Hello friends,
and welcome to another
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Behold the Lamb
presents. I am Chris Shelton,
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and I will be your host today.
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Have you ever wondered
what is it in this world
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that we are going to
be privileged to take to
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the glories of
heaven, up in the heaven
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when the Lord returns?
I will give you a hint;
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it's the same thing you
were born with, nothing,
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just your
character. It's who you are,
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how you think, its
your thought process,
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its your personality.
We are going to learn
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about that today in a
sermon that Pastor Kenny
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has entitled
"Destroying the Earthly Nature".
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And I pray that
you will be blessed.
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But before we go to Pastor Kenny
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we are blessed once
again to go to 3ABN's
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worship center, and
we are going to listen to
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"I Worship You Medley"
as done by Lyndon Carriger.
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I worship You, Almighty
God, there is none like You.
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I worship You,
oh Prince of Peace,
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that is all I long to
do. I give you praise for
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You are my righteousness.
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I worship You, Almighty
God; there is none like You.
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I worship You, Almighty
God; there is none like You.
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I worship You,
oh Prince of Peace,
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that is all I long to
do. I give you praise for
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You are my righteousness.
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I worship You, Almighty
God; there is none like You.
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there is none like You.
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I sing praises to
Your Name, oh Lord
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Praises to Your Name, oh Lord
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For Your Name is great,
and greatly to be praised
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I sing praises to
Your Name, oh Lord
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Praises to Your Name, oh Lord
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For Your Name is great,
and greatly to be praised
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I sing praises to
Your Name, oh Lord
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Praises to Your Name, oh Lord
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For Your Name is great,
and greatly to be praised
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I sing praises to
Your Name, oh Lord
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Praises to Your Name, oh Lord
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For Your Name is great,
and greatly to be praised
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For Your Name is great,
and greatly to be praised
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Praise the Lord, and
thank you for another
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opportunity that we
can come into your home
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or wherever you
may around the world to
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present the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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I know you are believer
that Jesus is soon to come,
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and in believing that
we need to be preparing
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for his coming. You
know I've heard people
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say sometime you
know just be good,
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and you will make it
to heaven just kind of do
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the right things, and oh
you will make it up there.
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Oh I just wonder
how heaven use that kind
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of thinking. Are we
going to be like the angels
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of heaven or are we
not. Is just a good person
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going to make, or
is it going to be those
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who are like
Jesus. What really needs
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to be crucified in
our life? We are going to
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be studying today, so
we have a lot of passage
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of scripture. We
have a lot of things that
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we want to cover,
so I am going to ask
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you that you jott
these things down,
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but always before, we
always go to God in prayer.
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We need the power of
the Holy Spirit, don't we,
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to understand these
things, so that we make
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sure we don't miss heaven.
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Why don't you pray
with me, where you can
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just kneel down, if
you can't just go ahead
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and just pray
along with me, I am going
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to kneel now?
Let's ask God to help us.
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Kind, gracious, heavenly
Father, we thank you for
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the privilege of
studying your word once again.
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We ask you to forgive us
of anything in our hearts,
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in our life any
sin, anything that needs
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to be removed.
Right now, I claim that we
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by the blood of Jesus
Christ for the remission
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of sin. I need
heavens windows opened up,
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we need to hear from
the throne room of God.
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We need the power of thy Spirit,
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and we don't need
anything that might
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work across
purposes. So I dedicate my life
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to you right
here at this moment.
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May you speak to
each one of us round the
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world those who are
longing to know what truth is?
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As we set at your
feet, please Lord speaks
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and may our ears be
open that we may hear
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and then that we may
obey in Jesus name, amen.
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Well as we study the word
to me its always exciting,
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so if I get little
excited from time to time,
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don't think anything
about it, in fact I hope
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you get excited along
with me, because of today's
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subject "Destroying
the Earthly Nature".
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Destroying the Earthly
Nature, as probably most
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of you realize, I am
sure there are many in the
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world that have no idea
what we are talking about,
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but if you stay
enough and pay attention
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you are going to find
out, that there is a battle
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that is going on for the mind.
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There is a struggle
that's going on between
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that earthly and the
heavenly, and so when
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we talk about, the
Bible talks about two natures.
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We have the
earthly nature, and we have
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the divine nature. In
another times you read
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in scripture you will
see or the carnal nature.
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Now the earthly
nature, and the carnal nature,
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and the human
nature, the fleshly nature,
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these things
are all against God.
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But then we have
the spiritual nature,
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and we have the
divine nature, and so when
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we have this conflict
going on, this division,
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we are going to have to choose.
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We are going to
have to choose one nature
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or the other. We
are going to allow God
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to come in to
change because we have the
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tendencies to do
the wrong things, or you
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will say well maybe
you don't, well I do,
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and I need some divine help.
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You have your
Bibles turn with me to
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Ephesians chapter 2
verse 3, the Bible here
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will indicate to us
and show us that there are
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two natures in case
you haven't studied in just
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in a while. In
Ephesians chapter two verse 3
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the Bible says
among whom also we all had
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our conversation in
times past, in the lusts
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of the flesh, notice
the word, the lust of what,
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in the lusts of the
flesh, fulfilling the desires of
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the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature
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the children of
wrath, even as others.
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Here is a whole study
right here in this one verse,
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we will go to all of
it, but I want you to know
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Paul is brining
something home to us here.
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He say, as we would say
we are all in the same boat.
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He is brining us
down to the thought that
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because of sin that
we are all brought down
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to a common level, we
are in need of a savior,
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we are all sinners. And
so he reminds us of that
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and then he goes on he
points out some of the sins,
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some of the problem,
he talks about here the
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lust of the
flesh. Remember we are
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talking about either
divine nature, or the
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fleshly nature, you
are going to have one
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or the other, if
it's the fleshly,
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if it's the
earthly, and if the carnal,
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if it's the human
nature where it needs
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to be changed. And
only God can do that,
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we need to allow God
to come into our lives.
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Paul says here is
something he calls out,
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he call the lust of
the flesh, what does that
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really mean lust of
the flesh. Let us make a
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real plain, he is
talking about here the impulses
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of the lower
nature, the impulses of the
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lower nature, what
the body and the mind,
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the natural man
wants to do, and what he
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wants to do is
always enmity against God,
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is always the wrong
things. Have you ever noticed
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that that things
that are wrong sometime,
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or the things that
are enticing you and
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challenging you and
challenging me because
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there is a warfare
going on, what nature
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do you have? How can
that nature be change
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if we have the wrong
nature? After all born
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into the word where
sin and all of the problems
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that's going on, we need
to be born again don't we.
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There needs to be
change that takes place.
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Paul is bringing it
out, the impulses of that
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lower nature, or doing
the desires of our flesh.
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We have to realize that
we talk about a sin issue,
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sin issue always
boils down to simply just
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one point, I
want, I need, and the
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I situation always.
I've heard people saying
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well I know what is
right, I know what the
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Bible says, but you
know what they don't
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want to do it, I
know. Do they really know,
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do they really
understand the word of God?
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The lust of the flesh,
the desire of the flesh,
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and because we follow
the Bible says the desire
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of the flesh, we
are going to be subject,
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we are children the
Bible says of wrath.
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So we see right now
that one nature is talking
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about the fleshly,
the earthly, the human.
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And then Hebrews
chapter 2, you can
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turn with me if
you have your Bibles,
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Hebrews chapter 2
verse 6, Hebrews chapter 2
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verse 6. Now you
think that you are going to
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remember these
verses but you know what
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you probably will not.
And so if you right them
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down you will be able
to study to show yourself
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approved unto God.
Hebrews chapter 2 verse 16,
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I am sorry Hebrews 2
verse 16, here is what
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the Bible says. For
verily he took not on him the
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nature of angles; but
he took on him the seed
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of Abraham. Answer
the question for me,
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who is it talking about
here. I heard someone say,
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they are talking
about Jesus, when Jesus came
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down here, he did not
take the nature of angels
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but he took on him
the seed of Abraham.
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He is subject to
things as we are human beings
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wasn't he, and so we
are looking at here for
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he took not the
Bible says or of course not
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he didn't take it,
and why did he take the
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seed of Abraham. Oh
please pay attention,
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this is exciting.
Why didn't he take that
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of the angels, why did
he take the nature of man?
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Its interesting as
you look a bit deeper,
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you dig in the Greek,
the Greek text as it reads,
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it reads like this.
It says it is not angels
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that Christ is
helping but he remembers,
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or members of the human family.
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So its not angles
that he is helping because
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they have so sin,
right they are not sinners,
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but he is helping
what, the human family,
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why because we
need it, because we have
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that human nature,
we've fallen short,
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we've sinned,
we've have come short,
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we needs some
help. This is good news,
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he took the nature,
and he gained the victory
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where you and I fouled
it up. Oh and he offers
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it to us today, I am
thankful that he took
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that nature, aren't
you? I am thankful he came
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and live the life that
I so miserably messed up.
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I don't know about you,
if you admit that or not,
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but it might be
time that you be honest
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with yourself, maybe
honest with some other
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people too. Bible says
in Luke chapter 5 verse 31,
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it says that they
are talking about.
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They that are whole
need not a physician.
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Jesus came down here to help us,
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where angles that
needed help, who needed help,
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I needed help, you
needed help, because as the
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Bible says they are
that wholly not a physician.
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Some people say
they are whole today,
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but are you really
whole, are you really everything
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alright with Jesus, we
are going to discuss that,
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we are going to get
that little bit more depth
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about those who
claimed that they don't really
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need more, they are
alright the way that they are.
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It might that be a red
flag, may that be something
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that we need to
check out in our life.
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2 Peter 1 verse 14,
turn with me your Bibles,
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its just a few pages
over, sometime we fumble
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around little bit when
we are looking for passage
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of scripture
that's alright. 2 Peter,
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2 Peter chapter 1
verse 4, 2 Peter chapter 1,
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good verse 4, this
is what the Bible says.
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Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great
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and precious promises:
Do you like those promises
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boy I like those
promises. It says that by these
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ye might be
partakers of the divine nature
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having escaped the
corruption that is in the
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world through lust.
Lust keeps coming up
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as you notice in
scripture here, but there is a
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great promise the Bible
says that's giving to us
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that we might escape
all of the mess that the
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devil is
throwing at us everyday.
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We can be partakers of
what, of divine nature,
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so the Bible is
very clear, there is a
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fleshly nature, there
is a divine nature and
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Jesus came down
and live the life,
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and he offers that
to me and you who so
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miserably have
fallen short. Oh it's such
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good news. We are
going to escape the
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Bible says the
corruption that's in the world
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through lust because
of the power of nature
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that he gives us
if you are willing,
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are you willing to
work along with him.
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Don't work at cross
purposes, you can't win,
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just turn your life
over to him, things are going
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to be good. I think
if we just thought back
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just for a minute
here because as we are
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looking at, as we
read 2 Peter 1 verse 4.
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We find that Adam
was created in the, good,
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image of what,
image of God, wasn't he?
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Adam was created
in the image of God,
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you will find that
in Genesis 1 verse 27.
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Then we find the sin
came in and sinned it what?
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Sin marred the
image of Adam, am I right,
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the image of God was
in Adam that was marred
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because of sin. And then
Christ came here to what,
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to win that back, to
straighten everything,
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I praise God for that.
And so with that promise,
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I can expect that
Christ is going to work things
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out to where I can
divinity living in me.
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That I can buy his grade,
you can reflect his image.
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Wow, hey, Jesus so
fully living in you and
00:19:15.02\00:19:20.66
in me his image,
it's Jesus, its no longer
00:19:20.67\00:19:24.79
you and I, but
it's Jesus. We've read
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that so often but it's
so hard for us to get it
00:19:27.41\00:19:29.43
through our head.
People say yeah but this is
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transformation
thing, when does it really
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take place, what really
have, this transformation
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we are talking about
begins at the new birth,
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and it last continues
until Jesus shall come.
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Have you
experience that new birth,
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or if you haven't
experience, why not?
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It's so simple to
experience that new birth
00:19:52.92\00:19:55.83
because I know the Holy
Spirit is working in you.
00:19:55.84\00:19:58.80
The Holy Sprit has
been wooing you and pleading
00:19:58.81\00:20:01.62
with you to get it
right because there are
00:20:01.63\00:20:03.23
some of you, you love
Jesus with all your heart
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and somehow you
turn your back on him,
00:20:06.40\00:20:07.96
you left the church,
you don't go to church
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anymore, you don't
study the word anymore,
00:20:10.36\00:20:12.22
and Jesus is calling
you back into the fold,
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and there is a
battle that's going on.
00:20:14.66\00:20:17.09
He wants you to
have his nature, and the
00:20:17.10\00:20:19.63
enemy will says no,
I want you to have the
00:20:19.64\00:20:21.04
human nature. We
expect to have the victories
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in this life, we need
that nature, don't we the
00:20:24.54\00:20:26.35
image of Jesus Christ in
us. But that divine nature
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can only come in our
lives and in our hearts after
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we fled away from
sin and corruption.
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In other words until
when we make a decision
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that we want to
get Jesus in our life,
00:20:42.26\00:20:44.64
we want sin to go,
and we are willing to turn
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from the
corruption of this world.
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You can't say you
want Jesus in your life,
00:20:50.32\00:20:52.57
you want a
change, you want his image
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reproduced in us while
we are out there messing
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in the world and
the things of the world.
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Too many of us have
so many worldly people
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that we deal
with on a daily basis.
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Somehow we get along
better with the worldlings
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things than we
do with Christians,
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something is not
right. Why is that your,
00:21:08.58\00:21:13.47
some of you are
happier when you around
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worldlings than you are
around Christian people,
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something is wrong. How
is it that you move around,
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and you don't do your
job and so on and so forth,
00:21:22.36\00:21:24.65
and people, oh boy
we like this person,
00:21:24.66\00:21:27.72
we like to be around him.
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We need some changes
to take place in our life.
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We need to give the
power, the Holy Spirit,
00:21:36.22\00:21:39.29
we need to ask for that
Holy Spirit to come into
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our hearts and to
our lives, and watch what
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God would do for us.
I read this in the book
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Desire of Ages, and
again a very beautiful
00:21:47.94\00:21:50.00
book on the life of
Christ and I just pray that
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each one of us here
will take this to heart.
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This is really, this
is exciting, this is what
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God has promised to
do, let me just read
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this to you. He says
the very image of God
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is to be reproduced in humanity.
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Did we get it, the
very image of God is to be
00:22:05.83\00:22:09.86
what, good
reproduced in humanity.
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The honor of God, and
the honor of Christ is
00:22:12.98\00:22:18.13
involved in the
perfection of the character
00:22:18.14\00:22:21.50
of His people. As we
read this that we see
00:22:21.51\00:22:24.68
the God's
character here is on trial.
00:22:24.69\00:22:27.67
The devil says well
you can't be obedient,
00:22:27.68\00:22:29.88
God says all things
are possible through him.
00:22:29.89\00:22:32.26
The honor of God,
the honor of Christ is
00:22:32.27\00:22:35.93
involved in the
perfection of the character of
00:22:35.94\00:22:38.98
His people. Do you
really want that character,
00:22:38.99\00:22:42.55
do you really
want to be like Jesus,
00:22:42.56\00:22:45.15
the very image of God
is going to be reproduced,
00:22:45.16\00:22:48.22
that's a promise to us today.
00:22:48.23\00:22:50.39
In fact it's most
important work that's
00:22:50.40\00:22:55.32
ever been given to
mankind. I am believer
00:22:55.33\00:22:59.77
in this; I believe
this, lot of prophecies
00:22:59.78\00:23:02.49
in the Bible. Oh
they are all good, we can
00:23:02.50\00:23:04.62
read them. People
talk about Sunday Laws,
00:23:04.63\00:23:06.98
they talk about
lot of other prophecy.
00:23:06.99\00:23:08.92
Well its all good, and
we are going to see come
00:23:08.93\00:23:10.36
to past just
like the Bible says.
00:23:10.37\00:23:12.11
But I am convinced of
this, God is looking for
00:23:12.12\00:23:15.10
people that has
His character, and when
00:23:15.11\00:23:18.26
His character is
fully reproduced in us,
00:23:18.27\00:23:20.49
He will come back.
That's what He is waiting on,
00:23:20.50\00:23:24.36
He is waiting for his
character to be perfectly
00:23:24.37\00:23:26.81
reproduced in us, and
then He will come back.
00:23:26.82\00:23:29.76
So how is your life,
how is your character today,
00:23:29.77\00:23:33.22
is it like Jesus,
will you fit in heaven
00:23:33.23\00:23:36.89
or you will be little
different, the different
00:23:36.90\00:23:39.85
won't be there. We've
got to be like the angels
00:23:39.86\00:23:43.82
of heaven. We've
have to let the power
00:23:43.83\00:23:45.60
of the spirit of God come in.
00:23:45.61\00:23:48.14
Some people say
you know I had these
00:23:48.15\00:23:50.56
traits of character all
my life, I've said this,
00:23:50.57\00:23:53.05
I've done that, I've
smoked this, I've drink
00:23:53.06\00:23:55.63
this, I've talked
like this all my life.
00:23:55.64\00:23:57.53
God understands
it and I am sure that
00:23:57.54\00:23:59.35
I am going to make
it into the kingdom.
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So they are blaming
well, I saw, I've heard
00:24:01.31\00:24:05.33
people say oh I
inherited this, so what.
00:24:05.34\00:24:09.02
Well I was born on the
wrong side of the track,
00:24:09.03\00:24:11.54
so what, Paul said
all things become new.
00:24:11.55\00:24:14.03
See we can all look
for excuses and why we
00:24:14.04\00:24:16.61
conduct our self
the way that we do.
00:24:16.62\00:24:18.89
But what about this,
what about this hereditarian,
00:24:18.90\00:24:24.49
this cultivated
tendencies, after all
00:24:24.50\00:24:27.44
they are real, I've
inherited some things
00:24:27.45\00:24:30.88
from my parents
that I don't like.
00:24:30.89\00:24:33.22
And I am sure my
children have inherited some
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.73
things from me they don't like.
00:24:36.74\00:24:38.41
Maybe you inherited
some things from your father,
00:24:39.79\00:24:41.72
I mean people say oh
I've got the temperatures
00:24:41.73\00:24:43.79
like my dad, well I
act and I respond just
00:24:43.80\00:24:47.89
like momma does,
they have always been,
00:24:47.90\00:24:50.98
doesn't make it right.
So let me just challenge
00:24:50.99\00:24:55.35
you quickly, if you
are relying and saying well
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.74
God understand
because I was born this way,
00:24:58.75\00:25:01.36
or I was, I inherited
this thing, let me just read
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something to you,
still Desire of Ages 671,
00:25:06.70\00:25:09.03
this is powerful.
Christ has given His Spirit
00:25:09.04\00:25:13.57
as a divine power to
overcome all hereditary
00:25:13.58\00:25:19.38
and cultivated tendencies,
we've discussed a little
00:25:19.39\00:25:24.10
bit about the
things that we inherit,
00:25:24.11\00:25:26.24
cultivated are
those things are what,
00:25:26.25\00:25:28.42
you keep in operation
all the time, that's wrong.
00:25:28.43\00:25:30.86
The more that you
continue to do the wrong thing;
00:25:30.87\00:25:33.32
the more of what it
becomes a habit to us.
00:25:33.33\00:25:35.64
It grows, is more
difficult to deal with,
00:25:35.65\00:25:38.68
more difficult
to gain a victory.
00:25:38.69\00:25:40.37
But Christ through his
Spirit has given us power
00:25:41.46\00:25:45.41
to overcome all hereditary
and cultivated tendency
00:25:45.42\00:25:49.81
to evil, and to
impress His character upon
00:25:49.82\00:25:55.49
His church, or upon
His people, wow what power.
00:25:55.50\00:26:00.28
Fleshly nature, divine
nature, with that divine
00:26:01.96\00:26:05.67
my nature, he is
talking about here that
00:26:05.68\00:26:08.38
we can gain victory
over all these things that
00:26:08.39\00:26:11.42
so easily beset
us, victory over sin.
00:26:11.43\00:26:14.03
There are people
in the churches today,
00:26:14.04\00:26:16.23
they preach oh you
are not going to gain
00:26:16.24\00:26:17.67
completed victory
over sin, yes you are.
00:26:17.68\00:26:19.88
You are living in the last days.
00:26:19.89\00:26:22.63
We are going to gain
complete victory in Jesus.
00:26:22.64\00:26:25.93
We are going to gain
victory over sin in your life
00:26:25.94\00:26:28.71
because he has promised
to us, he has promised us
00:26:28.72\00:26:31.04
His life. He is going
to empty all of heaven
00:26:31.05\00:26:33.25
if necessary to make
sure if you are in test,
00:26:33.26\00:26:36.41
and you are in trial,
and you don't know which
00:26:36.42\00:26:38.53
way you turn, you think
you are just about to fall
00:26:38.54\00:26:40.35
and go into the
camp of the enemy,
00:26:40.36\00:26:41.89
all you have to do
is dart a prayer quickly
00:26:41.90\00:26:43.73
to heaven, and all of
heaven will be emptied
00:26:43.74\00:26:45.88
for you. All of
heaven will come down
00:26:45.89\00:26:48.83
if need be to fight
that battle, so that
00:26:48.84\00:26:51.21
you don't fall prey to
Satan. I've a difficult
00:26:51.22\00:26:55.57
time in
understanding that kind of love.
00:26:55.58\00:26:58.22
God helped me to
understand that kind of love,
00:26:59.67\00:27:02.45
then I understand
that I have to have the
00:27:02.46\00:27:03.81
love of Jesus in my
heart. I have to love one
00:27:03.82\00:27:06.15
and another the
way Jesus loves me.
00:27:06.16\00:27:08.15
I've to love
people, I love the gospel.
00:27:09.62\00:27:12.39
Some of us are not
very lovely Christians,
00:27:13.67\00:27:16.29
we talk love, and we
say we've to have love
00:27:16.30\00:27:19.18
but boy I am telling
you, you look on your face
00:27:19.19\00:27:21.05
sometime Lord help us.
There needs to be peace
00:27:21.06\00:27:25.89
when someone looks to
you and then they will
00:27:25.90\00:27:27.27
see you, they see some
peace, they see some love,
00:27:27.28\00:27:30.37
they see something
that's just pouring out
00:27:30.38\00:27:32.64
of your pores. That's
the Spirit of God wooing
00:27:32.65\00:27:38.22
them, encouraging
them, strengthening them.
00:27:38.23\00:27:43.04
This is what we need
today. God has promised
00:27:43.05\00:27:46.23
us full and complete
victory over cultivated
00:27:46.24\00:27:50.94
and inherited
tendencies to do evil,
00:27:50.95\00:27:53.75
that means complete
victory, and shame on
00:27:53.76\00:27:56.71
some of you read
Bible passage of scripture
00:27:56.72\00:27:59.21
and say well I read
this and say you know Christ
00:27:59.22\00:28:01.38
I am coming after
a church without spot
00:28:01.39\00:28:03.53
or wrinkle or any such
thing and then you make
00:28:03.54\00:28:05.23
a excuse if he is
going to take sinners on into
00:28:05.24\00:28:08.40
the heaven its
not going to happen,
00:28:08.41\00:28:09.61
because he able.
00:28:09.62\00:28:13.16
That blood that
cleanses us whiter than snow,
00:28:16.05\00:28:20.31
all we have to do is
ask for forgiveness of sin,
00:28:20.32\00:28:23.41
the Bible says he
is faithful in just to
00:28:23.42\00:28:24.95
forgive us, and cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
00:28:24.96\00:28:28.19
See some of you are
just, bless your heart,
00:28:28.20\00:28:30.52
you weighted down
with the sin of the world.
00:28:30.53\00:28:32.71
I've talked to
people, you've talked to them,
00:28:32.72\00:28:34.73
at time it seem like
we had a lot of weight,
00:28:34.74\00:28:36.43
and every time
there is a weight gets on
00:28:36.44\00:28:37.68
my shoulder, oh Lord
this is a heavyweight.
00:28:37.69\00:28:39.63
He reminds me ever, He
is faithful, He reminds me,
00:28:39.64\00:28:44.29
Kenny its not you
that's carrying the load,
00:28:44.30\00:28:49.24
I am carrying you. I am
carrying the load for you.
00:28:49.25\00:28:54.57
I am winning
the battles for you.
00:28:54.58\00:28:56.77
You know Paul said
never not I be the Christ,
00:28:57.90\00:29:00.60
and so often we
don't sense that, so often
00:29:00.61\00:29:06.58
we just don't, we
don't cry out to God when
00:29:06.59\00:29:09.10
we should be crying
out to God because every
00:29:09.11\00:29:11.59
decision we
make is so important.
00:29:11.60\00:29:14.24
It hinges one on the
other. And if we make
00:29:14.25\00:29:20.26
one wrong decision
dear friends it makes
00:29:20.27\00:29:22.01
it easier to make
that same thing again,
00:29:22.02\00:29:24.00
and its get easier and
easier until you no longer
00:29:24.01\00:29:26.07
hear the voice of
the Spirit of God.
00:29:26.08\00:29:27.98
And its so simple
you gonna to say oh God
00:29:30.27\00:29:32.52
please forgive me.
I want to be like you,
00:29:32.53\00:29:36.70
I want your spirit
within me. And just do not,
00:29:36.71\00:29:41.53
do not be like many
people today just say
00:29:41.54\00:29:44.11
oh well you know
its going to be alright
00:29:44.12\00:29:46.50
you know you do
the best we can, and
00:29:46.51\00:29:48.03
we are going to make it
all friend, I don't want to
00:29:48.04\00:29:49.86
be bearer of different
kind of news, but you know
00:29:49.87\00:29:52.80
what that's not,
that's not. We are going to be
00:29:52.81\00:29:55.02
like Jesus. We are
going to be like the angels
00:29:55.03\00:29:56.69
of heaven if we are
going to repopulate,
00:29:56.70\00:29:58.62
that beautiful place
that He has prepared for us.
00:29:59.86\00:30:02.65
Now is the time, now
is the acceptable time
00:30:02.66\00:30:06.57
for salvation. Today
is the day, so why don't
00:30:06.58\00:30:09.73
you do it right now.
I just think, I am just
00:30:09.74\00:30:12.79
talking to
somebody right, now there is
00:30:12.80\00:30:14.00
somebody is going to
listen. There is somebody
00:30:14.01\00:30:16.87
who is going to
heave the voice of God,
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.27
I know that, because
he said His word will
00:30:18.28\00:30:21.20
not return void.
And you are burden down
00:30:21.21\00:30:24.37
and you just
stand it any longer.
00:30:24.38\00:30:26.63
Why don't you just turn
it over to him right now.
00:30:26.64\00:30:29.90
There will be
weight lifted all for you,
00:30:29.91\00:30:31.93
you will feel
different, your attitude will be
00:30:31.94\00:30:33.90
different. You know
while you go to job,
00:30:33.91\00:30:35.77
job tomorrow that
you probably hated,
00:30:35.78\00:30:37.97
you whistle all day along.
00:30:37.98\00:30:39.90
You have a smile on your face,
00:30:41.94\00:30:43.90
because you have
been redeemed by the blood
00:30:44.96\00:30:46.64
of the lamp. This is
what its going to be,
00:30:46.65\00:30:48.90
I need to be redeemed
daily moment by moment,
00:30:48.91\00:30:52.85
I need the Spirit of
God, I need him to help me
00:30:53.88\00:30:57.05
with my evil tendencies
and I want His character
00:30:57.06\00:31:02.09
impressed in my
heart and in my mind,
00:31:02.10\00:31:04.72
and it might be what
he would have me to be.
00:31:04.73\00:31:07.45
Let me say this
somebody still you
00:31:07.46\00:31:08.98
are not listening,
He has a map, a road map
00:31:08.99\00:31:14.07
spiritually with
your name on it, I believe
00:31:14.08\00:31:17.32
this will all my
heart. The only way that
00:31:17.33\00:31:19.67
you are going to
make it and I am going to
00:31:19.68\00:31:21.12
make it is if we
follow his road map or
00:31:21.13\00:31:25.37
his way to heaven.
He knows exactly how to
00:31:25.38\00:31:30.25
get you there. He knows
exactly that is going to
00:31:30.26\00:31:33.51
take through test and
trials and disappointment
00:31:33.52\00:31:36.36
and heartaches. After
all these trials are you know
00:31:36.37\00:31:40.99
His way of testing us,
isn't it, you know that.
00:31:41.00\00:31:43.84
He knows exactly
what is going to take,
00:31:45.31\00:31:47.26
and he realizes
that is too much for you,
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.93
and is too much for
me, but he knows that
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.86
its possible through
him. He said I prepared
00:31:53.87\00:31:55.94
a way for you. He is the
way, exercise that faith,
00:31:55.95\00:32:01.69
exercise that love
today. He is going to do great
00:32:01.70\00:32:04.99
things and he is doing
great things for His people.
00:32:05.00\00:32:07.63
I am just, I want to
use the word shock, may I,
00:32:08.56\00:32:13.82
let me do that, because
this is one subject that
00:32:13.83\00:32:17.96
I would not think
that the people of God need
00:32:17.97\00:32:22.71
more instruction on,
and when I read this,
00:32:22.72\00:32:26.12
I was surely not. We
profess to be Christian;
00:32:27.76\00:32:31.50
we profess to love
Jesus with all of our heart
00:32:31.51\00:32:33.98
and our soul and our
minds. And yet how can this,
00:32:33.99\00:32:38.10
how can this be. And
I ask the question what
00:32:38.11\00:32:42.82
subject, I hope
this make sense to you.
00:32:42.83\00:32:45.61
What subject
mattered as the people of God
00:32:45.62\00:32:49.62
need more instruction
on? See this is what we
00:32:49.63\00:32:52.89
need to be praying
about, this is what we
00:32:52.90\00:32:54.96
need to be laboring
on. You know preachers
00:32:54.97\00:32:57.52
get in the pulpit
and they say well I want
00:32:57.53\00:32:59.19
to preach about this, and
I want to talk about that,
00:32:59.20\00:33:01.36
I want to do this,
get I out of the way.
00:33:01.37\00:33:04.58
Ask God every time
you prepare a message say
00:33:04.59\00:33:06.96
God what do I need, and
what do the people need.
00:33:06.97\00:33:10.40
Every time and it
has to do with the people
00:33:11.13\00:33:13.12
that are here. It has
to do with my own life,
00:33:13.13\00:33:15.94
and when you are
preparing you get the
00:33:15.95\00:33:17.62
message first hand and
this work in your heart
00:33:17.63\00:33:20.29
and your life, and you
are more able to pass it
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.49
on by the power
of God to the people.
00:33:22.50\00:33:25.01
What do they need?
What instruction do
00:33:25.02\00:33:27.63
we need as a
people, maybe more than any
00:33:27.64\00:33:29.67
other right now, and I
use the word shocked again.
00:33:29.68\00:33:33.28
Another book called For
Testimonies 394 said this.
00:33:34.63\00:33:38.16
He said the people of
God, the people of God
00:33:38.17\00:33:42.55
are more ignorant
in regard to the plan
00:33:42.56\00:33:46.75
of salvation and
they need more instruction
00:33:46.76\00:33:50.97
upon this all-important
subject than any other.
00:33:50.98\00:33:57.14
How could we as a
people profess to love
00:33:57.15\00:34:00.44
Jesus need more instructions.
00:34:00.45\00:34:02.04
I am not saying
we've to learn everything,
00:34:02.05\00:34:03.60
but we need more
instruction on plan
00:34:03.61\00:34:06.56
of salvation more than
any other because what,
00:34:06.57\00:34:09.08
because we are
ignorant. That means we don't
00:34:09.09\00:34:11.74
know about it, that's shocking.
00:34:11.75\00:34:13.84
How can that be? I
mention the other day
00:34:13.85\00:34:17.25
in the message and
let me just bring it to
00:34:17.26\00:34:19.22
you quickly. In
recent survey it had many,
00:34:19.23\00:34:23.68
many people took a
bunch of test and the
00:34:23.69\00:34:26.90
test had to do
with some scripture and
00:34:26.91\00:34:28.85
with some simple
answers, some questions
00:34:28.86\00:34:31.23
from scripture. And
they had a group of people
00:34:31.24\00:34:34.41
that answered
them, we say we live and
00:34:34.42\00:34:35.69
we call the Bible
belt and everybody is going
00:34:35.70\00:34:37.81
to say we are believer
in Jesus, we've studied
00:34:37.82\00:34:39.74
the word, we know
scripture, we know the Bible.
00:34:39.75\00:34:42.43
Many, many people took
the test and they look,
00:34:43.30\00:34:45.52
and on the test you
have to put down what faith
00:34:45.53\00:34:47.65
you were and so on and so forth.
00:34:47.66\00:34:49.14
When they got done
with the whole thing
00:34:49.15\00:34:50.47
you know who had the
best answers, right answers
00:34:50.48\00:34:53.25
of all the
Christians, the agnostics
00:34:53.26\00:34:57.27
and the infidels. Now
that's pretty interesting,
00:34:57.28\00:35:05.23
the unbelievers, how
could they, how could someone
00:35:05.24\00:35:12.34
who doesn't believe
in Jesus, those who laugh
00:35:12.35\00:35:16.44
and scorn like our
religion is nothing,
00:35:16.45\00:35:18.95
the atheists, the
scored higher than
00:35:18.96\00:35:22.89
Christians on the
Bible. Maybe we do need more
00:35:22.90\00:35:28.50
instructions, and
the more instruction
00:35:28.51\00:35:30.92
we have on the
salvation and what salvation has
00:35:30.93\00:35:33.84
cost, the plan of
salvation, the more
00:35:33.85\00:35:36.85
it would touch our
hearts, the more that
00:35:36.86\00:35:38.94
we will cry out for Jesus.
00:35:38.95\00:35:41.12
In fact I think some
time we are ignorant of the
00:35:42.51\00:35:45.77
righteousness of
God. Have you ever read
00:35:45.78\00:35:47.40
that in the Bible?
Why don't we just do that
00:35:47.41\00:35:49.15
right now? Lets
jott down and those
00:35:49.16\00:35:51.36
who are jotting down
or even looking up the
00:35:51.37\00:35:53.03
Book of Romans, the
Book of Romans chapter
00:35:53.04\00:35:55.36
10 verses 2 and
3, Romans chapter 10
00:35:55.37\00:35:59.43
verses 2 and 3, this
is what the Bible said.
00:35:59.44\00:36:02.10
It says for I bear
them record that they have
00:36:02.11\00:36:04.37
a zeal of God, but not
according to knowledge.
00:36:04.38\00:36:09.39
For they being
ignorant of God's righteousness,
00:36:09.40\00:36:13.98
and going about to
establish their own
00:36:13.99\00:36:16.44
righteousness, have
not submitted themselves
00:36:16.45\00:36:19.66
unto the righteousness of God.
00:36:19.67\00:36:21.95
See some people
close it, and say that's
00:36:21.96\00:36:23.56
little bit too much of
this and little bit of that.
00:36:23.57\00:36:25.19
I want you to
follow very carefully here.
00:36:25.20\00:36:27.65
For I bear them record
they have a zeal of God,
00:36:29.53\00:36:32.66
here in scripture
in Book of Romans,
00:36:32.67\00:36:34.27
he is talking about
what, the Jew is talking
00:36:34.28\00:36:36.17
about Israel, God so
called chosen people,
00:36:36.18\00:36:38.66
they had a real zeal to
it were the letter of law
00:36:38.67\00:36:42.24
with our self we need
to do this, we need to do
00:36:42.25\00:36:44.85
that and we are
going to make this right
00:36:44.86\00:36:46.28
and they had a real
zeal, but really they
00:36:46.29\00:36:49.44
won the real zeal, real
knowledge of Jesus Christ
00:36:49.45\00:36:51.85
was it. A zeal that
they had did not attained
00:36:51.86\00:36:55.95
unto righteousness.
See our zeal must attain,
00:36:55.96\00:37:00.25
it must transform us
and want us to be more
00:37:00.26\00:37:02.58
like Jesus as we go
on. How is your zeal for
00:37:02.59\00:37:07.06
Jesus today? Is it
like the Jews of old,
00:37:07.07\00:37:11.39
is it like Israel,
which has been rebuked by
00:37:11.40\00:37:14.97
the way in these
verses here which says what,
00:37:14.98\00:37:17.23
legalism and formalism.
Legalism and formalism,
00:37:17.24\00:37:25.61
surely not in
your church you say.
00:37:25.62\00:37:28.22
Really do you have
that zeal, but yet is not
00:37:29.39\00:37:34.13
changing anything
or anybody, is it, as
00:37:34.14\00:37:37.88
I say do's and don'ts
and we are doing it not
00:37:37.89\00:37:40.60
because the Spirit of God
is working upon our hearts
00:37:40.61\00:37:43.48
and convicting us to
sin and changing our hearts
00:37:43.49\00:37:45.83
and our life but
because well the church says,
00:37:45.84\00:37:48.11
or somebody else
says. What kind of a zeal,
00:37:48.12\00:37:52.91
I think its time
for us to come out that
00:37:52.92\00:37:55.36
dead formalism, and
have the Spirit of God,
00:37:55.37\00:37:58.98
you have freedom in
Jesus. We will be able
00:37:58.99\00:38:02.35
to follow His
word, follow His counsel.
00:38:02.36\00:38:05.44
We are ignorant
the Bible says of God's
00:38:06.42\00:38:09.26
righteousness, do
you see why we need more
00:38:09.27\00:38:11.56
instruction on
this plan of salvation.
00:38:11.57\00:38:14.83
You say well I am not
really convinced just yet.
00:38:15.84\00:38:18.95
Just look up 1 Corinthians,
00:38:19.67\00:38:21.28
Bible in 1
Corinthians chapter 1 verse 18,
00:38:21.29\00:38:25.43
1 Corinthians
chapter 1 verse 18.
00:38:25.44\00:38:29.82
Takes us a moment to
find this, but you stay with
00:38:29.83\00:38:31.98
1 Corinthians chapter
1 verse 18, here is what
00:38:31.99\00:38:35.14
the Bible said. It
said for the preaching of
00:38:35.15\00:38:37.50
the cross is to them
that perish what foolishness;
00:38:37.51\00:38:41.95
but unto us which
are saved it is the power
00:38:41.96\00:38:45.47
of God. Very
interesting many people say be
00:38:45.48\00:38:48.54
careful with the
word saved, I understand
00:38:48.55\00:38:52.33
that very well,
I understand that
00:38:52.34\00:38:55.12
but its interesting
here in scripture what
00:38:55.13\00:38:57.60
the Bible says. But
unto us which are saved it is
00:38:57.61\00:39:01.93
the power of God and
I realize that we need
00:39:01.94\00:39:04.02
to be in saving
relationship, and its
00:39:04.03\00:39:06.12
ongoing until we
die or Jesus comes.
00:39:06.13\00:39:08.98
But I like it, its
powerful here, but here is the
00:39:08.99\00:39:12.43
problem the cross is
the power of the Christian,
00:39:12.44\00:39:16.24
and yet into the
world its foolishness.
00:39:16.25\00:39:20.66
When you preach
about Jesus Christ,
00:39:20.67\00:39:22.11
some people will
say that's foolishness.
00:39:22.12\00:39:23.76
They don't want to
hear, they run scared.
00:39:23.77\00:39:26.28
Many Christians run
scared today you know
00:39:26.29\00:39:28.47
that they run scare
when you want to talk
00:39:28.48\00:39:30.25
about Jesus. You care
more for their soul and
00:39:30.26\00:39:33.14
they care for themselves.
You are laboring for them,
00:39:33.15\00:39:36.67
you are calling them,
you are inviting them.
00:39:36.68\00:39:39.06
You are talking about
Jesus, you are sharing
00:39:39.07\00:39:42.63
miracles and things
that happened, encourage
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.74
them and is like
they want to shut it out,
00:39:45.75\00:39:48.18
they don't want hear
it. They want to get out
00:39:48.19\00:39:50.33
in the world. They love
the world and the things
00:39:50.34\00:39:52.29
that are in the
world and they don't love
00:39:52.30\00:39:53.84
Jesus anymore.
Friend, friend when will we
00:39:53.85\00:39:58.30
choose the right side.
The image of Jesus needs
00:39:58.31\00:40:01.70
to be what fully
reproduced in us,
00:40:01.71\00:40:03.95
and it cannot or
self is like, it cannot.
00:40:03.96\00:40:07.81
But we have the
whole of the world,
00:40:07.82\00:40:10.29
it cannot be we have
to let it go, and trust
00:40:10.30\00:40:14.02
Jesus with all of our
hearts and all of our mind.
00:40:14.03\00:40:17.69
In fact in the Book of
Hosea chapter 4 verse 6,
00:40:18.74\00:40:23.64
it said God's people
are destroyed for what,
00:40:23.65\00:40:27.01
didn't hear you, ah
a lack of knowledge.
00:40:27.02\00:40:31.52
God's people are destroyed
for a lack of knowledge.
00:40:31.53\00:40:36.04
We just read from
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:40:36.05\00:40:37.71
that we need more
instruction on the plan
00:40:37.72\00:40:40.43
of salvation because
we are ignorant of it,
00:40:40.44\00:40:42.56
and the Bible says here
His people are destroyed
00:40:42.57\00:40:45.47
for a lack of what,
for a lack of knowledge,
00:40:45.48\00:40:48.31
understanding
salvation, the great plan of
00:40:48.32\00:40:50.69
salvation. Oh I
know there is so much,
00:40:50.70\00:40:52.51
oh we learned
through the ceaseless ages,
00:40:52.52\00:40:54.47
that theme of
redemption just excites me but
00:40:54.48\00:40:58.06
you know that will
be something that will,
00:40:58.07\00:40:59.59
is going to employ my
mind, is going to employ
00:40:59.60\00:41:02.24
your mind, and your
tongue and the redeemed through
00:41:02.25\00:41:05.40
the ceaseless ages. We
will never learn all there
00:41:05.41\00:41:09.33
is to know about the
plan of salvation for millions
00:41:09.34\00:41:12.96
and billions of
years Jesus will still be
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.16
revealing things to us
that will lighten our heart,
00:41:15.17\00:41:18.57
to bring joy to our
hearts and life as we
00:41:18.58\00:41:21.28
in heaven setting
His feet. Wow what
00:41:21.29\00:41:25.48
a theme, we scratch the surface.
00:41:25.49\00:41:28.97
Let me ask you
another question, what is the
00:41:32.72\00:41:36.59
problem, I have
been involved with this,
00:41:36.60\00:41:39.76
I talked to
people, what is the problem
00:41:39.77\00:41:41.60
with a person who says
they feel reasonably good.
00:41:41.61\00:41:48.62
You talk to people
when you say you know Jesus
00:41:50.41\00:41:53.26
as your Lord and
Savior and they say I know who
00:41:53.27\00:41:55.96
Jesus is, and I feel
pretty good, I feel reasonably
00:41:55.97\00:41:59.11
good about my
salvation, reasonably good.
00:41:59.12\00:42:04.04
What does that really
mean, what's the problem.
00:42:04.05\00:42:08.88
A little book, there
is a precious little book
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.52
called Mount of
Blessing. I have read this quote
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.50
and it just fits right
here. He who feels whole,
00:42:14.51\00:42:22.05
who thinks that he
is reasonably good,
00:42:22.06\00:42:26.09
or what or just
reasonably here means just,
00:42:26.10\00:42:29.25
he is okay, and he
is contented, that means
00:42:29.26\00:42:33.41
he is happy where he
is at, you met people
00:42:33.42\00:42:35.76
like that, oh we
are happy, we are happy
00:42:35.77\00:42:38.01
when we are going
to church, whether they
00:42:38.02\00:42:39.22
are preaching truth
or not, oh we are happy
00:42:39.23\00:42:41.22
where we are going.
Well my family goes there,
00:42:41.23\00:42:42.84
grandma and grandpa
goes there, oh we are happy.
00:42:42.85\00:42:45.33
Are they content,
satisfied, are they pleased with
00:42:45.34\00:42:50.25
their condition does not
seek to become a partaker
00:42:50.26\00:42:54.75
of the grace and
righteousness of Christ.
00:42:54.76\00:42:57.90
So what is the
problem with the person
00:42:57.91\00:42:59.62
who thinks he
is reasonably good,
00:42:59.63\00:43:02.22
and he is reasonably
just, everything is alright.
00:43:02.23\00:43:06.23
He quirts really
seeking the grace and the
00:43:06.24\00:43:09.04
righteousness of Jesus
Christ because you feel
00:43:09.05\00:43:11.53
that you are good. You
feel that you have gained
00:43:11.54\00:43:13.43
the victories. See
the closer I get to Jesus,
00:43:13.44\00:43:16.28
the more I see
what a rascal I am.
00:43:16.29\00:43:20.96
The closer you behold
Jesus on the Cross of Calvary,
00:43:20.97\00:43:24.32
the closer we get to
him, the more we see how
00:43:24.33\00:43:27.48
dirty that we
are, how unrighteous,
00:43:27.49\00:43:30.72
how filthy rag,
none good, no not one,
00:43:30.73\00:43:33.76
and all of this
don't depress me but it
00:43:33.77\00:43:35.78
drives me to the feet
of Jesus, who can help me
00:43:35.79\00:43:38.94
to be like him. Never
feel that you are reasonably
00:43:38.95\00:43:43.13
good or you are
comfortable where you are.
00:43:43.14\00:43:44.79
I really don't like
when the Christian say I am
00:43:44.80\00:43:46.51
comfortable, it is
just dead wrong, that's all
00:43:46.52\00:43:49.75
there is to it. Just
dead wrong, that's somewhat
00:43:49.76\00:43:55.12
lukewarm. We need to
be on fire for Jesus.
00:43:55.13\00:44:00.52
We need to be like
him, and again we need to
00:44:00.53\00:44:03.82
be seeking Him at
all times. We don't want
00:44:03.83\00:44:07.51
to be left out when
the song said when the roll
00:44:07.52\00:44:12.30
is called up
yonder I will be there.
00:44:12.31\00:44:15.06
Friend when that
roll is called up yonder,
00:44:15.07\00:44:18.16
will you be there?
I want to be there but
00:44:18.17\00:44:24.60
I need that grace, I
need that righteousness of
00:44:24.61\00:44:27.51
Jesus Christ. And by
the way the Bible says
00:44:27.52\00:44:30.58
in Ephesians 2
and you read 8-10,
00:44:30.59\00:44:33.32
that God's grace is
what, it's a free gift,
00:44:33.33\00:44:38.33
and he offers it to you
today regardless of your
00:44:38.34\00:44:40.59
life, or your
lifestyle, he offers that to you
00:44:40.60\00:44:42.67
and he offers it to me.
The Bible says that we need,
00:44:42.68\00:44:48.00
this might separate
we say the Christian from
00:44:48.01\00:44:50.18
the professed. If
we want the grace and
00:44:50.19\00:44:53.46
we want the
righteousness of Jesus Christ
00:44:53.47\00:44:55.66
we want to have that
image, image of Jesus
00:44:55.67\00:44:59.47
reproduced in us. We
want that divine nature
00:44:59.48\00:45:03.54
that we are going
to have to be hungering
00:45:03.55\00:45:06.16
and thirsting as the
Book of Matthew chapter 5
00:45:06.17\00:45:09.58
tells us. How long
has it been since you been
00:45:09.59\00:45:12.94
maybe challenged
with this thought,
00:45:12.95\00:45:16.22
Matthew chapter 5 verse 6.
00:45:16.23\00:45:20.38
The Bible said blessed
are they which do hunger
00:45:20.39\00:45:24.04
and thirst after righteousness:
00:45:24.05\00:45:27.02
for they shall be
filled. Now is that a promise,
00:45:27.03\00:45:30.12
or is it not. Yes
it is. When blessing is
00:45:30.13\00:45:33.57
pronounced on the
person who is hungering
00:45:33.58\00:45:37.09
and thirsting, are
you hungering today?
00:45:37.10\00:45:41.35
Or do you get enough,
are you really filled,
00:45:41.36\00:45:45.73
or are you satisfied
here or you are reasonably
00:45:45.74\00:45:48.00
good. The Bible
said if you are hungering
00:45:48.01\00:45:51.16
and thirsting,
that means as you walk
00:45:51.17\00:45:53.15
through this life
that you are always going
00:45:53.16\00:45:55.50
to be what, I am
going to be hungry,
00:45:55.51\00:45:57.88
and I am going to be
thirsty. Jesus said you
00:45:57.89\00:46:02.36
come into him, and he
is gonna fill those needs,
00:46:02.37\00:46:05.16
but he continues to
fill, he continues to give you,
00:46:05.17\00:46:07.81
he continues as you
reach out by faith and
00:46:07.82\00:46:10.27
say I want more of
these righteousness.
00:46:10.28\00:46:12.83
I want more, I am
hungry, I am starved to death.
00:46:12.84\00:46:16.70
He says you know what
you are going to be filled,
00:46:18.97\00:46:21.70
Revelation 19:8 he says
you are gonna be filled,
00:46:21.71\00:46:24.75
I am going to cloth
you with white linen
00:46:24.76\00:46:27.12
symbolizing
victory, victory in Jesus.
00:46:28.41\00:46:32.76
Let just get a focus
on our last few minutes of
00:46:32.77\00:46:36.69
the program, I
think this is very, very
00:46:36.70\00:46:38.57
interesting because
we entitle this, you know
00:46:38.58\00:46:40.90
we are talking about
destroying the earthly
00:46:40.91\00:46:43.11
nature. I am not just
getting into and spending
00:46:43.12\00:46:46.11
a lot of time on love
you know flesh and the spirit
00:46:46.12\00:46:49.35
but just kind of
combing and coming down here
00:46:49.36\00:46:52.47
is something that just
really will get home to us.
00:46:52.48\00:46:55.21
The question what
destroys the natural
00:46:55.22\00:46:59.49
earthly nature, or
what crushes it down,
00:46:59.50\00:47:04.36
what destroys that
earthly nature now,
00:47:04.37\00:47:06.91
have we come to grips
with this, that the earthly
00:47:06.92\00:47:09.51
nature must be
destroyed, and we have to put on
00:47:09.52\00:47:12.86
Jesus Christ only. So
how is it accomplished,
00:47:12.87\00:47:17.61
see this is what I
would want to know,
00:47:17.62\00:47:19.77
if I am studying I want
to know if somebody says
00:47:19.78\00:47:21.77
well this needs to be
done, you say okay, yeah,
00:47:21.78\00:47:23.49
yeah, that's right,
that needs to be done,
00:47:23.50\00:47:25.64
now how is this accomplished.
00:47:25.65\00:47:27.89
All becomes very clear
and once again Desire of Ages
00:47:27.90\00:47:32.79
and many scriptures
given, but let me just
00:47:32.80\00:47:34.49
read this, it just
really hits home Desire of Ages
00:47:34.50\00:47:37.38
page 391 says this. As
they feed upon the word,
00:47:37.39\00:47:43.54
what was the
question? How, what destroys the
00:47:43.55\00:47:46.99
natural earthly nature
which has to be crushed,
00:47:47.00\00:47:51.01
which has to be done
away with, and we have
00:47:51.02\00:47:53.84
to put on the
nature of Jesus Christ.
00:47:53.85\00:47:55.30
Now how is it crushed,
as they feed upon the word,
00:47:55.31\00:48:00.17
they find that it is
spirit and it is life,
00:48:00.18\00:48:04.30
listen carefully, clear,
the word, the word destroys
00:48:04.31\00:48:10.20
the natural
earthly nature and imparts
00:48:10.21\00:48:14.02
a new life in Jesus
Christ. Friend what destroys,
00:48:14.03\00:48:21.65
what destroys this
earthly nature, the word of God,
00:48:21.66\00:48:27.71
the word of God?
As we read, as we take
00:48:27.72\00:48:31.75
the word of God
inside it destroys the human
00:48:31.76\00:48:34.92
nature, the human
desire, but see the
00:48:34.93\00:48:38.31
problem the
devil knows this, and
00:48:38.32\00:48:40.56
he doesn't want you to
spend time in the word.
00:48:40.57\00:48:42.41
He doesn't want
you reading because he
00:48:42.42\00:48:43.80
knows it will change
you; it will destroy that
00:48:43.81\00:48:47.95
earthly nature. Acts
chapter 22, I am going
00:48:47.96\00:48:53.10
to turn there. There
are several passages,
00:48:53.11\00:48:55.15
I hope we can get
to just really quickly
00:48:55.16\00:48:57.01
as we can. Acts
chapter 22 verse 15,
00:48:57.02\00:48:59.94
Acts 22 verse 15, it
says for thou shalt be
00:48:59.95\00:49:02.98
his witness unto all
men of what thou hast seen
00:49:02.99\00:49:06.58
and what thou
has what, has heard.
00:49:06.59\00:49:09.67
God says we take
this word inside of us,
00:49:11.42\00:49:14.07
that beings to
destroy that earthliness and
00:49:14.08\00:49:17.52
the spiritual man
becomes alive, and then
00:49:17.53\00:49:20.61
he says you will be
my witnesses and you go
00:49:20.62\00:49:22.66
tell everything that
you have seen and heard,
00:49:22.67\00:49:24.78
the word going
inside of you makes you a
00:49:24.79\00:49:27.09
witness for Jesus
Christ. Oh how we desperately
00:49:27.10\00:49:30.27
we need it, see the
devil understands just better
00:49:30.28\00:49:32.33
than you do,
maybe better than I do.
00:49:32.34\00:49:34.94
And so that's why
he prevent you from
00:49:34.95\00:49:38.04
spending time
everyday in the word of God.
00:49:38.05\00:49:41.48
But the word makes
us a witnesses, makes us
00:49:41.49\00:49:49.12
a witness, you say
what, I will tell you,
00:49:49.13\00:49:52.26
you know what's the
Bible says Matthew 4:4.
00:49:52.27\00:49:55.62
It talks about we
need to be taking what,
00:49:55.63\00:49:58.81
every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God.
00:49:58.82\00:50:01.94
We will be
obedient to every word, why,
00:50:01.95\00:50:04.32
because the word
destroys that fleshly nature.
00:50:04.33\00:50:08.14
And as this destroy
what, spiritual nature
00:50:08.15\00:50:12.04
is revived. How we
desperately we need
00:50:12.05\00:50:15.53
that Luke 11:28
says we need to be,
00:50:15.54\00:50:18.31
we need to hear and we
need to keep those things
00:50:18.32\00:50:21.48
that are written
or the word of God,
00:50:21.49\00:50:23.41
so we hear and we keep
it, faith cometh by what,
00:50:23.42\00:50:28.18
by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
00:50:28.19\00:50:30.96
If we can only know
how simply this is to
00:50:32.06\00:50:34.33
gain the victory, to
have the image of Jesus
00:50:34.34\00:50:37.53
really reproduced in
us, is if we spend time
00:50:37.54\00:50:41.77
in the word, it crushes
the devil, it crushes the
00:50:41.78\00:50:44.75
human nature. James 122
says we need to be what?
00:50:44.76\00:50:49.62
Good doers of the
word, not just hearers only
00:50:49.63\00:50:53.85
but doers of the word,
because the devil knows
00:50:53.86\00:50:56.68
the power of the
word, power of God,
00:50:56.69\00:50:59.45
the gospel of
salvation. Colossians 3:16-17,
00:50:59.46\00:51:06.76
I am just giving some
of these, so you can write
00:51:06.77\00:51:08.36
them down quickly
here. It said the word needs
00:51:08.37\00:51:10.98
to be dwelling in you,
and it needs to dwell in me,
00:51:10.99\00:51:13.58
are you ready for that
today. As you feed upon
00:51:13.59\00:51:16.20
his word, you find it
is spirit and its life
00:51:16.21\00:51:20.52
and the word, the word
destroys the earthly nature.
00:51:20.53\00:51:26.90
Praise God, they
don't just destroy but then
00:51:26.91\00:51:29.33
he does what, it imparts
a new life in Jesus Christ,
00:51:29.34\00:51:33.07
that is exciting.
I've heard people say well
00:51:33.08\00:51:36.67
I love to present the
gospel of Jesus Christ,
00:51:36.68\00:51:39.40
let me say to you, how
do you present the gospel
00:51:39.41\00:51:41.49
of Jesus Christ, you
present in such, in such
00:51:41.50\00:51:44.57
a way that to let the
Holy Spirit to tell us
00:51:44.58\00:51:48.35
its exciting, and
its new every time,
00:51:48.36\00:51:51.17
its an old love
story, that one that you have
00:51:51.18\00:51:54.03
heard so often but it
just get you every time
00:51:54.04\00:51:56.11
that you hear, every
time that you sing the song,
00:51:56.12\00:51:58.31
every time you read that verse.
00:51:58.32\00:52:00.01
When the gospel
dear friend is presented,
00:52:01.48\00:52:03.61
its not be in some
lifeless theory, but its
00:52:03.62\00:52:09.58
presented in the power
and in the living force
00:52:09.59\00:52:12.62
to change the
life, when you hear it,
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.47
it changes you.
Friend are you ready to be
00:52:14.48\00:52:18.10
changed today, are you
really wanting your life
00:52:18.11\00:52:21.10
to be changed,
this is the opportunity,
00:52:21.11\00:52:23.35
the last few
moments we have together.
00:52:23.36\00:52:25.27
You want to get
rid of that old nature,
00:52:26.62\00:52:28.93
and then you
wanting that new nature,
00:52:28.94\00:52:30.93
this is the time,
this is the time to do it
00:52:30.94\00:52:33.70
right now, because you
have to realize that all
00:52:33.71\00:52:37.58
defects of character
originate in the heart,
00:52:37.59\00:52:41.91
and in the mind. And
you know what we could
00:52:41.92\00:52:45.37
make a little list where
we can say there is pride
00:52:45.38\00:52:48.53
that's there. The pride
will keep you out of heaven.
00:52:48.54\00:52:52.67
There is selfishness,
there is vanity, there
00:52:52.68\00:52:56.15
is evil temper, that
did any of those hit home
00:52:56.16\00:53:00.67
for you, oh
might hit home for me.
00:53:00.68\00:53:03.24
Covetousness, do
you realize covetousness
00:53:04.59\00:53:08.04
is one of the
biggest sins in the church.
00:53:08.05\00:53:11.63
All of these precede,
they originate you see
00:53:14.79\00:53:17.35
in the heart these
defects, and they come
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.63
from a carnal
heart unrenewed by the
00:53:20.64\00:53:23.39
grace of Christ. Why
don't you change that
00:53:23.40\00:53:27.09
right now, why don't
you renew your commitment?
00:53:27.10\00:53:29.29
What else you can
tend for this victory.
00:53:29.30\00:53:33.85
Why don't you put forth
an effort for this victory
00:53:33.86\00:53:36.13
right now. You can
do it, you can fall on
00:53:36.14\00:53:39.77
your knees, wherever if
you are driving the vehicle,
00:53:39.78\00:53:41.44
wherever you are, you
can ask Jesus into your
00:53:41.45\00:53:44.48
life right now. You
are tired of that flesh,
00:53:44.49\00:53:50.75
you are tired of
falling out to the fleshly lust,
00:53:50.76\00:53:53.47
but you want a Spirit
of God dwelling in you,
00:53:53.48\00:53:56.39
you want that new nature.
00:53:56.40\00:53:58.37
You my friend and
including myself we are going
00:54:02.88\00:54:06.80
to stand or we are going
to fall by the word of God.
00:54:06.81\00:54:11.24
Did you get that, we
are going to stand or fall.
00:54:11.25\00:54:15.17
It's going to be
by the word of God.
00:54:15.18\00:54:17.81
It's the word that we
need to be hiding in our
00:54:19.80\00:54:22.10
heart that we might
not sin against God,
00:54:22.11\00:54:24.51
and as that word as
you allow, as you open
00:54:24.52\00:54:27.29
your heart and your
mind and your soul right now
00:54:27.30\00:54:29.30
and say Jesus
would you just come in.
00:54:29.31\00:54:31.68
And you are going to
say right once again God
00:54:34.46\00:54:36.18
I want you to
forgive me of my sins.
00:54:36.19\00:54:38.89
Thank you for
Calvary, I want that new life,
00:54:38.90\00:54:44.64
I want things to
change, I want my
00:54:44.65\00:54:47.65
home put back together,
I want the children back
00:54:47.66\00:54:50.32
together, I want to
be part of God's family,
00:54:50.33\00:54:54.59
I want my life to be
different. Oh that is
00:54:56.31\00:54:58.84
the plea and the cry of
millions around the world.
00:54:58.85\00:55:04.14
Jesus can change that
for you. He can take that old
00:55:05.39\00:55:09.27
nature and give you
that new one, but you
00:55:09.28\00:55:10.87
are going to have to
present yourself to him,
00:55:10.88\00:55:12.50
and say Lord
this is what I want.
00:55:12.51\00:55:14.36
And he is willing to
do it, and he wants to do
00:55:15.64\00:55:18.26
it now, not next week,
not down the road sometime
00:55:18.27\00:55:23.68
when everything is
convenient, but right
00:55:23.69\00:55:25.59
now while there is
still time. Why don't you
00:55:25.60\00:55:28.18
invite him in. We are
going to pray about that in
00:55:28.19\00:55:31.22
just a moment. But I
want the power of the
00:55:31.23\00:55:34.91
Holy Spirit now to
bring conviction in your heart
00:55:34.92\00:55:37.14
and in my heart and
say God whatever it takes
00:55:37.15\00:55:39.52
that I can spend
eternity with you, let it happen
00:55:40.79\00:55:43.38
in my life. Do you
trust him that much?
00:55:43.39\00:55:46.23
Do you love him that
much? You say you have
00:55:46.24\00:55:50.46
a wayward child. Why
don't you present that
00:55:50.47\00:55:54.45
child to God? You are
struggling with something,
00:55:54.46\00:55:57.99
present that to
God. Let him take it,
00:55:58.00\00:56:00.93
he wants to take,
he wants to give you
00:56:00.94\00:56:03.67
that victory and you
know oh how sad it is
00:56:03.68\00:56:06.70
when you have people
who have been Christians
00:56:06.71\00:56:09.04
for a long time, and
then they say I have been
00:56:09.05\00:56:12.63
struggling with
this habit for years,
00:56:12.64\00:56:14.62
and I just can't
gain victory over, and so
00:56:14.63\00:56:16.82
we begin to make
excuses and how God
00:56:16.83\00:56:18.91
is going to accept.
Oh he loves you with an
00:56:18.92\00:56:20.95
everlasting love, but
you know we can't take
00:56:20.96\00:56:23.40
the wrong things to
heaven? Why, because
00:56:23.41\00:56:25.98
he has promised you,
he said all the heaven
00:56:25.99\00:56:27.74
is available, all
powers given, so there is no
00:56:27.75\00:56:31.29
excuse for any of
us, it's a matter of so
00:56:31.30\00:56:34.04
dedicating our
hearts, and our lives,
00:56:34.05\00:56:36.56
our mind and soul to
him, and this is the time
00:56:36.57\00:56:39.60
to do it. We need to
take a few moments on this.
00:56:39.61\00:56:43.32
We need to give time
for the Holy Spirit to work
00:56:43.33\00:56:45.92
on you, to think
these issues through.
00:56:45.93\00:56:48.69
And if you want to
change today is the day,
00:56:48.70\00:56:52.65
it's yours, it's
just that simple.
00:56:52.66\00:56:55.54
Why don't we pray
about it right now together
00:56:55.55\00:56:58.39
as we come in agreement,
I know God is going to do
00:56:58.40\00:57:00.93
something very, very
special in your life,
00:57:00.94\00:57:02.93
but you need to
claim it now by faith,
00:57:02.94\00:57:05.87
he is going to do something,
00:57:05.88\00:57:06.85
lets kneel right now,
and lets pray about it.
00:57:06.86\00:57:08.96
Father which ought
in heaven, we thank you
00:57:11.54\00:57:13.08
for your precious word.
Thank you for the promise,
00:57:13.09\00:57:15.51
that you will
forgive us of sin that is so
00:57:15.52\00:57:18.35
nature that we have
that can be exchanged.
00:57:18.36\00:57:20.71
The old filthy
garments can be taken off;
00:57:20.72\00:57:23.16
those clean white
linens can be given to us.
00:57:23.17\00:57:26.03
We can have a new
nature, not the old one,
00:57:26.04\00:57:28.59
but the new
one, just like Jesus.
00:57:28.60\00:57:30.81
We fully want you to come in,
00:57:30.82\00:57:32.33
we want your image to
be perfectly reproduced
00:57:32.34\00:57:34.51
in us and then
you are going to come.
00:57:34.52\00:57:36.14
Then we can go
home for eternity,
00:57:36.15\00:57:38.00
but we need to
submit to you right now.
00:57:38.01\00:57:40.02
May those choices,
those decisions be made
00:57:40.03\00:57:42.38
right now in the
lovely name of Jesus,
00:57:42.39\00:57:44.64
we give your
praise and honor and
00:57:44.65\00:57:46.59
glory in Jesus name, amen.
00:57:46.60\00:57:49.22
As you have
accepted that prayer,
00:57:50.24\00:57:51.42
may God bless you, we
will see you next time.
00:57:51.43\00:57:53.75
Welcome back
friends. You know the Lord
00:57:56.20\00:57:59.06
doesn't like any
of us to be evil.
00:57:59.07\00:58:01.61
He wants all of us
to be ready for his
00:58:01.62\00:58:04.15
soon return, and I
pray and I know Pastor Kenny
00:58:04.16\00:58:08.01
prays and that
message would certainly have
00:58:08.02\00:58:10.69
been a blessing to
you. A blessing to help you
00:58:10.70\00:58:14.08
prepare your heart
and your mind for the
00:58:14.09\00:58:17.27
kingdom of heaven. We
so appreciate your prayers
00:58:17.28\00:58:21.09
for us as well and your
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00:58:21.10\00:58:23.97
of which without
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00:58:23.98\00:58:27.29
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00:58:30.26\00:58:33.71
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00:58:49.21\00:58:53.26
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00:58:53.27\00:58:57.45
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00:58:57.46\00:59:01.87
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Until next time
may our precious Lord
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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