00:40:56.55\00:41:01.12
Very good,
because you can see it.
00:41:01.16\00:41:04.16
I believe that next week
00:41:04.19\00:41:05.73
there is gonna be
a pulpit right here.
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.40
You are gonna have two pulpits.
00:41:07.43\00:41:09.00
Well, if the Lord
put that in your heart,
00:41:09.03\00:41:11.17
I don't think He
is gonna be doing
00:41:11.20\00:41:12.53
but if He put it in your heart
00:41:12.57\00:41:13.90
and you know, He
showed that to you,
00:41:13.94\00:41:15.27
He revealed that to
you and you declared it,
00:41:15.30\00:41:17.44
probably a lot of
people around here would say,
00:41:17.47\00:41:19.21
this person is crazy.
00:41:19.24\00:41:22.31
But when got puts
something in your heart,
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.58
with the heart, man believes
00:41:25.61\00:41:28.02
and with the
mouth confession is made
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.69
with what you
believe in your heart.
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.35
Romans 10,
because out of the heart,
00:41:32.39\00:41:36.02
out of the heart shall
flow rivers of living water
00:41:36.06\00:41:40.30
that come from the word
and the word that's in us
00:41:40.33\00:41:42.93
we speak it, it's
the word of faith.
00:41:42.96\00:41:44.93
Come on now, you
got to speak something.
00:41:44.97\00:41:48.37
You see, if you have faith,
if you have faith like Elijah,
00:41:48.40\00:41:52.04
you always have something
you are looking forward to.
00:41:52.07\00:41:55.54
While we can look forward
00:41:55.58\00:41:56.91
to the second
coming of Jesus Christ,
00:41:56.95\00:41:59.05
getting a brand
new body, interested?
00:41:59.08\00:42:01.25
Living forever with Jesus?
00:42:04.75\00:42:07.52
So the Bible makes it very clear
00:42:07.56\00:42:09.16
that faith has a buoyancy in it.
00:42:09.19\00:42:11.26
Faith has an expectancy in it.
00:42:11.29\00:42:13.50
Faith says, I've got
something to look forward to.
00:42:13.53\00:42:16.56
So faith is always pregnant.
00:42:16.60\00:42:19.03
And, you know, when
you see a woman pregnant
00:42:23.37\00:42:28.41
she tells you she's
pregnant, you don't ask,
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.81
"You think she is
gonna have a baby?"
00:42:30.85\00:42:32.41
Come on now, she is pregnant.
00:42:32.45\00:42:33.78
You know it's
coming out sometime.
00:42:33.82\00:42:35.65
Might have to go
in and get it out
00:42:35.68\00:42:37.02
but it's coming out.
00:42:37.05\00:42:38.39
So listen to me.
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.16
Elijah said, I hear
what I have been longing for.
00:42:44.89\00:42:52.57
What this, what this,
what this people of God
00:42:52.60\00:42:55.87
needed more than anything
was to see God in power.
00:42:55.90\00:43:01.51
He answered by fire, and
now he was getting answer
00:43:01.54\00:43:04.48
by rain all because one man,
00:43:04.51\00:43:09.92
Elijah, lone, rugged,
ragged wilderness prophet
00:43:09.95\00:43:14.89
like John the Baptist
00:43:14.92\00:43:16.42
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"So Ahab went up
to eat and drink.
00:44:24.69\00:44:26.63
And Elijah went up
to the top of Carmel,
00:44:26.66\00:44:29.86
then he bowed
down on the ground,
00:44:29.90\00:44:31.47
and put his face
between his knees."
00:44:31.50\00:44:32.97
In other words, he
is humbling himself.
00:44:33.00\00:44:36.04
Here's great
Elijah down on his face.
00:44:36.07\00:44:40.64
How many agree, if you
seek the Lord in secret,
00:44:40.68\00:44:43.18
He will reward you
openly, Matthew 6:6.
00:44:43.21\00:44:45.98
Listen to me, it
says here, he bowed his--
00:44:46.01\00:44:49.88
down his face to the ground.
00:44:49.92\00:44:51.65
How many agree, pride must go
00:44:51.69\00:44:54.62
if you want to see a
seventh-hour miracle.
00:44:54.66\00:44:57.49
Everybody wants a miracle.
00:44:57.53\00:44:58.89
All right, are you
willing to pray the price?
00:44:58.93\00:45:00.86
All right, get down in the dirt.
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.00
Get low before God.
00:45:03.03\00:45:04.93
If you humble yourself, in
due time He will exalt you.
00:45:04.97\00:45:08.30
Can you say amen?
00:45:08.34\00:45:09.67
Everybody wants
exaltation, everybody wants,
00:45:09.70\00:45:12.34
you know, glory and bliss
and blessings and miracles.
00:45:12.37\00:45:16.14
The way to prepare for
your seventh-hour miracle
00:45:16.18\00:45:18.88
is to do what Elijah did,
00:45:18.91\00:45:20.62
declare that he is
gonna answer that praise.
00:45:20.65\00:45:23.15
What things,
whatever you desire,
00:45:23.18\00:45:26.72
when you pray,
00:45:26.76\00:45:28.99
believe that you
receive that, you shall have it.
00:45:29.02\00:45:32.13
In other words
declare, "I have it."
00:45:32.16\00:45:35.16
Thank you, Jesus, I have it.
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.60
Before you see it and
you realize that's faith
00:45:40.84\00:45:48.21
and that's the kind
of faith we will need.
00:45:48.24\00:45:52.41
When they say you
can't buy or sell,
00:45:52.45\00:45:54.35
we are gonna kill
you, God is not gonna
00:45:54.38\00:45:57.32
let all of his
people be wiped out.
00:45:57.35\00:45:58.82
Don't worry, He is not gonna--
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.19
There will be some
martyrdom, I'm sure.
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.59
All right, is
there not some martyrdom
00:46:02.62\00:46:04.19
out there in the world today?
00:46:04.23\00:46:08.46
So listen to me, we
need to have a faith
00:46:08.50\00:46:11.13
that says, I don't
care what I can see,
00:46:11.17\00:46:13.27
they are taking
things away from me,
00:46:13.30\00:46:15.34
they are threatening me
00:46:15.37\00:46:16.71
but my faith declares the thing,
00:46:16.74\00:46:19.11
Lord, you are gonna come
and you are gonna rescue us
00:46:19.14\00:46:22.44
and just in time in the
seventh hour as it were.
00:46:22.48\00:46:26.95
By the way the seventh
hour is your finest hour.
00:46:26.98\00:46:29.68
How many agree the finest hour
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.32
is when Jesus comes
to take His bride off.
00:46:31.35\00:46:35.59
But His bride will be purified.
Ephesians 5 makes that clear.
00:46:35.62\00:46:40.40
I want you to notice
here, want you to notice here,
00:46:40.43\00:46:44.23
the Bible says here
"And said to his servant,
00:46:44.27\00:46:46.50
'Go up now,
look toward the sea.'
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.24
So he went up and looked,
00:46:48.27\00:46:49.60
and said, 'There is nothing.'"
00:46:49.64\00:46:51.34
There is nothing.
00:46:51.37\00:46:52.81
How many times can
you hear nothing, nothing?
00:46:52.84\00:46:57.68
You are praying the same
prayer like a broken record
00:46:57.71\00:47:00.32
and nothing,
nothing, nothing, nothing.
00:47:00.35\00:47:03.45
I mean, there's only so
many ways you can say nothing.
00:47:03.49\00:47:05.75
Nothing,
nothing, nothing, nothing.
00:47:05.79\00:47:10.99
It's kind of like
looking for a job.
00:47:13.40\00:47:16.53
Job is taken, job is
filled, not interested,
00:47:16.56\00:47:19.57
we will call you
if we are interested.
00:47:19.60\00:47:21.57
Listen.
00:47:25.37\00:47:26.71
There is nothing
but he kept on praying.
00:47:30.65\00:47:35.65
"Seven times he
said, 'Go again.'
00:47:35.68\00:47:39.19
Then it came to
pass the seventh time."
00:47:39.22\00:47:42.46
What is the chief number
of God throughout scripture?
00:47:42.49\00:47:46.63
Number seven.
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.00
Seven is associated
with God testing His people.
00:47:48.03\00:47:52.37
Oh, He can use other numbers
00:47:52.40\00:47:53.84
but seven is a special number
of completion and perfection.
00:47:53.87\00:47:58.87
What does He want to
prefect? Our character?
00:47:58.91\00:48:01.51
What does He want to complete?
00:48:01.54\00:48:03.24
He who has begun a good
work in you will finish it.
00:48:03.28\00:48:06.61
He wants to complete
the work He is doing in you.
00:48:06.65\00:48:09.42
You can have your
seventh-hour miracle.
00:48:09.45\00:48:11.42
You can have all that He says
and let me tell you something,
00:48:11.45\00:48:16.02
"Now unto Him who is able to do
00:48:16.06\00:48:18.53
exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or think,"
00:48:18.56\00:48:21.93
Ephesians 3:20.
00:48:21.96\00:48:23.30
And you know
what the context is?
00:48:23.33\00:48:24.67
To know the love of Christ.
00:48:24.70\00:48:26.87
That's, that's what,
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.27
that's what the
saints are gonna learn.
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.07
They are gonna learn
wow, I never dreamed.
00:48:30.11\00:48:32.97
I knew God loved me
00:48:33.01\00:48:34.34
but look at what He
has brought me through.
00:48:34.38\00:48:36.31
Here are those who came
out of great tribulation
00:48:36.34\00:48:39.28
and they can sing a song.
00:48:39.31\00:48:41.08
The Bible says,
they are gonna sing
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.45
the song of
Moses and of the lamb.
00:48:42.48\00:48:44.29
Why?
00:48:44.32\00:48:45.65
Because they can sing a
song nobody else can sing.
00:48:45.69\00:48:48.02
We went through it,
00:48:48.06\00:48:49.92
He helped us through
it, oh, the love of God.
00:48:49.96\00:48:52.86
Shall tribulations separate
us from the love of God?
00:48:52.89\00:48:55.63
No.
00:48:55.66\00:48:57.00
Romans 8:35-39 says,
00:48:57.03\00:48:59.20
Paul says, shall
tribulation separate us
00:48:59.23\00:49:02.47
from the love of God?
00:49:02.50\00:49:03.84
He says, nothing can separate us
00:49:03.87\00:49:06.21
from the love of God.
00:49:06.24\00:49:07.58
I'm here to tell you "He
that endures unto the end,
00:49:07.61\00:49:10.05
the same shall be
saved," Matthew 24:13.
00:49:10.08\00:49:14.12
But Jesus is our endurance.
He is our perseverance.
00:49:14.15\00:49:17.62
How many agree? If He is
in you, He doesn't give up.
00:49:17.65\00:49:22.32
Your flesh says, give
up and the spirit says,
00:49:22.36\00:49:25.99
you see the flesh is weak
but the spirit is willing.
00:49:26.03\00:49:31.47
How many agree? Jesus
in you does not give up.
00:49:31.50\00:49:34.67
So just let Him do
what He wants to do.
00:49:34.70\00:49:38.31
The pressure you now
must put it on Jesus.
00:49:38.34\00:49:41.74
Say, you don't know how
much pressure I'm under.
00:49:41.78\00:49:43.95
Put it on Jesus.
00:49:43.98\00:49:45.71
Doesn't Jesus say,
cast all your cares upon Me?
00:49:45.75\00:49:49.25
And so look here, look here.
00:49:52.95\00:49:54.29
"Then it came to pass the
seventh time, that he said,
00:49:57.76\00:49:59.83
'There is a cloud, as
small as a man's hand.'"
00:49:59.86\00:50:02.80
Now come on now,
00:50:02.83\00:50:04.17
is that really something
to get all excited about?
00:50:04.20\00:50:07.47
I don't know
what was the demeanor,
00:50:07.50\00:50:11.17
the facial
expressions, the tone,
00:50:11.21\00:50:14.21
all the wording
that the servant used.
00:50:14.24\00:50:17.35
But all I know is he came back
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.45
and I can imagine
him saying, well, master,
00:50:20.48\00:50:22.98
you know, I think
he's basically saying,
00:50:23.02\00:50:26.15
you know, it's not much
but I'll tell you what I saw,
00:50:26.19\00:50:28.59
I'm just reporting that I saw
00:50:28.62\00:50:31.06
a little cloud about
size of a man's hand.
00:50:31.09\00:50:36.53
You see that there?
00:50:36.56\00:50:38.37
"It came to pass the
seventh time, that he said,
00:50:38.40\00:50:41.07
'There is a cloud, as
small as a man's hand.'"
00:50:41.10\00:50:46.74
Elijah didn't
dispatch him and say, well, no.
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You go back and when
that thing is a monster,
00:50:51.85\00:50:55.58
when it's massive and
you start to feel some rain,
00:50:55.62\00:50:58.42
then bring me the report.
00:50:58.45\00:50:59.79
Otherwise I'm not
getting excited about anything.
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.89
Elijah had a faith.
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.69
He declared
something was gonna happen
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.10
and when he saw just
the slightest evidence
00:51:08.13\00:51:12.13
that it was coming,
he began the celebration.
00:51:12.17\00:51:15.30
How many can see that
Jesus is gonna come soon?
00:51:19.54\00:51:26.28
You can see in the sky, look
up, your redemption draws nigh.
00:51:26.31\00:51:30.85
Then get excited and get ready.
00:51:30.89\00:51:34.22
How many can see
00:51:34.26\00:51:36.46
that the Holy Spirit
is gonna be poured out
00:51:36.49\00:51:37.96
in the early and latter
rain before Jesus comes?
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.30
Joel Chapter 2,
Hosea 6, Zechariah.
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Holy Spirit is gonna
be poured out greater than
00:51:44.70\00:51:47.07
on the day of Pentecost.
00:51:47.10\00:51:48.80
I can hear the rain, can you?
00:51:48.84\00:51:50.61
Can you hear the
rainy season coming?
00:51:50.64\00:51:52.87
How many agree?
00:51:52.91\00:51:54.24
It's time for a rainy
season among God's people.
00:51:54.28\00:51:57.45
This is your seventh hour now.
00:51:57.48\00:52:00.12
Listen, notice here,
00:52:00.15\00:52:04.09
"And it came to
pass the seventh time,"
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.09
the seventh time "that he said,
00:52:06.12\00:52:08.12
'There is a cloud, as
small as a man's hand,
00:52:08.16\00:52:10.26
rising out of the sea!'
00:52:10.29\00:52:12.09
So he said, 'Go up, say to Ahab,
00:52:12.13\00:52:14.73
'Prepare your
chariot, and go down
00:52:14.76\00:52:16.50
before the rain stops you.'
00:52:16.53\00:52:18.30
Now it happened in
the meantime that the sky
00:52:18.33\00:52:20.14
became black
with clouds and wind,
00:52:20.17\00:52:22.07
and there was a heavy rain.
00:52:22.10\00:52:23.67
So Ahab rode away
and went to Jezreel.
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.54
Then the hand of the
Lord came upon Elijah
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.54
and he girded up his loins
00:52:28.58\00:52:30.21
and ran ahead of Ahab to
the entrance of Jezreel."
00:52:30.25\00:52:33.42
Can you say pumped up?
00:52:33.45\00:52:35.35
Doesn't the Bible say
if you wait on the Lord
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.52
you can run and not be weary?
00:52:41.56\00:52:43.89
Did he wait on the Lord?
00:52:43.93\00:52:45.99
Physically he was--
00:52:46.03\00:52:47.36
I believe this is more
spiritual than physical.
00:52:47.40\00:52:49.93
I mean, the man was so inspired,
00:52:49.96\00:52:52.27
I don't know, the spirit
of the Lord came upon him.
00:52:52.30\00:52:54.57
What's the point here?
00:52:54.60\00:52:56.10
The point here is that
Elijah stayed persistent
00:52:56.14\00:53:00.51
and persevering with his prayer
and that's how you overcome.
00:53:00.54\00:53:06.82
You have an enduring faith
and that must first show up
00:53:06.85\00:53:11.55
in prayer and then it
will show up everywhere.
00:53:11.59\00:53:16.12
In other words,
our greatest victories
00:53:16.16\00:53:18.09
are in prayer with God.
00:53:18.13\00:53:19.89
We must take hold of the Lord.
00:53:19.93\00:53:22.13
Come on now,
make your prayer list
00:53:22.16\00:53:24.43
and then storm the
gates of heaven and say,
00:53:24.47\00:53:27.44
Lord, these are
my financial needs.
00:53:27.47\00:53:30.04
Does He care?
00:53:30.07\00:53:31.41
He talks so much about money,
00:53:31.44\00:53:32.77
I think He does
care about money.
00:53:32.81\00:53:34.88
Lord, here are
my financial needs.
00:53:34.91\00:53:36.64
Lord, here are my health needs.
00:53:36.68\00:53:38.75
You think He cares about health?
00:53:38.78\00:53:40.12
Come on now, what did he do
00:53:40.15\00:53:41.58
almost every day of
His public ministry,
00:53:41.62\00:53:43.79
healed, healed,
restored sickness,
00:53:43.82\00:53:45.85
restored the sick.
00:53:45.89\00:53:47.22
Come on now, somebody is
gonna get a faith here tonight.
00:53:47.26\00:53:50.76
So finances,
health, marriage, parenting,
00:53:50.79\00:53:55.36
does He care about that?
00:53:55.40\00:53:56.73
Let the little
children come to me.
00:53:56.77\00:53:58.93
Where is the first
miracle that He worked?
00:53:58.97\00:54:00.97
At a marriage celebration.
00:54:01.00\00:54:02.60
Come on "My Jesus
is the same yesterday,
00:54:02.64\00:54:05.27
today, and
forever," Hebrews 13:8.
00:54:05.31\00:54:08.18
So what's the point?
00:54:08.21\00:54:09.54
Jesus said this,
this is powerful.
00:54:09.58\00:54:12.08
Jesus said this,
He said to one person,
00:54:12.11\00:54:15.55
He said, what do you
want Me to do for you?
00:54:15.58\00:54:21.76
What a scripture.
Powerful scripture.
00:54:21.79\00:54:24.96
I think that's Mark 10:32.
00:54:24.99\00:54:26.56
Anyway, He said,
00:54:26.59\00:54:27.93
what do you want
Me to do for you?
00:54:27.96\00:54:31.13
Oh, beloved, I-- one
of my favorite subjects
00:54:31.17\00:54:34.90
to preach about in the context
of Bible prophecy is faith.
00:54:34.94\00:54:40.51
Because my Bible tells
me in the Book of Revelation
00:54:40.54\00:54:43.31
you must overcome but you only
can overcome by faith in Jesus.
00:54:43.35\00:54:48.62
In what He has done.
00:54:48.65\00:54:50.75
How many have some
faith in what He has done?
00:54:50.79\00:54:52.72
How many have faith
that He did die for you?
00:54:52.75\00:54:55.76
How many believe
what He is doing,
00:54:55.79\00:54:58.86
He is pleading His
blood right now for you.
00:54:58.89\00:55:00.50
He loves you and He is with you.
00:55:00.53\00:55:02.03
How many believe and have faith
00:55:02.06\00:55:04.27
that He is coming for you?
00:55:04.30\00:55:05.87
How many agree this
is an overcoming faith?
00:55:05.90\00:55:08.77
He is interceding for
me, He is coming for me,
00:55:08.80\00:55:11.31
you must have a
strong faith that says,
00:55:11.34\00:55:13.24
whatever the devil throws
at me, it's only temporary.
00:55:13.27\00:55:17.35
It's only
temporary. This too shall pass.
00:55:17.38\00:55:21.15
I want you to
notice here, beloved,
00:55:21.18\00:55:23.69
take your Bible and
turn with me to Luke 17,
00:55:23.72\00:55:25.99
I want to show you very quickly
00:55:26.02\00:55:27.82
what the Lord showed me
this morning when I got up.
00:55:27.86\00:55:32.29
Luke 17:5,
00:55:32.33\00:55:36.90
"And the
apostles said to the Lord,
00:55:36.93\00:55:38.87
'Increase our faith.'"
00:55:38.90\00:55:41.07
Would you agree?
00:55:41.10\00:55:42.44
We must have the
faith of the saints
00:55:42.47\00:55:45.11
to go through the
tribulation of the saints
00:55:45.14\00:55:48.08
that we go
through in the last days.
00:55:48.11\00:55:49.84
According to the
Book of Revelation,
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.58
we must have a faith like Jesus.
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.45
We must have a
faith like Elijah.
00:55:53.48\00:55:55.52
We shall
overcome. We can make it.
00:55:55.55\00:55:58.05
We shall stand
on the sea of glass.
00:55:58.09\00:55:59.99
We will have an
overcoming faith.
00:56:00.02\00:56:02.12
We cannot fail.
We will not give up.
00:56:02.16\00:56:04.36
Can you say amen?
00:56:04.39\00:56:05.73
Look at Luke 17:6, "Jesus said,
00:56:05.76\00:56:09.50
'If you have
faith as a mustard seed,
00:56:09.53\00:56:12.63
you can say'"
what Jesus is saying
00:56:12.67\00:56:16.00
is if you have a
little bit of faith,
00:56:16.04\00:56:18.14
you can go around talking big.
00:56:18.17\00:56:21.48
That's what He is saying.
00:56:21.51\00:56:22.84
So if you hear Mark
Fox go around sometime,
00:56:22.88\00:56:25.78
talking big sometimes,
it's not because I'm all that,
00:56:25.81\00:56:29.68
it's just because I believe that
00:56:29.72\00:56:31.92
if I will talk
faith, I will have faith.
00:56:31.95\00:56:34.46
If I will pray in
faith, I will have more faith.
00:56:34.49\00:56:36.99
And I don't know about
you, I do want to make it.
00:56:37.03\00:56:40.80
I do want to make it.
00:56:40.83\00:56:42.53
I owe it to my wife
and my children to not fail
00:56:42.56\00:56:47.14
and go to heaven
as a family together.
00:56:47.17\00:56:51.31
And I only know one way.
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.21
I have to have
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:56:53.24\00:56:55.51
Does the devil try to
shake my faith every day?
00:56:55.54\00:56:59.01
So I've made up my
mind with God's help
00:56:59.05\00:57:02.08
I cannot turn back, I
can't look to the left,
00:57:02.12\00:57:04.85
to the right like a
horse with blinders.
00:57:04.89\00:57:06.62
There is one thing I
must do, forget the things
00:57:06.65\00:57:09.46
that are behind and
press on to be ready
00:57:09.49\00:57:12.13
when Jesus
comes in all His glory
00:57:12.16\00:57:14.26
and to be found
in His righteousness.
00:57:14.30\00:57:18.43
Not a works righteousness,
00:57:18.47\00:57:19.80
me trying to be
good in my own strength
00:57:19.83\00:57:21.50
but you and I leaning on Jesus,
00:57:21.54\00:57:24.17
trusting in Jesus,
depending on Jesus,
00:57:24.21\00:57:27.68
confiding in
Jesus, hiding in Jesus.
00:57:27.71\00:57:30.71
Although sudden and
alarming changes are sweeping
00:57:32.38\00:57:35.38
across the globe,
you and your family
00:57:35.42\00:57:37.72
can be prepared to face
the future with confidence.
00:57:37.75\00:57:41.32
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