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 angles' 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
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are trickling
through the hourglass of time
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and the door probation
is about the swing shot.
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If we would appreciate
the miracles that God,
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that Jesus, the Holy Spirit
are doing in our life right now
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it would prepare us to receive
and expect greater miracles.
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How many agree if you
want to see some bigger stuff
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thank God for the things
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He's already doing in your life.
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Does this resonate in
your heart, yes or no?
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Let's believe in those miracles.
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Let's believe in those
miracles and I love to begin
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with this singular
passage for five weeks
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we usually customarily
begin with this what I believe
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is a precious promise
and a powerful prophecy
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all concentrated in
this one singular verse.
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Psalms 102:13, come on
balcony and everybody let's go.
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"You will arise
and have mercy on Zion,
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for the time to favor her,
yes, the set time, has come."
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I believe that
this is a set time
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for God's people.
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We are living in the
hour of God's judgment
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and it is to be in
favor of God's people
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who are trusting in Jesus.
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Revelation 3:5 it says, I
won't blot you out My book,
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I will confess
you before the father
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if you're trusting in
My blood and in My merits
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and in My grace the
judgment is in your favor,
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the judgment is in your favor.
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Would you agree
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this is a set
time for God's favor?
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This is secondly a time
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to receive the
early and the later rain.
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How many agree
that's the favor of God?
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Thirdly this is a sealing time.
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We are to receive the
seal of the living God,
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Revelation 7.
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How many agree,
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that's the favor of
God to get the seal of God.
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So we are living
in the judgment time.
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We are living in the
time of the early rain
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in preparation
for the later rain
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and then in addition to that
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we are living
in the sealing time
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but now let me bring it home.
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God has us in
different seasons in our life
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and I believe that
wherever you are in your life,
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wherever you are at
in your walk with Jesus
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this is your time.
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The power of the
Lord is present to heal.
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There is healing in this house.
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I don't know
what kind of healing
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you are praying
for in your marriage,
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in your
parenting, grand parenting
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I don't know if the
bills are stacking higher
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than the check coming
in but I'm here to tell you
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there is healing in this house.
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We receive Matthew 9:29,
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we receive according to
the measure of our faith
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than let's ask God to increase
our faith, Luke 17:5, 6.
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So look to your
neighbor once again
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and this time really
mean it, this is your time.
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So what can we expect right now?
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What can we expect right now?
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It's been said that
if you want to be happy
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you need three things.
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Number one, somebody to love
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and if you can't
think of somebody to love
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I'm available you can love me.
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Number one, you love
your family of course,
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before that you put
God first and your family
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and loved ones you love.
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This life is all about love.
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And secondly, if
you want to be happy
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you need something to do.
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Thirdly, if you want to be happy
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you need to have
something to look forward to.
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How many agree we are Adventist
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who are focusing on
the coming of Jesus Christ?
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We pulsate with the blessed hope
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which is the glorious
appearing of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13.
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How many agree we
are going somewhere,
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we are looking
forward to something.
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We forget the
things that are behind
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and we press on
Philippians 3:13, 14.
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How many know
where you are going?
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You are going to
heaven, this is not our home.
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What else can we expect?
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Right now, I love how,
one of my favorite authors
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Ellen White said this,
"The baptism of the Holy Ghost
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will come upon us
at this very meeting
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if we will have it so."
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How many would have it so?
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What does God promised to do
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right in this most
important hour of the week?
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To pour out His presence
that there might be refreshing
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in His presence, Acts 3:19.
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I believe that there--
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that this your time while
we are in God's house of prayer
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to receive a miracle.
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I pray that everyone here
would leave this place today
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having received by faith
some, some kind of miracle.
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How many believe
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you all be able to
leave with something.
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Can you say, amen?
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And remember faith
is a substance of things
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you are hoping for the
evidence of things not seen
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but faith takes hold of it
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and you go on your way rejoicing
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because what
things, whatever you desire
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when you pray
believe that you receive them
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and you shall have them,
Mark 11:24 and Hebrews 11:1.
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So don't miss your time.
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The day that shook the world
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it was the Dust
Bowl of the 1930s.
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The Dust Bowl of the
1930s it would go down
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in the American history books.
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Here is the dust storm
approaching Stratford, Texas.
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What an ominous picture.
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And the Dust Bowl,
or the Dirty Thirties,
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was a period of
severe dust storms
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causing major ecological
and agricultural damage
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to American and
Canadian prairie lands
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from the 1930 to 1936.
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Maybe some of you--
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is there anyone here
that lived through that?
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Is there anyone?
Okay, several of you.
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And here's the picture
that tells it all of a farmer
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walking in dust storm there
in Oklahoma with his two boys.
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And here is a
picture of the devastation
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that was left in the
aftermath of the dust
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as it swept across the prairies
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there in Dallas,
South Dakota 1936.
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There was a severe drought.
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Decades of extensive
farming without crop rotation.
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There was deep
plowing of the virgin topsoil
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and it all coverless,
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that all combine to
reek havoc upon the prairies.
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It was a blinding
and destructive time,
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the Dust Bowl.
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Do you know that
the devil is trying
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to blow his dirt in your face?
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Do you know that he is trying
to blind you from something?
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Because he knows if
you see something clearly
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you will be converted
and new every single day.
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What is he trying
to blind you from?
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Take your Bible and turn
with me to 2 Corinthians.
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What is the devil
trying to blind us from?
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What is he
trying to bind us from?
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Second Corinthians
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and looking here
at 2 Corinthians 4
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and lookinh here
at verse number 3,
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"But even if our
gospel is veiled,
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it is veiled to those
who are perishing," veiled?
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Veiled? Not
being able to see it?
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"Whose minds the god
of this age has blinded,
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who do not believe,
lest the light of the gospel"
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and the gospel is what?
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"Of the glory" are you with me?
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"Of the glory of
Christ, who in the image of God,
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should shine on them.
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For we do not preach ourselves,
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but Christ Jesus
the Lord, and ourselves
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your
bondservants for Jesus' sake."
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Verse 6, "For it is
the God who commanded light
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to shine out of
darkness," how many agree
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this whole world is a Dust Bowl?
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"Who has shone in our hearts
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to give the
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ."
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You say, Pastor Fox,
could you please translate that?
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I will make it very
clear the devil knows
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that if you can
get a glimpse each day
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about the personal love of Jesus
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if you can really
see the face of Jesus
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by studying the
good news of Jesus.
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If you can look
at His face by faith
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you will fall
in love with Jesus.
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How many agree this life--
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hey, we are called
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at the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb.
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I think marriage has
something to do with love
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last time I checked.
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The Bible says, "The
wife has made herself ready"
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Revelation 19:7-9.
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How did she make herself ready?
By falling in love with Jesus.
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But the devil is
trying to blind us
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so that we don't see the Christ
righteousness is everything.
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He is trying to
blind us from the good news
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that I can look to the
face of Jesus by faith.
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How many see Jesus
face by faith right now?
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We go by faith.
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We walk by faith
and not by sight,
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2 Corinthians 5:7.
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If we walk by
faith and not by sight
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then that means you must
set the Lord always before you
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like David did in Psalms 16:8.
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So the Bible makes it clear
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this world is
like a big Dust Bowl
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that characterize the
1930s there in the prairies.
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The devil trying to blind
our eyes and the Bible says
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Laodicea's are generally
blind because they don't realize
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their desperate need, I
mean, Revelation 3:14-21.
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How many agree
Jesus will open our eyes
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and when we see, when we
really see the love of God
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manifested through Jesus
it will change our heart?
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So I've got a
question for here, you beloved,
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how many want to say
right here, right here,
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right this very
moment at this crossroads
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Jesus open my eyes
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that I might see
glimpses of truth
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of the gospel
that you have for me?
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How many believe that
God has a message for you?
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This is your time.
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Last year we were
doing a series of meetings,
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actually doing two concurrently
if you can believe that
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in Trinidad and Lamar and we
were staying at a dentist home
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there in Lamar and he
lived way out of town.
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This was last summer
when we held a crusade in dry,
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dry, dry, Lamar, Colorado.
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You think you
have a drought there,
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you ain't see nothing.
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This has been familiar
American history town there
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they have some very
familiar American history
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of the Dust Bowl.
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It was a place that was
hard hit by the Dust Bowl
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of the 20th
century there in the 1930s.
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Well, one day, you
know, he lived way out of town
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and he lived down a
long, long, long, dirt road,
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I mean, the dirt road
continue to past his house
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and when you
would go to his house,
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I mean, dust
would fly everywhere.
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If there was car come
on the opposite direction
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talk about dust
bowl there they were.
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Well, one day I was jogging
down a long dusty dirt road
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way out of town in
the middle of no where.
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It was a hot, hot,
hot day and after jogging
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over two miles in the
scorching, searing heat,
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I'm not gonna
lie, I was thirsty.
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I mean, very, very
thirsty. My throat was parched.
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I was sweating profusely.
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I was still a
distance from the house
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where we were staying
and I'm thinking to myself,
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oh, Lord, I'm so
thirsty help me to make it.
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Then I saw a
van fast approaching
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kicking up dust as it rambled
down the lonely road toward me.
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Suddenly the van slowed down
and stopped right next to me
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and the dust flew
past me and the man driving
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rolled down his window and said,
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"Are you having a good time?"
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Now there were
two men in the van.
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Next thing I knew he
reached out the window
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holding a bottle of cold water.
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And I was suspicious
when he handed it to me.
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I thanked him and
with that they took off
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leaving a trail of
dust and I'm left here
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with parched
throat, cold bottle of water
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and I'm thinking
okay, as I twist this
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if I don't hear
some I'm not drinking it.
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And I heard that
beautiful snap, snap, snap
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and I said this
is the real deal.
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I was left with the
bottle of cold water.
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I quickly opened
it and drank it down
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with refreshing delight.
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I had no doubt that God
had provided me with cooling,
00:13:39.21\00:13:42.85
reviving water in
the middle of nowhere
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amidst that dust bowl
when I needed it so much.
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I was thirsty,
really, really thirsty.
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Well, I'm here to
tell you if you are really,
00:13:52.59\00:13:54.76
really thirsty God
has a drink for right now.
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How many want to be refreshed,
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refreshed by the
presence of Jesus?
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Refreshing
water, refreshing water.
00:14:04.61\00:14:08.24
The day that shook the world
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was when Jesus
died on the cross.
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When He died that
miserable, horrible death
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you cannot however
understand the immensity,
00:14:19.39\00:14:23.96
the enormity, the magnitude
of the sacrifice of Christ
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unless before the cross
you first where everyone?
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The Garden of Gethsemane.
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The last supper in
the darkness of the night
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while the
disciples banded together
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in that upper room with Jesus,
Jesus knew His hour was at end
00:14:46.72\00:14:51.05
and He dropped the
bombshell on the dinner table,
00:14:51.09\00:14:53.66
"one of you will betray me."
00:14:53.69\00:14:57.79
And moments later
00:14:57.83\00:14:59.16
Judas Iscariot
took the fatal action.
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The disciples did not realize
really what was going on,
00:15:02.93\00:15:06.43
their minds were
still hazy and foggy
00:15:06.50\00:15:10.14
but Jesus said,
Jesus said, I'm gonna die.
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It's not they wanted to hear
but He said the hour has come.
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Jesus knew the exact
hour when He would die,
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Daniel Chapter 9.
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He studied these
prophecies. He was born to die.
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And so number of years
ago I had the privilege
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of going to the
Garden of Gethsemane
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amidst gnarled olive trees
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and cypress trees there at the--
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in the what was
known as Kidron Valley
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there at the base
of the Mount of Olives.
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This was the place
00:15:45.74\00:15:47.64
of the greatest
prayer struggle ever.
00:15:47.68\00:15:51.51
Here Jesus struggled
with the most costly decision.
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Now what dramatic changes,
now follow with me carefully
00:15:57.15\00:16:01.56
because this is the
heart of the gospel.
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What dramatic changes
00:16:05.06\00:16:06.49
did the disciples
noticed about Jesus
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when they approached
the Garden of Gethsemane?
00:16:09.00\00:16:11.07
Number one, His
countenance changed.
00:16:11.10\00:16:15.54
Number two, His steps
became more protracted.
00:16:15.57\00:16:20.31
His form was
swaying back and forth.
00:16:20.34\00:16:23.98
Every step seemed to
be with labored effort
00:16:24.01\00:16:27.22
and they noticed
in addition to that
00:16:27.25\00:16:30.05
that His words were
more and more enfold
00:16:30.09\00:16:32.09
than ever before.
00:16:32.12\00:16:34.12
They noticed these dramatic
changes that swept over Him
00:16:34.16\00:16:38.23
and what more enfold words
00:16:38.26\00:16:39.79
did Jesus utter to the disciples
00:16:39.83\00:16:42.00
as He entered the garden.
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This is one of my
favorite scriptures
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in terms of understanding
what's in the heart of God.
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The Bible says in Psalms
40:17, "I am poor and needy,
00:16:51.67\00:16:55.48
but the Lord thinks about me."
00:16:55.51\00:16:57.48
Would you agree what
gives us hope and encouragement
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as when you know the
Father is thinking of you?
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What happened in
the Garden of Gethsemane
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and the cross reveals
what is on the mind of God,
00:17:05.55\00:17:10.06
you, always you.
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And so listen to
this, this is powerful.
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"I feel as though I am dying"
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Contemporary English Version.
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I want you to think about that.
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These are most
thought provoking revelations
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that I think we
could ever ponder.
00:17:33.58\00:17:36.62
"I feel as though I am dying."
00:17:36.65\00:17:40.59
Was that a lie or was that
the real, real naked truth?
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What was crushing out His life
in the Garden of Gethsemane?
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Sins of the world.
Your sis, Isaiah 53.
00:17:53.64\00:17:57.24
Yet it pleased
the Lord to bruise
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or that bruise
meaning crush Him.
00:18:00.21\00:18:02.38
He has put Him to grieve
00:18:02.41\00:18:05.18
when you make His
soul an offering for sin.
00:18:05.21\00:18:08.95
Jesus was what?
Crushed. Everybody say crushed.
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Keep that word in mind
we will use it Isaiah 53:10.
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Why was Jesus
feeling such mental anguish?
00:18:17.16\00:18:21.96
What prayer seem to be
forced from the lips of Jesus?
00:18:22.00\00:18:25.77
Matthew 26, it's
the next the verse 39,
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"My Father, if it is
possible," this is coming
00:18:29.17\00:18:33.88
from the pale quivering
lips of the suffering Jesus.
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The shadows of that
light, don't make me drink
00:18:39.38\00:18:42.62
from this cup but do you
want and not what I want.
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Why that such agony? He
knew He was born to die.
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Why now the apparent,
the apparent hesitation?
00:18:53.16\00:18:58.77
What was in that
bitter cup? The wrath of God.
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Oh, then "What is the
wrath of God against sin?"
00:19:03.27\00:19:05.37
Romans 1:28.
00:19:05.41\00:19:07.24
What is the result of the
wrath of God upon the sinner?
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.84
"God gave them
over" abandoned them,
00:19:09.88\00:19:14.28
left them in their sin
and the consequences of sin.
00:19:14.32\00:19:17.75
This is the
ultimate manifestation
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and experience of the
wrath of God, Romans 1:28.
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Well, how does
the Bible describe
00:19:23.76\00:19:25.89
how Jesus
experienced the wrath of God?
00:19:25.93\00:19:28.70
Isaiah 63:3, "I
have trodden" or what?
00:19:28.73\00:19:33.34
What happens at a
winepress? Crushed grapes.
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Grapes die that somebody
might have a sweet drink.
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And the Bible said He
trogged that winepress alone.
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No wonder He used the
emblem of the pure blood
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of the grape unfermented wine.
00:19:53.12\00:19:55.72
And so what was He experiencing?
00:19:55.76\00:19:59.63
Eternal separation.
00:19:59.66\00:20:01.56
You know, when I'm
separated from my family
00:20:05.13\00:20:08.54
don't tell anybody
00:20:08.57\00:20:09.90
but sometimes I
have separation anxiety.
00:20:09.94\00:20:14.01
I'm a dad, my son 10-years-old.
00:20:14.04\00:20:17.08
You say, oh, no,
here is the evangelist
00:20:17.11\00:20:18.81
going on again with how much
he misses his family, oh, no.
00:20:18.85\00:20:22.68
How many miss your family
when you are not with them?
00:20:22.72\00:20:25.02
How many just
like to get a break?
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.39
No, don't say that
you rule my illustration.
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Separation anxiety
when you are separated
00:20:29.86\00:20:33.56
it can put a heaviness on you.
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.96
Think about what
Jesus experienced.
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.53
This was not a little
vacation that Jesus was on.
00:20:39.57\00:20:42.57
This is not just, okay,
Father, I'm going down here
00:20:42.60\00:20:45.11
I'll be right back.
00:20:45.14\00:20:47.44
He was experiencing
00:20:47.48\00:20:48.81
the throws of
eternal separation.
00:20:48.84\00:20:52.15
I highly recommend
this book by Ellen G. White,
00:20:52.18\00:20:56.08
when I accept the
Christ after being delivered
00:20:56.12\00:20:58.25
from drugs and
drinking and smoking and toking
00:20:58.29\00:21:01.02
when God delivered this
former hippy and Mark Finley
00:21:01.06\00:21:04.96
playing a major role
in that when I attended
00:21:04.99\00:21:06.90
his Radiant Living seminars
in Springfield, Massachusetts
00:21:06.93\00:21:11.03
God took this
high school dropout
00:21:11.07\00:21:13.80
after I dropped out
after the ninth grade.
00:21:13.84\00:21:16.44
He took me and He
said, Mark, I want you now
00:21:16.47\00:21:19.37
to get up early in the
morning and to read the Bible
00:21:19.41\00:21:21.98
and Desire of Ages.
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.95
And at first I read very slowly
00:21:23.98\00:21:26.55
but, you know, when
you fall in love with Jesus
00:21:26.58\00:21:28.58
you want to get to know Jesus
00:21:28.62\00:21:29.98
even if that means you
got to learn how to read.
00:21:30.02\00:21:33.25
Listen to this a book
written on the life of Jesus.
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"Christ felt the anguish
which the sinner will feel
00:21:37.13\00:21:41.90
when mercy shall no longer
plead for the guilty race."
00:21:41.93\00:21:45.73
Well, then what is the
fate of the wicked, the lost?
00:21:45.77\00:21:48.64
Here's a little,
little laundry list,
00:21:48.67\00:21:50.74
little litany here
of fate of the wicked.
00:21:50.77\00:21:53.81
God's wrath, Second
Death, Depart from Me, Weeping,
00:21:53.84\00:21:57.85
there is more, Outer
darkness and Weeping, Tormented,
00:21:57.88\00:22:00.85
Everlating punishment,
Cursed, eternal destruction,
00:22:00.88\00:22:03.99
Jesus tasted it all.
00:22:04.02\00:22:05.45
It required, you
want the gospel truth,
00:22:07.86\00:22:11.19
the gospel is the power of
God unto salvation here it is.
00:22:11.23\00:22:15.73
It required, my dear
brother, my dear sister,
00:22:15.76\00:22:21.30
it required eternal death
00:22:21.34\00:22:25.31
to bring eternal life.
00:22:25.34\00:22:30.15
I can't fully comprehend
it but my soul is drawn to it.
00:22:30.18\00:22:35.92
Love begets love and we love Him
00:22:35.95\00:22:39.49
in response to Him
loving us, 1 John 4:19.
00:22:39.52\00:22:42.42
Now why was Jesus
feeling the wrath of God?
00:22:42.46\00:22:45.29
Second Corinthians 5:21
"Because he who knew no sin
00:22:45.33\00:22:49.26
became sin,
that we might be made
00:22:49.30\00:22:51.57
the righteousness of God
in Him" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
00:22:51.60\00:22:55.50
Listen carefully I've
come here to say something,
00:22:55.54\00:22:58.84
Jesus was now becoming sin.
00:22:58.87\00:23:03.65
Identifying Himself with sin
he who knew no sin became sin.
00:23:03.68\00:23:09.38
Jesus took all of
our nagging guilt,
00:23:09.42\00:23:12.89
all of our
formidable condemnation
00:23:12.92\00:23:16.39
and all of our
horrible sins upon Himself.
00:23:16.42\00:23:19.66
What was being
withdrawn from Jesus
00:23:19.69\00:23:21.96
in His greatest time of need,
therefore Jesus was suffering
00:23:22.00\00:23:25.77
from the sins of
the withdrawal of,
00:23:25.80\00:23:28.47
what sustained Him
now it's being withdrawn.
00:23:28.50\00:23:30.97
God's love, His Father's love
and our probation and light.
00:23:31.01\00:23:35.44
"Could mortals have viewed
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.01
the amazement
of the angelic host
00:23:37.05\00:23:38.81
as in silent grief
they watched the Father
00:23:38.85\00:23:40.92
separating His beams
of light, love, and glory
00:23:40.95\00:23:43.82
from His beloved Son,
they would better understand
00:23:43.85\00:23:46.69
how offensive in
His sight is sin."
00:23:46.72\00:23:50.46
So what was Jesus greatest
fear while He was in the garden?
00:23:50.49\00:23:54.80
"And being in agony,
He prayed more earnestly.
00:23:54.83\00:23:57.53
Then His sweat became like
great drops of" what everyone?
00:23:57.57\00:24:01.27
"Blood falling down to
the ground" Luke 22:44.
00:24:01.30\00:24:05.61
And so "They saw His face marked
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.68
with bloody sweet of agony,
and they were filled with fear.
00:24:07.71\00:24:10.95
His anguish of mind
they could not understand.
00:24:10.98\00:24:13.48
And a quote from Isaiah
52:14 and Desire of Ages 738,
00:24:13.52\00:24:17.75
"So His visage" his face,
His countenance "was marred"
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.52
disfigured "more than any man,
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.39
and His form more
than the sons of men."
00:24:22.42\00:24:24.39
Why? Why?
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.23
He feared
00:24:27.26\00:24:28.60
and His soul was being
ravaged by the temptation,
00:24:28.63\00:24:33.34
harass by the
tormented by the temptation
00:24:33.37\00:24:36.17
He would never be
united with His Father
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.04
ever, ever, again.
00:24:39.07\00:24:40.64
Was Jesus praying that
He would not have to die?
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.05
He had offered a
prayers and supplications
00:24:47.08\00:24:48.92
with vehement
cries and tears to Him
00:24:48.95\00:24:51.15
who is able to
save Him from death.
00:24:51.19\00:24:53.05
Well, wait a minute.
00:24:54.76\00:24:56.09
He was born to die but
He appears to be changing
00:24:56.12\00:24:59.43
His min in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.70
He did not changed His
mind but He was tempted
00:25:01.73\00:25:04.37
to change His
mind and our salvation
00:25:04.40\00:25:07.77
was hanging in the
balances, Hebrews 5:7.
00:25:07.80\00:25:14.54
Now I want you to walk
with me carefully through this.
00:25:14.58\00:25:18.01
Did Jesus know He would
suffer and die for our sins?
00:25:18.05\00:25:21.02
He did.
00:25:21.05\00:25:22.55
John the Baptist at
the Jordon River said
00:25:22.58\00:25:24.55
there He is, behold
the lamb of God that what,
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.76
takes away the sin of the world.
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.32
He was introduced as
being the lamb sacrifice.
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.73
He was born to die,
He know it and then,
00:25:31.76\00:25:36.00
and then that voice came
when Jesus submitted Himself
00:25:36.03\00:25:39.80
identifying Himself with sinners
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.94
and He bowed His
head, He knelt down there
00:25:41.97\00:25:44.64
by the muddy banks
of the Jordon River
00:25:44.67\00:25:46.37
and He said the
most moving prayer
00:25:46.41\00:25:48.18
and then in response to
His Son submission to go forth
00:25:48.21\00:25:52.21
and live a perfect life and
die a horrible death for us,
00:25:52.25\00:25:58.29
you are my beloved son
in whom I'm well pleased.
00:25:58.32\00:26:02.49
Well pleased with what?
00:26:02.52\00:26:03.89
That you are now presenting
yourself as the lamb to die.
00:26:03.93\00:26:10.07
Fast forward,
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.47
Peter and the
disciples are now stunned
00:26:12.50\00:26:19.01
when Jesus said, I'm
going up to Jerusalem
00:26:19.04\00:26:23.38
and I'm going to be crucified
00:26:23.41\00:26:24.95
and I will rise
again on the third day
00:26:24.98\00:26:27.68
and He said that several times.
00:26:27.72\00:26:29.58
And Peter's
response he outspoken,
00:26:29.62\00:26:32.52
spokesman for the disciples
00:26:32.55\00:26:36.79
said, no way.
00:26:36.83\00:26:40.23
I love You too much
is what peter was saying
00:26:40.26\00:26:43.26
but it was misled love.
00:26:43.30\00:26:45.03
I will not let
You go through this
00:26:45.07\00:26:47.54
I'm gonna stand in the way.
00:26:47.57\00:26:48.90
I will protect
You, You can't do this.
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.04
We love You too much.
00:26:51.07\00:26:52.41
There is too--
00:26:52.44\00:26:53.78
we have too much expectations
00:26:53.81\00:26:56.21
in regard to how
You're gonna liberate us
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.31
from the Roman
yoke of oppression.
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.05
No, no, no, these
plans cannot be broken.
00:27:00.08\00:27:04.25
And Jesus response
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.59
was very, very
swift and seemingly harsh.
00:27:06.62\00:27:12.39
Listen to the tone Satan,
00:27:12.43\00:27:18.17
leave Him alone.
00:27:18.20\00:27:21.54
Satan, get behind Me.
00:27:21.57\00:27:25.14
Jesus was basically saying,
essentially saying nobody
00:27:25.17\00:27:29.84
not even My closest
disciples are going to talk me
00:27:29.88\00:27:33.45
out of dying for
the sins of the world.
00:27:33.48\00:27:36.58
Father, take this cup from me.
00:27:36.62\00:27:41.39
Do you hear a little bit
of seeming contradiction,
00:27:41.42\00:27:45.63
a paradox?
00:27:45.66\00:27:47.33
Nobody is gonna
talk me out of this.
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.03
Father, do I have to
go through with this?
00:27:49.06\00:27:51.33
Fast forward,
00:27:54.60\00:27:56.87
Mary Magdalene is
there at the feet of Jesus
00:27:56.91\00:28:02.81
and you know that there
00:28:02.84\00:28:06.68
she is pouring out that perfume,
00:28:06.72\00:28:09.38
that expensive perfume
is wafted through the air.
00:28:09.42\00:28:13.02
It gets everybody's attention.
00:28:13.05\00:28:15.19
How many agree you can't
hide your love for Jesus?
00:28:15.22\00:28:17.46
Can you say, amen?
00:28:17.49\00:28:19.56
And the sweet
fragrances enveloping the room
00:28:19.59\00:28:22.60
and they were harassing
Mary, they were bothering Mary
00:28:22.63\00:28:28.14
and then Jesus
spoke up in her defense.
00:28:28.17\00:28:31.47
No, she is preparing
for my, what? For my burial.
00:28:31.51\00:28:36.24
This was upper most
in the mind of Jesus
00:28:36.28\00:28:39.81
and He was not
talking about well,
00:28:39.85\00:28:43.25
I don't know if I want
to go through with this.
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.75
now take your Bible
and look with me John 12,
00:28:44.79\00:28:48.92
John 12 I find this so
powerful in the extreme.
00:28:48.96\00:28:52.83
John Chapter 12,
I love these verses.
00:28:52.86\00:28:56.77
It helps us to
understand the heart of God,
00:28:56.80\00:28:59.77
the heart of Jesus.
00:28:59.80\00:29:01.24
God suffered in
the person of His Son.
00:29:01.27\00:29:03.37
Amen. Isn't that true?
00:29:03.41\00:29:05.07
John 12:27,
00:29:05.11\00:29:10.05
"Now My soul is troubled, "
00:29:10.08\00:29:13.62
and matter of the
fact, let's get the context,
00:29:13.65\00:29:14.98
let's go back to verse 23.
00:29:15.02\00:29:16.62
"The hour has come
that the Son of Man
00:29:16.65\00:29:18.42
should be glorified.
00:29:18.45\00:29:19.79
Most assuredly, I say
to you," remember we said,
00:29:19.82\00:29:21.86
we saw that the
devil is trying to hide us,
00:29:21.89\00:29:24.89
blind our eyes so we
don't see the glory of God
00:29:24.93\00:29:27.23
and the face of Jesus Christ
00:29:27.26\00:29:29.16
because that's the glory of God,
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.67
the character of God
and Jesus being crucified,
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.54
Jesus going through His passion,
00:29:34.57\00:29:35.90
His sufferings
reveals the glory of God,
00:29:35.94\00:29:38.17
the character of
God and as we behold it
00:29:38.21\00:29:40.48
we become changed so
that we can truly fear God
00:29:40.51\00:29:42.84
and give glory to Him
because His love is in our heart
00:29:42.88\00:29:46.01
and shining in our faces.
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.38
Is anybody hearing this today?
00:29:47.42\00:29:51.22
And so notice, the
Bible says in the last days,
00:29:51.25\00:29:53.92
Isaiah 60:1 "Arise, shine,
for the" the Bible says the--
00:29:53.96\00:29:58.69
I'll get this right.
00:29:58.73\00:30:00.06
Isaiah 60:1 "Arise,
shine, for thy light has come!
00:30:00.10\00:30:03.37
And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee."
00:30:03.40\00:30:07.20
Gross darkness is
gonna cover the earth
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.40
but how many agree
while the earth and the wicked
00:30:09.44\00:30:11.87
are becoming more and
more dark and evil and wicked
00:30:11.91\00:30:15.74
God will have people
00:30:15.78\00:30:17.11
becoming more and
more and more like Jesus.
00:30:17.15\00:30:19.91
You know, how
that's gonna happen?
00:30:19.95\00:30:21.52
You got to study the
cross, focus on the cross,
00:30:21.55\00:30:24.35
be drawn by the cross,
it's the heart of Jesus
00:30:24.39\00:30:27.86
and as you look and
probe in what's in His heart
00:30:27.89\00:30:30.19
it changes your heart.
00:30:30.23\00:30:34.23
"Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless a grain of wheat
00:30:34.26\00:30:36.46
falls into the ground and dies"
00:30:36.50\00:30:39.73
His talking is, He is
illustrating His death
00:30:39.77\00:30:43.47
and "It remains
alone; but if it dies,
00:30:43.51\00:30:45.01
it produces much grain" fruit.
00:30:45.04\00:30:47.54
"He who loves his
life will lose it."
00:30:47.58\00:30:49.38
Okay, let's go down to verse 27,
00:30:49.41\00:30:50.91
"Now My soul is
troubled, and what shall I say?
00:30:50.95\00:30:53.98
'Father, save Me
from this hour?' "
00:30:54.02\00:30:56.35
It's rhetorical.
00:30:56.38\00:30:57.82
He is saying, you know, Father,
should I pray this prayer,
00:30:57.85\00:31:00.26
you know, same
Me from this hour?
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.06
Fast forward, Father, Father,
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.96
take this cup from
Me, take this cup from Me.
00:31:04.99\00:31:08.90
Why? What happened?
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.77
But for this purpose I came
to this hour and then He said,
00:31:14.97\00:31:21.54
"Father, glorify Your name."
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.61
Watch this,
watch this, watch this.
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.22
"Then a voice came
from heaven, saying,
00:31:27.25\00:31:30.19
'I have both glorified it
and will glorify it again.'
00:31:30.22\00:31:34.42
And Jesus said, 'This voice
did not come because of Me,
00:31:34.46\00:31:36.66
but for your sake.'
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.13
Now is the
judgment of this world,
00:31:38.16\00:31:40.26
now the ruler of this
world will be cast out."
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.56
In other words
now Satan has no power
00:31:42.60\00:31:45.83
with his
accusations Revelation 12:10.
00:31:45.87\00:31:49.10
"And I, if I am lifted
up" crucified "from the earth,
00:31:49.14\00:31:53.24
will draw all
peoples to Myself."
00:31:53.27\00:31:55.38
What did we just read?
00:31:55.41\00:31:56.75
What we read right
there this is so powerful.
00:31:56.78\00:32:00.68
The Father's voice when
Jesus said, should I say,
00:32:00.72\00:32:05.02
Father, save me from
going through with this death.
00:32:05.05\00:32:08.42
No, glorify your name.
00:32:08.46\00:32:10.96
I have both glorified
it and will glorify it.
00:32:10.99\00:32:14.40
How it would be glorified?
00:32:14.43\00:32:16.90
By the cross.
00:32:16.93\00:32:18.27
Would you agree if
we are gonna fear God
00:32:18.30\00:32:19.63
and give glory to Him we
got to be champions of cross.
00:32:19.67\00:32:22.20
We carry our cross and
we talk about His cross.
00:32:22.24\00:32:27.01
How many agree this
should be all consuming
00:32:27.04\00:32:29.21
that I have a Savior that
love me more than Himself?
00:32:29.24\00:32:33.15
I don't know some people
get excited about a ball game
00:32:33.18\00:32:36.18
and let me tell you
some, some time your team wins
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.75
and sometimes they
loses, Jesus always wins.
00:32:38.79\00:32:42.26
If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.80
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:32:46.83\00:32:49.20
if you are
suffering from health problem,
00:32:49.23\00:32:51.40
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:32:51.43\00:32:53.84
if you have a special
concern for your children?
00:32:53.87\00:32:56.17
Whatever you need
maybe give us a call
00:32:56.20\00:32:58.41
and we will pray with you.
00:32:58.44\00:32:59.77
For your prayer requests
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
00:32:59.81\00:33:05.28
"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed,"
00:33:05.31\00:33:08.82
John 8:36.
00:33:08.85\00:33:10.22
And there is another scripture,
00:33:18.19\00:33:22.66
on the Mount of Transfiguration,
00:33:22.70\00:33:24.87
come with me,
00:33:24.90\00:33:27.00
Mount of Transfiguration
a number of years ago
00:33:27.04\00:33:29.20
I had the
privilege of driving up
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.64
on our tour group up there
to the top of what they call
00:33:31.67\00:33:34.11
Mount of Transfiguration,
00:33:34.14\00:33:35.48
there is little
bit of speculation
00:33:35.51\00:33:36.91
that was the exact
mountain but none the less
00:33:36.95\00:33:39.48
we reminisced about
what happened that night,
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.25
what happened on that night.
00:33:42.28\00:33:43.75
Well, the Mount
of Transfiguration
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.15
remember we had
Peter, James and John,
00:33:45.19\00:33:48.42
Jesus was praying
and all of a sudden
00:33:48.46\00:33:52.53
the mountain was lit
up with the glory of God
00:33:52.56\00:33:56.40
shining in the
person in the face of Jesus
00:33:56.43\00:34:00.17
and next to Him the
disciples are wiping the sleep
00:34:00.20\00:34:03.24
from their eyes and
they can't believe it
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.91
it's almost,
it's so breathtaking.
00:34:05.94\00:34:09.74
They actually
see Moses and Elijah
00:34:09.78\00:34:14.68
both had ascended to heaven.
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.28
One without tasting
death, a type of the church
00:34:16.32\00:34:19.92
it will be alive
when Jesus comes,
00:34:19.95\00:34:21.66
translated without seeing death.
00:34:21.69\00:34:23.26
How many would like
to be in that group?
00:34:23.29\00:34:25.49
And then Moses a type of those
who die but be resurrected.
00:34:25.53\00:34:30.03
And they were both had,
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.40
they both had
something in common.
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.77
What was the
paramount common denominator?
00:34:32.80\00:34:35.64
Both were willing to die
00:34:35.67\00:34:37.94
for the
salvation of God's people.
00:34:37.97\00:34:40.54
They were willing to be used
and spent to the utter most.
00:34:40.58\00:34:43.58
They put God's
people before themselves.
00:34:43.61\00:34:46.51
They had invested
their all energy, their time,
00:34:46.55\00:34:50.22
everything to very life.
00:34:50.25\00:34:53.09
Remember Moses said,
if you gonna destroy them
00:34:53.12\00:34:56.93
blot me out of the Book of Life.
00:34:56.96\00:34:58.56
He interceded for the people
of God and would you agree
00:34:58.59\00:35:01.76
Moses is not greater
than what who is a type of?
00:35:01.80\00:35:05.33
How many agree Jesus
was willing to go through
00:35:05.37\00:35:08.34
everything in order to save us?
00:35:08.37\00:35:10.77
He paid the ultimate price.
00:35:10.81\00:35:13.14
We are bought at a
price, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20.
00:35:13.17\00:35:15.74
Now watch this,
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.85
do you know that the
Bible actually shares--
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.25
I find this absolutely riveting.
00:35:20.28\00:35:23.82
The Bible
actually shares, tells us
00:35:23.85\00:35:28.72
that the disciples
apparently were able to eves
00:35:28.76\00:35:31.09
drop a little bit
either that of the Lord,
00:35:31.13\00:35:33.83
you know, shared
little bit of what happened.
00:35:33.86\00:35:37.03
Do you know that
just the subject,
00:35:37.07\00:35:40.37
the topic of conversation
what was a key component
00:35:40.40\00:35:45.24
of that
conversation that insured
00:35:45.27\00:35:46.88
between Moses
and Elijah and Jesus.
00:35:46.91\00:35:49.11
Wouldn't you like to know,
wow, what did they talk about?
00:35:49.14\00:35:52.48
The Bible says, they talked
00:35:52.51\00:35:54.12
about the
upcoming deceased of Jesus.
00:35:54.15\00:35:58.95
They talked about
the sacrifice of Christ
00:35:58.99\00:36:02.56
that was just fast
approaching in the horizon.
00:36:02.59\00:36:07.26
I can see Moses and Elijah
hugging Jesus and with tears
00:36:07.30\00:36:11.17
saying, Jesus, we love You.
00:36:11.20\00:36:14.34
We wouldn't be in heaven
00:36:14.37\00:36:16.20
unless You were
willing to do this.
00:36:16.24\00:36:18.07
Jesus, don't give up
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.01
because there are
others that love You like us.
00:36:20.04\00:36:23.08
Jesus, hang in
there, don't give up.
00:36:23.11\00:36:25.81
And then the voice
came, this is My beloved Son.
00:36:25.85\00:36:30.79
Three times that
voice came to confirm
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.89
when Jesus
submitted to the sacrifice
00:36:33.92\00:36:36.69
to die that horrible death
to taste even the second death,
00:36:36.73\00:36:41.06
this is My Son, this
is My Son, this is My Son.
00:36:41.10\00:36:45.60
And would you agree
when we offer up our self
00:36:45.63\00:36:48.30
a living sacrifice
that voice comes from God,
00:36:48.34\00:36:51.97
you are My beloved Son because
we are accepted in the beloved.
00:36:52.01\00:36:57.81
Christ lives in me and gave
Himself for me and died for me.
00:36:57.85\00:37:04.45
Now watch this,
00:37:04.49\00:37:07.99
was Jesus
overwhelmingly surprised
00:37:08.02\00:37:10.19
by the reality
of the wrath of God?
00:37:10.23\00:37:12.93
Well, what are two
examples of surprise
00:37:12.96\00:37:15.03
that many people experience?
00:37:15.06\00:37:18.33
When-- let me choose
the one on the right first.
00:37:18.37\00:37:21.40
Have you ever gotten sick?
How many of you ever been sick?
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.91
And then all of a
sudden some herbalist
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.81
and don't get me wrong I
will say this parenthetically
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.94
I take herbs, I believe
in herbs but, all right,
00:37:29.98\00:37:32.01
and the parentheses
and say come and they say,
00:37:32.05\00:37:35.02
you know what, you
got that sore thought
00:37:35.05\00:37:36.85
I know just the remedy.
00:37:36.89\00:37:38.45
There are these
five bitter herbs
00:37:38.49\00:37:40.59
mixed with raw garlic
a little few other things
00:37:40.62\00:37:43.39
and if you just drink it down
I'm telling you it has a punch.
00:37:43.43\00:37:46.86
It's a little bitter but
it will help you get better.
00:37:46.90\00:37:49.83
I know what I'm talking about.
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.20
It has been
offered to me, I tried it.
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.54
I'll do just about
anything to get better.
00:37:53.57\00:37:56.00
I tried it but I must
admit it was more poison--
00:37:56.04\00:37:59.84
I mean, it was more powerful
00:37:59.87\00:38:02.31
and bitter than
what I ever imagined.
00:38:02.34\00:38:05.21
It's just a small
little illustration.
00:38:05.25\00:38:08.85
Jesus knew He would
have to taste the bitter cup
00:38:08.88\00:38:11.92
but when He tasted it Father,
Father, eternal separation.
00:38:11.95\00:38:18.69
Father, take this cup
from Me, take this from Me.
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.73
When my wife
became pregnant with Caleb
00:38:25.07\00:38:29.54
all of a sudden she
had a glow, I don't know
00:38:29.57\00:38:33.24
and I start to get
glow is contagious.
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.64
We were both
absolutely thrilled.
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.65
Even though I'm
a late blooming dad
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.02
but I tell you what happened.
00:38:40.05\00:38:42.55
We went for a nice romantic
stroll there in the Pocono
00:38:42.58\00:38:45.92
where we lived at the
time 2,000 foot elevation,
00:38:45.95\00:38:49.06
looking up at a ski resort
place that we never went to
00:38:49.09\00:38:52.19
and, and see a lake below.
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.30
It's just breathtaking get away.
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.43
And so we are walking
around and the snow is falling
00:38:57.47\00:39:00.74
just beautiful and
she is fully expecting
00:39:00.77\00:39:03.71
but still 10 days
prior to the due date
00:39:03.74\00:39:06.91
and, you know,
I'm sure she had told,
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.58
you know, it's not gonna be
the easiest thing necessarily.
00:39:08.61\00:39:11.81
And so we arrived back home
and lo and behold next thing
00:39:11.85\00:39:15.75
I know she is outside shoveling
snow off of our massive deck.
00:39:15.78\00:39:21.36
And I come out, honey,
would you please get in here.
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.09
You are not
supposed to be doing that.
00:39:24.13\00:39:25.73
Come inside, come inside.
00:39:25.76\00:39:28.46
I don't know exactly--
00:39:28.50\00:39:29.83
she eventually came in
and then next thing I know
00:39:29.86\00:39:32.97
I hear
furniture moving upstairs,
00:39:33.00\00:39:35.50
I walk upstairs and like
00:39:35.54\00:39:36.87
what is this
about expecting moms
00:39:36.91\00:39:38.87
all of a sudden they
have super human energy.
00:39:38.94\00:39:42.64
How many have
been there done that?
00:39:42.68\00:39:46.51
Meanwhile the
father's are flipping out.
00:39:46.55\00:39:50.69
And so all I
know she is upstairs
00:39:50.72\00:39:54.92
one of the bedrooms
00:39:54.96\00:39:56.36
and while we are
moving furniture,
00:39:56.39\00:39:58.43
oh, I feel something.
00:39:58.46\00:39:59.79
Yeah,
00:39:59.83\00:40:02.63
17 hours of
contractions intense,
00:40:02.66\00:40:08.40
intense, hat's off to moms.
00:40:08.44\00:40:12.41
Seventeen hours
then when my son was born
00:40:12.44\00:40:15.54
I pulled out my promise book
00:40:15.58\00:40:17.81
"Weeping may
tarry for the night,
00:40:17.85\00:40:19.18
but joy comes in the
morning" Psalms 30:5.
00:40:19.21\00:40:22.45
Okay, so as little afternoon
00:40:22.48\00:40:25.69
it was worse than
what she was told.
00:40:25.72\00:40:29.46
"Fearfulness has surprised,"
00:40:29.49\00:40:32.29
everybody say the word surprise.
00:40:32.33\00:40:34.93
"Surprise the hypocrites."
00:40:34.96\00:40:36.30
You say, Mark, Jesus
was not a hypocrites,
00:40:36.33\00:40:38.07
is apocalypse a sin?
00:40:38.10\00:40:40.87
It is.
00:40:40.90\00:40:42.47
And Jesus took all of our
sins, I believe that the big,
00:40:42.50\00:40:47.08
one of the biggest surprise
00:40:47.11\00:40:48.81
is when Jesus was in
the Garden of Gethsemane.
00:40:48.84\00:40:53.01
It required eternal
death to bring eternal life.
00:40:53.05\00:40:57.85
So what is Jesus basically
pleading with His Father for?
00:40:57.89\00:41:01.36
I don't want to die this way.
00:41:01.39\00:41:03.96
I'm willing to die but, Father,
please not eternal separation.
00:41:03.99\00:41:09.96
Was Jesus changing His mind?
00:41:10.00\00:41:11.83
He was tempted
to. He was tempted to.
00:41:11.87\00:41:14.74
What did Jesus feel
all through His life?
00:41:14.77\00:41:18.61
I always do those things
that My Father wants Me to.
00:41:18.64\00:41:23.61
The Father has not left me alone
00:41:23.65\00:41:26.41
because I always do
those things that please Him.
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.75
In other words, Jesus believed
the Father was always with Him
00:41:29.78\00:41:33.66
but now in the
Garden of Gethsemane
00:41:33.69\00:41:35.02
His Father was abandoning Him.
00:41:35.06\00:41:39.19
Jesus felt totally abandoned.
Jesus could only see darkness.
00:41:39.23\00:41:45.80
Don't get me
wrong. Don't get me wrong.
00:41:45.83\00:41:50.21
The Father has
perfect love for His son
00:41:50.24\00:41:56.34
but "He that
spared not His own Son,
00:41:56.38\00:42:01.05
but delivered Him up for us all,
00:42:01.08\00:42:05.15
how shall He not with Him
00:42:05.19\00:42:06.62
also freely give us all things?"
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.12
Romans 8:32.
00:42:08.16\00:42:09.49
Listen, He
Himself, stay with me,
00:42:09.52\00:42:13.33
"He Himself has
suffered being tempted."
00:42:13.36\00:42:17.27
The temptations were powerful
00:42:17.30\00:42:19.77
and causing Him
to be prostrated.
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.37
So what was Jesus
greatest temptation?
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.31
I'll tell you what it was.
00:42:24.34\00:42:25.81
Christ might even now refuse
to drink the cup of portion
00:42:25.84\00:42:28.91
He gave to man.
00:42:28.94\00:42:30.28
It was not yet too late.
00:42:30.31\00:42:31.65
He might wipe the
bloody sweat from His brow
00:42:31.68\00:42:33.42
and leave man to
perish of his sin
00:42:33.45\00:42:36.12
and I will go back to My Father.
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.59
Don't you think that
was a formidable temptation,
00:42:37.62\00:42:40.22
to just go back to His
Father but His decision is made.
00:42:40.26\00:42:43.96
He will save man at any cost.
00:42:43.99\00:42:50.33
I love Jesus today.
00:42:50.37\00:42:51.73
Having made His
decision, love is a decision.
00:42:54.74\00:42:57.54
Sometimes couples will
come to me and say, it's over.
00:42:57.57\00:43:01.44
We have no feelings
of love for each other.
00:43:01.48\00:43:04.41
I said, you
believe in Jesus? Oh, yeah.
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.42
Love is a decision and
love grows by expression.
00:43:07.48\00:43:12.09
"Having made His
decision" everybody say decision
00:43:12.12\00:43:15.92
"He fell" what everyone?
00:43:15.96\00:43:17.89
At first He said, I
feel as though I'm dying.
00:43:17.93\00:43:20.60
Guess what?
00:43:20.63\00:43:21.96
After three times praying
this prayer and submitting
00:43:22.00\00:43:25.70
"He fell dying to the ground
00:43:25.73\00:43:29.54
from which He
had partially risen."
00:43:29.57\00:43:33.17
Dying before the cross,
00:43:33.21\00:43:37.85
Jesus could have died
in the Garden of Gethsemane
00:43:37.88\00:43:41.38
but it was
prophesied that He wouldn't.
00:43:45.89\00:43:47.59
Who did God send to
revive Jesus and to help Him
00:43:51.79\00:43:54.83
to have strength to
endure separation with God?
00:43:54.86\00:43:58.33
An angel.
00:43:58.37\00:44:00.77
Oh, the conversation, I
look forward to go into heaven
00:44:00.80\00:44:04.57
and asking Jesus and the angel,
00:44:04.61\00:44:07.28
what did the angels say?
00:44:07.31\00:44:09.64
I believe the angels said
probably something like this.
00:44:09.68\00:44:12.98
I believe that angel was crying,
00:44:13.01\00:44:16.38
I believe that angel was crying
with Jesus who had been crying.
00:44:16.42\00:44:21.16
And I believe He
scooped to help His head
00:44:21.19\00:44:25.09
and held His
bloodied face, His sweaty face
00:44:25.13\00:44:30.77
and I see him saying, Jesus,
00:44:30.80\00:44:33.70
the angelic host loves
You more because of this.
00:44:33.74\00:44:40.28
The decision to save
man at any cost to Himself
00:44:40.31\00:44:43.75
was finally and full
then tested on the Cross.
00:44:43.78\00:44:50.29
Why is it so
important to understand
00:44:50.32\00:44:51.95
the struggle in the
Garden of Gethsemane
00:44:51.99\00:44:54.19
because you go through struggles
00:44:54.22\00:44:56.46
and you have not sweat
blood yet, Hebrews 12:4.
00:44:56.49\00:45:00.60
So why was Jesus forsaken?
00:45:00.63\00:45:02.60
Because of sin,
because He was cursed.
00:45:02.63\00:45:05.00
He receive the cruse
and the thrones on His head
00:45:05.03\00:45:07.30
with symbolic of the fact
that He took all of our sins.
00:45:07.34\00:45:10.21
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Christ died for our sins.
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.24
"Thou shall call his name Jesus,
00:46:23.28\00:46:24.65
for he shall save his
people from their sins."
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.82
Now watch, watch, I
saved the best for last.
00:46:26.85\00:46:33.05
What kind of
death did Jesus die?
00:46:33.09\00:46:39.59
The wages of sin is
eternal death ultimately.
00:46:39.63\00:46:45.77
The second death from
which there is no resurrection,
00:46:45.80\00:46:49.57
Romans 6:23, no grater death.
00:46:49.60\00:46:52.47
Jesus tasted the second death
for every man, Hebrews 2:9.
00:46:52.51\00:46:57.15
My God my God--
00:46:57.18\00:46:59.15
My God, My God, why
have you temporarily left Me?
00:47:02.32\00:47:07.69
So what you would say?
00:47:12.06\00:47:14.36
I want to understand
it so we are so accustom
00:47:14.40\00:47:18.33
to hearing these,
these things as like,
00:47:18.37\00:47:20.40
oh, I've heard this and
we become gospel harden.
00:47:20.44\00:47:23.27
How many agree
you can hear the cross
00:47:23.30\00:47:24.94
and it won't move you
at all unless you say,
00:47:24.97\00:47:27.41
"Lord, break up
my follow ground."
00:47:27.44\00:47:30.55
Break up my heart, break
Me that you might remake Me.
00:47:30.58\00:47:36.22
What is He saying there?
00:47:36.25\00:47:38.75
He is saying
00:47:38.79\00:47:41.69
My God,
00:47:41.72\00:47:43.59
you have forever left me.
00:47:43.63\00:47:48.93
Was He joking?
00:47:48.96\00:47:51.10
Was He just kind of going
through a celestial script?
00:47:51.13\00:47:53.60
You know, these are the words
00:47:53.64\00:47:54.97
and I need to say
these words so I just--
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.44
or I will say them.
00:47:56.47\00:47:58.91
How many agree he
felt poignant sorrow.
00:47:58.94\00:48:02.04
Behold, "If there is
any sorrow like my sorrow,"
00:48:02.08\00:48:06.48
Lamentations 1:12.
00:48:06.51\00:48:08.92
Jesus was experience despair.
00:48:08.95\00:48:14.22
The wicked will
experience despair why
00:48:14.26\00:48:17.46
of eternal separation.
00:48:17.49\00:48:20.50
He required eternal
death to bring eternal life.
00:48:20.53\00:48:26.17
How did Jesus
die? How did he died?
00:48:26.20\00:48:29.44
You know, when they came to him
00:48:29.47\00:48:33.51
and they came to the
soldiers they broke their legs
00:48:33.54\00:48:37.81
and either
franking him on either side.
00:48:37.85\00:48:40.55
But they didn't
break Jesus legs why
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.88
because He was already dead.
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.72
That just simply did not happen.
00:48:44.75\00:48:47.12
He had only been
up there for six hours
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.99
and by the way He
rested on the seventh hour
00:48:49.02\00:48:51.89
from His work of redemption
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.33
and He rested
on the seventh day.
00:48:54.36\00:48:56.90
A perfect sacrifice so
that we can have perfect rest.
00:48:56.93\00:49:02.00
Oh, Sabbath rest
keepers do you have rest?
00:49:02.04\00:49:04.97
You find it in
the bosom of Christ.
00:49:05.01\00:49:08.54
Think about it.
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.85
They noticed that
Jesus was already dead.
00:49:10.88\00:49:13.55
Criminals would be hanging
on these crosses publicly
00:49:13.58\00:49:17.85
as a spectacle of
warning, as a beacon of warning.
00:49:17.89\00:49:20.86
You know, why?
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.56
This was a horrible torture.
00:49:23.59\00:49:25.86
They would linger in agony
00:49:25.89\00:49:28.23
four days up on
the cross at times.
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.20
Jesus died suddenly
of a raptured heart.
00:49:31.23\00:49:35.94
His heart was
broken for our sins.
00:49:35.97\00:49:40.24
Now watch this,
"Jesus died of a broken heart
00:49:40.28\00:49:44.35
that he might heal
the broken hearted"
00:49:44.38\00:49:46.95
Psalms 69:20.
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.05
When the trust in
the spear what came out?
00:49:49.08\00:49:53.09
Blood and water.
00:49:53.12\00:49:54.62
Number one, signaling the
fact that He had already died
00:49:54.66\00:49:59.49
secondly that He
died of a broken heart.
00:49:59.53\00:50:02.50
Now listen
carefully, Ellen White says,
00:50:02.53\00:50:05.53
"It was the sense of sin,
bringing the Father's wrath
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.84
upon Him as man's
substitute, that made the cup
00:50:07.87\00:50:10.24
He drank so bitter, and broke
the heart of the Son of God."
00:50:10.27\00:50:14.68
Behold, Jesus,
dying of a broken heart
00:50:14.71\00:50:18.91
because His Father left Him.
00:50:18.95\00:50:23.28
Oh, what amazement...
00:50:23.32\00:50:26.79
this is to me.
00:50:26.82\00:50:30.23
But I want you to
think of something.
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.86
What about the sign of Jonah?
00:50:32.89\00:50:35.33
No sign will be given to
this skeptical generation
00:50:35.36\00:50:39.80
except the sign
of the Prophet Jonah.
00:50:39.83\00:50:43.20
Jonah said that he was
cast out of sight forever
00:50:43.24\00:50:46.07
but it turned out to be
three days, what does he,
00:50:46.11\00:50:49.04
you know, can't get
things straight, is He confused,
00:50:49.08\00:50:51.31
I mean, He just
you know, misprint,
00:50:51.35\00:50:53.55
of what happened
there lapse in his memory?
00:50:53.58\00:50:58.22
That boat that was
tossed by those angry waves.
00:50:58.25\00:51:02.29
Would you agree the
wrath of God was upon that boat
00:51:02.32\00:51:06.23
and Jonah it's my
fault, it's my sin you should--
00:51:06.26\00:51:12.00
I don't want you
to suffer for my sin.
00:51:12.03\00:51:14.44
I only want the wrath of God
00:51:14.47\00:51:16.47
because I want to
see you guys safe.
00:51:16.50\00:51:18.64
Throw me overboard
00:51:18.67\00:51:20.08
I'm volunteering to die for you.
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.04
Throw me over board and
they threw him overboard
00:51:23.08\00:51:27.52
and when he plunged
into the angry waves
00:51:27.55\00:51:30.02
he wasn't thinking like, well,
I hope I can swim to shore.
00:51:30.05\00:51:33.86
He wasn't thinking like,
00:51:33.89\00:51:35.49
well, I hope I can just
float until somebody comes by.
00:51:35.52\00:51:40.60
He was being
plunged into the water
00:51:40.63\00:51:42.56
and in his mind it was forever.
00:51:42.60\00:51:44.83
It gonna turned out to
be three days, it was both.
00:51:48.44\00:51:53.04
Jesus said, I'm
gonna be crucified
00:51:53.07\00:51:55.44
and risen on the third day.
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.35
My God, why, why have
you forsaken me forever
00:51:57.38\00:52:01.95
and yet it was three days.
00:52:01.98\00:52:04.29
He could not see
beyond the porous of the tomb.
00:52:04.32\00:52:09.39
He couldn't see it
but he was willing to say,
00:52:09.42\00:52:12.49
I love Mark Fox
00:52:12.53\00:52:15.50
more than myself
what ever it takes
00:52:15.53\00:52:19.33
but they he said to the
Father in so many words.
00:52:19.37\00:52:21.77
"Though he slay me,
yet will I hope in him.
00:52:21.80\00:52:23.91
Jesus is the ultimate Job."
00:52:23.94\00:52:26.68
And He said, Father,
00:52:26.71\00:52:29.28
you remember He
said, it is finish.
00:52:29.31\00:52:31.48
He said, Father, into
thy hands I commit my spirit
00:52:31.51\00:52:37.52
and he bowed his head
upon his chest and he died.
00:52:37.55\00:52:41.72
There are been many martyrs
but Jesus died for our sins
00:52:41.76\00:52:44.13
and experience
eternal separation from God.
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.59
Many have suffered,
00:52:46.63\00:52:49.10
been tortured
longer than Jesus was.
00:52:49.13\00:52:53.40
So you might be thinking
00:52:53.44\00:52:54.77
of Mel Gibson's
movie Passion of Christ.
00:52:54.80\00:52:58.27
Let me tell you
something, it's not the blood,
00:52:58.31\00:53:02.28
it's the broken heart.
00:53:02.31\00:53:04.01
Oh, it was the
physical pain was horrible
00:53:04.05\00:53:07.05
but He didn't die
from the physical torment
00:53:07.08\00:53:09.65
he died from a heart
broken because of your sins.
00:53:09.68\00:53:15.69
Why Jesus, would
You be willing to die
00:53:15.72\00:53:18.83
for a broken heart
for the likes of me?
00:53:18.86\00:53:22.20
The Savior could
not see I need to close.
00:53:22.23\00:53:25.23
Savior could not see
the portals of the tomb.
00:53:25.27\00:53:27.67
Hope did not present to Him.
00:53:27.70\00:53:29.27
He is coming forth
from the grave of conqueror
00:53:29.30\00:53:31.44
or tell Him of the Father's
acceptance of the sacrifice.
00:53:31.47\00:53:34.01
He feared the sin
was so offensive to God
00:53:34.04\00:53:35.84
that their separation was what?
00:53:35.88\00:53:38.48
Eternal. No
wonder Jesus was tempted.
00:53:38.51\00:53:41.98
If you are the Son of God
come down and save yourself.
00:53:42.02\00:53:44.75
Oh, it was a temptation
to go back to His Father.
00:53:44.79\00:53:48.12
While He was on the
cross no angel to help Him,
00:53:48.16\00:53:49.96
no confirming voice from
God, no Moses and Elijah,
00:53:49.99\00:53:52.63
no comfort from His followers,
no understanding from anyone.
00:53:52.66\00:53:55.76
It was a thief on the
cross though that accepted Him.
00:53:55.80\00:53:59.37
No smile from His Father.
Just darkness and lightening.
00:53:59.40\00:54:01.80
Just condemnation and despair.
00:54:01.84\00:54:03.84
Behold and see if any
sorrow like is my sorrow.
00:54:03.87\00:54:07.01
His heart broke
00:54:07.04\00:54:08.38
so that He could
heal the broken hearted.
00:54:08.41\00:54:10.91
It required eternal
death to bring eternal life.
00:54:10.95\00:54:14.35
I close with this.
00:54:14.38\00:54:17.92
What is going to
keep you from sinning?
00:54:17.95\00:54:20.69
If God takes you to
heaven does He take away
00:54:20.72\00:54:24.76
your power of
decision, your power of will?
00:54:24.79\00:54:27.50
You still have it.
00:54:27.53\00:54:28.96
What's gonna
keep you from sinning
00:54:29.00\00:54:30.57
a zillion years from now?
00:54:30.60\00:54:33.64
Listen, then is the
glorious of the eternal home
00:54:33.67\00:54:37.77
burst upon and raptured
senses we shall remember
00:54:37.81\00:54:40.71
that Jesus left all this for us
00:54:40.74\00:54:43.38
that He not only became an exile
00:54:43.41\00:54:44.81
from the heavenly chords
00:54:44.85\00:54:46.31
but for us took
the what everyone
00:54:46.35\00:54:48.42
the risk of
failure and eternal loss.
00:54:48.45\00:54:54.02
I can't understand
it but I accept it.
00:54:54.06\00:54:58.59
Then we shall cast our crows
at His feet and raise the song,
00:54:58.63\00:55:02.76
worthy, worthy is
the Lamb that was slain.
00:55:02.80\00:55:07.64
"One reminder alone remains.
00:55:07.67\00:55:10.64
Our Redeemer will ever bear
the marks of His crucifixion.
00:55:10.67\00:55:14.61
Upon His wounded head, upon
His side, His hands and feet,
00:55:14.64\00:55:18.15
are the only
traces of the cruel work
00:55:18.18\00:55:20.12
that sinners has wrought."
00:55:20.15\00:55:21.48
Now follow along carefully.
00:55:21.52\00:55:22.85
Son, I'm making an appeal.
00:55:25.32\00:55:27.22
Throughout the
ceases ages of eternity
00:55:33.33\00:55:38.27
Jesus will bare
the marks of His love
00:55:38.30\00:55:44.47
but there is a
wound that speaks louder
00:55:44.51\00:55:51.15
than the wounds on His
hands and His feet, on His head
00:55:51.18\00:55:56.92
it's the wound that reveals...
00:55:56.95\00:56:01.02
how He died.
00:56:01.06\00:56:04.89
This doesn't say everything,
this doesn't say everything,
00:56:04.93\00:56:09.13
this does.
00:56:09.16\00:56:11.80
I look forward to
feel it that side for me
00:56:11.83\00:56:17.81
bowing at His feet
while touching that wound
00:56:17.84\00:56:23.18
because that reveals His heart.
00:56:23.21\00:56:26.28
For me one reminder,
upon His wounded head,
00:56:26.31\00:56:31.79
upon His side,
His hands and feet
00:56:31.82\00:56:33.99
are the only
traces of the cruel work
00:56:34.02\00:56:36.02
that sinners wrought.
00:56:36.06\00:56:37.59
Says the prophet
behold in Christ in His glory.
00:56:37.63\00:56:41.36
He had bright beams
coming out of his side
00:56:41.40\00:56:45.30
and there was the
hiding of His power
00:56:45.33\00:56:48.50
to keep us from sin.
00:56:48.54\00:56:51.84
The power of the gospel.
00:56:51.87\00:56:54.58
Habakkuk 3:4 and Ellen White
00:56:54.61\00:56:56.98
refers to the
margin of the side.
00:56:57.01\00:57:01.88
Bright beams
coming from His side,
00:57:01.92\00:57:04.49
"That pierced side
whence flowed the crimson stream
00:57:04.52\00:57:08.32
that reconciled man to
God, there is the Savior's glory
00:57:08.36\00:57:12.96
there 'the
hiding of his power.'"
00:57:12.99\00:57:14.80
Mighty to save through
the sacrifice of redemption
00:57:14.83\00:57:17.50
or His highest honor
through the eternal ages.
00:57:17.53\00:57:20.90
The wounds of Calvary
will show forth His praise
00:57:20.94\00:57:23.57
and declare His power.
00:57:23.61\00:57:27.04
Behold, Jesus.
00:57:27.08\00:57:31.81
Feel His side. Feel His heart.
00:57:31.85\00:57:36.38
Sense His personal love
00:57:36.42\00:57:39.35
and fall at His
feet with me like that.
00:57:39.39\00:57:45.09
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:46.36\00:57:48.56
are sweeping across the globe
00:57:48.60\00:57:50.57
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:50.60\00:57:52.43
to face the
future with comforts.
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