AND MY GOD WON'T PLAY ANY
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GAMES WITH YOU, IF YOUR WRONG
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THE BIBLE DOES NOT CHANGE PRINT
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BASED ON WHO READS IT.
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ZACHARIAH CHAPTER 3 AND I WILL
READ IN YOUR HEARING TWO VERSES
FROM THIS OLD TESTAMENT BOOK.
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THE BIBLE SAYS:
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LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, TONIGHT
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WE ASK THAT OUR CUPS MIGHT
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BUT WITH THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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WE READ THE WORDS OF THE BIBLE
BUT WE CANNOT COMPREHEND THEM
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COMPLETELY WITHOUT THE
ANNOINTING OF THY SPIRIT.
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GIVE US THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED,
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AND LIFT US CLOSER TO JESUS,
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FOR IT IS IN HIS SWEET
AND HOLY NAME THAT WE PRAY.
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AMEN.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A
SITUATION THAT IS FROM A VISION.
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THE SITUATION WITH
IT'S BACKGROUND IS SERIOUS.
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ISRAEL IS NOW IN A POINT OF TIME
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WHEN ACTION IS NECESSARY.
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THERE IS A TIME FOR TALK,
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THERE IS A TIME FOR ACTION.
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GOD HAS NOW FREED ISRAEL TO THE
POINT WHERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE
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HAVE LEFT CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON
AND HAVE TRAVELED NOW TO BE ABLE
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TO REBUILD THAT TEMPLE THAT IS
SO CENTRAL TO THE NATIONHOOD OF
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ISRAEL. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT
IS WAS MORE THAN THAT FOR THIS
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IS NOT ABOUT
NATIONHOOD ESSENTIALLY.
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IT'S ABOUT A HOUSE THAT IS
DEDICATED TO THE NAME OF GOD.
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AND GOD IS WITH THEM.
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WHENEVER PEOPLE DEDICATE
THEMSELVES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT,
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NO MATTER HOW MUCH
OPPOSITION IS THERE,
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YOU MAY BE CERTAIN
THAT GOD IS THERE ALSO.
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GOD HAS NEVER
PROMISED THAT WHEN YOU DO RIGHT
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YOU WILL NOT BE OPPOSED.
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IN FACT THE CONTRARY IS TRUE.
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THEY THAT LIVE GODLY
SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
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THE MORE YOU ARE LIKE CHRIST,
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THE MORE YOU ARE
LIKELY TO HAVE OPPOSITION.
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AND IT IS SO HERE.
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FOR WHEN THE PEOPLE
OF GOD GO NOW TO ISRAEL
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AND WHEN THEY GO TO JUDAH
AND WHEN THEY ARE IN JERUSALEM
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AND BEGIN TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE,
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THE QUESTION IS HOW
CAN THEY BE STOPPED.
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WHAT POWER CAN STOP THEM NOW AND
WHEN NOTHING ELSE CAN STOP YOU,
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I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE
GREATEST POWER TO SLOW YOU DOWN
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OR BRING YOU TO A SCREECHING
HALT IS THE POWER FROM WITHIN.
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FOR THE FACT IS THAT
YOU CANNOT BE STOPPED
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SO LONG AS GOD ACTUATES YOU AND
SO LONG AS YOU HOLD ON TO HIS
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UNCHANGING HAND. BUT IF YOU
BEGIN TO DOUBT IN YOUR HEART
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THEN IT'S
POSSIBLE TO BE STOPPED.
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SO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
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SATAN COMES UP
WITH A NEW TACTIC.
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AND WHAT DOES HE
TELL YOU THE MOST OFTEN ?
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THE FACT IS THAT HE WILL REMIND
YOU THAT YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE
FOR GOD TO BLESS YOU.
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YOU HAVE BEEN WITH HIM TOO LONG.
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SATAN PLAYS SOME UGLY TRICKS,
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BECAUSE IT IS SATAN
WHO TELLS YOU TO DO WRONG.
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IT IS SATAN WHO
KNOWS WHEN YOU DO WRONG.
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IT IS SATAN WHO TELLS
YOU WHERE TO GO TO DO IT.
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KNOWS WHEN YOU'LL BE THERE.
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WATCH'S YOU.
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AND IS CAREFUL TO TE
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
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IN FACT, I WOULD WANT TO
SUGGEST IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY,
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THAT IT'S NOT GOD WHO IS SO
MUCH ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU FAIL,
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GOD IS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE EQUATION.
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GOD IS NOT
WILLING SAYS THE BIBLE,
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2 PETER CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 8.
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GOD IS NOT WILLING
THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH
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BUT THAT ALL
SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.
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GOD HAS STATED WHERE HE IS.
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THE ONE WHO IS AGAINST YOU
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IS THE ONE WHO
GET'S YOU IN TROUBLE.
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AND THAT'S
REALLY NOT FAIR IS IT,
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FOR SOMEONE TO
GET YOU IN TROUBLE,
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WATCH YOU WHILE YOU GO THERE,
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TELL YOU WHERE TO GO,
CHECK YOU WHEN YOU GET THERE,
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AND THEN TAKE DOWN
NOTES AND SAY "I GOT YOU."
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WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I
USED TO BE AROUND VERY RELIGIOUS
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PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM WERE
TEACHERS WHO WOULD SING A LITTLE
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SONG TO ME AND IT WENT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS -- I DON'T WANT TO TRY
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TO SING IT, MY
VOICE ISN'T ALL THAT GOOD
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BUT IT SAYS THAT
GOD SEES ALL YOU DO,
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HE HEAR'S ALL YOU SAY, MY
LORD IS WRITING ALL THE TIME.
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AND I REMEMBER BEING
A LITTLE GUY, YOU KNOW,
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I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
DO THAT MUCH SIN YET.
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BUT I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE I
THOUGHT GOD MIGHT BE WRITING ALL
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THE TIME. THE FACT IS
THAT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
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THE ONE WHO IS WATCHING YOU
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO WRONG
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AND MAKE SURE HE
TAKES IT DOWN IS THE DEVIL.
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HE'S THE ONE WHO'S AGAINST YOU.
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IF YOU BELIEVE IT
CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN.
00:08:00.76\00:08:03.53
NOW THE ROUGH TRICK ABOUT THAT
IS THAT HE GETS YOU IN TROUBLE
00:08:03.53\00:08:07.73
AND WHEN YOU GET
THERE TAKES THE NOTES DOWN.
00:08:07.73\00:08:10.93
AND THEN WHEN YOUR
ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING GRAND,
00:08:10.93\00:08:16.23
REMINDS YOU WHO YOU ARE.
00:08:16.23\00:08:19.83
YOU KNOW YOU GO AROUND SOME
RELIGIOUS FOLK AND GET ALL
CAUGHT UP IN FEELING GOOD.
00:08:19.83\00:08:26.13
AND WHEN YOU GET HOME
HE'LL BE WAITING ON YOU.
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"LOOK AT YOU.
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YOU'RE JUST
HOLDING OUT, AREN'T YOU.
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LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR HOLY SELF.
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BUT I KNOW YOU.
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YOU KNOW, YOU AND I
BEEN SOME PLACES TOGETHER."
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AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE
THAN THAT KIND OF REMINDER.
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YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW
YOU LET THE DEVIL POINT OUT
00:08:42.80\00:08:46.60
YOUR FAULTS BECAUSE HE WILL
DESCRIBE YOU OUT OF SUCCESS.
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IN FACT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL
WHO YOU LET DESCRIBE YOU TO YOU
00:08:52.93\00:08:59.53
ANYHOW. I GET A LITTLE
DISTURBED -- NOW I'M NOT AGAINST
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TELEVISION, YOU ARE
WATCHING ME ON TELEVISION NOW,
00:09:02.10\00:09:03.83
SO I'M NOT THAT MUCH AGAINST IT
00:09:03.83\00:09:05.56
BUT YOU GOTTA BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WATCH
00:09:05.56\00:09:07.70
BECAUSE SOME TELEVISION
WILL DESCRIBE YOU TO YOURSELF.
00:09:07.70\00:09:11.40
THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO SEE
OURSELVES ONLY IN NEGATIVE WAYS
00:09:11.40\00:09:15.93
ON TELEVISION. AND IF
YOUR NOT CAREFUL, SUBLIMINALLY,
00:09:15.93\00:09:17.96
YOU'LL BEGIN TO BELIEVE
WHAT OU SEE -- SO THAT YOU LET
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SOMEBODY ELSE
TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE
00:09:20.43\00:09:22.70
AND CONVINCE YOU
THAT THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.
00:09:22.70\00:09:25.60
SO NOW YOU BEGIN TO ACT LIKE
SOMEBODY ELSE TOLD YOU YOU OUGHT
00:09:25.60\00:09:30.90
TO ACT. SHAME ON YOU.
00:09:30.90\00:09:32.46
YOUR MINDS GOT TO BE
MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT.
00:09:32.46\00:09:34.66
IN FACT, YOU'D DO BETTER TO
SEE YOURSELF ON THE PAGES OF THE
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BIBLE. BECAUSE THERE YOU
CAN SEE WHAT GOD THINKS OF YOU.
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NOW GOD WON'T PLAY
ANY GAMES WITH YOU.
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IF YOUR WRONG,
HE'LL TELL YOU YOUR WRONG.
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THE BIBLE DOES NOT CHANGE
PRINT BASED ON WHO READS IT.
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I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL
YOU ARE -- SAYS THE SAME THING.
00:09:51.20\00:09:54.06
SO IF YOU GOT TEN
CREDIT CARDS IN YOUR WALLET
00:09:54.06\00:09:57.13
THE BIBLE WILL NOT CHANGE.
00:09:57.13\00:09:59.40
IF YOU ARE THE SUPERINTENDENT --
IN FACT FOR THAT MATTER --IF YOU
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ARE THE PREACHER,
THE BIBLE WON'T CHANGE.
00:10:03.70\00:10:06.60
TRUTH IS STILL TRUTH.
00:10:06.60\00:10:08.16
THAT'S WHAT I
LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK.
00:10:08.16\00:10:10.70
SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
00:10:10.70\00:10:13.06
BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO
HAVE GOT THE MISUNDERSTANDING:
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THEY THINK THAT GOD IS AGAINST
YOU AND HE'S THE ONE WHO IS
00:10:16.23\00:10:21.16
WATCHING. IT'S THE
DEVIL WHO'S AGAINST YOU.
00:10:21.16\00:10:22.90
IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENS NOW TO ISRAEL,
00:10:22.90\00:10:26.10
YOU WILL SEE IT CLEARLY:
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BECAUSE IN THE
MIDST OF THEIR BUILDING,
00:10:27.93\00:10:30.86
WHEN THEY'RE
MAKING TO MUCH PROGRESS,
00:10:30.86\00:10:32.80
THE DEVIL BEGINS TO
TELL THEM WHO THEY ARE.
00:10:32.80\00:10:35.30
"YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT THAT HOLY,
00:10:35.30\00:10:37.03
IN FACT GOD DOES NOT
REALLY OWE YOU TO HELP YOU."
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AND BEYOND THAT
THEY BEGIN TO BELIEVE IT
00:10:41.03\00:10:45.73
AND THEY LOSE THEIR ENTHUSIASM.
00:10:45.73\00:10:48.16
NOW I THINK I'VE MADE IT FAIRLY
CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE IN SOME
00:10:48.16\00:10:51.40
ENTHUSIASM AMONG
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD.
00:10:51.40\00:10:55.46
I HAVE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM THAT YOU OUGHT NOT SHOW
00:10:55.46\00:10:58.00
ANY ENTHUSIASM IN
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
00:10:58.00\00:11:01.80
BUT WHEN I SEE THEM AT GAMES,
00:11:01.80\00:11:09.56
WHEN I SEE THEM AT
GAMES, THEY GET EXCITED.
00:11:09.56\00:11:12.80
THEY WATCH MOVIES AND CRY.
00:11:12.80\00:11:15.56
THEY READ LITTLE
BOOKS AND GET TOUCHED.
00:11:15.56\00:11:18.70
BUT THEN WHEN YOU
COME AROUND THE COMMUNITY
00:11:18.70\00:11:20.90
WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE
READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD,
00:11:20.90\00:11:22.96
"YOU KNOW, WELL NOW, WE
GOTTA JUST INTERNALIZE THAT.
00:11:22.96\00:11:25.86
AND YOU SEE THE
MORE BLESSED WE ARE,
00:11:25.86\00:11:27.76
THE MORE WE ARE
INCLINED TO THINK THAT RELIGION
00:11:27.76\00:11:30.06
IS A THING YOU OUGHT TO
JUST INTERNALIZE QUIETLY."
00:11:30.06\00:11:32.80
WELL SOMEHOW I BELIEVE
THAT IF A GAME CAN MOVE YOU,
00:11:32.80\00:11:36.33
IF A MOVIE CAN MOVE YOU,
00:11:36.33\00:11:38.63
WHEN THE POWER OF GOD COMES AND
MAKES A CHANGE IN YOUR HEART,
00:11:38.63\00:11:41.56
THERE OUGHT TO BE
A LITTLE ENTHUSIASM.
00:11:41.56\00:11:46.33
I DON'T THINK THAT
YOUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
00:11:46.33\00:11:48.66
OUGHT TO BASED ON EMOTIONS,
00:11:48.66\00:11:51.90
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
THE FACT OF WHAT GOD DOES
00:11:51.90\00:11:55.96
OUGHT TO CREATE A REACTION,
00:11:55.96\00:11:58.36
AND THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE BASED
ON YOUR CULTURE, HOW TO RESPOND.
00:11:58.36\00:12:03.13
I DON'T TRY TO
DICTATE TO ANYONE,
00:12:03.13\00:12:04.86
NOR WILL I ACCEPT
YOUR DICTATION TO ME.
00:12:04.86\00:12:08.93
I'LL RESPOND THE
WAY THE LORD TELLS ME.
00:12:08.93\00:12:11.20
THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH ISN'T IT.
00:12:11.20\00:12:13.13
SO THE DEVIL SNEAKS IN AND TRIES
TO ROB THEM OF THEIR ENTHUSIASM
THEY BEGIN TO PULL AWAY.
00:12:13.13\00:12:18.30
THERE IS A
CERTAIN WAY THAT YOU WORK.
00:12:18.30\00:12:20.20
WHEN YOU ARE EXCITED YOU WORK.
00:12:20.20\00:12:22.16
I HAVE WORKED IN CERTAIN PLACES
WHERE THE PEOPLE HID DURING THE
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DAY. I WILL NOT TELL ON ANY ONE.
00:12:26.06\00:12:27.96
IT'S TOO LONG AGO NOW -- THOSE
PEOPLE ARE DOING OTHER JOBS.
00:12:27.96\00:12:30.80
HALLELUHAH !
00:12:30.80\00:12:33.43
BUT I CAN REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE
WHO WOULD COME TO WORK AND
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IMMEDIATELY HIDE.
I TRIED IT ONE TIME.
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THE DAY IS SO
LONG WHEN YOU HIDE.
00:12:39.36\00:12:45.63
I HID WITH THE GUY ONE DAY.
00:12:45.63\00:12:47.86
"LET'S DON'T WORK - LET'S HIDE."
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THE DAY LASTED 25 HOURS.
00:12:50.10\00:12:53.66
IT'S TERRIBLE WHEN YOU DON'T
HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND YOU TRY TO
00:12:53.66\00:12:58.13
HIDE. I SAID "MAN I WOULD RATHER
WORK ANY DAY THAN TO DO THIS."
00:12:58.13\00:13:01.80
BECAUSE THE DAY SLIPS AWAY WHEN
YOU HAVE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT YOUR
00:13:01.80\00:13:06.23
WORK. THE ENTHUSIASM WAS THERE
AND THEN THE DEVIL SNATCHED IT
00:13:06.23\00:13:09.50
AWAY BECAUSE THEY BEGAN TO
CONCENTRATE ON THEIR FAULTS.
00:13:09.50\00:13:12.96
AND WHEN YOU DO
THAT, YOU ROB YOURSELF
00:13:12.96\00:13:17.40
OF THE POWER OF ENTHUSIASM.
00:13:17.40\00:13:19.73
NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS,
GOD SAYS "I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO.
00:13:19.73\00:13:22.13
I'LL GIVE ZACHARIAH A VISION."
00:13:22.13\00:13:24.46
AND HERE COMES THE VISION.
00:13:24.46\00:13:25.50
I LOVE IT.
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NOW YOU GOT TO PAY ATTENTION
TO THE VISION BECAUSE THE VISION
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COMES FROM GOD. IF IT CAME FROM
YOU, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,
THAT'S YOUR OPINION.
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IF IT CAME FROM ME YOU
SHOULD IGNORE IT -- MY OPINION.
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BUT THE VISION COMES FROM GOD.
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AND HERE IT IS.
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JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST,
REPRESENTING THE NATION,
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IS STANDING BEFORE
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,
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THAT ACTUALLY
OUGHT TO BE UNDERSTOOD
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"THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD"
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DRESSED IN FILTHY CLOTHES.
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 64 -- IT
SAYS ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS'
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ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS.
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YOU KNOW, JUST -- I'M
SORRY, MAYBE I'M RAINING ON YOUR
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PARADE, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAME HERE
THINKING THAT YOU HAD ADVANCED
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INTO SOME NEW PLATEAU
OF CHRISTIAN GODLINESS.
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BUT LET ME TELL YOU, ALL
THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO,
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ADD UP TO FILTHY RAGS.
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EVERY THING I CAN DO -- MY
ONLY CLAIM TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
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IS IN CHRIST.
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WHEN CHRIST TAKES OVER MY
LIFE, MY LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
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BUT WHEN I FALL BACK ON
WHAT I'VE DONE -- FILTHY RAGS.
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SO NOW JOSHUA THE HIGH
PRIEST STANDS BEFORE THE
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"ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD" DRESSED
IN FILTHY GARMENTS REPRESENTING
THE SIN OF THE NATION.
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AND AS HE STANDS THERE,
HE'S NOT STANDING THERE SAYING
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"GOD LET GLORY COME DOWN."
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YOU KNOW, I WAS A
PASTOR FOR A LONG TIME.
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I NOTICED THAT THERE
ARE TIMES IN CHURCHES
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WHEN THE PEOPLE RISE UP
IN RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
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AND THERE VOICES SOUND
LIKE THAT WHEN THEY DO IT.
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"PASTOR, I WANT
TO SPEAK TO YOU."
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I COULD ALMOST TELL
BEFORE THEY GOT THERE
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WHAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
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"I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU.
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I NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT."
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AND I'LL SAY
OKAY, HERE IT COMES.
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"I WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE."
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YEAH, I'M THINKING, IT OUGHT
TO BE DONE ABOUT YOU AND THAT
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ATTITUDE. BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.
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"THE CHURCH IS FILTHY.
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WE NEED TO CLEAN IT OUT."
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AND YOU KNOW THEY WANT ME TO
GET UP AND PREACH SOME SERMON
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ON THE SINS OF THE
REST OF THE PEOPLE.
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DON'T WANT ME TO PREACH A
SERMON ON ATTITUDE DO THEY.
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SEE, I COULD PREACH A
SERMON ON THE LOVE OF JESUS.
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THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.
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BUT THAT'S HOW GOOD FOLK GET.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
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THIS PRIEST IS NOT
STANDING THERE SAYING
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"GOD, LET JUSTICE RAIN DOWN"
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BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD
THAT HE HAD ON FILTHY GARMENTS,
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HE DID NOT DESERVE ANYTHING
GOOD, HE DESERVED PUNISHMENT.
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AND THE ONLY THING THAT HE COULD
CLING TO IN ORDER TO GET MERCY
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WAS TO CLING TO
THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
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YOU MUST UNDERSTAND AS I MUST,
THAT WE DO NOT DESERVE MERCY.
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WE DESERVE JUSTICE.
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BUT GOD'S MERCY IS
EQUAL TO HIS JUSTICE.
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NOW I'M HAPPY TO
ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT HIS MERCY
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IS JUST AS FLEET OF
FOOT AS HIS JUSTICE.
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SO THAT JUSTICE
DOES NOT OUTRUN MERCY.
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SAY AMEN SOMEBODY !
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WHOA BE UNTO ME IF JUSTICE
WERE TO ARRIVE BEFORE MERCY GOT
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THERE. BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT WHEN JUSTICE ARRIVES,
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MERCY COMES QUICKLY AND THERE IS
THE MERCY OF GOD TO BALANCE OUT
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HIS JUSTICE. SO JOSHUA IS
NOT STANDING UP SAYING "I DEMAND
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JUSTICE." HE'S
STANDING THERE SAYING
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"NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING,
SIMPLY TO THE CROSS I CLING."
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CLAIMING THE MERITS
OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
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AND HE STANDS THERE RECOGNIZING
THAT HE HAS ON FILTHY GARMENTS.
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AND THEY REPRESENT
THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.
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SEE YOU CAN DO ONE THING
WHEN YOU THINK YOUR RIGHT,
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BUT WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ALL
HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF
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THE GLORY OF GOD, WE OUGHT
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE
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TOWARDS GOD. WHAT DO YOU SAY.
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IF THE FOLK LET YOU IN THE
CHURCH AND LET YOU DO ANYTHING
YOU OUGHT TO JUST BE GLAD.
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STOP CRITICIZING STUFF.
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IF THE ALTO IN
THE CHOIR IS OFF TUNE,
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IT'S ALL RIGHT,
LET HER SING ANYHOW.
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JUST PRAISE GOD THEY LET YOU IN.
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BECAUSE IF
JUSTICE WERE TO COME DOWN,
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I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE HERE.
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AMEN.
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OLD PREACHERS USED TO SAY GOD
WOULD CLEAR THEM OUT FROM THE
PULPIT TO THE DOOR.
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EVERYBODY WOULD BE GONE.
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BUT IT'S THE MERCY OF GOD
THAT ALLOWS US TO BE HERE.
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SO HE'S NOT COMING CLAIMING THAT
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT ALL HAVE
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SINNED. THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE
GONE ASTRAY FROM WHAT IS RIGHT.
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AND SO HE STANDS
BEGGING FOR MERCY.
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AND JUST AS HE
STANDS, THE DEVIL SHOWS UP.
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NOW WHAT THE DEVIL IS
DOING THERE -- YOU DON'T WANT TO
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THINK THAT THE DEVIL HAS ACCESS
TO THESE KINDS OF FORUMS, BUT
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THERE HE IS. HE IS
THERE TO BE THE ACCUSER.
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THE NAME IN HEBREW IS HASSATON.
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THE ACCUSER.
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HE IS THE ONE WHO COMES TO
ACCUSE, THE ONE WHO SAW YOU,
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THE ONE WHO TEMPTED YOU,
THE ONE WHO GOT YOU IN TROUBLE.
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NOW HE COMES TO ACCUSE.
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IN GREEK IT'S ANDIDICOSE
THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHERN.
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LIKE A ROARING LION, 1
PETER CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 8,
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SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
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YOUR ADVISARY -- ANDIDCOSE
--THE ONE WHO COMES TO ACCUSE.
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SO HE GOT YOU IN TROUBLE -- YOU
KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE
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ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW IF YOU GO GET
ME IN TROUBLE, AT LEAST STICK
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WITH ME. YOU GOT
ANY FRIENDS LIKE THAT.
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GET YOU IN TROUBLE AND
THEN WHEN YOU COME TO THE BOARD,
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THEY SITTING UP
THERE LOOKING AT YOU.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
THAT STUFF GET ON MY NERVES.
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IF YOU'RE IN IT WITH
ME, YOU OUGHT TO SPEAK UP.
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FOLK I THINK WE
OUGHT TO HAVE MERCY TODAY.
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BUT NO IT'S THE ONES WHO
WERE IN IT WITH YOU . . .
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YOU KNOW THE THE LOOK DON'T YOU.
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IN BIG TROUBLE
WHEN YOU SEE THAT ONE.
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AND YOU GET IN
THERE AND TRY TO SAY
00:19:24.96\00:19:26.23
"WELL I WASN'T ALONE"
00:19:26.23\00:19:29.13
THAT MEANS YOUR
ALONE, RIGHT, ON YOUR OWN.
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THE DEVEIL IS LIKE
THAT -- GET YOU IN TROUBLE.
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NOW HE COMES AS JOSHUA
IS STANDING IN THE VISION
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WITH THE FILTHY RAGS
ON -- FILTHY CLOTHES,
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STANDING ASKING FOR
MERCY, THE DEVIL COMES AND SAYS:
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"HEY YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM
MERCY, YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM MERCY.
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IN FACT LET ME KILL HIM.
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LET ME JUST SHOW HIM, I WANT TO
TAKE HIM -- LET ME TAKE HIM OUT.
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HE'S NO BETTER THAN I AM.
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LET ME. . ."
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WHAT STANDING DO YOU HAVE.
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THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION
THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR.
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BUT HE SAYS LET ME TAKE
HIM; LET ME DESTROY HIM BECAUSE
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THIS NATION IS NOT WORTHY
TO CALL FOR THE MERCY OF GOD.
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AND AT THAT POINT THE
ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD,
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SAYS "THE LORD
REBUKE YOU SATAN."
00:20:18.23\00:20:23.23
WHEN GOD STEPS IN -- SOMEBODY
SAYS, WELL TECHNICALLY PASTOR,
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THAT'S NOT GOD STEPPING
IN, THAT'S JESUS STEPPING IN.
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WELL THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU
LOOK IN 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5
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AND VERSE 19, YOU WILL DISCOVER
THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD WAS
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IN CHRIST,
RECONCILING US TO HIM.
00:20:42.03\00:20:46.73
SO GOD STEPS IN -- IN CHRIST.
00:20:46.73\00:20:50.70
HE STEPS INTO THE VISION NOW.
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THERE IS NO HOPE FOR
JOSHUA AND THE NATION.
00:20:52.56\00:20:55.40
JOSHUA IS THERE WITH
NOTHING TO RECOMMEND HIM
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AND THE DEVIL STANDS UP AND
SAYS, "I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE
BECAUSE I WAS THERE.
00:20:57.70\00:21:01.40
LET ME KILL THEM."
00:21:01.40\00:21:02.93
AND NOW THE ANGEL WHO IS THE
LORD, CHRIST STANDS UP AND SAYS
00:21:02.93\00:21:07.30
"THE LORD REBUKE YOU.
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DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE A
BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE."
00:21:09.23\00:21:14.03
NOW LET ME TALK ABOUT
THAT BRAND FOR A MINUTE
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BECAUSE THAT WILL
HELP ME TO TELL YOU MY AGE.
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I WILL TELL ON MYSELF.
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I'LL PROBABLY ALSO TELL SOME OF
THE GEOGRAPHY IN MY BACKGROUND.
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YOU SEE IF YOU LIVE IN CERTAIN
PLACES YOU LEARN CERTAIN THINGS
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THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY TRANSFERRABLE.
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I LIVED IN MISSISSIPPI
FOR A WHILE, LOVED MISSISSIPPI
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FOR ALL THE FOLK WHO ARE IN
MISSISSIPPI, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU
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DOWN. I LEARNED HOW
TO EAT IN MISSISSIPPI.
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SOME OF YOU CAN TELL
I LEARNED FAIRLY WELL.
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WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES THERE.
00:21:47.86\00:21:50.03
BUT WHEN I WAS THERE I HAD
THE WONDERFUL CUTURAL EXPOSURE
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TO LIVING WITHOUT
CERTAIN PERSONAL ACCOUTERMENTS.
00:21:54.93\00:22:03.60
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, A HEATER THAT
YOU SET ON THE WALL, THAT WASN'T
00:22:03.60\00:22:10.70
THERE YET. SO WE HAD AN AMAZING
SYSTEM TO HEAT UP THE HOUSE.
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YOU WOULD GO OUT EARLY IN
THE MORNING AND GET LOGS -- IN
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FACT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN AT NIGHT,
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BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I
WAS ON OF THE GROUP ASSIGNED,
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WE WOULD PUT OURSELVES IN TURNS
AND SOMETIMES WE'D SAY "WELL
I'LL DO IT IN THE MORNING."
00:22:26.86\00:22:32.23
WELL IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND
THE FROST HIT DURING THE NIGHT,
00:22:32.23\00:22:35.20
IT COULD BECOME A VERY STICKY
PROPOSITION IN THE MORNING.
00:22:35.20\00:22:38.30
BUT YOU BROUGHT IN THE
LOGS AND YOU SET A FIRE.
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IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
00:22:40.30\00:22:42.46
I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO TELL
YOU HOW TO REALLY SET A FIRE,
CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW.
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YOU GOT THOSE CUTE
LITTLE LOGS IN YOUR HOUSE.
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.23
YOU KNOW THE ONES YOU BOUGHT.
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AND YOU GO OVER AND TURN
ON SOMETHING AND THEN YOU GOT
00:22:52.86\00:22:55.36
THAT STUFF YOU
SPRINKLE IN THERE SO IT WILL POP
00:22:55.36\00:22:58.40
AND THEN YOU GOT A LITTLE
SOMETHING THAT SMELLS LIKE WOOD.
00:22:58.40\00:23:01.86
FOOLISHNESS.
00:23:01.86\00:23:03.33
WE HAD THE REAL THING.
00:23:03.33\00:23:04.86
GO OUT AND GET A
MATCH. . . SOME NEWSPAPER. . .
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AND GET A FEW LITTLE
STICKS AND PUT THEM IN THERE.
00:23:14.90\00:23:19.30
AFTER A WHILE YOU
GOT YOURSELF A FIRE.
00:23:19.30\00:23:21.46
NOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS, BEFORE
THOSE BEAUTIFUL FAKE END IRONS,
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DO YOU KNOW THOSE WONDERFUL
LITTLE INSTRUMENTS YOU HAVE
DECORATING YOUR FIREPLACE ?
00:23:28.83\00:23:33.86
THE ONES YOU GOT AT WALMART BUT
THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD YOU KNOW
00:23:33.86\00:23:40.00
AND SO YOU PUT THEM THERE -- NO
ONE HAS EVER USED THEM -- LET'S
00:23:40.00\00:23:43.60
FACE IT -- YOU DON'T HAVE REAL
LOGS, YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SMOKE,
00:23:43.60\00:23:46.76
YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SPARKLE,
YOU DON'T NEED REAL TOOLS.
00:23:46.76\00:23:50.50
THEY JUST SIT THERE.
00:23:50.50\00:23:52.06
BUT BEFORE WE HAD THOSE YOU
WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE STICK
00:23:52.06\00:23:54.36
AND STICK IT IN THERE AND KIND
OF MOVE THE FIRE SO YOU COULD
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.90
GET IT GOING. CAUSE IF THIS
THING DOSEN'T GET GOING,
EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS COLD,
00:23:57.90\00:24:01.50
OKAY. THIS IS THE HISTORY LESSON
FOR THIS OCCASION AND I WILL NOT
00:24:01.50\00:24:07.76
CHARGE YOU. THE STICK
THAT YOU USED BECAME YOUR BRAND
00:24:07.76\00:24:14.23
AND IF YOU DID NOT SHOW SOME
CARE WITH THE LITTLE STICK THAT
YOU USED TO MOVE THE LOGS,
00:24:14.23\00:24:22.03
THE STICK COULD STAY
IN THE FIRE TOO LONG,
00:24:22.03\00:24:27.00
AND YOUR TOOL WAS BURNED.
00:24:27.00\00:24:31.40
JESUS SAYS I KNOW THEM.
00:24:31.40\00:24:36.56
THEY WERE THE TOOL
THAT STIRRED THE LOG,
00:24:36.56\00:24:42.10
BUT THEY STAYED IN
THE FIRE A LITTLE TO LONG.
00:24:42.10\00:24:45.96
THEIR PERSECUTION IN BABYLON
WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE
00:24:45.96\00:24:49.93
EXPECTED AND THE FIRE GOT
TO THEM, BUT I WAS THERE AND
00:24:49.93\00:24:55.66
BEFORE THE FIRE COULD CONSUME
THEM I UNDERSTOOD THERE PLIGHT,
00:24:55.66\00:25:00.56
I READ THERE MISERY.
00:25:00.56\00:25:02.53
I KNEW THERE HEARTS.
00:25:02.53\00:25:05.16
AND SO I ARRANGED THE SITUATION
SO THAT WHEN THEY HAD BEEN
00:25:05.16\00:25:09.63
HUMBLED ENOUGH, AND SOME OF
US WILL NOT COME TO GOD UNTIL WE
00:25:09.63\00:25:12.60
ARE HUMBLED, THAT'S WHY GOD
ARRANGES FOR HUMILITY TO BE THE
00:25:12.60\00:25:17.26
TOOL THAT HE USES. BUT WHEN
TIMES GET HARD, HE WILL EXAMINE
YOUR HEART TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE.
00:25:17.26\00:25:22.03
EVIDENTLY SOME OF THE ISRAELITES
IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY HAD
00:25:22.03\00:25:24.96
HUMBLED THEMSELVES TO
THE POINT THAT THEY CRIED OUT
00:25:24.96\00:25:27.60
"LORD HAVE MERCY ON US."
00:25:27.60\00:25:30.26
AND THEY CONFESSED THERE FAULTS.
00:25:30.26\00:25:32.73
IN FACT I KNOW THEY DID BECAUSE
00:25:32.73\00:25:34.20
IF YOU READ 1 JOHN
CHAPTER 1 VERSE 9 IT SAYS:
00:25:34.20\00:25:36.10
"IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS
FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US
00:25:36.10\00:25:42.33
OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US
FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:25:42.33\00:25:45.53
IN A FEW WORDS DOWN THAT TEXT
YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE LORD SAYS
00:25:45.53\00:25:50.30
"TAKE THE FILTHY GAMENTS OFF OF
HIM AND GIVE HIM A NEW GARMENT."
00:25:50.30\00:25:56.56
THE LORD WILL NOT CHANGE
YOUR CLOTHES UNTIL YOU CONFESS.
00:25:56.56\00:25:59.23
Announcer:  THERE ARE TIMES
IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER
00:26:02.03\00:26:08.10
PAIN OR GRIEF.
SOMETIME IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE.
00:26:08.10\00:26:14.13
YOUR HEART ACHES.
00:26:14.13\00:26:17.30
YOUR GUT WRENCHES.
00:26:17.30\00:26:21.16
YOUR SOUL WEAKENS.
00:26:21.16\00:26:25.50
WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH
IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL.
00:26:25.50\00:26:29.43
YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD
IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT.
00:26:29.43\00:26:33.03
DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN
QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD.
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