Hello friends, and welcome
to Behold the Lamb presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton your host.
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And today's message is
entitled "Moving in the
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providence of
God. " Moving in the
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providence of God,
just what could that mean?
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In order for us to
properly understand,
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what it does mean for us
to move in God providence?
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We must first
understand the meaning of the
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word providence. So,
I've taken the time to go
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online to dictionary.com
and look it up for us today.
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And the portions of
the meaning that stuck out
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to me is this. Providence is the
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foreseeing care and
guidance of God over
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the creatures of the
earth, a manifestation
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of divine care and direction.
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I don't know about
you, but the thought of
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a loving God, who
foresees the future,
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giving his guidance
and divine care in our
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direction in my life
truly brings a sense of
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security and peace
that I don't believe that
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I would otherwise
have. I hope this is the same
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for you and I'm
sure as we will soon be
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reminded of, of the
providence that worked
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in the lives of our
Biblical forefathers.
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This thought would
be pressed home, pressed
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home into our hearts
of a mighty all powerful
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God, who loves us
so very much that he is
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willing. He is
willing to guide, guard, and
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protect us. Through
his providential care,
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if we, but now listen
there's always a reason
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if, if we but invite
and allow him to do so.
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What a tremendous
thought. I hope you are
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now as anxious to
hear what the Lord has laid
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upon Pastor Kenny's
heart, dealing with this
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subject just as I am,
but first let's visit 3ABN's
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Worship Center and be
blessed with the song,
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sung and
performed by Denise Barclay
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entitled, "He'll Do it again."
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You maybe down and feel
the God has somehow forgotten
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That you're faced
with circumstances
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You can't get through
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But now it seems
there's no way out
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And you're going
under God's proven
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time and time again
He'll take care of you
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And He'll do it
again He'll do it again
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If you just take a
look And where you are now
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And where you've
been Hasn't He always come
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through for you
He's the same now as then
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You may not know how
You may not know when
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But He'll do it
again God knows the pain
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that you're going through
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And He knows how you're hurting
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You see he
knows how your heart's
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Been broken in two
Oh, but He's the God of
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the sun, stars and the moon
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And He is your Father
If He can calm the storm
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He'll find a way
to take care of you
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And He'll do it
again He'll do it again
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If you just take a
look Where you are now
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And where you've been Hasn't
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He always come through for you
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He's the same God
now that He was then
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Yet, may not know
how May not know when
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But He'll do it
again Oh, He'll do it again
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Yes, He'll do it again
Yes, if you just take a look
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And where you are
now And where you've been
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Hasn't He always
come through for you
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He's the same God
now that He was then
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Oh, yes he is.
You may not know how
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You may not know
when But He'll do it again
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You may not know
how Oh, you may not how
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You may not know how
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You may not know when
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But He'll do it again.
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Thank you for
joining us today, wherever
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you're around the world, we just
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appreciate it so very
much that you're going
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to take this
time to spend with us.
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As we study God's
word. Very important
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subject, we're
gonna be talking about the
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providence of
God. So, moving in the
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providence of God.
How do we know if it's
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God speaking or maybe
it's another voice that's
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speaking? When are
we to move, is it really
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important to move, is
it important to listen to
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God's voice? If God
opens up a door is it
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gonna be always open
to us or maybe it might
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close. Before we get
into the study, let's take
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time and pray shall
we, invite the Holy Spirit.
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I'm gonna do that
right now the way you can,
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why don't you
pray along with us?
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Kind loving
heavenly Father, we thank you
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for the privilege
of prayer, we thank you
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that you've promised
us that you would send the
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Holy Spirit and
you would send in
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abundance and how
desperately we need to
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hear from heaven
today. We need our minds
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enlightened and we
need the ears to be
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opened and we need
to hear your voice.
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We plead for thy
spirit to touch your children
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around the world
today that we maybe brought
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closer to Jesus. May
we sense the hour in which
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we live, may we sense
the leading of the Spirit
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of God. Now, I
pray that you would
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complete control of
everything that's said
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and done. May it
bring honor and glory to the
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King of Kings in
Jesus name, amen.
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Well as mentioned,
we're gonna be talking
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about the moving in
the providence of God.
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And again how
important it is that we
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move when God says
to move. And when God
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says to be still, he
wants us to be still, but always
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when there's a voice
of God that is pleading
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and working and
opening and giving us
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opportunities and
privileges to work in
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his vineyard, you can
be sure that the enemy is
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going to be working too.
Which voice will you hear?
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Which voice will you
say, oh that's the voice
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of God or you might
say, well that's the
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voice of the
enemy. How can we tell?
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This is part of our
study today. We must believe
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this. Number one, we
are living in perilous
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times, and it
will continue, continue
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on until Jesus shall
come. It's gonna wax worse
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and worse is
what the Bible said.
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We know that a
terrible crisis is
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just upon this
world. We also know that a
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terrible crisis
awaits the people of God.
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Now, I want you to pay
close attention, I want
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your ears perked up, I
want you to be listening
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because with
these things being said,
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how we need to
really pay attention and how
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we need to act
upon these things, if we
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believe them. Do you
believe, by the way that
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everything in the
world is in agitation.
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Are you seeing
the signs of the time,
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are you seeing
things that are happening in
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the world that
seems like everything is
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agitated. Everything
is, is moving, everything
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is, is, is
shifting back and forth.
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And we're not sure
where it's going to light.
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You can be sure that
the world is in agitation at
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this moment. And I
believe that we need
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to be wide awake and
that heaven is wide awake.
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Something big is about
to happen, it's going to
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overwhelm the
majority of people because
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they're not
paying attention, they've
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heard the messages too
often, saying well let's
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not run scared,
listen, who's asked to be
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ready, for in such
an hour as you think not
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the Bible says
what? Such an hour's what?
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As you think not
the son of man cometh,
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good. We've to realize
that we're living in a,
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a day. I can see
these things and,
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different things
that come out on the news,
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and newspaper
clippings and magazine, things
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that are happening that
the fires of persecution
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will be once more rekindled.
Oh the Christian doesn't
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want to hear that.
Jesus made it very clear
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the things that he
went through, we're going to
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have to go through.
He's preparing a people
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for heaven. And it's
not just well, Mr. Good's
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going to get to
heaven; the ones that are going
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to heaven are those
who are going to be like
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Jesus. We've to be
like him, we've to have his
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character. So, we
have to realize that every
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man's faith. Every
man, woman's, child's faith,
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if they're gonna
re-populate heaven, our faith is
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going to be tested and
tried just like there's no
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other person on this planet.
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Every person!
Yes? If you're gonna
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re-populate heaven,
your faith has to be
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tried to see what it
is? I heard people talking
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faith all the time,
but when it comes down to,
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when we say the rubber
meets the road, a lot of
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times we see no
faith in operation at all.
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And the Bible is very,
very clear without faith
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it is impossible to please God.
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And from some of
you doubting, Thomas you
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will say, well I, I
don't know, if I have any
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faith. Well, I don't
have any faith. Bible says,
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every man is given
a measure of faith.
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So, we are really
what? Without excuse.
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God has given us
what we need that we might
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have eternal life.
We must believe that
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the Spirit of God
is being withdrawn from
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this earth.
Day-by-day the Spirit of God's
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being withdrawn why?
Because we're pushing
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it out. By the
things that we're saying,
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by the things that
we're making into, to law by
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our attitudes, our dispositions.
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Oh, how, how
day-by-day we become more
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avoid of the Spirit,
you see more of the enemies
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working, we don't want
that, but it's happening,
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we have to realize along
with that, that probation
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is soon to close.
When probation closed,
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there will be not
another that will ever
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come to Jesus.
It's all over the great
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controversy,
between Christ and Satan has
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come to an end. Every
case, every individual
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case is about to
be eternally decided.
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Where are you going to stand?
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You're going to
stand on the side of Christ
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or you're gonna
stand on the side of the
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enemy? Are you
going to know, when the
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providence of God
is moving in your life.
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See, he's telling us
today that the field is
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ripe for harvest.
Where are the labors?
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If God said, the field
is, is ripe for harvest,
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if their souls' to
be won in the kingdom.
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I believe that God
is going to open some
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doors for those
souls to be saved.
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And his people
will hear his voice;
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the sheep will hear
his voice. Are you want to
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be sheep today? Oh,
we should be, there's no
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doubt about it,
but what should we do?
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Probation closing,
our names coming up in the
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judgment, could
already becoming up now,
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and sins
pronounced. What should we be
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doing as a people?
We're gonna study that
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and look at it
closely, but you know,
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Benjamin Franklin
said an awful lot of things
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that's written down
and, and a lot of them are,
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they make a lot of
sense. And here's one
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thing he said,
just a couple of lines.
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He said, work. Work
as though you're going
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to live to be one
hundred years old.
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And then he finished it
up and he said, but pray
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as though your life
is going to end tomorrow.
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Oh, that's good
council. We see perilous times,
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we're going to be
tested, persecution coming.
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End of time, in
the judgment hour.
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And what are we to
do as, as God's people.
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I love the Book of
Isaiah. Isaiah chapter
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60, verse 1 says,
"We're to arise and shine."
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So, when we see
these things happening,
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no time to sit down,
we're to rise and shine.
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Arising and
shining, God is going to be
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working out great and
marvelous things for us.
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He's going to be opening doors;
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his providence is
going to be opening up.
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Things and opportunities
man can't accomplish
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by himself, but God
can. The Bible continues on
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in Isaiah 52, it
just simply says, I'm just
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using a couple of
words it says, awake, awake,
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what is this people to
be doing, we're to be wide
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awake, we're to
wake up. And then Isaiah
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goes on in Isaiah 54
it says, we need to be
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enlarging our
tents. In the providence of
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God as we see him
working in behalf of
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saving the souls, he's
going to use mankind to do it.
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And when the opportunity
and privilege comes for
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us, we need to be
enlarging our tents;
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our work needs
to be enlarged now.
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Saving of souls
need to be enlarged.
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Are you enlarging
now, are you downsizing.
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The Bible also says
in Isaiah 59 it says,
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"We're to lift up a standard."
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Now, all of these
things I'm talking about here
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has to do because
we realize the hour in
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which we live
and God's promised to
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work great
manifestations for us.
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Open doors and he's
going to close doors
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and we have to be
aware of when we go in
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and maybe when
we're not supposed to.
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And if we miss
that opportunity what
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might happen to us.
Seven testimonials page
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14, starts out, it
says, Ministers and people
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wake up. Oh, how we
need that today what
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because we're sleep.
Oh, we deny that we're
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asleep, we're going
about doing a little bit
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here, a little bit
there, but if we really realize
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that there's not much time left.
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If it's soon to close
up, not another person will
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saved in God's kingdom.
You have the opportunity
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to do things for him
today. He's opened that door,
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but you're,
you're hesitating, don't
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hesitate any longer.
The council from the Bible,
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the spirit of
prophecy says, we are to,
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ministers wake up,
some of you just bless
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your hearts, you're
just coasting through,
00:16:43.47\00:16:45.00
you're waiting for
retirement, you don't
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want upset the apple
cart, don't want to just
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cause problem
with the church board.
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And so you're
basically doing nothing.
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I encourage you to
wake up. Now, remember my
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mom always said, if
your shoe fits wear it,
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if it's not, you're
working hard for Jesus,
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praise God that's
what you're supposed to be
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doing as a minister of
the gospel, if you're not,
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you're going to
be found unfaithful.
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And I know, you don't
want to be found unfaithful.
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Not in the cause of
Christ. Wake up says
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ministers and
people. Now, notice this
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reading on, seize
every opportunity and
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advantage offered in
the turning of the wheel of
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providence. So, as
that wheel begins to turn
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and God begin to
open up ways, advantages
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and opportunities,
we're to seize them
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immediately, if you do
not seize them you will
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miss out. And
some of us are saying,
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well I, I would
seize them but I'm not,
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I'm not sure if
that's God leading or not.
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Now, why don't,
why don't we know?
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Seize them, do something
right now in the providence
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of God is simply the
workings of God in our
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life, opportunity to save souls.
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Some people say, well
I don't know if I could
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do this or I should
be going doing that.
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One man said, I
don't know which one, said,
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be simply said,
the smallest deed done.
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The smallest deed
done is better than
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the greatest intention, what?
00:18:06.25\00:18:09.52
The smallest deed
done is not better than the
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greatest intention.
I'm going to, we're gonna
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do great things for
God. Get busy right now,
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that door's open,
come win souls for Jesus,
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we still have some
freedom left in his
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country, we need
to be using it now,
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proclaiming the
gospel, the good news of Jesus
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Christ. See, we must
be ever ready to move as
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God opens the door.
He may open the door
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here in your
backyard; he may open the door
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in another country.
Wherever he opens that
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door, we've to be
ready to move as soon as
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God opens that
door. We need to be some
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real, some
missionary minded like never
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before, the church,
the body of Christ, we need
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to be as many of
the missionaries of old.
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I remember reading one
time and again referring
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to soul winning and
being a missionary into
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foreign countries
and I don't remember the
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man's name, but he,
he prayed this prayer,
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I thought it was very
interesting and I said,
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God help me to be like that.
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He said, God please
send me to the darkest
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place on this earth to
win souls for you, wow.
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I wonder how many of
us say, well God I'd like
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to go to another
country to win souls for you,
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but we need, we need,
we need a good place to
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stay. We'd like to
have air conditioning and
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we'd like to have all
the conveniences we, we
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have here too, here
was the person so intend on
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winning souls for
Jesus and the need, he said
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there was a need, the
need was send me to the
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darkest place where
people who had never
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heard of you. You
know, the missionary
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one time made this
statement I thought
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to me it's just,
it's just awesome.
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Simply say this God
give me souls or I die. Wow!
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Give me souls or I
die, you see that, that love
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and that longing to win
souls to Jesus Christ is
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just, is awesome.
Another man that lived
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in London, they
offered him an opportunity to
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come to this country
and they said, you know
00:20:17.18\00:20:18.97
we want you to give
50 messages, 50 messages
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and we're going to
give you $1000 for every
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message you give.
So, you'll be here about
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50 days and you're
going to make what?
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$50,000, wow! That
was big, that's quite
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a few years ago. The
evangelist said to them,
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I can do better than
that. And right quickly
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you're gonna
yeah, that's what most,
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and they said, you
can do better than that?
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He said, yes I'm
going to stay where I'm at
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and I'm going to win
50 souls for Jesus. Wow!
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Are we really
missionary minded, are we really
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seeing the, the
providence, the moving of the
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providence of God,
are we really working in,
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in his behalf. Reading
in a book called Patriots
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and Prophets,
page 4:23, notice this,
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it's kind of a
long paragraph and oh,
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there's dynamite
here. And if we more than
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just read it, we have
to act on these things.
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First of all it says,
it is important that we
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believe God's word and
then act on it promptly.
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First things first,
read God's word, if he says
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go into all the world
and preach the gospel,
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that's exactly what he means?
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You just act on it
promptly. Well, I don't know
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where to go; I
don't know what to do?
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Well, don't sit there,
get up and do something.
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Well, because you
believe it, don't you? Sure!
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And then we act on it promptly.
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You know, why?
Reading on it said,
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because the angels
of heaven are waiting to
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work for us.
Think about when you go
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doing something for
Jesus that the angels
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are busy, that they're with you.
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You're not going up
knocking on the door
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alone, there's
angels going with you.
00:21:59.82\00:22:01.40
You're not opening
the Bible and presenting
00:22:01.66\00:22:03.21
the, the salvation of
Jesus Christ and, but the
00:22:03.24\00:22:05.96
angels are there
with you to encourage and
00:22:05.99\00:22:07.53
strengthen you.
You're going to help a
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neighbor, a sick
neighbor, a friend,
00:22:11.06\00:22:12.34
somebody will say,
you're not going by
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yourself, the angels of
heaven are going with you.
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But you know, on the
other side, if the good
00:22:17.14\00:22:19.83
angels are ready,
the evil angels are also
00:22:19.86\00:22:21.74
trying to cause some
problems, they're going
00:22:21.77\00:22:24.34
to try to stop and slow
down every advanced step.
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So, every time you move forward,
00:22:28.32\00:22:29.73
remember in the
church, it doesn't matter
00:22:29.82\00:22:31.28
where you're at? If
you're moving forward
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in ministry, working
for salvation of souls the
00:22:33.43\00:22:35.98
devil will attack you
at every step, do not get
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discouraged.
Remember this, when God's
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providence bids his
children to go forward,
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we better go
forward. Why? Because he's
00:22:45.29\00:22:49.79
wanting to do
great things for us.
00:22:49.82\00:22:53.30
Great things, door
of providence opens,
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God's just not
going to do something.
00:22:57.82\00:22:58.98
He's wanting to do
great things for us and often
00:22:59.10\00:23:02.69
we don't really see
the results, because our
00:23:02.72\00:23:06.13
faith is lacking,
we're afraid ready to go
00:23:06.16\00:23:08.68
through the door
because it doesn't seem
00:23:08.71\00:23:10.49
right. Or we're
afraid we don't have the
00:23:10.52\00:23:12.06
finances or we don't
have the backing for it
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.29
or, we're looking for
people to be supportive.
00:23:14.32\00:23:16.26
Rather that just
going because God has said
00:23:17.24\00:23:19.27
to go, he's
wanting to do great things,
00:23:19.30\00:23:23.14
but what does Satan
do? First thing he does,
00:23:24.80\00:23:28.55
he comes in when
the people said, let's,
00:23:28.58\00:23:30.43
let's rise and
let's do something.
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Devil comes in, he
begins to tempt us,
00:23:32.75\00:23:34.49
he begins it, but two
things he wants you to
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hesitate and he
wants you to delay.
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Have you ever noticed
that in your Christian
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experience, I
have. Somebody comes up;
00:23:42.92\00:23:45.35
we need to go out
and pass out some books.
00:23:45.38\00:23:47.96
We need to go give
some Bible studies,
00:23:48.36\00:23:50.00
we need to go and
do something for Jesus.
00:23:50.03\00:23:52.08
We need to win
some souls, and somebody
00:23:52.23\00:23:54.97
in there will say,
well now wait a minute,
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.74
have you, if you
seen, you have heard it?
00:23:57.06\00:23:58.67
Every time they say,
now wait a minute here.
00:24:00.28\00:24:02.24
We need to comeback
and say wait for what?
00:24:02.44\00:24:04.14
Well, now we need to
wait for, no we don't
00:24:05.09\00:24:06.89
wait for, wait
for money, no we don't
00:24:06.92\00:24:08.81
have to wait for any money,
00:24:08.84\00:24:09.81
but we, we, we've
to, we've to wait for,
00:24:12.65\00:24:14.66
for you know,
something else, somebody to give
00:24:14.69\00:24:16.63
approval or
somebody. God's already said,
00:24:16.66\00:24:18.71
go into all the world,
do you know that passage?
00:24:18.74\00:24:20.66
We don't have to
wait, we just simply respond
00:24:21.46\00:24:23.53
and we go quickly
why? Because the devil is
00:24:23.56\00:24:26.56
going to close that
door, he knows that God has
00:24:26.59\00:24:29.05
opened that door,
God wants to do great
00:24:29.08\00:24:30.78
things, he's
promised to do great
00:24:30.81\00:24:32.27
things for his
people. God's people is going
00:24:32.30\00:24:34.19
to be filled with the
Spirit, they're going to
00:24:34.22\00:24:35.81
move forward,
they're going to be dynamite
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.86
in the cause of
Christ. And the devil knows it,
00:24:38.02\00:24:40.24
so he gets
somebody in the crowd.
00:24:40.42\00:24:42.18
He maybe a board
member, he maybe a
00:24:42.31\00:24:44.41
member of the church,
maybe a couple on the,
00:24:44.44\00:24:45.90
oh, let's wait a little
bit. Oh, let's, let's wait a
00:24:45.93\00:24:48.89
little bit, we need
to, we need to sit back
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.49
and think about
this. What do you think the
00:24:50.52\00:24:52.60
devil does? And all
of a sudden, when he says
00:24:52.63\00:24:56.62
that you have
people who want to move
00:24:56.65\00:24:57.90
forward, those who
are afraid to and all of a
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.13
sudden there's
strife and there's division
00:25:00.16\00:25:01.72
and there's murmuring.
God cannot work in the
00:25:01.80\00:25:04.83
midst of that.
Maybe think with me just a
00:25:04.86\00:25:08.85
little bit, maybe
it's because as a, as a
00:25:08.88\00:25:10.94
people, as a group
and a, a movement that
00:25:11.12\00:25:13.41
we're not seeing a
little bit more, you form,
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.06
you're then you
know coming together
00:25:15.09\00:25:16.82
shoulder-to-shoulder,
forming some strength
00:25:16.85\00:25:20.65
in the power of God
is because we're too busy
00:25:21.86\00:25:23.89
murmuring and
complaining, is that possible?
00:25:23.92\00:25:26.33
That God can't work
the way he wants to work.
00:25:27.27\00:25:29.99
If there's any kind
of delay, when God says
00:25:31.73\00:25:35.68
to move and the door
of providence opens and
00:25:35.71\00:25:37.71
you know, it's a voice
of God that it gives the
00:25:37.74\00:25:40.46
devil time to come in
and destroy that, and he
00:25:40.49\00:25:42.95
will do it. Give him
no time. Now, you might
00:25:42.98\00:25:46.01
say, well how can I
recognize if it's the
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.62
providence of God or
not? How can I recognize?
00:25:48.65\00:25:51.06
I need to understand,
give you three simple
00:25:51.09\00:25:53.89
little points. Weigh
them out and of course
00:25:53.92\00:25:56.70
always weigh
them with scripture.
00:25:56.73\00:25:57.89
I encourage you to
always get the Bible,
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.61
don't take me for what
I just say in your face
00:26:00.19\00:26:02.03
about you. Take
the Bible and check and
00:26:02.06\00:26:05.00
see if it's not correct.
First of all, if you want
00:26:05.03\00:26:09.39
to know 'cause it seems
like, well it seems like
00:26:09.42\00:26:11.21
a good thing, but
then they're things that we
00:26:11.24\00:26:12.66
hesitate about.
First thing we need to do
00:26:12.69\00:26:14.96
three ways is to
simple get into the word.
00:26:14.99\00:26:17.86
This Bible here is
the, the God's will
00:26:19.17\00:26:22.40
expressed to
mankind. The Bible is what?
00:26:22.83\00:26:26.20
God's expressed will to mankind.
00:26:27.57\00:26:29.88
In other words if
you want to know God's
00:26:29.91\00:26:31.41
will for you. We're
gonna need to get into
00:26:31.44\00:26:34.25
the word and God
will reveal that to you.
00:26:34.28\00:26:36.36
Number two, how does God do it?
00:26:36.83\00:26:38.41
Providential
workings, you said, well yeah we
00:26:39.11\00:26:41.38
talked about providential
working, but how can
00:26:41.41\00:26:43.92
we really
recognize that they are?
00:26:43.95\00:26:45.84
Here's something
to really chew on.
00:26:46.48\00:26:48.14
If we are connected
to Jesus Christ the way
00:26:48.81\00:26:51.42
that we should be,
we will recognize the
00:26:51.45\00:26:53.85
openings of God and
we'll also recognize the
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.76
counterfeits of the
devil. Number three,
00:26:56.79\00:27:00.16
the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit will lead
00:27:01.23\00:27:04.22
and guide you and
direct you, it certainly
00:27:04.25\00:27:06.65
the Bible says into,
into all truth, but you,
00:27:06.68\00:27:09.93
you understand the
impressions I need to
00:27:10.18\00:27:12.31
go out and I
need to do for Jesus.
00:27:12.34\00:27:14.54
Not as the works
orientated thing,
00:27:14.83\00:27:16.74
but what, because we
love Jesus, you'll be
00:27:17.04\00:27:19.70
impressed that you need
to do this and you'll be
00:27:19.73\00:27:21.73
impressed over and over, why?
00:27:21.76\00:27:23.19
Because the door is
being opened and the
00:27:23.22\00:27:24.93
devil's trying to
close it on the other side,
00:27:24.96\00:27:26.92
and he closes it
with doubt and hesitation
00:27:27.19\00:27:29.65
and delay. So, we
need to act on it promptly.
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.42
And if you have by
the way as the Holy Spirit
00:27:34.39\00:27:36.02
impresses you. You remember,
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.02
the Holy Spirit
always works along with what?
00:27:37.13\00:27:40.28
The Bible, this is
how you attest whether,
00:27:41.14\00:27:43.17
what voice it
is speaking to you.
00:27:43.20\00:27:44.89
And if you have any
question on any subject,
00:27:45.19\00:27:46.82
you go to the word of God;
He'll give you the answers.
00:27:46.85\00:27:49.38
This is what we need
to be doing today because
00:27:49.99\00:27:51.75
providence of God
is, is really I tell you,
00:27:52.05\00:27:54.64
he's opening some
doors now, that's just
00:27:54.67\00:27:56.13
exciting for me. Let
me give you just a quick,
00:27:56.16\00:27:59.64
well we might spend a
little time, it's okay,
00:28:00.31\00:28:02.01
but an illustration
of what I'm talking about
00:28:02.13\00:28:04.02
here example. You
remember the children
00:28:04.05\00:28:05.65
of Israel as they were
starting to enter Canaan
00:28:05.68\00:28:09.43
or the promised
land. And just before they
00:28:09.46\00:28:12.12
went into the promised
land, they had to passed
00:28:12.15\00:28:14.67
through, through
Edom you, you remember
00:28:14.70\00:28:16.46
that, sure you do.
So, they had to go through
00:28:16.49\00:28:18.84
again, but remember
God was still going to
00:28:18.87\00:28:20.66
test them another
time, but usually when Israel
00:28:20.69\00:28:23.05
passed through and
they felt pretty strong,
00:28:23.08\00:28:24.99
they'd just go
ahead and maybe take that
00:28:25.24\00:28:27.41
you know, what all of
Edom they just take the
00:28:27.74\00:28:29.62
property and the
land, and the houses and
00:28:29.65\00:28:31.34
you know
sometimes kill the people.
00:28:31.50\00:28:32.53
Wow! But God said,
now this time here,
00:28:33.44\00:28:36.07
you passed through
Edom, but you're not to
00:28:36.32\00:28:38.97
take a foot
breadth of their property.
00:28:39.00\00:28:40.66
And he began to
give some instructions
00:28:41.56\00:28:43.49
because he was
beginning to answer his
00:28:43.93\00:28:46.51
prayer, in other
words the door of provident
00:28:46.54\00:28:48.34
was getting to be
opened for Israel to go
00:28:48.37\00:28:51.15
through to the
promised land, another test laid
00:28:51.18\00:28:53.68
before them, and the
children of Israel need
00:28:53.71\00:28:55.63
to pay attention.
Now, in the Book of
00:28:55.66\00:28:58.21
Deuteronomy I, I've got
to read this, I've got to
00:28:58.24\00:29:01.77
read this, this is
good, if you pay attention to
00:29:01.80\00:29:03.65
this, and you get this
here, you'll see how the
00:29:03.68\00:29:05.98
rest of it fits quickly
in the time that we have.
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.00
Here's what God
was telling Israel,
00:29:08.54\00:29:10.54
Deuteronomy chapter
2 gonna read with verse
00:29:10.98\00:29:13.26
3, verse 3. The Bible
says, talking about the
00:29:13.29\00:29:15.79
Lord spake and say
here. "Ye have compassed
00:29:15.82\00:29:19.40
this mountain
long enough; turn ye
00:29:19.43\00:29:22.75
northward. And command thou
00:29:22.78\00:29:26.28
the people, saying.
Ye are to pass through
00:29:26.31\00:29:28.18
the coast of
your brethren Esau."
00:29:28.21\00:29:31.22
You say, Esau. We
know Edom was given
00:29:32.21\00:29:35.12
you see to
Esau, we look Esau the
00:29:35.15\00:29:36.96
descendents of Esau,
it's Edomites descendants
00:29:36.99\00:29:40.00
and they would
descendents of who?
00:29:40.03\00:29:41.27
Abraham and Issac
and God gave that to them
00:29:41.61\00:29:44.85
and he said, Israel
you can't take it from,
00:29:44.88\00:29:46.43
I gave it to them
for an inheritance.
00:29:46.46\00:29:47.96
So, God was
speaking to them and he told
00:29:49.42\00:29:52.34
them he said. "And
they shall be afraid of you:
00:29:52.37\00:29:54.25
take good heed
unto yourself therefore:
00:29:54.59\00:29:57.06
Please pay
attention, God is opening the
00:29:57.22\00:29:59.10
door, the door
of providence now is
00:29:59.13\00:30:00.66
being opened to them.
He told them, he said,
00:30:00.69\00:30:03.59
look. When you go
through Edom they will
00:30:03.62\00:30:06.71
be afraid of you,
do not worry about it?
00:30:06.74\00:30:09.98
I'm going to see you through.
00:30:10.57\00:30:11.95
Now, here's where we
need to be tested here.
00:30:12.25\00:30:14.42
God said to Israel,
"Do not meddle with them;
00:30:16.15\00:30:18.74
for I will not give
you their land, no, not so
00:30:19.32\00:30:22.47
much a foot
breadth; because I have given
00:30:22.50\00:30:25.42
you mount Seir unto
Esau for a possession."
00:30:25.45\00:30:28.15
Now, Ye shall buy
meat, pay attention.
00:30:28.74\00:30:32.63
"Ye shall buy meat of
them for money, that ye
00:30:32.85\00:30:36.56
may eat; and ye shall
also buy water for them
00:30:36.59\00:30:41.05
for money, that ye may drink."
00:30:41.08\00:30:43.00
Something's
going on here; door of
00:30:43.79\00:30:45.41
providence is being opened, why?
00:30:45.44\00:30:46.94
God has always
supplied all these things
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.61
for forty years for
them, but God said when you
00:30:48.64\00:30:50.63
go through buy.
Why would, why would
00:30:50.66\00:30:55.00
God say this? You
need to, you are gonna buy
00:30:55.03\00:30:59.48
water? You go
through the land, but you be
00:30:59.51\00:31:00.84
careful going through
there. You don't meddle
00:31:00.87\00:31:03.32
with them, you just
go through there, but you
00:31:03.35\00:31:04.72
buy what you need
to eat and to drink.
00:31:04.75\00:31:07.11
And here's a little key
I just, if you have time
00:31:08.48\00:31:10.34
read verse 7 right
there because there begin to
00:31:10.37\00:31:13.01
be doubting and so
on and so forth and God
00:31:13.04\00:31:15.30
tried to encourage
them as that door is open,
00:31:15.58\00:31:17.49
he said, "For these
forty years the LORD thy
00:31:17.52\00:31:20.67
God hath been with
thee; thou hast lacked
00:31:20.70\00:31:23.88
nothing." I like that,
if you really think about it
00:31:23.91\00:31:27.54
in your Christian life and mine.
00:31:27.57\00:31:29.27
We have really lacked nothing.
00:31:29.63\00:31:30.96
We may have,
haven't had an abundance of
00:31:31.95\00:31:33.69
everything like we
think we like to have because
00:31:33.72\00:31:35.70
we have a lack of
faith sometime, but God
00:31:35.73\00:31:38.21
reminded them, you
go ahead and you buy
00:31:38.24\00:31:40.16
because you're gonna
need this, and you're
00:31:40.19\00:31:41.34
gonna need that, you know what,
00:31:41.37\00:31:42.91
but I haven't
failed you for forty years,
00:31:42.94\00:31:45.10
you lacked on
nothing. Oh, what encouragement
00:31:45.20\00:31:49.29
say, wow! If we're
paying attention as God
00:31:49.32\00:31:52.75
opens the door providence.
We'd have to listen to
00:31:52.78\00:31:56.67
his voice, he
gave direction to the
00:31:56.70\00:31:59.61
promised land, he told
them they'd have safe what?
00:31:59.64\00:32:02.25
Good, safe passage.
Although their journeys
00:32:02.62\00:32:06.26
they were supplied with water.
00:32:06.29\00:32:08.03
I just get so excited
when I think about this.
00:32:08.87\00:32:11.37
Where ever they
can't. This must have been
00:32:11.70\00:32:16.50
amazing to the
surrounding nations,
00:32:16.53\00:32:18.75
because out in the
desert, there just wasn't
00:32:19.20\00:32:21.41
any water. And it
didn't matter where they
00:32:21.55\00:32:25.70
ended up and
where they camped, every
00:32:25.73\00:32:28.66
time they camped,
where it was near some
00:32:28.69\00:32:30.97
rocks or some
mountains or whatever it was,
00:32:31.00\00:32:33.29
the Bible says the
water gushed out of the rocks.
00:32:33.65\00:32:37.64
Well, it didn't gushed
out before there was no
00:32:40.11\00:32:41.66
pond, there was no
river, there was no lake
00:32:41.69\00:32:43.43
there, but where
Israel camped that water
00:32:43.46\00:32:46.14
gushed out of the rock
and it gushed as long as
00:32:46.17\00:32:48.84
they were there.
What do you mean gush;
00:32:48.87\00:32:51.06
it wasn't a six inch pipeline.
00:32:51.09\00:32:52.68
We're talking about
you know, may I say a
00:32:55.34\00:32:56.81
pipeline to water
several million people.
00:32:56.84\00:33:02.33
And all their, their,
their animals or livestock.
00:33:03.42\00:33:06.43
And so, when the
Bible says it gushed,
00:33:07.08\00:33:09.08
it gushed. And God had
done it for forty years
00:33:09.40\00:33:14.15
and oh, wow! But now,
it's interesting in this
00:33:14.18\00:33:16.59
passage. God says
when you go through Edom
00:33:16.62\00:33:18.52
do what? Buy water,
oh why? Did they really
00:33:18.55\00:33:24.28
catch it here? I'm
gonna read a new passage
00:33:24.31\00:33:28.58
scripture, in the New
Testament, so, just give
00:33:28.61\00:33:30.50
me a second here, I
find it here in First
00:33:30.53\00:33:31.90
Corinthians
chapter 10 verse 4, Second
00:33:31.93\00:33:34.13
Corinthians, First
Corinthians I'm sorry
00:33:34.16\00:33:37.58
10 verse 4, notice
this, the Bible said and,
00:33:37.61\00:33:40.28
"And did all drink
the same spiritual drink:
00:33:40.31\00:33:43.36
for they drink of
that spiritual rock that
00:33:43.74\00:33:46.82
followed them, and
that Rock was Christ."
00:33:46.85\00:33:49.67
Isn't that beautiful?
They drink the spiritual
00:33:50.46\00:33:53.19
drink here, and they
drank of that spiritual
00:33:53.22\00:33:55.31
rock and that was what,
Jesus, it's that water that
00:33:55.34\00:33:57.88
he gave to them
because he is the rock.
00:33:57.91\00:33:59.92
Well, let's oh,
how exciting that is?
00:34:02.51\00:34:04.60
They all drink the
Bible says. Isaiah says, of
00:34:04.97\00:34:09.54
Jesus Christ, Isaiah
26, it calls him the rock of
00:34:09.57\00:34:13.75
all ages. Have you ever
sing that song, the Rock
00:34:13.78\00:34:16.58
of Ages. Or it stays
there has to be an your
00:34:16.61\00:34:19.76
margin in your Bible
that says everlasting
00:34:19.79\00:34:21.66
strength. The Rock of
Ages, he's a shadow of
00:34:22.08\00:34:26.63
a great rock in a
weary land, Isaiah 32 says,
00:34:26.66\00:34:30.08
he is the rock of
our salvation, he's our
00:34:31.10\00:34:33.53
redeemer, he is the
rock of our strength,
00:34:33.56\00:34:35.49
the Bible said, he's the
rock that's higher than I.
00:34:35.52\00:34:38.60
He's the rock of my
heart, the Bible talks
00:34:39.70\00:34:41.56
about here. In Revelation
22 makes it very clear
00:34:41.59\00:34:45.98
about the rock
and about the water,
00:34:46.01\00:34:47.50
22:17 it said, "Whosoever will,
00:34:47.53\00:34:50.00
let him take of the
water of life freely."
00:34:50.15\00:34:53.05
There was
something about this test.
00:34:54.25\00:34:56.13
Something dealing with
the rock, which is Jesus.
00:34:56.85\00:34:58.78
The water, which is
Jesus. All these life-giving
00:34:58.99\00:35:02.23
things in here and God
wanted spiritual lessons
00:35:02.26\00:35:04.39
for us to be
learning. Jesus says that anyone
00:35:04.73\00:35:08.35
who wants to take the water of
00:35:08.38\00:35:09.44
life take it
freely. He offers it to you
00:35:09.47\00:35:12.06
free today; freely
he wants to give you.
00:35:12.09\00:35:14.49
You just have to ask him for it.
00:35:15.47\00:35:16.97
He's a well spring
of wisdom the Bible
00:35:18.72\00:35:21.13
talks about here. He is
a flowing brook the Bible
00:35:21.16\00:35:25.29
says, he's the
fountain of living waters
00:35:25.32\00:35:28.94
Jeremiah talks about.
And as the children of
00:35:28.97\00:35:33.62
Israel got close
to the promised land.
00:35:33.65\00:35:36.12
Now, they were
living, there were living
00:35:37.82\00:35:41.66
streams of water,
but now those living
00:35:41.69\00:35:46.11
streams of water seize to flow.
00:35:46.14\00:35:48.36
How would
Israel be tested in the
00:35:49.70\00:35:52.07
providence of God as he
opened and closed doors,
00:35:52.10\00:35:54.84
how would they react?
A few days before they
00:35:55.13\00:35:59.18
went into the
promised land, these gushing
00:35:59.21\00:36:01.52
streams of rock it
closed up and there was none.
00:36:01.55\00:36:04.35
How would they
react? What would they do?
00:36:06.09\00:36:07.79
But what had God said,
that we read in scripture
00:36:09.49\00:36:11.27
moment ago. As you pass
by buy food and buy what?
00:36:11.30\00:36:15.05
Deuteronomy 2, and buy water.
00:36:15.08\00:36:17.40
So, when the water
seized to flow out of the
00:36:18.75\00:36:21.36
rock, they should
have known the providence
00:36:21.39\00:36:23.82
of God was he was
getting ready to lead
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.34
them into the promised land.
00:36:26.39\00:36:28.42
This was their last
stop, but you know they
00:36:29.04\00:36:32.37
didn't catch it.
They weren't spiritually
00:36:32.40\00:36:35.54
in tuned. There's only
a few days left in their
00:36:35.92\00:36:40.44
journey and God
would test them again.
00:36:40.47\00:36:44.20
How are you as we're
entering in the last days
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.85
of earth's
history. That which God did,
00:36:47.88\00:36:52.62
was evidence that
he was fulfilling the
00:36:54.25\00:36:56.13
promise that he had
made to them and they
00:36:56.16\00:36:58.45
still didn't see it.
He'd opened the doors
00:36:58.48\00:37:00.41
of providence, they
didn't see it, they didn't
00:37:00.44\00:37:02.06
understand it.
They were so used to all
00:37:02.09\00:37:05.50
of that being there just
for them, he supplied all
00:37:05.53\00:37:09.09
of their food
for forty years and
00:37:09.12\00:37:10.93
all of their water.
And soon as they as we
00:37:10.96\00:37:14.93
say, shut their tap
off, of a sudden they throw
00:37:14.96\00:37:18.12
up their hands, they
don't know what to do,
00:37:18.15\00:37:19.33
even though he clearly
gave them directions on
00:37:19.36\00:37:22.68
what they were to
do, which was clearly a
00:37:22.71\00:37:25.12
fulfillment that
his promise was soon to
00:37:25.15\00:37:27.11
come to pass.
And what did they do?
00:37:27.14\00:37:29.17
They resorted to murmuring and
00:37:29.27\00:37:31.84
complaining, with
all that God had done on
00:37:31.87\00:37:35.78
the brinks of Canaan
and I'm all I'm afraid as
00:37:35.81\00:37:39.32
people of God today
we're on the brinks of
00:37:39.35\00:37:41.51
the heavenly Canaan.
And I believe sometime
00:37:41.54\00:37:44.95
we're murmuring and
we're complaining and
00:37:44.98\00:37:46.97
we're, we're
doubting God's promise and we
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.34
can't see how these
things will take place.
00:37:49.37\00:37:51.23
We can't see how
the world's gonna, how,
00:37:51.39\00:37:53.32
what's gonna happen
in this world and we're
00:37:53.55\00:37:55.05
just, we're torn up
when God has made it clear in
00:37:55.08\00:37:57.72
his word exactly
what's going to take place.
00:37:57.75\00:38:00.97
Are you spiritual
minded? We need to be, if not
00:38:02.07\00:38:06.30
would he asked God
take this blinders off,
00:38:06.33\00:38:08.03
so that we may see
here and understand.
00:38:08.06\00:38:09.79
Here was one more
opportunity as well as
00:38:11.06\00:38:14.44
for you and me, for
Israel to learn, to walk
00:38:14.47\00:38:18.58
by faith and not by sight.
00:38:18.61\00:38:21.28
I didn't understand
it years ago, but when
00:38:24.57\00:38:27.21
I got a little bit
out of hand growing up,
00:38:27.24\00:38:29.02
my dad would look
at me and he said,
00:38:29.69\00:38:30.88
I'm gonna shut your tap off.
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.39
Gonna shut my
water off wasn't he.
00:38:36.74\00:38:38.07
And when God shut
the tap of that water,
00:38:39.34\00:38:41.25
what happened?
They began to murmur
00:38:41.28\00:38:43.66
and they began to complain.
00:38:43.69\00:38:45.54
They didn't walk by faith.
00:38:47.27\00:38:48.74
They wanted to walk
by sight, but that's not
00:38:50.00\00:38:51.73
faith, isn't it? As
this trial first developed,
00:38:51.76\00:38:57.03
all of a sudden the
Bible says that first,
00:38:58.36\00:38:59.96
that same spirit of
the fathers who had died in
00:39:00.13\00:39:02.62
the wilderness came up again.
00:39:02.65\00:39:04.42
It wasn't dead yet.
That same spirit come,
00:39:05.33\00:39:08.29
came up. They had
forgotten that for so
00:39:08.32\00:39:11.40
many years, that God
had been leading them
00:39:11.43\00:39:13.69
and guiding them
and taking care of them,
00:39:13.72\00:39:15.88
and almost say
babying them and yet they,
00:39:16.16\00:39:20.05
couldn't see it.
Without fail, always supplying.
00:39:20.08\00:39:25.94
In fact in the Book of
Numbers, if you want to
00:39:27.22\00:39:29.34
read, we don't have
time to read it, but
00:39:29.37\00:39:30.63
Numbers verses 1 through 13.
00:39:30.66\00:39:33.02
The Bible says, that
the children of Israel,
00:39:33.78\00:39:35.19
as they began to
complain and they
00:39:35.22\00:39:36.79
cried, oh would to
God that we had died when
00:39:36.82\00:39:40.05
our brethren
did. In many places in
00:39:40.08\00:39:45.19
scripture they went
on to say, boy, we should
00:39:45.22\00:39:46.71
have, what are you
going to do lead us
00:39:46.74\00:39:47.71
around, be better
we go back to Egypt.
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.56
After all that God has
done, is it maybe we've
00:39:51.88\00:39:53.98
come to that point
in, in, in our life.
00:39:54.01\00:39:56.67
Maybe it's happening
to us right now that,
00:39:57.98\00:39:59.54
we're not spiritual
minded enough to know
00:39:59.78\00:40:01.38
that God is always
there and God's never gonna
00:40:01.41\00:40:03.23
leave us, he's
never gonna forsake us,
00:40:03.26\00:40:04.55
your bread and water
is sure, you may lose
00:40:04.81\00:40:07.00
your home, you may
lose your job, you may
00:40:07.03\00:40:08.62
lose all security in
this life, he's preparing you
00:40:08.65\00:40:10.88
for a better place.
We have-to-have faith,
00:40:10.91\00:40:14.87
we have to learn to
live by faith, not by the
00:40:15.14\00:40:17.43
wallet, not by the
income that we have,
00:40:17.46\00:40:19.78
not by your savings,
not by your bank account,
00:40:20.08\00:40:23.04
not by your amount of
friends that you have.
00:40:24.04\00:40:26.42
That's living by,
by faith is what God is
00:40:27.80\00:40:29.93
telling us. Who
did Israel blame,
00:40:29.96\00:40:33.37
when their water
or tap was shut off?
00:40:34.41\00:40:37.03
And no more, no
more food from heaven,
00:40:39.05\00:40:40.99
who did they
blame? Moses and Aaron,
00:40:41.31\00:40:42.90
oh they're guilty.
Now, my question to you
00:40:44.30\00:40:48.00
did Moses and Aaron
make it better when the
00:40:48.03\00:40:52.50
children of Israel were
in real turmoil, well did
00:40:52.53\00:40:54.80
they make it better
for Israel or did they make
00:40:54.83\00:40:57.06
it worse.
Interesting scripture, becomes
00:40:57.09\00:41:00.21
very, very clear
in Numbers chapter 20.
00:41:00.24\00:41:03.53
Oh, I just, I'm
praying we have time, I'm going
00:41:04.07\00:41:06.70
as quickly as I can
here because if we don't
00:41:06.73\00:41:09.01
catch this we're not
going to catch the rest
00:41:09.04\00:41:11.06
of what I have in
mind. Because it has to do
00:41:11.09\00:41:13.61
with gaining victory
over those failures that
00:41:13.64\00:41:16.79
we have in our character.
And even though it just
00:41:16.82\00:41:19.41
maybe one, even
though you think it just
00:41:19.44\00:41:22.14
maybe one. It's
enough to keep you out of
00:41:22.17\00:41:24.22
heaven; it's
enough to keep me out.
00:41:24.25\00:41:25.56
And God illustrates
that with Aaron and Moses.
00:41:26.84\00:41:29.60
In Numbers
chapter 26 through 11.
00:41:30.32\00:41:33.34
Bible says, "Then
Moses and Aaron went
00:41:35.02\00:41:36.56
from the presence of
the assembly to the door of
00:41:36.59\00:41:38.62
the tabernacle
of the congregation,
00:41:38.65\00:41:40.30
they fell on their
faces, and the glory of the
00:41:40.90\00:41:43.15
Lord appeared to
them." Wouldn't that be
00:41:43.18\00:41:45.72
enough, wouldn't that
be enough at this time,
00:41:45.75\00:41:47.98
even if you're murmuring and
00:41:48.01\00:41:49.01
complaining when
Moses and Aaron went
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.84
to the door because of
the people carrying on,
00:41:50.87\00:41:52.70
that they said
the glory of the Lord.
00:41:52.73\00:41:54.88
People could have
seen it, they did see it.
00:41:55.16\00:41:57.04
The Bible says, "The
Lord spake unto Moses
00:42:00.02\00:42:02.00
saying, Take the
rod, gather the assembly
00:42:02.03\00:42:08.04
together, thou
and Aaron thy brother,
00:42:08.07\00:42:09.80
speak unto the
rock before their eyes;
00:42:10.17\00:42:12.50
and it shall give
forth this water."
00:42:12.53\00:42:14.25
What a merciful God?
How long suffering is,
00:42:14.65\00:42:19.09
for forty years he
had done this thing and he
00:42:19.69\00:42:21.80
shut the water off.
And no matter well you say
00:42:21.83\00:42:23.93
hours they're
saying, oh we can't take it,
00:42:23.96\00:42:26.14
we want to go
back, we want to go back,
00:42:26.17\00:42:27.81
and God in his mercy
he simply says to them,
00:42:28.12\00:42:30.05
tell Moses and Aaron
to come out, said take
00:42:30.41\00:42:32.17
your rod and say look,
tap the, talk to the rock,
00:42:32.20\00:42:34.63
speak to the rock and
what's going to happen?
00:42:34.71\00:42:36.19
Oh! He said,
it's going to do what?
00:42:37.49\00:42:39.11
It's going to give
water? Speak ye to the rock.
00:42:40.28\00:42:46.49
Very interesting,
when God said to Moses and
00:42:48.14\00:42:51.59
Aaron. Interesting, I
believe this is a test,
00:42:51.62\00:42:54.15
now you just give you
a little food for thought
00:42:54.18\00:42:55.53
here because he told
Aaron, he said take the
00:42:55.56\00:42:58.65
rod, if you have the
rod in your hand and things
00:42:58.68\00:43:02.62
are not going
properly. Some, sometime we're
00:43:02.65\00:43:05.47
going to use it.
Could it have been a test.
00:43:05.50\00:43:08.47
Moses and Aaron were
saying with the people,
00:43:08.96\00:43:10.91
but God said, did you
just do as you speak to
00:43:12.43\00:43:14.36
the rock and it's
going to give forth water.
00:43:14.39\00:43:17.10
And it be enough
for the people and be
00:43:19.42\00:43:21.12
enough for the, the
beast. "And Moses took the
00:43:21.15\00:43:23.64
rod before the
Lord, as he commanded."
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.31
Verse 10, "Moses
and Aaron gather the
00:43:25.50\00:43:27.37
congregation
together before the rock and
00:43:27.40\00:43:29.86
he said, hear now ye
rebels; keep that in mind.
00:43:29.89\00:43:33.58
Here now ye
rebels; must we fetch you
00:43:34.17\00:43:38.12
water out of this
rock? Moses lifted up his
00:43:38.15\00:43:40.81
hand, with his rod
he smote the rock twice
00:43:40.84\00:43:43.24
and water came out
abundantly, and the
00:43:44.33\00:43:45.86
congregation drank,
and the beast also."
00:43:45.89\00:43:48.26
You know, what God
could have done and
00:43:49.77\00:43:50.80
been very just,
Moses disobeyed God right
00:43:50.83\00:43:53.30
then and right
there. God said speak, Moses
00:43:53.33\00:43:56.98
struck the rod
twice. Moses held really
00:43:57.01\00:44:00.35
accountable
because Moses understood
00:44:00.38\00:44:02.12
who the rock represented?
You and I need to know
00:44:02.33\00:44:05.40
who the rock represented.
00:44:05.43\00:44:06.51
We have to overcome
our defects of character
00:44:10.31\00:44:13.48
too, as Christ overcame.
So, it be good for us to
00:44:13.51\00:44:19.66
identify as quickly as
we can in our time that,
00:44:19.69\00:44:22.62
how Moses offended
God, as the people had
00:44:23.00\00:44:27.49
offended God.
And most people will
00:44:27.52\00:44:29.50
talk about Moses,
they'll say, well he did
00:44:29.53\00:44:31.41
this or, there is, there
is several areas here that
00:44:31.44\00:44:34.80
Moses needs some
improvement on just
00:44:34.83\00:44:37.54
like we do today.
Let's get into it quickly
00:44:37.57\00:44:39.37
as we can, number
one. Moses when he spoke
00:44:39.40\00:44:42.36
to the people, he spoke
from irritated feelings.
00:44:42.39\00:44:45.76
Not from a you
know, we call that human
00:44:46.58\00:44:49.55
passion. Not from
a, a holy indignation,
00:44:49.58\00:44:57.35
but there was
passion and the people
00:44:58.95\00:45:00.34
understood the
passion and maybe the,
00:45:00.37\00:45:01.98
the feelings was
going on, he was, he was
00:45:02.01\00:45:03.82
angry with the
people, he was angry because
00:45:03.85\00:45:08.00
God had been
dishonored. Now, listen what he
00:45:08.40\00:45:12.88
said was true. What
Moses said was true.
00:45:12.91\00:45:17.58
But you know
what? You need, we to be
00:45:17.86\00:45:19.55
careful how we speak the truth.
00:45:19.58\00:45:21.68
And because some
things are true, doesn't
00:45:22.08\00:45:24.86
mean that you need to
be repeating it or I need
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.31
to be repeating it.
If it will hurt somebody
00:45:27.34\00:45:29.44
else's character dear
friend you never should
00:45:29.47\00:45:31.54
repeat. Even if it's
the truth. Here it's very
00:45:31.57\00:45:34.95
clear, what Moses
said was the truth,
00:45:34.98\00:45:37.26
but even truth is
not to be spoken with
00:45:38.55\00:45:45.59
impatience and
passions. God help us, even the
00:45:45.62\00:45:51.30
truth is not to be
spoken with impatience, wow!
00:45:51.33\00:45:57.15
Number two, Moses
was to charge Israel
00:45:59.57\00:46:02.63
with rebellion. He
was to charge Israel
00:46:02.66\00:46:08.34
with rebellion
because they were rebelling,
00:46:08.37\00:46:10.52
but he went
further. God said, let them
00:46:11.66\00:46:13.52
know. They
rebelled against the God of
00:46:13.55\00:46:15.68
heaven, but Moses
went a little bit farther,
00:46:15.71\00:46:18.60
he accused them,
you and I both know who
00:46:19.36\00:46:23.39
the accuser of the brethren is?
00:46:23.42\00:46:25.20
But there's too many
of us who profess to be
00:46:25.51\00:46:27.03
Christians, as
always pointing a finger,
00:46:27.06\00:46:28.59
always accusing
somebody else of doing
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.49
something you have
no idea of what they've
00:46:30.52\00:46:31.94
done, you have no
proof of what they've done?
00:46:31.97\00:46:33.66
You haven't seen
anything, but you are
00:46:33.88\00:46:35.57
an accuser of the
brethren. You're following the
00:46:35.60\00:46:37.62
devil's footsteps.
Manly, Godly man is
00:46:37.65\00:46:44.69
Moses, God said tell
them they've rebelled
00:46:44.72\00:46:47.61
and he accused
them and you know what
00:46:47.64\00:46:50.41
we'd say, he didn't,
we didn't really accuse
00:46:50.44\00:46:53.98
vthem because that's
what they were doing?
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.42
Moses himself call
them rebels, you rebels.
00:46:57.78\00:47:02.52
And that is already
with the thought in mind that
00:47:03.46\00:47:05.78
when he said you,
you know, you rebels that
00:47:05.81\00:47:08.64
means you disobedient,
you grievous bunch of
00:47:08.67\00:47:12.84
people here.
You're provoking God,
00:47:12.87\00:47:17.07
you're provoking
me. God never asked him
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.80
to go that far and he did.
00:47:20.83\00:47:22.70
Aggrieve, inspiration
said, aggrieve the spirit
00:47:27.53\00:47:31.31
of God, see God help
us. How often we aggrieve
00:47:31.34\00:47:34.90
his Spirit by our
response, by the way in which
00:47:34.93\00:47:38.05
we've said some.
Now, I hear this all time,
00:47:38.08\00:47:40.20
it's the truth, doesn't
matter if it's the truth
00:47:40.34\00:47:43.96
or not, be careful what we say,
00:47:43.99\00:47:46.30
if we're a child of
God. You're one of those get
00:47:46.33\00:47:49.12
even type and you're
trying to prove a point
00:47:49.15\00:47:51.06
and you're trying
to bring somebody down,
00:47:51.09\00:47:52.41
you're gonna do
the work of the devil,
00:47:52.44\00:47:53.64
you already are. Number three,
00:47:53.89\00:47:57.98
lack of patience and
self control for Moses and
00:48:00.82\00:48:07.07
for Aaron was
evident. This gave Israel, the
00:48:07.10\00:48:12.09
children of Israel
an opportunity say,
00:48:12.12\00:48:14.64
the leaders did it,
Moses did it, and Aaron did it,
00:48:14.84\00:48:17.92
so if they did it, it must
be alright for us to do it.
00:48:17.95\00:48:19.99
They acted this way,
so we can act this way,
00:48:21.44\00:48:23.47
and that would
make excuses for the way
00:48:24.03\00:48:26.62
they conducted
themselves. You never want to be
00:48:26.65\00:48:29.51
into the point of
making of where you, people
00:48:29.54\00:48:32.76
can look at you and
make excuses for why
00:48:32.79\00:48:35.90
they're doing the wrong thing.
00:48:35.93\00:48:37.01
Jesus said, be better
to tie a millstone around
00:48:37.04\00:48:38.85
your neck than be
the wrong example.
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.96
Number four, Moses
said, must we fetch you
00:48:43.16\00:48:46.92
water out of this
rock. Must we fetch you, here
00:48:46.95\00:48:50.82
it shows, when he did
this, he showed distrust
00:48:50.85\00:48:53.73
in God. How many
times have you heard
00:48:54.01\00:48:56.17
that? Must we draw
water out of this rock,
00:48:56.20\00:48:59.40
fetch it out. Verse
12 makes it very clear
00:48:59.43\00:49:03.86
because it says, we
want you to believe,
00:49:03.89\00:49:07.67
but you believe not.
God said to Moses, well
00:49:07.70\00:49:09.72
you wish to
believe, but you believe not.
00:49:09.75\00:49:11.70
In other words, Moses
did not trust God after
00:49:12.32\00:49:14.66
all that he went
through for a moment Moses
00:49:14.69\00:49:17.67
never trusted God.
Moses said, virtually
00:49:17.70\00:49:21.40
to the people that
were around because most of
00:49:21.43\00:49:23.45
the time Israel
thought that Moses and Aaron
00:49:23.48\00:49:25.12
were working all
these miracles anyway.
00:49:25.15\00:49:26.70
They always attribute
it and that's why they
00:49:28.93\00:49:30.30
blame Moses, but
when Moses said must we do
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.08
this, they said that,
oh people all this is what
00:49:33.11\00:49:35.06
we've always
thought. Moses is the one
00:49:35.09\00:49:36.63
responsible for
this. Oh, God says, no we
00:49:36.66\00:49:41.03
can't do that.
Moses wasn't working the
00:49:41.06\00:49:44.09
miracles. Number
five, if Moses and Aaron
00:49:44.12\00:49:47.55
had exercised
their, their authority.
00:49:47.58\00:49:50.13
This is something we
need to pay attention
00:49:51.53\00:49:52.98
to in the church,
it's really lacking.
00:49:53.01\00:49:54.69
People say, well
that's he just, he's just an
00:49:56.28\00:49:58.26
elder, be careful.
He's just a preacher,
00:49:58.29\00:50:01.61
be careful. God talks
about the preachers in
00:50:01.64\00:50:05.75
the last days. The
Book of Revelation,
00:50:05.78\00:50:07.02
he talks about
their stars in his hand.
00:50:07.05\00:50:08.65
Doesn't mean everybody is,
00:50:08.68\00:50:09.77
doesn't mean ever
pastor is really called of God.
00:50:09.99\00:50:11.90
But those pastors are
laboring for the souls
00:50:12.37\00:50:14.30
of salvation, they love Jesus.
00:50:14.33\00:50:16.30
Yes, they're human
like Moses and Aaron,
00:50:16.33\00:50:18.26
but if you know they love
Jesus with all their heart.
00:50:19.32\00:50:21.48
You know,
they're doing their best;
00:50:22.80\00:50:23.77
they're trying to
give you the truth of God's
00:50:23.78\00:50:25.11
word. They
deserve a little respect.
00:50:25.14\00:50:27.37
And we need to listen to them.
00:50:30.85\00:50:32.01
The people didn't
listen and Moses and Aaron
00:50:34.59\00:50:37.01
didn't do what God
had given, God had given
00:50:37.04\00:50:39.51
them authority. When
God calls you, and if
00:50:39.54\00:50:41.93
he calls you into
the ministry it's because
00:50:41.96\00:50:43.91
God has called you in
there, and he's anointed
00:50:43.94\00:50:46.67
you and given you power,
00:50:46.70\00:50:48.29
but how little do
people really understand that,
00:50:52.06\00:50:55.87
very little respect
going on. Try to understand
00:50:59.70\00:51:03.12
well they have
to deserve, listen.
00:51:03.15\00:51:04.58
If God has
called a person into the
00:51:04.61\00:51:07.24
ministry, and God
saying look they, they
00:51:07.27\00:51:10.82
you should honor and
respect them as long as
00:51:10.85\00:51:12.99
they're following, preaching,
00:51:13.02\00:51:14.30
teaching the Bible.
Listen 'Cause God said,
00:51:14.33\00:51:17.22
I'm chosen to
speak through them, as he
00:51:17.25\00:51:19.00
chose to spoke
through, speak through Moses
00:51:19.03\00:51:21.08
and then Aaron.
And so, as we see here,
00:51:21.48\00:51:25.29
if Moses and Aaron
had quickly decisively
00:51:25.67\00:51:29.54
as that door was
open and things were
00:51:30.64\00:51:32.32
beginning to
happen, and they could have
00:51:32.35\00:51:33.83
stopped that
murmuring and complaining.
00:51:33.86\00:51:35.61
a different
outcome it would have been,
00:51:36.26\00:51:38.23
if Moses and
Aaron come up and said,
00:51:38.91\00:51:40.76
look as the leader
here this is gonna stop
00:51:40.79\00:51:42.84
and you realize in
the church today many
00:51:43.73\00:51:45.41
places around.
There are people in
00:51:45.61\00:51:46.89
leadership, they need
to come to the point when
00:51:46.92\00:51:48.46
there's murmuring and
complaining, this is not
00:51:48.49\00:51:50.34
right, they need
to step up and say,
00:51:50.37\00:51:51.65
look that's enough.
And the people need to
00:51:51.68\00:51:54.31
love and respect
them enough to say, okay,
00:51:54.34\00:51:56.54
we're here. It
could have been stopped,
00:51:57.19\00:52:01.62
oh well how, how
it's so different?
00:52:01.65\00:52:03.54
Number six,
quickly, simply Moses and
00:52:05.38\00:52:07.46
Aaron assumed power
that belonged to God,
00:52:07.49\00:52:10.35
and God only.
Number seven, Moses robbed
00:52:10.58\00:52:15.40
the people of this
lesson. Notice it, I don't want
00:52:16.00\00:52:18.60
to rob you of it, I
don't want to be robbed of it.
00:52:18.63\00:52:20.39
Moses robbed the
people. The rock as we all
00:52:21.21\00:52:23.86
know, the rock is,
was a symbol of whom?
00:52:23.89\00:52:26.22
Good, a symbol of Jesus Christ.
00:52:26.44\00:52:28.36
Jesus Christ who
had once been smitten as
00:52:29.14\00:52:32.50
Jesus was once
offered to bare our sins,
00:52:32.53\00:52:35.76
Hebrews 9 says, how
often was he to bare
00:52:35.79\00:52:38.10
our sins, to die?
One time he was to die.
00:52:38.13\00:52:40.97
The second time, he
only needed to speak
00:52:41.00\00:52:45.39
to the rock as we
need to only ask God for
00:52:45.72\00:52:49.87
blessings right now.
He doesn't have to die
00:52:49.90\00:52:52.40
again; we just
need to ask him now.
00:52:52.43\00:52:54.31
Once that he gave his
life by smiting the rock
00:52:55.59\00:52:59.52
the second time,
the significance of the,
00:52:59.55\00:53:02.36
the beautiful figure
of Christ was destroyed
00:53:02.69\00:53:05.79
for the people.
God knew this, Christ.
00:53:06.16\00:53:11.08
The Bible said, smitten of God.
00:53:11.74\00:53:14.18
Wounded for our
transgression, bruised
00:53:14.74\00:53:17.68
for our iniquity in Isaiah 53.
00:53:17.71\00:53:20.64
You see the streams
that flooded of water
00:53:22.52\00:53:24.50
that flow, the streams
of the blood of Calvary
00:53:24.53\00:53:27.07
flows out today for
you and for me for a lost
00:53:27.10\00:53:30.42
and dying world.
Will you participate,
00:53:30.45\00:53:34.01
he's gave his life
blood flowing as it were at
00:53:35.64\00:53:39.62
Calvary, big enough
stream, large enough
00:53:39.65\00:53:42.96
stream for every
mankind, any person
00:53:42.99\00:53:45.79
whoever wants to accept Jesus,
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that blood that
flood at Calvary.
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Today Jesus
speaks to us as he does,
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turn quickly to Book
of John, our last passage.
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John chapter 7:33, John
chapter 7, please listen
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to these words very
carefully, verses 37
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through 39, 37 through 39.
00:54:03.92\00:54:07.33
Said, "In the last
days, the great day of the
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feast, Jesus stood
up saying, If any man
00:54:12.23\00:54:15.63
thirsts let him
come unto me and drink.
00:54:15.66\00:54:20.02
He that believeth on
me, as the scripture hath
00:54:20.91\00:54:23.39
said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of
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living water." Oh,
what encouragement.
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.51
But as he spake here of
the spirit of which they
00:54:30.94\00:54:32.99
should believe on him
and should receive for
00:54:33.02\00:54:35.26
the Holy Ghost hath not
yet given; because Jesus
00:54:35.29\00:54:38.58
was not yet glorified.
Oh friend, do you, you
00:54:38.98\00:54:42.24
want a drink from that
well that never runs dry.
00:54:42.27\00:54:44.91
You want to be able to
participate in that blood
00:54:46.49\00:54:48.30
that was shed in
our behalf to cleanse us
00:54:48.33\00:54:49.84
whiter than
snow. When that door of
00:54:49.87\00:54:52.30
opportunity opens
up for us, the door of
00:54:52.33\00:54:56.27
providence, we've
got to go through it and
00:54:56.30\00:54:57.72
because Israel didn't
go through that, and they
00:54:57.75\00:54:59.73
didn't do what was
right, they had to go
00:54:59.76\00:55:01.50
around Edom, they had
to fight more battles,
00:55:01.53\00:55:03.40
it was a long time
in getting there because
00:55:03.43\00:55:05.63
they didn't go
through the door when the door
00:55:05.66\00:55:07.29
was open, don't you?
Be guilty of that, I don't
00:55:07.32\00:55:09.63
want to be guilty of
that. Let's pray right
00:55:09.66\00:55:11.25
now that God will help
us, to have spiritualized
00:55:11.28\00:55:13.61
sight that we
may see and that we
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.26
may hear his
voice. Merciful Father in
00:55:15.29\00:55:17.43
heaven, we thank you
for your precious word,
00:55:17.46\00:55:19.33
for the door that's
been opened for each and
00:55:20.16\00:55:22.58
everyone of us, may
we go through that door
00:55:22.61\00:55:24.33
quickly so the enemy
has no time to come in
00:55:24.36\00:55:26.72
and to rob us of
the blessings which you
00:55:27.13\00:55:28.71
want to give us. I
thank you, give your praise
00:55:28.74\00:55:31.23
and give your honor
and glory, work up on
00:55:31.26\00:55:33.69
the hearts of your
people right now that
00:55:33.72\00:55:35.62
they may accept you
now while the door's
00:55:35.65\00:55:37.34
open in Jesus name, amen.
00:55:37.37\00:55:39.92
I invite you by the
way while the door's still
00:55:41.10\00:55:43.03
open, to come to
Jesus while there's,
00:55:43.06\00:55:45.15
while there's time.
I just want to say from
00:55:45.48\00:55:48.21
bottom of my heart,
appreciate this station,
00:55:48.24\00:55:50.30
bringing you these
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00:55:50.73\00:55:52.32
for them. Help
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00:55:52.35\00:55:55.11
the way please
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00:55:55.14\00:55:56.53
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00:55:56.56\00:55:58.19
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00:55:58.22\00:55:59.94
forward to seeing you next time.
00:55:59.97\00:56:01.93
Welcome back
friends, did you find
00:56:03.98\00:56:06.86
encouragement
and comfort in that
00:56:06.89\00:56:08.78
message? I truly
hope so. Allow me to share
00:56:08.81\00:56:12.85
with you in closing
a quote that I found in
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Manuscript
Releases Volume Eleven,
00:56:15.26\00:56:18.52
"If you watch and
wait and pray, Providence
00:56:19.16\00:56:23.42
and Revelation will
guide you through all
00:56:23.45\00:56:26.78
the Perplexities that
you will meet, so that you
00:56:26.81\00:56:30.24
will not fail nor
become discouraged."
00:56:30.27\00:56:32.82
Boy what a promise.
"Time will outline the
00:56:32.85\00:56:36.09
beauty and
grandeur of Heaven's plan.
00:56:36.12\00:56:39.49
It is difficult for
human minds to comprehend
00:56:39.84\00:56:43.79
that God in His
providence is working
00:56:44.12\00:56:46.95
for the world
through a feeble instrument."
00:56:47.28\00:56:49.74
That's us right?
"To know God in the
00:56:50.15\00:56:53.10
working out of His providence
00:56:53.13\00:56:54.76
is true science. There is much
00:56:54.79\00:56:58.28
knowledge among men;
but to see the designs of
00:56:58.31\00:57:02.28
heavenly wisdom in
times of necessity,
00:57:02.31\00:57:05.14
to see the simplicity
of God's plan revealing
00:57:05.42\00:57:09.00
His justice and
goodness and love,
00:57:09.03\00:57:12.46
and searching out
the hearts of men,
00:57:12.69\00:57:15.22
this many fail to
do. His plan seems too
00:57:15.68\00:57:20.14
wonderful for them
to accept, and thus they
00:57:20.17\00:57:22.80
fail to be benefited.
But Providence is still in
00:57:22.83\00:57:27.73
our world, working
among those who are
00:57:27.76\00:57:30.61
grasping for the
truth. These will recognize
00:57:30.64\00:57:34.33
the hand of God. But
His Will not be revered
00:57:34.36\00:57:38.80
by those who trust
in their own wisdom."
00:57:38.83\00:57:41.52
Friends, we have
much to learn and we have
00:57:42.51\00:57:46.04
much to re-learn in
the school of Christ.
00:57:46.07\00:57:49.31
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