? (Theme) ? ? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise... ?
Pastor Byrd: After the groom
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left, the groom went to work.
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The bride was
separated from her groom.
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While waiting for his
return, the bride, however,
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was to remain faithful.
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It was probably easy
at first to be faithful.
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But when his return was
delayed, temptation was great.
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After a while, the bride
may even start to question
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his return.
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But then, number five,
the return of the groom.
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Jewish grooms usually came
to their brides late at night.
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In the midnight hour.
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There would be the sound of a
shofar, which was a ram's horn
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trumpet used by Jews in
ancient religious ceremonies.
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And the sound of the shofar
would break the silence of
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the night, and there would
be great dancing, great singing
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and great
shouting in the streets,
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because the groom was on
his way home to get his bride.
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This was illustrated in
the parable of the ten virgins.
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You will remember,
the Bible says at midnight
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a cry was heard.
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Behold, the bridegroom cometh.
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And go out now to meet him.
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But then number six,
there was the chuppah.
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Everybody say chuppah.
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The chuppah was the home-taking.
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The chuppah of ancient
times was a special room built
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in the groom's father's house.
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The room, friends of
mine, was eventually replaced
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by a bridal canopy.
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The chuppah symbolized the new
home to which the groom would
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now take his bride.
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The chuppah was
the bridal suite.
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Praise God for the chuppah.
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The chuppah began
as the virginity cloth
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that lay under the
bride when the marriage
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was consummated.
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Then the cloth changed
its position from under
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the bride on the bed to
over the bride on the bed
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as a canopy.
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So the sheet began
under the bride, then over
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the bride in private,
and then over the bridal
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couple in public.
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After the return of the
groom, the bride and the groom
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were escorted to the
bridal chamber, the chuppah,
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where they would be
alone for seven days.
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Completion.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Where the marriage
would be consummated.
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Following the seven days in
the chuppah, following the seven
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days in the bridal
chamber, the bride and the groom
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would now join their
guests for number seven.
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Now, you know number seven
is going to be good, because
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number seven
signifies completion.
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There's something
special about number seven.
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God created this
earth in six days and rested
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on the seventh day.
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There are 77 words
in the Ten Commandments.
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Elisha ordered Namath to
dip in the Jordan seven times.
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Jesus uttered seven
last words on Calvary.
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In Revelation, where we're
just about to go, the Bible says
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there were seven churches,
seven seals, and seven angels
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who sounded seven trumpets.
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So now we come to number seven.
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The marriage feast.
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The bride and groom
would now join their guests
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for the marriage feast.
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They would eat, be
merry, rejoice, play music.
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They would
celebrate the wedding feast.
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They would laugh, they
would play, they would have joy,
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they would celebrate.
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It was now time
for the wedding feast.
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The bride had been selected.
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The price for the
bride had been paid.
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The betrothal or the
engagement had taken place.
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Understand, there was
then the period where the bride
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was alone and the
groom had to leave.
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The return now of the groom.
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The chuppah, and then now
number seven, the marriage
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feast.
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And when I was studying
this this week, and when
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I understood now the contextual
meaning of ancient Jewish
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weddings, I now can better
understand Revelation 19:7-9.
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The Bible says, "Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour
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to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come,
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and his wife hath
made herself ready.
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And to her was granted that
she should be arrayed in fine
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linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness
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of saints.
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And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are
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called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
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And he saith unto me, These
are the true sayings of God."
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And so when I read this
text, and when I contextualize
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it to ancient Jewish history,
this whole thing is not about
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the bride.
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This whole thing
is about the groom.
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You see, the bride
is Christ's church.
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The groom is Jesus Christ.
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The head of the church.
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And one day, Jesus is going
to come back to get his bride.
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Now, remember number
one, the bride was selected by
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the groom, which means Jesus
said in John 15:16, "Ye hath not
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chosen me, but I have chosen
you and ordained you, that ye
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should go forth and bring
forth fruit, and that your fruit
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shall remain; but whatsoever ye
shall ask my father in my name,
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he may give it unto you." Which
means Jesus has selected you.
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Jesus has selected me.
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Jesus has chosen me.
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We are not our own.
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We have been selected by Jesus.
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So I don't do what I want to do.
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I don't go where I want to go.
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But I go where
he tells me to go.
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I do what he tells me to
do, because he selected me.
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But not only did the
groom pay for the bride.
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Jesus paid the price for me.
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Just like brides were
purchased, you've been
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purchased.
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I've been purchased.
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We've been bought with a price.
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I'm blood bought.
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I said, I'm blood bought.
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There is a fountain
filled with blood drawn
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from Emmanuel's veins.
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And sinners plunged beneath
that flood lose all their
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guilty stains.
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When someone tells you of
your past, tell them that's all
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right.
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I'm blood bought.
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I've lied, but I'm blood bought.
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I've cheated,
but I'm blood bought.
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I've stolen, but
I'm blood bought.
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I've talked about
somebody, but I'm blood bought.
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I've done drugs,
but I'm blood bought.
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I've fornicated,
but I'm blood bought.
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I've messed up,
but I'm blood bought.
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I've sinned, but
I'm blood bought.
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I'm born again, free from sin,
because of the blood I'm saved,
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I'm cleansed, I'm
washed, I'm blood washed.
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Blessed
assurance, Jesus is mine.
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Oh what a
foretaste of glory divine.
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Heir of salvation purchased
of God, born of his spirit,
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washed in his blood.
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I've been bought.
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Number three, not only did they
have a betrothal, a commitment
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or covenant, but I've
got a marriage contract
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with my Jesus.
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My marriage contract is
found in the Word of God.
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I've got my ketubah,
I've got my contract.
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Jesus died for me and all
he asks is that I live for him.
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I've got my contract.
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Where he leads
me, I will follow.
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I've got my contract.
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I said, where he
leads me, I'm gonna follow.
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I've got my contract.
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I love the Lord and
I won't take it back.
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He's been too good to me.
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I've got my contract, God's
Word shows me what I'm entitled
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to as his bride.
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You see, all of the
promises of God are for us.
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The promises of
God are Yea and Amen.
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I've got a contract,
which means when I'm sick,
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the contract says he was wounded
for my transgressions, bruised
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for my iniquities.
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The chastisement of
our peace was upon him,
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but by his stripes I'm healed.
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The contract says I may be in
financial trouble, but God says
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I will supply all of your
needs according to his riches
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in glory.
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Seek ye first the kingdom
of God and his righteousness,
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and all these things
shall be added until you.
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I once was
young but now I'm old.
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But I've never seen
the righteous forsaken
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nor his seed begging bread.
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Bring ye all the tithes into
the storehouse, that there may
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be meat in my house.
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Prove me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I would
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not open you up the windows
of heaven and pour you out
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a blessing that there shall not
be room enough to receive it.
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I've got a contract.
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Aud: Amen.
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I'm emotionally a
wreck, but I've got a contract.
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My nerves are in bad
shape, but I've got a contract.
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He said, "I will keep you
in perfect peace when your mind
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is stayed on me."
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People talk about
me, people hate on me,
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people discourage me.
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People discourage me
and they don't even know
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they discourage me.
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But I've got a contract.
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Fret not yourself because
of evil-doers, neither be thy
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envious of the
workers of iniquity.
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God's gonna cut 'em
down like the grass.
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I feel all alone sometimes,
but the contract says he will
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never leave nor forsake you.
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Sometimes I'm scared, sometimes
I'm fearful, sometimes I don't
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know what to do, but
the contract says the Lord
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is my light and my salvation.
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Whom shall I fear?
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I've got a contract.
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Then number four, the
departure of the groom.
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Our groom, Jesus, he came
to Planet Earth, he preached
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the gospel, he
taught the gospel, he lived
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the gospel, he
shared the gospel, he healed
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the broken-hearted, he
set the captive free, he made
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the lame to walk again,
he caused the blind to see.
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Jesus went to
Calvary to die for my sins.
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Jesus left--the
departure of the groom.
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He left.
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He ascended back to heaven.
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The disciples said, "Lord,
what shall we do?" He said,
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don't worry.
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I'm going to send
you the Comforter,
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and the Comforter's
going to lead you in all truth.
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But Lord, you're leaving.
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He said, don't worry,
we've got an understanding.
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There must be a
departure of the groom.
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But let not your
hear be troubled.
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Ye believe in God, believe
also in my Father's house.
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Jesus has gone to prepare a
wedding chamber for his bride.
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But while the groom is away,
the bride has to be faithful.
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The bride has to remain true.
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The bride can't
yield to temptation.
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The bride has to hold on,
knowing a better day is coming.
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Yes, the bride sometimes
gets discouraged, yes, the bride
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sometimes feels like giving
up, yes, the bride asks itself,
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is this worth it all?
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I have heartaches, I have
headache, I have toothache,
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I have backache, I have leg
ache, I have all kinds of aches.
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But the groom says, hold on.
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Help is on the way.
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Here is the patience of
the saints; here are they
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that keep the commandments
of God and the faith
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of Jesus Christ.
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Number five, the groom
would have to come back.
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Now, remember, the groom would
usually come back for his bride
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in the midnight hour.
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Most people are
asleep at midnight.
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I wish you all would
hear me in this place.
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They are not awake.
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They are not ready for someone
to come to their house because
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they are asleep.
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When the groom, Jesus, comes
back for his bride, too many
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of his folk are
going to be asleep.
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The Bible says, "But of that
day and hour knoweth no man,
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not even the angels, or
the Son, but my Father only.
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Therefore be ye also
ready, for in such an hour
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ye think not, the
Son of Man cometh."
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The groom is coming back.
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But the bride can't be asleep.
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The bride has to be ready.
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Too many of us are asleep.
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Too many of us are not awake.
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Too many of us are lukewarm.
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We live any kinda way.
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We do anything any kinda way.
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We sow wild oats
during the week and then
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pray for a crop
failure on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus is coming back.
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The bridegroom is coming back.
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Ready or not, here he comes.
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We gotta wake
up, friends of mine.
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There's war in the Middle East.
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The threat of
war in Syria is real.
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Men are becoming
lovers of their own flesh.
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Men are marrying
men, women marrying women.
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Anything goes.
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Jesus is coming.
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Don't be asleep.
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[applause] This
is not about you.
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This is not about the bride.
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It's all about the groom.
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The shofar is going to sound.
00:14:08.53\00:14:11.96
The trumpet is going to sound.
00:14:11.96\00:14:14.43
For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven with
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a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, the trump
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of God, and the
dead in Christ are going
00:14:21.60\00:14:24.06
to rise first.
00:14:24.06\00:14:25.06
Then we are alive and
remain are going to be caught
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up together within the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air,
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and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
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But number six, the chuppah.
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The bride chamber.
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Just before Jesus returned,
God's people are going to have
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to go into a bridal chamber.
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They're going to
have to go into hiding.
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The plagues are going to come.
00:14:43.83\00:14:46.23
The time of
trouble is going to come.
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Some of us have been sitting
up here all our years, and we
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don't know what the
time of trouble is all about.
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The people of God are asleep,
but I've got good news today.
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Just like the death
angel passed over the children
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of Israel in Gosha,
just like God protected
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his children in
Israel, God is going to protect
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his people in time of trouble.
00:15:07.43\00:15:09.16
For in the time of
trouble he shall hide me in his
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tabernacle, for the
rest of the world it's going
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to be trouble, but for
the servants of God who
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have been sealed Aud: [responds]
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there won't be trouble,
but there will be protection.
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I was reading the Word of God.
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The Word of God says in Isaiah
26:20-21, " Come, my people,
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enter thou into thy chambers,
and shut thy doors about thee:
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hide thyself as it were
for a little moment, until
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the indignation be overpast.
00:15:37.66\00:15:39.10
For, behold, the Lord cometh
out of his place to punish
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the inhabitants of the
earth for their iniquity:
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the earth also shall
disclose her blood, and shall
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no more cover her slain."
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Which means while we go
into chuppah, while we go
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in the bridal chamber,
the wrath of God is going
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to be poured out on
this earth, but the bride
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is going to be
protected by the groom.
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And then number seven.
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The Jewish nation
had a marriage feast.
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God, the great Groom, is
going to have a marriage feast.
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The great Groom, Jesus,
the Groom, is going to have
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a marriage feast for his bride.
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Come on in where the
table is spread, and the feast
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of the Lord is going on.
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Joy is spread when the
table is spread, and the feast
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of the Lord is going on.
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Love is spread when the
table is spread, and the feast
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of the Lord is going on.
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Where is it at?
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It's at the table.
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The table of the wedding feast,
the groom will have his bride.
00:16:37.56\00:16:40.83
The bride will
be with her groom.
00:16:40.83\00:16:42.83
And just like in ancient Jewish
days and weddings, there are
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going to be shouts of joy.
00:16:46.86\00:16:50.26
There are going
to be leaps of joy.
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There is going to
be dancing for joy.
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Hallelujah, home at last!
00:16:59.36\00:17:01.70
The redeemed are home at last.
00:17:01.70\00:17:05.10
No more crying, no more dying,
no more war, no more pain,
00:17:05.10\00:17:11.43
no more house note, no
more car note, no more murder.
00:17:11.43\00:17:15.06
The former
things are passed away.
00:17:15.06\00:17:17.66
[organ] When we
all get to heaven,
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what a day of
rejoicing that's going to be.
00:17:22.10\00:17:24.10
When we all see Jesus,
we're going to sing and shout
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the victory.
00:17:26.30\00:17:27.30
There is going to be persistent
praise around God's great
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throne.
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Hallelujah.
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That's what we're
going to say every day.
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When you get tired,
you're going to still say,
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"Hallelujah." We're going
to say, "Praise the Lord."
00:17:36.26\00:17:39.73
We're going to say, "Thank you,
Jesus." Some folk say, I can't
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wait 'til I get to
heaven to sing and shout.
00:17:43.96\00:17:46.50
And all you do is sit and look
here, but I'm not going to wait
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until I get to heaven.
00:17:49.00\00:17:50.53
I'm going to
praise him in advance.
00:17:50.53\00:17:53.73
I'm not going to wait to praise
him when I come out of this
00:17:53.73\00:17:57.66
thing, but I'm going to praise
him going into this thing.
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Hallelujah, Thine the
glory, hallelujah, Amen.
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Hallelujah, Thine the
glory, revive us again.
00:18:05.30\00:18:10.53
The Word says, Let us be glad.
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[piano] Rejoice.
Give honor to Him.
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For the marriage
of the Lord is come.
00:18:20.53\00:18:26.66
His wife hath been
made ready herself.
00:18:26.66\00:18:32.30
And to her was granted that
she should be arrayed in fine
00:18:32.30\00:18:35.06
linen, clean and
white, for the fine linen
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is the righteousness of saints.
00:18:37.06\00:18:38.06
And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are
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called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:18:43.63\00:18:45.86
And he saith unto me, These
are the true sayings of God."
00:18:45.86\00:18:48.20
Blessed are they that do
His commandments, that they may
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have a right to
the Tree of Life.
00:18:54.23\00:18:58.00
As they enter in
through the gates into the city,
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even so, come, Lord Jesus.
00:19:02.13\00:19:07.83
This thing is not about you.
00:19:07.83\00:19:11.60
This thing is
not about the bride.
00:19:11.60\00:19:14.00
It's all about the groom.
00:19:14.00\00:19:16.60
What the groom has done.
00:19:16.60\00:19:18.23
What the groom is doing.
00:19:18.23\00:19:21.40
And what the
groom is going to do.
00:19:21.40\00:19:24.96
Understand,
you've been selected.
00:19:24.96\00:19:28.06
You've been chosen.
00:19:28.06\00:19:30.80
You've been bought with a price.
00:19:30.80\00:19:35.23
You've already been paid for.
00:19:35.23\00:19:39.73
Understand, it
requires commitment.
00:19:39.73\00:19:43.36
It requires a covenant.
00:19:43.36\00:19:46.56
It requires a
contract between you and God.
00:19:46.56\00:19:51.36
None but the
righteous shall see God.
00:19:51.36\00:19:56.53
You've got to live holy.
00:19:56.53\00:19:57.53
You've got to live right.
00:19:57.53\00:20:00.56
If you want to see Jesus over
there, you got to get right.
00:20:00.56\00:20:03.33
So we can go home.
00:20:03.33\00:20:05.73
And quit thinking everybody
else is wrong and you right.
00:20:05.73\00:20:08.63
We are all wrong, all of us,
our righteousness in the sight
00:20:08.63\00:20:13.46
of God is but as filthy rags.
00:20:13.46\00:20:16.60
We are all messed up, we
are all sheep as going to
00:20:16.60\00:20:19.70
the slaughter, if it
weren't for the grace of God.
00:20:19.70\00:20:23.10
(music) The groom had to
depart for a little while.
00:20:23.10\00:20:29.53
He had to depart, but in this
00:20:29.53\00:20:35.53
time of departure the
bride, we cannot get weary in
00:20:38.43\00:20:42.76
well-doing.
00:20:42.76\00:20:43.76
If we faint not, we're going
to receive our just reward.
00:20:43.76\00:20:48.43
For this week, I'm telling you
all, those who are close to me
00:20:48.43\00:20:54.40
know, this was a rough one.
00:20:54.40\00:20:55.53
Sometimes you feel
like, you know what?
00:20:55.53\00:20:57.53
I give up.
00:20:57.53\00:21:04.10
But I can't give up.
00:21:04.10\00:21:06.10
Brian Dublin, you don't know
what you did for me yesterday.
00:21:09.10\00:21:11.10
I told Danielle about it.
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.50
You don't know what
you did for me yesterday.
00:21:13.50\00:21:15.50
I went into the barbershop.
00:21:15.50\00:21:19.40
Brian Dublin, one of
our members, was in there.
00:21:19.40\00:21:21.40
He said, "Pastor Byrd, I walked
in the church Wednesday night,
00:21:21.40\00:21:25.26
and Pastor Byrd, I walked
in and I was just amazed."
00:21:25.26\00:21:31.20
He said, "Man, you are doing
a good job." I said, "Brian,
00:21:31.20\00:21:33.90
thanks." I'm
sitting in the barber chair,
00:21:33.90\00:21:36.53
and you know Jeff Johnson's
cutting my hair, and he's crazy
00:21:36.53\00:21:38.53
anyway, but then Brian
began to testify to the Lord's
00:21:38.53\00:21:42.03
goodness, of
our ministry to him.
00:21:42.03\00:21:45.13
Man, you don't know.
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.56
And it's just like God.
00:21:47.56\00:21:49.93
God will give you just
what you need just when you
00:21:49.93\00:21:54.30
need it most.
00:21:54.30\00:21:55.30
Just when I need
it, Jesus is near.
00:21:55.30\00:21:59.03
(music) The groom will go away,
00:21:59.03\00:22:05.23
but during the time the
groom goes away, the bride,
00:22:05.23\00:22:07.46
we got to stay faithful.
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.10
We got to stay on the wall.
00:22:10.10\00:22:13.30
Don't get up.
00:22:13.30\00:22:14.60
I don't know how
phase 3 is going to be done
00:22:14.60\00:22:16.86
for the school, but I
gotta stay on the wall.
00:22:16.86\00:22:19.86
I've learned over the years,
people say to me, Pastor Byrd,
00:22:23.33\00:22:27.00
how is it that
your ministry excels?
00:22:27.00\00:22:29.26
How is it that you baptize
people, you're able to do stuff
00:22:29.26\00:22:31.83
with the physical plant.
00:22:31.83\00:22:32.83
How is it done?
00:22:32.83\00:22:33.83
I say, it's not me.
00:22:33.83\00:22:34.83
Only thing I know is, I
learned as a little boy that God
00:22:34.83\00:22:36.83
rewards faithfulness.
00:22:36.83\00:22:38.06
He says when you're faithful
over little things, I will make
00:22:38.06\00:22:44.63
you ruler over many things.
00:22:44.63\00:22:46.73
So though the groom is
gone, I've got to stay faithful.
00:22:46.73\00:22:51.23
(music) The
groom is coming back.
00:22:51.23\00:22:56.70
And it's not going
to be in broad daylight.
00:22:56.70\00:23:01.63
Young people, it
may be Friday night.
00:23:03.96\00:23:05.96
The groom may come
back Saturday night.
00:23:05.96\00:23:10.00
Keep your lamps
trimmed and burning.
00:23:10.00\00:23:16.83
The groom may come when
you're on the telephone having
00:23:16.83\00:23:18.83
a conversation you
shouldn't be having.
00:23:18.83\00:23:20.83
The groom may come when you're
watching a television program
00:23:20.83\00:23:24.23
you have no business watching.
00:23:24.23\00:23:25.66
You better be ready.
00:23:25.66\00:23:26.66
The groom is coming.
00:23:26.66\00:23:27.66
The Bible says he comes at
midnight, at a time when you
00:23:27.66\00:23:30.43
least expect it.
00:23:30.43\00:23:33.23
(piano) But I'm grateful.
00:23:33.23\00:23:38.03
Ellen White says we have
nothing to fear for the future,
00:23:38.03\00:23:41.23
lest we forget how God
has led us in the past.
00:23:41.23\00:23:45.16
God has a chuppah, God has a
chamber, God has a place where
00:23:45.16\00:23:50.33
God is going to seal his people.
00:23:50.33\00:23:53.33
And his people will not be
upset by the time of trouble
00:23:53.33\00:23:57.20
and the thorns and the snares
of Satan and the enemy, but God
00:23:57.20\00:24:01.46
will protect us in the
time of trouble, he's going
00:24:01.46\00:24:04.90
to hide us.
00:24:04.90\00:24:06.30
(piano) But then
Gabriel, he's going
00:24:06.30\00:24:11.00
to blow the shofar, he's going
to blow the trumpet, and when he
00:24:11.00\00:24:21.23
blows the trumpet,
people are going to start
00:24:21.23\00:24:25.26
popping up like popcorn.
00:24:25.26\00:24:26.76
Popcorn out of the grave.
00:24:26.76\00:24:30.43
I can imagine what the
sight is going to be at Oakwood
00:24:30.43\00:24:32.70
Memorial Gardens.
00:24:32.70\00:24:33.93
Elder Mosley's going to pop up.
00:24:33.93\00:24:36.23
Elder
Cleveland's going to pop up.
00:24:36.23\00:24:39.13
Somebody's
mama's going to pop up.
00:24:39.13\00:24:41.13
Somebody's
baby's going to pop up.
00:24:41.13\00:24:43.13
We'll all pop up, and
then those of which are alive
00:24:43.13\00:24:45.13
and remain are going
to be caught up to meet
00:24:45.13\00:24:50.13
the Lord in the air.
00:24:50.13\00:24:52.86
And so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
00:24:52.86\00:25:00.76
(piano) Pop up.
00:25:00.76\00:25:04.30
Get ready for
the marriage feast.
00:25:04.30\00:25:11.56
But it's not about the bride.
00:25:11.56\00:25:12.76
It's all about the
groom, coming to get his bride.
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