Hello and welcome
to what is actually the
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first of Behold the
Lamb presents programs
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produced at Behold
the Lamb Ministries with
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the blessing and
help of 3ABN Broadcasting
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Network. Today's
sermon title is we need a
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divine touch. In
today's society we need
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a divine heavenly
touch more than ever,
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but before we
begin, I like share a few
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verses of
scripture found in John,
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beginning with the
verse 1. It says in the
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beginning was the
word, and the word was
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with God, and the word was God,
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it's talking about
Jesus here. The same was in
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the beginning with
God. All things were
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made by him; and
without him was not
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anything made that was made.
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In him was the
life; and the life was the
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light of men.
Going down to verse 7,
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it reads the same
came for a witness,
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you see we're all to
bear witness of Jesus,
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it's talking about
John, 'cause John was
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bearing witness,
and like John we are to
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bear witness of
Jesus to bear witness of
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that light, that truth
that he brings into the
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world. Verse 12
reads, "But as many as
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received him to
them, he gave he gave
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power to become
the sons of God."
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Don't you desire to
be a son or daughter
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of God I know I
do. Verse 23, "He said,
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I am the voice of one
crying in the wilderness."
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Now John was
answering the questions of
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the priest and the
scribes and pharisees were
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asking John, what
gives you the authority?
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Why are you here
talking about all these things.
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What gives you the
authority to do that?
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John goes on and he
answers. He say "I am
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the voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
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Make straight
the way of the Lord,
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as said the
prophet Esaias." Verse 27,
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John is talking
about Jesus. He says
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"It is He who coming
after me is preferred
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before me, whose
shoe latches I am not
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worthy to
unloose." You see God is so
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wonderful, so
powerful, so majestic,
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we are not even
worthy to untie his
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shoe-latchet. In
Verse 29, we read
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"The next day John
seeth Jesus coming to him,
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and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God,
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which taketh away
the sin of the world."
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You see that's our
desire here that anyway
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possible, we can help
you to Behold the Lamb
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of God. Before we
get into today's message,
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we're gonna go back
to 3ABN's worship center,
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and we are gonna be
blessed with the song
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entitled "As
Water To The Thirsty"
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sung by Christian Berdahl.
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As water to the
thirsty, as beauty to
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the eyes, as strength
that follows weakness,
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as truth instead of
lies, as song time and
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springtime and summertime to be,
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so is my Lord, my living
Lord, so is my Lord to me.
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Like calm in place of clamor,
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like peace that
follows pain, like meeting
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after parting, like
sunshine after rain,
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like moonlight and
starlight and sunlight
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on the sea, so is my
Lord, my living Lord,
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so is my Lord to me.
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As sleep that follows fever,
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as gold instead of
gray, as freedom after
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bondage, as sunrise to the day,
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as home to the
traveler and oh he longs
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to see, so is my
Lord, my living Lord,
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so is my Lord to
me, so is my Lord to me.
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I wanna thank you
for joining us today and
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we thank you
brother Christian for that
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beautiful song. I know
it's been a blessing to
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everyone who can hear that,
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we just praise God
for that. We're glad that
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again you're here,
you join us by whatever
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means that you can as
we are gonna study the
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word of God. I
invite you to get your
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Bible, get your
pencil, get a pen and you
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know we need to try
the spirits the Bible
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said to see
whether these things be so,
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but before we get
studying God's word today,
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I want, I like for you
just maybe while you're
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there at home, you
might be able to kneel
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with me. I am gonna kneel right
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here and ask God's blessing.
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Merciful Father in
Heaven, we thank you
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for the privilege
of prayer. We thank you
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for the promise
that when we open the
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word of God that
you're gonna speak to
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us through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Bless now we pray
to this end that every
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word that's spoken
will bring honor and
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glory to the King of
Kings, and the Lord of
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Lords, anoint us we
pray with Holy Spirit
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power and stop the
ears, the eyes of each
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and everyone that
we may see and hear,
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and understand that
Jesus is soon to come.
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I thank you and
praise you in the
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loving name of Jesus. Amen.
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Again I encourage
you by the way home
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to get your
Bible, some of may not be
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wherever you
might be at, traveling,
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whatever, but we
encourage you to be
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sure and write down
all of the Bible passages
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that we will be
using because we're gonna
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to be looking at
well I say one of the most
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important subjects
that we could look at
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today. We need a
divine touch, that's our
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subject for today,
we need a divine touch,
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and I am sure
that everyone of us
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realizes that we
need a touch from Jesus
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in a special way.
How do we receive that
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touch? Do we
really need that touch,
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and if we are
touched by the vanity will
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something changed
in our hearts and in
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our lives to make
us more like Jesus.
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Is it really
important in the hour that we
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live to be more
and more like Jesus?
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Do we need to be
ready for his coming?
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Do you believe
that he is coming;
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well it's very
important that we plan.
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Now I want you
to contemplate these
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questions. I want
you to contemplate what
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we'll be talking
about today, and by the end
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of the program
by the way I wanna,
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want you to make a
decision for Jesus.
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So we're glad to be
here, we're glad that
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you're where
you're at, and let's study
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God's words shall we
together. You know as
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I study scripture,
I see that Jesus spend
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a lot of time
touching people and that's
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so, so very
important in the world that
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we live in today,
as we are reaching out
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touching other people for him.
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He touches us, we
reach out and touch
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other people for
him, and by the way he
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spent a lot of time
doing that and I just
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wanna remind you
that when Jesus touches
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you something happens, something
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supernatural and
by the way Jesus spend
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a lot of time. Now
I'm gonna give you a
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passage of
scripture, so you can jot it
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down right now
First Samuel chapter 10
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verse 26, I am
just gonna read that to
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you right now, it
says there went from
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him or from Saul
as you read the whole
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passage of
scripture a band of men,
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whose hearts had
being touched by God.
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Now remember when
you heart is touched by
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God, great things
happen. You never remain
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the same by the
way you change when
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divinity reaches
down and touches humanity.
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So Jesus today is in
the business of doing
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several things.
He's touching the hearts
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of those who are
hurting. There may be
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somebody out there
today you're hurting.
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You've lost a
loved one. You maybe went
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through some
things that you don't
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understand at
the job, you may have
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lost your job, you
may not, I don't know
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how even to pay my
next house payment.
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So you're hurting
today, you have maybe
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people have a miserable heart,
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they have a hard
heart and that we
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realize there are
those with a lonely
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heart because
you may be lost your
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loved one. But you
know I believe this,
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Jesus is in the heart business.
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You know he can
take that old heart of
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stone and he can
make it a heart of flesh,
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he can mold it, he
can make it in anyway
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that you let him
do it, change your
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heart, change
your life, change your
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direction. You
know somebody today
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maybe have that
sad heart, and maybe
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you've had that sad
heart for a long time
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because you don't
know how to change it.
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If you listen very
carefully today the
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Holy Spirit will
speak to your heart and you
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will see that change
take place. God is able
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to do that. By the
Bible says in the book of
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Matthew chapter
14 verse 36, it says
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"And they besought
him that they might
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just touch the
hem of his garment."
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There were
throngs of people crowding
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around Jesus and
many people had the
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faith to believe that
if I can just touch the
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hem of his
garment, I can me made whole
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and you know
what the Bible says,
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there in the book
of Matthew 14:36 the
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Bible say those that
touched him were made
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perfectly whole.
Now think about it when
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Jesus touches
you, think about it.
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When Jesus
touches you, you won't be
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the same, he
doesn't do a half job,
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he doesn't do an incomplete job,
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when he touches you, you become
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completely whole.
For some of us who
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need changes, we
need to change every
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day in our life,
some of you have been in
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this rut for so
long a time that you,
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you're not sure how
you're gonna get out
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of that but you
know what if you by
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faith reach out
and touch the hem of
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Jesus' garment, you
will be perfectly whole.
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I look at that word
and I want you to do
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these things too
as we study together,
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as we study it
says perfectly it means,
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it means to save,
to save thoroughly,
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so when they reached
out by faith and they
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touched the hem of
his garment several
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things took place.
See these are things that
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we need in the
hour in which we live,
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if we really believe
that Jesus is coming.
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We really
realize that we need some
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changes to take
place in our life.
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That we need to
be saved, that's what
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this perfect,
perfectly whole means,
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that they were saved thoroughly.
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In another word
very interesting it was
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they were, they
were cured, they were,
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another word I like
was they were rescued,
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they were safe.
So here's what he was
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talking about,
he was talking about
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physically and he was
talking about spiritually.
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So when you reach
out and touch Jesus
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by the way and he
says there is lot of
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good things that's
going to happen. You know
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it doesn't really
end there. The good news
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just doesn't end
to say oh boy you know
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it's spiritual and
then the physical that's
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wonderful but
when Jesus touches you
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then you
automatically want to reach out
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and touch somebody
else for Jesus and why
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not do that today,
why not just reach out
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by faith and touch
someone for Jesus if
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you've been touched.
In fact you can't help
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yourself. When
the Lord has put his
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blessing upon
you and you feel the
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anointing of the
spirit you cannot remain
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quiet any longer.
See this is important in
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the hour, we live
in a world of unrest.
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We live in a world
that needs a touch from
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the master's hand,
but you know what you're
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gonna have to ask
for that. You're gonna
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have to plead with
him. You've got to get
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on your knees and
ask God to help you
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with that. And by
the way the Bible says in
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Matthew chapter
9, so may be you have
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your Bible now
and you have your pen.
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Matthew chapter
9 verses 30 and 31,
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I wanna read those
to you. Jesus said to
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the people, now
remember Jesus he
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healed a, he healed a blind man,
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he healed a man
that was deaf and dumb,
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and so Jesus was
out always touching and
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healing
individuals and it was very
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interesting. He
told these blind men,
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he told this deaf
men, he said now don't,
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don't you go tell
anybody, isn't that interesting.
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Any thing good
that happens to us what
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usually takes
place, if something good
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happens to me you know what,
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I am gonna
sometime I am gonna shout
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about it, I may run
around the neighborhood
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with it, I'm gonna
make some phone calls,
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I am gonna do a
little emailing, I am gonna
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let people know
that something good
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has happened to
me. See what's the
00:15:11.85\00:15:13.28
differences in that
by the way than people
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saying you know we
entered this contest
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and we won it and
you keep it to yourself?
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No, you want to
tell everybody about
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what happened.
And so as Jesus told
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these men that he touched and he
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healed don't, don't
tell anybody he knew
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it makes his work
more difficult by the
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way, but they
couldn't keep quiet.
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The Bible says
here that they when they
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had departed they were touched,
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they were made
whole and they departed.
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The Bible says
that they spread abroad
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his fame in all
that country. Now what
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does that say. They
couldn't help themselves.
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Something great
had taken place why?
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Because by the
faith they had touched
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the Master. Do you
realized what would
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take place in your
life and my life today
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if we by faith
would just reach out and
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touch the Master.
Things would never
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be the same
again and you know we,
00:16:04.32\00:16:06.23
we both need, we all need these
00:16:06.52\00:16:08.24
changes to take
place in our life.
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Their hearts were so
full of gratitude and
00:16:11.48\00:16:14.16
thanksgiving that
they just couldn't keep
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quiet. Now you see
my point, the point
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is when Jesus touches you,
00:16:19.51\00:16:20.94
it could be
physically and spiritually but
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then you cannot
be quiet about it.
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You're gonna have
to tell somebody about
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it. You're gonna
have to share some
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good news, the
good news of the Gospel.
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Now remember Jesus said this,
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Luke 5 verse
32. He made it very,
00:16:36.17\00:16:39.34
very clear. He said
I came not to call the
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righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
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Please think about
that with me. Jesus
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said that I didn't
come to just call the
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righteous, but I
came to call sinners.
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And I got to
thinking about that I am
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sinner. The Bible
says that we've all
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sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
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One of the
functions of Jesus coming to
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this earth, he
came for me, he came for
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you because we
were sinners. And He
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wanted to just give us victory.
00:17:15.39\00:17:16.53
He wanted a turn
about in our life.
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And I am convinced
of this the more that
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we that we look to
Jesus. The more that
00:17:22.43\00:17:24.36
we behold
Jesus, the more that we
00:17:24.43\00:17:27.22
become like him,
the more that we have
00:17:27.67\00:17:29.92
to say about him,
the more that we want
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to talk about
him, the more that we
00:17:32.51\00:17:34.26
love him it's clear
from scripture. By the
00:17:34.52\00:17:38.15
way Romans chapter 2 verse 4,
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the Bible says and
his work comes into
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play by the
way. It says that the
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goodness of God
leadeth us to repentance.
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Now what leads us to repentance?
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We've established
already that we've all
00:17:51.74\00:17:52.89
sinned but we need
to come to repentance.
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How does that takes
place? The Bible says
00:17:56.49\00:17:58.80
that we behold
Jesus, his goodness,
00:17:58.86\00:18:02.08
his mercy, his long
suffering and to see
00:18:02.17\00:18:04.56
how much he
loves us and what he,
00:18:04.66\00:18:06.18
the penalty that
he paid for my sin,
00:18:06.38\00:18:08.52
that it leads me
to repent or to ask
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for forgiveness of
my sin. See nothing
00:18:12.31\00:18:15.29
remains the same,
everything begins to
00:18:15.59\00:18:17.94
change. Paul kind
of said in such a way
00:18:18.00\00:18:20.95
he said you know
those old things,
00:18:21.00\00:18:23.35
you know that I
used to love, he said I
00:18:23.74\00:18:26.06
now hate, and those
things that I hated,
00:18:26.11\00:18:29.08
that I didn't like
I now love. Jesus says
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I can make you
over, I can make you
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new again.
Several years ago oh my,
00:18:34.90\00:18:38.88
it's been you know
15, almost 20 years
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ago, used to
have a radio program.
00:18:41.49\00:18:43.68
You know what the
name of that radio
00:18:44.29\00:18:45.26
program was? Name
of that program was
00:18:45.40\00:18:47.29
People Touching
People. How appropriate for
00:18:47.58\00:18:53.05
what we were
talking about today.
00:18:53.08\00:18:54.58
It wasn't just
words; it just wasn't doing
00:18:55.01\00:18:57.79
a radio program.
It doesn't gain any
00:18:57.82\00:19:00.92
merit with God.
How's the heart and what,
00:19:00.98\00:19:04.55
what took place as
people touching people?
00:19:04.93\00:19:07.25
It was a
ministry of supplying the
00:19:08.33\00:19:10.55
needs of the
people and by the way that
00:19:10.58\00:19:12.80
was physical and
spiritual. Just the away
00:19:12.85\00:19:16.38
that Jesus would have us to do.
00:19:16.43\00:19:18.23
By the way are
you meeting the needs
00:19:19.43\00:19:21.41
of your
community, where you're at?
00:19:21.89\00:19:24.69
Are we doing that what Jesus has
00:19:25.26\00:19:26.47
commissioned us to
do, if not why not?
00:19:26.53\00:19:31.53
Do we need a divine touch?
00:19:32.63\00:19:35.08
See I believe
that we need a divine
00:19:35.79\00:19:37.46
touch. In fact we
have to have that divine
00:19:37.53\00:19:39.77
touch. We have to
have that Holy Spirit
00:19:39.83\00:19:42.15
power in our
hearts and in our lives to
00:19:42.37\00:19:45.01
make us more
and more like Jesus.
00:19:45.08\00:19:47.29
How can we do,
this helps us to fulfill
00:19:47.42\00:19:49.68
the gospel
commission. The gospel
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.97
commission is
going into all the world
00:19:53.10\00:19:54.92
and to do what and to preach the
00:19:55.31\00:19:56.86
gospel. Friend, I
believe that with all
00:19:56.89\00:20:01.15
my heart, we live
in such an hour that
00:20:01.28\00:20:04.21
we need to be
telling our relatives,
00:20:04.36\00:20:05.76
and our friends
about the nearest and
00:20:05.84\00:20:07.30
the soon coming of
Jesus. In fact what
00:20:07.33\00:20:10.56
does it really
mean to be a Christian.
00:20:10.59\00:20:13.04
Oh I've heard all
kind of definitions and I
00:20:13.64\00:20:15.78
know that you have
too. Oh what does it
00:20:15.81\00:20:18.17
mean to be
Christian. I have heard a
00:20:18.23\00:20:19.52
person say that and
I tell you they went
00:20:19.55\00:20:21.29
off on about an
hour of what it means to
00:20:21.40\00:20:23.62
be Christian, that's
all right. But this one
00:20:23.65\00:20:26.90
man said it in a
way that I can relate
00:20:26.98\00:20:29.79
to and I hope that
you can relate to it.
00:20:29.84\00:20:31.62
His name was Hudson Taylor.
00:20:31.90\00:20:33.86
Hudson Taylor was
asked this question,
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what is a
Christian? Now, I don't know
00:20:36.65\00:20:39.51
what your response would be.
00:20:39.63\00:20:41.04
I don't know how
would you answer that,
00:20:42.37\00:20:44.52
here's what he
said. Boy this makes a lot
00:20:45.01\00:20:47.54
of sense. What
does it mean to be a
00:20:47.70\00:20:48.67
Christian? His
answer is if, if your father
00:20:48.68\00:20:53.47
and your mother,
if your brother and
00:20:53.98\00:20:57.48
your sister, if
your neighbor and notice
00:20:57.51\00:21:02.56
this he said even
your dog or your cat if
00:21:02.59\00:21:08.36
they're not
happy for you being a
00:21:08.52\00:21:10.82
Christian it's a
question of whether you
00:21:11.19\00:21:14.54
really are or
not, wow! How awesome,
00:21:15.73\00:21:21.36
simply being a
Christian means that
00:21:22.27\00:21:24.27
what mom and dad gonna know that
00:21:24.40\00:21:26.16
you are, your
neighbors are gonna to know
00:21:26.23\00:21:28.38
that you are, and
you know what your
00:21:28.67\00:21:30.29
dogs and your
cats are gonna know
00:21:30.38\00:21:32.36
that you are, by
the way that you even
00:21:32.44\00:21:33.82
treat them. How
awesome, are we Christ
00:21:33.94\00:21:37.95
like, or we Christ
sinner, have we been
00:21:38.06\00:21:40.71
they beholding
Jesus. Friend, I need a
00:21:40.95\00:21:44.69
divine touch, how about you.
00:21:44.84\00:21:46.22
I need to be touch
by the Master today.
00:21:46.35\00:21:48.99
There's a movie
by the way that was
00:21:50.53\00:21:51.77
advertised just
several months ago.
00:21:51.80\00:21:53.78
Now I want you
to catch this point,
00:21:54.23\00:21:55.60
it's so important
that we catch what's
00:21:55.73\00:21:59.13
going on here
and we don't miss it
00:21:59.16\00:22:00.80
because you know
God said he is not
00:22:01.94\00:22:03.08
going to do
anything that he doesn't warn
00:22:03.19\00:22:05.25
us first. He's
going to reveal things to
00:22:05.45\00:22:08.62
us that we really
need to know and that
00:22:08.65\00:22:10.28
we really need to
understand, and you
00:22:10.31\00:22:13.29
know what it could
be in the newspaper,
00:22:13.32\00:22:15.66
it could be in the
book, it could be on a
00:22:16.57\00:22:18.08
poster, it could
be through a neighbor,
00:22:18.15\00:22:20.75
but oh how
interesting, this was printed
00:22:21.42\00:22:24.01
in the U.S.A. Today
just a few months ago
00:22:24.35\00:22:27.37
and the title of
the movie was 2012.
00:22:27.46\00:22:30.58
Now think about
2012, some of you have
00:22:31.84\00:22:33.31
been reading about
it maybe you've seen
00:22:33.34\00:22:35.43
it but in this
movie by the way they saw
00:22:35.46\00:22:38.23
the earth in
turmoil, it was like
00:22:38.40\00:22:41.19
collapsing, it was
falling apart and do
00:22:41.43\00:22:46.66
you know what on
the U.S.A today on
00:22:46.69\00:22:49.14
the side of it,
it said Armageddon.
00:22:49.17\00:22:52.00
Did they really
know, did they really
00:22:52.97\00:22:54.60
realize what they
were saying, and it's
00:22:54.63\00:22:57.86
very interesting how
that article went on.
00:22:57.96\00:23:00.03
And besides that
now check this besides
00:23:00.54\00:23:02.97
that the newspaper
article, the writer
00:23:03.00\00:23:05.26
said this, that's
preposterous. Oh that's
00:23:05.35\00:23:09.93
not going to
happen but it's a lot of
00:23:09.96\00:23:12.79
fun to watch it,
it's you know just fun
00:23:12.83\00:23:14.75
for us to entertain us, but the
00:23:14.90\00:23:18.09
article continues
on in this picture.
00:23:18.12\00:23:21.40
It shows again the
earth is all falling
00:23:21.93\00:23:23.93
apart and there
are people everywhere
00:23:23.98\00:23:25.63
and things are
falling part, high rises and
00:23:25.66\00:23:27.74
all the places that
shouldn't be falling
00:23:27.77\00:23:29.62
down is falling,
falling apart, and then the
00:23:29.65\00:23:33.36
article goes on and
says wow, impressive,
00:23:33.40\00:23:37.27
but ludicrous,
interesting. One hand
00:23:43.80\00:23:44.77
they call it
impressive, trying to maybe
00:23:44.78\00:23:47.98
get somebody's
attention, and then
00:23:48.01\00:23:49.23
on the other hand
they say oh but it's
00:23:49.26\00:23:50.62
ludicrous and the
writer went on to say,
00:23:50.69\00:23:53.32
oh it's cheesy. He
said it's a ridiculous
00:23:53.66\00:23:58.18
story really.
Friend, little does the world
00:23:58.55\00:24:05.11
realize, little
does the world know how
00:24:05.54\00:24:09.42
soon is the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:24:09.48\00:24:13.46
We put every thing before him,
00:24:14.59\00:24:16.61
a lot of times
we never asked him
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.07
you know whether
should change jobs,
00:24:19.33\00:24:21.09
whether we
should move, anything in
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.65
our hearts in our
life, we don't even
00:24:22.68\00:24:24.24
realizes he's coming.
The devil is trying to
00:24:24.29\00:24:26.37
cloud all of
these things. And by the
00:24:26.60\00:24:30.47
way how much
destruction is soon to
00:24:30.51\00:24:33.74
come upon this
earth. You know I love
00:24:33.85\00:24:36.16
to talk about
Jesus. I love to talk about
00:24:36.21\00:24:38.11
the second
coming. You know I want
00:24:38.14\00:24:39.66
to be a part of
that, but you know what
00:24:39.69\00:24:42.64
if you love God, you love Jesus,
00:24:42.89\00:24:44.88
if you love your
neighbors and your
00:24:45.00\00:24:46.53
friends, we
must warn them of the
00:24:46.56\00:24:49.40
nearness of the
coming, the signs are
00:24:49.52\00:24:51.27
everywhere, could
it be even in a worldly
00:24:51.66\00:24:54.94
movie. Could God
be saying these things
00:24:55.30\00:24:58.65
are going to take
place? It's a possibility
00:24:58.72\00:25:02.43
but man looks and
says that's cheesy,
00:25:02.64\00:25:04.42
that's not going
to happen, that's not
00:25:04.64\00:25:06.08
what the Bible
says. The Bible said these
00:25:06.18\00:25:10.02
things are going
to happen before Jesus
00:25:10.05\00:25:12.44
comes. And as I
see these things taking
00:25:12.47\00:25:16.82
place in the
world, in fact just today
00:25:16.93\00:25:20.79
maybe dating a
little bit, today I think
00:25:20.86\00:25:22.87
there was another earthquake,
00:25:22.90\00:25:23.94
I think it was in
China. It seems like
00:25:23.99\00:25:26.97
every few days in
some parts of the earth,
00:25:27.12\00:25:28.63
there is more
earthquake, and more
00:25:28.94\00:25:29.91
devastation, and
Jesus said this would
00:25:29.94\00:25:31.69
be some of the some of the sign.
00:25:31.72\00:25:32.69
Listen, I need a
divine touch; I need to
00:25:32.70\00:25:36.16
be touched by
the Master right now.
00:25:36.19\00:25:37.94
I need a refuge in
the midst of a storm.
00:25:38.11\00:25:40.69
If you don't
think a storm is coming
00:25:41.09\00:25:42.55
upon this earth,
friend you need to think
00:25:42.64\00:25:44.51
again. The signs are
all clear, the warnings
00:25:44.54\00:25:48.67
have been given
and God said his last
00:25:48.73\00:25:51.35
day people will be
warning the world again
00:25:51.45\00:25:53.87
that he's soon to
come. Devastation is
00:25:54.23\00:25:57.75
upon us now;
don't say some time in
00:25:57.79\00:25:59.58
the future. We've
got a taste of it right
00:25:59.61\00:26:02.04
now, and I'll tell you
this nice United States
00:26:02.09\00:26:04.73
of America is soon
to pay for a lot of
00:26:04.76\00:26:08.18
mistakes that we
have made, a lot of
00:26:08.21\00:26:10.97
wrong choices.
Many other countries
00:26:11.19\00:26:13.52
are going
through it right now dear
00:26:13.55\00:26:14.76
friends but you
know what this is a
00:26:14.79\00:26:16.03
country founded
upon in God we trust.
00:26:16.10\00:26:18.45
How wonderful, I
am thankful for a
00:26:18.54\00:26:20.62
country, freedom of
religion. Our freedom
00:26:20.81\00:26:23.95
will always
remain that way, I need a
00:26:23.98\00:26:26.76
divine touch,
how about you. I need
00:26:26.79\00:26:29.17
a refuge in the
midst of a storm that's
00:26:29.96\00:26:31.94
taking place. I need to know the
00:26:32.03\00:26:35.80
events that's
soon to take place.
00:26:35.87\00:26:37.39
By they way as
you read in the Old
00:26:37.46\00:26:38.79
Testament Jeremiah
had just a wonderful
00:26:39.01\00:26:41.98
vision of view of
the future and some of
00:26:42.07\00:26:46.12
things he saw I
am sure probably just
00:26:46.20\00:26:47.83
almost blew him apart because he
00:26:48.13\00:26:50.37
probably didn't
understand some of
00:26:50.44\00:26:51.60
the things as
well, but he had to write
00:26:51.76\00:26:53.26
as he was inspired
by the Holy Spirit.
00:26:53.31\00:26:55.28
But when man to
man looks and says
00:26:56.41\00:26:57.77
these things are
cheesy, the world is not
00:26:57.92\00:26:59.51
going to fall apart,
isn't that interesting.
00:26:59.54\00:27:01.82
Jeremiah says
differently, and Jeremiah
00:27:02.72\00:27:05.56
by the way chapter 4 verse 26.
00:27:05.65\00:27:07.72
He said, I beheld,
and lo, notice this he
00:27:08.09\00:27:10.96
said I beheld, I
was looking I looked at
00:27:11.04\00:27:13.71
the fruitful place
it become a wilderness,
00:27:13.89\00:27:18.40
and all the cities
thereof were broken
00:27:19.84\00:27:21.63
down at the coming
of Jesus. What does
00:27:21.66\00:27:25.05
the Bible say, I
looked at those fruitful
00:27:25.08\00:27:27.55
place, all those
places that seem to be
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.22
like they just
last forever and he said
00:27:29.36\00:27:31.31
there were broken
down, the cities broken
00:27:31.35\00:27:36.29
down at the coming of Jesus.
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.77
For in
devastation, we need a divine
00:27:39.73\00:27:42.47
touch, you know
it, I know it today.
00:27:42.52\00:27:44.52
And the Bible
goes on and says it
00:27:46.29\00:27:47.63
happens by the
what, the fierce anger
00:27:47.79\00:27:50.62
of God's wrath.
Could it be that we're
00:27:51.48\00:27:53.80
on the wrong
track. Could it be that we
00:27:53.85\00:27:55.62
need a change.
Could it be that we need
00:27:55.78\00:27:58.74
not going down
the same whole pathway
00:27:58.79\00:28:00.37
and nothing's
really happening. Too many
00:28:00.40\00:28:02.21
people sit week by
week in their church
00:28:02.30\00:28:04.44
pew. They come
and they pray their
00:28:04.48\00:28:06.63
tithe, and they go
through all the motions
00:28:06.70\00:28:08.23
and all the you
know things that people
00:28:08.29\00:28:10.93
do to go to church
but it never really
00:28:11.04\00:28:14.16
changes their
life, never. But I am
00:28:14.19\00:28:20.01
convinced as when
Jesus was reaching out
00:28:20.04\00:28:23.70
and touch or a
divine touch that every
00:28:23.76\00:28:25.86
time he did
wherever he went and by
00:28:25.93\00:28:28.18
the way the
Bible is clear whoever
00:28:28.21\00:28:30.16
Jesus touched, they
were completely whole.
00:28:30.19\00:28:33.10
There was not
one person that ever
00:28:33.89\00:28:35.85
came to Jesus that
went away sorrowful
00:28:35.89\00:28:38.67
if they had faith,
are you praising God.
00:28:38.84\00:28:40.67
See I'm gonna
shout here in a minute
00:28:40.90\00:28:42.23
and if he'll do
it for someone else,
00:28:44.44\00:28:45.99
he would do it
for you and he would
00:28:46.08\00:28:47.05
do it for me. Some
of you stay at home
00:28:47.12\00:28:48.99
and say yeah but
I am not physically
00:28:49.07\00:28:50.42
right here, I am
not mentally right.
00:28:50.52\00:28:51.86
I've got problems over here.
00:28:52.02\00:28:53.07
I've got financial
problems. I've got this
00:28:53.34\00:28:55.02
kind of problem,
here's the answer,
00:28:55.12\00:28:56.45
here's the
answer just say you know
00:28:57.71\00:28:58.99
I need that
divine touch. He can take
00:28:59.02\00:29:01.94
care of my
finances. He can take care
00:29:01.99\00:29:03.57
of the physical,
the spiritual and you
00:29:03.84\00:29:06.78
know what it
wouldn't be bad to stir
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.47
things up a little
bit in your Christian
00:29:08.50\00:29:09.88
experiences, it
wouldn't be bad by the
00:29:09.96\00:29:12.08
way to stir
things up in my Christian
00:29:12.26\00:29:14.71
experience, because
I believe that God's
00:29:14.79\00:29:16.28
people are going
to be so stirred up
00:29:16.37\00:29:18.06
before his coming,
that there are gonna
00:29:18.13\00:29:20.60
to be telling the
world of the signs of
00:29:20.63\00:29:23.77
his coming.
They're going to be telling
00:29:23.80\00:29:25.85
them that there
are some changes that
00:29:25.89\00:29:27.05
have to take place.
I need a divine touch
00:29:27.12\00:29:31.34
and by the way
just simply not let the
00:29:32.32\00:29:33.95
man go, as the
newspaper article said
00:29:34.12\00:29:36.14
you know
Armageddon. Listen, there is
00:29:36.44\00:29:38.87
a real Armageddon,
it is just before us,
00:29:38.94\00:29:42.47
that battle is
soon the Bible says is
00:29:42.90\00:29:44.89
to be fought
and you know what we
00:29:45.02\00:29:46.56
need not sleep. There's too many
00:29:46.74\00:29:50.82
sleepy Christian
today. By the way Jesus
00:29:50.95\00:29:53.78
makes it very,
very clear that you know
00:29:53.84\00:29:55.52
we need not be what
in the book Revelation,
00:29:55.67\00:29:57.75
lukewarm, why is
it that we become
00:29:57.91\00:30:01.44
lukewarm. May I
have be real personal
00:30:01.87\00:30:04.18
with you, what,
how is that may be you
00:30:04.21\00:30:07.10
have grown
lukewarm, what caused it?
00:30:07.85\00:30:11.62
Did you take
your eyes off Jesus?
00:30:12.15\00:30:13.51
Did you stop
praying? Did you stop
00:30:14.11\00:30:18.17
spending time
with him? You know as I
00:30:19.74\00:30:23.08
taken time to study
the earthly sanctuary
00:30:24.17\00:30:27.14
a little bit, I
find it so, so important
00:30:27.17\00:30:29.32
because it says the
way of God is through
00:30:31.02\00:30:32.17
the sanctuary and
in the sanctuaries you
00:30:32.20\00:30:35.93
study you see
simple three things that
00:30:35.97\00:30:38.87
will maintain our
Christian experience.
00:30:39.20\00:30:41.88
In fact let me say
this, if you maintain
00:30:42.03\00:30:44.53
these three
things, you will never back
00:30:44.66\00:30:47.70
slide, wow big
statement. You will never
00:30:47.77\00:30:51.27
back slide if you
maintain these three,
00:30:51.59\00:30:54.37
A B C, 1 2 3
things and they're all
00:30:54.78\00:31:00.38
simple is what,
good you've got it
00:31:00.46\00:31:02.89
already, what? Study the Bible,
00:31:02.98\00:31:04.66
pray and witness.
Remember the sanctuary
00:31:06.61\00:31:10.75
when you went
into the Holy place,
00:31:10.83\00:31:12.11
what did you find.
Table of show bread what
00:31:12.14\00:31:14.62
is that, the bread
is the bread of life
00:31:14.65\00:31:16.29
that's reading the
word everyday isn't
00:31:16.49\00:31:17.72
that right,
physical food, we need our
00:31:17.75\00:31:19.27
spiritual food, and
then you know as with
00:31:19.38\00:31:23.42
the altar of incense
right it represents our
00:31:23.49\00:31:25.09
prayer life,
mingle with Christ's
00:31:25.19\00:31:26.52
righteousness and
so as we read the word,
00:31:26.56\00:31:29.01
we want to pray and
get more familiar with
00:31:29.37\00:31:30.87
him and then why we
get so full of the spirit
00:31:30.95\00:31:34.36
of God that we
liked the ones that he
00:31:34.49\00:31:36.38
touched you
remember we talked about
00:31:36.52\00:31:37.94
earlier. He said be
quiet, don't tell anybody
00:31:38.01\00:31:41.14
but boy then we
had the lamp stand and
00:31:41.73\00:31:43.68
that represent what
he's the light of the
00:31:43.76\00:31:45.01
world but while
we reflect that light
00:31:45.12\00:31:46.90
and so we go tell
what other people,
00:31:47.12\00:31:48.99
wow awesome.
Friend, how are you by the
00:31:50.09\00:31:53.89
way, are you really
reflecting the light,
00:31:53.92\00:31:57.64
are you reflecting
Jesus in your heart,
00:31:58.88\00:32:00.49
in your life and
everything that you do.
00:32:00.59\00:32:02.09
When people look
at you by the way who
00:32:02.24\00:32:03.81
do they see? I
want you to think about
00:32:03.84\00:32:06.14
that for a moment.
Who do they really see,
00:32:06.17\00:32:08.78
if they see you dear
friend they're seeing
00:32:08.81\00:32:10.79
something that
they shouldn't see.
00:32:10.85\00:32:11.93
If I call myself a
Christian, they shouldn't
00:32:12.61\00:32:14.09
be looking at me,
they shouldn't be seeing
00:32:14.24\00:32:15.43
me but they should
be seeing what good
00:32:15.52\00:32:18.47
Jesus who lives in
my heart and in your
00:32:18.94\00:32:21.23
heart. Jesus made
this profound statement
00:32:21.26\00:32:25.71
at least in my mind
and I often wondered
00:32:25.86\00:32:28.47
about as a little
child what did they mean
00:32:28.50\00:32:31.25
by that, and I am
not sure I have the
00:32:31.34\00:32:33.09
understanding even
now. The Bible says
00:32:33.21\00:32:35.39
spiritual things are
spiritually discerned and
00:32:35.48\00:32:37.11
so I'm praying for
that kind of wisdom
00:32:37.14\00:32:38.98
and maybe it won't
be anything for you
00:32:39.13\00:32:41.45
but Jesus said
Kenny, if I be lifted up,
00:32:41.91\00:32:49.59
I will draw all
men unto me. He never
00:32:51.06\00:32:54.78
one time said,
Kenny lift yourself up,
00:32:54.92\00:32:56.83
too many
preachers today, too many
00:32:57.40\00:32:58.85
evangelists, too
many just individuals as
00:32:58.99\00:33:01.22
Christians trying
to lift themselves up.
00:33:01.34\00:33:03.24
Oh we're doing
this, oh we're doing that,
00:33:03.38\00:33:07.34
oh we've got this
going on. If you've got
00:33:08.00\00:33:11.48
anything good
going on because Jesus is
00:33:11.56\00:33:13.68
behind that dear
friend. There is nothing
00:33:13.78\00:33:15.64
good that can
from you, nothing good
00:33:15.74\00:33:17.60
that can come
from me. He should be
00:33:17.79\00:33:19.34
receiving what, all
the praise, all the honor,
00:33:19.45\00:33:22.13
and all the glory
because there's nothing
00:33:22.16\00:33:23.76
good that I can do
within myself. And I
00:33:23.79\00:33:26.85
though how
wonderful all we need to
00:33:27.02\00:33:28.95
do is to what? Lift
up the name of Jesus.
00:33:28.98\00:33:32.47
I need a divine
touch, I need to get a little
00:33:34.92\00:33:39.81
closer to that,
that one who's willing to
00:33:39.98\00:33:42.50
come down here and to
die on Calvary's Cross.
00:33:42.59\00:33:46.32
I need more of
that blood, I need to be
00:33:46.91\00:33:49.38
cleansed. I need to
be ready for Heaven.
00:33:49.43\00:33:51.80
I heard people say
sometimes they said
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.13
you know old
Joel bloke over here,
00:33:53.26\00:33:55.53
he's going to make
it Heaven, you know
00:33:55.64\00:33:57.68
he's a good old boy,
he's morally pretty good,
00:33:57.74\00:33:59.41
but listen if you
don't accept Jesus.
00:33:59.63\00:34:01.71
The Bible says there
is no other name given
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.18
among men where
by we must be saved
00:34:03.21\00:34:05.78
than the name of
Jesus. There is no other
00:34:06.21\00:34:08.01
way that you're
going in. There is one door
00:34:08.04\00:34:09.95
and he is the
door. There's only one
00:34:10.03\00:34:12.29
way and that's by
the blood of the Lamb.
00:34:12.32\00:34:14.07
You cannot work
your way in. You cannot
00:34:14.47\00:34:16.18
pay your way in.
There's nothing you can
00:34:16.25\00:34:18.77
do. It's a free gift by the way,
00:34:18.90\00:34:21.38
that's
salvation. We need to just,
00:34:21.41\00:34:26.27
I'm gonna say relax a
little bit and say okay
00:34:26.92\00:34:29.55
Lord that's right,
you're in charge because
00:34:29.58\00:34:32.12
you're in charge
and you know everything
00:34:32.15\00:34:33.61
and all blessing
comes from you I want
00:34:33.65\00:34:35.67
to receive those,
and so as this hour that
00:34:35.70\00:34:38.89
we're living in,
when the world seems to
00:34:38.92\00:34:41.03
be shaking almost
off his axis. Things are
00:34:41.06\00:34:43.81
happening in every
part of the country
00:34:44.07\00:34:45.66
and the world
today, what should you
00:34:45.74\00:34:47.02
and I be doing
right now. As we know we
00:34:47.10\00:34:49.47
need a divine
touch. The thing that
00:34:49.55\00:34:53.44
keeps going in
my mind every time I
00:34:53.60\00:34:55.79
read scripture and
I know it does yours
00:34:55.82\00:34:57.27
too is always
and simple the gospel
00:34:57.35\00:34:59.91
commission or
the saving of souls.
00:35:00.00\00:35:03.59
Some people say
well I can't do that, no,
00:35:05.70\00:35:08.62
you really can't.
There's no one that can,
00:35:08.70\00:35:10.53
the Holy Spirit
does that. I can't speak
00:35:10.56\00:35:13.35
very well. Let
the Holy Spirit do the
00:35:13.46\00:35:14.65
speaking for you. I
can't read very well,
00:35:14.72\00:35:16.71
the Holy Spirit can
take care of that also.
00:35:16.82\00:35:18.50
We're always
looking to ourselves,
00:35:19.41\00:35:20.38
we become failures
that way, rather than
00:35:20.39\00:35:22.58
victors because
Jesus said all things are
00:35:22.64\00:35:24.91
possible. He can do
it. If you and I just
00:35:24.94\00:35:26.90
let him live his life
through us. Have faith.
00:35:26.98\00:35:31.31
Do you need that divine touch?
00:35:31.54\00:35:32.70
Are you sensing
it, well I do I know I
00:35:32.82\00:35:35.72
want that, I need
it. By the way did you
00:35:35.82\00:35:39.25
realize, I want you
to just think with me
00:35:39.36\00:35:40.73
for just a
moment? The only way that
00:35:40.76\00:35:44.84
God can use me,
you, the human family.
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.92
The only part he
has for us to play
00:35:49.94\00:35:51.64
is to give the
gospel. We can't convert
00:35:51.78\00:35:55.51
anyone, we can't
change anyone's life,
00:35:55.57\00:35:57.84
but he's chosen us
to give the gospel to
00:35:59.42\00:36:02.74
the world. Now you,
I count this awesome.
00:36:02.77\00:36:06.20
Let me tell you,
now let me tell you why,
00:36:06.24\00:36:07.76
why would he
chose somebody, now let
00:36:09.16\00:36:12.06
that be personal
about it. You will find
00:36:12.13\00:36:13.77
that in our
program as we do in Behold
00:36:13.88\00:36:15.30
the Lamb. I get
personal, I just talk to
00:36:15.33\00:36:17.46
about it and I hope
you feel the same way.
00:36:17.63\00:36:20.71
You talked it
over with your wife or
00:36:21.77\00:36:23.49
your husband or
talk it over with God.
00:36:23.52\00:36:25.12
But you know it's
time we get personal.
00:36:26.05\00:36:27.63
Why would God
use someone like me?
00:36:28.42\00:36:32.34
Why would God use
somebody like you?
00:36:34.25\00:36:36.77
After all he
knows you and me so well
00:36:37.34\00:36:40.33
and yet he said
he's going to allow
00:36:42.49\00:36:44.02
man to do what give the gospel,
00:36:44.05\00:36:46.84
the good news, the only means of
00:36:46.93\00:36:48.90
salvation to
mankind. And he says I
00:36:49.00\00:36:51.20
chose you. Did you choose him?
00:36:51.36\00:36:54.41
Do you need that divine touch?
00:36:56.90\00:36:58.13
Do you realize
there are souls that are
00:37:00.09\00:37:02.06
hanging in the
destiny right now.
00:37:02.10\00:37:05.36
That are looking
for that touch, they're
00:37:06.23\00:37:07.20
looking for someone
to tell them there's
00:37:07.23\00:37:08.80
a better way. And you have that
00:37:08.83\00:37:11.81
opportunity, you
have that privilege,
00:37:12.00\00:37:13.63
I have that
privilege. But think about
00:37:13.73\00:37:17.47
how awesome that
is that God sees,
00:37:17.60\00:37:19.39
he sees me, he
sees you, but I am so
00:37:19.65\00:37:23.49
thankful he
looks at what we can be
00:37:23.56\00:37:26.31
through him. Not
necessarily what you are,
00:37:27.33\00:37:30.43
but what you can be
by faith through him.
00:37:30.51\00:37:33.22
Wouldn't it be
wonderful if all of a
00:37:34.71\00:37:36.41
sudden just the
world as it were just had
00:37:36.51\00:37:38.59
that little measure
of faith and we just
00:37:38.62\00:37:40.01
all exercised
that measure of faith,
00:37:40.06\00:37:41.98
it wouldn't be long
Jesus would be here,
00:37:42.09\00:37:43.50
we could go home.
We quit worrying about
00:37:43.60\00:37:46.55
ourselves and be
so self-centered.
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.18
When we care about
other people enough
00:37:52.50\00:37:54.91
and we're willing
to go out of our way as
00:37:55.01\00:37:57.05
it were to be able
to reach out and touch
00:37:57.08\00:37:59.91
somebody for
Jesus. If you don't have
00:37:59.94\00:38:03.90
that burden, why
don't you pray about it?
00:38:03.98\00:38:05.42
I am convinced of
this. There will not be
00:38:08.74\00:38:12.48
a person in
Heaven that's has not won
00:38:12.51\00:38:14.53
by God's grace, by his strength,
00:38:14.73\00:38:16.33
by the spirit, at
least one in the kingdom
00:38:16.44\00:38:19.09
of God. Now
that's a big statement,
00:38:19.18\00:38:20.67
challenge me
with it if you want to
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.29
but I say it's
food for thought, there
00:38:24.62\00:38:25.77
won't be anybody be in there.
00:38:25.91\00:38:27.28
It's not because
of our work we don't
00:38:27.40\00:38:28.70
get there
because of that at all.
00:38:28.82\00:38:30.05
But you will
have them, why because
00:38:30.21\00:38:33.12
you've been
touched, you can't keep
00:38:33.15\00:38:34.36
quiet any
longer, you've had that
00:38:34.50\00:38:36.14
divine touch. Now
you want to share it
00:38:36.21\00:38:37.46
with others. I
like this thought,
00:38:37.49\00:38:39.82
God chooses us. He
looked at the human
00:38:40.00\00:38:44.26
family and He
said I choose them,
00:38:44.33\00:38:46.42
I choose them and
I thought about this,
00:38:47.46\00:38:49.31
I choose them to represent me.
00:38:49.50\00:38:51.59
Wow, I find it
difficult in this world that
00:38:54.70\00:38:59.19
we live in down
here for anybody to
00:38:59.33\00:39:02.59
represent me and
every area. Oh who
00:39:02.62\00:39:04.99
would you trust?
Who would you trust?
00:39:05.04\00:39:10.18
I'm gonna have
somebody to represent
00:39:11.66\00:39:12.89
me; I'm gonna
have somebody like I
00:39:12.92\00:39:15.77
can trust explicitly.
If you trust him that
00:39:15.86\00:39:20.49
much, okay, you
can say okay there is
00:39:20.58\00:39:21.91
my house, there
is home, there is my
00:39:21.94\00:39:23.27
companion,
there's checkbook whatever
00:39:23.45\00:39:25.38
just go ahead represent me, wow.
00:39:25.45\00:39:28.45
But Jesus said I
choose you, do you
00:39:29.81\00:39:33.74
choose him today.
This is so very important,
00:39:33.77\00:39:36.76
I need that divine
touch because you know
00:39:36.93\00:39:39.02
what, I can't do it
on my own, but I know
00:39:39.06\00:39:42.62
that I can do it
for him. Coming of Jesus
00:39:42.66\00:39:47.06
is so much
nearer than we believe.
00:39:47.27\00:39:50.73
I wish there
was, I wish there was
00:39:54.62\00:39:57.10
something that I
could say and I know
00:39:57.18\00:39:59.33
that probably all of
you feel the same way,
00:39:59.44\00:40:01.38
something I could
say, something I could
00:40:01.41\00:40:02.66
do that would
just stir something,
00:40:02.69\00:40:04.80
something inside of
you to quit fighting
00:40:05.96\00:40:09.04
this, to say it's a
reality. That I know it's
00:40:09.17\00:40:14.12
near I know the
coming of Jesus is near
00:40:14.18\00:40:16.18
even at the door.
I think at times well
00:40:16.23\00:40:20.19
I we hear that knock, don't you.
00:40:20.28\00:40:21.53
Faintly I hear the
knock and it's getting
00:40:22.92\00:40:24.65
stronger, it's
getting louder Jesus said
00:40:24.82\00:40:26.35
I want to come in,
I tell you things are
00:40:26.50\00:40:27.87
getting ready to
happen. The Bible says
00:40:27.90\00:40:32.08
Kenny, you need to be watching,
00:40:32.19\00:40:33.58
you need to be
praying, you need to be
00:40:35.12\00:40:36.73
working while it's
still day, have you
00:40:36.77\00:40:39.71
read that. And
the Bible becomes very
00:40:39.77\00:40:42.80
clear because
night cometh when no man
00:40:42.92\00:40:46.40
can work. Some of
us have no idea what's
00:40:47.58\00:40:52.86
on the horizon.
Friend, but we can have
00:40:53.85\00:40:57.56
if we're willing to
spend some time with
00:40:58.30\00:40:59.44
Jesus. Why don't we
just put all the other
00:40:59.47\00:41:03.37
little books and
different things aside and
00:41:03.47\00:41:05.62
get God's word.
Maybe turn the TV off,
00:41:06.26\00:41:08.89
quit that texting
every time you turn around,
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.12
wearing out your
thumb. Shut the email
00:41:13.27\00:41:16.79
situation down,
go to a quiet room,
00:41:17.56\00:41:21.07
open the word
of God and say God,
00:41:21.19\00:41:23.35
I want you to speak to me.
00:41:23.48\00:41:24.45
Oh how he loves
to hear that. Friend,
00:41:24.61\00:41:27.93
I need that
divine touch and I know
00:41:27.96\00:41:29.76
that you do too, we want that.
00:41:29.84\00:41:31.96
But when the
Bible says to me Kenny,
00:41:32.73\00:41:33.92
you've got to,
you must be watching,
00:41:33.95\00:41:35.87
you've got to be
working, you got to be,
00:41:36.80\00:41:37.91
what am I to be
watching for. We hear
00:41:38.27\00:41:42.47
and see it over
and over, what might I
00:41:42.50\00:41:43.56
be watching for. I
mentioned that to people,
00:41:43.64\00:41:47.66
and they'll say
oh for what? Signs of
00:41:47.76\00:41:49.39
the time. We got
to be watching for the
00:41:49.47\00:41:51.54
signs of the
times. You know I thought
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.15
that's true too,
that's true. But you
00:41:53.32\00:41:55.98
know what, I
believe there's more,
00:41:56.01\00:41:57.08
that we're to be
watching for; we're to
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.45
be working for and
we were to be praying
00:41:59.51\00:42:01.17
about. Let me
just give you a quick
00:42:01.27\00:42:03.54
example and I
know many of you will
00:42:03.57\00:42:07.42
remember this, the
Parable of the Great
00:42:07.62\00:42:09.36
Supper, do you remember that,
00:42:09.48\00:42:10.69
that's found in
Luke 14 verse 17.
00:42:11.09\00:42:13.75
And the Bible says
it something like this
00:42:15.24\00:42:16.73
It says, and he
sent his servant at
00:42:17.57\00:42:21.75
supper time to say
to them notice this,
00:42:21.78\00:42:25.17
them that were
bitten, he said come;
00:42:26.90\00:42:28.76
notice this just
listen carefully for all
00:42:28.79\00:42:31.41
things are now
ready. You realize what a
00:42:31.54\00:42:35.39
big statement that
is. Do you realize what
00:42:35.49\00:42:39.49
this represents,
the Great Supper Jesus
00:42:39.61\00:42:42.12
has invited all of
us to be a part of and
00:42:42.47\00:42:45.07
to come to that
supper and the King of
00:42:45.17\00:42:46.78
the universe has
invited me to come?
00:42:46.81\00:42:49.24
He wants me to
come. He's given me
00:42:51.20\00:42:55.01
an invitation to
come. He's prepared the
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.29
way. He's paid the
price, and he just says
00:42:57.34\00:43:01.40
come it's free,
come. And what do we say.
00:43:01.60\00:43:04.92
Oh well you know
I've been a little
00:43:05.03\00:43:07.06
busy today or I
haven't had time for
00:43:07.14\00:43:10.30
you today. I get busy
in all these other things,
00:43:10.33\00:43:13.94
sports, activities
and all these others
00:43:13.97\00:43:15.91
things going on
in the world and I've
00:43:15.94\00:43:18.10
forgotten you. Oh
please come before it's ever
00:43:18.13\00:43:20.30
too late and
then the bottom line,
00:43:20.47\00:43:22.89
in fact you
underline in it, you put it
00:43:22.98\00:43:24.79
in red, you
underscore it, you do whatever
00:43:24.82\00:43:26.88
you want to do
because Jesus said all
00:43:26.94\00:43:29.89
things are now
ready what does that mean?
00:43:30.15\00:43:33.66
When Jesus says
all he means all.
00:43:35.81\00:43:38.12
There's people in
the world when they
00:43:38.95\00:43:41.10
use the word all,
they really don't mean all.
00:43:41.23\00:43:43.65
But when Jesus said
all things are ready
00:43:44.85\00:43:46.83
he means things
are ready. He said I
00:43:47.07\00:43:48.81
am going back and
I am going to prepare
00:43:48.84\00:43:50.39
what? A place
for you and then I am
00:43:50.45\00:43:53.46
going to come and
to receive you that
00:43:53.49\00:43:55.72
is reality,
that's a fact. In fact by
00:43:55.75\00:44:00.07
the way the
tense in which that's
00:44:00.10\00:44:01.85
written it's though
as it has already taken
00:44:01.96\00:44:06.93
place, wow.
That's how sure it is.
00:44:07.61\00:44:10.66
I will come again,
why? All things are
00:44:11.92\00:44:15.56
ready. Jesus is not
idle, he's not sitting
00:44:15.65\00:44:19.52
back doing nothing.
He's doing everything
00:44:19.55\00:44:21.46
he possible can to
save you and to save
00:44:21.57\00:44:24.15
me. You know
what from ourselves,
00:44:24.23\00:44:26.30
it's not from the
neighbors, it's not from
00:44:28.56\00:44:29.71
the pastors, not the
teachers, not the drugs,
00:44:29.79\00:44:31.57
not the alcohol and
all of the stuff that
00:44:31.63\00:44:33.39
goes on in the
world today, but you know
00:44:33.45\00:44:35.10
what it's we are the problems.
00:44:35.13\00:44:36.68
Victory over self is
what we need and only
00:44:38.59\00:44:40.64
God can help us with
that. But I like it so
00:44:40.80\00:44:44.44
much when he says
all things, it gives
00:44:44.48\00:44:46.21
me hope. All
things are now what,
00:44:46.24\00:44:48.24
they're ready,
ready for what? Ready
00:44:48.84\00:44:50.51
for the coming of
Jesus in the clouds of
00:44:50.69\00:44:54.60
glory, do you long
to see him? How long
00:44:54.65\00:44:59.12
has it been since
you really said Lord I
00:44:59.23\00:45:00.98
long for you to
come but you know I know
00:45:01.33\00:45:03.34
that you're
coming but you know what
00:45:03.40\00:45:04.61
I wanna go back
with you. I need that
00:45:04.95\00:45:10.84
divine touch, I
need to hear your voice.
00:45:10.97\00:45:14.39
Oh Lord, don't leave
me. Don't forsake me,
00:45:16.96\00:45:20.17
and he promises I
never will. I love you with
00:45:20.20\00:45:22.99
everlasting love.
I'll never leave you,
00:45:23.11\00:45:24.82
I'll never forsake
you. Friend, bank on that,
00:45:24.93\00:45:27.95
that's the only
sure thing in this life.
00:45:28.31\00:45:29.99
It's what Jesus
said, not what man
00:45:31.68\00:45:32.90
promises you here.
All things are now ready
00:45:32.99\00:45:37.45
and so I want to
go back with him.
00:45:37.83\00:45:39.68
Are you working,
are you watching,
00:45:40.20\00:45:42.35
are you praying,
praying for we mentioned
00:45:42.92\00:45:45.30
what? The answer
is really simple,
00:45:45.46\00:45:47.90
I need to be
watching, I need to be
00:45:49.07\00:45:50.50
working, I need
to be praying for the
00:45:50.53\00:45:53.25
salvation of
souls including my own,
00:45:53.38\00:45:56.16
how about you? We
keep thinking about
00:45:56.43\00:45:59.40
a lot of different
things that we should
00:45:59.49\00:46:00.69
be doing. But you
realize everyday oh
00:46:00.72\00:46:03.99
please listen,
everyday that goes by
00:46:04.20\00:46:06.94
there are thousands who die.
00:46:07.04\00:46:09.16
And they go to a
Christless grave.
00:46:11.69\00:46:13.19
Now think about
it. They will never
00:46:14.11\00:46:17.48
share eternity with Jesus, why?
00:46:18.60\00:46:21.32
What could be the
reason, because we
00:46:23.01\00:46:25.62
haven't done our
job, because we haven't
00:46:25.73\00:46:28.81
reached out,
because we haven't been
00:46:28.91\00:46:31.91
going and pleading
with people or living the
00:46:32.72\00:46:35.32
life where they
can see Jesus in us?
00:46:35.35\00:46:36.96
You realize what
I'm talking about,
00:46:37.11\00:46:38.09
dying and going to
a Christless grave,
00:46:38.18\00:46:40.08
that's it. There's
nothing else, it's for
00:46:40.33\00:46:46.21
eternity. And
friend if you can't get
00:46:46.35\00:46:49.41
that somehow can
you associate maybe
00:46:49.50\00:46:53.25
with someone that
you love, maybe your
00:46:53.30\00:46:54.83
mother, maybe
you know your father,
00:46:54.88\00:46:56.91
children. Don't you
want the best for them?
00:46:57.10\00:47:00.92
Why not order your house, okay,
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.89
why not put it in
order. As far as me and
00:47:04.98\00:47:08.37
my house we will serve the Lord.
00:47:08.43\00:47:10.70
Oh friend, yes, I
want you to feel anxious
00:47:13.44\00:47:15.50
about it. I don't
want you upset about
00:47:15.60\00:47:16.97
what I am talking
about here but I want
00:47:17.07\00:47:18.70
you to do
something, I want something be
00:47:18.73\00:47:19.90
stirred up by the
power of Holy Spirit
00:47:20.01\00:47:21.68
inside of you to
say today is the day
00:47:21.89\00:47:23.39
that I am going
to make that change.
00:47:23.46\00:47:24.64
We are to be going
to the highways and
00:47:27.79\00:47:29.25
the byways for what?
For the saving of the
00:47:29.34\00:47:34.24
laws, that's
what we do everywhere.
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.37
Everywhere we can possibly go,
00:47:37.90\00:47:39.09
everywhere that
the word can be spread,
00:47:39.25\00:47:40.66
we are to be doing
that right now while we
00:47:40.77\00:47:42.86
can, because there's
people out there that
00:47:42.90\00:47:45.35
need to hear. Why
because Jesus makes this
00:47:45.43\00:47:48.23
statement that we
talked about a couple of
00:47:48.30\00:47:49.91
times, you remember what he say.
00:47:50.04\00:47:51.10
He said all things
are what, they're now
00:47:51.76\00:47:55.17
ready. And let me
tell you when Jesus is
00:47:56.18\00:47:59.24
ready, he's going
to come back. Oh yes,
00:47:59.27\00:48:03.73
with or without
you ready or not,
00:48:04.25\00:48:07.40
think about that.
Some people pridefully
00:48:07.58\00:48:11.38
think that maybe
they're special. Jesus is
00:48:11.49\00:48:15.70
going to hold
everything back until they
00:48:15.77\00:48:17.29
decide what they're gonna to do.
00:48:17.49\00:48:18.81
He has a time, he
is coming back and you
00:48:19.32\00:48:21.46
and I need to be
ready that's what the
00:48:21.49\00:48:22.66
Bible says today is
what? Today is the day
00:48:22.75\00:48:24.85
of what? Of
salvation, you're not to put
00:48:24.93\00:48:27.27
off for tomorrow,
you must do it today.
00:48:27.34\00:48:29.45
I need to touch, I
need a divine touch.
00:48:29.57\00:48:32.96
Bible says in the
book of Matthew by the
00:48:34.96\00:48:36.34
way 24:44 if you're
jotting these things,
00:48:36.39\00:48:39.36
you see why I've
said at the beginning of
00:48:39.62\00:48:40.72
the program; let's
write some of these
00:48:40.75\00:48:41.89
things down, so
that we don't forget.
00:48:42.03\00:48:44.38
He said "Therefore
be ye ready for in such
00:48:46.78\00:48:49.39
what an hour as
ye think not the son
00:48:50.00\00:48:52.78
of man cometh."
Now I want to you think
00:48:52.84\00:48:56.12
be ready, why?
For the hour that you
00:48:56.74\00:48:59.69
think not the son
of man cometh, wow.
00:49:00.61\00:49:03.95
So the warning
then has to be given and
00:49:05.79\00:49:10.09
it's your job, it's
my job to be given that
00:49:10.20\00:49:15.55
warning right now.
Why? Because when I
00:49:15.92\00:49:19.25
get a warning then
I am to rise to the
00:49:19.39\00:49:21.98
occasion, I am to be
fully awake during this
00:49:22.01\00:49:26.98
hour of earth's
history. Let me tell you
00:49:27.07\00:49:30.15
Satan's job is to
put you to sleep and if
00:49:30.18\00:49:33.14
he can do it he will
lower you to sleep and
00:49:33.28\00:49:35.13
then in
Revelation we talked about,
00:49:35.16\00:49:36.77
he talks about he,
he likes to have just
00:49:36.95\00:49:38.82
lukewarm, you know
what, that's still sleepy.
00:49:39.11\00:49:41.22
Not discerning
what's really going on,
00:49:43.18\00:49:44.69
not really prioritizing
things in our hearts
00:49:44.83\00:49:47.65
and in our lives, but
I believe this that the
00:49:47.68\00:49:51.23
warnings that are
being given the word of
00:49:51.26\00:49:53.00
God says he'll do
nothing except he warns
00:49:53.15\00:49:55.58
us first the wise
will awake. The spiritual,
00:49:55.61\00:50:01.41
those are keeping
their eyes on Jesus will
00:50:02.15\00:50:03.57
realize that they
need to double the efforts
00:50:03.71\00:50:06.43
right now while we
still can. And by the way
00:50:06.51\00:50:10.76
there are some, and
I have heard this said,
00:50:10.81\00:50:12.98
and I think probably
you've talked to people
00:50:13.20\00:50:14.67
too. Well I can't
go out and preach the
00:50:14.73\00:50:16.94
gospel, oh
really? Oh! I can't go,
00:50:17.01\00:50:20.92
I can't give a
Bible study. Have you been
00:50:21.09\00:50:23.11
touched? If
you've been touched by a
00:50:23.22\00:50:26.51
divine hand dear
friend, he will enable you.
00:50:26.57\00:50:28.81
Apparently one man
said, one, one time he
00:50:30.35\00:50:31.61
said, well now you
preach the message,
00:50:31.75\00:50:33.60
do you have Oh! Check this one,
00:50:33.70\00:50:35.25
do you have
credentials. Huh! That shocked
00:50:35.70\00:50:39.93
some people by the
way. Well, you have
00:50:40.07\00:50:42.49
to have credentials
before you preach the
00:50:42.52\00:50:45.13
gospel. Well those
might be nice the little
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.57
things as added
before your name or
00:50:47.75\00:50:49.12
after that, that
might be all nice,
00:50:49.26\00:50:51.15
but let me, let
me give you some good
00:50:51.18\00:50:53.09
news that comes
from scripture. The only
00:50:53.26\00:50:57.25
credentials that
you need is number one,
00:50:58.08\00:50:59.99
you love Jesus
with all your heart.
00:51:00.11\00:51:02.02
Check it now, and
you love your fellow man.
00:51:02.95\00:51:06.83
Jesus made it
pretty simple, he said on
00:51:08.14\00:51:09.56
these two hang all
of the law. Credentials,
00:51:09.60\00:51:14.09
little pieces of
paper or do you need the
00:51:15.17\00:51:17.47
unction of the Holy
Spirit or desire in your
00:51:17.61\00:51:20.79
heart to say I, I
love Jesus and I, I love,
00:51:20.92\00:51:24.00
I love people.
Because I do believe this,
00:51:24.39\00:51:27.57
God is not going to
use, Oh! I'm gonna be
00:51:27.97\00:51:29.48
careful about this.
God's not going to use
00:51:29.59\00:51:32.19
in the closing
scenes of earth's history,
00:51:32.61\00:51:34.72
possibly the most
talented individuals;
00:51:35.14\00:51:37.43
he may not be able
to use them because
00:51:37.74\00:51:39.08
they understand, they
know they're talented.
00:51:39.16\00:51:41.21
In fact, he may not
even use the smartest
00:51:43.36\00:51:45.51
ones. I've heard
people say, by the way
00:51:45.55\00:51:47.14
they'll say, well
you know what I have an
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.89
high IQ. And I
say to you, so what?
00:51:50.03\00:51:53.36
There's going to be
a lot of high IQ people
00:51:56.44\00:51:57.94
that's going to burn
in hell, I want to get
00:51:57.99\00:51:59.63
straight with you.
It's nice if you have that
00:51:59.75\00:52:04.04
dear friends if you
use it for his glory,
00:52:04.19\00:52:05.68
but if you're
standing all proudly saying,
00:52:06.20\00:52:07.73
I have it. God
can't use you, you're not
00:52:07.87\00:52:11.45
teachable. You
think you know everything.
00:52:11.48\00:52:13.49
So, that's what I'm
saying, I'm trying to
00:52:14.28\00:52:15.25
encourage you by
the way here, not
00:52:15.26\00:52:16.52
discourage you.
Say, God can use a humble
00:52:16.61\00:52:20.32
individual that
submits their life to him.
00:52:20.87\00:52:23.40
You know, we have to
want that divine touch
00:52:23.85\00:52:26.33
you want it today.
You know I, I want it,
00:52:26.47\00:52:30.14
I need that divine
touch. I now realize we
00:52:31.52\00:52:35.63
only have a
couple of minutes left,
00:52:35.68\00:52:36.90
but boy I tell you,
I'm starting to feel good
00:52:37.01\00:52:39.07
about the gospel of
Jesus Christ that he can use
00:52:39.10\00:52:41.54
somebody like me to
help finish the work.
00:52:41.65\00:52:44.89
What do we really
need? I need that divine
00:52:45.69\00:52:48.19
touch, I need to be
working for Jesus while
00:52:48.24\00:52:50.11
I can. So, today
right here, right now,
00:52:50.24\00:52:52.90
I stand hooked on the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:52:55.71\00:52:58.29
I stand hooked on
evangelism. I stand
00:52:58.32\00:53:03.38
hooked and say God
help me to be a soul
00:53:03.48\00:53:05.20
winner for you. I'm
hooked on stations like
00:53:05.30\00:53:08.72
3ABN that's giving
the gospel message to the,
00:53:08.87\00:53:11.05
to the whole world
reaching people that
00:53:11.24\00:53:12.69
can never be reached
any place or anytime,
00:53:12.87\00:53:15.01
because people
won't open the doors,
00:53:16.88\00:53:18.03
but you can get
into those homes.
00:53:19.61\00:53:20.87
Oh! Friend, get into
those homes while you
00:53:20.94\00:53:22.49
can. Don't give
him the sugar coated,
00:53:22.60\00:53:24.12
but give them the
real message of a wake
00:53:24.31\00:53:25.67
up call. Jesus said
very quickly, he said
00:53:25.72\00:53:28.99
you know what? We
need to, we need to,
00:53:29.12\00:53:31.02
we need to make
aggressive warfare.
00:53:31.16\00:53:33.28
And I'm going to
encourage you to make
00:53:33.77\00:53:34.75
that aggressive
warfare right now.
00:53:34.91\00:53:36.64
That means ongoing
warfare, that means
00:53:36.88\00:53:39.29
continue, that
means active, that means
00:53:39.33\00:53:41.25
make haste, that
means make a thrust for
00:53:41.28\00:53:43.07
Jesus Christ. My
marching orders has been
00:53:43.15\00:53:46.11
given, how about
you? I need that divine
00:53:46.20\00:53:49.05
touch. Why don't
we start right now?
00:53:49.09\00:53:51.70
Let's pray about
it shall we, before we
00:53:52.35\00:53:53.92
close together.
Merciful Father in Heaven,
00:53:54.04\00:53:57.37
we thank you for your word.
00:53:57.57\00:53:58.54
We thank you for the
power of thy Holy Spirit.
00:53:58.55\00:54:00.57
We pray now that
those who have made
00:54:01.11\00:54:02.27
that decision will
made it for you, but right
00:54:02.35\00:54:04.09
now they're going
to go out, and they're
00:54:04.20\00:54:05.39
going to tell someone
about Jesus. You're soon
00:54:05.53\00:54:07.28
to come, I praise you,
and I thank you for it in
00:54:07.35\00:54:09.73
Jesus name, amen. Until
next time God bless you,
00:54:09.91\00:54:14.83
we look forward to
meeting with you again.
00:54:15.13\00:54:16.85
Welcome back, and
by the way my name is
00:54:18.52\00:54:20.83
Chris Shelton. And
that message you just
00:54:20.96\00:54:22.78
heard it was
preached by my husband
00:54:22.88\00:54:24.49
Pastor Kenny
Shelton. What a blessing,
00:54:24.56\00:54:27.26
what a blessing
God has been today.
00:54:27.31\00:54:29.17
You know we do need
a divine touch in the
00:54:29.73\00:54:32.50
world in which we live
in, at the recording of
00:54:32.67\00:54:35.08
this message
anyway, in the past few
00:54:35.22\00:54:37.06
weeks there have
been so many earthquakes
00:54:37.19\00:54:40.05
just back-to-back.
Our world is changing;
00:54:40.09\00:54:42.96
our world is crying
out, one of the worse
00:54:43.07\00:54:45.56
of course was being
was in Haiti, where so
00:54:45.94\00:54:48.73
many thousands of
people lost their life in
00:54:48.76\00:54:52.18
just a moment,
in seconds of time.
00:54:52.25\00:54:54.73
And then you had
the one in Chile,
00:54:55.42\00:54:57.34
and here in America,
in Southern California,
00:54:57.81\00:55:00.06
Ohio, Missouri. It's
heading close to home.
00:55:00.18\00:55:03.80
And then think
about it, think about how
00:55:04.27\00:55:06.71
our lives have
changed so many broken
00:55:06.82\00:55:09.21
homes, and broken
hearts. You know our
00:55:09.30\00:55:12.60
minds are not clear
anymore. We're always
00:55:12.73\00:55:14.93
looking for those
things to make us happy,
00:55:15.06\00:55:17.48
to make us healthy,
our health has changed.
00:55:18.10\00:55:20.37
In the past 25 or
30 years, I mean we
00:55:20.62\00:55:22.73
have diseases we
never heard about before
00:55:22.76\00:55:25.38
then. Times are
changing, this earth is
00:55:25.48\00:55:28.77
crying out, this
earth and we as God's
00:55:28.81\00:55:31.84
people, we need a
divine touch. I want you
00:55:31.88\00:55:34.98
to think about it,
and I hope that during
00:55:35.07\00:55:37.03
that message that
you heard God calling
00:55:37.12\00:55:40.10
to your heart, that
you reach out and say,
00:55:40.20\00:55:42.38
Lord yes, yes
Father I need that divine
00:55:42.63\00:55:45.97
touch, won't you
touch me, won't you
00:55:46.11\00:55:48.18
change me? Today is
the day of salvation.
00:55:48.26\00:55:51.25
Today can be
your day of salvation.
00:55:51.38\00:55:54.74
Don't put off for
tomorrow what needs to be
00:55:55.26\00:55:58.50
done in your
heart, in your life today.
00:55:58.54\00:56:00.88
And once that's
done, once that's done
00:56:01.31\00:56:04.08
would you please
contact us, would you
00:56:04.15\00:56:06.11
give us a call? We
want to know what God
00:56:06.20\00:56:08.41
has done for you,
and perhaps how this
00:56:08.44\00:56:11.42
message has touched your heart.
00:56:11.53\00:56:13.17
Look on your screen
now. You can contact
00:56:13.43\00:56:15.58
us at Behold the Lamb
Ministries, PO Box 2030,
00:56:15.71\00:56:20.07
Herrin, IL 62948, or
you can call we're at
00:56:20.19\00:56:24.83
Central Standard
Time here in America,
00:56:24.99\00:56:26.88
it's 618-942-5044.
And of course with the
00:56:27.47\00:56:32.41
technology, you
can email the same name
00:56:32.55\00:56:35.44
BeholdTheLamb
Ministries@Yahoo.com
00:56:35.70\00:56:38.88
or visit u on the web
00:56:39.33\00:56:40.80
www.BeholdTheLamb
Ministries.com. We want
00:56:40.95\00:56:45.48
to hear from you,
we want to know how
00:56:45.57\00:56:48.09
the Lord is
working in your heart.
00:56:48.12\00:56:49.95
You know, God is
so good and time is,
00:56:50.47\00:56:52.81
time is short. It
is shorter than we can
00:56:53.13\00:56:56.00
even imagine I
think. We don't have time to
00:56:56.14\00:56:59.39
waste, so I pray that
you put your priorities
00:56:59.54\00:57:03.17
in order, and allow
the Lord to bless you
00:57:03.23\00:57:06.74
and yours, until we
meet again, God bless you.
00:57:07.00\00:57:10.15