? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise ? [music]
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Pastor Byrd: If you
have your Bibles, let us
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turn to the book of John.
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John, chapter 10.
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I'm going to verse number 10,
just one verse today. John 10,
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verse number 10.
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John chapter
10, verse number 10.
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The Word of God says to
us today, "The thief cometh
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not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy."
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But Jesus says, "I am come
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that they might have life,
and that they might have it
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more abundantly."
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"I am come that they
might have life, and that they
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might have it more abundantly."
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Father in heaven, now for
the next couple of minutes,
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come now in a mighty
way in this sanctuary.
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Give us a word today that,
Lord, speaks to our hearts.
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Hide me behind the cross
of Christ Jesus, and Lord,
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forgive me of my sins
because at the end of this
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message today, we want
individuals to give and turn
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their lives over to You.
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So, I pray that Thy people
not see me; Lord, that they
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would see Thee and they
would hear Thee, and then
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in the end obey Thee.
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In the name of
Jesus we pray, Amen.
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"I have come that they might
have life, and that they may
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have it more abundantly."
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Ebola: Our news headlines
for the past few weeks have
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centered on an epidemic
now known to us as Ebola.
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Now, one month ago the
majority of us had never
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even heard of Ebola.
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But now we all know about Ebola.
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So, every day we
hear about Ebola.
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Not AIDS, not cancer, not
tuberculosis, not high blood
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pressure, but Ebola.
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So far, 2,127 cases of
this dreaded disease, and 1,145
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deaths have been
reported in four western African
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nations: Guinea, Liberia,
Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
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But according to the World
Health Organization, the Ebola
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epidemic is probably much
worse than this world realizes,
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with health centers on
the front lines warning
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that the actual
numbers of deaths and illnesses
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are significantly
higher than the official
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estimates.
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In fact, I was reading
this week that one health worker
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for Doctors Without
Borders has said that the Ebola
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outbreak has turned parts of
western Africa into a medical
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war zone with
response teams not even able to
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document all the cases erupting.
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Beds in western Africa,
beds in Ebola treatment centers,
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are filling up faster
than they can be provided.
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And then on top of
that, I was reading that many
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of the sick are not even
going to the hospital, but they
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are being hidden at home
by their relatives because
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they're too afraid of
going to an Ebola treatment
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center.
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So, I began to ask myself,
in this eschatological day:
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Is this a modern-day plague?
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Is this an example of
God's wrath being poured out
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in earth's final days?
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Is this the
beginning of the end?
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After all, you will
remember it was Jesus who said
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in Matthew 24 "In
The last days, such
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calamities would occur"
in Matthew 24 that "Nation
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shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom:
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and there shall be
famines, and pestilences,
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and earthquakes,
in divers places.
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All these are the
beginning of sorrows."
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So then I went to Ellen
White, 'cause I still believe
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in Sister White.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
She said in volume 9
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of the Testimonies
that "The days in which we
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live are solemn and
important; that the Spirit
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of God is gradually
but surely being withdrawn
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from this earth.
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That plagues and judgments
are already falling upon
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the despisers of
the grace of God.
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That the calamities by land
and sea, the unsettled state
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of society, the alarms
of war are portentous."
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She says, "They forecast
approaching events of the
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greatest magnitude; the
agencies of evil are combining
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their forces and consolidating."
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She says, "They are
strengthening for the last
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great crisis."
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Great changes are soon
to take place in our world,
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and I can hear my
great-grandmother quoting
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her and saying, "And the final
movements will be rapid ones."
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[Aud. reaction] PB: Ebola.
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Destroying men, women and
children on a daily basis.
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Ebola.
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More cases than we have
medical teams to care for.
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Ebola.
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Causing fear upon the
inhabitants of western
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Africa and the world.
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Ebola.
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Forcing residents in
cities, towns and villages
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to be quarantined.
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Ebola.
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One of earth's
last great calamities.
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Ebola.
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Church, if I was still
pastoring in Houston, Texas,
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I would say,
"Houston, we've got a problem."
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What's the problem?
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Ebola.
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There's no cure, no
solution, no licensed treatment.
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The disease has a high
mortality rate, killing
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between 50 percent and
90 percent of those infected
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with the virus.
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So, if you're infected,
it's almost like your death
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sentence.
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We've got a problem, church.
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Now, the question is,
well, how do you get Ebola?
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Stay with me,
I'm going somewhere.
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Ebola may be contracted upon
contact with blood or bodily
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fluids of an infected
animal; whereas, humans,
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a human transmission, occurs
when there's direct contact
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with blood or bodily
fluids from an infected person.
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Ebola spreads through the blood.
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It can result in
massive blood loss.
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Sometimes there is both
internal and external bleeding.
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Once human infection
occurs, the disease is highly
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contagious and
spreads between people.
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Church, we've got a problem.
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You see, you can't
detect Ebola through your eyes.
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In other words, you can't
detect Ebola by mere sight.
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You can't detect Ebola
just by looking at somebody.
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So, you could be
infected by somebody with Ebola
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and not even know it.
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That's why the medical
workers there for Ebola
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patients have to be careful
that they don't get Ebola,
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because Ebola also
spreads from the sick person
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to the caretaker of the sick.
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Which mean, you can be caring
for somebody, but if you're
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not careful, you
can be infected as well.
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That's why the workers
wear protective clothing
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including masks, gloves,
gowns, goggles, when they deal
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with Ebola patients.
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Medical workers who do not
wear appropriate protective
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clothing may get the disease
by contact with contaminated
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needles and syringes.
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But friends, that's not all.
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I was reading up on this.
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Human to human transmission
can also occur because
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of direct contact with
blood or bodily fluids from
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an infected dead person.
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From a dead person to
a living person, through
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the embalming of the
infected dead person.
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So, because dead bodies
are still infectious, doctors
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have to dispose of dead,
infected bodies in a safe
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manner, leaving no
chance for a traditional funeral
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because they don't
want to be infected.
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Folks, we've got a problem.
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Well then, Pastor
Byrd, if that's the problem,
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what's the prognosis?
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Well, it's being reported
that Ebola causes high fever,
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bleeding, vomiting.
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Symptoms start two
days to three weeks after
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contracting the virus,
with a fever, sore throat,
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muscle pain and headaches.
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The nausea and the
vomiting then follow, along with
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decreased functioning of
the liver and the kidneys.
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Around this time, affected
people, they begin to bleed
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internally, within the
body; and bleed externally,
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outside the body.
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We know the problem.
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We know the prognosis.
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Is there a prescription?
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What is the remedy?
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What is the cure?
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What is the antidote?
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Surely, with all of
our knowledge and our power
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and our money and intelligence,
we should have a solution.
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But medical sciences say
efforts are ongoing to develop
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a vaccine and money is
being poured in to create
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a vaccine; research is
being conducted to generate
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a vaccine.
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But to date,
there is no vaccine.
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No remedy.
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No cure.
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No solution.
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So, Ebola patients
have to be quarantined.
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Persons suspected even of
Ebola, people being around
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Ebola patients,
have to be quarantined.
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That's enforced isolation.
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No contact with others.
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No touching, no
talking, no fellowship, no fun.
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Just all alone,
inaccessible, unreachable,
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unapproachable,
remote, lonely, cut off.
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But today, I stand before
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you to tell you that
there's something even more
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treacherous than physical Ebola.
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We've got something
that is wiping us out.
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We've got something that
is taking us out, and today
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I call it spiritual Ebola.
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[Aud. reaction]
PB: Because just like
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physical Ebola,
spiritual Ebola creates
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some problems.
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Because if you're infected
with spiritual Ebola, it can
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be your death sentence.
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Because if you're infected
with spiritual Ebola, you
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will be a part of those
who even die at the brightness
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of Jesus' second coming.
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Or those who have died
before His second coming,
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will not rise at
His second coming.
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Get out quickly.
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Spiritual Ebola, like physical
Ebola, is spread through
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human contact.
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Which means, you get spiritual
Ebola from somebody else.
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You all don't
hear what I'm saying.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
You don't give Ebola
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to yourself.
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Somebody else
gives Ebola to you.
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Well, Pastor, then how do
you know if someone has it?
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You don't.
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Because remember, you can't
detect Ebola by just looking
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at somebody.
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So, if you could, you
could be infected by somebody
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and not even know it.
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You can look at somebody
and not know they're a carrier.
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You look at
somebody, in spiritual Ebola,
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and you don't know
that they're a gossip.
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You look at
somebody, but you don't know
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they're a liar.
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You don't know they're a cheat.
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You look at somebody,
and you don't know they're
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a problem carrying a spiritual
Ebola virus, so be careful
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at what you look at
because all that you see
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is not what it is.
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[Aud. reaction]
PB: All that glitters
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is not gold.
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You see, we see a
10-bedroom, 5-baths house
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with a swimming pool
on seven acres of land,
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we think happiness.
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But that may not be
true--look at Robin Williams.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
We see Mercedes Benz,
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and we think the
person has money.
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But that may not be true.
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Look at me.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]
PB: All that you see
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is not what is.
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Freshman males, that young
lady may be seen as pretty,
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but that doesn't make her pure.
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Young ladies, that young
man can be seen as handsome,
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but that does not make him holy.
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Church members can be seen
as consecrated, but that doesn't
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make them Christ-like.
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You see a person,
but you don't really know
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if they have Ebola.
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They look nice, they
look sweet, they look holy,
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they look consecrated.
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They say the right things,
they wear the right clothes,
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they pat you on the
back, but they've been sent on
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a Satanic
mission to take you out.
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They have spiritual Ebola.
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But just by looking at
them, they don't seem sick.
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They don't seem infected.
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So, my advice: Be
careful who you hook up with.
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Be careful who you link up with.
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Be careful who you hang
out with, and that's not just
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for the young folk--that's
for the old folk, too.
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You see, if they're always
gossiping, if they're always
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negative, if they're always
scheming, if they're always
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talking about
somebody, you'd better believe
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they will talk about you.
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They could have Ebola,
and you not even know it.
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Be careful of what you look
at; be careful of what you see.
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You see, friends,
we are all victims
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of optical illusions.
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We think we can see actually
and totally, where we can
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only see partially,
imperfectly and inadequately.
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You see what you expect to see.
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You only see that.
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You only see what you
expect to see, prepare to see,
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believe to see and
are disposed to see.
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For example the color
of a thing may be blue.
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It may be what, everybody?
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Aud.: Blue.
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PB: But you will not see
the color as it is; you will
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only see the color as it
is filtered through the shape
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of your eyes, the state
of your brain and the history
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of your past experience.
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The color you see is
not a perfect representation
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of the color that is there.
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What we may see as green
may be blue; what we may see
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as an ocean may be a mirage
caused by the play of the sun
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upon the dry desert sand.
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Spiritually, what we may see
as a burden may be a blessing.
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What we may see as deprivation
may be a mighty deliverance.
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What we may see as a
minus sign may be a plus sign
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that is made by God's
intervention on our behalf,
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because God's math
is not like our math.
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Sometimes God has to
have blessed subtractions
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in order that there
might be multiple additions.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
What we see as important
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today may not
prove to be important.
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It may be trivial,
and cheap tomorrow.
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What we may see as fundamental
or indispensable today
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may turn out to be incidental
and unnecessary tomorrow.
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Be careful with being
dependent on what you see.
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You can't tell Ebola
virus just by looking at it.
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What you see may not
always be what you get.
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You see the body, but
you don't see the person.
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You see the building, but
you don't see the builder.
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You see the facts, but
you don't see the faith.
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You see the actual, but
you don't see the impossible.
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You see the transient, but
you don't see the permanent.
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You see the temporal, but
you don't see the eternal.
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You see what God has already
done, but you can't see what
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God is trying to do.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
Friends of mine, not only
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do you not know if
a person is infected
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by just looking at them
with physical Ebola, where you
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bleed, it says
internally and externally.
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Which means then,
carriers of spiritual Ebola
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could be internal
as well as external.
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Carriers of spiritual
Ebola can be outside the church,
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as well as inside the church.
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Everybody talking about
heaven ain't going to heaven.
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Everybody talking about loving
Jesus ain't serving Jesus.
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Everybody saying "happy Sabbath"
does not joy in your happiness.
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Everything that looks like
holiness, talks like holiness,
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dresses like
holiness, shouts like holiness
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is not holiness.
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'Cause holiness is not
about how high you jump when you
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shout, but how
straight you walk when you come
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back down.
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Jesus said, "Beware of
false prophets which come to you
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in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are raving
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wolves."
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Just become they come
with a Bible text doesn't mean
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they're not infected.
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Just because they can
quote the Spirit of Prophecy
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doesn't mean
they're not infected.
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Just because they go
to church doesn't mean
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they're not infected.
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The devil goes to church, too.
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Don't believe the hype.
00:20:02.80\00:20:05.56
I'm a television preacher.
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Breath of Life,
whatver you what to call it.
00:20:06.50\00:20:08.10
Praise God for it, hallelujah.
00:20:08.10\00:20:09.93
But every preacher
that preaches on TV is not
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preaching the truth.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: You'd better be
careful what you watch.
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Everything you read on
the Internet is not truth.
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Every quote somebody
brings you may not be altogether
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true, particularly if
they're taking the quote out
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of its spiritual context.
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Ebola patients can twist
the Bible to make the Bible
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say whatever
they want it to say.
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Put the Bible in the
hands of a conservative,
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it becomes a dissertation
to conservative principles.
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Put the Bible in the
hands of a liberal, it becomes
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a liberal exposition.
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The devil knows
how to use Scripture.
00:20:42.90\00:20:44.90
Take Scripture this way and
turn it that way and make it
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say this and make it say that.
00:20:47.90\00:20:49.90
Make it say some ugly stuff.
00:20:49.90\00:20:50.90
The devil will turn, and
say "Turn here." Take a phrase
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her, take a word
there, take a paragraph here,
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a sentence there.
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Turn to Genesis, skip
over to Revelation, go back
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to Exodus, skip over to the
book of Acts, go to Leviticus,
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spice them with Song of Solomon,
pepper it with Proverbs,
00:21:00.96\00:21:03.96
salt it with Psalms,
and then use it to serve up
00:21:03.96\00:21:05.96
some dangerous,
poisonous, biblical soup.
00:21:05.96\00:21:10.46
[Aud. reaction] PB:
That's why you've got
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to know the Word
of God for yourself.
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Not what Mama says,
not what Daddy says; sister
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or brother may say.
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But you've got to know
the Word of God for yourself.
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"Thy word have I hid in
my heart that I might not sin
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against thee."
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"Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, a light unto my path."
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"To the law and to the
testimony, if they speak not
00:21:35.43\00:21:39.00
according to this
word, it is because
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there is no light in them."
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Ebola infections are
internal and external.
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But not only that, remember
persons caring for Ebola
00:21:48.20\00:21:54.96
patients have to be
careful because they don't want
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to catch Ebola.
00:21:59.13\00:22:01.93
Ebola can spread
from the infected person
00:22:01.93\00:22:05.90
to the caregiver.
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You can be caring
for somebody with Ebola,
00:22:07.93\00:22:10.10
and if you're not careful,
you will get infected as well.
00:22:10.10\00:22:12.66
You can have good
intentions, good intentions
00:22:12.66\00:22:20.60
to heal, but then
you come out sick.
00:22:20.60\00:22:25.40
Good intentions to date
him or her, but then you come
00:22:25.40\00:22:29.46
out with child support.
00:22:29.46\00:22:31.53
Good intentions to
go to Olive Garden,
00:22:33.86\00:22:37.13
Macaroni Grill, PF
Chang's, but you come out
00:22:37.13\00:22:40.06
with AIDS or an STD.
00:22:40.06\00:22:43.06
You go in with good
intentions to help somebody with
00:22:43.06\00:22:46.16
their social and their mental
issues, but then you come out
00:22:46.16\00:22:49.20
confused, conflicted and crazy.
00:22:49.20\00:22:53.00
You go in with good
intentions, you bring them
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to church, and you come out
missing church every Sabbath.
00:22:55.93\00:23:00.36
You go in with good intentions
to help them financially,
00:23:00.36\00:23:07.66
and then you come out
broke, bewildered and bankrupt,
00:23:07.66\00:23:13.96
and in 42 years I've
learned that the people you help
00:23:13.96\00:23:16.83
the most
appreciate it the least.
00:23:16.83\00:23:19.10
[Aud. reaction]
PB: You go in with good
00:23:19.10\00:23:24.36
intentions to help
solve their problems, but you
00:23:24.36\00:23:27.33
come out distraught,
decadent and distressed.
00:23:27.33\00:23:30.26
Yes, help somebody, but
please don't get infected
00:23:30.26\00:23:33.50
in the process.
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One more problem.
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Not only does it
spread through living people,
00:23:38.66\00:23:43.13
but remember, Ebola can be
spread through dead people.
00:23:43.13\00:23:50.83
Which means, you can
be spiritually on fire
00:23:50.83\00:23:55.50
for the Lord, sharing your
faith, giving Bible studies,
00:23:55.50\00:24:02.96
coming to church,
singing in church, saying amen
00:24:02.96\00:24:07.80
in church, smiling in church,
serving inside and outside
00:24:07.80\00:24:11.33
the church.
00:24:11.33\00:24:12.33
On fire for the Lord,
but then you get infected
00:24:12.33\00:24:15.40
with a dead Ebola patient.
00:24:15.40\00:24:16.40
And so, because
they're spiritually dead, they
00:24:16.40\00:24:24.76
infect you, and you
become spiritually dead.
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No zeal.
00:24:28.76\00:24:29.83
No fire.
00:24:29.83\00:24:32.16
No energy.
00:24:32.16\00:24:34.50
No enthusiasm.
00:24:34.50\00:24:36.40
No excitement for
the Lord, just dead.
00:24:36.40\00:24:39.03
The frozen chosen.
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But when you look back
over your life, when you look
00:24:40.33\00:24:44.36
at all the things
God has done for you.
00:24:48.66\00:24:51.80
When you look at all the
things that God has brought you
00:24:51.80\00:24:55.46
out of, all the times God
healed your body, all the times
00:24:55.46\00:25:00.83
God dried your weeping
eyes, all the times God made
00:25:00.83\00:25:05.20
a way out of no way.
00:25:05.20\00:25:06.26
When you look at how God
picked you up, turned you
00:25:06.26\00:25:10.50
around, placed your
feet on solid ground.
00:25:10.50\00:25:13.53
When you look and think
about what you could have
00:25:13.53\00:25:16.30
been and what
you should have been.
00:25:16.30\00:25:18.36
When you think of the goodness
of Jesus and all He's done
00:25:18.36\00:25:24.10
for me, my soul
cries out, hallelujah!
00:25:24.10\00:25:29.13
Thank God for saving me!
00:25:29.13\00:25:35.33
I should be dead in
my grave, but thank God
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.10
for saving me!
00:25:38.10\00:25:39.10
I should be strung out
somewhere, but thank God
00:25:39.10\00:25:41.10
for saving me!
00:25:41.10\00:25:48.70
I'm not even supposed to
be here today, but thank God
00:25:48.70\00:25:55.06
for saving me!
00:25:55.06\00:25:56.86
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00:26:02.33\00:26:04.83
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