Hello, friends, and welcome
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to a Wednesday night Bible study
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that I know you've
been looking forward to.
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This is A Sharper Focus.
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Thank you so much for tuning in.
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And we are beginning
a new lesson entitled,
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"The Truth about
God's True Church."
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And so thank you for joining us.
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we know that we are so
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And got an email
one day a few weeks ago,
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actually from Australia,
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where somebody said,
"What about the next lesson,
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I've missed it, or
maybe you didn't do it,"
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and there was repeats.
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So thank you for
tuning in tonight.
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This is the first in
our lesson number 27.
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A very important topic
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that we're gonna get
into in just a moment.
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But before I give you any more,
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I always like to
begin with prayer.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father,
thank You for Your guidance
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which we surely do need
every time we open Your Word.
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Thank You for Your Holy Spirit
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who will come and be our teacher
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that will expand
our hearts and our minds
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as we grapple
with the living Word.
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And, Lord, we
pray that our minds
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will not only be expanded,
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but our hearts will be filled
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with a dedication and affection
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that we may desire to
know You and to serve You.
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In Jesus name we pray, amen.
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Now, if you'd like to get a copy
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of our lesson for tonight,
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go to this website
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asf.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 27,
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The Truth about
God's True Church.
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We just finished
the lesson on heaven.
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And that was a great lesson,
was 4 pages, 33 questions.
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We covered quite
a bit about heaven
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and we are looking forward
to go into heaven one day.
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Can you all say
amen to that? Amen.
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And so now in
order to get there,
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this is the next in the series,
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you have to be on
the right vehicle.
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You've got to be
on the right vehicle
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to get to the right destination.
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That's why this topic
is so vitally important.
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Lesson number 27
on A Sharper Focus,
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and also on that website,
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if you've missed
any of the programs,
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you can download the lessons.
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There are
approximately 84 videos,
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I checked it today, 84 videos.
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You can go from
the very first lesson
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we did more than a
year ago to up today
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and all the lessons are there.
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So if you wanna
solid Bible study
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beginning on the topics
of righteousness by faith,
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go to that website and download
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or look at the videos
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and it will connect you
to what lesson to download.
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And if you want a
weekly Bible study,
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you'll also find those
wonderful topics located there.
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But tonight before
we do anything else,
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we're gonna sing our theme song
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which is "Victory," in?
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Jesus. "In Jesus."
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Let's sing our song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen? Amen.
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I have been waiting and
waiting to do this topic.
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Seems like forever, but
now we're back on track.
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I'm so excited for that.
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And so right now
tonight, I'm like...
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I'm like a bottle of
water filled at the top,
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just open it now
begin to pour out,
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and tonight I'm
excited about that.
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But this topic
is an amazing topic,
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the truth about
God's true church.
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Now the reason
why I use the phrase
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the truth about
God's true church
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is because
every Christian church
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or every church
that connects itself
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to Christ or to God says,
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"It is the true church."
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And I thought to
myself as I studied the Bible,
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when you go back
and read the Bible,
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when you go to
the Old Testament,
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God had one people.
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How many people that He have?
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One. He had one.
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He had, He chose Jerusalem, Jews
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to carry the
gospel to the world.
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In the New
Testament, the Lord said,
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"Upon this rock I
built My church," one church.
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And then, but
now you fast forward
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to 2000 years later.
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And let me give
you some statistics
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just to show you
how important this is.
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Now, a moment ago, I mentioned
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in order to get to
the right destination,
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you got to get on the
right plane, am I right?
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Yeah.
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You cannot just
go to the airport
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and get on any plane and end up
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where you wanna end up.
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We went to the
Virgin Islands recently,
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got a little bit of sun,
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so I'm looking
more of Middle Eastern
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that's because this
is sun, amen for the sun.
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Amen. Got my vitamin D.
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But when we go to the airport,
you have to check your ticket,
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you have to make sure that
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you're not only
on the right airline,
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but the right flight number,
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not only the
right flight number,
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but you get on and
ask for the right seat.
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Everything about
that has to be correct.
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You could be on
the right airline
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but the wrong plane.
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That's why they say, I've
heard that they say before,
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"If your final
destination is not New York,
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this is the best
time to get off the plane
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before the door is closed."
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I did some research today
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and according to
the Hartford Institute
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for Religious Research,
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just in America,
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there are 350,000 congregations,
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follow me carefully.
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Of those 350,000,
314,000 are Protestant.
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What does that mean?
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Protestant is a group
that protests anything
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that Rome stands for.
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Protestant
Reformation began in the 1500s.
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One of the chief contributors
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is one man by
the name of Martin?
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Luther. Martin Luther.
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But there's Calvin, Hus,
Zwingli, Jerome, Wycliffe,
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all of those contributors.
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Out of the
350,000 congregations,
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24,000 of those is Catholic.
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Now, I mentioned that
there are 314,000 Protestants,
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even though there're
only 24,000 Catholics,
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they have the
highest number of adherence
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in the United States,
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67 million
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higher than any other singular
denomination in America.
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So Catholicism is
heavily represented in America,
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even though they are only 24,000
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out of 350,000 denominations.
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But then out of
that large number,
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they are 12,000
non-Christian denominations.
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They don't
connect to Jesus at all.
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Among those are Thelema,
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the religion began
by Aleister Crowley,
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that today is now
officially recognized
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as a religion in England.
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Then there's Atheism.
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And then there's
the Church of Satan
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that is among that category.
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Now, if you break it
down to denominations,
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there are 25 to 27
major denominations.
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We say major,
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because you have
these little churches,
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you know, that
have these long names.
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I don't wanna mention any,
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just so I don't
get anybody upset.
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But you have these
storefront churches
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that have started
by Bishop whomever
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or Reverend whomever,
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and that's his own movement.
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He started with
a particular vision
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in mind,
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that's not listed here.
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But if you break down
those 25 denominations,
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you get the
following categories.
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You have liberal Protestants,
moderate Protestants,
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conservative Protestants.
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Adventists are
listed in the category
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among conservative Protestants.
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But it depends on
what church you go to.
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See, because
Adventism is very diverse today,
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depending on where you go.
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You go to Trinidad,
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where sometimes the
hymn sound like Calypso,
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you go to Jamaica,
where some sometimes
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in some places it may sound
like it have a reggae beat.
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So depending on your definition
of conservative or liberal,
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it depends on where
you are in the world.
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You go to some
Adventist churches,
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they don't have a piano
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because they
still, in some countries,
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they still
believe in no instruments.
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But you have
some that are filled
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with the whole band,
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the drums, the guitar, the bass
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and the categories go on and on.
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So the liberal, moderate
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and conservative Protestants,
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then they are Roman Catholics,
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then they're Latter-day Saints,
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one of the denominations,
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then there are the Pentecostal
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and the Holiness Protestants.
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This does not
include Jehovah's Witnesses,
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Judaism, Sikhs, Neo-pagans,
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Chinese
traditional, Islam, Bahá'í,
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Hinduism, Narcissism,
Rastafarianism, Taoism,
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Atheism, and the list
goes on and on and on.
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So I go back to
my original thought.
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One good thing
that I've discovered
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in this research of
all these movements,
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Christianity, if you
combine Christianity together,
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no singular
religion on the planet
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is larger than Christianity.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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The man called Jesus has
affected the entire world.
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2.1 billion
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all claim to be Christians.
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But tonight, as
we begin this topic,
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and I didn't go into,
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there's so many more,
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I mean, you got Confucianism,
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you've got Neo-Pentecostalism,
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then you have the category,
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which I didn't mention this.
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But among the evangelicals,
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you can choose
any of these groups
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and stick them in there.
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Because evangelicals
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is another category
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that includes
Pentecostals, Assemblies of God,
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you notice I
didn't link them here.
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They're under the
category of Protestants.
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There's so much.
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So the question really
has to come to the forefront.
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Go with me to the
Book of Ephesians.
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And let's go ahead
and begin to kind of,
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as I say, unwrap this package,
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and come to the conclusion,
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why it is so
vitally important for us
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to know the truth
about God's true church.
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Now when the New
Testament church began,
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we're going to
Ephesians Chapter 4,
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when the New Testament
church began, it was easy.
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It was Jesus and
His 12 disciples.
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Then after the day of Pentecost,
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the church began to grow
and grow and grow, so quickly,
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they went from 3000,
then another baptism, 8000,
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that's 5000 more
was added to that 8000,
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then it grew so rapidly
that the Bible says, "Many,"
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the Lord added
to the church daily,
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such as should be saved,
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and they could just
simply use the word multitudes,
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so rapidly did the church grow.
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But then there was a period
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called the period of
religious persecution,
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early, inflicted by
the early Roman Empire
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from 303 to 313 AD,
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by Roman Emperor Diocletian,
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where the Christian
church grew so rapidly,
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they tried to wipe it out,
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because Rome
couldn't control it.
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But the more they killed,
the quicker the church grew.
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Amen, somebody? Amen.
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So that period ended in 313 AD,
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and the church
had a gradual growth.
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Well, by the year 321 AD,
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actually, let me
go back a little bit.
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By the year 168 AD
traditions began to be inserted
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into the church
under the Roman Empire,
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not under Catholicism,
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under the Roman Empire.
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And in 321 AD, Roman Emperor
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Constantine made the
first civil Sunday law.
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But the Church of Rome
was not yet in existence.
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It was the Rome and
it was the Roman Empire,
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which was the
pagan Roman Empire.
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But in the year 476 AD,
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pagan Rome gave
way to papal Rome.
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When pagan Rome fell,
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the Pope's rose to prominence.
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So then the pope's became
the head of the Roman Empire.
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That's why you
have these phrases
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that are almost synonymous
with the leaders of Rome.
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You have some of
these terminologies
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that could either be a
Caesar or a pope, okay?
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But so now, but something
happened in the year 538 AD
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that has spun us into
this massive explosion
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of thousands and thousands
and thousands of denominations,
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and thousands and
thousands of congregations.
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It was called the Dark Ages.
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What did I say it was?
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The Dark Ages,
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which means someone
turned the light off.
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Bibles were taken.
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Matter of fact, Bibles
were not in multiple quantity
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as they are today.
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There was no printing
press to duplicate Bibles.
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So they were in rare form.
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And the churches
chained the Bible to the altar,
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so only bishops and
popes had access to the Bibles.
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The common man did not.
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So whatever I said to
Yannick, as the priests,
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you had to take my word,
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you had no point of reference.
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So for 1260 years,
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the Dark Ages
continued to proliferate era,
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which many doctrines
came out of that time,
00:14:48.52\00:14:50.89
such as purgatory, and limbo,
00:14:50.92\00:14:53.82
and ever burning hell,
00:14:53.86\00:14:55.29
and the idea that
you die and go to heaven
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and sacredness of the
first day of the week,
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just to name a
few, infant baptism.
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Many of these things
rose up during the Dark Ages.
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But then praise the Lord,
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around the 1300s,
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a spot begin to be ignited
00:15:09.34\00:15:11.77
among individual men, men
that said, "Wait a minute,
00:15:11.81\00:15:14.24
wait a minute, this is
not what God intended."
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So they found
portions of Scripture.
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But it was not until
Martin Luther in the 1500s
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in a pilgrimage to Rome,
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he read the Bible
and he read a phrase,
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"The just shall live by faith."
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He began studying the
scripture and discovered
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that the very
church he stood with
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was not in
harmony with the Bible.
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And then he began
by nailing his protest
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to the door in
Wittenberg, Germany,
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called The Ninety-five Theses.
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Ninety-five reasons why I reject
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that Rome is the Church
of Bible of the Scriptures.
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Ninety-five reasons,
among those are so many,
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the supremacy,
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the
infallibility of a single man,
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and all the other things
that I mentioned just brief,
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I'm not gonna go into the 95.
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But there were 95 reasons.
00:16:03.46\00:16:06.29
Martin Luther went into hiding.
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And he wrote,
00:16:10.23\00:16:11.60
he translated the
Bible from Latin to German,
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the language of the
people at that particular time.
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Then following him
not too long, later on,
00:16:18.21\00:16:20.41
then the Wittenberg press,
00:16:20.44\00:16:22.01
where the Bible
began to be printed
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in Old English.
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Then the King James
Version of the Bible,
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I wanna make sure very
clear, this is history,
00:16:27.58\00:16:29.78
where the King James Version
went through many, many stages.
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You know, you had
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where the letter U look like a V
00:16:34.46\00:16:36.29
and V look like U
in the old lingers.
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So when people say
today that they only want
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the original King James Version,
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I don't think
you really mean that,
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because modern
man couldn't read it.
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It's the first translation
when it was first off of,
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and by the way King
James commissioned it,
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but King James
did not translate it,
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all right?
00:16:55.64\00:16:56.98
But then you had the
America n Bible Society
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that came along in the 1800s.?
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And they began,
00:17:01.55\00:17:02.88
and then this light
began to dawn in the 1700s.
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Why?
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Because in 1798,
this is some history,
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very important about this topic.
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In 1798, the Pope of
Rome was taken captive
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by French General
Berthier, taken into captivity,
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died in exile.
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And from 1798, it appears
though Roman lost its power.
00:17:21.70\00:17:25.24
But the Bible
said in Revelation 13,
00:17:25.27\00:17:27.08
"The deadly
wound would be healed."
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And in 1929,
authority was returned
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to the Roman Catholic Church,
00:17:31.65\00:17:33.25
when Mussolini
gave the Vatican City
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to the Church of Rome.
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So today, now, we
have this multiplicity
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of religious groups.
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And as I mentioned, in America,
the largest of all those groups
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in number is Roman
Catholicism, 67 million.
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But when you read this text,
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it's kind of hard to
put your head around that
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what I've showed you
or walked you through here
00:17:55.34\00:17:58.74
is the
evolution of Christianity,
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the evolution of religion.
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And by the way, I said
nothing of the evolution
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of all these
other outside religions,
00:18:05.71\00:18:08.52
Eastern mysticism, Shakti
00:18:08.55\00:18:10.52
and Yoga, and New Age
00:18:10.55\00:18:11.89
and all this other
stuff that's called religion.
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Because anything
that could be identified,
00:18:14.26\00:18:17.09
any movement that
could say it has a holy book,
00:18:17.13\00:18:20.66
and has creeds that according
to the outline established
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for an official religion,
00:18:24.67\00:18:26.23
it could be
recognized as a religion
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when it does not
connect itself to Christ, right?
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You had also the
phrases during the Dark Ages,
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something else that
came into prominence
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in around the year 515-565.
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During the Dark Ages,
00:18:39.48\00:18:40.82
was the formulation
of this secret rapture.
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I was so glad when
National Geographic's
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had done a program
on the secret rapture.
00:18:45.92\00:18:49.22
And they traced
it all the way back
00:18:49.26\00:18:50.99
to Francisco Ribeira,
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a Roman Jesuit,
00:18:53.09\00:18:54.43
who was commissioned by
the Roman Catholic Church
00:18:54.46\00:18:56.10
during the Dark Ages
00:18:56.13\00:18:57.47
to create this theory,
00:18:57.50\00:18:59.17
so that people can
take their eyes off
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of the Roman Catholic Church
00:19:01.10\00:19:02.44
as the fourth beast
of Daniel Chapter 7,
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the beast of Daniel.
00:19:06.01\00:19:07.81
But today, we come now and
if you walked into a store,
00:19:07.84\00:19:11.61
this is just, I
wanna get the perspective,
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if you walked into a store,
00:19:13.92\00:19:16.12
and you asked
for a pair of socks.
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That is a huge question.
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Because they 'll
say, "What color?
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What size? What shape?
00:19:25.76\00:19:27.43
Want for the
winter, for the summer?
00:19:27.46\00:19:29.06
Do you want
shear? Do you want tall?
00:19:29.10\00:19:30.90
Do you want short?
Do you want ankles?
00:19:30.93\00:19:32.40
Do you want those
who go across your knees?
00:19:32.43\00:19:34.27
Do you want thermal socks?
00:19:34.30\00:19:35.64
Or do you want socks to swim in?
00:19:35.67\00:19:37.14
Which one do you want?
00:19:37.17\00:19:38.51
Do you want socks for skis
00:19:38.54\00:19:39.87
or socks for
climbing in the mountains?
00:19:39.91\00:19:41.34
Which kind of
socks do you want?"
00:19:41.38\00:19:42.94
And today, the church
has been narrowed down
00:19:42.98\00:19:45.21
to what kind of
socks do you want,
00:19:45.25\00:19:47.45
what fits you rather
than what do you fit into.
00:19:47.48\00:19:51.89
The church today has
become what do you want
00:19:51.92\00:19:54.96
rather than what does God want.
00:19:54.99\00:19:57.69
And that's why this
lesson is so vitally important,
00:19:57.73\00:20:00.40
because I wanna
say, as the Bible says,
00:20:00.43\00:20:02.86
there is a way that
seems right unto a man,
00:20:02.90\00:20:07.60
but in the end there
of is the way of death.
00:20:07.64\00:20:11.07
So that we're gonna
read a couple of scriptures
00:20:11.11\00:20:12.51
before we go to
the first question,
00:20:12.54\00:20:14.08
just to establish a
couple of very important points.
00:20:14.11\00:20:16.54
Look at the Ephesians Chapter 4.
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And I'm gonna read verse 4
00:20:18.25\00:20:20.38
and down to verse 6, all right?
00:20:20.42\00:20:23.22
According to the Bible,
00:20:23.25\00:20:24.59
this is during the
time of New Testament,
00:20:24.62\00:20:26.09
the Bible says,
"There is," how many bodies?
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.86
"One body and one spirit,
00:20:28.89\00:20:31.83
just as you are called
in one hope of your calling,
00:20:31.86\00:20:36.26
one Lord, one
faith, one baptism,
00:20:36.30\00:20:39.83
one God and Father of
all, who is above all,
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and through all and in all."
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So if I asked you
how many did the Bible
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indicate exist in
New Testament times,
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how many numbers
would you hold up?
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One.
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One, not 314,000, but one.
00:20:54.08\00:20:59.99
Not 25 or 27
major denominations,
00:21:00.02\00:21:02.49
but one,
00:21:02.52\00:21:04.43
one Lord, one faith.
00:21:04.46\00:21:06.29
But let me give
you encouragement,
00:21:06.33\00:21:07.66
because today you may come up
00:21:07.70\00:21:09.36
with your own concept
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.10
based on what I've
been saying so far.
00:21:11.13\00:21:12.80
You may because I know
that when I speak sometimes,
00:21:12.83\00:21:15.27
people try to think
ahead of me and say,
00:21:15.30\00:21:18.04
"Are you saying,"
00:21:18.07\00:21:19.41
so just for those
who are deep thinkers,
00:21:19.44\00:21:21.68
I wanna clarify
what I'm not saying.
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Go with me to John 10:16, okay?
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Let's go to John 10:16.
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And then we're gonna look
at one more text, all right?
00:21:30.62\00:21:33.76
I'm just gonna make sure
00:21:33.79\00:21:35.12
I'm not running ahead of myself.
00:21:35.16\00:21:36.49
Great, I did not
include in my lesson.
00:21:36.52\00:21:38.59
We're gonna go to John 10:16.
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And so if you look at that,
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.57
one Lord, one
faith, one baptism,
00:21:43.60\00:21:45.10
one God, one Father of
all, all the one, one, one, one.
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Look what Jesus said,
00:21:47.97\00:21:49.37
because Jesus knew...
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How did He know?
00:21:52.31\00:21:53.64
He knows the end
from the beginning.
00:21:53.68\00:21:55.01
He's the Alpha and
the Omega, amen for that?
00:21:55.04\00:21:57.18
But look at what
He said in John 10:16.
00:21:57.21\00:21:59.35
Speaking about he
is the Good Shepherd,
00:21:59.38\00:22:01.85
he is the one shepherd,
but there's a caveat here.
00:22:01.88\00:22:05.59
He says in verse 16,
00:22:05.62\00:22:07.72
"Other sheep I have,
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.99
which are not of this fold,
00:22:11.03\00:22:15.36
them also I should bring."
00:22:15.40\00:22:17.73
Must bring...
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.10
What's the word there? Must.
00:22:19.13\00:22:20.47
"Must bring,
00:22:20.50\00:22:22.27
and they will," what?
00:22:22.30\00:22:24.07
"Hear My voice,
00:22:24.11\00:22:26.41
and there we will be together,
00:22:26.44\00:22:29.38
one flock and one shepherd."
00:22:29.41\00:22:33.82
So with this cotton
candy machine of religion...
00:22:33.85\00:22:37.42
Anybody that ever
had cotton candy before
00:22:37.45\00:22:39.42
knows what I'm talking about?
00:22:39.45\00:22:41.06
You know, if you
go to the State Fair,
00:22:41.09\00:22:42.49
you get your cotton candy.
00:22:42.52\00:22:43.86
What do they do?
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.23
They just pour some
sugar in the center,
00:22:45.26\00:22:46.59
and they turn that thing on,
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.33
spinning it in all directions
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.00
and out of that
comes cotton candy.
00:22:50.03\00:22:51.87
Religion today has
become a cotton candy religion,
00:22:51.90\00:22:55.24
it's spun in all directions.
00:22:55.27\00:22:56.77
They've been poured
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.14
into a
centrifugal force of time,
00:22:58.17\00:22:59.57
and they are in all
different directions.
00:22:59.61\00:23:01.58
But when you
really boil it down,
00:23:01.61\00:23:03.01
the Lord says,
"There's only one shepherd,
00:23:03.04\00:23:05.08
and I've had only one flock.
00:23:05.11\00:23:06.95
I've got one
flock, I'm one shepherd."
00:23:06.98\00:23:09.28
But here is how there
is going to be one flock.
00:23:09.32\00:23:13.86
He says, "My sheep
will," what's the next word?
00:23:13.89\00:23:17.59
Hear. "Hear My voice."
00:23:17.63\00:23:20.93
So the question that I
must lay down today it's huge.
00:23:20.96\00:23:24.97
I mean, I've taken
the top of my Bible,
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.64
I'm flowing right
now. Praise God for that.
00:23:27.67\00:23:30.74
In the Garden of Eden,
00:23:30.77\00:23:32.41
this is powerful, this is deep,
00:23:32.44\00:23:34.81
the Lord just gave it to
me, in the Garden of Eden,
00:23:34.84\00:23:37.48
the reason why Eve was deceived,
00:23:37.51\00:23:40.52
is she listened
to the wrong voice.
00:23:40.55\00:23:44.12
Didn't she?
Come on, help me out.
00:23:44.15\00:23:45.49
Yes.
00:23:45.52\00:23:46.86
She listened to
the voice of Satan.
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.79
And I wanna say today,
00:23:48.82\00:23:50.16
the Bible makes it clear
00:23:50.19\00:23:51.53
that there are so many voices
00:23:51.56\00:23:53.96
from all different
directions of religion,
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.97
all different
directions of Christianity,
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.40
their voices coming
out of the woodwork,
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.44
just turn your television on.
00:24:01.47\00:24:05.77
But if you don't read the Bible,
00:24:05.81\00:24:07.64
you will just
listen to the voice
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.08
and decide
based on how he dress,
00:24:09.11\00:24:11.91
what kind of church they have,
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.28
what kind of music, what
kind of community status,
00:24:13.31\00:24:16.52
you cannot base
religions, or churches,
00:24:16.55\00:24:19.72
or what church to
join on aesthetics.
00:24:19.75\00:24:23.32
It has to be based
on the Word of God.
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.93
Amen, somebody? Amen.
00:24:24.96\00:24:26.39
So let's look at one more text.
00:24:26.43\00:24:27.76
So there will be one shepherd.
00:24:27.80\00:24:29.40
There's only one shepherd.
00:24:29.43\00:24:30.77
One day there'll be only, what?
00:24:30.80\00:24:32.13
One flock.
00:24:32.17\00:24:33.50
But let's go to our last
one before question number one.
00:24:33.54\00:24:36.67
Revelation Chapter 18.
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.44
See, the Lord says,
00:24:38.47\00:24:39.81
"My sheep will hear My voice."
00:24:39.84\00:24:42.04
I want you to see
Revelation tells us
00:24:42.08\00:24:45.31
that before this
whole thing is done,
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.38
before the world is over,
00:24:47.42\00:24:49.35
there is gonna
be a massive call.
00:24:49.38\00:24:52.82
And I wanna also encourage you
that call is going forth today.
00:24:52.85\00:24:56.32
Praise the Lord to that.
00:24:56.36\00:24:57.69
That call is going forth today.
00:24:57.73\00:25:00.83
Revelation Chapter 18.
00:25:00.86\00:25:03.57
And I'm gonna
look down at verse 4.
00:25:03.60\00:25:07.97
"And I heard another," what?
00:25:08.00\00:25:11.01
"Voice," from where? "Heaven."
00:25:11.04\00:25:13.24
That's the only voice
you need to listen to,
00:25:13.27\00:25:15.28
voice from heaven.
00:25:15.31\00:25:17.28
When Jesus came to the earth,
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.65
He said to the Jews,
00:25:18.68\00:25:20.12
"I am the bread
00:25:20.15\00:25:21.48
that came down from heaven."
00:25:21.52\00:25:22.98
So the voice that
is coming from heaven
00:25:23.02\00:25:24.39
is the voice of God.
00:25:24.42\00:25:26.35
If you wanna find
the voice of God today,
00:25:26.39\00:25:28.39
look in His Word.
00:25:28.42\00:25:29.82
Anything that
deviates from God's Word
00:25:29.86\00:25:32.33
is not the voice of heaven.
00:25:32.36\00:25:35.00
What is this
voice of heaven doing?
00:25:35.03\00:25:37.47
"Saying, 'Come out of,"
what? "Her," whose people?
00:25:37.50\00:25:43.00
"My people," other sheep I have,
00:25:43.04\00:25:45.24
they are My people,
00:25:45.27\00:25:46.61
I got to get them out.
00:25:46.64\00:25:47.98
"Lest you share in her sins,
00:25:48.01\00:25:49.54
lest you
receive of her plagues."
00:25:49.58\00:25:51.85
The whole context of
this is there are two women
00:25:51.88\00:25:55.02
in the Bible, Revelation 12,
00:25:55.05\00:25:56.52
the woman clothed with the
sun, the moon and the stars,
00:25:56.55\00:25:59.52
then the woman in Revelation 17,
00:25:59.55\00:26:01.36
clothed with gold and
precious stones and pearls.
00:26:01.39\00:26:04.46
She's sitting on a
scarlet colored beast.
00:26:04.49\00:26:06.86
She has a cup of wine
00:26:06.90\00:26:08.73
that the whole world
has been drinking of.
00:26:08.76\00:26:11.53
And the nations of the
world and the kings of the earth
00:26:11.57\00:26:14.40
and leaders, both
religious and secular are drunk
00:26:14.44\00:26:17.97
because they've been drinking
what she's been giving them.
00:26:18.01\00:26:21.31
They are intoxicated.
00:26:21.34\00:26:22.81
And one thing that
an intoxicated person
00:26:22.84\00:26:24.78
can't do is
walk a straight line.
00:26:24.81\00:26:27.62
See, powerful.
00:26:27.65\00:26:29.35
So tonight, let's go
ahead and begin unfolding.
00:26:29.38\00:26:32.09
And by the way, I
know we're not gonna cover
00:26:32.12\00:26:33.59
this whole lesson tonight.
00:26:33.62\00:26:34.96
But there's another
Wednesday by God's grace,
00:26:34.99\00:26:36.52
He'll give it to us.
00:26:36.56\00:26:37.89
Look at the first
question for tonight.
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.53
Question number one.
00:26:39.56\00:26:41.96
What is the
message that God's Church
00:26:42.00\00:26:45.17
will be preaching?
00:26:45.20\00:26:47.27
This is how and
you got to keep...
00:26:47.30\00:26:49.40
Go to Revelation Chapter 14.
00:26:49.44\00:26:52.14
When you begin to put
these pieces in place,
00:26:52.17\00:26:55.48
you will discover
that it's really easy,
00:26:55.51\00:26:57.81
it's very easy to
find the true church.
00:26:57.85\00:27:01.78
Because here's the key,
00:27:01.82\00:27:03.85
the church that is
established on God's Word
00:27:03.89\00:27:08.72
will be proclaiming His voice.
00:27:08.76\00:27:14.40
If it's deviating
or if it's excluded,
00:27:14.43\00:27:17.93
then don't follow it.
00:27:17.97\00:27:19.67
Okay, here it is.
Revelation Chapter 14.
00:27:19.70\00:27:22.70
Let's look at verse 6 together
and it'll appear on the screen.
00:27:22.74\00:27:25.31
The Bible says,
00:27:25.34\00:27:26.68
"Then I saw another angel
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.74
flying in the midst of heaven,"
00:27:28.78\00:27:31.65
that is above the
above the earth's atmosphere,
00:27:31.68\00:27:33.98
"having the,"
what kind of gospel?
00:27:34.02\00:27:36.69
"Everlasting gospel to preach
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.25
to those who dwell on the earth,
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.92
to every nation,
tribe, tongue," and what?
00:27:41.96\00:27:46.19
"People."
00:27:46.23\00:27:47.56
So first of all, let's begin
with a very important point.
00:27:47.60\00:27:50.30
The gospel is not new.
The gospel is everlasting.
00:27:50.33\00:27:53.40
Amen? Amen.
00:27:53.44\00:27:54.77
So here's the point,
was the gospel in effect
00:27:54.80\00:27:56.87
from the Old Testament?
00:27:56.91\00:27:58.24
Yes. Yes.
00:27:58.27\00:27:59.61
God gave Adam and Eve hope.
00:27:59.64\00:28:02.88
He said, "I will put enmity
between thee and the woman."
00:28:02.91\00:28:06.35
He said this to the serpent,
between thy seed and her seed.
00:28:06.38\00:28:11.09
You will bruise his heel,
00:28:11.12\00:28:12.49
but he's gonna bruise your head.
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.06
He gave Eve and Adam hope.
00:28:15.09\00:28:18.86
The everlasting gospel,
00:28:18.89\00:28:20.26
there is gonna be deliverance
00:28:20.30\00:28:21.63
and the end result
of this deliverance
00:28:21.66\00:28:23.37
is Satan's head
is gonna be crushed.
00:28:23.40\00:28:26.13
And in the process of
delivering His people,
00:28:26.17\00:28:28.70
Jesus will have
His heel wounded.
00:28:28.74\00:28:32.41
Praise the Lord!
My heel could heal.
00:28:32.44\00:28:35.21
But if you crush my
head, I'm down and out.
00:28:35.24\00:28:37.95
The devil is
gonna be down and out.
00:28:37.98\00:28:39.41
So here's the first point,
00:28:39.45\00:28:41.08
is your church
teaching the everlasting gospel,
00:28:41.12\00:28:46.45
the first of three
messages of Revelation?
00:28:46.49\00:28:51.39
Very important point.
00:28:51.43\00:28:52.76
Is your church
preaching the messages found
00:28:52.79\00:28:55.86
in Revelation Chapter 14?
00:28:55.90\00:28:57.70
Now, let me go
ahead and just make the...
00:28:57.73\00:28:59.83
I'll answer the question myself.
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.84
The majority of
denominations are not.
00:29:01.87\00:29:05.01
Because what follows in,
00:29:05.04\00:29:06.68
what is set up in
this particular chapter,
00:29:06.71\00:29:10.45
you have to qualify
to preach this message.
00:29:10.48\00:29:14.92
Did you hear what I said?
00:29:14.95\00:29:16.79
When you buy a
Mercedes from a Toyota dealer,
00:29:16.82\00:29:21.42
be careful,
00:29:21.46\00:29:24.83
because Toyota is
not an authorized dealer
00:29:24.86\00:29:28.03
of Mercedes.
00:29:28.06\00:29:29.46
If you want a Mercedes,
00:29:29.50\00:29:30.83
go to an
authorized dealer, amen?
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.20
Amen.
00:29:33.23\00:29:34.57
Don't buy an iPhone,
00:29:34.60\00:29:36.17
from a store that
sells Android only.
00:29:36.20\00:29:40.38
Go to an Apple store
or an authorized dealer.
00:29:40.41\00:29:44.48
You have got to be
authorized by God's Word
00:29:44.51\00:29:47.48
to proclaim this message.
00:29:47.52\00:29:49.05
You wanna see the authorization?
00:29:49.08\00:29:50.45
Go with me to
Revelation Chapter 14
00:29:50.49\00:29:52.02
and look at verse 12.
00:29:52.05\00:29:54.06
Who's preaching this message?
Who's preaching this message?
00:29:54.09\00:29:58.03
Here's what the Bible says,
00:29:58.06\00:30:01.23
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:30:01.26\00:30:05.43
here are those that,"
say it together with me,
00:30:05.47\00:30:08.30
"keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus."
00:30:08.34\00:30:13.91
So now,
00:30:13.94\00:30:15.28
in order to preach this message,
00:30:15.31\00:30:16.64
you've got to be a
commandment keeper.
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.01
One of the reasons
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.38
why you're not gonna
find this message preached in,
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.88
I would say more than
00:30:21.92\00:30:24.12
almost this whole list of
more than 300,000 congregations,
00:30:24.15\00:30:29.12
is because
00:30:29.16\00:30:31.19
the majority of churches today
00:30:31.23\00:30:33.56
are not teaching people to honor
00:30:33.60\00:30:35.53
all of God's commandments.
00:30:35.56\00:30:39.23
You can narrow
that down very easily.
00:30:39.27\00:30:41.04
And somebody may say,
00:30:41.07\00:30:42.40
"Well, Pastor John,
00:30:42.44\00:30:43.77
I know where
you're going with this,
00:30:43.81\00:30:45.24
you're really
talking about your church."
00:30:45.27\00:30:47.58
Well, you know what?
00:30:47.61\00:30:48.94
The litmus test
applies to every denomination.
00:30:48.98\00:30:51.31
Am I right? Yeah.
00:30:51.35\00:30:52.68
So if my church or the church
00:30:52.71\00:30:56.38
that I'm a member of
does not follow the Bible,
00:30:56.42\00:31:00.76
then we are also
on the wrong path.
00:31:00.79\00:31:04.09
This is a passage
that applies to everyone.
00:31:04.13\00:31:07.23
What is the
message that's given here?
00:31:07.26\00:31:08.66
Look at the second question.
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.67
Look at the
second question, okay?
00:31:10.70\00:31:12.90
The first question is,
00:31:12.93\00:31:14.30
what is the
message that God's Church
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.47
will be preaching?
00:31:16.50\00:31:17.84
The answer is the
everlasting gospel,
00:31:17.87\00:31:21.04
the everlasting gospel.
00:31:21.08\00:31:22.91
And here is question
number two that breaks it down.
00:31:22.94\00:31:26.21
What are the first two
messages of Revelation's,
00:31:26.25\00:31:29.15
of the everlasting gospel?
00:31:29.18\00:31:30.52
Revelation 14:7.
00:31:30.55\00:31:32.45
Here it is.
00:31:32.49\00:31:33.82
What are the first two messages
of the everlasting gospel?
00:31:33.86\00:31:36.89
Let's go to Revelation 14:7.
00:31:36.93\00:31:39.53
And here it is, all right?
00:31:39.56\00:31:42.16
The Bible says,
00:31:42.20\00:31:43.53
as we continue beyond verse 6,
00:31:43.57\00:31:45.53
to give us the last
message, or the first message,
00:31:45.57\00:31:48.24
"Saying with a loud voice,"
00:31:48.27\00:31:50.87
what is the Bible message,
"'fear God, and," do what?
00:31:50.91\00:31:54.58
"Give glory to Him,
for the hour of His," what?
00:31:54.61\00:31:58.95
"Judgment has come
00:31:58.98\00:32:00.88
and worship
Him, who made," what?
00:32:00.92\00:32:04.32
"The heaven and the earth,
00:32:04.35\00:32:05.99
the sea, and the springs
or the fountains of waters.'"
00:32:06.02\00:32:08.82
Now, this
twofold message is what?
00:32:08.86\00:32:13.50
What are the two
aspects that this message
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.73
will be
proclaiming to the world?
00:32:15.76\00:32:17.97
One, that
judgment hour has come.
00:32:18.00\00:32:21.07
Is the church you
are a member of teaching
00:32:21.10\00:32:23.97
that we're living
in the judgment hour?
00:32:24.01\00:32:27.08
The judgment hour is preparatory
00:32:27.11\00:32:29.44
to the coming of Jesus.
00:32:29.48\00:32:31.45
Now today, you're not
gonna find the judgment,
00:32:31.48\00:32:33.48
our message preached
00:32:33.52\00:32:34.85
in the majority
of denominations,
00:32:34.88\00:32:36.45
because so many denominations
00:32:36.48\00:32:37.82
are busy talking about finances,
00:32:37.85\00:32:40.36
nothing wrong with that,
00:32:40.39\00:32:41.72
relationships,
00:32:41.76\00:32:43.09
nothing wrong with that, we
all need good relationships.
00:32:43.12\00:32:44.56
But the everlasting gospel
00:32:44.59\00:32:46.49
has been replaced
with the prosperity gospel
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.50
and the social gospel.
00:32:49.53\00:32:50.87
Let's build parks,
nothing wrong with that,
00:32:53.70\00:32:55.50
let's build community centers,
nothing wrong with that,
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.51
let's feed the
hungry and cloth the naked,
00:32:57.54\00:32:59.37
very imperative
and very important.
00:32:59.41\00:33:01.24
But you cannot push
this aside in favor of that
00:33:01.28\00:33:05.81
and be still connected
00:33:05.85\00:33:08.48
to the everlasting gospel.
00:33:08.52\00:33:11.29
And nowadays,
00:33:11.32\00:33:12.65
most churches that
you find on television
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.26
are nothing more than a
very good hour of counseling.
00:33:14.29\00:33:17.96
Your hour has come.
00:33:17.99\00:33:19.33
This is the moment that
you're gonna spread your wings,
00:33:19.36\00:33:20.90
you're gonna rise.
00:33:20.93\00:33:22.26
This is your
moment of deliverance.
00:33:22.30\00:33:23.90
This is your day.
00:33:23.93\00:33:28.64
Well, that may be true.
00:33:28.67\00:33:30.74
But it's not about your
day, it's about Jesus, amen?
00:33:30.77\00:33:33.64
Amen.
00:33:33.68\00:33:35.01
It's not about the
prosperity or the money
00:33:35.04\00:33:36.38
you have in your account.
00:33:36.41\00:33:37.75
And recently on the news,
00:33:37.78\00:33:39.11
a lot of and I'm
gonna be kind tonight,
00:33:39.15\00:33:41.42
I don't want to mention names,
00:33:41.45\00:33:42.78
because I believe that
no matter where a person is,
00:33:42.82\00:33:44.95
God can still get
a hold of anybody,
00:33:44.99\00:33:47.09
and lead them
down the right path.
00:33:47.12\00:33:48.46
Amen, somebody?
00:33:48.49\00:33:49.82
He has sheep in
all different folds,
00:33:49.86\00:33:51.96
all walks of life,
they're everywhere.
00:33:51.99\00:33:54.80
The second
portion of this message,
00:33:54.83\00:33:56.63
first is the
judgment hour message.
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.53
Second aspect of it is worship.
00:33:58.57\00:34:03.30
What is it, friends?
00:34:03.34\00:34:04.77
Worship. Worship.
00:34:04.81\00:34:06.14
What kind of worship?
00:34:06.17\00:34:08.08
This is so important.
00:34:08.11\00:34:09.81
The judgment, the messages
that are proclaimed here,
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.11
and the first angel is
about the judgment hour,
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.98
and it's about
the kind of worship
00:34:15.02\00:34:17.42
that the Lord has ascribed.
00:34:17.45\00:34:21.59
There's a
particular kind of worship
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.43
that the Lord
has established here,
00:34:23.46\00:34:24.79
and we'll look at
that in just a moment.
00:34:24.83\00:34:26.59
But what I wanna
spend a little time on
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.80
so put the answers
there for question number two.
00:34:28.83\00:34:31.23
Judgment hour and worship.
00:34:31.27\00:34:33.00
Those are the two things
00:34:33.03\00:34:34.37
that this first
of three messages
00:34:34.40\00:34:36.91
proclaim in reference
to the everlasting gospel.
00:34:36.94\00:34:39.87
Now, let me tell you
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.24
why the judgment hour
is so vitally important.
00:34:41.28\00:34:42.88
Do we all believe
that Jesus is coming again,
00:34:42.91\00:34:44.78
yes or no? Yes.
00:34:44.81\00:34:46.15
One of the things that
really ignited the world,
00:34:46.18\00:34:49.52
in the 1800s was
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.25
up until a man by the
name of William Miller,
00:34:51.29\00:34:53.56
who's the Baptist,
00:34:53.59\00:34:56.56
up until William
Miller began to proclaim
00:34:56.59\00:34:59.93
the message of
the Second Coming,
00:34:59.96\00:35:02.00
it was like it is today.
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.60
They were not talking
about the Second Coming.
00:35:03.63\00:35:05.67
If you listen to these
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.04
popular preachers on television,
00:35:07.07\00:35:09.84
which ones is talking
about the Second Coming?
00:35:09.87\00:35:14.04
Which one is saying
Jesus is coming soon,
00:35:14.08\00:35:16.78
we must get ready to meet Him?
00:35:16.81\00:35:18.95
Do it, just go through
your television channels,
00:35:18.98\00:35:21.28
go through all those
religious broadcasts,
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.79
go to their websites
and click on their videos,
00:35:23.82\00:35:26.32
try to find a message
00:35:26.35\00:35:27.69
about the
Second Coming of Jesus.
00:35:27.72\00:35:29.22
And you practically,
it'll be difficult to find.
00:35:29.26\00:35:32.99
3ABN.
00:35:33.03\00:35:35.20
Except...
00:35:35.23\00:35:36.56
3ABN. 3ABN, amen?
00:35:36.60\00:35:38.33
I got to add our sister channel,
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.80
Hope Channel
too, praise the Lord.
00:35:39.83\00:35:41.74
Those who are
preaching the advent message
00:35:41.77\00:35:43.44
have not lost their bearings.
00:35:43.47\00:35:46.57
Those who are
preaching the advent message
00:35:46.61\00:35:48.41
have not lost their bearings.
00:35:48.44\00:35:49.98
That's why we're
called Adventists.
00:35:50.01\00:35:53.08
Because that means,
00:35:53.11\00:35:54.45
if you're looking
for the Coming of Jesus,
00:35:54.48\00:35:56.08
you are an
Adventist, right? Right.
00:35:56.12\00:35:58.19
And by the way, I need
to add something else here.
00:35:58.22\00:36:01.39
It is not the
church's responsibility
00:36:01.42\00:36:03.93
to fix the world
00:36:03.96\00:36:05.79
because the
world can't be fixed.
00:36:05.83\00:36:09.16
The world is in the condition
00:36:09.20\00:36:10.70
that it's in and
it's going to get worse.
00:36:10.73\00:36:13.03
It's only gonna be fixed
00:36:13.07\00:36:14.40
when the Lord completely
gets rid of this society,
00:36:14.44\00:36:17.84
when the Lord destroys sin,
00:36:17.87\00:36:19.47
and then remakes and
gives us a new earth,
00:36:19.51\00:36:22.54
and a new heaven, amen?
00:36:22.58\00:36:24.55
But many Christians today,
00:36:24.58\00:36:25.98
through the very lies
00:36:26.01\00:36:27.35
that were planted
during the Dark Ages,
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.25
are trying to get the world
ready for Jesus to come back.
00:36:29.28\00:36:32.02
They call that
His millennial reign.
00:36:32.05\00:36:34.62
Jesus is not coming back
to spend 1000 years on earth.
00:36:34.66\00:36:37.63
We're going
00:36:37.66\00:36:38.99
and we've talked about
this in one of our topics,
00:36:39.03\00:36:40.43
the millennium.
00:36:40.46\00:36:42.06
Jesus is coming back to take us
00:36:42.10\00:36:43.80
to where He's
building a house for us.
00:36:43.83\00:36:45.77
Can we say amen? Amen.
00:36:45.80\00:36:47.14
He's building a house for us.
00:36:47.17\00:36:49.20
We are not
building a house for Him.
00:36:49.24\00:36:53.44
But so many people,
00:36:53.48\00:36:54.81
that's why all
these social issues
00:36:54.84\00:36:56.18
are being pushed about abortion,
00:36:56.21\00:36:57.55
about the Judaism,
00:36:57.58\00:36:59.15
about all these issues,
00:36:59.18\00:37:00.52
all the
controversies, in Christianity,
00:37:00.55\00:37:04.02
so many of them
are based on issues,
00:37:04.05\00:37:06.09
to try to fix the world.
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.06
When in fact,
00:37:08.09\00:37:09.42
our message is
not to fix the world,
00:37:09.46\00:37:10.96
our message is
to get people ready
00:37:10.99\00:37:12.39
to get out of here, amen?
00:37:12.43\00:37:13.76
Amen.
00:37:13.80\00:37:15.13
I'm getting on the next plane
that gonna be piloted by Jesus.
00:37:15.16\00:37:18.63
I'm getting ready
to get out of here.
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.64
But let's look at
the everlasting gospel.
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.60
Let's look at
question number three.
00:37:22.64\00:37:24.67
Wow!
00:37:24.71\00:37:26.07
See what the vacation does.
00:37:26.11\00:37:27.44
It fills your
bottle whole up again.
00:37:27.48\00:37:29.81
How does the Bible describe
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.48
the components of
the everlasting gospel?
00:37:31.51\00:37:35.15
Go to Ephesians Chapter 2.
00:37:35.18\00:37:37.22
And we're gonna look together
at verse 8 and 9, all right?
00:37:37.25\00:37:40.56
Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:37:40.59\00:37:44.39
all right?
00:37:44.43\00:37:47.76
Look at the everlasting gospel.
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.10
Beautiful, beautiful gospel.
00:37:50.13\00:37:52.00
Here it is. Here it is.
00:37:52.03\00:37:54.54
Paul the Apostle says,
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.74
"For by grace
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.17
you have been saved
through," what, friends?
00:37:58.21\00:37:59.97
Faith.
00:38:00.01\00:38:01.34
"Faith, and that
not of yourselves.
00:38:01.38\00:38:04.78
It is the gift of God,
00:38:04.81\00:38:06.92
not of works, lest," what?
00:38:06.95\00:38:09.68
"Anyone should boast."
00:38:09.72\00:38:11.49
So let's pause for a moment.
00:38:11.52\00:38:12.85
What should we be preaching?
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.66
What should be connected
00:38:14.69\00:38:17.33
to the everlasting gospel?
00:38:17.36\00:38:18.69
Not just the judgment hour,
00:38:18.73\00:38:20.23
not just the fact
that we have to worship God
00:38:20.26\00:38:22.06
according not only
00:38:22.10\00:38:23.43
do we have to worship the one
00:38:23.47\00:38:24.80
who made heaven
and earth and sea,
00:38:24.83\00:38:26.17
and the fountains of waters,
00:38:26.20\00:38:27.54
we're talking
about that in the moment.
00:38:27.57\00:38:28.90
But we must be
preaching salvation, amen?
00:38:28.94\00:38:30.41
Amen.
00:38:30.44\00:38:31.77
If your gospel does not
include salvation from sin,
00:38:31.81\00:38:36.21
then you are not preaching
the everlasting gospel.
00:38:36.24\00:38:39.55
So many people are
preaching everything
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.35
but the everlasting gospel.
00:38:41.38\00:38:43.59
I'm always amazed when
I hear religious men say,
00:38:43.62\00:38:46.62
the answer lies within you.
00:38:46.65\00:38:48.19
You know what?
00:38:48.22\00:38:49.56
The answer does
not lie within me.
00:38:49.59\00:38:50.93
Come on, somebody.
00:38:50.96\00:38:52.29
The answer is not in Lorraine,
00:38:52.33\00:38:54.20
it's not in any of us.
00:38:54.23\00:38:55.63
Because within us is
a corrupt human heart,
00:38:55.66\00:38:58.73
a fleshy heart, it
is, the Bible says,
00:38:58.77\00:39:01.20
"Our hearts are deceitful
00:39:01.24\00:39:03.27
above all things
and desperately wicked."
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.07
Who can know it?
00:39:05.11\00:39:06.54
The answer is not in our minds.
00:39:06.57\00:39:07.91
The Bible says,
00:39:07.94\00:39:09.28
"The carnal mind is
enmity against God."
00:39:09.31\00:39:11.55
The answer is not enough.
00:39:11.58\00:39:12.91
That's new age philosophy.
00:39:12.95\00:39:14.45
I was reading an article today
00:39:14.48\00:39:15.88
about how the
deceased now Reverend Ike
00:39:15.92\00:39:19.35
accepted a new age
message that he was preaching.
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.92
He was a leader of a huge church
00:39:21.96\00:39:24.46
in Manhattan, New York,
00:39:24.49\00:39:26.39
great following,
large, massive following
00:39:26.43\00:39:29.76
made buku dollars,
00:39:29.80\00:39:31.47
but the gospel
that he was preaching
00:39:31.50\00:39:33.84
was modified from
the New Age movement.
00:39:33.87\00:39:37.11
This whole idea of philosophy
00:39:37.14\00:39:38.47
that's now today
called the prosperity gospel,
00:39:38.51\00:39:41.91
the name it, claim it gospel.
00:39:41.94\00:39:44.41
You sow a seed,
00:39:44.45\00:39:46.18
God will pour
you out a blessing.
00:39:46.21\00:39:48.18
As one of the
popular preachers said,
00:39:48.22\00:39:50.09
"The reason why he wants money
00:39:50.12\00:39:51.45
because when I get to heaven,
00:39:51.49\00:39:52.82
I'm not going to heaven broke,"
00:39:52.85\00:39:54.52
not gonna mention his name.
00:39:54.56\00:39:56.19
Well, you ain't taken
anything to heaven with you,
00:39:56.22\00:39:58.03
except your character, amen?
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.23
And if you don't
have a good character,
00:40:00.26\00:40:01.60
you ain't going.
00:40:01.63\00:40:02.96
So it's not
about your bank book,
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.33
it's about the
condition of your heart.
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.53
The gospel includes
salvation from sin not...
00:40:06.57\00:40:11.64
And I want to be
very kind tonight,
00:40:11.67\00:40:13.48
because I'll have
to be very tender,
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.24
I don't want my
message to offend anybody
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.48
but I want to be clear.
00:40:17.51\00:40:19.01
God does not have a
problem with wealth.
00:40:19.05\00:40:22.02
Amen.
00:40:22.05\00:40:23.59
Wealth is not a sin.
00:40:23.62\00:40:25.02
It's the love of money
that's the root of all evil.
00:40:25.05\00:40:28.49
Many men in the Bible,
00:40:28.52\00:40:29.86
many men today
have houses and lands,
00:40:29.89\00:40:32.46
is not an indication of sin.
00:40:32.49\00:40:35.70
But when the access
00:40:35.73\00:40:38.40
of materialism becomes the focus
00:40:38.43\00:40:40.77
over the truth of God's Word,
00:40:40.80\00:40:42.30
then you step out
from the everlasting gospel
00:40:42.34\00:40:44.57
to the prosperity gospel.
00:40:44.61\00:40:46.51
That's the problem
00:40:46.54\00:40:47.88
with much of what's
happening in our world today.
00:40:47.91\00:40:49.81
If you're not
preaching salvation,
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.41
you can't counsel anybody
00:40:51.45\00:40:53.11
into a right
relationship with Jesus.
00:40:53.15\00:40:55.25
Salvation means we
must be born again.
00:40:55.28\00:40:58.45
Amen? Amen.
00:40:58.49\00:40:59.99
You can't even say to people
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.36
how you were
born is good enough.
00:41:01.39\00:41:02.72
God accepts you as you are.
00:41:02.76\00:41:04.09
Well, He does
accept us as we are.
00:41:04.13\00:41:05.96
But He never
leaves us as He finds us.
00:41:05.99\00:41:07.60
Come on.
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.20
He never leaves
us as we find us.
00:41:09.23\00:41:11.00
And if your church
teaches that how you were born,
00:41:11.03\00:41:13.84
some people say,
"Well, I was born this way."
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.77
Whatever the condition may be,
00:41:15.80\00:41:17.14
you may be born in a family
00:41:17.17\00:41:18.71
that was
alcoholics or drug abusers
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.61
or you in atmosphere
00:41:20.64\00:41:22.34
where you are
influenced by homosexuality
00:41:22.38\00:41:24.48
or lesbianism.
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.08
However you were born
and whatever your influence,
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.65
that's why a part of
the everlasting gospel
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.82
is "You must be born," what?
00:41:30.85\00:41:33.25
"Again."
00:41:33.29\00:41:35.96
The gospel is not tolerance,
00:41:35.99\00:41:37.73
the gospel is salvation.
00:41:37.76\00:41:40.36
It is a love based salvation.
00:41:40.40\00:41:42.93
I love you, no
matter what you do,
00:41:42.96\00:41:44.87
no matter how you sin,
00:41:44.90\00:41:46.23
no matter what
your nature of sin,
00:41:46.27\00:41:47.97
God loves you, Jesus loves you,
00:41:48.00\00:41:50.81
but because He loves you,
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.61
He wants to save you from sin.
00:41:52.64\00:41:55.41
He's not gonna save us in sin.
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.35
Amen?
00:41:57.38\00:41:58.71
That's the mission of Jesus,
00:41:58.75\00:42:00.08
Matthew 1:2,
"Call His name Jesus,
00:42:00.12\00:42:01.72
He'll save His
people from their sins.
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.29
Behold, the Lamb of God
00:42:04.32\00:42:05.65
that taketh away
the sin of the world."
00:42:05.69\00:42:07.02
John 1:29.
00:42:07.06\00:42:08.72
Wow, am I teaching or preaching?
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.13
I don't know which one.
00:42:10.16\00:42:12.36
But the message
is salvation, grace.
00:42:12.39\00:42:15.40
If your church is
not teaching salvation,
00:42:15.43\00:42:17.57
if it's meandering in
the maze of mediocrity,
00:42:17.60\00:42:19.93
or pondering at
the pool of popularity,
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.57
get out of that
00:42:21.60\00:42:22.94
and look for a
salvation based message
00:42:22.97\00:42:25.34
that is based on the
three angels' messages.
00:42:25.37\00:42:28.41
Let's narrow this thing down
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.41
where the commandments
of God all ten are honored.
00:42:30.45\00:42:34.15
Let's go to the next stage.
00:42:34.18\00:42:36.18
Let's go to the next phrase.
00:42:36.22\00:42:37.85
How does the Bible describe
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.52
the components of
the everlasting gospel?
00:42:39.55\00:42:41.22
Let's go to 1 John 1:7.
00:42:41.26\00:42:43.76
1 John 1:7,
00:42:43.79\00:42:46.73
question number three, right.
00:42:46.76\00:42:49.00
So the first
component is salvation,
00:42:49.03\00:42:51.23
under question number three,
00:42:51.27\00:42:52.60
Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation,
00:42:52.63\00:42:54.50
"We are saved by
grace through faith."
00:42:54.54\00:42:57.04
You can't work your
way into God's favor.
00:42:57.07\00:42:59.07
The next one is what?
00:42:59.11\00:43:00.44
What else is included
in the everlasting gospel?
00:43:00.48\00:43:01.98
Here it is.
00:43:02.01\00:43:03.38
1 John 1:7,
00:43:03.41\00:43:05.05
the Bible says,
00:43:05.08\00:43:06.82
"But if we walk in the light
00:43:06.85\00:43:10.39
as He is in the light,
00:43:10.42\00:43:13.05
we have," what?
00:43:13.09\00:43:14.42
"Fellowship with one another,"
00:43:14.46\00:43:16.12
and here's the
salvation component,"
00:43:16.16\00:43:18.09
and the blood of
Jesus Christ His Son
00:43:18.13\00:43:20.96
cleanses us from," what?
00:43:21.00\00:43:23.30
"All sin."
00:43:23.33\00:43:26.63
Today, 1 John 1:7, today,
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.70
sin is not talked about.
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.51
Most of these shows,
sin is not talked about.
00:43:31.54\00:43:34.88
You know, what's talked about?
00:43:34.91\00:43:36.24
You haven't come
into yourself yet.
00:43:36.28\00:43:37.98
You haven't
gotten to your place yet.
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.98
Your wings are
about to be spread,
00:43:41.02\00:43:44.45
foolishness.
00:43:44.49\00:43:45.82
If it does not
include salvation from sin,
00:43:45.85\00:43:49.12
it's meandering in
the maze of mediocrity,
00:43:49.16\00:43:51.76
or negotiating at
the table of the enemy.
00:43:51.79\00:43:55.06
It's one of
those three categories,
00:43:55.10\00:43:56.93
mediocrity,
00:43:56.97\00:43:58.87
you name it,
it's not the gospel.
00:43:58.90\00:44:01.24
If you're not being told
that the problem with your life
00:44:01.27\00:44:04.74
is you need to
give your heart to Jesus
00:44:04.77\00:44:07.91
to save you from sin.
00:44:07.94\00:44:10.88
Then you can have
all the possessions
00:44:10.91\00:44:12.98
and the money in the world,
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.35
and you are not in a
relationship with Jesus.
00:44:14.38\00:44:17.55
But what you have to do
to be in this relationship?
00:44:17.59\00:44:19.25
You have to do what?
00:44:19.29\00:44:20.62
Walk in the light.
00:44:20.66\00:44:21.99
So the second component is,
00:44:22.02\00:44:24.19
how does the Bible describe
00:44:24.23\00:44:25.56
the components of
the everlasting gospel?
00:44:25.59\00:44:28.13
Cleansing from all
sin. Cleansing from all sin.
00:44:28.16\00:44:35.14
And the focal point of
that is none other than who?
00:44:35.17\00:44:38.54
Jesus.
00:44:38.57\00:44:40.71
Look at the third component.
00:44:40.74\00:44:42.74
The third component of
the everlasting gospel.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.85
There are many more components
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.21
but these are the
three that I chose.
00:44:46.25\00:44:47.75
This is not the
exhaustive lesson,
00:44:47.78\00:44:49.28
I'm sure you know that.
00:44:49.32\00:44:50.85
But look at John 1:12.
00:44:50.89\00:44:53.19
Look at John 1:12.
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.22
How do you get out
of sin ship to son ship?
00:44:55.26\00:44:59.06
Here it is, here it is.
00:44:59.09\00:45:02.13
John 1:12, here it is,
00:45:02.16\00:45:03.97
"But as many as received Him,
00:45:04.00\00:45:07.37
to them He gave the right
00:45:07.40\00:45:09.47
to become children of God,
00:45:09.50\00:45:12.31
to those who," do what?
00:45:12.34\00:45:14.14
"Believe in His name."
00:45:14.21\00:45:16.18
The third component
of the everlasting gospel
00:45:16.21\00:45:18.71
is belief in
Jesus, is belief in Jesus.
00:45:18.75\00:45:25.09
You know, that was a
problem in the days of Jesus,
00:45:25.12\00:45:27.46
because everybody believed,
00:45:27.49\00:45:28.89
"Well, there was a
great belief in God."
00:45:28.92\00:45:31.16
Today, so many believe in God.
00:45:31.19\00:45:33.70
So almost all
religions of the world
00:45:33.73\00:45:36.06
believe in a supreme deity,
00:45:36.10\00:45:38.50
but the majority of
them leave Jesus out.
00:45:38.53\00:45:40.70
Some believe He was a good guy,
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.17
some believe He
was a good rabbi,
00:45:42.20\00:45:43.77
some believe He
was a good teacher,
00:45:43.81\00:45:45.14
some believe He
was a good prophet,
00:45:45.17\00:45:48.04
but the majority
don't believe Him
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.41
as the Son of God.
00:45:49.44\00:45:52.81
And the Bible says,
if you do not confess
00:45:52.85\00:45:54.38
that Jesus Christ
has come into flesh,
00:45:54.42\00:45:56.58
you are an antichrist,
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.69
you're trying to
replace the very one
00:45:58.72\00:46:01.19
on whom our salvation is based.
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.46
So the third component
00:46:03.49\00:46:05.63
of the everlasting
gospel is believing in Jesus.
00:46:05.66\00:46:10.70
He said in John
14, you believe in God,
00:46:10.73\00:46:13.13
don't stop there.
00:46:13.17\00:46:14.50
Believe also, what? In Me.
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.64
If you don't believe,
00:46:16.67\00:46:18.01
if you're not a
part of a fellowship
00:46:18.04\00:46:19.37
that believes in Jesus,
00:46:19.41\00:46:21.44
let's get the components,
00:46:21.48\00:46:23.55
belief in Jesus,
00:46:23.58\00:46:25.01
salvation from sin,
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.95
salvation by grace
through faith in Jesus,
00:46:26.98\00:46:29.92
commandment keeping,
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.09
the gospel that includes
00:46:32.12\00:46:33.56
the preaching of the
judgment hour message,
00:46:33.59\00:46:36.12
and that we must worship
the Creator of the earth.
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.33
Praise God for that.
00:46:39.36\00:46:41.03
Wow.
00:46:41.06\00:46:42.53
Let's go to number four.
00:46:42.56\00:46:43.90
I think we're gonna
make it down to number seven.
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.80
I think we can.
00:46:45.83\00:46:47.24
If not, we got another program.
00:46:47.27\00:46:48.94
And Lord may give us opportunity
00:46:48.97\00:46:50.41
to cover that.
00:46:50.44\00:46:51.77
All right, here we are.
00:46:51.81\00:46:53.14
Number four.
00:46:53.17\00:46:54.51
So the third
component is, belief in Jesus.
00:46:54.54\00:46:56.88
That's the third
component under number three.
00:46:56.91\00:46:58.91
Question number
four, here it is.
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.35
How does the Bible describe
the mission of God's Church?
00:47:01.38\00:47:07.36
Go to Matthew 28:19-20.
00:47:12.13\00:47:16.46
Matthew 28:19-20.
00:47:16.50\00:47:19.90
This is a powerful
scripture, by the way,
00:47:19.93\00:47:21.87
you are gonna see the
church the way that God sees it,
00:47:21.90\00:47:25.61
the way that Jesus sees it.
00:47:25.64\00:47:26.98
You know,
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
one of the problems today
is people want membership.
00:47:28.38\00:47:29.91
This will show you
00:47:29.94\00:47:31.28
that this has nothing
to do with membership.
00:47:31.31\00:47:32.65
All right, here we go.
00:47:32.68\00:47:34.02
Matthew 28:19, the Bible says,
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.69
He's speaking to His disciples,
00:47:36.72\00:47:38.22
"Go therefore, and make," what?
00:47:38.25\00:47:41.02
"Disciples of all the nations,
00:47:41.06\00:47:44.33
baptizing them
00:47:44.36\00:47:45.76
in the name of the
Father and of the Son
00:47:45.79\00:47:47.83
and of the Holy Spirit,
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.40
and then teaching them
00:47:49.43\00:47:51.77
to observe all things
that I have commanded you,
00:47:51.80\00:47:54.97
and lo, I am with you always,
00:47:55.00\00:47:58.71
even to the end of the age."
00:47:58.74\00:48:02.14
Now, let me make a point here,
00:48:02.18\00:48:03.51
because this has been
a point of controversy.
00:48:03.55\00:48:05.41
I remember being on a
program a number of years ago,
00:48:05.45\00:48:08.18
where there was a big argument
00:48:08.22\00:48:09.55
about the name, the
name, the name, the name.
00:48:09.58\00:48:12.29
Well, the word
there in the Greek
00:48:12.32\00:48:13.66
is not the word name,
00:48:13.69\00:48:16.06
because let me just say,
00:48:16.09\00:48:18.29
what's the name of Jesus?
00:48:18.33\00:48:21.16
Okay, help me out,
say it, Bill, Jesus.
00:48:21.20\00:48:24.27
Okay, the name of the
Father, the name of the Son,
00:48:24.30\00:48:27.74
and name of the Holy Spirit,
00:48:27.77\00:48:29.37
the word there is the Greek word
00:48:29.40\00:48:31.44
meaning authority of.
00:48:31.47\00:48:33.78
Now, if somebody
knocks on your door,
00:48:33.81\00:48:37.88
you'll start by saying,
00:48:37.91\00:48:39.65
"Who is it?" Right?
00:48:39.68\00:48:41.02
And they'll say, "Bill.
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.32
"Bill, who?
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.75
"Bill from your
local power company."
00:48:45.79\00:48:48.42
"Oh, that bill?"
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.23
Let's go in there, "Bill who?"
00:48:51.26\00:48:54.46
"Officer Bill."
00:48:54.50\00:48:55.83
"Oh, you with the
police department?
00:48:55.86\00:48:59.37
Bill, who?"
00:48:59.40\00:49:00.87
"Bill from the IRS."
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.24
"Oh, I'm not home."
00:49:02.27\00:49:06.17
You know,
00:49:06.21\00:49:07.54
what you want to know about is
00:49:07.58\00:49:08.91
who's he connected to, right?
00:49:08.94\00:49:10.55
What authority
is behind his name?
00:49:10.58\00:49:12.91
See, when Jesus...
00:49:12.95\00:49:15.15
The verse before
this, Jesus says,
00:49:15.18\00:49:17.69
"All authority is given to
Me in heaven and in earth."
00:49:17.72\00:49:20.92
Ain't He say that?
00:49:20.96\00:49:22.29
So all the
authority belongs to who?
00:49:22.32\00:49:24.13
Jesus.
00:49:24.16\00:49:25.49
So when He says,
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
"Go and baptize in
the name of the Father,
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.23
the one who sent
me, the name of the Son,
00:49:28.26\00:49:29.96
the one who was sent,
00:49:30.00\00:49:31.40
and the name of the Holy Spirit,
00:49:31.43\00:49:32.77
the one who I'm
gonna send after I leave,"
00:49:32.80\00:49:34.60
He's saying,
00:49:34.64\00:49:35.97
"We've got the same
authority behind all of us."
00:49:36.00\00:49:37.81
Amen.
00:49:37.84\00:49:39.17
Divine authority.
00:49:39.21\00:49:40.54
So for those who are
arguing over the name of Jesus,
00:49:40.58\00:49:42.81
there are those who say Yahweh,
00:49:42.84\00:49:44.91
and Krishna and Buddha,
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.88
and the list goes on and on.
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.95
Get out of that maze.
00:49:48.98\00:49:50.95
There's no other
name given among men
00:49:50.99\00:49:53.69
whereby we must be saved
00:49:53.72\00:49:55.52
than the name of Jesus.
00:49:55.56\00:49:56.96
Amen?
00:49:56.99\00:49:58.33
So get out of that,
it's not just the name.
00:49:58.36\00:50:00.20
So when a person is baptized,
00:50:00.23\00:50:01.56
they're those
that won't baptize,
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.30
but in the name of Jesus,
00:50:03.33\00:50:05.13
because he said, "Well,
00:50:05.17\00:50:06.50
the New Testament
Church changed it."
00:50:06.53\00:50:09.24
The New Testament Church, Paul,
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.44
and any of the apostles
00:50:11.47\00:50:12.81
have no more
authority to change anything
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.74
than I do.
00:50:15.78\00:50:17.78
So when they baptize
in the name of Jesus,
00:50:17.81\00:50:21.05
they were simply
baptizing in the authority of,
00:50:21.08\00:50:24.52
the same authority that Jesus
articulated to His disciples,
00:50:24.55\00:50:28.52
when you go forward,
00:50:28.56\00:50:29.89
you got all of
the heaven with you.
00:50:29.92\00:50:31.36
The Father is
with you, I'm with you,
00:50:31.39\00:50:33.33
and the Holy Spirit
will never leave you
00:50:33.36\00:50:34.70
and never forsake you.
00:50:34.73\00:50:36.06
Amen? We are with you.
00:50:36.10\00:50:37.43
So go and carry our
authority to the entire world.
00:50:37.47\00:50:41.00
And let me reiterate
in an earlier statistic,
00:50:41.04\00:50:43.77
out of all these
religious groups,
00:50:43.81\00:50:45.77
Christianity is the
largest in the world.
00:50:45.81\00:50:48.24
Can we say amen to that?
00:50:48.28\00:50:49.61
2.1 billion.
00:50:49.64\00:50:51.25
And I must add,
that was as of 2012,
00:50:51.28\00:50:56.35
two years ago.
00:50:56.38\00:50:57.72
So it's more now
because we're moving faster
00:50:57.75\00:51:00.06
than any other
movement on earth.
00:51:00.09\00:51:01.62
And you know why we are?
00:51:01.66\00:51:02.99
Because of what Jesus said,
00:51:03.02\00:51:04.79
"Upon this rock,
I build My church
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.93
and the gates of hell
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.90
will not prevail
against the church."
00:51:08.93\00:51:11.37
You know what the church is?
00:51:11.40\00:51:12.73
The church is the
bulldozer going forward?
00:51:12.77\00:51:14.34
You know what hell is?
00:51:14.37\00:51:15.70
The plastic picket fence,
00:51:15.74\00:51:17.21
it cannot stop the
progress of the church.
00:51:17.24\00:51:19.07
Can we get an amen somewhere?
00:51:19.11\00:51:21.71
So hell can't stop it.
00:51:21.74\00:51:23.24
So what has hell done?
00:51:23.28\00:51:25.35
Hell has diversified
00:51:25.38\00:51:28.42
so that you're so
confused that you say,
00:51:28.45\00:51:30.39
you know what?
00:51:30.42\00:51:32.19
I don't know which one is which.
00:51:32.22\00:51:34.39
But let me tell you,
stick with this program,
00:51:34.42\00:51:35.82
by the time this topic is done,
00:51:35.86\00:51:37.19
you will know
unequivocally, unapologetically
00:51:37.23\00:51:40.00
and without any
deviating left to right,
00:51:40.03\00:51:43.40
you'll know clearly,
00:51:43.43\00:51:45.80
what church is God's
true church for today.
00:51:45.83\00:51:49.60
But He says not only that,
00:51:49.64\00:51:50.97
let's go to the
rest of the text.
00:51:51.01\00:51:53.07
And I think I read that right
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.44
teaching them to
observe all things,
00:51:54.48\00:51:55.81
I read that, didn't I?
00:51:55.84\00:51:57.18
Okay so,
00:51:57.21\00:51:58.55
how does the Bible describe
the mission of God's church?
00:51:58.58\00:52:00.92
What is the mission?
00:52:00.95\00:52:04.15
Teach, baptize,
and make disciples.
00:52:04.19\00:52:08.32
Teach, baptize,
and make disciples.
00:52:08.36\00:52:14.03
Some churches, I remember
somebody telling me this,
00:52:14.06\00:52:15.93
I'm not gonna talk
about the denomination,
00:52:15.96\00:52:17.30
but somebody once, I roomed
with a good friend of mine,
00:52:17.33\00:52:20.27
who is a pastor in
another denomination,
00:52:20.30\00:52:23.44
and we were on the road
and he said to me, he said,
00:52:23.47\00:52:25.87
"You know what I
like about your church.
00:52:25.91\00:52:27.51
Before you guys baptize people,
00:52:27.54\00:52:29.28
you put them
through Bible studies."
00:52:29.31\00:52:31.11
He said, "You can come
to my church in the morning
00:52:31.15\00:52:33.01
and get baptized in
the evening," he said,
00:52:33.05\00:52:34.95
"but the problem in my church
00:52:34.98\00:52:36.32
is the back door
is always moving.
00:52:36.35\00:52:37.82
It's like a revolving door.
00:52:37.85\00:52:39.19
People get baptized this week,
and you never see them again,"
00:52:39.22\00:52:42.32
'cause they have no foundation.
00:52:42.36\00:52:44.63
If your foundational
00:52:44.66\00:52:45.99
is not based on the
truth of God's Word,
00:52:46.03\00:52:49.26
then you have
nothing to anchor your faith
00:52:49.30\00:52:51.20
and your trust in,
00:52:51.23\00:52:52.57
you've got to know God's Word.
00:52:52.60\00:52:54.77
And I want to say this,
00:52:54.80\00:52:56.57
knowing and studying God's Word
00:52:56.60\00:52:58.34
is more important
than physical food.
00:52:58.37\00:53:01.91
Jesus says, Matthew 4:4,
00:53:01.94\00:53:03.75
"We must live by every word
00:53:03.78\00:53:05.18
that proceeds
from the mouth of God."
00:53:05.21\00:53:06.61
All right?
00:53:06.65\00:53:07.98
So let's go to
question number five.
00:53:08.02\00:53:09.78
I think we can make it.
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.62
If not, we'll just cut it off.
00:53:11.65\00:53:14.06
Okay.
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.42
Matter of fact, you know what?
00:53:15.46\00:53:16.79
This is kind of crazy.
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.33
But I'm gonna go to
question number six.
00:53:18.36\00:53:21.30
So work with me, go
to the next question,
00:53:21.33\00:53:23.03
question number six,
00:53:23.06\00:53:24.40
then we'll come
back to number five,
00:53:24.43\00:53:25.77
because I'm gonna take
some time on number five.
00:53:25.80\00:53:28.10
All right, let's go
to question number six.
00:53:28.14\00:53:29.84
And so you can follow
there on the production
00:53:29.87\00:53:32.84
and I appreciate that very much,
00:53:32.87\00:53:34.71
'cause I want to
add the third component
00:53:34.74\00:53:36.95
to the everlasting gospel here.
00:53:36.98\00:53:38.58
This is very important,
00:53:38.61\00:53:39.95
because I stated this
00:53:39.98\00:53:41.32
in the beginning of the program,
00:53:41.35\00:53:42.68
I want to get to this
before the program ends,
00:53:42.72\00:53:44.29
because when I mentioned
00:53:44.32\00:53:45.65
we'll be preaching
the judgment hour message,
00:53:45.69\00:53:48.22
and then also
we'll be preaching,
00:53:48.26\00:53:50.13
worship Him who
made heaven and earth
00:53:50.16\00:53:53.29
and the sea and
the springs of water.
00:53:53.33\00:53:55.10
The question is, how do you know
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.00
that you're
worshipping the One who made
00:53:58.03\00:53:59.90
heaven and earth and
the springs of water?
00:53:59.93\00:54:02.00
So here's the question.
00:54:02.04\00:54:03.37
What worship component
00:54:06.21\00:54:08.54
is connected to
God's true church?
00:54:08.58\00:54:11.11
Let's go to Exodus Chapter 20.
00:54:15.18\00:54:17.12
Exodus Chapter 20,
00:54:17.15\00:54:18.49
and we're gonna
look at verse eight.
00:54:18.52\00:54:19.92
Now, verse 8-11,
00:54:19.95\00:54:21.52
is the significant flow,
00:54:21.56\00:54:23.86
but let's look at verse 8.
00:54:23.89\00:54:25.69
Because if you believe
that Jesus is the creator,
00:54:25.73\00:54:29.40
what you also need to
embrace is the fact that
00:54:29.43\00:54:32.93
He's the one that
tells us how to worship.
00:54:32.97\00:54:35.54
John 4:23, He says,
00:54:35.57\00:54:37.54
"The hour has come
00:54:37.57\00:54:38.91
when the true
worshiper must worship
00:54:38.94\00:54:41.41
the Father in
spirit and in truth."
00:54:41.44\00:54:43.81
Lot of people want
to be in the spirit,
00:54:43.85\00:54:45.18
but you got to be in the truth.
00:54:45.21\00:54:46.55
And the spirit
does not exist and emit,
00:54:46.58\00:54:49.28
the spirit
doesn't delete the truth
00:54:49.32\00:54:50.82
and say the
spirit is all you need.
00:54:50.85\00:54:52.49
There are a lot of churches
who want to be in the spirit,
00:54:52.52\00:54:54.06
but you got to worship
Him in spirit and truth.
00:54:54.09\00:54:56.26
Amen?
00:54:56.29\00:54:58.09
Exodus 20:8, here it is,
00:54:58.13\00:55:00.73
here it is.
00:55:00.76\00:55:02.20
Read this with me.
00:55:02.23\00:55:03.57
"Remember the," what?
00:55:03.60\00:55:04.93
"Sabbath day," to do what?
00:55:04.97\00:55:06.30
"Keep it holy."
00:55:06.33\00:55:07.67
I'm gonna continue in the Bible,
00:55:07.70\00:55:09.04
six days, verse 9,
00:55:09.07\00:55:11.31
"Six days you shall
labor and do all your work."
00:55:11.34\00:55:14.41
So if your
church here's the point,
00:55:14.44\00:55:16.64
notice this word
begins with what word?
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.18
What word does it begin with?
00:55:18.21\00:55:19.68
Remember. What
does remember mean?
00:55:19.71\00:55:21.52
Don't forget.
00:55:21.55\00:55:23.08
Now, if God says, don't forget,
and your pastor says, forget.
00:55:23.12\00:55:28.76
You need to say pastor sayonara,
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.93
arrivederci, au revoir of what?
00:55:31.96\00:55:33.56
I'm out of here.
00:55:33.60\00:55:34.93
'Cause you cannot
take the authority of a man
00:55:34.96\00:55:37.57
above the Word of God.
00:55:37.60\00:55:38.93
Amen?
00:55:38.97\00:55:40.30
So your pastor
doesn't have enough degrees
00:55:40.34\00:55:42.57
to cancel what God
says not to forget.
00:55:42.60\00:55:46.57
If you think I'm passionate.
00:55:46.61\00:55:49.61
Boy, thank you,
Lord, for vacation.
00:55:49.64\00:55:52.75
God said, "Remember..."
00:55:52.78\00:55:54.12
Now let's put this to practice.
00:55:54.15\00:55:56.82
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
00:55:56.85\00:56:00.59
You don't pick a Sabbath.
00:56:00.62\00:56:02.66
Look at the next verse.
00:56:02.69\00:56:04.33
Look at verse 10.
00:56:04.36\00:56:07.10
"But the seventh day..."
00:56:07.13\00:56:08.80
Exodus 20:10,
00:56:08.83\00:56:10.17
"But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord,
00:56:10.20\00:56:14.30
your God."
00:56:14.34\00:56:15.67
Okay, now, here's the point.
00:56:15.70\00:56:18.14
You gotta ask
this huge question.
00:56:18.17\00:56:20.34
Who is your God,
should be the first question,
00:56:20.38\00:56:22.78
not what day that you like?
00:56:22.81\00:56:24.91
'Cause some people pick Friday,
some people pick Wednesday,
00:56:24.95\00:56:27.35
some people pick Thursday,
some people pick Sunday.
00:56:27.38\00:56:31.65
It's not which
one is convenient.
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.46
The question
is, who is your God?
00:56:33.49\00:56:35.89
If you can answer that question,
00:56:35.92\00:56:37.49
then He'll say,
"Well, here's My day."
00:56:37.53\00:56:40.46
You know, He'll
say, "Here is my day."
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Now, why is it His day?
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Very quickly now,
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why is it His day?
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Genesis Chapter 2,
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the Bible says, Genesis 2:1,
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"Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished
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and all the host of them."
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And Genesis 2:2,
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"And on the seventh
day God ended His work,
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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And then God
blessed the seventh day,
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sanctified it,
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because in it, He
rested from all His work
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which God had created and made."
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Friends, as we wind up tonight.
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If you're not preaching
the judgment hour message,
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not worshiping God
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according to His day of worship,
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not keeping the
commandments of God,
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not preaching salvation by grace
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through faith in Jesus,
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not preaching
deliverance from sin,
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you're in the wrong church.
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Look at God's Word,
and He will lead you.
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As He says,
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"If you walk in the light,
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as He is in the light,
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thy word is a lamp unto my feet
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and a light unto my path."
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Let God's Word be your guide,
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and let the content of
it be hidden in your heart.
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Continue studying,
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we're just getting
ready and just getting started
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on God's true church.
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But I'd tell you, keep studying
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and if it doesn't
make sense, friends,
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as you are
faithfully trust in God's Word,
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one day it'll come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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