I'm so glad to be with
you, to open our program
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we're gonna open
God's word, we're gonna look
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in the book of Titus,
we're gonna go to Titus and
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we're gonna look at
Chapter 2 verses 13 and 14.
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If you got your Bible
handy join me, verses,
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chapter 2 verses 13
and 14 we read. Looking for
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that blessed hope,
wow! What a promise already,
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Looking for that blessed
hope, which I hope you are
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today, and the
glorious appearing of our great
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God and our Savior Jesus
Christ, for he gave himself
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for us, that he might
redeem us from all iniquity,
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and purify unto himself a
peculiar people, zealous of
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good works. He has to
redeem us, you know so
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many people say they're
looking for that Blessed
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hope; they're
looking for Christ to come.
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But they neglect
that preparation that God
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requires that preparation
that walk of sanctification
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that we need to be
begin to walk if we're ever
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going to walk into
the Kingdom of Heaven,
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and he asked us to
daily search, daily search the
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scriptures because all
that iniquity that he came to
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purify us from, it has to
be gone. All sin has to be
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washed away; it has
to be gotten cleaned out
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of our lives. We
must be made pure,
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we need to become
that peculiar people that
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God's calling us to be
and that is a daily process.
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A daily process as we
begin to learn to live as
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a witness for Jesus
and that's going to be our,
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our subject today
"Being a Witness of Faith,"
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a witness, what is a
witness. A witness you're gonna
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have to know
something to be a witness aren't
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you? And you're gonna
have to know what Faith
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is all about, to prepare
our hearts, we're gonna go
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to the 3ABN worship
center and we're gonna listen to
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a beautiful song that is
going to be sung by Sandra
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Entermann and it's
entitle "All I have to be,
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All I Ever Have To
Be" by Sandra Entermann.
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When the weight of all my dreams
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Is resting heavy on my head,
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And the thoughtful
words of health and hope
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Have all been nicely
said. But I'm still hurting,
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Wondering if I'll ever
be The one I think I am.
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I think I am. Then
you gently re-remind me
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That you've made
me from the first,
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And the more I
try to be the best
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The more I get the worst.
And I realize the good in me,
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Is only there
because of who you are
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Who you are. And
all I ever have to be
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Is what you've made me.
Any more or less would be
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a step. Out of your
plan. As you daily recreate me,
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Help me always keep in
mind That I only have to do
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What I can find. And
all I ever have to be
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All I have to be
All I ever have to be
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Is what you've made me.
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Praise the Lord, thank
you for joining us today
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and I'm so very grateful
and thankful for that song
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Sandra you know all I
even ever have to be and
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that's what we're
talking about Jesus today.
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All we ever have to be is
just committed to his care
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and to his keeping, so I
know that was blessing to
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everyone and by the
way we're glad that you've
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joined us wherever
you may be around the
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world we're glad
you're gonna spend this time
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with us. But as usual
as we stay the word of
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God we need to have
prayer, so why don't you join
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with me as we pray together.
Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank you for the
privilege that we have to
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study your word
today. We pray for the power
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of thy Holy Spirit,
and illuminate these
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beautiful truths
that you have for us.
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Open our ears, our
minds, our hearts that we may
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understand all that
you have, to reveal to us
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today we give you
praise and give you
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honor and Glory
in Jesus name, Amen.
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Well, but what we
always like to do is remind you
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to get your Bible, pencil
and paper, if it's possible.
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Jot down some of the
things that we will be talking
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about so that you may
study to show yourself
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approved unto God.
We're gonna talk about a very
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fantastic subject today,
"Being a Faithful Witness"
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or "A Witness of Faith,"
what does that really mean
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to be a witness of
Faith. I know some of you will
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have your Bibles out
already and I'm gonna have
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you turn right for
passage of scripture in the
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book of Acts Chapter 1
verse 8, this is a powerful
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scripture. In fact, there
is so much in it you could
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probably spend a long
time, but I'm just going to
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read it, have a few
comments and I think we'll
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be able to put
together by the power of the
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Holy Spirit, what it
means to be a witness of
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Faith for Jesus, by the
way in your daily devotions
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that you have I pray
that you're doing more than
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just reading the Bible
that's good. But I'm gonna
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encourage you to study
the Bible, take some subject
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and really study them
out. Because it's very,
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very important that we
understand what truth is.
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Not just what the
preacher is telling us or an
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evangelist is telling us,
but your relationship with
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Jesus Christ I really
wanna encourage you that
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because God's
promised very special power.
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In the book of Acts
chapter 1 verse 8, I'm gonna
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read this passage. Now,
I want you can read it out
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aloud at home too by
the way with me, it says:
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But ye shall receive
power, after that the Holy
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Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be my
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witnesses to me both
in Jerusalem, and Judea,
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and in Samaria. Now, I
want you think about that,
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the Bible has said
right here ye shall receive
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power, you are to be
my witnesses, so we're
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talking about a
witness of Faith today.
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How are we to be witnesses,
what is it talking about,
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when you said we
receive power. By the way
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when you look up
that word power it denotes
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dynamite. We can be
explosive in the cause of
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Christ, we are to be
his witnesses and being his
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witness we're to be
explosive to the world with a
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fantastic message to
give. And it's very interesting
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when the Bible
talks about my witnesses,
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you know we're to be
preaching in this hour of
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world's history. May I
said, nice as I can, a simple
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Gospel. Not something
that is starling speculations,
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there are a lot of
people that's putting things out
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there you know, they
go, I call them going into
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the North forty
somewhere and they are trying
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to put somethings
together to just captivate the
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minds of different
people and draw them
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away from
presenting present truth.
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We are not to be
speculating on anything,
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you know the fact, the
disciples by the way were
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somewhat the same
way as some people today.
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They were very
anxious to know about the time
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of the coming of the
Kingdom of God and they
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kept asking Jesus
all the time, give us,
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give us a time here
we need a time frame.
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And by the way I find
people doing that today,
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I mean they're
asking, do we know exactly the
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time and the day and
the hour. Oh! Friend,
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I just you know the
Bible doesn't say that we've
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to know exact time
when Jesus come, but we're
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gonna know when it's
near even at the doors.
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So, don't let anyone
tell you we know that the
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day and the hour
because the Bible doesn't reveal
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that, they said
you're gonna receive power.
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See the Father didn't
reveal that to them and what's
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not revealed to us, we
need not try to speculate on
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that because we have
present truth to give by the
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way to the world. Disciples
were representatives of
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Jesus Christ or they
should have been, we are his
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disciples we have to
representatives of Him today
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and by the way we need
to represent Him through
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what? Through our
character, through our
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lifestyle, the way we
communicate with other
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people, the way we
talked to other people and our
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lifestyle. You
know, we have a wonderful,
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wonderful message to
give and we should be giving
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that with I'm talking
about with power and so
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when I read this
passage of scripture,
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I'm thinking wow! This
is wonderful because God
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has promised me power
as the message is given,
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he's promised you
power. So, you need not to
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worry about well I just
wonder what I might say,
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I wonder what I might do,
just go in Faith believing,
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understanding the
message that is to be given
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and God says I will
supply that power or that
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dynamite, I will
have you to be explosive
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here in the last
days of earth's history.
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And I believe that
we have a very wonderful
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message in which to
give. By the way the Bible
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also says in the
book of Acts chapter 5,
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it says that: And Ye
are My witnesses of these
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things, so we're
to be his witnesses,
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he said you're gonna
receive power then you're
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gonna be my witnesses.
He said you're going to
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be a witness to these
things, so there is something
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very, very, very
exciting to know that when God
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says that we're to be
his witnesses that his
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promised special things
for us. In fact the book
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of Acts when you read
it, it's thrilling to me by
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the way, there's
always, there's always fantastic
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miracles going on. There
is the power of God being
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seen in the works
and so we need to be,
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you may go back in
the New Testament and read
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the book of Acts, to
see how that New Testament
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Church operated. The
power of the things that were
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done in the Church, I
know many times in many of
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the Churches today,
week after week you go to
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Church and it's the
same old, can I say that,
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same old, same old,
gonna put the same thing can
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we come we do this, we
do that, we just go through
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the rituals and we go
through here, we go home
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and we didn't come blessed,
we didn't leave blessed.
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I don't believe
that's God intention for us,
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he wants us to come
before him and if he is
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present something
good is going to be happen.
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You know what we need
leave blessed, we need
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leave, live, leave differently
as we came to Church.
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God say I promise you
power, by the way fellows
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you've been studying
the book of Revelation,
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Revelation chapter 11.
The Bible says in verse 3,
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he said I'm gonna give
power to my two witnesses,
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which is not the
subject but boy I like to
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challenge to get
that book out. He said I'm
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gonna give power to
my two witnesses and our
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subject today is
being a witness of Faith,
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so he said I'm gonna
give you power to my two
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witnesses. By the way a
lot of people study this
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subject and they'll
say well we understand this
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subject, that
there are two witnesses,
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they're Elijah and
they're Moses. May I just probe
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a little bit in your
study time to say would you go
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little deeper than
that. And you said well why
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should I go a little
deeper that seems to be very
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obvious. The
significance goes beyond Elijah,
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it goes beyond Moses,
why? Just give you a few
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tidbits and then you
can study for yourself.
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But the Bible goes and
talks about there are two
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witnesses, there is two
olive trees in connection with
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this subject. There's two
candles sticks, there's the
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two the Holy one,
the anointed one, do you
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remember that. And as
you put that all together
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it has do with the Holy
Spirit and the Holy Spirit
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inspired men to
write what? Good scripture,
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and so the power is going
to be given to the two right,
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the witnesses, which by
the way and then you can
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study for yourself is
simply the Old and the New
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Testament, wow! Holy
Spirit power filled, yes,
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this is what God wants
for us, so what does it mean
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to be a witness, because
the Bible's full about we
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need to be witnesses
for Jesus Christ, we need to
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be a light into the
World, so to be a witness what
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does that really
mean? witness of Faith.
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What do you think
about when you hear the word
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witness, I looked up
several of ways and you can
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do the same and it
has several meanings will
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cross your mind, it's
maybe not going to cross mine.
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But to think about it
with me just for a moment a
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witness then would be
what? Would be a testimony,
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a witness has to do with
evidence and we've talked
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about that before
we're gonna always talk about
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the weight of what?
Evidence good, we have to
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weigh it out in the
scales, we have to if we wanna
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know what truth is,
we have to have weight of
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evidence. So we
talk about a witness,
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a witness to me is
a, oh! He's a witness,
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he saw
something, he saw something,
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he's a witness, we're
going to call the witness
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to the stand. One who
gives a first hand account
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of something that has
taken place, we could say
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what, that's a
witness and by the way to bear
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witness to another's mission.
Interesting the man that
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we're going to talk about
and I love to take men and
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women of the Bible and
just single them out and study
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a little bit about them.
We're going to talk about
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certainly John, John
the Baptist, remember he was
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a witness of another's
work, he was a representative
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of someone else's
work, which was Jesus Christ.
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What a man, think
about what a message that
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he gave. What a life
that it took off commitment to
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Jesus Christ, willing to
be different, willing to have
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a different lifestyle,
willing to so commit himself
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to Jesus that it was as
Paul said no longer I that
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live but Christ that does
what, Christ that lives in
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me, how desperately
we need that in our own
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experience, how
desperately every morning in my
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life I need to get up
and say God take self away.
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You know, who my
greatest enemy is some of you
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are gonna say oh! Yeah,
well we know that devil is,
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oh! Yes, the devil is
the enemy we know that,
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the greatest enemy
that I have on this earth is
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myself. Self is all of
our greatest enemy, because
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when we get ourselves,
ourselves into trouble what
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has happen, because
that we want, we want to do.
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So, the fight is always
about self and I believe that
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exactly why Jesus said
this very first thing he said
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when he call his
disciples was what? He said deny
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self, take up the
cross and follow me, oh!
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You not gonna take up
the cross. You're not gonna
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follow Him unless
self is cut to the quick.
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Everyday we need to be
praying that God will help
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self to be hide
behind the cross of Calvary.
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I'm praying that
everyday, because he never
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say us can if I lift you
up, you're gonna draw all
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men, no that seems
like it turns them off.
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But we lift up Jesus
it turns people to Him.
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This man's name John
the Baptist what an awesome
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thing what was his
message, quickly listen,
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we turn, you have
your Bible turn with me the
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book of Matthew I'm gonna
read that. Book of Matthew
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chapter 3 verse 1, it
right quick it just tells about
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John the Baptist, it
tells about his work that he
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is to do. In
Matthew chapter 3 verse 1,
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the Bible says: In those
days came John the Baptist,
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John the Baptist came
in those days and he was
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preaching in the
wilderness and here's what
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he was saying, let's
put it in a nutshell.
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Yeah, I'm one of those
people, I like to get down
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to it, like put the,
you know let the rubber you
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meet the road. John's
message was simply repent
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for the kingdom of
Heaven is what, is at hand.
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There was a lot of
misconception going on in the
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days of Jesus Christ, to
his coming, what is some of
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the reason he was
coming. Most people will say,
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well he came to die for
our sins, yes, but you know
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what I believe this I want
you just really think about
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before you say oh! No,
he came to set the record
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straight on a lot of the
doctrines and the teachings
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that was prevalent during
that day. He was come to set
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the record straight on
things that we're being
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taught by their religious
leaders. And so you know
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we find that John had a
definite message to bear
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and so he had to deal
and then Jesus had to deal
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with the Pharisees. He had
to deal with the Sadducees,
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we understand there and
remember the Pharisees were
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very heaped on the,
what? Outward performance.
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In fact we find that they
had they love the customs,
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but you know what
they were self righteous,
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I wonder today if
maybe we might have a little
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problem with that
ourselves, really look deep,
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some sit high upon a
chair sometime they were looking
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down the end of nose
of somebody else rather
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then really asking God
to help us to be what we
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need to be. I think it's
very important in our religious
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experience, John and
Jesus disciples had to deal with
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those Sadducees who
denied the resurrection of
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the dead. They denied,
most all denied that there
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was even a God, so
they were a lot of teaching,
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a lot of things that
were going on here that Jesus
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had to come and set
straight and before that John
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came to prepare the
way and remember he called
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some of these
Sadducees and Pharisees,
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he called them vipers
and now remember that why
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he call them vipers, we
met that they were malignant
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and you would look up
that word which says malignant,
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it means that many of
these people who professed
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to be Christian, listen
carefully they were evildoers.
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That's what John said,
he was a forerunner of Jesus
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Christ, he represented,
he was a witness of Jesus
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Christ, he said they're
evil in nature and these people
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were doing great harm
to the cause of Christ,
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you know any people in
the Church that maybe is
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causing harm. Causing
harm to the calls of Christ,
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do you realize every time
that we down trod somebody
00:19:40.82\00:19:43.32
that professes to be a
Christian the other people
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are looking around
saying ha, if that's what a
00:19:45.81\00:19:47.61
Christian is all about I
don't wanna be. You and I
00:19:47.76\00:19:50.49
need to be very
careful about what we say about
00:19:50.68\00:19:53.14
another person who
professes to be a Christian,
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whether we agree or
not because it hurts the
00:19:55.26\00:19:57.47
cause of Christ. Oh! Some
of the things that we will
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have to pay for some
day God, God, God help us,
00:20:00.80\00:20:03.34
but he didn't call them
vipers that we out here,
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because they were what?
They were doing great harm,
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they were antagonistic,
you ever find anybody that's
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antagonistic or they're
an adversary, they're an
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enemy to cause of Christ,
they don't profess to be,
00:20:19.13\00:20:21.37
they say I'm a Christian,
but they're known to cause
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trouble, trouble, trouble,
trouble, and everything you
00:20:23.91\00:20:25.89
stand for they take the
opposite side. Have you ever
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met anyone like that?
I have, I wanted to call
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my friend, many years
ago. It doesn't matter what you
00:20:35.33\00:20:40.16
would say it, if you said
something like boy I tell you,
00:20:40.30\00:20:45.08
he said well wait a couple
of minutes, you say you know
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couple of minutes is a
longtime. He would turn
00:20:47.63\00:20:50.20
around respond very
quickly, now two minutes is
00:20:50.31\00:20:52.23
not a longtime, if
you're hanging by your eyelids,
00:20:52.26\00:20:54.51
think about that. Well,
he was right, but again he
00:20:56.27\00:21:00.21
would say you know I say
well you know two minutes
00:21:00.24\00:21:02.29
is a longtime. He'd say,
now that's all if you just
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had two minutes to live.
So, it doesn't matter what
00:21:05.17\00:21:07.83
side you took, he
always took the other side and
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then they're developed a
discussion. Well, there's
00:21:11.20\00:21:14.24
people like that that
call themselves Christian by
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the way we need to be
very careful. And so John
00:21:16.75\00:21:19.58
was calling them
to forsake their ways,
00:21:19.71\00:21:23.15
forsake their sins to really
show that their characters
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had been changed and
you know that's what we need
00:21:28.78\00:21:30.62
in hearts, in our
lives today. Isaiah said it
00:21:30.67\00:21:33.27
beautifully, in Isaiah
40 verse 3, when he talked
00:21:33.43\00:21:36.03
about John the Baptist,
he said he is the voice of
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one in the wilderness,
you remember Christ and
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the wilderness. Now,
he saying to prepare the
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way of the Lord, make
straight in the desert a
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highway for our God.
What is, what is our job,
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if John is a representative
of those, giving the
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message in the last
days, shouldn't our message
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be the same as John the
Baptist, should we not be
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preparing the high way,
should we not be preparing
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a people to meet Jesus.
Oh! Friend I believe so,
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Isaiah understood this
concept, you and I hopefully
00:22:08.33\00:22:11.13
will understand this
concept of what it meant to
00:22:11.18\00:22:14.02
prepare the highways,
they understood it very
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well in the Old
Testament time and even in New
00:22:16.43\00:22:18.19
Testament times,
because when the King came to
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visit a town or a
community or a city whatever
00:22:20.76\00:22:23.15
it might be. That they
always did, they always
00:22:23.26\00:22:26.46
straightened out the
roads, now think about it
00:22:26.57\00:22:29.38
today when we go down
the highway we hit some
00:22:29.49\00:22:31.18
of these we call them
potholes, this rough places
00:22:31.24\00:22:33.76
in the road and we
don't really like that but you
00:22:33.79\00:22:35.95
know what we don't
like all the tax money
00:22:36.09\00:22:37.49
sometime it takes to
fix them either. But there's
00:22:37.66\00:22:40.40
holes in the road,
there's holes in our what?
00:22:40.48\00:22:42.81
In our characters and so
these all had to be fixed,
00:22:43.00\00:22:47.63
filled in, replaced
before the King would come and
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what is Jesus
telling here's the principle,
00:22:51.50\00:22:53.49
the principle is those
rough places in our lives.
00:22:53.84\00:22:56.35
Those bad rough character
flaws that we might have
00:22:57.06\00:23:00.36
whether it's in speech
or eyes or ears, they need
00:23:00.50\00:23:04.03
to be fixed before the
King comes. The bad places,
00:23:04.09\00:23:07.80
the rough places need to
be fixed, the potholes of
00:23:07.88\00:23:11.29
sin needs to be
filled with the Glory of God,
00:23:11.55\00:23:14.40
friend there is a real
lesson for us in this, can we,
00:23:15.79\00:23:18.47
we can see quickly then
the symbolism of the work
00:23:18.64\00:23:21.53
of John that we've
talked about that you read I'm
00:23:21.56\00:23:24.01
sure of two points,
number one is the demand of
00:23:24.12\00:23:28.11
a character change.
He said repent, have a
00:23:28.15\00:23:31.45
change of life. Oh!
Friend and the others certainly
00:23:31.54\00:23:34.65
is giving the Gospel
message, think about giving
00:23:35.54\00:23:38.44
the Gospel message and
we're commissioned to go
00:23:38.54\00:23:40.39
around the world, part
of that Gospel message has
00:23:40.57\00:23:43.26
dealing with the sin
issue of what? Of going out
00:23:43.52\00:23:47.03
of our life why?
Because sin separates us from
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God, I think this make
a big statement right now.
00:23:50.82\00:23:55.14
There will some people
who will probably disagree
00:23:55.28\00:23:57.53
but I believe with all my
heart from what little study.
00:23:58.96\00:24:02.40
Don't know everything,
don't claim to and I think
00:24:02.81\00:24:05.87
through the
ceaseless ages you know what,
00:24:06.05\00:24:07.63
I still won't know everything,
millions and billions of
00:24:07.97\00:24:10.91
years by God's grace, if
I make it I'm still gonna be
00:24:11.11\00:24:13.31
a learner in the school
of Christ, but I do believe
00:24:13.34\00:24:16.35
this, I do believe that
by the power of God that
00:24:16.49\00:24:21.72
every sin is going
have to go from our life,
00:24:21.84\00:24:24.01
if not we're going to
have to go. Sin does separate
00:24:24.13\00:24:27.26
us from God and you
know what we will not make
00:24:27.34\00:24:29.73
it to Heaven with one
unconfessed sin. Shocking,
00:24:29.76\00:24:37.27
but think about when
sin came to bear fruit in
00:24:38.81\00:24:40.86
Heaven, what happen
there was a separation when
00:24:40.91\00:24:43.56
sin bore fruit and
came in the open, in the
00:24:43.70\00:24:45.75
Garden of Eden. They
were cast out, think about it,
00:24:45.88\00:24:49.53
God's very particular,
he's not gonna let Heaven
00:24:51.38\00:24:53.32
all the other universe
you see be subject to that
00:24:53.35\00:24:59.32
sin issue again when
he comes a second time.
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We had a work to do
and God wants us to give
00:25:02.37\00:25:04.89
that work to people.
What about the character of
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John? Think about it
today, if he's a representative
00:25:07.82\00:25:12.95
of those people that
will give the message what
00:25:13.26\00:25:15.25
did he do, what did
he say, how did he act?
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.39
Well, the Bible here
is given for an example is
00:25:18.04\00:25:21.06
that right. He was a man
that dressed differently,
00:25:21.14\00:25:24.15
here was a man that
ate differently, here was a
00:25:24.36\00:25:25.95
man that spoke
differently, here was a man that
00:25:26.01\00:25:27.77
gave a different
message then, then the norm
00:25:27.81\00:25:30.57
and lot of people
didn't like that. They couldn't
00:25:31.15\00:25:34.03
really accept that,
they thought he was a
00:25:34.07\00:25:37.29
trouble maker, he was a
oddball, he was peculiar
00:25:37.71\00:25:42.03
and many I'm sure they
will stay away from this
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.82
group, have you
ever heard that today,
00:25:44.91\00:25:46.01
somebody say about the
Church that you attend.
00:25:46.09\00:25:47.87
Oh! That's a little bit
peculiar, that's odd, stay
00:25:48.31\00:25:49.61
away from there. A
lot of people rather you
00:25:49.74\00:25:51.83
would be got out there
and run the street, rather
00:25:51.98\00:25:53.45
than go to the Church
that they don't agree with.
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.17
After all we stay
away from John and John the
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.52
Baptist, his mission
and what he's proclaiming
00:26:01.64\00:26:03.75
is because he is not
with the main group, have you
00:26:04.04\00:26:06.43
ever heard that? Oh!
We've got to be with the
00:26:06.50\00:26:08.34
main group, oh! We
have got to be, oh!
00:26:08.47\00:26:10.38
It couldn't possible be
right because there's such
00:26:10.43\00:26:12.33
a little group. Jesus
always referred to the straight
00:26:12.36\00:26:15.19
and the narrow, he
referred to just a small
00:26:15.28\00:26:17.91
remnant in the last
days. Do you remember that?
00:26:18.02\00:26:20.02
He never talked about
the majority making it to
00:26:21.00\00:26:22.98
Heaven. He said the
way is prepared praise God
00:26:23.37\00:26:26.54
for anyone who wants to
be, I love that song by the
00:26:26.85\00:26:29.81
way. There is room
at the cross for you,
00:26:29.88\00:26:33.15
though millions have
come there is still room for
00:26:34.00\00:26:36.07
one, yes there is
room at the cross for you.
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.81
Oh! The preparation is
made, the blood is sufficient,
00:26:39.00\00:26:41.76
but we have to accept
that, we have to be willing
00:26:42.07\00:26:43.95
to be obedient to those
things that God has for us.
00:26:44.11\00:26:48.23
Yet as he was rejected
and yet accepted by a few,
00:26:50.30\00:26:53.73
he was still a
representative of God wasn't he?
00:26:54.19\00:26:56.73
He was still God's
man, he was God's man from
00:26:57.40\00:27:00.46
the womb if you
remember and you study.
00:27:00.49\00:27:02.33
He was preparing the
way for Jesus to come up on
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.23
the sin, John was a
miracle child you remember,
00:27:06.26\00:27:09.44
Abraham had a miracle
child, and Mary had a miracle
00:27:09.55\00:27:12.24
child. Friend one thing
I believe is very important
00:27:12.42\00:27:15.44
for us to realize that
you and I we can do nothing
00:27:15.58\00:27:17.77
of our own. All we can
do the very best effort you
00:27:18.31\00:27:25.38
see is nothing without
the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:27:25.41\00:27:30.02
a lot of people try,
they work hard at it.
00:27:31.07\00:27:33.35
I feel like the
message like this any Pastor,
00:27:34.28\00:27:36.96
if the Holy Spirit is not
accompanying what is being
00:27:37.62\00:27:39.43
said. It's not going to
get into your ears or anyone
00:27:39.62\00:27:42.55
else's ears or heart or
mind. There is nothing that
00:27:42.72\00:27:45.45
I can say, there is
times my heart cries out.
00:27:45.55\00:27:48.45
Lord could I say something,
do something you know,
00:27:49.53\00:27:51.74
if we get on our knees
and we crawl, if we beg,
00:27:51.77\00:27:53.90
will it do, no. the power
of the Holy Spirit that can
00:27:53.99\00:27:58.05
take simple words like
being spoken here today.
00:27:58.13\00:28:01.42
Can take these little
simple words and they can plant
00:28:01.98\00:28:03.89
them in your heart and
you know what, you can hear,
00:28:03.97\00:28:06.16
one of my prayers
before everything in my private
00:28:06.33\00:28:08.69
prayer. Is Lord I know
in myself I'm gonna make a
00:28:08.73\00:28:12.03
mess of it, but I know
that you can let the people
00:28:12.09\00:28:14.98
hear exactly what they
need to hear and nothing
00:28:15.01\00:28:17.17
else. Something that
will change their heart and
00:28:17.26\00:28:19.35
life, I can't say
anything, but it doesn't stop us
00:28:19.46\00:28:22.70
from giving the
message, we need that what,
00:28:22.80\00:28:24.91
that power after you
receive Him, we read what,
00:28:25.33\00:28:28.14
then we receive
power of the Holy Ghost,
00:28:28.25\00:28:30.98
Jesus said without
me and John 15:5 isn't?
00:28:32.85\00:28:35.24
Without me, you can do
nothing, but then he goes
00:28:35.66\00:28:39.58
on and says in Luke
1:32: Nothing shall be
00:28:39.65\00:28:42.57
impossible, right with
Jesus Christ nothing is
00:28:42.75\00:28:46.29
impossible, so if
you're facing that today there
00:28:46.40\00:28:49.01
everything seems to
impossible, life is just
00:28:49.05\00:28:51.41
a mess, you just don't
know which way to turn,
00:28:51.56\00:28:53.67
your world is going
upside down, you can say your
00:28:54.08\00:28:56.37
marriage is crumbling,
your job, your education,
00:28:56.63\00:28:58.65
you don't know what to
do. There's some people
00:28:59.06\00:29:00.32
getting laid off from
their work, they're in their
00:29:00.42\00:29:01.80
50's or in their 60's
and it's like no one wants
00:29:01.95\00:29:04.20
them anymore. Jesus
does, he has a way for
00:29:04.28\00:29:09.29
you, he has a map
planned out for you, don't get
00:29:09.43\00:29:13.22
despondent, don't get
discouraged. Because all
00:29:13.43\00:29:16.31
things are possible
through Jesus Christ, cast
00:29:16.41\00:29:19.55
yourself on him, while
he cares for you and he
00:29:19.66\00:29:22.85
cares for me. He cares
enough, that he's commission
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.84
men and women in the
last days, he's commissioned
00:29:25.98\00:29:28.36
them all through his
scripture to give a specific
00:29:28.53\00:29:30.67
message, a specific
time to warn the people just
00:29:30.81\00:29:34.40
before a big event.
Have you notice that before
00:29:34.45\00:29:38.62
Sodom and Gomorrah,
before the flood, just to
00:29:38.75\00:29:42.82
give you examples of
things that were going to
00:29:43.02\00:29:44.50
happen, when
Jerusalem was destroyed,
00:29:44.59\00:29:46.19
there was always
warnings that were given.
00:29:46.36\00:29:48.24
God was speaking
through his prophets,
00:29:48.44\00:29:50.15
through his people and
he said I'll always do that,
00:29:50.19\00:29:52.98
our problem is we will
not listen. May God help us
00:29:53.25\00:29:56.32
to listen today to the
words of God, we need it.
00:29:56.40\00:29:59.42
Now, I do believe
this, I believe we live
00:30:00.80\00:30:02.60
in a world that's
almost fully in Apostasy.
00:30:02.63\00:30:06.36
Doesn't matter
what people profess,
00:30:07.09\00:30:08.15
the profession of
religion is nothing.
00:30:08.37\00:30:09.91
There is a lot of people
oh! Yeah, well yeah I'm a
00:30:10.87\00:30:12.29
Christian, I heard
some people say oh!
00:30:12.37\00:30:13.61
I'm a believer,
their life doesn't show it.
00:30:14.49\00:30:17.33
We can say that we
profess to be a Christian
00:30:18.43\00:30:20.97
and we love Jesus, but
we're not willing to be
00:30:21.01\00:30:23.43
obedient to him,
we're not his follower.
00:30:23.48\00:30:26.43
Jesus said if you will
love me, keep my commandment,
00:30:26.68\00:30:28.79
it's very simple and
yeah how we disregard that
00:30:28.84\00:30:32.30
why? Because it
demands self denial, we don't
00:30:32.61\00:30:36.92
want that self denial,
we don't want any chains
00:30:36.98\00:30:39.57
on, we want to do
what we want to do,
00:30:39.71\00:30:41.62
that's that selfish
you again. John came to say
00:30:41.73\00:30:44.39
look that all has to
go, sin going to have to go,
00:30:44.51\00:30:47.37
selfishness gonna have
to go, pride's gonna have
00:30:47.60\00:30:49.33
to go. Let me just say it
while I'm on it right now.
00:30:49.36\00:30:51.85
You know I heard a
lot of people they'll say,
00:30:52.11\00:30:53.46
well you know so and
so was at the, so and so
00:30:53.59\00:30:56.00
you know he is a
lair, he is an adulterer,
00:30:56.61\00:30:58.83
he is this, oh! This
sin's a lot worse than that sin,
00:30:58.93\00:31:01.33
listen any sin will
keep you out of the heaven.
00:31:01.45\00:31:03.18
And the people that are
broadcasting these things,
00:31:04.65\00:31:06.65
they know not of,
they're just as accountable and
00:31:06.84\00:31:10.44
God will hold them
accountable. We cannot
00:31:10.81\00:31:13.68
pick and choose well this
sin is this, this is that,
00:31:13.89\00:31:16.11
this is right here, your
eyes just it's a sin to lie.
00:31:16.33\00:31:19.70
It's a sin to make a
judgment, it's wrong and
00:31:20.96\00:31:24.87
yet sometimes we're
talking and condemning this
00:31:24.90\00:31:27.08
person and that
person because maybe they've
00:31:27.27\00:31:28.72
done this or we think
they have or somebody said
00:31:28.75\00:31:30.81
they have. Friend
that has to go in our life,
00:31:30.95\00:31:34.14
look we have to love
people enough that we
00:31:34.29\00:31:36.45
would rather die,
than say anything bad about
00:31:36.48\00:31:39.56
them, Lord help me. You
know how difficult it is
00:31:39.70\00:31:44.50
for you to say
anything bad about your child,
00:31:44.57\00:31:46.74
it's very difficult to
even be honest when they're,
00:31:48.24\00:31:49.71
well little troublemakers.
Well, I'm almost said
00:31:51.07\00:31:52.88
deacons, but I am not
going to say that, think
00:31:53.05\00:31:56.31
about it, it's hard for
us to say and we won't let
00:31:56.40\00:31:59.45
anybody right, neighbors
and family say anything bad
00:31:59.74\00:32:01.87
about our children we
stand up in defense man,
00:32:02.06\00:32:03.74
but why is it that we
won't do that with our
00:32:04.80\00:32:06.42
fellowman, when Jesus
said we have to love Him,
00:32:06.58\00:32:10.02
supremely and our
fellowman is ourselves.
00:32:11.19\00:32:13.70
Is there something wrong
in our, our relationships.
00:32:14.64\00:32:17.08
There's something
really wrong, do we understand
00:32:18.16\00:32:20.49
the message that God
has given, see our message
00:32:20.82\00:32:23.50
today has to be just
as direct as that of John
00:32:23.61\00:32:27.28
the Baptist and Elijah,
just as direct and I have
00:32:27.31\00:32:31.41
tell you what? It upset
people, they didn't like it,
00:32:31.53\00:32:34.76
they didn't wanna
hear it and what do you do,
00:32:35.03\00:32:38.16
if you don't like
something what do you do?
00:32:38.29\00:32:41.31
If you can't shut their
mouth up, what do you do?
00:32:41.34\00:32:42.31
Lets get rid of them,
just push them out the
00:32:42.32\00:32:44.54
door what do you say,
let's shut him up that way.
00:32:44.76\00:32:47.63
Oh! I have seen it
happen, I'm sure you have too.
00:32:48.62\00:32:50.70
It doesn't mean if what
they were saying was right
00:32:52.30\00:32:53.82
or wrong, that wasn't
the issue, the issue was
00:32:53.85\00:32:55.28
we didn't wanna hear it
and we wanted to get rid
00:32:55.35\00:32:57.58
of it, wow! Is that
way we really do to those
00:32:57.69\00:33:01.02
who we really love,
surely not. But our message
00:33:01.13\00:33:07.68
has to be in the
Spirit and power of Elijah,
00:33:07.97\00:33:11.57
he rebuke Kings in
the midst of their sin,
00:33:12.65\00:33:15.94
he call sin by it's
right name. You know,
00:33:16.15\00:33:18.37
you have very few even
Pastors today that's willing
00:33:18.49\00:33:20.44
to call sin by his
right name. They don't wanna
00:33:20.59\00:33:23.53
do it why? Because
sometimes the Church
00:33:23.70\00:33:24.87
members get upset,
you ever dealt with that.
00:33:24.98\00:33:27.03
I heard a Pastor say
one time, this is not try to
00:33:28.81\00:33:30.72
pad me on the back or
anybody else on the back,
00:33:31.29\00:33:33.00
that's not the issue at
all. But sometimes he would
00:33:33.07\00:33:36.68
come to visit the
Church and come after certain
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.86
message he came up
me, he said I wish I could
00:33:38.89\00:33:41.02
present that kind of
message. He's been preaching
00:33:41.08\00:33:43.10
for forty years, I wish I
could present that kind of
00:33:43.21\00:33:46.97
message in the Church I
just can't, I just can't
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.65
seem to do it. I
said, why can't, you do it?
00:33:49.72\00:33:53.24
He said well right now I
feel like I need to but I've
00:33:54.59\00:33:56.44
got, oh! No, I hate to
say this, he said I have got
00:33:56.48\00:33:59.22
two years to
retirement. I don't wanna create
00:33:59.30\00:34:03.47
any waves, really.
Friend, who are you trying to
00:34:03.50\00:34:08.04
please, I told him don't
worry about retirement God
00:34:08.22\00:34:12.53
can take care of your
retirement, say what God
00:34:12.69\00:34:16.15
has asked you to say.
Have clear conscious at night,
00:34:16.53\00:34:19.30
when someone comes
to you with an issue,
00:34:20.54\00:34:22.22
a Church member
whatever don't just pad it down
00:34:22.50\00:34:24.89
when it's dead wrong.
Tell him it's dead wrong
00:34:25.05\00:34:26.90
based on the word of
God, oh! You love them,
00:34:27.14\00:34:28.56
you're gonna pray for
them, you're gonna work
00:34:28.60\00:34:30.04
with them, but it's
wrong and it will never inherit
00:34:30.17\00:34:32.89
the Kingdom of God.
This is what we need to hear,
00:34:33.08\00:34:36.64
I need to hear, I need
to know clearly what's right
00:34:37.78\00:34:39.54
and what's wrong, what
God accepts and what he
00:34:39.80\00:34:41.32
doesn't. And so John
gave the message of repentance
00:34:41.45\00:34:44.68
and calling people to
Jesus and to be Baptized and
00:34:45.19\00:34:47.79
let me tell you this, he
wasn't just talking about
00:34:48.02\00:34:49.81
rebaptism or
Baptism for certain of you.
00:34:49.86\00:34:51.99
He was talking about
Christian who professed to
00:34:52.17\00:34:53.87
be that already been
Baptize, that they needed to
00:34:53.90\00:34:56.32
change because of
their thinking and what they
00:34:56.44\00:34:58.02
were doing, was
contrary to the word of God.
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.28
So, he is calling to
repent what is our message
00:35:01.24\00:35:04.43
today John had a
message before the first coming
00:35:04.53\00:35:06.86
of Jesus we have a
message before the second coming
00:35:06.89\00:35:09.26
of Jesus, our message
is going to be found in
00:35:09.29\00:35:11.77
Revelation 14, called
the three angels message.
00:35:11.80\00:35:15.24
That message is to give
Glory to God just going to
00:35:16.13\00:35:18.49
all of the world. That
message is a sanctifying
00:35:18.78\00:35:22.33
message, that message
is a challenging message,
00:35:22.61\00:35:25.18
that message is a, a
word that would be given
00:35:25.64\00:35:28.36
in due season, that
will change the hearts and
00:35:28.51\00:35:31.05
life and prepare a
people to meet Jesus if you
00:35:31.22\00:35:33.84
accept it. What's
wrong with fearing God and
00:35:33.87\00:35:36.35
give the Glory to
Him, what's wrong with,
00:35:36.42\00:35:38.34
right, go back to
the one who made Heaven
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.93
and earth and
the sea and all there
00:35:39.96\00:35:41.49
in, there is nothing
wrong with going back to
00:35:41.57\00:35:43.38
the creator, but when
you go back to the creator,
00:35:43.41\00:35:45.32
you go back to
keeping the commandments,
00:35:45.41\00:35:46.65
people they say we
don't wanna get into that
00:35:46.81\00:35:48.58
now, wow! Our message
has to do friend with the
00:35:48.66\00:35:55.61
judgment hour we
live in the hour of God's
00:35:55.75\00:35:59.16
judgment and Jesus is
soon to come, how does
00:35:59.29\00:36:03.83
that sound to you.
In the judgment hour and
00:36:03.90\00:36:08.46
have been from many,
many years and it won't
00:36:08.49\00:36:10.68
be long that
judgment's going to close,
00:36:10.80\00:36:13.41
the Bible is very
clear on the issue that smoke
00:36:13.69\00:36:17.23
fills the temple and
Jesus stands up and once again
00:36:17.32\00:36:19.70
as his own cavalry says
it's done, it's finished.
00:36:19.75\00:36:23.10
He puts on his Kingly
attire, he comes back we're
00:36:24.92\00:36:28.63
in that hour that our
names are coming up in
00:36:28.74\00:36:31.03
the judgment. People
say well you know I don't
00:36:31.15\00:36:35.15
believe that listen he
said I will bring my reward
00:36:35.42\00:36:36.92
with me, think about
it I bring it with me,
00:36:37.06\00:36:40.67
so that means it's
settled before he comes does
00:36:40.90\00:36:43.00
that make sense.
And have you chosen a
00:36:43.03\00:36:48.42
representative,
have you chosen Jesus as
00:36:48.53\00:36:51.69
your Lord and Savior,
if not why not, we have
00:36:51.72\00:36:56.08
message to bear but
we also have a life to
00:36:56.12\00:36:58.03
get ready. Because
in the judgment hour,
00:36:58.06\00:37:00.93
dear friends we need
Jesus standing in our
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.91
defense. We all say as
Christian he is our advocate,
00:37:03.13\00:37:06.31
oh! My, he is my representative,
00:37:06.91\00:37:08.57
if he is that means
he is going to stand for
00:37:09.58\00:37:11.13
you but he cannot
stand for you, if you don't
00:37:11.16\00:37:12.82
stand for Him today. If
you're not his witness of
00:37:12.93\00:37:16.06
Faith today then he
can't be your witness before
00:37:16.20\00:37:18.87
the Father. I tell you
when my name comes up in
00:37:18.92\00:37:23.29
the judgment, but you
know what this is scary.
00:37:23.36\00:37:25.72
The Bible said the
judgment begins in the house
00:37:26.97\00:37:28.49
of God with those who
have passed, but you know
00:37:28.57\00:37:30.07
what then it goes
onto the living. Could it
00:37:30.20\00:37:32.68
possibly be that we
are in the judgment of the
00:37:32.87\00:37:34.92
living right now and
after that it's over he is
00:37:34.97\00:37:37.71
going to come, that's
a scary thought when my
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.19
name comes up, I
need Jesus, how about you.
00:37:40.40\00:37:42.85
I need Him to stand
up between me and the
00:37:43.42\00:37:45.57
Father, I can't stand in
the Father, I will tell you
00:37:45.62\00:37:47.46
I've sinned and come
short of the Glory of God,
00:37:47.49\00:37:49.29
I need Jesus to stand
for me and I often said
00:37:49.75\00:37:52.90
there as he stretch
forth those precious hands.
00:37:53.02\00:37:54.37
Oh! Precious hands and
what do you think you're
00:37:54.45\00:37:58.38
gonna see, what does
the Father see when he
00:37:58.51\00:38:00.04
stretches forth those
hands. He is reminded once
00:38:00.23\00:38:03.41
again two of those nail
prints and Jesus is going
00:38:03.54\00:38:06.74
to say, Kenny Shelton,
the Father, my name will
00:38:06.85\00:38:11.60
come as just Kenny
Shelton. Then the Father
00:38:11.72\00:38:15.59
looks at his son and
Jesus says my blood, oh!
00:38:15.62\00:38:21.62
Yeah if Jesus wanted
to go in too he'd say oh
00:38:21.65\00:38:22.98
boy he was a rascal.
There are a lot of things,
00:38:23.04\00:38:26.35
all of them not good,
it was just, he doesn't,
00:38:26.42\00:38:28.53
he says my blood and
you know what the beautiful
00:38:28.63\00:38:31.22
thing about that
the books in Heaven.
00:38:31.25\00:38:33.21
Because that blood it
covers us, think about it,
00:38:33.78\00:38:35.98
it covers us, it
washes away all sin. Father,
00:38:36.58\00:38:39.92
my blood and Jesus
and God says oh! That's
00:38:40.09\00:38:42.66
sufficient, my son came
down, he lived the perfect
00:38:42.80\00:38:45.39
life and oh know can
he by Faith accepted that
00:38:45.56\00:38:48.23
life come on in you're
part of the family of God.
00:38:48.26\00:38:51.01
Oh! Man I need that, I
need that encouragement
00:38:52.61\00:38:54.39
how about you today,
that I can be part of the
00:38:54.49\00:38:57.86
family of God. You and
I we need to quit worrying
00:38:57.95\00:39:00.79
about other people's
life and how they get this
00:39:00.85\00:39:03.17
right or they're
getting that right, get it right
00:39:03.27\00:39:04.97
yourself and I need
to get it right myself,
00:39:05.02\00:39:07.17
I need to focus on it,
so that I could be better
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.46
witness for Jesus
Christ. John was focusing on His
00:39:09.60\00:39:13.95
mission, Elijah focused
on His mission by the way
00:39:14.30\00:39:18.21
we need to be
focusing on our mission today.
00:39:18.46\00:39:20.89
The Spirit and power of
Elijah, this message must
00:39:21.18\00:39:25.74
be given, we had to be
ready for that and such
00:39:25.81\00:39:28.05
an our as we think not
what? the Bible says the
00:39:28.09\00:39:30.26
son of man is going
to come, but do you have
00:39:30.41\00:39:34.36
Jesus Christ right now
to stand in your place,
00:39:35.27\00:39:38.16
if not why not?
What's holding you back,
00:39:39.04\00:39:41.02
some of you; you know
what it is some what it's
00:39:42.36\00:39:43.39
the lust of the eye,
think about it. It could be,
00:39:43.49\00:39:49.01
what we hear, I heard
some people say well I
00:39:50.68\00:39:53.99
just can't look quit looking
at this, I just can't quit
00:39:54.24\00:39:57.26
doing this. Do you
realize whatever that might be,
00:39:57.29\00:40:00.89
if it's wrong, it's
going to keep us out of Heaven.
00:40:01.00\00:40:03.96
Is that all Heaven
means to you or is it a time
00:40:06.96\00:40:09.81
of a little self sacrifice,
denying of self say God help
00:40:09.86\00:40:14.46
me, I can't control
this but you can and I'm
00:40:14.55\00:40:17.22
going to commit it to
you and your care and your
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.07
keeping. God called John
to the greatest work that's
00:40:19.24\00:40:22.03
ever been committed to
man and he's called his
00:40:22.21\00:40:24.30
last day people to
that same type of work.
00:40:24.42\00:40:27.17
And that is warning
the people to meet Jesus
00:40:28.27\00:40:30.26
now it doesn't
matter how many times you've
00:40:30.30\00:40:31.92
heard me say that
because I'm gonna continue to
00:40:31.98\00:40:33.53
say that and I pray
that the God will help me in
00:40:33.57\00:40:36.15
all messages to always
lift up the name of Jesus.
00:40:36.19\00:40:39.03
And always reminds you
that probation is closing,
00:40:39.81\00:40:42.16
always reminds you that
sin is going to have to go,
00:40:42.40\00:40:44.55
always remind that
you need a savior, always
00:40:44.75\00:40:47.01
reminds you things are
getting way to happen in
00:40:47.25\00:40:48.77
the world dear friends
they are not going remind
00:40:48.81\00:40:50.76
the way they are, they
will not get better they
00:40:50.87\00:40:52.83
will wax worse and
worse, that's what the Bible
00:40:52.93\00:40:54.84
says, and I need that
shelter, you need that
00:40:55.10\00:40:58.20
shelter. People say
well that's wonderful because
00:40:58.36\00:41:02.68
I have read in the
word that you know Elijah is
00:41:02.83\00:41:05.14
going to come, you
remember that in Malachi 4:5,
00:41:05.25\00:41:08.09
he say oh! Yeah:
Behold I will send you what?
00:41:09.09\00:41:11.69
Elijah the Prophet
before the coming of the great
00:41:12.06\00:41:15.63
and dreadful day of
the God, oh! Some say well
00:41:15.91\00:41:19.40
Elijah is going to come
back, oh! Friend just spend
00:41:19.64\00:41:21.83
time, we don't have
time to go into a today,
00:41:21.95\00:41:23.49
but Elijah is not going
to comeback, it has to do
00:41:23.96\00:41:26.89
with the message that
Elijah gave, it had to do
00:41:27.01\00:41:29.80
with the message that
John was giving or the
00:41:29.91\00:41:32.44
messages that we
should be giving today is to
00:41:32.57\00:41:35.31
prepare to meet thy
God, prepare to meet thy
00:41:35.34\00:41:39.07
God, notice the
word prepare to meet God.
00:41:39.20\00:41:41.87
A preparation work we're
in a shaking time right now,
00:41:44.02\00:41:46.95
everything that's
not fasten down, will be
00:41:47.07\00:41:48.61
shaken out, some of
us will be shaken out for
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.06
just a little handful,
little thirty pieces of silver.
00:41:52.29\00:41:54.69
Oh! Friend, don't let
that happened in your life,
00:41:59.11\00:42:01.02
please don't let that
happened in your life,
00:42:01.16\00:42:02.61
quickly let's look at
John's message that he was
00:42:03.41\00:42:06.42
giving and the last
day people will be giving.
00:42:06.45\00:42:09.75
Now remember where
you're affiliated, where you're
00:42:09.94\00:42:12.63
working, what you're
doing, if they're not giving
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.57
the Elijah and John
the Baptist message is it
00:42:14.60\00:42:18.37
possible that God has a
little something in store for
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.65
you. We have to give
this message, because it
00:42:20.73\00:42:25.76
purifies and perfects a
people to get ready for his
00:42:26.09\00:42:29.86
appearing. John by
the way was preaching a
00:42:29.95\00:42:35.07
message that God gave
him, a direct calling of
00:42:35.41\00:42:41.08
God, he was God's
messenger remember that
00:42:41.15\00:42:44.98
now John was what?
God's messenger in the last
00:42:45.13\00:42:48.70
days we just talked
about it, God said my messages
00:42:48.80\00:42:51.27
will be what? The
three angles messages,
00:42:51.49\00:42:54.57
they will deliver what?
Messages, they will deliver
00:42:54.95\00:42:58.78
what God is going to
require of the last day people
00:42:58.88\00:43:01.73
living on the earth.
Don't worry about what
00:43:01.76\00:43:03.43
happened before and
grandma and grandpa and
00:43:03.66\00:43:05.77
all the other people,
they did this, they were good
00:43:05.87\00:43:07.60
people. He's requiring
for you today right now,
00:43:07.67\00:43:10.87
not yesterday, not
tomorrow, but right now
00:43:11.73\00:43:13.45
what he requires of
you. John was the messenger,
00:43:13.64\00:43:16.81
God's last day people
going to have a message to
00:43:16.91\00:43:18.51
bear to the world
that's preparing for the
00:43:18.72\00:43:20.41
coming of Jesus,
number two. John was to bring
00:43:20.54\00:43:24.07
the light of truth, now
think about it his message
00:43:24.22\00:43:27.90
was to bring the light
of truth. Now, what is part
00:43:28.04\00:43:30.39
of our message, what?
Give Glory to him right for
00:43:30.54\00:43:35.17
always judgment is
come. Bible says John 17:17:
00:43:35.38\00:43:38.70
Sanctify them
through what? Thy truth;
00:43:38.85\00:43:41.47
thy word is truth.
We're to be sanctified by
00:43:41.74\00:43:46.34
knowing what truth
is, not a fable, we're not
00:43:46.46\00:43:49.18
going to get to Heaven
by believing some kind of
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.80
a fable, some kind of
a tradition, some kind of
00:43:51.83\00:43:54.31
oh! It doesn't matter
business. Truth is the only
00:43:54.58\00:43:57.60
thing that we will
change your mind and your heart
00:43:57.78\00:43:59.81
and you life, mind
truth, but that truth has to be
00:43:59.93\00:44:02.55
loved, it is not knowledge,
I dealt with knowledgeable
00:44:02.71\00:44:05.61
people and sometimes
I'm going be honest with
00:44:05.70\00:44:07.88
and it doesn't mean
everybody, but I get tired
00:44:08.11\00:44:10.01
of it, oh! Boy, why
because they have all the
00:44:10.45\00:44:13.04
answers, but you know
their life doesn't show.
00:44:13.09\00:44:15.25
You don't have to
be judgmental about it,
00:44:17.57\00:44:18.65
it's just what's out
there for you to view.
00:44:18.73\00:44:20.57
First Thessalonians
says: That we have to develop,
00:44:23.89\00:44:25.60
listen carefully a love
for the truth, do you love
00:44:25.77\00:44:29.75
the truth. That's
all it did, not knowing,
00:44:29.97\00:44:32.81
do you love it, after
all Jesus is truth isn't he,
00:44:33.25\00:44:36.06
is the light, he is
the way. John's message was
00:44:36.09\00:44:38.33
do what, he was to
bring home the light of truth
00:44:38.41\00:44:40.80
and God's last day people
will bringing home the truth
00:44:42.26\00:44:44.50
about what happens when
you die, burning in hell fire,
00:44:44.89\00:44:48.11
about Heaven, about
keeping all the commandments
00:44:48.49\00:44:50.66
of God. You're going
to be bringing home some
00:44:50.69\00:44:53.16
of this, we call new
truth. Now, remember by the way
00:44:53.19\00:44:57.47
they are not new
truths they have always been,
00:44:57.56\00:44:59.49
when Jesus came
what was he doing,
00:44:59.72\00:45:01.51
he was taking the dust
as it were off of those
00:45:01.80\00:45:04.17
truths that had been
hidden by tradition for many,
00:45:04.30\00:45:07.91
many years and he was
uncovering them, he is
00:45:08.00\00:45:09.91
bringing them back to
life, some people say oh!
00:45:09.96\00:45:12.14
That's man, that's new
truth, no that, remember
00:45:12.20\00:45:15.68
Solomon said there
is nothing new what?
00:45:15.82\00:45:17.73
Under the sun. It's
new for maybe me and you
00:45:18.33\00:45:21.42
because we maybe
hadn't see it before.
00:45:21.53\00:45:23.30
John the Baptist
message was to give what? Give a
00:45:24.88\00:45:27.14
new direction, God's
last day people was going
00:45:27.32\00:45:30.60
give a new direction
in our Christian living.
00:45:30.82\00:45:33.30
In the way that we are
to conduct ourselves before
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.71
the coming of Jesus
and the things that need to
00:45:36.78\00:45:39.17
take place, that's new
direction because we've
00:45:39.32\00:45:41.92
always had the other
maybe it was the wrong
00:45:42.17\00:45:43.66
direction we need to
really consider that point,
00:45:43.75\00:45:46.09
now think about new
direction to new thinking is
00:45:47.87\00:45:49.66
someone to say. We
are in the judgment hour,
00:45:49.82\00:45:51.66
oh! That's new, we need
to keep the commandments
00:45:51.84\00:45:54.39
of God by his grace,
remember it's not keeping,
00:45:54.42\00:45:57.65
it's not doing, it's not
earning, it's by grace that
00:45:57.93\00:46:00.85
we're saved through
faith, but because we love him
00:46:01.04\00:46:02.82
what? We want be
obedient, makes sense.
00:46:02.99\00:46:08.44
And so John came
along, he want to impress the
00:46:10.39\00:46:12.74
people with Holy living,
God's last day people will be
00:46:12.78\00:46:16.06
impressing the what?
Holy living that we can
00:46:16.47\00:46:18.69
gain victory over sin,
through the power of Jesus
00:46:18.82\00:46:23.35
Christ, by committing
that thing to him and trusting
00:46:23.51\00:46:27.29
and believing that he can
give us that total victory.
00:46:27.41\00:46:29.99
Perfecting a righteous
character, have you ever
00:46:31.18\00:46:34.82
heard about
message righteous by Faith?
00:46:34.85\00:46:36.80
God's last day people
will be proclaiming that by
00:46:37.29\00:46:39.54
the way, John proclaimed
what? A Holy temple that
00:46:39.70\00:46:42.28
we need to have, so
that Christ can dwell in us,
00:46:42.48\00:46:44.50
we have a health
message to give. Friends,
00:46:44.54\00:46:46.03
this is wonderful,
Spirit of God dwelling inside of
00:46:46.33\00:46:49.26
us, that's a message by
the way can only be given
00:46:49.43\00:46:52.25
by those who what, have
a relationship with Jesus,
00:46:52.66\00:46:55.55
a Holy relationship, a
Holy message. Oh! Lord,
00:46:56.43\00:47:00.30
I need some help, how
about you, oh! Today we
00:47:00.38\00:47:03.03
need help, only the
Holy Spirit can help us to be
00:47:03.24\00:47:05.72
involved, give Glory to
God is to do what, is to we
00:47:05.80\00:47:09.99
let Him reveal his
character through us,
00:47:10.06\00:47:13.31
that gives him Glory.
Are you willing today?
00:47:13.93\00:47:17.00
Do you want to give him
glory, then let him come in
00:47:17.97\00:47:21.22
and let people see it's
no longer I but Christ that
00:47:21.29\00:47:24.24
lives in me. That is
Jesus that comes out,
00:47:24.48\00:47:27.85
oh! Lord I need some help
and I know that you do too,
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.53
he's going to give you
that help. I know he's going
00:47:30.61\00:47:32.80
to give you that help
all you have to do is ask
00:47:32.92\00:47:34.63
for it. John realized
the necessity of controlling
00:47:34.66\00:47:38.92
appetite and controlling
passion. The things that
00:47:39.62\00:47:42.77
he said, the way
he acted, what he did,
00:47:42.80\00:47:44.90
I've often said John
had this commitment that I
00:47:46.77\00:47:49.43
really like and it was
you know written in a song,
00:47:49.46\00:47:52.53
which said I shall not be
what? I shall not be moved,
00:47:52.62\00:47:55.99
just like a tree, that's
planted by the water, Lord,
00:47:56.07\00:47:59.15
I shall not be moved. You
know it takes that kind of
00:47:59.66\00:48:02.24
determination, it takes
that commitment, divinity
00:48:02.27\00:48:05.35
and humanity
working together to make a
00:48:05.38\00:48:07.04
commitment to say God,
regardless of the test,
00:48:07.10\00:48:09.12
regardless of the
try, you know I just sensed
00:48:09.84\00:48:11.46
you know there's
people in the world and maybe
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.66
you're having it today
that you're being drawn
00:48:13.83\00:48:15.29
and pulled in so
many different directions,
00:48:15.34\00:48:17.15
it could be by someone
else, someone else's attention.
00:48:18.71\00:48:21.12
It could be it could be a
thousand different things.
00:48:21.75\00:48:24.32
But you have to commit
to God, you know what is
00:48:25.45\00:48:27.12
right to say I shall
not be moved, when that
00:48:27.26\00:48:29.13
temptation comes,
when that test come.
00:48:29.34\00:48:31.81
God come close to
me, let it be your mind,
00:48:32.63\00:48:36.55
let it be your voice
speak to me, be your strength
00:48:37.20\00:48:39.33
and your power,
because I don't have any.
00:48:39.47\00:48:41.59
Bible is very clear when
I'm weak with him I become
00:48:42.73\00:48:47.00
strong. Oh! Friend he's
our all in all is he not.
00:48:47.46\00:48:51.86
John realized the
importance of preparing
00:48:54.15\00:48:56.13
that way for Jesus
to come and I want you,
00:48:56.23\00:48:58.12
John saw the people by
the way he saw them being
00:48:58.84\00:49:01.78
deceived, he saw the
self satisfying, as they were,
00:49:02.04\00:49:08.25
they were asleep in
their sins and God said to
00:49:08.52\00:49:11.01
him you've got to wake
the people up, I believe that
00:49:11.20\00:49:13.52
God's people need to be
awakened here in the last
00:49:13.59\00:49:15.24
days, how about you.
It doesn't matter how many
00:49:15.30\00:49:19.01
times that you hear,
are you really awake for
00:49:19.04\00:49:21.09
Jesus Christ, oh! I'm
working for a ministry over
00:49:21.30\00:49:24.80
here, oh! I'm doing
this over here, so what,
00:49:24.90\00:49:28.37
though you give
everything that you have and you
00:49:29.20\00:49:32.11
have not love, it useless.
Oh! I'm preaching over here
00:49:32.14\00:49:36.54
and I'm giving and I'm
doing though you give your
00:49:36.72\00:49:39.00
body, the Bible says
to be burned and yet you
00:49:39.17\00:49:42.24
have not love for your
fellowman, it counts nothing.
00:49:42.27\00:49:44.88
Do we really have
that concept in our mind?
00:49:46.93\00:49:48.82
That we have to love God
supremely and our fellowman,
00:49:49.91\00:49:52.47
that we're willing to work
in his behalf, we're willing
00:49:52.52\00:49:54.67
to give a message that
we realize that we will not
00:49:54.78\00:49:56.63
be popular, it will not be
accepted by the majority of
00:49:56.70\00:49:59.43
the world. The world is
going to turn their back on you
00:49:59.48\00:50:02.55
and you will have no
one but Jesus Christ,
00:50:02.95\00:50:05.00
do you love him that
much, do you trust him that
00:50:06.21\00:50:07.76
much. John's message
friend is our message,
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.82
we must warn the world.
He called him to repent,
00:50:13.47\00:50:17.23
he called him to be
Baptized, why he said
00:50:17.52\00:50:20.53
because you're defiled
with sin, we're defiled with
00:50:20.65\00:50:22.79
sin. You know everywhere
I walk in this world today.
00:50:22.96\00:50:25.08
It seems like there is
sin, there's a temptation,
00:50:25.12\00:50:27.18
it's something out
there, catches your attention,
00:50:27.64\00:50:29.47
gets you off track.
You're caught unaware at
00:50:29.60\00:50:31.54
sometime, listen I need
to be clothed and shield by
00:50:31.62\00:50:34.14
the angles of Heaven
everyday, I just say God,
00:50:34.17\00:50:36.43
take this my, shield me.
Because I'll fold without the
00:50:36.60\00:50:43.91
power of the Holy Spirit
maybe you have might feel
00:50:43.94\00:50:46.40
that way today, the Faith
of every soul is soon to be
00:50:46.51\00:50:51.37
decided. Oh! Can I just
talk to you for a minute
00:50:51.70\00:50:53.20
please? Now, don't be
answering the phone, don't
00:50:53.38\00:50:56.84
be texting, don't be
worrying about the Kid's crying
00:50:57.02\00:51:00.43
the other room and
carrying on, the devil has a way
00:51:00.56\00:51:02.38
to get side tracked. But
please listen very carefully;
00:51:02.57\00:51:08.48
the Faith of every soul is
soon to be decided for life
00:51:09.38\00:51:13.99
or death. You have to
make a decision, you have to
00:51:14.05\00:51:16.80
make a choice. Church
it's time right now to rise
00:51:16.87\00:51:23.49
and shine this is the
best time in earth's history to
00:51:23.60\00:51:25.96
be living by the way.
God's going to work marvelously
00:51:25.99\00:51:29.39
for his last day
children, I mean marvelously,
00:51:29.57\00:51:32.55
but we have to be on his
side, but I've sensed this,
00:51:33.39\00:51:37.09
many have lost
courage. You've lost heart.
00:51:38.34\00:51:41.78
You've got weary in
well doing. Oh! Friends I
00:51:43.28\00:51:46.58
understand that
feeling. You've been may be
00:51:46.65\00:51:49.56
neglected, you've
not know ones, you know,
00:51:49.81\00:51:52.35
maybe grabbed you and
put their arms around you
00:51:52.56\00:51:55.19
and kind of loved you and
padded you on the back side
00:51:55.37\00:51:56.97
and said keep up the good
work and sometimes you know
00:51:57.19\00:51:58.97
we need encouragement.
But those who have lost
00:51:59.36\00:52:02.83
courage put your arm
around them. Oh! Just put
00:52:03.60\00:52:05.39
your arm around them
and love them. You can do
00:52:05.45\00:52:07.45
that, many said that we
will can't read the word
00:52:07.48\00:52:10.08
we don't have the time.
Try to get in their home,
00:52:10.11\00:52:11.71
read the word of God to
them. But many souls are
00:52:12.14\00:52:15.94
just sin sick. Oh! Friend,
there is no earthly healing.
00:52:16.10\00:52:21.85
There is no earthly physician,
there is no magic pill
00:52:23.28\00:52:27.62
that we can take. Oh!
It's seemed like the world was
00:52:27.76\00:52:29.62
just so developed,
we just take a pill and
00:52:29.65\00:52:31.43
everything is good. There
is no surgery, there is no
00:52:31.72\00:52:36.03
earthly doctor, there is
no friend, there is no amount
00:52:36.22\00:52:38.32
of money, there is no
specialist that can cure what
00:52:38.35\00:52:41.99
ills us. There is only
one answer you know that,
00:52:42.06\00:52:46.97
I gonna pray for you, I
want you to be praying for me.
00:52:49.06\00:52:50.80
There is only one that we
can offer and that's Jesus
00:52:51.59\00:52:53.48
Christ. We offer him to
you today; take him as your
00:52:53.60\00:52:58.24
friend. The Bible
says in Jeremiah 46:11,
00:52:58.34\00:53:01.92
I love this, he said,
there is a balm in Gilead
00:53:03.56\00:53:06.99
to heal. The song
says that sin sick soul,
00:53:07.95\00:53:10.61
there is a balm, there is
a healing and God's trying
00:53:11.52\00:53:15.88
to heal his people and
to get us to stand on behalf
00:53:16.02\00:53:18.87
of him, to be his
witnesses of Faith.
00:53:19.07\00:53:21.33
Will you do that today,
will you take that challenge
00:53:22.22\00:53:24.56
from God, will you say I
have all these things going
00:53:24.71\00:53:28.08
on in my life, but I
know that Jesus is good for
00:53:28.16\00:53:31.00
whatever ills me. He is
the only answer, accept him
00:53:31.08\00:53:36.21
today, be his
witnesses, he is soon to come.
00:53:36.44\00:53:39.92
Let's pray about that
decision right now, shall we
00:53:40.96\00:53:42.71
as we close.
Merciful Father in Heaven,
00:53:42.84\00:53:46.21
we thank you for your
precious word, thank you for
00:53:46.27\00:53:48.45
those words of power.
That you promised to your
00:53:48.56\00:53:50.99
children just before
you come back, you're gonna
00:53:51.12\00:53:53.15
work mightily in their
behalf. Sin needs to go, the
00:53:53.34\00:53:56.76
savior needs to come
in, we need be filled with
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Holy Spirit power.
Thank you for those decisions
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that were made
right now in Jesus name.
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Amen. Well, friends
until next time, God bless you,
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keep studying the
word everyday, keep praying
00:54:08.43\00:54:11.01
and we look forward
to seeing you next time.
00:54:11.27\00:54:13.83
Welcome back once
again I'm your host Chris
00:54:15.99\00:54:18.67
Shelton and I have pray
that this message is truly,
00:54:18.76\00:54:21.68
truly been a blessing,
I've got a question for you.
00:54:22.06\00:54:24.38
If you were the
only Christian, the only
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representative of
Christ, that your children and
00:54:28.23\00:54:30.45
your friends were ever
acquitted with, what would
00:54:30.64\00:54:33.93
the witness of your Faith
be telling them right now.
00:54:34.09\00:54:37.25
Oh! This is such vital
question, vital question
00:54:37.80\00:54:41.36
because you're a witness
maybe the deciding factor
00:54:41.50\00:54:44.82
as to whether or not
those people in your life
00:54:45.31\00:54:49.07
will make it to the
Kingdom of God and I know that
00:54:49.49\00:54:52.14
you want everyone
that you love to be there
00:54:52.18\00:54:54.83
along with you. Ask
yourself is your witness one
00:54:54.98\00:54:58.62
that will encourage
others, would draw them to the
00:54:58.84\00:55:01.37
Heavenly Father or does
your witness of Faith does
00:55:01.46\00:55:05.07
it need a little tweaking,
does it need to be refined
00:55:05.20\00:55:08.33
a bit, do you need
more time with Jesus.
00:55:08.40\00:55:10.99
You probably heard the
old saying does is I say and
00:55:11.44\00:55:15.57
not as I do. I'm here to
tell you life doesn't work
00:55:15.60\00:55:19.13
that way, your children,
your friend, and your family
00:55:19.28\00:55:23.35
members they tend to
emulate what you are and
00:55:23.44\00:55:27.19
who you are and how you
act. So, if you are one that
00:55:27.31\00:55:31.07
you're come in home
every night, you're the couch
00:55:31.50\00:55:33.20
potato, you're grabbing
things to drink that you
00:55:33.27\00:55:35.48
shouldn't be drinking
and you're putting things in
00:55:35.66\00:55:37.65
your body that you
shouldn't be putting in.
00:55:37.68\00:55:39.31
I guarantee you, those
looking on, they are gonna
00:55:39.78\00:55:42.16
wanna emulate that and
I pray that this message
00:55:42.20\00:55:45.34
has been one to
encourage a change, encourage
00:55:45.47\00:55:48.89
a change of heart,
encourage a change of
00:55:48.94\00:55:51.46
attitude and to began
to believe and walk by
00:55:51.71\00:55:55.22
Faith, they say you
know what I can't just tell
00:55:55.47\00:55:58.42
others to do as I say,
they need to see that I'm
00:55:58.51\00:56:01.49
doing what I believe
as well, we need a better
00:56:01.58\00:56:04.82
walk and we can find
that walk in God's word,
00:56:04.98\00:56:07.72
spend time with him
won't you, you know I used
00:56:08.08\00:56:10.55
to teach school
constantly every day for years
00:56:10.63\00:56:13.72
and I tell my children
don't even, don't do anything.
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Until you have prayer
first and until you have Bible
00:56:18.14\00:56:21.26
study, don't turn on
the radio, don't turn on the
00:56:21.52\00:56:23.81
television set, 'cause
the devil will get you.
00:56:23.86\00:56:26.21
Make God first and
foremost in your life and
00:56:26.43\00:56:28.83
of course as always
we wanna hear from you,
00:56:28.89\00:56:30.88
our address is on the
screen please contact us,
00:56:31.43\00:56:34.04
it's Behold the Lamb
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00:56:34.16\00:56:37.68
Herrin, IL 62948 or
call us central standard
00:56:37.76\00:56:42.04
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00:56:42.30\00:56:46.59
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@yahoo.com or come visit us
00:56:46.62\00:56:51.84
on our website www.behold
thelambministries.com,
00:56:52.00\00:56:56.31
we wanna see, hear from
you, we wanna visit with
00:56:57.78\00:57:00.52
you, we wanna know how
God is using you as a witness
00:57:00.56\00:57:04.30
of Faith for Him, and
may the Lord continue,
00:57:04.62\00:57:07.94
continue to richly
bless you and yours
00:57:08.14\00:57:11.97
always. Until next time, we look
00:57:12.25\00:57:14.50
forward to seeing you God Bless.
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